Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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Department of Mathematics

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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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Department nf tMattjematira ProfesBora Levi L. Conant, Ph. D. Arthur D. Butterfield, M. S., A. M. Raymond K. Morley, Ph. D. Instructors James A. Bullard, B. A. Peter W. Brouwers, B. S. PROF. LEVI LEONARD CONANT, Ph. D. Professor of Mathemaiics. Levi Leonard Conant, Ph. D., we but scarcely know; but “Conie” is known by all and has one of the warmest corners in the heart of every Tech man. We have known him as instructor and as Acting-President of the Institute, and have found him always the same gentle, kind, thoughtful and sympathetic man. A graduate of Dartmouth College in the class of ’79, his life has ever been turned toward the educational. He received the degree of Master of Arts from his Alma Mater in ’87; Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy at Syracuse Univer¬ sity in 1893. After holding the professorship of Mathematics at the Dakota School of Mines and after a year of graduate work at Clark University, he came to us in 1891. Since that time, Conie has made himself known as an educational writer, as member of the Massachusetts State Board of Education and Worcester School Com¬ mittee ; but above all, as a square and impartial man, whether in the class room or m the president’s chair. PROFESSOR RAYMOND KURTZ MORLEY, Ph. D. Assistant Professor of Mathematics. Raymond Kurtz Morley, Ph. D., born at Templeton, Mass., prepared at God¬ dard Seminary and Newton High School. Entering Tufts College in 1900, he re¬ ceived the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in 1904, with such hon¬ ors as to admit him to Phi Beta Kappa. He was later admitted to Sigma Xi at the Institute. His first three years as instructor were spent at the University of Maine,