PROSPECTUS
Georgia School of Technology
1888.
GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY.
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FACULTY.
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ISAAC S. HOPKINS, Ph. D., D. D.,
President and Professor of Physics.
LYMAN HALL, Graduate West Point,
Professor of Mathematics.
WM. H. EMERSON (hand-written),
Professor of Chemistry.
LEO D. MINOR, U. S. Navy (scratched out),
Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
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Professor of Mineralogy and Geology.
MILTON P. HIGGINS, B. S.,
Superintendent of Machine Shop.
REV. CHARLES LANE, A. M.,
Professor of English Language and Literature.
R. T. SHEPHERD, A. M.,
Professor of Free Hand and Mechanical Drawing.
ACADEMIC BUILDING.
BRUCE & MORGAN, ARCHITECTS.
Georgia School of Technology.
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Organization.
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The following extracts from the "Act to establish a Technological School"
will show the purpose and general plan of the School:
* * * "That there shall be established, in connection with the State
University and forming one of the departments thereof, a Technological
School for the education and training of students in the industrial and
mechanical arts.
* * * "That there shall be one beneficiary for each Representative in the
General Assembly from every county in this State, selected by the Board
of Education in each county on competitive examination, and who shall be
first entitled to the benefits of said school; that the tuition in said
school shall be free to all students who are residents of the State of
Georgia. The rates of tuition to others than residents of the State
shall not exceed one hundred and fifty dollars per annum."
The competitive examinations will be held by the County School
Commissioners at such time and place as they may appoint and on topics
furnished by the faculty of the School.
It is very important that arrangements be made at once for these
examinations.
General Plan.
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In conformity with this Act of the Legislature, the leading object of the
School will be to teach the principles of science, especially those which
relate to the mechanic and industrial arts.
The school offers an education of high grade, founded on the mathematics,
the English language, the physical sciences and drawing, while it gives
such familiarity with some industrial pursuit as will enable the graduate
to earn a living.
There will be no elective courses, each student being required to follow
the prescribed course, both mechanical and scholastic. The time and
attention of students will be duly proportioned between scholastic and
mechanical pursuits, and special prominence will be given to the element
of practice in every department.
The methods of the school will be in the main such as have been found
advantageous in the Polytechnic Schools of Europe and at the Worcester
Free Institute, with such modifications as will adapt it to the peculiar
needs of this section.
To thorough supervision and instruction in handicrafts will be added the
stimulus of production for the market and such other conditions as are
likely to be met with in the active business of life. Students will not
receive money compensation for their work.
Instruction.
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Instruction will be given by recitations, lectures and practice.
Recitations will be an hour in length, and classes will be so divided
into sections as to give equal advantages to all members, and so as to
insure faithful performance of duty. Lectures will be given by the
President, Professors and others, in their special departments and on
allied subjects. Practice will be given in Physical and Chemical
laboratories as well as in the workshops. Students will be required to
take notes and undergo examinations on the lectures. Written
examinations will be held in all departments of the course of study
semi-annually, and reports of standing will be sent to parents or
guardians.
OUTLINE OF THE COURSE OF STUDY.
Effort will be made to conform to the following scheme, the figures
indicating hours per week:
APPRENTICE CLASS.--Mathematics, 5. English, 5. Free Drawing, 5.
Elementary Mechanics, 2. Physics and Chemistry, 2. Practice, 20.
JUNIOR CLASS.--Mathematics, 5. English, 5. Chemistry and Mineralogy, 5.
Physics, 3. Free Drawing, 2. Mechanical Drawing, 5. Practice, 10.
MIDDLE CLASS.--Mathematics, 5. English, 5. Physics, 5. Mechanical
Drawing, 6. Practice, 10.
SENIOR CLASS.--Mathematics (first half year), 5. Applied Mechanics, 5.
Physics, 5. Chemical Technology, 3. Practice, 10.
CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION.
Candidates for admission to the Apprentice Class must be at least sixteen
years old, must be of good moral character and must pass examination in
the following studies, viz:
Arithmetic, including elementary principles, fractions, compound
quantities, percentage and interest, and proportion.
English, including grammatical construction of sentence, composition or
letter showing proficiency in spelling, punctuation and division into
paragraphs.
Geography, particularly that of the United States.
History of the United States.
The entrance examinations will take place on Wednesday, October 3, 1888,
at nine o'clock a. m., at the office of the President.
Candidates for admission to advanced classes must be of relatively proper
age, and must show that hey are qualified to enter the class for which
they apply, either by certificate of work done at other institutions or
by examination.
Departments.
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MATHEMATICS.
In Mathematics the APPRENTICE CLASS will complete Algebra and Plane
Geometry.
It is very desirable that students should have some preliminary training
in Algebra.
THE JUNIOR CLASS will complete Geometry, Trigonometry, Surveying and
Orthographic Projections. The theoretical work will be supplemented by
practice comprehending Farm Surveying, Leveling and Topographical work.
THE MIDDLE CLASS will complete Shades, Shadows and Perspective in
Descriptive Geometry, Analytical Geometry and part of Calculus. Practice
in field work will be continued.
THE SENIOR CLASS will complete the Calculus in the first half year.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
Great importance will be attached to the study of the English language.
This study begins in the Apprentice Class and continues throughout the
course. In the advanced classes, by means of essays, debates, readings
on the part of the student, and by lectures and criticism from the
Professor, the effort will be made to cultivate a critical taste in
literature and lay the foundation of a good style in English
composition. The study of History and the principles of Civil Government
and Political Economy will be pursued in this department.
DRAWING.
Free-Hand and Mechanical Drawing are taught throughout the course. In
Free-Hand Drawing carefully planned exercises in Outline, Shading and
Coloring will be assigned; special attention being given to drawing from
working models and to sketching directly from nature.
In Mechanical Drawing instruction will be given in the use of
instruments, in the theory and practice of Orthographic, Isometric and
Perspective Projections, and Shaes and Shadows, and in making detailed
and finished working drawings of machines from specific descriptions;
also in the construction of gear tooth and cam outlines, the use of the
Odontograph, the principles of Sterotomy and special problems in machine
movements.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
Instruction in this department embraces Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
In Theoretical Mechanics the principles of Statics and Dynamics will be
thoroughly taught and illustrated in a wide range of problems. Special
attention will be given to such topics as the simple mechanical powers,
the centre of gravity of surfaces and solids, the laws of friction, the
pressure of liquids, the centre of pressure of immersed surfaces, moving
bodies, projectiles, impact of bodies, motion of liquids, etc.
In Applied Mechanics such subjects will secure attention as the strength
of beams, pillars and girders, the strength of boilers, pipes, and
cylinders, the construction of gears, link and valve motions in engines,
the transformation of energy, tractive power of locomotives, work of
steam in the steam cylinder, and other problems relating to motors and
machinery.
PHYSICS.
Instruction is given in this department during the entire course by text
books, lectures and experiments. It will be closely co-ordinated with
the department of Mechanical Engineering. The main topics to which
attention will be directed in the Apprentice year are: Composition and
resolution of forces, laws of motion, friction, centre of gravity,
specific gravity, elasticity, hydrostatics and pneumatics.
In the advanced classes the principle topics will be hydrostatics,
hydrodynamics, pneumatics, sound, magnetism and electricity, with the
general principles of electrical measurements, testing instruments,
dynamos, batteries, telegraph and telephone; transmission of power;
thermodynamics and general phenomena of heat; nature of light, including
use of optical instruments, spectrum analysis, polarization, etc.
Special attention will be given to the applications of the principles of
Physics, as for example in accurate measurements and weighing,
determination of specific gravity by various methods, calibration of
thermometers, barometric measurements, use of ploariscope in microscopic
work and in sugar tests, setting and rating chronometers, electrical
measurements, setting up and care of batteries, etc.
CHEMISTRY.
The course embraces inorganic, organic, analytical and industrial
chemistry. Instruction will be given by text book, lecture, class
illustration and laboratory practice. The elementary principles will be
carefully taught early in the course, and the facts of Chemistry
illustrated and impressed by experiments performed by the student under
the instruction of the professor.
Qualitative and quantitative and blow-pipe analysis, assaying and
metallurgy will receive careful attention in their proper order, and no
effort will be spared to acquaint the student with the philosophy of
chemistry and its application to the industrial arts.
GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY.
These subjects will be taught by text-books, lectures, the use of charts
and speciments, and by surveys. Special reference will be had to the
location and development of mining industries and to the mineral
resources of the state.
Buildings and Facilities.
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The school occupies a beautiful site, in a campus of nine acres, lying at
the junction of North Avenue and Cherry Street, easily accessible by
street-car lines on Marietta Street and on North Avenue. The Academic
building is a splendid edifice of brick, trimmed with granite and terra
cotta, slate roof. It has one hundred and thirty feet front, is one
hundred and twenty deep and is four stories high above basement story.
It contains ample accomodations in halls, offices, apparatus rooms,
recitation and lecture rooms, free-hand and mechanical drawing rooms,
library and chapel.
The workshop is also of brick, two hundred and fifty feet long by eighty
wide, and two stories high. It is beautifully designed with reference to
its use, and affords ample space for the various departments of
instruction pursued in it. It contains boiler and engine rooms, wood
shop, machine shop, forge room and foundry.
It has been equipped with a full assortment of tools, both hand and
machine, by the best manufacturers. The shops are organized and managed
as a manuafraturing establishment, and the facilities are necessarily
such as will give the best possible results.
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Sessions.
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The session will begin the present year October 3d, and end June 19th,
1889. It will be divided into two terms of equal length. The first half
year will end February 13th, 1889. There will be an intermission of two
weeks, extending from December 21st, 1888, to January 4th, 1889.
Tuition and Fees.
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There will be no charge for tuition to residents of the State of
Georgia. All others pay a tuition fee of $150.
Every student, of whatever place of residence, pays an annual fee of $20
to cover contingent expenses. Half of this amount is payable on the
opening day of each term in advance.
A contingent fee of $5 will be required to be deposited with the
treasurer on entrance to cover injury done to college buildings or
furniture, which sum will be returned to the student on leaving college,
if not forfeited.
Books, Stationery, Drawing Material and Drawing Instruments may be
estimated to cost about $25.00 the first year, and from $5.00 to $10.00
per year thereafter.
The student is advised to defer the purchase of drawing instruments and
materials until he can have the direction of the Professor in their
selection.
Text-books and Stationery can be purchased in Atlanta on good terms. The
student is advised however to bring such scientific books as he may
possess.
Board.
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Board can be obtained in good families in the city at rates varying from
$12.50 to $20.00 per month. Special arrangements can be made for fuel
and lights. Washing costs from $1.50 to $2.00 per month.
By correspondence with the following parties students can make
satisfactory arrangements for board.
Mrs. S. M. Macy, 72 Pine St., cor. Calhoun, $12.50 per month.
Mrs. J. W. Jaynes, 138 Capitol Ave. - 18.00 per month.
Mrs. M. S. Wright, 85 W. Cain St. - - 15.00 per month.
Mrs. J. D. Stocker, 363 W. Peachtree $18 to 20.00 per month.
Mrs. Ava Treadwell, McAfee St. (last house) --- per month.
Mrs. Lucy B. Webb, 45 Powers St. - - 12.50 per month.
Mrs. L. M. Estes, 64 Plum St. - - - 15.00 per month.
Mrs. S. F. Harper, 175 Alexander St. - 15.00 per month.
Mrs. M. Phibbs, 43 Tatnall St. - - - 15.00 per month.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wheeler, 105 Wheat St. - 16.00 per month.
Mrs. H. H. McLellan, 10 W. Elliot St., - 20.00 per month.
Mrs. C. C. Chalfant, 25 Pine Street, (rooms)
For further information apply to
ISAAC S. HOPKINS, Pres't G. S. T.
Atlanta, Ga.
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