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

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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

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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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Ai,frei Edward Phillips A.B., A.M., C.E., Ph.D. Professor of Civil Engineering and Mead of the Department Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Xi, Honorary Member Triangle, Honorary Member Tau Beta Pi, Honor- ary Member Chi Epsilon. George Frederick Gebhardt A.B., M.A.. M.E. Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Head of the Department Phi Delta Theta, Tan Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma. George Lawrence Schbrger A.B., Ph.D. Professor of History and Political Science Phi Beta Gamma. Guy Maurice Wilcox . A.B., A.M. Professor of Physics. Harry McCormack . . B.S., M.S. Professor of Chemical Engineering Tau Beta Pi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa. Ernest Harry Freeman B.S., E.E. Professor of Electrical Machinery and Head of the Department Phi Pi Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Xu, Phi Kappa Phi. Charles Edward Paul . . S.B. Professor of Mechanics Theta Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Sphinx. Joseph Bernard Finnegan .... S.B. Professor of Fire Protection Engineering Tau Beta Pi, Salamander, Sphinx. Earl H. Reed, Jr. S.B. Professor of Architecture Delta Kappa Epsilon. Clyde Barnes Cooper A.M., Ph.D Professor of English V have no definite information at hand, but we'll bet our bottom dollar that Dean Palmer and Prof. Swine ford aren't thinking of Calculus or Kine- matics. They look prepared for a long hike with nature as their only textbook. Twenty-four