Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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GEORGE HENRY HAYNES “ Jinny” A K E $ B K 2 H Jinny, the king of B19, is a character whom we will long remember. We can not soon forget the long, lean figure, as he hurries into the room, passing papers wildly about marked red or white, draws up his drawing-stand to its topmost limit, and prepares to give out one of his ten-minute quizzes. Then the pencils fly madly, and the recently- crammed ideas take hectic form across the pages. Jinny always managed to make the lectures mighty interesting, and whenever he began to see eyes be¬ coming dim, mouths opening, and attention wavering, the slight twitching of his upper lip and the ap¬ pendage thereo n would indicate that a story was coming. Everyone would wake up violently, make a desperate attempt to see the joke, and laugh loudly whether successful or not. WALTER LOUIS JENNINGS “Hughie” ‘ ' The Kaiser’ “The Doctor” “The Kink” 2 H We have been somewhat in awe of “The Doctor” since Qualitative Analysis, but the awe gave way to respect and admiration as our associations with him increased. His exactions in note taking in Qualitative bothered us, but his perfect manipula¬ tion was a stimulant. In Abstracts he gave us a final exam that Dr. Calhane had already given us twice, for which we were grateful. Extreme happiness on the part of “The Kink” meant hut one thing; some one had been given a “razz.” He was as thorough in this as in every¬ thing he did, and the recipent was always sick of life in general when the “razz” ended. If Dr. Jennings was proficient in Qualitative, he was a master in Organic Chemistry. He presented his lecture course with a thoroughness and interest which was unsurpassable, and a student who failed to learn the subject had himself to blame. 20

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CHARLES JOSEPH ADAMS Assistant Professot• of English A. B. Amherst, 1896; Instructor in Modem Languages, W. P. I., 1908-13; Assistant Professor of English, 1913—. ARTHUR JULIUS KNIGHT Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds B. S., W. P. I., 1907; Instructor in Civil Engineering, 1910-16; Assistant Professor, 1916—; Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, 1917—. FRANCIS JOSEPH ADAMS Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering B. S., W. P. I., 1904; E. E., 1906; Graduate Assistant in Electrical Engineering, W. P. I., 1904-06; Instructor, 1908-17; Assistant Professor, 1917—. FRANC IS WILLIAM ROYS Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering B. S., W. P. I., 1909, and M. E., 1917; Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, W. P. I., 1910-16; Assistant Professor, 1917—. SAMUEL JAMES PLIMPTON Assistant Professor of Physics Ph. B., Yale, 1905, and Ph. D., 1912; Loomis Fellow, Yale, 1905-06; Assistant in Physics, Yale, 1909-12; Instructor, 1912-13; Johns Hopkins, 1913-14; W. P. I., 1914-19; Assistant Professor, 1919—. LESTER BURTON STRUTHERS Assistant Professor of Modern Languages A. B. Harvard, 1910; A. M., 1911; Ph. D., 1916; Instructor in French, 1915-17; Professor of Romance Languages, Colorado College, 1917-Feb., 1918; Instructor, The Rice Institute, Feb., 1918-1920; Assistant Professor, Indiana Univ., 1920-21: Modern Languages, W. P. I., 1921—. HARRIS RICE Assistant Professor of Mathematics B. S., W. P. I., 1912; Instructor in Mathematics, Tufts College, 1915-19; Harvard, 1918; Assistant Professor, Tufts, 1919-20; W. P. I., 1920—. HERBERT FOSTER TAYLOR Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering B. S., W. P. I., 1912; Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, W. P. I., 1920—. 19

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ZELOTES WOOD COOMBS “ Coombsie ” A A $ $ B K The professor whom every freshman knows, and the professor who knows every freshman—that is Coombsie. And notice the way we wield the “who’s” and “whom’s” without worry or disaster; it shows that Coombsie has met with some success. It is said that every freshman has the idea that Professor Coombs is President of the Institute. Certain is it that he plays an important part in our first two years on the Hill. And we know that when we come back years hence to visit the old school, we will find Coombsie awaiting us with a hearty hand¬ shake, and our name on the tip of his tongue. Coombsie’s years in the classroom have been productive of several historic expressions and his “bulletin hoard coming along the corridor” is almost classic. Coombsie has the interests of Tech always close to his heart, and is one of its most ardent supporters. HAROLD BABBITT SMITH “H. B.” B©n 2H t b n It is one of the peculiar tendencies of human nature for those of us who enjoy some special privilege in life to take considerable pride in our good fortune. And for that reason the Electrics take great satisfaction in being the only ones who have had the opportunity of meeting H. B. Smith in the class room. We had hardly begun our Junior course in Design before we re alized that we were dealing with one of the “big men” in Electrical Engineering, and that the notes, which a knowledge of short hand would have helped us to take down, were the result of many years of practical experience in Electrical work. Both inside the class room and anywhere else that we have encountered him, “H. B.” has always shown his willingness to cooperate and help us out of our difficulties, and on no occasion has he shown any impatience or lack of good nature. 21