The Farmers' Institutes held in every county have given instruction in subjects pertaining to rural life and industries to nearly 50,000 people. Corn Trains have been run during the year over the lines of the Lake Erie & Western, Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, and the Pennsylvania Railways. The trips occupied in all twenty-two days and covered twenty-six hundred and fifteen miles. Sixty-one counties in the corn belt were visited, three hundred and fortyseven lectures and demonstrations given, and, at a low estimate, these were attended by forty-five thousand listeners. The Corn School conducted at the University in January was attended by eleven hundred farmers and their wives, who received for one week serious and valuable instruction in that industry. Through these various agencies the University, during the past year, has given definite instruction of a helpful character to fully one hundred thousand people. Military Instruction.-Instruction in military science and tacties to members of the two lower classes, as required by the act of Congress establishing the University, meets with increasing difficulties owing to the larger number of students involved. During the past year the corps has enrolled over eight hundred men. Equipment for practice in drill is provided by the United States and a regular army officer is detailed to administer instruction. The organization is that of a full regiment, the officers of which, with the exception of the commandant, are all students of the University. The difficulty of maintaining an organization, or of giving instruction of high military efficiency under these conditions, is at once apparent. Add to this the lack of a suitable parade ground in summer and entirely inadequate armory facilities for winter drill, and it is evident that the department labors against great obstacles. The faculty is convinced of the value of the training and discipline, both physical and mental, conveyed in this form of instruction, and there is no doubt that better facilities as regards teaching staff, an armory, and a drill ground should be provided as rapidly as the resources of the University will permit. Degrees Granted.-Three hundred and eighty-five degrees were granted by the faculty, as follows: Graduate Degrees Master of Science. Electrical Engineer Graduates of School of Medicine Doctor of Medicine.. Graduates of School of Pharmacy Graduates in Pharmacy. 5 6 70 46 Sixty-one certificates were granted also to students who had completed courses in the Winter School of Agriculture, seven certificates of proficiency to members of the senior class completing the course in military science and tactics; this course covering the entire four years of their connection with that department. No better evidence as to the character of the work performed by candidates for these degrees can be given than to submit a list of the titles of the theses prepared by students in the schools of Science, Agriculture and Engineering as a condition of graduation. These in all cases represent a piece of individual study, research, or investigation, the key to which was given in a problem assigned by the department in which the work was performed. It will be noted that the subjects studied cover a wide range of topics, many of which are of great importance to the public welfare. It is an inevitable inference that men and women trained in so many diverse lines can hardly fail to render intelligent and helpful service in the progress of the communities in which they live. Titles of Theses of the Class of 1907. The Effect of Literature upon the Civil War. Ouiatanon and the Indians. The Battle of Tippecanoe. Early history of the Townships. Early history of LaFayette. Transportation: Wabash and Erie Canals and the Railroads. Jane Austen's People. The Great English Allegories. Shakespeare's English Historical Plays, Some Letterwriters. The Synthetic Vegetable Alkaloids. The Reptiles and Amphibians of Tippecanoe County. The Argon Family of Elements. Dust Elimination in Hospitals. The Manufacture of Beet Sugar. Composite Samples vs. Single Samples of Cream; Their Effect on the Accuracy of the Babcock Test. Fitting Swine for Show. An Experiment to test the value of Corn Silage as a Food for Pregnant Ewes. Experiments of the Causes of Mottles in Butter. Denatured Alcohol. An Orchard Survey of Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. The Estimation of Fat and Moisture in Butter; a study of the Comparative Efficiency of the Existing Methods. Efficiency Tests of the Purdue Lighting Plant. Tests of a Consolidated Locomotive equipped with a Waldschaert Valve Gear, and a Comparison of Results from a Similar Locomotive equipped with a Stephenson Valve Gear. A Test of the Power Plant of the LaFayette Box Board Works. Tests to determine the Efficiency at a Constant Output of a 250 H. P. Stirling Boiler in the Purdue Power Plant. A 144 Hour Test on a Fairbanks-Morse Suction Producer Power Plant. Performance of Locomotive Schenectady No. 3 at different Cutoffs under a Boiler Pressure of 160 Pounds, Speed of 30 Miles per Hour, and Full Throttle. Effect of the Length of a Brakeshoe upon the Coefficient of Friction and a Comparison of Loss of Weight in the Shoe. A Determination of the Efficiency under different Points of Ignition of a Meriam-Abbott Twin-cylinder Gas Engine, using Artificial Gas. A Determination of the Efficiency under Different Jacket Temperatures of a Meriam-Abbott Twin-cylinder Gas Engine using Artificial Gas. An Efficiency Test of a 20 H. P. DeLaval Turbine using Superheated Steam. The design of an Absorption Dynamometer for the Vauclain Compound Engine in the Purdue Laboratory. The design of a Vacuum Steamheating System for a 12 Story Office Building. A study of the Efficiency of a Rutenberg Four-cylinder, Four-cycle Automatic Engine using Gasoline. A study of the Amount of Superheating due to Different Rates of Combustion and the Different Lengths of Superheating Pipes in Locomotive Schenectady No. 3. A study of the Frictional Qualities of Plain Iron Brakeshoes as affected by Varying Degrees of Hardness. Strength of Staybolts and of Staybolt Iron. A study of the Frictional Qualities of Brakeshoes. Tests of Westinghouse Triple Valves. A comparative study of the use of Gasoline and Alcohol in a FairbanksMorse Internal Combustion Engine. A study of the Effect of Changes in the Points of Ignition and Temperature of Jacket Water on a Fairbanks-Morse Internal Combustion Engine using Gasoline. A study of an Emmons Two-cylinder, Two-cycle Marine Engine and Propeller using Gasoline. A study of the Effect of Changes in Points of Ignition and Temperature of Jacket Water on a Fairbanks-Morse Internal Combustion Engine using Alcohol. A study of the Efficiency of an Emmons Two-cylinder, Two-cycle Marine Engine using Gasoline. Efficiency Tests of a Stoddard-Dayton Gasoline Automobile. An Efficiency Test of a 20 H. P. DeLaval Turbine using Saturated Steam. Performance of Locomotive Schenectady No. 3 at Different Cutoffs under a Boiler Pressure of 180 Pounds, Speed of Forty Miles per Hour, and Full Throttle. A study of the Effect of Changes in Clearance and Points of Ignition upon the Performance of an Otto Gas Engine using Artificial Gas. An Efficiency Test of an Allis-Chalmers Corliss Engine. The Design of a Vacuum Steamheating System for the K. of P. Building at Indianapolis, Indiana. Performance of Locomotive Schenectady No. 3 at Different Speeds under a Boiler Pressure of 160 Pounds, Cutoff 28 per cent., and Full Throttle. A study of the Effect of Changes in Clearance and Mixture of Gas and Air upon the Performance of an Otto Gas Engine using Artificial Gas. Performance of Locomotive Schenectady No. 3 at Different Speeds under a Boiler Pressure of 160 Pounds, Cutoff 15 per cent., and Full Throttle. The Design of a Plenum System of Warm Air Heating for the new Chemistry Building at Purdue University. The Design of a Friction Brake for the Vauclain Compound Engine in the Engineering Laboratory at Purdue University. Performance of Locomotive Schenectady No. 3 at Different Cutoffs under The Production and Utilization of Heat for Power Purposes. a Boiler Pressure of 160 Pounds, Cutoff 30 per cent., and Full Throttle. The design of a Centralized Steam Heating System for the City of Ander The design of a Centralized Hot Water Heating System for the City of Logansport, Indiana. An Efficiency Test of an Ingersoll-Rand Air Compressor under Different Delivery Pressures. A study of the Efficiency of a Continental Two-cylinder, Four-cycle Automobile Engine using Gasoline. Commercial Efficiency Tests of a 250 H. P. Stirling Boiler under Operating Conditions in the Purdue Power Plant. A study of the Efficiency of a Rutenberg Four-cylinder, Four-cycle Automobile Engine using Alcohol. Tests of a Consolidated Locomotive equipped with a Stephenson Valve Gear, and a Comparison of Results from a similar Locomotive equipped with a Waldschaert Valve Gear. The design of a Coal-handling Crane. Cement Specifications. Efficiency Tests of a Two-cylinder Queen Gasoline Automobile. The design of a Vacuum Steam Heating System for a Two-story Office Building. Location and Economic Study of Proposed Line from LaFayette to Hebron. Comparative design of a Steel and a Reinforced Concrete Bridge. Comparative design of a Reinforced Concrete Highway Girder and Arch. Design of a Reinforced Concrete Arch. Tests of Wooden Paving Blocks. Tests to determine the Stresses in Stiffeners of Plate Girders. Design of a Reinforced Concrete Railway Arch Bridge for Vandalia R. R. Crossing at Big Creek, Marshall, Illinois. Observations of Vibration in Highway Bridges. Design of a Waterpower Development on Wild Cat Creek. Strength of Reinforced Concrete Under Impact. Design of Waterpower Development on Sugar Creek, Parke County, Indiana. Design of Steel Office Building. Study of Apparatus for Measuring Bridge Vibrations. Design of a Single-Track Railway Swing Bridge of 288-foot Span. Strength of Brick Masonry. Strength of Concrete Mixed with Various Per Cents. of Clay. Run-off from Pervious Areas. Tests of Materials Entering into Reinforced Concrete Beams. Tests of Reinforced Concrete. Investigation of the Water Supply of the City of Laporte, Indiana. Strains in Wooden Trestles. Design of Waterpower Development on Flat Rock River at St. Paul, Indiana. Strength of Reinforced Concrete under Repetitive Loading. Design of Water Supply System for West LaFayette, Indiana. Design of Steel Buildings for Bridge Shop. Stream Gaugings of the Wabash River. Design of Waterpower Development at Monticello, Indiana. Methods of Computing Quantities for Estimates of Concrete. Study and Erection of the Overhead Materials of an Electric Trolley Line. An Investigation of Storage Battery Performance. Commercial Test of the Electric Laboratory Power Plant. Tests of the Electrical Lighting and Power Plant of the Union Block at Anderson. Experimental and Theoretical Study of Permeameters. Test of a Current Transformer. Comparative Tests of Commercial Lightning Arresters. Test of the Heat Radiation of Insulating Varnishes. The Design, Construction and Calibration of a Flux Motor. A Study of the Characteristics of a Mercury Vapor Converter under Various Conditions of Loading. Design of Motor Equipment of Burt-Terry-Wilson Company. Comparison of Theoretical Speed Time Curves with Results Derived by Actual Test. |