Central Commercial Technical High School - Cog Pen Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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Allan R. Cullimore, B.S. President of the Newark College of Engineering Beta Theta Pig Phi Kappa Phi, Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, l907g Dean, College ot Industrial Science, Toledo Uni- versity, l9l3-l9l7g Dean, College of Engineering, Uni- versity of Delaware, l9l7-l9ZOg Director of Newark Technical School since l9ZOg Member American Chem- ical Societyg Society for the Protection of Engineering Education, Society for the Advancement ot Science.

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Fellow Classmates lt is difficult, when reviewing events of four years, to point defi- nitely to any one as outstanding. The affairs and activities of the class have all been of high calibre and none deserves more mention than another. Successful and memorable events take place only through the efforts of diligent workers. lt is, therefore, fitting that we pause at this time to express our appreciation of these men. To my fellow officers for t-heir kindly advice and splendid cooperation. To james Grady, rightfully the father of the class of '37, whose ever-present feeling for the class -has made him its most faithful member. lim, for two years as treasurer of the class and last year as chairman of the junior Prom Committee, has given invalu- able help with his mature advice. The best of luck, jim, a man who is as hard a worker and as earnest as you deserves success. To Frank Beldowski, class president for the last two years. Frank owes his success to his willingness to work as hard on a task as any man he assigns to that task. His able management of the class in past years has contributed much to its success. To Harry Keller for his excellent direction of class matters. Harry is always around when wanted, always ready to help and always pushing '37 to the fore. To all members of committees and each and every member of the senior class my sincere thanks for your fine cooperation. Yours was a job well done. lt was an honor and pleasure to serve you. We, as a class and as individuals, have traveled a long journey, some four years and some six years. ln this trek we have amassed an abundance of engineering principles and stored up in our minds memories whic-h will not be forgotten. Let us hope that our associations have made us many friends and taught us to live more wisely with our fellow man. If this has been accomplished, the organization of the class will not have been in vain. Socially we have been prominent, fraternally we have been successful. We can be justly proud of our achievements. O. FRANK PARACHINI

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To the Class of 1937 All of you who graduate from the Newark Technical School will carry your education further. As long as you live you will learn, and he who lives most successfully learns the most. Some considerable number of you will come back to us to take more advanced work in your profession and you may wonder just why the re- quirements for this work are so high and why success in it seems difficult. You have been given in the time available to us the fundamentals of science and mathematics covered in the first two years of college work, and these furnish an absolutely necessary basis for further specialized professional work. The granting of a degree by us means that we must meet certain criteria concerning the content of our courses, their length, and the character of the men who give them. This is something externally imposed which we must meet. lf we do not, you will not receive proper recognition for your work: you will not be eligible for licensing in various states and territories, and you will find proper entrance into your professional society very difficult. Entrance requirements for work toward a degree entail therefore re- sponsibilities broader than the institution and of general application through- out the country. There is, however, our own point of view which you should understand quite thoroughly before taking up more advanced work. The costs in the college are paid partly by yourself and partly by the taxpayers, some of this comes from the City and some from the State. Our responsibilities then extend both to you as an individual student and to the taxpayers as a group. The work which you do here must be satisfactory from both points of view. You must personally be able to benefit by the work, and in order to benefit by it you must be capable of taking the work and passing it with a satisfactory standing. You have already been with us for four years, and on the basis of this experience we ought to be able to tell whether you can carry the work and whether it would be beneficial to you, and we certainly would not or could not suggest or recommend that you continue unless we knew that you were individually to profit by it. From the standpoint of the general taxpayer there must be some reason why he as an individual should pay for your education as an individual. That means that you must have ability and capacity for leadership which ability and capacity extend outside your profession and makes you interested and active in the affairs of the general community to which you belong. The public has a perfect right to insist that as they bear a part of the expense they have a right to receive a return and we who administer the work here have the responsibility of indicating to them and to you those of you who in our opinion it pays to educate. This amounts to saying that education at public expense or partially public expense entails a dual responsibility, and those of you who continue as well as those of you who graduate should realize that there is a definite responsibility on your part as well as a responsibility on our part to the community and to society. ALLAN R. CULLIMORE March l6, l937