Georgia Institute of Technology - Blueprint Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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OFFICERS OF TIIE ADMINISTRATION WILLIAM VERNON SKILES MARION LUTI-IE N R BRITTAI , BS AM SCD' Dean A B LL D Pre srdn nt JAMES ERSKINE MQDANIEL, M.A., AB LL.B. Director of the Co Operatrve Department FLOYD FIELD, FRANK K. HOUSTON, A B,, A,M. CRA. Dean of MI,n Treasurer 22

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Kindly, learned, austere, possessed ot the dignified reserve ot a scholar and the syrn- pathetic geniality ot a gentleman, Dean Wil- liam Vernon Slciles has achieved the highest ot rewards, the love and admiration ot both stu- dent body and taculty. l-le received his B.S. at the University ot Chicago, his A.M. at Harvard University, and his SCD at the Uni- versity ot Georgia. WILLIAM VERNON SKlLES THE DEAN OF THE GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY

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AERGNAUTICAL ENGINEERING VA? ,... gf ' ,fe I ln March, I93O, the Guggenheim Fund tor the Promotion ot Aeronautics awarded the Georgia School ot Technology the sum ot S300,000, tor the establishment ot an aeronautical center ot learning and research in the South. The Aeronautical Engineering curriculum Otters opportunities tor both under- graduate and graduate study. Courses are offered in Aerodynamics, Theory ot Flight, Airplane Design, and Aeronautic Laboratory lWind Tunnel Practicel. The curriculum in addition contains a background ot general studies which are essential to the engineer no matter what his specialty. The Department is well equipped tor its worlc having in addition to classrooms and otfices, two wind tunnels, a model shop, a large dratting room, a branch library, and it has also recently acquired a 300 horsepower autogiro tor flight testing. As this is the only Guggenheim School in the South, much is expected ot it trom the standpoint ot aeronautical research and the present program places particular emphasis on the problems ot satety in tlight and streamlining ot high speed vehicles both ot which are subjects ot vital importance in this new and rapidly growing branch ot engineering. , MONTGOMERY KNlGl-lT Director, Daniel Guggenheim School ot Aeronautics .23. MONTGOMERY KNIGHT, B.S B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology