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

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Prof. Norman L. Towle Dept. Head Prof. Ernest W. Starr Prof. Frederick H. Miller Acting Head of Math. Dept. Prof. J. K. L. MacDonald FAC LTY

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Top S Feldman, J. Mihalik, A. Skorski, R. Franklin, M. Lewson. Bottom. - B. Shmulevitz, E. Krukiel V Petrucelly W. Siegel, S. Rogat, F. Herr. Abe Ruvin has prospered so well in Cooper that he has been steadily gaining weight during his sojourn here, even in spite of his ardent interest in F olk-dancing and affairs of the heart fwitness the trouble he had in having his lVl.A.O. key returnedj One day his lab squad found Mehlman dragging a frequency meter around the floor by its leads. Maybe he left his head home that day, as Professor Young has been known to observe. Then as Spring rolls around we find Bill Derganc and Red Hershfield holding hands in Power Plants class. Bill, by the way, expects to develop his social talents among the Ubangi tribes the next few years. Herb Kirschbaum will be remembered by the underclassmen for his impartial judgments as the softball umpire. He has also been giving an art student cooking lessons interspersed with serious discussions of our ocean fauna. Herb has been rejected by his lab class. The Konigsberg clan is at last going to be broken up, which will be a help to one of our instructors who is never sure which Konigsberg he gave a test to, not that it makes much difference. This instructor, by the way, will be remembered long after the others have been forgotten.

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ENGINEERING SOPHOMORES On September 24-, 1940, one hundred crack fighters, chosen for their ability and resourcefulness, charged pell-mell into the jaws of death. Al- though faced with superior weapons, superior odds, and opponents who well acquainted with the terrain of the battle area, they fought tirelessly and stubbornly, each striving to hold his bit of ground. On September 24, 1941, the remains of that gallant gathering returned to renew the struggle. However, only forty-four of the group were to be seen, the remainder being casualties in the greatest struggle known to a freshman class. Twenty of the forty-four chose to pursue the path of mechanical engineering. The class has been extremely active from the beginning of the year: its activities included the rifle club, Cable, Pioneer, lunchroom committee, fencing, bowling, election committee, air raid wardens, basketball, camera club, and last but not at all least, the dancing club. Like every class group, it has had its share of jokes, puns, and wise- cracks. J. Miller could always be depended upon for humor, even to the ex- treme suggestion that a film on differentiation be run in reverse to teach integration. The age old conflict of artist versus engineer was settled when H. Cook invaded the second year night art class to paint Suzy to the satis- faction of the art instructor and various art students. The instructor admit- ted that Mall engineers would probably make better painters than art stu- dentsf, His name is being withheld for humanitarian reasons. We beat the chemical engineers at their own game, coming out in the various fuels exams with higher class average than they. Even so, not one of us, or any other person taking the course, ever had a mark so low that