Yale University - Sheffield Scientific School Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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CLASS HISTORY As delivered on Class Day by Stanley R. Morton. ENTLEMEN of the Class of 1935 of the Sheffield Scientific School and the Yale School of Engineering: We who are assembled here today represent the die-hards of that large army which, early in the spring of 1932, chose to forsake the general calling of culture with its attendant reading periods and which, in the fall of the same year, invaded Shefftown, there to live for the next three years amid an environment of slide rules, log books, and hour tests. I say die-hardsf' for truly We are the battle- scarred veterans of that army of 250. Many of our number perished before the withering attack of the firing squad in our Hrst and most severe engagement-Sophomore year, and many here today bear the still rankling wounds of this attack. Others have deserted our ivied walls, sheltered cloisters, and sacred traditions to pursue the illusive goddess Employment or to partake in the delights of matrimony. We, the remnants, the veterans, the fighting majority, are, despite all this, as pacific a group of warriors as has ever faced a Baccalaureate address or decorated a room with the ornate hide of the gentle lamb-a fact to which our voluntary signing of the No- Riot Act in Freshman year bears undisputable witness. On entering Yale, we little deemed it possible that the world from which we so willingly withdrew would dare to make any major changes during our absence or to rush on, impolitely refusing to wait for those who had withdrawn from its influence to delve fur- ther into the subject of education. Now, on the eve of our entry into the world, it is pertinent that we look about us and consider the changes that have been wrought. We have been ever aware of the Depression, but early in our career we heard that by substituting the donkey for the elephant all hard times would be ended, all stocks would rise, and, in short, there would be much cause for rejoicing and little for continuing to heap our heads with ashes in memory of the forgotten days of prosperity. This was proved to be erroneous, and so other measures were tried. With the simple figure 3.2 an ef- fort was made to substantially decrease the budget deficit amounting to billions. We discussed this over our Scotch and sodas and quietly