Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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THIRTY FIVE PROFESSORS FRANCIS WILLIAM ROYS, B.S., M.E. Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Head of the Department Born in Nantucket, Mass.; Worcester Academy 1 905; Worcester Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1909; M.E., 1917; Member of the Glee Club; With Holyoke Machine Company, 1909-10; Instructor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1910-16; Massachusetts Insti¬ tute of Technology, 1916-17; Assistant Professor. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1917-23; Professor, 1923-. Author of Materials of Engineering Con¬ structions. Member of A.S.M.E.; S.P.E.E.; A.S.T.M.; and A.S.S.T. Sober he is, but not severe. ALTON LINCOLN SMITH, B.S., M.S. Professor of Drawing and Machine Design and Assistant to the President 25 Born in Mattoon, Ill. Springfield, Mass. High School. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1890; M.S., 1 899. Assistant Editor of college paper; Vale¬ dictorian of class; First-six prize man; permanent class secretary and treasurer. Assistant in Mechanical En¬ gineering Laboratory, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1890-91; Instructor in Mechanical Drawing, 1891- 1900; Assistant Professor of Drawing and Machine Design, 1900-06; Professor, 1 906-; Assistant to the President, 1923-; Chairman, Committee on Students and Scholarships. Member of: Worcester County Mechanics Association, New England Historic Gene¬ alogical Society. A.S.M.E. Contributor to the tech¬ nical press and genealogical department of Boston Transcript. Author of Technical Sketching. Not a word spake he more than was need. CHARLES METCALF ALLEN B.S., M.S., D.Eng. (Hon.) Professor of Hydraulic Engineering TBH 2AE 25 Born in Walpole, Mass., Walpole High School. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1894; M.S., 1899; D. Eng. (Hon), 1 929. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, 1894- 1902: Assistant Professor of Experimental Engineer¬ ing, 1902-06; Professor, 190T09: Professor of Hydraulic Engineering, 1 909-. Member of A.S.C.E.: A.S.M.E.; B.S.C.E. (Past President): A.A.A.S.: S.P.E.E., Worcester Engineering Society. Developed the Salt Velocity Method of Water Measurement. Author of Modern Water Wheel Testing; Measuring the Flow of Water; Salt Velocity Method of Water Measurement; Co-Author: Piezometer Investigations; Forty Years of Comparative Measurements by a Ven¬ turi Meter and a 16 ft. Weir. Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark. Page twenty-one

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THE P E D . D L E R THE TRUSTEES OF WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE This Board is known as the Corporation LIFE MEMBERS tCHARLES Baker, Secretary 86 Eoster St., Worcester fDR. Homer Gage, Treasurer 8 Chestnut St., Worcester Charles L. Allen 6 Academy St., Worcester Charles G. Stratton George I. Rockwood 2 Military Rd., Worcester fALDUs C. Higgins I John Wing Rd., Worcester fMosES B. Raven 10 Germain St., Worcester fPAUL B. Morgan 21 Cedar St., Worcester Hotel Bancroft, Worcester Henry J. Fuller J. E. Aldred Co., 40 Wall St., New York City EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS fRALPH Earle, Chairman 11 Boynton St., Worcester Rev. Shepherd Knapp 8 Institute Rd., Worcester Rev. Maxwell Savage 41 Lancaster St., Worcester George N. Jeppson 1 Drury Lane, Worcester Rev. Thomas S. Roy 661 Main St., Worcester fHoN. John C. Mahoney Room 27, City Hall, Worcester TERM MEMBERS Term Expiring July 1, 1935 Alfred O. Weld Albert J. Gifford George A. Weld id Co., 120 Milk St., 28 Prospect St., Shrewsbury Boston Harry R. Sinclair 9 Moreland St., Worcester Term Expiring July 1, 193 6 George W. Smith, Jr. George E. Williamson 10602 Lake Shore Blvd., Cleveland, O. Strathmore Paper Co., West Springfield Samuel S. Edmands 29 5 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., Glen Ridge, N. J. fTrustees of John Boynton Fund. Died Oct. 1 1, 1934. Page twenty

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THE PEDDLER HOWARD PARKER FAIRFIELD Professor of Machine Construction ATO 5H Born in Patten, Maine. Prepared at Common School. S. A. Wood’s Machine Co., 1848-88: Boston and Albany Railroad, 1 888-89; Goodyear Shoe Ma¬ chinery Co., 1889-91; Case School of Applied Sci¬ ences; Instructor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1891 -99; Instructor in Machine Construction, 1899- 1914; Assistant Professor, 1914-19; Professor, 191 9-. Author of Textbooks for International Correspondence Schools; Technical and Shop Journals; Starrett Hand¬ book. A Friend to all. GLEASON HARVEY MacCULLOUGH B.S., M.S., Sc.D. Professor of Engineering Mechanics TBn @Yn 2E Born in Sawyerville, Quebec, Canada. Prepared at Lowell High School. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1918; M.S., 1931; Sc.D., University of Michi¬ gan, 193 2. Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1918-24; Assistant Professor, 1924-31; Professor, 1931-. Member of: A.S.M.E.; S.P.E.E.; Worcester Economic Club. Au¬ thor of Applications of Creep Tests. Co-author of Timoshenko and MacCullough ' s Strength of Materials. Noise is not a necessary attribute to success. KENNETH GERALD MERRIAM, B.S. Assistant Professor of Aeronautical Engin¬ eering DYD EH Born in Belfast, Maine. Belfast High School. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S., 1922. Member of Choral Club, Rifle Club. Instructor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine, 1922- 23; Assistant Professor of Aeronautical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1928-. Captain in the Coast Artillery Reserves, 1929-. Member of; A.S.M.E., S.P.E.E., Worcester Engineering Society, Institute of the Aero’ autRal Sciences. Author, in col¬ laboration with D. G. Downing, of Design of Steel Column Slabs. Also sundry short technical articles. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit. Page twenty-two