Missouri S&T Magazine, Spring 1945

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MSM ALUMNUS Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy ROLLA, MO.

VOLUME 19

SPRING, 1945

Memorial Scholarship Fund Capt. R. Sidney Burbe rry '42,with a compan y o f e n g in ee r s som e wh e re in Italy, has tak e n th e lead in es tabli s hin g a m e morial s cho lars hip fund fo r tho se boys kill ed in action durin g th e prese nt w a r. T he id ea wa s p e rh a ps fir s t s u gges t ed by 'vV . ]. Law le r, with Aluminum Co. of Am e ri ca at Ne w K e ns in g ton, P e nna., m e mbe r o f th e cl ass of '42, who on hearin g of th e death of Ca pt. John R ay l '42, wrot e s ugges tin g th a t som e s ort o f a m emori a l b e s t a rt ed for boy s lik e Capt. Rayl CAPT. JOHN WITCIG RA YL ' 42 who w e r e killed in action. A few w ee ks lat e r a s imi lar s ugges tion cam e from Ca pt. J ack W itt '42; th e n in Par is, a ddressed to D ean Wil son , in whi c h he s ugges ted that a plaque or m e morial of som e kind b e in s titut ed in honor of tho se bo ys who ga ve th e ir li ves in th e se r v ice "s uc h a s 'R ed' Ray!. " Capt. Witt wa s himself th e n w earin g th e P urpl e H eart a nd wa s r e turnin g to hi s unit in Fra n ~e a ft e r recove rin g from wound s r ece ive d in .Ital y . Capt. Burb e rry, w h o wa s pres id e nt of th e cla ss of '42 durin g hi s se nior y ea r, felt th a t it wo uld b e impo ss ib le to tak e a vot e of th e cla ss on th e propo s ition; but in v ie w of th e num e rou s s ugges t ion s he ex pr essed th e opinion that th e foundin g of th e m e morial wa s an excell e n t id ea and that h e w as s ur e it wou ld m ee t with appro va l of th e r es t of th e cla ss . H e brou g ht w ith him from I t a ly on a 30 day leav e in th e U nit ed Stat es a draft of a le tt e r whi c h h e se nt to D ea n \-\Til s on , acc ompani ed by a ge nerou s contribution from him se lf, with th e r eque s t th a t th e le tt e r b e r e produced a nd m a il ed to th e d ass of '42 from Rolla a s h e did not have fa cil ities for mai lin g it in Ital y . Aft e r th e le tt e r wa s writt e n, Capt. Burb e rry rece ive d th e n e ws of th e dea t h of L t. Me lv in U llri c h , whi c h annou nce' m e nt he included in a postsc ript on hi s le t t er a ddr essed to th e class of '42. In thi s le tt e r Capt. Burb e rry s u gges ted that s inc e Capt. Ra y l wa s th e fir s t m em be r of th e cl ass to lose hi s li fe in se rvic e th e fund be known as THE JOH N WIT CIG RA YL M E MO RI A L FUND . Capt. John Ray l ha s a y oun ge r brothe r, Rob e rt, who h as fi led a ppl ica tion for a dmi ss ion to th e School of Min es in th e fa ll or 1945 to take th e course a lso in minin g e n g in ee rin g . Inas mu c h as h e wou ld hav e to a tt e nd s choo l und e r ve ry much th e sam e condition s a s Capt. John Rayl att e nded sc hool, w hi c h wou ld m ean h e would have to fin a nce him se lf a lt o ge th e r, Capt. B urb e rr y nominat ed a s a fir s t r ecipi e nt of th e John Witci g Ra y l Scholar s hip , John 's broth er, B ob Ra y l, with a ny s urp lus left o ve r to be use d in a idin g othe r w o rth y y oun g m e n in securin g an edu cation. D ea n Wil son has ass ur ed Capt. B lu'b erry th a t B ob R ay l's na m e w o uld be th e fir s t cO.ns id e r ed by th e Schol a r s hip co m mitt ee of th e fa c ulty wh e n th e R ay l M emori a l sc hol a r s hip s ar e to be aw a rd ed.

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Board of Visitors Recommends Extensive-Building Program at Rolla The r e port of th e B oard of Vi sitor s of th e Unive rs it y of M-i,s~ souri , m ad e to th e for m e r Go ve rnor Forres t E. Do nn e ll ju s t b efor e h e left office, in clu d es in it a recomm e ndation fo r $4, 150,000 for th e rebuildin g of th e ca m pu s of th e Sc ho o l of Min es a nd M e t a llur g y. Th e B oard, a t th e s u gges tion of th e Gov e rnor, s tudi ed t h e e ntire g ro u p of hi g h e r education a l in s titution s of Miss ouri and th e two s p ec iali ze d trainin g s choo l s , th e Mi ss ou ri S c hool fo r th e Blind in St. Lo ui s , a nd th e Mi ss ouri S c hoo l for the D eaf at F ul to n. The report cove red in addition to th e Unive rs ity of M issouri at ColumA. P . GREEN '3 5 bia a nd th e S c hool 'of M in es, No rth eas t Mi ss ouri Stat e T each e rs Coll ege, Northwe s t M issouri Sta t e T each e r s Co ll ege, Ce ntral Mi ss o uri State T eac h ers Coll ege, S outh eas t Mi ss ouri S tat e T each e r s Coll ege, Southwes t M iss ouri State T eache rs Co ll ege and L in co ln U nive r s ity . Th e Board o f Vi s itors r ecotllm e ntl ed a fort y mi ll ion do ll ar bond iss ue for po s twar use in r e habi litat ing th e campu ses of th e a bo ve ins titution s, " to p ut them in pos iti o n to r e nd e r th e se rv ic e ex pected o f th em by th e citi ze ns of M iss ouri. " Thinkin g of th e futur e g rowth of th e va ri ou s edu ca tional ins ti.tution s, th e Boa rd of Vi s itors' r e port point ed out that the r e w ill undoubt edl y be a g reat in crea se in e nr o ll m e nt wh e n th e prese n t w a r is o ve r and that th ese bo ys comin g back wi ll exp ec t a nd demand that adequat e faciliti es a nd e ffi cie nt in s tru c tion be m a de imm edi a t ely a va ilab le to th e m . T hey wi ll not b e conte nt w ith o bsol e t e b u ild in gs a nd equipm e n t. For th e S chool o f Min es and M e tallur gy, th e B oard of V is it ors recomm e nd ed a n e w heatin g and powe r p la nt and its di s tribution sys tem; th e co mp le t ion of th e second h alf of th e C he mi ca l E n g in ee rin g b uildin g; dormitory fa cilities to pro vid e h ous in g for aro und fo ur hundr ed s tud e nt s; a Minin g a nd State Minin g exp e rim e nt s tation building ; a, ge o¡lo gy. buildin g, a ne w m e ta llur gy buildin g ; a ce ra mic s buildin g ; a buildin g to hou se th e Mi ss ouri and th e U. S . Geo lo g ica ! S ur veys ; a n auditorium ; a m ec ha ni cal and m ec hani cs b ui ld in g ; a n infirma ry ; and an a rmory buildin g . To hou se th e e lectri ca l e n g in ee rin g de partme nt, th e Boa rd of V is itors r eco mme nd ed th e r emod elin g o f th e prese nt U.S. B ur ea u of Min es buildin g to take ca r e of th e e lec tri cal e n g inee rin g' de pa rtm e n t. Th e U . S . B ur ea u of Min es has com p le ted th e e r ec tion of on e n ew la boratory unit on a tra c t of (Co nti n ued o n page 15)


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