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

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May D Benedict Counselor GENERAL HOME ECONOMICS JL ii e General Home Economics Course was estab- lished for the purpose of developing competency in the job of home management. This course offers formal training to those young ladies interested in the problems of home planning and administering the day to day needs of the home Budget technique and problems in personal adjustments consistent with successful living on changing income levels are an important study in this course. Skills in household production of food and food service, ot clothing, and home furnishing are developed to give a personal competency as a possible means of extending the family income through substitution of home production for cost of production outside the home, To give understanding in building physical and mental health and happy human relationships, a study is made of hygiene, psychology, and family relationships. MECHANICAL AND CONSTRUCTION D uring the past three vears, the addition of much new equipment of the most modern type and design has enabled the Mechanical and Construction department to greatly extend its usefulness. The faculty is constantly at work on the revision of text material in order to keep abreast of new developments in the mechanical industries. Graduates from the Construction Course are already making their way in the construction field in a very creditable manner although the first of them left the Institute less than eight years ago. To the energetic and progressive graduates, the training received in this course seems to offer ex- cellent possibilities. It is the wish and hope of the members of the Mechanical and Construction department that each graduate will continue to study and progress in his chosen occupation. Herman Martin Counselor

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Earle E. Morecock Com? se lor ELECTRICAL 1 Jl he program of rhc Electrical department pro- vides cooperative training in the electrical field. The student progresses at his maximum rate toward his training objectives, and the subjects are ad- justed to meet the requirements of the cooperative job. The faculty of the Electrical department acknowl- edges with pride the friendships they have estab- lished and hope that they have contributed in some small way to vour success. To the graduates of 1940, the faculty of the Electrical department firmly believes that you will strive to maintain the high standards of those who preceded you; that you will gi ve your best to your employers and your com- munities; and that your interest in the Institute will continue for years to come. Of all the contributions which you have received and given during vour stay at the Institute, you may prize most, the friendship of vour instructors. FOOD ADMINISTRATION Ever since the founding of the Institute in 1885, training has been offered in the prepara- tion of foods, varying from the arts of home-making to the present day cooperative training in food administration. This department with its counseling service and individualized curricula offers to its students a choice in two highly professionalized fields: hospital dietetics and commercial management. The students of hospiral dietetics receive a com- prehensive course of scientific study, in addition to securing hospital internship as cooperative work; while students looking forward to the management of a commercial enterprise follow a similar scientific study and serve their cooperative apprenticeship in commercial establishments. Upon completion of rheir courses, dietitians usually secure positions with hospitals, or work on special laboratory cases; whereas the commercial management stu- dents seek positions in restaurants, cafeterias, tea rooms, or in their own establishments. Georoik C. Hoke Counselor 2.2.

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C, B. Neblette Counselor PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY W, i le the Institute has offered work in Photog- raphy for more than a quarter of a century, it was not until 1930 chat the Department of Photographic Technology was organized at the suggestion of, and with the co-operation of, the photographic industry. It was organized to provide training for positions in the photographic industry and various branches of professional photography and these are its primary objectives today. Dr. Ellingson was Supervisor of the department from its organization until 1936 when he assumed the Presidency of the Institute, In that year the course was extended from two to three years. The department is now recognized as one of the leading schools of photography in the United States and is the only one with a three year course. PUBLISHING AND PRINTING o nly in its third year, the Publishing and Printing Department has already made a name for itself. With some of the finest equipment available which is rapidly being augmented, it is one of the most completely equipped schools in the country. Its program and methods of training have attracted wide attention among the leaders of the publishing and printing and allied industries as well as among prominent educators. There arc many schools which teach printing as a trade but the Institute is one of the very few which offer a purely professional course. Owing to the scarcity of educational institutions which teach such a course, the Institute has filled a great need of the publishing and printing industry. The field is an open one, particularly for men with professional training. This is evidenced by the fact that every student who completed the course last year found ready employment. Byron G. Culver Counselor 2-4