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

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PROPHECY CContinuedJ I take pleasure in quoting Van de Mark's words, which show how much he relies upon my good judgment as an advisor, and in what esteem he holds me: Jones, the police have lately given me the details of a dastardly plot which is being hatched under our noses. Three men are in it. One is that fiend Johnson, who slandered me from the bal- cony yesterday. I-Ie is a professor at the Mexican Institute of Technology, but happily is now jailed. The other is Johnston, editor of a mean little paper called 'The Chalk Throwerf You remember that he always did like to throw things in the drawing-room? The third is Scott, who is the leader of a new sect, the Do Nothingsf' who believe in taking part in nothing, one of their peculiar princi- ples being a hatred of personal photographs. By this reticence they think they can prolong their lives. Well, as the poet says, 'when things are like this'-that is, when three such peculiar people get together-there is bound to be trouble. Scott has the idea, Johnston preaches it in his paper and Johnson has invented a hideous thing called a two-phase rotary converter, which produces this slothful feeling in any individual co-ming in contact with it. You and I must defend the honest, hard-working, peaceful Mexican public, so what shall we do with them ?t'1 . ' I then advised Vandy to have both Johnston and Scott expelled from the country? reason- ing that Johnston could get his Old job, keeper of the axf' in the Physics Lab., and that as Scott didn't believe in doing anything, it would not matter where he went. I Johnson we allowed to stay, after repriinand, for the poor guy was still married and depended upon teaching for a living. The debarkation of these exiles was supervised by Lewis, the chief of police, who has profited by his experience with the park ,guards and has made a good cop. - Vandy and I, at the call of VVinter, now went in the palace for tea. 63

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PROPHECY Cffontinuedl ti-ical science. Doc has not discovered or invented anything startling yet, but although slow, you know he delves deep, and you may confidently expect to hear from him in the future. After graduation Cliff Robbins made his way, by means devious and round-about, to Canada, where he was overtaken by a job in Vancouver. He wrote to Moody some time ago and it was in that way I heard about him. It seems that he is doing well, being in charge of both the designing and installation of a big order of electrical machinery in Vancouver. He is the Canadian representative of an American manufacturing firm. The fellow who has traveled farthest is Burrows. After getting married he traveled to Egypt and the beloved desert. I-Ie is the advertising and sales-agent of an American farm implement company which is bucking the International Harvester Company. It is largely due to NNalter's efforts that his company is the success which it is. He intends to establish a branch in Cairo. His wife accompanied him on the trip and Burrows writes that it is one long vacation. Don't forget to let me know about all the fellows who are with you. Sincerely, DOC, g Asst. Chief Eng. Darby 81 Angora Railroad, Ltd. After reading the letter I gave him the telegraphed compliments of Roberts, sent by means of one of his new 30,000-mile wireless systems, congratulating him on the banishment of Professor Bea- ver. This attitude surprised us all, for Roberts was an electrical genius, but then we students must stick together. Applegate left us, and as Thorn was struggling with indecision as to Whether to make the raven pierce the azure bluen or the bluze alure or the Nblue azure'f Van de Mark and I were left alone. 62

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Trip to Tacony. Friday morning, April 19, dawned bright and cool. The weather was ideal for walking and was all that could be desired by the Senior Mechanicals and Civils, who were going' on a sight-seeing trip, planned and conducted by Professor Starkey. At 8 A. M. we started to gather at West Phila- delphia Station, and five of us-Applegate, Burrows, jones, Van de Mark and VVinter-left there on the 8.07 way-train to New York, We picked Steer up along the road, and when we arrived at Tacony station we found Thorn and Johnston waiting for us. VVe marched down to the office of the Disston Saw Wo1'lcs and waited for the rest of the bunch. Professor Starkey joined us here, and when all had arrived we started through the works. Soon we began to wonder where all the saws made there could possibly be used. The thing that impressed us most was the completeness of the factory. Everything used in the manufacture of all kinds of saws was made completely from mater- ials in the rawest state. On coming out of here, we walked the railroad track and arrived at the pumping station at Lardnerls Point. Here we inspected everything from the bottom of the pumps to the top of the cylin- ders in the engine rooms and then went to the boiler rooms, and amid the good-natured jibes of the attendants we climbed up a winding staircase to the coal conveyor that supplies the stokers. After eating our lunch we cut across lots to a glass factory, Leaving this, we pounced down on a grocery store and ice cream parlor. Seeing us come out of this, an old woman exclaimed: My Gawd, never seen so many fellers in me life V' 'fOf course not, answered one of the bunch, this is Taconyf' After visiting the Quaker City Rubber Company and the Frankford Arsenal we scattered to our homes feeling tired and dirty, but very grateful to the one who had planned the trip. I. VV. VV. 64