Milwaukee School of Engineering - EMF Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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 y 'THE 1920 EETF his teat of soldering a brick bat to a telegraph pole and making the joint electrically perfect, has made his name one which will always stand among the names of great men. But let us look farther into our realm of notables. There is Laurel Hassel a man who doesn’t care where or when. His motto is, “Any old time, any old place.” Laurel is tall and stately from his pink ears to his flat feet. He is a man of speed; can write a final in twenty minutes, and never get a question right. That reminds us of the time Laurel first shone forth in his soldier suit and carried an umbrella to shade his eyes. If you don’t know him, meet him. He is well worth knowing. Then there is Anton Schneider, well known golfist, clubman and lounge lizard. At present he is busy engaged in writing a new work on, “Why women close their eyes when they are kissed.” Anton has spent a great deal of time in research work on this subject. He has kissed women of all races, color, religious denominations, married, and single. Congratulate him, he deserves it. And then there is the well known mechanic Howard Snider, let us introduce him. He is so good at mechanics that he can take a machine apart, put it back together wrong and it will run better than ever. He is a square sort of fellow, goes out with the women once in a while, and chews gum, but outside of that lie is a regular guy. If we had more like him the old world would assume a brighter outlook. Last but not least comes Arnold Ericcson, a man of small stature but mighty mind. lie surely missed his calling when he chose engineering. With his ability to ask questions he should have taken up law. Arnold is a Y. M. C. A. enthusiast and an all around peppy supporter of the S. O. E. If you want to know a booster next to Mr. Kienth, Swede is the gentleman. He is a designer, buss boy and stenographer. ,. WS ITEMS The new record set by a stenographer for taking dictation is 324 words per minute. Of course the stenographer must have been pretty fast, but how about the guy dictating. Kansas Daily News: Wanted—dancing partner; must be able to shake a mean hoof. Jefferson News: Mr. Illing. who is attending the School of Engineering at Milwaukee, has shown a keen interest in his class affairs and has been elected reporter for his class. It might be added that he had wished upon him several more offices of great importance. Who said so? We all say so. Daddy Wareham knows a few interesting stories. We wonder why it is we can never catch Powers home on a Friday night. Illing can beat the .324 words per minute record, he says so himself. Schneider A. said his new address is in the center of the street. When friend Cassell is not busy arguing with Powers on deep electrical matters about using A. C. meters when D. C. meters should be used, he is writing letters in Old English. Piuje Ninety-eight

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•THE 1L920 EMF- lEttgtnmtng § tx-A Here’s to our class! May she always have as fine a group of men as she has now. Men of the world; men who, though yet young, are cut out for big things; men who scorn the knocks of this cruel, old world and turn defeat into victory with a smile. We are proud of our past, and are more than hopeful for the future. We are only at the eastern horizon of our lives, just peeping up for our first look at the big, wide world, as the sun at early morn. And as the sun, we shall rise upward and upward,-always advancing, never receding. And so we shall rise to the zenith of our lives and accomplish our purpose in life. 'Then, as the sun sets, and casts its long, purple shadows over the world as a reminder of the work it has done during the day, so shall we try to ac- complish something worthy of note, something that will help our fellow men over some rocky path, something that will make us a success, both in our own eyes, and in the eves of our fellow men. AMONG US MORTALS Another year has rolled around and we find ourselves confronted by a quite momentous problem : that of accounting for ourselves for the year just past. We say a problem, and it surely is when one notes the marvelous changes time has wrought among us. A class history seems to us quite trite. We therefore waive the privilege of tendering our history and instead, introduce ourselves to our new school-mates and remind our older friends that we are still very much alive and still doing business. We will start in by introducing I. L. Illing, student, engineer and typist. Mr. Illing is a man of large stature and fine physique, stands six feet six in his stocking feet, and strikes a four hundred pound blow. As a typist, he performs well. lie plays that mellow toned instrument, the typewriter, with heart rending expression and wonderful technique. This classmate is in a class by himself. Next we wish to present George Wareham, thinker, mathematician and checker player. As a checker player he is without a peer. Mr. Wareham has delved deeply into a multitude of subjects. He loves calculus, is an authority on women, and has a wonderful wealth of flowing, golden tresses. We look to this member of our class family for our fatherly advice. And now we come to Edward Theel. He is a man of business, and a conscientious worker. Mr. Theel’s great hobby is English. The story goes that an English teacher once called for some short poems. Edward submitted the following, which the censor refuses to print. Let us next present R. L. Cassell, inventor, futurist, and a senior member of the firm “Powers and Cassell.’’ He holds many patents on his novel in- ventions. It was he that noted the heating effect when a current was passing through a coil of resistance wire. He simply reversed the current direction and got cold, instead of heat, out of the coil. Now he is designing a new line of iceless ice boxes. Consult him on any knotty problem. He thrives on them. We must also speak of Robert Powers, a man of great foresight, and a designer without equal. He can light up a cigar, go into a trance and. Ye Gods, the products of his fertile brain ooze forth as the sap from .the budding maple tree. His theory of obtaining more from less startled the world, but Page Ninety-seven

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 One would say Snider H. figures out by calculus what curve a trunk must take to get from one point to another in the least amount of time, be- cause he seems well trained in those particular branches of service. Theel's ease in which he carrys his books to school could tell many a story about eats. Shorty E. wants to know—but what’s the use of asking all those ques- tions over. Any question arising any where, any time, any place, to the misunder- standing of everyone concerned can easily be explained by Kassel. S. I. ■p m - ! Ill I. FLUNKEM CO., Inc. Mr. B. A. Bovee.............................................President Mr. B. A. Bovee........................................Vice-President Mr. B. A. Bovee................................Secretary and Treasurer Mr. B. A. Bovee............................................Office Boy Mr. B. A. Bovee............................................. Janitor n