Seventy Years Of The Worcester Polytechnic Institute: Page 189

the boiler and engine rooms, replacing George I. Humphreys. Henry W. Badger, longtime instructor in woodwork, left in 1897, being replaced by R. Sanford Riley, '96, who joined the Baldwin Locomotive Works the following year, and went on to high achievements. C. E. Coolidge replaced George A. Mitchell as head instructor of machine shop, and in 1899, was succeeded by Howard P. Fairfield, a former instructor at Case School of Applied Science. W. A. Sylvester, who succeeded Mr. Riley, gave place to Clifford R. Harris, '96.

The vacancy caused by Professor Gladwin's resignation was filled in 1896 by William L. Ames, a graduate from the course in Drawing in 1882. Professor Ames was one of the Worcester men who went with Dr. Charles 0. Thompson to organize Rose Polytechnic Institute, serving as head of the department of Drawing and Machine Design from then until his return to Worcester. As soon as he took up his new post the scope of the department was changed, emphasis being placed on the drawing of machine parts instead of on sketching from nature. His teaching during his threeyear tenure was constructive and effective. Also among his contributions was a concise textbook on Descriptive Geometry. In 1899 he withdrew to accept an attractive position in a Worcester industry, from which he retired twenty years later. Forrest R. Jones, a graduate of Cornell, and for six years professor at the University of Wisconsin, succeeded Professor Ames. He had had excellent experience in the field of engineering, and had published a two-volume textbook on Machine Design.

Instructors came and went during these seven years. William H. Morse, Jr., '95, served two years in Mechanical Engineering, was succeeded by Herman S. Heichert of Rose, and he two years later by Arthur J. Woods. Clarence W. Eastman, '94, taught Modern Languages for one year; Arthur C. Nutt taught Mathematics and Languages for a year; Burton E. Eames, '97, Mathematics and Physics for two years. Among the graduate assistants were: Evander

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