Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Transit Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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NICHOLAS DE LA COVA, A TJ . ALEXANDER P. CRARY, fe SE . . . OSCAR FREDERICK DALSTROM, 5 3 . JAMES WISNER DAVIS, J KE, 1-1 NE . JAMES AUGUSTUS DELONG, fe SE . ff'W'ALTER N. DUNCAN, X w . . . WILLIAM MESSENGER EVVING JOSEPH RTRTH, ESE, S5 . . JOHN MOIR GRANT, .1 TJ . HENRY EWING HOLMES ..... WALTER EVERETT JONES, za 3, L' 3 . A-ELDRED EVAN JACOBSEN, J TJ . FRANK JUDGE. X41 ..... WORVILLE H. RELLOGG . -I-LOUIS KONCELBAUM .... GEORGE WALTER ROSS, RS E . WALFREDO LEBLANC .... QQBURTON LONVTI-IER . WALTON D. MESICK, X w ....... SAMUEL ANDREW MOORE, I? S E, H NE HLOUIS GONZAGA MORPHY, 14 B, H E' . DAVID C. NOLAN ........ WILLIAM FRANCES O'BRIEN JAMES FRANCES QUIRK . . PEDRO E. RAYGADA . . MARTHUR ROBINSON, J W . EGUY H. SAWYER, J TJ ...... GEORGE LOCKWOOD SIMONDS, 1? SE . WWILLIAM E. SOUTHARD, J TJ . . . WILLIAM MERCER STEELE, J If E, A X WERASTUS ROOT ST. JOHN, J IKE, H NE EGEORGE PUTNAM STOWITTS, f W . . WIOHN W. THOMPSON, J 41 . . EBENJAMIN B. TREVOR ...... WDANIEL KOELMAN VAN INGEN, H E . NSTANLEY R. WALBRIDGE .... Left. -I' Deceased. D . Havana, Cuba . . Troy, N.Y . VVyanet, N. Y Rochester, N. Y . Troy, N. Y . Albany, N. Y . . Troy, N. Y Philadelphia, Pa . . Troy, N. Y . Lansingburgh, N. Y watei-viier, N. Y . Christiansted, St. Croix, D. W. I . . . . . Salt Lake City, Utah . Sidney, N. Y . Albany, N Y Washington, D. C New York City Saugerties, N. Y Little Falls, N. Y Cedar Rapids, Ia . City of Mexico . Albany, N. Y Watervliet, N. Y . Albany, N. Y . Puira, Peru . New York City . Braceville, Ill . Yonkers, N. Y . Bangor, Me Brooklyn, N. Y . Waltoiu, N. Y . Albany, N. Y . Paris, France . Lockport, N. Y . Poughkeepsie, N. Y . . .To1edo, O

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As soon as we returned to Troy, we began the office workl' of our survey by drawing profiles. We considered ourselves indeed fortunate when We learned that, thanks to some very considerate member of the second section, we would not have to trace the topo- graphical maps made in the field. Then it happened that we had a longer vacation just before the term began than we expected. During the first term we were occupied, among other studies, with Resistances, Stone Cutting and Bridges. Resistances is a subject appropriately named, as we soon dis- covered. Considerable work was expected by us in applying force of will to overcome Resistances, and we found that the efficiency of many of us was only 2.5 because of the amount of energy wasted in the form of heat. After spending more than three days on the T'eory of 'ii 'ree Moments, we knew nothing about it. But a few brilliant minds redeemed the class by displaying marvelous knowl- edge of store beams and cheese columns. We had heard a great deal about the last course with Thompyn and had gotten the idea that Stone Cutting was worse than cutting eye teeth. So we went at it, not hammer and tongs nor mallet and chisel, but chalk and ruler, till those stones assumed all sorts of shapes and positions in obedience to our will. A few conscientious fellows took special pains in making their modelsg but among the rest of us the coping stone of the wing wall and the keystone of the plate band were exceedingly popular. We received Thompyis milk tickets with the joy that comes from having finished a long course of study in Descriptive and Stereotomy. When we took up Bridges we thought it a mass of reactions, shears and moments and stresses in every direction, mixed up with a couple of locomotives backing and going ahead, a few road rollers and a mob of people crowded on a highway bridge. Those swing bridges whirled in all directions and Pratt trusses chased back and 6 forth on their bed plates till Buck didn't know whether there 27