Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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THE AFTERMATH, CLASS OF 1914 with him, but the last of our fears were dispelled with the appearance of the first month’s marks in his course. “Punk” is honest; he always hands out the mark that one deserves, which is usually one grade higher than what experience has taught one to expect. And when a screw is necessary, it is not his way to hand it out with his compliments. “Punk” expects and extracts a lot of work from a man, but, then, he’s some Trojan himself, never afflicted with the hook-worm; however, close observers have noticed annual symptoms of the fish-worm during the first week in April. “Punk” can be a right royal entertainer, and one of the most precious vested rights of the chemists is the spending of an evening at his home. His unfailing squareness and his profound devotion to science have won him our respect and admiration; his interest in the work of the individual, his geniality, both inside and outside of working hours, and his loyalty to Tech have won him our love and friendship. PROFESSOR ALBERT W. HULL, Ph. D. Assistant Professor of Physics. Doctor Albert W. Hull graduated from Yale in 1905, received his degree of Ph. D. in 1909, and has been learning ever since. As Assistant Professor of Physics at the Institute, his career has been marked by his success in original research work. During the past year his efforts have been bent towards experiments on Ultra- Violet Light, Photo-Electric Effects and Reflection of Electrons from Metallic Sur¬ faces; and the apparatus which he has devised in these recent studies is awe-inspiring, both in its intricacy and the deftness of the glass blowing which is a by-product of this versatile experimenter. Even when the rest of the school has its vacation, this energetic man is improv¬ ing his time and last summer, at the special invitation of the Director, Dr. Whitney, he worked in the General Electric Research Laboratories at Schenectady, where a large percentage of the modern physical discoveries are made today. The result of Dr. Hull’s investigations were deemed important enough to be embodied in a patent taken out by this mammoth American manufacturing concern. Dr. Hull’s enthusiasm in his chosen field is catching, and no one under him can call Physics dry. In school and out, Dr. Hull is a man, broad-minded, of strong convictions and full of human interest; one with whom it is a pleasure and privilege to be associated. ( 38 )

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Irpartmpnt of pjgaira {Im fraaora Alexander W. Duff, D. Sc. Arthur W. Ewell, Ph. D. Albert W. Hull, Ph. D ittalrartora Morton Masius, Ph. D. Herbert K. Cummings, B. S. PROFESSOR A. WILMER DUFF, M. A., D. Sc. Professor of Physics. After long years of struggle in mastering the science of Physics in both the University of New Brunswick and the University of Edinburgh, Dr. Duff began his work of making others struggle along the same paths. Before coming to us in 1899 as head of our Physics Department, he was professor of Physics at the Universities of Madras, New Brunswick, and Purdue. There was never any rowdyism or drowsy-ism in those Sophomore Physics lec¬ tures, for even when the matter was somewhat vague his quaint Scotch accent and characteristic gestures kept us entertained, while his all-absorbing interest in his sub¬ ject commanded our attention. We even tolerated his talking to himself, except in total darkness, when some of our curious ones woud break the stillness with a loud “Wazzat?” The course in Physics may be likened to a drama in which Prof. Duff takes the part of “Fizz Icks,” with “Red” furnishing all the comedy and scene-shifting. Those were long, awkward moments while “Red” was trying all the switches vainly attempting to “douse” the lights. Professor Duff is at present spending a well-earned year’s leave of absence abroad. Besides investigating the latest methods of teaching science in the Old World, we “hae no doots” that he will spend many a restful hour in some Scotch hamlet. We want to see him back at Tech refreshed and continuing as our great “small man.” PROFESSOR ARTHUR W. EWEFF, Ph. D. Professor of Physics. We first learned of “Punk” as one of those terrible “A. Ws.” This classifica¬ tion of him, together with his ominous nickname, made us dread the first meeting

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