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REAR ADMIRAL RALPH EARLE, U. S. NAVY (Retired) D.Sc., D. Eng., LL.D. President U. S. Naval Academy, 1916; D.Sc. (Hon.), W. P. I., 1925; D.Eng. (Hon.) Rensselaer, 1926; LL.D. (Hon.) Amherst, 1929; LL.D. (Hon.) Clark, 1930; Instructor in Electrical Engineering, U. S. N. A., 1910-11; Head, Dep’t. of Ordnance and Gunnery, 1915-1916; Rear Admiral and Chief of Ordnance, 1917-20. President of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1925- The Worcester Polytechnic Institute is indeed fortunate in having at its helm so able a leader as the Rear-Admiral Ralph Earle. His life history is particularly interesting and eventful. While attending the Institute in 1892 he received an appointment to the Naval Academy from which he was graduated four years later. He first came into active naval service in the war of ’98 and with this experience he was gradually promoted until he was appointed Chief of the Bureau of Ord¬ nance in 1916. As chief of the ordnance department he gained distinction from his work in the construction of the Northern Barrage which played such an important part in the war. After the World War he was given command of the U. S. S. Connecticut and he was later given charge of the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, R. I., where he served from 1922 until 1925. With this fine record. Admiral Earle returned to Worcester and to Worcester Tech to assume his new ' responsibility as President of the Institute. It was at this time that he acquired the name of “Prexy,” the Prexy who is admired and re¬ spected by every Tech student who came in contact with him. It was fitting that President Earle should return to the Institute whose original buildings were designed by his father many years ago. Stephen C. Earle, the president’s father, was the outstanding architect of Central Massachusetts and it is significant that Admiral Earle should carry on the building program which his father so notably started. Prexy was instrumental in building the new Sanford Riley Dormitory as well as the Fuller Memorial Swimming Pool. Not only did he carry on the building program of his father but he elaborated and undertook the task of building character of youth in engineering fields. Such a task, he has done well and the inspiration which he has instilled upon so many students will live long. His friendly personality, his ability to act as counsellor, guide and model has won for him the whole-hearted support of the student body, as is evidenced by the esteem and admiration which they hold for him. His chapel talks, inter¬ spersed with his experiences in the Navy, have been of immeasurable value in giving students advice on how ' to “carry on in the ship of life.” In particular, the class of ’34 wishes to express its appreciation and esteem for the fine leadership which “Prexy” has shown us in our college days. To use some of the nautical expressions so characteristic of our President, may “Prexy’s” voyage on the “seas” of Worcester Polytechnic Institute be a successful one in the future as it has been in the past, and may his “officers” and his “crew” give to him their cooperation and loyalty which so able a “captain” is deserving. Bon Voyage. Page twelve
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