Rochester Institute of Technology - Techmila / Ramikin Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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The first lnstitute's class in meCl1C1f1lCUl drawing was held in this building November 23, 1885. The Rochester Board of Educa- tion extended the use of the UPPQV Hoo' of this building to the Rochester Athenaeum istorical reference and Mechanics institute. H to George Wilson l lol4e. RI T -A History lt was 1812. The American Revolution was fast becoming an unpleasantbmemolry ' ' i t e h were at war--the latter doing their best to em ro and the French and Britis Americans-sinlcing their ships and impressing their seamen. But far from these scenes, on the site of what is now Rochester, there was great ' ' lc om for their activity. Surveyors laid their boundaries, men cleared trees to ma e ro homes and sawmills filled the days and nights with their screaming as the owners I f 't h to lceep up with the demand for lumber worlced at ever pr c - With the coming of the white man, the lndians moved still farther west and began to feel an uneasiness over the intruding palefaces -a well-yustified uneasiness. ' ' d l d t still This was Rochesterville, 1812, the embryo of a city now well eve ope , ye growing. Growing in foresight-in pace with the world-growing in size and methods and culture. A paragon of cities. Ten years later, in 1822, the Rochester Literary Company was organized. A library in the beginning and a small one, it was a portent of things to come, for seven years later it became a part of the Rochester Athenaeum which was housed in the old Reynolds Arcade on Main Street. lt was founded primarily to inject culture into the lives of its members through meetings, lectures and what might now be called open forums at which current events were discussed and debated. ln 1833, an organization lcnown as the Young Men's Society was formed to deal with the morals and conduct of the young men of that period. This was followed five years later by the Young Men's Association, another group concerned with the activities of the youth of Rochesterville. These two organizations were shortly absorbed by the Athenaeum, and the name was changed to The Rochester Athe- naeum and Young Men's Association. ln .1836,.the Mechanics Literary Association came into being, replaced the Franklin lnstitute established ten years prior, and concentrated on more practical worlc in the form of science, technology and public speaking, Thus the 9ml9fYO began to talce shape, with these major changes providing the groundworlc for our present-day lnstitute. to Filivegeyfgzclwater inA1E47, the Athenaeum and Mechanics Association merged . h . es er t enaeum and Mechanics Association and devoted itself to its libraries, lectures and concerts. 10 Nnln' ,adlrndd hik- Tw., lhiggu M.. hw!

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-1 E 5 r are conducted, OCCUP S RI T A History E r The Bevier Building, in which art classes ies a site upon wl'IiCh tood the home of Nathaniel Rochester. qContinuedJ The Mechanics lnstitute, in 1885, accented slcills in industrial arts and home- malcing and in the year 1891, the Athenaeum and Mechanics lnstitute combined ' l Th R hester Athenaeum and Mechanics both culture and slulls under the name o e OC lnstitute. During this period, one ol the outstanding figures in the history of Rochester, Captain l'lenry Lomb, co-lounder ol the Bausch 8m Lomb Optical Company, QOVG lireely ol his time and money in the guidance ol the lnstitute. ln the early years oi the 20th century, Captain Lomb saw a program ol cooperative education set an . . . . dl example for industrial schools in this country and abroa The student ol 1947 would not have recognized the RIT ol the Gay Ninetiesfi h sed by the A l ortion ol the west hall ol the present site had just been purc a arge p lnstitute board and the Perkins home, one oi several which stood on the ground now b h Clarlc building was bought and fitted out tor classes in coo mg. occupied yt e new , When this building was entirely occupied, the Strong house to the north and the Buell house on the edge ol the old Erie canal, the towpath oi which is now the side- ' d 1 l alla running east and west on Broad Street, were remodeled and equrppe or c asses. w The Nathaniel Rochester home, which occupied the ground on which the Bevier building now stands, was also altered to luliill the needs ot the growing lnstitute. At the turn ol the century, George Eastman, founder ol the Eastman Kodalc Com- pany and another oi Rochester's industrial pioneers, made a gilt to the school oi the land and building which bear his name. V From this point on, the lnstitute expanded rapidly in size and in reputation. Stu- dents irom not only this country, but ol countries all over the world, sought their edu- cation in this lnstitute with the new policy-that ol: cooperative learning. lnstitute President Randall, predecessor to Dr. Ellingson and lormer executive secretary oi the Committee on Education and Special Training ol the War Department General Stott, did much toward shaping the course of the lnstitute with a program ot research and development, a program constituting a series oi conferences with com- munity leaders Um'-l TOP-YOl1l4ing educators ol other colleges and universities. Dr. W. W- Charters Gnd DV- Rfllph W. Tyler were, as a result of these conferences, retained to develop techniques lor curriculum construction and objective tests. 19 mf' 1 fe' 59' 1945. Baci-utr i A in .QU ti My