Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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PURDUE TEACHERS AID DEFENSE PROGRAM It goes in here, goes down, through this, up here and then EZIR. Simple, is around and n't 1t7 and T, S Renzema ofthe Physics department, ali busy un worl-, for defense These men could gwe yqtu the real low down, but we doubt it they would The photographer even had to tal-e the pictures blmdtolded, -Q., , 'VIS i

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.5. , ., 1632, :cry YSL Q. We can make rubber out of sugar! So what? lAlIUlll I lllll Sl In this, the first year of the second World War, Pur- due has been tried and not found wanting. ln its exceptional staff, Purdue has found resources to further the cause of the United States in a miriad of ways. The most spectacular, and at the same time the least well known, is research. ln every school, Agriculture, Engineering, and Science, confidential staff work is going on to increase the yield of our farms, to improve the performance of our engines, and the quality of our chemicals. Special classes are being held, in a wide variety of subjects, for both Army and Navy personnel. Relentless workers, the University staff found time to instigate civilian classes for war workers, both here and at other points throughout the state. Giving unsparingly of their time and ability, the staff of Purdue has sacrificed far in excess of the demands made on them in this time of war. Before we lead you astray, these pictures don't have any significance-they are posed! Actually, research work being carried on is not for publication, Here we present Dr. McBee, head of chemical research. A diesel engineering class for Navy officers taught by E, Stanley Ault, 'l 'r-iz.T' I N- -4..v,, . E 1.- - l ...NQGH

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Professor D. D. Ewing, Head of the Electrical Engineer- ing School for thirty years, was intrigued into the field of engineering by a train-whistle. Train-whistles seem insignificant today in comparison with his work in elec- trical engineering for the national war effort. 20