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A chapter in American education : Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1824-1924

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A CHAPTER IN they have established many traditions that are likely to endure. Naturally, they did not turn to the industry…
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AMERICAN EDUCATION organized the New York Shipbuilding Com- pany, of which he became president, and for which William Gronau…
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A CHAPTER IN the presidency of an alumnus, met the exigen- cies of the struggle with similar success. In emphasizing, in…
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AMERICAN EDUCATION as the United States Wood Preserving Com- pany and the American Wood Board Com- pany. Sugar and molasses…
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A CHAPTER I N lishers-listed ironically with printers- stands the president of John Wdey & Sons, of New York. Even…
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AMERICAN EDUCATION the alumni have already established enviable reputations. The president of the Ontario Power Company and…
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A CHAPTER I N portant part which the graduates have taken in the world of affairs. To-day the president of the Union Carbide…
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AMERICAN EDUCATION sufficiently representative to warrant this conspicuous reference. In itself, it almost jus- tifies what…
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CHAPTER X ENGINEERING EDUCATION ALTHOUGH the aim of Stephen Van Rem- selaer to train teachers to interpret the New Learning…
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AMERICAN EDUCATION their names would be almost an index to the history of engineering in the United States. Since the first…
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A CHAPTER IN graduates of the Institute. They were re- sponsible, moreover, for instruction in phar- macy, the theory and…
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AMERICAN EDUCATION departments of the university, outlining the courses from which the present curricula have gradually…
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A CHAPTER I N more, which may well be cited in illustration of the formative character of the work done by the graduates of…
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AMERICAN EDUCATION Nicaragua to determine the practicability of a ship canal at the Isthmus, was elected dean of the school…
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A CHAPTER I N department. During this period the latter extended the curriculum and, with Professor Spangler, directed the…
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AMERICAN EDUCATION character that the achievements of even the most eminent teachers are easily overshad- owed by it. Even a…
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A CHAPTER IN sons, Ario Pardee, Jr. ('58), and Calvin Pardee ('60), both of whose names will be commemorated by…
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AMERICAN EDUCATION enormous. Nor has its influence been re- stricted to the United States. In Japan it has given two…
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EPILOGUE THOUGH I began this sketch as a memorial of the hundredth anniversary of the establish- ment of the Institute, I…
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AMERICAN EDUCATION which it had framed, I want to emphasize not their origin but their youth. Since the num- ber of students…
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A CHAPTER I N inconceivable that there will be any restric- tion of their interests in the future. Indeed, it is safe to…
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AMERICAN EDUCATION pleted, a surprisingly large number of those who have achieved success were not content with the limits…
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A CHAPTER I N great schools of Europe. Even after due allowance has been made for the imponder- able factors of ability,…
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AMERICAN EDUCATION ment of chemistry. In his appeal he has properly stressed the value of research and the importance of an…
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A CHAPTER I N geology; of James Curtis Booth ('31), in chemistry, and of Henry Augustus Rowland ('70), in physics…
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