Colorado Agricultural College bulletin . 6 STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. The course in Civil and Irrigation Engineering was organized inthe Colorado State Agricultural College in i88q. It is provided forby the United States appropriation given under the Morrill Act es-tablishing Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges. The fund arisingfrom the original Morrill Act and from the subsequent appropriation©f Congress of $25,000 per annum, is for the purpose of teaching-branches relating to Agriculture and the Mechanic arts, includingCivil and Irrigation Engineering, as interpreted by the Governmentdepar
Colorado Agricultural College bulletin . 6 STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. The course in Civil and Irrigation Engineering was organized inthe Colorado State Agricultural College in i88q. It is provided forby the United States appropriation given under the Morrill Act es-tablishing Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges. The fund arisingfrom the original Morrill Act and from the subsequent appropriation©f Congress of $25,000 per annum, is for the purpose of teaching-branches relating to Agriculture and the Mechanic arts, includingCivil and Irrigation Engineering, as interpreted by the Governmentdepartment having this fund in charge. It was the first course inthese subjects to be started in Colorado, and the first in IrrigationEngineering in the United States. The need of such training in a State whose development israpid, is great, and the call for engineers is very large. The funda-mental purpose of the course is first to train the student as a manso that he may be prepared for active usefulness in any line of work. A Masonry Dam 55 Feet High Within a Few Hours with Horse. whether it be in engineering or not. It is believed, however, that thetraining of the engineer is such as fits a young man for many activelines. The idea throughout the course is to train young men for anyline of usefulness. The training in engineering develops two im-portant characteristics, important in any occupation. One is to learnto judge things as they are, not as others think; the other is the artof handling men and materials to accomplish the greatest resultsat the least cost. It should result in practical judgment based onsound comparison of causes and results. The course as given at the Colorado Agricultural College com-pares favorably with the corresponding courses in the leading tech-nical schools in the country. It lays more stress on those features CIVIL AXD IRRIGATION ENGINEERING.
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