Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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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

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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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THIRTY FIVE HAROLD WINTHROP DOWS, B.S., M.E. Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Tim 2H Born in Salem, Mass. Prepared at Lowell High School. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1918; M.E., 1930. United States Army, 1918-19; Wor¬ cester Polytechnic Institute, Instructor in Mechanical Engi neering, 1919-30; Assistant Professor, 1 930-. Member of A.S.M.E. True worth needs no announcer. GUSTAF ADOLF GAFFFRT B.S., M.F., D.Sc. Assistant Professor of Heat-Power Engin¬ eering Born in Worcester, Mass. Worcester North High School. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1923; M.E., 1925. University of Michigan, D.Sc., 1934. Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1925-27; Mechanical Engineer for Sargent and Lundy Co., Chicago, in charge of industrial and central station design, 1927-33; Fellow, University of Michigan, 1933-34. Assistant Professor of Heat- Power Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1934-. Captain of Ordnance in Reserve Corps. Member of A.S.M.E. (Associate). Illustrated Mechan¬ ics of Machinery by Ham and Crane. Author of; Seven articles in Power Plant Engineering; Paper, High Pressure and Binary Vapor Cycles, before A.S.M.E. annual meeting in New York, Dec. 1934, with discussion in April 1935 Transactions. He is come to dispel the infernal gloom. JFROMF WILLARD HOWE, B.S. Professor and Head of the Department of Civil Engineering C-)YH Born in Worcester, Mass. Worcester English High School. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1909. Editor of Tech Journal, Class President. Instructor, Pennsylvania Military College, 1 909-1 1 ; with Phoenix Bridge Company, 1911-13; U. S. Army, Second Lieut, to Major, 1914-1924; Editor of The Wireless Age, 1924; Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, 1924-26; Professor, 1926-. Member of; Worcester Society of Civil En¬ gineers, Boston Society of Civil Engineers, A.S.C.E., A.A.U.P., S.P.E.E., U. S. Cavalry Association. Trans¬ lated The German Cavalry in Belgium and France, by M. von Posech. Confidence in another man’s power is no mean evidence of one’s own. Piige tuenty-tbree