Engineering camp

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1912

The Scientific School has 1077 undergraduates and 180 graduate students registered. This included 41 in the mining program and 16 in metallurgy. This was the peak enrollment for the Scientific School. Fiscal and political circumstances with regard to Yale College, accelerated by the entrance of America into the Great War, lead to the collapse of the Sheffield School in 1919 as a semi-autonomous institution within the University. The Trustees of the School were unable or unwilling to recognize that the Three Year Degree, in particular the Select Program, was out of step with American Higher Education. The Sheffield School brought many innovations and reforms to Yale and the American University, yet also became inflexible when under duress. It was formally dissolved in 1945.

1913

Dunham Laboratory completed for the Department of Electrical Engineering.

1914

An Engineering Summer Camp Site was acquired in East Lyme, Connecticut.

The Yale Engineering Association founded; in 1971 it expanded to include all the sciences, becoming the Yale Science and Engineering Association. This alumni group continues to play a significant role in the relationships with students, faculty and the administration.

The Sheffield Scientific School starts to experience fiscal stress due to its rapid expansion. This fact together with the status of the Select Course increased the existent tensions with Yale College. The result was the restructuring of the University by the Corporation in 1919.

1917-1918

The World War depleted both the faculty and the student body. The budget stress of the school became acute.