Wentworth Institute of Technology - Tekton Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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msn . ..- .n u .ummm THE TEKTON At the grave of the American ace, he made a striking Hgure in his gray uniform and decorations. Wisps of his sandy hair blew in the breeze, and his steel gray eyes softened as he stood at attention. 14 PLANES KULLBERG,S RECORD Here also was an ace. Harold Kullberg had claimed Akron as his home and Akron buried him with fitting honors last August. As a member of the Royal Flying Corps of the British Air Forces, Kullberg brought down 14 German planes. He en' tered the World War before America did, and thus did not fly under American colors. Memory harkened back to the days of Lafayette as the French ace stood beside his American brother's grave and solemnly said: Salute to ze Comrade! -By permisf sion Akron COhioj Szmday Times. A TRYING EXPERIENCE By CHARLES G. MELLEN, A. C. 2 Every person of working age can rememf ber working on some job of which he has pleasant or unpleasant memories. Often, when the home work is half done and I begin to feel as if studying is an awful grind, my thoughts turn back to what was the hardest assignment of my life. It happened during that period of unrest which preceded the world war, while I was serving on the U. S. S. Ohio. The ship had been at sea for some weeks, when the word was passed that we were to go into the harbor and take on coal from some lighters. The ship arrived in the harbor about four P. M., and everyone who could handle a shovel was given one, and we started unloading fourteen hundred tons of coal. Cnefhalf of the crew were on the barges and the other half stowed it away in the bunkers of the ship. Handling coal at sea under good conditions is trying, but add the combination of pouring rain and a choppy sea, and the task is incomparably worse. We stayed on the job until eleven P. M., when the rain was so bad that retreat was sounded, and work was called off for what we thought was the rest of the night. Many of us proceeded to bathe and to wash our clothes, planning to begin work fresh again in the morning. Imagine my surprise after a half hour to hear the bugle blow and word passed to proceed with the loading. The rain had let up and the boys who had bathed had the task of getting into fresh clothes-to shovel coal until three in the morning. However, that was not the end of the night's work. The bulletin board orders were that the Steaming Watch was to go on duty as usual at Hve,A. M. I was on steaming watch that morning, and it is needless to say there was not much inducement to unlash a hammock for the one hour's sleep that was to be mine. How I managed to wake up after a few minutes' sleep I can't imagine, but I did and at five A. M. reported in the engine room for work. , The reader of this experience of a gob would be justihed in concluding that I remember this black, rainy night because of the unpleasant features connected with itg but it is just such trying problems and my own successful mastery of them that make me look back upon my four years of service in the United States Navy with pleasure. Those four years taught me how to carry on in all life's challenging situations. Ding: uWhat did your wife say when you got home last night? Dong: She never said a word. And I was going to have those two front teeth pulled, anyway. -'wtf 7 154441,

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crswu u u IJGLLW THE T EKTON USALUTE TO ZE COMRADE 1 Tribute Paid Kullberg by French Airmen-Capt. Nungcsser Puts Wreatli on Akron Flier's Grave By PAUL CAMPBELL s'Salute to ze comrade! With this simple tribute fervently ut' tered, Capt. Charles Nungesser, French war ace, placed a wreath on the grave of Harold A. Kullberg, American ace, at Glendale Cemetery, Saturday afternoon. All pomp was dispensed with: there was no air of glamour in the deed, but it conf jurediup memories of valorous deeds per' formed on the battlefields of France by this unassuming soldier of the air and his sleeping comrade, who was killed in an accident last August at Stow field, when his plane, in which he was instructing .1 student flyer, crashed 2,000 feet to the ground. SPEAKER AT RECEPTION Captain Nungesser came to Akron as the guest of Akron automobile and radio dealers and was the principal speaker at a luncheon at the Elks' Club. Cne could easily imagine that the rigors of war had left their mark on him, for even -'ltr f nerves of steel could hardly remain steady after the experiences of the French ace in the World War. Captain Nungesser is conceded to be the world's greatest war ace. He was credited with bringing down 105 German planes. The records do not tell the exact number of engagements in which heparticipated with enemy planes, but it is easily estimated that the number would exceed 200. He has a war record of 8,000 flying hours and has been decorated by every government which took part in the allied cause. A piece of shell tore away the lower part of his jaw, but he had it rebuilt, Even a glass jaw cannot efface the winning smile which he occasionally displays. If Captain Nungesser knows or believes he is a hero, he gave no indication of it. He would not tell of his record. His conversaf tion was limited almost exclusively to apologizing for his limited knowledge of English and answering pointfblank ques' tions. ' jeu--

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f-'MSI --as ucF.w'-,9Xgz.fmn- f f H f.i1w'a THE TEKTON THE VJACHUSETT DAM AND I RESERVOIR In the year 1892, Boston found that its sources of water supply were not adequate to meet the demands. The other municif palities located in the district known as the Metropolitan District also felt the need of greater water resources. Accordingly, they decided to place the matter in the hands of the State. ' .,..4nr..l In 1893 a hill was introduced into the legislature, directing the State Board of Health to investigate the matter and make a report of existing conditions not later than January, 1895. The Board of Health immediately took up the matter, and after careful consideration of the possible sources of supply, which included Lake Winnipesaukee, N. H., the Merrimac River, and the south branch of the Nashua River, recommended the taking of the waters of the south branch of the Nashua River. The water was to be taken from a point just above the Lancaster Mills in Clinton, Massachusetts. An act, namely the Metropolitan Water Act, approved June 5, 1895, provided that the Governor appoint three water commisf sioners, to be called the Metropolitan Water Board, and that this board should construct a Water Works system as recomf mended by the Board of Health. To helcv meet the expenses of this project, bonds were to be issued to an amount not exceedf ing 327,000,000 This act made provision not only for the payment for land and property taken, but also for the payment for loss of water power and indirect dam- age to property not taken by the board. The reservoir itself extends in a southf westerly direction from the dam at Clinton and lies in the towns of Boylston, West Boylston, Sterling, and Clinton. It has a water area of 6.46 square miles. The length is 8.41 miles, its maximum width is 2.05 miles, the maximum depth is 129 feet, and the average depth' is 46 feet. The total length of shore line is 37 miles. In constructing the reservoir, soil was stripped from 3943 acres of submerged area to the average depth of one foot, or the total quantity of soil removed was approximately 6,900,000 cubic yards. To accomplish this the contractor laid 27 miles of 3ffoot narrow gauge railway track and used 35 eight to sixteenfton locomotives, and 735 gondola cars having from 1.75 to 3.5 cubic yards capacity. The construction of this reservoir ref quired the removal of six large mills, four churches, about 360 dwelling houses occuf pied by 1700 people, and the transferring of 3000 bodies from a large Catholic cemef tery. Approximately 19.25 miles of road were discontinued and 11.8 miles of new road were built to replace those disconf tinued. The Massachusetts Central Rail' way, which ran for 6.5 miles through the reservoir, was relocated. In relocating the tracks, 4.5 miles of new rail were laid and a huge viaduct 917 feet long, having a maxi' mum height of 133 feet, was built across the valley of the river in front of the dam. A rock tunnel 1110 feet long, and a rock cut 1500 feet long, having a maximum --mf 8 ya-