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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Scholar Technic Student Newspaper Winter 12-1901 Volume 11 - Issue 3 - December, 1901 Rose Technic Staff Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/technic Recommended Citation Staff, Rose Technic, "Volume 11 - Issue 3 - December, 1901" (1901). Technic. 237. https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/technic/237 Disclaimer: Archived issues of the Rose-Hulman yearbook, which were compiled by students, may contain stereotyped, insensitive or inappropriate content, such as images, that reflected prejudicial attitudes of their day--attitudes that should not have been acceptable then, and which would be widely condemned by today's standards. Rose-Hulman is presenting the yearbooks as originally published because they are an archival record of a point in time. To remove offensive material now would, in essence, sanitize history by erasing the stereotypes and prejudices from historical record as if they never existed. This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspaper at Rose-Hulman Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Technic by an authorized administrator of Rose-Hulman Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. VOL. XI. TERRE HAUTE, IND., DECEMBER, 1901. No. TECHNIC. amiable disposition and not inclined to take a. THE gloomy view of life, were greatly shocked to hear BOARD OF EDITORS. of his tragic death. He had been employed in the City Engineer's Editor in Chief, W. A. PEDDLE. department since he left the Institute in June, Associate Editors, 1900, and was considered by his employers to be R. C. WARREN, Assistant Editor C. Housum, Reviews a fine mathematician and the best draughtsman CLAUDE E. Cox, Alumni ever in the department. He was very popular I. J. Cox, Athletics H. BLAIR PETTIT, with his associates and all are greatly grieved J. Dow SANDHAM, Local ALFRED N. AUSTIN, Artist over the unfortunate affair. Executive Department. CHESTER L. POST, Business Manager Assistant Business Manager HE TECHNIC has this month more the ap- paper than that of a TERMS: T pearance of a college One Year, $1.00. Single Copy, 15 cents. journal devoted to the publication of papers on Issued Monthly at the Rose Polytechnic Institute. Scientific and Engineering Subjects. It has been Entered at the Post Office, Terre Haute, Indiana, as second-class thought well to present a Christmas number com- mail matter. posed of articles that would entertain rather than EWS has been received at the Institute of instruct. The Alumni article is of a Scientific N the sad death of Thomas D. Boyles, of nature, but is entertaining as well as instructive. the class of '92. It came very suddenly and as a great blow to all who knew him. Although at- HE Board of Managers recently authorized tended by the best medical specialists, nothing T the purchase of additional electrical appa- could be done for him, and he died of blood ratus for the electrical engineering department. poisoning, on November 30th. He was, up to President Mees was instructed to contract for the time of his fatal illness, with the General such apparatus during his recent visit in the Electric Co., at Schnectady, N. Y., where he East. While in Schenectady the matter was dis- held a position of responsibility. The early ter- cussed with Mr. Rohrer, General Superintendent, mination of his career is most deeply regretted. and Messrs. Gilbert and Edwards, old Rose boys, J1 who are directly in charge of business in the al- REFERRING death rather than the disgrace ternating current department. p of appearing in court to answer to the charge The apparatus will be specially built for the of intoxication, Bert J. Devvees, who was at one Institute, and designed to serve for experimental time a member of the class of '02, took strychnine work, as well as actual st.rvice. with fatal effect, on the morning of December 6th. The plant will be complete in itself, and as a His many friends who knew him to be of an generating plant, can be operated either from the 52 THE ROSE TECHNIC. city circuit or from the alternating plant in the finds that he has before him more than he can shops. The switchboard will be arranged for all master in the short time he has allowed himself, kinds of experiniental measurements. The gen- and he becomes flurried, can not concentrate his erator will be of 74 kilowatts capacity, or about thoughts in study, and finally goes up to the ex- 10-horse power, capable of being used as a con- amination with the firm conviction that he will tinuous current generator with a voltage of from fail. Whether he fails or not, he is reasonably 110 to 160; or as an alternator either single certain to come to the conclusion that "cram- phase, quarter phase, or three phase, with corres- ming" is dangerous. It is very easy for one to ponding voltage, or it may be used as a direct or overtrain, as it were, and an overtrained mind is inverted rotary convertor, or as either direct or as unfit for an examination as an overtrained body alternating motor. With it will be arranged a is fora test of physical endurance. special speed-governing device for automatic reg- Joat as ulation. Three transformers, suitable for the ICTORIES on the gridiron were few this plant are intended. year. Fate seemed against us in every The been specially V switchboard has designed game. The men worked hard and did their best to wants in experimental meet the work. It will but we could not win. The team will be strong- be of enameled black slate, 62" x:32" x 2", with a er next year, and with proper coaching through- sub-base, with three ammeters, two voltmeters out the season, we ought to win back some of our and two wattmeters; ten switches, automatic cur- lost laurels. rent breakers, rheostats, etc., all arranged in a jSsSjS most convenient manner. MONG the students who play at chess there The plant, as arranged, will provide means for A seems to be some dispute as to who may the study and investigation of all the varied rightly lay claim to high honors at the game. problems in connection with alternating current Why not arrange a tournament and settle the conversion, multiphase transmission, etc. With question? it the laboratory will be .completely equipped. jI The plant will probably be ready before the close HE TECHNIC wishes to express its indebted- of the next term. T ness to Prof. J. B. Peddle for the two APIA sketches appearing in the leading article, and S the Christmas examinations draw near the also to Alan McDonald for the heading of "A A average student comes to a full realization Trip to Alaska." of the fact that he is not properly prepared for ASA the ordeal through which he must pass, and he MERRY Christmas and happy New Year to begins a hasty review of the term's work. He A all. THE ROSE TECHNIC. Li Siva Star at a Mew Co1ora6o Summer 1Rc6ort By PROFESSOR J. A. WICKERSHAM. HIS summer I felt the inclina- think of it, twelve years with the mountains al- tion to climb a mountain, ways in sight, but never climb them ! Seeing The inclination was strong to my surprise, he said he had always intended to get up somewhere high and see go, but had never been able to get off. off. "Do many people in Denver go to the moun- ..r,,, I first went out west of the tains?" I asked. -4(4., park and looked off over Cono- "Not a great many," he replied; "it is a 07ev ver's pond, but that did not hard job; you can't start right off and run out ‘\>;" seem to satisfy ; then I went to there. It means a railroad ride in the first place, the hills east, and gazed out on the Wabash val- and often a stage ride afterwards. Then you ley, but even that was not enough ; the fever have to hire a couple of ponies for a day at least, had arisen, and I secretly determined to go to the and sometimes more, and a guide, unless you mountains, want to take the risk of getting lost or falling I made all the little subterfuges and pretences over a precipice and breaking your neck; you possible in excuse; I tried to make myself be- have to go prepared to camp out, or else have lieve I was going to visit an old friend in Colo- your board arranged for at a ranch. It is not so rado, but in my heart I knew better. It was easy a job to go to the mountains as it looks." nothing but the call to the mountains, the home- When about to leave Denver, I hurried down sickness for the hills. I wanted to get up high, some minutes before train time, and got a good to see the snow on the mountain tops, and if pos- seat on the side of the car towards the mountains, sible, touch it. so as to have a view out at their snowy peaks as To some friends I made the pretext of wishing we passed along. to see the smelting works in Denver; that was a Just in front of me two seats were thrown to- mere fiction. What was it to me how gold and gether, and presently a young couple with a three silver were smelted? or four year old child came in and sat down fac- It was the primal instinct to climb.