Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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THE PEDDLER ARTHUR WILLARD FRENCH B.S., C.E. Professor of Civil Engineering TBII 2X 5E Born in Battle Creek, Mich. Milford High School. Dartmouth College, B.S., 1891. Thayer School of Civil Engineering, C.E. With Platte River Paper Mills and Denver Sulphite Mills, 1892-94. Colorado and Southern Railroad, 1905. Associate Professor, Thayer School of Civil Engineering, 1 895-98. Wor¬ cester Polytechnic Institute, Professor of Civil Engin¬ eering, 1 899-. Member of: A.S.C.E., Worcester Society of Civil Engineers, Boston Society of Civil Engineers. Co-author of Stereotomy with H. C. Ives. had rather excel in knowledge than in power. ARTHUR JULIUS KNIGHT, B.S. Professor of Civil Engineering and Superin¬ tendent of Buildings and Grounds ©YD 25 Born in Worcester, Mass. Worcester South High School. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1907. With Northern Pacific Railroad, 1907-10; Instructor in Civil Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1910-16; Assistant Professor, 1916-3 0; Professor, 1930-; Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, 191 7-; Resident Engineer of Construction of Alumni Field; Inspection of Construction of Alumni Gym¬ nasium, 1915-16; Sanford Riley Hall, 1926-27. Member of: A.S.C.E., Worcester Civil Engineering Society, S.P.E.E., A.A.U.P. Always think twice and then don’t speak immediately. CARL EREDRICK MEYER, B.S., C.E. Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering TBII @X 25 Born in Lawrence, Mass. Prepared at Lawrence High School. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1 922; C.E., 1929; United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1922-23; Engineering Draftsman, 1923-24; Instructor in Civil Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1924-29; Assistant Professor, 1929-. Member of; A.S.C.E.; A.A.U.P.; Worcester Society of Civil Engineers. leave thy praises unexpressed. Page twenty-four

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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

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THIRTY FIVE WALTER LOUIS JENNINGS A.B., M.A., Ph.D. Professor and Head of the Department of Chemistry Born in Bangor, Maine. Cambridge High and Latin School. Harvard University, A.B., 1889; M.A., 1890; Ph.D., 1 892. Assistant in Chemistry, Harvard University, 1 890-92; Parker Fellow, University of Berlin, 1893-94; Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1 894-99; Professor of Organic Chemistry, 1900-. Member of; Worcester Chemistry Club, Harvard Club, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, A.A.A.S., German Chemical Society. The acorn would not to an oak grow, if reform did not overbalance conservatism. DANIEL FRANCIS CALHANE B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Professor of Industrial and Electro-Chemistry Born in Bradford, Mass. Haverhill High School. Harvard University, A.B., 1894; A.M., 1896; Ph.D., 1904. Instructor, St. John’s Military School, N. Y., 1 894-95; Garland School, Concord, Mass., 1 896-97; Harvard University, 1 899-1 903. Instructor, Wor¬ cester Polytechnic Institute, 1903-191 3; Assistant Professor, 1913-1918; Professor, 1918-. Member of American Electro-Chemistry Society. Author of pub¬ lications covering investigations in Organic and Electro- Chemistry. Inventions; In the field of electro-thermics, of certain type electric furnace for high temperature work. A good fellow, and a fine professor to boot. MAURICE EDWARD SMITH B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Chemistry 2H Born in Eredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Fredericton High School. University of New Bruns¬ wick, B.A., 1917. University of Toronto, M.A., 1921; Ph.D., 1921. Debating, Dramatics. Assistant in Chemistry, University of Toronto, 1917-21; Lec¬ turer in Organic Chemistry, Queens University, King¬ ston, Ontario, 1921-22; Assistant Analyst, Food and Drug Division, Department of Health of Canada, 1922-24; Instructor in Chemistry, Worcester Poly¬ technic Institute, 1924-27; Assistant Professor, 1 927-. Member of; American Chemical Society, Worcester Chemist Club. If thunder itself were to be continual, it would excite no more terror than the noise of a mill. Page tuenty-five