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ARMOUR INSTITUTE |
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By Walter Hendricks |
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| On the entrance of this country into
the World War I, Armour Institute of Technology, as other schools, was
turned into a training camp, the widest possible use being made of its
technical facilities. Later, in the midst of plans for the future, Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus died, on March 17, 1921, at the age of 65. Of his 34 years as a citizen of Chicago, at least 30 had been spent on Armour Institute of Technology, which had become the primary, object of his life. He was preeminently a man of action, and a genius for administration. His death occurred at a very critical moment. To Howard Monroe Raymond fell the difficult task of carrying on the work. A member of the faculty since 1895, and dean of engineering from 1903, he took over the duties of the presidency, receiving the permanent appointment in May, 1922. For the maintenance of the Institute during this critical period, when even the old endowment of the Mission and the Institute had practically vanished, alumni, faculty, trustees, students, and officers of administration pledged their support for the next five years. Then came the Great Depression. It is on this plan of making the Armour Institute of Technology one of the best technological institutions in the world, that the present head, Dr. Willard E. Hotchkiss, as well as others who have the affairs of the Institute at heart, is working. Prospects are bright. We have the largest enrollment in history, - over 3000 students. Eminent scientists and engineers, known the world over, have been added to the faculty. Graduate work is flourishing. A research foundation has been working hand in hand with industry on problems of great importance. Hundreds of students are registered in the cooperative course, alternating their time in school and shop, over a five-year period. A generous benefactor could leave no better monument than here at Armour Institute of Technology, situated in the heart of America, in the center of trade, and industry, and culture. |
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