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

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IN MJQJMU HIQJIIAM JAMES NL CREMER,,76. VVILLIAM S. CORWIN, '85 JOHN J.xVARSAWQ,22 . IVAN C.I1AGEN,'22 . GEORGE CL PLYER,,89. CHARLES S. KINGSLAND, '79 CHARLES O. BLAISDELL, 'O-1 LEWIS H. NASH, '77 . VVHJJAM L.I1AYNEs,,S6 ROBERT L FLEER,,18 WVILLIAM VV. RANDOLPH, '86 Louis R. VALENTINE, '07 ROBERT PL ROESEN,,13 ALBERT PL SCHAUB,,04 D.-KVID BRIDGE . WESLEY G. WOGLOM, '24 10 Alumni Zffarultg Stuhrntn March 26 May 15 Aug. 15 June 20, July 21 March 29 Nov. S Nov. 27 Sept. 7 Dec. 2, Jan. 23 Jan. 19, Jan. 4, Jan. 14, Aug. 27, 1923 1923 1923 1923 1923 1923 1923 1923 1923 1923 1924 1923 1924 1924 1924 1923 K 1

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ff? CTHYFLU-fHNK, 1' Stevens Tech TEVENS TECH has just passed its fifty-third birthday. This half century has been a period of growth and success, and in consideration of this fact, it is altogether fitting that we briefly recount the milestones of advancement during these years. Long before the College was conceived, members of the Stevens family were making engineering history. Colonellgohn Stevens, father of the founder, ran a steamboat with twin screws on the udson three years before Fulton's much heralded Claremont braved the dangers of the river. In early railroad develop- ment, the name of Stevens was coupled with notable achievements. In 1832, John Stevens placed the first locomotive and railroad track in America in operation on his estate in Hoboken. Edwin A. Stevens, engineer and master of finance in his will, provided for the establishment of a college of engineering to be erected on land adjoining the family property on Castle Point, Hoboken, N. J. In 1870, the executors of the estate chose as first president of the new institution the brilliant young chemist, Henry Morton. Dr. Morton at that time occupied the Chair of Chemistry at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. The new executive immediately called to his aid, seven able instructors, men who had gained international reputations as leaders in their professions. The course of study which was then arranged covered a new phase of engineering. There was no precedent to guide these eight educators in their work, nor were there any existing textbooks to be followed. So different was the course, that a new degree, that of Mechanical Engineer, was created to be awarded upon completion of the four years' work. It might be mentioned that the course is essentially the same to-day as-when Dr. Morton first drafted it, and it has been duplicated by leading engineering colleges in the country. On the third Wednesday of September, 1871, the doors of Stevens Tech opened for the first time to incoming classes. In the first year there were in attendance two Juniors, three Sophomores, and sixteen Freshmen. The classes were at first dis- tributed in the present west wing of the Administration Building, but in 1873 they spread into the newly-completed east wing in which the trustees had organized Stevens High School. Even during these early years, Stevens was becoming known throughout the country by the brilliant research work carried on by the Faculty and the con- tinuation of this work by the Alumni. Many of the great industrial appliances of to-day received their impetus in the Stevens laboratories, where the idea of invention was fostered for the advancement of the science rather than for com- mercial distinctions. I, Student activities seemed to have had their birth in 1873. The first Stevens football game was won from N. Y. U. in that year. In 1877 and 1878, Stevens defeated Rutgers four times, Columbia and C C N. Y. each once, lost to Yale, 12 O and to Princeton 5 0 In 1885 Stevens set a record by beating C. C. N. Y., 162 0 A baseball team was organized in the year 1873, and lacrosse came in about ten years later By 1875 a Dramatic Society Class Glee Clubs, and a Year Book, the Eccentnc father of the LINK had been established. ' 2 i s ' - ' 9 . . . , . . , 1 s a 12 . - g , a4.t?Q. . ff: .ent