Lafayette College : Some pages of its past, pictures of its present, and forecasts of its future . PROF. A. P. FOLWELL, A. B. PROF. W. S. HALL, M. E. III. THE ENGINEERING I HE original plan of the College contemplated in-struction in civil and military engineering. Butmore than thirty years passed by before the waywas at last open for the establishment of regularcourses in engineering. The foundation for these courseswas laid in 1866 by Ario Pardee, Esq., of Hazleton, by agift which was but the earnest of the munificent endow-ment afterwards given by him to the Pardee ScientificDepar
Lafayette College : Some pages of its past, pictures of its present, and forecasts of its future . PROF. A. P. FOLWELL, A. B. PROF. W. S. HALL, M. E. III. THE ENGINEERING I HE original plan of the College contemplated in-struction in civil and military engineering. Butmore than thirty years passed by before the waywas at last open for the establishment of regularcourses in engineering. The foundation for these courseswas laid in 1866 by Ario Pardee, Esq., of Hazleton, by agift which was but the earnest of the munificent endow-ment afterwards given by him to the Pardee ScientificDepartment. In harmony with the history of the College, this depart-ment has been developed as the need for it has arisen, and ithas grown steadily with the growth of the engineering inter-ests of the country. The first course undertaken was that inMining Engineering. It was contemporary with the advancedcourse in Chemistry, out of which the Chemical Course hasgrown. Almost immediately the course in Civil Engineeringwas started. Only after the lapse of some years was theElectrical Engineering Course added. A more favorable location for an engineering school isscarcely to be imag
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