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Tape 3 July 29, 1969
Eckles: This is T.ape 3 of an interview for the Purdue
University Archives between Professor Eckles of
the Department of History and Prof. R. Norris
Shreve of Purdue. Professor Shreve in Tape 3
recorded on July 29, 1969 is going to discuss his
experiences in Taiwan and Purdue's experiment in
establishing an engineering school in Taiwan.
Professor Shreve, yesterday you told us about Dean
Potter's calling you up and asking if you would pack
your bags and establish an engineering school in
Formosa: and you, of course, did and for years you
were connected with the university. Let's just
ask you to start in and talk, say anything you want
to and let's go; start in at the beginning.
Shreve: Well, we went there and found there was an institution
started by the Japanese to train their young folks
in engineering. It was in very bad shape, because
when I went there first in 1952 and prior to that,
it had been a war-torn university. Just imagine an
engineering institution with no repairs, with no
modernization for ten or fifteen years. The buildings
were in fair shape but even so, all the gutters
leaked and the underground sewage was bad. The
other utilities, particularly the electricity for
the EE Le°lectrical engineerins.'7, was so uncertain
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| Transcript | Tape 3 July 29, 1969 Eckles: This is T.ape 3 of an interview for the Purdue University Archives between Professor Eckles of the Department of History and Prof. R. Norris Shreve of Purdue. Professor Shreve in Tape 3 recorded on July 29, 1969 is going to discuss his experiences in Taiwan and Purdue's experiment in establishing an engineering school in Taiwan. Professor Shreve, yesterday you told us about Dean Potter's calling you up and asking if you would pack your bags and establish an engineering school in Formosa: and you, of course, did and for years you were connected with the university. Let's just ask you to start in and talk, say anything you want to and let's go; start in at the beginning. Shreve: Well, we went there and found there was an institution started by the Japanese to train their young folks in engineering. It was in very bad shape, because when I went there first in 1952 and prior to that, it had been a war-torn university. Just imagine an engineering institution with no repairs, with no modernization for ten or fifteen years. The buildings were in fair shape but even so, all the gutters leaked and the underground sewage was bad. The other utilities, particularly the electricity for the EE Le°lectrical engineerins.'7, was so uncertain |
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