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1893 Historical Buildings of Southern University and A&M College
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| Title | 1893 Historical Buildings of Southern University and A&M College |
| Subject | Southern University and A&M College--Buildings
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| Description | Mechanical Building (Southern University, New Orleans, La.) The Mechanical Department at Southern University was initiated on October 7, 1890 and by 1893 it was in full operation and had a three year course of study. There were 27 students in the program. The course in the Mechanical Department extended over three years. Any pupil of Southern University fourteen years of age or over was to be received in this course of study. Pupils under fourteen years of age who displayed a special adaptation for the course were received by vote of the faculty of the University. In this department there were two main points of views: the first and most important is that the teaching shall be educational. The lessons are graded in difficulty, so that the pupil may really understand each process before passing on to those more complicated, thereby gaining an insight into principles which enable him to hereafter apply for himself the methods and process of the exercises under different circumstances. The second point is that each process taught shall be practically correct-in no case shall the pupils be allowed to use wrong tools or improper methods, but all must be in accordance with the views of the practical and competent mechanic. The first professor of the Mechanic Department was Victor L. Roy. A resident of Avoyelles Parish and a graduate of Louisiana State University, he was appointed on October 1, 1891. Roy served from October, 1891 until October, 1897, when he resigned to accept the principalship position of the Marksville High School. By 1904, the three year course, which included understanding of the principles of such trades as Carpentry, Mill-Wrighting, Joinery, Cabinet Making, Trimming, Scroll, Tin-Smithing and others, had advanced course offerings. After Roy's resignation Frederick F. Simms took charge in 1905. [Frederick Simms was the first individual to receive the Bachelor's degree from the institution, and the only person to be granted the degree during the school's thirty-three years in New Orleans]. The trades offered within the woodwork section of the Mechanical Department represented a wide-range of courses. These included: Carpentry, Mill-Wrighting, Joinery, Cabinet making, Trimming, Scroll sawing, Tin-smithing and others. The wood-working shop occupied the entire lower floor of the Mechanical Building [measuring '35 X 80' feet]. The drafting room of the Department was located in its original quarters by the Spring of 1910. When the Mechanical Department increased its floor space from 3, 300 to 4, 500 square feet, this gave ample room for 16 drawing stands, drawer case, reading tables, book and magazine shelves and other needed equipment. The course of study included: subjects in construction, projections and perspective "with generous application in shop and architectural drawings, including tracing and blue-printing." This course was open to students who had reached a sufficiently advanced stage in their mathematics. There were twenty-five students engaged in this work in 1910. |
| Author/Creator | Southern University and A&M College |
| Holding Library | Southern University and A&M College-Archives Department-John B. Cade Library |
| Format | jpeg |
| Date.Original | 1893 |
| Identifier | his.1893.pho0002.jpg |
| Rights | Physical Rights are retained by the Archives Department-Southern University Library. Copyright© is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws. To order a reproduction or inquire about permission to publish please contact: archives1@lib.subr.edu [Please cite Identifier File Name of collection]. |
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