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occasions and facilitated by the distortion of time and perspective…
World W a r I, the Centennial, Depression, and the End of an Era
327
them Commander of the French Legion of Honor, and Knight…
328
Growth of Rensselaer Under P. C. Ricketts (1892-1934)
ruined by the use of too much water on them.” More reminiscent
of…
World W a r I, the Centennial, Depression, and the End of an Era
and student enrollment declined, year by year, from a peak of…
330
Growth of Rensselaer Under P. C. Ricketts (1892-1934)
Early in 1935 the trustees voted to give his name to the unnamed…
Part Five
The Contemporary
Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, Since 1935
18
Depression, War, and the
Interregnum of E . S. Jarrett
and W . 0. Hotchkiss, 1935-43
A Time of Self-Examination and…
334
The Contemporary Rensrelaer Polytechnic Institute, Since 1935
during the decade following the end of the Ricketts era in…
Depression, War, Interregnum of E . S. Jawett, W . 0. Hotchkiss, 1935-43 335
decade of the 1930’s and this first extensive…
336
The Contemporary Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Since 1935
As compared with Ricketts, Jarrett was undoubtedly more sen…
Depression, War, Interregnum of E. S. Jarrett, W . 0 . Hotchkiss, 1931-43 337
The New President, W . 0. Hotchkiss
Edwin…
338
The Contemporary Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Since 1935
Hotchkiss assumed the presidential office virtually at the…
Depression, War, Interregnum of E . S. Jarrett, W . 0. Hotchkiss, 1935-43 339
this period a new experiment in public relations…
340
T h e Contemporary Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Since 1935
considerable amount of an unaccustomed faculty activity…
Depression, War, Interregnum of E . S. Jarrett, W . 0. Hotchkiss, 193s-43 341
faculty to become thus immersed in such general…
342
The Contemporary Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Since 1 9 3 ~
1936 its historic degrees of Civil and Mechanical…
Depression, War, Interregnum of E . S . Jarrett, W . 0. Hotchkiss, 1931-43 343
ciated Hospital Program for health insurance…
344
The Contemporary Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Smce 1935
anticipated the sharp spurt of birth rates and the expansion…
Depression, War, Interregnum of E . S. Jawett, W . 0 . Hotchkiss, 1935-43 345
The Impact of World W a r I1
In December 1941…
346
The Contemporary Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Since 1935
ulty too was reduced from a prewar number of 160 to about…
Depression, War, Interregnum of E . S . Jarrett, W . 0. Hotchkiss, 1931-43 347
technical courses of college grade, which…
348
The Contemporary Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Since 1935
although, as mentioned previously, this had its earlier…
Depression, War, Interregnum of E . S. Jarrett, W . 0. Hotchkiss, 1935-43 349
largely involved in and dominated by…
The Postwar Acceleration of
E ducation at Rensselaer ,
1945-51
Reconversion to Peace
Ever since the Civil War, the major…
The Postwar Acceleration of Education at Rensselaer, 1945-51
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stitutions. Rensselaer's experience was, of course…