Drexel Institute Engineering Department - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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CIVILS qcomanuedy i After a summers ex erience in the various lines we six returned last Se Jtember and immediatel Y got down to business. We were early called upon to impart some knowledge of surveying to the Fresh- men, which we did with alacrity and pleasure. - Durinv the ast ear we have been coniined larffel to the drawino'-board and the laborator . 2: Y 6 5 Y Wfe have des1gned most everything in our line and are expert at cement sling1ng and testing, as well as at squirting a jet of Water in the proper direction. Occasionall f we have surre titiousl indulved in the movies or a show-all the wa u -or a 5 Y s Y P good, long constitutional, but in each case we deemed it highly necessary to so relax from our arduous daily tasks, 47

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CIVILS Cconlinuedj Although we knew that some of our members had found the pace too stiff and had fallen by the wayside, we were not prepared for the shock of finding but three of the original 16 charter meni- bers back to renew their work at Drexel. Williaiiis, Burtis and Thorn were the three. They were rein- forced by Hamilton and Campbell, from the Mechanic Arts Course, and by Rotlie, bequeathed by the 1911 Class of Engineers. Steer, the married man of experience, also joined us at this point and we set out to conquer new worlds. C The job that interested us most during this year was the laying out of a rather worm-shaped trolley road that nieandered o'er hill and dale in Fairmount Park. Wfillianis, Burtis and Thorn, the only originals, formed one party, and Campbell, Rothe and Steer another. Hamilton, who had made quite a hit with us, had early left to accept a position with the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. Vlfe all struggled through physics, calculus and geology, and safely, but somewhat battle-scarred passed the final exams in june. Another surveying trip was next in order, this time to Collegeville, Pa. VVe all lodged in one big room in the main Ursinus College dormitory and for a neighbor had a nice, little, squeaky-voiced inathematics professor. Each of us were particularly in evidence in one line or another. ldfilliams could lay out a myriad- tracked freight yard on a baseball diamond. Burtis could throw soft lemon pie with great accuracy and broke footboards with impunity. Rothe was strong at handling a solar attachment and a poker deck. Campbell shone with the fair sex and loved to swim and walk in the rain. Steer showed skll at catching early trolley cars and always had a good dinner at the hotel. Thorn was crazy for a game of tennis and was particularly pleased with the wood in his corn! flakes and the bug in his prunes. The weather kept us from doing as much work as we might have, but we went home after having' a bully good time. 46

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