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By a bequest from Mr. Abiel Chandler, the Chandler 

 school of science and the arts was founded in 1851 in con- 

 nection with Dartmouth college for ^'a. permanent depart- 

 ment of instruction in the practical and useful arts of life," 

 under which head Mr. Chandler mentioned particularly me- 

 chanical engineering, civil engineering, carpentry, masonry, 

 architecture, drawing, and modern languages, together with 

 bookkeeping and such other branches of knowledge as may 

 best qualify young persons for active life. 



Located also at Dartmouth college is the Thayer school 

 of civil engineering, founded by Brig. Gen. Sylvanus Thayer, 

 U. S. A., who was graduated in 1807 from Dartmouth and 

 founded the Thayer school in 1867. 



To Michigan belongs the honor of starting the first en- 

 gineering school on other than private donations, and upon 

 an equal footing with the other departments of the university. 

 This was done in 1852 at the state university, and the first 

 degrees of civil engineer were granted eight years later — 

 1860. Michigan may well claim the distinction of founding 

 the second strong engineering school in the United States, 

 and this in the face of the poor and unsettled condition of the 

 state prior to 1860. 



No other institution giving engineering courses appeared 

 until Brooklyn Polytechnic began graduating students in 

 1866, and this was soon followed by the Columbia college 

 school of mines, which was the first school of mines organ- 

 ized in America, although Michigan graduated a class the 

 same year, 1867, and the Massachusetts institute of technology 

 followed a year later. 



To Prof. Thomas Eggleston belongs the honor of being 

 the pioneer in organizing a school of mines. His plans for 

 Columbia were made in 1863 and he was appointed professor 

 in 1864. In speaking of the school of mines at Columbia, the 

 writer in the Engineering News says: ^'It needs only to add 

 a course in mechanical engineering and the school will cover 

 as broad a field as any other, and a broader than most." The 

 course in mechanical engineering has now been added, and 

 the school of applied science is in excellent condition. 



