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

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The 1934 COLUMBIA ENGINEER EDMUND F. VE SELY B.s. fN.Y.U.3, M.s. IN cH.E. New York City Stuyvesant High School X CS A.l.Ch.E., Electrochemical Society MILLARD F. voN HALLE Bs. CLAFAYETTEJ, Ms. IN c.1z. Hafleensacle, N. f. Hackensack High School CH XRLES F. VON HERRMANN, IR. is s. Cosoizoiix TECHD, M.s. IN ME. Atlanta, Georgia Technological High School l Tau Sigma, Southern Club, Acacia, X SMT S.A.E, ROBERT NN, NNARD B.S., cH.E. Hollis, L. I. De La Salle School A.l.Ch.E. FRANK MORLEY WVEIR B.A., B.s., C.E. Brooklyn, N. Y. Erasmus Hall High School Tau Beta Pi CPresiclentj, Sigma Xi, Dumb- bells Theta Tau, Varsity C Club, Class Presi dent 39 33, Student Council CTreasurerD '34 l 'neu ell Dinner Committee. XUSSELL A. XNHITEMAN as., O1'a-dell, N. J. Epsilon Chi, Sigma Xi XNILLIAM B. NVILKENS Bn., B.s., N ew York City Stuyvesant High School ia Nu, Varsity C Club, A.l.E.E, Twenty

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The 1934 COLUMBIA ENGINEER The 1934 Qiulumhia Qingimzer PROFESSOR THOMAS I-I. PIARRINGTON H07Z0l'G7'j' Ealifor IIENRY F. SIEGER E0 fl'O7'-1.7L-ClI'f6f :XRTI-I UR I. GLOSTER ilfanagiazg Editor THOMAS C. HANA Bzrsivicss Manager RICI-I.XRD O. A. PETERSEN C'l.7'ClllU-lfI07'l Manager JUNIOR BOARD COLUIUBIA ENGINEER STAFF :lOI1X H, BOSE Bose 1605311 BURLEIGH BOYD Petersen Harrifigfou SIABQFI' Hana SIDNEY ROSEN hitnrial ASPECTS OF SPECIALIZATION IN ENGINEERING NGESTION WITHOUT DIGESTIUX means congestion in the field of ideas. To rela- tively few of us is accorded that divine gift of a mental digestive system which can assimilate the varied though not unrelated to such a degree as to cause the fortunate possessor to be reckoned an authority whose opinion is sought and respected. The demands for exhaustive knowledge in the many branches which the profession of engineering embraces might well tax gargantuan men- talitiesg it becomes, therefore. necessary for us to place a limit upon the activities which we can undertake and upon which we can hope to exert our sphere of inliuence. The advantages of such limitations from the viewpoint of society are mani- fold. We owe many of the advances made in the various fields of human endeavor to men who have clone specialized intensive work along a certain definite line. Thus, we cannot safely design a structure such as the Empire State Building piercing the sky, as it does, a distance of nearly a quarter-mile, without adequate knowledge of the stresses occurring in a building of such a height. which knowledge is not likely to emanate from one who has not devoted considerable time and thought to methods of analysis of stresses. XN7e cannot erect it at all without specialized advice on methods of construction for which no precedent exists. Nor can we safely devise a foundation without encountering new problems de- manding solution. Certainly the whole project. from conception to completion, calls into play the results of the efforts of many men along many lines. So it is with all the work which may properly be classed as engineering work,-civil, mechanical, mining, electrical. chemical and industrial-and a recognition of the Twenty-fwo