Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Transit Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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215 jFrankIm Qfnrezne, QLQIZ 'IBJDQ 21919 FRANKLIN GREENE was graduated from the Instrtute rn 1842 In 1847 he became Semor Professor Wrth the charr of Mathematlcs and Physrcs When the olhce of Drrector was created by act of legrslature rn 1850 he was made Drrector and Professor of Physrcs Chemrstry and Geology In 1852 hrs trtle was changed to Professor of Physrcs Mechanrcs and Constructrve Engrneerrng and rn 1855 rt Was agarn changed to Professor oflVlechan1cs Machrnes and Constructrons He remarned Drrector untrl 1859 at Whrch trme he severed hrs connectron Wrth the Instrtute after a servrce of more than tvs elve ye us He was 1 trustee of the school from 1855 to 1859 In hrs hrstory of the Instrtute Presrdent Rrcketts s'rvs The acceptance of the drrectron of the lnstrtute by B Franklrn Greene marlcs an epoch rn the hrstory of the school Wrth the exceptrons of its founder and Amos Eaton rt been one year rn duratron and although thrs length of trnre spent at the school drd not necessarrly rnsure the acqurrement of erther of the degrees Whrch were grven only after satrsfactory exanrrnatrons had been passed the average student Who came reasonably well prepared could complete erther of the courses rn thrs perrod After 1 careful study of the screntrhc and technrcal rnstrtutrons of Europe Professor Greene thoroughly reorganrzed the currrculum Thrs re organrzatron Whrch rncluded a materral enlar ement of the course of study and the requrrement of a more rrgrd standard of scholarshrp from candrdates for degrees took place 111 the years 18-19 50 And agarn The change rn the character ofthe course Whrle he vras at the head ofthe Faculty grves evrdence of hrs efhcrency and great abrlrty 9 Z 2 m -I m m 2 QI X -4 m m 2 E E IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII .Q I I O , . 2 - FD V . cn . ' 5 -' ' 0 .I '. Q . . v ni . - ' T ni CD - ' J 1 ' N. . 11 I M , rf - ' ,, . Q ' - I O . - ,: 2 A ,F , 9 5 E I ,... ' ' w 2 I ' I 3 ' - i ' - f+ ' ' i J , . ' ' nl - N . i , 2 - - '5 2 ' ff . . - 1 , . . ' O - . ' l , N N' 1' ' - 5 ' 1 ' ' A L41 ef . ul -- Z --N , -. . 2 .L l 1 1 - ,,, 1 ,D .. - g I '-1 - . 2 -V I 'gs . - ' ' in - . ' . ,f 'l ' ' - .J i UQ ' - . - 1 . C1 -. . I i- ' 'U - , 3 ' ff H v - - ' 1 O ' 1 I-r A + 2 - - -Sf ' , ' 2 . - 5 - s - . A i . ' , ' 3 2 . - ' S- I A - . ' l ' ff ' 1 . Cv . . , A 2 ' ' ff - ' . F 1 2 - 7 'A , v - .. 1 I . CD U i ' ' 0 ' i O . gg . ' v-1 , cn . . . I fp I ' IJ - I ' - . I as . . . Q. - . 'P I ' 'I I ' I II ' I 'I