Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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The Administration The Administration Staff is the driving mechanism of the college. It is the Trustees who are responsible for providing buildings, grounds, and equipment; it is the Corp¬ oration which must see that maintenance and operations are adequate and efficient. It is the Administration which must finally approve important rules, policies, etc. It is they who must provide personnel for recruitment, selection, and admission of students; who must select and maintain an adequate and suitable faculty. The administration must keep all student records as well as business records. It must maintain an effi¬ cient office of public relations not only with the general public but especially with the businesses and industries which employ Worcester Polytechnic Institute graduates through the efforts of its })lacement office. Generally, the work done by the Adminis¬ tration is underestimated by the students; however, much credit is due for their fine work in conducting the affairs and business of our college. The present administration is composed of Alvin Elmore Cormeny, President of the Institute; Francis William Roys, Dean of Engineering and Chairman of the Faculty; Donald Graham Downing, Acting Dean of Admission and of the Students; Paul Richard Swan, Associate Dean of Admissions and of Students, and Director of Pub¬ lic Relations; Francis Joseph Adams, Secretary of the Faculty; Gertrude Rogers Rugg, Registrar; Arthur Julius Knight, Supt. of Buildings and Grounds; Robert Phillips Kolb, Supt. of Heat and Power; William Willard Locke, Supt. of Electrical IMainte- nance; Bonnie-Blanche Schoonover, Librarian; Herbert Piper Knowles. Comptroller and Purchasing Agent; Robert Phillips Rochette, Supt. of Sanford Riley Hall; Warren Bosley Zepp, Acting Alumni Secretary. Sitting, left to right: B. B. Schoonover, G. R. Rugg, A. E. Cormeny. Standing: R. P. Rochette, W. W. Locke, W. B. Zepp, H. P. Knowles, A. J. Knight, F. J. Adams, D. G. Downing, P. R. Swan, F. W. Roys.

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Sitting around table, left to right: Hon. A. B. Holmstrom, S. M. Stone, F. H. Daniels, P. Fletcher, F. W. Roys, acting president; A. J. Gifford, Arthur Nutt, P. M. Morgan, G. F. Booth. Standing: R. A. Packard, Rev. W. D. Kring, G. I. Rockwood, P. R. Delphos, H. S. Johnson, G. A. Walker, M. W. Heinritz, R. W. Stoddard, G. N. Jeppson, A. B. Hossack, S. W. Farnsworth, R. W. Adams. official governing board of a college consists of trustees. It is to these men, leaders in industry, finance, and business that we, as students, owe much grati¬ tude. Without the valuable time and energy that they have to spend in the interests of the college, Worcester Tech would soon become a memory Instead of the rapidly pro¬ gressing institution that it is. There are nine life members: Albert J. Gifford, Shrewsbury, Alass.; Paris Fletcher, Worcester; George I. Rockwood, orcester; Henry J. Fuller, New York, N. Y.; Samuel M. Stone, West Hartford, Conn.; George F. Booth, Worcester; F. Harold Daniels. Worcester; Philip AI. Morgan, Worcester; Robert W. Stoddard, Worcester. The ex-ofhcio members are: Alvin F. Cormeny. Worcester; George N. Jeppson, Brookfield, ATass.; Rev. Gordon AJ. Torgersen. Worcester; Rev. Oliver Powell, Worcester; Rev. Walter D. Kring. Worcester; Hon. Andrew R. Holmstrom, Worcester. The term members are: Arthur Nutt. Trumbull, Conn.; Alaurice W. Heinritz, Tren¬ ton, N. J.; Philip R. Delphos, Worcester; Roland A. Packard, Takoma Park, Aid.; James W. Cunningham. Philadelphia. Penn.; Helge S. Johnson, Scarsdale, N. Y.; Robert W. Adams. Waban. Alass.; Leonard AI. Krull, Westboro, Alass.; George A. Walker, Glen Ridge. N. J.; Archibald B. Hossack, I pper Alontclair, N. J.; Sidney W. Farnsworth, Upper Alontclair. N. J.; Burton W. Alarsh, ' ashington, D. C.; George F. Fuller, Worcester; Howard .A. Alayo. Bolton. Alass.; Warren W. Parks, Alarie- mont, Ohio. The Board of Trustees Page 7wenty-two

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Sitting, left to right: J. M. Petrie, W. L. Kranich, E. D. Wilson, head of dept.; M. E. Smith, F. R. Butler. Standing: R. H. Enplund, L. A. Salmen, H. B. Feldman, R. H. Paine, V. J. Sarli, C. H. Stauffer, W. B. Bridgman, R. E. Wagner, D. W. Sundstrom. Chemical Engineering and Chemistry Is that wrong too? . , . Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies. 28, Job “What! Do you mean to say that there is no one in the entire class who can tell me why today is the most impor¬ tant day of the year? Gentlemen, I’m truly ashamed of all of you—today is Shakespeare’s birthday.” I am certain that if we were to project ourselves mo¬ mentarily to the 1957 alumni reunion, we would find little talk of derivatives and stresses, of volts and BTU’s and KVA’ s; we would rather more likely hear about inci¬ dents such as this—incidents which have added flavor to life on the Hill. It is these experiences which have been so important in making up the complete well-rounded existence for which our school is noted and remembered. It has occurred to the editors of this year’s Peddler that some sort of informal assessment of the faculty from the senior’s jaundiced point of view is necessary in order to capture the over-all spirit of Tech. And so we have attempted to set down the things a senior would be pleased to remember; these we think will not primarily be reminiscences of academic accomplishments or scholar¬ ly achievements, but rather, of traits of mind and char¬ acter, or personality, of the stuff of friendships. In our appraisal, we have tried to tread lightly. It is certainly possible that we may—unknowingly to be sure —have offended some member of the faculty; if such be the case, we are truthfully sorry. It is a rare and wary Tecji man who does not in his four years make close acquaintances of numerous faculty either in curricular or extra-curricular activities. It is these relationships which have formed the backbone of the institute. Page 7wenty-four