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

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The 1934 COLUMBIA ENGINEER the work of the engineer is judged by the test of the Market Place, and this test is: VVill it pay? If the result of the test is positive, the work is said to be successful,' and those who reap the rewards are known as successful men. Thus the Market Place sets the standard by which both the work and the workers of the world, including engineering and engineers, are judged. In fact. this influence has dominated engineering -instruction, and all problems in every field of engineer- ing teaching focus on the question, will it result in a satisfactory return on the capital invested: that is, will it pay? I Wonder sometimes if we fully realize what this test of the engineers work implies. Has the engineer been so absorbed in the techniques involved in obtaining a satisfactory answer to this question that he has failed to sense its implications? I trust every member of the class of 1934 will consider this question in the light of recent business conditions, and then ask himself: did it pay? P W, We J i.,ii. 2 Z 5 t Tlzirly-one Y'

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The 1934 COLUMBIA ENGINEER INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS AND FACULTY Gasstroilz F'l.SI167' W'iII1'a111s Kats dififchel Ratner - I I Ryan Reilly O'Ne1ll Ayars Livzfigsiolz Smith. 015132 il-Market late XNALTER RAUTENSTR.AUCII HE sUM ToT,xL of what is termed our national culture is derived from the composite of experiences in living, and the resulting patterns of behavior. These determine our point of view, or how We look at things, and judge them. If these experiences are well balanced, that is, give proper emphasis to all the needs and aspirations of mankind. then our behavior patterns result in an acceptable national culture. H, however, We emphasize some aspects of living more than others, our point of view becomes distorted, and We fail to understand the full and complete meaning of our experiences. The rapid development of our material resources in the past two generations, and the elaborate business processes dealing with these resources have demanded a considerable amount of human energy and attention. Thus the production of goods, and the many details of business concerned with goods, have been the major concerns of the majority of men. The Market Place has become the chief arena of lite experiences, and has established the patterns of behavior of mankind. Its standards have become the standards by which the issues of life are judged. The class of 1934 is about to take its place in this process we call civilization, and be absorbed in its activities. Its specific contributions will be to design, construct and operate the physical plant by which society supplies its material needs and comforts, and also to assist in the design, construction and operation of the economic system and business processes by which the products of manufacture are brought to effective consumption. In both these fields of profession service, Tlzirfy

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The 1934 COLUMBIA ENGINEER Qnnnuneing the Retirement nt Beufessut ati IB. iiuhell ARL BRINK LOVELL was born at Marathon, N. Y., on May 2, 1869. After preparing at the Marathon Academy and the Casadilla School in Ithaca, Professor Lovell was graduated with a C. E. degree from Cornell Univer- sity in 1891. For the two years follow- ing upon his graduation, he became as- sistant engineer on location for the Mich- igan Central Railroad, and in 1893 went ' to Lafayette College as an instructor in civil engineering. He joined the faculty at his alma mater in 1896, and 1898 came to Columbia. Professor Lovell's first work at Columbia had to do with building up the instruction in surveying and railroad engineering. He rebuilt Camp Columbia and practically reorganized the summer work in surveying. But he also gave the instruction in masonry construction and for years carried a major share of the department's teaching burden. Later his active life included the oflice of advisory engineer and manager of the survey department for the Lawyers Title and Guaranty Co., N. Y. In connection with these duties he has been a leader' in raising city surveying in Greater New York from a trade to a profession. He has cleared up many important titles to real estate in Manhattan and has been recognized as an expert in the real estate and title insurance field. He became chairman of the Association of Department Heads of his company and was elected president of the Association of Citye Surveyors, Greater New York, and an associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. A member of Tau Beta Pi and one of the charter members of the Columbia Chapter of Sigma Xi, Professor Lovell closes thirty-six years of service at Columbia with his retirement on July 1, 1934. DEAN JOSEPH XV. BARKER: After thirty-six years of service to the University, Professor Earl B. Lovell has requested retirement with its relief from the burden of duties. I-le has counselled his Department and our Faculty, he has advised his students, he has built Camp Columbia- he leaves his mark upon the School and the University. lille shall miss his sterling friend- ship and his guidance of affairs. He becomes one of the traditions of the School. FACULTY: A tall, athletic frame, topped by a bountiful crop of hair. Above a pointed beard and mustache. two piercing eyes. The housing of a human dynamo-you can almost hear the hum of the ever active mental machinery. In back of this, a nervous energy driving ever forward-never resting, yet ever ready. Kind and thoughtful friend, my teacher and colleague, 1 sat by your side and heard your idol, the lirst Rooseveltpthrow his hat in the ring back in 1912, But it is you, not Theodore, who shall ever remain to me the embodi- ment of the strenuous lifef' you, uncompromising advocate of truth and right as you see it, who, without let-up or release, plays the game of life with courage, force and honesty, hitting the line hardf' May you hnd well earned rest in your Sabine farm at Cortland. Praornssorz JAMES K. FINCH. Thirty-two