Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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THE AFTERMATH “Charlie ’ “C. M.” ' ZZ TBII 2AE CHARLES METCALF ALLEN Professor of Hydraulic Engineering B.S., W. P. L, 1894, and M.S., 1899; Instructor in Me¬ chanical Engineering, 1894-1902; Assistant Professor of Experimental Engineering, 1902-06; Professor, 1906-09; Professor of Hydraulic Engineering, 1909-. Here is a gentleman of the faculty who calls hack the pleasant memories of the Chaffins Lab. The way Charley handled the Hydraulics course and the men taking it earned for him the ap¬ propriate title of a “good scout”. We are in¬ deed sorry there were not enough like him. The famous Gasoline Lecture indicates that Professor Allen prefers gasoline to listerine, judging from the contact he made with the gasoline. The smile producing “drink ’, the ever present cigar, “the amount of water that hits the vane is exactly the amount of water that hits the vane”, and the “Swiss Meander stream” bind Charlie forever close to us. ARTHUR WOOLSEY EWELL Professor of Physics A.B., Yale, 1897, and Ph.D., 1899; Assistant in Physics, Yale, 1897-99; Instructor, W. P. I., 1900-04; Assistant Professor, 1904-10; Professor, 1910-. “Mister” Ewell is on e who teaches principally to satisfy his love for teaching, and not because he has nothing else to do. We never saw a day when he did not have at least sixty-nine appoint¬ ments, ranging from a meeting of some board of directors to seeing how the continent of Af¬ rica was getting along. Every time the chemists think of “Punk”, they recall the evening they had a session of the “Physi-Chem” class at his residence on Elm Street. If only all classes could be like that one! We shall remember “Mr. ' Ewell as most earn¬ est in his teaching, and always willing to help students with their difficulties. “Punk” I BK 18

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V J h THE AFTERMATH ALTON LINCOLN SMITH Professor of Drawing and Machine Design and Assistant to the President B.S., W. P. I., 1890, and M.S., 1899; Assistant in Me¬ chanical Engineering Laboratory, 1890-91; Instructor in Mechanical Drawing, 1891-1900; Assistant Professor of Drawing and Machine Design. 1900 06; Professor, 1906- 23; Professor and Assistant to the President, 1923-. “Manifestly, the link A.B. will revolve in this direction ' , This sentence may well be inserted in the volume of “Famous Phrases by Famous Men”. “A.L.” is also famous as an astronomer because of his proposed linkage to the moon. His chief weapon is his two-foot rule with which he illustrates relative motion. He admits that examinations are rather unfair because this or that student may he suffering from any chronic illness that particular day. “A.L.” has had to put up with a great deal of confusion in Senior Design, but all earnest workers find him a real friend and everyone knows him to be a loyal booster of Tech. ‘ Dingtoe” “A. l: JOSEPH OLIVER PHELON Professor of Electrical Engineering B.S., (Mechanical Engineering) W. P. I., 1887, and B.S., (Electrical Engineering) 1890; M.M.E., Cornell, 1901 ; Instructor in Physics, W. P. I., 1887-96; Electric¬ al Engineering, 1896-1900; Fellow, Cornell, 1900-01; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, W. P. I., 1901-07; Professor, 1907-. Strange though it may seem, more knowledge penetrated our crania during the easy hours we spent with Joe Phelon than there did in some of (he famous “screw courses”. His slow, pleasant voice was always laden with useful information, hut alas! it was also conducive to deep and un- lrou hied slumber. Judging from his sprightly stepping at some of our shin-digs, Joe must have become accidentally charged with pep from one of his dynamos. It must have been a good-natured contraption, too, for never was there a kindlier, younger old gentleman than Professor Joe. 17

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THE AFTERMATH ALBERT SUTTON RICHEY Professor of Electric Railway Engineering B.M.E., Purdue, 1894, and E.E., 1908; Assistant Profes¬ sor of Electric Railway Engineering, W. P. I., 1905-07; Professor, 1907-. From his private sanctum in the E. E. Build¬ ing Prof. Richey issues the statistics and reports which have made him a famous electric railway engineer. Here the moguls of great public util¬ ity corporations come to ask his help in ex¬ tricating their firms from the morass of financial difficulty. As for his professorial duties, they are confined to the Senior Electrics, who say that his course in Railways is at once an in¬ spiration and a graft. He is the founder of the local chapter of Tau Beta Pi, and is at present head of the Interfraternity Council. We are proud indeed to have as a teacher in our Alma Mater a man of the calibre of A. S. Richey. “ Richey ” TBII 4 A6 CARLETON ALLEN READ Professor of Steam Engineering B.S., M. I. T., 1891; Instructor in Mechanical Engineer¬ ing, 1891-99; Professor, New Hampshire State College, 1899-1908; Professor of Steam Engineering, W. P. I., 1908-. For thirty-two long weeks we struggled to gain some insight into the mysteries of his courses so that there would be no “moaning at the bar” when we “faced a little North by West.” Never- the-less, there was “moaning” which must have carried far, for it is said that the courses are less mysterious and those who stop “moaning” long enough to look behind Prof. Read’s method will find that “B.A.” has been misunderstood and that there is no one who has the interest of the student more at heart. Seek behind the method, and find the man! 19