Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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... mg. CHARLES METCALF ALLEN 2AE “Charlie’ TBn V ■ Professor of Hydraulic Engineering B. S., W. P. I., 1894, and M. S., 1899; Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, 1894-1902; Assistant Pro¬ fessor of Experimental Engineering, 1902-06; Pro¬ fessor, 1906-09; Professor of Hydraulic Engineering, 1909- . Sometimes at four and a half and sometimes at six minutes after the bell has rung, a sturdy, gray haired man with a kindly face and a genial smile walks down the left aisle of the lecture room, deposits his blue textbook and a lot of pamphlets of the latest “dope” on water power on the desk, and asks, “Is everybody here?” On being assured that at least half are present he closes his attendance book and out comes, “Any questions? ” Then, “Well if you haven’t, I have.” However, before the question calls for an answer Charlie thinks of something that happened on the Podunk river and the question dies. We have enjoyed these hours spent in the M. E. lecture room with Professor Allen and will remember the course as one of the most pleasant. ARTHUR WOOLSEY EWELL “Punk” 4 BK Professor of Physics (Leave of absence as Captain in United States Army ) A. B., Yale, and Ph. D., 1899; Assistant in Physics, Yale, 1897-99; Instructor, W. P. I., 1900-04; Assistant Professor, 1904-10; Professor, 1910- . Only a few of us had the good fortune to meet “Punk” as a teacher in Physics. His untiring patience and readiness to help us over any particularly puzzling point are only a few of his good qualities. We all appreciated his efforts to make school life more agree¬ able for us. Having never heard “Punk” lecture, we cannot say whether his name is justified or not, but we think that his other good points would surely balance any deficiency in that line. He is said to be an excellent entertainer, although none of us had the opportunity to meet him, as he left to give his services in the war and is now a captain in the United States Army, working in connection with the dropping of bombs from aeroplanes. Page 19 iQlQ A ' FTEPi ' MATH 1919 miimiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiMi mmnTTrmrT Mlliiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimiiiij,

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Hiiinf iinmiiiin w I ALTON LINCOLN “Dingtoe” SMITH Professor of Drawing and Machine Design B. S., W. P. I., 1890, and M. S., 1899; Assistant in Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, W. P. I., 1890- 91; Instructor in Mechanical Drawing, 1891-1900; Assistant Professor of Drawing and Machine Design, 1900-06; Professor, 1906- . “Dingtoe” first met us in private sessions and at that time tried to either encourage or discourage us, we don’t know which. We do know, however, that he encouraged us whether he entirely meant to or not. Since that time we have met him in various classes and we have found him a hard worker. It is sometimes difficult to keep up with him in his explanation of a sketch, which he completely hides from our view, but we usually have plenty of time afterward to puzzle it out ourselves, or at least to ask questions about it. Much time is also allowed when he says, “Pass in your result on a piece of paper.” Then he acts as teller, and when someone votes the wrong way “Ding” makes that person give the explanation. How often he has caught us. JOSEPH OLIVER PHELON Joe ATP TBII Professor of Electrical Engineering B. S., W. P. I., 1887, and B. S. (Electrical Engineering), 1890; M. M. E., Cornell, 1901; Instructor in Physics, W. P. I., 1887-96; Electrical Engineering, 1896-1900; Fellow, Cornell Univ., 1900-01; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, W. P. I., 1901-07; Professor, 1907- . In “Joe” we have the rare combination of a farmer and an electrical engineer. Our first acquaintance with him was in the Junior year, when under his dignified guidance we were introduced to the elements of elec¬ trical enginering. E. E. 1 was a course well suited to those who were weary in mind and in need of rest, for “Joe” did not blow a circuit breaker very often, SO ' for the most part our slumbers were uninterrupted. Beware, however, of the “yellow tickets” which “Joe” issues without warning, and which have been the downfall of many a would-be Mechanical engineer! As the G. O. P. is to the Country, so is J. O. P. to the Institute. We leave behind us a faithful friend, and can we not say the father of all knowledge of electrical engineering, for was it not “Joe” who first taught us the various combinations of E—IR? Page 18

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ALBERT SUTTON RICHEY 4 A0 TBIT 22 Professor of Electric Railway Engineering. (Leave of absence ) B. M. E., Purdue, 1894, and E. E., 1908; Assistant Pro¬ fessor of Electric Railway Engineering, W. P. I., 1905-07; Professor, 1907- . We had travelled nearly through our course before we made Professor Richey’s acquaintance. During our first year or two we had seen his name in the cata¬ logue, and in the third year our travels to A. C. took us past his door, labelled with his name, through which sometimes drifted snatches of conversation. Occasion¬ ally the door would open and we would catch a glimpse of the “office force” on her way down stairs. Finally, in the last term of the Senior year, we met the Professor himself. He is a thoroughly practical man, being engaged in railway engineering work continually, and thus keeping right up to the minute in his subject. He has the faculty of putting his statements in a clear and understandable manner. While his appearance is at first rather stern, his eyes light up readily with a twinkle which shows his good nature. HOWARD CHAPIN IVES “Reddy” yy Professor of Railroad Engineering Ph. B., Yale, 1898, and C. E., 1900; Instructor in Civil Engineering, W. P. I., 1900-03; Assistant Professor Univ. of Penn., 1903-06; Assistant Professor of Rail¬ road Engineering, W. P. I., 1906-12; Professor, 1912- . “Reddy,” fair, ruddy of countenance, and tipping the scales at two hundred fifty; most serious and con¬ cerned apparently, most jovial and witty actually, is one of the “Profs.” who will remain in the tablets of a civil’s memory forever. Professor Ives is a firm believer in the doctrine that it is unwise to take one’s self too seriously; moreover, he practices what he preaches and often takes time out of recitation to tell us the kind of anecdote that we all like best. As chief engineer of the C. U., “Reddy” is in his prime, and to his management of the culinary depart¬ ment w r e doff our hats. The thought of the good old days at Chaffin’s causes an echo of an old familiar cry; “Water, wood and waiter; breakfast on time or a little ahead! ” Page 20 After m at h 1Q1Q WA I o vfltriTlITrnilhnr T TTTrTTTTTTTlTnUtnillMlIlllinlllllllMlIlIlIlltll lflllllUrK