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

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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'

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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 32339 nba fur ngineering btuhents 9 o'clock classes are abolished, and laboratory periods shall end at 2:30. Professors shall supply themselves with rubber slide rules in order to illustrate bending moments and cantileversg this will also permit them to stretch a decimal point now and then. Professors shall be personally liable for glass slides broken on slide rules dropped by students during their quizzes. ' Two men shall be assigned to calculations involving two decimal places. Double integrals must be used sparingly: triple integrals and partial derivatives are abolished entirely. Hydraulic discharges of more than l,000 cusecs shall not be allowedg this is enough Water for any one. Should trouble arise on Saturday night because of this provision, the losers must wait until Sunday morning. Grading of M. E. reports must be radically changed: this business of tossing them into the air and assigning A to those sticking to the ceiling and B+ to those standing on edge must stop. Hereafter a pound of report shall count 80 credits. The noise in the M. E. laboratories, instructors present or not, must not at any time exceed 20 decibels. The number of current transformers allowed on any one experiment in E. laboratory shall not exceed 20, nor the total number of instruments 80. The sum total of lead wires is limited to 600 feet. Professors may not use jokes more than five years old, nor shall the reception accorded these so-called facetiae be made a function any longer of the length of the assignments. Chemical laboratories must be supplied with fragrant iiowers and other houbi- gantian appliances at regular intervals. 'Locomotive loadings greater than E50 may not be used, nor shall any indeterminate structure be allowed. If it cannot make up its own mind what it is, we should not be required to guess riddles. Tuition fees shall be reduced 50 per cent, and rebates of half this- amount calculated up to date of release shall be allowed. ENGINEERING BASKETBALL TEAM Forty-:zine