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

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ADMINISTRATION Howard Monroe Raymond President Philip Dan forth Armour Vice-President George Sinclair Allison Secretary and Treasurer John Cornelius Penn Dean of Engineering Henry Townlcy Hcald Assistant to the Dean Robert Vallcttc Perry Dear: of Evening Classes Ellen Steele Librarian Wilmot Cecil Palmer Cashier William Ernest Kelly Recorder COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONAL POLICY Howard Monroe Raymond Chairman John Cornelius Penn Robert Vallcttc Perry George Frederick Gebhardt George Lawrence Schergcr Guy Maurice Wilcox Harry McCormack Ernest Harrison Freeman Charles Edward Paul Joseph Bernard Finnegan Earl Howell Reed, Jr. Clyde Barnes Cooper Melville Baker Wells William Charles Krathwohl T nenty-tbree

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James D. Cunningham James D. Cunningham Chairman Alfred S. Alschulcr Philip D. Armour Lester Armour John J. Mitchell, Jr. Perry Addleman Secretary John J. Schommer Director of Publicity THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN Trustees have done much that this might be a great year for Armour In- stitute of Technology. They have forsecn that engineering education cannot go far forward unless it will recognize new principles commensurate with modern developments in science and engineering. They have made exhaustive studies to define these principles, and to determine just how they may be applied to bring Armour Institute forward as a great leader in scientific and engineering education. Guided by their studies, they have evolved the Development Plan, which will make Armour a more useful servant of science and industry in the Middle West. We, who are the students, are more than interested observers of the changes which the plan will bring to our school environment. We arc vital participants in those changes. By giving as much of our energy and our intelligence to our work under its guidance as they have given of theirs to its preparation—thus can we make sure that the Development Plan will achieve all that the Trustees anticipate for the institution. Tueuty-luo

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George •'. Gebhardt The Mechanical Engineering Department at Armour has always functioned since the date of its inception as an undergraduate school. The few applications for post-gradu- ate work and specialized research have not been of sufficient moment to warrant the added expense. Barring a few minor changes the curriculum is substantially the same as that adopted 10 years ago, and how well it was planned is evidenced by the fact that today it meets in every respect the ideal course in mechanical engineering as formu- lated by the Wickcndcn Committee of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. While research, pure or applied, has not been undertaken by the department as an organization, a vast amount of work of this nature has been carried on by the in- structors in their individual capacity. In fact, many of the members of the faculty have achieved national fame through their contacts, in this connection, with industrial concerns. These contacts have not only re- flected credit upon the individual and the Institute but have opened up positions for graduates which would otherwise have been unobtainable. There has been no change in personnel during the past year and the department enters the new year with its faculty intact. DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Barring replacements and a few instru- ments of precision no additions have been made to the equipment. Most ot the appa- ratus is old and some of it is obsolete, but insofar as the teaching of fundamentals is concerned, it matters little how old the equip- ment is, provided the instructors arc masters of their art and know how to impart knowl- edge to the students. It is the faculty and not the equipment which makes a school really great. The Mechanical Engineering Department has the faculty and Armour is a great school. Not so many years from now, when the present depression and gloom have been for- gotten, there will be founded in the City of Chicago, the greatest engineering school in the world, and the nucleus of that school will be the Armour Institute of Technology, and its outstanding department, the Depart- ment of Mechanical Engineering. Meanwhile let us put our shoulders to the wheel and keep the old cart moving until we catch up with that limousine de-luxe which is waiting for us just over the hill. Twenty-four