Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Transit Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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torical forbearance. Nor should we forget that other visit to Albany when as the Foundation C'ompany's guests we inspected their work, passed judgment, and, found it good. The dinner they spread' for-us afterwards will not soon be forgotten. Of course' it was an awful ex- perience for the young Engineer to be at the mercy of the contractor so early in his career, butmost ofius bore up as bravely as possible. Thus we come to the end. Looking back to the time when we were Freshmen it seems' but as yesterday. The scenes and incidents. that have taken place, in between have become blurred together into 'a concrete whole-+our college days. Things which seemed important then fade into insignihcance before the great fact that we are facing anew state of affairsg that we are leaving one phase of life for another of unknown possibilities. Qld heart burnings are forgotten, and if there has been bitterness there-are none to even remember its causes. The rough places are made to seem smooth by the magic touch of timeiand the mellowing haze of good fellowship. Thus, as time goes on, we will look back with a feeling that not only have we been the gainers in substantial value, but in friends as well, and-our history will recall only pleasant memories of the hours we have spent together. 'W HISTORIAN, '06, .N if '1 4. -..-. flee?-1 1 Y YM vw,- 4 hx X l zu- r Ye STUOKQNT, 30

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The net result was termed by some the Theorem of three mean solar moments, while others talked of, a sunbeain uniformly loaded with unequal weights. We managed to muster up enough sanity and good luck, how- ever, to escape too glaring a display of ignorance on the examination. Railroad Location, a fat book weighing about eight pounds, was then taken under consideration. It was one of those books where you read just how to do a thing, then learn how it is done in practice, and lastly discover the way the author recommends. The course consists in taking a mean between the three. If your result does not check with Prof. Cary's, you lose. XVe don't know who did the fudging but nearly everybody won. just to fill in the time when we weren't occupied with Railroads we took up the study of Bridges. Much to our surprise we were brought face to face with a great sub- ject. At first it Hlled our hearts with a certain vague un- rest and made necessary an addition to the Senior Litany: From Structural Draughting jobs, Oh, Lord, Deliver Us. Later on the proposition simmered down to a hard stern chase after some furtive stresses, which, after dodging through various real and imaginary structures, finally took refuge in the Congress Street Bridge and there successfully defied all efforts to locate them. Stone-cutting QStereotomy, when we write home for moneyj is mainly remarkable for the manufacture of various plaster casts, which becomes necessary. Having made these four years ago many of us soon lost interest and one of our Captains of lndustry came to the rescue of the rest by cornering the visible supply of plaster. As a chaser for Bridges we very properly took Hys draulics which, of course, tasted rather flat after its strenuous fore-runner. But it should not be despised, as you never can tell when you are going to need it. It has been found quite handy in a Wateir Supply examination, which is a most unlikely place of course. And so working down towards the present, the impres- sions become too recent to be properly portrayed. Yet before we finish we might speak of a few. The great guessing match, known as VVater Supply, is over. That is, the course is over. The guessing, however, is 'still going on at date of writing. Bridge Drawing, which as an afternoon function was rather scorned by aifew at hrst, has now become popular. A few urgent invitations were issued by Prof. Chillman and the regularity of the above mentioned few became a touching and beautiful thing to witness. About Electro there is nothing to be said. One cannot jest about a thing that is liable to rise up and smite him with a couple of hundred volts any minute and then again we would hate to give Prof. Robb a chance to laugh last. And now Steam Boilers and Geology are sliding along in their usual somnolent and casual manner to their usual finish of special trips to Al- bany and New York. Speaking of trips naturally brings to mind the Senior trip to New York. The trip was for the purpose of visit- ing bridge shops and attending the Alumni Banquet. This was done, the former from necessity, the latter fro-m choice. Some of us returned to T roy the next dayg some took advantage of the opportunity to visit friends and relatives 3 and some are under the protecting veil of his-

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