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

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Prof. Georoe F. Gebhardt Prof. George L. Sciierger C 0 M M I T T E E 0 N E D U C A T I 0 X A L P 0 L I C Y All the students look forward to I)r. Scherger's lectures on History and Political Science. A learned scholar and an ardent student of history. Dr. Scherger's eminence as a historian is well-known among educational circles. His most notable contribution to the science is his book, The Evolution of Modern Liberty . To those who have anything to do with the design of Steam Power Plants, Prof. Gebhardt needs no introduction, as his book on that subject, now used all over the world as a standard textbook, is the supreme authority in the field. Prof. Gebhardt, who has been head of the Mechanical Department for many years, 1ms also done much pioneering in the development of steam flow meters. To develop the Department of Fire Protection Engineering without having any precedent to go by, has been the phenomenal task of Prof. Finnegan. An authority on insurance principles ana practices, as well as an active fire pro- tection engineer, he conducts, aside from his duties at the Institute, extensive experimental work in the Underwriters' Laboratories on fire retardant devices and building materials. Though most of us know that Prof. Wilcox is head of the Physics Depart- ment, not all of us realize that he is a leading radio authority, haying just served a term as chairman of the Chicago chapter of the I. R. E. Maintaining a consulting radio engineering practice. Prof. Wilcox is often called upon to conduct extensive research work. His most recent investigation was upon loud si eakers and battery eliminators. Tnanks to the vision and tireless effort of Prof. McCormack, Armour is credited with the installation and successful operation of the first modern laboratory in Chemical Engineering ever to be installed in any educational institution. Prof. McCormack has also established an enviable reputation in his researches on rubber compounds and other plastic materials. Prof. Joseph B. Finnegan Prof. Guy M. Wilcox Prof. Harry McCormack Twenty-two

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DEAN OF STUDENTS Claude Irwin Palmer is best known out- side of Armour Institute of Technology as an author of textbooks on mathematics. A statement from the McGraw-Hill Book Company says that the copies of his eleven books have reached a grand total of over 500,000 on January 1, 1928. By the alumni and students he is known as Professor Palmer, instructor in mathematics. Dean Palmer was born in Michigan, coming from an old Yankee family. Graduat- ing from the University of Michigan in 1903, he joined the faculty of Armour Institute of Technology in the same year. In 1910 he was appointed Associate Professor of Mathe- matics, and on the retirement of Dr. Campbell and Dean Monin in 1927, he was made Head of the Department of Mathematics and Acting Dean of Students. As Dean of Students he is kept decidedly busy listening to their troubles and complaints, adjusting their many difficulties, and his natural sympathy, sweetness, and sense of justice arc often in evidence. Notwithstanding all his varied duties, he rather enjoys his work. Never ruffied, never in a terrible hurry, always cheerful, always more than willing to cooperate, it is a real joy to be associated with Dean Palmer. DIRE C T 0 II 0 F E V E N I X G C LASSES Robert Yallette Perry, Professor of Machine Design and Director of Even- ing Classes, was born in Hartford, Conn., but has made his home in Chicago since 1890. He graduated from A. I. 1'. in 1897, one of the pioneer students of the insti- tution. After four years of commercial experience with transcontinental railway lines, he re- turned to the Institute to take up the work in which he now ranks as Professor. His early association with the instruction force of the Evening Classes resulted in appointment as Assistant Director in 1917, and the advance- ment to Director of Evening Classes in 1925. Professor Perry is active in all faculty and student interests. He has been President of the Faculty Club twice and has frequently held office or served as committee chairman in the club during the twenty years of its existence. His summer home in the Min- nesota lake region serves as a base for his many and extended hunting, fishing, and canoeing adventures. He is fond of golf and an expert at billiards. A quiet, positive, friendly type of man, who is a real factor in Institute affairs. Robkrt Vallette Perry Ttointy-ont

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Under the guidance of Prof. Freeman, the Department of Electreial Engineering has kept pace with the great expansion of the electrical industry. Besides maintaining the high standard of his department, he devotes a great deal of his time to research work. He is now engaged in investigations con- cerning the measurement of mechanical quantities by electrical integrating methods. To Professor Heed is largely due the credit for making the Armour Archi- tectural course one of the foremost in the country. His marked abilities have been recognized far and wide, as witness his recent appointment to the Wash- ington Plan Commission, whose object it is to lay out the new north section of the nation's Capital to conform to the rest of the city. In conjunction with Messrs. Smith and Burnham, he is also redesigning the Burnham Library at the Art Institute. Prof. Paul, head of the Mechanics Department, is greatly respected for the helpful interest he displays in student activities and for his interesting and clear presentation of Ins Mechanics courses. He is a mechanical engineer of considerable note, maintaining a consulting practice, his specialty being industrial building construction. He has also served in editorial capacities on several of the leading engineering journals. Dr. Cooper is best known to outsiders as a contributor to Modern Language Notes and to the Manly Anniversary Volume . He is also an active member of the Modern language Association of America. Since coming to Armour in 1909, Prof. Cooper has built up the English Department into an extremely essential part of the curriculum. It will probably be news to many of us to hear that Prof. Phillips, who has been head of the C. E. Dept, at Armour since 1887, was the organizer of the Civil Department at Purdue in 1887, and served as head there until '94. Prof. Phillips, who is the author of several engineering treatises, makes a specialty of the design and construction of city water-works systems, sewage systems, and street pavements. Prof. Alpred E. Phillips Prof. Charles E. Paul Prof. Clyde B. Coopf.r Prof. Ernest H. Freeman Prof. Earl H. Reed These ten men, together with Dr. Raymond, Dran Penn, Dran Palmer and Prof. Perry, comprise the Committee on Educational Policy. It it for their fine character, outstanding ability as educators,and breadth of interest in school activities, that ice honor them. Twenty-three