MSMALUMNUS IAlumni
~ssociation,
School of Mine's and Metallurgy, Rolla, Missouri
Vol. 1. HO ME- COMING OCTOBER 14-15-16 REGISTRATION AND NEW FACULTY MEMBERS.
Th e registratiun this fall was th e largest in t h e hist ory of the school for llny one semes ter. A total of 411 have regist ered. Th es8 are classified as fo llows: Freshm en .......... ........................ 1 47 Sophomor es ............ .. .................. 10 3 Juniors ............. .. ... .. ............ ...... .- 71 Seniors .......... .. .. ...... ... .... ............. 64 Graduates.... ............ .................. 8 Sl~ecia l s .... .... ..... .. . .. .... ...... .... ... .. . 6 Unclassified .... ... ..... . ..... .... .. .... .. 12 With t h e stu dents w'h o wi ll register at the b egin nin g of the se'co nd semest er, the total l'egi~. tratio n fo r th e year wi ll not fall far short of 450, sh owing a su bstantial growth over last ye~r wh e n 408 r~g:i stere d for the year. I!1 all 28 states and 7 forei gn cou ntries were re;:>resented in the regish'ation. The alu mni, as in past years, (;i ci good service in connection with new students. Many of them mention ~ ell alumni as t h ei!' source of in spirat'un in coming to M. S. M. 1:brry P ence, '23, cam·e dO '.'Il1during regist"a t ion to get ~moth er n 3W Miner fro111 his home t own, F all City, Neb ., s 21-ted off ",igh~ . Whil e h ere h e met ::t boy from Mexico City, to whom he ~l :1 d r £c om-:l~e-:ldet l th3 school sev3!".'11 ytnrs ago . Dr. M. E. H olmes h~ s been app·::>intHi by the Board of Curators to he~d the new departm(ont of ceramic engi nt £ring .. Dr. H elmes h as bee n for a l ::.1lnber of Y2:1r8 conn ected with the clramic in du stry, coming h ere from j he cE:ramic cxpu'iment station of the 'Gnited States Bureau of Mines at Col umbus, Ohia. The new c3ramic de[.2l'iment was establish ed at the direct r equest of ti'Je clay industr:es. In spite of the fact tl1at it was not menb,ned in the catalog, owing to its belllg au thorized after the catalog was vrin ted, th ere were f ive registrants in the course thi ~ fa ll. The new co urse [,l".J-:l1ises to be an important one in s~ hoo l curricllla. Prd. P. A. Wiiiis came to M. S. M. t i,is fall as assistant professor of mecha nical engineerin g. Prof. Willis g'l'aduated fr om l\1 . o1tana State Co llege, and has bee n teaching ' at the Kansas State AgriL J,1tUl'al C'oll,ege
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Manhattan 1.1,') until he came h el·e. F. C. Farnham has been appointed in structor in phys ics. Mr. Farnham t'!'lme from New York University where he Nas a lso instructor in physics . He graduate d from Nebraska Wesle yan . lVI. H . Gr i Z£i tt,·, has been appointed il'structor in G€l'man, taking the ;Jlacc of Prof. O. A. Hen nin g, who i ~ a-.v~,y on lea'!e h'r one year doing graduate work. Mr. Griffitts came hre from the Univer sity of Michigan, where he g radu ate d and wh ere he was <l lso instru ctor in German . A . V. Kilpatric:k, new instructor in mechanical cngirleering, came here froTY; Ames, I owa, wh ere he had been graduate assistant in mechanical engi · n ee ring. Mr. Ki lpatri ck gl~ad u ated fron; South Dakota College. I . L . Hebel, a graduate of th e University of Colorado, has b een appointed instl'l.lctrn" in mathematics. Mr. Hebel was ivstru ctor in mathel, ' atics at the Uv,iversity of Colorado (luring the past year. OLD GRADUATE S SEND THEIR SONS TO M. S. M.
Mere an d mol''" the men who h ave gracnated here ill past years ar e se nding th ei r boys to M. S. M. for their tduratio n. This year t h ere are six so n!; of old grads in school. C . L. Olmst·~ j who gra dua ted in 190 1 and wh o is now connected with th e St. Joseph Lead Company at Rivermines, Mo, entered his boy, MYl'(:n, h ere this year. J. L. Pickles, '02, District Engin eer for the Nationa: Ra il ways, West Du luth, Minn., also sent his boy, Louis, this ye:1r. Claud e Myers, Presid'3nt of the Locds Surveying Co., St. Louis, has h i~ boy, Rob er t, here for his second year. L. A. Delano's boy, Phillip, is h ere this year as a junior. Mr. Delano , who graduat ed in '04, is Mill Superint en dent of the St. Joseph Lead Comrany. E. T. Perkins, '99, Consulting Engineel' and Mine OJ)erator, Joplin, Mo. , hiS his son, J;;dwin, in school as a ~e nior.
Charles King, on of Charles L. King who graduated in '04 and wh o is now decea;;ed, entere d school thi S year - ~ om Parson~, Kans.
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FOOTBALL PROSPECTS GOOD. Fil'st game, Miners '41, McKendree 13.
The presence of nine letter-men {rom last year'~ su ccessful eleven l-oinis toward a strong '26 team h L' the-Missouri Schoul of Mines football contmgent. Coach MoCollum possess(,3 a brilliant bltck-f ield quartet in Captain L;oe, Ledford, Lemoll, Thomas. Also Berty, a ' 24 letter-man, ic ont for a positiun in the back-fie ld. YOUllg, R. Jolmson, G. Johnson, Allebach a nd Bolon are t he line men of . 2.Jility who earned varsity positions in '25 and will '. (ll'm the nucle us for the development of n stalwart line. The fnward wall wi!l be the object of much a ttention in order to enable t h e Miners' ",ast·gtepping back-field to fundi'o n properly. Scrimmage is 81rE-ady being rracticed daily liS Coach McCo(]um drills his charges for the McKendree Cullege game to be fe- Howed by the Miners' annual game v.ith the Washington U. Bears in St. Louis. In all abou t sixty men are out fo; footba ll, a nd am ong the new-come1'S is so me esp echlly promising material. Cavanaug h and T emples have shown al' agreeab le sb ili ty at gaining yard~' ge ill the dail y se3sions, and they are cue to see sei" vice in the Miners' eight ;games ached uled for· this fa ll . .. I n Niec'ermeyer the Miners have a likely I')ol:ing wing-ma :l: a nd Boyer, Roberts :ma Tucker appear to be excell ent lin e material. A newcomer on the MilleT schedule for thi~ yea r is t h e Arkan s'a s Aggi e3, whe ~ill play in Ro lla on Oct. 16 ,:s on e ('1' the features -of t he Home-Con,ing Week of the School of Min'es. The schedule for th e season is as follows: October I-McKendree Oollege, Home. October 9- Washington U., St. Louis. October 16-Arkansas Aggies, Home. Octo'b er 22-Kirksville Ost eopaths, Home. O ctober 30- St. Louis U., St. Louis. Nov. 6-Eva n ~yille College, Evansv!jie, Ind. Nov. 12-Drury College, Home. Nov. 25- Spl'ingi'ield Teacher.5, Sr;ringfield.