Missouri S&T Magazine, June-July 1945

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MSM ALUM NUS Missouri School of Mines and M etallurgy ROLLA, MO .

VOLUME 19

NUM.BER 3

JUNE- JULY, 1945

Committee for 75th Anniversary Celebration Appointed Th e B oa rd of Cur a tor s a t th e U ni ve r s it y of Mi ss ouri, upon t he r eco mm e ndati o n of D ea n Curti s L. \ Vi lson , has ap poin ted a co mmitt ee of te n fa c ult y m e mb e r s to pre pa r e a prog ra m fo r th e 75th a nniv e r sa ry ce lebration of th e Sc hool of Min es a nd M e tallur gy . Th e sc hool w as es tabli s h ed in 18 70 a nd th e fir s t classes m e t on N ov . 6, 1871. Th e committee, und e r the c ha irm a ns hip of Dr. VY. T. Sc hr e nk, will prepa r e and s u pe r vise appropriat e pro g ram s, ce r e moni es a nd eve n ts to b e held s om e tim e durin g th e fall of 1946, a s clo se to th e d a t e of Nov. 6, a s is a ppropria t e in orde r to fit in with th e ge n e ra l sc h oo l pro g ra m . Va ri o us a lu mni ha ve b ee n ad vocatin g an ext e ns ive hom eco min g pro g ram follo,vin g th e clo se of th e war a nd it is hoped by sc hool offi cia ls th a t th e war w ill be ove r by th a t tim e an d that th e 75th anni ve r sa ry cele bra tion ca n b e ti ed in with s uc h a hom ecomin g program. Th e m e mb e rs o f th e committ ee , in addition to Dr. S chre nk , a rc Pro fess ors ]. B. Butl e r, F. E. D e nni e, H. R. Han ley, P a ul G. H e rold, VV. ]. J e nse n, S . H. Llo y d, 1. H. Lo ve tt, A. J. l\,fil es, and R. Z. vVilli a m s.

Dean Wilson on Month's Vacation, R. Z. Williams '31 Acting Dean D ea n Curti s L.''V il son and hi s fa mil y lef t Rolla , July 9, for so ut hw est Mi ss ouri, fo r a month 's v a cation. It wi ll be th e fir st vacation D ea n vVilso n has tak e n s in ce comin g t o R o ll a in 194 1, as a dmini str a ti ve d e tail s c on n e ct e d with th e war pro g r a m have dema nd ed hi s att e n t ion dur in g t h e pas t thr ee s umm e r ,> . Durin g D ean Wil son 's ab se n ce, Prof.R.Z.vVi lli am s '31, h ead of th e M ec hani cs D ep ar tm e nt , will se r ve as A c tiag Dea n. Prof. Willi a m s, a g ra du a te of M S M, w as p r omo te d from A ss o c ia te Professo r to th e full P rof ess ors hi p a t a r ece nt m ee tin g o f th e B oa rd of Curat o r s. PROF. R. Z. WILLIAMS Prof. 'vVilliam s is th e imm ediat e past pres id e nt of th e R o ll a R o ta ry Ci ub ;:! nd has had a n a ct ive pa rt as fac ult y re pr ese nt a ti ve in s tud e nt affa irs on th e ca m p us fo r th e pas t se \'e ra l yea rs. H e w ill teac h hi s us ua l classes in m ec ha ni cs durin g th e s umm e r month s. D ea n 'Wil son w ill r e turn to Roll a in ea rly A ug ust.

Coaches Percy Gill and Gale Bullman in Pacific P e r cy Gili, M S M coac h no w on lea ve a nd in mi lita ry se rvi ce, v is it ed th e ca mpu s in ear ly Ju ly . H e is a C hi ef P e tt y O ffi ce r in th e Nav y and wa s leav in g he r e to g o to Sa n Di ego, Ca l. , whe re h e w ill b e ass ig ned to som e of th e is la nd s in th e Pa cifi c. P e r ce \vill be doin g r ec reationa l work with th e N a vy. Lt. Ga le Bu ll man ha s b ee n in the Nav y for som e time and is in charge of a r ec reation ar ea on th e is la nd of Samar. Pe rc e ex pressed th e hop e of m ee tin g any of th e Min e rs who mi g ht happ e n to be in hi s ar ea wh e n he is es tabli s h ed.

What of the Future? By Dean Curtis L. Wilson

A s th e o ld co lored ge nt lem a n sa id wh e n a s ked if it w as g oin g to rain to m o r row, it is al w a ys eas ie r to fore t ell th e futur e a ft er it ha s arr ive d. It see m s safe no w, ho weve r, to for e t e ll or p r edi c t t h a t th e know led ge of sc ie nce a nd th e law s of natur e wi ll sp ee dil y b e appli ed on a la r ge sca le for th e b e n efit of mankind. Ju s t a s th e vVar of 1914-1 9 18 tra ns form ed ch e mi s try from a pure s ci e nce , into a va s t c hain of indu s tri es , so th e p r ese nt w a r has ha s t e ned th e a pp lication o f phys ics to utilitarian purposes, w hi c h appli cation can r es ult in an equa ll y v a s t chain of pea cet im e indus tri es . Th e fut~re imm ediat e ly fo lDEAN CURTIS L. WILSON 10wIll g thI S war WI ll be on e of e ngin ee r in g acti v ity. Recon ve r s ion of p r ese nt factori es from w ar to p eace will b e th e fir s t g r eat ta s k, a ccomp a ni ed by th e r ebuildin g of hom es and sc hool s a nd c hurch es. Th e n w ill op e n a lon g v is ta o f new oppo rtuniti es w hi c h will c hall e n ge th e imag ination. Th e birth a nd g ro wt h of n ew indus tri es based upon th e app lication of phys ics wi ll b e a s a s toundin g a s th e g rowth o f th e automobil e and ra dio indu s t r ies, a nd will without doubt r es ult in a s man y aux ili ary e nt e rpr ises . 1ÂŁ moral deve lopm e nt and s piritual e nrichm e nt kee p pa ce w ith e ng in eer in g pro g r ess , th e re wi ll ind eed b e a n abu nd a nt life for all p eop le. Mu c h of th e min e ra l w ealth of th e world h as b ee n s qu a n de r ed in 'Nal'. Man y rich min eral d epo s it s h a ve bee n w orked a lmo s t to exhau s tion. Th e ge o lo g is t mu s t uncov e r hith e rto unkno w n depo s it s, a nd mu s t appl y to hi s pro spec tin g th e n e w e r tool s of scie n ce. Th e mi nin g e n g in ee r mu s t use t he hi g h es t pro fess ion a l s kill in exploitin g min e r a l d ep o s it s much mor e diffi cult of a ccess than h e r e tofor e. T he m e tallur g ica l e n g in ee r mu s t dev ise n e w processes ec onomi call y a pp li ca bl e to de po s its of mu c h low e r g rad e. The world wi ll na turall y look to A m e ri ca n e n g in ee r s fo r t he solution o f th ese and s imil a r probl e m s . But th e r e has be e n a cripplin g di s ruption in th e production of A m e ri ca n e n g in ee rs, a gap of som e t e n ye ar s from 1940 t o 1950. The class of 1940 ha d ha rdl y g otte n a g ood s t a rt in indu s tr y w he n mo s t o f th e ir numb e r w e r e called to mi lita ry se rv ice, as We' r e th e g raduat es of fo ll o w in g yea r s . It wi ll not be until 1950 a t t he ve ry earli es t that g raduatin g cla sses of norma l a nd a d equat e s ize ca n b e exp ec t ed. In t he m eantim e th e n ee d fo r y oun g e ng in ee rin g g rad!;at es will b e g r ea t er th a n t h e s uppl y . So ou r r e turn ed fi g htin g m e n wi ll h ave to b e th e hop e of the wor ld in p eac e, a s th ey w e r e in wa r. It is es tima t ed t ha t mor e than 1,500,000 v e t e ran s wi ll e nroll in coll ege. R e liab le s urve y s indicat e th a t mo s t of th e ove r sea s ve te ra ns w ill e nroll in co ll ege. R eliab le s ur veys ind icat e th a t mo s t of th e overseas ve t eran s a f e pr im a ril y inte res t ed in t ec hni cal and profe ss ional education . T h eir s ki ll and vis ion plu s a dditional r efre s h e r trainin g wi ll ass ur e Am e rica of continu ed indu s( CC'lItinued on P a ge 4)


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