Columbia University School of Engineering - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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The 1933 COLUJVIBIA ENGINEER PREPARATION FOR OPPORTUNITY KCOnz'inzzez1 from page 33j a year's apprenticeship he was given a good job that caused much jealousy. ln five years he was no longer with the company and in not as good a job. ln spite of the evil forebodings of some people we must not think the world is about to end. Dr. Mer1'iam, President of the Carnegie Institute of VVashington, recently traced the development of civilization from early geological periods. Over that length of time the present terrible trends and variations were microscopic. Read history and you will find that there have been many periods almost exactly like this and some worse and in every case they were followed by a good period. We should remember that we have in this country alone an enormous natural wealth, more food on the farms than we need, plenty of coal, oil, copper and other raw materials. We have plenty of labor capable of putting these raw materials into a useful form, a labor willing to work, and millions of people desiring these products and willing to work for them. All we need is a common sense scheme, a coordination of activities or in one word a sensible general manager and we could all be comfortable and happy even without money. In this scheme there is oppor- tunity for all and particularly for the engineer who has an appreciation of business. INTROSPECTION fCo1zfinued from page 372 to that which existed forty years ago. No one knew at that time what the electric industry would mean to the world, what bodily comfort and increase in culture would result from it, nor what social problems it would develop. If the engineer is to be blamed for any of the troubles that this industry has produced, his fault is that of not taking the public into his confidence, and demonstrating not only the advantage of the new industry, but the dangers and evils that might arise. No informed man would have the hardihood to prophecy what will happen during the next period that you will face, but that a new period has begun today there is no doubt. We who look back on the generation that has passed look back with regret at the mistakes and misunderstanding that have occurred but with the joy of real accomplishment. VVe wish for you similar tribulations but the same joy through even greater accomplishments. DIGGING IN fC07lfiNllFd from page 392 Well, what of it? just this,-in making our own decisions we need to be more sure than we have been that all the important factors have been taken into account. Engineers especially need a wider outlook upon, and a deeper understand- ing of, what happens as a result of what they do. And so the end of college is not an ending of a period of laboring to understand why things are so, but the begin- ning of the acceptance of responsibility for the effects of what we are doing. Most of you are eager to accept responsibility, but to bear it safely involves digging in your toes. As' miners you are elected to dig in the ground, but do not overlook that you are also digging into the fabric of human life. Keep the back well timbered. Fifty-six

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The 1933 COLUIIIBIA ENGINEER COLUlVIBIA'S ENGINEERING TRADITION fcontinued from page 440 Electrical engineering is a still younger branch but has been the most rapid in development., A graduate of the first class in this department at Columbia, and now a Trustee of his Alma Mater, Gano Dunn, '91, is president of the G. White Engineering Corporation. This firm built the transmission line for the world's first great water power development-the pioneer Niagara Falls plant of '95-and has been a leader in the field of power development. Dunn had as his professors at Columbia, Francis B. Crocker, '82, a founder of the famous firm of Crocker 85 Wheeler at Ampere, N. J., and M. I. Pupin, '83, who first successfully applied the loading coil, or Pupinization, in telephone circuits. Even the radio enthusiast of today recalls that one of our younger alumni, E. H. Armstrong, '13, is responsible for the introduction of the regenerative circuit. The Chemical Engineering degree was Hrst awarded at Columbia in June, 1910. Columbia's department of chemistry, however, under the leadership of one of the greatest teachers in Columbia history, Chas. F. Chandler, Hon. '11, had long been a force in American science and industry. It is probably dangerous to single out one or two names from an impressive roster of the celebrities but every student of today passes the beautiful memorial to H. Y. Castner, pioneer of electrolytic chemistry, particularly in the soda and chlorine industry, who began his work at Columbia in 1875, every time he enters Havemeyer Hall. Horne, '94, in sugar chemistry, Schieffelin, '87, in drugs, Gray, '07, in petroleum chemistry, and Kendall, '08, of the Mayo Foundation, represent this older tradition in Columbia's chemical efforts. The younger generation, which has received the Chem. E. degree, however, are making a great record. Landolt, '12, in dust separation, and Fogg, Burke, Soule and others will bear watching. The department also attracts many graduate stu- dents and these more mature graduates-Rittman, Ph, D. '14, and Alexander, '15, in the field of petroleum chemistry, for example-have already achieved notable suc- cesses both in the development of chemical processes and in the management of chemical industries. Finally we should not neglect the fact that the Columbia courses aim, as Pro- fessor Trowbridge stated many years ago, to first make our students engineers and then to make them a particular kind of engineer. Very frequently a graduate of one branch practices in another branch. This is well illustrated by the case of Irving Langmuir, '03, who graduated in metallurgy, but has devoted his life to elec- trical science and has just received the Nobel Prize. It is also true that a Very large percentage fof Columbia engineering alumni have gone into the administration or management of technical industry. Perhaps the name most prominently mentioned today in this connection is that of the Presi- dent of the American Car 55 Foundry Company, VV. H. Woodin, '90, who, as Secre- tary of the Treasury of the United States, has cleared our banking situation and, we all hope, opened to us a new era of confidence and faith in the soundness of the American economic system. Thus, when the Class of 1933 steps out into the Big World next June in the Fourth Year of the Current Unpleasantness, they carry a heavy burden of responsi- bility with them. VVe hope there will be a good number of future Perronets, Stevenses, Parsons, et al., among them, for professors modestly assume they have something to do with developing abilities and thus take pride in the accomplishments of their former pupils. No matter what the future has in store for the Class of 1933, however, we can rest assured that they found at Columbia that loyalty, that devotion to a worthy tradition of profession and school, which gives point and pur- pose to life and is an inspiration and guide to a full and useful career. Fifty-fifve

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The 1933 COLUMBIA! ENGINEER PERMANENT ADDRESSES OIF THE GRADUATING CLASS Ames, Thomas G. ......... . Berne-Allen, Allan, jr. .... . Blatterman, Prescott H., Jr. Brown, Robert T. ......... . Bruckmann, john Cotter ,... Bunbury, Frank Erwin, jr.. Burkey, Kenneth L. ....... . Conlon, John Francis ....... Crosby, Hewitt ................ Cunningham, William Kelly .... Damiano, john B. ......... . Frehner, Charles J., Jr.. . .. Friebele, Edward J. .... . Gaskill, james R. ..... . Goldfrank, Max .......... Goodale, Francis ........... Guernsey, Robert William.. Hartman, Paul ............. Hawkins, Francis H. N.. .. Hill, Eliot Russell ......... Hixson, Arthur Norman .... Hladky, Emil ............. Horn, Rex T. .......... . Huang, Yao Tsai ,... ... Hughes, John J. ............ .... jenkins, George Frederic. .. Kilgore, joseph R. ....... . Kisseleff, Peter john .... Legsdin, Adolph ,....... Levin, S. Benedict ..,....... Ludeman, Richard H. ..... . McConaghy, james William McGough, Thomas ......... MacWood, George Eugene. Marcus, Richard Allen ..... Melichar, joseph Thomas ..... Narodny, Leo H. .......... . Neustroeff, Dimitry ...... Newbaker, Charles R.. .. Nordstrom, Victor H. ...... . Olstad, John Walter .......... Perkins, Henry Augustus, Jr.. . . . Perley, Albert L. .......... . Philipps, Robert Joseph ..... Powell, George M., III .... Queneau, Bernard R.. . .. Queneau, Paul E. ...... . Rathemacher, John I.. . . Rozett, William, Ir. .... . Samson, Isaac Hayeem .,.. Schrumpf, Charles F.. . .. Sheelo, Peter E. ...... . Smith, Arthur V.. . .. Stringer, William .... Tenney, Alvan H.. .. Trevor, John B., Jr.. .. Triska, Alfred A.. . .. Voorhis, Henry A.. .. Wycall, Julian J.. . . . Wylie, Harold A.. . .. Fifty-.vefuen 10+-19 One Hundred and Ninety-sixth St., Hollis, N.Y. . . . . . . . . . .Great Kills, Staten Island, N. Y. ....2-l- Mayhew Ave., Larchmont, N. Y. . . . . . . .39 Pennington Ave., Passaic, N. J. . . . .2257 Hampden Place, .. .1435 University Ave., ....234- Fenimore St., .... . . .84 Ashley St., B New York City New York City Brooklyn, N. Y. ridgeport, Conn. . . . .117 Tuthill St., Port Jefferson, N. Y. . . . . . . .10 Elinor Place, .. . . . . .217 Seventh Ave., Yonkers, N. Y. Brooklyn, N. Y. 49 Hackensack St., E. Rutherford, N. J. . . . .2315 University Ave., New Yo1'k City .........258 W. 71st St., New York City ...300 Central Park West, New York City . . . . . . . . . . .85 West St., Reading, Mass. ......106 Oak Tree Place, Leonia, N. J. ......609 W. 11-ith St., New York City . . .265 Prospect Ave., Mount Vernon, N. Y. ......29 Claremont Ave., New York City ........ .206 Hillcrest Ave., Leonia, N. I. .. . .92 Clendenny Ave., jersey City, N. J. ........................................Rushville, Mo. ...Nan Wu College Honan, Canton, China .8739 One Hundred and Thirty-ninth St., Jamaica, N. Y. . . . . . . .35 Columbus Ave., Tuckahoe, N. Y. .......................Pr1nceton. W. Va. .. . . .Moscow, Russ . . . . . .600 W. 114th St., ..........1493 Union St., ...1220 Cortelyou Road .......396 E. 199th St., y .......329 E. 29th Sr., . . . . . . . .200 E. 69th St., .....2175 Walton Ave., .........-I-01 E. 68th St., ia CU. S. S. RJ New York City Brooklyn, N. Y. Brooklyn, N. Y. New York City Edgemere, L. I. New York City New York City New York City Cornwall, Conn. ..21 Malysheva -l-6, Sverdlovsk, U. S, S. R. . . . . .15 Governors Road, Bronxville, N. Y. 333 St. Cloud Ave., West Orange. N. nl. ..........4-05 Fourth St., ....55 Forest St., Greenport, L. I. Hartford, Conn. . .53 E. 95th St., New York City ..... 215 Grant Ave., Mineola, N. Y. 187 Crescent Ave., Leonia, N. J. 76 Aberfoyle Road, New Rochelle, N. Y. ...76 Aberfoyle Road, New Rochelle, N. Y. . . . . . . . .320 Convent Ave., ...3S28 E. Tremont Ave., New York City New York City ...14-43 Webb Road, Cincinnatus Town, Karachi, India ...................................Bellvale, N.Y. ..,.62 Hamilton Terrace, New York City ..........................I-Iaworth, N. J. .........646 Fifty-first St., Brooklyn, N. Y. .148 Claremont Ave., Nlount Vernon, N. Y. E. 91stSt., .....2533 Ninety-eighth St., E. . . . . . . .32 Romaine Ave., I New York City Elmhurst, N. Y. ersey City, N. J. ......,.24-2 Bainbridge St., ...254 Hollywood Ave., Crestwood, N. Y. Brooklyn, N. Y.