“We are! We are! We are the Engineers!”
The cheer that’s often shouted when engineering students gather in groups is nearly as old as the college itself. This photo of a group of students with survey equipment is dated Nov. 20, 1914, and was taken in front of the original Engineering Building.
The College of Engineering began with a small department of Agricultural Engineering within the College of Agriculture in 1910. Civil engineering classes were taught within the College of Arts and Science in 1912, and a School of Engineering was established within the college a year later.
The school "closed for the duration" in 1916 when its professor and all six students enlisted for war service and reopened in 1920. It obtained college status a year later.
The department of Agricultural Engineering became part of the college in 1924