Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-22
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Judge w. A. Covington, Chancel-
Tor David O. Barrow, President
Matheson and Col. N. Z. Har-
ris Made Addresses.

ris Made Addresses.
| At haIf-past s o'clock Thursday evening.
the flock of goats that adorn the curtain
of the Grand opera house rolled slowly
upward disclosing 80 Tech students seated
in a quadrangle to the left of the stage.
Opposite them sat the board of trustees
and distinguished visitors. 1t was the
graduating exercises of the institution,
and significant occasion it was.
| Techs mission is to turn out doors,
rather than takers. Hence the speeches
lof the evenings program were made not
by the boys, but by four men who have
proved their worth to the educational and
civic life of Georgia. They were Judge
wv. A. Cpvington, of Moultrie, representa-
! tive in the legislature; Chancellor David
lG. Barrow, of the University Of Georgia;
President K. G. Matheson, and Colonel n.
Z. Harris, of Macon, president of the
board of trustees For this particular oc-
casion, the genius of the boys was what
Carlyle Classics as the inarticulate type
They were, nevertheless, the heroes OF
1.-THE night, for everybody knows that he
who fights his four-year battle to Tech
diploma must be warrior OF true met
| tie.
/ In the rear of the theatre a jolly crowd
of undergraduates had grouped them
4
bly, when the sheepskins began to go,
round by cheering each of their COM
rades across the footllghtss and greeting
them in such up-to-date apostrophies az
20. YOU graduate" 20, you candy kid.
etc The audience was made up OF the
friends of the boys in Atlanta, the parents
/ of the graduates and numbers OF pretty
/ Atlanta girls who seemed deeply interest,"
ed in one or another Of the Se.
| JUDGE CONVICTION PRESENTED.
President Matheson welcomed the au-
dience with his accustomed graclousness.
and said that the year then ending nag
been the most successful In the history OF
the Georgia Tech. He presented Juoss
Covinston as the principal speaker OF
"I am going to make the speech you
are about to hear" said the judge. Tor
two reasons. It is the only one Know
/ and Il is the best one l know.
| He then discussed the various types OF
| aristocracy that had ruled the Worlo
from age to age: the aristocracy OF brute
strength TO begin with; then that OF an
cestry; that Of wealth next ana ina %
culture. All these, he said, must inevita-
bly pass II they have not already passed
The rulers to be must consist Of the men
who by their service Of brain or hanca
advance the welfare Of society as
whole.
.If man doesn't work. he shouldn'T
eat. We must stop spending men TO make
money and begin spending money 70
make men. Between the girl who knows
how to braid her hair and the one who
can bake a biscuit, I'll put my bet every
F., time in the biscuit girl. 1 don't ike the
man who's willing TO reduce any OF his
fellow beings to the indignity OF waiting
on him. Honor the man in overalAs as
much as you do the banker or the preach
| err"
These are a few of the aphorisms which
fell by scores and hundreds from Judge
| Covington's address. Chancellor Barrow
dwelt upon the urgent need of Georgia
conserving her natural and civic re-
sources Outside capital, he said. is ae-
curing the states lands and timber, and
more than that is taking to distant places
the genius of her college boys. President
Matheson spoke feelingly Of the happy
! relations between himself and the faculty
and the boys who were going out from
the school. He, too, stressed the idea or
service as the great end toward which
the graduates should work. Colonel Har-
ris' closing address to the graduates
| brimmed over with sincere and moving
eloquence. Since the inception of the
school, II has been one of his most cher
ished prides. He urged the boys to real
lie what they owed the state that had
made their training possible.
AS is customary the class theses were
read by title only They were as follows:
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
"a Boiler Test at the Georgia School OF Tech
nology "-Walter Lee Adamson' John William
TEST Of Pumping Engine at Atlanta Water
works''-Orrin Lea Harrison, Francis PhintHy
sssteam Heating System at the Georgia School
Of Neutrality-suspicious. Hugh Gardner, William
/ Lamar Williams. Jr.
Condensation OF the Heating System Of the Geor-
gia school Of TechnOiogy''-JOhn Henry wood-
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.
The Construction Of a Standard Hot Wire
comparimeter" winchester Earnwel:
Lamps'-Charles Egbert Bostwick, Jr.
"The Design Construction and Test Of q
Mechanical RectifIer for Alternating Currents"
TESTS Of Constant Current Transformers''-
Arthur Barnes Cundell.
Tungsten Lamps and Primary Batteries''-Jamts
GustaVus cureton.
and Distributing System for the Georgia School
of Technology Eggieston Davenport
'sThe Design and Construction Of a Split Pole
Rotary Conyerter''-Cherry Logan Emerson, Erie
"A Study Of the Operating Features OF
Typical Observation-Disclosures Gordon Simmons.
''Design and Construction Of Three kilo-
CIVIL. ENGINEERING.
The Design OF a Publication Plant fer Ma
rietta. Ga."-Zebulon Vance Myers. Richmond
Edwards Trippe.
The Design for a Separate Sewer system
for Marietta, GA."-Emmett Sydney Hershey,
Frederick Rudolph Gable
''The Design OF a Combined Sewer system
for Marietta, Ga."-Patrick Henry Myers, Hsni
Antonio Fernandez.
TEXTILE ENGINEERING.
The Most Economic Setting Of Corliss
Yalves"-John Gresham Chapman, Walton Con-
yers Clark.
THE Determination of the Proper Conditions
for MercGrizing Cotton Yarns"-William HarTs-
son HightGwer. Ernest Harold Rogers.
ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY.
1.-THE liberalization Of Palmitic and Stearic
Acids EvaporAting Their Alcoholic Solu.
tions"-HArry Norman Dumas
"a Comparison Of Certain Methods Of Deter
mining PhosphOric Acid''-William Lucas ST.
nous
Students In the second year special textile
course receiving certificates at this time: sam
Inman Bell. Numa c. Hero. Albert Edward
Johnson Homer Moore. Robert Alexander Nor
gan. Lawrence Jay McPhaul, Lawrence Mayer
Steinheimer, Philip Bernard Wolf.
IOFFICERS AND BANDITS