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

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wr 9:-:Egger 4 1'-e establish- -s gs:-n into , . 'e-:vs-:J into 1- Emily g-35 Hg Hited 5.2 gqined .-5 students .,- vcd? this 4 :Fe BOOM P - .1 it Photo by Gregory Dr. Mark Ellingson Presidenfs Message l May l take this opportunity on behalf of the faculty and staff to extend congratulations and best wishes to the members of the Senior Class. To every one of you, we extend our hopes that you will create for yourselves happy and constructive careers. As we loolc ahead, it is obvious that the problem of international relations will be critical in the years to come. Somehow, we must Find a way to live com- petently and cooperatively with other nations. We should remember, however, that no nation can be successful except as its individual citizens are productive in their own occupational Fields. It is our belief, then, that upon your shoulders rests the responsibility for producing constructively in your chosen occupation. This is an elemental prob- lem. The answer that you find through productive living will malce for national and international progress. This is a challenging age, and we count heavily upon you to help Find solutions For these problems. 5

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Foreword l ln the one hundred and twenty-Five years since the founding oi the Rochester Literary Company, the primary purpose of which was to promote the establish- ment oi a public library, the Rochester lnstitute of Technology has grown into an institution of learning, the educational facilities of which have reached into several occupational fields. No ily-by-night organization this-but an honorable institution, firmly rooted in the Foundations of a modern, growing city. The founders and their successors, with an eye to the ever-increasing need for educational Facilities, have never lost sight of the possibilities to be gained from the right lcind of education-the lcind oi education which gives students what they want and what they need with no superfluous courses. Thus it is, that students of the year 1947 can loolc baclc over the years with admiration and gratitude to those great thinlcers and builders who made this lnstitute of Use possible. ln the words oi E. R. Andrews on his retirement as President oi the Board of Directors in 1899: its Usefulness l'las Just Begunf' 4 r 'ff President'

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Dedication O THOSE whom destiny has seen Fit to grace our school . . .to those whose loves and lives have become entwined in it.. .to those whose loyalty, industry and perseverence have made their marlc on it. . .to the members oi the Class of19-47 for whom dreams of the future will become reality, this record of their activities and achievements is respectfully dedicated. 6 Z Prll' Rn' 1 0ur I To ll hm The I . - . .l Well X