Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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Engineering at Purdue University, where he remained until 1896. In 1896 he accepted the chair of Electrical Engineering in the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Professor Smith has made his department one of the best of its kind in the ' United States. He is consulting engineer for several electrical concerns and is a member of many scientific societies. CLARCNCC K CHANDLCR, S. B., Siipcrinleiwlenr Of the Washlxirn Shops. Mr. Chandler was a classmate of Professor Cutler’s here at the W. P. I. in 1874, and after graduating went into partnership with Henry S. Howe, then located in Boston, and built up a prosperor,s business as a designing engineer. Later he accepted a position as Superintendent of the Carver Cotton Gin Co., of East Bridgewater, and left to come to Tech in 1896. Since coming to Tech Mr. Chandler has introduced many new methods for raising the standard of the work which is required of the students in the shops. A foundry with entire equipment is a feature which has lately been added. Mr. Chandler has proved a very able superintendent. ARTHLII W. rPENCH, C C., Profcssor Of Civil CiigiiAceriag. Professor French graduated from the Thayer School of Civil Engineering, Dart¬ mouth College, in the class of ’92. For a short time after graduation he was employed by To wer Bros., of Holyoke, Mass. From Holyoke he went to Denver, Colorado, as engineer in charge of the construction of the plant of the Platte River Paper Co. Later he was assistant engineer in bridge design for the Denver and Gulf Railroad, but left this position to become Associate Professor of Civil Engineering in the Thayer School of Dartmouth. Until July, 1899, he was a joint proprietor of the Niagara Engineering Works, of Niagara Falls, New York. He was teaching at Dartmouth when called to the Professorship at W. P. I. A. VX ' ILMCR DLirr, n. A., B. Sc, Professor of Physics. t Professor Duff is one of the four new professors who were called to the W. P. I. in the fall of last year, coming to us from Purdue University, where he had been Professor of Physics for six years. Professor Duff received his college training at the Univer¬ sity of New Brunswick, from which he was graduated in 1884. The next four years he spent in study at the University of Edinburgh, receiving in 1888 the degree of M. A., and the following year studied in the University of Berlin. In 1889 Professor Duff was called to be substitute Professor of Physics in the University of Madras, leaving in ’90 to accept a similar position in the University of New Brunswick. After staying in New Brunswick for three years Professor Duff went to Purdue University as Professor of Physics, a position which he held until called to the W. P. I. 15

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waLTCR L. JENNINGS, Pl . D., Assistant Protessor of CEemistru. Dr. Jennings graduated from Harvard, having received his A. B. in 1889. He spent three years in graduate work, also at Harvard, and received the degree of Ph. D. After studying abroad for two years, in Berlin and Heidelberg, he came to Tech as a member of the faculty. The Doctor is a crack tennis player and is interested in sports in general. As a professor the Electrics met him during our Junior year in Qualitative Analysis; in Metallurgy his series of lectures was listened to by the whole class, his genial manner making him a general favorite. He has made a special study of Organic Chemistry, devoting much time to the analysis of sugars, a subject which ought to be an exceedingly pleasant one to consider. ZELOTES W. COOMBS, A. M., Assistant Professor of Modem Languages. Professor Coombs graduated from Amherst College in 1888. For one year after graduation he taught at Brooklyn Tech, leaving to enter the University of Virginia, both as instructor and student. In 1890 he came to the Worcester Polytechnic Institute as Instructor in Modern Languages. In 1894 he went abroad and studied a year at the University of Berlin. On his return he was made Assistant Professor of Modern Languages, which position he now holds. Professor Coombs is Chairman of the W. P. I. Athletic Association and takes a lively interest in athletics. He is also one of the representatives of the faculty on the board of editors of the “Journal of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.” SIDNEY A. REEVE, M. E., Adjunct Professor ot Steam and Hydraulic Engineering. Professor Reeve is an alumnus of the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University. He was graduated in 1887, and two years later received the M. E. degree. For a time he was a member of the Engineering Corps of the Westinghouse, Church, Kerr Co., of New York. Before his call to Tech, in 1895, he held a position on the editorial staff of the Progressive Age, a journal devoted to the gas industry. HAROLD 15. SMITH, M. E., Professor of Electrical Engineering. Professor Smith graduated from Sibley College, Cornell University, in 1891, and after a year of post-graduate work he accepted the chair of Electrical Engineering in the Arkansas State University. He then spent a year in Electrical Engineering and Designing and afterwards accepted the position of Director of the School of Electrical 14

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T Li ci? r r iNCiS5Ui?Y, M. c., Professor of applied ricciuii ics. Professor Kingsbury, who succeeded Professor J. J. Guest in our Senior year, was a student in Buchtel College, Akron, Ohio, from 1880 to 1881 ; he then served his apprenticeship in the machine shops of the Turner, Vaughn Taylor Co., located in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. After two years in the Ohio State University at Columbus, he was inspector and draughtsman for the Wire Grip Fastening Co., of Boston. In 1887 he entered Sibley College, Cornell University, graduating in 1889 with the degree of M. E. During the next year he was instructor in Mechanical Engineering and Physics in the New Hampshire State College, and at the close of the year was appointed to full professorship, but resigned to accept the position of Superin¬ tendent o f the machine shop of the H. B. Camp Co., Cuyahoga P ' alls, Ohio. In 1891 he was reappointed Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the New Hampshire State College, where he remained until his call to Tech. Professor Kingsbury is a member of the “Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education,” and “The American Society of Mechanical Engineers,” a Fellow of “The American Association for the Advancement of Science,” and an associate member of the “American Society of Naval Engineers.” rOPI I T 1 . JONizS, M. C., Profcssor of Drawing and Machine Design. Professor Jones graduated from Sibley College, Cornell University, in 1888. The two years following graduation were spent partly in the laboratory of Thomas A. Edison and in the adjacent phonograph works at Orange, N. J., and partly in commercial engineering with the Western Engineering Company, of Nebraska. In 1890 he was at the head of the department of Mechanical Arts of the University of Tennessee, resigning in 1892 to accept the chair of Machine Design in the University of Wisconsin. Professor Jones has published a work on Machine Design which is used at present by the students at the Institute. He is among the latest acquisitions to the faculty, as he came to the Institute in 1899. CjIIOI OC H. white, S. E ., Professor of Civil Eagli cerii g. Professor White first began his work as a civil engineer in 1869, with Mr. W. P. Granger, of Worcester, who later became chief engineer of the Hoosac Tunnel. Professor White subsequently went to New York State, being engaged on the Adiron¬ dack Railroad, but returned to Worcester, entering the class of ’73 at Tech in advanced standing. In 1872 he left to engage in engineering work in various places in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Minnesota. He returned to Tech in 1875, and pursued Senior studies, at the same time tutoring in field practice. After graduat¬ ing, in 1876, he returned to Minnesota, where he remained engaged in railroad work until his appointment, in 1884, to the chair of Civil Engineering at the Institute. He resigned last year to accept a position with the City of Worcester. 16