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Offers four-year collegiate courses leading to Bachelor of Science degree in METAL MINE ENGINEERI NG COAL MINE ENGINEERI NG MINING GEOLOGY PETROLEUM ENGINEERI NG CIVIL ENGINEERING METALLURGY
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GENERAL SCIENCE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ELECTRICAL ENGI EERI NG CHEMICAL ENGINEERING P ETROLEUM REFINING CERAMIC ENGINEERING
Gradua te courses leading to the degree of l\!laster of Science are also offered in these curricula FOR INFORMATION, ADDRESS
'The Registrar
School of Mines and Metallurgy ROLLA, MISSO U RI
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ALUMNUS
ALUM NI ASSOCIATION, SCHOOL OF M INES AND MET ALLURGY, ROLLA, M ISSOURI V olume One
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THE 1927 COMMENCEMEN-r T OTAL OF 86 DEGREES CONFERRED The Sc hoo l of Mines a nd Metallurgy co nferr ed a total of 86 degrees at the Com me nc em e nt for 1927 held on May 28. Of thI s numb e r 17 we r e professional degr ees, the largest numb er of professIonal degr ees th e sc hool has eve r g ranted at a nyo ne com menc em ent. The Commencement Week pr ogramm e sta rted o n May 22 w ith the ba ccala ur eate sermon by R ev. I va n Lee H olt P h. D ., ministe r of St. John 's Met hod is t Episcopal Church' So uth , of S t. Louis, Mo. D r. Holt's su bj ect was, "Th ~ VVay Ahead." O n vVedllesday eveni ng, May 25th, the Freshman H op was held at J ac kling Gymnasium. The fr eshme n pulled off a dance th at was a cr edit to their orga nizat io n a nd one that was thoro ugh ly e nj oyed by all who atten ded . On the afte rn oo n of May 22 the Director's reception to th e st ud e nt s, fac ult y, a nd visitors was h eld at D r. Fulton's r es idence. The fo rm al Commencement Ball was held at the gy mn as ium th at eve ning . D r. \i\Talter vVilliams, Dean of the Fa culty of J ourn a li sm at th e U n ive r sity of Missouri, deli ve r ed th e cOlllmence~ ment a ddr ess . Dr. \ N ill ia m 's subj ect was, "In th e Process of E duca t ion." His talk s tr essed the nee d of ed uca tion for developing in m e n the ab ili ty to think s traig h t. "Cr ooked thinking," said Dr . \ N ill ia ms, " is th e ba sis for many of the Ills of men. \i\Tei rd pol itical theo ri es, un so und economic co nclu sio ns . come from the inab ility t o think st r a ig ht. Cr ooked thmkers, however we ll intentioned '1-nd gener o us of hea rt , are un safe counsellors of citizens." Dr. W ill iams we nt o n to desc rib e th at in th e process of educa t io n th ere comes a r ecog niti on of social obliga ti o ns, the ability to bve comfortably a nd helpfu ll y w ith oth er people. "The fir st service 6f an educated man is to be a pr ies t of the spi rit in the t emp le of mankind," said Dr. \ Nill iam s. "This is th e hig hest purpose of the pr ocess of educati o n-to create no t I;,u se um s, but to make ge ntl em e n and gen tl ewo m en: w ho 'm cont m uous process of education \-vill give th eir lives to the s~rvice. of other me n and wom e n and so, losi ng th eir bves, wIll find th em abundantly. Hence we ha ve th e uni ve rsity administrators, inspiring teachers, adequate la bor a tories, beau tiful bui ldin gs, curri cula, practical and cultural, that men may lea~n how to smas h the old wo rld of ignora nce, pr eJu dIc e, mto lera nce an d material ism, and bring about a n ew wo rld of freedom a nd democracy in wh ich the sp iritu al dominates and in whic h eve ry man wi ll have a chance to make the m ost of himself." Dr. Williams ta lk ed in hi s usual inspir ing way and de livered one of th e best c.ommence m e nt addr esses t he sc hool h as had for a long tI m e. The hig hest hono r s of th e class were wo n by Ned Overton Kraft, he hav ing the hig h est ave rage g r a de fo r th e four yea rs ' work. Th e first hon or s awarded to all student s whose ave r age g r ade for four yea r s' wo rk was 90 per cent or hig he r we r e won by vValter Ly nn B r adford, Ne d Overton K r aft a nd Rolfe 'M ontgomery Rankin . The second honors awa r ded to all st ud en ts w hose average grade for fo ur yea r s' wo rk was 87.5 per cen t to 90 per cent we r e won by Frede ri ck Clearman, Ra lph E. Hilp e rt, Ronald Mab r ey, and Murray J oh n Paul. Edmon d Carl Hun ze was elected t o t he Sigma X i Fraterni ty in r ecog ni tio n of his r esea r ch work ca rri ed on und er th e dir ect ion of Dr: Sc hr enk, in a st ud y 'of the iod in e co ntent of r ep r esentative Misso uri wate r s. Those elec t ed to Phi Kappa Phi H o no r Society we r e Harry Bo broff, Frederick Clea rm a n, \i\Ta lt er Lynn B r adfo rd , Ralph E. Hi lpert , Ne d Overton Kraft, Ronald Mabrey M urr ay John Paul and J osep h Map le \ N il so n, J r. '
Those elected to Tau Beta Pi Honor Fraternity we r e Herm a n Blickensderfer, Frede ri ck Clearma n, Francis Harry Co nl ey;. R ay mo nd Leroy Hal lows, Ralph E d war d Hilp ert, Paul h,lrk Hoover, He rm a n H. Kave le r Ned Overton K r aft Rona ld Mabrey, M urr ay J ohn P a ul: and Pau l Go rd o l~ Wadde ll. The candidates fo r the degrees we r e as fo ll ows: Bache lor of Scie nc e in Mine Engineer in g
A lb e rt Edward Barnard Clyde Fra nc is Bois m enue J o hn Dona ld Camero n Chih L o n Chen Fra ncis H ar r y Co nl ey E dward Raymond Cush ing Ll oyd A usti n Cutte r J ames \i\l h eeler H ardy Ralph Edward Hilpert Francis H err o n Ho ll ow Pau l K irk H oove r H erman George Koh~' ey \ N ill iam A lonzo McCa nl ess Hamm ond Ladd (as
Ro na ld Mabrey E rn est Mo ran Edwa r d \i\l ilsoll P a r sons Mur r ay John Pa ul A m edee A rman d Pe ugnet Josep h Hugh Reid Frank Karl Seydler Edwi n Ralph Siever s Lewis R eese Sp rin ger R a lph Daniel S ulli va n Hugh Thomas Randall H elt Wightman Cla r e nc e Lee Woods of the Class of 1909)
Bach ",lor of Science in Metallurgy
Frederick Clea rn;a n Raymond Leroy H all ows
Trum a n H aga n Kennedy J ames Francis Smi th
Bachelor of Scie nce in Civil Engineering
Cha rl es F erdi na nd Luck field Robert vv-illiam Abbett J oh n Edw in McCau ley Herti-a n Blick end erfe r Edwa rd Bohen O'Brien H a rry Franklin Bossert R ic ha rd H e nry Oster Banner Luth er Cha ney Ro lf e Montgomery Rankin H e rb ert Marcus Diers Lyman Morey R ob iso n Fl oy d A ll en Gerard R a nd all A nth o ny Sc hee r Roy Gunth er . A lfr ed Thomas Sillith Bachelor of Scie nce in G e neral Scie nce
H a rr y Bobroff
\ Na lte r Lynn B r adfo rd John Roy Lee
Bachelor of Scie nce in Ele ctrical Eng in e ering
R obe rt R alph Lusk Robert Francis McCaw \,Vi ll iam Law r e nce Ru shmo r e Bache lor of Scie nce in Che mical Engine e r ing
E dwa rd H a r o ld Cook vVilliam E lam H all Knight Herman H e nr y Kave le r Ned Overton Kraft R alph H enr y Knight Paul Gordon \ Nadde ll Cla r e nce Bernard \ N eiss MASTER OF SCIENCE
Elbr idge A lva h Goodhue, A. B " A mh er st Coll ege. B. S., Calif orni a Inst it ute of Technology. Thesis: "The Cata ly ti c Ac ti o n of Ne utr al Salts: The . Effect of No rm al A lka li S ulphates o n A lkal i Acid S ulph ates in the Keto ni c Spli tti ng of Et h yl Acetoacetate." Nad ine Matlock Sease, B. S., M isso uri School of Mines. Thesis: "The Origin a nd Development of t he A r th uri an Story in E ng li sh Literature t o the Ninetee nth Cent ur y." P a ul Webe r , B . S., M issouri Sc hool of Mines. Th es is: "The Solubilit y of a Solid Paraffin in Low Mo lec ul a r \ N eig ht Satu rated Hydrocarbons." (Continued on Page 5)
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MSM ALUM NUS I ss ued quarterl y, in the in te r est of t he g r ad uat es a nd fo r m er st ud ents of the School of M in es a nd Meta llur gy. Subscri ption price SO ce nt s, incl uded in A lumni du es . E nte r ed as seco nd -class matter Octobe r 7, 1926, at P ost Office at Roll a, Misso uri , under the Ac t of March 3, 1879. Officers of the Association
M . H. Thornbe rr y . ............. Pres ide nt C. Y . Clayton . .. . .. . .. . . .. Treas ur er K. K. K ershn er . .............. . . . .. . ... . Secr etar y Noe l H ubba rd . . ...... . ...... . A lu m ni Recorde r Editors
C. y. Clay ton
Noe l Hubb a rd
As a n o rga ni zatio n the A lu mni Assoc iation has steer ed clea r of a thl et ics, a ltho ug h th is is usua ll y a n important pa rt of a lu mn i work at othe r sc hools. Some of the a lumni , however, a re not particu la rl y in favo r of such wo r k, an d th e officia ls ha ve thought it best t o take no pa rt in such until th er e is a mo r e unit ed demand for it. Th e a bove a r e th e thin gs yo ur A lu mni Assoc iat io n dolla rs are used fo r. They a r e not vag ue a nd in defin ite, bu t rockbottom bu sin ess propos itio ns wh ich ever y loya l a lumn us of the sc hool co uld we ll affo rd to suppo rt , w ith dues o r w ith contribution s whichev er yo u m igh t choose to ca ll them . A la rge numb er of A lu mn i Assoc iat io ns do not hav e dues . The y se nd out r equests fo r donat ions o nce each yea r, a nd suggest w hat they con sider to be suitab le amo unt s. Th ey r epo rt mu ch bet ter r es ult s th a n wh en the se assoc iations h ad d ues . R ega rd th em as due s o r r ega rd th em a s g ifts, w hi ch eve r yo u may choose . Most of us can afford th em und er e ith er te r m, a nd th ey wi ll be used fo r a wo rth y ca use.
Why Join the Alumni A ssociation? A lu mni of the School of Mi nes a nd Meta llurgy b ave asked th emselves tbi s qu estio n many t imes. Tha t much d isc ussed "average ma n" to w hom we a ll b ope to cla im kin , ca n a lways find a place for hi s doll ar s w itho ut se nd ing them to th e Assoc iat ion for w hat he a ll too often fee ls to be somet hin g va g ue a n d ind e finit e, large ly summe d up by the term " loya lty." Turning loose doll ar s for something vague and indefin ite is a lways an o ner ous ta sk. B ut are th e do ll ars g ive n to t h e A lumni Associatio n sp ent fo r so mething vague an d in defi ni te? L et us stop a nd consider. \Al bile yo u we r e a tt endin g t he Scbool of M in es a nd Meta llurgy yo u paid yo ur ow n way ; yo u got a st ud ent ass ista nt ship and ea rn ed pa rt of th e mon ey to suppleme nt yo ur ow n; o r, yo u bo rrowed the f un ds to be pa id bac k late r-many from th e funds so ge nerou sly p r ov id ed by M r. Ja cklin g, '92. I t cost you on an avera g e a r ound $600 a yea r, if yo u we r e h er e wit bin t b e last ten ye a rs, to ge t t hr oug h. \Al hil e you we r e spe nding tbat $600 of yo ur ow n mon ey the School was spe nding app r oximate ly the sa me s um in o rd er that it mi g ht funct ion a nd yo u m igbt have a n ed ucation . If yo u h ad a st ud ent assista nt shi p yo u w er e ea rni ng f rom tb e sc bool a large pa r t of t h e money yo u spe nt in sec urin g you r ed ucat ion. If yo u bo rrowe d money f r om the J ac kling Loa n F u nd or from th e A lumni Lo a n Fund yo u st ill pr ofited by th e sc hool. I s not th e above suffi cient to j ustify that loya lty that call s f o r the sma ll cont ri but ion as ked fo r ? W b at is th e A lumni Assoc iatio n doing with tb e f und s the a lumni a r e providing ? That is a fa ir q ues ti on . For one thing it is now iss uin g tb e l"rSM ALUMNUS to k ee p yo u inform ed of th e pr og r ess of the school tbat gave to you you r educat io n, a nd to kee p yo u in touch w ith yo ur frie nds and class m ates, assoc iates who a lways have a wa r m p lace in the h ea r t of tbe ave r age ma n. Thi s ALUM US costs mon ey. Th e sc hool very gene r o usly h elped in the exp en se of t he fir s t two iss u es, as the sc hool offic ia ls r ea li ze tbat th eir g r eates t asset is th ei r a lumn i, and they want to keep the se al umni in touch with th e school a nd its progr ess. H oweve r, t h e a ppropriation s for the sc hool for the n ext two yea rs, instead of be in g in cr eased to tak e ca r e of the expa nsion so urge n t ly necessa ry to p rovid e for the in cr eas in g g r ow th of the sc hool, we r e actua ll y r educed so m e 12 pe r cen t o n account o f lac k of f un ds in the state tre as ury. Th e school wil l be forced to eco nomize h eav il y t he next two yea r s to meet expenses fo r t h e bare necessi ti es. I t cannot h elp w ith the A L UMNUS. The Association mu st carry th e expense a lon e. Anothe r thin g the Associat ion is do in g is fe nding mo ney to dese r vin g students with goo d sc hol ast ic r eco r ds. Thi s loa n fund is becom in g of in cr eas in g importa nce as the g r owth of the sc hool ha s caused dema nd s fo r loans wh ich the J ack lin g Fund has not been ab le to meet. The A lu ml11 Assoc iat io n ha s h elped o ut with loa ns insofa r as poss ib le. T he employme n t se r vice the Assoc iat io n is ca rr yin g on has he lped p lace man y alu m ni wit hout any cha rge to th em . Th e Assoc iation is also buildi ng up a sma ll r ese r ve f un d to ha ve o n hand sho uld there at some t im e be a n occas io n \vher e such f un ds a r e needed .
Horace C lark Elected Vice-President of United Public Service C ompany The ma ny fr iends of Horace H. Clark wi ll be in te r ested to kn ow that on May 1st h e lef t The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Compan y to become V ice- Pr es ide nt, in charge of sales, of the U ni ted Pub lic Se r vice Compa ny, wit h h eadquarte rs at 100 vVest M o nr oe S tr eet, Chi cago . Th e United Pu b li c Ser vice Compan y is a holding co m pany w h ich controls Pu blic U tiliti es in a la rge numb er of cit ies thr ougho ut t he 1l'I iddle vVest, se lli ng a d iver sity of se rvice, in cl udi ng gas, ele ct ri city, water and ice. At present about n inety cit ies in Indi a na, Ohio, A r ka nsas, No rth a nd So uth Dakota, a r e se r ve d w ith gas or elect ricty, o r bot h, and some tw en ty-fi ve cit ies in L ou isia na, T e nn essee, T exas a nd Mi ss iss ippi a r e se r ved wit h ice . M1'. Cla rk bas had a wid e experienc e in th e Pu blic Uti li ty busin ess . Afte r g r ad ua tin g fr om th e School of M in es in 1905, h e work ed in va ri ous capacities fo r the L a clede Gas Lig ht Co mpa ny of St. Lou is, in t h e E lect ri ca l a nd Gas Op era t in g Departments. Since 1908 h e ha s been w ith th e I nsull I n te r es ts ( Pu blic Ser vice Com pa ny of No r the rn Illino is, Th e P eoples Gas L ig h t and Co ke Company, a nd othe rs) in seve ra l impo rta nt positio ns; unti l 1916, in eng inee rin g and ope r at ing depa rt ments, since 1916, in sa les work During th e las t few years he h as a lso done co nsulting sa les work fo r s uch compa ni es as L aclede Gas & E lect r ic L ig ht Compa ny, Columbi a Ga s & E lectric Compa ny, Illin ois Power & Li g ht Compa ny, U nited Li g ht & P owe r Company, a nd others . Fo r th e past eleve n yea rs he ha s specia li ze d in sa les prom otion wo rk in its many p hases and w ill ap ply this br oad expe ri ence to adva nt age in hi s new pos itio n.
Garcia H eads Commission t o Russia J. A . Garc ia, '00, of the firm of co nsultin g e ng in ee rs, A ll en & Garc ia, Chic ago, ha s been com mis sioned by th e Donetz Coal Tru st (Donugo l), whic h is th e Sovie t Corpor a tion cont r olli ng the domestic coa l product io ns of the U . S. S. R., to se nd a pa r ty of A merica n eng ine ers, of w h ich 1v1r. Ga rci a is chi ef, int o Russia to s tud y coal min ing co nditions t her e. The pu r pose of the Co mmi ss io n is to des ig n a model la rge product io n mining pla nt to be bui lt in t he D o n Ba si n coa l fi eld. Th e pr elimin a ry des ig n wi ll r equ ire app rox imate ly 3Y, m onths, and afte r its app rova l, th e Commissio n will r etu rn to t h e Un ited ta tes whe r e deta il ed p la ns a nd specificatio ns wi ll be prepared. Th e comm iss ion wi ll co nsist of M1'. Ga r cia as chi ef, H . B. Cooley, st ru cutr a l ; A . C. Noe, geo lo ist; J oh n A. Garc ia, Jr ., mining; H . F. H eb ley, elect ri ca l, a nd A. VV. Ho lInes, mechanica l. They sai led o n May 11 o n the ACJ uita nia a nd wi ll la nd at Kh a rkov, w hi ch is direct ly sout h of Moscow and abo ut 150 miles north of t he Sea of Azo L Th e Amto rg (Ame ri ca n Trading Co rpo r at io n of New York) nego tiated the cont r act w ith M1'. Ga r cia fo r the D on ugo l.
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Another Loan Fund Needed
Che mical Engineer
vVit h th e r ece nt g r owt h of t he School of Min es it is becom in g m o r e an d m o r e diffi cu lt fo r worthy s tud ents to sec ur e loa ns durin g th eir Juni o r a nd Se ni o r years t o h elp t ide th em ove r t h eir fo ur year school pe ri ods. The J ackling Loan Fund, m ade avai lab le by :M r. D. C. J acld ing, '92, h as performed a splendid se r vice in th is r espect, a nd ha s h elped a round 200 stud ent s through sc hool sin ce it has bee n in ex iste nce. The cut in app r op r iat io ns made by th e las t legislat ur e is go ing to m ake it n ecessa ry that th e school lim it sharpl y th e numb <:: r. of ~t u de n t assistants empl oy<:d next fall , w hich in t urn w ill ma ke it necessa r y that mor e junior s a nd se ni o rs depend upo n loa n fu nds to ge t t hro ug h . Th e dem a nd s ma de upo n th e J acldin g fund las t yea r we r e so g r ea t it was not a ble to m ee t th em . Th e A lumni Associat io n help ed o ut in sofa r as poss ible. A new loa n fu nd is urge nt ly needed fo r next fall, a nd if the r e be some a lumni Wh0111 th e wo rl d has tr eated bette r tha n th e ave r age, it is a sp lendid cha n ce -for them to do a good deed by establi shing a f un d alo ng lin es sim il a r to the o ne made ava il ab le by M r. Jack lin g . A lu mn i having loa ns o utstan din g aga inst the m, eithe r Jacldi ng Loan Fund or t he A lumni Assoc iatio n, ca n h elp mate ri a ll y by r epay in g t hese loa ns as soo n as poss ibl e.
Ma ri o n S mith Bado ll et, B. S., 192 1 ; M. S ., 192 1. Misso uri Schoo l of Min es . David A nd erso n Bas h, B . S., 1920. Missour i School of M in es. W illiam Orval Kee lin g, B . S., 1923; M. S., 1924. M isso uri School of M in es . Herbe r t Vl ill iam Mu ndt, B . S., 1921. M isso uri School of M in es. Doctor of Engineering (Honoris Causa)
Euge ne McAu li ffe, P r es id en t U ni o n Pacific Coa l Co mpa ny. Commissioned as S econd Lieu t enan t s, Engineer Offi cer's Reserve Corps of the Army of the Unite d States
A lbert E d wa rd Ba rn a rd Clyde Fra ncis Bo isl11 enu e Fra ncis I-l a r r y Co nl ey Ll oyd A ustin Cutte r T heodor e Herma n Sa mu el Dunla p Hodgdon Raymond A lva J o hn so n Ne d Overton Kraft
To Be Commissioned at Completion of Summer Training Camp
J a m es O r vill e Le mo n \ Nillia m Lawrence R ushm o r e Lew is Reese S pri nge r
The 1927 Commencement (Con't)
TRACK SEASON
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C, J ohnson, Captain-Elect
Master of Science in Metallurgy
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E lm er Ga11l111eter, B. S., M issour i School of M in es. Th es is : "Effect of the Use of Old Retorts as Grog a nd of Z in c Oxide Upon Prop er ti es of Bodies fo r t he lvIan ufact ur e of R et ort s." Master of Science in Chemical Engineering
Ed mo nd Ca rl Hunze, B. S., M isso uri School of Mines. Th es is : "A Stud y of the I odin e Co ntent of Represe nt ative M isso ur i \ Na ters." J osep h Map le vVilso n, Jr., B. S ., M isso uri School of M in es . h es is : "A Stud y of t he System Calcium Oxa la teS ul ph uri c Ac id." Engineer of Mines
Stephe n :M ich ae l B urke, B . S., 1923. M isso uri School of M in es. Pau l Cast leto n Hatma ker, B . S., 1923. M isso ur i School of M in es . Ramsey Colema n He nsc hel, B . S., 1917. M isso ur i chool of M ines . J a mes H opkins, B. S., 1913. M isso uri School of M in es . He nr y vV illi am Hu rst, B . S. , 1917. M isso uri School of M in es . Fran'c is Kinloch M idd leto n Hunte r, B . S., 1923. M isso uri School of JvI in es . Robert Bruce Mitc h ell , B . S., 1911. M isso uri School of M ines. \ Nilli am F erdin a nd Netzeband, B . S., 192 1. M issour i School of Mines. Ge r ald Fra nklin Rackett, B . S., 1922. M isso uri School of Mines. S idn ey Kincaid Reid, B . S ., 1922. Misso uri School of Mi nes. Geo rge Leo Rich er t, B. S., 1922. }.II isso uri School of M in es . Thomas R ae Tho mas, B . S., 1924. M isso uri School o f M in es . M etallurg ical Engineer
\;V a lte r Edward Remm ers, B. S., 1923 M . S., 1924. Sc hool of Min es .
harl es Fe rdin a nd Lu ckfi eld J o hn E d w in McCau ley Robe r t F r a ncis McCaw Randa ll A nth o ny Schee r !fred Th omas S m ith J osep h \iVa rr en S mith Ha ro ld Donnand Th o mas Cla r ence Lee \ N oods
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Th e M in ers' tr, ck team t urn ed o ut aDo ut the b st r eco rd the sc hool has show n in seve r a l years d uri ng t he trac k seaso n ju st closed, and prospects. fo r n ext year a r e good fo r a n even bet ter team. Twenty-s ix me n we r e o ut for tr ack during the past seaso n. In a ll , th e team th is year pa r t ici pa te d in fIv e m eets . The Spring fi eld Teachers defeated the M in ers by a sco r e of 77 to 58, the adva n tage be ing ga in ed by the T eac hers throu g h t he r es ult of two r elay eve nt s at th e las t of th e prog r am. The Mine rs easil y wo n ove r th e Drury Pa nth ers by a sco r e of 83 t o 52. In the M . C. A . U. vs. M isso uri U. meet -t he :M in ers fini shed third in points, a nd in the \ Nestmin ster, Centra l \ Nes leya n, M in er t rian g ul ar m eet the Miners fin ished seco nd. In the M . C. A . U . meet t he M in ers fini shed fourth in a field of ten co n t st in g teams, which is no mean ac hi eve m ent in t his class of co mpetit ion . Cha rl es J o hnson was the school's hig h po in t ma n, sta rrin g in shot Pllt, discus a nd the javelin. Davie Mou lder es tabli shed a new co nf ere nce r eco rd in pole va ult w ith a leap of 11 feet 6y,( in ches . I hil Mudgett, in th e hi g h ju mp, clea r ed th e ba r at a n eve n six fee t to ti e th e co n fe r ence r eco rd . J o hn so n threw th e disc us 127 fee t a nd 3 in ches to es tabl ish a ' new sc hoo l r eco r d in thi s spo rt. Sever a l meet r eco rd s we r e br o ken . Prospects a r e brig ht for a sp lendid t r ack team -fo r next yea r. Lette rs we r e awa r ded to Mo uld er, M ud gett, C. J o hnson, Tamll1, McFan n, Macau ley, G. Joh nson, Cla rk and Sch ult z. C. Jo hnson was elected Capta in for next year. Th e tea m's weakest po int th is yea r was in spr i.n ts a nd distances. A lr eady th r ee promisi ng boys, qua lifi ed alo ng th ese lin es, have indi cated the ir intenti o n of ' e nt erin g the sc hool nex t fa ll. A lumni ca n do good wo r k fo r th e tea m by see in g th at boys q uali fied in th ese spo rts are mad e ac qu a in ted w ith th e chool of M in es .
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Cammack Goes in for Journalism K . V. a m!l1 ac k, '26, has h a d seve r a l a r ti c les p ub lis h ed r ece nll y in th e I': m p l yes' Magaz in e o f th e U n io n Pac Ifi c oa l . o l11p any, t h ese a rtl c lcs d ea lIn g WIth th e m ec ha nI ca l h a ndltn g f o r sa nd mln c ra ls und erg r o u nd. Th e a rti c les cove r th e a rl y hi sto ry o( und e rg r und h a ul age, th e di sse min a ted Ica d clt st l'l c ts o f M ISSO Ul'l , th e d e ve lop m ent 0"E SC.rap . r loacltn g In th e La k e S up e ri o r ir n r a nges, 'fac to r s a ffec tIn g t h ch Ice of a n e lec t ri c loco mo ti ve 'fo r und e r g ro ulld ha ul age, t.h e use o f ba tt er y loco m ot ives in und e r g ro und haul age, a nd t he d eve lopm e nt o f e lec trica l locom t ives in und e rg ro und h a ulage . K irk a lso h as a n a rti cle in th e 1':mpl oyes' Magaz ine e n t itl ed "A S ho r t S k e t ch of 'oppe r lvl inin in the U nit e d ta t es:" K irk we n t w ith th e U ni o n Pac ifi c Coa l Co m! a ny las t s urllm .r afte r c mp le tln g th e s umlll I' ca l'llp r eq uir ed by the mlltta ry d epa r tm e nt. H e wi ll b e r e m emb e r e d as th e " T arza n" o( th footba ll tea m w hil e h e was in sc hoo l h e r e a nd hi s fri e nd s w ill be int e r es te d to see t h at h e is ex r ~ c is in g hi s s tr e n th a lo ng ot h e r lin es .
Dr. Turner Goes on Sabbatical Leave r. VV. D . Turn e r , hea d of th e Ch e mi stry Depa rtm e n t at th e Sc h 01 o ( M in es, h as bee n g r a n ted a yea r 's leave o f abs nce t. o d g ra du a t. e st ud y in th e ch e m ica l e n in ee rin g de l a r l l1'l c nt a t Co lu mbia U ni ve rs ity . He expec ts to b e go n e fro m Ro ll a abo u t flft ec n m o n t hs. :Mr s. Turn e r a nd th e ir so n, B ill y, have go ne w ith D r. Turn e r t Ne w Yo rk. Th ey cx p ect to v is it \ i\las hin g ton , D . '. , e n r o ut e, a nd from \Nas hin g t n ta ke t h c b a t do wn th e Potomac River to No rfo lk, a nc! t h e nce by boat to New Yo rk C ity. D r. Tmll e r's ad dr ess w ill be ca r e of Lo ui s VV a ll ace, Th e T owe r s, 250Wcs t 85t h S t., New Yo rk C ity .
Professor H enning R eturns P ro fess I' O . A . He nnin g, w ho was g ra n te d leav e last yea r to d g ra du ate wo rk at No rth weste rn U ni ve r s ity, h as r e tmn cd w ith hi s 'fa mil y to Ro lla to r eS Ulll e hi s duti s a t th e Sc h I o J: M in es . Ir o f. I-I e nnin g h ad the mi sfortune I have t.o und e rgo a n o pe r at io n 'f r append icit is durin g th e C hri s t.m as h li days, m a kin g it n ecessa ry fo r him to curt a il hi s sc h c du le at No r t h weste rn. He n ce h e was not " ble t co m plete th wo rk r e quir ed fo r th e I h. D . d eg r ee . H e has c nlpl ete d th e r es id e nce r eq uir enl e nt s, howeve r , a nd upo n th e co mp le t i n o f hi s th es is, t h e st ud e nt s m ay t h e n ca ll h im " 1) c."
Appreciates the Alumnus Th c fa ll w in g le tt e r was r ece ived by P r o f. Ch as . Y. C I<lyto n fro lll ,e ra ld F. l.~ac k ell , '20 : My dea r "Bo ts" : He r cw it h is a "pape r pro mi se" fo r " dll cs du e" as pe r t.h e Ill e ll'1 ill the r ece n t iss ue o( th e M. S . NL A lu mnu s . I mu st say th at Ih e pape r is s nappy a nd to th e p in t, a nd cr a bb y as [ a Ill , 1 h ave n't bee n a bl e t find a ny f a ul t w ith it- n ot eve n a Il liss]) II d 'w rd. I: t is we ll a rr a nge d, ed it ed in a PI' fess io na l sty le . ni ce ly p rin ted, and a cr e d it to th e sc hoo l ; a so l id, se lf -speit kin g ad ve rti se m e nt. I: clon't r e m mbc r yo ur co -edi to r , H ul ba rd, but exte nd Ill y app r ec iat io n of hi s effo r ts in th e A lumn us. Th e pr ese n t po li cy rill s a r eq uir e m c n t th at t h e "1II[in e r" was no t in a pos it i n to fi ll ,llld w ill go it lo ng way in d eve lop in g a cO lllp e te llt a lumni b dy .
HOl1"\ecoming in O ctober Sa ve Your V acation for the H omccolT\.in g T he dat e of th e H o m eco min g f I' n ex t fa ll h as bee n fi xe d fo r Oc lo be r 13, 14 , ] 5. Th e s uccess o ( th e ho m eco min g Ja r ra st fa ll , w h e ll ove r a hunclr ed old g ra ds ca lll e bac k to t h e C,lln [) US, \Vas so e ll co lll' ag in g th"t t h e a lumni rrlcia ls fee l lh at it is wo rlh w hil e t h ave a hOlll eco min g eve ry -fa ll.
A lumn i s h ukl k ee p t h e dat es fo r n ext fa ll in mind and p la n "lh e ir vacat io n t o cove r t h ese dates . Co m e ba ck aga in a nd. K ISS th e B la rn ey to ne" as P a ul R. Coo k , '07, s ugges t s In hi S ve r ses o n t h e f r o nt page of th is iss ue . Th e d e ta il ed p~' og r a m Vv ill be a nn oun ce d in th e Se p tem b e r ALUMNUS . I,h e r e w ill be, fo r o n e t hin g, a foot ba ll ga m e w it h Ce ntr a l Co ll ege to he lp e n te r ta In th e VISit o rs . Save yo ur vacat io n a n d come.
Enrollment Th e fin a l e nr o llm e nt f o r the yea r h as to uch e d the hi g h fi g ur e of 446, be In g by fa r th e la rges t in the hi st o ry of th e sc hoo l. At t he pr ese n t tim e th er e a r e ove r 2000 in q uiri es o n fil e in the r eg is tr a r's o ffi ce, from boys throu g ho ut th e w idth a nd br ea clth of th e la nd, w ho h ave h ea rd of M. S . M . a nd a r c co ns id e rin g th e sc hoo l as a so ur ce of th e ir educat io n. A lu mn i a r c urge d to put fo r th th e ir b es t effo rt s to see th a t wo r t hwhil e boys a r e mad e ac qu a int ed w ith the sc hoo l. A lso, th ey a r e urge d n o t t o ve rl oo k th e m im eog r ap h e d li st o f p ros p ec ti ve s tucl e n ts fr o m t h e ir sta tes se nt th e m a few wee k s ago . Th e g r eatest so ur ce of inAu e n ce h o m th e sta nd po in t of n ew s tud e n ts is t h e a lumni. I t s ho uld be th e fir st duty o f eac h a nd eve ry loya l boos ter fo r the sc h oo l to see t hat int e r es te d boys a r e m ade fami li a r w it h w ha t t h e sch oo l has to o ff er.
Marriages M ill a rd K. U nd e rwood, '26-Ca rri e M ihl Ie ld , Newb urg , 111' 0 ., o n Ap ril 8, 1927 . Home r C. Ke rr , '2 1-:-Hatt ie B e ll e Mo rga n, A ug us ta, Ga., m a rri ed at Clayto n, Mo., j\ p ril 3, 192 7. Ban n e r L. C h a n ey, '27-Flo r en ce \ iV ya n t, Ro ll a, Mo., o n May 15, 1927. C. A. A nd er so n, '26-U rill a G. Ec k e rt , K irkw oo d, M o., o n A pril 28, 1927. J. Sa m \ iV iIA ey, '28-Ma urin e R ecto r , Roll a, Mo., M ay 21, 1927. J. H owa r d He ll , '30-Ag n es S hipp , ma rri ed at Be ll ev ille, II I. , Jun e 16, 1927 . F loyd B . Ch ase, "30-Bess ie H o llin gswo nh , m a rri ed at Be ll ev ill e, 111., Jun e IG, 1927 . Ch as. L. Ma rtin , '25-Kat h lee n \ iV hit e, ma rri ed in S t . Lo ui s, M¡o ., June IS, 1927 . J o hn K. B ri ckn er , '28-Lo rr a in e L ove, m a rri ed at H o ustO ll , :Mo., :M:ay 3, 1927 .
Births M r. a nd M rs. E. 'vV . Abbett, '27, boy, R ob e rt \ iV., Jr ., Fe b. 26, 1927. M r. a nd :tv[rs. S . E . Cra ig, '26, g irl , Ha ze l L ee, Feb . 23, 1927 . M r. a nd Mr s. Husto n T ay lor , '2 1, boy, F r a n cis Husto n , Jr. , o n Fe b. 1, 1927. M r. a nd M r s. J o hn R. Heck m a n , '27, g irl , J a n. 1, 1927. :M r. a nd M r s. 1<:. R. Housho ld e r, ' 18, so n, o n Jan. 12, 1927. M r. a nd ltIrs . J osep h \ iVo rl ey, '23, g irl , Betty Jo . M r. a nd M r s. H. G. Hubba rd , ' 23, \ iV illi am Las ier, o n Nov . 3, 1926. M r. a nd M r s. J. N. Ha rri s, '25, so n , J a n. 21, 1927. M:r. a nd M r s. E. I-I. G ri swo ld , Jr. , '26, twin boys. M r. a nd Mr s. R . F. R uc k e r , '06, g irl , lvla r ch 18, 1927. M r. a nd M rs. H. R. Be rr y, '25, boy, H ug h Rog e r s, Jr. , o n May 23 , 1927 . M r. a nd M rs. Ch as. L. S mith , '22, boy, La ndo n Ca rI, Ap ril 18, 1927 . M r. a nd M r s. J osep h G r ee n b urg, ' 17, boy, Aa r o n Joseph, o n Ap ril 3, 1927. M r. a nd M rs. Ha rr y De nt , ex'2s, boy, A pri l 27, 1927. M r. a nd M rs. S . M . B urk e, Jr. , '23, g irl , A nn Ma ri e, May 1, 1927. M r . a nd M rs. Ke nn e th He nr y, cx'30, g irl , May 8, 1927. Lt. a nd M r s. E . I-I. \ Na lt e r, b oy, S h eldo n Ha ll , May 2, 192 7. M r. a nd Mrs. E. R. Tr ag itt, '23, b oy, Ap ril , 1927.
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R. \ lV . A bb e tt is civil e ng in ee r , City Eng in ee r 's office, Pont iac, M ich . A lb e rt A . Barnard, 5609 Chambe rlin Ave ., St. Louis, Mo. H e r ma n Bl icke nsde rf e r h as accepted a pos itio n as civil e ngi nee r w it h the Illino is Hi ghway Commiss io n, E. St. L o ui s, III. H a rry Bob r o ff, 5315 Ridge Ave ., S t. L o ui s, Mo. Clyde F . Boismenue, Illin o is S t ee l Co., Gary, Ind. H ar ry F. Bossert is w ith the Ill ino is State Highway Co mmi ss io n, Paris, III. vVa lt er 1. B radfo r d, Roll a, Mo. J o hn D. Came r o n is located at Lars hwood, Onta ri o, Ca nad a, as minin g e ng in ee r for the St. Loui s S m elting & Refini ng Co. Ba nn e r L. Cha ney is ci vil e ng in ee r w ith the Illino is H igh way Commiss io n at E lg in, II I. Ch ih Lon Che n fini shed hi s sc hool wo rk at th e first of t he yea r a nd r et urn ed to Ch ina w her e he has a positio n as m ini ng enginee r w ith th e Y ufang Ir o n Mining Co., 36 Ca nt o n Rd., S hangha i. Freed ri ck Clea rm a n is m etallurg ist , A nac onda Coppe r Company, Gr eat Falls R edu c tion \lVo rks, Great Falls, Mont. F r a ncis H. Co nl ey is juni o r e ng in ee r w ith th e M isso uri Pacific R a ilroad, Little Rock, A rk. E. H . Coo k has accepted a positio n w ith th e Certain-teed Prod uct s Corp., St. Louis, Mo. Edward R. Cus hin g, 32 No rth 19t h S t. , Eas t Orange, N. ]. Ll oy d A . Cutt er ha s go ne to wo rk as e ng inee r for the J o hn s- Ma nvill e Co mpa ny in Ca nada. H e rb ert M. D ie r s is w ith th e Illin o is State Highway Comm iss io n, Ca rb o nd ale, II I. R o be r t S . Doug lass, 23 No rth Pacific Ave., Ca pe Gira rdea u, Mo. F loyd A . Gera rd is civil e ngineer, Illinois State Highway Comm iss io n, Ottawa, II I. Ro y Gunt he r , 3623 H ydraulic Ave ., St . Louis, Mo. Raymon d 1. Hallows is in th e r esea rch department of th e Eag le-Pich er L ead Compa n y, Joplin, Mo. J a m es \ lV . Hard y is w ith the Goodman Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill. His hom e addr ess is 7153 Euc lid Ave . Ralph E. Hilp er t is petro leum e ng in ee r w ith the S il urian O il Compan y, Tulsa, Okla. Fra ncis H. H o ll ow is dr illin g supe rint e nd ent, S ilurian O il Compan y, Tulsa, Okla . J oe A. H o lman is in th e e ng in ee ring depa rtment of the .T e_ as a nd P ac ifi c Rail way Co mpa ny, Fort Wo rth, T exas . Pau l K. H oove r ha s accepted a posit ion as mining e nginee r wit h the Brade n Cooper Compa ny in Chil e. Raymo nd A. J o h nson is m ec hanica l eng in ee r , Genera l Motors Compa ny, Chevrol e t Division , S t. Lo ui s, Mo. His a ddr ess is 5368 D elmar Ave. H erman H . Kave ler , St . Cha rl es, Mo., w ill do g r aduate wo rk in ch emica l e ng ine e rin g at M. S. M. n ext year. Truman H. K e nn edy is m e tallurg is t w it h the Crucible S tee l Co mpa ny , Mid la nd , Pa . R alph H. Knig ht, 679 Ma r shall Ave ., Vlebster Grov es, Mo. W. E . H. Knig h t is w ith the A lumnum Ore Company at East St. Lo ui s, III. H e r ma n G. Kolwey has gone w ith the B et hl ehem Steel Compa ny an d is now at the compan y's training scho ol a t Beth le hen" Pa. Ned O . K raft is che mical e ng in ee r w ith the A lum inum O r e Company of Amer ica, 'N ew K e nsin gto n, Pa. J oh n R. Lee, Hobart, Okla. Cha rl es F . Luckfi eld is in the e ng in ee ring de pa rtm e nt of th e S incl ai r Pip e L in e Compa n y, Tul sa, Okla. His ad dr ess is 1942 E. 14th St . Robert R. Lus k, Ka nsas City L ight & Power Co., Ka nsas City, Mo.
Wm . A . McCa ul ey is civ il eng in ee r w ith the Sa nit a ry Dist rict of Chi cago. His add r ess is 910 So. Michiga n Ave ., Chi cago, III. R o be rt F . McCaw is elect ri cal enginee r , Ozark Public Service Co., R oll a, Mo. Ronald :Ma brey is geo logis t for H. 1. Hollis, Co ns ulting M ining E ng in eer a nd M eta llurg ist , 1549 Railway Exc ha nge, Chi cago, III. E rn est Mo r a n is e ng in ee r w ith th e Tul sa L ea d a nd Z inc \:0., 407 Mining Exc hange B ldg., Tul sa, Okla . Edwa r d B. O'B ri e n, 1322 B r oadway, Little Ro c k, A rk. Richa r d H . Oste r, civil eng in ee r, Illino is Stat e Hig hway Dept., E. St. L ou is, III. Edwa rd VV. Pa r sons, Cia M in era La Cienega, Dto. R ayo n, Chih ., Mexico. Murr ay ]. Pau l is eng in ee r w it h th e Emp ir e Gas & Fu el Company, Bartlesv ill e, Okla. Amedee A . P e ug net, 4482 Lind ell Blvd., S t. Louis, Mo. Rolf e M. R an kin , Ass istant Professo r of Mathe mat ics, M. S . i\I1., Roll a, Mo. Jose ph H. R eid is m inin g e ng in ee r w ith th e St. Louis Sme ltin g & Refining Com pa ny at Lars h woo d, Ontario, Ca nada. L yman M. R o bison, w ho fin is hed the work r eq uir ed for degr ee th e fir s t of th e yea r, is w ith th e Chevrol et Motor Com pa ny at Ft. Morgan, Colo. \ lV ill ia m 1. Ru shm or e w ill spe nd th e summ er attending R. O. T. C. at Fort Leave nw o rth , Kan sas . R. A . Sc heer, 7020 Berth old Ave ., St. Loui s. Fra nk K. Seydler, 2033 B elmont Ave., Chicag o, III. E dw in R. S iev9is is e ngin ee r for th e Colorado Fuel & Ir o n Company, Pueblo, Colo. A lfr ed T. Sm ith ha s acce pt ed a position w ith th e Ill inoi s S t ate H ig hway Department, Ottawa, II I. Jam es F. Sm it h is meta ll urg ica l e ng in eer for th e Anaconda Copper Compa ny, Great Falls R ed uction vVorks, Great Fall s, Mo nt. Lewis R. Springer is attending s umm er camp at Fort Loga n, Colo. R a lph D. S ulliva n is junio r e ng inee r fo r th e St. Jo se ph Lead Co ., L eadwood, Mo. Hug h Thomas ha s eccepted a position as junior engineer w it h th e Magma Copper Compa ny a t Superior, Ar iz. Paul G. '\ lV addell, Galloway, Mo. Clar e nc e B. \ lVe iss w ill do grad uat e wo rk in the M. S. M. chemistry department n ext yea r. Randall H. \lV ig htman is jun io r eng ine e r, Neva da Conso lid ated Coppe r Compa ny at Ruth, Nev. Clarence 1. vVoods, Rolla , Mo. Pau l \ lVe ber r eceived hi s M . S. degr ee this sp rin g and w ill go to Georgia T ec h. n ex t yea r as in s tru cto"r in Ch emistr y . 1926 D. R. Sc hooler is eng in ee r fo r the Bell an d Zpll er Coal a nd Minin g Compa ny w it h h eadquarters at Z Iegler , III. His ad dr ess is 305 So uth Ma in . E lme r Ga m111 e ter r ece ived hi s m aste r 's degr ee in Met allurgy o n May 28t h. He is now in St. Loui s. He w ill go w ith th e M idva le Stee l Co., Philadelphi a, o n Jul y 1. Mrs. Na dine Se ase was g r a nted a Maste r of Scie nc e degr ee thi s sp ring . P. D. Sco tt is now engin ee r for th e Phelps-Dodge Co rporation at Ha yden, A ri z. R. K. M ill er is in th e R esea r ch D epa rtm ent of the Carborun d u111 Co mpany, N iagara F a ll s, N. Y . H is a ddr ess is 310 J eff e r so n S t. Jam es D. Cr awford, w ith th e Soco ny B urn e r Corpor a ti o n, 105 Nort h Ave ., New Roch ell e, N . Y., was visit in g fri end s in Ro ll a durin g comm encem e nt week. (Co nt inu ed on Page 8)
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(Continu ed fr om Page 7) E dmo nd C. H unze, Cape Gir a rd ea u, Mo., r ece ive d th e degr ee of Maste r of Scien ce in Ch em ica l E ng in ee ring thi s comme n ceme nt. He now has a pos it io n w it h th e A luminum O r e Company of East S t . Lo ui s, Ill. ]. Map le W ilson, J r. , also of Cape Gir a rd ea u, also r ece ive d a maste r 's degr ee .in ch emical eng in ee rin g thi s sp rin g . He h as accep ted a posit io n w it h th e U. S. Gyps um Com pa ny at Gypsum, Ohio. H. A. M urp hy is res ide nt e ng ineer, Illinois State H ig hway De partmen t, 510 Met r opoli ta n B ldg., E , St. L oui s, Ill. G. H . Pett h as r et urn ed fr om Sa l1 A nge lo, T exas, a nd is aga in w it h t he Illino is H ig hway Depa r tme n t a t Car bo nd ale. Mi ke Le dfor d is assista nt level for em a n w ith t he B r aden Coppe r Compa ny, Sewell , Chil e. 1925 J . E . Co uch is w ith t he S ilur ia n O il Com pa ny, 704 S hell Bldg., S t. Lou is, Mo . His h ome ad dress is 5305 Delm ar Ave nu e. F r eddy Mat lac k, 6307 Easto n Ave., St. Lo ui s, Mo., was a mo ng t hose pr ese nt during comme nce m en t '.vee k. J. N. Ha rri s was in Ro ll a o n May 22 en r o ute to Neos ho t o visit r ela t ives . Ha rri s is w ith t h e Roc kfo rd D r op For g ing Compa ny, R ockf~rcl, Ill in ois. 1924 Ha rry Kess ler is me t a ll urgist fo r t he So ut hern Manga n ese Co m pa ny at 6600 R idge Ave ., St. Lo ui s, Mo. T. R. "Sh or ty" T homas, Ass ist a n t E ngi nee r, U . S. E ng in ee r s' Office, Postal Te legrap h Bldg ., Kansas City, Mo., spe n t a few days in Ro lla co mme n cement wee k visit ing old fri ends . He r ece ive d t he degr ee of E ng inee r of M ines from M . S . M . C. VI . B. S itz ler is w ith t he F r az ier-D av is Co nst ru ction Co., St. Lo ui s, Mo. Hi s ad dr ess is 401 8a, Sh r eve Ave . 1923 . E lme r F. Chap in is wit h t h e Ch em ical & P ig m en t Compa ny, I nc., L eba no n Roa d, Collinsvill e, Illin ois. Home r 1. "Shu ck s" Leo nard is ed ito r an d ma n age r of t he McA ll en Mo ni to r, McA ll en, Texas. E. H. A lpine, w ho is w it h the Hai ley-O la Coal Com pa ny a t L u tie, O k la ., was a visitor in R olla fo r comme n ceme nt. W. E . Rem m ers, In st ru cto r in Mec ha nical E ng inee ring, Was hingto n U ni ve rsity, St. Lo ui s, Mo., cam e o ut fo r comme ncement an d to r ece ive t he degr ee of Metallurgica l Eng in ee r fr'om' M. S. M. 1922 E. G. Mach in's n ew add r ess is R uge . Apa rtme nts, Va lpa r a iso, I nd. He is eng in eer w ith th e In diana Roa d Pavin g Company. D . F . "Sli m" Up dIke, w ho is meta llurg ist w it h Cia . M iner a R io B la nco, Ltda., Major de l Ed ific io M un di al, Esq. de Moneday Bondera, Sa n t iago, Ch ile, vis ited w it h M ike Ledfo r d, Claucle Kemper and C. G. Bowers at Sewe !l , Chil e, fo r a few days in Ap ril. 192 1 Wayman Crow is w ith the No rge Refri ge r at in g Compa ny, Laclede Ave., St. Lou is, Mo. H is st r eet add r ess is 5305 Delma r Ave . Barn ey Nude lma n is F ield Ass istant fo r t h e Connec tic ut M ut ua l L ife Insurance Compa ny. His add r ess is 935 Beach Ave., St. Lou is, .Mo. R . \ N . H un t, w ife and daugh te r, we r e in Ro ll a r ece nt ly, t h e guests of M rs. H u nt's pa r ents. They we r e en r oute from vVas hi ngton, Mo., to Nashv ill e, A r kansas. 1920 Gera ld F . Rac k ett, 1129 Browning B lvd., Los Ange les, Calif., spent several days in Rol! a dur ing commencement wee k . He receive d t h e degr ee of E ng in ee r of M ines at the II'[ay 28t h commencement . 1917 R. O. Sh ri ver, of t he fi r m of E berh ar d t & Shriver, Cont r acti ng Enginee rs, is at present engaged in co nst r uct in g a v iad uct at St. Josep h, Mo.
O. W . Steele, of t h e fir m of Sutt o n, S teele & Steele Da!las, T exas, was in R o!la on Jun e 12t h o n hi s way t~ Wes t Vi rg inia. 1916 Vim . H. McCa rtn ey is chi ef eng ii1ee r with th e P almer Co r po r at io n, S hr evepo rt , La .. 11 00 City Ba nk B ldg. Robe r t S. B urg, Co nsul ti ng Geo logist, 41 9 '0l. T. Wag.go ner Bldg., For t vVor th , T exas, sustained a b r ok en back a nd intern al inju r ies o n May 10 t h ro ug h a fa ll fr om a t r ee w hil e do in g deta il work n ea r B r azos, Texas . H e is r epo rt ed to be slight ly imp r oved . Bur g is co nfin ed at t he A ll Saints' H osp ita l at Fo r t \ i\To rth . 1915 Abe Lew Kap la n is chief meta llurg ist fo r the Illinois Smelting an d Re finin g Compa ny, Ch icago, Ill. Hi s ad dr ess is 2539 West 66t h S t. 1914 H owa r d G. H a lsey is w ith Steve ns & Com pany, stone sett in g co nt r actor s, in ch arge of t h e wor k o n t h e n ew chapel of t he U nive rsity of Ch icago. H is ad dr ess is 5824 Wood lawn Ave. 1913 R. G. K ni ckerb ock er sa iled o n May 10 fo r R io Tin to, Spa in, w her e h e is meta llurg ical eng in eer fo r the Rio Tin to Coppe r Compa ny, one of th e oldest an d l argest coppe r compa ni es in t h e worl d. M r. K ni ck erboc k er r ece nt ly re turn ed fro m J apa n w h er e he h ad bee n eng in ee r fo r th e Mats ukata I ro n & Coal M inin g Co. 1912 J oh n R. Bland is Ge ner al Manage r fo r th e Blac k Hills Tin Compa ny at Tin to n , South Da kota . Lo ui e 1. Coove r is w it h t he I ndu strial Ad justme nt Co mpa ny, McDa nie l St., Sp r ingfie ld, Mo. 1911 R. B. M itchell, Dea n of t h e Okla homa School of M in es, Vv il bur to n , Okla ., was a Roll a v isitor fo r comme n ceme nt, at w hi ch time h e r eceived the degr ee of E ngi nee r of M in es fr on1 M. S. M . Be nj. H. Cody is chi ef ch emist, B urr o Mou nta in B r an ch, P h elp s-Dodge Corp ., at Tyr o ne, New Mexico. 1910 ]. E . M . 'S chul tz is Distri ct :tvIanager fo r th e S ulli van 'Mac hi ne ry Compa ny, 522-523 Santa Fe B uil din g, Dall as, T exas . 1909 H ammo nd Ladd, S upe rin te nde nt of Ope r at ion a nd Se rvice, Wi lliam F il ene's Sons, Boston, j\lIass., was g r an te d t he degr ee of Bachelo r of Scie nce in M ine E ng in ee ring as of t he class of 1909 by act io n of t h e M . S. M . Fac ul ty, May 25, 1927. 1908 D . P . H ynes an d fam ily vis ited fri end s in Roll a r ece nt ly. T hey we r e en r o ute to thei r home from Fort Sm ith, A r k. D r. H . T. Ma nn has been appo in ted Associate P r ofesso r of Pet r oleum E ng ineer in g at t he Massac husetts Institute of Technology. D r. Ma nn took t h e degree of Docto r of Science a nd Meta!lurgy at M . 1. T . t hr ee yea rs ago. (Co nt inued on Page 11 )
DEATHS (F r om t he A lumn i :Magazin e, Un ive r sity of M isso uri , Colu mb ia, Mo.) Miguel A . Fra nco, B. S ., '26, M. S. M., Eta Kappa N u, Sigma Delta Pi, of t he Cuba n E lectrical Company of Balt imore, Md ., died in a h'o spital t here o n Feb. 25 , 1927, accor ding to a te legram r ec eived by fr iends in Columb ia . The message stated that t he body was se nt to hi s home at Ca r tage na, Colombia, South America, fo r burial. J os . C. \i\Tatkins, '01, di ed at his home in Lake Wa les, Fla., on Sept . 9, 1926. Mr. Watkins had bee n for t h e past seve r a l yea rs Manage r of t h e Emp ire Land Company at Lake \i\Ta les . Car r oll B. Cunio, ex'28, died o n May 29, 1927, as t he res ul t of a n automob il e accident.
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List of Recent Publications of the School of Mines and Metallurgy and the Mississippi Valley Experiment Station Clayto n, Chas . Y. H ardne ss a nd h eat tr ea tment of minin g drill stee l shanks, A m. In st. Min . Met., Trans., Vol. 69, pp . 666-667, 1923. Coghill, \V ill H. a nd A nd erson , C. O. Proposed method for r educing min er al waste in t he \ Visco ns111 dI strIct, 66 pages, Bureau of M in es Technical Pap er 301, 1922.
O 'Har r a, B. M. He a t bala nc e of a H egeler zin c r oaster, B ull. Am. Zinc In stitute, Vol. 6, No . 11 , pp. 5- 18, Nove m be r, 1923. O 'Harra, B. M. T ests of lig nite char as r edu ct ion f uel in th e sm elti ng of zin c ores, 7 pages, B ur eau of M 111 es, S erI al 2575, F e br u ary , 1924 ; also Bu ll. Am. Zinc In st Itute, V ol. 7, No.1 , pp. 13-20, J anu ar y, 1924. O 'H arra, B. M. Oxidation of zin c vapo r by ca r bon dioxid e, 22 pages, Bur ea u of Min es T ec hnical Pape r 336, 1924. O'Harra, B. M . Briqu etting of zinc or es, 67 pages, Bull. Missouri School of Mi nes a nd Meta llurgy, Vo l. 7, No. 4, A ug ust, 1924.
Cogh ill , W ill H., a nd A nd erson, C. O. Pr em iu ms and pe nal ties o n T ri -State zin c o r es, 5 pages, Bull. Am. Zinc I nst itute, Vo l. 5, No . 12, pp. 5-9, D ece111ber, 1922.
O'Ha rr a, B . M. Th e m etallurg ical treatment of zinc r eto rt r es idues, pp. -, Bureau of IvI in es T ec hn ical Pape r 341 , 1925.
Cog hill , W ill H., and A nd erso n, C. O. Coarser grindin g wo ul d h elp di st ri ct, Jop lin Globe, m inin g ed itio n, Janu ar y, 1923.
O'H a rra, B. M., a nd Camb ia ir e, P. Tra nslat io n of " Progr ess in the elect r om eta llurgy of zinc," by A. B illaz (La Techniqu e Mode rn e, Vol. 15, pp . 481-490, A ug ust 15, 1923) . Bull. A m. Zinc In stitut e, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 1-1 3, J a nu a ry , 1924.
Cog hill, W ill H ., a nd A nd erso n, C. O. Prog r ess ive enr ic h m ent of zi nc chats w it h decrea sing size, Eng. & M in. J our.Pr ess , Vo l. 11 6, pp . 321-324, A ug ust 25, 1923.
O'Harra, B . M., a nd Darb y, IV. J. 'fh e di sintegration of r efr acto r y brick by ca r bon monoxide, J our. Am. CeramIc Soc iety, Vo l. 6, pp. 904-914, August, 1923.
Coghill , vV ill H., a nd A nderson, C. O. Coarser gri nding an d bet ter jigg in g, J op lin Globe, mining edition, J a nuary, 1924.
O 'Harra, B . M., Ka hl ba um, Wm, vVhee ler, E S., a nd Darb y, W . J. E ff ect of oxyge n- enri ched air in r oasting zin c o r es, 23 pages, Tran s. A m . In st., M in. Met. Eng., preprint 1302-M, Ma r ch, 1924; also 1377 -S, Novem ber, 1924, pp ~ 92- 11 9.
Cog hill , IVill H. , and Ande rso n, C. O. Rod m ills not an insur ance aga inst unn ecessa r y sliming, Eng. & Min . J our.P r ess, Vol. 117, p. 1006, Jun e 21, 1924. Foley, Fra ncis B. Steel and th e p et rol eum industry, Bull. Am . Pet r ole um I nstit ute, V ol. 4, No . 73, pp. - - , D ecembe r 31, 1923. Foley, Francis B., and H owell, S. P. Ne uma nn bands as eyidence of act io n of exp losives up o n meta l, Tra ns. A m. In st. :Mi n. Met. E ng ., Vo l. 68, pp . 89 1-9 15, 1923. . Foley, F. B., Clayto n, Chas. Y., and Burnholz, H enry S. Review of pr ese nt stat us of dr ill steel breakage and h eat tr eatme nt, T r ans . A m. In st. Min. Met. E ng., Vol. 69, pp. 648-665, 1923 D isc uss ion, pp. 677-705. . Foley, Francis B., Clay ton , Chas . Y., and Frey, M uir L. Ph ys ical defects in holl ow drill steel, Tran s. A m. Inst. M in. Met. Eng., Vo l. 70, pp . 290-302, 1924. H owe, H enr y M ., Foley, Francis B., and Win lock, J oseph. Influenc e of t emperatu r e, tim e a nd rat e of coolin g o n ph ys ica l prop erti es of carbon stee l, Trans . A m. In st. M in. Me t . Eng., Vol. 69, pp. 722-767, 1923 . Forb es, C. R. Rock dr illing tests in the Tri -State mi nin g di stri ct, 4 pages, Bureau of M ines R eport of Invest iga tion s, Seri a l No. '2279, Nove mb er, 192 1. Gross, J oh n. Separ at io n of sp hal erit e, silica an d calcite from flu o rspa r, 3 pages, Bureau of M in es, Se ri al 2297, No ve mb er, 192 1.
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Coghi ll , \ V ill H ., a nd A nd erson , C. O . Engineers' r epo rt millin g m ethod s, J oplin Globe, m ining edition, January, 1922. 0 11
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Kahlba um, vV illiam . Met hod of determin in g zin c a nd lead in materia ls containing large amou nts of carbo n, Eng. and Min. J o ur. , Vo l. 11 6, p. 11 0, July 21, 1923. O'Harra, B. M . A bibliograph y on the elec tr ot hermic meta llu rgy of zin c, 65 pages, B ull. M isso uri School of M in es a nd Meta llurgy, Vo l. 6, No . 2, March, 1922. O 'H a rra, B . M. The elect rot hermic m etallurgy of zin c, 106 pages, Burea u of M in es Bu ll. 208, 1923. O 'H arr a, B. 1'111. Metal lu rg ica l r equirements for r efr acto ri es in th e electrot hermic m etallurgy of zi nc, J our. A m. Ce ram ic Society, Vo l. 6, pp. 1180-11 82, Novem ber, 1923 . O'Harra, B. M . Th e m etallurg ical tr ea tm ent of zinc r eto rt r es idues, 12 pages, Bureau of Mines, Serial 2475, May,
O'Harra, B. M ., and Whee ler, E. S. Experiments o n the di stillation of zinc, fr om comp lex zinc-lead-silver ore s, 44 pages, Bu ll. M isscfuri School of Mines and :Meta llurgy, Vol. 6, No . 4, A ugust, 1923. O'Harra, B. M ., and Ze ller , G. A . Reductio n of zi nc oxide by carbon, Vol. 8, No. 1, Novem ber, 1924, M . S. M. Bull. Va n Barneveld, C. E. R ece nt developm ents in un derg ro und m ec ha nic al loa d, E ng . & M in . J ou r. -Press , V ol. 11 6, pp . 501-511 , September 22, 1923. van Barneveld, C. E . Zi n c us ed fo r roofing, 10 pages, Bureau of M in es, Serial 2652, Novembe r, 1924: va n Barneveld, C. E. Undergr o und loading devices, Bull. Missour i School of M ines, p. 639, Vo l. 7, No .3, May, 1924. Coghill, W . H ., a nd A nd erso n, C. O. Hi-jacking a nd fl ota tion , M iami, Okla homa, News- R ecord, J anuary 22, 1925. Coghill, VV. H., a nd A nd erson , C. O . . M etall urg ical practice in Tri-State :Mills, A nnu al ]VI 111111g N um ber, JO pl111 Globe, Joplin , Ivlo., January 25, 1925. Coghill , W. H., and A nd erso n, C. O. Co ncentration in th e Tri- State di st rict , prese n ted a t th e St. Louis meet in g of the A m erican Z in c In stitut e a nd publi shed in the bulletin of that In stitute for May, 1925; also in t h e Miami, Okla., News- R eco rd. Ri ce, IVm. E. Re lat ive va lu e of carbo n m o nox ide and hyd roge n as constituents of prod uce r gas, B ull. Am. Zinc In st., Vo l. 8, No .5, May, 1925, pp. 120- 134. O 'H arra, B. M . B ibliograph y o n zin c r eto rt s a nd con dens ers, Bull. Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, Vol. 8, No .4, A ug ust, 1925, 13 pages . Ander so n, C. 0., a nd Cog hill, VV. H. Progr ess in TriState milling and a pr ed iction as to futu r e im pr ovement, annua l mining numb er, J oplin Glob e, J oplin, Mo., J anua ry 29, 1926. III 1 Forb es, C. R. Prog r ess in use of o ne-inch steel in TriState di stri ct, U . S. Burea u of :M in es Info rm atio n Circula r 6002, Marc h , 1926. (Contin ued o n P age 10)
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Meeting of the American Association of Pelroleum Geologists at Tulsa .
Recent School of Mines Publications
Dr. C. L. Dake, w ho has just r et urned fr o m the m ee ti ng of th e A m er ica n Associat ion of Petrole um Geologists held in Tulsa r eports that MSM played a ve r y prominent pa r t in thi s m ee ting. The sc hool was r ep r esen ted o n seve n out of the fourteen committees in charge of th e meeting, and MSM m en h eld the chairmanship o n th r ee of t h ese commi ttees . The total co mmi ttees had a personnel of 130 me mbers, of w hi ch MSM f urni shed fo urt ee n r ep r ese ntat ives, these being M. M. Vale riu s, V . H. Hug h es, V. H. McN utt, Harry owlan, L. ]. Zolle r, E . N. :tvI ur phy, A. F. Truex, Th os. W . Leach, Geo. A . K r oe nl ein, J . N . McGi rl , D. H . Radcl iffe an d \'V. 'vV. Kee ler. Pap ers we r e eithe r read or pr esented by tit le by J . S . Ir w in , ]. N . McGirl A. F. Truex, M. M . Valeriu s, Vl . C. Ada ms, L. S. H arl owe a nd Geo. A. Kro enl ei n.
\ Vh eeler, E. S., a nd Kuech ler, A. H. The pr ope rti es of r ef r acto ri es in the metallurgy of zi nc-Pa rt 1. Raw materia ls a nd body mi xt ur es n ow in use, published in J o ur. Am. Ce rami c Soc iety, February, 1927.
The total li st of School of Mines r ep r ese ntat ives is as fo ll ows: M r. a nd M rs. V . H. Hug hes, '09; M r. a nd M rs. D . H. Radcl iffe, '13 ; M r. a nd M r s. L. J. Zo ller, '18; Mr. and M rs. H . E . Zoll er, '23; M r. a nd M rs. ]. F . H oste rm a n, '22; M r. a nd Mrs. M. C. L u cky, '20 ; M r. and Mrs. T. C. S her wood, '21; Mr. and M rs. T hos. IV. Leach, '20; :tvlr. a nd Mrs. E . ]. McKee; Mr. a nd Mrs . E . A . Kee ler , '23; M r. a nd Mrs. K. H. deCousser, '22; M r. a nd M rs. E. N . Mu rph y, '20; M r. and M rs. ]. K. Murphy; M r. a nd M rs. E . L. A rno ld, '17; M r. a nd M rs. G. E . Ebmeye r , '20; M rs. F. C. Gr eene, '11; M. M. Va leriu s; V . H. McN utt, '10; H. H. Nowla n, '13; A. F. Truex, ' 14 ; R. S. Burg, ' 16; H. S. Cla rk , ' 18; M. L. T erry, '20; V . L. Whitwo rth, '23; L. B. Be nto n, '19; R. B. Cap les, '10; C. T . J o n es, '26 ; W . W . Kee ler, '21 ; ]. N. McGi rl , '22; ]. S. Ir w in , '12; ]. L. Howe ndobler, '20; \ Vm . ]. No lte, '20; O. E. Stoner, '20; Jo sep h M. 'N ilson, '21; F. P. Shays, '17 ; E . L. Fip ps, '24 ; K. R. T eis, '23; Phil Ma rt yn, '25; Brun o Rixleb en, '23; G. W.,Staples, '26; H . S. Thomas, '26; ]. C. Th om pson, Gl en No r ,r ille, ]. V . Te rrill, J. E. Couch, '25; W . C. A dam s and O. N. Maness, '18.
Publications by Alumni "Scraping at the P a rk Utah Mi ne" is the title of an a r ticle appearing in th e Engineering and Min ing J ou rn a l of J anuary 8, 1927, w ri tte n by C. C. Cus hwa, '14. "Cush" is now sup erint end e nt of the Park Uta h Mine at Keetley, Uta h. The fo ll ow in g A. 1. M. E. papers hav e been publi sh ed r ece ntl y by A lumni of the School of :Min es : "Note o n the Dist ri but ion of Energy in \ Vo rked Me tal s an d the Effec t of Process A nn ea lin g T empe r atu r es o n F in e Copper \ Vi r e," by L ya ll Z ickri ck and R. S. Dean, '15. "Deep H ole P rospec tin g in Eagle-Picher Mi nes," by W. F. N etzeba nd , '21. "Solidu s L in e in L ead-Antimon y Sys tem," by E . E . Schun)acher and F . C. N ix, '25. "Gener a l Th eory of Meta ll ic Ha rd ening," by R. S. Dean, 15, an d]. L. Gr egg, '23 . "Deform ation of an A lu minum Al loy by a Co nstant Load," by C. D. Sad tIer a nd J. L. Glegg, '23.
Tau Beta Pi Pledges T he T a u Be ta Pi pledges for th e second semester were: Rupert P. Baumgartner, Ste . Genevieve, M o. Ha rry H . Br itt in g ham, E ldon, Mo. Rob ert 'vV. Couch, H an nibal , Mo. Philip H . Delano, Bonne Terre, Mo. Edwa r d C. :Miller, Bonne T err e, Mo. Floyd E. Sewe ll , J ake Prairie, Mo. Wi lli am S. T emples, 5936 McPherson, S t. Lou is, Mo.
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A nde rso n, C. O. Flotation in th e Tri -State dist ri ct in 1925, presented at the Ap ril , 1926, meeting of th e Ameri ca n Zinc In stitut e an d publis hed in the bu ll etin of t hat In st itute for May-J une , 1926. Fulton, C. H. Recent expe rim ents in the electrot h ermic m etall urgy of zin c, p r esented at the Ap ril , 1926, meet in g of th e Ame ric a n Zinc Institute an d pub li sh ed in th e bulletin of that Inst itute fo r May-J un e, 1926. Messmo r e, H. E. Use of hig h specific grav ity liqu ids as an aid in di ssecting or es, submitted as a pe rso nal paper to th e Ka nsas E ng in ee r, a publi cat io n of the E ng in ee r ing College of the U ni ve rsity of Kansas, May, 1926. Coghill , \ V ill H . Degree of lib er a ti o n of mine ra ls in the Alaba ma low-grade red ir o n ores afte r g ri ndi ng, Paper TO . 1616-B of A. 1. M. M . E . issued w ith Mining & Meta llurgy, Decemb er , 1926. Butler, Joe B. Descr ip tive bibliograp hy o n oi l a nd -flu id fl ow a nd heat transfe r in p ipes, tec hni ca l series bullet in Vo l. 9, No. 4, M issou ri School of :tvl in es and Meta llurgy, A ug ust, 1926. T urne r , IV. D. An investigatio n of the xylenes ob tai ned from the ca rb on iza ti on of coa l, Bu ll. Misso uri School of M in es a nd Metallurgy, Vol. S, No.3, February, 192 1. Weige l, W. IV. Coa l m inin g methods in Misso uri , B ull. Missouri School of Mines and ¡Meta llurgy, Vol. 5, No . 4, May, 1921. Dake, C. L. Th e pr oblem of t h e St. P ete r sandstone, B ull. M issou r i School of M in es and Meta llurgy, Vo l. 6, o. 1, A ugust, 1921. \ Vana tnake r, IV. W . Ou r nationa l defen:e, bulletin Mis so uri School of M in es a nd M etall urgy, Vo l. 6, No.3, May, 1923. Dake, C. L., and Bridge, J osiah . 1. S ubterr a nea n st r ea m pi r acy in the Ozarks. B ridge, J os ia h. II . Eb b and fl ow sp rin gs in the Oza rks, B ull. Missou ri School of M in es and Metallurgy, Vo l. 7, No. 1, November, 1923. Bardsley, C. E. M erid ian dete r mi nati on, Bul l. Missou ri School of Mines and Metallurgy, Vo l. 7, No . 2, February, 1924. Tho rnb erry, M. H. A treatise on Missouri clays, B ull. M isso uri School of M in es a nd Meta llurgy, Vo l. 8, No . 2, F e bruary, 1925. H a rri s, E lm o G. A st udy o n r einfo r ced co ncr ete dams, B ull. Missouri School of lVl in es and Meta llurgy, Vol. 8, No. 3, May, 1925. Ketchum , :M. S. Engineering a nd r esea rch, B ull. M issou ri Sch ool of M in es and i[eta llurgy, technica l se ri es, Vol. 9, No. 1, Novembe r , 1925 . H an ley, H . R. E lectrica l precipitatio n as app lied to gas streams, B ull. Mis so uri School of M in es and Me ta llurgy, Vo l. 9, No.2, February, 1926. Woodman, L. E . In t rod uction to t h e st ud y of complex numb ers, Bull. M isso uri School of Mi nes and Me ta ll urgy, Vol. 9, No.3, May, 1926.
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Mr. R oland K irkh a m , son of J. E. Kirkh am , M . S_ M. '95, was a visitor in Rolla a nd to the School of Mi nes for sever al days in th e ea rly part of Jun e. H e came w ith hi s mothe r and h er siste r , M r s. B. R. Thompson of Sp ringfield , Mo., to attend the fun eral of hi s uncle, H e nry Weisenbach, fo rm e rl y a res ident of Rolla . Mr. K irkh am is a gra du ate in civil eng in eeri ng of th e State Coll ege of Ames , I owa, a nd is emp loyed in St ate Highway w ork in Sout h Dakota . His fa th er is State Bridge E ng in ee r fo r So uth Dakota. He was in act ive se r vic e in th e world wa r for two yea r s, a nd was o n the f ro nt in th e A rgo nn e at th e t im e of th e arm isti ce. He was vvou nd ed twice and was "gassed" but at prese nt appea r s none th e worse fo r his experience .
Kuechler and Wheeler Leave Experiment Station A . H . Kuechler, '25, a nd E. S. W heeler, '22, of the experiment statio n, have resig ned to go into other lin es of work. Kuec hl er w ho has bee n e ngaged in experimenta l work in ceram ics here, wi ll go in the P hysica l Laboratory of the U. G. 1. Contracting Co. of Ph iladelphia. H is add r ess wi ll be 3101 Passy unk Str ee t. W h eele r has for t h e past fo ur years been e ngaged in studi es r elat ing to zin c meta llurgy. H e w ill go w ith t he Ame ri ca n Smeltin g a nd Re finin g Compa ny at Maurer, New J er sey, w he r e B ugs w ill be associated w ith B . M. O'Ha rr a, fo rm er supe rint end e nt of the Bur ea u of M in es¡ stat io n here at Rolla.
Grubstaker Club Becomes Triangle -Granted Charter As Lo ca l Chapte r of Nat io nal Fraternity Next fa ll w ill see the passing of o ne of the old est soc ial o rga ni zat ions on th e campus, whe n the Grubstaker Club
becom es a loca l chapter of the na tion a l fr ate rnity Triangle. Th e clu b's petition was granted la t e thi s s pring, t o become effective n ext fa ll. The Grubsta k er Club was organized in th e fa ll of 1902, th e id ea being the es tabli shm ent of an ea tin g club. According to th e pe titi on of the Grub s tak ers to the T ri angle, it was th e first social organ iza ti o n o n th e cam pus . It continued as an eat ing club unti l 1920, w hen a house was leased a nd t he clu b inco r porated by the Sta t e of M isso uri. It was then co ndu cted a lo ng t h e lin es of a fr atern it y. The g ranting of the cha pter to the Grubstaker's club is a we ll deserved r ecog niti o n of the lo ng year s of se rvice th is o ld club ha s g ive n to st ud e nt s of the schoo l, alt houg h man y of the o ld time r s w ill regret to see its picturesque na m e disappea r fr om t he campus.
General Alumni News (Continued from P age 8) 1906 Preston K. H orne r , Consu lt in g M in ing a nd Me tallurgical E ng in ee r of London, England, was called to the United Sta tes on acco un t of the death of h is father, w ho r esided in S t. Lo ui s. W h ile here h e visited old f ri ends o n the camp us. 1904 B ru ce V/i lli a m s was in Ro ll a o n May 20 o n a co mbin ed business and pleasu r e trip. He is manager a nd chi ef chemist, vVaring & Vi illi ams Laboratories, Jopl in, Mo. George V. B la nd is mine enginee r fo r the Blac k H ills Tin Compa ny a t Tinton, South Dakota. 1890 Prof. George R. Dean, h ead of th e Depart me nt of Mat he matics at M. S. M ., has r ece ntl y been initiate d int o S igm 21 X i in r ecog niti on of hi s resea rc h work.
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LOCAL SECTIONS The A lumni of the Tri- State mining fi eld met at th e Connor H otel, J op lin, M isso uri , May 28t h, 1927, and e ffect ed an orga ni zation wh ic h is t o be kn ow n as "Th e Tr i-State Sect io n of th e Missouri School of M in es A lumni Assoc iat ion."
T he following officers we r e elected:: Evans \11/. B us ke tL ............................ Chai r man H e nr y H . H a rtze lL. ................. V ice-Chai rm an B ru ce vVi lli ams.. ........................ ..Secr etary -Treasurer F. S. E lfr ed.. .... .................. ....... Publicity Ma n The fo ll owing alumni we r e in a tt e nda nc e: Evans vV . Bu sk ett , J op lin, Mo.; F. ]. Ta yman, Miami, Okla.; B ru ce Willi a ms, J oplin, Mo. ; H e nry H. Ha rtze ll, Baxter Sp rings , K a n. ; M. H. Thornb e rr y, Rolla, Mo.; O. C. Wemhane r, }.II i am i, Okla.; J. C. Ba rto n, J o plin, Mo.; ]. S . Brown, J op lin, Mo.; F . S . E lfr ed, Baxte r Sp rings, Kan.; \ i\T. H. F r eud enburg, Picher, Okla.; Norto n Ritt er , Pich er , Okla .; R. D. Moore, Jop lin, Mo. ; R. J. Str ou p, Baxter Sp rings, Kan.; R. E. Illidge , Pich er, O kla.; R. K. Stro up, Piche r , Okla.; J. E. J ewe ll, Joplin , Mo.; J. G. Miller, Baxter Springs, Kan . ; D . S . Tedford, Neosho, Mo.; C. E. Stover, Miami, Okla.; \V. H. Backer , Baxter Springs, Kan. ; ]. N. Harri s, Roc kfo rd , IlL; Don a ld Griffin, Jo plin, M o . ; E . Gammeter, Pittsb urg, Kan.; E. F . Mor an, M iami, Okla., a nd K. R. Neal, Miami, Okla . A meeting of th e St. Louis Section of the M . S . M. A lumni As soc ia tion was held in S t. Louis at th e Ame ric an A nn ex H o t el o n May 5th, 1927. Th er e we r e sixty m e mb er s present. Offi ce r s we r e elected as follows: .......... Chairm an M. P. B r azi lL ............. V ice - Ch airma n Ca rl S tifeL ................... ..... . .......... ............. ..... .......... Secretary W. M. T agga r t ..... ...... ......... ........ Treas ur er L. H. Goldman ......... ... .Pab licit y Director J. K. Walsh ... ..~ ...... E nt ertainment Lucia n Ersk in e Th e Ch icago Section of th e M. S. M. A lumn i Associat io n held a me e tin g on May 4, 1927, in th e form of a banquet at th e Chicago E ngin ee r s' Clu b. They had as their g ues ts the e ntir e g roup of senio r civi l engi neers, toget her w ith Profes so r s Butler and Bard sley. Th ey also ente rtain ed three prospective s tudent s, Barnard Galbraith, Richard Tho rnton a nd David T hompson, high sc hool se niors. A live ly meetin g is rep ort ed. . Th ose prese nt were: C. E . Bardsley, J. B. B utler, H. Blickensderfer, B. L. Chaney, H . M. Dier s, F. A. Ge r ard, R. H. Oster, J. W. Layth am, C. F. Luckfi eld, H . H. New combe, J. E . McCauley, R. A . Schee r , A. T. Smith , Barnard Ga lbrait h, R icha rd Thornton, Dav id Thompson, E. G. Machin, \ V ill iam Godwin , C. W. Bower, W. K. Teller, J. M. \ Vasmun d, J. \ Va lter Scott, J. A. Garcia, G. E . J ohnso n, R. H. Maveety, \i\T. B. Gray, R. E. Rich ards , J. R. K enney, vVil bur Weime r , Earl vVeimer, A. Devereux, D. S. Mosby, \i\Tm. Kee lin g, R. O. Day and V. H. \ Vebs t er. On May 3rd 1927, the A lumni of the School of Mines in th e Lead Belt' ent e rtain ed th e senior clas s of 1927 w ith a banquet a t Bon n e Ter r e, Mo. Th ese ba n quets are ann ual affa irs he ld in ho nor of th e vis itin g se niors o n their inspection trips t o the mines and mills in the Lead Belt. Mr. E . T. Campbell , '23, a bl y presided as toastma st er. Th e first speaker of the even ing was M r. Bain, Superinten dent of the Leadwoo d a nd Bonn e Terre D ivisions of th e St. J osep h Lead Company. Other talks fo ll owed by Mr. Dela no, Mr. Ste in mes ch, Prof. Forbes, a nd Prof. Th o rnbe r r y. . ' I mmed iately afte r t h e banquet a bus1l1ess meetll1g of the A lumni pre se nt was h eld. At t hi s me etin g it was voted to organ ize a Loca l Section of th e M. S . M . A lu mn i Associat io n to be known as th e " Lead Belt Section ." The following officers we r e elected : "L. A . De la no, Ch a irman; T. G. \ V ier, V ice-C ha irm a n; E . T . Ca mpb ell, Sec.-Tr eas ., and E. R. Tragitt P ublicity D ir ector. Those pres~nt were th e visiting se n ior s of th e. class of '27 P r ofessors Fo rb es, Thornb e rr y a nd MUilenburg; M~ssr s . L. A. Delano, '04, A. Perrier, ex'04, ]. H . Steinm esc h, '06, H. A. Neus t aedte r, ' 16, E . R. Tragitt, '23, a nd A. L. He itmann, '25 .
EUGENE McAULIFFE Doctor of En gineering (HonoriS Caus a) Th e School of M in es and Meta llurgy co nf err ed the degr ee of Docto r of E ng in ee rin g (H ono1'is causa) upon E uge ne McA uli ffe, Pr es id e nt of the U ni o n P ac ific Coal Compa ny, Omaha, Ne l~ ra s ka , at t he comm e nceme nt o n May 28 of this year, in r ecogn ition of his o utsa nd ing ab ilit y as a n e ng in ee r a nd as a n exec uti ve. D r. McA uliffe was born a t Ma id stone, Kent, E ngland, on October 3, 1866. H e was educated in pub lic and pr ivate sc hools of England . Comi ng t o A m e rica, h e ente r ed th e se r vice of th e Nort he rn P ac ific Rai lway as s hop apprent ic e 111 1886, a nd was transferred t o loco mo tiv e se r vice as locomot ive fir e man a nd la t e r to locom itive e ng in ee r. H e was em ployed as loco mo t ive eng in ee r and r ela ted capac ities fo r ema n, a ir brake in st ructor , etc ., o n va ri ous r oads in th~ U nited S t a t es a nd Mexico. In 1903 he became r oad fore ma n of equi pme nt of the F ri sco System, a nd la t e r was Fuel Age nt fo r th e F ri sco System, an d still later se rving as Ge ner al F uel Age nt for th e Rock Isl a nd-Frisco Lin es , including Chic ago, Ro ck I sland a nd P ac ific, St. L ouis & San Franc isco, Ch icago & Eas t ern Illinois and s ub sidiary lines in Texas a nd Lou isian a . During thi s period he served as Presid ent of the Brazi l B lock Coal Comp any, ope rating min es in Illin o is and Indi ana. He was later 'appoin t ed Genera l Coal Agent of t he Frisco Lines in cha rge of the purc hase of fu el, including di st ribution , acco un t ing, development of coal traffic, and coa l fre ig ht r ate work. Dr. McA uli ffe r es ig ned from t he Fri sco on January 15, 1917, to enter the se r vice of the No rth American Compa ny, ope rating public utiliti es in St. Louis, M ilwa ukee, Racine, D etroit , Cleveland and elsewh er e, se rving as Vice -Pres id ent of the \ Ves t K e ntucky Coal Company, and late r deve lo ping coal pr operty in Illin o is for th e U ni o n Colli e ry Company, for whic h he acted as preside nt , se rving simila rl y as Gener a l Manager of the Wayne M ining Compan y, op erating in Ohio. He was elected Pres id e nt of the Union Pacific Coal Company a nd th e Washington U ni o n Coal Company o n March 1, 1923, and was a lso appointed Special Represe ntati ve of th e Presiden t of th e Union Pacific on th e sa me da t e. The International R a ilway Fuel Assoc iation was organize d by Dr. McAu liffe on November 20, 1908, and h e se rved as Pres id e nt fo r 1908-09 and 1909-10. He was appo inted Ma nager of the Fuel Conse rva tion Sect ion , Division of Ope ra t ion, United Stat es Railro a d Ad mini str at ion , May 1, 1918, continuing in that capacity, in connec ti on wit h other dut ies, until th e return of th e railroads March 1, 1920. H e is a m emb er of the In ternat iona l Ra il way Fuel Asso ciation , th e Am eri can Ins titute of M ining and Metallurg ical E ng in ee r s, and is th e a uth o r of th e book, " R a ilway Fuel."
John Cameron, '97, Rescues Men Trapped in Flooded Mine H e nr ye tta, Okla., A pril 14.-Af t er b eing tr a pped for eig ht ho urs by flo o ded wa t ers 96 feet below g r ound in th e old Wise m in e, n ea r her e, nin e t ee n coal miners we r e led to safe ty late toda y by J ohn Came r on, a ve teran miner. vV hil e two holes we r e be ing sunk to r each th e m en, Came r o n recalled th ere was a connection be twee n t he aba ndon ed shaft of th e D un can McKay min e and the o ld W ise min e. Th e old sh aft was a m il e away, but Came ron went dow n into th e dark passageways a nd wandered a r ou nd w ith a fl ashl ig ht t o g ui de hi m. H ea ring th e voices of t he trapp ed men, he ca ll ed to th em to stand by. Finally h e made hi s way to the m. \ V ith the t r ain in g of a vetera n mine r h e had no t roubl e in r etr ac in g hi s steps th r o ug h th e aba nd oned corrido rs, r esc uin g t he men a nd ave r t ing w hat threaten ed to be anothe r m in e disa ster for Oklahoma. The above item was ta ke n from the Glo be D emoc r at. M r. Came ron was a st ud e nt at th e Sc hoo l of M in es a nd Graciuated in 1897 . His so n Campbe ll Camer on g raci uate d fr om M. S . M. in 1923.
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