Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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ME’s testing stationary gas engine in the Internal Combustion Engines Lab. ’TttecAaeticat Suaweeticia A S Tech’s seniors find the day approach¬ ing when they must bid the hill named “Boynton” farewell, nearly all of them will recall the experiences they’ve had in the Mechanical Engineering Department. Many things that took place within the walls of Higgins Labs offered no humor at the time, but later on, will be thought of in an entirely different light — perhaps they may even become amusing. 1 cut it three times and it’s still too short. When Tech’s graduates look back at the school, they won’t remember the buildings or grounds as vividly as they will the men who made Tech alive and moving — such men as Doctor MacCullough, Department Head, who has contributed, among other things, a blue-bound book which we all remember so well. But he will be remem¬ bered far longer for the greenish-tinted cigars and the little Boston Terrier that drives him to school each day. Another tried and true member of the staff is K. G. Merriam. Although his major responsibility is teaching the “Aeros” how to build Super Sabres, “KG,” as he is better known, still finds time to explain the intri¬ cacies of anti-aircraft fire control to all his classes. For high-level thinking and “phase three analysis,” you can’t beat the Colonel as he “twists the arm of a function to make it talk.” “Cookie” Price is the biggest, if not the most respected, member of the Depart¬ ment. He will be thought of in future days for his ability to demonstrate how the most complex mechanism can be simplified and in the process made unsolvable. Professor Anderson, known respectfully by the student body as “Symmetrical Freddie,” teaches many a man the fine points on mechanics as does John Bjork, between golf seasons. 1 18

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when the engineer had to carry his transit to a job. A far cry from engineering is writing poetry, but the Civil Department has a member of its faculty who does both pro¬ ficiently. His name is Prof. Fred Sanger. Fred is originally from England and teaches Geology, Foundations, and Soil Mechanics. He also has written much of the poetry in “Civil Sidelines,” the Civil Engin¬ eering paper which is published about four times a year and which originated with Kaven Hall. Fred is always around with a helpful hand and has spent many an after¬ noon with someone who “couldn’t quite understand in class.” Over in that corner of the lab is Prof. C. F. Meyer. That cylinder in his hands is probably concrete. C.F.M. is well known for tests on well over five thousand concrete samples. Professor Meyer is also a re- knowned expert on sewage treatment. Many of the Civils will remember his admonition to bring waterwings to a sewage treatment plant if they didn’t know how to swim. Next on our tour of “the home of bridge builders” is the office of Carl Koontz. Carl is the humorist of the Civil Department. He also enjoys listening to the World Series with his classes during calculation periods. Most of us will remember Carl for his per¬ formance as M.C. during the Homecoming dance. He certainly had us holding our collective breath while he explained the intricate proceedings of judging. New to the department this year is In¬ Civil Engineering students happy in their new home structor Wahls. It is the sincere hope of the C.E.’s that Mr. Wahls has been duly initiated into the ways of Worcester Tech. We’re sure such a fine young man has had no experience with such things as exams in which the class average is a rousing 39; and we know also that he could never, without proper training, give a quiz on a subject which he passed over lightly in class saying, “This information is unneces¬ sary.” This youngest member of the Civil teaching squad is sure to be one of the most-liked. His easy manner is a credit to him as an intelligent and practical instruc¬ tor. These men will be the characters so often remembered from the sad and happy scenes that were Tech’s answer to life. To these men and their educational department we offer a farewell salute and a solid vote of thanks. Left to right: Prof. C. H. Koontz, Prof. F. J. Sanger, Col. A. H. Holt, Prof. A. J. Knight, Prof. C. F. Meyer, Mr. H. E. Wahls

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Professor Corey, missed his vocation as a cartoonist. He makes up for this, however, by having the best collection of cartoons on campus displayed on his bulletin board. Professor Whenman, known to the faculty as “old faithful of the M.E. Department,” is still trying to teach the underclassmen enough about gears so they won’t put their transmissions together with three speeds in reverse. “Spike” Staples, between Lacrosse seasons, can be found showing freshmen how to make a maze of lines mean something. The Heat-Power section is headed by R. P. (Red Pencil) “KO” Kolb, a man who realizes it is better to have mistakes corrected at Tech than in industry. The graduates will someday realize this, even though they don’t now, especially when their exams are returned looking like road maps. Another celebrity in the Heat-Power section is “Thunderbolt” Webster who is matched only by “Lightning” Ken Scott in speed at writing “Thermo” formulas on the blackboard. The name “Thunderbolt” comes about because the rate at which equations are presented is such that the class looks as though an electrical storm had just passed. Over in Washburn Shops, Professor Dows is still showing the “Dusties” the old points of industry and in between times trying to salvage some poor sophomore’s bench grinder in the machine shop. His partner in Washburn, “Crafty” Ken Fowler, has taken over the leadership of the sand-pounding crew in the foundry in addition to his bench grinder salvage duties. Carl “Ha-Ha” Johnson merrilly rolls along putting across “that idea ” and emphasizing it by saying, “that idea, get it, get it?” Joe Gale is still lighting the lantern for Carl and helping out the many distressed juniors in metallography and welding labs. “Hey, Joe . . .” Professors Hooper and “Fluid Flow” Finlayson, and Messrs. Neale, Smallridge, Henderson and Ferguson, make up the force which furthers our education in fluids and mans the Institute’s second string swimming pool (or Alden Hydraulic Labor¬ atory if you prefer). There are three second-year members of Higgins’ teaching ranks. Alden Roys, a W.P.I. graduate in 1940, serves the Depart¬ ment as an Experimental Engineer and In¬ strument Specialist. Mr. Kistler, an instruc¬ tor, has caused the raising of several ceil¬ ings as well as most of his students’ usually placid tempers. The third is Tennyson Wang, who, we understand, is an acrobat of sorts. It seems the lock on Mr. Wang’s second-floor office door jammed from the inside and caused him to contemplate a jump out the window. Luckily someone from the Department’s maintenance crew saw him perched on the window sill and released him from his cell. In the departmental office, Miss Gaylord continues making sure that the seniors talk to no interviewer offering less than twenty thousand a year to start, providing their reports have been in on time. Although we josh and poke fun at the men who instruct us, we should all feel a deep sense of gratitude and appreciation toward those men as they are giving us something we will possess all our lives — our education. Whether we realize it now or after we leave the Institute, these men have done a lot for us. They are great friends, even though we may not think so on exam day. Front row, left to right: Prof. J. H .Whenman, Prof. B. L. Wellman, Prof. R. P. Kolb, Dr. G. H. MacCullough, Prof. K. G. Merriam, Prof. H. W. Dows, Prof. F. A. Anderson. Back row: Prof. R. F. Bourgault, Prof. K. W. Fowler, Prof. F. S. Finlavson, Mr. F. J. Ogozalek, Prof. F. N. Webster, Mr. W. A. Kistler, Mr. A. T. Roys, Prof. H. S. Corey, Prof. K. E. Scott, Prof. C. W. Staples, Prof. J. A. Bjork, Mr. T. C. Wang.