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

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UEUIE TED TU Dr. Clarence S. Sherman has always been very popular wilh sludenls ever since he came +o insrrucf al' Cooper Union. As soon as sludenls realize his amazingly profound knowledge of general and organic chemisfryq as soon as lhey observe rhal he has been and is always willing 'ro help Them, l'hey,canno'r buf feel 'Friendly loward him. ln Organic Chemislry, he malces a 'Faclual dry course infer- esfing and dramalic, by relaling +he lexfboolcs' ideas 'ro popularly-represenled advancemenls in Organic and Bio- chemisfry. Alrer his Ph.D. degree in Chernisrry, Dr. Sherman enlered DuPon+ Company, To research on plas- ricsg and he was responsible for lhe developmenl of glass- lilce resins lmelhyl Meihacrolalel which appear commer- cially loday. An accidenl al DuPonl convinced him +o lurn lo leaching: hence he enlered Cooper Union, work- ing conscienliously and unselfishly for lhe sludenls. Thus lar, lhe school has apparenlly lillle appreciaied his exfra- elllorrs which are indelibly imprinled on sludenls' minds. Wilh Jrhis in mind, we dedicale lhe I939 Cable lo malce il lcnown lhal we Jrhe Sludenls, al leash appreciale his silenl ancl unsellish worlc

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COOPER UNION: I859-I939 6 The 8O'rh Anniversary of Cooper Union? Eoundalion Building: I'IewiJr'r Building: Trus- Iees: Direclor: Dean: Engineering Eaculiy: Birrh of 'rhe School: Ari Direcior: Ari Eaculfy: Crysiallizaiion SENIORS 23 The Ins+iI'uI'e of Technology: Nigh'I' School of Engineering: Ari School: Graduaiion: Sieel Bindings: The Ins+aIIa+ion in Piciures TI-IE CLASSES SI Day Tech '42: Day Tech '4I: Day Tech '4O: NigIw+ Tech '44: Nighl Tech '43: Nighi Tech '42: Nighr Tech '4I: Niqhf Tec. 40: Day Arl- Eirsi Year: Second Year: Night Ar+ School: Tony Goes Io Cooper ACTIVITIES H I 89 Slrudenf Council: The Cable: The Pioneer: Ivlalh Club: Annual Dance: I'Ionor Awards: Dramafics: Dancing Club: ArIis+s' Affairs: Open I-Iouse and Ari Exhibil: Blankel Fee: Camera Club: Newman Club: Expansion ATI-ILETICS II7 SOCIETI ADVERTI A'rhIe+ic Associalion: Baslceiball: Inierclass Spor+s: Rifle Team: Alhlefic Awards: World Chaos E S 129 Ex Posf Eaclro: Lambda Tau: Mu Alpha Omi- cron: Pries'rIey Socieiy: A.S.C.E.: A.S.M.E.: A.I.CI1.E.:A.I.E.E.: Phi Sigma Omega: Omega Della Phi: Alumni: And Tomorrow: Senior Rosier S I N G ISS

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EUUPEH UNIUN1959-1999 T is TiTTing and proper ThaT in I939, The eighT- ieTh anniversary oT The Tounding oT Cooper Union ThaT The Cable be cenTered around an accuraTe hisTory oT This insTiTuTion. For eighTy years The Cooper Union has TuncTioned as a cenTer oT learning Tor Those who Toilp Tor a shorTer Time The Union has opened iTs doors To young men and women who did noT worlc and were ThereTore able To aTTend The Day School. Born in The mind oT The greaT humaniTarian, PeTer Cooper, a man whose very liTe made him lceenly aware oT The culTural needs oT The indusTrial worker, The Union Tlourished under The guidance oT greaT men oT The succeeding years. Cooper, l'iewiTT, T. A. Richards, G. W. PlympTon, AnThony, Pumpelly, R. W. Raymond, Francis lvl. l'larTmann, George BaTeman, Purvis, all names ThaT meanT some change in The Cooper Union, ThaT led Toward iTs presenT high sTandard. ATTer iTs period oT concepTion and birTh, The courses in Cooper Union gradually crysTallized as iTs purposes crysTallized in The minds oT iTs Founder. General absTracT courses were concreTizedg The aim oT The Union changed Trom providing a general educaTion in science Tor worlcingmenu To providing Tech- nical educaTion in arT and engineering Tor people worlcing in The ArT or Engi- neering Tields or Tor men and women who inTend To enTer These Tields. Indeed a lesson in The crysTallizaTion oT a philosophy! The success OT This philosophy was evidenT by The growTh in sTudenT aT- Tendance aT The insTiTuTe. Each year The aTTendance nearly doubled unTil Tinally The geomeTric size oT The quarTers became sTeel bindings ThaT prevenTed TurTher growTh oT The sTudenT body. DrasTic acTion had To be Talcen To cuT down The number oT sTudenTs admiTTed. Whereas beTore adverTising was necessary To aTTracT enough sTudenTs now iT was imperaTive ThaT mosT oT The applicanTs were Turned away. Finally These sTeel bindings were brolcen when The Armory on Third Avenue was renTed To Talce care oT some oT The classes. OuT oT This Armory grew The l-lewiTT Building. Perhaps noT as large as was planned, buT The Tunds raised did noT go as Tar as was expecTed. However, Tor a while, The T-lewiTT Building Took care oT The increased regis- TraTion. The pressure was released, The sTeel bindings loosened. A period oT expansion occurred. The NighT School was divided inTo Tive specialized lines oT sTudy. Over ThirTeen diTTerenT courses oT sTudy were being pursued in The Union.