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COLLEGES AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS 69
Judge Irvine, former dean of this college, provides for one or more
lectures on legal topics each year by men of national reputation.
The college occupies Boardman Hall, which the Trustees built for
its use in 1887.
Dean ofthe College: George G. Bogert. Secretary of the College: Horace E. White
side. Librarian: Edward E. Willever.
Professors: E. H. Woodruff, C K. Burdick, G. G. Bogert, O. L. McCaskill,
L. P. Wilson, and R. S. Stevens. Assistant Professor: H. E. Whiteside.
Lecturers: Lucius Ward Bannister, of the Bar of Denver, Colorado, Lecturer
on Water Rights; Leonard C. Crouch, Justice of the Appellate Division of the
New York Supreme Court, Fourth Department, special lecturer on Practice;
Thomas Ewing, formerly United States Commissioner of Patents, Lecturer on
the Patent Laws of the United States; Frank Irvine, formerly of the New York
State Public Service Commission, Second District, special lecturer on Public
Service Law and Practice; Harrington Putnam, formerly Justice of the Appellate
Division of the New York Supreme Court, Second Department, Lecturer on the
Law of Shipping and Admiralty.
THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Candidates for admission as students should consult the Announcement of the
College of Engineering, which the Secretary of the University will send free upon
request.
The College of Engineering comprises the School of Civil Engi
neering, the Sibley School of Mechanical Engineering, and the School
of Electrical Engineering. Their courses of study lead respectively
to the degrees of Civil Engineer (C.E.), Mechanical Engineer (M.E.),
and Electrical Engineer (E.E.).
Hiram Sibley of Rochester, the founder and first president of the
Western Union Telegraph Company and a trustee of Cornell Uni
versity from 1865 until his death in 1888, established the foundations
of the University's department of mechanical engineering. In 1871
he erected a building to house what was then called the college of
mechanic arts, equipped it, and endowed the Sibley Professorship
of Mechanic Arts. During the years from 1870 to 1887, Mr. Sibley
gave generously for the building and equipment of lecture halls,
shops, and laboratories. His benefactions have been continued on
an equally large scale by his son, Mr. Hiram W. Sibley.
The main building of the School of Civil Engineering is Lincoln
Hall, and that of the School of Electrical Engineering is Franklin Hall.
The Sibley School of Mechanical Engineering occupies, besides the
Sibley buildings,
several structures used for laboratories and shops.
One of these is Rand Hall, the gift of Mrs. Florence Rand Lang.
Other buildings belonging to the college are the Fuertes Observatory
and an extensive Hydraulic Laboratory.
For convenience of reference, the University Library maintains a
selected collection of books in each of the three engineering schools,
under the supervision of the authorities of the school. They contain
the standard reference and text books and the current files of the
important periodicals. engineering In the School of Civil Engineer-