. The Varsity war supplement 1917. ar in Ger-many and MajorD. H. C. Mason, is with In March, 1917,arrangements weremade for the CadetWingof the ImperialRoyal Flying Corpsto be provided withspace for their staffof instruction aswell as for practicalwork and lectures inthe EngineeringBuilding. Some ofthe instruction was School of also given in the Thermodynamics Building and later on elsewhere in otherUniversity buildings. This involved turning over to theRoyal Flying Corps a considerable part of the Engin-eering Building, an arrangement which was possible owingto the large
. The Varsity war supplement 1917. ar in Ger-many and MajorD. H. C. Mason, is with In March, 1917,arrangements weremade for the CadetWingof the ImperialRoyal Flying Corpsto be provided withspace for their staffof instruction aswell as for practicalwork and lectures inthe EngineeringBuilding. Some ofthe instruction was School of also given in the Thermodynamics Building and later on elsewhere in otherUniversity buildings. This involved turning over to theRoyal Flying Corps a considerable part of the Engin-eering Building, an arrangement which was possible owingto the large reduction in our attendance due to the warand the approaching end of the session. During the periodfrom March to June, in addition to the work of the regularstaff of military instructors, voluntary assistance wasgiven by Prof. Anderson in Photography; Prof. Angus inInternal Combustion Engines; and Prof. Rosebrugh and P. Henderson of the Department of Astro Physics inWireless Telegraphy. Mr. J. Patterson of the Meteorological. Royal Flying Corps at the University 117 THE VARSITY MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENT Observatory also lectured to the cadets on Meteorology in theEngineering Building. Later on the work of instruction in theRoyal Flying Corps under Major Fisher became known as theSchool of Military Aeronautics. It soon became apparentthat the Royal Flying Corps would require to continue theirwork during the coming session. Arrangements were accord-ingly made to fit in these space requirements along with thoseof this Faculty to the best mutual advantage. This is sub-stantially the condition up to the present time. The following war work has been done by members of theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering. Prof. Angus gave lecture courses on internal combustionengines to Flying Corps men. Mr. Parkin and Mr. Thomson are at present on leave ofabsence and are engaged in the design and operation of muni-tion plants for British Acetones, Ltd. Mr. Billings during the summer of 1917 was i
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