Cooper Union College - Cable Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Cooper Union were TrequenTly aTTended by PeTer Cooper. His appearance on The plaTTorm, air cushion in hand, was always The occasion OT hearTy applause. OTTen, he would add a Tew remarks aT The close OT The lecTure, iT iT so meriTed. One OT The earliesT sTudenTs aT Cooper Union was AugusTus SainT-Gaudens. He was The son OT a French cobbler on Third Avenue and his work was brOughT To The aTTenTiOn OT Abram S. HewiTT. DespiTe The TacT ThaT he was only ThirTeen years old aT The Time ll86ll SainT-Gaudens was admiTTed To The lnsTiTuTe because OT his excepTiOnal TalenT. His sTaTue OT PeTer Cooper is sTanding in TronT OT Cooper Union Today. PeTer Cooper was always disappoinTed in The lack OT supporT Trom his wealThy colleagues in his insTiTuTe. He once said TO The sTudenTs in an address, l cannoT shuT my eyes To The TacT ThaT The producTion OT wealTh is noT The work OT one man and The acquisiTiOn OT greaT TOrTunes is noT possible wiThouT The cOOperaTiOn OT mulTiTudes OT men. ThereTOre, The individuals who are worThy should never lose sighT OT The TacT ThaT They hold wealTh only by The will OT socieTy . . . ThereTore They should adminisTer wealTh as TrusTees OT socieTy. The lack OT popular supporT necessiTaTed The renTing OT The TirsT Two Tloors To commercial esTablishmenTs Tor purposes OT revenue. IT was only unTil The Turn OT The cenTury in I9OO ThaT conTribuTions Tor The supporT OT The school were no longer needed Trom The Cooper-HewiTT Tamily. However, Though Tinancial supporT was lacking, The people OT New York deeply appreciaTed The mOTives behind The Tounding OT The lnsTiTuTe and The place iT occupied in The ciTy's educaTiOnal sysTem. This senTimenT can besT be exempliTied by The Tollowing Taken Trom The Annual ReporT presenTed by The SecreTary, Abram S. HewiTT, aT The CommencemenT in The C5reaT Hall on May 27, l864. Ten years have elapsed since The cornersTOne OT This lnsTiTuTe was laid, and TonighT is compleTed The TiTTh academic year OT iTs exisTence. Founded by The liberaliTy OT a single individual Tor The express purpose OT improving The working classes, Trom whose ranks he has Torced his way To wealTh and inTluence: conveyed To six TrusTees, selecTed Trom among his relaTives and personal Triends in Order To insure harmony OT acTiOng managed by Them wiThouT appeals'TOr popular aid or applause, buT under The mOsT solemn sense OT The respOnsibiliTy OT The greaT TrusT which had been conTided To Them-The Cooper Union Tor The AdvancemenT OT Science and ArT has aT lengTh reached a pOsiTiOn in which iTs aims are perTecTly deTined, and iTs resulTs begin To be OT a magniTude TO inTeresT all classes in The communiTy. The working classes OT This ciTy cannOT be elevaTed and improved wiThouT a direcT beneTiT To all oTher classes: and iT is one OT The mosT graTiTying TeaTures OT The public recepTions and exhibiTions OT This lnsTiTuTe, ThaT here all classes meeT and mingle TogeTher On Terms OT perTecT equaliTy and wiTh muTual respecT and conTidence. The TrusTees have endeavored To culTivaTe This relaTion in all parTs OT Their Organiza- Tion, and They adverT To iT upon This Occasion, because in The name OT Union, selecTed by The Tounder OT The lnsTiTuTion as iTs cOrporaTe TiTle, iT was designed To inculcaTe The greaT social lesson OT muTual dependence and inseparable inTeresTs which bind TogeTher all classes in organized cOmmuniTies, and which should produce uniTed good will and sTeady eTTorTs Tor The general progress and welTare. 22

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EH DU TES Typical oT The Ch,E's is Ted Berlin, ouTsTanding in many Tields. Ted has been Senior class, A.I.Ch.E. and sTudenT council presidenT, MAO Chancellor, Pioneer associaTe ediTor, and a PriesTley Tech. member. DespiTe his inTeresT in many exTra-curricular acTiviTies as well as in a cerTain member oT The arT school, his school work has remained disTincTive, TesTiTied To by his Tirm grip on a Schwein- burg scholarship. His sTerling abiIiTy in maThemaTics has neTTed him numerous maTh prizes and The graTiTude oT less giTTed classmaTes. M Charles BIiTz is PhoTo EdiTor oT The Pioneer. His imposing size belies his warm and good-naTured Triendliness. Charles was vice-presidenT oT The A.I.Ch.E. and a member of The MaTh and Camera Clubs. He admires good music, and can give you, oTThand, The TiTIe and hisTory of aImosT any classical Tune you hum. He spends his idle momenTs going To The concerT or To The movies, or indulging in amaTeur cookery. Slim John BraTT presenTs The unusual combinaTion oT poeT, acTor, and engineer. Smiling and good-naTured, John has The abiIiTy To make Things go righT. His excellence in sTudies earned him prizes in his Treshman and sophomore years, and MAO membership in senior year. He has worked as a chemical analysT during vacaTions. John was made lcnown To Cooper Through his acTing in The Freshman RecepTion and Through his well- wriTTen, usually humorous poeTry in The Pioneer. if Alfonse Capo- dieci, The good-looking Tellow Trom DeWiTT CIinTon, has played on The inTra- mural soTTball Team: and enioys swimming, baseball and especially golT. An acTive member of The A.I.Ch.E. and The Dancing Club, Cappy sTill has Time Tor phoTography, classical music, and girls. No oTher dancer has his unique sTyle. Nor can anyone imiTaTe his Triendly manner enhanced by his small Tall: and big smile. His ambiTion is To become a consulTanT engineer. if Harold Feder will long be remembered Tor his impersonaTion oT Groucho Marx aT The A.l.Ch.E. Freshman RecepTion. Harold has ediTed The new Freshman Bible: and is acTive in The A.I.Ch.E., The MaTh Club, The BlanIceT Fee CommiTTee and The Pioneer. In I937, he was a member oT The Peace Day CommiTTee, which organized a meeTing in The GreaT Hall. He was also presidenT oT The PriesTley Tech. SocieTy. Harold possesses a waggish and impressible sense oT humor, which permeaTes all his worlc and delighTs his acquainTances. 2 Frank J. Fihgerald devoTed his lasT Two years aImosT enTirely To anagrams played in class, whenever lecTures became boring. FiTz has served as vicee presidenT and Treasurer of The Camera Club. He has also parTicipaTed in The A.I.Ch.E., The MaTh Club and The PriesTley Technical SocieTy. ln his leisurely journey Through Cooper, he has Tound Time Tor machine shop work and model- making. His summers are spenT in PhyTopaThological research aT The Boyce Thompson lnsTiTuTe. QE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - CHEMICAL ENGINEERING