Marine Engineering - The Latest Addition to the University Courses

MARINE ENGINEERING

THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE UNIVERSITY COURSES.

The Mechanical Laboratory Will be Greatly enlarged After the Science Hall is Built.

The university never before was in as good condition or had such bright prospects as at present and the final result should be a very large increase in the number of students. The new Homeopathic hospital will first be built, then, next summer the $200,000 science hall. After that is paid for, the next building undertaken will undoubtedly be to make more room for the mechanical laboratory, which is already greatly cramped for room. This is growing in popularity with the students, as its graduates are seen earning good salaries, and in this scientific age, when new inventions are revolutionized the machine shops and building up new factories, different from previous ones, the demand increases for trained men, who can quickly grasp and apply new scientific principles and carry on the work of discovery still farther. Hence the number of students applying for shop work is constantly increasing.

A new branch of engineering was provided for at the' meeting of the regents this week, that of marine engineering. This will put Michigan University in the lead in marine architecture. A competent instructor will be provided and the work will be under he charge of Prof. M. E. Cooley, recently of the Yosemite.

With the revival of American commerce and American shipping which seems to be in the air, this should open an opportunity for enterprising young men to fit themselves for holding good positions