Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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George H. Haynes, Ph.D., Professor of Economics and Political Science Doctor Haynes graduated from Amherst College in 1887, and at once became one of the teaching force at Tech, where he remained for three years. In 1890 he left, to pursue a course of study at Johns Hop¬ kins University, where he received the degree of Ph.D. in 1893. He returned to the Institute and accepted the professorship which he now holds. He is a member of the American Historical Association, the American Political Science Association, and the American Antiquarian Society. Walter L. Jennings, Ph.D., Professor of Organic Che?nistry Doctor Jennings is a Harvard graduate, having received his A.B. in 1889. After three years of advanced work at the same college, he received his Ph.D. The following two years were spent in study at Berlin and Heidelberg. On his return from Europe he came to Tech as Assist¬ ant Professor of Physics, later becoming Assistant Professor of Chem¬ istry. Doctor Jennings has the happy faculty of making a scientific lecture very entertaining. He is a tennis expert and a patron of sport in general. Zelotes Wood Coombs, A. M., Professor of Modern La?iguages Professor Coombs graduated from Amherst College in 1888. For a year after graduation he was an instructor in Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. Later he went to the University of Virginia, both as a student and instructor. In 1890 he came to the Worcester Polytechnic Institute as Instructor in Modern Languages. He held this position, together with that of President’s Clerk, until 1894, when he went abroad and studied at the University of Berlin. On his return he was made Assistant Pro¬ fessor of Modern Languages at Tech. He spent the summer of 1901 in study in Paris, and since 1903 has been the head of the Language Depart¬ ment. 17

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Professors Leonard P. Kinnicutt, D.Sc., Professor of Chemistry Doctor Kinnicutt was graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1875. ITe then took a course of study abroad, spend¬ ing one year at Heidelberg, and a year and a half at Bonn. He also studied a short time at Johns Hopkins University, and then became instructor in Qualitative Analysis at Harvard. Doctor Kinnicutt received his D.Sc. degree from Harvard in 1882, and a year later came to Tech as Assistant Professor of Chemistry. In 1885 he received the full pro¬ fessorship. Doctor Kinnicutt is a recognized authority on sanitation, both in this country and abroad. Levi L. Con ant, Ph.D., Professor of Higher Mathematics Doctor Conant was born in Littleton, Mass., in 1857. He prepared for college at Andover, graduating from Dartmouth in 1879. Prom 1880- 83 he was principal of the high school in Mankato, Minn., later serving as Superintendent of Schools in Deadwood, S. D., also in Rapid City in the same State. In 1887 Doctor Conant was made Professor of Mathe¬ matics in the Dakota School of Mines, which position he filled until 1890. He came to the Institute in 1891. Doctor Conant is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the American Mathematical Society. For a long period he was a member of the School Committee of Worcester, acting last year as its Chairman. He is one of the nine members of the newly reorganized State Board of Education. 16

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William W. Bird, S.B., Professor of Mechanical Engineering Professor Bird was graduated from the Institute in 1887, and re¬ mained for three years as an instructor and graduate student. Upon the completion of his graduate work he took charge of his father’s foundry, and also became a teacher in the Prospect Union at Cambridge. He returned to the Institute as Assistant Professor of Mechanical En¬ gineering for two years, during the erection and equipment of the Me¬ chanical Engineering Laboratory, and at about the same time became President and Treasurer of the Broadway Foundry Company. He again returned to Tech in 1903 as head of the Mechanical Engineering Depart¬ ment, and Director of the Washburn Shops, the position which he now holds. Alton L. Smith, M.S., Professor of Drawing and Machine Design Professor Smith entered the Institute with the Class of 1890, after having received considerable practical experience in the machine shop of J. Duckworth Company of Springfield. After graduation he be¬ came an instructor in the Drawing Department, and in 1899 received the degree of Master of Science. In 1900 he became Assistant Professor of Machine Design, and in 1906 received 1 the title of Professor of Drawing and Machine Design, and became the head of the Department of Draw¬ ing. Charles M. Allen, M.S., Professor of Ply draulic Engineering Professor Allen is a graduate of the Institute in the Class of 1894, and after the completion of his course returned as an instructor in the Mechanical Department. He received the degree of Master of Science in 1900, and two years later he was appointed Assistant Professor of Experimental Engineering. At present he has complete charge of the Mechanical Laboratories and all experimental work in the department. Aside from his work at the Institute, Professor Allen is an hydraulic engineer of note and is a recognized authority on water-wheels and turbines. 18