Missouri S&T Magazine, June 15, 1928

J OH N A. GARC I A Docto r of E ng in ee ring (H o no ri s Cau sa)

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Our Paper Money

Bridging the Gap

By V . H. G otischal~, B.S, '98, M. S. '00, MSM ; Ph.D. (C hicago) '19. FaT a numbeT of years PTOfessoT of Chemistr)1 at MS M n ow T echn ical A dvl:seT to the U. S. BUTeau of Efficiency, W as hingt on , D. C.

A tal~ by PTO f, H. H . ATmsby , R egistTaT and S tt.dent Adv isOT, delivel'ed at Joplin, A pTil 27 bef oTe a meeting of th e Tl'i -Stat e S ecti on of the Alumni A ssociati on, w ith twent y high schoo l seniOTs as gu ests of the associati on .

About t hr ee yea r s ago . t h e Gove rnm e n t was mu ch con ce r ned by comp la in ts coming f rom eve ry [)a rt of th e co un t ry about bri tt le doll a r bi lls. A su pe rfi cIa l 111 ;,es tlga tl o n s uf fi ced to s h ow t h a t n o t o nl y was th e c it ize n s p at ien ce b e ing t ri ed by t he ease w it h w hi ch t h e p ape r m o n ey to r e .111 hi s h a n ds-in fact, it ,vas a ll too co mm on th a t t h e bIlls sn apped in two as th e ba nk t ell er co unted th em o ut-b ut a lso, t ha t th e B ur ea u of E ng rav ing a nd P nnt111g h a d r eac h e d its capaci t y in p rin t in g pape r m on ey fas t en oug h to k ee p a n a m ple supp ly in circ ul at io n.

I t was for th e p urpose of fi nd in g th e ca u se of a nd th e reme dy fo r t hi s epi demic of brittle dollar bills th at I was e nr o ll ed in the Gove rn me n t se r vice. My em ploye r s, th e B u r ea u of E ffi cie n cy, had a vague idea t ha t th e n ew er a of mo toring w h ic h r eq uir ed a tr em end o us numb er of o n e -d o l! a r bi lls fo r waysi de ga r age expe nses, was p r OV!l1g too ha rd a nd wearin g fo r th e or d in a r y t ype of curr e ncy pa pe r a nd th a t n ot hin g sh ort of th e di scove ry of a n ew pape r-m a king fib e r , of str e ng th su ffic ient to w ith sta nd th e h a b:¡t s of th e m otorist, wo ul d r eme dy th e si tu at io n.

Befor e sta r ti nO' o n a sea r ch f or a n ew pape r-m a kin g fi be r , I look ed in t o t h~ poss ib iEti es of t h e lin en fib er fr o m w hich our pape r curr e ncy is ma nu fac tur ed b eca u se lin en fib er is ac kn ow ledged to be th e b es t m a t e ri a l kn ow n, w it h a few rar e except ions, fo r m a k ing st r o ng p ape r. D eve lop m en ts s howe d th e sea r ch fo r a n ew fib e r to be unnec essa rv; by p r ope r t r eatme n t t h e r eg ul a r En e n r aw m a te ri a l co uld b e indu ce d t o y ie ld a pape r st r o ng e noug h to m eet th e r eq uir em e nt s, a nd co n seque ntl y t h e doll a r bill fo r th e pas t e ig ht ee n m o nth s h as bee n printed on a n in cr eas in g ly stro ng pape r , un t il n ow th e spec ifi cations ca ll fo r a curr ency pape r a t leas t e ig ht tim es more r es ista n t to wea r by fo ldin g a nd t ea rin g than was th e do ll ar bill of 1925 . T he fir st ste p in r em ovi ng brittl en ess was to add cotto n fi be r wh ich , in th e p r ocess of pape r-m a ki ng, does no t so r ead il y get int o th e brittle s ta t e. Ln en fib e r, w h en pr epa r ed in th e " b ea t er " use d by th e pa pe r - m a k e r, g r ad u a ll y in cr eases in st r engt h qualit y until it r eac hes a m axim u m aft e r w h: c h co n t inu ed bea t ing ca uses a ve ry r a pid d ec lin e in st r e ngt h a nd t h e d eve lop m en t of ot h er prope rti es, su ch as a t e n de n cy to bri tt le n ess, to tr a nspa r en cy, t o excess ive expa n sio n and di sto r t ion o n we ttin g , a nd to a res ista nce towa r ds a b so r bin g w at er r ea dil y. Co tt o n fi be r acts s imil a rl y b ut to a m uch lesse r degr ee, a nd th e p r ese n t compos itio n, 7S pe r cen t lin e n, 25 pe r ce nt co tt on , w ill p rob ab ly be sta n da rd fo r m a ny yea r s to co m e, beca use th e pres e n ce of co tt o n is a safeg ua rd aga in st th e brittle ness, w hil e th e dec r ease of str eng th co nseq ue nt to it s p r ese n ce is n ot se ri ous un de r th e c ir cum st a n ces .

T he expe ri e n ce w it h t h e b r itt le b ill p r oba bl y had a co n s 'dera bl e inHu ence in br ing in g to a su ccessf ul co nclu sio n th e pla n s for t he pr ogr a m of cu rr e ncy r ev isio n t ha t h a d dr agge d a long fo r fi ftee n yea r s, und er t hr ee Secr et a ri es of th e Tr ea sury. O ur me th ods in so lvin g th e pape r p r ob le m po int ed acc us:ng ly at t h e h ap haza r d m e th o ds th at we r e in vog ue in p r oduc: ng our pa per m o n ey . Th e p r ogr a m fo r th e sma llsize d pape r curr e ncy t h a t is to be iss ue d F e bru a ry, 1929, owes muc h of it s s uccess to th e e ne rgy a nd initi ative o f m y c hi ef, M r. H . B . B row n, w ho acte cl as chai rm a n of o ne of t h e m os t active of t he sub -co m m ittees of th e "Commit tee of 1925, Curr e n cy Des ig ns," appo in tecl by Sec r et a ry Me ]1 o n to act und er th e s upe r viso ry ch ect io n of fo rm e r Ass ista nt Secre-

I wo nd e r if som e o f yo u a r e as king th e qu estio n , at leas t to your se lves, " \ V hy sh ou ld th e R egis tr a r car e t o t a lk to a lumni a nd h ig h sc hoo l stud e n ts? W h a t int e r es t does h e h ave in u s excep t w hil e we a r e und er hi s imm edi a te juri sdi ct io n , w h er e h e ca n m a k e u s fill ou t innum e r a bl e fo rm s a nd ca n ma k e vo lumin o u s r ec o rd s o f eve r yt hin g we do and sa y? I sn ' t h e a co ldbl oo d ed o ffici a l to w ho m a stud ent is m e r ely o n e mo r e ca rd f or hi s fil es? I s he PROF. H, H. ARMS BY hum a n a t all ?"

I vva nt to a n s\:ve r th esE' C! l1 f's t ions t o!1ig-I'!t, ilr:d I beiieve w hat 1 h ave to say wo ul d be end o r sed by a la r ge m a jo r ity, n o t o nl y o f R eg istr a r s, bu t ot her co ll ege a dmini s tr a t or s as we ll.

We are int er es t ed in yo u w hil e you a r e un de r o ur imm e diat e s upe r v isio n-ve r y na t ur a ll y-yo u a r e our job . Bu t we a r e a lso int er es t e d in yo u befo r e yo u com e t o us-in yo u hig h sch oo l boys- fo r yo u a r e th e ma t eri a l fo r o ur f u t ur e effo rt s¡-o ur f ut u r e raw m a t e ri a l o ut of w h: c h we m u st m old n ew a lumni. A nd t h e a itii:lp i a :r e o ur p r o du ct , o n w ho m we h ave p lace d o ur s t a mp of app r ova l. If we we r e n ot in te res t ed in yo u alumni , if' we did 110t w is h t o see everyo n e of yo u ha ppy a nd s uccessf ul, t h e l] YO ll m ig ht well as k, "A r e th ey human a t a ll ?" Fo r it is n o m o r e t ha n hum a n t o wa nt th e p r odu ct of o n e's la bo r s to be a goo d p r odu ct , ab le to ho ld its ow n w it h th e p r odu ct s of o n e's com p et it or s. T h e r e fo r e, I a m pa r t icul a rl y g la d of a n oppor t un: ty s uc h as thi s, w h; ch com es bu t se ld om , of m eet ing w ith r aw m a t eri a l a nd fini s h ed p r odu c t a t t h e sa m e tim e . a nd of t ellin g bo th a littl e a bo ut so m e of o ur p r ob le m s, in th e hope th a t yo u w ill h elp us so lve th e m, to th e adva n tage of a ll conce rn ed.

Please do not t a k e m e too lit e r a ll y w h en ~ dr aw a s imil e b e twee n coll ege a nd a m a nu fac turing p la nt . I b eli eve th a t o n e g r ea t tro ubl e w: th our co ll eges ha s bee n ju s t thi s att it ud e -th at th e e n te rin g' f r es hm a n is r aw mate ri a l o ut of w hi ch t he co ll ege . by som e so rt of lege rd ema in , is t o mo ld a n e ntir ely d iffe r en t a nd a fin is h ed p r odu c t. T he fact of th e m at t e r is th a t th e e nt erin g f r es hm a n is not r aw, a nd th e g r a du a ting se ni or is n o t fin :s h ed. T h e se ni or is t h e sa m e pe r so n h e was fo ur (or som e tim es fi ve ) years ago, m er ely a littl e o ld er, pe rh aps a li t tl e w ise r , s ur e ly a litt le m ore sop hi s ti cated. Hi s edu ca ti o n, howeve r. sta r te d th e d ay h e was born (so m e say eve n ea rli er ), a nd w ill n o t e n d un t il h e d oes, a nd so m e say n ot th e n.

Co ll ege is m er e ly a bri e f in te rlud e d uri ng w hi ch t he s tud en t is c hi e Hy occ u pied tJ-Ieo r et ica ly a t least w ith spec ific effo rt s towa rd im p rov in g hi s m in d . It is not a sepa ra te wate rti g ht co m pa rtm en t of Ii fe , w it h n o co n tact w ith w h at ca m e b efo r e o r w ith w ha t is to fo ll ow af t er-o r at least my th es is is t ha t it s h ou ld n o t be . I be li eve we a r e too apt t o co nce ive th a t it is su ch a comp a r t m en t . \ Ve spea k of th e h ig h sc h ool stud ent as a boy, bu t w h e n h e e nt e r s co ll ege we te ll hi m h e und er t h e supe r viso r y d ir ect ion of fo r me r Ass ista nt Sec r e-

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ALUMNUS

MSMALUMNUS Issued qua r ter ly, in t h e in terest of the grad uates and fo r mer s t ud e nts of t h e Sc h oo l o f M in es a nd Meta llurgy. S ubsc ripti o n pric e SO ce nt s , in cluded in A lumni dues.

E nt er ed as secon d -c lass matt e r Octobe r 7, 1926, a t Post Offi ce at Ro ll a, Mi sso uri, unde r t h e Act of March 3, 1879.

Offic e rs of the A ssociation

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K Wa ls h . . . P r es id e nt i\. \lV. Gleason . . .. . V icc-P r es id c nt C. Y. C layton ... ...... . . .. . . , .. . 'l'rcas ur er K. K. Kc r s hn c r . . ............... Sec rctary Noc l Hubbard . . ............ . .. . A lu mni R eco r d e r Editors

C. y. Clayton

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N ext Year A lumni Dues Are Due Jun e fi r st us h e rs in a new fi sca l yea r fo r th e A lu mni Assoc iat io n. Wit h t hi s iss uc is e n close d a r e n ewa l s lip fo r the a lumn i du cs a nd th e A lumnus . Th e past yea r t h e Assoc iat io n d id not br ea k eve n o n expe n ses, a nd wa s f o rc ed to draw up o n re so urc es accu11lu!at('d bef o r e t h e A lu mnu s was s tarte d .

It is obv io us th at s uc h a co nd iti o n ca nn ot ex is t ind e finit e ly, a nd it is sin ce r e ly hope d t h at eve r y a lu11lnu s of th e sc h oo l w ill tak e advantage o f t h e e nc lose d s lip to tran smit hi s due s p ro mp t ly .

Th e r e a r c no pa id o ffi c ia ls of th e A lumni Assoc iati o n.

Th ose h a ndlin g t h e ad mini st rat ive e n d of th e w o rk a r e do in g so f o r th e goo d o f th e Sc hoo l of Min es . Th ey a r c g lad to do thi s se r vice :for t h e sc hoo l, a nd in turn h ope that t h e a lumni w ill b e g lad t o m a k e th e sma! 1 cont ri but o n as k ed of th em th a t th e o ffi c ial s may have th e fu nd s to do w ith.

Th e A lumnu s ha s carried n o acivertiseme n t:;, and it is th e hope of th e ed it ol' s that t h ey wi ll no t be forc ed to r eso rt to a dvcrt is: ng matt e r in o rd e r to meet expe nses . Aside 'from t h e la rge amo unt o f r o utin e \,-:o r k the h a nd ling of adve rti sem c nt s w o uld e n ta il, it is f e lt th at adve rti s in g mat e rial wou ld se ri o us ly d e tra ct fr o m the ge ner a l appcal'an ce of th e m agaz in e. D ir ec to r Fu lt o n rcc e ives a la rge numb er of a lumni m agaz in es in hi s office a nd has fr equent ly exp r esse d th e op ini o n that t h e A lumnu s a s n ow iss ued is th e m ost di g nifi ed and imprcssive o ne th at comes to hi s de s k.

Th e r c a r c a numb e r of t h in s th e Association officia ls a r c hop ing to do afte r the expe nses of th e A lum n u s arc take n ca r e o f, but th ey fee l that th e fi rs t duty s h o ul d be to k ee p t he a lumni info r m ed of th e n ews co n ce r n in g the sc hoo l and th e ir fo rm e r sc h oo lmat es, and to thi s end a r e g ivin g th e a lumni m agaz in e fir st co ns id e r atio n.

Let's a ll coope ra te fo r a bigge r a nd better M S]vI. Eac h A lumnu s r cce iving thi s iss u e sho uld attac h hi s ch ec k to th e e nc losed s li p a nd ttlail it a t o nce to t h e Trea s urer of th e A lumni Assoc iati o n, E o li a, :M o .

The A lumni Loan Fund In terest Growing In Proposed P lan Th e m ove m e nt s ta rt ed about a yea r agO', at th e s ugges ti o n o f Dir ec to r C ha r les H . F ult o n in a ta lk bef o r e t h e J op l:n sect io n of th e assoc iat io n, to r a ise a loa n .fund by s ub sc ri pt io ns fr om th e ,tiunltli to h e lp wortltw hil e stud e n ts fini s h th e ir ed uca t io n, is sti ll ga inin g g r o und, and it is ve r y pr o b ab le th at so m e d e nnit e action w ill be sta rt ed in th e ve r y n ca r futur e. ' Th e J o p lin sec ti o n, at its m ee tin g o n Ap ril 27, agai n went ove r t h e m atte r of a s tud e nt loa n fund, a nd 1 I<1I1S fo r a n o rga ni zat:on to r a ise t h e J op lin sect io n' s quota we r e m a d e.

Dr. Ful to n has r ece ived a letter f r o m r<:dw: n S . T o m p kin s, ' 16, co n s ultin g 11tini ng a nd l1t e tallurg ica l e ng in ee l' in N w Yo rk Cit y . w rit.t e n af t e r co ns ulta ti o n w ith 1':n oc h Ne die s . p r esi d e n t' of th e New Yo rk a lumni , a s kin g for info rmati o n r ega rdin g easte rn a lumni that th e New Yo rk sect io n mi g ht com plet e a rran ge m e nt s fo r m eeti ng th e ir q uo ta . Th e m attc r is be in g co n s id ered in o th e r sec tion s of th e co untr)t, a nd

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Dr. Chadcs H. Fulton. Director of MSM for the past e ig ht years, h avi ng com e to th e School of Mines (I-om th e Case S chool of Applied Science wh e re for nine y ea rs h e wa s Professor o f M c ta Hlll-gy. Dil-ec tor Fu lton has been espec ially int CI-es tc d in th e resea rch w ork being can-jed on at th e school, a nd th e tec hnica l bulle tins th e sch ool has prin t e d in rece nt y e ars have gone into every COllntl-Y on the g lobe.

it is ve r y p r o bab le that by n ex t fa ll ir ec to r Ful to n w ill have the a dditi o na l funds h e d es ir es to m eet r equ es t s for loa ns.

Th e Ja cklin g fund which D. C. Ja ck lin g, '92, mad e avai lable so me yea r s ago , a nd to whic h h e ha s added fr om t im e to tim e, has up unt il th e past yea r o r so g ive n th e ::>c h oo l administrat io n a mpl e f und s t o m ee t th e r equ ests fo r loa n s.

Th e Jack lin g f und h as proved a tr em end o us asse t to th e Sc hoo l o f ¡M in es . It ha s bee n m ost ca r efu ll y adm ini st e r ed. as ev id e n ce d by th e fact tltat o ut of th e m a ny loa n s m a de o nl y tw o o r tltr ee have bee n li s ted as un co ll ec tab le, a nd o ne o f th ese o n account of th e dea th of th e parties co n ce rn ed .

Th e boys have t a k e n th ese loa n s ser io us ly . a nd th ey h ave se r ve d a mos t im po r ta nt purp ose in ge tting th e m thrOU'h sc hoo l.

H oweve r, w ith th e r ece n t r ap id ex pan s io n of the sc hoo l e n ro llm e nt t h e J a cldin g f un d is no lo nge r a b le to m ee t th e de m a nd s that a r c be in g m a d e for loa ns . Th e m oveme nt to s ta r t a ge ne ral a lumni fund as s ugges t ed by Doctor Fu lto n, ", ;11 g ive ot h er a lumni of th e sc hoo l a chan ce to s how th ei r app r ec ia ti o n o f t he in s tituti on th a t gave th em th e ir ed u cat io n. a nd a lso g ive the m a n o pp o r t u71i ty to h e lp d ese r vin g boys sec ur e a n edu ca ti o n.

A fund o f $5.000 s ho uld g ive the sc hoo l ad mini s tr a ti o n a mpl e m o n ey to m eet th e r equests th at w: 1I be made in the im!ll ed ia t e futur e , as fund s wi ll be co min g in ri g h t a lo ng fr o nl r epay m e nt s o n th e Ja c klin g loa ns . ] ir ecto r Fulto n wou ld be g la d to h ea r f r o III o th e r sec tion s o r f ro m a lul11ni not co nn ec t ed w ith th e va ri o us sec tions who m ight have s ugges t io ns to make r ega rdin g th e f und.

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General Science at MSM Few co ur ses a t MSM have u nd ergone as g r ea t a cha nge d uring th e pas t fi ve yea r s as has t he curri culum in Ge ner a l Scie nce . U nl ess th e a lumni t a ke ti me t o stud y th e catalog ue p r etty ca r ef ull y, it is ve r y p r oba ble th a t th eir atte n t io n has never bee n ca ll ed to th e possib iliti es of th e prese n t co ur se in Ge ner a l Scie nc e.

Th e p r ese nt cour se in Ge ner a l Scien ce o f w hi c h D r. L. E. vVoodma n, P r ofessor of P h ys ics, is hea d, is p la nn ed p rim a ril y to tr a in t eac her s of Science. In t he fir st two years th e st u d e nt s get a broa d ge ner a l tra ining in C hemi stry, Biology a nd P h ys ics, w it h a n oppo rtun :t y t o do a d va nce d wo r k in th e ir c hose n fie ld of S ci ence during th e se nio r yea r. It is a lso poss ible t o e lec t Geology, As tr o nom y a nd Bacteri ologv.

E n oug h wo rk in P ysc li ology a nd r elate d subj ects is e it her r eq uir e d o r elec ti ve so th a t th e pros pec ti ve t eac her wi ll have no d iffi cu lty in sec uri ng a H :g h School S tate T eac her's Ce rtifi cate No sc hool ca n have a ny g r ea ter asse t th a n a loya l body of t eac he r s in th e hig h sc hoo ls .o f th e S t a t e. At th e p r ese n t tim e th e Sc hoo l of M in es is ha ndi ca ppe d by hav in g so few a lumni w ho have beco me hig h sc hoo l t each er s. Th :s di ffi cult y ca n be im p r ove d during th e nex t fi ve or t en yea r s if th e a lu m ni w ill boos t th is p hase of th e wo rk at th e ir A lm a Mate r. You a ll kn ow bri g ht boys w ho a r e not int e r es t ed in E ng in ee ring, bu t w ho do no t co m e t o th e Sc hoo l o f M in es beca use th ey d o no t kn ow tha t th ey ca n ge t a ny o th er co ur se a t thi s sc hoo l. W hy no t t ell th em a bout o ur wo rk in Ge nera l Science? T h e sc hoo l is no t m a king a n y a tte mpt t o t each th e so- ca l! ed A rt s co ur ses, but is r ecog ni z ing th e fact th at we have th e fac ul ty and t he equi p m ent t o t eac h hig hg rade co ur ses in a ll depa rtm e nt s of Scie nce.

Nea rl y eve r y hi g h sc hoo l in th e S ta t e has th e co mbin a ti o n o f Scie nce t eac her a nd A thl eti c D ir ector. W h y s h ould n o t th e School of M in es train me n fo r th ese pos it:o ns? Th e fac t th a t o ne hundred a nd thirty -eig h t ho urs a r e r eq u ir ed fo r g r ad uat io n in Geile ra i Sc ie nce a s aga in st one hundr ed a nd fift y-e ig ht in E ng in ee rin g m ea ns th a t th e s tu de nt tn Ge ner a l Scie nce w ill have m o r e tim e t o ma ke a stud y of a thl e t ic co aching . Th e co m pa r a ti ve ly sm a ll s iz e of th e ath letic "s qu a d" in thi s sc hool a nd th e co nseq uentl y m or e inti m a te co n tact bet wee n th e stud e nt a nd th e coach m a ke thi s a n idea l schoo l fo r giv ing thi s so rt of tra inin g .

Th e co ur se in Ge ne r a l Scie nce is we ll a dap t ed to t hose stu d ents w ho a r e loo kin g fo r s ix ty o r mor e hours of co ll ege work befo r e th ey ca n t a ke up th e study of law, m edi c 'n e or de nti stry. Th e cr e dit s ea rn ed at th e Schoo l o f M in es a r e acce pte d a t a ny p r ofess io na l sch oo l in th e co un t r y.

Me n w ho ar e loo kin g t owa r ds r esea r ch wo rk w ill find th emse lves we ll fitt ed, a ft er compl etin g th e co ur se in Ge ner a l Scie nce, t o go into a r esea rch la bora t or y, o r t o co ntinu e th e ir wo rk fo r a highe r degr ee a t thi s or so m e o th er sc hoo l. In thi s con necti o n th e a lumni may be in te r es t e d to kn ow t hat th e U ni ve r sit y of M issouri w ill co nfe r th e d egr ee of Doct or of P hilosop h y upo n ca ndid a t es w ho m ay d o a ll of th ei r wo r k a t th e Sc hoo l of M in es in o ne o r m or e of th e follow in g depa rtm e nt s : Mi ning, Me t a llurgy, Chemi st r y a nd Geo logy .

T hi s is a recog n iti o n of th e wo rk of th ese d ep artm ent s of w hi ch we may a ll be p r oud .

Me n w ho des ir e t o becom e pa leontolog i¡st s m ay t a ke the co ur se in Ge ner a l Scie nce in st ea d of th e Geology Optio n of t he M inin g Curri culum . Thi s g ives th e necessa r y tr a inin g rn Biology a nd F r e nch a nd Ge rm a n, a nd a ll ows s uffi c:ent t im e fo r a br oad tr a ini ng in P a leo nt ology.

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John Bland Develops Mica Separating Machine T he fo ll ow in g it em was t a ken f ro m th e Ma r ch 4th iss ue of t he Glo be -De moc r a t . B la nd a tt e nd ed th e Sc hoo l of M in es in 1908 a nd 1909.

"John B la nd, so n of til e la t e Co ng r ess man Ri cha r d P .

B la nd , free s ilve r cha m pio n, has ga in ed co ns id e rab le fa m e in th e minin g wo rld thr oug h h is in ve nti o n o f a mi ca sepa r a ting m ac h ine wh ich is r evo luti o ni zin g th e sepa r a ti o n of m ica f r om t he depos its in w hi ch it is fo und. As it is used la rge ly in th e

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ma nu fac tur e of a utom obi le pa rt s, ma ny uses for mi ca h ave deve loped in th e last few years . B ut th e sepa r a t io n of the mi ca f r ol11 o th er depos it s has r ema ined a slow, labo ri ous h and p r ocess until th e in ve nti o n of B la nd 's mac hin e.

"As geo log ist, m ini ng e ng in ee r a n d meta llurg ica l stude n t B la nd devo te d eleve n yea r s to st ud y a nd expe r ime n t, try ing fi n d a mo r e effic ie n t way of ha ndli ng m ica, fin a ll y perfecting hi s mac hin e. It now is in operatio n in T in to n, in t he B lack Hill s, So u t h Da k ota, w it h B la n d as s upe rintendent, a nd not o nl y pays its ow n way, but a lso pays al l t he ope r a ti ng expe nses of th e co nstru cti on wo r k at th e big t in min e a t T in to n.

"B la n d's pr ocess invo lves th e use of fo ur v ib ra ting sc r ee ns a nd m a kes poss ible t he se pa r atio n of m ica at less th a n te n ce n ts a t on. "

Alumni Back for St. Pats.

KAPPA ALPHA HOUSE Dw ig ht L. Mood ie, '24, Sales De part m e nt, La cl ede-C hri sty Clay P ro du ct s Co., 1711 Am bassador B ldg., St. Lou is.

C. (Ca b ) Sm ith , '26, of th e e ng in ee r ing d epa r t m e n t of U rb a ur & Atwood , St. Lo ui s.

13. H . (H am) Moo r e, ex '23, r eprese n tative fo r t he LacledChri sty Clay Prod uct s Co. fo r I owa, Mi nn esota a nd \"' isco ns in . Hi s h om e add r ess is 333 S u mm it Ave nu e, M ilwa uk ee, vVisco ns in.

J. D . Cr awfo rd , '26, 514 La ke Ave nu e, We bste r G r oves, Mo.

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PI KAPPA ALPHA HOUSE W. E . H . K ni g ht , '27-B ill is w ith t he A luminum O r e Co. of Eas t S t. Lo ui s, Ill ino is.

M. P. vVe ige l, '23-0ÂŁ th e A lu m inu m O r e Co., Eas t St. Lo ui s, Illin o is.

II. A . :Lle rd er, ex '26, ot J\I[cComas, ' '''es t V irg ini a .

C. L. S mith , '22, Ha rri sb urg, Illin o is.

TRIANGLE HOUSE W. F . Ne tze ba nd , '21-Net ze ba nd is w it h th e Eag le-P iche r Lea d Co m pa ny a t J op lin, M isso uri.

P. D. W in dsor , '22, Cit y E ng in ee r o f Be ll evill e, Illin o is.

P . H. Dela n o, '30.

KAPPA SIGMA HOUSE F. ]. F ly nn , '12, M ickey is in t he ' ''' ho lesa le P I.u111 b ing a nd H ea t S u pp ly b usin ess at S t. J osep h, M isso uri.

Nea l Ha m , 23, of th e In ge rso ll -Ra nd Com pa ny of Ka nsas City, M isso uri.

A r ch Nay lor, '24, w ho is w it h th e T ho mas L. Dawso n Co mpa ny, K.a nsas City, M issouri .

Fred P. W hi te, '22, w ho is ass ista nt s u pe rint e nd ent of t he Ra lsto n Purin a Com pa ny, St. Lo ui s, Mo .

BONANZA HOUSE A . A . Boy le, '25- A I is wi t h t he U. S . E ng in eers Office, St. L o ui s, M isSO L1l:i.

E lme r Chapin, '23- Chap in is in t he em pl oy of the C hemical & P igme nt Co., In c., Co llin sv ille, Iliin o is.

M . N . BeDe ll , '23-BeDell is w it h th e Laclede Stee l Compa ny, A lt o n, Ill in o is.

L. E . Lu m p kin , '2 1, of J effe r so n City, M issour i.

Ro ber t L. Camp bell, '29, Ka n sas Cit y, M isso uri.

H . M . D ier s, '27, Illi no is State Highway Depar tme n t, Ca r b o nda le, Illin ois.

H . A. M urph y, '26--Ha r o ld is w it h the Illin o is H ig h way Depa r t m e nt, East S t. Lou is, Illin o is.

D . L. (D uk e) Arr a, ex '27, Illin ois H ig hway Depa r tmen t ' Ca r bond a le, Illin o is.

C. C. He inri c h (Sp:de r ), ex '27, St. Lou is, M isso uri.

O . D. (M ike) Gibbo ns, ex '30, D un ca n, O kl a homa.

PROSPECTOR HOUSE G. R. Sco tt, '24, I nst ru cto r in Mec ha ni ca l D raw in g, MSM .

D. F. Wa ls h, '23, In st r ucto r in Metall urgy, MSM.

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Commencement 78 D egrees C onferred Dr. M orehouse C ommencement Speaker O n :May 24, in P a r ke r Ha ll , t he cl ass of 1928 passed fr om st ude nts t o a lum ni . At t hi s, th e 56th a n nu a l co mm e nce m e n t o f t he Sc hoo l of M in es, seve nt y-eig ht degr ees we r e co n fe rt' ed, in cludin g fi ve professio na l degr ees .

On May 20 in t he a udit o r ium of Pa r ke r Ha ll th e R ig ht Reve r e nd Ir ving P . Jo hn so n, Denve r, Color ado, B isho p of the Colo r ado Diocese of t he Ep isco pa l Chur ch, pr eac hed the bacca la ur ea te ser mo n. S t a rt ing his se r mo n w ith t he sta t em e nt th a t t he g r ea t ma jority of th e h uma n r a ce is cy nical a nd a lways wi ll be, B is hop Tl) hn so n po inted o ut t ha t t her e a r e as m a n y r eact io ns in li fe as t he r e a r e ch emi.c a l r ea ctio n s in th e lab o ra t o ry . H e r eviewed t he s upe r fi cia l ske pt icism towa r d r elig io n t ha t ha s c ha r acte ri ze d a po r t io n of th e hu ma n ra ce since th e beg in nin g o f r eco r ded h is to r y, a nd urge d th e class t o ma: nta in th e: r fa it h in t he ir r e lig io us belie fs. In a ll B ishop Jo hnso n's talk was o ne o f t he bes t bacca la ur ea t e se r m o ns th a t has bee n preac hed he r e in som e ti m e.

O n 'We dn es da y, May 23, fr om 3 to 5 P . M ., was th e D ir ec to r 's r ece ptio n to stud e nt s, fac ulty a nd v isito r s, a nd t ha t ni g ht a t 9 P. M. was t he co mm e nce m e nt ba ll.

D r. Da n ie l VV . Mo r eho use, Pres id ent of D r ake U ni ve rs it y, de li ve r ed t he co m mencemen t ad d r ess o n th e su bject, "Science, ~1 h a t of th e Day?" . D r. tIo r ehouse r eviewed t he t r em e ndous st ri des t hat have bee n made in scie n tifi c kn ow ledge in t he las t ha lf ce nt ur y a nd po int ed bri e fl y t o t he g r eat fi eld tha t lies ah ea d fo r t he scie nt ifi c g raduat e.

Th e ho no r s as li st ed o n th e co m m ence m e nt prog r a m we r e as fo ll ows : H ighes t H ono r s : J oh n E. A nte ner Firs t H o no r s : J o hn E . l\ nte ner Ph a ri ss C. B r a d fo rd J oh n R ~I a lt e r Second H o nor s : Ru pe r t P . Baumga rtn er Edwa rd C, F a ul kn er M ic ha el V . H ea ley F loy d E. Sewell S ig ma X i H o no r Society : Clet us D . Co r dr y I-I e r lll a n H . Ka vele r P hi Kappa P hi H o no r Soc iet y : J oh n E . A nte ne r R upe rt P . B au mga r t ner P ha r iss C. B r adfo r d E dwa rd C. Fa ulk ne r Edwa rd C. M iller F loy d .1:ÂŁ. Sewe ll J o hn R \ Va lth e r Clctu s D. Co rdry Howa r d I-I. Gross

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T a u Be ta P i H o no r F ra t e rni ty : Cha r les \ \1 . A mbl e r, J r.

J o hn E . A nt ene r R uper t P . Bau mga rt ne r H a rr y H. B ritt ingham R o be r t \ \1. Co uch Edwa r d C. F a ulkn e r Cha rl es A. F r ee m a n H e nr v E . Gross N icho las L. Koz linsky S hirl ey A . L ynch E d wa r d C. M ill er T ho mas D. 'M ur phy vV illi a m K . Sch we ick har dt F loy d E . Sew,, :1 \ ,V ill ia m S . T e mples Th ose r ece iving t he Bach elo r or Mas te r degr ees a r e li sted und er t he class of 1928 in th e ge nera l a lumn i news, a nd a lso t he posi t io n to which th ey have go ne.

T hose co mmissio ned as Rese r ve Seco nd L ie ut e na nt s in t he Co r ps of E ng inee r s in th e A rm y of t he U nite d S tates we r e as fo ll ows : Cha rl es \ \1. A mblel", J r.

Rup er t P . Ba ulll ga rtn er A r t h ur P . Ber ry Ph il ip ]. Boye r L ouis ]. Bu rg R o be r t \ .\1. Co uch \,va n e n F . F rui t J o hn F. Gage J o h n R. H ec km an Jo hn]. Livi ngs to n E d wa rd C. lVr ill e r Howa r d B. Mo r ela nd J a m es F . O r r Ca rl L. Sa ll ey B url Y. S lates Samu el A. Gr a nt ha m, Jr. , r ece ive d a ce rtifi ca te of elig ibil ity as Rese r ve Seco nd Lie ute na nt in the Co r ps of E ngi nee r s, U . S. A r my, a nd J a mes G. Dona ldso n a nd \ \1i lli a111 K. Sc hwe ic kh a r d t we r e to r ece ive t heir commissio n u po n th e comp le t io n o f t he summe r t ra ini ng cam p. Howeve r, \ \1 illi am K. Scll\ve ickh a rd t has s in ce IJee n d isc ha rge d f ro m t he R O .T. C. o n acco unt o f ph vs ica l di sa bili ty.

Fi ve of t he o ld g r a ds had fi led th eir th eses fo r t heir profess io na l deg r ees . Th c~' we r e Nea l I-Ja lll , '23, wit h In ge rso ll Ra nd D ri ll Co mpa ny, Ka nsas Cit y, Mo., E ngi nee r of M in es : \,Vill iam H. Qui ll iam , '21. 320 Main Str eet, Beau mo nt, T exas, E ng in ee r of M in es: \Vi lli am A. Sch a effe r , Jr., '24, R oxa na P et r o le um Co r p. , P yote, Texas, Eng inee r of Mi nes : J o hn K. \ l\1a ls h, '27, 630 Fa ir view Ave nu e, \l\1e bste r Gr oves , Mo., E ng inee r of lVli nes: a nd R o na ld D . \ ,\ la rd , '25,2526 Bell ev ue Avenu e, Map!ewood, :Mo., Civi l E ng inee r.

J o hn A. Ga r cia, '00, was g ranted t he deg r ee of Doctor of E ngi nee r ing ( hono r is causa ) .

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Two new ass ista n ts in at hl etics have bee n appointed by th e Board of Cu r ators t o ass ist th e new at hl etic dir ector for next yea r. \V . R Rapp, a g radu a t e of E mp o ria Co ll ege, w ill be head bas ke tb a ll coach and ass ist in foo tball , bes id es t eachin g gy m classes at th e SchooL Rapp ha s bee n coac hin g in Empo ri a hig h schoo l for fi ve yea r s, a nd ha s bee n extrem e ly s uccessfu l with hi s bas ket ba ll a nd footba ll teams. H e was a member of the E mpor: a Co ll ege var s it y footba ll a nd basketba ll teams w hile in college.

Juni or Brow n, a lso a n E m po ri a Coll ege g:ra du ate, has bee n for two yea r s teach ing phys ica l educat ion and coach ing f00tball a nd track tea ms at Lyons, K a nsas, High SchooL Brow n had the ou t sta ndin g foo tb a ll tea m o f Kansas th e yas t yea r.

He p laye d four yea r s on the va r s ity foo tb a ll t ea m w h ile attend ing Empo ria , a nd ha s s how n muc h ab ility as a foo tball coac h. He wi ll be as s is ta n t footba ll coac h and head of the intr a -mura l ath le ti cs at 1I1SM n ext year.

T he new athlet ic director, H a r o ld Grant, wit h hi s t wo ass ist a nt s wer e in Rolla durin g th e e nd of :May t o make a rra ngeme nt s fo r houses . A! l are e nthu sias ti c ove r thei r new fi eld, and are e nte rin g hea rtil y into p r epa ra tions for the sea so n next fa ll. vVith the old materia l fr o m last year coming back, a nd th e new m ate ri a l coming next fa ll , MSM ought to g ive a good acco unt of it se lf on th e gr idir o n next fa ll.

A lu mni s hou ld bea r in mind that goo d a thl et ic material fo rm s th e basis up o n w hich th e coac hes mu s t wo rk. See th at th ose intere s ted in e ng in ee r in g a r e headed thi s way.

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po in ts . Westmin st e r was !irs t w ith 70 po in ts, and Cent r a l VV es leyan th ird w ith 29 poi nt s. Captain John so n, . of th e M in e r s too k two fir sts one seco nd a nd o ne thn·d . J o hn son thr ew t he di scus 134 ft. 6 in ., w hi c h mark is a foot fa rth e r than th e co nfer ence r eco rd ma rk. H e was was a lso fi r st In the javelin, seco nd in th e shot put a nd t hir d in t he b roa d jum p. Ta m m, of the :Mi ne r s, took t he seco nd p lace In bot h th e hi g h a nd low hurd les, t hir d in th e lOa -ya rd d as h, a nd a ti e for seco nd in t h e h ig h ju mp. Dave Mou lde r had bttle di·ffic ult y in w innin g th e po le va ul t a nd was good for a mu ch g r eate r he ig ht th a n he was fo r ced to go .

P hil 'M udgett cl ea r ed th e bar at 6 fee t in th e h igh ju mp, eas il y wi nnin g fi r s t place. Th e mil e r elay team, co mp osed of Ha rkes, K in g, Oste rwald and Cla rk, of th e M in er s, won fir st.

O n Ma y 4 th e lvl iners me t \ Vash ingto n U ni ve r sity in St. L o ui s and we nt dow n to d efea t w ith a score of 45 to 8S in favor of Was hin g ton . Th e m ee t t oo k place fo r th e m ost pa r t in a dow n po ur of r a in, wh ich left th e tr ack soft a nd acco unt ed for. th e poo r t ime in the d as hes . T he Miners took 4 fir st s and \ Vas hin g t on 11 , but no indi vidu a l fini shed fir s t mor e than o nce. Cap t ain J o hn so n of th e M in ers was again th e sta r man of t he meet, turning in 14 po ints fo r hi s t ea m .

O n M ay 12 t he Min er s m et thei r old e nemy, Drur y, an d succ eeded in d ow ning the P a nth er s wi th a sco r e of 73 to 63 in favo r of th e Miners. Th e m ee t was a fas t o ne fr om s ta r t to fin is h and nin e dual mee t r ecord s we r e b ro ken · an d o ne was ti ed. Capta in J oh nso n was aga in t he hi g h po in t m a n, scoring fir st in the s hot, di sc us and the ja ve lin , se ttin g a new r ecord in the shot a n d jeve lin. Ta l11m of th e IVl in ers was c lose o n J o hnson 's h ee ls, scoring 12 points.

On Ma y 8 th e Miner t ea m m et th e Sp ring fi eld Bears of the T each ers Coll ege at Sp ring fi e ld. Th e Mine r s we nt down to defeat w ith a sco r e fo r Springfie ld of 860 t o th e M in er s' 490 . Captain J o hn so n of the M in er s was aga in th e h ig h point ma n of th e m eet. D avey Mo uld er set a new r ecor d in the pole vaul t by c1 ea ri'1g the ba!" at 11 ft . l ay,; i1>. T he Mi ne r s' r e lay t eam, composed of H a rk es, King, O st er wa ld and Cla rk, wo n. Ph il Mudgett o f th e Miners m e t h is Waterloo in the high jump w hen Pau l "Sox" Ro bert s of Sp rin gfi e ld clea r ed th e bar at 6 ft . 2y,; in. , w hi c h se t th e hig hes t mark eve r r ecord ed on th e Sp ring fi e ld fie ld.

At the Co llege U nion S t ate Track Meet in Fulton on May 18, w ith t e n t ea ms c0111 peting, th e :Miners ranked third, scoring 220 po in ts. Jo hnn y J o hn so n, the Mine r ca ptain , was again the sta r of the Ro ll a agg r ega tion , w inning 11 points for his t ea m and ranking as secon d high po in t man of th e m eet. Sheet s of vV est min st e r was h ig h point man , w ith 13 points to hi s cr edit.

At th e In vitat ion Mee t held in Pittsburg, Kan sas , o n May 12 fo r t eams fr om Mi sso uri a nd Ka nsas, th e M in er team ranke d s ix th am o ng th e contestants. McFan n placed fo urth in the 120 hig h hurdles, M udget ti ed w it h B r ooks of \ iViliiam J ewe ll fo r fi r st place in th e h ig h jum p. Davey Mou ld er ti ed for second plac e in th e pol e va ult. Davey cl ea r ed t h e ba r at 12 feet but Butterfield of the Pittsburg T eache r s we n t 3

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T he Mi ner Tr ack T eam, w hil e winn in g fir st in but o ne m ee t, succeed ed in g ivin g a sp le ndid account of itself in eve r y co nt est e ntered. C. vV. (Jo hnn y) J o hn so n, ca ptain , s howe d a n espec iall y fin e r eco rd fo r the seaso n.

The fir st meet of the seaso n was w it h A rka nsas U ni ve r sit y whe n th e M in er s we nt dow n t o defeat at th e hands of th e Razo rb ac ks wit h a £core of 460 to 860 . Th e M in er s we r e han di capped by the absence of Tam m, Clark a nd A rn o ld o n acco un t of illn ess . J o hnn y J o hn so n, captain of the Mine r s, was the hi g h po: n t man of t he m ee t, taking fi r st in th e d isc us a nd seco nd in t he ja ve lin, broad jump a nd sho t put. Sc h o fi e ld, a Mi ner freshma n a nd a promi sin g p r ospec t o n the a thl e ti c fi e ld. was seco nd o n th e Miners ' team in th e m eet, fir st in the l Oa-ya r d da sh a nd seco nd in th e 220, makin g a tot::! 1 of 8 po in ts .

The seco nd meet o f th e seaso n was a triangu la r m ee t at Fulton , w ith t he M in e r s. \Ve s tminste r and Ce ntr a l vVes leya n comp eti ng. The Miners placed second w ith a sco r e of 43

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inches bette r. Johnn y John son of the Miners placed fourth in th e discus.

At the YVes te rn A . A. U. Meet in St. Louis on June 2, Coac h Dennie e nt er e d t hree m e n, J ohn so n, Mo uld e r a nd 'M udgett. Davey Mou lde r wo n fir s t in the po le va ult , clearing th e ba r at 12 ft. 3 in., a new r eco rd fo r the Sc hoo l of J\II ines, a nd J o hnn y Johnson took seco nd in th e s hot a nd third in the disc us. M ud gett did not p lace.

Sp ike De nni e, w ho has bee n coac h of at hl e tic s her e, with the exception of two two-yea r int e rmi ssions, si nc e 1909, is leav ing t he at hl etic d epartm e nt at the close of th e pres ent year to take up other work o n t h e ca mpu s. Th e track t ea m presented him wi th a go ld w ri st wa tch in appreciation of hi s se r vic es on the at hl et ic field.

Metallurgy in 1900, a nd r ece ived th e Engin ee r of Mines deg r ee in 1903. Prior t o e nt erin g sc hool he r e h e attended St. Lou is U ni ve r sity fo r s ix yea r s, a nd a lso studi ed a rchitectur e for o ne yea r.

Following ex tens ive expe ri e nc e in th e Oklahoma and Illin o is coal fi eld s, Dr. Garcia e nt er ed consulting wo rk in C hic ago, fo rmin g a partnership wi th A ndr ews A ll e n, th e o rga ni za ti on spec ia li zin g in th e construction, d evelopme nt. ope r at io n a nd exam in ation and r eport s on bituminou s coa l mines, a nd la t e r br a nchin g out int o bridge wo rk and indu strial plant construction. His organiza ti o n w hi ch now cons ists of abo ut on e hundr ed engi nee r s has exa min ed practically eve r y mining di strict in th e Un it ed Stat es, a nd it was hi s organization w hi c h built the two min e tippl es th at ha ve fo r t e n years held the world 's ho istin g r ecords.

The follow in g men won the coveted "M " in track this yea r: C. YV. Johnson , P. B . Mudgett, D. YV. Mould er, K. H. McFa nn , N . F. Tamm , H. R. Osterwald, L. H. King, M . T. Clark, H. G. J o nes, H . C. Hark es, F. B . Sc hul tz, \Iv. R. Sc h o fi eld and F. H. Harlan.

D r. Garcia spen t a la rge pa rt of th e past year in Russia w h er e hi s company is e ngage d in exte nsive consulting work fo r th e Sov iet gove rn me nt.

D. YV. Mo uld er was e lec ted captain of the M in e r track t eanl , fo r next yea r

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J ohn A . Garc ia, '00, consulting e ng in ee r, o f Chicago, was granted t he d egree of Doctor of E ng in ee ring (honoris causa), at t he commencement of the School of Min'es and Metall urgy her e o n May 24. D r. Ga rcia r eceived the Bachelor 's d eg r ee in min e e ngi nee ring at the School of Mines and

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As a part of the program inau g urat e d by Dr. St r a tton D. Brooks, president of the University of Missouri, t o sec ur e m or e adequate financial s uppo rt for the U ni ve r s it y and ot he r highe r educational in s titu tio n s in the state, t he parents o f Un ive rs ity of M issouri st ud en ts li ving in M isso uri ha ve perfected an o r~' a niz atio n thr o ug ho ut the s tat e for th e p urpose of furthering the in te r ests of th e U ni ve r s it y. A t a me e ting of the parents in Co lumbi a on June 5 Hu g h S t ep he ns of J effe r son City was e lec t ed president of the new lyformed assoc ia ti o n. M r. Ste ph e ns is o ne of M issouri 's outstanding citizens, an d under hi s lea d er ship , a nd w ith the co operation of th e parents a nd alumni of the U ni ve r s it y much good can un doubtedl y be accomp li s hed for the U nive r sity, w hi ch it is admitted in all quarters has not bee n r ece iving in r ece nt yea rs th e finan cia l suppo rt to w h ich it is ent itle d.

Director Fulton of th e Sc hoo l of M in es has transmitt e d t o t he heads of th e va ri o us cou nt y unit s of th e Parents Assoc iat ion th e names and addresses of a ll parents of School of M in es st ud ents from M issouri, and a lso the names of th e alumni. These offic ia ls of t he association w ill get in touch w it h th e pare n ts a n d th e a lumni , a nd w hen app r oached for coopera ti o n III thi s m ove ment it is s inc er ely h oped by the a lum ni officia ls that eac h a lumnu s in th e sta t e w ill be w illing to g ive w ha teve r of hi s time may be r eq uested that th e U n ivers it y of Misso uri , a nd through it the Sc hoo l of M in es, ma y r ece ive th e fin ancia l support to w hi ch it is e ntitl ed.

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A t th is tim e ove r two th o usa nd hig h sc hoo l se niors have made inquiry r ega rdin g th e School o f M in es, w ith a v iew t o thei r poss ibl e e ntran ce he r e next fa ll . A numb er of th ese boys att ribut e th e so ur ce of th e ir inform a tio n r egarding the scl~oo l t o a lum ni. This is o ne of th e mo st important se r vices alumn i can do th e ir A lma Mater, as th e type of b oys e nt e rin g the sc hoo l mo r e than a nything e lse will r e fl ect th e type of a lumn i th e sc hoo l w ill turn o ut.

The schoo l has bee n going forward in a sp le ndid ma nn e r a nd indicat io ns a r e th a t nex t fall wi ll be no excep ti o n.

A lumni kn ow in g of boys of a ty pe they wo uld like t o see r ep rese n ting the sc hoo l as a lumni w ith in th e years t o come s hou ld bring th e sc hoo l to th e a tt e ntion of th ese boys and see if it is no t possi bl e that M M has ju st th e co ur se in e ng inee ri ng th ey d es ir e. If the boy sho uld wa nt a cata log, a lett e r a ddr esse d t o th e R eg is tra r wi ll bring one pr o mptl y . On e of th e mos t im po rt a nt so ur ces o f new stud e nt s <It MSM is th e a lumni. Th e J op lin sectio n ha s perform ed a sp le ndid se r vice fo r th e sc hool at th e ir s prin g m ee ting a nd banqu et, as r e po rted und e r th e news of the sec ti o ns e lsew her e, in inv iting so me twenty hig h sc hool se ni o r s, in terested in th e sc hoo l, to th eir m ee tin g . Other sectio ns mi g ht we ll do li ke wise. Th e boy w ho comes in wi ll be the g ra dua t e w ho goes o ut, pl us fo ur yea rs of e ng in ee r in g ed uca tion that MSM ca n give. With th e cooperation of th e al umni in see in g th a t th e rig h t type of boys come, th er e wi ll cont inu e to be th e rig ht t ype go in g out.

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D. C. Jackling Returns From Trip Around the World M r. D. C. J ac k li ng, '92, ha s r eturn ed r ece n t ly fr o m a s ix mo nth s' trip a r o und th e wor ld. Mr. J ac klin g travelled in tt'ue e ngi nee ri ng fas hi o n and th e met hods emp loyed at tim es caused co nsiderab le comment in so me o f the coun tr ies visited . The article be low is ta k en f ro m th e Ch icago T r ibun e.

cou ntri es a n d cltl es a ll w ithin a s hort t ime it is necessa r y for us to go f r om pla ce to place w it h th e leas t poss ibl e loss of tim e, wh ich is ou r r easo n fo r go ing by spec ia l train s a nd boa t s'."

M r. J ack li ng h o ped to be in R o ll a for comme nceme nt t hi s sp ring but acc u mu la t ed bus in ess durin g hi s lo ng a bse nce compell ed h im to fo r ego the trip . sc noo l severa l Cl ays /)e/ore th e ofhe r stud e nt s. They w ill be r egist e r ed, exam in ed by the schoo l ph ~s i c i an, a nd assig ned t o adv iso r s o n t he fir st day. Eac h adv lsor w .1I be a faculty m emb e r w ho has s how n hi s int e r es t in th e progl'am by vo lun t ee ring fo r the wo r k. H e w ill fo ll ow h is group thr ou g h th e e ntir e program, ac tin g as a so rt of co m bl natlo n mo nl tor, a dvi so r and big brot her. Th e r es t of th e Fres hm a n vVeek w lll be d evo t ed t o place m e n t exa minat ions, orientatio n lec tur es, ta lk s o n th e use of th e libra r y and o n pr ope r met hods of st udy, ta lks abo u t th e va ri o us s tud e n t acti v iti es, a bo ut th e hi sto r y of the sc hoo l, its id ea ls a nd aim s, with num e r o us e nt e rtainm e n t featur es, in c ludin g some so rt of at hl et ic co nt es ts , perh aps a baseba ll se ri es . Th e chu r ches of th e t ow n w ill be as ked to coope r a t e, a nd und oub te d ly w tll r espo nd eage rl y, a s th ey a lways have in the past.

The minut e d e tail s of th e week have not yet bee n a rr a nged, but th is is a r o ug h o u tline o f o ur id ea. D eta ils w ill be se nt a ll prospec ti ve s t ud e n ts dur in g th e s um me r. VI/ e are no t pla nning t o cod dl e fr es hm e n, b ut merely tryi ng to h elp th em ge t ove r th e g ap betwee n hi g h sc hool and coll ege in o r der th a t mor ~ of th e m m ay succeed in co ll ege.

Yo u alumni can help us by spread ing a knowl edge of what we are doing and, much mor e im por ta n t, why we a r e do ing it.

You hi g h sc hoo l boys ca n he lp by enterin g in to th e spirit of th e wee k if a nd w h e n you e nt e r MSM . An d w ith th e facu lt y, t he a lumni, and th e stud ent s a ll workin g t oget h er , I be li eve

"S ingapo r e -- Conside r ab le co mm e nt was mad e in loca l newspape r s in co nnec ti o n w ith th e vis it of t wo A m er ican m illi o naires to S in gapo r e a nd th e O ri ent.

C harle s Ha yd en a nd Dani e l C. J ac kling, bot h of w ho m a re prom in e nt A m eri ca n bu sin ess and financi a l m e n, left New Yo r k o n Octobe r 13, 1927. Th ey a r e traveling a r o und th e wo rl d and ex pect t o be back in New York la te thi s month .

"They set out to see the wor ld in s ix mo nth s in a bu sin ess li ke way. T he ir idea was to see as much as poss ib le of t he wo rld a nd ge t bac k to New York acco rdin g to th eir sc hedul e and to thi s e nd t he r e is no spa rin g of expe nse. \ IV he n st ea mship s do not run to s ui t t he ir sc hedul e th ey cha rt er a ship and take off to th e ir d est in atio n witho ut d e lay o r wa itin g fo r r egula r stea m er s, as t he o rdin a r y tr ave le r must do. If r a ilways do no t run th ei r tr a in s to please the m th ey r e nt a p ri va te train a nd go when they a r e r eady.

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In C hin a and S ia m th ey tr ave led in p ri vate rai lway coac hes. As Mr. H ay d e n r e mark ed : 'In cover in g so ma ny

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Sp ik e De nni c, w ho ha s bee n coac h o f at hleti cs he r e, w ith th c cxceptio n o f t wo two-y ea r intcrmi ss io ns, s in ce 1909, is lea vin g th e ath le tic d epartm e nt at the c lose of th e p r es e n t yea r t o take up ther wo rk o n the ca m pus. Th e track t ea m pr ese nt ed him with a go ld wr is t watch in appr ec iati o n of hi s sc r vices o n th e at h let ic fi eld .

Th e fo ll ow in g m e n wo n th e cove te d " M" in track thi s y ea r : C. YV. J o hn so n, I. B. j\lIud ge tt, D. v\!. Mou ld er , K . H . McFann, N. F . Taml1l , H. R. Os te rwa ld, 1,. H. Ki ng, M. T. C la rk, H. G. ] o nes, H. C. Ha rk es, F. B. S c hul tz, W . R. Sc ho fi e ld a nd F . H. H a rl an .

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John A. Garcia Receives Doctor of Engeering Degree J o hn A. Ga r c ia , '00, co n s ul ting e ng in ee r, of Chic ago, wa s g ranted th e d eg r ce of D octo r o f Engi n ee ring ( h onori s cau sa), at th e c mmcnce lll e nt of th e Sc hoo l of M in es a n d M'e ta ll urgy he r e o n 'M ay 24. D r. Garcia r ece ive d t he Bache)o.t:',~."cLe.S',r'y~, ,il:, ,1.1.1j r~<; ~e.!~g.i.n~e ~~ Il ~ ..~ t }h ~. §.c~l?OL~f ~ ~I lIl.e.s. ~ !~ d we bega n, the Tr ea s ur y h a d t o iss u e t wo one-do1!al' b ill s eve ry yea r to k ec p o n e pape r do lla r in ci r cu latio n ; o ur wo rk r edu ced that to th r ee o n e- d o ll a r bill s eve ry two yea r s; tha t m ea ns , n ex t February, lo t, of n ew money is com:ng ba ( k to \ Vas hing to n fo r d es tru cti o n, one to ten m o nth s soo ne r than it no rm a lly w o u ld . T h e make r s of wa ll et s a n d of ti lls cam e to ou r co mmit tee in indi g n a n t g r oup s, s h eddin g t ea r s ov er th e ir pr os pect iv e ruin - until we convinced th em that t h e c ha nge wou ld be a wind fa ll for t h em. ( I ho pe eve r y r ead er o f th is wi ll back us up by throw ing away hi s o ld poc k et boo k in o r de r to bu y o n e o f the m a ny a ttr ac t ive n ew c r ea t io ns that wi ll Roo d th e m a r k ct to catch th e s mal l-s ize bi ll trade.) The Na t io na l Banks we r c th e h a rd es t to pl ease; in fact , I do ub t whethe r th ey a r c p leasc d n o w, but wc ha ve m ct a ll th e ir dcmands a nd th ey have not hin g to say exccpt th a t the v do n' t lik e thc cha nge.

The spectac ul a r part of o ur work is ove r: th e s t r ugg le . h oweve r , is o n. \\l e still ho p e to impr ove th e do ll ar bill furth cr so t hat U nc le Sa m wi ll h avc to p rint less than o n e bi ll a ye ar to m ai nt a in c ir c ul ation; now, o nl y a small p er ce nt age of bill s co m e back to rn o r wo rn ; t h ey' r c d ir ty-autom cc h a n:cs' g r ease us uall y : th cy cr ac k off th e p rintin g o n be in g folded exccs s ive ly. \ -\le h avc tricd ma ny th in gs to h elp he r e; the so luti on f r o m whic h ce la n cse, th e artificia l s:1k, is

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m ad e, is th c bes t dip we'vc yc t fo und for giv ing wate r a nd o il r es istanc c, bu t it ha s n 't h e lpe d t h e cr ac kin g to s u:t us. \ Ve hope to get da ta f ro m which to d ec id e w h eth er we sho uld p r int on th c s tro nge s t pap e r th a t we ha ve tau g ht the pape rm ake r t o prod uce, or w h eth cr it w ill be s uffici e n t, a nd m o r e eco nomical , to spec i fy a lowe r s tr e ngth t han we a r e us ing at pr ese nt.

O n e of t h e mo s t int er es tin g feat ur es of th e expe rim e nta l wo r k in co nn ec ti o n wit h m o n ey, ha s b ee n the deve lopme nt o f processes fo r r eco\'e rin g the pape r p ulp f ro m th e ca ncc!1ed m o n ey . \ Ve ca n make a fi n e pape r pu lp by de-inkin g th e old bi ll s, but-; w e ll , it loo k s, a t thi s wr..t in g, as if ot h er co n sid er ations wi ll pos tp o n e o r f r ustrat e th e actua l u se o f thi s new sc h cme.

As an a lum nu s and espec ia ll y a s a n a lu mnu s who he ld fo r t h o n th e r ost rum of a lec tur e roo m at th e o ld sc hoo l for man y yea r s, I s us pcc t I'm expected to s J: p in a littl e mo r a l to s how how m y s ub se qu e nt ca re er ju stifi es if not g lor ifi es th e a im s o f the sc hoo l and t h e id ea ls of its teac h er s. If some of my fo r m er p r ofesso ri a l di g nity w e r e not st ill s ti c kin g t o m e , I m ig h t m ee t the s ituation fac e fou sly by poi ntin g o ut t hat t hi s curr e n cy w o rk of min e is tang ible ev id e nce that th e boys at i'vISM lea rn how t o ma k e th e d o ll ar la s t lo nge r, o r that t ec hn ica l tr a inin g lead s to a m o n ey-ma king bu sin ess . If th er e is a m o r a l t o b e drawn out of th e fina l victory of th e sm a ll -s ize b:ll p r ogram, it is that careful , th o ug h painfu l. att e nti o n to th e " unity. cohe r e n cy, and e m p ha s is" sloga n , wh ich " ha s b cc n, is, and al\\'a ys w ill be" anat h ema to a ll firs t -yea r e ng in ee rin g stud e nt s. eve ntual ly m ay pay m o r e li be ra l divid c nd s than a fr es h man mi g ht sus p ec t. In ot h er wo rd s, I find t hat I have lab o r cd m o r e ove r getti ng m y s ugges tion s s tated c lea rl y, log:ca ll y, an d co n vin c in g ly tha n in us ing c he mi s tr y, phys ics. and m a th emat ics in findin g so luti o n s to th c t cc hni ca l difllcu lties.

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that yo u a r c a m a n yo u must loo k o ut fo r you r sc lf. \ Ve wi ll sc t our int c ll cc tu a l ",a r es in fr o n t o [ yo u. Ta k c thcm o r Icave th e m. \ !\Ie d o n't ca r e w h ic h. " I s ho uld lik e to as k at ju s t what po int dur in g th e s ummer does t h e boy bec om e a m a n, a nd by ju s t what ma g ica l pr ocess? I do n ot b e li evc a nyo n e w ith allY kn ow lcdge o f th e sub jec t wi ll d e ny that co ll ege li fe is diffe rent f ro m h:gh sc hoo l li fe, but I doubt vc ry se ri o us ly if th c " m a n" who e nt er s co ll egc in Se pt emb cr is ve ry di ffer n t fr om t h c " boy" w h o g raduat es f ro m h:g h sc hoo l in Jun e.

I be lievc that thi s is t h c cxp la na t:on o f a qu it e la rgc pc r ce nta ge o f fa ilur es in co ll ege-th is s udd e n tran sp la ntin g o f a bo in to a life so ve ry diffe r cnt fr o m that w hi ch h e h as forIller ly li vcd, f ro m de p end c ll ce to illd epcndcn ce, o r if yo u lik c. fr OIll boy hood to manh oo d . , o nl e fa ilur es are du c to ph ys ica l unfitn ess, so m c to m cnt a l unpr c par ed n css , a fcw to moral d efi c ic n cy, but I t hin k Ill o r c t han a ll th cs c cO lllbi ned a r c du c

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to a la ck of adju s tm e nt o f t he boy to hi s new e nvir o nm e n t.

Th e cha nge is t oo g r eat a nd t oo sudd en for him , a nd he ca nno t ad ju st him se lf to it quickl y e no ug h to sur viv e. H e mi st a kes la ck o f coe rci o n fo r ab so lut e indiffer e nce t owa rd h im, and con f uses lib erty w ith li ce nse. H e t a kes "be in g o n hi s ow n" as a g am e in st ea d o f a se r io us bus iness, a nd he wa kes up fr o m th ese d e lu s io ns onl y to find that the coll ege boat ha s sail ed maj es ticall y on its wa y and left him fl o und e rin g far behind and in wa t e r t oo d ee p for him. \ ,y hat is the an swe r ? Co ddl e th e fre s hm e n? Fit th em all with w a ter w ings? N o. Th ey mu st learn to swim a lo ne so m etim e, and th e fr es hm a n yea r is probabl Y as g ood a tim e a s a n y. But w hy not g ive th em a littl e in structi o n in sw im min g in s tead o f s impl y throw ing th em overb oard and sa iling o n ? Some w ill lea rn t o swi m by be ing forced t o sa ve t hemselves, but man y Wil O need a li t tl e pa ti e nt a nd symp at h et ic he lp in th e earl y st ages deve lop later into m os t exce ll e nt sw immers. A ll th a t m os t of th em nee d is a littl e in structi o n in th e f und a me nt a ls, a nd a little more se lf-confidence. Ge t th em rid o f th eir fea r o f th e wa t e r a nd they will swi m. Co nfirm th eir fea r s a nd th ey w :1l probably never learn t o kee p afl oat.

As MSM we ar e planning fo r next fall an att empt t o us e th e human e m eth od of t ea ching fr es hmen to swim . Or to ge t to th e titl e of m y talk, a nd to mix my m etaphor s a littl e, we a r e g oing t o tr y t o brid ge th e g ap betwee n hig h sch ool a nd co ll eg e a little bett er than w e hav e don e it befor e, by m ea ns of a d ev ice kn ow n as Fr es hman W ee k. Thi s is a new t hin g wi th us, but it has bee n use d by m a ny sc hoo ls f o r m a ny ye ar s, w it h g r ea t s uccess, so that it is no untri ed th eo ry by an y m ea ns. It co nsis ts essentiall y of a r ea l, co ns iste nt, o rg ani zed a nd dir ected e ff o rt to a cquaint th e new st ud e nt w ith hi s surr oundings, m e ntal and ph ysical , befo r e he r ea lly s ta rt s hi s co ll ege work, to g iv e him mo r e se lf -con fid e nce, and to r e move some of th e s trang eness of co lleg e lif e, be fore we thr ow him ove r to th e tend er m erci es of tr ig a nd ch emi stry and En g li s h a nd dr aw ing .

A nd it ha s o ne furt her o bj ect. It is a w e ll -know n fa ct that so m e s tudent s learn mu c h fa st er than oth e rs , and ca n th e r efor e in a giv e n len g th of fm e learn much mor e. Th e id ea l co ll ege is on e w he r e eve ry stud e nt is k ept wo rkin g to th e f ull lim it of hi s indi v idu a l a bilit y- fo r o nly thu s can a ll hi s la t e nt powe r s be develo ped a nd he be br o ug ht t o hi s hi g hes t poss ibl e de ve lop me n t. O b v:o usly th e ultimat e of th is id ea l of ed uca ti o n wo uld be a se pa r a t e cl ass fo r eac h st ud e n t, s in ce no two ar e exa ct ly a lik e. Thi s is, of co ur se, im possi b le f ro m p ra ct ica l co nside ra t io ns, but we m ig ht go a little w ay a lo ng th e r oad b y a rra ng in g o ur classes in s uch a w ay th a t th e brig ht es t stu de nt s wo uld be sepa rat ed fr o m th e s lowes t a nd a ll owe d t o wo rk a t mor e nea rl y t he ir p ro per leve l, prov :d ed we could di scove r in ad va nce w ho th e brig ht es t a nd th e s lowes t stud e nts a r e. Th is w e be li eve we ca n d o a nd have bee n doi ng to som e ex te nt for sev era l yea r s, by m ea ns o f placem ent exa minati o ns, w hi ch tes t r emarka bl y w ell in a ve r y s hort fm e a stud e nt 's a bility t o do th e wo rk of a spec ial co ur se, E ng lis h, for in s ta nce. Thi s m e th od o f a r ra ng in g sec ti o ns a cco rdin g t o t he pro ba ble a bilit y o f st ud e nt s is in

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use 111 a g r ea t m a ny of o ur bes t sc hoo ls a nd is uni fo r m ly g iving sati sfa cti o n. N o ti ce th a t I say p r o ba ble a bility, fo r the t es t s ar e no t infa llibl e a nd occas ion a ll y cha nges have t o be mad e as a stud e nt s hows he s ho uld be move d e: th er up or dow n. Th e sc hed ules a r e a rran ged so tha t suc h cha nges ca n eas ily be ma d e a t a ny tim e.

F o r Fres hm a n \"'ee k we pla n to call th e Fr es hm a n to th e sc hoo l seve ral days befor e th e o th er st ud e n ts . T hey w ill be r eg ister ed. exa min ed by t he sc hoo l p h ys ician , a nd ass ig ne d t o ad visors o n th e fir st day . Eac h adv iso r w. 1I be a fac ul ty m emb e r w ho has s how n hi s int e r es t in th e progr a m by vo lunt ee ring fo r th e wo rk. H e w ill fo ll ow hi s g r oup thro ug h th e e ntir e pr ogram , ac tin g a s a so rt of co mbin at io n m o nit o r, a dv is or and big br o th er. Th e r es t of th e Fresh m a n \ IV ee k w ill be devot ed t o place m ent exa mination s, ori ent at io n lec tur es , t a lks on th e use of th e libr a r y and o n pr o pe r m e th o ds o f s tudy, ta lks abo ut th e va ri ous s tud e nt acti vit ies, a bout th e hi story of th e sch oo l, it s id eal s and aim s, w ith num er o us e nt e rtainm e nt fea tur es, includin g so m e sort of at hl eti c co nt es ts, perhap s a base ba ll se ri es . Th e chur c hes o f th e t ow n w ill be as ked to coope ra t e, a nd und o ubt e dl y w ill r es po nd eage rl y, a s th ey a lways ha ve in th e past.

T'he minut e d e tail s of th e wee k ha ve not yet bee n a rr a nge d, but thi s is a roug h o utl ine o f o ur id ea . D e t a il s w ill be se nt all pros pecti ve s tu de n ts dur ing th e s umm er. \ ,y e a r e no t pl a nn ing to coddle f r es hm e n, but m er e ly try in g t o help th e m ge t over th e g ap be tw ee n hi g h sc h oo l and coll ege in o rd e r th a t m o r ~ of th em may s ucceed in coll ege.

You a lumni can he lp us by spr eading a kn ow ledge o f w hat we are doing and , mu ch m or e important, why we a r e d o in g it.

Y ou high schoo l boys ca n h elp by entering int o th e spirit of the week if and w h en yo u e nt er MS·M. And with th e fac ult y, th e a lumni, a nd t·he stud e nt s all workin g toge th er , I be li eve we can mak e va lu a bl e p r ogr ess toward bridg in g th e ga p.

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Harry Kessler Still Boxing Harry K ess ler, '24, was in R oll a o n Ma y 5 to di sc uss w ith Prof. C. Y. Cl ay to n wo rk t o be do ne t o·wa rd a pr o fess io na l degr ee for comm ence me nt in th e sprin g o f 1928.

Harr y, w ho w ill be r e me mb e r ed for hi s hard-hit t in g bun ch of boxers he d eve lope d a t :M S M , in additi o n to hi s duti es as chief m etallurg ist w it h th e So uth ern M a ng-an ese S t ee l Co mpany, is coaching box ing a t th e Y.M .C. A . and th e Y. M.H.A . in St. Louis. H e is a lso br oa dcasting bl ow for bl ow ac co unt s of boxing bouts he ld in th e St . Louis Coli se um, a nd tw ic e a week h e broa d cas t s bo xin g le ss ons ov er K WK, H o t e l Chase, St. Lou s.

Harr y wa s fo r thr ee yea r s in charge of boxin g class es he r e at Rolla w hil e he wa s a stud ent here in M etallurgy, a nd durin g thi s tim e box ing was a t its be st at MS M. H e has co ntinued hi s box ing int er es t s inc e r eturn ing to S t. L o uis fo llowing hi s g r a du at io n he r e, a nd a r ece nt arti cle in th e S t.

L o ui s S tar g ives him a nd hi s two broth e rs, Solli e a nd Be nn y credit for t ea c hing so me 2,500 youths to box s in ce th e t hr e~ Kessler boys h ave becom e int er es ted in th e spo rt.

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St. Louis Section of American Ceramic Society M eets in Rolla Th e S t. L o ui s Sect io n o f th e Am eri can Ce r a mic Societ y m e t in Ro ll a las t Sa turd ay, A pri l 28 th. Th e prog r a m was o pe ne d by a n in spec t io n o f th e sc hoo l g r ounds and v is its t o th e la bo ra to ri es. A ge t -toget he r lu ncheo n fo ll owe d, wi t h D r.

H. A. B ueh ler as host. P r of. J o hn so n of t he E ng li sh D epa r tm e nt gave a ve r y inte r es ti ng a nd e nt e rt a in in g ta lk o n " Th e R e la ti o n o f E ng li s h a nd Ce r a mic s."

A bo ut 2 :00 o'cloc k t he m emb er s of t he sec ti o n and s tude nt s in ce r a mi c e ng in ee rin g m et in No rwoo d H a ll fo r th e t ec hni ca l sess io n. D r. F ulto n, D ir ec to r of th e Sc hool of M in es, was th e fir st s pea k er. H e r e late d som e o f th e pas t hi s to ry o f M SM a nd al so some of it s p r ese nt co ndi t io ns. Dr. F ul to n was fo llowe d by M r. Fos t er Ho lm es of th e Eva ns a nd H owa r d B ri c k Co mp a n y. Mr. H o lm es spo ke o n " M ec ha ni ca l E ng in ee rin g in B ri ck Ma kin g ." He im pr esse d, es pec ia ll y, o n th e mi il d s of the s tud e nt s t he prob lem s w hi c h t hey mu st so lve, a nd a lso the r es po nsibili ty w hi c h th ey m ust ass um e in act ua l p r ac ti ce. Th e next ta lk was g ive n b y Mr. C rawford, o f L a clede-C hri s ty Clay Pro du ct s Com pan y, w ho spo ke o n r aw ma t eri a ls in M isso uri a nd t he o ppo rtuni t ies in s igh t fo r f utur e ce r am ist s. Next ¡M r. \Iv . K . S ch we ikh a r dt to ld of th e g r eat a dva nceme n t in th e Depa rtm e nt of Ce ra mi cs sin ce its o rig in seve ra l yea r s ago. H e a lso th a nk e d th e manufact u r e r s of M isso ur i in be ha lf o f t he s tu de n ts fo r th e ir fin a ncial suppo r t. M r. Schwe ick ha r dt wa s fo ll owe d by D r . H . A. B ue hl er, who to ld of th e wo r k th e M isso uri Geo log ica l S ur vey was do ing r ega rdin g clay d epos its in M isso uri .

Fo ll ow ing t he t ec hni ca l sess io n the en tir e g r ou p we nt t o P ro f. Fo rb es' d ias po r e p it w her e a ve r y in s tr uc ti ve lec tur e

was g ive n by Mr. H. S . M cQu ee n. Mr. Mc Quee n' s lec tur e was so int er es tin g th a t Chi ef B ue hle r ha d a diffi cult t im e d ispe r s in g th e cr owd. Wh en he s ucceed ed , som e o f th e me n v is it ed IVI e r amec Sp rin gs, w hil e o th er s playe d go lf. Th e e nti r e body lef t fo r S t. L o ui s a bout 6 :30 o'c loc k.

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The 1928 Rollamo Dedicated to the Cave Man To that qual ' ty of man which enables him to apply the forces and materials of nature for his own betterment. To that tool-making, fire-keeping and implement-bearing spirit inherent within him. To that engineering instinct which plays a great part in his' advancement. This book is dedicated.

Thu s d oes th e ed itor of th e R o ll amo, th e sc hool a nuu a l a t the Sc hool o f :tvI in es a nd Me t a ll urgy, ded ica t e th e 1928 iss ue to th e cave m en. Th e a rti st's s ket ches thr o ug hout th e a nnu a l em p ha s ize th e fac t th a t th e cave man w as p r etty much of an e ng in ee r in t he d eve lo pm e nt of hi s ea r ly equip me nt. Th e fo r ewa rd of th e boo k sta t es t ha t as ea rl y man dev ise d weapo ns to s ubdu e th e a nim a ls a bout him , so th e e ng in ee r d ev ises m ea ns o f co mb a ttin g a nd a pply ing th e ina nimat e fo r ces of na tur e fo r th e a d vance me n t of ma nkind .

Fo r t he fac ult y th e a r t ist dep icts a Cra - M ag no n sce ne, w ith t he ca ve -ma n "pro f. " dr a win g th e pi ctur e o f a ma s todo n. F o r th e se ni o r s th e a r t ist shows a h us k y yo un g ma n of th e earl y ti m es ca rryi ng awa v a fai r m a ide n und er hi s s tr o ng rig ht arm, w hil e a no th er ma id en loo ks o n ho rrifi ed, ap pa r entl y. Thi s sce ne was pe rh a ps in sp ir e d by th e fa ct t ha t four of th e senio r s have r ece ntly ta ke n b rid es fr om R oll a a nd v icin ity . and othe r s of th e fa ir sex o f R o ll a a r e ma k in g t ri ps t o St. L ou is t o " bu y so me new cl o th es ." Th e juni or s ke tch shows the

The M S M Band T he IVfSM Ba nd co n t inu ed t hroug h th e yea r as a va luab le asset to th e Sc hoo l of M ines.

In ad di t io n to r e nd e rin g mu s ic at t he va ri o us a th leti c co n tes ts, t h e ba nd a lso f urni shed th e e n te r ta inm ent fo r o ne of th e ge ner a l lec tur e prog r a m s a nd we nt w ith th e Ro ll a Cha mb e r of Comme r ce o n o ne of its Goo d Vhl l to urs to th e cit ies with in t h e Ro ll a di str ic t.

I t is hope d t ha t next yea r t he e nr o llm e n t w ill be la rge e no ug h to e na bl e th e mili ta r y u n it to estab lis h a mili ta r y ban d at the Sc hoo l of M in es .

The unit ha d las t ye ar w ithin thirt ee n o f th e r equir ed mini m um numb er set by t he yVa r Depa r tme nt. T hi s wou ld mea n th a t a ll in s tr ume nt s wo ul d be f urni s hed b y th e U . S . A rm y a nd th a t th e boys in t lje ba nd wo uld r ece ive c r ed it for th e ir A m il ita r y p ractice per iods. ban d wou ld a lso he lp t o li ve n u p t he d rill pe ri od a t 11 o'c loc k o n \iVed nes d ay . w hi c h is no t a lways a we lcome hour fo r t he m ilita ry un it. Jo h n YV. Scott of Ro lla has bee n th e d ir ec to r of th e ba nd s in ce its o rga n izat io n a nd has bee n ve r y fa it hfu l in th e di sc ha rge of hi s duti es as s uch.

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young man of the cave period st ill in pursuit of the fa ir maid e n. Th e fr es hm a n is shown riding away to a n e ngin ee ring sc hool as trid e a lo ng- nec ked d in osa ur, leaving his g irl behind him t o mo urn, wh il e for the sop hom ore a t o uch in g r e un io n is depicted.

twenty hi g h sc hool se ni o r s f ro m J opli'n, Ca rth age, Web b Cit y, and oth e r nearby town s w ho ar e co nsid erin g e nt e rin g th e Sc hoo l of Min es nex t fa ll, m e t wi th the sec ti o n as th eir g ues t s.

Th e arti st's co nceptio n of ea r ly a thlet ics is also int ere st in g, s how in g m eth ods of sport th a t so me feel s ti ll persist eve n today.

After th e ba nqu et, with Eva ns W. Buskett of J op lin , cha irman of th e sec ti o n, pre sid in g, Mr. Mer ce r A rn o ld of J op lin , m emb er of th e Boa rd of Cur a tor s of th e U ni ve r sit y, spoke briefly of th e Sc hoo l of Min es a nd its in cr eas in g ly im po rt ant place a mo ng e ng in ee ring sc hoo ls. D ir ector Charl es H. Fu lto n o f th e Sc hoo l, s poke o n th e value of a n e ng in ee ring educati o n. M r. C T. Orr, fat her of "Skin ny," now of Fort S mith" A rk a nsa s, and Jimm y O rr, still in sc hoo l, gave som e of hi s impress io ns of th e School of Min es ga in ed during th e pa st seve n yea rs in w hi cl1 he has had a boy in th e sc hoo l, fir st S kinn y a nd late r J immy, an d a lso ma de so m e obse r vation s o n th e et hic s of th e e ng in ee ring profess io n. M r. Orr's talk was ver y int er es tin g a nd was th o ro ug h ly e nj oyed by th ose prese nt. Prof. H. H. A rm sb')" R egist r a r a nd St ud e nt Adv iso r of th e School, spoke o n th e s ubj ect of bridg in g th e gap betw ee n hig h sc hoo l a nd co ll ege, a nd o utlin ed bri efl y plans fo r the F r es hman \ Veek fo r next fa ll. His ta lk appea r s in full elsew her e in thi s issue.

Dana Vi . Sm ith a nd E . A. Crawfo rd , both of vVeb st e r Groves, are th e ed ito r s of this yea r' s annual, R. R. Gast, vV ebste r Groves, business manager; R. S. Dittme r , Coatsburg, Ill., advertising manage r ; C. L. King, P a r so ns, Kansas, a rt edit o r ; J oe Schneider, St. Louis, a rtist ; M. C. Christin e, Bloomfield, N. J" orga nizati on m a nage r. Th e board m e mber s a r e: \Iv. B. Dimond, St. Louis; J, T. Con ley, Tulsa, Okla.; R. R. Ger ling, St. Louis; H. R. \ Va ll ace, St. Louis; H. M. Eato n, Desloge, Mo. ; A. R. Ba ron , St. Louis ; \ V . 1. H a rtna'g e l, S t. Louis, an d A ll en Bre nt , Gillespi e, Illin o is. Prof.

H. H. A rm sby of the Sc hoo l of Min es is th e faculty advisor.

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Fourth Annual Banquet of the Lead Belt Section R eported by E. R. TR AG ITT F or the last four years th e L ea d Belt Section of th e Alumni Assoc iatio n has g iven a banquet d uring th e early part of May in honor of the sen io r miners from MSM. This year's ba nque t, which was held o n May 7th in Bonn e T err e, and se rv ed by the ladies of th e Methodist Chu r ch, was eve n mo r e e nj oyable than usual. E ngineers as a class smoke a g r ea t dea l, a nd when th e room was we ll fill ed with a blue fog ge nerat ed by excellent cigars, T. G. vVeir, '22, toastma st e r for th e evening, a r ose a nd welcomed th e g ues t s, professo r s, and members o f th e class of '28 with g r ea t cordialit y a nd goodfellowship.

W. H. Comin s, Ge nera l :Ma nage r of the Na ti o nal Lead Company, made a sho rt speech to th e se nior s in w hich he gave th em a few ope r a ting tip s and to ld th em to beware of followi ng formul as too rig idl y. Other spea kers we r e J. K. ' Va ls h, Pres id ent of th e Alumni Association, o ur old fri e nd.

Prof. M. H . (Thorny) Th ornb err y, w ho m we a r e a lways g lad t o hea r. J, H . S t ein mesch , Supe rin ten dent o f th e Desloge Consolid ated L ea d Co mp a ny, a nd E . T. (Polar Bea r ) Ca mpbe ll, w ho is geo logist fo r the St. Louis Smeltin g a nd Refin ing Co mp a ny.

At the conclusio n of the ba nqu e t, the Lead Belt Section held a short busin ess meet in g a nd elected J, H. S teinm esch, '06, toastmaste r fo r the banqu et in 1929.

L ist of m emb er s present: L. A. Delano, '04 ,; J. H. Ste inm esc h, '06; B. F . Murph y, '10; M. H. Th o rnb e rr y, ' 12; O . M. C. Whitn er , ex '15 ; H. A. Ne ustaedt er, '16; J. K. Wal sh, '17 ; H. R. S t a hl, '18 ; W. W. Weige l, '20; H . D. Scru by, '22 ; T . G. Weir, '22; E. T. Campbell , '23; H. C. L oesche, '23; E . R. Trag'itt, '23; A. L. Heitm a n, '25; J oe R eid, '27 ; R. G. O' M ea ra , '27; J ac k Weber, '28; P. H. D ela no, ex '28.

Following the banque t th e sec tion w e nt int o a busin ess sessio n a t w hi ch Prof. Cha rles Y. Clayton , trea sur er of th e associa tio n, made a n informal financial r e po rt fo r th e associat io n, and spoke o n the necess it y of mo r e a lum ni payi ng thei r d ues .

He pointed ou t th e ex penses of th e assoc iaiton , especia ll y with refer e nce to tIll" abmn i magaz ine, and urge d ~ :lose who had not d o ne so to see that th eir due s fo r the yea r we r e paid .

The matt e r of a s tud e nt loa n fund from th e a lumni, as sugg ested by Di r ec t or Fulto n abo ut a yea r ago, was th en bro ug ht up and fur the r plans mad e for in a ugur at ing the mach in er y for rai sing th e J op lin sec ti o n's qu o ta of s uch a fund . Th e alumni prese nt exp r essed mu ch int er est in th e matt er a nd were anxious and w illin g t o do t heir pa rt in r ais ing th e fund s.

At th e close of th e bu si ness sess io n H e nr y H. Hart ze ll was elected c hai rm an of th e sec tion, s ucceeding Buskett w ho has se rved for th e past yea r , and Bruce \>\' ill iams wa s co nt'nued as secretary a nd tr easu r er .

Those a tt e ndin g the m eetin g w er e : M e rc er A rnold , J op lin, Mo.; Dr. C. H . F ulto n, R o ll a , Mo.; C. T. O rr, J opEn. Mo . ; H . H . A rm sby, R o lla, M o.; Charl es Y. Clayton , '13, R o ll a, Mo. ; J . C Ba rt o n, ' 17, J op lin , :Mo. ; F . S. E lfred, ' 17, Baxte r Sp rin gs, Kan sas; C. E. St ove r , '24, Miami. O kl a.; O. C. vVemhan er , Miamf, O kl a.; E. W . B us ke tt, '95, J op lin , Mo.; R. J, and R. K. S tr o up , bo th ,2 1, Picher, Okla.; J, D. Co nr ad, ex '20, Baxte r Sp rin gS', Kan sas; H . H. H a rtze ll , '06, Baxte r Sp rings, Ka nsas; D . S . T edfo rd , '23, Neos ho, Mo.; Er nest Mo r a n, '27, M ia mi, O kl a.; Erw in Ga mm eter, '26, Pitts bu rg, Kan sas; Bruce ' >\' illiam s, ex '05, J op lin, 1"10.

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With the Local Sections

The St. L ou is Sect io n met a t the A me ri ca n A nn ex H otel o n Ma y 12 fo r th eir sp rin g meet in g and ba nqu et. Owi ng to so me un ce r tai nt y as t o th e exac t dat e of the mee ting, t he atte ndan ce was not as la rge as it shou ld have bee n. It was th e desir e of th e sec tion to ho ld th eir mee ting at th e tim e the 'M in er s we r e o n th eir se ni o r trip w ith hea dquart e r s in S t.

Lo ui s.

TRI- STAT E SECTION The Tri-State sec ti o n of th e Alumn i Association me t in J o plin, in th e Y.W.CA . club room, on April 27 for the ir sp rin g mee ting and ba nqu e t. A t th e in vit a ti o n of th e section,

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'M ickey B razill was r ee lected c ha irm an, Ca rl S tif el was r eelecte d vice-c hai rm a n, Ba rn ey N ud e lm a n was e lec t ed secr eta r y-t r eas ur e r to s ucceed \ ,y .JvL Ta gga rt , sec r e tary, a nd L. H. Go ldm a n, tr cas ur e l-, J. K. \t\! a ls h was r ee lected p u b li c ity cha irm a n a nd Lucien E r s kin c c nt e rt a inm e nt chairm a n.

m ee t in g of the 11SM alum ni an d d e li ve r ed add r ess, amo ng ot he r thin gs urg in g close r tw ee n t he U n ive r sit y o f M isso uri a lumni of Co lu mbi a a nc! tho se of th e School of Mines be tt e rm e nt of t he univer si ty as a who le.

Th osc pr ese nt at th e meet in g wc r c : Prof. C. R. F o rb es, W . M. Tagga r t, '20: J. K. Wa ls h. '1 7: vVi lii a m Durni ng, ex '19; Otto Eb le, W . F. L ot t111an. '19 ; J. Stogsd ill, '25; H. O. Sc hramm. '25 : R. D. vVard, '25 : B. N ud e lman, '2 1; M. P. Braz ill , '20; D . W . B lay loc k, '15; E . H. Cook, '27 ; J. F . Hel me ri chs, '22; G. C. Cunnin g ha m, '25; R. S. Doug lass, '27; J. N. Foste r , '25; Gcorge Gaines, '25 : F . A . \t\Tei ri ch, '25; M. A lbe rt so n, ' 11. Th e sen io r s prese n t were : N . L. Koz lin sk y, H. E . G r oss, H. Hi stc d, \ -\T. S. T empl cs, M. B. La y ne, A. P. Berry, an d C. \ V. A mbl e r.

Ot her spea ke r s of the eve ni ng we r e C. 'N . Bowe r , A. F .

Mo hri , Dr . C. E. Ba rd sley, J. \t\fa lt er Scott, R. S. Dea n, R. O .

Day, J. L. G r egg, \ V illi am Godw in a nd A. L. Kaplan.

CHICAGO SECTION The C hi cago Sec ti on m~ t o n i'vIay 10 at th e E ng in ee r s Club in Chicago, A. F. 1\<[ohri , ass isted by C. \ t\! . Bowe r. p r es iding.

Th e sec t;on was fortunate in th at D r . Statto n D. B roo k s, P r es id e n t of the U n ivers ity, was in C hi cago at th e tim e attending th e lvli chiga n Tr ien ni a l A lumni Assoc iatio n m ee tin g.

At th e in vitati o n of D r. Bards ley, D r. Broo ks attend ed the

a ve r y exce ll en t coop er at ion beth e branches in at Rolla fo r the

M uc h cr ed it fo r ,. th e ve ry successf ul m eeti ng was du e t o t he ha rd wo rk put in by Moh ri a nd Bowe r in gett in g o ut not ices a nd ot he l'\v ise making a rr a nge m e nt s a nd cari ng for detai ls necessa r y for th e gat herin g .

Those p r ese nt we r e : D r. S. D. B rooks, A . F. Mo hri , '23; C. \ilT. Bowe r , ex '16; F. \ilT. Cody, '13; R. E . Ri c hard s, '23; D . F . \ t\!a ls h, '23; H. T . Heimberge r , ' 17; H. L. Ba il ey, '21; B. L. Cha ney, '27; R. H. Mavee ty, '12 ; R. S . Dean, ' 15; T. G. Coo ke, ex '08; C. F. Bois me nu e, '27; R. O. Day, '25; A. Dev e r e ux, '24; F . A. Ge r ard, '27; vV illi a 1l1 Godw in , '25; J. L. Gr egg, '23; J. W . Ha rd y, '27 ; D . P. H y nes, '08; A . L. Kap lan, '15 ; R. A. Li ndg r e n, '23; J. E. McCaule)f, '27 ; Ronald Mab r ey, '27; D . S . Mosby, '23 ; P. H. Pi e tsc h, '20; Leo Schap ir o, '24; J. \ t\!a lt e r Scott, '19; A . T. S mith , '27 ; R. S . \ t\!eimer , ' 18; H . B li cke nsd erfe r, '27; D r. C. E. Ba rd sley, '20; Prof.

E. \ t\! . Ca rl to n, '26. Th e s tud e n ts present we r e : L. J. B urg,

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MS M ALU MN US R. V.i . Ca mpb ell , R. C. D o dge, E . C. F a ulk ne r, J. F . Gage , J. R. H ec kma n, E . B. M a chi n, H. B. lvl o r ela nd, J. \ iV. S m it h, J. R. \!\Ta lt he r, R. B r ya nt, H . C. Bolo n, M . E. Su hr e, H . R. K ilpa tri ck, E . C. Mi ll er , T ed H e r ma n, M . V . H ea ley.

CA LIFOR N I A SECTIO N Th e So ut he rn Ca lifor n ia Sect:o ll of th e Sc hoo l o f M in es A lumni Assoc ia ti o ll m e t a t t he U n ive r sit y Clu b in L os A nge les, Ap r il 26, 1928. Th e l1l ee t ing \\"as in th e form of a ba nq ue t a nd was we ll a tt e nd ed.

T hr o ug h th e e ff or t s of T ed Ly nto n, '12, Cha irm a n of t he Sec ti o n, M r. Ra y ·Wood, M a nage r of th e S tand a rd O il Com pan y, was pr ese nt a nd m ade t he pr inc ipa l s peec h of t he e ve n ing w hich was ve ry int er es t ing a ll d in st ru cti ve . H is subj ec t was ·'L ea der s hip in I ndu stry ." Quit e a f ew of th e A lumn i m ade ta lks a nd the ir pr in cipa l s ub jec t w as th eir A lma M a t e r.

A ft er th e ta lks th e foll ow in g o ffi ce rs we r e elec t ed fo r t he e nsuin g yea r: L . S. Co pelin, '13, Cha ir man ; F . D . J a mes, '16, V ice - Cha irm a n, and H. F. Va le ntin e, '23, Secr e ta r y. I t w as decid ed at th is m ee ting th at t h er e would be fo ur r eg ul ar

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m ee tin gs du r ing t he yea r to be h eld o n t he fir st Thursday in t he mo nt hs of M a r ch, J une, Se ptemb er , a nd D ecemb er a t t he Un ive r sity Club.

Th:s sec t io n pr ides itse l£ o n bein g one of the livlies t of th e sec ti o ns, if not t he li vI: est, in th e CO Ull t r y. Th ey exte nd a hea rty in vit a t io n t o a ll A lum ni o f t he M isso ur i Schoo l " f M ines t o loo k t he m up w he n t hey a r e in Cali forni a. Th ey have fur t her s t a t ed th a t s ho uld a nyo ne visit Ca li fo rni a o n a ny oth e r da t es th a n wh e n t he r egul a r mee t ings a r e he ld, if t hey w ill g ive t h em twe nty-fo ur ho urs no t ice a specia l m eeting w ill be ca ll ed. Th ey wis h t o co nv ey t h is m essage to a ll A lu mn i, th a t th ey a r e a lways r eady to ge t toge th er a nd t a lk t hings ove r fo r t he int e r est o f th e Sc hoo l.

Th e fo ll ow ing we r e pr ese nt: \ !\T . Scott Boyce, P r ofesso r of E conom ics, '2 1-'24 ; Fra nk Bla ke, '12; \ !\T. M . Cla ypoo l, '84 ; F. \ !\T . Coope r, A. \1V. Gleaso n, 'I S ; F. D. J o nes, N . M . L awr e nc e, ex ' 16; E . D . L ynto n, '13; J . T. Yo un g, ex ' 17; J. E .

J o nes, '22; A. B . Maxwe ll , ex '13 ; \N ard S . lvl a ri ner , ex '27 ; L. T . Mar in e r, ex '27 ; R. L. Massey, ex ' 18 ; S. S. M cN a ir , ex ' 12; Ch a rl es B. Ne il, ex '25 ; T. 1. Ph elps, '06; Geo rge H .

Pra tt, ex '13; R. P. Pa lme r, ex '27 ; E . H . R uebel, '16; G. F. Rackett, '19; J. H . S t rin e, ex '86; J. MacFe rr a n T ay lo r , '05 ; H . F. Va le nti ne, '23.

ACROSS THE CAMPUS SHOWI NG J ACKLING GYMNASIUM IN THE BACKGROUND

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1928 H. E. A hr e ns w ill be In struct o r in D raw in g at MSM next yea r.

K. A . A ll ebac h has a ccep t ed a position as minin g e ng in ee r w ith th e La Dura Mi nin g Co mpan y, La Dura, Sono r a, M exico.

C. 'vV. (C huck ) A mb le r, Jr. , ex pects to r e turn to MSM next yea r, wor kin g fo r a deg r ee in m eta ll urgy.

J. E . A ntcn e r w ill be g rad uate ass is ta nt in che mi stry at MSM next yea r.

R. P. Ba um ga rtn e r ha s acce pted a pos it io n w ith th e Westin g ho use E lec tr ic Compa n y at Pitts burg h, P a.

A . P. Berry is w it h th e A meri can R o llin g M ill Co mpan y, M iddl etow n, O hi o.

P . M . B err y is in th e r esea r ch and t es ting laborato r y of the \lV. N . Matt hews Co rp. , 3722 For es t Park Blvd., S t. Louis.

His 'ho me addre ss is 4406 Fo r es t Park B lvd .

P. J. Boye r has acc ep t e d a pos iti o n as min in g e ng in eer wit h th e Beth le hem S t ee l Compa ny at Be th le he m, Pa .

Ph a ri ss C. B radford ( nee Cle in o) ha vin g marri e d A rthur L. B r adford befo r e g radu a ti o n, w ill devo t e h er tim e t o ho use ho ld duti es in R o ll a, Mo. H. H. B ritti ngham is e lect ri ca l engineer w ith th e Ka nsas Cit y Lig ht a nd P owe r Co .

R. 'vV . Co uch is ch e mi s t w ith the S t. J osep h L ea d Compa ny at l~o nn e T e rr e, ]\110.

D. H. Crum ba ug h has accept ed a pos iti o n in th e elec trical e ng in ee rin g d epart me nt of th e Illin o is S t ee l COlllpan y at Gary, Indiana.

R. C. Dodge is w it h th e Illin o is S tat e Hig h way Depa rtm e nt.

Hi s a ddr ess is Y .M .C.A ., Sp rin gtie lc1 , Illin o is.

J. G. D o na ld so n is att e ndin g sUlllm er camp at Ft. Leav e nwort h.

M. N . Dunlap is in t he e ngi nee r ing d epa rtmcnt of S t. Jo e L ea d Co., R ive rmin es, Mo. H. K. Ew in g is w ith th e P hilli ps Pet r o le um Corp ., at B orge r , T exas.

E. C. Fa ulkn e r is w ith th e Cit y E ng in ee ring Depa r tment, P o nti ac, M ic hi ga n.

C. A . F r ee ma n is ce r am ic e ngi nee r w ith th e A. P. G r ee n Fire B ri ck Compa ny, M ex ic o, Mo. J. F. Gage is at hom e in Ka nsa s City fo r a vis it befo r e takin g up wo rk as civil e ng in ee r.

T. C. Gerb er is in th e O rdn a nce D epartme n t, U .S .A., Ma nila , P .L R. K. Gr a nth a m expec t s to do g radu ate wo rk in chemistry at iV[ SM next yea r.

S . A . G ra n t ha m ex pec t s t o e nt e r m ed ica l sc hoo l at J ohns Hopk in s U ni ve r s it y nex t fa ll.

H. E. Gr oss ha s accepted a pos it io n as minin g e ng in ee r with th e Miam i Coppe r Compa ny at Miami, A ri zo na .

P . A . H a lasey ex pec ts t o be at 521 P r ather Ave nu e, Mar yvill e, ]\'10. , fo r th e nex t two o r thr ee mo nth s.

J. P. Harm o n ha s accepte d a pos it'nn w ith th e So uth Ame ri can Development Co., A pt. 655, Guayaguil , Ec uador.

J. R. H ec kman w ill do c ivil e ng in ee rin g wo rk for th e U nit ed F rui t Co mp a ny in S outh A me rica.

M . V . H ea ley has accepte d a F ell ow shi p w ith th e U. S .

Bu r eau of M in es, R oll a , Mo. C. F. H e r bert is w ith th e U . S . B ur ea u of 'M in es a t V ince nn es, Ind ia na.

Ted H e rm a n has accep t ed a pos iti o n w it h th e B e thl ehe m S t ee l Co mp a ny, Bet hl e hem, Pa., as me ta llurg is t o n th eir o bse r vat io na l c ir c uit.

A . L. Hi ll is w ith th e U . S . Geo log ica l S ur vey, R olla, Mo. H o ward Hi s te d is w it h th e S he na nd oa h -D ives Sy ndi ca t e, S il vc r to n, Colo ra d o .

S. D. Hod g d o n, Jr., is w ith th e Co mlll o nw e a lth S te el Co m pany in G r a nit e Cit y, II I. Hi s ho me a ddr ess is 230 Sylveste r Ave nu e, \1\1 ebs t e r Gr oves , Mo.

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G. C. J o hn so n is e lec trica l e ng in ee r w ith t he U ni on Pacific Coa l Compa n y at Roc k S pr ings, Wyo min g.

H. R. K il patr ick has accepted a posi ti o n w ith th e Ame ri ca n Ro lli ng M ill Compa ny, Middl e tow n, O h io.

N . L. K oz lin s k y ha s accep t ed a F ell ows hip w ith th e U. S. B ur eau of Min es, Birmingham , A labama.

M. B . Layne has accep t ed a pos ition w ith J. W. S hikl es & Compa ny, 709 N ew Yo rk Life B ldg., Kan sas Ci t y, Mo. J. W . La y th am is wit h th e Iowa State High way Comm iss ion at Ames, I owa.

M. C. L edford has accepted a posi ti on w ith the Chestnut & S mith Oi l Co rp. , Ranger , T exas .

S. A. L y nch w ill be in stru ctor in m at he matic at MSM next fall and he a lso expects to do g r aduate work in geology.

W. A . McCa nl ess is in Oa kl and, Ca li f ., 3312 Br oadway.

M . C. H. McC le ll a n is workin g in t he oi l fi eld s of Okla homa, h is add r ess is Waver ly Hot el, Tu lsa, O kla h om a .

E. G. McLauc hlan is elec trica l eng in ee r w ith th e Nas h Moto r Co., K e nosha, 'vV iscon s in. \ 1\1. B. Mac hin is w ith th e Ind ia na Road Paving Co., I ndia napoli s, Indiana .

C. J. Me lli es expects to s tudy medicine at the Univer sit y of M isso uri nex t fa ll.

W. L. Metcalf's address is 2449 J erde n Ave nu e, Gra nit e City, Illin ois .

E. C. Mi ll e r has a Fell ows hip w ith th e B ur ea u of Min es at Mo scow, Idaho. H e w ill do g radu'ate wo rk in metallurfYv. H. H. Mo r eland is junior engin ee r , Wate r Depa rtm e nt, City of S t. Louis . His addre ss is 6639 Univers it y Dri ve , St. L oui s.

T. D . M ur phy w ill cl o summ er wo rk w it L Dr. Dake fo r th e M isso uri Geo log ical S ur vey an d r e turn to MSM a s a g r aduate stude nt in gieo logy next fa ll.

H. H. Newco mb e is in the City Engineering Departm e nt, St. Paul, Minn eso ta.

O . D. N ied erm eye r is wit h the U ni on Pacific Coal Com pa ny, R oc k Sp rin gs, V/ yo ming.

G. A . R o bert s is w ith th e Certai n-t ee d P r od ucts Compan y, East St. Louis, Illin ois .

W. K. Schwe ickh a rdt r ecently underw e nt a n ope rati o n a nd w ill be co nfin ed t o hi s h om e fo r som e t im e. His addre ss is 3249 Lafay e tt e, St. Loui s, Mo. F. E. Sewell is m echanical e ngin ee r w it h th e S inclair Refinin g Co., E a st Ch icago, Indiana.

B . Y. S la tes is wo rking f o r th e M isso uri Genera l Uti liti es Company, R o ll a, Mo. I. St. J. S turg is expects to at t e nd a ve t e rinar y sc hoo l nex t fa ll, prob ab ly A labama P oly t ec hnic In st itute, A uburn , A labama.

W . S. T emp les ha s acc epted a pos iti o n w ith the A m eri ca n Roll in g M ill Company, M iddl e town, O hi o.

E. F . Thatch e r 's address is Glen Owen, F e rg uso n, M isso uri.

H. D. Th om as is w ith t he U ni o n Paci fi c Coa l Company, Rock Sp rin gs , 'v\l yo min g .

J. R. \"lalth er is w ith th e cou n ty e ng in ee rin g d epa rtm e nt at Cape G ir a rd ea ll1, M isso uri.

J. E . \I\'e ber is w ith th e St. Jose p h L ea d Compa ny at L ea dwood, M isso uri.

MASTER OF SCIENCE GRADUATES J. B. Clemm er is w ith t he U. S. B ur ea u of M in es, Ro ll a, Mo. C. D . Co rdry wi ll be in stru c tor in geo logy at M SM nex t year.

M rs. Ruth V. Good hu e, wif e of Prof. E. A. Good hu e of th e math emat ics d epa rtm e nt a t J\I S M , is co nt e m pla ting r eg ist e rin g fo r wo rk leadin g to th e Doctor's deg r ee next fa ll.

O. W. G r ee lllan is wi th th e F ran klin F luor spa r Company at M a rion , K e ntucky.

â&#x20AC;˘ MSM ALUMNUS H. H . Gr oss is w ith th e Indi a n R e finin g Comp a ny, L a wr e nc evill e, Illin o is.

H . H . Kave ler is negot ia tin g fo r a t ea ching pos itio n. H e is at home a t 626 Cla rk Str ee t, St. Cha rl es, Mo. VV. H . Ode is a lso tryin g fo r a teac hing pos it io n nex t fa ll.

Hi s hom e is at 315 Broadway, Barab oo, Vl isco nsin.

C. B. \'" eiss w ill t eac h in th e depa rtm ent of chemi str y a t Geor g ia In stitut e of T echno logy, A tlanta, Geo rg ia, nex t yea r.

1927 ]. D . (H oot M o n) Ca m ero n is w it h th e Neva da Co nsolid a t ed Co ppe r Com pa ny a t R ay, A ri zo na.

Robe r t S . D o ug lass is w ith th e R oxa na P e troleum Co r pora ti o n, \ 'V ood Ri ve r, Illin o is.

R a nd a ll H. Vl1ig htman is now li vin g a t Ri ve r sid e, California, 1030 \ i\" est 8th Str ee t , w her e he is m ine tr a nsitma n fo r t he Ri ve r sid e P o rt la nd Ce m e nt Co. H . G. K ol wey is dow n in Cuba, a t D ai quir i, w it h th e B ethl ehem Cub a Ir o n :Min es Co tl1p a ny. \"'. 1. ( Susie) R us hm or e's new a ddr ess is R. F. D . 2, Edmo nd s, ' '''as hing to n.

Pa ul "Ve ber is t eac hin g in th e che mi str y de par t m e nt a t Geo rg ia Schoo l o f T echn ology, A tla nt a, Georg ia .

S. 1. Cra ig 's ad dr ess is R oo m 228, U ni o n Stati o n, Littl e R oc k, A rk a nsa s.

V. M. R olo ff is "vith th e llIin o is S ta t e Hi ~ h way Co mmi ss ion , Eas t S t. Loui s, Illino is.

L yma n Robi so n a nd Mrs. R obi so n a r e visiting in R oll a . Mrs. Ro bi so n was fo rm e rly Miss Gla dys L o rt s. Lyman ha s bee n w ith th e Chevr ole t Mo tor Compan y a t F o rt Morga n, Color ado.

M rs. Ba nn er 1. Cha ney, w ho was fo rm er ly Mi ss Flor ence \"'yant , is visit in g her pa r e nts, Mr. a nd M rs. \"' . G. \ "'ya nt. Bann er is w ith th e llIin o is Hi g hway D epartm en t, E lg in, Illino is.

1926 M rs. A. V . Doste r a nd littl e so n, Geo rg e All e n, of M a nhatt a n B eac h Ca lifo rn ia, ar e vis iting :'I1rs. D os te r 's pare nt s, P r of. and M r s. ]. H . U nd er wood.

J . W . Me rrill visite d in R olla Ap ril 21s t. Bill is in th e Eng inee ring D e pa rtm e nt of th e Frisco, South ern Di vision, at Me mphi s, '.l¡e nn .

C. C. (Ca b) Smith has a cce pt ed a pos iti on in th e e ng in eering depa rtm e nt of U rb a ur & Atwood, S t. L oui s, M o.

H . E. ( Buddy) McB ri de, w ho has been fo r som e tim e a t Ca nto n, T exas, is back at Chaffee, Mi ssouri.

R. M . (Ron ) \"' hi te, fo rm e rl y ass ista nt cit y eng in ee r a t Hannib al, M o., has open ed a n e ng in ee rin g o ffic e in Geneseo, Illinois.

Leo n H er shkow itz is w ith th e Illinois S tat e Hig hw a y Co mmi ssio n a t P eo r ia, Illino is.

D r yde n H odge w rit es tha t he is n ow wo rking fo r a m as t er 's degr ee in B usi ness A dm inist r a ti o n a t H a r va rd. Dryde n, w ho fini s hed hi s cour se her e in J a nuary '26, e nte r ed th e bu sin ess sc hoo l a t Harva rd imm ediatel y th e r ea fter and fini shed th e fir st hal f ye ar of th e two-yea r co ur se th er e.

H e th e n we nt w it h th e K a nsas City P owe r a nd Li ro-ht Co mpan y as a n electri ca l e ng in ee r , w he r e he worked unt il thi s past J a nuary whe n he r e turn ed t o H a rva rd a nd expec ts to co ntinu e th e r e t hr oug h thi s ye ar and n ext to com pl ete hi s wo rk fo r hi s ma s t er 's deg r ee.

B. M . Cos t ell o, w ho has bee n for so m e tim e w ith th e Goodri ch peop le in Ohio, is now w ith the P ac ific Goodrich Co mp a ny a t Los A nge les, Cali fo rnia.

R ay E . K o ll a r is in t he e ngi nee rin g depa rtm ent of th e Ca r te r O il Com pa ny, Se min ole, O kla ho ma.

F. A . Sp rin ge r was in tow n o n Ap ril 26 th. "Sparkplu g" mad e th e Na ti o na l O ly mpic W ate r Soccer T ea m play in g w ith th e Chi cago A thl etic Club t ea m las t summ er. H e li ves in Chicago at 1624 B elmo nt Ave nu e.

C. D . Cr a ig, w ho has bee n w ith th e \'" es t e rn Coa l a nd M in in g Comp a ny sin ce g ra du a ti o n, is with t he B ur ea u of M in es Expe rim e nt Stat io n, M SM , R o ll a.

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J . R. Birche r is chi ef chemi s t fo r th e South ern Man ga nese S t ee l Comp a ny, S t. L o uis, 11 0.

J . A. R ood a nd Mrs. R oo d a r e visitin g in Ro ll a w it h F a th er S tocking, M r s. R ood's brot he r. They a rri ved in R o ll a M ay 10t h a nd w ill leave a bo ut Jun e 5th fo r Mo na r a t, Vi rg ini a, w he r e J o hnn y is em pl oyed by th e Gene r a l Chemi ca l Co. as mining e ng in ee r. Mrs. Rood was fo r m erl y M iss Bo nni e St oc kin g of R olla .

1925 C. ]. H eim has bee n elec t ed co unty sur veyo r 0 f Dubo is Co unty, Indi a na , an d w ill begi n his new wo rk o n J a nu a ry 21 , 1929. Ca rl s howed o uts t a nding abi lity as a po liticia n, r eceiving 3,564 vot es t o a combin ed to ta l of 1,093 vo tes for hi s t wo o po nents.

P . K . M e ng is la nd a pp r a ise r w ith th e No rfo lk a nd "Ves t ern Rail wa y Co mp a ny, R oa nok e, V irg ini a .

Fred A. W eir ic h, w ho is w it h th e R oxa na P et r ole um Co r po r at io n, has as ked u s to cha nge hi s a ddr ess fr om Vl100d Ri ve r t o H o t el Bl ey, R oxa na, Illinois .

A. A. Boyle is w ith th e U. S . E ng inee r s O ffi ce, S t. L oui s.

His ho me a ddr ess is 3939 L exing t o n Ave nu e.

Stua rt M. (T-b o ne) Rathb o ne is now at Sanfo rd, No rth Ca rolin a, w ith th e S tate Hig hwa v Commi ss io n.

Cha rl es R. B row n is w it h t he M isso uri P ac ific R. R. Compa ny a t McGe hee, A rka nsas.

1924 Harry K ess ler is m e tallurg ist fo r th e So ut he rn M a nge nese Steel Compan y, St. L o ui s.

Phil L. Bla k e is e mploye d by Wh ee lock-B ogue, Inc., di stribut o r s of "Ferr o- Chem," Boston', M ass. His a ddre ss is 16 Essex S tr ee t , L ynn , Mass .

W. A. S ch ae ff er , J r. , is wi th t he R oxa na P etro leum Co r po r a tion at P yo t e, T exas.

J. P. (B a rn ey Google ) E r yan is w ith th e D ivision :~.: Hi g hw a ys, De pa rtm e nt of Pu blic \ IVorks a nd B uildings, 224 Eas t M o nr oe, Springfi eld, Illinois.

Mrs. W. S . W rig ht and littl e so n of E delst ein , Illin ois, a r e vi siting he r pa r ents, Prof. a nd Mrs. ]. H. U nd er wood.

"Pop" is w ith th e Illino is S tate Hig hway Depa rtm e nt.

1923 J o hn Riddle was a campu s vi sit o r th e fir st part of A pril. J o hn is with E . T. A rcher and Comp a ny, Consultin g E ng in ee r s, with offices in th e New E ng land Bank B uildin g , K a n sas Cit y, M o. H e is a t prese nt Iowa r e prese nt a ti ve of thi s firm . M ai l a ddr ess a t K a nsas Cit y a s a bove.

M. N . B eD ell is still w ith th e A lto n \"'orks of th e L ac lede Stee l Comp a n y. Hi s home ad dr ess is now 3114 College Avenu e, A lt o n.

Paul M. Brow n is in Kirkwoo d, Mo., at 210 North Ta ylo r Ave nu e.

J. P. ( P em ) Go rd o n, Jr. . w ho is w ith t he H e nr y 1. D o he r ty Com pa ny, has tran sfe r re d fro m Cedar R a pid s, Iowa, t o Sedali a, M o.

E . R owla nd Trag itt, m inin g e ng inee r w ith the Co nsolid a t ed L ead Com pa ny', De sloge, Mo., w ith hi s fa mil y, we r e visiting in Ro ll a durin g A pril.

Mrs. Gl enn Dooley and littl e da ug hte r, J ean , visit ed in R o ll a durin g May, th e gu ests of M r s. D ooley's pa r e nts Pro f. a nd Mrs. E. G. H a rri s. ' S . M. Burke sto pped off in R ol la a s ho rt w hil e J une 2. Steve is r e pr ese ntin g th e B r ow n Com pa ny \'" ood Pulp Mfg. Co. H e was e n r o ut e fr o m Sp ring fi eld t o hi s ho m e in St. L o ui s.

1922 B. E. Charl es, w ho has bee n fo r some tim e in M ex ico, is now a t hom e in Sa lina , K a nsas, 41 6 Cha rl es St r eet.

Vl1il so n K eyes is w ith t he S imm s O il Compa ny a t Sa n Ange lo, T exas .

1921 R. 1. J o hn so n a nd w ife of A ll e n, O kl a ho ma , visited in R o ll a d uring Ap ril. Dic k is s up erin te nd e nt of th e Stat e O il R efinin g Co mpa ny a t A lle n.

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1916 Gunnard E . J o hn so n addr esse d th e Chicago Sect io n of th e A m e ri ca n In st itut e of IVI ining a nd Me tallurg ica l E ngi nee r s a t th e E nginee r s' Cl ub o n Ap ril 18th . Hi s subj ect was, "Newe r Met hods of L ead R efining."

J. Cha rl es M iller has jus t r eceived th e degre e of M as ter of A rt s for spec ia l wo rk do ne in geo lop''' at Geo rge \,yas hin g to n U ni ve r sity, Was hin g to n, D . C.

1914 C. C. B lan d a nd w ife spe nt D eco r atio n D ay in Rolla, th e gues ts of frie nds. Pitts is in th e lif e in s ur a nce bu si ness in S t. L o ui s.

1913 J a mes B . Leavitt was in R o lla on hi s way bac k to Vlas hington , D. C., fr om H o nolull1 wh e r e he ha s bee n s tati on ed fo r the pas t two yea r s. Jimmi e s topp ed off in A ri zo na a nd visit ed w ith Ea rl S mi t h a nd Buck Mount joy w ho a r e wi th the 'M ia mi Coppe r Compa ny, an d w ith H a nk L eavitt w ho is in th e S hee t .Me tal busin ess in Ph oe ni x, A riz o na.

J a m es Hopkin s is in L os A nge les, Calif., at 434 Nort h Rampa rt S tre et.

R. G. Knickerbocker, w if e and littl e da ughter, who ha ve bee n in Spain fo r the pa s t yea r, a r e expected to arrive in New York Cit y Jun e 8. Afte r a few days th e r e th ey w ill r e turn to R o ll a .

1911 Dunca n S mith ha s left Bru sse ls for Eas t Afr ica ' t o exa min e go ld and tin p rospec ts for a B elg ian-Fre nch g r o up, and wi ll be go ne ab o ut s ix m o nth s. Hi s addr ess is 42 Ru e Roya ls, Brusse ls. Belgium . :M. H. Detwe il er, w ife a nd childre n, s pent D eco ratio n Day in R o ll a with Mrs. D etweil e r 's fat her , Mr. C. H. Mitchel l.

1908 R. R. B<.: nedi ct, Mr s. B en edi ct and tl: eir so n visited ove r S un da y at th e Triangle Hou se r ece ntl y. vV ebs t er Bendict is co nsid e rin g e nte rin g th e Sc hoo l of Mines next yea r.

J. H . Bow les is at Cli nton, A kansas, in the emp loy of H. L. Holh, 1549 R a ilway Exc ha nge B ldg ., Chicago, Illin o is.

1906 Jud so n \ Ai . J o nes, w ho has bee n fo r so m e t :m e loca t ed in Pittsburgh, P a ., in connecti o n w ith th e ext e nsion work of Colum bia U ni ve r sit v, ha s bee n tran sfe rr ed to New Yo rk City w he r e he w ill co ntin ue his wo rk wit h the U ni ve r sit y.

1903 T homas L. Gibso n has w ritt en f r om Fr ia r s P o int, ·M iss ., co mm e ntin g up o n the M S1VI broadcas t fr om J effe r so n City and S t. Lo ui s. H e is sec r eta r y of th e Gle n A ubin Plantation of th e Sess io ns Planti ng Inter es t s at that poi nt. Th e mu sic o f th e Mining E ng in ee r ove r th e radi o broadcast sta rt ed a tra in o f r emini scences in M r. Gib so n's mind t hat bro ught for th the fo ll ow in g: "I a m t hinkin p' to ni g ht of a lit t le excit eme nt caused by " Doc" Hanley so m e thirt y yea r s ago w he n D r. Ladd asked him w hat he kn ew a bo ut a stea m shove l. Doc beg an rubbin g the p lace w he r e hi s hai r o ug ht to have bee n, loo ked at t he r es t of us to see the way we too k th e ques t ion, a nd t hen sa id, "Aa h go o n, Doc to r, yo u kn ow t hey do n't ca rr y s t eam a r ou nd o n a s hove l."

J. \,y . Hunt is s up er int e nd e nt of sc hoo ls at Salem, M isso uri.

1900

J. A. Ga r cia, of A I' en

& Ga r cia, Co ns ult ing E ng in eers, ha s r emoved fro m 2 1 East Va n Bu r ea u Str ee t to S uit e 1743 1{c ~" or m;ck B l d~ . , Ch icago.

Kenneth F . K r a use . '29, w if e a nd litt le so n, Ke nn e th F., Jr., a r e visitin g in R o ll a . M rs. K rau se was fo rm e r ly M iss E th el Sm it h of Ro ll a .

Thomas R. Gibson, w ho a tt e nd ed th e Sc hoo l of M in es in 1873 a nd late r e nte r ed the m ili tary academ y at West P o in t, is now in the Ci r cuit Cle rk's Office at Sp rin g fi eld, Mo.

Vvord ha s bee n r eceive d fr o l11 R. M. Sa nc hez, 1409 Flo r es Ave nue , L or edo, Texas, t o th e e ff ect th a t he with nine others w ho att end ed th e S choo l of Mines in 1884 a r e now located in a nd around Laredo. M r. Sa nch ez expresses a wa rm r ega rd for M SM a nd as k s t o be r em embe r ed t o hi s fo rm er fri e nd s and schoolma t es . . He list s the fo ll ow in g as among th ose in " a'tt e nd a nce - Fre r e a t th a t tim e : A lfr edo del Barrio, 208 FaFa'g ut S tr ee t , Laredo ; Octavia no Longoria, Banke r, N ew Lar edo, Mexico; Guadalup e G. Ram os. N ew Lar edo, Mex ico ; Ju a n Hin ojosa, Ri o Grande City, T exas ; Calixtro Garcia, Sa n Di ego, T ex as; Crizogono Garcia, Sa n Diego, T ex as .

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With the Faculty This Summer Dr. Charl es H . Fulton a nd Mrs. Fultoll wi ll s pend th e s umm e r at Dr. Fulto n's r a nch in the Blac k H ill s of South Dakota.

Prof. G. R. D ea n and Mrs. D ea n w ill s tay at home in R o ll a thi s s umm er. Exce pt fo r a n occas io nal fi shin g t rip t o Little Piney, Prof. Dea n w ill spend th e time stud y ing, fo r hi s ow n persona l sa ti sfaction o nl y, some r ecent deve lopme nt s in pure mathematics.

Dr. C. E. Ba rd sley will spe nd th e summ e r at th e D earborn O bse r vator y of North weste rn U ni ve r sit y, Eva nst o n, Illinois, s tud ying ast r o nomy.

Prof. C. V. Ma nn w ill do g r adu ate work a t t he Univer sity of I owa thi s s umm er.

Prof. K . K e r shner w ill go t o the University of \ V isco nsin to do graduate wo rk.

Prof. C. R. Forbes w ill de vo te hi s tim e to th e operat io n of hi s ·Iarge di as pore clay p it, an d al so be assoc ia te d w ith H. R. A m eli ng P r ospecti ng Co mpany in diamond drill prospec tin g thi s summer.

Profes so r s J. B. Buter , E. \,y. Carlton , \ V . C. Ze uc h a nd Lieut. \ Va lt e r w ill have cha rge of th e s umm er sur vey camp for freshm e n.

D r. C. J Mo nr oe w ill s pe nd th e s umm er in Los A nge les .

P r o f. R.. F. Ra tliff and fa m ily expect t o fir st visit the va rio us la rge sp rin gs a nd s tate pa rk s in Misso ur i. H e w ill th e n visit hi s old home ·in Indi a na, a nd fro m th e r e w ill go to visit fri e nd s in P e nn sylva n ia . He expec t s to vis it so m e of th e large powe r pla nt s in th e S usqu ehann a h Va ll ey w hil e in Pennsylvania .

Dr. C. L. Dake w ill spe nd the summ er wo rk ing for th e State Geol ogical S urv ey, map pin g the geo logy of a po rti o n o f Ir o n and R ey nolds Cou nties in Sout h eas t Misso uri. H e w ill be ass isted by T . D. M ur p hy, of th e class of '28.

Prof. H. H. Arm s by w ill r e ma in in R o ll a a nd play go lf th is summ e r.

Prof. R. M . Rankin, w ith M r s. Rankin an d family, w ill spend th e s umm e r vi sitin g r elat ives at Blu e fi e ld, \Vest V ir g inia .

Prof. A. V. K il patr ic k, w ith Mrs. Kilpatrick a nd t he two g irl s. wi ll go to th eir su mm er home in Lansin g, Michi ga n, whe r e Prof . K ilpat ri c k w ill wo rk a s m ec ha ni ca l e ng in ee r in th e O ldsmob i!e D ivisio n of th e Ge ne r a l Moto r s Co r po r at io n.

Th e two da ug ht el's w ill st udy mu sic in th e L a nsin g Co nse r vator y of Mu sic. P r of . Ki lpat ri c k expects to do so m e fi s hin g in th e north e rn la kes, and he w ith hi s fa mil y a lso ex pec t to visit N iaga r a Fa ll s befo r e return:ng t o Ro ll a next fall.

D r. J. Yfo.T. Bar ley wi ll he head of t he s umme r sess io n for teache r s held in th e Sc hoo l of Min es buildin gs at R o lla by t he U ni ve r sit y of M issou ri.

Prof. F. C. F a rnh a m, a cco mp a ni ed by Pro f. F. H. Fralll e. ex pec t s to s pend a pa rt o f t he SUlllm e r in the o il fi eld s o f O kl a homa fo r th e pur pose of co ll ec ting mater ia l w hi c h may be of use in out lin ing t he cou r se he pla ns t o g ive next yea r as an int rod uct io n to methods used in geop hys ica l prospectin g . Late r he w ill attend t he s um me r sess io n a t Massachusetts In stitut e of T ec hno logy fo r p hys ics t eac her s. T he sessOo n :s un der th e au spi ces of th e Soc ie ty fO l' th e Promo ti o n of E ng 'l1 ce rin g E ducati o n. Mrs. Fa rnh a m a nd th eir da ug ht el', Ruth , w ill s pe nci most o f th e summ e r in Ne bra ska .

Prof. E . L. Jo hn son w ill teach in th e U ni ve r sit y of Misso uri s ummer sess io n in Ro ll a 'unt il A ugus t, w he n he wi th th e family wi ll probab ly go to Ch icago.

MSM ALUMNUS Capt. K . :M . JI./foore w ill be in charge of e ngin ee ring training a t th e Ft. Leave nworth, Kansas, R ese r ve Officer s Trai n in g Corps ca mp from Jun e 7 to Ju ly 26.

Dr. L. E. \ IVoo dman w ill teach phys ics a t th e Sta t e T eache r s Co ll ege at Maryvill e, Mo ., fo r the s umm er.

Prof. L. E. Ga rr ett w ill teach in th e University of Missour i s ummer sess ion a t Rolla.

Prof. J. B ridge wi ll spe nd th e sum mer wo rkin g fo r t he :Misso uri Geo logical Survey in S ha nn on and Ca rt er Co unti es . H e expects to compl e te t he mapp ing of th is quadran g le w ithin a m onth o r so and w ill devote the r emainder of the s umm er t o p r epa rati on of t he r epor t. Next yea r P rof. Bridge has a F ell ows hip at Pr in ce ton U niv e r sity w her e h e w ill s tudy fo r hi s docto r's degr ee.

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W edding Bells E . M. Lind e nau, '27, and IVI iss Grace H ec kman we r e marri ed at J er ome, A rizona, o n Janua ry 28, 1928. E d was a m em ber of th e Sen ior Cou nci l and the Missou ri M ining and M et. w hil e in sc hool. H e is now in the engine ering d epartment of the United Ve rd e Coppe r Compa ny. lvII'S. Lind enau was forme rl y t eac her of Spa ni s h in th e local high schoo l.

George D . Clayto n, fo rm er stud ent at MSM and broth er of Prof. C. Y. Clayto n, head of the metallurgy depa r tme nt , was marri ed in Hannibal on Jun e 5 to M iss :Mari e tta Gentry, daug ht e r of M r. and M r s. R ichard H . Gent ry of Han'liba l. Those attend in g the w edding from Rolla were Prof. and M r s. C. Y. Clayton, M r s. S . L. Ba ys inge r, a nd :M iss H elen B ays in ge r. George is a memb er of the Kappa A lpha Fraternit y at MSM .

My r on N . Dunlap, '28, and IvI iss V irg ini a Ma r tyn of Cuba, M o., we r e m a rri ed in \ Vayn esvill e, :Mo., on February 28.

M y r on r eturned to MSM a t th e beginning of th e pas t se me ster to fini s h hi s wor k r equ ir ed for hi s deg r ee. H e had bee n doing engi nee rin g work in th e mines in Mexi co and lat er petroleum wo rk in geo ph ys ica l prospecti ng in New Mexico before r eturnin g to schoo l. Mr s. Dunlap is the dau g hte r of D r. and i\t[rs. Ma r tyn of Cuba a nd th e siste r of Phil Ma rt y n, '25, now geolog ist with th e Houston O il Co.

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S he has been a f r eq ue nt visito r in Ro ll a, befo r e her marr iage , at MSM socia l affa irs.

Le r oy F . Va n Sciver, H ig hs tow n, N . J" a junio r in ele ctri ca l eng in ee ring, and M iss Doroth y Sm ith, d a ug ht er of Mr. a nd Mrs. B la nd Smith o f Roll a, we r e marri ed in R oll a o n May 20. Va n ha s bee n an imp o rt ant me mb e r of th e MSM Ba nd w hi le in sc hoo l. :M iss S mith is one of th e popu la r m emb er s of th e yo unge r set in R olla.

Bur l Y. S lates of S t. Jo sep h, Mo ., w ho g r adua t ed thi s yea r in m echa nica l e ng in ee ring, an d M iss Berth a \tVa lker, daugh,er of M r. a nd 1\11 r s. F r a nk \ tV a lk er of R olla, wer e mar ri ed in R o ll a o n May 13. Bu rl is at pr ese nt em ploye d by the Misso uri Gene r a l U tiliti es Co. of Ro ll a as mec hanica l e ng in eer.

M rs. Slates was befo r e he r marr iage ope r ator of th e private t e lep ho ne exc hange at th e Schoo l of M in es.

R obert \ 'Ai . Couc h, '28, a nd Miss H elen J . S hepa rd o f L e ba no n, we r e ma rri ed in Ro ll a on Ap ril 21. Th e ceremony was performed by R ev. S . P. Stockin g at th e Parish H o use of St. P a tri c k' s Cat h oli c Ch ur ch. Miss Marion Kenyon of R o ll a was brid es maid, a nd Lee Couch, MSM, '29, a c o usin of th e g r oom, was best man. Follow ing th e we dding at 9 o'clock s upp er was g ive n t he brida l part y at th e home of M r. an d M r s. R. A . Kenyo n.

Bob is th e third m emb er of the Couch fam ily to come to MSM from Hannib a l High Sc hool, and is a broth er of J. E. "J err y" Co uch, '25, now wit h t h e Roxana P e tro le um Corp ., Sem 1l1 0 le, Okla . H e g r a duat ed in mining t h is May 24 th , and IS now emp loye d by ythe St. J oe L ea d Co. at Bonne Terre Mo. H e is a m emb er of Ta u Beta Pi a nd Th eta Tau. H ~ was a lso an a lterna t e member of th e Se ni or Co un c il in 1928 a nd pr es id en t of th e Min ing and Met. Soc iety in 1928. H~ took the ad va nced mi li tary co ur se and was commiss io ned a seco nd li e ut e nant in th e R.O .T.C. thi s sp rin g.

Harry H. Brit t in gham, '28, a nd Miss Kath erine L enox were In a rri ed. at 9 a. n1. Sunday, Jun e 10, in t he Pre sbyterian C hur c h 111. Rolla. Bnt grad uat ed a t MS11I thi s sp rin g in elec tnca l e~g111eer111g . He IS a memb er of Triang le fr atern ity, D y namI t ers, T a u B et a P I, and was a D e Molay. He a lso se r ved as pr eS Id ent of the El ectrical Engi nee ring Society during hi s se ni or yea r. As p r es ident of th e o ld Grub sta ker club he was one of the prime mover s in t he nego tiati o ns that re sult ed in it bein g changed t o the na tion a l engin eer ing fraterni t y of Tr ia ng le.

Miss L enox is the daughter of M r. H . \tV. Le nox, member of t he Boa rd of Cur ators of th e U ni ve rs ity of M issou ri, a nd Mrs. Lenox of Rolla, and attended Missou ri Uni ve r sity a nd D rury Co ll ege .

Fo r the past yea r s he was a teac her in th e junior hig h sch ool in Rolla .

Im mediately aft er th e ceremo ny they left fo r K a nsas City w here Bri t is emp loyed as e lectrica l e n g: nee r fo r th e Kansas City Light and Powc r Compa ny, a nd w he r e the yo un g co uple w ill make th ei r future h ome.

Do na ld J. Bi se tt, ex ' 3~, a nd M iss Bess Lenox we r e ma rri e d a t th e ho me of th e brid e's parents at Lake Sp rings, Mo., o n Jun e 15.

D o n attended MSM th e past two yea r s, a nd is a m emb er of Sigma N u f r atern it y. Miss L enox is the daughter of M r. and M r s. Ken Lenox of Lake Sp rin gs .

F o ll ow in g the wedd ing the couple lef t at o nc e for Ch icago on th~ir l~ o n eymoon . !~lakin g th e t rip in a new Cad ill a<: tour in g car, the gift of the g room's parents.

T hev w ill make t ll eir home in P o n~a City, Okla ., whe r e Do n is cmp loyed in the oi l in dustry.

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ALUMNUS

\ Vo r d ha s been r ece iv ed in Rol la of th e ma rri age of M ik e Ag uil a r Ledford, '26 to Mi ss Za d a Campbell of Seg uin, Te x a s o n Ap ril 25th. 'M ik e g rad uated in m in ing in 1926. H e wo n hi s go ld foo t ba ll o n th e g rid fie ld, se r vi ng as ca pta in of th e 1924 tea m. He is a membe r of S ig ma Nu f r a t e rnity a nd of the Pipe a nd Bowl Club. He was also a mem ber of th e M isso uri Min in g a n d Met . Assoc ia ti o n, MSM Pl aye r s, a nd was vice-p r es id e nt of the Jun io r c lass in 1924. Mrs. Ledfo r d is th e da ug ht er of M r. and Mrs. J a m es Patrick Ca mpb ell of Se quin.

A baby g irl, H ele n Lou ise, was bo rn t o Mr . a nd :1vfr s. ]. A. Ho lman o n May 4 her e in Roll a . C ha lk y g r ad uat ed 111 mec han ica l eng in ee r ing in 1927. Mrs . Hohnan was before her ma r ria ge M iss L ouise Ba rl ey, a da ug ht er of Dr. and M r s. ]. \ \!. Barley o f Ro ll a. C ha lky is a m e m be r of th e Kappa A lpha f r ate rni ty and Quo Vad is. H e is now emp loyed in t he eng in ee rin g depa rt me nt of th e Texas and P ac ific Rai lroad Compan y at Fo rt \ Vo r t h, Texas.

Robert E. Le e of H o ld e n, Mo., a sop ho m ore in ce rami c e ngi nee rin g, was marrie d on Jun e 2 t o Miss Kat her in e (J erry) :McN ico ls of Rolla. Bob w ill r etu rn to MSM next fa ll to co m p le t e hi s ed ucati o n.

DEATHS

M. E . S uhr e of Gr an it e Cit y, Illin o is, juni or in c ivil eng inee rin g, was m a rri ed o n Jun e 4th to M iss Effie U nde r wood. one of t h e Ge ner a l Scie nc e s tud e n ts at MSM. Ma urIc e lS a Prospector a nd a Saty r. H e was a me mbe r of the foo tball squad last fa ll , ass is ta nt ed it or of th e Mine r , mem be r o f th e Senior Co un ci l. Miss U n derwood is the dau g hte r o f Pro f. and :M r s. J. H. U nd er wood, a nd a s iste r of :1vfr s. W. S . \ "Trig ht , w if e of "Pop" \ V ri g ht, '24, now w ith t he Illin o is ' S ta t e Hi ghway Depa rt me n t, Peori a, III in o is, and a lso sis t er of :Mrs. A . V. Dost er, w ife of a no th er M in er of t he class of '26. :Mau ri ce is attend in g camp t hi s s umme r at Fo rt Leavenwor th, Kansas, a nd wi ll r etu rn to MSM n ex t fa ll to fin ish t he wo rk fo r hi s deg r ee.

Fred C. Sc hn ee berge r was m a rri ed on Ap ril 22 to Miss Mar io n Thomp so n in S t . Louis . Freddi e g r aduate d in ge nera l sc ie nce in 1925 . H e was a L a mbda C hi A lpha, Th eta Ta u Quo Vad is, P ipe and Bowl, a nd Sq ua r e an d Compass.

H e ~va s a lso o n th e sta ff of th e M issour i 'M iner, me mb er of the 'Mi nin g a nd :1l1fet. Assoc ia ti on a nd t he Dynamiters Clu b.

1. L Heb e l, wl10 was ins tru ctor in mat h emat ics at MSM d urin g th e sc hool yea r 1927-28 a nd a lso a st ud en t d urin ยง, lhat yea r , w ill be ma rri ed to M iss Ruth Schum an of Roll a on J u ne 20. Prof. H ebe l is n ow in st ru cto r 111 mat hematlc at th e Colo ra do Sc hool of Mines. Fol lowing the wedd ing P r of. a nd Mrs. He bel wi ll go to Grand La k e, Colorado, fo r a wee k's stay, afte r w hi ch th ey wi ll t our Co lo r a do yn t il fa ll, w he n t hey w ill be at home in Go lden wlt h the beg ll1nlng of t h e sc hool yea r.

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The Coming Generation A daughter was born to Mr. a nd M r s. ]. Sam uel \ Vilfl ey of the E lhn gton Apar tm ents, 4661 Lacl ede Aven ue, St. L o ui s, o n Ap ril 19. Sa m at t e nd ed MSM during t he school yea r s '25 a nd '26. H e is stayin g out this yea r do in g civ il e ng in ee r in g wo rk. Mr s. \ V ilA ey w a s befo r e he r marriage :1vIiss Ma urin e Rector of R oll a . Sam lS a member of the P l Kappa A lpha Frate r nity.

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J osep h Ca rk , w ho atte nd ed th e Sc hoo l of Mines in 1900 a nd 190 1, d ied in Somb r er e t e, Zacatecas, Mex ico. \ V hil e at t e ndin g r elig io us se r vices o n Ea ster und av in Somb r e r e te Cla rk was stabb ed without provocation by a native M ex ica n. Th e M exica n was conside r ed deme n ted. Cla rk d ,sa rm ed h is assa il a nt a nd mad e h is way to the company hos p ital. H e see m ed we ll o n th e way to ,r ecove r y w hen pn eum on ia set in a nd as a r es ult 01 hl S wea kened condi ti o n ca used hi s d eat h. The U l1It ed States E mbassy has asked t he Mexican foreig n office t o in ves tio-at e the sta bbin g w ith a v iew t o p Ulll shm g th e a;'sa il a n t. Clark, at the t im e of h is death, was Supe rint e nden t of th e Compa ni a de Inv el:sio nes d el Oro Som br er ete Zac. Mexico, a go ld mll1ln g conce rt~. H e had c~n s i de'r ab l e expe ri ence as a min in g e ngi nee r in A riz o na a nd a lso in Ce ntr a l A m eri ca.

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\ V ord has bee n r ece ive d of th e d ea th of Sidney Lo r e nzo Ande r son, Ma r ch 20, 1928, at th e age of 32 yea r s.

Sidney ente r ed MS:1l1f in 1915 a nd r ema in ed un t il 1917 whe n he we n t to Globe, A ri z., w he r e he was in the emp lny of t h e M iam i Copp'?r Com pa ny until A ug ust, 1917, w he n h e e nt er ed th L Nava l Se r vlce.

He was in tr a ining at Goa t I sla nd, Sa n F r anclsco Bay, t he n r eceived special in struc t ion in th e R ad io bra nch of the se rvice at Harvard a n d the Co ll ege of th e City of New York. The r eafte r h e was statio ne d at Manta lo kin g, Jew J ersey . S m ce 1919 S id ney had b ee n in th e emp loy of t he Yo rk Cahfornia Co nst ructi o n Co mpan y, be in g tr a nsfe rr ed fr om t he S t. L o ui s offi ce t o California . He was m a rri ed in Ap ril , 1920, t o Rit a Hirshfe ld of Oakla nd, Ca li fo r n ia . Their o nl y c hild , Rita Jane. IS fou r yea r s of age. S id ney was a me m ber of the Kappa Alp ha F r ate rnit y at MSM .

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Th eodo r e C. (Te d ) S her wood , Jr., died in R os we ll , New Mexico, :iVI a r ch 31, 1928. S he rwood a tt e nd ed th e Sc hoo l of j\l[in es in 1916 a nd 1917 a nd after two yea r s' se rvice in the 314 th E nginee r s, 89th Divisio n, du r ing the \"Torld \ Var, he r et u rn ed h er e a n d co m pleted h is stu di es, g r a du at111g 111 geo logy in 1920. Ted was regard ed as one of the outstanding geo logists of Okla homa a nd he was 111 the em ploy of the Ph illi ps Petro leum Compa ny at t he t ime of hi s death.

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F r ank J. Sco tt, who fo r th ir ty-two yea r s was enginee r in th e power pla n t of t h e Sc hoo l of M in es, died on May 10th af t er an illn ess of seve ral wee ks.

"Frank" as he was fam ili a rl y kn ow n on t he campu s'. was fo rced to leave hi s dut ies so me tim e durin g the late winte r o n account of illn ess . He r ece ived treatment in the loca l hosp ita l for seve ra l wee ks and was fin a ll y able to r etu r n t o the power plant. He arose as us ual o n the mo r ning of M ay 10th a nd was in hi s ga r den. The family became aware of his unusual abse nce and went in sea r ch of him and found that he ha d fa ll e n dead from hea r t fa ilur e. Frank se rv ed t he Sc hoo l of 11/f in es for a ve ry lo ng period a nd was a lways a faithfu l an d r e liabl e emp loye .

PROSP ECTOR CLUB