Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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Corporation President: Hon. Charles G. Washburn, S.B., A.B. Secretary: Rev. Daniel Merriman, D.D. Treasurer: Homer Gage, A.M., M.D. G. Henry Whitcomb, A.M. Rev. Austin S. Garver, A.M. Elmer P. Howe, S.B., A.B. Hon. James Logan, A.M. Lincoln N. Kinnicutt, Esq. T. Edward Wilder, S.B. Rev. Allyn King Foster, A.M. Fred H. Daniels, S.B. Charles G. Stratton, S.B. On the part of the Board of Education: Milton P. Higgins, S.B. Ex-officio : His Honor, the Mayor, James Logan, A.M. 12

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sense ended in an apology and a pledge of loyalty to the department from every man involved. Few men on the Hill have concerned themselves so much for the gen¬ eral interests of the student body. It was Doctor Kinnicutt who secured the use of Newton Hall as a Tech dining-hall and dormitory. He got together most of the money needed for its equipment; for seven years he devoted a surprisingly generous share of his time to the problems of its management; and when it became clear that it was not best to continue the Newton Hall experiment, he put himself to great pains to determine whether it would not be feasible to transform the Hall into a Tech Union, but its location proved too serious an obstacle. But “ Kinnie’s ” interest was not only in the students as a body, but in the individual man. If a fellow came to the laboratory pale and dragged out, “ Kinnie ” would talk to him frankly about his health, and very likely send him home, and interest a physician in the case. He was ready with advice and aid to fellows in financial straits. He was a teacher in whom young men found it easy to confide, and scores of his former pupils bear witness to the friendly counsel and help he gave them, always in the kind¬ liest way. After their graduation, he followed his students with the pride and interest of an elder brother, ever eager to help them forward. Institute men have taken pride in the service which Professor Kin¬ nicutt rendered to science and to his community. His tireless industry, his scholarship, his skill in teaching, have contributed much to the upbuild¬ ing of the Institute. Yet, in all these years, it was rather the man than the scientist or the teacher who was making the deepest impress. Thirty successive classes of Tech men cherish the memory of the devoted teacher, the courteous gentleman, the loyal, generous-hearted friend. 11

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