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3 lra i clson PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE U. S. Naval Academy, 1878; A. M. (Honorary), Harvard, 1899; L. H. D., Union, 1899; D. Sc., University of Pittsburgh, 1912; Professor of Engineer¬ ing, Harvard, 1893-1913; President of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1913- The duties of the head of an institution of learning are manifold indeed. They require him to he at once an organizer, an executive, a business man, and an educator. But it is primarily as a man that one thinks of Ira Nelson Hollis. Despite the very great demand upon his time. Dr. Hollis is never too busy to see any student personally. Having himself risen by a dogged deter¬ mination to overcome obstacles, he is ever ready to help the man who shows the same fine spirit, and only one who has gone to Prexy to talk over some difficulty can fully appreciate the breadth of character of the man. In these times of war. Dr. Hollis is especially fitted for his position. His service of fifteen years in the United States Navy, his present position on the Committee of National Defense, and his ability to talk to students as man to man, well qualify him for the weighty task that the war brings upon his shoul¬ ders. It is no small responsibility to have several hundred young men looking up to one for counsel; but Dr. Hollis gladly gives unstintingly of his time to make as clear as possible the baffling questions arising in our minds. In many other ways has Dr. Hollis’ influence been felt at Tech. Thanks chiefly to him, we were the first class to have no fear of being thrown into Institute Pond by the Sophomores. For he has done more than anyone else to bring about a better feeling between the different classes. At the very first of our course at Tech, Dr. and Mrs. Hollis generously entertained us at their home on many Sunday afternoons. This early personal acquaintance with our Prexy and his wife revealed the direct interest they take in the students. And it is this interest that means so much to us. A man who has done things. Dr. Hollis surely is; but above all, a friend. In the years to come we shall hear many times of his unselfish service to the world and of his attainments. It is as a friend that we shall really remember him.
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GEORGE HENRY HAYNES Jinny ’ AKE $BK 2H Professor of Economics and Political Science A. B., Amherst, 1887; Ph. D., Johns Hopkins, 1893; Instructor in Modern Languages, W. P. I., 1887-88; Matheiriatics, 1888-89; Modem Languages, 1889-90; Professor of Economics and Political Science, 1893- We remember “Jinny” as the broadest-minded man on the Hill, and as one who made interest¬ ing to the extreme a subject which many of us came to him prepared to dislike. But for “Jinny,” some of us might never have devel¬ oped an interest in the vital affairs of the world. Prof. Haynes’ direct influence on our educa¬ tions did not cease with his courses. For who has not gone hack many times to Room 19 to look at the most popular bulletin board on the Hill, and found the lack of “Jinny’s” comment on the material to rob it of half its value? WALTER LOUIS JENNINGS “Pussyfoot” Professor of Organic Chemistry A. B., Harvard, 1889; A. M., 1890, and Ph. D., 1892; Assistant in Chemistry, Harvard, 1890-92; Parker Fel¬ low at University of Berlin, 1893-94; Assistant Professor of Chemisti ' y, W. P. L, 1894-99; Professor of Organic Chemistry, 1900- Memories can bridge the widest space of time, and no matter how old we may live to be, we shall never forget this soft-spoken disci¬ ple of Emil Fischer. We realize only too well that he has sacrificed many an opportunity for outside work in order that he might devote his entire attention to our progress, and we are united in our gratitude. Momentarily we may have rebelled at the Kaiser’s precise methods, but we hope that many future classes may re¬ ceive the benefit of a system so well grounded in thoroughness as his. Page 14
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