Rochester Institute of Technology - Techmila / Ramikin Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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APPLIED Ant PREVIOUS to 1910, the Art Department of the Institute occupied quarters in the Eastman Building. It was during this time that Mrs. Susan Bevier located in Rochester, coming from New York City, taking residence in the present Columbia Apartments across the street from the Eastman Building. She was a person greatly interested in young people, and also in art. When she found that just across A the street there was a school of art, she be- came acquainted with its activities, and pro- vided in her will for a bequest of a sum of money for the erection of an Art School in memory of her daughter. The present Bevier Building is the result of Mrs. Bevier's gener- osity, and it is known as the Alice Bevier Memorial Building. This building was completed and occupied in 1910. It is interesting to know that the Bevier Building is erected on the site of the home of Nathanial Rochester, the founder of the city which bears his name. The Rochester house was razed to make way for the Bevier Building. A plaque commemorating this fact is placed on the Spring Street side of the building. Keeping pace with the requirements and developments of the passing years, the various aft courses have been strengthened and a constant scrutiny is made with the purpose of maintaining the work on as high a level as is conceivably possible. Indi- vidualized education has always been necessary in the teaching of art, but with the individualized program developed in the last few years, the plan of study has made the art program even more effective. CLIFFORD M. ULP Counselor .20.

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DR. MARK ELLINGSON

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CHENIISTHY . osT people think of the chemist as being a person Who works in laboratories with bottles, test tubes and queer shaped glass containers, and whose chief occupation is to determine the chemical composition of any compound that is at hand. By certain opera- tions he discovers the constituents of an ore, of a food product, or of a metal. Sometimes he is supposed just to try things and thereby, it is popularly believed, he makes great dis- coveries revolutionizing great industries or making use of new processes or products. Some parts of this picture are true but the fact is that chemical laboratories are systema- tized and specialized and are organized to get quick and useful results. Furthermore, many processes involve mathematical calculations, great accuracy, the manipulation of delicate equipment, and the observance of very rigid directions. Even in the research laboratories, workers perform limited and specialized operations. The Chemistry Department aims to train men for supervisory and management responsibilities. The kinds of jobs held by graduates of the past ten years clearly demonstrate that Institute training does lay the foundation upon which the wide- awake man may build. Many graduates occupy very responsible positions in industry today and with more experience and study they vvill continue to move up the promo- ALFRED A. JOHNS Coumelor tion ladder. -21.