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

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Commerce

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Ralph T. Van Peursen Patricia Lloyd Herbert Ulrich James Wilson, Jr. Raymond Biehler Edwin Henrick Homer 1mes “What! A Turkish Bath! In the Chemistry lab? But—! What? Oh, so it's not a Turkish Bath after all! But what about all that steam? Where's it coming from?” These might be the surprised remarks of a stranger passing through the Chemistry Department while a fractional still is in the process of being drained; and he might get another surprise if he could hear the con- versation that passes between a couple of students in a Chemical Analysis Class, It goes something like this —“Hey! Look at this; isn’t it pretty? I wonder urhat it is. What does yours look like?” Statements like these depict the humorous side of the chemistry student at work. But, underneath all this is the real chemist; not just the boy or girl in the white lab coat who is constantly peering into a test tube. No, the real chemist is the man or woman who is forever searching for the unknown. He is the ever-working never tiring individual who is blazing the newf paths through a world full of unsolved mysteries, unwritten formulas, and equations. From the labs and classrooms of the Chemistry Department at R.I.T. come these in- dividuals wrho will solve some of these mysteries and write some of these formulas. Since it was first introduced as a full-time course at R.I.T. in 1918, the Chemistry Department has contin- A student carefully checks the reading of a buret during an experiment T wenty

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Howard B, Stauffer Elizabeth H, Klett Dorothy L, Brooks Rose K. Fewster Alice E. Hazelton George E. Engert M, Louise Galligan Joseph Stauffer The Commerce Department is the newest addition to the Institute. We came here as the old McKechnie- Lunger School of Commerce in March, 1952. Eager but very nervous, we walked in the front entrance our first morning at R.I.T. Many of us had never seen the school before. After looking forward to this day for quite a while, we were struck by the modern front offices and business-like library. There was to be a special assembly for the new Commerce students in E-125, which we found without too much trouble. Fellow R.I.T. students made us feel at home, and Dr. Ellingson made a welcoming speech to us, which summed up meant, ”Be friendly—you’ll be well rewarded.” Students passed out handbooks to us and explained the different dubs and activities that The secretaries of tomorrow preparing to take a dictation in shorthand Practicing typing to obtain (he necessary speed and accuracy of a good typist T wenty-three