Trinity College - Ivy Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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14 TI-IE IVY , VOL. XXXIII The Future. The IVY chaps ask me to write them an article on Trinity, Her Futuref' They say six hundred to a thousand words would suit. I accept the invitation, for I am always glad to say or Write axqword for my College Mother, but I do not want six hundred or a thousand words to write of her future, for to my mind that future isibound up in three words, NOW THEN, Trinity. President Luther, consciously or uncon- sciously, sized up the situation in those three Words when he spoke to the men on the night of his election and gave them that thought and inspira- tion. I could not state it better in ten thousand words than he has in three. The future of Trinity turns on the Now then of those who love her. I am glad to see that We are grasping this fact. Wfe see it in the men in College, in the recitation room, on the diamond, the track, the college pub- lications. The doing of something for Trinity, the f'Now then , doing and not talking, that spirit is in the air. Wfe see it extending to the Alum- ni. We find their interest in the College growing and the Now then spirit attacking them, making them feel they must and ought and will do something for their College Mother !'Now thenu. So when you ask me to Write of her future my reply is that the future of Trinity College is bound up and being Worked out and must be Worked out in the HNOW then, Trinity of the present. If you and I, undergraduate, faculty, trustee, alumni are meeting' that standard of duty call, we can look for- ward with restful confidence to the Trinity future. JOSEPH BUFFINGTON.

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1906 TRINITY COLLEGE 13 The St. Patrick's Day events were well worthy of note. The fresh- men hung two banners downtown and the Sophomores displayed a re- markable degree of ingenuity in their attemps tiinally successfulj to get the IQO8 numerals down, In. the annual indoor track meet, which fol- lowed St. Patrick's by a few days, the freshmen captured everything. And now for three months all eyes have been on the baseball team - not only our eyes, but those of men interested in intercollegiate sports in all parts of the country. At the time of writing but two games remain of a record-breaking season for Trinity. The schedule has included all of the Big Four, also 'West Point and Annapolis, victories being scored against such teams as those of Pennsylvania and Holy Cross. We won the series of three games with 'Wesleyan, shutting out our opponents twice, the scores being 6-o, 2-3, and 3-o. Among other things, this year has been marked by the birth and Hourishing infancy of a semi-weekly newspaper, the Trinity Tripod. May the life of such an influence towards Trinity's welfare be long and prosperous. Among the minor college actvities the Musical clubs have given sev- eral good performances, and the interest in debating has increased, although we recently lost a very close debate against Rutgers. The Sophomore Dining Club has held several enjoyable banquets, and the usual six cotillions have been given by the German Club. Now, at this commencement time, as we look back over the year, we unhesitating pronounce it one of unusual activity and marked progress. New blood will soon palpitate in our veins and may it stir us to continue our onward march along such lines as these.

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1906 TRINITY COLLEGE 15 The Technical Department. L OR several years the citizens of Hartford and the authori- D u ties-.of 'lrmity College have had under consideration the es- , ' A ., tablishment of technical courses, at the College, in Mechan- Q CT ical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Civil Engi- g if aiu'-' neering. - ' ' The success of many of our graduates in their work in Electrical Engineering demonstrates that in that department we have for some time been able to give a thorough training. Yet a further advance should be made by the specializing of the work and by the appointment of additional instructors. Another building is urgently needed and a more extended course of study. Two years ago the Civil Engineering courses were offered, and, at the last meeting of the Trustees, a professor of Civil Engineering was ap- pointed ivho will devote his entire time and energy to the development of that department. lt is confidently believed that the present complete equipment of surveying instruments will soon be supplemented by the in- stallation of modern testing apparatus. ln Mechanical Engineering the College does not offer much op- portunity, though a small work-shop affords elementary practice to a limited number of students. It is earnestly hoped that this department maybe established without further delay. It is needed in Hartford and for Hartford. The recent move in the city in behalf of trade-schools brings into prominence the need of an advanced school where qualined men may get the sort of training needed by those who are to be leaders in the maintenance of our industrial supremacy. ' The line between technical science and culture studies is practically obliterated. Men no longer recognize it. It is not yet certain whether Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will coalesce. Special loyalty of sentiment growing out of institutional rival- ries may prevent the alliance. But that such a combination should be seriously proposed and considered is an unmistakable evidence of the trend of educational thought. Trinity can teach all things to all men, with profit to all her sons in every walk of life, if she is given the means. Hartford vvants and needs the Technical School. Trinity has already a large part of the essential outnt. How long must we wait for the rest of it? iXJfl