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

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Philip D. Armour IN 189)—IN 1934 In the first public announcement issued by Armour Institute of Technology, in September of 1893, the ideals of Philip Danforth Ar- mour, founder of the college, were set forth as follows: The Pounder has conditioned his benefactors in such a way as to emphasize both their value and the student’s self- respect. The Institute is not a free school, but its charges for instruc- tion are in harmony with the spirit which moves alike the Pounder, the Trustees, and the Faculty; namely the desire to help those who help themselves.” It is this same desire which has motivated the Development Com- mittee in its work of the last two years. Realizing that the engineer- ing and industrial science has changed considerably, and that ex- pressions of service in that scene must change also, the Committee is endeavoring to keep following the course which was charted forty years ago by the Founder, and to keep correcting that course by consideration of shifting social winds. year, examining practice and opinion at other colleges and in many leading industries as a background for reorganization of shop teaching to insure greatest educa- tional value to students. In the organization this year of graduate study in each department, the foundation is laid for future development of a substantial graduate division, according to recommendations of the Board of T rustecs. The appointment a year ago of a Director of Research and Testing marked the first step in a program to extend this phase of the Institute’s service; the Lecture Bureau, a development feature organized to carry information about Armour Institute into the Chicago and nearby high schools, has had an active and productive year under the capable direction of Professor Paul; the Place- ment Office has performed a year’s work under the try- ing conditions imposed by continued depression, and an increasing number of alumni is regarding the year’s placement record as a good job of work. The entire program will be carried forward next year; plans for further extension of research and testing, placement work, and adult education facilities will be pushed as far as possible. Progress in the program for development must of course depend in large measure upon the rapidity with which recovery from the depres- sion can stimulate the business and industrial interest of the community. The past four years have been neither more nor less difficult for educational institu- tions than for business generally. That Armour Institute of Technology has maintained its enrollments and the high character of its student body during this period is an indication that its position in the community is unquestioned. A vigorous, forward-looking program for the future is an assurance that the Institute will continue to improve its position and influence in the Chicago area. T tt.cn ty-tbref

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DEVELOPMENT PLAN 1933-34 Of the ambitious program for educational develop- ment adopted two years ago by trustees of Armour Institute of Technology, several important features have become operative during the past year. Working care- fully toward the objectives determined when the pro- gram was first laid out, the administration has suited execution of its recommendations to current experience at the Institute, modifying the program as conditions have warranted. The adjustment of curriculum is probably the most significant change embodied in the program. During the summer of 1933, the administration worked out the uniform freshman course which was offered to entering students this year, providing them an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the engineering college rou- tine before they are required to select departments for specialized study. The department of Social Sciences, just finishing its first year as an important part of the curriculum, has offered courses in business and social subjects to all freshman and senior students. It will, of course, be impossible accurately to determine the effec- tiveness of these courses until some time after the present freshman class has been graduated. It is interesting to note in this connection that the younger alumni—those who have had to seek a foothold in the engineering pro- fessions during the distress and confusion caused by the depression—are particularly enthusiastic in their support of the new practice at Armour, feeling that later gradu- ates will be better equipped to face practical conditions in business. Another important event of the last year was the temporary suspension of shop courses pending an inves- tigation to determine the proper place of shops in the engineering college curriculum. A committee of faculty members has been studying this problem throughout the James D. Cunningham THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE James D. Cunningham Chairman Alfred $. Alschulcr Paul H. Davis Charles W. Hills, Jr. Dr. Willard E. Hotchkiss John J. Mitchell Stirling Morton Harold W. Mundav Russell Wiles FINANCE COMMITTEE Sterling Morton Chairman Paul H. Davis John J. Mitchell T uenty-tux)

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DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING George Frederick Gebhardt A.B., M.E.., M.S. A. B. and M.S. Knox College M.F.. Cornell University Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Head of the Department Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, Phi Delta Theta Robert Vallcttc Perry MTE. B.S. and M.E. Armour Institue of Technology Dean of the Evening Classes and Professor of Machine Design Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, Theta Xi Daniel Roesch M.E. B. S. and M.E. Armour Institute of Technology Professor of Automotive Engineering Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, Phi Pi Phi James Clinton Peebles M.M.E. B.S. and E.E. Armour Institute of Technology M.M.E. Cornell University Professor of Experimental Engineering Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, Sphinx Gebhardt Perry Roetcb Peebles Henry Leopold Nachman M.E. B.S. and M.E. Armour Institute of Technology Professor of Thermodynamics Tau Beta Pi, Rho Delta Rho Edwin Stephen Libby M.E. B.S. and M.E. Armour Institute of Technology Professor of Refrigeration Engineering Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma Philip Conrad Huntly (No picture) B.C.E. B.C.E. University of Arkansas Professor of Experimental Engineering Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, Chi Epsilon, Black Knight, Sigma Chi, Triangle Charles Roscoe Swineford M.E. B.S. University of Michigan M.E. Armour Institute of Technology Associate Professor of Machine Design Stanton Edwin Winston M.E. Colorado School of Mines A. B. and A.M. University of Denver B. S. and M.E. Armour Institute of Technology Associate Professor of Machine Design Richard Joseph Foster B.S. B.S. University of Nebraska Associate Professor of Machine Design Walter Henry Sccgrist M.E. B.S. Purdue University M.E. Armour Institute of Technology Assistant Professor of Machine Design Phi Kappa Sigma Nachman Libby Swineford Winston Foster See rist T icenty-four