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iv. education and mental cultulle.
road and bridge construction; hydraulic structure; machine design; building
design; freehand drawing; zymotechnics; technical and constructive hygiene;
political economy with industrial legislation, and industrial economics.
B) Chalmers’ Polytechnical College at Gothenburg had its origin
in a donation bequeathed in 1811 by William Chalmers for the
establishment of a "trade school".
The donation, amounting to over 105 000 kronor, was increased by the
interest on it and by a subsequent donation, so that the Board controlling the school
which from 1829 received the character of a technical scientific college, had
at that time over 112 500 kronor at its disposal. After King Charles XIV John
decreed in 1834 that 600 riksdaler banco should be paid out of the
manufactures fund, the Riksdag granted from the year 1835 a State subsidy of 3 000
riksdaler banco, which has on various occasions since been increased, in
connection with the extension of the college, and has finally reached the sum
of 133 750 kronor, apart from an extraordinary grant of 3 900 kronor for 1912.
In addition, the institute has donation funds, which at the end of 1912 had
risen to 564 712 kronor, of which 325 828 kronor were invested in the college
buildings. In order to extend the buildings, the Riksdag of 1911 voted 455 000
kronor, of which 150 000 kronor was for the year 1912.
The statutes issued by the Government in 1877 are still in force, except for
a few slight changes.
The bursary funds amount to a total of 167 484 kronor.
The Board consists of 7 members: the Governor of the Län as President,
the Bishop of the diocese, the Principal of the college, a manufacturer and three
members of the Board of the Freemasons’ Orphanage. In 1862 the school
was divided into a lower department with a three years’ course and a higher
department with a three or a four years’ course.
The higher department (high school department) is divided into various
branches, viz. for machine construction; chemistry and chemical technology;
electrical engineering; road construction and hydraulic engineering; house
building and shipbuilding.
Instruction is given by 10 professors nominated by the Government, 13
other teachers chosen by the Board, and several assistants. The number of
students, which was 110 on an average for the years 1881—85, has since then
steadily increased and amounted to over 420 for the year 1912—13.
Subjects of Instruction. In the higher department of the college the
curriculum includes the same subjects as in the Technical High School, with
the exception of those connected with mining science. As in the case of the
High School also, the students are divided into ordinary, special, and extra students.
The matriculation certificate is required for admission, or the person applying
for admission must pass a special examination in mathematics, the Swedish
language, German or English, and Swedish history and geography.
The subjects of instruction in the lower department are: mathematics,
including arithmetic, algebra, logarithms, plane trigonometry, geometry,
planimetry and stereometry; physics and chemistry; electrical engineering; elementary
mechanics, the principles of applied mechanics, machine design, together with
the construction of simple machines and parts of machines; mechanical
technology; principles of theoretical and practical shipbuilding; geometrical drawing,
freehand drawing; modelling; book-keeping; wood and metal working in
workshops.
Since 1888 a material testing institute has been united with the
college; it receives an annual State grant of 1 500 kronor. The staff is composed
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