. History of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1824-1914. augurated. An examination of the new curriculum shows theeffect upon its formation of the study of the Frenchscientific schools. Its object was practically thatof LEcole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures,which, in a three-years course, was intended totrain civil engineers, directors of works, superin-tendents of manufactories, professors of appliedscience, etc., and the reorganized course bears con-siderable resemblance to that of the same part of it which forms the groundwork for thehigher technical studies also resembles t
. History of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1824-1914. augurated. An examination of the new curriculum shows theeffect upon its formation of the study of the Frenchscientific schools. Its object was practically thatof LEcole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures,which, in a three-years course, was intended totrain civil engineers, directors of works, superin-tendents of manufactories, professors of appliedscience, etc., and the reorganized course bears con-siderable resemblance to that of the same part of it which forms the groundwork for thehigher technical studies also resembles the curricu-lum of LEcole Polytechnique, which, it will beremembered, does not furnish a complete systemof instruction, but has for its object the preparationof students for entrance to certain governmenttechnical institutions. It was the intention to obtain, as far as theconditions would admit, the same end here in asingle school that was obtained in France fromLEcole Polytechnique and the special schoolscombined. As a matter of fact, with the same high. Pittsburs-h Buildiii!?. 1912-
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