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

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JUNIOR HISTORY CContinuedD Another diversion presented itself, however, in the form of a new instructor in Graphics, Mr. Atherton. Wfalls was again elected president and Ingle the secretary of the class. Thomas, despite the fact that Diogenes didn't rind him when he went around with his lantern, was chosen treasurer. McCoy was elected the editor-in-chief of The Echo, which accounts for the fact that most of the staff are junior Engineers. Billy Gamber, since gone by the way of least resistance, was the business manager. Another class smoker was held, which even eclipsed the previous one in the matter of enjoy- ment. Five hundredl' constituted the main diversion of the eveningg and in this Forrie Brown otherwise known as jeff,'! beat out Ingle for the boobie prize. This was a pity, for if ever one de- serves a boobie prize it's that chap Ingle. The mid-years again hit us with stunning force, and a few went by the board, among whom, we are sorry to say, was Billy Gamber. In most histories the peculiarities of the leading characters are often portrayed. So, in this one, it might be well to call attention to some of the characteristics of the principal actors in the junior Class-it being an interesting phenomena that people living under the same conditions can have such widely different temperaments. VVith us, for instance, we submit to ive hours of Physics a week, working like sin in the lab. and sleeping in the lectures, again, we spend three hours a week in the chem. lab., where the noxious fumes would stagger a horse, or, from the Mechanical and Electrical labs. we go to the same washroom, using the same black soap and drying our hands by swinging them through the air, as towel racks canit be used to dry one's hands upon, lastly, we have three hours a week singing popular songs in Machine Design, and still our characteristics are vastly different! Take, for instance, Barclay. He can talk for hours in the most interesting way, and yet say nothing. H. R. Smith, on the other hand, says so much that we ofttimes close our ears with our hands. 70

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K JUNIOR HISTORY CContinuecD Shortly after Xmas the class smoker came off, and it was here we learned that our upper class- men weren't so bad after all-the seeming brutal fashion in which they held us up to ridicule before the maids from the Institute in the early part of the term being only an overflow of their youthful class spirit. Vtfe immediately forgave them and joined in the fun-making it into an uproariously en- joyable evening. V Next came our battle with our hrst college mid -years, and we nearly crumpled up under their im- pact. W'e recovered, however, and Clike timej went marching on-many of us with a few deep scratches, but scratches heal if treated properly, so we returned for another round. A few new ones jumped into our midst at this point, the most noteworthy of whom proved to be Howard Rusbey Smith, from Nutley, N. I. the tells us there is such a placej. His pedigree mostly depends upon the fact that he was once a famous athlete in the Newark Y. M. C. A. By this time most of us had found ourselves, so things progressed smoothly-the only excite- ment afforded us being provided by Kamp, a moving-picture man from a village called Manayunlc. Somehow he got mixed up with some scales in the machine shop, and this little incident provided amuse- ment for us 'till the end of the term, when we again had our semi-annual battle with the exams. ln addition we had the privilege of removing the scratches we had received at the end of january. This combination only permitted a survival of the fittest, so our ranks were somewhat thinned when we again assembled at the Institute in September. ' Again the peaceful nature of the junior class manifested itself. This time in the fact that they never tried to humble the freshmen. The latter were a hefty bunch, and a few mean people sug- gested that the juniors held by the slogan that Discretion is the better part of valor. Our president declares, however, that it was our peaceful nature: and, as he's the president, l dare not contradict him. ' 69

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JUNIOR HISTORY CContinuecD Lewis resembles these two somewhat in the fact that he asks many. many questions and is one who likes to get down to the bottom of things. In Mechanics of Materials this tendency isvery marked, and it is whispered by those who know that Lewis' inquiries into the intricate details of things have often caused a delicate pink to overspread the cheeks of our instructor-even to the tips of his ears! Another characteristic abounding in the class is wit. VVarfel has it to a marked degree. He is one huge joke himself, and his clever delivery of the latest songs and the turkey trot makes life less burdensome. Mr. Ryder, however, doesn't appreciate his turkey trotting. lngle, another of our jokers, has a wit which reminds one of good champagne-not in the fact that it's bright and spark- ling-, but it is extra dry. Tex Caldwell is noted for his stories of how they do things at home in Corpus Christi, Texas. He is also famous for the great number of suggestions he offers the profs. ln the matter of brains, too, we have a few. Moy, for instance, knows more Physics than the profsg but the trouble is he realizes it. Cook is Moy's secretary. For bravery Murer and 'W. P. Gleeson have the rest of the class beaten to a frazzle, for they had the nerve to cut twenty-seven hours of chemistry last term. Freed, Kirk and Horwath are too playful to be worth mentioning Qexcept that it's a pity Freed must chew such a poor brand of tobaccoj, so we will make this the conclusion of this history of the Junior Engineers. CLASS ROLL. ' Barclay Heacock F. G. Brown Keeler H. Cook McCoy Fenton Moy 71