Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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THE AFTERMATH GEORGE HENRY HAYNES Head of Department of Economics and Government A.B., Amherst, 1887; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1892; In¬ structor in Modern Languages, W. P. I., 1887-88; Mathematics, 1888-89; Modern Languages, 1889-90; Pro¬ fessor of Economics and Government, 1893-. We knew “Jinny” by reputation alone until our Junior year when we found by personal ac¬ quaintance that this favorable reputation was well deserved. His connection with the Institute antedates that of anyone on the Hill and judging by his ten minute quizzes his acceleration increases as the square of his years and he wishes ours to do likewise. Long after Tech has been left behind we shall still conjure up a vision of a contagious smile and twitching moustache which are sure signs that a choice bit of characteristic humor is about to emanate from one of Tech’s best liked pro¬ fessors. “Jinny” ' LB K 2H ARE WALTER LOUIS JENNINGS Head of Department of Chemistry A.B., Harvard, 1889, A.M., 1890, and Ph.D., 1892; As¬ sistant in Chemistry, 1890-92; Parker Fellow at Univ. of Berlin, 1893-94; Assistant Professor of Chemistry, W. P. I., 1894-99; Professor of Organic Chemistry, 1900-. Our first acquaintance with “The Kaiser’’ in Qualitative indicated what the chemists might look forward to in their work at Tech. Here we became familiar with his unerring accuracy and skill in manipulative work. In Organic Chemistry “The Kaiser” stands supreme; his eight o’clock classes were a revelation of his never failing enthusiasm, remarkable knowledge, and personal interest in each man. Our great¬ est indoor sport consisted in trying to outguess him in regard to the dates of Organic quizzes; it couldn’t be done. We leave Tech with the re¬ membrance of Dr. Jennings as a most excellent teacher, respected by every student who came in contact with him. ‘The Kaiser ’ 12

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THE AFTERMATH CAPTAIN RALPH EARLE, D.Sc. U. S. Navy (Retired) U. S. Naval Academy, 1896; D.Sc., (Hon.) W. P. I., 1925; D. Eng., (Hon) Rensselaer, 1926; Instructor in Electrical Engineering, TJ. S. N. A., 1910-11; Head, Deparment of Ordnance and Gunnery, 1915-16; Rear Admiral and Chief of Ordnance, 1917-20; President of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1925. In the short years he has been with us, President Earle has left the mark of achievement on the life of our College, the mark of friendship in the hearts of men with whom he has worked, and the mark of a man and a leader on the undergraduate body. We have spoken of Freshmen Dormitories in the past; we have discussed their advantages and disadvantages in an academic way. Now a man of action as well as of academic learning has come to Tech and his first master achievement, the Tech Dormitory, is now nearing completion. More than all this, and less tangible, is the changing spirit which pervades undergraduates and faculty; we look forward to greater and better things instead of backward to the things of yesterday; we work with the joy of successful achievement rather than the deadening humdrum of the commonplace; we see growth and not stagnation. The whole tone of life at Tech has changed to a greater, broader outlook. BEGINNINGS OF SANFORD RILEY HALL 11

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THE AFTERMATH Head of Department of English A.B., Amherst, 1888, and A.M., 1895; Instructor in English Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1888-89; Univ. of Virginia, 1889-90; Clerk and Assistant in Languages. W. P. I., 1890-92; Instructor in Modern Languages, 1892- 95; Assistant Professor, 1895-1901; Professor of French, 1901-03; English and Modern Languages, 1903-13; Sec¬ retary of the Faculty, 1910; Professor of English, 1913-. Coming around the corner of Boynton Hall with P rofessor Coombs the gymnasium heaves in¬ to sight with commendable regularity. Due to his active interest in the affairs of we and our fellow classmates he is one who we are all well acquainted with. Coombsie has grown up with Tech and is al¬ ways ready with some historical anecdote of its past life. He was our guide in our daze as un¬ derclassmen and under his direction we debated ZELOTES WOOD COOMBS at fever heat the evils of capital punishment and “ Coombsie” prohibition. But harken I hear those three AA I smart raps and the man who has left us many pleasant memories has just risen in his place so I must close. N. B. You folks turn smiles into tears by telling ns there are errors in the J o above. We know it. TBIl “H. B .” ■V ? BO 11 HAROLD BABBITT SMITH Head of Department of Electrical Engineering M.E., Cornell. 1891; Adjunct Professor of Electrical En¬ gineering, Arkansas State Univ., 1892-93; Professor, Purdue, 1893-96; W. P. L, 1896-. You can ask “H.B.” anything short of an in¬ quiry on ampere-turns in a Business Methods Quiz and expect to get a helpful answer. The re¬ ply is usually so lucid that you haul your mental self up on the carpet and ask, “How can one man be so dumb?” He is also a national figure as an engineer and a scientist, a leading man in the A. I. E. E., a consulting engineer of note, and one of the originators of the condenser insulator. In be¬ tween times he has traveled over most of the known world, and his travel talks, featuring some of his 4,000 personally collected slides, always form a welcome surcease from engineering. 13