New-York tribune., 1921-06-22
Sllunl Snobbery,
Scllwab w arms
Stevens Grads
Science and Industry Will
Make Greater Strides i'm
This Century Than Ever
Before, He Tells Engineers
Degree for Stcclalas,er
Sims, Honored by Insti-
iute, Sends Thanks by
Wireless and Us Cheered

Charles NJ. Schwab, addressing the
graduates of Stevens Institute at Ho
boSen, yesterday, predicted that sci
ence and industry would make greater
strides in the present century than in
the past.
The ironmaster. who was introduced
as Doctor Schwab," the degree of Doc
tor OF Engineering having been CON
ferred upon him a few minutes pre-
vious, urged the graduates to be loyal
and to avoid snobbishness.
Rear Admiral Sims, who was to have
shared in the honors of the day, sent
wireless message to the faculty
earlier in the morning in which he ex-
pressed his regret at being unavoid-
1 ably absent and his pleasure at having
/ q degree conferred upon him. The
! Admiral was made Doctor of Science
in absentia.
Mr.. Schwab and President Alexander
| c. Humphreys, of the board of trustees
and of the faculty of the Institute,
laid emphasis upon the disappointment
they felt at the Admiral's inability to
be present. Their remarks were warm
| ly applauded by the graduates and the
| audience.
Honorary Degrees for 2s
1t was the forty-ninth commencement
and the fftieth anniversary of the
founding Of the institution. There
were 103 members of the graduating
class, and honorary degrees were con-
ferred upon twenty-six men.
Mr.. Schwab, when he arose to make
his address, removed his cap and stood
bareheaded in the sun
81 lay aside my cap" he began, ain
order that l may feel more like my
| self, like the young man of forty years
ago, when l was an engineer in the
| position you occupy now.
81 am sorry my friend Admiral Sims
is not here. l am sure from all we
have read he would have had something
interesting to say, and l am lisap-
| pointed"
This allrsion to Sims was greeted
with cheers.
"There is something more in the
world than technical engineering"
| 4hI. OCHWAD COHClHueQ. l. ne men VINO
have been great in that profession
have not relied much on their techni-
cal knowledge" I have heard little
said, however, of another side-human
engineering. This for want of a bet
ter term is the ability to collect from
those with whom you come in contact
the knowledge they have acquired
| through years of hard work.
Suggestions Aided Success
"The things that have helped me
have come from suggestions or ideas
from the foremen and sub-foremen for
perfection by the educated man.
at is q fine thing to receive this de-
gree of honor, but you may receive
all kinds of honors and yet never feel
the thought or satisfaction that will
come to you when, as an engineer, you
see the outcome of q successful enter
prise which you instituted. Engineer
ing is the noblest profession in the
world. The real throb comes when
you have completed successfully some
work that will reflect credit upon you.
Il want no monument of stone or
marble to mark my passing away. The
proudest day of my life will be when
/ | can see rows of flaming furnaces and
smokestacks marking contribution of
mine to the development of the cQun-
try"
Go Slow, Says Schwab
Commenting afterward on the recent
| statement of Edward N. Hurley, of Chi
cago, former chairman of the United
States Shipping Board, that if the coun-
try at large did 65 per cent of the
business it did last year it would be
| doing normal, Mr.. Schwab said
"If we do so per cent it will be
| nearer right; in fact, we will be doing
well. We must go slow until we get
settled down.
Professor Charles Frederick Koch re-
ceived the degree of doctor of science
with Admiral Sims. He has served on
the faculty for fifty years and is one
! of the remaining seven members of
the original body. He is a teacher of
modern language in the institute.
Frederick King Vreeland, '95, also
/ received this degree. He is research
engineer and invented the first regen-
| erative electrical oscillator.
The honorary degree of doctor of
( egineering was conferred upon Bri-
/ gadier General c. H. Mitchell, dean of
the faculty of applied science and en-
gineering, University Of Toronto. Others
receiving this degree were:
William Barclay Parsons, civil en-
/ gineer; Elmer Ambrose Sperry, cleo
! trical engineer and inventor; Frank