Purdue debris . PraSiQSPDOt:^^ [m]B. iF all the departments with which the underclassman comes in contact, that of practical me-chanics makes him feel most like whistling ajolly tune, but woe betide the absentmindedunfortunate who does it, or who merely leanslightly on his bench while at work. Such, atleast, are the impressions of this department remaining with course offers the mechanical and electrical engineersfour semesters of work in the shops and draughting rooms. Theidea is not to turn out a finished draughtsman, carpenter, foun-dryman, blacksmith, machinist, or pattern maker, bu


Purdue debris . PraSiQSPDOt:^^ [m]B. iF all the departments with which the underclassman comes in contact, that of practical me-chanics makes him feel most like whistling ajolly tune, but woe betide the absentmindedunfortunate who does it, or who merely leanslightly on his bench while at work. Such, atleast, are the impressions of this department remaining with course offers the mechanical and electrical engineersfour semesters of work in the shops and draughting rooms. Theidea is not to turn out a finished draughtsman, carpenter, foun-dryman, blacksmith, machinist, or pattern maker, but all of theessentials which go to make experts in these trades are course in the Freshman year embraces lectures on shoppractice, draughting, wood work and foundry. The student learns to design a pattern, then to make it of wood, and linallyto take it to the foundry and cast il. In the second year lie goesinto the machine shop and finishes liis castings made in thefoundry. The forge affords o])]K)rtunity to learn to make


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