Book Description

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...upon perfect freedom in teaching and learning, and are under the direction of electors elected for one year instead of having principals chosen for life, as in secondary schools." The Berlin institution is organized in five departments: I. Architecture 4 years II. Civil Engineering 4 years III. (a) Mechanical Engineering.4 years (b) Electrical Engineering 4 years IV. (a) Naval Architecture 4 years (6) Naval Engineering 4 years V. Chemistry and Metallurgy 5 years The Karlsruhe institution is organized in six departments: I. Science in general 2 years II. Architecture 4 years III. Civil Engineering 4 years IV. Mechanical Engineering 4 years V. a) Chemistry 4 years (6) Pharmacy 1 years VI. Electrical Engineering 4 years These universities are generally situated in places of considerable importance, and are not usually founded in cities having populations of less than 100,000 inhabitants. They enjoy at the present time an extraordinary prosperity and attract numerous students from other countries. No other institutions seem to have been more important in promoting the great industries of Germany. They illustrate Germany's patient toil and tenacity in seeking success in the industrial world by rational means and scientific methods. They are institutions devoted to the adaptation of science and education to the necessities of economic life. Emperor William takes a very active interest in them. At the inauguration ceremony for the school in Dantzic, October 6, 1904, after praising the magnificent installation, he expressed his determination "to increase the number of these schools," because of the importance of the departments of technical science in the struggle among the nations for industrial supremacy. The following table...