. History of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1824-1914. in the engi-neering courses already in operation, and also muchmore engineering, particularly mechanical and elec-trical engineering, than was given in the GeneralScience course. The object was to give a coursewhich would better prepare a young graduate totake up work leading to the management of indus-trial plants than would any of the engineeringcourses or the course in science already a course was then being given in about tenof the leading schools of engineering. The recom-mendation was made in May, 1913, and in Sep


. History of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1824-1914. in the engi-neering courses already in operation, and also muchmore engineering, particularly mechanical and elec-trical engineering, than was given in the GeneralScience course. The object was to give a coursewhich would better prepare a young graduate totake up work leading to the management of indus-trial plants than would any of the engineeringcourses or the course in science already a course was then being given in about tenof the leading schools of engineering. The recom-mendation was made in May, 1913, and in Sep-tember of that year the course was in operationwith eighteen students in Division D. The cur-riculum is given in Appendix II. At the annual meeting of the Board of Trusteesin May, 1913, graduate courses leading to Mastersand Doctors degrees were established. The formerare one year in duration and are conferred in thefive subdivisions corresponding to the undergrad-uate courses; that is, they lead to the , , , and Steam Laboratory


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