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Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy ROLLA, MO .
VOLUME 16
SPRING, 1942
NUMBER 2
M. s. M. and the War Effort The Missouri School of - I, Mines is taking its place along with other technical institutions in the United States in providing speciali"ed training and carrying on research to assist in war effort, accord ing to Dean Curtis L. Wilson. The school is cooperating with the U.S. Office of Education in conducting certain intensive engineering courses in Engineering, Science, and M anagement Defense Program Training. These courses I are of college grade, but no credi't toward a degree is granted. So far, over 350 students have enrolled in this program at M .S.M . Practically all of the 350 who satisfactorily completed the trainE . w. Ca rlton, Professor of Structural En- ¡ h bId' . I g ineering at the School of Mines, has been Ing ave een p ace In vIta ele ct ed Vice-President of Dis trict Six of the defense industries or with Amen ca n Cong ress of Su rvey ing and Map- h . pi ng, being elec ted in J u n ~ at the apnual meet- t e government agenCIes enIng of the Cong ress h eld m Washmgton,D.C. gaged with the w ar effort. Professor E. W. C arlton is supervising this program here. Another popular war effort training program is the Civil Pilot Training Program under the direction of Dr. A. ]. Miles. Here 168 students have taken the elementary course, 40 have taken the secondary course, making a total of 208 students. Of these 180 have received their pilot's certificate. M any of these boys who have completed this training are now in the Armed Air Forces as combat pilots, transport pilots and instructors. (Con ti n u ed o n Page 4)
Chicago Section Meeting The Chicago Section of the Alumni A ssociation held a meeting at the M edical A r ts Building on the evening of June 16. About forty members of the Chicago Section were present. D. E. Howerton , Chairman of the Section, presided. The principal talk of the evening was made by Dean Curtis L. -, Wilson, who told of the progress at the School of Mines during , the past year, and also explained to the alumni something of the provisions of the will of the late Henry E. Sever, who left an amount of money for the establishment of the foundation to promote an Instl tute of T echnology in the State of Missouri .. R everend O . V. Jackson, of Rolla, Chairman of the Phelps C ounty Committee for the H enry E. Sever Estate, was also present and spoke briefly. Gunnard Johnson, Vice-President of the 'Alumni A ssociation was one of those present and is assisting Dean Wilson, Reverend Jackson and others in promoting interest in the School of Mines in connection with the Sever Estate.
Dr. Clinton H . Cra ne r eceiving his diploma from Dr. Frederi ck A. Middlebush with D ean Cur tis L, Wil son a t left
1942 Commencement The largest class in the history of the School of Mines received degrees on M ay 1, 1942, the C ommencement having been moved to that date from M ay 27 in order to let the graduates be available for work in the war industries. The urgent demand for men trained in engineering led the Faculty to make this change. The Baccalaureate address was given by Dr. Joseph C . Cleveland, Pastor of the Community Church in Kansas City, Missouri, his subject being, " C ourage Is N ot Enough. " These exercises were held on Sunday, April 26. On A pril 30 the Faculty gave its annual reception to students, parents and visitors, followed by the Commencement Ball. The C ommencement Exercises were held this year in the new Uptown Theater, which has seating accommodations for a larger group than could be provided for on the campus. Even at that, there was standing room only in the theater. The Commencement address was delivered' by Dr. Clinton H . Crane, President of the St. Joseph Lead Company of N ew York City, his subject being, " Life, Liber ty and the Pursuit of H appiness." Following Dr. Cra ne's address, Dean C urtis L. Wilson spoke briefly to the graduating class, thanking them for their cooperation during his first year as the head of the school. The various department chairmen then presented candidates for degrees to Dr. Frederick A. Middlebush, President of the U niversity, who conferred the degrees, Brigadier General U. S. Grant, III, Com(Continued on Page 4)