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Mr. Charles B. Rugg, another Worcester attorney, lectured in Business
Law.
The Institute course in Chemistry had long been recognized as one of
the best in the technical college field, but little had been attempted
in Chemical Engineering, for which there was a growing
demand. Partially to fill this void, the Trustees authorized changes
in the senior curriculum in 1922 to provide for a lecture
course. Mr. Barnett F. Dodge of the Chemical Engineering department at
Harvard was secured as lecturer. Three years later he was succeeded by
Thomas K. Sherwood, graduate of McGill and M. I. T., and research
associate at the latter institution. Later he came to Worcester as
assistant professor.
A 1922 innovation in Electrical Engineering was an optional plan for
the senior year. Students were permitted to select general
engineering, administration and business, or research and
design. Another series of extension courses was offered in 1923 under
two groupings: Aeronautics, by Dr. Ewell, and Domestic Technology. The
latter group included lectures in food analysis by Dr. Zinn, heating
and ventilation by Professor Read, house construction by Professor
French, and electrical appliances by Prof. C. D. Knight.
Early in 1922, Dr. Wallace W. Atwood, president of Clark University,
invited the Institute to consider the possibilities of cooperation
between the two Worcester institutions. Faculty committees of each
college, Professors Haynes, Duff, French, and Jennings for the
Institute, met in a series of conferences.
In 1925, the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education
launched an exhaustive study into the shortcomings and needs of
technical college courses. Dr. Duff, a member of the general committee
of the Society and chairman of the education committee, American
Physical Society, headed the study made at the Institute. This study
and the general report contained many valuable features, a few of
which were later adopted by the Institute.
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