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

Text from Pages 1 - 176 of the 1940 volume:

55?i W IEXI lim f :KG 94 EDITQR-IN-CHIEF FRANCIS E. MEDCDN BUSINESS MANAGER GEORGE EVERSON XXXXX ' T' xx Q 'xsy K'XXl X szgfyvw ,VQK ,J -N I 1' .. ...-. f A f A . I 4' . - 5 r , Mm - g, '-5' T 1'm-.4H,f.Q--i1'- A ,,, ,gm - -an.. Q f, V A, i ' I ' A Q Y - 1 --W' -Q., ,.,, .- - ,. mf' 95- ' . X X. -- M fiigmmpmxtr- ,... 5 - Q - - Y E: gl - wx b n IVQV ,Q,fvv' Q cg E 4 I fuk it N' - If, 5 , IE- 1 ' ffl 54 Q - , 'N ' u - - f -ff ,-wl '- I 'ww A ,dv W, Q n- , CONTENTS BOOK I PAGE 6 Introduction Dedication, Trustees, Director, Dean, Art Director, Museum. BOOK II PAGE 15 Classes Pre-engineering, Chemical Engineering, Elec- trical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Art School. BOOK III PAGE 61 Graduates Graduate Farewell, Graduates, Transition, Ce- lebrities. 300K IV PAGE 95 Activities Athletic Association, Athletic Awards, Varsity Basketball, Rifle, Fencing, Water Polo, In- tramural Baslcetball, Student Council, Activ- ity Plan, The CABLE, The Pioneer, A.l.Ch.E., A.l.E.E., A.S.C.E., A.S.M.E., Art Affairs, Dancing Club, Chess Club, Priestley Tech, Honor Awards, Annual Dance, Camp Alumni, Mu Alpha Omicron, Ex Post Facto, Lambda Tau, Omega Delta Phi, Phi Sigma Omega. BOOK V PAGE 149 Roster Senior Roster, Advertising, Acknowledgments. ESMCDND SHAW x . T DEDICATICDN We of the CABLE Staff, as a small group representative of the entire faculty and student body of the Cooper Union, Wish to express our appreciation of the Worthy services of lVlr. Esmond Shaw. Because of his intimate understanding of our problems and his willing assistance, We were able to complete this yearbook. Not only in this matter does lVlr. Shawis cooperation appear. He has brought about a close association of faculty and students by his kindly infor- mality in dealing with the student body. Though we realize that this is but a small acknowledgment of the recognition of which he deserves, We dedicate this book - our 1940 CABLE, to him. 7 GANO DUNN TRUSTEES The Cooper Union is fortunate in having an exceptionally active and interested group of men in charge of its administration. The group includes: Cano Dunn, Presidentg Edward L. Rehm, Secretaryg Robert J. Winthrop, Treasurerg and the trustees, J. Pierrepont Morgan, Walter S. Gifford, Barklie Henry and Eliu Root, Jr. Since 1935 Cano Dunn has been President of Cooper Union. He is also a trustee of Barnard College. He received the degrees of B.S. from C.C.N.Y., E.E. from Columbia University and M.S. from C.C.N.Y. In addition he has received the honorary degrees of Master of Science and Doctor of Science from Columbia University. He is president of the J. G. White Engineering Corporation. ln 1933 he received the Townsend Harris Medal of C.C.N.Y.g in 1937, the Edison Medal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers of which he was president f1911-19121, and in 1939, the Hoover Medal, a joint engineering society award. He was President of the New York Electrical Society 1900-1902, of the United Engineering Societies 1913-1916 and of the John Fritz Medal Board of Award 1914. ' Edward L. Rehm was elected Secretary in 1926 after he had been Assistant Secretary for eight years. According to the Code of By-Laws which was adopted at the first meeting of the Trustees of Cooper Union in 1859, the Secretary shall have the general oversight of the various departments of the Union, and manage its scholastic operations, shall be the organ of communication with the community, shall make quarterly reports to the Board of the progress of the various departments of instruction, and shall assist in the engaging of lecturers and instructors, and in the selection of appliances of instruction and improvement, shall assist in making the rules and regulations for the different departments. In these ways the Secretary with his assistants is in contact with the general public and with the students more than any other of the administrative oflicers. The Office of the Secretary is really responsible for keeping the machines of the school running smoothly. Robert I. Winthrop, general partner in the New York banking firm of Robert Winthrop Co., succeeds Percy R. Pyne, Ir. as Treasurer and trustee. Mr. Pyne, who had been Treasurer of the Cooper Union for 15 years, resigned becauseof ill health. Mr. Winthrop, a native of Boston, Mass., is a graduate of Harvard, class of 1926, and is director of several banks, realty companies and railroads. I. Pierrepont Morgan has been a trustee of the Cooper Union since 1912. He received his A.B. from Harvard in 1889, and has been honored with an I..L.D. from Trinity College, 1918, from Cambridge University, 1919g from Harvard, 1923, and from Princeton University, 1929. Mr. Morgan has re- ceived also the degrees of D.C.S. from N.Y.U. in 1922 and of D.C.l... from Oxford University in 1930. He is head of I. P. Morgan and Company, Director ofthe United States Steel Co. of New York and the Aetna Insurance Company. Walter S. Gifford, president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., is also a trustee of Johns Hopkins University. A fellow A.1.E.E., he received his A.B. from Harvard in 1905, and has been twice honored with an LL.D., from Williams College in 1928 and from Colgate in 1929. He also received an honorary D.Sc. from Oberlin in 1929. Mr. Gifford's interests center in his home and gardens. He spends his weekends in his small Colonial farmhouse near Armonk, where he enjoys reading and gardening. Mr. Gifford is also an author. One of his recent books, published in 1930, is Can Pros- perity Be Managed?,' Barklie Henry, the freshman of the Cooper Union Board of Trustees, be- came a trustee in 1935, at the age of 32. He was elected to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Dunn's elevation from trustee to President. Mr. Henry also serves as a trustee for the St. Georges School, Newport, R. I., and the Green Vale School in Roslyn, L. I. He is an enthusiastic skier, and during the sum- mer he enjoys tennis and yachting. He is a director of the United States Trust Company of New York, Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., and Reynal and Hitchcock, Publishers. He is also a director of the Milbank Memorial Fund and President of the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor. For the past eleven years, Elihu Root, Ir. has been trustee of the Cooper Union. At Hamilton College, where he also earned his Phi Beta Kappa, he received his A.B. in 1903 and his A.M. in 1905. In 1906 he received the degree of LLB. from Harvard. Mr. Root is a trustee also of Hamilton College, his Alma Mater, and of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In addition to Phi Beta Kappa, he is a member of Sigma Phi and of the University, Harvard, Century and Knickerbocker Clubs. EDWIN SHARP BURDELL Another year has passed and Dr. Burdell is looking toward the end of his Sophomore year as Director of The Cooper Union. By this time the students, especially the new arrivals, are inclined to take the presence of the Director for granted. This fact in itself is a tribute to his ability to adapt himself to his oflice. However, those who have attended Cooper Union for more than the two years of his administration, realize what a profound change has been brought about through his presence. The faculty and students are grateful for the invaluable work done by Dr. Burdell. DEAN GEORGE F. BATEMAN George Frederick Bateman was appointed Dean of the Engineering Schools in May, 1933. Prior to this he served as Chairman of the Student Relations Committee, in which capacity he helped the students solve their individual prob- lems. Even though he is no longer a member of this com- mittee, the Dean still has an interest in student problems, and will cooperate whenever possible with the student in the solution of these problems. By virtue of his sincerity and interest, he gives the students more confidence in themselves and their abilities. Through personal interviews with the Dean, the students have come to value the counsel which he is always willing to give. GUY C-AYLOR CLARK The Art School can indeed be proud of its director. He is a man who has shown his vision, ability, and leader- ship by the success of the changes he has introduced for the benefit of the students since he assumed the directorship of the Cooper Union Art School, His past also speaks well for him. He has held two Cornell scholarships and distinguished himself in the field of advertising design. We sincerely hope that Mr. Clark will continue to be with us and give the students the benefit of his able leader- ship and learning, I4 GRASS? MS' I P R E a typical Cooper Union student. I am any student you see in or around the halls of Cooper Union. I may be an engineer or an artist. I may go to day or night sessions. My former schooling may have taken place in either a small town or a big town, my high school may have been academic or technical, several of my years may have been spent in other colleges, but here in the melting pot of Cooper Union, I enjoy that old proverb - one for all and all for one. ENGINEERING College at last, the first actual step toward an engineering career. With exams concluded we who were successful started our career at Cooper Union and became the class of '43. From the very beginning the severity of competition at Cooper Union was shown to us by the diiiicult exams and other requisites for entrance which decreased the original applicants in number to the 100 who now comprise our class. But little did we know that our troubles were only beginning. ln high school, matters had been comparatively simple. We had all been good students and had little difficulty with the easy work. Homework was light and we even had time to sleep at night. But when we began in college, all that changed. The work, while not exceptionally difficult was over-abundant. During the first semester we were assigned a full program of class work, 30 hours a week, which is more time than any other course is given. The I 5 if :ff W fp Qllwr- . -. .--..-we-.e-W vigtfv W , 2-6 f ay - A f.. 3 P J f 'f fi N , A fs 1 + ,. f Q f at an ' Q ff W Q, Q 4 4 iv pt' ,za , as K if fa f f P ff' . L . 3, . for .. 4 LQ: 'V fMf:ff :ff:f f':Wim'A G-1 ' - fi 'K+ 'V M ff, f ig ' iw' t if fl f' P 1- if -'ftwfa' ,ax raw' 4' 1 Q. 44 J, qt v W. '-crm. - ' P- , 'f 4 .' , jL4f.:'513 lg: .: -gg 1.359 Prof. Wm. S. Lynch Prof. E. T. Bullock Prof. Walter S. Watson second semester we were programmed for 28 hours a week, still more than any other course. This arrange- ment would give us two free hours a week-but no, this must not be-such a rash misuse of time must be eliminated. So the matter was reconsidered and a new course was added to our program, bringing our class up to 29 hours. Someone must have overlooked that extra hour. Another item with which the school is over gen- erous is homework. The catalog indicates that we should expect 25 hours of homework each week Cbut what teacher ever reads the catalog?J. A consideration of the prodigious amount of homework assigned ibut we admit, not necessarily performedj precludes all possibilities of a normal amount of sleep. However the crowning indignity is bestowed upon us by the teacher in telling us Las many of them doj that he fully realizes the weight of our homework burden and he doesn't wish to unnecessarily increase it, but will we in our spare time read these books or do these additional problems? We are still wondering to what spare time the teachers refer, we have asked them but as yet have received no satisfactory answer. Perhaps they allude to the interludes between periods when no instructor is present and the class has marksmanship and skirmish practice while erasers and chalk missiles fly about the room. How- ever there is a more serious side to our school time. ln section one, it might be said, there is a very good cross-section of the class. Serious men such as Epstein Stephen Yando, Secretaryg Charles Meyerson, Vice-Presidentg Charles Erway, Presidenlg Is- rael Jaffe, Treasurer. and Corrio spend their spare minutes arguing about solutions to ana- lytic problems While behind them some of the more frivolous and wasteful engage in the before mentioned skirmishes. This section claims to have the German Royalty in its group in the form of Baron F. Wolf- gang von Diederich. This royal movie fiend claims to have conducted the Brussels Symphony Orchestra among his many experiences on the continent. Stanley Becker, the despair of all teachers land studentsl also claims the title musician Charmonicafl. B. fNorthl Goldberg of section one shares with Meiselman of section three the great f?l honor of being persistently and consistently late. In considering the notables of section two it should be said that Ed Herszkorn is noted for his many exploits in the chemistry lab, the math class, and the basketball court. He has worked hard as captain of the intramural team, even in defeat. This class also is distinguished by the presence of John Hinz who writes those endearing little verses about Adolf. Another female student has marched into the school, Nancy John- son, and we must admit that any girl who can finish out such a course has perseverance and pluck. Section three seems to take the honors in sports with Fred fRedD Top Row I Lefkowitz C. Meyerson, S. Meiselman, H. Maron, H. Wells, B. Soroka, J. Weisbin, E. Peluso, S. Smook ler J Weidenman J Kenhart, P. Kasakalian, A. Schilling, E. Plassman, M. Graf, B. Lerner, F. Walsh, I. Jaffe K Korn Z Baczewskl R Wolf, K. Hesse, S. Yando. Bottom Row: J. Lewin, J. Hirsch, T. Halabi, F. Evans T Schachat H Goldgraher D. Kaplan, S. Solomon, E. Herzkorn. Rivas of the basketball team and Rossbach, the fencer. The expert prestidigitators ofthe class ap- pear from all outward appearances and observations to be Rossbach and Richter. From reliable sources it has been heard that Pecan, the exponent of the rampant eraser, can drop a piece of chalk into a luminaire from any angle while in any position. In section four we meet the causes of the sectional rivalry between sections one and four. How- ever, we must give them credit for producing many of the members of our intramural basketball and swimming teams among whom are Selman and Sicular. The giants of section four include Sam Smookler, Day Tech Editor of the Pioneer, and the Stanley of this division CZimmermanj, Pro- fessor Hope,s problem child. But, of course, we must not forget their mental genius, Soroka. It has been claimed that he worked the root of an equation to twenty-five places by Horner,s method, be- lieve it or not. The Freshman issue of the Pioneer was, we feel, the best issue of the term. The production of this issue was performed by an editorial staff consisting of Sam Smookler, Milt Minneman, By- ron Cohen, and Eugene Plassman. At the beginning of the term, Charles A. Erway was elected to the post of president of the Top Row: E. Herzkorn, A. Kuzmickey, H. Wells, A. Selman, H. Grad, J. Hinz, F. Diederich, C. Erway, R. Dahl, W. Lapple, I. Jaffe, H. Immerblum, S. Solomon, B. Soroka, S. Zimmerman, S. Smookler, J. Weisbin, W. Wirfel, A. Coo- per, F. Rivas, H. Goldgraber, W. Romaine, B. Cohen. Bottom Row: M. Volz, F. Squire, A. Miccioli, J. Weidenman, Nlilohnson, E. Peluso, J. Sieffert, F. Walsh, L. Epstein. , W. Horodeck, Presidentg J. Churko, Vice-Presi- dentg E. McCarthy, Secretaryg M. Birkenfeld, Treasurer, Freshman class and has since represented the Freshman class Cand section onel to the best of his ability. Charles Myerson, Israel Jaffe and Steven Yando became vice-president, treasurer and secre- tary, respectively. During our lirst few weeks sojourn at Cooper, a serious crisis loomed before the Freshman class. The predicament developed as a result of historic Adolphis refusal to transport Freshmen in his his- toric elevator. Bernard Lerneris visit to Dr. Burdell's office resulted in success for us, much to the dismay of Adolph who would rather 'gelevatew the Art School girls. In one semester a student gets many impressions of teachers, but we feel sure that all will agree that Mr. Halsey surprised us most when he threatened to exterminate by means of a gun, the Coon Chile, B. Cohen. With the coming of spring the Freshman class seems to have become restless. Throughout the long winter months the slaving without ceasing seems to have left an impression upon the class. Already two sections have been punished for carrying it a bit too far. One of our belovered U1 teachers has suggested that we use this pent up energy to walk to the seventh floor instead of tor- Top Row: L. Mowell, H. Brenner, J. Stringham, J. Broderick, J. Bisen, E. Greening, C. Borst, J. Gross, W. Brand, F Earle, Z. Ackerman. Middle Row: H. Harris, H. Newby, J. Cold, A. Garfinkle, H. Ehringer, R. Hansen, Herrmann Bottom Row: F. Diemer, M. Brooks, T. Egelson, Z. Ceanes, E. Reeves, W. Bradley. Q. Top Row: Schiller, W. Romaine, E. Plassman, P. Nardone, H. Schwiebert, 0 Parr D Siljegovich S Miskura M Strauss, W. Sittner, I. Herzkorn, J. Sealy, J. Smith. Bottom Row: B. Lerner, F Evans S Solomon J WC1SblIl H Wells, C. Sicular, IJ. Shifman, S. Smookler, B. Soroka. turing poor Adolph by straining the cables on the elevator. How- ever, most of us are inclined to think this is a bit too much ,to expect of anyone so we continue in our previous ways, under cover, let someone notice our leisure activities and add another hour of work. A Nevertheless, by laws of probability and averages it is found that there is a slight possibility of some of us composing the Sopho- more class next year. Surely this is a great inducement for there are more than three free periods for everyone. On registration day last September, a bedraggled group of Night Tech men assembled on their familiar battleground, Cooper Union, to enroll for the second round of their six round bout. When registration was over, friends of the previous year gathered together in small groups, renewing acquaintances and en- gaging in idle talk. Some tall tales were told by returning vaca- I l 1 5 2 3 Top Row E Sacher A Wimmer R. Thierry, M. Young, J. Tanenzapf, H. Sutherland, A. Scott, A. Svirchev, E Rausch Bottom Row J Barrett L Peyser, S. Shapiro, M. Rainish, J. Rabinowitz, J. Rey, J. Fedyna. tionists. Bill Horodeck and Lennie Prosbitsky recounted their Odyssey on a bicycle through darkest New York State. Mike Aissen and 'Tlashi' Gordon were runners-up in the tall tales contest with their stories of adventure in the Palisades where Mike was saved from starvation by the discovery of a raw potato. On the following Monday, the class year was oflicially begun, and the class of '44 was plunged into a new series of difficulties, of which Physics Lab was the foremost. We had scarcely finished congratulating ourselves upon no longer having to spend weekends on drawing plates, when the deluge camel . . . That first Physics Lab report-Red ink, blue crayon, green crayon, red crayon, slashed through the pages. L'Why, How, When, Where, Vague, Define, Ex- plain, NOI, and Please Report met our eyes. We began to realize, with each succeeding report, how little we knew about Physics, and how much we were expected to know. Yet there was a lighter side to our work, as well, found in the lectures :-Professor Ball's ever-interesting experiments kept the class open-eyed from beginning to end. In Chemistry lecture, the genial personality of Professor Hope earned for him the liking of the entire class. As evidence of this, they presented him with a large red apple. His obvious pleasure at this gift called for an encore, so in the following lecture he was presented with a bushel-basket full of apples. Unfortunately, no photograph exists of this historic inci- dent so that the expression on Professor Hopefs face is forever lost to posterity. Another well-liked instructor was Professor Jeffrey. His aptly termed Fellow Studentsf' participated actively in discussions of social relationships. One of the highlights of these discussions was Ostriker,s dissertation on whether or not fish know how to swim, in which he proved that they did not. In recognition of Professor Jeffreyis efforts, the class of 744 presented him with a hand of bananas fnumbering some IOOJ. This occasion, unlike the previous one, was recorded by a candid camera fan. In addition to scholastic activities, many of us succeeded in finding time for recreation. Ice skating parties were very popular. Some of the more ardent followers of this sport included Herby Gradler fwho showed up with a new girl every timej, Walter Gar- rison, George Garoufis, Tore Anderson fand his sisterj, Lennie Prosbitsky, Manny Kaufman, John Anderson, Walter Barron, John Galinski, Gregory Banikiotes and George Hepp. Top Row: M. Hanig, A. Odierno, T. Anderson, W. Garrison, H. Enberg, Sala, M Birkenfeld J Erick on H Betts J. Broker, G. Hepp, W. Oestreicher. Middle Row: P. Grafstein, G. Garoufis, E Cutler M Antonazzi L Probitsky G. Cohen, W. Horodeck, J. Ciampaglia. Bottom Row: H. Beener, J. Anderson J Borron G Banxkiotes .J Churko :nfs-.1m4.m.v-Jem-a afmn introducing a ttmivmuggg If you should ever walk through the fifth floor on Tuesday you would hear weird sounds emanating from the Ch.E's sweatshop, namely the Quant Lab. Here the embryo Chemical Engineers are at work. Whereas most of our time last year was spent in looking for things we knew werenit there, this year our chief endeavor is to discover how much of it we have. Unfortunately guesses can no longer be relied upon this year since the law of Probability is too much against us. The only road to glory here is hard work, and that is what the 2nd year Ch.E,s are really doing, that is, when we're not busy breaking crucibles or beakers, or swapping stories in CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Prof. C. S. Sherman Prof. Henry B. Hope Prof. A. H. Radasch Raymond J. Kunz the balance room about last Saturday night, as Ed Fitzgerald, Gordon, Bud Medon, and Bob Atkins so often do. Charles Merz should have become a salesman instead of an engineer for he can sell you anything from a rubber apron to a chemical handbook if you listen to him long enough. Miller and Harris are the Fuels and Combustion experts so much in de- mand in all the other engineering sections. One of the favorite pastimes of the Soph students still is a good old fashioned board eraser fight. Schmitt, Feldon, and Klamkin take a particular pleasure in partaking in these little feuds. There is just one thing which still gives the 2nd Ch.E.,s trouble, and that is this matter of Ending the end-point. Every once in a while a group of students may be seen hunting for Dr. Hope to ask him if theyive reached the end-point yet. Having survived the ordeals of the second year, we shall now delve further into the intricacies of Chemical Engineering as 3rd year Ch.E.,s. As the section is not too large, greater intimacy and cooperation than otherwise is possible among its members. If there is anything outstanding about us, then it is the fairly even division of ability in the section. This is quite frankly recognized by us and probably is a factor mak- ing for greater friendship. However, the class is fortunate enough in that many of its meni- bers are pretty good in specific subjects and so are able to contribute to those whose ability lies in some other topics. VVe have learned how important and eH'ective mutual assistance can be and believe that this is an important lesson to take along with us. Now that only one more year of work separates us from graduation fwe hopej, we look back upon three tough years and can hardly believe that the same fellows who, three years ago on a hot day of August went through the entrance exam, may graduate a year from now. As yet we have not passed the final hurdles, but we are still going strong, and before we know it, we,ll be there. The third year Ch.E. class consisted of the following members: Top Row: J. Friedman, H. Bouma, J. Rothmayer, G. Ferrigni, P. Horsting, R. Costa. Middle Row: E. Quinn, F. Schaefer, M. Slutsky, E. Von Storch, I. Machlin, H. Ruopp. Bottom Row: F. Quattlander, l. Rappaport, D. Muhl- meister, J. Weixel, B. McLaren. ,KV-A fir Zi , . A Standing: Edward Barlow, Secretaryg John Charl- ton, Treasurer, Frank Himmer, Vice-President. Seated: John Rozolis, President. Everett Birmingham-the fellow who spends his weekends in Flushing, and is so much more tired on Mondays than on Fri- days. Daniel Borsiczky - Plainfield's contribution to Cooper Union. He always complains that no trains run out to Plainfield between 12 midnight and 6 A.M. Tough luck old boy. Pelt Van Brower-our swing enthusiast who uses his little sister's bicycle since his car broke down. George Everson-who showed his bravery when faced with an emergency by using the fire extin- guisher to put out a fire in the Organic Lab. P.S. He nearly missed. Hortley Fields-who is the custodian of our cherished football, William Keary-also known as Bill the Killer. His activities while playing football on our campus seriously re- duced the number of healthy seniors for next year. But Bill helped his victims to pass Organic Chemistry which he certainly knows. Fred Kohler-also known as Einstein Kohler, whose theories even get the professors in a dither .... Perhaps this year's quota of Chemical Engineers could be more appropriately entitled Cornical Engineers, for such they surely are. Even so serious a subject as Social Philosophy Col- loquium assumes a lighter air when the Senior Chems are in Top: C. Krulewitz, J. Friedman, A. Dworkowitz, J. Goldberg, L. Shapiro, H. Zuchino, S. Bernstein. Bottom: H. Sonberg, E. Zinberg, J. Zalinsky, S. Rabinowitz, G. Brown, G. Quinn, L. Wizemann. 26 Top: E. Fitzgerald, A. Teller, F. Medon, C. Merz, J. Schmitt, John Atkins. Bottom: S. Schaffer, S. Gordon, M. Klamkin, L. Weintraub, G. Miller, L. Cluckman, G. Tauth. session, what with their rapid-fire witticisms and brilliant ex- amples. Foremost among these, we will long remember the immortal words of one classmate, who, while attempting to illus- trate the meaning of Potted Thinking fChapter 6 in Stebbing- Dear Old Stebbingwj came out with the concoction, '4Beryllium for Better Bridges. However, even this failed to awaken the five lVl.E. students who sit in with us-these men serving merely to help fill up the otherwise unoccupied rear of the room. One thing definitely missing this year is the production of explosive gas mixtures fHe pronounces it gezzl by one of our diminutive members. This cook-book chemist was good for at least one catastrophe per week in preceding years. Long will we remember his part in spilling a bottle of Sodium Peroxide down the sink-with such violent results that pieces of glass were found over by the Hewitt Building. lt is stuff such as this that makes life the uncertain thing it is. Here it is, the third year, and all those nice young men who thought that they had been admitted to the Cooper Union are beginning to wonder if they do not belong to the Cuckoo Union. The way in which the work has been coming and the time going, Top Row: Paul Scherbner, Treasurerg George T Smith, Vice-President. Seated: George A. Mazzi- telli, President. ' . ,- 27 most of the boys are a little bewildered and are inclined to stagger along on their knees. The 3rd year Night Ch.E.'s are a fine bunch of regular fellows. There's Vic Antaki, who can tell some pretty good stories about his uncle, one of those traveling salesmeng chess-playing Al Bot- vinekg and the little genius of the group, Emil Cimler. You can not leave out Fred Corvinus, who really gets around and has been on that Rancho Grande. Fred kept the class in good spirits on the Friday before Christmas because he had some of those spirits in him. ,loe Schrenock is a friendly fellow with a head for Calculus. Mr. Beileris Calculus class was quite regularly entertained by Max Slonk, before the cold weather set in. Mr. Beiler would enter the room, glance to the back and address himself to Max, who was unfortunate enough to have an aisle seat in a back row, '4Slonk, will you please close the windowsfi So Max would dutifully un- ravel himself from his seat and do the honors. There are more on the list who could be mentioned, but we'll let the roll call stop here and go on to the Fourth Year. The 4-th Year Night Ch.E.'s returned with the impression that with Mechanics and Calculus be- Top Row: D. Borsiczky, W. Keary, H. Bauma, G. Everson, K. Rothe, A. Dege, G. Ferrigni. Bottom Row: R. Costa, J. Scovronek, H. Field, V. Brower, E. Birmingham, B. Taranto. 1 T F F 2 V F hind them, they were in for a short breathing spellf' However, some of the innocent-appearing subjects proved to be real sticklers. Probably the least popular of the new acquaintances is German. Even the ability of Dr. Steitz is not enough to instill this subject into Bernie Barrett. Norbert Mullio can always be relied upon to give a new slant on pronunciation, and Bob Stewart still tries to irk the good Doctor with inap- propriate remarks. Tundermann didn't have much trouble with this course-she had advance informa- tion. Then there was Physical Metallurgy. No one took this very seriously. The schoolls most able marksman, Charlie Stephens, went down to ineligibility when the results of this course were made known. All the boys liked Quant Lab best in spite ofthe fact that every period seemed to get us farther behind. Bob Rogge was our star analyst, closely paced by Timpe, Braun, and Kovaleski. Dr. Stolz- enbach made himself the best liked instructor by his willingness to answer questions on any and all subjects. Top Row: C. Sullivan, M. Rozene, I. Colen, A. Kuchinsky, H. Roislacher, J. Selman. Bottom Row: J. Keene, L. Nago- shiner, J. Gallery, C. Bernstein, J. Maurin. , .., .. .. . Y-. .. . ,. .V ,. Among things that helped break the monotony of the steady grind, we may consider the following :-Korctzls attempt to use a Meker Burner as a fountain.-Sloanis startling ability in Differential Equations class ,and Bob Stewartis inability to see the radicals in the integral tables.-Dr. Steitzis inability to see anyone elsels jokes and vice versa. K All in all the year has been a stiff one and not at all the push-over we expected, but maybe next year without German and Differential Equations .... After a lazy summer the return to school is a dark omen of the toilsome days to come, for the Sth year Night Ch.E.'s. , Many fond memories remain of the past summer and especially of our trip to the Amusement Area of the World's Fair. ln preparation for the course in Mechanics of Materials, the engineers tested the elasticity of steel by driving and bumping those tiny electric cars. Gosh! didn't Harry Roistacher look cute in his baby hat, jitter-bugging on the stage at N.T.G.'s Congress of Beauty? The faculty, as well as students seemed to enjoy the finer things of interest at the Fair. The fair sex from the Art School added much to the enjoyment of- Fluid Dynamics whenever they used our classroom as a shortcut to other classes. Who can forget the night when the feminine artists dispossessed the hairy, hard-boiled engineers without a struggle? The way John Gallery and Harold Parsekian carry on it looks -like slug at first sight. It is no longer any secret why Spellman and Kalifon run and hide whenever Sam Dixon, the big bad villain, appears on the sceneL For advice on bowling, the class has a notable consultant in Sid Kossak-heill air his opinions on the subject at the drop of a pin. ,Tis said Mel Rozene's new lab coat-sky blue-is a gift from his girl friendg she made it with her own itty-bitty hands. Moe Johnson is a stickler on definitionsg ask Dr. Bullock who teaches Economic History. The entire class is willing to wager that Charlie Faust will never flunk a subject. No instructor could possibly ever want to hear F austis questions twice. Exim presenting an ULQUJA engineer After the first year and a recuperation over the summer, we charged back into the game somewhat depleted in ranks, but determined that we would eventually become lirst class Electrical Engineers. From all sides we heard that the first year at college was the hardest, but not so at Cooper Union. Here it seems to be a pro- gression without a limit, whereby we learn how little we know. Thus is the high and mighty feeling of a college Freshman whittled down to the narrow dejection of a lowly Sophomore. All sections have at least one homework standby. The second year E.E.'s boast of Bar- low and Cummins on whom they can count for homework. Ruvin certainly had a close shave all term-escaping one we mean. Koenigsberf. Prof. Albert Ball Prof. Ernest Starr f'fsyz4?2f315Qg -. f-:N Vuzigwzg-.f - ' 3.5, ge, . .M fg , Q, ., ,f:..,w- '.-,:-: 1z:.1fi-rms,-',.g:Ia -r ' -1 if - -1 ,:1: -1 Aww. ygvliifag 'ff V -' - as ' ,W ' 1' - .2-.7 4471- .wr . ,. 4S.fg?Asypy , . ' vf 13' f 'Eflffifif' ' iii ,.:.. fri' I r . 4 W 1 2,5457 x ,154 g 1 of ff 'QQ 'Y 1 .. . L -1 ' 1 1, ,ma-J: Grubb.-.1. V P 1 fav'-. .Ml 41- : .21 ,:,.f4,...- az-:. . , -451,91 .V 5, ' fs, A . ff , 3,35 1:1332-az? I- -,,i7-,AJWWQ-.z,-. 1:-'ff' ' j af ' fr A W' f of f ' W 9 A , 1 Vp, . ,-'LZ' gs, 1, Q-, ' .v,1' . A-'a' .e-' . ' I-:..-we Prof. H. W. Reddeck ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING our E. Sz M. wizard, has had some trouble with his uhami' transmitter. We hope he doesn't come so close to being elec- trocuted as he has in the past. Then we have our share of small town boys. Leon Alent is the original yokel boy from Rochester. Ask him about those Rochester girls. John Rozolis is a Coney Island soda- jerker who made good. Ralph Williams, from Keansburg, is a promising EE. headed for a successful career fwe hopej. We also have an excellent basketball player, Bob Ohlson. Bok thinks basketball is more fun than that test tomorrow. The Rifle Team couldnlt get along without our Myron Coe. After another year, Dan Schwartz will stay at home Sat- urday nights, but Dan will miss those exciting plays. The third year E.E.7s look back on the days when we were only freshmen. We were always in something of a daze then and probably showed it. Very few of us ever came out of that daze. The intricacies of first year work kept us rather busy fwe thoughtj with only the occasional time to throw chalk and erasers at each other and into the street. f Some of us acquired this habit and carried it on up through the years as did our famous twosome, Harvey Sachs and Ben Lewis, now wallowing about in third year work.J But enough for the first year and for the second, too. The third year work is just a maze of A.C. and D.C. and D.C. and A.C., and of trying to look intelligent. Among the famous members of the class are Lewis and Top: F. Himmer, C. Stalls, Kurt Zell, M. Coe, S. Mehlman, H. Kirschbaum, W. Derganc J Comms Middle P Van Der Vliet, A, Feinsilver, L. Fischer, Hg Resnicow, G. Weiner, J. Charlton. Bottom: J. Rozolis, L Alent E Church A Ruvm R. Ascione. Sachs, the harmony boys, who go around with the dumhfounded look of small poodles, and at the slightest provocation will spout the second move- ment of the fourth symphony of the fifth son of the Brahms family. We was robbed Spool spent more time working for the Pioneer and the foot- ball contest than on his own work. Ralph Medaisky and his parade of sports and dialectic arguments is surely a milestone fmillstone-take your choicej in the annals of Cooper Union. There's '4Red,, Goldman, one of the ablest rubber-band shooters at Cooper. Never shall we forget Mr. Lehrnan's, 4'Now you've got it,'i or Mr. Tall- manis exams, or any of Professor Ballis lectures. The A.l.E.E. field trips were an integral part of our education. The charging back and forth in the rain from one building to the other was another obstacle in our attempts at lazy freedom. The fourth year E.E.7s also look back to their second year for it was then that they first really became acquainted and laid the foundations for Standing: David Kurland, Secretary, John Cas- well, Treasurer. Seated: George Clark, President, Robert Bayuk. Vice-President. many lasting friendships. The year on the Whole passed serenely, and it is with a feeling akin to nostalgia that we will recall the impromptu guitar serenades before the Tuesday morning Calculus class, and the many joyous hours spent playing chess in the Fuels lah, with one eye on the instruc- tor and the other on a glowing crucible. Yes, it was indeed a pleasant year, especially for one chap, who, by repealing the laws of probability, regularly cleaned us all out matching pennies. However, the first warning of the approaching storm, in the form of a course in Electric and Mag- netic Field fwhere Starling showed us that there was such a thing as a Differential Equation before the Math Department got around to itl went unheeded, and the class entered the third, and what was for many the deciding year, totally unprepared for the shock that was to come. It is doubtful that there is one man with a clear memory of the first few months of the rude awakening, and as time passed, the burden, instead of lightening, steadily grew heavier. The night- mare of Diff Equations, revolving vectors, magnetic fields, daily quizzes, three laboratories, and a design course took its toll, and the mental condition of the class is best described by the satirical quality of the so-called jokes that were batted about during this period. It cannot be truthfully said that the class was in a state of nightmare on Thursday nights, for a prerequisite of a nightmare is that the victim sleep, however fitfully, and judging from the appearance of the class on Friday, no one ever slept Thursday night. But as the months passed, and the quizzes were flunked, a spirit of Top Row: R. Bendett, J. Papamarcos, J. Spindler, E. Tanner, M. Tenzer, R. Medaisky, W..Zdan, I. Quart, C. Rosen, A. Saranl. Middle Row: J. Harrington, P. Kaufman, J. Port, M. Goldman, C. Cichoski, J. Caswell, W. Hollander. Bottom Row: E. Juhl, D. Kurland, S. Spool, B. Lewis, M. Dunefsky, C. Zeff, 'E. Thalmann. rw 1- .am-4. X-mfs-W-wmwnmr:imaA-uufra--wwzfzmzmcffvu-mfzu-muww.,I ,.-. vmawmueuanmmnmmrm-1mg masksnvmmi:Mwwmumaem:mwpniwxmnmu mzumwm . Top Row: Alexander Gerbore, Vice-President, Stanley Rogat, Secretary. Bottom Row: Henry Flar, Presidentg Fred Herr, Treasurer. camaraderie gradually permeated the class, and the great value of closer cooperation became recog- nized. With this lesson in mind, the veterans of the campaign of '38-,39 reassembled after a summer of catching up on lost sleep, with a more mature outlook based upon their experiences in utilizing to the utmost their reserve energies. More efficient, and less easily discouraged, the class began to make good its determination to enjoy to the utmost what was to be the last year before entering that mysterious place reverently referred to as '4The Fieldf' ' The third year night E.E.'s began this year with the usual good intentions and resolutions. The first setback in our young lives came, however, in the first week of school when we were introduced to Physics ESM. lab. This course, we soon learned, would require us to spend most of our week- ends on reports. Gur second 'gcontacti' with the enemy came in a communique from Mr. Tallman, the prexy of E.8zM.I. Among other things, we were told that we couldnzt pass the course without a copy of Atwood and a log-log slipstick. The only hitch in that statement was that after a month we didnit see much possibility of passing even with these fortifiers. We were fortunate enough to have Prof. MacDonald for our Calculus class. It was in this class that A. Dubac showed his athletic prowess in rescuing the blackboard erasers from the electric Top Row: E. Pataki, P. Dunay, S. Goldstein, A. Skorski, S. Feldman, E. Rathje, R. Franklin. Middle Row: L. Smith, P. Weitz, A. Cerbore, F. Herr, R. O'Donnell, V. Pelrucelli. Bottom Row: S. Rogat, A. Majlinger, J. Lopez. i . X I , Y . 5 ,I 5511 li C Top: I. Diamond, S. Gilman, G. Frankenstein, V. Eyerman. Middle: H. Wolff, O. Plotkin, I. Plotkin, N. Lee, J. Kozlowski. Bottom: E. Kalfaian, B. Kane. light iixtures where our day school brethren had blithely tossed them. This also happened to be the class in which the Pioneer was usually distributed. S. Auerback was our representative, both a good representative and a good fellow. His cry of I got only two leftv brought laughs each and every week. Other classes also had their non-technical and non-serious moments. In Mechanics we often strayed from the discussion of forces acting on a free body to little witticisms, most of which were contributed by Mr. Schauss, but some of which we had energy enough to utter. fWe had Mechanics the next to last period on Friday night.J In Physics E.Sz.M., which we had the last period on Friday, more time was spent sleeping than learning physics or having fun, but even so the majority of us managed to do plenty of the latter two. The class got quite a laugh one night when S. Bonwit had a voltmeter in a particular problem read 6.666667 volts. We were fortunate in having George Lieske in our section fwho said the pride of Greenpoint?J who always seemed to be in the groove. He, Jim Mulligan, and Ernie Lund- gren had many wild rides crosstown in Ernie's Mloadn Wear to the neophyteslj. That car proved to be worth its weight in gold many times this year to some of the boys. Pete Kurdeka also pepped up our classes considerably, especially in his recitations at the board. It's good that the black- boards at Cooper are sturdy. ,f4 All in all, we fellows think it was a pretty good year and hope that we7ll all be together for thelnext three years. Your chronicler only regrets that neither time nor space allowed the mention- ing of all the men in the class and extends his humblest apologies to those missed. We hope that none of those mentioned will ask for these too. When the fourth year night E.E.ls returned to Cooper after the summer vacation they thought that the rest of the course would be a breeze. Who could blame them, for they had come back after passing Tallman's HSM. class. However when they came back, they found out that they had to take Differential Equations, Mechanics of Materials, Hydraulics, and last but not least, Tallman's E.SzlVI. again. But this did not phase the class in the least, for they were full of hope, ambition and new resolutions. As time progressed into their courses, they discovered that it was possible to be prepared for all the classesg-some of them at a time. Then the semi-final exams came around and the boys were all terror stricken by what would happen, then when the smoke had cleared away, they discovered that a miracle had happened and they had passed. Having passed through four years of a relatively rigorous, exacting engineering education, the fifth year E.E.,s were presented with a new and important aspect of their profession in the Direct 1 or bg f K N r All of us emerged from a severe semester of Alternating Currents with Mr. Nudd, the worse for wear, but nevertheless with a grasp of the subject. Its mark on us was apparent, as witness Ed Owen and Sy Goldstein, going around after exams thinking in terms of vector dollars! Could it be their moustaches andfor the course? Instances such as this, however, helped maintain our morale, and without boasting it can be said that the class as a whole has maintained a cheerful and confident attitude in spite of the seem- ingly insuperable tasks imposed upon it. - ' Current Machine Design course as taught to them by Mr. A. J. B. Fairburn. The course forcefully brought out to the embryonic engineers the extreme import of a sense of pro- portion and the use of good judgment in the design of direct current machinery. It minimized the importance of obtaining results correct to the last decimal, and empha- sized relative values and a common sense approach. It placed the potential engineer more in the role of an inventor, and provided him with the tools necessary for original work. As a consequence, every man obtained a better understanding of design and some of the diiiiculties that must be overcome. ' As in other years, the amount of work appeared tremendous. Looking back now in perspective, all of us can see how we might have better proportioned our time, but proximity seems to dull our vision, and all of us just keep going on, striving to do as much as we can during the year. Some of us stand out from the rest, gifted with certain qualities. To our mind, a perfect man would be a blend of these qualities: Ed .lehle's quick learning ability, Ed Rathje's uncanny knack in the lab., Al Sk0rski's interest in athletics, John Mihalik's part as a drummer in the band, Ben Levinsorfs nonchalant attitude, Sid Deutsch's ability to understand the most abstruse subjects, Herman Decker's positive English: ':W'hy man, you should know better than thatl' Sy G0ld5tein's energetic actions, Lou Gordon's faculty for making original derivations, Morris Hashmallis pertinent questions in class, the way Bill Higgins and Pete Janis always manage to squeeze in in time for bowlingg Ira Cohen's mastery of fundamentals, and Sam Feldmanis suavity. MANH JA ENGINEERING Unlike our respected EE. brothers, we chose what was, in our opinion, the best branch of engineering-mechanical. The 2nd year M.E.7s got off to a flying start with the realization that they had more scheduled periods per week than any other section. Further- more, they were left undaunted by the fact that they were taking exactly the same courses as the E.Efs, with Survey- ing thrown in. On Thursday afternoons, the south- east corner of Central Park would be visited by the plague of the 2nd year M.E.,s. On these Surveying excursions, rich and poor alike were bludgeoned 39 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING .-X Prof. Higbie C. Young Prof. Frederick H. Miller and speared by our flashing range poles. Mr. Ramberg would ask us to umesheri' an angle, and immediately telescopes would go wandering-and where they stopped, only the lVI.E.'s know. Many members of the class fprincipally Mr. Arnoldj were instrumental in formulating Cumberland Curios like the following: 4'Acceleration is the stuff that when you're going somewhere at a uniform velocity, and you see a blonde about a half block ahead-that's itf' Another thought for the dayi' which appeared in one of these blackboard editions: Life is one fool thing after anotherg Love is two fool things after each otherf' On various occasions, Hanzaleek, Sildar, and Ceely famong othersj sweated blood at the board under the stress of Professor lVIerritt's shearing sarcasm. The 3rd year Day M.E.'s had the distinction of having three Schweinberg Scholarship men in their midst. Teddy Gold was one of the recipients of this coveted awardg Benny Lax and Stan Manson were the other two. The two uinnocentsw of the Junior class were those two rusties from Plain- field, Bob tFuzzyj Bayuk and Arthur Swenson. Bob was Vice-President of the class and Swede was Secretary of the A.S.M.E. After Fuzzy came George Clark. George had the honor of being Junior Class President and Vice-President of the Athletic Association. The quietest students of the class were Al Balent, the dreamer from Yonkers, and Al fQuasiJ Kwasiborski who hailed from the wilds of Brooklyn. Next to Al sat Joe Heiman. One of ,loe,s favorite names for his fellow M.E. classmates was Coon Boyf' It was rumored that this name originated when Joe first took a look at Marty Crayman, who was the Boogy Woogy of the M.E.'s. The youngest, but by no means shortest, man of the class was Emil Pansky. Although young in years, he stood up with the best of us and was well liked, not only by ourselves, but also by the instructors. Two more quiet men of the class were Arthur Holmes and Al Dunn. Arty, although quiet, knew darn good jokes if you could drag them out of him. Al was the sheik of the class and a member of the O.D.P. Boyle's Law states, 4'For a perfect gas at constant temperature, an in- crease of pressure will cause a corresponding decrease in volume. Since the Senior Day M.E.,s are a perfect class, naturally the increased pressure of schoolwork brought about an unfortunate decrease in the class volume. But let's look at the practical side of the very super senior M.E.'s. Joe Elovitz and John Belikowich spend most of their time doing ac- Top Row H Novak P Ka s, M. Basuk, W. Hanzalek, G. Kaye, D. Hack, B. Goldberg, M. Klein, C. Rohrs, S. Lie- l lf Q.. , .. 21:1 -. , . '3 ,er af Top: A. Swenson, A. Dunn, M. Grayman. A. Balint, I. Franklin, J. Heimann, E. Pansky, H. Donnelly. Middle: B. Bayuk E. Warner, B. Gordon, M. Breitman, W. Lawrence, E. Krondrajian, J. Elovitz, J. Belikowich. First: W. Sherwood, G Clark, T. Gold, R. Bayuk, H. Shein. I. Machlin, Vice-Presidentg M. Slutsky, Secre- taryg C. Fox, President. counting homework-that is, keeping their ledger of football contests in order. As usually happens, Joe runs out of paper and J. B. runs out of relatives to whom he can credit his football entries. To prove that brains don't win contests, at the date of this writing, they have won a total of five c'Grand Prizes from the Pioneefs most popular feature. Herb Schien owns a 927 Chrysler which isn't old enough to leave home. Once he coaxed it as far west as Newark with the help of three M.E.'s and one EE. fa stowawayl. On the way the car acquired its usual blowout. Changing the tire was quite a problem be- cause the blowout occurred in the rear tire and on an incline, the car having only rear wheel brakes. Ed Kondrajian, acting as foreman, used the EE. in his only useful capacity by tossing him out as an anchor and had the tire changed in the record time of thirty minutes. Thusly did the lVI.E.'s acquire prac- tical experience. Bob Gordon got his practical knowledge in an- other way. One day, in the summer of '38, Bob put on his good suit, wrapped up two sandwiches, and set out to see the world. He got as far as Mexico by the rule of thumb but he came back by train. fThis Top Row: A. Stern, L. Kryger, L. Siegal, A. Frankel, J. Alpert, L. Brooks, W. Hampton. Bottom Row: A. Dorfman, S. Bindman, J. Dishuck, L. Lindquist, A. DuFlon. time he bought a ticket.J Stopping trucks is Harold Donnelly's specialty, while Bill Lawrence stops Bernie Bayuk from getting in the way of Hy Lacoff. Harold suffered only a broken arm during his experience, but Bernie was often found crawling along the ceiling of Room 105-H trying to retrieve his coat. In fact, three respectable students of Cooper fand they aren,t lVl.E.'sJ will swear they saw Bernie's footprints on the ceiling of the BE. lab. Last but not least Cin size anywayj is Milt Breit- man. Milt does alright as chairman of the'A.S.lVI.E. but he ought to keep away from bowling alleys. When Milt bowls, the pin boy tips him! But we can't all be practical men. So that the 3rd year Night lVl.E.'s will always appreciate the good times they had this year, the fol- lowing memoirs and personalities which accumulated during this time are now disclosed. Balansky is credit- ed with supplying Mr. Salma's first cough drop. Why does Berger always doze in Calculus class? Bertain says he's a married man . . . hmm. Bryson is sure to pop up with some question, anytime, anywhere. Dimm claims the most interesting people ride on his A. DuFlon, Presidentg L. Lindquist, Vice-Presi dentg L. Brooks, Secretaryg A. Dorfman, Treas urer. train going to business . . . a woman no doubt. Doyle . . . one person who actually does home- work, remarkable! Fischer will be glad to supply any information on coal. Eberhard represents his section in sports as captain of the Fencing Team. Frei speaks rarely, but then everybody listens. Farley's theme . . . 'Three O,Clock in the Morningf' Does Jacobson use a hypodermic on his car? Kalajin, - busy as a bee. Kushins are very soft, but not this one. Misson has a positively delight- ful way of enunciating. Konigsburg wass-a-matta? Tired of livin'? Bleecherls a card,-the joker. Steiniger . . . 'aProve itll, Watrous will always have a crack ready. lf you donlt know how to do it, ask McCarthy. The 4th,year Night M.F..is returned to Cooper Union in an extremely pleasant mood since we had no laboratory fees to pay fand hence the Activity Plan Fee was not strenuously objected toj and the installation of the new fountain outside the drawing rooms made it no longer necessary for the would-be drinker to possess the power of producing vacua with the lungs. This year was the first without a course in mathematics and the first with such an alliuence of engineering subjects, namely, Thermodynamics, Mechanics of Materials, Machine Design, and Hy- draulics. Eagerly we awaited our first meeting with the other groups in Mr. Jeffery's Elements of Contracts and Principles of Negotiable Instruments courses, Mr. Jeffery being known to us from Top: J. Weipert, H. Anderson, J. Middleton, L, Balk. Middle: E. Michaels, P. Hagerty, M. Schwartz, S. Guzzardi, L. Strauss, B. Winer, R. Rankel. First: I. Goldman, J. Marchetti, M. Kaplan, R. Maccari, R. Brushansky. A4 ,, , 1... ..-N.. ,, . -45 last year as an excellent instructor, ere long as a brother stag and nimble-fingered pianist. In hopes of being interrogated with regard to a certain definition of one Justice B., we were not disappointed. 'gl didnlt get that Mr. Puller, is the plate due at the end of the period or at the beginning of the next?', Then there's the lad who wanted permission to add another column of calculations on a second sheet of drawing paper. If we require cooling while doing homework, none ofthe lVl.E.,s will open the refrigerator door to accomplish this. After drawing shear and bending moment diagrams for Mr. O7Donnell tthe other onej the class saw that our crane, created in the Machine Design course, was capable of lifting sleeping Max from his recumbent pose to a position from which he could toy with the samples of roller and ball bearings which ushould not' be rolled on the floor, menln The A.S.M.E. Student hraneh dinner and the Stag Party were the main social events of the year. Both were complete successes. These gatherings go far in promoting spirit in the class. The student branch held meetings every other week, guest speakers alternating with student speakers. On vari- ous weekends, inspection trips were made to plants in the metropolitan area. At the close of our day and the beginning of our school Hdayl' we are much more eager to get at the steam tables of a cafeteria than those of the thermo courses. Top Row: B. Radzka, L. Picone, R. Woessner, D. Miller, I. Taback, W. Dimm, E. Fischer, J. Doyle, W. Stephens. Middle Row: G. Sedat, J. Grossman, W. Eberhard, A. Balansky, R. Bleecher, H. Niedhammer, M. Mittenhuber. Bot- tom Row: L. Coppolino, J. Shapiro, C. Lasky, E. Lucken, F. Roth, C. Mistron, A. Laufer. The Night Mechanical Engineers of the class of 741 returned to school as hardened campaigners without exact knowledge of what we were facing but having at least a good intuitive knowledge of what it would be. After the general reunion of registration night, with its attendant long stories of summer achievements, and after getting acquainted with the new instructors and renewing friendships taheml -with our old ones, we settled down to the almost completely automatic existence of' the typical Cooper man. The work of this year seemed more integrated and more intensive in our own en- gineering field as compared to that of other years when the work was done under several diiierent departments. As a result, we have been able to see the planning and coordina- tion that has gone into the making of our scholastic careers. The Mechanical Engineering Laboratory and Advanced Heat Power under Professor Roemmele were the most important and for some, the most interesting subjects. Others were more interested in Engineering Economics given by the long-suffering Mr. Lofgren. He has been attempting to teach this same subject for two years running and must be about ready to give up. ' In connection with the election of class officers, the M.Efs feel quite proud. At the regular elections the previous spring, three of their number were elected as oiiicers. Then last autumn Alton Dulion was twice elected as class president. Thus, for the first time in the history of the school, the class officers have all come from one school. The other members of this illustrious group are Larry Lindquist, Abe Dorfman and Lou Brooks. Top Row R. Brushansky, L. Strauss, R. Rankel. Bottom Row: J. Marchetti, I. Goldman, M. Kaplan, S. Cuzzardi. meet B Nu engineer With the pre-engineering course completed, my col- leagues and I were faced with the problem of deciding what course to pursue. A small but powerful minority chose Civil Engineering. After spending the summer in various ways, we Cooper Union students assembled for the Registration day exercises. A diligent search among the mob in the Physics lecture room finally enabled the members of the second year C.E. class to locate one another. At the beginning of this semester our group was uncertain whether to be joy- ous or morose because there were only five students in the section fthat meant that all would get more individual instruction, but for those who fell behind in assignments there was no escapej. To introduce the luminaries of the class we have . . . Harold Levenson, brain of the section, who invariably had his calculus homework assignments done a week in advance. . . . Harold Marks, the little man who wasn't there when- ever there were surveying field notes to be taken .... Louis Thaisz, the feller all the girls in the Art school gazed at- or was it vice versa? . . . Joseph Ungerer, terpsichorean master and pool shark . . . and last but not least nor least 47 Prof. Edward S. Sheiry CIVIL ENGINEERING Prof. C. R. Brumfield Prof. C. Roth. Prof. MacDonald in stature, John Walsh, who apparently spent rnostt of his time hanging around the Chess Club. Surveying, which was carried out in the wilds of Central Park, was a course that everyone enjoyed. This was true because it was the most professional of course and also because it provided the class with after- noon outings in Central Park. After a few weeks the students discov- ered the many purposes for which a telescope can be used in Central Parkg looking into windows, reading a paper over a person's shoulder at a distance of fifty feet, inspection of members of the fairer sex: and at times for the measurement of angles. In a way, this year's was a pioneer class since it was the first Tech class to enter the Art school for a freehand sketching course. There were a few things that could not be understood about the Art school, such as: Why did the number of engineering students coming to inspect the C.E.,s masterpieces decrease so drastically soon after the doors of the adjoin- ing life class were closed? Also why are the partitions around said class 8' 3M high when the tallest person in our group is only 6' 1 ? In the summer of 1939 the C.E. class of 19441, together with some night school men, was lucky enough to go to the University of Marine Surveying Camp in the foothills of the White Mountains, near Gilead, Maine. We had six weeks of experience of living in tents, miles from any town. ln September, when school began, the well known ufour horsemenw of the year before were augmented by as many irregulars. . The curriculum had been completely revised and we found ourselves fac- ing a schedule tougher than the first two years. The new city planning course caused much complaint since it took six times as many hours to prepare for tif one prepared for it? as the catalog called for. '6Brother Wintoniak, the star in that subject, incurred the envy of all of us by having his drawings always done on time. Our class, small as it is, is well represented in school activities, although a hard schedule prevents us from doing more. The gentleman from the hills of Yonkers, Paul Bobay, is secretary of the Camera Club. Irving Scheinbart has been on the basketball team for two years. lrv has the most amazing faculty of getting by with the least amount of work. Ed Serveson is the traveler of our clique. Ed estimates he has travelled over 56,000 miles coming to and from school. C. E. Schaffner, who is president of the Athletic Association, has been a star performer on the basketball team for several years. And then there is Sidney Weniger, who is president of the RiHe Club. Sid also is sec- retary of the student chapter of the A.S.C.E. The most unique aspect of the graduating C.E. class is its size.' Not for half a decade has Cooper Union graduated such a multitude of robust Civil Engineers. Perhaps it was one of those occasional quirks of nature, or per- haps just a Hash of intuition which prompted fifteen freshmen to sign up in the ranks of the hairy-cared engineers. In numbers we ranked second only to the Chemical Engineering horde, but, as Confucius says, Quantity does not always assure qualityf' S. Rabinowitz, President, M. Schwartz, Vice Presidentg J. Kozlowski, Secretary. The third year night Civil Engineering Class is a select group, about fifteen in number. Its members have a strong feeling of Wanderlust, having thus far made a trip to Central Park and a long journey through distant Jersey. The object of the Central Park trip was to carry out a bit of practical work in leveling. How- ever, the telescopes on the levels also saw service in surveying the fair damsels who chose that afternoon to go strolling in the park. And there was the dog that mistook a leveling rod for a tree. And one must not forget the complete collapse of the instrument in the hands of Chletsos. ln Jersey the class went on a geologic expedition which took them as far as Paterson. Near Palisades there were two young lads who offered their assistance and knowledge by jumping up and down, shouting, See, this is a rock. larussi got himself into the strangest places in search of camera angles while others appeared engrossed in the study of rocks. When either Visentin or Gross is called on for anything, the other one always exhibits the great- est glee and merriment. Upton and Erlemann can be depended upon to offer some spontaneous comment on any subject whatsoever. In surveying class, Professor Roth enjoys making sly remarks to Di Petto, Navoruck, and Smith. Sjogren consented to serve as scribe under great pressure from a member of the CABLE staff. Top Row: J. Fegan, C. Schaffner, S. Wintoniak, I. Guralnick, S. Pavelka, J. Walsh, F. Pohle, W. Stone, A. Glaser, E. Caligiuri, L. Thaisz, D. Silverstone, R. Medaisky, H. Marks, H. Linsky, C. Fox, J. Belikowich. Bottom Row: J. Hanft. H. Kaufman, J. Skiha, S. Weitz, M. Falkin, S. Weniger, I. Scheinbart, W. Koroshetz, M. Strauss. 5 W' 'S7f 'f'Y The Fourth Year Night Civil Engineers started this'year anticipating lots of work and were not disappointed. Summer Surveying Camp had served to bring part of the class closer together, making possible the cooperation necessary for Hydraulics and Materials Testing Laboratory. Who can forget Dulberg7s heartily shouted instructions to Scheiner, Malchensen, and McCracken, above the roar of rushing water? Professor Roth's Advanced Surveying kept everyone busy with Astronomy and contour prob- lems, and Shiffman's doubt as to the existence of January 0, 1940, heightened the interest. It is still wondered whether the one-minute naps of Chernoil, Shillito and Olson should have been meas- ured in Sidereal or Mean Solar time. , This is the fifth chapter in the Night Engineering Class of 1941. In the four years since their first registration their numbers have dwindled greatly. In fact they are quite generally known as the vanishing Americans. They watched, amazed, Mr. Williams, dazzling mathematical pyrotechnics all through Hydraulics and Sanitation, in addition to being the recipients of Professor Sherryis course on Reinforced Concrete. As if to show that it doesn't take many men to comprise a class, this one has only five merribers: Bob Mulligan, Charlie Pinto, Bob Schumacher, Hyman Sigman and Charles Reck. Top Row: P. Kurdeka, H. Zall, J. Mulligan, J. Coughlin, J. Zaleski, C. Lieski, B. Lewis. Bottom Raw: H. Messer- schmilt, W. Fitzpatrick, S. Bonwit, A. Aymar. W. Thompson. D. Young. F S Z l i 1 Hires? The portals of Cooper Union were opened, as is the custom, on October sec- ond and life began for seventy-three Fresh- men. In spite of extra stumbling blocks in the entrance exams, two students tri- umphed with marks higher than those averaged in years of lighter labors. In fact, Irving Luckman's 79 was the highest grade in five years. The suddenly timid and unsophisti- cated heroes of the fray were duly herded into two sections, and exposed to the mys- teries of Decorative Design, Architecture, Painting, Lettering and Plastics. All was Esmond Shaw Byron Thomas a grade A London fog for the first few weeks, but we're proof of the theory that you can get used to anything. The old stuff that got us into this here school of esthetes came to the fore, and we're doing nicely, thank you. Not to break with tradition, we chose in the approved fashion, Murray Spitzer as our own little Frank Rooseveltg Barbara Good as vice-president, Helen Vallado, secretary, and Everett Larson, keeper-of-the-dough. Clubs and activities, especially those jam sessions sponsored by the society Pour la dansef' have become very densely populated since October, 1939. Hmm, freshman girls DO attract the male of the species. And while the Drama Clubis 'gAir Raid didn't make the NEWS with four stars, there was plenty of audience when Virginia Jackson and Shirley Sherker did their stuff, Our big splurge, however, was the 5'Crab yourself a man and come on up party. We're referring to that Sadie Hawkins shindig for which we modestly unpack an orchid for ourselves. The Mad Genius Ball was the proving-ground for this extravaganza, its difficulties were our experience and, if we do say so ourselves, we did things up brown. Anyway, a swell time was had by all. Our first year at Cooper has been a year rich in experiences, not the least of these being the awakening to the realization that Art sure is the stuiif' and we look ahead with new resolutions and crossed fingers. The new semester revealed last year's timid Freshman in a new guise, that of the self possessed Sophomore. The Sophomore's great superiority over Freshmen, Juniors and Seniors is discerned with amazing rapidity, even to the unpracticed eye. They rant extravagantly and guifaw in the most knowing fashion till it would seem to the poor Freshie that the only respectable ambition in life is to reach the status of a Sophomore. Top Row: Harold Henriques, Presidentg Walter Shultz, Treasurer, Everett Larson, Clifford Schmidt, Vice-President, Bottom Row: Helen Valladog Barbara Good, President, Mildred Da- vis, Secretary. Who is the morose, slothful being, glassy-eyed and idle behind a great expanse of drawing pad? He seems to be laboring under a terrific strain. Some Hindu Philosopher, perhaps, com- piling a volume on the sacred practices of Buddhism, some burning scientist evolving a new for- mula. Aw nuts! lt's just our learned friend of yesterday trying to get an idea in Decorative Design. His returning from distant wanderings in esthetic places coincides strangely with the ringing of the recess bell, at which time he sheds his unwanted cloak, his brooding attitude, and becomes a care- free child of nature again. This depiction of a Sophomore is slightly exaggerated. You have only to scan the actual group to realize the second year day class is in earnest about their studies. Take William Chin for ex- ample. Besides his studies at C. U., Chin takes a course in Pattern-Making and now and then does scenic designing. Talking of talent, this prodigy from Arizona, must be mentioned. His guileless manner is almost incongruous contrasted with the slick quality of his work. There is Bill Lipshitz whom no man can quiet, but Bill does not babble nonsense. He is probably the best read student in the Soph class. Top: H. Burt, W. Gardner, B. Blank, M. Warshaw, D. Brockliuizen, E. Larson, J. Ross, l. Luckman. Third: S. Levine, D. Marootian, C. Romano, H. Vallado, B. Good, R. Friedberg, V. Jackson, J. Jackson, D. Smith, G. Campbell, V. Collista, G. Jackson, M. Bileck. Second: P. Knight, B. Neuman, B. Backman, A. Gartner, S. Sherker, D. Seclow, L. Michel, G. Marback, M. Meyers. Bottom: F. Greco, P. Marcus, P. Pickow, T. Fitzsimmons, S. Willig, A. Deshais, B. Berg. D335 H. Oliver, Treasurerg J. Dagit, Secretaryg E. .Jas- tram, Vice-President. What about the girls? Their talents are more applied than those of the boys. Many of them design and make all their costumes. Jeanne Dagit is a notable example of this facility. Over the week- end she'll produce a uragi' to gladden the eye of any debutante. In the way of ornament, several of the girls have created from seeds and peach pits, some most intriguing pieces of jewelry. There is the Sophomore Class, plotting and playing, but enjoying it all. We are a little older, and a lot wiser--weave learned how much more there is yet to know, and weire looking ahead, not with the bubbling exuberance of the dilettante, but with the calm assurance of the serious student. Keep your seats now, folks, donit leave, Mammoth Jack Pot tonight after the Upper Class Show. Stay and share the wealth! Maybe you will be the lucky possessor of the handsome gold-embossed facsimile of a dollar bill .... The curtain closes on the last act as the Whole troupe comes out for a bow. Embellished by such worthy performers as Carl Sweden', Petersen, famous for architectural angles, and Jeannie Cenius', Wong, with Clint McCaulay and George Hill slapping each otheris thighs over a few of their old Top: E. Casarella, C. Wisoif, C. Mazzamuto, L. Miller, V. Shapiro, E. Sappah, L. Quattrochi, G. de Bathe, I. Nyski, F. Devine, J. Simonyi, J. Dagit, F. Jacoby, H. Oliver. Second: B. Rosenberg, B. Alden, P. Goldstein, A. Mendel- sohn, L. Stein, R. Van Dyke, M. Opacity. First: E. Natel, L. Artale, N. Callina, J. Hunt, E. Jastram, J. Priest, H. Ackerman. 224. ' ' 3 - f F ' Top: A. Ehrlich, A. Lascalzo, P. Lubeil, B. Grushkin, S. Weiner, J. Scherer, R. Metz, D. Shapiro S Coidln .l Brice Middle: M. Hellman, H. Kempson, H. Grot, J. Wong, L. CZ21DCli, D- BON, D- Rllbeflfeld, N Llmmef FU'-Sf B Sim? son, C. Peterson, A. Ross, C. Macaulay, H. Collins. jokes before they finally get into place. On that end we have '4Chubby Lubell holding down 'LC-il,' Levy and a loose board while Bob and Zana hold hands under cover of Moe Gerlend, who was opportunely rescued from the wings where he was regaling the other performers with his famous imper- sonation of ujamaica lnnf' The whole company joins hands and shuffles olf to the tune of '4Oh dear old Cooper, it is thee we lovefi At this point that venerable old Shakespearean trouper, Adolf, announces in his well-known sonorous tones 'LThatch allf' . . . To whom it may concern, the above individuals were reengaged as of last year at the same rates, to appear at Ye Olde Opry House, located at 4-th Avenue and 7th Street, the opening day being October 7th and shall run until or about May 20th. Due to the elevation in position from sophomoric juveniles to licensed dispersers of the Drahma for the year 1939-40, the players have become rather less united. In other words the old class ain,t what it used to be. ' 5-i.1AUBWX29'W 'NZNZK1E WWFX-4 V.VV I A' 2 Jzu fp fl, I fig f ' Z A A Top: A. Schiappa, A. Smith, J. Orgel, H. Christie, M. Tanzer, S. Sack, M. Abler, M. Gerland, M. Naidich. Middle: M. Mercer. L. Stein, R. Cohen, M. Cooper, A. Bloom, M. Rudat, B. Cohen. First: I. Sabo, A. Eisemann, S. Block. Gone are the days when Hal, always obliging with his trick falls, lost himself in love of art to the'extent that he failed to see the Director enter in on the scene of energetic self-expression. Now he'll only do it during business hours. Gone, too, are the days of impromptu imitations of the Ritz Brothers, and ingenious and diverting applications of the hot-footnl Now we have abandoned much of the slapstick comedy and think rather of the weightier side of LaVie. In upholding this view we submit the fact that one of our feminine Architecture members, Natalie Zimmer, who has brains underneath what gentlemen prefer, won second prize in the Sachs contest. Our old standby when it comes to excellent performance, Carl Peterson, won first prize while that young ingenue, Bob Metz, won third. The Costume Department numbers among its ladies of thimble and thread, Amelia Blaziewski, Helen Bott, and Shirley Zweifach. Amelia is a daily eye gladdener with her always interesting and charming ideas. Among the egg and circle creaters in the Graphic Design Troupe are Andy Ross, Clint McCaulay, and Doris Rubenfeld. The Industrial Design Troupe, though small, is ably assisted by that recognized treader of boards, .lay Brice. Mr. Brice finds this type of vehicle an effective outlet for his particular talents. Top: C. Macaulay, Vice-Presidentg 5. Cordon, if '- . Presidentg J. Wong, Secretaryg J. Brice. 1 1 l l i 4 f 1, Top Row: Edward Krause, President, John Rudd- , ley Vice-President, Harry Citten, Secretary. Bottom Row: Julius Bronstein, Presidentg Ot- tilie Nalbach, Vice-President, Robert Ullrich Secretary-Treasurer. 7 ln closing the successful season we wish to give credit for able management to our instructors and to state that there will be positively no refunds at the box oflice. Don't go yet, folks, just keep your seats, 'cause you haven't heard from the night school yet. Far be it from us to remain silent, especially when this year we have been so active in extra-curricular activities. Classes, which last three long hours, are broken up by la fifteen minute rest period every night at 8:30. As the bell rings for recess, brushes are cleaned, papers and easels put aside, and chairs moved for a quicker exit. Down the halls we stream for fifteen minutes of gossip. Every fellow that has a pipe or cigarette lights it and says, '6Well, letis have the dirt from over the week-endf, When you hear this, folks, get out your rubber shoes and shovels! KA life boat might come in handy, because if you can't swim out at the end of fifteen minutes you'll float out.D Donit think the girls are any exception! They can do their share. ll don't know whether or not Leap Year has anything to do with it, but oh boylj The bell rings in a shrill tone-one of our instructors takes delight in keeping her finger on the button-and classes are again resumed until ten olclock. And now to introduce some of our illustrious night art students. On a Friday night in the Pio- Top Row: M. Davis, S. Hausner, E. Kline, G. Warrington, E. Goldman, M. Sintal, A. Spitler, P. Piech, M. Holzsager, D. Flarn, H. Teitelbaum, W. Lodge, S. Kupfershmid, A. Greenbaum, H. Henriques. Middle Row: S. Ehernbrug, M. Gansberg, H. Eberdink, L. Conway, M. Spence, F. Gelles, R. Long, E. Bagnasco, E. Saipher. Bottom Row: P. Bleier, A. Morici, A. Kramberg, M. Orr, M. Slotkin, M. Addis, J. Gonzalis. V7 Standing: Murray Naidich, Treasurerg Morton Abler, Secretary. Seated: Ruth Cohen, Vice-Pres- identg Alvord Eismann, President. I neer oflice one is bound to encounter a group of Freshmen. While Mildred Gansberg, of 46Behind the Canvasn fame is busily typing out her column, Meyer Slotkin is usually in the CABLE office try- ing to borrow anything from a rubber band to a drawing board. If you happen to catch the end of a good 'gConfucious Sayn joke, Mel Holzsager can be spotted telling it to some cute little trick- any one will do. Not to be outdone by mere Freshmen the third year class is also well represented in the activities of dear old C.U. In evidence at all Student Council meetings, lending his distinguished personality in the capacity of secretary, is Julius Bronstein, also president of his class. The success of the Annual Dance was due largely to the tireless efforts- of Edwin Schaffer, Who, with his committee, planned the smooth running affair. Our champ bowler, Bob Ullrich, was in- strumental in organizing the Bowling Team besides serving as Secretary-Treasurer of his class, for which they are duly grateful. Another bowling enthusiast is Ernie Costa, the little man who isnit there when he's cutting class. As the year draws to a close, those of us who are graduating look forward expectantly to the future, hoping that it will be as rich in experiences as were the four years spent in Cooper Union. Top Row: A. Simone, E. Hubert, C. Pugh, W. Conway, H. Halliday, J. Jakiun, B. Atamian, E. Latz, D. Rutland, A. Otto, J. Metzger, T. Meyer, A. LaSala, Z. Kiss. ,af t. . , . 1, f- - -f . 2. V1 5 QEAMJDFUZAHE5! Q ,ff 7 is X AM NOW A SENIOR The hours that I have spent preparing my school Work, de- priving myself of some of my leisure time, were not in vain. At long last I am graduating. Though this thought gladdens me, I am saddened by the thought of leaving those who have succeeded with me. As a once popular song title states, We Came a Long Way Together. It is a shame that we part, but our acquaintances are renewed every time we the next few pages. GRADUATES' FAREWELL To use that time mellowed and tried and true opening sentence -Just four years ago you entered the hallowed halls of Cooper Union, young and hopeful, ready to slay 'em all for Words to that effectj. You struggled and fought to the top, and now you're being graduated, successfully experiencing your ambitions. Maybe this doesn't apply-perhaps you entered more than four years ago, and maybe you were green and scared and disillusioned after your first few weeks in these here halls of learning. Thrust, fresh from high school, into the turbulent stream of Cooper Union life is in truth an experience. Few of you found it not unusual and different, to say the least. Still slightly groggy from the taste of victory over the tough entrance exams, you rested on your laurels and assured your- selves that you were good. You must be good, you got in! But you didn't get all this stuff, maybe you didnlt even like it, but you were going to be an artist or an engineer so you figured you'd prob- ably catch on soon. Some of you strayed from the path of right- eousness and indulged in too many of the tempting diversions which beckoned invitingly, especially when you were confused and dis- mayed by the amount of Work required. However, you found that joining a frat, going to all the school parties, and investigating the art school were fun, but play had to come after work, so you burned the midnight oil and buckled down seriously. Cooper looked like home to you-you were there more than home anyway. You were initiated! Nevertheless, it all comes to the same conclusion, you have triumphed over exams, absorbed all the necessary culture, and beaten the instructors to the tape, and here you are graduating into the good old college of hard knocks. At a time like this your pre- vailing sentiments are apt to be just that, sentiments. The unpleas- antness of those periods of sleepless nights are rather buried under a lot of happier recollections, and you almost like to brag about them now. You have a right to, you've left them behind in the dust, you're a fully qualified individual, no longer an embryo. You're going out into the world and you can earn your right and a fifth row center in that proverbial sun or fall by the wayside. lt's up to you, so go to it and the best of luck! GRADUATES 'i I l. Here is Little Man, what now? , Howard Adams. Unpredictable as the weather, and yet always reliable when it comes to turning in homework. Howard hopes to write a text book on Thermodynam- ics some day, and it will certainly be a good one. Although seeming to be quiet and unassuming on the surface, beneath the outer shell is a sharp wit. 62 Michael T. Aquino, the bright boy of the class, who any time during class sessions is liable to disturb his peaceful classmates by asking a question that would start the instructor thinking for a while. He can discuss with you on any subject from .chicken coops to the merits of the Bible, since he possesses a spark of versatile genius. Bernard Bayuk boasts of the fact that he will have travelled 32,800 miles in commuting from Plainfield, N. .l. by the time of gradua- tion. He hopes to go places when he stops travelling. Aside from his Philadelphia activi- ties fSuzyl, Bernie was active in the A.S.M.E., the Pioneer, and the CABLE, and a fre- quenter of the Dance Club. Although of Russian descent, John Beliko- wich apparently does not believe in the five year plan, having com- pleted the M.E. course in four years. .l.B. claims that he can lis- ten to a football broad- cast, carry on a con- versation and write a hydraulics report all at the same time. He is a member of the A.S.M. E. and S.A.E. His am- bition is to memorize the steam tables. Raymond B e n d e tt makes noise with a typewriter in the Pio- neer oflice when he can get down there, but many a time the paper nearly lost his services because he just can't refrain from asking the most exasperating ques- tions at the worst possi- ble time. These ques- tions are posed just be- fore lhe end of a lab period, with a half hour required to finish the experiment. Eddie Boudon, some six feet plus of good humor and a good whistler too-especially in the advanced struc- tural design class. His obligato goes to pieces when he is wrestling with section moduli. ANY Way Eddie, we think U.S. Steel can't do without you. Dur- ing his stay in the sur- veying camp he partici- pated in a tennis match where he showed ex- ceptionally fine playing. As president of the student chapter of the A.S.M.E., Milton Breit- man works hard-to get other people to work hard to present papers. After a long career of basketball and water polo cap- taincies fsuccessfull, Milfs great ambition is to break a hundred in bowling. Milt's day dreaming for the past year has varied in locality from Washing- ton and Schenectady to 13th St. Dapper and fastidious, Gregory Brown stands out by wearing his spats, even into the laboratories. It may be that many feminine hearts have fluttered after this gay blade who comes to school in frock coat and derby. Member of P. S. O. fraternity, also served on the Pioneer Stall... Not 'the least of his distinctions is doing well in his school work. Roy Brushansky main- tains that the lengthy assignments make their consistent punctual completion as unlikely as Baek's appointment to a diplomatic mis- sion. He spends his nights at Cooper, and his days at the Navy Yard, where he is em- ployed. Of course, we are not mentioning the fact that there is an- other interest that has curly hair. Robert Burch an Eng- lish gentleman who is very neat and immac- ulate in his work and his speech. Bob always goes to the trouble of making elaborate dia- grams of all sorts in his report books. Bob distinguished himself in his class by being very quick in finding an- swers to problems or by quoting long formulae from the hydraulics text by memory. 63 GRADUATES Edward Caligiuri is a Hrm believer of the back to nature trendg especially fond of the big out-of-blondes. The great big out-of-doorer goes in for dancing in a big way, being es- pecially fond of the Smahiki Snake Dance and the Hottentot Stom- ach Warmer. Outside of these minor disturb- ances he is a well liked and a swell fella. b4 Frank f. Castellano is called the Dean for he is the only one in the class and perhaps in the whole school who has behind him 17 years of practical En- gineering experience at the Brooklyn Navy Yard working up from an apprentice to an M.E. of which depart- ment he is in charge. As the Dean we pay him due homage and respect. Bennie Center-an of- fice engineer by day, engineering student at night and a plugger at all times. Ben be- lieves in doing what he thinks right, no matter how much it hurts either himself or the other fellow. The pic- ture of nonchalance at all times. As one of his classmates puts it, we may some day see Ben- nie at a big job. Isidore Diamond is an- other Brooklyn man who hopes to graduate in one piece, although some of his classmates say it hasn't affected his appetite. He hopes to devote most of his future time to a va- riety of hobbies such as sports, symphonic music and billiards. Every inch a gentle- man quiet and unas- suming is Harold Don- nelly. Harold has been a great asset to his class, especially with his expert playing on the Class basketball team. In addition to his great activity in the Athletic Associatiorlf Harold has been an ac- tive member of the A.S. M.E. His hobby, am- bition, and entertain-N ment preferred is Heil! Lamarr. Qi 1 4 Milton Dworkowitz the more silent partner of lihe friendship of Jworkowitz and Oworkowitz. During his sixth year sojourn yn Cooper, his work in Ihemical Engineering ras always been very !00d, but his familiar- ty with the finest nusical compositions vould indicate a sec- md interest that is :ertainly more than ust a hobby. He epitomizes the anomaiy if a music-loving engi- meer. t,, Joseph Elovitz is the class wit-he is the author of the witticims which were written ex- temporaneously on an- nouncements, posters, bulletins, etc., through- out the school. Joe was active in extra-curricu- lar activities, serving on the CABLE, Pioneer, and A.S.M.E. His hob- by is entering football contests and his ambi- tion is to win one. Victor F. Eyerman's foremost ambition is to graduate. He likes the opera, symphonic music, and plays. But these he must forego until graduation, so June 1940 should see Victor leave the hermit life and see his friends again. Out of the bush of Brooklyn Tech came Murray Falkin with his coonskin tilted at a snappy angle and his weather eye cocked for the chippies. He has been active on the Senior Alumni and en- tertainment committees. One of the trio of Lynn, Falkin and Fox who hope to be an incorpor- ated construction com- pany. The Casanova of the Bronx is Joseph Fegan -he of the infectious smile and the roving eyes-looking for his wild Irish Rosie. His home is famous be- cause something is al- ways coming off there, according to Joe. He wants to be a success- ful engineer and get that vine covered cot- tage. Oh, Happy Day! 65 GRADUATES Bernard Fleck. He is fol- lowing in the footsteps of his father, who graduated a number of years ago from the Civil Engineer- ing course. Because he is a member of the O.D.P. and the A.I.Ch.E., he has always found traveling to Yonkers a difficult job. Outside of pinochle he en- joys dancing and swim- ming. 66 The second member of the Lynn, Falkin and Fox trio is Gieorge F ox, Senior Class President, winner of the Gold C, etc. He has run the gamut of extra curricu- lars and has impressed each activity with his personality. Well liked and congenial, he has the enviable ability of being able to verbally slap the instructors on the backg a great poli- tician is being lost in George. Bernard Frank is a communication m a n , that is, he hopes to be an engineer in the com- munications field. His hobby of devising workable radio circuits comes from this. He likes to travel and some day intends to make extensive trips all over the world. His favorite entertainments a r e music, plays and swim- ming. George Frankenstein's hobby is radio, so his ambition naturally is to be a radio engineer. His other hobby, pho- tography, affords the pleasure that many of us love. The entertain- ments he prefers are music, sports and the theatre. Thomas Frascella is a member of the A.S.C.E.- and O.D.P. Fraternity. His preferred entertain- ment is the cineman Tomis ambition, which was clearly defined when he was a fresh-1 man, is to be a Civil-l Engineer. His hobbies' include sports, of which his favorite is tennis. We hope he will soonl have a chance to prove' his ability along that line. . l Among foe Friedmanfs more outstanding achievements are the Friedman theorem that the product of two prime numbers, unless one be unity, cannot be a prime, the Friedman approximation for cal- culating the number of plates in a fractionat- ing column by means Of a simple empirical formula-it really works, and a sure-fire System for picking the horses-it sometimes works. LT.. Oscar Frisch is a Civil En- gineer from the Night Tech. Quiet, modest, un- assuming, he has estab- lished an enviable record at Cooper Union. Great things are predicted for Oscar upon his graduation. Samuel Gilman is al- ways ready to refute or qualify anything men- tioned, regardless of what it is. However, he always finds able op- ponents for a lively ar- gument. Sam is the Vice-President of the night branch of the A.I.E.E. His interest in photography and books take up most of his spare time. His ambi- tion is to be engaged in electro - physical r e - search or electronics. Big John Glaser fA.J. GJ is the only one who can argue with the librariang this has noth- ing to do with his size, being merely 6'- 4 tall and weighing 200 pounds. He claims he wants to educate the public to appreciate the services of the en- gineer. Hawll Statu- esque brunettes are his hobby, but he will take any floozy that comes along. One of the members of the Class who will not be forgotten easily is Max Glass. He is a graduate of Brooklyn College, hav- ing obtained his B.S. de- gree. Between school at night and work in the day- time, there hasn't been much time for hobbies, but we have it on excel- lent authority that one will be picked up at his earliest convenience llhdl is, if she's willingi. 67 GRADUATES Harry Goode has the best professional posi- tion in the class, being a statistician for New York City. This, the class feels will be some- what of a handicap to him in that he has the responsibilities of a married man. He will probably find it difficult to relinquish a good position in order to start far lower in the chem field. 68 Isidore Goldman, the baby of the class, mod- estly claims no special talents. Not much of a ladies' man as yet, but lsidore is sure to arrive. Like all other he-men he loves his mathematics and chess, and is also a member of the A.S.M.E. He is the sort of quiet, un- obtrusive fellow who sneaks in with all the high grades. Robert Gordon is the Class intellectual and a competitor of Dr. Peterson for renown in Social Philosophy. Bob has been very active at Cooper Union, seeing service under the Pio- neer, Fencing Club, Ac- tivities Plan Commit- tee and Priestley Tech- nical Society. He has been honored by the oilice of Chancellor of the M.A.O. and has te- naciously held on to his Schweinberg Scholar- ship for 4- years. Isaac Ike Gormezano is one of those unas- suming persons who is apt to be little noticed until his name is seen well up on the list for final marksg in his third year he won a Chem. prize. He is a capable worker in the labs, having worked in the chemical field all through his years at Cooper. His hobby- kidding Eddie Grohse. Gathering what is a- greed to be the finest collection of A'so Ed- ward William Grohse has paced the class throughout the six years. As a brother of P. S. O. and President of the A. I. Ch. E., Ed has been very active. He has been a radio assembler, an analyti- cal chemist in precious metals work, and is currently doing 're- search work in organic chemistry. sb Sam Cuzzardi was pres- ident of the class in 1936. His great ambi- tion is to retire early and be a philanthropist. His common sense tells him that he can't get that way by being an engineer so what does our Sam do? He delves into real estate. His confessed interests are for the opposite sex and does he work fast! -4 Phil E. Hagerty, the present president of the A.S.M.E. and also a member of the S.A.E., will have the unique distinction of being a Civil Engineer with an M.E. degree. His great ambition is to make his teething son, Patrick, president of the U.S. His sadistic tastes ap- pear when he claims a desire to see some in- structor boiled in oil. John Daniel Hanft, bet- ter known as J. D. Brought the convention of the student chapters of the A.S.C.E. to Cooper Union, after having been elected president of the local chapter. He is very much interested in highway workg also byway work with the heart throb from Long Island. John claims to be a companionable ale- drinker, whatever that is. In all the class, John Harrington is probably the most quiet, and cer- tainly is one of the most elhcient men. This characteristic of quiet efiiciency, and his calm- ness under fire should make John well suited to carry out his ambi- tion to engage in re- search work, although at present it doesn'l seem to enable him to conquer the Moon- light Sonata on the piano. Philip Horsting may well be considered the Senior class statesman. Whenever Senior Ch. E.'s were confronted with the problem of choosing a committee, it was only a matter of ritual for Phil to be nominated, seconded, and unanimously elect- efl chairman. Phil's characteristics of clear thinking, smiling per- sonality and good na- ture will stand him in good stead in later life. 69 GRADUATES Edward Kalfaian is a student member of the A,I.E.E. whence no doubt he picked up the hobby of electrical ex- perimentation. This, he feels, will also aid him in becoming a full fledged E.E. For re- laxation, he chooses music and tennis. 70 Charles Kanigel- Mad Chemist -has us won- dering at his skill at making explosive mix- tures out of the most simple chemicals. But you must not get the impression that Charlie does not know what is going on in class. He hopes to eventually be- c o m e a consulting Chemical Engineer-a position which he will fill with the utmost of ability. Malcolm. J. Kaplan, the sleepingest man, gets by with a minimum of effort. As relaxation from building battle- ships he likes soft lights, sweet music, and of all things, conversa- tion. His main ambi- tion is to graduate so that he can catch up on his sleep. A staunch member of the A.S.M. E., the only other so- ciety he enjoys is that of pulchritudinous fem- ininity. Giving Irv a close run for the most colorful title is Paul Kaufman, also known as the late Mr. Kaufman because he never did learn how td make that first morn- ing class. Paul's vice is seeing the answers to his questions in the middle of the asking, and then leaving every- one on tenderhooks wondering just what it was he wanted to ask. We call Tom Keaveny The Politician, and you would too if you heard some of his dis- sertations on the sub- ject of Proportional Representation. Tom'S story telling ability is what distinguishes him in his class. You would agree with me if you heard his story about the .lew and the Irish- man on the street car - or 2 cents soda, make it sweet. 71 Seorge R. Kent fDukeJ s the steel expert of ihe class. He does not relieve in the conven- ional formulae derived n the text or by this nstructor. George tsually has his own nethod known as the 'Kent Method. George nas been working for he I.R.T. for the last 2 years and his ambi- ion is to become the hief consultant engi- eer. Edward Kondrajian can usually be found in the inner sanctum of ODP Frat-House where, like all good Fraters, he goes to play pool. He has played on the intra- mural baseball team and is a member of the A.S.M.E. Ed is the miracle man of the class, coming through the ME-CE football feud uninjured. Representing the O. D.P. and the Newman Club, we have Walter J. Koroshetz, who is one of the quieter mem- bers of the class. It has been seriously ru- mored that he is not particularly fond of the opposite sexg it must have been something in his youth. Besides this obvious fault, Walter is a hard and conscien- tious worker and is liked by all. John J. Kozlowski has been very active in ex- tra-curricular activities. He has served on the Pioneer as night tech. editor, the CABLE, Dramatic Club. Annual Dance Committee, and is Secretary of the Senior Class. Societies include A.I.E.E. and Lambda Tau of which he was Vice-Chancelor. .lohn's ambition is to own a fine library. Dancing is his pre- ferred entertainment. When George Krulewitz first entered into Cooper, he was some- what of an energetic jitterbug as witnessed by his antics in the Chem Lab. Alas, Cooper Union has taken this last remaining spark of youth away. George is now one of the most conscientious and capable students in the class, and if given the chance, he is bound to make good. 7I GRADUATES Oscar Kummer is an O.D.P. COmega Delta Phil member, so any time you want Oscar, drop in at the Frat House and presto! Past secretary of the night A.l.E.E. and President last year, he has arranged some in- teresting talks on com- munications during the past year. His hobbies he says are dancing, drinking and sleeping and his ambition to make his hobbies 'his vocation. 72 Bill Lawrence and Hy Lacoj? are the two in- separables of the senior M.E.'s. Unlike Bill, Hy is the class idle.', His invariable good humor kept the class cheerful. Hy is a member in good standing of the ASME and the Cooper Union Order of Rummy and Bowling Enthusi- asts. His three years of lunch time rummy have netted him two dozen cup cakes. William Lawrence can always be depended upon for a completed report by 1:30, tho' he complains, taking indi- cator cards in one hand while eating a sandwich is a bit awk- ward. Bill has made several summer trips with Hy Lacoff in Hy's Plymouth, going as far as Yellowstone Park and Canada. Bill is an ASME man and also ta rummy enthusiast. Nathan Lee comes from New Jersey where there is plenty of op- portunity to go horse- back riding, his favor- ite hobby, besides mus- ic. He is a member of the Alpha Mu Sig- ma fraternity and the night branch of the A.I.E.E. Some day he hopes to be a good engineer in the broad sense of the word. Solid Sender Lynn, Horace Linsky to you, was the organizer and leader of the school orchestra, in which he tooted a fancy sax. He is the third member of the construction firm of Lynn, Falkin 81 Foxx and has a start on the other members of the class, inasmuch as his papa is a contractor. Horace is well liked by his fellow students. Raymond R. Maccari has the distinction of being the only fellow who started in Cooper Union as an art stu- dent and ended up as an M.E. He must be a magician of the first order. The envy of his classmates when it comes to neat drafting, he still claims artistic tastes and likes danc- ing, drama, and music, and the women. For the position of suc- cessor to P. G. Wode- house, we nominate Irving Machlin. His sharp refreshing hum- or, as presented in articles published by the Pioneer, is prob- ably responsible for one-quarter of the paper's circulation. He is one-half of the Pio- neer. Although engi- neering is his first love, he has promised that he will continue his journalistic activities after graduation. Joseph P. Marchetti, another Brooklyn boy, has the knack of tak- ing things in his stride. He sometimes falls a bit behind in his as- signments but, like the best, catches up on time. His pet peeve is that the instructors don't tell him the an- swers. A member of A.S.M.E., he likes ra- dios, music, and hiking, and the women. Arthur Matzick is ap- parently one of the quietest of men, and the most versatile. He is a machinist, amateur astronomer, photogra- pher, music lover, and the only Ch.E. who can imitate a cuckoo on a piece of W inch gal- vanized pipe. Art is usually found draped around a packed tower. He is one of the charter members of the newly organized A.S.Y. Bernard McLaren is noted both for his gen- iality and for the ease with which he changes his mood. During classes, when all are supposed to work, Ben can he seen working as diligently as any other student. But dur- ing intermissions, he goes to the other ex- treme and relaxes com- pletely in a Morris Chair at his fraternity -o.o.P, 7 3 GRADUATES S. Eugene Michaels, the sharp shooting for- mer member of the rifle team and member of Omega Delta Phi, Lambda Tau and the A.S.M.E., still carries a smile on his face after so many years at Coop- er. Sad news for the girls, Gene intends to remain a bachelor. He goes in for golf and his hobby is tuning forks. Page Ripley. 74 .lohn F. Middleton, the strong silent m-an of the class, keeps his troubles and woes to -iimself. He indulges in photography and is an expert builder of ship models. John is a serious but sensible fellow and can always be relied upon to ask a sensible question at the most opportune time. He is also an active member of the A.S.M.E. Abraham Miller sports one of those slow drawls which come from way out west. We've ,discovered that he uses it to conserve his energy for the times when a problem or a basketball comes his way. As for basketball, he has been captain of the class team for four years, and has led the team to two champion- ships. Leon Miller. Up to the time he entered Coop- er, Leon's passed away his time in tinkering with radio transmitters and receivers, but on going to school, had to drop it. Upon gradua- tion he hopes to get into railroad electrical engineering. His hob- bies include music, good plays, and good books. Herman Mueller is the E. E. with two ambi- tions, one from an en- gineering viewpoint, the other from an aca- demic viewpoint. The former is to become engaged in some sort of experimental re- search dealing with power generation or distribution, the latter to contribute to a so- lution of the social and economic maladjust ments prevalent in this country. His hobbies include handball, ten: nis, chess and sleeping- lr R , lt l l t , . ti p itll nc, 04 , JB l 1 Daniel Muhlmeister is an exception to the rule that a student's ability varies- inversely with his distance from the front of the classroom. When Dan has been un- able to solve a prob- lem it's a foregone con- clusion that none of us has solved it. What greater praise can we GWB him than to say that he knows enough about engineering to be 0 t I t able to argue with Prof. Radasch. Irving Neshin, who hails from Jersey, has made many friends in spite of it. His duties as Treasurer of the A. I.Ch.E. did not affect his sense of humor, which is one of the best in the class. He spends most of his waking hours striving to realize his ambitionsg that is, striving to become a Chemical Engineer. Henry T. Perez, banker by day-student en- gineer by night Sipping beer with Som- son is his greatest delight Over difficult problems the others ponder While he and Somson to parties wander But never let it be said That Perry has any screws loose in his head For he probably will be the one Who will accomplish a job well done. Another quiet fellow who managed to come through is James Pettit. Smiling .Iimmy became the pride and joy of the class when he did what everyone had been secretly wanting to do. He successfully blew out the main circuit breakers in the machines lab, and the sight of Jimmy sland- ing in a cloud of smoke is one that will never be forgotten. Bill Pfann, one of the famous foursome of Pfann, Fleck, .Kum- men, and Walsh, who are all enthusias- tic pinochle players, is one of the Ch.E.'s. His chief ambition is to be- come an outstanding Research Metallurgist and Metallographist. fWHEW! Good Luck Bill.i Photography is just one of his hobbies. Bill is a member of the O.D.P. Fraternity. His favorite sports include tennis and handball. 75 GRADUATES lsidore Plotkin is the class magician as his hobby is magic. Some of the class wondered why a party was not organized, with I. P. displaying his wares. He is also a member of the student branch of the A.I.E.E. and at one time was on the staff of the Pioneer. His ambition is to be- come a research engi- neer. 76 Oscar Plotkin likes to argue on any subject, and if there is any loud argument, look for Oscar. His ability to say the-wrong thing at the right time is usual- ly the start off point, and jumping at conclu- sions is his favorite ex- ercise. If this is not entertainment enough, he listens to good mus- ic or reads non-tech- nical books of general interest. The big brain trust of the class is Frederick Valentine Pohle, who continually amazed his fellow students and Shoeless Joe. As a member of the cham- pion mathematics team he distinguished him- self. Through his bril- liant scholarship, he was elected Scribner of the M.A.0. In his spare time, those five minutes after breakfast, Saturday morning, he is a photography, fish- ing, and baseball bug. Julius Port is well known for the variety of his pipes in size, shape, and particularly in odor. The whirling cloud of smoke gave him the appearance of a cyclone as he dashed about from one activity to another. Port, Ros- en and Quart form the friendliest group in the class, with the latter two arguing and .lulie trying to smoke them both into submission. We come next to Irving Quart. Everyone in the class, and probably a good part of the out- side world stands in awe, if not in admira- tion of the mighty Quart voice. Big, good- natured Irv can get correct answers to tough problems out of thin air, then for the life of him can't ex- plain where he got them from. Is Long Island repre- sented in the Senior Class? Of course it is, and by a man who brings honor to all Long Islanders. Frank QllGlflH71!iEl',S friendli- ness and geniality have made him one of the most popular members of the class. His na- tive foresight and pru- dence indicate that his career will lead him into the executive field. Ed Quinn is one of the more quiet boys in the class, but when it comes to topics such as the theater or literature, he's right there on top in the discussion. His prompt and accurate answer in Social Phi- losophy Colloquium as well as his calm discus- sion of engineering problems, has made him a valuable member of the class. George P. Quinn is one of those rare people who is so intent upon helping other people, even to the extent of neglecting his own work. Mildness is well defined in him, his ap- parent lackadaisical- ness is very apt to de- ceive one into under- standing George's true ambition and outstand- ing ability. Ceorge is a member of P.S.O. Fra- ternity and the New- man Club. Sam Rabinowitz is the class president, a cli- max to many years of service. From his earli- est years at Cooper, he has thrown himself into extra-curricular activi- ty, always ready to work on committees. Sam is an ardent out- door enthusiast and loves to broil his steak in the wilds of upstate New York, with the tears rolling down his smoke-grimed visage. Robert A. but you said Rankel never handed in a late report or assignment during his stay at Cooper. What a rep. to live down, but as he says 'Tm going to be an en- gineer. A member of the A.S.M.E. and the Newman Club his hob- bies include sports and metal and woodwork- ing. Confidentially though, he believes that only wives can have hobbies 77 GRADUATES Irving Rappaport is one of the few Ch.E.'s who can still give a good account of himself on the athletic field after four years of school. He excels in basketball, tennis and swimming. Irv never lets minor annoyances make any dent in his good humor and always comes out on top when the pressure is on. 78 The man with the softest voice in the class, George Rally, claims to have been a barker for a Rockaway side-show. He is fam- ous for his tall stories. Someday, George hopes to tear down the Third Avenue El g we are sure he would thus be- come the greatest bene- factor to Cooper Union Stewdes. He has been very active in extra- curriculars. Howard Ruopp was one of the mainstays in the Annual Freshman Re- ception, wherein his amazing chemical mag- ic and sparkling wit helped make the affair a successf We will long remember 'his amazing derivations of certain chemical laws. The personificalion of good scholarship and fellowship in ideal pro- portions, H. J. has en. deared himself to all of his fellow students. Charles Abraham Rosen has accomplished what to the rest of the class seemed impossi- ble, for he not only was very active in school affairs, but his scholastic accomplish- ments were of such ex- cellent calibre that he was awarded a Schwein- berg Scholarship, and was made a member of the MAO during his Junior year. Al is un- doubtedly the class au- thority in electric and magnetic fields. .lules Rothmayer is one of the quieter members of the class. He is noted for his diligence and thoroughness and has never been seen to copy an assignment from any of his class- mates. This is an ac- complishment. .lules is a chess fiend, member of the A.I.Ch.E., and Math Club. In these societies, his distin- guished features are al- ways in evidence. Frank Schaefer is the type of person who hides his light under a bushel. Not until we had known him for two years did we realize that in spite of his quiet, unassuming man- ner he is one of the most capable engineer- ing students at Cooper. His performance in the Senior show indicated that engineering's gain is the stage's loss. Herbert O. Schein is very much down to earth in spite of the fact that he hails from Ozone Park, Long Is- land. Herb has two desires-to keep up to date on homework as- signments and to get enough sleep. The class is duly grateful. His ambition is to keep his car running until the Ford Museum comes through with an offer. Murray H. Schwartz, vice-president of the class, claims the ability to outguess the profs and anticipate their quiz questions. He be- lieves that social life comes first and that as- signments can always be done on the boss's time. He is on the roster of the Alpha Mu Sigma fraternity and the A.S.M.E. and is not in the least partial to blondes. Leo Shapiro is the camera fiend, but a shy hobbyist. Although he has never brought his Leica to school, his own circle of friends tell us that many of his pleas- ure hours are spent in a dark room. Leo hopes to become a chemical engineer which is not a very startling ambi- tion. We are sure he will be a good one. Morris Siegel, whose mustache is as meticu- lous as his laboratory reports, is the diplomat of his squad of five foremen. Siege is an expert judge of other fellows' girls, but cer- tainly is mysterious about his own. Morris is in the A.l.Ch.E., Priestley Society, Math and Chess Club. Pre- ferred entertainment in- cludes concerts, plays and listening to the more famous Ch.E. comedians. 79 GRADUATES E Daniel Silverstone is the man who is a stick- ler .for details, i.e.g he has to be shown. Never argue politics with him. He is one of those who always let their work go to the last minute and then knocks off a twenty page report. He is good natured and well liked. 80 Another one of the brainstorms of the class, John Skiba, treasurer of the A.S. C.E. and Bursar of the M.A.O. John has held a Schweinberg Scholar- ship for four years. Skiba's great passion is luscious black eyed Ukrainians. He claims to have a special talent for watching other peo- ple play. .lust how do these talents tie up- we wonder. Morris Slutsky is every inch an engineer. His ability to handle with accuracy any task he undertakes has won for him his classmates' ad- miration. His activities run through most of the extra-curricular field. Service in the A.I.Ch.E., Priestley So- ciety, Math Club, In- tramural Basketball, and an appointment to the honor society, Mu Alpha Omicron, have made his school career quite full. A. Spencer Samson, the ambitious C. 'E., may always be found in the students' library, solving difficult prob- lems with his slipstick and reading the latest periodicals. Spencer is a smooth talker, which may account for his ability to get along so well with those of the fairer sex. His ability is evident in many fields both in and out of school. Jack Sonberg has served as Managing Editor, Editor-in-Chief, as member of the Board of Control of the Pioneer, thus earn- ing him his Lambda Tau key. He was the Athletic Association treasurer last year. His hobbies, ornithology and literature, seem different from those of more prosaic engineers, but he makes up for it by intending to do plastics research. l l Joseph Spindler is a .rnique combination of Dodger fan and Vicef Ihancellor of the MAO. loe's scholastic ability s of such quality that t has earned him three :onsecutive Schwein- Jerg Scholarships. He las always managed to get all homework in on ime. It was his efforts hat resulted in the re- fival of this year's :ABLE after it had ween doomed. Our own Connecticut Yankee, Sidney Stark, hails from the good City of Bridgeport. Sid has been President of the Priestley Society and a member of the Pioneer Board of Con- trol. He was the insti- gator of the Chess Club. His individual specialty is dismissing a problem by telling the instructor it is pure substitution and then watching the reactions from a safe distance. Wild Bill, William Liv- ingston Stoneg terror of the pampas, scourge of the mesa, and wolf of Astor Place. After hav- ing overcome Cooper's ordeals, he wants to retire from active life and interest himself in long distance hiking and bicycling. He went in for the varsity Rifle and Fencing teams. This noble and courage- ous character desires a job that permits travel- ing. Leopold Strauss con- Hnes his hobbies, tal- ents and preferred en- tertainment to Sylvia. Another battleship builder, he expects to wake up one morning as president of General Motors. He originally was an artist. He's the type of fellow who goes around during the an- nual dance asking his classmates the size of bolts to use on a prob- lem not due for three weeks. The minstrel from Brooklyn, rotund and well liked, is Max Wil- liam Strauss. His Mam- my calls him T-bone, cause she staked him for a long, long while. He is the little man who is always there, being business manager for the Pioneer, past president of the A.A. and chairman of the Refugee Committee. Max has won the cov- eted gold and silver nCvs,n BI GRADUATES Barney Strom is a math enthusiast who reads books on the Tlieoryof Numbers as others read novels. Ice skating is another hob- by of Barney's and his daring has resulted in a broken arm on one occasion, and scalp wounds on another. Perhaps he was deriv- ing the equation of the curve his skates were describing when the hit the wall-boards. 82 One of the strong silent men is Edmund Tan- ner, who is the engi- neer's type of engineer. A good-natured, unruf- fled soul, with a mania for doing assignments at the last minute, Ed managed to sandwich enough book larnin ' between his uncle's machine shop and the lone movie in Spring Valley to merit school scholarships for his last two years. Milton Tenzer is one man who succeeded in keeping his sense of humor, and whose love of beauty, both abstract and concrete lespecial- ly the latterl, has been one of his 'hidden char- acteristics. Because of his very persuasive na- ture, Milt frequently manages to convince others to reach the w r o n g conclusion, which he himself, how- ever, refuses to accept. Walter D. T ucker, com- monly known as Tuck or Tommy, was the vicious fireman of the Frosh reception who broke glassware, threw pails of water at the faculty, and finally put out the fire. This activity came natural to him because of his levi- ty in Unit Operations Lab. He founded the A.S.Y. and held a Schweinherg Scholar- ship. He is the only research man ever to combine cyanide and a galloping Erector-set electrode. Ernest von Starch is a good student and friend. His outstand- ing characteristic is his reliability. Whenever there was work to he done, Ernie could be- counted on to give his full support. He accept- ed committee appoint- ments, and never failed to turn in a workman- like job. Ernie is surely in line for whatever re- ward the most willing worker in the Senior Class deserves. I s s,- ., .:5.- ' . -C ,iii dw . W fix . , R. 'If Edward G. Walsh, one of the outstanding Ch.E.'s of the night seniors. Ed's hobbies include building models in his home workshop, and also de- signing original bric-a- brac. His ambition is to be a research engi- neer. Ed belongs to the ODP fraternity and many of his free hours are spent in the frat rooms playing pinochle, which is his favorite pastime. Ed Warner is the prac- tical man of the class, delighting in drafting intricate diagrams into his reports. The class drew the line, however, when Pop took to drawing in bricks on the floor plans. Ed is unique in that his avid interest in engineering matters persists after 4:30, it having been rumored that he even reads the monthly Me- chanical Engineering. John J. Weipert, the tallest man in the class, desires to travel and become a consulting engineer, no less. He prefers the cinema, de- bates and music. Al- though you'd never be- lieve it to look at him, he has the unique knack of getting by, but how, no one seems to know. Other hob- bies include concerts, tennis, chess, and vari- ous other sports. Saul W eitz, he of the mellow voice, made a grave decision when he decided to become a C.E. instead of a hog- caller. Standing on a drawing board to draw is one of the accom- plishments he gave up, since it not only cramped his style, but didnit do his posterior any good. Saul is an extremely capable work- er, easily adjusting himself. While at Cooper, John J. Weixel f.l.J.l has probably run up more mileage than any other Cooperite -- commuting to and from Nyack. He is a valiant fire-eater, serving as a member of Rescue Squad No. 1 of the N.F.D. and as fire- man at the Freshman Reception. He favors blondes and sitting in the darkened lab with his arms around his be- loved turbidimeter. He is also a member of the A.S.Y. 83 GRADUATES Benjamin Wendraw lost no time in making a name for himself as a high ranking Ch.E. student. Ben, a born laboratory worker, drinks his coiiee from a beaker and warms his hands over a Mek- ker Burner. His superb work as Treasurer of the Senior Class was to be expected from a fellow as systematic and immaculate as he is. 84 Burton C. Winer, the boy from Bellaire, N. Y., is a stickler for de- tails and will argue a recitation away, to his classmates' delight. He prefers sports and goes in for water, liquid and solid, liking swimming and ice skating. He de- sires above all to enter research for the de- velopment of machin- ery. His secret ambi- tion is to win a Nobel Prize. Leslie Wizemanrfs sar- torial elegance and suave manner would in- dicate that some day an executive desk will take Les away from the engineering laboratory and plant. He has proven his executive ability as foreman in the Chem Engineering Lab. Indications are that he will soon be- come the senior mem- ber of a partnership, the party of the second part being a fair dam- sel. Herbert Wolf isa hard- working electrical en- gineering student whose main ambition is to be- come successful in his chosen field. In the way of entertainment he enjoys music, reading, and the moving pic- tures. Due to the fact that he owns a car he has become interested in automobile mechan- ics, and through no choice of his own, it has become his pas- time. Joseph Zalinsky is a Chem. Engineer in the Night Tech. A modest youth of great reknown, we let the record he built up at the Cooper Union speak for itself. Eli Zinberg is always to be seen in lab and classroom industriously taking readings and making notes. However, his fellow classmates are sometimes startled on hearing the gracious notes of an aria from an opera issue forth from his throatg but opera is one of the loves of Elig and who are we to object to such a noble attach- ment. Hector Zucchino is a quiet, unassuming gen- tleman who neverthe- less gains much atten- tion by the quality of work he does. He has recently forsaken the company of the sadly dwindling number of remaining bachelors in the class. His interests seem to be about even- ly divided between owning a house in New Jersey, becoming a.suc- cessful chemical engi- neer, and raising a family. Morris Zuckerman is known to his class- mates as Zuck and Professor Roth prefers to refer to him as Zool-z. He is usually a quiet fellow but in his quiet way he seems to be doing quite well for himself. Zuck shines best at parties with his classmates. After a few sips of beer Zuck be- comes jovial and in high spirits. Morton Abler- Calmly he walks midst beautiful shapes: Abstractions iw h i rl 'round his head. A harsh word from him just never escapes- The reason-well, he's milk-fed. David Baller- Last name. Balter, first name David, initial W. Industrial designer to be. With his achievements we will not trouble you, We say, just wait and see. 85 GRADUATES Sidney Block- Connecticut bows with three salaams, To Sid from Water- bury, , Who knows full well that music hath charms, And Picasso's er-r?-- very. 86 Adelaide Bloome When the Malaguena sounds through the halls, And its thump makes all work cease, And brushes stay poised till the last note falls, We cry May her tribe increase. Charles Brice4 Paint, he finds simply swell, Works away like a bea- 'ver. Classicism goes to h- With his every new en- deavor. Helen Christie- Wherefore so q ui e t , little mouse? Oh, tell! What are you always thinking? Why keep that wisdom in your shell? Oh, why? O' violet, shrinking? Beatrice Cohen- Deep social significance is her theme, And steadfast her posi- tion. While she bats out textiles, as in a dream Of selling all-she's w'ishin'! Ruth Cohen- Our class baby-she's no dope! Our Bernhardt, from drama, turned to schooling. The theatre gained. Now we hope That her students don't think we were fool- ing. Mae Cooper- No relation to Peter the good, None the less, she isn't bad. She goes around in her little snood. She's some stuff. Oh boy! Egad! Al Eiseman- In a surrealistic world he lives And quizzes are his forte. When he paints no emotions he gives E'en tho' he knows he ought-ter. Maurice Gerland- There is no instructor who's immune From Gerland's Imitations, Nothing's sacred then, but very soon He starts on art crea- tions. V Martin Holesek- With dexterity that's quite fine With an eager inspira- tion He turns out each good design There's no end to his creation. 87 GRADUATES i Jacqueline Isaacs- When Jacky eats her beans at luncheon, As the minutes pass we wait, As single beans she sits a-rnunchin' We watch, oh! sinister fate. 88 Florence Kirschen- Florrie walks as her doggie does wallow, A fine fashion illustra- tion. The concourse boys he- hind her follow, Very soon so will the nation. Marjorie Mercer- At fashion illustration she does well, As dear Margie has de- sires. Her designs she surely wants to sell As to BergdoH's she as- pires. Ottillie Nalbach- Ottillie is quite a cutie, And she carves in stone and plaster. In her search for living beauty Certain sculpture is'her master. Julius 0rgel-Undis- turbed by outside noises, Julius gently went through school. Working hard while the girls and boyses Romp around his draw- ing stool. 1 XX ff I I l f E V x If I .' l I Helen Poppe- Our own Helen, midst flying stone chips, Works away at beauty pure. Straight away, she'll be, with no slips, Second Maillol, we are sure. A Martha Rudat- When the roll was called at Cooper U. And up stood pretty Rudat, All the architects stopped as they drew, And loudly called, Weill Who-dat? Irving Sabo- lndustrial design was his pet, He knew wherefores and its why. And all who knew him, they all would het That he was one super guy. Shirley Sack- Assistant to Miss Mc- Neely, she Was always very busy, And yet she had time for adv.-and a he And still remained un- dizzy. Anthony Schiappa- Tall and lanky, long drink of water He worked at advertis- ing. And what he thought, or why, we're sort'er Still furtively surmis- ing. 89 GRADUATES 5' CUWOF 1930 Arthur Smith- Mr. Smith, he went to Cooper U. With a big wide grin and a laugh, And he worked, as we all had to, Now the grin is re- duced hy half. 90 Lavina Stein- L. Piazzani was her name before And single was her sta- tion. While at Cooper that was changed, and more Textiles are her crea- tion. Ellis Wolf?- While he works all day, he, too, Finds that Art is so all right That he is real willing I0 Do his studies through the night. Miriam Woods- Close to the end, as good things are, Our little bunny hides, Someone we know, who is never far To all this openly 'con- iides. James Zucker- Industry with e a g e r waiting Looks, amazed, for his design, Hoping, hoping, breath abating While Geddes, Teague, scared, resign. X AS THEY Ui In UV ' F ,.f. :gg ,. I I I I ', 9 .. A , ,.. : 'Dr A Q I 6 Q O . POHIQCIGI7 0, in jzferbvg baby 92 I ARE KNOWN comedflcw meff learned sleepzesf 0 0 ,UN H Aguq X AIEV . l 1 1' Bti: . e , , farzan 1 me.-rfpo vlar - eff dressed 'D JESCQELENYLLTLIM S Q Y X CRAVE ACTIVITY A A f t e r long hours spent in the pursuit of my studies, I desire some form or other of extra-curricular activity, he it athletics or societies or both. I-lere, free from the anxiety of school work, I meet my fellow students on an equal basis. Here, in a spirit of relaxation, I renew old acquaintance and make new ones. Here, in athletics, I have the opportunity to display my athleticlahility. Here, ,though I may not be better than the average, I have an equal chance. Therefore, is it any wonder that I am proud to have my name mentioned in the following pages? Multi Do you believe in that old adage, All work and no play makes ,lack a dull boy ? Apparently you do, or at least most of your Cooper col- leagues do, as one can see by the great interest taken in school sports along with other activities. After the long day is done, Cooper students, especially, need some other form of exercise, physical instead of mental, to relieve the tension. Many turn to athletics as their pet diversion. There are a fairly good variety of sports from which one can choose a pastime. Varsity Basket- ball and the Rifle Team receive the support and interest of nearly every student, as well as the recently recognized Fencing Team. Large gatherings are annually found at the Faculty All Star Softball game which is played late every spring. Waterlnolo and lnterclass Bas- ketball complete the roundup of sports at The Cooper Union. Letting these few words suffice as an introduction to athletics, we shall now take a tour of sports for the year 1940. ATHLETIC ASSCJCIATICDN Standing: C. Schaliner, President. Seated: George Clark, Secretaryg William Stone, Treasurer. The Athletic Association has long been a well established and well received organization in the school. lt sponsors major teams in Basketball and Rilie, the Fencing Club and inter-class teams in Bas- ketball, Water Polo and Softball. This year the A.A., instead of receiving finan- cial support from the student body through the Blanket Fee, is being entirely financed by the school. It is hoped that this new policy will bring about a new and greater interest in the athletic activities at the Cooper Union. Four home basketball games with dancing afterwards were on the A.A.'s calendar for this year. The National and American League base- ball movies to be shown in March are another pleasure awaited by the Cooper student. An indication of the recent uptrend of sports is the formation of clubs in tennis and track. The Track Club is especially active and an appeal for recognition as a club is at present being consid- ered by the A.A. The fencing club is being con- sidered by the A.A. as a major sport. May we all wish the Athletic Association its most successful yearg and since this appears cer- tain, let us also give three cheers for the capable and hard working officers who have brought it about. C. Schaffner ATHLETIC AWARDS MAJOR C Attinson, Charles Baum, Frederic G. Bouma, Hessel, Jr. Coe, Myron R. Gardner, Charles W. Hanft, John D. Keary, William V. Klamkin, Murray S. Nagoshiner, Leon MINOR C Czapeck, Lydia Ferrara, Anthony C. Garfmkle, Aaron Heun, Gilbert A. Karpoif, Herbert Klamkin, Murray S. Pavelka, Stephen Quart, Irving Radzka, Benjamin Rosen, Charles A. Sachs, Morton L. Stephens, Charles J Stone, William L. Vescuso, Anthony Wiitanen, Henry F. LaSala, Anthony C. Lewin, Joseph S. Miller, Abraham Rivas, Fred B. Rolly, George P. Ungerer, Joseph Weinstein, Max J. NUMERALS BASKETBALL '40 Breitman, Milton Donnelly, Harold Hanft, John D. Horsting, Philip C. Miller, Abraham Neshin, Irving S. Rappaport, Irving NUMERALS WATER POLO '43 Epstein, Lawrence M. Kramek, Stanley E. Shifman, Joseph Sicular, George M. Solomon, Sidney Weisbin. Jack Yando, Stephen 98 BASKETBALL With the advent of the new Athletic Policy in Cooper Union, the Basketball Team enjoyed its most successful season in the past 15 years. With Tony DePhillips, former Fordham star, coaching, the quintet evened its record at seven victories and seven defeats by trouncing Savage and Brooklyn Pharmacy. Captain Al Skorski was high scorer for the season with 153 points, while veteran Charlie Schaiiner scored 126 points. Starting the season with only three veterans and plagued by ineligibilities and injuries, Coach DePhillips somehow managed to get the team off to a fair start. After experimenting almost half the season on the two forward positions, the coach finally settled on Baum and Attison, with Bouma and Skorski at the guards and Schaiiner at center. Realizing that due to limited practice facilities, teaching a complicated offense would be impossible, the coach concentrated on defense and based his offense on two or three simple plays. The wisdom of his choice was best demonstrated when the closely knit zone defense of Cooper held a powerful ,lohn Marshall team to a total of eight Held goals. The Maroon and Gold played four home games this season, winning the last three. ln the Pace game at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Y.M.C.A., Cooper came from be- hind in the last 30 seconds of play to tie the score. After one overtime which ended in another tie, Cooper went on to win 47-44. Until that game, Cooper had been a little off in .its scoring, although the zone defense was clicking. After that, Skorski and Schafiner hit their stride and the hoopsters began to roll up high scores. Baum set a new individual scoring record when he rolled up 25 points against Cathedral. Coach DePhillips has done a fine job in developing such players as Pavelka, Bouma, Rivas, and Attinson, all of whom are playing their first year of varsity basketball. Rivas, in particular, in spite of the handicap of being only 5 feet 3 inches tall, shows great promise. Despite the loss of the two capable managers, C. A. Rosen and Irv. Swing Quart, we predict that next year's team will be one of the finest in Cooper Union's basketball history. Cooper Upponent 29 -University of Newark - 43 32 -Rutgeris Pharmacy - 29 ' , 22 -Manhattan CSL ls. Div.D- 45 18 -.lohn Marshall College- 28 i , A 47 -Pace Institute - 44 48 -C.C.N.Y. Eve. 1139th sry- 33 1 37 -Wagner - 47 50 -Cathedral - 40 t 38 -St. ,lohnis Pharmacy- 32 Q, :P3.,ff 35 -Rider College - 58 - 31 -Manhattan LSI. ls.l- 50 1, I L 49 -Hudson College - 68 ,r 40 -Savage - 39 7 46 -Brooklyn Pharmacy - 24 522 580 RIFLE Sidney Weniger, Presidentg Wesley Stephens Captain, Benjamin Radzka, Secretary-Manager. Owing to the foresight of Walter Vignini and Bernard Olcott, last year's manager and captain respectively, the Rifle Team was able to obtain the use of the Cypress Hills Rifle Range and the services of a coach. Mr. Frederick Ranke and Robert Wilkins, both Marine Corps men for the past ten years, had the task of developing Cooper's potential marksmen. As a result of this coaching, the Rifle Team is shooting a higher average than last year. The boys attribute this to Coaches Rankels and Wilkins' patience-and their praise is justified. The Cooper team entered the Metropolitan Rifle League and shot its way to greater heights of glory. RiHe meets were held against several colleges in other states. At the end of the iirst semester the records show five victories in seven meets. This is a marked improvement over 1938. One of the surprises of the year came when Charles Stevens, Class of '4-2 Ch.E., shot 189 out of a possible 200' after three months training by the-coaches. This is the highest score ever fired by any Cooper rifleman, and it is no wonder that we now consider Charley Stevens indispensable to the Cooper team. Much of the credit for the yearls work in the Rifle Club goes to Hank Wiitanen and Ben Radzka. Wiitanen set the ball rolling for the yearls activity, but had to resign as manager after serving his team for a month. Ben Radzka continued Wiitanen's splendid work. The team will shoot in the national collegiate matches at the Colle Armory, New Haven, Conn. Coach Ranke expects the RiHe men to place better this year than any other year. All in all this might be considered to be a most successful season. . i r V 5 'fda' ,V ,f' M 9 FENCING Ernst Juhl, Secretaryg Jeanne W. Dagit, Vice- Presidentg William V. Hollander, President. ln contrast to past years, the Fencing Club has become really important this year in the sports life of Cooper. The Student 'S Council allotment enabled our foilsmen to acquire competent in- struction, and with ample fencing space, adequate equipment and athletic quality, the Cooper Fencing Team attained prominence. Lessons are always very important in the salle, thereby making each lesson from Mr. Anton Greco something to be memorized for future reference. Fencing is the one instance where jumping to conclusions is permitted. Mr. Greco gives a lesson indicative of the co-ordinating fervor he wishes his pupils to employ. His assist- ' ant, Mr. Weber, can add skill to perfection, a lesson from him goes a long way towards making a master foilsman. Feminine interest in this sport outdoes that in any other at Cooper Union, there being an up and coming girls team. CNeedless to say, this certainly promotes the masculine interest.j Among the newcomers who are still in the first stages of learn- ing we have found some very good prospects and there is constant competition among the advanced students, with the latter bouts in full swing. The idea is for an individual to fence everyone in his class until he reaches his placement. To win you strive to touch. This be our motto: 'LTO the heart is our thrust. g WATERPCJLO X -l As in past years the A.A. has again rented the Christadora gymnasium and swimming pool on Ninth Street and Avenue B. ln this swimming pool many a fierce and bloody water polo game has been played. So far this year few games have been played. The Frosh won from the Nite team via the forfeit 1'0l1fP HS did the 'Juniors from the Seniors. The Art school shellacked the Sophs by a score of 9 to 3. Last minute results show an ll to 7 victory for the Frosh over the Art team and another F rosh win over the Sophs, 3 to 0. The Art school displayed a strong attack in drowning 'gBud,' Medonis Sophs to the tune of 9 to 3. It seems as though Herr Medon's star athlete wasn't able to play frumor says this certain athlete is bothered with foot troublel, and so the highly touted Sophs went down to ignoble defeat before the Artists. The Seniors' 7 to 5 victory over the Frosh is under considerable debate. The Seniors, again short of men, recruited a Soph to play with them. Since the seniors won and the Frosh protest, the game will have to be replayed. A The Frosh again raised havoc with their 3 to 0 decision over the Sophs. Shifmanis goal in the final minutes of play brought this game to an end with a 3 to 0 score. At present the Frosh are leading the league in number of wins and apparently the Juniors are the only team with a chance of overtaking them. Just what the final results will be can only be surmised, but watch the Juniors. , X INTRAMU RAL BASKETBALL This year's lnterclass Basketball tournament started off with a bang as the hard fighting Sophs overcame an aggres- sive Junior team by the narrow margin of one point. The game seesawed back and forth until finally the Sophs, paced by Salowey, emerged victorious, 17-16. The second game to be played in the tournament found the Seniors trouncing the Art School by the lopsided score of 28 to 9. Abe Miller, tournament manager, was high scorer for the day with 10 points. The high flying Sophs, winners of last year's tourney, were finally taken over by the Senior powerhouse 21 to 10. The Juniors bounced back from their defeat by the Sophs to overpower the Frosh 32 to 18. This game was marked by a head injury to Birmingham of the Juniors near the end of the second quarter. The Juniors hit what was probably the highest team score in tournament history when they overcame the Art School 56 to 17. Every man on the Junior team scored at least 10 points in the parade of baskets. The Seniors edged out the Juniors in a real thriller, 341 to 33. Horsting dropped in 18 points for the Seniors as Field scored 141 for the Juniors. The finishing touches were put on the tournament as the Seniors took another close game to Win the tournament. This time the surprising Frosh forced the upperclassmen to go into overtime before they finally yielded. STUDENT CCJUNCIL Despite the atmosphere prevailing at most meetings, the accomplish- ments of the General Students, Council, when viewed with the perspective lent by time, are seen to be considerable both in number and importance. Most noteworthy of these are the ratihcation of the Council's consti- tution, the adoption of by-laws governing the functions of the elections and the Freshman Handbook Committees, the standardization of the emblem for the keys and rings of the graduating classes, and the establishment of the Peace Committee. In a year during which half the world was at war, the Council strove to keep before the student body the various aspects of the international situa- tion which concerned the students in general. Earlier in the year, the council had sponsored a very successful Armistice Day Peace Meeting. Some time afterward the aforementioned Peace Committee was established. It was due mainly to the untiring efforts of Chairman George Fox and the industry of Secretary Julius Bronstein that the General Students, Council succeeded in accomplishing what it did. Professor Watson's frequent pres- ence at Council meetings and his genuine interest in student affairs was directly responsible for a better understanding between students and faculty. However, much still remains to be accomplished and it is hoped that the succeeding Council will continue the fine work of its predecessor. Westley P. Stephens, Chairman. Fred Kitty, Treasurer. ACTIVITIES PLAN e X gr 9 0 'Q The faculty and students were particularly interested this year in the development of a completely new method of student financial control. The new committee, led by Wesley Stephens, Chairman, and Fred Kitty, Treasurer, acting with the cooperation of selected faculty advisers, conceived, developed, and executed what has proven to be a highly successful plan and gave it its present name, The Activities Plan. Not only is this plan in keeping with the strictest policies of Peter Cooper, but in addition it adequately provides for the financial requirements of the major student activities and publications. The excellent work of this committee, and its persistence in ironing out the thousand and one difiiculties always encount- ered in the inauguration of a new organization, has set a fine precedent for future committees to follow. Frank Medon George Everson L3 Hi fella! Can l do something for you? You want to join the CABLE stall? What do you wish to do? Unlike Gaul, the CABLE is divided into five parts, editorial, business, art, photo, and oflice work. Undecided? Well, letls take a look around and I'll show you the scenes behind the mechanics of a Yearbook. Bud Medon, the Editor, isn't here right now, so the staff can relax a bit. Hey! who has been mixing paints in Medon,s pipe? What are you trying to do, make it smell worse than it did before? You,ll catch it when Bud comes back! Therels June Ptacek, one ofthe As- sociate Editors, over there in her usual good humor. ,Twill be a blue moon before June ever gets angry. To look at her, you'd never think that she carried the burden of the yearbook over last summer. You see the Editor and Business Manager elected last year were balked from taking over their places by that old bugaboo-ineligi- bility, so June had to carry on till a new editor and business manager were elected: Talking to June is the other Associate Editor, Stew Walker. Another pipe smoker, he and Medon are always trying new kinds of tobacco and trading OH to each other what they don't like themselves. Speaking of pipe smokers, wait till George Everson, John J une Ptacek Stewart Walker John Brice Dorothy Bloomfield Schmitt, and Cliff Oleson get together with the other two and their pipes. The atmosphere gets so dense it looks like a smoke screen. June and Stew are the heads of the editorial department. lf you work here as you see Al Dunn, the Sports Editor, doing, you write, read, and edit copy. Speaking of Al Dunn, where did he just bounce off to? Another tele- phone call to Eleanor? Can't say that I blame him. Thereis George Everson -Business Manager., and head man of our financial system-over there talking to Helen. Everyone wonders how he ever does all his work. When- ever George is seen, he is usually fooling around in general horse-play, yet his books are the best the CABLE has seen in many a year. George says that the' secret of his success is that he and the rest of his department, Bob Brown and Karl Rothe, make themselves general nuisances to the business executives in soliciting ads for the CABLE and in collecting back debts. Hi, John! When did you drop in? No, Medonis not back yet. He'll be around any minute now. That was John Brice, the art man. A vile creature in the eyes of the pipe men, smoking those coiiin-nails instead of a nice cozy pipe. What is Dottie laughing about? Oh, she was cutting a picture down to make a montage out of it. Well, so what? Her knife slipped and cut the head off one of the teachers. No, we can't put this in even though it does look funny. Dottie Bloomfield is our Photo Editor, working night and day Albert Dunn John Schmitt Wx f www vi-'gee to get pictures suitable for reproduction. No wonder the price of glue is so high, there's more on Dot than on the pictures. Say, J.B., that art work looks pretty good. l'll bet you worked many an hour on that sketch. Vlfhere is it going? Oh! right here on the CABLE page. Swell. We call ,lohn Brice, ,l.B., to distinguish him from John Schmitt. Those two fel- lows over there are Gene Michaels and George Clark, our photographers. It was through their work that the CABLE has as many photos as it has. Give those two cameras, sub- ject matter, and chemicals, and watch them go to work. No, those three fellows picking on the other three aren't bullies by nature. They're just three Greek Letter men from O.D.P. putting their pledgees through their paces. Who are they? Well, the first three are Charlie Merz, Copy Editor, John Schmitt, Publicity Manager, and Cilff Olesen, Chief of the Tabulation Department. These three and their willing UD assistants, Charles Erway, Ray Dahl, and John Smith have the most unappreciative work to do on the CABLE. They slave away from 4:30 to 12:00 every Friday getting little glory from their positions. They only ask, out of school spirit, to do something to help put out our yearbook. For that matter all of us work for the same purpose and we're glad that we have fellows like you behind us. All in all there's a great combination around here. When thereas work to be done, we work. When there is no need for work, everyone turns human once again and par' takes in a little horseplay. For example, the Feud between the CABLE and the Pioneer was renewed this year with ven- geance. We enter their office and walk out with whatever we can lay our hands on. Then we come back to our domain and guard our spoils. The secret of our success is due to the three aforesaid men, Merz, Schmitt, and Olesen. Due to their well planned attacks and scientific retreats, we, so far, have come out ahead. Well fella, see you later. Right now work must be done to keep the CABLE from dragging. If you came to help, just take off your coat, roll up your sleeves, and pitch in. THE Stop the presses! Stop the presses! A short, dynamic, light haired fellow dashes into the disorder of Popovich's Publication Press. De- mon sports editor Sam Spool forgot a comma. '6No commaf' says the heavy make-up man in his deep gutteral voice. 64Page is finished-no more changes. :'But you must put in the comma, Ray Bendett, production manager pleads. No cornmaf' In the corner the editor is tear- ing his hair out, biting on a hot slug of type to quiet his nerves. '4Can't you put another 'o' in 6Victorious'? he screeches. And so the PIONEER goes to press .... At 4-130 on the previous Friday the staff started assembling the news 49 Q76 6221- Q1 Q79 I.'7?1Sf1f'7 G 42' flu J PICN EER 'S QR O .o 1' fic +2006 'oo G 0 Ge J O OG 0000 oe' og GGG-3' 00906 J' they had collected during the week under the supervision of Irv Machlin, Editor-in-Chief, who was promoted to that job when duty called Marvin Weiss to better and bigger things. The stories, written in pencil, are handed to the domineering Copy Editor, Irv Quart. 'CI-Iey, you,'7 he says, type this storyf, The dilapidated typewriters stagger along under the finger-work of over-wrought typists. Once typed the story is handed to Byron Cohen. '4This story ain't no good, he usually says. f'The English is lousyf' Where- upon the page is turned over to one of the skilled rewrite editors. Smookler aids substantially in getting out good copy. At about this time pandemonium is beginning to reign in the tiny room 114-c. Typists get their elbows caught in headline writers. The Business Manager fills half the oflice with his bulky staff, the Copy Editor fills the other half with his. Between fifteen and twenty people are working-writing stories, headlines, typing, re- writing and editing. ln the middle of this journalistic chaos, Port, the Assoc. Editor, starts laying out the paper. You must print my poem this week. Milton Vogel runs in with a Letter to his Great Grandfather. Morris Slotkin comes in, What kinda cartoon you want. You must print my poem this week. 'Put Priestley on the front page. How many words on the Student Council story? If you print my Cooper Snooper you can't cut a single word. Can we have 200 words for a CABLE story? By this time the monkey house at Central Park looks like a peaceful country scene compared to the PIONEER office. f With Day Tech News collected by John Rozolis, Night Tech News by John Kozlowski, Day Art News by Sid Gordin, and Night Art News by Airline Greenbaum, the dummy begins to takeshape. ln the meantime Lerner, Feature Editor, is collecting feature material from his staff. Jerome and Abe Selman write their masterpiecesg Milton Vogel, Betty Alden, Eva Namm, Mildred Gansberg, Ed Jastram, Ralph Medaisky with his sport columns, Michael Aissen with his puzzles, all con- tribute to filling the four to six pages of space. Mel Holzsager and Morris Slotkin begin to wrestle with a cartoon, with a suggestion by Jules Bronstein often filling a 'gdead spot.'7 The layout is going into its second stage. The first stage was to plan a proper arrangement of material. The second stage means rearranging the layout to fit the size of the stories. The old-fashioned method of cutting and padding stories to fill the space layed out has been deserted for the modern method which abhors such prostitution of literary art. The layout must conform to the stories at hand and at the same time be dynamic, interesting and well distributed. Demon headline writers and armchair layout men now get to work to kibitz the Editor. Milton Minneman, Sam Smookler, Norman Koretz and Rudy Bleecher all have ideas about layout and release their repressed desires in writing heads. The paper is finished! In the wee sma, hours of the morning, only three men remain. The copy is checked and rechecked, and taken to the printer. Monday the work starts all over again. Ray Bendett oiiiciates at the printer's aided by proofreaders. The paper is assembled and printed. Tuesday the circu- lation staff gets to work-M. Slutsky and Roy Lustenader take care of the Day and Night Circulation, respectively. The squawks start coming in. We want more jokes. You print too many jokesf' 4'How about a novel every weekwg etc., etc., etc. Week after week. Week after week. The pattern never varies. The procedure never changes. Ideas are changed to wordsg words to lettersg letters to metalg metal to lines of type. A splash of molten lead and a line of type-an idea-is formed. All the reader sees is black ink on white paper.- He does not know the perspira- tion, worry and work that were expended before those black figures could be impressed on that white paper. He does not look behind the scenes where the copy readers, typists, proofreaders, reporters are laboring to create this thin, inked sheet of news- print. And so the presses clang, singing their rhythmic song. The pressman feeds the sheets of newsprint, joining in the rhythmic swing. The type holds the sticky ink and then gives it to the paper. Out it comes. Out it comes. One, two, three, four, five, six. Six pages of words, sentences. paragraphs. News. News. News. Ideas. News. News. News. Work. Work. Work. Work on ye slaves of the printed page. Make your slugs of molten metal. To- morrow the slugs will be melted again. But the PIONEER has gone to press. . . ,ff a.i.ch.e. The various student chapters of the professional societies afford prospective engineers a means of becoming acquainted with the accomplishments and problems of engineering as carried out in the commercial fields. The Chapters also form backgrounds which aidthe students in better understanding the academic courses they are studying. With these views in mind, the Day Chapter of the American Institute of Chem- ical Engineers was organized twelve years ago for all chem- ical engineering students who had successfully completed their Freshman Year. ' A number of speakers, both faculty and practicing engi- neers, addressed the Chapter during the school year. The first speaker was our own Dr. Sherman, who gave us an in- spiring talk on Avocations,-Their Benefit to Engineers. Another guest speaker was Mr. Raymond Szymanowitz, tech- nical director of the Acheson Colloids Corporation and in- structor in the Night School, who addressed the Chapter on Colloidal Graphite, and illustrated his talk with experi- ments, slides and exhibits. According to the traditions of the A.l.Ch..E., the most important social function of the year was the 'Treshman Re- ception. This name is somewhat of a disguise, for on the Friday before Christmas the Chem Lecture room held a capac- ity crowd which consisted of nearly the entire Tech School fand also a few Art School lassiesj. The audience enjoyed greatly the antics of the seniors, namely, Howie Ruopp and Frank Schaeffer acting as befuddled Frosh, and Jerry Fried- man and Morris Slutsky acting as very superior and equally befuddled seniors working on their theses. The faculty joined in the fun and was given a friendly ribbing to the tuneful rhymes of Ernie von Storch. The show was concluded with sound movies in color, and the serving of refreshments. Top: G. Ferrigni, Secretaryg Heshin, R. Costa M. Slutsky, Vice-Presidentg P. Horsting, Presi- dent. 5 5 3 Q i z 1 . I i 'Top Row: Henry Kleindienst, Secretary, Harold Nagelberg, Vice-President. Seated: Harold Chor- ney, Treasurer Since its reestablishment in 1936 the Night Chapter of the A.l.Ch.E. has presented each year many interesting meetings open to all who wished to attend. This past year has proven to be no exception to this young tradition. Under the plans formulated by Ed Crohse and Harold Nagelberg of the Program Committee eight meetings were ar- ranged for. Some of these meetings were held jointly with the Day Branch of the A.I.Ch.E. and some were held independently. Among speakers and their topics were: Professor Weaver, 703 director of the National Brewers, Academy, who spoke on the L'Chemistry of Brewing. i'Chemical Warfareii was the title of a talk by Lt.-Col. Lewis T. Latimer. Dr. C. S. Kimball, Director of Research at Foster D. Snell, Inc., told of the 'cProblems Presented to a Consulting Chemical Laboratory for Solution. Professor R. J. Kunz, counselor to the chapter, offered sug- gestions for more active student participation in chapter affairs, after he had outlined the purpose, history, and growth of the A.I.Ch.E. and the relations which exist between the student chap- ter and the parent body. At the time this write-up goes to press there are still two more meetings arranged for. At one, Professor Radasch, head of the Department of Chem- ical Engineering, is to address the members of the A.I.Ch.E. on The Distillation of Tar and Derivative Products. For the second meeting there is to be a showing of a motion picture, The Manufacture of Gas, for which Dr. Stolzenbach has made arrangements with the Consolidated Edison and Gas Company. Successful as this year has been, the Night Chapter is look- ing forward to an even better one next year. The Night Chapter is working on a firm foundation. its finances are in order and membership is growing. Those who have not joined are urged to do so. Night Chapter Officers are Ed Crohse, president, Marvin Weiss, vice-president, Harold Charney, treasurer, Henry Klein- dienst, secretary, Harold Nagelberg, chairman Program Com- mittee. a.i.e. . Unlike most activities the student branch of the A.I.E.E. serves an important practical purpose-to foster interest and ability in presenting student papers, and in investigating a goodly cross-section of the electrical industry. Several fruitful visits were made on sleepy Saturday morn- ings to neighboring electrical plants. These included a well- attended tour to the Fire Underwriters Testing Laboratory and a thorough inspection of the Crocker-Wheeler Corporation. In the latter place the budding Electrical Engineers were shown the complete construction of large and small electrical machines from the base bolt to the last coat of varnish on the finished product. Of special interest was the simplicity of construction and operation of a coil-former which, with exasperating ease, turned out perfectly involute end-turns. The visitors, sole regret was the remarkably few young women who worked at the plant. In their meanderings through the rambling plant they discovered only one department in which ladies were working-and how they stood and admired the wonderful dexterity of their lingers -waving to them as they passed by. At the Fire Underwriters Testing Laboratory they found ingenious makeshift devices to test all kinds of small electrical parts electrically and mechanically. It was a surprisingly small place for the amount of work done there, eHicient mass-testing probably reducing greatly tedious repetitions. Several other tours are being planned and a project is under way to combine Power Plant Inspection with the electrical survey. The annual A.I.E.E. Student Branch Convention will take place in April with Pratt Institute acting as host. The Cooper E.E.7s hope to be right there with the best of them in the presen- tation of student papers. Top Row: Ernest Thalmann, Secretaryg John Papamarcos, Treasurer. Bottom Row: Milton Ten- zer, Presidenlg Charles Rosen, Vice-President. 5 Z Top Row: Oscar Kummer, Presidentg Samuel Gil- man, Vice-President. Bottom Row: Alfred Has- selbach, Treasurerg Vincent Petrucelly. 3rd 81 4th Year Art Oliicers The student night branch of the A.l.E.E. was created pri- marily to provide its members with an opportunity for gaining experience in the art of public speaking. Almost all meetings are devoted to lectures made by the members of the branch. After each lecture, questions raised on the floor are answered by the student lecturer, so that each speaker must know his sub- ject and be able to present it clearly and forcefully. His topic must not be so abstruse, or complex, as to require more than the one hour usually allotted, and it must not be so simple and elementary as to be uninteresting. Thus is can be seen that much is demanded: conciseness, clarity, forcefulness and confidence, the last being achieved through a thorough knowledge of the subject. As a corollary to this, the lecturer must gage the subject-knowledge of his audi- ence, so that he will know what points to stress and what to minimize. In these ways the future engineer is given a chance to develop the ability to think while facing an audience and so gain self-assurance and poise no matter what the situation-qualities which make for the successful man. This year, upon the suggestion of the vice-president, Mr. Gilman, the program was arranged so that some non-technical, as well as technical subjects were presented, in conformity with the present trend towards liberalizing an engineeris education. The olhcers, Student Night Branch, A.l.E.E., are: O. Kum- mer, presidentg S. Gilman, vice-presiclentg V. Petrucelly, Jr., sec- retaryg A. Hasselbach, treasurer. a.s.c. . The Constitution of the Cooper Union Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers states that the object of the Chapter shall be to promote and further the interest and standing of its members in the engineering profession and to develop a spirit of cooperative service in professional, civil and social life for the good of allf' With this fine thought in mind, and with the amiable guidance of Professor Brumfield, the officers strive to give the members a rounded program of meetings and inspection trips. The members, comprising close to IOOWQ of the C.E. stu- dent body, enjoyed the reminiscences of Mr. C. E. Covert of the W. 81 L. E. Curley Co., who told of stream gaging long years ago in Alaska and the uhalf-pint cup filled with two quarts of mosquitoes. They saw Board of Water Supply Engineer Nowac- zek's films, candidly taken during construction of the huge new Delaware Aqueduct, films too from the T.V.A. and on the manufacture of wrought iron. Mr. Paul Robbins, popular member of the faculty, lectured on the complex topic of Aerial Photogrammetry. Inspection trips included a visit to cut-and- cover subway tunneling in Brooklyn, a 90-mile tour of New Yorkas highway system, a stroll under the East River through the partially completed Queens-Midtown Tunnel. As the year draws toward an end, the officers are looking forwar'd to the plans for the annual dinner to be held after school closes in May. Here the faculty have a chance to hob-nob with the students without getting chalk dust on their sleeves, here, the seniors bid a misty farewell to Cooperg and here the stu- dents find the faculty are regular fellersf, ln the progressive strides that the C.E. Department, led by Professor E. S. Sheiry, has made this year, the Chapter feels honored to have done its part. Officers: President, John D. Hanft, Vice-President, Hyman Sigmang Secretary, Sidney Wenigerg Treasurer, John C. Hage- dorng Representatives to Conferences, Bernard M. Center, Louis J. Thaisz. Faculty Adviser, Ray C. Brumfield. Top: J. Hanft, Presidentg L. Thaiz, Student Rep resentative. Bottom: J. Hagedorn, Treasurerg S Weniger, Secretary. ffl, ' ,, Q ' 'aiTSE-?'ft: f4+!fyrwMw?' is ' rfffff Top Row: John Dishuck, Vice-Presidenlg James Doyle, Treasurerg Phil Hagerty, President. Seated: Ernest Lucken, Secretary, Joseph Cor- rigan. 3.S.lTI.9. The curriculum of the mechanical engineering course com- mands nearly all of the student's time, yet the student recognizes that he cannot limit himself to the classroom but must come into contact with the practical aspects of engineering as well. This is largely accomplished between six and seven o'clock in the eve- ning by participation in the meetings of the night school branch of the A.S.M.E., the membership of which rose to 125 during the past year, establishing it as one of the largest in the country. The criterion of activity is the bulletin board. The branch has practically put the art school on a poster production basis. Indications' are that the bulletin board may have to be supple- mented with a special A.S.M.E. board. Papers and motion pic- tures presented by invitation speakers have been diverse indeed. Such diversity is typical of the field of mechanical engineering. During the school year it is difficult for the night school men to make plant inspection trips, because of the arduous school scheduleg many of the members visit plants during the summer months. However this year, two trips were made, to the Pity Foundry Co., Brooklyn, and the Jersey City Works of the M. W. Kellogg Co. At the Pity Foundry with the plant running on regu- lar schedule, the complete process of making a casting, from the scraps and pig iron charge, to the finished product, was witnessed. The visit to the Kellogg Co. was an unusually fine one, since Mr. J. F. Bechtle, the conductor of the tour, had presented a paper at the school meeting a few weeks prior. EM SU' There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight. Peace, folks, it's wonderful! That mad, merry, super-colossal fun-fest is over but not forgotten! It was sponsored by the Third Year Day Art School, the proceeds to go to some non-partisan refugee fund. It was a solid success! There were long and elaborate preparations for it-every one with a job knew exactly what to do and when to do it-and it was on everybodyis tongue six weeks before the event because of the excellent publicity. Sid Gordin was the organizer Hextra-ordinnairew who insured a completely smooth program without last minute hitches. Immediately under Sid were Jean Wong and Jay Brice as secretary and treasurer, respectively, and they had their special force of ticket sellers. The enter- tainment committee was headed by Clinton Macauley, who wrote and directed that mad play, Schlemdali. Dan Shapiro was overseer for the Ballet scene and the Pygma- lion skit fwith a little off-the-record em-ceeingj. Anthony Loscalzo and George Hill and an oversized crew of third year students decorated anything and everything on the sixth floor. Goons, mice, cracks in the walls, and special reproductions of fam- ous paintings shot out of the walls from all angles. The refreshment committee head- ed by Doris Rubenfeld served les dogges hotesn and 'cle poppe colde. Helen Bott sprinkled sauerkraut, Natalie Zimmer served sizzlers, and Lydia Czpeck shoved straws. The piece de resistancen was set in a Parisian cellar with Clint fSchlemdalil Macauley forgetting to pull his punches when Annette fMaiseD Kellman sidled in professionally, ordered a snifter, and attempted a smoldering pick-up. There was the snooping, singing waiter, Tony fColonnaU Loscalzo, and the pretty-boy hench- man, George Hill, with his sweet young thing Cmolll, Barbara Snyder. Mae Cooper played Galeta to an asthmatic Pygmalion and it was a gem. Irving Sabo did some panic-producing pantomilnes and then went into his dance. The Ballet featured Pav- lowa and Nijinsky riding the four winds with enticing celery, soul-lifting gyra- tions, and a salt cellar that worked. The William Tell Overture was their inspira- tion. Jim Priest was the center of musical attractions with his hep-cats, even with Goodman, Shaw, and Miller on the plat- ters. The music was hot and loud, the students in the groove. There really was a hot time in the old town that nightl The third year sat cooling their heels and along came the freshmen with a cork- in' affair. It was a SADIE HAWKINS PARTY. Girls could chase, wrestle, and even shoot anything that resembled a male. Jim Priest and his hot-shots warmed up the back-woods with Hcity slicker music. Then Sadie fArthur Deshaiesj Hawkins waltzed in like Mrs. O,Leary's cow. She grabbed the nearest man-that was Tony Loscalzo with urum perfumen on his dude clothes. With a slip, slide, and a twenty yard dash, down the dance Hoor Hew Sadie. fNon-habit-forming, wasn't it?J An orgy on the modern dance! Murry flVlikej Spitzer, who was en- gineering the whole party, had a hard time keeping out of the female clutches. Clint Macauley, after writing and directing the entertainment for this jamboree, was in need of some relaxation. He grabbed him- self a gal, Doris Rubenfeld, and the two sure did hot-foot a 'Virginia Reel. Before long three groups of hillbillies were 'lout of this world. Muriel fCora Suel Mayo was right nice about serving refreshments to the guests-hot dogs and Coca-Cola Cno spiritsj went from hand to mouth. Sam Uughaidj Fischer took the spotlight and did some dang clever character sketches. Sadie Hawkins got her man but it was all a dream. When she did have him, Shirley Cl7ranciel Sherker threw glances and lrwin fRudolphD Luckman, bride- groom-to-be, melted away. A woeful tale. Everyone had a good time anyway. DANCING CLUB l22 It sure looks like it-looks like what?-it sure looks like swing is here to stay! These Cooper swingies can't be wrong-you're right, that's right, the Cooper Union Dancing Club is more popular than ever before. Meeting every Thursday at 4:30 and sending solid till 6:30, we seem to get bigger and better as we go along. The officers this year were unanimously elected. The very able President and Vice-President are the Misses Eleanor Eller and June Ptacek, and theirs was the pleasant for otherwisel duty of instructing our be- ginners--usually engineers, to dance. fDon't get the wrong idea, though, they aren't so badlj ' The Treasurer, whose pleasant duty it is to dispense with the shekels and just enjoy himself generally by dancing, is Andrew Ross. Perhaps it can be explained by cycles-but maybe the popularity of the Dance Club this year is due in great part to the injection of a bevy of really delightful female terpsichorean freshmen in the Art School into the blood stream of Cooper Union. The fact that the gals showed up regularly, though, must be traced to the fact that they enjoyed their dancing partners--so hats off to the engi- neers! that's all we want to see-and that's really all we saw. So here's to bigger and' better dance club meetings and now-okay chillun -YESZ DANCE! As long as everyone has fun- CHESS CLUB The Chess Club originally had its primary inception some fifteen or twenty years ago. However it did not fare so well and eventually disbanded. Last year some ardent chess enthusiasts decided that amongst the Cooper intel- lectuals there were surely a sufficient number of geniuses to make possible the reorganization of the Chess Club and a varsity chess team for intercollegiate competition. So there came about the reformation of the club. At first the playing of chess was restricted solely to chess meetings. But the craze for this new plaything became so wide spread that the club finally heeded the requests of the students, especially those who had plenty of leisure time, and placed a set in the library. To become a really good player requires many hours of concentration and study every week. Countless games must be played and analyzed. Cooper Union students are generally kept pretty well occupied by the faculty's requests for homework, laboratory reports, etc. Nevertheless, though suifering under these handicaps, the team established a splendid record in its Hrst year of intercollegiate competi- tion. ln 1939-40 they won seven games and lost none, numbering amongst their victims Steven's Tech and N.Y.U. 0 CAMERA CLUB y Carrying on from where the program ended last year, the Cooper Union Camera Club com- pleted the second year of its existence as a recog- vcf nized club under the Activities Plan. With its 0 timely and interesting lectures and print shows, Q, together with the use of the small dark room on the second floor of the Hewitt building, the mem- o M 0 bers were not only able to recognize the finer X0 points of-photography, but were also given the W opportunity to develop their own technique in vo' that light-tight rendezvous of the amateur photographer. The first semester wasn't two weeks old when the initial meeting of the year was held. Of first importance was the election of officers, as follows: President, George Klineg Vice-Presi- dent, Cyrus Zeifg Secretary, Paul Bobayg and the appointment of several committees to aid in the operations of the club. The club was for- tunate in obtaining the services of Mr. Perez, instructor of the Civil Engineering staii, and an amateur in good standing. His guidance and ideas helped smooth out the functioning of the club. An industrious program for the ,year was mapped out which included talks and demonstrations by well-known photographers, print shows from other clubs and active participation in print contests. Making full use of its allotment, the club joined the Metropolitan Camera Club Council. Membership in the council enabled the club to obtain speakers, print shows and permission to enter the print show contests of the Photographic Society of America, which is afliliated with the council. Because of the increasing popularity of the club by means of the Pioneer and the bulletin boards where prints were displayed, the active membership rose over that of the preceding year, so that the competition was keen among the members. The lectures by out- side men were stimulating and provided the members with new ideas in photography. One of the most interesting lectures was that on the making of paper negatives and the retouch- ing of these to bring out highlights and hide defects. Excellent results followed. By means of the technique, composition and good photography seen at the lectures and shows, the mem- bers were encouraged to show their accomplishments at exhibitions. DRAMATI C CLUB The Dramatic Club, for the first time under school board control, opened with plans for a constitution. The Board allowed the group a liberal appropriation, and appointed Professor Lynch faculty adviser, and Mr. Childs director. The first two productions, Aid Raidw and Trifles, both one-acters, failed to line up to the former Cooper productions, uPillars of Societyf 'clVIonkey House, lle,77 and Goodnight, Please. Although L'Air Raid was well staged, with abstract sets, the audience failed to react to the lVlacLeish lines. Next the group showed the old Lon Chaney film, the 4'Phantom of the Opera, which was thoroughly enjoyed. A cast of seventeen, as this goes to press, is rehearsing '6Calling All Stars, by Clinton Macaulay. This is the first student play to be presented by the group, and is a three-act farce- comedy. Since this play was written by a student, and will be acted by them, it will really be Cooperis own. The cast includes Annette Kellmann, Clinton Macaulay, Anthony Loscalzo, Virginia Jackson, Charles Meyerson, Zana Mott, Doris Rubenfeld, Irwin Luckman, Shirley Sherker, Paul Kaufman, Arthur Deshaies, Jack Ross, Howard Goldgraber, Edward Jastram, George Pichow, Betty Alden, and Joe Dunefsky. Last year,s Pillars of Societyw was enlivened by the unexpected appearance of the Cooper cat, who has not felt the urge to emote this season. However, 'cCalling All Stars is coming, and who knows? ITP? H. Collins, President, A. Kellman, Secretary- Treasurerg L. Fried, Stage Manager. Xl l MATH CLUB The year of 1939 has proved to be a banner year in the history of the Mathematics Club of the Day Tech. The activities of the club were crowned with unusual success. The cooperation of the members contributed greatly in making the meetings a center of interest and attention. The same spirit and ambition was responsible for the success of the Math Teams sponsored by the organization. Cooper Union's Hmathematiciansw had experienced the busiest period during the spring of this year. In March a team composed of Ted Berlin, Benjamin Lax and Stan Manson represented the school in the annual Will- iam Lowell Putnam Mathematics Competition. This group received honor- ary mention. They ranked among the first six of all those competing from the United States and Canada. Ted Berlin and Benjamin Lax also received honorary mention for individual efforts. Within one month, two groups of seven students each participated in the annual Metropolitan Competition held at Brooklyn College. This time the first team succeeded in obtaining a second leg on the plaque now located in our Math Office. The second team ranked third in this contest. Individual honors went to Stan Manson, who tied two opponents for first place. The meetings in the spring of 1939 featured Ted Berlin and Benjamin Lax as its guest speakers. The former spoke on Surfaces of Revolution, and the latter on Method of Differences. This series of lectures continued in the fall with Ben Lewis speaking on g'The Slide Rule, Stan Manson on Difference Equationsf, and Marvin Weiss on Hlntroduction to Relativity. A lecture on the Isograph prepared by the Bell Telephone Company proved to be the highlight of these meetings. This was supplemented by films and slides illustrating the operation of this machine. The Freshman Slide Rule Prize and the Calculus medal were awarded to Philip Kass and Stan Manson, respectively. B. Lax, Presidentg S. Manson, Vice-President, T. Gold, Secretary. 7 5 i 3 2 op Row: .lohn Harrington, Presidentg William ieary, Vice-President. Bottom Row: Casimir V. fichoski, Recording Secretary, Walter T. Koro- helz, Treasurer. NEWMAN CLUB The Newman Club is an important part of the school life of every Catholic student. It is a club of Catholic culture and Catholic fellowship, organized in non-Catholic colleges and universities of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii. The first Newman Club was formed at the University of Pennsylvania in 1893. At the present time there are over 250 Newman Clubs throughout America. These clubs are joined together in an international organization called the Newman Club Federation. To facilitate the work of the Federation, Provinces have been organized in the different sections of the country. We of Cooper Union Newman Club are fortunate in being a part of the New York Province which, because of the proximity of the Colleges and Universities and the large membership, is easily the most active Province of the Federation. The club presents to the student an excellent means of meeting others whose interests and ideals fall in the same general class. Because of this spirit of Catholic fellowship, every meeting turns out to be more enjoyable and interesting than the last and those friendships which are naturally formed between people possessing the same ideals are con- tinually strengthened. '5 L53 SLM. SCCI ETY The Priestley Technical Society was organized in 1937 by a group of engineering students who felt that an education in social and engineering matters lying outside the curriculum was vital to the student. They also felt that some participation in social activities would benefit the individual when the time came for the Cooper Union to present him to the World. The program for the broadening of the social life of the Cooper student was not as completely carried out, due to the apparent resignation of most of the students to four years of usocial outcast-domi' behind their slide- rules. ln spite of this tendency, the P.T.S. conducted several bowling parties in conjunction with the faculty. These parties were originally scheduled as out-and-out faculty vs. student contests, but out of consideration for the faculty, all reports of the scores were prohibited. Plans have been made for the presentation of films on educational and other topics, and a theatre party and a boat ride are being arranged for the coming spring. Much of the success of the society can be attributed directly to the unselfish cooperation of the faculty adviser, Dr. Sherman, who contributed freely of his time and energy in helping the society establish itself as a liberal organization. 5 CDNCBR AWARDS SILVER C AWARDS George A. Fox GOLD C AWARDS Ray Bendett Dorothy V. Bloomfield Julius Bronstein Harold Collins Lester Fried Norman Harris Edwin Jastram Paul Kaufman Fred Kitty Murray L. Klampkin John J. Kozlowski Clinton J. Macaulay Irving Machlin EX POST FACTO AWARDS John Brice Charles Merz .lohn Schmitt LAMBDA TAU AWARDS Samuel Spool .lohn Rozolis Max W. Strauss Francis E. Medon June R. Ptacek Irving Quart Samuel Rabinowitz Charles A. Rosen George P. Rolly John Rozaliz Doris Rubenfeld Edwin Schaffer Charles E. Schaflne Samuel Spool Wesley Stephens William L. Stone George Everson June Ptaeek Stewart Walker Irving Quart Morris Slutsky Betty Alden 1' ANNUAL DANCE One affair during the school year that affords both faculty and students the chance to relax and enjoy themselves is the Annual Dance. This year, as in past years, the Dance was a big success, mainly because of the untiring and unselfish of- forts of the members of the Annual Dance committee. We wish to take this oppor- tunity to thank each and every member for his sacrifice of time and energy in helping to make the affair the success it was, especially Ed Schaffer, Julie Bronstein, Ernest Costa, June Ptaeek, John Koslowski, George Everson, Bob Brown, Betty Alden, Max Stauss, Betty Rosenberg, and Paul Kaufman. This year the school was fortunate in obtaining a very good orchestra. After auditioning several other orchestras, and considerable deliberation, the Committee selected Joe Moss' orchestra, which proved to be an excellent choice. The orchestra showed itself capable of playing a wide variety of tunes in various tempos which ranged from the hottest jazz, through La Conga, and down to the smooth waltz. Songs were rendered by two vocalists. The Committee also deserves praise on the selection of the Ballroom. There was plenty of space available for dancing, and a large num- ber of tables, which were used to their utmost capacity. The most outstanding feature of the Annual Dance was the introduction of the winning school song. The orchestra played the melody twice and then the whole as- semblage joined in the singing. The song was received with a tremendous ovation. The student body as a whole made a very fine showing. School spirit permeated the entire place. The frequent singing of the school song, a spirit of friendly coopera- tion, and the good time enjoyed by all proved conclusively that the Cooper Union student body fully appreciated the efforts of the committee, and also attempted to do their best to make it a success. The faculty members also enjoyed the evening. Some of the members present were: Mr. Bowman of the Humanities Department, with Miss Enge, and Professor Hoemmele of the Mechanical Engineering Department. We also welcomed the pres- ence of Mr. Weber, a Cooper graduate who taught last year in the Physics Department. Fraternities, societies, THE CABLE and Pioneer staffs turned out in full force that evening. Our editor Bud Medon whose appearance was further enhanced by lovely Mary Newman, came in tails. The other members of the staif joined in the fun and helped make the CABLE table a hum of activity. Some others contributing to the jovial atmosphere were June Ptacek and Ernest Costa, Dorothy Bloomfield and Cliff Oleson and John Schmitt and Frances Kensler. The activity of this particular table was increased due to the presence of a num- ber of O.D.P. men, who added much to the gay spirit of the evening. George Everson and Bob Brown, from all outward appearances, were having a spirited time. Other fraters having an equally enjoyable evening were Utah Rowley. accompanied by Eleanor Eller, Karl Rothe and Agnes Schnakenberg, Charles Schaff- ner, Charles Rohrs, and many others. Gene Michaels also joined in the fun after tak- ing numerous pictures. The Pioneer table was occupied to the utmost capacity. The frivolous spirit prevelant in the Pioneer oilice seems to have carried bodily to the Annual Dance. Those mainly responsible for this spirit were Sam Spool, Irv Quart, Max Strauss, Julius Port and Irv Machlin. ln general all those present enjoyed themselves considerably and thank the Annual Dance Committee for giving us this splendid opportunity to join in the gaiety of the evening. ff A Mah an GREEN ENGINEERING The student's dream come true! For years the engineering students of the Cooper Union have been obliged to learn the art of Surveying by setting up their instruments and running their lines in Central Park, in the absence of an engineering camp of the kind enjoyed by many universities and other institutions of learning. While thusly occupied, they prayed that the day would soon come when' they could have a camp of their own. Nor was their prayer in vain. During the past year Norvin H. Green, great-grandson of Peter Cooper, gave nearly 150 acres of the old Hewitt Farm in the Ramapo Mountains to the Cooper Union for an engineering camp. This gift was made by Mr. Green in memory of his mother, Amy Hewitt Green, whose father Abram S. Hewitt was son-in-law of Peter Cooper. Green Engineering Camp, as the institution is to be known, fulfills the schoolis requirements ideally. lts site offers adequate housing, almost every kind of terrain, mineralogical deposits of wide variety and short, easy transportation to New York City. Dr. Burdell will have administration of the camp, which eventually may accom- modate Art School students. Buildings will be remodeled into instrument rooms, blue printing and dark rooms, recreation and reading rooms, a general workshop for re- pairs and handicraft work, drafting rooms, lecture hall and an iniirmary. Facilities will be provided for outdoor sports, including tennis, baseball, volleyball, and swimming. ' There are 21 buildings on the property. The largest, the barn, will be main dormitory and drafting room, and administration quarters in summer. A large hay barn will be converted into a mess hall and recreation center with winter quarters for 25. A grist mill and machine .shop at the entrance will become a machine shop for the engineering students. The camp will have 100 summer students and about 25 at a time weekends dur- ing winter. As yet the school administration has provided for only the Civil Engineers and Freshmen at camp. lt is hoped that in the future the camp will be opened to the entire school. Then all can enjoy the benefits of Mr. Green's gift. s M! Rather than speak of the accomplishments of the Alumni Association, I want to speak of the future. Of the past, I could describe a growth from a membership of 200 to over 700, a growth from a number, usually five or six, small alumni departmental bodies, to a unified purposeful alumni organization, or a growth from an occasional mimeographed announcement of a meeting, with a few friendly notes, to a regular Alumni News bulletin which is now finishing its fourth year of publication. Of the future, it is you, the students and present graduates, who have its policies, its welfare, indeed its power, in your hands. We, who have grown up with the organization, must look to you for new life, a fresh viewpoint and the unbounded ambition of youth. We will tell you that what you want us to try, be it a new building, a new method, a new publication, is impossible. lt is for you to show us that it is. It is you who will keep this Association alive, alive to new conditions, alive to new problems, alive to new solutions of our problems. Above all, we want to keep in mind the purpose of the Alumni Association. Its purpose is pri- marily to help Cooper Union. It is only in that way that we can repay the future for what we have received. We have had the privilege of attending Cooper Union, we have received its benefits and we owe it, at least, our gratitude. At first, We cannot repay it financially for we are struggling to get on our feet. And it may be a long struggle, but Cooper men have those qualities of heart and mind which brings success. It may be long delayed, but for Cooper men, it does come. It is during those years of struggling that we can help each other. By keeping in contact with the Alumni Association we occasionally meet our fellow-graduates, at dinners, at meetings, through notes in the news bulletin and from time to time an opportunity opens up. It is only by having a continuous contact that we can keep together. As we go through life, conditions change, there are depressions and booms, there are engagements and marriages, there are births and deaths. Each has its effect and unless there is a continuous Contact we are very apt to drift away from Cooper Union and Cooper men. Even reading the Alumni News keeps a spark of that contact and this is sufficient to make it continuous. Then, one of your fellow-graduates gets a bridge contract. Say,-Joe was always good at arches, wonder what became of him?7' With such wondering and a card to the Alumni Oliice, often a real opportunity knocks for Joe.'7 ' To you graduates that may sound far-fetched, but it is something of that nature that occurred only recently and it is a matter of personal experience with me. It is too easy to sit back and say, What is the Alumni Association doing, anyway? We are ASSOCIATICJN Henry D. Williams, Honorary President. trying to interest you and all the graduates in Cooper Union and in its alumni. You may not agree with our methods, nor with what we are do- ing, but you do not help by not joining. The best thing to do is to get in there and fight-fight for what you think we should do, fight to get others to agree with you, then fight to get enough of the alumni to help you accomplish what you think we should do. And the principal thing is the accom- plishment. When you graduate, join the Alumni Associa- tion. Take an active interest in its affairs. Help to guide it as soon as you can. Your interest is much more important than any money that you pay. Continue your interest and show us how to interest others. You will be helping yourselves and Cooper Union, A. J. WOHLGEMUTH, E.E. '31 Secretary iii? 1: 'fag Zag? ' K W ,QQ s. 7' Q. ,,,,,.: , 2, I -Y .,.,.--1 X .:, -.-.. , . .v U ff , YE 1, +5214 , ' ' - ,9, ' I' We 2 I 43 e Q M . 3, W na X Q Ev Q? 7 X X, Z, Q . P 6 ,l ,yffigs ' K 452 Q rib., 1 , ww ' ' fsiji' ff- ,AAWA , 2: W My K.: - , - ,LVL .f,.,.,-,,WQ,..LLU.a2bw if A f. .1-:A. fgvffi AND WE HAVE S' S This is my Fraternity Here I lind an opportunity to be frank' and open in the expres- sion of my true selfg but if in so doing, I digress from the highest standards of society? I know that my brothers will not cease to guide me. Here I work and play in the advancement of a common good. I realize it is no credit to me to be a part of an organization which does not lift me up beyond my normal self. I know that the ideals of my fraternity are such that if I strive to attain them I shall be lifted up. May I ever be mindful of the relationship I hold to my Frater- nity. As a member, I owe it allegiance. I must work for its welfare, support its institutions and live within the bonds of true fellowship and brotherhood. I AM THE FRATERNITY MU ALPHA OMICRCN Top Row: P. Hagerty, M. Schwartz, M. Aquino, S. Rahinowitz, H. Goode, E. Tanner, J. Harrington, R. Rankel. Bot tom Row: L. Strauss, J. Skiba, J. Spindler, R, Cordon, M. Slutsky, A. Rosen, S. Stark. The past year has witnessed the greatest achievement and expansion of the Honor Society of the Cooper Union Schools of Engineering since Mu Alpha Omicron, the honor society of the Day School of Technology, was founded in 1926 to honor those students who, by their outstanding scholastic ability, integrity of character, and breadth of vision commanded the respect of their associates. In the past, the society quietly and efliciently performed many services for both the school and student body, but was limited in the scope of its activities by its small size, which was a consequence not only of the rather severe qualifications for admission, but also of the restrictions of memberships to those students' attending the Day School of Technology. Shortly after the recognition of the Night School of Engineering, there developed a strong feeling within the society for expansion of the membership to include both of the schools of engineering, resulting in the unanimous adoption of a resolution calling for every effort to bring about the inclusion- of the night men at the earliest possible moment. A new constitution was subsequently for- mulated and adopted. Immediate action was taken to carry out the terms of the new constitution with the result that a sizeable group of Night School men were admitted into the society this year. A first long step was made in the direction of fulfillment of another of the societyis major aims, namely, the establishment at Cooper Union of a Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the national Engineering Honor Society. The completion of the work done in this direction will be the largest single task entrusted to the new membership. In continuing its traditional policy of promoting a better understanding be- tween faculty and students, the Mu Alpha Omicron held a number of informal dinners with various members of the Faculty and with selected student groups, from which many valuable suggestions bearing on the policies of the society were obtained. This activity, because of its constructiveness, and because of the directness with which it leads to the root of student problems, will be incorporated as one of the permanent activities of the Mu Alpha Omicron. Among the more prominent activities of the society in the past year was the student aid plan, whereby several members were available during lunch hours every day of the week to those students seeking scholastic aid or advice. This plan placed upon a regular basis the cooperation which every member of the Mu Alpha Omicron has always given those of his fellow students who have requested it. The scheme grew more popular as the student body became familiar with it and recognized the great benefits that could be derived from it, and consequently it will be broadened so as to include both schools of engineering in the future. Thus it is with satisfaction that the graduating members look back upon a year which filled the Mu Alpha Omicron with new blood, new life, and a new spirit of accomplishment. May it also serve as an inspiration to the new members, especially those who for the first time represent the Night School of Engineering, so that under their guidance the Mu Alpha Omicron may prosper and better serve both school and student. EX PCDST FACTCD Frank Medon, Chairman Stewart Walker Dorothy Bloomfield .lohn Brice George Everson Charles Merz June Ptacek John Schmitt At the start of every school year the CABLE resumes activity with a huge staff whose members are full of life and activity. Then something happens. Gradually the staff 'dwindles down until the wheat is separated from the chaff. Those who remain are workers-those who resign are shirkers. It is the purpose oi the EX Post Facto to reward those members of the staff who have remained loyal to the CABLE. Those who have shown by their untiring labor, by their personal sacrifices of their free moments, and by their meritorious action, are given the highest honor the CABLE can bestow-that of being elected to the Ex Post Facto, the Honorary Society of the CABLE. A further purpose of the society is to aid future CABLES by giving them the expert advice which had been tried under the fires of the preceding CABLES. The members of the Society thereby act as an advisory board. They do not try to force their suggestions to be carried out. lt is merely advice which the exist- ing CABLE staff may choose to use or reject. Like any other school organization, the Ex Post Facto suffered the effects of graduation, leaving only three members in school. Their elections, held early in October, resulted as follows: Chairman, Bud Medong Vice-Chairman, Marvin Weiss, Secretary-Treasurer,Dorothy Bloomfield. From then on they met once a month, reviewing the proceedings of the CABLE, and aiding with suggestions when they were able. Selection of new members of the society will take place in April. Everyone may be sure that those selected are worthy of their reward- that of the Ex Post Facto Key. LAMBDA TAU Samuel Spool Irving Machlin .lohn Rozolis Irving Port Irving Quart Cordin Morris Slutsky George Clark Betty Alden .lohn Koslowski H Stanley Hurwitz 'It appears that we have an aperture, a void,-hull, so to spik, on the front page, says Pioneer editor Marvin Weiss. Chancellor Machlin of Lambda Tau shifts a toothpick to the side of his mouth and solemnly intones, nlrambda Tau is now in conclave? Vice-Chancellor ,lohn Koslowski smiles grimly. Recorder Strauss smiles too, only not so grimly. Exchequer Sid Gordin opens his book on parliamentary procedure. . Thus, the groundwork has been laid ior another meeting of Lambda Tau, Pioneer honorary society. In order to be eligible for membership, a mem- ber of the editorial staff must have worked on the paper for ten issues. New pledgees are admitted with proper ceremony in the early part of January and are awarded the fraternity pin if they pass the initiation ceremony. The cere- mony is designed to test the applicant's courage and knowledge of parlia- mentary procedure. Other members of Lambda Tau are, Ray Bendett, hardworking and un- sung production managerg Sam CCess3 Spool, ,lohn Rozolis and Irv fSwingJ Quart. 7452 r L WK 5 'Publi CHAPTERS ALPHA Cooper Union Night BETA Brooklyn Polytech GAMMA N.Y.U. Commerce DELTA Cooper Union Tech EPSILON Brooklyn College F ratres in F acultate Prof. H. C. Enders C. George Kreuger R. J . Kunz Kenneth E. Lofgren Otto C. Puller Harry G. Taylor F ratres in Collegio James M. Allaire Robert Brown Charles Ciohoski August W. Dege Albert L. Dunn George A. Everson Joseph Fegan John J . Fiala John Fulleylove John Harrington Ernest O. J uhl Edward Kondrajian Walter Koroshetz Walter C. Ludwick Bernard McLaren Francis E. Medon Jack Meng Charles J . Merz John H. Nicholson Clifford Olesen Charles Rohrs George P. Rolly Karl H. Rothe Lothair Rowley Charles E. Schaflner John C. Schmitt Louis J. Thaiz Ernest H. Thalmann Hugo Aglietti Richard Barrett Herman Berger .James V. Brady Leonard Caputo John Coffey William P. Cole Lucien Cook John M. Erickson Howard Fensterer William J. Fitzpatrick Bernard A. Fleck Theodor H. Fritz Thomas J. Frascella Walter Garrison George G. Gawel F. Nelson Gilbert Robert Hocken os Oscar Kummer J oyn A. Lasco George Misson Carl Mistron William D. Moore C. Raymond Nelson Herbert Niedhammer Charles E. Olsen William G. Pfann George M. Phillips Lawrence Picone Vincent J . Reale Everett R. Rausch John F. Rey Eugene A. Rosenberg Fred W. Schmitz Gustave W. Sedat Edward G. Walsh William l. Wolff OMEGA DELTA PHI The Omega Delta Phi Fraternity has for its chief object the promotion of lasting friendships among its members. lt is through the welding influence of the fraternity that the casual acquaintances the student makes in the course of his education become lifelong friends. Just this in itself is an ideal worthy of the men who founded it. It has been thirty-seven years since a small group of Cooper Union night students attempted the complex task of creating what we have inherited as an efficient and well-organized fraternity. Only by realizing the staggering difficulties inherent in building something where nothing has stood before, can one understand why we hold our founders in such high esteem. The brotherhood now consists of five chapters and a large Alumni body. The Alpha and Delta Chapters are located at the Cooper Union, the former associated with the Night School of Engineering and the latter with the Institute of Technology. I n The activities of the fraternity are diversified, but in general it may be said it helps to alleviate the pressure of strict scholastic requirements combined with a very limited time schedule. For the undergraduate to maintain the equilibrium provided by social contacts and group amusements without the aid of a planning organization is difficult, to say the least. For many Cooper students, fraternity membership has solved this problem, as well as others of equal significance. It provides a meeting place near the school where a inoment's relaxation can be found between classes, where help can be secured in solving of perplexing problems, and where there are always friends. To many of the brothers, the fraternity rooms are home transplanted to the proximity of their work. Through the medium of the executive positions and standing committees en- tailed in the functions of chapter business, opportunity is provided for development of administrative ability. There is little doubt that this affords excellent training for Top: Frank Medon, John Harrington, Walter Ludwick, Charles Merz, Edward Kondrajian, Walter Koroshetz, John Schmitt, .lack Meng. Middle: George Everson, Joseph Fegan, George Rolly, Louis Thaiz, Clifford Olesen, Karl Rothe, Steve Einig. Bottom: Ernest Thalmann, John Fulleylove, August Dege, Charles Cichoski, Lothair Rowley, Ernest Juhl. Charles Schaflner. future business life, supplementing the advantage of a rigorous technical education such as given at Cooper. In order that newcomers to the Cooper Union may be given an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the fraternity and its advantages, Freshman receptions are held in the beginning of the school year. At these functions every effort is made by the fraters to establish mutual acquaintance with the Freshmen. They are en- couraged to visit the rooms freely, and urged to give serious thought to the advan- tages of membership. Since applicants may not be admitted as brothers until they have evidenced their scholastic ability by passing their first year subjects with satis- factory grades, ample time is provided for them to determine whether their ideas and ideals correspond with those upheld by the fraternity. I Formal meetings are held each month by the brothers, at which current affairs are discussed and plans laid out for the administration of future business. Among the social occasions of the year are two formal Dances and the Annual Convention, in addition to a number of parties and smokers. A recent innovation among the Day School men are the Chapter picnics, usually held in the wilds of i .... at Top Row: W. Niedhammer, A. Smith, C. Xeller. Bottom Row: J. Coffey, H. Berger, C. Olsen, E. C. Phillips, R. Barrett, W. Wolff. Westchester during favorable seasons. -So successful have these little sojourns been that they threaten to become traditional. To the Alumni the formal Dances are highlights of the year, and they turn out in surprisingly large numbers. Here are their old friends, with whom they can discuss old times. Here also can they estab- lish acquaintance with the younger fraters, all joining in the atmosphere of pleas- antry with troubles forgotten. -- At the end of each school year, in June, the Annual Convention is held. The program consists of outdoor and indoor sports, a business meeting, and a banquet. Tournaments are held among the Chapters and Alumni--in tennis, swimming, golf and softball. Awards to the winners spur the rivalry, and a boisterous good time is had by everyone. It is to be hoped that this brief resume of activities will enable a larger number of individuals to understand what the Omega Delta Phi Fraternity is and what it is doing as a part of the life of students at the Cooper Union. The fraternity rooms are located at 41 St. Marks Place, not even a block from the Foundation Buildingg the door stands always ajar. Walsh, W. Phann ,L f I ' - '-kg M f r sf CHAPTERS ALPHA Cooper Union BETA Newark College GAMMA New York University DELTA Pratt Institute F ratres H onorares John J. Currey Edward A. Miller William T. Peterson Charles O. Roth, Jr. Joseph J. Tanzola Allan L. Tarr Miles H. Van Buren Christian T. Weaver F ratres in Collegio S. Alessi A. Ancona J. Badami 0. Chaber H. Decker J. DeLury C. Eckel C. Clucker F. Hamel C. Hauok A. Highee E. Hofmann J. Iarussi H. Koch E. Krukiel 'K F. Larkin L. Lindquist R. Lutz D. Marstellar F. McGinnis W. Neary W. Pesce P. Poveromo G. Quinn G. Smith A. Squitieri J. Trier F. Visentin W. Walker E. Wield PHI SIGMA CDMEC-A Top Row: G. Smith, C. Hubert, J. Swatko, W. Neary, P. Poveromo, E. Schenker, W. Walker, S. Schubert, C. Hauck E. Maurer. Middle Row: E. Krukiel, J. Chovanec, F. Drechsler, E. Walsh, G. Zaharakis, G. Mazzitelli, R. Stewart, C Grebert. Bottom Row: J. Badami, E. Hofmann, C. Pinto, K. Neuman, J. Iarussi, A. O'Lenick. ii mf ggi I? if iff? , .ag X ,, ,,,- Q-fyxvxiwa' ' 'TQ' ' L5 ,, 'P -ew' Q. . . Litrgff' 2:3 I 1- 1-Y'-Z'i 7 I gifgix-FEQHQ. 3 .miiuf L3 .gf 5 .igffgppaf-J? gi Q J - fx.. A we '73 .-.,.' ,- ' 4-gfw , I K .L ., xi, . Q 3 1 ,. ' L 1 5,5 . -- -. f . X -' F f- , V. 1 , J, X - ,b , -0- E -X X , V? , s - ,C 5 J ' ' I Auf ., ' f ,I-' A 222 er 2:-1:15:55r::.s:wx..s::-'i-Y . - mm uma CAIN! SJERIQ -x O 6' gs NOBLE MAROON AND GOLD In praise of Alma Mater, Loyal we hail thy name. Raising our grateful voices, Proud of thy glorious fame. Hail dear old Cooper Union, Memories of thee we shall Cratefully we salute thee, Noble Maroon and Gold. ND cow SENIGR RCSTER Abler, Morton ........... ......................... 2 45 Echo Pl., Bronx, N. Y. Adams, Howard P ........ ......... 6 5 Wegman Pkway., Jersey City, N. J. Aquino, Michael T ....,.... -. ...........7 5810 11th Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Balk, Leon J. ..........,. - Balter, David W ........... Bambara, Frank E ....... Baskiewicz, Caspe S ...... Bayuk, Bernard. ........... . Belikowich, John .......... -------.2441 East 24th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. --------412 East 178th St., Bronx, New York 2nd St., Brooklyn, N. Y. East 7th St., New York City -.-----.901 West 6th St., Plainfield, N. J. ----.-----..223 East 3rd Sti, New York City Bendett, Raymond M ....... .....,. 2 51 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Berkowitz, Alfred D ........ ......... 3 06 East 15th St., New York City Bernardo, Jack R .......... ....................... 1 15 Marcy Pl., Bronx, N. Y. Bernstein, Solomon ..... .,...... 7 15 VanSiclen Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 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Y. -.------..797 East 166th St., Bronx, N. Y. 56 Jefferson St., Nyack, N. Y. --..-.--..1983 Bryant Ave., Bronx, N. Y. --.-...119 Audubon Ave., Bronx, N. Y. -,..--,..30 East 22nd St., New York City ------..----..2247 Story Ave., Bronx, N. Y. ,----..,811-05 108th St., Richmond Hill, N. Y. ,------.502 New Lots Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Tieman Pl., Bronx, N. Y. - ....,.......... 154-5 Dahill Rd., Brooklyn, N. Y. ----..-..-.-.-....1509 38th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. --.L ........... 937 Angelique St., North Bergen, N. J. ----.-,.--171 Grand St., Brooklyn, N. Y. ,-------.,2024 Honeywell Ave., Bronx, N. Y. WE We are indebted to the following for their willing sacrifice of time and for the assistance they gave in the completion of the 1940 CABLE: Morton Abler Ruth Cohen Walter A. Barron Bernard Bayuk Eleanor E. Eller Joseph Elovitz John A. Glaser Edward W. Grohse Melvin M. Holzsager Vvilliam Horodeck Helena Huerlander Henry Kleindienst John J. Kozlowski Paul Lubell Robert Brown Raymond Dahl August W. Dege Frances H. Devine Art Work Miriam Woods Contributors Ernest G. Lucken Ojfice Staff Charles A. Erway Al Eiseman Maurice Gerland Joseh Maurin Ralph Medaisky Samuel Rabinowitz John T. Ross Doris Rubenfeld Harold Sjogren Alan L. Sielke Daniel Silverstone Robert H. Ullrich Gilbert Weiner Saul Weitz Cora Wisoff Charles J. Merz Irene Nyski Karl H. Rothe Rosmary Van Dyke ACKNOWLEDGE We of the 19410 CABLE Staff wish to express our appreciation for the invaluable assistance of the following persons in the production of this book. We are extremely grateful for the aid which Sylvia -Rosen of the Cornet Press, lnc., so unselfishly gave, cooperating with the editors and lending her wide experience and technical skill, without which this volume would not have been completed. . Samuel Chernoble, Samuel Goldman, and Jack Berger who generously extended to us the facilities of the Comet Press, Inc., for editorial work and staff meetings. Mr. Shaw for his able advice and his willing assistance. The Humanities Department 'of the Cooper Union, especially Prof. Lynch, Mr. Bowman, and Mr. Childs for their literary advice. Larry Tarr and Jacqueline, Decker of H. Tarr Studios. John R. Safford of the Cooper Union. ' John ,'cScotty'7 lVlcKechnie. We cannot overemphasize the importance of this aid, and we hope that the Readers will be as appreciative as we, THE 19410 CABLE STAFF iilli FH X .3551 .Ja AH