Missouri S&T Magazine, July-August 1949

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Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy ROLLA. MO. VOL. 23

JULY-AUGUST ::

1949

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Summer Grads Urged to Look to State Funds for 1949-51 Biennium Problems of Human Relations

Are Disappointing

Today's graduaites must look beyond their professional duties and participate in current affairs of the community and the social and political The l egislative appropr1atiolls programs of the country if this nation is to s urv ive in its democratic form for the 1949-51 biennium which of govern ment, J ames R . Cudworth, D ean of the College of Eng ineering began ·on July 1, 1949, and e nd s of the University of Alabama , suggested in his commencement address art; on Jun e 30, 1951 , were quite disthe Misso ur i School of Mines on July 3l. appointing. The Board of Curat ors after a careful study of the Degrees were conferred upon n eeds of the school had maaee the 114 candidates by Loran G. Townsend, dean of the D epartment of L abor entitled "Empl oyment Out- fo llowing request: look· for Engineers", he said, pointA-Personal Servic e $ 900,000 Education , and acting president of B-Additions ______ _ 300,000 ed out that many of the graduates University of Missouri, 111 '" he abC-Ope rations _____ _ 470,000 of the next four years may be u nsenc~ of President Frederick A . TOTAL _ _ ______ $1 ,070 ;000 Middlebush. The summer exer- able to find engineering jobs because of .an oversupply of graduates. These amounts do not Include cises were held in Parker Hall. The .article also .stated, he :sald, that building r equests. The legIslature Choosing the topic, "Tne Chal(Continued on Page 5) in the final days of its spring ses" lenge Of Our Times: Their Finest s ion appropriate d: Hour", Dean Cudworth :sal·a: " I 111111111111111111111111111111111I1111111111111111111111111111111111I111111111 A-..;Perspnal Service $ 80·0 ,000 am convinced that if our to I'm of B-Addltions _______ 133,000 g~vernme nt is to d evelop to its C-Operatio·ns _ _____ 375,000 greate r use, indeed, if it IS LO surTOTAL _ _______ $1,318,000 v ive the onslaughts of other forms This constituted a 21 percent re with whic h we as a profession a l duction of the ,B oard's request. The g roup have no symp.athy; if we are " E ar li ~ r this yeGr I sent a letter to persuade those citizeI l:; of other to each member of our AS5u<.:lation school authorities had expected the ·c ountries now darkened by d es- who had not ye t r enewed l1is mem- legislative appropriation t o b e more generous in view of the fact p air and disrupted by outside presbership and to ,a ll a lumni who sures that our w .ay of life offers were not members urgmg their that the anticipated decrea"'e in hope and light, then you membe rs support of our School through veterans compensati,ons mig h t amount to as much as $::>00,000 for of a profession which ilas been m e.mbership in the Assoc Iation. large ly responsible f.or the mathe 'b iennium . The response has b ee n most graThe reduced appropri ation for teria l comforts and aids Of ihe l ast decades must b e cognizaIlL of the tifying; and renewed 01- ~, ew mem- operati ons means .a drastic curtailsocial and political programs of bership continue to POl}::- rn to our - ment of educational ,and r esea rch the country ·a nd must participate very able .a nd hard workmg Secreactivities. Departmental budgets tary-Treasurer Pr·ofessor- H . R . for ·ope rations and equipment hav e in them." Warning the graduaullg gro up Hanley . We shall make a report been cut in half ove r last yea r. Th e against too much concern for se- at t h e Homecoming of the result of departments w ill be ab le to opercurity and a spirit of f rustration the M embership Drive 'a nd also re- ate but will.·not be able to add new and fear, the D ean declared: 'Hitch port it in a later Alumnus. eq uipment. The budget for stu dyou r wagon to a star :::nd have If there is an a lu mn u s near you e nt ass istants has been cut 1n half faith that it is not the falling vawho has not become a me,f{}lber of f r om $30,000 to $ 15 ,000 a year thus riety ' was the advice ever g iven to the Al umni AssocLa tion p lease con- e liminating much help for needy yo uth. Be concerned with long stitute y ourse lf a Membership students. While faculty sawnes range planning, but l et it not dom- Committee of one and bring him will not be cut . new fac ulty meminate y·o ur thoughts to the exclu- into line . A check for $5 .U O forhers and replacements of the sion of the present and ne aT future. warded to Professor Hanley will younger instructors who hav e com" During the past two years make him a member in gOOLl stand - pleted r equire m e nts :lor th e Masmany companies have sent repre - ing for one yea r . He WIl l receive ter 's degree and are leavll l;; cansentativ es to colleges to seek stud- th e Alumnus for the year ant,; also not be obtained at th e rank desired. en ts ," h e said .. . "There has b een a h a v e the satisfaction of nLaKing a The small d ecre3Se in enrollme nt sh ift from qu estions concerning positive contrib ution towaras the expect ed in the fa ll of 194 9 will salaries and opportunites to those "Building f or' Stren gth" of hIS Al- scar·c ely decrease the teachi·ng of pension plans and the othe r pre- ma Mater." loads · for the number of facu lty requisites of old age , and these members n eeded. Many departMervin J. K e lly peopl e are wondering what is the ments ha ve already been ~adly Pre s~de nt trouble". ove rload ed and class sections in A report of the D e partment of '1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111I111111 (Cont'nued on Page 10)

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