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

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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

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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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he did not hope that the class average was lower still. We're good hearted. We even forgave Mr. Churchill for that remark referring to uthose engineering minds that he made in front of the art school. If he had made it in class, we would have enjoyed itg but to betray us to those sixth floor people! Quite a few of us have had opinions changed this year. Sahagian ad- mits that 'clVlen, Groups, and the Communityn could be used to teach Ameri- can Government. Orginally, he was rather doubtful as that topic is not men- tioned until chapter fourteen. Boyer's chest has begun to grow since Dr. Watson put him down as the class athletic advisor. Maybe it will catch up with the rest of his body some day. Everyone remembers the day when Stillerman looked so differentg after much examination, it was discovered that he had removed the camou- flage from his upper lip. Some people say that on dark nights when few people are around, the form of Marcus Aurelius can be seen stealing back to the E.8zlVl. lab to see whether that apparatus he was using is still where he left it when he forgot to return it. By the way, if anyone is looking for a howling partner who can do mechanics problems, see Arnie. One day, we nearly died when we saw Leon Resnicow scrawled in large letters over a list of signatures of those wanting to organize a blackout-date bureau to promote social activityg bad influence those artists. All in all, we had a swell time, and our only regret is that we now have one less year to spend in the community of The Cooper Union. Third Year Day Tech Officers- ' H. Goldgraber, Treas.g S. Miesel- man, Sec.g C. Erway, Pres.g J. Sieffert, Vice-Pres.