Pratt Institute - Prattonia Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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PRATTONIA Board of Trustees Frederic B. Pratt, President Charles Pratt, Secretary George D. Pratt, Fice-Presuient Harold I. Pratt, Treasurer Herbert L. Pratt Theodore Pratt John T. Pratt Richardson Pratt P ' rank L. Barbott, Jr. Associate Council Herbert Adams Henry C. Folcer, Jr. Frank L. Babboit Rev. Johm Humpstone Alfred C. Bedford Francis Jordan Er.vest B. Dane Francis L. Noble William A. White General F.aculty Frederic B. Pratt, Cltairman Charles Pratt, l ue-Cliairman Margaret A. Middleditch, Secretary Walter Scon Perry Frederic W. Howe Samuel S. Edmaxds Edward F. Stevens Josephine A. Rathbone George D. Bartlett C. Franklin Edminster Georgia Everest Mary B. Hyde Ernest W. ' atson Elizabeth C. Condtt Emma Holloway Marjorie Kinney Charles M. Allen Arthur L. Cook John P. Kottcamp Horace W. Marsh Allen Rogers Charles M. Burtis Business Manager Margaret A. Middleditch Registrar Sara H. Evans Secretary John H. Gordon Cashier General Robert G. Butler Purchasing Agent William Mantell Supt. of Buildings Emma L. Elmore Matron Joseph Foster Chief Engineer Dr. Glentworth R. Butler Consultant Dr. O. Paul Humpstone Consultant Dr. Walter A. Sherwood Consultant Dr. Joshua M. Van Cott Consultant Directors of Schools Fine and Applied Arts ------- Walter Scott Perry Household Science and Arts ------ Frederic W. Howe Science and Technology ------- Samuel S. Edmands Library Science --- - Edward F. Stevens [12 1

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P K A T r O N I A BIOGRAPHY HARLES MORSE ALLEN was the son of Dr. C v.u- vs F. Allen, a - Methodist minister and first president ot the L niversity of L ine. He prepared for college at Kents Hill Seminary. Laine, and then entered VVesleyaii L ' niversity, where he graduated with high honors, a memher of the Phi Heta Kappa, in lSiS2. He then taught Natural Science at Wyoming Seminary, Pennsylvania, until 1889, when he first became affili- ated with Pratt Institute as Instructor of Chemistr and Physics in Pratt institute Technical High School and Science and Technology Department. At this time Pratt Institute was in its infancy, and to Mr. Allen was assigned the task of shaping the first course in Chemistry. In carr ing out this task Mr. Allen was surrounded with innumerable difficulties that required experimentation, perseverance, patience and, above all else, untir- ing effort. The severe strain under which Mr. Allen had been laboring in time began to assert it.self, and he was, therefore, accorded a year ' s lea e of absence, which he passed in Europe as a graduate student in Chemistry and Research at Dresden and Zurich Polytechnical Institutes. Returning, he again entered into the life of the Institute, bringing with him a we.ilth ot new knowledge and practises for the Chemistry Department. The development of the Institute continued and in a scientific age like this, when the limits of know ledge are being extended so rapidly, new ideas had to be isualized and realized. Mr. Allen ' s isions in this direction were finally realized in the erection of the Chemistry Huilding and an enlargement of the work to meet the needs of students in Industrial Chemical Engineering. A true gentleman, a lo er of athletics, Mr. Allen is beloved and respected by all who know him. His life and his hopes are with the Institute. His earl return to perfect health was the hope and expectation of all Pratt students, th.it he might once more gicct us .-md cheer us on our wa -. [11 1

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1 ' K A I ' T O N I A CONCERNING PRATT Towering far above her neighbors, Shop and mart and hall, Stands the home of student-labors. Noblest of them all. At each meeting, gi e her greeting. Raise the proud salute. Hail to thee, our Alma Mater, Hail, Pratt Institute. In our hearts her precepts linger. Her example gleams, Shoeing with unerring finger, Guerdon of our dreams. At our meeting, for our greeting. Bring her noble fruit. Hail to thee, our Alm a -Mater, Hail, Pratt Institute. Round the world the chain extending, Each to other binds. All her honored name defending, Hearts and hands and minds. pRAlT INSTITLTE was founded to promote industrial education, - ' ■ to inculcate habits of industr ' and thrift, and to foster all that makes for right living. It offers to both men and women day and evening courses in a wide range of artistic, scientific, mechanical, and household subjects, [13]