Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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P€D L€R 1932 CARL DUNHAM KNIGHT %=. TBn AXA Professor of Electrical Engineering B.S., W. P. I.. 1 903, and E.E., 1908; In¬ structor in Electrical Engineering. 1904-08; Assistant Professor of Experimental Engineer¬ ing, 1908-20; Professor, 1920-. CCJ ET’ S have a diagram of connections.” This inimitable little phrase can only be associated with C. D. Knight. Not only does this maestro wave his baton over the ammeters, voltmeters, and watt¬ meters, but he is also the fashion plate of the E. E. Department. Rain, snow, in fact none of the elements can dampen his good will nor muss his appearance. Always cheerful, neat, and instructive, this indivi¬ dual approaches the ideal. Behind his glasses, a merry twinkle dances, which re¬ veals his good nature and enthusiasm. The latter has been manifested at many of the school affairs, it is reported, and he is known as one of the athletic teams’ most loyal supporters. “C. D ” “Al” ALBERT SUTTON RICHEY B.M.E., Purdue Univ., 1894. and E.E., 1908; Assistant Professor of Electric Rail¬ way Engineering, W. P. I., 1905-07; Pro¬ fessor, 1907-. pROFESSOR Richey is an unknown quantity to most of the students, as he has classes with only a select few of the Senior Class. The majority of his time is spent run¬ ning around the country solving momen¬ tous traffic problems. His extensive re¬ ports on the grade crossing right here at Lincoln Square have made him well known in Worcester. Traffic problems are not Richey’s only trials, as he has to solve all the problems of the Interfraternity Coun¬ cil, of which he is the chairman. The credit for the success of our present rushing system is due to Prof. Richey, as it was he who devised the present plan. Page twenty-eight

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P€DDL€R 1932 ARTHUR WOOLSEY EWELL 2H I BK Professor of Physics A.B., Yale, 1 897, and Ph,D,. 1899; Assist¬ ant in Physics, Yale, 1 897-99; Instructor, W. P, I,. 1900-04; Assistant Professor, 1904- 10; Professor, 1 9 1 0-. pUNK came into our lives with his favor¬ ite expression, “Now, look, see, fel¬ lows,’’ rolling off his lips with the ease of years of practice. Those were the first, last, and only intelligible words we ever heard from that source. It wasn’t really Punk’s fault, though, for he did try ter¬ ribly hard to make us understand. A. W. does know a lot about his subject and en¬ joys expounding it, but he has so many more interesting things to talk about, like his European trips, his experiences in the World War, and wine, that he finds it hard to stick Physie Chem. Oh well, even if we didn’t learn much chem¬ istry, we had a lot of fun, didn’t we. Punk? ' ‘Punk DANIEL FRANCIS CALHANE A.B., Harvard, 1894, A.M., 1 896, and Ph.D., 1904; Assistant in Chemistry, 1899-1903; Instructor, W. P. I., 1 903-1 3; Assistant Pro¬ fessor of Industrial and Electro-Chemistry, 1913-18; Professor, 1918-. INNY is what is commonly known as a good skate. He is not a pedagogue, even if he does like to use six-syllable words, but is just a wise man helping a bunch of not-so-wise men get the knowl¬ edge they are seeking. We will all re¬ member Dinny, not for the difficulty of his courses, although they’re all plenty hard, but rather for his eminent fairness and helpfulness. Another thing we won’t forget in a hurry, is the time he forgot something and lectured for ten minutes with his head in a drawer, until he found the diagram he had forgotten. Among other things. Dinny holds the endurance record for exams, some of his finals having lasted from nine A. M. to three P. M. If, as he hopes, he can better that record this year, he is expected to apply to the A. A. A. for official recog¬ nition of his ability. Page twenty-seven

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P€DDL€R 1932 FRANCIS JOSEPH ADAMS TBn Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering B.S.. W. P. I.. 1904, and E.E.. 1906; Grad¬ uate Assistant in Electrical Engineering, 1 904- 06: Instructor, 1907-17; Assistant Professor, 191 7-. HIS rotund and jolly individual who has been properly designated with the name Rip through his incessant dronings in transmission, is a fit counterpart of the famous Rip Van Winkle of Catskill fame, only Rip’s foothold is in the E. E. Design Room, Here he subtly and graciously eases in the intricacies and wherefores of distribution systems. Ever polite, prompt, neat, concise, and complete will give a word caricature of Mr. Adams. Every year he leads the intrepid electrics into the Berkshires to inspect the N. E. Power Sys¬ tem. Foolish, smart, in fact all questions he will answer completely and as many times as they are asked, and this alone should give a very clear idea of how he has gained his popularity. Rip CHARLES JOSEPH ADAMS A.B.. Amherst, 1896; Instructor in Mod¬ ern Languages, W. P. I., 1908-13; Assistant Professor of English, 1913-3 0; Professor, 1 930-. ERE is a prof among profs, good old Pop. With consummate skill and ease, he painlessly grafts tender shoots of literature to the somnolent trees of Fresh¬ man brain shells. Like a true doctor, he first administers the ether of a monotonous sing-song or the local anaesthetic of a quiz. When after a quizzical glance over his spectacle, he observes his patients to be in a state of coma. Pop commences the mass operation. The obstacles surmounted, he resumes his throne and probes gently for the awakening by a brisk crackling of the morning paper and a curt—“harumph.” To restore the humor of the sleepy class, the great doctor applies a stimulant of pithy anecdotes and perhaps a pun. Pop reigns supreme by popular vote in the undergraduates Utopia. Page twenty-nine