Lawrence Technological University - L Book Yearbook (Southfield, MI)

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Retrospect 19- 5 n'Technical skill can achieve most any kind of a miracle-whether it be new forms of entertainment or better working conditions. The engineer's Work is that of the pioneer. Already he is using that pioneering instinct in business. Soon the technically trained men will take the reins of industry and government. It was this firm belief in the future of the engineer that motivated Dean Russell Ellsworth Lawrence to found an engineering college in the midst of economic chaos. While less farsighted men came forth with prediction of gloom in 1932, Dean Lawrence began the fulfillment of a dream, to educate engineers as leaders. He did not live to see its completion, as death came two years later. His legacy to the people of Detroit was a rich one, Lawrence Institute of Technology, a gleaming new campus school that has become a reality. We, the graduating seniors, will not have the opportunity of using the new school B 1.k D . . . . ut 1 e ean Lawrence, we the sp1r1t of LIT will see Lawrence lnstltute of Technology rise to even greater heights. As we take our places as men in the world, our heart felt gratitude extends to the man whose undying faith and courage in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles made it possible. fl 'tt W vl 4 tt Founder 1889 - 1934 Eight DEAN RUSSELL ELLSWORTH LAWRENCE

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FAITH OF THE ENGINEER I AM AN ENGINEER. In my profession I take deep pride, but with' out vaingloryg to it I owe solemn obligations that I am eager to fubill. As an Engineer, I will participate in none but honest enterprise. To him that has engaged my services, as employer or client, I will give the utmost of performance and fidelity. When needed, my skill and knowledge shall be given without reserf vation for the public good. From special capacity springs the obligation to use it well in the service of humanityg and I accept the challenge that this implies. jealous of the high repute of my calling, I will strive to protect the interests and the good name of any engineer that I know to be deserving, but I will not shrink, should duty dictate, from disclosing the truth regard, ing anyone that, by unscrupulous act, has shown himseb' unworthy of the profession. Since the Age of Stone, human progress has been conditioned by the genius of my professional forbears. By them have been rendered usable to mankind Nature's vast resources of material and energy. By them have been vitalized and turned to practical account tlze principles of science and the revelations of technology. Except for this heritage of accumulated experience, my ejorts would be feeble. I dedicate myself to the dissemination of engineering knowledge, and especially to the inf struction of younger members of my profession in all its arts and traditions. To my fellows I pledge, in the same full measure I ask of them, inf tegrity and fair dealing, tolerance and respect, and devotion to the stand' ards and the dignity of our profession, with the consciousness, always, that our special expertness carries with it the obligation to serve humanity with complete sincerity. Rvlfrilitvd by courtesy of Erwin Coimril for Prafcxsiozzal D I p t Seven

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Vicissitude of Locality i The students of Lawrence Institute of Technology, during the fall term of 1955, will attend classes in a mag- nificently new building. A new school is more than merely a new building. It is a Visage of future greatness. Prospective engineering students will view the new building as a concrete example of the school's progressive ability. As future graduates, they will benefit greatly by the prestige of the superbly new educational institution that Lawrence Institute of Technology has become. The graduate of past years will sense a feeling of pride and accomplishment in the growth of his Alma Mater. Nine wif, wks my it w axuwzef , rs iw' vis S 1 S 'sm frll if sa it ffm ,Q 39514 is F N51