Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Transit Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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LMER CH MBERLI RICKETT ,C.E..E.D..LL.D. Pfresidevzt and Director. R. P. I. ,75 Born in 1856, at Elkton, Md., was graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1875, assistant in mathematics, R. P. I., 1875, assistant professor, 1882, professor of mechanics, 18855 director since I892Q president and director since 1901. Consulting bridge engineer, T. 86 B. R. R., I886-87, and R. W. 86 O. R. R., 1887-91g engineer, Public Improvement Commission, city of Troy, 1891-935 also engineer in charge of design and construction of various bridges, hydraulic Works, etc. Societies: Honorary Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Honorary Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, the Institution of Civil Engineers of Great Britain and of the American Philosophical Society, Fellow A.A.A.S.g Commander, Legion of Honor, France, Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy. Publications: History of RE11SXBldE1' Polylccbnic Insiitute, contributor to Rep. U. S. Comm. Education, Rep. N. Y. State R. R. Com., Trans., Am. Soc. C.E., Pro. Soc. Prom. Eng. Ed., E11gi1zeeri1zg News, Railroad Gazette, Railway Review, Trans. Eng. Club of Philadelphia, etc. Trustee of Troy Public Library, Albany Medical College and Albany Academy, trustee of the Dudley Observatory, Albany. Member of the Board of Directors, Samaritan Hospital and National City Bank. Member of the Theta Xi Fraternity and the Society of Sigma Xi Clubs: Union Club of New York, Schuyler Meadows Club of Albany, Troy Country Club, and Troy Club of Troy. I .luring n -:I :- '-..-.., 'rr' '-' ne w ' ' ' 'ru ' I .-!gegg49:zz1, - . all . - , - . .- A .A ,, I - . ' --.- A A A

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ADMINISTRA TION

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THE DIRECTUR MESSAGE March 15, 1934 The Editor of the 1935 TRANSIT: Each year THE TRANSIT has something new to tell its readers about the Institute, and in this short article I must do my share to help you. The various new buildings we have erected during the past few years, Eaton Hall for the library and auditorium, the Greene Building for the Department of Architecture, the six Church Dormitories, and the Club House are now more or less old stories. So to keep up our record we have deter- mined to erect a new building of whichI must tell you. It will be one of the most important on the Campus and one of the largest, housing the laboratories for aeronautical, metallurgical, and chemical engineering. The last will replace the line chemical engineering laboratory now in the Walker Building and will be a much better one, the metallurgical laboratory will replace the several laboratories now in various departments, and the aeronautical laboratory will be of great value for our new course in aeronautical engineering. The building will be situated between the Troy Building and the ,87 Gymnasium on the north side of the Campus along Sage Avenue. It will be one hundred and eighty-four feet long by fifty-nine feet wide, five stories in height, fireproof, of Georgian type, built of Harvard brick with limestone trimming like most of the other buildings on the Campus. The wind tunnel and the engine testing room of the aeronautical department will be in the basement, with the rigging room on the first floor. One floor will contain a large lecture hall and various recitation rooms. The metallurgical department will occupy the fourth floor and half of the fifth. The work will be begun in May and will be finished next year. This building will make, of course, a valuable addition to our facilities, as are all those used for purposes of instruction, but naturally the content and the character of our courses are of the most vital importance, are the things which make the school. The three new engineering courses, aeronautical, metallurgical, and industrial, will be of the same high character as the four older ones. These, with the business administration, the architectural, and the courses in physics, in chemistry, and in botany, make the twelve different undergraduate courses leading to degrees. Of course, the new laboratory will be very valuable for the research work of our undergraduate and graduate students as well. The latter are provided with advanced courses leading to Masters' and Doctors' degrees. We had a successful year in athletics, both intercollegiate and intramural, and our musical and dramatic clubs are doing work of high character. The times are trying, but in every phase of our Institute life scholastic and extracurriculum we are doing better work than ever before. 6K! I Q li shnmnunu Illllllllilillllll H 11111111111 . ---.., 'iff . , - - - .' - ' - v.- '- n- A ' 'vi ' ' i l