@article{39596843d4c44dd185fbf2a4f6cb3c23,
title = "A Conversation With Professor W.G. Cady",
abstract = "A transcription of a portion of a conversation between Professor Walter G. Cady and the author is presented. The conversation took place on September 28, 1972 at which time Professor Cady was almost 98 years old. Among the topics discussed were Professor Cady{\textquoteright}s education at Brown University and at the University of Berlin, his teaching at Wesleyan University, his early research in piezoelectricity, some of his hobbies, and his teaching philosophy.",
author = "Lang, {Sidney B.}",
note = "Funding Information: C. Yes, we all did. The graduate students were expected to teach classes. I remember a codrse in trigonometry that I gave down in old Rhode Hall, I think it was. I was just out of college myself then, and I graduated fairly young. Some of them were Providence boys whom I{\textquoteright}d always known. Some of the members in the class called me Professor and others called me Walter. L. Do you think that you acquired the love for teaching through the teaching experience then? C. I don{\textquoteright}t think I became interested in teaching that way, but all the boys that went into science and took Doctor{\textquoteright}s degrees here expected to teach. They didn{\textquoteright}t have the big industries in this country that employed scores of Ph.D.{\textquoteright}s. A Ph.D.{\textquoteright}s position meant a teaching position in a college. L. Did the students work harder in those days than they seem to today? C. I don{\textquoteright}t think I have the data to answer that question. L. How did they compare with the ones you had at Wesleyan? C. One thing that we did not have is the student demonstrations they have today. Another thing they did not have is the idea of getting students who were not suited, to take part in planning courses and into college administration and such things. I think that we ourselves would have admitted in those days that we were totally unqualified for such things, and it would be foolish to appoint us. But they don{\textquoteright}t feel that way now any longer. L. Did the graduate students work long hours? Would the students ever be found late at night? C. Yes, graduate students. Well, I think we all took our work pretty seriously and we worked pretty hard at it. L. Were you paid for the teaching that you did? C. I don{\textquoteright}t think so. I figured it was just part of our duty. L. Students weren{\textquoteright}t supported by grants at that time? C. I don{\textquoteright}t think that they had any extra pay for that. On the contrary, we must have paid some fee for taking the course.",
year = "1975",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1080/00150197508237716",
language = "English",
volume = "9",
pages = "141--149",
journal = "Ferroelectrics",
issn = "0015-0193",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "1",
}