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VOLUME 10
UMBER
RENSSELAER
POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTE
Published by RE S ELAER ALUM
OCIATIO , Incorporated
CALENDAR OF…
IRVING GRATING PRODUCTS
" A Fitting Grating for Every Purpose"
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WAR BONDS
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Fireproof
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Alfred A. Stuart
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AID of Alfred A. tuart, Jr., C.E., RPI, '27, that he i
an inventor who has made po ible a new…
when the tate Highway Department of
Florida pon ored the building of gliders
and the teachinng of students to fly
them.…
The aircraft gyro compas wa adapted from the ship
compa s and though it provided stability during rough air
and turn , it…
Engineering and Poetry
B y J anik K. Dirats
P
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tion produced by…
Backward." He pictured a young man in a tate of u-
pended animation for a thousand years. When he came to
himself in a…
R.P. I. ALUMNI FUND
Seven Classes R each Goal of Thirty P er Cent of Givers;
Total Contributed Now Stands at $24,188.00…
RPI NROTC
COMMISSIONS 56
AS ENSIGNS
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EPTEMBER, 1941, th e U. . avy e tab·
lished at RPI the only Reserve Officer…
THE FIGHTING ENGINEERS
R . P I . M en in the A rmed S ervices
T ot al Now Approaches 2800
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N JAN ARY THE EDITOR printed…
(k) Killed in action
(d) Died in ,cc'vice
1909
Army
utherland, Malcolm R ., Jlajor
1914
Army
Heath, John R ., Ool…
Thrilling Adventures
RPI Man Catches Third Largest Mako Shark on R ecord- Another
Has Desperate Encounter W ith Lion W hile…
FROM THE CLUBS AND CLASSES
About R. P. I. Men E verywhere
THE CLUBS
Guilford ucceeds Kuhnert
As R ochester President
On F…
We had a good turnout to greet Mr. Irving :
Allen Breed, '10, L. V. Campbell, '10, E. A.
Hanley, '10, N. R.…
Utica Club has "Charles Merritt Night" in honor of his
appointment as City Engineer. Merritt is second frOID l eft…
1900
H er m B rown, '14, who recently paid us a
visit, told us that on a recent trip to the Coast,
he had run into Paul…
'~C. E. Kraehn has been appointed as isl·
ant to the vice pre ident in charge of ales
activities of the Baldwin…
ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH
New Yo rk
MAG INN I S & W A L S 1-1 , A "dUuts
ROB E RT J. REILBY, AuodtJ/.
WILLIAM L.…
Major Arthur R. Beach of th e ignal
Corp , is communications officer on the gen-
eral taff in the hina-Burma-India thea ter…
ago. Believe Hollister may be back in the
ta tes by now. I'm hoping for that too one of
these day soon. I have a little…
The S ecretary
Jots Down
A Few Notes
By E. H. Dion
LT. Qt. HARRY CROFT, U A, '21, recently
had hi s first " br…
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CONTENTS
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The Cathode-Ray Oscillo-
graph: IntroductioD. geDer-
al deKriplioD. hlgh-voUage
power aupply.…
were married in March. The bride attended
Averett College in Danville, Va., and George
Washington University. Lieutenant…
144-80 anIord Avenue, Flu hing, . Y. En-
sign Petrovits writes that Lt. John C. Truman,
'43, is flight officer in the…