Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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PRESIDENT RALPH EARLE l

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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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The Trustees of Worcester Polytechnic Institute This Board is known as the Corporation Life Members George I. Rockwood 2 Military Rd., Worcester t Aldus C. Higgins John Wing Rd., Worcester JMoses B. Kaven 10 Germain St., Worcester JPaul B. Morgan 21 Cedar St., Worcester Henry J. Fuller J. E. Aldred Co., 40 Wall St., New York City Ex-Officio Members George M. Jeppson 1 Drury Lane, Worcester Rev. Thomas S. Roy 661 Main St., Worcester tHoN. John C. Mahoney Room 27, City Hall, Worcester Term Members Term Expiring July 1, 1934 George F. Fuller Harrison P. Eddy 15 Massachusetts Ave., Worcester c o Metcalf Eddy, Statler Bldg., Boston Ernest K. Gladding 190 Woodbridge Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. Term Expiring July 1 , 1935 Alfred 0. Weld Albert J. Gifford George A. Weld Co., 120 Milk St., Boston 28 Prospect St., Shrewsbury Harry R. Sinclair 9 Moreland St., Worcester Term Expiring July 1, 1936 George W. Smith, Jr. George E. Williamson 10602 Lake Shore Blvd., Cleveland, O. Strathmore Paper Co., West Springfield Saumel S. Edmands 295 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Term Expiring July 1, 1937 Samuel M. Stone Conrad N. Lauer 35 Stratford Rd., West Hartford, Conn. 1401 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Herbert H. Ferris 60 Forest Ave., Green Ridge, N. J. Term Expiring July 1, 1938 George F. Booth Charles F. Bailey 20 Franklin St., Worcester Newport News Shipbuilding Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va. Ernest W. Marshall 19 West 44th St., New York City JTrustees of John Boynton Fund. JRalph Earle, Chairman 11 Boynton St., Worcester Rev. Shepherd Knapp 8 Institute Rd., Worcester Rev. Maxwell Savage 41 Lancaster St., Worcester .•.Charles Baker, Secretary 86 Foster St., Worcester JDr. Homer Gage, Treasurer 8 Chestnut St., Worcester Charles L. Allen 6 Academy St., Worcester Charles G. Stratton Hotel Bancroft, Worcester Page fourteen