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

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 Dr. Howard Monroe Raymond A M E S S A G E F R 0 M T II E PR ESIDE X T The success of an educational institution, equally with any other organization, depends primarily on the loyalty of its members. The one characteristic above all others of our student body, alumni, and faculty that impresses those who are entrusted with the des- tinies of the Institute, is their splendid loyalty. It is shown con- stantly on every hand and proven so effectually in the vigorous life and material welfare of our institution. The intimacy of our daily associations, year after year, brings us together on a common ground in one common spirit and one ideal, that of loyalty and service to Armour Institute of Technology. Loyalty is so much more significant and important than scholarship or popularity. It is deep and true. It is faith and duty and sentiment combined. It is affection, love, and enthusiasm. Armour loyalty is what we live at A. I. T. Xintffn

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Top Rou—Charles J. Faulkneh, Jk.. Howard M. Raymond, Samuel, Inhull, John J. Mitchell, Jr. Bottom Rote—Roy M. Henderson, Robert B. Harper, Philip D. Armour, I.ester Armour, Alfred S. Alsohuler T R U S T E E S John J. Mitchell, Jr. Samuel Insull Philip D. Armour Lester Armour Roy M. Henderson Howard M. Raymond Alfred S. Alschuler Charles J. Faulkner, Jr Robert B. Harper OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION Howard Monroe Raymond President Philip Dan forth Armour Pice-President George Sinclair Allison Secretary and Treasurer John Cornelius Penn Dean of Engineering Claude Irwin Palmer . . Dean of Students Robert Vallette Perry Director of Evening Classes Nell Steele Librarian Charles John Xisbet Cashier Ernest Kelly Recorder Eighteen

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S E C R E T A R Y A X D T R E A S U R E R From time immemorial, the college profess- or has been notorious for his absent-minded- ness and his lack of business acumen. Whether this charge is true, we will not argue, but perhaps it is well that men of broad business training have always been on hand to guide educational institutions through financial and business administrative problems. George Sinclair Allison was born here in Chicago and has been identified with Armour interests in various capacities for twenty five years. A man who believes in figures, for whom they have a fascination, especially that telltale figure at the foot of a column: a man, sympathetic to all your plans, who will listen attentively to your theorizing, but who wants it ultimately trans- lated into the facts of his favorite language. He is the treasurer,—therefore not a servant who has hidden his talents in the ground, but one who through ceaseless effort has put them to severe and profitable use. When asked what he had done throughout his life, he replied, laconically, “Worked!” Aside from his connections at A. T. I., Mr. Allison has been active in the College and University Business Officers Association of Illinois, and at the present time is serving as its president. DEAN OF ENGINEERING John Cornelius Penn, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, and Dean of Engineering, was born in the Netherlands and graduated at A. I. T. with the class of 1905. During the last few years, before the retirement of Dean Monin, much of the work in his office was performed by Professor Penn, who held the title of Assistant to the Dean. Under the present organization of the Dean’s Office, Professor Penn, as Dean of Engineering, gives his special attention to the program of studies and matters concerning the faculty. However, by mutual agreement between the Deans, the duties of their office arc not sharply differentiated, but either is at liberty to give a decision on any question that may arise. Dean Penn’s ability to understand a situa- tion and grasp all the details, his confidence in his own conclusion, and a quick and decisive answer, leave no doubt in the mind of the student or faculty member consulting him John Cornelius Penn and give little chance for argument. Twenty