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HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY
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NOVEMBER 4, 1977
Prince Charles Accepts Hon. Degree;. -Stevens' Founder Linked To Royalty
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,; His Royal. Hlg,hness Prince The folio contains a facsimile New York' Yacht Club which " Charles., The Prince 01 Wales, of the historic letter, whloh Is was located In Hoboken In'the received an Honorary Doctor of' now housed In the Library of the 19th century, st the Hudaon "Engineering degree from New York Yacht Club, together River edge of what Is now the Stevens In Houston. Texas on' with a photograph of C. Chase Stevens campus. ' Monday, October 24. In addl- Emerson's pelntlng showing The Honorary Oegree was , tlon, the heir to the B,rltlsh Queen Victoria and he~Consort presented to His' Royal throne., a, Royal, Navy Com- Prince Albert being welcomed Highness by Or. Kenneth C. . mander and 'keen yachtsman, aboard the" "America" by Rogers; Dr. Frederick L. , was presented with a folio con- Edwin's brother. Commodore Bissiner. Chairman of the Board , talnlng a lacslmila of a leller Stevens. Presented to Prince of Trustees and former Presidated August 29, 1851, In which Charles by the Yacht ClUb's dent of Allied Chemical ComPrllle, Ctull1eii ~I~e.ci'li,~ It_Inger, Chairman ollhe Edwin Augustus Stevens -- present Commodore, RobertW. pany; and David N. Barus, 80.r~ of Trult_ _ P_ldent, Rage,. 100Ila on, '" yachtsman, engineer, , and McCullough of New York City, Secretary of \he Board of , , \ ' . founder of Stevena Tech - Mr. Hugo Fenwick of Ber- Trustees, an attorney and described ,a visit by Queen Vlc- nardsv,lIle, N.J., great-great- former Rhodes Scholar. torla 'to the yacht ,"America,'; grandson of Mr. Stevens, and The Davidson Laboratory after'the yacht had defeated ail Robert O. Stanley, Jr" of Red houses an Internetlonally the 'English contenders to Bank, N.J., gold mining exrenowned center for the become first winner of the ecutlva, Trustee of Stevens and development of boat and ship trophy ',now known as the , member of the NewYork Yacht hull designs. In fact, the hull , America's Cup. ' Club. The fo/lo commemorates Aboutfour,yeersago,Steven'Slnstltu'ted In two',phases. The T/1e cerell'jony, broughltoluil both the current visit of the oonflguration of every experienced severe economic first phsse is, based on'roughly circle that historic royal Visit a Prince to the United States and America's Cup defender since troubies. Enroilment was down, two years duration, lollowedby century and a quarter ago at an that of Queen Elizabeth 1/ and "Ranger" In 19:37 hes been ,gifts to tlie 'school were the ascond ph~se, expected'to anchorage off Osborne House, Prince Philip during the tested In this Laboratory. diminishing,', @nd costs were require an additional five to Queen Victoria's favorite Blceritennlal celebrations last "For re/afed slory on Prince soaring. To checR this trend, a eight years, summer residence on the Isle of year. The Stevens brothers Oharies, please fum 10 page COmpfllhenslve Financial As the figures show, large Wight. The "America" Is bellev- were prominent in founding the Ihree. " Recovery Plan was designed to sums 01 money are Involved. ed to be the only forelgn,yacht , return the coilege to' a sound Many advance commitments Prince Charles' great-greatfiscal state., This ,plan Involved have' already been made by great1'9randmothl1,reyer visited. linanclar retrenchmaiit' and It b 'ilt d b stepp'ed' iJp ";Iforts' to"i1itract ' friends ,of the Instltuta to the wss u an owned y a first phase. Trustees, Alumni, syndicate of five Americans, inmore top quality students and' friends" corporations, foun- cluding Edwin Stevens and his research contracts and, to win datlons. and government agen- bro thlIr J0 h,n 0 ox Stevens, th e , by Dolor.. LaM.rca '79 buttons or bumper stickers), financial support. Each 'goal of cles are all being asked,to make first Commodore 01 the' New future workshops, and most ImThis past weekend Kathy Ounthis plan Is now being met..The major co,ntributlons. York Yacht ClUb, Mr. Sievens' porta,nt, ways to get members to annual deficit, has been turned ' Ibl ng t~Ole Q ueen ' s nlngham and Dolores LaMerca The follow,'ng are the four Ietter descr become more active. aro~nd and a belanced bUdget . It was add resse d t0 hi s represented the Stevens main >categorles under can- VIS of the Society for Chepter Other activities of the Is In, sight., Annual~ giving has e'leven yearolddau ht M sider:atlon and the cost Ing er, ary, re~che~ a new peak also. volvad. who was home at their family Women Engineers (SWE) at the 'weekend inclUded a Halloween Yet for Steven's to continue In estate on Castle Point In organization's third annuel stu- Party on Friday night and a dent conference, They semi-formal dinner on Satur(O~ntlnued on pg. 4, col, 1) Hoboken. Its role as a,dedlcated'and high represented one of the many day. At tlie dinner, the Clarkson quality erlglneering school, high schools and colleges section presented their awards oonstant renewal of faollitles attending the conference at for the best national SWE secand new developme!!ts are ~ Clarkson College In Potsdam, tion and the best regional SWE necessary. For this purpose, a > , N.V. secllon) a title they have held new development fund program entitled "Technology for • , i ' The theme of the conference for the past three years) to their was "One Step Beyond" and It advisor and college president. Tomorrow" Is now being There seems to be growing year compressor warranty, succeeded,in Its objectives to These awards were trUly launched. The school has certain vilal needs which, must be confusion on campus over the neither of which Includes labor. develop' personal and deserved because these girls satisfied, Facilities must be four new Ice machines that were A speolal committee of the professlol1al skills. A full day of have been hosting this conrenovated and ,constructed; originally ordered for' the IDC was assigned to Investigate workshops on Saturday was ference for the past three years, equipment ,must be purchased dorms. As of this date the order the pros and cons of the represented by professional and doing an outstanding Job. is on hold at the request of the Scotsman machine Itself. people representing a variety of (Conlinued on page 7, col. 3) and upgraded. IDC. These machines were In- Although further investigations Industries. topics discussed An experienced and itially purchased by the ad- are being made, It Is felt thalthe centered around problems one knowledgeable faculty must be ministration without oonsultlng Scotsman Is both an efficient might faoe In Industry or school maintained. Educatlbnal and the IDC, but with their un- and durable macHine. such as oral and written presenR~ps research programs must be derstanding that the IDC would tations, resumes, and Interrenewed and developed. Finan- pick up the tab for maintenance. That's greatl So what's the views, advanoement in the The Security Committee Is In olal support for outstanding This may not seem like a bad prOblem? Buy the machines, working world, creative the process of draWing up e set students must be Increased. deal due to the fact that the new right? There Is stili the problam solving, and career of rules and reguletlons as,thelr These Improvements are to be machines cost $1254.50 each, maintenance costs to be con- planning. Various companies guidelines. These guidelines The truth of the matter Is the sidered. As far as this is con- set up displays and the represen- will fall under the Jurisdiction of yearly maintenance could very cerned, If, the IDC acoepts the tatives were always willing to the Student eoucnll constituwell end up oostlng the same as deal, only two roads are open to discuss their companies' tion. them. First, a comprehensive a new machine. The committee will consist of repair contract that would cover products, and job opportunities. The graduate students a Junior Chairman, represenall labor costs for as many serThe machines now on hold are The Alumni-Student Comfrom the four m")or fields of mittee Is holding Its fifth annual Scotsman model 25/840 modu- Vice calls that arise. This would engineering gave technical tatives from the StUdent Review "Take a Student to Dinner" lar systems. They are oapable cost $250 per maohlne peryear, presentations on their graduate Board, interfraternity Council, ' Khoda, and one representative night on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at of producing 2:30 Ibs. of Ice a and would not cofer neglect'or level projects. from each class. The SRB, IFC, abuse. It doesn't take a working 5:45 p.m. The evening Is the day Into a :350 lb. bin. This The workshop that was and Khoda have already sub· knowledge pf the fine art of Is far superior to any of capacity highlight ofthe Committee's fall beneficial to our chapter was milled their prospective reps. soolal schedule. It Includes the "Non-working" machines solving DE's to tell you this the one on building a beller Those Interested In being dinner, wine, and great conver- now' on campus. As a com- would cost $1000 a year. SWE section. All the college selected as their class represenThis figure Is just not within sations with alumni. The cost Is parison consider Hayden's Ice sections that attended the con- tative to the Security Comonly $1 per student because the machine (largest on campus). the reach of the IDC budget. ference were represented at this mittee should contact Mike When It was working It was alumni plek up most of the tab. The second choice Is that of not Come to the dinner for a fun, eapable of producing 150 Ibs.of having a service contract. What "brain-storming" session on Im- Morgan, Box 1017. Those InInteresting evening. Sign up in Ice a day Into e 50 lb. bin. These this means Is that each time a proving their SWE sections. terested will be screened by the the Alumni Office - 9th floor, new machines come with a two machine breaks down a service Topics discussed brought to Chairman and three reps and light fund raising Ideas 'seiling then reviewed by STUCCo year parts warranty and a five (Continued on pg. 7, col. 3) now.
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'Dream List" Un"fbJded~' ,FtJnd-Raising Drive Launched
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Attend Conference at Clarkson
Ice InstaII a't'IOn Did eaye Awa'its IDe Investl'gat'lon
New Committee Needs Class
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Alumni· Student Dinner Slated
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