Rose Hulman Institute of Technology - Modulus Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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President’s Message To the Class of 1952: The economic and social system of our country has provided for us all a standard of living that is far above that of any other people of the world. This is a democratic, capitalistic, profit system. It is predominantly based on adding value to raw materials through the manufacturing process. In order to maintain the economic condition that we enjoy and to increase the benefits derived therefrom, industrial production must in- crease in its task of adding value through manufacture. The expansion necessary to support increased production is provided for from the profits of prior productive efforts. If it is otherwise, we gradually but surely proceed toward a restricted socialistic or collectivist economy. The extent to which the productive capacity is increased depends largely on the educated engineers of industry. It is they, with their brothers in science, who have done the creative work that has given us unlimited potential for production in spite of a limited manpower supply. This must keep on; and to believe that it will not is simply to express an unjustified lack of confidence in the capitalistic economy that has kept us a free and democratic people. You of the Class of 1952 have, in the weeks before graduation, witnessed the most unusual situation in the history of engineering education. Each of you has been literally besieged by prospective employers who seek to use your technical education to increase the productive capacity of our country and, through this process, you will lend your capabilities to benefiting your fellow men. It is our hope that each of you will recognize the full responsibility that this fact entails. Because of the scarcity of your peers, you will be called upon to do creative work to an extent that the engineers of the past never thought possible. Although some of you will be called for limited active duty with the military, expanding industry will be waiting for you when your period of service ends. We hope and pray that you will re- turn to civilian life in a peaceful world. We have confidence in your ability to meet the demands of both industry and the armed services, and wish you every success as you go out to assume the heavy responsibilities that will be yours. F. L. WILKINSON, JR. President 13

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CARL WISCHMEYER Vice-President and Joseph Collett Professor of Mechanical Engineering; B.S., 1906, Rose Polytechnic Institute; M.S., 1910, Rose Polytechnic Institute; M.E., 1920, Rose Polytechnic Insti- tute. American Society of Mechanical Engineers; American Society for Engineering Education; American Association of University Professors; Indiana Engineering Council; Indiana Academy of Science; Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Tau Omega. CLARENCE C. KNIPMEYER Professor of Electrical Engineering; B.S., 1907, University of Michigan. Fellow, American Institute of Electrical Engineers; Ameri- can Society for Engineering Education; Past Regional Chairman of Committee on Engineering Schools, Engineers’ Council for Professional Development; American Association of University Professors; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Past President, National Council of State Board of Engineering Examiners; Member, Indiana State Board of Regis- tration of Professional Engineers, Sigma Xi; Tau Beta Pi. CLARENCE P. SOUSLEY Professor of Mathematics; A.B., 1909, Kentucky Wesleyan College; M.A., 1909, Kentucky Wesleyan College; Ph.D., 1915, John Hopkins University. Mathematical Association of America; American Associa- tion of University Professors; Indiana Academy of Science; Gamma Alpha. BERTON A. HOWLETT Professor of Physics; B.S., 1918, Valparaiso University,, A.B., 1914, Valparaiso University; M.S., 1917, University of Chicago; Ph.D., 1924, Indiana University. American Physical Society; American Association of Uni- versity Professors; American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Optical Society; American Association of Physics Teachers; Indiana Academy of Science; Sigma Xi; Phi Beta Kappa. 14