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Editorial Ofifioe: Cambridge, Man.
Vol. XIX JANUARY, 1917 No. 1
Contents
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THE NEW ENGINEERING LABORATORIES ... 1
INTERESTING FIGURES OF REGISTRATION . . 9
BEIJNION OF TECHNOLOGY CLUBS ASSOCIATED . 18
HOW THE INSTITUTE HAS PROSPERED .... 18
DECEMBER COUNCIL MEETING 21
AN OLD FAVORITE GONE 25
THE NEW DORMITORY 29
THE RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS . . 32
DEATH OF PERCIVAL LOWELL 35
ACTIVITIES OF THE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION . 88
ALUMNI NOTES 42
DAVID A. GREGG 48
MISCELLANEOUS CLIPPINGS 51
PUBLICATIONS OF THE INSTITUTE STAFF ... 57
NEWS FROM THE CLASSES 62
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JANUARY, 1917
No. 1
THE NEW ENGINEERING LABORATORIES
The wonderful facilities they offer to the Tech Student of
today* Expansion of department 300 per cent. Equip-
ment modem and practical.
Many of the older alumni will recall the engineering laboratories
wfaen located in the basement of Rogers Building, In 1886 these
laboratories contained a Harris Corliss engine, a Porter Allen
en^e, a cabrimeter, a belt machine, two testing machines and
some minor apparatus. When Engineering Building A was built
on Trinity place^ these laboratories were given a much larger floor
space, occupying at that time about 16,000 square feet. Tliis was
increased later by the addition of Engineering Building B and the
Pierce Building, untO at the time of moving a total floor space of
something over £5,000 square feet was available*
The engineering laboratories in the new Technology cover an
area* exclusive of offices and corridors, of about 70,000 square feet.
Before planning the laboratories a study was made of the equip-
ments of the leading engineering schools both in this country and
abroad. A number of the staflF having had opportunity to inspect
foreign schools were familiar with their equipment. Many of the
leading steam, hydraulic, and refrigerating engineers were asked
to criticise the preliminary plans and assistance of great value was
obtained through this means.
The equipment of the laboratories was selected with the foUow-
ing objects in view: First, to give a student practice in such experi-
mental work as an engineer in the pursuit of his profession is called
upon to perform; and second, to pro\'ide ample facilities for original
mvesttgation and research in engineering subjects.
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In order to develop these laboratories and in order to facilitate
the carrying on of research work of a high order it seemed advisable
that the laboratory' should be diWded into six branches, i\ e.,
material testing, steam and compressed air, hydraulics, power
measurement, refrigeration and gas engine, and that there should
be in immediate charge of each branch one who is an expert in the
particular line of experimental work to be conducted in that
branch. At the present time, the heads of the different branches
of the laboratory, together with a director, constitute an adminis^
trative staff, respwrnsible for the conduct of the regidar class work,
for the development of the laboratory as a whole, and for the appor-
tionment among the different branches of any funds which may be
available.
Throughout the basement of the steam, hydraulic and refriger-
ating laboratories canals have been constructed in the sub-base-
ment. These canals which total about 700 feet in length vary in
width from 2 to 8 feet and are 5 feet in depth* By means of stop
logs different levels may be carried in different parts of the canals*
Water from the river is supplied to these canals through two
14'' valves and a 30" discharge pipe leads back to the river on the
downstream side of the intake. The nonnal river level makes a
depth of 14'' of water in these canals. Since no oily water can be
returned to the river, separate profusion had to be made to take
care of the condensate from reciprocating engines and pumpa.
This condensate, after being weighed, is discharged into openings*
one being provided in each bay, which connect with the sanitary
sewer, Bunning throughout nearly the whole length of the steam
laboratory there are two canals about 10' apart and over these
canals are suspended seven condensers used in connection with the
experimental work. Water supplying these condensers is taken
from one canal, pumped through the condenser and discharged
into the other canal, this second canal being cut off from the first
by stop logs and opened to the SO" return leading back to the river.
The equipment of the laboratorj^ as a whole may be best under-
stood by taking up separately that of each of the six branches.
The material testing laboratory, having a floor space of about
16,000 square feet, occupies three floors and the basement of a
building extending west from the southerly end of the long build-
ing which forms the westerly side of the main court. The base-
ment of this building is given over largely to work on concrete.
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storage bins, used in the fabrication of large sized beams, a room of
about l.OBO square feet area used for hand mking and testing of
cement* storage racks, damp closets, etc., also a brine cooled storage
room*
About 670 square feet is occupied by the apparatus used in
testing road materials; about 400 square feet is taken by hydraulic
pumps working up to 10,000 pounds per square inch used in testing
to destruction cylinders, etc, subjected to internal pressure.
On the first floor of this laboratory'' is a 300,000-pound Emeiy
testing machine, taking a piece 12 feet long in tension and 18 feet
long in compression; a 400,000-pound Riehl^ machine; a 200,000-
pound Olsen machine with outriggers; a beam testing machine of
100,000 pounds capacity in spans up to S6 feet; a 1,000,000 Amsler
Laffon compression machine, now awaiting shipment from abroad;
and a chain and rope testing machine of 100,000 pounds' capacity.
The second floor contains three testing machines of 100,000
pounds* capacity and one of 50,000 pounds; three torsion machines,
the hirgest having a capacity of 154,000 inch-pounds and three
wire testing machines.
On the third floor there are two more tension machines, one of
70,000 pounds' capacity and one of 60,000 pounds' capacity, this
latter having automatic and autographic attachments; a bending
machine and some repeated stress apparatus.
This floor contains also a laboratory completely equipped for
research work on heat treatment of metals.
Adjacent to this laboratory are rooms for preparing specimens
for etching; for taking and developing photomicrographs and for
making tests on hardness and on the machining hardness of
metals.
The hydraulic laboratory with a floor space of aljout 24,700
square feet occupies three floors at the southerly end of the long
buflding forming the west boundary of the main court. Nearly all
of the main equipment in this branch is new.
The largest piece of apparatus is a complete plant for testing
Water wheels. Wheels using up to 50 cubic feet per second can be
tested under heads of 38 feet, A Worthington centrifugal pump,
with 36" suction, driven by an angle compound engine of 350
horse power draws water from the canals in the basement and dis-
diai'ges it through a 30'- Venturi meter into a steel canal 5 feet
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wide, 5 feet deep and 135 feet long, located on the gecond floor*
This steel canal discharges into a steel penstock 12 feet in diameter
supported oo I beams spanning a tail race 10 feet wide and 90 feet
long, the bottom of this tail race being about two feet below the
basement floor.
The water wheel to be tested is submerged in the penstock and
attached to a cast'mg bolted to the steel plate which forms the
bottom of the penstock; this plate resting on the I beams which
span this end of the tail race. A draft tube is attached to the
bottom of this same casting.
The back end of the tail race is built up 16 feet above the floor,
A main hydraulic gate 10 feet wide and 10 feet deep, provided
with grid openings controUed by a second grid gate sMding on the
main gate may be operated from the first floor, so as to hold any
level desired in the pit under the draft tube and thus vary the
effective length of the draft tube. This gate with grid gate weighs
10 tons* its bearing surface being composition covered, to prevent
corrosion.
Water after passing the main gate flows over a submerged weir
and finaUy over a standard cre^t 10 feet wide.
In order to test weirs of moderate size and to measure with
accuracy quantities of water under 1000 cubic feet per minute a
trough 3 feet square and 100 feet in length has been constructed to
discharge into four large tanks, two 10 feet in diameter and 10 feet
tall and two 6 feet in diameter and 10 feet tall, supplied with gage
glasses for measuring levels. These tanks are filled and discharged
alternately through large valves operated by hydraulic cylinders.
Water under static heads up to 500 feet is obtained in quantities
up to 1500 gallons per minute by pumping water into, and com-
pressing the air in a closed cylinder 5 feet diameter, 30 feet taE,
made of J" steel plate. A second closed cylinder of the same
diameter but only 20 feet tall gives a head of 150 feet. These
closed cylinders supply three water wheels of the impulse type and
also offer facilities for experiments on the flow through orifices.
Water under pressiu-es up to !^50 pounds is supplied by either a
steam driven outside packed Warren pot valve pump of a capacity
of 1500 gallons per minute, by a 100 horse power Terry turbine
driving a four-stage Janes ville centrifugal, or by a rotary pump of
large size. W^ater under pressures up to 150 pounds is supplied by
two 10"— 10 J" X 1^" duplex pumps, by a 150 horse power De Laval
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turbine with two stage centrifugal, by a Gould or a Davis triplex
pump, by a large Emerson pump and by two pulsometers.
In order to test reciprocating pumps with varying suction lifts,
two weUs each 10 feet long and 5 feet wide extend ^6 feet below
the basement floor; water being supplied from the canal system to
these wells by 16" valves operated from the floor; the level being
maintained by the amount of opening given these valves which
have been designed in the form of a cone ha\'ing a very small taper
so as to make accurate regulation possible.
A raised platform about 15 feet x 15 feet has been built up over
Fihese deep wells. This platform, which is about 42 feet above the
bottom of the well and 16 feet above the basement floor, serves as
I the operating platform for a Luitweiler deep well pump, for a 4^'
Pohle Air Lift pump, for a Weber subterranean pump, for an
Emerson steam pump and for a pulsometer*
A Rife hydraulic ram i?^ith 4" drive pipe and a Gould double
ram with two 3' drive pipes have been installed on the second
floor; the water discharged and the overflow being weighed in the
r basement.
The steam and compressed air laboratory, occupying about
16t300 square feet, is in the northerly end of the building containing
the hydraulic laboratory.
On the second floor six small engines, including the old Harris
Corliss engine, have been set up side by side. These engines are
used for instruction in valve setting. Most of these engines are
connected with surface c*ondensers in the basement. There is,
also, on this floor equipment for testing steam injectors under
suction lifts varying from to !26 feet-
On the first floor of this laboratory are a number of engines and
steam driven compressors all arranged for test, the steam end of
each machine being connected with one or more condensers.
The engines are enumerated below:
A 9' -18"-^4'' X 30" triple ejcpansion Reynolds Corliss engine.
A 11"-19" X 15" Mcintosh & Seymour tandem compound engine.
A 14"-16" X 23'^ McEwen tandem compound engine*
A 12"-40" X 1^" Westinghouse compound engine.
An 8 J" X 8" Westinghouse simple engine.
' A 11" X 30" Brown engine.
A high speed yacht engine.
A 75 K. W. Curtis turbine.
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In addition to the above there are in the basement the following,
each connected to a condenser and available for testing: — a 150
horse power De Laval turbine; a 100 horse power Terry turbine;
two 10-lOi X 12 duplex steam pumps, an angle compound engine,
referred to in the description of the hydraulic laboratory; a direct
connected Sturtevant generator set; two dry air pumps» a small
Kerr turbine circulating set and a similar De Laval circulating set.
An independently fired superheater capable of superheating
£0,000 pounds of steam per hour to a temperature of 1000° F. is
located in the basement* within a short distance of a cast iron test
block 10' X 20' to which steam machinery brought in for tests may
be strapped.
The surface condensers are located in the basement as has been
previously stated. Tests of steam calorimeters, experiments on
the flow of steam or air through orifices and tests on vacuum
sweeping outfits are carried on in the basement.
One comer of the first floor of this laboratory is occupied by air
compressors which when not under test may be used for furnishing
air for building service. These compressors comprise: — a three
stage Norwalk compressor with cylinders 8"-4f "-1|'' x 12" com-
pressing air to 2500 pounds per square inch ; an IngersoII-Hand two-
stage compressor; an 8" x 8" Chicago Pneumatic Tool compressor;
a large machine built by the Sullivan Machinery Company, and
one or two small machines.
The refrigerating laboratorj^ occupies a part of the basement
and a part of the first floor of a building running easterly from the
building containing the steam and hydraulic laboratory. About
4600 square feet have been allotted to this branch. The Institute
has never had any facilities for exi>erimental work in this line and
in the past suda work as has been done has been carried on at the
Quincy Market Cold Storage & Warehouse Company's plants,
where every courtesy has been extended. The machines have not
as yet been erected in this laboratory'.
A 5-ton ammonia compression machine; a S-ton CO2 machine
and six special condensers, brine coolers, etc. > to be used in experi-
ments on interchange of heat are on the ground ready for erection.
A 5 -ton absorption machine has been donated by the Carbon dale
Company.
The power measurement laboratory occupies 2600 square feet
on the third floor of this same building.
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While in the past a student has had an opportnnity to become
familiar during his laboratory course with the different methods
of measuring power, he has had no chance to study the accuracy
of the different methods. The work in this branch is to include
tests on power scales, dynamometers, torsion dynamometers,
transmission of power by belts and by silent chains, balancing,
critical speed of shafting, variable speed transmissions, efficiency
of fans, etc.
The gas laboratory is located on Vassar street east of the power
house, in a two-story building 40 x 80. On account of the danger
of fire, on account of the noise due to unmuffled exhaust^ on
account of the poisonous fimies coming from the exhaust it seemed
wise to separate this building from the main educational group.
A part of the second floor is cut away so that a 5-ton crane may
serve a certain area of the lower floor and so that vertical engines
attending above the second floor level may be erected.
This laboratory contains a 60 horse power suction producer, a
four-cycle gas engine 16'^ x 24" of 60 horse power, a 50 horse power
Diesel engine, a four-cycle gas engine 11" x 18" of 36 horse power,
two smaller gas engines of 1^ and 4 horse power, respectively, a
two-cycle oil engine of 6 horse power, two four-cycle oil engines of
%0 and 80 horse power, respectively; three four-cylinder automo-
bile engines, two single cylinder two-cycle motor boat engines, two
hot air engines, a small gasoline engine and air compressor for
starting the larger gas engines, two test blocks for temporary tests
of automobile engines and a cast iron bed plate for tests of large
gasoline engines.
This laboratory also contains a cast iron bed plate 5' x 9' so
mounted that rotating-cy Under engines can be tested and fuU
sized propellers used for loading the engines.
Throughout the material testing laboratory, cranes of from 2 to
5 tons' capacity have been installed over every large machine and
in the steam and hydraulic laboratory a 10-ton Shepard electric
crane suspended under the ceiling of the second floor covers prac-
tically all of the heavy machinerj\ AU heavy machinery is lifted
by this crane from trucks which back into the laboratory through
a receiving door located on the Massachusetts avenue side of the
building.
Throughout the laboratory the pipes have been painted with
colors which designate what the pipe carries. This method of
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marking has in the past been of great help to students. The sys-
tem has now lieen extended to cover pipes carrying HsS, distiUed
water, etc., so that all through the Institute all pipes used £or the
same purpose are painted the same color*
During the past four montlis the engineering laboratories have
been inspected by professors from engineering schools, by engi-
neers interested in engineering education and by others familiar
with the equipment of engineering schools in both Europe and
America. These men have expressed their opinion that these
laboratories, taken as a w^hole, are unsurpassed by any in the world.
Edward F. Mill£r, '86.
Report of Rand Memorial Conmiittee
The Rand Memorial Committee which was formed in 1914 by
the classes of 1&04-1913, inclusive, has made its final report through
the secretary, Herbert Fryer, '11,
The committee has collected $7SS.01 and disbursed approxi-
mately for printing and postage $193,26, lea\4Bg a balance of
$539.75, which is available for the Memorial. The committee has
decided to turn over this fund to Bursar Ford of the Institute in
order that he may properly arrange for the fireplace in the Walker
Memorial BuUding in memory of Mr. Rand. There will be a
deduction from this amount to purchase a photograph of Bursar
Rand> which will be placed somewhere in the Walker Memorial
Building.
H, E. Kebbon, '13, a member of the committee and a represen-
tative of the architect, W, W* Bosworth, has submitted a design
for a fireplace which is very pleasing in effect and which will be an
ornamental feature of the lounge.
The inscription on the fireplace will be as follows: "Dedicated
to the Memory of Frank Henry Rand» Bursar at Technology and
byal friend of all."
INTERESTING FIGURES OF REGISTRATION
One hundred and ninety-six colleges are represented at Tech
by former students^ — One instructor to every 5.9 men —
Thirty-eight candidates for advanced degrees
The total number of men registered at the Institute is 1,957; last
year there were 1,900. The total number of new men is 7M. Of
these new men, 369 are in the freshman class. The total number of
men at the Institute who have attended another college before com-
ing here is 588, or 80 per cent, of the entire registration. The total
number of new students from other colleges is 308, or 38,8 per cent,
of the new men registered. The total number of graduates from
other colleges enrolled at the Institute is 327, or 16.7 per cent, of
the total registration. The total number of the teaching staff at
the Institute is 331, which allows one instructor to every 5,9 men.
There are 38 candidates for advanced degrees, and there are 16
women students.
The percentage of men from Massachusetts in the freshman
class in 49, The percentage of men from Massachusetts in the
entire school is 56.7.
There are 196 coUeges represented here. The list of colleges
represented and the number of men from each is as follows: Uni-
versity of Alabama, University, Ala., t; Alabama Polytechnic In-
stitute, Auburn, Ala., ^; Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., 10;
Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, 111., ^; Bates College,
I>wiston, Me., 4; Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1 ; Belle\'ue Col-
lege, BeUe\Tie, Neb., 1; Beloit College, Beloit, Wis., 2; Boston Col-
lege, Boston, Mass., 3; Boston University, Boston, Mass., 4; Bow-
doin College, Brunswick, Me,, 4; Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn,
Brooklyn* N. Y., 2; Brown University, Pro^^dence, R. L, 2; Uni-
versity' of California, Berkeley, CaL, 7; Canisius College, Buffalo,
N. Y., 1; Carnegie School of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa,, 1; Case
School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio, 6; Catholic University
of America, Washington, D, C, 5i College of Charleston, Charles-
ton, S. C, 1; University of Chicago, Chicago, 111., 1; University of
Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1; College of City of New York,
N. Y., 3; Clark University, Worcester, Mass., 1; Colby College,
Waterville, Me,, 3; Colgate University, Hamilton, N. Y., 2; Colo-
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rado Agriculture College, Ft. Collins, Colo., 1 ; Colorado College,
Colorado Springs, Colo., 1; Colorado School of Mines, Golden,
Colo., 1; University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo,, 1; Columbia Uni-
versity, New York City, 6; Cooper Union, Brooklyn, N, Y,, 1;
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., 9; Cotner Uuiversity, Nebraska,
1; Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H., 22; Davos and Elkins Col-
lege, Elkins, W. Va., 1; Demson University, Granville, Ohio, 2;
University of Denver, Denver, Colo., 2; Drake University, Des
Moines, Iowa, 1; Drury College, Springfield, Mo., 2; Fargo Col-
lege, Fargo, N. D., 1; Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster,
Pa., 1; Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Fa., I; Georgetown College,
Washington, D, C», 2; Georgetown Umversity, Washington, D, C,
1; Georgia School of Technology, Athens, Ga., 4; Gonzaga Univer-
sity, Spokane, Wash., 1; Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, 2; Ham-
ilton CoUege, Clinton, N. Y., 4; Harvard University, Cambridge,
Mass., 46; Haverford College, Haverford, Fa., S; Hobart College,
Geneva, N. Y., 1; Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass., 1; Uni-
versity of Illinois, Urbana, III,, 5; Iowa State Umversity, Ames,
Iowa, 2; John B, Stetson University, De Land, Fla., 2; Johns Hop-
kins University, Baltimore, Md., 1; Kalamazoo CoUege, Kalama-
zoo, Mich., 2; University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan., 2; State Uni-
versity of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky„ 1; Lafayette College, Easton,
Pa., 1; Lake Forrest College, Lake Forrest, IlL, 1; Lawrence Col-
lege, Appleton, Wis., 1 ; Lehigh Umversity, South Bethlehem, Pa.,
4; Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford University F, O.,
Cal., 2; Lincoln University, Lincoln University P. O., Pa., 1; Lom-
bard College, Galesburg, 111., 1 ; Louisiana State University, Baton
Bouge, La., 1; University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky., 1; Loyola
University, Chicago, IlL, 1; University of Maine, Orono, Me,, 7;
Maryville College, Marj^dlle, Tenn., 1; Massachusetts Agricul*
tural College, Amherst, Mass., 6; Miami University, Oxford, Ohio,
2; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., 4; Michigan College
of Mines, Houghton, Mich., 1; Middlebury College, Middlebury,
Vt., 2; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., 3; Missis-
sippi Agricultural and Meclianical College, Agricultural College
P. 0., Miss,, 2; University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., 3; Mon-
mouth College, Monmouth, IlL, I; Moores HiU College, Moores
Hill, Ind., 1; Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass., 1; Uni-
versity of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb., 1; Newberry College, New-
berry, S, C, 1 ; New Hampshire CoUege of Agriculture and Me-
Interesting Figures of Registration
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chanic Arts, Durham, N. H., 1; New York University, New York,
N. Y.. 2; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N, C, 6;
Northwestern University, Evanston, 111., 3; Norwich Univer-
sity, Northfield, Vt., 4; Notre Dame, 2; Oberlin College,
OberUn, Ohio, 5; Occidental College, Loa Angeles, CaL.l; Og-
den College, Bowling Green, Ky., 1; Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio, 2; Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1; Ohio Wes-
leyan University, Delaware, Ohio^ 1 ; University of Oklahoma, Nor-
man, Okla., 1; Oregon State Agricultural College, Corvallis, Ore,,
1; Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa,, 2; Pennsylvania State
CoUege, State College, Pa., S; University of Pennsylvania, Phila-
delphia, Pa., 10; Princeton University, Princeton, N, J., 9; Purdue
University, LaFayette, Ind., S; Radcliffe College, Cambridge,
Mass., 4; Reed College, Portland, Ore,, 1; Rensselaer Polyteclmic
Institute, Troy, N. Y., 3; Rhode Island State College, Kingston,
R. I*, 1 1 Rice Institute, Houston, Texas, 1; University of Roch-
ester, Rochester, N. Y., 7; Rutgers College, New Brunswick,
N, J., 1; College of St. Anne, 1; St. Anselm College, Man-
chester, N. H., 1; College of St. Elizabeth, Convent Station,
N. J., 1; St. John's University, Toledo, Ohio, 2; St, Olaf CoUege,
Northfield, Minn., 1; St. Xa\4er's College, Cincinnati, Ohio, Jl;
&Iilitary College of South Carolina, Charlestown, S, C, 3; Univer-
sity of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C, 2; University of the South,
Scwanee, Tenn., 1; Spring Hill College, Mobile, Ala., I; Syracuse
University, Syracuse, N. Y,, 2; University of Tennessee, Knox-
ville, Tenn., 1; University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 3; Texas Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College, College Station, Texas, 4; Throop
CoUege of Technology, Pasadena, Cal., 2; Trinity College, Wash-
ington, D. C, 2; Tufts College, Tufts College, Mass., 7; Tufts Med-
ical CoUege, Boston, Mass., 14; Tulane University, New Orleans,
La., 1; Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., ^; United States MUi-
taiy Academy, West Point, N, Y,, 3; United States Naval Acad-
emy, Annajx)Us, Md., 22; Ursinus College, CoUegeville, Pa,, 1;
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2; Agricultural CoUege
of Utah, Logan, Utah, 1; Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind.,
1; Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., 1; University of Ver-
mont, Burlington, Vt., 2; University of Virginia, Charlottesville,
Va., 3; Virginia Military Institute, 5; Washburn College, Topeka,
Kan., 3; University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., 6; Washington
and Jefferson CoUege, Washington, Pa„ ^; Washington and Lee
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University, Lexington, Va., 4; State College of Washington, Pull-
man, Wash*. 1; Wesley an University, Mid diet own » Conn., 7; Wes-
tern Reser\'€ University > Cleveland, Ohio, 1; Williams College,
WiHiamstown, Mass,, 10; College of William and Mary, Williams-
burg, Va., 1; University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., 4; Wofford
College, Spartanburg, S, C, 1; University of Wooster, Wooster,
Ohio, 3; Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass., 0;
University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo,, 2; Yale University, New
Haven, Conn., SI.
Foreign universities and institutions represented; Acadia
University, Nova Scotia, 2; Belgian Institute, Liege, Belgium, 2;
Cambridge University, England, 1; Central Turkey College, 3;
Central University of Quito, Ecuador, S. A,, 1; University of Chile,
Santiago, Chile, 2; Chinese Naval Academy, China, 4; Colegio del
Rosario, Colombia, S. A., 1; Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova
Scotia, 1 ; Euphrates College, Turkey, 1 ; Imperial German Naval
College, Germany, 1; Institute of Havana, Havana, Cuba, 2; Na-
tional Institute of Salvador,Salvador, C. A., 1 ; National Institute of
Honduras, Honduras, 2; Japanese Naval College, Tokyo, Japan, 1;
Kyoto Imperial University, Japan, 2; London University, London,
England, 1; McGill University, Vancouver, B* C, 1; McGill
University, Montreal, Canada, 4; University of Manitoba, Winni-
peg, Canada, 2; Meizi College of Technology, 1; Nanyang College,
China, 4; Canton Naval College, Canton, China, 1; Naval Acad-
emy, Chile, S. A*, 0; University of Paris, France, 2; Peking Uni-
versity, China, 1; University of the Philippines, Manila, I\ L, 1;
Robert College, Turkey, 1 ; University Santa Clara, 1 ; Instituto de
Santa Clara, 1; Syrian Protestant College, Beirut, Syria, 3; Hoch-
schule zu Darmstadt, Germany, 2; Technology Hochschule-Karls-
ruhe, Baden, Germany, 1; Technology Hochschule (zu Sachsen), 1;
Tokio Imperial University, Japan, 2; Tong-Shan English College,
China, 1 ; University of Toronto, Canada, 1 ; Tsing Hua College,
China, 11; Turin University, Italy* L
The registration this year shows 122 men from foreign countries
or 6,2 per cent, of the entire registration.
The countries represented are as follows :
Argentine Republic, I; Austria Hungary, 1; Brazil, 1; Canada,
16; Chile, 8; China, 40; Colombia, 3; Costa Rica, 1; Cuba, 8;
Denmark, 1; Ecuador, 1; Egypt, 1; England, 1; Germany, I;
Honduras, 3; India, 1; Italy, 2; Japan, 8; Mexico, 9; Norway, 3;
Russia, 2; Salvador, 1; Siam, 1; Syria, 1; Turkey, 6.
Reunion of
Technology Clubs Associated
and Alumni of
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
At
Cleveland, Ohio
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
April 19. 20. 21. 1917
Arrangoiientt id charge of
Technology Club of Northern Ohio
Publicity Hea<lquarteri
1459 Leader BuUding
devdwid. Ohio
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The Technology Club of Northern Ohio hereby extencb
a cordial invitation to the Technology Ciubs Associated,
and Alumni of Massachusetts Institute of Technology to
attend the reunion in Cleveland, April 19th, 20th and 21st.
The plans are virtually completed and a general outline of
the three days' program follows and everything considered
this should be a momentous meeting and every Tech man
should make a sacrifice, if necessary, to be present.
Time— Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 10th>
20th and 21st, 1917. Registration Thursday morning.
Headquabters— Hotel StaUer, Cleveland* Several
hundred rooms are under reservation for our meeting and
it is not too early for you to write direct to the hotel and
get your definite assignment — All rooms have baths; rates
are reasonable, from $1.50 to $5.00 per day.
General Topic foe Consideration
** Technology* 8 Opportuniiy for Service''
This will be the serious side of our meeting and surely
every Tech man with red blood in his veins wiU lay aside
everything else and by his presence and thoughtful con-
sideration help in lining up Technology's reserve and po-
tential force for the service of our country.
It is anticipated that authorized representatives from a
large proportion of the fifty-one Technology Clubs will be
present at this meeting, prepared to make reports embody-
ing the sentiment of their clubs and authorized to take such
action as may provide for frequent reports from the Pre-
paredness Committee of each club of the progress in ideas
and development from their section of the country, and for
the pubhcation of such reports to members of the Tech-
nology Clubs and through the Technology Review to
the alumni generally.
The business meeting of Technology Clubs, Associated
will devote its attention, particularly, towards " Industrial
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Preparedness" along the lines of concerted action by the
alumni in recommending and urging continuous effort
toward modernizing equipment, impro\'ing products,
reducing costs and avoiding or utilizing wastes, particu*
larly along the lines of industry and transportation, with
fuU recognition of the dangers from world competition and
the necessity for co-operative effort of the nation, the com-
munity, the employer and the employee.
The general topic for discussion at the meeting of the
Technology Clubs Associated, Saturday afternoon and at
the banquet Saturday evening w^il be '* Technology 's Op-
portunities for Service. " It is expected that the speakers
at the banquet will devote their attention to this topic in a
general way, and that the representative from the National
Research CouncO will discuss the promotion of research at
the Institute and in Industrial Organizations wherever
Tech alumni are influential; also that the representative
of the National Council of Defense ^Hll speak particularly
on the "Personnel Index" of the alumni to determine their
availability in various definite directions. It is also antici-
pated that the remaining speakers will be amply qualified
to speak on the subject of "National Preparedness.**
Is thai not worth while in Uselff
Excursions to Interesting Plants, etc.
Remember that Cleveland while Sixth City in size is
first in many other ways, and plans are made to take our
guests in automobiles with competent guides to inspect
plants and places of interest^ such as, Nela Park of the Na-
tional Electric Lamp Association, ore docks, furnaces*
rolling mills, pimiping stations and various other manu-
facturing plants. We mill take pmi anywhere to see anything
you want to see^ if you will let us knew what it i^*
Akron Day — On Friday the entire delegation will be
the guests of the Akron contingent of our Northern Ohio
Technology Club, going to and from Cleveland by special
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train. Vistors will be received at Akron by the Akron
members, escorted to the various plants, entertained at
luncheon and returned to Cleveland in time for the evening
meeting^ — the wonderful rubber industries at Akron are
well worth a long journey to see.
Social Events
On Thursday evening a beefsteak dinner at the Uni-
versity Club will be foUowed by a smoker and entertain-
ment.
On Friday evening the moving pictures taken in Boston
last June will be shown in connection with a vaude\411e
program.
On Saturday evening will be held the banquet already
referred to, when Dr. Maclaurin and other nationally
known guests will speak.
Other lunches and functions are under consideration*
looking toward making the social side of the meeting enjoy-
able and diverting.
Ladies' Entebtainment
It IS expected that a large number of ladies wiU be our
guests and elaborate plans are in contemplation for their
entertainment. On Thursday, a Th^ Dansant in the after-
noon, follow^ed by dinner and a theatre party in the evening.
On Friday the ladies wiU be invited to accompany the party
to Akron and provisions made there for their entertain-
ment. Saturday the committee has planned an automo-
bile ride, visiting the Country Club for lunch and tea and
taking in several points of interest.
Financial
Bring the ladies il possible; they will be expected and
well cared for.
The only charge to members outside of the Technology
Club of Northern Ohio wOl be a registration fee of probably
$5,00 to cover the cost of the banquet and Saturday noon
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luncheon. All the other features will be complimentary,
the expenses being borne by the Technology Club of North-
em Ohio.
We expect a large delegation from the Institute includ-
ing Dr. and Mrs. Maclaurin, as well as speakers prominent
in national affairs. Make your plans to come to this re-
union for what it will mean to You, to Tech and to Our
Country.
For any further information address A. D. Hatfield,
Chairman Publicity Conmiittee, 1459 Leader Building,
Cleveland, Ohio.
SPECIAL CARS
will be run from Boston on B. & A.
train No. 49, leaving at 4.45 p.m.,
April 18th, arriving in time to register
on the 19th. For particulars write to
WALTER HUMPHREYS.
Mass. Inst. Tech.,
Cambridge.
HOW THE INSTITUTE HAS PROSPERED
Some of the gifts that have been received during the past
year, with the purposes to which they are to be devoted.
The Institute has had a fortunate year in many ways. It has
successfully moved from its home of half a century and has taken
up its work again in its new buildings on the Cambridge shore of
the Charles river basin without any break.
Having the buildings in condition for use President Maclaurin
has this year devoted much of his attention to the establishmeiit
of an adequate endowment fund, and although very successful
when measured by the usual standards. Technology is so large
and laboratory methods so great in their demands that he by no
means considers his task completed.
The most remarkable feature of the year was the offer by the
anonymous "Mr. Smith," who in an announcement made at the
great telephone dinner during the dedicatory exercises in June,
said he was ready to co^'er any other man's gift of three doUars
with one of five dollars* The only conditions to **Mr. Smith's"
offer were that the amount given by him would not exceed $2,500,-
000 and that the time hmit would be December 31, 1916, It is
unnecessary to say that the Institute has secured the gifts of
$1,500,000 necessary to gain his offered maximum, and the two
amounts together make an e% en $4,000,000*
In addition there have been a goodly number of other gifts, one
of $300,000 for the establishment of the new School of Chemical
Engineering Practice, while much in the way of apparatus and
machinery has been presented to the Institute. There have been,
besides, the payments of legacies willed during the present or in
past years. The total amount of these benefactions for which
the money has been received during the year is about $5,800,000.
Following is the list of benefactions to the M. L T., in some
detail: —
Gifts for endowment announced at the telephone dinner during
the Dedication exercises in June: —
How the Institute has Prospered
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For endowment, "Mr, Snaith *' $2,500,000
Pierre S. duPont 500,000
Irenfe duPont 100,000
~ Lammot diiPont 100,000
Colenmn duPont 100,000
Charles Hayden 100,000
Edwin D. Adams 50,000
Charles A, Stone £5,000
Edwin S. Webster £5,000
Since June, three gifts H0,000
Assured but not before an-
nounced 380,000
The following legacies have been paid during the
year:—
E. K. Turner, civil engineering . . , $178,000
Mrs. H, A. Heushaw, architecture. . . . 15,000
S. W. Cobb, salaries 30,000
Caroline L. W. French, general 95,600
Jonathan French Fund, general 24,000
Lucius TutUe, general 50,000
William Endicott, general . 25,000
W, J. Walker, general 11,000
Matilda H. Crocker, scholarships 30*000
Rose HoUingsworth, seliolarships 5,000
Morrill Wyman, student aid 38,000
F. W. Boles, student aid 10,000
C* H. Pratt, School for Naval Archi-
tecture 000,000
The foUowing are from living donors: —
Anonymous, chemical engineering . . . , $300,000
Galen Stone, buildings 30,000
J. M. Longyear, buildings 20,000
Arthur Winslow, buildings 10,000
A, T. & T. Co., Ubrary 9,000
A. T. & T. Co., research 4,000
Anonymous, research 5,000
General Electric, research , 1,000
$4,000,000
1,411,600
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Minor suras» research $1300
ClsLBS of 1893, endowment 1.8^3
Anonymous, social , , , , 2,000
$384.69$
$5J90,29S
Otto Kahn Member of Corporation
President Maclaurin announces that at the last meeting of the
Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Otto
H, Kahn of New York City was elected life member of the Cor-
poration. ^Ir. Kahn, who has been for more than a decade a
member of the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., has been selected on
account of his interest in education, and his cosmopolitan stand*
ing, the latter in accord with the ideals of the Institute, which has
a deliberate policy of nationaUzing its governing body. Mr, Kahn,
born in Germany and for a long time resident in England, has
been in this country for nearly a quarter of a century. He has
kept in touch with European thought through frequent trips
abroad, is a remarkable linguist, and has been notable for his
breadth of ^^ew. Among bis gifts to education the best known
probably is that of the Kahn Foundation, which till the outbreak
of the present war was giving to college professors a vacation in
Europe, in order that by what might be termed educiitional travel,
they might be the better fitted to pursue their teaching work in
this country. The policy of nationalizing the Corporation of
Technology is e\'ideneed by the number of men in its membership
who are outside the limits of New England, including such names
as Vail, Vanderhp and the duPonts, Coleman and Pierre, while of
the term members who are nominated by the alumni four of the
fifteen live out of the state and three of these out of New England.
Mr. Kahn's election fills one of the two vacant places in the
Corporation; one caused by the resignation of Howard Stockton
and the other by the death of Percival Lowell.
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DECEMBER COUNCIL MEETING
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Report of alumni preparedness Conimittee, and inspection of
the new mechanical laboratories. Dinner held in Tech
lunch room.
On December 18 the Alumni Council met for dinner in the
cafeteria of the new Institute Buildings, and after an excellent
dinner, the meeting was called to order with Vice-President
Knight in the chair.
The business of the evening called for a report and recommen-
dations of the Committee on the Development of Technology's
Resources for Peace and War, and an inspection of tlie engineering
laboratories under the direction of Professor Miller and members
of his staff.
A report of the Preliminary Committee on Development of
Technology Resources for Peace and War was read by its chair-
man, Mr. Litchfield, '85, who prefaced the report of the committee
by reading a vote of the Executive Committee of the National
Research Council, which was forwarded to him by Dr. Hale, '90,
chairm^i of the CouncU, as follows :
"Voted, That the National Research Council express its
appreciation of the proposed plan of the Alumni Council of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology for stimulating interest in
research among its alumni and promoting the further introduction
of scientific investigation in the industries with which they may
be connected, and its willingness to cooperate with the Alumni
Council in any way that may prove desirable and practicable/*
The following night letter was recently received from Dr. Hale,
who IB at Pasadena, California*
"Research Council heartily appreciates willingness of Alunmi
Council to enlist alumni in promotion of research. Ideals of
Institute, as expressed by Rogers reiterated by Maclaurin, are
tliode of Research Council as sho^^Ti in my address. Working in
cooperation with the Research Council and the Council of National
Defense, alumni can contribute greatly to national security and
welfare/*
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Repobt of the Committee
The committee, created by vote of the Alumni Council, October
SO, to report on a plan for mobilizing Technology resources, in
accordance with the suggestions of Dr. George E. Hale, '00,
chairman of the National Research Council, and Dr. Hollis
Godfrey, '98, member of the Ad^asory Commission to the Council
of National Defense, has given the subject much consideration,
and believes that the Alumni Association can be of much service
to the National Government at this time when so much analytical
and constructive work is demanded.
To most of us this country'- appears to be serenely and prosper-
ously intrenched within its own borders, the prospect of war
extremely vague, and European conditions so remote from us as
to figure merely as interesting features of conversation. This
lethargic view is extremely dangerous and even menacing.
Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the National City Bank of
New York, in addressing the Chicago Bankers* Club, Saturday
mght, saidi
"The behef that the United States could proceed along its
own way serene, unaffected by the war and seeking only to keep
out of it, showed a failure to understand the unity of the industrial,
commercial and financial world.
"State socialism in Europe may develop problems, the like of
w^hich never concerned our minds* We may have to meet collec-
tive buj^ng,, state-aided industries, forms of governmental co-
operation with business quite outside our range of thought.
Government control of ocean -borne commerce and novel factors
in internal finance will be subjects for national consideration.
There may come out of the war, changes in forms of government
that will have profound and world-wide influence."
It seems to the committee that the first office of a special commit-
tee of the Alumni Association might be to present \avidly to the
meml>ers of the association^ some of the tendencies that are
affecting a broad readjustment of business and social inter-relations
in Euro[>e; tendencies so radical that they compel the most open-
minded, intelligent and earnest thought. The changing conditions
abroad are being brought about through the stress of dire neces*
sity, and we, far removed from the struggle, are in no frame of
mind to comprehend either the tendency or its cause. It is
particularly an obligation upon us, as an engineering school, to
stimulate constructive thought among our members, and by
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establishing a method of procedure, blaze the way for extending
the work to other institutions and other fields.
The results to be accomplished are equally necessary, whether
the nation is at peace or war, and the problems presented can only
be solved by scientific methods.
We believe that an alumni committee can be of service:
(1) By studying economic tendencies in Europe produced by
the war, and by presenting its observations to the alunmi for
discussion and concerted action.
(2) By stimulating research at the Institute itself.
(8) By tabulating the various researches that have, and are
being conducted by alumni.
(4) By suggesting both to the alumni for their consideration,
and to the Faculty as subjects for graduation theses, the lines
for experiment and research which should be of the greatest
immediate value.
(5) By canvassing the alunmi body and creating a personnel
index — in effect an inventory of professional ability and experience
with a sort of relative appraisal,
(6) By suggesting that the duty of Technolog^^ to the national
government be made the topic of discussion in local centres, and
among classes wherever Tech men come together.
(7) By establishing sub-committees in classes and local centres
for the purpose of more effective organization, closer cooperation
and wider publicity.
(8) By soliciting carefully thought-out suggestions from the
alumni covering any field within the scope of the committee.
The ver>^ act of creating this committee will bring it into intimate
relations with the best sources of information and advice. The
committee will undoubtedly see the desirability of securing the
cooperation of consulting experts, and of appointing sub-com-
mittees, not necessarily members of the general committee, to
study specific problems. In our opinion Technology men are now
fully alive to the fact that this is an opportunity, as well as a
duty, for technically trained men. We l>elieve that the time is
ripe to concentrate all our resources on the study of this immediate
question. It should not be difficult for such a committee to finance
itself.
We therefore recommend that the Council set up a committee
to be Imown as "The Committee for Mobilizing Technology
Kesources," this committee to consist of not less than twenty-five
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members, with an executive committee of not less than five* This
committee shall have power to add to its members and to appoint
sub-committees as it may see fit.
Signed James P. Munroe, '85&,
Raymond B. Price, '94,
Merton L. Emerson, '04,
I. W. Litchfield, '85, Chairman,
In the discussion of this report, Mr. J. P. Munroe spoke of the
great advance in business and manufacturing methods forced
on European countries by the war, and the danger to this country
from competition without and labor troubles within, after the
war. pointing to the necessity and value of work as suggested by
this report.
Mr. J, I. Solomon, '93, a guest of the evening, was asked to
speak and told of experiences gone through by England at the
outbreak of the war upon finding many essential materials con-
trolled by Germany, and of the benefit to England of being forced
to find substitutes within her own borders.
Upon motion of Mr. Kebbon, seconded by Mr. Bradlee, it was
voted:
"That a committee for mobilizing Technology resources be
appointed by the chair, in accordance with the report of the
preliminary committee presented by Mr. Litchfield tonight;
that the committee consist of not less than twenty-five members,
and that there be appointed from that number an executive com-
mittee of not less than five, with power to increase its own number,
and also that of the general committee, as it may seem fit. This
committee shall be empowered to adopt its own budget, and to
raise funds for prosecuting its work.*'
Vice-President Knight, for the Executive Committee, presented
the matter of nomination of standing committees, and it was
voted:
**That the standing committees of the Council be nominated
by the regular nominating committee of the Council, instead of by
a special committee as heretofore/'
The meeting adjourned to make a trip of inspection through
the magnificent new mechanical and hydraulic laboratories under
the guidance of Professor Miller, and the staff of the department
of mechanical engineering, through whose courtesy the laborato-
ries were open and the equipment in operation.
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AN OLD FAVORITE GONE
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Professor Bkchstein passes away after a period of feeble
health, mourned by hundreds of his old friends,
Mr, Joseph Blachstein died November 18, 1916, after but a
brief absence from his work at the lastitute. For some time his
colleagues realized that Mr. Blachsteie was far from a well man,
but his conscientious devotion to his duties prevented his dropping
his work for the rest he really needed. In the scliool year from
1915-1916 Mr, Blachstein, upon the urgent request of his physician^
underwent an operation, writing at that time a very brave note
which showed his doubt of the successful outcome. He recovered,
however, and it seemed for some time that he was greatly improved
in health; he took up his work with renewed interest which con-
tinued throughout the school year. During the past year he failed
conspicuously, until about three weeks before he died, when it was
impossible for him to keep up. He wrote another typical note to
the Institute on liis withdrawal, full of courage, yet with the un-
certainty of the possibility of his early return to his exercises. It
was hard for him to follow the ad\'ice of his physician, who com-
manded him to give up entirely, but it was beyond him to resist
the power of the disease.
The following article in the Techtwlogy Monthly from the pen
of Mr. R. E. Rogers will be appreciated wherever **Blackie** was
known:
**Blackie"
It b said by one of the Institute Faculty who traveled last year
over the country, meeting many of our graduates in the large
centres, and in the lonely places, that almost invariably their first
question was *'And how is Blackie?'* When they had found out
they would remember to ask about the new buildings.
A good many of those graduates were remembering the Convo-
cations in old Rogers a few years back, when as the room filled and
the appointed hour drew near, the boys would begin to shout
with concerted emphasis ** Wo ist Blackie?** Then as if on a signal
he would appear, shaggy gray head bent and darting from side to
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side in his quick and courtly bow, eagle nose above rampant
gray moustache and imperial, black eyes brilliant* And the
shout would go up "Blackie ist gekommen!'* The Convocation
might convoke.
A certain disrepute attaches to the word ** character** when it
refers to a person of marked individuality. But if "character"
means one, whom having once seen you could not forget, of
strong and genuine personality, of picturesque and kindly exterior,
unfailing good spirits, cordiality and courtesy, of originality and
humor absolutely individual, forever giving of his interest and
affection and receiving as he gave — then, by nearly twenty-five
years of loj^al and affectionate remembrance among Tech men, Mr.
Blachstein was a ** character!"
We knew very little of him. He was always eager to ask about
our interests; he always remembered, often over long intervals,
the things we were doing; he seldom forgot a name or a face. But
he never talked of himself or obtruded his interest upon us. He
was as modest as he was kindly* Even at the last, it is said, he
did not wish the notice of his funeral to be published in advance
at the Institute. We do not knoiv of his eariy life, save that he
was born in 1851 in Thuringia, and that when over forty he came
to America and for the first time took up teaching. He w^as an old
man when he died. But his twenty-five years of life in America,
nearly all spent for us and our fathers at the Institute, must cir-
cumscribe our picture of him.
Although his originalities were perhaps the first attraction for
his students, the-se alone could not have kept their affection. And
he did keep their affection — ^he never missed an alumni dinner and
seldom a class or athletic dinner or show" Kommers; he was always
asked to speak and did si>eak, quaintly, humorously and wisely.
There is proof enough.
TTis verj'' grotesques were part of his affection for the world at
large* He must have loved making people smile at him and with
him. His elaborate ceremonials of salutation, his trick of falling
into rapid French — which I have been told was excellently pure —
his little stunt, in which he took great pride, of being able to tell you
the day of the week on which any date of any past year had fallen,
his puns and jokes upon every subject under the sim including his
pupils* names, his unfailing inquiry about your rubbers and um-
brella if you had a cold, his flagrant and undeserved compliments to
An Old Favorite Gone
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you — these were no mere surface eccentricities. He bowed and
smiled whether he knew you or not; he always spoke first. At his
funeral the officiating clergyman said that among the large and
floating population of that part of Roxbury in which he lived,
hundreds who never knew his name, and whom he could not have
knowTi, had him for a bowing acquaintance, knew him for the
friendly courteous gentleman he was.
It is good to think that he saw the Institute enter its larger life,
that he had a last opportunity of seeing again his old and remem*
bered pupils amoog the thronged alumni last June. It is good to
think he could work— even for a little whOe— in the New Tech,
But did he not deserve more than that? He served the Institute
twenty-four years* He was not a scholar, he was not even a
University man. But every undergraduate whom I have asked
has told me that he was a faithful, enthusiastic, inspiring and uni-
fonnly successful teacher* They did leam of him, ^villy-nilly. It
is a pity that he should have died without the promotion to which
his long and faithful service — and successful if the suffrage of
generations of students is to have any weight— ought to have
entitled him.
It is said that at a little club of his intimates which he frequented
he showed a poet*s gifts in the i;\Titings he ivould upon occasioa
recite. We did not know that, but surely we might have guessed
it* Even if he had never written a verse he was a poet, an artist
in the relationships of life. He transcended, somehow, our curt
and unexpressive American daily life. He was a figure of the old
world — I had almost written of an old world romance. He wore
the mustache and imperial of the Second Empire; one could almost
see on his bent shoulders the shadowy fullness of the cloak of an
earlier generation. His manner had a whiff of the romantic
thirties. Balzac might have wxitten him.
Even during this last year when he must have been suffering be
never let us know it. He always made us smile, always left us feel-
ing a little more at home in the world. His passing leaves us some-
how, with a sense of an actual loss in the pleasant custom of the
world, in its courtesy and kindness and pleasantness, in short in
that laughter which b bom of consideration and fellow-feeling.
There are qualities some of us think which are more necessary to a
teacher of young people than scholarship. Our friend — laughter-
loving and dead — had many of these qualities. One can imagine
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him dying, like Mercutio, witli a whimsical, affectionate joke at the
grief he was causing us.
He was a verray parfit gentil knight — -and we laughed at him
because we loved him*
ROBEET £. Ro<S£R8.
Conimittee on the Promotion of Research at the Institute
The National Research Council established by the National
Academy o! Sciences at the request of the President of the United
States to organize the scientific resources of this country in the
interest of preparedness and to foster scientific and industrial
research through co5peration, and by other means» has asked
all the important universities, colleges and scientific schools to
appoint committees consisting of members of their facidties and
boards of trustees to consider and report on methods by which
research can be best promoted within the institution. President
Maclaurm has appointed a committee of which he is chairman com-
posed of representatives of the Corporation, Messrs. J, R. Free-
man, '70. F. R, Hart, '89, A. D, Little, '85, C, T. Main, '76, and
Jaspar Whiting, *8&; of the Faculty, Professors Cross, Kennelly,
Lewis, Lindgren, Noyes, Riley, Whipple, Wilson, and of the
alumni, G, E. Hale,' 90, and W. R. Whitney, '90. The commit-
tee dined together at the in\dtation of Dr, Maclaurin on Novem-
ber IB. Fourteen members were present. An interesting discus-
sion of many phases of the question took place, in which all
participated. The Faculty diWsion of the committee was asked
to consider the matter in detail, and to report specific recommen-
dations as to means of promoting research at the Institute and as
to the better training of our students for carrying on scientific in-
vestigations and industrial researches. The Faculty division has
since held two meetings.
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THE NEW DORMITORY
Description of the first dormitory unit which it is hoped will
be soon followed by others. Two fraternity houses in
the uniL
Since the memorable AU-Technology Reunion last June, a new
buHding has been added to the group on the Charles, constructed
during the summer and occupied the first week in November,
as the first dormitory erected by the Institute. This building
miu'ks the eastern extremity of the site, and thus establishes an
ocitp09t« leaving the space between it and the educational build-
ings for future construction. It also marks a most important
step in the inner development of Institute life, for it is the fore-
runner of an undergraduate community which will eventually
provide homes for over fifteen hundred students in buildings of a
similar type — surrounding the splendid Walker Memorial Club-
hooae now well advanced towards completion.
The character of the building we are considering was so
closely connected with the ultimate scheme of expansion, that
the determination of the style of its architecture was one of
importance. The necessity of conforming to the classic spirit set
forth in the educational buildings was recognized as a compelliiig
factor. After studying models and perspective sketches, the
present design was evolved and a new note was struck in dor-
mitory composition, in harmony with the main buildings — and
yet distiBctivc, fi^ee and original in conception and execution.
Instead of turning to the Tudor-Gothic or Colonial precedents,
so widely followed in the colleges of America, inspiration was
obtained from Greek, Pompeian and Renaissance sources, with a
cxvmposition of grace and refinement as a result.
The building stands on a piece of land two hundred and fifty
feet square and follows the north and east lot lines, thus forming
a right angle in plan. Two wings, four stories high, radiate west
and south from a central part in the reentrant angle which is
abc stories high, in the form of a tower, dominating the composition*
An open three-arched loggia in the tower with flat pilasters be-
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tweeo the openings and open balustrades above, gives a distinctly
Italian character to the building which is further accentuated
by a four-columned portico below* Each wing is terminated at
the street line by a three-storied bay which is treated with flat
pilasters, decorative niches, and an open balustrade above.
The long wall surfaces are broken up by the interposition of |
projecting bays marking the entrances to the indi\ddual student
houses. Ornamental iron balconies when erected will be placed
in the windows of these bays, and will develop a pleasant play of
shadow.
Casement windows have been installed throughout, and thereby
increase the attractive qualities of both the exterior and interior.
The stone frames around the third floor windows are to be treated
decoratively i^ith car\'ed ornament in low relief, as well as the
spandrels between the arches in the tower loggia, and at other
important spots. This car^^lng, including that of the capitals
on both columns and pilasters, has been deferred for the present,
and until this work is fulfilled and the iron balconies added, the
final arclxiteetural picture cannot be considered complete.
The materials, Indiana limestone and Roman brick, combine
to produce a warm evanescent color, in complete sympathy]
w4th the tonal values of the main buildings.
The exterior stone walls of the entrance bays, tower portion,
and of the terminations of the wings, hsive l>een rusticated to lend
interest and stability to these otherwise flat surfaces*
The wall surrounding the President's new house, located in the
southwest corner of the dormitory property, has been built parallel
w^ith the main fa<;ades of the dormitory, thus affording a sheltered
walk entered from Ames street and the Esplanade, and leading to
the dormitory entrances. A wrought iron fence surrounding the
entire property with ornamental gates will give additional privacy
and charm.
Turning to the interior arrangement, the suggestions made by
the Alumni Committee on Student Housing have been carefully
followed. The sLx separate sections or houses are divided one
from another by fire walls and each has its individual entrance
and staircase. Fraternities occupy the end sections of the two
wings, and have been given accommodations for dining-ro om
purposes and kitchen services in addition to the living-rooms*
The dormitory sections are so planned that the first floors S^
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de\^oted to single bedrooms, and the remainmg floors to suites
for two or three men in each. The typical suites consist of a study,
dressing-room and bedroom — or sleeping porch. Ample toilet
facilities are provided on each floor, and lavatories are placed in
most of the single bedrooms and in the dressing-rooms. The
rooms have been well furnished by the Institute, and most favor-
able comments have been made by students from other coUegeSs
from Princeton and Pennsylvania^ for instance, oo the exception-
ally comfortable accommodations afforded at Technology.
H. E. Kebbon, '12.
Augustus Lowell Honored by Tech
The name of Augustus Ix)well, father of President Ixiwell of
Harvard* has been canned in the frieze of the eastern court of
Technology. Augustus Lowell was very much interested in the
progress of Technology, and aided it during his life with gifts and
advice. His gifts were notable at the time, particularly the elec-
trical engineering laboratory on Clarendon street, which was the
model of its day. He was also very much interested in the Lowell
Institute, which his father founded, and of which his son was
president.
The Medal goes to Akron I
It ia interesting to know that a check-up of members of the
University Club of Akron, Ohio, shows that there are more grad-
uates of the Institute of Technology on its roll, than any other
eoUege. The number of Technology members is 38 and Cornell
a close second has 34.
THE RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS
Practical instniction and drill is being given in military en-
gineerings — Full equipment furnished by the War department.
The article on the Reserv^e Officers Trainieg Unit printed below
was written by Captain Frederick B, Downing, Corps of Engi-
neers, LL S. Army. Captain Downing is a graduate of the U. S.
Military Academy, class of 1906. He conies to the Institute as
assistant professor of military science and is directly in charge of
the Officers Training Unit. In addition to his duties at the Insti-
tute he is actively engaged in the professional work of the army.
One of the new features of the Army Reorganize tion Bill (that
became law on June 3, 1016) was the authorization of the Reserv^e
Officers* Training Corps,
The object of the law in this respect was to secure through insti-
tutions of learning, by their co<>i>eration with the War Depart-
ment, a reserve of graduates sufficiently trained to perform cred-
itably the duties of commissioned officers in the military forces of
the United States.
Prior to this law, for fifty years Technology has maintained a
department of military science and tactics, conducted in com-
pliance with the Congressional act of 186^ and supplementary
legislation. As a land -grant institution it has received annual
appropriations from the federal government, and in return has
given instruction in the mechanic arts and military science. The
military training that has been pro\nded has been loyally sup-
ported by the authorities of the Institute, but on account of
existing physical conditions it has been largely confined to infantry
drill and elementary instruction in infantry tactics.
In the last five or six years, in spite of the lack of an armory and
of suitable ground for drill, valuable military training has been
given. The Technology regiment has grown to be a creditable
organization. Military training is no longer regarded as irksome
drudgery by students; it has been enthusiastically supported by
many of them that have been especially interestedt and who by
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pemaining in the regiment throughout their sophomore, junior
and senior years have made themselves excellent drUlmasters.
During the academic year of 1915-16 the students themselves
organized a volunteer engineer corps. Under the old law it was
not possible to secure material assistance from the War Depart-
ment in equipping this organisation. There was no suitable place
for engineer drills. But notwithstanding the adverse conditions,
many of tJie students continued in the volunteer company until
the end of the year, and availed themselves of such practical train*
ing in military engineering as could be obtained in sketching and
bridge building.
The new law provides that upon the application of any land*
l^rant institution, units of the Reserve Officers* Training Corps
may be established in that institution, conditioned upon the in-
clusion in the curriculum of a four years' course of military train-
ing; it authorizes the issues of arms and equipment to established
units» and the payment of commutation of subsistence (which
amounts to about $85) to students in their third and fourth years
iin the training corps. The law also authorizes the appointment
"of graduates of the training corps as reserve officers of the arrny^
and makes them eligible for commission as temporary second lieu-
tenants of the regidar army for a period of six months with pay at
llOO per month. The Secretary of War is authorized by law to
prescribe standard courses for the Reserve Officers' Training Corps,
and to maintain summer camps of instruction for six weeks each
year; and to transport, subsist and train students in these camps.
In carrying out the provisions of the law, the War Department
^established standard courses of theoretical instruction requiring
three hours per week of military subjects during the freshman and
sophomore year, and five hours per week during the junior and
i senior years. Regulations have been prescribed for the estab-
lishment of training corps units for infantry, cavalry\ field artillery
and engineers. The effect of the War Department regulations is
to encourage the establishment of a four year's course of military
training; and to make it possible for students to elect this course,
and upon its satisfactory completion to be graduated and com-
missioned in the reserve of the army.
The authorities of the Institute have not adopted the War
Department courses into their curriculum, on account of the
difficulties of co5dinating them with those already established*
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mid HO arrangiDR hours of purely military instruction as to
provide periods of military training that will not conflict with the
<*.Htahli-shed schedule of Technology* Pending the decision of the
War I)ei>artntcnt on modifications of the prescribed courses that
have lu'cn recoimnended by the President and the professor of mili-
tary 8cienct% the volunteer unit of the Reserve Officers' Training
CorpH lia?« been retained. He is now under the immediate super-
vision of an officer of the corps of engineers, who has been detailed
as assistant professor of military science and tactics*
The course of military instruction now provided by the volun-
teer engineer unit of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps is in addi-
tion to the long established drill and training of the Technology
regiment. It includes instruction by lectures and by practical
work in militarj" engineering. The company is organized as an
engineer company, and has been supplied by the War Department
with a complete equipment of tools. The practical work indudes
instruction in fortification, military bridges, reconnaissance^ dem-
ohtion and other important duties of military engineers. This
work Is supplemented by lectures on military history, and the theory
and practice of military art and engineering. The time devoted to
training and instruction is two hours per week. About ninety
students regularly take part in the work*
PERCIVAL LOWELL
Death of the noted astronomer for many years a member of
the Corporation of the Institute.
The passing on of Percival Lowell — November 1^, 1916^ — marks
the termination of relationships with the Institute of another mem-
ber of a family which since the foundation of the school has mani-
fested deep and practical interest in it. John Amory Lowell,
cousin to John Lowell, Jr., who founded the Lowell Institute, and
its first director, was a friend and adviser of William Barton Rog-
ers, and while his name does not appear in the certificate of incor-
poration, it does find place,^ — that of \^ce-president, in the first
published list of Technology's oflicers. He was an ofBcer but five
I years, but he remained in the Corporation till his death in 1B8L
Ab^ady Augustus Lowell, son of John Amory and his successor
B trustee of the Lowell Institute, had been a member of the
Corporation for some years, his election dating from October 8>
1873, His interest likewise and his service terminated only
with his death in 1900. The son of Augustus, Percival Lowell,
became a member of the Corporation in June, 1885, and was fol-
lowed by his younger brother, A. Lawrence Lowell, in March, 1896.
For four years, therefore, the rolls of the corporation of the M. L T,
bore the names of the father and his two sons, a group that more
than any one family in the land has left its impress on modern
methods of education. To all four Ivowells Technology is greatly
indebted for financial aid, for good business advice and for that
personal ser\'ice that counts even more than the other items, for
one and all of these men were active in that committee work with-
out which no great organization can succeed. The ser\ace of
Percival Lowell in committee work included super\"ision over vari-
ous departments of study and administration, mathematics, elec-
trical engineering and physics among them, and in some earlier
years a member of the auditing committee.
Percival Lowell had most admirable opportunities for a broad
foundation to his education. He had early acquaintance w^th
Europe, its languages and modes of thought* while ten years in
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the Orient, engaged in the study of its ancient civilizations and
philnsophics and later years in touch with the most advanced scien-
tiilc* I liought i>f American science, gave to Woi unusual opportunity
fur the selection of a field for his own abundant energies. He chose
iMitr<n*«»t»»y» and the world knows the result.
The iiupuisc for this work was probably not unconnected with
the Iii?*titute. A. Uiwrence Rotch, a Tech graduate of '84, friend
mid rt^hitive of Mr. Lowell, had in 1885 begun his life's work in
vrirut r hy e««tnhli,Hhing the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory.
Thin by it.H Hexibility and the absence of official red tape, began
from il« dtHlication its service to science and demonstrated the
ailvuntagcTi t^f the jjersonally directed, independent institution for
re»riun h. .Mr. llotch early in 1891 be<mme a member of the cor-
pimiliuii of (Vrhnology in which Mr, Lowell was already half-a*
ilustm y< r . r lublished. The instantaneous success of Blue Hill
Wiki pruhiibly an incentive to Mr. Lowell, who had already become
ltil^rt*Hleti in the work of Schiaparelfi^ and he was impelled to take
uj> the Tiiantle of the Italian astronomer, and in a systematic man-
ner (*onfirm or refute the existence of the **canali*' on Mars,
In 1894, therefore, after a very careful consideration of every
tiling that should enter into a truly scientific undertaking in astron-
omy, Arizona was selected for the location and Flagstaff Observa
tory was established, De^'otion to his spec^ialty, which include
not only Mars but the other planets, their satellites and the met
ors and comets, the different components of the solar system, 1
later to his desire to give to others the knowledge that he had him-
self acquired. An ob\ious way to do this lay through the Insti
tute, and in 1902 he was named non-resident professor of astronom.
and in 1908 he tendered to the Institute the facilities for researchH
afforded by his obsen^atory.
The connection with the Institute as professor revealed to thi
Faculty and students a new and brilliant phase of the character
Mr. Lowell. It is doubtful if there was in his lime in scientific
work an individual possessing the intimate knowledge of his sub-
jects, the magnetism, the personality, the choice of language and
the happy ability to present his thoughts, that had fallen to him,
and this was evidenced when he came before Faculty or student
body as a speaker.
In various papers he appeared before the Society of Arts, noift-
bly at the Darwin commemoration in 1909, where he divided the
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platform and the subject of the day, *' Evolution/* with Professor
Sedgwick, and was at no disadvantage conapared with the poUshed
and easy style of Tech's great sanitation leader. A year later it
was the presentation before the society of the story of the comets,
in which repulsion, the pressure of sunlight and other recently
acquired knowledge fell into their proper places in the cosmogony*
Then again at a later date — January 30, 1^13 — ^the astronomical
significance of the great pyramid of Gizeh was set forth as "the
oldest and most significant astronomical observatory the world
ever had/'
Two series of lectures stand forth as i>articular events in this
most brUliant period of LowelPs activities, a course in the Lowell
Institute in October and November, 1906, and a special group of
six for the M. I. T. students in February and March, 1909. Al-
ready a decade before he had lectured on Mars in the Lowell Insti-
tute courses, but these later presentations had the advantage of
ten years' further observation and study by himself and his inde-
fatigable assistants at his obsen^atory. The Lowell course was
so striking that the afternoon repetition of the lectures was de-
manded and the audiences included the most intelligent of Boston's
population. The lectures to the students attracted alike the
young men and the instructing staff and the few outsiders who
knew of them and stand today as one of the most remarkable series
of presentations that the Institute had known. They were
afterwards condensed into lus volume, ** Evolution of Worlds/'
One other helpful feature of his relations with the Institute was
c\^denced in frequent showings in the entrance hall of the Rogers
Building, of the newest results of the work of the Lowell Observa-
tory. Prepared at first specially for the view of Technology stu-
dents they attracted so much attention that demimd was made
for them, and in succession the remarkable and beautiful photo-
graphs on glass have been shown in the larger cities of the country.
Percival Lowell's activities in his relations to the Institute have
been important, but in truth they have been hardly more than
incidental in a life filled with activity and with achievements of
cuch character that the world has not yet had time to take cog-
! of their greatness.
John RiTcmuB, Jb.
ACTIVITIES OF THE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
Its work IS one of helpfulness to the new students, to the
foreign students and to those in need of advice.
The Technology Christian Association exists "to supplement
technical training with character building/' The importance of
thus supplementing technical training is attested by the testimony
of the members of the National Engineering Societies in naming
character first in the order of importance of fundamental qualities
that make for success in engineering in their replies to the ques-
tionnaire of the Carnegie Foundation in their study of engineering
schools reported in the Engineering Record, January 26, 1916.
The general process and an indication of its effectiveness Is
evidenced by the very name of the organization. In the first
place it is a Technology association. It is a purely indigenous
organization. It has no organic relations with any outside
organizations of a similar nature. Its Advisory Board, which
determines its general policies and employs the secretary, are
almost entirely alumni and professors and were appointed by the
President of the Institute. The work is planned by our students,
for our students, and carried out by oor students. In all history
there has not been a more effective agency for the building of
character than the Christian religion. Therefore it is a Christian
association. Suffice it to say in this connection that our iuter-
pretation of Christianity is in its simplest and most fundamental
terms. Finally, because organized effort is more effective than
unorganized, it is an association. In passing, let me remark
that in all my experience with college men I have never found
such a genius for organization as exists among Technology stu-
dents and this certainly seems to characterise the alumni as
well.
When one begins to define character, he is confused by the
number of elements which seem to need to be included. They
rather group themselves into two divisions* however, which will
help to explain the methods we use to develop it. In general,
one may say that character is composed of right habits of thought
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and right habits of action and the T. C, A. aims definitely to
build into the lives of Technology students those habits of thought
and those habits of action.
To develop right habits of action the T. C* A. maintains the
following activities. Every spring about one hundred upper-
classmen are carefully selected as advisers to freshmen. During
the summer they are given the names of about four freshmen
each, to whom they write and offer to be of any service possible.
On their arrival at the Institute these advisers meet the fresh-
men, help them to register, advise them in regard to rooming
places and otherwise assist them to adjust themselves comfortably
in their new surroundings* During the late spring and smnmer
another committee has been busy investigating rooming and board-
'mg places to find and publish a list of places entirely suitable
for students to live. During the opening days another group of
men maintain an information bureau where all kinds of diflSculties
are straightened out and information given.
Each year a reception to new students is given enabling them
to take the first steps in getting acquainted with each other and
with those that have Ijeen here before.
The publication of the Technology Handbook or "Tech Bible"
as it is familiarly known, is another important piece of student
service. This year ^,500 of these leather-botmd com pendi urns of
information about Teclmology were printed and distributed free to
students and professors. The cost of $450 was covered by ad-
vertising secured by the students.
The fact that one out of every twelve students at Technology
comes from a foreign country presents another opportunity for
service, and, looking into the future international relations,
it is a strategic piece of work. A special committee endeavors
to help them in every possible way during their first days, and
later, lectures are given them on American customs, ideals and
institutions, and opportunities given them to come in contact
^ith the best in American life.
Students arc encouraged to do for others in the community.
Many are secured to lead boys' classes and clubs in churches,
Y. M* C. A/s and settlements. At present twenty men are teach-
mg English to foreigners in nearby factories at the noon hour,
uid in boarding houses and settlements in the evenings. While
they are rendering a valuable service they are learning to know
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the foreign working man in an intimate and sympathetic way that
may do much in later years toward alleviating labor differences.
At the present tane we are giving the students an opportunity
to help alleWate the suffering in Europe by making contributions
to "The Students of Europe and their Comrades in the Prison
Camps of the Natkms now at War." Over three hundred dollars
has been nised for this cause.
We have attempted to develop right habits of thought along
several different Ikics. The first term of each year we provide
MXk opportttnity for groups of freshmen to discuss the moral prob-
lems tbegr tie likely to meet, with an older student or instructor.
This year we had thirteen such groups varying in average attend*
frOBl ive to ten men each Seven upperclassmen's groups
with the following leaders and subjects :
Trof, W. T Sedgwick*— "The Recent Growth of Altruism."
^Oae of the moi^ atriking phenomena of our times is the growth
of tJI HuAb of movements for helping others. The questions to
be l«Ml lAd iBscumed are: What does this sense of the need for
-^tffiot WKttMf Whence does it arise? What are its UmHs?
♦The tMlittilUffl wUl l>e reached that altruism is the very essence of
Chmtliinhjr.**
f^^ H, G. Pniwoo,— "Human Engineering/'
mA |ttii4>* of the forces that hinder and help us in our deaUngi
\ and with our fellowmen/'
Mr t', H* Sutherland, — ** Social Christianity."
A tli»cu.'*?*ion of the conflict between the old indi\'idualism ai^
the new colUH^tivism.
Mr* C' E. Turner, — "The Biological Aspects of Alcohol as Related
to Industry."
Ill politics and business the use of alcohol is becoming a live
lnHuc and the fact that the industrial problems involved are for
the Ictluiically trained man, even more important than the
proper u.Hc of the ballot.
Prof. George B. Haven,— **WTiat Shall it Profit a Man?"
A scries of discussions upon the true mlue of power in a man's
life.
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Prof. W. E. Wickendee,— "Ad Engbeer's Faith."
The modem man of science insista that his thinking in one
reahn shaH be consistent with his thinking in every other reabn,
Phrf* F. R. Kneeland,-='' American Denominations/*
A study of the different denominations and a comparison of
their beliefs regarding certain fundamental ideas.
These groups met from three to seven sessions each and enrolled
about 70 meo.
Men prominent in business and professional life are brought in
to talk on fundamental issues of life. Until this year a speaker
addressed the students in the Union on each Thursday noon.
These **T. C. A. Talks** will probably be resumed when we get
into the Walker Memorial. A special committee arranges for
similar talks in the various fraternities following the dinner hour
on convenient evenings*
The function of the church in developing right thinking is
regarded as an important one and we very definitely attempt to
relate men with the church of their denomination as soon as they
arrive* Before the first Sunday of the school year the pastors
of these churches are given the names of the incoming students of
their particular faith. A committee, composed of a Tech student
from each church, is active throughout the year in following up
this work. Frequent conferences are held with these churches to
consider ways and means.
Last year in recognition of the pla<;e that a man*s reading
fills along this line» a project was launched called the R, R, R.
(recommended recreational reading). The plan provided for the
recommendation of several books each month by prominent faculty
members and alumni. These were to be advertised and placed on
a special shelf in the library. The books are to become the property
of the Walker Memorial Library. It was a success from the
start and duplicate copies had to be secured of many books, the
demand for them was so great.
In many other quiet ways the association is attempting to
develop an atmosphere where it will be easier for students to do
right and harder for them to do wrong*
Arthur G. Cushman.
TmcKsoiJOOT Association. — The Inter-
Assomtion held a dinner at the Newhouse
Itkt City on Tuesday, Januar>' 16. Twenty -one
' present. President John H. I^a\*eU, '07,
I introduced the speakers of the evening, Mr. Lafayette
of Hie Xmvml Consulting Board and Dr. H. P. Kirtley,
f jTCttCi a member of the Medical Reserve Corps and lately
1 ffoa five months* service on the Border. I
Ifr* Hiirhi tt spoke on the general question, "How to bring
Ifce Bost perfect cottperation in American industry, that
wrespood in some degree to that which will later exist in
possibly onder Government backing?'* And, '"What can
tile la rt i tl i le Alumni do as trained men to meet the problems that
wil arise after tbe European War is over? "
In discussing the first question. Mr. Hanchett said that we
^uld Ui»t o\*erlotik the fact that European nations will be facing
% oauch bigger problem than the United States. First of all, great
UBIM must be gradually demobilized and soldiers organized into
lnJMitfy, whereas our industries are already organized, and our
industrial organisations will be only readjusted by change of trade I
rfJatioiLH and keenly competitive prices so that we will be confronted
^iih the usuiil problem of meeting new methods with new methods*
Germany will lind great barriers erected in her path of reestablish- I
tug trade connections. The Japanese have meanwhile^ for example, *
b^D building ships to be ready for the trade expansion to follow
iJie war. They have also I>een developing the toy industry, and
Wt have been developing our own dye works and our own potash.
The struggle will Ik* tfiat of the hungry man driven by extremity
uainsi the well-fed man and it is possible that the former may
outstrip the latter.
Our own powers of invention and initiative will be of greater
service* than imitative coiiperation. Our first duty in mobilizing
our industries is to get correct information through organized
tnulc aHstK'iations and educate our people as to their needs.
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Nationally, five things will becorae pforainent in meeting these
problems:
(a) The restriction of immigration;
(b) A subsidized merchant marine;
(c) A policy of *Mive and let live" with the railroads;
(d) Tariff commission;
(e) Strengthening of the military arm, the most important of aU*
We are moving, thinking and discussing, but so far we have not
developed a leader of capacity and foresight who will assume the
burden of preparing and organizing our great material resources,
Diines» oil, coal and farms, etc., into perfect cooperation. The
Naval Consulting Board have taken an inventory of the facilities
of our country for turning out monitions. Broad gauged, patriotic
men like Henry Wise Wood, Saunders, and Schwab have been
public-spirited enough to volunteer their time and the facilities
at their disposal to awaken the country to aconscioasness of the
need of preparedness, but the present frame of mind appears to
be to *' Let George do it. *' WTiat kind of men are we? There is a
great need for skilled, efficient men in public offices, and by assum-
ing these duties we set the example for others to follow. Let us
take a reliable inventory of ourselves and our powers, and for
Tech men this means a reliable inventory of brains.
Dr* Kirtley spoke of his experiences in the Field Hospital near
Nogales, Ariz., and of the routine life and organization of the army.
He emphasized the need of strengthening the army, for if we don't,
the next war we get into we are "going to be licked.'* He very
strongly advocated universal military training as being the only
way to strengthen the military ami of the Government. — W, H.
Trask\ Jr., '0^, Secretary 'Treasurer ^ University Clubt Salt Lctke Ciiy^
Utah.
Technology Club of Northern Ohio. — The program for a
grand autumn field day and fun fcst offered such a variety of in-
terest that most of the members of the club found it irresistible and
Tech men from north, east, south and west broke all former records
to get to the center of the rubber world for a big time in the open
air and for a big feed and song fest at Gaylord's Inn, a local tavern^
Saturday, October 28.
Flip Fleming, a 1916 graduate, was detailed to perfect arrange-
ments and he and his committee outdid themselves to make the
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day one of the brightest and best in the annals of this very live
organization,
Mr, Charles W, Eaton, *85, representative of the Technology
Club of Northern Ohio on the Alumni Council, expressed regret of
his inability to attend the outing and sent to the organization from
his home in Haverhill, Mass., a check to be used to help make the
day bigger, busier and better. As a result of this loyal action, a
silver loving cup was purchased which will be known as the Eaton
Trophy and will be used as a trophy to be competed for by Cleve-
land and Akron Tech meo. Such competition will take the com-
bination form of athletic events and per cent- of attendance.
The athletic events were run o£F on schedule without a hitch
amidst great enthusiasm and with many close finishes*
In the three-legged race C. R. Johnson and R. A. D. Preston ran
away from a large field of starters and scored the first points for
Akron. A. W. Spicer and Arch Eicher, representing Cleveland,
came in second. The winning couple received two beautiful rag
dolls as prizes.
The sack race was won by Arch Eicher w ith Durkee as second.
Eicher mastered the technique of the contest very quickly and
romped away to the front with ease* winning the salubrious tin horn
which was offered for the event,
1q the old timers' race, the old and fat boys put up a game and
came doifvn the course strung out in one long line neck and neck,
no one assuming any advantage over the others. Unable to resist
the temptation of grasping the large hand-painted baby rattle
which went to the winner, Peabody broke away in the last ten
yards and rolled over the line ahead of A. L. Patrick from Elyria.
Chinese wrestling was a new game imported for the occasion.
The opposing contestants lay on their stomachs blindfolded, hold-
ing a barrel stave by opposite ends. A hea\'y club of wadded news-
papers is placed in the free hand and the two make alternate at-
tempts at beating each other's brains out. After many terrific
combats Joe Dunlap was determined the winner wdth one less black
eye than normal. Don Stevens being runner up with the loss of
only one wisdom tooth.
In the egg race A. T. Hopkins assisted by a relay of younger
fricndi scrambled into home stretch a winner by seven yards. He
wm« donated, in fact showered, with all the spare eggs.
The barrel stave wrangle resembled nothing so much as snow
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shoemg in Egypt. Several bad spills were in order but Jim Hale
by steady and consistent effort plodded into first place and crossed
the line a winner.
Don Stevens won the automobile race by default.
The booze fight was called off on account of the modesty of the
contestants. Each one wished to yield the other the palm, both
ha^dng recently hit the ** Sunday Sawdust Trail/'
The hit of the day was the aerial "cock fight.'* A large boom
was elevated on two horses about six feet off the ground. Two
contestants mounted the boom facing each other with a feather
pillow in their hands, the object of the event being for one of the
contestants to knock the other off his perch* Many ludicrous
situations developed and some grand and glorious tumbles occurred.
Joe Dunlap proved the best equestrienne and was returned victor
over a bloody field.
At the dinner in the evening Tech songs were alternated with
many original sketches and cheers. A special program drawn for
the occasion was used. The nominating committee elected A. T.
Hopkins to succeed P. W, Litchfield as Main Gink of the club and
A. W* Spicer to succeed Don Stevens as Sacred Scribe, Plans for
the coming meeting of the Technology Clubs Associated in Cleve-
land and Akron were discussed.
Among those who were present at dinner were the following:
H. S. Alexander, '11; E. C. Gagnon, '16; F, R. Peabody, '98;
G. W. Sherman, '94; Ed. B. Cook. '01; Wm. N. Drew, '10; B. H.
Hale, '14; A. D. Wheeler. Jr., '15; J. A. Christie, '09; C. R. John-
son, '11; A. W. Spicer, '13; L. C. Marble, '96; R. A. D. Preston,
'10; P. W. Litchfield, '96; A. W. Carpenter, '13; Hal Gray, 16;
F. C. Moore, '91; A. D. Hatfield, '96; C. H. Durkee, 15; G. B.
Greenough. '14; M. H. Rood, 16; J. B. Ingle, '16; Chas. G. Nor-
ton. 15; J. B. Carr, '16; J. H. Dunlap, ll;. K. B. Kilborn. 11;
G, W- Bowers, '09; F, H. Adams, '88; W. E. Kimball, 15; F. W.
Witherell, '00; A.L. Patrick, '94; "Flip" Fleming, 16; W. R. Keith,
'14; F. W. Clafiin, *01; R. W. Pratt, '98; E. A. Weissbach, 16;
J, E, Hale, '08; A, M. Eicher, 12; W. S. Wolfe, 1€; C. P. Monto.
10; Don Stevens, 11; A. T. Hopkins, '97,— Don Stevernf. '11,
Secfetary, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Cc^ Ahron^ Ohio.
Technology Club of the Merrimack Valley.— A special
reunion of the club members was held on Wednesday evening,
December IS, 1§16, at the Merrimack Valley Country Club,
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Lawrence, Mass. Twenty men were present. Dinner was served
at 7,30 o'clock. President R. F. Pickeb, '87, presided. After the
diimer, Mr. I. W. Litchfield, '85. of the Institute spoke on various
mfttters of interest. He exhibited some fine lantern slides show-
mg the stunts of the Tarious dasses at Xantasket Beach last June,
mbo some \-iews of the new dormitories. He later spoke in detail
of the plazks as proieeted for the co5peration of the Institute and
the alumni with the Xational Government along preparedness
Wmm^-^okm A. CoUms. Jr.. '91, Secretary, 67 ThorndyU Street,
Tkb Tidchxouxjt Club of Rochester. — At the regular annual
■weti^Qf the dub* which took place October ^, 1916, the follow-
ing ofictrs were elected for the year 1916-17: President, Adolph
Lodib. 'W; first \nce-president, J. C. Dryer, '99; second \ice-
president, J. P. Barnes, *05; secretary-treasurer, W* S. Lucey, '07;
SMBber of the executive committee for three years, E> M, Hawkins,
V7. Other members of the executive committee are H, H, Tozier,
"Sfi, and F. W. Lovejoy, '94.— FF. S. Lucey, '07, Secretary*Tre<isurer,
X«Ufc Fork Works, Rochester, N, Y,
Th« Induna Association, M. L T.^The association gave a
farewell banquet to Dr. Severance Barrage, '9^, at the German
Hotise, November 3. The dinner was well attended and great
regret at losing such a good member was expressed by all. Dr,
Barrage goes to Boston to take up special research work. He
formerly was a professor in Purdue University, and later was con-
nected with the Eli Lilly & Co,
Kurt Vonnegut, '08, was toastmaster of the evening and WilUam
Wall, *96, the principal speaker.
Our monthly luncheons are still the meeting place of Tech men,
and frequent guests enliven the meetings,^ — W, B\ Parker, '88,
Secretary, 805 Board of Trade Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind.
NoKTHWESTERN ASSOCIATION OF M, I, T.— The Northwestem
association held a smoker on election night, November 7, 1910, to
receive the returns of the election, and w^hich turned out to be
a very enjoyable affair. As the returns came in, a straw vote
was taken which was one-sided in the ratio of 39 to 7* The joy
of the evening, however, was dispelled on the following day.
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On November 28, another smoker was held in commemoration
of the members of the association who served on the border as
members of the National Guard. Thirteen of our members spent
several months at the border and most of them were present at the
smoker. Lieut. Kenneth Lockett, '02, related an interesting
account of the operations of his command — Battery "D," First
Illinois Field Artillery — and his account was at least partially
verified by E. Ridsdale Ellis, '09, and other privates of the same
command.
Quartermaster Tomlinson, '12, of the engineers' corps described
the exciting adventures of this detachment in surveying the route
of march of the so-called American Army.
Ellis described the aesthetics of the process of burying dead
horses, and Lieut. Harold Lockett described the method in vogue
for watering the animals. It seems that the water supply is
located several miles from camp, and the process is to lead the
horses in double file from the camp to the watering place; this
process requires practically a full day, by which time the first
horse watered is famished for another drink. It is not related
how they got out of this predicament. — H, S. Pardee^ '09, Seen-
iary-Treaturer, 111 W. Washington Street, Chicago, lU.
DAVID A. GREGG
To all who had the privilege of knowing this gentle man of
God socially or in the conduct of business, there comes a sense
of personal loss, a feeling that something beautiful has passed
from earth- On the second hour of the morning of September 16,
1916, he entered into that rest he has so longed for through so
many months of failing health.
About thirty-six years ago there appeared in the pages of
the American Architect, some drawings signed "D. A. G,** which
were marvels of simple, direct architectural pen drawings, and
a revelation to all draughtsmen; from that time on his work
was eagerly watched for by every draughtsman, ajid his services
sought by architects all over the land, whenever they wished to
win a competition or present their work in a most attractive
manner. An artist and a poet, he beautified everything he
touched. One could see the most banal design, under his magic
touch, grow into a thing of beauty. So conscientious was he
that no matter how unpromising the material might be, he would
be devoted to it, and study it, making numerous experiments as
to the best possible point of view* light and shadow^ of line,
and quality of rendering, till he was satisfied that he had ex-
hausted its possibilities. Then there would emerge from his
hand a clean, clear, simple, charming drawing, thoroughly char-
acteristic of the man- One would feel that only a sweet, clean
gentleman could produce such a drawing, and the author of the
design would be astonished at the unsuspected merit of his work.
So he had come to be recognis^ as a sort of magician, a real
artist who could by his personality ** render*' to the utmost limit,
and with such an apparent simplicity, alike the works of all
degrees of merit, of the just and the unjust, all receiving justice,
and morel In a few years he had revolutionized architectural
rendering in this countr}% and may, in fact, be said to be the father
of architectural rendering with us.
For more than twenty years he was an instructor at the Mass-
achusetts Institute of Technology, only relinquishing his teach-
ing a few years ago because of failing strength- The many stu-
dents who were fortunate enough to have his help will venerate
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his memory. Those who were intimate could tell of his many acts
of charity, and of his rescue work among the "down-aad-outs/'
the lowly and the needy. And all this work, these marvelous
works of art, these deeds of charity and brotherly love, were so
quietly done, with such an extreme modesty, such a charming
simpUcity, that they were unnoticed amid the blare of trumpets
of these times of ours. David A. Gregg, a simple, modesty sweet,
gentle man, upon whose Eke we may never look again, — J. A.
ScHWEiNFDBTB, Bostofi Transcript, September £0, 1916*
Mining Summer School
Professor Locke of the mining department, with a piuty of
seven students, made a summer school trip after the Reunion last
June.
The party was one of the most novel summer school parties
in the record of the Institute, in that it consisted of six Chinese
students and one American student. In recent years the depart-
ment summer schools have been somewhat on the decline, because
in the opinion of the department, it is better for men to spend the
whole summer in practical work in mining or raetallurg>s instead
of spending three or four weeks in visiting mines and metaUurgical
plants. Through the kindness of aiumni and friends of the
Institute an employment system has been developed by Professor
Locke, whereby all students who desire practical work during the
summer have been placed in positions. However, the placing of
Chinese students is difficidt, and, therefore, the summer school
seems to be necessary for them.
The party first \Tsited the mine and magnetic concentrator
of the Empire Iron & Steel Company at Mt. Hope, N* J. From
there a jump was made to Niagara Falls, where the Acheson
^aphite plant and the hydroelectric plant were visited and an
opportunity given the students to see the Falls. A long jump
brought the party next to Duluth, In that city was seen the
plants of the Minnesota Steel Company, including coke depart-
ment* blast furnaces, open hearth furnaces and rolling mill, and
the Carbolite plant for the manufacture of calcium carbide in
electric furnaces. From Duluth a tour was made out on the
Mesabi iron range, to study the \'arious forms of open pit and
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underground mining of iron ores, and of iron ore washing. The
next stop was at Inmwood, Michigan, where deep mines exist,
and where the mining methods are somewhat different from those
of the Mesabi district. The last stop was at Houghton, Michigan,
where a week was spent studying copper mining, miUing and
smelting.
The party left Boston on June 19, and broke up at Houghton,
on July 7.
The thanks of the party are due to the alumni and to people
in charge of the plants visited. Everywhere a cordial welcome
was received and fullest c^^wrtunity given to see the operations.
MISCELLANEOUS CLIPPINGS
McKay Fund
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v'ard will receive approximately $2^,000,000 on the death of the
last anQuitant under the will of Gordon McKay to carry on the work of
applied science provided for by the testator, according
to an estimate made by the surviving trustees in an
answer filed in the Sypreme Court in a suit by the president and fellows of
Harvard for leave to transfer tlie McKay millions to the Institute of
Technology*
The trustees arc Frank T, Stanley and George E» Gilbert. The McKay
tnifftfl were accepted in 1904 by Harvard, Since then, however, Harvard
has felt thai the Institute of Teclinology is better equipped to cany on the
work and better results may be obtained, not only by reason of the im-
proved facilities but by assembling a large body of students pursuing the
nine lines of study.
The trustees oppose any transfer of the fund, declaring that the testator
was prompted by a purpose to build a strong and efficient department of
engineering education and research at Harvard University under charge
of a Harvard faculty and under the exclusive jurisdiction of the university.
Har\*ard has been paid already* $2,447,^61.12 by the trustees, who con-
tend that the $i2,0O0,0OO which will be turned over finally will yield an
income that will be sufficient to erect buildings and establish the plant
that Mr. McKay had in mind at the time he executed his will.
The validity of a transfer by Harvard to Technology under the terms
of the will will be determined soon by the full bench of the Supreme Court.
— GtoAe* Boston.
Will the Advice
Be Taken?
Professor Arthur A, Noyes, of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech*
oology and one of the chemical professors appointed by the National
Academy of Science to carry on investigations in
behalf of the Governmcot's preparedness program,
has just given the Solons at Washington the best tip
as to the fundamentals of military preparedness tliat they have yet re-
ceived. It is so simple, however, and so easy to carry out, that judging
from the behavior of the Congress and the War and Navy Departments
after similar suggestions made by laymen as to forehandedness in the past,
it will be calmly ignored with that complacency that is one of our besetting
fins. Speaking as a chemist and detailing the difficulty of getting enough
nitrates in any other way than by importing the Chilian saltpeter. Pro-
advocates the spending of about $15^000,000 for three million
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tons of a supply of saltpeter whicli« if possessed by us, would make us
free from the menace of the probable cutting off of our supplies in war
times. The nitrates would '*keep" and the purchase, he holds, would be
a forehanded measure worth while and quite economical at that* But one
can already hear the thing negatived at Washington, since it is too clean-
cut a proposition and lacks the fantasy or the log-rolling aspect that always
unlocks the treasury doors. But why not lake Professor Noyes's advice?
It is just to get such tips that the assistance of such men was invited by
the administration. — Public Ledger t Philadelphia.
Wliat "Smith"
Means
The real import of President Maclaurin*s name. Smith* for the anony-
mous donor of what now means five millions, is becoming to be known in
educational circles. The S — h represents mystery, of
course, and every one knows that M. I. T, is the symbol
of the Institute. sMITh is, therefore, only the addi-
tion of mystery to Tech. And President Maclaurin said the other evening
at a dinner that within the week he had escorted Mr. Smith about the
Institute and he had seen the laboratories and fdt that his investment waa
a good one. — Evenijig Record, Boston,
Tecli Wins
S4,ooo^ooo
The Massachusetts Institute of Technolog^^ is ending a fortunate year.
It has raised $1,500,000, which brings in $2»500,000 more from "Mr.
Smith.*' It has successfully moved from its home of half
a century and has taken up its work again in its new
buildings on the Cambridge shore of the Charles river
basin without any breaks.
Having the buildings in condition for use President Maclaurin has this
year devoted much of his attention to the establishment of an adequate
endowment fund, and although very succe^ul when measured by the
usual standards, Technology is so large and laboratory methods so great
in their demands that he by no means considers his task completed.
The most remarkable feature of the y^u- was the offer by the anony*
mous **Mr. Smith," who in an announcement made at the great telephone
dinner during the dedicatorj' exercises in June said he was ready to cover
any other man's gift of three dollars with one of five dollars. The only
conditions to "Mr. Smith's** offer were that the amount given by him
would not exceed 12,500,000 and that the time limit would be December
31, 1916. The Institute has secured the gifts of $1,500,000 necessary to
gain his offered maximum, and the two amounts together make an even
W.000,000.
In addition there have been a goodly number of other gifts — one of
$800,000 for the establishment of the new school of chemical engineering
practice, while much in the way of apparatus and machinery has been
presented to the Institute. — Ef^ening Globe, New York, December. 1916.
GATES TOR TURBINE— HYDRAULIC LABORATORY
PRESSURE TANKS. PELTON WHEELS, AND WEIR BOXES— H YDRAULIC
L.\BORATORY
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Dormitories
at Last
When the average college man goes to work after graduation m a city
where his parents do not reside it usually takes him two or three years of
eacperience with various living quarters and various costa
of rental to make him appreciate to the full the advantages
which hia college dormitories provided at a price far less
than he must pay to secure anything like as good quarters in the city.
But when the two hundred Tech students who had been assigned rooms in
the Institute's first dormitory on the Charles moved into the new building
which was opened to receive them last night it is fair to assume that they
entered with more than the usual amount of youthful gratitude. For
they have been living, let it be known » in temporary quarters pro\rided
lofT them in large halls of that other Technology structure — the main
building — which is not at all designed for sleeping or bathing or anything
else hut the regular work of the laboratory and the recitation- room. It
must have been quite a sight to see those two hundred students living
together as though in a barrack hastily fitted to meet a need created by an
American war. But it is altogether a more perraanent matter of satis-
faction that Technology, which has been so long without dormitories,
whether in Boston or Cambridge, should now have opened the first of
thoae biuldings in which it will provide good living quarters ultimately lor
all of its students under the most approved conditions and in the most
fitting surrounding* — Boston Tramcripl, November 7p 1916.
One of the most generous givers to American universities is "Mr.
Smith,** address unknown. All attempts to discover his identity have
. failed.
•tjt i 'Ay. ^ magnificent group of modern buildings, with an en-
dowment of several million dollars, at the new home of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, across the river from the old site*
form his latest contribution to learning.
At the time of the Tech celebration last June this Mr. Smith offered the
institution five doUars for every three dollars raised by its friends* up to
11^00,000, The incentive brought money in so quickly that $1,500,000
was supplied within five months, and M. I. T. had its $4,000,000 as a
Christmas present.
There must be pleasure for this man, whoever he is, in watching the
ODOunents throughout the country upon his generosity — provided he is not
so modest that he refuses to employ a press clipping bureau. The Massa-
chusetts engineering school is one of the most useful educational establish"
meats in the United States. Mr. Smith is, in helping it, contributing to
the advancement of scientific study throughout the country. — Post Stand-
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Among the many enormous private benefactions of the past year the
moat notable in many ways was a gift made to the Massachusetts Institute
*y- , of Technology'. Some man, whose name is carefully dis*
-^ ^ ♦ , guised under the pseudonym of ' * Mr, Smith /'at the ** Tech**
celebration last June offered that institution $2.500i(K>Oj
provided other friends would collectively raise the sum of 1^1,500,000, so
as to make the whole endowment an even $4,000,000. The needed mil-
Uon and a half was raised and Mr. Smitli, still keeping his identity a
secret, made good on his promise. Thus the forejnost technical school of
the country enters the new yearw^ith an endowment of $4,000,000 to add to
its other resources and thus to do its great work even better in the future.
In aO of the published stories there appears this statement, that **no
clue to tlie identity of Mr. Smith has ever been obtained,** and this is the
matter which differentiates tliis great gift from other large donations
rivaling or exceeding it m amount, great as is the amount. It is four times
the sum wliich was contributed by an English scientist in order to embahn
his name and his memory for all time in the Smithsonian Institution at
Washington. Yet this donor prefers to remain modestly in the back-
ground and do liis good work witliout the embarrassment of public recog-
nition of himself as an eminent philanthropist.— TA^f Post, Seattle, Wash.
**Mr* Smith" is one of the most generous of recent givers to gocid causes.
Nobody, outside the inner circles at the li^Iassachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology, knows who he really is — ^his name is not Mr, Smith
apparently — but his hberal benefaction has been published
broadcast. He offered Tech at tlie time of its celebration
last June five dollars for every three that other donors might give it, up
to $3,500,000. Tech has so many good friends that $1 ,500,000 was quickly
supplicfl by them, and the institution now has four miUion dollars more
than it had a few months ago.
** No clew to the identity of Mr. Smith has ever been obtained, " it is said*
Never tlieless, the community, and the whole country » will offer hira sincere
thanks. He has contributed to one of the most useful educational estab-
Ushments in the Um'ted States, and we are all grateful accordingly.
In its new home on the Cambridge side of the Charles river. Technology
faces the future with new confidence. It has a fine site, a stately group of
modern buildings, and an endowment tliat many another institution
would rejoice to possess. — Joumai, Providence, R. I*
Generous
Mr. Smith
To bow^ many hundreds of thousands of Americans is the name of
Elihu Thomson even known, or if know^n does it connote anything more
than some vague notion of science or invention? In a
popular referendum w^here, say, the twelve most "famous'*
or "greatest'' men in the country were to be selected, how
many hundreds of thousands, how many thousandsi of ballots, w^ould he
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receive? The quiet, fruitful labors of men of science pass unnoticed by
the general public in every nation* Elihu Thomson, English by birth, is an
American citizen of whom the United States will boast hereafter. He is of
the minds, few in every generation, that produce a great and lasting effect
upon national welfare and industrial progress, that fructify civilization by
the originality of their thought and their scientific achievement.
Only the other day Mr, Thomson, who wears modestly the laurels of
we don*t know how many native and foreign societies, received the medal
of the Royal Society of London. On Friday night the Fritz medal was
given to him. President Maclaurin of the Maasachu^etts Institute of
Technology, of the corporation of which Mr* Thomson is a member, men-
tioned his five hundred-odd patents, **a large number of them embodying
principles so wide in their application that they might almost be classed as
physical laws," his master discovery of electric weldings **one of the great
inventions of the last generation/* and so on. Greater than thew^orki
though, is the man; and not merely by the number and brilliance of his
inventions, not merely because of his contributions to electrical engineering,
tlie applied science perhaps most characteristic of this age, is Elihu Tbom-
loii great. He has not been content to dwell apart in that region of creative
imagination which is the mathematician's, the astronomer*3. The fact,
uncommon, and one would have thought all but impossible, in this apothe-
osis of specialization, tliat his scientific interest and knowledge have the
widest scope and range, has not engrossed him and confined him to the
cultivation of his own powders. In his youth he i^as a teacher in the
Centra] High School of Philadelphia, He has not ceased to teach, and
DMire productively tlian he could hope to do in a university. In Pru-
dent Maclaurin^s pondered estimation of the man this trait and habit are
among tlie most significant:
"Throughout his life he has not only done great things himself, but
fthawn an intense desire to help all who are struggling earnestly with
scientific prol>leros. He has proved an inspiration to an ever widening
circle of engineers and others who have intrusted him with their secreta
and sought his help in overcoming their difficulties. They have done this,
knowing that they had only to ask in order to get the full benefit of his
iniagination and his power, and that they need have no misgivings that
he would taJte any advantage of their confidence or any credit for their
work, for he has no touch of selfishness. "
Tims by helpfulness to others as well as by his own labors, he furthers
that scientific research, the economic necessity and value of which the war
is impressing upon this country', laggard before it in spite of the s hinin g
example of Germany*
As we take leav^e of this honor to America, we like to think of him, as
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IVesident Madaurin let us see him, in his "laboratory built right into his
house and an integral part of it," a man from whose mind "probably
thoughts on scientific problems are never wholly absent," an "unselfish,
generous, well-trained, well-rounded, well-balanced man of science*** —
TimM, New York.
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A- J. Carpenter and M. P, Howitz, Some Remarks on Acti-
vated Sludge. American Journal of Public BeuHk, Vol 6, p.
1£18. November, 1916.
Charl£6 R. Cross. Grants for Scientific Research. Scieneet
N. 5. Vol. 43, No. 115, pp. 68(MJ8L April 12, 1916.
Chari^es R. Cross. Grants for Scientific Research, Science^
N. 8. Vol 44, No, 1H4, pp. 50-51. July 14, 1916.
Charles R, Cross. Science, N\ S, Vol. 44» No. 1129, pp.
«29-232, August IB, 1916.
Henry Fat. Erosion of Guns — The Hardening of the Surface.
Bulletin of The American Institute of Mining Engineers. December,
1916.
Henry Fay. Microscopic Examination of Steel. John Wiley
and Sons, Inc., New York, 1916.
Heinrich O. HoFMAN. American Year Book for 1915. Apple-
loo. New York. 1915.
Heinrich O. Hofman. Smelling and Refining of Lead*
Transactions Intemaiionai Engineering Congress. 1915.
Heinrich O. Hofman and W. Mostowitsch. Decomposition
and Reduction of Lead Sulphate at Elevated Temperatures. Bul-
letin of The American Institute of Mining Engineers.
Wn-UAM Hovgaard. The Naval War and the Size of Battle-
ships (Serial Article). Engineering^ London, December 15, 1910^
and the following numbers.
William Hovgaard, Submarine Boats, Paper read before
the Royal Canadian Institute, Toronto. F. 19, pp. 119* Illus-
trated. 1915.
Murray P. Howitz. A Sanitary Surv^ey of Glen Ridge, N, J,
Special Report. January, 1917.
Hector J, Hughes, Chairman of Committee. Report on
Drainage and Preparation of Subgrade, 2d National Conference
on Concrete Road Building. Proceedings of Conference. Pp. 77-82,
February, 1916.
HrcTOB J. Hughes, Member of Commission of Five En^-
neers. Report to Mayor of Boston. *' Policy to be followed by
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the City of Boston in the Paving of its Streets." Bo^n daily
papers. June, 1916,
Hector J. Hughes, Member of ConiDiission of Five Engineers.
Report to Mayor of Boston, ** Bituminoiis Road Binders. *' Bos-
ton da ily pa per if. J ane, 1 9 1 G ,
J. C. Httnsaker and T* H, Huff. Aeroplane Control Sur-
faces. Ariation and Aeronautical Engineering. Vol. I, p. 146, pp.
2. niustrnted.
J. C. HtTNSAKER and T. H. Huff. The Agrodjmamical Prop-
erties of the Triplane. Engineering (London), p. 64, pp. %, Illus-
trated. July £1,1910.
A. E. Ken^elly and O. R. Schukig. Tractive Resistances
to a Motor Delivery Wagon on Different Roads and at Different
Speeds. Proceedings of (he American Institute of Electrical Engi--
neers. Vol. 35, pp, 1011-IOS9, pp.29. Illustrated. June, 1916.
Frederick G. Keyes and A. W. Kentstey. The Present
Status of the Thernio-dynamic Properties of Carbon Dioxide.
Journal of the Ameriean Society of Refrigeration Engineers. Vol, 3,
p. 48, pp. 24. November.
Alexander Klemin and T. H. Huff. Course in Aerody-
namics and Aeroplane Design. A serial in 24 parts in Aviation and
Aeronautieal Engineering. Gardner, Moffat Co., 120 West 32d
Street. Vol. L Special Issue, Illustrated. New York. 1916-
17.
Frederic H, Lahee. Origin of the Lyman Schists of New
Hampshire. Journal of Biology. Vol. 24, pp. 366-381, pp. 15.
Illustrated, May, June, 1916.
Frederic H. Lahee. Field Geology, Vol. 1, pp. 508. Illus-
trations, 409. McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York. November,
1916,
F. A. Laws, C. W. Green, and C. L. Dawes. Technology
Monthly Engineering Journal, Vol. 3, p, 5, pp. 7, Illustrated.
December, 1916,
W. K. Lewis. Flow of Heat from Solids to Air. Journal of
Indtisi rial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol, 8, p. 515. 1916.
W* K. Lewis, Flow of Viscous Liquids through Pipes. Jour^
nal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry^ Vol. 8, p. 627. 1916.
W. K, Lewis,
and the Industry.
try, Vol. 8, p. 769.
Effective Co5peration between the University
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemis^
1916.
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W- K. Lewis. Prieciples of Counter-Current Extraction.
Journal of Industrial and Engineering CkemiMryi Vol. 8, p. 853.
Idl6.
W. K, Lewis. On the Efficiency of Air Dryers. Journal of In-
dttsirial and Engineering Chemistry, VoL 8, p. 570. 1916.
W. K, Lewis. The Chemistry of Amorphous Solids. Journal
of the Society of Chemical Indusiry, VoL S5.
W. K. Lewis, MeiaUurgicvi and Chemical Engineering^ Vol. IS,
p,fl2I. 1915.
W. K. Lewis and Fraxk H. Thorp. Outlines of Industrial
Chemistry. Third Edition, revised* The Macmillan Co.^ New
York, 1916.
RiCHABD C. Maci-aitrin. A National Opportunity and a
National Duty. Stone and Webster JournaL Pp. 7. August,
1916.
LioxEL S. 5L\RKB, Editor-in-Chief and Contributor. Mechani-
cal Engineers^ Handbook^ pp. 1836. Illustrations, over 1,000.
Size 8vo. New York, 1916.
Lionel S. RL^rks. Gas Engines and Producers. Pp. 350.
Illustrations, 220 figures. Size 8vo. Chicago, 1916.
Edward F. Milleb. Notes on Power Plant Design. Pp. 185.
Clttstrated. Size 8| x 11. Boston, December, 1915.
S. P. MtiLLiKEN. Identification of Compounds of Nitrogen with
Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen. A Method for the Identification
of Pure Ozonic Compounds. Vol. II, pp. IX + 327. Size 6| x 10.
New York and London, June, 1916.
Jambs F. Norris. Experimental Organic Chemistry. (Second
Impression.) McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York. Vol. 1, pp.
215. Illustrated. 1916.
James F. Norris. Organic Molecular Compounds, Journal of
American Chemical Society. VoL 38, p. 702, pp. 10. March, 1916.
James F. Norris. Principles of Organic Chemistry. (Fifth
Impression.) Pp. 579. Illustrated. McGraw-Hill Book Co.,
Ne^' York. 1916.
James F. Norris, Muriel Watt and Ruth Thomas. The
Reaction between Alcohols and Agneous Solutions of Hydrochloric
and Hydrobromic Acid. Journal of American Chemical Society*
Vol 38. p. 1071, pp. 10. May, 1916.
Leonard M. Passano. The Woman Peril, A Reply. Edu-^
eaiional Renew. Vol. 49, No. 4. April, 1915.
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Leonard M. Passano, The Study of Mathematics as an Aid to
General Logical Power. The Muihemaiics Teacher. Vol. 8, No. 2.
December, 1915.
Leonaed M. Pas8ano» An Experiment in the Evolution of a
Definite Integral. Engineering Education. Vol. 6, No, 9.
Leonard M, Passano. Being and Becoming Mind. VoL ^
N. S. No. 100, October, 1916,
Leonard M. PAsaANO. The Relation of Mathematics to Engi-
neering: Discussion, Engineering Edticaium, VoL 7, No. 4.
December, 1916.
C, H. Peabodt, Naval Architecture. Third revision enlarged.
VoL 1. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 1017.
Charles M. Spofforo. Highway Bridge Floors. Proceedings
of Engineers Socieiy of Western Pennsylvania^ VoL 31 > p. 727-826.
Illustrated. 1916.
P. G. Stiles. An Adequate Diet. (Harvard Health Talk.)
Pp, 48. Size, 16 mo. Harvard University Press, Cambridge,
Mass. 1016.
H. P. Talbot. Chemistry and Preparedness. Science Conspec--
ttts, VoL 6, No, 4, p. 85. Boston, 1016.
M. deKay Thompson. The Electrolysis of Cryolite Magne-
sium. Oxide mixtures. Metallurgical and Ckeniical Engineering,
VoL 15, p. 504. New York, November. 1916.
M. deKay Thompson and N. J. Thompson. The Electrolytic
Oxidation of Sulf uroua Acid . MetaUurgical and C^hemical ETigineer-
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M. deKay Thompson. Progress in Electrochemistry and
Electrothermics in 1916. Electrical Review and Western Electrician,
Chicago . Jan \iBjy 6 » 1917.
C. E* Turner. The Sedgwick-Rafter Ocular Micrometer and
its Uses. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, Vol.
S5, p. 186, pp. 3. Illustrations, 1 plate. July, 1916,
William H. Walker. The University and Industry. Journal
of Indtistrial and Engineering Chemistry, VoL 8, p. 63, 1916.
William H, Walker, A Master's Course in Chemical Engi-
neering. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, VoL
8, p. 746,
William H . Walker . Cooperation in Industrial Research. Pro-
ceedings American Ekctro-Chemical Societif^ VoL 29, p. 25. 1916.
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William H. Walkeb. Corrosion and the Engineer. Proceed-
ings American Electro-Chemical Society^ Vol. 29, p. 433.
William H. Walkeb. Metallurgical and Chemical Engineering^
Vol. 14, p. 388. 1916.
William H. Walkeb. The Call for the Man Who Knows.
Technology Monthly, Vol. 3, 14. 1916.
William H. Walkeb. A School of Chemical Engineering Prac-
tice. Metallurgical and Chemical Engineering, Vol. 15, p. 138,
1916.
NEWS FROM THE CLASSES
1868.
Robert H. Richards, Sec,, 32 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain, Mass.
The class secretary is stiU somewhat active iq professional mat-
ters* He made three professional trips last summer to New Jersey,
to niiiiois, and to Kansas, and believes that he is still able to do a
piece of work. Barring the usual colds his family has been well.
On the field day the class did not get together as they usually do
and intend to do.
At the annual dinner in January, the class was represented by
Eben Stevens and Bob Richards, and the brother of the latter.
Gen. John T» Richards of Maine, was present as invited guest.
At the recent meeting of the Mining and Metallurgical Society
of America, W* R. Ingalls, Julius Susmann, and R. H. Richard^
were present and a number of other Tech men, the list of whom ha^
been mislaid, making a very large representation of Technology.
1870. jl
Charles R. Cross, Sec., Mass. Inst, of Tech.* Cambridge, Ma^^-^
It is stated in Science that it is planned to erect at the Univer—
sity of Vermont a memorial to the late Professor N. Frederick
MerriU of this class, the matter being in charge of E, C. Jacobs,
M. I. T. '911, professor of chemistry in that institution.
Charles Ellery Avery of this class died at Littleton, Mass.,
November H, 1&16, aged sLxty-eight years. He was buried in the
Mount Wollaston Cemetery at Quincy,
Mr. Avery was a special student in chemistry at the Institute in
1868- '69 giving substantially all his time to work in the chemical
laboratories. He was devoted to his chosen science and showed
evidence of much inventiveness even thus early in his scientific
career. The writer remembers an ingenious device by which he
produced a highly luminous sodium, or barium flame, for use with
the spectroscope by throwing the flame of a Bunsen burner across
the spray which rose from a capsule containing a solution of a salt
of one of the.se elements when in ebulUtion,
The writer is indebted to Alan A. Claflin, *94, for the following
sketch of Mr. Avery's life.
** i^Ir. Avery, after he left the Institute, taught for awhile at the
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, and then became associated
with S. P. Sharpies in analytical and consulting work. While with
Mr, Sharpies he worked out his process for the commercial
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factorc of lactic acid by the femientation of carbohydrates. His
process, practically unchanged, is the basis of the large lactic acid
industry. His first patent on the process was granted in 188L
** Other important professional work of Mr. Avery was his in-
vestigation of the oxidation of the coloring matter of logwood and
the application of nitrite of soda for this purpose; also his re-
searches on the oxidation of petroleum oils, which latter were
never published.
" Mr. Avery was never a robust man and after the manufacture
of lactic acid was established commercially, he lived for many
years in Florida, I^ter he traveled and spent considerable time
in the West Indies, and also lived for awhile in the Island of Jersey.
All the last years of his life he passed in retirement in the town of
Littleton* Mass.
"He never married and is survived by his sister, Mrs. Adelaide
Avery Claflin.
"Throughout his life he was an earnest student of chemistry
and general science, and possessed an extremely original mind,
always bringing to an in^^estigation a novel point of view as well
as an encyclopedic fund of information.
** While an invalid in Florida he spent much time observing the
flight of birds and thirty years ago predicted the aeroplane almost
as we know it today.'*
Dr. Edward M, Buckingham died suddenly, December ^3» 1916,
aged sixty-nine years, and Mr. Andrew M. Ritchie, December "^5,
1016. Fuller notice of both is resented until later,
1875.
E- A. W\ Hammatt, Sec.^ South Orleans, Mass.
The only class news which has come to my attention is the death
of our classmates, E. H. Gammans, Thomas H. Bakewell and C. O.
Bradford.
Bradford died May 5, 1916.
Gammans died in the early summer but the secretary has re-
ceived no particulars of his death.
Bakewell died January 9, 1917, at his home in Pittsburgh, in
his sixty- fifth year. He was at one time prominent among rail-
road builders, and was at one time a member of the firm of Bake-
well and Mullins (sheet metal work). He was one of the founders
of the Duquesne Steel Foundry Company', and became secretary
of the concern, and at the time of his death he held the office of
vice-president and treasurer. He is survived by his widow, four
SODS and five grandchildren.
The annual meeting of the class will be held early in March, due
notice of date, place and time ^vill be sent to members. — The
secretary has recently received word that our classmate Knapp,
from whom nothing has been heard for many years, has had a
shock of paralysis affecting his right arm and leg.
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1876.
John R. Freeman, Sec., Grosvenor Building, Pro\Hdence, R. I.
Prior to the Reunion, the secretary of the class of *76 had cor-
responded diligently with the surviving members, inviting them
to spend a week end at his home and go on a joy ride around Nar-
ragansett Bay, including a clambake on its shores.
The class is one of the most widely scattered and forty years is a
long time since graduation. Several who had fully intended mak-
ing a long journey to be present at the New Tech festivities were
disappointed at the last moment, but out of what each believes
"the finest class ever" there were present Mr. and Mrs. Copeland,
Mr. and Mrs. Main, !^Ir. Hodgdon and his daughter. Nancy, Mr.
and Mrs. T. W. Baldwin, Mr. H. B. Wood, Mr. F. E.GaUoupe.
Mr. E. E. Hapgood, Mr. Eliot Caldwell and Prof. W. O. Crosby,
and a most enjoyable time was had in recounting the things that
happened from forty to forty-four years ago and which have been
happening since.
As a sort of aftermath of the claims of '76, *78 and *79 as the
originators of the class colors, the secretary of '76 has recently sent
out a circular letter to each member, asking for his personal recol-
lections about this momentous occasion, in the history of the
'Stute. The secretary, L^wis, Hodgdon and Main all plainly
recollect a meeting and that this occurred while the excursion to
the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia was being talked up.
Each remembers the announcement of the decision and that hat
bands of the accepted colors could be procured of Bent & Bush and
that each purchased one of these hat bands. The secretary
clearly remembers the interest with which this matter was dis-
cussed and the taking home of a small sample to discuss with
his mother, who was much pleased with the colors selected and
immediately set at work with her own hands making a sort of
smoking jacket for her son, of cloth of the silver grey and corded
with the cardinal red, which soon after came to him as a surprise.
F. K. Copeland remembers serving on the committee and states
that his recollection has all along been that *76 did the selecting and
deciding and that it would have been hardly consistent with our
dignity as seniors as we then viewed it, to have left the selection to
the freshmen of the class of *7S), but from Fletcher, our class poet,
erstwhile student in Germany and in recent years a resident of
California, comes the most circumstantial account in the following
letter. He states in a second letter that he thinks As pin wall was
on this committee and that he had treasured among his possessions
a scrap book which contained the original sample of colors that he
brought back from Bent & Bush; but unfortunately, this scrap
book, together with most of his librar>% was in storage at his old
home in Chelsea, and just about ready to be shipped to California
when the Chelsea fire occurred and destroyed everything. He also
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states that he thinks the committee proceeded to secure official
confirmation from Dr* Kneeland, then secretary of the Institute
and that possibly the secretary's records may show some entry.
He says the committee deemed it important to have this color
selection made official by some important official of the Institute
rather than to have them left as merely the choice of a class or of a
student committee*
His principal letter on the subject is as follows :
"Your circular letter of October 27, seeking the history of the
colors of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (cardinal red
and grey) awaits my return here. I remember that history very
welL
**The 'Centennial Year Class' of *76 appointed a committee to
select * Technology Colors/ which up to 1876 did not exist, so as to
wear the chosen colors to the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia,
where we went in a body and camped on the grounds of the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania in tents. Don't you remember it all? At
the class meeting (in the large lecture room, next to S. Kneeland,
secretary's, room) several of the boys then suggested to * select more
than one color/ * make it colors* ' etc,
** I recall clearly that it seemed to me strange that I was chosen
on the committee, as the chairman was almost a stranger to me.
Our class of 1876 was a rather large one for those days. Not only
was the wTiter a member of that colors committee but he was the
only one to obtain colors at the various Boston stores; all of the
other members offered excuses, and had no samples when the meet-
ing of committee arrived* We examined many and then discussed
the colors. We all desired the cardinal red; it has stood for 1,000
years on land and sea in England's emblem; it makes one-half of
the stripes of our American flag; it always has stirred the heart and
mind of man, it stands for *red blood' and all that 'red blood'
stands for in life. But we were not unanimous for the grey; some
wanted blue, I recall. But it (the grey) seemed to me to stand
for those quiet virtues of modesty and persistency and gentleness,
which appealed to my mind as powerful; and I have come to be-
lieve, from observation and experience, to really be the most lasting
influences in life and history. And as grey was so long my an-
cestral color, of which somehow from youth I was especially fond,
I quietly pressed its merits; and as it stood for iron and steel,
and 'steel* (Bessemer steel) was only recently invented, the boys
assented to it, and we recommended * cardinal red and steel grey/
Don't you recall how the boys cheered when we had finished
!>redenting the colors and their meaning? *Red blood and simple
aith' they always meant to me; I recall how I was always glad,
whenever I saw them for years East, that we chose such a fine com-
bination. Since residing here, one year I saw some neckties in
I>esmond*s store, made half and half of the exact Tech colors
(quite likely 'Made in Boston*) and purchased and wore one at
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times; then went after more, because so many seemed pleased by
its combination, only to find them sold out, so that the combination
evidently pleased many ont here.
** Several times when receiving the Techxou>gy Review, I
thought it might lie a nice thing to write a full little illustrated
history of the *Tech Colors,* but as I have felt so far away from
Boston, and so much occupied, I never laid the suggestion before
you or the editor. In fact, for years I rather lost some interest.
"The * ancestral color' (grey) spoken of, is that of Douglas of
Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, Scotland, the home of the
Douglasses for 200 years. History of the Douglas is written, and
England owes its stability to the day ivhen Douglas saved the King;
Douglas was not his old name, but garbed in an unkno^Ti grey the
*Dull grey color,' which is the meaning of the word * Douglas/ haa
been interwoven with the cardinal red of long ago. Names were
shifted easily in those times of continued w^arfare. As class poet
I was quick to recognize the sentiment of things, and was surely
filled with sentiment and music in those days, inherited from my
beautiful mother, Elizabeth Douglas Hyde, The historj^ of
Douglas is very interesting, and Moran's painting of Tantallon
Castle of 1910, a copy of which I have here, shows much to me of
the character behind the dull grey garb, probably from Normandy.
'*As all of my abundant hbrary and every one of my historical
relics were destroyed in the great Chelsea fire, I cannot supply you
with the original selected red and grey silks, which may have been
among my Technologj% etc., bundle, showing the original colors
shown to the class of 1876, and chosen by it as the * Technology
Colors/ Very likely you may be more fortunate in finding your
class records of 187(5, and the names of the committee. Seems to
me Sam James was one; I recall the colors, but little more. The
store where the colors came from w^as on the east side of Washing-
ton street, a little north of Summer street, but it may not now be
there.
"Anyway, *w^e' chose the colors, and w'ore them all to Phila-
delphia. That old class of '7G did things. I feel that the class of
*79 will gladly recognize us in the history of things.
"The colors mean something; they were selected for their mean-
ing as well as for their beauty; and I trust that throughout this
twentieth centurj' they will exert a good influence on the Institute.
For surely a great day dawTis, a new era, a new consecration. We
are in transition days now.'*
RiCHABD A.
1877.
Lawrence, Mass.
Herbert Jaques was bom in Framinghani, Massachusetts, on
January 23, 1857 and died December 21, 1916. He was the son of
Francis Jaques, a prominent banker of Boston, and Caroline
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Louisa (Merriam) Jaques. He graduated from the Boston Latin
School in 1873» and, after a year in Europe, returned and took a
special course in architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, being identified with the class of 1877. During his
course at the Institute his abih'ty and practical ideas were made
e\ddent» and his universal good nature and geniality made him a
favorite of professors and classmates.
On leaving the Institute he entered the office of Snell & Greger-
sott, architects, where he remained about two and a half years.
In 1B80 he became associated with H. H. Richardson, the well
known architect of Trinity Church in Boston, with whom he re-
mained until July, 188S, when he entered into partnership with
Robert D. Andrews under the lirm name of Andrews and Jaques.
Mr. Andrews was a Tech '77 man, who entered Richardson's
office in 1879. Mr* Augustus N. Raotoul of Harvard '87 was ad-
mitted to the firm in 1889, and the firm name was changed to
Andrews, Jaques & RantouL Mr. Jaques continued with the firm
until 1909 when he retired from active practice, and Mr, L Howland
Jones took over his interest, although the name remained the
same, and Mr, Jaques continued to use the office as his head-
quarters.
In April, 1883, Mr. Jaques was married to Miss Harriet Sayles
Francis of Brookline, who survives him, with three children, viz.:
Mrs. Edward Motley (who was Miss Harriet Sayles Jaques), Her-
bert Jaques, Jr*, and Miss Louise Jaques, He is also survived by
two brothers: Dr. Henry P. Jaques of Lenox, Mass., and Eustace
Jaques of lx)ndon; and two sisters: Mrs. Arthur L. Ware of
Framingham, Mass., and Miss Helen L. Jaques of Milton, Mass.
Mr. Jaques was a fellow of the x\merican Institute of Architects,
a member of the Boston Society of Architects, and the Boston
Architectural Club. He was also a member of the United States
Golf Association, the Massachusetts Golf Association, the Grand
National Curling Club of America, the Boston Curling Ckib, the
Bostonian Society, the Tavern Club, and the Country Club, of
which latter he was chairman of the executive committee at the
time of his death.
Funeral services were held at his late residence 9 Massachusetts
avenue, Boston, and at the Chapel in Mount Auburn cemetery.
Li response to the secretary's request, Mr. Andrews has written
the following account of his association with Mr. Jaques :
"Jaques was a regular member of the Institute class of '77, and
I was a si>ecial in architecture during the winter of '75-'76. It is
my impression that it was during that winter that Jaques was
obUged to make a sea voyage for his health, and I did not become
acquainted with him until 1879, when I returned from Albany and
entered Mr. Richardson *s office in Brookline. During that winter
we came together over educational and club work, and agreed to go
abroad the following summer for purposes of study. When the
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time came, however, it proved inconvenient for me to leave Mr.
Richardson *s oflSee, and, as a consequence, it was arranged that
Jaqiies should come out there as a draughtsman. Previous to that
time he had been in the office of Snell & Gregerson, w^ho were
building the best residences of the Back Bay and many commercial
structures* In their office Jaques got a good command of the prac-
tical features of planning and building* and when he came to Mr.
Richardson's was able to make himself very useftd. As the year
went by and we were expecting to start upon our deferred trip
abroad, Mr, Richardson decided that Jaques was too useful to
Mm to let him go, and so I went without him. He had become
Mr. Richardson's right hand, his constant companion in his com-
ings and goings, and his * daily reminder,* Hence it is no wonder
that a year later, on my return from Europe, he took Jaques abroad
with him on a trip that wits famous at the time. Phillips Brooks,
Richardson's close friend, was of the party, together with Dr.
MacVickar and the Rev. Leighton Parks. The trip was a memor-
able one in many ways, and Jaques wrote an account of it that
delighted Mrs. Van Rensalear by its vivacious and easy English,
**Then came one more winter in Brookline; and in July, 1883^
Jaques and I left Mr. Richardson's office and started in business,
our office being located in Tremont Place, behind the Tremont
House (as it then was). We had one house in Chestnut Hill to
start upon and nothing else, but other work soon came in. Priv-
ate houses, particularly in the coimtry and along the North Shore^
constituted the chief part of our work at first. In the late eighties
came the so-called * Boston Building* in Denver, Colorado, built
entirely of brown sandstone, and forming at the time of its erection
the most conspicuous office building in the city. This led to se-
curing another office building in Denver for the Equitable Life
Assurance Society of New York, which was a large and costly build-
ing for the time. It was entirely fireproof in construction, and
certain preliminary tests were made, notably of the fire resisting
properties of terra cotta floor arches, which were published and
became known throughout the country. These tests were con-
ducted under Mr. Jaques' personal superiHsion, and were regarded
as important at that time. When work upon the Equitable
building was started Mr. Jaques took his family to Denver, intend-
ing to remain until it was concluded, but the altitude of the region
did not agree with him and a few months later he returned to the
East.
" It is not of interest to recite the history of the firm, since it was
not unlike that of many others in this locality. I may better speak
of Jaques' peculiar facility in the handling of business, and the
uniformly admirable impression that he made upon his clients.
Well trained in the arts of business accounting and of the practical
details of building, he added to these a cultivated taste and a keen
perception of architectural fitness. I remember that at one time
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we had two clients who met during the summer and discovered
that they had the same architect. One said to the other: *I sup-
pose you have to return to town frequently to look after the progress
of your work/ The other said: 'No, T am a poor man and cannot
afford to do that. I cannot both pay my architects and do their
work too.' Jaquea loved the responsibility entailed by such marks
of confidence and always made good. He liked doing this,^ — liked
it as one likes a game. He carried things through with an easy
confidence in results which was contagious, and made others work
with him and do as he wished. Being fond of animals, he particu-
larly enjoyed making pro\'ision for their comfort in stables and
farm buildings. All outdoor life appealed to him, and in later
years he gave much time to open air sports. At Mount Desert*
Maine* he was a leader in opening up paths through the woods and
over the moim tains, and marking them with signs. These paths
were then traced upon topographical maps for the benefit of visitors*
In every social function he was invaluable because of the zest he
lent to the occasion. He gave himself freely for others, and en-
joyed doing it."
Mr, Jaques was one of the dominating factors in golf in this
country, through which he became a national and international
figure in the world of sport. He first became identified with the
United States Golf Association in 1907 as a member of the execu-
tive committee, a position which he occupied again in 1908, fol-
lowed by his election to the presidency of the same body in 1909,
which oflSce he occupied for two years. As head of the National
Organization, he worked ever for the broadest and best interests
of a game which has developed by leaps and bounds, and after
severing official ties with the organization he abated none of his in-
terest and was always consulted regarding important actions
which arose. He became president of the Massachusetts Golf
Association in 1911, succeeding Mr. G. Herbert Windeler, who has
occupied the office from 190S to 1910, and after four years of service
as president of this association, the mantle fell upon Mr* Harry L.
Ayer, for the following six years.
^^at Mr, Jaques has been to the Country Club the members
know full well. He was chairman of the executive committee at
the time of his death, and in connection with Chairman Windeler
of the golf committee, he never ceased his efforts to develop for the
dub a golf course which has set a standard for scientific planning.
The result has been a course which has won the praise of the greatest
golf plavCi^s in the world, who played there during the National
0]pen Cnampionship in 1913. Owing to the fruits of Mr. Jaques*
efforts in giving the Country Club so scientific a course, he was
sought by the committees of other clubs throughout the country,
to whom he freely gave his time and advice.
He was also an enthusiastic curler and a prime mover in affairs
of that sort. He was active in making it possible for the Boston
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Curling Club to have indoor quarters in Boston, with artificial
ice, and was president of the elub, as well as being a member of
the Grand National Curling Club. He was also instrumental in
bringing about the annual curling matches between the Country
Club and the Royal Montreal Curling Club of Canada, the two
clubs visiting each other in alternate years.
Since the beginning of the war, Mr. Jaques practically sacrificed
all other interests to those of helping the cause of suffering hu-
manity, devoting practically all his time to the Belgian Relief and
similar projects. He was chairman of the Serbian Relief Com-
mission; and was also chairman of the executive committee of the
National Allied Bazaar held in Boston in Decemljer, which proved
so successful. He was the heart and soul of this movement, and,
with !iis tremendous energy" and great executive ability* he organ-
ized and carried out the details of the immense plan, which has been
so successful in its results. However, the strain and exertion
proved excessive, and he was stricken with heart failure and passed
away the day followdng the close of the bazaar, knowing that it
had exceeded anticipations and that he had given his life to the
cause. One deep sorrow which added to his cares was the sudden
death of his mother at Milton on December 7, two days before the
opening of the bazaar-
All classes of workers for the relief of the Allies imited in
expressions of regard for his splendid devotion to that ca.use, and
expressed their sense of the great loss that their various organiza-
tions had sustained. The memorial which is now being planned to
commemorate his life and work of usefulness — that of endowing a
ward in one of the hospitals of London or Paris for the treatment of
eye injuries^ — ^should prove a fitting monument to him.
Of recent years he had renewed more intimately his acquaintance
with the members of the class of '77, M, I, T. He had been
president of the class organization for the past two years, occupying
the office at his death. His activities and well planned arrange-
ments for the class celebration at the time of the Tech Reunion
last year were all in keeping with his thoroughness. His cordial
welcome to the members who had not met him for years made
tliem feel at home at the reunions and contributed materially to
their success, and he will be greatly missed by the members of '77
He was greatly interested in the development of the group of New
Technology buildings in Cambridge and his interest was manifested
in a practical manner.
1879.
Chahlbb S* Gooding, Sec., 27 School Street, Boston, Mass-
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In response to a letter from the secretary asking for material
for Tix:HNOLOGY Review devoted to the general subject ** Tech-
nology's Duty to the National Government/* sub-divided into
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"^fwo topics, ** Technology and Researeli" and "Trained Minds for
the Future Problems of the Nation," the secretary has received
the following letters :
The first from Richard W. Lodge, Redlaods, CaK;
Your favor of December 11 in reganl to obtaining my views upon the subject of
^Technology's Duty to the Natiotjal Govemmcul" came to band last week* I note
' ftt the above aiibject is dividec! mto tw^ topics, '^Tet'linology aud Research'* and
"Trained ^^iinds for the Future Problems of the Nation/'
It is not quite dear to me what is embodied iu the above titles, so please do not
blame me if I am like the student who» not knowing any tiling about his examinaUon*^
wrote a dissertation upon anotber subject.
Research work can certainly help any government, but whether this work can be
1 out more successfully in government laboratories or independent institutioQA
aa to be a disputed question. The European War is showing how neceasary
t ia to have able men in all lines of manufarture and while I was in Great Britain*
llaat winteFp I was especially impressed with what thut nation is doing.
That government is organizing in every direction so as to be dependent as little
I possible, not only nowp but in the future, upon other nations for materials of all
" I which she uses.
For instance* before the war enormous quantities of cliemical8» dyea, etc., were
imported from Germany, although many of these were discovered and first made in
^ Crnmt Britain. Ever}' effort is now being made, and prices have been offered by the
OTermnent and individuals for methods or processes, by which all these things can
i manufactured at home.
Since the war started between 4,000 and 5,000 plants have been erected to mike
aamnunition alone. Again, thousands upon thousands of mine props are and have
been imported annually from Nonv^y and Sweden, although England was once
upon a time a thickly wooded country. It is now propo^sed, and a commi^on has
I appointed, to reforest hundreds of acres in Great Britain, incidentally to em-
fploy many soldiers after the war, incapable of other work and tliereby in the future
•tipply Great Britain with wood of all kinds, the need of which she is feeling today.
Not only professional men, but men and women all over the British Empire are
doiitg their utmost today In research work and otherwise to help the government
both now and for the future.
It would seem as though Technology with its new plant and large laboratciries
^4ru especially fitted to carry out research work, on certain lines, which should be of
' peat benefit to both the government and to the countrj- in general.
Under the second topic, I should like to substitute "Men of Common Sense and
Initiative*'' in place of "Trained Minds/' because the more I see of life and of the
world the more it seems to me that it is these two qualities which count and, again,
the European War is showing this. There has been instance after instance where
qiecialista and trained minds, both in com^mercial life and in the military service
Inave failed and where men of little training, but quick acting and with the above
IquaJitiea^ have come to the front and solved the problems, I believe that it i^ gen»
IcraUy conceded that professors, teachers and technical men are, as a rule, poor busi*
s men and I should say that *' Trained Minds'' are by no means necessary to solve
the Future Problems of the Nation, especially if said minds are lacking in the e#-
sential qualities referred to.
At you are a memlier of the Association of Class Secretaries may I suggest thai
[ the ncrt time they wish a subject to take up our time, they select "The National
I Government's Duty to its CilLzena" or something on that line.
The government today is making inquiries into the high prices of commodities
[ And their bearing upon the high cost of li\^ng.
The average citLxen has ver>' little faith in such investigations when he sees the
I CEtrmvagant and ienseless things that the government does (I am not referring to
rthe present administration e^edally) and one wonders whether something is not
■ gnuch more necessary to soh'e the " Future Problems of the Nation" than what you
have asked me to give my views in regard to.
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Waitt shows good class spirit by contributing the following,
especially in view of the fact that he is very busy with legislative
duties, having been elected to the General Assembly of Connecti-
cut, He shows a good example to some of the other members of
the class in helping out the secretary:
In our gbrioufi and woaderfui country ther« seems to be a growing tendency*
irhich has miule rapid strides in the^e pa^t two yean, to anbmerge everything else
to the Tuah for wealtb. All things else ;«eeni to have been lost sight of, for the time
being. At times there ha\'^ been seeming rifts in the clouds of selJfiakDeas, and
momentarily there have been aporadie waves of sentiment which have halted the
tmoe for gold and have turned the thoughts of the country toward the future^ and
the dangers and problems it may have in store for our nation, and also have turned
•our thoughts for the moment on our relations and duties toother nations. These
temporary waves of virtue have shown themselves in much talk, big processions* and
but little manifest permanent results thus far, in the way of preparedness for thia
country, either in protection against^ or readiness for, war, or preparation for the
stupendous problems which face this country in the readjustments which must
inevitably follow the present World War epidemic.
We seem to have become too far imbued with the idea that so long ad we as a
nation have money, and the resources within our borders for the most stupendous
production of manufactured articles of all kinds, that we can hold our own. and that
we need not look far ahead, but simply face the exigencies as they arise and not
irorry as to the future.
Such conditions of self -satisfaction, and false self-assurance are the natural results
of the control of vital matters by untrained and unthinking minds. In this condition
lies a great danger. When such a condition exists it becomes the duty of those
who have had their minds trained to think and plan the execution of great manu-
facturing, engineering and constructive problems, to halt in their too exclusive pui^
suit of personal and corporate gain and development, and with true love of
country and self-sacrificing patriotism, for a while turn their inventive and cour
atructive genius to the preparation of this nation for passing through the dangerous
w^atenr which we must soon be prepared to navigate.
It is not the profe^ional politician, nor the man whose thought is centered on
adfiflh aims of personal ambition who can save the nation from possible disaster, but
rather the man whose trained mind has enabled him to achieve success in the plan-
ning and execution of large problems in the commercial or the engineering world,
who, recognizing that he has a solemn duty to the country that gave him the oppor-
tunities for his success, and in recognition of that duty, and in gratitude for what his
country has made possible for him, decides to devote the eicperience developed by
years of success in conducting important opera tiona, to the organising and develo|>-
ment of the big preparatory work that i^-ill make it possible for the United States of
America to stand as a complete example of real and accomplished preparedness
mgainst aggression either in war or in commercial competition.
Much may be said along these lines, but I feel that those of us who have had a
Teeh training, and have, as a result of our mental training, coupled with years of
discerning effort, attained a position of comparative indepeudence. should as a
sacred duty freely offer, and give if needed, their time, thought and valuable ex-
^perienoe to the working out of system, organization and efficiency in the adminis-
tration of the various departments of the government of our nation, which should
have the highest type of attainment in every branch of service, and in every phase
of commercial development, and not remain longer, as now, the object of so much
just criticism for failure to attend to the vital ne&h of preparation for the future.
Knapp writes as follows:
I have notliing new to suggest but wiU mention two very important works which
might be taken up by Tech's "Trained Minds/* which I have so far advocated with
li t tie or no success.
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1 iirged Governor Guild when he wa« de<^ in trying to bring about ** the conserva-
tion of our nAlural Fcsouroes,*' to extend hut efforts to include also the conservation
of our human resources. The waate* enforced idleness* misdirected effort and low
aima of the community keep many in misery and all far below what we should at-
tain. If* as a people, our energy, intelligence and progressive spirit were properly
guided, there Is no reason why the whole community should not be raised to a ntudti
bglier s tandard o f comfort and well-being . Thi s would tiike prac ticAl , const ructi ve
work of a high order free from aen time n tali ty.
When the proposition of a national reserve body of engineers was under consid-
eration, realizing that my suppwsed incapacity from age might exclude me from such
iervicse, ai it did, I expreaaed a readiness to join In the work of the thorough organi-
tatioD of the civil population in preparation for war and especially invasion. Each
iDdiiidual should know just what his or her duties would be under a variety of
wctimstances, l>oth to help the combatants and to see to the needs of the non-
oombatiuita. While thus preparing for war, such a movement would be of equal
benefit in times of peace and would be working toward the human conscrvadon
before mentioned.
W. F. M. Goss writes from Urbana, 111.!
A wonderful opportunity lies before the new Technology. It now has buildinga
imd equipment. Its local setting is one of great atrutegic value. The new Tech-
nology has its chance to take a position of supreme leadership among institutions
of ita kind . Will i t embrace th e chance ?
Leadership in scientiSc and technical 6elds of endeavor implies service. The
new Technology to be the supreme leader in its ield must become a magnificent
prodaorr of scientific facts and of theories based on facts. The problem of aehieving
and maintaining leadership demands for its solution the cooperative effort of uaany
agencies, among the chief of which should be the alumni and other professional
Criends of the Institute. Everybody who is ready to push, will find a place to put
his hand . What can the class of '79 do?
Spicersays:
Your circular letter of the II ih instant is before me and has been on my mind
i its arrival. I shall look for the issue of the Review with much interest al-
I sJiall not contribute towards the subject of *' Technology's Duty to the
tfational Government" further than to hope that, as Tech baa a detinite obliga-
tion to our government in the matter of military training which under "Trained
Minds** backed by earnest cooperation from Faculty and fellows will solve not the
least of our future national problems.
The term "Trabed Minds** and their direct concern with any problems, national
or otherwise* will be discuss^ I hope. Is it at all likely that minds b-iuned to
ipecial pursuita, each the greatest mind in its class, working as a committee towarda
I lAe roo^ scientijGcv most logical and practical results can do this under the command
1 authority of a great or little political mind?
Only by beginning now, with the home, the kindergarten and the public school
under saru minds adequately paid to train the child to know what the first letter of
obedience is and through learning to obey natural and physical lawa, open his mind
|lo the training that iraina, can we hope to approach the highest good to himself
1 his nation.
1884,
Hahrt W. Ttler, Sec,^ Mass. Inst, of Tecli.» Cambridge^ Mass.
From Bonillas we have a short note as follows:
I thank you and the members of the class for the kind invitation to meet you at
hnebeoo before my return to Mexico, but regret that cannot be arranged now ea I
an teadr to leave in a day or two.
TCth kindest regards to yourself and members of the class.
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The Trad£ Reriew of January 1 1 has a short sketch of the ac-
tivities of Frankhn B. Richards :
Franklin B. Richards, Ridiard F, Gmot &nd Williftm Collins, who have become
membei^ of the firm of M. A. Hanna & Co., Cteveluad^ are men who have made a
decided success in business and other lines of activity on account of rare natural
aiiility and untirmg energy,
Mr, Richards is a native of Maasachitsetts and a graduate of Maaaachusetts
Institute of Technology. Starting soon after graduation as assistant chemist at
tte Joliet Steel Works, he worked his way upward and has had a large «cperiencc
in the manufacture and sale of iron and steel and in the naining and selling of iron
ore. His eipcrience includes that of 9U|>erintendent of Hinir«>d furnaces in Youngs-
town in 1887» managing ore sales for To*i^ Stambaugh & Co. in 1888, superintendent
of the Brier Hil! Iron k Coal Co. in 1889, general manager of the Buena Vista Iron
Co., Buena Vista, Va., 1890 to 1893, and, since 1893. with M. A. Hanna k Co., first
in the ore sales department^ later general manager of blast furnaces and for several
years manager of the ore and pig iron departments. Mr. Richards is a vigorouj
man, has traveled widely and is well informed on many subjects.
The death of W. Frank Carr, in Seattle, Wash., nearly a year
ago was reported in the late spring to nieml>ers of the class through
the Tech Quml^ but has not previously been mentioned in the
Revlew.
Carr came to us as a graduate of the Massachusetts Agricultural
College, iifter completing the course in civil engineering he was
assistant bridge engineer on the Boston and Lowell Railroad* and
subsequently a member of the eogijieering faculty at the University
of Minnesota. He was one of the early electrical railway engineers
in Minneapolis, but on account of failing health removed to
Roanoke, Va. In 1905 he became suj^erintendent of electrical
construction of the Chicago Street Railway Company, and in 1896
was made chief engineer and general road-master. In 1899 he
became chief engineer with the Falk Company of Milwaukee, —
occupying a leading position as steel founders. More recently he
has devoted himself to railway construction.
A sketch of his life and %vork appeared in the April number of
the Proceedingif of the Society of Civil Engineers. Mr, Carr died
suddenly of heart disease, February !i5, 1916. Mrs. Carr and three
sons survive him.
1885.
I, W. LrrcHriELD, Sec, Mass. Inst, of Tech., Cambridge^ Mass.
William H» Eddy is president of the Technologj^ Club of Fall
River and during the past season the club has had a number of
interesting meetings with increased attendance. — Charlie Eaton,
who has pledged a flag pole to go in one of the minor courts of the
Institute on behalf of '85, has been engaged in securing subscript
tions from the class. Judging from appeiirances his job is no
sinecure at this time. The flag pole is to set in a handsomely
fabricated bronze pedestal wiiich will be inscribed with the name
of the class. The class of 189^ has pledged the flag pole for the
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other court. — ^A son of Lee Homer will probably enter the Insti-
tute next year. — Tracy Lyon is now li\ang in Brooklyn, N. Y.
He has charge of the West Coast Department of the William H.
Grace & Co., Wall Street, New York.
Waiter H. Kilham, Sec,
1889.
. 9 Park Street,
Boston^ Mass.
George Lynde Richardson died at San Rafael, Cat, on Decem-
ber ^0, 1916. He was married in the summer of 1889 to Miss
Carlotta Smith of Boston and returned immediately to California.
His first emplojTnent was in the southern part of the state but
he soon returned to his birthplace near San Rafael, and for over
twenty years was county surveyor and city engineer of San Rafael.
He was taken ill on Sunday* December 10, with unemic poisoning
and died on the 20th. He was in his fifty-first year. He leaves
besides his widow, two sons and three daughters, two of the latter
married. His mother also survives him.
We reprint a clipping from the hidepmident of December 26
1910, published at San Rafael, Cal.:
In Lhe piuii^iDg Qway of George L. Eichard^oo at the Sail Rafael Cottage Hospital
last Wednesday evening, death has removed from society one of the most beloved
men of this county. But few men run their course io life as smoothly as George
Richardson. He possessed a sweet disposition and u personality th&t won for kmi
the friendship of ever>'one who bad the pleai^ure of bis acquaintance. Greorge never
harbored anything in his heart for his fellowman but kindness, and all his ex-
prasiona were guided with the same feeling. He lived as he died, honored, loved
and respected.
In fact George Richardson poiiesied such on even temperament that he would
lathcr go without a cent in his pocket than au^er the humiliation of asking his
debtors for hb just due.
For days before his demise his close friends said they watched the death mask
gradually take possession of his face and they knew when he was forced to enter
the hospital that the end was only a matter ot hours.
For several years the deceased suffered from nervous attacks and at timeA these
attacks were bo severe that he was entirely incapacitated from doing manual work
of any kind. Io the past few months his condition grew worse and uraemic poison
rather hastened the end. His strength was not commensurate mth his zcaL A
jtmx ago he was suddenly stopped in his courm; and was agaiu forced to cease from
his labors. All hopie had not disappeared, but hii* many friends knew too well the
pOMibilities of the future. It came as might be exjjected, suddenly and without
warning, and on Wednesday evening one of the truest, gentlest and most modest of
men went back to his Maker.
Irreparable is the loss to this city and county which he loved so well and in the
progress of which he rejoiced so often.
It was with the deepest feelings of sorrow and regret that his brother Elks and
Eagles assembled at Masonic Hall last Friday afternoon to pay their la.'tt tribute of
fesp^* *'^ *^^^ brother and man whom they loved and re-spected during his life time,
Th' I floral pieces at the funeral service conducted by the worthy order
of L : .^ : 11 Rafael was another testimonial of the respect in which his friends held
him.
The following beautiful tribute delivered by Past Exalted Ruler Thomas P.
Boyd at his bier, speaks for itself :
To those of us who have lived in Marin county these many years nothing need be
sud of our departed Brother; to us hb life hois been mn open book« and his high
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merita are well known; but to Lho«e among ua who have but recently arrived b«f«t
it is fitting tluct a few words be spoken of bis life and virtues that they may know th«
reason for the high esteem in which he haa been held. M3' heart ui fuU of sorrow
and I fear my emotions will prevent me from doing justice to the memory of my
friend.
It was in Chicago a few months over 51 years ago tJiat George L, Richardson was
bom. Though a native of Illinois^ you might say in a large sense he was a Cali*
fomian. At the tender age of seven years the boy came with his parents to Marin
county. His venerated father. Troop H. Richardsont was given charge of the large
holdings in Marin county of the Kents* and here, on our wholesome hills the tad
grew from infancy to manhood And acquired the splendid physique and soldierly
carriage that made him a distinguisbed ^gnre on our streets.
While atteoding the local institutions for elementary instruction he evidenced
such an aptitude for higher mathematics* that coupled with his love and yearning
for outdoor life, his parents determined to prepare him for the learned and difficult
profession of civil engineering and surveying. They sent him to the Maasachusetts
institute of Technology at Boston, which has an exceptional reputation for the
wide range of its instruction aud its high standards of scholarship. The architects
of the United States Navy are sent there for instruction in their most advanced
courses.
By diligent application to his studies, united with a brilliant intellect, he met the
severe requirements of this great college and was graduated with honor.
Imrot^iately after receiving his diploma he returned to Marin county and began
the practice of his profession. The careful, pamstaking, excellent character of his
efforts were soon recogniaied by the public* and at the early age of 2S he was elected
to the responsible position of county survey or^ and about the same time was chosen
city engineer by the city trustees of San IWael, both of which positions he so aWy
filled that he continued to occupy them to the time of his death.
Associated as I was with George Richardson in professional and official oipaciUcs
for a petiod of over twenty-one years, I am in a pohition to say that he waa one of the
masters of his profession and the services he has rendered in its practice have been
ol incalculable value to the landowners of this county. Early in his career in Marin
he made a study of and mastered the intricate problems connected with the loosely
drawn descriptions of the Mexican and Spanish land grants, and many a lawyer will
testify how Richardson's industrious researches into ancient records followed by
laborious hunts in the open country for obscure landmarks and time-bidden
boundary monuments, were of vital aid in establishing titles to valuable land granta
in Marin county.
HU laud surveys were unquestionably aoctarate, and for years have stood the
acid tests of title examiners. His engineering work has proved of undoubted
strength and lasting efficiency. lie left nothing to chance of guesswork. When
his task was turned in as completed it had stood at I the checks and tests known to
science and the employer accepted his work with no misgivings.
In his service to the public be was guided by the highest principle of rectitude and
ait of his official career was glorified by the golden splendor of fidelity. Incor-
ruptible and upright through many trying years he labored for his beloved county
with a singleness of heart and a purity of purpose to do honestly all those things he
was chosen to do.
There was, however, no crabbed churlishness united with this strict regard for
duty. He was as gentle as he was brave; no matter bow pushed he was for time,
how perplexing were his problems, he would lay aside hia work, and in his patient,
sweet way, seek to enlighten the anxious inquirer. Though rigid in rejecting un-
satkfactory work by public contractors, he dealt the blow softly so as to avoid
injuring as far as possible, the sensibilities of the offended.
His devotion to his family was intense, his affection unbounded.
And we who knew him as a friend and companion, loved him for his quiet, simple
ways, hia constant self-effacement, his eager desire to help when needed, subtle wit
and droll humor. As in all things be was ever steadfast and loyal, never within
his power did he ever fail to aid a friend in distress.
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Franklin W. Hobbs, president of the Arlington Mills in Lawrence,
spoke interestingly before a large audience at the Boston Art
Club recently, advocating the establishment of the dye-stuff in-
dustry in this country as a means of national preparedness as well
3£ industrial independence. He pointed out that a plant making
dye-stuffs could be turned in time of war to the manufacture of ex-
plosives as the same apparatus and same materials were used in
both cas^. ^ He said that at the present time, on account of the
British blockade, most of the colors used in American manu-
factures ^-ere being made in this country and that they are as fast
as German or other European dyes. Said he:
The waf compelled American chemists to achieve in two years what might have
been tbougbt impossthle to accomplish in a decade. They proved equal to the
emergency and as a result our country stands today more thoroughly independent
in the matter of all kinds of textiles than ever hefore m our national history.
The substance of these remarks fomied only a portion of the
address which had for its theme "The History of the Textile
Industry in Massachusetts/' Hobbs makes a good point io
discussing the laws concerning hygiene in Massachusetts mills
when he suggests
that for a time our philanthropists and poUtictans turn their attention to the con*
ditiona existing in the homes of the people and moke some senous effort to improve
them or to bring them, in some measure at least, up to the staadard which has long
been maintained inside our mills.
The first publication to be brought out by the second generation
of *B9 is a very interesting book about the WTiite Mountain region
called "Passaconaway io the White Mountains" by Charles Ed-
ward Beals, Jr., who is now twenty-one years old. There is an
bt reduction by Beals, Sr. All who are fond of the scenery of the
Sandwich Range and its surroundings will find in this book a great
deal of interesting information together with many attractive
photographs of that part of the country.
The secretary offers the suggestion that a five-foot shelf of the
books by *89 authors be started and woidd be glad to learn of any
which may escape his notice.
The coming dinner of the class will be held on the second Tues-
day in March at the University Club, Boston.
1890.
George L. Gilmore, Sec^, Lexington, Mass.
Ninety is once more caUed upon to do its duty, not only for dear
old Technology but for our country and flag. Preparedness and
organization are now the keystones for future prosperity and peace,
not only for the United States but for the whole world. Few of
us have realized the farsightedness required but it is commencing
to dawn on tis at last. Our government has been at work on the
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question for the past year or two. Early last spring, the NatioEal
Defense Board, of which Willis Whitney of the class is a member,
commenced its real work. The country was divided into districts
under men who had no axe to grind but w'orked only for the general
welfare and future of us all. This board sent out to all manu-
facturing plants a list of questions to answer as to what they could
do to support our flag if we were forced into a war. Questions
were asked as to their hue of work and as to how it could be best
adapted to aid in case of trouble. Also, as to doing work for the
government; not alone war supplies, but the hundreds of other
articles that indirectly enter into our comfort and prosperity.
Information was also asked as to changing the line of w^ork in a
plant for essentials more necessary.
Our manufacturers realized what was desired and promptly
replied as a whole and showed a pull-together spirit for the general
good that was most gratifying. Later* the National Academy of
Science offered its services to the government and the National
Research Council w^as organized by the President and here *90
came to the front again when George E. Hale of our class was ap-
pointed chairman. Since then Hale has devoted his entire time
to the work and you fellows who know the ** Corporal" know what
that means*
The work of this committee is more one of research and investi-
gation and organizatioD, and that naturaUy leads to preparedness.
Not necessarily for war, but more for protection in commercial
competition we shall see following the close of the present Euro-
pean war. This is where Technology comes in, for as to researcli
work M. L T. stands at the head.
At the annual meeting in November of the Association of Class
Secretaries it was voted to devote the coming issues of the Review
to this great question and in that every member of the class of
'00 can help, A committee of the alumni will be appointed to take
up the following suggestions :
1. By cooperating w^th the Institute in its commercial and
scientific research, and probably by assisting in securing funds for
that purpose.
2. By canvassing the alumni with tbe object of finding out who
among them have been conducting researches and, the character
of the researches themselves.
3. By helping to establish a propaganda that will show the
fundamental necessity of research and help to stimulate it generally
as well as along special lines that may be particularly useful, these
lines to be the subject of investigation and recommendation by the
committee.
4. By making a canvass of the alumni to find out those whose
experience would make them particularly useful for the varied
needs of the country in case of war.
5. By assisting so far as possible in making mihtary instruction
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can to the newly formed engineer corps.
6. By asking for suggestions generally it can undoubtedly secure
points of great value to the country covering the entire prepared-
ness program.
7. By going into this matter thoroughJy, as an alumni organiza-
tion we can blaze the way, so that the government representativ^es
will be equipped to canvass other similar institutions to the best
advantage.
Now '90, w^e want to know what you are doing, what you have
done and what you can do in any way, in time of stress, that might
be an aid to our countr>\ Do not delay but drop a few lines to
your secretary. He likes to hear from you direct and only wishes
that the Reunion last June could have lasted longer so that we
could have seen more of each other.
Tell us your experiences and they will interest others in the class.
What has your life work been and how might your abilities best
aerve the future and the glory of Technology, our country and the
world.
If in a manufacturing line, tell us of your work, your experience
tn handling men and what new ideas have occurred to you*
If an engineer, w^hat work you have done and what you could do
if called upon.
If in business, your ideas on finance, exports and general dis-
tribution and where different articles are made and where most
needed.
If you have traveled, teU us w hen and w^hat (and where) you saw
that could be of help for the future.
Now fellows, get busy for once and do a little serious thinking and
then pen us your thoughts. Later there will probably be a fist of
questions sent to us all and when received do not leave it for the
waste basket, but fill it out and return it at once. Everything will
be indexed and reindexed, so that the best information on any sub-
ject can be found at once. Remeniljer that, as members of the
class of '90 and of the alumni of Technology, while perhaps not
quite so young and active as the later classes, for we are rapidly
crossing the age of twoscore and ten, our spirit is still young and
active and while in case of war we may not be called upon to face
the shot and shell at the front, as several of our number did in the
Spanish War* and one gave his life, we shall be found where our
duty best caDs us, as the men behind the men behind the gims, and
do our share and a little more, cost w^hat it will. Now *90, show
your patriotism and let us hear from you.
We recently learned that Ed Stearns was in Boston early in
December on a visit to his boy at Andover. The next time that
Ed comes to town we trust that he will let us know of it so that we
can get a few of the boys together. — In an article in the Saturday
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Evening Post of December 9, under an article, "Crowding Twenty-
four Hours," the following paragraph appeared :
A mcwe intitiuitc, penonid portrmit wms that of Charles Haydco* as {tainted hf
uiotlieriiewMitlkerer :
*'Cliaflet Uajvieik. I think, ia the very busiest individual in the street. He*8 a
fitUe fellow aikd one of the real dynamoe among the big men. It*s rush ! bing! baagi
bins! all <iay long. And he's cordial and considerate id] the time. One day he
ti0d ttfi with Judge Babbitt over the Rock Island plan. I was waiting in the ant^
toon to see him. His secretary told me I coidd sec him on the (Ly as he bolted ~
hU i«om to the elevator. He came out and I colkred him. Nathan Amster,
aaa of the Rock Island protective stockholders* eommitteet was outside waiti
m word. Hay den told me to wait for him at the elevator and I c3ould talk to him on
the way down from the ninth 6oor to the time he got into his car, waiting downstairs.
So« after he had finished with Amster, I got my talk as promised.*'
At the banquet of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
at United Shoe Machinery Athletic Club in Lynn in November* C.
W. Rice gave an address on *' Industrial Preparedness." — In the
October Review of Reviews was an article on the ** Eight-Hour Law
for Railroad Men," by W. Z. Ripley.— Mrs. J. L. Batchelder was
one of the patronesses of the Har\^ard*Princeton Musical Club joint
concert at Jordan Hall November 10, the oight before the big game.
— M. O. Sonthworth is now at 4555 Maiden street, Chicago, 111, —
R, T. Walker is now at 29 East 38th street. New York, N. Y,—
E* A. Holmes is at 1746 Wilcox avenue, Hollywood, Cal.
"The carelessness and inefficiency of the Public Works De-
partment is alleged by the Finance Commission to be responsible
for the delay in nearly $800;000 worth of street pa\'ing/* in a report
made on this subject to the City Council on November 20.
The report was prepared by Guy C, Emerson, consulting engineer
of the Finance Commission, and is the severest castigation of a
city department which the commission has issued for many
months. All the blame for the delay is put squarely up to the dty
officials, and the paving contractors are held blameless for present
conditions.
"Some of the striking features for criticism," says the report,
**ape as follows"':
I. The apparent delay in awarding contracts until the better working part of tht
leaaon has passed.
t. The apparent disregard of the contract date for completion by the contractors
and the lade of effectual means for forcing the contractors to accelerate their work
and to Gnish it on or before the contract date.
5, The failure of the public works oBBdals, in filing the time for the completion of
the COD tracts, to discriminate between work of general public necessity, for which a
short time limit should be fixed and special means taken to secure the completion
of the work* and work of only Jocal importance, for which practicaEy unlimited
time could be given by the contractor, if by such an extension of time lower pnoes
and better work codd be secured.
4. The lack of discrimination in making up contracts^ between streets that can
be closed so as to give the contractor exclusive occupancy during hb work without
great pubtic inconvenience and streets that cannot be closed without great pubhc
inconvcnieoce and for which special methods of construction should be adopted.
6. The failure to secure to the contractor the right of way in his work by having
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pipea, finished before the cootracts are let.
6. The lack of suflBcient preUmmary iavestigatioD of conditions before plans and
ootitrmcts are prepared.
Darragh de Lancey was general chairman of the ten teara com-
mittee of Waterbnry that raised in a week over $350,000 for the
Y,M.aA,
At the meeting to celebrate de Lancey wound up by saying:
You have waged a great campaign^ and done a great work. I give you this part-
' rtyou. Years from now your grandchildren will loi ' *
otKer kids with the aileneing remark:
inf thought to comfort you.
Years from now your grandchildren will lord it over aE
g remark: **Huli, my granddaddy was in that great
campaign of 1916 for a new Waterbury Y. M. C. A.'' Then the crowd broke up
io ttiunter around aikI gradually drift home to the accompaniinent of smiles.
Gary Calkins is the proud father of a small boy that arrived on
June 21, Samuel Williston Calkins, weighing seven and one-half
pounds. This is why Gary was not with us at our reunion. The
youngster e\4dently intends to outstrip his father in weight as
from a chart that Gary is keeping he certainly shows a good con-
stitution as up to the first of December his weight had increased
to twenty-one pK)unds. At the Labor Day Golf Tournament at
Woods Hole, Gary succeeded in carrying home a silver loving cup.
We will not go into details as to how he won it, but some of the
rest of the boys of the class are laying for him and, if they meet on
the course this coming season > it is CKpected that the ownership of
said cup may change.
In December your secretary had the pleasure of dining with
Calkins at the Century Club in New York. The evening was
wound up at the billiard table and the less said about the result
for yoiu* secretary the !>etter. However, he will have his revenge
wbra he gets Calkins on the golf course.— N. G, Nims is now con-
nected with the oflSce of York & Sawder, architects, 50 East 41 at
Street, New York City.
The report of the Kepublican National Publicity Committee,
New York, gives the names of contributors of funds to the recent
presidential election and the largest contributor was Pierre du
Pont. He gave $70,000.
Among the other contributors giving more than $5,000 waa
Charles Hay den of our class.
At the alumni dinner in Boston, Saturday, January 6, '00 was
represented by the following twelve persons: Burley, De Wolf,
Gilmore, Goodwin, ^lossman, Packard, Reed, Rogers, Royce,
Sherman, Wason and Whitney.
The paper on ** Research and Organi station'* read by Whitney
was one of the gems of the evening. W^e certainly have reason to
be proud of our classmate who is in charge of the Research Labora-
tory of the General Electric Company at Schenectady,
As there was a vacant seat at our table T. M. Proctor, '86,
joiiied Ufl aad was welcomed to the fold.
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It has been suggested that the members of the class residing in
or near Boston should occasionally get together and have an in- '
formal luncheon.
As your secretary is headed for the Southern GoM Courses early
in February to lie away until April, no attempt will be made to set ■
a date as yet, but we hope that we can arrange so that some time ■
in the month of May we can meet informally some noon at one of
the clubs in Boston and have luncheon and notice of it will be sent
out later.
We print the following from the New York Telegram of Novem-
ber 26:
Municipal managership for the city of New York was suggested by Ricbftrd S*
Childs, secretary of tJie Nationa.1 Shorl Ballot OrganisjitiQii, At a meet log at whi^h
hepreaided in the City Club» No. 56 West Forty- fourth street.
The iuggcstion was made following an address by Heurj' M. Watte* city mana^
of DayloD, Ohio, who contrasted good governmeot with bad govenunent. tellu^
nearly two thousand members of the dub just what he did to develop a high stanch
ard of government in Daj'ton,
Mr, Waite was cited by Mr. Cbilda as the right man to take over the manaff&-
meot of New York, adding that when public sentiment here had ripened to fiie
degree of following Dayton's example, the city manager of Dayton would be the
lo^caJ man at the head of the government of this city.
Mr. Waite is an engineer, formerly in railroad work. He was head of the De-
partment of Public Works in Cincinnati during the reform admimatration of Mayor
Hunt. He took the place in Dayton for $12,500 a year after $15,000 had been
offered to him by a private corporation.
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When I went to Dayton, in January, 1014* I found no serious corruption,
general looseness and inefficiency. Local politicians were in jobs where experts
were needed. Each depart men t was ninning itaelf and there was no orderly budget
procedure or financial control.
There was a staggering bonded debt of more than $6,OCIO,000, because the old ad-
ministration borrowed, where possible, to avoid taxation. Pavement repairs, for
instance, were paid for by bonds. A bond issue of $SOO,000 for flood repairs in
IdlS had been partly used for running expenses so as lo produce an ostensibly good
lowing for the year. There was a fioating debt of unpaid bills and ezpenditiiret
in excess of income — tk familiar feature of Dayton*s finances of $1£5,000.
There was a **red light" diatxict. The water supply was insufficient, the maim
having been built for a population of thirty thousand. There was no ash or rubbiah
collection, and only a partial garbage eolleetion.
The class will also read the following article from the Post Ex^ M
press of December 2, with interest : ■
If a man who has benefited not only the people of the oommunlty in which be
lives, but all the people of the country to which he owes allegiance and all of the
people of the civilize<l world is great, then Willis Rodney Whitney, Ph. D., who is to
lecture in this city Tuesday night may be so termed. The lecture will be before a
joint meeting of the Rochester Optical Society, I he Rochester Chemical Society and
the Hochester Engineering Society and will be in Catharine Strong Hall at the
university* Dr* Whitney is a member of the Naval Consulting Board, and di'
rector of the research laboratory of the General Electric Company, w-ith head-
quarters in Schenectady. His theme will be ** Scientific Research and National
Needs;*
Born in Jamestown on August 2il, 1S68, he was graduated a bachelor of science
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1890, and six years later secured
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joined the faculty as instructor and became associate professor of theoretical chem-
istry i& the Institute. But large problems pressed for solution in the industrial
worldp and the General Electric Company was especially aaxioua to ascertain
definitely whether it was posfiible to reduce the ratio between the number of units
of dcctridty required to produce a unit of light. The ratio was -i to I, and the
Edifon-Swan carbon 6 lament was the only incandescent lamp known. Thai was
fourteen or fifteen years ago, and Dr. Whitney was invited by the General Electric
Company to make an effort at the Schenectady plant to improve tbe situatioa-
Possibly nobody knows what was in the mind of the officers of the company when
the invitation was extended, or on just how wide a basis the expectations and plans of
Dr. Whitney were base^J when he accepted, but it w known that the research labora-
tory provided under his direction was comparatively smaU^ although ejcceedingly
weU equipped. Somewhat similar laboratories had been organized by the large
steel companies, but no such corporation as the General Electric Company had
previously organized a laboratory for research In physical chemistry.
Because the melting point of tungsten is higher than that of any other clement,
h was tbe one chosen by Dr. Whitney for his investigations. In fifteen years Dr.
Whitney has raised the name of the element from a word seldom used even in chem-
ical Ubora tones to one that is heard in €\ery building in the civilized world in which
electricity is used for incandescent lighting. The 6rst positive result obtained by
Dr. Whitney was to learn that by heating tbe Edison-Swan carbon 61ament in
vapors of hydrocarbons the surface was reduced to graphite and that with this
filament the ratio of electricity to light was reduced from -t to 1 to 3 to I, or 2A per
cent. This was known as the metalixed carbon filament lamp.
In both Schenectady and Germany investigators had been trying to make timg-
sten filaments, hut the problem was compltcated by the fact that under ordinary
oonditiofis tungsten could not be drawn into wire, that it was not ductile, Dr,
Whitney found that with pastes made of certain tungsten salts that were forced
through a hole a filament could be made with which it was possible to further reduce
the ratio from 3 to I to 1.25 to 1. but the fihiment was very fragile. Dr. Whitney
believed that it was possible to draw timgsten into wire, and this belief was strength-
ened by the fact that when metallic tungsten was obtained by beating the oxide
with carbon in the electric furnace the metallic tungsten so obtained could be welded
like iron. This was six or seven years ago, and from the small beginning Dr.
Whitney had assembled a considerable staff of researchers and had organiaed the
labomtoTT on a broad basis. Dr. Whitney next learned how to wehl tungsten into
ban and how to draw it into wire, but not sufficiently small to use as a filament.
The next step was to use diamond dies» with the result that ^dre small enough for
use in lamps was made, and what is known as the Mazda lamp was announced, with
the ratio reduced to about 1 to 1. About three years ago Dr. Whitney started
SDOther investigation destined to revolutionize conditions in the use of electricity,
incrense its efficiency and reduce its cost. The purpose was to ascertain the ratio
between tbe heat a filament lost and the amount of gas left in the lamp during a
given period. The bulbs are always made as highly vacuated as possible, but
imder present conditions a perfect vacuum is only theoretically possible. His in-
▼QsUgatioiis led to the discovery that if the bulbs were filled yvith nitrogen tlie black-
ening of the bulbs, due to the deposition of minute particles of the vaporized tung-
sten on the glass, was prevented. It followed that if the bulbs were filled with
nitrogen the tungsten could be worked with a stiQ higher temperatxire, and with
greater efficiency, and the Mazda C lamp was announced, with the ratio between
ckctridty and light reduced from 4 to 1, where it stood when Dr. Whitney went to
Sdbdiectady to about 0.6666 to L In other words, as one of Dr. Whitney's dose
friends put it, the same quantity of electricity will go six times as far today as it did
the day Dr. Whitney began his work in Schenectady.
Dr. Whitney has done much other work. His improvement of the Coolidge
X-ray tube is the greatest advance in X*ray technique, it is said, that has been
made in many years, and he has devised a very small bulb that acts as a very power-
ful generator in wireless work, and also devised the enameled wire used in winding
electric instruments.
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Dr. Whitney was cfaoteit, mth Dr. Leo H. Bftekekud, to represeiit the Ame
Cbemicai Society upon the Naval Consul ting Board. Botli men have been very
active in the prop&g^anda for industrial preparedneu, jyr, Whitney believes that
Americn needs orguniziLtioD and coOpemtion among scientists aad tcchnologistB,
which, by making industries more efficient and by teachinj? new, cheaper and
shorter methods of obtaining what is wanted will make everybody better off. He
says tbat wealth oomea only from production, and that the only thing that can in«
crease the ability to produce is scientific knowledge, so that for more efficient
production America must look to scientific research. Ilence his subject for Tu^day
night, '^Scientific Research and National Needs/'
Edmund D. Gabfield
We regret to report the death of our classmate, Edmund D,
Garfield, on November 19, who was with us at Tedi for the first
year or two.
Many men prominent in the official and commercial life of
Fitchburgj Mass,, attended the funeral on Wednesday the 22d, of
Edmund Dana Garfield who died in Washington on Sunday the
19th of November.
He is survived by his wife, Elsie Van Sant, and young son,
Edmund Dana, Jr., and three sisters, Mary L. Garfield, Theresa
N. Garfield and Mrs. W. A. Blodgett of Lincoln, Mass,
He was bom October 12, 186^, in Fitchburg and was the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. James Freeman Dana Garfield, He had
made his residence in this city practically all his life, attending the
public schools here, the Brown & Nichols School in Cambridge,
and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, *90. He was a
charter member of the Fitchburg Athletic Club,
Mr. Garfield had been manager of the Brown Bag Filling Machine
Company plant in Washington for the past four years. B. F.
Brown, president of the company, members of the office and shop
force met the funeral party at the station in Fitchburg and es-
corted them to the grave. As the little procession wound its way
over the hiU and down the slope, patches of snow on the still green
grass, a mass of flowers silently but beautifully expressing the
sympathy of many hearts, a long line of men, groups of old school-
mates, friends and relatives — all these made a picture never to be
forgotten.
The service was conducted by the Rev. B. R, Bulkeley of the
Leominster Unitarian Parish and was simple as he in whose honor
it was held would have wished,
A few verses of Scripture, a prayer and a beautiful benediction
were the only spoken words, but all who heard them unconsciously
realized that the influence of sincere life is eternal.
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Fbed a. Wilson, -4 1^. Sec., Nahant, Mass.
Fred C. Blanchard, "Ole Maje" Blanchard has skipped from
Bridgeport to Detroit. What? No— we believe his leaving was
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perfectly proper. He is now vice-president in charge of engi-
neering and manufacturiog* of the Detroit Lubricator Company,
with an address Trumbull avenue, and G. T. R. R. It seems
strange to your secretary that both Bridgeport and Ford town should
somehow carry an implication of putting things across.^W. C.
Dart — our valiant adjutanti has recently been chosen a director
m the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company of Providence. How
many '91 men are bank directors? Stand up and be counted. At
a meeting and dinner on January 10 of the Massachusetts Bankers
AssociaiioD at the ** Costly Pleasure** there were three '91 men —
all directors in banks — W. I. Palmer, L. C. Wason, and F. A. Wilson
— we will not use nicknames in such a connection. — It was a
pleasure to receive sometime since, a letter from R- S. Ball from
3 Devana Terrace, Cambridge, Eng.— Bobbie Ball^whom none
of us have seen (on this side of the Pond at least) since 1893.
Here it is— now write to tlie secretary and say he pleased you by
inserting it.
Your very cordial and welcome letter deserves a complete and hearty answer^
and if I cannot fulfil the first condition you may take the second a!» assured, and pass
it on to the boys raised to the nth power. Yes, I miss keenly my frienda of college
days» and deplore the long distance that separates me» made longer and more haz-
ardous by thb awful war. But everything hiis an enci and when we are again at
peace I hope opportunity will oiler for a hamlshAke all round. At present, how-
ever, my duties prevent a visit, but I shaU be with yon in the spirit if not in the flesh
next June. Most of us here have had to change our educational work for other
duties incident to the war. All our student* have gone and the instructing staff in
engineering are putting their knowledge to good account in various ways to assist
the government, including myself. More than this I cannot tell you at present.
The particulars asked for by Garrison would have been supplied had not the papers
been unfortunately mislaid, but I hope the following will suffice:
I have been married thirteen years and have two children^ a girl eight and on^
half and a boy of seven, named respeclively. SlcUa Elizabeth and Rob>ert Sturge,
We live here, and I am engaged in lecluring and instructing at our well equipped
engineering department in the University. 1 have publisned a book "Natural
Sources of Power" some eight years ago which has done well, and have also written
nttm^tius articles and papers on engineering matters.
The secretary again wrote Ball but has no reply — prestime the
sors may have seeo its value and saved it for themselves.
A letter from a Clement March living at the address gi%'en in our
^91 Roster Booklet says he is continually receiving mail matter
forwarded from the address we flod given in the files of the alumni
association, but that he is not our man. Where is our man?
Clement March, Tech '91, speak up for yourself — we want you.
This other Clement March also wants to know who you are and
what relation you are to him*
There is in existence a committee for MobiUzing Technology's
Resources in case needed for national defense. Other parts of the
Re\T£W will have something to say about it. There is a commit-
tee of twenty-five with an executive committee of fiv^e. The list
contains du Fonts, Maxims, two generals* etc* Careful scrutiny
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fails to reveal more than one *91 man. Why so? Morris Knowles
won the toss among our class^ — but we should have thought they
would have needed at least a half dozen of us.
Charlie Garrison is still yelping at our heels. When you do
answer, and may it be soon, remember his address is 114 Bedford
street, Boston, And send those information, and them photographs,
at once» Don't be a laggard, a sluggard, a dullard* or any other
**ard** — we are already saying hard things about you. By the
way, guess we will look it up and see if we have replied ourselves.
1893.
Frederic H. Fay, Sec, 308 Boylston Street. Boston, Mass.
George B. Glidden, Asst. Sec.^ 551 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.
The name of Frederick Tallmadge Towne, a former member of
the class of 1893, who died eleven years ago, has been linked T^^th a
contribution to the endowment fund of the Institute under the offer
of *' Mr. Smith/' In sending his check for $10,000 to the Institute,
Mr. Henrj' R. Towne of New York, Fred Towne *s father, wrote as
follows :
In doing this 1 attach no further oonditioDj but it will gratify me greatly if the
income from my contribution c^in in some way be associated w\ih the name of
Frederick Tallmftdge Towne; for example^ as suggested by Doctor Maclaurin
when he did me the honor of calHug on me, by applying it to a ** lectureship*' on
industrial raRnagcment, in which Fred was deeply interested and to the advance-
ment of which he contributed notably by example and precept. 1 may add that
there will be a peculiar fitness in doing thjs for the reason that, at ray instance, the
late General Walker, as Pfeaidenl ot the M. L T., authorized Professor Schwamb,
in 1891 J to organize a course of lectures on that subject (the earliest of which I have
knowledge), with the result that thereby tbe M. L T. set an example which has
since been followed by nearly all of the leading universities and lechnieal Sichools in
tluA country.
A classmate of Fred Towne *s has added $5,000 to the fund, making
it $15,000 io aU. This fund is notable both in the appropriateness
of the expressed w^ish of the donors and in the fact that it is con-
tributed in such a way that the Corporation may make another use
of it, if the time should come that a lectureship on industrial man-
agement would not bring the greatest benefit to Technology or be
the most fitting use of this memorial to Frederick Tallmadge
Towne.
Another classmate^ one of Fred Towoe's close friends, writes as
follows:
Fred Towne is remembered by us as being a fellow of an exceedingly lovable and
happy disposition and ooe with whom w^e all liked to be thrown in daily contact.
He was a very manly, dean cut and square asiiociate. Everything about him wis
open and above board. He seldom, if ever, lost his temper — though bis anger wmM
thoroughly aroused when he came in contact Tilth a man who was the least bit
underhand. He could not tolerate anything small and yet he waa always ready to
help one to a broader and better truth.
The writer of these few and very inadequate lines was an intimate friend and
during Fred Towne*fi life and since his death has always felt him to be the best &sd
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most desirable type of Americati young maa. It ii said that the ideal is never at-
tuned, but if it were — then Fred Ttiwne was the one who attained it*
Of the many and very striking characteristics of Fred Towne were bis ideas and
ideals of large affairs, his genius for organisation and bis accompHahment of big and
worth-w^hile tilings* Hia mind fotlowed as well as hewed the way through broad
chtTinHn and the larger the problem the greater the zest with which he attacked it*
It would deem, therefore, that the linking of his name with so great a project as the
New Technology* is especially Btting — for we are sure that, were he living, he would
have accepted the ample opportunity there has been and still is to assist in the de-
velopment of so worthy a cause. There is no question that the scope of the idea^
the origaniEation and detail required and the ends to be attained would have made
a strong appeal Co him and would have received from him a very material, moral and
Mtive support.
John I. Solomon was the guest of his classnmtes at one of the
most interestmg and unusual dinners ever held by the class, this
being at the Engineers Club, Boston, on Wednesday evening, the
20ih of December*
The past ten years of Solomon's life have been spent in Ceylon
and India, principally the latter* where he has been engaged in the
pearl industry. Solomon has accomplished two things which have
never been done by anyone else in the world. The first is the suc-
cessful application of the X-ray to detect the presence of pearls in
oysters, by which process oysters can be examined without injury
and only those bearing pearls destroyed, the 90 per cent or more of
non-pearl-bearing oysters being returned to the sea for further
growth. The radiographing of the pearl oyster was a great step
toward the conservation of these oysters which were rapidly be-
coming exterminated by the methods formerly in use. The success
of the radiographing process was demonstrated by Solomon during
his two years* sojourn in Ceylon.
\NTiile in Ceylon, Solomon learned from native sources of greater
possibilities for the pearl industry in the Mergui Archipelago in
Burma* a region comparatively unknown to white men. After
personal investigation, Solomon secured from the Indian Govern-
ment a long-term lease of one of the islands of this archipelago,
where he established his pearl industry.
Although the radiographing process for detecting pearls had
proved successful, Solomon believed that there were far greater
possibilities ahead by actually cultivating pearls in oysters.
After several years of intensive study of the pearl oyster, Solomon
has succeeded in the remarkable feat of growing pearls at will,
something which no one else in the world is doing today.
The European War has pretty much upset the p>earl market of
the world just now, and because of the war, Solomon spent a num-
ber of months during 1916 in France and England, in connection
with the problem of marketing his product. In November, he
returned to the United States for a vacation, but he expects to
return to Europe this spring, and then go on to his plant in India.
He intends to make a strenuous effort to be in America in June,
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1918, tn order to participate in the twenty-fifth anniversary of the
class.
Solomon will be glad to hear from all his classmates at the fol-
lowing address — John h Solomon, Burma Shell Company, Limited,
P. O. Box 103, Rangoon, Burma.
Chwtes M. Spofford, the new class president, presided at the
dinner, and in addition to Solomon^ those present included A, F. M
Beniis, S. A. Brwd, H. N. Dawes, E. D. Densmore. F. N. Dillon^ ■
P. H. Fi^y» G. B. Glidden, C. F. Hopewell, A. L. Kendall, Edward
Pw, E. S, Page, W. B, Page, J, H, Reed, W, A. Soley, L. B. Stowe, _
sTp. Waldron, S. E. Whitaker, E, L. Wingate. ■
lohn 1. Solomon gave an address on his work in the pearl in* "
dustr>* at the Institute on December 19 before the regular semi-
HiQikJjk' meeting of the officers and fourth-year and graduate stu- M
dnts of the department of biology and public health, A general |
inviUtion to hear Solomon's address was extended to the officers
and student body of the Institute, and many were present from
other Technology departments. At the close, tea was served in
ihc department of biology by Mrs. William T, Sedgwick.
Jesse B. Baxter was appointed by Governor McCal! of Massachu-
setts one of the three members of the Commission on Waterways
and Public Lands, a new board appointed to take over the duties
(if tw<* former state boards, the directors of the Port of Boston and
the State Harbor and Land Commission. The following account
of Baxter's career appeared in the Boston Transcript at the time
he was appointed.
Jeii»c H. Baicter was born in Quincy, in 1872* He moved over the line to Mil ton
whrn he was only six months old, and has lived in Milton ever since. He was cdu-
CAlinl iri the grammar and high scboob of Ihnt town, and was a member of the dasa
of IHUS, M. L T. Subsequeotly he went to Kansas and taught school for a year
thtin^ H living taken the chemistry course at Tech, after hia teaching experience
In Knn.'^ii^it he worked aa a chemist in the same state to connection with the pro-
fliiction of silver. Returning to Massachusetts, he was connected with a large
dye stuff concern. Later still he entered the Globe National Bank of Boston.
Alter that institution faitc^d, he went to the Hamilton National Bank ot Boston
AUd^ after that inAlitulion consolidated with another institution, he became eon-
fie<?ted with the Frecnians National Bank of Boston* He was discoujit clerk in
the llamiUon and the Freeraans Banks. At present he is vice-president of the
Blue HilJ National Bank of Milton,
Mr. Baxter ha« served in the State niiHtia for three years as a member of Battery
A, Field Artillery, He enlisted in the Spanish- American War in 1898. He has
lerved as a member of several local lx>ards in Milton. He was on the board of
lelectmen for six years and chainnan of it for three years; and on the water com-
mission for three years. He was chairman of the Milton Republican town commit-
tee for twenty years, has been a member of tlie Republican State committee for
three years and treasurer of the last-named organization for the last two years, hold'
tng that office at present.
Mr. Baxter is a member of the Society of Colonial Wars, the Bank Officers'
AAsodation of Boston; and the Massaehu9ctts» Norfolk, and Middlesex Clubst &od fl
of the RepubUcan Club of Massachusetts. (
Walter L S wanton* assistant engineer, U. S, Reclaoiatioo
Service, is the author of two interesting articles which appeared in
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the Reclamation Record for August and September, 1916. The
first, ** A Government Bureau of Information on Wheels/' describes
the safety-first train, consisting of twelve steel cars, ten of which
were loaded with Govern ment exhibits. At the close of the
interesting Safety First Exhibit in the National Museum at Wash-
ington, D. C, in the fall of 1915, the ivish was expressed to show
the people of the countiy% who were unable to attend the exposition,
just w^hat Uncle Sam is doing along these lines, and the safely-first
train was due to the cooperation of Secretary Lane of the Depart-
ment of the Interior and President Willard of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad. The article describes the exhibits at length, and
speaks of the valuable results of the first tour of the train, some
4,000 miles in extent, during which the train visited forty-three
cities, was open to inspection on fifty-three days, and the exhibits
were viewed by about 325,000 persons. Swanton's second article,
'*A Day with the Safety-First Train," appearing in the September
issue of the RecoTd, gives a graphic description of operating this
unique, successful "World's Fair on wheels/' The train will make
a total journey of some 8,000 miles, and will doubtless be visited
by nearly a million people.
It is our sad duty to announce the recent deaths of three mem-
bers of the class — Walter I^vi Frisbie, who died on August 30,
1910, Lyman Appleton Bowker, on September 8, 1916, and George
Edward McQuesteri, on November 7, 1916,
Walter L. Frisbie was graduated with the class in the mechanical
engineering course, after which he was graduated from the Yale
Law School, and w^as admitted to the bar* He then began the
practice of law at W^aterburj% Conn. In 1894, his grandparents,
who had been his foster-parents, both died, leaving him almost
entirely alone in the world. Shortly after, a shadow began to fall
upon his pre^•^ously bright intellect, and tliis gradually deepened
until it was evident that the hopes he had cherished for worthy
Ufe acti\Hties were permanently blighted. For many years,
Frisbie was an inmate of a Hartford sanatorium, where he died*
During the last year of his life, he was subject to frequent attacks
of epilepsy which became more severe with each occurring attack,
until the last, which carried him away.
Lyman A. Bowker died as the result of injuries received in
jumping from a moving trolley car at his home city, Waltham,
Mass. He received a compound fracture of the skull, and was
unconscious from the time of the accident until the time of his
death, which occurred a few hours later. Bowker was a member
of the firm of Bow^ker & Roskilly, interior decorators, wdth oflBces
at 1 'iO Tremont street, Boston . He was widely known in Waltham,
where he ser\^ed for three years as a member of the board of alder-
men* He was a prominent RepubHcan, and had served as chair-
man of the W'altham Repubhcan City Committee. He was a
member of Monitor Lodge, A. F. and A. M., and of the First
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Corps of Cadets. In 1898 he married Miss Alice Maynard Wade,
and he is survived by his widow and three children, Eleanor Wade,
Edith and Lyman A, Bowker, Jr.
George E. McQuesten, treasurer of the George McQuesten
Company (lumber dealers) of Boston, and a resident of Brookline,
died on Tuesday, November 7» 1910, at the Allston Hospital, New
York, from pneumonia. He was visiting that city on business,
and was taken ill on the Sunday pre\nous. The following is taken
from an account of McQuesten*s death, which appeared in the
Boston TranseripL
**Mr. McQuesten was born in Nashua, N* H,, May 1, 1868, and
after graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
he entered the business which his father founded. He was one of
the pioneers in automobiling in Massachusetts and w^as one of the
charter members of the Massachusetts Automobile Club. His
great interest in electrical inventions led him to erect a windmill on
his father *s estate at Marblehead Neck, which w^as one of the first
alSrogenerating plants for supplying electricity built for private
use in the country: The plant later received the favorable at-
tention of the Government.
'* Mr. McQuesten was a member of the Country Club, Brookline,
Eastern Yacht clubs in Boston and New York, He was a Mason
and Mystic Shriner. He is survived by a widow and a daughter,
Barbara McQuesten, and two brothers, Frank B. McQuesten and
Fred McQuesten."
Address Changes,
The following have been received: Charles V, Allen, care West-
inghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., Van Nuys Bldg., (Res.: 688 Witmer
St.) Los Angeles, Cal. — Frank S. Badger, 9 Cloak Lane, London,
England. — ^James A, Emery, 115 Broadway, Room ^010, New York
City. — Arthur E. Fowle, care Libbey-0 ^vens Sheet Glass Co.,
Toledo, Ohio— Clarence D. Gilchrist, ^8 West ^3d St., New York
City,— George T. Hanchett, consulting engineer, 237 Fulton St.
fRea.: HI East 44th St.) New York City.— Charles R. Walker,
Box 9ise, Kingston, N, Y.— S. Edgar Whitaker, 63 Pleasant St..
Newton Centre, Mass.
1895.
WiNTHROP D* Parker, Sec, 12 Bosworth Street* Boston, Mass.
In reply to several requests sent out by the secretary for articles
for the current number of the Review% the following men re-
sponded :— E. H, Clapp, E. H. Huxley, and C. H. Parker-
Tlie article by C, H. Parker was written for the June, 1916,
number of Edison Life published by the Edison Electric Dlumi-
nating Company, and is as follows :^ —
The c|ucslioQ of ^'NatioDAl Preparedness" is, at the present time, being widety
discussed but in many inslaQces wilh a profound ignomnce of what tbe term should
meftQ.
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Mofit people IB this couDtrj' today* and imtil very recently in Great Bntain also,
looked on **Natbiml Preparedness*' for war as having so mariy ships of war built or
building and a regular army of small size to be backed tip by the miijiia and vol*
o&teers in time of war.
Some so-called ** statesmen** have declared that in awe of trouble with a foreign
power by the United Statea a million men would rusb to arms over night, but they
fail to say where the arms are to which they would rush.
If they had the arms, amniunition, unifomiH, field, horse and siege artillery,
hocaea, camp equipage, etc., in adequate quantities they would still be nothing
more than an armed mob, that could not march, or fight or even do much running to
getaway.
Due to our great lack of regular officers for training purposes it would take at
least a year to get thb mob licked into anything like a semblance of an army and
then probably several good lickings would be needed before the men could face
rr;gular troops on anything like even terms. This is a very wasteful way of making
war or defending ourselves.
As we stand today. In the United States, we have a Navy of raedinm size consist*
mg of A very good line of battleships, entirely deficient in battle cruisers, scouts
worthy the name, and hydro-planes^ and poorly equipped with cruisers, torpedo
boat destroyers, submarines, etc. All of these auxiliaries are absolutely needed to
enable the Navy to defend us.
While the regular Army of the United States is man for man as fine an army as
eiista, it is so pitifully small that it cannot even protect our Mexican border from
invaaion by marauding bands of bandits. In case of serious trouble with Mexico
this army would have to be very largely expanded by recruiting up to war footing
(which would reduce its efficiency by mixing a lot of green men), by calling out the
militia and by calling out volunteers.
To repel an invasion of a first class power would mean the calling together of
many more than a million men as the wastage of men in the early fighting would be
enormous.
Without going into £gurea bene it can easily be shown that we haven't on hand
enough rifles, artillerj', etc.* to keep 200,000 men in the field let alone the millions
to volunteer. This means that we must make Lhem now or after war is declared,
and our past history would indicate the largest part will have to be done after war
is declared.
Great Britain, previous to the present war, was in the same condition we are in
now, only not as bad.
Great Britain has made a lot of bad mistakes during the war, especially at the
beginnings and we can learn a great deal from her mistakes hy a little care and fore^
thought and the expenditure of a comparatively small, Ibough actually considerable,
sum of money. The first essential is to start our arsenals at work with three shifts
of men turning out standard articles we know we will need, such as riEes, artillery,
etc Second, manufacturing plants capable of manufacturing this needed material
should be listed and the necessarj* gauges, jigs, blue prints, ctc.» prepared and kept
m band so that production can be started at the shortest possible time after war is
dedared. Factories for shoes, uniformsj hata^ under-clothing, stoves, cooking
Otensiis, etc., should also be included.
Food preparers should have samples of the proper sized tins and packages so no
time would be wasted when they are called on for supplies.
Thirdly, the labor element must be taken account of and no man should be al-
lowed to enter the army or navy who is more valuable in the supply of the fighting
force than be would be at the front. Women would have to supplement the work
of Ibe men in very large part where possible, and England has shown that they can
ideaae many of the men in certain parts of the work for other duties.
Let u« examine some of Englana s mbtakes in the early part of the war and what
tbe had to do to correct them.
1. Relying on volunteers.
2. Allowing indiscriminate enlistment.
8. Failure to realize the magnitude of the task at hand.
4. Lack of organization for the supply of troops at front.
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5. Not m&kmg use of the resources of the country,
1. Relying on wlujdsers. At the start of the war %'olunteers in l&rgc qimntities
were obtaiimble and the militarj^ chiefs feeling the great need of men at the front
took everj' man physically fit. As the war dragged on gctttng votunteers became
harder and harder until now less than two years after the war started, conscription
is practically in force. The same thing happened in onr Civil War.
2. Allmmng indiaerimitiate enlishnent crippled many industries absolutely essen-
tial to the supply of the troops at the front. So much so, in fact, that a labor dele-
gation had to be sent to the front to select and bring back to industry the men
needed to run these plants, and train the necess^ury men and women to adequately
supply the troops not only ammunition but all other stores.
One of the large electric supply companies of England is doing 50 per cent» more
work now than it did pre\^ous to the war and late reports say that only 2 per cent,
of this is eommcreisl business. At present every available shop is at work 44 houn
a day making munitions and the night load is now very hca\'y'.
3. Failure to realize the magnitudr of the task of hand, Thb charge cannot be laid
against the British Navy which on the whole has been most efficient, saving the
kingdom from any real fear of invasion. The charge does lie against the govern*
ment, however, in nearly every other line. They were perilously slow in handling
labor situations and organizing the various supply departments and building up
auxiliary ser\'iccs such as the air arait arm, both fiyiug machines and gas bag craft
such as the Zeppelins and Parsevals.
Indeed, she is only just now building her first real tighter than air vessels.
4. Lack of organization for the mpply of ike troops at the front. At the beginning
of the war there was a great stagnation of business, skilled men had been taken awajr
and no substitutes provided. SpeciGctitions, blue prints, gauges* jigs, etc., and
samples could not be procured in sufficient quantity to start manufacture promptly »
When manufacture did get started, the labor unions gave trouble seeking increased
wages, and objecting to any relaxation in pre-t»ellum conditions of labor, such as the
number of apprentices allowed to each journeyman and the admission of women
workers, and the amount of work one man should do or number of machines oper^
ated.
5. Not making use of the reaources of the country. The war department ha^'ing
determined in peace times that the forged steel shell was better than the cast iron
or cast steel shell, they would not use cast iron or cmst steel shells after war had
begun. This has caused a lot of men idleness at home and prevented the troops at
the front from having an adequate supply of ammunition. The Germans have
always recognized the cheapness of the cast shell and used it in \'ery large quantities.
They will admit that its fragmentation is not as regular as with the forged sted
shell but its cheapness and speed of manufacture gives it a decided military value.
Otlier instances of the same kind could be cited but this seems the most flagrant.
In ci\'il affairs all of us believe in preparedness for we all support police and fire
departments and most of us provide against accident by taking out insurance
against loss by fire, burglars, sickness, accident and death.
In national affairs tJie great majority of us have failed to see the dangers ever
present and so have failed to provide adequate insurance.
Adequate national insurance means an army and navy large enough to make it
too dangerous for any one to attack us and overcome us before the resources of the
country can be called on, and a proper organi^jition of the country so that when
these rcBources are needed they cao be mobilized quickly and efficiently.
The latter means that everj- man in the country should be under the orders of the
government and either ordered to the ranks or to the post of industry where his
scrs'ictjs will be most valuable for the carrying on of the war. Positions that can be
filled by the women of the country should be determined beforehand and not left
to be found after war occurs.
Every shop and manufactory shoukl be listed and plans be made as to the changes
required to fit it for the manufacture of munitions or supplies. Samplers, sp«dfic»-
tions, blue prints, gauges, jigs, etc., should l»e on hand in sufficient quantities so
that manufacturers could start on receipt of a telej^^m of less than ten words.
Every able bodied man should receive some military training so as to reduce the
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loigtli of training needed after war U declared as mudi aj possible. This will be a
good thing fur the m&n himself tDeidenlAlly &s it will give him a better body, due
to the regular exercise aiid setling up drilla, and will Irain bis mind to conecntnitlon
and quick action, which many now lack-
This training should be given young men as il is much harder to train older men,
and the time required for iraimng can be better given when the economic value of
the men U less.
Thb leads to the position of the large electric supply companies, such as our
company, in the preparation for war and determines that during a war, unless this
dty is captured, all of the surrounding factories and machine shops would be worked
o^'ertime, and that our g*?riemtiDg stations would have to supply them with power.
This large increase in load would require an increase in part of our working force
such as firemen, and oilers, an increase in the construction and maintenance forc^
and a decrease in all other departments.
If my premises are correct this proves that men employed by an electric supply
company are of more use to the nation at home on the job than they are at the front,
with a few exceptions.
Huxley writes :^ —
Aa I understand it, the class notes are now to be given over to personal observa-
liona and communications in regard to the general question of preparedness, with
■pedal reference to Technology's part in it, and I think it might be apropos to speak
of the fact that the great trouble and the crying need is the lack of, and need for,
accurate information.
Take the matter of the history of our own country — most of us know little about
it and whut we do know, if it was obtained through the ordinary channels and of
course with the ordinary preparatory education up to the point of entering college,
it abaolutcly incorrect and misleading. It has been my observation that most of
tlie histories that are used in scbooLn arc inaccurate and that they seek to give the
ioaprcusion that the history of the United States, especially from a mibtary stand-
point, is one grand and glorious record of achievement and success. As a matter of
fact, thia ia not the case. There is much in the history of the United States, es-
pecially its military history, that is anything but such that we can be proud of it.
Blunders and failures are frequent and the fact that we have arrived where we ate
at the preseDt time intact, is due more to to good fortune than to good planning
and execution. There have been many dark spots in the history of the country
where the turn of a hair might even have disrupted and destroyed the country.
Therefore, my view would be that the first thing to be done is to place before
our younger students^ the facts and give them a plain^ unvarnished view of the
history of the country; after that, the necessary remedies will be obvious and it ii
only to apply the remedy that remains. Therefore, I should say that one of Tech-
nology's duties to the National Government is to teach her students real iVmerican
hiMory, and to select and recommend those books where such accurate information
can be found.
In a letter of a few days later, he refers to poblications relating
to preparedness, and says: —
I would suggest "Straight America" by Frances A. Kellor, with an introduction
by Theodore Roosevelt, published by the MaeMillan Company; also "Peace In-
mzrance*' by Richard Stockton, Jr., published by A. C. ilcClurg & Co., and "The
Military PoUcy of the United States," a government publication by the late Gen*
erml Upton, arc all exceUent books. The Patriotic Education Society, Room iOO^
44d Street Building, New York, publishes a pamphlet entitled "Some Facts of
American History," which is a condensation of General Upton's book, which would
alio be good.
Clapp writes : —
Having been connected with the Supply Department during the mobilization of
the miUtia last June, I have read with great interest the different articles, which
E»ve been written about it.
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Whether the regular service of the militia fell down or not is a small thing com-
pered to the great fault.
When the troops were called hy the President, did anyone think ahead that they
must be fed^ clothed and transported?
When the troops began to move* did any one care what kind 61 transportation
they had? Were any army regulatiooa about car« carried out?
When the troops were »ent South in winter clothing* months afterwards reiumed
home in summer clothing, did any one care?
When the troops were sent on a seven-day railroad trip, did any one care that
orders were issued for five days' travel rations, and when these gave out« did any
one care or see the men receive more?
On the Border when the automobile transport trains were tied up by dvilian
chauffeurs, did any one care if ioe melted or troops did not receive their food nntU
hours late?
On the Border, when food requisitions were filled with canned salmon in place
of article requisitioned for, did any one care?
I have talked with many railroad people and others, and the one answer I have
received has been that troops received as good cars as they deserved. My own ob-
servation was that the state officials hud only one desire, and that was to get rid of
these troops as quickly as they could. I could not tind that they helped much in
getting any comforts for the men. or cared much if the men did not have anything.
No one cared much what happene*! to the troops as long as they were turned over
to the government and thus gotten rid of.
This don't care is the great question in preparedness. The regular army, the
piilttia or any other m^ilitary organization, will always fall down until this question
is taken care of better than it is now*
How can we muke some one care?
Only by general conscription.
If you know that you or your son may be the first to be taken, you will begin to
take some interest to see that you or he will be taken \n the right way. Until the
people wake up, the politicians will never do much, as they are afraid of railroadi,
business concems, labor unions and thousands of other enemies of preparedness.
General conscription, which will cause every one to take some interest in before
hand preparedness, is the only preparedness worth wasting time about.
The present idea of ** Let George do it" must be done away with and done away
with forever.
The following men were present at the alumni dinner on the
evening of January 6r — Brackett, Ballon, E. H. Clapp, A* D*
Fuller, Newell C. H, Parker, W. D, Parker, Stevens, and Tilling-
bast.
Edgar A, Boeseke
Under date of Noveml^er 8, 1916, Winsor Soule, '07, of Santa
Barbara, Cal., enclosed the following clipping from the Morning
Pres3 of September 5, 1916: —
"It is seldom that the death of a citizen of Santa Barbara causes
such general sorrow as did that of Edgar August Boeseke, who
passed away at his residence, 1820 Laguna street, Sunday evening,
September ^i, at 8 o'clock, after an illness of about a year.
**Mr. Boeseke was a native of Santa Barbara, bom Jime 4, 187L
He was a graduate of the local high school* and later, in 1896, he
graduated from the Boston Institute of Technology, September
5, 1905, he was married to Miss Eleanor Webb Willits of this city.
**The deceased is survived by his widow and by one sister and
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three brothers— Mrs. Angie Wormser of New York City and Dr.
E. J. Boeseke, C* W. Boeseke and Dr. B. C* Boeseke of Santa
Barbara.
"Mr. Boeseke was a mason, and yesterday the flag on the Ma-
sonic temple was placed at half-mast in honor of his memory. He
was also an active member of the Santa Barbara Polo Club, and
was reckoned one of its most accomplished players. One of his
proudest achievements in that line of sport was his part in the de-
feating of the Burlingame te^am in its tournament championship
contest with the Santa Barbaras, several years ago, and he also did
creditable work for his team in the noted victory over the English
team at Pasadena,
**For twelve years Mr. Boeseke was president of Boeseke-
Dawe Hardware Company, one of the leading commercial enter-
S rises of Santa Barbara* and principal owner of that concern until
e sold his interest, a few months ago, on account of failing health.
'*As to Mn Boeseke's personal attributes, it would be difficult
to speak of them without seeming extravagant in laudation to those
who did not know him — to his friends, the diflSculty would be to
give his merits and his admirable qualities their just appraisement.
In business he stood before his fellows as an exemplary character,
and in his personal relations with his friends and acquaintiinces he
won the good will and respect of all with whom he mingled, from
his boyhood days until the end of his mortal life.
"The funeral, to which friends are invited, will be held at 10
o*clock thb morning at Gagnier's funeral church, to be conducted
by Rev. Dr, L. Ralston, pastor of Central Universalist Church of
Los Angeles. The interment in Santa Barbara cemetery will be
private,**
1896.
Charles E. Locke* Sec., Mass. Inst, of Technology, Cambridge,
Mass.
J. Abnold Rockweix, Aasi, Sec,, 24 Garden Street, Cambridge^
Mass.
This current issue is devoted to Preparedness. The secretary
wishes to announce himself as an example of Unpreparedness in
.getting together material on this subject. The mining building
'of the New Technology was not ready in September as planned^ and
therefore work had to be done in the basement of Rogers through
the first term. The moving took place during the latter part
of the term, and the time and attention necessary for this has kept
the secretary too busy to attend to his class duties properly. A
' few items of news have been gathered as follows:
Johnny Rockwell made his annual vacation trip to Tennessee
in the fall to visit his parents. He tried to locate Smalley in Sa*
vannah, but Smalley was able to elude him and thus escaped a
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visit from John. On his return he stopped off in the big cities to
make a special study of the infantile paralysis situation. John has
been expanding his house, his office* and his bosiness, but his family
still remains its former size. He reports that this has been the
busiest fall that he has ever had. In the layout of the new Tech-
nology, the medical director's office (Rockweirs) is only three
doors from the secretary's, so that the secretary and assistant secre-
tary will see more of one another in the future.— Mort Sears called
on tlie secretary in December. He is still with the U. S. General
Land Office, but is temporarily stationed at Washington, — Charlie
Hyde has sent the secretary two papers, one a report on the ** San-
itary Quality of the Owen's River Water Supply/' and another on
"Stream Poilution and Present Status of Controlling Legislation in
California.*' In addition, the secretary has received a copy of
Hyde*s voluminous and valuable report on "Possible Sources of
Water Supply for Sacramento/' — Backenhus has been appointed
to the board commissioned to select a site for the proposed $1 1,000,-
000 armor-plate plant, of which board Admiral Fletcher is presi-
dent. Backenhus is making his headquarters in W^ashington and
is very busy getting all the details of the situation well in hand. —
Thanisch writes that he is still with the Cananea Consolidated
Copper Company at Cananea, Sonora, Mexico. He says :
At any time it is possible we may receive word to get across the Lirie, and if it
comes in a simikr maimer to the Last warning, several of ua will be obliged to get
to the border on foot and at night. The geographical position^ however, is very
favorable.
At the annual alumni banquet in January, Cummings, Dickin-
son, Hersey and Rockwell sat at the *06 table, while Joe Knight,
as an official, occupied a position at the head table.— Hersey reports
that he has recently been elected treasurer and director of the Her-
sey ^Manufacturing Company, of South Boston, and likewise*
trustee of the South Boston Savings Bank, — Cummings has been
for eight years vice-president of Wells Brothers Company, build-
ing contractors. This company retired from the New England
district at the end of 1916, and Cummings has formed a new com-
pany called Henry Cummings & Company, building contractors,
and 'trill conduct a general building business with offices in the
Unity Building, 185 Devonshire street, Boston, Mass, — J. P.
Palmer* who has been with the Lamson Company, Boston, for
the past ten years, has severed his connection with it to take up the
work of manufacturer's agent in New England.
Among tlie things left w^hich the secretary found after the Say-
brook Reunion, was a smaU leather case containing a few small
vials J which was apparently a part of an automobile equipment.
The secretary has tried to locate tlie owner, but has been unsuc-
cessful. If any one of those who attended the reunion at Say brook
can claim this property, the secretary will be glad to deliver it.
Another relic was a soft hat with the initials E, H* B. inside the
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baDd. This apparently belongs to E. H. Barker, but the secre-
tary has been unable to get him to acknowledge the ownershipr
The following address changes have been received:
S. S, Bell 80 Woburn St., Reading, Mass.; Mrs, Paul G. Bur-
ton, 12 Englewood Rd., Roland Park, Maryland; Miss Mary E.
Dann, ^830 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.; Joseph Hewett, 191 Pros-
pect St., Brockton, Mass,; W. T. Dorrance, Railroad Bldg., New
Haven, Conn.; A. V. Shaw, li Division St., Pittsburgh, Pa.;
W. M. Stearns, 18 Ardsley Rd., Schenectady, N. Y.; F. A. Than-
isch, Cananea, Sonora, Mexico.
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John A. Collins, Jr„ Sec,^ 67 Thorndyke Street, Lawrence, Mass.
Nathan Hayward, VI, who for the past twelve years has served
as engineer for the Bell Telephone Company of Philadelphia, and
its associated companies, has been elected president of the Ameri-
can Dredging Company with headquarters in Philadelphia. He
will still be retained by the Telephone Company as consulting
engineer.
1898.
A. A. Blanchakd, Sec,, Mass. Inst, of Tech.* Cambridge, Mass.
The '08 men in and around Boston dined together at the Uni-
versity Club on December 20, the great attraction being Frank
Coombs. Coombs has been for a number of years in Edmonton,
Alberta, de-aling in building materials and he would be there now
except that the war has temporarily killed business in that part of
Canada, He will return when normal conditions return, He
certainly is most enthusiastic about the Canadian Northwest and
he made all present at the dinner want to migrate there too.
Ed Chapin told us about the dyestufT situation, a problem which
he himself is doing a great deal to straighten out.
Peavey gave some first hand information concerning the financial
situation.
Twenty-two were at the dinner, viz.. Learned, Perley, John T.
Robinson, A* A, Packard, Hopkins, Blanchard, Russ, Coombs,
Treat, Wright, Scott, Hitler, Wads worth, F. M. Kendall, Barker,
Peavey, Seth Humphrey. Chapin, Southworth, Davison, Dawes,
and Goodrich.
In reply to a dinner notice we learned with regret that Stillings
has been very dangerously sick for several months although he is
now improving.
Recently, at the request of the editor of the Review, letters
were sent to a number of '!>8 men asking their viem^s on the matter
of Tech*s relation to the question of national preparedness, and fol-
lowing are a number of replies:
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"Pa" Cobum writes:
You ask me, mhat " dam builders" can do to help org&niEe NatioEuil DefenBe?
Before I couid attempt to answer such a queation I should have to exercbe my priv-
ilege as a Yankee and ask another; *' Defense against wlia^?'*
If you meaQ defend against any present or future military invasion I would aay
first, that 1 am not at all concerned over such a possibility so bug as we as a nation
naind our business; secondly, we '* dam builders" could , as I see it, do only what any
other good citizen must do^ lend our energies where they are most needed at the
moment, whether as food for cannon or otherwise. Wc arc not too proud to fight.
If, as your quotations from Litchfield's letter indicates, you mean by your ques-
tion what can **dam builders" offer as a part of '* Technology's Duty to the National
Government/' I would say that here we might find some common ground for
discussion as I am firmly convinced that our greatest sources of danger are internal
and unless we can overcome some of them in the near future, democracy will be
proven a failure.
The two greatest of these sources of danger are, to my way of thinldng, greed of
the individual as exemplified in our labor unions and greed of communities as in-
dicated by "pork barrer* legislation and. when we add to these the vaporings of
long-haired political reformers, things begin to look mighty serious.
To a "dam builder" pork barrel legislation, including most of our river and harbor
improvements has been the most obvious sign of danger. With no general policy,
no well developed course of procedure, no real investigation of the advisability of
any particular piece of work, we go on year after year appropriating millions to
"improve" rivers at the behest of some petty poUtician who thinks to make his
fences sound by setting "something out of the government** for his constituency
who, more often than not, get no real benefit from the undertaking.
Again, we "dam builders" sometimes wonder if the policy, or ratlier bck of
policy, of our government in regard to the development of water power is a wise one,
Should we go on burning up our limited coal supply and allow our water power to go
to waste simply because we fear some bogy-man or corporation may make a dollar
out of it?
Is our handling of land reclamation, either by irrigation or drainage, wisely done?
These are some of the matters toward which all citizens interested in the welfare of
the countrj' may well turn their attention and perhaps we as trained engineers are
more definitely responsible if we fail to do what we can to educate the people as to
the desirability of doing these things if they are to be done at all, in a systematic and
efficient manner and with due regard to a broad general policy.
If we as a people can ever adopt any definite business-like policy on any one sub-
iect, we will in my judgment have made the first and most essential step toward
National Preparedness for whatever is to come.
This letter from Robert E. KendalL although not a reply to the
request for opinions on preparedness, has nevertheless an impor-
tant bearing on that question :
1 am in receipt of yours of the 23d ult., and was very glad indeed to hear from
you. It is quite true that my address has changed but the change is hardly a
recent one, as I have now been at City Point, Va,, for nearly two years.
Two years ago neid month, I left the chemical department at our Wilmington
office to become assistant superintendent at Hopewell Works C^ity Point, Va., E. I.
du Pont de Nemours & Company, in charge of guncotton manufacture.
At that time, Hopewell was still a dynamite plant, but had never been operated.
The first plans for guncotton manufacture here were not very extensive as com^
pared with final developments, but such as they were, a plant of considerable amt
was necessary. After getting "on the job" at the very beginning of the construe-
tion period, increasing business demanded rapid expansion of the plant until at the
end, we had in reality fourteen complete guncotton plants in one, with all the nec^
essary adjuncts^ such as sulphuric^ nitric acid, caustic soda, and crude cotton purifi-
cation plants.
At one time, during the days of simultaneous conatmction and operation, wc had
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dofte to 25,000 men on the payroll. For the past four months, we have been down
to a ** rock- bottom*' operating basis, and our pajTolt will average about 14,000 men.
With the real beginitiug of maDufacture, our opi^ratiDg organizalioii underwent
gnduaJ development and my position became that of guncotton superintendent
with general charge of the chemical bboratorie^» as a sort of »ide activity. As can
be Imagined, the necessary chemical coulrol io sudi a proposition as this is tre-
mendous and we have on the whole plant, located at points of vantage, eight
dHTerent laboratories, employing in all over eighty chemistfl. Taking it all in all,
Qkt experience ol being directly connected wiUi such a gigantic manufacturing
development during the entire period of growth has been most interesting^ and val-
uable. To adequately describe the magnitude of the plant and its environment is
beyond iny humble literary powers, but as far as knoi^-n there m nowhere in the
world today such a plant devoted exclusively to guncotton manufacture.
Hughes, president, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio,
R. M,
writes:
I have received your kind letter of the 14tb and am very deeply interested in the
projects to which you refer, I had the pleasure of talking this over at considerable
length with G odf rey and it strikes me as being a very big thing in possibilities.
Undoubtedly the brains of the country are its biggest asset, and no successful
oatiooal movement, whether it be for war or peace, can be projected in the future
without the cooperation of the brain power of the country. Not only is this true,
but in a very large percentage of cases the most able men are the slowest to push
themselves to the front, and it is peculiarly necessary that some organizi^d plan be
developed for keeping our National Government in touch with this form of national
tesouTce.
If the plan now under consideration is developed and if it is handled adequately
•t the Washington end, it will go further, in my judgment, than any other move-
ment short of universal military training to put this country in a strong state of
defense.
I wish you would put me on the list of subscribers to the Technolooy He\iew. I
have always wanted it, but some way or other have never gotten hold of a copy and
dooH know whom to address nor what the subscription price is.
I was deeply impressed with the Tech. Nothing in my travels in recent years has
been so delightful and so surprising as my \isit to the Technology buildings. They
are grand, and are even yet scarcely worthy of the institution they house, I con*
gratulate you men on what has been done there and hope and pray for even greater
developments at this institution which I consider the greatest college in America.
Strickland writes from the works of the Peerless Motor Car
Company, Cleveland, Ohio:
Answering yours of the 14th wish to advise that my connection with the Peerless
Motor Car Company places me more directly in touch with things known in the
Preparedness program than possibly the rc^t of my classmates. We have been
fumishing 4-ton trucks to the Allies from the vejy beginning of the war. The total
number now exceeding 5,000 and during the border trouble we have furnished
Uncle Sam some 200 or more trucks for bis purposes.
In the event of hostilities, therefore, it is altogether probable that we can be taxed
to the utmost in supplying Uncle Sam viitli trucks for war purposes. That is, if his
organisation follows the methods of reasoning adopted by the allied governments
which were to secure the most adaptable vehicles which had already been tried out
in actttal 8er\nce for use during the war.
In the organization for Preparedness the most broadminded organisation shotdd
be adopted so tbat advantage could be taken as far as possible of eiusting productions
and conditions, so that the industries would not be tied up in the event of war by
having to revolutionize their entire method of production to suit the whim of some
committee* During the course of purchasing of trucks abroad the idea w€is con*
eiired of switching off factories on to the production of one identical unit and this,
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I believe, was tried out but resulted in utter failure and recourse had again to be
taken to the use of vehicles already in prwIuctioE and successful on a commercml
Another point to be taken into consideration is that the present and future com-
mercial deirelopmenl of not only vehicleai but probably other commodities required
in war arc made with leeways and allowances which are necessary tor production oo
a large scale. Thi$ being made possible witliout interfering with the serviceability
of the unita and in case of war these same standards should be maintained without
atlemptu on part of inspectors to begin a policy of hairs|>litting which would jeop-
ardize produt:tion.
Gen, E> M. Weaver writes from the oflSce of the chief of Coast
ArtiUery, War Department, Washington:
In reply to your request of December Hlh that I give you something for the Jan-
uary Review, in connection with Technology's duty to the National CiovernmeDt,
I am inclosing herewith a few thoughts which have occurred to me as lo what
Tet^h oology boa done for the Cofijii Artillery branch of the United Stal-es Army, and
what she might be able to do in a more extended way by recent legislation in pro-
viding training for officers for the large forces which will be required in time of war.
With pleasant memories of my own associations in the laboratories and class-
rooms of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and with kind remcmbrmncef
for all my old associates there.
Influence of Technolx>gy on the National DEFENaE
For a number of years Technology has placed an important part in the instruction
of coast artillery officers for duty as instructors in the department of engineering and
mine defense of the Coast Artillery School. This school is maintained at Fort
Monroe, Va., for the purpose of training officers and enlisted men for the technical
work required in the Coast Artillery Corps.
In order that competent instructors might be available, advanced instrnction at
some recogm2ed institute of learning was required. Technology was chosen be*
cauae of its record for efficiency and thoroughness.
The course for coast artillery officers outlined by Professor D. C. Jackson com-
prises three main subjects, viz., heat engines, electrical engineering, and central
stations and power distribution, covering a year's work Congress authorized
instructors of the Coast Artillery School lo be sent to Technology for this one-year
course. The first officer to be detailed was Major C- C. Carter, Coast Artillery
Corps. He returned to the Coast Artillery School and instilled new life into the
electrical course there. Since that time seven other officers, specially selected from
those who have shown interest and aptitude for research work, have been sent to
Technology for special work, having in view their assignment to duty as instructors
at the Coast Artillery School; and the knowledge which Ihey acquired at Tech-
nology has been spread, to a certain extent, throughout the service.
These officers arc required to devote themselves to the special course, and are
discouraged from pursuing additional courses not bearing upon these subjects, with
a view to obtaining a degree at Technology.
Capt. F. Q. C. Gardner, Const Artillery Corps, who at present is in charge of the
Torpedo Depot, Fort Totten, N. Y.^ took this special course at Technology. He
has charge of the purchase of all submarine mine material, including submarine
cable, explosives, and all parts of the mine itself. Tliis officer must accept, on be-
half of the government, property to the value of many hundreds of thousands of
dollars annually. Without his special training at Technology, he would never have
been able to give to the government the efficient service which he has rendered.
Among Technology' men now in the Coast Artillery Corps arc the following:
Major H. L. Morse, '00, Capt. G. R, Norton, '05, Capt. L. T, Walker, '08, First
Lieut, F. M, Green, *09, First Lieut, K. T, Blood, *09. First Lieut. R. M. Ricfkohl,
'09, Capt. E. J. W. Ragsdale. '10, First Lieut. H. C. Da\4s, Jr., 'IL Of these,
Morse, Norton, Ragsdale,, and Davis are detailed in the Ordnance Department.
This department of the army has charge of gxm construction and powder manu^
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facturer aod T«ch men are especially suited for detail Ihei^m, Two grnduatea^
TbocDMt '07, and Eaton, '07, were asaig^ned to the C!oAst Artillery Corps and de-
tailed in the Ordnance Departmetit, but have resigned to accept more remimer&tiTe
portions with ammunition maDufacturers.
It is believed that Technology's duty to the National Government requires tbat a
Coast Artillery Uoit of the Reserve Qffioers' Training Corps should be establi^ed
at the Institute.
The one great problem of the present European War has been the supply of
properly trained officers. This problem would be more acute here in the United
States than abroad* because of our great potential strength which would come into
bemgat the vcrj' outbreak of a war. We frequently hear of '*a million men spring-
ing to arms between sunrise and sunset.*" Unless this miUioo could be properly
trained and led» it would only be fit fodder for the grim reaper*
Technology could and should do its share towards providing the commissioned
peraonnei for the large army which would be organized at the outbreak of hostihtie«.
On account of the technical work required of Coast Artillery officers, it is especially
dc^rable that Technology should furnish a good percentage of the Coast Artillery
Reserve officers required.
Section 42 of the National Defense Act, passed last June, prescribes: —
"The President may, upon the application of any established educational in-
ititution in the Uoited States other than a State institution described in section
forty of this Act, the authorities of which agree to establish and maintain a two
years' elective or compubory course of military training as a minimum for its
physically fit male students, which course when entered upon by any student shall»
as regards such student^ be a prerequisite for graduation^ establish and maintain at
tuch institution one or more units of the Reserve Officers* Training Corps » . . /'
Technology is dose to the forts of Boston harbor* and the military authorities there
would be glad to use the equipmeot to the majdmum extent in order to cooperate
with Technology in training students of the Reserve Officers* Training Corps.
Dr. Harold W. Jones, major Medical Corps, U- S. A., writes
from the Army Medical school, Washington, D. C:
I don't know that I can give you very much to work on except to tell you some of
the work of preparedness that is going on with us. I think all Technology men with
their scientific habit of thought must come to believe in universal service. The
l»urden must be borne by all alike and it is not right thai it should rest on the shoul-
ders of the few. Money can buy this service from others up to a certain point but
there are some things that money cannot buy and that is complete protection.
My work for the last few years has been along field service lines. I had command
of an ambulance company in Texas for a long while and went into Mexico with the
punitive expedition. My company was motorized while in Mexico and (or several
months I hud charge of the evacuation of the sick and wounded over a long line of
communications at one time 30O miles long. In all we covered many thousands of
miles in our motor cars and ambulances. From there I was ordered to Washington
u professor of tactics and as secretary of the Army Medical School. This school is
engaged in the work of training young medical officers for their duties in the Army
and all medical ofEcers have to complete the course here before they are recom-
mended for a permanent commission in the Medical Corps.
Some of the work I have also been engaged in, has been assisting in the preparation
of an ontline course of lectures which will probably be given at the different medical
■choob all over the country by medical ofiBcers oo the duties of metJical oflScers in
the «ervice» sanitation and hygiene. The object of theae is to familiarise all medical
meo graduating from our schools with certain duties and obligations of the service
•o tbat as they come into the service in time of need they will not be ignorant of some
of the vital groundwork which could not be taught them properly in an emergency
mobilisation. The Council of National Defense, has, I understand approved this
and it will doubtless be carried out.
I have also been on a War Department Board for the standardisation of motor
tmcks. This board consists of an officer of the Quartermaster Corps; the Ordnance,
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Signal Corpi» Genera) Staff and Medical Corps and is in frequent collAboratioo
with representatives of tbe Society of Automobile Engineera. Strickland of my
class in one of tJieir representatives and 1 had hoped lie would be present at aome of
our meetiDga in Washington but so far he has not been here. I am on aoother board
which is working on motor ambuUnces and 1 have also designed and helped to pli&n
se\'eral features o( our npecial cars used in the medical department. This work«
together with my work of instruction and as a member of tbe general cxamiidiig
board here which passes on all of the candidates for admisaioo to tbe school and the
routine duties of the secretary here keep me humping,
I was in Philadelphia during October and part of November and erected and
planned the Red Croas Base Hospital which waa used in connection with the visit
of Dr. Crile's unit of sixty-five doctors, nurses and other personnel. They came
on from Cleveland and stayed two days and there was a dctnonstration for the
Clinical Congress of North America at the grounds. Altogether about 70,000
people visited the encampment and we hope it did ^mc good,
1 don't know that along the Imes of my own parti cuUir branch of the service which
is medical and sanitary, Ttch can help verj' much except in some of the coUaterml
branches. I would be mighty glad to help in any specific way I can and waa glad
to g*t your letter.
FoUowing are a few clippmgs conoemmg the Preparediiess
Program :
The National Academy of Sciences offered rls aervicea early in the year to the
President of tbe United States in the interest of National Preparedness. The
President accepted the offer and requested the Academy to proceed at once to
organize tbe scientific resources of educational and research institutions. The
or^aniiing committee consisted of: Edwin C. Conklin, Simon Flcxnerv Richard A.
Mdlikan, Arthur A. Noyes and George £. Hale (Chairman). Dr. Noyea, *86 and
Dr. HaJe/90 arc Tech men*
Under the National Defense Act (the Bay Bill) a Council of National Defetue
was created consisting of six cabinet officers and an ad\'tsory council of seven ap-
pointed civilians chosen because of tbeir particular knowledge of the resources of the
country. They are Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor^ Dr. Franklin H.
Martin, Chicago, Howard E. Coffin of Detroit, Bernard Baruch, the New York
banker. On this council Is Dr. Hollis Godfrey, '08. president of the Drexel Institute
of Philadelpbia, and Julius Hoaenwald of Chicago, president of Sears* Roebudc &
Co. Dr. Hollis Godfrey, 'OS, an important member cJF the committee is a Technology
graduate* and we note with interest that Godfrey has since been made chairman of
this council.
Both Dr. Hale and Dr. Godfrey became immediately impressed by the great de-
sirability of enlisting the efforts of the Institute through the Alumni Association, and
talked the matter over very fully with the representatives of the association. As a
result Dr. Hale appeared at the last meeting of the Council as did also Lester D.
Gardner, '08, NewA'ork, representing Dr. Godfrey.
After considerable discussioE the following resolutions were
unanimously passed by the Coimcil:
That in the opinion of the Council, Technology should assist as far as poasible
in promoting research and secwing such information as may be of service to the
National Government along the lines suggested by Dr- Hale and Mr. Gardner, and
that a committee of four be appointed by the chair to make rocommendations at
the next meeting of the Coundl.
Apart from the matter of Preparedness we have several items of
interest about classmates.
The following is written from Shanghai by Julius Nolte to Ira
Abbott, '81, Technology Club of New York:
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Your letter wb« a welcome adjunct to my mail from the States, as they say out in
the Orient. I can readily tinderstand the condition of depression in the building
busineaa^ and we are affected seriously out here by the lack of material and delay in
shipments. It is impossible here to know when to expect materialp and »ome limes
ihere is a delay ol from four to five months or more.
We have had a very buay year since my arrivaU and by the look j of my desk this
morning, I may be aronnd the oflSce Saturday or Sunday, but I am satisfied to dig
in if there Is anythiDg to work for. I have certainly put my time in since being
bcte^ aod during the summer have commenced to eaae up a little, as I was feeling
kind of punk. Things arc now commencbg to smooth out after the reoTganization
which took place about the time I came out here, and the outlook seems fairly
decent. However, there Is nothing like being near your own, people and also being
amcmg a good lot ol fellows whom we have knowTi for some time.
As I look back a little I realize more and more what a genuine lot we have at the
New York Tech Club, everyone seems to he right there with the boost. That is the
real Tech spirit, which I do not think we have understood that we really possessed
to such a degree as has been shown among Tech men, particularly in the past few
years, during which time so many big things have been done.
Yes, Abbott, I am sorry to have missed the "opening,** but we talked a lot about
it here when we read the papers, which certainly gave us a good id^ of the pageant
and stunts. You all must have had *'some" time.
Jacoby writes:
1 do not know that I can say anything special in regard to the discussion on Na-
Honal Preparedness, but there is a little item of personal interest which you may care
to hear.
After about fourteen years with the American Dyewood Company I left there the
Lfint of October to go with the National Aniline & Chemical Co., who are selling
•gents for the Schoelikopf Aniline & Chemical Works of Buffalo, the largest manu-
factureia of aniline colors in this country.
Paul Johnson writes from Altadena, Cal. :
My family and I motored out here by the way of Se-attle, I driving all but a
few hundred of the 5,000 miles we traveled- We just came out (or the summer,
leaving Milwaukee July 15, 1916, and to see the Expositions, but we decided to stay
for the winter and then permanently. Since then I have made three long businesi
^ trips East, and will start on another December 10. A large part of my work being
correspondence and catalog work* I can can^^ on from here as well as anywhere, Wc
aje very much in love with this particukr part of California, and hojie you will all
come (not all at once) and have a look. Drop a line to Altadena, or look me up in
[ tl>e phone book (Pasadena).
In the meantime, address me care of Johnson Service Company, Milwaukee, till
Febniaiytl.
Colcord writes from New Y'ork :
During the past few years I have t>ecn associated ^ith the vice-president and
[ general manager of the United States Metals Refining Company, the refining com-
Moy ol the United States Smelting Be fining & Mining Co. At the outbreak of the
Smopean War our office assumed further duties in regard to the selling of metals,
and erentually on the first of this year we took over the entire selling of all the metals
pfodtioed by the United States Smelting Refining & Mining Co,, handling same
under the name of one of the subsidiary companies, namely, the United States
. SmditDg Company, Inc. This has meant that my own activities now include duties
L aa anittant to the manager metal sales in connection with the sate of all of the
[ Victals, in addition to duties in connection with the operating and business ]
1 of our copper and lead electrolytic refineries.
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W- MAiiOOLM Corse, Sec,, 106 Morris Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y.
Benj. S, Hinckley, Asst* Sec, North Station, Boston, Mass. ^
The secretary had a word from Frank Fowle in November, as
follows :
I have successfully recovered from the Retinion^ but furtber than that affiant
Bayeth not. I meet Huse and Watkjos quite frequently and occasionally I get a
dimpse of Uamiltoii and GUldon. The North Western Association. M. I. T^
Eolds ireekK' lundteons at the Chicago Engineers Club on Tuesday b« where Tech
tn€n are, of ootirBe, always welcome, A week ago wc bod a pleaaaat visit from
B. P. James who is at present located in Milwaukee.
Florian LacafF, writes imder date of December 2, that he has
l^een transferred to Newport, R. I,, after completing the Denver
(Colo.) Post Office building, and is in charge of similar work there.
— F. W. Grover w^ho is at Colby College sends in the following:
Colby is a classical college, rather than an engineering school, although we are
fitted to carry the men through alternating currcnU, We are a growing institu-
tion, 4i0 registration now, and there is oodles of work to do to build up the physics
department.
When I was first here I was associated with two other Teeb men,— Mott-Snaith,
'CM), and G. B. Obear, *0S. Mott- Smith now has charge of the physics department
at George Waabington ruiversity, Washington. D. C, and Obi^ has gone to Case
School, Cleveliind, Ohio. There is only one graduate of Tech here in town whom
I have met, — Mussey, '0€. Naturally there is no alumni association. In fact* I
know of none nearer than Portland,
1 am, as you see, rather isolated as regards Tech activities, although I get around
to see some people at Tech at Christmas time, and I bear of some of Uie fcUowi
through my br other- in -law, Wither ell, '99.
1 was no end disappointed not to have been at the Reunion last June, It came
at the worst possible time for my work here — in exam time just before Commenoe^
meot. In fact, my schedule here does not often 6t in well with the afunmi aff&ifs. I
We also have a short note from J. H, Walton :
I was very sorry, indeed, not to be able to be present at the dass reunion last
spring, but it came at the time when I was piving final examinations, and as a con*
sequence it was absolutely imperative to be in Madison.
In regard to any class news, lam pretty much out of touch with the members of
the class of '99. W. C. Phalcn dropped in to sec me the other day, and we had a
very pleasant visit. It is the first time that I had seen him since we graduated.
You nmy be interested to leam that I spent the month of August at Plattsburg
this summer. There were no '90 men there at that time, but I met a number ol
Institute men; I think there were about twenty-five in all.
Miles Sherrill reports that he is im usually busy at Tech working
under the new conditions. He says it is going to be fine when they
are all settled in their new quarters. He has some new courses to
give which, of course, adds to his work just at the present time,
— W. Scott Matlieson says:
I was back in Boston in September with Mrs. Matheson, and my daughter
Margaret. We made a short visit to the New Tech buildings and had hoped to go
back agam but was called away earlier than I expected*
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WbeD in Bo«tOD I cdled Ben Morse and Hincldey on the 'phone and visited a
short time with them. Called an Adams but he was out of town. Lunched with
U&ny Morse and later called to see him at tbe Arsenal. Tried to rabe yon in
Buffalo and regret that our time was so short I could not look you up. This was
our first viMit East in tea years. We viaited our old homes in Nova Scotia.
Seattle is getting her portion of the shtpbuildirtg boom. Have now three large
ysids in operation and two more in construction. Have been made secretary of
the Fuget Sound Tech Association. We meet for luncli every month and have a
gtaatd meeting once during the winter. C. M« Lewis is the only '99 man besides
tE^vaetf in this district
Extend an invitation to any of the boys that come out this way to let the secr^
tU7 know and we will give him the gtad hand.
The followmg personal item of news from Everett H. Hinckley
win be of interest to other members of the cla^s :
I am now preparing a set of 133 different colored yarns to be used in testing the
ipplicants for enlistment, and tbe already enlisted men of the U* S. Navy for de^
fects in color vision. I am advised by the Navy Department that these sets have
been impossible of procuration up to this time in the United States, being imported
ffom Gemuiny* Tech training put me in a position to handle this problem in such
a mannfT. that the Nav^' Department advises me that the^sults are superior to the
impcirted.
Lawrence C. Soule is now engaged io special research work for
the American Radiator Company at their laboratory at 1807
Elmwood avenue* Buffalo, N. Y.— Charles B. Page, formerly vice-
president and general manager of Van Blerck Motor Company of
Monroe» Mich., reports his engagement as general manager of the
Loew- Victor Engine Company of Chicago, III., builders of Duesen-
berg marine, aeroplane and automobile motors. It is reported that
the Loew- Victor Engine Company will shortly erect a large new
factory in the East.— The Electrical Railway Journal of December
$0, has the following account of J. Walter Alien's appointment as
electrical engineer of the Boston Elevated Railway:
J. Walter Allen has been appointed electrical engineer ol the Boston (Bfiaa.)
Elevated R&ilway, to take effect io Jaouary.
Mr. Allen is a native of Newton ville, Mass., and was graduated from the electrical
cn^ineenng coufie at tbe Massachusetts Institute of Technology, daa of 1899*
Hii entire professional career has been associated with the Boston company, and he
has been actively engaged in every phase of its electrical work. He entered the
employ ol the road under the electrical adnunistration of Boger W. Conant, and
spent four years in the cable-testing branch of tbe service, in two of which Mr AUen
was in charge of this department. In 1906 he was appointed assistant to John W.
Coming, then b charge of the electrical department, and since November 1, 1016;
iiM been acting electrical engineer with headquarters at tbe Albany street shops of
the oonipany in Boston. Mr. Allen has borne a responsible share of the work in
oanDection with the electrical eaulpment of the subways and other rapid transit
liocs of the company^ as well as tnat associated with surface line operation^ and has
been closely identified with the installation of the alternating-current transmission
tysttm, of the road* the provbion of substations and direct-current distribution
planL He is a member of the American Electric Railway Association, New Eng-
land Street Railway Club and an associate member of the American Institute of
Electrical Engineers.
Lee R. Loveman's address is now Hotel Seymour, Lynn, Mass.
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Miles Shemll has the aympalhy of the class in the sudden death
of his father on January ^24 :
Eeojamia Mason SherrilL knomi in the West aod the Middle West as a com-
missioQ palmer merchant, with a home at 85 Lotigwood avenue, Brooklme, died
on Wednesday afternoon m the Deaconess HospitiLL after an Uloeas of lhre« daya.
He had started on a business trip, when a cold developed into pleurisy and pneu-
monia. Mr. Sherriil was born in Louisville seventy- two years ago. He recei\^
his early education there and [□ that city married Mi^s Lilla Miles. For the past
forty years be had made his summer home at Marshield, and fifteen years ago
he removed permanently to Brookline. He is survived by a daughter. Miss Carrie
A. Sherriil of Brookline, and four sods, Arthur Sherriil of Philadelphia; Everett A.
Sherriil, a supervisor with tbe Revere Rubber Works; Miles S. Slierrill, associate
professor of chemistry at M. I. T., and Edgar B. Shemll of the MacGrath-Shcrrill
1900.
William R. Hurd, £d. Richabd Wastcoat.
Percy R. Ziegler.
Ikgehsoll BowDiTCH, Sec.^ Ill Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass.
At the October meeting of the Alumni Council it was voted that
the Council should spend a good part of its time this winter in see*
ing what could be done to organize the resources of Technology as
a help to the Government of the United States in times of emer-
gency. It was planned to find out what each graduate could do
best in case the country'- was compelled to enter a war with a
European countrj^ or even with Mexico.
In November a meeting of the class secretaries was held and
many interesting discussions took place as to the best methods of
obtaining information concerning the capabilities of the different
members of the class. It was decided to devote the next numl>er
of the Review to this subject and tlxe secretaries were instructed to
to write letters to their classmates asking for suggestions and in-
formation.
The secretary of this class wrote thirty letters to members whom
he thought would be interested in this subject and glad to express
their ideas. His letter was either not clear as to the informa-
tion wanted or the members of the class of 1900 are too modest*
for only eight responded- Those who took the trouble to write
have made some very good suggestions as the following wiU show.
Owing to the rush of business due to the secretary taking a va-
cation after Christmas, Davis' letter did not come too late and here
is what he says on the subject of organizing Tech's resomrces :
I have been too long in answering your 1900 letter of November 25th regardifig
the good movement of tlie Alumni Council in mobiliziog Tech's abilities for national
use. While my answer is too late for the Review- — and small loss to it — I am sexid-
ing this line to complete your class file for future reference.
Now, as a teacher, I cannot, 1 suppose, offer much of personal value. I am» how-
ever, also engaged as registrar of the institution bere, and so have not only some
familiarity with the use of card and other filing and record systems, but alao a bit
of experience in working out %'arious problems of organization, schedule, etc^
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Dick Wastcoat tried to get out of expressing an opinion by ask-
ing a lot of questions. Perhaps some member of the class can
answer him:
1 have rerejid your letter at least six times, one time each for the six pages you
want me to write.
The idea contabed in tbb letter a fine. It would seem to me, from the meagre
amount of iofortaation at my command, that primarily it is an idea of trying to do
•oaiething^ and yet not knowing what is to be done.
In connedbn with the fourth paragraph; you asked me to write stating subjects
I would be glad to take up in a national emergeocy. First, I would ask you what
inbjects are necessary to be taken up? Second, you ask what matters 1 think
oui|nt to be looked into. How can I tell you this unless I know the general ixtn-
ditions where we are weak, and such knowledge can only be arrived at after a
general survey. Third, you ask for suggestions in order that the Institute may take
the lead in assLsiting others to put this country in a positioci to protect itself against
an invading force. How can the ordinary man, situated like myself, who does
not know the conditions, make suggestions that would be apropos uqIcss the entire
iitumikni was spread out before mc, so that I would have the exact knowledge of
what should be done.
I thoroughly believe that a survey should be made of the whole country, finding
out what we have and what we have not, and what is necessary to have and tlie
best method to obtain what we need.
Now, this means a general survey, and when we find out just where we arc at.
and just what is necessary, then we will have a basis on which to work, and I will
be able to answer your questions*
I do not believe that any answer I might make until I have a complete knowledge
of what we have and what we laek, and a policy' is completely outlined of what we
want to obtain, would be worth the paper it b written on.
We all know we need a sufficient army, and a sufficient number of trained men
who can be called into the army in time of need, a completely outlined system of
supply and transportation and sufficient amount of armament in reserve and enough
that is always in readiness, a sufficient number of submarines at the earliest possible
moment, a sufficient patrol squadron, and inland waterways, extending up and down
the coast, which will allow intercourse between our large cities, so that the sub-
marines on defensive work can pass from one point to another without being siib«
jected to destruction by the enemy.
To go Into further detail along lines you suggest I feel is a waste of effort, until w€
know where we are at.
The work yon say the National Academy of Sciencx is taking up should be taken
up by a national committee who has thb situation completely in hand, so that there
wiU be no duplication of eO'ort.
It would seem that if the graduates of the Institute made an individual effort it
would be time wasted unless it was directed by some national body.
Btair was unable to give a great deal of help on the subject as
he was afraid that in case of a national emergency people would be
very patriotic and give their inventions to the public without hiring
a patent lawyer to look out for their interests. His comments on
the Reunion are well taken:
I thoroughly enjoyed the Reunion hist spring, particularly meeting the feUows
again and trust that if any of you get down this way you can come around to ses
me. I was much interested in the class yell proposed by Merrill and published in a
recent Technology Review. The spirit was certainly fine but it was hard to tdl
whether it was a yell or a thesia.
Z. M. Briggs is always a very satisfactory person to correspond
with and you are always sure of an answer and generally get what
you ask for:
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My iifc has been spent m railroad work, mostly railroftd engineering, iLoiigl] I
bAve alflo gone into freiglit handling l&ti^ly.
No doubt the goveriiment has made a study of railroiid operation for war or
strike conditions, and I woyld gladly volunteer to place my serAices at its disposal
in an emergency.
I joiBed the American Legion sometime ago, which aims to provide a re^tratiom
of technical roen, etc.
I would be pleased to cotSperate with you in anyway.
Tom Perry is another standby and from what is said conceming
the red tape that has tied up the troops on the border this last
summer it is clear that he could spend many profitable days work-
ing out a better system of caring for the troops without so much use
of tape. Bowditch sympathizes with him on the subject of build-
ing a new house as he experienced tliat trial last winter. He only
hopes that Tom enjoys his after it is built as much as he does :
I am heartily in favor of a demonstration^ on the part of Technology, of her r^
sourcefulneas sliould tins country be pluogeti in war. So far aj I am concerned
personally I hold, what ta in effect, a retired or reserve commission as captain in the
Kebimska National Guard due to four years of training under an army officer during
my college course.
So far as my own service is concerned would state that I do not know where I
could be most useful, but my personal preference would be for a chance to unwind
some of the army "red tape" and put some real business system into the office and
purchasing deimrtments. The army is so immersed in '*red tape" and impossible
detail that a war would force the government to adopt drastic efficiency methods in
order to get service. This is not because I would not willingly fight in the ranks
(although I would not make quite so large a target for byilels as you would), but
because I believe my experience at the Library Bureau and the Macey Company
would give me a foundation for this efficiency work that would make me wortL
more there*
You asked about my change of address and in reply would state that I have just
built a new house in the suburbs five miles out where my youngsters can have seven
acres to work off their exuberance, and I assure you that my three youngsters need
at least that much space* We just moved in last week* and^ if anyone tells you
what Sherman said war was, yon are at liberty to believe that building and moving ia
to be described in similar terms. We are gradually merging into a condition which
might be described as Purgatory aiid eventually hope to r^ch the regions that we
are told offer all the comforts and pleasure for Eternity.
Although Macpherson has been in the telephone business for
nearly ten years he does not seem to think tliat it has fitted him to
do anything in that line to help his coimtry. His former experi-
ence in drafting for a ship building company might be more useful.
It looks as if Macpherson was too modest. — ^Seaver writes that he
will be glad to be of any assistance but does not know what he is
best fitted for. From what is kno\\Ti of Seaver there is no doubt
that he would be a very valuable man in most any emergency.—
One of our classmates who is no%v in the government service and
who is a great credit to the class and to Technology writes as fol-
lows:
tlutil the milleimium is somewhat ucarer than it apparently is now, the United
States should be in much better pc>sition than it now is to euforce its rights^ I be-
lieve in a powerful navy aad a standing army of at least 300,000 men, with a com-
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fortable surplcts of officers of all d&sscji to direct the enlarged force required if
hostilities threaten with any first class power,
J am a firm believer in some form of univ^ersal military trmuilxig. It seems to me
that the babit of obedience is sadly underdeveloped in the average American. I
think a crosa between the present time BritLsh and American '"Inrnvidualism" and
German KuUur h what we need.
I also believe that the first steps which have been taken toward industrial mobili*
latioD ore really advanoes, and I hope that we will not relapse into our previous state
of indifference, leaving ahoiost ever^^thing to be improvified at tbe last moment, or,
what is more likely, gone without.
This subject of orgaoizatioQ of national resources will be before
the alumni for sometime and all suggestions will be gratefully
received by the secretary.
We note in the Electrical World date of December 30, 1916, the
foUowing item of interest:
Cyrus Corliss, for the past eleven years assistant to the chief engineer of motive
power and rolling stock, Boston (Mass.) Elevated Railway, has been appointed
comstruction engineer of the department of power. Mr. Corliss entered the com<
pany's service in 1900, after taking a special course in electricity at the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology, and reached the post of assistant to the electrical
engineer before being transferred to the office above named.
The annual dinner of tlie Alumni Association held on January
at the Somerset Hotel was well attended, the following members of
the class being present: Fitch, Osgood, Russell, Stearns, Lawley,
Leary and Bowditch* Full accounts of the dinner appear in
another part of the Review,
The secretary has just received the notice of the death of Claude
U, GUson who died at his home on December 27, 1916. Owing
to the lateness of receiving this notice the secretary wiis unable to
do anything about attending the funeral or sending flowers.
The following are recent address changes: Philip R, French,
^76 South Main St., Andover, Mass, — George M. Holbrook, care
Armour & Co., Chicago, 111. — Thomas D. Ferry, R. R. No. 1,
Comstock Park, Kent County, Mich, — William C. Samiders,
Bend, Ore.
1901.
BoBERT L, Williams, Sec, 107 Waban Hill Road North, Chestnut
Hill, Mass.
This is to be "Preparedness number" but the secretary is not
very well prepared as he has not heard from any of the fellows re-
cently. By the time you read this, our annual class data sheet will
be in your hands and he hoi>es to hear from a goodly number to get
news for the Review.
An imusually small number of *01 men showed up at the alumni
banquet at the Somerset in January, the faithfij ones being Brush,
Hall, Monaghan, Derby, Taft, and Williams.
Langdon Pearce is division engineer of the sanitary district of
Chicago and does consulting work on sanitary and hydraulic
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problems.— Leonard S, Florsheim is secretary aod treasurer of the
Kabo Corset Company of Chicago .—^Willard \V. Dow is assistant
treasurer of the Stone & Webster corporation. — L, D. Chandler is
a member of the firm Rideout, Chandler, & Joyce, engineers
and piping contractors, and is located in Boston. — Walter A.
Read is president of Read Legal & Mercantile Agency, Boston,^
Allan W, Rowe has recovered from his accident of last Juoe when
he broke his leg» and is as hvely as ever. — W. D. Pepperell travels
all over New England in connection with his work in the selling
department of the Drap^er Company.^W. J. Sweetser is professor
of mechanical engineering in the Universitv of Maine.^N. L.
Danforth is president of the John Danfortn Company, general
contractors for mechanical equipment at Buffalo, N. Y.^ — Greta
Gray is an instructor in the University of IlliDois. Her subjects
are: — Household science, house planuing and sanitation, house
furnishing and dietetics. — Walter M, Curtis is consulting engineei^|
for the Fiberloid Company, Indian Orchard, Mass. ^
The following recent changes in address have been received: —
Warren F. Blucker, Boulder, Col — William E. Famhann 1S5
Broadway, New York, N. Y.— John R, Anderson, Jr.* 69 Hamlet
Ave., Woonsocket, R. L— T. H. Taft, Cypress Road. Wellesley
Hills, Mass, — ^Alexander J, Taylor, Williamsburg, Va. — Albert
W. Higgins, 621 Summit Ave., Milwaukee, Wis, — A. P. Merrill,
5339 Oakland St., Los Angeles, Cal— Henry C. Morris, 18M
Columbia Road, Washington, D, C,
Fbederick H, Hunteb, Sec.^ Box 11, W^est Roxbury, Mass,
J* Albert Robinson, Assi. Sec,^ Box 135, Canton, Mass,
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At the annual banquet of the alumni association In Boston
January 6, the '02 table brought together Fitch, Rob Whitney,
Walker, the class secretary, and to tlie delight of the others, Char-
lie Kellogg who was in town on a business trip from Keokuk,
He had many interesting things to report about the great dam and
power station but chilled our hearts a little with a story of 10 inches
of ice on the lake so early in the winter*
Burt Hollis, of the Eastern Talc Company, Randolph, Vt.. has
been appointed by President Wilson as a representative from Ver-
mont on the Industrial Preparedness Board. — J. Murray Walker
was recently elected treasurer of the Tilton Woolen Mills at Tilton.
N* H*— Two classmates have been mentioned in a recent list
of^^patents issued. Bob Brown received patent No. i,10'2,163 last
July on a process he has developed in connection with the
paint industry and Frank Harris two patents. No, 1,190,160 and
161.— Lind has moved from Denver to Golden Colorado on account
of the change of location of the Bureau of Mines.— Harold Pope
is connected with the WVight-Martin Aircraft Corporation. His
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business address is 60 Broadway, New York City, and his residence
f North ural3erl and Apartment House, New Hampshire avenue and
V street, N. W., Washington, D. C — Frank Reed's address is now
4S0 South Broadw^ay, Los Angeles, — At the annual exhibition of
the AlHed Dairy Interests of Massachusetts held in Springfield*
January 9-1?, Norman Borden carried off two of the first prizes,
one for the best dairy butter and one for cottage cheese. — Arthur
Hall is now treasurer of the PrisciUa Cleansing Company vdih an
office at 188 High street, Boston, and an up-to-date plant in Rox-
bury. — Albert Haskell sailed in Deceml>er to take a position in
Argentine. — Robinson has left the Underwriter's Bureau w^here he
has been several years and is now special inspector and engineer for
the Improved Risk Department of the New England Insurance
Exchange. — Arthur Nelson h now located with the Trussed Con-
crete Steel Company of 141 Milk street, Boston, having been trans-
ferred from the Seattle Office of the T. C. S. Co.— Roland Pender-
gast has been traveling in China to judge from post cards received
at class headquarters, — ^these liaving come from Peking, Shanghai,
and the last one post-marked November £5 from Saigon in Indo
China. Pendergast is by this time en route for India where he
plans to spend some two months Ijefore starting for home. We
expect to see him in Boston sometime in the spring. — Chauncey
Manning was married on December 18 to Miss Mabel Webber of
Boston, Mr, and Mrs, Manning make their home at ISS Spring-
field street, Springfield, Mass.
The following clipping from the Eleclrwal World for November
j 4 will be of interest. We regret being unable to reproduce the
I iplendid picture w^hich accompanied it :
William A. DiiigiD, chfttmiao of the Ligfiting committee of the Commonwealth
{Edison Company, ChicagOp whose lectures ou lighting have been features of several
^tteoent conventions^ was graduated from the course in electrical engineering of the
Maasachusetls Institute of Technology, class of IdOf. ImmediatcTy upon leaving
eoUege he joined tiic Stone & Webster organixation. Until December, 190i, he
nemaiiied with thia firm, finally becoming assistant lighting superintendent at the
company's Terre Uayte (Ind.) property. He later took a position in the testing
department ol the Commonweallh Edison C4>mpany and in 1909 was madeaa^
Hiffant chief testing engineer for that company. In June, 10 Id, when the Common-
wealth Company*s lighting commit-tee was organized by Vice-Preiiident Fer^usoa
to promote economic advance through the increased consumption of raw light,
Mr. Durgin was appointed to his present position , that of chairman of the lighting
committee. Mr, Durgin has contribuled a number of technical papers to me lit-
cimtitre of the industry. Two recent lectures, " Lighting-^By-Product, or Buy
Product," presented before the N* E. L* A. at Chicago last June, and "Controlled
light and the Satisfactions of Life/' delivereiJ during the I. E.S. lecture course at
Philadelphia in September, have attracted particular attention. He is also the
author of a book on ** Electricity, Its History and Development.'*
We have just learned of the birth of Howard Kellogg who ar-
rived September 11, 1015. He is reported to be a husky and
rapidly growing youth, Thb makes three children in the family
of our former secretary, a girl and two boys. — We are also glad to
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chronicle the birth of Elizabeth Shedd» who arrived in Arlington
on October ^9 last. — Kenneth Loekett has recently returned to
Chicago after some six months spent on the Mexican border as an
officer in the Field Artillery, Dlinois National Guard, Ken reports
maoy interesting experiences of his sojourn on the Rio Grande. As
his old firm, the Orr & Loekett Hardware Co.» has retired from
business. Ken is looking the field over to see what he will tackle
next as a business proposition. He can be reached for the present
through the University Club, Chieago, 111.
Class gatherings will probably be held in Boston and New York
before this copy of the Re\tew is received, and a decision wiU have
been made in regard to holding our fifteenth reunion in June,
Notice of these events will be set forth in an issue of the class
Retort.
1903.
M. H. Clark, Sec, 1790 Broadway, New York, N. Y.
R- H. Nutter, Asst. Se^., Box ^72, Lynn, Mass.
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We all had good intentions, "hot" — ; accordingly the *03 news
consists mostly of information about the wanderings of the restless
members.
We have, however, one benedict that the secretary knows about
— Sam met' — ^who was married Thursday, December 7, in Madison,
Wis., to Miss Anita Reinking, the daughter of Mr, John J, Reink-
hig. — Mr. and IVIrs. LeRoy B. Gould announce the arrival of a
daughter. Miss Marjorie Davis Gould* on November 10. Mr. and
Mrs. Gould's address is 759 Pine street, Manchester, New Hamp-
shire.
Address Changes.
Arthur F. Bennett, 135 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. — Frank
G. Cox, Edge Moor Iron Company, Edge Moor, Del.^ — Frank R,
Farnham, care McGraw Publishing Company, £39 West 39th St.,
New York, N. Y.— Samuel A. Fletcher, 1£00 South 13th St.,
Birmingham, Ala.— William M. Gilker, S. W. Tel & Tel. Co.,
Dallas, Texas--Herbert M. Morley, 119 Cedar St., Newton
Centre, Mass.— Frank DeG. Rathbun, Rivermines, Mo* —
Walter Sohier, 1755 N. Normandie Ave., Los Angeles, Cal,—
George D. Wilson, Union Hotel, Akron, N. Y.
1905.
Grosvenor D*W. Marcy, Sec., 246 Summer Street, Boston, Mass.
Charles W. Hawkes, Asst, Sec,, £46 Summer Street, Boston,
Mass.
Frederick G. Bennett and Miss Grace Kellogg McCabe were
married on November 4, at Southampton, N, Y. In reply to a
periodic prod Bennett writes*
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Well I iliould $ay that I have some news of myself. Got a new Job and a wife
all ID one month. After ten years on the Catskili aqueduct, I quit just before they
could lay me off, and connected with a consulting engineer m my home town» who is
ma Wing g gpecialty of golf course work, and is busy all over the country.
William Li\"ingstoii Spaldiog, Jr., arrived on December 8, but
his dad writes they are going to call him Pete — for euphony and
distinciioQ, -^Charles Saville brought his family to Boston for a
short \dait early in December. Charlie is director of public health
of the city of Dallas, Texas, and sent in a very interesting bulletin
reviewing their work for the past year and outlining a progres-
sive program for 1917,— Jack Holliday also made a short
visit to the Hub, fortunately timing it to help *05 celebrate at the
alumni banquet. Jack sold his drop-forging business last June, and
is now doing consulting work, — -A new address just received is,
H. M, Nabstedt, Resident Engineer, Oklahoma City Water
Supply System, Oklahoma City, Okla. — Edward C, Smith is no
longer with the Canadian branch, but he is now with the laboratory
at the factory of the National Carbon Company; address, 818
Morrison street, Fremont, Ohio.— '* Casey** Turner writes:
Aft^ being with the Iron City Engineenng Company for about thirteen years
(the only job I have had since leaving the *Stute), I am starting out for myself
ai the Turner Engineering Company, — Elcctrical^Coo at ruction. My new address
is Dime Bank Bldg., Detroit, Mich.
C. B. Rhodes writes:
Have been moving about in the past few years with consistent regularity. Am
now io shipbuilding business as assistant to general manager of the Seattle Construe-
tkm ftnd Dry Dock Company. This business is certainly going some — every yard
m the ooiintry« indudiiig ourselves, lo(ftded with work, and prospects good for several
yearv to come.
As this IS the Preparedness number of the Review^ postals were
sent to all members of the class who occasionally reply to cor-
respondence, asking if they cared to express any ideas in this di-
rection . Several did , as follows :
Grafton B. Perkins of the Resinol Chemical Company, Balti-
more, Md., writes:
Thai "human interest" stuff in your postal dliows you have the advertising in-
stiDCt. Think of it! You and that bunch of highbrows sitting around your frugal
board, sobbing your hearts out because we expatiiates don't pour class news into
your shell-like ears in the desired quantities. Ah* how my heart aches for you. you
poor, dear things I
I have but one concrete idea on the subject of Preparedness, which I believe I share
with almost every normal, thinking American, outside of Congress — let us prepare
before it is too late ! To a congressman the $175,000 post-office for Newhope, N. C*,
or the dredging project for Spy Pond is naturally more enticing, but I pray the
Border 6asco will gruduatly drive home even to such a one that, when tliis war is
ovicr, we will be hopelessly at the mercy of any power which cares to raid us. To
inyigtiie the almost unimaginable, think what would happen to us if, four months
•Iter pe^ were declared, Canada should decide to invade us, with her 500,000 vet-
cfmna, equipped with real cannoo, real ammunition and even possessed of enough
mimj boots to give wery man a pair. What in Heaven's name could prevent their
sweeping from border to border and from coast to coast?
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FersonAlIy, I believe in universal military Irainmg, and am perfectly rcad^^
atand my share of the cost, in increased taxe^ or undergoing such period of training
aa might be — and I think should be — appointed for those of us who are beyond the
age of "conscription/*
As to what part Tech men should play — those who have stuck to their lasts ob-
viously fit into special engineering berths. But the rest» who like you and me^ A
have drifted into other pursuits, can expect to do little more than any other cdup ^
cated bu.^iness man.
Whatever happens, however. I am sure that we shall not have to be reminded that
*' 1905 expects every man to do his duty."
P. S. In event of war, we have our Joffre in F. S, Elliott l
Robert R. Clark of the George M* Clark & Company, Clucago:
In regard to Prepkaredness, it has seemed to me for some time that the one im*
poftant thing for this countrj* is universal training. If this can be brought alxiut,
other measures for adequate equipment in guns and reserve supplies will, I think,
foUow.
All thinking men, all Tech men I feel, should talk universal training aa the im-
portant thing for our country to put us in a safe position.
The fact that such service in its effect on our youth would be an economic gain
by its lessons of discipline, more than offsets, it seems to me, the time devoted to the
workv
A month in the August, 1916, training camp at Plattsburg conBrmed for me my
feeling in regard to universal service.
G, M. Bartlctt, Camden, N. J.:
I had a little experience last summer trying to get the inventory for the Naval
Consulting Board. Most manufacturers were willing to give the desired mIoTmm»
tion, but some were too busy. The few who are so disposed shoidd not be burden^
by haviiig Uncle Sam's contracts to fulfill
It seems to me thai the best way for Tech men to promote Preparedness is through
the professional societies.
I presume that most of Tech*s mo^ influential graduates are members of thdr
respective societies.
By joint action of these bodies, results may be oblained that otherwise will only
come of necessity. For instance, if, in our Urge industrial centres, coal were cokea
and the coke used for water gas or producer gas, we would recover a large per cent,
of the nitrogen of coal as ammonia. This would be very important to us agricultui^
ally, and to the chemical industries. It would be important to the industriea be>
cause electrical power can be made from either water or producer gas, and muck
greater efficiency realiified. If the chemicul, civil and electrical engineers will stand
together, insisting that fuel be used in this way, we will have achie% ed something
very important towards industrial and military preparedness.
We read a good deal about our developing potash industries, It is a fact that at
present we cannot compete with Germany *s deposits, but by giving potash pro-
ducers a bounty for each ton produced, we could develop our own resources. I do
not believe in a protective tariff on potash, because we can use all we can get at
any price, but we can very well afford to pay the cost of having a source of potaah
of our own.
My ideas are principally those of a chemist but I am ready to help the engineers
put through the plans which are bound to work out for our national good.
A* H. Abbott, General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y:
■ I attended the July Camp at Plattshurg last year, and I approve of the ptani
which are in preparation towards getting Congress to authorize universal and obliga--
tory military training.
I am personally writing, this spring, to all ray business friends endeavoring loj
them to become members of the National Security League, and to obtain
cooperation in spreading the idea of National Preparedness.
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Henry A. Buff, Jamaica Pkio, Mass. :
Some of the natiou^ engaged in the ^^at war thought they were prep&red and
others of the nations believed they were prepftred but were not. Many
people in United States renlize that United Stalea is very much unprepared in
ieveral different ways. Hence the present interest in the subject of Preparedness,
PenoDit with certain definite views on Preparedness should therefore make them
known* bo that any good ideas which they may contain may be utilised.
First, tbent as regards the army. Even before the war many persons knew the
itanding army of the United States was about half as big as it should be to properly
man the coast defenses and have u small surplus. So far as the standing army goes,
that is all that is essential in time of peace. It would amount to about 250^000
men. United States spends on her tiny army as much in normal times as Germany
on hers. Yet the difference in Bnal results is almost inconceivable. Just take one
illustration— when some American soldiers were surprised by Mexican raiders in the
night. They were so unfamiliar with the mechanism of a machine gun that they
could not work it, even tliough they had been for months in close proximity to
war.
TTie answer to the question, "T^Tiy do not more men enlist in the army?" is that
more inducements should be offered. This inducement should not take the form
of more pay otherwise it would stagger even the broad shoulders of Uncle Sam,
It is at present the highest in the world. It should be better living conditions so aa
to insure more self- respect and get better grade of men. For instance^ besides the
working or war dress of khaki, there <;hould be a dress uniform which could be worn
three fourths of the time. Another inducement might well be that men should not
bedMeriminated against because of being in uniform by being barred from theatres,
etc., etc. It is inducements of that kind that should be offered, which mean more
than money.
Now in regard to army in time of war. Any nation can very easily, by universal
compulsory military service, get an army of 10 per cent, of the population. By
peat exertions it may even be raised to 20 per cent. By extreme exertions and by
ioweriiig restrictions as for instance in Servia, S3 percent, can be obtained. The
United SUtc« has 100,000,000 inhabitants. Ten per cent, of that is 10,000,000
which is a much larger army than necessary. Therefore, I do not believe compul*
•ory service is needed to get an adequate number of men. Voluntary enlistment in
a just w*ar would give an ample number. What I do believe is. United States
fhould adopt universal compulsor^^ military training (not scr^^ce); permit no ex-
emptions on account of wealth or influence; have, say* one or two solid months
tzaming in a year for about two years; let there be a dozen conveniently located
aiaeuibliog places; have men from one state mixed up with those from others so aa
to increase the national unity ; have lessons or lectures by competent speakers on
Tarious militar>^ subjects inclnding patriotism; evolutions of groups should be
taa^t so OS to preser\'e order and prevent chaos and also for the exercise; camp
duties should also be taught; handling of the rifle might be taught but is not wholly
aeocssary. A lot of subjects could be put on a voluntary Iwisis, men taking up those
ibtDg* that appeal to them .
It might be a legitimate complaint of array officers that they cannot wait till
ictna] war comes before organizing an army. To meet that objection and still
preserve the voluntary ser\'ioe feature which I consider essential in a country like
United States (unless it be in a life and death struggle). I would recommend some*
thbig like this: Let persons while still in the training camps be given an opportunity
of flDUttiog and be assigned places and duties, etc, in an army which would begin ibi
ictivc service whenever ordered to do so by the President in any emergency which
ibodld turn up. The national authorities in such case would not feel as helpless as
they do now in caaes of emergency and still that principle of voluntary service would
I see the problem it )s not nearly as difficult as the problem of European
eomitries where practically full strength must be reached in a few days. Here the
ptoblem is to have a medium -sized force all the time and when trouble is acute start
preparations so that in three months a good-sized force will be available. With
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a good foond&tioD laid by umversal trainiDg* the fiiushing touches CAn be given to
caise of emergency in half or a third of the time ncodt-'d for training from the grouod
up. The problem to ft great extent la up to the reguhir anny officers to plan meth-
ods of mobilisation so that things will run smoothly instead of getting all tangled up.
Secondly^ in regafd to war materiala of thousands of different articles from field
artillery to clothing and commiasary department, there ia plenty of raw material
in the country to fall back on. But they cannot be worked up b a day. It takes
month*, in some caiiea even years, to get factoriea altered and new speoal took de-
signed and made before even the first article of a certain type is made.
Third* cooceming the nB.vy, Wc have spent approjimately as much a^ Germany
and have approximately as much to show for it. Money spent in that direction is
not wasted because that is our first line of defence and all our potential enemies but
two would have to come overseas and as regards those two, they would not probablj
mobilise any faster than we. Such questions as speed of vessels^ whether we shall
have battle cruisers; range of shooting, etc., are all ieehnical problems which the
proper Naval officers are better able to deal with than a civilian.
Fourth, the war and the lack of vessels to transport United States cx>aunerce haa
demonstrated that the United States should have a larger ocean-going merchant
fleet. The remedy for that condition is a campaign of education of the population
and congressmen from the interior and the ISoutn as to its great value.
A large merchant fleet also offers a good field for recruiting the Navy.
The duty of all citizens, Tech men as well as others, is to combat certain false ideaa
of pacifism and teach the good results of military training in civil life even if the
training b put to no use at all in warfare.
Herbert M. Wilcox, industrial engineer, New Haven, Conn.:
I like the idea of your postal card of the 1 1 th regarding suggestions from *05 for
the Preparedness number of the Review.
The war game these days is as much an industrial and engineering problem aa it
is a military' problem, and the following extract from the speech of Lloyd George
before ParHament, on January 11« contains a warning to the industries of this
country:
*' You ask a great business man like my friend. Lord Pirrie, what b goin^ oa in
those great factories throughout Great Britain and Ireland. Old machineiy is
scrapped (*'Hear» hear!"); the newest, the best and the latest is set up; stipdiod
and wasteful methods are scrapped, and hampering customs discontinued. Mil-
lions are brought into the labor market to help to produce who were before purely
consumers "
I believe Tech men can play a vital part in preparing this country industrially for
both peaceful and military competition with any nation on earth through their
influence in rooting out slipshod and wasteful methods in the industrial organixa-
lions mth which they are associated.
I also feel that every Tech man should become active iu any local civic aaaocia*
tions whieh can be made powerful factors in cleaning up the wasteful governmental
methods in municipalities. It is in individual localities where the grand cleanup
of our extremely wasteful governmental organisations must start. The eflBciency
of the country as a whole depends on the efficiency of the units of which the coun^
try is made up: State, city» town, plant.
Personally, I was the New Haven representative of the A* S* M. E. in securing
the inventory of industrial ptants for the Naval Reserve Board. In this connection,
Mr. Howard E, Coffin has done great work. Let us hope that our Democratic
friends in Washington will not watchfully wait results he has secured into "in-
nocuous desuetude/^
C* R. Boggs, Arlington Heights, Mass.:
In response to your postal to the class concerning Preparedness, it has just oc-
curred to me that since you are putting out the Ten*Year Book^ it would not be
inappropriate to include in it some kind of an indej^ classifying the members in
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different gi>otips according to their knowledge, trainlog or experience in relation to
PpeparedneM.
The United States govemoLent will eventtiatly have to have all citizens so, and
tneana of promoting the idea and a possible first step might be for it to see the Board
of Governors of the Engineermg Club to try to get them to start some Preparedness
dinners. As the acting Technology Club of Bos too and the headquarters of en-
gineering men in Boston, the Engineering Club should take the lead willingly in the
promulgation of this idea.
I suppose that all these things have beeo gone over before but I just drop you
this note to let you know 1 am interested and hope that something substantial will
come of it-
You probably know that the Rubber Oub of America and the Technology Club
of New York have been sending to their members books on Preparedness. I be-
lieve this idea has been followed quite generally. Also the Technology Club of
New York has had war luncheons and it does not seem inappropriate that the
Engineering Club bere should have some Preparedness luncheons or dinners at
which instructive talks could be given.
The logical procedure would seem to be to have '05 have a Preparedness oom^
mittee to look into ways of cataloging and we might make a small start.
Francb E, Drake, manager, gas department, Lynn Gas and
Electric Company:
You want to know about Preparedness* Of course I believe in Preparedness, and
Itbat all you sinners like Bill Green, Ted SteeL yourself and a few more, should at-
{tend Billy Sunday's meetings, hit the trail, and become prepared, for goodnesa
, you wiU aU of you need it in the future. However, I am having such a good
i at present 1 don't dare go and hear Billy for fear he might induce me to hit the
trail, and then my good times would be at an end.
But seriously, there b ooe big movement tbat should start, not tomorrow, nor
next month, nor next year, but today, — ^and that la the movement for National
Preparedness; and Tech men can be a big factor in this movement.
We none of us, particularly myself, 1 know, appreciated what we were doing
I we were at the Institute and cut seventeen out of every fifteen lectures and
drills in M ilitary Science. It was one of the biggest mistakes in our lives and I trust
the boys today have waked up to tbat fact^
I have not many ideas along these line^ except that we should have Preparedness
I some form, and my personal view is that every male inhabitant of thb great and
^glorious United States, from the age of fourteen to tbe age of twenty-two or twenty-
five, should be compelled to have military training. In other words, I believe that
from tbe grammar school through college, every boy in the United States should be
.eomi>clled to drill and study military science regularly, and that every summer there
dd be concentration camps distributed throughout the country where these boys
nd jfoung men would be corafielle*! to attend anywhere from one to three monlha.
lAfter this pcrioil there is rather a quejition in my mind just how the project should
T be handled, but I do believe that every three or five years, until the age of forty has
been attained, the men should be re-concentratcd for the period of at least a month,
to freshen up their military training.
Tech men certainly can furnish very valuable materia] for the government in the
engineering side of this question, and I firmly believe it would be of very great bene-
fit to the men themselves.
Henry J. Stevenson, Foxboro, Mass. :
You can include me with those who heartily favor universal military training,
I My four weeks at Plattsburg last August convinced me as nothing else could that
I this is the best plan so far suggested for an army reserve.
Flemse note my change of address. I am now with the Foiboro Company, —
[jDakers of recording gauges and thermometers, orifice meters for steam and gas
flow, and the like.
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C, R. Adams, Fresno, Calif «:
Replying to ^our suggestion that I «ciid you my idefts for the Preparednesa
numt>er of llie Technology Review, I am pleaded to express a few opinions which
1 have formed on that very important subject.
In the fir^t piace, it seems to me that eyery thinking man should have learned
from the experieoce of £uTO|>e id the preaent war that military prcparediie4»s is
absolutely essential for the protection of every nation — with the United States as
no exception. The swiftness of the German advance across Belgium and France
at the commencement of the present conBict left no time for the formation and
equipment of armie^i. Had not France been prepared, Paris would now be in the
hands of the enemy. While the United States is more fortunately situated by being
sepaimted by the sea from the more important military powers, there is security
Oldy so long as our fleet can remain victorious over the enemy. Once our fleet is
defeated the time would be very short before enemy transports would land an im*
mense army upon our shores. To meet such a contmgency we must have an ade-
quate army of proper size and with propier equipment.
This is a democratic nation, and as such its army should be democratic. How to
accomplish this may be learned by a study of the experience of the democratic
nations of Europe. (For Americans are teaming that ours is not the only democ-
racy in existence,} I thinjc that there is only one conclusion to be reached from such
A study and tliat conclusion is universal military' training. Such a system not only
is democratic, dividing the responsibility for national protection equally among all
citizens, but it also provides the maximum military eflSciency, It enables the nation
to throw the full total of its resources into the conflict if necessary and to do «o
quickly.
Of course there are many and many debatable features, as for example the length
of military service, the extent of militar;)^ education, the proportion of first Imc
troops and reserves, the amount of military equipment to keep in readiness, and other
details of organization. But these can only be worked out after the acceptance
of the fundamental principle of universal training and service.
At the present time there is agitation which may lead to the acceptance of the
above principle and Congress may pass l^ialation to put it into practical effect.
Toward this end I think that Teciinology men should use their influence both as
individuals and as a body.
Technology' men, however, are not limited to this means of aiding in National
Prepart"dness, Under present laws there is opportunity for individual service, as
for example in the reorganized N'ational Guard. There is also the Engineer Of*
ficer's Reserve Corps to which many Technology men arc eligible. Full informa-
tion regarding this Corps may be had by addressing the Chief of Engineers, War
Department, Washington. There is presented an opportunity for engineers to
qualify for commissions in the engineer corps for all grades up to and including that
of major. Examinations are all oral and the attempt is made to arrange them to
suit the convenience of applicants. Without attempting to go into any detail in
this matter I recommend it for further investigation by all engineers who have real
interest in Preparedness. It appealed to me as a very practical means of doing
definite work and I lost no time in making application for examination, as no doubt
did many other Tech men.
The point I wish to make is that there are practical opportunities for Technology
men to aid in the work of National Preparedness under present laws and conditions,
without losing sight of the chief desideratum of universal training and service.
Also that any study and training which are received under present conditions will
render the men just that much more valuable when the ideal system has been per-
fected.
I will follow with much interest the opinions expressed by other Tech men.
H, Louis Jackson, state chemist, Boise, Idaho:
I can relate my ** Preparedness '* \-iew8 very shortly. All boys physically fit
should in their schools, at 1* years of age, come under a mild form of military dis-
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cipliiie* drill and settifig-up exercise for at least half an hour a day, preferably under
jimior military oflScers, young meo. This to progress through the years until on
entering high school they should have a very substantial military' drill and target
practice under competent officers, with the boys themselves coming by this time into
subordinate commands. At graduation they should go into the field for the summer
months » and the summer months of the next two years. College men to take special
work looking to their fitness as officers, also opportunities provided for those who
show up well in command to go to government schools if unable to go to college
themselves. — An entirely democratic army with officers entirely on their merit. A
strong navy that can hold any enemy from landing in force for several months, for
all time would be better. England's navy has saved ber from Belgium's fate and
baa iaved material goods in value many times its whole cost. Many other thingi
•bould go with the above to coordinate the whole, such as every war asset being
Listed and kept up^to-date and informed just what part to take on the outbreak of
m war. It*s a big program and should have been started about August 16, 1014.
We hAve wasted valuable time. Finally, work against war, and be strong enough
and quick enough that no one will want to fight with us. Work for a league to
maintain peace by force, for graduiil disarmament of all countries and the substi-
tution of sense for force in the ^ttlement of difficulties.
A classmate in government employ, who for tliat reason does not
wish his name to appear, suggests the following:
For a generation the few Geld marahalls of the British Army preached a doctrine
that no one in Britain paid any attention to. England is now paying millioni ol
pounds trying to put that doctrine int o pract ice. The other day Generals Wood and
Soott told Congress what we need in this country. — ^If you want to build a plant you
get an engineer, — ^if you wiah legal advice you go to a lawyer, — if you get sick you
go to a doctor, but if wc desbe in this country to reorganize our army we hire a con-
gTTSsm&ii ! it would not be difficult to get copies of the reports of these two gen-
erals. General Wood and General Scott arc at the head of our army. Both have
erown gray in the service, and stand for the noblest ideals of tne military in
Amefica.
These letters indicate that there is a strong sentiment for imi-
1 versal military training which has not yet fotmd expression. Our
was represented at Plattsburg by Abbott and Bennett in
July, Clark and Stevenson in August, and Marcy in September,
?rom his own experience the secretary would say he never worked
[po hard in his life, but would not have missed it for a great deal.
iHe gained six pounds in w^eight, some idea of mihtary organization^
|*and a new light on constructive patriotism.
Many Tech men do not go to Plattsburg because they know that
in the event of trouble they woiJd be of niuch more use elsewhere
than the trenches. They w^ould probably be of far greater tise,
bowever, in their specialized administrative or engineering ca-
[pacities at the time of mobilization, if they had had even the brief
glimpse of the inter-relation of all factors for militaiy eflSciency
guinea at Plattsburg. While there are probably more restful ways
spending a vacation, few could represent such an absolute
change, so much physical advantage or so interesting an experience.
At the time of this TivTiting the publication date of our Ten- Year
ik seems to be in sight It remains to be seen whether it will
it this issue of the Re\"1EW into the mails.
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C. F. W, Wetterer, Sec, 147 Milk Street, Boston, Mass.
James W. KidderM***. Se<?.t 50 Oliver Street, Boston. Masa.
Goes writes as follows in regard to the Technology movement
toward Preparedness : —
From a muiiilions point of \'iew, the one thing that wc, as engineers, could do» and
it IS BO easy task, is to cre-ale and mold, by every tegitimate means at oyr cotumand,
public opioion so that our govemmettlal offidals will not be caught m the same sit-
uation that Great Britain was at the outbreak of this war. I mean by that, that
my own observation and experience, both here aod in C^inada, forced me to the
conclusion that miuyttous, id particular, were not de<signed for large scale produc-
tion.
It is one thing to turn out a few hundred shells or fuses by hand-made tool-room
methods in no stipulated time, and quite another to turn out thousands of these
self -same Brtictes in one day in a given plant, aod I think this vast war teaches ui
that moderD warfare is organized on a tremendous scale and that large scale pro-
ducUon is the basis of it. Therefore* every means should be utilized to permit the
manufacturing of a large scale and, at the same time within the limits of accuracy
that are essential to make the articles function from the ordinance engineer's point
of view*
The idea seems to be prevalent now that these two viewpoints are antagonistic
and not reconcilable, which to my mind is far from the real truth, in that tradition
and abstruse thcor>' has determined the design, irresiiective of the possibilities
and contiilions necessary for large scale production. In other words, the time to
redesign these articles is before we go into a big war and not be forced to do what
some of the nations at preseat have had to come to, namely, to redesign all their
munitions while engaged in a large confiict.
More than anything else, however, we need to develop public opinion, and cdu*
cate Lhc public so that the man in the streets may realize that an adequate, con-
sistent and continuous policy with respect to our War Department, our Navy De-
partment, the development of our natural resources, our tariff legislation and our
business legislation, is the one great step towards basic Preparedness.
\\\m\c I am in complete sympathy with the movement you are concerned in. I am
by experience sceptic^ as to the results that are accomplished by means of a meeting
that simply stirs up the situation for the present, but leaves no lasting consequence
or results.
If this will lead to some means by which our alma mater may back a movement
which is laid out to accomplish de6nite results in a manner that any engineer goei
about soUing any problem, then I am with you heart and soul.
Figures recently obtained as to registration at the June, 1916*
ReunioD, put 1906 weU up in the list as to attendance. The classes
beginning with 1910 were all high as they are not yet scattered over
the country to the same extent as the earher classes. 1906 stood a
close second for all classes up tlirough 1909, the registration being
13L The highest was 1905, with 135. The total registration for
forty-nine classes was 3,911.
John A. Root, Course 111, has joined the benedicts. The Ana-
cooda Standard of August 5, 1916, contained the following item:
Bachelordom mourned the loss of another member of that happy fraternity last
night in Itting style when the news reached Anaconda that J. A. Root, assistant
chief chemist at the smelter, and Miss Mary Brennan, also of Anaconda, are to be
married in Los Angeles today.
Dinner at the Bachelor Club, Third and;Oak itreets, was consumed but night
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witi one vacant chair at the table appropriately draped m black, in token of the
regret Root's brother clubmen feel at losing; him.
Miss BrennjU3 left A^naconda for the coast city Thursday* Since her arrival here
a little more than a year ago she has practiced her profession, that of nursing. Both
she and Mr. Boot are well known here and have the best wishes of Aiiacoudans in
gCDCfml and the Bachelor Ctub in particular for their future happiness.
Mils Brennan graduated from the Anaconda High School in I9t)8, leaving shortly
afterward to take up the study of nursing.
And another benedict is Sherley P. Newton, Course V, the Na-
tick (Mass,) Citizen of October W, 1916, having the folloi^ing item:
The marriage of Miss Pearl Nathalie Perry* second daughter of Mr. and Mrs,
Fniiida C. Perry of 51 West Central streets to Mr, Sherley P. Newton of Montreal
was quietly solemnized Saturday evening, October 14, at the home of the bride's
parents. Miss Peiry is a social favorite here and was head of the stenographic de-
partment in the Quincy High School, where her reputation for fine work er|ualled
that she had already made in the aaiue department of the Natick High SchooL
Mr, Newton is a graduate of 1906 class of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology and at present is chief chemist of the Sherwin-WilUams Color Company of
MoDtreah
Mr. and Mrs. Newton, after a wedding trip through the mountains, will go to their
new home in Notre Dame de Grace, Montreal.
And still another 1900 benedict is George R. Guernsey, Course I,
the Natick (Mass,) Citizen of October 26, 1916, again being the
fource of our information :
A very pretty wedding occurred on Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
George E. Scagrave, 51 Central street, Wellcsley, when their daughter Ekie wa«
mifcrried to Mr. George R. Guernsey of Wellesley.
The bride is a graduate of Framingham Normal School and has taught several
years in the West. Mr, Guemesy, a graduate of the Masaachuaett^ Institute of
Technology, is in the banking business >
After their wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs, Guernsey will reside on Atwood atreet*
Wellesley.
Is that all? Well, we should say not I Just listen to this an-
nouncement about J. H, PolhemuSj Course III.
Mr. and Mrs. Le^-is Garwood Rowand announce the marriage of their daughter^
Linda May, to Mr. James Higbie Polhemus on SatLtrdav, the eleventh of November^
19ie, Sea Gate* New York.
At home after the first of DecembeTp 91 North Mountain avenue, Montclair, New
Jersey.
• And just to show you that we have at least one candidate for
entry into the said venerable order of Ijenedicts, we quote you tliis
one from the Boston Transcript of October £8, 1016, concerning
P. J. Ciapp, Course XL
Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Mendum of 22 Woodville street, Roxbury, announce the
engagement of their daughter, Emcline Otis, to Prescott Jones Clapp of Kingston,
N. Y.* formerly of Dorchester. Miss Mendum, follomng her student days at
Mount Holyoke, took a course at the Normal Art School, Boston, and since her
nmduation from there she has been connected with the fine arts department at the
Boston Public Library. Mr, Clapp is a graduate of the MassachusetU Institute of
Tfldmotogy and ia engaged in his chosen profession of civil engineering.
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Quite a record we should say, and of course^ there are a lot more
who have about made up their minds to take the degree but they
are just a little bashful about dispensing the information.
A recent letter from Henry R. Patterson, Course II, announces
the arrival of another son, and a change in position. Congratula-
tions on both, but of course mainly on the son. Patterson*s letter
follows:
You may be interested to leom of the arrival of Richard Gee Patterson on Decern
ber il, 1010, He is our accond aon, the first being Henry R,, Jr. (July lU 1911
On July 1, 1916, I waa transferred from the Trenton Works of The American f
& Wire Co. us superintendent, where I had been in various capacities ever i
May, 1907» ihe last four and a half years as superintendent, to the Scott T
Works, Joliet, IlL, of the same company* as superintendent. I am enjoying my new
position here very much and like the town.
I was sorry not to get down to the dedication exercises last June, but you can
easily see that that happened just about the time I was moving. Was glad to see
that '06 he!d it^ end up so well- The new Tech buildings must he fine. We surdy
do get some good detailed accounts of doings down there in the Riivtkw.
Other "Tectlets** reported for *06 are as follows :^by the way,
why not call them **SixIets''?
Paul Foote Norton, in Januar>% to Mr. and Mrs. John (Jack)
F. Norton* Course V. We have no information at hand regarding
the weight of young Norton, and assume that is probably due to |
the fact that a professor in chemistry would not be satis^ed with
an approximate weight expressed in pounds and ounces and Jack
was probably so busy he did not have time to obtain the exact
weight upon his chemistry balances. — Donald Kent Tucker, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Tucker, Course V, arrived on November S,
1916, weight 9 J poimds. Tucker's biography in the Ten- Year
Book should be corrected to read '* Married 1909, 1 girl* 1 boy.** —
Mr. and Mrs. H, A. Ginsbergs Course VI, announce the birth of a
son, Stanley Marcy, November 24, weight 9J pounds. Ginsberg
should now be classified with those having one child in the class
statistics.
The sympathy of the class will go out to H. W. Dean, Course VI,
in his double bereavement, Dean*s father, who lix'ed in Cam-
bridge, Mass., died Sunday morning, January 20, and his mother
died Monday morning. The double fnneral was held Tuesday,
January 23, at Cambridge.
Class dinner at Louis' on December 19 was attended by fifteen
men. They were BalL Clarke, Farwell» Jackson, Johnson, Kidder,
Lawrence, Lumbert^Mowry, Nash, Norton, Patch, Rowe, Trow-
bridge and Wetterer, Ned Rowe acted as toastmaster; no formal
speeches w^ere presented, but numerous subjects were discussed
from the **War in Em*ope'* to the *'High Cost of Living/* From
the dining-room the crowd adjourned to the Casino Alleys where
bowling matches were held. No world records were established,
although some bowling talent was unearthed. Lawrence turned
in scores of 85, 100 and 105 for his three strings and was the high
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of 106 and 10i2, respectively, placing tbera in the Honorable Men-
tion class. Other scores ranged from 52 to 91, The final event
eoasisted of a match between teams of Rowe, Farwell, Lawrence
and Kidder on one side and Johnson, Trowbridge, Patch and Nor-
ton on the other. The latter team won out by a score of 348 to 331.
Some time ago when the secretary happened to be in the office of
Dean Burton he noticed a 1906 class picture, which the dean was
treasuring as any '06 man should. Observing the picture was un-
framed, it was borrowed from the dean, and after being framed
returned with an appropriate letter stating our appreciation of the
honor of counting Dean Burton as one of our members. The
dean's acknowledgment will be of interest to the class:
Dkjlr Mr. Wctterer:—
I am much pleased to receive the claaa picture with ils beautiful frame, aud il will
be hung in ray oflSoe in such a way that no one can get by it without noticing it. I
Bhall always regard it as a pleasure and honor that you received me into the mem-
bership of your class*
Very truly yours,
(Sgd.) Alfred E. Bxjirrow.
W. A. Hotchkiss, Course VI, recently telephoned the secretary
that he was now in Mansfield, Mass., with the New England Drawn
Steel Company, which ia erecting a new plant at that point.
E. B. (Ned) Rowe, Course VII, has returned to Boston, the fol-
lowing letter having been received from him:
Bttck iti Beanto^i] and permanently this time I expect. Finished my work with
SloOift h Webster, in charge of the Tech lighting, and went back to Cleveland in early
Augiitt. For the next two months was busy oa special work for the Cleveland
School Board in connection with electrical and lighting installations.
In September I finally accepted a position in the engineering department of
the American Agricultural Chemical Company with beiulquartcrs in Boston^ a
position I had first considered last February but turned down then in order to stay
with the Tech lighting till the finish. I kept ray family in Cleveland till November
on account of the infantile paralyais epidemic and then put my house on the mar-
ket and pulled stakes for Wcllesley Hills, where we are now comfortably situated.
The engineering department of the American Agricultural Chemicai Company I
found was mostly Tech« including Mahar, Trowbridge, Johnson and Harry Brown
of 1906^ although Trowbridge has since left the company and Brown is now assistant
auperinicndent, I l>elieve, of the Michigan Carbon Works at Detroit. My work ii
n little of everything — sort of office boy to the chief and assistant chief engineers —
but wc*ve been doing so much new work the last several months that a good part of
my time has been spent on contracts for material and cqfuipment, getting quotar
tions, placing orders, and then getting the goods on the job. It'll be general engi-
nemiig and executive work with outside inspection now and then.
1907.
Bryant Nichols, Sec, 10 Grand View Road, Chelsea, Masa.
Habold S. Wonson, A^sL Sec^ Waban, Mass.
The plan of publishing a class book containing an account of
the doings of members of the class since graduation has been aban-
doned on account of lack of support on the part of the class. Only
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sixty-six men sent subscriptions for the book to the secretary, and
as the iocome which would come from this small number would be
absolutely inadequate to pay for the cost of preparing the book,
the officers decided to defer the publication until some later date.
The secretary will give through the Review the important facts
about the men.
John G. Barry, who affliates with our class, and w^ho has
roamed al>out the country a good deal since undergraduate days,
can now be reached by addressijig him at M. I. T.» Cambridge,
Mass. He is instructor in geology. — The correct address for H. N.
Burhans is 8 The Leonard, Syracuse, N, Y. Harry is secretary of
the firm, Burhans & Black, Inc., wholesale and retail hardw^are
dealers. — Kenneth Chipman has returned from his long trip into
the Far North, where he was geologist with the Stefansson expedi-
tion. The fellows who have seen him say he is looking well and
has grown fat. His address is Geological Survey, Ottawa, Canada.
— James A.Correll, who for years failed to let us know of his doings,
is adjunct professor of electrical engineering at University of Texaa,
and his home address is 2S16 Neches street, Austin, Texas. Cor-
rell is doing his part in the family way, and has three children— all
girls.^-S.^G. Emilio, w^hose address has also long been missing, has
been located at Utah Apex Mining Company, Bingham Canyon,
Utah. — The secretary, Bryant Nichols, welcomed into his family
on December 9, 1916, the third child, a son, Edward Bryant Nichols
by name.— The following clipping is from a New York paper:
Ra>inoiid W. Pari in a Brooklyn roan, living at 265 Ocean avenue, is the new
deputy romomsioner of street cleaning who has been appointed by Commissioner
1. T, Fetherston* The deputy commissioner receives a salary of $5^000 per year.
Mr. PftrUn specialized as a student in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
in sanitary engineering, and haa had exceptionally broad experience in municipal
workp including street clean ing» He has been connected with the Massachusetts
Board of Healtb &8 Rsshi&ut engineer, and has been engaged in street cleaning and
refuse disposal work in various cities, including Norfolk, Va., Greenwich, Conn^
Detroit, Mich,, and Rochester and Buffalo, N. Y. For the past two years he hat
been connected with the Bureau of Municipal Research as expert in mimicip»al
sanitation. . . . He is a member oi the American Society of Civil Engineeia*
the American Society of Municipal Improvements, the American Water Workt
Association, and the Boston Society of Civil Engineers.
Winslow D. Robinson has gone to Pittsbitrgh, Pa., still remaining
with F. W. Dodge Company, publishers of the "Dodge Reports."
His address is 194 N. Sprague avenue, Bellevue, Pa. His second
child, a daughter, Eunice, was born October 21, 1916,— Another
girl joined the ranks of *07, Junior, when Mary Smith was bom
to Mr, and Mrs, Theodore L. Smith, on December 25, 1916*—
And still another future Tech man appeared on November 19»
1916, when Donald Jewett Swett, came into Middlebury, Vt.. as
the son of Phelps Swett.— J, D. Whittemore is now with Clare-
mont Power Company; Claremont, N, H*
Correct address for A. B, Arnold is 538 Lawrence Ave.> West-
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field, N. J.— Charles E. Baker, 172 Condor St., East Boston, Mass.
A. F, Bancroft, 25 Magnolia Ave.. Haverhill, Mass.— E. W. Bonta,
622 James St., Syracuse, N. Y.^A. A. Brooks, 94 Chester Ave.,
Chelsea, Mass. — ^John A. Da\^s, United States Bureau of Mines,
Washington, D. C. — John T. Fallon, Lake Saranac, N. Y.^ — Harry
A. Frame, Box 741, Sapulpa, Okla.— J. W. G. Hanford writes from
800 Burwell St., Bremerton, Wash., that after having a good deal
of sickness in his family and after having moved about from one
place to another for several years, he has received an appointment
on marine engine design, and is located at the Fuget Sound Navy
Yard. He says that ship building in general is booming on the
Pacific coast, and that they are very biisy at the Navy Yard.^
H. B. Hosmer is at 74j Pinckney St.^ Boston, Mass. — ^W, F. Kim-
ball, 53 Everett St., Arlington, Mass. — Clarence R. Lam on t was
married on December 31, 191G, to Miss Sue Rice of Quincy, Mass.
— H. C. McRae, 207 Singer Ave., Arlington, Md.— N. A. Middle-
ton, 60 Congress St., Boston, Mass.^A son, John S. NichoU, Jr.,
was bom to J. S. Nicholl, on November 10, l!)16v — O. L. Peabody,
37 Ress Ave., Norwood, Mass.— W. P. Rayner, 1800 Kenyon St.,
N. W., Washington, D. C. — ^John Tetlow has become coimected
in business with the Hyatt Roller Bearing Company at Harrison,
N. J. His address is 205 North 9th St., Newark, N. J.
1908.
Rudolph B* Weiler, Sec,^ care The Sharpies Separator Co.»
West Chester, Fa.
CbahIaES W. Whitmore, Asst, Sec, care Kastrup & Cia, Rua
Liberro, Badaro No. 66, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
LeSeur T. Coljlins, Acting AssL Sec, care Marshall & Co.,
70 State Street, Boston, Mass.
I. On the Part of the Secretaries.
"WTiit** spnmg a surprise on us all by sailing for Brazil on
August 26 for a sev eral months' trip and Tim Collins has agreed to
do the honors in his absence. Tim, therefore, wishes to head the
column with a piece of news by amiouncing the arrival of a daugh-
ter Majorie on August 1 1 .
As our fellow alunmus Roger Babson says, ** Action and re-
action are equal," therefore, after the ending of the Reunion in a
blaze of glory there were only five members present at the Sep-
tember bimonthly meeting, so the bowling match had to be called
off.
Mr. and Mrs. George Schobinger announce the arrival of a
daughter, Elizabeth Hall, on November 18.
The second bimonthly dinner of the '08 tribe was held at the
Boston City Club Tuesday evening the 9th with eleven of the
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members present. They were Towle, Cook» Mayot Topp»n,
Beede, FerraEdi, Heath, Gary, Wells, Coffin and Collins.
After the dinner we held a bowling match between the married
men*s quarter, composed of Gary, Coffin, Wells and Collins, and
the single men's quarter^ composed of Cook, Toppan, Ferrandi and
Mayo. The married men won the first string by sixty points and
the second string by seventy-five points. They then decided to
concede the single men fifty iwints handicap on another string and
the single men just nosed them out. Eb Wells held the high single
candle-pin string of 115.
R. J. Batchelder is now in Rome, where he will spend two years
in the further study of architecture.^J* W. Maxi^elL who has been
for a year or two temporarily connected with the American
Smelting & Refining Co. in their ** Smoke department" investiga-
ting the effect of smelter smoke and fume upon agricultural inter-
ests, has recently entered the permanent organization of this
company and is now in charge of that work at the Tacoma Smelter
at Tacoma, Wash.
Letter from ** Whit" follows:
Just a line to lei you know we bad a perfect trip down and that I am up to my
neck ID work. Found .so much stuff waiting for me here that I had do time for
sight-seeing or society. Had to come right up here aod will spend moist of my time '
here.
Hio la the place for society and through It considerable business can be gotten*
while m Sao Paulo iV^ pure business.
Mrs. Whit more has just come up here from Rio where I left her to pave the way
socially, so that on our next trip down there I expect a pretty good time. She was
entertained by our ambassador and by one of the Brazilian senators. The senator's
daughter and her husband* who is a congressman, have become quite friendly with
us. He is young and athletic aod a mighty nice chap. Has a wonderful summer
home at Pretropolis with golf, tennis, a dozen polo ponies, etc. Expect to spend
two or three weeks there as soon as I get things straightened out and these people
certainly know how to entertain.
From a business standpoint they are a funny combination and it takes consider*
able experience here to g?t on to it. Of course, there are all classes and most are
excellent business men. I have found that here in Sao Paulo, for instance, they will
keep a bargain once they have given their word, but the trouble is to get that word.
They will beat all around trying to make you think they have given it when they
haven't. They will not be rushed and it takes several days to get one little piece i
of business. An appointment to them at a certain time on one day seems to mean
sometime the next day, at least, that Is my experience so far.
The country here is very beautiful, especially around Rio* which I believe to be
the most beautiful city in the world, but when it comes to comforts they have lota to
learn. There is not what we would call a res,l hotel here.
The regular bi- monthly dinner was held at the City Club Jan*
uary §, fifteen members being present as follows:— Hatch, Esten,
Welk, Ford, Toppan, Cole, Joy, Gary, Heath, Gerrish* Towle,
Coffin, Luther, Cook and L. T. Collins. The single men's quartet
made up of Ford, Toppan, Cole and Joy beat the married men's
quartet made up of Hatch, Esten, Wells and Collins two strings.
This was a most unusual performance for the single men. The
best player on the single men's team, however, happened to be a
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married man named Joy, who took all the joy out of living for the
married men*
II. Matrimonial,
C. F. Joy, Jr., was married on October 21 to Miss Grace Grant at
Chelsea, Mass. — R. C, Collins was married at Whitman, Mass.,
to Miss Margaret Orr Edson on October £8. At home after De-
cember 4 at 166 25th street, Elmhurst, L. I., N, Y. G. M. Belcher
was best man.
III. New Addresses.
Alfred B. Babcock, 1301 Carroll St., BrooWyn, N, Y.— Wilfred
E. Booth, 835 Edgecombe Ave., New York, N. Y.— Harry L.
Burgess, Bell TeL Co. of Pennsylvania, 1£30 Arch St., Philadelphia.
— Myron M. Davis* 23 Lebanon St,, Winchester, Mass. — Lynn S.
Goodman, 248 Boylston St, Room 601, Boston, Mass. — Edward
A. Plummer, care of Am. TeL & Tel. Co., 195 Broadway, New
York City.— Henry V, Spurr, 285 Brown Hall Hill, Montreal.
Que., Canada.— Harry P. Sweeny, Fort Montgomery, N. Y. —
Edmimd L. Warren, Stanley Rule & Level Co., New Britain,
Conn,^ — F. A. Cole, 55 Brookside Ave., Newtonville, Mass.—
Dr. Max S, Rohde, Seventh Ave. and 55th St., New York City,
— ^Harry H, Bentley, 1614 Corn Exchange Bldg., Chicago, lU. —
Clifford H. Boylston, Alabama PoweF Company, Parrish, Ala.-^
Chalmers S. Clapp, 21 Smith Bldg,, Framingham, Mass. — -Henry
H. Damon, Bureau of Yards and Docks, Washington, D, C.^ — N.
I^eroy Hammond, 82 Walpole St., Norwood, Mass. — Arthur T.
Hinckley, 2 C St., Niagara Fails, N. Y.— W. Armoor Johnston, 349
E. Market St., Akron, O. — ^Emerson F. Lyford, 57 School St.,
Milford, Mass. — Jesse Worth Maxwell, care Tacoma Smelting
Company, Tacoma, Wash. — Eleazer Myers, 12101 Normal Ave.,
Chicago, 111. — Harr\' F. Richardson, 265 Ocean Ave., Brooklyn,
N. Y.— Willard F. Rockwell, 1786 E. 89th St., Cleveland, O.—
George D. Whittle, Office of Public Roads, Washington, D, C. —
Charles F. Joy, Jr., 187 Reedsdale Road, Milton, Mass. — A. W.
Heath, vice-president and assistant treasurer, E. B, Lime Com-
pany, Fidelity Bldg., Boston, Mass.
1009.
Charles R. Main, Sec^ 201 Devonshire Street, Boston.
George A. Haynes, Asst, Sec., 530 Atlantic Avenue, Boston.
The alumni dinner this year was one of the best we have had.
The general subject under discussion, "Technology's Duty to the
National Government," was particularly interesting at this
critical period, and all of the addresses were well presented. The
class had rather a small representation; Dawes VI, Main II,
Peny VI, Spencer II and Wallis IL We ought to do better than
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that next year. Each class had a round table of its own which
added greatly to the congenial ty of the occasion.
The secretary was in hopes of hearing some discussion from the
class on the above subject, but as yet nothing has come to him.
It would seem as though some of us were in a position to make
some pretty pertinent remarks along this line, especially ihase who
have been engaged in scientific research. Although this issue of
the Revikw is to be devoted to this topic, the secretary hopes that
he may yet hear from some of the members of the class along this
line of thought.
There has recently appeared a reprint of a paper on ** Relative
Values in Public Ileal th Work** read before the Massachusetts
Association of Boards of Health, at the July meeting by Franx
Schneider, Jr., VII, sanitarian with the Russell Sage Foundation.
The author starts out with the st-atement that a fourth or a third
of the deaths in the United States occur from preventable causes*
He then takes up the field of prevention, and follows with four
criteria which must t>e considered in making up the relative value
of a disease, namely, amount of damage done, preventability, cost
of prevention, and communicability, or tendency to become
epidemic. The product of these four factors gives the relative
value. After making the above general statement he goes on to
apply these criteria in deriving a set of values, which he says may
not have a high degree of accuracy, but believes **that the values
derived permit a considerable margin for difference of opinion,
without altering the general conclusions which the figures sug-
gest//
**Jim** Finnic, VI, is now located in Pawducket, R» I,, with the
Phillips Insulated Wire Company, having previously been with
the General Electric Company; He writes:
At last I am to hang my pajamas on the same hook two nights in succession after
having experimented with every kaown variety of hook for seven years.
We are happy to announce the marriage of three of the class.
The following taken from the Boston Globe of October 15, 1916,
came too late to be reported in the last issue of the Review :
Mi AS Mildred G. Ecclea, daughter of Mrs. David E coles of OG Hovey street,
WstertowD, was ruarried yestertJay afternoon to George Henry Reppert of New
York by Rev. Raymond ( nlkins at the First Congregational Churdi, Cambridge^
The bridesinaids were Miss H&zcl Sherman of Cambridge. Mias Dorothy Adams
of Cambridge, Miss Marjorie Scott of Springfield and Mrs. William rnden**ood of
Springfield. Charles deW. DeVinne of New York City waji best man^ Mr. Rep-
pert is a graduate of Princeton, "OG, and the Ma^^wchusettj Institute of Technology*
09. The bride is a graduate of Miss liVhcelock*s school- Thcv will live in New
York City.
IL C. Colson, Jr., IX, was married to Miss Margaret Fostor of
Abington, Mass., on September ^8, 1916. They will reside in
Baltimore, Md.
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West 34th street, New York City, announce the incorporation of
their business for the purpose of undertaking engineering and
construction contracts of any description.^ — At the seventli annual
meeting and luncheon of the Technology Women*s Association,
held in the new Tech buildings. Miss Ehzabeth Babcock, V, was
elected corresponding secretary ,^ — Carl Gram, X, has left Walter
Baker & Company, and is now associated with the Massachusetts
Chocolate Refiners, Inc., Mansfield, Mass.» which has recently
taken over the business of the Walter M. Lowney Company. —
George Haynes is now with the Heintzemann Press, 530 Atlantic
avenue, Boston, Mass.
Address Changes*
Harold F. Ballard, 162 Springdale Ave,, East Orange, N. J. —
Seymour F. Barnett, 1515 South Figueroa St,, Los Angeles, Cal, —
John N. Boyoe, 7^1 Locust St., Anaconda, Mont. — Felix A. Burton,
13 Federal St., BrunsT\4ck, Me,— ^ John A. Christie, care of Swine-
hard & Co., Akron, Ohio— Milton S. Clark, 605 N. Main St..
Jamestown, N. Y. — Nathan L* Coleman, Hotel Baker, Folk &
Pine Sts., San Francisco, Cal. — Mitchell J. Daley, 09 Bennett
St., Brighton, Mass.^ — Myron M. Davis, 2^ Lebanon St.» Winches-
ter, Mass.— Warren L. DuBois, Y, M. C. A. Bldg., 107 Halsey
St., Newark, N. J. — Lloyd C. Eddy. Jr:, Barrington, R. L^ —
"Wilhelm G. Fick* care of Greenfield Worsted Mills, Garfield,
N. J.— James L Finnic, care of Kalon Club, Fawtucket, R. L— V.
Carl Grubnau, care of Hotel Alvardo, Albuquerque, N. M. — Cal-
\Tn N, Harrub, 33 Pendleton St., New Haven, Conn. — Derick S.
H. Hartshorn, No. Berwick, Me. — Delose G. Haynes, 149 Broad-
way, New York, N. Y, — George A* Haynes, 530 Atlantic Ave,,
Boston, Mass.^ — Leon J. D. Healy, 644 Mabbett Ave., Milwaukee,
Wis.^Louis Jacoby, Westinghouse Electric & Mfg, Co., Maison-
Blanche Bldg., New Orleans, La. — Allen Jones, Jr., care of l^x-
ington Mfg. Co., Lexington, S. C. — Anstin D. Keables, 450 South
Main St., Woonsocket, R. L — Robert M. Keeney, 603 Symes Bldg.,
Denver, Colo.— William J. Kelly, 95 Brooklyn Ave., Brooklyn,
N. Y.— Lester H. King, 708 East Court St., Flint, Mich.— Paul
H. Lazenby, 16 Garden St., Cambridge, Mass. — Francis M. Loud,
90S Lake St., Newark, N. J.— Frank S. Lovewell, 647 Main St..
Hartford, Conn.— Kenneth S. May, 156 Woburn St., West Med-
ford, Mass. — Thomas G. Machen, 1^79 John St., Baltimore, Md, —
Wilbur A. Meanor, 017 Robson-Prichard Bldg.. HuntingtoUt
W. V. — Thurston C. Merrtman, %49 Ellsworth Ave., New Haven,
Conn. — George A. Morrison, P. O. Box 1425, Salisbury, Ontario,
Canada. — Lewis D. Nisbet, 1^ Rhode Island Ave., Providence^
B. L — Clark S. Robinson, 39S North Main St., Reading, Mass, —
Walter J. Rountree, Quitman, Ga. — Francis H. Soderstrom, Box
227, Miami, Ariz. — Harrv E. Whitaker, Westinghouse, Church
& Kerr, 165 Broadway » New York, N. Y.— Edward T, Williams,
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2925 North Park Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio.— George S, Witmer,
care of Chile Exploration Company, Chuquicamata, Chile,
1910.
Dudley Ci^pp, Sec, Box 1275, Boston, Mass,
Federal Power & Light Co,, 35 Congress Street, Boston, Mass.
So many kind expressions of good i^ill, encouragement and
confidence have come to your secretary that he feels considerable
doubt as to his ability to Hve up to what is expected of him.
However, it is fine to know that all the boys are so interested in the
class and to feel that the 1910 spirit is something real and powerful.
Fred Dewey writes on $10,000,000 stationery thanking Herb
Cleverdon for the last Mitten, Carroll Benton takes the oppor-
tunity to write a brief note on the ballot as do Hal Lockett and a
number of others.
Some of the boys came across witli news which is always inter-
esting to the rest of us. Atwood Collins Page writes:
The class dinner was a great success and I had a "bully" lime and agree witli
you that the platt of letting tlie fellows talk and compare notes was better than
having speakers.
There Is not much news to give you as all the Tech men in Hartford are very busy
an<l have not gotten together as yet this Fall.
I am doing cost ana efficiency work at the Whitney Manufacturing Company*
Mr. Whitney, the president, is a good Tech man as you probably know*
The following comes from Walter Harrington from the wilds of
Utica :
I was very glad to get the NovembeF Issue of iheMittefi; it certainly did justice to
the good time we all had at the Reunion. Thank you very much for sending it.
If you are ever up in the vicinity of Utica, N. Y., look me up, I am now as-
sistant engineer to Mr. George A. Orrok of tlie New York Edison Company, an
1879 Tech man. We are planning a hydroelectric plant for the Utica Gas & Elec-
tric Co., and will nrol>ably begin construction in the spring, at Trenton Falls, about
twenty miles north of Utica.
In the fair city of Washiogton the art of note-writing is well ad-
vanced, and we are indebted to K. P. Armstrong of that village
for a good, long, newsy letter, from which the following is
abstracted :
It was ^uite a pleasant surprise to" receive the latest copy of the MitUn. To be
sure I had gleaned from hearty that 1910 pulled off a pretty good stunt at Nan*
taskct at the Reunion, and there were one or two pictures in the last issue of the
Review of that event, but I looked in vain for any class news. To the 1910 man
who ia away from Boston, and especially to the unfortunate individual who must
perforce wander about over the face of the earth without stopping long enough in
one place to even have a mailing address, occasional items of news about one's
daisiziates are very welcome. I think that it would t>e a good idea to round up
afl miitiy of the class as possible and publish their names and addresses in the next
issue of the Review, so that we may all know where the other fellow is now, and
what he is doing. To start the ball rolling may I modestly kick in with the an*
nouncement that I have not only got married, which is probably no news to most of
our classmates, but have also performed the subsequent and more difficult operation
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(pro ciTil engiBecr) of "settling doisTi/* and that my domicile b now Washington,
D, C. where I have been siiice April 1 last, and where I expeet to remain until I
get the can lied to me or until some one lures me a\\'ay with the offer of a much
better job than 1 have now? Yes» I have degenerated from an engineer to a
government clerk* and am disgracelully contented and comfortable here. I have
added some twenty-five pounds to my weight, so that I look less like a bean pole
and more like a human being, and omii a nice new bungalow in the near suburbs of
Washington. The section where 1 live is inside the city limits, although denom-
iimtcd aa *' suburban" by this unenlightened municipality because the fact that the
bouses here are built with space all around them such as we Bostonians are accus-
tomed to, instead of in solid n>ws of brick as is the custom in other parts of this and
other cities south of New York. I have been w^ith the government two years and
a half DOW on the Railroad Valuation work of the Interstate Commerce Commission,
and until last April was in the field, busily scurr> ing about from place to place all
over New England, New Jersey, Delaware and Marj'land. You may remember
that I paused long enough in Boston last March to attend one of the class dinners,
as I have occasionally found time to do in the paest few years, and pledged myself to
be present at the Reunion. I fully intended to keep that pledge, but the course of
events willed otherwise. At the lime the Reunion took place 1 had just bought my
bouse bere» my furniture was on the way from Boston and due to arrive any min-
ute (although as a matter of fact it was held up three months on account of some
t>onebead pLay on the part of the New Haven Railroad), and my mother had just
moved out of our old home in Soraerville, where I would otherwise have stayed had I
returned to the Reunion. Add to this the fact that 1 was broke, and had no pass on
the railroads* and you will see that I had very cogent reasons for my absence, much
as I regret it.
I haven't a bit of news about any one but myself, in fact haven't seen a 1010 man
since last March, so I guess I will have to end this epistle here, and hope it isn't too
long and weighty to be sent in the stamped envelope you so kindly furnished.
If any 1010 man comes to Washington I want him to know that the latchstring
is out at 1512 Kearney street. North East^ and hope he will pay us a call.
Our friend Larry Hemmenway is alive as usual and respoods
from Gotham with the following:
I enclose herewith my vote for secretary of tbe class of 1910 and you will note
hare voted the straight party ticket, not splitting in any way. I trust that Clapp
may carry both electoral and popular vote, and that we may receive the correct
Kturns promptly. Kindly eliminate all " watchful waiting/*
I was pleased to receive the latest issue of the Mitten, and suggest that the
food work be kept up and that it be made a regular organ for the class. Good live
da» news in the Review is always interesting, but I feel that a sjiecial class paper
coming every once and awhile does a lot to keep up interest in a class.
I was in Boston over Thanksgiving and spent Friday afternoon looking over the
new buildings. They are certainly wonderful and leave nothing to be desired. I
felt like returning and going through all over again. I went lo Boston by boat
Wednesday night and ran into Benton and Abbot Allen. They were on their way
home for the holiday.
I suppose you know that Jack Tut tie has taken the big step and Mr. and Mrs.
TutUe are at home in Akron, Ohio. I sort of eitpectcd this after noting the c^
pecially happy smile on Jack during the Reunion.
Everything goes well with me. I am still with the General Vehicle Company,
Long Island City, and live in Elmhurst, I-ong Island. Tbe address is 430 Twenty-
fifth street, Elmhurst, Long Island, and hope that if any of the feUows are around
New York, they will be sure to look me up.
Kindly extend my appreciation and thanks to Charlie Green for the good work
be has done for the class, and congratulate Dud Clapp immediately upon his elec-
tion^
If at any time there is anything I can do to help things along, either in a general
way or in connection with New York, do not hesitate to let me know and I will do
everything I can.
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Our class was well represented at the border, right on the firing
line, where it ought to he, but we will let the soldier boys tell their
own story. Harold Locket*s letter follows:
Rather aurprised to receive Hie Mitten and find tlial I hacln*t miased uny tiling;
yoy see the last four months I spent in Texas playing soldier and therefore lost tr&iik
of most everything. The enclosed picture is not offered so much on account of ita
artistic points as proof that I was really in uniform. Within two days after I Tt-
lurned from our history-raaking Reunion we got orders to go South and since then
Tvc 9e«D every bug, insect^ and reptilcp that grows in Texas, Scorpions and rattle-
snakes are old friends of mine now; it is queer how indifferent one can become
with, or rather aftcr» four months' close acquaintance with those birds. The call
was rather a shock and broke up our business plans in great shape but really I had
a great lime and enjoyed the experietice very much. At present I am looking for
ft job or something to keep rae busy or probably wouldn't have inflicted this letter
on you. The feltowa who put over 1910*3 part of the Reunion certainly deserve
the thanks of the entire class and more praise than they will probably get and I
wanted to tell you for them all that I was tickled to death with the way the old
class showed up, ^
Let's hope the same gang wUl^eel like starting flamething for the next Reunion,
it should be easier next time to get more men to help.
At preiteot I have no business address and mail, duns, etc., should be sent to the
Kenilworth Inn, Kenilworth, IIL, a large suburb of Chicago (nearly ilXJ inhabitants)
where my faraily were living when I returned home.
This from another wearer of the khaki — Albert Gould, who
writes from Troop A» First Ohio Cavalry, El P^iso, Texas:
You probably are surprised to hear from me from this part of the U. S. A. but
it is something like this, I was so inspired and thrilled by the Reunion parade at
Nantasket and all the other militaristic stunts that when I arrived in Cleveland a
few days later I couldn't resist the influence. Enlisted with Troop A and since then
have l>een taking my own little part in the '* Bloodless Victory"' on the Border—
not to mention a sweltering two months as dismounted cavalry in Columbus, Ohio,
cornfields.
We just returned the other day from a six weeks* tour of border patrol near
Fabens, Texas, It was a wonderful six weeks of night and day duty riding the
various fords along the Rio Grande over a 35-mile stretch. Always armed to the
teeth and expectant, but sufficiently confident that the **Spiks" were more harm-
less and scared than we, so that we could thoroughly enjoy it. Occasionally lei ten
or wires from Cleveland employers gave hope of furloughs but in the end all such
attempts to get back to our work failed and we have since become reconciled to the
unescapable fact that we are in the army — ond are in to stay until ordered home.
Forgetting what we are losing out on in civil life at home it is really great sport
here in Texas, There has been an abundance of gunning — duck, quail, and rabbit.
The rifle and revolver range work is pure sport and now that we are back in civilisa-
tion we are having morning manouvres with the rest of the Ohio and the Michigan
cavalry which are anything but tame. With promises of polo games in the after-
noons and a few other concessions we hope to survive until the Powers figure out
how to back out and let us go home. "Out of the trenches by Christmas" was our
motto once but that has been in the discard for a couple of weeks now — as hopeless.
Having a wonderfully fine crowd of fellows in the same predicament helps a lot.
Have one other Tech man in our organization whom you know — Tyler Carlisle
of tlie good class of 1910 ex-quartermaster-sergeant of the troop and now sergeant
major of the Ohio Cavalry Squadron. We both hope to be in Cleveluid by the
Ume the Tcchnologj' Clubs Associated have their gathering there.
Was glad to receive the last MiUen and hope that it, along with other class moutb-
Eieoes, will continue to flourish. June proved how much latent spirit exists in the
reoats of 1$>I0 and let us all see that it continues to express itself «
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From Hartford, Coim,, we hear from George L. Mylchreest:
Just a line lo let you know that I am "alive and kicking'' even though I did have
the pleasure of attending the Reunion and of taking in all of the events, class din-
ner, the rough house at the City Ctub, the parade, both in Boston and at Nantasket
and all the other great events. It was an event I shall never forget.
As for my present oocnpation 1 am at the same place I have been ever since gradr-
tifttion. I now have charge of all of the designing in connection with the structural
work of this office. Ford, Buck & Sheldon, coosntting engineers. H. A. Smeacj is
with me in this office. He is still single.
1 am happy in my new home with the wife and boy who is now almost five years
dd.
As for the local news, the class showed up well at the annual
banquet on January 6 at the Somerset, twelve of our number being
very much on hand. We gave the first clas.s cheer of the evening
and held up our end of the singing and cheering. Sit was on hand
as usual. Herb Cleverdon, Christiansen, Gorton James, George C.
Connoft Avery, and Allen Cm*tis. Arthur Ctirtis was on hand, too,
and the list of his activities sounds like the Chamber of Commerce
list of industries of a town. Curt is in politics, real estate, auto
supplies, etc., ad infinitum. Paul E. Thompson, Course X, was
on hand to the surprise and delight of his old pals and described
with gusto the work of raising cranberries which is his line. R.
W, Brush and your secretary were also ''among those present."
Your secretary, by the way, has just changed his job and is now
electrical engineer with the Federal Power & Light Co., S5 Congress
street, Boston. The work includes some traveling to Ohio and
Iowa and looks pretty good. The only adtlress you need to re-
member, though, is Box 1275, Boston. Keep this in mind and write
early and often to your secretary,
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Obvillb B. Denison, Sec,, 63 Sidney Street, Cambridge A, Mass.
HsBB£RT Frter, AsH, Sec, 35 Federal Street, Boston, Mass.
After having read the able article of Dr. George E. Hale, '90,
in the November Review, concerning the mobilization of Tech-
nology's resources, together with subsequent reports and articles
in the earlier pages of this issue, no 1911 man can fail to be im-
pressed with the sincerity and practicability of the movement.
Your secretary believes it to be the duty of each loyal M. I. T.
1911 man to send a letter very soon to the aforesaid secretary at
6S Sidney street, etc., giving a synopsis of the duties performed and
positions occupied since leaving the Institute. You may well
imagine the potential value of a card catalogue made by the sec-
retary from such data concerning classmates, for then he would
have at his finger tips such details concerning the men affiliated
with 1911 as might at any time be desired by the members of
**The Conmiittee for Mobilizing Technology's Resources,** Obey
Tbat Impulse! — At this writing your secretary is just conva-
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lescing from an illness which lasted through pracUcally the whole
of Jaauarj\ WTiat started in as a common garden variety of
grippe, in a few days developed into pneumonia, hence the long
time of lieing laid up. — Who do you suppose is also using the im-
mediate present as a period of convalescence? None other than
your secretary's regular side-kick — Charles Augustus Barker*
Yes, Charles was stricken with appendicitis on Christmas Day, and
operated upon the next day. Some complications made the case
a most serious one, but Gus fooled Vm and Gosh! he*s the same old
Gussie now. \^Tien yon are told that Bert Fryer had even ordered
the flowers, having received a '*leak" concerning the case, you can
see Charlie had a tight squeeze. Charlie, by the way, as a member
of the sales-force of the Norton Company in Worcester, has been
given a territory comprising Missouri, the two Dakotas, Colorado,
Utah and Nebraska. Luckily he was at home for the Christmas
holidays, but will return West very soon. — Here's some good news
concerning one of 191 l*s '*good old scouts'*:
Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Osborne anoounce the mairiage of their daughter Mildred
LilLian to Mr. Charles Foster Uobson on Saturday, the second of December, Bata-
via, New York,
Mr, and Mrs. Hobsou are now at home at 66 Porter Terrace,
Lowell, Mass. Good work, Charlie! — The latest addition to the
list of **1911 Juniors" is Frederic Isaac Hausmao, whose arrival on
January 15 is announced by Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hausman in
Toledo, Ohio. Congratulations, Hausie! — FoOowing a five-year
search the secretary has at last located Scotty Kimball. He is with
the General Electric Company in Schenectady, being connected
with the foreign department. — Either Norman Lougee is absent-
minded, Uncle Sam sometimes loses mail, or the secretary re-
ceived and lost an announcement. At any rate in a letter of
December 12, Norman said:
I am plaDoing on being married the 27tb instant. Will send you an aonounce^
mcntsoyouL-nngct the name straigbt,ii you want to put the event in the '* humor-
ous column."
No further details available. Now come, Norman?— How, why
or when the gentleman reached his present whereabouts, is un-
known to your scrilne, but right around Christmas a card reached
the secretary, having left Calcutta, India, on the 17th of No-
vember, which was signed, Phil Kerr II, 1911 :
in erer get a breathing spelt 1 am ^ing to write you a little about what has been
happening to me, Merry Cbristnms, Denny.
? ? ? » Phil ! — ^One of the best correspondents which the secretary
has is Suren Bogdasarian, a Course IV man. Bog is certainly
imbued with class spirit and seems always to be *'on the job'*
with it. Here are some extracts from a recent newsy letter from
him, dated November ^3:
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Here goes, at lost, for a few lines which I intended to write since last March,
when 1 Brut came out to Ohio.
FebniaTy 20 saw mf? in Massillon, Ohio — then at that time it seemed to me like a
muddy old dump. The next train East would have suited me well, however I stuck
it out. If I should be asked as to what I think of Massillon — I would say (right off
ibe bat) "cau*t be beat/* It is a beQuliiuK dean mmlern city with many beautiful
homes. I was with the Massillon Bridge & Structural Co. By the way» Massillon
19 the home town of Blackburn* the Boston Braves Catcher — besides the profes- i
sional foot ball team known as the Massillon Tigers. This Sunday they play the
Canton team composed of Jim Thorpe, Soucy and King of Harvard and others.
Both teams have gone through so far with a clean slate. The rivalry between the
two teams is fierce and the fans certainly do support thenx. Homes are put on
bets — there are still fools left even in Ohio.
So mucli for Massillon. I left the Company down there the last of August to take
tL position with this firm on their new plant work. The plant work is Shell Shop
No. t where 9.£-inch shells are made. The work is practically completed. As for
this town, well the less one talks about it the better it will be. Pete Whlit and
Nickerson — Course I man, — are here as you doubtless know,
I received a better offer by the Carnegie Steel Company. New Castle, which I
have accepted and will report for work the first of next month. My address will
be in care of tlie Carnegie Steel Company.
I certainly regret that I was unable to be present at the great doings in July» It
is all in the game and will look forward to our tenth anniversary.
And finally, Dennte, my congratulations, and wish you prolonged happiness in
the one best venture of life — marriage.
— Fine work, BogI I hope the reproduction of this newsy letter
win start a lot more letters oe the way from 1911-ers. — **Mark
Anthony** Gross mann is now metallographist for the American
Vanadium Company, Bridge\411e, Pa. — -Howard Ireland is still
with Dunn & McCarthy, the shoe kings of New York state, and
at present is at their Binghamton plant, although his permanent
address is in care of the company at Auburn, N. Y. He writes
that R. W. Bierer, *11, is now production superintendent of the
company's Binghamton plant. — Jack Mc Allen is back from Kink,
Alaska, and is now connected with the staff of the College of
Mines, University of Washington in Seattle,^ — Eric Ridstrom, who
was connected with the class for a short while in Course II, writes
that he is now secretary of the Western Machine Company in
Milwaukee, Wis. — Our old friend, T* Polhemus, writes from
Benton, Wis.:
Things are eoming fine out here. Started out the new year pretty lucky. Won a
§250 Victrola for nothing and received a fat bonus from the company.
Hope to get home in the spring and see some of the boys.
Have built two mills and sunk four shafts this summer. At present I am oper^
ating superintendent of two mines here at Longh{>Tn.
—Glad to hear from you, T. — -The secretary has had letters re-
turned for lack of proper address from the following men: Arm and
Pauvolid, C. S. Pratt, F. M. Saqui, L. M. Sandstein, W. Y.
Stamper and W. J. Wilson. Do You know where any of them
are? Where are they? Thanks I
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Address Changes,
Walter D. Allen, 5*24 Gurdon St,, Bridgeport, Conn. — Kesteri
Barr. 154 Highkod Ave., Buffalo, N. Y,— Charles L. Bartlett,
Alcoa, Blount Comity, Teim. — Royal M. Barton, care of Metro-
politan Electric Company, 145 Fifth St., Reading, Pa. — Suren
Bogdasarian, 227 Lincoln Ave., New Castle, Pa. — O, H. Chase,
care of American Mutual Liability Insurance Company, 29S Bridge
St., Springfield, Mass. — -William H. Cobnrn, W^averley, Mass. — I
M. A. Grossmann, 42 Bradford Ave., Crafton, Pittsburgh, Pa.^|
George B. Cnrwen, 354 Delaware Ave., Palmerton, Pa.-^Paul A*
Cushman, 38 Stedman St., Brookline, Mass. — S. A, Francis, $S9
Vinewood Ave., Detroit, Mich. — ^James O. Greenan, 805 Crocker |
Building, San Francisco, Cal. — ^R. T, Haslam, 1294 Nicholson St>
Cleveland, O.— Charleys F. Hobson, 60 Porter Terrace, Ixjwell,
Mass.^ — ^W. K. Hodgman, Jr., 19 Cedar St., Taunton, Mass.— i
Scott P, Kimball, care of Foreign Department, General Electric !
Company, Schenectady, N. Y, — -R. S. Pease, 219 High St., Berlin,
N. H.— T. Polhemus, Longhorn Mine, Benton, Wis. — Eric H.
Ridstrom, Western Machine Company, 248 Fourth St., Mil-
waukee, Wis.— S. M. Schmidt, 415 Clinton St., Cincinnati, O. —
D. \\\ Southgate, Stahlman Building. Nashville, Tenn. — N. S.
Wade, Salem, N. H. — J. B. W^alcott, 19 Congress St., Boston, Mass.
— Noyes Weltmer, Tyrone, N. M — P, D. White, 105 East Baird
Ave., Barberton, O.
1913.
F. D. MunnocK, Sec, Q05 Bird Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y.
A. W^ Kenney, Assoc, ScCy M, I. T., Cambridge, Mass,
If any one thinks that this i^Titing of class notes is a pleasu
must be because he has never tried it. The only thing that
such a fate tolerable is the fact that there is sure to be some news
for the matrimonial column; and this month as usual we are right
there. A clipping which came Just too late to go in the last num- |
ber announced the marriage of Miss Mildred Daniels to E. L*
Bray, VL last November. George Sampson. 11, assisted in the
happy ceremony by being best man, so it was a real 1913 affair.
Bray and his bride are now living in Waterbury, Coun. — One never
can tell. W'e had George Richter, X, reserved as a nucleus for the
bachelors* baseball team at our twenty-fifth reunion, some twenty-
one years away, but the Boston Transcript puts out that pipe — ^ta
quote:
Mrs. Marie L, Coddington announces the engager-.ent of her daughter, Gladyi
Leslie, to George A. Richter.
Oh George! Miss Coddington has a good share of Scotch-English
blood, but we have Georgie*s word that permanent peace terms
have been agreed on. — Lester Hoyt, V, and Earle Caldwell, X, took
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brides last summer. — ^Sam Rogers, II, was married to Margaret
Vaughan Salter in Duluth, Minn., on Deceoiber 11, 1916. The
best wishes of the class for long life and much prosperity go to all
these fortunate people.
A Christmas card from John Livingston, X, mentioned the fact
that John W. Livingston, Jr., sent his regards to his father *s class-
mates, and hopes as soon as possible to be a real Tech man himself.
— ^Jack Farwell has left the employ of the iVmerican Ammunition
Company, but is still in the hazardous business of making ammu-
nitions, now with the Packard Fuse Company of St, Catherines,
' Ont. — Mayo Tolman, XI, who is director and cliief engineer of the
West Virginia State Department of Health is the author of a paper
published in the American Journal of Public HeaUh on the West
Virginia Flood of August 9, 1916* Immediately following that
disaster, Mayo and his assistants, Tech men, did very efficient pre-
ventive work in sanitation. — Tom Lough's, I, letter-head proclaims
him a civil engineer, and knowing Tom that is easy to believe. He
writes:
Notwithstanding the high price of eggs and lignitCp U have managed, by strict
ftvoidance of matrimony, moiies, and kindred financial pitfalls, to indutj^e in the
ooii\*cntioiu&l three meals a day and downy cot at night. I ako beg to announce my
recent elecUoQ to the office of county surveyor of Morton County, N. D., with office*
fti Maodant N. D. This mean^ food and shelter for the next two years and »o my
worries are ended for the present.
The past summer ha« seen me posing as a landscape architect. The county ex-
peaded a considerable amount in ternicing the Court House Hill and in constructing
eoDcrete walls, steps, retaining walLt, a park lighting system, etc., tnosil}' on filled
ground, and I, as county surveyor, had charge of said beautifying performance. 1
will say that the hill is now a most pleasing spectacle and moreover, tlie unusual
features of design should attract engineera from all corners of the globe. Drop that
brick!!
It is with tears in our editorial eyes that we have to admit that
tlic finest class that ever left the Institute made a verj' poor showiog
at the alumni banquet this winter* There weren't enough men to
fill one table or raise a 1913 cheer. Even old regulars like Bill
Mattson and George Clark were absent. The most exciting event
from our point of \iew was the entrance of Paul Mnther» VI, com-
ing right from South America. Muther has been down in Colom-
bia in business during the past year and had just reached Boston,
when he heard about the banquet. Hanging his sombrero and
machete on a nail, he hurried to join the old bunch. He admitted
he was glad to be back in the States once more, but there is plenty
of chance in Colomljia for American capital and American men
according to Paid.
Of course you remember that we elected a class representative
on the Alumni Council this year* For a long time it was a dark
secret who won this high honor, but the ofiBcial returns have at last
been announced. We are still so fortunate as to be represented
by that brilliant statesman and eloquent orator, Mr. William
lUiodes Mattson. The class may well congratidate itself on this
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happy result and feel sure that its best interests will be ably for-
warded by our illustrious colleague.
Several of the men have moved about since we met last June.
George Clark, II, who was an instructor at the Institute has left
and is putting in all his time as consulting engineer with the
Crosby Steam Gage and Valve Co. George presented a paper to
the American Society of Mechanical Engineers this winter and told
how safety valves ought to be designed. Now he won't rest in
peace till he sees everybody using the Clark valve. — Guy Bucha-
nan, V, who was on the research staff of the New Jersey Zinc Co.
left that position to become a prof, at the Institute this fall. He
is in charge of the Experiment Station of the new School of Cherai*
cal Engineering Practice located at the works of the New England
Gas and Coke Co. in Everett. Thinking real hard it seems as
though Guy is the first of our class to become a prof, but we wish
him no hard luck on that account.— Earle Caldwell* X, was at the
Niagara Station of the school as assistant director* but we under-
stand he has left there to go into business for himself .-—That always
genial and smiling class-mate, Arthur Carpenter, X, drifted back
into Boston for a few minutes last January, The severe responsi-
bihty of being a recognized expert on sewage filtration rests lightly
on Arthur s shoulders, and he looks as young as ever. He still
keeps an eagle eye on the water supply of the city of Akron, and
we infer from scraps of his conversation that he must be becoming
one of the leading citizens of that metropolis. The great regret of
his life, however, is that he was not able to come to the Reunion.
If he really knew what he missed, he would be inconsolable.^ —
George Richter, X, strolled into the secretary's lab the other day,
and it must be confessed that George is getting thin, although he
looks very happy. If George were already married we might
attribute this to his wife's cooking, but as George doesn't expect
to reach that state until June, the only conclusion that we can draw
is that it is NOT due to over work. Eoiowing him as well as we
do, we feel sure this is a safe deduction.
Eddie Hurst, IL is in Hartford, Conn., for the present. — John A.
Gann, X, who did graduate work with us has returned from Ger-
many. He writes:
Last August I relumed from Germany, where I apent the last tliree years. In
1915 I received the degree of "Dr, Ingr," (Doktor Ingemeur) from the techiiic»l
school io BrauuschiveijE, having worked under Professor Feundlich; and in 1916
the degree of Ph. D. from GiJlhingen, having worked here under Professor Z^ig-
mondy. My three years abroad proved to be not only pJeAsanf, but very suc-
cessful, in spite of the war, I am glad that I had the opportunity of bein^ m
Germany during the first two years of the war, as I was thereby enabled to lee
and hear many interesting things that otherwise would have been LmpMsasible,
Since October I have been working for HhiJD aod Haas, where I am now em-
ployed as chief chemial.
Ira Knight, VI, has left the Underwriters' Laboratories, and is
BOW working for a power company.
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Gene Macdonald, I, has entered the employ of Macy's the New
York department store, where his work will be in connection with
putting their delivery system on an efficiency basis* This is a
novel field, in which Gene*s ingenuity will comit heavily.
Address Changes.
V, V. Ballard, Room 14, C. B. & Q. Depot, Lincoln, Neb,— S.
Boydasarian, 327 Lincoln Ave., New Castle, Pa. — H. Brande, 332
Stratford Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa,— A- F, Brewer, 447 Main St.,
Orange, N. J.— K. R. Briel, 318 W. 57th St.. New York City.—
G. H. Buchanan, 29 Harvard Ave., Brookline, Mass.— G. R.
Barnes, 11 Hyde St., Revere, Ma^s.— A. Butts, Box 89, S. Bethle-
hem, Pa. — -W. R, Bylnnd, Hyatt Roller Bearing Company, Newark,
N.J. — J. H. Cohen, 1411 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. Mass. —
A. rT, Gibson, 0168 Ocean View Drive, Oakland, CaL— H, O.
Glidden, care of L. IL Field, Field Bldg., Jackson, Mich.^
J, J. Harty, Greenville, Miss.— R. B. Haynes, 234 W, 74th St , New
York City. — A. L. Higgins, 102 School St., Watcrtown, Mass. —
Edward Hurst, 18 Asylum St., Hartford, Conn.— M. T. Hsu,
care of Superiutendent's office, Hangj^ang Iron Works, Hankow,
China. — J. W. Knight, 1310 Elmwood Ave., Aubnrn, R. L —
F, W. Lane, 86 Button St., New Haven, Conn.— A. D, Marsh, 600
W. 170th St., New York City.— F. B. Morton, 175 Thayer St.,
Providence, R. L— -A. G. Raunez. 521 Hicks Bldg., San Antonio,
Texas.— G. H. Robb, 30 Nursery St., Salem, Mass.— S. W. Self-
ridge. University Club, Salt Lake Ciiy, Utah. — ^M. J. Shafron,
Leoffler Hotel, Washington, D. C.^W. D. Steven3, Houghton,
Mich. — E- G. Taylor, Science Hall, Madison, Wis. — -A. G. Waite,
Dragoon Tungsten Mining Company, Dragoon, Ariz.
1914.
C- J. Callahan, See., 14 Prospect Street, Lawrence, Mass,
£L3b(ER E. Dawson, Jr., Asst. Sec, 2S Washington Avenue,
Winthrop, Mass.
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^m Elsewhere in this issue, you i^ill read much of the plans lor pre-
B paredness which the alumni are making. The class of 1914 should
H do its share in this great work and you are requested to cooperate
™ in every way possible with the committee .
At the annual alumni dinner, held at the Hotel Somerset on
January 6 we had ten members of the class present: Bowler,
Croker, Dawson, Thomas, Parsell, Lewis, Richmond, Woodward
and Callahan were there. Plans were discussed for the annual
class dinner. The date will be some time in March, and you will be
notified ten days ahead, so all who are located and around Boston
should make an extra effort to be present. Extra features
are promised for this year's dinner, and a large attendance is ex-
pected.
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The following items have been forwarded by H. B. Richmond,
VI:
A. P. Shepard, VI, who spent the sununer at McAllen, Texas as
a member of the !2nd Field Artillery of the N. G. N. Y.* is now back
to civilization and is doin^ engineering work with Bird and Son
at East Walpole, Mass. — R, F. Zecha, Vl, is back at the Institute
as instructor in the electrical engineering laboratory. — H. A. Affel,
VI, who is with the A, T. & T. Co. in New York has just returned
from an extended test trip to Fort Wayne, Ind. His next stop is
Key West. We wonder why he always makes Boston on his trips
east or west.— O. C. Hall, VI, has joined the benedicts and is
working for the A. T. & T. Co. at Hartford, Conn.— S. W, Stanyan,
VI, has returned to Boston and is now in the transportation de-
partment of the Boston Elevated Railway Co,^ — Howard Borden,
I, who has just been appointed a second lieutenant in the army,
writes as follows :
I am writing you with considerftble egotism. You see I have made the engineer
corps aod am now a lieutenant in the army. Osborne is here at the barracks with
me. He passed first out of ^7 tliat took the exam. Seven passed the mental.
Out of the seven four were Tech men and three of them of our class. Lea Snow
passed next below me but declined the position. I was third of the five who ac-
cepted.
We arc ha\^ng a great time here while it Usts but do not expect to be here long.
We expect the border after next month but may stay here longer. We have on^r
had six dances here since we came not to count those up town. We do the busy
study act all the time. Today we just had an exam on field service regulations.
We coDtinue studying until we are gray headed.
I have been hoping to see Bent who is down at Newport News but we baven*i
been able to connect as yet.
It surely is good to know^ that of seven men who passed this
stiff examination, three of them were from our class.
Donald R. Dixon, XI, called on your secretary while in Boston
on a selling trip for the Atlantic Refining Company, with whom
he is now associated. Needless to say we went over the old days
at Mulberry Inn, East Maehias, Me. — Nat Brooks, II, is now with
the Wyoming Shovel Company. He had charge of their exhibit at
the recent Good Roads Convention in Mechanics HalL
The following address changes are to be noted: Ernest W.
Westcott, care of Car Carborundum Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y. —
Bayard H. Watcrbury, 45 11th St., Franklin Fa.^ — F, Hastings
Smyth, 19 Alton PI., Brookline, Mass. — Arthur F. Peaslee, 409
Main St., Springfield, Mass. — Malcolm C. MacKenzie, M. I. T,,
Cambridge, Mass.— -Edward A. Ingham. M. I. T,, Cambridge,
Mass. — Bertrand H. Hall, Oak Place, Akron, Ohio.
1015.
William B. Spenceb, Scd 55^ Main Street, Medford, Mass.
Francis P, Scully, Assi, Sec, 5 Exeter Park, Cambridge, Mass*
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We are very sorry that to date none of the inquiries sent out to
some of the men in 1915, concerning their opinion upon *'Tech-
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oology's duty to the National Government" have been answered.
But nevertheless we feel that all the members of 1915 are very
much interested in this subject, and have withheld their opinions
because perhaps they felt their experience would not warrant a
full expression of their ideas. Yet we ask again that anyone [who
has thoughts upon this subject, please express them openly, for
erv^en though some ideas may not be entirely practical, they will
lead to the much needed, free discussion of the subject. Out of
this widespread interest is sure to come ideas of means and ways
whereby Technology, its Corporation, Faculty, alumni and stu-
dents will be able to fill the place we all want to see it fill as the lead-
ing educational institution in aiding the government by its re-
search and its trained men.
From time to time the ** General Committee for Mobilizing
Technology's Resources'* may call upon you for statistics, aid, or
particular service of some sort. We hope and feel confident that
esich 1915 man will do his part to support the general committee
in its great work.
The movement is a big step toward national preparedness, not
only to keep our country fit in the dangers of war, but also to
maintain its rank among the leading conmiercial nations of the
world. A good, scientific research into the resources of the coun-
try, of our industries, and our finances is a basic starting point for
this preparedness.
A fundamental knowledge of Technology and her alumni is
the best way of be^nning our efforts to aid the national go^'e^n-
ment. This is the first aim of the committee, so give it all the help
you can.
The first class dinner since the Dedication Reunion, was held on
Saturday nighty November IB, at the Boston City Club, and it was
very successful. Thirty-two members of the class and the two
speakers of the evening were present. **Jack" Dalton presided
and on his first appearance before the class since his imirriage took
his jollying good-naturedly, in\iting the entire class out to see him,
though not all at the same tim^^.
After the dinner was served a short meeting was held at which it
was decided to hold monthly luncheons at the Boston Tavern
at one o'clock, on the first Friday of each month. These luncheons
do not require any preconcerted arrangement but we hope to see
all the fellows who can get to them regularly, imd make them real
* 15 jubilees,
Harold Kebbon was the first sf)eaker and gave a very interesting
talk on the Walker Memorial, illustrating his talk by a large model
which had been constructed on the table.
Everett Morss followed with his talk, telling the inside liistory of
the raising of the money for the new buildings and endowment,
"Mr. Smith's " identity, however, still remained as much a rays-
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teiy as ever. He held the attention of the fellows for at least three-
quarters of an hour and inspired them all.
After Mr. Moras there was an informal discussion, the diniier
breaking up at eleven, having started about seven.
Virgil Wardweel came up from Stamford, Conn.» to attend the
dinner, and A* E. B. Hall traveled from Portland. The rest of
the fellows were located near Boston.
We pried loose the following information from the bunch at the
class dinner. "Lary" Quirk and Ralph Malcolm are or were with
the New York National Guard at Mc.AJlen, Texas. Henry Murphy
is in Philadelphia with the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Bernard Lander *s address. Chemists Club, Wappingers Falls,
N. Y.— Edward Berinson, Box 193, Chrome, N. J.
Finkelstein, Bureau of Standards^ Washington, D. C. — Nelson
Stone and Charlie Williams are both with the Trussed Concrete
Steel Company at Syracuse, N, Y. — Charlie Wolfe, X» was mar-
ried in July and is now located in Kansas City. — M. B. Pinkham
is now at the Har\'ard Business school. — Oeorge NLxon is with
Wiidden Beeknian Company, structural engineers and builders,
Boston. — "'Ken/* Boy n ton is assistant power apparatus specialist
at the Philadelphia house of the Western Electric Company. —
*'Biir* Roonej^ and Homer Rogers are both at du Pontes, Wilming-
ton, Del., testing shot-gun powder. We hope that their rise will not
be too rapid. — Carleton W. Lo\etl is with the Pennsylvania Rail-
road at Chester, W. Va. — it is rumored that H. W, Larason is en-
gaged. We don't wfint to be false witnesses against our neighbors
ao we wish that our classmates who are contemplating signing
any contracts of this nature would let us know definitely. The
secretary has so many letters from young ladies who admire the
men of 1915, inquiring just who are the eligibies, that he does not
wish to create any discord by giving out the names of those who
have already fallen. — ^Sidney Clark was back at his old job at the
piano at the dinner. He is still with Gunn, Richards & Co. of
New York. At the time of the class dinner he was working in
Lawrence, but w^e met him a few days ago in New York and he is
now located in Bridgeport, Conn., for a short stay .—If any of the
cla^ have a few thousands that aren't earning enough just drop a
line to T. A. D, Fessenden and right away you'll be a yoimg mil-
lionaire. He is a stock and bond salesman for Hayden, Stone &
Co. — The address of Everett Coldweil is now W^ Liberty street,
Bloomfield, N, J. He is with the Westinghouse Lamp Company of
Bloomfield. — Dave Hughes is with the same company and is li\ing
in Newark with his wife. He married Zella Paul, on Tuesday,
September ID, in New York City. Mrs, Hughes was a Back Bay
girl. — Edwin P. Norljerg married I^ottie Halverson on Saturday,
the 22d day of July in Los Angeles, Cal. Ed, is following up the
profession of architecture on the western coast. — The latest 1915
man to take the vows is ** Charlie'* Norton our senior \ice-president.
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iarlie was married on Friday, December 2£, to Bessie Lee, in
New Bedford, Mass. They are now at home, ^33 5 Crosby street,
Akron, Ohio.— George Urquhart's engagement to Mis3 Ruth
Lyman was announced the middle of December. George is a
chemical engineer at SjTacuse, N. Y. — Percival J. Munn is engaged
to Miss Greta Cady of Lowell, Mass. "P. J," is now in the
structural department of Stone & Webster, Boston, Mass*
The Boston Evening Record under date of January 13, states:
Announcement U made of the engagement of Misis Madeline G. Ilaak, daughter
cl Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Ilaak, 4(J4 lligli ali^et, Dedham, to Roscoe Dickinson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. George E. M. Dtckioson of Hyde Park. He is a gradui^te of
M. I. T, And a memljer of its leaching force.
Fred Hurlbutt, who now is in Buffalo, N. Y*, is engaged
to Miss Margaret Chater. Many of us remember Miss Chater
and congratulate Fred.
Three more marriages have come to us through newspaper clip-
pings. In the Boston Herald of October 24, a note reads :
Mr, and Mrs. A. 0. Fuller of Cambridge have announced the marriage, at their
iCfidenoe, 38 Concord avenue, of their daughter. Constance, to Paul Sampson
Howies, an architect, of Akron, Ohio, The bride was graduated from Radcliffe
College in 1907, and after studying architecture at the Nfassachusetta In-Htitute of
Technologj' for three years sbc haa since practiced that professioo. MLss Fuller
and Mr. Howes were both members of 1015.
Long Branch, N. J. Record — Friday, November 17, 1916:
A very pretty wedding waa solemnized at St. James' Episcopal Church last
eveniflg at six o'clock, when Mbs Florence Edna Wooley became the bride of Harold
R. Patten, ol Merideo, Conn, Earl Andrews, of Brooklyn, a classmate at college
of the bridegroom was best man. Mr. Patten holds a pofiition in the mechanical
department of the N. Y,, N, H. & H . R. R. in Boston,
From the Framingham Item:
Mba Nettie Congdon, niece of Mr. und Mrs, A. S. Trowbridge, Beech street,
and Im Sibley Lewis, son of Mr. und Mrs. Ira L. Lewis of thi«* town, were married
Sandfly morning, Deccnit>er *4»at Bethany Universaliat church. The Rev. F. A.
Moooey^ pastor of the church, was the officiating clergjTnan and the wedding took
place in the presence of many relatives and friends at 9,15 o'clock.
George F. Hall of Boston and Arthur S. Trowbridge of this town were the ushers.
Immediately after the marriage Mr, and Mrs. Lewis departed by automobile for
Worcester, where they took a train for New York City, where Mr. Lewis is con-
oected with the engineering department of the New York Telephone Company,
They irill m^ke their fuiure home at lOO Seaman Avenue, New York City,
Mrs. Lewis i^ a graduate of Framingham High School and the State Normal
•diool at Fitchbui^. She also attended Simmons College at Boston. For several
years she has been a teacher in the schook of Dublin^ N, H., ^nd in the Apple and
HoiHs street achools of this town. Mr. Lewis is a graduate of Framingham High
and oi Mmssachusetta Institute of Technology.
To all those recently married and to all who have declared their
intentions we extend otir best washes and those of the class of 1915
that their lives may be filled with joy and happiness*
We were very much pleased to receive a nice Christmas card
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from Lorin^ Hall at Socony, Shanghai, China. — Henning J. Berg
writes aa follows from Corcoran, Cal.:
Sincp the bi^ time uf June I have heard nothmg, — not even the Review from the
cIa43 of 'lt1> Let's hear something from the East, I bear from a few members at
Umei. Brown is working in San Pmndaco for the Haminond Eagioeering Company.
(Wkiicii Brown is this?) Don't know what De Fremery is doing but think he is
looftivd out here. I am with the S. O. Co. "down in the junglea *■ — i.e., in the oil
fi^iii. Hard graft but the " simple Life."
Carleton W* Eddy is back again at the "Stute," this time getting
a dc^rtM? in Course VI. His eyes got bad last year so he had to be
5iatti$luHi with one degree, that in Course II, Good -luck this year
toT the Course \l degree. His home address is 54 Magnolia street,
Donlie^ter, Mass.^F. H. Boynton has gone to Indianapolis*
Ind„ his new address is R 244, Y. M. C. A.
Here is a letter from M. F. Brandt :
Sv«r siiioe thai glorious Reunton^ both of Tech and ^15 Fve been intending to
wHte you of my new address, and to ask you lo let me know how much I owe the
I'm down here in Wilmington, Delaware, and happily I am not the only one here.
H*>mer Rogers and I have been together quite a few times, and recently I met
H Anson, who is right nearby. Mitchell Yve met a couple of times and the Chemical
Show in New York last September was a reunion of 1915, There were Mitchell,
Mudge, Dodd, R. E. Curtis, and a bunch more whose names I do not recall, but it
was ft mighty enjoyable time.
At present I am industrial research chemist at the laboratory of ¥rancis I. du
Pont, in Wilmington, Del., address 10© West ICMJi street, Wilmington, Del.
In order that all 1915 men may know the financial standing of
the class we submit below the summary of receipts and expenses
from August, 1915, to December, 1916.
Receipts,
Aug. 1, 1915* Balance in bank. (Received from E. E*
Place), $270.97
Class Day surplus, _ 61.68
Loan for commencement picnic re-
turned, 25.00
Class dinner (Louis' Cafe) . 76 . 00
Class dinner (University Club), 29 . 80
Reuni on s ale of caps , 32 . 00
Class dinner (Hotel Bellevue) , 208 . 00
Class dues (including $32.00 paid for year 1016-1917), 148 . 50
Interest, 5.15
Expemes*
Class letters.
Flowers (T.J. Barry),
Class dinner (I^uis' Cafe),
Class dinner (University Club),
Printing and stationery'.
$857.10
$57.54
10.00
83.15
33-62
9.50
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Miscellaneous expenses.
Reunion expenses
Reunion expenses*
Secretarial e3q>enses (stamps, telephones, etc.)»
Balance on hand December 1, 19] 6
$10.15
367
75
7.
47
277.
92
1916.
$857.10
James Morrison Evans, Sec, 17 Gramercy Park, New York, N. Y*
DoKALD Blake Webster, Asst. Sec,, 18 Clarendon Street, Mai-
den, Mass.
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Gradually the class is ** digging in" to the world's affairs in gen-
eral, and with the dawn of prosperity and the banishment of the
proverbial wolf, its members are finding time to rekindle their
loyalty and their letters to the secretaries are l>econiing larger,
more frefiueot and vastly more interesting.
The class still retains its indomitability in the matter of tackling
weighty problems early and without flinching. Witness the fol-
lowing, and read in the list of victims bUUie bachelors of a year
agone.
Under the startling heading of December 22, '* Prof, Wilson of
M* I. T. Married in Albany," we read:
hfiss PcArl M, Rockfcllow, daughter of Mrs. Clara M. RockfeUow of Albai^,
N. Y^., WRS mjuried tonight to Prof. Robert £. Wilson of the Massachusetts In-
ititute of Technology,
W^e feared at first for our genial exponent of the troublesome dx,
btit no,-^Robert Erastus is unmistakable and we congratulate
him, eyeing his title with interrogation. — Under the simple caption,
"AUen— Home,'* dated Boston, December 29:
Mis8 Edith N. Home, only daughter of Mr and Mrs. H. B. Home of 14 Bates
rQ»d, Watertown, was married yeaterday at the home of her parcots to George
Parker AUen, son of George Allen of liD Charles street,
Allen is well remembered from his first two years with the class.
We wish him a world of good fortime.
From the Boston Globes Noveml>er 4 :
Miss Marion Hendricks only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hendrick of
N'asbua, and George Everett Ray, son of Mr* and Mrs. George H, Ray of Gardner,
Mmas., were married this afternoon at the Hendrick residence, 18 Wellington street,
by Rer. Daniel 1. Gross of the Pilgrim Coogregational Church.
Ray is an inspector and superintendent of construction for the
Boston & Maine Railroad, and was a Course I man. We'll wish
him a **C'* in household economics. — From the Medford Mer-
ciiryf December 22:
£dward Adolph Graustein of 19 Arlington street. C^imhridge, and Miss Grace
Marian Caulkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Caulkins, 70 George street,
ilus city, were tnarried at a pretty church ceremony in the First Baptist Church last
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evening, by Rev. WiUiam Austin Hill, pastor of the church, in the presence of a larg^
numt>er of relatives and friends.
Graustein is a graduate of Hanard and spent last year at the
Institute witli the class, and is at present an engineer with the
Turner Falls (Mass.) Power & Electric Co.
Here are two who enjoy the swimming but prefer not to plunge.
The Bos km Tranmripl of Deceinl:>er 30 has the attracti\'e head-
ing, ** Cincinnati-Boston Romance,** and under it:
Announcement in Cincinnati today of the engagement of Miss Helen Irwin Jtistis
of that city to Donald Omar Dunn of Boston will have interest in widely scattered
communities in the country.
All the world loves a romance, aud here's one brought to our
doors with a 1916 man as hero. We can't turn to the last page yet
but well look with interest for the next installment:
Of especial interest is a recently received announcement from the
Boston Post of No\xmber 1*2 :
Cards are out announcing the engagement of Miss Marion Hill-Smith to Mr.
Kemerton Dean. Miss H ill-Smith's father, Mr. Frank Hill-Smith, ia well remem-
hered in the art circles of Boston * Mr. Dean is a graduate of the Maaaachuaetta
Institute of Technology with the class of 1016, and is a prominent dubnmn. He is
the son of Commissioner Josiah S. Dean of this city.
Kem always was a rather clubby chap about the 'Stute, but that
he has used his qualifications to attain prominence exceeds our
fondest expectations. We are mighty glad that he has recovered
from his illness of last summer, and wish him the brightest of
futtires. We are expecting first hand news from him shortly, in
response to our standard red **bait'* card sent some time ago,
"Tom** McSweeney "bit'* at the request for information, and sends
us jots of his own Ufe story with brief notes on some of the other
fellows with whom he has come in contact. Here he is:
Your official Christmas card with its commanding heading leaves me nothing to
do but to obey* My address is still Friiminghani, Mas^s., and my life story follows.
Mter commencement I went with Charles R. Gow, a foundation contractor
(the man who gave the senior lectures on foundations). I was with him until late
in August, when the nuinager of the Boston hranch of the Geo. A. Fuller Compjany,
for whom we were then finishing 3 foundation, offered me an opening with them.
I took it and ever since I've been supervising the installation of the reinforcing steel
on the job-
Fve run across several of our classmates on the job. Evans (TV) and Joe Duggan
(XI) were working in the office of J. Sanford Thompson whose partners designed
the forms and figured tlie reinroreing for the building. In October our transitixifla
was away for the week» and Merrick Monroe (XI) took his ptaee.
Except for Merrick and Joe and I (I should also mention Ferg Shuey, who is
chemist for the Florida Board of Health), 1 think all the rest of Course XI has
taken up the vocation of assistant im»tTuctors. At any rate, that was the impressio]!
I got as I wandered through the new buildings recently.
Fve run across a great many others from the class lately, and through them heard
of moat of the rest. They all seem prosperous, and without exception all seemed
glad to be working (that is, working for a living) . I'm with them !
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— ^R. E. Gruber has located definitely with Merck & Co., manu-
facturing chemists^ and his new address is care Merck & Co*, Rah-
way, N. J.
CharHe Lawrence writes an interesting account of himself luider
the letter head of the Boston News Bureau, and leaving out the
passages in which he scathes the recipient for negligence* well
pass and print the rest :
Ai you aee from the letter heading I am landed in a completely different line of
worlt frDrm what I prepared for at M. I . T- As you kiiow, I was inlereated in cer*
tun phages of tnilk production, particularly on fiDancing a milk farm, etc, and my
first job was doing in rather mediocre fashion an accounting analysis of Mr. Barron's
pntc milk farm- After two months on that work I was offered a position on his
financyJ newspaper, and look the offer, so now you can imagine me as a *'cub" re-
porter leaming to write shortJiand and pounding a typei*Tilcr for a living. I can*l
complain of monotony for you ean never tell what wiU happen next or what piece of
work is to be done, and the stock market today is very active, as you know,
"Sandy*' Clauasen ia developing into a local sales manager of Bemis Bro. Bag
Company, and *'Tora"* Little is a general utility man in the same office, Henry
Shqwird has gone to Nicaragua to go on a ranch of a friend for six months, and is
expected tmck in January or February. Salisbury Makepeace is working in his
father's office at mill design, and according to reports is the only man who **know^s
how*' according to the M. I. T* M. E. Department. Ullian is working for the
Highway Commission^ and that mainly completes my list of recent meetings.
It is intere^tmg to note how many of our best men ha\'e forsaken
professional work for business of one sort or other, Irving B*
*Mac*' sends one of his "way we do it at CaF' letters which is
replete with information regarding some of our strayed sheep, and
in which he voices the golden determination to pull his S. B. from
the pigeon hole in June. But why paraphrase when the original
U available?
I meant to send you a Christmas card hut I didn't know where to get you, so now
will write you a letter. Wish you all kinds of success this coming year — ; when will
yoQ have enough to retire?
(?????)
Let*8 ice what news I know. I didn't get to the alumni banquet hut I heard that
a good crew were there. Was down in New York over the holidays and saw " Raf *'
Afiaro and McRae down at the Frolics looking them over. Coleman is still in the
T. M. Lab at the 'Stute. Nelson Mdlae is working in munitions in New Haven
aad Aifaro for the N. Y.« N. II. & It. in the Grand Central, doing everything. Saw
Knight Owen up in Boston around Thanksgiving, just the same as ever. Kalph
Fletcher and Rusty breeze in about every Saturday — they had quite a party in
New York after the Yale-Har^'ard game. Steve Brophy has quit architecture and
ts cub-manager under Ike for a big pageant a New York concern is pulling off here
in Boston; pretty soft for him. Kem Dean gets around quite a bit. Chuck is as
well as ever now. I guess that s atl the news I know, because all I have been doing
is working.
(0» for a movie of that noble labor, Mac!)
I giie» I ought to get my degree this June and then the cold world for youn
tfoly. Lev LavTason and Dickj* Rowlctt get through this midyears all right.
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Earl Pitman writes from Berlin Mills in New Hampshire :
I have a very agreeable job in tlie reeeardi lab of tlie Berlm Milk Comp&its'. I
have done a little work on the hydrogenation ol cottoneeed and pe&Dut oils, but my
big problem is the hydrolyiii oi pine chips to sugars irom which we wUI probaw
make lactic add or ethyl alcohol. Latd^Hoftnan and mys«H have iiarted vt^m
on a process for the pfoductionolliquidSQi. Harold FoDer b as been douig rou^zis
work for the most part
Here at last are three who deserve commendation; bucking
abstruse problems according to the methods hammered m on the
fifth floor of Pierce.
So goes the dass in its attempt to f^ean its share of the world's
goods and praise, and to give its share in return. We feel that we
are sufficiently seasoned as alumni now^ to take our infant placa
with credit in the great Alunml Association; and the February
letter to be sent out by the secretaries^ to the members of tJie
class is the premier pas in the right direction. It is designed to in-
fuse ** pep," bring forth gold and information, weed out recalcitrants
and revolutionize matters in general. Here's hopmg!
PARTAN
BELTING
SPARTANi
;^Driviiig Gas Compressor at Hotel Planters, Chicago, 111.
Driving policy IH inch dtfcincter, 610 R, P. M. Driven pulley 79 trch
diameter. 8 inch Ltnii Idler, 8 ft. tclween pulley centCTf. 85 H. P.
Chiief EifiMtr Ktetn Sif»: —
The Sparlan Bell ihal ]fou rurni^hed for our iHeDtj'-Sie Ion fit ctnfresfw ii ai
lotd it itew. We bve run same aboul eighleeii months, all out sixtcei hMrt per day.
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food for a Qi mber o^f jears more.
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operating conditions that make it the compressor belt cf unequalled success.
These &ajne qualities assure you the utmost service from Spartan Beltings
whether used on compressors or exposed to steam, water, oil, acid fumes
or other adverse conditions.
In short. Spartan is the belt for all diff cult drives. Evidence of this ts
nd in the new Spartan Book. It's a small book, but it shows Spartan
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WORCESTER, MASS., U. S. A,
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FEBRUARY, 1917
No. 2
STUDENT BLANKET TAX PRESENTED
buncil hears the carefully prepared report of the undergraduate
Omimittee and appoints a committee to report on it
lual meeting of the Alumni
s held at the Engineers Club,
The salad orator was Prof es-
ho spoke of the work that is be-
r Professor Noyes, '86, on the
pply for the United States gov-
fresident Hart was in the chair.
'oted that, subject to the ap-
he President of the Institute,
ive Committee of the Council
to appoint each year alumni
I to visit and report to the
Committee of the Alumni
on the condition of the various
bs of the Institute. Secretary
I reported that it would be
x> change the constitution in
lake a change in the require-
representation on the Council
ociations. Inasmuch as some
fi have been considered it
to appoint a special com-
canvass the matter and to
li the constitution and the
rhe committee appointed con-
^ Munroe, '82; Everett Morss,
ic H. Fay, '93.
nal baUot ivas taken for mem-
nominating commit1:ee. The
receiving the highest votes
irwell Bemis, '93; Merton L.
04; George B. Glidden, '93.
ual reports from the various
were received and will be
e Review for April.
John M. deBell, '17, president of the
senior class, with four other undergrad-
uates, E. P. Brooks, P. C. Leonard, L.
L. McGrady, and R. W. VanKirk, were
guests of the Council and have been in-
vited to present the proposed blanket tax
which has been discussed by the student
body during the year. Mr. deBell made
a splendid presentation of this matter
which contemplates the financing of the
undergraduate association. The student
committee made a long and very thorough
investigation and has come to the con-
clusion that an assessment of $6.25 will
adequately meet all the expenses of the
association. The report in part is as fol-
lows:
In attacking this problem, your com-
mittee has chosen those it ms of expense
which it believes should b K)me equaUy
by the students; these hav been grouped
and in ves tigated under five *parate heads,
as indicated below. Your committee
believes that the Undergraduate Associa-
tion should pay —
A. The expenses of the Institute
Committee, including (1) the office and
incidental administration costs of the
committee and its several sub-commit-
tees; (2) the cost of all-Technology gath-
erings, such as CourTnyte.
Three hundred dollars a year would
be sufficient to meet these requirements.
B. A definite amount to each class.
It seems advisable that dues which have
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hitherto been paid directly to the daaaes
ahould be included in the Undergraduate
Aflsodation dues, for these reasons: (1)
All men should pay their class dues» for
(a) only in this wav are the financial
burdens of the class fairly borne; (b) the
classes in which the gpreatest percentages
of members have paid their dues have
done the most for the Institute; (c) 100
per cent payment of dues would mean
heavier votmg at elections, and conse-
quently would ensure representative re-
sults through the Institute Committee;
Qt) this system of collection would be an
improvement over the former one, for
(a) it would eliminate the great time and
energy waste of unsystematized effort;
(b) the class would be sure of a definite
adequate income and its board could
spend its time in planning the most
eflbdent distribution of the money; (c)
the responsibility of financial adminis-
tration would still be borne by the class
governing board, while the Institute
Conmuttees check would be an added
incentive to proper handling and account-
ing for the funds; (3) this system of col-
lection with the Undergraduate Associa-
tion dues would be most expedient, for it
would make only one collection necessary,
and this would be efficiently handled.
One thousand four himdred dollars a
year would be sufficient for supporting the
classes, based on the following division:
Freshmen $350
Sophomores 350
Juniors 280
Seniors 200
Permanent fund at graduation . . . . . 220
$1,400
C. The expenses of maintaining ath-
letics. It is proposed to continue var-
sity athletics as they are at present, but
to lay especial emphasis on providing
agreeable exercise facilities for the large
number of undergraduates who are not
of varsity caliber. The latter plan would
be accomplished by encouraging inter-
class and intercourse competition.
Exercise is advisable for aU students,
to keep them in proper physical condi-
tion to meet the requirements of the
Institute curriculum. The desirable con-
ditions are most likdy to be fulfi
all possible types of exeidse aie
tained, so that the student mi^ <
that form which appeals to hun,
finishing his firat year's oomp
training. The capitalisation of the
ities has already been largely hi
by the Institute, but the mainte
should be Jxame by the Undogn
Association.
Varsity athletics carried on moda
as the^ are now, will (a) contin
advertise the ^ Institute favorably
provide incentive for the class and i
contests.
Four thousand five hundred dol
year, with reeeipts from Tech '
would support athletics in a aatiiii
manner.
D. A portion of the maintwMU
the Walker MemoiriaL The mainte
of that part of the Walker Miemoffi
used for dining service or gymn
should be borne bjr those for ^o
building was provided. Hie tot
pense of this part has been estimai
follows:
Lighting and heating I
Janitors, window washing, etc ....
Attendants
Upkeep of games
Depreciation of inside fittings, not
including games
1
The income to meet this expense
be approximately:
Gross receipts from games )
Cigar, candy, postoffice, net
350 associate members (instructing
staff and alumni who would use
the building) at $5
Undergraduate Association
1
This calls for Undergraduate
ciation expenditures of $4,000, as
pared with one. of $8,000 which^wi
ommended to the Corporation c
Institute by the Alumni Walker Mei
Committee.
E. Health insurance — the pre
of adequate medical attendance,
der this plan, a doctor would be ii
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Ance for free consultation and ad-
» the students. It has been deemed
ble to include health insurance in
>Toposed dues for the following
Ml
^or the payment of a small sum»
student is assured free medical
tation and advice whenever he
s it. This will tend to cause men
isult the physician on slight provo-
, thus greatly minimizing the
r of serious illness or epidemics.
Zases like the Field Day accidents
e treated free of charge to the in-
tal.
Some treatment can be secured at
much lower than the student could
lependently.
rhe increasing number of cases of
and accident, and the concentra-
of students in the dorfnitories,
; more adequate supervision of the
of the student more desirable,
cost of maintaining such health
nee, exclusive of first aid facilities,
we believe should be furnished by
stitute. would "be one thousand dol-
year.
summarized expenses are:
ite Conmiittee $300
s 1,400
ics 4,500
T Memorial 4,000
1 insurance _Ji^^
$11,200
h regard to the raising of this sum,
lestions present themselves :
low should the money be raised?
tince it must almost certainly come
be student body,
low shall it be collected?
IT committee feels that the only
ble way of meeting the expense is to
t equally borne by all members of
Jndergraduate Association; and
laequently recommends that an-
ues of $6.25 be paid by each mem-
the association. It further recom-
that the Institute Committee
a the Corporation to collect the
18 a part of the regular Institute
e, with tuition, dividing the sum
SI the first and second terms as
'may be foimd advisable. With regard
to first-aid provisions, the committee
recommends that the Corporation be
further petitioned to provide and equip
a first-aid room. This could be done for
about two hundred dollars.
In case the Institute Committee cares
to consider the plan of this committee,
it is felt that several pertinent facts
should be pointed out, notably the ad-
vantages of the dues system to the
Undergraduate Association, and its flex-
ibihty to meet the demands of increased
membership.
The advantages to the Undergraduate
Association are :
1. The system provides an equitable
sharing of financial burdens, at a mini-
mum cost to the individual.
2. It provides a convenient and efficient
means of payment.
3. It eliminates possible control of
any all-Technology function or activity
by a private organization.
4. It increases the interest in under-
graduate affairs of those students who
are at present non-participating.
5. It provides for payment by the
association of expenses which are justly
its own.
6. It furnishes to each member of the
association these specific privileges:
(a) Membership in the association,
with the right to hold office in the In-
stitute Committee or the activities which
compose it; and the right to be heard in
the Institute Committee.
(b) Suffrage rights in the classes.
(c) Free admission to Field Day and
all athletic events held on Technology
grounds.
(d) The right to use any of the ath-
letic facilities supplied by the association.
(e) All privileges of the Walker Me-
morial.
(f) Free consultation with a physician,
free treatment for accident or illness in-
curred in service for the Undergraduate
Association, and other treatment at re-
duced rate.
The method of collection is deemed ad-
visable because:
1. It is most convenient and efficient
for all concerned.
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2. Being advertised in the Institute
bulletins, it will not appear to new men
to be an extra, unexpected charge.
8. It will eliminate the necessity of
expending great time and eflFort in edu-
cating the entire student body to the
point where 100 per cent, of them will
realize the necessity of such dues.
4. It has proved its value in institu-
tions of higher education all over the
country. Although your committee be-
lieves Technology- is capable of inde-
pendently meeting its problems, it never-
theless beUeves a thorough knowledge
of conditions at contemporary institu-
tions to be advisable, and has therefore
compiled statistics of thirty-five colleges,
with the following result.
In order to benefit by the experience
of other American colleges along the
line of a compulsory student tax for
undergraduate activities, your committee
has been in correspondence with some
fifty colleges. These institutions have
been chosen as representing the small,
large, purely academic and purely scien-
tific colleges of the country, and the data
obtained we feel to be very representative
of the status of taxation in American
colleges. Replies are as follows:
Number of replies received 35
Number with tax compulsory by col-
lege authority 18
Number with tax compulsory by
strong sentiment 6
Number with no tax 11
Average tax in eighteen colleges by
compulsion $6 . 70
Average tax in six colleges by senti-
ment 10.15
Average tax in both 7 . 60
Average amount going to athletics . . 6.10
In seven out of the twenty-four colleges
the tax was for athletics alone. In nearly
all of the eleven colleges having no tax
it was stated that their receipts were
more than enough to pay expenses, thus
making unnecessary any athletic tax
which seems to be tlie principal item in
the other college taxes.
As income and expenditure would,
practically tlu-oughout, vary directly as
the student registration, it would be ad-
visable, in the absence of extraordinary
circumstances, to increase the expendi-
tures of the five groups in the same ratios.
This would be equivalent to reducing the
cost schedule to the following per capita
basis, assuming a membership of 1,800
requires the above estimated funds:
Institute Committee $0.17
Classes 78
Athletics 2.50
Walker Memorial 2.2£
Health insurance .56
$6.23
Your committee has collected the ac-
companying material, of which it will
file a detailed report, should the Institute
Committee desire to use the same in
petitioning the Corporation. It also
wishes to thank the Institute Committee
for this opportunity to gather material
which it beUeves will be of value to the
Institute.
Very respectfully submitted.
The Committee on Ways and Means.
Edward P. Brooks, '17, chairman.
Paul C. Leonard, '17.
J. W. Doon, '17.
J. M. deBell, '17.
R. W. Van Kirk, '18.
L. L. McGrady, '17.
There was some Uttle discussion on the
conclusion of the report as to whether it
was right and proper to create a tax that
should be obligatory on all students as
some of them have to make great sac-
rifices to pay for their tuition and the
other necessary expenses. The students
called attention to the fact that it is
in reality the poorer students who are
most punctilious about paying dues and
the well-to-do who neglect to pay them.
It was urged that tliis was a systematic
and business — like way of providing for
payment of the obligations of the students
and would save an enormous amount of
time now used in collecting dues. It
was voted to refer the matter to a
special committee of five members to
report to the Council at the next meeting.
The committee consisted of Henry J.
Horn, '88; Jasper Whiting, '89; Henry
A. Morss, '93; Russell White, '16; John
M. deBell, '17.
i
s duty to the National Government presented in its various
phases
aual dinner of the Alumni
I of the , Institute was held at
ersct, January 6, 1917; the sub-
I for discussion was '*Tech-
♦uty to the National Go\^ern-
subject being divided into two
x^hnoIogy and Research" and
Minds for the Future Prob-
Nation/*
t Charles A. Stone. '88, of the
Mtation acted as toastmaster,
Ijped as the first speaker,
l^, Maclaurin, whose address
Hal on such occasions for the
6f the Institute to review the
its of the year that has just
he year of Mr. Stone's presi-
always be memorable in the
the Institute, and the success
rious enterprises of that year
due in large measure to the
ievotion of the alumni to their
w. These achievements have,
tood out so clearly that it must
psary for me to refer to them
ii'hat I have to .say, therefore,
C, with 'your permission, rather
ire than to the past. There is,
[)ne matter of past history of
loidd say something, as full in-
regarding it has not yet been
the alumni. All who were
II remember the closing hours of
reunion in June that was coin-
ih the dedication of our new
On that occasion I announced
Ijencfaction of Mr. *' Smith"
ti of an offer to contril>ute five
Nrds a V>uilding fund for every
rs that others would contribute
ke endowment of the Institute,
fution lH*ing limited to two and
^llion dollars, and the time for
Ic full benefit of his offer expir-
first of January. The cam-
paign for securing the million and a half
for endowment was, as you know, bril-
liantly begun by the generosity of a small
group of alumni — ^the du Fonts, Mr. Stone
and ^Ir. Webjster^ Mr. Adams and Mr.
Hayden- — ^ ho contributed a million dol-
lars. The members of the Corporation
ttxik hold of the problem of raising the
remaining half million. Of course the
last half million always presents the
greatest difficulties, but these were all
successfully overcome and the whole
amount of four million dollars has already
been paid into the treasury of the Insti-
tute. You might be interested in a com-
plete list of the contributors* but for the
present I shall refer to only four. T%vo
hundred and fifty thousand dollars came
from Mr. John D. Rockefeller through the
General Education Board, and $100,000
from an anonymous benefactor in Bos-
ton (not Mr. ** Smith'') who hws already
made large contributions to the Institute.
Especially gratifying was the establish-
ment of an Endowment Funtl of $'i,'>,000
given to the Institute by the friends of the
late Alexander S. \Mieeler, long a mem-
ber of the Institute Corporation. This
fund is to be [XTnianently associated with
the name of Mr. Wheeler. Anotlier
sjx^cially gratifying contribution was that
of $15,000 for the establishment of a
lectureship in business management, the
lectureship being associated with the
name of the late Frederic T. Towne, of the
class of '04. This fund was supplied by
Mr. Henry R. To\^'ne, of the Yale &
Towne Manufacturing Company, and by
a classmate of Frederic Towne. •
Now having received this million and a
half dollars for endowment, what are we
to do with it? Tliere will be little difS-
culty as to that. Part of it will be
required to take care of the cost of main-
taining the buildings that are now oc-
cupied which are so much larger than our
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old buildings. Unquestionably the next
chaw upon the fund must be the raising
of the salaries of the instructing staff
which, especially in these days of the
high cost of living, are unquestionably
far too low. When this condition has
been even partially corrected there will
be nothing left of the income from the
special endowment fund that has just
been raised.
If we were to pause for a moment to
take stock of the Institute we should find
it in an immeasurably sounder condition
than ever before. It has a splendid and
well-equipped plant on a magnificent
site well adapted to present nc^^ and
for future expansion. Its endowment is
much less inadequate than ever before,
although in these days of extraordinary
opportunities new advances involving
enlarged expenditures are always in view.
It is stronger than ever before in the
esteem of the commimity and, what I
think is of special importance, it is
steadily improving its national and inter-
national position. Students come to it
from everv part of the Union, and the
Listitute has more than twice as large
a percentage of foreign students as any
other institution of university grade in
the country. The great problem of the
Institute as I see it is to make it even
more distinctly national and there is
surely no reason why two such institu-
tions as Harvard and Technology in com-^
bination should not maintain the greatest
school of applied science not only in the
nation, but in the world. In Ime with
the policy of nationalizing the institu-
tion, you may have observed in recent
years that new members of the Corpora-
tion have constantly been selected whose
interests are national in their scope. To
mention only a few amongst the more
recent additions to the Corporation:
Mr. Theodore N. Vail, Mr. W. Cameron
Forbesi Mr. Howard Elliott, Mr. Pierre
S. du Pont, Mr. Frank A. Vanderlip and
Mr. Otto H. Kahn. In this work of
nationalizing the Institute the alumni
must take an active part, and I commend
this general problem to the consideration
•of your Council. It is clear, of course,
that the only permanently effective
means of maintjuning a natioiMJ i
to train men in such a way that 1
be of service anywhere within Um
There is undoubtedly no part
United States that doM not \
need and will not continue to
large supply of men with a soun
tific training, and the demand f oi
trained will unquestionably grow
in intensity in the near future,
connection let me read to yon an
from a letter recently received l^]
Mr. "Smith":
"When my first contribution
M. I. T. was made, I had been c
looking over the field for some 1
formed the 'opinion that theie
other place where a large sum d
could be invested with more d
ness. That opinion has not an
changed in the least, in fact it j
growmg strength of this convkti
led me to make my second subac
I heartily congratulate the Oh]
and you upon the broadmindedn
at the same time the conservatu
which the building plans have bi
ried out. I naturally feel grea
faction in being instrumental in
you to carry out such far-seeing p
the development of the Institut
feel very strongly that the proj
this country is to be affected
by the men who are turned out
M. I. T."
Time, of course, does not per
even to touch upon the various '
which the progress of this countr^f
affected by men who come under
fluence of Technology. At presei
touch on only two phases of thi
question. The first of these is tli
lem of research that has already be
with by one so well qualified to s]
the subject as Doctor Whitney, th
tor of the research laboratories
General Electric Company. Hi
tion points the way to an ini
development of the future. All c
country there must grow u^ in con
with idmost every great industr
departments of research and one
great problems of scientific ed
today is to prepare an adequate
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lo can fill the positions that will
I to be filled. These depart*
research ^'ill be absolutely iti-
le to progress and even to
in ^'iew of the competition with
ions that will inevitably follow
It is a mistake to suppose that
barch laboratories will be filled
iuses, A genius of the right
»f course, a priceless possession,
are never enough of these to go
ad happily great advances can
without them. WTiat is par-
needed is a large supply^ and
ize the word "large,'* — ^a large
men with a sound knowledge
damentals of science and trained
obser\'ation in the conduct of
We must develop our vast
taboratories at the Institute in
y that every one of them not
promising men an opportunity
teh but actually trains them in
less,
ly use the language of the war,
R during recent years has been
iries of drives. We began by
'ul drive on the Comnionwealth
chusetts for a contribution that
.ble us to attempt much larger
, The next drive was* a rela-
rt one to secure funds for a new
came the great drive extending
rs to secure the erection and
of our buildings. The last
has witnessed a drive for a
on dollar fund for special pur-
he great drive now must be for
and here where, of course, w^e
money, we shall need much
money — the earnest and care-
leration of the problem in all
and the active cooperation of
e really interested in the prob-
ive already presumed too long
patience, but there is one other
the problem presented in Mr»
letter that I should like to
a, however, briefly. The prob-
m can the Institute contribute
of the country as a whole?
agreed that it must do this
to its proper domain of train*
It is agreed abo that for the
most part that training must l>e along the
lines of science and the applications of
science to all the actual problems of the^
Nation. 1 need not enlarge to you on
the merits from the point of view of
national need of the Institute*s training,
but there is one aspect of that training
that is in my judgment not sufficiently
emphasized even amongst Institute men.
The most valuable and permanent results
of any training are often what may be
descrilied as its by-products. Science is
good in itself and the really scientific
spirit is of inestimable value* It is
valual)le to the individual and valuable
to the race, and to no race more valuable
than to ours. If you look at this country
today and compare its condition with the
countries with which it must compete
after the great war, you must recognize
that all the advantages are not on our
side. The countries at war are going
through a priceless discipline of stern
experience. We are iu danger of being
ruined by a prosperity that is largely
accidental, being due in very small
measure to any nterits of ours, this pros-
perity encouraging what was always a
dangerous feature in our national char-
acter,^-a spirit of thriftlessness and extra-
vagance. The nations at war are being
forced by their circumstances to the ut-
most economies ami the most careful
forethought of the morrow. This is
enormously to their advantage in the
long run, and we shall inevitably suffer,
and suffer bitterly, in our competition
with others unless we can find means of
arresting what appears to be becoming a
national habit. Under these circum-
stances it sometimes seems to me -that
the greatest merit of a training such as
Tech affords is that it not only forces men
to look ahead, but produces in them what
I may descrilie as the habit of economy,
not in a personal but in a larger sense.
The men trained as Tech men are trained
to look naturally for means of sa\'ing waste
and in due time waste becomes so hateful
a thing in itself that men's best energies
are devoted to avoiding it. This, I
think, is one of the reasons why Mr.
** Smith*' is right in saying that the prog-
ress of this country is to be affected
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greatly by the men who are traioed at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technol-
.ogy.
The second speaker, introduced by
President Charles A. Stone, *88, was Dr.
Willis R, Whitney, '00. member of the
United States Naval Consulting Board,
whose interesting paper is given below.
DR. WHITXKV OK "UESEARCH*'
I want to talk about pure research
because we Americans seem to know so
little about it. Nothing in the world is
so important to engineers. Although
ours is the greatest engineering school*
it is the home of few research men.
Since the war began we have all taken
inventories* We see that there is need
on every side for national planning w hich
shall extend beyond the four years for
which our political parties are separately
responsible. Our nation will not mature
under a single administration. National
policies should be planned for long
periods. The part which I want to talk
about tonight is the advancement of
science, and the improvement of Ameri-
cans by our Institute.
Because of the inherited conservatism
of systematized teaching, radical steps
are slow. But William Barton Rogers,
in establishing this Institute, did some-
thing radical. Men were to l>e taught
by contact with things, instead of l>eing
merely told about them by teachers — -
the custom of a thousand years. A great
technical school rcsulterL It prepares
men for useful work in trade and industry,
but neither this nor any other American
school is doing enough to read the count-
less uncut pages of science or to lay the
foundations of the future engineering
structures.
Even if research had no greater value
than its application to engineering, much
more of it ought to be done at this in-
stitution. If working into new levels
of Nature*s infinite mines merely made
students brighter, or teachers more in-
teresting, there would be ample warrant
for research. But there are better rea-
sons. Some are instinctive and as diffi-
cult of analysis as are our reasons for
developing at all.
Man seems to be the supreme, me:
elastic organism. He develops by I
nov^elties and by taking new paths.
one knows to what extent he may dc
but everyone knows that througi
quisition of knowledge* or» let me
production of it, he may transcend
physical limits. This will not come .
by continuous repetition of what w«
already learnetl. Monkeys and pj
do as much. It will come throug
continual and active appreciation o
knowledge. In national mental de^
ment we might be wise to learn to
well as Germany has done until w
do better. In most every Uttle ta
the Empire there is a universit|
almost every university there are »
thoughtful professors, and in almost
professor there is a research man ol
order. Such has l>een the conditic
two score years. During that ti
large part of the basic knowledge i
engineering has come from these p
whether it be the engineering o
physician, the chemist, or the electi
or the engineering of music* econom
religion. Every one of these prof
dehed patiently in his university h
tory, using his own and students* 1
and his lectures w^ere far the lesser f
his work. Such men teach by exa
and produce others like themsdv
contagion. When the student has i
contriltuted to new knowledge, an^
then, he may become a doctor, i
Germany this means something
When this doctor has later shown
originahty and productivity, he mj
come a professor, and that means
ein Gott*'^ — only a little lower tl
Kaiser. Do not make a mistake h
laughing at the funny foreign
Maybe ive are funny, and slow to s
When I ** made my doctor" in Germ
laurel v^-reath was put at my pU
table. In America, I should have 1
buy a box of cigars for the boys.
A professor with us is a conscie
alumnus a little older than his aasu
He is often stunting his mental gros
a salary that a chauffeur would sc
accept. He is not expected to be
struct ive scientist, nor a real w*or
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B. He is not asked to show boys
lew things may be done by doing
of them. He ouist confine himself
ttung about accompli-shments of
m usually foreigners. We rail at
Hit do not help liim at all. The
■blot his. He was raised as a part
' system which we, in our poverty,
lad to employ,
he ad\ance of civilization it is new
edge which paves the way, and the
lent is eternal. Wliile the physical
upes of man are decaying, the facts
earning are ever doing new service.
oxic de^^ces will be increasing ^\'hen
Dtives are forgotten. Magnetic in-
iH will work after the pyramids have
away. We ought to see that every-
distinguishing our lives from those
ians has come from studying some-
new,
we grow in years and w^ealth, we
to grow in wisdom and knowledge.
Wells* who wrote '*Mr. Britling
. Through/' once made some notes
Kiton which have enough of fair
im of our immobihty to warrant
ing. He says: "There broods over
E Immense effect of finality. One
ilon as one feels in no other part
es, that the intellectual move-
has ceased. * . . Over against
iking ignorance is scholarly refine*-
[the spirit of Boston); between that
and this Chary bdis the creative
^ man steers its precarious way.**
teat JVC mind of man steers its
5 w^ay, and there is little reason
but habit. We are not too old
ciw the creative mind. England,
e, and Germany do it. We here are
»o young, Ijecause western uuiver-
ure doing it in some lines.
finy countries there exist today
f men who devote their hves to
elfare and are kept from starva-
long established customs of
unity support. They are never
with what is already known, but
pniselvcs want to extend the
riih an ardor which is perpetual,
usually professors,
the foundations of the world's
Ivances in knowledge have been
laid by men wlio were set apart and sup-
ported by tlie government, or some more
or less pulilic institution, where, for very
long periods (usually for life), they were
encouraged to delve into the unknown.
Think of Da\y and Faraday in the Royal
Institution; of Graham, Ramsay, Ray-
lei gh, J, J. Thomson, and Kelvin, in
English institutions; of Pasteur in the
Sorboime and Pasteur Institute, of the
Curies, of Dumas and Berthelot and
others of France; of Helmholtz, Bunsen,
Hertz, Wohler, Hofmanu, Ostwald,
Haber, and others, in German universities;
of Ber/elius, van*t Hoff, MendelejeflF,
Arrheniiis, and a score of men from the
universities of other countries. Most of
these are professors of physics or chemistry
of our tm>e. They were in some way
supported in their research work by their
countr>\ How many such cases can we
cite for America? In a few colleges, one
or two men are now permitted to carry
on a little research work, when it does
not interfere with routine teaching. It
was not long ago that research ♦ if done at
all in some of our colleges, had to l>e done
surreptitiously. At this same time, other
countries were paying their best scientists
to continue research, and schools of re-
search were being maintained in almost
everj^ large German and French city.
When Professor Herts', was making
observations on the effect of one spark
gap on another at a distance, and con-
cluded that he was dealing with electric
waves in spa<»e, he was not trying to im-
prove the telegraph or telephone. He was
like an inquisitve child, making wliat to
him were interesting exiieriments. He
was well trained to oliserve, but other-
wise he wiis like a youth guided solely by
the interest in the new things he was
finding. When he had added to knowl-
edge the few simj>le fact"^ which he ob-
served, he luid laid the foundation for a
Marconi. His ability was nu accident,
his service no unsought nor unsupported
thing. He hatl \wen trained l)y Helm-
holtz, and all his life he was employed
in (icrman universities to do i>ure re-
search work and to encourage others to
do it likewise. This is the important
point.
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It is not realized how generally the
world*s ^eatest discoveries were disclosed
in their first stages by men who were liighly
trained and experienced in experimenting.
I want to emphasize this point. The long
strides in advance are made by careful,
painstaking observations of matters not
at the time particularly i)romising or
conipreheDsible to the lajitian. The
foundations are most often made hy ex-
perimenting science professors » who,
with mind skilled in oliscrvation and keen
in appreciation, have had opportunity to
long continue the investigation of some
phenomenon of Nature which they ob-
served. We Americans mnst get out of
our minds the thonght that our part is
harvesting the wheat we have grow^n on
our wgin soils. Something has to l>e
cultivateil, some tiling phinted. We nuist
learn that improvements of great hmuan
interest are not accidental* fortuitous,
or free from extended exertion.
We are gen€*rally superficiaL The in-
teresting lives of a few exceptionally able
American inventors have led ns to over-
prize engineering short cuts. We are
patenting inventions at tlie rate of neariy
50,000 a year» but very few Americans
are advancing tlie sciences at alL We
need to be told that beneath national
supremacy mnst lie some sort of national
foundations, and if we are considering
technicaJ, industrial, or engineering su*
premacy^ we must expect to need some
constructive work in l)ases of physics,
chemistry, electricity, biology, etc*
The benefits of anaesthesia, for example,
are due to the exjieriments of Priestley on
gases, which led Davy to play with
nitrous oxide. Then, by experiment, he
discovered its power of producing in-
sensibility to pain. Faraday showed that
ether acted similarly; Dr. Morton, in
Boston, also disclosed its applicability,
and, finally, anaesthetics came into
genera! use. The rt^search men were at
the time trained chemists merely trying
things for the pleasure they obtained in
learning something new, and they had
been practicing this scientific ol)servation
and chemical experimentation all their
lives. Thus they appreciated the value
of the new facts and tried many experi-
ments to add to the knowledge
gained. And they had time to dc
were paid to do it. In this com
Sir James Simpson, who inti
chloroform into anaesthesia, early
a i^eculiar talent for medical obse
and research. He was a well
professor in Edinburgh* a trained
menter. If we take a step furtln
in this field, we find the chlorofon
discovered as a new chemical cor
by the well-known university pn
Liebig, He was trained and suj
all his life for doing just such thing
was the first of a long series, and h
many such contributions to our i
It is for such reasons that we \
see more chemists and physicists
in our schools than are absorlied
present industries. We need then
more generally in scientific r
laboratories, in the college or elst
where the countrj^'s futiur intere
concerned .
The trying of new things whicl
the telephone po.ssible was dc
Faraday when he studied the effecl
electric current on another and di
the general laws of magnetic ind
His was no untrained mind su
awakencfl by a gracious Nature
useful discovery in her outst
hands. He was studying a lot <
effects which al! practical men of
would have said were meaningh
useless. The world holds an infi
just such phenomena still unstudi
it does not support numy such
gators. Taught to experiment
Davy, and retained in a position
Royal Institution, he was in comn
his own time and adequate appari
scientific research over a period
score years. This cost the Roj
stitution of Great Britain yeai
over $*2500,
People have already nearly fo
that aeronautics owes its present d
ment to the trying of certain new
by Professor Langley. No one tc
stock in his early studies on the
which little cardboard planer woi
if given a certain slant and a
lateral speed in the air. His stud
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ibed for years, but no one used
kt that tirue aviation certainly
Bore possible through the use of
of lifting propellers, or of
rings, Uian through any other
langley finally tried to show the
of the facts he had learned
^floating to aeronautics, and was
Now we appropriate at once
[pillion dollars for snch flying
to keep abreast of those who
the principles disclosed by
ngley's work, so far as his
ly the country went, was one of
American near-successes, lie,
a highly trained physicist. He
a professor of astronomy and
Und was long an experimenting
if meteorology, botli at Pitts-
id Washington. His efforts for
supported by the govern men t»
[Support was withdrawn at the
^riod when a successful aero-
we now realize, was apparently
i hand. For only a part of his
other matters, such as the ex-
t the invisible solar spectrum or
meter, we ought to have re-
by aiding him to develop
;r subjects, like aerodromics, in
excelled. Were his discoveries
? No. He was an active sei-
restigator with years of training
rience.
iish professor in a lecture once
hat a wire carrj^ing electricity
magnetic needle move when
liear it. He studied this little
use he liked it. Another
in France, quickly went on
little phenomenon, finding out
ricity and magnets were related.
couple of Germans used the
or communication at a distance,
lOon had electromagnetic teleg-
ition to the^e, such men as our
essor Henry contributed to the
the electromagnet. Is it an
that all of these men, Oersted,
Gauss, Weber, and Henrj^ were
>nal institutions, that they were
d highly educated men? Per-
haps the two names which first occur to
the student of the electrical group are
Volta and Galvani, Here again we have
trained observers and teachers. Each of
them, but two, was over forty when he did
the work here referred to. I mention this
to show^ that in such cases maturity and
education has been common, and that we
must get out of the w^ay of thinking that
great advances by original thought and
work emanate usually from the young and
imtrained mind, or are accidents of time
and environment.
Prior to the studies of Ampere, no one
proposed using currents in wires acting on
magnets as a scheme for communication.
The post did that work satisfactorily.
No one knew telegraphy as a want at all.
The use foEowed after the discovery*
The discovery was made by a trained
scientist. It was .studied by a scientist,
and scientists later steered it into useful
directions and engineers made it com-
mercial.
Most Americans probably imagine the
great utilities now def>ending on the use
of steam as traceable to the discovery of a
lad who observed the steam pressure
exerted in the kettle at the home fireside
and who, with a little tinkering, soon set
up the steam engine. This is what our
newspaper men call the personal touch,
or human element which is so necessary
to effective popular science. But the
truth is sacrificed to please us, for a cent.
Hero of Alexander apparently made the
first steam engine. He was one of the
greatest scientists, students, teachers, and
writers of his day, and his results were
the wock of most advanced and careful
experimentation, carried out with re-
markable support and conveniences.
The methods of development of new
things in Hero's time (VM) B, C) are
necessary today.
We find in the researches which led to
the engine becoming the combination of a
cylinder, piston, and condenser, the work
of a professor at Marburg, He worked
out the idea of the condenser. Ap-
parently the aid of Robert Hooke, a pro-
fessor at Gresham College, enabled New-
corn en to improve Pap in 's apparatus, so
that an engine for mine pumping re-
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^HIjmJ i'iime Watt. He was
SQ A professors, and the
^J^Mp ^ik\^ liitn the position of niathe-
Hl^lu' ukx^vitntnit iTiaker, 111 this posi-
|^« the help of the professor of
^,..i,M>, l*laek» and the professor of
ItfiUunI |ihi!osophy, Rol>ison, he ex-
|^»riiiuMit<^{ on steam. He was at this
Wi*rk eight years before he made the
Hil^uni^' of adding the vaeuum principle
tti the earlier engines. It was not a flash
tif thtHight, but a long study.
And so I say, let ns train more scientists,
more men who can study new^ things and
auk questions of Nature, AVe will be
tdequately sufiphed with good engineers,
because the demand fi*r them is obvious
liStid the pay good.
It was a professor at I^iivain, Mirickel-
ers, who apparently started us in the use
of illuminating gas. He became in-
terested in the distillation of coal. He
was not aiming to illuminate houses, and
his first uses gave no premonition of our
present conditions. He was trying such
gases in balloons, but he also tried light-
ing his lecture roi>ni by this means. The
engineering development of this peculiar
discovery did not take place for ten or
more years, but it was the inquisitive mind
of the trained physicist and chemist which
made the engineering possible.
To take a well-known chemical field,
re\'iew the fixation of nitrogen. The
earliest work on the action of electric
arcs in producing combination between
the gases of the air, was the observations
of professors Priestley and Cavendish^
each of them a lifelong exfierimenter in
chemistry and physics. They showed
that nitric oxides are proiJuced* The
refinements of technical develoi>ment
were due to the experiments of Bradley
and Love joy in America, of Birkehmd
and Eyde in Norway, and of Schoenherr
and Pauling in Germany and Austria.
Another of the fixation jjrocesseSt the
cyanamide, is traceable to the discoveries
of Moissan, an experienced chemist and
professor in Paris, w^ho dcscril>ed the
production of calcium carbide in tlie
electric arc. It had l>een previously
made, and the production of acetylene
from it, bv Wo hie r, a teacher of cheniistrv
in I^ipzig, who put ahiminmin
map of metals, and at the time of i
san*s discovery was also discover
America, by Willson, who develoj
commerciaUy. That this carbide
useful for the fixation of nitroget
found by Caro and Frank. Ostwalc
of the most active professors of ph
chemistry, l^ecame interested in cat
and studied the oxidation of animoi
nitric acid, when this reaction had
scientific value, and yet it is now neoc
for Germany in her manufactm
explosives. Professor Haber, an
w^ell ecpiipped German teacher an
vesti gator, also studieil a number C
reactions in the way which almost a]
puts the science, and sometimes tl
dustries, ahead. He spent years slu<
and wTiting on the thermodynamics i
reactions. His direct protluction ol
monia l)y synthesis is now possibl;
wT>rld's simplest way of getting it,
from it, in turn, the verj^' desirable
acid.
Surely there are many more just
widely interesting developments \
only await the careful studies ol
trained inquirer. The history of ph
raphy is filled with the names of che
and physical investigators, most of ^
contributed to this science only
long preparation in research w^ork.
little, or notliing seems here to have
accidental. Our position has rea
from gradual accretions of know
from many experimenters.
As we ride in our automobiles
realize that the explosion type of e
marked a new epoch. On account <
proximity, we cannot estimate the
of this step. Apparently, like the i
illuminating gas or magnetic indu<
this foundation was also laid in the p:
SOTS lecture room. The first expl
engine was apparently that of a Pro!
Farislu at C'ambridge, in 18^0. Ir
case he used hydrogen and air mixl
but the stejj to other gase^, or gas
w^as only one of refinement. We c
engineering after the principles
founded.
During the past few years we ha\
our ple^isure constantly increased b
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iS bottle. This may he a little
ml it must be attributed to the
ic work of a trained expert,
^or De%var. His greatest ser\dce
e his work on the liquefaction of
but his need for such liquids as
en prompted the developnient of
cuum jacketed and silver coated
p para t us now in daily use th rough -
5 world.
have already mentioned Da\y» of
lyal Institute. His continued ex-
Bts led to many of the conveniences
ty, but he also discovered and iso-
lie five metals, sodium, magnesimu*
1, barium, and strontium. His
Bf fire damp and his safety lamp
aniiliar, and his work on agricul-
iieoiistrj' started the world on a
lich is still under experiment. His
nents and those of his successor,
ly, probably account for the per-
cy of publicly supported scientific
h in England.
Royal Institution of Great Britain
ins professors of natural plii losophy ,
try and physiology, and has gt>od
h laboratories under its direction.
tnen who have been thus develo|>ed
lainUiined were Thi>mas "^'oimg,
Franklin, and Rayleigh. Can
I question the wisdom of encourage
particular men?
Ittempt to cover the marked dis*
of science would be incomplete
f reference to the work of the <ier-
bools of organic chemistry. But
he modern results of organized
well known. The numl>er of
yes IS almost infinite. The by-
in the way of new ejqilosives,
rtnitro toluol, are familiar to aU.
countless medicinal products, like
and phenacetiu, and special
ab, such as photographic de-
ns. There is surely no Umit to the
Uiies due to the ciirefiil and long
studies of organic chemical
Tlie way the w^ork was done is
jred its eternal usefulness.
Bl contribution to our economies
Ughting was made possible by
the purely scientific researches
and Ramsay, than whom no
scientists were better trained. Their
disco ver>' of argon later permitted its use
in incandescent lamps to improve the
quality of the best we then had.
In biochemical fields tliere are countless
examples of the value to the race of
keeping al)]e research men at work on
questions of human welfare, the cure and
prevention of disease* etc. The im-
mense field of immunity studies which in
the past quarter century have seen the
strides made by Pasteur » Ehrlich, Metch-
nikoff, and their students, cannot he
expressed in ordinary measures of value.
They have called for the life study of
nuiny good men* and any less preparation
would have been inadequate.
I have omit tec j the names of many men
who accomplished much for mankind by
devoting their fives to scientific investiga-
tion, usually in connection with some
school. The cases chosen, while selected
at random, are some of the relatively
simple ones. The monumental work of
such men as Helmholtz, Newton, Max-
well, Liebig, Bunsen, Kclviu* and scores
of others, could scarcely he briefly t rented,
but in all of them the value of long con-
tinued application in new fields of physical
knowledge is plain. They were all given
time, opportunity, and support for the
public good.
Readers of Popular Mechanics some
time ago selected by vote the seven won-
ders of the modern world. The highest
votes were received by \^'ireless, the
telephone, aeroplane, radium, anttseptics,
antitoxins, spectrum analysis, and X-rays.*
How were these originated? All of them
were produced by the identical formula.
In the first place, they were not the result
of a direct attempt to accomplish what
was really attained. The end was not
visible when the foundations were laid.
The real work was done by thorouglJy
well trained observers — not by lajTuen.
They were professors in every case. They
followed uj) a lead opened by an observa-
tion which was too insignificant to attract
the attention of less trained men. The
results now form a large p:>rtion of our
human inventory, and we ask: Are other
such additions possible? The answer is
certainly, Yes, and by the same method.
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These disclosiipes are portions of an in-
finite nature. They seem insignificant
nntil some strenuous and highly studious
efforts are exi>euded upon them, iind then
it slowly becomes apparent that they
fit perfectly into our needs « Just as we
could not have foreseen them, so we can-
not foresee their followers, but with the
extensions of know^ledge the possibilities
continually increase. The limitations are
in us and in our vision. We will get
ahead in proportion to our training for ex-
tending the realms of natural knowledge,
and we will grow in proportion to our
appheations of modern methods used at
the advancing boundary between known
and unknown. This is the way it has
always been done.
Raymond B, Price, *94» w^ho had just
returned from a close Wew of the various
phases of the war in Europe^ des€ril>ed
the condition of England and France
at the beginning of the war, and urged
preparation on the part of .Vmerica.
RAYMOND B. PRICE
Mr Price said in part, '*Of all the
faces I glanced at during my visit to the
Allied front, I did not see a single one
with a grouch on it. The morale and
conduct on the firing line is wonderfully
inspiring. The men are a determined
lot, confident of victory.
** The war in a certain sense has helped
the w^orking class of England for it has
forced the government to try to under-
stand the laboring classes and to straighten
out their difficidties and misunderstand*
ings. As a result we find the working
conditions and home conditions of the
laborer greatly improved, for England
has learned that the efficiency of the
laborer is dependent directly on his con*
ditions of living.
'"From a multitude of various fac-
tories, all endeavoring in their own way to
manufacture for the needs of the govern-
ment, England has completely reorgan-
ized and developed a well-regulated and
almost perfect system of production.
The same may be said of all the Allied
nations. The questions which I have
heard asked most often are, *How^ is this
tremendous increase in production due
to the efficient reorganization'
d us tries going to affect the '
markets after the war is over?* anc
this increase in production be tak<
of, and how will it affect intern.
trade?' They are serious questi
which much thought has been
abroad- A commission was ap|
to investigate, and in their rcpoi
favored a specialization of manufj
by the different nations. Goods x
be manufactured in that country
an international committee would
was in a position to do it most effi<
and in this w^ay only the necessary
would !>e produced.
** America ha>s already been appr
on the subject but has turned ad
to the proposition, ^\^th the resu!
she is looked upon by many as a
nation who is sucking the blood
those who should l>e her friends, ai
time when they can least resist.
*'At present over 80 per cent.
profits of all industries is being ta)
the government and it is almost
sured fact that this tax w^ill contil
many years after the war is over.
alone has been an important ttu
England*s efficient reorganization
industries. It has l>een instrume
calming the differences between
and labor, for the laboring class<
feel that excessive profits by a few
possible. This complete reorgan
of industrial forces has been goinj
all the l:>elligerent countries, and wi
war is over America will have a ha
to compete with the industrial or]
tions of Europe,'*
The List speaker introduced was J
R. Hart, treasurer of the Institut
president-elect of the Alumni Assoc
Mr. Hart gave some very iote
figures eoimected with the finan
Technology. He said in part : — -
EXTRACTS FROM MR. HART^S REM,
**When, at the time of Doctoi
laurin's inauguration in June, 19
welcomed him to his first almnni
the Institute had on its books ir
funds, exclusive of buildings, of t"
one-half million dollars; in addi
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owned the land and buildings in Boston
with which we are all so familiar. On the
books of the treasurer today, we have
total invested funds of nearly $8,000,000,
and buildings and equipment on the other
side of the river amounting approxi-
mately to $7,100,000, or $15,000,000 of
property in all, without counting the
Rogers and Walker buildings.
"The remark of Ambassador Brice at
Doctor Maclaurin's inauguration in 1909
to the eflfect that *the Scotch are a great
people and we know they are because
they admit it themselves' does not apply
to President Maclaurin. He does not
only not call himself great, but he does
not think himself great. It is not be-
cause of his marvelous gift of getting
things done that he is loved by all his
associates on the Corporation, Faculty
rtaff, and by the whole body of alumni,
it is because of his compelling earnestness
and simplicity and because of his many
other lovable qualities, which but for his
presence here I would tell you more
about."
Mr. Hart gave a record of the gifts to the
Institute through bequests, alumni funds
and generous living benefactors from the
beginning of the academic year ending in
1910 to January 6, 1917, as follows:
RECORD OF GIFTS TO THE INSTITUTE
Y«tf ending 1910 $107,000.00
" 1911 60,000.00
1912 2,837.000.00
1913 1,312,000.00
1914 852,000.00
1915 877,000.00
1916 2,322.000.00
July 1, 1916-Jan. 6. 1917 _ 4,627,000.00
$12,500,000.00
He also stated a few of the interesting
figures of the cost of educating students
per year, and has given to the Review
a statement from which his figures were
derived and which is appended hereto.
It is to be noted that the yearly cost per
itudent includes no allowance for interest
qxm the investments, land, buildings and
^uipnaent, and no allowance for de-
preciation of property or apparatus.
Thef ollowing table, which covers the pe-
liod nnoe the Institute was founded, shows
the flnmial cost of educating students :
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOL-
OGY — ^YEARLY COST PER STUDENT
Expense
per
Expenses Student
$12,654.72 $175.76
17,818.65 126.88
28,767.90 172.26
39,111.27 227.89
50,107.10 248.24
47,152.88 210.50
58,182.78 222.92
104.314.76 299.75
74,634.69 270.42
82,228.23 881.54
71,227.13 279.82
74,338.71 845.76
80,910.63 417.06
76,154.31 405.07
60,758.39 299.80
72,574.52 286.86
83,864.35 277.70
105,127.30 285.67
164,095.44 370.42
170,305.47 294.14
171,841.98 282.17
172,580.46 270.98
201,859.02 280.86
203,504.74 246.08
223,165.74 245.51
238.676.91 254.72
267,547.90 264.64
296,877.95 280.07
295,332.33 255.26
307,247.10 259.72
318,976.01 268.72
827,063.94 273.01
388,170.08 282.29
367,459.64 313.80
355.726.01 301.97
377.423.92 295.87
409,029.40 289.07
473,240.59 294.30
501.461.17 328.18
482,429.61 309.05
508,407.21 346.79
510,069.50 365.12
536.893.77 379.07
575.794.35 393.84
580,915.54 398.87
493.463.36 327.01
622,089.68 397.25
039,919.52 397.22
059,905.32 391.64
678.782.18 378.78
708,655.13 372.98
PRESIDENT STONE
President Stone's address was as follows:
Last June Technology celebrated her
fiftieth anniversary. Each year for fifty
years she has made her contribution of
trained alumni to our country. Can she
perform a service now to our National
Year
End^
No,
ing
StudenU
1866
72
1867
137
1868
167
1869
172
1870
206
1871
224
1872
261
1873
848
1874
276
1875
248
1876
255
1877
215
1878
194
1879
188
1880
203
1881
253
1882
302
1883
868
1884
443
1885
579
1886
609
1887
637
1888
720
1889
827
1890
909
1891
937
1892
1.011
1893
1,060
1894
1,157
1895
1,183
1896
1,187
1897
1.198
1898
1,198
1899
1,171
1900
1,178
1901
1.277
1902
1,415
1903
1,608
1904
1,528
1905
1,561
1906
1,466
1907
1,397
1908
1,415
1909
1,462
1910
1,481
1911
1,509 (9mos.)
1912
1,566
1913
1,611
1914
1,685
1915
1.816
1916
1.900
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Govemmeiit bv so organising her alumni
aa to aiBiat in the movement for prepared-
neat which b the great need of the hour?
Your alumni association beUeves that
she can and has committed herself to
ajsist the Government through cotoera*
.tibn with the National Council of Re-
search and the Council of National De-
fence.
Just at the dose of the Civil War,
Professor Rogers and a few broad-minded
men in Boston redized that America's
great need was for trained technical men
prepared to attack and coordinate her
great industrial problems. The mass of
people in the United States neither under-
stood nor appreciated its importance at
that time. Half a century has rolled by
during which all the great nations of the
world have been engaged in a struggle for
industrial supremacy and expansion.
This has now culminated in the most dis-
astrous war known to history, of which
the end is not yet in sight. Aiid now the
need of preparedness, both industrial
and military, which President Rogers
foresaw b forcibly impressed upon every
thinking man and woman of the United
States.
That preparedness requires technical
training is not always appreciated, but
the fact remains that technical training
is the foundation for both military and in-
dustrial preparedness. It is the tech-
nically trained men who are fighting the
battles today, on the sea, on the land and
in the air, and it is the technical men at
home who are showing the way for main-
taining the industries in the war-stricken
countries. Even in the countries now
at peace the technically trained man is
more than ever before in demand, for it is
he who must devise ways and means of
providing substitutes for the many things
they can no longer import.
In the summer of 1914 Germany was
prepared when other nations were taken
unawares by the war, but her prepared-
ness did not alone consist of military and
naval equipment and means of producing
them, but of a large body of technically
trained men ready to apply themselves
to new scientific and industrial problems
*-hat were sure to arise. The orderly
habit of the German mind had led the
people to coordinate adenoe and indnatiy
and when the need came each hunm
unit of the great machine dropped auto-
matically into its proper place and the
Grerman organisaticm moved <m like one
great human being, creating, devdopuifr
producing whatever the countnr moit
needed. Months elapsed before the other
great nations involved were able to faring
order out of chaos and a f^cat advantage
had been gained for the Central Powcn.
The lesson of preparedness has thw
been learned. En^and, France, Ita^
and Russia are ful^ awake now to the im-
portance of preparedness. Every one of
the belligerent countries has already mada
preparations for rebuilding such woriDi
as have been destroyed by war and, moie
than that, in many cases elaborate pnp-
arations have been made for icCstab -
lishing foreign and domestic
and industry at the dose of the
More than ever before our foreign ^
bors are on the alert to devdop their oim
resources and turn to their advantage
those of other countries. Whether Haif
wish or no, they will have to make ex-
traordinary exertions to recoup the losses
they have suflfered in the war. Accus-
tomed to frugal living and accustomed
also to working as a unit under military
discipline, every one of the belligerents
will be effectively equipped for accom-
plishment as never before.
Wherein lies future hope for America
in this world struggle? Firsts in our reali-
zation of the need of preparedness to
meet conditions that will arise as soon as
the war is over or in case we become in-
volved. Second, in prompt action on the
part of our scientific and technical men
in pointing out the things that America
most needs in order to maintain and
develop her industrial activities. Tkbit
in pointing out to our Government these
needs and showing how help may be se-
cured.
When the war broke out we were with-
out dyes and even after two years some
of our great miUs are dooed because dM
and chemicals cannot be secured. Oar
men of science are working on this prob*
lem and we are making progress. Wc^
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Cally without nitrogen in Amer-
if our supply of nitrates from
I cut off we would be without
d and hence without powder
explosives. Our Government
^ed to the importance of this
appointed an excellent com-
study the subject and show
for producing it electricaUy.
Be tiie scientific man was clearly
l>e needed.
fis not enough that America's
i shoidd di-sco%'er the means,
tehnical men must push the dis-
complete development and make
^1. Eternal vigilance is the
liecess and more than ever i^iU
gilance be required in the future*
eerican, Robert Fulton, built
tteamboat, but we lost the art,
It the means, of efficient steam-
^ructinn in this country for no
{in other t han a foolish and short-
JDlicy adopted toward shipping
pderal Government* For years
been able to build locouiotives
e1 cheaper than other countries.
1 we have been able to build
lid steel structures cheaper than
mtries. A steamship is a steel
'^th a great locomotive to drive
* we could build the comp>onent
Ethan foreigners we ought
ble to build the whole, but
ments fostered their ship-
industry while our Government
ped ours. Hence, we built no
I c^^-Tied no ships, and foreigners
I our foreign commerce. To
cr of this, our own people have
tet awakened. In spite of this
apatliy on the shipbuilding
[Technology has for years been
kit men with special knowledge
jUding problems and thus con-
fto preparedness for one of our
^ustrial problems of the future.
(but one example and there are
other problems in which Tech-
len can be of untold service to
lament and our country. And
|i lies in the fact that the scien-
trained man learns the art of
I research and acquires the
power of analysis. He can ascertain the
means by wliich certain results can be
obtained. Besides this he can intelli-
gently point out cause and effect to our
people and our Government» thereby
fostering development of our industries
and showing means of accomplishment.
In short the scientific and technical men
of any country can more than any other
class of men prepare the way and help
develop those things which make a nation
great, advance her prosjierity and pre-
pare for the future.
Let the Massachusetts Institute of
Technolog>^ be the school whose alumni
and Faculty shall lead the way that others
mav follow.
Names President Maclaurin
As members of the Board of Visitors
%vhich anruially advises with officials of
the Xaval Academy regarding the curric-
ulum, l^resident Wilson has aj>pointed
President Maclaurin of Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Van ili.se of the
University of Wisconsin^ Wheeler of the
University of California, Alderman of the
University of Virginia, Humphrey of
Stevens Institute and Dabney of the
University of Cincinnati and Dean Sills
ofBowdoin.
I
A Signal Honor
The design of William B. Colleary, a
Boston boy, of the class of *17, received
first prize from the Sexnete des .\rchitectes
Diplomes of France and was chosen as a
memorial to the artists who have died for
France in the present war. The memo-
rial is in the form of a ceiling of monu-
mental design, and is to be erected in a
room of the Ecole des Beaux Arts in
Paris. The prize is a gold medal which
will probably be presented to Colleary at
the Commencement banquet,
Colleary is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
B. F. Colleary of 300 Hyde Park avenue.
Forest Hills, He was born in Marlboro
and was graduated from Holy Cross Col-
lege, Worcester, in 1913. He was a mem-
ber of the track team for four years and
nuide his 'varsity football letter in 1911.
PROBLEM OF THE MOBILIZATION COMMITTEE
The Alimini Committee on Mobiliza-
tion of Technology's Resources has a prob-
lem before it quite different from that of
the alunmi of most colleges.
In case of a declaration of war, the
temptation to enlist would affect our
alumni as well as others, and actual en-
listment might remove a large number of
men whose best work might lie in the
field of producing supplies for the men at
the front. It is obvious that we are un-
prepared for war on a large scale and it is
equally obvious that these preparations
consist primarily in munitions, accoutre-
ments, camp and hospital equipment,
ships, railroads, etc. Indeed, it has al-
most seemed to the committee that it
would be desirable to warn alumni against
enlisting generally with a view to mobi-
lizing them for the production of needed
materials. This feature of the case is
the one that has fuUy impressed itself
upon the Government. It is concerning
itself in a large way about the industrial
and technical facilities and brains of the
country with a view to mobilizing them
back of the firing line.
It is true, of course, that a great many
Tech men have had military and naval
training, and their most important place
would be in active service. Indeed, in
case of a decided lack of officers later on,
it might be found necessary to call upon
men having had executive experience to
fill out the ranks. It is unlikely, how-
ever, that the Government would call a
man for this work who had been trained
for work in the industrial field, the need
is likely to be so much greater.
Another consideration that must be
taken into account is the conditions that
^411 prevail after the war is over.
So much is already known of the plans
the European countries are making for
regaining their prestige in industry after
the war, that engineers and far-sighted
business men are becoming more and
more disturbed by the perilous condition
of America. Germany has already or-
ganized for the event of peace,
making a bid for trade in Spain an
neutral countries. The same e
military organization that has b
recting Germany with almost supei
efficiency will transfer its operatioi
the trenches to the factories an
rooms, and by eliminating all unne
overhead expense and intervening
and commissions, will produce
factured goods with the least ]
addition to the cost of the raw m
If England and France are to s
they must adopt the same^ pri]
\Miat has been accomplished in Gi
by militarism is being produced i
land and France by Uie dire nece
self preservation. It is not u
that some form of semi-military
zation will be created for the pur
collective buying, manufacturin
selling with close governmental «
tion. Transportation, both by la
sea, will be controlled by the
effective force. In these countr:
individual has been practically <
Millions of men have given uj
business, and must depend up<
government for employment wh
war is over. The hope of every
centered in the industrial success
country, and every subject will
personal sacrifice to accomplish it.
will be absolute unity in the ind
conunercial and financial inter-r€
of these nations.
With these unheard of conditi
face, America must be united a
ganized on a basis to meet this cc
tion. The influence of the all
individually, and through profc
societies and trade organizations —
powerful. Undoubtedly one of tl
things to l)e done is the creatic
Federal Industrial Commission 1
organizations most interested; thi
mittee to consist principally of en
and to be on a permanent basi
absolutely free from political ini
the G o vera men t can do but
is clearly a problem for the
I have had scientific or engineer-
ing. The problem is to bring
^ration all the eiements of pro-
Is a harmonions nnit. It is a
I fact that notwithstanding the
io5peration that has heretofore
fcmong manufacturiop: interests
lintry, there has grown up within
pnths an entirely different spirit
B shown itself in various ways.
p most indicative is the creation
li laboratories supported by the
interests making up trade or-
;i$» in which the results are the
property of the various m enl-
aced, in some cases the results
researches are published freely
intry, and it is this spirit which
Itually prevail if we are to reach
td objective.
be seen from the above that we
^mplex problem before us and
y the best procedure of the
t will be to index each man,
■iy with reference to his place
rar is declared, but with the
new of finding out his general
ft ^"ith reference to conditions
exist after the war.
tring Administration Theses
E owing list of provisional theses
> be given to the new^ Course
eering administration, will in-
iome extent, the brtnidth of the
liis department. The subjects
fws: —
B> A. K. Briquetting of Coal;
5. R. (W'ith Shand). The Sys-
[ of a Small Machine Shop
tring Shoe Machinery; Batch-
i- OVith duPont). Diesel En^
oks, E. P. The Study of a
Hardware Business with Spe-
rnce to the Handling and Re-
' the Merchandise; Butterfield,
ith Wells), Determination of
lour Ra,te at Staiulard Wo\'en
pipany, at Walpole; Er]>, R. C.
|i and Layout of a Tool Room,
Control of Tools in Factory, in
the United Injector Company of Roxbury,
Mass.; Gargan, J. Layout of Stores
Room of United Injector Company ; Hill,
L, T, The Corrugation of Steel Rails;
Holden, 1). F. (With Stockman). Design
and Installation of a System of Tool and
Material Control for a Machine Shop
Employing ^00 Men; Littlefield, W, J.
Comparison of Cost of Operation with
Pri\'ate Power Plant or Purchase of
Power from Central Station; Low, C. E.
Refrigeration Used for Heating; Lowen-
^ard, R. O. The Effect of Conditions on
Azo Couplings; McGrady, L, L, (With
Moody) . Determination , for a Gas Plant
Increasing its Output, of the Relative
Costs of Extracting Benjioe from Illumi-
nating Gas by Increasing the Rate of
Washing or hy instalHng New Units;
McNeill W\ L (With Tools). The In-
stallation of a Cost Accounting System
for an Establislunent Manufacturing
Doors, Windows, Bhnds and Interior
Finish; Mann, H» G. Standardization of
the Methods and Records of the Employ-
ment Department of Manufacturing Con-
cerns; Sledding, W. L. (With Strout).
An Investigation of the Economy of
Various Types of Coaling Plants at Rail-
way Terminals; Moody* A. E, (AVith Mc-
Grady), Determination, for a Gas Plant
Increasing its Output, of the Relative
Costs of Extracting Benzoe from Illumi-
nating Gas by Increasing the Rate of
Washing or by Installing New Units;
Shand, R. G^ (With Barrows), The
Systenuitizing of a Snudl Machine Shop
Manufacturing Shoe Machinery; Stevens,
R, S, (With Stewart). An Investigation
of the Advisability of Installing a Power
Plant at the E, B. and S. Co., with Rec-
ommendations for Power Equipment;
Stewart. IL R, (With Stevens). An
Investigation of the Advisability of In*
stalling a Power Plant at the E. B. and
S. Co., wuth Recommendations for Power
Equipment; Stottkman, E, IL With
Holden). Design and Installation of a
System of Tool and Material Control for
a Machine Shop Employing !200 Men;
Strout, H. E, (With Medding). An In-
vestigation of the Economy of Various
Types of Coaling Plants at Railway Ter-
minals; Tapley, \\\ h. A Stores System
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for a Small Shoe Factory; Toole, H. S.
CV\'ith McXeill). The Installation of a
Cost Accounting System for an E.stab-
lishment Manufacturing I)tK:>rs, Windows,
Blinds and Interior Finish; Wells, E. D.
(With Butterfield). Determination of
Machine Hour Rate at Standard Woven
Fabric Company at Walpole; Houghton,
S. P, (With IVfarsiliiis). Belting; Mar-
silius. N. M. (With Houghton). Belting,
Tech Women Elect Officers
Miss Maljel Babcoc*k was eleited presi-
dent for 1917 of tlie Technology Women's
Association last month at the seven-
teenth annual meeting and luncheon at the
New Tech, Cambridge. Other officers
chosen were :
First vice-president, Mrs. Evelyn W.
Ordway, 1917-19; second vice-president*
Miss T. F* Ilyams; corresponding secre-
tary. Miss Elizabeth B. Babco<'k, 1917-
19; recording secretary, ^Iiss Clara P.
Ames, and treasurer. Miss Annie E. Allen,
191 7-19.
The meeting was held in the Enmia
Rogers and ^largaret Cheney reading
rooms, and was followed at one o'clock by
the luncheon, at which the secretary, Miss
Li Hie C. Smith presided.
The spealycrs were: Francis R. IIart»
president of ttie .\lmimi Assotnation ; Wal-
ter Humphreys, secretary of the Alumni
Association; Captain Hovgaard of the
Tech department of naval architecture,
who talked on ** Preparedness/' and Dr.
Han niton F, Rosenau of the department
of health.
Tech Man Mexican Ambassador
Vgna€^io Bonilhis, '84, wdio was one of
General Carranza's representatives on the
Mexican-American joint commission, has
been made ambassador from Mexico to
the United States.
After the failure of the Mexican-
American commission to effect an
adjustment of the questions at issue
between the two governments Mr, Arre-
dondo, formerly in charge of the Mexican
embassy^ was called to Mexico, It was
understood at that time that Mr. Bonilhis
would Ije chosen as his successor, i
Mr. Arredondo insisted that he
return to his post,
Mr, Bonillas has been the min
communications ill General Car
cabinet since the fonnation of h
ernment, and is one of the {e^
who are reputed to have the eoti
fiilenee of General Carranza, I
educated at the Institute and mar
American woman.
Historical Elxhibit
i
The Alumni Committee oti Hii
Exhibit would like to complete iU
class photographs. Those now
are as follows: — Class, *(}8, *73, 'i
1>0, *94, *95, '01, *02. '03, *05. '08, '
The photographs thus donal
loaned, will be placed on exhibit ioE
lVesident*s old office in Rogers B
now devoted to the historical exhi
In this connect ion, please ren
that anything of historical valu
nected with the Institute will be
fully recei^'ed by this committee, oi
Mr. James P, Munroe, 79 Summer
Boston, is chairman. The collec
becoming \'ery large and valuabi
yonr ccxiperation in making it stf"'
will be appreciated.
I
New Laboratory Ready
The new laboratory for testil
engines has been completed and p
operation.
The ef|uipment consists of repr
tive lyf>es of internal combustion <
and in addition a number of
blocks for special engines, w^hich i
sent to the Institute for invest i
have been installed.
The building is a one-story -stl
with a lialcony on the interior,
runs around tliree sides and is
east of the power station, A co
aerodynamics has been estabUs!
the Institute, and provisions ha"*
in the new laboratory for testing
plane engines and propellers. Li
other buildings this laboratory rep
the last word in facilities.
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MARCH, 1917
No. 3
ANNUAL BANQUET OF NEW YORK ALUMNI
)gy's duty to the Nation discussed and the importance of scientific
research presented
the largest dinners ever held by
ni of New York City and vicin-
place at Hotel McAlpin on
27. The Technology Musical
their midyear trip west, stopped
'ork and gave a number of selec-
the dinner, which were heartily
On account of sudden illness,
Ralph H. Howes, '93, was
► be present, and Vice-President
. Schniitz, '95, acted as toast-
st speaker introduced was Presi-
C. ilaclaurin of the Institute,
;e particularly of the part that
as taking in the great conflict
,nd of the steps that had been
make the laboratories of the In-
great clearing house for scientific
)llis Godfrey, '98, president of
tl Institute of Philadelphia, and
le seven members of the Advi-
imittee to the Council of Na-
'fense, spoke of the desirability
the Technology ability of the
n what he termed a personnel
order that men, who are partic-
xled for specific technical work
jtion with industrial prepared-
d be quickly secured.
.no Dunn, president of the J. G.
3rp., represented the National
Council, and spoke at length
importance of research to tlie
progress of the nation. He especially
spoke of the desirability of promoting
pure research. Just now the country is
looking forward to a possible state of war,
and the demand for research is pressing.
He spoke of the organization of the Na-
tional Research Council, and of the things
it hoped to accomplish. The various
research laboratories of the country are
being mobilized as are also the research
workers.
George J. Baldwin, '77, president of
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company,
gave an address; he spoke on "Interna-
tional Merchant Marine, " as follows :
The subject of the evening, "Tech-
nology's Duties to the Nation," is so
large and includes so varied a line of
thought, preparation and work that it
seems impossible in the short space of one
evening to more than barely outline a
few suggestive ideas on one or two of its
important pluuses. 71iis duty is part of
a general duty to the nation which we
Americans have almost forgotten, the
duty of national service, in which every
young man and woman should be trained
to take part. Perhaps my creed may be
best expressed by a short quotation from
Frances A. Kellor's "Straight America/*
which probably all of you have recently
seen:
"I believe that every citizen of this
republic, male or female, and of any age
after chil(lhoo<L should have a regular
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scheme of duties, a regular eulistnient for
service of a definite nature, suited to his
or her status of capacity, which he must
be prepared to render upon demand, and
which he or she nmst keep in training to
deliver."
For the best welfare of a nation, mili-
tary service must not \ye dominant but
must be a necessary incident to a general
national and industrial service. If we
once accept the truth of these statements,
then we can more easily see the duty of
those of us who have l)een scientifically
and technically trained and have thus
prepared ourselves to give the skilled
service we owe to the nation in times of
peace as well as in times of war.
The efficiency of Germany in the pres-
ent war is jR^haps more largely due to the
national service given by each individual
throughout the country than it is to the
men at the front. All other Mligerents
are learning this lesson thoroughly, and
whether or not we wish to devote one or
two years of our lives to such service, it
seems evident that in no other way can
we be fully prejiared to maintain our
position in the world.
The first immigration to this country
came from Great Britain, and we are all
inclined to think the United States is
more closely allied in nationality with
Great Britain than with any other section
of the world. We have grown so fast that
we have lost sight of the succeeding waves
of immigration; the Irish, who at one
time furnished the largest nuinl>er, grad-
ually IxMng followed by immigration
from the Scandinavian countries, and
from (icrniany, then from Italy, and
finally from the Balkan states. This has
brought to our country ])coplc of many
nationalities, and instead of being a
homogeneous nation we are an unfused
mixture, and perliaps our greatest need
today is to iialionalizc and make all of
these iniinigrants and their descendents
thorough-going Ain(M*ican cili/ens, whose
first idea oi" duty is to \\\c adopted nation
which they are helping to creat(\ I be-
lieve that a period of one or two years of
compulsory national service will do more
to assist in this ideal nationalization than
any other one thing we may be able to do.
The need for some such sei
further emphasized by the concer
and specialization of our industr
the growth of our tremendous co
agencies for conducting business,
old times when employer and en
sat on the same bench and work
by side, they knew each other's wa
ideas and worked together for th
mon good, but today the preside
great corporation barely sees the 1
in the ranks. He knows almost i
of their wants and desires, an*
know nothing of his. The two em
grown far apart with the results
understandings and differences of c
which tend to revolution. I belie
compulsory national ser\'ice, by
every citizen of this country uj
equal footing of duty and w^ork
one or two formative years, will d
to bring alK)ut a complete undersi
between all the people of this <
than can be done in any other -^
see no other method of preser\H
democracy of our ideals and our :
tions.
^^^len we think of the duties ol
nology in connection wath this
service, we l^egin to see what we <
and 1 now want to bring your tl
to one particular duty among th<
which 1 conceive to be as xital
welfare, perhaps more so, than an
line of work or thought; the d
assisting in the creation of a nn
marine, in which we may be able U
port our J) rod nets and import tl
other countries in peaceful allian
competition with our countries
seems to me our primary need
])resent time. That of an arme<
to protect this merchant marine,
as to be a defence against possible
sions of other countries, seems h
necessary sequence.
When we look back over the d
nient of the country, we find the s
ically trained men of Technology
a foremost part in every line of
They have opened our mines, smel
ore, manufactured the metals, pi
our tools, constructed our factor
all their necessary apparatus, o
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built our lines of transportation
md and on the rivers and lakes, and
constructed the cities created as a
>f these various agencies. No less
e helped in the development of our
tural system through the researches
chemists* and in rendering avail-
le products of our forests.
have thus furnished no small part
skill which has brought us to our
t state of efficiency and produced
iditions which now make it neces-
lat we should find some method of
>rting our surplus products in
trade in vessels built by us and
rned and operated by our com-
s. The creation of a merchant
is the next important duty l)efore
Je funds will shortly l)e at the
l1 of the Institute to enable it to
s part in this particular duty and
it to make its School of N^aval
?cture and Marine Engineering
to none in the world. 1 believe
Technology and the country at
> be now prepared for this impor-
ep, and j>erhaps I had best tell you
is is true at this particular moment.
:he first settlers reached the shores
England, they found before them
rsts and a soil not especially bounti-
:s gifts to man. It was, therefore,
for them to earn their living from
, and in doing this boats and ship-
ecame necessary, for which the
furnished the material, so that in
«rly days almost every man l)e-
:amiliar with the sea and with
Iding. He followed the industry
le cutting of the logs in the forest
>lacing of them in the vessel by his
bor, for which he was paid by an
bip in the vessel upon which he
irds sailed. This produced a race
ly sailors skilled in ship construe-
id operation, intensely interested
r ventures because of personal
lup, thus furnishing every incen-
the utmost personal effort, which
f resulted in the best efficiency.
)egan the foreign trade of the
States, starting at the fisheries,
fling their products to the West
Indies, to Great Britain and the Orient,
then bringing back the products of those
countries. By 1796 American tonnage
was nearly 600,000 tons; 90 per cent, of
our exports were carried in our own ships,
and 94 per cent, of our imports brought
back by them, a history of growth in
shipping without a parallel in' the history
of the world, to preserve which we fought
the war of 1812 and became the most
successful maritime nation in the world's
history. We all remember the history
of those great clipper ships, the Rainbou\
the Flying Cloud, Challenge, Northern
Light, and others, which enabled us to
keep the nuiritime control of the ocean
until shortly before the Civil War.
By this time, however, our people had
sj)read inland. They were engaged in
developing the tremendous resources of
the country. The production of iron and
steel in America was in its infancy, and
while our people were gradually with-
drawing from the sea, the age of steel and
of steam forced England to take her place
upon it. While we could build wooden
ships chea])er than she, her rapidly
developing industries in coal and iron
enabled her to produce a cheai)er cargo
carrier than could l>e built in this country,
and from that time until this her suprem-
acy in the ocean trade of the world has
\yeen undisputed. This has permitted
the construction of vessels in such large
volume that individual shipbuilders were
able to specialize and construct in large
numl)ers only one iyyie of vessel, thus
giving them the opportunity of cheai)er
ship construction than any other nation.
We have learned the same lesson in
other lines, principally in the manufacture
of machine tools; that is, tools designed
for the manufacture of locomotives,
boilers, engines and all other kinds of
metal work. We now make the cheai)est
and l>est machine tools in the world, and
this is the foundation of our manufac-
turing industry. Because of this we have
\ieen able to take the lead in manufac-
turing automobiles, sewing machines,
watches and a thousand other sj>ecialized
manufactures in such volume as to be
able to lead in the world's trade in these
particular classes of products.
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Today we owe our manufacturing
position to our skill in the design of
machine tools, the efficiency of their
operation, and the volume of the product
we are able to turn out by their use.
^ We have had one opportunity of spe-
cializing in ships. Tne traffic on the
Great Lakes protected by law required
that Americans should construct Ameri-
can ships to transport coal, ore and wheat,
and because of this protected condition
we have been able to produce upon the
Lakes cargo carriers moving freight at
less cost per ton mile than any other
agency anywhere else in the world.
No country produces steel, coal, copper
and all of the various raw products enter-
ing into the manufacture of vessels more
ch^ply than we do. Our country from
one end to the other has been more fully
developed. Our machine shops and tech-
nical mdustries have grown to a tre-
mendous voliune, and our skill today in
the manufacture of machine tools and
other labor-saving machines surpasses
that of any other nation. Nor is our
inventive capacity far behind it. We are
economically and industrially prepared
to begin our struggle for our place upon
the ocean. The volume of our foreign
trade is immense, is growing, and will
continue enlarging. We are l)ecoming
more and more a manufacturing nation
and must amplify our trade with the
newer countries still in the agricultural
period of development, and just at this
time in our commercial history, when we
stand fully prepared to do this, a flood of
wealth is accidentally poured into our
hands as one of the results of the Euro-
pean war. Our suri>lus manufactured
product is being delivered to these na-
tions, and we an* to<iay extending credit
to them in lieu of the cash they are unable
to pay.
We have arrived at a crisis in our com-
mercial history. If we fail to take
advantage of it, the country cannot
continue its present progress, but if we
grasp it, our trade may l)ecome far ex-
tended.
What better course can we pursue than
to turn our surplus product into the
construction of merchant ships, so that
we may again carry over 90 per .
our foreign trade in American be
We shall be prepared for any ocmti
which may befall us, when to tfa
chant fleet we have added an aime
capable of protecting it.
Can there be any more vital <
Technology than to give her sons
service of the nation in canying o
program?
While the people alon^ our coa
more or less awake to this need, tl
the interior have only juat bq
think of it, but the present scar
ocean tonnage and the high a
ocean transportation consequent
it have been brou^^t home to ev«
and I believe public opinion is awal
The specific duty ofthe School ol
Architecture and Marine Enginee
to assist in cheapening the conat
cost of our vessels and to increaa
economic efficiency in operation,
cost of ship construction today
United States is no higher than h
peting maritime nations, but thii
abnormal condition of which we
take present advantage, and durii
period we must learn to constru
ships as cheaply as those of En
Germany, Scandinavia and Japan
ginning with the training of our
men during their undergraduate <
we must coordinate this theo
education with practical work i
shipyards, so that on graduatio
naval architects and marine enj
will be best qualified for their part
work. Our shipbuilding corpoi
must cooperate with the schools an
each other in order that each yar
be able by this cooperation to red
cost of construction. Our laws m
so modified as to pennit the most ec
ical oiKTation of the ships we con
Our bankers must teach the peof
newssity and wisdom of investm
our merchant marine, and fimdl
entire power of the United State
ernment should be added to our
agencies in order to encourage
fullest possible manner the growth
oc*ean transportation system so v
the needs of this country. If ¥^ d<
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our future is assured, but if we
one of them, we shall lose our
inity perhaps never again to
it.
and is now engaged in national-
er entire shipping for the purpose
g it not for competition between
subjects but as a unified instru-
lirected from one central source
?rated for the benefit of the nation.
; compete with this unless we are
:ed to follow along Unes of con-
ion instead of unlimited competi-
tween ourselves? Japan is taking
ion of the trade of the Pacific
She subsidizes her shipbuilders
r shipping companies, and is today
rol of the bulk of the traffic on the
Norway has been concentrating
rmous profits earned by her vessels,
large proportion of the merchant
g now under construction in
an yards is being built with this
for her benefit.
plain duty of Technology to the
IS to continue the work it has so
ne in the past. It has enabled bs
ze our resources, create our manu-
s and transport them to tidewater.
; now take up the duty of providing
ps for the transportation of these
ts to the markets of the world.
Technology's Census
Committee on Mobilization of
Jogy's Resources sent out, on
ry 27, a question sheet to every
IS, for the purpose of finding out
ch man can best help the country
I war is declared, as well as for
ial defense after the war.
question sheet is so arranged that
serve also as an industrial and
ment record and will be found very
nrhere requests come for older men
important positions in industry.
incipal object of the sheet is to find
Mt important service that each
n give m case of war and to aid his
mt in this matter. There are
iheets, covering the entire pro-
il and industrial field generally,
which are indicative. There are tWenty-
five generic divisions, each one sub-
divided into a number of classes and this
in conjunction with an experience sheet
on which the man is asked to describe
the most important kinds of work that he
has done. It is expected that each man
can be properly classified.
The plan for indexing is complete, and
when calls come from the government for
different kinds of men needed, it will be a
comparatively easy matter to pick them
out from this index. The general plan is
very dififerent from the others that have
been sent out because it is possible not
only to get a very good analysis of a
man's ability but to so index him that he
can be readily found when the place
where he can best serve is to be filled.
Honors For Benefactors
Technology has officially honored two
of her benefactors by carving their names
on the buildings facing the east and west
courts which lead from the large central
court. The west court has been named
in honor of Coleman du Pont, class of 1884
and the east court in honor of Augustus
Lowell. Coleman du Pont has con-
tributed $1,100,000 up to the present
time for the new buildings.
Augustus Ix)well was one of the early
benefactors of the Institute, presenting
to the school the Lowell buildings on
Clarendon street which long housed the
electrical engineering laboratory.
Engineering Buildings Sold
The Park Street Real Estate Trust has
purchased about 400,000 square feet of
land in the vicinity of the Trinity Place
Institute buildings, including the Institute
property itself, and will develop the tract
this summer.
It is proposed to widen Stuart street
and later cut Clarendon street through
to Columbus avenue with a bridge over
the railroad tracks. A suggestion is
made that a large hotel will be built on
part of this property.
ENGLISH FOR THE ENGINEER
A description of our Elnglish Course at Technology by Professor Aydel
Our elementary English <-ourse at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
and especially that part of the first year's
work which I have l>een asked to descril>e
for the Engineering Record, might he
characterized as an attempt to translate
a certain demand, which is voiced on all
sides by successful members of the pro-
fession,* into a practical measure of
engineering education. The question as
to the kind of an EngHsh course engineer-
ing students should have depends upon
the larger question whether one takes a
narrow or a broad view of the \'ocation
for which these men are l)eing prepared.
One may regard the engineer a,s a high
class mechanic, not a scientist but a man
who has mastertul certain principles of
science which can be turned to industrial
uses, an expert, somewhat set apart from
mankind in general, whose field is the
world of dca<l matter and force, which he
manipulates under the direction of other
men without much regard to the general
human significance of his work. On the
other hand, one may regard him as a
member of an intellectual profession
which has for its object the control of
the human as well as the material forces
of nature, which has or is now forming a
co<lc of ethics according to which it will
develop those sources of ])ower in nature
for the us<' of man -a profession the
members of wliicli, working in co-opera-
tion, consider tliemselves the trustees of
the whole body of natural knowle(lg<^
placed at their disposal by modern science,
and wlu) consider their duly to be to add
to this knowledge and to use it for the
realization of tlie highest aims of society.
No reader of any large number of the
essays and addresses in which practical
engineers of the present day discuss these
problems can be in doubt as to the direc-
tion in which they would have the pro-
fession go. That engineering is an intel-
lectual i)rofession, the mission of v
to be one of leadership in working
problems of the modern world
serving its highest interests, is th<
of many of the most distinguishe
neers of the day; and these men c
from engineering schools not
technical proficiency but also that
opment of character and that
cultivation, that capacity for i
thought about human as well as n
problems, which will enable te
graduates to play a worthy part
engineering world when the pei
their practical apprenticeship is
and they are ready to take the
vacated by the present leaders.
This high conception of the pre
of engineering is, of course, the
mental justification of literary stud
technical school; and it seems vc
port ant, in the practical teach
English literature and compositi
make clear at the outset the bear
this study on the wider usefulness
engineer. The course about which
been asked to write is planner
exactly that aim in view. The c
composition is in the end the cj
literature. The widespread demai
our college men, graduates of te<
schools and of colleges of liberal art
should be 1x4 ter able to write anc
their mother tongue is really a d
that they have a better literary edu
A man's writing reflects his hal
thought, and it is simply imposs
give him a cultivated style by an>
method tlian by making him a cull
man.
Tlic average engineering stude
too narrow and too mechanical a ^
his future profession. He does m
this narrow, materiali.stic, mecl
opinion of his calling as a result of t!
and choice, but rather vaguely, fro
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ught, in obedience to a real or
ary spirit of the age (perhaps one
:o say, of the age which is just now
:), which it has never occurred to
> criticise. He is ready to take
a broader conception with all the
iasm and ardor of youth once it has
)inted out to him.
begin our study of English litera-
the Institute of Technology with
:?onsideration of the status and
ance of the profession of engineer-
Jsing as a basis some essays by
al engineers, we ask our students
rider the question whether engi-
: is a trade or a profession, what
erence implies, what is the meaning
essional spirit, how the ethics of
5 professions differ from those of
« or of the mechanic arts. We
3m this, again using as a basis for
>rk the writing of various men
ent in the engineering world, to
estion of engineering education:
cind of training is necessary to fit
to take a worthy place in the
ion if it follows the lines laid down
leaders of the present day? We
' student to compare his own aims
»ring a technical school with the
ional demand as codified by Dr.
in his recent investigation of tech-
ducation conducted on behalf of
imegie Foundation and the five
il engineering societies,
object of all this work is to make
ident think more seriously about
1 vocation and the preparation he
or it. Instead of telling him what
lid believe, we undertake to make
ink it out for himself. We do not
ut his ideals to him for the reason
' will not act on them unless they
own. We ask him constantly to
these questions as they look to
ally and in his themes; they are, of
questions on which it is very
mt that he should have an opinion
ty are questions which excite his
. interest.
wing the topic of engineering
on we pass to that of pure science
applied. Is the interest of the
r solely in how things are done, or
is it also in the why? What is the relation
of practical engineering to scientific
research? Is the work of the engineer
the application of established formulae
to practical problems, or is it the solution
of problems by scientific methods? As
a basis of all this work we use essays by
scientific men, and we ask the class as
before to discuss in writing and speaking
the application of these ideas to their own
situation and their own studies.
Finally we come to the question. What
is the relation of science to literature?
Here we ask the class to read a set of
essays by scientists and literary men
dealing with this subject and to work out
in their discussion the relations between
these two great bodies of thought which
divide between them the material of our
civilization. Each stage of this progress
from engineering to literature harks back
to all those preceding, and the whole ties
itself together in a connected train of
thought which these paragraphs will sug-
gest, though, of course, enriched and
diversified and illustrated in ways which
cannot \ye suggested in so brief an outline.
The end of the half year's work is to
give the student some notion of these
alternative conceptions of engineering
which I alluded to at the beginning of
this article and some idea of what each
implies. The question is not settled for
him, perhaj)s, but it is opened. There
is a real connection between the various
problems with which he has been con-
fronted. That conception of engineering
which tends to divorce it from literature
and from human problems, on the one
hand, tends to divorce it from science on
the other, tends to make it more of a
trade than a profession, tends to limit the
usefulness of the engineer to society by
restricting him to the j)erformanc»e of
merely mechanical tasks. Even the ele-
mentary student will see this, especially
when he hears it from the mouths not
merely of his English teachers but of
j)ractical engineers as well. He will see
it and, in most cases, he will form for him-
self a broader concej)tion of his calling as
one dealing with human as well as mate-
rial problems and needing for its practice
a humanistic as well as a technical train-
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ing. He comes to lealuse the intimate
coanection of the work he has chosen with
adeiioe on the one side and literature on
the other. He conceives himself as hav-
ing a place in the world not only as a
money-maker but also as a man. He is
brou^t to the^ point where he has some
conception of literature as a comment on
l]fe» as the collected wisdom of the race
for the solution of its problems, as one
eipreflsion of that beauty which makes
life worth living.
Lleas of this kind sound very "theo-
retical" and very far from practical class
work in a practical engineering school.
They may seem to the average reader all
well enough for a lecture on poetry, where
the lecturer may be allowed to say some-
what more than he means for the sake of
emotional effect, but likely to pass high
over the heads of technical students. As
a matter of fact lecturing about them is
the last thing we do. I can illustrate
this l^ pausing for a moment to indicate
more m detail now our work is conducted
day by day.
Let us take, for example, the point
with which we begin, the engineering
profession. On the first day of the term,
before the class has read anything on the
subject, the instructor asks the question.
What is engineering? All sorts of answers
come back, mostly vague, or good answers
quoted from somewhere but vaguely
understood. Without saying dogmatic-
aUy what is wrong and what is right (we
dogmatize very little from one end of the
course to the other), the instructor fol-
lows the first question vnih others: What
is the difference between an engineer and
a carpenter, or a plumber, or a research
professor of chemistry? Is engineering a
trade or a profession? What do these
terms imply? WTiat makes medicine a
profession ? As a result of an hour of such
discussion, which is likely to wax very
hot, the class is ready to read essays on
the subject by engineers with avidity.
These essays are taken up in class one by
one and their bearing on the previous
discussion brought out.
For a theme the class may be asked to
explain the difference between some
mechanic and some engineer whom they
know' in the flesh. Or the difiereot
members may state more carefoDy rival
points of view which they have aigoed
about in dass. All this discuanon servtt
two ends: It trains the men to think
more clearly, criticising their own haatj
opinions, and to say carefully and exadfer
what they mean. And the resuh of al
of it, carried throu^ the whole list of
topics, is to build up in their minds a
body of ideas whidi they would new
catch from lectures or from reading un*
accompanied by discussion. The fuiMy
tion of the teacher is to direct the dbem-
sion and focus it upon tlie importaitt,
issues. If he gives his opinion it u as atf
individual rather than as a souioe d
authority. His purpose is to gfinnilatir
and bring out differences of opininir
objections, and contradictions, that tte
class may try them and decide on thtir
validity. This method has mote w
conunon with that of Socrates than wifr
that of the typical German profeaaor. R
is not an easy way of teadung, but it ii
extremely effective.
The volume of essays on wludi tUi
work is based is arranged according to
topics, with several essays under each, in
the order in which I have taken them up.
They are (excludmg the first), "The
Engineering Profession, " " Engineering
Education, " ** Pure Science and Applied,"
"Science and Literature" and '*Lita»*
ture and Life." This last section eon*
tains half a dozen essays illustrating in
elementary ways the idea of literature as
a "comment on life," and this forms a
kind of summary of all that has gone
before and as well a direct preparation
for the further study of literature in the
second year.
The first section of our collection has
for its title "Writing and Thinking," and
that title will suggest the method of the
composition work which accompanies the
reading. That work is based on the
principle that the first rule of good writing
is clear thinking. We grade our themes
primarily on the ideas expressed in them.
We do not neglect faults of expression, but
our ideal is one of content as well as of
form. Where faulty expression b due
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is thinking, as in most cases it is,
>le is traced back to its source,
mposition work of this kind the
out engineering and literature
e have been developing make
e material. The men are inter-
id stimulated by them. The
es of opinion which arise make
5er to talk and to write. Thes^
is, the fact that they have some-
say and the desire to say it well,
important for effective work in
ion. Of course, the men are
It cannot be maintained that
its do well in such a course as this.
ain type of mind the work seems
\ie air," with nothing tangible to
d repeat, only ideas to discuss.
students take to it keenly; the
men show marked improvement
je with which they read and in
•ness with which they talk and
liile that student is dull indeed
1 not produce some themes which
expressions of his own thought
is own personality,
vork we make markedly indi-
LToughout. We encourage inde-
I and try to be patient with every
view. Every effort is made to
le student to think for himself,
end we find a large number of
conferences, which are a tradition
glish department at the Institute,
most value.
of the kind which I have just
seems to us, as I have said else-
3 have more value for strictly
purposes than a course occupied
ly with what is called ** technical
No matter what the subject
cussed the problem of writing is
B same. The student who can
lught, who can handle compli-
413, who can balance arguments
ihal them to the support of his
ns, can handle any technical
irithin the range of his technical
oes not mean that the student
jet great value from instruction
*b1 writing.
are, of course, tricks in every
t the tricks are much easier to
acquire and much less important than
general intelligence. There is no "fool-
proof" method of writing engineering
reports. An engineer who relies on a
stereotyped form will turn out a machine-
made product, devoid of real vitality.
The problem is one of conmion sense, of
perspective, of power of clear thought and
clear expression, and of imagination to
grasp the point of view of the man who is
to read the report.
But the value of the work I have
described is not limited to its bearing
upon the actual writing which the engi-
neer must do in the practice of his pro-
fession. Even more important is its
educative value to the man, the approach
it gives him to literature, the intellectual
interests which it opens up to him, not as
matters foreign to his work but as vitally
connected with it. If the engineer is to
have his full value to society he must view
society broadly and address himself to
the solution of its problems, human as
well as material. In the education of
this broader engineer, whom society so
badly needs, the study of the mother
tongue must be more than the acquire-
ment of facts or a superficial accompUsh-
ment; it must be a training in thought,
the influence of which is to clarify and
humanize the student's character and his
aims in life. — Professor Frank Ayde-
LOTTE in the Engineering News,
Dr. Keyes Returns to Tech
Dr. Frederick G. Keyes, who has been
associated with the Cooper Hewitt Elec-
tric Company for the past two years as
chief engineer, has severed his connections
to take charge of the research laboratory
of physical chemistry at the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology. Dr. Keyes
still continues with the company in a
consulting capacity.
R. 1). Slailey, who has l)een Dr. Keyes'
assistant, succeeds him as chief engineer.
Mr. Mailey will be assisted by Dr. W.
J. Winninghoff, formerly of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology' research
laboratory, and until recently connected
with the Anaconda Copper Company.
DEVELOPMENT IN THE COURSE IN NAVAL ARCHITECT
Strong advisory committee of prominent shipbuilders aM)ointed — ^Buik
the future
For its |*Hrt in the proiniini of naval
pn^iMnHhiosts in the country the Massa-
chunrtts Institute of TechnolojO' has
taken quiok ami what is likely to be
elBrient aotiwi and* as has been the rule
wiiwe Tet*luu4ti|^v is concerned, the
actit^i has not only i\>nsideration of the
preM'nt but Iwks well into the future.
The uistant «ction has l>een the furnishing
oC available nuick rt^sources for shipbuild-
\\\^^ the prt^plsctic phase \\nll include what
inav U^ tcrnuHl a naval architecture ex-
|H'nnuv and the invitation by the In-
stitute to Hve leading men high up in
niaritinic i*ori>^i*A^^^"^ to form an ad-
NiHorv comniittee to work i^-ith it. The
uuMuWrsliip of this committee is Joseph
\V. IViwcll, president of the Fore River
Shipbuilding Co.; Homer L. Ferguson,
iircMidcnt of the Newport News Ship
Ituiltling Co.: Charles P. Wetherl)ee,
MM, vi<r-|)resident of the Bath Iron
NVtirks; .lanics Swan, '91, of the Herre-
ihiilT Manufacturing Co.; and George J.
Ibddwiu, *'77, vice-president of the Ameri-
rnn International Co., and president of
New York Shipping Corporation, and
tlu»sc gentlemen have all accej)ted the
invitation to cooperate with the Institute.
'I*he conmiittee, while it will he of great
advantage in the present juncture, is to
l>e permanent and is another link in
the close relationship which Technology is
forming with the different industries.
Those who arc cognizant of the status of
the shipbuihling' business in the country
arc well aware that it is in a critical con-
dition, and President Maclaurin feels
assured that aside from the temporary
imi)etus of the present rush, the future of
American shipbuilding will Ik* made or
marred during the next few years. This
is the psychological moment for the work
of development. It is fit, therefore, that
the Institute, which stands in such high
repute that all United States naval con-
structors are obliged by law to
courses and from other countriei
ates from local academies come 1
finishing work, should take coc
leaders in the shipbuilding induatr
More than perhaps any other
ment of study at Technolcwy
architecture must look into tm
The reason for this primarily is thi
demands come, as Uiey have at t
ment, it is too late to begin the i
tion of men for the special wor
must be ready. It is on account
far-sightedness of the Tech adn
tion that the country is as well f
as it may be for the emergency. 1
courses in naval architecture ha'
forth the majority of the men
naval constructors, must oven
building up of the naxy, and in tl
studies of aerodynamics it is sig
that the leaders in the aeronautic
of the signal service are in great
Technology men.
What the Institute has been ab
on the instant is to furnish men
trained to most essential work. 1
of graduation of the seniors is oi
months away and these students
little below the finished product
a 1 rea dy competent engineers,
demand for men with knowk
naval affairs, the United State
constructors were naturally call
first, hut immediately all the othc
hers of the senior class in these
were j)lac»ed in navy and shipl
yards. These young men will i
their degrees, but will receive t
June as if they had continued i
itself, provided, of course, tha
records are good. The Institute
fore today cutting an important
uno.stentatious figure in the navs
gencies that the declaration of ^
brought upon the nation.
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problems that confront the country
shipbuilding future, according to
*nt Maqlaurin, include competition
ans of cheaper labor abroad, and
:ion. In the past this country has
able to meet the problem first-
by its inventive genius, which has
d more efficient methods of handling
id materials; the problem of legisla-
»ts on the demand of the people,
istitute will do its part in preparing
men for work in naval architecture
ill do this in intelligent fashion
h the cooperation of industrial
ities who will be able to keep the
ional work in complete accord with
ictical needs of the business world.
h Interim Course in Naval
Architecture.
already well known that the stu-
ai the Massachusetts Institute of
>logy who were taking courses in
architecture and marine engineer-
ve already been placed in navy
lipbuilding yards where they are
? their energies at work without
time towards the j)reparedness of
intry for whatever may come as the
of the break with Germany. A
• step in this direction is very soon
taken which will l)e in the nature
interim course in naval architec-
Professor C. H. Peabody, head of
partment at Tech, thus outlines the
course:
irgent demand for naval draughts-
is been issued by the United States
ment. To (jualify men to take
ositions in navy yards or in ship-
ig yards the department of naval
dure and marine engineering at
assachusetts Institute of Technol-
ill establish an interim course of
tion beginning April 43 and clos-
ne 80. Lectures will Ik* given in
Ileal- naval architecture and in
instniction and instruction will be
n th^ drawing room in ship design
Dstruction. This course is oj>en to
in the engineering courses of the
te on recommendation of the heads
artments. Other i^ersons inter-
ested in such a course may apply to Pro-
fessor Peabody at M. I. T., Cambridge.
That Tech can so quickly rise to meet
the demands that are presented to it is
an evidence of its normal condition of
preparedness, and in fact its whole course
of study is towards enabling engineers to
cope with the problems that they may
meet in the course of their experience.
The various engineering studies have to
so great an extent a common foundation
that the interim course of ten weeks has
been arranged without difficulty to fit in
with the others, although of course it is
special and intensive.
The emergency course will be espe-
cially inviting to students in mechanical
and electrical engineering, and is to in-
clude two hours a day of lectures, five
hours of drawing and three hours of
preparation. That it may be understood
in all its relationships Professor Peabody
has already addressed the mechanicals
and electricals, and immediately follo^ang
the recess of junior week the new work
will be taken up.
The demand to which Professor Pea-
body refers is that voiced in a circular of
the Civil Service Commission issued by
its president, John A. Mcllhenny. It
first notes that the need of the navy for
draughtsmen is urgent. Money is avail-
able for construction of ships both new
and already under way, but there is
scarcity of draughtsmen, and the circular
describes the nature of the tests required
of applicants, and states that those who
are found qualified will be given employ-
ment at once. The circular is no ordinary
request, but is an appeal to patriotism in
a national crisis and the time when these
draughtsmen are needed is now. By
means of its quickly arranged interim
course Tech will l)e able to do a large
part towards filling an urgent need.
Constructive Selection
The object of the census now being
taken by the mobilization committee is to
offer to the Government picked men for
the important places to be filled rather
than to find places for our alumni.
THE PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT
A prolific year in the history of the Institute — ^Some important develc^xnenb
In his annual report to the Corporation,
Prendent Maclaurin of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology takes occasion to
review the successive steps which have led
up to the establishment of Technology
in its new buildings on the Cambridge
■ride of the Charles river.
" The event that overshadows all othei;^
in the past year, " writes Dr. Maclaurin,
^'has been the realization of the hopes and
•dreams of many years through the oc-
-cui)an<^ of a great group of buildings on
a site uiat is ample for present purposes
and that gives room for large expansion
in the future." The first practical step
towards this end was the securing of the
help of the Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts "to carry the Institute through the
straits of its physical expansion, without
which assistance we should have been in
real danger of running on the rock of
educational impoverishment."
As soon as this aid was assured, Cole-
nian duPont made his timely and generous
gift of half a million which made it practi-
<»tble to begin negotiations for the pur-
chase of a site. This generosity stim-
ulated others and it was not long before
sufficient funds had been obtained to se-
cure the present magnificent property of
fifty acres. " Once here, " continues Pres-
ident Maclaurin, *'it is more generally
recognized than ever before how admirably
suited is that site for all our purposes."
After the purchase of the land the next
great step was taken when Mr. "Smith"
made his munificent contribution to the
building fund. The work was undertaken
at a fortunate time for it was in a depres-
sion and land and materials were secured
at very low figures. In spite of this fact,
on account of the innnensity of the un-
dertaking the total cost has reached very
considerable dimensions, the whole, in-
<;luding land, filling, draining, structures
and equipments, being above seven mil-
lion dollars.
The Institute has here been furlte
fortunate financially, and this thnra^
forethought and preparation largely, 9
that the constructions, while a£Feetad I9
the unprecedented increase in the Mid
of everything, were so well advanced tlufti
the earlier economies have balanced ths
later increases so that the whole ezpefldirt.
ture has been very close to the origBiali
estimates.
*'It is specially gratifying,*' writes tk
President, **that we have been enabled to
carry through an undertaking of.soehi
dimensions without encroaching at alltfi'
the slender endowment of tiie Institute.
Indeed, during the period of oonstrudioa
and before the dedication in June last, the
Institute has made substantial additiou
to that endowment."
The President briefly reviews the
events of dedication week and turns nert
to the great alimini banquet, popularly
known as the "telephone" dinner, from
the unprecedented long distance aod
multi-auditor accompaniments. At that
banquet Dr. Maclaurin announced the
further splendid gift by Mr. "Smith."
He had already contributed three and one-
half millions and at that time oflfered to
give five dollars for buildings foreveiy
three that any one else would contributie
for endowment. The time limit for this
extraordinary offer was January 1, 1917t
and the cash limit, two and one-hidf mil-
lions. As soon as this offer was made
known the alumni responded by gifts of a
million dollars, which were announced at
the same dinner. These contributm
were Pierre S. duPont $500,000, Iroaee
duPont $100,000, Lammot duPont $100,-
000, Coleman duPont $100,000, Charles
Hayden $100,000, Edward F. Adams $50,-
000, Charles A. Stone $25,000, and Edwin
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181
er $25,000. These amounts have
d to the Institute and before the
he year the remaining half-mil-
«ssary to secure the maximum
offered by Mr. "Smith," was in
itute's hands. It is interesting
lote that within three days of the
g of the New Year, Mr.
j" check was also received,
king over the other affairs of the
;, President Maclaurin notes that
estate comprising the buildings on
street has been disposed of, and
otiations "are in progress" with
5 to the buildings on Trinity place
rendon street. These since the
ms penned have also been sold,
ddent speaks of the establishment
epartment of architecture in the
)uilding and on the new site the
of the dormitories which accom-
about two hundred men.
I educational section of his report
:^urin outlines the new step in
students into industrial plants
: and research as a part of their
This plan has been in operation
TO months, the students now being
»cond manufactory in the circuit
ley all will make,
consideration of the problenLs of
re the President speaks of the need
^ening the Institute as a center
atrch, indicating his idea by the
yn that Technology should be not
*a Massachusetts but a National
5 of Investigation." He looks
to increased demand for space by
ents in chemical research and f ore-
luilding for them as probably fol-
he Pratt School for Naval Archi-
hat has recently been provided for.
ray engineering is a department
importance which is demanding
1 facilities for instruction and in-
lon, while a third problem is the
cnt of public health. It has done
; work with the equipment at its
d and its graduates have reflected
edit on Professor Sedgwick and
Ktension in cooperation with Har-
ivcrsity in the School for Health
is doing also the best of work,
but the needs of the country demand
more, — ^and such considerable extension
here as in the other departments is not
possible without corresponding increases
in endowment. These endowments are
Dr. Maclaurin's problem for the im-
mediate future.
Facilities for High-Tension and Radio
Tests at the Institute
A feature of the equipment of the
electrical engineering department in the
new buildings of the Institute is a trans-
mission span of three power conductors
suspended between two steel towers,
about five hundred feet apart. This is
a replica, in mechanical details, of a
standard span in the Big Creek line which
transmits energy at 150,000 volts from a
hydraulic plant in the Sierra National
Forest to Los Angeles, a distance of 240
miles, and was the gift of Stone & Webster,
Boston.
A 15-kilowatt, 100,000-volt trans-
former, located in a transformer house at
the base of one of the towers, enables
tests to be made with high voltages.
Energy is obtained from the Cambridge
Electric Light Company's 1,000-volt line.
Besides being serviceable for high-
tension tests, the span makes an excellent
antenna for radiotelegraph, and research
along these lines is carried on in the trans-
former house when the span is not in use
for high-tension tests.
In the electrical laboratory of Tech-
nology is an artificial power transmission
line and an Alexanderson high-frequency
generator. The line consists of twenty-
seven specially wound inductive units,
each occupying a separate shelf or com-
partment.
Each unit corresponds to thirty miles of
overhead copper conductor of 250 square
millimeter cross section. When all the
coils are connected in series they repre-
sent one of the three conductors of a
transmission line 780 miles long.
Many valuable researches in the field
of electrical transmission have been made
on this line under the guidance of A. E.
Kennelly, professor of electrical engineer-
ing.
ANOTHER INDUSTRIAL CONNECTION
United States Smelting Company enters into a research arrangement wit
Institute
Whilo orforiiig every fanlity of the
»j!t*at laU^nitories of tlie Massachusetts
histitiite of Tivhiiology to the I'nited
States i^nennnent for any research in
whieh it with its staff of trained professors
eaii Ik* of stTvieo, President Maclaurin
has not for a moment for^'otten that
next to llie tMlueation of its students
'l\vhnoK»jry has an important function
in iHMn^ liVlpful to the industrial world.
Dne after another, according' to their
opiH>rt unities, the great laboratories have
swung into nvsearch work, and this is
to Ik* a most important factor towards
maintaining tlie position of our country
in the industrial struggle that is c-ertain
to follow the existing war. An agreement
with Technology by the V. S. Smelting,
Refining and Mining Co., to he in force in
April, whereby the latter is to avail itself
i)f the laboratory facilities offered by the
Institute, is the latest step in forming
t-loscr relationsiiips with the industrial
worM.
The growtii of this cc)0|)eration with
indu>tnes is an interesting story at
Technology. 'Mechanical engineering,
tlu* most ol)vious ])oint of contact between
i»du<ation in schools and the workaday
>vorM. began during the very first years
oi the Institute the solution of engineering
probl<'nis. On the earlier experiments
with the stnMigth of materials are fcMinded
the first Massachusetts laws regulating
buihiing and otiicr forms of construction
an<l these themselves were tlic pioneer
hiw^ for the country. Klectricity as a
study came into touch witii public
rn^inccring problems as it dcv(*lopc(l,
but lh<* construction of the fiiu* Lowell
liiboratorics on Clarendon street put tlu^
Institute into full accord with the
ricctriral industrial world. 'I'hat this is
appreciat(»d is evidenced by the gift to
Trrlmology of the incom|)arable Vail
Kl<M'tri«*al Library and the su|)port of
iinj)()rtant researches. Chemistry
like mechanical engineering, ai
foundation stone of the public 1
structure, but the larger develop
which the modern industrial chei
demands were obliged to go slowly
in its Cambridge home the Institut
space for the requirements, for lab
ries demand room. Very recently
imj)ortant steps forward in ch<
education luive been taken th
alliances with great industrial plai
which the Tech boys go to stud.^
investigate commercial processes a
the commercial scale. Freed froi
space limitations that were onlj
obvious in the basement of the I
building, the department of minin,
metallurgy only a month or two 1:
in its new buildings in Cambrid
already in close touch wath the n
industries on which dei)end the de
inent of sources of wealth beneat
ground in every part of the country
The r. S. Smelting Co., a B
controlled corporation, is one o
two great companies of the kind ii
country. With the ability of Techr
to undertake the work, it has expi
itself, through its president, Willia
Sharp, as desirous of availing its
the advantages offered by the Inst
This great company, instead of esta
ing a private research laboratory
own, will bring its problems to
nology.
TIh* advantages which accrue t(
corporation which makes such an i
mcnt include the economy afforded I
bcimr obliged to establish a labor
])arallcling that of the Institute,
laboratories are very costly, constn
and e^iuipment running into the sco
thousands. The Institute presei
further advantage that no private h
tory can afford, in that it niahiti
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183
jup of allied laboratories in which
plenty of everything. There are
d quantities of water, steam,
ty and anything else that is
a great and unequalled library,
irge active force for investigation
student body and unequalled
for quick and satisfactory con-
with the instructing staff. Then
> the ease with which other
ries may be called to help in the
of any problem.
ated are the different industries
rdly any problem lies entirely
he sphere of only one of them.
ry turns to electricity, metallurgy
I of these, while mechanical
ing is fundamental to all other
ngineering. All of these different
. combination unequalled in the
nay at Tech be focussed on a
lestion.
? other hand there are advantages
nology. It has a very costly
nt which it really holds in trust
community. It is the duty of
?rs of the Institute to make the
?tums possible, and they should
wards the end of making the
hundred per cent, institution.
» of its facilities by the industrial
a step towards the realization
sis.
ration like that with the U. S.
Co., in the solution of industrial
», makes it the more valuable to
le, and the more valuable it be-
e better the chance of greater im-
in the future, with the better
For what is a crying need in this
the carrying forward of research
t may be of general benefit. And
latter may truly be assured the
has incorporated in its agree-
* provision that publication of
* not unduly delayed.
ry on the sj^ecial work which this
ion necessitates, the Corporation
Qology has named Henry M.
T, B. S., a graduate of 1910, to be
associate in charge of the work,
a! direction resting on Professor
yffman, professor of metallurgy,
J of the department of mining
and metallurgy. Mr. Schleicher is a
Roxbury boy, who since his graduation
has been engaged in research work with
two Boston firms, with especial atten-
tion to electrolytic separation and flota-
tion.
Out of-door Graduation Exercises
For the principal novelty at the gradua-
tion exercises at the Massachusetts In-
stitute of Technology there will be the
first opportunity in a long time to issue
admissions for all who wish to attend, for
it is proposed to hold the ceremonies out-
of-doors, in one of the smaller courts of
the great structures in Cambridge.
For the purpose the Lowell Court has
been chosen, the one farthest away from
Massachusetts avenue, and here at the en-
trance, below the name of the family that
has been represented on the Technology
Corporation since the beginning of the
Institute, is to be erected a dais for the
Faculty and honored guests and for the
speakers. I^well Court has been chosen
over du Pont Court on account of the
position of the sun at the time the exer-
cises will be in order.
These exercises will be followed by the
usual reception by the President, and
visitors will then be free to wander
through the buildings and laboratories,
and the members of the instructing staff
will be in their resi)ective departments to
meet parents and friends.
The out -door occasion will have great
advantages in the event of the usual June
weather, and will lend dignity and attrac-
tiveness to the ceremonies, with the
picturesque feature of the cadet battalion
for aides and ushers.
In case of rain, the exercises will of
necessity be held within the building
and the largest present auditorium, 10-'i.>0,
beneath the dome, will be used. There
is room here, however, only for Corpora-
tion, Faculty and graduating class, and
the exercises will l)e shortened by omit-
ting the theses. The buildings will, how-
ever, be opened to parents and friends the
same as if pleasant.
SENSIBLE ATTITUDE OF THE UNDERGRADUATES
A special committee studies the War situation and recommends a st
program
'1'Ih* n»|M>rt of the All-Technologj"
('fi(l<T^rii(iuat(* Prr|)artMliM\ss Committee
Hi» presented at the students' mass meet-
iuy; hy Kenn«»th ('. Kiehmond, '17, in
iK'half <»f his feUow workers on the etmi-
inittee, eontahied a word of adviee to
his fellow students against hasty action
in ease of a stru^j^le with Germany.
]xK)kin^ at the matter as a i)rof>lem in
en^ineerinj^ the connnittt^e finds evidences
that a rusli of technically trained men to
enlist in the ranks would he a mistake.
Tlie reasons for this are plainly set
forth, that it is unlikely that the United
States will take an active part in the w ar,
but like Japan at the present moment
will be rendering services of another kind;
It will therefore be better service to the
government for the students to remain at
the Institute. This is the more evident
since the experience of (lermany was not
to call undergraduates from colleges at
the beginning of the war, in fact there is
some evidence that they have not yet
been called out. England on the other
hand, made the mistake of permitting
men with special qualifications to enlist
when they would have been nuich more
useful behind the lines.
The committee recommends to the
Tech students that they wait until the
demands of the fields of industry and
research have been defined by war con-
ditions. It further recommends that a
committee be appointed to keep under-
graduates constantly in touch with the
national dcniand for teclmical service.
It rcconnncnds further the examination
of the students to deterniine wliether
they are physically fit for service in the
army or navy. The class not fit for such
service would prepare for definite indus-
trial work. The class that is fit for service
sliould prepare for such service even if in
the end it sliould turn out that they may
better be used for industrial work.
The committee advises students a
underrating their ability to serve,
positions which they will be fitted
in industrial work are likely not
materially different from those they
find in times of peace, unless th
should be severe. The responsibi
likely to increase more rapidly
war conditions, however.
For students who wish to enli
committee advises against any
enlisting as a a unit. The object
that it is a concentration of material
same kind, and the diffusion of
material will ensure its better utilis
It seems to be a consensus of opinio
Technolog.v men are well enough qu
to become oflScers in case of aggi
warfare, and in such exigency there ^
opportimity for ser\nce of this kind.
may be short term enlistment oppc
ties for army, navy and marine cor
Taking up the matter of the ami
the possible relations of Tech sti
thereto, the report notes that whi
army will probably not be called i
active service, it will undoubted
mobilized as a precautionary move
Men who wish to enlist should
through the regular army Officers
serve Corps. Technical educatioi
be most valuable in the Engineers' (
Coast Artillery and Ordnance D(
nient. The field artillery, cavalry
infantry are decidedly second choic
arranged in order of preference.
With reference to the navy, the
niittee finds that it is more likely
active service than the army. Here
ever, tlu* opportunities to enlis
limited l)ecause restricted to the caj
of ships available. Entrance t(
regular navy or naval reser\'e is
possible only by enlistment as a sc
or fireman, entering a trade by exa
tion as electrician, gunners' mate
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185
dng examination for naval civil
ers corps.
^ reference to the industrial field,
portunities will depend wholly on
tent of the war, and this cannot be
lined at present. M. I. T. students
find their best places as insjjectors,
isors, foremen, research assistants
lachine factory designers. There
be some opportunity for men in the
lower classes to fill some of the
•ns, still, judging of what is known
Germany, it would appear as if
jTould be of still more use to their
y if they complete their courses and
e well grounded engineers.
x)nclusion the committee restates
;ome its position, thus:
ery Tech man should feel that he
his life and his ability for work in
or his country — to be rendered up
atever moment and in whatever
'ould be most useful. Patriotism
be uppermost in every man's
but intelligent rather than blind
ism. If at this moment the most
^ntly useful course is to remain
hnology, every man should follow
»urse. When the time comes for
as it surely will, men should act
nly one thought and one desire —
their utmost for their country to
they owe their own liberty and
ess."
conmiittee has further set before
dents in permanent form various
with reference to the organization
army and the navy as well as a
of the available industrial field.
ofessor Exlward Dyer Peters
ard Dyer Peters, Gordon McKay
or of metallurgy at Harvard and
Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
» died February 17, at his home at
rival street, Dorchester. He had
poor health for about a year past,
1 continued his work as a lecturer
h, and was there at his post, as
I few days before his death, which
escpected.
sssor Peters, who was in his sixty-
year, was bom in Dorchester on
June 1, 1849, the son of Henry Hunter
Peters and Susan Barker (Thaxter)
Peters. He was graduated from the
School of Mines at Freiberg in 1869, and
received from that institution in irfter
years his degree of doctor of engineering.
That of M. D. was conferred upon him
by Harvard in 1877. Previously, Pro-
fessoi* Peters had become territorial
assayer of Colorado, in 1872. He was a
lecturer, in 1903 and 1904, of metallurgy
and professor in this science at Harvard
after 1904, and later became a professor
at Tech.
Professor Peters was a fellow of the
American Association for the Advance-
ment of Science, a member of the Ameri-
can Institute of Mining Engineers and
belonged to the St. Botolph Club and
Har\'ard Club. As a writer he was the
author of "Modern Copper Smelting, "^
which has run through fifteen editions,
also "Principles of Copper Smelting," as
well as numerous technical and scientific
monographs.
He was married on September 28, 1881,^
to Miss Anna Quincy Gushing of Dor-
chester, daughter of the late Dr. Ben-
jamin Gushing of that place. Professor
Peters is survived by his wife.
Alumna Plans President's Grounds
Miss Mabel Keyes Babcock, A. B.,.
B. S., M. S., for the past four years on the
faculty of Wellesley College and presi-
dent of the M. I. T. Women's Associa-
tion, has been selected to plan the garden
that is to be a feature of the new residence
of Dr. Maclaurin.
Miss Babcock, who was graduated from
Wellesley, has created many beautiful
garden designs throughout the country
and planned many large estates.
The plannings for President Maclaurin s
house are as yet merely tentative.
The residence, placed in the angle of
the dormitories, calls for a screen of
shrubs. Since the garden will be on a
level with the first floor, the conditions
will i>ermit of rathfer formal treatment,
with vistas leading the eye to some
bright, i^rmanent decorations in relief.
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Promptness^ fthw, la a matter that
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Contents
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A COURSE m MILITARY ENGINEERING ... 187
IMPORTANT COUNCIL MEETINGS 198
CHANGE IN BY-LAWS 199
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-TREASURER . . 202
THE NEW FLAGPOLES , 209
A FACULTY COMMITTEE ON INTROSPECTION . 218
WHERE THE FACULTY STANDS 216
ACTIVITIES OF LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS .... 218
TECH MEN IN THE PUBLIC EYE 248
lOSCELLANEOUS CLIPPINGS 252
BOOK REVIEWS 268
NEWS FROM THE CLASSES 265
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No. 4
A COURSE IN MILITARY ENGINEERING
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Toposal by Major Cole meets with approval by the Faculty^ —
Board of officers appointed to report to the Secretary of
War
Much has been said in the newspapers of late about what the
different colleges are doing for preparedness, and in some quarters
surprise has been expressed that the Institute should not be more
jurtive. When asked about this Maj. Edwin T. Cole, U. S. A,,
professor of military science at Technology, gave the following
information concerning the real position of the Institute:
The reason why Technology has had so little to say on the
subject of preparedness is because that this is its normal condition.
Per acme fifty years the Institute has been cajrying on combined
courses of technical training and compulsory military training,
"which have fitted all the graduates for reserve officers* work in
"the technical branches of the service, such as engineers corps,
<»r(lnatiGe department, signal corps and coast artillery, and
las fitted them better than are the graduates of almost any other
[college or the men from any other source. The consequence is
that in the present excitement it has been realized that the con-
^^inued effort of so many years has accomplished so much and that
^little could be added by any spasmodic training of a few months'
^kduration. So the Institute has continued such military training
Has will be available for any immediate emergency in the same quiet
mnd unostentatious way in which all its work is done.
Rather than stimulate any excitement during present conditions
mnd to avoid any hysterical or absurd action, the effort has been
mjuie to keep the young men from getting excited and at the
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same time to show them Hie kind of duty for which they will best
be fitted. The result has been that the student body has con-
sidered the problem confronting it in a calm and deliberate way^
has counselled with the army officers on duty at the college and
has learned exactly what should be done to go into the reserv^e
branches of any of the services, or to enter the regular army as
officers, a large number of whom will l>e needed. Many men have J
already applied for reserve commissions and have made formal^
application to take the examinations for the engineer corps and
for the various line branches and many others are ready to do so
when it is evident that their sen ices are needed. A student pre-
paredness committee has been formed with the idea of getting allS
possible information on the subject, presenting it to the student
body, and advising men as to what they had best do. It would
be hard to imagine a better expression of the duty of college
men than is contained in the summing up of the report of this fl
oommittee: fl
£v«iy Tech man ihould fed tJiAt he holds his life And his ubility for work in trust
tor Mm ooantry— to be rendered yp at whulever moment and in whatever way would
be matt uaelul, Patriotiam should be uppermost in every man*s heart, but in-
telligent rather than bliml patriotism. If at this moment the most inteiligently
useful course h to remain at Technolog>\ every man should follow this course*
When the time comes for action, aa it surely will^ men should act with only one
thought and one desire — ^to do their utmost for their country to which tbey owe ^
their own liberty and biippiness* H
Any observer of the present day cannot help but have been
impressed with the idea of how important are the duties of the
various trained engineers. At the present time it is claimed
that Germany has gained an important advantage by a successfuDy
managed retreat because it will take considerable time for the
Allies to construct the roads, railroads, communications, telephone
and telegraph, etc., and move up guns and munitions to enable
them to be on the same terms for attacking the enemy that they
were before this retreat* The old method of suppljdng armies by
wagons or even by the improved motor car of the present time
amounts to little with the enormous quantities of ammunition
required and the very great weight of gims and gun carriages.
Consequently, after every successful driving back of the enemy
there must ensue a period of very intensive building of roads,
railroads, and the necessary commimication devices, the moving
forw^ard of tremendously heavy guns and their carriages, and the
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construction of new platforms for them and protective shelters
for the men working them. Anyone will see at a glance the need
for civil, mechanical, and electrical engineers, not for laboratory re-
search work, but for the most active duty in the field. Technology
is, of course, training men along these lines and has been doing so
rinee its establishment and in addition is giving them a military
course.
The military course at present consists of three hours' com-
pulsory work in the first year and volunteer work thereafter
with the infantry regiment, many of the officers taking training
for the four years. In addition to this there is an engineer
organization formed last year as a volunteer matter and having
an enrollment of about 125 men devoting two hours a week to actual
field problems of the military engineer,
'* It U realized that while the academic tralmng of the Tecb men is not open to
Gritidsm,'' said Major Cole, "the military course is not siiffident in extent or
Yftriety except for men who votuntanly take extra work, but we do believe thai in
the event of war we can ftimish so many men who know engineering problems
and who know enough of the military problems to be able to apply their te<::hxiical
knowledge, that we can furnish the Goi-'emment with a large number of splendid
iwcrve officers. This is the more true since many of the graduates have had years
of supervision of wx)rking gangs, camps, etc., much of the work being very aimilar
lo that required of officers of the army,"
A board of officers has been commissioned to look into instruction
at Tech, and has just completed a report. With the most sym-
pathetic aid of the Faculty, it has examined all of the departments
at Technology, knows just what they teach and how they teach it,
has picked out of each course what is of specific military value,
and has proposed a scheme to the War Department for a full four
years' course of training for officers of the technical branches above
mentioned* the idea being to comply w^th the Reserve Officers'
Training Corps law passed at the last session of Congress, to pro\ade
instruction taking advantage of the splendid academic facilities,
and adding the necessary mihtary work to give men a well-rounded
knowledge of the duties of the particular branches for which they
register-
In general, no changes are made in the ordinary courses except
that some additional courses are added to the options and some
changes in problem work, etc., have been made so as to give the
student a clear understanding of the military bearing of the subject
he is studying* It has been found that so much of the work of
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the various courses is such as would be taken by officers at the
post-i^aduate service schools that in order to turn out first-rate
officers it will only be necessary to organize drill units for the
considered branches, touching the particular field applications
of the work.
It ist however, entirely practical to teach a man all of the field
work of the signal corps, involving receiving and sending messages
witli fiag» helio^aph, torch* lantern, telegraph, field buzzer, and,
field wireless sets, the construction of telegraph and telephone U:
use of switchboards, placing faults in lines and testing lines to
disoovi^r the location of faults placed there by the enemy. The
knowledge, in addition to this, of the instruments used in the
government service, their manufacture, testing, etc*, can all be
made part of this course. In the engineering department work
can be gi\'en out in the use of cordage, knots, rigging, handling
heavy loads, gins, shears, tackles, building of military bridges,
trestle, truss, and floating, etc. Some work can be done of value
to the coast artillery and the ordnance department. The
definite scheme has not yet l>een approved by the War Department,
but in general it involves the following:
Completion in each department of all the courses of regular
academic instruction and laboratory work deemed of military
importance; the same compulsory three hours* military instruction
for the freshman class which has been so long given; in the succeed-
ing years about two hours' drill per week for each year in the drill
unit of the particular arm for which the student b qualifying;
participation at some time during the course in a simimer camp
in which the work is that of the branch corresponding to the
student's military course. In addition to this, as many students
as possible will be interested in taking thesis subjects along military
lines.
While the scheme proposed by the board is based on a study of
Technology, any college having the courses to provide instruction
of equal value can similarly organize units for training officers,
"I huve given tlm subject deep study/' said M&jor Cole, **and have conferred
with a number of oiBeera and I iim convinced that when the plan is put in effect
few men will graduate from Technology who will not be of Mgh value for entering
at once on the duties of reserve officers. While at the present time nothing hats been
arranged m this line, I believe that in the future when this scheme get* in fuU
working order, the technical branches of the service of the Regular Army will be
glad to fill vacandea from men trained in these courses. Even now Technology men
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would h«Te DO difficulty in paning the Regular Army ezamiomtion. Even in tlie
OMe of the Engineer CorfM, which provides an extremely difficult technical examinar
tion lor officers, out of seven men from the whole country who successfully passed
this examination last year, four were from Tech. . . . While the training our
graduates have at preient is not neariy as good as it would be under the new order,
we have avoided excitement or efforts at intensive traixung because we have realised
that ^diatever defidendes we may have, our graduates even now are splendidly
fitted for service. Th^ do not know many things that they should, but they
know so many things that are of value and kuo w them in such a thoroughly practical
way that I have no doubt that in any emergency they wiU acquit themselves
splendidly and that little could be gained by promoting excitement and dinng
; work for a few weeks."
Said Major Cole in conclusion:
It is far from my intention to belittle in any way the splendid manner in which so
many of our colleges are taking hold of the matter* in so far as is possible making up
for the precious yean wasted when they might have been learning to be of service
in the defense of their country, with an expenditure of time and energy which would
not lunre inteflered with dther bunness or pleasure. I am only very glad that as
modem warfare csUs for the use of so many trained engineers on the firing line
Tedi can furnish such a splendidly trained lot of en^neers and that they will be
aUe to work the more intelligently on account of the compulsory military training
whidi has been required of all men since the earliest days of the college.
A Correction
In the January Review the statement was made that Mr. Otto
H. Kahn was **The philanthropist behind the Kahn foundation, "
which is not true. The Kahn foundation was made possible by
Mr. Albert Kahn of Paris, France.
Tlie board of trustees consists of Mr. Edward D. Adams, '69,
of New York, chairman. President Nicholas Murray Butler of
Cdumbia University, New York, Henry Fairfield Osbom, Ameri-
can Museum of Natural History, New York, Charles B. Walcott,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C, Henry S. Prichett,
president of Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teach-
iog» New York, and A. Lawrence Lowdl, president of Harvard
University.
IMPORTANT COUNCIL MEETINGS
War preparations discussed — Congress of Human Engineering
proposed at dedication of Walker Memorial— Prof . Mann
on new ideals in engineering education
The fifty-sixth meeting of the Alumni CoiiDcil was held at the
Engineers Club, February 26, 1917,
Captain H. S. Wonson, ^07, author of "Dear Old M, L T./*
and who recently ser\'ed in the National Guard on the Mexican
border, addressed the Council on "Service in the Militia." He
strongly advised the organization of compulsory military service.
The business on the call for the meeting was: Report of Com-
mittee on Undergraduate Tax, presentation of the plans of the
new course in chemical engineering practice, by Professor W. H.
Walker, and outline of plans and preparations that are being made
at the Institute for the undergraduates in case of war.
In the absence of the chairman of the committee appointed by
the Council to examine the question of an undergraduate tax, the
secretary read the report of the committee. This report was ap-
proved. The matter of the detail in regard to the various appro-
priations to be made from the money collected from this tax was
referred to the Alumni Advisory Council on Finance.
Mr, Litchfield, chairman of the Committee on the Mobilization
of Technology's Resources* made a report of progress.
The question of reopening a discussion on the problem of an
undergraduate tax was raised^ but the chair suggested that those
speaking on this problem could to advantage confer with the com-
mittee to whom this report is now referred.
The chair introduced Professor W. H. Walker, who is in charge
of the School of Chemical Engineering Practice. Professor W^alkcr
gave an interesting talk, illustrated by lantern slides, on the New
School of Chemical Engineering Practice, describing its purpose
and outlining what has already been undertaken.
The chair read part of an editorial of the Boston Transcript on
the preparations being made by Technology graduates and under-
graduates for national defence. He then introduced Major Cole,
who is in charge of the military department at Technology,
Major Cole spoke of the military history of the United States* and
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how it is not taught. He spoke of the changes in the course of
military science at the Institute and of the qualifications of
graduates in regard to their entering the ordnance department,
artillery, engineer corps and such teclinical branclies of the
army. He read extracts from a letter written to President Mac-
laurin on the possibilities of establishing a course for training
officers for the technical development of the army. In Major Cole's
opinion. Technology can readily become the best military training
school in the country for the technical branches of the army. He
announced that a letter had been received from the War Depart-
ment assuring him of the possibility of having his plan, which he
outlined to President Maclaurin* adopted by the War Department.
After Major Cole's address, the chair introduced Mr* Kenneth
C. Richmond of the class of '17, who is chairman of the Student
Committee on Preparedness. Mr. Richmond outlined a report,
which is to be presented to the students at their mass meeting on
Thursday, March L He showed charts which would readily show
students what part of the army or navy would be of interest to
them and how they could obtain advice concerning entrance to
these various branches.
At the fifty-seventh meeting of the Alumni Council held March
t6 it was voted that it was the sense of the Council that the associa-
tion should be incorporated and that the Executive Committee be
authorized to act when deemed necessary.
A nominating committee was also appointed to present names
for advisory members of undergraduate activities.
Plans for the coming meeting of the Technology Clubs Associated
in Cleveland were presented.
For some time the question of taking up the study of the human
side in engineering has been discussed informally by students^
professors and alumni, and in \4ew of the mterest taken in this
subject and because of the plan to dedicate the new Walker Me-
morial in the fall with a congress of human engineering, Mr. Fred H,
Rindge, secretary of the National Committee of the Y. M. C. A,,
told about a congress of human engineering w^hich has recently
t)een held in Ohio. Following is a digest of Mr. Rindge's remarks :
"These are days of great industrial and social problems in
America, and in the face of the present crisis it is fair to say that
the Nation, as never before, is looking to its engineers for the solu-
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tion of many of these problems. The engineer of today, and in*
creasingly of tomorrow, stands at the focus of the whole industrial
situation and he above all others must be able to look both ways—
that is, he must understand clearly the points of view of both
employer and employe. His opportunities for practical ser\Hce
daily become greater and thinking men throughout the country
realize that to be a mechanical engineer, an electrical engineer, a
mining engineer, a civil, a metallurgical, or a chemical engineer ia
not enough. One must be a social and a human enginter as well.
"There is every indication that the engineering profession is
becoming more and more alert to the importance of human engi-
neering. We see it illustrated in the papers, the magazines and
the books of the day, lis importance is proved by the fact that
30,000 business concerns in America are now engaged in one form
or another of worth while welfare work. The meetings of em-
ployers and joint meetings of capital and labor are indicating that
the two great forces of industry today are beginning to see eye to
eye on many of these problems. Engineering schools and uni*
versities are beginning to include in their curricula courses in human
engineering. For three days in October, 1916, Ohio State Uni-
versity held a great congress of human engineering. Prominent
employers, labor leaders, engineers, social workers and association
secretaries are secured from all over the country to present different
points of view on vital industrial problems and various aspects of
human engineering. Addresses were supplemented by practical
discussions, exhibits of industrial betterment work from various
companies, etc. Seven thousand volumes of the proceedings arc
being published and can be secured on request. Other such con-
ferences are being planned.
"Dr. C. R. Mann of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advance-
ment of Teaching has recently completed a most comprehensive
investigation of engineering education throughout the country and
says that his extensive studies have revealed clearly the need for
larger appreciation of the human side and for engineers today to
take time to engage in practical service with industrial workers.
It is exceedingly significant that Dr, Mann has recently been
appointed director of Educational Research at Massachusetts
Institute at Technology.
"Leading business concerns are demanding that engineers in
the future should have not only a technical knowledge but also a
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knowledge of actual industrial conditions and a knowledge of how
to handle men. The Young Men*s Christian Association has been
working along all of these lines for the last ten years through its
Industrial Service Movement, with engineering students and grad-
uates « The association has been to some extent responsible for
bringing these very ideas to the fore. At the present time 4,500
graduates are reaching 100,000 working men and boys in practical
*er\dce. They are teachrng English to foreigners, instructing
working men in mathematics, mechanical drawing and other tech-
iiical subjects, speaking at noon hour shop meetings, leading clubs
of apprentices and working boys, and many other things. Needless
to say, these men are getting out of this experience far more than
ihey are giving. They are gaining an insight into actual industrial
conditions; they are coming to know other men personally and
tntimately and they are gaining a practical knowledge of how
to handle men intelligently and sympathetically. Nearly 1,000
men a year are graduating from our colleges after such experi-
ences, with a new vision of their service opportunities and respon-
sibilities.
To sum up some of these things which an engineering student
may learn from engaging in industrial service. He learns that all
men are men regardless of race, nationality, color or creed, but
that men must be dealt with ver>^ differently; he learns that it
pays to win the leaders of men if one desires to win the men them-
selves; that the work, home and leisure life of industrial workers
play a large part in determining efficiency; that a man's shop asso-
ciates may largely influence the quality of work he does; that
lielping men to concentrate on their work (though not at the ex-
pense of mental and physical welfare) increases output; that
friendly competition (without driving men) helps break records;
jkhat leasonable relaxation and recreation pays both from the
iiuman and economic stand points; that visitation of other plants
mnd stimulation of new ideas in various ways may mean a money-
fa ving to the company; that loyalty of the men is one of the em*
ployer's greatest assets: and that character counts most of all.
More than this he learns in general to understand men, he learns
to sympathize with the other fellow's point of view and how to
andle men successfully.
*The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has always taken
advanced stand along these lines and it is to be hoped that this
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great iostitutioE will greatly advance the cause of Human Engi-
neering during the next few years. Human Engineering is so
broad a subject that it is impossible to give a short definition for
it must be a part of all known types of engineering. It b that
phase of engineering which studies and promotes the welfare and
happiness of all the human beings m any industrial operation. It
deals inevitably with scientific and just methods of hiring and
firings with comprehensive schemes of training and education, with
impro\Tng all working, living and leisure conditions, with fair
methods of handling of laborers, with the improvement of personal
character and individual efficiency. Why should not M. I. T.
include more instruction in human engineering in its regular curric-
ulum? Why should it not promote a great congress in human
engineering next fall, which would help to define and standardize
the subject for the whole country. During the past year about
TO of the students have been engaged in practical industrial service*
Why should there not be at least 200 next season? There never
was a day when America was so greatly in need of the best help
which college men all over the country can give. Real prepared-
ness lies in the realm of the social and economic. Men can never
be fuUy prepared until some of the vitsi industrial problems have
been solved. It b both a challenge and a strategic opportunity.**
The next speaker was Dr. Charles R. Mann, formerly of the
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, who has
recently been appointed to the Faculty of the Institute for the
purpose of making a study of teaching at Technology. Dr. Mann
spoke in part as follows:
"No one can visit the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
without becoming conscious of the fact that what you call the
'Spirit of Technology' is a very real and omnipresent thing. But
though everyone feels this spirit, it is not an easy matter to define
it and state concretely wherein it really consists.
"There can be little doubt that the spirit of Technology was
infused into the Institute by its first President. It was his broad
and comprehensive conception of engineering and the missionary
zeal with which he devoted himself to its realization that inspired
the Institute with the ideals for which it stands. It is not only
our privilege to keep alive thia spirit, but it is also our responsi-
bility to expand and develop it in conformity with the progress of
science and industry.
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"To President Rogers engineering was science applied to pro-
duction and the function of the engineering school was, therefore,
to supply the iotellectyal element in production. In his time
production was in sore need of scientific infornnation. Very little
science was taught in colleges and practically none in the secondary
schools. Therefore the school was organized to teach the funda-
mental principles of science and to enlighten manufacturers in
scientific methods and processes. The vitality of the school, there-
-fore, came from its determination to put science to use,
"This conception of engineering as applied science was adequate
to the needs of production in 1861. Since then industry has
developed marvelously and industrial processes have become more
and more complex because of the rapid increase in scientific knowl-
edge. In addition the law of diminishing returns and competition
have made it impossible to conduct industry with the same dis-
regard of economy that was possible fifty years ago* As a result
the controlling element in production today has come to be the
appraisement of values and costs. Hence the engineer is no longer
merely an applied scientist, but is the one who must also be able to
balance inteUigently utility values against costs.
Every engineering project presents the three-fold problem of
materiab, of men and of management. The engineering schools
at present instruct their students w ith considerable success in the
properties and laws of materials. They also devote a httle atten-
tion to the science of management. They pay, however, prac-
tically no attention to the question of values and costs of materials
and management and omit altogether the consideration of the
problems of himian labor. Yet it is these problems of the human
values to Ije secured from materials, management and labor that
are the most interesting for the students and the most vital to the
success of engineering work.
** Modem engineering, therefore, differs from the older engineer-
ing by the prominence which now attaches to the appraisement
of values and costs in all their phases. The function of the engi-
neering school is, therefore, no longer merely to supply the intel-
lectual element in production, but this must be supplemented with a
vital introduction to the problems of values. The inclusion of this
conception in President Rogers* definition furnishes a new ideal
which, if carried out with the same enthusiasm that has been
devoted to the old ideal, will make Technology the leader in prog-
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ress for the next fifty years as she has been for the past half cen-
tury."
A committee of five was appointed by the chair to consider the
advisability of holding a congress of human engineering on the
occasion of the dedication of the new Walker Memorial.
On motion of Henry Morss it was voted that the Council of the
Alimini Association is in favor of universal military training and
it WEis further moved and voted that the secretary be instructed to
send at once to all the Massachusetts members of the association
a petition to the President and the Congress for suitable legislation
to bring this about,
Mr. Hunter raised the question as to whether or not the Tech-
nology Review is of such a character as to fill our needs and
suggested that it might be changed to a by-weekly or weekly
publication.
A special committee was appointed by the Council to advise the
undergraduates on the conduct of the proposed Sunday afternoon
lx)wwows to be held in the new Walker Memorial next year.
Weekly Luncheons of the Technology Club of Chicago
The Technology Club of Chicago still holds its weekly luncheon
meetings on Tuesdays, holidays excepted, at the Chicago Engineers
Club, 314 South Federal street, from twelve to two. All Tech men
are welcome. During President Montgomery's administration
the average attendance has increased and the interest has grown
to a marked degree. The service of the Engineers Club is excellent
and special tables are reserved for the use of the Tech men.
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Major Cole, the great booster for the Tech branch of the Harvard
Cooperative Association suggests that we notify the alunmi that
they are eligible for membership in the co5perative association» on
payment of $1 initiation fee. Through his energy there are now
1»875 members of the Tech branch. There is about 9 per cent,
saving in one's ordinary purchases and if members so desire they
can have charge accounts.
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CHANGE IN BY-LAWS
Alumni Council finds it desirable to make fiscal year of
Alumni Association coincide with that of the Institute
At the March meeting of the Alumni Council it was voted to
change the by-laws in accordance with the report of a committee
appointed for this purpose. In accordance with the pro\aaion of
the by-laws notice of this change is here given. Changes are in-
dicated by italics in proposed text.
BY-LAWS (Present)
Article I
Ehdions
Section 1. (Revised 1910.) Prior to October 10 the Nominat-
ing Committee shall transmit to the secretary nominations for
the offices to be filled and nominations for term members of the
Corporation of the Institute. The nominations for election to
the Corporation shall be at least double the number of places to
be filled. The secretary shall publish the nominations transmitted
by the Nominating Committee in at least one daily paper in the
city of Boston before October 15. Additional nominations for
any office or for election to the Corporation, signed by at least
thirty members of the association entitled to vote for such nom-
inees, shall be placed on the official ballot by the secretary if re-
ceived by him before November 5.
Sect. £. Prior to November 20, letter ballots cootaining the
names of all candidates shall be sent by the secretary to all mem-
bers of the association entitled to vote for such candidates. In
order to be counted, a ballot must be returned to the secretary >
enclosed in an envelope indorsed with the voter's signature and
class. The polls shall close December 20, and the Executive Com-
tmttee shall thereupon canvass all ballots and aimounce the result-
The candidates receiving the largest number of votes shaU be
deemed elected. Should there he a failure to elect on account of
a tie, the tie shall be resoK'ed by lot drawn by the secretary.
Sect. 3. (Revised 1010.) At least thirty days before the March
meeting of the Corporation, the secretary shall send to the Nomi-
nating Committee of the Corporation the names of the candidates
receiving the largest number of votes for election to the Corpora-
tion » in number the same as the number of places to be filled.
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Sbct. 4. It mny vacuicy occurs among the term members of
the CorponliioQ throu^ death, resignation or otherwise, the
Alumni Association shall choose f w eadi vacancy a candidate
•ccottfing to the provisions of section 2 of this Artide.
SiBCT. 5. (Revised 1910.) Only m em b er s of the Alumni Asso-
cialictt wkose class has been graduated at least five years shall be
entitled to vtite tor term members of the Corporation.
^^BCT. ^ Nominations tor representatives to the Council shall
be yrrrh hj the organisations which they leixesent, but the Execu-
tivr Conouttee shall have charge of all balloling tor election
thefv^^.
BY-LAWS (As Proposed)
Article I
Elections
Sktwxs 1. (Revised I9I0.) Prior to February 1 the Nomi-
m^ing Committee shall transmit to the secretary nmninations tor
the oflSces to be filled and names to be presented for nominati<m tor
l^imi member^Atp on the Corporation of the Institute. The
^^mes io be presented for nomination to the Corpcwation shall be
at least double the number of places to be filled. The secretary
shall publish the nominations transmitted by the Nominating
Committee in at least one daily paper in the city of Boston before
February 15. Additional nominations for any oflSce or for nomi-
nation for the Corporation, signed by at least thirty members of
the association entitled to vote for such nominees, shall be placed
on the oflScial ballot by the secretary if received by him before
March 6.
Sect. ^. All members of the association shall be entitled to
vote except that only members whose class has been graduated at
least five years shall be entitled to vote for nomination for term
membership on the Corporation.
Sect. 3. Prior to March 20, letter ballots containing the names
of all candidates shall be sent by the secretary to all members of
the association entitled to vote for such candidates. In order to
be counted, a ballot must be returned to the secretary, enclosed in
an envelope indorsed with the voter's signature and class. The
polls shall close April 20, and the Executive Committee shall there-
upon canvass all ballots and announce the result. The candidates
receiving the largest number of votes shall be deemed elected.
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Should there be a failure to elect on account of a tie, the tie shall
be resolved by lot dra^Ti by the secretary.
Sect. ^. (Revised 1910.) At least thirty days before the June
meeting of the Corporation, the secretary shall send to the Secre-
iary of the Corporation of the Institute the names of the candidates
recei\ing the largest niimber of votes for nomimUion for the Cor-
poration, in number the same as the number of places to be
filled.
Sect. 5. If any vacancy occurs among the term members of
^he Corporation through death, resignation or otherwise, the
Alunmi Association shall choose for each vacancy a candidate
^according to the provisions of section S of this Article.
Sect. 6. Nominations for representatives to the Council shall
lye made by the organizations which they represent, but in the
^eveni of their failure fo exercise this right prior to May i, the Execu-
miive CommiUee may appoint representatives of the local organizaiion.
f Tech Ambulance for France
At a meeting of the Technology Club of New York in March
^he needs of the American Ambulance Service in France were
presented and $500 was immediately subscribed toward the pur-
^iiase of an ambulance. In the meantime Mrs. Edward Cunniiig-
lam had become interested in the same object and, on learning
"through Dr. Maclaurin of the action of the New York club, she
toent her check for $1,600 which is sufficient to provide an ambu-
ilance and maintain it for a year. A plate is to be affixed to the
ambulance, baring the inscription, ** Given in memory of Edward
"Cunningham, M. I. T. 1891." The arrangements were made
^"through the American Ambulance Field Service in France.
, Mr. Cunningham was a term member of the Corporation for
rfive years and was always keenly interested in his AJma Mater.
About eight years ago, when pressure for funds began to be critical,
Mr. Cunningham was one of the first to produce results in rabing
about $20,000, early in 1909. There was no limit to his willingness
I to serve the Institute, although his healthy even then, was a serious
t handicap. The New York club feels honored in ha\4ng this part
in establishing such a fitting memorial to Mr. Cunningham,
It is hoped that an ambulauee unit will be arranged among Tech
men and that one of the drivers will be placed in charge of this
ambulance.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-TREASURER
The year's alumrn record presented at the January meeting
of the Alumni Council — Financial report and reports of
special committees
Mkmbcrbhip:
The membership of the Alumni Association on December 91 »
1916, was 7,4^, made up of 5,^64 graduates and 1,5£0 associate
members of whom 547 are life members. In addition to these, we
havr on our roll five honorary members. Our increase in member-
ahip is 374. By death our number of life members has been re-
duced by one.
During the past year, dues have been received from 4,0^7 mem-
bcrs, which is 56.5 per cent, of our membership* This is more
th»m 4 per cent, larger than last year. This is particularly en-
couraging because, as the Committee on Collection of Dues and
Increase of Membership will report, fewer notices have been sent
to the alumni in regard to dues this year than in the past year.
Attenoance:
The average attendance at the Council meetings during the past
year was 45 members. As there has been no special meeting of
the Council only the regular eight meetings have been held.
Reports of the Past Year:
Several important reports have been presented and accepted.
The final report of the Committee on Dormitories was presented
and accepted at the annual meeting last January. This was
printed in the Technology Review in February. The final
report of the Walker Memorial Committee was presented and ac*
cepted. At the October meeting, the report of the treasurer of
the Reunion Committee was accepted and the Council voted to
recommend that the Corporation of the Institute appropriate an
amount necessary to cover the deficit of the Rexmion from the
Alumni Fund, in view of the fact, that enough subscribers to this
fund had indicated their willingness to have their own subscrip-
tions devoted to this purpose. In November the report of the com-
mittee in charge of the Historical Collection and Exhibition was
accepted and it was voted by tlie Council to authorise the appoint-
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ment of a staodiDg committee to be diarged with this collection
and exhibit.
PouciEs:
The Council during the past year has authorized its regular
nominating committee to present nominations for the various
standmg committees in place of appointing an informal nominating
committee as has happened heretofore. The Council has voted
to have the year of each administration more nearly coincident
with the school year of the Institute, The Council has voted to
invite the past presidents of the association to attend all meetings
of the Council. It has also invited the bursar of the Institute to
attend the meetings of the CounciL The procedure in regard to
the appointment of a regular nominating committee having been
challenged t this matter was referred to a special committee and
this committee, made up of past presidents of the association, re-
ported that in their opinion it was inadvisable to change the method
of electing the nominat'mg committee. The CouncO endorsed
their report.
Events:
The one great event of the year» which is in everyone *s mind, is
the Reunion and a complete and inspiring report of this is to be
found in the July number of the Review,
During the past year, the Council celebrated its fiftieth meeting,
when the past presidents of the association, who were present, re-
viewed for the Council their respective adniinbtrations, aims and
accomplishments; also made some suggestions regarding the
future policy of the CounciL When Doctor Maclaurin addressed
the Council at this fiftieth meeting, he spoke of there being great
problems ahead for the Institute to solve* which should broaden
the outlook of Technology. He suggested that if the Council
would suggest ways and means of solving these problems, it would
be helpful and the Council itself would then have large problems
befofc it.
A number of the meetings have been devoted to the discussion of
plans for the Reunion and members of the Council will remember
pleasantly that in the March meeting a masked undergraduate
quartette appeared and sang songs for the Council.
The Corporation of the Institute, through the President, in-
vited the Council to assbt in choosing delegates to represent the
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Ahmmi Aasodatioii at the dedication ci the new buildiagi in case
weather required that the ezeretfles should be hdd within the build-
ings, when it would, of course, be necessary to limit the number to
attend the dedication.
During the year the Council made a lecommendatioii that
academic costume for the Institute be defined and a committee
was set up for this purpose, but as subsequently the Institute
Faculty defined academic costume for Technology this committee
was discharged without making a report.
During the past year Professor Miller, *86, head dt the depart-
ment of mechanical engineering, has told the CouncQ about the
wonderful new engineering laboratories and one evening was de-
voted to visiting the laboratmies.
The secretary of the Technology Christian Association, Mr.
Cushman, has told the Alumni Council its purpose and what work
has been undertaken by this association. On the same evening.
Professors Burton and Sedgwick addressed the Council on this
important work.
Toward the end of the year. Doctor Hale, *90, addressed the
Council on Industrial Preparedness, a formal committee was ap-
pointed to consider the program and carry out as far as practicable
suggestions made by the first committee at the meeting in De-
cember.
Finances:
During the past year over one hundred thousand dollars has
been handled by the Alumni Association. Of this amount, over
$90,000 is due to the expense of the Reunion. In connection
with the Reunion there was a deficit of practically $20,000. The
Alumni Association is grateful to the Coix>oration of the Institute
for meeting the deficit of the Reunion from the Alumni Fund.
The dues of the association are divided into two parts; one-half
is credited to the use of the association for its work, the other half
is appropriated to the account of the Technology Review. The
finances of the association in its work this year show a profit due
to the fact that the effort of the association has been concentrated
upon the Reunion during the past year and there have, on that
account, been fewer committees undertaking general work with
any exi)ense. When one takes into account the size and quality
of the July number of the Technology Review, he is not sur-
prised to &id a deficit in the accounts of the Review.
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The balance in our surplus account at this time is on the wrong-
side and shows a deficit of approximately $500. On this account,
it for no other reason, the Committee on Membership and Due&
has had a notice sent to all who have generously subscribed as
Sustaining Members of the Association, to invite them once more
lo contribute as such.
The books of the treasurer have been audited by the Auditing
Committee, appointed by the Executive Committee, through their*
<;ertified public accountant and have been found to be correct.
The certified statement of the accountant is in the hands of the
Auditing Committee.
Walter Humphbeys,
Secretary'Treasurer.
BALANCE SHEET
January 1, 1917
AflKts:
Cash $825.42
Acoounta receivable 1,854.51
Inventory 454.04
Furniture and fixtures 457.88
Ezpenae paid in advance 48.82
Total aaseta $8,140. IT
liabilities:
Notes payable $500.00
Accounts payable 2,715.87
Income in advance 406.00
Deficit 481.70
$8,621.87 $8,621.87
Income:
Sustaining membership, 1916 $1,925.00
Dues, 1916 4,027.00
Bade dues 682.50
Interest and discount 250.91
Other income 1,069.66
Rkvixw subscriptions 8,701 . 17
Rkvixw advertising 8,508.28
$15,114.52.
Secretary's salary $500.00
Labor 1,880.62
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FbtUfe and FrintiBf «1.S87 m
SUtaonoy and wapfUm S«3 . 75
Carfare, tda p hoiia and Id^gn^ etc 5& IS
Traveling cxpcnie 114 15
CoDedkni cxpcBK ti 28
ConncaeipcBie U.M
lyDneUaaeooscaqMnM 107 3d
Field manager (liairefing eiqienee) tlT.Sl
Banquet, 1910 94 i3
Editor*! lalary 1,000 OO
Bsvixir paper and printinc 9^11.40
10 per cent, depreeiatioo, fnmitiire and fiztnrae ^.S8
15,700. 4e
*
Operating loei for the year 1016 90» M
Surplus account, January 1» 1010 lUM
Net deficit, January 1, 1017 $481.70
Report ct the auditors iqqxnnted by the prendent of the Alumiii
Aooodatum^ as provided in the eonstitution. to enmiae the books
and funds ct officers and committees holding funds of the Alumni
Association:
January 29, 1917.
Alumni Association or the MASSACHUSBm Institute of
Technology, Cambridos, Mass. —
Gentlemen:
We have personally checked the securities held by the Oam^
mittee on Permanent Funds. We have, in connection with Mr
audit, employed the firm of Harvey S. Chase ft Co^ iiwIWimI
public accountants, to make a detailed investigation of fhe M^
counts of the Alumni Association, which report we ^qwnd huwto^
In accordance therewith we find the accounts of the s s s oci i t km
correct and in a satisfactory condition.
Very truly yours.
Signed: Joseph H. Kmcair. "
W. K. Lbwib.
COMMITTBE ON PERMANENT FUNDS — ^ANNUAL
The Committee on Permanent Funds has loaned, during the
past year, $8,125 from the Rogers Fund to thirty-three sia diBB ta .
There has been collected $1,210 from nineteen former loaas, aad
Report of the Secretary-Treasurer 2C(7
interest to the amount of $63.58. There is available now in the
bank $1»246 for scholarship loans.
During the past year one note of $100 has been charged off
because of the death of the beneficiary.
The new School of Chemical Engineering Practice has made a
request that awards be made to two students for traveling expense
and board to the amount of $200 each. Your committee finds
that such a use of the Rogers Fund money was mentioned when
this memorial fund was first discussed. The committee, therefore,
will make such grants and believes that by it the Rogers Fund will
become a greater educational fund.
The committee recommends that in addition to the 10 per
c&at. of the increase of the Rogers Fund, which is transferred
every year to the capital account according to the vote of January,
1915» 10 per cent, of the money paid back on the loans be added
to the capital annually, from January 1, 1917.
The Life Membership Fund has gained by money received from
four life members, as well as its percentage of income.
The Alumni Fund has been increased by income to the amount
of $30.87 and has been reduced by no payment during the year.
The books of the treasurer have been examined by a certified
public accountant.
The following is a statement of the accounts:
BALANCE SHEET
Januabt 1, 1917
Anets:
Cadi $1,968.46
Stocks and bonds 18,595.00
Personal accounts 8,587 .50
• Income in suspense 200.00
$29,845 . 96
Liabilities:
Bogers Scfaolanhip Fund capital $10,198 .95
Bogers Scholarship Fund loan account 9,888.53
life Membership Fund capital 8,218 .55
Alumni Fund capital 991 .98
Accounts payable 108.00
$29,345.96
Walter Humphreys,
Treasvrer.
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STATEBfENT M. L T. ALUMNI FUND
To DKMMnB SI, If le
UMtiHa
SobacripCioiis to Oct. 1, 1916 (ptcrioai icport) lev |ill,000 paid
M.LT^aceo«iiiiaew«te $9873^.91
Adffitiond to Dec SI, 19ie 8t»fi99.eS
Total mbKriptions 9479349.55
Net income to Oct. 1, 1916 (ptevkw report) 991394.59
Adffitiond to Dec. 81, 1919 8S5.91
Total income 9tt,149.99
Total fond 9501,969.75
Ca«h in Fnt National Bank— open aocomit (9 %) 959,814.69
Expended on acooont edocational equipment (i^ipropriated) 840,000.00
Expended on account Walker Memorial 50,000.00
Expended on account dormitoriet 40,000.00
Expended on account Reunion 19,679.06
9501306.75
January 5, 1917.
RUMKLE POBTRAIT
To THE Council,
Alumni Association, Mass. Inst. Technology.
The committee on the Runkle portrait fund begs to report
progress as follows:
The committee has applied to 1,339 members from A to P in-
cluding a few in R, and from the classes of 1868 to 1891 inclusive.
The committee has received subscriptions from 424 members.
The total receipts amount to $1,424.00
Postage and stenographic service 150 . 81
Leaving balance for artist, framing and other expenses $1,273. 19
The next work of the committee is to select the artist and for
this a number of good names are at hand. The committee will
ask advice in the selection from those best qualified to give it.
Respectfully submitted,
Signed: Robert H. Richards,
CommitUe.
THE NEW FLAGPOLES
I
All those fortunate ones who have stood in the great "piazza**
of St. Mark's in Venice, facing the Cathedral, have been entranced
by the beanty of the magnificent composition before them. Not
the least important features of the picture thus presented have been
the two beautifully wrought bronze bases which supported the
tall flagpoles, from the heads of which floated enormous Italian
flags in their gay colors.
In the same way, similar important adjuncts to the design
of the New Technology Buildings have been made possible through
the generous gifts of two poles with appropriate bases by the classes
of 1885 and 1892> and an architectural effect is assured comparable
to that obtained at St. Mark's.
The flagpoles will be erected at the entrances to the da Pont
and Lowell Courts — on the axes and midway between the flanking
pavilions. Their lofty height of over one hundred feet w^ll serve
to lift the eye from one pavilion to the other, and thus to the
dome, performing an important architectural as well as a highly
decorative function.
The bases are composed of Indiana limestone, cut to an octagonal
plan in the form of seats surrounding each pole, and raised from
the ground level by granite steps. The backs of the seats arc
paneled and form the v^ertical faces of solid octagonal bases which
receive the ornamental bronze collars-
The bronze work is the result of fine craftsmanship, and consists
of embossed designs covering the major portion of each base with
figures in high relief, incised decoration on all important mouldings,
and the upper portion terminated by flutes. Each collar bears an
appropriate inscription in raised letters. From these bases emerge
the tall vertical Oregon pine poles, cut to a diameter of twenty
inches at the bottom and tapering to the tops, which are sur-
mounted by gilded copper balls.
The work of excavation for the necessary foundations has
begun, and considerable progress will he noted from day to day<
They must be ready in all their completeness — pole, collar and
stone base — by June 1, 1917» preparatory to the unveiling by
the two classes of the alumni who have stood sponsors for them^
and on that day the American flag and the state flag of Massachu-
setts will be unfurled with fitting ceremony.
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Enough prabe cannot be rendered to Charles W. Eaton, '85»
S, M. Braman, '0^, and Professor W. A. Johnston, *0'2, for their per-
ception in realizing the importance of these permanent additions
to the New Teclmologj^ buildings, and for their zeal in collecting
the necessary funds from their classmates.
Much still remains to be done in all three courts in the way of
trees, planting, stone seats and foundations, which it is confidently
expected the alomni classes will contribute as time goes on,
— H. E. Kebbon, 'li.
Intensive Naval Architecture Studies
Forty-one students at the Institute have started in on the
intensive course in naval architecture which is to last ten weeks
and demand of the students a full ten-hour day of study and
work. The course is one that has been prepared at short notice
by Professor C, H. Pea body, head of the department of naval
architecture and marine engineering, for the purpose of filling an
urgent need that exists for draftsmen in navy yards and shipbuild-
ing yards. The young men who successfully complete this course
have positions assured to them at once where their special talents
vnU be used to the advantage of the nation.
The course is one that fits in exceedingly well with the others at
Technologj% for at the Institute the authorities insist on a founda-
tion of mathematics and general engineering studies that permits
of a number of special superstructures according to the wish or
circumstances of the student. Thus it is the new course appeab
to rivdl and mechanical engineers, architects who have taken work
in construction and a few other options, and it is from these that
the registration has been made up. The electrical engineers see
their l^est use to the nation along the lines of the signal corps and*
accordingly, have not joined in any number.
The work of the new course will be conducted by Prof* C. H»
Peabody together with George Owen, assistant professor of naval
architecture, and Evers Burtner, instructor. There will be two
hours a day of lectures, five hours in the drafting room and three
hours of preparation. Professor Peabody s lecturer will discuss
the fundamental propositions of shipbuilding, displacement and
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stability, the coefficients of safety, the theory of launching and
questions pertaining to power and speed of ships.
The lectures by the head of the department will be supplemented
by other lectures by Professor Owen, which will be, in reahty,
explanations of the problems in drawing, and together with in-
structor Burtner the work with the drawing table will be con-
ducted for the major portion of the time. This will begin with the
ships' lines, next will come the designs of merchant ships for dif-
ferent purposes and there will be included determination of sizes
and properties. Next will come special problems, like launching,
and here it may be said that while launching a ship seems to be to
the layman merely a mechanical problem, still everything about
a ship is drafting and the preparations for the final launching must
be laid down at the drawing table. The students will in addition
be required to pass three hours a day in preparation which will
consist largely in reading.
Through some confusion of the many interests brought to the
fore by the declaration of war, an impression has been spread
abroad that there is some disagreement between the department
of the Navy and the Institute. The contrary is true, since Admiral
D. W. Taylor, U. S. N., within whose special ken come such mat-
ters as this course, has expressed himself as heartily approving it.
The Technology Club of Chicago
The Northwestern Association of the Institute of Technology
has recently done two important things: it has changed the name
of the club to "The Technology Club of Chicago" and is issuing
a bulletin giving news of the club and its various members and
the more important happenings connected with the Institute.
It is intended to supplement the news of The Review in a
timely manner and to boost the Institute by disseminating news
relating to its progress, and by finding business opportunities
for those of its members who are looking for them. It is similar in
size to the bulletin of the Technology Club of New York and is
bound to prove a great source in building up the Technology Club
of Chicago. The form and the matter are both excellent.
The Northwestern Association was formed many years ago
and at that time took in a large part of the United States. As
other local associations were formed the territory of the club became
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more restricted until it seemed to be desirable to localize it in
Chicago.
We hope the time will come when every association of re-
spectable size will publish a bulletin, even if only one issue a year.
Wise Suggestion on Universal Training
Senator Weeks has presented to the Senate the following resolu-
tion, signed by President A, Lawrence Lowell of Harvard, Richard
C. Maclaurin of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, L. H.
Murlin of Boston University, and Herman C. Bumpus of Tufts
College.
"We, the undersigned, would not put the slightest obstacle in
the way of thorough and adequate training of every citizen for
duties which his country may require of him. We would, however,
call the attention of Congress to the fact that young men at a given
age are not equally matured and that, therefore, the requirements
of one period of months of continuous service after a particular
birthday would cause needles hardship.
*'We, therefore, urge that several years' option be given each
individual, so that his training may come at some desirable stage
in his education or occupation,
**We would also recommend a division of continuous training
into periods of three months, connected and continued by such
instruction as may be deemed wise. Thus there wlU be thereby not
only a saving to the government, but, as many occupations have
three months* periods of slack work, a valuable adaptation
individual conditions.*'
Errata
lave ■
[1 to I
In the January number of the Technologt Review there was
an error on page 19 wherein the donor of $50,000 to the endowment
fund of the Institute, at the banquet last June, is erroneoudy
described as Edwin D. Adams. Mr. Edward D. Adams, *69,
was the donor of this sum which was the last amount needed to
bring the total to $1,000,000. Mr. Adams is prominent among
the contributers to good works in New York City but perhaps no
gift that he has ever made has the same significance as that which
rounded out the great banquet contribution and, with Mr. Smith's
additional gift, made a record for spontaneous giving of $2,6^6,006*
A FACULTY COMMITTEE ON INTROSPECTION
It will be charged with the duty of improving the methods of
instruction and considering ways and means
President Maclaurin announces a step forward in methods of
Vacation, by establishment of a body within the Institute whose
function it shall be to seek means of improving the methods of
instruction. This committee is to be a permanent one and the
Institute has selected for its chairmani Dr. Charles R. Mann of the
University of Chicago.
In order that the purposes of new committee may not be mis-
^inderstood, President Maclaurin himself thus outlines the history
of the new step: At the beginning of the present academic year the
I*resident of the Institute appointed a committee on research com*
posed of members of the three Institute bodies, Corporation,
Faculty and alumni. The function of this committee is to con-
sider ways and means of encouraging advanced study and research
^thin the Institute. In recent years the main energies of Tech-
nology have been directed towards the building up of a great plant
on the banks of the Charles. This, of course, has involved an im-
mense amount of labor on the part of all concerned and not least
among the Faculty many of whom have spent weeks and months
m planning laboratories and their equipment and later in super-
vising the installation of that equipment. As a result of this, the
Institute now has a unique plant with immense laboratories
equipped with all kinds of machinery unsurpassed and indeed in
many respects unequalled anywhere in the world. The problem
is, of course, to make the most of thLs splendid equipment and to
organize the Faculty in such a way that its members may work to-
gether most effectively for the great ends of advancing knowledge
as well as of giving instruction. The committee on research deab
particularly with the advancement of knowledge. Cooperating
with this committee there was established almost simultaneously
a research committee of the Faculty under the presidency of Dr.
Noyes^ '86, fomierly acting President of the Institute. It is the
intention to make the Faculty committee a permanent one. Its
labors have already borne fruit in changes of Faculty rules. Va-
rious restrictions that have limited the supply of men who were
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devoting themselves to advanced study and research have been re-
moved without any lowering of standards. Practical suggestions
have been made for modifying the conditions under which the jun-
ior members of the staff work so as to enable them to devote more
time than at present to advanced study and research. Through
the co5peration of individuals and corporations who appreciate the
importance of scientific research to the development of our in-
dustries, considerable suras of money have been obtained for the
carrj^ing on of investigations and doubtless in time the endowment
available for such purposes will be greatly increased. With
proper support the Institute must become a great research organ-
ization advancing the bounds of knowledge in the field of the funda-
mental sciences, such as chemistry and physics* and constantly
discovering new applications of scientific knowledge to the prac- ■
tical problems of industry. m
While this development is going on it will not be forgotten that
the primary function of the Institute is to teach. The best teach-
ers, like the Wst artists, are born and not made and the recog-
nition of this fact has often led educational institutions to make no
serious effort to improve its educational methods. Young men M
are appointed as instructors and they experiment on the youth of ■
the country often without any direction whatever as to bow to go
about their business. It is not surprising that there is a great deal
of inefficiency in college teaching and that a large number of earnest
and industrious students fall by the way, not so much through their
own shortcomings as through those of their instructors. In the
field of applied science w^ith which the Institute mainly concerns
itself, there is a special need for trained instructors* Today the
profession of the engineer is greatly more exacting than it was a
generation ago and the equipaient of the engineer must be conse-
quently more varied. Not only must the extent of his knowledge of
science be greater but there is much more that is required of him
than mere knowledge of science. An over-crowded curricuJum and
an almost panicky condition of w^ork is the inevitable consequence
unless special care is given to the methods of instruction. Recog-
nizing this, the President of the Institute is setting up a committee
of the Faculty charged with the special duty of considering ways
and means of improving the methods of instruction. There is so
much to be done in this field that the chairman of this committee
will have little time for anything else. It has consequently been
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decided to strengthen the Faculty by the addition of another mem-
beF who will be made chairman of this committee and, except for
a very small amount of teaching, be freed from most other duties.
The man selected for this most important office is Dr. Charles R.
Mann, professor of physics in the University of Chicago* a native
of Orange, N, J. Dr. Mann is a graduate of Columbia University
and of the University of Berlin, and the author of various i^Titings
on physics and on the teaching of science. For the last three years
he has been on leave of absence from the University of Chicago in
order to enable him to devote his whole time to the service of the
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. This
Foundation in cooperation with the Society for the Promotion of
Engineering Education and various national engineering societies
has through Dr. Mann and his associates made a careful study of
engineering education in this country and is about to publish a
report upon the subject. This experience, following on Dr. Mann*s
long attention to the problems of scientific teaching, should make
him particularly useful in the important work that he is to under-
take at Technology, beginning next fall. Long ago the late
Augustus Lowell, father of President Ix»weU of Harvard, stated
that the most striking thing about the Institute of Technology'
was that in spite of its relative youth it was *' preeminently a leader
in education.'* Its opportunities of leadership have been greatly
increased in recent years through its added endowment, its greatly
enlarged equipment, its cooperation with various industrial organ-
izations throughout the country and its close alliance with Harvard
University. It may well be that it will once more prove a leader
in encouraging, first in the schools of science and through their in-
fluence throughout the colleges and universities of the land, a
more serious consideration of the methods of instruction.
WHERE THE FACULTY STANDS
Wbere the authorities of the M. I, T. stand in the matter of pre-
paredness is well set forth by the resolutions passed at its recent
meeting, the text of them being the fallowing:
Whereas. The nation is now at war and must therefore receive
the aid and the cooperation of its states and their many organisa-
tions; Beit
Resolved^ That the Faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology hereby records its desire to assist and co5perate with
the President and the Congress of the United States by affording
every opportunity for students to enter for sufficient reasons the
service of the United States before the end of the term.
In order that its seniors may be available for military and civil
service, it is voted that the candidates for graduation who were
clear at the time of the declaration of war, upon entering the service
of the country* be excused from further exercises of the term, and
be at once recommended for their degree. It is further voted that
the cases of other seniors be referred to the Committee on Faculty
Business with power to act.
It is further voted that students of all classes who, at the time of
the declaration of war, were members of the National Guard,
Naval Militia or similar organizations, wiU be granted leave of
absence upon being ordered into active service. If they return to
the Institute at the beginning of a school year, they will be ad-
mitted provisionally to the work of their next year. Upon showing
their ability to carry on advanced work they will be excused from
the remaining work of the current term.
With reference to students below the fourth-year class the Fac-
ulty strongly urges that they remain at the Institute and complete
their teciinical training. It believes that, for them, this is the
most effective kind of national service that they can perform.
Those who desire to do so will probably have the opportunity to
enroll next fall in the four-year military course, which it is ex-
pected the War Department will establish at the M. I, T.
Still further in the same direction of affording opportunity for
those students who are fit for the work to do service for the Coun-
try, the Faculty of the Institute further voted to treat those seniors
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who are registered in the new intensive ten-weeks course in naval
architecture, of whom there are forty or more, in the same way as
if they were enroUed in government service, which will be in effect
to excuse them from further exercises in the subjects for which
they are registered and to grant them degrees on entering the
service.
ACTIVITIES OF LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS
Local centers never before as helpful as now — War prei>ara-
tions subject of constructive suggestions by committees
formed for this purpose
Berkshire County Alumni Association. — Some of the M J,T.
alumni, who are liviog in Pittsfield, Mass., met on Tuesda3% March
20, for an informal dinner and smoker at the Park Club of Pitts-
field. Dinner was served shortly after 6. SO and the following men
were present: George A. Curtis, '04; A, W, Pierce, '92; J, McA.
Vance, '01; W. R. Thomas, '87; Paul Frederick, W; W. L. Root,
'M; A. R. Childs, '02; George H, French, '0§; Eari E. Ferry, '12.
The talk was mostly on preparedness and the men were fortunate
in being able to learn first-hand some of the problems that con-
fronted the American soldiers in Mexico and on the border. First
Lieut. Charles Ingraham of Co, F, M, V, M., showed some very
interesting stereopticon views of the Mexican border and sur-
rounding country. He told of the needs of the soldier and de-
scribed the equipment now used and showed how the men at home
have just as much a task as the men at the front.
The members of the local preparedness committee are: George
A, Curtis, '04; Paul Frederick, '07; George H, French, '0£;
Edward A. Jones, '87; Charles W. Power, *89; Charles P. Ran-
dolph, '10; William R. Thomas, '87; J, McA. Vance, '91.
After the meeting they announced their willingness to do all in
their power to aid the general committee. — Earl E, Ferry, *12,
SecTeiary^ 40 Center Street^ Pitisfield.
Technology Club of Eastern New^ York.— A majority of the
special committee selected to represent the Albany and Schenec-
tady section of the M. I. T. Alumni Association met March 19, and
organized with R, C, Robinson, '01, as chairman. The five
members of the committee are: William C. Arsera, '01; William
D, Coolidge, 'm; Theodore Horton, '94; Ralph C, Robinson, '01;
Russell Suter, '00. All present earnestly expressed their willing-
ness to help out the general mobilisation committee wherever
we could. Dr. Whitney of the general committee met wnth us.
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Several suggestions were made as to how Tech men could help
their coimtrj' to the best advantage at this tioie. We decided to
call attention to the Chamberlain Bill for Universal Service.
We feel that this bill should become a law» and that Tech men
eould do no better service than to bring such pressure to bear upon
Congress that it must pass this bilL If all Tech men would only
get in touch with their congressman, we could do a lot of real good.
We feel that Tech should at least quadruple her present efforts
on aeronautics. The undergraduates should get interested even
to the extent of fonning a M. I. T. Aeronautic Corps somewhat
similar to Yale's. We should not be lagging behind other colleges
in this respect. We should lead.
After the first rush of the actual necessities is over Tech men
should look into the future. The Smith-Howard Bill tefore Con-
gress for grant of money to some college or colleges in each state to
carry on research work under the general direction of the Bureau
of Standards is a great step in advance. Tech men should take
up this suggestion with real enthusiasm and again compel Congress
to act favorably.
We therefore would suggest to the general committee for their
action :
First: That Tech men immediately urge the enactment of the
Chamberlain Bill of Universal Service.
Second : That Tech at least quadruple its efforts in aeronau-
tics, and that the undergraduates form an aeronautic corps.
Third: That Tech men look into the future and prevail upon
Congress to pass the Smith-Howard Bill, or a similar one, appro-
priating money for research work. — R, €\ Robinson, '01, Chairman ^
Local CommiUee^ General Electric Co,, Schenectady, N. Y,
Detroit Technologt Association. — The following members
of the local mobilization committee had luncheon together;
Messrs, Anthony, Dwj^er, Sutter, and the secretary.
The entire committee appointed to serve is: O. W. Albee, '93;
G. R. Anthony, '98; Emmet t J. Dwyer, *05; E, A. Sumner. *97;
Frederick C. Sutter, '93; D. V. Williamson. '10.
The above are fully in accord with the ideas advanced by the
general committee, and are willing to do whatever they can to
help the Government in the present crisis and to live up to the
best of Technology's teachings.
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The aiiBual meeting of this associatioD was held at the Uni-
versity Club on February 28, The commiltee io charge of the
dinner— H. S. Morse, *0S; Granger "ftTiitney, *87; Frank Davis,
'04 J D. V. Williamson, '10— instructed the members to leave their
glad rags at home and to come instead with glad voices. This
they did and music was the feature of the evening. Ross H.
Dickson, '14, on short notice organissed a highly agreeable musical
nucleus of home talent which performed on and off throughout the
evening. S, A, Francis, '12, was at the piano and Ken Greenleaf,
'11, Roger HUi, '10, Harold Quilhot, '17, Rosa Dickson, '14, played
their mandolins. Song books were at every plate and we sang as
we never did before.
Allen Loomis, *99, gave a highly appreciated act, dressed up as
a French soldier, with one arm shot away. After reciting a libretto
prepared for the occasion by Granger Whitney, '87, about learning
to play an instrument one-handed while lying w^ounded in the
hospital, he proceeded to play the instrument in the manner
indicated.
The secretarj^ read a letter from F. A. Smythe, *89, of the Tech-
nology Clubs Associated regarding the joint meeting to be held
in April at Cleveland which was very enthusiastically received.
A communication regarding rowing at the Institute was read
and aroused some interest.
At this meeting a regular form of ConstitutioQ was adopted by
the organization, as foilow^s:
FtUow^M ember t:
You probabty know that the Detroit Alumni Chapter is now blessed with a
healthy Constitution, and believing that you are considerably btereated io the
affairs of the orgaiiizatton, I am enclosing a copy of said *atitution.
The fact that I am dubbed "Chainnan of the Knance Committee" doesn't
necessarily mean that I particularly want to call your attention to Article VI, but
nevertheless I hope the fact that you are permitted to contribute from $1,50 to
15.00 (according to your last month s bank balance) to a grand and glorious cauie
will not be entirely overlooked.
It*s not the amount as much as the spirit, We^re after a one thousand batting
Average. Please slip your check in the enclosed envelope and mail it today » so-
your name won't have to go on the "foUow-up.**
Thanks!
Yours for preparedness and a full treasury,
Finance CommiUee*
P. S, — A lot of live one* are gobg to Oevcland neirt month (April 10 to t1). If |
you can't afford the trip as a pleasure, look at it as a business propositioa.
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CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED ON MARCH 7, 1917
Article I
Name, — The name of tlik organ iiallon sball be The Detroit Technology AsaociA-
Abticle II
Object. — The object is to promote friendship and aoci&l activities among the
'Xedmology Alumni in this vicinity.
Article III
Oglcen. — The officers shall be a President, Vice-Ppesident, Secretary and Treaa*
'%Mftf» Chairman of Finance Committee and Chairman of Entertaisment Committee.
Article IV
Adminxstrai\on,—Yhe: affairs of the organisation shall be managed by an Eicecu-
%lve Conunittee composed of the above mentioned five officers.
Article V
Memherakip. — Anyone having been a bona fide registered student at the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology for any length of time whatever is eligible to-
membership .
Article VI
Due&. — The annual dues shall be as followfi: A minimum of |L50 and a maximum
of $5.00; the amount in any case to be left to the diiicretion of each member.
Article VII
Msedn^M. — There shall be an annual meeting and election of officers held during
the month of January «
Article VIII
Nomination* for Officers. — The retiring President shall appoint a Nominating
Committee composed of at least two members one month prior to the annual meet-
bg. This Nominating Committee shall present the names of two candidates for
each office for competitive election at the annual meeting.
Article IX
AmgndmmU, — This Constitution may be amended by a two- thirds vote of
members present at any regular meeting.
The following officers were elected for the coming year: Presideol,
Marvine Gorham, '£>3; \'ice-presjdent> O. W, Albee, '93; secretary-
treasurer, D. V. Williamson/ 10.
Following the business meeting, Mr. Willson T. Orr was pre-
sented and gave an exceedingly entertaining talk on the subject of
** Memory and Memory Training/' Mr. Orr brought out some
facts about memory training which aroused keen discussion, and
the meeting lingered far into the night with the memory enthu*
Blasts in one group at one side of the hall and the musical enthu-
siasts in another group around the piano.
The following members were present: H. S. Morse, '03; O. W.
Albee, *93; Granger Whitney, W; Wm. R. Kales, '92; L. E. Wil-
Uams, '02; E. B. Cooper, '05; Frank H. Davis, *04; Edw. A. Mc-
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Gonigle, '95; Henry T. Winchester, *03; A. L, Fischer, *03; Chas, L.
Weil, '88; E. R. Cooke, *07; Horace G. Loljenstine, *92; A. L.
Moses, '09; Allen Loomia, '99; Geo, D, Huntington, *98; Lewis
Davis, *H; Howard T. Graber, '03; E. B. Snow, Jr.. '05 \ Philip C.
Baker, 16; Howell Taylor, 'U; S. M. Spaulding, 16; Harold
Quilhot, 17; Mamne Gorham, *9S; Stafford A. Francis, 11;
Henry T. Chandler, 14; Charles L. Tiiller, 12; M. S. Dennett
11; Kenneth Greenleaf, ll; Ross H. Dickson, 14; R, F, Hill 10;
Waldso Turner, '05; Currier Lang, '04; Fred. Sutter, '93; D. V.
Williauison, 10.
Last winter a very successful Intercollegiate Bowling League
was formed here in Detroit, the following colleges being repre-
sented: Cornell, Harvard, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio State^ Tech-
nolog3^
Every Tuesday evening the matches were held in the PaUister
Alleys of this city, and before the season was over each team bowled
every other team four times. On March 20 a banquet was held at
the Palestine Lodge to celebrate the conclusion of the season and to
distribute prizes. The order of the contestants at the finish was —
1, Ohio State; 2, Harvard; 3, Technology; 4, Cornell; 5, Illinois;
0, Wisconsin-
The following Tech men are the ones who were chiefly interested
in this league: M, S. Dennett, 11; C. L. Tuller, 11; J. N. French,
11; H. T, Winchester, '03; Ross H. Dickson, 14; Geo, V, Pottle,
'01; A. L, Matte, *09; S. A. Francis, 12.
For the past three years it has been the custom of the alumni
of American colleges and universities to meet at an intercollegi-
ate luncheon in Detroit. This year the luncheon will be held
at Hotel Cadillac on Wednesday, April 11, at 12,15 o'clock.
According to reports received from various alurani associatioast
it prophesies to l>e the largest gathering of college men ever held
in this city. It is anticipated that at least 1,000 men will
attend.
Immediately after the luncheon, many of the gathering will
attend the opening baseball game at Na%nn field between De*
troit and Cleveland of the American league.
The entertainment committee has already arranged for a most
elaborate program of music and addresses, Jame^ O. Murfin
has been selected as toastmaster and the list of speakers will be
given at a later date. For the benefit of the alumni a com-
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mittee of twenty-seven has been appointed for the various col-
leges. Technology is represented by D. V. Williamson.^ — D. V.
WiUiavison, *10, Secretary-Treasurer, Detroit Edison Co., Detroit.
Technology Club of Chile.— Things have been moving rather
slowly for the Tech Club of Chile since our prime mover John P.
Chadwick left us, but here is the dope on what little action there
has been:
On November 25, our annual banquet was held in the Santiago
Restaurant, Santiago, a good number of the fellows being on hand
to celebrate*
We left Sewell in a big snowstorm on Friday night and arrived in
Santiago Saturday morning, with a bright, fine, warm day. The
afternoon and early part of the evening was spent in motoring
round to all the places selling liquid refreshment, and in getting in
_ prime shape for the evening.
At the dinner that evening the following men were in attendance :
President W. L. Stevens, *00; Secretary John L. Bray, *12; Ham-
mond, *12; Conner, *14; Brown, '15; Baxter* '15; Gutierrez, '13,
and J* S. Eveland, '01, was also able to drop in during the evening.
In many respects the evening was an entire success as may be
judged by the fact that the business of the meeting was entirely
forgotten and it was only after arrival in Sewell that some of those
less affected recalled that no officers had been elected for the year*
tThis neglect was remedied by holding a meeting on Friday,
December 8, 1916, at which W. S, Conner, '14, was elected presi-
dent, and A. R. Hammond, '12, secretary for the ensuing year.
Our attendance at the annual meeting is not as large as we
could wish and we are sure that there are many Tech men within
reasonable distance of Santiago who may be able to be with us
before another meeting.—Angus R. Hamrmmd^ *12, Se-cretary^
Braden Copper Co.^ Rancagua, Chile.
Shanghai.— The following letter was received by the secretary
of '98, from W, W. Stevens of Shanghai, China, and will Ije found
of interest :
You ask for a letter about myself and my work in China, I
think our fellows would rather hear about the other Tech men and
matters in general.
You know we formed a Tech club here two years ago; well, last
year we amalgamated with the Harvard Club, and then the com-
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bination took hold of the University Club here, which had been
very quiet before and livened it up so that it has become one of the
recognized American bodies in Shanghai* Tech spirit did it.
The University Club is now seeking to organize a federation of
Far Eastern University Clubs to be connected with University
Clubs at home. There is a big prosperous one in Manila, with it*
own house: another in Peking where I had the pleasure of attending
the annual dinner and dance, and about 200 ni embers, both foreign
and Chinese, with their ladies, were present.
There are also little clubs forming — one in Nanking, one in
Changsha — ^there ought to be one in Hankow.
Our greatest difficulty is that so few men are permanently
located. We are all pioneering, more or less, and move about so
much that it is nearly impossible to keep a staff of officers. At
present we have in Shanghai — Tech men, foreigners: W. A. Adams^
'08, China Realty Co. Ltd.; F. W. Mclntyie, '0^, Anderson,
Meyer & Co.; F. C. Mabee, *09, Shanghai Baptist College; J. E.
Nolte, '98, Standard Oil Co. of N. Y.; R. F. Sherman. '15. Standard
Oil Co. of N. Y.; F. R. Sites. '99, U. S. Steel Products Co.; E. T.
Williams, '09. Chinese Maritime Customs.
Adams is building and selling houses and land for the real estate
department of a big insurance company. — Mclntyre represents
several American firms in electrical lines.
Nolte is with me in the construction department of Socony, and
Sherman is the marine architect for So€ony*s China fleet.
H. C. Faxon, '08, started in with me. but got transferred to the
lubricating department and now has charge of it in Tientsin. T. S.
Killion, who used to have charge of Socony's Chinkiang territory,
has given it up and returned to the states. G. B. Ott, Jr., *14, is
in Hankow for the Standard. H. K. Richardson, *04, who was on
the Y. M. C. A. mission in Szechuen, has gone home on leave and
may not return. N. Thompson, '14. who was in Tientsin, h now
in Kalgan.
The Chinese members I can't tell you much about. They are
harder to keep track of as they don't come so much in touch with
us as the foreign fellows do.
I met King Yang Kwong, '84, at the dinner in Peking, and he
and another Tech Chinese and I gave them a demonstration of the
Tech yell ivhen the stunts came. You might not think him young
by his class year but he roust have graduated young — he looks in
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the prime of life. C. Y. Fong, 15, Y. M. C. A., Shanghai; P. L.
Fong, '84, Canton Hankow R, R„ Canton; M, C. Hou, '14, teacher,
Waterworks English School, Nanking; T, P. HsI, '14, Peking;
Y. H. Hsin, '13; M. T. Hsu, 13, Hanyang Iron & Steel Works,
Hankow; W. S. Loo, Na\y Board, Peking; F, C, Seetoo, assistant
naval constructor, Kiangnan Dock (Govt.), Shanghai; S. K. Sik,
*1S, mechanical department., Hanyang Iron & Steel W^orks, Han-
kow; T* P. Tung, '13, Whan gpoo Conservancy Board, Shanghai;
Y, T. Van, '14, Nanyang University, Shanghai; C. V. Wen, *09,
professor of mining, Peking; Y. T. Yin, '17; F. R. S. Yuen, '10;
Su Zi, Board of Communications, Peking.
There are probably a lot of others I haven't heard of, and likely
some of the above addresses are no longer correct, but that is the
best we can do.
Of course we are feeling the effects of the war here in this cos-
mopolitan commmiity, but all nationalities seem to be getting
along somehow, and some, particularly Americans, seem prosperous.
The American community has been largely increased by the
opportunities opened by the partial withdrawals of other nationals,
and I am glad to believe it is becoming more representative of
Americans than it was years ago, as w^ell as more united. W^e have
the American Association, the Chamber of Commerce, the Uni-
versity Club, the Araerican Company of the Shanghai Volunteers,
the American Athletic Club, the Bar Association, the American
Women's Club, the Slam Club (a card club), the Baseball Club,
last but most popular.
Have you read **Our Eastern Question" by Millard? It you
are interested in the future of the United States and China read it,
—William. W. Stevens, '98, Siundard Oil Co, of New York, Skang-
hait China.
TechnoI/Ogy Club of Dayton. — The Technology Club of
Dayton held its second dinner April 16 at the Engineers Club of
Dayton to make final plans for the action to be taken by the dele-
gation from the club at the Cleveland meeting April 19, ^0 and ^1.
Twenty*four of the 30 members were present, and the final report
of the committee on resolutions and suggestions to be presented at
the Cleveland meeting was discussed and approved.
The Dayton Tech men have been giving verj^ thoughtful and
earnest consideration to the question of Tech's opportunity and
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obligation for service in this time of national stress and, from the
first announcement of the Cleveland meeting, have been discussing
and framing definite, concrete suggestions and resolutions to be
brought up for consideration at the big mobilization meeting. The
interest that has been aroused by these discussions has largely
increased the attendance at the weekly luncheons at the Engineers
Club. Two special dinners have also been held to discuss plans
for the Cleveland meeting, as well as several meetings a week by
the committee on resolutions and sugg)estions. Secretary Putnam
thinks be has perhaps given 10 p>er cent, of his time to his private
business for the past few weeks,— X. C. Grant, *0^.
The folkming names were presented to serve on the Dayton
mobilization committee: James E. Barlow, *Q5; R, Wilder
Chandler. *1«; ( harUs H. Paul. *96; Edward C. Wells, *9«; and
the secretary —('. D, Putnam, *08» Secretary* Treasurer, 601
Sckwind Buiiding, Dayton.
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Intermountain Technology Association. — Our local com
mittee on mobilization has organized with J. H. Lea veil, '07,
chairman, J. C. Damon, '05, vice-chairman, and W, H. Trask, '06,
secretary. The other members of the committee are; S. W.
Self ridge, 13; R. W. Senger, 05; H. L. Williams, '06. j
This committee has rounded up all the members of the Inter- '
motmtain Tech Association and with the exception of one or two
have had all reports sent in. We are prepared to carry out sug- i
gestions of the central committee. '
The Naval Reserve Board has taken an inventory of all of the
reserves of the Intermountain territory, as far as raw material,^B
plants, machine shops, laboratories, hospitals, etc, are concemedr^^
but if there is any further information along this line that is de-
sired we would be glad, indeed, to get it. — W. H. Trask^ Jr.^ '06» i
Secreiartf 'Treasurer^ University Club, Salt Lake City.
The CiNaxNATi M, L T. CmB.^At the annual meeting of the
Cincittnati M. I, T. Club, held at Mechlenburgs February 24, the
greatest part of the time was devoted to the discussion of " National
Preparedness** with great enthusiasm. In fact the subject con-
sumed so much of the time, that, although the program called for
a large bowling party, there was very little bowling, A commit-
tee was appointed with R, W. Proctor, '94, of the Merrimac
Chemical Co., as chairman.
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The officers for the next year were elected and the results were
as follows: President, Stuart Miller, '07; vice-president, George
Cowing, '01; treasurer, Charles R. Strong, '11; secretary, Charles
Cellarius, care of Tietig and Lee, Fourth National Bank Bldg.,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Directors: H. D. Loring, '07; Herman Lackman, '05; Frank
Willey, 'OS.— Edtoard H. Kruckemeyer, '11, Secretary, 111 East
iih Avenue, Cincinnati,
Washington Society op the M. I. T. — In spite of an unusually
cold night there were about thirty-five members and guests present
at an interesting meeting which the local association had on Feb-
ruary 12. Our orchestra of six pieces meets at one of the houses
of the members at least once a month and besides furnishing music
for the society meetings it gets considerable personal benefit and
enjoyment from the association. I don't know that any other
local societies have attempted an orchestra, but we find it to be
quite successful. After the rehearsals we usuaUy have light
refreshments and discuss and settle all important questions of the
day to our own satisfaction.
The following were elected officers for the ensuing year: president,
R. B. Sosman, '04, Geophysical Laboratory; vice-president, W. H.
Keen, '05, Washington Steel and Ordnance Company; secretary
and treasurer, B. L. Johnson, '05, U. S. Geological Survey; member
executive committee, F. W. Swanton, '90, Patent Office.
The first meeting of the mobilization sub-committee was held at
the home of Robert B. Sosman, 2942 Newark street, Cleveland
Park, on the evening of March 21, at 8.15 p. m. William H. Keen
was elected permanent chairman and B. L. Johnson was chosen as
secretary. The other members are: B. J. Johnson, '05; W. H.
Bixby, '70; W. C. Dean, '00; Edwin W. James, '07; W. H. Keen,
'05; E. B. Phelps, '99; R. B. Sosman, '04; F. W. Swanton, '90.
Those present were R. B. Sosman, W. H. Keen, E. L. Johnson,
E. B. Phelps, F. W. Swanton, W. C. Dean and A. M. Holcombe.
Mr. Dean spoke of the Intercollegiate Intelligence Bureau with
headquarters at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Dean sub-
mitted a brief, and read same, outlining the needs of and the
opportunities in the Officers Reserve Corps. A discussion of the
brief followed. The committee suggested that the Central Com-
mittee get in touch with the Intercollegiate Bureau (Mr. William
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McClellan, director University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia)
with a \aew to coordination of these efforts inasmuch as it appears
that this bureau has some official standing and represents a con-
siderable portion of the colleges.
It was moved by Dr. Phelps that the activities of the Alumni
Committee on the Mobilization of Technology' 's Resources should
confine itself to the purposes already indicated in its title and an-
nouncements and sliould in particular not include any interference
or propaganda in matters of tariff or other political questions. The
motion was seconded by Mr; Dean and passed unanimously. It
was suggested that manual training high schools vent their en-
thusiasm in the construction of guages under the control of the
Ordnance Department of the United States Army, A possible
future deficiency of armor piercing projectiles was also pointed out.
A resolution urging all members to fill out the questionnaire
blank of the central committee and return it promptly was passed.
— F* Charles Starr^ *05, Wilkins Building^ Wdshingion,
Technology Club of Rhode Island, — A meeting of the Te3
Bology Club of Rhode Island was held in the rooms of the Provi-
dence Engineering Society on Monday evening; February 10, 1917,
with the largest attendance which has ever attended a Technology
club meeting, except those of the annual dinner*
Mr* Frank B, Gilbreth, consulting engineer, of Providence, gave
a most interesting and instructive talk on motion study, which
was much appreciated by the members in attendance. Mr.
GUbreth outlined some of the principal methods used in his work,
illustrating his talk by lantern slides and graphic diagrams in
colors, the diagrams being based on the information obtained
from motion picture films. Among the more interesting applica-
tions of motion study were the transportation of pig iron, motions
of dentistry, and of surgery, typewriting, and the methods of
assisting crippled soldiers. The club voted to Mr. Gilbreth a
unanimous vote of thanks for his able presentation of the subject.
Following the lecture President Bliss opened a general dis-
cussion for the good of the organization^ asking for expressions of
opinion on the best way to handle the meetings of the club. Many
good suggestions were received from the members who responded.
Messrs. Eddy, Buttolph, Pierce, Morey, Hiller, Thomley and
many others spoke in this connection* Monday evening waa
decided upon as the best night of the week for the club members.
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A vote was passed to meet at the engiaeering rooms on the even-
ing of March 19, 1917, and to secure a speaker on "The Telephone/*
ako a vote of thanks was extended to the Pro\adeiice Engineering
Society for the use of the rooms.
A social hour with light refreshments foUowed,
Those attending were BEss, Benson* Wescott, Buttolph, Naum-
berg. Pierce, Gates, HUler, Ballou, R. H,; Dart, Pickersgill, Morey,
Thornley, Tobin, Sears, Dickerman, Mackenzie, Eddy, Simmons,
Dalton, Pond, Kendric, Dawson, Milliken, Congdon, Hill, Sloan,
and Lord.
A meeting of the Technology Club of Rhode Island was held at
the rooms of the Pro\'idence Engineering Society on Monday even-
ing, March 19, 1917, to attend a lecture on "The Telephone In-
strument" by Mr. H. D, Wilcox, stores manager of the Providence
office of the Western Electric Company.
Minutes of the meeting of February 19, 1917, were read and
approved, and the secretary read the notice of the reunion of the
Technology Clubs Associated at Cleveland to be held April 19,
20, 21, 1917.
A letter was received from the Combined Musical Clubs of
the Institute relative to holding a concert in Pro\'idence during
the coming winter, but the matter was rejected as the project was
too large for a small club such as ours to finance.
The matter of Technology's Preparedness Campaign was intro-
duced by President Bliss, who urged the members to fill out the
information blanks if they had not alre-ady done so.
President Bliss then introduced Mr. Wilcox, who gave a very
interesting exposition of the telephone instrument, starting with
the earlier types and sketching the development to the present time.
The talk was illustrated with diagrams and a mounted instrument
with complete equipment, which was dissected for the benefit of
the members. Many questions were answered and all those
present were pleased with the opportunity to learn of the cod-
stniction detaUs of the telephone.
Following the lecture Colonel Tillinghast of the Coast Artillery
Corps of the Rhode Island National Guard addressed the members
by special request on the principal features of the state defense,
and urged those members interested to enroll, to meet the shortage
of technically trained recruits.
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The speakers were given a vote of thanks and the meetuig
adjourned after a very enjoyable evening. — Clarence L. Huesey, '06»
Secretafu-Treaeurer^ 1647 Smith Street^ Ptoeidenee.
Tbchnologt Club of Lake Sufesiob. — ^A local committee to
coilperate with the general oHnmittee has been appcnnted by our
president. Samud B. Sheldon, '89. The following local men will
act on this oHnmittee: W. C. Lounsbury, '08; Charles D. Brewer,
H»; FloJd M. Fuller, '06.— F. M. FvOer, '06. Secretary, Taney
BuHding, Duluth.
Akbon Technoloot Club. — ^The following committee of five
men has been appointed for the local committee on National
Preparedness, and are to be relied upon for keen thought and
thorough investigation of any problems put up to them: J. E. Hak,
'08; G. W. Sherman, '94; W. N. Drew, '10; J. A. Christie. '10; K.
B. Kilbom, '11.
The first meeting was caUed at the University Club. March 26.
to discuss the outline submitted to all alunmi committees. G. W.
Sherman '94, was elected chairman and W. N. Drew. '10. secre-
tary. C. R. Johnson was present as a substitute for G. W. Sher-
man and opened the discussion by reading portions of the outline
provided by the Biecutive Committee. In view of the turn of
events in the last week or two, the necessity for speed is quite
evident and especially on account of the apparent policy of inac-
tion up to the present time. A general feeling was expressed that
it is, and wiU be, a veritable necessity for the Government to place
more and more reliance upon committees of experts, industrial as
well as military, in shaping its conduct. The time for politicians
and pork-barrel politics is past and from now on the Government
must be run in a business-like and efficient manner to give the
Government its proper place in the civilized world. The follow-
ing subjects were presented for discussion.
1. What Akron Can Provide for the Country.
2. What Akron Would Need to Maintain this Production.
8. Proposed Tire Standards.
4. Proposed Wheel and Wheel Parts Standards.
5. Use of the Metric System.
6. Research on Tire Design.
7. Classification of the Rubber Industry.
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No actual military topics were discussed.
In April, at the meeting of the Technology Clubs Associated, to
be held in Cleveland, our committee will be represented and wiU
present the particular subject settled upon as being most suitable
for discussion. Possibly, also at that meeting a more definite and
crystallized idea wiU be brought forward on which all the Tech-
nology conunittees wiU be able to work.
In concluding the meeting it was requested that aU members,
and Mr. Johnson as weU, develop three ideas for discussion at the
next meeting which is to be held at the University Club on Tues-
day, April S.
The second meeting was called to order on April S at the Uni-
versity Club. G. W. Sherman, chairman of the committee, gave
a r£sum6 of the Business Meeting Committee's work in Cleveland^
and outlined what might be accomplished at the April 21st meet-
ing of the Technology Clubs Associated. He mentioned the fact
that the personnel index already turned in to the general commit-
tee was being amplified by some of the local committees and that
in this way a more accurate and valuable census of the members
^would result.
The foUowing subjects were proposed and discussed:
1. What can Tech do in Military Matters?
2. Closer Knit Organization of Tech Men.
8. What is "Preparedness?"
4. What are the "Preparedness" organizations now in existence?"
5. Preparedness for Peace.
6. Study of Municipal Problems.
7. Labor Problems.
8. Assistance to Research Council.
The motion was made and carried that Mr. Christie prepare a
paper embodying and expanding the ideas expressed on Subject 8,
^nd present an abstract at the Cleveland meeting on April 21, and
it was further moved that in the meantime the secretary write to
^. T. Hopkins, who is in close touch with the Research Council,
^nd suggest that he endeavor to ascertain from Mr. Godfrey the
l:v>ssibility of utilizing our organization for research along some
definite line proposed by the Research Council.
Although this committee has decided upon the most desirable
subject for attack, it is suggested that more subjects be presented
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for discussion at the next meeting. — W> P. Keith^ '14, SecretoTif*]
tt^Qiwwtm^ Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron,
KocKT ilouNTAiN Techxology Club. — At E dinner given by]
the Rocky Mountain Technology Club, March 81 » the matter cd\
**eiil]Stiiig the efforts of the Institute through the xAlunmi Assoda*
tioii" was discussed at length, and, in conformity with the request I
of tlie general committee, a local committee was selected by the!
club to tender what ser%4ce was desired of them.
XlMt«iipon. said committee appointed Francis B. Choate, *91,j
to act aa chairman, with other members of the committee as]
follows: Charles L. Dean, *05; Sidney S. Emery, *98; Frank M.
UM, *SS; S. C. lind, '02; Frank E. Shepard, '87; Harry D. Smith,]
Jolm J. Mullen, former secretary of the club, ha\dng left theJ
cttjTt ll*^ ^^^ conferred the honor upon me. Please feel at liberty]
to Gill upon me at any time for whatever assistance I may render]
^Vchnolog>^ — Glenn D. Jones, '13, Secretary, 1910 East ^2d At>enue^
t}§9i:99r*
TttCHNOLOOY Club op Chicago*— The concert of the Combined^
Musical Clubs, which was given in Chicago on the evening of Wed-
nesday, January 31, 1917, Central Music Hall, was a distinct suoj
ei*ss, both socially and financially. The theater was fiDed to about]
three fourths of its total capacity and the audience embraced aj
typical representation of Chicago Tech men and their families and
friends. The different numbers on the program were receivedj
with appreciation and enthusiasm, and encores were frequent*.
Our total sales and receipts were $820, total expenses $713.14*1
lea\'ing a balance of receipts over expenses amounting to $lO0.86«j
The general arrangements of the concert were in charge of PresiH
dent H. M, Montgomery, 79, and Vice-President Frank F. Fowlc
'99, of the Northwestern Association* Valuable assistance wa
rendered in connection with the publicity work and the sale
tickets by Kenneth Lockett, '02, and D. A, Tomlinson, *lt.
Thanks are also due to the general committee of class representa-
tives which gave substantial help in selling tickets. A compli-
mentary luncheon was tendered the visiting members of the
Musical Clubs at the University Club of Chicago, on January 81,
and the \asitors made their headquarters at the club during their ,
brief stay in Chicago.
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The annual dinner and meeting of the Northwestern Association
was held at the University Club of Chicago on Friday eveningt
April 6, at which about fifty members were present. Owing to
the absence of President H. M. Montgomery, '79, the business
meeting which followed the dinner was presided over by Frank F.
Fowle, '99. The most important matter for consideration was
the proposed change of name of the Northwestern Association to
Technology Club of Chicago, A number of reasons for considering
this change are published on page 2 of the March BuUetin of the
Northwestern Association, After some discussion the question was
put to a vote and it was unanimously voted to change the name
to ** Technology Club of Chicago," with the proviso that on all
club stationery, notices, announcements, bulletins, etc., there
shall be placed directly Wow the name in smaller type: "Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology** for the purpose of identifjang
the club with our Alma Mater, It was also voted to incorporate
the Technology Club of Chicago under the laws of Illinois and to
» appoint a committee to prepare a new constitution and by-laws
to be submitted later for the approval of the membership. It has
been the past experience that the Northwestern Association is able
»to collect annual dues from only about 40 per cent, of all the Tech
men residing in Chicago and vicinity, nuraliering in toto about 850
resident and 60 non-resident members. In view of this it was
decided to consider the desirability of making some change in the
acale of dues for the purpose of creating two or more classes of
resident members— ijne class to comprise sustaining or supporting
members, the other class to comprise non-sustaining or non*sup-
porting members, with appropriate privileges of membership in
each class. As in the past, members living outside of Chicago will
also be welcome to the meetings and the weekly luncheon on
Tuesdays, at the Chicago Engineers Club, and all who desire to
become members will be gladly admitted on a non-residence basis.
Special attention was called to the Cleveland reunion of the
Technology Clubs Associated, to be held at Cleveland, Ohio, April
19 to 21, and a number of members of the Technology Club of
Chicago were delegated as official representatives to attend the
reuoioQ.
The following men were appointed to serve on the local commit-
tee of military and industrial preparedness: Harvey S. Pardee,
^09; R. A. Alltoo, '13; H, S. Baker, '03; F. D. Chase, '01; J, M,
Prank, '07; Kenneth Lockett, *02; A. J. Ortseifen. '05.
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Kermetli Lockett, *02, chairman of this committee, was called upon
to explaio the act i\'i ties of the conitnittee and its relation to the Cen-
tral Committee of the AJiimni Association at Boston » Considerable
discussion of the present national situation followed and it appeared
to be the general sense of the meeting that Tech men are specially
prepared and equipped to serv e their country in the present emer-
gency, and that they should not be unduly carried away by the
early enthusiasm for enlistment in the military Une organizations
or reser\"es, but should await the announcement of the complete
preparedness plans by the National GovernmeDt and hold them-
selves in readiness to cooperate with the Government in such man-
ner as their technical qualifications and unusual experience best
fit them for national service. As W. H. Merrill* '89, expressed
it, Tech men should be of greater serv tee to the Nation "from the
shoulders up'* than "from the shoulders dowTi,*' and therefore it
IS the duty of every Tech man to maintain his poise and e<|uilibrium
during these exciting times and determine, after cool dehberation,
where and how he can render the greatest service. Several mem-
bers also expressed the opinion that undergraduates now at the
Institute should remain at their studies at least for the present
and should not be encouraged to enlist forthwith in active mili-
tary organizations. Any who may have suggestions to make
concerning this whole question were asked to confer promptly
with the chairman of the local Committee on Military and Indus-
trial Preparedness, The following new officers were elected for
the coming year: President. Frank F. Fowle, '99; Vice-president,
William T: Blunt, 74; Secretary-treasurer, Harv^ey S. Pardee, *09;
Directors: W. W. DeBerard, '01; Harry L. Grant, '01; Daniel A.
Tomhnson, *12.
At the close of the business meeting the moving pictures taken
of the Dedication Reunion held in Boston, last June, were exhib-
ited, and after their exhibition a unanimous vote of thanks was
extended to Mr, Frank Gilbreath for his unselfish ser%aces to the
Institute and the alumni, in taking these pictures. By special
arrangement, through the courtesy of the Military Training Camps
Association, two reels of moving pictures tjiken at the Plattsburg
Training Camp were next exhibited. After a few explanatory
remarks from one of the representatives of the Training Camps
Association, the meeting adjourned at the close of one of the most
successful annual gatherings which has been held in Chicago for
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some years. — Harvey S. Pardee, '09, Secretary-Treasurer, 111 West
Washington Street, Chicago.
Southeastern Association of M. I. T. — On Saturday, Feb-
ruary 10, the association held an annual dinner and meeting at
Hotel Tutwiler, Birmingham, Ala. About fifteen members were
present.
Election of o£Sicers: W. £. Mitchell, '03, was elected president,
and the secretary was reelected.
Considerable interest was aroused in the preparedness program
in particular reference to co5peration of the alumni associations.
Those appointed to cooperate with the General Committee on
the Mobilization of Tech's Resources are: Samuel A. Fletcher,
'03; WiUiam E. Mitchell, '08; Arthur F. Mohan, '08; James W.
Shook, '98; Allan H. Woodward, '00; and the secretary.
Among the visitors was George V. Muldaur of the National
Electric Light Association, who made a very intei^sting talk on
the subject of the Engineer's Officers Reserve Corps. Several of
the local alumni have made application for position in this arm of
National service and many others expressed a desire to enter.
We expect to have a large number of men in this corps from the
Birmingham district. — F. C. Weiss, '13, Secretary, Alabama Power
Co., Birmingham.
Technology Club of Northern Ohio. — ^A. W. Spicer, formerly
secretary of the Technology Club of Northern Ohio, has taken a
position in New York and the writer has stepped into his place as
secretary.
A report follows of ^the minutes, together with a list of those
present at the last banquet.
We are making plans which we hope will mean a large attend-
ance for this coming April and feel confident that those who are
east will come to realize that Cleveland has ''some bunch."
The following committee has been organized to aid in the
work of the General Mobilization Committee: Henry B. Dates,
'M; A. T. Hopkins, '97; G. E. Merryweather, '96; A. L. Patrick,
'94; D. R. Stevens, '11; George W. Sherman, '94.
The club held a dinner on the evening of February ^ at the
Cleveland Athletic Club where we had the pleasure of meeting and
listening to L. D. Gardner, '98, of the New York club, Mr. Jones
of Chicago and Mr. Ellms of Cincinnati. The speaker of the even-
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i yean ago, founded the
Thtt oolooel gave a qdendid talk on
tike seeds of ttdbaiBBl Ba far Ike army, Ike present difficulties ex>
(OB short Dotioe and very interestin^y
iortk Ike dities of ■iitiiy fnginms by citing concrete
bd Ixcs dealt vitk vUe am doty at the BOTder.
A. T. HflfUasL V:. in belialf of tke Tedniology Qub of N<»theni
Okx liliitird Coload McQuigg an invitatioii to the April reunion
si^ ^vr vere inery modi pleased to receive his acceptance.
Tke ImiiiBf m of the meeting consisted in outlining the coming
A^rS xatlKxing. We not only plan to aid the National Research
CtMBcJl and the National CouncO for Deienoe but expect to go a
ftw farther and prepare for meeting the keen business competition
^rterli viQ occur after the terrible conffict now raging in Eurc^
ci;«ie$ to a dose.
Xke fcwty Tedi men who surrounded the long table all agreed
tkat our program of business, pleasure, and si^tseeing should
■MA a large attendance in AptH.
Those present at the dinner were: C. W. Brown, '99; Gecnge W.
Bowers, *09; Clarence J. Beny, '13; F. E. Cody, '05; Edward Cook,
X>1; H. B. Dates, '94; R, H, Danf<xlh, '98; Chester L. Dows, '12;
A. M. Eicher, 'H; J. W. Elhns (Cincinnati), '93; H. W. Ellis, '16;
R, B. Fay, 05 (El\Tia, O.); R. W. Ferris, '08; K. W. Gasche, '10;
Q. 1>. Gardner (New York), '98; W. HiUman, '96; A. Hopkins, '97;
A. 1>. Hartfield, '96; C. R. Johnson, '11; George B. Jones (Chicago),
•05; Frederick C. Moore, '91; L. C. Marble, '96; C. P. Monto, '10;
FrtHierick Metcalf, '90; J. R. McQuigg, '88; G. E. Merryweather,
•96; O. S. Pulman, '06; R. W. Pratt, '98; A. L. Patrick, '94; C. B.
Rowley, '1«; L. A. Roby, '75; Kenneth W. Reed, '13; A. W. Spicer
(New York), '18; Don Stevens, '11; George Sherman, '94; F. A.
Sni>'the, '89; C. E. Stamp, '96; A. H. Tashjian, '07; N. E. Weeks,
•98; F. R. Walker, '00; B. V. Zamore, '16.— C. B. Rowley, '12,
Secrrtary, H, W, Johns-ManviUe Co., Cleveland.
Waterbury, Conn. — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
was well represented on the evening of February 9, at the Elton,
when about fifty graduates of that institution sat down to the first
annual banquet of the alumni of this city.
The affair was a revival of the days spent in college in every
particular and the same old friendliness and fratemalism displayed
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by the graduates while studying io the Institute, was manifest
throughout the evening.
Some of those who attended the banquet have been out of school
only a few years, while others studied at the institution back as
far as 1886, but this fact did not matter as long as everybody had
received his sheepskin and was proud of his alma mater.
The banquet was held in one of the main dining rooms which
was attractively decorated for the occasion. Darragh deLancey>
*90, was toastmaster and he introduced E. O. Goss, '87, Charles-
Holmes, '88, and Professor Edwin F, Miller^ head of the mechani-
cal engineering department at the Institute as the principal speak-
ers of the evening. Both Mr, Goss and Mr. Holmes delighted the*
gathering with stories of reminiscences of their early days at col-
lege and Professor Miller spoke interestingly on the new $5,000,000
college building which is now under process of construction. Pro-
fessor Miller said that when the new building is completed the
advanced facilities for learning it will give will make Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology the largest as well as the best tech-
nical institution in the world. At the conclusion of his remarks
he was enthusiastically applauded, A musical program was then
carried out to which everybody contributed and the affair was^
not brought to a close until a late hour. Messrs. Roger M. Free-
man, Gorton James, P. G. Purrington and Hugh Chatfield com-
prized the committee responsible for the success of the banquet. —
Republican, Waterbury, Cono.^ February* 10.
I Technology Club of Springfield.— Sons of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology made merry at a dinner in the Hotel
Worthy on the evening of January 19. Song and good fellowship^
reigned but in addition there was some good serious talk, Prin-
■ cipal Charles F. Warner of the Technical High School delivered
an interesting address in which he told of the work his school is
doing in preparing men for such institutions as Technology. It
■ was his pleasure also to announce the receipt of a letter from Presi-
dent Maclaurin informing him that the Springfield High SchooF
graduates, taken over a number of years, have stood at the head
of other high school men in the state at the end of their first year
at the Institute,
James P. Munroe, *82t of Boston told at length of the work
Technology is doing to mobilize her resources for the aid of the
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civilian naval consulting board, beaded by such men as Thomas
A, Edison* Soon after this board was organized with the object
of bringing to bear upon naval problems the talents of the biggest
specifJists in American life, the Institute initiated a movement to
summon its forces to the aid of the board in its work. An alumni
council took charge of the work and immediately made good prog-
ress. Mr. Munroe told of this patriotic work in its many phases.
I. W. Litchfield* *85, field manager for the Alumni Association,
was present and showed slides of the new buildings on the Charles
as well as pictures of the big reunion last June, Frederic W.
Fuller, *96, president of the Springfield club» presided. Some
fifty graduates from Springfield and vicinity were present,
Mr. Warner said in part r
Whmi kind of school tr&imng h on the whole best for boys preparing for the rm-
Otis schools of technology or for eDgiaeeriDg courses in the colleges? The tnuniJig
of the engiaeer is preeminently an educational problem. We sh^U not Iom sight
of the ultimate practical aim of this phase of educational work; but as this work
is DOW carried on in our best scboob, and as it must be carried od for many years*
it ought to be and primarily is a liberalizing process. Both the coliege and the
scientific school aim to make broad gauged meo, but the scientific school aims also
to equip its graduates for industrial and professional efficiency. This Is the prac-
ttcal side, and it must not be overlooked.
The preparation of studeots to pass successfully through such a thorough cotme
of training evidently demands the development of power to follow one or more
lines of iDtellectual eO'ort with a thoroughness and completeness that is not neces-
sarily called for in the more general college courses. There must be developed the
power to do progressive work, and the strength needed for thb work must rest upon
a sound physical basis.
It is probably impossible to determine with scientiSc accuracy how much of the
well-fecogni2ed improvement in the ph>'sique of the average American student dur-
ing the past twenty years has been due to the development of physical training,
but with it I believe there has been a corresponding improvement in mental and
moral tone as indicated in the general reduction in the amoimt of vice, gambling
and intemperance now practiced by American students.
Turning now to those subjects of study which are more generally recognised w
necessarily included in the preparatory list, 1 should mention first of all Eogliah.
Closely connected with this is the study of modem languages and of Latin. In the
prepamtory work in mathematics, after the elementary stages are passed, the aim
should be to connect as closely as possible with the higher mathematical work.
Two more preparatory studies remain to be mentioned, history and physical sdeooe.
Another important element is mechanical drawing.
More than two thirds of the boys who have entered the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology from this city are fitted in the Technical High School; and an ezami*
nation of the records of all first-year students for a number of years h&s shown that
the boys prepared in the Springfield schools have attained a higher average stand*
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ing at the end of the first year than the students from any other high school in the
state. I would like to read to you a letter from President Maclaurin:
"It is a pleasure to be able to state that the average record of all the students at
the end of the first year is higher than the average record in recent years of first-
year students in general. In this respect the public schools of Springfield occupy
an eicdknt position. Their students have better records than the average of
those from either the technical or non-technical public schools in the rest of the
sUte."*
Yon will note that President Maclaurin distinctly says that the Springfield school
occupies "an excellent pontion"; and you have also noted the strong academic
dianeter of the course that I have just mapped out. It is essentially the course
that we are loQowing. Technical high schools should not be too much given to
^wwiaHaing aloi^ narrow lines. Their aim should be broadly educational and
ddtnal, and at the same time practical. They should train for leadership in the
productive industries. — SjningfiM RepMican^ January 20.
TiCHNOLOOY Association of Maine. — ^The Technology Asso-
dation of Maine was formed April 7, at the Congress Square Hotel,
Portland, upon the occasion of the second annual banquet of Mass-
achuaetts Institute of Technology men in Maine. Twenty-seven
were present and officers of the association were elected as follows:
Prttddent, Robert H. W. Lord, '05; vice-president, Frederick
Abbott, '98; secretary-treasurer, Joseph A. Warren, '91.
Congratulations were exchanged by wire with the Technology
Association of New Hampshire, meeting at the same time at Man-
chester, N. H., and a committee was appointed to arrange for
informal noon luncheons of Technology men in Portland.
Dr. Warren K. Lewis, '05, of the chemical engineering department,
spdoe very interestingly upon the work being done to obtain a
supply of nitrates in war and upon the progress being made in the
mobiUzation of Technology's resources to the aid of the coimtry.
Another interesting feature of the evening was the showing of
lantern slides of the grand reunion last Jime, of Technology men
at Boston, and the new buildings and laboratories. — Portland
Tbchnolooy Association of Oregon. — Mobilize Oregon's
technical resources!
This is the patriotic appeal that has been made by the alumni of
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to the technical men
of the state as a step in the preparedness campaign.
A meeting will be held in Library Hall, Saturday evening,
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All the engineers, architects, chemists, electricians and other
technical experts have been invited to attend. Obviously the
serv ice that this class of men can render during the war is of tre-
mendous proportions. The question now is to direct their genius
and their experience along the proper channels,
A call has been sent by the committee in charge of the meeting
to members of the following organizations: American Society of
Civil Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Amer-
ican Institute of Electrical Engineers, American Institute of Min-
ing Engineers, American Institute of Architects, American Chemi-
cal Society, National Electric Light Association, Oregon Society
of Engineers, Technology Association of Oregon.
"But we are more particular to get in touch with tmattached
technical men," says A, G. Labbe, '07, chairman of the committee.
"There are scores of ver>^ able men in Oregon who are not affiliated
with any of the technical organizations. These are the men whom
we want to hear from most particularly, for we are always able to
get in touch with the organized men/*
The following tentative program has been arranged by the
committee in charge:
Address by George C. Mason, state chairman associate mem-
bers, Naval Consulting Board.
Address by Edgar H, Sensenich» director, Oregon Patriotic
Service League.
A communication wiU be presented from Major Henry C. Jewett,
president examining board. Engineer Officers' Reserve Corps.
A definite plan of procedure will be worked out and the entire
course of activities will be under the general direction of the Oregon
Patriotic Service I^eague, which recently has been organized to
assist all other patriotic movements in the state to accomplish
their desired ends.
The committee in charge of Saturday's meeting is as follows:
R. G, Dieck, American Society of Civil Engineers; L, T* Merwin,
American Institute of Electrical Engineers; Joseph Jacobberger,
American Institute of Architects; F. A. Olmsted, American Chem-
ical Society; L C, Henckle, National Electric Light Association;
H, L. Vorse, Oregon Society of Engineers; A, G. Labbe, chairman,
Technology Association of Oregon. — -Oregonion^ Portland, April 13*
Technology Club of Bridgeport. — The local committee of
the General Mobilization Committee met and discussed the sit-
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uation. At our annual meeting on April 10, Mr. Simon Lake,
inventor of the Even Keel Submarine, has consented to speak to
us.
The local university club has formed a rifle club, which drills
three times a week, and which is going over in a body to the home
guard.
We arc organized and are awaiting definite instructions.
The dub held its annual meeting and dinner in the University
Club on AprU 10, 1917. After dinner club business was attended
to, and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:
E. G. Gallagher, '00» president; L, B. Walker, *12, treasurer;
W. A. Swain, *15, secretary.
The representative committee of five to cooperate with the
mobilization committee is as follows: Wilbur A. Swain, '15; J. F,
Johnson, '09; R, H. Leach, *0a; G. M. Macdonald, '03; H. T-
Smith, "98.— W. A, Swain, '15, Secretary, Tht CriUrimi Club^
Bridgeport
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Technology Cutb of Puget Sound. — A papier was read before
the Technology Club of Puget Sound, by Capt. A. 0. Powell, who
is secretary of board for State of Washington, for investigating the
question of national preparedness.
At this meeting we had about sixteen members present, and the
club went on record as volunteering to assist the Board of Direc-
tors to procure the information w^hich they are endeavoring to
obtain from the manufacturing plants regarding their equipment
and facilities along the line of preparedness.
Our club meets monthly for luncheons and we have from fifteen
to twenty men present at each meeting.
A mobilization committee of five men representing our associa-
tion was formed as follows: B. L. Crosby, '74; Frank Dabney,
'75; Francis Frink, '00; Karl Harbaugh, 'm\ W, J. Eoberts, '9L~
W, Scott Maikeson^ ^99^ Secrdary-Treamirer^ Wesierrrmn Iron
Works, SeaiOe,
Technology Club of Central Pennsylvania. — A luncheon
was held at the Engineers Club on April 5, at which time the
EaiTisburg committee for mobilizing Tech s resources organized*
Those appointed are: Farley Gannett, '02; H. P* Drake, *04;
C. A. Emerson, 05; Richard V. MacKay, '06; Frank A. Robbins,
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Jr.^ as chairman.
The committee will hold itself in readiness for any suggestion
which may be oflfered, or for any work that the association may
deem fit to request us to do. — H. P. Drake, *04, Harrisbiirg.
Technology Club of the South *^The following names have
been submitted for oor mobilization committee. We have not
had a meeting of our local organization recently, but all of us will
gladly co5perate in any way we can: J. H. 0*Neill, *10; Jules
Godchaux, *9S; Moise H. Goldstein, *04; Allison Owen, *95; John
L. Porter, '00; William S. Resor, '93; Samuel W. Weis, '&£.—/. B.
O^NeiU^ '10, Secretary, Department Sa?titary Engineering^ New
Orleans.
Technology Club of the UKiYEBstTY of Illinois.— The cir-
cular letter to secretaries of local assixriations was received by Mr.
Edwin Frank and read at the last monthly meeting of the M. L T.
alujnni. We are all greatly interested m the work especially in
the matter of cooperation on research. We have especially fine
laboratories here and are trj^ng to put these to the largest possible
use for the state and country in general.
A committee has been formed to support the general committee
as follows: Harold E, Babbitt, '11; Elisha N. Fales, '11; Elmer A.
Holbrook, '04; Richard C. Tolman. '03; Edward W. Washburn,
'05; Arthur C. Willard, '04.—F. H, Newell, '85, Univernty of [Ui-
nois.
Technology Club of Rochester. — At a meeting of the Execu-
tive Committee, on Tuesday, March 6, the following committee
was appointed to take up the preparedness work in connection
with the mobilization of Technologj s resources: John F. Ancona^
*03; Walter G. Bent. '05; Allen S. Crocker, '97; James C. Dryer^
'99; Virgil M. Palmer, *03,— ff\ S. Lucey, '07, Secretary, Eagtmart^
Kodak Co., Rochester.
Technology Association of Northern Califorxia, — On
March 6, the association held a regular dinner, the speaker of th^^
evening being Miner Chipmao of Boston, an efficiency engineeiL^^
who is temporarily on the Coast, Among those present were '^^^
George E. Atkins/'04; J. R. Brownell, 01; H. F, Clark, *U; L. P —
Ferris, '11; S. R Holmes, U5; E, F, Kriegsman, '05; W. E. Leiand ^
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*91; E. B. Mead, '99; R. Norris, '96; F. S. Phelps, '06; G. E.
Sibbett, '03; H. G. Simpson, '03; R. S. Clark, '06.
At this meeting the resignation of President A. E. Wells, '06,
was taken up and it was decided that the secretary of the asso-
ciation should assume the duties of the president until the next
regular election.
The mobilization committee has been organized with the fol-
lowing members: George E. Atkins, '04; John R. Brownell, '01;
F. M. Eaton, '05; F. H. Harvey, '98; H. C. Marcus, '01.— ff. F.
Clarke '12, Secretary-Treasurer, 999 Bttsh Street, San Francisco.
St. Louis Society of the M. I. T. — ^With reference to the work
of the committee for mobilizing Technology's resources, we had a
meeting of this society, January 4, at which the committee report
was read and discussed. Those present approved of the work,
and this society will be willing to do its part, whatever that may
be. The following have agreed to serve upon the local committee:
Leslie Dana, '94; R. G. Hall, '97; E. C. Klipstein, '94; John L.
Mauran, '89; Richard Morey, '95; W. O. PenneU, '96; Charles E.
Smith, '00. John L. Mauran, our president, is also a member of
the general committee. — Amasa Holcombe, '04, Secretary-Treasurer,
610 Pine Street, St. Louis.
Technology Club of Fall River. — ^At a meeting of the dub
the following names were selected as representing diversified lines
of industry and interests, on the local Technology mobilization
committee: A. L. Shaw, '09; George H. Eddy, Jr., '75; Joseph
Nute, '85; A. E. Slade, '75; E. G. Thatcher, '02, C. H. Warner,
*B9.— Arthur E. Hirst, '13, Secretary, 66 Madison Street, Fall River.
Indiana Association of M. I. T. — On February 3, this associa-
tion held a meeting, and the following committee was appointed
in compliance with the suggestion of the Technology mobilization
committee: Wilson B. Parker, '88; Alex. R. Holliday, '99; Wil-
liam M. Taylor, '86; William Guy Wall, '96; J. Lloyd Wayne, 3d,
'96. Severance Burrage, '92, was with us and enjoyed a lengthy
discussion of the subject.
Our annual meeting and dinner will be held March 3. — W. B.
Parker, '88, Secretary, Board of Trade Building, Indianapolis.
Technology Club of the MERRDiACK Valley. — ^The following
names were sent in by the Merrimack Valley Club, who are ready
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to undertake the work of the committee on government co5pera-
tioii: E. B. Caraey. *93; C. H. Eames, *97; R, A. Hale, *77; Adj.-
Gen. G. W. Pearson, '89; Robert F, Picked, '87, and the secre-
tary. We will do what we can to further the cause* — J, A, CaUins^
Jf.^ *97, Secretary f 67 Tkomdyke Street, Lawrence.
Tkchnology Club of Philadelphia. — ^The following men have
l>eeii appointed by the Philadelphia Club, as representatives of the
club, to t^idperate with the general committee on the mobilization
of Technology's resources: C. J. Walton, *14; D. JL Bullena, '09;
H, A. Terrell, '07; P. E, TUIson. '06; H. L, Walker. '05; F. E.
Waters, *15. This committee has not done, as yet, any definite
work owing* undoubtedly, to the fact that at our last meeting of
the Philadelphia club the writer was elected president of the club
for the ensuing year and has not yet had the time to get in touch
with all features of the work.
The Pbiliidelphiii club stands ready and willing to do all that it
can to further the work which the committee has initiated.
It will probably be impossible for many of our members to at-
tend the meeting of the Technology Clubs Associated in Cleveland
on April !21, but Dr* Hollis Godfrey has been appointed a repre-
sentative of the Philadelphia club for this meeting.
The next meeting of the club will be on Wednesday evening*
May 2d, and if it is desirable to do so we can very readily devote a
part, if not all, of the time to a consideration of the work which
the committee is doing.— Herbert A. Terrell, *07, Wenonah, iV. /.
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Technou>gy Club of Nkw Hampshire. — The club members,
in accordance with Technology's mobilization scheme, advised
the following names tu represent them on the subcommittee:
John C. Chase, '74; Albert L. Clough, *91; Thomas W, Estabrook,
'05; Robert N. Hoyt, *09; C. B. Pratt, 91: Montgomery RoUins.
'89, — Walter Davol, 'Ott» Secretary-TreasureT, Amoskeag Bank
Building^ Manchester. ^
Technology Association of Minnesota. -^The local alumni
committee on the mobilization of Technolog>^*s resourc*es met to
talk over the suggestions offered by the general alumni commit-
tee. We trust that we are not less patriotic or enthusiastic than
other alumni or American citizens, and stand ready and willing
to do all that we can, individually and conecti\'ely, to further the
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work of industrial, naval or military preparedness, especially in
our own section of the country*
The following men will act as a subcommittee to cooperate with
Technolog3^*'s general committee: F. H, Bass^ '01; G. H. Goodelli
'92; Williston C. Rich, '06; Ross R. Schulte, '04; Jesse W. Shuman,
'97.— W, R. Salisbury, '12, Secretary, Salisbury & SaUerlee Co.,
Minneapolis.
Technology Clttb of New Bedford.— The club gets into line
with the following members appointed to serve as a subcommittee
to codperate with Technology's mobilization plans: D, W. Bea-
raan, '96; F. E. Earle, '06; George H. Nye. *86; C. G. Whiton, *94.
— Richard D, Chase ^ '92 » Secretary 'Tteamirer^ 607 Purchase Street,
New Bedford.
Technology Club of Louisville,— A meeting of the oflficers
of the local association was held and the following names were
suggested for a co5perative committee to act in connection with
the Mobilization Committee of Technology's Resources; L. S.
Streng, '98; Walter E. Caldwell, '08; James Clark, Jr.. '90; Everett
R, Cowen, '07; William H. NcAlpin, '90; Frederick H. Stover, 10;
Marshall H. Washburn, '03. — L. S, Streng, '98, Secretary^ Louis-
tiUe Gas and Electric Co.^ Louisville.
SorTHWESTERN ASSOCIATION, M. I, T. — The following names
were submitted by the club as a subcommittee for mobilizing
Technology's resources: Clarence M. Hardenbergh, 'OS; Alfred
W. Hertz, '06; Henry F, Hoit, '97; Albert E, Lombard, '02;
Edwin M. Price, '08; and the secretary. ^H^rmaren Henrici, '06,
Secretary -Treas^urer, Resert^e Bank Building, Kansas City.
Pittsburgh Association of the M. I. T*— At a meeting of the
local Technology Association March 22, a local committee was
appointed with Maurice Scharff, '09, as chairman; Harry A*
Rapelye, '08; Bradley Dewey, '09; George L. Norris, '87; John W,
Taylor. '05 ; Luther K. Yoder, '95. The committee was instructed
to communicate with Boston and to report at the meeting which
will be held April 12, full information regarding the objects which
the Boston committee has in view, the methods proposed for at*
taining them and what the local committees can do to help out.
All present expressed their desire to do everything in their power.
Such a committee might be useful in assisting to complete the record
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regarding Technology men, provided such record is going to be of
practical value to the War Department; by helping to promote the
universal training and service propaganda; in calling the Officers
Reserve Corps, and similar opportunities of service in the existing
organization of the country, to the attention of those qualified to
take advantage of ih^m^^ Maurice Scharff^ *09, Pitt^buTgh,
Technology Association of Montana.^ — The members of the
subcommittee appointed to serve with the general committee have
organized as follows: Charles D. Demond, '93; George W. Craven,
mi William L. Creden. 90; Charles W. Goodale, 75; Frederick
C. Jaccard. 07; Albert E. Wiggin, '07.— C. D. Demond, '93, Sec-
retary-Treasurer, 70^ Main Street^ Anaconda,
Plans Gas-Engine Classes
The lostitute of Technology will contribute to the needed pre-
paredness in the pre^sent national crisis by giving instruction in the
set-up and use of a gasolene motor three nights a week — Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday — ^beginning Friday night, March 23, from
seven to ten o*clock.
Professor J. C. Riley of Technology, assisted by Charles L.
Homer, New England representative of the Sterling Engine
Company of Buffalo, N. Y., and Morris Brotherton, an expert
gasolene engine man from the Sterling shops, will be in charge of
the classes.
Two tj^jes of motors, a four-cylinder and an eight-cylinder— the
types to be found in most patrol boats for coast service — will be
in operation. The four-cylinder will be under power and ther
eight-cylinder will be taken down and assembled by the men in the=^
various classes. Everything that these instructors can think of,
that might happen to a gas engine, will come to pass, and the-
troubles of the classes will be many.
Men who are enrolled in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve,
whether they are college men or not, are eligible to these classes^
which have been arranged by the Committee of Public Safety.
All that the enroUed members have to do is to register for the
classes either at 42 Water street at the offices of the Naval Training
Association, or at the Gas Engine building at Technology, where
the lectures will be given. This building is on Vassar street, just,
east of the Technology power house in Cambridge.
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Harvard, Technology, Tufts and Williams college men have
already registered for the classes, and many of the men enrolled as
machinists* mates in the Coast Defense Reserve, have signified
their intention of joining the classes.
New Term Members of G)rporation
Elisha Lee, '92, of New York and Philadelphia; Edward W.
Rollins, '71, of Boston, and Dr. Willis R. Whitney, '90, of Schenec-
tady have been elected term members of the Corporation of the
Institute. The members whose terms expire are, Louis A. Per*
guson, '88, of Chicago; Arthur D. Little, '85, of Boston, and Eben
S. Stevens, '68, of Quinebaug, Conn. Prancis L. Higginson ten-
dered his resignation from the corporation and Charles A. Stone,
'88, asked to be reKeved of the duties of the executive committee.
Edwin S. Webster was appointed to this committee to fill out Mr.
Stone's term.
By the will of Ellis Hollingsworth of Braintree the sum of $10,000
will be given to the Institute of Technology and an equal sum to the
General Hospital and the Museum of Pine Arts, upon the death of
the testator's wife or her mother, Mrs. Susan J. Littlefield. Wil-
liam O. Dunbar of Cambridge and Walter E. Pratt of Wellesley
are named as executors, the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Com-
pany as trustee.
TECH MEN IN THE PUBLIC EYE
Henry Souther, '87, has been made adviser of the Aviation
Section of the Signal Corps of the United States, under Genera!
George O. Squier, commanding officer of a\Tation* Mr. Souther
has to do with all matters relating to aviation intelligence, trucks,
motor cars* motor cycles and aviation accessories, also with the
material entering into this equipment* Mr. Souther made a great
reputation as engineer for the American Society of Automobile
En^eers with which society he was connected for many years.
He has had very wide experience in the testing of material, more
especially that connected v^-ith the manufacture of motor cars and
engines.
A. B. McDantel, 'Oil former assistant professor of civil engi*
neering. University of Illinois, has recently been given administra-
tion charge of the General Engineering Department of Union
College, Schenectady, N. Y, After leaving the Institute, Professor
McDaniel was engaged in engineering work with the Case School
of Applied Science, in Cleveland, as instructor in ci\Hl engineering.
He was professor of engineering at the University of South Dakota,
1&07--1912, and assistant professor of civil engineering at the Uni-
versity of Illinois until this year. He is the author of "Excavating
Machinery, *' 1913, and ** Earthwork, " 1 91 5. Professor McDaniel
is a member of the Sigma Chi and Sigma Tau, honorary societies*
W. F. M, Goss, '79, formerly dean of the College of Engineering,
University of Illinob, has resigned to accept the presidency of the
Railway Car Manufacturers Association of New York. The aim
of this association is to promote efficiency and to work for the
standardization of parts and of specifications. Mr. Goss has held
the position of dean as well as that of director of the School of
Railway Engineering and Administration of the University of
Illinois and he has also been professor of railway engineering.
His great work has been along the lines of railway, motor car and
rolling stock on which he is one of the highest authorities. He held
important positions at tlie Chicago Exposition, 1895, St, Louis
Exposition in 1894, as chief engineer of the Commission of Investi-
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gatioD on Smoke Abatement and the Electrification of Railway
Termiiials in Chicago^ 1913-1015,
DoNAi,i> B. Armstrong, '13, has been selected by the National
Tuberculosis Association to conduct **The Framingham Experi-
ment/* by which it is proposed to make Framingham, Mass., a
demonstration of the possibilities that exist in wiping out tuber-
culosis. For this purpose a fund of $100,000 has been contributed
by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Framingham
was selected because it is a representative manufacturing center,
in a state with a good health department and ha^-ing, itself, an
excellent health oflScer and good city government. Doctor Arm-
strong has been prominent in public health work in New York
City, largely in connection with the Association for the Improve-
ment of the Condition of the Poor.
J. E. Otterson, '09, has been appointed by the CouncU of Na-
tional Defense a member of the lx>Rrd of experts whose duty it is to
standardize American munitions. He is a graduate of the Naval
Academy^ and also of the Department of Naval Architecture of
the Institute of Technology where he took the degree of master of
science. He served in the United States Na^'^^ for a time and is
now first vice-president and general manager of the Winchester
Repeating Arms Company at New Haven, Connecticut,
Butler Ame8, '96, is named by Governor McCall to be com-
mander of the Home Guard which the state legislature has created
for domestic police work during the war. Mr. Butler is a grand-
son of General Benjamin F. Butler, formerly governor of Massa-
chusetts. He was graduated from West Point in 1894 and, after
serving for a time in the army, resigned to take a course at the
Institute of Technology from wMch he was graduated with the
class of 189G. He is manager of several large interests in Lowell,
Mass. During the Spanish American War he seri^ed with dis-
tinction in Porto Rico. From 1903 to 1910 he represented the
Fifth Massachusetts District in Congress.
Arthur D. Dean, *95» has become a member of the faculty
of Teachers College, Columbia Universityt where he will have
charge of supervisory work in training administrators in vocational
education. Mr. Dean was engaged in industrial education in
Portland, Maine, and Springfield, Mass.» and afterwards became
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sinxrviKxr of evening sdiools for the Young Men's Christian Asso-
cblioQ of Massachusetts and Rhode Island* More recently
Mr. Pean was cliicf of the Tnule School division of the Department
ol Education in New York State, to which position he was ap-
iminlcd hj ConDinissioiier of Education Draper.
yn^* 1^^ *M^ hMs recently been appointed general manager
nl iii^ FamiTtvaBia Railroad. After leaving the Institute Mr,
Lee eotered the ser\nce of the Pennsylvania Raibt^ad in November*
IWL •• wwtaiaii in the office of the division engineer of the Tyronne
Diiiiioii He was appointed assistant supervisor id April, 18^.
Ib A»itf«*t, 1^0S» Mr. Lee was promoted to assistant engineer in the
]ia»tviiaikce of Way Department. In 1900 Mr. Lee was ap-
mK^^ superintendent of the New York, Philadelphia and Nor-
m^ H^at^rfcAii. and on March S, 191 L he was made assistant to the
-im^jjj manager of the Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburgh and
Jggit'. He was appointed general superintendent of the Philadel-
pllln, liidtimore and Washington Railroad on April 1, 1914. He
^jYTtt in the capacity of chairman of the Conference Committee
ci M«"AR^rs of the Eastern Railroads of the United States from
mif to 19H. In that position he had personal charge, on behalf
of the various railroads interested, of the negotiations with the
lalnir organizations. Mr. Lee was promoted to the newly created
tiffiee of assistant general manager in May, 1916.
Aiithuh W. Dean, *92, chief engineer Massachusetts Highway
Com mission, was recently elected president of the American Road
Builders Association, at its annual meeting,
Frank B. Jewett, '03, formerly assistant chief engineer of the
Western Electric Company, has recently been raade chief engineer
of tliat company, succeeding Mr. C. E. Scribner retired. Mr, Jew-
ett received the degree of A. B* in electrical engineering from
Throop Polytechnic Institute, Pasadena, California, in 1898 and
in 19012 received the degree of Ph. D. from theUniversity of Chicago,
later coming to the Institute as a student of electrical engineering.
He then joined the engineering staff of the American Telegraph
and Telephone Company where for a number of years he directed
1 he transmission work of that company. In 191i& he became assist-
ant chief engineer of the Western Electric Company.
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Edward C. Sherbcan, '98, has taken up his duties as designing
engineer for the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department,
Washington, D. C. Mr. Sherman became connected with the
Cambridge Bridge Commission in 1899 where he remained until
1902 when he was promoted to assistant engineer. He later
became division engineer for the Charles River Basin Conmiission
and from 1909 to 1911 was designing engineer for the Isthmian
Canal Commission. Since that time he has been in Boston, in
private practice.
Frederick S. Hartman, '15, whose pluck made him the hero of
the Winnipeg-St. Paul Dog Races the last of January, specialized
in chemistry at Tech but did not graduate. In the stories of the
remarkable race Hartman was referred to as the American entry
and a former Bostonian, but at Tech he was registered from Saskat-
chewan, Can. He has been employed as an assayer in the far
Northwest. Dispatches from St. Paul state that so many purses
were bestowed upon Hartman for his pluck in finishing, in spite
of the greatest handicaps, he is in a fair way to realize his ambition
to establish a chemical research laboratory. Numerous theatrical
offers to appear with his dogs give him an opportunity to add
greatly to the gratuities from admirers.
James P. Barnes, '05, formerly general manager of the Buffalo,
Lockport and Rochester Railway, has been appointed general
manager of the Schenectady Railway Company.
MISCELLANEOUS CLIPPINGS
In order to be able to place before the students of Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology a clear view of the service they might render the nation
J in case of war» the Institute Committee^ composed of
_^ ^ one representative of each of the student acti\nties, has
P placed before the undergraduates a report admirable
in scope, clarity and brevity. The committee conferred not only with
members of the faculty, but with army officers and prominent business
men. Aa a result it recommends that if hostilities come undei^gTBduates
urithbold their service completely and await developments, in order that
they may be placed where they can do the most good. The report points
out that because of the limited experience and technical training of under-
graduates, the services which they can perform are not apt at the start to
carry heavy responsibilities » but that, nevertheless, their qualifications
are such that positions may drvelop where they could be of much more
value than if they enlisted before the whole situation could be properly
studied. In addition to this sage counsel the report gives an analysis of
the services which undergraduates might render in the army, in the navy
and in the industries upon which the fighting arms depend* The step
taken by the Institute Committee is an excellent one and deserves to be
followed immediately by student or faculty bodies in all of our engineering
colleges. — Enf^neerinff Record.
The ** Stein Song/* that famous one of good fellowship, and so well simg
by the Brown University grads at their recent banquet here in Boston,
«- q. , brings to my mind the difficulties Frederick Field Bullard,
-^ its author, had in selling it. The composer, then a young
Tech man, visited three or four Boston music houses, went
through the usual procedure of politely offering his song, but was just as
politely turned away. Discouraged, but never willing to give in. he turned
toward the last hope, a small concern, now famous, which had at its head
a man of unusual business acumen; also fortunately for Bullard, one who
was human. Bullard walked in with a determined look on his face and
begged the publisher to let him play his song. "The young man seemed
so earnest,'* says the publisher, " that 1 allowed him to sit down and play
it, though reluctantly, as it is strictly against my own rules.** Composers
do not have a natural way of bringing out the best in their works.
"And how he did play! Nothing I have heard since has made more of
an impression on me than that old * Stein Song.*'' Indeed, It made such
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an impressioii on him that before Bullard got up from the pmno the pub-
lisher had thrufit a most liberal contract into his hands. — Boston Advertiser ^
Jan. 29.
A career like that of Elihu Thomson needs to be kept before the Ameri-
can public. Intensive light was indeed shed upon it last week, when
Cr t A V Elihu Thomson was awarded the John Fritz medai
c^. \|. for distinguished scientific achievement, while half the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology looked ap-
piovingly on. But the American public, quick though it is to applaud and
utilise scientific attainments, is seldom wxll enough informed concerning
the unseen and hard-labored backgrounds of such attainments to know
how to appraise rightly the men who accomplish them. It needs several
entries on the pages of its memoranda to keep such celebrations alive-
There are educators of prominence who believe that America is unduly
pessimistic regarding the scientific advance of its own people, who agree
with thoughtful foreigners in remarking that the trouble with America is
not so much that it does not produce great men in science, but that it
does not recognize them when they are here. The celebnition of Elihu
Thomson *s fame should help to upset this charge. In him America has
the man whose early invention of an electric arc dynamo was described
by a German as *'an American machine that violates every known law of
the electrical art." His development of this American machine merely
proved that it was pioneer work far in advance of anything Germany
knew» and a dynamo the most effective and successful on the market.
As President Maclaurin further demonstrated in his speech on Elihu
Thomson^ his most remarkable characteristic has been his power not only
to invent, but also to correlate a series of inventions into an organized
machine of a type both effective and economical. In this Dr. Thomps4^»n
exhibits an unusual combination of capabilities. It indicates in the first
place his naturally endowed possession of the really first-rate qualities of
mind, the genius which means \ision, keen insight^ an ability to grasp
fundamentals. The men who have this endowment are commonly known
as "brilliant.** And they are brilliant, but all too often they lack qualities
which, although ol less importance in one manner of viewing them, are
none the less essential to any practical development of the ideas which
\ genius conceives. Dr. Thompson had also tliis practical power, pains-
takingly and studiously developed through all the years of his study and
teaching in America, wMch began soon after his parents brought him as a
child from England. They have given his natural genius the power lo
express itself in achievements, such as that of his process of electrical
welding, which have led to the establishment of over ^ve hundred patents^
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HKh BSBKi be kept brioR tke poUic both 4s
vv In l iei c luy gival iboi, amd of briDtanl Boeii*!
I if tbey wotlc Iwd €um^— Bottom TrmMmpL,
\ of ABKnca! CeitaizilT tbrr are of their own coirn-
Yct« gf«at io(b» hem mwtk thej ant abo of ovirs! Man^r among
tbem hmrc never set foot on F^vsieli ml and know m
oetf bgr aadi of oar Baatan as hare been called to prtK
liifiJiilia iB tfes* nahttBlka. The truth is that the
FrcBch proleaaor of aichftcriiire ranlcs first in the United Slates and that
be liteiaAj cames France there with bun, btia^ing all which France ha4
of Ibe best, the straighteit and cfteutit, the moat attractive, and, in a
pnfomid sense of the word* the most ^rmpathetic. Let the dead beax
T^ luminous trail left in Boston by the memoty of a Despradelle. of
whom one of bis former students ha^ written me: ''We owe him aomethi&g
larger and better than the apprenticeship of our art. He was like a great
spiritual lyre whose vibratioos spread throughout our moral being, it
seemed to us, communicating a thrill from on high which electrified the
soul, and for which there is but one expresston^ — the thrill of France.'* —
La Remke de Deux Mondet*
There seems to be some hope for Carransa. He has named for the
position of ambassador to the United States Ignacio Bonillas, who is a
Thp M**T>j*n ^^"*^ ^^ *^^ Massachusetts Institute of Technologj\
. . . an eminent mining engineer, and knows the United States
as well as his own country. It is particularly fortunate
that at so critical a time as the present, the neighbor who has caused us
so much trouble lately should be so good as to send a man to represent
her at Washington, who can be of such incalculable service to this country
as well as his own.
Senator Yardman is going to attack President Wilson if he allows Ibe
country to go to war. Yardman should be weaned by this time of tilting
with windmills. If the country goes to war it will be simply because the
people understand, painful though the knowledge may be, that there b
no other way to maintain our honor. — Prcmidence JVeiw, March W.
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Sound, sensible advice is tbat given the young men of the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology when they are urged not to rush into the
SMifiihlA AflvIcA •"^y ^' navy in the event of a call for volunteers.
In England and France, at the outbreak of the war,
many thousands of men who could have been extremely valuable behind
the firing line went directly to the front, with the result that those of them
who were not killed or wounded at once had to be recalled for technical
work in the economic mechanism behind the firing line. The process was
coetly.
The outstanding characteristic of modem warfare is its universality.
A nation that goes to war has to go as a nation. Delegated patriotism is
a thing of the past. A people can no longer send an army and navy to
look after the enemy, and settle back to read the newspaper accounts of
what that army and navy do. The entire people has to become a fighting
machine. Hie field and shop and laboratory are intimately connected
with the trench and the battleship. Under such a system, it is the duty
of every man and woman to learn just what he or she can do best, and do
that thing.
The highly trained young men of the Technology Institute could be of
much more use in the industrial organization of war than in actual fighting.
And this is true of countless others. If we have to call out the manhood of
the country, we ought at least to profit by some of the more glaring mis-
takes made abroad in 1914. One of these was depleting the technical and
industrial force in order to fill the volunteer ranks.
In all this the question of patriotism does not enter. That is taken for
granted. The best method of patriotic service is the thing to be deter-
mined. — Uniont Manchester, N. H.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has entered into still an-
other cooperative agreement with an important industrial concern. In
T fmnlAffv A d ^^ ^^*^ again Technology throws its laboratories
^ . ^^KJ open to the company for the conduct of such scientific
investigations as it may have under way or which it
may propose in the future. This makes available to the company in the
first instance a laboratory specialized to the needs of its particular branch
<^ industry in a way which the company itself could only duplicate at
large expense. Yet Tech offers still more. At the Institute there is
available a whole system of related laboratories such as no one industrial
OQDoem would ever possess. If some phase of the work to be done calls
any one of the related laboratories into requisition, its facilities and service
are available. This arrangement has of course important advantages to
the Institute itself, since it links Technology still more closely to practical
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iiidu5trial and coQuneicial work* &nd at Uie same time adds to Uie du-
tdDction of the Institute as a servant of all the public* — Boston Tranacrift.
That was sound advice given the students of the Massachuaetts Insti-
tute of Technology- by their undergraduate preparedness committee,
r* ^ Ai^ * '^^^ natural impulse of youth, particularly to corporate
Q+t A f y*^"^t^» ^^ ^*^ tush to the front when dauger threatens the
country » No longer ago than the Spanish^American War,
many student bodies wanted to enlist at the first call for volunteers. The
impulse is £ne and the country is proud, but good judgment demands thit
it be held in check.
This is especially true of the men at " Boston Tech." Fighting nowa-
da^'B is more largely than ever a matter of engineering, and the time may
come when these specially trained young men will be needed for other pur-
poses than CArr^nng rifles. Modem warfare is based on efficiency, and i
considerable part of that efficiency depends on the sort of know^ledge these
youths are acquiring. — TimcM^ Richmond, Va,
The will to help the nation in its time of need has been evident every-
where among our colleges and universities, but the Massachusetts Insti-
_ . . , tute of Technology is re^dy both with the will and the
TUr K*r f way. The moment President \Yilson terminated rek-
tions with Germany, Dr. Maciaurin, the head of the Insti-
tute, offered to the government the ser^aces of the entire instructing staff
and of all the laboratories. This meant not an offer to mobiliaie, to com-
mence to begin the preparedness of Technology, The instructing staff of
the Institute is always mobilized* To an extent not equalled anywhere
else in the world, its laboratories are equipped and coordinated, and every
problem of war as it is conducted today comes at some point into the lab-
oratory. Any one of Technology's workshops of science is ready to carry
on in cooperation with all the others whatever part of the labor falls in its
province. This coordination is not merely a matter of related buildinga.
It is a structure of brains, directed and controlled by a well-organised
faculty. When President Maclaiuio offers them to the govemmcntt he
offers that liighest efficiency of ser\Hcc which can only be given by an
unbroken corps of trained men, working in laboratories with the equipmeat
of which they are thorouglily familiar.
Yet Technology is something more than its faculty, or rather it has been
made more by that faculty. There is the great body of alumni, its indi-
viduals highly trained in the several branches which the foresight of Tech-
nology realized would require development. Long ago it had established
its course in naval architecture. Every man available to help buDd a
greater United States navy has had his final schooling at the Institute,
Twenty-five years ago the school began to prepare for the need of the
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trained engineer in health and sanitation, and Professor Sedgwick's grad-
uates are today leaders in the work of conserving from disease more lives
than are likely to be lost in battle. There is Technology's laboratory of
aerodynamics and the courses established in connection with it. Civil
engineers, mechanical engineers, sanitary engineers, together with the
experts in chemistry, electricity and physics, supported by mathematics,
without whose contribution modem warfare cannot be conducted, are all
in the ranks of Technology.
And even this great army is in a sense mobilized. Technology began
long ago to make a ''census of the brains of the alumni." It has asked of
every man who has once been a student in the Institute to state what are
his capabilities and his condition, and what he can best do for his country
in time of need. All this information has been of necessity kept in con-
fidence, but its value will therefore prove all the more forceful. Among
the undergraduates, and by their own initiative, a similar census has been
nearly completed among the men now students at Technology. The
takers of this census have carefully considered not only what the student
can do, but also what things are really available for him to do. Behind
this special preparedness there is the military training which for more
than fifty years has been required of every freshman under the instruction
of a regular army officer. The smnmer engineering camps, conducted for
a score of years, have given students practice in engineering on a com-
mercial scale which should stand them in almost as good stead for military
pmposes. The instructors and upperclassmen have had, indeed, a special
engineer corps, recognized by the government and with an army officer
for its teacher. This whole great system of training and coordination
means that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is mobilized and
ready, both for the industrial struggle which will follow peace, and for any
call to national service in a graver emergency. — Boston Trarucript,
Feb. «1.
There is food for reflection for all Americans in the remarks of Professor
A. A. Noyes of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at a science-
nT'A^*^ A ^:-j -.-.-J congress meeting, analyzing the importance of nitric
iiitnc Acia ana -j x x- i j^ tx_
1^ . acid to national defense m an emergency. Dr.
Noyes finds that in the first year of the war Germany
actually used a million tons of saltpeter to make nitric acid, and found the
supply insufficient for the explosives she wished to make. Chile fur-
nishes us with our saltpeter. From the by-products of coke we get
300,000 tons of nitric acid a year. But in a war emergency we shaU have
to depend on Chile, unless we can get nitrogen cheaply from the air.
That is what Congress saw when it provided for nitric acid experimen-
tation at government expense.
It is the opinion of Dr. Noyes that cheap nitric acid would increase our
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iiim ptodiicts by tS»OOOpOOO,000 a jew. He notes that in Gfennanj,
bdbre the war» p ro duction had been made chei^ enough to justify ite use
for ItrtiliBi^. TUs element lends an interest to eiqw ri mentati o n not
defMsdent on war as a possibility. But efficient high eiplosives without
the nitrie acid are not in si^t» and the defense movement in which most
of tti aie i nte ies t e d cannot afford to ne^ect the pressing problem. — Brook'
A new en in art will have its inception, f oUowing the great war» an
«Mdilcfent in every detail from what has gone before, according to Ralph
iWifaOTtfM- Cram ^^**™* Cram, dist.ingniHhfd ardiitect and head of the
S^^!S!p department of architecture in Massachusetts Insti-
"^^'^^ tute of Technology, who addressed appronmatdy
000 persons in the candle-lighted hall of architecture, Carnegie Insti-
tute, last night. Mr. Cram was introduced by Cokmd Samud Harden
Church, president of the Institute board of trustees.
Mr. Cram hdd that art has been degenerating for more than four cen-
turies, and architecture, music and poetry succumbed in the last century.
He said that had it not been for the war the worid would have been con-
fronted with a life from which art was excluded. He urged a return to
the artistic spirit of the middle ages, which he declared to be the greatest
epoch in Christian civilisation. Radical schools of modem art Mr. Cram
declared to be ''mouthings of anarchy, the pathological products of a
spiritual degeneration now in its last stages of dissolution."
He sketched the history of architecture and the other arts from the
tenth century to the present. The period from 1000 to 1800 A. D. he
called the most wholesomely organized, sanely balanced and spiritually
stimulating in the history of Christian Europe. Modem artistic degen-
eracy, he said, was caused by the anarchy of the Reformation, by cen-
turies of war in Europe and by the rise of industrial civilization. — PUU-
burgh Sun, January 20.
Facing the international trade conflict coming after the war, a closer
alliance between American industries and scientific schools becomes im-
T A efnr A pcrative, stated President R. C. Madaurin of the
usuy Massachusetts Institute of Technology at a ban-
Tccmucai 2>cn00lS q^et of the Eastem Connecticut Chamber of Com-
merce on January 22. However much this country may keep out of
entangling alliances, it cannot escape from the net of international trade.
Present prosperity encourages, rather than checks our national habit of
extravagance and wastefulness, and this will be enormously against us in
the strenuous times ahead. We shall have to compete with peoples who
have gone through the stem but effective discipline of hardship which has
already produced in Europe more changes in two years than might other-
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wise have come about in a century. "Think of the industrial changes
that are demonstrated by the fact that France produces more today than
it did before the war, although nearly a third of its richest territory is in
the hands of the enemy/' said the speaker, "and nearly all its vigorous
men are at war.*' England's production is 15 or 20 per cent, larger today
than before the war.
"Broadly speaking," said Dr. Madaurin, "our only hope of success is
to devise means whereby what is known as the scientific method and the
scientific spirit pervades all the industrial operations of the coimtry. All
the old methods of intuition and 'rule of thumb' must be scrapped."
Everything must be done in the spirit of scientific advancement. Far-
sighted patriotic business men must bestir themselves and see that the
fountains of science in this country are well tended and flow freely. The
bonds between industry and the schools must be more firmly welded and
every effort made to see to it that scientific schools make the most of their
opportimities, so that there may be an adequate supply of young men
trained to apply the methods of science to the industrial development of
the land. Referring to the new $7,000,000 plant of the Institute of Tech-
nology at Cambridge, President Maclaurin said that by a proper combina-
tion and organization of all its laboratories with due regard to the all-im-
portant question of manning them properly, there is scarcely a practical
problem which such an institution would not be in a position to cope with,
without detriment to its fundamental usefulness in the instruction of
students.
The demand for men to work in the research laboratories of modem
industrial concerns wiU soon outgrow the supply. These laboratories are
costly affairs and many of the smaller concerns will soon find themselves
in a difficult position. They will not be able to afford research laboratories
and will go under in compet|tion with others unless through research they
can improve their processes and overcome their difficulties. The salva-
tion of these smaller concerns will often come from such institutions as
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; the difficulties here are almost
wholly financial, and could easily be overcome by a little wise planning
and adequate support from the industries concerned. In the industrial
warfare of the future science will surely be in the saddle and no nation,
liowever well placed, can survive the struggle without scientific weapons.
— Electrical WorUL
When a young American student of architecture sends his designs from
this side of the water, to compete with French artists on their own ground,
A. fVAH't ttk *^^ carries off the first honors, it is good augury of the
Almtk Milter development in America of some first-rate artistic ability.
Such has been the accomplishment of William B. Col-
leary, a senior in the Institute of Technology, whose design for a ceiling
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of monumental coostnietioa, to he erected m the Ecole dcs Beaux- Arts as
a memorial to the artists who have died in this war, has been premiated
and awarded a gold medal hy the French government* There is nothing
to show that this competitor has had any training abroad. He has been
educated in various institutions in Massachusetts, having been known at
Holy Cross both as student and athlete, and upon all of them his present
attainment reflects credit. We should hear more of William CoUeary. —
Transcript, Boston.
The Pull AH
Together
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Only the other day George E. Hale wrote in the Techxouxjt Review
that "if we solve some of the fundamental problems of prepajediiess we
are less likely to be molested and less exposed to crippling
losses in case war should come/' The argument which
he made for the co5peration of mathematicians* chemists,
geologists, biologists and engineers seemed commonplace iheru but it gets
new force and insistency in these stirring times. Its wisdom has been
affirmed by the movement in England, where a corps of eminent invest!^
gators in all fields is at work under the leadership of such men as Lord
Raleigh, Sir Joseph Thomson and Prof. Arthur Schuster. It has been
more than justified by the results attained in France by the large group
of scientists whose efforts are being directed from the office of M, Painleve
the eminerit mathematician.
The full showing of our own national research council, formed last year,
has yet to be made, but tlie yield is already ample enough to encourage to
further labors a membership which includes leading American investiga'
tors and engineers, representatives of the army, of the government's scien*
tific bur€5aus, research endowments and the research divisions of our in*
dustrial and maoufacturing establishments. The coimcH is committed to
"the employment of scientific methods in strengthening the national
defeose and such other applications of science as will promote the national
security and welfare," But it was also called into existence *'with the
object of encouraging the investigation of natural phenomena and the
increased use of scientific research in the development of American indus-
tries."
Here is the guarantee that the energies of the council are not being given
solely to inventions and discoveries for use in war. We shall need efficient
industries for the fierce competitions of the after-war period, and "pure
science" is as likely to turn out useful for both peace and war as for the
advancement of knowledge. Pasteur*s contributions to medicine were
made possible by studies undertaken without thought of practical gain. ■
Researches in physics, carried out with no purpose of application in the
arts, made it possible to telephone without wires from Washington to the
Hawaiian Islands, And it is of considerable local interest to remember i
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that the breadth with which the National Research Council is interpreting
its work was implicit and explicit in the plans of Rogers for the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology, for he wrote into its program the truth
that "the abstract studies and researches of the philosopher are often the
most beneficent source of practical discovery and improvement." — Boston
Herald, Feb. 7.
While offering every facility of the laboratories of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology to the United States government for any research
T«ch flfiil Tndiifi^ ^ which it with its staff of trained professors can be of
^..,,1 y^ • service, the Institute holds that in addition to the
truu noscErcii « * # • i • i # •
education of its students it has an important function
in being helpful to the industrial world. An agreement with Technology
by the United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company, to be in
force in April, whereby the latter is to avail itself of the laboratory facili-
ties offered by the Institute, is the latest step in forming closer relation-
ships with the industrial world. This Boston-controlled corporation is
one of the two large companies of the kind in this country. With the
ability of Technology to imdertake the work, it has expressed itself,
through its president, William G. Sharp, as desirous of availing itself of
the advantages offered by the Institute. Instead of establishing a private
research laboratory of its own it will bring its problems to Technology.
The advantages which accrue to a corporation which makes such an
agreement include the economy afforded by not being obliged to establish
a laboratory paralleling that of the Institute. Such laboratories are very
costly, construction and equipment running into the scores of thousands.
The Institute presents a further advantage that no private laboratory
can afford, in that it maintains a great group of allied laboratories. There
are unlimited quantities of water, steam, electricity and anything else that
is needed, a great library, a large active force for investigation in the stu-
dent body and unequalled facilities for quick and satisfactory confer-
ences with the instructing staff. Then there is the ease with which other
laboratories may be called to help in the solution of any problem. So
related are the different industries that hardly any problem lies entirely
within the sphere of only one of them. Chemistry turns to electricity,
metallurgy to both of these, while mechanical engineering is fundamental.
On the other hand there are advantages to the Institute. It has a
very costly equipment which it really holds in trust for the community.
It is the duty of its officers to make the fullest returns possible. Every
use of its facilities by the industrial worid is a step towards the realization
of its ideab. Cooperation like that with the United States Smelting
Company, in the solution of industrial problems, makes it the more val-
uable to the people and the more valuable it becomes the better the chance
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of giCBtcr imporCanoe in tbe fotnie^ with tbe better ootkok lor the cmy-
lag fonrwd of leMSidi wofk thill nyiy be of ^enenl benefit. That the
hitter may tinlj be Mrared the Lutitale has in its a gi ee mcui the pio-
▼Mon thai iRibiication of results be not unduly dd^yed.
To carry on the ipedal work wfaidi this coapemtion necessitates, the
Corporation of Technology has named Ebnry If. S chl ei cher , B. &. a grad-
uate of 1010, to be research associate in diarge of the woric, the geneni
direction resting on P ko i essor H. O. HoAnan, p rofes sor of metaDuigy.
Mr. Schlricher since his graduation has been engaged in research wofk
with two Boston firms, with e^wdal attention to dectrolytic separation
and floCatioo*'
BOOK REVIEWS
A Method iob the Identification or Pubs Oboanic Compounds. Vol. 11.
Containiiig about 4,000 of the More Important Compounds of Carbon with
Nitrogen, Hydrogen and Oxygen. By S. P. MuUiken, Ph.D., Associate Pro-
fessor of Organic Chemical Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology. John Wiley & Sons. New York, 1916.
It is obviously impossible to discuss within the limits of a brief review the mass of
material and wealth of detail contained in closely tabulated and abbreviated form
which is here associated with the identification of 4,000 compounds.
The general plan of the work resembles closely that instituted in the volumes
which have preceded it. Certain changes have been made necessary, however,
partly through the experience gained in the use of the other volumes, and partly on
account of the changes in the behavior of the compounds brought about through
the presence of the nitrogen.
For these reasons, the main division has been made on the basis of the acid, basic
or neutral character of the compound as determined by titration under definitely
prescribed conditions. From these main divisions, having also further grouping
into solid and liquid materials, the choice is further narrowed through melting and
boiling point determinations and by forty-three numbered tests, which are described
urith the attention to minute detail that has characterized the previous volumes of
the series.
In addition to tests which are more or less generally known, but are here ade-
quately defined and described, there are others which have been so expanded or
developed as to serve for the differentiation of large groups of substances. Such
are the tests for the amino group, tests for ammonia and ammonium salts, the
diphenylamine reaction for nitrosamines and nitro compounds, the preparation of
characteristic picrates, and the hydrolysis or saponification of nitriles, amides, etc.
The present volume has special practical importance to the arts, since it furnishes
detailed directions for the identification of such essential substances as the alkaloids,
many important drugs as well as vegetable and animal constituents, the high ex-
plosives and intermediates of the dyestuff industry.
The many italicized procedures indicate the amount of time and care actually
expended by the author, not only in compiling the tests and descriptions from the
literature, but in actually studying experimentally and defining the analytical
procedures. A good case in point is morphine, where nearly a page of the highly
condensed table is devoted to work of this kind, representing undoubtedly a number
of days of concentrated effort. — A. G. W.
Principles of Ai;tebnating Cubrent Machinebt. By Ralph R. Lawrence.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Cloth, 614 pages (fij x 8
inches), 273 diagrams and illustrations. Supplied by the Electrical
Review Publishing Company, Inc., for $4.50.
If the number of books on alternating currents coming from the press is any
index to the popularity of the subject, one may properly conclude that the theory of
264 The Technology Review
aliematiiig cmrenU and altenmting-curTait machmeiy m as popular as the most
clever stovy of a summer romance, and that "Altematmg CoRents*' is one of the
''six best sdleri." Althou^ such a conclusion is erroneous, nevertheless, within
its own field the book by Professor Lawrence will undoubtedly prove veiy popular.
This book is the second volume of a series of electrical engineering texts prepared
under the supervision of a committee of prominent engineers and teachers of dec-
trical engineering. The first volume of the series on direct-current marhinrry by
Dean Langsdorf was published somewhat over a year ago.
This second volume is a treatise on the fundamental principles of construction
and operation of alternating-current machinery. Althou^ most of the matter in
the book is of interest to designers, the details of design have been omitted.
The subject matter has been classified under eight main headings, each one of
which is subdivided into chapters. This classification lends itsdf to a logical and
systematic treatment. The main discussions are Synchronous Generators, ten
chapters; Static Transformers, twelve chapters; Synchronous Motors, six chapters;
Synchronous Converters, eight chapters; Polyphase Induction Motors, nine chi^
ters; Single-Phase Induction Motors, six chapters; Series and Repulnon Motors,
five chapters.
Throughout the text, the chapter headings are followed by a table of oontents
which, to the reviewer, seems to be redundant, and resulting in un^ymmetrical
chapter headings. The outline of Chapter V covers more than half the printed page.
Another peculiar feature of the texts are the iUustrations, every one of which is a
pen drawing. It would be interesting to know what motives induced the author to
have drawings made from photographs which show the details of construction as
well as the drawings.
The treatment of the most important tjrpes of altemating-cunent machines is
very thorough. In fact, the consideration given to minor matters of construction
and operation is a valuable feature of the book. The author has not hesitated to
use mathematics whenever its use was of assistance in the analysb of principles.
To point out all of the good sections of the text would necessitate a recapitulation
of the table of contents. The sections on the parallel operation of generators, and
on the static transformer are exceptionally complete. For a first edition the book
is remarkably free of errors. In closing the review of the first volume of this series
the writer said: "It has set a high mark for other books of the series." Professor
Lawrence is to be congratulated for preparing a book on alternating-current
machines that measures up to the mark. — From the Electrical Review, March 17,
1017.
Ten Year Record Book of the Class of 1896. 68 pages. Bound in gray cloth
with cardinal printing. Published by the class.
This year book consists of a complete directory of the class with an autographic
registry and the class constitution. One novel feature of the book is the printing
in bold face type of those members who have shown enough interest to reply to
requests for information. The others are in light face type. To the former the
compiler expresses his thanks and hopes that the latter will acquire increased inter-
est before the next edition of the book is printed.
NEWS FROM THE CLASSES
1B68.
Robert H. Richards, Sec.y 32 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain, Mass.
The class secretary attended the meeting of the American In-
stitute of Mining Engineers on March 19-22 inclusive. He met
there many Technology men, most of them graduates from the
mining course. During the meeting an excursion was planned and
executed to visit West Point. Besides enjoying the wonderfully
beautiful location and the fine buildings, the members were in-
terested in inspecting the cavalry drill in which the young cadets
were put through a series of rather intricate manoeuvres in the great
cavalry drill hall. Before leaving the party gathered in the au-
dience hall and listened to a most interesting talk by the com-
mandant on the history and uses of West Point. This was re-
plied to by Dr. R. W. Raymond, secretary emeritus of the
Mining Institute, in which he gave a wonderful review of his
connection with West Point and of that of his brother. We also
had a very good talk from a young officer who is one of the teach-
ers of the academy, and who is a former Tech student, on military
matters.
The wife of our much beloved member, the Hon. Eben S. Stev-
ens, has passed on after a long period of delicate health and slow
dedine. Stevens is meeting his loss very bravely indeed, and doing
the wise thing in seeking occupation and diversion to occupy his
mind.
The class secretary has recently made a professional trip to St.
Xawrence County, N. Y., where he found some very interesting
work going on, and problems waiting for solution.
He also attended the annual meeting of the Canadian Min-
ing Institute in Montreal, Canada, on March 7, 8, 9. He
found there much of interest in the papers on various mining prob-
lems, the engineers are meeting and solving in Canada. He
especially enjoyed meeting John E. Hardman, class of '77, and
comparing notes on experiences with him.
The secretary received a most welcome letter some time ago
from William Tryon, '69, in which he seemed to dwell a good deal
on the good old times when he used to be here. He wrote:
I have been away from my native land 40 years, which is a reasonably long
stretch of time.
He married in '85 a Peruvian lady and had two daughters. It was
his intention to come to the great reunion last year but the loss
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of near rdatives prevented him from carrymg out his {dans. He
asked to be remembered to any of the ''boys'* irtio remember him
and expressed the wish that he would see Frof . Geoi^ Qsbonie, as
wdl as the secretary, before the winter came on. Since the above
letter was written the sad news comes to us of Tryon's death.
A letter from Josiah A. Osgood, *70, is quoted in part and shows
him as active and enjoying things at the present time with a very
warm memory of Techndc^. It is headed. Sierra Madre,CaL:
I was DCAriy lolled oo August Sin m street mockknt; for some time it wms thoo^t
I was sorely m gone veiermn. For msLny wedcs I lay in bed. It was becaq» cf
this and much oonfnsion at my home that your letter with its appeal for one dollar
on acooont ci a photograph ci dear old Rankle lay lost among a lot ol other letten.
I have jost come across it. Have I forgotten the sing that we had standing at
the top ol the stain leading down to the dbemical rooms! Oh, no! Weweredoiiig
our beat when Pro f essor Storer yeQed out, ** What are yon kotDUug amtmd Asre/orf**
I meet some of our M. I. T. boys in Los Angeles at times. I always place all the
literature received from M. I. T. in our public library. I hope to visit Bostoi this
summer, and if I do I shall try to find you.
Dear old Tedi, how it has grown! When you and I first knew it it was in swad-
dling clothes, but now its garmmts are heavy with millions in gifts.
I have before me in my den and among my most mecknis mementoes of past
happy days a large photogn^ph of the officers of our li. I. T. battalion. I pnae
it highly.
1870.
Charles R. Cross, Sec., Mass. Inst, of Tech., Cambridge, Mass.
Notice has been received of the death of Walter Clark at
Bronxville, New York, on March 12, 1917. A fuller notice will
be given later.
Among the most important gifts and legacies received by the
Institute during the last fiscal year was the bequest of Edmund K.
Turner for the benefit of the department of ciWl engineering
amounting to $177,962.25.
Dr. Edward Marshall Buckingham, reference to whose death
has already been made in the Review, was bom on Beach street,
Boston, August 9, 1848, and died suddenly of angina pectoris
December 23, 1916. His remains were cremated and rest at Mt.
Auburn.
Doctor Buckingham was a student at the Institute and a mem-
ber of the class of 1870 during the years 1866-68. He began the
course in civil engineering but his studies were interrupted by ill-
ness and upon his recovery he decided to enter the profession of
medicine. He received the degree of M. D. at the Harvard Medical
School in 1874 and spent a year in further study in Vienna.
In December 1876, he married Miss Alice Darracott Nason of
New York who survives him with two daughters, Miss Edith Nason
Buckingham, and Mrs. Margaret Gulick, wife of Professor Addison
Gulick of the University of Missouri.
A memorial sketch of the work of Doctor Buckingham written
by Dr. George W. Gay, of Boston, was published in the Boston
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267
Medical and Surgical Journal^ May 31 » 1917, from which with the
kind permission of the author the present notice is mostly para-
phrii;5ed.
Dr, E. M. Bucidngham was one of thirteen grandchildren of
Joseph Tinker Buckingham, a man of wide reputation as the
editor of the Boston Couri£r and Nev) England Magazine. He was
the son of Dr. Charles Edward Buckingham, A. B, Harvard Col-
lege, 1840, M. D. 1844, born 1821, died 1877, who was a professor
in the Harv^ard Medical School from 1868 until his death, rendering
in this office great services to medical education.
The subject of this sketch entered upon the practice of his pro-
fession in Boston on his return from study abroad and devoted him.-
self particularly to diseases of children. For several years he was
visiting physician at the Children's Hospital and also at the Boston
City Hospital, He belonged to a number of medical associations,
was treasurer of the Massachusetts Medical Society for twenty
years, and published many articles of value upon medical subjects.
He was a thoroughly conscientious, self-sacrificing physician who
won the confidence and esteem of all with whom he came in contact,
an excellent family practitioner who thought of his patients as
persons and not merely as ** cases/' "He did not send a patient
with limited means to Palm Beach nor order a course of treatment
that he knew he could not afford/* He did a great amount of
charity w^ork throughout his entire professional life and supplied
many poor people with medicine and other necessities at his own
expense, he was in truth a ** beloved physician. "
Doctor Buckingham was very fond of reading, especially of
history and was also greatly interested in tlie railroad problems
of the country* Though not a member of any military organization
he was nevertheless much interested in inihtary tiictics throughout
his life. The writer thinks that this fondness dates from the in-
struction in military drill at the Institute, and recalls very clearly
the neat trim figiire of Buckingham as a boy when an officer of the
Institute battahon in Boylston Hall
Our classmate M^as one who showed his views of life by his living
rather than by his speaking. The secretary recalls, however, that
as a student he frequently spoke of his regard for his pastor, the
Reverend Edward Everett Hale. His feeling of responsibility in
later years is doubtless expressed in a sentence from the Talmud
which Doctor Gay found in one of his medical note-books,
**The day is short and the work is great; the reward is also great
and the Master presses. It is not incumbent on thee to complete
the work, but thou must not therefore cease from it. "
1874.
Chabl£8 French Read, Sec,, Old State House, Boston, Mass.
It may interest some of the class to know of the efforts that
Barrus is making in behalf of the work of the American Society
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ol Mccbankml Engineers. For a number of years he has been
chairman ol the Power Test Committee of that society, a com-
mittee en^nged in standardizing the methods of testing power-
plant apparatus, such as boilers, engines, turbines, gas producers,
locomotives, etc., and just now he is endeavoring to awaken or
bfoaden the interest of engineers and power usos in the report of
the committee which is published in the Transactions of Uie So-
ciety. If any members of the class are themselves interested in this
subject, or have friends who might become so, he would be glad
to hear from them. Barrus is also busying himself with expert
and consulting work in various parts of the country, relating largely
to steam engineering and fuel saving. — George B. Elliot, of Elliot
& Whittier, real estate and mortgage broker in his thirty-fifth year
in the Rogers Building, 209 Washington street, reports his firm
has put Point Shirley, Winthrop, Mass., on the map, developing
the -15-acre tract formerly owned by the Revere Copper Company
so that over half the lots are covered by neat little cottages and
bungalows occupied by their owners. The unsold half of lie land
is now taxed for as much as the whole tract cost. Elliot & Whit-
tier's branch office at Winthrop Centre does the bulk of the real
estate and insurance business in that town. — Colonel Colt is still
at the head of the U. S. Rubber Company, and its allied interests
of great magnitude. Although absorbed in these and other
affairs he is always loyal to the class of '74. He was among the
first to place the resources of his company at the disposal of
President Wilson in anticipation of war with Germany. — Emerson
of Honolulu, at last accounts was bemoaning the effect of the tariff
legislation on the sugar business of the island, and indirectly on
his own finances. In a letter of May 3, 1916, he writes:
Poor stricken Belgium demands and receives all we can do for her. Mrs. Emer-
son, born in England, was educated in Belgium, and she is carrj-ing on a most im-
portant system of relief for the needy of that much afflicted country. Our hearts
are in that work more than in any other.
Chase continues to be one of our most public-spirited members.
He is an active attendant at the various meetings of societies and
associations of which he is a member, and he never fails to look up
menil)ers of the class and other Tech men on his frequent business
trips South and West.
Burrison writes:
From March 6 to the 10th I was the guest of the Tech Club of New York. Noth-
ing too good for me. A luncheon in my honor on the 7th was most delightful as I
met quite a number of my old students, some of whom I had not seen for years.
It was a marked event in my life. The Institute has become a big — very big —
institution, and we are proud to be a part of it. My "boys" of years ago have be-
come men doing big things in the world. We are a power in the land.
The secretary is hard at work as a member of the committee
which is compiling the history of the Institute for the past fifty
years. The historical exhibit which is to be displayed in the
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President's former office in the Sogers Building wiU be opened
probably during the coming fall. The custodian of the exhibit wiU
be Theodore Grover, who is pleasantly known by hosts of students
at the M. I. T.
The secretary is pleased to announce that he became a grand-
father on March 81 last; his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Harold C. Read of Brookline, having had bom to them a son,
Robert Scudder Read.
1875.
£. A. W. Hammatt, Sec., South Orleans, Mass.
The thirty-fifth annual meeting of the class of '75 was held at
Young's Hotel, Boston, on February 23, 1917, at 7 p. m. It
was a great disappointment to learn that on account of sickness
Mixter would not be able to be with us. At about 8 p. m. dinner
was announced and those named took seats at table : Beal, Bowers,
Dorr, Eddy, Hammatt, Hibbard, Lincoln, Plimpton, R. B. Smith
and H. L. J. Warren. At 9 o'clock the meeting was called to
order for business by President Hibbard. Records of the last
annual meeting were read and approved and the treasurer made
a verbal report; his books not being available at the time. Beal,
on behalf of the executive committee, said that since their report
had been eaten without protest (the dinner) it must be considered
to have been accepted and placed on file. Upon motion, it was
voted that the old board of officers be reelected for the ensuing
year. Adjourned at 10.15 p. m.
The following deaths of members of the class are known:
Charles O. Bradford, May 5, 1916; Elbert H. Ganmoians; Thomas
H. Bakewell, January 9, 1917; William Rotch Ware, March 28,
1917.
The following revised addresses are noted: M. D. Burnett,
mining engineer, C. W. & F. Coal Co., Orient, HI. — ^R. H. Cush-
ing, Lancaster Heights, St. John Co., N. B. — E. A. W. Hammatt,
6 Bridge St., Bellows Falls, Vt. (temporary) or South Orleans,
Mass. (home). — C. L. Harris, Arcadia, Mo. — G. S. Hier, 261 Broad-
way, New York City. — B. A. Oxnard, Savannah, Ga., care of
Savannah Sugar Ref. Co. — ^Wm. A. Prentiss, 1399 Northampton
St., Holyoke, Mass. — ^J. B. Stanwood, 631 Lincoln Ave., Cincin-
natti, Ohio. — J. M. Taylor, 134 Parsone St., Brighton, Mass.
1876.
John R. FBEEiiAN, Sec., Grosvenor Building, Providence, R. I.
The secretary records with sadness the death in November
last of Samuel James. The news came with a shock because he
had counted on a day of old time reminiscence with Sam on his
way across the continent to Vancouver, but instead of the expected
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It kid beeD a msUerof grestr^gietto'
portmie I hihbcj* caDt kepi bim bom the great
unioD of hst June. He was one of tbe inort whole IvaiteiL Hndty
UDomn that erer lived and prised the nig mm if a of
dajs aO the more becaiise his life work, as one of the i
snieher managers extant, had kept bim mostly oo or besnond the
frontier, and far away from old-time friends; first for some years
in the moimtains of North Carolina, then in the Rocky Momi-
tain fegion, Utah and in old Mexico, always soccesafol as a man-
ager, oiFten bringing plants into soocessfal production where othen
bad failed.
The secretary bad a deli^itfal day with bim in Salt Lake City,
about 20 years ago, wbile he was tolerating the Mingo smelter,
and in tbe excbange of letters tbat came abcNit once a year found
bim f uD of tbe same cbeerful, boyish friendliness that made bim
a ddi^t to bis classmates of 41 years ago.
He was bom in Cambridgepcnl, Mass., prepared for Tech at
the Cambridge High Scbod, lock tbe course in metallurgy and
graduated one of the most popular men in tbe dass of 1876.
He was managing tbe smdter at Afatabuela, Bkkxioo, for some
years until driven out by tbe revcdution, and after waiting for
some time at San Antonio, Texas, for things to quiet, moved to
Northport, Washington, to undertake the management of the
smelter there. He is survived by his wife and two sons. Mr.
James leaves also three brothers and three sisters in widely-scat-
tered pla^«s.
A letter received from him by Professor Richards, '68, and dated
July 31, will be read with interest and appreciation:
Knciosed find $5 for tbe President Runkle portrait.
I am here as manager for the Northport S. k R. Co., a very strong company
owninj^ the Hercules and the Tamarack companies in the Coeur d'Alenes, and
am doing very well. We have been running nearly five months and I have been
having my usual luck with the smelting, as we have run steadily and turned out
a large t^mnage of bullion.
We are a lead plant and also own the Penn refiner>' of which Mr. Faunce is
president.
The secretary spent between four and five months last winter on
a trip to the Orient, traveling in a party with Ambrose Swasey of
Cleveland and John A. Brashear of Pittsburgh, both past-presidents
of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. We received
special courtesies from many leaders in educational and industrial
matters in the Far East. John R. Freeman, Jr., and Hovey T.
Freeman, both of the class of 1916, M. I. T., also helped make up
our party of five.
One of the features of special interest to u^ as Technology men
was the midday dinner tendered us jointly by the Harvard and Tech-
nology clubs of Shanghai, China, a most enjoyable occasion, with
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appropriate remarks on the reasons for, and the objects of, the
alliance between Tech and Harvard and on presentniay conditions,
and engineering opportunitie^s in the Far East. This was presided
over by W. W. Stevens, *98, and there were present among others:
F. W. Mclntyre, *0^, W. H. Taylor, 12, T, P. Hsi, 'U, E. L. HaU,
•15, E* C. Hsi, '15, Judge Lobingier, Harvard '88-f)5, Tung I. Hsien,
Harvard '84, Tong Pan Timg, M. I. T. '13, Consul General Thomas
Sammons, H, H* Arnold, Edgar Qnackenbush and S, H. Ransom.
WTiile in Shanghai we received special courtesies also from Tong
Pan Tung, '13, who is assistant engineer on river conservancy prob-
lems and also we found Hou Kun Chow^ of 1914 at work on his newly
invented typewriter for the Chinese language, and at St. John's
College we met Prof. Taylor, *13,
At Nanking we had a pleasant meeting with Y. T. Van, M, I, T.
1913- 14 » who is now^ teaching the art and science of reinforced
concrete and mathematics at the Government Waterways Engi-
neering School, and at Canton we saw Tse Tsok Kai, and the munic-
ipal electric lighting station of w^hich he is the assistant general
manager.
In Tokyo we unfortunately missed Mr. Fukuzawa, w^ho has be-
come one of the important factors as editor of the leading Japanese
newspaper.
Another of our most interesting days was spent with Mr. and
Mrs, Walter D. Townsend ('76), at their home in Chemulpo, Korea*
TowTisend is in the United States at the present time on his first
return since leaving for the Far East about thirty-seven years ago.
Townsend always had a streak of the " wanderlust. " Books of
travel were his chief boyhood recreation and after graduation in
'76, he promptly liiked to an outpost of civilization and mining
in the Rocky Mountains* near Georgetown, Col., but this was not
far enough off, and after debating Mexico, South America, etc.,
he sailed for Japan, and for many years combined mining engi-
neering with the agency for American commercial houses, first in
Yokohama and later in Korea, and has become perhaps the best
known and most prominent American resident in that country.
He has passed through many stirring experiences and seen the
general government twHcc changed over and witnessed some of
the naval engagements of the Russian -Japanese 'war.
Years ago, he married a charming and cultivated Japanese and
their home w^as for many years a rendezvous of the naval oflScers
on the Korean station. By this means and through subscription
to a New York daily and to several of our American magazines, he
has kept better Informed on American happenings than many of the
folks at home, only, as he expresses it, his news is always about
four weeks late.
His interest in commercial affairs has not extinguished his fond-
ness for mining problems and he is a director in the Chicsan Mining
Company, one of the most successful of the Korean gold mines.
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One object of his present i-isit to New York and Boston is to
see old friends and another to have his human mechanism in*
speeted by some specialist of high standing, and after this he
proposes to return to the Far East to spend his days. His Ameri*
Qtn uddress is care of his brother, Arthur F. Townsend^ room 16^6,
IM BtQttdin^*, New York* N. Y. His activities in seeing his
MMidi hmr^ been curtailed by an accident to his ankle while on
ftetumil^r to the subject of our wanderings in the Far East,
luMliiig »t Jmpaut we journeyed up through Korea, spending a
few dm^ al Seoul, its luicient capital, then on to Mukden, capital
ol Maneliura, and here let it be remarked, no one should visit
Nog the tii Chnaa to escape the rigors of a New
or willMttt tstrm warm clothing, for we did some
of ^ii aUkteOQil al lero temperatures and in palaces and temples
lliTQiil ofaD bealmg i^^tems, except a small charcoal fire in a brazier
^ tome few rooms.
la Peking, the writer shivering* discussed hydraulic problems
Willi PiMi Fu the eminent and amiable director of the Bureau of Con-
m fa ncy, who was very comfortable in a sort of fur-lined dressing
pown* reaching from his ankles to his ears, in an ofiBce warmed only
by the inevilalile braxier ov*er which one could limber up his fingers
when a sketch or figures were needed to illustrate the conversation.
One of the recent articles by Samud Blj^e, Jr., in the Saturday
Evening Post accurately describes the eomforts of Chinese sleeping
cars in mid-winter, as each and all of our party can testify.
At Peking, we had a most interesting hour with President Li,
who impressed us all as a man of uncommon ability, with kindli-
ncj^s and courage. He was full of appreciation of the kindliness of
the U. S, in its rettirn of the indemnity fund, now being used for
the education of Chinese, and voiced strongly the sentiment that
*'Ctiioa IcKiked on Aoierica as its best friend" in its coming hours
of iriid. We were all most favorably impressed with the ability
and alertness of U- S. Minister Reinsch and with his wisdom and
t4ict til a critical period of international relations,
rToin Peking we journeyed by rail southward, across the edge
of the great delta plain, some 600 miles, more or less, to Hankow,
I he St, l.onis of China, 600 miles up from the sea, on a mighty river
t hat reseml>les the Mississippi, Here we spent several days meeting
capluiiLs of industry, visiting the steel works and other factories,
incideutally being entertained by a group of eminent railway and
induntriai managers, who spoke good English and impressed us
greatly by tlieir wealth of general information and their breadth
f»f view.
We saw less of these interesting iron works by reason of a pre-
liminary luixch in the Chinese fashion, comprising about twenty
course?*, after a prehminaiy round of hors d*€^uvfest all manipulated
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with chopsticks. These works are said to be now largely under
Japanese financial control, which saddens the native Chinese.
At Hankow the Yangtze is about a mile wide and in the flood
season rises forty feet. On our three-day steamboat ride down the
river the landings, particularly at Ku Kiang, with brief trips ashore
brought us in interesting contact with the country people.
We left the Yangtse at Nanking, the ancient capital. Here we
were guests of the university officials while the Science Hall, the
gift of Mr. Swasey, was dedicated. At Nanking* among other
interesting dignitaries of state and education, we met the Vice-
President of the Repubhc, a great general and of quite a different
type from the President, with whom we discussed Chinese-American
relations for three-fourths of an hour.
We were profoundly impressed here and at Canton with the
power for gootl possessed by Nanking University and the Canton
Christian College, both on Unes of our own collegiate education,
both supported originally from America but which have so gained
the confidence of influential Chinese that they are now contributing
largely, in appreciation of the good work done. The principal
professors and instructors are Americans, but more and more of the
Chinese college graduates are going into this service and everywhere
we found a general alert appreciation of the value of Western science.
We felt in at various places with the engineers of the American
International Corporation, which is iust undertaking to build a
thousand miles of raiboad across the interior and to re-open the
Grand Canal by dredging.
Few of us have realized what enormous engineering works have
been executed by the Chinese in centuries gone by, and of these,
the Grand Canal, 900 miles in length and of a width apparently
averaging considerably greater than that of the Erie Canal, is one
of the most notable. Reclamation and flood control and the
prevention of inundation, which brings death to tens of thousands,
together with the difficulties of various kinds that surround the
problem, makes the control of the Yellow River, ** China^s Sorrow, "
the most difficult and most important hydraulic eugineering prob-
lem that can be found anywhere in the world.
At Shanghai and Soo Chow and Canton, we saw the Chinese at
home and many of the wonderful sights of which one reads, but
after all, the problem of greatest interest in China is the human
problem and not until one has been on the ground and seen the
fine, athletic figures of the north Chinamen, their quick, intelligent
faces, and talked with their leaders, cBn he appreciate the wonder-
ful potentiality of this race, which our average American has been
prone to judge from samples of laundrjonen or a trip through the
Chinese quarter of New York or San Francisco, Americans,
educators, engineers, medical men and missionaries, north and
south, as with one voice, praise the underlying characteristics of
the Chinese; and say that: *'give them twenty-five years or per-
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haps fifty years to work out their own salvation under the pres-
ent stimulus and without interference from their Japanese neigh-
bors across the channel, they bid fair to become one of the great
nations of the world/*
At Shanghai and Canton we were, of course, particularly in-
terested in the river hfe, and at Canton in the prospects of their
non-sectarian Christian college, w^hich has now attained to a liigh
standard of educational work and is presided over by a physicist, a
former engineer and coast survey assistant and one of the note-
worthy modern Chinese explorers. Dr. Charles K, Edmunds, who
in intervals between college work, has been crossing China north
and south and from Tibet to the sea* making magnetic and topo-
graphical determinations.
In the Philippines our ten days brought us in contact with many
scientists and engineers and with some former Technology men
among them. We found these engineers becoming discouraged
over the change in the administration, and the reported change
from standards of efficiency to those of politics, but it made us
proud of our Americanism to see the magnificent work done in road
building, in sanitation and in many lines of internal improvement.
On every hand wc heard good words of the wonders accomplished
by Dean Worcester and by our present member of the Technology
Corporation, the former governor, Cameron Forbes.
We motored to Baggio, up the celebrated Benguet road, on
another occasion to the water works sources and on still another
southward for a hundred miles, and everywhere witnessed the
wonderful accomplishments of the past seventeen years. We were
particularly impressed with the work of the Bureau of Science.
In Japan, in two weeks of touring in the cities of Nagasaki, Kobe,
Kyoto, Tokyo, Nikko and Yokohama perhaps our day of chief
interest was in the electrical lamp works owned in part by our
General Electric Company, where we saw the entire establishment,
from glass works, tungsten reduction and research laboratory,
officered and manned by Japanese under the leadership of Jap
trained at Schenectady, and with the working people chiefly girls,
apparently no less deft and efficient than the best that can be
found in the U. S. A. Under such conditions and with a labor cost
perhaps averaging less than one-sixth part of that prevailing in the
States, is it remarkable that the capital stock in this company now
sells at more than five times its par value and that it has a fair
show to expand until it supplies all of the electric lamps of every
kind needed in the Orient.
The night before leaving Tokyo we had the honor, as repre-
senting American engineers, of a reception and dinner tendered by
a hundred of the leading engineers and scientists of Japan, The
Japanese have a hospitality that is kindly and delightful in many
ways.
Japan has lately inaugurated a national research council^ and some
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of the gr^t wealth that has been acquired recently in making
war munitions for Russia and otherwise has been generously given
to this cause, so this scientific research council will start out with
an endowment of well toward a million dollars.
B^ the ability and kindliness of those present, some of us were
remmded of the kindly courtesies that the party of American
engineers received in Germany the year before the war and that
wars are not brought aboui by the scientists and engineers but by
powerful groups of the Prussian military type, who do much of
their planning and scheming in secret.
The writer in his after dinner remarks and and after a heart-felt
expression of appreciation of the kindly hospitality shown American
travelers in Japan, while taking the Research Council as a text
could not refrain from reminding that in Germany so long as
its research scientists and its chemical and industrial engineers were
given the leadership, the country was fast making a commercial
conquest of the world and had students from all lands in its schools
and laboratories, but that when free rein was given to the military
partv there came a change, and all could see what had been the
result already and what was likely to be the further result of these
unwise ambitions a few years hence.
At Honolulu, we met several Technology friends among them
"Joe" Emerson of *74. and were per^nally conducted on a seven-
day trip through the islands by B. F. Rowland, M. I. T. 'IS, one
of the best posted engineers in that region.
We saw the wonderful simrise at an altitude of 10,000 feet, from
the brink of the greatest extinct crater in the world and later, under
the guidance of Professor Jaggar, visited the Technology Volcano
Laboratory and stood for hours, fascinated on the brink of Kilauea,
which is now in an uncommonly active state of eruption. We were
greatly impressed by the studies in progress by Professor Jaggar
and his able assistant, Mr. Wood, which have been carried on for
five years past, in part from certain special research funds of
Technology *and with the aid of the Technology seismographs.
Professor Jaggar appears to be on the verge of several extremely
interesting discoveries, one of which is that the heat manifested
in this lake of fire comes largely from the local oxidation of the
sulphur in the glowing, boiling mass, the necessary oxygen being
dragged down in the frothy crust by the convection currents, so
that probably the temperature of the top hundred feet of this ten-
acre furnace-pot is much above the temperature of the less fluid
core squeezed up through the volcanic aperture from below.
1877.
Richard A. Hale, iSec., Lawrence, Mass.
The fortieth anniversary and dinner of the class of '77, Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology, was held at the Engineers Club,
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Boslocu oo Wednesday, Febniaiy ^ at 7 p* m. Ofrmg to the death
ol Herbert Jaqoes, ptcadeiiU and Ibe abseoce of B. T. Williston,
Tioe^preaifeiilv in tbe Soittli. it was mteaatkry to elect a ehairnian
and Bobett D. Andiewv was elected temporary diairman. The offi-
eers eket«d for tbe ensuing year were: Robert D. Andrews, presi-
dent; B, T, WiDiston, ^Hce-president; and Richard A. Hale.
secretary and ireasorer.
The following members were present: Robert D. Andrews, of
Andrews, J«ques & Rantoul, architects, Boston; Francis H, Bacon,
ol F, H. Bacon and Company, furniture and interior decorators,
Boston; WiHiam B. Bradford, draftsman, Boston Na\y Yard*
Boston; Charles A. Clarke, of Hill, Clarke and Company, dealers
m Wiacfciwcfy^ Boston; Arthur G. Everett, architect and former
bmfcP« ^ commissioner of Boston; A. S. Glover, secretary of the
Oosey Manufacturing Company, Boston; Edmund Grover, d\iJ
on^neer and landscape architect, East Walpole; Richard A. Hale,
pnoeipal assistant engineer of the Essex Company, l^wrence;
Charles F. Lawton, contractor and dealer in crushed stone, New
Bedford: Charles H. Norton, engineer with the Massachusetts
Highway Commission, Boston; C. H. Peabody, professor of naval
architecture at the Institute; Arthur L. Plimpton, civil engineer,
surface lines of Boston Elevated Railway Company, Boston;
George F. Swain, professor of civil engineering at the Institute
and consulting engineer on various important matters.
Dr. Richard C. Madaurin was expected as the guest of the oc-
casion, but other engagements prevented his acceptance.
The secretary announced the deaths during the year 1916 of
John Alden of Lawrence, J. Marshall Colcord of Saratoga Springs,
and Herbert Jaques of Boston. Suitable memoirs have been pre-
pared for publication in the Technology Review.
No spedal address was delivered, but a general interchange of
past experiences was held. George Bartol was authorized to
represent the class of '77 at the Technology' Clubs Associated con-
vention to be held in Cleveland, in April. A committee was ap-
pointed consisting of the president, secretary and Mr. Clarke, to
arrange for a day's outing at the time of the commencement in
June, at one of the country clubs about Boston, and the Brae
Burn club was suggested by Mr. Clarke.
letters of regret at being unable to be present were read by the
secretary. Fred Wood 'phoned from Baltimore extending his
congratulations to the members and regretting that he could not
attend.
Mr, and Mrs. Joseph P. Gray are spending a portion of the winter
months at Seabreeze, Florida, where they will probably remain un-
til April 1. — George W. Kittredge and family have just arrived
from a two weeks' trip through Florida visiting Palm Beach,
Onnond, and stopping at Washington on their return. His
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golfing is apparently excellent and he will join the reimion crowd in
June if possible.
Carter writes his usual entertaining letter as follows from
Miami, Florida; date of February 8;
I Buppose thiA \b the time of year you are expecting letters from tliofie members of
Y? who woQ^t be able to altend the class dinner. I wrote you about a year ago,
from some place down here, as I passed the winter on my boat in theae waters. On
March 3 I started for California (having laid up my boat at Fori Myers) and took
In the Mardi Gras at New Orleans oo the way. ConsiderabJe of a fake but as it
was not out of my way I did aot mind. Put in two weeks at Pasadena and San
Francisco and on Marti 24 sailed again for Honolulu, my old stamping ground and
the finest place God ever made. Stayed there until July and then went back to San
Fraodsco and went up to Alaska* The least interesting trip I ever made. Came
back to San Francisco and was again incited to camp out with the Bohemian Club
at their Redwood grove during the annual ** Jinks." Stayed around San Francisco
till September and then atartefi east by way of the Canadian Pacific as I thought
there would be a universal railroad strike on the U. S. raihoads. Instead of that
our United States Government surrendered to the Amalgamated Society of Railroad
Buccaneers and I therefore went to expense for nothing.
Stayed at my shack at Crane Lake from September 10 to October 25, shooting
ducks, prairie chicken, and geese and then went atoug to Boston where I had the
pleasure of !unchiog with you and a few *77 men. In November went to the San tee
Club in South Carolina aod shot ducks and snipe, turkeys and deer. In December
came to Florida and got my boat in commission and have not slept a night ashore
for seven weeks. Shall stay here (Florida west coast) until x\pril as the tarpon
fishing does not begin until the last of March. Plaas then uncertain.
Don't fancy Boston much especially after the Massachusetts legislature passed
that tax robbing a man of 6 per cent, of his income. This tax in Honolulu is 1} per
cent, and 1 may make my residence there, if I ever get a residence anywhere,
I have joined the ** Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants" being
eligible through my eighth great-grandfather, John Howla&d.
We have just had one of the biggest freezes Florida has ever known. It got down
to i6*^ here and froze up all the vegetables* Where I was at Cape Sable (100 miles
south) it was 35*", and two oil stoves were required to keep warui.
Are we going to war or will our pacifist rulers let Germany kick us all around the
lot. This country is rapidly going to — — ,so I doJi*t know as it makes much
difference anyway.
Remember me to all the boys.
Charles L, Harris writes from the Rolston Hotel, Coden, Ala-
bama, on February ^1, that his health is much improved. He has
had his full share of sickness, being laid up for several months.
^^ Albert Seward Glover
Albert S- Glover was born at South Boston on April 6, 1855,
and died April 23, 1917, His father was Albert Henry Glover,
originally of Ipswich, Mass., and his mother was Mary Ann Wilson
of Salem. His parents moved to Cottage Farm when he was a
young boy, and to West Newton in 1864. For many years Mr.
Glover's father was master builder for the Boston & Albany Rail-
road, ha\'ing charge of the construction of various wooden bridges
and buildings, some of them very large.
Albert S. Glover attended the Newton High School, where he
was a leader in athleticsi particularly in basebaU and football
He was graduated in 1873, being a classmate of John A. Gould*
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In the fall of that year he entered the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology with the class of 1877, having as classmates Professor
George F. Swain, Richard A. Hale, Henry H. Carter, Joseph P.
Gray, the late E. H. Gowing, George W. Kittredge, and other
well-known engineers.
In 1875 when work on the Sndbury Water Works for the City of
Boston was actively begun, Mr, Glover left the Institute and took
a position on the engineering force, being associated with Frederic
P. Stearns, George S. Rice, Wilbur F. Learned, and others. A
little later he was assigned by the engineer, Mr. Alphonse Fteley,
to act as his secretary, and as assistant to the paymaster and par-
chasing agent; and in 1879 he became paymaster and purchasing
agent. In July, 1879, he was elected water registrar of the city of
Newton-=the executive officer of the Water Department — and
held that position until Januar>^ 1, 1890, when he resigned to be-
come secretary of the Ilersey Manufacturing Company, having
charge of sales of Hersey meters in New England. To this work
he demoted the remainder of his life. He was also clerk of the
Common Council of Newton from IBH2 to 1887,
Mr. Glover was married on September 21, 1875, to Mary Wales
Robinson of Newton, who survives him, with their daughter,
Mary Wales Glover, a graduate of Smith College,
He was a nieml>er of the following societies and clubs, in addi>
tion to the New England Waaler Works Association: American
Water Works Association, Boston Society of Civil Engineers,
Newton Club, Boston City Club» Engineers Club, HunneweU
Club, Middlesex Club, Economic Club, Bostonian Society, Brae
Bum Country Club, Tedesco Country Chib,
His activities with the New England Water Works Association
are of particular interest to us. His deep concern in its affairs
covers the entire range of its existence. Prominent in its organiza-
tion on July "il, 188^, he remained an active mcml>er until February
10, 1915, when he was named an honorary memlier. His death
reduces the number of living charter members to three, Mr.
Glover possessed a well ordered mind and was recognized as a skill-
ful organizer and leader. He had a decided talent in naming the
right man to take charge of special investigations.
He was secretary^ of this society 1884-87, treasurer 1887-89,
editor 1884-86 and junior editor 1889-91. His early acti^'ities
resulted in inducing a large nunil^er of the better known water
officials throughout the country to join the association and during
the existence of the organization he has probably influenced more
to become members than has any other member.
The scheme of presenting the transactions of this association in
the form of a quarterly publication was first conceived and sug-
gested by Mr. Glover in 1886, when he then outlined the plan in
detail which included the addition of an up-to-date index from time
to time. The Journal of the New England Water W^orks Associa-
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tion is the result and every member will testify to the value of the
index.
His interest and enthusiasm has never faltered. From soon
after his connection with the Hersey Manufacturing Company,
he declined all official connections, but he continued to be a silent
iuBuential worker. He was probably the best informed member as
regards incidents, happenings, and procedure in past meetings.
He was such a walking encyclopedia in these matters that he was
constantly sought by the numerous committees for information
and counsel.
The Executive Committee of this association has expr^sed its
sense of the loss suffered by tlie association and its members in the
following resolution:
Wbereab. Since last tbe Executive Committee of the New England Water Works
AflsociatioD met» there has passed away one of the charter memher» of the associa-
tion, and feeling our great los» as we do» we cannot allow this meeting to close with-
out placing upon record some expresaion of the sorrow which oppresses us^ therefore
be it
Retoleed that this committee realizes thai when death came to Albert S. Glover,
our association lost one of its most valuable members. The committee also
realises that each of its members has lost a true friend, one who was always ready
to advise and assist when needed.
His record for sterling integrity^ his high standard of honor and his absolute
fiUmetB in all his business affiiirs has elevated the 8tandard of tlie water works
buainess in New England, and h an inspiration to all who have had the good fortune
to be associated with him.
The memory' of his many good deeds will remain with us tlirough all the years.
Be it further
Resolved that the committee wishes to convey its most heartfelt sympathy to his
family, and that the president l)e instructed to send to Mrs. Glover a copy of these
resolutions.
Mr. Glover possessed a very sympathetic as well as a very sensi-
tive nature. The generosity of his sympathy to his friends who
were in trouble was well known and a quiet talk with "Bert" was
sure to leave the friend more buoyant with the perfume of good
cheer in a way that held them to him with ** hooks of steeF* and
rendered him their helper, comforter and friend.
Your coniDiitttee have taken up this study with heavy hearts.
It Ls indeed sad to realize that a spirit, so brave, cheery and sunny,
is to be with us no more. We keenly realize that the association
has lost one of its most triLsted and faithful workers and that each
fof us has lost a loyal and true friend.
R. C, P. COGGEaHALL,
^ Charles W. SHEaMAN,
^ John C. Whitney,
' Committee,
In addition to the above memoir, the secretary wishes to add a
few words regarding his connection with the class of '77»
He was a regular attendant at the anntial reunions when possible
and very rarely he missed a meeting. He enjoyed the meetings
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and his presence was always welcomed by his classmates on these
occasions.
Of a quiet disposition he had a fund of information and was
equally interested in the experiences of others. He was loyal to
the Institute and always ready to cooperate and assist in many
ways. His memory will live in the minds of those of us who are
left with the recolJection of his usefulness in this life.
Jonathan Marshall Colcord
Mr. Colcord was born in Boston, Mass., on Septemljer 17, 1856,
and died October 19> 1916. He was the son of Samuel and Abigal
Colcord of Boston and received his early education at Chauncy
Hall School. He then entered the Massachusetts Institute of
Technologj" where he remained for aljout two years when he en-
tered the store of T. Metcalf & Company, druggists, Boston* where
he remained for four and one-half years* meanwhile attending the
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, of which his father was presi-
dent. He graduated in 1878 with honors, being valedictorian of
his class. He came to Saratoga in January, 1879, where he located
in the drug business.
On September 19, 1882, he married Phebe Webster Page of
Boston and has three children, Natalie, Webster H„ and Marshal^
all who survive him. He has a half brother, Wallace Colcord, of
Boston, and a half sister, Miss Mabel Colcord, of Washington.
On tirst arriving at Saratoga Springs Mr. Colcord took an active
interest in the Masonic Fraternity from whom he received many
honors. He was raised to the degree of master mason in Rising
Sun I.odge, 103, F. & A, M,, April 4, 1881. and held the office of
worshipfy] master during 1885-6. He was exalted to the sublime
degree of royal arch mason, May 10, 1881, and held the office of
high priest of Rising Sun Chapter, 131, during 1887-9. He had
been principal sojourner in Rising Sun Chapter for the last twenty-
five years, and for twenty-eight years assisted in the raising of
every candidate to a master mason.
He was a past illustrious master of Cryptic Council, 37, R. &
S. M., and was knighted in Washington Commandery, 33, K. T.»
March 29, 188*2. He held the office of eminent commander during
the years 1888-9. He had been treasurer of the commanderj'^ for
the last twenty years.
Mr. Colcord was a past grand representative of the Grand Com-
mandery, a life nieniher of Oriental Temple, A. A. O- N. M, S., and
a past grand representative of the Imperial Council. At the time
of his death he was president of the Immediate Relief Association
and was a memlDer of the Masonic Veterans Association. He also
was past commander of the Past Commanders* Association of this
district, with headquarters at Troy.
Mr. Colcord always took a deep interest in the activities of Free
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Masonrj* and, as will be seen from his record, ee joyed the unusual
distinction of having occupied every office in all four bodies. He
also took a considerable interest in the Royal Arcanum, and was
past regent of High Rock ConnciK 65!^» of this city, a member of
the Royal Arcanum and Masonic Immediate Relief,
Possessing an unusually pleasant disposition and a wealth of
ready wit, Mr. Colcord was in great demand at the social gather-
ings of the Masons and Arcanumites and there were but few oc-
casions of the kind at which he was not a participant.
As a business man he stood high in the esteem of all his fellows
and his death will be mourned by his numerous friends and ac-
quaintances.
During his course at the Institute he made many friends among
his classmates and professors by his pleasant and genial manner
and the courtesy that he showed every one with ivhom he came in
contact. He was known to all Ms classmates as ** Jimmy" Col-
cord and he was quick to respond to all matters relating to the
interest of the class and Technology. The secretary of the class
looked him up on the occasion of a trip to Saratoga Springs and
received a most cordial welcome from him.
The Business Men's Association of Saratoga Springs at a recent
meeting made the following statement :
** Jonathan Marshall Colcord, a member of this association,
from its very beginning, died on Thursday, October 19, 1916.
** For years he had been identified with the life of this community
in a variety of ways* In business, fraternal and social circles he
had proved himself a man of reliabihty and force. Few men have
gone out from among us who will be as greatly missed as he will
be. In business his name was a synonym of honorable dealing;
in fraternal work, it was a synonym for genuine brotherhood; in
social life it was a synonym for delightful compajiionship. For his
integrity and faithfulness he became eminently distinguished and
his name will long be held in high veneration by those whose good
fortune it was to be acquainted and associated with him.
•*To Mrs. Colcord, the daughter and sons, to whom is left the
precious heritage of a life well spent, this association extends its
sincere sympathy- Much as we loved him they loved him more;
much as we shall miss him, they will miss him more. With them
we sorrow and mourn.*'
With his high standing in the business community he has left
an influence behind him which cannot fail to continue as in the
past and as he would ha%^e it progress for the good of the commu-
nity. He has laid a foundation of character that will enable Mm
to continue his useful work on a higher plane in the new
world to which he has gone, with the example which all of us should
follow in our own lives.
The body was escorted tn the Bethesda Episcopal Church,
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where Mr. Colcord was a former vestryman, by the Masonic
Bodies and the Royal Arcanum for services; and the Masonic
Burial Ritual was later read at the Ma^^onic Temple, the interment
being made in Ml. Auburn Cemetery, Boston*
1879.
Charles S. Gooding, Sec,, 27 School Street, Boston, Mass.
It becomes the painful duty of your secretary to announce the
death of one of the members of our class, Henry A, Boyd of East
Greenwich, R, I.
Mr. Boyd was born in Portland, Me., December 13, 1857,
came to Boston while a youth and there attended Chauncy Hall
School and after graduating from Chauncy Hall School entered
the ^Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the class of '79.
He attended Technology for the first year and after leaving went
to McKeesport, Pa., where he was first employed with the McKees-
port Locomotive Works and then with the National Tube Company
as assistant to the general superintendent. His health necessitating
a change of climate, he next went to Buffalo, N. Y., where he was
located for about twenty years as mechanical and equipment en-
gineer. Leaving Buffalo, he made his home at Betlilehem, Pa.,
and was occupied as general sales manager of the Lehigh Stoker
Company for several years. His health failing he gave up his
position with the I^high Stoker Company and on February 1 of
this year w^ent to his summer home at East Greenwich, R. L,
where he died suddenly on April 17.
Mr. Boyd was married twice. His first wife was Phoebe E.
Saunders of McKeesport, Pa., and they had one daughter, Mrs.
Alfred G. Pope of Portland, Ore. His second wife, who survives
him, was Mabel R. Walford of Buffalo. They had three daughters,
Mabel, Edith and Irene, who were living at home at the time of
Mr. Boyd's death.
Mr. Boyd was a former member of the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers and the Society of Mining Engineers, the
Technology Club of New York, the Central Railway Club and was
one of the organizers of the Technology Club of Western New Y'ork
and its first president. He was also a member of the Boston City
Club.
During the past three years it has been the secretary's privilege
and pleasure to have met Mr. Boyd quite frequently. He was
one of the business committee of the class and took a great deal
of interest in the class affairs. Every time that he came to Boston
he would call and his visits were always most welcome.
His was a fine character, honest, genial, and he stood always
ready to do anything he could to help a friend.
HENKY A. BOYD, 79
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1881.
Frank E. Came, Sec.y Metcalfe Apartments, Westmount, Mon-
treal, P. Q.
Frank H. Briggs, Asst. Sec.y 10 High Street, Boston, Mass.
F. A. Adams' address is now Room 237, Westminster Hotel,
Boston.
Ben Collins is a member of the Massachusetts Legislature again
this year.
1882.
Walter B. Snow, Sec.^ 136 Federal Street, Boston, Mass.
The thirty-fifth anniversary dinner was held at the Engineers
Club on Thursday evening, February 8. Darrow, French, Good-
ing, Hall, Keyes, Snow, Walker and Warren were in attendance.
Mimroe, Herrick and Jenkins who are usually present were un-
avoidably absent.
John F. Low still claims the record on class grandchildren as his
third appeared in January. He calls upon his classmates to speak
up if they can show a better record. — John M. Keyes, who re-
newed acquaintance with the class at the Reunion and the an-
niversary dinner, is chairman of Commissioners of the Depart-
ment of Roads and Bridges of Concord, Mass.
At the first meeting and luncheon of the Technology Women's
Association in the new buildings. Miss Clara P. Ames was elected
recording secretary.
The secretary has had a very pleasant call from Charles J. A.
Wardwell, who was with the class from '78 to '80. He is now
located in Detroit in engineering work, having moved from Wabash,
Lid. His youthful spirit, notwithstanding his years and gray
hair, was shown by his energetic desire to get into active service
at the front.
Mrs. Margaret Noyes Otis, the widow of Professor Otis, died in
Boston, March 26. She will be remembered as a special student
in the class of '82.
1885.
I. W. Litchfield, 8ec., Mass. Inst, of Tech., Cambridge, Mass.
The annual class dinner was held at the University Club, Boston,
on the evening of April 7, sixteen members of the class being present.
The dinner was not made much of a function this year because
of the character of the events transpiring all about us and the
conversation about the table referred mostly to the war.
Charlie Eaton made a report for the '85 Flag Pole Committee,
stating that the pole which '85 had pledged had been made and
paid for. The massive base is of bronze and the designs are by
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Tiffany of New York. Eaton's share in this generous gift to Alma
Mater was a very large one and everj^ member of the class is grate-
ful to him for his generosity and poblic spirit. If there is any
beittr Tech man on the map he will have to qualify within three-
•ixtoesiths of a point in order to win out against Charles.
Horace Fraacr was elected president and Dr. Schubmehl» vicc-
prMctent of the class for next year.
A ioMsi was dnmk to the members who have passed away since
our bsi aimual meetbg.
Tlie dsss of '85 has suffered severe losses during the past year.
Our dMsmate* Wiltiam L. Mahon, also a graduate of the Uni-
vmity of Michigan, died ver>' suddenly of heart trouble, at Ogden,
Utah* Octol>er 6, Inst year. He was on a business trip for the
Taylor, Wharton Iron and Steel Company with whom he was
eonnected. At the time of his death Mahon resided in Butte
where he leaves a widow. He also leaves two sons, Ross and
William L., Jr., both of whom reside in San Francisco*
Mahon made a host of friends in the class when he was here.
Since graduation he has been in the W^est most of the time and we
have seen little of him. He was a loyal member of *85 and kept
constantly in touch with the secretary.
The members of the class were profoundly shocked when, on
January 7, it became know^n that Tenney \Miite had passed away
after an illness of a few days.
Of late years Tenney has faithfully attended all class functions
and no meeting of the class of '85 was complete without him.
There was never a dull moment when he was about and his class
relations were very strong with him.
'T'enney was born in Haverhill, Mass., January ^9^ 1862, the
son of James D. and :\jm Tenney White. After graduating from
the high school at Haverhill, he studied at the Institute of Tech-
nology with the class of *85 and afterwards fitted himself for the
manufacture of textiles in the machine shop of Davis & Fm-ber at
North Andover* and the Pepperell Manufacturing Company, of
Biddeford, Me. About 1890 he became connected with the Man-
ville Company of Manville, R. I., as assistant superintendent.
He was later transf cried to the Globe Mill at Woonsocket, oper-
ated by the same company, in the position of superintendent, and
later returned to Manville as manager of the plant.
He gave up active business about seven years ago, and after a
year*s travel abroad took up his residence in Brookiine spending
his winters in California and the South.
He was a director in the Laconia Car Company, of Lacoma*
N* H., a member of the National Association of Cotton Manu-
facturers. the Southern New England Textile Club, the Algonquin
Club and the Engineers' Club of Boston, also of the Brae Bum
Country Ckib of Newton.
He was a direct descendent in the ninth generation of William
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White of England, who settled at Ipswich in 1635, and in 1640^
with about sk others, moved up the river and became the original
settlers of the town of Haverhill. The land was purchased from
the Indians, and the original deed given by them is now in the
keeping of the Sa\^ngs Bank at Haverhill.
In 168G, William White, the ancestor, built what is now one of the
noted old houses of New England, in which Tenney White was
born, and which he oTi^-ned at the time of his death. It has the
distinctioEi of remaining in the original family through nine gen-
erations.
Tenney White was one of the first to develop the manufacture
of the finer class of fancy cotton goods in this countr^% He was
for many years a prominent figure in the textile industry, and was
considered one of the leading mill experts of the country.
He is survived by a widow and a sister, Mrs. Nathaniel Stevens,
of North Andover.
Another member w^hom we had seen more of recently and
always welcomed with joy at our class meetings was Mull ins.
W'e had seen little of him until the Twenty-Fifth reunion of the
class, at Squam Lake, which he attended, although he seemed
hardly able to make the trip. The happy days in camp made [a
diange that was noticeable in him and ever since then he has been
present whenever it was possible for him to attend the meeting.
During our college life, and even since, some of our classmates we
have never really known. During these last years, however, we
bave made up for this in a large measure and Bill Mullins was one
of those who became endeared to all of our hearts. His loyalty to
the class was profound. Every letter written to the secretary
breathed it and every act showed it. His death, late in January,
feast a gloom over us alL The end came in Pittsburgh, where he
had gone to attend the fimeral services of his brother. He took a
vere cold and died of pneumonia.
Mullins took great pleasure in his home and in his church life
and it is in these relationships that his loss will be most keenly felt.
After leaving the Institute, MuUins went to Franklin, Pa., as
chemist for the Standard Oil Company. He resigned in '93 and
levoted himself to art and church work. He was one of the most
felibstantial citizens of the city, taking particular interest in the
Franklin Public Librarv^ and the Franklin Hospitab He was a
kreat lover of art and was an unusually fine amateur photographer.
r In 1888 he married Elizabeth Johnson Bostwick who survives
mim with three daughters. Miss Marjorie, Mrs* Louise MuUins
Srhompson and Miss EHzabeth Allison Mullins.
It is with deep regret that we note the death of Margaret,
-ughter of Tom Fry, w^ho passed away at her home in Claremont,
H,, on February ^1, at the age of twenty years. She had
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1915 but ill health prevented the completioD of her oourae. She
afterwaids was a student at Dana HaD, Wdlesiey.
Frank Page has probably more lines out than any other member
of the dass. His whole life is bound up in the advanoement of
Springfield^ his adopted dty, of which he is diairman of the Board
of Trade.
Just now he is boosting an industrial exposition and eaqxHt
conference to be held in the latter part of June, on the Eastern
States Exposition Grounds of Springfield. This is a very large
order and promises to be most succ^sful under Frank's efficient
management. — ^The following extract from the Farm and Fireside
which is being copied extensively all over the country rdates to
Hugh MacRae's remarkably successful experiment in coc^rative
colcmization:
To raise useful men and women as wdl as good vegetables is the ob ject of a oolooi-
zation plan operated in eastern North Car^ina. The plan was started ten years
ago by Hugh MacRae, who inherited twelve hundred acres of track land from his
f^er. Now the colonization plan is operated on several thoosand acres.
Within the leadi of aU the familjes of St Helena, one of the settlements, an amose-
ment pavilion, SO feet wide and 60 feet long, was built at a cost of |700. Hie inte-
rior of the pavilion is one room with a floor suitable for dancing.
The pavuion is a common meeting place for the colonists. Tlie Grangeis' Society,
a chartrnd organisation of Italian farmers, holds it meetings in the oavifioii. Msas
meetings are ^Id there, too, and it is the gathering point on festival days.
Seven families of Italians—coming from northern Italy — constituted the original
colony. They settled twenty miles from Wilmington, and named their colony St.
Helena in honor of the Italian queen.
The combination of land capable of high production and nearness to market
contributed to the welfare of the colony. Carloads of strawberries were slupped,
from one-half acre $1800 worth of lettuce was marketed, and iTnmen.se vineyards of
Concord grapes brought rich returns to the Italians.
With the clustering of families of the same nationality into a colony, there came
an awakening of the social spirit. Their inclination for play and recreation was
?|uite as intense as had been their ambition to acquire a home. They found satis-
ying expression in the organization of a brass band. Approximately five hundred
Italians are now happily and prosperously situated there.
Dick Pierce's son Richard was married, March 30, to Miss Helen
James, daughter of Rev. D. Melancthon James of Newton,
associate pastor of the Shawmut Congregational Church of Boston.
Miss James and Mr. Pierce had planned to be married in June but,
as the bridegroom is a member of the Coast Artillery Corps and
expected to be called to active duty at any time, the date of the
wedding was advanced. — Fred Newell is chairman of the Com-
mittee on Engineering Cooperation and Organization which was
started in Buffalo in 1905, for the purpose of creating proper
correlations in the solution of the many problems vitally affecting
the practice of engineering. Newell is now in Washington con-
nected with the Society for Government Research.
The members of '85 who were not at the annual class dinner,
will learn with grief of the death of Mrs. Maud Richardson, wife
of Bob Richardson, which occurred at their home in Kansas City
on March 18.
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Mrs. Richardson was apparently in perfect health up to within
five minutes of the time of her death. The shock of her loss came
^ without warning to Bob who was in New York at the time.
Mrs. Richardson shared her husband's popularity in Kansas City,
She also shared his musical talents and tastes, and together they
had done much to encourage and assist young people of musical
ability and ambition.
Mrs. Richardson was active and prominent in charity and Chris-
tian Science church work and published a religious book which
ran through many editions.
She leaves a daughter, Alice Kate, about ten years of age*
1886.
Ahthur Gbaham Robbins, SeCy Mass^ Inst. Tech., Cambridge,
Mass*
The Christian Science Monitor published the following item of
interest, under date of January 28:
Hiury E. Clifford, professor in tbe Maasachusetls Institute of Tedmology, and ft
leading expert in the field of electrical const niction and valuation^ is attracting
attention by his teatii3ionj\ given in investigation of the affairs of the Edison Elec-
tric Illuminating Company, now under way by a state eommiBsioD charged with
lesponsibility for the management of such companies. Professor Clifford b m
Lowell, Mass,, boy, educated in the public schools of Boston, at the Massaclinaetti
Institute of TechDology, and at Harvard Umveraity, who, after teaching physics
lor awhile, under the auspices of Harvard and in connection with ita astronomical
tibscrvatory, joined tlie atall of the Institute of Technology as an assistant profeasor
In theoretical physics. He became professor of theoretical electricity, ana when, a
lew years ago, a working arrangement between the Lawrence Scientific School of
Harvard and the Institute of Technology was worked out by Presidents Lowell and
Mftdaurin, lie was one of the Srst men named to devote his entire time to high
^p«de research work with the McKay funds that this consolidation is planned to
possible. Professor Clifford not only has been honored by election to Icad-
' ations of electrical engineers, but he also has been elected a fellow of the
ican Academy of Arta and Sciences*
Tlie Boston Transcript prints the following obituary of Otto B.
Cole who died in Boston on June 5 :
•*Otto B. Cole, who died today in Boston, was born in Columbia
County » N. Y., and received his early training in the local Schools,
later entering the United States Signal Service, studying at Fort
Myer. His introduction to Boston was when, as Sergeant Cole, he
was appointed to the charge of the weather oflGce, then in the
Equitable Building, in the early eighties* For about five years he
remained here in the weather service and with his close relationa
with Blue Hill Observatory, which was established in 1885> and
with A. L. Rotch, its owner, he was able to experiment with
means for improving the service. At that time, all the local
predictions were made in the Washington oflSce, but, with an
outfit provided by Mr, Rotch, Mr. Cole was able to try out the
technique of local predictions and these have been adopted in
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offices throughout the country. Mr. Cole also made and posted in
the Boston Board of Trade a system of local forecasts for the
benefit of shippers of perishable freight, a system now represented
by local reports in all parts of the country.
**In 1887 Mr. Cole was transferred to Portland, and shortly
thereafter resigned from the Signal Service to enter business.
In his last years in the service he had taken sp)ecial courses at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was affiliated w ith the
class of 1 886, In the business world Mr. Cole carried through some
notable operations and at various times was connected with
different business enterprises."
The secretarj^ has just learned of the death of Frank L. Worthy,
who died on September ^3. Since leading the Institute. Worthy
has been identified with the hotel in Springfield, Mass., that bears
his name.
1887.
Edwahd G. Thomas, Sec., 860 Rockingham Street, Toledo, Ohio
Souther has wTitten me an interesting note regarding his present
duty in assisting the building up of our very newest defensive arm,
the aeroplane. It is interesting to note that he has been intimately
concerned in the development of three of the most recent forms
of transportation, the bicycle, the automobile and the flying
machine. He says:
I am working for Uncle Sam; my ofBdal Utk is consulting engmeer, office of
chief signal oflBccr, My duties are with the aviation aection and espedaUy rdialed ,
to aviation engines, materials, transportation equipment, organization of a dv"'
Inspection forv?e. and cnilian corps of engineers and business men to guide thaf
industrj'. I went at this last May most unexpectedly and find my duties clot
parallel tho^e during the developments of the motor car industry. The problems
are curio Uitly similar. My home station is here in Washington but I am kept moving
throughout the centers of avnation industry much of the lime. I find the annj
organisation to be a wonderful one and my associates extremely desirable ones^
just the ones tliat make business relations most agreeable. A\iation is moving
forward very fast and all manufacturers of material are busy to the limit.
MiiUiken has completed and issued three of the four volumes
which will form his '* Method for the Identification of Pure Organic
Compounds" which will be one of the most comprehensive and
s>*stematic works relating to organic chemistry which has appeared.
The volume just published is of peculiar interest at this time as it
deals with the identification of compounds of nitrogen, with carbon,
hydrogen and oxygen, thus covering the high e3q>losives and a large
part of the dyestuffs.
E.G. Thomas has become attached to the forces of the Toledo
Scale Company at Toledo, Ohio, as experimental engineer* His
address for mail is now S60 Rockingham street, Toledo, Ohio.
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1888.
William G. Snow, Sec, 24 Milk Street, Boston, Mass.
Fred J. Wood has been commissioned as a major of engineers
in the Reserve Officers' Corps of the army, — B, S, Redd is now
located at Bridgeport, Conn., as consulting engineer and manu-
facturer's representative. — The Boston News Bureau of March
31 has the foUowing about our classmate. Charles A. Stone, taken
from an article by B. C. Forbes in the April Amerkan Magazine:
I Before stepping into the presidency of Americim I nlernationa] CorporatioD, Stone
w&s liLUe known to the public at large. But big businesii knew him bs a man of
bremendous force, compelling personality* keen judgment, Bnancial sense aDd tech-
iDical knowledge. The record of Stone & Webster was one of the epicii of AmericftD
business.
Starting as electrical engineers on a small scale, Charles A. Stone and Edwin S.
Webster, fellow gradualas from Technology in '88, had become builders and man-
agers of 30 public utility enterprises, employing 90,000 raen and earning $27,000,000
a year. Quietly they had bought up privileges until they became one of the two or
three largest owners of developed commercial water power. As physieiaoi for
ailing enterprises, they had never lost a case.
i In his new job Stone struck boldly. Colossal constnictjon work in Russia, 1100
^ miles of railroad in China* a raultiplidty of enterprises in South America, were
among the 6mt definite plans of hla organization. It has t)ecome part owner of
Intemaiion&l Mercantile Marine Co*» has obtained control of Pacific MaiU and
gained a strong interest in United Fruit.
The selection of Mr, Stone was influenced largely by the ability he had shown ia
picking and training young men. His main reason for accepting was that he would
be able to develop more men than ever before. Developing raen was a gospel to
bim. Already he has sent dozens to foreign fields and hundreds are in training.
Within a few years he will have placed thousands in important positions all over the
[world.
^Tien Stone k Webster was formed in 18S9 its quarters consisted of one room
»nd an anteroom. In the cramped anteroom was housed the siaflf— one smart
^office boy who used to foo! visitors into thinking the firm opulent enough to afford
m typewriter, his ruse being to ** click, click,'* the lock of the safe door when any
one was calling
The firm had reaUy been formed in college. The two future partners had become
•uch chums that students were calling them '* Stone and Webster/* They decided
to become electrical engineers,
'* Why electrical engineering?*' I asked Mr. Stone.
"Electricity was new in industry then»" he replied* **But we believed it was
bound to become a tremendous power. We were na embers of the first electrical
engineering classes ever graduated in America^ and when we hung up our shingle
were probably the first strictly electrical engineering firm."
In the few months before offices were opened in Boston young Stone held a job
with Electrical Welding Co. of Lynn, at ^5-80 a week. And he lived within his
Income.
After a brief tutelage under Elihu Thomson, chief engineer of General Electric^
[lie joined bands with Webster, who had been getting an insight into finance as
clerk in the banking firm of which his father was a member.
Jobs camie hard at first. The president of Technology helped tremendously by
I feferring to them inquiries received concerning electrical matters. The two youthi
bad the good sense to engage the Institute's two most prominent electrical profe^
' won as consulting engineers*
Theu- 6rst big job was to build an electric transmission plant of 1000 horse power
carrying the power 15 miles from Lower Falls of Cu ruber Jand river to S. D. Warren
it Co.*a paper mill at Wcstbrook, Me. This was considered one of the most daring
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coti«?i!i>-«d. Stone k Webster hjLd to deviac necessary nutchiiieryv]
ht$ oovd looU, mnd blmje a new trial at every turn. They solved every problem, I
I tbe work v«U below offi^liuil estimate of cofiU Stone & Webster leaped 1
PftMtky Bwabtyn tocomkfcretectjidty vith more reapect. 1
TInr Jpinir «! lilt OPettcJ the iloor of opportuntty. General Electric bad toj
%99A mtfol iBMiside p top r it> e«» inrtoding light and railway plants in 50 citki. I
4 ^ iuMf ■!» VIM faffaed lo lake cmr tbeae and it engaged Stone k Webster to ap- 1
I and securitiea, with view to Liquidiating; al30 to do what Stooi ]
in Nashville^ Tennesee, was found unmarketable. But Stone]
I poesibtlities. The bankers* syndicate was willing to dispose of I
it witk ly $500,000 stock, for §60,000. But Ike total c&pital Stone & Webtftet]
«Mld Hiister was y^iO.OOO. No banker in Boston or New York conld be induced to j
jam sa tke venture or lend the balance. Stone knew no rest until be prevailed J
i^an a Chicago finanofr, J. D, I lar\'ey, to look o^-er the proposition. Mr. Harvey j
cprfd not share bis enthusiasm; but be agreed to lend the $40,000. I
Within one year the profits enabled the purchasers to payoff the $40,000 loaiii|
And in less than five yeaw they Mikl the plant for $500,000. j
-miat half millioti looked the biggest thing 1 had ever seen in my life — and I]
have never since sren anything quite so big," declared Stone. j
This bro ught Stone & Webster in to management of public utilities. They f oroied 1
A "Management Associationp'* and began scquirixig. managing and developin^l
street railways, light plants and power stations. They invadi^l Seattle with ftf
$4,000,000 public service system 18 years ago, and have since spent $^,000,000 j
in similar enterprises on Pacific coast alone. Most of their work has been executed 1
on a commisiiion basis; Stone & Webster, as supervising engineers, have been paid j
a percentage of total cost. This implies deep confidence, for the greater the cost ol *
the work, the larger the commission.
"From our first brge contract, which we finished below estimated cost," said
Mr. Stone, **we have drummed into everj' member of our organicfttioa that our
interest is identical with that of the people employing us, and the only true trade is
one which benefits both sides. Our men know they must be as caivful, economical
and anxious to achieve results as if the work were being done at our expense.
"We teach every young man in our employ that he must make it easy for us to
promote him, and the best way he can do this is by fitting some one to fill his own
job. Every man in our organization must train an alternate. Thus promotions
cannot disrupt our organization.
**We believe in large salaries and pay many. We also have a profit-sharing plan
which has charged the men with ambitions and paid them well. Nine-teoths of
employers make the mistake of looking upon men as cogs, and expecting those cogs
to remain in the spot in which placed year after year until worn out. By using a
man pemmnently in exactly the same spot they imagine they are receiving the max-
imum efficiency.
''We believe in promotions We want every man to feel that we want him to ad-
vance to the limit of his capacity, and where an unusually able man is offered a big-
ger opportunity outside, we gladly urge him to take it "
W. Cttmeron Forbes stepped from the Stone & Webster organisation, where he
began as a youth, to governorship of the Philippine Islands. When Westinghousc
Electric needed a chairman to pilot it through troublous waters, Guy E. Tripp.
ADother Stone & Webster employee, was selected. Boston and New York have
plucked many bankers from the same field.
"We begin by picking the most promising material. We draw a good man;
from Technology/* said Mr. Stone. **We select men with quick perception, busi-
ness intellect, plenty of energj^ and a proper amount of ambition. We impress oo
«ach thnt he cannot hope success for hinuielf or the organbcation unless he adapts
himself to team-play.
"This whole plan works for loyalty and a right spirit. Those of us at the top
feel indebted to beads of departments and other responsible officers for so organ-
ising each job that they are free to tackle some new and more important work.
We are branching out all the time, and must have the ablest men on the firing line*
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of initiative and powers of organ iKat]OQ» who can take hold of a new enterprise, over^
oome all initial difficulties and set it on its feel. Once these men have organised
And s^stematiscd a new enterprise, whether an electric lighting plant, a atrt.'et rail-
way or a jKJwer plant, men of somewhat lesser caliber cAn run it, thus releasing the
fellows at the top.
'^Our system ha^ other advantages: When a man is ill or Qeeds a vacation, an
lUtemate is always on hand. If we treated men as cogs it would inevitably happen*
sooner or later, that the whole thing would collapse like Oliver Wendell Holines'i
one-horse shay.
••We keep in dose touch with all our men. We are alw^ays eagerly watching for
talent. The officers of our various plants regularly send reports covering the show-
ing by men under them. We have a high-salaried superintendent of emplo^inent,
whose sole duty is to travel around to sine up likely workers. He passe-s on moat
promotions. This man has a large heiirt, broad sympathies, and understands
human nature. He takes a fatherly interest in helping the right kind of fellows up
the ladder.
"We train practically all our om'n men. We have a regidar training plant in
Porto Rico, where young fellows, mostly fresh from college, start in the car pjt»
greasing cars* They go through every branch, not in theory, but in practice, fts
-we not only supply the Iqwd (Ponce) electric light and j>ower, but also run the
electric car system. In addition we have installed a commercial department for
aale of coal and other materials so as to give the men a well-rounded schooling.
**l was thinking of the son of a very prominent and influential family. Hii
parents wanted us to train him. At college he had been cutting a wide swath and
when I talked with him he let me know that a presidency, or at least a general man-
agership, was about his strength as a starter. 1 told bim the best I could do would
be to send him to Ponce as a car greaser, and it would be up to him how long he re-
mained at the bottom. He surprised me by immediately getting off his high home
and saying he was ready to start greasing right away and, by the way, he atuck to
his job with the best of them, and in three yea«, after ser^^ing as conductor, motor-
tnan, superintendent of one department, and, finally, manager, got an important
position with a very large traction company.
**Wc take pains to discover what a man is best fitted for. If he does not make
much of a success at one kind of work, we give him a chance at something else.'*
I asked Mr. Stone how he came to establish his novel system of having each man
orj^anize himself into a better job.
"It came about in a funny way/* he replied. **A responsible and experienced
manager many years ago applied to us for a position. He explained thai he had
organised himself out of his last job. He bad familiarized the officer next to bim
'Vrith hii own work and had taught everyliody along the line to do the same thing.
I>iiiinff a period of depression the president complimented him on the excellent way
lie had systematized things, and added that he had the machine running so nicely
that they could now save hi« salary,
"I immediately engaged that man, and we began instituting the same system
in our organization; only, instead of organising themselves out of jobs, our men
organize themselves into l>etter ones. We profit thereby* as well as they, if
there ia any better method to conduct a business I have yet to discover it***
1889.
Wai/ter H, KrLHAM, Sec,, 9 Park Street, Boston, Mass.
The
John S. Hyde died in St. Augustine, Florida, March 17-
Boston Transcript contained the following notice:
"Hon, John S. Hyde» since 1905 president and sole owner of
the Bath Iron Works, died suddenly at the Hotel Alcazar^ St.
Augustine, Fla., where he was spending the winter. He was fifty
years of age. His company, the Bath Iron Works, built many
government warships.
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**Mr. Hyde was a native of Bath, a son of the late General
Thomas Worcester Hyde» who estabhshed the Bath Iron Works.
He was graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
in 1889 and studied marine architecture in Glasgow University,
He then went into his father's shops, learning the machinist's
trade and draughting, and was soon promoted to be superintendent
of engineering,
**He ser\^ed in both branches of the city government in Bath
and was mayor in 1909 and 1910, having been reelected without
Democratic opposition. He also served in both branches of the
legislature and at one time was on the staff of General John Mar*
shall Brol^^l as aide-de-camp with rank of captain* First Brigade,
Maine National Guard. He was a member of the Army and Na\y
Club of Washington, the Cumberland Club of Portland, the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society rf
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, American Society
Naval Engineers, Military Order of the Loyal Legion, the Sag-
adahoc, Colonial and Kennebec Yacht clubs of Bath.
"Mr. Hyde was a member of Grace Episcopal Church in
home city, a director of the Maine Central Raihoad, a %'ice-pre3-
ident of the Maine Automobile Association, a director of the First
National Bank, a trustee of the Bath Savings Institution, a trustee
of the Patten Free Library and president of the Bath City Hos-
pital.
**He leaves his vnle, formerly Miss Ernestine Shannon of 6ath»
a son, John Holmes Hyde, who, with his wife, has just reached SU
Augustine for a brief visit; two brothers, Hon, Edward W. Hyde!
of Bath, the former president of the Iron Works, and Arthur S.
Hyde of New York, a leading church organist of the country who
was for niany years organist at Emmanuel Church* Boston, before;
going to St, Bartholoraew's in New York, There is also a surviv*
ing sister, Mrs. John C. Phillips of Wenham, who before her maiwj
riage was Miss Eleanor Hyde of Boston."
We publish also an extract from the Bath Times of March 19
"While the Bath Iron Works under General Hyde were firmly
established and grew into a plant of great magnitude under the^
management of himself, his two sons and their remarkably efficient^
staff, it has grown by leaps and Ixjunds under the ownership of
this favorite son of Bath into one of the most successful and best
constructed and equipped shipbuilding plants in America* The
present construction of buildings is completely fireproof and therein
the most efficient and latest designed machinery and tools are
installed. From the large wooden solitary building that was taken h
over from the New England Company by General Hyde, the plantfl
has now nearly 40 buildings in which the various parts of the ship-
building work are done.
**The accomplishments of the Bath Iron Works from their first
contract in lB8d of the Cottage City and the building for the
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"Meteor" the first triple expansion engine byilt on the American
East coast and in 1890 the construction of the gunboats *'Machias"
and *"Castine/' the first steel vessels built by this plant[for the navy
which hold the record for greatest excess speed and in 1894 the
**City of Lowell," in her time the fastest steamer on Long Island
Sound, through the periods of construction of the gunboats '"New-
port" and **Vicksburg" and America's first 30-knot destroyer,
**Dahlgren"; through the shipbuilding depressions and great fire
in the yard which necessitated rebuilding the plant; during the
period of building here of lightships, lighthouse tenders, cargo
steamers, steam yachts and sailing vessels which foUowed in rapid
suoeession, the plant built the largest American steam yacht, the
fastest steam-going steel yacht, the first composite electric-lighted
light vessel, the first American cargo steamship, the first composite
vessel of the new U. S. Navy, the first American sheathed vessel,
the only sailing vessel of the U. S. Navy, the fastest American
torpedo boat, the speedy battleship ** Georgia,'' the fast scout
cruiser ** Chester" and destroyers that invariably have exceeded
contract requirements of the Naval Bureau. The palatial yachts
constructed here, the **Eleanor," "The Perigrine," **Aphrodite,**
"Virginia," •*Winchester,'' for speed and comfort and luxury
combined have carried the name and fame of the B. L W* all over
the globe.
'*The hobby of the late president, John S. Hyde, has l>een to
produce fast ships, especially torpedo boat destroyers. The plant
has alw^ays maintained a thoroughness in detail ideal. No w^ork
has been slighted, the standard being the best work possible in
every detail. This has been possible of attainment because of the
harmony of the machine, run with clockwork regularity that is
due largely to the ideals of the Hyde family and especiaUy to the
careful supervision of President John S. Hyde. The success of
the plant which has contributed in a great degree to the prosperity
of the city has been a great factor in this accomplishment of high
grade construction. It has been written: * Labor troubles are
unknown in this plant because the man at the head of it has worked
not alone for his own interests or that of his associates, but for the
interests of every employee, of the city and of the state.* Many
of the contracts taken by this plant under the presidency of John
S. Hyde were taken with a knowledge of resulting loss. During
dull times in the shipbuilding business the contracts were thus
taken to keep the men at work and to prevent Bath experiencing
hard times.
** Naturally honors have come to a man of such a character, a
man of generous mind, kind of heart, w^arm sympathies, liberality
of hand and purse to help all in need of aid and one who never
gave a promise that he failed to keep; a man of business ability,
executive efficiency, strong courage and keen foresight. John S-
Hyde was, in succession to General Hyde, a director of the M. C.
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R. R.; a director of the First National Bank and trustee of the
Bath Savings Institution; he served in both boards of the city
government and was mayor 190^10; he represented Bath in the
legislature of 189^1901 in the House, and in the Senate was a
meznber for Sagadahoc County 1903-04. During several campaigns
he was sought by leaders of the Republican party to be its candi-
date for governor, but this honor he declined* because he decided
that his duty was to his business interests with which political
activity was certain to conflict. President Hyde was a member
of the* military order of the Loyal Legion, American Sotnety of
Naval Engineers, Society of Naval Architects and Marine En-
gineers, the Cumberland Club of Portland^ Army and Navy Club
and Metropolitan Club of Washington, Sagadahoc and Colonial
clubs of Bath and was an active member and official of Grace
Episcopal Church of this city. He was a member of the Phi Rho
Society while at the high school as a boy and a benefactor of the
local branch of the Sons of Veterans, the Gen, T. W. Hyde camp.
** President John S. Hyde's success in life was partially due to the
deniocracy of his character and the amiability of his personality
which attracted men to him and -was productive of loyalty among
his business associates and employees alike. No man was denied
easy access to him; he was fair-minded and ready to make just
decisions in grievances, real or fancied, and with a heart full of
sympathy for all cases of need that came to his attention. His
courtesy was inherited and natural; he was rarely ruffled and al-
ways an optimist with brave heart and broad mind ready to tackle
the largest propositions, fully confident of his ability to bring his
undertakings through to success. He had a wonderful memory
for details. Visitors to the yard have sometimes found him on one
of the steamships or destroyers and have been amazed over his
mastery of the smallest details of the complex machinery and equip-
ments and his patience in explanations of construction and their
uses. He was truly a master builder; he was able thus to know
personally w^ben things were right in the yard.
'* As a boy and man. President Hyde was artistic, inheriting this
trait from the General, and musical, an inheritance from his mother
who was an accomplished musician herself, as was her sister, Mrs.
Eames, the mother of Mnie. Eames de Gogorza. John S. Hyde
when a young man took part in many of the local musical enter-
tainments of former days*
'* As a citizen John S. Hyde was loyal to every interest of Bath.
He was willing with large sums and personal influence to help
anything that promised good for his native city. He was the first
citizen of Bath to come fonvard with the proposition to incxease
his taxes here knowing that they were needed, \\lienever a sub-
scription w^as desired, he was among the first to be approached and
he stood always ready and glad to aid. Bowdoin College in its
General Thomas Worcester Hyde Athletic building is a large
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beneficiary from Joliii S* Hyde's generosity* a memorial to his
father. To provide work when labor was in need in this city was a
large factor in his nndertaking the extension of the Elmhurst es-
tate into the Five Mile Swamp» reclaiming the wild land and con-
verting the forest into the great park with its miles of roads on
which on Sunset Roek he built his magnificent new home. In
planning for a great stock farm on this estate he had in view the im-
provement of farm cattle stock in Sagadahoc Comity and this
section of Maine. Even at this writing three blooded horses are
coming in pursuit of this plan from the West. During his search
for health and winter sojonrn in Florida, especially since his health
and strength seemed to be returning, his mind turned northward to
this beautiful home on the Kennebec with great longing; he ex-
pressed the hope of soon living in his ow^n house ; he w^as desirous
of taking up the business of the Bath Iron Works again and of
accomplishing his Elmhurst plans.
"From boyhood onw^ard through his life, President Hyde has
been fond of outdoor life and sports and a sincere lover of nature.
Thus he for years ow^ned and enjoyed from time to time as his
duties permitted his summer home, Peskebegat Lodge, Lobster
Lake, Sloosehead. Thus he has enjoyed automobile trips, boat-
ing and fishing and at one time had a plan under consideration of
building and ow^ning the fastest steam yacht on the coast. Thus
ako he planned his stock and dairy farm, his gardens and farm.
He was a manly man and so was fond of the forests, the sea and all
of the great out doors.
**In the amazing brilliance of his career and its wonderful suc-
cess, the beauty of the man*s character was revealed in the sira-
plicity of his iSe and treatment of citizens among w^hom he had
grown and had achieved. In the almost Aladdin's lamp attain-
ment of all that an ambitious man can desire, John S. Hyde re-
mained the same lovable true gentleman, courteous to all, friendly
with all. Riches and honors, nation- w^ide esteem, accomplishment
of remarkable things left his noble character shining with its hon-
esty of purpose unscarred with contact with the w^orld. There
was no taint or blemish of pride* no arrogance that might have
been excused, no selfishness in development, unfailing sympathy
and ready generosity for those less fortunate in their lives. John
S. Hyde was one of the state's greatest characters and after
accomplishing a magnificent record and leaving monuments both
on land and sea to show for his having lived, he passes from us
mourned by all, an example and an inspiration for all.**
With Robert H. Fernald, Orrok has just gotten out a new book
on "Engineering and Powder Plants," published by McGraw-Hill
Book Company, Inc. It is doubtful if tw^o engineers could be
found whose knowledge of the problems of the engineering of
power plants and the teaching of the subject to engineering students
would better fit them for the cooperation which resulted in this
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work. It has a true power-plant flavor and one feels sure the
authors have had to solve many of the problems in practice rather
than manufacture them for a text-book* Orrok also contributed
to the annual meeting of the American Society of MecJianical
Engineers in Deceml>er last a paper on "The Proportioning of
Surface Condensers."
The annual reunion was held at the University Club, Boston,
on March LS* the following being present: Basford, Bliss, E. L,
Brown, Cutter. Davis, E, V. French, Gilbert, Gleason, Hawkins,
Hobbs, Howard, Hunt, Kilham, Laws, Lewis, Loring, Orrok,
Rollins, Russell, W. L. Smith, Spaulding, Thurber, Underbill
Wales, Whitbg and WiHiston. The only business was the ap-
pointnieut of a delegate to the Convention on Technology Prepared-
ness, which honor was awarded to Orrok without debate. At the
request of the president, Hunt descril^ed the sensation of taking
the leading r6le of payor in a highway robberj* and told of the
efhcieut methods of the police. A sigh of relief went around when
it was learned that the class funds had at no time been in danger
during the hold-up. Rollins capped tliis story with an account of
his own ex|>erience in the opposite role of payee, which elicited
great applause, Wales related the immortal story of Cap'n
Sims, a narrative which loses nothing in repetition while his tech-
nique as a story-teller seems, if possible, to grow better each year.
I^ws described in an interesting manner the somewhat confused
descent of the different departments into the new buildings of the
Institute and told about the existing situation there. Most of us
got the impression that we were glad we did not have to be around
when the moving was going on. The president called for a report
from the class menil>ers of the Alumni Council and Lieutenant
Governor Bliss rose to the occasion and described his experiences
as a new memljer of the Council. It is evident that '89 should have
an additional representative who is a member of the Engineers
Club in order to prevent a future recurrence of such a drouth as
Bliss described. Bliss further described Tech affairs in Rhode
Island and expressed his pleasure at being with the crowd, which
sentiment was heartily reciprocated. Paul Hawkins wound up a
very interesting evening mth a discussion of the state of military
preparedness of the countiy, the gist of his remarks being that there
was'nt no such thing as long as Congress is in control. The evening
was one of the pleasantest that the class has ever spent together.
1890.
George L, Gilmore, Sec.^ Lexington, Mass.
You have all received the blank to fill out as to your past and
present occupations and as to what your position would be to help
the country in the present crisis. These blanks are all to be
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indexed and cross-indexed and will be of great value if the alumni
as a whole fill them out and return to the Institute promptly.
We trust that you have done your duty but if not, do it at once.
Certainly if yon are as slow on this as you are in writing to your
class secretary the record of Ninety will l>e low. Now, fellows,
wake up and show that Ninety is still on the map.
You may recall that you were requested to drop a line or two
as to your views on the Reunion but to date not one of you has
licked a stamp lor that purpose. It is not too late and unless you
are w^illing to let our records of that famous week be from the view-
point of one \^sion only why get busy and tell us your ow^ story.
Prof. H. M. Goodwin*s address, as you probably knew, is now
Cambridge and not Boston. You see he still keeps close to Tech. —
F. C. Moody's home address is P. O, Box 96* Winchester, Mass. —
C. W, Rice, who is secretary now of the United Engineering
Society, that holds and administers the properties of the engineer-
ing societies of about two million dollars, is also a member of the
Committee on Patriotism through Education of the National
Security League.
He is also one for the coimcilors for students in the Montclair
schools. At each of the higli school assemblies one of the council-
ors will address the pupils and remain at the school for the day to
answer questions. — F. H. Kendalb who has served on the Board of
Selectmen of Belmont, Mass., for the past ten years, has declined
to serve again as he feels that the time has come when he can
pro|>erly retire. The following notice appeared in the local paper:
The decision of Francis II. Kendall not to sen'c longer on the Board ot Selectmen
cornea as a big surprise and sliock to the citizens tlirougliout our town. For ten
ye&rs he hm rendered faithful service to those, who time after time made him one of
the town fathers. Public aen-ice is exacting, and it \a the willingness of men of Mr.
Kendall's calibre to assume the duties of a public servant that has resulted in our
town in the past standing among the well-go vemed towns of the Commonwealth.
The name of Kendall in Belmont for a long span of years has been in the foreground
of those in public life. We trust that Belmont may for a long time have the as-
sistance of Mr. Kendal], who, when he retires from the Board, may be assured, he
goes with the sincere thanks of ever>' citizen from one end of the town to the other,
for the numberless hours he has devoted to public welfare.
Also the following resolutions were passed at the towTi meeting:
Chairman of selectmen, George C. Flett, presented and read the following reso-
lution as to Francis H, Kendall:
The inhabitants of the lown of Belmont received with much regret the informal
Uon that Mr, Francis li. Kendall declined to stand for rei^lection to the Board of
Sdectmen. Horn and brought up In the town, educated in its public schoob, of
that sturdy stock for which New England bos become famous, whose ancestors gave
their serWces freely to the town with honor to themselves, he has himself lived in
the town all his life with the exception of a short period while tn the employ of a
western railroad, and has served the town almost continuously in some capacity.
He wasamemb^ of the Water Board for twelve years where his expert training as
an engineer did ptoneer work tn laying the foundation for our present water system.
He likewise rendered valuable engineering service in connection with the loca^
tion of the Unes of the Boston Elevated Railway Company within the limits of the
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town, aa weU aa in the proceedinga to abolbh the grade crotsing at Belmont station
and in the proceedings now pending to abolish the crossings at WaveHey. Further
he has jifst completed ten years' service upon the Board of Selectmen but retain* hjj
position as chairman of the Warrant Cooimittee.
These yeurs have seen the transition of the town from a country iriUage to i
mimieipality nearly, if not quite, of sufficient fiize legally to become a city. He has
met the many problems of engineerings public finance, and government » as well as
the countless details which often constitute the real burden of public office, with
that expert knowledge, broad \'ision, unfailing courtesy and quiet dignity* which
point the way to wise municipal administration and good government. Therefore,
bcit
Retohcdt that there be extended to Mr. Francis H, Kendall the most sincere ap-
preciation and thanks of the inhabitants of the town of Belmont for his public
services, with the hope that the town may have more years of Ins citizenship* and it
is further
Bs9otved, that a copy of this resolution, under the seal of the town, be delivered
to Mr. Francis H. Kendall by the Town Clerk.
The engagement of John C. R. de Bullet of Baltimore to Miss
A. Isabel Walmsley is reported. Some of us wonder if this is
news of our ** Adonis'* from whom no word has ever been received
since leaving Tech.
At the reunion of the class of '86 Boston English High School
on Februarj' 7* William Mossman was elected vice-president.
Several of this class were in Ninety including a numl^er of our
freshman battaltion oflScers. — Mr. J. Edgar Borden is now at 49
Orchard street, Portsmouth, N. H. — Charles O. Churchill is at
16 Woodrich terrace, Springfield, Mass. — Walter F. Cook*s Boston
address is 150 Boylston street. When hungry call on Walter. —
William P. Flint is now in New York City at 40 West 36th street —
A, E. Norris*s home is now 108 Naples road, Brookline, Mass.
The following report of the du Pont Powder companies shows s]
little of the responsibilities that have fallen on the shoulders
Pierre.
Two powder manufacturers in annual reports made pubUc give stockholder i
i^sum^ of the most successful year in their history. The surplus of E* I. du Pont
de Nemours & Company is placed at 919.598,821. The net income of the AtUt
Bowder Company is placed at $2,^551,0(85.
President Fierre S. du Pont gives the following tabulntloii of the oompany's
business:
Gross rettfipts ♦ ,.,,.,..,*..., W18,845,6S5
Net earnings and readjustments * , 82,107,693
Divideods paid, 62.508,874
Surplus for year $19,508,821
Surplus Januarj' I. 1016 8,068,217
Surplus Deoembcr 31, 1916, 28.567,038
A section of the report says :
** The warring nations are unwilling to place orders extending over « great length
of time, and Ihervfone our early contracts were closed at prices approximately 25
per cent, higher tliaii the prit^s at which we sold powder abroad in competition with
foreign nmnuFiicturera before the war. The company has been able to name prices
for military powders to the Initcd States government within the limit imposed
by law, although prices of raw tnateriab are much higher tbao before the war.
** Physical construction of the first new unit was commenced at the end of Oc-
tober 1014, and was finished and put in operatioa in March 1015. Additional
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uiita were eorapleted and ptit m operation moEthly thereafter uotil April 1910,
At which time our coast ruction, involving &n expenditure of about $60,000,000, was
completed.
'* For 1917 the reductioD in prices of military powders and the continued eitcnsion
of large credits to the purchasers of these powders make it exjiedient to curtail ex-
traordinary dividend disbursements. A dividend that it b believed can be con-
tinued uninterrupted after the war has been recommended. The present market
value of the common stock seems warranted by the company*s aj»ets and pro-
spective profits and is in line with the dividend recoimnendation.**
Assets are placed at $217,851, If 40. of which $82,3si5J08 is in cash accounts re-
ceivable, materials and finished products; investment in short term securities,
$57,17^,511; securities held for permanent investment, $26,540,680; realty, not
including plant real estate, $501,023; permanent investment in manufacturing
property, patents, $5 l,309,tJ40. Cap italizat ion is$ 110, 744, 582, of which $60,8 13,690
in del>enture stock has been issued, $45,006 is held in peserve, $58,854,200 in com-
mon stock has been issued and $81,426 in common stock is held in reserve.
Sales of the AUaa Powder Company for 1916 amounted to $20,652,016, or mote
than twice the total for 1015. Net income^ applicable to common stock, is placed
at $2,551,085, equivalent to 51 per cent, on the shares. Earnings in 1015 were
325.8 per cent, on the same shares. During the last four years common divideDds
ha\^e totalled 44 per cent., of which 25 per cent, was paid in 1016, ll4 per cent, in
1016, 6 per cent, in 1014 and I J percent, in 1013.
The balance sheet shows cash on hand of $1,4 S7, 7 46 and working capital $3,260,-
126, The property assets of its subsidiaries are $10,210,608.
Both companies paid liberal bonuses to employees at the end of the year.
The following notice of Frank H. Martin's death appeared in
the Providence News, date of Febniar^^ 3 :
** Following an illness of less than a week, Frank H. Martin,
weU knowTi Providence architect, succumbed at his home, 115
Bowen street, yesterday, at the age of 53 years. He was a member
of the Martin & Hall Company. He was taken iU last Sunday but
was not thought seriously ill imtd Thursday when his condition
took a decided turn for the worse and he slowly sank until the end
came.
"Frank H* Martin was born in Seekonk, March 9, 1863, the
son of Sylvester G, and Susan P. Martin. He attended school
there and later was graduated from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology and Lowell School of Design.
**He came to Providence in the '80s, and w^orked for Stone,
Carpenter & Wilson, architects, until February 1, 1893, when, with
George F. Hall, he formed the firm of Martin & Hall, with which
he was identified up to the time of his death.
*VMr. Martin married Miss Annie W* Burgess of Lymi, Mass.
She and one daughter, Maude Potter Martin, survive him.
*'He was a member of the Providence Art Club, Architects'
League of New York, Rhode Island Chapter, American Institute
of Architects, Adelphoi Lodge of Masons and the Sons of the
American Revolution.
**The funeral will !>e held at 12 noon next Monday at St. Ste-
phens* Church, with burial at Swan Point,''
George E. Hale is chairman of the National Research Council
appointed by the President. — We regret to report the death of
Hon. John S. Hyde at St. Augustine, Florida, March 17. He was
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president of the Bath Iron Works, and was spending the winter
at the Alcayar, He had served his city, having been mayor in
1909 and 1910; also in the legislature. He wa^ a member of a
number of dubs. He leaves a wife and one son. John will best be
remembered by us as our quartermaster in our freshman battallion.
Your secretary has been at the Court Inn, Camden, S. C,
during February and Mareh resting up preparatory to writing up
the records of the class for last June so do not think it is too late to
help out with any further information. It will be welcome and he
is willing to spare enough time from the golf course to read letters
from all of you.
It w^as suggested at the alumni dinner that an occasional
luncheon in Boston might be enjoyable. We shall put the
date well ahead and if it does not suit just say so. We are
agreeable to anything that pleases you. Monday^ June 4, at H.30
noon, there will be an informal luncheon of the class of Ninety at
the Engineers Club, 2 Commonwealth avenue, Boston. As many
as possible try and be present l*ut kindly be so thoughtful as to
write or telephone your secretary a few days in advance as he
would like to know whetlier to provide for two or twenty and really
does not wish to lunch alone. Now paste the date in your hat
and do not fail to show up or we may never have another.
While in New York in February your secretary ran across Billy
Creden at the Blltmore. It was the first time he had met Billy
since 1890 but he is still the same old boy with the same genial
smile, — Pierre S. du Pont and the officers of the du Pont Powder
Company are starting an Aviation School at Wihnington, Del. —
Alb ion » N* Y., now luis a water works of the finest character*
Much of the credit for this is due to Mayor Schuyler Hazard whose
experience as an engineer showed the feasibility of using Otter
Creek as a reservoir and thereby saving a long and expensive
pumping from the Lake. The following account from the press
gives one an idea of the undet-taking.
A larg^ share of credit for the new supply and reservoir is due to Mayor Schuyler
Ha£ard» a civil engineer with an extensive experience in the vicinity of fvcw York
City^ who located the site for the reservoir personally and has been successful in
completing the work uoder the existing high coat of labor and material and keeping
the cost within the amount of the appropriation, 1 75, 000 for the work and pipe
line extensions in the village and two and one-half miles from the filter beds to the
new reservoir. Several thousand dollars were spent by the village previous to that
time in securing sites for test wells, drilling, etc., but to no successful end. When
all prospective sites proved unsatisfactoi^', and residents advocated going to Lake
Ontario, nine miles oorth of Albion for a water supply^ from which source & con-
tinuous heavy expense for pumping up the long steep elevation would be necessary,
Mayor Hazard solved the problem by locating the site of the reserv'oir on Otter
creek. It is expected that the reser\'oir will be stocked with game fish which will
not only purify the water but in time will provide excellent fishing.
At his suggestion as mayor on April 1 a letter was sent to all the
churches in the city requesting the ringing of all the church bells
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on the opening of the extraordinary session of Congress. Bells
were rung for a period of ten minutes, the fire whistle was blown
and all people were requested to display flags. Albion was literally
ablaze with enthusiasm and patriotism, and flags flew every where»
and as the noon hour approached crowds gathered on the street
corners discussing the probable action of the coming congress.
Just at noon bedlam was indeed let loose. The church bells
all pealed forth, the fire bell added its clang while the whistles blew
loud and long to announce to the world that Albion at least was
standing with the President and beheved that no step backward
should be taken in our attitude towards Germany.
I In looking over the list of the ** Sustaining Members'' of the
r alumni that appeared in the Januarj' Review we find that Ninety
is represented by only eight men. Think it over, fellows, and see
if more cannot send in their names to help along the good ivork
of the alumni by a contribution of $10 per year.
At a mass meeting held in Faneuil Hall, Boston, on ApriJ 1,
to discuss *' Forty-eight Hour Week for Women," under the auspices
of the industrial department of the Boston Equal Suffrage As-
sociation for Good Government, W. Z. Ripley, professor of eco-
nomics at Harvard University, presided. — Cyrus C. Babb is now
located at Rhodiss, N. C. — H. S. BufTam's address is P. O. Box
77S, Brattleboro, Vt.— Dr. George E. Hale's address is Mt,
Wilson Solar Observatory, Pasadena^ CaL The following chp-
ping is taken from a Boston paper under date of April 1 :
The AstioDomical Society of France has conferred on George Ellerj^ Hale, the
American astrooomer, tlie Janssen medal for important astronomical discoveries.
Cainille Flammarion, the noted French astronomer, on belialf of the society, today
handed the medal to William Graven Sharp, the American amhaasador. at the so-
ciety's genera] meelinff. Mr, Sharp has recently become a memt>er of the society,
I baviiig been proposed hy M, Flammarion and seconded by President Poincar6,
M. Flammarion said the council of the society desired to render honfiage to American
■cience&nd to Mr, Hale's labor in solar physics.
This is the second time Mr. Hale has been honored with the Janssen medal. He
received it in 1894.
I Wallace E. MacGregor is now at Gelena, via Battle Mountain,
Nev,— Robert T. Walker is at room 1124, Tremont Bldg., Boston.
Mass.
The following clipping appeared in the Boston papers of April
6 in which we note that our classmate. Lieutenant John B.
Blood, is on duty;
The 9th Deck Division of the Massachusetts Naval Militia got its orders to report
[ about 8.15 this evening and the military call was sounded on the fire alarm. The
orders were to report at Boston at the earliest possiible momeot. Lieut, John Balch
Blood, in command of the company, stated that the conipany would start tomorrow
morning. Some of the members were out of the city. Notice was sent to all of
these and they are responding rapidly.
An hour previous to receiving the call. Lieutenant Bloody hearing that the sum-
; moDJ was coming, had a preliminaiy call sounded on the fire alarm,, and memhers
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of the compmny began to asfiemblc. The c&lls drew out a large number of r«f idents,
and tbe men of the command were cheered lustily as tbey arrived at the armory.
Under date of April 16 we received a censored card from Blood,
froai some unnamed location, stating that he was well aod every-
thing was going well with him,
1891.
F, A, Wilson, Sec, Nahant» Mass.
It is with real sorrow and regret that we record the passing on of
our friend and classmate Edward Cunningham, who died at his
home in West wood, Mass., on March 25, 1917*
As an undergraduate* and during those years following, before
his health became impaired, he was unusually active in Technology
affairs, serving for five years, from 1910 to 1915, as an alumni
term member of the Corporation.
He was bom in Chefoo, China, on August 14, 1869, and lived
for several years in California, coming to Milton as a boy of thirteen.
He attended the Roxbury Latin School, and the year before enter-
ing Tech spent a year at Hale*s School in Boston. He entered the
class of *91 and graduated in the course of chemical engineering.
He started business in the employ of Mr, Samuel Cabot, manu-
facturing chemist, October 1, 1891. He was married the following
year to Edith Forbes Perkins of BurHngton, Iowa, and lived in Mil-
ton, Mass, His only child is a son, Edward, born July 30» 1893,
who is the class boy. After six years with Mr. Cabot» he became
the manager of his business and continued in that position until Oc-
tober, 1901, when he was obliged to give up active work and go to
California for his health. After several years spent in California,
during which time he made two trips abroad, he returned to Massa-
chusetts and became treasurer of Samuel Cabot Inc. In 1907
he was appointed manager of a public park with gjTnnasium and
playgrounds in Milton, In 1911 he was obliged to retire from aU
activities on account of ill health, and since then has lived quietly
on his farm at Westwood,
Although he was practically an invalid for twenty years he took
great interest in Technology and public affairs and his lovable
character made many and loyal friends. Those of us who knew
him well, as a boy, classmate, friend and Christian gentleman, feel
his loss keenly.
1892.
W, A. Johnston, Sec., Mass. Inst, of Technology, Cambridge,
Mass.
C. H. Chase, AsaL Sec, Tufts College, Mass.
It is with regret that we have to announce the death of James
McK. Ferriday on January l!i, 1917, and who is weU remembered
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iby many of his classmates* The heartiest sjTiipathy is extended
to IVIrs. Ferriday, The following clipping appeared in a local
paper under date of January 13:
** James McKeen Ferriday, for 30 years prominent in the social
and business life of Colorado Springs, died last night in New York
City where four days ago he was taken ill with pneumonia. Mrs.
Ferriday was at his bedside when the end came. News of Mr.
Fe Friday *s death came as a distinct shock to his wide circle of
friends in the social and business world here, as %vhen he left about
two weeks ago for an extended eastern trip, his health was good.
Shortly after arriving in New York City he became ill and was
taken to a hospital and reports received up until last night in-
dicated a good chance for recovery.
**Mrs. Ferriday 's brother died several weeks ago in Chicago and
Mr, and Mrs. Ferriday made the eastern trip partly to settle
, up the affairs of this estate. They had planned to visit in Rich-
iinond, Va., and spend some time in Florida before returning.
I ** * Jimmy* Ferriday, as he was familiarly known here, was about
HO years old and more than half of his life he had spent in Colorado
' Springs, He was born in New York state and the funeral and
interment will take place there at the family home.
** Fifteen years ago he married Mella E. E verb art. In the early
days of the mining boom Mr. Ferriday was one of the most prom-
inent brokers and his transactions totaled many thousands of
dollars in prolits. In late years he h^ been engaged in real estate
and insurance business and the caring for the large number of
properties Mrs. Ferriday owns in the city,
'*Mr. Ferriday was prominent in the life of the Cheyenne Moun-
Ltain Country Club, the El Faso Club, the Elks and the Golf Club.
iHe also was a member of the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Ferriday
fwas probably the father of golf in Colorado Springs. Many years
fago he was an enthusiast for the game and was largely instrumental
in the opening up of the nine -hole course at the Country Cub.
Later he was influential in the formation of the Town and Gown
iClub, which later became the Colorado Springs Golf Club. As
La player, Mr. Ferriday ranked high and he took a prominent part
ijii tournaments here.
**Mr. Ferriday was secretary of the first big carnival committee
in Colorado Springs when George B. Tripp was chairman. He
worked unceasingly for the success of that large venture and was
^ always active in any proposition for the advancement of the com-
lunity.
"For a number of years he has occupied the fine residence he
owned at 25 Lake avenue, Broadmoor. Mr. and Mrs. Ferriday
id no children."
The following clipping from the New York Evening Journal
rill prove interesting reading to *92 men. We aU join in hearty
[)Dgratulatioii to our classmate thus honored.
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EHslia Lee* aAsisiAnt general nmnager of the Pennsylvania Railro&d and chair-
noAo of the National Conference Cominitlee of the railroadjs, has been appointed
genemL maimger of the eompojiy, to take effect on Sunday, April 1, He succeeds
the late S.C.Long.
From 191^ until 1914 as chairman of the conference committee of managers of tKe
Eastern railroads he had personal charge of the negotiations with the different rail*
road tabor organizations, and of the presentatioD of the roads* case in the arbitra-
tion of the wage demands made by the firemen, trainmen and oonductorB.
Mr. Lee» who \b forty-six years old, was bom in Chicago, reared in Trinidad,
British West Indies, and was graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology with t he class of 189^. In the same year he entered the service of the Penn-
sylvania as a rodman. He beo&me assistant supervisor m April, 18d9, and two
years later supervisor.
He was rapidly prnmoted from one important post to another until in 1911 he
was made aMistant to the general manager of the * lines east/' In 1914 he left this
position to become general superintendent of the Philadelphia, Baltimore it Waah-
ingtoQ Railroad, and two years later became assistant general manager of the Pom-
sylvania system.
W. Speocer Hutchinson, who has made an extensive mining
trip through Australia, has returned to the U. S. A. — In a recent
issue of the Engineering News-Record there appeared an abstract
of the president's address by President Leonard Metcalf of the
American Water-Works Association.
1894.
S. C. Prescott, Sec, Mass. Inst, of Tech.
The most important scientific honor which has come to the class
in recent years is undoubtedly the bestowal of the Rum ford
Medal upon C. G. Abbot of the Smithsonian Institute* This
medal, which is given by the American Academy of Arts and Sci-
ences of Boston, is presented for the most epoch-making work in
physical sciences* Abbot received it as a result of the work which
he has done for several years past on the sun and a study of the
variation in radiation from the sun. An interesting incident of the
presentation was the fact that he received the medal from the
hands of Prof. C. R. Cross of the Institute, head of the department
of physics, from which Abbot was graduated. — J. G, Estey of
Brattleboro has been elected a director of the National Life In-
surance Company of Montpelier, Vt. For several years Estey
has been president of the Estey Or^n Company of Brattleboro
and a very prominent citizen in all the forward movements in his
section of Vermont,
It may be a surprise to a majority of the class that Swanton is
not only a highly successful agriculturalist but that he is also a
poet. The secretary received through the kindness of Cheeney,
a portion of the Bath Daily Times which contained a poem by
Swanton* entitled ** Farmer John*s Cause for Thanksgiving."
This poem is too long for reproduction at this place, but the sec-
retary is saving it and it will become a portion of a *94 scrap-book
and as such can be preeerx ed for the future reading of any of the
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classDiates who would like to look it up. It is to be hoped that
Swan ton will continue to give free reign to the muses and w^ill
send some of his productions to periodicals having a wilder circula-
tion so that they may more frequently faU under the eyes of his
classmates. — Claflin has become the vice-president of a new com-
pany, the Avery Chemical Company, incorporated under the laws
of Massachusetts. This company has a plant in Tewkesbury,
Mass., and has carried on a large and rapidJy developing business
during the past year and a half. The chief products are chemicals,
especially lactic acid, ammonia and a great variety of salts such as
are used by textile mills, tanneries and rubber companies. In
case you want to buy stock in this company you had better consult
Claflm himself. — '94 men must have noted with pride the fact that
a larger number of men from this class are enrolled on the Alumni
Committee for the Mobilization of Technology's Resources than
from any other. Price is on the Executive Committee and other
members are Bovey and Lovejoy. — Horatio N. Parker has re-
cently been engaged in extension work for the Indiana University
at Bloomington, Ind. He has lectured throughout the state on
milk supply, water supply, general sanitation, etc., and in this way
has covered a considerable portion of Indiana, Parker has re-
cently finished his book on *Xity Milk Supply"— a five hundred
page volume covering the whole subject of milk production and
handling. This book is likely to be wndely adopted as it is the
most comprehensive treatise that has yet been produced dealing
with this subject.— The secretary spent several weeks in investiga-
tion work in Central America during the winter, as ims been his
custom for some years past.
It is w ith great regret that we announce the death of S. F. Thom-
son who died in Brooklyn on January 30. Thomson was a native
of Charleston, S. C, and entered the Institute with the class of
'94. He took the course in civil engineering and after the third
year at the Institute w^as engaged in practical work for some time,
returning to complete his course with the class of '96. He will
be remembered by all who knew^ him as a very quiet, modest fel-
low » but one who on acquaintance developed into a companion of
splendid character and personality.
The following recent addresses have been received by the secre-
tary': F. M. Mann» ^0'^ Ridgewood Ave,, Minneapolis.^ — W. L,
WooUett, Ridge Road and Highland Place, Berkeley, Cal*-=J* M.
Ferguson has recently become an engineer on the Water Ways
and Pubhc Lands, State House, Boston. — G, W. Sherman, 75
Edgerton Road, Akron, O.
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ChahLtEs E, Locke, Sec, Mass. Inst, of Technology, Cambridge,"
Mass.
J. Arnold Rockwell, Asst, Sec,^ £4 Garden Street, Cambridge,
Mass.
Tbe Cleveland rennion is now over and the '96 men who attended
report a good time. This could not help but be the case when such
good men as Merry weather, Litchfield, Peabody and the rest, had
charge. The secretary' was unable to attend in person, but was
ably represented by Rockwell, who has turned in the following
official comment of his trip:
'96 reports an interesting meeting of the Technologj^ Clubs As*
sociated at Cleveland. April 19, ^0 and ^L
On the afternoon of April 18 a number of Technology graduates
boarded the train at Trinity Place for Cleveland; one *96 repre-
sentative being in the party. Delays en route brought us into
Cleveland about noon, the following day, a tired and disheveled
group of travelers, as at Buffalo and other stations there seemed to
be a tendency to shake up the party to the limit of human en-
durance.
On arrival we picked up taxicabs and started for the Statler
Hotel, the headquarters for guests attending this reunion. The
writer was welcomed by Marble and Merryweather at the hotel
and after completing the routine of registration the rest of the
afternoon was spent in qoiet reminiscences and in discussion of the
questions of the hour.
The first get-together of the reunion was at the University Club
Smoker where the ** Grand Hoola Loola'* took place. Incidentally
the entertainment, such as dancing and singing, was offered by
representatives from the Goodyear Tire Company in which our
classmate Litchfield is such an active worker. A description of
the dinner and the evening, no doubt, will appear in the full report
of the field secretary's impressions of the three days' sojourn in
Cleveland.
Of special interest to our class in this ** Hoola Loo la** orgy is the
fact that eleven of our classmates sat at table and fully enjoyed
the entertainment and hospitality of our hosts. They included
C. E. Stamp, F. R. Peabody, George E, Merryweather, L. C.
Marble, Conrad H. Young, A. i>. Ilatfield, George W. Bowes,
Wm. H. Lambirth, P. W. Litchfield, Max Hellman, and J. A.
Rockwell. It is hardly necessary to add that we all returned to our
headquarters in excellent spirits but also in excellent condition,
Friday (Akron day) found the entire party headed for this
great rubber section. We were transferred from Cleveland to
Akron in handsome electric cars, each of the three large companies
(Goodyear, Goodrich and Firestone) having an equal number of
visitors who had designated the night before which factory they
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preferred to inspect. It was with some difficulty that the ^^iter
was able to deterinine which factory to visit, as at both the Good-
rich and Firestone we have graduates of our class in prominent
official positions. He finally picked the Firestone and came under
Peabody's ]>ersonal wing as did George Merryweather, and what
we don't know about the manufacture of rubber tires is not worthy
of consideration. Following an excellent lunch at the Firestone
Company's "social center/' we took automobiles to Barbourtown,
where we inspected the great Anna Dean farm* a truly remarkable
estate. Full of the inspiration which an estalilishment of this mag-
nitude impresses one with, we were then scurried by the same auto-
mobiles to President Seiberling's estate (Goodyear Company)
where we were given a most hospitable welcome by Mr. Seiberling
and where we inspected this most beautiful and artistic " English
Castle/* By the time we returned to our electric cars a thirst
such as only a few of us appreciate, called the squad to the flowing
bowl and, refreshed, we then returned to Cleveland. George and
I hung together pretty closely, and after a bath at the Athletic
Club and an excellent dinner, we attended the pictures, taken at
the last reunion, shown for the flrst time to those graduates who
were so unfortunate as to miss the great events of last year. The
bed was a pretty good place for all of us that night, as we had spent
a most strenuous day.
Saturday, our last day, offered many trips for the stranger in
Cleveland to choose from; all of which were most instructive in
nature. I visited the glass works of the American Incandescent
Company (this is not the exact title) where splendid laboratories
are making possible the perfecting and improvement in the
incandescent illuminating systems. After lunch we were returned
in private autos to the Statler, where the afternoon session followed
and later the big banquet, a description of which will be found in
the next number of the Review.
*9fJ had a good showing at the banquet, practically the same
fellows who enjoyed the *'Hoola Loola,*' with Litchfield sitting at
the speaker's table very much in evidence and a worthy son of
'96- I want to say here that George Merr>n^'eather was a member
of every committee that accomphshed things. His modesty
would prevent him from making the barest reference to his part in
the success of the reunion, but i wish to speak for him and assure
the class that we have reason to feel duly proud of our representa-
tives in and around Cleveland and especially to the valuable part
played by George in the carrying out of the Cleveland meeting.
It will long be remembered as an affair where hospitality and good
fellowship abounded.
LeavTBg the banquet » in perfectly good condition, and with that
comradeship which is always found in '96, I returned to the mid-
night train, happy but weary, glad to have been there and regret-
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ting that more of our New England fellows could not have enjoyed
with me this splendid outing.
The list of men attendtng as supplied by Rockwell corresponds
to the official registration slb far as the men go; hut there w^ere also
officially registered, Mrs. Hellman, Mrs. Menyweather, Mrs.
pea body and Mrs. Stamp.
In sending out the '!)6 notice for the Cleveland reunion* the
secretary announced an assessment, No. 5, of $1.00. A great
many men have responded to the call, but to those who have not,
the secretary would like to remind them that the class treasury
is never very full and that he will l>e glad to receive the dollar
w4iich they have neglected to send. Incidentally, in sending their
dues, a nvmiber of men reported items of interest.-^Joe Knight
has removed his old office from 84 State street to room 7i0,
Tremont building, 73 Tremont street, Boston, Mass. — ^Harry
Brown is on his feet again and able to write as follows:
I seem to be getting along an^i it is about time that I should, as I was taken ill
the middle of March, 1916, — in fact, I went upstairs St, Patrick's Day and came
down again on Lah«>r Day. From which you will note tbat my early patriotic
instructions under Colonel Haw throne weU continue. Time or space will not
allow me to describe the various illncascs from which I suffered during that period.
I should be glad to rehearse this tale of woe sometime but will now say that if I
missed any known Ameri€4in disease it was entirely inadvertent on my part and
I should be glad to correct the defect on notiiication of the class to tbat effect.
Francis ^L Miller had to give up his residence in Pennsylvania
on account of his health, and has for some time been practicing
his profession of architecture in I>e Land, Florida. He has ap-
parently benefited l)y the change and reports a good field for arch-
itects in the South. — Jim Haste has been recuperating at Atlantic
City. — F, H. Walker has opened an office at ^^6 Columbia avenue,
Philadelphia, Pa. This will he his headquarters although his
work as consulting specialist in banking economics keeps him
moving around the country a good bit. He still retains his home
address at 98 Winthrop street » Taunton, Mass. — Myron L. FuUer»
managing geologist of the Associated Geological Engineers^ is
conducting exploration work in West Virginia.
Mail has been returned from Floyd Frazier and Charles D.
TrumbulL The secretary will be glad to receive any clue as to
their whereal>outs.
The war has interested some of the *96 men. Undoubtedly
many of them are doing work of which the secretary knows noth-
ing and will be glad to hear. Colonel Butler Ames is in charge
of the Massachusetts Home Guard.— Dr. George K. Burgess, of
the Federal Bureau of Standards, sailed with a party of American
scientists who were sent to Europe to cooperate on war problems
with the scientists of France and Great Britain, Burgees' work
will be in the line of metals suitable for guns and rigid dirigibles.
These scientists are sent jointly by the Advisory Commission
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of the National Defense and the National Research Council and
are accredited to the American Embassies in London and Paris
and will develop their activities in both England and France, at
their own discretion,
Lucius Tyler» with his characteristic enterprise^ has foreseen
the demand for flags on autos and has put on the market a very
simple and neat form of flag holder, which can be readily attached
anywhere on the machine, even on the mortgage^ and is equally
applicable to a Ford or a Fiat, a Saxon or a Stutz,
The secretary regrets to advise the class of the death of Samuel
, F. Thomson, which occurred on January 30, 1917.
The men who attended the Say brook reunion will feel a great
loss in the burning of the Hartford Yacht Club, which was re-
ported in the newspapers on May 19, The large hotel called Fen-
wick Hall, which had been idle for some time, was being torn down
and in some unaccountable way caught fire. A high wind carried
sparks to the Yacht Club which was also burned. We had hoped
' to hold our twenty-fifth anniversary at this spot in 1921 as it
I seemed an ideal place and it will be hard to find its equal.
The following address changes have been received: Henry D.
Barto, ManUus, N, Y.— Miss Mary E. Dann, Hempstead» Nassau
County, N. Y.— Ferry B* Howard, 142 Berkeley St., Boston,
Mass.—Prof. Walter H. James, Box ^«2, Portsmouth, N. H —
Theodore L Jones, 624 A Third St., Brooklyn, N. Y.— Walter S.
Leland, 67 Second St,, San Francisco, Calif. — John E. Lonngren,
Hotel W^oodlawn, Woodlawn, Pa, — ^Edward A, McGonigle, Detroit
Edison Co,, Detroit, Mich.— Francis M. Miller, P, O. Box ^01, De
Land, Fla,-^J. Porter Palmer, 44 Bartlett Ave,, Arlin^on, Mass. —
I Rev, Welles M. Partridge, 30 Academy St., South Braintree,
Mass.— W\ L. Root, 46 Oxford St.» Pittsfield, Mass.— Albert F.
I Ruckgaber, 120 Liberty St., New York, N. Y,— Miss Arield J>.
Savage, 1557 Blue Hill Ave,, Mattapan, Mass. — Mortimer A. Sears,
Field Service, General Land Office, Washington, D. C— Alfred
%^ Shaw, Box 232, Bridgeville, Pa.— Charles H. Stone, Detroit City
Gas Co., Detroit, Mich.— Geo, E. Stratton, Malta, Mont. — Ralph
S. Whiting, 908 Gait Ave., Edge Station, Chicago, lU.— John H.
Willis, 1015 Euclid Ave.. Berkeley, Calif,
1897.
I John A. Collins, Jr., Se^,, 67 Thorndyke Street, Lawrence, Mass*
It appears that some of the men are criticbing the '97 column
in the Review because of the scarcity of items therein about the
members of the class. Now here is an instance where cooperation
is absolutely necessary. We might express ourselves as did the
I editor of the BingifiUe Bugle under similar criticism:
I How can you expect to get your name in print unlc&s you do something notori-
I oufi? Steal somebody's hon*e» knock your neighbor down or take too much hurd
cider« &nd we shall be but too glad to chronicle the same.
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Only* that is not all; since the territory covered by the Review is
slightly larger than Bingville, we might not hear promptly if you
performed any of the above note-worthy acts. You must send
us the full particulars, including the police court news clippings in
order that we give you full credit.
P. E. Blood, I, has notified the secretar>^ that his present business
address is at Castleton, New York, care of New York Central
Railroad,— The secretary has received a copy of the January
number of the magazine The American City in which is a finely
illustrated article by Atwood, I, entitled **The Amphitheatre^
Theatre* and Stadium, Ancient and Modem/' Atwood is a
consulting engineer in New Haven, Conn*, and specializes in con-
crete construction.
A. A.
1898.
Blakchard, See.^ Mass. Inst.
of Tech. I Cambridge, l^Iass.
We received a letter from W. W. Stevens in China that was of
such general interest to all Tech men that it will be found in
another section of the Review.
We note in a prospectus of the opening of the new chemical
laboratory buUding of the University of Cincinnati that Tietig
and Lee (both '^B) were the architects. — A. Loring Swasey has
succeeded N, G. Herre^hoff as active superintendent of the Her-
feshoff Sliip Yard and plans extensive developments there.
An announcement has just been received from HoIIis Godfrey,
*98, prrjiidiMit of the Technology Clubs Axssociated. of the organ-
izatioTi f»f u Washington department of the association. V. R.
Lansingh, *98, is chairman of this department and L. D. Gardner,
'08, ii* secretary. The object of this department is to centralize
Technology's etforts to serve the nation, as will be noted in the
circular which was sent to all the alumni. It will be remembered
that Godfrey is chairman of the Council of National Defense ap-
pointed by the President, and it is thus evident how closely the
new department of the Technology Clubs Associated can cooperate
with the National CounciL
The class suffered the loss of two of its members in February;
On February 6, Samuel W. Stillings, aged 41, passed away at Hs
home» '^05 Saint Botolph street, Boston.
On February 10, Dr. Heyward Scudder, Harvard, *91, M. L T.
V, '98, died at the Hotel Lenox, Boston, from heart failure caused
by the excitement due to the serious fire of that date at the hotel.
1899.
W, Malcolm Corse, Sec., 106 Morris Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y.
Benj. S. Hinckley, Asat. Sec,y North Station, Boston. Mass.
A welcome letter was received recently by the secretary from
A* R. Moody, who is in Rowley, Mass, It has been two years
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since Moody wrote us before, and his health which was not good
at that time has, he states, much improved, and he regrets that he
has nothing of special interest to add to the class news. — Thomas
P, Rowley writes:
I don't think I have any news on your theme "Technology's Duty to the
National Government." Let the government atone say I and keep out of sight.
I am afraid if Tech interferes with the government, Wushington will become aware
of Tech and since the government is going into ownership in all kinds, they may
end by absorbing the Inatitute.
Charles Watrous sends in a message as follows:
Your class circular of March 17 has just come to hand, I regret that 1 will not
be able to attend the 1917 Reunion of Technology Clubs Associated at Clevelund,
as I am extremely busy trying to clear up ray w*ork so that if the call to aen-ice
oomies, I can get away. My part of the work in the defense in ease war is declared,
is already settled, as I hold a commission as major in the Officers' Reserve Corps^
U. S. Army, assigned lo the Depot at Omaha* Nebraska, as assistant c|Uftrtermaster.
I w^ill be ver>' glad indeed to hear from the meeting and from the class in general.
I will never forget the glorious time last spring and wish it could be repeated every
year. If you attend, please give my warmest regards to all of the boys, both of '99
and the other classes that we know.
We quote in part from a letter sent to the secretary from James
B. Ellery advocating the single tax:
As to yours of January 9 asking for views on ** Technology's Duty to the Na-
tional Government,'* will say brieHy that in ray opinion Tech men can best fulfil
their duty to the government, to Tech and to themselves, by standing for and
working (or, in fact demanding that all revenues, local, state and national, shall be
raised by the single tax on land values, as presented by Henry George in ** Progress
and Poverty," all other taiEes to be abolished.
J, Walter Allen has recently been appointed electrical engineer
of the Boston Elevated Railway* Alien has been employed by the
Boston company throughout his entire career. ha\ing filled every
post in the electrical department from cable tester to acting elec-
trical engineer.
1900.
William R. Hubd^ £d, Richard Wastcoat.
Percy R, Ziegler*
Ingiirsoll Bowditch, Sec,, 111 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass.
Bowditch attended the meeting of the Technology Clubs As-
sociated at Cleveland and reports as follows ;
Ten alumni left Boston on the 4.45 train Wednesday, April 18,
and arrived at Cleveland about noon the next day. Tom Perry
was in the party, having come East on business and planned his
trip so that he could go back with the Boston contingent. He car-
ried his pocket typewriter with him to make out his business re-
ports while they were fresh in his mind and entertained the car with
its '* music* ** He had dinner with Ziegler before he left Boston,
Thursday afternoon was spent getting acquainted and the
smoker in the evening was most entertaining. Friday was spent in
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Akron as guests of the rubber companies, and in the afternoon we
were taken to see the Anna Dean Farm at Barberton. Anybody
interested in stock raising and vegetable cultivation under glass
should make an effort to see what is being done here. We were
also invited to visit the country estate of Mr, Seiberling, president
of the Goodyear Rubl>er Company. This is a most attractive
place with a large house and well laid out grounds, Ever^^thing
waa in verj* good taste and the rooms were very homelike and liv-
able. Mr. Seiberling entertained us with his organ and we returned
the compliment by singing Tech songs. Saturday morning we were
taken to Nela Park and the glass works of the lamp department
of the General Electric Company. I was fortunate in having
Cady, '01, who was with 1900 a part of his course at Tech, show
me over his laboratory and he gave me a most interesting time.
He is doing research work in pure science and assists in the
administration of the laboratory. One of the most interesting
tilings which he showed me was the effects on color of the different
kinds of lamps. The "day light" lamp showed material in its true
color, but the mazda and other lamps made a great change in the
color. This is why our wives have to return goods to the stores
because they look so different when they are sent home.
Saturday afternoon a very interesting and instructive prepared-
ness meeting was held and it was voted to hold the next reunion in
Philadeli)hia. It is hoped that more of the Boston alumni can
attend. Z. M. Briggs showed up here.
The banquet in the evening was well attended. F. R. Walker,
Tom Perry and Silverman, with me, represented 1000. At my
table were Perry and Silverman, *00, Williams. Frederick W. Smith,
Campbell and Cady» *01. Most of the 1901 men had been with
l&OO at some time during their course at Tech and several of us had
been to other colleges before coining to Tech. We had a most
interesting evening and enjoyed listening to each other's experiences.
There is nothing like these reunions to get acquainted with the fel-
lows. The return trip to Boston was uneventful, except that the
train was three and a half hours late, and most enjoyable. It is a
great pleiisure to travel with such good companions as Professor
Richards and Mr. James P. Munroe, to say nothing of the others
in the party, I have attended all the reunions except the one in
Chicago, and advise everybody to go to Philadelphia who can
arrange it.
Word has been received of the death from pneumonia of Walter N.
Charles, on January *21. The secretary asked Wasteoat to attend
tlie funeral and flowers were sent from the class. The short
account which follows was taken from the Morning Mercury of
New Bedford.
** Walter N. Charles* w^ho has been assistant superintendent of
streets for about two years, died during Saturday night at his
humc« 170 CUnton street, of pneumonia, after an illness of four
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days< Mr, Charles suffered also from diabetes. He was at work
last Monday and Tuesday, but complamed of a cold, and remained
at home Wednesday. His condition became critical Friday when
pneumonia developed,
"Mr. Charles was born in the suburbs of Boston 38 years ago>
and was a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
in the civil engineering course. For several years he was assistant
engineer in charge of the work on the Charles River Basin in Boston,
and about six years ago he came to this city to be employed as field
engineer on the intercepting sew^er work. In April* 1915, he was
named as assistant superintendent of streets, which work he did in
addition to his w^ork as engineer in charge of the intercepting sewer.
**Mr. Charles was a member of the Boston Society of Civil
Engineers, a member of the Technology Club of New Bedford, and
of the Dartmouth Club. He is sur\'^ived by a widow who was Miss
Maude Blood of Dorchester. His only relatives who survive him
are an aunt and uncle who live in Fryeburg, Maine, "
Address Changes
Charles J. Bacon, 7^11 Paxton Ave,, Chicago, lU,— Arthur
W. Geiger, Tonopah, Nevada.— George C. Gibbs, 217 W. 3rd SU
Okmulgee, Okla. — Robert H. Leach, care Handy & Harman,
Bridgeport, Conn. — Herbert A, Macpherson, 727 Monroe Ave.,
Green Bay, Wis, — Albert S. Merrill, Turner Construction Co.»
244 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. — Frederick W. Snow\ Room
1227, 42Broadway» New York, N. Y, — M, Silverman, International
Clay Machinery Co., Dayton, Ohio, — Willard W. Stone, 1446
E, 54th St„ Chicago, UL— Charles H. Stratton, Bu. of Yards &
Docks, Navy Department, Washington, D. C— Frank D. Warren,
1320 Jefferson Bank Bldg., Birmingham, Ala. — Frederick D,
Buffum, 3130 Middletown Rd., Pittsburgh, Fa.— William Chris-
tensen. Room 1703, 195 Broadway, New^ York, N. Y, — -Harry H,
Hamlen, Communication Office, Na\^^ Yard, Charleston, S. C. — -
Charles H. Hughes, 27 William St. /New York, N. Y.— Daniel
S. Johnson, Battle Mountain, Nev, — ^Robert R, Lingley, 193
Lexington Ave., Cambridge, Mass. — W^illiam R. McAusland, 4315
Broadway, Chicago^ 111.— Harry L, Morse* "99, Benicia Arsenal,
Benicia, Cal.— Horace W. Oxnard, 314 Huntoon St„ Topeka,
Kan.— Lewen F. Searle, Grand Gorge, New York* N, Y, — Louis
W. Shumaker, Telepost, 395 Broadway, New York, N. Y. —
Mortimer Silverman, International Clay Machinery Co., Day-
ton, Ohio.
1901.
Robert L. Wjx.liams, Sec, 107 Waban Hill Road North,
Chesnut Hill, Mass.
The secretary has just returned from a business trip to Old
Point Comfort, Mrginia, and finds a letter from Litchfield saying
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it is time for another bunch of news from '01, so here goes ! While at
Old Point I had the pleasure of meettng Roger \V\ Wight who was
taking a few weeks* rest from a year of strenuous work in the in-
surance business. Coming up from New York I met Harrj^ R,
White on the train and talked over old times. He is with the
American Telephone and Telegraph Company* He said that
Francis B. DriscoU, who was ^ith the same company, had recently
resigned to become a lieutenant commander in the signal depart-
ment of the navy.
Our President Brush, also president of the Boston Elevated, has
indicated to officials and employees of that transportation corpora-
tion that the use of iutoxieants in such a way as to impair personal
efficiency will be considered a sufficient reason for discharge by the
company. So far this ruling has not been applied to *01.
F. S. Clapp, managing geologist of the Associated Geological
Engineers has gone to Arkansas.
W. \\\ Walcott resides in Natick, Mass. He is assistant visiting
physician to Long Island Hospital and assistant physician to
out-patients of the Massachusetts General Hospital.—^. W, Cole
is manager of McKinney Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh,
Pa.— Lammot duPont, the vice-president of our class, has seven
children and the record of the class in this respect as far as the
secretary knows. If any one can beat this record, let me know.
Frederick H. Sexton, president of Nova Scotia Technical Col-
lege, is director of technical education for the Province of Nova
Scotia and vocational officer for Military Hospitals Commission,
Dominion of Canada. He writes:
I
Since the first of April 1016, I have been engaged in organizing genera] and ^
iional dasaes for returned Canadian doldiers who have been disabled at the troot
and are now convalescing in the Convalescent Homes under the Dominion MiUtaiy
Hospitals Commiaaion. My territory' embraces the Maritime Provinces and Que-
bec. Classes in BuaiBeas Englisb and French, bookkeeping, typewriting and sten-
ography, practical aritbrnetic, carpentry, etc., have already been organised and the
soldiers are making remarkable progreas in preparing themselves (or their return to
industrial bfe.
The following is taken from the Engineering Record:
"William E. Hamlin, civil engineer, said to have been one of the
four or five men who submitted bids for constructing the Panama
Canal, died February 13 in Pasadena, Cal., where he had resided
during the last five years. He was 44 years of age. Mr. Hamlin
was bom in Boston and attended Massachusetts Institute of
Technology'* From 1893 to 1898 he was in charge of city surveys
for the Boston Water Department and of tidal observation and
triangulation work. Later he constructed different roads and
sewers and was engaged on pile and foundation construction. lu
19012 he went to Venice, Italy, to estimate the cost of rebuilding the
Campanile tower and to make a study of the Italian cement
industr>\ In 1903 he was with F. S. Gilbreth, engineer, contractor
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and manuf acturer» as chief civil engineer in charge of the New York
office. Later he forsook contracting and engmeering pursuits
and went to California to develop and manage his property there,
where he was owner of a large tract of land near Red BluflF."
James Chadbourne Woodsome passed away April 18, after an
illness of about three months.
The foUowing recent address changes have been received:
Charles Bittinger, Duxbury, Mass. — C. F. F. CampbeU, Ohio
State School for the Blind, Columbus, Ohio. — ^Richard E. Dow,
General Chemical Co. of Cal., Martinez, Cal. — ^Roger W. Wight,
care of Dunn Ins. Co., 84 Williams St., New York. — ^Miss Greta
Gray, 1316 S. Broadway, Pittsburgh, Kan.
1903.
M. H. Clabk, SeCy 1790 Broadway, New York, N. Y.
R. H. Nutter, Asst. Sec., Box 272, Lynn, Mass.
W. H, Adams is the only one who has confessed as to the mys-
teries of his present life. He anticipated the present condition of
affairs, and writes as foUows:
I am back at work after my summer in the East and have been adding to my work
by preparing for examination for the Engineer Officers' Reserve Corps, U. S. A.
I took the exam, over a week ago but will not hear from the War Department for
some time. I am trying for a commission as captain.
Address Changes
John F. Ancona, Cutler Bldg., Rochester, N. Y. — Charles S.
Cole, 820 Penobscot Bldg., Detroit, Mich.— Henry H. Fales, 25
Madison Ave., New York, N. Y.— Frank R. Famham, 3380
Washmgton St., Jamaica Plain, Mass. — ^Richard M. Field, 123
Pierrepont St., Brooklyn, N. Y. — ^Thomas M. Hamilton, Casilla
83 D. Calle Teatinos 351, Santiago, Chile.— Albert A. HaskeU,
care of International Portland Cement Corporation, Sierras
Bayos, Argentina Republic. — Prof. J. W. Howard, M. I. T.,
Cambridge, Mass. — ^Lewis R. Kaufman, 681 Fifth Ave., New York,
N. Y.— George E. Kershaw, Suite 200, 30 Church St., New York,
N. Y. — Walter Lorrain, care of Northern Trust Co., Chicago,
HI. — ^Arthur S. Martin, 243 Harvard Ave., Allston, Mass. — ^Frank
P. Montgomery, 95 Williams St., New York, N. Y.— Frank DeG.
Rathbim, care of Arizona Copper Co., Morenci, Ariz. — Philip B.
Rice, 4 Theresa Place, Stapleton, N. Y. — C. Frank Sammet, care
of Crane & Co., Dalton, Mass. — ^James S. Sheafe, 5837 Blackstone
Ave., Chicago, 111. — ^Horace G. Simpson, Wood & Simpson, French
Bank Bldg., San Francisco, Cal. — Benjamin D. Solomon, 40 Court
St., Boston, Mass. — Lydia G. Weld, Lancaster, Calif.
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Henry W. Stevens, .Sec*, $9 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass.
Amasa M. Holcombe, Asift. *Se^., 510 Pine Street, St. Louis, Mo.
In opening these notes, the secretary humbly apologizes for his
laxity m allowing the Januarj^ Review to be published without
any evidence that 1901 was stiU in existence. An apology is all
that he can offer, as he has no valid excuse.
December 27, 1916, will always be remembered by the secretary,
as on that date he was eminently assured of the good will and
esteem of his classmates, by the presentation to him of a beautiful
gold watch, at a dinner held at the Boston City Club,
The presentation speech was made by Mert Emerson, who
stated among other things complimentary, that the gift was in-
tended to express the thanks and gratefulness of the class for the
efforts and hard work of the secretary in serving the class. Due
to surprise and emotion » the secretary's response was not what
could }3e termed a classic, but his appreciation was none the less
sincere and deeply felt, although he feels that his efforts have
hardly l^een worth such a reward. The gift itself c^n be no more
a satisfaction to the secretary than the knowledge that his class-
mates bear him such a heartfelt affection, as it indicates.
The watch bears the following inscription:
Presented to Henry W. Stevens by hia Clasjimutes* in commemoration of hii
election on June 10, 1916, aa secretary for Life, of the clas^ of 19(H« Mossacbusetti
Institute of Tecbnologj'.
The secretary' wishes to thank his classmates heartily for their
gift and to assure them that he will continue to serve them to the
best of his ability in the post to which they have chosen him.
After this event, those present were entertained for two hours by
our classmate, Major Richard K. Hale, of the Massachusetts
Field Artillery, who related many personal experiences of his tour
of duty on the Mexican border* during the summer of 1916.
Those attending the event were Hiller* Homer* P. S, Sweetser.
Galusha, C. J* Emerson, M. L. Emerson, Stebbins, Rockwood»
Parker and the secretary.
Hiller has severed his connection with the Pneumatic Scale
Corporation and is now located in Hartford, Conn., with Loren* k
Lorenx, manufacturers of automatic machinery'.
Closely following the previously mentioned dinner was the
annual alumni banquet at the Hotel Somerset. Our class was
represented by about the usual number, eleven to be exacts thcee
present being Kalmus, Trowbridge, Tripp, Hyde, Walworth,
Gunn, Gould, Galusha, Munster, Bourne and the secretary.
** *04" was also well represented at the New York alumni dinner,
as the following letter from BiU Evans will testify. This letter
was in reply to one from the secretary, in which the secretary did
not mention the fact that he attended the Boston dinner* HcDce
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BiU assumed the New York bunch had beaten the *' Bean Eaters"
in the matter of attendance:
**This is to report on our success in pulling out *04 men to the
New York alumni dinner*
"We beat the Boston crowd by one for we had eleven out to
the dinner. That is not bad for the comparatively small crowd we
have to draw upon. They were: John D. McQuaid, C. C. Easter-
brooks, H. N. Goddard, W. B* Boggs, H, W. Hathaw^av, S. Haar,
E. B. Rich, W. G. H. Whittaker, N. Chamberlin, E. L. Rupf, W.
A. Evans.
" There were about fifty notices sent out and besides the returns
received from the above, reply post cards came back from twelve
others. These latter gave no excuse for their non-attendance so
we have to imply that they had none. We can only guess for a
few that distance interfered. Charlie Hoy lives nearer Phila-
delphia than New York so we have to excuse him. Bill Edgecomb
sent in his reply from Middletown, Ohio. We could hardly expect
him to show up. We will count on them both when we have one
of our distinctly class affairs here in New York.
** We are going to try it on for Tuesday » February 27, and I am
sending out notices now to the fifty telling them to reserve that
date for a real *04 class reunion at the Technology Club of New
Y^ork, I wish that you might come along, or send a representative
to see how well we can do it."
Another letter from *'Bill" under date of March 12» 1917, shows
that the 1J)04 dinner projected for February 27 was held, and was a
success. Eleven seems to be a number to rely on :
"You will be looking for a report on the '04 get-together in New
York on February 27.
*'Tw^o notices were sent out to about fifty of our class located
within reasonable distance of New York, and eleven responded by
their presence, The^e were: \Miittaker, Needham, Miller, Haar,
Easterbrooks, Rupf, Goddard, Gill, Skowronski, Williams, Evans*
** There are but few classes that get together a larger number than
this, or even as large, so w^e can take some pride in numbers.
** We met at seven o'clock at the club and had dinner together.
After the meal was well out of the way. we just sat around the table
and gossiped. It might sound like a sewing circle report if I at-
tempted to review what we talked about. Nevertheless, we had a
good time and all were apparently anxious for a repetition before
long.
** The reality of this interest in a repetition will be demonstrated
by the extent to which the fellows respond to another call which I
will take it upon myself to make the latter part of April.
'*This is the first time the New York crowd has ever had any
kind of a meeting and it was the first time that a good many of
the eleven had even seen their classmates since graduation, .almost
thirteen years ago,"
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Evans has been appointed assistant secretary for the New York
district. He has been supplied with a list of ** '04*' living within
striking distance of the big city, and they may expect to hear from
him at any tmie.
Noel Chamberlain is a member of the Board of Governors of the
New York Technology Club for 1916-17 and is also chairman of the
Art and Library Committee.
That **'04** are to the **fore" in the ** movies'' as well as in other
lines is evidenced by the following clipping from the Boston Ad-
vertiser of November 5o, 1916:
Three Boston men have revolutionissed the motion picture business. Alter a
scries of 30 inventions this trio, who may well be called the fairy godfathers of the
amusement world* ha^^e disco\^reci praeeases which make color motion picture
photography (>ossible. Not since the invention of the phonograph has there been
a popular scientific discovery which is fraught with more possibilities than this same
announcement that color motion picture photography has come at last.
These men have discovered a process by which colored moving pictures can
be made. Their great discovery is not the making of films hand tinted in solid body
colors and as disappointing as they are surprising in their occidental effect. They
have not discovered the ** purple cow" variety that has been tried before and found
wanting. They now have pictures in natural colors and as lifelike and absolute as
the scenes they depict.
The work of these Boaton men will eventually sign the death warrant of the blade
and white movie.
For once you see moving pictures in actual color you have no use for blade and
white picture*.
The Technicolor process is the work of a Boston firm of engineers and scientists,
Kalmus, (onistock k Westcott, Inc., their work extending over a period of three
yem. The meml>ers of this firm and many of their co-workers and employees are
Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduates. Dr. Daniel F. Comstock is at
present a professor in the department of physics; Dr. Herbert T. Kalmus was
formerly a member of the Institute staff and later prof easor at Queen's University.
Canada, and in charge of the technical research department for the Canadian govern-
ment, while Mr. VV. Burton Wt^cott has been engaged in the design of technical ap-
paratus for some years.
This firm has focused on this development the constant attention and energy of
a large staff of its highly trained experts, usually 15 or i20, over a period of years* the
outcome of which is a long list of patent rights, 30 odd in number, covering aU
phases of the process and its equipment, and runotng into many hundreds of
thousands of dollars of preliminary expenditure.
Another classmate has joined the ranks of the benedicts as this
announcement bears witness:
Mrs. Samuel Haines Ayers announces the marriage of her daughter, Helen Beach,
to Mr. Lewis Goode Gillette on Tuesday, February twentieth, nineteen hundred and
sei'enteen, Toledo. Ohio.
At home after April first, Silverton, Colorado.
C. H, Stebbins has left the Avery Chemical Company, with
whom he has been associated the past two years and is now assistant
treasurer of the Atlantic Chemical Company at 40 Central street,
Boston,—^, L. Homer has been appointed engineer officer of the
7th and 8th divisions of the First Volunteer Patrol Squadron.
These divisions cover the coast of Massachusetts* from Thatcher's
Island to Chatham.^R. B. Dole passed away on January !21» 1917,
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at Washington, D. C. He was connected with the United States
Geological Survey, and for some time previous to bis death had
been in a hospital, suffering from a nervous breakdown. Reports
of his condition were entirely favorable until a few houj^ before
his death, when a weakened heart indicated a crisis through which
the doctors were unable to cari^^ him.
Great sorrow came to Austin Y. Hoy of our class when his
mother and sister lost their lives as the result of the torpedoing of
the steamship Laconia by a German submarine. In a strong, but
dignified letter to President Wilson, Hoy called upon the President
to avenge his loss, and stated that should no action be taken by this
€Ountr>% he would seek personal satisfaction by enlisting under the
British or French flags. It has been rumored in the newspapers,
that, impatient at the delayed action on the part of our government,
he has renounced his allegiance to the United States, and entered
the British service, but we have no actual substantiation of this
fact.
Guy C. Riddell, consulting metallurgist. New York City, has
Ijeen called to Australia by the Broken Hill Associated Smelters.,
Ltd., as adviser and consultant, in the reorganization of the world's
largest lead smeltery, the Port Pirie plant of the B. H. A. S*
Proprietary Company. The enormous capacity of this old Port
Pirie plant, 160,000 tons refined lead per annum, has since the
outbreak of the war been exerted to the full in the task of supplying
lead munitions for Great Britain, this famous Broken Hill lode
ha\dng proved the backbone of the lead and zinc supply of the Al-
lied Powers.
The new owners, a combination of the principal lead and zinc
producers of Australia, are planning still further enlargement,
and a complete modernization of the old Port Pirie works, under
the guidance of Mr. Riddell, as soon as war conditions permit suf-
ficient eiising-up of production to allow reconstruction, Riddell,
before leaving the States, was for some years superintendent of
the lead plant of the American Smelting and Refining Company
at East Helena, Montana,
In connection with the above item, the secretary has received
the foUowing letter from Riddell himself, dated at Port Pirie,
April 4, 1917:
Much as I like to reAfl of the doings of the fellows in '01, '02, *03 and '04^ as the
Revtews come along, I never could get up sufficient spunk to send in a line about
myself as bag as I was id the States. Over here in South Australia, however, next
to the South Pole, the 7,000 miles of South Pacific Ocean between Sydney and San
Francisoo have sort of bolstered up my nerve, and I will send you a line in the
hope that some of the other chaps scattered around the globe may loosen up and
spill a little news **on their ot^ti/' '*Oii their own/' let me tell you is typically
Australian, one of the many lively terms that have been workc^i into the English
language over here in the Bush.
I have been here now about a year, with the Broken QUI Afsociated Smelters at
Port Pirie, crowding along the production of one of the sinews of war for the Allies —
lead munitions* My work is that of consultant, in the matter of remodelling the
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old mnclter and refinery at Port Piric formeriy belonpng to Ibe Broken HOI Ftfy
pnetary Company, but now awtied by a new combine of Aiijitr&lian mining and
smelting interests. It has beeo for many years the largest lead plant of the world
in point of production and the new owners intend to bring it up to the minute,
mechanic&Uy and metMlurgically.
Dave just had a fine viaii with K. P, Roberts* *OCI, R. S. 5ttckt*s right hand at
the Mt. Lyctl Works, Tasmania, formerly at Great Falls, Montana^ who came
back from the Island for a few days thi^ week. We had the finest kind of a time
yarning over the new Tech and the old Tech and American affairs generally. He
haa been in Tusmania for about four years and is looking forward to a long trip
home one of these days soon, i»4th Mra. Roberta and the three nippers.
Harry Noyes, '04, has just signed up for another term at the Newcastle Steel
Works, over here, where be has been for the past three years as superintendent of
blast furnaces. He is as fat and good-natured as of old, and is getting along
famously at the Steel W^orks*
Austialia has been good to us — a land of sunshine, birds and flowers^ and iud,
Mr^, Rlddell and son Bob are still good Americans, however, and are also looking
forward to a return to the States this fall
We have received today the first news of America's decision on the war, and
my backbone has stiffened up not a little since the morning paper come arotUMl.
Have had no end of diffirutty the last few months explaining to these people — and
myjielf as well — wby Uncle Sam didn't do this long, long ago.
1905.
Grosvbnor D'W* Marcy, Sec.^ 246 Sommer Street, Boston, Mass.
Charlbb W, Hawk£ls, Asst. Sec, £46 Summer Sireety Boston.
Mass.
The prineipal class activities since the last issue of the Review
were two bowling parties, w^hich are characteristicaUy described
in the following report f rooi the efficient chairman of our stunt com-
mittee;
**February 7. Preparedness Night we met at Bova*s Cafe and had
a pleasant time of it; those present being Keith, Farrington, Bart
lett, Emerson^ KUhon, Ayer, Prescott, Johnson, Kenway, Fisher,
Guibord, Marcy, and Bill Green. The bowling following dinner
was fairly close. Ralph Emerson was high man with an average
of 88|, Charles H. Johnson bemg a close second with 87f .
** February 17. Bowling match with '07, As this match was for
blood revenge the chairman of the stunt committee felt called upon
to get a few star bowlers for the double purpose of saving money for
our class and also letting that *07 bunch of huskies know that we
were 4 here again/ Prince Crowell justified his position on the
scrub te^m by a good safe margin. By the way it is worthy of
note that our scrub teain> captained by Bivitz, put over a 42Q score
on the last string when one of our so-called star teams was going
stale. The final score was 10 points to ^ in favor of '05.
** Walter Eichler, the Merrimack Valley star, amply justified
our confidence in him by pulling out a strike in the last box of the
first string getting Lawrie Allen's goat to such an extent that he
started right in collecting the money from his '07 associate.
Walter was a little off in his spit-ball but came through with an
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average weU above his guarantee. Guibord of Eichler's team saved
the bacon in the last string with first honors in high individual
string total with 112 to his credit.
"BDb Farrington acted as host at the B. A. A. preceding the
bowling match, with our old friend Major Briggs at the head of the
table. The major paid the class of '05 a few compliments and beat
it for the games in Mechanics Hall when we called on him for a
speech. Farrington bought us each a large glass of bowling beer.
This is a new brand made by Burkhardt.
"The Box Score follows:
'05 Capt. Rivitz
Marcy, Hawkes, Crowell, Killion
860
4 points for '05 371
420
329
370
400
'07
Goose egg for
'07
1,141
1,099
'05 Capt. Emerson
Kenway, Fisher, Green, Goodale
404
2 points for '05 405
388
402
392
420
'07
2 points for
'07
1,197 1,214
'05 Capt. Eichler '07
Farrington, Briggs, Guibord, Armstrong
423 411
4 points for '05 857 327 Goose egg for
440 395 '07
1,220 1,133
Total '05, 10 points '07, 2 points
Very respectfully submitted
A. Fisher,
Chairmafiy Stunt Committee"
The following note was received from "Seedy" Klahr, headed
West Penn. Hospital, Pittsburgh, which shows where another
'05 man stands on the big proposition:
Your postml on PrqMrediiefls was delayed in reaching me on account of my being
at tlie above place for an appendidtis operation.
Doubtless my ideas on Frepaiedness will be late in reaching you, but as they can
be expressed in very few words here they are :
Thisre is only one safe way and that is to think, talk and act for Prq>aredness .
E. C. Smith writes that he has changed his address to 314 South
Washington street, Fremont, Ohio, and that he is glad to get back
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to the United States after six years in Canada but sarry to Bud
the nation "so sound asleep internationally and unprepared."
Perhaps by the time this is printed E. C. will decide we have waked
up.— Gorhani Crosby announces the removal of his offices to 80
Maiden lane (%7 Cedar St.) where he vdl\ continue the practice
of patent and trade mark law. — Henry Stevenson is now with the
Foxlx)ro Company, makers of recording gauges, thermometers,
orifice meters, etc,— The secretary recently received a long letter
from E. B, Snow, Jr., who is in the real estate business with
demons. Knight, Menard & Paul, Farwell Building, Detroit,
Michigan. He is verj- enthusiastic about some new subdivisions
that are opening up in the suburbs of Detroit where a tremendous
growth has been going on and large fortunes hav^e been made. He
would be glad to send details to any classmate with money to invest
ill what looks like a good proposition.
The foUoTvang extract from a letter from J. A. Meggison, IS Hicks
street., Brooklyn, N. Y., shows the diversity of occupation followed
by our classmates and will be of interest :
Tbe cla&s of '05 and M. I. T. have a warm pLiice in my affections, and if I get to
Boston again I shall be glad to pay you a linit if I can find the time^ and I shill
certainly go out to see the new M. I. T. buildings. 1 am i^ry glad of the better
facilities and greater roona and added be&yty which M. I. T. will have. It is i
credit to the state. I hope I may visit there soon as I have not been in Boston since
1910.
The work in which I am engage<] is that of a traveling lecturer on Bible topics for
the International Bible Studenljv Assticiation, whose headc|uarters arc at 13 Hicks
street. Bn>oklyi), N, Y. There b no salary to the work* biit my expenses are paid.
You would not think perhaps that the M. L T. electrical engioeering course would
help fit a man for the ministry, but it was of great help to me. The main thing wai
the mental trainings the ability to ix»ncentrate the mind on the work in hand even
if it might be unpleasant to the body. I have had much Bible study to do, gettifig
rid of old errors embodied in the Creeds, and making sure that I was getting the
real, complete and harmooioua testimony of the Bible on the subject in hand, such
as — -{he state of the dead, about the soul, the nature of man. his destiny, the plan d
salvation, the nature of the punishment for wilful sin^ etc, WTieu 1 did aee the
united testimony of the Bible on such topics I was aslomahcd at their beauty, sbn-
plicity, and reasonableness. So my work is calling attention to the^e harmonioiut
testimonies so as to help others who are seeking the truth. It is a great pri^ilegf
to serve thus, for one of the great needs of men is a belter knowledge of their Cre-
ator s character, His love and wisdom and justice and power. Such a knowledge
would make them h>ve each other better and make for peace and true brotherhood
among men.
There is a large ectiesia of Bible students in Boston. I believe they meet b
Steioert Hall near Park Square on Sunday afternoons and evenings.
Best wishes for your success, and remember me to any who inquire for me.
Jack Holliday sent in his infonnation blank too late to get in the
10-year book, so we will print the story here which is interesting
though short:
Spent irst two years after graduation in foundry work, then put in a yemr dtiM^f*
ing metallurgy at Columbia. Found foundry metallurgy a poor field and ao weat
into oonstructioo work with J. G . ^^Tiite &, Co. With them a year and a half on two
power^houiie jobs. From this drifted into the cement business with the Riverside
Portland Cement Company, Riverside, Calii.
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Returne^i January' 1914 unci went itito the drop forging business for mysclt
Sold out June 1916. Now doing eoo^ultmg work.
The IG-year book, by the way, is actually in the bindery, and
will undoubtedly have been delivered before this number of the
REViiiw reaches you*
19b7.
Bryant Nichols, Sec, 10 Grand View Road, Chelsea, Maas.
Habold S. Wonson, Assi, Sec., Waban, Mass.
Percival L. Adams wTites as follows:
Please change my mailing address from East 17th and Center streets, to 461
East Alder street, Portland, Oregon. I have left the employ of the Portland Rail-
way Light & Power Company, where I have been for the past five years, to become
the out.iide representative of the John Woods Iron Works and designing engineer
for them. I have been in the street railway business ever since leaving Boston,
but increasing legislative re^fulatioiis, jitney competition, increasing costs of labor
and materials without a corresponding increase in revenue have aU tended to make
the industry so unprofitable and the possibilities of advancement so meagre that
I have decided to get into a line of business where there are better chances for
A. F. Bancroft is now^ living at ^5 Magnolia avenue, Haverhill,
Mass.— ^n April 7, 1917, Clinton C. Barker was married to Miss
Jessie Barker of North Andover, Mass.— The address of M, H,
Eisenhart is *272 Culver road, Rochester, N. Y. — G, S. Gould is at
688 Webster street, Needham, Mass,— Charles M, Hutchins was
married early in December, 1916, at Albany, N. Y., to Mrs.
Theresa B. Cannon, — On April 30, 1917, at Newark, N, J., occurred
the marriage of Arthur R. Jealous and Miss Helen Baldwin* —
William H. Martin was married on February 10, 1917, to
Miss Gertrude M. Cunningham of New Bedford, Mass.^
Alexander Macomber has received a commission as captain of en-
gineers and on May 7 he left Boston for Plattsburg.— John S.
Nicholls, Jr., was born on November 10, 1916,— ^Bryant Nichols,
class secretary, has left the employ of the Revere Rubber Company,
where he was located for over eight years, and on May 1, 1017,
became associated with. Haven & Fish, Boston managers of the
Phoenix f Mutual Life Insurance Company, whose home oflSce
is at Hartford, Conn* His present office is at 30 State street,
Boston, but after September 1, 1917, will be at 85 Devonshire
street, Boston. — ^Capt. George R. Norton, U. S. A,, is at 3 Armory
square, Springfield, Mass, — W\ W. Pagon has opened an office
for himself as a structural engineer at 1218 Fidelity building,
Baltimore, Md, — O- L. Peabody is li\'ing at 37 Press avenue,
Norwood, Mass. — D. E. Russ is at H Hone avenue. Oil City, Pa.—
E. H. Sargent, 25 Delaware terrace, Albany, N. Y.— Gilbert
Small, Jr., was born on March ^1, 1917. — John Tetlow is now with
the Hyatt Roller Bearing Company at Harrison, N. J., and he is
li\nng at 1205 North 9tb street, New^ark, N. J. — Robert E* Thayer
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b now to b^ found at room ^201, Woolworth building. New York
City, — Richard George Woodbridge, 3d, was born on February ^
Philip F. Kennedy, a graduate in Course L was drowned on
January ^0, 1917. A Spokane, Washington, paper of that date
gives this acoount:
Philip F, Kennedy, S4 year* oid, superintendent of construction on the new
Pcwt street bridge, lost his life when he fell into the river from the structure about
10,40 this forenoon and wa» carried over the daro aod lower falls and into the whirl-
pool near the Monroe gtreet bridge. While standing on a projecting plank on the
runway, he apparently loist his balance, fell to the framework on the north ardi
of the new bridge and dropped through into the icy water. He had been on the
temporary atructure conferring with hia men only a few minutes when the acddeot
happened. * . . Kennedy, who resides at N Hid Hamilton street, leaves a
wife and twin aoos, four and a half years old. , . ^ Superintendent Kennedy
came to Snokane nine years ago fn^n Boston, Mass., as one of the representatives
ct Olmsted Brothers, landscape «ieaigners. He was a graduate of the Maaaachu-
setts Institute of Technology* and had gained reputation as an able civil engineer^
From ItKM* to 101S be was assistant engineer. He helped design the new Monroe
street bridge and was one of the contruction engineers in charge. He also wss
engaged in construction work on the library Theatre building. When the contract
for the new Post street bridge was awarded, the contractors employed Mr- Kcaaedy
as superintendent in charge. Mr. Kennedy took an active interest in the affain
of the St. Aloysius Church, of which he was a member. He has also identifisd
himself actively with local engineering socictie^t.
1908,
R0OOLP« U. Weiler, Sec., care The Sharpies Separator
West Chester, Pa.
Cbarlbs W. WfiiTMORE, Asst, Sec,^ care Foreign American Trad-
ing Co., 161 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass.
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On the part of the secretaries
The March meeting was heM at the Engineers Chib on the 13th.
There were twenty-four members of the class on hand, and the
guest. Mr. Charles Flamand, who was the speaker of the evening.
The whole party sat around one large oval table in a private dining*
room, and it sure did look good to glance around the board and
see the many familiar faces. It was by far the best get-together
spirit which we have had this winter,
Mr. Flamand is the son of the French Consul in Boston, and has
had some vety remarkable experiences in the European war. He
went to France some months before the outbreak of the w^ar to du
his service in the French army and was pretty well trained by the
time the war starte<l. He saw service in the battles of Mame and
Ypres, among other battles; was wounded in three different battles,
and had the experience of being taken prisoner by going from the
outlook post into the wrong trench. He was captured by nme
Bavarian soldiers who were rather dazed by having inhaled too
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much ether, and by a tactfiii bluff he leaped from the trench and
started towards his lines with the nine Bavarians after him. It
ended up by his taking them right into the French lines and se-
curing them sla prisoners. He was decorated at two different
times by the French government and received several promotions
in rank. He has given his account of his exj^eriences before many
clubs and organizations about Boston and all the members of the
class found his two- hour talk most delightfully interesting and
instructive. After the address was over there was a general dis-
cussion of war topics.
A joint dinner for our May meeting with the 1909 class is being
considered and a bow ling competition between the two classes.
A. M. Cook has been transferred to Chicago by the Stone &
Webster organization and his address from now on will be Stone
& Webster Engineering Corporation, First National Bank Bldg.,
Chicago. — Two days after the January Review came out announc-
ing that "Whit" had gone on a trip to South America^ he returned.
Address is as shown at beginning of this article.
It is with e3ctreme regret that we have to announce once more the
deatli of a prominent member of the class — ^Paul Revere Fanning,
which occurred on February 28 in a wreck on the Pennsylvania
Railroad at Mount Union, Pa. He was on his honeymoon trip
from Platte ville. Wis., to New^ York. The train had stopped on
account of air brake trouble and while standing, a train following
crashed at high speed into the rear car which happened to be a
sleeper, completely wrecking the car and killing every occupant,
including Fanning and his bride. Paul Revere Fanning was bom
November SO, 1885, and prepared for the Institute at the Brookline
High School* He was very active and successful in tennis affairs,
winning the M. I. T. tennis championship and also the New
England Intercollegiate tennis championship in singles and doubles.
After graduation in mining engineering he associated himself with
the Henry Woods Testing Plant in Denver, going from there to
Manila, P. L, with the San Mauricio Mining Company, later be-
coming assayer with the Bureau of Science, Manila. While here
he continued his athletic triumphs and was runner-up in the Carni-
val Tennis Tournament at Manila, and with Gee won the doubles.
Returning from the Far East he w ent to St. Louis with the Ameri-
can Zinc Le^ & Smelting Company, afterwards going to Platte-
ville. Wis., w^ith the Wisconsin Zinc Company, wher« he was em-
ployed at the time of his tragic death. At the March meeting the
following resolutions were adopted :
Whereas, God in His infinite wisdom hath removed from our
midst another of our classmates, be it
Resolved: That in the death of Paul Revere Fanning, the class
of 1908 of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has lost a
valued member and a true friend;
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That a page of the record book be set apart to his memory and
these resolutions spread thereon;
That a copy of thene resolutions be sent to his bereaved family
as a token of our high regard for him and our sincere sympathy
for them.
Class of 19Q8 of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
By Herbebt T. Gerrish,
Lincoln Mayo,
Committee on Remhdiond,
Letters
From George D. Whittle under date of March from Washing-
ton, D. C:
I am now locatctl in Washington, D. C, as a highway bridge engineer in th^
United States office of Public Roads, It is the first time since graduating that I
have been this far East and 1 hope to be able to run up to Boston soon and see those
wonderful new buildings. Have been in California the last four and one-half yean,
the last two and one-half of which I spent in the bridge department of the California
Highway Commissioo.
It seems good, jn a way, to get back East again but I must confess I hated to
leave those mountains of California. Have seen three '08 men since arriving here.
Damon, Hugglea and Edmonds. Ruggles just recently arrived from SeattJe.
It surely seeras good to see the old familiar faces again — neither of them have
changed a bit in these nine years.
From H. E. Batsford under date of March 22, 1917:
1 have delayed sending this letter in order to give you my correct address. On
Saturday I leave for St. Albans, W* Va., in order to install the electric furnace plant
of our company at that place.
During the past montn I was offered the position of technical director of the Ohio
Chemical & Manufacturing Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, but cannot accept the
job yet, as I am in duty bound to install our present company's equipment
However, I am in hopes to be soon relea^ so that I can move to Cleveland.
Please address all mail to me care of the Roesater & Hasalacher Chemical Com-
pany, St. Albans, W. Va.
A Wellesley (Mass.) paper announces Heath's engagement in
January :
On Saturday afternoon, January 20, announceroeot was made of the engagement
of Miaa Rella Partridge, to Mr. Arnold Winchester Heath, M, L T. '08. Misi
Partridge is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Partridge of 60 Fenway.
Boston, and Mr, Heiith is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. B. Heath of Allston, and
brother of Mrs. Frank H. Burt of Wellesley Hilk.
The announcement was made at a very delightful tea given in honor of Miss
Ruth Greene of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a guest of Miss Partridge. Many friends from
Wellesley and Boston were present. After the guests bad met Mbs Greene they
went into the dining room which was moat daintily and artistically decorated with
a profusion of Ward roses. Hidden in each napkin was a tiny card announcing the
bctrothaL Miss E. Jean Partridge and Miss Elsa L. Richardson of Watertoi»-n
presided at the tea table and Miss Eleanor Joslin of Wellesley and Miss Ethel
Wiggins of Boston assisted in serving.
Mr. Heath is a graduate of M. L T. *08 and is with the Edward Brjanl Lime
Company of Boston.
The class is producing bankers as well as engineers. Lock
Davidson is secretary and treasurer of the Guarantee Title & Trust
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Company, Wichita, Kans., and J. M. Burch, Jr., is director of the
First National Bank of DubuqMe^ la,
1909.
Chahi£s R. Main, Sec, £01 Devonshbe Street, Boston,
Geoege a. Hatnes, ^4^5^ Sec., 530 Atlantic Avenue, Boston.
On March 6 an informal class dinner was held at the Engineers
Club at which the following were present: R. S. Ayres, II; W. W.
Clifford, I; C, W. Gram, X: G. A. Ha^^ies, VII; Robert Inglee,
II; C. D. Jacobs, II; C. R. Main, II; T. DeV. Martin, II; K. S.
May, VI; C. D. Maynard, I; J. W. Parker, I; B, W. Pepper. I;
C. H. Pope, X; L. C Shaw, V; H. K. Spencer, II; R. B. Temple,
II; G. E. Wallis, II; E. A. Ware, L
It was voted to hold bi-monthly meetings on the second Wed-
nesday of the cKld months, and the next meeting will therefore be
held on May 9. Notices will be sent out prior to the meeting
giving time and place. At that meeting a committee consisting
of Main, Spencer and Wallis is to report on the feasibility of some
sort of an outing either for the day or w^eek-end to be held in the
summer.
After an enjoyable dinner some of the men went to a nearby
bowling alley where a couple of teams were made up and the rest
of the evening spent in bowling.
The marriage of Miss Elizabeth Elting, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Irving Elting, to Harold Sharp, I, took place on January 27,
1917, at the home of the bride's parents, 729 Washington street,
Brookline, Mass. The Rev, Daniel Dulany Addison, D. D,, rec-
tor of the All Saints' Episcopal Church, Brookline, performed the
ceremony. Owing to illness in the family, the wedding was in-
formal and there were no bridal attendants.
The secretary has word that Eugene Connolly is to be con-
gratulated upon the arrival of a little daughter, sometime in
February,
It is with deep regret that the secretary announces the death
of Thomas A. Tillard, I, of Petersfield, England, killed in France
while serving his country in the Royal Flying Corps. Those of
us who were privileged to know ''Tom'* feel, I am sure, a great
loss. He was a man of sterling character, a thorough gentleman
and a true sportsman, always of a cheerful disposition and thought-
ful of the pleasure of others.
1910.
Dudley Cl.\pp, Sec, Box 1275, Boston, Mass,
Federal Power & Light Co., 35 Congress Street, Boston, Mass.
Not as many letters come pouring into Box 1275, Boston, as
your secretary would like to see and as you would like to read in
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this columii, but a few of the live ones responded and their letters
follow. On a recent trip to the Middle West a few old classmates
were encountered and some material gathered at first hand.
In Philadelphia I called on Frank Bell, our worthy class marshal
and found him busy in the manufacture of vacuum bottles, in fact
president of the Simplex Manufacturing Company, It was a
mighty interesting place to go through and showed the w^orkings of
Frank's master mind. The process is this: — no, I can't describe
the method of producing vacuum though I have it in my head.
Another Philadelphia pal is Edwin Kenyon Jen ekes. Jenckes
announces the arrival on January 3, 1917, of Martha Gifford
Jenckes. Her big brother, Kenyon Scott, escaped publicity in
this column on his arrival May 14, 1914, Jenckes is in the coal
business and all of us who are in the manufacturing or central
station game know that the men in the coal business today are all
millionaires, or ought to be. — As we go to press Harry Hale has
not announced a name for his latest, a daughter bom Februaiy
17.— The following card shows that Johnny Babcock (3d) is more
prompt about the nomenclature of his youngster, the fourth, by
the way, in an unbroken male line.
Important Item, — To aoixouiice the arrival of Willard Faringtoo Babcock on
Mardi 14; weiglit, 6 lbs.
Carl H. Love joy gives us a note and change of address under
date of March li5 :
Please change my address to 1260 Mississippi avenue, DonnonU Pa. I haTt
been with the Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory since last June, but only recently df-
cided that I spend enough time in Pitl-sburgh to oiake my home there. 1 am s
regular suburbanite now,
I am completely out of touch with the Tech crowd in this city. Although I have
been married three years, I still spend most of my spare time at home or with a f^
friends in the neighborhood. As soon as the warm weather comes I sliall be is
Ohio and Indiana looking after asphalt roads, providing we are not at war.
Luther Davis' letter follows headed Walter Baker & Company
Ltd., Milton, Mass.:
I wish to congratulate you as new secretary to the MiSien. Both my wife aiul
myself have often wondered why you bad not been proposed as ideal for that pch
aitiom. Now go to it and give the eleven class a run for first honors.
As you may notice from the letterhead you mil need to make a change in
my business address. Before I go any further I want to forestall any questioDS
as to why the change. I did not go to hear Billy Sunday, neither did I hit the trail
or have any fear that the brewing business was tottering, nor do I think it a crinie
in society to belong to the ** dirty bunch," although society seems to consider it
more of a crime in the manufacture than in the consumption thereof. The brcwinf
business is, however, a hard business to break away from owing to the prejudice
against it, and 1 have been looking for a good opportunity near home. I had i
couple in other cities but the family did not like them.
Record the birth of a daughter. Marjorie .\nna, November 1*.
The first baby in Course V is now attending the " EiUn Riakairdji'* primary school,
he is at legist starting right.
Do you know where E, Kenyon Jenckes is (V). and what he is doing? Alao what
is Chester Dunlap's present address?
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Henry M. Schleicher says:
Your letler of the iiSnd ju^t received remincla me again of my oegligence in regard
to doing my duty toward the class.
I happen to he in a contrite mood just now ; perhaps were I to get a statement from
you of my totjal indebtedness I might be able to ea^e my cotiacience somewhat by
cleaning the state.
The crowd that worked up the Reunion features certainly deserve a great deal of
praise*
If at any time I can be of any service whatever in connection with the numerous
extra duties devolving on you, please call on me*
D. V. Williamson writes from Detroit Edison Company, Edison
Bldg., Detroit:
I haven't much news to tell you about myself, being still with the Detroit
Edison Company in the Construction Engineering Department, The growth of
Detroit has been such that this company can hardly keep up with its development*
and we are going to be put to it this summer to get enough power equipment in-
stalled to take care of next wintcr*s load. We expect to install a 45,000 K. W.
turbo-generator this summer, the machine being of the horizontal CurtLs turbine
type^ and weighing 1,000,000 pounds. It will receive steam from a battery of
four 2365 H. P. boilers.
Good luck to you and I certainly wish you success,
"Geg" is at Castner Electrolytic Company, Niagara Falls,
N, Y., and writes:
I have no MiUenvth profusion of words to pour forth this time as 1 am too darn
busy. Will merely tell my big news somewhat late,— had another son bom De-
cember 19, — weight — awhile and find out as he is still growing rapidly.
Has the defunct Reunion Committee celebrated its demise? My regards lo all
the corpses.
If you contemplate going over the Falls soon drop down and see me. Farming,
and chemistry and other forms of Niagnculture do not compensate cjuite for the
loss of Boston, but we are sur^i^iog merrily.
V. T* H. Bien write3 as follows :
At a meeting of the Tech folks here not long ago, I met only one 1910 man, Ken^
neth P. Armstrong, Course I. He is stationed here in Washington with the Inter*
state Commerce Commission, is married and very comfortably ensconced in hia
own home. He has been with the Interstate for several yearn though here only a few
months.
I heard from French P, Sargeant shortly after Christmas. He is Course X3H
and with the Worthiogton Pump people in New York, and I understnnd that he is
the proud possessor of a young hopeful for the ranks of Wellesley in the future. He
aays nothing of any future Tech prospects. He wrote of a visit laat summer from
L. B. Chapman, also Course XIII, od one of his nomadic seafaring expeditions of
the summer. But we cannot say whether Chap is married or not. I should be
inclined to think not, because my recollection of him at Tech waa that he was a
believer in numbers, and therefore might well have had trouble in selecting one to
become his partner for life. However, Chap, we would like to have some light
on this subject. Sarge also states that there is some rumor that I have joined the
benedicts. Quite right Sarge, something more than a year ago too. Had you
read your Review diligently, you would have known it. Yes, I am married, and
am in Washington, the sole proprietor of a buildiDg and general contracting business.
At present am building only small work relatively, but since starting some three
years ago the size of our contracts and the volume of our business has steadily in-
creased. The first year of course was very small and hardly netted me my aalt»
but the second year saw nine time^ as much work completed as the first year. The
third year doubled the second and so far this year is doubling the third.
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You may say what you will about the big corporations, but I prefer my own busi'
neu with the per!K>iiaI freedom and indepencicnce that goes with it» with none (ex-
cept my wife) to tell me what I miisl and must not do. Besides, one can enlarge
bia business if he will and has the ability, into as large a corporation as he wiU.
While of course he starts ^e«^essa^ily in a vef y small way, and has to work very hard^
still hi» are the fruits of his own tabor.
The folloi^iog address changes have been received: Stillnian
Batchellor, Mina La Mejn, Los Acostas, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. —
Richard S. BickneD, 18 S. Clinton St., East Orange, N. J. — Loren
N. Downs, Jr,, Room 1306, 195 Broadway, New York City,—
Karl D. Fernstrom* 433 Raleigh Ave*, Norfolk, Va. — Mayo D.
Hersey, 1833 Vernon St., Washington, D. C. — Benjamin S. Hirsch-
feld, £51 Kearny St., San Francisco, CaL — Benzo Katsura, 58
Seudaki Machi, Honkong, Tokio, Japan, — Lasley Lee, U. S,
Geological Survey, Taeonia, Wash, — Harold Lockett, care of D, S
P. Co^, 1539 McCormick BIdg., Chicago. 111. — Carl H. Ix)vejoy,
12G0 Mississippi Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. — R. D. Macafee, Marion,
Mass. — Edward F. Merrill, 7245 Bennett Ave., Chicago, 111,—
Charles A. Robb, The Roxborough, Ottawa. Ontario, Canada,—
Carroll H, Shaw, Chisholm, Minn,— Henrv L. Sherman, Calejdco,
CaL— Horace E. Stump, P. O. Box «19, Appleton, Wis.— Martin
F, Tieraan, Wallace & Tiernan, 136 Liberty St., New York City.
1911.
Orville B. Denibon, Sfc., 63 Sidney Street, Cambridge A,
Herbert Fryer, Asst. Sec, 35 Federal Street, Boston, Mass.
Your secretary is punching these notes out on his typewriter
on the evening of the day on which war has been declared, and he is
therefore wondering* as are countless others today, what may
transpire in the interim between now and the publication of this
issue of the Re\^ew. How many of you 'll-ers have noted the
coincidences connected with the passage of the war resolutions?
According to newspaper reports the roll-call in the Senate was
started at eleven minutes past ekven on the 4th and today, the 6th.
President Wilson signed the bill at eleven minutes past one. Eleven^
Eleven, Eleven— AMERICA!— Passing now to the disclosing of
current events particularly concerning 1911, the foUowing an-
nouncement rec*eived last month by the secretary will please all:
Mr. and Mrs. Jjimes Wilsoo Howell aonounce the marriage of their daughter*
Isab<?lla Grant, to Mr. Charles Phillips Kerr, on Monday, the fifth of March,
one thousand nine hundred and seveoteeo, in Evanslon, Illinois.
Hearty congratulations, Phil, on behalf of your classmates. As
the feller sez, "May your troubles come singly!*' — Ere March
passed into the discard another announcement reached the sec-
retary, to wit :
Mm. Joseph Edgrar Russell announces the marriage of her daughter, Elizabeth
Sophia, to Mr, Frank Asahe! Wood, on Wednesday, the twenty-eighth of March^
mneteen hundred and seventeen, Dtiea, New York.
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Hearty congratulations to you also, Frank* on behalf of 3^011 r class-
mates. How many 1911 men do you suppose thought you WoodP
— Announcement has also been received that Mrs. Jane C. Roath
announces the engagement of her niece, Grace Roath Holloway,
to Mr. Harry Robert Tisdale. Best wishes, Harry, and may you
both go Holloway through Hfe with unbounded happiness. Who
was it said that a pun is the lowest form of wit? Ask Frankie
Bishop, wherever he is! He ought to know! — ^Johnny Wilds writes
from the Windy City under a January date:
1 am in Chicago and am engineer for two of the Faclory Mutual*a out here. The
work h great and in my spare time 1 take care of my year^jld daughter, Amia
Elisabeth.
— **Doc" Da\^s (Lieut. H. C\> Jr.) writes under February date from
Benicia Arsenal* Benicia, CaL, as fallows:
You ask where and what I am. A first lieutenant in the Ordnance Department,
U. S. A., stationed as above at present, ^nding out work for Uncle Sam. Since
leeing you I have been to various places. Came in the service in December, 101 1,
and have been stationed at Fort Monroe, Va., Fort Moultrie, S. C, Corre^dor,
P. 1., and here. 1 took the exams for the Ordnance Department while in the IsLanda
&Dd was sent here. Hope to get to Sandy Hook this summer, but of course thb
German business ma v change all that.
I am married and have a daughter three and a half years old. Remember me to
any of Ifll 1 that you see.
This "German business*' has started something now. Doc, sure
enough! — Uncle Sam's postal service was called upon to see that
another letter from California reached Cambridge in February,
this other being from Art Fillsljury, who was on for the Reunion.
List to Art :
Had a very good trip home and surely had a grand old time 10 Boston and in
Buffalo, where 1 spent four days with Vic Willis, *1 L
I suppose you are "froze to death,'* but without strelehing it a bit, it is aa hot
today as any Fourth of July you ever saw.
Business is not very good, by t about the same aa it h&s been for the last six montha.
Hope thU Bods the boys all happy and prosperous!
Artt yon didn't mention anything about that trip of yours to the
" jumping-off-place" in an automobile, reference to which was made
in an earlier issue of these notes. How come?— Bill Buckley,
Course I, who returned to receive his degree with the class of 191£,
had in some way been affiliated with that instead of 1911 as he
desired. At Reunion time, however, he met the secretary and
acquainted him with the facts of the case, coupled with his desire
to regain and retain affiliation with 1911, his original class. Accord-
ingly the secretary settled matters with the Alumni Office, and now
Bill is once more a full-fledged *ll-er. This case is typical for any
of you men who either are affiliated with 1911 and desire other class
affiliation, or have other affiliation in lieu of your desired 1911
affihation. If you wish any change, just drop a few lines to the
secretary and he will adjust matters with the Alumni Office. Here
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are some interesting extracts from a recent letter from the afare>
mentioned Bill Btiekley:
Our old friend Skip Ilarringtoii. Dennie, is in New York nod nobody ever hean
from him so he may have kicked In for mU I know. Of course Ja^ck Herlihy is now
among the unfortunates ot ibis world. Jack having signed that old life contract
for the aervit'ca of a manager to look after him and his affairs for all times. He
never can be a holdout; every spring will see Jack departing for the training camp
without a whimper^ summer will see him plugging along to fatten up the gate re-
ceipts, fall may see him in a world's serious, but the extra stipend would avail him
nothing, the manager gets it all.
I see Art Leary quite frequently when he*8 not at plumbers' and steamfiltcfS*
picnies. Art wanted to sell me a bathtub, but what's the use of going in for those
new-faiigled things, Dennie; I don't go much for them.
I often wonder where that little " son-uv-a-gun" Charlie Barker hidea out. Sup*
pose be Ftill love^ the ladies. If you ever see him, telJ him my best wishes to him
are for a Happy New Year. That man Fryer is another guy that nobody would
ever know where be might be.
Let's sec, who else have I seen? Oh, yes! Fitxhcrbert and 1 were working
together last summer. We hung around the same office twice a day, chewing B> h.
gum and smoking old pip<». I have great respect for Fitiie for he is a fair manipu-
lator of tobacco, especially when it comes to substituting it for the Spearmint.
You'll note I said we hung around twice a day, that meaiig we went out to dinner or
luncheon at noon for a couple of hours.
Typical of the kind of letters the secretary welcomes, €!ontaiiiing
news items coupled, if you choose, with an occasional knock. —
Jack Allen is no longer Kink in Alaska — Pardon, that should be
J, A. is no longer at Kink in Alaska, as may he gleaned from the
following from him written last Valentine's Day:
Please continue permanent address as 36i| Park street, Portland, Ore. Am at
the University of Washington for a few weeks giving some lectures and taJdng
counes in Spanish, law and flotation.
Qtut my job in Alaska and have nothing definite in mind yet. Mining it good
and there ia no trouble getting a job. The trouble is to pick the best one. Rt-
member me to all the 1011 men you see.
— K. W, Dennett writes from Wahiawa, T. H. :
Still raising pineapples. Etawaii O. K.
No mention of eukaleles, however. Guess they only have those
here in the States proper. — Charles A. Magoon, VII, who was
connected with our class in the senior year at the 'stute is con-
nected with the Department of Botany of the State College of
Washington at Pullman, Wash., as an associate professor of bac-
teriology. — **Jim" (J. K.) Campbell, I, ended January by wTiting
a short note saying:
Business is picking up these days and we are as busy as cats on a tin roof.
Hoping you arc the same.
— ^About the middle of March it was the secretary *s great pleasure
to bump into Don Stevens in the Trinity Place station of the B.
& A, here in Boston* Don looked just the same as ever and was
just returning to Akron, via Syracuse, folloT^ing a short business
trip to Boston. — ^On the £2nd of March a letter reached the secre-
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lary at Cambridge from Wm. C. Davis, Jr., I, which had been
written and mailed by the latter at Juilly, Seine-et-Marne, France,
on the 9th of January, In addition to the original French stamp
cancelation, the letter bore the mark of Rio de Janiero under date
of February ^8, Quite some trip and some time to reach the
States. Davis writes :
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Knowing you desire to keep '* posted*' as to changes of address, etc., of the i
bera of Iftl I, you may record me at the above address, where I have been aince last
May, first as ambuUnce driver aad then promoted to be in charge of five ambulan-
ces (sergeants they call us).
However in the near future I shall return to America, where I shall get back iota
hamesa (civil engj.
Glad to hear from you, Davis. The address referred to in the
above note will be fotind in the list of address ehanges appended to
these notes.^ — Norman Duffett, X, \\Tote late in March from
Niagara Falls, N, Y., as follows:
When the Review appears, the class notes are the first items that 1 read. It
does seem good to he^r what the other fellows are doing. Have often decided to
write but the news is not to l)c found* Am doing operating work in an clectro-
cheniical plant, making carbide and ferro-alloys.
Other 1911 men at the Falls are Otis Hutchins at the Carborundum Company;
F. F. Ryder iind M. Coffin, who make pea-shelling machinery for Chisholm-Seott
Company; and W. Flanders at Hooker Elect rochc mica t
Hope that 1 get the chance to see you at the meeting of alumni clubs in Cleve-
land. Give my regards to any of the fellows you may meet prowling around the
seat of learning.
Glad to hear from you, Norm. — Ed Vose, XI, has left the Under-
writers' Bureau and has accepted a position with Kobert A.
Boit and Company of Boston.— Herewith h presented a Hst of men
accredited to 1911 by the aUmini office, from whom absolutely no
word has been received by the secretary since the class graduated
from the Institute in June» 1911. Will you please look over the
list diligently, and if you have the faintest inkling concerning the
present whereabouts of even one of the list, won't you drop aline
to the man yon have heard of, whose business address is 6S Sidney
street, Cambridge A, Mass. [Ed. Note. That means **Dennie/7
Here is the list of *'I ain*tneverwrotes*': V. L. Ahem, Sarah R.
Anderson, Fred R. Bailey, O* R* Bean, Earle R. Brown, S. M*
Burroughs, W. R. Cannon, E, J. Carev, Georgianna Charleston,
Chushen Chow, A. C. Clavell, M. W Colebrook, I. L. Corcnera,
J. E. Dunphy, R. W. Egan, Lee E. Etting, J. J. A. Gannon, J. H.
Gavin, Jr., J. !>. Ilassett, W. B. Ives, H. P. Joyce, Jas. J, Kennedy^
J. D. McNamara, C B. Magrath, L. M. Merrill, L. E. Monge,
J. B. Pierce, Jr., L. R. Rapelli, R, V. Roche, Henry Schreiber,
Jr., A. E. Sharkey, Harrison Soule, W. R. Walker, G. B. Wilbur,
£d, W. S, Woods, and Shuichi Yamaguchi. Ever heard from
any of them? If so, how many, whither and whenc*e, or might it
be said, why!
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Address Changes
John T. Arms. Jr., 55 Willow St., Brooklyn, N. Y.— Harold E,
Babbitt, 907 \V. Oregon St., Urbana, 111.— Donald C, Bakewell,
Duquesne Steel Foundry Co., Arrott Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. —
Royal M. Barton* Reading Transit & Light Co., 12-16 S, 5th St.,
Reading, Pa. — J, Burleigh Cheney, 103 Park Ave., New York
City^^Paul A Cushnian, 3 Revere St., Jamaica Plain, Mass, —
Wm. C. Da\ns, Jr., American Ambulance Hospital of Paris,
NeuiUy-sur-Seine, France. — Minot S, Dennett, 304 Lawrence
Ave., Detroit, Mich.—Elisha N. Fales, 1016 Nevada St., Urbana,
IlL^David P. Gaillard, 1333 North Ave., Elizabeth, N. J.—
Thomas H. Haines, 5"2 Beaumont St.» Dorchester, Mass.^ — Fred-
eric C. Harrington, care of Da\ison Sulphur & Phos. Co., Cien-
fuegos, Cuba. — Isaac Hansman, The Building Products Co., t%^
Sycamore St., Toledo, Ohio. — C. R. Johnson, 1508 Preston Ave,,
Akron. 0,~Harold S. Lord, 488 Main St,, At hoi Mass.— Charles A.
Magoon, State College of Washington, Dept. of Botany, Pullman,
Wash. — N. Sidney Marston, Mass. Inst, Tech., Cambridge, Mass.
— Wm. Heonick Martin, Amer. Tel. & Tel. Co., 195 Broadway, New
York City. — Roy G. MacPherson, 15 Bass St., Wollaston, Mass,^
Francis A. Moore, Box 180, Tyler, Tex.— S. M. Niles, 49 State St.,
Lynn, Mass. — William J. Pead, Jr., 24 Harvard St., LoweU, Mass.
— Percy A. Rideout, Office of Public Roads, Wa.shington, D. C. —
Otto R. Schurig, 28 Queensbury St., Boston, Mass. — Hubert S.
Smith, care of Dominion Sugar Co., Chatham, Ontario. — Ralph
E. Vining, 149 Kearney Ave., Perth Amboy, N. J. — ^Walter P.
Welch, 59,5 West Side Ave., Jersey City, N. J.— Noyes Weltmer,
Tyrone, N. M.— Peter D. White, 513 N. 7th St., Barberton, Ohio.
— Albert O. Wilson, 135 Wlnsor Ave., Watertown, Mass.
Belated tidings of the initiation ceremonies of two new 1911
members of the I. O. O. B. (the B denoting benedicts not boobs)
have just reached the secretary and are appended herewith. On
the 24th of Januar>% in Manchester, N. H„ occurred the wedding
of Perley K. Brown and Miss Emilie W. Stevens, The young
couple are now at home at 20 Lodge avenue, Manchester, N. H.
Congratulations, P. K.! — On the last day of February, in Spring-
field, Mass., Merton W, Hopkins and Miss Ethel M. Farrington
were married. They are now at home at 47 Virginia street, Spring-
field, Mass. Dat a boy, Hoppy! Best wishes! — Our old friend
John McAllen has joined the Engineers Officers Reserve Corps
as first lieutenant in Class A. Good work. J. L. — A '* later edition'*
of address changes is also appended to these notes.
John T, Arms, Jr., 55 Willow St., Brookl>m, N. Y.— Walter
Arthur, care of John B. Semple Co., Sewickley, Pa. — Charles M.
Barker, care of Norton Co., 11 N. Jefferson St., Chicago, Dl—
Donald C. Barton, Box 578, Bartlesville, Okla.^ — John R. Bowman,
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Billerica, Mass. — William N. Drew, University Club, Akron,
Ohio. — Joseph C. Fuller. West Avenue, Sewaren, N. J. — Joseph
F. Harringtoo, Nepouset St.^ Canton Junction, Mass. — Pedro de
Souza Leao, Rau da Aroe via 40, Maceio Alagoas, Brazil, S. A.—
M. J. Lowenberg, G'^l Broadway, New York City— Franklin Os-
born, 2d, 19 Agassiz St., Cambridge, Mass.— Lester W. Perrin,
463 Whitney Ave., New Haven, Conn.^-C'lyde R, Perry, care of
Westinghouse Co*, P. O. Box 4800, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.—
James C. Rogers, Anniston Ordnance Co., Anniston, Ala.—
Abraham Shohan, 94 Harrishof St., Rosbury, Mass. — Henry R.
Snyder, 2510 S. Garnet St., Philadelphia, Pa,— Guy W. True,
Cristobal, Canal Zone. — Harold Wilbur, Lambertville Public
Service Corporation, Lambertville, N, J.
1912.
J. E* Whittlesey, Sec.^ 10 Regent Street, W. Newton, Mass.
I was talking with Kebbon the other day and suggested we have
another class dinner to renew the reunion fellowship. Keb sug-
gested that with the high cost of eating nowadays that it would cost
so much that no one would come. However that may be, theae
certainly are strenuous times and so intense that the easygoing
cksa spirit is overwhelmed by serious events taking place on every
hand. But to forget and ramble through the recent \acissitudes of
1912.
V. V, Ballard writes from Billings, Mont.
The last address I bad of Cspt. H. R. L. Fox, R. E., The Briars, Old London Rd.,
Hastings, Sussex, England. Harry went over with the first oonUngent early in the
war. Married an English girl after he had been in Eogland a short time. He is
in the engineers. He wrote me some time ago that he had charge of some railroad
yards at the front* "Not iiiixch engineering but plenty of work.*'
He was second lieutenant wheo he started but ta no w a captain. I have not heard
from him since October. He may be dead now.
I have been on valuation work since early in 1914. with the government till last
July and since with the C, B. 8l Q. R, R. with address as noted below. Most of
the time in Wyoming and Montana on pre-inventory work, and now pilot on one
of the government yachts. Managed to get back to Boston for a week this Christ-
mas, first visit since I left. Found the New Tech quite up to expectations both
inside and out. But what struck me most was the atmosphere of the place. It
ia cold and rcpelleni as compared with Harvard and others of the old New England
oollegea and schools, whose red brick and ivy and elms seems to welcome one. Did
that pbaae of it ever strike you, or am 1 over critical.^ Met Kebbon for a minute
and was surprised thai he remembered me.
You may have heard that Thurlougb Morse's wife died a year after they were mar^
ricd, and a year ago he married again. He is at present tranint man on the Santa
Fe, out of Marcelline, Mo.
The Providence Journal gets in its melodramatic touch :
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Barton Stone, whose marriage took place in Richmond,
Va,, on December ta, are now at Palm Beach« Fla^ on their wedding journey.
Mrt. Stone was formerly Miss Inez Anna Lindskog, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
ElEs Lindskog of Central Falls, and Mr, Stone is a graduate of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology in 191 2>
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Topsfield to the foregroimd :
Mrs, Henrietta Fay Churchill of Beiicon street announces the engafemieiit of her
daughter, Loube Ffty» to William Henr>^ Baxter of Syracuse, N. Y. Miss Churchill
is Ihe daughter of the late loho P. S. Churchill of Milton . Mr. Baxter is a Tech 'If
man and the son of Dr. and Mrs. William E. Baxter of Topsfield. No date has
been set for the wedding.
1 had a note from Bill Lange but am sony to say he could find
nothing doing in New York.
Stalker E, Reed of Mexico; — Even Villa himself can't be found
at that address.
The enga^ment of Mi&s C, Evelyn C^bb» daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Cobb
of Augell avenue, to Stalker Reed of Mexico was announced Wednesday evemog
at a charmingly informal party given in her honor by Miss Margaret Cole at her
home on Pine street.
Miss Cobb is a graduate of S. P. H, S. and of Nasson Institute where she now
teaches. Mr. Reed is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Teclinology and a
mining engineer in Mexico.
The evening was passed in a aodal manner. The Christmas cx>lors were used in
the dining room where a deUcious luncheon was served.
The engagement was made known when each young Uidy drew a red ribbon
which led from her plate to the centerpiece and was attached to a card bearing
the names of the young couple.
KebboD has a few encounters as follows:
I was delighted to Eave a \isit from Bill Lynch who is in the East for a short stay
from the Paofic coast. He is planning to attend a railroad convention in Chicago
the latter part of the month and is interested in producing a kind of **anti-<Teep*
ing*' de>nce for use on steel rails to hold them rigidly in place. He lives in Oakland,
a beautiful suburb of San Francisco* and is most enthusiastic about the Pacific
coast. He gave some interesting news of himself and of other classmates which
I shall try to pass on to the dass although shorn of Bill's inimitable description and
drollery in telling anecdotes. Bill went to Chicago for eight months after gradua-
tion and praises tne Tech nineteen twelve men there. He associated with Babcock,
Torolinaon and Zip Bmt at many festive occasions. In telling about £p. Bill
says, ** He went into a bar with us and was served a new cocktail, the ingredients of
which he analysed so accurately, after one taste, that the bartender was ovcToome
with astonisbment and adnu ration." Bill has frequented Salt Lake City likewise
and due to meeting Colvin there on one trip* was urged to don a dress suit and enter
the social whirl. Colvin^s father is president of the Grand Trunk. Now he
can't get within a thousand mile^ of Salt Lake without dropping off for a visit.
John Sdfridge is there and the story goes that he gets a salary boost every time he
generates sufficient courage to ask for it. Bill told of other men but I regret that
I did not take iK>tes.
In Boston one day I ran into Linsce Hooper who too is building submarines and
is at present trying to locate materials which are necessary for their constmctioD.
He was passing through Boston on a flying trip from Montreal to New York — and
is as hale and hearty as ever.
Pete Dawsen, after escAping cuptivnty as a German spy and sien-
ing his time at the border last fall* is now chemist for the Warren
Manufacturing Company, MUford, N. J.— An interesting dipping
from Professor Locke's letters:
I am in receipt of a letter from Mr, John I*. Bray who has been for tliree years
with the Bradcn Copper Company in Chile. His contract expired in November
and he has left to nrtum to the United States^ having planned a trip as follows :
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He wiU go by rail over the mouDlains to Buenos Aires* spending a week between
there and Montevideo from whent:e he plans to take a P. S. N. C. steamer up the
coast to SantoH spend iojs a few days there. Thence by railroad to Rio. This ^aJ^
road passes through the heart of the coffee distriet and Mr, Bray has planned his
trip so that he will have ample time to make stops along the road which he haia been
told is a very beautiful one. At Rio be will take a Lamport & Holt steamer and go
on up to Bahia. He will wait at Babia for the neaft Lamport & Holt steamer, and
will have ample time to make some trips up into the country. From Bahia he will
go to Barbados and Trrnidad and thence to New York. He is looking forward
to a very fine trip itnd expects to arrive in New York about the first of February.
During his three years he has obtained a great deal of valuable experieucet having
been on Bhif t in the crusher, regrtnding mill and oil flotation plant; foreman of the
filter preAs plant, and having spent eight months on experimental work, four of
these on special work for Mr. Guess in connection with the lO.OCM) ton extension.
During the last six months he has been night assistant superintendent of the con-
(xntrator.
Van Syckel lias enclo&ed an interesting clipping from a letter of
Harold Davis:
Last Monday Loring (*0§) went out prospecting on the southeast claims
of our group and his dog found a bear asleep in a hollow tree. He beat it
back to the office for myself and a young fellow that ia timekeeper here and the
guns. I took the 38-55 and we went about a mile and a half to the place. The
bear refused to get out so 1 volunteered to poke it out while the others shot.
I dug away the half frozen earth and moss at the back of the tree, then poked^
but no signs of life. Finally I pounded on the hollow tree and old Mrs. Bear de-
cided to stick her head out and see how the day looked to her. As she stuck up her
beadSaudell (the timekeeper) yelled, "I am going to shoot," which be did, and the
poor simp misaed her clean . Here is a diagram of the different positions,
(Diagram deleted by censor.)
Then the firing started — it put the cannonade on the Somme in the shade. I
couldn't fire at all on account of Sandell being in the way, but after about ten shots
they finally dropped her in the position marked " first bear.'* Sandell moved up to
the place marked "" second" when a young cub started right for him. It was nearly
on him when I shot and killed it so it fell on bis feet. It was a fairly good shot and
I feel rather proud of it.
I was walking toward this bear and was just across from the bole» ejecting the
shell from the gun when I heard a growl near my feet and a third one was just
clambering out of the hole. My heart and nearly all my other organs came up in
my throat, hut I managed to put the gun almost in its face and fired. The bear
fell back dead in the hole. Result — one «<JD-lb. female, and two cubs about 75 Ibs-
apiece. I packed one of the cubs back on my shoulders and was mighty tired when
1 got in, believe me* As you can readily imagine, there was some excitement for
awhile, and I wish we could repeat it often but things like that only occur about once
every five years.
1913.
F. D. MoRDOCK, Sec., 605 Bird Avenue, Bnffalo, N* Y*
A. W. KBNr^.Y, AsM, Sec,, M, L T-, Cambridge, Mass.
The most brilliant event of 1913*s social season took place on
March 10, the date of the annual banquet. Boston's finest young
men gathered at the Hotel Brunswick (above the chapel) to cele-
brate the fame of The Live Class; and although the attendance had
dwindled to thirty men, the smallest number at our annual banquets^
the dinner was one of the most enjoyable we have had* Most of
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this success was due to the geniality of our guest, Mr. Sands; and
in large part also to the hotel management. The long-distance
men were Roger Freeman, w ho was on from Providence, and Jack
Rankin, the famous New Y'ork singer* whose early departure was
all that prevented our enjoying his remarkable talent. The official
at the head of the table was Fred Hersom, VI, partly concealed
behind one of the cigars which Bill Mattson picked out for the
delectation of the class, Uis stories about the thirsty Scot and
the value of class spirit as exemplified by the married life of Al
Higgins started the ball rolling. Mr. Sands, the vice-president of
the Geo. H. Tenney Company, engineers, was introduced as the
speaker of the evening; and after a few good stories he spoke
briefly of some of the struggles that he had had on the road to suc-
cess, which seemed especially significant to him. His talk ap-
pealed to the men and a hearty vote of thanks was passed followed
by a ^'Regular M. I. T. with three Sands on the end,** It was
suggested that if there was any business before the class it w^ould
be in order; but since there seemed to be no excuse for raising any
taxes, and since any vote for officers would be sure to result in
Bill Mattson's election, the business was waived and the meeting
officially broke up. Some of the men visited the chapel, and some
were able to get in\ited to a dance which w^as in the next room to
ours. Pa Ready talked over his little mechanical dog, which
answers to a whistle, several of the men tried to beat Mr. Sands at
telling stories, Buttsy Brj^ant had to meet a girl down town, and 30
the crowd gradually broke up. There were a number of inquiries
as to whether any more dinners would be held this year; and
since the idea is so popular it seems we ought to be successful.
It was a surprise to learn that Bakeman, XI, who was with the
Red Cross in Servia and the Balkans at the first of the w^ar is now
in Russia doing health w^ork on the German front. He certainly
will have a great deal to tell us when he gets back to this country
after the war.-— Christie, I, has been in Washington, D. C, since
last fall; though his card didn't say what work he is doing there.—
One old-timer found his way back to the 'Stute again last month.
Louis Walsh, X, came out from the wilds of Maine, where he is
foreman in a paper factory, to refresh himself with the culture of
Boston. Maine hasn't changed him, though; he's the same old
Ix^uis, cheerful as ever. — Yet another famous personage visited
the Hub last month, the famous pugilist whom the class wished on
itself as permanent secretary'. Of him, however, the less said the
better.
Turning to more agreeable subjects, we note with pleasure the
marriage of Miss Marion M. Thomas of Easton, Pa., to Clint
Pearce, II, w^ho is now living in Manhattan, Kansas. Congratula-
tions and best wishes, Clint. — Kenneth Scott, I, was married to
Miss Lucy Barnett, of Duluth, Minn. — George Philip Capen
and Miss Florence Reeve were married at Montclair, N. J.,
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on April 18. — The wedding of Charles H. Hopkins and Miss
Louise Smith took place in Los Angeles, CaL, in March.—
Prescott Kelly, I, has a small daughter bona Febniar^' 55» 1017. —
The Cleveland News prints the photograph of a very attrac*
tive yonng hidy, with the statement that she, IVIiss Dorothy Kyle,
is engaged to our Clarence Berry, VL — Allen Brewer, III^ a public
utility engineer for the state of New Jersey, had an article in the
April issue of Industrial Management (The Engineering Magazine)
on the application of ** Straight Line Depreciation." Allen is
a busy man, drilling for the Officers Reserve Corps.^ — Charles
Edison, IX, was operated on February ^9» for a serious case*of
appendicitis. He has been associated with his distinguished
father, as principal assistant. We had oo news of the result of the
operation, but Edison was a clean-cut chap and that counts a lot,^
The Engineering Record announces the establishment in Cleveland
of a new firm of contracting engineers, Alger and Kraus, Alger,
I, has been resident engineer for the New York Continental Jewell
Filtration Company. He recently completed a plant for the Good-
year Tire and Rubber Company at Akron, Ohio,— William S.
Gilmore, IV, who before the war was in the real estate business
in Florence, Italy, writes the following on a post card dated Feb-
ruary 12, 1917:
We are now in the war zone. I &m glad to say that I am lioaMy a member of the
French Army, feeding on the poilu's ratioasi and sleeping oo straw, which reaUy ib
not at all uneomfortable.
Address Changes
J. E. Adler, ^147 Highland Ave,, Birmingham, Ala— R, T.
Alger, 1969 E. 81st St.. Cleveland, Ohio.— D. F, Baker, Alan Wood
Iron & Steel Co., Swedeland, Pa. — G- K. Bartlett, ^^ Lyndhin-st
St., Dorchester Centre, Mass.— W. S. Boj-ntoo, 316 Hunting-
ton Ave.* Boston. — E, M, Bridge, Boyd Park Ter., Newton,
Mass. — A. A. Brooks, 94 Chester Ave., Chelsea, Mass. — P. V.
Burt, 95 Messenger St,, Canton, Mass. — W.E. Caldwell, care of
Carborundum Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y. — A. H. Clark, 407
Hawthorne Ave., Williamsport, Pa. — G. H. Clark, 249 Melrose
St.> Melrose Highlands, Mass, — ^R. G. Daggett, Linde Air Products
Co., 4Sd St. BIdg,. New York, N. Y.— S, H. Da\Ts, Box 1341,
Hartford, Conn.— J. A. Gaun, 339 S. Ashland Ave., La Grange,
III — D. H. Gillinghara, 34 Walnut St., Fairhaven, Mass.— A. H.
Means, Eden Mining Co,, Bluefields, Nicaragua, Central America.
— K. D, Hamilton, 11 Gushing Ave., Campello, Mass,— J. A,
Oppenheim, 14 Bellingham Ave., Everett, Mass. — A, L. Pashek,
104 Front St,, Berea, Ohio, — C. E. Pearce, care of Kansas State
Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kansas. — G, H. Robb, 20 Lynde
St., Salem* Mass.— S. E. Rogers, 36 Barnard Ave., Watertown,
Mass.— G, B. Sampson, 9.% Main St., New Britain, Conn.~S. D.
Shinkle, 207 W. Collins St., Oxford, Ohio.— A. W\. Spicer, 612 W*
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115th St., Sew York.— J. J. Strachan, 359 St. Johns PI,, Brooklyn.
N. Y.— A. L, Townsefid, 1870 Conn, Ave,, Brighton* Mass,— R.
J. Tulkr< ei6 Blackburn Ave,. Sewickley, Pa.— J. V. Walsh, tS
Clevdaiid Ave., Everett, Mass.— F, B. Williams, ^0 Burr St„ Ja-
maicm PUin. Mass — L, E. Wright, %S Duane St., La Salle, N. Y.
— R. K. Wright, Ridley Pk.. Pa.
1914.
C. J. Callahan, Sec.^ 14 Prospect Street, Lawrence, Mass.
Elmer E. Dawson, Jr., AssL Sec.^ 28 Washington Avenue, VTu^
throp, Mass.
Xlie annual class dinner was held on Saturday evening, March
£4, in the Dutch room of the Copley Square hotel. Twenty-five
ni^i sat down and reminded each other of that memorable class
dinner in the same hotel in June 1914. As a matter of precaution,
laany of the missiles which were at hand in 1914, were eliminated
from our 1917 dinner.
The class was especially fortunate in having for its speaker " Dee*'
Litchfield, '85, who told us many things about the preparedness
plans which the mobilizatioii committee had formulated* With
so much war talk in the air, his talk was especially appropriate.
As an extra feature of the dinner, a 'Moving cup" was given to
the man who had made the greatest sacrifice to get to Boston for
the occasion. The lucky boy was Roy Parsell, IL who came up
from New Haven. IV L B* Lewis, VI, also came up from New
Haven but Parsell won out on tossing the coin. Possibly it should
l>e fitting to describe the '*cup" at this time, but your secretary
cannot find words in his polite English vocabulary to give properly
this description, so he asks all who are interested to write to Parsell,
After the latter becomes sufficiently acquainted with, and properly
acclimated to his *'lo%^ng cup," he will, no doubt, be able to prop-
erly describe it.
After the eats, a bowling match was staged at the old Trinity
Court alleys. Courses I and XI challenged all comers, and success-
fully held their own against the combined onslaughts of all other
courses. At least the scores would indicate that such was the
result, although there were rumors of arithmetical errors in the
tabulation of the winners' score. As your secretary was score
keeper, he cannot very well commit himself on this point.
Our old friend ^* Pa'* Coburn came on from New York and added
his usual fund of stories to the entertainment.
Those present were: Fiske, II, Snow, I, Dawson, II, Parsell, II,
Blakeley, IL Crowell, X, Harper, IV, Walsh, I, Bryant, XI,
Dixon, XL Van Etten, L l^wis, VI, Bowler, XI, Zecha, VI,
Shaw, VL Woodward, IL Maxim, 11, Richmond, VL Judge, \1,
Crocker, XIV, Wilkins, XIV, Conklin, VII 1, and Callahan, XI.
In connection with the dinner, it should be explained that your
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secretary had some doubts as to what the fellows wanted for a
dinner, and so he sent out a number of returnable post cards iipoa
which were a number of questions to be answered by the members
of the class. As an inducement for all who received cards to
return them without delay, your secretary stated on each card
that all who failed to return their cards would be accused of theft.
The following letter shows how hard it hit "Feb" Stone. I:
With much fear and trembling, I take my pen in hand to plead not guilty to the
cliarg€ of theft of one postal card from the class of 1914. My whole defense is
based on the fact that the card did not eome to hand unti!. two days after the ex-
piration of your time limit; so I am returniog same at once, and throw myi$ell upon
the mercy of the court and beg a fair trial and lenience. So have a heart. '*CaU**
and take mercy ou a poor wayfarer who can't get up to Boston and eat» drink*
and be merry with the glorious class of 1914.
E^ctend my salutations and greetings to the bunch, and here*fi hoping you succeed
in turning out a good crowd.
OtiT little heart is touched, Peb, Forgiveness is yours. Go
your way and sin no more.
The following letter from Atwood, %IW makes us wish that
others of the class would become ** conscience stricken/* Writing
class news would be a cinch then:
Conscience stricken? Yes, I surely am. It has been recently occurring to me
with ever increasing force that I owe you something. I was one of those who last
June very enthusiastically thrust on you a rather thankless job and pledged myself
to aid in that task. I have just had forwarded to me the paat Issues of the Review
and can appreciate the pleasure news of the classes can give one. So following
in the record of my experiences since J une laat,
I first took a month's holiday in the White Mountains, Then I came to Thorold
as research engineer for the Exolon Company. Hell has do fears or possibilities
with which to frighteD me. The combination of a hot summer and research work
with the highest temperature electric furnaces hus rendered me completely immune
to heat. Frequent gassings due to unrestrained curiosity have quite fitted me for
modern trench warfare. But haviug well learned at Tech that knowledge requires
some sacrifice, one can forget his physical being when on an interesting problem^
and I can suggest nothing more fascinating than the chemical and cn^neering
problems of high temperature. Life is not all hard work, however, I spent four
days at the Chemical Society meeting and Show in New York last fall. The
number of Tech professors there and of Tech men made it seem like a reunion.
You may be interested that Ross Dickson, now at Detroit with the Semet-Solvay
Company, Schneider^ X, now with the Solvay Process Company, SjTacuse, and
other '14 men were present.
Thorold is a ver>' small town and not what one would call cultured. However,
we are doubling our plant and the engineer in charge of construction Is a mighty
interesting Harvard man. So the two of us live quite nicely together. Tom
Guething's brother Cy has been on a Westinghouse C K }ob near here and that haa
fiven me some Tech contact. At Niagara Falls, one station of the new C be mica!
#agineering department is in full swing and on the staff are such dielightlnl fellows
as Dr. Wescolt, M. S. '14. Ph. D. *MJ, Ray Brown and Schahacker of last year's
clasB, We hope to get together some sort of a group which will make it interesting
for the students coming to the Falls.
I was in Boston recently but had no chance to do any visiting. Leaving there I
«pent four weeks in the southern states ou an engineering prospect, returning by
way of Cincinnatti.
Quite recently I had the pleasure of assisting in the presentation and exhibition,
before the Institute of Mining Engineers in New York, of a new process for colored
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motion pictures. Dr. Kalmus and Dr, Comstock of the Tedb Physics depariin«ot
are the inventors and promoters.
Have you received Dotice of Louis Wilson's, XIV, cnga^ment? 1 can't state
whether he is yet married. J. Warren Horton, XIV, married last fall and is now
living at 559 W. l&lst street. New York. He is in the research lab of the Western
Electric. G. G. Maien XIV, is another who has been attracted to New York. He
is in the research lab of the Phelps, Dod^ Company and is linng at 32 W. Gouver-
ncitr street, Rytherford* N. J.
This is about the only news I can give you in regard to our Course XIV bunch. I
would surely like to bear from the rest.
'*Arlo" Bates, XI, has at last been heard from. He writes as
follows :
Congratulations to our new secretary'. How goes things in Boston? Have run
into a lot of Institute men here in Pittsburgh but no 14 men so far. I bdieve,
though, that Duff is located in town here somewhere. Thus is n live business town
believe me, ever since I came out here last August we have had all the work we could
handle and then some. Mostly water supply and valuation water works. We
have landed a job for the city of Lawrence and one of our men leaves Tuesday for
Boston to start things. Wish I might go with him and get a chance to look over the
crowd again. I saw Bryant when 1 was on at Christmas but I only had a couple of
days, so didn't get around mucb. Do you know where Foi is now? I haven*t
heard for over three months, and I wondered if be had got back to the U. S. soil
yet. How docs it happen that you haven't followed in the footsteps of your pred-
ecessor in office before now? About every number of the Re\tew that comes I
«ee some of the fellows have joined the married men*s club. Before I forget it,
my address is Hill Top Y. M. C. A., Mt. Oliver Station, Pittsburgh. Pa. Now
don't you forget it and let tne hear from you once in awhile. I will try and be more
neighborly from now on. Hemember me to any of the fellows you may see.
Marriages — Yes, we stOl have them. First the Perley scoop
which you have all beeo waiting for. Here it is :
On Wednesday evening, March 7, at half past seven, Miss Ruth Adelaide Rich-
mond, (laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Richmond of 12 George street, and grand
daughter of the late Rev. John Hours Richmond, became the bride of George
Kimball Perley, Tech *14, son of Mr, and Mrs. Isaac S. C, Pertey of Rowley.
The ceremony took place at the home of the bride. Rev. Dwight W. Hadley»
rector of Grace Episcopal Churchy officiating and using the double ring serv-iee.
Harold Bours Richmond, Tech '14, a brother of the bride, was best man, and her
iister^ M.i&a Pauline Richmond, attended her as maid of honor. Miss Louise P.
Taylor and Miss Gertrude E. Miller of VVinsted, Conn., were the bridesmaids*
The ushers were Charles Hugh ChatSeld, Tech '14, Maurice W. Dennison of Boston
and Theodore Carl Richmond^ brother of the bride.
The bride's gown was of ivory j off re satin trimmed with silver lace, with court
train, and veil caught with orange blossoms. She cjirried a shower Ixiuquet of
white rosea and valley lilies. The maid of honor wore pink tulle and carried pink
■weet peas. The bridesmaids' dresses were of coral satin with silver trinunings,
&nd they carried large flat bouquets of pausies. Festoons of southern smilax were
arranged about the rooms and the mantels were banked with Lawson pinks and yel-
low jonquils. As the brida! couple entered, the wedding march from Lohengrin ww
played by Misaes Ruth and Ruby IlandalL
Following the wedding ceremony, a largely attended reception was held when Mr.
and Mrs. Perley were assisted in receiving by their parents. They were the re-
cipients of many handsome presents.
The groom presented the best man and ushers with gold cuff links, and the bridc*s
presents to her attendants were pearl pins.
During the evi^ning the Lafricain Trio furnished music, and Mrs. Grace Caulkinj
Gmustein sang severaJ selections.
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Miss Richmond comes of old Puritan stock, tracing her descent, directly from
John and PrisciUa Alden, and Isaac Allerton. The newly-wedded pair, upon their
return from their honeymoon, wiU reside at 47 Cottage street, Norwood, where
they will be at home after April 1 .
For this, thanks are due H. B. Richmond, VI, and the Medford
(Mass.) Messenger.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Sanborn of Everett, Mass., announce the
marriage of their daughter, Mary Lucy, to Alfred WiUiam Devine,
II. Mr. and Mrs. Devine will be home after July 1 at Allerton,
Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hogan of Maiden announce the marriage of
their daughter, Marie Gertrude, to Robert Trumbull Gookin, V.
Gookin is now with the State Board of Health at Savannah,
Georgia, and extends a cordial invitation to all '14 men to visit him
whenever they are in Georgia. He promises to convince even
the most skeptical that single blessedness is all wrong. Your
secretary is now looking up trains for Savannah.
Address Changes
H. H. Ambler, 982 Waterloo St., Detroit, Mich.— Nathaniel E.
Brooks, Room 1412, 165 Broadway, New York City.— Benj. C.
Cromwell, care of Dominion Copper Products Co., Lachine Locks,
Quebec, Canada. — ^Thom Dickmson, Calhoun, Lowndes County,
Ala. — Chas. G. Fallon, 81 Burroughs St., Jamaica Plain. — Chas.
E. Fox, care of American Red Cross, Washington, D. C. — ^A.
G. Long, Jr., 16th and Marshall Sts., Portland* Ore. — ^Malcom
C. MacKenzie, care of Mass. Inst. Tech. — ^Leon F. Marsh, 5^ Pe-
quosseth St., Watertown, Mass. — ^Earl M. NewKn, 1412 Pine
St., Philadelphia, Pa.— Robert Parsons, 518 E. 20th St., New
York City.— C. B. Rogers, 8309 Powelton Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
— Lt. Chauncy F. Ruoflf, 5th Field Artillery, Fort BUss, Texas.—
R. D. Salisbury, 1241 Winnemoc Ave., Chicago, El. — ^Merrill
J. Smith, 147 Milk St., care of Stone & Wesbter, Boston.— Sey-
mour J. Spitz, care Newport Chemical Works, 120 Broadway^
New York City. — ^Fred A. Stillman, Mining Dept., Mass. Inst.
Tech.
1915.
William Benj. Spencer, Sec.-Treas.^ 544 No. Grove Street,
East Orange, N. J.
Francis P. Scully, Asst. Sec-Treas.^ 5 Exeter Park, Cambridge,
Our country has, with the best of intentions for all, long avoided
the war which now has been thrust upon us. We are lined up with
the Allies against the Central Powers of Europe to fight for the
issues of democracy and liberty against miUtarism and absolute
monarchy. The part which tibe United States is to take and
what each of us must do to bring victory is rapidly being pointed
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out. To us of the M. I. T. and 1915, there are especial duties for
our effort^*. Because of our training and the characteristics we
piiued at Tech, more will be expected of us than some others who
littVi* ntit had our privileges. Whatever our countrj' may aak, let
each inau of 1915 respond with an enthusiasm that will show the
stuff tif which we are made.
To all who may go to the front the deepest feeling of your class-
maUa goes with you. We hope that God will favor you as yau
off«r Im gfealest sacrifice a man can give. And may those who
femtyii braiiid not forget that the strongest efforts at home may
mw a brother or classmate at the front.
All interesting storj- comes to us from the cold North, of the
•tntggles of men and beasts not at war, but in healthy and thrilling
sport. Fred Hart man, who went to Canada for his health* was a
contestant in the big dog race of the north, from Winnipeg, Canada,
to St. Paul, Minn., a distance of oio miles.
The race took place during last February when the thermom-
eter w^as chilled to 35° below zero. The trail which followed the
railroad tracks when the drifts were too high was exceedingly
picturesque in it snow>' whiteness. The dogs made seven to eight
miles an hour, averaging sixty -five to seventy -five miles a day.
71ie team drivers loped behind their sled, jumping on when the
snow rrtisl was too thin to sustain a man's weight or when they
came ti> n slupe,
Evrry precaution was taken to make the dogs "fit," each night
their feet were examined and any bits of ice cleaned away. They
were protected by deerskin bootes. Mouths were examined and
cleaned, and their food consisted of five fish a day. They lapped
snow^ instead of drinking water in order that they would not get
*' logged.** On the trail the dogs were very docile but when out
of harness were vicious. Their sagacity and the endurance of the
men was only short of marvelous.
On the border of Minnesota, 17 J inches of snow fell in eight
hours, blinding the men and the dogs.
As the end of the race drew near great excitement marked the
towns where the racers passed. The contest had narrowed down
to five teams and although Albert Campljell, a Cree Indian, won
the race, popular favor was with Fred Hartman, He entered the
race with a mediocre team and would have finished first had not
his lead dog died on the trail and the Indians been tipped off that
he was leaving one post near the finish at one o'clock instead of
four. He w^as the hero at the finish; purses were made up, and if
he enters next year, with the twenty-five teams already signed up,
he will be looked upon as one of the pluckiest drivers in the squad.
It is interesting to note that in Canada, civilians are approached
on the street and asked why they are not in the army. If the
excuse is not satisfactory, a miniature petticoat is pinned on their
lapel. Thirty thousand men have left Winnepeg for the army-
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A card froni Loring Hall says that he has been transferred by
the S. 0* Co. to Hankow* He said it was mighty nice there now
but that in summer it was too hot even for satan.
Cypid continues to reap the benefits of his work during the years
that the class of 1915 spent at the Institute. A story in the San
Francisco Chrcmicle tells that Mr. and Mrs. Herbert N. Turrell,
Jr., are being extensively entertained about San Francisco on
their honeymoon. They were married in Boston on March 10.
Mrs. Turrell was Miss Emily Nichols of Boston, and a direct
descendant of one of the Mayflower settlers. Mr, and Mrs.
Turrell will make their permanent home in Seattle where Herbert
is engaged in business,— Bill Spencer has become a benedict and is
hving in East Orange, N. J, He married Miss Ethel O. Price of
Medford on March L Tom Huff was best man and among the
ushers were Jack Dalton and Pop Wood, Be sure to note the
new address, 544 North Grove Street, East Orange, N, J,, where all
class correspondence should be addressed. The secretary is at
home now and will welcome a call from any 1915 men who may
come his way. The secretary realizes that owing to his recent
busy times of home-making, a number of letters are yet to be an-
swered, but he assures all that just as soon as his garden seeds are
sprouted he will remedy the matter,— The engagement of Nelson
Stone of Syracuse, N. Y., and Miss Marion Heermanis is an-
nounced,^ — ^T, G. Brown, of West Roxbury, Mass., is engaged to
Miss Irene H, Phinney of West Roxbury. He is now cormected
with a Boston insurance office, — The w^ord (Mimes to us that Ira
Sibley Lewis was married to Miss Nettie Congdon, during the
winter; also that Charles Calderara was married to Miss OUa
Bowne of Eastport, Me.
At the present rate the benedicts of 1915 will soon outnumber
the bachelors. We wish all of the newlyweds a very happy and
successful future,
Charlie Fry is working for the Public Service Company of New
Jersey, and is living in East Orange, — Bud Thomas writes of his
work in a factory making farming machines* implements, and tools:
I am endeavoring to keep up the reputation of the clas,^. My work is in ooonec-
tion with the staff organixation of the facto^>^ If you ever took Park's course id
indastrial maimgement you would know what that means. It ha^ to do with the
cost reduction, efficiency, welfare work, and improvements in methods. It \a very
interestiDg work» and leads all around Robin Hood's barn and back.
1 enjoyed a twenty-four hours' visit from Henry Leeb during October and gleaned
a little news from him.
1 don't see much prospect of getting back to Bean town this yeiir but you never
can tell.
George Urquhart is in Syractuie, N. Y,, working at the Seniet-
Solway Company. He says that his work in the sales department
is very interesting.
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James Morrison Evaks, Sec^ 17 Gramercy Park, New Yorfc^
N. Y.
Donald Blake Webster, Asst. Sec,^ 18 Clarendon Street, Mai-
den, Mass.
The response to the letter sent to the members of the class durmg
the middle of March has been so overwlielming, that it has become
quite a difficult matter for the individuals on the governing board
to hold down their miserable jobs in the world at large, and he the
faithful servants of the class at the same time. All doubt as to the
existence of **pep and loyalty'* is vanished, and the task of rele-
gating recalcitrants to the boneyard of the excessively defunct b
the easiest one that the secretaries have struck yet. Particularly
gratifying and complimentary^ to the class are the replies from grad-
uates of other colleges who spent a year or two with us at the 'Stute,
and who have not only expresseil willingness, but pleasure as well,
at being permitted to di\4de their loyalty between their alma mater
and ours.
Business in correspondence has been so brisk, that there has
been but little time to **dope up" details for various dinners
throughout the winter, and for oiu- first reunion which occurs this
June* The latter wiU be annoimced with full particidars in the
course of a month or so, and it is probable that it will be in the
\ncinity of Boston, with the indomitable ** Rusty** as the repre-
sentative in charge. Make your plans accordingly.
With over eight hundred class letters sent out and being replied
to, it is quite evident that the governing board put its foot in
deeply when it announced that all personal letters would receive
personal replies. The pledge will be lived up to» 'though it must
be a slowly discharged obligation at the best.
If you have not returned your "dope sheet," please do so at
once. The expense of sending class letters to every address in the
list in the July 1916 Review is so great, that we are forced to
consider our mailing list determined by the replies to our March
letter.
The first few are from a letter forwarded to us by Charlie Mc-
Carty:
With the assistance ol some clever detective work on tlie part of one of our tUifl,
we bave solved one of the deepest and most baffling mysteries which have ever con-
fronted us. We were surprised and abrnied at Uic silence of the founder of our
organiEatioD, who never responded to our appeals for infomialioo. The following
announcemeot which we have uncovered shows that modesty must have prevented
his writing :
"The undersigned beg to announce that they have formed a corporation uodet
the name of Thompson and BLnger, Inc., Engineers and Cod tractors.
They will engage in the design and construction of plain and reinforced con-
crete structures of all types.
Well fellows, I guess we must all take our hats off to Walt, and he certainly has
our sincerest best wisheii for bb success. I hope it will not be long before I can send
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equally good news about &ome more of tlie Highway Option crew. Come on boys,
we've got to hump right along if we are to keep up the pace that Blng has set for
us. — Jack Burba ok has transferred hia atteDtioos from the Phoeoix Bridge Com-
pany to the bridge departmeot of the Maine Central Railroad, where he ia engaged
in designing, drafting, and the investigation of the strength of existing structures
under the increasing loads. After tossing off a few simple jobs as a 105 foot plate
girder and some piale girder tunitables, he i^ stacking up against a real joh, namely
an investigation of the live load stresses in a 238 foot dmw span with two center
bearings. Jack thinks the job is fine, but his parting word to the hoys is to tell them
to keep away from Portland now as it is 30° below zero every morning aud the town
ia bone dry. — We will now devote a few lines to the "'Rbe of Ikie Kleinert." Ac^
cording to our staff reporter/* Ikie" started in last summer with the New England
Struetural Steel Company as a laborer at a salary too insigni6cant to mention, lie
worked a doKen or more hours per day when he started in, but is now rightfully
holding down a job as assistant to the general shop manager. It just goes to show
that they can't keep a Tech man down. — Dame Rumor has it that A\ Lieber has a
** tracer' working for him. Sounds rather suspicious to say the least.
Of tlie men that started with Westinghouse Church Kerr & Com*
pany, only three remain, naniely, Abe Reeve, .Jim Ralston and
Gira Crowell.— Jim Uhlinger and George Petit have gone with the
Turner Construction Company*— Moose Jewett has become an
eflBciency engineer for the Buffalo Drop Forging Company of
Buffalo, N* Y. — Bob Crosby is with the Boston Edison Company*
— Speed Austin is with the Freeport Sulphur Company in Freeport,
Texas.--^y Guething and Jim Evans are doing efficiency work for
the Hyatt Roller Bearing Company in Newark, N* J^^Raef
Alfaro is working in the bridge department of the New York Cen-
tral. Just at present he is designing a new structure for the rail-
road in the \'icinity of Boston. We have heard that he has re*
ceived some assistance in this Boston project from Nelson MacRae.
Mac, by the way^ is now down South assisting his father in hiij
engineering business- — -Ltikey Lucas is training for the engineers
corps of the Pennsylvania R. R. He is located anywhere you
happen to mn across him in Ohio.
We also have news of the other brawny son of the golden west
namely Roswell Miller **Fat** Remaie. He is training for his
wrestling matches by heaving large crucibles about the plant of the
Scovill Manufacturing Compauy of Waterbury, Conn. His in-
tended course at the University of California was too easy and was
abandoned before November.
Lev Lawrason has unearthed himself and has sent us the follow-
ing letter* We report all of it because it is of interest to all 11*16
men who know^ Lev. He is working for the Mercedita Sugar
Company in Cabafias, Cuba:
Since I saw you last I have become a chemist, and as I work with two six foot
four men, they call me " little chemist/* Of course I am not as low as a Course X
or V man, because my knowledge is limited to sugar work only.
Starting in I naturally got the worst hours liaving to work from 3 a. m. to 12
noon. These hours sound pretty bad in the States but they really are ver>' pleas-
ant down here where night is the same as day.
We have been praying for a little excitement in the way of a, revolutioo at Mer*
•cedita, but they are too busy chasing the dollar here to tight; however, there bai
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1 6ad ovrr in ibc moan taiiis^ a fiUcc I have avoirtkd <ogetbrr. Tbe reat
at tlui fCTohitioiD is thst it kieeps you from tendinis money away and
IkMSgr pvte ^ ^^ payment of my dass dnea and other debts of greater magni-
tSB^itoalMcraate.
t ii oily forty miles awmy^ but fortunatdy we cannot get there very often.
My ImI yIhI there waa most interesting and eve&tfiiL We missed the last train
oat **^ iknt m iht park on a bench. Tbiit is really quite pleasant in Cuba for it
m BBvcr ooU at iii^t as it is in the Boston paries, and besides it is not consideted
hmi lona by the Havana cops.
I corfd ^re written this in Spanish, but you wilt excoae me this time.
Hovey and Jack Freeman are, with their father and two other
past presideoL*? of the A* L M. E*, making a tour of China^ Aus-
tnlia, Hawaii and the Fiji Islands. Dame Rumor has it that
Ho%*ey has acquired the languid temperament of the Pacific Islands
and his avoirdupois has received quite an appreciable increase in
net weight
A Duml>er of the men manage to visit the Tech club on and oflF
during the week. Those seen about the city and dub are AJex
Halberstadt, Jack Stafford, Bill Shakespeare, Mark Lemmon,
p. N. Brooks. Ralph Millis, Bruce Stimets, Cy Guething, Jack
Mcl>evitt, Raef Alfaro, N. MacRae, Paul Buxton, Gira Crowell,
Jim Uhlinger and Frank Ross.
Now for later news. We*ll commence with a blithe espistle
from one William Lee Graves, known as **Gra\'y" but who in-
sists that his bona fide nickname is *VPhat.** After ending the
list of his show and athletic activities with the aU inclusive phrase,
'* Other nocturnal activities too nimierous to mention/' Phat im-
poses the following :
Since leaving the *Stute, I have been very prolific in my business and social
cu^er. After receiyiog my walking papers from Walt Humphreys in June 1915,
nt the end of my junior yt-ur, 1 proceeded to break the sad news to the family^ where-
upon we immediately set out for the wilds of New Hampshire to rest my weary
brain. I wasted the summer in Portsmouth and North Scituate, and toured the
New England States under the acute espionage of my fond parent*. Having de-
cided thai I bad sufficiently recuperated by the middle of October, I took it upon
mysetf to secure a position worthy of my ability as a firee of the Institute* After
numerous failures and vatn elforts» Prof essor Jackson was kind enough to get me a
job» or I should say, a position, with the Western Electric Company. I hud the
good fortune or ill luck (being an optimist I would call it good fortune), to remain id
their employ tiU the middle of Ck'tol>er 1916. During this period of my career I
spent part of my time in the Physical Development Laboratory in New Yorit (-ity
and the rem^ainder in Chicago, making a study of manufacturing conditions in their
plant.
During this eleven months' employment, it had slowly seeped into my brain that
men a great deal brighter and better trained than I were not getting salaries large
enough to keep them in soap and towels. From the time of this disco\'ery until the
oesaation of my employment with the above company, I became more and more
convince<l tliat I must either change my position to a oa«re remunerative one or
give up smoking. Deciding against the latler course, I resigned from their employ
on the date above mentioned.
After two monlhs of idleness as a social butterfly. I found employment with
the Cooper Hewitt Electric Company at Hoboken. N. J. 1 took this pontiOA
for two reasons, namely » because the internal workings of a mercury vapor lamp
were always of great interest to me and secondarily, because being ol Genmui ex-
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traction on my motherV aide, I felt it inoimbent ujMjn mc to work in a town which
is reputed to be one of the largeat nests of GcnnaD intrigue east of St. Louis and Mil-
waukee.
Being of u more or less miopic dispositioTJ. I must eonfess that the class assejismeut
thai you so kindly offered to relieve me of has not made ita appearance over and
above my actual needs, but 1 will coilect the oecessarj^ funds with what expedition
I can and mail you a check at the earlieat opportunity.
I hope that the men of our class will see the advisability of keeping in as close
touch as possible with the 'Stute and with their classmates, not only from the stand*
point of the duty which they owe their atma mater but from the raercenarj' one of
obtaining and f^iving what assistance they can to the other men in their field,
I fully l>eMeve that the system that you have inaugurated is fully capable of tak*
ing care of the piersonal information about the men of our class, and I am prepared
to do what I (ran to assist you in any way.
Why is it that we never discovered that Charlie Reed could be
a humori^? He writes from down ia Delaware:
Since graduation I have been working for the E. I, du Pont dc Nemours ^ Com-
pany in their hallistic (see dictionary) divbion and eicperimental station. The work
is highly intereatLng and not very dangerous. During my first three months here
I lived in a large room in a small house with one young and three old matds. It
waa all right in the daytime when I was at work» but I didn't care for it at night.
I was seeking new quarters when an old Tech man offered me a chance to hold
down his room while he went abroad on a business trip. His apartment w^as sure
fine, — two large rooms, private bath, two beds, private 'phone, steam heat, electric
lights, a gas stove, a piano (in tune), eight decks of cards and one thousand poker
chips, not to mention a card table with a w^aterproof Fabrikoid top, all this within
three blocks of the business section of the town. Por three months I sure did live
in style.
On January thirty-6rst the Tech friend returned from Norway to claim hia
rooms, and I mov^ed up here far from town, and am doing my best trying to fill a
small room fifteen feet square with one bed, one table, one chair, one bureau, and,^^
Ob yes, one necktie rack- How eve r, I have a kind motherly landlady who leaves
cocoanut pie on my table o'nights, but insists on putting all the nails, tags, needles
matches, scissors, pencils, keys and collar-buttons which adorn my bureau top, all
in one big diah in the middle. Oh well, I cart cat pie, and every night f reclassify
ail the odds and ends and spread em out all over the bureau again.
I went up to the I. C, A. A* A. A. Meet in Philadelphia two weeks ago and ran in-
to about sixteen men of the track team, 1 saw Frank the first thing and he directed
me to the dressing booth. I would suggest that in the future the track team forego
the expense of taking '*Doc" to the I. C. 4 A. Meet. Cy Guething filb the bill ad-
mirably! When I arrived, Cy was down to the skin rubbing the finishing touches
into F. Patrick O* Harass legs, I was up in New York before Christmas, and saw
Jack Stafford and Bill Shake. Jack was worried because his job was so soft, and
Bill was in Iove,^yes, in love, — Bill! — think of it!
That explains why Bill is as yet unheard from. In another letter
to CharHe McCarty we hear that Obie is back in Biiltimore^
working under the chief ci\dl engineer of the Marjland Steel
Company at Sparrows Point, Maryland* Schwab had bought
out the plant, and is spending fifty million dollars to triple its size.
Obie says :
1 have been staking out blast furnaces, coke ovens* ore and coal dodts, a half
dozen big rolling mills, trestles, railroad tracks and lota of other buildings. The
construction work will start shortly and I think I will get lotjs of good experience.
The plant is located on Chesapeake Bay and I have to leave my comfortable bed at
5J30 a. m. which makes it pretty hard, but I receive a little more pay than I did
with the H.R.
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The latter part of that sentence sounds much more ch^rful to
us than the beginning.
Old Rusty White is still learning the hosiery business in the
Ipswich Hosiery Company, Middlesex Department at Lowell, for
salesmanship, and wishes it distinctly understood that he is not in
the woolen business. He expects to be on the road within a year*
Rusty is chief watchdog and general semper fidelis for 1916 affairs
about Boston, and wiU probably be heard from later in connectioD
with our reunion. He writes in January regarding the class at-
tendance at the Alumni Association banquet:
** Below is the list of 1916 men present. We were the largest
class delegation there. No cups for attendance were given out,
however. Mark Arouson, Dana N, Barker, B, C. Boulton, Thomas
D'A. Brophy, Howard P. Claussen, Robert A, Crosby, Kemerton
Dean, Samuel M, EUs worth, John Gore, Ed^r F, Han ford, Emoiy
L. Kemp, Charles W. Lawrence, Phillips C. Morrison, WalUir V*
Reed, Raymond E. Smith, Arthur K, Stewart, Bailey Townshend^
Russell H. White. You might note that during the cheering, etc.,
our class was the only one that received applause when we gave
our cheer. It touched us quite a bit, and made us feel that our
presence at the Reunion last June wjis rememljered."
For his statistics. Rusty writes briefly on March !2^ :
Took my last vaciitioEi before work in the Wbite Mountains^ June, July aod
August. Altcrward, traded my dress suit for two pairs of overalls and a jersey.
Shep Shepard has been one of the class's men of leisure till
lately, and writes a most interesting letter, narrative of his trip
to Central America:
After graduation I lomfcd at home up in New Hampshire all suramer. I was about
to start in work ^-ith the Hegal Shoe Coaipany od October 1, when I had an o|>-
portunity to go down to Nicaragua* C A.^ and \isit a friend of mine who owned some
very large cattle ranches there.
I went down to Panama on the United Fruit Line by way of Jamaica. I was in
Panama for a week, waiting for a boat to take us through the Canal and up the
Pacific Coast to Sao Juan del Sur, Nicaragya, where we landed. I had an excellent
opportunity to look over the Canal and the big Government Works at Panama.
From San Juan del Sur to Rivas where my friend lived we had a six-hour horseback
ride througb swamps, jungle and almost impi^aable road. At times the horses
were up to their stomachs in mud. You con imagine me going through this, wh^i
I had never ridden horseback bdore in my life. However, we had to go horseback
all the time I was there, so I soon got used to it and enjoyed it very much.
I spent my time there in \'i5iting his different ranches in Nicaragua and the moun-
tains of Costa Rica. While in the latter place we were both taJccn by the fever and
were three days' horseback ride from the nearest doctor. Believe me, I wiahed 1
were back in good old Boston tben.
The boat service to those Pacific ports is very irregular, and I had to wait twenty-
two days for a boat coming back. Even then it was an old tramp with no passeng^er
accomodations and I had to sleep on a wooden bench in tbe chart room and eat
with the crew. I came back by the way of San Jos*, Costa Rica, whidi is a very
orderly and pretty little country. I got back to the States the last week in JaiH
uary» and nearly froze to death after being in the tropics all winter.
I am now working with the Swisa-Shepard Company here in Boston* They •«
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makers of "hand elevating trucks" which are just beginning to be used by the luge
manufacturing plants here in the country. At present I am a sort of "production
engineer" and general all around handy man. However, I am hoping for better
things.
''Dodie" Dunn has embraced his profession and is located in
Boston. He writes :
After the " terrific nervous strain** of graduation week, — culminating for me in the
trying ordeal of facing the grinning cohorts of my classmates in Course IV from the
graduation platform, when! read all about a proposed naval academy that nobody
was interested in anyway; — after all this, I say, I spent an altogether lazy and very
quiet summer at Surf Farm on the Rhode Island coast. I had intended retiuming
to the *Stute for a P. G. but instead decided to accept an opening with the Boston
firm of BlackaU, Clapp and Whittemore. I have been with this firm ever since, and
like the work and the men very much.
The first application of my training in design was the production of a "ten-
twent-thirt** movie and vaudeville house. This is somewhat lacking in the Beaux
Arts spirit but it is " some movie.**
"Burky" Burkhardt, of fame in our freshman year as a foot-
ball and track man, is an honor man in the school of experience.
He calls the account of his career, "My Hard Luck Story":
On leaving school I accepted a position with the General Sales Company of
Springfield, Mass. as a paper salesman. Firm failed up!
I next worked for the firm of Coward and Coward, Electrical Engineers of Holy oke,
Mass., as repair man, rewinding motors and generators, etc. Very good position,
obtained much experience and liked the firm, btU — ^hard times and sladc work!
Result was I left Holyoke and obtained a position with the American (^tical Com-
pany at Southbridge, Mass., in the capacity of efficiency man (mechanical) in the
gold department. My **job** was to improve machinery or methods of handling
work in order to increase production and decrease labor. The company fitted out
a work room for me (they called it "experimental room**). Liked the work, my
bosses, the pay and the town, but, — ^I saw a better opening ahead. This opening
was a position as rodman for the John Marsh Construction Company of Chicago,
then constructing the Southern N. E. R. R. from Palmer, Mass., to Providence,
R. I., with headquarters in Southbridge. My chief was P. Strang, a Cornell man.
A. C. Brown, M. I. T. *14, was a chainman on our party. It was one grand little
party, too.
On completion cl the work I obtained a position as transitman for J. E. Christen-
son, engineer for fhk town of Southbridge, but in about two weeks I received a tele-
gram from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa F4 Ry. Co. offering me a position as
rodman on valuation re-cross-section work on the Kansas Rate Case, Topeka
Kansas, headquarters. Was promoted to instrumentman June 1916. I left the
Santa F^ for, — the Army! Joined E Company, 2d Kansas Infantry for service
at the border. Went to Fort Riley, Kansas, was mustered into the United States
Army and then in about a weds was disqualified and discharged on account of
eyesight. Cease, dear heart, thy sad repining!
Santa F^ gave me my old position back with an increase in salary and pay for the
time spent at Fort Riley. Rq^ar company !
January was transferred to Missouri Kate Case on account of the completion of
the Kansas Rate Case. Still in the field.
Kem Dean seems to be getting his fill of experience, and writes
an interesting letter from the South :
The last Review told of the interesting fact that I was recuperating from a pro-
longed summer illness. After graduation in June I had an operation on my neck
which caused trouble all summer. The first of October saw me on the lastly
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tmble Kgtdn under the surgeon** knife; however, it waa very succ^sful &nd I was
working by the Sfteeotli of the some montji.
Stnce the middle of December I liavc been employed by the American AgricultunU
Cbenucfli Compamy and last Saturday tbe^ sent me down here fur a couple of
months, not this town but this section of the conn try , doing inspection and inven-
tory work which Is very intereating, and teaches a fellow more about the business in
the same length of time than any job I know of. The experience of seeing other
parts of the country and of being away from the home office is also good and gives
one the feeling of independence and confidence that is generally lacking^ throit^ oo
fault of the individual, when in the home lown,
I spent lajit Tue^iay night at the Tech Club and had a pleasant chat with Ralph
Millis and **Ref" Alfaro. I was sorry not to have aecn some of the other boys wlio
AK in New York, but expect to work up that way gradually. While I was working
in Boston I saw quite a good deal of Sandy Clauisen and Tom Little, who are both
holding down nice little jobs with private office* and stenographers attached.
We are glad to hear from Berk Berkowitz, who left us in Oc-
tober 1914. He helped share the \4cissitudes of the sophomore
dinner with the assistant secretary and so will be endeared for all
time by him :
It certainly was great to hear from one of the boys again. I have been bnaer
than -^— and haven't had much time to get in touch with the daas. However,
things are progressing ortra fine for me (1 hope all the rest of the boys can say the
same), and anything that 1 can do in the way of helping the dass now, I shall oer^
tably consider as a fpeciBl privilege.
It was pretty tougn leaving the Institute when I did, but nevertheless I bad to go,
and go 1 did. Finding funds pretty scarce I started looking for a position (note
the word position; 1 was glad of a job before I got through) for the winter of 1914
was an ultra tough one for eogineering in general In fact, in most of the engineer-
ing offices all signs of help hod disappeared and the boas was office boy, pro tern.
Alter considerable search, however, I landed a job aa boss of a gang of Italians
(**wopa"). The supenntendent of the job did not appreciate my ability, however,
and allowed me to remain but three days. Dame Fortune smiled upon me, for I
aeetired another similar ** job,** and believe me this was some job, for it required my
presence at a destiDation some twenty-five or thirty miles from home at the then
unheard of hour of 0.45 a. m. However, since then I have come to appredatt
early rising- This one lasted six weeks, 1800 per cent, improvement. Next a»-
fistant manager in a theatre with a ** souse'* as manager some time. Six months
here. Next my present job, almost two years, and prospects bright.
We've spoken of Tom Little before, but here's an autobiog-
raphy:
Took a good vacation till August first, thinking that it would probably be the
last opportunity for such big joy for an indefinite period. Spent the best part of it
on a house party in the Maine woods-^and sure had a good time.
On August first started to work in Boston for the Bemis Brothers Bag Company.
Spent the first mouth wenriog a track from the office to the post office and back, and
cleaning ink wells and running errands for al! concerned. Then spent my time till
December working as caahier, and learned that it is not as easy as it looks to keep a
set of books in balance. Since December have been working as assistant to our
vice-president — this \*ill probably remain my job for some time to come, — and it is
very interesting work. Am connected with the burlap end of the business, which is
particularly interesting at this time us aU these goods are imported from India.
Am liviug in an apartment at 84 Browne street, Brookline — keeping house with
Steve Brophy, Bob Allen and George Beach, '14. We have a rare little bachelor's
apartment and would be more than glad to have any of the boys who come to BostOD
drop in to see us. I will always be interested to get any dope on the class.
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Walt Littlefield is quite laconic. He says:
Career is good; having all of a Harvard man's respect aod admiration for tbe
**S-Toot,'* I accepted a positioo as sub-janitor, — otlierwise known as assistant in the
dec ^Dg. lab. and have been assiduous^ pacing along all that life made miEcrable
for mc m the past two years. Next year I expect to get a job, but the Lord only
knows where. Dates are not made for publication.
Dutch Maier of freshman football fame, writes briefly:
"I first went on tlie road, later into the brewing buBitiesa, and now am proprietor
of a Cof^."
Was married October «7. 1916,
Ros Rennie, who confesses to **Cupe/* *'Fat** and "Ros" as
nicknames; the hero of countless Shows, and anchor man on
"Mac" McDaniel's famous beer relay team, is now an engineer*
He says:
WeU I didn't exactly graduate with the class but I foUowed it along, going to
glimmer school to get that ! ! ! ! entrance French off, and then in September 1
received my notice, whieli read differently from the one in June.
Then after a trip out home I made it back to Boston and finally went to work
down here in Waterbury, Cotmecticut, on November sixteenth, Yes» I am a
research engineer, like my position very much, and hope to stay here for some little
lime yet* I get up to Boston once or twice a month and have met a few of the fel-
lows from time to time. Give my regards to any of the fellows you see who know
me.
Our secretary in our sophomore year. Miss Elizabeth Green-
leaf Pattee, proved faithful to the call for information:
Last summer my £rst position after graduating was as draftsman in the office of
Howe and Manning, architects, io Boston « In the fall 1 accepted an offer to in-
struct in architectural clrafting and design in a school of landscape architecture for
women at Groton, Mass., and at the same time have the opportunity of taking a
couple of courses in landscape design and planting which I shall find useful later on.
Scratch Hall writes:
Left the Institute April first, 1916, to accept position as national field secretary
of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity.
This work takes mc all over the United States and I am making friends and ac-
quiring a knowledge of the country and its different educational institutiona, which
ought to prove a very valuable part of my education.
I have been in twenty-seven different states and visited forty-two different col-
leges and universities throughout the countr>' since leaving the Institute*
Whit Whitaker sends ud a kindly bouquet from South Bend^
Indiana:
Upon leaving the Institute in 1914, returned to the Uni%^ersity of Pennsylvaala
and completed my course, receiving the degree of B. S. in M. E. Then went with
the United Gas Improvement Company of Fhila<lelphia as assistant foreman of
one of the departments. On Fehruarj^ 1, 1917, accepted position of assistant en-
gineer Tilth the Northern Indiana Gas and Eiectric Company at South Bend.
Member of Technologj' Club of Philadelphia. Member Univcraity Club of South
Bend, Indiana. \Miile being strictly an alumnus of the University of Femuylvania
I deem it an honor to be included as a member of the class of 11^16, M. L T., aad
shall be glad to support it in any way I can.
Backsliders in the matter of joining the nearest local Technology
club please note that Whit lost no time in ** hooking up" at Phil-
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■delphia. — Dob Wilson received the panegyric properl y due him ii
the laMt Wiue of the Review, but here's his coofessioii fijMt hand:
Ufi 'Hiute in April 1916 to take a job in tlie reMarch lab, of the GwimJ Hnrtiir
(!ompany at Schenectadv. Worked there untfl September 1910, Uiaog a wttk d
for commencement at Tech. Developed a new poroeUin-like bodtj to neet eoi*
diUom neoeaaary for ipark plugs in modem high comprrMion mgmn. Smat
Heptember have been teaching and doing researdi work at tlie ?*»■*«»"**, •■ lUu m A
aaautriate in the laboratory of applied chemistry under Dr. Walker. Teach tvi
ociuraes this year. Research on mechanism of gaseous reactiooa and vaiioai aik-
lines. Knjoying the work inmiensely. Married December 22» 1910, to Peail M.
Roi^kfelluw of Albany, N. Y. Nicely settled now at 881 Harvard street, Caadadie.
Ilavr enjoyf«i your write-ups in the Revikw immensely. Keep up tibe fsw
work. Iloiw things continue to go well with you-— drop around imn you aie it
town Slime <ia^',— there are a lot of *ld V and X men anwiid. Leadi ud WyUe
Art assbtants m the K*htK>l of chem. eng. practice, as I suppose you know. Gore,
Knowland ami Maverick in our lab.. Hale with Dr. GiU. Gooding in theofeLlab-SBd
a lot of other (\mn» V men scattered through the various analytical and other kbs.
ScMiie other do|)e that ma.v be of use to you if you have not already cot al of il
fnmi other nourceii. Pitman, Hoffman and Fuller are with tlie Berlin MiDs Cosi-
|»an>\ lierliu. N. H. One of them is to be married thb Spring — ^I doo*t dare td
ytm wh)(*h! -ZilUanu b doing mearch work for the government in EngliBd,st
fast atlvtt^en was i^erfecting a mask for poison gases. — Schur is doing research work tor
the llosttm Woven llt^iir and Rubber Compuiy.— Sweet is with the Koppcft
i\ttU|Min>' buihling ix^e o\-ens. — Belie\*e Lavioe is with them, too. — Leach was sbs
till l>ecen\ber. lie ushered at m>- wedding; is at CambriciKe Y. M. C. A. now.-^
Neax'e is engaged to a Miss .\Uday. He is working in CincmnatL — ^Roas, ex *!€, h
taking m^HH^ i^ chem. eng. practice.
IM) nertln't haxT been so considerate of fedings in regard to
that ni^*9toriou.< l>eiiedict to be, for in a letter received the same day,
Karl Ihtnian ciniies out like a man and confesses his weakness.
ll«^r«* h«^ is:
I iKK^ul^<\tlx X \H) ATT prt^varuij: to e^uip the entire army with rubbers in case ve
ti«wJlx fpt^t utto tW >fc*r It is n\>- <reat rrsrret that I cannot perform some equally
valuA^xk' !^r> kv fwr r.v\ v\>u3tr>- if the n<vv*sty ar&^M. Swmi after my last letter, I
\tKt A *\%i\>>o*Nr*l^k* AixxKir,: v>f w\vi u}x>a the aSKvptioo of cases by various oils,
^^tK tSe K^^ K^f iv.Akr.vj: 1n->^* >^\ J'^v:^ xvdiaary bunvr gas. At present Hoffmsn
Ka» * TC\MtU ^'vv^^-riixvrtitju *.a>:Al Atx>c: fvv :ii*t p«rp««p xkMiiy completed in one of
\^r VNaj^- i*,v."x >tr>»v tSe r.rsS ^^ jAr-.uir> 1 ii*TV" drvv<<d all my time to l e aeai di
«^x>e. * \v\x\-7«^ f.xr tvja.-.v^ jk.v^:x* jL::i;x\r>3e !tvcs ^\£iim acetate and solphm-chkiffide.
I tt«\i to tKL:xi t^: A:>y .:* c^Vv<or w jkSx:: as ktashjooBe a cvm;Hund as I should
Iv hty\\ :.^ r%;y. *vr\'««v N..: ;i»e ax? vir!»jt tjtf i: si^cped S>di ^^vs at ooce. If it
e^rc s^wMwsc* >vv^* ^M^ri-^: ir^V> to >^*« .iI^n»^ s«n>w w^en ]tv« led nooe. just in-
tsw^v A ■,.:;jc Ar-V^vrxTif xA-x-ir i?:o tW trnrw^Ti*^ vjcatitT o£ voor eyes., and the
t-^-< v% ^xvrv >,x % -. **:,VEr^:v*j.'» ^^wr a* .-vcwwiiscx as tW mwt fastidioas
vvNAi.*: .-tr^^^ V N?; wt <'v:xy*ja<tt-;jk Twia^t i-»ft» :■&< ><«s ?«£ ip Sx- me. and the cast-
«i^ jt'v jtNvi-: ^r»jh.t» >.v iSBCahjuixiiL If yAt 5a- i:/* Wir twr me agmm. jnoo vil
t* >va %•.>*> :.* ?il .» •.!< ^v*£ i*ic*rr
t7*Sva N^AAi.^ >sM xb^ : iiJ^Jr n^ m^i^^prnwa* ti" Ids Mscy Gf««> jrf :
|»M£v *»Jvux. 5Uliufc.-ttv "^ xs i»r* a T-^^im m i^ n :a«npv if a SK^scy
TV W*::^ ,x'«^rfc::u»=v«» .■< xit cifc» ip^ML j»«Br eSicaiRBKnt,
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I went to work as an assistant engineer with the Interborough Rapid Tranut
Company of New York in June 1916. I am in the electrical construction depart-
ment, the offices of which are located in the Cable Building, 621 Broadway, Gf. C.
Hall, '96, is the head dectrical engineer. Lowenberg, '11, and De Beech, '15,
whom the class of '16 will remember 3 they took T. £. M. in the third year, are also
in the department.
Bill Farthing has emitted a faint peep from Texas at last!
After getting off a bunch of unnecessary derogatory remarks about
his virtue as a president, he launches into the following tirade:
• . . but were you shipped as far away from everything near and dear to you*
with little hope of getting back soon, you would probably not neglect your duty as
I have done.
Thanks, BiD.
I have heard very little concerning the dass since I left Boston. Tech is little
known and much respected down here. The Review was devoured greedily and
I do believe it kindled a spark of enthusiasm that was about dead. I have heard
from several of the boys, and they all seem to be contemplating matrimony. I also
gathered that I was a suspect. Never such luck for me. I am working as engineer
for the Texas Company and eke out a meagre living. Really it is not as bad as that,
but old Boston holds the best hand now. What arrangements are being made for
next Jime.' I wish by aU that is holy that I could be there, but I do believe it is
impossible. There are enough of you there to really make the dass felt around the
'Stute about commencement time. Now I have thrown off the old spell, and am
back in the harness again. Give me something to do, and give me what informar
tion you can concerning the boys.
Bill also said in an earlier letter:
About two months ago I was given six dredges and three pile drivers to look after
with the work they were doing, which was a pipe line right-of-way, a reservoir, some
protection levees, and tank foundations. From that list it might appear that I was
snowed under with work, but really it is not nearly so bad as it sounds. It is
enough, however, to keep me busy most of the time.
We check you on that Bill. — Bill Brown is "in the army now"
and says:
Graduated 1016. Assistant manager Granliden Hotel, Lake Sunapee, N. H^
summer of 1015. Assistant professor of electrical engineering at the Virginia
Militarjr Institute, Lexington, Va., session 1916-1917. Tactical officer and captain
in the \ irginia National Guard, detailed at the V. M. I.
Mac MacRae comes in next:
Please excuse the slowness with which I am answering your very worthy appeal
for cash and dope, but just at the time I received said appeal, I was making a
change of jobs, or rather changing from a job to a position so did not have a chance
to write until the present. Per request am enclosing check for one buck and con-
sider myself lucky to get off so lightly. To get down to your other request, I will
begin at the beginning. After graduating — I say that with a great deal of feeling —
I started in to work for the Winchester Repeating Arms Company at New Haven.
Down there we started in just like anv other old *' wop,*' working in the shops and
doing most any dirty job that came along. Frequently I would wonder what was.
the good of ever going to the 'Stute at all if that was what they called being an
engineer, and when I thought of the "We are Happy" yeU, I knew that the man who>
wrote the second line did not know what he was talking about, or anyway, had not
worked in the shops in the middle of the sununer. To me Tech looked like a prettv
good vision of Heaven by comparison. In spite of aU, I am beginning to think
that I got some pretty good experience out of it, which is about all that a poor
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Tech graduate cim expect for the firat year,— I am q acting this Irom « typical em-
player of coUcffc gmduate^.
Well, I Idt New Haven m Marcb and atn now working for my father. I expect
to start iu Lbe manufacture of lumber, m the western part of North Carolina, and
for the next three or foor mooths will be busy going around to sawmills and lumber
camps Irjnng to leam snniething about the business. So far it has beea veiy intej^
estiiigr and i thiiik thnt I shall like it ioimeasely.
Max Woythalei is sticking to chem and writes briefly:
Have been working at an eiperimental plant to develop a caraddng proofs (or
petroleum distillate to obtain petroleum. Carried out the preliminary work» then
aaibted in designing the commercial unit. At present we are operating the unit
and making demonstration runs for prospective uaera of the process. h
From Duke Wellington : V
During the summer I worked for Prof* H. K. Barrows, and when the *Stute
started in the fall I came back as the assistant in the *' Water and Air Lab'* under
Prof. J, F. Norton. At the end of school in June I am in hopes of obtaining a job
with some company that has to deal with waterworks,
George Sweet is in the by-product coke business and evidently ^
enjoys it i
My graduate career, of which you so urgently reiiuest information, is in the em-
bryonic state as yet. I started work at the By-Proouct Coke plant of the Youngs- fl
town Sheet and Tube Company on July 8, 19 1«. My energies were needed in the (
by-product departm^iit (there are three departments, batteries, by-product and
benzol) where I became a stiliman, operating an ammonia stilL I have since
worked my way to spdl assistant foreman. Ambition says that I must be foreman
this summer. It remains to be seen what the "powers that be*' will say. The coke
business is a fine one to enter if you have a longiog for work exclusive of all else.
I work week about, day and night shifts, 11 hours day and IS hours night shift.
The rest of tlie lime 1 have to myself, so that I can read dope on the coke business,
Dick Ahearn has been in the Boston office of the Trussed Con- f
Crete Steel Company since October, and is now estimating and
desiring concrete bnUdings. — Bake Baker was with the Detroit
Water Board until November. He is now with the Larrowe Con-
stniction Company doing pipe layout work for western sugar beet
factories, and in addition is teaching evenings in a large technical
high school. — Gene Barney is with the Domestic Engineering
Company of Dayton» Ohio> in work of a technical and literary
nature. He says in part:
As yet I haven't bad the privilege of meeting any members of the class since June^
however^ I have heard pleasing news about many of them. We have a Tech-Day-
ton Alumni Association consisting of about thirty live Tech men. At the reeeol
banquet we had one hundred and tea per cent attendance. We will be glad to see
any Tech man at the weekly luncheon held at the Engineers Club Tuesday noons.
Tom Berrigan has been i^ith the Boston and Maine Railroad
and with the Bo.ston Structural Steel Company since graduation*
but is now a structural steel draftsman in the Bureau of Yards and
Docks, United States Navy Department.^ — Blanch Blanchard, who
left the class in June 1915, is now in the Investment Business with
the Blanchard Company of Boston. He is engaged to Miss
Dorothy Parker of Winchester, Mass., and hope^ to be married
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next fall. Hearty congratulations, Blanch. — Mervin Bliss is a
draftsman and inspector in the Statistical Department of the
New York and Queens Electric Light and Power Company. —
Charles L. Broas has been assistant resident engineer at the
Junction Hydro-Electric Development on the Manistee river,
Michigan, with the Fargo Engineering Company. He is now in
the company's offices as a detailer and designer. — Bob Allen and
Steve Brophy are located with an architectural firm in Boston.
Down here in New York we have heard that they are living up to
their reputation of being on the job. Steve, by the way, has an
active job on the Alumni Council. He writes briefly :
Engaged as assistant general director of the Boston production of Percy Mack-
aye's Community Pageant "Caliban," produced in New York last year. The
Boston production is for two nights the latter part of June. I. W. Litchfield, '85,
is on the committee, Ralph Adams Cram, chairman of the executive conmiittee;
James P. Monroe, '82, secretary. Elected representative-at-large in the Alumni
Association for term of three years. Practicing architecture when the time per-
mits.
Frederick C. Bryant is with the Allied Machinery Company of
America in the foreign sales department in Paris, France. — Buck
Bucknam is working for the Pittsburg Division of the P. C. C.
and St. L. R. R. Co. in Dennison, Ohio. — Luke Lucas is with him,
working for the same company. — Bob Burnap is in the research
division of the electrical engineering department at the 'Stute,
working under Professor Wickenden. — Buck Buxton writes:
Employed since June 19, 1916, as assistant to the superintendent of the Torring-
ton Manufacturing Company, builders of rolling mill machinery and designers of
special machinery for metal working.
C. C. Carpenter of Tech Show fame, who left us in June 1915,
is back at the Institute again to finish his course. During the
time that he was away he had quite a varied business and engi-
neering experience with Norton and Hemenway on brick and con-
crete construction, Lovejoy and Company of Cambridge, making
gun barrels for the Allies; with Stone and Webster drafting, and
with the R. H. Howes Construction Company on concrete and
mill construction. He ends an interesting letter, writing :
Now I'm back at the 'Stute and it doesn't seem as though I'd been away since
June 1015. It seems longer to look ahead to June 1918, when I expect to get my
degree, but no doubt the time wiU go quickly enough. Though there are a number
of the '16 bunch at the Institute in one capacity or another, it is not quite like being
back with the old class, and though when I graduate, it will be with an entirely
different bunch of men, the three years that I spent with the class of 1916 make it
impossible for me to feel like a member of any other.
I hope the fellows will send in so many accounts of their interesting experiences
that it will necessitate the publishing of a special 1916 issue of the Review. It
would be one interesting volume, I know.
Jap Carr is taking the student course at the plant of the Good-
year Tire and Rubber Company at Akron, Ohio. He writes :
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Took factory cotirse of Oiree niooiJis. Spent fiix weeks on sped&I inslruction and
efficiency work in the crude rubber department, Waj requested to remain in this
departmf nt but had other plans. Spent three wecka as experiraeiital drnftstnan in
aeronauliea] department to help out in a rush of work. December ^1 started to do
some real work. Transferred to the mill room. After running a mill for two wetk»
and taking the inspector's school for two more, I t>ccame an inspector. In the final
exam of the school I felt it incumbeot upon me as a Tech man, not to let anyone
heat me. and so got 100 in it. Somt' uop^ I have a fine job with no title and lots of
money. The latter is not everything, of course, but it is comforting when the lack
of tlie former beoomen oppressive.
Cell Cellarius is in the architectural office of Tietig and Lee,
Cincinnati. He says as both bosses are Tech meti, he is in good
company* Frank Chandler is with the AssociatecJ Factory Mutual
Fire Insurance Company, in Boston. — Bob Crosby worked with the
Westinghouse, Church, Kerr and Company in New York till De-
cember. He writes:
Then the longing for the old home town got into my bones, ao I hit the trail for
bean town and started to steal my weekly stipend from the Boston Edison Com-
pany, where I pass Oie weary hours slipping the slip-stick and juggling dark blue
kilowatt hours with dollars and cents.
Bob has adopted as his motto, ** Don't be a hard boiled eg^"" and
connueDds it to the consideration of the class. — CImrles L, Crozier
\s an assistant in the department of civil and sanitary engineering
at the 'Stute, under Professors Porter, Whipple and Barrows.—
Curt Curtis is assistant treasurer of T, I. Smith Company, North
Attleboro, Mass., manufacturing jewelry. He says in part:
The 1916 Teeh bnby, which I had Ihe pleasure of presenting to the class dunog
my senior year, is doing finely. He is an exceptional child in another way, thAt is,
in his birthday the S29th of February, u leap year baby.
Devy Devine is with the Canada Paint Company of Montreiil. —
Bill Drummy is **architectiog*' and gets off the following:
Am now with the Massachusetts Engineering Company's architectural depart-
ment, earnestly endeavoring to beautify Boston with any tiling that will keep out
the weather. Have bamlioozled that company into thinking that I am some little
designer, and they are suffering in silenoci — so far anyway.
Bud Eldredge has been working for the Boston and Maine Rail-
road since he left the cla.ss in 191^.— Herl>ert Ellis is with the
National Lamp Works of the General Electric Com[>any in
Clevehtnd.^ Rev. Fairfield is teaching ever>i:hing from heat and
vent to naval architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at
Troy, N. Y. Part of his letter reads :
The only '16 men I have seen are those I saw when in Boston in December. —
John Eberhardt, W* J* Barrett, and poor Leon ( ^halatow who is laid up in bed at 308
Newbury street, I would be ver>' mueh tickled to hear from iiny *16 men or to
see one at Balaam avenue. Troy, or fit the mech. eng. dept. of R. P. L
H. L. Foster writes :
Was instructor at Summer Surveying Camp for five weeks last summer. Didn't
dare stay longer, beeauiie I was afraid that the threatened B- R- strike would hold
me up in Maine and interfere with an important engagement in the shape of a wed-
ding which took place on September 6, 191C. Yes, I*in a carefree married man do»\
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don't have to mingle with the teeming push at the Union any more. Tell Bill
Farthing for me, not to delay any longer but to work nights in completing his de-
signs at Houston. Ailmenentendedarpoca8p<Uabrasbastan,Bi]l.
Am holding down an assistant's job at the 'Stute this year, accumulating vast
stores of knowledge for future combat among my beloved classmates.
J. J. Fouhy is with the Boston and Albany Raihoad as an in-
strument man. — Hal Fuller, who is with the Berlin Mills Company
in Berlin, New Hampshire, says:
This town, — I beg its pardon, — this city may not be much, but the country roimd
about is very special and there are plenty of week-end campers, of which yours
truly is usually one.
The Research Laboratory of the Berlin Mills Company gives me shelter during
the week, in return for which and something to boot, I am working on all sorts of
things which will coin money for the company. I arrived July 4 and am still
contentedly sticking.
Gan Gagnon, Arvin Page and Hal Gray are aU at the plant of the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio. — Gilk
Gilkey is with the Pennsylvania Railroad as assistant to the track
elevation engineer at Chicago. — Good Gooding calls himself a
"gentleman janitor in Theoret." at the Institute. — Ed Hale is
Dr. Gill's private assistant at the 'Stute. — ^Harsh Harshbarger
is with the Pensy Road and writes in part:
Last July I started as chainman on the Pennsylvania Railroad and had quite
a nice summer of it. Lots of excitement getting ready to run things when the
Brotherhoods walked out on us. Running gas handcars over main line tracks, with
no rear protection from the block signals is not exactly soothing to the nerves, es-
pecially if your gas buggy can only do thirty. Was up aroimd the new buildings a
month ago, but did not get time to go in and see if I could unearth any Course I
men that I knew. My Wellesley friend said we did not have time, if we were going
to follow the program. Will try to do better next time.
Albert Holmes, just "Al," is engaged on public utility work in
the National Bureau of Standards, and is on the road much of the
time. When in Boston he may be found at the Engineers Club;
in New York at the Technology Club and at the University Club
in Washington. He hopes to be able to run across some of the
'16 men at these places and wishes that any frequenters of these
haunts would look him up. — ^Thomas G. Jewett, Jr., is now cashier
and paymaster with Warren Brothers Company, Boston paving
contractors. — Ben Kerstein is with the Massachusetts Highway
Commission as a permanent transitman. — Laurie Knowlton is at
Pittsburgh with H. Koppers Company, manufacturers of By-
product Coke Plants. — Lamp Lanphier is with the Bethlehem St^
Company, "shooting trouble" in a steel plant. — Sam Lapham is
first assistant designer with the Carmichael Construction Company
of Charleston, S. C. — ^Hayden P. Mayers of San Antonio, Texas,
who was with the class for a year, has entered the regular service
of the United States Army with the grade of second lieutenant
and is stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. — Fred McKown
spent a month at Plattsburg last summer, and then entered the
employ of the Western Electric Company in New York City. —
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Joe Mdgi wm& cbemist and asphalt inspector for the city of Boston
during the summer, but is now back at the *Stute as an assistant. —
Mitnny Maiiroe has been with the Cumberland County Light and
Bovir CoQipany of Portland, Maine, and with the George A.
Mlkr Cdniiany in Boston, but is at present a structural detailer
in the wmter works department of the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel
CompflUiy, IHttsburgh, Pa.— Harold Moxon, X, who left us in the
imioir year, is a chemist in the phenol plant of the N, E. Manu-
IMliiiiiii Company at North Woburn, Mass* He says that he is
**iBeful but not indispensable/* — Bob Naumburg is an eflSciencry
eikgineer at tlie Revere Robber Company plant of the United
SUIes Rubber Company in Providence, E. L He writes:
I hmrt &n aa8istiuit» a caitl iDdez^ a n>ll top desk and eveiytlmig, just tike a regular
Art Ncave is with the Chatfield Manufacturing Company of
Cincinnati, distilling coal tar, — Shatswell Ober, niekiiame "Sober/*
is a hull draftsman for the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, and is
leading the usual first year mans life. He says:
Ooc day b much like uBother, each week like the last, and each month Bke the
preWous one, so thnt thert^ can be no stiirtHng tale of a career.
As P«ab said the last time that I nujnaged to ait>use myself sufficiently to escape
to Boston for a week end, we arc now be^nning to learn the biuineaa we studied
ftt tlie 'Sttite. Till just lieginning to realize the difference between the way that we
■M tndned to act and thinks and the way certain other school and ooUege men
area*i.
I suppose that the other fellows in my course will reply all right, but in case
they don't , when I last heard they were; 11, F. Hall, at the Fore River Shipbuild'
in^ Company. — C. F. Gross, instnictor at the United Stales Naval Academy.^
W, E. Ix>ng. at the Fore River Shipbuilding CompHny.^-K. F. Hanlord* Lawley**
Shipyard at Nefwjeset. — H. Larner, assistant N. A. Depiirtment, M, I. T-
Long ia engaged, for details write ** K. C/' Richmond.
Here's good luck to you« to 1916 and to Tech, now, always, and then some.
Luther Phillips writes:
Have been taking graduate work in Course IV this year^ and senior design* in>
eluding thesis. Expect to graduate in June.
Sandy Claussen is the acme of fidelity in the matter of corre-
spondence, and he writes not only frequently, but raost interestingly
and at length. Of course, according to Kem Dean* Sandy has a
stenographer, and Sandy's letters always come t>T>e written. We
have not seen her, but knowing his taste it may not l>e as boresome
a task to \wite as it would seem* Here are parts of a letter re-
ceived in February :
As for my life story, being a man **witb a past" I feel that this would better be
left dormant and untold. So vfcU skip that part preceding June 1916 and gel
down to brass tiick^, the substance of the matter as it were*
You reroeniber Tom Little, and of course you know Dick Ilunncman. Well
the three of us are very nicely located here with the Bemis Brothers Bag Company;
1 started in last July, Tom in Auj3;ust, and Dick just joined our ranks about Feb-
ruary 1. It seems rather nice to ha here to^etbeT, let me tell you. Charlie Law-
rence is just up on the comer with the Boston News Bureau, while Kem Dean is
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over on State atreet with the American AgricuUuml Chemical Company. We
manage to get together every little while for lunch and kid each other along into
believing that we are getting to be business men, talk over*' how busy we were to-
day," out bosses and various other matters, but in all rather pleased to be right
here in the good old town of Boston, rather than in some hole in the West.
Hen Sbepard just got back from a littte trip to Nicaragua, and wc are living
together up on Commonwealtli avenue.
I received a letter from Eddie Wliiting some weeks ago* written on board ship
bound for France> You probably know that he is in the employ of the Allied
Machinery* Company de France with headquarters at Paris, and by this time is
undoubtedly located in some fashionable hostelry of this famous resort. Believe
me, he is a lucky boy. Let us hope that some German bomb doesn't get him un-
awares as he strolls the boulevards in search of conquest. Then, again, the at-
tractions Tvill be too much for the boy, I fear, and (speaking abstractly, of course)
I am afraid he will relapse into that state of being so dear to Tech men as a rule,
and aptly designated by the words* all shot.
Then again, there is Tom Ilolden, Course IV, whom you might wish to locate.
He started in Boston with several architects of note, but left Boston about a monUi
ago for his home in Austin, Teicas, where 1 believe he intends to start in as an archi-
tect on his own account. Saul Makepeace is down in Providence with his father
In the mill architect and engineering business and seems to like his work very welU
He has been sent out on jobs as supervising engineer, and tells me that he is getting
away with it, George Stickney is located in Beverly with the United Shoe Ma*
chinerj' Company. What hb official capacity is I don't know, but I have a hunch
that he is in the machine shop, learning the business from the ground Boor up. I
suppose that you hear from Eusty quite often. We see each other now and then,
and say, the little group of us that attended the Aluumi Association banquet had
the finest time imaginable. We all wished that more from the cliiss could have been
there, as the speakers were very interesting.
As for myself, there isn't much to state except that I am on the job in Boston
selling bags and burlaps and, in eoraraon with tiie rest of the boys, trying to learn
the business. It is noticeable to see how many men fail to stick to the engineering
profession, isn*t it?
In a letter written the last of March Sandy notes a phase of the
Tech man's patriotism that will require development in the near
future. He writes:
A number of the boys in our class are in a dilemma as to know what to do in
case of war, and they call urgently for men. It is a question whether to offer your-
self at once and so get in on the gmund floor, or wait until they draft you and have
the disgrace of being forced in. Welb there isn't any doubt as to the course that
Tech men will take. Personally, I intend to visit the Navy Yard tomorrow and
get all the dope on scout and patrol tioata. I have had experience along these lines,
and was captain on a passenger boat one summer. I believe I have heard of some
sort of scheme among the undergraduates that on a call for men all Tech men who
offer to go will form a unit. This sure is a great spirit and I would not object to
going with tbe whole crowd myself.
At a little private .smoker, Mac MacDaniel was there with the rest of the gang,
ft&d really, you'd be surprised to see how thin he is.
Tech may make a sylph of Mae yet. He has again written the
Tech Show and as this letter goes to press we hear that it is bound
to he a success. Mae gets his degree this June but he has remained
true to his 1916 colors and he says he can't even sec another class.
But to return to the situation niilitaire, the number of Tech
men who attended the military and naval training camps and
cruises last summer was pitifully small for a college of the size of
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ours* particularly when the need for technically trained officers,
in an eventuality, is considered. The \\4sest thing* it would
seem, that a Tech man desiring to see active military or naval
service in event of war can do, is to strive for his commission in the
Officers Reserve of cither branch as soon as possible.
Jeff Reid was in the turbine department of the General Electric
Company in Lynn till late November, and has since been with the
Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies in Boston, in the in-
spection depart tnent. His work consists of surveying risks carried
b^ the companies, and drawing insurance plans of the same* —
C. N* Richardson, nickname "Cyanide** once in a while, is with
the Titanium Alloy Manufacturing Company at Niagara Falls,
N. Y, — George Roper is at the 'Stute getting his degree* — **just
grinding." — Savvy Saunders, who had the honor of being one of
the raemhers of the hrst class to be held in the new buildings, has
reported for duty with the navy and is at present at the Mare Is-
land Navy Yard, California, as assistant outside superintendent, —
Enos Sawyer is with the I^imere National Bank in Cambridge.^
Auggie Scliaefer is with the Bausch Machine Tool Company in
Springfield, building multiple spindle drOls, and has given Pro*
fessor Swett enough data on the sohject to permit of its being added
to the course on mechanism of machines. Wliether he is an al»
truist oT a misanthrope in so doing is up to the judgment of the
chaps who took the course*^ — Clifford Shedd is learning the Taylor
System of Scientific Management at the Tabor Manufacturing
Company in Philadelphia, and after a year exix'cts to *'try it on
the dawg," so to speak, — Bill Sprague is with Bertram G. Good-
hue, architect, in New York, and has bi^n studying design during
the winter under Frederick Hirons at the Beaux Arts Institute of
Design. — The Stewarts, Art and Walt* are learning the business
in the cotton mills of the Lonsdale Company, Lonsdale, R. L
Walt says he is gt^tting his grip on the ladder rungs, but is still
low enough to be a "wop" or a 'Mumky/' Art is somewhat highc
up, being '* fifteenth assistant to the fifteenth assistant/'^ — Pebl
Stone writes :
Got B job the 5tb of July os a textile engineer with the Chiitnplain Silk Milli of
Brooklyn, X. Y, Have been assistant to geoeml syperuitendent. Job is deve!oi>*
ing and perfecting prei^enl methods of uianiifacture of spun silk yams. Very
interesting work. Mi^lity line men over rae. One lazy draftsman under ine.
Apply ing for com miss ion with the ix^giilaranny in ease of war.
Ralph Millis is another one of our very faithful correspondents.
He is with the H. W. Johns-Manville Company in New York doing
accoustical correction work. *' which consists," he writes, "in nail-^
ing yp hair felt in riMjnis to improve their adaptability for speeches
and conversation.*' Just at present his heart is with the military
and after successfully passing his exams he has been recommended
for a second lieutenancy in the Engineer Officers Reserve Corps,
and he is sanguine of "seeing the inside of a trench** before the
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war is over. — Warren Strangman is "operating as a draflsoien'' for
the Mason Regulator Company of Dorchester, Mass.* makers pf
steam and pressure regulating apparatus. — Thorn Thomas (Paul
B-) was ill for five months after graduation. After convalescing
he accepted a connection i^vath Alexander Brown and Sons, brokers»
of Baltimore. — George Tnttle is assistant mechanical engineer with
the Eastern Manufacturing Comjjany, Katahdin Pulp and Paper
Company Division, at Lincoln, Maine.^ — Bud Kaula is with the
company also, and was chemist there for four months. He now
has charge of the installation of a bonus system in the pulp mill
there and has struck some mighty interesting problems. — Judd
Vile is with the Simplex Automobile Company in New Brunswick^
N. J. , learning the business. He says ;
Life m New Brunswick ti far from being one of thrilla, so that the only events in
my career have been the purchases of railroad tickets out of here dow and then,
Lewis S, Vose, confessing to no nickname, is with the Stafford
Company at Readville, and has his hands full taking charge of
the stock maintenance department, and assisting in the installa-
tion of a new cost system. He was married October 17, 1916.
He is enrolled as a quartermaster in the Coast Patrol on one of the
submarine chasers,— Speed Austin writes an interesting letter
from Freeport, Texas, where he is an engineer of tests for Westing-
house, Church, Kerr and Company at the mine and plant of the
Freeport Sulphur Company; He says in part :
We have four power houses. The last is just being finished. They total 24,000
B. H. P. and altogether form the largest battery of oil burning boiiera in the United
States. We bum Mexican oil which is brought to the mine through an eiKht-inch
pipe line, 4 J miles long. The line is heated its entire length by fltcam or hot water,
BO as to keep the oil hot enough to pump. It is the only pipe line of its kinds in
the United States.
The method of mining sulphur may be of more interest than my personal history.
The mine is located on a mound about half a mile in diameter and twelve feet above
aea level. It is half a mile from the Gulf of Mexico and four miles from the Brazos
river. The prospecting is done the same as for oil, by drillmg down until sulphur
is encountered, and then drilling through the deposit to 6ud its thickness.
The aulpbur is found in depositfl of ten to one hundred feet in thickness at a depth
of about nine hundred feet. When a deposit thick enough to work is found the
well is drilled out larger, a larger casing is put down and water and air pipes are
put down inside the casing. Hot water is then pumped down into the sulphur
deposit and out again for several days until a large quantity of sulphur is melted.
Then the melted sulphur is pumped out with an air lift and hot water is pumped
down to take the place of the sulphur removed. Sometimes the sulphur can be
pumped from one well for a month or more without stopping*
After the sulphur gets to the surface the air lift carries it several hundred feet in
horisontal pipes to large wooden vats 150 to £00 feet square. The melted sulphur
runs out into these vat^ and solidiEes. The sides of the vats are built up higher as
tlie sulphur piles up until Anally there stands a solid block of sulphur of the dimeu*
fiofis of the vat and forty feet high. Tbe sides of the vats are then pulled down,
the sulphur blasted out and loaded into gondolas with a Brown Hoist. The gon-
dolas are run down to the Brazos river and onto a high trestle, the sulphur la then
chutcd from the cars into ships. The aulpbtir is sold as commercial, but ia 99.3
per cent pure.
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Herb Mendelsohn was married February 21 and has just re-
turned from a honeymoon in the South. He was with the Barrett
Company until the middle of February, but is now assistiint super-
intendent and chemical engineer at the Hudson River Woolen
Mills at Newburgh, N. Y. Herb ^Tites that he has rented a
house with about haJf an acre of land, which he intends to cultivate
intensively for potatoes.— Bennie Murdough is an assistant in the
civil engineering department at the Institute,~Frenchy Dodge
writes:
During the school year 1916-ldI7 have attemped to pass as a pfotesaat meleo
ttiail eugineenDg at the Injititutc although calaloged merely aa an aasistaat
Acted in the capacity of chid illustrator for Dr» KeiineUy*t new book. For
mooetary purposes have sensed this year on the staff of the Lowe!] Institute, the
abbreviated eveoing Tech.
Chuck Loomis, fully recovered from his operation of last fall,
is back at the 'Stute striving for his degree and trying hard, evi-
dently, to prove faithful to activities at the same tiuie. He wrote
us a man's size letter the last of February, parts of which follow:
Your cute little red card arrived just aa I was doing my ciussedest to fool the
Faculty and survive midyears, und natiimlly it was trapossiblc for me to *" Do It
Now/* Your ratio of diacretiuo to xalor in the choice of time in sending out your
little billet doux is (^rtainly very low.—I'm afraid those of you who managed to
grab degrees la^t June too aooti forget the trials and tribulations of a student.
At the *Slotc, however, now that cxauis are safely past and pasaed Til do my best
to hand you what little news I ba%-e concerning the great and glorious class <4 1916.
Most of it is of the bunch arouud Boston, particularly those still striding for de-
greesi or slaving as assistants.
MacDamel, Keith, Comiskey and my own honored self can be «een five dayi
a week sitting in the front row at Professor Spofford's lectures on structuics —
Mac ha^ doped it out that the front row is the sufe^it place and we are taking hU
word for it. He has one year on the rest of us and ought to know. In heat 1 find
Weber, also ei-lOlO, and whco I cndca\'or to obtain any information from the
various assistants of the civil engineerinjc department, I tremble before the dignity
of Charlie McCarthy, Foster, Wellington, Crosier. Bill LiddelL and Eddie Clarkson.
In the other departments I suppose the same line holiis, although I can give you no
dope on who the men are with the exception of Dina Coleman under whom 1 had
a testing materials laboratory experiment Inst term. I'll have to hand it to Dina,
—I got a *'C" in the course.
Rusty, Sandy Claussen and myself happened to meet in a movie show one day
and afterward repaired to the old ** headquarters" where Bill Farthing ga^'e his
famous party the night of the senior election. — we sat around for an hour or two
and swapped lies,~H. G. Morse is out in India for the Bern is Company, the same
job as Bill Ogden. They went out togetherp and for a while 1 almost bad my mind
made up to go along, but thought better of it. A ciird from our chief manfaal
arrived this week, mailed from Sparrows Point. Md.. where he is working for the
Bethlehem Steel Company on construction. He left the Pcnnsy R. R. about a
month ago. Jack McDervilt and Brad Stetson announced their engagements this
last fall: Jack plans to get married in June and Bnid as soon as be becomes rich
enough. Jack is now junior partner in the firm of Cutler-McDevitt Company ,
makers of machine tools, etc. He slips you a business card announcing himself as
vice-president and assistant tre^i^urer, and when last seen he was bound for Canada
and the west '* to call on the trade." As for myself I am still single, — force of d^
cumstaBCes, not inclination, — and am working for Mr. Tech at a salary of —$t50 a
year and lab fees, etc* I managed to fool the doctor in New Y'ork after six very
lengthy weeks in the hospital, escaped to the Tech club and a week later came home.
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I didn't get back to Tecb till the middle of November so you can picture the party
I bad trj'ing to 6nisb tlic term's work, particularly aa 1 was only able to do about
three hours' work a day at the start, and couldn't stand up in kb till about Chmt-
mas- I'm running agaio, but not too fast,— it looks as if Td be unable to make
fourlh place on the sprint team that goes to Philadelphia next week.
In concluding. Chuck wishes to announce the final settlement of
the affairs of Technique 1916. He has received a check from Jim
Uhlinger for $4l!£.68, the final balance, to be turned over to the
bursar as trustee of a fund from which, with the authority of the
Finance Committee, the various acti\4ties, — preference given to
Technique^ — can borrow money to be used in discounting bills,
etc, — Luke Lucas sends a brief card from Dennison, Ohio. :
Weil. 1 am out here in this neck of the woods halfway between Pittsburgh and
Columbus, working for the Pennsy Lines West. 1 like the work pretty well and
hope to stick to the railroad, but of course don't know yet.
Hovey and John Freeman have been in the Orient since Novem-
ber with their father, and are expected home about the last of
April. — Ned Hewins is losing his grip on things editorial, but is
still "there" as regards things narrative. He writes:
Ml^T a brief rest from my ner\'e-shattering career at the *Stute I started work for
the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in the steam turbine de-
partment a« draftsman. They were at that time finisihing up work on the battle*
ship Munjfifippt^ which will probably have her trial trip next falL When this work
was finished 1 got in on some of the bidding phinn for geared turbines which were
aubmitted for the new Iwttleshipa Murtfland^ Colorado, West Virgiina and Wash-
infftatt. Tbe navy department, in its headlong di\'e for electric propulsion no-mat-
ter-what, turned us down (note *' ns") on the geared turbines, although we are build-
ing two of the ships. I may add that these four battleahips, together with three
others not yet completed, const it ute what the NeiP York Times tenned our "Ex-
perimental batllesbipi/' What the Xfw York Times did not say was that if electric
propulsion at this ^tage of the game should prove a failure, these seven battleships
would be practically junk, as their machinery space could not possibly be adapted
to any other kind of propulsion than electric.
Anvhow the building of turbines at the yard has ceased for the time being, und I
am now on the most interesting job that was ever created for a young engineer,
I am now what is known as the engine drawing room office runner, which does not
mean, however, office boy. 1 visit all the foremen in the yard each day to inquire
whether they have found any mistakes or difficulties with the drawings. If they
liave I take the matter up with the office and straighten it out for them. It h tEe
best job for accumulating general engineering experience that could possibly be de-
vised, because it covers ever> thing, and you get the viewpoint of both the raechanic
and the draftsman. It is a job I am told they give their ** promising'* college men
here for a period of about three months.
Thb Ih as far as I liave gone. Strange to aay I am not yet generat manager or
chief engineer nor, what is more important, am I married.
He concludes with the slam :
I imagine that aljout the only man in the class I will beat on the gict ting-married
proposition b the assistant -secretary treasurer.
The latter disdains to reply, — ^Suds Sutherland says;
On July 5 I returned to the bosom of the dear old N. Y. N. H. &H. R. R. enter-
ing the electrical engineering department to help Uncle Sam evaluate its eiectricail
equipment as decreed by Congress in 1913, On February 5 enlisted in Company
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A* 1st Bfltlalion, Sij^nal Corps* Kational GuApd, New York» Otherwise life has been
without a ripple since Tuesduy, June 13» 1916*
Carl Holioberg is with McClintic Marshall Construction Com-
pany at Camp Hill, Fa,, detailing steel bridges and mill build-
ings. Brad Stetson is with the same company in their shops.—
Bill Chandler is with Olrastead Brothers, landscape architects,
and still hves in Brookline, He writes ;
I am still single, never [drink, cliev^ amoke nor sweiin Long live the elajs of
191(i,
Garfield Newcombe is w ith the Eastern Manufacturing Company
in Bangor, Elaine, designing a new Behner Plant and its equip-
ment. He meets several other Tech men, including Bill Wylde
who is with the M. L 1\ School of Chemical Engineering Practice
there. They are all drilling, he says, in an officers' training school.
—Walt Binger, also Wallace or Bing, is in business for himself and
writes under the letterhead of Thompson and Binger, Inc., en-
gineers and contractors:
Specialbing in the desijpa and construction of plain and reinforced structures of
concrete, of all types. Offices, S^Tacuse. N* Y,» and New York City. Landed the
design and construction of a 200 x ICHJ four^story warehouse with 1U«0U0 yards of
earthwork, which we are now constructing,
Henry Sommer writes:
Left Boston for Rochejiter Railway and Light Company at Rochester on Feb-
ruary li, 1910, Assistant to !L C. Duffcnbaugh, cost engineer, working oncost
analysis i^nd oilier such dry and hazy stuff, tit for the most studious ffrind. Raised
right hand one day and before replacing in a well worn trousers pocket find thatl
am a private in Co. H, 3d N. Y. Infantry. Spent three and one-half months on the
border as Sergeant Sc^mmer, Pre-sent convincing people that Rochester Railway
and Light Company. phUanthropically speaking, has them ever in mind.
The Beverly Times of March 13 announces the engagement of
George Stickney to Miss Pauline Klink. — The latest is that
Bud Storm has joined the ever increasing legion of the "bound for
life.** The New York Herald of March 13 contains the account of
the wedding, as follows:
At All Angels' Church on Thursday, Miss Elizaljeth Cornell RoseUe, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roselle of Newburgh, N. Y., was married to Mr. AllstoB
Evci^tt Stomi, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jules P> Storm of 147 West 77th street, by the
Re\". Dr. Sv Delancey Townsend, rector of the church.
The bride is widely known in Horse Show circles and has been one of the youngest
exhibitors of horses at the L^ng Branch Show of the Hollj'wood Association and at
the National Show at Madison Square Garden for the last three years.
Congrattdations, Bud. — From the Boston Advertiser of March
17, 1917:
Co!. Edmund Molyneux Blake, U» S. A., and Mrs. Blake of Providence, R. L»
ftnnouncG the cogai^etnent of their daughter, Miss Ayliffe Malhone Blake, to Nicholsi
Van Slyck Muniiord of Providence.
The Springfield Republican announces that Walter H. Jtmkias
is the new agent for the Springfield Board of Health,
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A word or two regarding the secretaries, and the class news for
the month is completed, Jim Evans is now with the Hyatt Boiler
Bearing Company in Newark, New Jersey. — Don Webster is still
a student with the United States Rubber Company at their Ly-
coming Plant in WilUamsportt Pa. He is planning to take the
artillery course at Flattsbnrg this summer, and has applied for
examination for admission to the Officers Reserve Corps, Still
single and enjoying the state immensely. One or two incipient
romances smashed during the winter. The last one was a moon-
light sleigh ride; the thing tipped over,
Frank Kanaly has written so comprehensive a letter with an
account of the Track Team's activities during the fall and winter
seasons, that portions of it will be undoubtedly welcome to the men
in the class who foUow our athletics:
Cross-country season rather dbcouraclng. Lost to Prmceton. In this race two
of our best men, Haifa ere and MacMmion, did not run. At New Englaod I. C.
A. A, the team did not come up to expectations and we liad decided that unleas the
beam got better than third we should not go to New Haven for the I. C. 4 A. but
devote the money to sending a team to the indoor I. C. 4 A. event. It was a choice,
so we did not go to New Haven.
Our indoor, or rather ** wioier season*^ now, as we had all our work out of doors,
was a great success. First, board track laid during vacation and training started
for January 2. Track 8 feet wide, 78 yards straightaway, 150 yards per lap^ rabied
comers which are movable, thus allowing fiat track runmng. Dartmouth ran
Princeton 800, so we had to accept Brown as our oppoDent at B, A. A.; we won in
3 : 12. 1(^20 ran with Dartmouth 1 920 and H oly Cross 1 9m and as last year finished
second. Dartmouth was far too good, and we were about the same compared to
Holy Cross. At Coast Artillery meet lost to Harvard, fairly dose; 1920 defeated
Harvard 1920 handily. At Hartford, two mite team lost to Dartmouth by S
seconds; one mile team defeated Bowdoio very easily in the second fastest time of
the e^'ening. At the I. C. 4 A. meet in Philadelphia, O'Hara won the 50 yard
dash and toe whole team finished second in the contest. Four mile team fimsbed
second to Cornell but far in the rear. High jump team finished third, Sullivan lied
for second with U. of P, man.
The interest during indoor season was great. Our spring season opened on March
19 and 147 men have reported and are taking work. Tbts is a record. Yesterday
we held 1919-1920 cross countiy and 1920 won, 3S-42. There were thirty-four
starters. Next Saturday, April 7, 1919-20 dual track meet. Friday April 20,
Interclass Spring Meet. Saturday, April 28, Maine Dual Meet at the Field. Sat-
urday, May 5, Bowdoiu at Bmnswiek. Saturday* May 12, Princeton at Princeton.
Mav 18 and 19, K. E. I. C. A. A. at Tech Field. I. C. 4 A. at Franklin Field, Phil-
adelphiAt May 25 and 20.
Here is an ideal chance for sixteeners in the vicinity of Boston,
Brunswick, Princeton and Philadelphia to show a bit of loyalty
of the best kind. Keep the above dates in mind and ** Be There/*
A financial report of the class will be forwarded to the members
some time in May when all of the answers have been received from
the class letter. Among other things planned for the future b a
big class reimion to be held in Boston this Jime. As yet things
are somewhat of a secret. It is up to every member of 1010 to
keep in constant touch with the class secretaries and it is earnestly
hoped that any changes in address or business will be promptly
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forwarded* Here*s to the Jime Reunion* Let us all be there
with the true Tech and 1916 spirit.
Address Changes
E. J. Barney, 21 Seminary Ave.» Dayton, Ohio. — Thomas A*
Berrigan, 1009 New Hampshire Ave.» Washington, D. C. — ^Walter
D. Binger, 280 Madison Ave. at 40th St., New York City.—
Wealey H. Blank, Y. M. C. A., Pottstown, Pa.— Mer\nn W. Bliss,
18 Ely Ave., Long Island City, N, Y.— T. D'A. Brophy, 84
Browne St., Brooldine, Mass. — ^Frank W. Bucknam, 16 Grant
St., Denuison, Ohio, Box 659. — Harold H, Burkhardt, care of
Missouri Rate Case, A. T. and S. F. Ry. Co., Topeka, Kan.—
Paul H. Buxton, 127 Migeon Ave., Torrington, Conn.^— Theron S.
Curtis, T. S. Smith Co., North Attleboro, Mass.— Elbridge B.
Devine, The Canada Paint Co,, 572 William St., Montreal,
Canada, — Donald O. Dunn, 20 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. — Her-
bert W, ElKs, 88 Marloes St., East Cleveland, Ohio.—John G.
Fairfield, 6 Balsam Ave., Troy, N. Y., William H. Fleming, 49
Hiirlburt Ave., Akron, Ohio.— Harold C. Fuller, 297 Pleaaant
St., Berlin, N. H. — Ernest C. Gagnon, 68S E. Market St., Akron,
Ohio.— Herbert J. Gilkey, 2131 W. 59th St., Chicago, lU.^Cari
H. Holmberg, Bowman Ave., Camp Hill, Pa. — Basil Lanphier*
Box 193, Lebanon, Pa. — Thomas W. Little, 84 Browne St., Brook-
line, Mass. — Eugene W. V. C. Lucas, Box 659, Dennison, Ohio,—
Lieut. Hadyn P. IMayers, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. — Fred Mc-
Kown, care Western Electric Co., 463 West St., New York City, —
Merrick A. Monroe, 45 Home Ave., Crafton, Pa. — Garfield M.
Newcombe, 15 Ohio St., Bangor, IVIaine, — Roswell M. Rennic.
92 Prospect St., Waterbury, Conn.— MelviUe H. Rood, 613
Hazel St., Akron» Ohio. — William G. Sprague, 79 Washington
PI., New York City. — ^Leonard Stone, Central Branch, Y< M.
C. A., Brooklyn, N. Y.^Warren A. Strangman, 139 Ashmont
St., Dorchester, Mass. — George A. Sweet, Box 812, Strunthers,
Ohio.— George W. Tuttle, Box 391, Lincoln, Maine.— Lewis S.
Vose, 47 Newcomb St., Arlington, Mass.^ — Jfohn C. Whitaker,
Y. M. C. A., South Bend, Ind.— Russell H, White, 62 Hunting-
ton St., Lowell, Mass.— Robert E. Wilson, 281 Harvard St..
Cambridge, Mass. — Max I. Woythaler, Box 481, Herkimer, N,
Y. — ^Rudolf E. Gruber, care of Merk and Co., Rahway, N. J. —
Albert E. Kleinert, Jr., 38 Hamilton Rd,, Somerville, Mass.
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XIX
MAY, 1917
No. 5
GREAT MEETING IN CLEVELAND
3logy Clubs Associated are entertained by the Technology Club of
Northern Ohio — ^A delightful and profitable meeting
ne who attended the meeting of
hnology Clubs in Cleveland, April
ind 21, can ever doubt that ^his
Ion has a place in building up
logy that is approached by no
mction of the alumni. Although
le that the exigencies of war re-
he number that would have at-
by at least one-third, the attend-
LS amply satisfactory and it made
pirit w^hat it lacked in numbers,
hospitality of the Tech Club of
•n Ohio knew no bounds. The
were entertained for three days
^land and Akron and during that
e only charge for entertainment
?d by the club was for the big
: on Saturday night. The ma-
for handling the reunion was care-
id out months before the event
1 and each feature of the enter-
it was ably handled by some
' of the club.
quarters were located at Hotel
where the visitor was provided
edentials and a handsome badge
3rogram revealing three days of
constant entertainment. Dur-
aftemoon of Thursday, the nine-
the visitors were taken in auto-
about the city and shown its
1 attractions. The party re-
at four o'clock to attend a The
t at the Hotel Statler ball-room,
jxpected that President and Mrs.
Maclaurin would be present and a recep-
tion for them had been arranged. Mrs.
Maclaurin's health would not permit of
her coming at all and prevented the
President from being present on that
afternoon.
The big event of the day was the Ha-
waiian Festa at the University Club. It
was modestly called "The Grand Hoola
Loola" and the entertainment was staged
entirely by the Akron representatives of
the club. The dinner itself, which was
imported from Hawaii, embraced a list
of toothsome edibles from Okale-Hau to
Papai Americaine and this menu, like
charity, covered a multitude of sins.
The subsequent performance which in-
cluded a faithful reproduction of the
Technology- Pageant done in sepia was
weirdly and wildly wonderful. The
music was Hawaiian, the language was
Hawaiian, the decorations were Hawaiian
and the general atmosphere w^as Ha-
waiian from the "Poi-fed Puppies" to
"The Spirit of Alma Mater."
Friday was Akron day and in order to
take in the wonders of that city it w^as
necessary to get up about daylight, eat
a hearty breakfast, and board a special
train of electric cars which were waiting.
The trip was a pleasant one because it
gave an 'opportunity for fraternizing.
On arrival at Akron the three big rubber
factories, the Goodyear, Goodrich and
Firestone, vied with each other in enter-
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taining their Technology guests. Every-
where was the most open nospitality and
gmerous treatment. The wonders of the
ubber City were toM and explained by
competent guides, special souvenirs were
{provided and, after the trip through the
actories was completed, a wonderful
luncheon was served in each of the three
great institutions. At the end im-
promptu speeches told of the satisfaction
of the guests and, Ipter, automobiles car-
ried the party away to the *' Anna Deane
Farm" which was placed on \'iew through
the courtesy of the owner, Mr. O. C.
Barber, founder of \he Diamond Match
Company. From the Anna Deane Farm
the visitors were whirled away to the pala-
tial mansion of Mr. Seiberling, president
of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Com-
pany. This mansion is a perfect marvel
both of beauty and convenience. Mr.
Seiberling was present in person and wel-
comed his guests who were free to roam
about the nouse almost without reserve.
Space cannot be given here to describe
this most unusual ]%sidence which prob-
ably could not be dupUcated for a sum
largely in excess of a million dollars.
Later street cars were again boarded, and
after dinner the moving pictures of the
Reunion were shown in the rooms of the
Electrical League on the Hotel Statler
roof.
Saturday was given to the serious con-
sideration of the general subject **Tech-
nologj^'s Opportunity for Service.'* The
morning session was devoted to a dis-
cussion of the subject by the representa-
tives of the local mobilization committees,
at which meeting Mr. A. T. Hopkins, '})7,
presided. This meeting was extremely
interesting as it brought out the varied
ideas of the delegates in regard to the
various ways in which Technology men
could serve their country.
The various local committees told of
the work that they were doing, each one
serving in some useful way and yet no
two covering the same field.
The following is a brief report of the
meeting of which Maurice R. Scharff, '09,
was secretary.
Reports were called for from the rep-
resentatives of the various clul)s and a
printed report was presented hv
Technology Club of Dayton, etti
for that length the result of its discu^
sions and its lecoinmendstioiis with re
spect to the aptivtties of the Technology
Committee.
A delegate from Aknm then made a
report submitting the following recom-
mendations:
1. That the National Couiuals of
Defense and Research be asked aa soon as
pdssible to give specific ajwrignmmts to the
Technology organization.
2. That factories having CaciUties for
experiment and research offer same for
use on problems Assigned to them by the
National authorities. ^
3. That each individual should devote
some time to the study of his own spe-
cialty from the standpoint of National
service.
4. That in order to keep things moving
until problems can be asugtied by the
National authoritiesy each locSd committee
select one or more local problisma to work
on in the meantime.
5. That ever^ Tedmdogy man be
urged to put himself in a condition of
physical fitness for any service for wh:ch
he may be called upon.
A report was presented from the Tech-
nology Association at Cincinnati with the
recommendation that local committees
undertake publicity work and organize
meetings with local engineering sodetie-
and alumni organizations ot other colleges
which have not yet become active.
A delegate from the St. Louis dub
pointed out the danger of duplication of
the work which has been done by the
National Engineering societies and other
similar organizations and warned against
waste of energy. A recommendation was
made that particular attention be given
to the problems of how to keep skilled
mechanics at home and of postponing
public improvement, the need of which
is not pressing, so as to conserve the laboi
supply for use in National service.
A report from the Detroit delegation
stated that the Detroit alumni were will-
ing and anxious to serve, but lacked in-
formation as to what they could do.
They stated that they had been instructed
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to come to Cleveland to secure infoniia-
lion along this line.
A report from the Pittsburgh organiza-
tion recommended that local committees
refrain from attacking prolilems» except
under tlie direction of a central Natioual
organization; and that dupHcalion of
bureaus or committees to direct the work
of local committees be avoided.
A telegram was read from the Denver
society reconimendini]; particular atten-
tion to agricidtiiral problems.
Mr. Litchfield r«.*ad a letter from the
association at Portland, Ore., suggesting
that each loctd committc*e send to all
employers hx^ated in each district a letter
suggesting that em]>loyees considt with
their employers before enlisting in any
military or naval service.
The Technology Club of New York
presented a report upon the educational
work they have been carrying out through
the eircidation of books and l)y the holding
of meetings and lectures on subjects in
connection with the conduct of the war.
The Cleveland Association suggested
that while certain services may l>est Ije
perfiirmcd by the Institute at Boston,
it was quite possible that others utight
be accomplished as well or better hy an
aluuHii iirgatUKation located elsewhere.
They, therefore, matie the suggestion
wliich was subsequently referre<i to as the
** Cleveland Plan/' as fpllows:
That Technology CIuIjs Assm-iated he
made an active and continuing body,
recognized as a form of alumni activity
and be charged |»rimarily with the (*onduct
of relationships Ijctween the ahunni and
the fields of government, industry and
commerce.
That Technology Clubs Associated for
the pro^ecutitm of such activities shall
organize a general committee^ composed of
delegates, to be chosen by each hx^al
Tectuujtogy club on the basis of one dele-
gate for each one luindred mend>ers or
fraction thereof.
That such geucral ctmimittee shall
apiH>int from its numiier.s an executive
conunittee of five (5), which shall serve as
the channel of communicatittu Fietweeii
the organization and its Hehls of effort.
That the Executive Conunittee shall
estaVilish headquarters at WashingGS!
or such other jKiint as it may decide to be
l>est suited for the prosecution of its work.
That necessan*' funds Yte provided by
contributing memberships, to he solicited
from the alumni, or by such other means
as may be devised by the ExecutivT
Committee.
That the Executive Committee shsdl
cooperate with other aluumi organizations
to secure the most effective results.
That the Executive Committee shall
lie charged with the duty of ascertaining
problems of national import, and sub-
mitting same to the alumni for action.
After a lengthy discussion, it was voted
that a sub-committee be appointed bv
the chair, to consider the Cleveland
projjosal and to draft a resolution for
presentation to the general meeting of the
Technology Clubs Ass*x*iated in the
afternoon.
Messrs. Gardner. Knowles* Godfrey.
Munrots Waite, Hopkins and others urre
appointed and the njeeting adjourned at
LOOp. m.
After luncheon the annual meeting of
the Technology' Clubs Associated was
called, with President Smythe, '8D, in the
chair.
The meeting was called to order by
President F. A. Sm>lhe, '89, and discus-
sion was oi>en in regard to the next meet-
ing place. Rot^hester, X. Y., New York
City, and Philadelphia, with Wilmingtua.
all extended cordial invitations.
It was moved and carried that Phil- '
adelphia lie selected,
Mr. Smythe api>ointed a committee,
consisting of Mr. I. \V. Litchfield. '8j.
Mr. L. D. Gardner, 08, and Mr. Morrb
Knowles, *i>l, to nouiinate otficers for tbe
ensuing year. They reported and the
secretary was instructecl to cast a unan-
imous ballot for the following officers:
Dr, Ilollis Gwlfrey, 'm. Philadelphia.
president; Pierre S. du Pont, '90, Wil-
mington, Md., vice-president; C. G.
Ilvde. *96, San Francisco, Cal., ^Tce-
president; Henry M. Waite, '90, I>a>ion.
Ohio, vice-president; Gen. Ednniiul
Hayes, 78» Buflfalo, N. Y., ^-ice-presi-
deut. Executive Committee: F* A
Smvthe, 'S\K ( leveland, Ohio; Frank
, '95, New York City, N. Y.;
Mps, 'OJI, Washington, D. C .;
R. Kales, 'J)2. Detroit. Mich.;
L Fowle, 'm, Chicago. Ill; IL G.
17, St. Louis, Mo. Secretary-
}f: Walter Huinj)hreys, '97, Mass.
^ of Technology. Assistant ^ecre*
S. Foljaml3€» '01, Phihidelphia.
rardner, of New York, was asked
aji the work of Dr. (iodfrey in
on with the Comicil of National
, %vhidi is composed of six cat»inct
ft and the Advisory Commission
e\f>erts.
Ited how our Technok>gy Mohth-
Sommittee was cooperating nnder
*tion of Mr. I. W. Litchfield, and
tainetl how the National Research
headed by Dr. Hale, was co-
bch
claurin hriefiy reviewed what
ig done at the Institute in regard
ulistment of students and stuted
I Faculty had otTcred its services
the Secretary of \\'ar and the
y of Navy.
^dfrey outlined briefly how to
Hize Technology's resources in
{ton, his principle being niaxi-
aterial of the right kind in the
b of time.
iunroe very clearly outlined how
B could be brought to bear in
B by individual groups which
I minute men throughout the
, The executives at Washington
Ipered because petty politics in
B hold up and delay action so
I for the welfare of this country,
iniittee appointed in the morning
consisting of L. D. Gardner, '98,
fr; J. P. Munroe, 8^, A, T.
\, '97, H. M. Waite, JK), R. B.
p '98, Morris Knowlcs, 'Ml, F. A.
, '89, Maurice Scharff, '09, Hollis
L '98» George Merry weather, '96,
uitchfield, '85, presented resohi-
lative to a Washington depart-
nd the secretary was instructed
I unanimous ballot accepting this
The resolutions were as follows:
tEAs, The Technology Clubs Asso-
Rve expressed through their repre-
sentatives at this convention, at Cleve-
land, an earnest desire to coc4>erate with
the ('auiniittee on the Mobilization of
Technolog^^'s Resources in the placing of
their resonrces at the service of the
National G<ivernment: and
WiiEKEAs, It is evident that the present
crisis demands, al>ove all else, the counsel
and activity of technically trained men;
therefore, be it
Re.soln'fL That an Executive Committee
of fi\'e be api^tjinted l>y the president of
the Technology Clubs Assoeiated to
cooperate with the Conimittee on the
Mobilization of Techuology's Resources in
organizing the Technology associations
of the cormtry in a joint effort to ascer-
tain those national problems in the solv-
ing of which these bodies can be of the
greatest service and to secure prompt
and effective action regarding them. Be
it further
Resolveii, That headquarters be at once
oi>ened in Washington, with u |jermanent
representative and a sufficient staff to
carry out the above plan, and that the
Technology Clubs Associated as organi-
zations, cot if le rate with the Committee
on the Mobilization of Technology's Re-
sources in the work of financmg.
It was suggested that each alumnus use
his personal efforts in bringing pressure
to bear on Congress.
It was suggested that all of the local
Technology clubs get a a>Tnplete catalog
of their (x^rsonnel, iu connection with the
general personnel index at Boston,
.An expression of thanks was given by
^lessrs. Smythe and Hopkins to those in
the Northern Ohio Club who have par-
ticipated in bringing about the reunion.
In order to financially support the
attached resolution, contributions were
given 4is follows:
I
New York Technology Club
Northern Ohio Tech Club . .
Diiylon Technology CJub .
€i. W, EatoF^. through
Norlhern (>Hio , . .
Detroit Technology' Club. .
St. Louis Technology Club
Pi 1 1 ab u rgh Tec h oology C S ub
PhihiUelphia Technology
Club
$500 L. D. Gardner
am A. T, Hopkins
urn C. B. Putnam
5Q0
50O Miirvine Gorham
^0 R. G. Hall
!250 Miitirice Sharff
^0 HoUifi Godfrey
$t,a5o
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The following resolution was carried,
after being presented by .Mr. Miinroe:
The representatives of the Technoh>g>^
Clubs Ass(x:iated, in convention assem-
bled, desire to phice u|k>ii record their
grateful appreciation of the splendid
reception and the driightfnl entertain-
ment provided I)y the Technology (1iih
of Northern Ohio, the men of Cleveland
and the men of .Vkron*
This gathering has !>een another and a
F, A. Smythe^ *89» Phusiukm T. i . \.
shining example of the generous hospital-
ity of the Great Middle West.
They desire to express si^ecnal appre-
ciation of the arrangements made for tlie
entertainment of the Aisiting ladies; of
the generous hospitality of the Goodrich,
Goodyear and Firestone companies; and
of that of Mr. Barber and !Mr* Sciherling;
and they congratulate all the officers and
other members of the local committees
upon having carried out the program
for the comfort and pleasure of their vis-
itors, with even more than the cu.itomary
zeal and team work of Tech men.
The banquet which closed the conven-
tion was held at the St a tier. Toast master
Smythe made a very happy introducti3n*
address and presented President M^i'
laurin as the first speaker. The Presi-
dent spoke as follows: —
It is particularly inspiring to meet
Technologj^ men under the eircumstaocei
of today. Any getting together of our
alumni representing different sections of
the country' would be good, but the
getting together of the Technologj* Club$
Associated is peculiarly appropriate. It
emphasizes the national character of th#
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
at a time when there is properly aa
unusual emphasis on national rallicf
than local institutions, I^ck of unity
throughout the country was strikingly
exemplified before the war, but we nuty
ho[)e tliat one good result of war will be
greater unity amongst our people. For
ficrmanent influence in this direction we
must look to other fields than war and
tlic ni*)!st promising is the one o<Tupied
by tlie educational institutions that are
national in their scope. There are not
many of these* but happily there are
some that are freed from the provincial*
isrn of particuhxr sections and are broad
cnout^h to see the good that is in all other
similar institutions that are making Ur
the same great end. Technolog>' stu-
dents have ideals that are universal in
their apphcation and permanent in thfir
elfectiv'cness and have !netho<i<i never
more urgently needed than now. \oii
must instil respect for these ideals and
methods into the locality in which yoii
live. You must do this not by talking
of generalities hut by service in your own
field and l*y the ajiphcation of scientific
methtxls in the solution of particular
problems. There is httle use in isa>'ins^
as is so often done that things must be
done better or more scientifically or inort
economically; the only practical help that
you can give is to show how impro'ement
is possiivle and this can be done only by
attacking particular problems* See to it
as far as you can tliat the scientific
methoil and point of view is presented in
the discussion and conduct of all the
problems of public importance in which
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ire interested and in attempting this
should jf>iii hands with rejiresenta-
of other schools in tliis great rnis-
ry effort,
our meeting tonight we are sup-
I to discuss Preparedness. I sio-
y hope that this will get heyond the
ersational stage into the reahn of
n. The subject itself is far too
for after-dinner discussion, hut the
prohleni of it s!iould he familiar to
' Technologj^ man. The essence
^hnolog>' is its po\\^r to foster the
tific spirit and the working of the
tific spirit implies looking ahead,
mting, calcidating and observing so
there are no sur|)rises, or n<>ne except
" due to the fallibility of all things
in. Ever>i:hmg is predicted as far
•ossihle, there is nothing **n»le-of-
ih" or haphazard, and consequently
' is no hysteria* all being well onlered
well thought out. When a scientific
mixes various chemicals together he
not rush around in anxious expecta-
awaiting the result. He has figured
Worehand what will happen and
1 his figuring on experience and ob-
ition. To him tljerc can be no sur-
s except those due to human errors,
nay ha%'e taken the wrong chemical
nmch of the right one, but except
ich things he knows what will hap (Jen
lie knows what to do to produce a
ed result. How different in the
1 of political action or inaetirmt and
a commentary on the lack of scicn-
method in our country to witness
is going on today. Chaos and
st hysteria are to be found nearly
rwhere, and in many resjiccts the
try is scarcely better jjrepare*! than
Jta three years ago. ^\'ar has come
pis apparently suddenly, but it has
Sine without rejieated warnings,
id just as thinking men foresaw the
bility of war, so such men have long
the possibility of industrial struggle
the war and we must be prepared
hat and fortunately our preparation
)e in the direct line of preparatioii for
m port ant needs of the country. It
vious that during the war our indus-
efforts should if possible be made
more effective than in times of peace*
Better results than usual will be needed
to make np for the material losses that
war inevitably entails. Here is a splen-
did field for scientific effort calling for the
best that there is in men trained in the
best .scientific centers in the country — a
field rich in promises of returns t4> the
individual and to the Nation. The
Nation has a great oi>port unity and to
seize this *>pport unity is a national duty.
As to matters strictly military, what
can Technology do? You know that she
has always done something. The rudi-
ments of the mihtary art have lieen
taught at Technology for fifty years and
for long Tech has trained all the naval
constructors of the l_ nited States^ all
those who design battleships or subma-
rines or the like coming to Technoliigy for
three years after graduation from An-
nap<>Iis. This course in warshij) design,
however, affects but a few. \\liat is
there for the great majority? Much, in
my judgment- War in its technical
aspect is nine-tent lis straight engineering
and the man who has l>een trained
soundly as an engineer can be almost
inunediately useful in the field of war.
It will interest you to know that some
months ago the Secretary of War, at my
suggestion » appointed a lioard of ofhf:^rs
to examine the existing courses at Tech-
nology' with special reference to their
military value. This board was inter-
ested particularly in the regular training
that Tech gives in so far as that training
bears upon the profession of men going
into the Engineer, Coast Artillery, Ord-
nance or Signal Corps, and they reported
to the Secretary of War that everj-thing
in the engineering courses at Technology
had its value for tliis end and the courses
as they now exist should l»e recognized
as giving by far the larger j>art of tlie
necessary training of an officer in such
technical branches as I have mentioned.
Men can be (ruined for riril life in Huefi a
lea if that fhn^ ran be soofi made effective in
tear. Here, in my judgment, lies the
ho|>e of dennxTacy. The field of war
will not be disj>elled in our day and
generation. Much can l>e done to lessen
its probability aiid we must do all we can
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irection, but we can not reason-
yet to abandon it from the
To think we can do so may he a
pe |x>ssi}>ly useful as an ideal,
garded as anj^hing of practical
e^italjly dangerou.s. To accept
stioniugly is to commit the un-
ble sin for the man of science, —
al to look lit facts» however ugly
,y he, the determination to take
Id not as it is, hut as we think it
be. As long as there is greed in
of the individual, there will Ik*
icy to robl>ery and we nuist ha\ e
and as long as there is lust for
nd dominion pervading the na-
W those that cootrol their destinies,
Bt he in danger of war and must
fe have armies. If this meant
Ig armies of great size such as those
is of Europe liefore the war, the
I would he black indeed. Black
1 it would have to \\e faced. liut
llook is not really so *hirk. llie
pee of this war proves that if oul\'
^ve preliminary traming, a training
jdoes not take very long to get, they
pi l>ee«>iiie effective soldiers. And
he they become effect i\'e soldiers
j quicker if they are physically fit
ptaliy well trained, things that it is
[utmost importance that lair citi-
|onld be even if war were happily
)eed from the earth. 1 have said
k lit its technical branches is nine-
"ngineering, and I may add that
of its other 1> ranches it is nine-
busiiiess and big business. The
is rich in men with exj^rience
acity in the handling of snch
and in the emergencies of the
e must rely not <m politicians or
rs* except in the field i^f their
s, where, of course, they should fie
valuejnit on men of proved eapar^-
[the conduct of great euterf>rises,
I training of such men Technology
Iways make a large contribution.
Hollis Godfrey, the next sjieaker,
' the organization of the Council
^oiud Defense, also the Adviscjry
ission, of which he is a member,
d of tiie part that Technology
lay in the war.
Mr. Frank A. Scott » chairman of the
Munitions Board said substantially: —
We are at war. The time for prepara-
tion is past, and if we are not prepared,
the consequences must be t»orne by our-
sehes. Whether or not we have heeded
the lessLins within our observation we
shall know some day.
At the l>eginning of the nineteenth
century all of l^uro}>e was one vast mili-
tar^\' <*amp. At the beginning of the
twentieth all the world was a military
cam [J. Now that we have lined up
against irdnnnanity and on the side of
justice we have a chance to show what
our fme hundred millions can accomplish.
Dr, Maclanriu and Dr. Howe ha%'e
said that engineering is to cut the greatest
figure in this conflict* War, the most
complex science, calls for the l>est
engineering talent the world has produced.
In this struggle brains will l>e our greatest
resource. We cannot win this war
academically and we cannot delegate it
to fvthers. It calls for e%'ery ounce of
}mwer that we can liring t*> bear upon it.
When war came it was decided to
create a (ieneral Munitions Board for the
purpose of quickening the munitioning
of our forces and to ctmj>erate witli our
allies. England created a minister of
munitions which has proved to be a very
necessary factor in the conduct of the war.
One thing we must hntk out for. We
have a snuil! army and a small navy, not
on a war basis and neither is yet fitted to
carry the hiad. The technical knowledge
of war is in the army and navy but the^^
are umler great disadvantages at such a
time as this. The objetl of the Council
of Defense is to utilize and reinftirce the
army system with civilian exi>erienee
atid civilian ability in production. Such
an anixiliary and such uuichinery would
help to coiirdinatc the needs of oor
army with those of the Allies,
To accom[>lish this is a huge task but
not heyonti the pi>ssil>ility of |K*rfornuince.
The first necessity is to arrange the
farts and ti» analyze the whole fpiestii>u
in an onlerly fashion. The steps tti this
development would be: first, anticipate:
sec*>ntl, ct»(irdiuatc; third, standardize;
fourth, produce. The only seriotL*^ dv^-
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ciiity U that our needs have been so
smull that we have V>een doing thintrs on
a hi Moratory basis. That is why it is
necessary to bring in trained civiHan
alvihty. Tlie difficulty lies in the fact
that we have nut fully standardized; we
have not gauges, drawings, etc. But
the experience of the hist two years
has been a constructive lesson to us.
Some one has said» **Aiu erica is some-
times fooUsh, but ahvays fortunate."
Dr. Howe remarked that we nmst forget
the past and do things on a very different
basis. **Tinie nmkcs even ancient gocwJ
untrue/' The introduction of civihan aid
has lx*en wclconu^d by tlie army and
navy. It is not yet certain tluit tliis form
of organization will lie finally adopted
but, if it is, both arras of the service will
heartily support it.
One critical jMTiod in the Civil War
was when the Merrimac started out in
its work of destruction but we had the
Monitor to offset it. The failure of this
resource might have been vital.
There is a tliouglit for Tech in (/artistes
words: **Tliis I take to be the true
meaning of gunpowder that it nuike^ all
men alike tall."
In this war we need brains; we need
Tech ti rains for the purp*>se of economiz-
ing iruiterials used in war and for working
out methods to meet new problems.
President Henry C. King of Oberhn
College was the next speaker. Me said:
Von are really asking me to speak on
the present duty of educated, thinking*
scientifically trained men.
As educaited men* you know what it is
to have what James cidled a store of per-
manent and vabiable intert*sts. You
know something of tlie meaning of the
whole lilxral iidieritance. You under-
stand with llerrmami that cducatifm
ought to give liotli mental iiiid spiritual
fellowship^ and mental and sjii ritual inde-
pendence. And you recognize that it is
peculiarly encumbent ujKin our higher
institutions of learning that they should
furnish that unselfish leadership which
demiKTacies jjeculiarly reituirc. \ our
very jiriAilegcs, thus, as educated men,
lay special obligations upon you.
Aud as thinking men, you will feel that
it peculiarly concerns you to think, and
to think anew, in these critical and de-
structive days, what civilization means,
what democracy means, what liberty and
representative government mean, what
religion means. And to be sure tliat
these great ideals of the race are realiEfd
you must think clearly and deeply enough
to mean and to purpose them.
As scientific aUy traineii men yoti are
bound, of course, to cherish the scientific
spirit, — the hal>itual determination to
see straight, to report exactly, to
absolutely honest reaction on tli
tion in which you are placed. -\
will feel bound to helf) in that -
uKistery of pnxligiously incre;i
sources, for which our time so d
calls. You will not f*u'get how
tive for science 15^ freedom of a^n
freedom of tlumght, freedom of
freedom of investigation. And ih tih
midst of tliese days of passionate f**<4ii>sr
you will feel bound, therefore, t
with calm purpose for real tolerii
consideration.
In the light of these primar\' obliuatltin'-
as educated men, as thinking men
of scientific training, what the iva,.-..
exj>ects of you is to be determined •
And w^ith these obligations in : ' * '
may urge, first, that the countrv
you to keep your ideals high. No u,
ever came into a great war with el
hands, after more patience* or in
disinterested fashion than ours in thii^
war. it f>eculiarly concerns us all to
make sure that our conduct of the war
shall nuitch our original aims.
Ill the second plac*e, the country may
well cx|>ect ynii to belirve In thr posfiihUi*
tiea of a new civilization: not to be cynics
or standpatters. The great ilussidui
re\olntiou already gives us hope that
other revolutionary changes of social
significance are yet to come out of itii^
war, and that we may believe that there
is to be a l>etter ciWIization than the
world has yet seen^ — a civilization wortby
in some measure of the enormous sacri-
fices whirl* have gone into this war* aad
more worthy of the name w^hich we give
to our civilization — -Christian,
In the third place, the couiitr>' may
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you tc» l>e in peculiar niensure
, tluttfffhtfuL unselfish irnrld-rifi-
i world visum, a.shamed ni^t to
rorld terni.s, in terms of huiiian-
[ so thinking, the y<mii^rer of
Bist, may well rememl>er that no
1 since the world he^an has ever
such a destruction of youthful
s has this, lliat tragic fact
I educated, thinkinjr, scienti fi-
ned American youth, solemn
B MlMTlOXH Bt]\Kp
fourth fjlare* the country may
that you /orrf'«,s/. inilt uU the
can ohtahi from the clearest
d farthest sighted social prophets
ie, the d em a ml a of the new atfe.
will not doubt that they will re-
t our own nation, if it is to he
)|ay its full part in the new civil-
BUst with stern self-discipline
y reinvi^orate the wliole range
U physical, politicul, econoniic,
tellectnal, moral , and relipons.
for slovenhness in national life
•Jm is gone. And here we rnay
well rem em hie r that we insure a united
and devoted people only when w^e lay
tieep and strong the foundations of eeo-
nomic and social justice for all classes.
Are we doing that, when 51 j)er cent, of
the families of Atnerica have an annual
income of k\ss than eight hundred dollars?
And if we are to meet the demands of
the new^ age, we need also io sweep away
cobwehs and subtleties, and to we the
(jreat issite of this tear with clearness. As
a thoughtful writer lias recently said:
'* Whatever greedy rivalries lay concealed
in llic tlarkness of ardecedent <liplomacy,
the war is stea<iily becoming a cimfliet
ltd ween progress and reaction, humanity
and savagery, freedimi and tyranny/'
Ultimately the ^eat issue is, wiiether
nations as well as individuals are to lie
held to moral standards. For this»
tliosc \\ho best understand themselves
are fighting. They are fighting for a just
and permanent |>eace; for a League of
Nations to insure pt^ace aftcrwanL They
are fighting for denuxTacy, for the rights
of individual citizens, and for the rights
of small states. They are fighting for
the very possibility of an even decent —
to say nothing i>f a Christian x^iviliza-
Lion. For Germany's |jhihjsophy of the
state as a law in itself ami as above the
claims of all mitral ity* is Paganism pure
and simple, ami makes any nation avow-
ing it, intrinsically and just so far,
whetlier it wilt or not, an enemy of civil*
izatiou, of mankind, of Christianity.
Chic*e more, we shall hardly meet the
demands of the new age if wc do not
keep oar vision (f the organic view of
truth and tf human society, and so pre-
serve a lively sense of the value of the
contribution of every man and every
class and every nation and every civili-
sation in that new dawning world of
eoiiperating, mutually resfjecting nations
whicli is to l>e.
And finally, as has been already im-
plied, the country may well expect of
educated, thinking, scientifically trained
men, that they shall maintain and press a
true Miciai program btj and throuffh the
uar as well as after i/» to make certain
that this world cataclysm shall \ycnT its
fidl fruit in a Ijetter civilization than the
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world has ever yet seen. iM'cause it is true
to the ("hristianity which is the (lirLs-
tiiinity of Christ, pur^!:e(l clean of shallow-
ness, of hatred, and uf arro^Miice* and
applicable to nations as well as to indi\id-
Not in the camp lib victory lie**
Or triumph in ttu* marki-*t plac-c.
Who is his nit ion's ^uicrifitv
To tiim the jiidgeiiieTil from hi* race.
The last speaker was Dr. Charles S.
Howe» president of Case School of Ap-
plied Srienee. who said: —
To most ])eoj)le jiatriotisni nxeans
shouldering a rifle, tearin^^ one's self away
from weeping friends and marrhing off
to the sound of martial nnisic. The man
who stays at home when others are en-
listing is frequently accorded the ct>n-
dem nation of his friends and associates
and sometimes is trailed a coward. The
expi^rieniT of jnodern war, however.
shows that for every man who carries a
gun there mnst he six or seven ni'^ii at home
to take care of his interests and enable
him to fight in the trenches. Without
these men at liome, the si4d!er with the
colors would be helpless and it woTild be
little less than murder to send him against
an enemy. The soldier intLst l^>e fed and
this means that cro|>s must l>e raised.
He must liavc guns and tn unit ions and
this means that nni nit ions factories, em-
ploying very large forces of nieti, Jiutst
be running. Miinitions are made out of
metals and metals must be mined. Ores
must I^M? smelted and undergo various
processes of treatment l>efore they are
turned into rifles or cannon, or cartridges,
or shells, whicti are used l»y the soldier.
It is said that in some of the 1 rallies of
the present war ,>t)OJHM) shells have lK*en
fired from the cannon in twenty-ftnir
hours and that this has not lieen an im-
connnon ex}>erience. If this is tlie case
we can form some slight idea of the army
of superintendents, engineers* mechanics,
and laborers who are needed to prodttce
these death-dealing missiles which are
sent ujmn their ]>aths of destruction by
the army at the front.
A good delinition of patri<>tism is "that
passion which inspires a man to se^^*e his
country.*' This service should he called
forth by a patriotism w hich is not hysteria
or sentimentality, which has not lieeti in*
spired by flaming editoriaLs or by |itt.*'
si on ate sjieecOies. It shoidd l>e {latriot^
ism which has been called forth by tht
severest processes of logic, by methods of
reasoning which are as diret^t and accu-
rate as a mathematical foruiula and whicli
point to the path of duty in such a posi-
tive way that the man is not only con-
vinced of what he nmst do hut calmly
and cheerfully goes forth to do it. Such
a patiiotism does not ask, '*How soon
can I get into the trenches?" or **^M»en
will it be possible for me to charge thr
enemy?" but it deliberately and coa-
scientiously iusks **\Vhat can I do to
s^Tve my country most effectively?** If
it is the duty of some men to enlbt in the
mobile army, it is equally the duty of
otliers to st^iy at home in the factory* in
the switchyard, in the mine, or the fur-
nace. Some authority in the Nation
shouiil determine where each man should
serve and should assume direction of hii
service wherever it may lie.
I am a firm l>eliever in universal mili-
tary training, but when war comes 1
would make the term *' military" so
broad that it woidd cover all kinds of
employment liy which the Nation is
Starved, whether in the field or at home,
and I would have the men who prepaft
the materials of war enlist in the army »a
well as those i^ho don the soldiers* uni-
forms an<l nutrch away. Ever>*l)ody
would say that it woidd be absurd for a
man who had l>een trained as a surgeott
to enlist as a private in the army. It i*
equally absurd for one who has been
trained as an engineer to enlist in th^
ranks. Engineers are in great demand in
every army* cither at the front with th^
mobile troo[>s, or at the rear engaged i"
layinti out fortifications, or in building
roads so that the army may quickly movr
from pla€*e to place.
WluMi an army is raised, it is much
more diflicult to find officers than men,
for the officer is the teacher who must
tell the siddiers what to do, and if their
are no instructors the army l:)ecimiet> i*
mob incapable of any concerted actiou.
Officers should l>e educated men» lx*cau^
an educated man has l»een taught t''
think accunitely and logically and nn
i conslanily lieiii^ eailed upon to
>r his troops and to decide what
t the army must do. Tlie colleges
e engineering schools, therefore,
lend a lar^^e number of their ^rad^
Old even of their students, out as
Until within a few years. West
rained all the officers for the army,
cannt>t jK>ssihly do so. In fact,
titure, it will supply only a small
ion of the officers needed in nny
the service. As the army is in-
in size, many engineers will be
The educated engineer can find
ment in the artillery, the ord-
with the engineers, and with thr
or[)s. The siM?cial technical train-
ich the engineering school gives
of great value to the nxan who is
into service with any of tliese
cients.
ne been greatly interested in what
Bt Maclaurin has said al)out thr
I of the board of army officers in
to the training of men at the lii-
for the Reserve (\>rj)s. The In-
will render a valuable service to
rernment by so training men that
m immediately l>e taken into the
corps of officers, but 1 would like
t ami the other engineering schools
her than this. So far as I can see.
I no reason why these schools can-
th some shght changes in the cur-
fit officers for the engineer antl
al corps of the regular army. At
, the government is suiiplying offi-
drill the students in a number of
al schools. If it would also send a
r of lecliirers each year to instruct
tring students along special tech-
Des, these students wonld be pre-
fur those branches of the service
engineering and scientific knowb
^ necessary.
ents in our chemical departments
be taught the chemistry of ex-
B and tlie methods of manufac-
that they may go into the arsenals
losive^ factories as insjiectors as
I chemists. Our civil engineering
ts should he taught military engi-
j such as the construction of mili-
kids, temporary bridges, military
.structures, both temporary and [>erma-
nent. They should Iw? taught to lay out
defensive works of all kinds, and with
this knowledge they might Im? appointed
to the sul>ordinate positions in the engi-
neer corps of the regidar army. Our
mechanical engineers should have lec-
tures on the design, manufacture, and
use of al! ordnance. Electrical engineers
should be taught the |>rinciples of signal-
ling, and both ele<'tricnls ami nuHhanicals
D k, N OLLIS GODFRET, '98. OF Advisory CoMMisaioN
could be taught aviation. The govern-
ment is constantly testing materiab of
all kinds, and chemists and mining engi-
neers would i>e exceedingly valuable in
this work- If, in addition to this in-
struction, the government would take
these engineering students during sum-
mer ^-acations into arsenals or factories
where ordnance is lieing constructed,
where aeroplanes are manufactured, or
projectiles are J>eing made, they w^ould
acquire a large amount of information
which would lie of very great value to
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tlieiu slujiild they choose the army for
their profession.
The uriiiy n(*etls educated ent^ineers in
larger nuiiihers than heretofore. It st*enis
a pity that it is iidt usin^ the ^^reat plants
of the en^iinH^rin^ ^ichooLs and their
trained professors to [irepare students for
mihtarj^ service. Some time tlie govern-
ment will see the vuhiable opportunity
offered Ijv these engineering sehtxils and
will no longer neglect them, but will
foster the work tliat Is being done.
The great industrial eont^ems of the
country sneh as the (leneral Electric,
the West ingho use, the New York CVntral
Company, the rennsylvania Company,
and many others, have little difficulty in
getting men from the eugiiieering colleges
w*ho have stood well in their studies and
who seem to have the personal qiialihea-
tions which make for success, and they
then train them in tlieir own offices ami
works ft>r the particular things which
they will be called upon to do. If the
government would inaugurate a some-
what similar system, it could secure a
large number of officers at a compara-
tively small exf)ense. The students in
our technical schools would then Ive
trained for stTvicc in time of war as well
as fi»r service in time of peace. I feel
confident that this military education
would be extremely valuable to the men
in any future occupation which they
might enter, bei*aii>.e they would l>e
taught discipline, uhedience, initiative,
and com n and, and these qualifications
are what the industrial world is looking
for in young men.
Your chairman alluded to the fact that
at your last nteeting our country was at
peace and that it was supposed wheu ttus
meeting was calieil tliat you would ihs-.
cuss engineering anti other matters re-
lating to peace. But conditions have
changed since your last meeting and you
are now discussing those things which
have to do with war and the work of the
tef^hnical gra<luate in war. Our country
has endeavt>r4^d to remain at peace with
all nations, for it seeks no ijersoual ag-
grandizement, it seeks n€» new territcjry,
it has in the past given liack territory
which it had won bv war. I V>elieve it
has no amliition to play a great
the affairs of other nations— it does runt
aspire to a seat in the sun. But while we
have been carrying on our |x^accful iiffiurs^
our citizens have been killed, our women
and children have l>een murdered on
ships at sea, our vessles have Ixvii sunk*
and we have lieeix ordered to keep off
the high seas and to remain outside of
certain large prose ril>ed areas. We ^cr
aLs«i, democracy threatened, .<ia,vjwfe and
brutal metluKls of warfare if t
our Hag insulted, and our f i^ec' r
ened. The present administrntiou h:r*
ihnw everything it could to ke<*p tfie
country at |)eace — in fact» ijiany jjeoplr
have thought that it has done too much-
hut at last war has been dei*lawh 1
sincerely trust that we shall really get
inti> this war and that we shjdl ia^ist cm
helj>iTjg t(^ settle some of the fundamentjil
<picstita!S which seem to be at is^ue. Onr
of these questions is the right of the
I>eople of each country to govern tlictii-
selves. If Ciermany had been demo-
cratic this war would never have occurred
and we ought not to give up the pr-^'ot
struggle until we have placed the ^v*
ernment of Geruiany in the hands of W
jieojile, for, until that time comev tlx*
menat*e of war will continually l>e hrfore
the natiims of Eurojje, If tfermany as-
t 111 »1 is lies a democTatic form of govero*
ment, militarisTU will cease.
This country has always stood for free-
dom and we are now allied with t>Uier op-
tions who are fighting for it. \s engi-
neers and as men we nmsl pledge owr*
selves to light for the political freedom*/
all European nations and we must ooi
rt*st until these ]3eoples gain a victory »^
mnnientoiJs and as complete us tlwit
gained by our forefathers when they
strugglctl for their freed(»m. We iiiu>t
also stay in this tight until the natioiii^ <»^
the earth desire i»eace ratlier than wat
ami arc willing to enter into such a league
that war. if not ini|KJssible, will at lisi*l
l>e improluible for many generations to
come. We shall fight with no son^ of
hate in our licarts but because we love
freedom and liecause we wish to I
other nations those opportuniu
which our f>eople and our flag ha\"e stoo<l-
BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL
New Advisory Committees appointed — Changes in by-laws reported and Tech's
part in the war discussed
At the meeting of the Alumni Council
held April 30 the following nominees for
alumni advisory members on the under-
graduate activities were appointed.
Athletics: Lloyd C. Cooley, '12, in place
of H. E. Worcester, '97, whose term has
expired. Finance Committee: Stuart
Chase, '10, in place of S. G. H. Fitch
whose term has expired. Musical Clubs :
G. E. Russell, '00.
Tech Show: Alexander Macomber, '07,
to succeed himself (on the request of the
imdergraduates) .
Dudley Clapp, '10 to succeed Charles
Parker Fiske who has resigned.
The Tech and Other Undergraduate
Publications: H. P. Claussen, '16, in place
of R. H. Ranger, '11, whose term has
expired. Prof. A. T. Robinson and O. R.
Freeman, '15.
Budget Committee: H. S. Ford, bursar,
M. B. Dalton, '15, H. E. Worcester, '07.
Sunday Powwows: J. P. Munroe, '8*2,
T. D. Brophy, '16, H. E. Kebbon, '1^2.
A report was made by the Alumni
iVdvisory Council on I'ndergraduate
Finance on the question of the undergrad-
uate tax, the amount of the tax and the
suggested appropriation from this amount,
by the chairman, Mr. S. G. H. Fitch.
The following is the report which was
accepted :
The Alumni Advisory Coniniittee on
Undergraduate Finance has considered
the proposed undergraduate tax, a])-
proved in |)rineiple by the Alumni Coun-
cil at its meeting held February ^^O, 11)17,
and desires to make the following rec-
ouiniendations:
First. That an undergraduate tax of
eight dollars ($8) be levied annually on
all male students attending the Institute
who enter after Sej)teniber 1, 1017, and
who pay, or have paid on their behalf,
full tuition fees, including graduate
students, special students and unclassified
students.
Second. That all such students who do
not pay full tuitions, but who pay, or
have paid on their behalf, tuition fees to
the amount of $100 or n\ore, be required
to pay a tax of five dollars ($5) per year.
All such students who pay less than $100
in tuition fees should pay a tax of three
dollars ($3) per year.
Third. That the proceeds of the tax
be devoted to the promotion of student
life at the Institute, with special ref-
erence to the physical and social welfare
of the men and the development of what
is known as the Technology spirit.
No part of the tax shall be spent for any
class function, athletic event or social
entertainment not open without charge
to every qualified member of the student
body in good standing.
Fourth. That this tax be expended
under the general direction of the In-
stitute Committee, subject to the ap-
proval of an advisory committee on
l)udgets api)oiuted by the Corj)oration.
Fifth. That during the first year the
tax l)e ap])ortioned approximately as
follows :
Total Amount
Based on
1800 Students
Institute Connnit-
tee $ 17 $300
Classes IS l..iOO
Athletics ^.50 4,500
Walker Memoriiil 3 00 5.400
Health Insur-mce 1.00 1,8(K)
Reserve and Con-
tingent Fund 00 1,100
$8 00
$14,400
Fr()])()scd changes in the by-laws were
])rescnte(l by the s]>ecial committee ap-
pointed to revise the constitution and by-
laws. The sections of the by-laws which
concern the date of the annual election
of the officers of the association were
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they i>taiid at pre^sent aiul
poseil changes, By vote of
hese changes were apj>r(jved
tary was authorizeti to have
bed in the TEenxouKiY
at iea.st thirty days when
be taken iipoii them at a
reeling.
if the Clevehmd convent ion
itlogy Clubs Associated was
r, Man roe and additional
made by the vice-president
gy Chihs Associated, Mr.
I'les, '!H. He also spoke of
ag carried on in Washington
11.
man, Mr. Hart, '81), next
:he topic of the evening:
ology is doing for the nation
LF* On accoimi of Dr. >lac^
€ing able to tie |>resent at the
ing, Mr. Hart laithned what
e by the Cor|K)ration toward
for the war: liow the Iii-
ready offered its hdiora lories;
•s of the Faculty have been
ipeeial work and how the
ildings have recently been
lolding of army examinations
a coniniittee on research has
ted; made up of niendiers
rporation, from the Faculty
^ alumni.
introduced Pffjfessor i\ H.
7, chairman of the Faculty,
the new intensive course in
jcture being offered to candi-
radtiation in several of the
Ipurses. Some fifty students
■bn this course and by the
will be recommended to the
Construction of the United
' for special work and will,
appointed in the service,
T; Cole spoke of the enthu-
by the students in preparing
and what a large number of
already offered their services
' Faculty were trying to hold
lents who are below tiie senior
r that they couht fjctter pre-
?lves for the work of the na*
Jieved that tlie showing wliich
^by Tet*hnology students will
be of great credit to the Institute. He
urged tliat all the men who are physically
able to serve their country and who are
not tied by family ties should offer them-
selves for military service for many who
are not jdiysically well enough to do the
severe work i*f the army may well help
the arm\' behind the lines.
Capt* F, B. Downing, of the Engineer
Corps, who is now stationed at the In-
stitute was called upon and he spoke,
too, of the good work being done by the
undergraduate organization of an Engi-
neer Corj)s.
■^rtie President next called upon Mr.
E. P. Brooks, *17, who gave a chronologi-
cal history of what the students have done
since dijiloiiKitic relations were broken off
with (jermany, just before the opening
of the second term, and showed how frcun
confusion, order has been brought about
by a coalition couHnittec made up of
mcnilicrs of the Faculty and of the stu-
dent body. He spoke of the several nuiss
meetings and of the advice of the Presi-
dent and of the sympathetic aid given by
Major Cole and other members of the
Faculty. He told how an executive com-
mittee of this general committee ha.s l>een
made up and how the3^ edited the notices
which were posted on the bulletin board
for the students and how they brought,
information of the opportunities in the*
various branches cif the army and indus-
trial service to the attention of the stu-
dents. He told how they wgre trying to
hold back the juniors and sophomores as
well as the freshmen until they were better
eqoipfx-d for service. His description
of the student activities was listened to
with nuich interest by the Council.
The work having beep done by the
Aluuuii Association through the Com-
mittee on the Mobihzation of Teehnolo
gy's Resources was outlined by Mr. Litch-
field, '85, who spoke of the recent meeting
at Cleveland and of his more recent visit
to Washington, He told what an active
part Teehnoh»gy men were taking in the
preparation of the War De|mrtment and
of the Deparment of the Nav\' and how
well the Institute was represented l>y Dr.
Hollis GcKlfrey, 'i)8, on the National
Council of Defense. He outlined the ac-
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rf the Cleveland convention and
utions and of the proposed head-
at Washington. He also told
he had met with the alumni
es in New York and how it was
liat a committee would be ap-
to care for the technical group of
I. H. Howes, '03, next told the
of the activity undertaken by the
rk Technology Club,
iring this talk. Colonel Locke, '86,
chainnan of the committee ap-
for the consideration of the Cou-
L Human Engineering presented
wing report which was accepted:
Committee of the Alumni Coun-
inted to consider the question of
at Technology a Congress on
Engineering makes the follow-
rt and recommendations:
hat such a congress under the
of Technology is desirable in
► emphasize the need of a sym-
understanding of the human
LS well as the purely technical or
! aspects of industry,
liat the congress be held, if
ble, in connection with the dedica-
he Walker Memorial,
hat the congress be held late in
or early in November.
5 conmiittee feels that the con-
>uld not be held imtil the regular
1 is under way in order to avoid
a work and confusion of ad just-
programs and other term begin-
itine.)
hat the program for the congress
)f:
bnference on problems of Em-
it Management, Vocational
1, Welfare Work, Safety, Collec-
lations with Labor, the Human
Q in Industry, with papers and
)ns.
lers, both business men and
rs, from all parts of the country to
id to take part.
je conferences to be open to
;.
!onvocations and special lectures
i tables particularly for the in-
1 and inspiration of the students.
"c. Special industrial personnel ex-
hibit.
'This exhibit, or at least portions of it,
to form the beginnings of a permanent
Technology exhibit; the exhibit to be
divided perhaps into sections, one particu-
larly for the employers, and one for the
students."
Schools for Aviators
Six universities are designated by the
War Department as training schools
for prospective army aviators, who will
have two or three months' instruction in
physics, mechanics and military drill,
beginning in about six weeks. The
schools are Cornell, lUinois, Ohio, Cali-
fornia and Texas universities and Tech.
Some of the six thousand applicants
for the army aviation corps will be se-
lected for assignments to the university
after preliminary physical and mental
examinations. Meanwhile each of the
universities will send three members of
its faculty to study practical aviation
problems at the Canadian training school,
connected with the University of To-
ronto. Heads of the institutions meeting
to-day with Brigadier General George
O. Squier, chief of the army aviation
service, agreed to these arrangements.
The War Department intends to send
practical aviators to each training school
to assist the three faculty members in
directing the courses, although the present
intention is not to use the university
campuses as aviation fields. Actual fly-
ing training will be given to the students
at the army's aviation camps. All the
schools chosen already have miUtary
instruction.
Other schools probably will be chosen
later for similar training centres. Ohio
State University at Columbus has made
tentative arrangements to use a string
of ten aviation fields being established
between Columbus and Dayton by an
aeroplane company in Dayton. The two
cities would be the terminals of a regular
flying course, with the training fields at
Daytoii.
Arrangements for the university courses
were made through the Aeronautics Com-
mittee of the Council of National Defense.
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Standing of Fraternities
In 1915, there was published in the
Review an article on the relative stand-
ing of students at Technology which in-
cluded a statement of the relative aca-
demic standing of the Technology chapters
of fraternities. So much interest was
shown in this that the following year a
separate study was made of the order of
the Technology chapters in their aca-
demic standing. At that time the Inter-
fraternity Council had asked the regis-
trar to inake an annual report of the order
of the chapters in their academic record.
This council has offered a cup to the
chapter which stands first in the list each
year. It was impracticable, on account
of the moving from the old plant to the
new, to have a study for the school year
of 1915-16 completed by January of this
year. The work is now complete, how-
ever, and the chapters are found to be
arranged in the following order: Delta
Kappa Epsilon, Delta Tau Omega, Delta
Phi, Chi Phi, Phi Gamma Delto, Theta
Xi, Sigma Chi, Phi Sigma Kappa, Zeta
Beta Tau, Phi Beta Epsilon, Phi Kappa
Sigma, Beta Theta Pi, Theta Chi, Lambda
Chi Alpha, Delta Tau Delta, Delta
Psi, Kappa Sigma, Delta Chi, Delta
Upsilon, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. It was
found in 1915 by the first study, that the
average standing of the fraternity stu-
dents was somewhat less than the average
standing of all students, and therefore
lower than the record of the non-frater-
nity students. In the second study, an
advance was noticed in the standing of
the fraternity man up to a point where
his standing was equal to the standing
of the non-fraternity student. By this
last study it is found that although the
standing of the two groups of students is
not exactly equal, it is practically the
same. The non-fraternity students are
once more leading the fraternity men by
a slight margin.
In the first two studies, the record of
the fourth year students was the highest
and the record of the second year students
the lowest. The standings of both the
third year and the first year students was
practically identical. The third study.
however, records a little difference in the
Illative standmg of the classes. The
fourth year students are once more the
highest in standing, the third year stu-
dents are not quite as high in standing as
those of the second year. There is once
more observed a f allmg off in the stand-
ing of the second year class as compared
with the first year class.
Chi account of the war a large number
of students have left the Institute with
incomplete records in the second term.
It may not be practicable, therefwe, to
make a study of the relative standing of
the fraternities based on their second
term record. For the current year it may
be necessary to make a study of the rec-
ords of the first term only. It has been
held, however, that a more just way of
comparing the groups of students is to
compare them by their second term rec-
ord, because so many of our students
come to us from other colleges and do not
adjust themselves to the conditions of
the Institute until late into the first term.
Therefore the records of the first term are
likely to be somewhat lower than those ci
the second term, in the case of these stu*
dents who come to us from other colleges,
and the records of the first term may per-
haps not be as reasonable a standard to
judge the student by as those of the second
term.
War Conunittee at Tech
A joint committee of the Faculty and
students has been formed at the Institute
for the purpose of considering all prob-
lems arising because of the war. The
main purpose of the committee is to secure
coordination and unity of purpose among
the undergraduates, and to give stability
to the work of the Student Preparedness
Committee. The new body is composed
of fifteen students and eleven members of
the Faculty. At its head is President
Madaurin/who, with Dean Burton and
Registrar Humphre>^, represents the
administrative officers. Other members
of the Facultv include Professors E. F.
Miller, W. K.' Lewis, H. G. Pearson, C.
H. Peabody, W. T. Sedgwick, and W. E.
Wickenden. The representatives of the
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' department are Major Cole and
I J. W. Howard; E. P. Brooks,
ebell, J. W. Doon, L. L. McGrady
W. VanKirk represent the Insti-
)mmittee; A. F. Benson, H. T.
.. E. Windle and D. D. Warner the
dness Committee; E. F. Deacon,
jh; A. N. Pray, the drill squads;
uttle, the Rifle Club, K. Reid, the
ts; C. H. M. Roberts, colonel of
regiment. The committee has
commenced its work by providing
nity for any man to drill at Tech
tiere drill squads will be in action
'ternoon. Each man will be given
e to lead and command a squad
at some time during the drill
For Merchant Marine
lization of soldiers and seamen
lew American merchant marine is
1 at an early date by plans now
)rmulated by Commissioner John
aid of the United States shipping
iccording to an announcement at
made by Henry Howard, '89,
»kline, speaking as the represen-
f the commissioner,
is anticipated," Mr. Howard's
nt said, "that Boston will be the
I headquarters for an aggressive
rn of recruiting and schooling
lo ^-ill oflScer and man the 1,000
afrying steamships the Govern-
to build to combat Germany's
ine menace and to fill other places
x)astwise and foreign shipping of
on to meet war needs,
oiling oflSces and schools in navi-
or the prospective officers will \>e
in cities on the Atlantic and
coasts, the Great Lakes and the
nstruction in navigation will be
ee of charge by teachers furnished
government to men who can dem-
; a satisfactory knowledge and
ice in practical seamanship. Ex-
ons will be given as heretofore
steamship inspection service, and
•assing the examination and ac-
by the shipping board will be
or training on vessels in the coast-
wise trade, or elsewhere outside the sub-
marine zone, until wanted for trans-
atlantic service. Each man accepted
will be assured liberal pay.
"A plan for instruction in these train-
ing schools is being worked out by Dean
Burton of the Institute, a former mem-
ber of the coast and geodetic survey."
Meeting at Harrisburg
The annual dinner of the Central
Pennsylvania Alunvii Association of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
was held at the Engineers Society Club
House, Harrisburg, Pa., on Saturday
evening. May 13.
Sixteen men were present and after
a very good dinner were sho\Mi the mov-
ing pictures taken at the Golden Jubilee
Celebration in Boston last fall. A letter
from Mr. Litchfield, '85, was read, giving
information regarding the assistance given
the National Government by the Tech-
nology Mobilization Committee. All of
the men promised to help in any way
possible and a resolution was passed which
gives the association authority to levy a
moderate assessment on the members to
secure funds to enable the local commit-
tee to cooperate \\-ith the general commit-
tee in Boston.
E. Stuart, '10, who has just returned
from two years' service with the Red
Cross in Serbia gave an account of his
work and experiences which opened the
eyes of all to the task confronting this
country.. It is unnecessary to say that
this part of the entertainment was timely
and probably of greater interest than any-
thing else which the committee in charge
could have provided.
The officers elected for the coming
year are as follows: C. A. Emerson,
Jr., '05, Harrisburg, president; Farley
Gannett, '02, Harrisburg, secretary.
The men present at the dinner were:
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Weimer, R. E. Irwin, H. P. Drake,
C. A. Emerson, R. M. Barton, Farley
Gannett, R. V. McKay, F. A. Rob-
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JUNE. 1917
No. 6
COMMENCEMENT
he first time in its history the
ion exercises of the Massachusetts
e of Technology were planned for
a air. The spacious courts of the
Idings afford a superb setting for
d of ceremony, particularly one of
unified character as the graduation
s of a college. In the great court
uping of large maples with ac-
ying conifers and magnolias
I the bare outlines of the stone and
jd a scale whereby to appreciate
t lines and areas, while a border of
ndrons in flower served to mask
th courses of the structures with
J showing here and there a dash of
color. The recent adornment of
•t of honor was a surprise to most
isitors, so quietly has it been ac-
[led.
plan so won the approval of the
dass that at the last moment
had been decided on account of
jring weather to hold the exercises
irgest lecture hall, 10-250, which
iave proved quite insufficient, the
icers petitioned to have their grad-
leld as previously arranged in the
►art to the eastward, named after
IS Lowell long a member of the
iion and one of Tech's greatest
tors. And so in that austere and
i setting the simple exercises
d, the reading of selected abstracts
of theses, the President's address and the
presentation of diplomas.
Then the alumni took charge of the
exercises, to dedicate the two tall flagpoles
in the fore-courts and after they had
broken out the flags of the nation and the
state, to present them, in the name of the
donor classes, 1885 and 1892, to the
Institute for which they yere accepted by
President Maclaurin.
Following this the newest graduates
were, by old custom, received inio the
alunmi fold, but not with pageant and
buffoonery as has l>een the custom in the
past, but in the grave and simple manner
suitable to this time of war. Since even
a war-time Commencement nuist have its
lighter side, however, the seniors then
spent the rest of the afternoon in du Pont
court with their friends at simple Class
Day exercises and a reception. . In spite
of the fact that so many of the class were
actually engaged at the time in some kind
of service, there was a surprisingly large
representation at the exercises.
The members of the Assembly Com-
mittee of the alumni in whose charge were
the simple ceremonies of initiation were
Professor H. W. Ciardner, '94, Edward
F. Parker, '04, Lawrence Allen, '07,
Howard A. Kebbon, '12 and Ambrose
Walker, '91 . The speakers for the classes
presenting the flagpoles were Professor
Henry P. Talbot for the class of '85
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and John A. Curtin for the class of
COMMENCEMENT STATISTICS
The scale of figures at the Institute is
ever upwards, so that it is to be expected
that the numbers this year should be rec-
ord ones. In all, 366 degrees were con-
ferred, six more than last year, and here
it should be said that a group of about
twenty-five seniors, normally in the grad-
uating number, are taking the chemical
engineering practice courses at the M. I.T.
stations in industrial centers, and will be
candidates for their M. S. degrees next
year and with it the B. S. that their fel-
lows in other courses are now receiving.
The figures of the degrees are these:
doctors, 6, four of them D. Ph. and two
D. Eng.; M. S., 32; and B. S., 329. The
distribution of the latter in the courses is
the following:
Courses
I, civil engineering 49
II, mechanical engineering 63
III, mining and metallurgy 16
IV, architecture . 27
V, chemistry 12
VI, electrical engineering 45
VII, biology and public health .... 10
VIII, physics 1
IX, general science 5
X, chemical engineering 27
XI, sanitary engineering 16
XIII, naval architecture 9
XIV, electrochemistry 10
XV, engineering administration. . . 37
II, andVI 1
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In addition there were annonneed the
awarding of certificates in public health
l)y the School for Health Officers of
Harvard University and the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology to twelve
young men. They were however not
present at the exercises.
In presenting' the degrees there were
two novelties. Till last year it was the
custom for the President to give person-
ally the diplomas to the seniors, but with
increasing numbers the plan has been
adopted of gi^'ing the diplomas by courses
and to a single representative of the
course . The other novelty was that there
were no regular diplomas to give. The
shortage in parchment has made it im-
possible to procure skins of the size re-
quired by the M. I. T. diploma and the
Institute authorities did not wish to
depart from the standard dimensions.
A ^aper diploma was therefore presented
to be replaced later by the formal docu-
ment.
Although the records show that about
two' hundred of the seniors are already
rated as gone from the Institute, a fair
representation of these attended the grad-
uation exercises. Forty-two of them are
now taking the intensive courses in naval
architecture and for them the exercises
in the class rooms were suspended for the
day. Quite a large group, as large as
this one, took in April the army examina-
tions and most of them are waiting about
Boston for their commissions, while a
third company of about the same size was
excused from the Institute for the pur-
pose of "cram" courses looking towards
the army examinations, ordinance and
engineering corps, to be given later in the
year. While rated as absent these men
are as a matter of fact doing this studying
at M. I. T. and they were present to-
gether with quite a number of others, like
the group of seniors who are assisting
Captain Mills in the Cadet School of
Military Aeronautics. The missing ones
were in fact those gone to industrial
employment in connection with prepara-
tions for war, and give emphasis to the
fact that the industries are mobilizing
quite as fast as the fighting forces. A
company of ten or fifteen seniors will be
on leave from Plattsburg, and will rep-
resent the active military element. So
altogether instead of a senior class al-
most every one away, there w as a repre-
sentation of about two- thirds of the
graduates.
THE president's CHARGE TO THE SENIORS
**The time has now come when I am
to confer upon you the degrees to which
your diligence in work and study has
entitled you. The phase of life that for
you is thus closed is always a critical
one. To each individual here it has
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ess been marked by experiences
ire likely to prove memorable in
ves whether those experiences have
:rom contact with your teachers or
our fellow student5 or with others,
all it must be memorable alike for
ppenings within the Institute and
ighty doings outside.- You have
he transition from the Old to the
Technology and have had the high
ge as seniors of setting in motion
lachinery of government and of
ition amongst the student body
new surroundings. All who have
kI your doings in this field have
d that you have acquitted your-
well, but such activities, important
{ are for you, for the Institute, and,
ir as Technology influences the life
country, for the nation as a whole,
course, overshadowed by the one
ncident of our day and generation,
u". We are all gratified to know
ere, too, in so far as you have yet
►portimity for action, you have ac-
1 yourselves well. Practically
sal has been the readiness to serve,
aside all selfish considerations and
uit yourselves like men in a crisis
uts the moral fiber of all to a real
It is a strange coincidence that
he Old Technology and the New
have been born in the midst of a
war, the Old having received its
r in 1861, just ten days before the
burst in civil war. Great good
3ut of that terrible struggle and
aen contributed to the good in the
years that followed the actual
t, and now more than half a century
ou are to have a far greater op-
ity of service. On you is the bur-
t also the privilege of contributing
successful prosecution of this war
the great re-construction that will
bly follow it. You have had the
ind of training to make you useful
I war and peace. In the class rooms
aboratories your training has
primarily scientific and the
irmanent possession that you can
cquired as a result of that training
J appreciation of the spirit and the
1 of science, the insistence on facts,
however ugly, the need of foresight and of
orderly procedure, the insight into the
vast resources of nature and the realiza-
tion of the dependence of man's progress
towards evil or towards good on the
mastery of those forces.
"Of this you have learned at least a
part, but you have learned more. You
have learned from intercourse with un-
selfish and highminded teachers, and
possibly even more effectively because
more unconsciously from association with
your fellow students the need for more
than science and more than eflSciency, the
absolute duty of regard for other people
and the willingness to serve them when
you can. There is nothing unscientific
in this. There is no ground for the
antithesis so often set up between science
and humanism. Superficial people talk
today of German inhumanity in the
conduct of the war as if it were due to
scientific education. They even use this
as an argument for the re\'ival of classical
learning in our schools forgetful of the
fact that there is far more study of the
classics in German schools than in Amer-
ica. The fact is, of course, that sympathy
with others, which is the basis of what we
call humanity, goes far deeper than any
such learning as either Greek or chemistry.
All educational systems wherever main-
tained must foster this sympathy and
happily there is ample evidence that it is
found at Technology in ample measure.
"Most heartily do I congratulate the
graduating class on the fact that so many
of its members have throughout their
career here shown a willingness to put
self aside and to serve their fellows in a
manner that is beyond all praise. The
man with the right spirit finds for himself
the opportunity for service and many such
opportunities have been found in the
realm of Technology during your resi-
dence here. And now comes the far
greater opportunity that none can fail to
see and I doubt not that many of your
number are ready to give the last full
measure of their devotion to the great
cause. It is the cause of freedom and of
humanity in which we as a nation have
enlisted in a spirit of chivalr>' that must
bring out the best that is in us. I^t there
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be no slackness of will nor flabbiness of
sentimentality but a manly devotion to
high causes at whatever cost.
"The alunmi have made great sacrifices
to give you the opportunities that you
have enjoyed while here and they will
follow you into active life with the same
readiness to help. You know, of course,
of the provision that has been made by
the establishment of the Edward Cun-
ningham Memorial Fund in honor of a
loyal alumnus of the class of *91 to enable
those that are following you to prepare
themselves for military ser\'ice later. I
am happy to l>e able to announce a further
addition to that fund made by Mrs.
Cunningham towards the establishment
of a bureau in France to look after the
interests of Technology' men who go to
the front.
"Whether you go into the fight or not,
whether you be active or inactive, in the
reconstruction that will follow the war,
you who go out into the world now cannot
avoid contributing something either to the
success or to the failure of the mightiest
struggle in the history of the world. It is,
therefore, with no ordinary emotion that
we sec you go, \\'ith the hope and exj>ecta-
tion on the part of the (V)n)()ration, the
Faculty, and the ahiinni that you will
prove worthy of the Institute that
through your jrraduatioii today, you are
henceforth entitled to re])resent/'
ACCKPTANCE OF THE FLAC; POLES
In the name of the Corporation
of the Institute, I accept these pfts
of the classes of '8.5 and 'JH. Slay
they stand for generations to come
not only as tokens of the ^(enerous
loyalty of these two classes hut as
reminders to future classes of the
l)aramount duty of unselfish de-
votion to the Connnon wealth of
Massachusetts, the Tnited States
of America and the ideals that they
represent.
The Architectural Fellowship
The department of architecture an-
nounces the judgment in the 1917 travel-
ing fellowship competition, which has
just been decided. The fellowship goes
to Raymond Miles Stowell of Walpole,
B.S., M. I.T., '16, apost-graduale student;
John Forbes Hogan of Pawtucket, also
B. S., '16 and a graduate student was
given second place. Mr. Stowell is the
fourth man to be awarded this fellowship
since the outbreak of the war, and like
his predecessors he will be obliged to defer
his trip abroad until the war comes to an
end.
The design for the competition was set
forth as a permanent group in the court
of honor of an exposition. Three build-
ings were to be included, commemorative
of an epoch in the nation's history. The
first of these was to be a pantheon or great
hall, the second a museum for the display
of products of science and the third a
museum for the liberal arts. TTie site of
the exposition was chasen to be an artifi-
cial island in the Charles River Basin,
directly in front of the new Technology.-
The various winners in competitions
during the year are announc^ed as follows:
Stu<lent medal of the American Inst tute
of Architects to Harold Sterner, *18 of
New York City; Rotch prizes to Harold
Sterner and Willard B. Riddell, '18 of
Hamilton, Ont.; Boston Society of Ar(*hi-
tects' prizes to Roljcrt H. Scanncll, *17 of
Felton Hall, Cambridge and William B.
Colleary, special student, of 3(K) Hyde
Tark avenue. Forest Hills; Chaml)crlain
})rize to John M. Batsehy, '17, of Quincy,
ill.; F. W. Chandler prizes, 5th vear to
Kdwin M. Woodward, '17 of Odin, III,
Ith year, to Frank S. Carson, '17, of
Halifax and ,Sd year to Frank W. Peers,
'18, of Topeka; class of 1904 prizes to
Robert T. Ciidley, '18, of Sprinjrfield and
Lester 1. Beal, '18, of Portland and from
the Soeiete des Architectes Diplomfe par
le (jouvernement Frangais, the gold medal
to William B. ( -olleary and the silver one
to Raymond M. Stowell, who receives this
in addition to the fellowship.
COUNCIL MEETING
The fifty-ninth nieetinir of the Alumni
Council was held at the Engineers Club,
Boston, May 28, 1917.
During the dinner President Hart
called upon Mr. James P. Munroe as s.alad
orator. Mr. Munroe spoke of a guest.
Dr. Gray, who, when he came to America
before, came as a n^emher of the Moseley
Educational Ex])e(lition. lie called upon
Dr. Gray, who addresst*d the Council.
The meeting was called to order by
President Hart with an attendance of
thirty -four.
The business on the call for the meeting
was as foHows:
"Report of Committee on Assemblies.
Change of time for Commencement Ole-
bration.
"Shall the asscK'iation appoint a com-
mittee to undertake the raising of money
for a Tech Unit in the Ambuhmce Serv-
ice?
"Further discussion of a Congress of
Human Engineering."
The records of the last meeting were
read and approved.
President Hart spoke of the adoption
of the plan of the Undergraduate Tax
by the Corporation of the Institute.
He also spoke of the establishment at the
Institute of a School of Military Aero-
nautics by the War Department; and of
the school organized by the United States
Shipping Board, under Mr. Henry
Howard of the class of '89, to fit men for
oflScers of the new merchant marine.
Mr. Howard had a[>pointed Dean Burton
director of this school.
A report was presented by the Commit-
tee on Assemblies in which it wjis stated
that the usual evening celebration on
Commencement Day was, by vote of the
committee, to be omitted and that the
almnni were urged to attend the Com-
mencement exercises and to take part
in the presentation of the flag poles,
which are being given by the classes of
'85 and '92, to the Institute. The report
was accepted and ordereil placed on file.
The President next introduced the
question: Shall the Alumni Association
appoint a committee to raise funds for a
Technology Ambulance Unit in France?
The secretary explained why this was put
on the call for the meeting, but that Mr.
Kebbon, who had been interested in this
proposal, was necessarily absent from
town. After a discussion it was voted
that the chair be authorized to appoint a
s[x»cial committee of from three to five
members to consider the question of a
Technology' Unit in the American Am-
bulance Service in France, if further con-
sideration should arise between now and
the next meeting of the Council.
Mr. DeBell, president of the senior
class, addressed the ('ouncil and told what
the undergraduates have done in regard
to arrangements for a summer military
camp, and summer courses, so that
students may, by taking these courses,
anticipate some of their work of next
year and therefore give them time to
undertake the sj)ecial military work
which is to l>e established by the War
Department at Technology. After a
discussion of this problem it was voted
that the chair be authorized to appoint a
committee of from three to five members
to consider the question of special aid for
students who wish to take this work and
who cannot afford to give up summer
work or to pay the additional traveling
expenses to a summer camp.
The question of the Technology
Revikw becoming a bi-weekly publication
was raised by a report made by the com-
mittee on the publication of the Review.
The committee asked that this question
be postponed on account of war times
and advised that this be given further
consideration at a later date. This was
acknowledged to be satisfactory by Mr.
Hunter, who had raised the question at an
earlier meeting.
At the request of the former Committee
on a Congress on Human Engineering,
the topic was put on the call for the meet-
-*iioii. Colonel Locke spoke
in * matter and urged
m ijt- serioiislj^ considered
-^ nich would be taken up in
t\ Dr. Charles R, Mann,
mted to the Faculty of the
[>ke of how Europe and
msidered education a great
.old how, under the present
the production capacity of
r is a t rem en dons factor
..^nt conflict* and that this
^f Human Engineering would
liarly with the broad questions
jn. Dr. Mann was of the
t if a proper Congress were
le busy men would feel it
w^hUe to come to such a con-
1 spite of the business pressure,
>oke of the conditions in Great
yarding capital and labor. He
,t the laborer is now looked
as what he is, but what he will
morrows Man is looked u|K>n
»r of wealth. The chairman
juestion as to %vhetlier or not
\ should be postponed until
when this country would
have naa more experience in the war^ but
a member of the committee raided the
question as to w^hether or not we eould
accept Dr. Gray*s statement of the ex-
perience of England. Jle thought it well
for us to get to work upon such a congress
at an early date, Mr. Dawes, Professor
Park, and Dr. iMann spoke further on the
problem as well as Mr. Hale, it was
voted that the chair be authorized to
appoint, if necessary, a committee to act
with the Corporation of the Institute in
arranging for such a congress. The chair
stated that if such a conmiittee were
necessary he would appoint the former
committee, wdth the exception of Mr.
Munroe in place of Mr. Macomber,
whose service in the army will prevent
his acting.
When called upon for items of new
busmess, the Council, through Mr.
Munroe, raised the question of appointing
an auxiliary committee to the Committee
on the Mobilization of Technology's
Resources, which w ould organize at aH the
centers wliere there are Technology men,
in order that a group might l>e ready to be
able to help those whose husbands are
Tech men and are in the service of the
government. He Ijelleved that the wives
of the alumni wlio go into service should
know where they can go for help or for
information, and he asked tliat the Cofji-
mittee on Mobilization of Technology*!
Resources be authorized to create such
an auxiHary committee in Boston and one
m ^^'^shington. It was voted that tk
Committee on the Mobilization of Teeh-
nologys Resources be authorized to
appoint such a committee.
It was further suggested by Mr.
Munroe that the Council devote a
meeting* annually, to a reception to tlie
retiring tenn members of the Corporation
and the new members, in order that the
new" members might benefit by the ex-
perience of the retiring members.
Mr. Chase, representing the Association
of Lower California, spoke of ha\iiig
visited the Technology' associations in
Milwaukee, and Duluth, and he suggested
from the happy experience he had had
that other members of the Council
endeavor more often to get in touch with
the local associations.
The meeting adjourned at 0.40*
Walteh Humphreys,
Srcrelary,
Miss Amy Walker, M.A., Smith Col-
lege, has been appointed research as-
sistant in the chemistry of foods, Mass-
achusetts Institute of Technology, under
the Ellen H. Richards Fund, for the year
1917-1918. The work will be carried
on under the direction of Professor A.
G. Woodman, and it is proposed to
study chemical changes, with sp)ecial
reference to the nitrogen compounds,
which take place when fish decomposes
before and after heating at relatively
high temperatures. This question is of
particular interest in the sardine indus-
try.
PROFESSOR CROSS RETIRES
The spring announcement of Faculty
promotions at the Institute contains one
change that will be of greatest interest
in every scientific community in the
country, the fact that Charles R. Cross,
Thayer professor of physics in charge of
the Institute department and director of
the Rogers Laboratory of Physics, retires
and becomes professor emeritus. For the
heac^ of the department Edwin B. Wilson,
now professor of mathematics, has been
chosen, and he is to be assisted by another
professor not as yet named. Physics,
like mathematics, to which it is more
closely related than most persons are
aware, is one of the fundamental studies
at Technology and very many students
take courses in it for the means of ap-
proach to special work like electrical
engineering, while on account of the re-
lationships of the study to every day
problems there has been established within
the past three or four years a course in
industrial physics. The purpose of the
Institute is to develop the department
more along the very important lines of
relationship to the industries. To
strengthen this aspect of the instruction
Professor Charles L. Norton, now pro-
fessor of heat measurements, will be made
professor of industrial physics, a division
of the general subject, but having almost
the importance of a jiew course.
The other promotions in the Faculty,
all of them from the rank of instructor
to that of assistant professor are: in
mathematics, Joseph Lipka and Frank
L. Hitchcock; in physics, Herbert P.
Holnagel; in drawing, Arthur L. Good-
rich, and in English, Robert E. Rogers.
The New Head of the Physics
Department
Professor Edwin B. Wilson who comes
from the department of mathematics at
the Institute to the cliarge of physics, is
a Hartford man with degrees from Harvard
(A. B.) and Yale (Ph. D.), and with the
further experience oiF postgraduate work
abroad at the Sorbonne and the College
de France. Appointed to the position
in 1900 and remaining at this grade for
six years he was instructor in mathe-
matics at Yale, and for the two succeed-
ing years, assistant professor. He was
called to Tech in 1907 to be associate
professor of mathematics, and was ad-
vanced in 1911 to the rank of professor.
Although officially a mathematician. Pro-
fessor Wilson has made his study in the
physical specialties of this broad subject.
His thesis work at Yale was carried on
in this direction imder Professor J.
Willard Gibbs. His first book was a
paraphrase on Willard's Lectures on
Vector Analysis. While he modestly
claims nothing more than editorship, the
work included \'irtually an assembling
of material in considerable part from
other authorities. Vector analysis is a
mathematical matter, but one that lends
itself to investigations in physics and
electricity.
Professor Wilson was brought to Tech-
nology by Professor Tyler, head of the
department of mathematics, who was
seeking for a teacher with especial in-
terest in applied mathematics. The
choice has proved to be a happy one and
it has been more and more evident that in
Professor Wilson the Institute has ac-
quired a man of great breadth. One
evidence of the esteem with which he is
regarded in the scientific world lies in the
fact that he was selected by the National
Academy of Science for editor of its
Transactions^ a position which on account
of the special character of the papers to
be edited and arranged and the profound
nature of their specialties demands a man
with comprehensive knowledge of all
the specialties.
At the Institute, as has been evident
by a goodly number of official actions,
there is always increasing desire to retmn
to the state and nation that have sup-
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ported the school a quid pro quo in the
way of attention to the needs of business.
This has been shown by the new work in
chemistry where the students travel from
one great center to another for experience,
by the electrical cooperation with the
telephone companies, by the appoint-
ment of ad\Hlsers in naval architecture,
by the special interim and vacation
courses in this subject, by the relation-
ships with great mining interests and by
a number of other efforts to keep the
Institute in touch with the conunercial
world.
In physics, therefore, there is the desire
to serve the people even farther by
re-organizing, at a time when the retire-
ment of Professor Cross nuikes it least
difficult, the department of physics and
strengthening it along the lines of re-
search and mathematical physics. To
Professor Wilson has been entrusted this
task.
while there are numberless other utiliza-
tions of electricity that will demand skilled
engineers.
Electrical Men in Service
Preparedness at Tech is shown from
day to day by some new and striking
figures of what the instructing staff and
the older students have actually accom-
plished. In the department of electrical
engineering for exanii)le thirteen men out
of the instructing stalf of thirty-one are
already in the service, while Professor
Jackson, head of the department, holds a
captain's commission and may be called
ui)on. Dr. Kennelly has been ap-
l)roachc(i relative to a trip abroad in the
interests of the United States (iovern-
ment and others of the professors have
special assignments in the future.
Of the seniors in the course of electrical
engineering thirty are already at Platts-
burg, are entered for the camp in August
or are enrolled for some military work
within their special lines. This includes
of course all kinds of communication,
telegraph, telephone, wireless and signal-
ling, together with the mechanical work
coiuiected with laying lines and cables,
Our Naval Plattsburg
With Captain James P. Parker for
superintendent there was opened on
June 11 at the Institute the Cadet School
for the First Naval District. This, which
has been popularly termed a Xaval Platts-
burg and also School for Ensigns, ikiU be
entirely different in its general aspects
from the emergency activities hitherto of
the Institute. In the case of the School
for Chief Officers, Tech organised it
manages it and furnishes most of the
instructing staff, and in the a\'iation
school everything but the purely military
features comes under direction of the
Institute Faculty, but the Naval Platts-
burg will be a school of the United States
Government in which the instructors
will be naval officers and in which the
Institute cooperates with the Na^•)• by
furnishing the use of its halls and labora-
tories for instruction, together with lodg-
ings and meals. The courses will be the
same as those at Annapolis for ensigns
and will last four months.
The young men, of whom sixty have
rei)orted already for instruction, were
assigned to the good ship Xetrton, this
being the biggest name inscribed on the
pylon. Above is hall 4-100, which is to
l)e tlieir home. This and adjacent class
rooms are at the service of the naval
students. For the larger operations,
wliich will include the technicpie of han-
dling guns and other equipment, some of
the large mining laboratories will he
available. The mess room will he the
cafeteria which has been caring for a
thousan<l students a day, during the past
year. Captain Parker, of the Naval
Militia of Massachusetts, is captain in the
National Naval Vohmteers. The school
will be the ninth emergency line of in-
struction by the Institute to lie estab-
lished at Tech since the declaration of
war.
PLATTSBURG TECHNOLOGY CLUB
te a delegation of Tech men at
burg returned on leave to assist in
raduation exercises and class day
ties of the Massachusetts Institute
?hnology. They gave their fellows
ly picture of life at camp, which it
out has a strong element in it from
istitute. Of the senior class there
i men at the camp and* the whole
er is 104 including a few juniors
[lostly alumni. With Tech spirit
iction there has been formed an
mptu organization, the Tech Club
ittsburg, which with a represcnta-
1 each company serves to keep the
body in accord. The boys took
on on Saturday last to have a
', and here it was officially demon-
d that a Technology man remem-
is freshman drill for at least twenty-
'ears. A call for classes at the
% at which by the way seventy-five
nt of the whole TeA population at
!amp was present, produced a
ie" who graduated in 189!2.
Te was at first some difficulty in
g a place for the dinner for the city
urally overcrowded, until the good
of the Ladies' I^eague of the city
unlisted and a quiet little tea house
>und with good things to eat, and
rst coffee in "real china cups,"
r weeks. H. E. Lobdell, '17, was
leader and the lusty M.T.T.s car-
le ending, '*Plattsburg, Plattsburg,
burg," and *'lke, Ike, Ike," while
We are happy," motif carried for
rain the rei)etition of the name of
etiring '* Charlie Cross." There
5tein songs and **Take me back to
" and interspersed were speeches
airman Alexander Macomber, '07,
Senter, Jr., '17, and E. P.Brooks,'17.
; official despatch from the dinner
:o the Tech follows :
le debut of this youngest of Tech-
r Alumni Associations was sig-
d by many other striking particu-
lars. Undergraduates and prospective
'degreeists' and *also rans' were not
shoved back, but occ!ipied the front
tables. It was for many the first *real
coffee in china cups ' in four weeks and in
many ways j)roved how great an appe-
tite a month of army mess can produce.
Naturally all were in uniform and — un-
naturally — all stood at attention until
the command 'Company Seats' was
heard, in place of the mad scramble of
the customarv dinner in the old Union
orthe^af.'
**H. E. Lobdell, '17, as cheer-leader and
'Band-sergeant,' managed to rise un-
assisted, stand on his chair, and lead a
'regular M. L T.' with three 'Platts-
burgs' with a borrowed swagger stick.
The enthusiasm showed the anxiety of
76 men standing before heaping plates
of fried chicken and strawberry short-
cake, and when they actually began
consumption the noise completely sup-
pressed the 'battery' of Victrohis hired
for the occasion.
"Chairman Macomber in his intro-
ductory remarks referred to 'this unique
dinner' and 'motley assemblage' amidst
applause and when he announced that
the 'usual speeches are to be cut out'
he fully grasped the attention of all
j)resent. He called it 'an informal gath-
ering together of Tech men' and said —
' If you don't know the next man's name
slap him on the back and look at his tag.'
A voice in the corner whose possessor had
evidently just been 'shot' for one of the
half dozen or so possible diseases warned
him to be 'careful of the left arms. '
"Mr. Macomber then spoke of the
alunmi work on National Defense; of
the questionnaire sent out some months
ago and how this form had been adopted
by the government as the most complete
circular of its kind. As a result of this
classification over 300 Institute alumni
have been called for serv'ice in their
special line of training.
* * Brooks, ' 1 7, covered the undergraduate
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side, producing laughter when he told
how 'the wax struck Tech in the midst of
the midyear vacation.* He qualified this
by saying that *it nearly knocked us
out.' He traced the work of the Pre-
paredness Committee in which they con-
sulted men like the head of the General
Electric and the president of the Fore
River Shipbuilding Co., etc.; of the Joint
Committee, particularly emphasizing the
spirit of codperation shown; and of the
summer camp proposition. As Brooks
had not received his degree it was thought
improper to cheer for him and to allay
the pent-up enthusiasm the gathering
gave a * We are Happy ' for * Charlie.' '*
Finally, to assert its place in the fel-
lowship of Tech clubs the new organiza-
tion sent the following telegram to Pres-
ident Maclaurin and Ike Litchfield:
"Plattsburg, N. Y., June 9, 1917.
"Seventy-six alunmi and non-grad-
uates at dinner tonight send greetings
and announce founding of Plattsburg
Technology Club, dedicated to loyalty
to Tech and service to our country.
Alexander Macomber."
At the time of the dinner there were
listed at the Institute as having been
granted permission to attend Platts-
burg the following men, six of the Fac-
ulty and forty-one students :
C. W. Green, assistant professor elec-
trical engineering
F. G. Perry, instructor in electrical en-
gineering
H. B. Richmond, instructor in electrical
engineering
H. Sutherland, instructor in civil en-
gineering
W. B. Littlefield, assistant in electrical
engineering
E. W. Bowler, assistant in
electrical
engineering
COURSE
CLAS»
C. R. Barnard,
VII
1917
D. E. Bell,
in
1917
A. R. Brooks,
in
1917
E. P. Brooks,
XI
1917
P. B. Brown,
IX
1919
J. M. Carter, Jr.,
IV
1919
W. A. Clark,
XIII
1917
L. L. Clayton,
XII
1917
H. Connett,
X
191&
R. S. Coward,
X
1920
W. J. Creedon,
I
1919
E. F. Deacon,
I
1919
J. W. Doon,
XIII
1917
S. C. Dunning,
V
19ir
W. W. Eaton,
IX
1917
S. M. Foster,
I
191»
H. B. Gardner,
VIII
1917
G. E. Gay,
III
1919
J. W. Gibson,
VIII
1919
J. A. Goldthwait,
XII
1919
J. Harper,
II
1917
L. T. Hill,
V
1917
N. C. Hinckley,
XI
1918
J. R. Kelly,
VI
1917
K. M. Lane,
X
1917
J. T. Leonard,
VII
1918
W. L. Littlefield,
XII
1917
H. E. Lohdell,
V
1917
R. J. McLaughlin,
VII
1917
L. AlcVickar,
1918
G. R. Martin,
XIV
1919
E. A. Mead.
II
1918
A. E. Moody,
II
A. E. Page,
III
1918
A. W. Pope, Jr.,
III
1918
T. AV. Ryan, Jr.,
VIII
1917
E. G. Senter, Jr.,
IX
1917
J. G. Strowbridge,
XIll
1919
11. C. Wasgatt,
I
1919
N. C. Works,
XIV
1917
P. L. Young,
IV
mo
THE JUNIORS' MILITARY SCHOOL
)f the ways in which the Institute
aduates are making themselves of
: f utm'e service to the Government
summer Military School of the
, already started, which was
d and is being administered by the
s themselves. Some two hundred
mior class will be at work through- •
summer season and this work will
irt military and in part an antid-
of the work of the senior year..
, therefore, be possible to release
idents with completed courses
:he actual end of the year. They
is be available very early in the
the special kind of work that only
ally trained men can do. It is
y this phase of war that has found
Iready its most important ally in
onal circles, and for this reason the
te has no fear, of that loss of under-
tes which will characterize purely
ic colleges.
e was not much cessation of
g, for on Wednesday morning,
J, the graduation exercises ha\'ing
place on Tuesday afternoon, the
lool was started in addition to the
summer school.
whole attitude of the Institute
s the war has been not to push out
ared men. For that reason every
I being made to have the students
their engineering work, since as
ly graduated engineers they may
; apply themselves intelligently to
^blems of the war. But at the
ime the Institute looks favorably
:hods that will give its students
Y training. Already all the fresh-
ve had one year of military science
■antry drill, so that no one in the
is ignorant of military matters and
some of the students are already
bis idea of preparedness lies the
for the Summer Junior Military
The purpose here is twofold, to
e juniors an opportunity ito antici-
pate fourth year work and to give them at
the same time military instruction. The
courses will therefore be divided between
the two subjects.
The daily program is the following:
Regular classes 8.00 tilll .00
Lunchhour • ••.• ^'^^ " ^-^^
Special drill including sig-
nal drill, engineer drill,
instruction in rifles, ma-
chine guns, company and
regimental administra-
tion and drill in which
the students will act in
turn as officers 2.00 till 4.00
Infantry drill 4.00 " 5.00
The engineering courses offered are
sixteen in number and include hydraulics,
mechanics, shop work, electricity and
chemistry, with some other matters of
particular consequence to men who are
to handle groups of camping soldiers, such
as microbiology and accounting. Most
of these are already under way and will
be given by about twenty of the Faculty
who volunteer their services for these
particular courses. The school will run
into the middle of August, and as has
been said, will afford prospective seniors
a chance to anticipate their work. The
men who accept these courses will be
expected to utilize the time gained in the
study of strictly military work. It may
thus be readily seen that the seniors of
next year will be even more ready to help
the government with skilled technical
work than their fellows who graduated a
few days ago, and what the latter have
been able to do is one of the most striking
things that these times of stress have
brought out.
The juniors are planning among other
things to make week-end hikes. Two
of Technology's very good friends, Mrs.
Edward Cunningham of Westwood and
W. Cameron Forbes of Milton, who has
extensive woods in Norwood, have placed
their estates at the disposal of M. I. T.
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student organzations during the summer.
Those of Mrs. Cunningham will be for the
aviators, while for the larger body of
juniors the grounds of Mr. Forbes will be
available. The latter includes more than
seven hundred acres. Camps will be
established there for the benefit of the
student soldiers.
The school ^411 be under the general
direction of Major E. T. Cole, professor
of military science, and the supervision of
the heads of departments which are in-
terested in the engineering studies. The
military work will be conducted under
the immediate direction of I^icester F.
Hamilton, of Medford, *14, who in his
senior year was cadet colonel of theM. I.T.
Regiment and since that time has been
assistant to Major Cole in the military
department of the Institute . The officers
are all of the junior class, which is thus
looking after its own military training.
The rifles and equipment were issued on
June 18 and the men may be seen drilling
in the athletic field any afternoon, in-
cluding Saturdays, from 2 till 5f«
Camp Cunningham
Early in June President Maclauriii
announced to the students who were
working for a summer military eaiiip that
the whole sum ne(x\ssary, $^2.),()()(), had
been given by a single donor. The money
is that of the Edward Cunningham
Memorial Fund, which with the consen
of the donor, Mrs. Cunningham, may
be applied to this s[)eeial purpose. It
assures that this feature of Institute pre-
paredness will he carried out.
The Institute has for a number of years
maintained a i>ernianent civil engineering
camp at East Machias, Me., which is
normally due to open .July -i.), probably
this year somewhat earlier, and at which
attendance is obligatory to the sopho-
mores of certain courses, ^fhe emergency
camp is a very different matter, organized
by the Joint Committee on National
Service at Tech. It is intended for
students w-ho have finished the sophomore
year, but will accept other students who
wish the military work and will take ad-
vantage of the splendid facilities at Eut
Machias, where nearly two hundred men
can be accommodated. The camp viD
be thoroughly military, the stucfents wiD
be required to wear uniforms and to take
up subjects having special military signif-
icance. It opened on June 20, a week
after graduation and will last all summer.
Already half the necessary number has
registered, and many others have been
considering it but have been deterred by
the cost, for not only is there the tranqior
tation and maintenance to be provided for
but uniforms and equipment. Here Mn.
Cunningham has stepped in to the rescue
with a guarantee fund, which may be
used for the needs of those going to the
camp and also for any who may be taking
the special summer work in Cambridge.
The instructing staff, who are to care for
the exercises of the emergency camp and
for the extra courses in the smnmer, not
including of course the regular summer
school, are volunteering their services in
testimony of their patriotism and their
desire to aid their country.
Edward Cunningham, who died in
March, was a graduate of the Institute in
the class of 1891 and sensed the Institute
as term member of the Corporation from
1910 till 1915. The memorial fund has
been estabhshed by his widow^ and has
been made available in a number of useful
ways, one of which was the giving of an
important sum in the name of the Insti-
tute to the American Field Ambulance
Service in France.
As soon as the plans for the camp were
perfected, the camp received formal recog-
nition from the Institute in the appoint-
ment by President Maclaurin of Geor^
E. Russell, associate professor of hydraulic
enpneering at the Institute, to be com-
numdant with the rank of major in the
M. I. T. Cadet Corps, to be assisted by a
student and graduate staff. Professor
Russell has had about a dozen years' ex-
perience in the National Guard, Coast
Artillery and independent units.
Professor Russell was sent to Toronto
for a short visit of ins]>ection at the
University of Toronto which a couple of
years ago established a training school and
conducted it on its own responsibility for a
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403
or more. It proved so successful
he Canadian government has real-
ts value and is now supervising it.
5sor Russell inspected its administra-
ith a view of adopting its best points
Tech Military camp.
the first five weeks the camp will
* sophomore military camp and will
nducted strictly on military rules,
ving this will come the regular
weeks of the summer surveying
. a portion of the curriculum. Dur-
lis second period the civil enginecr-
structing staff will be in charge and
nilitary students will undertake
's in military mechanics.
?re will be infantry drill, patrol
regular ceremonies like guard
ting and target practice. In the
every student is expected to qualify
and 300 yards. There will be
ry engineering, one useful proposi-
>eing to build and repair the road to
Machias so that it will be practica-
r motor trucks, and another being to
and grade the present baseball field
L parade ground. There will be
3 building, and such other construc-
and operations as the wooded coun-
>out East Machias make practicable.
? whole camp project is a manifesta-
3f the desire of the sophomores at
to make themselves as useful as
)le to the government in case of a
iged war by acquiring in what is
ally a vacation time a familiarity
the science of military work and the
s of infantry movements which will
e them to attack more directly the
eering problems of warfare. The
is furnished with permanent build-
or administration, dining and draw-
ooms, with good sites on a bluff
overlooking the lake for the tents of the
students. The water supply is excellent,
the camp drainage is into an Imhoff tank
and there is abundant space for the extra
tents which the military men will require.
The Amateur Editor
Mr. Litchfield is in Washington. If
there are any Tech Alumni who do not
know that already, the present and
temporary editor of the Technology
Review, for this month and the next,
wishes to impress it firmly on their con-
sciousness.
Mr. Litchfield is in Washington and
like everybody else in Washington, doing
four men's work. The Technology
Review seemed likely to be the fabled
last straw . . . hence the present
incumbent.
The motto of the Technology editorial
oflSce at this moment is not ** Don't
shoot the pianist; he is doing his best,'^
but **pon't shoot Ike Litchfield. It
isn't his fault."
In the July number — we announce
hurriedly to avert trouble — in the July
number we hope to give the alumni as
complete and \'ivid account as possible
of the war time activities of the Insti-
tute. You have doubtless read detailed
accounts of some part of them. The
July Review will try to get them all
into focus and correlation, the alumni,
the student body, the Faculty, and the
rapidly enlarging number of schools
wherein the Institute co5perates with the
United States Government. And there
will be lots of pictures worth keeping as a
permanent record. But — don't shoot I
Robert E. Rogers.
SCIENCE CONSPECTUS DISCONTINUED
It is with re^^t that the reudors of the
Science Conspectus learn that the hit(»st
number to be issued is also the last.
With the last number of volume live,
which, because of the many other duties
of the editor and the difficulties of getting
material recently, has J!ist l)een published,
the editor announces that '*the expense
and effort required to publish a ma^razine
with limited circulation and with no
resources from advertisin^r are too great
to warrant its continuance.
"Although we have not been able to
fully carry out our aim in founding this
magazine, it has been possible to jRnd
some men of scientific attjiinments who
have the happy faculty of making their
subjects clear to lay readers, many of
whom are scientists themselves in another
field of endeavor, and to this extent we
have fulfilled our mission.
"That there is a field for such a publi-
cation covering a broader scope, per-
haps, is shown by the great interest our
readers have taken in Science Conspectus,
It is hoped tluil this Hold will soinetinie
be covered by an ably conducted publi-
cation.
"The (Nlitors arc indcbtccl lo tli<' friends
who have contributed to tliis magazine,
and also to its readers wliose apprecia-
tion and encouragenienl have been frc-
(iuently jind generously expnvssed."
For five years the nienibers of the So-
ciety of Arts of tlu^ M;i>saclinsett> In-
stitute of TcchnoloiiV liave obtained
in the ('onsprrfus cleiirl>' writtiMi, non-
technical c\|)ositioiis l)y well-known scicn-
tisls nf all sort^ iA' inlcrcslin^ discoveries,
rcscjin'hes and newly-known scientific
({(Mcrnnnatioiis. \Vritt«'n for the intelli-
gent lay reader, carefully free from too
technical slang, the magazine was always
interesting and always valuable.
And since the editor of the Science
Conspectus who is also the editor of the
Technology Review is far away in
Washington and can't stop us, it is only
fit ting to say that Mr. Litchfield made the
editing of the Conspectus, of which he was
justly proud, a labor of love, and that he
regrets as much as his readers the fact
that the paper has l)ecome so increas-
ingly difficult to get out that the task
has l)ecome at last impossible.
jAnt us hope that some day it may be
revived again. Its place in the world of
scientific writing was a unique one and
well worth filling.
R. E. Rogers.
West Point and Annapolis Mixedl
Technology has already started eight
special courses of study for military or
naval pur])oses, with the tenth now almost
ready to lamich. The courses are: 1, the
early work on internal combustion en-
gines; ^2, the intensive course in naval
architect nro which ends this month; S,
the similar course for the summer; 4,
tin* "cram" courses for students wishing
to take army engineering examinations;5,
special aeronautical courses; G, the twelve-
week snnuner military work at Camp
Cinniini^ham; 7, courses for first officer
examinations, a school which is being
condncted by TechnoK)gy in different'
places on the <'oast for the convenience of
local iiTonps of seamen; 8, Junior Military
Siininicr School in the Tech buildings in
Canibridiic And this is onlv June!
February, 1917
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1
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THE
MASSACHUSETTS
NSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Cambridge, Mass.
J IHE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY licis to dve thorough ImHoH*
* ji^ tion in CimL Mmhanwalt Chemtcaii Afmtn^ pi^^^-^-j -j^„| Santtarp Enfftnt^ng^ In Ckmtntfryt
Elef^roehemUtr^, Arehii^tture, Physics, Biologif an ^i Jeaiih, Otology, and Nat^t Af^diaetuft'
To b« admitted to the Institute, the appUe^Dt must *
and muit pass examinations in algehrRr plane and solid <
States (or a q dent hi story) « EDgltsh, French and Germ&n.
f^ attained the age of $evi.*nt€»eB yt^n
ometry, phyiics, history of U>e t?^ii9ii
Preparation in some one of A ^ri«« of
elective subjects is also require^L A dhi&ion of these ex&i.inatioRs between diffeKnt eitatubuiiioii
n
passed creditably through A ^imkI l^fjfit
luid l>e able to pa&f the Instittjtc 0!tBm»
ting eertifieates representing work done
inalions and from any stibjeet^ a1f«adly
Sxajnlnation Board, wliieh hohi^ exmm-
periods b allowed. In general, a faithful studen
schooU having two years" study of Prenrh and Gu
atious.
Graduates of tniilleges, and in general all ^
at other colleges, are excused from the us^uai cu^
eattafactonly complelcfl Records of the College ,
in&tious at many points throughout the ctjuntry aud in Europe, are also accepted for adtmi&iaii
to the Institute.
Instruction is given by lueaua ol lectures and recitations, in counection with appropriate work
in the 1aborator>% drawing-room or field. To this «nd extensive lat»oratories of chcoiistry, pby^ici,
biology* minLDgf mechanical engineenttg, apphed mechanics, and the tnechauic art^, have b«en
thoroughly equipped, and unusual opportunities for Gelii-work and for the examination of existing
structures and industries have been sei-urcd* So far as is practicable^ instruction i& given personally
to small sections rather than by Iccturai to large bodies of students .
The regular courses are of four years' duration, and lead to the degree of Bachelor of Science.
Tn most courses the work may also be distributed over five years by students who prefer to do so.
Special students are admit tcfl to work for which they aie qualified; and the degrees of MaMer of
Science, Doctor of Philosophy, and Doctor of Engineering are given for resident study subsequent
to graduation. Opportunity for researeh is offered in all the departmental laboratori^^^ in the tiiree
recently established Research I#aboratories of Applied Chemistry and Physicjd Chemistry^ and in
the Sanitary Research Laboratory and Sewage ExiJeriment Station.
The tuition le^ not including breakage in the laboratories, is $250 a year. In addition, S|SO
to 9^3 per year is required for books and drawing materials.
For eatalogues and information, address
ALLYNE L. MERRILL, Secretary rfAeF^
Ma8SAC||j[78BTT8 INSTITUTE OF TmSB
CAMBRIDGE
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MASSACHUSETTS
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Cambridge, Mass
THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY «im« to in ve thorough instruct
tioti id Cipilt Meehanieal, Chemiealt Mining^ Eletlrical and Sanitary Enginterinff, In Chemistrif,
EiedfochemiHry, Architecture^ PHytica, Biology and Public BeattK Geolof^ and Napai ArckitecSaf^
To be admitted to the Institute, the applicant mu^t have attained the age of seventeen jeArs
and must pass examinations in algebra, plane and JioEd geometr3% phyiics, biatory of the United
States (or ancient history), English, French and Gennan. Preparation in some one of a aeries of
elective aubjectj is also required. A diviition of theie exatninationn between difiTerent examination
penod» IS allowed. In general, a faithful student who has parsed creditably through « good bigfa
achoot, having two years' study of French and German, should be able to pass the Institute exanr
(nations.
Graduates of colleges, and in general all applicants presenting certificates representing work done
at other colleges, are excii<«ed from the usunl entrance examinations and from any subjects already
satisfactorily complctctl Records of the College Entrance Examination Board, which holds ex&m-
inations at many points tliroughout the country and in Europe, are also accepted for admlisioD
to the Institute.
Instruction is given by means of lectures and recitations, in connection with appropriate work
in the laboratory, drawing-room or 6eld. To this end extensive laboratories of chemistry, physics,
biology, mining, mechanical engineering, applied niechauica and the mechanic arts, have lieen
thoroughly equipped, and unusual opportunities for Beld-work and for the examination of existing
structures and industries have been secured. So far tm h practicable, instruction is given personally
to small sections rather than by Icclufe** to large bodies of students.
The regular courses are of four years' duration, aod lead to the degree of Bachelor of Science.
Id most courses the work may olso be distribtjted over five years by studeols who prefer lo do so.
Special ^students are admitteij to work for whtcfa they aie qualified; and the degrees of Master of
Science, Doctor of Fhilo^iophy, and Doctor of Engieeeriug are given for resident study subsequent
to graduation. Opportunity for research is offered in a^l the departmental laboratories» ifi the three
recently established He^earch Labi»raton«fs of Applied Cbenjiatry and Physical Chemistry, andtn
the Sanitary Hesearch Laboratory ond Sewage Experiment Station.
The tuition fee, not including breakage in the laboratories, is 8^50 a year. In addition* |i3(>
to $S5 per year is required for books and drawing materials.
For catalogues and infi»rmatton, address
ALLYNE L, MEUUILL, Snretarff of (he Faculty ,
MasttAcnnsETTS Institute op Ttscmsouxir,
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THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITLTE OF TECHNOLOGY aimi to xive thorough instruo
UoQ in CmL MmUmk^ Ck€miemL JTniiMf. EUeimtlfad SaniUuy Engumnng, io ChewUttry,
Skttmkmuinh ArMitetmrw. Pk^tkg. BmUtn ^od PMk EtaUKOiden apd Nmal ArMimHtrw.
To be admitted to the Inititntc, Ihe epiilieut must h»Te ettaiiied the i^e of eeventeen yean
end muet pern examiBetions in al^ebni. plane and eofid geometiy, phyrict, hiatory of the United
StatM (or ancient hiftorj), Engtidi, Frendi and Gcman. Pkciparation in •ome one of a ieffei of
a kcU Te aahjccta ia abo required. A diviaioo of theae enuninationi between Cerent rrawina^loB
peiiodi ii dbvcd. In generaL a faithful stwieot who baa poand cmfitaMj thrangh a good high
•dmoL kaTing two jean' study of Freach and Gcnnaa, thonM be ableto pam the Inatitate emm-
Gtndnatea of colleges, and In general all applicanta pnwnting certificateB t fprrafinfhig woric done
at other ooDeges. are esciiMNi from the usual entranoe rtaminaliniis and from ai^ alibjecta already
satisfactorily complrtrfl. Krotirda of ihe College Entrance Kiamination Board, which holds eiam-
inations at many pniiit> throughout the country and io Europe, are also accepted for ndmisston
to thclDntituliv
InstriK tiofi i>« k'^'*'" t>y mcana of lectures and recitations, in connection irith appropriate work
ID the IfilMtratory. (Irawing-room or field. To this end extensive laboratories of chemistry, physics,
biology, iiiiiiiiiR. mechanical engineering, applied mechanics and the mechanic arts, have been
thoroughly equipped, and unusual opportunities for field-work and for the examination of existing
fttruoturcd and industries have been secured. So far aH is practicable, instruction is given personally
to small sections rather than by lectures to large bodies of students.
The regular courses are of four years* duration, and lead to the degree of Bachelor of Science.
In most courses the work may also be distributed over five years by students who prefer to do so.
Special students are admitted to work for which they aie qualified; and the degrees of Master of
Science, Doctor of Philosophy, and Doctor of Engineering arc given for resident study subsequent
to graduation. Opportunity for research is offered iu all the departmental laboratories, in the three
recently established Research Laboratories of Applied Chemistry and Physical Chemistry, and in
the Sanitary Research Laboratory and Sewage Experiment Station.
The tuition fee, not including breakage in the laboratories, is $250 a year. In addition, $30
to $35 per year is re({uired for books and drawing materials.
For catalogues and information, address
ALLYNE L. MERRILL, Secteiary qf the FacuUy.
MASbAcnu^ETTa In9TITUt« or TBCBNOJUoaT,
CAMBRIDGE. MASS.
SUSTAINING MEMBERS OF THE ALUMNI
ASSOCIATION
A-H. Abbottp •07
Edwmrd D. Aduoa. 'fl@
Lmiij W. Ad&iTLi» '03
Williun B.AmtA. 'm
A. C- Anthony, '86
C. B. Appleton, 'Si
Clurtes M^ Belter. 7S
David Bftkijr, 'S.5
Ju&w C. T. B&ldwin, '83
SpAulding Bu-Ufltt. '00
WiUiuQ H, BmaMftt, '91
Roy H. Beftttk, '03
A. F. fi«miA. '9i
Edew M. Berliner^ '07
W. I. Biokford/Ol
WmftrdCBixby. '8»
Z, W. BliM, *^
MDw&rd L. Bod^etl, '98
Philip D. Borden t '73
WlUiaJn W. Boaworth, 'SS
Henry G, Bradlee. '1*1
B. Pafknif Bnsmftr, '93
F. U. Briiga, 'SI
DiclcMiD Q7 Brmm, *93
Frwsk A. Browne, '00
H«Bry F. Brycat. 'S7
JuliwQ CmotiroQf Wl
IQ«orie O. Cupeatei', T3
trweSi Cbeimy, Jt.» '82
Oeorgv E. Clmflifi, *SS
Anhur A. CSenHsnt, '94
Banniel P. Coit, "74
Whitney Conwit, '68
n^Dk L. CoiuiAble« '03
WD. Coolidgtj, '96
Joseph W. CroweU, *0i
Edwmrd CuEmickflhaJm, ^01
B, H. Cutkr. '81
Herbert Dabn«y, *75
D«iuel J, Dnak«« '15
WilUAm C. Dortp "01
Herbert N. IHves, '03
Gfrorcfe C. D«mMey, '88
pBjker Dodg^ %7
Fra&klin W. Do^ber, '07
Q«QCxe A. Draper, '70
IvQDHi duPtitit^ '97
Lcasmot duPont, '01
P. S. diiPont. '00
T, C. duPont, '84
Nt^thfts Durfe«. '80
CbAfles W. Entcni, 'SS
Edwud L. Ede«. 09
Bo^DAf B. Ely, *92
Lewis Emery, '00
A. H. Euetij, '03
Frederic li. F»y, '93
Bunuel M. FeXtca, *7B
Edwin D, A. Frmnk* '00
Edward V, Freseh, *m
Arthar B. roote, '09
T. A. Foque. '88
Geotvfi L. Gilmon^ *90
ChaiiH W. GoodAla, Tfi
WA!l»e H. HaIL '00
Qttorte W. H&tnilton, *80
Prmcia R, Han, "99
Janm H. Ett«rt«, '0d
Bdmund M»,yes, '73
Jobn B. Hencrk. '7ti
Albert 9. Heywood, '92
FrankUn W. HDbbn. *80
EliotL Holbrook, '74
F, C. HolmM. '92
Arthur T. Uopkini, *97
CbarhB F. Uopuwell, '04
Henry J, Horn, '88
EifaAQ H. Howard. '07
CharLea W. Hubbard, '76
Both K. Humphrey* "OB
Edward L. Hurd, '95
Edward H.Huiley. '05
GeorsB T^ Jarvii, ^^
CM. JokoAOD* '80
E. A. Jones, *87
Theodore Jone^n "85
CLanode M. Joyce, '03
WiUiam n. Kale«, '92
C. W. KeUoCK, 'O'i
WiUiam J. Knapp, "06
K. Y. KwoEtf, '84
Eturene H^ Law«, '06
Willianj H, Lawrence. "91
Frandft M. Leanusd, '76
John H, LeaveU, '07
Theodore i . Lewis, *76
R, W, Uidfe. '79
G«orte H. Lukea, "02
Jonph B. Lukee, '92
Charie* T. Main, 76
Henr)' C- Niarciu^ '01
Bamptton D. Mason. '70
Jokn L« Mauian^ '89
QeorceH. May, '92
A. G. MtiKennaj '91
Goorce H. Meadi '00
Prederick Metcalf, '90
Lerjuird \fetcalf, '92
Arthur L, Mills, '76
MJH 8ue&a Minni. '8t
&.J. Miirter, '76
Everett Mom, '35
Heary A. Moiaa, '93
P. A. Moflmao, '87
Q. A. Mower, '81
William J. MulUni. '85
Jamei P. Munxoe, '82
Atwood C. Paao, *10
William B. Fa^, '03
WiUiam L Palmer, '91
FVanklin A. Park* '95
Fraok E. P«al>ody, '77
Eumoe E. Pettee. *92
W. E. Piper, '94
WiEiam A. Prentiaft, 75
R. B. Pri«, '04
F. B. Rlchard«. '84
C. W. Eioker, '91
Odizi Bobnt«, '88
C. Sn&UinjE RobiiBOD* 'S4
Dwighi P. Robiil*oii, *93
T. W. RobiuaoD. '84
J. Arnold RxKik««U« *90
Allen H. Rooen, '90
E. W. RolUne. 71
Jamee W Rollinet *78
Montgomery RoLiins, '80
Henry F, Rosa, '82
J. C. Runkle, '88
Jamee B. Rua«eU, 70
Nonnaj) B. Rutherford. '90
WiUiam O. i^wtelle, '99
Alfred H. Saw^-er. '88
Rtcbard E Sehmidt. '87
Georoe O. ikhnellert '00
JoHpIl U. ^^eaia, '98
Lewu J. Seideasticker* *9S
John L. Short*U, '87
I. L. Sjoftrom, '88
Frank N. Smalley, '96
Joseph Cooke Smith, '88
Frank A. Smyihe. 'SO
WiUiam G. Snow. '88
F, G. StaotiaL. '79
FranidJn O. Starbuok, '97
W. C. flteftfna. '71
Willi WW B. Stoama, '79
Charlea A. BtoM. '88
Solomon Stnxfw, '87
F. W SwantozL, '00
Heary N. Bweet, '81
Gerard Swope, *95
a. P. T»lbot, '85
John J. Thomaa, "07
S. H. Thomdike, '95
J. H. Town*, '00
W. D. Towtiaend. '76
Hemy H. Toner. '90
Leonard TultA. '04
LsBaron Turner, '05
W, Lyman Underwood* '08
H. M, Waite. '90
Ethered«d Walker, *99
F. R. Walkijr, "00
K. W. WatertuQ, '98
Willard B. Watkine. '95
Edwin S. Web*ter, *m
Hearj' A. Wentworth. *05
Robert Si. Wet ton, '94
WilUa E, Whitney. '90
Oamkffi B. WlIlianM. '04
Franeii H. WiLUami. 73
Btillman P. WiUliame, '04
Thomma B. WiUietDEi. '77
ATtbur Wliulow, '81
Fr*d«riek W. Wood. 77
Kenneth B. Wood. '94
H, E. Woroetter. '97
Owjisv M. Yorke, '93
Albert Q, Zinunennan, *94
April 1917
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF THE
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Viee-PrendenU,
OFFICERS
Preiident, FRANas R. Habt, '89 (term expires January, 1918).
Joseph H. Knight, '96 (term expires January, 1918).
MoBRiB Knowleb, '91 (term expires January, 1919).
F. A. Smttbs, '89 (Pres. Tech Clubs Associated).
Seeretary-Treeuurer, YfAurES, Humphretb, '97 (term expires January, 1918).
FiM Manager, I. W. Litchfield, '85.
ExecuHioe Committee
The Pbesidemt, Vice-Pbesidentb and Secbetart-Treabubeb.
Gbobvenob D'W. Mabct, '05 (term expires January, 1918).
Harold £. Kebbon, '12 (term expires January, 1918).
Gboboe L. GiufOBE, '90 (term expires January, 1919).
Alexandeb Macombeb, '07 (term expires January, 1919).
BeTpTeeentaJtiieee at Large
Term apires JaauMy, 1018. Item eipirM Januuj, 1010.
Frank H. Briggb, '81. Z. W. Buss, '89.
WiLLLAif G. Snow, '88. T. D. Bropht, '16.
Lebter D. Gardner, '98. C. W. Goodalb, '75.
H. W. Geromanob, '02. F. W. Lovejot, '94.
Charleb W. Whitmore, '08. C. F. W. Wetterer, '06.
Term Membere cf the Corporation
Tttm apires March, 1018.
Charleb T. Main, '76.
Cabb Gilbebt, '80.
Chableb Hatden, '90.
Term apires Maioh, 1010. Tenn expires Biareh, 1090.
Fbankun W. Hobbb, '89. Jameb W. Rolunb, '78.
Fbedebic H. Fat, '93. Jabfeb Whitino, '89.
Gebabd Swope, '95. Willlam H. Kino, '94.
Tenn expiict Mardh, 1031. Term expires Mardh, 1022.
Samuel J. Mixteb, '75. Eubha Lee, '92.
Henbt J. HoBN, '88. £. W. Rolunb, '71.
Habbt J. Cariaon, '92. Willib R. Whitnet, '90.
By vote of the Alumni Council, February 16, 1914, the president and secretary*
treasurer are members ej>officio of all committees, without vote.
F
ADVISORY COUNCILS FOR UNDERGRADUATE ACTIVITIES
of tlie »dvuory coundk are elected si tlie April meeUog of tite C<»iiiiciL
J. AnoLD RocKWBLi^ '98» until 1918.
(BBgible for re-election.)
Lawboics Allen, '07, until 1018.
TmoMAB H. Huff, '1^ until 1010.
Aujjr W. Rows, '01, untfl 1090.
(Eligible for re-dection.)
Jj^tD C. CooiiST, '18, until 1090.
Fuumee CommitUe
WiLUAM R. Mattson, '18» until 1018.
JiflPSB WnmNG, '80, until 1010.
SnTABT Chasb, '10, until 1080.
T. W. SPBAauiB, '87, until 1018.
DuBtMT Cl4FP, '10, until 1018.
R. £. RooKBS (Instr. Staff), until 1010.
AuBZANDXB Maoqmbkb, '07, Until 1080.
BmHAB H. S. FoBiH until 1018.
M. B. Daiamt, '15, untfl 1010.
H. E. WoBcmn, '07, untfl 1080.
MunealChAt
GmoBom E. Rumbll^ '00, untfl 1017.
Habold S. Wombon, '07, untfl 1018.
Abihub L. Gabubkb, '06, untfl 1010.
Und$rgradMaU PMioa t iona
I>ONALD G. RoBBDra, '07, untfl 1018.
WnuAM R. Gbbblbt, '08, untfl 1010.
H. P. CLADBBBif, '16, untfl 1080.
O. R. Fbbbkan, '16, untfl 1081.
A. T. RoBiNaoN, untfl 1088.
STANDING COMMITTEES
Auembliet
H. W. Gardneb, '94, Chm'n, untfl 1918.
Edward F. Parksr, '04, untfl 1919.
Lawrence Allen, '07, until 1980.
Harold E. Kebbon, '12, untfl 1921.
AiCASA Walker, '91, untfl 1922.
Nominaiimu
Tvm espiiet Jaauaxy, 1018. Term espint Januaij, 1010.
Carl Gram, '09. Charles W. Eaton, '86.
Charles T. Main, '76. Henrt J. Horn, '88.
Jasper WmnNG, '89. Harold E. ICebbon, '12.
PtMt and Mtmbership
Donald G. Robbinb, '07, untU 1918.
Miles S. Richmond, '99, until 1919.
DuDLBT Clapp, '10, until 1920.
I. W. Litchfield, '85, ex-officio.
Term ezpirea Januaiy, 1920 .
A. F. Bemis, '93.
Merton L. Emebson, '04.
George B. Gudden, '93.
Permanent Funds
Frank A. Merrill, '87, unUl the annual meeting of 1918.
Robert H. Richards, '68, untfl the annual meeting of 1919.
Francis R. Hart, '89, until the annual meeting of 1920.
Walter Humphreys, '97, Treasurer,
The Technology Review
T. H. Fat, '93, Chairman^ untfl 1918. Isaac White Litchfield, '85, Editor.
IjDnnER D. Gardner, '98, untfl 1919. M. B. Dalton, '15, untU 1921.
Warren K. Lewis, '05, untfl 1920. H. S. Wonson, '07, untfl 1922.
SPECIAL COBOOTTEES
Alvmni Fund
EvKRETT MoB88» '85, Ckoifwum. I. W. Litchfield, '85, Seeretarff.
Jamsb W. Rollinb, '78. Edwin S. Webbtkb, '88.
Abthub T. Bradlek, '88. Fbbdebic H. Fat, '93.
Runkle Memo/rial RevUion oj Contt^JhOum and Bf^Laum
Robert H. Richards, '68. Jaicxs P. Munboe, '88, Chairman.
C. Frank Allen, '72. Eyerktt Morbs, '85.
Harry W. Ttler, '84. Frederic H. Fat, '93.
Sunday PouhWow EittarioaL CoUedum
Jaices p. Munroe, '82. Jaices P. Munroe, '82, Chamnan, until 1918.
T. D'A. Brophy, '16. Dean Aijbed £. Bxtrton, until 1919.
H. £. Kebbon, '12. Charles M. Baker, '78, until 1920.
T. D'A. Brophy, '16, until 1921.
S. K, Humphrey, '98, until 1922.
MOBILIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY'S RESOURCES
Executive CommiUee
I. W. Litchfield, '85, Chairman, Jaices P. Munroe* '82.
Merton L. Emerson, '94. Raymond B. Price, '94.
Charles A. Stone, '88.
General CommiUee
Members of the Executive Committee and
George J. Baldwin, '77. John L. Mauran, '89.
William H. Bexby, '70. H. P. Maxim, '86.
W. H. BoYEY, '94. E. B. Phelps, '99.
Coleman du Pont, '84. T. W. Robinson, '84.
S. M. Felton, '73. E. W. Rollins, '71.
Edward M. Hagar, '93. F. E. Shepard, '87.
Edmund Hayes, '73. F. A. Smyths, '89.
Morris Knowles, '91. H. M. Waite, '90.
P. W. Litchfield, '96. Edwin S. Webster, '88.
Frank W. Lovejoy, '94. W. R. Whitney, '90.
E. C. LuFKiN, '85. C.-E. A. Winblow, '98.
F. W. Wood, '77.
COUNCIL OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
GomrcsL Mmbtdio: last Monday in cndi month from October to May indiai^B.
The CooncU meeU at tlie Engineera Chibb Borton.
OflMn of tlM AMOfliatioii:—
PtmidmUTmjLmcm R. Habt.'W.
Vic§4'^midmU$,j€mmn H. KMMn, 'M, Monn Kvowlm, "91.
FrmUmI Ttek Chite iuntititi, F. ▲. amm, '80.
••7.
WUUMi
1 1« W. LntufULD, '86.
^^ /QmmtmwD'W. MASor.'OS. Qi
^ Habold B. Kbbbov, '18.
I L. Qhmobb, '60.
ALaxAiTOB ManoiM, "OT.
J. W. Rouim, TS.
naDBOC H. Fat, 'OS.
OiMi A. Snaia, '88.
ir,'88.
atlai|8:—
F^UMK H. Banoa. '81.
WiLUAM Q. flirow, '88.
Lanaa D. QAaDnaa, '08.
H. W. QaaoMAMoa, '08.
'08.
S. W. Buat, '80.
T. D. Baonr. '18.
C. W. GooDALa, '78.
F. W. LoraiOT, '04.
C. F. W. Wannaa, *08.
CUm Bnmttntativet: —
'68, ROBBBT H. RlOBABOS.
'60, HowAAD A. Cabson.
'70, Cbablbs R. Cbou.
*71, E. W. RoLUNS.
'72, 0. FmAinc Allbn.
78, SAMuaL E. TnrxHAii.
'74, GaoBOB H. Babbus.
'76, TaoMAi Hibbabo.
•76, C. T. lilAiM.
'77, B. T. WnxuTON.
'78, C. M. Babbb.
'70, Cbablbs 8. GooDZMO.
'80, Qbobob H. Babton.
'81, JoBN Duff.
'82, Jambs P. Mukbob.
'88, HoBAOB B. Qalb.
'84, Habbt W. Ttlbb.
'86, i. w. lxtchfibld.
•86, A. A. NoTBfl.
'87, Hbmbt F. Bbtamt.
'88, AarauB T. Bbaolbb.
'80, Hbmbt Howabo.
*00,WllUAM Z. RlPLBT.
'01, Abtbub H. Allbt.
16, RuMBLL H, Wbitb.
'02, Lbonabd Mbtoalf.
•98, Qbobgb B. Qlxddbn.
'94, 8. C. PBBacoTT.
•05, H. K. Babbowb.
'06, J. Abnold Rockwbu..
'07. C. W. Bbaolbb.
'08, Sbtb K. Humfhbbt.
'00, H. J. SKiKirBB.
'00, Inobbsoll BowmTca.
'01, ROBBBT L. WXLLZAMB.
'02, F. H. HUNTBB.
'03. T. £. Sbabs.
'04. M. L. Embbsom.
'06. Q. D'W. Mabct.
'06, J. F. NOBTON.
'07, Lawbbmcb AxxBir.
'08, H. T. Qbbbisb.
'00. Cabl W. Qbam.
'10, Chablbs E. QBBBir.
'11, Hbbbbbt Fbtbb.
•12, Habold E. Kbbbom.
'18, W. R. Mattson.
'14, Cbablbs Pabkbb Fisks.
•16, Mabsbaxx B. DAuroM.
!<ocalK>eietiMwhhreprMNitationoiitheGoiindl: —
TscmroixKiT Club or Axbon, Ohio,
BwtMwiTO CovMTT ALumn AMOGXAxioir,
TacKiroLoaT Club or BuDaaroBT,
TacKirouMiT Club or Buftalo,
M. I. T. Club or Chnibal Nbw Yobe,
TacKiroLooT Club or Cbicaqo,
Tbb CnrczifXATi M. I. T. Club,
CoHMBoncuT Vallbt Tbohnoloot AaaOdATIOM,
Datton Tbcmmoloot Amoctatiow,
Dbtboit Tbghnoloot Aiooiation,
Tbchkoloot Club or Habttobd, Coxtn.,
TacKiroLOOT Club or Haw An,
Inland Empibb Association or thb M. I. T^
Intbbmountain Tbchnoloot Amociation,
Tbchnoloot Amociation or Japan,
Tbobnoloot Club or Lowbb Canada,
Tbobnoloot Club or tbb Mbbbimacx Vallbt,
Tbchnoloot Club or Milwaukbb,
Tbghnoloot Amociation or Minnbsota,
Tbchnoloot Asaoclation or Montana,
Tbchnoloot Club or Nbw BsDroBD,
Tbchnoloot Club or Nbw Hamvshibb,
Tbchnoloot Club or Nbw Yobh,
Tbchnoloot Amociation or Nobtrbbn Cautobnia,
Tbchnoloot Club or Nobthbbn Ohio,
Tbchnoloot Amociation or Obboon,
Tbchnoloot Club or Philadblphia,
Prtuuboh Amociation, M. I. T.,
Tbchnoloot Club or Puobt Sound,
Tbchnoloot Club or Rhodb Island,
Tbchnoloot Club or Rochbstbb,
RocxT Mountain Tbchnoloot Club,
St. Louis Socdbtt or thb M. I. T.,
Tbchnoloot Club or thb South,
Southbastbbn Tbchnoloot Association,
Tbchnoloot Club or SPBiNomLD,
Tbchnoloot Club or Southbbn CAiiroBNiA,
Southwbstbbn Association or M.I. T.,
WASfUNOTON SOCIBTT Or THB M. I. T.,
Tbchnoloot Association or Wobcbstbb Countt,
W.K. Lewis, '06.
W. B. Snow, '82.
Fnderiok C. BUnohard. "91
Arthur C. Anthony, '8ft.
Theodore H. Skinner, "OS
B. R. T. CoUins, '88.
H. N. Dswes, '08.
Eben S. Sterens, '08.
ChsrlM F. PsriE, "Oa.
Ererett Morss, '86.
Q. H. Glesson, '03.
Edwin S. Webster, '88.
H. W. Gardner, '94.
George E. Ruswll, '00
H. W. Stevens, '04
Qeone W. Vsillsnt, '03
R. A. Hale, '77.
Geone C. WalM, '80.
A. W. Rowe. '01.
George A. Packard, '00.
C. F. Lawton, '77.
Andrew Fisher, Jr., '06.
R. H. Howes, '03.
Burton G. Philbriok, '03.
C. W. Eaton, '86.
A. D. Maclachlan, '06.
Eliaha Lee, '02.
8. B. Ely, '03.
A. G. Bobbins, '86.
£. B. Homer, '86.
A. A. Paokaid, '08.
Allen H. Rogers, '00.
C. M. Spofford, '03.
Donald G. Robbins, '07.
H. S. Wonson, '07.
Frederic W. Fuller, "06.
John C. Chase, '74.
W. Lyman Underwood, '08.
Henry A. MorM, *08.
Orville B. Denison, '11.
>ther local societiM not yet appointed a representative on the Council: —
Atlanta Assoclation M. I. T.
Tbchnoloot Club or Cbntbal Pbnn-
STLVANIA.
Tbchnoloot Club or Chilb.
Tbchnoloot Club or China.
Tbchnoloot Club or Easibbn Nbw
YOBK.
Tbchnoloot Club or Fall Rivbb.
INDL4NA Association M. I. T.
Tbchnoloot Club or Laxb Supbbiob.
Tbchnoloot Club or Loxtibvillb, Kt.
Tbch Club or ibb Unitbbsitt or Ilunob.
THE TECHNOLOGY CLUBS ASSOCIATED
Oboanubd in Nbw Yobk, Januabt 17, 1018
iVstidfiK, F. a. Smtthb, '80, Thew Automatio Shovel Company, Lorain, Ohio.
Vic^-Pruidtnit, P. W. LiroKriBLD, "06, Goodsrear Tire A Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio.
Iolub GonrBBT, '08, Drexel Inst., Philadelphia, Pennqrlvania. Lbstbb D. Gabdnbb, "OS,
100 Momingside Drive, New York City. A. T. Hotkins, '07, Mechanical Rubber Compaay,
3«veland, Ohio.
S§er§tantTrtaaur§r, Wautbb HuimnBTS, '07, MswachussMs Institute of Technology, Cam-
nidge, MssMchnsetts.
A§9ociai€ S§er§kinf, Maubicb E. Allbn, *08, Smith * Baker Building. Toledo, Ohio.
AsMciols SMuiarw, Donald R. Stbvhhb, '11, Goodsrear Tire A Rubber Compaay, Akron,
>hk>.
CLASS SECRETARIES
Za Efiot Street, Junkie* Plftia, Mam.
'69
GSABIiBft ROBXBT Cs<M» . . . « 70
Mus. lost, of TmIl., Cuabiidce.
SviTASD Wa&apn RaLum ... 71
Dover. N. H.
C. Fkakx Allck ..,,.. 72
as Moatvi«w Street, Weit Roibury, Mas.
SaMTXL EtEBKTT TtHKfUM . , . *7t
The WureD, Roxbury, Mua.
CsAXUM Fbkncb RmAB .... 74
Old &UkUs HouM, Boiion, Mus.
ExrWA^D A. W. Hamhatt .... 75
Bo. Orleaiu, Mua.
Joiot Reflst PnwiiiAJt ..... 7G
GrocvcDor BuUdiog, Prorideooe, R. I.
RjCKASD AUGUBTUB HaUD .... 77
Ebbsx Compjuiy, L«wreooe, Mhw.
£, P. CoLUXB ....... 78
358 Summer Street, Bovton, M»m,
CHAMtMa B. Goooofo , . . , . *70
27 Sobool Street, Boito«i, Mmb,
Gbobob Htnrr Babtom '80
80 Trowbtnd«» Street, CBOibndge, Mmn.
Fbaitk Elokn Camb '81
Metoidfe Ap«rtmeot«* Wevtmount, Moo-
treal, P. Q.
Fbakx H. Bftjooe, Aaa't Secretary '81
10 Hifth Street, Bcwton, Mam.
Wai^tsb Bbaplbb Skow '83
130 Federal Stnet, Boetoa. Mau.
Habtbt Stuakt Chabb .... '83
84 State Street, Boitoa, Man.
Habbt W. Ttlbb '84
Maea. tnat. of Tech., Cambridte^
Isaac Whttb LircnrrBLD . . . , '89
MaiB. Inil. ot Teoh., Cambridi^.
AxTKom Qm^iiAii Robbovb .... '86
Maaa. IobL of Tech., Cainbrid<e.
EirWABD GAumArm Tboma* ... '87
BW Hockiaeham Street, Toledo, Ohio.
WtJULXjLM Gaob Smow ..... '88
24 Milk Street, Boston, Mass.
WAUfKS H. KXLOAM '89
9 Park Street, Boston, Ma«».
QBOIB43il L. OlLktOBB '90
Lezui£to&, Biiaas.
F> A. WuMOSt, Secretary .... '91
Nahant, Mass.
W. A. lomrvTOV ....... '92
Mass. Inst, of Tech., Cambridjco.
C, H. Chasb, Aai't Secretary ... '92
Tufta CoUege, Mass.
F^KDKBIC! HaBOI^ FaT ..... '93
308 Boykton Street, Boston, Masa.
Gbobqb B. Gliddkn, AjsaH Secretary . '93
551 Trejuont Street, Boston, Msas.
SAinrBi. Catb PRBscxyrr .... '94
Mass. Infft. ol Tech., Cambrid«e.
W. D. Pabbkb ....... '96
12 Bosworth Street, Boston, Mass.
Cbiabixs E. Loceb ...... *96
Masa. Inst, of Tech., Cambridge.
J. Aknold Rockwbll, Ass't Be'cretary '98
24 Garden Street, Cambrid^, Maw.
Jonr Aktbttb CoiJJKe, Jb. ... '97
A7 Tbomdyke Street* Lawreaee, Mase.
A. A. Blajtcbabii ...... '08
MasB. loat. of Teoh., Cambridge, Mast.
W. Mai^colm Cobsb '99
lOe Morris Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y.
Bbkj. S. koreLBT, Ase't Secretary "99
North Station, Boston, Mass
Imqebsoll BownrrcH *00
111 Devonshire Street, Boston. Mass.
ROBBBT L, WiLUAua ..... *01
70 Waban HUl Road. Chestnut Hill, Mass.
F»B>SBi€x HmtroK HtrwrBS . . . *02
281 Park Street, West Roxlmry, Mass.
3. AiABMT RoBorsOK. Aai't Seeyetary '03
Box 135), Canton, Blaa.
Mtroit H, Ci^arb '03
1790 Broadway, New Yoric, N. Y,
R. H. NuTTBB. Ass't Seeretaiy . . *03
Bos 272, Lyim, Masa.
HntBT W. Stbvbkb '04
39 Boylstoa Street, Boston, Mass.
AnABA M. HoLOotfBB, Ass't SseretazY '04
510 Pine Street, St. Loins, Mo.
GBOSTBjroB DsWrrr Mabct . . . *05
248 Sumoier Street, Boston, Man.
Cbablbs W. Hawbbs, Aas't Secretary '05
23 Saxon Road, Newton Highlands, Mass.
C. F. W. WjernsBBB ..... '06
147 Milk Street, Boston, Masi.
J. W. KmoKB, An't Seeretary ... '06
60 Oliver Street, Boston, Mass.
Bbtamt Nicbou ...... *07
10 Grand View Road, Chelsea, Biass.
Habolu S. WomoM , Aat't Seoteiary . 'O?
Waban, Masi.
RuEKJLFH B. Weileb *08
Sharplea Separator Co.. W. Ch«a*«r, Pa,
Chaalbs W. WflTTiioBB, Ass*t Ssoretsry '08
Care Foreign Atnerican Trading Co.,
161 DevooAhire Street, Boston, Mass*
Cbables R, Maiiv *00
201 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass.
Gbobqb a. Hatkes, Aai't Seeretary . '09
148 Hifh Street, Boston, Maas.
Dtisurr Clam* ....... "10
Federal Light ± Power Co,, 35 Congresi
Street, Boston, Maas.
Obthxb B. DciRsoir 'II
63 Sidney Street, Oambridce, A, Mass.
Hbbbbbt Fbtbb, AsbH Seeretaiy . . 'II
3fi Federal Street, Boston, Mass.
JoBH E. WBrm.csET, Secretary *12
Care Walworth Company, So, Boston, Msss.
F. D. MtJBDOCB .18
605 Bird Avenue, Buffslo, N. Y*
ABTHim W. KBJfXBT ..... '13
Aao. Seoretary, M. L T.
C. J. CALLABAir * *14
14 Prospeot Avenue, Lawrenee, Masi.
Elmxb E. DAWS0tr,jB.,AsB*t Secretary *14
28 Washington Avenue, Wiathrop, Masi.
W11.MAM B. SpBJfCEB *IB
544 No. Grove Street, £. Oranae, N. J.
F. p. ScotXT, AMt Secretary ... 'IS
5 Exeter Park, Cambridte, Mass.
Jaubs M. Evaxs '16
Teohnolofy Qub, New York. N. Y.
Doirauk B. Wbbbtbb, Ase't Secretary '16
18 Clarendon Street, Maiden, Msm.
LOCAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS
Akfos — Tbm M. I. T; Cl^b or AJtftOtf^ Omo» W, F. K«ith ('U), Secretary-Trewufer, Good'
year Tire 4 Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio.
4V^Luaob«OD-^Fint Baturday of the moDtb at titifl UDiyenity Club, Alcraa, Objo.
Albany — Tkchkolq^t ClilTB or EAjrraaNr Kkw Yoai, E. H* Bargeitt (^07), Seereiaiyi caro
CoQKfvatioQ Cammiiflion, Albany, N. Y,
Atlanta^ Atlanta Amocik'non M. I, T.» W. J. 9*yw*rd COI>« Secretary, 033 Chandler Bldg.,
Atlanta. Ga.
j^Luncbeoo— Saimdiiyi at 1 p. m. at tbo Hotel Aniley Rath4k«Uer.
Binnin^fhaiii — SouTaaAVTEnif TxcsnoLoaT AaaociATioir, F. C. Weiaa ('13), Secretary, Ala.-
baima Power Co « BirmiacbaLaii Ala.
4^Luncbeon — First Wednesday of each montb at 1 o'c]cM:k at tbc Hillnuui.
Boflton — TiKCBMOLOOT Clctii of Bobtom, Di, Robert SoaboQ WiULaxDa <'03), Secretary, Maai.
Injt. of Tecb., Cambridge, Maai.
Bridxepori— Techholoot Clitb or Bbipocpomt, Wilbur A. Swain (*1G), Setii«tary, Critefioiii
Club, Bridgeport, Conn.
BufTalo — TicaaiOLOor Clxtr or Borrjnx>, E, Earle Root ('11), Secretary, Bul&lo Standard
Ink Corp., Buffalo. N. Y.
4^Luaobjeoii — Ftrit Tbimday of jnontb, 13,30 p, m. at Bu^alo Cbamber of Commeroc.
Butte — TaCHKOLOOT AaaocuiTiON or Momtajwa, C, D. Demond {'03), Setsretary-Treaaurert
704 Main Street, Anaconda, Mont.
Cbicago — Technoloqt Clitb or Chicago, Harvey S. Pardee Cols'), Secfetary-Treaiurer,
111 W. Watbiagtou Street, Chicago, III,
JE^Luncbeon — Tuesdaya at 12.30 p. m. at Engineers Club, 314 Federal Street, Cbicago, 111.
Cbile^TscmroLOOT ChVB or Cbilb, A. R. Hunmond C'12>, Secretary; Braden Copper Co.,
Ranc&gua, Chile.
Cbin4— Tecskoloot Ciub or China, Wilii&m A. Aduna ('08) ^ Seeretary^Treaauier, 39 Nob-
king Hoad, Shanghai, China.
jE^LuQcheoo — First Saturday of the montb, at 12.30, at the Carlton.
Cincinnati— The Cincinnati M. 1, T. iCLr», Cbarlea Cellarious ('16), Secretary, Fourtb
National Bank Bldg., CinciRnati, Obio.
J^LuncbeoD — TueadayB from 12.00 to 2.00 p. m. at the Meiropole Hotel, Waluut Street,
above Sixth.
Qerreland — TxciHNOLoaT Club or Nohtbuln Ohio, C. B. Rowley ri2), SeereUjy, care of
H. W. Jobni ManviUe Co., Superior Ave. N. W., Cleveland, Uhio.
Connecticut Vallxt TsCftNOLOGT AaaociATioN, Emcat W. Felton ('03), Se-cretary, 77 Foreai
Street^ Now Britain, Conn.
Dayton— Datton Tkcbnoloot ABaociATtOM, C. D. Putnam (*DS), Secretary^Treaaurer, COl
Scbwind Bldg., Dayton, Ohio.
JQrLunebeon— Tueedayfl at 12.15 at the Daytoa Engixusen Club.
Denver — Rocxt Moxtntaih TacHNOLOor Clctb, Glenn D. Jonea ('13), Beeretary, 1910 E,
22d Avenue, Denver, Col.
l^LuncheoD — Wednesd&yB from 12.30 to 1.30 p. m. at Colorado Ekctric Club, Cb&mber of
Coromerce Bldg., Denver, Col.
Detroit — Detboit Technoloqt AaiociATioN, D. V. WllUamaon C'lO), Secretary-Treaaurer,
The Detroit Ediaon Co,, Whitney Bldg., Detroit, Mich.
i^LunchfroQ — First Wednesday of each month at 12.30 at the Detroit Board of CotnitieroB.
Duluth— Ti;cmfOix>oT Club or Lake Sufekior, Dulutb, Minn., Floid M. Fuller ("06), 8t<^
retary, 812-814 Torrey Bldg., Duluth, Minn.
Fall River— Technolo<}t Club or Fall Riveb, Arthur E. Hint CIS), Secretary, 56 Madisoa
Street, Fall Biver, Maai.
Harrifburg— Tecbnoloot Club or Central Fennstlvania, Farley Gannett ('C^), SecTetary,
Telegraph Bldg., Water Supply CominiaBion, Harriiburg, Pa.
Hartford— Technolocjt Club or HABTroiin, G. W Baker ('92), Secretary, Box 9S3, Hartford
CODJO.
Hawaii — Tbchnoloot Club or Hawaii, Norman Watkina CHS), Secretary, Box 3^, Honolulu,
T. H.
Indianapolia — Indiana Abbociation M. I. T„ Wilson B. Parker ('88), Secretary, 805 Board
of Trade Bldg., tndianapotli, tnd.
4^ Luncheon — I5th day of each month at the Uuiveraity Club.
Japan^TECKHOLoar Ab«ociat1on or Japan, Takucna Dan ('78), Secretary-Treaaurer, 344
Awoyatna H&rajiku, Tokio, Japan.
ir^wM. City, Mo,— ^ocTTiTWEBTEBM AaaocTATioN M. L T.. Hermanu Henrioi (*06), Secretary-
Treaaurer, 715 EeAerve Bank Bldg., Kulub City, Mo.
Lawrence 1 Tbchnoi/hit Club or the Mebjiihace Vallxt, John Arthur Collina, Jr. ('OT),
Lowell / Secretary, S7 Thorndyke Street. Lawrence, Maaa.
Lo* Angele8^-TBCHNOLo<3T Club or South ebn CALironNiA, Paul E. JelTera C*l3)i Becratafy.
csare Mayberry A Parker, Pacific Electric Bldg^^ Los Angelei, Cal.
4^Luiiebeon — FLrst Wednesday of each month at the Univeraity Club.
Loulaville — Txchnoloot Club or Louisville, L. 9. Streng ('OS), Beeretary, LouiiviUe Gaa Ae
Electrie Co., 311 Weat Cheatnui Street, Louirrille, Ky.
ifaaeheater — ^Tecbnoloot Club or New Hamphikh, Walter D. Davol {'OA), Beeretary*
Treaaurer, Amoekeag Bank Bldg., Maacbeater, N. H,
^-J AatociATKnr or Ommooit, C. A. Mefriam (XW),
r BMk-* Portl^iMl. Ore.
"- ^ ftt the HueJwood Lunch, PortUuMl. On,
. _T»aM«»M»aT Clot or Rboos Iiuui d. Clmrenco L. HuMey HWJ, a««ary-Trt«>-
OT, nwt fiiB* 15«7 Smith Stnet. Provid«Doe, H. I.
-TmemmmiJnar Clits or RocHum, W. B. Luoey C07)« SeavtuT,
_j.Lov»8ociBTroFTBsM. I.T^AmanM.Holo(nnb«CO«). 1
«■« «f Orr A C&rr. 510 Ploa Stmt, St. Louk, Mo,
ayi Lftte ^U— lirmiiomrrAiif Tbcsmnoloot Amociaticw, Walt«r H. TfcMk. Jr. HW, Stt-
— *^"«ir«r, Unirenity Qab, Sftlt Lake City. Uuh,
^ -TmmmoiOQr Ahocxatiok or Kohthwim Caufobsia, Hc«dqi2ftrten»
t HOT. SS3 Mftrfcet Bttwt. 8ui Fraociico, Cal., Howwxl F. Oaik CI3>, SMntvr
^, M(^ Buih Street, Su Fr»nei»co, Cal.
--No regular d»i«, but quickly Anrno^ed on oooatiOD.
-TaowroLOOT Club or Puorr Sodwd, W. Scott M«tb«Kn r»»), Bmn^vr-Trmmnt,
wtiritii Iron Works. Seattle, WmJi.. Tech Hemdqu«rtef»— An^oaoii 8«pply Co^, 111
C^iwij Stteet.
rLno^keon^ — Tliird FridAv of ^neh month »t 12.15 n| the CoouiMTciAl Qub. 2d Ay^mm tad
I moo Street, Seattle, W«sh.
. T., PhiUp F. Kennedy CO^. SeewtMT'
g^oikaae— Inland Empihb AmociATiQir or th* M.
tiS9 Hamilton 8tfeet, Spokane. W»«h.
TvCHNOLOOT CLun or SFiiijf oFiiLD, George W. Hnydea C9S), SeoretorT-Trwtfttmr.
Worthin^ton Street. Spnngfield. Ma«,
gytaeuae— M. L T. Curn or CsimuL New Yomx. Jmmm R. Veddar ('07). Secretavy, TM
Sedffwick, Aadnwi & Kennedy Bldc.» Synu!tt«e, N. Y.
Dfteoft— Tvcii Clitb or tbe tlmraumr or Illikou, H. W, Waterfall Cllh SeoiwtAiy, 706
W. Nevada Street, Urbwk^ III.
WnAI««ton— WA«at»QTOjf Socmrr or thx M, 1. T., B. L. Johnaoo ('05), Secretary, V. S.
Geolofpcal Survey. Waahiacton, D. C.
Woreeeter — T»cai»ow>oT AsaociATiott or WoaCDniEit Cotnrrr. Loma E. Vaughftn C02), Sao-
ftUry-Treaaurer. 4 Fenlmore Road, Woroceter, MaM.
FIXED LUNCHEONS
Akron — M. I. T. Club of Akron, Ohio, at the Univentty Club, 6nt Saturday of the month,
Atlanta — ^AtlanU Aiaociation of M. I. T.. at Hotel Anal^ Rathakdlar, a«tuniayi, at 1 p. m.
Binniaihnni— Southwestern Teehnotocy ABsociaticnt, firat Wedneeday ot month «t I o'oloek •*
the Hiimaa.
Buffalo — ^TechaoLocy Club of Buffalo. Chamber of Com., on &nt Thuraday of month at 12JQ>
Chicaco — Technology Club of Chicago, Engineer* Club, Tueadayi. at L3.30 p. m.
CLndniknti — CTindonati M. L T. Club at the Metropote Hotel, Walnut Street, abovv J
Tue«day«, from 12.00 to 2.00 p. m.
Dayton — Dayton Technology Club. TueMlBys, at 12.15 at the Da3rtoa Eogineen Club.
Denver — Rockv Mountain Technology Club. Wedneedayt. from 12,30-1.90 p. m. M T
Electric Club, Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Denver, Col.
Detroit^ — ^Detroit Technology Aatociatioa, first Wedneeday d eaeh month at 12.30 M the D^
feroil Boaird of (Commerce.
tndinaapolif^-^Indinna Aaaociaiioo« 1 5th day of e««h month at the Untvertity Qub.
Lot AnMlee— Teohnology C^ub of Southern Cnlifomia, at the Univeratty Club, on tbe firtt
Wedneaday of e»eb month.
Mtlwmukee — ^Technology Clnb of Milwaokee every Thunday noon at the Univeraity Club.
Portlajid— 'Teobaolocy Amociation of Oregon every noon at the Haaelwood Luneh.
Seftltle — Teohikolo^p' Club of Puget Sonnd^ third Friday ol each month at 11.15 nt tht Conto
mercial Qub, ad Avenue and Union Street, Seattle.
ffk**gh>i — ^Technology Club of Chuut firtt Saturday of the months at 12.30 aft the Oarhnn.
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