Purdue debris . also hasat its command the finest instruments and general equipmentto be had, and the force of instructors is as good as that of anydepartment in the university. It is well known that a civil engineer must necessarily leada rough life, as he must subject himself to the rigors of anorthern winter or to the fevers of Ianama. lUit these are itemsof small consideration comi)arcd to the treatment that he hasreceived at the hands of some of the faculty. Xothing in theline of work looks hard to him after he has drawn maps, solvedproblems and copied in the Rti^^iiiccriui:^ Xccs style o
Purdue debris . also hasat its command the finest instruments and general equipmentto be had, and the force of instructors is as good as that of anydepartment in the university. It is well known that a civil engineer must necessarily leada rough life, as he must subject himself to the rigors of anorthern winter or to the fevers of Ianama. lUit these are itemsof small consideration comi)arcd to the treatment that he hasreceived at the hands of some of the faculty. Xothing in theline of work looks hard to him after he has drawn maps, solvedproblems and copied in the Rti^^iiiccriui:^ Xccs style of letterslialf of C amps Notes on Track. The man who ]>asses throughthe gauntlet established by our instructors without having cul-tivated a splendid Nocabulary of cuss words either copies hiswork or lias the patience of an angel. Our school, however, must be considered to he in a tlourish-ing condition, and the heavy work under a few cannot over-balance llu pleasure derived from instruction under such as 39. Testing Laboratory Stastono, Sniilli and Case. Ihe days of hard work on frogs,c-artliwork tables and Iratt analyses will soon be things ofthe distant past, and memories of watermelons, apples andturnips will lill the cipenings in our student day skies made bythe fading of the ( iarman spectres. The ()i)ening n\ the unixersity in Sei)teml)cr, 1906, found the(i\il i)ei)artment in its new home with Dr. Idatt as the making of jiraetieal engineers, with the coming of the newhead(|narters is reduced to a science. lro\i(kd with ampleroom lor all branches, splendid instrument storage facilities,unexcelled drawing rooms, large assiMubly hall, seminary roomand offices, tlu (i\il Uuilding houses one of thehot dexeloiied .scdniols at Iurduc. If a man lea\es the uni\er- sity lacking in the knowledge .of the essentials of civil engineer-ing, it is because of a narrowness in his preparation, and thecause lies within himself. Headed by such a well known au-thority
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