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

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The 1934 COLUMBIA ENGINEER down the alley you get locker keys and phone your next date before entering the rogues gallery on the right please have your cigarettes and matches ready there are weird doings on the third Hoor presided over by , steinmetzs little man friday imported direct from Schenectady his office is concealed behind the mens room left we have ' a d hinckley and the trap room V - of the electricall 'orchestra to the right is' 7 hehres schedule factory currys antique shop I and the electricians lounge the top floor, I 4, if you get - that far houses the little corporal and general lee experts in the confusions of descrip and the ventilation of drafting northward in cosy darkened igloos the photo metric spheres hold silent conclave aloft under the eaves the radio club punctures the ether with signals which interrupt my radio reception six floors below robert the c e robot mixes concrete while williams c es trouble man Forty-seven untangles the leads of purring dynamos to the south guarded by the hammerman who steals coats from miss meixells library is the school of mines home of doc Campbell tom read and the dusty miners you know doc he discloses the innards of metals with acid cogitating philosophically the while on the effect of a mixture of eutectic and scotch on on his own interior economy 'andf ' testing out his aberdeenian humor on daddy kern and tiny jette in the cellar bucky the cave man runs his scientific merry go round but i i keep away from the ore dressing expert he s a bear on punctuality and punctuation and would probably give me the flotation process exclamation point near on the north too near at times are hixson and morgan the houbigants of the chemical industry purveyors of olfactory delight to jaded engineering nostrils little link work and doc hnk the plating expert cl d jackson solemnly recording the paradoxes of trade wastes and companionate marriage among the colloids far far north just short of doc cooks best is the realm of the boiler makers in a great, , F brain factory- built from the proceeds of eno s potent salt crowned with eckerts copper derby mechanical engineering is sandwiched in between successive layers of astronomy physics and psychology the pousse cafe of academic housing but dont confuse thermodynamics or machine design ' the mental laxatives of doc lucke s power clinic with the love affairs of white mice or parr or eidmann baumeister or kayan hicks or dutcher specialists in the obstetrics of machinery with K the star gazers this would be worse tha being late for one of doc lucke s classes l envoi and yet they say that far from the whirl and strife of the city we lead a cloistered life no contacts with the varied temptations of the wicked world no human associations calculated to enlarge one s vision and endanger one s soul believe me the greatest show on earth has nothing on the educational pot pourri maintained on morningside heights by the trustees of columbia university in the city of new york

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The 1934 COLUMBIA ENGINEER a tepurt from murningsihe fEdifo1 s Note.-The followiifzg MS was found by Pop, colzciergc of the Ezzginceriiig Biziildiiig, CIIILOHQ some lfVf78'ZU7 lllL 7'L 1'10fCS in the trash bag which he maiiztailzs in the sal?-lyasemevit of the E7lg'll'LGE7'I'7Zg Bit'ild1'1zg. Due to the lack of cc1jJz'tal1'5at-ion, it was at first thought to bc an ojicial doczimeifzt, and was forwarded io the colii14zbia press. Latcif, lzowevcr, the complete' absence of jnimctziaitfiovi identified it as the prodiictioii, of some 0VLgl7l6'E7'1i1lfg school relative of Archiv, the sajvieiit cockroach, who made himself famoizs by lmttiiig out his literary f7l'0d'ZlClI'07l.Y on a typetwitci' belonging to Dori illa1'q1iis.Q turning its back disdainfully on barnard engineering stands facing the loney sycamore relic of bloomingdale days one foot in the innards of haremeyer the other prodding the soul and nose dispensary ' known as earl its head tangled in the wires of morecrofts radio enter please by - the right hand door and meet POD the bespectacled representative of b and g operating his ancient car on a schedule of his own passing out the while paper towels and chalk in single issues N straight ahead the den of our diminutive storage battery expert ever since the navy left columbia his voice has been husky now morton a is cooking up trouble for the makers of near telechron clocks to the right as the sign says is the c e testing lab here great bear water and a blue printing outlit are maintained pro bono publico surrounded by brinnell testers and other impedimenta bill and his cohorts guard the ante-chamber to the works which make little ones out of big ones to the left facing you down a long alley and past the committee on in solemn session is a green rug a humidifier and mrs jones shush this is merely the entrance to the ultimate instruction authority near at hand sits a benevolent walrus the gray haired friend of columbia men dumbbell theta tau alpha rho omega he can match each of nicks degrees with a traternity pm beyond under - the violet light is the marshal foch of engineering master ot our destinies and the teddy bear coat it takes two stenogs to keep up with his dictation if pop is busy you will walk to the next Hoor here is the home ot william stewart ayars and the department of civil engineering william tests new brands of cigarettes , while exercising his CO1'O1l2l nearby rauty the william jenuings bryan of industry interviews vice presidents and dismisses technocrats between bursts of riot and song from four fourteen directly opposite to the north is a row of cells the mechanics of fluids railroad spirals sewers and' foundations in rapid succession and dont forget our inspector sandwiched in between wyckoffs liling case and a map of bantam lake the cry of what what comes from the next cell occupied by the second mortgage expert of woodhaven the whirling derrish of curly integrals who differentiates between lip sticks and slip sticks Forty-sin:

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Thr 1934 COLUMBIA ENGINEER IN A FAR CORNER OF THE VVORLD fC0llfl-IIHEH' from page LOD Wie soon learned that the granite mountain was capped with a black meta- morphic rock, the weathering of which gives the long talus slopes that in the distance looked like draperies. After our work was done we knew the meaning of the ground and the geologic storyg why the waters issue here. and the reason for the dark frowning features of the mountain, Furthermore, in a country where baths are almost as infrequent as solar eclipses, one came to see at least one good reason why bathing in these waters had beneficial effects. And so the physical story was soon solved. But there was a much longer story conjured up by the imagination and the religious groping of men. Race after race has dwelt here in the forgotten past and each has had its own reason for respecting this place, and the forms that some of their cere- monies took would doubtless seem barbaric nowg but it was at least a groping step. Here and there a finer mind had his inspirations kindled and his imagination tired and his resolve firmecl. For ages, god has succeeded god, each to inherit the magic springs from his vanishing predecessor. Buddha is probably only the latest of many masters. Here we were in touch with the beginnings. It must have been crude, but perhaps there is no other way to begin. The most magnificent edifices devoted to religion have no greater charm, and perhaps have had little greater influence than this lone mountain in the spiritual uplift of many people. Many long sermons have contained no more food for serious thought than the simple request of this Buddhist priest to be respectful of his sacred ground. Wfhen ready to leave, we made a parting call on the Da Lama, to thank him for the privileges granted to us and had explained that we had been greatly interested in the unusual phenomena and physical features of the place, and made known our wish to be of equal service to him and to his people. I-le responded in a way which gave us much reason for thought-- he simply said I would like an analysis of the water? This at first seemed a most surprising request. Here was a priest of Buddha allowing a foreigner to tamper with the sacred waters, hoping to get a reason for its strange magic. Not till long after did I see the significance of his request. Here was a priest with the mind of a scientist. And, don't you see, if he had been born in our own country, he would probably have been a scientist, and I suppose if I had been born in Mongolia, I might have been a Buddhist priest. RETIREMENT OF PROFESSOR LOVELL CCOIIIIIIIIEKI from page 345 You will go forth from this Engineering School endowed with the Columbia spirit, mastered by a will whose power is derived from that understanding which comes only to those who have been trained to appreciate those important values of life that lead to and command success. You will go forth at a time when the Country needs the best that you can give, when opportunity for service, if not already here, is waiting just around the corner. You will go forth with the good will and best wishes of all of your Instructors here, and with the certilicate of Columbia University that you are equipped to do your part in the work of the world. I congratulate you, each one and all, with earnestness and sincerity. E.-im. B. LOVELL, - Professor of Civil Engineering. Forty-eiglzi'