Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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I in I 5:- uh' 0 91' 5 ' uf' 9' Da i f 7 rag 1 Z i if f -31 ,47 . 435 'O ' 0 I f fs- til' K . :oqa mu . , 1 as F55 7 N .fa 'W-as , 1 W A! , 1 . l gi L' .Q 05 GILBERT A. YOUNG Some day, We hope to see UG. S Dean of the Me- A chanicalSchool,Pro- fessor Young heads a corps of instructors who are, perhaps, the most popular on the campus. At least they seem most friendly and willing to give the student the Hedge when neces- sary. After all, a well liked in- structor is a veritable God-send, and the Mechanicals seem to have more than their share. UG. A, besides being a prominent engineer, finds time throughout the spring and sum- mer for his golf. His passion for the ancient Scotch pastime is such that for several seasons he has claimed the faculty cham- pionship. A. and Doc Hatt driving the elusive pellett over the greensward in front of the mechanical building in a hotly contested match for the faculty supremacy. 4'VVhoops, my dears, that would be well worth the price of ad- mission! ' -96' ITH the comple- tion of the E. E. building, the elec- trical school entered into a new era,and Professor Harding,Dean of Electrical Engineering, was greatly responsible for the strides the University has taken in this particular field. He him- self is an eminent engineer, and is an authority on high voltages and corona losses. His tall, Well known figure, and slender build garnered for him the appelation of f'Slats, and as such he is known to stu- dents. Both his towering height and peculiar gait give one the impression of a stalking tele- CHARLES F. HARDING phone pole, and he has been aptly called the pole of the telephone industry. -..gf 26 Et.- X

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4 ment of Chemical Engineering, Profes- sor Peffer directs one of the small- est but perhaps the hardest working student groups on the Campus. It is a popular belief, and without a ' -- doubt a truthful one, that the Chemical course is the toughest in the curriculum. At least the Chemicals manage to put in more hours per week in school than any of their classmates in the other En- gineering courses. Professor Pelfer has been head of this department since 191 1, and recently completed important in- 4 y . QS head of the Depart- Q. vestigations for the Indiana Lime- HARRY ll' WFFER Q . . . stone Association. He brings a l I wealth of practical experience to the courses under his direction. 'P aa- a I , K. PIATT, Dean of X . the School of Civil M Engineering, is one ' of the prominent engineers of the Middle VVest. He is consulting engineer for the great 'World XVar Memorial now under construction in Indianapolis, and is an authority and author in the held of testing materials. He is past director of the Advisory Board of Highway Research of the National Research Council, which has brought about . many radical changes and improve- ments in highway construction. C' . '4Doc is widely informed out- 1' i side the field of technical subjects. Sl WILLIAM K' HATT His hobby seems to be the history . of ancient peoples, and his lectures on Greek and Roman architecture are of the most interest-ing and 5 informative nature, even though given in a swallow-tail coat! t 1 Of rather lordly mein and dignity, one's first impression. is of 5 the aloofness and affected superiority of the man, only later to hnd him intensely human. . Ei E , . - 94 25 Ei..- v 5 tl' 4 ffl 'QQ fl' .ffm-.. X Qilflllm Ut 2. wr, kiwi ' . 4 se, lg' P.. fx X ,I lfiiby it 3283 ..,, -5 ,Q X Cy:-'Q Q .U-f'j fi-E-6 'C . Y, 'sf 7'- ff! lllfiflxt

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HAT portion of the campus south of State street is known as the kingdom of the Pigs, and here Prof. Skinner, dean of agriculture, reigns supreme. The outlay of buildings and farms to be seen there makes a distinct impression on the passer-by, and helps to make the school one of the greatest of its kind in the country. Quoting Dean Skinner, 4'The aim of the School of Agriculture is to train young men for scien- tific and practical agricultural work and to teach them to think straight, to analyze and meet every situation open-mindedly, JOHN H. SKINNER and prepare them for useful work and citizenship. Agriculture has a bright future for those who have the vision to see the opportunities. 96' NELSON A. KELLOGG director of athletics, has been greatly re- sponsible for the prominence Purdue has attained in Big Ten athletics in the last decade. Com- ing here when enthusiasm was at a low ebb, he has seen a new era launched in Boilermaker sports history. EEWCZCHM kELLooo, .05 Unfortunately THE DEBRIS was unable to obtain a picture of Dean C. B. jordan who is head of the Pharmacy School. At present Dean jordan is on leave from the University and is doing work in the East. His department is probably best known for the student health service maintained to fill prescriptions free of charge to students. -. 27 ' - S W a., f CW! Q, at 'F- s' '. V310 id '. 7 QL- G eigb tn' , 'g.Hi.h-if 7 i l , T lfi uf 451. 6 ' ga-ci LM- fa' f Ay-. I T CITN -X R-612' J tc ALP r.,-!'.l?ft N fast ks H . lv 83 v X63 C.. bl f 7.3 Pe