Ohio Mechanics Institute - OMIA Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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INTENSIVE ,23 CLASS PROPHESY The Intensive Classes ,23 will be the third group to graduate from the industrial engineering courses. Sixty-two members started in September, 1921, and shortly afterwardielected Earl C. Snow, presiw dent, Theodore Alford, vice-president, and Cecil Smith, secretary. Intensive study, was the slogan from the very first day. All seemed to realize that a proper grounding in fundamentals was essen- tial to a successful finish. Our instructors proved their interest by giving us much time outside of school hours. The first class banquet was held in the O. M. I. lunch room on the eve of Washingtonls Birthday. It was our first chance to become better acquainted, and this association did much to weld the members into a closer fellowship. Several inspection trips were taken to local manufacturing plants, which added variety to our knowledge. For the final year the class ofiicers elected were: A. G. Decatur, president, Warren E. Leavitt, vice-president, and J. A. Roberts, secre- tary. The first banquet of the year was held at the home of Earl Bates, and it proved a success in every way. On February 24 the mechanical and electrical sections ran a test on the O. M. I . power plant under the supervision of Professor Muncy. Several members were forced to drop out of the class during February and March much against their will. The Veterans Bureau Medical Department would not let them continue at a sacrifice to their health. With graduation only a few weeks ahead, we feel grateful to our instructors, and especially to Professor Muncy, for their efforts to inculcate in us true engineering principles and true engineering ideals. ePaul Summers. SOLILOQUY OF A SCHOOL MOUSE. One of the fellows of the class of '21 dropped a small hand mirror in Dr. Muncy's room, and it rolled behind a radiator. On April 1, 1923, a little mouse happened along, and seeing his shadow in the mirror and thinking it was another mouse, spoke thus: Well! hello there, little brother. How did you get in here? I didnt think there was anyone else except Mr. Lehnhoff and me who would venture in this room. Anyway, I am surely glad to see you because this bunch in here now is a grouchy set. I have been with them all the year and know each by name. Do you want me to bell you who they are? See that fellow with a springtime look on his face? Thatls Summers. He had the nerve to tell Dr. Muncy that there could not be two correct answers to a problem. That tall funny looking fellow is Allain. Everytime he says Homegah it sounds so mueh like oatmeal that I almost wish I was back in my old home at Krogerls. That fat fellow is Bates. 1,11 bet you a quarter that before the day is over, he will say something about Appleton, Wisconsin. That little runt next to him is Kupferlc. He forgot himself one day in Steam Power and started talking; about a regenerative set. Therets Price now. That fellow is hard to figure, but I am told that he is not overfond of the girls. By the way, do you want to buy a good twin bed? Mr. Wallace wants to sell one of his so he will not have so much to ship back to Oklahoma. Willis intended to buy it to use as an aerial, but he got W. A. A. D. and decided that his aerial was good enough. Don1t say anything about this, but that next fellow, Mr. Lefevre, has been Writing French notes to the English teacher Did you know that Mr. Wilson won four baby contests when he Was small? Those next two are Mr. Roberts and Mr. Decker. Dr. Muncy put them together so that Decker could talk for Roberts, but he went to sleep on the job. Here comes Snow and Stratman. I surely hope that they send me an invitation to the double wedding. That is Mr. Decatur in the end seat. Boy, you surely ought to see him work some of those hard problems. Right behind him is Englekamp. He is

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the fellow that said, iNever do today that which you can put off until tomorrow? That fellow with the funny little bunch of hair on his upper lip is Mr. Fromme. I don : know much about him because he is not here very often. Say, old friend, I see that fellow Rader- masher listening to us, and as he cannot keep a secret. I guess we had better part. Pll see you again tomorrow. And the little mouse ran behind a pile of boxes and disappearezzI in a hole. Herbert Radermacher CLASS PROPHECY Let us transport ourselves to the year 1953 and look back in retrospect over a group of representative citizens who composed the graduating intensives of the class thirty years previously. We learn that: Le Roy J. Allain is in thew Awlins and bids fair to become one of the cityls leading electrical workers, if putting distilled Water in storage batteries may fall under that head. Rumor has it that he has now gotten a fair insight into elementary calculus, which report has not yet been verified. He is still working on his revolving-brush gen- erator. Earl W. Bates has returned to his old love-erailroading. It was while piloting the weekly train from Arskarsh to Appleton that he received the inspiration leading to the perfection of his now famous electrical thoti air-brake. Alfred G. Decatur is more fortunate than the rest. His superior mentality, so marked in school days, stood him in such good stead out in the world that he soon retired from business and is now heartily engaged in growing old gracefully. Roger E. Decker plodded for some years as a mechanical engineer on Ford rear axles until discovered by Billy Watson, the burlesque mag- nate, while en route through Lebanon. His natural ability attracted the big man, who engaged him as comedian. He is to start on the road next season with his own company, iiLingerie Lilies. Carl H. Englekamp, thesilienceXl tmeaning resistance to world, is jerking soda for Dowis. It is reported that he has made quite a success in this line of work. This report is, however, unverified. Arthur G. Fromme has passed to the great beyondesuddenly. It seemed that there was some kind of argument over a pinochle game and Art came out second best. Also feet First. The insurance men of the city, of whom he was one, gave him a grand turnout for the last sad rites. Arthur T. Kupferle has been making great progress in the field of radio research. His latest invention is the wireless bedspring, which he hopes to market soon. Fred Lefevre is Chief engineer on a steamboat 0n the St. Lawrence River. His facile French comes in handy in bossing a crew of Canucks. Walter Price is still the same hard working chap as always and one of the country's best architects. Herbert T. Radermacher is now chief engineer of one of Evans- villeis prominent public utilitieSeits street car. John A. Roberts, bashful and fastidious mechanical engineer, is doing nicely. While riding in an elevator some years ago, he saw That Girl standing in a corridor. Now if this thing only ran sideways, he soloquized, HI would go after her.,, The wish was father to the thought, and he became the inventor of this great boom to mankind. Earl C. Snow is a prominent lecturer on a Chautauqua Circuit. He is credited With being able to use more technical language and abstruse thought in the explanation of simple things than any other platfrom orator now living. We believe that his logical place is in the Senateeas a filibusterer he would be ne plus ultra. Andrew P. Stratman, the eminent toy manufacturer, still regrets that Dr. Muncy proved that perpetual motion is impossible. It seems that he was discouraged in his quest just at a time when success was just around the corner. Paul M. Summers made good his threat and ttwent back to Dixie. ' We understand that he has found his old fashioned girl and he and his family are living the life of southern aristocrats. If Paul had only come from Kentucky instead of Tennessee he would certainly have been a Colonel long ago.