Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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HOWARD PARKER FAIRFIELD “Pa” 2 H Most of us first met Professor Fairfield in the Machine Shop in the beginning of our Sophomore year. After we had become acquainted with him, our only regret was that we hadn’t met him sooner. Always trying to help the students and to en¬ courage them, he has won the admiration of us all. Never have we seen him excited or angry. His slow deliberative manner has taken him through many a difficulty. One thing that “Pa” will not tolerate, however, and that is to be out of step. He always notices it the first thing, no matter how deeply he may be in¬ terested in the conversation. He is a loyal Tech suporter. Often in his lectures have we heard of the big things that “our Graduates” are doing. When we leave the school, we are sure to miss his kind advice and his pleasing per¬ sonality. But there is one consolation, we shall always have his friendship. MORTON MASIUS “ Dutchy ” ■A M “Dutchy” Masius, the human slip-stick, was first introduced to us during our first years on the hill. Some of us will remember him as teaching analyt during the first year, when many of the faculty were away in the service. “Dutchy” is a marvel when it conies to calculations, and as a teacher he is unsurpassed. If, as is often the case “you know nothing whatever about this,” “Dutchy” will by some means or other pound a bit of knowledge into your head before the class is dismissed. His ability to balance on the very edge of the platform while conducting classes was always admired by the students. Who will forget the time when he came to class with¬ out his necktie? Without a doubt. Professor Masius knows more about science than any other man on the Hill, and furthermore he has the ability of impounding some knowledge into the thickest of skulls. 29

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RAYMOND KURTZ MORLEY “Doc” $ B K 2 E Our first two years were spent in more or less intimate contact with “Doc” Morley, the champion chalk-snapper. We have often wondered how much chalk “Doc” uses during a term, and how many steps he takes during a recitation period. Another thing that amazes some of us is how he could manage to pound the theories of trig, analyt, calc, etc. through some of our skulls, which have long been noted for their great hardness. Nevertheless, “Doc’s” patience stood the test, and he managed to teach us; and it is to him that we owe what little we do know of higher mathematics. “Doc’s” methods of teaching were not only suc¬ cessful, but remarkably painless, considering the subject; and the classes were always brightened with little bits of dry humor. A few of his methods might be called original; have you forgotten your initiation into the Order of the Double Cross? We will always remember “Doc” Morley as an excellent teacher, fair and impartial at all times, and a true friend to every Tech man. DANIEL FRANCIS CALHANE “Dinny” 2 S The Chemists first met “Dinny” in Junior Ab¬ stracts, altlio the Electrics studied Qualitative Anal¬ ysis in their Sophomore year under him. In Abstracts we found him to be most kind-hearted, as he gave us the same monthly exam twice. His real work is that of teaching the Chemists Electro-Analysis, and Industrial Chemistry. In these courses we were astounded by the extent of his knowledge, and the fluency of his speech. Nor is his learning confined to the subjects which he teaches, but includes all things technical. A student has but to mention his difficulty to Dr. Calhane and if that difficulty is not removed, the fault is not Dinny’s. His graphic explanation in the most precise terms makes the most obscure points clear. We deeply apreciate his helpful spirit, and feel fortunate that we can call Dr. Calhane a friend. 28

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JOHN BROWN ZINN “Doc” A T n $ B K We Chemists have been exposed to “Doc” Zinn’s courses at least once a year since he came to us. That cynical smile which he gives us after he puts a Theoret. problem on the board for us to do, or the morning after the monthly marks are out, when we all get E’s, is a sure sign he intends to keep us going. A man who doesn’t keep working is “out of luck” according to “Doc.” But by what he says we will all graduate sometime, although we are inclined to doubt it, when we see his finals. We are indebted to him for his interest in the Sceptical Chymists of which he is a strong supporter, being greatly in favor of looking at things from the theoretical point of view. His pep and interest in outside activities, besides what goes on in the Salis¬ bury laboratories, show that he is a real Tech man, and interested in the welfare of Tech. CARL DUNHAM KNIGHT “C. Dr “Dodo” AXA T B n 2 H Although it is a year and a half since the Electrics in the class of ’22 started blowing circuit-breakers in the E. E. Laboratory, we have no difficulty in recalling the first lecture we attended under the instruction of “C. D.” In those first fifty minutes we learned that the supply of instruments in the “Lab” was quite adequate and yet that it was limited; furthermore that the method of discovering whether a line was live or not was not to put one finger on each terminal. The one deplorable fact is that many of us never bothered to heed these instructions, and they had to be repeated at regular intervals throughout the whole course; but there is not one of us who can say that they were not given on the last occasion in just the same patient manner and in the same even tone as they were the first time. Our only regret is that we had to wait two and a half years before making “C. D.’s” acquaintance. 30