COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 241

In the civil engineering course a thesis is required. In the electrical,
mechanical, and mining engineering courses a thesis is optional. In chemi-
cal engineering a course in special problems replaces the thesis requirement.

If a thesis is taken, the subject of the thesis shall be selected by the
student after consultation between the student, his adviser, and the in-
structor who is to direct the work, and it shall be submitted to the Course
Committee for approval. The total number of credit hours granted for this
work shall not be less than three nor more than five, except by special
action. The thesis is to be typewritten according to specifications furnished
by the librarian of the University, and before it is accepted it must be
approved by the instructor under whom the work has been done. It shall
be deposited in the University Library by the second Friday before Com-
mencement.

FRESHMAN LECTURES

The College has provided a course of lectures for freshmen. Attend-
ance is required. In the lectures of this course it is the aim to give the
student a more adequate conception of the work of the engineer, to make
clearer the kind of training which furnishes the best preparation for the
practice of the engineering profession, and to call attention to the methods
of study which have been found to produce satisfactory results. The course
also includes several lectures on subjects of more general interest.

SPECIAL LECTURES

It is the practice of the College to provide each year a number of lec-
tures on various phases of engineering practice. These lectures are for the
most part given by prominent non-resident engineers and professors; some
are given by Wisconsin professors. Their purpose is to enliven the interest
of the student and to broaden his horizon, rather than to give specific in-
struction. The following lectures were given recently:

October 24, 1928.

Colonel R. I. Rees, Assistant Vice-President of American Telephone and
Telegraph Company. “The Effect of College Experience on Your Fu-
ture Career.”

December 7, 1928.
Paul R. Croll, Director of Research of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Com-
pany. “Paint as a Protective Coating for Engineering Structures.”

April 29, 1929.
R. B. Harper, Chief Testing Engineer of the Peoples Gas Light Com-
pany. “Engineering Problems Arising in the Gas Industry.”

May 14, 1929.
T. McLean Jasper, Director of Research of the A. O. Smith Corpora-
tion. “The Building of Vessels for High Pressure and High Tempera-
ture Service.”

May 28, 1929.
Earl Hanson, traveler and explorer. “An Engineer’s Experience in
Iceland.”

November 29, 1929.
Harold B. Smith, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Worcester Poly-
technic Institute and President of the American Institute of Electrical
Engineering. “The Quest of the Unknown.”