Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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Aup, Atqup, Hab. “Prexy” With the coming of this June, Doctor Hollis finishes his twelfth and last year as President of the Institute. It is with much regret that we realize that this is true, for the Institute has profited greatly from his twelve years of untiring effort in its behalf. Doctor Hollis was born in a small town in Indiana, and, after finishing his preparatory education, received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. After his graduation in 1878, he entered the Navy, from which he resigned in 1894, after sixteen years of distinguished service as a com¬ missioned officer. He then became a member of the faculty of the Harvard Engineering School, and it was he who supervised the erection of the Haivard Stadium. In 1913, Doctor Hollis accepted the position of President of the Institute, and since that time he has devoted his entire time and energy toward its upbuilding. It has been our pleasure to meet Doctor Hollis in the class-room, for, when Doctor Haynes was away on a leave of absence during our Junior year, Doctor Hollis took over his classes in Political Science. Then, and not until then, did we come to realize fully the type and calibre of the man under whom it has been our privilege to spend the four years of our college life. The success of Doctor Hollis in the engineering profession is universally recognized. While President of the Institute, he was elected President of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, a high tribute to his ability as an engineer. As we are being graduated from the Institute, we realize that what success may be ours in the future will be due, in no small measure to the influence and teachings of our President, and his lifetime of service to his country and to his fellow-men will always be an inspiration to us. Page thirteen

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IRA NELSON HOLLIS Page twelve

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CAPTAIN RALPH EARLE, President-elect Page fourteen