Stevens Institute of Technology - Link Yearbook (Hoboken, NJ)

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writing theses, etc. 'l'he opening of the new shop wing so enlarged the space available for experi- mental mechanics that the utnnber and variety of experiments undertaken during the Senior sttpple- tnentary term have been greatly increased, and 'QI was fortunate enough to be the first for which this new work was available. Speaking of supplementary, thereby hangs a tale about the 'tmost unkindest eut of all, for when he of the bulbous forehead and double-decker brain, to whom less than 99 in any subject is rank failure, was 'A warned because he went away to liurope without having completed his suppletnentary term note-book, the other youths of the class who found themselves also warned had a tnost beautiful tale for papa, showing how little a warning' on the report meant when both sonny and the prince of Denmark were in the same boat. As one of the aforesaid youths remarked, I feel quite distinguished by having ' warned ' on tny report. 'l'he class has done its accustomed amount of drawing, as the great number of worn out drawing boards, and the increasing use of spectacles by the Seniors will testify. It being impossible to IDZIUU- facture white drawing paper in sufiicient quantities, the class has been compelled to use brown paper frotn sheer necessity. A description of some of the lectures with which a Senior is favored had been intended at this point, but the historian remembered the following dialogue between Caesar and the Soothsayer and decided to hold his peace. Cm.-The icles of March have come. Stwlh.-Aye, Czesar, but not gone. IMORAI..-'1'lte degrees have not yet been awarded.l It seetns appropriate, before closing this history, to refer again to the Faculty to whose careful instructions and, in sotne cases at least, great self-sacrifice is due whatever increase the members of the class have obtained during their course at the Institute in their ability to cope with 't the hard and cruel world over that possessed by them when they entered Stevens as Freshmen 5 but words are but empty thanks, and we feel that they would but poorly express the gratitude of the class, so it is left to be understood by the professors, as it is sincerely felt in the hearts of all the students. And now, having treated the history of the class in lighter vein, from the time it entered the Institute till, as full fledged M. E.'s, it will at the juniorbball make a swan-like end, fading in music, the his- torian, in closing this final history of the class of '91, reminds his classmates of their happy and suc- cessful life at Stevens, and sincerely hopes that there is in store for each as bright a future as his day dreatns have pictured out 5 and that when, in years to come, having either reached and passed the goal of his college ambition, or while still pressing on toward the prize of a successful life, he will occasion- ally look back on the four years spent in Stevens as among the happiest memories of the past, the I6

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That ball will remain for years the glass of fashion and the mould of form H for succeeding classes. The thanks of the class are due to the committee to whose able and untiriug efforts the success of the ball was almost wholly due. The class dinner, too, was a most decided success. Strange and unusual as it may be, every toast on the menu-and there were many+was given and the replies were listened to attentively by all, the last toasts having as many auditors as the first. The class poem, which was read at the dinner, was enthusiastically received, each personal allusion bringing out a fresh burst of applause. When the class poet becomes a second Oliver Wendell Holmes, the class may feel sure of going down to history as the first subject of his pen. ,The witty introductions and comments by the toast-master and the response to the toast, the Ladies, were also features of the evening, and, when, at last, the class started for the classic shades of Hoboken in the small hours of the morning, their joy was so uncon- fined that it took the combined advice associated with divers alarm raps of half a dozen New York Dogberrys to check the exuberance of their spirits. The class was well represented at the theatre party, but of course took no part in the Freshman- Sophomore contest in the theatre beyond impartially encouraging both factions, although a rtunor was current the next morning that several members of the class were supposed to 'have been present at the celebration and bonfire which took place later on. The Private Secretary was there also apparently, as there is no other way of explaining sundry charges for Institute property destroyed which were seen on the next term bills. Having now touched upon some of the principal events of that feature of the college course known as student life and precedent calling for a review of the work of the year, the reader is invited to turn his attention to the more distinctly historical portion of this chronicle. There have been the usual changes in text books during the year, Rankine's Steam Engine having been entirely dropped and Thermodynamics being studied from Professor Wood's book alone. But that's enough of Thermo. We've passed and each student has taken with Prosper, the resolve, Deeper than did ever plummet sound, I'll drown my book. A new text book has been adopted to take the place of Unwin's Machine Design, which is under- going revision, although just why that fact should make it necessary to give up the present edition is not apparent to all. The new book has pretty pictures, costs six dollars, and, as nearly everything is taken either from Unwin, Seaton, or manufacturers' circulars and is therefore not likely to lead the class very far astray, we have gotten along very well with it. In mechanics, a book on bridges has been adopted, which illustrates and simplifies the work under that head. In electricity, Slingo and Brooker's Electrical Engineering has been found very useful, especially for those doing practical work, I5

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petty trials and blunders of that period forgotten or rightly regarded as useful experiences which have served as warnings against more serious blunders later in life, and it is hoped that many joyous reunions may be held in after years of the glorious class of '9r. Life is a leaf of paper white Whereon each one of us may write His word or two, and then comes night: Though thou have time But for a line, be that suhliineg Not failure, but low aim, is crimef' HISTORIAN 4,- e -H M-- -- -- 4. - ri? -- -- . 'iw f-N D f f dM-I-W d 4' t E-1, ,N',,,,4-gl. ,,.- My F, . 5 ' J ' ul' 'ru IN' .eff .. We-' . --V--f f:-iii:-1, 1 ls' A ,. .JJ-..s-'-J, c- av.-rgv,,' rug B A - .Fi ,X X, wx . Qi:-gs' I . - - f r . .-:ng 3, -5 -- -A f ' w.-f-ft,Q- st,-T7-jf fx -..-... .rf ff f f H If ' l 'HHH 111 i! .W N- F- 671- N -Q ii or I 'JU..---llbjfff -s f -if, if ,K-4 2 ' ..f- . 'T'T fI - - X ' - X1 I ' 'C -xr , fx: 'f'-i7Ii??T'7i'1f' 5 ' , ff-areas sf f f if ff 17