Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Transit Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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STANLEY SPARTAN TUMBRIDGE, R SE. UNE, B A B .......... Brooklyn, N. Y. Born January 28, 1879, at Brooklyn, N. Y., prepared at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, entered Institute September, '96, Vice-President of class second term Freshman year and also of first term junior, President of class second term junior year, Treasurer of Y. M. C. A. '98-99, member of class basket-ball team two years, Business Manager of The Poglierknzkg Treasurer of R. P. I. Union '98-99, Editor-in-chief of The Pobfigffinif. FREDERICK WARD, R-S E, 0 N E, B A B ............... New York, N. Y. Born january 3, 1879, at Troy, N. Y., prepared at Troy Academy, member of Freshman base- ball team, member of class basket-ball team two years, and 'Varsity one year, member of foot-ball team two years, and captain-elect of '99 team, President of class Erst term Junior year, and Editor- in-chief of 1900 TRANSIT. PARLEY LYCURGUS WILLIATIS, X 415. ...... . ........ . Salt Lake City, Utah Born july 30, 1878, at Salt Lake City, Utah, prepared Salt Lake City High School, entered Institute September, '96, Class Historian Sophomore year, member of class basket-ball team two years. WILLIADI ,IXHOMAS WOOLEY, -6 E. ........ I ......... ' .... Albany, N. Y. Born January 15, 1877, at Albany, N. Y., prepared at Albany High School, entered Institute September, '96, member of Executive Committee Hrst term Sophomore and First term junior years, Draughtsman for six years in the State Architect's Office, State Capitol, Albany, N. Y. JOSIAH PRATT WRIGHT, A Q5 ........ . . .' .......... Lewiston, N. Y. Born February 26, 1875, at St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, entered Institute September, '96, left May 2, 1898, with Sixth Separate Company of Troy and returned September, '98, Editor of '00 TRANSIT. 622 ESS 4 S- M s. 0' 'W ra' xl!! 1.0! C01 . F . MW ima. afC'JN'7?n I 29

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NATHANIEL MANN, JR., A QZ5, 0 NE. .............. . . Ballston Spa, N. Y. Born March 28, 1878, at Milton, N. Y., prepared at the Ballston High School, entered Institute September, '96, left second term Sophomore year, returned February, '99 to go on with '01. JESSE ALBERT MARTIN. ......................... 'West Pike, Pa. Born February 16, 1875, at West Pike, Pa., prepared at the West Pike District School, With one term at the Coudersport High School, entered Institute September, '96, member of Executive Com- mittee Freshman year, President of class second term Sophomore year, President of Y. M. C. A. junior year, member of class basket-ball team two years, Business Manager of 1900 TRANSI'F. GERALD EUGENE MEllCHAN1', A KE, 6 NE .............. Rochester, N. Y. Born April 25, 1877, at Sioux City, Iowa, prepared at Hale'S C. and S. School, Rochester, N. Y., entered Institute September, '96, left second term Sophomore year. GEORGE IARED MILLER, R SE ..................... Brooklyn, N. Y. Born April 14, 1877, at Brooklyn, N. Y., prepared at Brooklyn Boys' High School, entered Institute September, '96, left at end of Freshman year. SAMUEL ANDRENV NIOORE, R SE, 0 NE ................ Cedar Rapids, Ia. Born December 7, 1875, at Anamosa, Iowa, prepared at Cedar Rapids High School, entered Institute September, '96, President of class second term Freshman year, member of Freshman base- ball team, member of foot ball team two years, left in May, '98, with the Forty-ninth Iowa, and is now with his regiment at Havana, Cuba. ROBERT OSEPH MURRAY. .......... ...... .... ..... 'I ' r o N. Y. 7 Born july 5, 1877, at Troy, N. Y., prepared at Troy Academy, entered Institute September, '96, spent first a1Id second year vacations working on road and street construction. CHESTER JOHN MX'ERS ........................ Wynantskill, N. Y. Born August 23, 1877, at Cottage Hill, Kan., prepared at Troy Academy, entered Institute Sep- tember, '95, left Institute second term junior year on account of sickness, returned February, '99, to go on with 1900. FREDERICK LOOMIS PETTIBONE, I3 SE ...... ..... ....... I-I a rtford, Conn. Born September 4, 1878, at Hartford, Conn., prepared at private preparatory school and at Wor- cester Polytechnic Institute, entered Institute September, '96, died first term Sophomore year. WALTHER RAS1'ER, 05. ...... I .................... Chicago, Ill. Born August 29, 1875, at Chicago, prepared at private schools, entered Institute September, '97, Editor of '00 TRANSIT. GEORGE HARIJING SHOWERS, A TA. ................ . Tannersville, N. Y. Born January 23, 1879, at Tannersville, N. Y., prepared at Hudson Riyer Institute, Claverack, N. ' Y., entered Institute September, '96, Editor of 1900 TRANSI'F. ' 28

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History of '00 O FORM a connected history of the class of 1900 it would be necessary to take it up where the historian of last year stopped when THE TRANSIT was issued. It would take too :much space to relate the adventures of our men during the summer, so we must begin with the beginning of the present year. Two years of association give many opportu- nities for forming friendships, as was shown by the way in which we greeted each other in September. The first question was, 'L Where is the survey to be ? We soon found a notice which put our minds at ,rest for the time. In this survey we departed somewhat from the custom of former classes and allowed Prof. Cary to take us to Schuylerville, as he knew the way. We did not own the town, as our predecessors said they did, but surveyed it to see if it were worth owning. The two weeks we spent there passed quickly, and from the high school standpoint some of our men held quite a heavy mortgage on the town. The survey will be described in another part of this volume. WVhen the work at Schuylerville was ended we came back to Troy to the great delight of the belt chasers, who had lived in constant fear of being arrested for kidnapping on Broadway in Schuylerville. A hydrographical survey of the I-Iudson, near the Iron Works, was next in order. This survey, together with rating a current-meter and measuring the discharge of the Hudson near Vlfaterford, completed our practice work and we returned to the mental gymnastics in store for us. Two of the boys played off sick and said they had the measles. Prof. McGiffert began to unveil the great and mysterious Integral Calculus. To those of us who had never recited to him, Prof. McGiffert was a perpetual wonder and delight until the cards came-out for the first week, and then it was really hard to say anything but T 1 - -. After Prof. Crockett got through with us we came to the conclusion that we must have learned something under Mc. or the last part of the course would not have been so easy. Integration between limits, is so easy if you only get the limits right, 30