Case School of Applied Science - Differential Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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s the frrst presrdent of Case lle had assumed the duties of thrs office but three xx eeks xx hen on the nroht of October 1! 1886 fire broke out rn the burldrno and desprte the supposedly fue proof constructron demolrshed the completed portron alone xxrth all the xaluable apparatus The loss aggrevated about 65130 OOO At thrs trme rt appeared that the xvhole project must be abandoned for the trrne bemg as 1t seemed rmpossrble to even thrnk of confluctrnff school xx 1tl'l nerther burldrng nor apparatus Western Reserve Unrversrty hoxx ever came to the rescue xvrth an offer of the use of the north part of Adelbert Hall Thrs generous favor was accepted and school was resumed on the folloxvrnff Nlondax X frame burldmg was erected between the marn burldrng and the srte of the present chemrstry burldrng for use as a temporary chernrcal laboratory In 1888 the school affarn occupred the partrally reconstructed marn burldrng xx hrch xx as once more equrpped xx rth physrcs laboratorres In 1890 xx hen the errtrre burldrng was completed mechanrcal laboratorres xvere establrshed rn the basement Thrs marked the rntroductron of the course rn Nlechanrcal lingrneer rnsf rn the currrculum Groxxth xx as so raprd durmo thrs perrod that rt xvas soon found necessarx to provrde more room for the Departments of Chernrcal and Mechanrcal En grneerrno Work xx as rmmedrately bevun on txvo addrtronal burldmofs These xx ere completed rn 1897 and then respectlve departments moved lnto the burld rngs, whrch they noxx occupx The rncreasrno rmportance of electrrcrty made necessary the drfferentratron of lilectrrcal llngrneerrnff from the Physrcs Department xvrth the result that the lilectrrcrty Burldrno xvas constructed and equrppel rn 1896 Py 19Oa Physrcs had so expanded as to requrre the entrre basement and hrst floor of the Maur lrurldrng xvhrle Nrnrno had cutgroxxn rts foster department Chernrstry so as to nexx burldrngs one for the Department of Play srcs and one for the Department ot Nlrnrng were lurlt and furnrshed rn 1906 lhe school xxas noxv splendrdly provrcled for all of the purposes of study but totallx lacked a place for recreatron and socral rntercourse Thrs need xxas sup plred thru the purchase rn 1914 of the old Presbyterran Church on lfast lO!th Qtreet near Umversrty Crrcle xx rth the funds accumulated by the Case Xthletrc Assocratrcn under the able management of Professor Tlrank R 1 an llorn Thrs edrflce xx as remodeled so as to afford all that could be desrred rn the xx ax of a clubhouse and gymnasrum Thrs necessrty has proved a valuable as xx ell as a popular addrtron to the school lt has provrded a place xvhere the students can meet one another rn a way that wx as rmpossrble before and serves to promote rn a larger degree frrendshrp among the students 'Wrthrn the past vear the 1Varner ant' Swasey Cornpanv of Clexeland the desrgners and constructors of the lrck and Yerkes telescopes have Oenerouslx offered to burld and equrp an observatory for the school Tbrs xxrll make possrble a much more complete course rn astronomy rn connectron wrth crvrl engrneerrng lt rs expected that the constructron xx rll beorn at an early date rra the future So much for Case s materral and extensrve development Great as rt has been ex en more mrght be sarcl of her rntensrve development as rn the short perrod of her exrstence Case has rrsen to the foremost rank amono screntrfrc schools ller proressors and alumnr have won for her a prestrge among men and rnstrtutrons of scrence X et there are tlarngs strll to le desrred and Goals strll to be attarned 1 et everx student do hrs utmost for the achrevement of a Greater Case 21 ' ' T. . T cf . I' NA 1 , 5 , ' r . ' 1 S . . , 7 ' ' 1 , . . ' c D 'V' c rc . c ' T. r C Oc c s - . . I .1 . N . . I T 6 ' I' , 'c . V T ' A , 'V is I ' 1 ' ' - - L D T - - A 1 - ' ' '7 ,, ' - lc ' . . 'V . .4 A ' 'C , I C - 1 - l A - . D .. , U n 6. . Q . 5 . . BT. . ,r - -I C ' ' N ' - Y ' 7 I . . - 6 . - -1 1 r ' - 6' ' X Q . 3 . 9 C , xr C. 1 T 1 s I . Y Y. 1 A b X . , ' demand rncreased space. Thru the generosrty of Mr. -lohn D, Rockefeller txvo 7 . U . , A ' . 7. I c . l T N rf 3 r . ' ' . '. . I l n M . K A . 4 A - 5 1 1 - . A. 7 . 3 J. fc F . . . n A 4 in 7 v 1' ly T s C T J.. . Y -Y - C 9 ' ' ' . . . ' c c .1 ' c r ' l J C - f - A , r H - f i ,T f. ' T' ' ' 1 ' , . ' cf F., c -l , 1' .,' , ' 5 I , , 7 ' ' , c ' . ' , c. ' C ' '. A I . .. 1 , . ' - - l .c 6 1 . I f. . , N . C ' C ,Y - - -K 3 ' c . . e c . 1 - '47 - . ' r ' ' c ,N . 12

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