Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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TECI-INCDLGGICAL I N S T I T U T E In December, 1943, the first graduating class left the Technological Institute, youngest of Northwestern's schools, and was immediately absorbed by the technological demands of acountry producing for war. The need for young men, trained in sound engineering practice and already wise to the methods of industry, justified the founding of an engineering school on the cooperative basis. Walter P. Murphy's gift to the University for the establishment of such a school was an expression of vision and a contribution to the needs of an increasingly complex industrial machine. More recently, a board of advisors composed of leaders in education and industry has been organized. It includes such famous men as Charles F. Kettering, Henry Kaiser, Karl Compton, Ralph Budd, and others who will keep the Institute apace with the swiftly moving mechanism of modern production. A teacher of long and varied experience and a former executive in business, Dean Ovid W. Eshbach has witnessed the com- pletion of the Institute and the installation of a progressive teaching program. A wise administrator, Dean Eshbach has worked hard to make the Technological Institute an outstanding school, yet he is never too busy to talk to students who stop by his office with their many and separate prob- lems. Good humor and restraint char- acterize his administrative methods, and his tireless devotion to a job extends even to his pitching duties on the faculty baseball team. Administrative secretary for the Tech- nological Institute and the dean's per- sonal secretary, genial Miss Skelly is quite as efficient as the dean in doing business, and the perplexed undergraduate often finds it unnecessary to take up the dean's valuable time, having found his answer in the outer office. 20 Traditionally turning out the largest group of the divisions, the Mechanical Engi- neering Department is headed by quiet- voiced and perpetually busy Professor Burgess Jennings, who still retains the eastern accent native to his former post at Lehigh University. Nationally known for his publications and professional work, he is frequently consulted and directs governmental research in the Mechanical Engineering laboratory. A protege of Professor Emeritus Phil- brick and a lover of bewildering questions, Professor Edward Obert is the Institute's expert on internal combustion engines. Used to a passive acceptance of material, the initiate in Professor Obert's class Ends himself slightly fiabbergasted when asked to repeat in different words an explana- tion which has just been developed by the class. Professor of Practical Experience and a strong believer in ten minute quizzes, Mr. Royal Bigelow, who has been teaching in the engineering school since 1920, is familiar' to every student in school who has taken machine shop or Industrial Production Methods. Equipped with fuel research engines, a low temperature cold room, air condition- ing equipment, and other testing facilities, the Mechanical Engineering laboratory is occupied by research projects of a varied nature. Youngest among the Tech family, the Chemical Engineering Department was at its very beginning represented in foto by I I A, . ,N .N ., W ,g W I V 01, .N ix H- I 4 Alia A, I 1, ' I 61.12, i ily ii 1 rt .. ,...x-

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After taking his degree at Dennison University, he held various teaching and supervisory positions in public school Work. The dean is well-known as a conductor of school choral groups, and gives many talks at teachers' meetings. Music school, too, has had its war-time changes, especially in its summer session. Due to the exodus of trained music teachers to the service, the school steps in to replenish the supply, said Dean Beattie, as summer school last year offered refresher courses for teachers. Training teachers for nursery and gram- mar school, high school, college, and adult education is the job of J. Monroe Hughes, Acting Dean of School of Education since 1941. Dean Hughes joined N.U.'s faculty in 1924 as assistant professor in secondary school administration after twelve years of this work in Indiana, his native state. His special field of interest is personnel organization, including teaching persons to ill such positions as superintendent and principals of public schools. Following the war, the dean believes, there will be more vocational training, but not at the expense of classical education. Public school systems will continue to improve and must keep up with the chang- ing world after the war. i K fix i i f X iii ii. ,cl ' ii J., 'rig lg fbi 1 ,X Addison Hibbard became Dean of the College of Liberal Arts in 1930 following eleven years as dean at Chapel Hill, N. C. Believing that the things of the mind and spirit are important, he continued the new emphasis which had been placed on Liberal Arts, at the same time, maintaining the essentials of classical learning. Dean Hibbard counts writing as his chief interest outside the college, and is now a member of a national committee to edit and publish an international bibliography containing important literature existing in the English language from all countries. His special charge for this bibliography is Korean literature. His background for this job includes teaching English in a government college in japan from 1905 to '14, The dean explains the largest problem of the college is to get students who want to learn in front of teachers who want to teach. Head of one of the leading journalism schools since 1938, Dean Kenneth E. Olson' has instigated the accelerated war-time system, fostered new plans for women in the journalistic field, and introduced teachers courses at Medill. In addition to the dean's work at the college, this year he headed the community chest drive on campus, teaches C.A.T.S. on the Chicago campus, attends press associa- tion conventions, and speaks at various meetings. At the school, he teaches and lectures in four classes, while supervising the general administration of the college. Dean Olson believes firmly in the future of women in journalism, and is training and graduating a corps of girls every three months for jobs left by men in the service. .4 19

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...X ,.,..,.-..sf- i . 3 l 1 Dr. William Brinker, who developed the chemical engineering curriculum and estab- lished a competent staff. A good-humored scholar he has a reputation for giving hour exams that require no less than a week end. Dr. Brinker can, on occasion, shed a little professional dignity as he did last fall demonstrating a rough and tumble style of football against the seniors on Garrett Field. s Professor V. C. Williams expanded the department to two with his coming and has since made himself known by his varied interests and the many Havored anecdotes he is able to inject in unexpected places during a lecture. Originally suggested as a way of meeting the labor shortage, construction of equip- ment in the unit operation laboratory of the chemical engineering department with stu- dent help has been found to be an excellent way of acquainting students with the fundamentals of the chemical equipment involved in basic processes, as well as a method for keeping the laboratory up to date. Equipped with the facilities for staging the spectacular displays expected by a movie educated public, the Electrical Engineering Department has in its wing a one and a half million volt impulse generator of sufficient current capacity to imitate some of nature's lightning strokes. Under the direction of Professor Richard Jones, many industrial research problems are investigat- ed in the laboratory. On leave from school while engaged in government work at Pearl Harbor, Professor john Calvert, chairman of the Electrical Engineering Department, witnessed the activities of December 7, 1941, and has on his return served as a source of many stories. The electrical machinery lab is equipped with a complete variety of equipment and facilities for power connections and measure- ment. A source of absorbing interest to the electrical engineers, the Electrical Machinery lab is a requirement for all departments and is good naturedly con- sidered a good place to stay away from, inasmuch as the wiring of the machines often involves a complicated maze of spaghetti whose ultimate function is never trusted until a trial Hip of the switch is made. Represented by some of the most spec- tacular testing equipment in the building, the Civil Engineering Department is no less represented by a competent faculty. Chairman of the department, white-haired, distinguished-looking Professor George Maney is a nationally recognized authority on concrete and structures. Author of a , , ,., . vw ,fl ll ' - , X rn, I , !,,V,.,,,T-.-iK Y. ,fl f f b xx 'Lf-:V . - - 1 f in 1:5 . ' i,- .1-f 1 i f ' .-' - ' ,fill Nlfzf ,. ,gy-f'l .ff5t.'ffazf.f-f 'J iw, lg. I 'rv 9 'J' 'I flfnimij'!f fg,1llllllllllll' I -3' V-.i mtg- -KQV .J..,'l I , Lk. f zz, lv 'r I aj M A 1 igffn11l'i, ,523 J l ,Q i Xfl'i ul 'l41i217f!,.i 1 V, f .A - '-QL! -rms ' gg .. . x - . - , --ra -, .- ,,.-wi -. X X xp X' id LJ Jl'giZ,if'ulljllYi,llijjjil kj -3, l 7,1 .0 E.. ff, . ,- X- W. ,... . i -Y.,--..,, L, ,l I. .vw fre-, 1, . fr--1 ,, , . .L-.ii 4- fi X ilu... I, vi --..- i -. ,',,i,,.v,uL -W l lea 1 ill' Ht K f ,els-Elisa ' D' ful? 1 '-all f Q. , plz .- . ai-f--S Elf wif- 'ul -- W -- 1- . H . 1 ' -'.' 27 , fgfjfi, -5j'ff . P Ev' fa 1' ,film J X 'll 72, tv?- -,-ff ' fi f- 1' U' .ian i- rj pw it -3 1 fig. q4,,, ,, , V. X 1 ll 1-A ,,, . fi4'5:72Tf'Vj ' ,pg-,1P,r1f'f -ff' 4 I ' .wff-1-ffl' 54 'efffr' ' -H 'Mm lJH + Y , ' .. ,, I i . 'uigzv gn V,-' i-iii., J Vi . k:'4S'a'TQ dozen scientific papers and a well-known text, a consultant on major construction projects, he was recently connected with the much talked about concrete barges. In its normal function the Olhce of Industrial Relations, headed by Professor George F. Seulberger, arranges for the employment of engineering students in various manufacturing plants and their cooperation with the Institute. These number about 80 and are located through- out the country. Present pressure on engineering schools has necessarily curtailed the effective application of the program and only a small number of students are now employed on the cooperative plan. The long schedules and tough courses allow very little free time for engineering students, but a small competent group 21