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

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Discussion in psychology class Introduction to literature Nearby, trying to get the latest good word from the pachyderm’s month are the General Education instruc- tors in Effective Speaking. Down around the elephant’s legs instructors in Social Problems check the knee action of the venerable old beast as he side-steps, breaks through, or backs away from some of the vital modern problems. These teachers try to put the old fellow’s big flat feet onto a promising trail. Sometimes the giant of the jungle will be observed holding modern paintings by Picasso up to his watery little optics, or cocking an umbrella-like ear to music by Howard Hanson, in the Art Appreciation course. What to do with the tail? Industrial Organization in- structors have charted even that remote part, and they have made it function in true organizational form. The Introduction to Literature instructors have got the old boy to balance a great novel on his tusks, as he races across pages of human travail with his little blood-shot eyes. The ring master of this elephantine effort is Frank Clement, who rides on top, climbs under, or just puffs alongside his overgrown pet. Viewing films on social problems Economies class studying world problems Thirty

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ROBERT BELKNAP ALLAN BILLS HAROLD BRODIE FREDERICK BUEHLER WILLIAM CLARK CYRIL DONALDSON HERMAN MARTIN BETTY WEATHERHOC and BETTY SEILS Herman Martin sailed from Sweden at the age of 9. He attended Rochester public schools and in 1904 he was graduated from the Mechanical Department of the Institute, then called the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanic’s Institute. His formal education also included summer and exten- sion courses at Cornell University and the University of Rochester. During his studies here, Mr. Martin gained valuable work experiences as a draftsman and machine designer at Gleason Works in Rochester, and he contin- ued working for two years after graduation at the Strom- berg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Company, also in Rochester. In 1906, he applied his training and experience in teaching day and evening school at the Institute. These courses included drafting, mechanism, mechanics, de- scriptive geometry, strength of materials, gas and steam engineering, and machine design. From 1920 to 1936, Herman Martin held the office of Director and Supervisor of the Evening and Extension FRANK HEIST HENRY GOEBEL SHERMAN HAGBERG GEORGE LE CAIN CHESTER NORTHROP RUSSEL NORTON Thirty-two