MSM ALUMNUS Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy ROLLA. MO .
VOLUME 20
NUMBER 5
JULY-AUGUST, 1946
FRED H. "PO-PO" LANE T echnician -
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FRED H. LANE .. TECHNICIAN Fred Lane Fr cd H. Lane, affcction'lt Iy known as " Po Po" to the Sc hool of :\Iin es al umni a nd st ud e nt s , :s r eti rin . at the en d of the sc hool year. ~o\\" 70 ycars old, h e ha s b ee n emp loy ed as a la bor a tory t ec hni cia n [or the pa s t ~2 y ears. Durin g that tim e h c h as rul e d the c h e mi s tr y d epa rtm en t s tock room and ha s witness ed innum e rabl e changes on th e camp u s. ['r cd ha s se n "ed s in ce 1907 wh e n h e was first ap point e d to th e School of :\Iin es. Hi s initial assignment \I"as with th e ex hibit of th e min e ra l reso urc es of :\Ii s, ouri at th e St. Loui s \-Vorlci' s Fair in 190-+. H e ca m c to th e camp us in 1906, brin g ing th e ex hibit h e r e to es ta bli s h th e ~lineral s :\Ius e u m in ~orwood H a ll. A ft e r ass is t;n g at th e pO\l c r plant and a s sc ie ntific in s trum e nt r e pair man in th e Phys ics dcpartment , Fr ed \I'as tran s fer re d to th e Chemist ry d pa rtm cnt. Always popular \I"ith th e s tud e nt s, h e \I"a s kno\l"n as "f'Op" Lane in th e Chem d e partment. A T urki s h s tud e nt \\"ho o n ce r ece iv ed the camp u s -famou s " R EPEA T P' in qualitati,"e ana lysis, w as irritat ed to the poi nt of c hall e n g ing Fr ed to a du e l. In hi s co n fus ion, th e T urk pronoun ce d th e nam e "Pop" with a lon g "0." Other s tudent s on th e sce n e int e rve n cd in "Pope's" b e h a lf, out the n e w nam e, lat e r modifi ed to the pr ese nt form "Po Po, " s tuck. He is nO\l' at times r cfC rI" cd to a s "Ki n g Po Po." lI e ca n r ~ mel1lber probably morc form e r ::t ud e nt s than a n yone e lse a ss ociat ed with the School of :\Iin es. Durin " hi s lon g re ig n in th e st o c k room h e ha s h ad per so nal contact with a lmo s t a ll \I"ho ha,'e m a tiri c ulat e d at the sc hool, and hi s memo ry s uppli ed him with cou ntl ess ;;tories of fo r mer :'I I i n e rs, Hi s se n se of humor is rey ea le d in a fa,"orite stor,' a bout the period after th e !irst ' Vorld IVar. "A numb e r of young m e n who had join e d the Ma so ni c O r d e r durin g the se n ' ic e , b a nd ed togethe r to form the Tro\l'e l Club on th e :'lI ~I ca mpu s ," h e t li s. "T h ey invit e d th e m e mb e r s of th e :'Iia s on s a mon g th e fac ult y to join th e ir g roup, but tho se who att c nd e d th e fir s t ceremonies r ccc i" e d s uch a ru gge d initiation that so m e of them d ec lin c d to m eet \I' ith the boy s th e r eafte r. " Frcd reca ll s m a n y st ud e nt s \I"ho work e d for him in th c s tock room a nd la t e r attain e d di s tinction in th e ir profession. " R eggy Dean was my p e t ass is t a nt," Fre d d ec lar e d. "H e worked for me s ix y ar s, a pa rt of th e tim e for nothin g', ju s t to b e a round th esc c h e mi ca ls, H e lea rn ed jreshman c h em ist ry from m e" "Rcggy" l ea n '15 is nO\l" Dr. R. S. Dea n , ass ista nt director of th U nit e d S tat es B ur eau o j :'IIin e;" Anoth e r who hold s a c ' c t d place in Fr ed' s reco ll cc ti o n ,; is i\I e rvin J K e lly ' 1-+. "A particularly \I'e ll qualifi ed st ud e nt," I":'rc d d esc rib e d the former s tud e nt ass is tant. Dr, Kell y I S "i cc pre s id e nt of th e I~e ll I.a b o rato ri es in ); e w York.
Th e fore g oin g sec tion of t hi s article wa s copied from th e " :\Iin e r" a nd r ep r ese nt s what mi g ht b e termed th e "press r e lease " on Fred Lane. Th e writer feels th a t so m e of our older a lumni (say of the ,"int age of '30 back to ' 16) m ay ge t a c hu c kl e out of o n e or two r em ind e rs of Fred's doin gs and, perhaps, th ese rc mind e r s may brin g on a few mor c re mini ;,ce n ces to b e r e told a t H omeco min g. Anyway, we look "d up onc of Fred's associates of many years a nd as k ed him what, if anything, we mi g ht publish about th e gc ntl em a n wit h out overstepping t h bound s of propriety or h aving" th e law d esce nd on sa id ntl C1l1an at thi s lat e dat e . (No doubt th e s tatut e of limit a tion s ha s p rot e ct e d him 10 th ese many y ar s.) So - h e re w e g o. O n e of o u r m e mories of h ow th e s tud e nt s of the early '20's rega rd e d him wa s a rh yme whi c h \I"ent s om e thin g lik e thi s :
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"H e r c 's to F r ed L a n e, th e s tockroom kin g Cha r ges thr ec times thr ee fo r ,"e rything."
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If m e mory sC r\"es u s ri g htl y, that one app ared in a preS t. Pat' s "::'Iin e r " wh e n th e Min e r Board wa s toa s tin g (or roa s tin g) mo s t of th e faculty and s om c of th e s tud nt s. Re fe r e n ce to "stock room kin g " brou g ht from o ur co ll a b orator a noth e r a n ecdote which had to do with Frcd as so m e ;; ort of " kin g ." Some y ear s ago Si d ''''hitin g, th e we ll-kn own St. Loui s photo g raph e r , cam e down to take pictures of a S t. I)at' s party. H c seem s to h a" e " look ed upon th e win e wh c n it wa s red" a nd, in thc c ourse of hi s trav e ls frolll J ackling Gymnasi um to town , h c m e t up with Frc d Lan c. s it is r e port e d to us, th e re wa s mu c h back-s lappi n g a nd co n,"e rsation b e tw ee n th e two m e n and th claim wa s m a d by \\! hitin g that h e \\"as "king of O li ve s tr ce t" in S t. Loui s. l\ot to b e outdone, Fred p romptly inform e d i\Ir.VVhitin g that h e, Fre d La n e, wa s " kin g of the 3rd ' '''ard of Roll a." T h at s to ry I S a n e w one to u s t h e r is so m e hi s tori ca l ev id e n cl.! that Fred \I'as rather a c ti,"c in politics at ,"a r ious t im es .
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Thi s could g o on a nd on. Somc of Fred's o ut sta ndin g p rot eges, h e lp e r s, and fr ic nd s are pre"iously m e nti o n ed . Th e r e w e r e oth e r s , how cve r, a mon g th e m \lVilliam H . " I)i ll" K a hlb a um, c lass of '21 ; C harl es C. Mo se na '22; a nd I~ alph H . ,. Fu zz " Kni g ht, who wc re m cmb c r as h c lpin g I; rcd in 1921 a nd 1922 but who is li ;;(c d in o ur r eco rd s as recci," in g hi s d cg rec in '27. A nyway, th ese threc a nd so m e othc rs wcre in the se lcct c ir cle a nd o ur informant te ll s us that many a goo d fishing trip was o r ga ni zc d b y Fre d and hi s ga n g, Th e re a r c oth e r it e m s which w mi g ht m e ntion but, a, thi s publication do cs not b oas t of a ce n so r in th e se n se th a t radio has its censo r s, w e will Ic a " e th e m a tt e r of Fred I.a n t' and hi s doin gs i" the h a nd s of th e m e n who s tru ggle d th rough frcs hm an and s ophomo re c h e mi st ry - a nd to t h" o ld e r g r o u p who kn e \\" him in hi s ea rli e r da ys at i\ 1::;}.1 ;" " Sc r eec h. "
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Abou t To w n a nd Campus Aids to Indus tr y Alumni Personals Athletics C a mpus N ews Enrollment and Housing Home comin g Lane, Fred H. Misc ella nea ..
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19 MSM Men in Industry N a tion a l Committees 9 N a tiona l Society Ne ws 15 12 Ne w s of the Ser v ices President's P a ge 3 20 Pro g ress Report V e terans Obser va tion Post 7 Who' s Who on the Campus 10
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fur t h e r e mp loyment of a n A dmin is t ra t ive S e cre ta ry u ntil s u c h ti m e as we are a ss ur e d t h a t t h e A lumni w ill b e w il lin g to s u ppo r t t h is p ro g ra m in s u ffi c ie n t numb e rs to m a ke it po ss ib le to h and le it w it ho u t g o in g in to t h e r ed. M r. Moodi e 's fu ll r e port of h is s ix month s' se r vice I S p ubl is h ed in t hi s iss u e. P e l'hap s we ca n ge t alon g with j us t a fema le se c re tar y for t h e tim e b e in g . T h e r eco rd s a r e in g ood s h ap e at th e Ro ll a office, b u t it is a co n s ta n t j ob to k ee p t h em that wa y . T h e m a g az in e mu s t b e put to g et h e r and edit ed, a nd that a ls o ta kes time. If we 've don e n o t h in g e ls e durin g t h ese pa s t co upl e of y ear s , I lik e to think th at we ha v e se c ur ed the in te r es t of 1000 A lu mni! I'd li k e to pa ss on to th e n ext a dmini s tr atio n th e pl ed g e th at t h is Committ ee of 1000 w ill turn in an ad di tion a l thoLl s a nd m e mb e rs in 19'+7. That Comm itt e e of 1000 can s ta rt thinkin g ri g h t now o f MS 1,,1 m e n w h o hav e not C0111 e into t h e fo ld duri n g th e pa s t co u ple of y ear. T h e c h a irm a n of y o u r lo ca l se c tion , wh e re s u c h ex is ts , ca n t e ll yo u who ha s no t paid du es. A n ot h e r g ood way to h e lp is to ma ke a rca l a tt e mpt to a r ran ge to com e to MSM' s 75th A nn ive r sa ry an d H om e co min g, Nov. Z-9, 19.+6. Man y o f y o u can ' t att e nd, of c o u r se , but if w e ha v e an impr ess ive att e n d an ce , w e can ge t a lot o f vi e wpo in t s w hi c h will h e lp our A ss oc iation map it s p lan s for th e f u t ur e .
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Membership Roll Th e re t urn ca rd s re pr es e ntin g the vi ew s of our m e mb e r s o n t hr ee propo s ition s (i. e .: incorpo ratio n of ou r A lu mni Ass ociation und e r the laws of the State of Mi ss ouri a s a non- p rofit , benevol e n t co r porat ion, r evis ed co n s titution a nd b y -l aw s, a nd th e propose d t ru s t a g re e m e n t) h av e s hown a n ove rwh e lmin g apprO\'al b y our mem b e rs of th e plan s s ubmitted. Th e re ha v e b een 163 ba llot s re turn ed app ro yin g th e plan s a nd fi\'e in di s a g re em e nt. Tho s e who do n ot w h o le h ear tedl y app rO\'e of th e propo s ition s h a \'e s ub mitt e d c ri ticis m to s ub s tantiate th e ir vi e ws . I n a ccordance wit h the ballo t r e turn s , w e s h a ll imm e diat e ly tak e th e n e ce s s a ry s t ep s to p u t th e propos it io n s into e ffect. \V e a re takin g int o co n s id e ration th e "aluabl e a dvic e an d r ec omm e nd at ion s f rom a numb er of our m e mb e rs . Thi s inform ation wi ll b e mo s t h e lp ful in th e final dr a ftin g of th e p ropo s iti o n s in vo h ·e d.
Ccmmittee of 1000 It see m s that w e ha ve g ath e re d to ge th e r jus t a b o u t an e ve n 1000 r. I SM m e n in th e form of du es -payin g m e mb e rs. W hil e thi ;; is only fifty per ce nt of our g oa l of ZOOO, it d o es r e pr ese nt a fai r p e rc e n ta ge of our g radu at es . Ou r pr ese nt se t-up a t Rolla , dmini s t r ativ e Se cre ta ry , ;; te no g rap h e r e tc., plu s th e e xp e n se of publi s hin g th e A lu mnu s , re quir es lZ00 to 1500 paid m e mb e rs in ord e r to br eak e\· e n. Owin g to th e s till ac ut e pap e r s hor ta ge , w e h a ve n ot b ee n a bl e to fu lfill our p ro m ise to publi s h th e m agaz in e monthl y. \Ve ar e s o li ci ti n g a dv e rti s in g w ith s om e promi se of res ult s a nd that will h e lp our finan ces s om ew hat. \ IVe a re s trivin g to im p rov e th e mak e -up a nd the or ganization of mat e ria l in th e A lu mn us a nd w e s ha ll continu e to put it o u t in about its p rese nt s iz e, bi- mo nt hl y, until pap e r ha s loo se n ed u p. T li e n we s ha ll a g ain att e mpt to ge t o n wit h t h e pl a n s fo r publi s h in g the A lu mnu s on a mont hl y b a s is . D w ig h t Moodie 's co nt ra c t ex pir e s o n A u g . 31,19'+6. U nd c r th e ci rc um s tan ce s of a limit ed in com e, w e fee l w e s hou ld reco mm c nd to t h e A d vis or y Com mitt ee t ha t w e po s tpon e
Des pit e vac a tion s anci s umm e r h e2 t , nin e w e re pr ese nt at th e regul a r bi -m on thly lun c h eon of th e N e w York g rou p, h e ld at th e Minin g C lub , N e w York, on Tu es da y, A u g . 13. Th o se p rese n t w e re : E. E . S q u ie r e x- ' O.~ ; J ohn S . S te wa r t '10 ; J am es L H ea d ' 16; E . S . Tomp ki n s e x-'16; H . .I T e a s ' 17 ; C. 11. K c ntnor ' Z.+ ; C H. L ambur '33; H. C. M ill e r '39 . an d R. E. H a rtl e b ''+3. I t was th e fir st app eara n c e for Mr. Hart le b, who h a s r ece n tl y re ce i\'ed hi s di s c ha r ge from th e N a vy . Du e to th e po s tpon e m e nt of t h e 75th _A n n iv e rsa ry M ee ti n gof th e Am e r ican In s tit u t e of Mi nin g a nd M e ta llur g ical En g in ee rs fr0111 S e pt em b e r to t h e w ee k of Mar c h 17, 19'+7, th e p la ns of th e Ne w 'York g roup fo r a dinn e r durin g th e m ee tin g ha\' e lik e wi se b ee n s et b ack. \ !\Te ar e loo kin g forward to t h e dinn e r in March to honor o ur old patron , S t. ]>a t, as w e ll a s th e vi s iti n g min e rs a n d m e ta llur g is t ;; .
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O ffi ce r s fo r t h e comi n g ye ar w er e e lec te d a t a m ee tin g o f th e T u ls a, O kl a ., Sec tion of t h e A lu mni Ass ociatio n at a m ee tin g Jul y Z5. Tho se c ho se n ar c a s follow s : J o se ph M. VVan e ma c h e r , c h a irm a n ; C h a r les C. Rodd '33, v ice c hairma n ; Ra ymo nd L. I~ r a e nti ga lll '33, secre tary -tr ea s ur e r , and A rt hur E . \ IVo e rh e id e Jr . '36, c orr es po ndi n g se c re tar y . A. H . K emp 'Z9 wa s se le ct ed to h ead t h e e nt ertainm e nt com111itt ee a nd J ac qu es VV. Zo ll e r ''+2 , t h e m emb e r s hi p committee. Dr Aa ron M il es , h e ad of th e M ec hani ca l E n g inee r in g d e pa r tm e nt at MSM wa s a v is itor at th e m ee t in g- a nd ga \'c a bri ef talk a b o ut acti v iti es a t th e s c ho ol. T h e bu s in ess m ee tin g wa s concl ud ed with p lan s a g r ee d up o n fo r a p ic nic to b e h e ld lat e r t hi s s umm e r a n d for bimonthl y dinn e r m ee ti n gs thi s fa ll. O t h e r s w ho attcnd e d th e m ee tin g ar e Donald J. Hi se tt, Gilb e rt Blank e n s hi p Jr. , G uy B row n , C li ffo rd Cook, 13. M . Davenport, Jo e R. J a rb o e , A rmin B. J e w e ll , J o se p h H. K e lle r, Ot is L. L oomi s , J. K. Murp hy, J o se p h E. S ca ll y , .l ack L. Sc h aefe r, F. E. S hort , Paul A. S m it h, A. 'vV. \ !\Ta lk e r and Lawr e n c e J. Z o ll e r .
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ENROLLMENT AND HOUSING Dormitories 'That Float' Are Proposed Rol la, comp le t e ly la n d locke d by b ei n g 1000 mi les from t h e n ea res t ocean and n ea rl y 100 mi les from the n ea r es t large riv e r, may b e t h e ce n e of mor e hou se b oats than yo u wou ld ordi n arily see in a d ay 's tra\'e l in th e ri\'e rb oat co un t ry, if plan s of s ome hou si n g officia ls in Vla s hin g ton mat e ri a li ze, it was re\'ea le d today , The s e VVas hin g ton official s a r e makin g plan s for t h e r e leas e of h ouse b oat s to coli ges fo r th e u sc of \'e te ran s for hou s in g purpo ses it was r e\'ea le d by an undi sc loscd s ourc e, G e n , Gra\'es Ers kine, c hi ef of the Labor De pa rt ment's re tainin g a nd r ee mployment divi s ion, is the c h ief a d vocate of th e " h o u se b oat hou s in g ," \ N h et h e r any of t h e hou se boat s wo uld b e ma d e avai la bl e fo r Schoo l of lIin es st ud e nt s wa s not re \'ea led, Gnd e r t h e E r s kin e p lan, th e boat s wo ul d b e loan e d to th e sc h ool for a sma ll fee, The se " Aoating dormitori es " wou ld g o a lon g ,,'ay toward re li evi n g t h e hou si n g s h ortage h e re, officials b e liev e , T,,'o s u c h vesse ls , with s tat e r oom accomod a tion s for -100 vete rans, wi ll b e t aken to \ IV as hin gton, D ,C. to hou se o\'e rAow st ud e nt s in that a rea , -Rolla Da ily New s (July 9 )
Let ' s Meet HOllsing Problemsand Accept No E xcllses (A n Edito ri al) L'n less miracl es are pe rfo r med within the n ext s ix wee k s , th c n at leas t 1000 s tudent-\'c teran s comi n g to t h e Schoo l of :\Iin es with th c hop e of att e ndin g :\I S:\I und e r t h e G I i~ill of Rig ht s , will b e se nt hom c di s appoint ed, The sc hool is willin g a nd eagc r to accept th em a3 s tudent s , Th e g o\'e rnment ,ee m s willing and anxiou s fo r th e m to tak e ach'anta gc of th e G l I~il l a nd att e nd college, 11u t Rolla \vill n ot b c a bl e to hou s t h e s tudent s, an d rath e r than se t up hou se k ec pin g o n t h e ca mpu s it se lf, th m e n will re turn to t h e ir h ome s in di sg u s t. From a n y approach, th e s ituation is di sg u s tin g , Frankly, Rolla p e rs on s h ave not r es pond ed as th ey s hould to th e cal l for room s, room s an d s till mor e room s , The ca ll wa s put in ca rly last s p r in g-in ample time fo r ,Rolla property owners a nd t e nant s to ha\'c put forth s om e hone s t labor on b ehalf of th e st ud e nt, Rolla persons w e r e told to C01l\'e rt a n y a\'ai la bl e s pace into li\' in g qu a rt e r s , Th ey ,,' e re told that th e s tudent wasn't fussy, that h e ,,'ouldn't Illind if th e room didn't co mpar e fa\'o rably with a roolll in th e Astoi' Ho te l. Rolla p e rs on s w e r e told in plain lan g ua ge that 2,~00 exsc n ' ice m e n, many of th e m with th e ir familie s , would b e po urin g into th e city huntin g quart e rs , nut only a fe w of the c iti ze n s resp ond ed, Th e s ituation s tand s today p ractica lly wh e r e it s tood three month s ago, At th e sa m e tim e Sc hool of :\Iin es officials, h 2nd c uff cd by legali s ti c re d tap ea nd in so m e in s tan ces unwi lli n g to tak e th e cha n ce of s la s hin g that tape-did littl e but app ea l f I' help, Officia ls w e nt to J e ffer s on City, officials w e llt to S t, Loui s , and officials wcnt to \\la s hington, Th ey recei \' ed s lllil es and a polo g ies, exp la nat ion s , but no room s, The F e d e ra l Hou s in g Authority ,e nt th e m to th e \' e te ran s Admini st ra tion , and th e S urplu s i'ropcrty :\dlllini s tration se nt th e m bac k to th e Fed e ra l I' ubli c Hou s in g A uthority, Res ult s of the \' icio u , ci r c le : :\ 0 run s, no hit s, no er ror s, no room s, Se\'c ra l month s ago th e State I_egis latur e b ega n consid t:r;)1 ion o n appropria(io," m eas ur e to build a s c ho o l dormito r y h ere, ,-\ft er s ittin g on it s co lle c t i\'e h a nd s fo r lon!!e r tha'n ,,' o uld seem pos~i bl e for s u c h an a u g ust b ody , ~ h e ,o lon s finally pas"ed it. :\ow, six ", e<:ks b e fo r e the ,ta rt of ,chool, the lo t bac k of the :\[ S:\J ho spita l wh e re the n e w buildin g is to b e e rc; cte d, is s till co\'e re d with a lo\'c lv stan d of blu e gras", Xot a s ho\'c l has tou c h e d it ye t-tod~y, Jul y 16, "ix wee k s b e for e thc s ta rt of th e 'epte mb e r tcrm , ,-\t the ~;1I1'C tim e the L'ni\' cr,i t,l' of :\Iis>ouri I ~oa rd of Cu rator" , sca tt ere d lik e pepper in the breeze thr u ),: h o ut the
State of lIIi sso uri, h as b ee n po li tica lly w ea k and h as don e iittl e but v iew wit h ala rm , The g r ea test e m e rge ncv in t he h istory of th e c h oo l of lIIin es is facing t h e I ~ca l ~fficials, \ I\fe h asten to g iv e th e m c r edit for meti n g HE l E once 3 months ago in reg ular session, In the m ea ntim the s tud nt , quiet a nd pati e nt t hr ough th e e n tire madde n i:,g s quabbl e, has b ee n s itt in g b ack a nx io us ly h ea r in g th hundr e ds of officia ls promi se h o us in g fo r t h e vet-an d watc h in g cme rge n cy h ousi n g an d "ca mpu s cities " g oing u p on ot h er camp u s es, H e is s ti ll huntin g a room I o it s h o uldn 't come as a s ur pri se to anyone acquai nt ed with th e s ituation if, wh e n th e Septem b e r te rm b eg ins at leas t 1000 st ud e nt s arc t urn ed away and told to go to S0111e other tow n and to s om e ot h e r s c h ool to ge t: th eir college e du catio n , I~ut th e r e is so m et im e le ft. So le t a ll con n ect~d wit h th e prob le m fr om h e re to \I\fashingto n lea\' no stone un tu rn ed and ge t th e job don e, Thi s is no tim e for "passing t h e bu c k" or e xcus es , This is OPt> RT NITY-and it will knock but once l -Rolla Daily News (july 16 )
" We'll Take Care of School of Mines," Cowan Promises U Vi ce P r esid e n t s ays Housin g co m in g her e fr o m Ft. W ood Hou s in g faciliti es from Ft, Leonard \ I\lood and Yich\' Arm)' A ir Ba se wi ll soo n b e Illo\'c d to Rolla for us e by ;\[S;\'[ st ud ents in Sep tembe r, I"es li e Cowa n, \'ice pr es ident of th e unive rs ity o f :Mi ss o uri told t h e ,Ro ll a DA l l ~ Y N F:WS, Cowa n sai d that the h ou s in g pl a nn ed for R olla included t h e fo ll owing: ( I ) T hirt ee n buildin gs of 16 room s each, makin g a tota l of 208 room s ; and (2) 72 two- s toly b a rra c ks apartm e nt s , e a c h to contain e ight two-b e d apartments for marri e d st u dent s , Th e thi r t ee n buildin gs ",ill come from Ft. Leonar d \-\lood and the two-story b a rra cks ",ill come to Rolla from Vichy Air Ba se , S o m e Un de r C o n s tru ction 1n addition to th e n e w faci liti es announced tod ay, Cow a ll sa id a 63-room project wa s a lrea dy und e r way h e r e, Th e I.l buildin gs that will contain 16 room s cac h ",ill b e th e CCL' ty p e buildin g a nd will b e of bolted construction, Thi s ty pe ca ll be eas ily moved a nd wi ll b e of \' a lue to th e sc h ool ",h e ll th e hou s in g e m e r ge ncy is ov e r, Cowa n said, Ju st wh e n th ese n e w faciliti es would b e h e re, or " ' htr l' th ey wo ul d be lo cated, could not b e lea rn e d , Ho\\' c \'cr, C owan sai d that, " \\le will take Ctre of M S lII," but sa id th at it would b e a close rac e to h a \' e th e faciliti es rea d y before th e openin g of th e September t e r m, H ou s ing' for th e L'ni versity of l I iss ou r i ha s moved a hea d and all' ea~l y thr ee buildin gs ha\' e b ee n erected there, it wa, learn ed toda y from all autho ritati\'e so ur ce, C ow a n ex plain ed that h e had b ee n wo rkin g "on th e \\rashington ang le" of th e hou s in g s ituation, and had be e n to the n at ion 's ca pital sc \'e ra l tim es in b e h alf of ne c d ccl facilities, H e a ls o s aid that th e caf e t e ria s ituation wa s all acute prob le m b ut that a cafe would be mo\' ed onto th e Rolla Caml)lh for usc of :\IS11 s tudent s , Fo ll owing E d itoria l Th e sta te m e nt s by th e Cni\' rs it y \' ice presidellt ca ill e fol lowing' e ditorial cO l11m e nt s in th e J)r\ 1 LY)J [\\IS, ca llin ~ fo r action in th e d es p e rate hou s in g si tuation, As th e editorial pointecl o ut, ti lC re has b ee n 110 hou s in g prO\' ided as vet h e rt.: -six we e ks before th e s tart of sc h ool. ' us t how ,'oon th e Ft. \\lood facilities would b e mo\'e d h e r~ or h w l11an\' oi the l.'iOO s tud e nt s co min g' in S~p t c mb c r it ;\' oldd ho us e , \;'e r l' questions th a t wer e un a n s "'~ r e d ' _Rolla Daily New s (July 17 )
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GI and Wife Set Housing Example at 1804 Olive Mr. a nd Mr s .VVi lli am A. K e ll y ar e se tt in g an e xamp le for oth e r G T and wi\'es n ee din g h o us in g w h ile a tt e ndin g MSM. T h ey have pu r c h a se d a lot at 180.+ O li ve s tr ee t an d a r e cons tru c tin g a n eat cotta ge th e r e. B uilt o f conc r e t e blo c k s o bta in ed from M. E. S uhr e, th e 20 x 20 foot bu ildin g w ill inc lud e a combi n at ion liv in g and dinin g r oom, kit c he n , b e dI' oom a n d s h ow e r b at h. It is a fin e e xample of w ha t o n e ca n do if o n e tri es . K e ll y is a fo r m e r n ava l p ilot, a n at iv e of near Spr in g fi e ld . Mr s . K e ll y is for m e r ly of Kan s a s C it y. VVa t c h th e ir h om e g o upand " g o t h o u a nd d o lik e wi se" s t ud e nt s a nd t own s p e op le ! -Rolla Daity New s (July 25 )
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MSM Appropriation Included in Bill; IOO-room Slash May Be Necessary J e ff e r s on C ity, Mo. , Jun e 26. (U.P.)-Mi ss ouri 's uni ve rs iti es a nd co ll e g es, w hi c h th ei r o ffi c ia ls s ay a re d e pri v in g v e te ra n s of a n e du ca tion b e ca u se of a n ac ut e s hortag e of h o us in g fac iliti es, ha d a v irtu a l g o -a h ea d today in a t e n mi llio n doll ar dormitory pro g ram. Last barri e r in a v ital co ns tr uc tion plan wa s re m ov ed w h e n th e hou se of r e pre se ntative s approv e d and se n t to th e g ov e rnor for hi s s ig natur e a bill app ropri a tin g $5,226,000 a s th e S tat e ' s s h a r e of th e pro g ram. Th is w ill b e m atc h ed b y th e s c hool s on a doll a rfo r-d o ll a r b a s is und e r provi s io n s of an e nablin g act authorizin g th e in s titution s to iss u e r e ve nu e bonds w hi c h w ill b e financ ed by r e nt a ls of th e dormitori e s . The e n a blin g bill a lso wa s ap pro ved and s e nt to t h e gov e rnor . Bi gges t app ropriati o n-$2,465,000-wo ul d g o to th e U ni v e rs it y of M iss ou ri . T h e five s tat e t eac h e r s co ll ege s wo uld r ec e ive a com bin ed tota l of $2,036,7.10, a nd th e Sc hool of Min es a t Roll a, a noth e r $262,500. Th e DAILY NE \ VS r ev ea le d , how ev e r , th at a 100-room c u t in th e propo se d 300-r oom dormitor y at th e Sc hool of Mine s mi g ht b e n e cess a r y b e ca use o f th e e ve r -ri s in g co s t s of con s tru ct ion . T h e $52.:;,000 total a m o unt o f fund s wa s o ri g in a ll y pla nn ed to build a 300-r oom buildin g . A p p rov e d la s t ni g ht a nd se nt to th e S e nat e wa s anot h e r bill w hi c h wou ld p e rmit \ \l es tmin s t e r co ll ege in F ult o n to e x pand it s e nrollm e nt b y maki n g avai la bl e to it a buildin g fo rm e rl y use d b y th e Mi ss our i Sc h oo l for th e D eaf. Th e m ea s ur e a u t h o r iz es t h e Stat e Boa rd of Ed u cation to lea se t h e buildin g kn ow n a s McK ee Hall, to th e co ll ege fo r con ve r s io n into a d o rmit o r y. Dr . Fran c L. :McLu e r, pr es ident of vVes t min s t e r, s aid t h at t h e buildin g w hi ch is n ow occ u p ie d , wo uld accomodat e 10 s tud e nt s an d wo uld b e e quipp ed wit h kit c h e n a nd dinin g room faciliti es . To ge ther w ith ot h e l' h o u s in g proj e ct s no w und e r w a y , thi s wou ld a ll ow t h e co ll ege to e x pa nd it s e 11l'011m e nt to 6.:;0 n ext fall, Dr . .Mc C lu e r s ai d .
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s tud e nt s . Th e cont r acto r is th e H . .1:'. D ea l Con s tr u ction Co. of S t. Lo ui s . T h e F e d e ral P ubli c Hou s in g Authorit y is s u p · e r vis in g t h e co n s truction w ith Frank R e h fe ld p r oj ec t e n g in ee r , in c ha r ge h e r e . Th e con s truction for e m a n is G e or ge , -\!. Mon r o e for th e H. P. D ea l C o . A " pro cee d" ord e r is a ls o re port ed on th e wa y h e r e frolll C hi cago for th e sec ond g r o up of co n s tr u c t ion . Thi s g roup in c lu d cs 13 CCC -t y p e bolt ed co n s truction b u ildin gs to hou se po ss ibl y 32 m e n eac h , m a kin g a po ss ibl e total capa c it y o f .+16 s in g le s tud e nt s . H e n ce, t h is g roup a nd t h e fir s t uni t un d e r con s tru c tion wo uld h ou se s om e 500 s in g le s tud e nt s . vV hil e th e fir s t uni t ma y b e comp le te d s oon, it is e mph as ize d b y sc hool a u tho ri ti es t hat t h e 13 oth e r uni t s m ay not p r o cee d s o fa s t. Water Lines Constructed How e v e r , th e wat e r and se wa ge lin es ar e w e ll u nd e r \Va,' o n th e n o rth se ct ion of MS J'vI camp u s , s o co n s truction Jllay g o a lo n g rat h e r rapid ly a s s oon a s s om e wa ge r at e a nd p r elim in a r y p robl e m s a re work e d o ut. A cafe t e ri a is a ls o a ss ur e d now. A wa re h o u se h a s b ee n pur c ha se d at Ft . VVood , to b e mo ve d h e r e by t h e Mc Cart h y Con s truction Compa ny . T hi s war e h o use wi ll b e u se d to s tor e material s now in t h e MSM g a ra ge , makin g that buildin g availab le fo r th e caf e te ri a. (T hi s is th e s am e bu ildin g use d fo r the caf e t e ri a durin g th e AST t r a inin g p r o g ram h e r e ). Th e caf e teria eq ui pm e nt h a s a lr eady b ee n pur c ha se d in Ka n s a s C ity and is now avai la bl e for in s tallation h e r e, a uthoriti es sa id. It would appear, then, th at s om e 500 s in g le s tudent s w ill b e tak e n ca r e of by the sc hool w ithin a r ea s onab le t im e. Too, " in th e wo rk s " is a noth e r uni t of 7 two- s tory buildings to b e di v id ed into 8 apartment s eac h , w hi ch wi ll hou se 56 marri e d s tud e nt s and th e ir famili es . Thi s con s t ru ct ion is s c h edul e d to go up in the vic ini ty of w h a t is no w t h e Lio n s park at !-tth and Pin e s t re e ts. Tcn 2-b edroom d e mountabl e hou se s for fac ul ty and s taff m em b e rs a re a ls o b ei n g Jll a d e avai labl e h e r e a s n ee d ed , it wa s s ta t e d. Fair Share in Rolla Thi s is "Roll a 's s har e" of th e sta rt on t h e eme r g ency hou s in g, as outlin ed b y Le s li e Cowa n, v ic e p r es id e nt of th e U ni ve r s ity of M is so uri . In p roportion to e nrollm e nt, it is a fa ir s ha r e as compa re d w ith Columbia, offi c ial s point ed o ut. C owan is pushi n g the work, as s iste d b y Vi r g il Sp urlin g, bu s in ess mana ge r, a nd oth e r s c h oo l a uthoriti es , in c ludin g Dr. C urti s vVi lso n , d ean , b y fre qu e nt trip s to S t. Louis a nd C hica g o a nd oth e r p lace s . T. C. Morelock, dir ecto r of th e O ffi ce of P ubli c Information , a t Co lumbia, v is it ed Ro ll a tod ay and r e lea s ed th e late s t inform ation on th e pro g ram to t h e DAILY NEWS. Mr. Cowan a ls o co n fe rr e d r e ce ntl y w ith archit e c t s in St. Loui s regardin g p lan s for th e p e rm a n e nt dorm ito r y to b e built o n th e s c hool' s ho s pital lot b e tw ee n 9t h a nd 10th s tr e et s . " \ \l e h a v e brou g h t fo a s ucc ess ful close th e acq u is ition p ha s e of our c urr e nt e m e r g e ncy h o u s in g p r o g ram," iVIr. Cowan s tat e d. "Now w e a r e pu s hi n g th e co n s truction ph a se a nd h op e to ca re for 100 n e w fac ult y m e mber s and m or e t h a n 3000 a dditi o n a l s t ud e nt s at Co lu m bi a a nd Rol la thi s fa ll ," h e add e d. C owan Aew to \ IVa s hin gton yes t e rd a y to a c quir e s om e mor e equipm e n t , M r. 'Mor e loc k re ported h e r e t h is mornin g . N ow to Construct 'e m \ Vit h ac qui s iti o n of m at e ri a ls pr e tt y w e ll comp le t ed , now th e con s truction pha se is b e in g acc e ntuat e d, Mor e lo c k e xplain ed . H e s ai d co n s truction in Columbia w as o'e ttin o' und e r w a y , abo u t a s it is in Roll a . \ IVit h t h e FP H A " i l~ gea r':': wit h co n t r acto rs a n d s choo l a u t h o ri ti es - a ll wo rk in g toge t h e r - it is appar e n t that fa s t e r p ro g r ess is n ow to b e exp e ct e d. T h e s c h oo l pr o g ram , co upl ed wit h s om e downtown h e lp, ma y y e t fin d ma n y of th e s t ud e n ts tak e n car e o f thi s fa ll a nd wi nt e r - and c e rtain ly hundr ed s of t h e m by n ext y ea r. -Rolla D a ily N ews (July 25 )
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Th e anno un ce m e nt Tu es day from Co lumbi a b y U ni ve r s it y officia ls , s aying that th e Sc hool of Mines c ould expec t h ous in g for n ea rl y 1000 s tud e nt s to b e s u ppli ed from out s id e s o ur ces lVa s welcome n ews ind ee d . By th e ve ry ton e of th e a nnoun ceme nt, co upl e d wit h furth e r in fo rm at ion co n ce rnin g th e hurri ed co n s truction no w g oin g on in Co lumb ia, it is c lea rl y ev id e nt that accommodation s fo r about 1000 s tudent s is about w h at we ca n exp ec t h er e. That places th e re s pon s ibility for s up p ly in g th e majority of t h e acc ommodation s ri g ht s quar e ly on t h e s houl d er s of Roll a . Th e pl a in , un va rni s h e d fact s a r c t h ese : C omp e t e nt sc hool officia ls expect a n e n r ollm e nt of m ore than 2000 s t u d e nt s . Hou s in g s uppli ed from o u t s id e s ources wil l probably take ca r e of s li g htl y less than 1000 of th e m. Th at mean s that Rolla is automatical ly ca lle d upon to hou s e more th a n 1000 s t ud e nt s . A t the pr~ se nt tim e, th e e nrollm e nt s tand s at s li g htl y O\'e r 900 st u d e nt s a nd Rol la is mo r e c rowd e d than eve r before in hi s tory. T ho se facts pla c e t h e r esp ons ib ility w h e r e it b e lon gs . Rolla, of tim es qui c k to c riti c ize outs id e s ources for failure o r inabili ty to act on public matt e r s, h as now b ee n a s k e d to s how it s h a nd. Th e oth e r s id e h as la id it s ca rd s on the tabl e, ha s mad e a d efi nit e comm itm e n t. So no w th e tim e for ta lk in g' is ove r. T h e tim e fo r act ion is pa s t du e, b ut th e t im e s till r e main s to pull a to u g h s it u atio n out of th e fir e a nd k ee p fai th with t h e Sc hool of Min es and wit h t h e yo un g men who wi s h to att e nd s c hool. So le t us g o a h ea d and ca rr y out our own r es pon s ibi liti es in t hi s matt e r. L et u s fin d, s om ew h e re, s ome h ow, th e needed hou s in g . Let us se t fo r ou rse lves a d e finite goa l of 1000 mo r e room s and apartm e nts , an d h a\'e th e m r eady for o cc up ancy S ept. 1.
If we do t hi s, a nd th e "outs id e so ur ces " ca rr y out th e ir d e finitc comm itm e nt s in the malte r, then lhe h ousing' p roble m will be s olve d and R olla, th e Sc hool of M in es , an d th e l..:n i,·e r s it y of !\Ii ss o uri w ill ha" e k e pt fa it h with the yo un g me n wi s hin g a t ec hni ca l ed u cat ion . If Rolla' carri es out it s o bli g ation s an d t h e " outs id e s ources " fail, t h e n-an d only t h c n-\l' ill Rolla h a \'e th e ri g ht to c ritici ze . -Rolla Daily N ews (July 25)
Q uonse t Buildings H ere; May H elp M SM H ousing Q u on set buildin gs-th e round-roof ed, factory-fab ri cated multi-pu r po s e stee l struct ur es no te d for militar y use - ar e b e in g mad e a \'a ilab le now t o c ivili ans in th e R o ll a a rea throu g h a ppointm en t of a lo ca l d ea le r b y th e Gr eat Lak es S tee l C orporation St ran- Stee l Divi s ion. Th e buildin gs, whic h may h e lp to s o h 'e t he e m e r' ge n cy h ou s in g for !\I S !\I \'ete rans, as w e ll as finding farm, indu s trial, co mm e r c ia l a nd mi sce llaneous app li ca tion s, will b e s old h e r e by L e C ompl e Jo s lin , o f th e R ol la C r came ry & l ce Co mpany, 6t h a nd R olla s tr ec ts. .Ios lin , \\'ho first b eca m e acq uai n ted an d "sold" on th e O u onsets b v actual u se of them wh e n h e w as a li e ut e nant~~olon e l in til e t i .S. A rm y, sta tion e d on I e S hima in th e far Pacific, ha s a lr ea dy r ece i\' c d se ,'e ra l of t h e st ru ct l1l' cs a nd ca n ass ur e qui c k d e li\·e ry . Erect in g One H ere N ow H c plans to u se th ese buildin gs exc lu si " c ly o n the Jo s lin fal'lll on the Gasconade w est of h e r e, as h e has fo und th e m most practi ca l [or fa rm and co mm r c ial use as we ll as for eme r ge n cy hou s in g, Anot h c r of t h e buildin gs is go in g up h e re nOli at th e Oza rk Eq u ipmc nt Co mpany lot, Hi g hwa y 66 an d 63 \ Vcst. (The B lu e & 11 r e nn c ise n Q uonset wi ll b e o n e of th e 2-1 x 96 machin e-s h ed typc s tru c tu res) . C lay H amilton, assisted by H. e ub e n ~ I oo r e, is e rect in g th e Oza r k F: qui pment buildin g. H am il ton lI·ill b e e rec ti on s up e r\' is or
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for Jo s lin, a nd w ill e rec t t h e Q uon se t s o r s u p e r vise th e e rec tion, a s th e purcha se r d es ir es . Jo e Step h e n s , comma nd e r of th e Ca mpu s Vete ran s organiza tion h e r e, outlin e d th e Q uon se t plan for e m e r ge n cy hou s in g at a m ee tin g of th e s tud e nt- vete ra n s h e r e T ues d ay evc nin g . Th e s t u d e nt s see m e d much in te r es ted in th e Quon sets a s on e po ss ib le s olution of their ho us in g probl e m. I t is proba bl e that s om e s tud e nt s a n d no doubt s ome p r i"at e Roll a inv es tor s may utili ze th e m. St ran- S tee l Quon se ts a r e b e in g p rodu ce d in thr ee s ta nd a rd c lear- s pan width s , 20, 2-1 an d -10 feet, and in appro x imat e ly any d es ir e d le n g th . Th e bas ic bui ldi n gs may b e c om b in ed to mak e wid e r, mu ltipl e-arch s t r u ct ur es, and a re ea s il y adapt c d to individ ua l r cq uir cm c nt s, Solves M ater ia l, P r ice Pro bl em C ontri b utin g to c ur r e nt ava ilabi lity of Quon se ts ar e that t h ey re q uir e a minim u m of th e ma te ri a ls a nd la b or n ee d ed for c on vent ion a l r es id e ntial b ui ldin gs. A d vantagcs of s tec l con s tr u ct ion a r e m a d e ec onomical b y a n easy-to- e r ect a r c hrib framin g system. I t con s is t s of li g htw e ig ht s tce l m emb e r s fa bri ca te d to r e quir ed le n g th s an d s h ape s. Th ese m emb e rs h ave a pate nt e d n a ilin g g roo ve, s o that s idin g a nd ro ofin g a r e app lie d by ord in a ry h amm e r-and-nail m e thod. 1ns ulation a n d in te rior fini s hin g mat e r ia ls can b e attache d by t h e same m e thod. (O n e of t h e m e di u m-s ize d Q uon se ts ca n b e pu rc lns(; d for a bout $900 and mad e into a n exce ll e nt s tud e nt h o m c, po s s ib ly eve n to accommodat e two co upl cs, for Stan ley 1(1I' iatkOlV s ki , a voca l s oloi s t, is est imate d. Thi s fi g ur e would \' a r v acc ordin g 'to the s ize, numb e r of additiona l lea tur es, wat e'r conn ect ion s , etC.-but it app ear s w e ll within financ ia l reac h fo r s tudent hou s in g or s ound pri"at e in vestme nt h e r e.) -Rolla D ai ly N ews (July 26 )
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H o using D eadline H ere Hou s in g is s till th e main is sue wit h th e Camp us V e te ra ns r\ ss ociation. \ ,y e ar e s ti ll t ryi n g to provid e li vin g s pace for as many s t ud e nt s, ma rri ed and s in g le, a s ca n be accommo dat ed. O u r d eadlin e of S e pte mb e r is not far d is tant, and we and oth e r organ izat ion s hav e do ubl ed our effo rt s to ge t th e job as nea rl y fini s h ed a s pos sib le. T he fir s t thr ee w ee ks of July w e r e the dark es t. A lull settle d ove r th e e ntir e pro g ram. The upp e r athl e tic field wa s d ug u p to lay se w e r and w a t e r pipes for th e s in g le m e n's dormitori es " to be p lac ed on th e fi e ld and in th e ar e a no rth of th e wat e r tow e r. Th e n th e job la gge d whi le th e FPHA se ttled wa ge prob lem s. At th e sam e tim e, th e work in town ebbe d to a ne w low, mainly for lack of mat e ri al s a nd pa rti a ll y be ca use of th e ex t r em e hot weat he r w e ha ve e xp e ri e nc ed thi s s umm e r. On J uly 9 D ea n \ ,yi ls on wa s th e g ues t s pea ke r at a CVA m ee tin g . H e e xpla in ed that a lth o ug h the s it uation t he n looke d bad, ev e nt s w e r e s hapin g up to s tart rea l act io n soon. T he D ea n wa s ri g h t. Q uit e s udd e nly, aft e r a s low s tart a nd se ve ral int e rruption s, t he 63 man dorm wa s s tarte d. Th e ar ea ju s t north of the wat e r tow e r wa s s udd e nl y a b e ehi ve of a c ti v it y. Two of t he t e mporary typ e dormitori es ar e w e ll und e r con s t r uction , with a third on e to be s ta rt ed s oon. The se will be fin is he d and r eady to b e occ upi e d by Septembe r, if eve rythin g c ontinu es to run s moothly. For s om e tim e th e s chool ha s bee n re ce iv in g th furni s hin gs for th ese buildin gs, a littl e a t a tim e. F rank R e h fe ld, a IvIin e r g raduat e of '42, is in char ge of c ons tru c tion for th e F P HA. Fra nk w as p r ese nt at th e la s t CV A m ee tin g , a nd w e fee l tha t if anyon e will do h is bes t for MSM, Frank is th e man. In th e las t w ee k of Jul y, M r. Jo s lyn of th e Ro ll a C r eam e ry a nd Ic e Company bega n to r ece iv e s hipm e nt s of Quon se t hut s whi c h h e had pur c hase d in St. Loui s. Th ese uni ts ha ve a lar ge numb e r of uses, as a n y on e w ho ha s eve r used on e wi ll t es tify . Th ey com e in a w idth of 20 fee t and in sec tion s o f multipl es of 12 fee t. Th ese a re hi g hly s ati sfactor y for li vIn g quart e rs, and r ea s ona bl y e conomica l. N eve rth e less, th e r e ar e fe w v e t e ran s abl e to afford a s um in th e ne ig hborhood of . 2000 ju s t to find s pace to li ve. "Vith that in mind a committee from th e Camp us V e t e ran s A ss o c iation is no,.,; bu sy. try in g to int e res t lo ca l in ves tor s in th e id ea of bu y in g a nd In s tallIn g a la r ge Ilumb e r of th ese hut s, and re ntin g th e m to ve t e ran s tud e nt s. On Jul y 30 th e Ro ll a Dai ly Ne w s carri ed a front page artI c le s t a tIn g that room s fo r s in g le m e n a re no lon ge r on fil e at P a r ke r Hall. Th e las t pl a ce on th e lis t wa s tak e n days a g o, a nd pro s pec tiv e s tud e nt s ar e now in town maki n g a door to door ca nva ss in an e ffort to find p laces to liv e thi s Se pt e m b e r.
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Th e fin e pro g ram for ve t e ran s-both th e e du ca tional and th e on-th e-job tr a inin g phases - w as expl a in e d in cyood fas hion to th e C ha mb e r of Co mm e r ce lun c he on he r e \A.re dnes da y b y Geor ge V\l Farrar, c hi ef o f th e Ve tc ra ns A dminis tr a ti o n G uid a nce Ce nt e r h e r e. A ls o a g ues t of th e c ivic g ro up wa s P a ul Eva ns , se ni o r trainin g o ffi ce r o f t h e V A hc re . . F a rra r a nd E va ns, w ho have a tr e m e ndou s j o b, d eS CrIbe d th e b,g loa d o n th e Vete r a n s A dmini s trati o n in ln s ti,tutin g a nd fo llowin g up th e e du ca tional tra inin g a nd o n:t ll c -J o b tr a 1111n g of ' hundr ed s of ex-ve t e ran s ri o-ht he re in Rolla. ." Ove r 800 ve t e ra ns ar c takin g e du ca ti o.na l trainin g in MS M a nd m a ny o f th e m nee d con s ta nt g uid a n ce fr o m th e V A office. Too, scores of th e o n-th e-job ve te ra n train ees m us t be ~!, e ck e d for pro g r ess, a s we ll a s th e firm s trainin g th e m. I he pro g ram , m ee tln g ap p~o va l a nd g rowin g in popul a rity , ha s an ex ce lle nt s tart h e r e, a ccordin g to in fo r mation from
th e VA office rs, s c hoo l officia ls a nd firm s prov idin g on - th e job t rain in g _ (T he pro g ram pay s e x- ve t e ran s " s ub s is te li ce a llowan ces" whil e t hey a re g oin g to s chool a nd w hil e th e,ar e tak in g trainin g as app re nti ces at wo rk for v ar io us firm s appro ve d by th e S tat e D e partm e nt of Education for on - th e job t rai nin g .) -Roll a Da ily N ews (Aug. 2)
N o R ooms Listed at M S M; S tudents S tart Canvass No A ccommodations o n File ; Term Situ atio n ' Desperate' N ot a s in g le room for incomin g s tud e nt s wa s on th e li s t at th e Sc hoo l of M in es R eg is tra r 's Offi ce thi s mornin g , and N o e l Hubba rd , M S M r eg is trar r e porte d that many of th e s tud e nt s w e r e s ta r tin g a hou se-to-hou se can vass in a d es pe r at e e ffort to ftnd additiona l li v in g s pace for th e fa ll te rm. " 'vVe have n' t a s in g'le ac commodation lis t e d on our books h e re a t t he offi ce," H u bbard told th e DAIL Y N E \ 'VS thi s mornin g. H e ex plain e d t hat th e hou s in g se ction of hi s offi ce had "r un o u t" of lis t in gs and th a t m a n y of th e s tud e nt s to ld him th ey w e re s tartin g a hou se-to-house ca n va ss o f th e e nti r e c it y to find avai lab le s pa ce. Ev e n th e n ew dormitory a nd em e r ge ncy livin g s pace be in g built on th e camp us ha s near ly all b ee.n p romi se d, but th ese buildin gs ha ve n' t bee n bui lt as ye t a nd no d e finit e d a te has bee n se t fo r t he ir fi ni s h. ""Ve s ti ll nee d lit e rally hundr ed s o f room s, and th e d e mand is g oi n g t o g row until th e Se pt e mb e r t e rm ge ts und e r wa y ," H u bb a rd sa id. Many o f th e s tud e n t s ha ve bee n combin g th e town for th e pa s t se ve ral w e ks in a c on s tant sear c h for room s, but ju s t ho w man y room s and ap artm e n ts thi s has produ ce d c ould no t be le arn ed. Th e lo ca l C hamb e r of Comm e r ce offi ce th e DAILY N E\>V S, a nd oth e r offices he r e ha ve bee n s wan; ped for th e pas t two wee ks by pro s pec ti ve s t ud e n ts on t h e hunt for ro om s . Sc hool offi c ia ls ar e ur g in g an y on e w ho mi g h t hav e h Vln g s pa ce or could produce li v in g ac c ommoda tion s to ca ll th e s chool im111 ediat e ly. -rt olla Daily N ews (July 30)
Still. N o Student Union E n rol lm e nt is s t eadi ly inc r eas in g . In exp e ns iv e e nt e rtainm e nt in and -nea r Rolla is a t its us ual minimum. Ins id e two month s th e 2100 s tud e nt s, who ha ve a lr e ad y e nroll ed, 'wi ll b e he re. Tho se who ar e comin g for th e fir s t tim e will b e ama ze d a t th e lac k of a s tud e nt union s imil a r to th e on es in oth e r sc hool s . Th e sam e old cri es ar·e r a ise d w he ne ve r th e s ubj e ct is brou g h t up. Th e sc hool c ri es " wh e r e w ill w e ge t th e mon ey?" S om e of th e loca l bu s iness m e n cr y, "V\Te' ll b e ruin e d by th e c omp e tition ,. a nd th e Min e r s c ry in th e ir mille ' Th e r e is littl e doubt that mo st of tho se a tt e ndin osc hool would lik e to see a non-profit Stud e nt U ni o ~ wh e re th ey could drop in for a coke be tw ee n c la sses, ta ke a dat e aft e r th e s how and ha ve in formal d a nc in g eve r y FrIday a nd Saturda y ni g ht. No t all of t he ju gg le rs na ve (jUlt th e s how bu s in ess . D ea n V\l il s on ha s a lw ays ad vocated h 2.v in g a St ud e n t U nIon on th e ca mpu s . Th e mon ey fo r th e p roj ect has ne ' -e r bee n ava ilabl e. Now th e sc hoo l n ee d s a ll of its a ppr o pri a tion fo r r emod e lin g an d ex pa ns ion o f teac hin o' fa ciliti es a nd h o us in g. I t is th ose w h o a r e b e in g h o used, ta ug ht a nd t eac hIn g w ho co uld use th e e n te r ta in me n t T hey a r e th e o nes w h o s hould pl a n fo r mor e a nd b e tt e l: r ec reat io n durin g le is ur e hour s. If no o n e e lse \V a n t s to ta ke ac ti o n, t h Ca m p us Vete ra ns As s o c iat io n m ay ta ke a n lnt e r es t In p rom o tin g e nt e r ta inm e nt fo r st ud e n ts at a lo we r co st. Th e r e is a thr ee s tor y whit e buildin g ju s t off P in e s tr e t to ward th e Fri sco d epot. It is no t in use, a pp a re n t lv. I S ANYONE GOI NG T O HA VE THE DRI\TE T O CONVE RT TH A T I N T O A NON -PR OF IT STCD EN T UN IO N) -MSM Min er.
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HOMECOMING HIGHLIGHTS OF MSM HOMECOMING AND 75TH ANNIVERSARY OCT. 26 -
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PLANS FOR ANNUAL PARENTS DAY Th e H ig hligh t of MSM Seventy - fi fth Anni ver sar y Progra m Par nt s ' Day and En g in ee r s ' Day, to b e h e ld on Saturday, :\0\'.2 a s a pa r t of th e c h oo l of lIi n es S ev e n ty -fift h A nn iv e r sar y , wi ll pro\' id e opport uni ty for fa t h e r s and moth e rs of s tud e nt s a s \\' e ll as many vi s itors a nd g u e ts to ob se l'\'e a ll la boratori es and in s tru c tiona l faciliti es of s p c ial int e r est 011 th e lII S lII campu s, accordin g' to Prof. 1. H. L o\'e t t, chairman of th e En g in ee rs ' Da y c ommitt ee .
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500,000 College Aspirants, Among Them 270,000 Veterans, May Be Rejected for Lack of Facilities Shortage of Housing a Major F ac tor , Snyder Reports to Truman - Difficulty in Finding Suitable Jobs One Rea son for Many Applications from ex-GIs By George H . H a ll, Washington Correspondent Mo r e than 2,000,000 pe r s on s-970,000 of th e i" war ve te ra n s -will see k e nrollm e nt i" th e nati on 's co ll eges a nd univ e r s iti es n ex t fa ll a nd it will b e imp o ss ibl e to pro v id e fa c iliti es for a ll of t he m, Thi s s tat em e nt wa s m a d e in a r e port by John \Iv. Snyde r, Direc to r of "Val' Mobili zation a nd R ec onve rs ion, to P r es id e nt Truman toni g ht, In it S nyd e r said: " Th e prob le m of clo s in g th e g ap be t w een th e ca pa c it y of th e co ll eges a nd t h e a nti c ipat e d d e mand for e nrollm e nt in Septe mb e r is ur ge nt. On th e bas is of pro g ram s fo r ex pan s ion before th e iss ua nc e of thi s re port, th e in s titution s, with a po t e nti a l s tud e nt bod y o f 2,080,000, es tim a te th ey wi ll be ab le to acco mmod a t e not mor e th a n 1,000,000, U nl ess mor e fa r-r eac hin g actio n is tak e n, be tw ee n 400,000 a nd 500,000 yo un g p eop le m ay hav e to be turn e d away from th e co ll ege ca ree r s on which th ey a re a nx iou s to e mbark. AmO li g th e m will be 270,000 ve te ran s w ho will b e unab le to r ed ee m th e pled ge of e ducatio na l opportunit y that wa s mad e to th e m in th e ' GI B ill of Ri g ht s .' " O n e of th e m a jor diffi c ulti es, of hou s in g , and pe rh a ps t he mo s t imp o rtant se ct ion o f S n yd e r 's 50- page r e port d ealt with that phase of th e probl e m, H e said th a t th e F ed e ra l Go n rnm e nt is play in g th e major ro le in prov idin g li vin g qu a rt e r s , but t hat h e lp wi ll be n ee de d from s tate a nd lo cal g O\'C rnm e nt s, as w e ll as th e in s titution s th em se lves , Housing for 300,000 Veter a ns By th e e nd of th e year, S ny d e r s aid, th e F ed e ra l Go\'e rnm e nt will ha ve prov id ed o r a ss is t ed in pro v idin g t e mpo ra ry h o us in g fo r 300,000 s tud e nt ve t e ra ns, T hese hou s in g unit s fa ll into thr ee g roup s, o f about 100,000 eac h, as follow s : 1. Fed e ra ll y-o wn ed buildin gs co nv e rt ed and mo ve d at Gov e rnm e nt expe nse. 2. War hou s in g unit s re nt ed to s t ud e nt s o n ve te ra ns' prioriti es , 3, B uildin gs co nve rt ed a t co ll ege e xpe nse w ith be d s, be ddin g a nd furni s hin gs s uppli e d b y th e Gove rnm e nt , and military camp s and ot he r es ta bli s hm e nt s usc d on prese nt s it es , Ava ilabl e hou s in g in thi s g roup is expec t ed to be increased as th e A rm y and Navy d ec la re in s ta lla tion s s urplu s, U nd e r th e fir s t c lass ifi ca tion, th e F ed e ral Pub li c Hou s in g A uth ority wi ll s pe nd ab o ut $200,000,000 to mo ve a nd se t up on new s it es near co ll eges ba rra c ks, porta bl e hou s ing a nd quo nse t hut s, a nd to co nve rt ho s pital s, barrac ks and m ess hall s on p rese nt s ites , It wi ll not be po ss ibl e to p rov id e more than 100,000 unit s, a lthou g h a s o f Ma y 1 s om e 800 in s titu tio ns h a d r e qu es t ed 200,000 unit s and 550 of t he a pp lica nt s had b ee n a ll ocat e d 45,000 unit s. Basis for Allocations O ri g in a ll y, S ny d e r sa id, th e unit s w e r e a ll oca te d o n th e ba s i'S o f " fir s t come, fir s t se r ve d, " but a s ta nd ar d now ha s bee n se t up whi c h a ll ows o ne unit for eac h thr ee ve te ra ns on th e roll s as of last Fe b, 28, In th e ca tego ry of wa r hou s in g, of whi c h th e r e a re a bout 500,000 unit s, s tud e nt ve t e ran s w ill be a ll owed a bo ut 100,000 unit s, Th e FPHA is obtainin g s u r p lu s bu ses for use wh e re th e unit s a r e di s tant from t he co lleges , As a n examp le, it wa s point e d out that t he U ni ve r s it y of Mi c hi ga n at A nn A rb o r is hou s in g 200 s tud e nt s a t \ Vi llo w Run Vi ll age, nea r D e troit, a bout 2.:; mi les away, Ass is ta nce is g iv e n in th e third c lass ifi ca t ion b y pro vi din g furnI s hIn g for g a rages, gy mn a s ium s a nd laborator y ba sem e nt s conv e rt e d to dormitori es by th e sc hool s, A r m y an d N a vy faci liti es a re be in g d o nated o r lease d for librari es a nd r ec r ea ti o n bui ldin gs a s w e ll a s li v in g quart e rs, Fo r th e m ost pa r t, a s in g le co ll ege ha s b ee n takin g o ve r a ll faci li ti es at a spec ifi c camp , How eve r, at leas t on e A rm y es ta bli s h me n t Ca mp S hank s, N ,Y " is be in g co nve rt e d to ho use 2400 fam~
ili es of \'e t e ran s who wi ll att e nd seve ra l co ll cges in Ne w Y or k C it y , S n yd e r empha s iz ed th e importan ce o f co mmunity ca mpai g n s t o a ss is t ve te ra ns in findin g li vin g quart e r s, H e sa id that s tud e nt vete ra ns a t th e U niv e r s it y of Illinoi s con du c t ed a d oo r-to-d oo r canva ss w ith s ur p ri s in g ly s uccess ful res ult s, Th e re po ;·t sa id ea rl y calc ul at io ns a s to th e numb e r of ve t e ra n s w h o wo uld be int e res te d in hi g h e r e du ca ti on w e re up se t b y th e g ran t in g of hi g he r s ub s is t e nce a ll owances a nd th e diffi c ult y Illan y ye t e ran s ar e ha v in g in findin g s uit a bl e job s, r\lthou g h n y d e r did not say s o, it wou ld see m r eas ona bl e to s u p po se that some of th e ap p li ca tion s for e nrollm e nt wou ld bc withdrawn if ve t e ran s found s ati s fa c tory e mplo ym e nt be fo re Se pt e mb e r, A con t ributo ry factor in th e c rowdin g of th e co lleges m ay b e a n in c rea sed numb e r of hi g h sc hoo l OTad uat es w h o w ill wa nt to e nro ll if r e leased from th e draft, T he re is a lso a se ri ou s s hort age of t eac h e rs a nd of t e x tb ook s, Shortage of Books, Teac hers Th e r e port not ed acut e s horta ges not o nl y of hou s in g but o f fa c iliti es, books and teac he r s, It ur ge d P r es id e nt Truman to a ppoint a "Na tiona l Co mmi ss ion on Hi g h e r Educ a tion " to wo r k durin g th e s umm e r on th ese a nd ot he r probl e m s a nd r e port " in tim e for th e ir co n s id e rat ion by th e,a dmin is t ra tion a nd th e next Co n g r ess ," M eanw hil e it propo sed a numb e r of s te ps to be tak e n b y th e in s titution s th e m se lves , in clud in g : Rai s in g te ac h e rs' s a la ri es " to compe t iti ve leve ls," Maki n g " mor e e ff ec ti ve use of th e ir prese nt campu s fac iliti es," In thi s co nn ec tion Sny d e r not ed tha t durin g th e war "s uc h faciliti es a s dinin g ha ll s a nd gy mna s ium s wer e use d in s hift s, Labo ra tori es , c la ss ro om s a nd librari es w e r e use d for lo n ge r hour s than in peace tim e, A nd afte rnoon s, eve nin gs a n d S unday s \\'e re emp loyed for c la ss room work, " "Th e wa r is not o\'c r fo r t h e co ll eges," he continu e d, "U ntil th ey can ca t c h up \\'ith th e d emand for th e ir se rv ices, t hey wi ll b e forc ed to use eye r)' ph ys ica l r es ource to ca paci ty, and to po s tpon e res umpti o n of th e ir norm a l, a nd d es ir a bl e, pea ce tim e pac e of op e ra tion, " Increase in 1947 "E Ye n mor e Ye te ra ns wi ll be e nroll ed in th e fa ll of 19-+7 ," S ny d e r a dd e d, "a nd th e peak of ve t e ra ns e nr o ll m e nt wi ll p robabl y not be reac hed until th e fa ll of 1948, Not un ti l 1950-51 wi ll th e numb e r of vete ra ns in coll ege b eg in to d ec lin e s ig nifi ca ntl y," Th e Federa l Gove rn me nt wil l s pe nd at leas t on e bil!ion do ll a r s fo r th e co ll ege ed uca tion of vetera n s in th e 19-+6-47 sc hool ye ar if abo ut iOO,OOO ve te ra ns ar e e nroll e d, th e r e port not ed, "O ve r th e ye ar s," it co ntinu ed, "t he F ed e ral Gov e rnm e nt wi ll s pe nd abo ut s ix billi o n dollar s for co ll ege edu ca tio n of \ ,yo rld "Va l' II \'e te ran s-a lm o s t ha lf as much a s wa s th e total fo r all p urp o ses s pent fo r a ll be n e fit s to ve te ra ns of Wor ld vVa r 1. " Th e re port propose d that "c lo s e att e ntion" be o' ive n to ex pandin g junior co ll ege faci liti es and " to th e po ss ibi lit y of d e \-e lo p in g a new int e r m e diat e g ro up of tec hni ca l in s titut es." A ll s tates a ls o we r e ur ge d to se t up ce ntr a l c lea ran ce s ys te m s "to g uid e st ud e nt s to sc hool s w hi c h h ave va can c ies." Th e r epo rt sa id s uc h systems have b ee n work ed out in A la ba ma , T e nn es see, O hi o a nd seve ra l oth e r s t ate s, -St , Louis Po s t-Dis pat ch ( Ma y 20)
Grads Sponsor New Lambda Chi Alpha Chapters . X ew ly orga n iz ed twin c hapters of th e Lambd a C hi A lpha frater nIt y a t New M ex ico Stat e Co ll ege, a nd Texa s Co lleo'e of :\Iir~es: E I Pas o, T ex" a r e s pon so're d by Dani e l B. J e tt '26 and \VIiiI a m H , M c Dil l '35, it wa s r e porte d to t he frat e rnit y ' m e m be rs he r e, .le tt is D ean of E n g in ee rin g at New Mex ico S ta te Co ll eo'e a nd li\'es a t 935 N, Main st r ee t, La s C ru ces , N, :Mex, McDill is A ss is ta nt P rofe ss or of E n g in e rin g at T exas M in es, Hi s ho m e is a t 22 11 N , S ta unton s tr ee t, E I Paso, T ex.
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L ik c wi se, t h e re i t h e ha ndi cap of ava il a bi lit y of p rop e r pacc for indi v id ua l tactic s, co n cea lm e n t a nd camou Aagc" T h esc a r " prac ti ce d o n t h e "wes t 40" w hi c h , a s mo s t of yo u k n ow, is th e area w es t of Hi g h way 66 a nd north of Nago g ami road a nd is at least h a lf a mi le from th e campu s" In s truct ion in m ec h a ni ca l trainin g an d weapons is carr ied on allover the gy mna s ium in a ny place that w ill not intc rfe r e with th At hl e tic d epa r tm e n t. Ta b les are se t u p a nd moved into hall s durin g in s truction s in di s -a ssc mb ly and assem bl y of th e M- 1 riA e, mac h in g un, .Brownin g automat ic, a nd pi s tol. A g oo d exam p le of t h e r es ult ant e Hlci e n cy of th es " in-th e -ha ll " c la sses is Sg t.VVhit e's Fres hman c lass in th e III-I riA e" Tho se bo ys lea rn c d th e ir Icsso n s o thoro u g hl y that t h ey co uld di s -a ssc m bl e a nd a sse mb lc it blindfolded and nam e a ll of th e parts in I ss than fiv e minut cs" /"\,11 in s truction wa s g ive n at a tabl e borrow ed [rom the Athlctic departm e nt and se t up out s id e th e door o f Room 1.'1 in th e gy mn as ium. The Staff Th e ~ Iilit a ry d e partm e nt ha s b ee n h ea d ed by ~Ia j " Ri c ha rd s on s in cc Se pt. I, 19-13. A R ese r ve Officer of th e U nited S tat es A rm y, h e wa s g ra duat e d from t h e u ni, e r si ty of .\'e br as ka in 1927 wit h a 13ac h e lor of Scie n ce d eg r ee in ivi l l'C n g in e rin g. :'Iaj . .Rich a rd s on rec e iv e d h is comm iss ion throu g h th e aeh-anc d co ur se of th e ROT C at th U niv e rs it y of )J e bra s ka. H came into active dut y in A u g us t 19-10 and was appointed Ass is tant Prof ess or of Military Science a nd Tacti cs at th e Univcr s ity o[ Ne br as ka" Prior to hi s e ntranc e into active duty wit h th e Army, h wa s c mployed by th e '\ e bra s ka Sta te Hi g hwa y D e partm e nt. Ma s te r Se rgea nt Leo l~ . VVhite, Admini s t rative Non-co mmi ss ion c d Officer a nd In s tructor, join e d the s taff h ere in "l a r c h, 19-16. A m e mb e r of th e 1 eg ular A rm y, h e ha s se r ved 18 yea rs and s pcnt mor e than 35 month s in th e Pacific theater durin g th e war. Hi s hom e is in Pitt s bur g h , Pa. Th e third memb c r of th e s taff, Sergea nt Gilb c rt R. ·. dwards, ha s se r ve d 26 years wi th th e R eg ular A rm y, mo s t of that tim e with ROT C un its . Hi s fir s t tour of duty wa S :1t th e univcrs it y of Mi ss ouri at Co lumbi a. Si n ce that time hi s ass ign m ent s h ave includ d dut y at I owa State and the un i,"e rs ity of Ne bra s ka. H e came to MSIII in J a nu ary 19-16 as an l n s trllctor of Military Sc ie nce and Tactics . ~Iany of you re m e mb e r Sgt. \ I\l B. B e r t ram who se n "cd 1.1 y ca rs with th e R OTC unit h e r e. H e wa s re tir ed in Jun e, 19-1-1 a nd is li v in o · at 930VVes t 10th s tr ee t, Rolla, Mo. His s uccess o r , Sgt. B . L. B rindl e, r ece i,"ed h is di s char ge in April, 19-16 and ha s ret urn ed to hi s fo rm er job with a tran s portation company at Dubuqu e, Iowa. Post-W ar R OTC Th e \I\' ar De pa rtm e n t h as come forwa r d with n ew p ro posa ls for a n e nl arged an d imp r ov ed pro g ram of in s tructio n for th e po s t-wa r R O T C. Ju st rc cently an o utlin e of ne w s ubj ec t matt e r has b ee n r ece i," e d. Some of the mor e ti reso m e "nd o u tmoded s ubj ec t s yo u a lumni u se d to g ri pe a bout hav e b ee n rc placed with mo r e int e r es ti n g a n d up-to-dat e topic s. The se in clud e co ur ses in wor ld m ilit a r y s ituation s tod;)y, method s of phy s ica l cl eve lopm e nt, map a nd a e ri a l photog rap hy re adin g and int e rpr e tation , m il ita r y admini s t ration, th e evo lution of warfar c an d mi litar y la w an d board s. II s ubj cc ts m e ntion ed a bo,'e wil l b e ta u g ht t h e le lll e ntar y g ro u p. Th e a dv a n ce d g roup wi ll s tudy military lea d e r s hip , p sy c h o lo gy a nd p e r so nn e l mana ge m e nt. A lso in c lud ecl in t he first year adva n ce d co ur se of s tudy w ill b e th e milita ry I'rob l ~ll1s p ec uli ar to th e Un it e d Sta tcs and th c ge o g raphy a nd h istory of occ u pi c clt c rritori es . Durin g" t he Se ni o r yca r th c ca d e ts wi ll t ake li p branch
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ADDRESS C LASS Lehman. J oh n L ud wig '05-J ol1 le Metal Co., 1602 L o c u st SIrOet , 5 1
Loui s 3, 1\1 0 . Log an, L ew is S ubl eite '03-St . J oseph , M o . M c Cormi ck . Cha rl es Sta n ley ' 43- R.R., Ho ll and, Mo. Ma, I-I eng Yung '2 1- B ox 153, Carn egie T ech ., Pi ttsburgh, Pa . Mann in g , R oge r I g nat iu s Compto n ' 22-U . o f Utah, Sa lt L ake City': U l ah . Martinez, Ca ri o s E fr en '02-Di r ec to r, Coa hu il a State Co ll ege, Coahuila, Mexico. Mau ch er, l-:f a n s '3 1- B e rlil1 , K a ri s hors t, Drache llfe ls, St r. P , Ge r l11an~ 路 . M exhevsky, Da v id Be njamin '29 - Emerson E lec. Co ., SL L o uis, nl o. Miller, J oh n Gaine s ' 2 t-900 S. P ark, Ga ii na, K an . Mill e r, R o be rt K a rl ' 26 - Cia l\1i ne t' a A sarco, T eziutlan, Aire Li bre . P ue b la , :M ex ico. Miller, vVilli am Lyman '26- 122 L o w ell st reet, R edwood C ity , Cal. Moore , J esse Ca rl '38-2026 Victor, St. L o ui s, 110. Mo ses , Fred eric k Gall owa ~ ' ' 14- Bu laway s, Northe rn Rh od es ia, SOLlt h Africa .
N ea l, Char le s Con ge r '37-\'\ "al"l11 Spri n gs Camp, Sho sho n e, CaL Nie ce, \,Vi ll ialll L atcha w ' 20-Ram sey 'f o wer, Okiah o llla City, Okla. Oberly , L o u is A ll dr e \\" '25-A llleri ca n Visco se Co r po rat io n, 路M eadvill e. Pe lln sy lvan ia. Page, Cli ffo rd Frank lin '3 1- 1230 i\1 s t re et , Gerin g, Ne b. Phillip s, \.\fa lt e r Trvin g I07-Army a nd Nav~- Bra nch, Yi\(C..-\ , 166 Embarcad ero, Sa il Fran cisco, Ca L Price, J oh n i\f o r ga n '04-Callo n C ity, Co lo . Qu inn, 'M atthew V in cent '05-P ennY a n, Ne w Y o rk, N .Y . Rex, IIarr y N oe l '02-Cresto l1 , I o wa . R ichmond, Ral ph vVak efie ld '33-A mda goya v is Buellav elltura, COllllHb ia, S. A , Rivera , Ram o n '06-Guacia lajara, i\l ex ico . Schmidt, S idn e)' Rand o lp h ' l O-Ch icago, III. S ch ulze, Eu ge ne Vict o r '03-St rada \\', Germany, Schu lze. J-J e nnanil Ott O '99-St radaw , Germa n ~- , Sedivy, Mile s '08-33 79 E. 591h, Cleve la n d , Ohi o. Shah, Aar o n i\lax '09-V iI113 , Ru ss ia .
P e r hap s s om e of yo u w ill wond e r w hy much o [ thi s a r tic le is d evote d to th e s in g in g of th e blu es . It is a dir ec t p lea o n t h e part of th e :M ilit a ry d epartm e nt fo r ad e quat e sp a ce w h e re th e ROT C ca n fun c ti o n in t h e s am e ma nn e r as ot h e r d e pa r tl11 e nt s o n th e ca mpu s. Ma j. Ric ha rd s on s tat ed that thi s co ndi t ion is n ot p ec u lia r to t h e Sc h ool o f Mi n es, but poi n te d out that oth e r sc hool s in t h is a rea do h ave a r l110ri es a nd buildin gs fo r cla ss work a nd in s tru ct io n. H e h as b ee n wo r kin g w ith D ea n \ ,y il s on o n te n tative p la n s fo r t h e conve r s ion of ex is tin g buildin gs to hou se t he H.OTC. At pr ese n t tho se buildin gs a re b e in g u ~. e d as c lass r ool11S for th e o th e r rapidl y expand in g d epartm e n t s o n t h e ca ll1pu s. " \Ale loo k w it h e n vy at t ho se sc h oo ls w h o do h ave a rm ori es a nd R OTC buildin gs and p r ay th at s om e int e res t ed g rou p wi ll s tart t h e b a ll ro ll in g b y initiatin g a 111 0v em e nt for co ns tru c ti o n of a M e l110 ri al A rmo ry to h ono r tho se thou sa nd s of MSM l11e n w h o put t h e ir R O T C tr a inin g r ece ive d h e r e to th e m os t p ractica l tes t," Ma j. Ri chard s o n d eclar ed .
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Lt. (j g ) J. 'IN. B rodh ac ke r is at a n ea s te rn pos t a nd e x pec ts to be a c iv ili a n in th e no t too d is tan t fu tur e. John le ft Hon g Kon g in Ap ril , g o in g to S in g apor e, Co lombo, Ad e n , S uez, Por t Sa id, A lexa ndria, Na pl es , lvI a r s e ill e a nd t he Portu g uese I s land o f .Mad e ir a, th (; n pa s t Fo rt S umt e r a nd up th e Coop e r r ive r to th e C ha rl es ton N a vy Ya rd w h e r e il e is d e co mmi ss io nin g hi s s hi p. J o hn w r ites th a t he e njo y ed h is a ro und t h e w o rld tour ve ry m uc h, bu t is loo kin g for w a rd to th e ti me w h e n he ca n be a c iv ilia n on ce m o re.
R e ce nt ly r e lea s ed to ina c ti ve du ty in th e Nava l R es e rve at th e J ac k so nv ill e, F la., Pe r s o nn e l Se pa ra tion Ce nt e r, Lt . (j g ) E dmund J. \ Na lt e nsp ie l ha s a g ain becom e a c iv ili a n.
Hi s pr ese nt addr es s is USS T. J. Gar y (D E 326), c/ o F leet Po s t O ffi ce, New Y ork, N .Y. , a n d hi s hom e a ddr ess is 1249 :-.J . J e ff e r s on , Sp rin g fi eld , Mo.
U po n hi s r e tu rn t o th e U ni t e d S tat es, h e ass is t ed In th e d e commi ss ionin g o f hi s s hip in C ha r les t on, So. Ca r ., and he a ls o a ss is t ed in t he d ec ommi ss io n ing of a noth e r L ST a t G r ee n Co ve S prin gs , F la ., ju s t be fo r e hi s r e lea se. E dmund 's h om e ad dr ess is R o ut e 1, R o ll a, M o.
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L t. Matt h ew J. K e rp e r is s ta tion e d a t Hq. Ge ne r a l E n g in ee r Di s t ri c t, :Res id e nt E n g in ee r N o .1 , APO 75, c/ o Po s t m as te r, Sa n Fra nc isco, Ca l. Matt h e w w r it es t ha t he e x pect s to be di sc ha r ge d be for e fa ll w he n h e w ill r e t u r n t o M S M to comp le te wor k for a M a s t e r 's d e~p' ee,
Maj. E. L. Perry '40 was Campus Visitor :-l a j. E . L. P e rry w as o n th e campu s on Jun e 2-1-. H e is no w s ta tio ne d at vVa s h in g ton, D. C. aft e r two y ea rs of se r" ice with t he 90t h I nfa n tr y Di\' is ion. H e w ear s fiv e ba t t le s t a rs a nd t h e br o n ze a rr ow h ead . E u ge n e h it U ta h B eac h in a m a tt e r of min u tes on D Da y, la n din g at H h o ur plu s 30 m inut es, H e took pa r t in t h e ba tt le of t he B ulge, co m in g u p iro m t h e so u t h with P a llo n 's arm y, a nd wa s in s om e of t he b it terest fig htin g th e r e. H e a ls o pa r t ic ipat ed in t he c ro ss in g o f th e Rhin e a nd hi s o u t fi t wa s th e fi r s t into Czec hos lova k ia \\' h e re hi s di v is io n mad e co n tacts w it h th e R uss ia n s. Hi s hom e now is a t 71 5 So u t h \ Nas hi n g ton, A lexandr ia ,V a., whi le he is stat ion ed w ith th e H q. of A GF', En g in ee ri n g Se ction, in t he P e nt agon Bu ildin g ,
Marshall V . Jamison ' 39 Stationed in Florida A m a jor in t h e A ir Co rp , }VI ar s ha ll V . Jam is o n is s ta tio ne d " ' it h Hq s. 9th Wea t h e r S q., O rr is on Fi e ld , F la. Mar s ha il \\'ri tes " I 'd lik e to sec th a t pl ace aga in on e o f t h ese d a y s !" Hi s ho m e a ddr ess is 611 S o u th Flore n ce, Sp r in g fi e ld, Mo.
Capt. William R. Brannock '3 9 a t O ' R eilly General Hospital Cap t. Willi a m R , Ih anno c k is at O' R e il ly Ge n e ra l Ho spi ta l at S p r in gfie ld, Mo" r ec o ve r in g fr o m a n a tt ac k o f ty ph us wit h comp li catio ns of p n e umon ia and pa r t ial pa ra lys is. Bi ll wa s s tr ic ke n at Os ak e, J a pan, in M a rc h. H e wa s in a c r itica l co nd it io n fo r seve ra l w ee ks' bu t is now re cove r in g. Tn Osaka, B ill was in c ha r ge of t he ra ilr oa d s ru n n in g fr om t h e r e to N o gy a. VV liil e t h e r e, h e was g ive n t he o p por tu nit y to na m e on e of th e L'u'll ma n ca r¡s . T h e na m e he c h o se wa s Ro ll a. T hat car is s ti ll in op e r at ion. Hi s w ife, th e fo rm e r S ue Jo hn s ol1, da u g ht e r of t he lat e P r of. E. L. a nd M r s. J o hn s o n, ha s bee n w ith hi m in S prin gfie ld . B ill w'a s a war d ed t h e c ita ti o n of m e rit b y t he VV ar De pa r t m e n t fo r hi s o ut s tan d in g a cc o m p li s hm e nt in co n n ectio n wi t h t he ope rat io n o f t h e rai lroa d s und e r h is co n t r o l.
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A lso , it is our poli cy n o t to as k a re lurn ed se n -icc m an for du es durin g th e yea r in whi c h h e w as r e lease d . H ow eve r, m a n y me n lik e i\I a j. Mor e la nd , h ave \'o lu nt ee r c d to pay th e ir du es a nd o f course we a r e g la d to h a \-e thi s s u ppo r t. Mor e t ha n a ny thin g e lse w e wa n i a ll m e n wh o we r e o r wh o no w rem ain in th e se n -ice to le t LI S h a \-e t h ei r co rr ec t a ddr ess and th e ir mo s t pe rman e nt ho m e a ddd r ess. 'vVe a ls o wa n t th ese m e n to fee l fr ee to ca li on Ih e ~\ILI mni A ss oci a tio n Offic e, .1'. 0. 130 x _'i_'i9,Rol la, Mo., for information w Illa y b e ab le to s upp ly, co nce r nin g S c hoo l of Min es m e n.
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CAMPUS NEWS Dr. Boy d G ues t, c h a irman of th e E n g li s h department, h a s re s ig n ed hi s po s ition h e re , it wa s anno un ce d rec e n t ly b y D ea n C urti s L. Wil s on . H e h a s a cce p t e d a po s ition a s Profess or of En g li s h at I owa Stat e T eac h e rs C oll ege an d will a ss um e hi s duti es th e re on S e pt e m b e r l. T'romot e r a n d teac h e r of th e humaniti es , Dr. G u es t b e cam e a m e mb e r of th e lVI SM En g li s h s taff in 19-10 a s A ss is tant P r of ess or. In 19-13 h e wa s ap po int ed c ha irm a n ; in 19-1-1 to A ss ocia t e Pro[ess o ro f En g l is h. Durin g hi s t e nur e h e re Dr. G ues t ha s p ubli s h ed sev e ral p ap e r s a nd at p r ese nt is w ri tin g a manu s c rip t on Am e ri ca n c ivili zat ion.
BULLETIN! MSM Opening Postponed Th e op e nin g of t h e fa ll t e rm at the Sc hool of 1I,I in e s ha s b ee n d e lay ed until Se pt. 18 b eca u se of th e acut e s horta ge of pl umb e rs a nd p lumbin g· s u pp li e s fo r the em e r ge nc y hou s in g b e in g built on the camp u s , L es li e Cowan, v ice p r es id e n t of th e U ni v e r s it y of JvI iss ouri, told th e Da il y N e w s in an e xclu s i,· e int e rv iew . Plan s h a d a lr ea d y been m a d e to s tart th e fal l term on Se pt. -I, but le tt e r s ,,;e r e b e in g s ent out to d ay from the R e g is tra r 's Offic e at lvISM, in for min g t he s tud e nt s of the n ec es s a ry d e la y . Th e acti on wa s app ro,oed b y th e Board of C urator s aft e r b e in g r ecommerd ed b y th e yariou s d epa rtm e n t lle ad s. "If w e w e r e to s ta rt s c hool a s a lr ea d y p lan n ed we c ou ld tak e ca re of a bout 1500 s tudent s, but that wo uld mean that .:;00 m e n would b e fo r ced to wait until ad eq uat e hou s in g could b e furni s h e d fo r th em, Cowan exp la in ed . "T h is would m ea n th at t h o se 500 wo uld b e put ' b e hind th e e ig ht-ball : edu cat ion a ll y , s o w e fee l t h at to b e fa ir t o a ll co n ce rn ed we h ad b es t d e lay th e op e nin g until we ca n h a ndl e th e e ntir e 2000," h e to ld the DAILY N E II\/ S. C owan a ls o s a id t h at th e Un ive rs it y of Mi ss ouri at C olu m bi a wo uld d e la y its op e nin g for two we e k s , s tartin g s c h oo l on Sept. 30 in s tead of t h e d ate o ri g ina ll y p la nn ed. Th e h ou s in g s itu at io n wa s a ls o accountable for t h e d e lay th e r e, h e said. Th e U ni v e r s it y of M iss ouri Hoa rd of C ur ato rs ha s g on e on r e co rd a s app ro vi n g t h e act ion , aft e r th e move h a d b ee n r ecom m e nd e d b y a ll uni,oe r s it y and Sc hool of :Min es officia ls , inc ludin g Dea n C urti s L. \ I\f il son of lvI S lvI, itwa s le arn e d. So fa r a s co uld b e a s ce rt a in e d, thi s wa s the fir s t tim e in th e 75-y e ar hi s to r y of t h e Sc hool of lIifin es that t h e fa ll op e nin g had b e en d e lay ed. Sc h ool offic ial s h av e b ee n worki n o · d es p e rat e ly a g·a in s t time for th e pa s t thr ee month s makin ~· p la n s for h Oll s in g t h e tr enl e nclou s influ x. of
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T h e p lumbin g b ottl e n e c k wa s t h e final s t raw, how eve r . La s t w ee k, s c h ool a nd uni ve r s it y officia ls a nnoun c ed th at th e p lu mbin g s itua t ion wa s ac u t e, a nd exp la in ed th at local plumbers h a d not accepte d c ontract s to work on t h e MSM p roj ect s. A t th e sam e tim e that an ac u t e s h o r ta g e of p lumbin g la b o r ex is t e d, s o wa s th e re a s h o rt a g e of s uppli es . Cowa n e xp la in ed to t h e D a il y New s t hi s mor nin g t h a t h e h a d lit e ral ly b e e n "a ll ove r th e co un t ry " hu ntin g s up p li es fo r th e h ou s in g", a nd ha d b ee n but to nh o lin g a g e nc y h ea d s an d s u rpl us p r operty officia ls fr om coa s t to c oa s t in a n e ffort to fi nd th e n c ed ed mat e r ial so" -Rolla D aily News (Au g. 23)
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Dr. Boyd Guest Resigns
D r. A lb e r t 'vV. Sc hl e c ht e n , fo rm e rl y of the Univ e rs ity of :Minn es ota a nd O reg on State Co ll ege meta ll ur g y s taffs , h a s b ee n appoint ed P rofe ss or of M e ta llur g ica l En g in e eri n g at th e 1\II i ss ouri S c hool of Mine s and M e ta llur g y. H e s uc ceed s Prof. H. R. H a nl ey who h a s b ee n appoint ed Profess o r Em e ritu s.
A g rad uat e of t h e Montana School of Mine s in 1937, Dr. S ch le c h t e n r e ce iv e d hi s d eg ree of Docto r of Sci e nc e at the :-I ass achu se tt s In s t itu t e of T e c hnolo g y in 19-+0. H e ha s had practical expe ri e n ce a s a m e tallur g ica l e n g in ee r a n d re s ea r ch dir ec tor for the A naco nda Copp e r M inin g C o ., an d the Boaz M inin g Co . H e se rv e d a s a ss is tant prof ess or of M e tallur g ica l En g in ee rin g at th e U ni ve r s it y of Minne s ota for one yea r and t h e n acce pt ed th e c h airma n s hip of th e D epartm e n t of Minin g an d Metallur gy at O r e go n State Co ll e ge. D urin g a leave of a b s e n ce from O r ego n State h e ha s work ed w ith th e U .S . Bur ea u of M in e s , prin c ip a ll y up on s uch r a r e m eta ls a s z ircon ium a nd t itanium. H e is a m em b e r of A I ME, ASM, Sigma Xi, Pi Ta u S ig m a an d Theta Ta u.
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Book Review Dr. J. Dona ld For res t e r, p r ofess or of M inin g e n g in ee r in g and c hairm:ln of the d epa rtm e nt of Minin g E n g in ee rin g at th e Mi ss ouri Sc hool of Min es and Meta llur gy , is th e a uthor of a n e w textbook e ntit led, " P ri n c ipl e s of Field a nd Min in g Ge olo g y ·' ju s t r e lea s ed b y th e p ubli s h e r s, John 'vV il ey & Sons, In c. T h e book, w hi ch is ext e n s ive ly illu s trat ed thro u g h 6-17 pa ges , g ive s s tud e nt s and minin g op e rator s th e co mpl ete pictur e of a field ve ntur e in th e min e r a l indu s t r ies . In s u c h y e nture, not on ly mu s t th e ba s ic pr in ciples of ge olo g y a nd min e ra lo gy b e applied, but ce rtain s p e c ia l a s pec ts of pe trolo gy, s t rati g rap h y , s t r uctural g eo lo g y, eco nomic g eo logy, p h ys io g ra p h y, pa le o n tolo gy a nd s ur veyi n g , are in vo lve d. T h e rol e of t h e fi e ld g e o lo g is t and th e applic a tion s of ge olo g y to th e min e ral s indu s try have b e com e in c rea s in g ly important. S e ldom now is an ore body di s cove r ed at t h e g ra ss root s ; t h e tr e nd is to wa rd s t ud y of old or a b andoned minin g prop e rti es o r fo r exa mi n ation of bro a d , r eg iona l s cop e. Th e fu t ur e of th e mine r a ls indu s tr y ca n b e in s ur ed b y e xp e rt and acc ur at e ge ologica l a n a lyses, we ll -fo und ed on t h e princ ipl es of t h e occ urr en ce a n d exp loi tat ion of ore d epos it s. PIUN C IPLE S OF F I E LD AND MIN I NG GEOLOGY g iv e s o u nd prin c ip les and pra c tic e , an d cove r s four main fi e ld s : 1. Th e R e co g n i tion of Geo lo g ic P h e nom e n a; 2. Ge n e ra l Fie ld -s urvey :P r ac ti ces and P r oc e dur es ; 3. S p ec ia l Fie ld T ec hni qu e of M inin g Geo lo gy; 4. T h e Int e rpr e ta tion a nd U se of F ie ld Data.
D r. For res ter, in pr e parin g th e text, combin ed a b roa d e xpe ri e n ce in r esearc h a nd t eac hin g wit h t h e practical app lication of g eo lo g ic p rin c ip les a s a c on s ultant a nd fi e ld e n g in ee r wit h min in g co n ce rn s t hr o u g hout th e we s te rn pa r t of t h e U nit ed S tat e s.
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);1r. E . C. L. \ iI!ag n e r, sec re tary and man age r of th e Associa te d G ne ral Co ntr acto rs of Mis s ouri, addre sse d th e s tud e nt c ha pte r of the American Soc iety of Civ il E n gi nee rs in Harri s Hall, July 19. A Ya le g radu ate a nd vete ran ofvVorld \IIla r I , Mr. \ iI!agne r h as bee n co nn ecte d with ge ne ral co nt racting for seve ra l cLecades a nd is a pa s t pres id e nt of th e A .G.C., w h ic h re presen ts th e leadin g ge n era l co ntracto r s of th e S tat e.
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A n e w type of e n g in eer is nee d ed to d eve lop atol1'lic e n e r gy and cope with oth e r pr obl e m s in t h e fi eld of nu c lea r pheno- ' m e na, th e Soc ie ty for the Promotion of Eng in ee rin g E ducation wa s to ld. To t rai n t h e " nu clear e n g in ee r " of th e f utur e, a co n s id era bl e lon ge r p eriod of sc ho o lin g t ha n t he normal four -year co llege co u rse m ay be r cq uir ed, Dr. M. C. Leverett of :Mon, a n to C hcm ica l Co., w h o is d ir e cto r of the technical divi s ion of th e Clinton La borato ri es a t Oak Rid ge , T e nn. , told a con ve n tio n g roup at Ho te l] e ffer so n. N ucle on1 cs-t h e branc h of sc ie nce d ea lin g wit h nu clear p he n om e na - ca ll s for a c h emi ca l e n g in ee r who se t rainin g places fa r mor e e mph as is on mat h ematic s and ph ys ics than at p r ese nt, he sa id. T h is v iew was seco nd ed by Dr. C ha rl es A . Thoma s, :Monsanto r esea rch di r ector who played a lea din g rol e in d eve lopm e n t of th e atomic b om b . I n a ta lk b efore th e E n g in ee rin g Co ll ege R esea rc h Ass o c ia t ion at Hot e l Stat le r la s t ni g ht h e s ai d it mi g h t b e ad visable to ins tit u te a two- yea r pr e-e n g inee rin g co ur se to b e followe d by a four-year cour se . "If t h e e n g in ee r is to ta ke hi s proper place in s oc ie ty h e m us t b e a broad e r man," D r. T h oma s d e clar ed , co n t e ndin g t ha t to d ay' s g raduat e, as t h e re s ult of ove r -spec ia lization, too oft e n is na rrow and fai ls in exec u t ive po s it ion s. "The n ucl e onic e n g in ee r of t he fut u r e mu s t b e well ro und ed in p h ys ics, familiar wi th fl u id flow a nd m e ta ll Ll1-gy, a nd have a g oo d u n d e r s tandi n g of radio ch em is try, biolo g y a nd th e rmodynamic," h e sa id. " H e a ls o r equ ir es s om e trainin g in e co n omics . And h e s hou ld b e a b le to rea d and write E n g li s h " Ame ri ca' s r ese rvoir o f s cientific m e n is a "co ll ege ge ne r a t io n" s h o r t b eca u se of t h e wa r t ime di s r u pt ion of y oun g s c ient ists' ca r ee rs, Dr. J. Ro b e rt Van P e lt ]r., of Batte ll e Ins t itute at Co lu m b ia, s tate d. He alse r ec omme n ded that e ng in ee ri ng sc hoo ls pay mor e a tt e n tion to p sychology, eco nom ics and hu man r e lation s. T h e Ame r ican Associat ion of P h ys ics Teache r s a ls o met in co nju nct io n wit h th e Society for the Promotion of En g in ee rin g E d ucation . -S t. Loui s P ost- Dispatch (J u ne 20 )
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ABOUT TOWN AND CAMPUS \ Vhe n we co ns id e r ed a ddin g this pa ge to th e "A lu mnu s " we ponde r ed s vera l que s tion s-firs t and foremo s t th e qu es tion "w ill th ey rea d it," and second, "will we ge t a ny react ion irom our rea d e r s." ~ow we a re a ble to re port that o u r a lu mn i do r ea d " Town and Cam pus " and IV ' do ge t s ome react io n. ]. E mm ett Mit ch e ll, not ed R o ll a hor se ll1 an, s ta bl e ow ne r, and Secretary of Sadd le a nd Hrid l Club te ll s us that J ack Kenn ey of C hica g o and 1[rs . K e n ney rea d about hi s hor se s how activitie s and see m ed to ge t quit e a ki ck out of it. Emme tt a ss ur es you r co r re s pond e nt tha t hi s hor se ha bee n s lowed to a "pa r k trot"-and th e re wil l be a bi gge r an d be tt e r "c laq ue" r ooti ng for him a nd th e hor se at th e comin g horse s how in Ro ll a o n A ug. 28. Enough of that-t hi s page is sc he dul ed to furni s h information w h ich wi ll be in formati" e a nd, we hop e, int r es ting a bo u t camp us a nd Cit y of Rolla happe nin gs . Fra nklin C. (Frank) Rehfeld, c las s of '-13, is in Ro ll a and is handlin g the e r ctio n of temporary hou s in g for ve te ran s. Hi s title is Project E n g in ee r and he works o u t of the C hi cago office of F e dera l Public Hou s in g Authority. Th e ge ne ral opinion on th e camp us an d in Ro ll a is that w e a r e " e ry Fort unat e in ha vi n g Frank on (hi s particula r job . H e se rv ed in t he A r med l'or ces , handl ed heavy co n s tru ctio n durin g mo s t of hi s tour of dut y, and is "mi ne ntly quaiifi ed by trainin g an d expe r ie nce to kee p thi s p r oj ec t movin g s moothly and s wiftly to it s comp le tion. H e mad e a s hort talk to th e Rolla Rotary Club on Friday, Ju ly 26, in which h e outlined th e Function s of th e FPH A and hi s own duti es . In addition, h e ha s promi sed (0 fu r ni s h a comp lete articl e [or th e Sept e mb e r-O c tob e r "Alumn us" s o that our lu mni will b e as Full y informed about th e tempo rary hou s in g s ituation a s po ss ibl e. Refe re nce to Frank R e hfe ld 's ',""ork in Rolla brin gs us dir ,"c tiy to thou g ht s a bout Prof. H. R. ( Cap) H a nley, a s of las t Co mm e nce m e nt J' rof ess or Eme r itu s of :VI eta llur gy. F rank g rad uat e d f r om MSM as a m e tallu rg is t an d ma d e s uit a bl e apo lo g ies to Cap at t he Rotary Clu b m ee tin g beca use heavy co n s truction ha s claimed Frank's attention si nce le av in g he re. Anyway, we hav e not for g ott e n the hi g h r ega rd which so man y MSM a lumni and oth e r m e n in ind ustr y have for "Ca p, " a s he ha s bee n affec tionat e ly known on th e campus s ince hi s re turn about 23 yea r s ago. H e ha s promi sed to g ive us a couple of pa ges of, s hall w e say, r e mini sce nce, note s f rom hi s exp e ri e nc e, and a ge ne ra l " looksec" at th e fi e ld of m e t 211urgy with part ic ular refe re nc e to the po ss ibiliti es offered now and in th e futur e for the man who conte mpl a tes e;H e rin g hi s field. "Cap" is too bu sy thi s s umm e r, what with tid y in g up a nd pr e paring to turn ov er hi s office a nd th e C hai rman s hip of th e d e partme nt to hi s s uccessor, to writ e th e a rticl e but we know he will g ive us a goocl on e when tim e a nd hi s duti es pe rmit. 'vVhil e w e a re on th e s ubj ec t of faculty, Dr. Aaro n (just p lain A aro n) Miles d ese r ves mention and the thank s of thi s office for a nea t bit of informa tion- ga th e rin g don e rece ntly in Tul sa . Aaron is not t ac hin g a t l1Sl1 thi s s umm e r t e rm but is cons ultin g e n g inee r w ith Stano lind O il and Ga s Com pany, T ul s a, Ok la. Th e Tul s a sec tion had a m ee tin g rece ntly ( news of th e me e tin g is pLlbli s h ed e lse wher e in thi s iss ue ) an d aron met up with a lo t of Ro lla m e n. H e came bac k with cOll1p le te a ddr esses, not es on what they are doin O', a nd e"e n b roug ht us two dol lar s in cash mon ey which had b ee n give n him b y a n a lu mnus who had un derpaid hi s du es beca use of a mi s und e rs ta ndin g. So-if we p u t o u t a n o rc hidit goes to Dr. f\ a ro n Mi les . In cid e nta ll y, he paid th e A lu mni A ss ociation a trib ut e when he s tat ed that he d ee ply app recia tes th e effo rt s of F r ed Sc hn ee be rge r a nd th e ,\ ss ociatioll
in o b tainin g th e sca le mod e l power plant for use in hi s Mcc ha nica l Engin ee rin g d epartm e nt. H arry Pence, \\'ork hor se as us ual, now C hairman of A lumni f\ ss ociat ion Committee for Hom ec omin g a nd 75th Anniver a ry, s p e nt a g ood pa r t of Sa turday mo rn in g , Jul y 27, on t h ca mpu s in confe re nc e wit h Dr. Sch r e n k, c hai rman of th e Fac ult y Com mitt ee on 75th A nni ve r sary; P rof. R ex VVi ll ia m s, c hairman of th e F2cltlty Co mmitt ee on Homeco min g; and th e Admini s tratiye Sec re tary. A pro g r am wa s o utlin e d in fairl y comp le te d e tail and a ll thre e committees 3re now at work. E lse wh e r e in thi s i s ue yo u will find more information and a p r elimi nar y qu es tionnair e. Since a lar ge pa r t of t he d eta il \\-ork wil l b handl e d in th e Rol la office it is nccessa ryy t hat we s tart wo r k prompt ly. P lease don't for ge t that th e hou s in g s itu at ion is c haot ic he r e - an d th e to uri s t s a r e on th e move. Per haps Fa ll w ea th e r wi ll s lo w the ru s h of tran s i nt s to s ome ex t e nt - but w e w ill nee d to know who, what, \\' he n, a n d where if \V e a r e to do a job of provid in g room r ese r va tion s fo r re tu rn in g a lumni. And t hat brin gs us back to th e "Town" sec tion of thi s pa ge. T he temporar y hou s in g at th e north er n e nd of th e camp us r equir es utiliti es - li g ht, hea t, water, a nd se w e r s. Handlin g a h eavy s ha re of th ese four se rv ic e r equir e m e nt s is non e other th an H aro ld (Twidget or Tommie) Thomas, c la ss of '28, football quarterback of no littl e a b ility, a t hl e t e, and now ge n e ra l contrac tor s pecia lizin g in th e mov in g of lots of di r t, r ock, or what have yo u with n ea tn ess and di spatch. Hi s partn e r is B linni e a nd to ge th e r th ey hav e du g iots of hol es, tr e nc he d a lot of t e rrit ory, a nd op e ra t e d in s uc h a way that Thomas and J31innie a re c on s id e r ed to "know th e ir s tuff ' about the ea rth mo v in g bu s in ess. The se we r lin e from t em pora ry hou s in g sec tion to Rol la syste m runs East on 15th s tr eet, turn s So uth on Pin e, and co nn ect s wit h the Rolla sys t em near t h e co rn e r of l-lth a nd Pin e streets. Tommi e found abo u t s ix in c h es to a foot o f c lay and s oil in on e block - und e r that "cove r " is a bout nin e feet of s olid rock which is bei n g bl aste d a nd r emo ved b y power s ho ve l. \ Ve hav e hea rd seve ral of Tommie's s hot s-but, with o u r fin ge r s a nd hi s c ro ssed , nary a wi n dow ha s bee n br oken.
E. P. (Ernie) Hendrix, s up e rint e nd e nt of Buildin gs and Groun d s ha s had num e rou s hea da c hes in connection with temporary hou s in g. Ju st a w ee k or so a g o he told th e writ e r th a t t he Sc hool sta rt ed p r e liminar y work as ea rl y as 1Iarch 19-16 to pr e pare the s it e a nd ge t r ea dy fo r the in s tallation of t he utiliti es . Undou b ted ly, Frank Rehfe ld will have s om ethin g to say about Erni e's fin e co op eration. \ 'Vithout puttin g news h e r e which ri g htfully be lon gs on the "Vete ran s Observation Post" page it do es see m to b e in order to comment about th e part in ca mpu s activities which th e r e turn ed se rvi ce m e n ar e ta kin g. T hey are a n active g r oup, w e ll or.ga ni ze d, an d se riou s a bout th e bu s in ess of get tin g a n e ducation a nd a g ood on e. Two o f th em ca m to the A lumni Associa tion office a bout a month ago wh e n pros pects for hou s in O' look ed eve n bl acke r than b lack - th ey want ed to know wh o th ey co uld see a nd talk to conce rnin g their probl e m s . It d eve lop e d that th ey had see n a numb e r of bu s in ess men, the editor of th e Rol la "Dai ly News," a nd so m e fri e nd s of th e Schoo l-but th ey fe lt th ey wer e no t ge ttln O' anyw h e r e. Th ey we r e dir e cted to t he C hambe r of Comm e r ce (M r. McGr egor, Sec r e ta ry ), Bob H e ll er, Mr. 13. H. Ru c ker Sr., and others. Jim Stephens is Command e r of th e Camp us Veterans As s o c iatio n . F rom what w e ca n obse rve h e run s a "t ig ht " o r ganIzatIO n, t o use a Navy te rm. Your A dmini s trativ e Secc r e tary ",va s invit e d to a ddre ss one of t hei r m ee tin gs in midJul y a nd the exp e rience le ft a d ec id e d ly good impr ess ion. 1'\\' 0 facto r s see m to control th e thinkin g of many re turn ed (Conl inued 10 Pa ge 24)
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D . C. Jackling's Views on the· Copper Situation " Th e pot e ntia li ti es of the coppe r producin g indu s try in thi s country promi s in g a n adeq uate s uppl y of th e m etal for ge n era tion s ar e ju st as g rea t today as th ey we re wh e n th e eco nomic tr e atm e nt of low g rad e s ulphid e ores was d ev ise d and initiated at th e U ta h Copper Company's prop e rti es in Bin g ham ca n yo n about 42 y ea rs ago" writ es D. C. Jack lin g '92, who se fam e and ac kno w ledged lea d e rs hip in that indu s try s te m from hi s own pion ee r r ec o g nition of th e ec onomic potentia liti es of th e Bin g h a m ca nyon and s imil ar low g rad e co pp e r d epos it s . Co nv a lesce n ce from a sev.e re illness h as pr eve nte d Mr. Jack lin g from pr e pa rin g a forma l a rticl e on the coppe r s ituation, but h e ha s g ra c iou s ly authoriz e d ex t e ns ive quotation s from rece nt co rr es pond e nc e o n the s ubj ec t wit h A lumni Pres ident Sc h n ee b e r ge r . 1vIr. Ja ck lin g's s ta te m e nt is b ased on th e assumption that th e r e lat ion s hip b e twe e n th e mark e t price for th e meta l and th e cost of producin g it be th e sa m e today as it was at th at time, that, ". . that the u se rs of copp e r m e tal are willin g to pay for it th e cost of production a nd a littl e mor e as an ince n tiv e to min e a nd b e n efic iat e avai labl e res ourc es." Un fortunately thi s ha s not b ee n th e v ie w of tho se "se lf-see kin g advocate s of F e d e ral co ntrol of eve ryt hi n g" who see k to perpet rat e s uc h control. H e points out" .... th e costs of se rvice and s uppli es of all kind s ha ve incr ease d 100 % or more, mo s twi se in t h e la s t 15 yea rs ; a nd on ly for th e tec hnolo g ical imp r ove m ents in m e thod s and apparatu s ac hi eved by the copper minin g indu s t ry itse lf throu g hout th e fir s t 30 yea rs of thi s ce ntury , practica ll y no coppe r at a ll could h ave bee n produ ce d at a profit in thi s c ountry to se rve th e war n ee d s durin g th e pa s t five yea rs at th e ar bitraril y impo se d a nd co nfi sca tory cei lin g pric es fo r m e ta l t h at ha ve b ee n in e ffect SiJ1 Ce th e b eg in nin g of t h e war and ev e n b e for e." Ins tea d of th e re li e f afforded oth e r p rod ucts of natur a l reSources in th e matt e r of pr ice a ll owances , th e copper indu s tryon th e c ontra ry has s uffe red from ". th e impos ition of a ll s ort s of in c r ease d production ex p e n ses, e nti re ly as id e from taxe s." j'vI r. J ac klin g is d e fin ite ly not one of th e " Hav e-not " sc hool. He s ay s- " It is p e rfect ly tru e that th e d eve loped ore rese r ves from w hi c h coppe r can b e produc e d a t 12c p e r pou nd in the face of prese nt day costs ha ve be e n co ns id e rab ly d e p le ted durin g th e war pe riod ; but g rantin g an inc rease in price in s om e m eas ur e co mm e n s urat e with s wo ll e n costs of th e p resent tim e, th e known ore occ u rr e n ces of lower g rade ore wh ic h wou ld becom e co mm e rc ia l und e r s uc h co ndition s are, in te rm s of r ec o ve ra b le coppe r, ju s t as g rea t in th e li g ht of mod e rn fac ili ti es a nd pro cesses a s th ey we re in m eas llT"abl e d egree wh e n th e treatm e nt of th e low
Det r ex C orporation, D e tr oit, Mic h., has a nn ou n ce d th e appointm e nt of Dr. \,yilli am L. Mc Cr ack e n, r ece ntl y di sc har ge d from th e U . S. A rm y En g in ee r s wit h t h e rank of li e ut ena nt co lon e l, to th e po s ition of ad mini s t rative ass is tant to C. F. Din ley S r., yice pr es id e nt in c h arge of researc h and e n g in ee rin g . "Prior to the war, D r . ·McC rac ke n had cha rge o f r esea rc h and deve lopme nt for oil-extraction. He h o ld s three d egrees : 13. S . fr om Mi s sou ri Sc ho o l of Mines and Metallur gy, 1\/[. S. a nd Ph. D. fr o m I owa State. Dr. i\I cCrac k en wo rk ed at I owa State as a r es ea r ch fe llow until 1939 when h e fir s t e nt e r ed th e Detrex o rganiza tion. H e is a member of th e f\merican C h emi cal Society a n d th e American Soc iety of Oil Chemists. Dr. Mc C racken's n ew d u ties , acco rdin g to A. O. Th a lacker, v ice pres id e nt and ge n e ra l mana ge r, will prov id e b oth a dmini s trative and technical assistance to iVfr. Dinley in r esea rch a nd product d e,-elopment in all of th e co mpan y's t hr ee major divi s ion s : indu s trial m e tal cleaning, dr y cleanin g , an d oi l-ex traction . -
W illiam F. McConnell '42 Now in Texas VVilliam F. McConne ll is now with th e Dictograph P r odu c ts Inc. Hi s job is prima ril y sa les bu t h e a lso does t h e es timatin g for in sta ll at ion s and s up e rvi ses in sta ll ations of e quipme nt and is ac tin g as bran c h manager for the Dallas br a n c h of th e C ompan y. H e writes , "feel that thi s job offers exce ptionally fin e opportunities if ha ndl e d ri g h t. I got th e j ob throu g h th e office r und er w hom I se rv ed in the army a nd reel quit e fortunate in h a\· in g h ad the opport uni ty as it is the type of work I mo st e njoy and is much less c onfinin g and less s ubj ect to s up e r visio n than was my pre\· iou s j o b. In fact, thi s is almo s t lik e being in bus in ess fo r my se lf. "
Acknowledgment to H. S. McQueen As not e d in th e la st iss ue, H. S. "Mac ·' M cQ uee n was the author of t h e m e morial to H. A. "Chi e f" Bu e hl er. Na turall y we thank M ac for hi s cooperation in a ll o win g u s to re produc e hi s work, but we wa nt to m a k e this p ubli c ack n owledgm e nt of the a ppr ecia ti on of the A lumni ssoc iation and the s taff of t h e Rolla offi ce. For m a n y yea rs :'\Iac \\·a s th e C hi ef's right h a nd 111 a n a nd together th ey ca rri ed on m any projects. Hi s address is : H. S. :.\IcQueen , Th e Alcoa 1\Iinin Co., 230 P a rk ave nu e, New York 17, N.Y. g rad e s o- ca ll e d porph y ry ores b eca m e widesp r ea d in this co un try durin g th e fir s t 15 yea r s of thi s ce ntur y. Furthermor e, oth e r low g rad e o r e o cc urr e nc es not yet full y explor ed are known to ex ist, and und o ubt edl y other n ew d e po s it s or ex ten s ion s of tho se a lr ea dy kn own wi ll come to li g ht, to th e e nd that thi s nation and its co pp e r co n s umin g indu s tri es will find avai labl e an adequate s uppl y of copp e r for a ll n ee d s for a lon ge r p e r iod of time than now es timat e d for th e p r oductiv e li fe of a ny other min eral r eso urc es, exce ptin g coa l and ot h e r s o-c a ll ed nOll - meta lli c min e ral s." Simi lar s tat e m e nt s an d co rr es pond e n ce to t h e P r ess and a rtic les b y s u c h a uth orit ies as Loui s S . Ca tes , pr es id e nt of 1 h e lp s Dod ge C o r poration, and Ira B. Jora le mon, natio na ll y k n ow n econom ic ge olo g ist, Support a nd att es t to the so undness of Mr. J ack lin g ·s \-ie w s a nd concl u s ions.
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PROGRESS REPORT Period Marc h 1 to A ugust 3 1, 1946 To Fred C . S chneeberger, President MSM Alumni A ssociation As r e q uir e d b y Ill y c ontract w ith t h " A lulllni f\ s, ocia ti o n, j\,[ iss o uri ,c h oo l o f Min cs a nd \ l <;ta llur gy, mo nth ly r e p o rt s h avc b ee n s ubi11itl c d t o yo u . In a ddit io n , scve ra l . p cc ia l r epor t s hav c b ee II furni s h e d a . lo c a l dC"c lopm e n ts in R o ll a ju ti fic d . I ec a u se u g. 3 1, 1946 mar k s th e e n d o f th e s ix mo nth s p e ri o,l fo r w hi c h o ri g in a l co ntr ac t was wr itt c n t h is I' r o g r css R cpo rt c ve ri n g t h e e n t ir e pe r io d is bi n g s ubmitt e d fo r co n s id c ra ti o n o f t h e A lumni A ss oc iat io n o ffi ce r s an d Ach-i so r v com mitt e<:. Th e r e po r t wi ll b e d iv id ed in to fi ve s(;c ti o n s a s o utlin c d b e low a nd a s upp le m e nt, d (;s ig n a t e d a s I\ ppe ndi , i a nd 2 , CO," <: I'i n g r eco nlm e ndati o n s , is a tt ac h e d .
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SEC TION 1. OP E NI N G O F R O LLA O FFICE: FEBR UARY AN D M A R C H , 1946. S E CTI O N 2. OPERAT I O N S HAN DLED I N R O L LA O FF I CE :
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S E CTIO N 3. ACTI V IT I ES OF A DMI NI STRA TIV E SEC R E TA R Y : (a) Con tac ts w it h M S M Adm in is t rat iv e a nd Ex ec utive O ffi ces. ( b ) Co n tac 13 w ith und e rg radua te g roup s .
SEC TION 4, SPEC I A L D UTIES - P REPARA TION O F A R TI C L ES O F A S S O C IATION , B Y , LAW S AN D TR U ST AGR EF M E NT, S E CT I ON 5. SPEC IA L D U T I ES-AI D T O C HA IR MAN O F ALUMN I A S S N . 75th A NN I V E RSARY A ND HOME C OM I NG COMMITT E E A-PP E N D I X I-R ec o mm e ndati o ns fo r add i tio nal A lumni A ss n. projects.
S e c ti o n L O p e n in g o f Ro ll a o ffi c e- F e b r u a r y , M a rc h , 1946, ssoc ia I' r io r t o th e wri t e r 's e m p loy m e nt by t h (; A IUlllni tion, ~,J r s . I so lde I)e e r wa s se lec t e d to h a n d le sec r e t a r ia l and ~ t e nog r a p h ic wo rk fo r th e Asso c iat io n u nd e r t h e dir ec ti o n of l1r . No e l Hu bbard . \N ithin a few d ay s a ft er m y r epo r tin g t o I<o l la , th e A lu llln i Assoc ia ti o n wa s fu r n is h e d wit h a n office in t h e M in es T:: xpe r ilne n t t a ti o n B u ildin g o n th e c a mpu s . A ty p e w r it e r , des k , c h a ir, w o rk t a b le a n d seve r a l o t h e r it e lll s o f o ffi ce fu rll it ur e wc r e m ov e d t o t h is offi ce b y sc h oo l e m p loye s, T h e addr ess og raph eq ui p m e n t, w ith fi le c a bin e t s co nt a inin g II of s omc a d d r es_ p lat es , wa s a sse m ble d a nd in s t a ll e d . t h is wa s d o n e a pp r ox im a t e ly Ma r c h I , 19-1 6. I t wa s c Oll s id e r e d ad v is a bl e t o sec u r e a I'o s t Office box fo r t h e A lumni ssoc ia ti on a n d 130x. :;59 wa s as s ig n e d t o u s, Fo rm e rl y a ll lumn i A ssoc iatio n llI ai l C,(;ll e to t h e Sc h oo l f Min es b ox a nd wa s di s tribu t e d in t h e ca ll1p u s mai l- a p r oce d u r e see min g ly t oo c u m b e r so m e io r txped iti o u s h a nd l in g, R ece nt ly a n o th e r d es k a n d c h a ir h av c be e n acq u ir e d fr o m t h e schoo l. I b e l ieve it wo u ld be advi s a b le fo r t h e Assoc iat io n t o p Ul'c h ase th is eq ui P lll e nt fr onl t h e sc h oo l. ~ I r s. I) ec r b egan wo rk o r ga ni z in g a lar ge a lll o unt of co r re s po n de n ce, n c \路, a ddr esses, an d da t a c o n ce rn in g lVl S M a lulllni a n d c-x -s tu dc nt s 1)1' io r t o M a r c h I . 'vV h e ll o u r se p a r ate o ffi cc wa s opc n e d s h e c o n t inu ed w it h thi :; wo r k a nd it is b e in g c a r ri e d o n as a r eg ul a r fun ct ion. I-:a r ly in Ma r c h, ~ J r . F r ed Sc hn eebe r ge r w r ote a let t e r to approxi m a t e ly 3000 g r a du a t es a nd ex-s tud e n t s u r g in g th e: m to pay 1 9 -~ 6 du es. Th e add r ess in g of e n ve lope:s a nd m a il in g was h a ndl e d in t h e R o l la offi ce , I)ata co n ce r ni n g r es po n se i:; fur ni s h e d u nd e r t h e h e ad in g" t at e lll e n t of M e mb e r s h ip." On Jul y 1\ ~ J I'S. J) ee r in fo rm e d nl e th a t s h e h ad accc pt e d a po s itio n in t h e R o l la Sc h oo l S yst n l fo r 19-16 --1 7 a nd t e r llIi lla t c d h t r cmp loyme n t wi th th e IU lll n i Assoc iat io n a s of I\ u g u:; t I. ~ I rs. M ary Krau s, w h o h as h ad SO lli e pa rt timc cx p e ri c n c(; in o u r office and a ls o co n s idc r able ex p e ri e n ce in n(;w spap(; r w o r k 0 11 a S l. I .o ui ~ a nd I) ay ton , Ohio, pap t r h a s b ee n c nlp loye d as sec r e tary-s t e no g rap h e r . S ec t ion 2, O per a t ions h a n d led in Ro ll a O ffic e , ( a ) I'r c paration f lIlai lin g l is t s. I) cca use of th c large n u mb e r of i\IS\ 1 nl c n in the ,\ nn e d I;o l'ccs about Mar c h I it was d ecide d t o Ili a k e a c mpld e c h ec k f th e Alumni Association card illd ex. T o faci l itat e u r w o rk in nl ai lin g th e A lu m llu s and to a ssist Sec tion C h ai rlll c n and Sec r etaries th e addres:-ograph pl a t <:s h a\'(: b ee n alTanged gcog rap llica ll y. Th e Illas tc r ca rel in d ex I'emain:- a lph a b e ti ca l. ~ I a i l in g li :i t:i fo r t il e organized scc tion s (including b o th paid a n I ot iler a lunlni) co nt a in s nalll es ,b follows: I'aid T ot a l o n I. is t 2-13 6,'>7 SI. I.o ui s 29 79 S \ V il l isso uri -Tri S t ate \1e\l' Y or k ( I': a s t 'r n S ' c.) 392 1-17 1i 0 1i stO il 71 162
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At M r. Sc hn ee b e r ge r 's r e qu es t, th e w r it e r a ss um ed remonth ly publication at le a s t fo r t h e ba lance of 1946. . Bec au se of t h e la,~ge numb e r of MSM men in th e A rm ed sp on s ibi lit y for co mpl e tin g a nd r ev is in g certa in d e ta il s of Forces and th e e xp e cte d c h a n ges of e mp loym e nt a nd perma- th e ori g in a l dr aft of th e n ew Co n s titution, By-Law s and n e nt addre sses the Direc tory , w hi c h wa s s tart ed in Sp rin g , Tru s t Ag ree m e nt. Af t e r comp le tion of thi s work w ith th e 1945, wa s continu e d unti l Ap ri l-May, 1946, wh e n t h e la s t Assoc iation 's lega l co un se l, a ll mat er ia l was pr e par ed in thi s o f-fi ce for publi ca tion in th e "M M Alum nu s." known addr esses of th e c la ss of '45 w e r e li s t ed. Sect ion 5. Specia l du t ies in cooper a ti o n w it h chair m an of Sec t io n 3. A ctiv ities of A d m inistr at ive Secreta r y w ith Alumni A s s oc ia ti on 75th A n ni versary a nd H o m eco m in g r e s pec t to : (a) Con tact s with "/l i ss ouri Sc hoo l of Min es a nd M e ta l- C o mmitte e. M r . H a r ry S . P e nc e was n am ed C hairm a n of th e A lu m ni lur gy Adn~ini s tr ative and Exec uti ve Offices. From th e b eginnin g a ll matt e r s p e rt a inin g to th e s c ho o l A ss ociation 75ti1 Anniv e r s a ry a nd H omecomi n g Commi tt ee. hav e b ee n handl ed throu g h c ha nn e ls ori g inatin g with th e A confe r e n ce was a rran ge d to in c lud e D r . Sc hr e nk, c h a ir man D ea n or hi s Office Staff, in th e ca se of d e tail s. Beca u se th e of th e Fac ult y co mmi tte e for th e 75th A nni ve r sary, a nd Prof. Wi ll iam s , chairm a n of t h e Facu lty comm ittee fo r A lumni As s ociation office ha s th e faci li ti es , ma il in g c opi es of t h e "MSM A lumnu s" to th e Board of C urator s and to ce r- Hom ec omin g , M r. Pence a nd th e writ e r. Th ese m e n m e t in tain oth e r s on D ean 'vVi ls on 's li s t i, handl e d in my offi ce. W e th e Ro ll a office fo r t wo hour s on Sat urda y mornin g , July 27, a ls o furni s h th e D e an w ith 10 to 12 copies for hi s own u sc. at which tim e ass ig nm e nt s of va ri o us acti v iti es w as di s Contact is m a intai ned daily w ith Mr. Noe l Hubb a rd c usse d and t e n ta ti ve a rr a n ge m e n ts made. Cop ies 'o f th e dir e ctly, or with hi s s ta ff on routin e d e tai ls in co nn e ctio n p ro ceedin gs h ave b ee n furni s h ed to a ll conce rn ed , in clu d in g D eanVV il s on and th e office rs of th e A lumni A ss ociation. w ith hi s wo rk a s R eg is tr ar a nd con ce rnin g A lu m ni pe r s onal A noth e r m ee tin g of th e four-man g r o up is sc h edu led for n e ws it e m s which co m e to hi s atte ntion. Thi s offi ce tran s mit s to Howard K a t z, se c r etar y-t r eas ur e r Sa turday, A u g . 2-1-. of th e A lumni Ass ociation a ll du es and co mmun ication s p e rA pp endix 1. R eco mm en dation s for a dd itional A lu m n i tai nin g th e r e to after prop e r e ntri es h ave b ee n mad e in ou r A ssoc ia tio n pr o j ects . fil es. H e, in turn, iss u es du es rece ipt s and m ai ls th e m from It is re comm e nd ed t h at t h e M S M A lumni Assoc iation hi s office after e ntri es ar e m a d e in hi s fil es . make plan s and act on two p roj e ct s a s fo ll ows : ( b ) Contact s w ith und e r g radu at e g roup s. ( 1) Improv em e nt of a s ui ta bl e athl e tic fie ld for footb a ll 13e ca u se th e und e r g rad ua te is a pot e nti a l m e mb e r o f th e practice and intramural s po rt s to r e pl ace pr ese nt fi eld w h ich A lumni A ss ociation :.I nd a lso b ecau se und e r g raduate or g a n is b e in g u se d for t empor a ry h o u s in g unit s. ( 2) E s tabli s hm e nt of a s lud e n t r ec rea tion buildin g o n or iza ti o n s can ass is t in maint a inin g contacts with s om e a lum n i a nd ex-s tud e n t s , co pi es of th e "MSM A lumnu s" a r e se nt to n ear t h e camp u s a nd or ga ni zat io n of rec r ea tional fac ili ti es eac h campu s or g an izat ion. Exce ll e nt co op erat ion is b e in g now not provi d e d for b y th e Sc hool or t h e C ity of Rolla. r ece i\-ed from a ll or ga ni zat ion s . R efe r r in g to both of th e above r ecommend ed pro jec t s Th e writer ha s mad e it a p ract ice, whenev e r po ss ible, to it s hould b e note d that bo t h fall in th e c la ss ifi ca tion of "se ra tt e nd m ee tin gs of s tud e nt s ec tion s of th e Nat ion a l En g i- v ice" ac ti v iti es a nd do not e n roac h on th e prop e r fun ctio n of n ee rin g Socie ti es wit h th e id ea of maintainin g local co nta c t s e ith er t h e Sc hool of Min es a nd M e tal lur gy or th e C it y of a rid co n tact s w ith a lumni who a tt e nd. R ep orts of th ese m ee t- Ro ll a. In both in s tanc es t h e Sc hool and th e c it ize n s of Rolla in gs , wh e n ju s tifi e d, a re print ed in th e " MSM A lumnu s." s hould b e inv it ed to cooperate. O n Jul y 9, at th e ir in vit at ion, th e writer m a d e a s hor t, Fina ll y, th ese r e comm e nd ation s ar e mad e b eca use th inform a l talk to th e Ca m pu s Vet e ra n s Ass ociation. A re po rt MSM A lumni Assoc iation is prima ril y a "se rv ice" or g ani za of th e me e tin g wa s publi s h e d in th e Mi ss ouri M in e r. It tio n , in many r espec t s s imi lar to th e Rotary, Kiwani s a nd s hould b e n oted that th ese me n a r e int e res te d in th e A lu mn i Li o n s c lub s. O u r A lu m ni Assoc iation mu s t b e a workin g .A ss o c ia tion and a r e looki n g' to u s for s ome g uid a n ce and o r g a niz at ion. :Me mb e r s w ill ma int a in in te r es t on ly wh e n ass istance . th ey contri but e tim e a nd mon ey fo r a d e finit e a nd w e ll (c) Co ntact w ith offic e rs of th e A lumni Assoc ia tion. or g an ize d proj e ct. Th e a ll imp orta n t po s t-w a r p e riod pr eDaily co nt ac t is mainta in ed with M r. H. M. Kat z, sec re- se nt s a probl em a nd a c ha ll e n·ge . tary-tr eas ur e r of t h e As,oc iation. A ll in voi ces a re pa sse d to A ppen dix 2. Reco m me n dation concernin g reorganization him w ith app roval o r, if di s approv ed, with s ui tab le com- of R olla Sectio n . m e nt s. Th e m e t ho d of h a ndlin g rece ipt s is o u tlin ed in th e T h e p r ese nt Roll a S ect ion o r g a ni zatio n is ve ry informal. prece din g sec tion of thi s repo r t . T hi s sec t ion is composed of a lumni act ive in bu s in ess in a nd C ontact wi th M r. Fred Sc hn ee b e rge r , p r es id e nt, is m a in- a round Rol la and fa c ult y m e mb e r s w ho a r e a lumni of th e ta in e d b y mail a nd t e lephon e and b y co nf e r en ces in St. Lo ui s sc hool. It fun c tion s wh e n th e r e is a s p ec ifi c n ee d for actio n as re quired, u s ually a t on e wee k to 10 day int e r va ls. a nd ha s don e ve ry e ffect ive wo rk. Tr a dition a ll y, a ll Ro ll a 1n ea rl y Ma y, Mr. Kar l Ha sse lm a nn , v ice pr es id e nt , s p e nt Sec tion m e n ar e in v it e d to at t e nd St. Loui s Section m ee tin gs two days in SI. Loui s , a nd h e , Mr. Sc hn ee b e r ge r a nd th e a nd man y do att e nd. writ e r work e d two day s on d e ta il s of a n e w con s titution , It is reco mm e nd ed t h at t h e Roll a Sec tion b e r eor ga ni ze d b y -l aws a nd tr u s t ag ree m e n t. Th e n ext da y M ess r s. Sc hn ee - a t onc e with two o bj ec tiv es , a s fo ll ow s : b e rge r a nd H asse lmann ca m e to Rolla for m ee tin gs w ith ( 1) Th e im m edi ate o bj ec tiv e to b e th at- o f assis tin g in D ean \,Vil s on a nd m e mb e r s of th e faculty. h andlin g th e 75th A nni ve rs ar y and Hom ecom in g ce le braSo far as poss ibl e w e a re handlin g d e tail s and c le ri ca l work tion in cooperat ion with th e Facu lt y cOlllm itt ee and Mr . in t h e Roll a office for ;vlr . .f. L. (Bab e) H ea d, ch ai rm a n of Pence 's A lumni A s s oci a tion comm it te e. th e M emb e rs hip co mmitt ee. "Vee kl y re port s of memb e rs hi p ( 2) T h e lo n g -te r m object ive s h ould b e that of or ga ni z in g a rc m ade to him a nd li s t s of n e w mem b e r s are se nt to sec- a s t ud e nt com pon e n t of the 1 o ll a Sec tion. Both th e old a nd tion h ea d s for him. th e n ew Con s titution pro \-id e for jun io r and se nior s tud e nt In ge n e ral, our p ractic e is to se n d co pi es of a ll p e rtin e n t m e mb e rs at 2.00 p e r ye a r . T h e r e is a lar ge g r o u p of m e n corre s pond e n ce to th e office rs , chairmen of com mitt ees , a nd on th e ca mpu s, many o f t h e m vete ra n s, who h ave exp r esse d se ction c hairm e n a nd/ o r se c r e tari es. It is hop ed tha t th e a d es ir e to h ave mor e co nta c t w ith th e A lu mni Ass ociation. Rolla office w ill b e co m e a "c lea rin g hou s e" for A lumni in\Ale wi ll b e fai lin g in our duly if w e n eglec t thi s opportu ni ty formation which is of va lu e a nd int e r es t to th e e ntir e m em - to be of se r vice to th e und e r- g ra du a te. be rs hip or any individua l g r o up. R es p ec tfull y s ubmit t ed, S ec ti o n 4. S pec ia l d uti es in con n ec ti o n w ith P reparation 10 A u g u s t 19-1-6. DWIGHT L. MOODIE , of Art icles of A ssociatio n. Admin is trativ e Secretary.
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AIDS TO INDUSTRY The Crum Calculator for Wire Drafting By E . J . CR UM
A s with m a n y a n o th e r br a n c h of sc ie n ce , VV o rid \!\f a r rr ga,·e a tr eme n do u s impet u s to t h e 5cie ;lce of g r ap h ical a nd m ec h a ni ca l co m p ut a t io n . Hi g h speed b o mb e r s we r e na v igate d to t h i r t a r ge t s w i t h t h aid of grap hi ca l co mput e r s . Over th e t a r ge t s th e pl a n e, \\-ere Aown an d th e b o mb s w e r e dr op p ed b y t h at w iza rd of a ll m ec h anica l co mput e r s - th e ~o r de n b o mb sight. l itt l gadget ca ll ed t h e Gr ap hi ca l Firin g Tabl e w hi c h c lose ly r esem bl es an o rdin a ry s lid e rul e h as b een si n g le d o ut as t h e g r eatest cont r ib ut ing fac t o r in m a kin g th e U nit e d S t a t es r my A rtill ery t h e mos t d ea dl y a nd acc ur a t e on ear th . Li k e w ise wi thin th e wir e in d ust ry a numb er of c harts a nd ca lcul ato rs fo r g iv in g inf o r ma ti on qu ic kl y a nd acc ura t e ly h a ,·e b ee n d e , ·e lo p e d dur ing r ece n t yea r s. A m o n g th ese a r e th e c h a rt s p r ese nt e d b y t h e a uth o r befo r e t h e \V ir c Ass o c iatio n i n 19-13. ("T h e Gr a phi ca l S oluti o n of \ !\f ir e Mi ll M a th e ma ti ca l Pr o bl ems ··: \\"ir e c - \ V ir e Prod u c t s , Oc t o b e r , 19-13.) O ut o f t h e co n s tru c ti ve c riti c isms an d s u gges ti o n s o f th e u se r s of t h ese c h a r ts h as b ee n e,·o l vedt h e "C ru m Ca lc u lator for \V ir e Dr a ft ing." T hi s si m p li fied calc ul a t o r is d es ig n e d t o s h ow t h e wh o le pi ct u r e o f a g ive n \\·ire dr a win g m a th e m a tica l p r o bl em in o n e se tt ing. \ Vi th o u t r unnin g off th e sca le o r u s ing a s l id e o r o th e r a u x il ia r y e qui pme n t, t h e c a lc ul a t o r c an be set r a pidl y t o s h o w t h e numb e r of h o les , t h e p e r ce nt age draf t per h o le, t h e to t a l r e du ctio n of a r ea , th e in te rm e diat e di e s izes , a nd o th er spec ia l in fo r ma t ion r e quir e d b y th e u se r. Des cr ipti o n of C a lcul a tor Th e ( ru m Ca lcul ato r is com p osed of t w o mai n pa r ts a nd o n e a u x il ia ry con n ect in g pa r t. (See F ig. 1. ) P a rt A is th e di a m ete r dial , a c ir c le wh ose c ir c u mf e r e n ce bears sca le g r ad u a ti o n s rep r esent ing ,,·i r e di amete r s fr o 111 .00 .:; in c h t o ..:;00 in c h. l)a rt B, a lso a c ir c le wit h th same di ame t e r as P a rt A , ca rr ies th e e qu i-draft c un·e, a n d t h e percentage: r e du c tion of a r ea sca les. Th e eq ui-dr aft c un·e, n u m b e r e d fro111 1s t to 8 th a r c co n st r ucte d in s u c h a n. an n e r t h at t h ey di v id e t h e c ir c ula r di a m e t e r sca le in eq u a l r e du ction:, in a r ea pe r dr a ft w h e r e: t h e di amete r d ia l c irc u mfe r e n c passes t hr o u g h th e ori g in of t h e c ur ves and in te r sects t h e m . Th is equa l pe r ce nt age r e du c t io n pe r d r af t is in d icate d b y t h e in tersect io n of th e c ir c um fe r e n ces of t h e diame t r dia l and t h e cqui -dr af t cu r ve c ir c le, t h e la t te r of wh ic h b ea r s a sca le g raduated in pe r ce n t. S u perimpose d on th e eq u i-dr af t c un·es a nd p rint e d in a d iffe r e nt co lor are a set of c u rn;s and a scalc indi ca tin g th e tota l perce nt age r e du ction of a r ea from t h e sta rt in g to th e fi n ishing size. T hese c u rves a r c act u a ll y leade r lin es w hi c h in t e r sect t h e ci r c umf ere n ce of t h e diameter d ia l an d co nn ect these inte r sectio n s wit h t h e tota l pe r centage r e du c ti o n sca le. An aux iliary carrier pa r t con n ects pa rt s f\ a n d n toget h e r t o faci lita t e t h e operation of the calculator. I'art ,\ is p ivoted at its center to the cent·r of the carrier which in turn is pi,·oted to P art H throug h the origin of the equi-d raft cur,·es in such a manner that th e circ u mferl:nce of the diameter d ia l always pa,ses through the cun·c origin. Thi, point is marked with the word ··ST . \RT. " Exam p les
I' rom thi s on e se ttin g a ll r e du c t ion s of ar e a from thirty to nin e ty- e ig ht p e r ce nt of th e s t a rtin g s ize c an brad. Duplication of Physicals Examp l e 2. uppo se t h at in Examp le I t h e t e n s ile s tr e n g th of th e s to c k is u c h that th e drawin g pro cess produ ces a t e ns il s t r e n rr th o f 100,000 po und s p e r s qua r e in c h in th e . 120 in c h wir e. T o d ev lop th sa m e t n s il e s tr e n g th in a n .080 in c h di a m e t e r wir e, what s t oc k s ize is r e quir e d wh e n th e t e n s il e s tr e n g th of th s to c k is a s um e d to b th e sa m e a s th a t in Exa m p le 1. Solution 2. R e t a in th e sa m e po s ition of t h e c alcu la t o r a nd turn th e di a m e t e r unti l .080 is o ppo s it e 77 whi c h in oluti o n I was found to b e th e pe r ce nt age r e du c tion of a r a in dra win g { -in c h to . 120 in c h wir e. N ow r ad th e r e CJuir e d s to c k di a m e t e r o p pos it e " S TART'·- .1 67 in c h . Eq ui- cIrafti n g Exa mpl e 3. A c ontin u ou s m ac hin e i to b se t up to dr a w .0375 in c h tir e b ea d wir e s ix h o I s fr o m .122 in c h diam t r s t oc k. A ll dr a ft a r e t o b e e qu a l in p r ce nt age r e du c ti o n o f a r ea . D e t e rmin e " a·' th e int e rm e diat di e diam e t e r s ; " b " th p r ce nt r du c ti o n of a r ea p e r hol e; "c" th e t o ta l p e r ce nt r e du c ti o n of a r ea fro111 s tart to fini s h. Solu tion 3. H o ldin g th ca lc ul a tor in th e lef t h a nd in th fold e d p o s iti o n t ur n th e di a l until .122 is oppos it e "ST RT ." X o \\' locat e .037 5 o n th e di a l a nd o p e n up th e ca lcu la t o r until th a t p oin t is int e r sec t e d b y th e e qu i-dra ft c ur v m a rk e d " 6th ' · (see Fi g. 3 ). All o f t il e d es ir e d inf o rm a ti o n ca n now b e r ea d fr om thi s o n e pos iti o n. (a) Th e fi \·e int e rm e di ate di e di a m e t e r s ca n b e r ea d o n th e di a m e t e r dial a t t h e int e r sec ti o n of th e e qui-dra ft c ur ves with t h e ci r c umfe r e n ce of th e di a l. S TART 1s t 2nd 3 rd 4th .'l th 6th
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(b) Th e int e r sec ti o n of th e di a m e t e r d ia l ci r c umf e r l: n c " I' C! r ce nta ge Dr aft l.' e r H o le" sca le indi ca t es thi s va lu e to b e 32 ..:; pe r ce n t. (c) T o obta in th e t o t a l pe r ce nt age r e du c ti o n o f a r ea fr om .122 t o .03 75 fo ll o w a lo n g th e lea d e r lin e n ea r es t t o .0375 a nd r ea d o n th e " T o tal .P e r ce nta ge' · sca le, 90 ..; p ' r e n!. If a m o r e acc ur a t e r es ult is des ir e d th e di a l . h o uld b e fo ld d a in Fi g. 2 t o co in c id e with th e " T o ta l P e r ce nta g .. sc al e. T o apprec iate t h e labo r -sav in g pr o p e r ty o f th calc ul ato r it is p e rtin e nt t o co n si d e r h e r e th a t th e so luti o n of th e a b ove p r o bl e m \\·o ul d r eq uir e th e fo ll ow in g a ri t hm e ti ca l proces. c : two s ub t r act io n s ; five Ill ulti p li ca ti o n s; t wo d ivis ions; fo u r s qu a r es; o n e c ub e; o n e fif th p owe r ; fo ur s qu a r e roo ts; a nd one sixth root. T JlllS in a fe w seco nd s o n e .ettin g of t h e calc ul a t o r has s h own th e e ntir e p ic tur e of th is w ir e drawing prob lelll t h at wo ul d have req u ired t we nt y ar ithm e t ica l operations cons u mi n g much time.
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Example 7. Th e di a m e t e r of t h e fi n is hin g bl oc k of a doubl e- d ec k w ir e dr awin g machin e is tw e nty-fo ur in c h es ; th e diam e t e r of th e fi r s t block, se v e nt ee n in c h e s . T h e operato r wis h e s to fini s h .1-12 in c h diamete r wi r e from No . j rod a nd th e r efo r e mu s t d e t e rmin e (a) t h e m inimum draft fo r t h e fini s h e d di e , (b) th e minimum fi r s t di e s iz e , (c) a nd th e fir s t di e s ize w h e n a s lip pa ge o f ten pe r c e nt is a ll ow e d . Solution 7. (a) Di s r egardin g t h e d e c im a l point s , se t .2-1oppo s ite "ST A RT. " Swin g t h e di al unti l .17 is c u t b y t h e s eco nd (2nd) c ur v e . On the " P.D. H ." s ca le r e a d 29 per c e nt, t h e mini m um d r aft for the fin is h e d di e . ( b ) Holdin g t h e 29 p e r ce nt po s ition, r otat e the di a l until . 1-1-2 is c u t b y the 2nd c un· e . Now r e ad th e int e r se ction of the fi r s t c ur ve with t h e dia l -.170, t h e minimu111 fir s t di e s iz e . (c) In ord e r to a ll ow 10 p e r ce nt s lippa ge on t h e fi r s t block a dd ten p e r cent to t h e fini s hin g bl ock diamet e r befor e s tartin g t h e calc ul at io n . Th e l) u s in g 26.-1- a s th e diam e t e r and pro c ee din g in th e s am e mann e r a s above th e fini s hin g draft will b e 36 p e r cent an d th e fi r s t di e s ize .178. O t her Problems A ltho u g h t h e se v e n example s abo ve a r e th e mo s t common p rob lem s e ncount e r e d in th e wir e d r aw in g process, th ey a r e by no mean s th e only o nes capa bl e of s ol u tion b y th e C rum C alc ula to r. A s th e u se r b ec om es familia r with th e op e r a tion of t h e d e vic e h e will a p pr ec iat e it s ve r sa tilit y and adapt it to hi s loca l p r obl e m s . Fo r in s tanc e , c ontinuou s m ac hin es with fix e d ge a r ratio s w hi ch r e q uir e a diffe r e nt p e r ce n ta ge r e duction for e ach hol e ca nno t b e se t up b y u s in g th e e qui-draft cur ves. How e v e r, for anyo n e s et of dra fts, a segm e nt of th e diam e t e r c ircl e can b e dr awn on th e dra ft - c urv e c ir c le and th e va riou s draft s ca ll b e mark e d in th e a p propriat e pl aces on th e scal e to furni s h a p e rmanent, quick m e thoEl of se ttin g u p th e machin e . Oth e r p r ob le m s inl' ol v in g th e root s a nd pow e r s of numb e r s ca n a ls o b e s oh'c d b y u se o f th e c alcu lator. Summary Fr om n u m e rou s d es ig n s ma d e b y th e A uthor durin g th e p as t s ev e r a l y e a r' s , t h is c alculator h as b ee n se lec t e d b e ca u se of th es e s up e rior fe atur es :
(1) Simp li cit y of Op e r ation : l\-Io s t an y on e in th e mill can lea r n in a fe w minut es to s ol ve th e mo s t inyolved probl e m s . Mo s t p r o bl em s a r e s ol ve d ill on e se t tin g . (2) C ompactn ess : A mod e l s mall e nou g h to b e carri e d in th e ve s t pock e t is ac c ura t e e nou g h for mo~ t mi ll c onditio n s . (3 ) U ni ve r s ality : B e ca u se of th e ci r c ul a r s ca le th e r e ar e n e ith e r up pe r no r low e r limit s on th e diam e t e r s t h at th e calc ul ato r can b e u se d fo r . (-1-) Ver s atility: P r a c tica ll y all of th e c Olllmon wir e mill p r o bl e m s ca n b e s o lve d on t hi s on e d e vic e . (5) Sinc e a ll diam e t e r s a r e in d e cimal inch es th e r e is no conf usion ove r gau ge nU1l1b er s.
(6) Diamet e r s in th e M e tric a s w e ll a s th e En g li s h s y s t e m ca n b e u s ed . To S up e rint e nd e nt s , Fo r e m e n, j'vI e tal lur g is t s , Sched ulin g a nd P lannin g M e n , Di e Room Me n, vVir e D r aw e r s, a n d bu s y m e n e ve r yw h e r e , thi s calc ul ato r is d e di cat e d . Reprint ed from the March , 1946, I ssu e of Wi re & Wire Produ cts
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MISCELLANEA M r. and Mrs. Jo hn W. Scott C elebrate 50th W edding Anniversary
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After .:;0 years of mar r ied lif e spe nt r ig h t h e re in Ro ll a, lvlr . a n d M rs . Joh n \ V. Scott o b sen'edt h e ir Go ld e n \Ve d d in g a nniv e r sa r y at t h e ir home, J u ly 2. Mr. Scott ex- '02, own e r of Scott 's D ru g Sto re - T h e M in e rs ' Co -op, ca ll1 e to Ro ll a 7,:; years ago. H e m e t E s te lle: A . appe n fi e ld , a Rol la t ea c h e r, a ne! t h ey w e r e m arri ed on Jul y 9, 1896. Th e b es t man at t h e weddi n g wa s Fra nk L . T y r e ll '92, of Sa le m , i\(o. '\ [rs. C. ,\ L [,napp o f K a n s a s C ity, Mo ., th e br id e 's s is te r, wa s t h e br idesmaid. Flot h w e r e p r ese nt at t h e rece p ti o n . Amon g t h o se IV h o a tt en d e d the fes tivit ie:; we r e a s o n , .I . vVa lte r Sco tt '1 9, of Down e rs Gro\'e , I II. , a nd a d au g h t e r, lIIr s. J oh n M . Morri s of \Va s h in gto n , I). c. '\ [ 1'. '\ I o r ri s a lso IVas a m e m b e r of t h e c lass of '1 9. Th e occasio n IVa s a tim e fo r r e mini sce nc es , in c l ud in g ta lk of th e g r owth of R.o ll a and t h e day s of "pigs o n I' in e s t r ee t." 111 r. Sco tt, a ta le n te d m us ic ia n, ha, b ee n a ssoc ia te d w ith lIl u sica l acti\'ities in t h e comlllllnitv and has di rec t ed t h e ' i\( SlI l ba nd for sen: ra l yea r,. f\ sc roll wa, pr e,e nt e d th e co uple b y the Rol la C h am b e r of Com m erce cx pr essi n g app r eciatio n of t h e se n ' ice s t h e Scotts ha\'e g i\'e n as m em b e rs of the c Oll1m un it y fo r mo r e than a half- ce ntur y.
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T h e geo g r a ph ica l filc s w e r e br o u g h t u p to d a te by M r s, D ee r a nd a ddr css o g r ap h p lates we re ma d e fo r l1lem b e r;. wi th p e rm anent add resses . S h e a lso h e lp ed se t u p t he A lu m nu s m agazi n e a nd h a s b ee n of se n ' ice to m e mb c rs of t h e associat io n in Illa ny wa ys.
111 1'S. D ee r' s du ti es in th ;; f\lu mni Assoc iatio n office h ave: b e;; n ta k e n o \'e r b y M rs . R o b e r t C. .1 '- ra u s of G ra n ite C it y, Ill in o is . M rs . kr a us at te nd e d So u t h e r n I ll ino is Norm,,1 unive r s ity. H e r hu s b a nd , a ve te ra n of \,Vor ld vVar II , c nt e r -:: d M S ~I in J a ll uary 19-1 6.
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ALUMNI PERSONALS Births O n Jun e 7 t h e s to rk d e li v e red a b a b y g irl to th e hom e of t he N .' R. u nd e rhi ll s at 17 Rid eg top, St. Loui s ] 7, Mo. Bo b , a g ra duat e of th e c la ss of '43 is e mplo y ed b y t h e IVIi ss iss ippi Gla ss C omp any in St. Lo ui s, a s a ss is tant plant ma na g e r. Born to R. S id n e y B u rb e rry '-+2 an d M r s. B urb e rr y a 6 lb. oz. son on Tul y 16. Th e yo un g m a n ha s b ee n nam ed David A rthur and i~ at hom e at 207 Ea s t R ob in s o n s t ree t in Ca r mi , Illinoi s.
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Dea th cam e t o Hom e r 'M art in Doran, ~2, at hi s ho m e at Sme lt e r Hill e , Mo nt a na , July I I, 19-16. H e wa s m e tallur g is t for t h e A n aco nd a :M inin g C ompany p la nt at G r eat Fa lls, Mo n t. "St ub ," as h e wa s ca ll ed, wa s from Mattoo n, III., and att e nd e d t h e Sc hool of Mine s h e r e in 19 1':; a nd 1916. H e ha s b e en w ith th e A n aco nda Mi nin g Co mp an y s in ce leav in g Ro ll a at t h e e nd of hi s juni o r y ear. H e wa s wi d ely known in t h e e lect r o ly ti c z in c m e tallur g ical fie ld. Do ra n wo rk e d hi s way u p from forem a n of z in c leac hin g to m e tallur g is t of th e e ntir e pl a nt. H e is s ur vive d b y hi s w ife, Ruby Doran, an d two s on s , Lt. H. M . Doran Jr., s tat ion e d a t Ports mo u t h , ~ e w H a mp., an d How a rd Do ran , s tati on e d in C hin a .
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W eddings ivI iss Lo rr ain e Kill ham of Baya rd , Colo ., wa s married on Tun e 1 at th e vVarr e n M e tho di s t C hur ch in D e nve r to Maj . 'N orman P. T u ck e r '-+0, of Rolla. R ev. Fr ed e ri c k Cox p e rfo r me d th e s in g le rin g ce re mo ny . Imm e di at e ly fo ll owin g t h e ce re mony a r ece ption wa s h e ld in t h e Em e ral d Room of t h e 13rown Palace Ho t e l fo r fe llow office rs of th e brid eg room a nd oth e r fr ie nd s an d r e la ti ves , includin g: M r s. A. D . H a hn , N orman' s s is te r and wif e of A . D . Hahn '21 , of C r es ted Butte , C olo . O n :'vI ay 30 a t t h e Pres by t e r ia n man se, M a r gar e t O ak s R e nwick '-+6 b eca m e th e brid e of John A. A ndr ew s , a s t ud e nt h e re a t :\I S.!vI . Mar gar e t re ce iv ed h e r B.S. in Mi nin g in
May and is e mplo ye d by th e ivIi ss o uri G e o lo g ic:tl S un'ey at pr ese nt. T h e A ndr e w s a r e at hom e a t 1102 Oak s t r ee t, Ro ll a, Mo. Mi ss Patrici a H e rrin g of K irk wood b ec am e t h e brid e re ce n t ly of Pow e ll A rthur D e nni e '-+ 0, s o n of P r of. a nd Mr s. Frank E. D e nni e of Roll a , in t h e G rac e E pi scopa l C hur ch in Kirkwood. R ev . C harl es D ue ll K ea n offi c iat ed at th e c e r emony, a ss is t ed b y R ev. O . V. J a ck s on of Rolla. A r ece pt ion was h e ld lat e r at th e Gr ee nbri a r H ill s C o untry Cl ub . Howa rd Kat z Jr. '-+0 wa s b e, t man fo r hi s cou s in. Groom sm e n w e r e John Duan e Pow e ll e x- '-+7, Jam es Glov e r '-+3 an d Jam es R. Roux '-+1. Aft e r a hon eymoon a t Tro u tv ill e, Colo., Mr. a nd M rs. D e nni e w il l li Ye in Wi c hit a, Kan. Pow ell is employ e d b y th e Sh e ll P etrol e um C or p oration, 1012 Ce ntral 13uildin g , vV ic hi ta .
O n Jun e 28 th e marri age of J ack E. F le is ch li '-+3 a nd J ean n ette For b es of Lo s A n ge les, Ca l., took place at t h e R e d ee mer L u t h e ran C hur c h a t Bart lesv ill e, O kl a ., with th e R ev . John Ho r n bo t e l offici a tin g . A r ec e ptio n a nd dinn e r we r e h e ld aft e r wa rd s at th e H illcr es t C o untr y Club. Th e g room 's broth e r, En s. Rob e rt Fl e is c hli , wa s hi s b es t man. M r s. F le is chli att e nd e dVVe b s t e r Col lege and th e B li ss Hayd e n Sc hool of Dramati c" in Lo s A n ge les . Jack, a m emb e r of P i Kappa A lph a, s erv e d in th e navy u ntil re ce ntl y w h e n h e r ec e iv e d hi s di s c h ar ge. T h e F le is chli s will b e at hom e at 8009 D e lm ar un til th eir o w n h om e is built in U ni ve r s it y C ity.
Mi ss Be tty Pohl e of Rolla wa s marri ed at th e Firs t IVl eth o di s t C hurch in Rolla on Jun e 22 to Ve rnon M c Gh ee '-+2. T h e e ig ht o 'c lo ck candl e li g ht c e r e mo n y wa s condu c t ed by t h e R ev . Ralph H. Hick s. M rs. S M. Futra l Jr., of Shreveport, La" s is te r of th e brid e, was h e r onl y a t t e ndant. Cla r e nc e Lamb e le t '-+3 se rv ed as b es t man and G eor ge R amsey and L. F . Burn e t t Jr., s tud e nt s a t jVI S M , w e re u s h e r s. A ll t hr ee a re frat e rnit y broth e r s o f th e brid eg roo m . A ft e r a we ddin g trip th rou g h th e Sh e ph e rd o f th e Hill s co u ntr y , j'vIr. a nd Mr s. McGh ee a r e m a kin g th e ir hom e in Ove rton, T ex as , w h e re V e rnon is emplo ye d in th e production d e partm e nt of t h e P hilli p s P e t rol e um Compan y .
C E RA MIC S POSITIONS OP EN ( Thi s is a cop y of a bull e t in se nt to th e Mi ss o uri Sc ho ol of ivIin es an d M e tal lur gy fr om t h e Ma ss ac hu se tt s In s t itut e of T ec h no lo gy .)
L AS SISTA NT PRO FE SSOR O F CER AMICS Duti es-to cond uct g raduat e la borator y cla sses an d lat e r do s ome lec turin g ; a ls o to ca rr y o u t s taff r ese a r c h in th e Ce rami c fi e ld. Minimum re qu ir e m e nt s - Ba c h e lor 's d eg r ee in Ce ramic E n g in ee rin g, Ce r am ic T ec hn o lo gy , C h e mi s t ry , P h ys ical C h e mi s t ry, C h e mi ca l E n g in ee rin g or Phy s ic s. I n a ddi tio n, e it h e r a l-'h .D. or exc e ptional ex p e ri e n ce in t ea c hin g , r esea rch or production.
2, RE SE AR CH ASSOCIAT E Duti es-to ass is t in t h e s up e r v is ion of t hr ee o r four a ss is tant s in a resear c h pro g r am o n th e s pa llin g of refra c tori es use d in j e t e n g in es . 13a c kg round-Bach c lo r's d eg ree in Ce ramic En g in ee rin g, Ce rami c T e c hn o lo g y, C h em is t ry , P hy s ical C h e mi s tr y , C h emica l En g in ee rin g or P h y s ics. In a dditi o n, a t lea s t fiv e ye ar s ' ex pe ri en ce in t ea c hin g, rese a rc h or produ ction. Sa la ry - $3000 to $4000 a ye a r.
3, R E SE ARCH ASSISTAN TS D u ti es-to wo rk half-tim e on a r esear ch p ro g ra m on th e s pallin g of r efracto ri es us ed in j e t e n g in es . Thi s work ma y b e a s t h es is mat e ri al for a g ra duat e d eg r ee . Th e r e mai n d e r of th e t im e m a y b e d ev ot e d to ta kin g cour ses to fulfill t h e re quir e m e nt s of t h e d eg r ee . Bac k g round- Ba c h e lor 's d eg r ee in Ce ra nl ic E n g in ee rin g, Ce ra mi c T ec hnolo gy, C h e mi s try , P hys ic a l C h emi s try , C h e mical E n g in ee ri n g or Ph ys ic s. Sa la ry - $ 700 to $ 1200 a ye ar.
4, R ESE A R CH AS SI ST AN TS D uti es-to d ev ot e ha lf-tim e to a fund a m e nt a l s tud y o f c la y s imilar to t ha t don e a t l'vIIT for th e pas t fe w yea rs Th e res ult s of thi s wo r k ha ve b ee n publi s h ed from tim e to tim e in t h e J o urn a l o f th e Ame ri ca n Ce ra mic So c ie t y. It is esse nt ia ll y a fundam e nt a l colloi d s tud y . T h e r e m a ind e r of t h e tim e may b e d ev ot ed t o co ur ses to fulfill th e re quir e l11 e n ts of the d eg ree, Th ese po s it ion s ar e op e n to M S M alumni . For f urth e r info rm at ion w ri t e to :Mr. N o e l Hubb a rd , R eg is tr a r, Mi ss ouri S c h oo l of Min es a n d lII e t a ll ur gy, Rol la , :Mo.
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R . II . Bedford is co-a ut ho r o f "Sur\'(> \' ()f T ill in Ca liforn ia" publi"hed by th e t:.S. B~ real1 of '\Iill e~ ill April a s Rep ort of In ve:, li galioll :\ 0. .1R76. 190 8
.'\ (1 11)I1g'e r a m e mb e r (J f the anned fo r c c !-, B ennet I~ . Th o mp so n i .. now at h o me at 10 19 \\'. R Ol1ltt avenue, . \I buquerque, New ~ ( ex .
n. D eg-clI Boyd is now li ving al l";"ort Smi th, Ark ., at 2005 ~'(j uth Grcenw ood.
P a ul A. Philippi was on the campti" with .\l r. P hilip pi 0 11 Jul y 8. 'I' hi !' was Paul' s fina vis it to Ro lla in flfleen years. li e i~ l ivill~ at 135 S. ',:1111 :-'l r CC I, \\'e bste r Groves 19, ',\ 1 0.
.\ 11 o u t,o f,town v is itor o n Jun e 23 w as J ame s Be n kc who co m es fr o lll 5937 1 ~ T1right a \'e nue in St . L. o ui s, J\I ().
1909
I' <wl W adde ll ha ~ HOUle 11 , B ox 1262 , S prin g-. ficici, .\ 10., fnr his address.
I\ . ":mory Wi s hon w rit es frol11 San Fra ll ci ... co where he is Vi ce Pres. a nd Cell. St gr. _Pacific
G as and 1 ~ l ccl ri c O lll pan)" that Van II . Smith '09 was hi .; v isitor rece ntl y. V an is with the North Am e ri ca n yantlmide C o rporat ion, i06
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T he ho m e address of J ohn E. Schult z i ... .16 1 i ] {a l'over street, J) a lla o..;, T ex. 19 11
Still in Southern California, I\ vH II inlier Greene Il OW li ves at 152 1 F o urt h avcnue, L,o . . . \I l~c l es 6, al. Now g-e ll era l mallager of 'f he £ 1 P aso .\1 ille~, in cor p o l ated , 11 a r vey L. T ed row is at t hc Olin l i ntel in D e nv er, 0 10 . 1\1 SM j.(raduales figurc pr o lllin e 1l t ly ill the seVCJ1 l1Ian n om in ati n g cO llllllill ce to ~e l cct the (lnici al ~ Iatc o f n ni ccr~ for th e I'l l inin g" and ,\1 ct· a ll urj.(ica l Soc iety o f America for 1947. They are I':. \V . En ge l ma nn , P r o f. . Y. Clayto n '1 .1 with C eorg-c A. Ea s ley '09, past preside nt (If I he Society, a .. chair m a n . 1!l t.5 \\ ' rit c!-> J . \\ '. S h otwe ll "T o make up to .a ~1l1 ;dl extC n t f(lr past delinquc n c ic::. , I am e n c losing illY check for $ 15.00 ill payment o f three years' dues." II is address is S(lucli A\l'abian 1\ 1 ining Syndicatc, Ltd. , J edda, II ejal:, Sa udi Arab ia.
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I I. I ~. A hre n s was o n the c ampu s o n J un C 27. II er b W<I'" a m c mb cr of the fa c ult y from 1928 t o 1933 a nd is now a n e n gi n ce r with the U.S. En g in eer ... ill I .()u isv ille, K y . 11 is h o m c addrc s:-; i:; 292 1 Dund ee r o ad . in I .oui!'.vi ll c. 1929
.\ camp u ... vi::.. it o r in early Jul y w a~ Col. . \rthtl r II . K em p. ,\rt has b ee n ill the arm y for 61 ~2 years with 2 -1 lllo1lth s ()ver:-;cas. li e lOok the 928 th 1·: II .t(i IlL! Cr Aviatio n Reg im ent int o t h e Az orcs and lhL!11 took the s amc r eg" ill1 c n t to Oki n awa. II e ha ... just bee n c1i sc ltarg-ed and ha s a cce pted a po ... itiol1 with the Gulf Oil Corporation at Tul sa, O k la. I I i ~ h o me addrcss i!- 93 1 0 , Qu e b ec ave nu e, in Tll ba. 1930
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gives 11 35 N . Frec· mO ll t s tr eet, Spring"fie ld, 1\1" 0., a s hi s addrc ~s . S t ratil1llol' e R . )3. Cook e, rc s earch pr o fe sso r Illin c ra l dress in g' al Ih e 1\1 o nlana Schoo l o f ~\I in es has res ig n ed his positio n t o accept th e po:-.ilion of pr ofessor of llIincra l dre ss in g at t he .\ 1 illll esota School o f J\ I in es at the l Tni ver:-; i ty oC .\1 illll csota at j\ \ inlleapo lis, 1'1\ illll . 1I 0W
.\I aj. D cnnis I r. Mill e r h ;\s r ecent l v b ee n di s· charg-ccl frolll :ien' ic e a nd ha s r et ur n ce] t o h i:i o ld job with th c SOt1thwe~t H e ll T e lephone Com· p a ll~ · . . \ v i:-.ito r 0 11 th e c ampu s 0 11 Jul y 20 , h e is at hOll1e at RO.14 D avi!' drive in 51. .Lo t1i ~, 1\10.
1 9 16 J a lll c:; L. H ead repons that his S011 . J oh u, ha . . bee11 admitted to the 1'\a va l A\ cadelll\' at ,\ l1lla, p()li ~ ao.; a m embe r (If the cla:;s of 1950-. 192 11
So lo n ger a rcs id c 1lt of the Il cn:;haw Il lItc l. C:eorge Burnet no\\' li vcs at 529 South 31 . . t ,\ ve., Olllaha, Ncb. 1922
.\h i:-. 'F . Deni s on i ... a g-cneral COl1tract(,r I{,(,:lte d at 30 l South \\'el lc!-Icy, .A l h uqll t.!rqut.:: . Nc\\ J\ \ c;\.ico. 1923
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192 .) C. I.. M art in \\'a ... nil the C(lI11PUS 011 J lily X. Charle ... 1:-; as . . i ... tallt IlUlle fort!l11an of tht.:: Kenlle, cott Copper Corpol at loll of RU I h, X e\". II ..., addre ... s i .. Box 434 in Ru th. Charlie H_'port . . that ... i .... mine r s a r e e lllpl oyed by his cOlllpa n y. ~r ht::y arc R oher t E . B ucklev '4.1 , tr anSi llll :tll; I. . (;. .\1 <\r ... h:1I1 '34 . tra ll :-.itlll~ll; K arl \\ '. Booher '21. a ...... i ... tall t cllRi n ccl; II . T . ·1\ l ar.-;l1a ll ' 16, cll1d e n g' IIH:er. all stationed at Ru th and I ~ dd\' Pc .. uut '23, ... m eiter ... uperilltclldCllt at ~l cGill, j\; C\.
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A metallurl-{i ::. t for the l\l o r~e hai n CompallY at I thaca, Ncw Y o rk , El lll er 1.... M c Rey n old s g iv es R.n . I, I thaca, for hi :; addre::.::..
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\\ ' . \\ '. K ay i ~ w ith the E. I . Du P ont de N cmo u r:; Company loca ted at Spri n g-fie ld, Ill. II i~ ho m e addrcs::.. is n. n. I , Spring-ficld, I ll. R c le a sed from active dut), with the nav y, C la r e ./ . Th orpe is back at 1'1 15 1\1 ill the m echan, ica l engilteering" depa rtm cnt.
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T o m Book is p lant l1l a na ~er of th e I ~. ~ I o. Di v. , ; of the S Olllhw cs terll 13ell T e lcpho n e 'ompany ~ in SI. Lo ui s, t-.l o, . \ Ro lla an (1 ca mpu s v is itor ill ea rly J uly wa " D o unell \Y . DUllo n wh o is here vi s iting- hi:-. fathcr- in , law , D r. Mu ile n burg (l ltc\ faillily, whil e Oil vacati o ll fr om hi s po ~ iti on a -.; director o f the D a ni e l GUg"g-c n hei m Sch oo l o f Aer o nau ti cs a t Gcorg-;<\ Schoo l o f T cch n ()}og'), at Atlanta. Th e DU II OIl !-> liv e aL 4R3 E.. \V es ley road, in .. \ tlanta. 1936
. \ cam pu s v i ~ it(lr o n J unc 25 , Ra lph E. Sc h n eider r e:-;ides at flr o wn and Airport r oads, St. l .. o tti ~ Co ull ty l <l, t-.10 . Al a n J. H oe n er is cmp loycd by the GcorJ,:'c R . J an sC Il T r a ll ~ f er COI ll pany ill SI. L o u is. '-\Iatl '~ ho m c is a l 66·\2 I1r ancro ft Ave., St. L ou is , .\ 10. L t. J ohn \\'. Ruwwe is no\\' 011 terminal leav' fr o lll the navy ulttil Aug. I S. Thcll he will r eport fo r w o rk at 1\ 1 idla n d, T cx .. in the geolo~ical dcpartmcnt o f the rhillip ~ P etroleulIl Company, B ox 79 1. J oh n' s h o me addre ss is i7i C ou rt ,\Ve n llC , Apt. 4('5, t'l 1cl11ph is , T cnn. J o h n P. Ra so r, ch ie f m in ing cng ill ee r for th e F iltr o l Corpor;ttio n , L os . \n g-c les, Cal. , ha " been e le cted to m e mber s hip ill A I t\I E. T Oil\, V . M assaro ha s I R04 N o rth 14 th st reet, Sprinifleld, I II. , Co r hi s address.
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Ill a lld, Ol11l ~tea d F ie ld , I'l l iddl eto wlI, P a. Out o f the sc rvic c , 'T holllas R. Mor g a n lives at N(J. 58t h s trect ill Olilaita, Neb. l i e is working' for the I f.S. I)i s tri c t 1 ~ lI g" ill eet":-. office at I iOC) J ack ... o ll , Omah a , - ch. :L~23
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T he pre .. e llt address of 1. 1. Col. C . R . Ro se nbaum i .. I) cp<lrtlllent 1 ~ ll g ill eer Office, J I Q. An . ti ll t.· ... J) epa rlll1 e ll t, .\1'0 RS I, c / o P osl lll a ... t c r, ~ I ial1li, Fl a. n c:inha rdt S c h uh ma nn v isitcd ill Ho lla 0 11 J UlIe II. I ~cillhardt i ... a ..... flciatc pr ofcs:;or o f t-. l in · eral Dres ... ing- ill the ~ \ cta llur g-y d epartllle llt at the ~ I as"(lchll ... etls In stitute of Techllolog-y. . \ ltho ll uh he give ... i 2 ~ \\'. Central. Carthag-l· . \1 11" a ... 111 ... permanellt alldll.:' ....... . .\I aj. I{c\ E. Pinkl ey i ... with the Il q. 5 I ~ egt., OH D , CalliI' K illl1er. N.). El1lpl/lyed by the SOl1th"c s lc nt Di vi ... i{lll of Ih e l '.S. E, lI g lll ~er .. at I) a II a ... , T ex., .\h' ; n 1\. W ehr· man It \l~ " CIt JJ I -l D anieJ... s t l(' Ct til D a ll a .... 193 1
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P ctcr F . M atte i rc :-. ides at S I4 R I\ ~h l a ncl .\ vc., St. L o u is , 1\ 10. J . \1\ '. O'N ea l i:-. II O W livi ll g' at I 733 Ea ~t Cln P ;It-k wa y, Sci1c ll cc t:acl y R, N.Y. Il avi n g' d o n e graduate work at th e ll1i vcrsit~ o f \\ ·a~ hitlgt o n. J\1 iles Tyrell is emp loyed by the \\ ·a::. hingt o n B rick a n d Lilll c C' o l11jl ctn y at ~Iay· tOil . \\ ' a s h . 193
Ou t of th e nav y s ince D ece mb er 1945, Edward . \ . Ballma n i ... 1I 0W a s!'. i ~ tallt lll<l.na g(.' 1' o f th e (1-'; departm e tlt : 1( the \'' ' oodr i ver I~efill I )' o f Shel l Oil Co mpal1 Y, II is home is :11 7.355 \r e ll ing-t o n <lVCI1 UC, liniv e r s it y CilY, 1'1 10. R o bert P . Al ge r wa ~ vi s iting ill Rolla on Jul y 12 . R obe rt i ... wi t h Ihe Sch lumh crg'er \\'ell ~l1r vcyillg' Corporatio n ~ll1 d hi ... h Olll e ;'u]dre ..... I" n o;\. .17:), Al a g ll o li :l, . \ rk. 1939
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D Oll a ld D. Burris give s 929 N. 4 th s tr eet, PlatLeI-farry \'V. Bu ck ner is wo r ki ng for t he Con· vill e , \,Vi s., as hi s ho m e addre ss . At pre se nt he is so lidated·Vu ltee A ircra ft Co rp orat io n in San at No.1 Vi ne street, Nt:!w Br ig hto n, Staten I s Di ego, Ca L, with res idence at 1826 "Ve st Dr esc her, San Diego 1. land I , N.Y. 1940 At present s tati o ned in J apa n, J o hn }-I. L yo ns Tran s ferred by the Carter Oi l Co m pany fr o m is with II qtr s. , 5th Air :Fo rce, APO 7 10, c/o i.\f ansfield La :Mi nden, La ., I Terbert O . K imm el P ostma s te r, San F r a nc isco, Ca!. 1Ii s perm anen t ha s B ox 946, ".\1 inde n, for h is present add ress. ad d ress is 953 Belle l' ive B lvd. , St. L o ui s, M o. O. E. I-I ein icke & Co mpa n y, 7th a nd Che s tllu t J oseph L. Fori nas h is wi t h the A ireo ll :M fg . in St. Lo ui s, is the em ployer of \ 'V . O . H ei ni cke, Co., K a n sas C ity, :M o. Hi s h o m e add ress in K a n sa s C ity is 17 10 N . 37Lh str eet. who se ho me is at 5507 Lo u is ia na aven u e, 51'. Lo u is I I, ".\,10 . ~ P a ul \ <\1. K loeris Jr. is wit h th e Fan steel ?\1e tAlth o ugh he g ive s 3448 E . 62nd s tr eet, Kall sa s At-Ilu rg ica l Corporat io n at No rth Ch icago, ] 11. C ity, ~1 o., fo r hi s ho me add re ss, Bent o n lL . No lo nger in the army, G il bert 11. B la n kenM art in is m in e and m ill Ei u perin lendellt f(/I' the s hi p can n o w be reac hed at R o ute 5, B ox 539, Tul sa, Ok la. B ell e E ldridge Gold ~{in e s, l nc., at D eadwood, Soul h Dakota. O u t o f the Ilavy since la st D ecember, J oh n n. R o ll a nd 'Al . M c Fa rl a nd is oll ce aga in a c ivili an Humphrey, who is wit h t he In ge r soll R and a nd em ployed b y Ge ne ra l M.oto rs Accep ta nce COIll.pa n y, ha s bee n t ran s ferr ed fro l11 the New Corpora ti on in P eo ri a, Il L l 1i s home is at 2546 !h Y o r k office to the St. Lo u is offi ce at J eff e r so n V er mo n t s t reet, Q u in cy, Il L a nd L oc u s l, t . Lo u is, 1\1 0. Rex Alfo rd, a ca m pu s v is itor e n Jul y I, has Afte r 3 Yz years o f serv ice in th e army, Ri cha r d R adcliffe ha s ju s t been re leased fro m act ive duty ju st been discha r ged fr om the Ar m y with th e ra n k o f Captain a fter 3 y.! year s of mi litary ser· with the rank o f fir st lieute na n t . A camp us v isvice. ] fe spen t 31 m o nth s in th e P a cific area and itO r on Ju ly 18, he gives 22 1 E . J efferso n, K irkwo od, ~r o ., as h is home a ci ciJ·ess. wears battle s ta r s fo r t he Bat tl e of New Br ilo n an d the Batt le of New G u inea . He is v is it ing at 1943 h is home at Bu ffa lo, ~{o., and will r et urn to hi s Capt. Gene S. M at in was o n t h e campu s a ll job w ith th e 1-1e ne G r a nde O il Com pan y, A par. J u ly 5. lI e ha s j us t bee n di scha rged ait"e r 2 y.! tado 45, B arce lo n a, Ve nezue la, in Ihe fa ll. years over seas whe re, for t he m ost pa r t, he wa s s tat io ned o n Gua m . Ge ne wea r s one batt le s ta r .r\ c ivil ian again a fter severa l yea r s in the army, George L. Chedsey lives at 712 \\'ayne fOi' the A s iat ic·Pacific theater. On termina l avenue in Ind ia na, Pa. Geo rge is emplo yed by leave, he is now s tay ing at h is home at 805 the J 0)' :V1 an ufact ur in g Co mpa n y in Pit ts bur g h. Gra nd, Lamar, :M o. Now 011 th e USS Ke n n eth W h it in g in the 194 1 P ac ific, L t. (jg) J o hn I-I. D oerres w ri tes Hnow F loyd P. Sm it h ha s c ha nged h is add re ss to o n ato mic bo mb test o ut in Biki n i- wo rkin g on B ox 333, Lama r, 110. the ai r b last mea s ur em e n t s fo r BuO rd ." J oh n 's Sti ll a res ide n t o f Southern Ca lifor ni a, Ja m es ho m e is at 3920 F ill more, St. L o u is, :M o . V. H eddell has a new home add r ess, 7025 O u t o f the Navy si n ce 1\1ay 23, E. H arve y Geo r g ia aven ue, B ell, Ca l. J im wr ite s "t he LA Ba r net t is no w employed by the Shell O il Co., chapter o f ]\1S :\1 is gett in g active and ha s a fi ne \,Vood r iver, I ll. I-l aving fa iled to find a r oom in group. S t. L o uis, I-Iarvey is li vin g at 1000 L a n gdo n, Geo rge G. Ambrose wa s o n the ca m pu s Jun e A ltoll, Ti l. I-Ie w ri tes that he hea rd r ecent ly 24. Geo r ge has j ust b ee n d ischa r ged from the fr o m D o n Coolid ge '43 w ho atte nd ed t he dr a \\;. navy where he he ld the com mi ss io n of li euing teac her s' con fer e nce a t W a sh in g to n U ni ve r tenant, junior grade . Geo r ge is go ing back to s ity in J u n e a nd fro m J oe B e r nd t '43 who pla nthe ·P hil lips Petro leum Co mpany, th is ti me at ned to be in St. L o u is over Ihe 41h of Jul y . B o rger, Tex. J oh n F. Burs t has ju st b een d ischarged fro m K o \\' a reside n t of New York ~tate , Ed mu nd mi li ta r y service an d has retu rn ed to R o ll a t o S. R oxzk owski give s 58-59 43rd Ave. at \Vood · work towards a :M aster' s d egr ee in Cer a mi c s ide, Lon g I s land, a s hi s add r es s. e ng ineer in g . I-I e is. li ving at 707 W . I lth st reet, O u t o f the arm y since Decem ber, lv[ ichae l 11. R o ll a, M o. H enn ing is wit h the A t la s Cem ent Com pa ny in Th e bu sin ess add re ss of A . e r vet Dura n is H a nn iba l, :M o. H is ho m e add r ess is 14 18 Par is Box 849, Sta nfo rd U ni vers ity, Cal. I-li s home ave nu e in H a nnib a l. ad d ress is 1 l SI U n ivers ity ave n ue, P a lo Alto, 194 2 Ca lifo rn ia. Now e m ploy ed by the Ph illi ps Petro le um Co ., Recent ly di scharged fr om the a rm y, A lber t S. Ph il ip 1. H e nd ri ck s g ives B ox 380, c/o Ph ill ips K eev il J r. li ves at 5728 P ark la ne, St. L ouis, 1\10 . Petro le ulll Co., Pa ul s Va ll ey, Ok la., a s h is n ew Otto F. H einicke li ves at 12053 L ake aven ue, address. A pt. 29, L a kewood 7, O h io . Ge n era l D e live ry, \Vin c hes te r , T ex ., is t he Stat io ned at Corpus Chr isti, T ex., Lt. E d ward addr ess o f Or vill e D. P enr ose. O rv ill e wa s re. S . Fri s lives at 824 Sou th A la med a in Cor pu s cen t ly di scha rged fr o m the Navy. Ch l-isti. Di scharged fro III the navy w ith the rank o f A campu s vis ito r o n Ju ne 29 was I r e ne Davis. lieute nant, ju n ior g r ad e, Ro ber t A . Smi t h is Irene is wo rking fo r the Vi ctor Chem ica l Co., in wo r ki n g fo r th e L aclede Clay Product s ComCh icago Height s, Il l. H er home address is 11 37 pany in St. Lo ui s. J-l is home is at 3450 P in e Emerald ave nu e in Chi cago I-Ieights . Grove, St. Lou is 20, M o. D ischarg ed fro m the navy w ith th e rank o f S ~ nce h is di scha r ge from the s erv ice recent ly, lieuiena n t, j u nior g rade, in ea rl y Jul y, J a me s R . A l Vin G. H aas ha s been worki ng fo r \'Ves t in g. Paul no w g ives 525 So u th Quebec, Tul sa, O kla. , ho use E lect r ic Cor por at io n ill Ka nsa s Ci ty. T-I e fo r h is a d dre ss. Jim a nd h is brid e we r e ca m ou s r e.s ides at 420 \'V . 461h st reet te rr ace, Kan sas vi s iLO r s o n Ju ly S. . Cit y, Mo . Capt. R o be r t L. E hrli ch J r. of 64 18 So . Ben A I Si n de l ha s ju s t been d ischa r ged from mil iio n , Ka n sas City, 1\1:0., wa s o n t he campus o n tary serv ice a nd is livi ng at h is ho me at 4 144 Ju l)' 9. B o b has j us l bee n di scha rged afle,. 3 P asco, Kan sas City 4, j\fo . A I write s that i1 is yea r s in mil itar y se rv ice. good to be back with h is wife aga in a nd he wa s Em plo yed by 1 ~o r th A m e ri ca n A ir Li n es at )' pa rt icul ar ly thr ill ed at h is fi r st loo k at hi s new a ca lc ul at in g m ach in e ope rato r , E lm er R . B rown b a b~' da ughte r bo rn w hil e he wa s ove r sea s. is now li vin g at 709 y.! "M y r t le ave nu e, I ng le. M ar ie Davis wa s a v isito r o n t he campu s Ju ne wood , Cal. 24 . i\{ a r ie is with the Ca r ter Ca rbu reto r Cor Now a n em plo yee o f the :M ississ ip pi G la ss po r atio n and is li ving at 5328 Glad s to ne in No r Co m pan y, af ler rece iving hi s di schat'ge fro m l he mandy, ~\ r o . anny, R ene K. Ra s m usse n is at ho m e at 53 10a . D ischa rged from the Navy, J acques 'vV. Zo ll er Emer so n avenue in St. Lo u is 20, 1\1:0. I S emp loyed by the S hell O il Com"pa n y, Jn c., in D ischarged from the a rm y, B ru ce R . L a nd is Tul sa, Ok la. H is ho m e is at 509 Vl. 9t h s tr eet, is des ig n e ng in eer for t he Sta nd a rd O il Co nl Apt. 204, Tul sa, Ok la . pa n)' at S ugar Creek, 1\10., wi t h res id ence at J oe \ ,V . E isma n is wit h th e Co n so lidated· V ul 140 1 S. L ib erty, I nde pend ence, M o . ~ tee A irc r a ft Cor po r a ti on in Fon ' ,Vo rth, T ex. Capt. }-I owa rd W . D urh am was a ca m p us vi s'" J oe gives 180 1 So: Ada m s, F o n \"'o r th , a.s h is itor on Jul y 18. l l owa rd' s ho me is at 62 1 'vVe st ho me add I-e ss. 7th, Secla li a, i\f o.
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A campu s vi s it o r 0 11 J uly 20 wa s Edw a r d E. Gyga x who wa s d isc ha rged fr o m the nav y r ecen rly with th e r a nk of lie ute nant, ju n ior g rade. Edwa rd is livin g at 5446 C laxto n ave nu e, St. L o ui s 20, ~1 o . 1944 On te rmin a l leave fr om mi li ta ry servi ce, Ri ch ard F. O llis Jr. is al ho me al 1203 N. R ob ber son ave n ue, S p ringfie ld, 1\1 0. l A. J ohn ¥ l . Griffith s writes in , cance ll ing hi s overseas add ress a nd g ive s 450 Fairview aven ue, 'vVe b ster Groves ] 9, ·M o. , in s tead. 'vVritten fr o l11 ove r sea s, Lt. J ames E. Duek er ha s 11th B o mb Gro u p, B o x 354, APO 182, c/o P ostma s ter, Sa n l-;- ran c isco, Ca!. , fo r hi s mi li tary addl·ess. J im writ es "h o pe to be back in the Sta tes befo r e too lo ng. " I-l is home address is 4096 I-r ave n s l re et, St . L o ui s 16, M o . R . L . Carm ichael wa s a cam pu s vis ito r o n Jul y 3. l I e is ch ief engin eer with the R ock I s land Coa l Co m pa n y at R ock I sla nd, Okla. I-li s home is at 10 l 3 S. 25th s treet, F o rt Smit h, A r k. Ph il :M . D a mpf J r. visited the campus J u ne 27. Phil has j u s t bee II di scharged fro m m il itary service wit h the ra n k of lie u tenant, ju ni o r grad e, fro m the navy. l-re is li ving at hi s ho me at 1704 \"'". j\{ ain s tr ee t, J efferso n Cit y, 1\10. Do na ld G. Le P ere a nd h is w ife were camp us vi sito r s o n J une 27 . Don h a s ju st been di sc ha rged fr o m the navy with the rank of lie u tenant, ju nio r grade. J-Ie ex pect s to wo rk fo r \-\lest· in gho u se in theil' s tudent pr ogl·21l1. J-Ie is at present livin g a t 7509 \,Vest "M ai n s treet, Be lle· 'vill e, I ll. 11 is wife, t h e for m er A n ne Y os t of \-\la shi ngto n, D .C., wa s a lso a li eutena n t, j un io r g rade, in the navv . ' <\I ill ia m J. Go~dw in ex-'44 wa s o n the ca m pu s o n Jun e 28, pr epa r ing to come back to schoo l next fa ll a nd fin is h the wo r k fo r hi s deg ree. I-I e sho uld grad uate in ~1eta ll urgy in J a nuar y. B ill went ove r seas in O c to ber of 1944 and was there until September of 1945. lIe is no w o n terminal leave and is livi ng at 332 Em m et ave n ue, Ferg u. SO il, !\1o. A lt ho ugh a private in U ncl e Sam' s army, A . R. Sav \.! gives hi s adcb"ess a s 30 12 Lemp aven ue St·. Lo u is 18, M o . ' On te r mina l leave fr o m the nav y, L t . ( jg) P ea d G. Sm ith wa s a campus vis itor 0 11 J u l v 9. P ea rl 's home address is R o u te 1, Ja ckson, ~1 0 . . \V~ lT en H elberg is employed in the X . ray c1I\TJ s lo n of \'Ve st ingh o use E lect ric Co rpo ration in Ka n sas C ity. H is ho me ad dr e ss is 3106 \,\ 'a shingto n a ven ue, Ka nsa s City, M o. . On the campu s o n J u ly 9, L . F . Brid g e wa s discharged from the n avy recently a s a lieu tenant, j u nio r grade. ,I-Ie g ives 650 Pearl , K irk wood 22, !\f o ., fo r h is h o me address. Lt. (jg) Jaco b D. J e nk in s ha s sent in a change o f add ress, fr o m USS Cecil J . Doy le ( DE 368) lO 'T i pto n, 1\1 0. L o uis A . H ar tcorn has been d ischarged fr o m nava l se r vice a nd is livin g at 32 :M a in st reet Chatham, N .Y . ' A cam pu s vi s ito r o n J u ly 18, I-larry S. Scott ha s . rece n tly ret ur ned from nava l dut y in the P aC ifi c a nd ha s been r eleased fro m active ser. vice. l Ia r ry gives Ri ve rmines, 1\10., as hi s home ac1 ch·e ss. . R obert ~"'l . J a mi so n wa s on th~ ca m pu s on J uly 16. B o b had jusl bee n d ischa rged fro m lll J! lI ary se r vice a nd is li vi ng at h is ho me at 504 Brinto n ave nu e, D ixo n, I ll. 1945 Ro bert F. S chm idt was o n th e ca m pus o n B o b is a metal . itll-gis t with the J os ly n :M a n ufac t u ring and Sup. ply Compan y and is liv in g at 4401 1\farquette drive, Fan \Vay ne, I nd . 'J lack ma n Vee is e mp loyed b y the i\{cDo nn eli Airc raft Cor po rat io n in St. Lo ui s. I-i is home address is 2967 Ea s to n aven ue, St. L o u is 6, 1\f o. A camp us visito r o n Jul y 15 was Roge r D. ~ oe ll e r, who no w give~ 3-l45 E . Colo rad o s t r eet, J asa dena 8, Cal., fo r Ius address. R o ger, hav in g r e~ tlr n ed from Ch in a duty recent ly, is on te r 111111a l leave fro l11 the navy u nti l Aug. 14. Jul~' 2 0 11 a 10-d ay vacat io n.
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WESTERN DELAY ELECTRIC BLASTING CAPS . .. M ee t all r e quirem ents for a convenient, satisfactor y and uniform dela y. Onl y slightly larger in diame t e r than regular electric blasting cap s, the y can b e very easily handled, even in the higher d e la y p eriod s.
d en t al shock . Should th e cap be dropped or lo st, or eve n th e pack age a ccid entally trodden upon , th e dang e r from di schar ge is greatly reduced ... Th e Insu late d Packa ge gives all t he advantages of th e Prot ec to Sp ool Cap plu s th e e x tra prote ction of a st ron g, tightly clo se d p a p e r tube .
WESTERN PROTECTO LOOP CAPS ... Th ese We ste rn Caps may b e had in carto ns of 50, up to 20 foot leng t hs in copper -- 9 f oo t lengths an d
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und er in i ro n wire. A neat and comp a ct packag e, the tub e can rea dil y b e remove d b y bre akin g on th e
For all t y p es of mining, Liberty d y namite will b e found e fficient, economical and dep endabl e. Th e
p erfor ated center lin e and un fo lding th e wires.
d y namite which satisfi es many users.
Our explosives e njo y a wide use and acce ptance in the fi e ld b e caus e of th e ir dep endability and unusual p erform an ce in actual use. If yo u have not alr e ad y tried them, write ei lher .. ,
WESTERN CARTRIDGE COMPANY, East Alton, Illinois LIBERTY POWDER COMPANY, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania COLUMBIA POWDER COMPANY, Tacoma, Washington .EQUITABLE POWDER COMPANY, East Alton, Illinois Divisions and Affiliates 01 Olin Industries, Inc.