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

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ff PWEUNKWR Fifty-First Annual Commencement Exercises gi June 19, 1923 OLLOWING the precedent set two years ago, the Commencement Exercises X ' were held On the west lawn of the Castle grounds. The Class of 1923 had the distinction of having a larger number of graduates than any previous class, one hundred and thirty-one receiving their diplomas. President Humphreys opened the exercises in his usual interesting manner. He reviewed the progress of the Institute from the earliest days to the present time. He took this Occasion to say Once more that although our sub-title reads A College for Mechanical Engineering, yet the syllabus at Stevens offers an engineering course that Hts its graduates to adjust. themselves to practically any situation that might arise. Doctor Humphreys mentioned the Million Dollar Endowment Fund and expressed the hope that by the next commencement exercises he would be in a position to l ,X announce the complete success of the campaign. Doctor Humphreys' speech was followed by the Salutatory Address delivered by Paul Revere Everitt. ' Following the words of Welcome, the following prizes and scholarships were I announced: THE PRIESTLEY PRIZE PAUL GREENBERG, ,2-1 JAMES HUDSON HOLLYER, '24 l HONORABLE MENTION: XVALTER X71-IIT, '24- A THE CYRUS J. LAWRENCE PRIZES I CHARLES PARKER HERBELL '23 WILFRID BRoxuP COOPER '23 THE ALFRED MARSHALL MAYER PRIZES GEORGE FRED WOLF 25 YVALTER HENRY SPERR 25 THE WILLIAM A. MACY PRIzE LIBERO CIRILLO 25 THE HOMER RANSOM HIGLEY PRIZE JOHN PAUL KINZER 25 THE STEVENS SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP MAX Losr 27 FREDERICK N. ESI-IER 27 p THE HOBOKEN HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP HENRY HEIcIs 27 , FRANZ POLCH 27 WILMER RELYEA 27 THE HOBOKEN ACADEMY SCHOLARSHIP Nor AWARDED Doctor Kroeh, Secretary of the Faculty presented the Class of 1923 and announced that they had successfully completed the prescribed course of study He asked that they be given their diplomas and the degree of Mechanical Engineer Each man was then presented with the coveted diploma and the degree l i s i ,, H i .0, no A i ' D 00 . . U ' l ' l 28 1 , i . A - - A .- 56-f T ? - .. 11- - - - :..:-' -' ., .AR - 9- - .Q...,,...,.-as E f 119249 f-a s 9 ?-16

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-:fe.'..5zf-gQ. 'E! THE UNK 7 Stevens honored Mr. Lester Woodbridge, B.S. CBrooklyn Poly. Inst., '84J and M.E. QStevens, '86D, Chief Engineer of the Edison Storage Battery Company, with the honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering. Dr. Woodbridge was the only person upon whom the honorary title was conferred by Stevens at this commencement. The audience was indeed favored by having Rear Admiral Sims as the principal speaker of the day. The famous admiral had a real message to deliver to the graduates concerning their futures and their individual responsibilities, and stressed the need of initiative and character in any work. VVithout initiative the thoughts and labors of anyone are nil. Unless a person has the ability to make the man higher up understand, and undertake the execution of a possible improvement, that person will eventually fall into the rut of commonplace things and remain there By way of illustration, Admiral Sims related some of his personal experiences. It seemed that Sir Percy Scott of the British Admiralty had been endeavoring year after yeargto initiate the practice of teaching men to hit a mark with a gun on the deck of a rolling ship. Scott maintained that the weight of the gun would tend to keep it aimed at the target. Admiral Sims agreed with Scott and worked with the aim of introducing this same reform in our Navy. The recital of how the Admiral spent years attempting to have his theory tried out and used, and the training in initiative it gave him in bringing his superiors to an agreement, were words of supreme advice to the young engineers. In closing the Admiral pointed out that if his listeners were in the habit of leaning on others of depending on others for a decision they would better start their engineering career by determining to be their own judges and to make their own decisions-then they could always place the blame or claim the credit for their actions. Following this speech John William Carson delivered the Valedictory Address to the graduates. The exercises vsere brought to a close with the Benediction delivered by the Venerable Malcolm A. Shipley . j, II 3 4 T 7 I 5 Y 9 7 30 .Le-,S Q f-77 e ' ' ' 'T FG- A 1 5 3' if 'S 'S 'sv !4?4:?41.5 jf' ' is Y 3 - 3 ,3 3 A at n 1 L