Armour Institute of Technology - Cycle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 180 of the 1911 volume:

ARMOUR INSTITUTU OF TKOBNOLOGr AISRART. c I Senior Class Book ♦ I I • ! I I I I I ♦ I I • Published by the SENIOR CLASS of the ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1911 Volume 1. Number 1. j t Chicago, Illinois, May 15, 1911 o THE STOVT HEARTS AND KIND SPIRITS WHICH HAVE MADE OVR SOJOVRN HERE A PLEASVRE AND AN INSPIRATION THIS VOLVME OF REMINISCENCES IS GRATEFVLLY DEDICATED AR1IOUH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOttlT libhahi. 23734 THE INSTITUTE THE FACULTY THE CLASS HISTORY THE 1011 ARCHITECTS THE STATISTICIAN THE EDITOR UNCLASSIFIED 6 THE IHSTITVTE. ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LXBitAKla BOARD of TRUSTEES J. Ogden Armour. Mrs. J. Ogden Armour. Mrs. Philip I). Armour. John C. Black. Simeon P . Chapin. Frank Y. Gunsatilus. Samuel McRoberts. ARMOUR institute of technology AjUSKaK . The President The Comptroller and Secretary FRANK WAKELEY GUNS AULUS FREDERICK URLING SMITH The Librarian MRS. JULIA A. BEVERIDGE 1'hc Dean of the Cultural Studies The Dean of the Engineering Studies LOUIS CELESTIX MONIN HOWARD MONROE RAYMOND 10 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TEOHNOLOQr LUKAitr. OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION ■ — I'M ■■■■ ■ | I HI I U ■ 11.1 ,M, ,,,. armour INSTITUTE of TECH NOLO OX J-LBRaKX. THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. j 9 11; The President FRANK WAKELEY GUNSAULUS 1 birthplace. Chesterfield, Ohio. A. M., Ohio Wesleyan University, 1875. D. D., Beloit College. 1895. LL. D., Ohio Wesleyan University, 1906. Beta Theta Pi. Member of American Social Science Society. Academy of Arts and Sciences, etc. Author of “ Phidias and Other Poems.” “ Songs of Night and Day. “Transfiguration of Christ.” “Monk and Knight. “Life of William Ewart Gladstone,” “ Metamorphosis of a Creed.” November at Eastwood,” “Loose Leaves of Song,” “The Man of Galilee,” “Paths to Power. “Higher Ministries of Recent English Poetry.” and “ Paths to the City of God.” Resi- dence, 2900 Prairie Avenue. The Dean of the Cultural Studies LOUIS CELESTIN MONIN Birthplace, Berne, Switzerland. Universities of Leipzig and Zurich. 1878- 1882. University of Heidelberg, 1886-1888. Ph. D., University of Lake Forest, 1891. National Secretary and Treasurer of Zofingia (Fraternity) of Switzer- land. President of the Department of Technical Education within the National Educational Association, 1907-1909. Member of National Educational Asso- ciation. American Economic Association, American Sociological Association, Western Philosophical Society. American Psychological Association, Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, and Chicago Literary Club. Author of various papers and articles on educational, economic, and philosophical topics. Residence, 3250 Prairie Avenue. The Dean of the Engineering Studies HOWARD MONROE RAYMOND Birthplace, Grass Lake. Michigan. B. S., University of Michigan, 1893. Postgraduate work in Physics and Electrical Engineering, University of Michi- gan, 1894. Piii Delta Theta. Tail Beta Pi. Member of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, Western Society of Engineers; Associate Member. American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and American Association for the Advancement of Science. Residence, 6522 Monroe Avenue. 14 THE SENIOR CLASS BOOR ALFRED E. PHILLIPS Professor of Civil Engineering Birthplace, Rouse’s Point, New York. A. B. and C. E., Union University, Schenectady, N. Y., 1887; A. M., 1890; Ph.'l).. 1894. Phi Delta Theta. Sigma Xi. Member of American Society of Civil Engineers. Residence, 1206 Morse Avenue, Rogers Park. Illinois. GEORGE FREDERICK GEPHARDT Professor of Mechanical Engineering Birthplace. Salt Lake City, Utah. A. I� ., Knox College. 1895. M. E.. Cornell University. 1896. A. M., Knox College. 1897. Phi Delta Theta. Member of American Society of Me- chanical Engineers, Western Society of Engi- neers, and National Association of Sationary En- gineers. Residence, 5329 Kimbark Avenue. GEORGE LAWRENCE SCHERGER Professor of History and Political Science Birthplace, Lawrenceburg, Indiana. A. B., University of Indiana, 1894. Universities of Leipzig and Berlin. Ph. D.. Cornell University. 1899. Member of North Central History Teach- ers’ Association and American Historical As- sociation. Author of “ Evolution of Modern Liberty.” Residence. 6727 Perry Avenue. GUY MAURICE WILCOX Professor of Physics Birthplace. Kansas City, Kansas. A. B.. Carleton College. 1891. A. M.. University of W isconsin. 1902. Fellow of the American Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Science and American Physical Society. Research work on Optical Properties of Solutions. Residence. 5225 Inglcside Avenue. 15 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGT THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK- 19 11 DONALD FRANCIS CAMPBELL Professor of Mathematics Birthplace, Nova Scotia. B. A., Dalhousie College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1890. A. B., Harvard University, 1893; A. M., 1895; Ph. D., 1898. Member of the American Mathematical Society. Author of “ The Elements of Differ- ential and Integral Calculus,” “ A Short Course in Differential Equations ’ and other textbooks and mathematical papers. Residence, 1134 Oak Avenue, Evanston, Illinois. FITZHUGH TAYLOR Professor of Fire Protection Engineering Birthplace. Elmhurst, Illinois. B. S., Ar- mour Institute of Technology. 1900. Member of National Fire Protection Association and Chi- cago Literary Club. Residence, 4402 Green- wood Avenue. HENRY BASCOM THOMAS Medical Adviser and Director of Physical Culture Birthplace, Elk Garden, Vermont. B. S., University of Chicago. 1899. M. D.. North- western Medical School, 1903. Student K. K., Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Vienna, Austria. Member of Attending Staff of Cook County and Wesley Hospitals and Home for Destitute Crip- pled Children. Orthopedic Surgeon. Provident Hospital. Instructor of Orthopedic Surgery. N. W. l Medical School. Kappa Sigma. Phi Rho Sigma. Member of Medical Association, and Illinois State and Chicago Medical Societies. Medical School Supervisor, City of Chicago. Residence. 6530 Lexington Avenue. WALTER F. SHATTUCK Professor of Architecture Birthplace, Champaign, Illinois. B. S.. Uni- versity of Illinois, 1891. Member of Chicago Architectural Club. Residence. 4743 Kenwood Avenue. 16 THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. HARRY M’CORMACK Professor of Chemical Engineering Birthplace, Spencer, Iowa. B. S., Drake University, 1896. M. S.. University of Illinois, 1899. Member of American Chemical Society, American Society for Testing Materials, and American Electro-Chemical Society. Author of “ Bulletin U. S. Department of Agriculture on Losses in Cooking Meat.” “ Chemical Study of Water Supply of Des Moines,” Chemistry of Iowa .Building Stone,” “ Chemical Study of Melting Iron in the Foundry Cupola.” “ Radia- tion Losses from a Foundry Cupola,” “ A Lab- oratory Course in Industrial Chemistry,” and Extracting Sugar from Dried Beet Cosscttes.” Residence, 5229 Ingleside Avenue. ERNEST HARRISON FREEMAN Professor of Electrical Engineering Birthplace, Topeka, Kans. B. S., Kansas State Agricultural College. 1895. Kansas State Normal School. 1897. B. S., Armour Institute of Technology. 1902; E. E., 1905. Secretary of Armour Branch of American Institute of Elec- trical Engineers. Residence, 7026 So. Park Ave. JOHN EDWIN SNOW Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Birthplace. Athens, Ohio. B. S.. Ohio State University. 1892; M. S., 1896; E. E., Armour Institute of Technology. 1901. A. M., Ohio State University, 1904. Member of American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Author of Senior Dynamo Laboratory Manual.” Resi- dence, 501 East 60th Street. MELVILLE BAKER WELLS Associate Professor of Bridge and Structural Engineering Birthplace, Comiskev, Indiana. B. S., Pur- due University. 1894: C. E.. 1895. Phi Delta Theta. Tail Beta Pi. Member of Western So- ciety of Engineers. Residence. 11310 Geneva Avenue. Morgan Park. Illinois. 17 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TEOHNOLOOr LUixtA.XtX, ROBERT VALLETTE PERRY Associate Professor of Machine Design Birthplace. Hartford. Connecticut. B. S., Armour Institute of Technology. 1897; M. E.. 1901. 'fan Beta Pi. Residence, 436 W est 66th Street. THOMAS EATON DOUBT Associate Professor of Physics Birthplace, Louisville, Kentucky. B. S., Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1892. A. M., University of Nebraska, 1896. Ph. 1).. Univer- sity of Chicago, 1904. Fellow in Physics, Uni- versity of Nebraska, 1894-1897. Fellow in Phys- ics. University of Chicago. Sigma Xi. Fellow of the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science. Member of American Physical Society. Research work on “ Effect of Intensity upon Velocity of Light and on the Determination of the Absolute Color Equation of White Light ' Residence. 5402 Drexel Avenue. CHARLES WILBUR LEIGH Associate Professor of Mathematics Birthplace, Peoria, Illinois. B. S., Univer- sity of Illinois. 1897. University of Chicago. Phi Gamma Delta. Author of textbooks on Sol- id Geometry and Trigonometry. Residence. 7320 Lafayette Avenue. JOSEPH B. FINNEGAN Associate Professor of Fire Protection Engineering Birthplace, Stoneham. Massachusetts. S. B.. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 19C4. Member of National F'ire Protection Associa- tion. Residence. 114 East 50th Street. 18 THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK 19 11 ARTHUR J. FRITH Associate Professor of Experimental Engineering Birthplace, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1� . S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Lehigh University. Assistant Chief Engineer. Diesel Engine Company. Residence. 56 East 36th Place. CHARLES EDWARD PAUL Associate Professor of Mechanics Birthplace, Belfast, Maine. S. B.. Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology. Theta Xi. Member of American Society of Mechanical En- gineers. American Society for Testing Materials, and Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. Original Research on “ Chimney Drafts ” and “ Strengths of Materials.” Resi- dence. 6355 Ingleside Avenue. DAVID PENN MORETON Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Birthplace, Moscow, Ohio. Ohio State Uni- versity, ’01-‘02 and ’02-’03. B. S., Armour In- stitute of Technology, 1906. Member of Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. Tau Beta Pi. Residence, 56 West 34th Street. BENJAMIN BALL FREUD Associate Professor of Analytical and Organic Chemistry Birthplace, Chicago, Illinois. B. S., Univer- sity of Chicago, 1904. Graduate student of Chi- cago University. Phi Beta Kappa. Sigma Xi. Member of American Chemical Society. Re- search work in Organic Chemistry. Physio-or- ganic research on the “ Salt Effect ” in Catalysis. Residence, 2519 North Spaulding Avenue. 19 ARMOUR INSTITUTE of TECHNOLOOr i-lUKAItr. DM THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. 19 11 WALTER KAY SMART Associate Professor of English 1 birthplace, Pay son, Illinois. Shurtleff Col- lege and Northwestern University. Ph. B., Uni- versity of Chicago, 1902. Residence, 1122 East 54th Place. HARRY CLAY COFFEEN Assistant Professor of Machine Design Birthplace, Champaign, Illinois. B. S., Uni- versity of Illinois, 1898; M. S., 1899. University of Pennsylvania. Phi Gamma Delta. Tan Beta Pi. Residence, 6137 Madison Avenue. A. RAYMOND ZORN Assistant Professor of Modern Languages o Birthplace, Brooklyn. New York. A. B., Dennison University, 1899. Postgraduate stu- dent of University of Chicago, 1899-1900. Uni- versity of Marburg, Germany, 1901. Residence, 4007 Grand Boulevard. HENRY L. NACHMAN Assistant Professor of Kinematics and Machine Design Birthplace, Sommerfeld, Germany. B. S., Armour Institute of Technology, 1902; M. E.. 1906. Tau Beta Pi. Residence, 115 East 58th Street. 20 OLIVER CHARLES CLIFFORD Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Birthplace, Wadsworth, Ohio. A. B., Obcr- lin College. 1893. Cornell University. Univer- sity of Pennsylvania. Ph. I).. University of Chi- cago, 1907. Sigma Chi. Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Residence, 6020 Monroe Avenue. HERBERT J. ARMSTRONG Assistant Professor of Railway Engineering Birthplace, Sunderland. Massachusetts. B. S., Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1897. Phi Sigma Kappa. Member of American Rail- way Engineering and Maintenance of Way As- sociation. Residence, 11337 Crescent Avenue. Morgan Park. Illinois. ALEXANDER PELL Assistant Professor of Mathematics Birthplace, Moscow, Russia. Ph. D., Johns Hopkins University. Phi Beta Kappa. Author of “ Memoirs on Differential Geometry ” in American Journal of Mathematics and in Trans- actions of American Mathematical Society. Res- idence. 3427 South Park Avenue. WILLIAM E. BARROWS, JR. Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Birthplace. Ludlow, Vermont. B. S., Uni- versity of Maine, 1902: E. K., 1908. Member of American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Illu minating Engineering Society, and Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. Au- thor of “ Electrical Illuminating Engineering.” Beta Theta Pi. Residence. 6137 Evans Avenue. 21 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LI kakl THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK CHARLES AUSTIN TIP� HALS, JR. Assistant Professor of Chemistry Birthplace, New York. Columbia Univer- sity. A. P ., University of Wisconsin, 1904; A. M., 1906; Ph. D.. 1908 Phi Gamma Delta. Phi Lambda Upsilon. Sigma Xi. Member of American Chemical Society and American Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Science. Origi- nal research, “ A Study of Tellurides.” Resi- dence, 1547 East 66th Street. CLAUDE IRWIN PALMER Assistant Professor of Mathematics A. P .. University of Michigan. 1903. Uni- versity of Chicago. Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Society for the Promotion of In- dustrial Education. Residence. 4346 Champlain Avenue. ARTHUR II. ANDERSON Assistant Professor of Experimental Engineering Birthplace, Chicago, Illinois. B. S., Armour Institute of Technology, 1902: M. E., 1907. Res- idence. 6826 Wayne Avenue. Rogers Park. Illi- nois. ANDREW N. RE BOR I Assistant Professor of Architecture Birthplace, New York. S. B., Massachu- setts Institute of Technology. 1907. Holder of 1907 Travelling Scholarship in Architecture. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Member of Alumni Association of American Academy in Rome. Representative for Chicago of the Beaux-Arts Society of New York. Beaux-Arts. Residence, 5636 Washington Avenue. 22 CLYDE BARNES COOPER Assistant Professor of English Birthplace, Prairie City, Illinois. A. M. Residence, 6149 Ellis Avenue. MRS. JULIA A. BEVERIDGE Librarian and Instructor in Bibliography Birthplace, Beloit, Wisconsin. Residence, 3901 Lake Avenue. EDWARD D. AGLE Superintendent of Shops and Instructor in Machine Tool Work Birthplace, Greencastle, Pennsylvania. Res- idence, 635 East 41st Street. WILLIAM W. MANNING Instructor in English Birthplace, St. Louis, Missouri. Residence, 39 West 33rd Street. 23 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LimtAKr. EDWIN S. LIBBY THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. Assistant Professor of Experimental Engineering Birthplace, Portland, Maine. B. S.. Armour Institute of Technology. 1902; M. E., 1907. Tau Beta Pi. Residence, 7223 Union Avenue. WILLIAM GRISWOLD SMITH Assistant Professor of Descriptive Geometry and Kinematics Birthplace, Toledo, Ohio. M. E., Cornell University, 1892. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Resi- dence, 6758 Perry Avenue. NELS P. PETERSON Instructor in Wood Working Birthplace, Hoganas, Sweden. Residence, 2112 North Humboldt Street. WILLIAM EREDERICK DIETZSCH Instructor in Experimental Engineering Birthplace, Chicago, Illinois. M. E., Royal Polytechnic College, Stuttgart, Germany, 1901. Residence, 649 Deming Place. 24 THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. CHARLES F. HAG ENOW Instructor in Physics Birthplace, Altona, Germany. 1� . S., Uni- versity of Nebraska, 1900; A. M.. 1906. Sigma Chi. Residence, 1120 East 54tli Place. JOHN SIMPSON REID Instructor in Mechanical Drawing and Machine Design Birthplace, Kilmanopk. Ayrshire, Scotland. Irvine College, British Government Science and Art Schools. Glasgow, Scotland. Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Au- thor of “ A Course in Mechanical Drawing ” and “ Machine Drawing and Elementary Machine Design.” Residence, 43 W est 33rd Street. PERRY A. BOND Instructor in Chemistry Birthplace, Storm Lake. Iowa. B. S., State University of Iowa, 1901 : M. S., 1908. Sigma Xi. Original research, “ The Effect of the Proximity of Negative Groups on the Oxidation of the Hydro-Carbon Side Chain to the Benzene Nucleus.” Residence. 3340 Dearborn Avenue. CHARLES H. FORNHOF Instructor in Machine Tool Work Birthplace, Chicago. Illinois. Residence. 1255 Winona Street. 25 AR5IOUR institute: of tbchnoloot liUMAKr. THE SENIOR CLASS EGOflC 9 1 GEORGE EVERETT MARSH Instructor in Electrical Engineering Birthplace, Georgetown, Colorado. S. B.. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1902. Member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, American Electro-Chemical Society, Illuminating Engineering Society. American Fern Society, and Microscopical Society. Pa- pers on “ Algebraic Equations of Lissajou’s Curves of All Orders,” “ New Theorems in Combinations,” “ High Potential Interrupters,” “ Machines for Describing Curves,” etc. Resi- dence. 446 East 34th Street. JAMES CLINTON PEEBLES Instructor in Experimental Engineering Birthplace, Dreghorn, Scotland. B. S., Ar- mour Institute of Technology. 1904; E. E., 1908. M. M. E., Cornell University, 1908. Gamma Alpha. Tan Beta Pi. Sigma Xi. Original re- search, “ An Oscillograph Study of Commuta- tion.” Residence, 436 West 72nd Street. STANLEY DEAN Instructor in Civil Engineering Birthplace, Manchester, England. Wash- ington University, St. Louis. Missouri. 1901- 1903. B. S., Armour Institute of Technology, 1905. Beta Theta Pi. Residence, 7217 Perry Avenue. CHARLES EDWARD BOUTWOOD Instructor in Freehand Drawing Birthplace, London, England. Studied in South Kensington Museum. Scholarship. Royal Academy School. London. Studied in Paris un- der Bouguereau and Fleury. Member of Chi- cago Society of Artists. Residence, Hinsdale, Illinois. 26 THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK EUGENE EDWARD GILL Instructor in General Chemistry Birthplace, Boring, Maryland. Ph. B., Dickinson College. 1897: A. M.. 1898. Ph. D., Johns Hopkins University, 1909. Phi Beta Kap- pa. Research on “ Determination of Osmotic Pressure of Cane Sugar Solutions at Five De- grees Centigrade.” Member of American Chem- ical Society. Residence, 6125 Vincennes Ave- nue. EARL WATSON M’MULLEN Instructor in Metallurgy and Industrial Chemistry Birthplace, Picton, Ontario, Canada. B. S., Armour Institute of Technology, 1909. Tau Beta Pi. Omega Lambda. Member of Ameri- can Chemical Society and Sphinx. Research on “ Manufacture of Sugar.” Residence, 6216 Greenwood Avenue. HAROLD WILLIAM NICHOLS Instructor in Electrical Engineering Birthplace, Sheffield, Iowa. B. S., Armour Institute of Technology, 1908. Graduate stu- dent. University of Chicago. Residence. 6136 Lexington Avenue. ROBERT C. OSTERGREN Instructor in Architectural Drawing Birthplace, Stockholm, Sweden. B. S., Ar- mour Institute of Technology, 1908. Tau Beta Pi. Residence. 2939 Vernon Avenue. 27 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OK TECHNOLOGY THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK 19 11 JOHN C. PENN Instructor in Civil Engineering Birthplace, Wetering, Netherlands. B. S.. Armour Institute of Technology, 1905. Resi- dence. 355 West 109th Street. CHARLES ALLING, JR. Instructor in Business Law A. B. and A. M.. Hanover College, 1885. LL. B., University of Michigan. 1888. Mem- ber of University Club. Illinois State aiid Chi- cago Bar Associations, Legal Aid Society, Indi- ana Society, and Union League Club. Sigma Chi. Residence, 319 East 22nd Street. THOMAS E. TALLMADGE Special Lecturer on Architecture Birthplace, Washington, I). C. S. I� ., Mass- achusetts Institute of Technology, 1898. Win- ner of Chicago Architectural Travelling Scholar- ship. 1904. Phi Beta Epsilon. Member of the Chicago Architectural Club and University Club Address. 1004 Security Building. CHARLES L. LARSON Instructor in Founding Birthplace. Chicago. Illinois. Residence, 2815 Thomas Street. 28 JOSEPH P. KENNEDY Instructor in Forging Residence. 6610 Woodlawn Avenue. One of our very good friends GEORGE S. ALLISON Acting Registrar 29 ARMOUR fNSTtrrjTK OP TPf'HVOT.ORY Armour The unique history of our Alma Mater has been repeatedly related for our benefit by pre- vious Integral Editors, and should therefore be familiar to all members of the Class. Still the oft-repeated tale finds us interested every time the subject is broached. And well it might, for the history of Armour Tech is the history of lavish and well applied civil drafting room. philanthropy, of a keen insight into the wants of the present age, of courage in applying high ideals, of broad and intelligent planning for the future, of con- centrated effort and untiring zeal, of great achievements and greater prospects. The Armour Idea ” must be fundamentally correct, otherwise how could our Alma Mater in so short a time have leaped into such prominence in the technical field as it now enjoys! Armour spells hard work,” such is the lament we hear from hundreds of undergraduates. It is true, Armour Institute demands hard work from its stu- dents, but this should be a cause for rejoicing, not lamenting. It is the continued effort which moulds the character into stability, and the wide diversity and vol- ume of the work required teaches, ves compels, rapid and accurate reasoning, method and order in the performance of the tasks set. Whoever is not equal to these requirements, must needs fall by the wayside or round out his college career only after extreme toil and a protracted stay. There can be little satis- faction in either. After this sort of a course the graduates of Armour should find themselves well fitted for the arduous and exacting profession of the en- gineer, in its best and broadest sense. “ Certain things are good for nothing until they have been kept a long while: and some are good for nothing until they have been long kept and used. Of the first, wine is the illustrious and immortal example. Of those which must 30 THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. be kept and used I will name three: meerschaum pipes, violins, and po- ems.’’ — Oliver Wendell Holmes. To the list of things quoted by the well-be- loved humorist which re- quire age and use to be- come of value a fourth might be added accord- ing to popular opinion and that is educational institutions. None are considered of any im- portance or as able to exert any authority which are not weight- ed down by years, better centuries, of hoary traditions. The older the better, it is thought. If this were absolutely true, it would seem that our Alma Mater would be in a sad plight and its present activities would count for little. But thanks to more modern standards of efficiency in college activities, we DO count for something, we HAVE made our presence felt throughout the field of applied science, and are broadening the scope of our influence more and more. Still, there is considerable truth in the old traditions,—age does lend a touch of authority, of prestige, which is hard to acquire otherwise. It takes time to thoroughly advertise, to use the term in the better sense, an institution of learning, even though it be an engineering school, belonging to a class which is the most recent of all. Right here is where the alumni, the graduates, with whom we may now proudly classify ourselves, can do a great amount of good. Mention your Alma Mater, you 1911 man. with a genuine feeling of pride when- ever you have occasion, be ever ready to accentuate its good qualities, remain charitably silent about its shortcomings, above all do not condemn or find fault. If you criticize, you only disparage yourself. Remember, it is a mighty poor sort of man who has no loyalty in his make-up, no one respects such a one. Be eager to prove by your deeds also what manner of man Armour has made of you. Words reenforced by deeds form irrefutable arguments. So do not forget, you graduates,—you are Armour men. Show your belief in the old Tech and the old Tech will feel proud of you. A boost for Armour is a boost for yourself. 31 VALVE ROOM UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES. DYNAMO LABORATORY. 32 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TBOHNOLOGr i-lRRAHr. The 1911 Class OF THE Armour Institute of Technology Jt,CRSTARY yiCE. PIL JJPI lT TJUJA YKl RI- . OXKICERi OF THK CI;A5J 1911 C. E. Beck J. A. McCague L. L. Williams E. C. Dobbie COLORS Maize and Blue YELL ’Yea, ’Levcn. ’Yea, ’[-even. E-L-E-V-E-N, ‘I.even. SERC;E A NTS-AT-ARMS J. Albert M. Robinson J. Kenneth Mabbs COMMENCEMENT WEEK COMMITTEE W . W. Moore O. R. Kellner P. F. Miller SENIOR CLASS BOOK AND PICTURE COMMITTEE E. J. Schmidt P. Eickenberg J. H. Fletcher F. W. Metz SOCIAL COMMITTEE L. I). Kiley W . G. Tellin G. I� . James H. A. Merriman SMOKER COMMITTEE I'. 11. Griffiths P. Eickenberg W. R. Tobias ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. Fire Protection Engineering. Prepared at Evanston High School. Thesis Subject: The Influence of Noz- zle Design Upon the Discharge Coefficient of Automatic Sprin- klers. Here is a Fire Protect who has always managed to get the best of his Profs without seriously exerting himself and who is ever willing to take in a show at the “American ” in preference to a Lab period. He made his ap- pearance in Evanston, just twenty-one years ago, and from the very beginning became deeply interested in the opposite sex. He has never permitted this inter- est to wane or to even remain dormant for any appreciable length of time. His principal attraction at present is a stately brunette, whose initial we give you in “ S,” and in whose company he may be seen whenever occasion permits. Ailing received his preliminary training in the Evanston High School and in the course of this period little was heard from him. But when lie entered the College, lie came with a noise and managed to create a stir at every turn of the four years spent with us. 1 le forced a well known Math. Prof, to lower his colors and has upon more instances than one completely peeved the rest of the Fire Protection Crew. Ailing is also somewhat of a billiard player, and there is nothing that gives him more pleasure than to catch McCague iii Chapin Club and slip a game over on him. When von mention a dance to him, there is none who is as willing to take you up as he, and the manner in which he supports the Tech affairs is worthy of comment. Harold always has a good word to pass around and although he is inclined to immature ways at times, he nevertheless is a fine fellow to strike up an ac- quaintance with and never loses a friend. “ My Only Books YVcrc Women's Looks” 36 Mechanical Engineering. Prepared at Hyde Park High School. Thesis Subject: Determination of the Effect of Varying the Amount of Moisture in a Suction Gas Producer. Secretary of Sophomore Class of 1910. Y. M. C. A. Treasurer, A. S. M. E. Usher, Commencement 1910. Junior Play. Class Book Staff 1911. Chapin Club. “ Professor X ” first let the light of his knowing countenance fall upon the universe on January 19, 1885. Is it not odd that such a manly chap should come from a high school where there are sixteen girls to every boy? It is said that birds of a feather flock together; it was for this reason that Rov Am- brose quit the Class of 1910 and joined us in September, 1909. In our Junior Play Ambrose took the title role of Professor X and carried it off with credit to himself and to the original. East fall Ambrose further distinguished himself by his talk before the Mechanical Society on gas pro- ducers : it has been said by someone, who knows, that it was the best talk ever given here by any undergraduate. He dreams about gas and gasoline engines, and he worships that producer like a god on a pedestal. When Roy makes that million or two he will not have a fine house on Fifth Avenue but will build a motor yacht and sail around the world. He has that most valuable faculty of concentration that will make him money some day: in fact, we have to speak to him twice before hoping to gain his attention. This is enough to make us suspicious that there is a lady on his mind, for we know that he studies psychology very faithfully, particularly on Sunday. Here's hoping, old man! %t On the Stage He was Natural, Simple. Affecting.” 37 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY i-i.-tt.UA Jet I. Electrical Engineering. Prepared at Armour Scientific Acad- emy. Thesis Subject: Comparative Test of Acid and Alkali Types of Stor- age Batteries. Class Basketball (2), (3), (4). Ever since the 12th of October, 1888. at which time Handy Andy first broke into a horse-laugh, Chicago has claimed this amiable youth as its own. Leonard is a distinctly Chicago product, and, what’s more, also a dyed-in-the-wool Ar- mourite. After spending seven years here, three in the now defunct Academy and four in the College, it should be a novel sensation for him, not to be con- nected with this institution any longer. And the old familiar surroundings will lack something too after May 25, for Andy's smiling face will no longer spread joy over its environments. Andy’s pet hobby is basketball. For the last three years he has assisted “ Jakey ” Mabbs in downing our hated rivals, viz., the representatives of the other classes, or failing of that, to make it interesting for them at any rate. And. take it from us, Anderson is a rough and tumble basketball artist of high caliber. Speaking of rough-house, there is nothing our hero delights in more than to plan a practical joke on his pals. Xcwhouse and Pettibone. His infec- tious laugh, when he succeeds, is a tonic for the weak and morbid. But not only in the more robust diversions does Andy excel, he also loves the gentler one of fussing, at which he certainly is no slouch. A versatile chap he is. Just look at some of the positions he has filled,—shoe salesman at Cut- ler’s, assistant electrician of the school, assistant manager of the Beanery, and best of all. salesman of Catholic prayer books. A man who can get away with all of that deserves a diploma on general principles. Incidentally. Leonard tried some of his salesmanship flimflam on Professor Barrows in trying to pass Illumination, but alas, it (lid not succeed so well in the more sophisticated atmo- sphere of Armour as it did out in Iowa last summer. “As Prone to Mischief, as Able to Perform It.” Architecture. Prepared at Calumet and Englewood High Schools. Thesis Subject: Design for an Art- ists’ Club. Atelier. Ralph Beaudry, better known as “ Doc ” or “ Rusty,” was born August 20th. 1888, in Albany. Xew York. After graduating from the grammar school he attended Calumet High School for a year. This was too much for him. therefore, to change his luck, he completed his prep work at Englewood. While there he made up his mind to become an architect, and to accomplish his pur- pose entered Armour with the rest of the 1911 Class. Ralph’s four years at the Institute have been years of great achievements in the way of making up back credits. Just at present his favorite study is Professor Wilcox’s Physics. Have you ever noticed Doc at an Armour dance? Well, he brings the “ classiest little dame ” you ever saw, and he claims his pet ambition to be to make her Mrs. “ Doc.” In his Junior year Doc distinguished himself greatly by winning the Al- schuler Prize. His design of a tap room was a winner. Do not be led to infer from this that he is anything but a Prohibitionist, for there you would be mistaken,—his strongest drink is water. Ralph’s chief delights in his Senior year are eating lunch with a “ friend ” and smoking a mammoth big pipe in the Drafting Room when he thinks the coast is clear. He is also famous for his recent exhibition in the Annual Archi- tectural Exhibit at the Art Institute. “To be Instructed in the Arts Makes Men Gentle.” 39 AHMOUH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LlUtiAKX, Mechanical Engineering. Prepared at Armour Scientific Acad- emy. Thesis Subject: Installation and Test of Three-Ton Ice Plant. Tau P eta Pi. President A. S. M. E. (4). Class Secretary (4). The man who knows ” and the dictator absolute of the Senior Mechanicals is Beck. C. E. hails from the land of prison, parole, and punishment. He gazed for the first time upon this snow-clad earth on December 1, 1884. at a pleasant place called Joliet. 111. It is said that while still quite young Beck began to acquire the gentle habit of strcnuositv, and those of us who know him best will vouch for the fact that such characteristics have increased rather than decreased. Thirty- seven hours per week in the Mechanical course with about four hours of study per day is enough for most any healthy-minded individual, yet Beck does all of this and besides finds thirty hours per week to devote to his duties as manager of the Sargent Steam Meter Company. This is living the strenuous life surely up to even Teddy's standard.—but wait, there is more to come. Our friend has dared to deny most emphatically that he is in favor of woman's suffrage and with all his business cares and studies, he believes that woman is most charming in the home and least so in politics. We have very little accurate data concerning his activities in this direction, but rumors are rumors, and we feel sure that grass is not growing under his feet. Among the Mechanicals Beck’s authority on subjects pertaining to gas engines, gas producers, steam engines, and steam boilers is absolute, excepting not even Kent. As President of the Armour Branch of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers he has won the great respect of professors and students alike. Beck is serious to a fault, eternally on the hustle, and carries an attitude of determination to “ Get there.” “ am Monarch of All I Surrey, My Right There is Xone to Dispute.” 40 Civil Engineering. Prepared at Hammond High School. Thesis Subject: Design of a Two- Hinged Steel Spandrel Braced Arch. Tau Beta Pi. Editor Armour Engineer (4). C. E. S. Mandolin Club (1). (3). (4). We cannot just figure out why that Swiss-American stork should have dropped Charlie at a place like Kalamazoo. Michigan. It is hard to associate him with any other place than Hammond. It may have been that the aforesaid stork was too busy watching for the ground-hog on Eeb. 2, 1886. After graduating from the Hammond High School in 1904, Binder found employment in the office of the C. I. S. R. R. as a draftsman. It was here that he decided to become a real engineer, which resulted in his entering the Tech in the fall of 1907. Charles William is one of those quiet, unassuming fellows with a smile and a pleasant word for every one. and it is because of this that he has so many friends, both among the Faculty and students. We might add that lie is some “ moosick maker ” also, his favorite instruments being the mandolin and the flute. One of the interesting features about our “ Hammond kid ” is that he travels al out fifty miles per day in order to attend school.—going some, eh? Now let’s see,—fifty miles per day.—six days a week,—thirty-six weeks per year,—four years,—oh. help, pass the slide rule. During his first two years at Armour, Charlie kept himself in obscurity, acquiring plentv of .Vs.” making many friends, and playing in the Mandolin Club. He has functioned as the “official fluter” of the Mandolin Club for the past two seasons. As editor-in-chief of the Armour Engineer, Binder is de- serving much praise, for both editions have brought great credit to the insti- tution. “A Morai, Sensible, and Well Bred Man. 41 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TEOHNOLOGT UiltUAXtl, Chemical Engineering. Prepared at Wendell Phillips High School. Thesis Subject: Effect of Heat Treat- ment on High Speed Tool Steel. American Chemical Society. Chemical Engineering Society. Who would believe Hvmen to be the baby of the Senior Class? Well, just look at the date of his birth, September 3, 1891. That will make him nineteen vears, eight months, and twentv-two days old on Commencement Day. Not half bad! “ Borny ” is another product of Wendell Phillips. That he won no little distinction at Prep school is well evidenced by his scholastic attainments since his affiliation with Armour. The most remarkable difference between the Borny of high school days and the Borny of today is in his physique. Can anyone im- agine his winning a medal as a sprinter now? Hymen always was an industrious chap. Had he not been, he would not have chosen the chemical course, nor would he have made up the semester which he lost during the Sophomore year. Old “ fuzz-top ” is some sport too, and it does not take so very much coaxing to get him to ditch Lab to go to the American Music Hall, or to leave off studying some evening to see a show (something which has happened quite often of late). 1 o predict a bright future for this worthy is superfluous. For with his fund of good humor, his excellent chemical knowledge, and his practical insight, what else may be expected of him who is already a member of the American Chemical Society ? ” “Let His Lack of Years be no Impediment to Let Him Lack a Reverend Estimation 9 42 THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK 19 11 Electrical Engineering. Prepared at Fullerton and Anaheim High Schools, California. Poly- technic College of Engineering (Oakland) and University of California. A. I. E. E. Class Baseball (4). Occasionally we strike a person who is really so interested in his work that he has eyes, ears, or thoughts for little else. Such an earnest stude is P. L. Bradford, and his particular and only hobby is electricity. Practically all of his past time was, and surely his future will be. devoted to the study of the in- tricacies of the mystic “juice.” I Te has already enrolled in the General Flectric Company’s Student Engineering course. “ Brad ” is a simon-pure, all-wool-and-a-yard-wide, Yankee from New En- gland. He was born at Winchester, Massachusetts, on June 15. 1885, so. you see, he really does not look his age. When he was at the tender age of three, his folks migrated to the land of sunshine, California. Mr. Bradford, Sr., is the proprietor of several orange orchards in the neighborhood of Fullerton in Southern California, and it is amid such pleasant surroundings that the fair- haired boy grew up. The “ Peerless Leader ” has been mixed up with several colleges, besides engaging in telephone construction work and power plant operation. Not satis- fied with results, he decided to take a course in a real technical school, and joined us just in time to help demolish the Freshies. Bradford has toiled hard and accomplished much. We need but recall the Bradford System of Automo- bile Lighting (Patented). Having become convinced that a direct current rotary transformer which would really transform would be a considerable addition to the sum total of electrical achievements, “ Brad ” has been busy since last summer in getting such a machine to operate, or in trying to at least. Together with his shadow. “Jimmy” Fletcher, he has dismantled and rebuilt an old D. C. machine and made it perform a variety of stunts, so as to present a thesis on them to the Powers That Be. From what we know of these two embryo engineers we predict a successful issue to the venture. With But a Single Aim in Life” 43 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY QiJLr , Civil Engineering. Prepared at Goerlitz Realgymnasium and Medill High School. Thesis Subject: Design of Trunnion Bascule Bridge. Class Bowling (2). Class Basketball (4). C. E. S. Born in Berlin, Germany, on April 5. 1889, Bredlau came to this country in 1905. Meanwhile he had acquired all that the Realgymnasium of Goerlitz had to offer, and coming here, he completed his work at Medill High School in 1907. Known to all as “ Sophy,” his years at Armour have served to make him one of the essential figures of the Civil Class. Bredlau is an athlete of renown and a man of many accomplishments. He supported the Class Bowling team in 1909 and the Class Basketball team in 1911. Though it is not generally known. Bredlau is a wrestler of merit. He is the proud possessor of a silver medal awarded to him as champion of the 135 pound class several years ago. On the night on which he won the medal this young Samson threw no less than six opponents, succumbing to the seventh. This was at the Einigkeit Turnverein. Those too who have heard him play a violin have only this criticism to offer, that he has not been more generous in permitting us to enjoy his musical talent. Bredlau is richly endowed with that gift known as “nerve : for instance, after three years’ training at civil engineering, finding nothing in his direct line, he went to the Western Electric Company last summer and secured a position as a designing engineer, while a former Armour graduate traced his drawings! “Never in a lurry. THE SENIOR CLASS BGOE 19 11 Civil Engineering. Prepared at Liberty ville and Highland Park High Schools. Thesis Subject: A Reinforced Con- crete Arch Rib Bridge on North Sheridan Road. Wauke- gan, 111. Omega Lambda. C. E. S. Is it not a strange coincidence that a person who is fitted with a roving- nature and love for freedom should be born in such a place as Liberty ville? But this is what befell Horace Butler. He arrived at this fair spot in our grand old commonwealth in 1889, a time when the followers of the speedway directed their attention there. However, this form of sport did not appeal to him; but instead he inclined to the grandest of all pastimes, namely those of fishing and hunting. He would rather tramp the woods and fields in search of game or go after the bass and pickerel for a day than work the choicest problem Professor Wells could originate. For bis preparatory training, Horace was not satisfied with all the Liberty- ville High School could offer him. and thought if he could get in a year at Deerfield Township High School, he would be better equipped to take up the strenuous course at Armour. He appeared with the rest of us on that notable day in September, 1907, and while still innocent was induced to register in Doc ” Campbell's classes, for which act be had occasion to express many regrets in that this wily native of Scotland took especial delight in springing quizzes on him when least prepared. You are entirely mistaken if you form the opinion that this chap is as shy as his conduct seems to indicate, for there is many a chorus girl who has been unable to resist the charms of those rosy checks and dark romantic eyes. As a form of diversion in vacation periods, Horace turned his attention to sub- division work about his home town, at which he gained considerable reputation as a surveyor. In the Black Bye’s Sparkling Spell Mystery and Mischief Dwell. 45 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LimtAixr. THE SENIOR CLASS BOOSC 19 11 Mechanical Engineering. Prepared at Armour Scientific Acad- emy. Thesis Subject: Construction and Calibration of a New Type of Pressure Gauge. A. S. M. E. Class Baseball (4). Class Basketball (4). This, gentlemen and ladies, is not the Emperor but a life-like reproduction of the future Engineer General of the Chinese Empire. Yoke was born in Canton. China, on September 12. 1883. He came to America, Illinois, and Chicago, when cpiite a small boy. and was educated in the public schools and Armour Scientific Academy. Chan's greatest ambition is to become a' mechanical engineer, and he certainly made the right start by entering as a freshman in the Mechanical De- partment of the Armour Institute of Technology. Yoke has been in this country for some time and, indeed, seems cpiite Americanized; his English is perfect. He says next year will find him back in his own country and helping in the great engineering work now being started in the vast Empire of China. Our brother from the Antipodes has paid the greater part of his expenses at school himself, and may be found Saturdays and Sundays at the King Joy Lo Restaurant. He drinks nothing but tea. is a baseball fan. is never going to get married, and does not believe in woman’s suffrage. He never gets “ sore,” always wears a happy smile, and is full of mischief. Chan gets slightly fussed at times when called upon to tell what he knows in Power Plants or Thermo- dynamics, which may he readily observed by the delicate blush over his ears and cheeks. Chan is a good fellow, always willing to lend a hand, and well liked by all his classmates. It he really carries out his intention of returning to his mother-country, our best wishes will accompany him, and we hope sincerely that the parting will be temporary, not permanent. '‘A Man he Seems of Cheerful Yesterdays And Confident Tomorrows.” 46 THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. Prepared at Robert A. Waller High School. Thesis Subject: Waterproofing of Concrete by Addition of Pat- ented Compounds. Delta Tau Delta. Radical X. C. E. S. Mandolin Club (1), Leader (3), (4). Sphinx. Senior Class Book Staff. Thane Cleaver was born in Chicago on the 9th of June, 1889, bis ancestry tracing back to Wales. He graduated from the Robert A. Waller High School with the Class of 1907, and straightway came to Armour. From the start Thane has won and retained the respect of his classmates. He is a man who has little to say, but that little worth much. Conservative along all lines, he has, nevertheless, been closely allied with many of the school’s affairs. He is a member of Delta Tail Delta, the Sphinx, Radical X. and the Civil Society. He has done considerable work on the Fulcrum and the 1911 Integral. Cleaver’s name has long been associated with the Mandolin Club, having been one of its expert players through the seasons of ’07-’08, ’09-’10, and T0-T1. being also its leader in ’09-T0 and ’10-T1. The Club owes much of its success during the last two of the above seasons to his able and intelligent leadership. Thane was a member of the banner Summer Cam]) of 1908. Finding the work greatly to his liking, he has made practical use of the training gained under “ Pa ” Phillips’ tutorship on that memorable trip by acting as instrument man for the Union Pacific during the summers of 1909 and 1910. Cleaver belongs to a class of men. whom the school would be better for having more of. Xot only an able and conscientious student, but also active in many of the school and class doings not directly connected with his educa- tional tasks, is Cleaver. He has done his share and a great deal more in the cause of fostering a proper college spirit at the Tech, for which we owe him a vote of thanks. He will go far and perform great things in the engineering world, after he leaves us. Our hopes are all with him. “Versatility and Ability Linked with Reticence.” 47 armour INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Mechanical Engineering. Prepared at Omaha High School. Thesis Subject: Determination of Wear and Deterioration Effect of Assembling a Large Cen- trifugal Blower. A. S. M. E. Nebraska Club. While it is not customary in our democratic institution to “ Mister ” any one except “ heap braves ” and “ big chiefs ” we believe no mistake has been made in the case of Mr. Cummins. He surely is “ heap brave,” for ’tis just two years since he leaped the chasm of bachelordom and began to bravely paddle the canoe of connubial bliss. On January 17. 1885, Fred surprised Pawnee City, Nebr.. with his sudden appearance. The world at large, however, did not hear of Mr. Cummins until some time later when he again suddenly appeared, as a student in the Omaha High School this time. From then on his entire life has been just one event after the other. It is said that in these days of rapid transit and communication no man can live in Omaha long without hearing of Chicago, and Mr. Fritz Cummins was no exception. The attraction proved so strong that September 1907 found his name on the list of those newly enrolled at Armour, where he has remained until this day, when he holds the exclusive title of Hon. Senior Mechanical Non- Bachelor. There are a few noteworthy things about Mr. Cummins. In the first place, he is an advocate of woman's suffrage. Perhaps it is because he is married, or perhaps he was always of that conviction. He is fond of buttermilk, and claims sleep as his favorite pastime. Concerning the latter item, we certainly take issue with our friend, for surely sleep as a pastime finds no place on the program of a man carrying forty-four hours without batting an eye. I ritz. as he was known before he was married, is a most agreeable fellow- even now-. The only time he was known to become the least bit fussed was when Libby chided him for being late one morning. “He Hath a Heart as Sound as a Bell.” 48 J? Architecture. Prepared at Joseph Medill High School. Thesis Subject: Design of a Syna- gogue. Atelier. Harry I. Dalsey. the real and only “ Little Jeff,” was born in Chicago, May 4. 1889. Little Jeff is one of a large family and it fell to his lot to earn a good deal of his educational expenses. He has succeeded well and certainly appre- ciates what he has secured thereby. Harry went to one of Chicago's many grammar schools and after completing it attended the Medill High School. During his four years here nothing exciting happened to make our Little Jeff famous so he just naturally graduated. Having decided to study architecture Harry entered Armour Institute in the fall of 1907. His Sophomore year came and went and our Little Jeff was mixed up in daily encounters with the Milwaukee “ Pretzel.” Neither one extinguished the other, so he entered his Junior year with courage undaunted. Now Harry became famous. He, being a clever draftsman. “ copped ” onto the first mention in the Annual Traveling Scholarship Prize. He also became famous for wanting everything which he saw in drug store windows. Harry is sure a connoisseur when it comes to the girl question, for he always has “ some doll ” at the social affairs. It is in the Senior Drafting Room that Little Jeff is at his best. Here his impersonations of The Kid who Built the Pyramids and other choice antiques are most fully appreciated. There is nothing small about Harry except his stature and that is well made up for by the noise he creates. u What a Spendthrift is He of His Tongue. 49 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY yyi y- Jc) Fire Protection Engineering. Prepared at Elgin High School, Elgin, Illinois. Our modest “ Dan ” was born at Ackley, Iowa, in the year 1883. He pre- pared for the Tech at the Elgin High School, and during these days, it is said, lie numbered his lady friends by the score, but when he laid aside his high school cares to assume the more complex ones of Armour he realized that it was necessary for him to give up one or the other. Consequently he vowed never to be seen in the company of a fair one as long as he paid his daily visits to Thirty-Third Street, and as far as we know his promise has remained un- broken. His first years with us were struggling ones, in which Physics and Math played an important part. However, lie eventually overcame these obstacles and lias succeeded in remaining with the Class throughout the course. As a theo- iist “ Red does not pose as a star, but when it comes to practical application of things heard in the class room no one can give him pointers. There is one class of work of which lie cannot get enough and that is “ A study of the action of alarm valves.” During the past semester lie has not had the opportunity to investigate this to any considerable extent, inasmuch as he has been devoting his attention to “ The Influence of Xozzle Design upon the Discharge Coefficient of Auto- matic Sprinklers.” “Nothing is More Amiable than True Modesty THE SENIOR CLASS BQGE Rlectrical Engineering. Prepared at Salida High School, Sali- da, Colorado. Thesis Subject: Retardation Test of Generators. Tan Beta Pi. Omega Lambda. Eta Kappa Xu. Class Treasurer (4). B. B. Club. E. C. Dobbie, the eminent treasurer of the Senior Class, is from Colorado, Salida, Colorado, to be exact, and he is proud of it. This breezy bit of Western strenuosity first blew into this world on September 11. 1887, at Salida, Colorado, of course. Surrounded by the mountains of this state he developed into quite a likely lad with a way about him which was all his own. After finishing his course at the local high school, Salida again, he hied him hitherwards to learn all there was to be known about electricity, in order to go back home after his graduation and have a say in the vast hydro-electric and transmission line enterprises for which his home state is justly famous. Ed has very decided opinions about everything, and he lets every one know what they are too. He speaks right out in meeting, and there is never any doubt as to where he stands when he has finished. A plain, outspoken, forceful man is he. Dobbie seldom loses time in going after what he wants. His record shows that he secures results, and there is no beating about the bush about it either. Recognizing these good qualities, the Seniors honored him with the position of Class Treasurer at the election last fall. Never before has the exchequer of the 1911 Class been in such a flourishing condition, never before have the individual members been so willing, almost eager, to settle their obligations to the Class, and all because of the Dobbie “ Big Stick. His greatest grievance, let us mention here, is that the Archi- tects WILL not contribute to the Class funds. The Class has legislated time and again in reference to the Class dues of the Architects, who were always supremely indifferent. Even the threats and persuasions of Dobbie availed nothing.—they remained obdurate. Thick-skinned? Oh. very. But to get back to the original proposition. Dobbie is from the West. big. bluff, energetic, firm in his opinions, and outspoken,—especially outspoken. “ O, young Lochinvar is conic out of the IVcst. 51 Awwmnt IN «Ti rr7TK n r r rr Y THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK a 19 11 (Jb . Ub. kQ KiuxTT Electrical Engineering. Prepared at Tomah High School, To- imh, Wisconsin. Tau Beta Pi. Omega Lambda. Eta Kappa Nu. Class Treasurer (3). A. r. E. E. On the night of June 29, 1886, a small boy was seen running through the streets of the town of Highmore, S. D., shouting to all the inhabitants, “ Walter White Drew, the great electrical engineer, was born tonight.” And such, indeed, was the case. Walter was destined to become an expert on mat- ters electrical in nature, and he has kept faith with his destiny. Walter, or “ Torchv,” as he is sometimes called by his affectionate friends because of his sunset crown, received his high school education at Tomah, Wis- consin, which city still claims him as a home product. After graduating with highest honors, he looked about for new worlds to conquer. He knocked about in various capacities, chief of which was probably that of motor tester with the Mechanical Appliance Company. Milwaukee. “ W. W. has always distinguished himself while here as a thorough-going, hard-working, independent sort of a cuss. A student in the best sense of the word, but also a jolly good fellow who delights in a good joke as much as anyone and who can tell a story with the best of them. He passed Physics and Math with ease, and had no trouble making Tau Beta Pi in his Junior year. Drew has added the Omega Lambda and Eta Kappa Nu frat pins to his col- lection since. A number of generators are being subjected to a so-called “ retardation test under the watchful eyes of the demon Drew and his Omega Lambda pals, Dobbie, illiams, and illiams. The results are calculated to astonish the scientific world when they appear in thesis form. “Call Him Wise Whose Actions, Words, and Steps arc all a Clear BECAUSE to a Clear WHY” 52 Electrical Engineering. Prepared at Lake View High School. Thesis Subject: Efficiency Test of A [abbs Electric Elevator. Chairman 1911 Smoker Committee. Business Manager 1911 Class Book. A. I. E. E. Chapin Club. Our genial ' Phil ” was blown into this Windy City of ours on a tempes- tuous summer’s day. the 7th of August, 1890. He evidently found the sur- roundings to his taste, for he has remained loyal to “ old Chi ” ever since. The Lake View High School had the high honor to prepare him for the more ardu- ous duties of a college student, although he did not suffer a nervous breakdown caused by overwork. Lake View was always known for the beauty of its co-eds. This extremely young and inexperienced youth entered the portals of A. I. T. with his good friends and boon companions, McCague. Fenn. and Snow, which makes him a 1911 man. Phil has maintained the consistent policy of preventing all danger caused by excessive study.—he has ever been one of the Electricals’ best men in every way without unduly exerting his well-developed natural faculties. At studying he always was a dilettante, choosing his subjects and devoting the necessary time to them with an air of languid ennui. He is on the Smoker Committee’s activities. The Class, and in a larger sense the school, owes Phil a hearty “ Thanks, old man ” for his disinterested and successful management of the 1911 Smoker. Never again, unless it be in the report of the 1P11 Class Book Publication Board, will the Class hear such an accurate and careful report as Eickenberg presented on the Smoker Committee’s activities. He has amply proven himself a capable business as well as technical man. Phil is an authority on switchboards. He designed these vital parts of an electric installation for Henry Newgard and Company throughout his Junior year. In a few years we expect Phil to be one of the country’s leading switch- board experts. Clever Persons are always the Pest Encyclopedia.” 53 armour INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. .19 11. Civil Engineering. Prepared at Crane Technical High School. Thesis Subject: Bond Stress of Lap Reinforced Concrete Beams. Business Manager Armour Engineer (4). Sphinx. C. E. S. Checker Champion (3). “ Gussie need not look for engineering work on leaving school. He will get hold of the steel or sugar trust or some such organization, establish himself as business manager, and he riding around in a 600 HP. automobile, while we are sharpening our ruling pens and buying tracing cloth preparatory to seeking a position. The “ Owl was born in Chicago on May 23. 1888, took all that Crane High had to offer, and came here for a year of Academv before entering with us in 1907. Gussie started his college days by convincing the Freshmen that it is im- possible to be a live stude without stocking up on pennants, fobs, and other decorations. Then the calling of the stage became so strong within him that he could resist no longer. He turned into a George M. Cohan in his Junior year to compose and produce the catch of the season in his Professor X. which has equalled the record of all runs at the Tech. The following year we see his name attached to the business end of the Armour Engineer. With such ease did he persuade manufacturers and engineers that his publication was the best medium to bring results that the question arises whether another could have increased the amount of space devoted to “ ads ” three-fold, which was done under his efficient management. “People will Talk, there is no Preventing it. THE SENIOR CLASS BGOE Electrical Engineering. Born at Jersey City, N. J., May 18. 1888. Prepared at University I ligh School. Eta Kappa Xu. Alpha Chi. A. T. E. E. “ Gib ” Emmons is the prize talker of the Electricals, so much so in fact that we are inclined to think that his nickname might well be changed to “ Glib ’ He can talk at any time, for any length of time, about any subject, electrical preferred. The best part of it is that he is able to mix facts and fancies in such a bewildering manner that he soon “gets anybody’s goat.” If he does not talk himself into fame and fortune after he leaves school, we greatly miss our guess. Emmons has been dubbed “ Steinmetz ” by his brethren, and an appropri- ate epithet it is. Gib is right there when it comes to anything in the electrical engineering line. It comes natural to him. and what he cannot figure out himself he can pick up from others with the greatest ease. Not to insinuate, however, that he assimilates facts or theories without digesting them. Gib last year was one of the operatives of the North Shore Electric Co., working nights, and in this capacity not only showed his fellow-workers a thing or two about running frequency-changer sets and throwing alternators in par- allel. but incorporated in his store of knowledge many of the facts to be gleaned only from actual operating experience. Ever since lie has posed as an authority on all questions pertaining to such matters, and has often cast the deciding vote in controversies about some disputed point or other in Snow’s Operation and Testing. Emmons is lending his multifarious talents to the design of a turbine plant, which he. Sam Todd, and Bill Tellin are preparing as a thesis to be presented to the Electrical Department. “ Glib of Tongue and Quick of IT it. 55 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Civil Engineering. Prepared at Hyde Park High School. Thesis Subject: Design of a Six- Hundred Span Highway Sus- pension Bridge across the Great Miami River at Dayton. Ohio. Corresponding Secretary of Civil So- ciety (4). “ Shorty ” is a Cleveland, Ohio, product, for here it was that he entered into this cosmos on the twenty-fourth of June, 1890. He chose Hyde Park High for his prep work, and while there in his Senior year he filled the posi- tion of Business Manager of the Hyde Park Annual. In this capacity he ac- quitted himself of his duties with vigor and integrity. Here at Armour he has served the Civil Society as Corresponding Secretary in 1910-T1, a position which he also filled with great circumspection. Erickson’s star work, aside from correcting the Junior papers, appears on the drawing board. The products of his drafting pen are the envy of every man in the Class, and the combination of natural ability and plenty of plugging which he possesses is bound to give results in the future. Oscar is one to whom his classmates go with any question which per- plexes them, and he is usually able, as well as willing, to answer them. Before finishing, he it recorded that he is a “ Swede ” and is proud of it. If all his compatriots arc as much of a good scout as “ Erick” we would be pleased to meet more of them. None of the Civils surely will ever forget him. Keep your eyes on this rising young engineer. Nothing less than a great future awaits him. ‘7; Stillness Talent forms Itself.” 56 Mechanical Engineering. Prepared at Englewood High School. Thesis Subject: Installation and Test of a Three-Ton Ice Plant. Tan r� eta Pi. Vice-President A. S. M. E. Sub-Marshal, Junior Week. Class Baseball (4). Class Basketball (4). J. Grant Fenn. better known as “ Tubby,” commonly referred to as “ Chief Disturber ” and “ Champion Heavyweight Rough-houser of the Mech Lab,” came to earth December 16, 1890, at a place on the map called Chicago. He has been living here ever since as nearly as can be ascertained, was graduated from Englewood High School, and entered Armour Institute in the fall of 1907. Fenn’s greatest characteristic is excessive energy, both applied and mis- applied. When it is applied to good purpose, we often get a glimpse of the smoldering flames of a great engineer. When misapplied, we get a glimpse of mangled bodies and broken necks. Ask McCague. Tis a bit of fact not generally known and made public here for the first time, that our beloved Class President, while assisting J. Grant Fenn to carry a very heavy board for construction purposes at the Ice Plant, was deliberately pushed ’.into a small crevice adjacent to the concrete cooling-water tank and the heavy board will- fully and intentionally dropped on his neck. But for the timely assistance off C. E. Beck. Mac might have fared very badly. Fenn is cpiite a billiard shark, can win a game of chess now and then, and drinks only pure Michigan straight. He denies that the thought of mar- riage ever entered into his head. From a better personal knowledge of this chap, however, we are inclined to think that his expression concerning matri- mony is quite opposite to his feeling. He is known to have numerous friends among the fair sex. and it is just those most emphatic about this matter who are always the first to fall for the old marriage gag. “Mischief, thou art Swift to Enter into the Thoughts of Men:' 57 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LunuKL THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. 19 11 Prepared at Springfield High School. Springfield, Ohio. Glee Club (3), (4). Y. M. C. A. C. E. S. If you have ever happened into the Civil Drafting Room during the last three or four years you have probably noted that small, quiet, little fellow,— a man who says little but does much. It is Tirrel J. Ferrenz. For the sake of a little variety he came from Springfield, Ohio, becoming one of her proud sons on July 18, 1889. He was in the 1907 graduating class of the Springfield High School. The first thing about “ T. J.” that attracts one's attention are his large, expressive, soulful eyes. Consequently it was no great surprise that we all learned that he was making such a conquest among the fair sex, along with that lady-bug, Johnson. The tales and adventures of Laura Jean Libbey have always been most interesting to Tirrel, and in fact he made the statement that she is bv all means his favorite writer. He is also an ardent supporter of equal rights for women. He is certainly strong for the fair sex. Although of immature years he has made his mark as an artist and cartoonist. This spring Tirrel passed a two- days’ examination for Aid in the Government Coast and Geodetic Survey. He was appointed to the Washington, D. C., Post. Ferrenz is an earnest worker in the Y. M. C. A. and was also a member of the Glee Clubs of 1909-1910 and 1910-1911. He always did aspire to be a songbird. In the “Glue Club” he found an outlet for his talents in this direction. He shines as one of Professor Leigh’s most gifted baritones. We will all have to take our hats off to Tirrel for tackling a thesis like his alone, for he has chosen nothing short of a “ Proposed Outer Harbor for the City of Chicago ” as his subject. We wish him good luck. “Music hath Charms to Soothe the Savage Breast” 58 Electrical Engineering. Prepared at Wheaton, 111., and Walla Walla, Wash., High Schools. Thesis Subject: Rotary Transform- mer for Direct Currents. Eta Kappa Xu. Secretary and Treasurer A. I. E. E. Assistant Business Manager 1911 Class Book. A rosy-cheeked youngster made his appearance in the Fletcher household at Wayne, 111., on September 11, 1888. It was none other than our “Jimmy.” He was evidently fond of the environment of his baby days, for he has made his home in that vicinity ever since. “ Flick ” attended Wheaton High School for three years altogether, all but his Junior year. This found him far out West, in the Walla Walla High School in the state of Washington. The co-eds there were not up to the Wheaton standard of feminine beauty, which explains the fact that Flick returned to the scene of his former triumphs to end his prep school career in a blaze of glory. Fletcher is one of the most popular chaps among the Electricals. He is a great hustler and makes an agreeable impression on all by his energetic man- ner. He performed his duties as secretary and treasurer of the Armour Branch of the A. I. E. E. with great conscientiousness, and the way he has worked early and late in the interest of this volume is highly appreciated by his class- mates. None has done more than he to insure its success. Flick toiled many days last summer in the employ of the Aurora and Elgin Railway, and learned much about the behavior of the synchronous converter as it is applied in railroad work. Our little friend does not allow his preparation for the position of an en- gineer to stand in the way of his fussing too much. lie is an able exponent of the “ game of hearts.” A brisk, cheery, handsome “ broth of a boy ” it is. We all think highly of him. and predict a successful career for him, for none is more capable of taking care of himself than “ Flick ” Fletcher. A Human Dynamo ” 59 ARMOUJl INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY JLiUtfiAKL THE SLR [O’ R Cl LASS BOOllC ) Architecture. Prepared at Bronson (Mich.) and Hyde Park High Schools. Class Track (2). Atelier Baseball (1). Massier of Atelier (4). Massier of Class (2), (3), (4). Ralph Friedman made his debut on March 10, 1890, in the little village of Warren. 111. After he had been graduated from the grammar school he attended the local high school until the Friedman family moved to Chicago, where Ralph became a member of the 1906 Class at Hyde Park. Friedman’s first two years as an Armour Architect were spent in hard study. One of his chief aims was to earn an “ A ” in every study, and by the record in the Deans’ Office he must have succeeded. In the Sophomore year of our career Ralph was elected Massier of his class at the Art Institute, and he has held this office down with credit for three consecutive years. Some record, what? If Roosevelt comes to Chicago, he ought to get acquainted with Ralph and get some pointers on the third term system. In athletics Ralph won honors for the Atelier by helping to win the Atelier baseball game in 1907. He further distinguished himself in his Junior year by blossoming out as a fusser. He became famous in another way by passing the State Board examination and is now a full-fledged architect. In his Senior year our Massier became “Professor of Architecture” at the Chicago Technical College. In this position, like in all of his others, he has made good. “ Irish ” is somewhat of a politician, and we hope to live to see the day, when he is an Alderman. ITis ability at electioneering ought to gain him such a great honor. Friedman’s thesis is “ A Design of a Hotel in a Winter Resort.” He has had considerable experience in designing, and his study of state entrances will help him vastly in this undertaking. “ He Ruled them with a Rod of Iron ” 60 r. Electrical Engineering. Born at Winfield, Kans., Nov. 3, 1883. Prepared at Winfield High School. Tau Beta Pi. Eta Kappa Xu. A. I. E. E. Kansas is the state from which the simon-pure, triple-action insurgents come from, and Armour has one of its best specimens. Gentlemen, the Hon. Mark E. Gault, the Gentleman from Winfield. Didn’t know he was an insurgent? He looks meek and harmless enough? So he does, we admit. We would not think he would harm a fly, although he does claim to be an anarchist by politi- cal persuasion. Then why this designation as an insurgent? Harken, it is a long story: Last summer Mark was greatly surprised when returning from luncheon one day to find his desk in the Chapin Hall Drafting Room piled ceiling-high with cylinders, cross-heads, and other cast iron implements. The flighty Juniors who had played this joke on him laughed with glee and dubbed him “ Chief Cast Iron Mover. ’ But they laughed too soon. Here is where the insurgent part comes in. Gault put down his foot, and it was the joy-convulsed jokesters, whose names are withheld by special and urgent request, who did the moving. That’s the sort of a man Gault is, good-natured and pleasant, but do not in- fringe on his rights, or presto, he turns insurgent. The Class boasts of a large number of humorists and near-humorists, but Gault is one of the few who are really possessed of a genuine, wholesome fund of humor. The especial kind he affects is the slow, drawling. Yankee brand. But do not imagine that joking is his only occupation,—Gault is a Tau Bet and a great deal of an authority on electrical studies with which we are burdened. At odd times in the past year Mark has been amusing himself by cracking the insulation off enameled wire, thus killing two birds with one stone. The “ birds ” were a remuneration from the company for which he performed these tests, and the thesis which he hopes to receive on the 25th of May, a remunera- tion also, but of a different sort. “Good Humor is the Health of the Soul.ff 61 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OJF TEOHNOLOGr X.JLBRARX. THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK Born August 17, 1888, at Chicago. Prepared at Wendell Phillips High School. Thesis Subject: Automobile Trans- mission Test. A. S. M. E. Goldberg came from the Wendell Phillips High School, a half year late. Perhaps this explains why he always gets to “Thermo” at 8: 45. He has the distinction of being one of the few to start behind and catch up with the rest. Goldberg has a hobby that is going to surely make him a rich man some day, if he lives long enough. You see, he knew that if he got started in the adding machine business he could multiply his money faster than any ordinary mortal; he also sees the necessity of dividing it with another in al)out six years. He has recently invented a kind of ink that will carry an electric cur- rent. His idea is probably one of considerable value in catching bad bank clerks or accountants. Goldberg intends to hook up a bank ledger in such a way that if a clerk tampers with the figures he will get a tremendous shock. Dave will soon have it arranged so that when you write down a column of figures and want to add them up. all you have to do is to connect the top and bottom figures in series with a Goldberg Electric Summeter, and you will have the sum indicated and recorded immediately. Unfortunately, however, this was not a suitable thesis subject for Dave: the prospect of some joy-rides on the Halladay car caused him to defer work on his adding machine. He is living in the Machine Shop now until he gets his dynamometer built. Then he and Parsons will take us for some of the most exhilarating stationary rides that we ever dreamed of in our worst nightmares. If our imagination has been well developed by descriptive geometry, we can see ourselves living past fence-posts, cheering crowds, and even Barney Oldfield. Dave will be a second Thomas Edison if his adding machine does not sub- tract from his life. “ ; arentor of Something Besides Excuses 62 Electrical Engineering. Prepared at Medill High School. Hertzian Society. Chicago claims this rising young telephone expert as its own. It is on the Great W est Side that “ Goldie ” was born, the date being July 29, 1889, it was here he grew up. it was here he attained his preliminary education. He at- tended Medill High School, and after being graduated from there, enrolled at A. I. T. Goldberg has worried through his Tech work some way or other, he was forced to. for he had little time for study. He has been a trouble man for the Chicago Telephone Company for a number of years, and it is his evenings which he devoted to locating and disposing of the thousand and one sources of trouble and annoyance with which a telephone system is blessed. Being quick of perception this occupation was merely child’s play for him. and in addition it served to teach him a great variety of facts relating to telephones in general and the local Bell system in particular, so much so that he could give even Professor Moreton pointers on these matters. Goldie did not think discretion the better part of valor during the recent strike.—he stuck gamely to his post. Noble Boy! Goldberg and Sackheim are making tests of wattmeters here, there, and everywhere about the electrical laboratories. We have no doubt that these nu- merous experiments will serve to unearth some very valuable facts, which will result ultimately in a sheepskin for these two cronies of the Electrical Depart- ment. If our friend Goldberg continues to meet and master every problem placed before him as he has in the past (and he has enjoyed some mighty interesting tilts with “ Doc ” Campbell) we feel safe in predicting a successful career for him. And let us hope that the gentle art of bluffing acquired at Armour will also be of assistance to him. “He Who Seeks Trouble Sever Misses It.” 63 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY i-HiRAKr. I. Electrical Engineering. Prepared at Whangonui Collegiate School, New Zealand, and at Armour Scientific Academy. A. T. E. E. In our glorious Class many states and countries are represented, but the man who has come the farthest to become one of us is without a doubt Gray. He hails from the Antipodes, having been born in far-off New Zealand as early as 1882, no closer information as to the date being given. The name of his birthplace sounds sufficiently New Zealandese, it is Waiohika Gisborne. Gray has offered us considerable information recently adding to and amplifying the remarks of our Australian friend, that delightful Englishman, Mr. Logue. He has been sufficiently peaceful around these parts, however, as long as we have known him. Gray has restrained his natural ferocity, and nobody has been boomeranged by him. At Armour Gray has allied himself with Robert Hav,—sounds well, doesn't it. “Hay and Gray”?—both in jxnver plant design and thesis work. For the latter these two have chosen a tough proposition, viz. the Design and Manufacture of the Rotor of a Boucherot Induction Motor. The theory of the induction motor is no child's play, you will admit. Not to say, however, that this proposition will not be handled adequately by these gentlemen. Hay and Gray. Gray has not had time to take part in a great deal of School activities, for he is on the staff of the Commonwealth Edison Co. Besides he is a married man, with several hopefuls, and naturally the charms of his own home greatly outweigh any attractions which Armour could possibly offer. A great hobby of his is to sail through the spotless streets of our city on his fleet motor cycle. In person Gray is a quiet, modest, unassuming fellow.—a good deal of an Englishman, and a credit to the Class. And Melancholy Marked Him for Her Own” 64 THE SEN, IO' R Cl ✓71 ===gNF---—■ Q 4 4 LASS BOOK | Chemical Engineering. Prepared at Kearney High School and Kansas State Normal School. Thesis Subject: Production of Iodine and Potassium Salts from Sea- weed. Tau Beta Pi. President Chemical Club. President Nebraska Club. Glee Club (1), (2). (3), (4). Senior Class Book Staff. On February 5, 1887, “ Farmer ” Green for the first time sized up the natives in the town of Old Stanley. Xebr. As far as we know his boyhood days were peaceful and quiet. Attendance at church socials and prayer meetings furnished most of his excitement. He early became a pillar in the Methodist Church and attained prominence in the town by playing the organ for the church choir. This sort of life proving too restful, he went to the Kearney High School. Here the social life was stagnant, and our friend migrated to the Nebraska State Normal School, where there were co-eds a-plenty. Having looked the town of Kearney over thoroughly, he transferred his activities to the more interesting field of Chicago, and here he has been looking ever since. On arriving at Armour. Mr. Green was promptly given the name of “ Farm- er,” which name now overshadows the “ G. Vernon.” In a noiseless manner Farmer Green has taken unto himself the presidencies of two organizations and the managership of a third. In addition he has cleared the high hurdles of Math, Phiz, and Mechanics by a good foot, for which prowess he received a Tau P� et medal (notwithstanding the mystification caused among his friends). During four years at Armour George has become a very worldly man. He goes to dances in taxicabs, sleeps all day Sundays, and occasionally goes to such shows as the “ Follies,” where he clamors for a front seat. It would be a captious person, indeed, who would find fault with our friend “ Georgie ” and a veritable demon of bad temper who could draw him into a quarrel. He is never seen without a genial smile radiating peace and good humor on his immediate vicinity. lie has established himself a universal favor- ite. not only among the Chemicals, but also throughout the entire student body. “Good-Nature, that Benevolent and Amiable Temper of the Mind.” 65 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LIBRARY Architecture. Prepared at McKinley High School. Thesis Subject: A Design for a Man- sion for the President of the United States. Atelier. Bernhard Greengard was born in Germany, Nov. 24, 1888. Bernhard’s early schooling was all in Germany, and it was here that he first got the base- ball fever. 'I bis laid such a hold on the poor boy that he came to America in 1904. and he has lived in dear old “ Chi ” ever since. Bernhard attended the McKinley High School and after graduating entered Armour Institute in the fall of 1907. registering in the Architectural Department. Anybody going through the Freshman Drafting Room in those days would notice the little man around the corner, for he was distinguished from the others not by looks, but by his studiousness. He never cracked a smile at the “ rough-house ” going on around him. but paid strict attention to work. This gained him the nickname “ Oblivious,” but in the springtime Oblivious struck off on a tangent, and was one of the most enthusiastic of rooters at the base- ball park. Did we cut to go to the games? Of course not. we just went, and ten chances to one our teacher was there before us. Bernhard had little to say in his Sophomore and Junior years, but was very industrious and turned out some mighty fine pieces of work. This early training showed to advantage in his Senior year when he walked off with the annual ” Travelling Scholarship Brize. There is none more deserving of it than he. and the Seniors and Juniors all wish him “ Bon Voyage.” Greengard showed his appreciation by entertaining the Seniors and Juniors with a dinner at the Tip-Top Inn. Bernhard is exceedingly clever with the cartoonist's pencil, and scarcely anyone escapes this one devilish element of his make-up. “ The Architect of His Own Fortunes” 66 Mechanical Engineering. Born October 19, 1885, at Rockford. 111. Thesis Subject: Efficiency Test of a Blower. Secretary A. S. M. E. (4). “ Griff ” belongs in Lincoln's state, as you might know by his rugged coun- tenance. It is hard for us to believe that Griff ever went to a high school, but he did: he has all the appearances of being a self-made man. one of the kind tnat learned the three R’s while he stoked in a Rockford 1)oiler room. Ah! how well we remember his melodious voice as it soared across the Drafting Room so many times. “ Fritz, have you got a nickel? Canman's going for pie.” That is only one incident in a wondrous school career. If he was not calling for pie. he was arguing with someone about some figure in the fourth decimal place. If someone made a statement that the product of two numbers was 256.7. Griff would step it off on his complex stick and get 256.6899. Frank is a great authority on air. that is, cold air. He gives you more than enough cold air to make up for it’s not being hot. His stories are to be taken with lots of salt. Griff is also a crank on pumps and electric motors. When we go to heaven (or rather “if ), something will be missing if we do not see Griffiths and Cummins on their hands and knees trying to calibrate a motor at low speeds. Griff knows so much about blowers that report has it that he has already turned down three jobs because he knows that he can build a better blower than anyone else, being an excellent “ blower ” himself. Francis is enamored of a certain very fine young lady, and we are told he intends to stay in Chicago. Maybe lie will be the first to leap the gap. How we envv him! “He that hath Patience may Accomplish Anything.” 67 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OK TECHNOLOGIC LiHliAHL “Hoot, mon, dinna ye ken that we have a Scot amangst us?” Certainly, we have. A Scotchman through and through is Robert Hay, as Scotch as Harry Lauder himself. He was born in Stewarton in bonnie Ayrshire, Scotland, on Nov. 24. 1885. It must have cost him an awful wrench to tear himself away from the glens and rocky crags of the land of Burns, but the separation was ac- complished and Bobby found himself a native of the mountain-bound West of our own great country. At the present time Mr. Hay Sr. is the owner of a large ranch near Rock Springs, Wyoming, which all goes to show that the trans- fer of the Hay family from Scotland to the United States was not unprofitable, at least in a material way. Robert found a great inclination towards a technical career stirring in his bosom, and nothing short of departing for Chicago would satisfy him. He ar- rived at Armour and immediately joined the Scotch Society, of which such celebrities as “ Doc ” Campbell, Dr. Colledge, “ Jimmy ” Little, are prominent members. At one time Robert and the author of Campbell's Calculus promised to become warm friends. Hay has shown himself capable of handling about everything the Faculty could provide in the cause of prevention of sleep. Pie does not make much of a fuss and goes ahead in his own way. and he is generally “ in at the finish.” Electricity has been his special hobby, as it should be, and he has imbibed a great deal more of useful information than many of his more pretentious classmates. Robert has been making a close study of induction motors. He and Gray are designing one of the pesky things, the “ squrl cage ” type at that, and they are in great hopes of making it run if ever it should be built. “ A Man's a Man for a' that ” bUtUZU, Electrical Engineering. Prepared at Wendell Phillips High School. Thesis Subject: Comparative Test of Mercury Arc and Murphy Rec- tifiers. A. I. E. E. Secretary of Hertzian Society. Chapin Club. Assistant to Allen. Chief Insurgent of Senior Class. Immediately to your right, ladies and gentlemen, you behold the famous possessor of the smile-that-won’t-come-oflf,’ the man who can abuse you with terrific indictments and at the same time wear a beatific smile, never meaning half of what he says, the intrepid leader of the notorious ‘ Heitner Gang Chief of the Senior Insurgents, President of the Don’t-Worry Club, charter member of the Sons of Rest, and leading agitator for the Anti-Peace Society! ” Look at that calm, peaceful, visage,—it is our own Walter Heitner, who considers his presence at the Tech indispensable. Has he not guided the first toddling steps of the Freshies over the hard places in the Forge Shop for two years along with that other noted Irish educator, Professor Miquc? And has he not helped Chief Engineer Allen “start up the big machine ” many a time in the last few years? Walter smiled his first sunshine-distributing smile on April 6. 1888, and Chicago is the place which he selected for this high honor. Chicago and he have been inseparable ever since. At the tender age of seventeen lie entered Armour with the Class of 1910. His aforesaid activities in the “ smithy ” and his well- defined policy of taking things easy are the cause of our having the privilege of counting Walter among the crew of 1911. Heitner is without a doubt the possessor of the sunniest temper and the greatest capacity for mischief among all the Seniors. Anything that he and his fellow-insurgents, the Mild German and the Wild Irishman, do not perpetrate is not worth bothering about, it must be dull. tame, and unprofitable. Still, beneath all the devil-may-care exterior of this youth, there is a great deal of genuine ability waiting only to be stirred up. Let him have a worthy cause of inspiration and lie will accomplish great things. “He is so Full of Pleasant Aneedote.” 69 armour INSTITUTE OF TECHNO LOOT JLXJBRARr. Thesis Subject: Waterproofing of Concrete. Senior Class Book Staff. Tan Beta Pi. Omega Lambda. Prepared at Maine Township High School. Des Plaines, 111. Civil Engineering. It is a great surprise to most of us to hear that this large manly fellow is so young and yet possessed of so much experience and knowledge of affairs. Although barely twenty-one, for “ Bubbles ” was ushered into our little world on May 5, 1890. he has the manner and bearing of a man of years,—a true Senior. Before George came to us some had a vague idea of having heard of Des Plaines before, without being exactly able to place it, but now the home town of this “ live wire ” has become world-renowned. Surely those village fathers ought to award him a paving contract or the like for his fame-attracting ability, when he gets out into the world. To resume: Hills received his preparatory training at the Maine Township High School, located at Des Plaines, 111., graduating with the class of 1906 and entering the Tech the same year. During his Sophomore year George was forced to remain out of school and owing to that fact he is now in the ranks As a student “Bubbles” holds an enviable record, which fact is attested by his election to Tan Beta Pi in his Senior year. He is full of original ideas and is a thinker,—a good hand at getting to the bottom of everything. In ad- dition. he is one of the few who can put their book learning and theory into practice, as his record with the Chicago Subway Commission will show, in other words, a well-balanced man. of 1911. “ Skilled in Debate and Logic.” 70 THE SENIOR CLASS BQGBC 19 11 Civil Engineering. Prepared at Armour Scientific Acad- emy. Thesis Subject: Design of a Trun- nion Bascule Bridge. Secretary of Civil Society (3), (4). Class Basketball (1), (2), (3). “ Pickles ” is a simon-pure Chicago boy. having been born here on March 29, 1890. The West Side fervently believed itself possessor of a prodigy, when at the age of three this precocious infant showed himself a master of the piano. “ Pickles Heinz is well able to deliver more than fifty-seven varieties ” if he is placed in front of anything with ivory keys. Hynes entered Armour in 1907 after three years of prep training, one of the eight Seniors who were graduated from the late-lamented Academy. Hynes is one of the few exponents of basketball, “ as she is played ’ of which the Class can boast. For three years his well-set-up form was a valuable cog in the Class basketball machine. He was a mighty good player, as scrappy as his Celtic name would lead one to believe. Up at summer camp in 1909, “ Heinzv ” held the enviable position of the small boy whose cousin lias a candy store, for from some generous source there came to him a supply of cookies and cakes that made him a much sought-after person. Four years of Armour have shown him to be one who came for business, but still kept in view other things beside the grind. The trunnion bascule bridge which Heinz ” and his inseparable friend and companion, “ Pomp ” Johnson, are designing is a work of art and a source of gratification to them as well as to the Civil Profs. Well Versed in Ye Gentle Arte of Musicke” 71 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LIBRARY 3. Chemical Engineering. Prepared at Armour Scientific Acad- emy. Thesis Subject: Wood Tar. Its Prop- erties and Utilization. Tan Beta Pi. Radical X. Treasurer Chemical Society (4). Class Baseball (3), (4). Assistant Editor 1911 Integral. Garret Bell James—no matter what way you arrange those words you will have a very aristocratic appellation. James was born in the Windy City some- where between the lake-front and Joliet along in 1890. Of his grammar school training we know but little, a fact observed in all great men. His prep train- ing was acquired at the Armour Scientific Academy, hence we see that the total time which he has spent around the ‘Stute has been some seven years. If one could get a moving picture of the development of Garry from the young- ster of Academy days to the wise (worldly?) Senior of 1911 one would note not a few changes. lie always had a habit of never missing a class. He has gotten over that to a considerable extent this last year, strange to relate. It was the day of the Freshman Rush of that memorable year 07-’08. that we were first introduced to Scot.” Time—about 8: 15 A. M. to 9: 36 A. M. Place—one of the trees in front of the Mission,—Garry tied there by some fiendish Sophs and compelled to miss two classes. Horrors! He could then and there see the hopes of his winning Tan Beta Pi laurels fading away in the dim distance. Garry's activities in school affairs were rather limited until near the end of his college career. Of course, we knew that he was a story teller of no mean ability, that his prowess with the driver and putter was above the average, and that he indulged in such exciting excursions as Thomas Orchestra concerts. But it was not until he became a Junior that we realized his true worth,—lie was made a Radic and was summoned as a Tail Beta Pi. Mis favorite diversion in good weather is to don a Prince Albert and silk hat and swing down the avenue, twirling a gold-headed cane. “His H its—Sharper than a Serpent’s Tooth.” THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK 19 11 Civil Engineering. Prepared at R. T. Crane High School. Thesis Subject: Spandrel Braced Re- inforced Concrete Arch. Omega Lambda. With us Jensen is simply known as the “ Dane, as wild and crazy as even Hamlet himself could possibly have been. Although Chicago claims him as one of her sons, which claim, by the way. dates from January 7. 1888. he is true and loyal to Denmark and stands upon his chair and yells whenever the Danish National Hymn is played. Jensen came to us in 1907 from the Crane Technical High School, Class of 1906. after working as draftsman for the American Bridge Company for one year. As a natural born comedian the Dane is a winner, lie always has plenty of his quaint sayings on tap. He has even been known to carry his comedy far into the night when others wanted to sleep,—ask Mandler, “ Slivers.” or “ Si.” —they all slept in the same cage at Summer Camp, 1908. Jens is one of the “ show-me ” kind of fellows that has to see everything before he believes it. and if lie cannot see it, he owns up to it instead of putting on a wise look and bluffing a Prof. The Dane even had enough nerve once to try to raffie off an old fiddle for the benefit of a Danish Old People's Home, and at this school, too,—can you beat it? When it comes to turning out good drafting at a 2: 40 clip. Jensen is strict- ly tliar. —good work at record time is his chief ambition. We might add that he is also quite a drummer, especially such drumming which can be adapted to Danish dancing. “ The Melancholy Dane ” 73 ARMOUR IW3TJLXUTJS OS' XEOHNOLOGr JLIRRARX. THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK Chemical Engineering. Prepared at Sioux City (Iowa) High School, Lake Forest College, Iowa State Agricultural Col- lege. Thesis Subject: Production of Iodine and Potassiumm Salts from Seaweed. Junior Play. Radical X. Phi Kappa Sigma. Vice-President Chemical Society (4). Behold another Westerner in the likeness of Harold S. Johnson, born way back in ’86, on May 23. at Storm Lake, Iowa. Now we know why his career has been somewhat “ stormy,” and why he came to this “ lake ” town. John has certainly encountered many colleges in his life-time. After grad- uating from Sioux City High School he concluded to become a good Presbyterian by attending Lake Forest. This, however, did not agree with him. so, after one year, he went to the Iowa Agricultural College, where he hoped to learn scientific farming. That was all very well, except that he had to get up too early in order to milk cows. The next summer “ Johnny ” spent in working at the Sioux City Stock Yards, getting acquainted with the animals, hogs especially. Sam first got the “ chemical bug ” in his noodle back in his high school days, and kept it there, allowing it to grow, until he finally decided to come to conquer the chemical course at A. I. T. Needless to sav, it was quite a change for such a tender youth to step from the easy times at Lake Forest and Iowa “ Aggie ” to the stern realities of Armour life. Nevertheless he has stuck to it, and has had a very good time besides. To tell the truth about it Johnny’s “ good times ” were quite often more in evidence than “ study times,” yet he always man- aged to pull down the goods. Johnson’s love for amusements is well evidenced by the fact that he has seen the Merry Widow eight times. It might be justice to him to say that he has given over the frivolities of under-class days to become the staid sedate Vice-President of the Chemical Society. Get Money; Still Get Money, Boy, No Matter by What Means.” 74 THE SENIOR CLASS BODE Civil Engineering. Prepared at Armour Scientific Acad- emy. Thesis Subject: Design of a Trun- nion Bascule Bridge. Civil Engineering Society. “ Johnny,” who was born of American parentage on the twenty-ninth of March, 1890, at Wilmington, Illinois, and took his prep work in our departed Academy, finishing in 1907. He has been fortunate in accumulating nicknames, answering either to “ Johnny ' “ The Duke,” or “ Pompadour John.” At present young Johnson is forced to divide his time about equally between his thesis and in evading the attentions showered upon him by the fair sex. He is the accepted Beau Brummcl of the Civil Department: anyone in the Drafting Room who may feel the need of a mirror or a manicure set will be fitted up by Johnny upon request. To him also belongs the credit for the in- troduction of the custom of using a daintily scented talcum powder in the place of chalk on tracing cloth. It is far more genteel. By keeping his spare thumb tacks in an empty perfume bottle, he has a drawer and drawing board that along the olfactory line will easily outclass any lady’s boudoir. But after all is said, Johnny is a hustler and a hard worker, and usually has his work just a little ahead of the rest of them. Good-natured and always will- ing to oblige, he has always done his share inside and out of his class work. The Apparel oft Proclaims the Man. 75 ARMOUR IWSTIXUTJB OJF TROHNOLOQT jUUJJKA.nr� THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK 19 11 Civil Engineering. Prepared at Marinette High School, Marinette, Wis. Thesis Subject: Hydroelectric Devel- opment on Big Salmon River. Idaho. Class President (3). President of Civil Society (4). President of Radical X. Phi Kappa Sigma. On the ninth of February, 1885, a stork of Welsh descent left “ Harvey ” in Neenah, Wisconsin. Common report in the Badger state has it that the first word he used was “Sir?” with a rising inflection. Jones finished his prep work in the Marinette High School in 1902, and between that year and 1906 developed state-wide fame as a lumber-jack, river- pig, and the mainstay of the Wisconsin Telephone Company. Harvey entered Armour Academy in 1906, and has been chasing knowledge ever since. He has made a great record in his studies and a still greater one outside of them. Harvey is our favorite candidate for president of anything from a ward organization to the United States, for he has often shown his aptitude for such a position. At present he is not running at his full capacity, for he is the chief officer of only two bodies, the Civil Society and the Radical X. Last year he showed his level head and perfect knowledge of the ubiquitous Robert's Rules of Order by subduing exuberant Juniors and untangling the in- volved affairs of our 09-' 10 organization time and again. The Class owes him an undying vote of thanks for this Herculean feat. “ Jonesy ’ is not a noisy sort of a chap, especially regarding himself, but for valid reasons there are few in the Class who are as well known among Ar- mour men as he is. He is quick to acquire the friendship of those who come in touch with him. and the significant part of it is. he retains it. “ A Depth of Sense, of Justice, of Courage 76 C. I - 'l Electrical Engineering. Prepared at Dallas City High School, Dallas City, 111., Lewis Insti- tute. A. I. E. E. Eta Kappa Xu. “Who is that tall, broad-shouldered, good-looking fellow ? ” is a question which we have often heard around the school, whenever we have visitors, and the answer in every case is “ That’s Kaiser.” Every time we contemplate that firm jaw, those massive shoulders, that huge frame, we drop a silent tear for that departed glory, football at Armour. What a fullback gone to waste! But do not be led to infer from this that Kaiser is a fierce warlike person. For he is not,—he is the soul of easy good nature and modest companionship. But these are not his only good qualities.—no, indeed,—Kaiser is the bright particular star of the Freeman School of Philosophy. Coming to us last fall fresh from Lewis where he had attained highest honors as Junior Technical Class President, he showed his mettle by finishing the semester the only one of thirty-six to annex an “ A in Alternating Currents. “ Praise from Caesar is praise indeed. And there was not one of the remaining thirty-five who did not concede that Kaiser had earned it legitimately. Which all shows his great ability and popularity. “ Hocli der Kaiser! ” Bible Grove, Missouri, is the birthplace of this prodigy, and it was the twelfth of August, 1888, when he conferred this boon on it. His prep training lie took together with his good friend Meyers at the Dallas City. Illinois, High School. The friendship then begun has prevailed until now. for we always find these two together,—whether it be at ordinary routine school affairs or the- sis work or working at the Fisk and Quarry Street Stations of the Common- wealth Edison Company. And everywhere they go. they make their presence felt. “ He was a Man, Take Him for All in All” 77 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LIUJUAJttr. Civil Engineering. Horn at Chicago, Aug. 30, 1888. Prepared at Armour Scientific Acad- emy. Thesis Subject: Two Hinged Span- drel Braced Steel Arch. Tau Beta Pi. Radical X. Civil Society. President Chapin Club (4). Board of Athletic Control (3), (4T College Track Team (1). Kellner has been a “ name to conjure with ” for the last five years around “ Armour Scollege,”—two world-famed brothers of that name, Walter and Otto, have forever endeared themselves to all who hail the name Armour as their Alma Mater. Otto began his illustrious career together with his brother and the others of that matchless gang of Roughnecks, the 1910 Civils, but owing to the fact that he spent a semester elsewhere lie has been able to become one of us. Otto is a German from the “ Xord Seite,” where so many of our Civils hail from. Daily he takes great delight in a perilous journey over the “ Through Route 22” line to and from his place of toil ( ?x—!). Tie is a great favorite among the Civils and besides is some splash around the school, as already stated. In athletics the lithe Mr. Kellner has been a dominating factor, not only in track work, but also as a member of the Board of Athletic Control. The Kellner family has been represented on the Board for three consecutive sea- sons, Otto having been a member two years. As a drawing card at the dramatic enterprises pushed by Armour interests Otto has earned undying fame. During the course of the Musical Bun, the Junior Play of 1909. Kellner’s original parodies “What D’ye Think O’ That ? ” sung in an inimitable manner made an indelible impression on our young minds. Otto’s great popularity was further proven by his election as President of Chapin Club this year. Among his other marks for distinction we can men- tion his election to Tau Beta Pi and the Radical X. Kellner is the idol of the Civils, and can have about anything which he wants from them. His vein of humor is inexhaustible, and his general all around ability stamp him as one of the fellows who are really worth while. “An Ounce of a Man's Own Wit is Worth a Ton of Other People's.” 78 THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK Electrical Engineering. Prepared at Lockport High School, Lockport. Illinois. Thesis Subject: Design of a 30,000 K. W. Central Station. A. I. E. E. Ever since the year 1888 the hamlet of Homer, Illinois, celebrates the third of December as a holiday. It was this day on which “ Conny ” decided to honor the town by being born there. A noiseless infant, he was intent only on keeping out of harm’s way. Early in life he evinced an uncontrollable desire to get to the bottom of things, even if it was only a jar of mother’s jam. This love of investigation has stuck with him ever since. A very shy, good-natured lad is Frank, but he is a good student, a conscious worker, and an investigator into hidden mysteries. Speaking of mysteries “ Conny ” could find nothing which would so fully occupy him as the cryptic current. To fully probe into the nature and workings of the “ juice ” lie embarked for Chicago and Armour after completing his prep work at the Lockport High School, eager to absorb all the A. I. T. faculty could offer along technical lines. In the due course of time “ Conny ” allied himself with a celebrated crowd of electrical experts, and the partnership of Bloomfield. Eickenberg. Mabbs, Konicek. and Witte was formed. This was early in the first semester of this year. This combination of talent has the art of working and “ working up ” experiments in the Dynamo and Mcch Labs perfected to an exact science. The division of labor is apportioned to a nicety by this group of geniuses.—“ Phil the directing engineer. “ Wit ’ the mathematical engineer. Jake ” the data man, etc. But always you will find Konicek in the fight where the firing is heaviest, always doing his share and doing it well, and always ready to do more than justly comes to him. That’s “ Conny all over. “Speak but Little ami Well if You Would be Esteemed a Man of Merit. 79 1HMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LliiiLA.nr. Electrical Engineering. Prepared at Gowanda High School, Gowanda, New York. A. I. E. E. Gowanda. a name to conjure with, a name which has music in it. Gowanda, N. Y., it is where one of our studious little Electricals. J. Herbert Kuehne, was ushered into this world. The date of this auspicious event was ATav 16, 1886. Evidently liking the euphony of the town’s name, this youngster remained there long enough to obtain a high school diploma. As an Armour man Kuehne has had an intermittent career, if you will par- don the expression. It has been a case of “off again, on again” with him, and for this reason : J. H. believes in the theory of acquiring practical and theo- retical training in about equal proportions. Hence his record of three years’ experience in actual testing of electrical appliances. In person this son of the Rhine, (No, Bernice, Kuehne is not a Celt.—he can even wrestle successfully with the Zeitschrift) is tall and attenuated, in man- ner quiet and reserved. He likes his work and is tremendously interested in all matters electrical. When the Edison storage battery appeared on the market not very long ago after years of experimentation and exploitation by the Great Inventor, this enter- prising young man decided to investigate the matter thoroughly and see if the ar- ticle lived up to its advertisements. Accordingly he inveighled “ Andy ” to cast his fate with him and make a series of tests on the new-fangled battery which would settle the matter for all time to come. We feel confident that the reward will be duly forthcoming for Kuehne deserves it. he is so unobstrusive. earnest, studious, and NOT fussy,—anything but that. Silently Thinking, Silently Working.” 80 THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. Civil Engineering. Prepared at Medill High School. Thesis Subject: Bond Stress of Lap Reinforced Concrete Beams. Class Baseball (2 . C. E. S. Herman was born in Chicago back in 1889, on the 22nd of February. He took his prep work at Joseph Medill High School, being graduated from there in 1906. He entered Armour in 1907, and has been a regular member of our Class since then. A good earnest worker, he left his books long enough to help our Class ball team make good in 1908 and later in 1910 he helped add to “ Pa ” Phillips’ gray hairs at summer camp. Mention of his name in the local society circles of those northern woods stills draws a flutter of excitement from the ladies. Herman is one of the Civil pool sharks, and at times the arguments be- tween him and “ Sophie ” Bredlau, his hand-fast companion, grow fast and furious. His greatest worry in life is helping Bredlau secure his naturalization papers and to prevent his friend from falling into the clutches of the avaricious politicians from the City Hall. Only his innate modesty prevents him from claiming the credit for his pal’s success as an amateur Gotch. Herman was his trainer and confidential adviser throughout Bredlau’s career, and after piloting him through several mat tournaments induced him to restrain his desire to go on with the game, and brought him to Armour. Herman likes a good joke and a good story, and his presentable record stamps him a good student,—another one of the Civils’ list of all around good scouts. “ A Youth of Labor and an Age of Ease” 81 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LLBRAUr. THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK € Electrical Engineering. Prepared at Elmhurst College. Class Baseball (4). A. I. E. E. A. C. Lohse,—what sort of a picture does that name conjure up before you? A tall, lanky youth, with a face decidedly German in cast, eyes as blue as the sea, and a shock of golden hair, the whole a young lad over whom hovers the very spirit of innocence. But that is as far as it goes, it merely hovers there. For “ A1 is always up to some deviltry when not engaged in coining facetitious remarks apropos the subject at hand or something Dean Monin has said or nothing at all. This fair-haired child dates his history back to the fifth of November, 1888, when he arrived in this wicked world of ours. In the course of time he grew up,—and there is doubt as to his having ceased growing even now,—and after driving several school teachers to d—istraction lie matriculated at Elmhurst Col- lege with the remote idea of becoming a minister. The idea was too remote, however, and A1 decided that a man with his initials owed it to himself to take up electricity. Result: He joined the other votaries of this science who blossom out in cap and gown this spring. As long as he has been with us Lohse has studied as much as necessary and has had as much fun as possible. But in spite of all his fooling and galli- vanting about there is some real ability in this young man, and. mark our word, he will distinguish himself yet. His greatest concern just now is to find out the “ work in's of a Murphy Rectifier. The only excuse offered by the German part of the firm handling this test, consisting of Messrs. Meitner and Lohse, is that the Irish are represented by one W. Patrick McGuire. Hence the Mercury vs. Murphy Rectifier. We have no hesitancy in predicting a signal triumph for the latter. Three cheers for the Germans and their good friends, the Irish! “ A Fellow of Infinite Jest, of Most Excellent Fancy.” 82 � A 11� ; Y THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. .19 11 Mechanical Engineering’. Prepared at Austin High School. Tau Beta Pi. Radical X. Delta Tau Delta. A. S. M. E. Y. M. C. A. Class Baseball Manager (3). First Marshall of Junior Week. Class Secretary (2). Class Vice-President (3). Class President (4). J. Alvin McCague. chief politician of the Class of 1911, landed in Rochester. Pa., on January 12. 1890. This is a deplorable circumstance, because most of the great men of our country came from Illinois. But “ Mac ’’ was wise.—he took Horace Greeley’s advice and came west, for which we are duly thankful. Ever since that time Mac has been coming up in the world. He was presi- dent of his class at the Austin High School when he graduated. He is chief executive of half a dozen clubs and societies: it is that darling smile and those babv-blue eyes that did it. Here our hero has an unparalleled record behind him. There is only one thing missing.—he should have been Treasurer from ’07-’08 to make the ladder perfect. Mac is almost a model man: he has only one bad point. When St. Peter opens the Gate to him. he will say, “ You will have to leave your pipe outside, the smoker is below ’ But that habit has its virtue, nevertheless: it keeps him from being overcome with ammonia at the ice plant. Mac never said anything in his life that could not be repeated among those fifteen girls in the Primary Department of his Sunday-School, unless it was when Penn laid him out in the ice plant sump and then dropped a board on his neck. We have heard that he said nothing (he couldn’t), but he might have thought it. Our Mac says he likes “ lovin’ ” as well as or better than the rest of us. He surely ought to be pretty well versed in it by this time: most of us are glad to love and be loved by one. Can you imagine what it would be to multiply that l)y fifteen! In spite of all this. Mac is a very studious person. He is some shark in the Mech Lab and simply dotes on ice plants. Gentlemen. His Excellency! I Dare do All that may Become a Man A 83 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECH NO LOGIT JLJUSRARr Electrical Engineering. Prepared at McKinley High School. A. I. E. E. Treasurer of Hertzian Society. Chapin Club. Win. Patrick McGuire, alias. “ The Wild Irishman,” alias “ Mendacious Mack,” is one of that select coterie who embark daily on a perilous trip to and fro on the Oak Park L, of whom the other “ Mack.” (J. Alvin), “Billy” Schultz, and “ Chet ” Snow are figures famous in song and story around the Tech. But none more so than “ Molly ” McGuire. To look at him one would think he never cracked a joke in his life and smiled only at set intervals. But here as elsewhere appearances are deceiving. Just when “Mac” looks most intro- spective, he is busiest planning some prank or other, and his “ brothers in mis- fortune,” “ A1 ” Lohse and Water Heitner, are sure to be the victims of his cogitations. What a blessing for the rest of us that these Soldiers Three are kept busy amongst themselves.—it saves us a great deal of trouble and anxiety. McGuire was always a Chicago boy and it is to this fact, perhaps, that we may attribute his love of doing forbidden things. lie enrolled in the world’s army as early as March 10. 1887. McKinley High School and A. I. T. were the schools which he graced with his presence, and at which he has acquired an education. On Saturdays “ Mac ” has had the habit of fitting the hoof of the prole- tariat into some of Cutler’s $2.50 shoes. (Better than any other. Buy now. Adv.) His natural fund of blarney cannot but have added to his persuasive powers as a salesman, lie has also been assisting Hill and Andy at electrical work around the school. What these two like best is killing time while putting in new cables in the venerable elevator presided over by our blond friend “ Wil- fred.” In the meantime Mendacious Mac ” is putting in some hard licks at the Murphy Rectifier as a part of the gang. McGuire and Murphy ought to hit U off well together at any rate. Two grand old harps are they. Sober of Mien, Yet Full of Mischievous Intent 84 Electrical Engineering. Born in Chicago, July 3, 1889. Prepared at Austin and Lake View High Schools. Tau Beta Pi. Eta Kappa Nu. A. I. E. E. College Basketball (2), (3), (4). Class Basketball Capt. (2), (3), (4). Class Baseball (4). Among tlie few athletes of which the present Senior Class can boast there is one particular bright light, a basketball artist par excellence, John Kenneth Mabbs. For three successive seasons he has been valiant leader of a forlorn hope, meaning the 1911 Class basketball team, against the lusty athletes from other classes. Many a hard battle was fought in the gym, and many is the game which he and his cohorts almost won. In one of his Freshman years (“ Jake ” enjoyed two because he suffered a long siege of protracted ill health in that time) “ Mabbsy ” played center on the Academy team, and his record was a very good one indeed. Later he was a member of the college squad, and many is the time we have contemplated his lengthy form flitting about the floor, tossing goals with great eclat. One look at Kenneth makes plain his great predilection for the great indoor game which the Germans call “ Das Korbballspiel. for this youth is built on the general lines of a match, his figure being slim and elongated not to say sylph- like. Yes, indeed, '‘Jake” is one of our dandy little basketball stars. “Jake” is also a draftsman of renown. Every summer vacation he amuses himself with a T-square and triangles, incidentally earning pin money. Tie has been an inveterate co-worker with “ Phil ' Eickenberg. and what these two North-Siders cannot draw up or “ dope out simply does not classify as es- sential. What is worrying them at present is a test of the Mabbs Elevator in the Board of Trade, Chicago. This is an elevator designed by Mr. Mabbs Sr., not our “ Jakey.” his achievements have not reached such a stage, at least not yet. Kenneth has a happy disposition,—he is seldom seen without a broad smile illuminating his countenance. As the 1910 Integral so aptly expresses it. he is a Charter Member of the Joy Club and the Holder of the World’s Championship in the Running Broad Grin. “ With a Smile that was Childlike and Bland. 85 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY library. THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK 19 11 Civil Engineering. Prepared at R. T. Crane High School. Thesis Subject: Reinforced Open Spandrel Concrete Arch. Class Bowling (2), (3). C. E. S. Chapin Club. This tall light-haired chap is one-half of the Swedish-Danish Alliance, with “ The Dane the other half, for wherever Jensen is. there is Handler. Also vice-versa. The records show that “ Ameal,” which, by the way. is the Dane’s pronunciation, was the cause of the congratulations showered upon the Handler family on November 28, 1888. Emil thought he could make a good start for Armour by taking his prepara- tory work at Crane High School, but was only partly through his course, when the spirit of the former institution stirred so mightily within him that he could resist no longer and changed to the Academy in search of relief. He graduated from here in 1907, and was one of that motley crowd who entered the College in the fall of that year. It was at the 1908 Summer Camp that Handler made a name for himself as a swimmer. Here he and Simons had great sport swallowing the .Menominee River by the quart and grabbing mud off the bottom. Their mates had to tie small scows to them to keep them on the surface, much to the amusement of the Dane. However, Handler redeems himself as an athlete by his prowess at pool and billiards, for he is some shark, and it is usually the other fellow that pays for the fun in the Kelly game. The particular sport at which he shines is that of bowling. At this pastime he can easily hold his own in fast company, which was shown by the way he swept the alleys in the Inter-Class series of former years. You ought to drop into the Civil Drafting Room sometime and hear our walking music box.—it’s Emil, for he can whistle any popular music that ever hit Chicago. “Ah, Why Should Life all Labor be?” 86 Civil Engineering. Prepared at Armour Scientific Acad- emy. Thesis Subject: Open Spandrel Re- inforced Concrete Arch. Glee Club (1), (3), (4). C. E. S. Michigan seems to be quite a popular place for some of our Civils to set sail from, although we think that Charlie should have picked a livelier place than Jackson to start his first Xew Year’s celebration, in the year 1889. He was a member of the 1906 graduating class from A. S. A., but did not enter the Tech until the fall of 1907. Charlie is a sweet singer of world renown. For three years he has been the mainstay of the Glee Club’s first tenors, and the melodious outpouring from his melodious throat floating above the rumbling rabble of lower-pitched voices has been a source of joy and delight to the Club’s audiences. He practices his art elsewhere, too. in a—whisper it.—church choir. A first-class vocalist? Undoubtedly,—you said something. The best example for the adage that appearances are deceptive is found in this young man. Charlie, to judge him from his looks, seems to have an ingrown perpetual grouch of monumental proportions. P ut there you are wrong, this is where the deceptive appearance comes in, he is an extremely good-natured, at times even jovial, person. Marx is often greatly annoyed by being mistaken for a direct descendant of his namesake, the father of Socialism, Karl Marx. This is a fallacy, however, for Charlie denies stoutly that he is a Socialist. Some of his companions have been inclined to believe him until very recently when the oft-repeated rumor re- ceived strong support. The reason for this revulsion of feeling is his stand on the “ Votes for Women ” question. “ Work like a Man, but don’t be Worked to Death. 87 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TEOHNOLOGI JLIBKARX. Concert Hall. Omega Lambda. Atelier. Manager Art Institute Informals. 1911 Integral Board. Social Kditor Fulcrum (3), (4). Senior Class Book Staff. Prepared at I .os Angeles High School. Thesis Subject: Design for a Cafe Architecture. Harold A. Merriman was born on a farm at or very near Grass Lake. Mich., the birthplace of another celebrity,—Dean Raymond, on the 22nd day of Oc- tober. 1890. 'That “ A in his name may stand for Alovsius, Adonis, or Andrew. But it is immaterial, as he will not disclose what the middle name to his appel- lation is. Just H. A. or Harold A. for him. When Merri was still a mischievous chap in knickerbockers he journeyed West, finally settling in Hollywood. Los Angeles. California. (Please pronounce the “ g v hard.) Here he completed his prep school training in the Los Angeles High School, receiving with his diploma from this institution the degree of M. F. and 1). A. M. F. (no swearing meant). The first is the degree of Master of Fussing and the second that of Doctor of the Art of Making Friends. Merri has made good in both. For four years Hal has been the pet of the Architectural Department and during this time has caused more fights for his favor among the fair artists,— and others,—than will ever happen on account of all the men in the engineering departments taken together. Merri never worries, never keeps a social date on time, never is in love with less than six girls at the same time, and never fails to count every acquaint- ance a friend. He plays when he plays and when he works (for he does work), he applies his whole soul to it and accomplishes something. Merri graduates this year, and if we were not in the same fix. we would sorely regret seeing him go. Armour would not be Armour without him. After his departure those whom he leaves behind him will realize how much he meant and what a distinctive part of Armour life he filled. “And ivhen a Lady's in the Case, You Know all other Things give Place.” THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK CO v Fire Protection Engineering. Prepared at University School, Louis- ville. Kentucky. Tau Beta Pi. Class Baseball (4). Assistant Editor Senior Class Book. We have with us. ladies and gentlemen, the Gentleman from Kentucky, the Hon. Fred W. Metz. But who would ever think of calling him Fred W. ? “ Freddy ” Metz it has been and is, and that appellation fits him to a T. When the now sedate Seniors assembled for the first time as freshmen from the four corners of the earth, it remained for “ Freddy ” Metz to inject local color from the South into the newly-founded class. He hails from the picturesque Pewee Valley in “old Kaintuck,” a Southerner of the old school. As a source of joy and sunshine Metz has served for four years to keep “ Billy ” Schultz and the other members of the few but famous Fire-Protects in good humor. His inimitable dialect, soft and drawling, never fails to amuse those worthies, especially when he encounters something like “ foil hundred and fohty-foh.” But he is perfectly good-natured about it, he does not mind the fun poked at him by his pals, and gets even with them later on. Not the least susceptible part of Freddie’s Armour (Ouch!) is the name of his home,—Pewee Valley. Kentucky. It is easy to see that this gem of nomenclature must be alluring bait for any amateur wag to sharpen his wits on. All of which does not phase our Southern friend a particle. Pewee Valley is his home and it is also his birthplace, for “ Freddie ” opened his eyes upon that balmy valley in the year 1887 A. D. The preparatory education, which necessarily precedes a man’s training in the interest of diminished fire losses. Metz assimilated at the University school. Louisville, Ky. Armour has known him for “ foh ” years now, a highly intelli- gent, able chap. Enlcagued with the voluble Schultz and the immaculate Moore. “ Freddy ” has been penetrating into the mysteries of the Time Lag of a Dry Pipe System. What odds that the mysteries will not be solved? The Good Old Nome of Gentleman.” 89 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OE TBCHNOLOGr tXUKAHr. THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK • 7 Chemical Engineering. Prepared at South Orange High School, South Orange. X. V Delta Tau Delta. Tau Beta Pi. Radical X. Chemical Society. Glee Club (3). Class Baseball (3), (4). Class Bowling (1), (2), Manager (2). Assistant Editor 1911 Integral. Phil is another of those who have come from a distance to join hands with the destinies of those of the Class of 1911. From his very first appear- ance in Brooklyn, April 23. 1890, his greatest ambition has been to soar, as has been evidenced in many ways. When in high school at South Orange, N. J., he made himself the boy hero of the town by shinning up the flagpole and floating Old Glory to the breeze when the ropes did not work. When he came to Armour in the second semester of our Freshman year, the first thing he did was to join the bowling team, and he made good too. In the spring he tackled the discus and almost made the missile dizzy. Just now his greatest ambition is to own an aeroplane. During his whole school career it has been one social or scholastic triumph after another for Phil. For a man to be in the chemical course and still be the “ jiner he is, certainly speaks well for his versatility, although the real secret of his conquests of late lies in that superb “ pomp ” which lie affects. The greatest puzzle of Miller's whole life is why he chose the Chemical course. He says that he must have had a lapse of reason when it happened. Yet he has succeeded very well in pulling the wool over the Profs’ eyes to so great an extent that they have allowed him to pass in all of his studies with a minimum amount of energy expended. The coming of spring was brought to our notice by Phil’s restlessness and his frequent allusions to cow-pasture pool. Hence we were not surprised to find him teeing-ofif for the opening of the Jackson Park links. Our fusser brother exhibited no little good sense in selecting a thesis in which chemistry is a minor detail. Even at that he does not object if “ Borny ” does the analytical, and permits him to do the photographic work. We expect great things from this combination. “ Good Breeding is the Blossom of Good Sense ” 90 gflpjS Kr Fire Protection Engineering. Prepared at Evanston High School. Chairman Commencement Committee. Class Basketball (3), (4). Phi Kappa Psi. During the year 1888 there transpired in Detroit an event that is destined to become important in the annals of history, for during this period there came into existence the personality whose aim in life is nothing short of becoming Sultan of Turkey. “ Shorty Moore was born in the city-by-the-lakes, and moved to Evanston while still in his younger years. He entered the Evanston High School, graduated in due time, and then spent a year at North western be- fore registering at Armour. While at the institution on the North Side he be- came a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and also developed into one of the greatest fussers on record. Shorty impresses a person as one of those good-looking, open-faced, com- panionable fellows who are so well liked wherever they are found. lie is a great favorite, and especially so with the ladies. The “ fairies ” of Ferry Hall (which, as you know, is the most vital part of Lake Forest University) consider themselves fortunate when they can lure Shorty away from his studies for a night to take them to a dance or some other social function. His rose-leaf complexion, hazel eyes, golden hair, and pleasant smile make him a fit prey for their wiles. “ Moory ” while in our midst has taken an interest in all things pertaining to college life. He has been a member of different athletic teams, has shown spirit in Class meetings, and has always managed to land a majority of ’ A’s ” in his studies. At present Shorty is engaged in finding “ The 'fime Factor of a Dry-Pipe Sprinkler System ’ When this is completed and his college career ended, he will enter the insurance field, and, unless all indications fail, there will be a future company with his name at its head. “ Hozv Far that Little Candle Throws his Light.” 91 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY I-IHRARr. Electrical Engineering. Prepared at the Dallas City (111.) High School. Lewis Institute. A. I. E. E. This discerning youth chose Moulton, Iowa, as a landing place for his first appearance, on Jan. 11. 1885. Being of a migratory nature, lie was discovered some years later as a student at and in due time a graduate of, the Dallas City High School. Later we find him in our very midst, in answer, no doubt, to the call for a wider field for his unquestioned talents. Myers, along with his “ Landsmann,” Kaiser, decided to round out his college career at “Armour’s College ” on the South Side. To this end he deserted his former Alma Mater, our hated rival, Lewis, in time to become a member of this year's Senior Class. The West Side school loses two valuable men by this transfer of affections as surely as we South Siders gain two genu- ine assets in these two Germans. Though new to our ways, Myers soon estab- lished himself solidly in the good graces of Professor Freeman, which in itself is no mean achievement. Throughout the year he has carried off a large portion of the laurels accruing to the proficient in the intricacies and profundities of alter- nating current theory. To cap the climax, Myers and Company (meaning Kai- ser) arc making some extended inquiries into the nature and behavior of neutral currents in three-phase, star-connected alternators and transformers. Sounds formidable enough, at any rate. Evenings Frank is engaged in the operating department of the Common- wealth Edison Company, and at the world-famed Fiske Street station at that. Here he combines theory and practice, and in odd moments cons his next day's assignments. “ The Power of Thought, the Magic of the Mind.” Electrical Engineering. Prepared at Wendell Phillips High School and Armour Scientific Academy. A. I. E. E. “ Art ” Xewhouse was born, the place was Chicago, and the year 1890. These facts are vouchsafed by himself. As to the date there seems to be a profound mystery. Either it is not considered to be important enough to be recorded, or it is really unknown, or the hero of our sketch has forgotten it, being of a very tender age at that time. No matter, the indisputable fact remains, the said hero has graced this more or less complex world of ours since 1890. A mere infant of twenty-one he is at best.—a child in arms as it were. It is an energetic person whom we have to deal with in this throbbing talc taken from life. This is already shown by the fact that lie completed his pre- liminary bout with higher education by two rounds of fussing at Wendell Phil- lips and one of work at the Armour Scientific Academy. In the Tech proper he has richly fulfilled this early promise. “ Art ” has boned early and late and his chief ambition seems to have been to complete every assignment before any- one else. His success along these lines is undoubted. In the narrow confines of our halls of erudition the very name of Xewhouse has become a synonym for rap- id execution. He has pulled “ A’s ” in most of his subjects. If he should care to “ count them over one by one ” Xewhouse would have a good-sized Rosary. In no other way. shape, manner, or form has Arthur attempted to distinguish himself.—his thoughts were ever on excellency in his studies. Everyone must admit that he has succeeded. During the past year Xewhouse has been the guardian angel of the Physics Lab. We envy him the job.—not. The Power Plant Design which Messrs. Pettibone and Xewhouse intend to work up into a suitable thesis will owe much of its grace and finish to the designing ability and draftsmanship of “ Lil Artha Xewhouse. “ This Physic but Prolongs Thy Sickly Days. 93 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY JLXiiltAKr. Electrical Engineering. Prepared at A rechan ic Arts High School. St. Paul, Minn. Thesis Subject: Design of a Light Pre-Payment Car. University of Minnesota. Mandolin Club. A. I. E. E. There are some members of the noble Class of 1911 who are conceded to be the bright particular stars, and one of them, as far as the Electricals are con- cerned at any rate, is A. Herbert Packer. At all stages of his career he has shown such a consummate mastery over any subject in which he chose to interest himself that there can be no question of his true ability. We expect him to add to the renown of Armour when he leaves to become a real engineer. This infant prodigy first saw the light of day on April 29. 1889, in the city of Toledo, and in the home state of many U. S. Presidents. The reform atmos- phere of Toledo was too much for Packer, causing a removal to St. Paul. Here his natural bent for activity led him to engage in business, both as a newsboy and a cigar clerk. He attended the Mechanic Arts High School at St. Paul and later the University of Minnesota. He entered Armour in ?08. and—this is the wonderful part of it,—W ITH CREDIT FOR THE PHYSICS LAB. Packer has continued to distinguish himself ever since he embarked on the perilous waters of a course at this institution, and he accomplished this with- out ostentation. o one has ever heard him cuss even under the most trying cir- cumstances. Silent, studious, efficient is Packer. It was a considerable jolt to the Tail Bets when Packer wore the little brown ribbon, so fervently coveted by many, for a while and then ruthlessly discarded it. But then that is his self- reliant way. Besides he has not been especially active around the school. He is an expert pianist and plays the mandolin with the Mandolin Club. Last fall A. Herbert had designs on the School tennis championship, but the demon McMul- len (of the Faculty) beat him to it. The Cold, Clear Light of Reason 94 Mechanical Engineering. Prepared at Omaha High School. A. S. M. E. Baseball Manager (3). On September 20. 1889. there was born in the city of Omaha, Xebr.. in the person of Harry Parsons one of the most famous soloists that ever sang in an Ar- mour drafting room. It was then that he commenced to sing, and he has since sung his way into the hearts of his fellow-classmen. Parsons did not make his talents so evident in his Freshman year as he has since. He probably was then still in the wood age. Xow he has advanced to the metal age. for only a short time ago he cast his beloved wooden watch fob in silver, of which feat he is very proud. Soon Harry commenced his liking for baseball, and he liked it so well, that they made him Grand Mogul of the 1909-1910 team. This was a very great achievement on his part, for the Mechanicals rarely have time to do their work and indulge in some baseball besides. He is a past master in the art of mixing work and play in the right proportions; the only time that we ever see him work is in the drafting room when he either sings, eats pie. or plays ball with Ambrose, that is, when Perry is not nigh. Like a certain Mechanical Professor he wears a hat that makes him look like a desperado: it is probably the western air that affected him that way. lie must pose for some magazine advertisement, for who ever heard of such a big fellow feeding and fattening on malted milk except in an “ad ’ ? After ali has been said and done. Parsons has the highest honor in the Mechanical bunch,—he was the first to complete his power plant drawing this year. He is positively bughouse on the subject of automobiles. He and Gold- berg are a.good pair for running the great auto test, for neither will hesitate to lick the other, if occasion arises. “ Let Gentleness my Strong Enforcement be.” 95 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY J.JLBHARX� Electrical Engineering. Prepared at Armour Scientific Acad- emy. Associate Editor of the 1911 Integral. President of Hertzian Society. A. I. E. E. Pcttibonc has been considered a Chicagoan so long that it will surprise many to hear that he hails from Ereemont. Nebraska, originally. It was there that he was born, the exact date being October 14, 1889. The Cornlntsker State could not hold such a lively chap very long, Chicago was destined to be his home, at least as far as his present history extends. Of the eight tried men and true who were graduated from the Armour Scientific Academy in 1907 and who after four years of drudgery in the tread- mill will be rewarded with the title of B. S., “ Pet ” is one of the most promi- nent. He is a stand-patter viewed from this aspect. Otherwise, however, he is highly progressive, for he surprised us greatly by joining the ranks of the Bene- dicks and keeping it a secret for three months. The Thanksgiving holidays suf- fised this young man to have the nuptial knot tied in Michigan, the home of the happy bride. Several of his classmates, emboldened by his example, are plan- ning to follow suit. As an Armourite “Pet” (what an appropriate nickname for a married man, by the way) has never believed in letting his studies interfere too much with his pleasures. Not to say. that he has not acquitted himself creditably, for that would be untrue. He has generally lent his dignified presence to the Armour dances and other social affairs. His greatest distinction lies in the associate editorship of the 1911 Integral, the last, alas, of its race, in which capa- city he wielded the pen mightily and to good purpose. The well-known partnership of Pettibone and Newhouse has been busily planning an extensive hydroelectric plant lately, the design of which is calcu- lated to net them a diploma. What is there in the Vale of Life Half so Delightful as a Wife!” 96 THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK Electrical Engineering. Born at Rome. N. Y.. on Aug. 5, 1885. Prepared at Ithaca (New York) High School. Captain Armour Mission Signal Corps. That serious raven-haired young man whom you sec around the school so much is not a theological student strayed from his seminary but none other than our own John S. Reid, Jr. An earnest student he is. and he carries him- self with a martial air which is decidedly becoming. This military atmosphere is a result of a year or two's attendance at Cornell, where his father. John S. Reid. Sr., was for years head of the Machine Drawing Department, and where our John was drilled in the student corps. Finding the results salutary, Reid decided to establish a signal corps of his own. The drill of the Armour Mis- sion boys in the gym under his able direction is an inspiring sight and an ac- complishment to his credit. The aspiring young soldiers are doubtlessly greatly benefited by the drill in the developing of will power and manliness of spirit. Cornell University although it does furnish the students a reasonably hard course did not satisfy Reid completely, so he entered our ranks at the Tech. Here we presume his thirst for work has been fully appeased. Reid is greatly interested in electrical studies and especially Alternating Currents. He revels in the labvrinthical depths of McAllister and at intervals surprises us with learned recitations regarding the delectable theory therein set forth. The all-absorbing occupation of this young man at the present time is a minute investigation of the characteristics and performance of a potassium chlorate signal cell. The report will, we hope, aid the railroads in perfecting their signal systems and besides will form a very presentable thesis. Worth Makes the Man” 97 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OJF TECHNOLOGY Iimasr. THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. 3p==6n Mechanical Engineering. Preparatory Training: American School of Correspondence. President Y. M. C. A. (4). A. S. M. E. Sergeant-of-Arms of Class (4). Senior Class Book Staff. “ J. A. M.” is that small fellow whom you observe continually taking di- mensions with a measure-stick and eternally digging for choice bits of pipe-fit- tings to the great discomfort of “ Mike ” Moloney. We firmly believe that he matriculated in the school of life on the eighteenth day of February, 1890, for the express purpose of showing that mighty smith the errors of his ways, it is true, he first appeared in the town of Decatur, 111., but as he grew to stature and manhood his star of destiny drew him to this great metropolis. His pre- paratory training was gleaned under the direction of the American School of Correspondence, and in the fall of 1907, lie entered as a freshman at the Tech. From the start his scholarship was always high, but his unsophisticated in- nocence proved too much for his worldly-wise classmates. Robbie was deter- mined. however, to become a noble Senior, wear a cap and gown, and show Mike Moloney that he (Mike) might still learn a few things about pipe-fitting. At the beginning of this year Robinson was assigned one-half in the in- stallation and test of the new gas producer for thesis work, the site of which is directly beneath the palatial office of the good fairy of the Forge Shop. At last a life-long ambition realized! Robbie claims to be slightly inclined to atheism, thinks a great deal of rifle shooting, and is extremely fond of the fair sex. In four years he will be open for engagements. “ Jam’s ” pet ambition is to beat Barney Oldfield at his own game. Some- thing of a speed bug he seems, still we are inclined think it is mostly imagina- tion. On the whole, however. Robbie is a very agreeable sort of chap, a first- class student, and a crank on system and accuracy. “ A Look of Intelligence in Man is what Regular Features is in Women.” 98 THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. The Electrical Department boasts of the most diminuitive of all the graduates in Sol Sackheim. Who does not know Sackheim, of Perry's Power Plant fame? What would we do without little Circus Solly? You would not believe it possible that this mite of humanity was not a native of this proud city since the beginning, but he is not. He commenced his existence in the far-off Moscow. Russia, on Xov. 20, 1887. A good wind blew him to more pleasant shores five years later. Since then “ Sacky has been loyal to his adopted home, Chicago. Medill High School furnished Sackheim with the knowledge of those es- sentials which the Deans demand of those aspiring to become students of the Institute over whose destinies they preside. Armour has seen more or less of this luminary for the last five years or so, “ Solly ” working a half a year outside the school. If there is one thing which Sackheim delights in more than any other it is an argument. Messrs. Marsh. Perry, Barrows, and other Faculty representa- tives can testify to this without perjuring their immortal souls. However, he it said to his credit. Sol has restrained his natural proclivities in this direction, and throughout his Senior year he has studied diligently. The Senior Electrical curriculum as well as the tests of different wattmeters, of which Goldberg and he are performing a great number for thesis purposes, have served to fill his time profitably. “ Brevity is the Soul of Wit. 99 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY i-XHUAKY. THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. “ Solly ” is another Chicago boy. Chicago was pleased to record the ar- rival of another “ Future great ” in this youngster who missed his first Fourth of July celebration by one day. the year being 1889. When the time came to enroll for high school work Meyer chose Robert A. Waller, at that time achieving great honors in athletics under the old name of North Division, but now degenerated into a girls’ seminary. Our hero created quite a stir among the susceptible hearts of the fair North Side maidens, and his departure un- doubtedly started the above high school on its downward path. Since entering Armour he has done track and wrestling work for the Y. M. C. A. During his summers he has been connected with the government Geodetic work and the C. R. P. R. R. They say that Solly passed the exam for computer in the Geodetic Survey with such perfect ease that he greatly astonished the government examiners. Every position which he has held he has filled with great credit to himself. Salomon has a strong leaning towards inventing and mathematics. In Math especiallv has he shown himself a gem of “ purest ray serene.” He ought to be the president of the Amalgated Order of Math Sharks, if there were such an organization. Since the hoyden days of his Y. M. C. A. athletic prominence Salomon has eschewed most diversions of the rougher sort. When not wrestling with a complicated problem in higher mathematics or in the range of C. E. subjects, lie loves to sit in a quiet nook and read an interesting book. He is more of a student, less of a mixer. “ Reading Maketh a Full Man” 100 THE SENIOR CLASS BOOIC Electrical Engineering. Prepared at Concordia College. Mil- waukee, and Association Insti- tute (Central Y. M. C. A.) Class baseball (2), (3), Manager (4). Class bowling (1), (2). Glee Club (4). A. I. E. E. Chapin Club. Editor Senior Class Book. On a balmy day in the month of roses, the 25th, 1889, a round, rosy, good- natured infant arrived in the town of Crystal Lake, 111. It was none other than Emil Schmidt. Finding the possibilities of this village too restricted, he decided to migrate with his parents to the Mecca of all the live ones, viz. Chicago. This was in the year of our Lord 1897. When the time came to choose a career, this youth hit on the clergy, and toward this end he embarked for Milwaukee to attend a Lutheran prep school there called Concordia College. He remained here four years. When Emil decided to become an engineer instead of taking up the more sober duties of the cloth, he found it necessary to acquire the remaining necessary credits for admission at Armour, in another year’s work at the Dav School of the Central Y. M. C. A. At Armour “ Schmidtie ” has not attempted to distinguish himself par- ticularly beyond keeping out of the clutches of the Deans and playing on the Class baseball squad. Under bis leadership the Seniors almost won two games last fall. Emil declined the editorship of the 1911 Integral two years ago. but saw fit to undertake the supervision of the publication of this book recently. As a target for nicknames the subject of this sketch was particularly un- fortunate. We need but to mention “Germany.” “Fanny.” “Yeast-cake. “Fatty.” “Tiny,” “ Baldy,” etc. He is best known, however, as Emil. With DeLos DeTar be has been delving into the mysteries of public utility finance trying to find out how the public utility commissions regulate rates, in the hope that the results will induce the authorities to grant him a diploma. “He's Fat ami Scant of Breath ” 101 iRMOUB xasxiTUTB or technology Fire Protection Engineering. Prepared at Northwestern Military Academy. Thesis Subject: Time Factor of Dn Pipe Sprinkler System. Committeeman Extraordinary. Eata Bita Pie. Fli Gamma. Class Baseball (4). “ Bill ” saw daylight in Chicago back in 1889. and has always made it his business to call this place his home. At an early age lie showed an inclina- tion towards things warlike, but after spending four years at Northwestern Mili- tary Academy he concluded that a soldier’s life was entirely too tame for him and accordingly “ showed up at the Armour Institute one September’s morn, looked over the courses scheduled and decided to spend his future in fighting the flames. During the years of his undergraduate work Schultz exhibited such remark- able knowledge ?) of physics and kindred sciences that he came to be known by the soubriquet of ” Lord Kelvin.” As a dispenser of hot air Billy has no equal. He is capable of talking on any subject any time whether he knows anything about it or not. As a bluffer, he is a distinct success. Only once has he been worsted.—when Peterson called him for making a foot-rest of a lathe. His chief hobby is to outrun bluecoats in his ’ buzz wagon ” and then settle with the judge the following day. He complains of a lack of sleep, hut when you consider the number of hours lie carries, you wonder if it possibly can be overwork that is responsible for it. Bill’s athletic prowess consisted in forming the delivery end of that famous German battery which participated in one of the Senior games during the fall series of 1910. After pitching rings around his opponents for seven innings he was relieved of further duty in hopes of saving him for the Faculty-Senior game before some major league magnate heard of his phenomenal hurling and signed his name to a contract. It is feared that Schultz has lost his heart to a fair maiden by the name of Minnie Volinski. and if such is the case, she has gotten one of the best chaps that was ever turned out at the Institute and a “ prince of a fellow.” “ Words. Words, mere Words ' 102 Chemical Engineering. Prepared at Francis W. Parker School. Thesis Subject: Wood Tar. Its Com- position and Utilization. Tan Beta Pi. Secretary of Chemical Society. This exponent of unceasing labor first pulled off his coat (with his shirt sleeves already rolled up) on the third day of August. 1800, right here in this Windy City of ours. Since that time his one aim has been to keep busy and you will nearly always find him so. Herb’s prep training was acquired at the Francis W. Parker High School on the North Side. He was one of the very few youngsters who escaped the arts and darts of the coy high school maidens, and he has kept up his record until quite recently. Though a modest unassuming chap this good-natured “ Deutscher Mann ” is after all somewhat of a fusser as is attested by the number of formats he is attending of late. It was during the Christmas holidays of this year that he di- apated something awful,—as many as four formats! Just ask him how he likes taxis—see his right hand go up. Throughout his eventful life “ Yarb ” has had some little hobby generally evinced in his desire to raise something.” He has run the gamut from guinea- pigs, pigeons, chickens. Belgian hares, to building an auto with the aid of his brother Bill. Nor did his desires stop here. Since the time of the building of the auto he has started a Bug Lab of his own at home. Here he may be found during what would otherwise be idle hours growing cultures, making slides and counts of the bacteria in tanning liquids. Though not a great mixer in school affairs. Herb is a fellow well worth knowing, and his ability is unquestioned. His future success is more than assured, as he is certainly one of the very best chemists whom Armour has turned out. His capacity for work is unlimited, his scientific knowledge far above the average, and his practical instinct is exceptionally well developed. “Extraordinary in His Excellence. but Ordinary in His Display of it. 103 armour INSTITUTE OJF TECHNOLOGY JLlHRARr. THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. 19 11 a) . A -cL-oJ y Mechanical Engineering. Prepared at Francis W. Parker High School. Thesis Subject: Installation and Test of De La Vergne Oil Engine. Tau Beta Pi. A. S. M. E. The “ little one,” contrary to most opinions, is a native of Chicago. Nev- ertheless we can continue to call him Germany,” for he has visited the Father- land. The date of his birth is June 12, 1888. Sieck’s first show of originality was evidenced when he designed a hoist and passed a shaft between the arms of a gear wheel, in his Sophomore year. He has had the idea patented. When William became a Junior he was asked one day by one of the labora- tory professors if he wrote his reports with a tooth-pick! Really, now, don’t you see that is the Dutch of him, his ink is like his blood, thick and stein-like in nature. It is peculiar that, being Dutch, he does not like refinement; as a consequence, he hates the Physics Lab like—the second decimal place. Sieck is another one of the gas bugs, or hot air bugs, just as you prefer. This does not mean that he is in love with Professor Frith’s “ coffee mill ”; although he would like to run Fisk and Quarry with gas engines. Last sum- mer he was chief hunky on an installing crew,—can we wonder why it is that he knows so much about gas engines? Bill is a master machinist. He built an Alden Dynamometer for his en- gine and did such good work that he did not have to make it over again. When there is anything going on in the (las Lab, you may be sure to find Sieck there. He can give more advice to the square inch per second than anyone could carry out in a month. He surely is there with the advice, real or imaginary, whether you want it or not. It will surely be a sad day when we can no longer see him drinking that stuff at Cap’s that spoils his beautiful complexion. “Knowledge is Power’ ' 104 Civil Engineering. Prepared at Crane Technical High School. Thesis Subject: Design of Prick Pavement for Woodstock, Illi- nois. Radical X. Civil Engineering Society. College Baseball (1), (2). Manager Class Baseball (2). Da Silva Sr. was pleased to pass cigars and receive congratulations on the twenty-fifth of January, 1887. The reason for this was “ Slivers.” He was born in New York City and claims himself an American of Portuguese descent. He came to Chicago in time to take his prep work at Crane, finishing in 1906. Da Silva’s greatest distinction is that he is the only wearer of a baseball “ A ” in the entire Class. He had always been mixed in athletics, and holds to his credit four years of baseball and three of football in prep school. He graced Coach Smart’s nine for two seasons, and his particular specialty was spearing liners off the spikes of the fence which encloses Cap Larsen's pasture, cutting off fleet runners at the plate by rifle shots from deep outfield, and breaking windows along Armour Avenue with liners driven from his trusty war-club. He was one of the mainstays of the team. Claude has shown the knack of getting down to the practical side of en- gineering: during his vacation he has received mail addressed both care of the C. B. and Q. Engineering Department, and to the Resident Engineer of Sewer Construction at Harvard. Illinois. Slivers is a hard and earnest worker and his future success in his chosen profession seems assured. “Brawn and Brains, a Matchless Combination.” 105 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGIST LiHRAjar. THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK 19 11 Prepared at R. 'I'. Crane High School. Thesis Subject: Design of Spandrel Braced Arch. Treasurer C. E. S. (4). Si is not a rube by any means, as some might judge by his nickname, for he is a typical Chicago “ kid. born here on April 14, 1884. After gradu- ating from R. T. Crane High School way back in 1902, Si drifted into the wild and woolly West and if you have not heard him tell about his cow-punching and sheep-herding on some of the Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana ranches, where he spent all of three years of his young life, make him spin a yarn or two. It would be worth while, although it might be a hard job, as he is very modest and retiring. When called upon once to speak at an occasion his modesty overcame him and he begged off. claiming that he had not been shaved! Which is our idea of the limit. At any rate he and Kellner arc always willing to give their little Irish vaudeville sketch entitled “ Mary, are ye hurted?” With Si as treasurer the Civil Engineering Society has never before ex- perienced a more prosperous year. This fortunate state of affairs is due entirely to his untiring efforts in chasing the fellows with his little receipt book. Si claims that he has no schoool achievements other than that he “ expects to graduate, We know that he has made a host of friends, and that is quite an •achievement in itself.—we all vote him “a good goat just the same.” ' Go West, Young Man:’ 106 Prepared at Mechanical Arts High School, St. Paul, Minn. Thesis Subject: A Civic Theatre. Secretary Atelier (4). Ralph Emerson Smalley, or our “ Esina,” was horn October 26, 1887, in Caledonia, Minnesota. When he opened his baby blue eyes upon the unsus- pecting world his first thought must have been one of reformation. His later years proved this for he tried to “ slip one over ” the Ancient Greek Archi- tects by inventing a new moulding. Of course it is nothing to us to know that the same moulding had been invented before the Pyramids were ever conceived. “Esina's” early education took place in the Webster Grammar School and the Mechanical Arts High School of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Minnesota. He graduated in 1906 and after a year of recreation started to study Architecture at the Armour Institute. Esma has been a ” cracker jack ” at Design, but “Oh, you Math.” We give it to him there, for he is a sticker. Three times and out has no charms for him for he has just killed Calculus on the fifth shot. Smalley says that his chief ambition is to go on the stage. Xow for this he is getting excellent training, as we see the same slight form every night in a super's part on the Auditorium stage during the grand opera season. We do not know whether he wants to he a grand opera star or the “ villain ” in a melo- drama. Whichever it is, lie will be great at it. Ralph has taken advantage of the exhibition and lectures more than other Architects, and it is this development that has been such an inspiration to him. This is plainly seen from his designs, for all show the classic influence. In his Sophomore and Junior years, Esma developed into an idealist and .even Rebori himself has not been able to break the spell. Let us hope that when he returns to his home town the inhabitants will honor him by building the Civic Theatre which he is designing for their bene- fit as his thesis. “ All the World's a Stage. 107 armour INSTITUTIS OP TECHNOLOGr UBIlAKr. THE SENIOR CLASS BOOR Civil Engineering. Prepared at Hyde Park High School and Armour Scientific Acad- emy. Omega Lambda. C. E. S. “ Smithy ’ came into being on April 21, 1888, at Manchester,—no, not England,—Michigan, for he is a full-bred American, as he says. Pie started his preparatory course at the Hyde Park High School, but this fussers’ para- dise being no place for a prospective engineer, he deserted it and enrolled in Armour Scientific Academy, graduating in 1006. Schuyler is one of those tall, distinguished-looking, gentlemanly fellows that always takes things easy,—a cool and collected man. To say the least, Smithy is an energetic and hard worker, and keeps the best of them “ humping themselves ” to keep up with him. We have often wondered why “ Schuy ” is such a confirmed bachelor, for we feel sure there is nothing about him that would make a girl run. but for some reason or other he is not much of a society man. Maybe it is because Smith is such a lover of music and devotes so much of his spare time to concerts and lectures, a course which might be wise for some of us to look into. During the summer of 1909 Smith was connected with the engineering department of the C. M. St. P. R. R. in South Dakota and in 1910 with the C. X. W. R. R. in Wisconsin. His work with these corporations served to give him some much-needed experience besides putting money in his purse. Along the line of thesis activities Smithy is working diligently at a “ De- sign of a Proposed Arch Rib Concrete Bridge for North Sheridan Road. Wau- kegan, 111.” That ought to keep him and his companion. Horace Butler, busy for a while, and if erected should prove a distinctive ornament for that highly ornate thoroughfare. “ Wisely. I say. I am a Bachelor.” 108 “ Xapoleon entered Armour after wasting several years among the femi- nine attractions of Wendell Phillips, from which high school he was graduated in the short time of three years. Armour became his destination and a civil engineering diploma his object in life. Szeszvcki is quite harmless despite his warlike name, for he is a prominent member of the Y. M. C. A. Szeszvcki claims his favorite sports to be checkers and golf : it is rumored, however, that these take second place to examinations. Me just glories in examinations, literally fattens on them. As an example of the broad training that one may derive from the course in civil engineering, Ignatius passed with equal case city, state, and government exams for positions ranging from sewer inspector to light-house tender, not to mention chief civil engineer and master mechanic. They all look alike to “ Ignatz.” During the 1908 summer Camp someone fastened the name of “ Whiskey ” on this unsuspecting lad. However, let it be said to his credit, the only virtue this appellation has over his real name is its simplicity. As a matter of fact, plain unvarnished I !•_ () is the strongest liquor which Szeszvcki inhales into his sys- tem. Abas “ Whiskey.” Leo lias spent the past two summers in establishing an excellent reputa- tion for himself with the Bridge and Building Department of the C. M. St. P. R. R. lie hopes to not only live up to this “ rep.” hut to add to it. in his capacity of civil engineer after he has shaken the dust of Armour from his feet. “ IVbat's in a Name.” 109 armour institute of technology HHHAHr. THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. Electrical Engineering. Prepared at Kansas State Agricultural College. Thesis Subject: Design of a 20.000 K. W. Turbine Power Plant. Delta Tau Delta. Tau Beta Pi. Eta Kappa Xu. Radical X. Chairman A. I. E. E. (4). Asst. Editor Armour Engineer (3). Xot one of our Seniors will deny that the Tau P ets showed great discrimi- nation when they selected “ Bill ” Tellin for the highest scholastic honors which it is possible to obtain at the Tech, for he was chosen as the 1911 “ honor man.” Bill is our conception of everything that an honor man should be. The queer part of it is that Tellin is extremely modest regarding his own ability. Xot even with a magnifying glass would it be possible to locate a bump of self-importance on his highly intellectual sconce. Ilis signal success has not turned his head one bit,—on the contrary, Bill is as affable a chap as we ever hope to meet. The beginning of this “ phenom's ” terrestrial career occurred at Xicker- son, Kansas, on February 4. 1885. He states that two years suffised him to se- cure the necessary preparatory training at the Kansas State Agricultural Col- lege. Just ponder over that, you fellows, who dallied four years over your high school work( ?). Bill then turned his attention to learning the machinist's trade. He soon developed into an expert valve-setter, acquiring most of his experience in an apprentice course in one of the Santa Fe Shops out west. In his capacity as journeyman mechanic, lie lined up valves in all parts of our great country. Bill “ made two other frats along with Tau Beta Pi and since that time has not devoted nearly so much time to his studies as in his first two years. Xow he devotes much time and thought to social exploits of different sorts, and his invariable companion is the elongated “Gib” Emmons. A great pair these two make when they toddle down the street arm in arm. A long-headed, cool. able, easy-going, good-looking man is Bill Tellin, our ideal of what a true engineer should be. “ True Ability begs no Praise.” 110 Civil Engineering. Prepared at Calumet High School. Thesis Subject: Rond Stress in Rein- forced Concrete Beams. Delta Tau Delta. Radical X. C. E. S.. Treasurer (3). Sub-Marshall Junior W eek ’09. Junior Play. Smoker Committee (4). Business Manager (llee and Mandolin Clubs (3). “ Tob ” started on his wild and eventful career on May 6, 1889, at Adrian, Mich. This would go to prove that unlike things attract each other, for why should a person like Tob want to start his climb towards fame from a “ burg ” like tlie above-mentioned ? Although we have not the “ straight dope,” it was probably his longing to be among the people who do things that brought him to Chi.” When next heard of he was being prepared at the Calumet High School in the class of 1906. Apparently 'fob’s wish for something doing was gratified. Wilfred is quite a society man. and when not busy dodging “ A s ” he may be found finan- cing some dance or some fussing expedition. Tob is our own Julian Eltinge,—both in the Musical Bun and Professor X. the respective Junior amateur (very much so) theatrical productions of the 1910 and 1911 Classes, he masqueraded in feminine garb. His slim shape, sky-blue eyes, and fair complexion greatly aided in the delusion. A story went the rounds last year about this time, and found ready believers too. that Ray walked through the streets and was photographed clad as a lovely young girl without the deception’s being detected. This rumor has, however, not been fully confirmed. Tob is without a doubt the fashion plate of the class. He is always fault- lessly groomed and his ties are the despair of the other “ swell dressers ” around the Institute. It will seem rather queer around the school without “ Bob.” for he has come to be a regular landmark, and something must be radically wrong with the person who has been to school within the last generation and does not know Wilfred Ray Tobias. A Queen in Jest only, to Fill the Scene” 111 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TBCHNOLOGT LU9UAKI� Electrical Engineering. Prepared at Duluth Central High School. Omega Lambda. Eta Kappa Xu. A. I. E. E. Duluth. Minnesota, is the home of this mild-mannered, light-haired repre- sentative of the Williams clan at Armour. Guy first dawned on this thriving city of iron ore and lake commerce on August 4. 1886. and here lie determined to make his home. lie likes to be associated with live propositions, hence this resolve. Hence also the resolve which brought him to A. I. T. in the fall of ’06. You know, Guy started out as a '10 man, but not being particularly enamored with the environment, for which we cannot too greatly blame him, spent the year between his Freshman and Sophomore courses in wiring resi- dences and the like in Minnesota, incidentally picking up a large number of stray crumbs of knowledge. In 1907 Williams became a full-fledged 1911 man together with such celebri- ties as Witte. Mabbs, Heitner. Bradford. Wiederanders, and others. To remark that he has pushed himself to the front rank, would be stretching the truth, for Guv is modest and unobstrusive. Nevertheless he has accomplished wonders and has made an excellent record. As a shark in electricity he proposes to bow to no man in the Class, and he certainly holds up his end well. The questions which lie asks, both in class and at the A. I. E. E. meetings, invariably show a deep insight and careful thought about the matter at hand. Williams and Williams (sounds almost like a vaudeville team) designed, drew, and traced a jewel of a hydro-electric plant in the record-breaking time of two weeks this spring. Which is going some. As regards thesis activities. Guy is engaged in the Retardation Test with the other Williams and another well-known firm. viz. Dobbie and Drew. “ Be Calm in Arguing.” 112 THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK Electrical Engineering. Born October 28, 1886, at Deer Lodge, Montana. Prepared at Granite County High School. Thesis Subject: Retardation Test of Generators. Manager of Chapin Club (3). Vice-President of Class (4). Tail Beta Pi. Omega Lambda. Eta Kappa Xu. A. I. E. E. From the broncho’s saddle to an electrical engineer. Such is the romance of Lytle Lytton Williams, our honored vice-president. From far-off Montana, where this ambitious youngster was wont to chase the festive bovine over the prairies and to convert the broncho from its unregenerate ways, to the peace- ful sessions in Business Law is a far cry. But it is a transformation which Lytle accomplished without batting an eye-lash. A cheerful, hustling, handsome Westerner is Williams. Wherever there is something doing, he want to have a hand in it, and he certainly takes a more than passive interest in the affairs of the School and Class. As King of Chapin Club he has broken up innumerable “ crap ” and “ Kelly pool ” games. He has lectured before the select audiences that attended the lectures given under the auspices of the A. I. E. E. Lyceum Bureau. He has “made” three Greek letter organizations, Tau Beta Pi, Omega Lambda, and Eta Kappa Xu. He can induce anything to run, from one of Professor Snow’s motors in the Dynamo Lab to an automobile or a motor boat. As a fusser he excels; not a dance has he missed despite his strenuous School activities, and many is the soft heart he has caused to flutter. And who can blame the dear girls? Just look at those rosy cheeks and that twinkling smile and listen to the line of talk which he can, and does, hand out! Also gaze at that string of many-hued neckties which he affects! But not only with the feminine sex does Lytle make a hit. he is well liked by his fellow-men also. A wholesome, jovial chap like he is is always welcome wherever live ones congregate. If you have not made “ L. L.’s ” acquaintance, that is your misfortune. Williams, like his namesake and boon-companion, will make a cracking good engineer unless all signs fail. The Ladies,—God Bless ’em!” 113 Electrical Engineering. Prepared at Wendell Phillips School. Chicago University. A. I. E. E. High Herr Otto Witte made his initial bow, not in the “ Yaterland,” as some might conjecture, but at St. Louis, Mo. The date of this interesting occurrence was August 8. 1888. Finding the climate unsuited to his precocious spirit of “ hustle.” Otto came to Chicago soon after. Here he attended Wendell Phillips, which claims so many of his classmates as its products, at least as far as high school education is concerned. I laving decided on a scientific career, “ Witt ” spent two entire semesters amid the classic surroundings of Chicago l But his constitution did not agree with the comparative indolence which the Maroon students affect, nor did the doings of Coach Stagg’s demon athletes appeal to his prosaic nature. What more logical thing could he do, then, than to wend his footsteps towards the goal of all the midnight-oil destroyers, Armour? Here, we venture to say, Otto has had enough to occupy himself with at all times. Xor has he been idle. Witt just glories in perplexing studies and noth- ing pleases him more than to put in some good hard licks at them. Results have not been wanting, for Otto is one of the stars of the Electrical Depart- ment. You do not see much of this industrious chap of late.—reason: he is busy drawing up plans for his 30.C00 K. W. steam central station, which he and his “ bunch ” consisting of “ Conny and “ Bloomy ” are designing, both for their Senior power plant and thesis. They will brook no interference in striving for this object, as can be seen from the fact that, to be perfectly undisturbed, these three have rented a room in the Flats from Frank. Here no upheaval among the drafting boards or ribald roystering by irresponsible Seniors can upset their equilibrium. “ J am Nothing if not Critical” 114 Civil Engineering. Prepared at Fremont College. Secretary of Class (3). President Nebraska Club (3). Vice-President C. E. S. Manager Chapin Club (4). Tail Beta Pi. “ Railroad is another standing argument of what Nebraska can do. Of German descent, he was born on Sept. 15. 1886, in Columbus. Ncbr.. where he divided his earlier years between farming and country school. Later he spent three years completing the course at Fremont College, and then spent a year laboring as a lumber-jack. Tiring of such unadventuresome work, he came east and entered Armour in 1907. Since he has been with us Zack has established himself as one who says and does what he firmly believes to be right, and his views generally are right. “ Zackie ” is a level-headed, solid man who would lend distinction to any class. He is capable in every sense of the word and a credit to the Civil Department. Few would suspect oratorical possibilities in this reticent chap, but he surprised us all agreeably at the Junior Banquet by his witty and original speech on Moments Taken about the Minute Book. But then lie probably acquired some of his idol's rhetorical ability. We refer to the Peerless Leader. William Jennings Bryan. Zack has handled diverse difficult propositions, but he admits that the occupation which has caused him most of his gray hairs, hypothetically speak- ing. is curbing the boisterous element of Chapin Club. As manager of this exclusive club he has done all that can be reasonably expected to preserve law and order, peace and tranquillity, in that select refuge of the persecuted. A great little “ Law and Order I eague is Zack. “ With Eloquence Innate His Tongue H as Armed. 115 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OJF TECHNOLOGY JUjUBRART. There are times when we stand amazed, dumfounded in our impotence, horrified at the “ poverty of words ” with which we attempt to depict matters of world-wide importance. Such a task confronts us now in the chronicling of the history of the noble Class of 1911. Oh, for the pen of a Dumas to do justice to this great subject! For, know you, the history of this aggregation of fire- eaters and book-worms is no ordinary one. Epoch-making events have marked its progress throughout the long and tortuous curriculum provided by the Fac- ulty for its especial benefit. Hut let us not anticipate. If this is to be a chron- icle, the chronological order must be observed. So here goes: On a bright and cheerful summer's day in the dim distant past, the sixteenth of September, 1907, to be exact, a number of diffident young men. verdant as to experience and meek as to manner, matriculated at this abode of the learned. This number was two hundred and fifty-eight, and they presented two hundred and fifty-eight variations of awkwardness, timidity, and false bravado, in- nocent little Presides,—little did they know that they were to develop into a howling mob of ruffians, and a “ brilliant array of scintillating genius ' as a well- known Math Prof puts it. Within a few days after these disciples of science had enriched the cof- fers of the Institute they were filled with dire distress at wild rumors about plans for their utter annihilation, which were being formulated by the blood- thirsty Sophs. A hurried meeting was called and the Class was organized. The General Manager of Athletics spoke soothingly to the panic-stricken yearlings. Plans were prepared to meet, and beat, the self-declared enemy at their own game, and in this great hour the raw recruits recovered from their stage-fright, “got together. and prepared to give the supercilious Sophs (sounds like one of those awful poster epithets, doesn't it?) the surprise of their young lives. Said surprise consisted of a large “ 'll flag floating proudly from the flagstaff of the Main Building on the second Monday of the semester. The Sophs were 118 THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. 1 9 11' paralyzed, flabbergasted,—they could only gaze and wonder. First blood for 1911 ! During that day, that night, and the following morning there were in- numerable skirmishes between the hostile parties, during all of which our boys acquitted themselves creditably. Tuesday afternoon the entire school assembled on the Field to witness the Rush. (As I said this was in the dim distant past when we still were permitted this form of insanity.) The Sophs, led by the re- doubtable Vie ” Cole, triumphed in the first clash, due to the lack of organized effort on the part of 1911, but the dauntless Texan, who eats ’em alive, Mr. Angerstein (now a captain in the insurgent forces in Mexico) rallied the scattered forces of the Freshies and they proceeded to wipe up the Field with the Sophs. Only the intervention of the Seniors, who called it a “ draw, saved our ornamental iron fence from destruction. THIS WAS THE LAST RUSH AT ARMOUR, AND 1911 VIRTU- ALLY WON IT. It remained for the Freshman dance to set a new precedent at Armour. Nothing less than the largest hall of the Lakeside Club, and such features as a unique program. Lawrence’s Orchestra, frappe, and eight-foot Class numerals emblazoned in colored electric lights, served to prove to the large attendance that the Class of 1911 was a record-breaker. 1911 rested on her laurels until the next school year. Sophisticated Sophomores After a long period of rest, the 1911 Class reassembled in September, 1908, filled with the desire to annihilate the newly-arrived Freshmen. One meeting served to organize the “'ll’’ veterans and establish a plan of campaign. These same veterans were to meet foes worthy of their steel, howev- er. for the Freshies organized and plot- ted comprehensively for the coming pleas- antries. They put over one or two ban- ners on us (this be- ing history, ye histo- rian must record un- pleasant as well as AHllOUR INSTITUTIS OF TECHNOLOGIC X.IBJLAJBX THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK pleasant facts), but not a poster, not a drop of paint did they succeed in at- taching to the property and vicinity of the Tech. This feature was monopolized entirely by the “ Yea ’Levens.” The Freshmen did not come near enough to 33rd and Armour to do any damage for this reason: By virtue of the deep-laid plot hatched by Captain Kiley the unwary Freshies were kidnapped and tied up, not in a barn, nothing as commonplace as that, but in an old scow on the lake front (the Examiner had them floating, helpless and all but drowned far out at sea!). A bitter clash occurred at Prairie Avenue and 33rd Street between some forty-five Sophomores and eighty Freshmen. Only the arrival of the cops broke up this love feast in which our boys had by far the best of it, though outnumbered. The pirate crew and captives were not so fortunate, however, for they were taken by the bluecoats. seventy-seven of them, five being Seniors and Juniors, to the Stanton Avenue jug. It was some night, believe us. 1911 WAS THE LAST CLASS TO TIE UP ANYBODY PREPARA- TORY TO A RUSH AT ARMOUR. The Rush which would have followed the next day,—the above were only the preliminaries,—was not held because of the untimely (or timely?) arrival of Dr. Gunsaulus. In the greatest oratorical effort we ever heard, he put a final absolute quietus on all Class “ scraps ” and “ rushes.”. The trial of the seventy-seven was an interesting affair. Judge Girten gave the boys a terrific lecture and imposed a solid fine on them. But it was worth the money. (We notice, our friend the Judge has since been defeated for re- election—can it be because of the Armourites antipathy to him?) The next occasion at which the Sophs gave vent to their pent-up emotions (animal spirits, as our friend, Alderman Foreman, so happily expresses it) was the annual Smoker. Resolved to outdo all others, particularly the hated Fresh- men. they armed themselves with brass cymbals preparatory to attending the Smoker. The result was a tremendous triumph for the Eleven men,—no one else’s yells or songs need have been uttered as far as their being heard was con- cerned. Great little idea, those cymbals, what? P. S. THIS WAS THE LAST ARMOUR SMOKER HELD AT THE OLD TURNER HALL. The success of the 1911 Freshman dance was repeated in this year with the addition of leather card case programs and a silken 1911 banner which was floated upward by a multitude of small balloons, revealed by a spot light. The man responsible for these doings and the Class’ prominence along social lines in general was “ Billy ” Hills, the chairman of the social committee. In a turbulent Class meeting a little later on this gentleman was chosen business manager and L. 1). Kiley editor of the 1911 Integral. 120 Jolly Juniors The third year of our existence as a Class was ushered in very quietly There was not the semblance of the usual Freshman-Sophomore festivities,— the most exciting event that loomed on the horizon was the Freshman Hand- shake. promoted as usual by the Y. M. C. A. roughnecks. And no smoker in view ! What a dreary prospect! This famous Armour institution was served up later in a greatly diluted but still highly enjoyable form. The Class gave a very successful dance, and things went along placidly. This being a good time, let it be noted that the boys were studying hard at the Junior stuff, having survived calculus and physics. This merely by way of parenthesis. About the middle of the year , the Seniors began to make arrangements for the reproduction of their classic features, according to the usual custom. And then things began to happen:—The Senior picture committee recommended Mr. Gross and the Integral Hoard insisted that Mr. Walinger be given the con- tract, for the latter, they claimed, would make a cheaper price both for the Integral and the Senior pictures. It was war to the hilt, merciless, cruel, hor- rible. The Juniors were dragged into the fracas and,—held a Class meeting. Shades of Demosthenes and Cicero, it was some meeting! Every boy orator of the Class made a speech or two,—nothing could restrain them, not even the cool, calm Harvey Jones and Robert’s Rules of Order. And they say women like to ARMOUR INSXIXUTJK OJP TJBOHNOJLOGiT IiJUBRARr. THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK 1 9 11' talk! The net result of the two hours’ harangue was a resolution endorsing the Integral Hoard. Thus ended the great battle of words. After a month or so the “ Jolly Juniors ” found it absolutely necessary to have another eruption of some kind to blow off surplus steam. They found an outlet in the Junior Week doings. They decided to turn actors, and produced a play. The subject matter was a college skit, slightly reminiscent, but inter- spersed with plenty of local color, for instance, “ Ogden Dormitory ” (Oh. happy dream!). The author-producer was “ Gussie ” Emin, and the chief Thespians were Messrs. Ambrose. H. S. Johnson. “ Billy ” Hills, Tobias, Miller, and Lang staff. The Mission was crowded to overflowing by the Armour undergrads and co-eds, especially co-eds, and the many witty sallies were hailed with shouts of glee. Wonder of wonders: it was not the poor old down-trodden and ma- ligned Math Department which was picked out for general slaughter (we believe Math has been read out of the school annually for the last decade or so at these love-feasts) but another well-beloved flunking institution. The Phys- ics Department? Yep.—correct at the first guess. THE CLASS OE 1911 WAS THE FIRST TO HAVE PITY ON THE MATH DEPARTMENT. The Junior year book, the much-talked-of 1911 Integral, made its appear- ance the very next day, ON TIME. The same old tent was put up as usual, and the studes were lined up and kept waiting, as usual also. The Champion roughhousers of the school,—and 1911 has always been well supplied with them, —whiled away the time for these early birds in many hilarious ways. Never will we forget the team work of “ Chet ” Snow and DeEos DeTar in bowling 122 THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK 19 11 over the patient “ waiters.” DeLos with the end of a long rope in hand and gal- loping gallantly across the greensward mowed them down in rows. Another part of the mob captured two suit-cases and hoisted them proudly to the top of the then spotlessly white flagstaff. There they flaunted themselves amid the tumultuous plaudits of the populace,—a fitting emplern of the drudgery from which the Integral had freed them for a day to make a Roman holiday. 'File book was hailed with great acclaim, although the Seniors may not have been so greatly edified with their photographs. The 1911 men were quite satis- fied, and were glad to hear that the business management under Todd, who had succeeded Hills, had been so successful that there was not only no deficit, as had been the invariable rule in other years, but a balance on the credit side. The Board deserved some reward for their efforts. ANOTHER PRECEDENT! — AN INTEGRAL WHICH PAID FOR ITSELF! The Junior Banquet also occurred in this memorable week. Almost the entire Class assembled and sat down to a “ feast of reason and a flow of soul,” and other things, chiefly culi- nary in nature. Dean Monin and Dr. Scherger. who were our honored guests, entered into the general spirit of camraderie and added greatly to the success of the occasion by their humorous after-dinner remarks. Their duty done, they left us to ourselves. A seemingly inexhaustible fund of stories told by the members of the Class pro- voked untold salvos of laughter. A glorious time was had by all. Junior Week was a bright spot in “1911’s” career. Big things, ably handled, thanks to “ Smiling A1 ” McCague, the First Marshal, mark it an achievement to he proud of. Sedate Seniors When we assembled for our last college year in September, 1910. we found ourselves suddenly grown quite dignified. Frivolities and foolishness seemed to he a thing of the past. When the veteran band of eighty assembled in the 123 ▲BKOUH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGIC LJLtmAJttr Class meeting the first time, it showed its accession to dignity and sense by re- warding the one member of the Class who had served it faithfully, patiently, unselfishly, in many different capacities, with the highest honor which it could bestow,—“ A1 ” McCague was elected Class President. The Senior Class took the initiative in regard to the Smoker. The com- mittee. headed by “ Phil ” Eickenberg, ran things in great shape,—large at- tendance, cracking good program (no rough edges), first rate pipes, jolly songs and stirring yells, all served to make the Smoker a representative college affair, forever a pleasant memory in our minds. Dean Raymond, Prof. Coffeen (who would NOT tell his celebrated “Cheese Story”), and other vaudevillains, told stories, and Professors Leigh and Smith oft’ered some delightful selections. Dur- ing the course of the evening the engagement announcement of Emil Schmidt was hailed with great acclaim and resulted in his triumphal (?) procession to the stage. When it was announced that the Integral had been abolished, at least for 1911. the Seniors were a surprised lot of students. It was finally decided, in order not to sacrifice too much dignity, to leave the matter in the hands of the Alumni and Junior Class. It was left. THE CLASS OF 1911 WAS THE LAST TO PUBLISH AN INTE- GRAL. Rather than be defrauded of their vested right of a Senior picture and write-up the crafty “’IPs” decided to attempt a book of their own. The authorities gave their consent gladly, all of which explains this souvenir book. Not much happened to mar “ the even tenor of their way,” i. e., until spring. Then about everything wonderful and memorable happened; class picture, year book, thesis, baccalaureate sermon, graduation, the history of which must re- main unwritten here. Such are the chief events in the career of the Class of 1911. Take it all in all, it is a peculiar Class. It has never distinguished itself in athletics to any extent. Yet it has aided materially in upholding and supporting sport at the Tech. As students, the “11” men have made good. “ There is no doubt about it.” As a whole they are good, hard, conscientious workers,—yet not miserable, sickly bookworms. The Class has managed to stir up a hornets' nest in about everything it has undertaken. There was always something doing, where 1911 was concerned. Socially quite prominent, the Class consists of a bunch of jolly good fellows. May they ever look back with pride, and perhaps later on with good hu- mored indulgence, on the exploits of the Class of 1911, and may they all be a credit to their Alma Mater. A. T. T.! NINETEEN-ELEVEN ARCHITECTS ARMOUR JUS3XIXUTJB or technology LAHKAAtr THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. Architectural Department The Chicago School of Architecture is larger than ever this year, as a large number of last year’s students returned and the Freshman class numbers sixty. This is the largest class in Architecture on record and is also remarkable in that the two year course has been discontinued and all of these men are preparing for a four year course. Professor C. H. Hammond gave up his position as professor of Architectur- al Design and A. X. Rebori of New York has taken his place. Mr. Rebori’s training in the Boston School of Technology and abroad makes him an admir- able man for the position. Prof. Tallmadge is giving his lectures on Archi- tectural History and also relieving Prof. Shattuck of some of his classes in construction. Mr. Robert Ostergren, an 08 Armour man, is assistant professor in Architecture. Out of the sixteen in the last year's class only seven returned to complete the Senior year. These arc Beaudry, Merriman, Sailor, Friedman, Greengard, Smalley, and Dalsey. The social life at the Art Institute has been very strenuous during the school year. The upper classmen entertained the Freshman Architects with an informal smoker in the Art Institute club rooms the second week in October. A program consisting of several musical selections and talks by Rebori and Oster- gren helped pass the evening. A bountiful supper was served and a number of last year’s Seniors related their experiences in Europe during the summer. After the supper, everybody entered into the games and then paraded through the loop district. The second Atelier Smoker was as big a success as the first. This was right after Thanksgiving, and the evening was spent in an appropriate manner. Professor Shattuck could not be at the first smoker, but canceled an engagement to be present at this one. He gave a very interesting talk and gave the boys some good advice. The event of the evening was the relay races. Sincere dis- tinguished himself by running through a glass door and Merri ” did a “ Dance ” that was worthy of Mary Garden. Right after Christmas, the biggest smoker of the year came off. This was a big supper and smoker combined. The tables in the Lunch Room were ar- ranged so as to face a big head table. During the supper courses, the fellows were entertained with Vaudeville. After the supper and program, they ad- journed to the American Music Hall. There have been quite a few Architect’s Informals in the Club Rooms this year. Mr. Baxter has played each time and judging from the large number of Armour men and Architects that have attended, they have been raging suc- cesses. During Lent, they were discontinued, but were renewed with a greater interest later on. 126 THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK The annual Atelier Dance was held February 25th in the Blackstone Hall of the Art Institute. The Annual Travelling Scholarship drawings were hung up in the grand stairway hall, and a reception was held here before the dance. Blackstone Hall was beautifully decorated. Black and yellow streamers and huge dragons were used profusely. The grand Stairway Hall was decorated in the same gorgeous manner. Promptly at 9: 30 Mrs. Shattuck on the arm of Mr. Hal Merriman descended the stairs and led the Grand March. The dance was on and it was regretted that the closing hours came so soon. The Annual Atelier Banquet was held this year at the Auditorium Hotel. April 15th. It was one of the most successful banquets ever given and surely speaks well of the Architects as hosts. The honored guests of the evening were Dean Raymond. Dean Monin, Prof. Shattuck, Prof. Rebori, and Mr. Ostergren. A large number of the Alumni turned out and helped make it a success. The tables were beautifully decorated and the program was of the best. Mr. Re- bori filled the toastmaster's chair with credit. After the vaudeville the fellows ended the evening's program by singing “ Auld Lang Syne. History of the 1911 Architects “ Come Seven. Go Eleven means a lot to us Architects, only there were about fifty of 11s who came, and seven who are going to go the last of May. It was some bunch of “ ginks ” that paraded down Michigan Avenue that bright sunshiny afternoon in September, 1907. After registering at Armour, they proceeded to explore their prospective quarters in the Art Institute. The Freshman side was filled to overflowing with men. ambitious to follow the call of “ Pa.’' The first exciting thing to happen was to take part in the famous 1911 Rush and see how many could get tied up and not be able to get 127 ARMOUR msxrxuTJS oir technolouit UUBRAJtr� to classes the next day. The next important thing on the program was the first Atelier election of class officers. George Merlin was made Massier. and Hal Merriman Social Representative. These two steered the class through the year with great success. Chas. Herrick Hammond had his hands full keep- ing the class from trying to carry off all the loose objects around the Art Insti- tute. The Freshman class were not slow in getting acquainted with the fair damsels of the Art Department. The afternoon in formats were well patronized as well as were the matinees of the popular theaters in the loop. Every circus that came to town carried away good Architectural money. In the Sophomore year, we decided to run the Atelier and we surely did. At the Atelier class meeting, R. Friedman was elected Massier, F. Sharpless, Social Representative, H. Che- ney, Treasurer, and H. Merriman, “ Fulcrum ” Representative. That year we accomplished great things. (leorge Merlin won the Home Traveling Scholarship Prize and an “Architectural Department” was estab- lished in the Fulcrum. One of our men drew the frontispiece in the year book. Hal Merriman was made manager of the informals and they have been managed by him ever since. The Junior year dawned as serene as any of the others, but failed to be such. The ’ll Juniors did not have much love for their Design Prof and between pranks played on him and afternoons off, the year was mighty lively. This year at the Atelier election, we did the same stunt of carrying off the majority of offices. Friedman was reelected Massier, Rube Frodin. Social Representative. George Furst, Secretary, H. Sailor. Treasurer, ITal Merriman and H. Cheney, Integral Representatives and the former also Fulcrum Representative. We started in to eat up the town. Did we do it? Well. I guess. We kicked the Seniors out. and plastered their faces with cream puffs, locked the Junior water color teacher out, and made more than one guard climb the wire fence. Not stopping at this, we one day hung a pail of water over the door and wet thirteen men. and gave “ Pa ” Shattuck a shower bath. Not satis- fied with these minor pranks, we took off the majority of the honors of the Home Travelling Scholarship Contest. K. Saam won the prize and two others of our men received mention. The last year of our famous regime is now at hand. This year we have held strictly to our former policy, and have carried it through to the end. The class and Atelier officers are R. Friedman as Massier for his third term, Hal Merriman. Chairman of the Social Committee, and R. Smalley, Secretary. This year we again captured the honors in the Home Travelling Scholarship Contest, Bernhard Greengard being the 'winner. It is with pleasure we step out May 25th and surrender ourselves to the oncoming men. May they fill our places with as much credit as we have. THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK The Architect’sMuse Esma rose among six thorns, Pure as Mary's lamb; Profanity he ever scorns, Though sometimes lie says—(slam!) Xow behold our Homer G. Peer to none at repartee; Ever ready to give proof Of his powers as a “ goof.” Merry Merri lost his heart To a girl named Sadie, Merry Merri likes the part, For he loves the ladv. An Art Club in a Medaille book Doc thought great enough to hook; The Prof the plan knocked all to pieces,— Now Doc's looking for a thesis. Little Harry whenever alone Up at the office, grabs a 'phone, Calls up a dame he never knew, Makes a date, and then lie's through. P� . C. Greengard is his name, An Architect who will win fame: First Mentions always come his way, For he works thirty hours a day. Sophomores a vengeful score Attacked the sinful Seniors' door, Of cream puffs sweet they had been robbed, 'Phe Seniors seven they would have mobbed ; But Ralph the brave stood at the gate And shielded us from their mad hate. Leonidas the Greek of old Scarce equalled R. X. F. the bold. 129 ARMOUR IHST1IUIJB OF T£CUNOLOUX J-ilSRARX. 130 THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. 19 11 Yearly Enrollment of Class of 1911 Dcpa rtment 1907-1908 1908-1909 1909-1910 1910-1911 Electrical Engineering 77 55 42 29 Civil Engineering 58 44 36 23 Mechanical Engineering 47 22 23 11 Chemical Engineering 16 13 10 6 Architecture 37 24 6 Eire Protection Engineering, .. 7 7 6 5 Totals 260 178 141 80 Birthplace Illinois is easily the favored birthplace of the members of our graduating class: almost one-half of the total number call the Sucker State their own. Michigan and New York dispute second place, with thirteen other states and five foreign countries trailing along. Below is the complete list: 39 . 6 New York 6 Nebraska 5 ()hio 3 I owa 3 Germany 2 M innesota 2 Kansas 2 Wisconsin 2 Colorado 1 Kentucky 1 Missouri 1 Montana 1 Pennsylvania 1 Massachusetts 1 Russia 1 China 1 New Zealand, .... 1 Scotland 1 Preparatory School No less than twelve of the 1911 Class attended the Armour Scientific Acad- emy in their prep school days. Wendell Phillips is foremost among the other Chicago high schools with six of its graduates in the ranks of those who receive Armour sheepskins this spring. The Class contains five men each from the R. T. Crane and Medill High Schools. Age The average age of the 1911 graduate is exactly 23 years, 6 months, and 2 days. Bornstein is the baby with nineteen years, and Gray bears the dis- tinction of being the most aged of us, for he has twenty-nine summers to his credit. For the purpose of compiling vital statistics the Seniors were asked to fill out question blanks, which they did with the following results: 1. IVhat is your nationality? Sixty percent of the Class are Americans by birth, 17.4 percent have German and 11.6 Jewish blood in their veins. Other nations represented are China, Scotland, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Sweden, and Bo- hemia. This proves how cosmopolitan we are. 132 2. IVhot is your religion? Isn't it strange that the same percentage of the Class which is American is also Protestant in religion? 29 percent of these are Presbyterians, 14.5 Epis- copalians, and the remaining ones are divided between Methodists, Congrega- tionalists, Baptists, Lutherans, etc. 4.35 percent are Catholic and 11.6 Jewish in their faith. Then the Christian Scientists claim one, deism another, while there are free-thinkers, nature-worshipers, pessimists, and others of a great array of freak beliefs. One-fifth of the Class profess no particular religion. L. L. Williams savs he is a Democrat. 3. Are you married? If not, do you con- template marriage? Four of the Seniors are Benedicks. Of those who still enjoy the state of single blessed- ness little more than half have serious thoughts of changing their blissful condition,—the exact proportion is 54.5 percent. Some set an exact time when they expect to “ get hooked ’ such as 4, 5, 6, or even 10, years, others are very vague. One says concisely in answer to the second part of the question, “ I contemplate.” an- other wag states, “ Yes, with fear and trem- bling.” One poor fellow relates that he “ got the frosty mit,” which is all that prevented his join- ing the ranks of the henpecks. On the whole, the Class of 1911 seems to be woman-haters, judging from the emphatic manner in which some of them disclaim all thoughts on this all-important question. Beware, girls! 4. Who is your favorite author? “Doc” Campbell is the most favored author among the 1911 highbrows, second place being divided between Laura Jean Libbey, McAllister, and Elinor Glyn, all the undisputed authorities in their widely-diverging fields of activities. An honorable mention is awarded to Gebhardt. Beatrice Fairfax. Henry Wads- worth Longfellow, Charles Dickens, and Winston Churchill. The remaining honors are divided between a long list of literary lights, a few of which are: Edgar Allan Poe. Jules Verne, Bath-House John, Schiller, Hek, Barrows. Ten- nyson. Dumas, Hoyle, Steinmetz, Walter Camp. Washington Irving. “ Bill ” Shakespeare. Scott. TTenrv James, X.ick Carter and Frank Merriwell, B. L. T.. Rex Beach, Mark Twain. Macaulay, Kiley. Conan Doyle. What a variety of tastes is represented here! A certain Kentuckian fancies John Fox, and a IToosier by taste if not by birth, finds James Whitcomb Riley’s leisurely roman- tic poems greatly to his. liking. One of the Civils picks Sienkiwicz, while Kuehne says his favorite author is Anderson on Thesis. 133 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OJf TECHNOLOGY UBKAKI. 19 11 5. Hozv many schedule hours do you carry? The average member of the Class carries exactly 30.4 hours on his program card. The Architects each claim to put in 48 hours, which is a trifle hard to believe, and only a small difference exists between the Mechanicals and the Chemicals. Glance at the table: Department Schedule Hours 1. Architecture, ......................................48 2. Chemical Engineering, ..............................36.1 3. Mechanical Engineering..............................35.9 4. Fire Protection Engineering...........................33 5. Electrical Engineering..............................24.6 6. Civil Engineering, .................................24.3 6. How many hours do you study each day? The Electricals claim to study more than the representatives of any other department. The least studious are the Civils, the average for each man being but 1.25 hours per diem. Here are the horrible details: Department Daily Amount of Studying per Man 1. Electrical Engineering...............................3.5 2. Mechanical Engineering, ............................3.2 3. Architecture.........................................3.1 4. Chemical Engineering.................................2.4 5. Fire Protection Engineering..........................1.8 6. Civil Engineering...................................1.25 The average 1911 man puts in just 2.02 hours at studying each day. 7. To what political party do you belong? Fully 44 percent of the Seniors claim to be Republicans, more or less progressive, 27 percent are affiliated with no party, and but 11.4 percent are “ Dimmycrats.” As for the rest, we have 3 Prohibitionists, two Socialists, two out-and-out grafters and one plain Lorimerite, and one lone Anarchist. One abandoned wretch says that party is his which pays the most. Then there is a private in Coxey’s Army besides one Insurrecto. What a conglomeration! 8. What is your pet ambition? Would you believe it, several of our class-mates actually have serious thoughts of developing into successful engineers? A few more earnest young men have such worthy ambitions as. “ to teach electrical engineering.” “ to study farther,” “ to become a worthwhile American.” “ to be worthy of the con- fidence of those whom I come in contact with ” (This might be construed to mean “ to become a confidence man,” but we refrain to infer anything of such nature). We grieve to state that there are only a very few with such lofty ideals. Many of the boys hope to graduate, get a job immediately, and “ make a lot of money.” No less than 36 percent of the Class have no ambition whatever. How deplorable! A certain Electrical hopes to “hang one on Perry.” Among the others let us mention these few: To loaf, to have someone to boss, to own an aeroplane, a square meal, to kilowatt-hour with the Electric Club, to get away from here, to go on the stage, to get my diploma and win “ Edna ”! 134 9. Do you favor Woman's Suffrage? Tlie suffragettes’ cause is lost among the 1911 Armour graduates, for 69 percent are opposed to votes for women. Xot a few think. “ Yes, let them suffer! ” A noticeable fea- ture is that the married men are all for woman’s suffrage. 10. What is your favorite drink? To the old familiar question, “What will you have?” the average 1911 man will reply in a firm, clear tone of voice. “ Water.” Incredible as it may seem, this is the favorite bev- erage of fully 42.5 percent of the Class ; the alcoholically in- clined form only 28 percent of those who would commit them- selves on this all-important question. Just let your glance rove over the vote which is recorded below: Non-Alcoholic Alcoholic Water ....26 Beer 8 Ginger Ale .... 3 Pumpenheimer, 2 Coffee .... 3 Dry Martini. ... 1 Buttermilk .... 3 Whacker Special 1 Tea ? C. G 1 ? 1 Milk .... 1 King William. . 1 Cider .... 1 Old Log Cabin, 1 Malted Milk 1 Peruna 1 Egg Chocolate 1 Postum .... 1 (There's a Reason) Cap’s lemonade and “ Chicago solution alias coffee ” arc accorded mention. 11. Who in your opinion has done most for the Class? A1 McCague is by far the most popular man in the Class,—37.5 percent of the men under his rule are firmly convinced that he has furthered the in- terests of the 1911 body more than anybody else. Harvey Jones received 10 per- cent of the votes cast.—but what’s this? lie is tied by Cupid who is held in affectionate esteem because he “ raised the entire Class.” The Architects choose Friedman as their big gun.” Others highly thought of are Dean Monin, Bloomfield, Eickenberg, Kiley, Dobbie. (A few had the temerity to men- tion “ ye Ed’s ” name in the hope of bribing him into giving them an especially fine eulogy!) A great many of the Seniors were overcome with modesty and refused to answer. On the other hand, three hopeless egoists have the audacity to say that they are responsible for the Class’ prominence,—their names are withheld. Several volunteered to tell who had done most of the Class, but that information is ruled out as immaterial. 12. What do you consider the greatest event in your career at the Tech f The occasion which evokes the greatest enthusiasm in our breasts is the last thing which will happen to us here, graduation. Immediately succeeding this epoch-making event, the Seniors find themselves divided among the fol- lowing as the greatest achievements in their school life: Passing Physics, finish- ing Physics Lab, Registration Day(!), getting through Calculus. The revered, not to put too fine a point on it. Physics Department is seen to be easily foremost in our thoughts. Two of the Seniors were most proud of ‘‘killing Freshman Math.” The remainder is scattered over a wide range: Making the college baseball team, breaking a Beckmann thermometer, passing Illumination, finishing thesis work, getting out of Zorn’s clutches, the first ride on the elevator, are all considered noteworthy mile-stones in the career of one or the other of our graduating Class. We almost forgot this one. “ Getting rid of Perry ’ (Guess who said it.) 13. What do you consider the greatest event in the career of the Classf The famous old 1908 Rush wins this in a walk. 50 percent of all the votes cast show how proud we are of this world-famed achievement. Next in line are the reopening of the Senior Drafting Room and the 1911 Integral, with 10 percent each, but 8 percent think it was a still greater stunt to have that battle-scarred old warhorse put out of existence. (One of our irrepressible hu- morists calls it the Dis-Integral-tion of the Class. Not bad, eh?) Among the honorable mentions we cite Robinson’s “ Purity in Politics ” speech in the spring of 1909. the Architecture Senior-Junior cream-puff scrap (a devilish affair), Junior Play, “ when we were fined and jugged.” Let these suffise. 14. What is your favorite sport or pastime? The great American game is as popular among the red-blooded sons of Armour as it should be (one normal condition at last). The attractions of white “pants” are potent.—look at the tennis enthusiasts! Oh, deah me! Below is reprinted the entire vote.—comment is unnecessary. Baseball...........................16 Football........................... 4 Swimming, ......................... 3 Boating, .......................... 3 Fussing............................ 2 Rough-house, ...................... 2 Matching pennies................... 2 Lounging........................... 2 Hunting and Fishing................ 2 Trips on Lake Michigan............. 1 Basketball....................... . 1 Reading........................... 1 American Music Hall................ 1 My little pipe..................... 1 Seven-up........................... 1 Saving burnt matches and bent pins. 1 Tennis, ............................10 Studying............................ 4 Golf. ............................ 3 Sleeping............................ 2 Wrestling........................... 2 Theater..............................2 Joy riding on through route cars, .. 2 Poker............................... 2 Grand opera........................ 1 Rifle-shooting...................... 1 Working on Thesis.................. 1 Music.............................. 1 Kodaking......................... . I Billiards.......................... 1 136 15. What has your technical training cost you? The average 1911 man estimates the cost of his education at Armour at $1,887.14. Some took the question flippantly,—“ It has cost me hours of tor- ture ’ “ time and money,” “ my reputation,” “ a lot of worry,” etc. One chap figures that his attendance at Armour had cost him $2,878.61, one heart, and much sleep. 16. Hoiv much of it hare you earned yourself? Nine hundred nine dollars and fifty cents or almost one-half (48.195 per- cent to be exact) of what his training cost him was earned through the individual efforts of the 1911 man, which emphasizes the fact that our Alma Mater turns out many self-made men. An even dozen earned every cent of what they paid for their college education themselves. Hats off to them, boys! 17. What feature of your technical training do you consider to hare been most beneficial to you? Dean Monin’s lectures are held in high esteem by a large proportion of the Class. Physics, Mechanics, and Mathematics are mentioned appreciatively. Taking them by departments, we find the Chemicals divided between indus- and organic chemistry besides Mech Lab, the Electricals are partial to Free- man's A. C, the Mechanicals just love their Power Plants, the Fire Protects play no favorites, the Architects think twice as much of Robori’s criticisms as they do of Architectural Design, and the Civils favor Stresses, I lydraulics and Steel Design. Take a slant at some of the irrelevant replies to the above query,—Cap’s lunch. Dean Oehne’s billards, “ my association with bright minds,” all. none, bluffology, “ acquiring a systematic way of thinking and doing things.” (Help!!), also American Music Hall. 18. What the least? In general the most unpopular studies among the Seniors arc German, Busi- ness Law, Physics Lab. and Lectures on the Greek Drama. The Electricals do not seem to think much of Perry’s Power Plants, McAllister, or Electric Railways, the Civils’ pet abhorrence is Stereotomy. the Fire Protects do not care particularly for Electrical Measurements, the Chemi- cals refuse to accept Power Plants as their little brother, the Mechanicals are most outspoken of all against the beautiful language of Goethe and Schiller, and the Architects have little use for electrical studies or Physics, which they are supposed to assimilate at Thirty-third and Armour. One unrelenting chap still hates “ Descript,” another is unkind enough to suggest that Cap’s lunches have done but little in nourishing his tender carcass, a third loves to rise early in the morning.—NOT. And so on. Each has his little grievance, but the greatest of all is this. ” Silence in the Library.” 137 ARMOUR INSTITUTE Of TECHNOLOGr J-lURARr THE EDITOR armour INSTITUTE Of TECHNOLOOr EiURARX. THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK 1 9 11' Senior Class Book Staff EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Emil J. Schmidt BUSINESS MANAGER Philip Eickenberg ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER James H. Fletcher ASSISTANT EDITOR Fred W. Metz Representatives CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Thane G. Cleaver George B. Hills IECIIANICAL ENG IN EERING DEPARTMENT J. Albert M. Robinson Roy B. Ambrose CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT George Vernon Green DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE Harold A. Merriman 140 •XTrrrrfrrT inoioKHoai ao srinxixewT HilOKHT %3HorfTLm r ____ii' imi mriBiMniim'-i iwj mrawasDiaa ii X X X EDITORIAL X Jt is to a peculiar sequence of circumstances that this volume owes its existence. Bickerings and misunderstandings occurring last year between the Integral Board and the 1910 Senior Class embroiling also the Junior (1911) Class came to the attention of the Deans, all of which, coupled with other fac- tors, led them to peremptorily abolish the Integral, the time-honoral annual of our school. This was a heavy blow to the students, most of all. however, to the Seniors. The graduating men always regard the annual published in the same year which sees the severing of ties, formed by mutual association between students and faculty and strengthened by four years of growth, with a peculiar esteem. The shadow cast by the approaching parting causes a halo of fond and sorrowful reminiscences to hover over the affairs of the Institute. Nothing pleases the graduate more than to have pleasant reminders of his college career. 'I'lie year book is “ the thing ” for him. because it serves to recall, in a later period of his life, the many occurrences of his last and best-remembered year at college to his fancy whenever he finds himself in a retrospective mood. It is this reason, and not merely the vainglorious one of having photographs and biographical matter published about their own persons, which induced this year’s Seniors to consider the project of an annual for and by the gradu- ating class. Still this volume must fall far short of the ideal of the 1911 man’s last and best-loved year book,—it can touch only on what affects the members of the Class, all else does not exist for it. The Seniors must satisfy themselves with this fragment of an annual, and what is offered to the under-classmen? Nothing. No gaily decorated chron- icle beckons to them to while away an idle hour in contemplating the prodigious feats accomplished at their school either bv themselves or their fellow-students. 142 In view of all this, we venture to humbly suggest with all due deference to the authorities that the following Senior Class be given a wider scope and more time in preparing their souvenir book, in case they publish such a volume, and that eventually the Integral be reestablished. An annual is essential for any college, or it is considered so by the students, therefore, since the Class of 1911 has expiated its sins, let Armour once more enjoy this boon as in bygone days. If there is one underlying thought which we wish every Senior to experi- ence as he glances through these pages, it is this, “ Tis a poor thing but mine own,” as that famous Shakesperean clown, Touchstone, said of one of his jests. We want every Senior to feel that this is his book,—it was published entirely and solely for his benefit. The brilliant Disraeli, to whom Doctor Scherger introduced us so delight- fully, said once, “ Apologies only explain that which they cannot alter.” We shall not make many apologies, principally for this reason. Still, if any of our class-mates should find many things worth criticizing and seeming evidences of careless or inaccurate work, we merely wish to suggest to such a one that this book was published in an extremely short time and under adverse conditions. Perfect freedom from suspicion and lack of criticism is a “consummation devoutly to be wished,” but alas, one which is seldom achieved in the manage- ment of any responsible undertaking. We realize this and say simply. “ We have done our utmost to give you a book of which you need not be ashamed. Let the result speak for itself.’ The most beloved and respected character with which the graduating class has come into contact is without a doubt Dean Monin. He has instilled a love for the true, the honorable, the beautiful, in our immature young minds, lie has moulded strong, self-reliant, ambitious men out of the clay of the Sopho- more’s self-importance and inflated conception of his own knowledge. Pro- fessor Monin has weekly brought great thoughts to us and presented them in a guise at once so authoritative and instructive as well as absorbing and at times even amusing that we have been charmed out of ourselves and filled with broad-minded views and noble resolutions. The Dean has placed himself on a level with us, talked to us like a father or rather like an older brother, and gradually led us to a higher appreciation of the gold of this life, making the dross appear unworthy and repugnant. His talks were interwoven so largely with his own personal experiences that we unconsciously formulated our pre- ceptor as our example, and made the exhilarating optimism of his vigorous mind our own. 143 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNO LOU IT LIBRARY. THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. I 9 U If the Senior of the present school year develops into a manly, well-bal- anced engineer, a truly educated man, with thoughts for other affairs than the mere sciences which are the tools of his work, the credit will be due largely to Dean Monin, without disparaging the splendid help received from the other representatives of the Institute in any way. The graduating class realizes this fully, and desires to assure him of its sincerest appreciation for his efforts in its behalf. PUBLISHING BOARD Hills Green Merrlman Cleaver Fletcher Metz Robinson Ambrose Schmidt Eickenberg 144 X ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LIBRARY. The graduating class contains a large number of talented and able men. and as a class we consider it one of the greatest ever turned out at Armour. Still there are many, at one time or another members of our illustrious class, whose interesting personalities would add greatly to the general excellence of the 1911 graduates, were they still our class-mates. A list of their names would include among others: Earl Aldrich, chess promoter of Chapin Club at one time, now a prosper- ous farmer in North Dakota, Cheney, the great basketball player.—best center Armour ever had.—Gustafson, his side-kicker, Herlin, an Architect who won the Travelling Scholarship two years ago. I looper, Arch, representative to the Tan Bets, McEwing, the premier bowler of the class, Schwartz, the irrepres- sible German, Jack Taylor, of immortal baseball fame, Pirrie, “ Nomenclature Pete.” a shark in all of his studies, now a prominent member of the technical staff of the Post Co.. Geissler and Buckingham, both one-time class presidents, Lotz. the noiseless, Dick Powell, ditto, Dormitzer and Hatch, who have dis- tinguished themselves as A. C. sharks at Illinois, Hall, Casey. Perkins. Beach. Hull. Wheelock. Brown, Egloff, Hubschmann, all of Chapin Club, ’nuff sed. Van Slyke. the demon draftsman, Goodmansen, the champion “ tickler of the ivories.” “ Red ” Smith, the journalistic, dramatic, and musical wonder.—is the list a long one? Cheer up, there arc more to come. There is Gonzales, the mild mannered Mexican (Can it be possible that lie took any active part in the late revolutionary mix-up down there?), “Billy” Hills, some social lion, now a patent attorney, Piowaty, Eerderber, and Mautner, of the Freshman firm of Xewhouse Co.. Carlson, the telephone man who emi- grated to Cuba, King, of Sunday-School fame, an authority on all branches of knowledge. Tillitson and Sharpless, Architects and good scouts both, good old smiling George Dinse, who still visits us occasionally.— 146 THE SI ENj HOI R CLASS 1BOOSC ) TV- si Any more? Sure,—listen: Remember Steuer, who tried to assassinate Dean Raymond with one of the old blue-printing frames? And who could for- get “ Gas ” Shafer, an intimate friend of Professor W ilcox (of the Physics Department), Hutton and Nelson, electrical experts (The former was married recently at Rockford, his home), Burke, Cooper, and Lawrence, “three of a kind.” viz. fussers, Benson and MacKenzie, the Oak Park members of the Broth- ers of Rest. Zim,” whose favorite subjects were Preshman Chemistry and Col- lege Algebra.—he recently sustained a fracture of the leg while broncho-busting on his father's Montana ranch,—Donn, the mercenary chemist, Gugis, the great Russian engineer. Gougler, quiet and expert in drafting work. Strawbridge. the billiard champ, the jolly Wiederanders, at present with the Troy Laundry Ma- chinery Company, A. J. Weber, a hustler if we ever saw one. Paskiewiecz. of a literary turn of mind, “ Dutch ” Angerstein, versed in the rules of procedure in parliamentary law. immortal for his valiant efforts in our Freshman Rush, and many, many more. Truly, quite an array of illustrious people. Together with those of the original Class of 1911 who for some reason or other will not graduate until next year, and the graduating members they make up a record-breaking list of celebrities who would surely set the world afire if turned loose on it all at once. AN ORIGINAL 1911 MAN ON HIS OWN FARM. 147 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY juiBRAjar THE SENIOR CLASS BOOSC Sonnets of a Senior [Penned during a Period of Aberration by a Pensive Senior.] Scenes of woe and scenes of pleasure, Now a last and fond farewell; Your remembrances we treasure, And the reasons here we tell: Physics, Graphics, and Mechanics, Drawing, Chem Lab, other panics, Mysteries of Kinematics, Many kinds of Mathematics, Served to burden our poor brains; While we struggled on, on, on. Through a vast unending throng Of the piffle and the spiffle. Through the piffle and the spiffle that they’ve fed us Oh so long, While we wondered and we pondered why we always were in wrong. Oh, the Stresses and Strains That gave us such pains; Much dope theoretical And oft hypothetical Fuddled our brain All in vain. Dear old Physical Lab Almost made us a crab,— Oft assailed by a Doubt, We had many a bout. With the bugaboo of the third year,— Getting rid of it brought us good cheer. Mow we scrambled, how we floundered Through the many paths of lore. Which were held for us in store. Still we fought and strove to please. If but our minds to set at ease. 148 THE SENIOR CLASS BOOR Sonnets of a Senior (Continued.) Now we've vanquished, we can view All our efforts with regret, And begin our life anew, Thankful that we can't forget The great benefits of bonin’ Mingled with advice from Monin. Alma Mater! You have taught us To prevail 'gainst foes who fought us, To be patient and unfearing Of hard labor, persevering To the end. SOME OK OUR GOOD FRIENDS. 149 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LIBRARY. The Crime of the Year Xot so very long ago some few idle Electricals (it must have been students from this department, according to the Mechanicals, for who ever heard of an idle Mechanical?) decided that a change would do the old humdrum Drafting Room good. So by dint of tremendous exertions, and right after Dean Monin’s warning, too, to “beware of useless motions,” they managed to change around about every one of the large tables used by the Seniors of the two above- mentioned departments in their design, substituting chaos for cosmos. What a lark it was! How they hugged themselves in glee over the huge joke which they had put over on their compatriots! But in their childish innocence the arch conspirators had transferred one desk from its point of vantage near the window to an obscure corner, not knowing that it contained the records, cata- logues, and other paraphernalia of one of the well known Profs of the Insti- tute! Innocent (?) bystanders who were among those present state the eruption which ensued was terrific. If old Pete Bartzen could have been there to wit- ness it. they say. he would have joined the Carnegie Peace Society in despair. Result: the Drafting Room was closed thereafter during the noon hour, which was the time at which the outrage had been perpetrated. The Class, sitting as a Ways and Means Committee, decided to appeal the case, with a promise of future angelic behavior. Some of the non-Mechanicals and Klectricals, not being interested, firmly declined to back such a rash prom- ise. A heated discussion followed, until finally one of the lion-interested ones, none other than our own George Vernon Green, won the plaudits of the multi- tude, meaning the Mechs and Klees, by proposing a vote of confidence. This was passed amid the wildest scenes such as can be found duplicated only in great political meetings. How a courageous band of perfectly innocent youths. Messrs. J. Albert M. Robinson. W. W. Drew, and Walter Heitner. braved the wrath of the Deans in this noble cause, how they finally secured the opening of the Drafting Room and the resoration of old relations, is a matter of histon. Are we a Progressive Class? The Civils completed a year's work on their drafting boards before the Christmas holidays, the Electricals have already performed 15 or 20 more experiments .in Dynamo Lab than any other class, the Mechanicals are doing phenomenal thesis work, such as the automobile, refrigerator plant, and gas pro- ducer tests, the Architects are accomplishing wonders under Rebori, their newly-discovered idol, and the Chemicals and Fire Protects can boast of form- ing the most brilliant collections ever turned out by these departments respec- tively. 1011 does the work. What' do you say, boys? 150 A Memorable Trip About a year ago the then Junior Mechanicals and Electricals undertook an elaborate inspection trip, arranged by Professor Libby, to the Allis-Chalmers works in Milwaukee. A special car was chartered from the Chicago and Mil- waukee Electric Railway, carrying the sixty odd Armourites from Xorth Evan- ston to the heart of Milwaukee and back. The Allis-Chalmers people proved themselves splendid hosts, not only showing and explaining every interesting fea- ture of their mammoth West Allis works but providing an elegant dinner besides. The trip itself was one that abounded in yells, songs, and all sorts of good- humored roughhouse. The main feature was the organization of the Xautical Club, initiations into which were made at freejuent intervals under the able supervision of “Doc” Langstaff. When our special had returned us to the bosom of dear old Chi again, every one except the faculty representatives and the car crew had become duly accredited members. Messrs. Libby, Ereeman. Snow, Clifford, and Eornhof. of the Faculty, accompanied the boys and helped to elucidate many of the things observed at the factory more fully besides acting as chaperons. The latter was no bed of roses exactly, for several of our Teutons were strongly for adopting Beer- town, the paradise of the Germans, as their home immediately. 151 ARMOCR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ubhahl Extra! Extra! Extra! Treasurer Absconds with Funds—Flees to Canada to Get Married-Leaves no Clue Such might have been the glaring head lines in the Daily Tech on the morning of March 1st, 1911. “Ed” Dobbie, the Class Treasurer, had left pre- cipitately the night before and according to his pal “ Kiel ” Williams, his des- tination was Toronto, Canada,—object matrimony. The rumor spread like wildfire and found ready believers amongst the Seniors. The stock of 1911 be- gan to act bearish. Pessimists declared that all was lost and the Class was bankrupt. But on the following Wednesday Dobbie bobbed up, serene as ever. He was showered with congratulations, which lie declared unwarranted. His brother Electricals sang the Lohengrin Funeral March with great feeling in his honor. Professor Freeman appeared at this moment with the questions for a McAllister quiz and held up his hand in horror, as if to say, “ Cease this levity at such a solemn occasion,” referring of course to the quiz. Our congratulations arc heartily extended, nevertheless, Dob old top, think of them when the time comes! This may not be so very far away at that, for quoth Edward, “ Xo, boys, Pm not foolish enough to get married at this time,—not saying though that I wouldn’t like to be! Thus the mystery was unravelled, and yellow (or should we say “ black and yellow”?) journalism received another black eye. 152 The Daffydil Club Chapter O (O-mike-run). Most Exalted Ruler and Punster Extraordinary ............A. Herbert Packer Sample: Vote for Pettibone, Prof. Marry-’em! Supreme Magnificent Preserver of the Quip Courteous ........G. D. Pettibone Highest Grand Royal Court Jester ..............................A. C. Lohse Most Eminent Plenipotentiary of the Treasury and Jokester in Ordi- nary ..................................................Arthur M. Newhouse Premier Daffydillist ....................................J. Casca Bloomfield Specimens: If Oscar is King of Sweden, of what is Stock-king? If the boome-rang, will the build-ding? If Ralph Boettcher a dollar, how much would Alpha-bet? Watchword : “ Officer, lie’s in again.” Club Song: “ Who’s loony now ? ” Colors: Sear and Yellow. During the last few months an epidemic has swept over the school and has wrought most fearful havoc, especially among our Electricals. It is known as “ daffydillitis,” a species of pseudo-joke making (hand forged), which origi- nated in the esteemed. “ to put it mildly,” American. The disease is caused by a tender little germ called the daffydil—“ daffy ” meaning daft, silly, light- headed, and “ dil,” from the Sanskrit, meaning to dally, to waste time. Once inoculated by this germ, there is no hope for the victim. He will rack his brain and search every sentence, every word, which he encounters for a daffydil. Let the above, who are chronic and incorrigible cases, serve as horrible exam- ples for all. 153 ABJIOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY JLJLBKARr. THE SENIOR CLASS BOOSC SOTTI Limpid Limericks With all due apologies. Yes, officer, we have our license. Inductance, capacity, and hysteresis, The Dynamo Lab. a Junior thesis, Not to mention A. C, As Elecs say we, How happy are we that this drudgery ceases. Power plants, gas engines, Perry's Valve Gears, Are all perturbations no Mechanical fears,— Taught by Coflfeen To design a machine, lie's been trained as M. E. these four years. The best recreation is fighting the flames. At least according to Fire Protect claims. And meanwhile they're blest With plenty of rest,— Insurance concerns, make a note of their names. Tell me, O Muse, so wise and profound. Where are the Civils, the diligent, found? O'er a bridge design bent. All their powers are spent In the Drafting Room all the year round. Organic, electro-, and others a score Of chemistry's depths are a pleasure and more. Careful analysis, Also catalysis, To us who are Chernies makes life less a bore. Dances, receptions, the study of art, Rough-house and fights, an occasional dart From Blessed Dan Cupid (The dear little stupid) Serve to gladden the Architect's heart. 154 The Charge of the Math Brigade With apologies to “ Alt ” Tennyson. “ Onward the Math Brigade, To the blackboard,” he said. Was there a man dismayed? Xot though the Presides knew That they had blundered. Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why. Theirs but to bluff, to try. Up to the board black as night Strode the half-hundred. Comments to right of them. Comments to left of them. Knocks from behind them, A blank space in front of them. They stood and they wondered Knowing it was a sell. Boldly they tried,—oh, well, ’Gainst such a fearful spell Nought could avail but the bell “ Saved,” sighed the half-hundred. In Dynamo Lab Instructor:—“ Now well cut out one leg of the three-phase transformer and run it as a Y instead of a delta combination.” A Student:—“ Which limb of the transformer did you say we should re- move ? ” Guess who said it. 155 THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK- An Uplifting Force It is thanks to this guardian of the lift, as our English cousins term it. that we have been saved from the waste of many thousands foot- pounds of work. This blond per- son. built on the architectural lines of “ Jakey Mabbs and “ Gib ” Em- mons, glories in a multitude of ali- ases. Some of them are “ Jim “ Slim.” “ Cupid.” “Wilfred.” and “ Angel-face.” He answers to all of them and is always on the job. ELECTRICITY LECTURE ROOM. A PROMISING PUPIL FOR PROFESSOR FREEMAN. 156 THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. 19 11 Speaking of Hard Luck The Senior Electricals are asked to prepare abstracts weekly of the ar: tides in the current periodicals. Professor Freeman assigned the Elektro- technische Zeitschrift (a German publication) to one of our promising Teutons and related the following experience of a former Senior: This unfortunate had been slated for this same task and, being but an indifferent linguist, had struggled laboriously with a lengthy article in the Zeitschrift. ’ After many trials and tribulations he succeeded in translating the whole of it, only to find that it was a translation of an article which had been published in an American Journal!!! This student was not A. C. Lohse. During a discussion on street car rates, Sackheim argued thus: The time element should be considered in fixing fares. For instance, some of the boys live twice as far from the school as I. and yet get here twice as fast.—I walk!! Some Unconventional Portraits Ever notice the pose an author or actor affects when being photographed? Just take a peep at page 54 and behold the thoughtful attitude of the Author of the Junior Play. 157 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OJP TECHNOLOGY WflHAKL “ A boiler consists of a safety-valve and a whistle.” “ A drafting room is a place where cheap orators get their chance.” “ Education means a drawing out. (Just think of all the effort it costs me to educate some of you fellows even a trifle!)”—Freeman. “ The prince of rough-housers,—Fenn.” “Electricity is when,—” (Sit down!!) Favorite Expressions of Well-Known People Drew : Why--------- Prof. Freeman : 1 know that’s not in the book, but----- Meitner: Said she smiling brightly----- Prof. Libby: You see,—it’s perfectly simple. McAllister: It is quite evident------ (Is it?) Prof. Snow : At the present moment I can see no reason why that wouldn't be true. Dean Monin: So. please, I come to you wiz zis plea-------- Dr. Gunsaulus: Classes will resume immediately. Schmidt: I wish to withdraw in favor of someone else. Prof. Nachman: It’s not five o'clock yet. Prof. Doubt: You are---------weeks behind in your reports. Bloom field : (Any catch phrase of the hour.) Prof. Paul: Apply Bernoulli’s Theorem. Prof. Smith:---------is it not? (“Yes, it is not.”—Andy.) Prof. Frith : Just so. Billy Schultz: You sec,—you understand,—I tell you.—it's just like this----- Alling: Pipe the peach, kid. Freddie Metz (Reading voltmeter): Foil hundred and fohty-foh. Did y’ see that babe pop? (When the circuit breaker blew.) Bradford: Yes— that’s so. Art Institute Girls: He’s a darling. I simply fell in love with Mr. Merriman. Just the cutest ever. Dalsey : I am the kid who built the Pyramids. Merri: Isn’t it nearly lunch time? Smalley : I think I have a new idea. Friedman : Some criticism. Sailor: Get the gloves. Beaudry: Is that Dago coming? 158 Our Own Employment Bureau Now that Andy has turned instructor what is the matter with these: Our nomination for the Stall Professorship in Bluffology. CHESTER A. SNOW B. S. by general consent. Holder of world's record for pure stalling (no ponies or horses) of ten minutes. The entire department of Junior Fire Protection Engineering. Com- plete test of New York high pressure system with Professor Taylor. Circulars regarding Lyceum Course on request. For Instructor in Machine Tool Works, the noted educator, L. L. WILLIAMS Now employed in this capacity at Armour Institute of Technology Night School. Perfect system, theory and practice combined most excellently, good- humor thrown in. Can teach even non-English speakers with marvellous re- sults. Also 1� . S. in Hydro-Electric Engineering. For Professor of Business Engineering. GERSON H. EMIN B. S., A. I. T. 1911. Now business manager of Armour Engineer. Brought unparalleled pros- perity to this well known technical journal. Can sell anything from a member- ship in the Civil Society to a life subscription to the Engineer. Leavell Scholar- ship for long-distance talking. Indorsed by the Armour Civil Engineering Society. For Larsen Chair of Food Chemistry, GARRETT BELL JAMES B. S., A. I. T. 1911. Can trace every fraudulent bean in a plate heaped with hundreds of them. Analysis of ice cream starches a specialty. Research work in Bug Lab. Expert Lecturer. Highly indorsed by Armour Branch of Bug Chemists. For Instructors in Gas Engineering. WILLIAM SIECK, JR., J. ALBERT M. ROBINSON Experts in gas motive power. Important work in Frith Gas Engine Labo- ratories. Gas producing an especial feature. Brilliant lecturers, wide knowl- edge. fertile imagination. Satisfaction guaranteed. Both received B. S. degree. Our eligible list includes 77 more names. If we have shown you our high standard by these few samples, send for booklet giving complete information. Address Armour Society for Promotion of Engineering Education, Room J. Chapin Hall. . Visitor: “What is that fearful commo- tion? Is someone being assassinated or is it a civil war? ” Guard: Oh. no, that is merely the Men’s Life Class trying to make a plaster cast of Merri.” On the level, can you form this picture in your mind: Andy teaching the “ young American idea ” how to handle a compass, splashing red ink with reck- less abandon over a raft of beginners’ attempts (oh. sweet revenge!), calling the roll, and subduing rough-house? Surely, a picture no artist can paint. Yet if you would travel to Sioux City, you would find this portrait, as it were, brought to life. We tremble for the heart of the fair high school teacher, little does she reck of Andy’s prowess as a fusser. Or has he sworn off? We are curious to know. Did you ever detect a look that was gloomy On the faces of ITeitner or Bloomy? Neither did we. P. S. The White Sox will surely win the pennant this year. (Authentic interview of J. Comiskey Bloomfield.) 160 THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. Some Unconventional Portraits “ TOUGH ” WILLIAMS. THE MAN IN THE OVERALLS. A Look Into the Future We often wonder how that matchless array of “ pomps ” so advantageously displayed in our picture gallery will appear to us years later, when the styles in hair-cuts will have changed. Here is where a certain few will have cause to re- joice, for the kind of hair-cut which they affect never changes in style. We refer to those who need not remove their hats when they are to be denuded of their hirsute shrubbery. There is no cloud, etc. When we gaze lovingly and admiringly at the photographs of ourselves and brethren which are reproduced elsewhere in this volume we are prone to think sorrowfully of the future, when those rugged, handsome features will become shrouded in fat, or become still more bony, when those slender youthful forms will become rotund in appearance and duck-like in gait, when those noble brows will expand in area until they embrace the entire cranium in one vast glossy sur- face, when the fire in those bright eyes will be extinguished and they will no longer proclaim a free soul (the possessor having taken unto himself a wife), —but we refuse to ponder further. Let the curtains of the future remain mer- cifully closed, the present is horrible enough. 161 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGI JLLBKARr. The Notion Counter (With apologies to B. L. T.) Our notion of: Nothing said,—A conversation between Billy Schultz and Chet Snow. Also a political argument by Gussie Emin. Nothing to get excited about,—Operation and Testing. Nothing to sustain life,—A lunch of Cap's beans, pie a la mode, and an eclair. Something to be awaited with awe and trembling.—Final exams (by a Freshie). Nothing to worry over,—Final exams (by a Senior). No place for a friendly chat,—The Library. A one-sided debate,—Commodore Perry vs. anybody else. No place to look for sympathy,—Armour. An instrument from which to evoke divine harmonies.—The Chapin Club piano. Undesirable criminal disturbers of the peace.—The Fulcrum Quartette. (Have you ever heard it perform?) The most tiresome bore whom it would be a blessing to shoot,—The chap who corners you and explains at great length the mistakes he made in a cpiiz. Pass the chloroform. Getting stung,—Interfering with Snow’s theater dates (Signed,—Eicken- berg, Schultz, McCague). The paternal system of government,—Machine Shop. A good example of the proverbial bull in the china shop.—The Civils in Dynamo Lab. Ditto the Mechanicals. Ditto some Electricals. The last person in the world to fear.—Dr. Scherger and his “ unexcused absences (In your Senior Year). A fool-killer's paradise,—A Freshman Class-meeting (or any other Class- meeting). 'I'he surest way to go broke.—Backing Bloomy’s billiard form. A monumental waste of breath,—Trying to talk Prof. Wilcox out of a D ’’ in Physics. The only rival of the Chemicals' odor-producing activities.—Penn’s pipe (Came over on the Mayflower, and vaporizes only home-grown cab- bage leaves). Professor Wells' idea of an unmitigated public nuisance,—The crowd that gathers in the Senior Drafting Room every noon. 162 THE SENIOR CLASS BOOK. Some Want Ads Wanted,—Immediate employment by one-half of the team of Eickenberg and Bloomfield. Plain and fancy dancing of all kinds, especially the Highland Fling. Vaudeville features of every description, every one an immediate sure- fire hit. The “ Eickenberg Flop ” devised and executed by me never fails to bring down the house. See cut. A genteel, well-dressed, nobby, up-to-the-min- ute act assured.—Phleickenberg, c. o. Hotel Reighvens-wood. Wanted,—A purchaser for a choice collection of ponies, slightly used, also a large assortment of Mech and Physics Lab reports, frat pins, dance programs, Hunk notices, billets-doux, etc. Very reasonable rates, or willing to exchange for a ten-dollar-a-week income, or what have you?—R. Moore Grad. Wanted,—At once, a Job. Address A. Sen- ior, A. 1. T. 1911. Some Senior Subjects (Seen on 1911 Program Cards.) Freshman English Spelling History of Recent Times Machine Tool Work Freshman Drawing (Very popular) Physics Lab. (A universal favorite) 163 Casual Comment Going to give Her a copy of the Year Book? So are we. No, Fleurette, American Music Hall, which you hear mentioned so often, is not the College of Music of Armour Institute. If it were, it would not he so well attended as it is. However, we will not deny that a course in “ The American ” is quite as desirable as one in Chapin Club Billiards under Dean Oehne or Professor Kelly in giving an Armour man a well-rounded training. Oh, we think a great deal of our American Music Hall. We may be ignorant, but we confess that some of the Architeeks’ terms are beyond us,—how DO you pronounce Atelier and Massier, and what in the name of the King's English does the latter mean? We are frantic to be in- formed (and play it twice). What did it hurt you most to give up money for? Dobbie says, being docked $8 apiece for two Beckmann thermometers which he had the misfor- tune to break. Someone else cannot forget the fifteen cents he was mulcted for a syllabus on business law. From another quarter we hear a voice call, “Taxi- fare ($10.98) for a girl who was perfectly willing to ride home on a car after a dance.” And what a shower of names of text-books! Don't crowd, gentle- men, one at a time. It was after a series of balls and other social functions that H. S. Johnson appeared in Chcm Lab one morning looking just a little sleepy. Chief McCor- mack saw him and said, “ Johnson, if you would see a little more of the day- time and a little less of night you would not look like the last whisker of a mis-spent youth.” This spring Bornstein acquired the golf habit. He started out with the intention of making the course under bogey the very first attempt, but imagine his surprise when the best that he could do was to drive the ball some fifteen vards! 164 A Matrimonial Item or Two The following item which first appeared in an Ypsilanti paper and was reprinted in the February Fulcrum created a sensation in Armour circles re- cently : Ypsilanti, Jan. 25, 1911.—Another normal romance has just come to light in the admission yesterday of Miss Edith Baughman of Water- vliet that she was married during the Thanksgiving recess to G. D. Pettibone. a student at the Armour Institute of Technology at Chi- cago. The marriage was to have been kept secret from the bride’s parents, but while Mr. Pettibone was visiting his wife, a word inad- vertently dropped put the other co-eds at the rooming house wise, and the two pleaded guilty. The groom returned to Chicago and Mrs. Pettibone has been kept busy receiving congratulations. She awaits the time when her parents shall hear the news with trepidation. We extend our heartiest best wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Pettibone, for we are sure that he has chosen wisely and we know that she has. May they “ live happily ever after! ” Just a few days ago the recent marriage of another 1911 man became known, the happy groom being Kaiser. He was married to the “ best girl in the world ’ formerly known as Miss Mabel McXeil, on March 19. Heartiest congratulations, old man. As we rush to press, we hasten to deny the rumor that Mr. J. Grant Fenn, ’ll. has married an heiress, a million-heiress in fact. That goes too for any other Senior until May 25. For actions after that date we absolutely refuse to be responsible. “ It’s a mad world,” sighed Dean Raymond as he removed newspaper clip- pings. announcing the engagement of Emil Schmidt to Miss Rosa Lean Frank and of William Schultz to Miss Minnie Volinski, from the bulletin board. As You Mentioned the Subject of Hard Luck One of the few Seniors who thought they could be improved by having some light on the subject (meaning themselves), in short one of Barrows’ Illumina- tion Class, had the bad luck to fail in a quiz. Taking it over, he perspired and worried through a two-hours’ masterpiece and presented it to the hard-hearted Prof. Imagine his chagrin, when he was told, “ You can keep it, I have no use for it! ” Another subject for commiseration,—the poor fellow who could not take a final because he had carelessly left his book at home. akmoph INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY JLlUHAHr. 165 THE SENIOR CLASS BGQIC 19 11: Unconventional Portraits ROBBIE, ROY. AND THE GAS PRODUCER. IIow Dean Monin does love to muddle us hopelessly during the course of his lectures in Logic and Psychology. His prize question is,—“Zeno says, All Greeks are liars,’ but Zeno was a Greek. Did he or did he not speak the truth ?” The Argument: “Now. if Zeno spoke the truth, all Greeks were liars, therefore, he was one too; if he lied he told the truth and if he told the truth he lied,” etc. Class: (feebly) “Assistance.” Mrs. Aitcch:—“Oh. I am rully much older than my looks would indicate. Why, do you know, I have a son who is an aluminum of Armour Institute.” To paraphrase the famous old line. What is so rare as a quiz in the second semester of the Senior year? Answer,—nothing, unless it be an Armour co-ed. 166 Some Unconventional Portraits 167 ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LJ.jBKA.K3T. rpTO THE .NINETEEN lill ELEVEH Att EAREWELL-AiTD HAY Yoy PRESERVE THAT CHEERFVL OPTIMISM AHD HEALTHY SPIRIT °F C°MPAH I°H5HIP WHICH HA5 FOREVER EH DEARED OVKHVmi A$S0CIATI°A AT THIS I ISTITVTI9N WHEH Y°V STEP FROjMl THE SHELTER op yoVR SCHOOL °-NT° THE GRIM BATTLEFIELD OF LIFE •xw'rrrfrr'T moowht t e 8 E r ■ i.- i i u