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

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,- fgiyiag .L Art Director Cuy Gaylor Clark came to The Cooper Union only two years ago, but in this short time he has proved himself a progressive and capable officer of administration. He has introduced many beneficial changes in the administration of his office and in the cur- riculum of the art schools. Especially in the inducting of new courses into the curriculum, Mr. Clark has demonstrated his vision, ability, and leadership. Most of these new courses are prac- tical because they present to the student a comprehensive program providing a grounding in the fine arts and specialization along the lines of creative individual aptitudes. ln connection with these courses, Mr. Clark has enlisted the collaboration of a group of suc- cessful practicing artists, and has brought with them to the Art School a logical, practical, and significant viewpoint of the world outside. Most important of his achievements is the negotiation with representatives ofthe University of the State of .New York and the subsequent introduction of an approved credit system of college grade for the Art School. In addition, Mr. Clark has directed the styling of the various school publications, and has conducted and analyzed two stu- dent questionnaires with a view to determining program preferences and registration trends.

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The publlratlon of the yearbook furmshes an approprlate trrne to take stork of where we haye been and where we are gorng Partlcrpatron ln eighty two year of expandlng seryrce to the rommumty has been the good fortune of The Cooper LIIIOII Rn lnstltutlon brought rnto the world of Amerlcan 6dllCdll0I1 far ahead of rts trme Cooper Lnlon was con celyed by Peter Cooper Ill terms of aflectron for those who lrke lnmself worked wlth therr hand He saw that crence should be made the handmarden of all and ought to assure lts ayarlabrllty to those who for ages have done the work of the world qpeclfically he sald I de rre to make thls Ill trtutron contribute rn eyery way to nd the efforts of youth to acquire useful knowledge and to find and fill that place rn the communrty where therr capaclty and talents can he usefully employed wlth the greatet po lble adyantage to themselves and the commumty rn whlch they lrye Cooper s profound farth rn the people of Amerrca was clrmaxed hy the proyrso rn hr Deed of Trust that the CllllI'C educatronal program of The Cooper Lmon should he free to all WNIITIOUI regard to race, creed or color Here was a phrlanthropy plu a phrlosophy a phllosophy as rugged as the old lron master hlIllQClf Thr effort of Peter Cooper to help people help themselves has been and always wlll be the kevnote of the educatronal phlloso phy of The Cooper Urnon The educatronal dlI'CCll0Il wlnch The Cooper Lnron rs taking has heen lndrcated ln the prefaces to my last annual reports to the Trustees The trends estahlrshed there may be summarlzed to the extent of sayrng that one of our fundamental objectives IN to brrng dergraduate currlculum, avallable to all on the basrs of merrt and wrthrn the llIlllldllOIlb of the resources of the mstrtutron Our mam purpose IS to equlp young men and women to earn therr lrvehhood rn the fields of engrneerrng and art hut we also declare our responsrbrlrty to make avarlahle to them, through extra currlcular dCllVlllC3 those socral and cultural experlences whrch wrll make them more useful to therr professron and communrty Successful performance rn professlons and XOCdll0IlS requrres more than technrcal sklll and artrstrc proficrency Busr ness and lndustry requrre of those who would he rts leaders broad yr lon and OlJJCCllVlfy a well as socral and cultural competency The world of today rs more demandlng than the world of yesterday The comphcated devlces of llvmg can he operated successfully only by tho e who haye learned the art of socral controls Personalltv and socral factors Ill general the ahrlrty to gne as well as take, COOPCIHIIVCIICNN tact are definlte assets The lack of them ls a definlte lrabrlrty At Cooper Urnon we mean to marntarn the hrgh standards of vocational lfdllllllg that have been bullt up and at the same trme to broaden that tramrng with CdUL3.ll0ll rn the SOCl0hl1IT1dI1lSIlC stem of learning It rs our deslre to make all of our present actlvltles more effectlve through an rntegrated program ln order that each actlvlty may contrrbute rts share to thls educatlon and at the same trme brlng to the students the lnsprratlon and un derstandmg without whlch llfe rn a world as chaotlc as ours might become hopeless and de palrlng Wrth alms such as these The Cooper Urnon should contmue to serve the communrtv m a manner worthy of the hlgh esteem lt has always enjoyed Edwin S Burdell ' s. 5 ' ' s ,' ' 5 ' ' ' ' S r. . ' ' .T ' f ' Y. ' S ss' ' ' v. I 1 4 . Y S . ' S A . Ai V, 3 N -g ,' ' ' , J 7' ' ' ' r - about a working synthesis of science, art and philosophy within the framework of an un- , Y 1 K' l L L I I 1 ' s 4 . 1 S . . . 1

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Za fi From honor graduate to instructor to Dean has been the path followed by George F. Bateman in The Cooper Union. Except for his service in the World War, Dean Bateman has worked constant- ly in the school since his graduation from the Day School of Engineering in 1907. Like a Horatio Alger hero, Dean Bateman was invited to become aneinstructor after four years as an excellent student, earned the title of Professor and was later appointed Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. In 1931, Professor Bateman became acting Dean and in l933, Dean of the Schools of Engineering. Together with his duties as Dean, he has con- tinued his work on the aptitudes of students and has this past year initiated several studies re- lating to the definition and determination of professional aptitudes, to complete the courses of instruction. He has accomplished much in the assignment of total effort hours of each suhject in order to protect the student from overburdened programs. Dean Bateman has demonstrated his interest in student extra-curricular activities by fostering the weekly musicale. This interest car- ries over from his Chairmanship of the Student Relations Committee. His readiness to counsel and help the student has gained him the confidence of the student hodv.