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Volume Ten.

What Price Electrons

N umber Four

Placer Mining in Ecuador

A Problem in Industrial Research by M. ]. Kelly, 114 Twen ty-fh e ~-ea r s ago, t h er e was a ye r y small per cen tage of telephon es in th e wo rld f r om which one mi ,"'h t tillk to a per son at a distnll ce of more t han one hun dred mil es. T oday, f rom a n yone of t h e som e se,en teen milli on telephon e sta ti on s in t his coun t r y. one m ay r ench a per so n at nny oth er sta t ion \yith in a n a ver age of 'som e e i g h t~' second s after makin g t he ca ll , nnd may. w ith som ewhat longer d ela:v, r each any other one of some fift een million more teleph one s tati ons di s trihuted tlHou ,~h out th e wo rld. 'L' hi s enormous in cr ease in the poss ibl e r a n ge of almost immediate t r ansfer of intelli gence h as not been accompli shed as a r esult of flny one r esearch. but r ather as a res ult of lite r a lly hundreds of t hem. Math ematics, ph~路 s i cs . chemistn ' a nd metallurgy h ave a ll con t ribu ted in t he eyolution of t hi s 'Torld speech network. Fo r di sc uss ion I h aye selected one of th e more im por ta n t of the man~' contributi ng r esea r ch proj ec t s. It is uni que in t hat i t hil S been in co ntinu ous prog ress t hr ough out th ese twenty-fh-e yea r s. The r e h a,e been somethin g: m or e t h a n 200 man yea r s of 'Tork d one upon i t during thi s tim e, but th er e is s till a ,ery large amount of work to be don e, and ,ve look upon it as an imp or ta nt continuin g j ob. Wh en th e yoice curren t f r om t he telephone tran smi tter t r a\'els il long the teleph one lin e, it is atte nua ted ; thilt is, it becomes sma ll er in \' a lne il S t he e1istil nce f r om t he t r iln sm ittin ,!! po in t in cr eases. It \\'ill fin nll y r each il ya l ue so la\\' t h at it cann ot energ ize n telep hone r eceiYer s uffi cien t ly to a ctuate its diaphragm at a n amplituel e t h at makes hearin g possibl e. 'L' hi s atten tuated current is a mplified by IiH~ans of the th ermi oni c yacuum t ube a nd its a ssociated 'circ uits to a I'alue s ub sta ntiall y t he same as it had at t he t ninsm itting point and tran smitted f urthe r a long the line until 路 it is again a ttentu ated to a low va lue. It is then amplified again. There a r e so me twenty s uch amplificat ion points di strib uted a long t he ca ble circ ui ts between i\'ew York a nd Chi cago flt inte n a ls of a pproximately fifty miles. ,Vhen one talks f r om New Yo rk to Chi cago, he will talk through some fo rty ,acu um tubes, an d when ta lkin g f r om Ne w to Los Angeles, something m or e than 150 nlcu um t ubes. . The fir st vac uum tube r epeaters were used -in t he telephone plant in 1914. It was then r ecogni7.ed that, with t he ultimate g rowth of the long distance circu it s, we would h al'e hundredS of t h ou sa nd s of \'ac uum t ulJes in t he r epeaterin g circuits in the telephon e pl a nt. In order tha t t h ese circuits be ope r ated at a s ufli c ientl y low ex pe nse. it wa s essenti a l t h at each unit perform its am plification function completely indepencl en t of man ua I ad justm en t for d egTee of a mplifica tion. If manual ad ju stm ent of ci r cuit we re tolerated in the basic e ng in ee ring, t h e equipment and pei:l;onnel complexities that wou ld r esliit wo uld a lmost cer tanliy e liminate the poss ibility of the uni ve r sal long di stance se nice that 'I'as e11l'i sioned. This philosoph y me ant that when a circ uit \\'I) S se t up be tween two points the o ,'erall amp lifi cation would be s uffi c ien t ly co nsta ll t at a ll t imes that, w ith a normal talkin g leYel at one end of t he circui t, the r ece iYin g le\'el a t the othe r end ,,"o uld a l ways be ,y ithin the ran ge fo r satisfa ctory r eception. Th e twen ty r epeater s in t he New York -Chicago lin e amp lify at twenty differ en t points t he cnrrent a t each point, raisin g it su ill(Contim.ed on Png e 4) o nl~'

Rome time ago th er e appear ed in th e Nell' Yor l,; Tim es a di s patch f rom Ec uado r \\'h ich tohl or th e placer- mining excitem en t th at h ad draw n s o many m en from t he tow n of Zig Zig t ha t th e latter h ad becom c, in n ea r fact, a n Amazon town. rul ed by women. In an swer to sc,e r il l con sequ ent inquiries f r om f ri ends in i\'ew Yo rk , it co ul d onl y be r eplied th at, whil e a yis it to th e Ec nac1 0r pla cer field s m igh t sati sfy a d es i re to tnw el. t h e quant it ies of go ld bein g found ,yonld n ot be of in ter est. Still. th e go ld placer boom is r ea l enough to hal' e dr!l\m m a n y E c nacl orian s f rom their r eg ul a r purs u its, and th e majorit:l' or th ose w orkin g along th e num er ous gold-ca rrying ri vers a r e doin g th eir firs t digg ing. Th e boom i s n ot cen ter ed in uny one di stri ct; m en are wa s lling gUl\'e l on most of th e st re11 m s on t h e weste rn slope of th e Andes as 'ye ll as on t he ca s t ern 5101)e in th c O ri ente or Amazon con n try . From t he Rantihgo Riy c r in th e Proyince of E sm e ra lda s, :iu s t s onth of th e Colombian bo rel er. to th e Zamorr RiI'cr in Lo:in. ProYincc, north of the P ern,"ian border, the ban k s anel ba r s of th e riY er s nre be ing \\'orked. T h e di s tr ict of ,I'!lich C uenca is th e pr in Cipa l c it~路 is probnbl y firs t in order of im po r ta nce. rateel as to product ion. fo ll o'Yed ll.\' th e di stri cts a ronnd thc to 'I'lI S of B an os. Z::ll'UllIil , ESllle r a ldas , a nd Loja . Fo r poss ible ach en ture t he 7,amOl'a countr y is th e mo st pr omis in g. T he Zamora Ril- er and its tributaries fo rm on e of the m a n y st r ea m s t hat a r e t h e western h eadwater s of the Am azon. 'L'hi s territor y is more or less "wild" , being inh abited by t he J jyaro I ndia n s, who a r e s npposed to h ave been long pa s t ma ste r s of t h e g ri sly a r t of shrinking and prese nin g h uman h eads. The Indians ne11r t h e h eadwater s of the Zamora a r e in touch ,yith cil-ili zat ion as t her e i s a mi SS ion , some hu n dreels of yea r s olll. in t he p uelJlo or to,Yn of Zamo r a. 'l'his p u eblo in turn i s but a d ay's j ourn ey, mule back, from the city of Loja, which has an estimated population of 50,000. While nature s upplies almost e\'er yth ing t he Indians want or can use, one ambitious enough to pan gold may hecome the p r oud possessor of a "tra d e r-type " muzzle-loadin g shotgun , a machette, ma chin e-mad e cloth , and \'ariou s t rink et s. Alth ough a .Jiyaro enj oys t he p r estige the posse~s i on of a shotgu n g iyes him , b e d epencl s fo r t he mo st pa r t on hi s spea r. IJl0wgun, and poi so n elarts fo r , hun ting a nd fi,!!h t in g. Parts of the Zamora terr itory ,i!. r e \'irtual1y un exp lor ed a nd mall.\' tal es of rich gr ayel, los t m ines, and olel I nca roads a r e conn ected w ith it. At present a la rge 11tllnber of Ecuadorian s and a few "gringos" are working there, but as yet n o r eports ba\'e been heard of unu s ual clea nup s, or of tr ouble w it h t he I ndian s. Th e Zaruma di strict ha s an estimated p r oduction of f r om one to t 'TO t h ousa nd ou nces of riyer :::olcl a m onth. At present g'old is be iu g wash ed fr om the Caler a , th e Ama rillo, t h e Capiro , a n d th e Ar enill as Riv e rs. 'L'he best "digg in gs" probably a r e on t he Capiro, wit h th e Are11illns a close second . T h e Ca piro is th e u ppe r portion of th e Tumbeb. Acco rdi ng to t radition, Piza rro and his men came up the Tumbez and Capiro f r om the Pacific t o where h e fo un el th e In cas m inin g golel nea r th e present t own of Za r llma. The go ld -bearin g: yeins of th e te rri tor y sUlT onncling Zarllmn. pr ob"I!I,\' wer e t he so urce of th e gold Il OW I,J('ing ta ken from t he st r emn s. T he riY er s nrc "111:111 and s wift. ,,路itll lllan v rap id s, a lld so m 2 s teep-s ided narr olV ca ll yons. and arc tOIl1 parable to t he lIl o nn tain s t rea m s of tile ,,'es tern U nited Stntes. Th e co untry \\'hic:h the~' dra in , t he foot hill s of t he Ancles, is a n unbr oken seri es of steep, grass-an d bru sh-co\'er ed hill s. (ConUnllecl on Page 5)

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Th e II1anllfaC'lurc of each o f t h cse ell rl \' tubes "'a s II r ese a r ch j oh, Sin ce tb e m ee h ani sl11 o f t h e ' emi ssion \\' a ~ n ot kn O\\'I1 , it i s not surpri sin g that t be s, en t i a l el em ents of t he p r ocess of fo r ma t i on of th e cath d e 'ho uld be compl etel y unkno w n , If on tube out of twenty that we r e p l aced und er \'a cuum ex h a u st w er e u sabl e for r epeate r applicat i on , tbe yield wa s th ou aht to be high. Som et i m es t b e group w orkin g on thi s j oh wou ld wo r k fo r a w ek w i t hout p r o<lu ,in " a s in ,~l e " ood tllbe, Th er e \V r e mAn," t i m e.- <lurin g t h e tirst f c \\' ,years, after (' oIlllll er ci n l li se \\,H ;; cs tah li shec!. \\' lwl1 i t w a ' n cccs" "r,\' to sl' nd m e:;,,; nge r s \\' i th tu l cs f r om th e lah o rat o r~' to r epea t erin g poi nt,' in o r d er to k e p s 1'\' ir e going. T o slImmari ze th e situation li S of 1915, faci l iti es h a \' heen (I \'e l op ed w hi ch p r o\' id ecl th e gro und ",ork fo r th e n Hti on-w icl e l on," di stnn cc communi cati on '-"st em t ha t 'ou ld lIlak e nc i;;bho r s o f pco plc, he t he.\' 10CfltNI in 'nlifo rni fl or ,\ I Hilil', '1'lll' heHrt o f thi s ~,\' s tl'lll \\'n ~ tb e th er mioni c H1 C11 11111 lui ll' , I i ]l o""p~~(' c1 th e iJH si c lIualit i es fo r th e r epent prill g- j oiJ ", hi (' h eli lllinatl'c1 th e di ~ [;ln ce fa cto r in ( '1)111 Il1 un i cati on. ,\ n elll itter , g h ' in g a t otal c l e ,tron emi s' i on o f 100 mil li om per es, \\'a ~ r (' q u ir d fo r thi s th crmi oni c tuh, Tbi ' emi tter m ust 11<1\'e p ta n t i ali t ies of ex trem el ." long li E, f r ced om fr om slI (I (l en fa il u r e, nn d th minimum en rg y con~ lllilpti o n possi h l ('. 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In a ll th e tll l es o f th e Kl on d i k e rn sh (If l ,';!)(i, th e hi g'h cost o f equipm ent anel fo od holds a pla c:e of eq ll a l impor t an ce w i th th e nugget s and go ld dust f ounfl. FJg,gS a t a dol l ar each , flour pri ces in ou n ces of ,~'o l d a snc k , m onth s-o ld ll elVspnper s bough t with g old du st, find c ' ot hiu ,g alld eq nipm ent in lik e p r op orti on s, a ll are essen t ia ll y pa rt of th e Klondike l or e, As E c uad or 's Kl ondike g ol d pro<1l1C'ti on clln he compared with th e northet'n Klondik e profludi oll only hy contra st. SO ca ll th e cost s of. f oofl amI ~'rJlJiplll P lit lie co mpared, At th e presen t r nte of ex (' hangl' th e sli tre, th o ha si s of EC ll fldo r' s curren c.\' , i s nl ill ed at n]JIll'oximlltp l y n cents in U, R, mon ey, \ Vh il e f ood is n ot r "peC: ially pl ellti 1'111 , a su cr e will hu.\' a llY ail e of t h e fo ll owillg: I'(lur to si x fl ozen ripe banan a " , fo nr po und s of ri ce , two p(lIIl1f1 s o f m eat. six eggs, and at t imes n >:IllAIl chi ck ell, Hi c:p co n sti tute>; th e m ll jor pa r t of th r nntil'e ]leo n di et. IIlId ta k es t h e p l ace to som e exten t of th e g ring-a,,' 1)J'(,lI f1 IIlIrl potator" , ~l eat, '1'hi ch can he purcha sed only on markl't. clay ,,' h r n t h e nn i mal s Ilre sl a u,c:'h t er ed, i s c u t ill 1 0 1l ,~' stri p" Hlirl tLw n hlln g in th e sun \"h er e i t i s dri ed or 'fl y-c: urf'fl." 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6 MSM ALUMNUS -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CAMPUS N E'iiVS from TTTE MISSOURI MINER MIN IN G DEPT. IMP ROV ES MINE Old Hopper Demo lished; All Outside Mach in ery Moved T o New P os itio ns

~L;'I\ Y n ew impr ovQmC' n ts a nd i1 cldi t ions 11 111:(; bec n e f'l'ecte rl t hi s yca I' a t t he sch oo l' s expe r im e ntnl min e _ Th e old bin or hOp[)Cl'. wbi cb h a s not lieen l1 secl f or year s, hn s ilee n cle moli sb ecl. With th e excep t ion of th e B lake jaw c rll sher and th e a il' 11 0 i ~ t. a ll o[ th e outs id e m achin e ry h a s lik e wi se been m oved. 'l 'h e t wo stea m -clri ve n air compresso r s bilve been d onated to th e Mec bnni ca1 E ngin ee rin ;.; De partment whi ch will. pr es uma bly, ex hibit t hem a s r e lics of a b:l -go ne age. '1'he Min ing De pflr t me n t r cce n t l.1' purc ha se d a new p or tflbl e Diese l two-stage a il' co mpresso r. Tbe co mpresso r ha s a capaci tv of 210 cuhi c fet of f ree a ir pe r 111'in11 te fit 90 [) 01111 Cls [)e r s qnnre in ch g·nge. This a m oun t of a il' w ill be s ufli cie n t to ope ra te one dri fte r a nd one jll c khamm er II t t he sa me ti me. Th e Uiesel w ill a ff ord opp o r t uniti es 1'01' inte rested s tud e n ts to mnke a d ir ec t st ud.v of thi s ty pe of e ng in e. 7

A new nil' mete r wa s a ls o pur c h a~e d II-hi ch makes it poss ilJl e to meas ure a ir co ns u mp t ion of clirCe r en t con d iti on s. ,Yh en

Mr_ Keal IIn 111 vb ited t he la s t , e m' to m a ke a ta lk befo re t he Mi sso uri i\Iinin g a nd Metallurg ical Association , he n oticed t ha t m ost of our m ine pla n t eq uipm e ll t II-a~ obsolete and t ha t we we re ba dl y in n eeel o r new ,iiI' dril ls _ In nn e ffo l: t to co rrcct t hi s s itn a t'ion he r cce ntl y el ona tcd t o t he Min ing De pa r t m en t two ne w I n;.;e1:s011 Hanel clrill s, a t.v [)e N- 7G (trif te r nncl n t.\'pe S-49 j ac kbamm e r. Th e 1J]n c hin es we re a pe rs onal g ift anel lI'e arc ye r:v mu ch incJ e htecl to Mr. H a m fo r bi s gC ll e ros it.v . T he clono r g r a dua te d [ rom t hi s sch oo l ill 1!)23.

E. P. O. INSTALLED AS CHAPTER OF ALPHA CH I SIGMA

LOGAN ELECTED REGENT OF THETA TAU FRATERNITY

Hi g h Official s of Fra t e rnit y Here Fo r Cere mo n ies; Ba nq uet He ld a t Edw in Long

El ect io n And Install a t io n of Offic e rs T ake Pl ac e a t Mee ting

In stilll at ion ce re mon ies of Eps ilon Pi Omi c ron F rate rni ty as B eta De lta Ch a p te r o f' Alpha C bi Sil!;ll1a, na t ionnl c he mi cal fr a terni ty, took place Satur· cla~' , Ma y 2. Gra n t Ma s te r Al che mi s t , H. E . 'Ni ecl Clllnnn, Dc ted as in s tall a ti on offi ce r. OWce rs e lected f o r t he ne xt sc h ool ~-e ar to g nicl e Be ta Delta C ba pter on thi s ca mpu s wer e : Maste l' Alchemi s t, E . W. Volz. Vi ce Ma s te r Al c be mi s t , Rich a rcl Ca rd etti. Chapte r R eporte r , Ar t hur H a usmann_ Cha p te r R eco rd e r, 1-1. B e rge r. Trea s urer , Clemen s Maise. Alumni . ec re tnry, T om Da y. Maste l' Ce re m onies, P e te r J e nni. Cllnpte r Aclv isor, Dr_ Sch r enk. 1.'11e re nre twe nty-fiv e membe r s of B eta De Lta Chapte r of Alpha Ch i S ig111:1. All of th ese men a re s tudents or pr o fess o rs o C th e Mi sso uri Sc hool of i\Ii nes.

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r\ t t he mee tin g of the I ota chapte r of' 1.'he ta Tau, whic h \yas he lcl a t the cl ub r oc m las t Thursd ay, pl a ns wer e di :;C: ll ssed r egardin g th e ente r ta inment 0[ t he nationnl treas ure r ane! three me mlie r s o f the UpSilon Chapte r of Th e ta 'l'au, (which is loea tecl a t Faye tte \·ill e. Ar kan sas, ) who a r e to vi s it o ur local chapte r this Saturday. It wa s fin a lly cl ec icl ed to ho ld a banque t · in t he ir honor at the Sincla ir P ennant T,ne l·n. thi s e ve nt wiLl ta ke pla ce Satllrda y e'ening.

'ril e elec tion ane! in s ta llation of office r s a lso took pl ace at t bi s mee ting. Th e ne w offi ce r s of th e I ota Chapte r 0[ Th e ta Tau are: L ogan , Regent. Bu sch, Vice-Regent. Lncl e r, Serihe. Ph ill ips, T r ea s ure r. Lani er, Corresponding Secretary. B:lrelay, Mar shal. Frame, Inn e r Guard. Bre ue r , Oute r Guarc1 .

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,Yit'b t he new equ ip me n t the minin .;:;st uden t s w ill be ahl e to cn rry on clrillin g test~ . cl etac hab le Ili t e fli c ie ncy tes t-s, :11ld ex pe rim e n t w it h diffe r en t types of r oun d s in or cler to cl ete rmin e t heir efTh e M. S . i\I. i\Iinin g fec-t h -ell ess. LalJ o r ato r~' is now a s well equipped :I S nn .l' in t he COlln t l' Y· TIl e P etr 01e n111 E ng in eerin g Dep a rtm l' ll t lia s a lso sh ow n a .l!;r ea t cle al of inilialil-e b ~- C0 n \-e r t in ;.; t he old "m on kc \' hOll se" hnck of t he Burea u of Min e'S Illlilding in to :l P e Lro le l1m E ng- i nl'C' ri II.e: La ho ra lo ry Lh:1 t is mode rn in :1 11 respects. Tll c i\Iinin ;.; nncl Pet ro le llm E ng ince ri ng- J)ep a l' tmc n t s n re t·o I,e co n;.; rn t ula te r! IIpon t he \'e ry di stin ct im p ro \-em P II ts t bey c frected in t he i I' In bo ra to ry fa c ili t ies _ T hese illlJlrO\-e me n ts wil l 111al.cr i>IHy h elp i\I. 8. M. in m a intain i llg th e ,er y hi glJ s tnn(l in g- i t b ns f11w a ys e nj oyed flJl1 0n.;:;- t he e ng in ee rin g s(; lI oo ls o f t he co un tr y.

MAJOR-GEN . BOLLES SPEAKS BEFORE LARGE CROWD Di s ting u ishe d Alumnu s of M. S. M. I nt ro d uce.d By Pr ofes so r Geo . R. Dea n i\In :io r Gene rnl Frank C. B olles spoke 011 th e to pi c : "Th e Seco ne! Lie utenn n t's P la ce in th e Arm y, H is ' Yo rk a nd Hi s l'robl e m s a s CO ll1 pa red to a Youn g :\1a n E n te rin g Ch 'ilian Lit'e." at a s pec ia l Inn ,,, mee ting he ld ,V e dn e:;(]H~-, A pri l :W. Ge neral B o lles wa s ill t rolln ced by PrMessor D ean wh o wa s one o f' hi s ins tTll cto rs durin g hi s attend a nce ;11: iH. S. M. e ••

T A U BETA Pt H O LD S S PRING INITIATI O N 'l 'a u B eUt Pi , hono r:1 r.l' ~c h o la s t i c f ra te rnit· ~, . be lli its s pring ini t iati on la s t "r ccl n e,, (I:1~' e \-e nin g'. Th e ini tia li ou W :1 S he ld in t he c luh r oo m and tile bilnqnet \\-i1 S ~e n e d a t t he P ennan t. Dr. S t'e pll e nson gave a \'e r y in tC'1'Pst in g- and in s tru cth -e t alk on U1Xa ti on . Th e j'o llowin;.; m e n wer e initiated: 1'010-:, Brue r, L oo'an , Price, Luli e I', and Cllibe r tson .

WILKEY HEADS INDEPENDENT GROUP Ne w Constitution Approved Ma ki ng Group More Closely Un ited 1.' he Ind epende nts had quite a large c rowd a t th e la s t mee tin g on Monday , May 4t h. At thi s m eeting a ne w COIl ~ tituti o n was presentee! an cl appro \-ed_ Thi s co ns titu t ion makes t be Indepe nd e n t or ga nizati on a m o re closely knit iJ od y. It proyides f or a se t of o (1-i ce r::; a nd a go ve rning board. 1.' he g-o \'e rnin g board con s is t s of t \TO men from eac h class, its duty be ing t o d eci d e a nd g iye d ecis ion s on an y qll est ion wbi ch mi g ht ari se a t a n y time. ~l'l1ree I n ll ependent fa c ulty advi sors we re selec ted to help th e governing boa rd : .. ~I.'h e f ollo\vin g m en wer e cleetetl t o oflic;e f o r t he ens uin g year:

PreS id en t , ,Yilkey. \' icc-pres icl en t, Volz. S('c ret ary, L ogan. Trea s ure r , Barcla y. 1.' he gO \'erning iJ oard con s is ts 0[ Lani er and Long, Junior s; Moon ey and El lis. Sophom or es ( Freshmen r epresen tn th-es to be selec ted n ext semeste r ), and Profs. Denni e, Rankin and Ke r shn e r from th e fa culty.

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P ro f s. Gar r ett And Willi ams T o T each Adde d S u b j ect s

'1 'he De llllr tme n t of j\(ecbnni cs \\'il l orre r Eor t he sc il oo l year of 1!)3U-37 fo ul' co urses n ot at p ;'cse n t appear in g in t he ca tal og.

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Prof . Ga rre tt ,yill OrEN clurin g tb e til'st se mes te r fI (:,YO h our cO llrse (660) in lHlynncerl theo r et ical mec hani cs CO ye rin;..:- Dyn nmi cs ,yith ~o m e techni cal a llp li ca tioll s. and durin g t he secolHl se meste r a tll'O hour co urse (6:)9) in a(l\'nn ce ll mechani cs of lllllte ri nls.

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Professo r " ' illi a m s ,y ill offe r (lu rin g th t' I1rs t selllc~te r a tb ree bour cO llrse (l;n :~) in mechani c>l l I'ihr ation s, find dllrin~ t he scco nel sem es tc r a th r ee hOllr ~ co nr se (664) ill a e ronautics. Cou r se (663) \l' ill be concel'll ed especiall.l· lI' ith the d.l·nam ic'· of l11:l chill e ry and " 'ill in cl ud e H1Ch topi cs : 'Yhirli n.,,; s h n fts: cri t ica l s peeds, etc. Course (6(;4 ) \l'ill be " co urse in tended to fa· m ili n ri ze the :::t ud ellt " 'it il me th od s us· ed in the ele" ig n of s uch str uctural pa r t s in airp lanes a s s truts : \I'in g s pa r s : g i rel e t' s. win g t rn sses. f uselage ; e tc,

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me n t to add f ur t he r co ur"es from time to t imc to the end that a n oppo r t uni t,v 111 11 ,1' be IJ f'f onled fo r t il e elec tio n of f rom t,y o t o the Il ours pe r Iyeek extend eel o l'e r a ]le ri od oe f rom one to fOllr semeste rs 0 l' a max im ulll of tlY ellty cr ed it h ou r s.

'l'hese :lcl\'an ced co ur ses a re intend ed pl'im n ril,' a s e lee t iyes for s tudents in Elect ri cal. :\IechlJnical. a nd CiYil E nginee ri ng. anel fin,' or n il nUl,' be used for grnduate c redit.

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Las t ,Yedn escla y e ye nin g at a r egno lar m ee t in g or t he St. Pnt·s B om'd , J oe P ete r s, Sig' ma Nu \ya s e lected to t he respo ns ible po;;it ion of pres id ent fo r t he yea r '36-37. Othe r offi ce r s elected lI'e re: Vicepres ident, R eese, Trian g le; Secr eta r y. S ilYe r , Pi K a ppa Alph a; T r eas urer, Price, Sigma Pi ; Finance Chairm an , H olz, Ind epe ndent ; Dance Ch a irma n, Sc ham be rg, K appa Sig1111J; Deco rati on Chai rman , Bommer, Lambda Chi ; Ad.Ye r t i 'ing Cbai rm a n, Shepard , A1pba L amb da Tau.

SENIO R M INERS TO COVER 1581 MI LES T we l ve Men L eft T h ur sd ay o n L o ng T rip ; Back in R olla M ay 21

Th e !:lye II'e Senior i\I ini ng Engin eer s left R oll a In st T hnrsda y afte rn oon on t he ir :lnnll:ll inspection t rip , a ccompanied h.I' pro Cesso rs Forbes and i\Iu il e n burg. Th e t rip will co ye r 1581 mil es a s sched \lIed. an d sel'em l s iel e t rip s lI'iIl be n(ltl c Ll. 'rh e i tellern l' Y lelJ d s through so u thellst :\Ii ""()ll ri in to Tenn essee. dOlyn to B irlllin;,,:'ll 'l lll. Alabama, ba ck 11,' Xorri s Dnm . t hl'on.d l Illin ois to St. L Olli s. IlP t o Al tOll on th e r i I·er . t hen blJ ck to R o lla. a l'l'iI' in o- :\Ia:r 2'1, It in c lud es bn ri te de ll"" its neal' PotOSi , Mo. ; p art 01' t he :->t. J o"eph Le ad Co., a nd the P ee rl c"" Li me Co .. both in St. Geneyiey c, :\[0.: Til e Tennessee Coal and Iron CO mp>lIl .I' . near Birmingh am, A la, llama : Th e 'J' e !ln e~see Copper Co. ; ::\01'ri s Dr.m : .,\ me l'ican Z in c Co,: at :\Ia sco t: R o~ i c l; l l' e L end a nd F lu orspa r Co" R M ic lare. fll.. Bell a nd Zo ll e r Coa l iU ine nea l' Zeigle r . Illinoi s; Zin c Sme lte r of th e .\m eri ca n Zin c Co. , in East St. L ou i,: all d the F ederal Lead Smelte r in '-\'l ton, Ill. T he st ud en ts go in .,,; on the tr ip a re C. L, .-\.It. H. T . Ch apman. ,y, E . Dell ni s. C. :\1. J e nldllS, C. T . :\Iilli ce . B. E. P eebles . .J. H. Ra so r. E. H. R eecl , W . F . Hcin mill e r. T. A. Roes, J. 'Y . Ruwwe, a nd i\I. H. SP>l IJr.

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Bllle Kl'Y helel its annual initiation l a~t Tuc,da.,' e l'ening" A banquet ,ya s e n:i oyed a t t il e P ennant. Bob Kil ley nc tcd >1" LOasrmaster nnd in t r oduced ?II 1', Hub bllJ'd and Prof. Cla y ton IJ S ·1>ea ke r s. :)[1', lIubbard di sc ussed the actiyities of the Blue K ey f rlJte l'llity and 1"1'01'. Cl11.I-ton tlilked about s tude ll t !"ol'el'n me ll t. Oscar H o lmnll read th e his tor .I' of Blue Key. The fo llulI'in g men \ye re initinted: A llan B l i, ~. C raig Ellis, R obe r t Goelke l, Harry Kuh lman, John Lon;..:-, J oe ?lIurph.I', :\Ie l Xi c kel. John Rad cliffe. I-I/:)]]ry Steinme t z. Harry Be rger , J oh n Frame, and J ohn Ki se r. At a specia l meet in;; of the B Ill e K ey Fra terllity :\Iomhl,' a fte l'll oon , o fli cer s for th e next .' ch ool yea r ,ye r e e lected, nobcr t Kall 'Y,

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O. K. H olman , Yi ce· Presideu t. R.. C. Schmid r, Secl'e tary-TJ'ens, 1". C. Appl eya rd, Co rrespond in g Secre tlll'Y , n obcl't La 11 ;.:e, Al umni Sec re ta r y.

$3,750. 00 for

$10. 00 If you wer e one of the million 01" more p erson s who are injured in automobile accid ents every year, you would v;elcome the Ilberal payments of an

AETNA SPECIAL AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT POLICY, which pays for

LOSS OF LIFE, LIMBS AND TIME if you are inju r ed :(a) wh i le operaling, driving, riding in, d emonstrating, adjusling, repmrmg or cranking a private passenger automobile of the pleasure car type; (b) while riding as a pa ssen ger in a public passenger a u tomobile; (c) in con sequ ence of the exp losion or bur ning of an automobile; (d) b y b eing str u ck or rnn down by an au to m obile;

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M SMA L What Price Electrons (Cont'inu ed f r om Page

to rs of tbcir con trol. Tbe atta ck on tb e problcm was cbemical " pbysical a nd meta ll ur gical. Almost a s r ap idly as we ohta lLl ed knowl edge of t he na ture of tb e mecha ni sm of t be sy, tern, thL kn o\vl edge was utili ~ed in improvin g t he emittcr , incr easin g its efficien cy and lengtbening its life, Durin g- t be period f r om 1915 to 1932, som e six successh 'e step .. " 'cr e made in t he impr oyement of the emitter eacb of whi cb brougb t abo u t lower operating costs thro~o-h lon ger li fe or lower power consumption , 'l'hese impto,'ements made it poss ihl e fo r th e dev ice to meet increa sino'lr ri "oro ns sen icing' r eq uirem ents a ' t he toll net\y o rk ~x'p a nded, ,]' he life of t he basic unit, w h ose 1915 properties were desc ribed, wa s increased f rom SOO h ours to 20,000 ho urs, and its power con s umpti on dec rea sed from 10 watts to 2 watts, At tbe sa me time, t ile r equireme nts of tile se r vice had become so mu ch m ore rigor ous t hat t he ac tual imp r orement r es ultin g f r om t he r esea r ches wa s consid er ab ly more than t hese figures indicated , If t he amp lify in g tubes wer e suli jected to t he Silme type of load anel to t be same r etirem en t requiremen ts ns of 1915, the ir a ye rn ge life wou ld b are been :It lea st tw ice t he 20,000 hour s, Th e aver age cost of keepm g n vacuum tube socke t sUPll li ed with t ubes and \yith power in 1932 ,,'as $33,00 per yea r less t h an tbe cost in 1922, and m or e t ha n $200,00 per year less t h an that of the tu be of 1915, e yen when it is ass umed that th e p rice of t he ol der tubes is based on 1932 m an nfactu rin g costs rath e r tban t he hi g her costs t h at prera iled ill tb e ea rly day s, 'l'b e g r o\v t h of the toll network and t he Yll cuum t ube plant bave n o cl onbt been in r espo nse to t he im provement s mllcl e in t he tubes, but if it co uld be imng in ed tlwt the ~ i ze of pla nt, a s of 1932, bad to be operatecl \v it h the t ubes of 1922, the ope r ating expe nses of tbe Bell System would he incr eased n car l~' $12,000,000 per year, and' by a mu ch gr eater Ilmount b~' t he use of tub es of 1915, Th e ste ps in th e pre parnti on of these fir s t ox id e coated t hermi oni c em itter s wer e as fo ll o~\'s : A t hin coatin g' of Illkaline earth salts is applied to a p lnt ilHlm ribhon " 'hich is t hen heated in nil' to a tempe rat m e of a l mo ~~ 1000Â° C, A suitalJl e lengtb oj' t hi s fllament is m ounted in the nlcuum t ul)e am] actiYatee! elllring th e ('x ha ust ])roce,'s, 'l' he ex ha ust pr ocess consists or heati ng th e filam ent to a bigh tempe rature in \' ac uum on t be pumping' system, A hi g'h positiye potential is th en applied bet ween t he fi la mcnt and t he ot he r elect rodes, T he tempera t urc of t he fil liment is incrca sed until a s uffic ient elect r on e mission from t he fi la ment is obta in ed to start ionizat ion of th e r es idunl g'lls and fo r t he heating of th e e lect r odes by elect r on bomb a rdment. 'l' hi s heatin'!: drh'es on t addi tio na I gascs and , as t he proces:; L co n ti n~l ed, t he t hermioni c II(:tinltion of t he fila men t gr acl ua ll y progr es:;cs, Ou r ilrst r esea rches h ad to do \\'itb \\'h at \\'ns g-o in g on in th is succcssion of pr ocedures, It was fo und t ll at th c g' lowin g of th e ti lament in a il' brought ah out a chemi ca l reaction lJet \yee n the plati num co re, t he nlk a lin c ea r t h sa lts and th e oxygen of t he ai r , At a n ea rl y el ate, \\'e fo nnd t hnt a m ixture of ba rium and st ron ti um ca rhonates gnye t he preferred coatin g, Whe n t he coated i11 ll men t \\'as heatcd in a ir, th cse ca r bonll tes fi rs t decomposed to fo rlll th e oxides and ca rbon clioxide \\'a s eYo l\'e(1. These oxides, t o a deg ree depending up on tb e t im e of heating a nd tempe r at lll'e, t h en r ellcted with t he platinum of the co r e and tbe oxyge n of t h c IIi r to fo rm bllrium and str on t ium p la tinates, A s uitablc lcn"'tb of th e coated fi lament wa s mou nted in t he yaCLl Um tube ane! pos itioned properly wit hin t he p late lind g rid, Th c t ube \Ya s sell led to a high yaC UUIll pumpin g sys tem, Aftc r a , u itable yaC ULlIll was obta ined, th e illllm cn t was hen ted to a hi g h temp erature, At tlli s temperat ure t hc p lat ina tes we re deco nl po:;ed , form ing ba riulll oxicle, strontium ox ide, l)latinum Ilnel oxygen , Th e oxygen \\'a s eyo h'ed fr o m th e filamen t ane! r em o\'ed by t he pumpiltg .. ystem, Th e bar ium oxide, st rontium ox ide a nd fin ely diyid cd pla t inum fO rmed a mat rix oJ' w hich t hc fi lament coatin g \\'[lS co mposed, l mm ediately after t he hi gh tem llcr llture glO\\'i ng of t he _lilam ent in ya cLlulll , t he fi lam ent \\,:l S complete ly th e rll1ioni c :lll ~' in ncti ,'e, Th e ncxt st ucl ,\' of th e ll1 ec hani ~ m lw d to d o \\' ith t he a ctiY>ltion process, It \\'a :; fo une! that til e a'ti\'iltion p r o-

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cess co n s i ~te d of th e pro(lu ction of a :;ma11 alllo unt of barium anc1 of i ts proper IllTll ngement in th e coatin g, In t he pll s;:age of t he c lll'ren t across t il e fil am ent con tin ,'!:, it ncted to a degTl'C like nn elec troli te, Some of the barium oxille wa s d isllssociated a nd ba rium mi g rated to t hc cath ode in tili s cnse t he fi lll m en t co rc, a nd th e oX~'g'en to t he a n ~cle, in th is ca se t he pos ith'c c lect rodes of t he t nbc, Tile oxygen \\'a s r emo \'ecl in la r ge pnl't [' rom t ile t uhe by t he pumping s ~' s te m, As the conce n t ra t ion of t he ha rium on t he s urface of tb e fil<lll1 en t in cr easecl by a prolmhl c di ffu s ion proccss, it al so co \' ercd tb e fin e pa rl'idcs ot plnt'inn m t hat were cli spersed l'1ll'ough th c coat ing m a tr ix anrl u ltim a tely some of it di l'[ uscel to th e surfacc of th e coatin g, Wh en a Inye r of barium m etal co rrcsponclin ,g to r ong- hl,\' (lne atom of t hi ckn ess ha d diffu sed to thc s urfn ce of th c filam cnt , its th er m ioni c Ilctiyat ion wa s complete, It wa s th cn es tabli sh ed I)y t hese in H'st ig:l tions t ha t t he filamen t co ns istec] of fl pl at inum co r e amI n coatin ,l!: con:; ist in g prin Cipa ll y of bn rillm oxide, s tron t ium oxide a nd fin e l~' clidc1ed pla t in um , On the surfa ce of t he filament co re and cli:;pe rsed throu g h t he contin g lllfltri x on t he s urfllce of t he p lat inum par t iclcs \\'<l S a t hin coating of barium me tal. Wh cn t he fi lam cn t \\'>l S f nlIy act inlteel, t he s urf>lce of th e coa ti ng m at rix wa s co \'c ree! 1),\' an a to mi c J:n'er of barium, A ye ry la rgc body of r e:;cll rches were (;n lTied out co yering a pcr iod of Hbout tell ~'ca r s in th e ele l'ermin ation of t he processp:; >ln cl til e con t rol of th c ma tc ri al:,; to p roc]nce fi lamen ts of t hi s t,\'pe, h ay in ,'!: t he hi ghcst po:;sibl e clec t r on cllli :;sion a n(l th e g reate:; t possib le nnifO l'mi t~' fr om one t ube to anot her , These r esenrches r es ul te d in a fi\'e-fo lc1 r ecluct ion of the 1l0\\'e r r cquired to h eat th e li lall1en t sutLi cien t ly to pr oclucc tb e 100 m illi a mpcr cs of tota l cm i:;sion and gaye a fi lamen t wh ose ll sefu l li fe u nd e r con s ic1 emb ly m or e rig-o r o u~ r equiremcn ts of sc n 'icL' wa s in crea i'<ec1 from som c SOO h ou rs to npproximlltely 20,000 h ours, Deta il s of' th csc studi es amI t he clUln'!:es r esultin,!: f r om th em a re of mu ch sc ient ifi c inte res t. ll()\\'c \' er, t be i'r comp lete e xpo s iti on wou le! r cquire m ore t im c than is a \'u ilab le. 'J'l1 e m o re outstnndin g e lcm ents of impro \'emcn t wer c t he s nh ~ tituti () n 01' a platinulll ,ni ckel a llo \' 1'01' th e co re in stea d of t he initia ll ,\' 11i'<('(1 plati num , R ot h I'hc plat inum lind ni cke l l'l'acl'ec1 w it h th e ha l'inlll :lncl st ront ium ox irll's, the ni cke l r ea cting' \v it h mu ch greate r eas(' t han t he plnt'inu Jl1, 'J 'h e metal in t he matr ix \va s t hn s e'han,:'('(l to <l c1 ispet's ion of' iJ ot h ni ckc l anel pl.ntinulll rn t her t ha n 01' p lnt in um .!lone, T he r ea ct ion of' th e oxidcs \\'ith the co r c wn s m a de mu ch more r eprodU Cibl e IInrl pla ce rl uncl e I' ll1(> ['(' exa ct co nt rol iJv su,' pend i ng t he I>a ri 11111 a nd :;tr on t iu ll1 c- a rb ona t' l' S in a ~u i ,Jld e or,'!:a ni c- :;o ln tio n anel g rineling' th em in 11 ~ ]l ccia ll y developecl co ll oidll l m ill un t il th e particle si ze \yas m ade extTelllelY :;l11al l. It ",a ~ fo un el t hat th e act i\'lltio n o t' t lw lilnnlC'nt b,\' c lcct r () l~'s i :; to ok pla ce mu ch mo rc unifonna ll y f r om t uiJp to t ullc >In (l cOII' (l he car ri ed to lllll Ch mo re ll en r ly t he id ea l conclition wh en t he ab so r bcd gascs f r olll t he t uue l)a rt s wcre e limin ated hy ~pec inl pret reat'ment s 0[ pa r ts and t ht' a cth'a t ion carrieel ont in n c'arl>on m onoxid e >Itm osllh cre, t he clll'ho n m onox iel e bein g supp lied I'hr oll gh a i'< ll t iabl e Yll h'c Hl'l'angem en t to t'hc pnmpin;.:- S ,\ '~ t e m dur in g t he nct i\'at ion process, T he r c~ n l t :; 01' the:;e rc's(,;lI'ches IH'Oll J.:h t u s to th e a l1p li cllt ioll st:lt' us ,'!:i\'cn eurJi cr: Ow t is, to a r cpcnter tub e ",ith 100 milliam pcres totn l emi :;s ion, a t\\' o wnt t ca t hodc 1' 0\\'e r con :;lllllp tion, nncl n 20,000 h o m li fe, In 1930, we dec id ed tba t \VC hacl s ub :;t nnti[lll~' r cnclwcl t he poin t of climini ~ hin~ r etul'll :; in co ntin uin g' our rl'sca rches f o r f urth er imp rovem ents Il long thc lin es \\'C ha c! bcen foll owin g , 'l'h is did not mean t'Lult \\'C h ad obtain ed liS efli c ient and a s Ion'!: Ih'cc1 a f r ee electr on so urce a s t hc comm uni cati OIl i'< appli cation s reqllired , Our ul t im ate go al wa s ,1n acl equn te supp l,\' of f rce elec troll s f ro m a cathodc r cq uir in g n o hea t in g en er gy if possible lin d with an inde fi ni te life , \\T e cl ec iel ed that a m ore f r u itfu l a \'c nn e fo r acl\'aJl cc m igb t \v ell be a n e ntir e l~' Jl ew attack . u sin g th e r elati,ely eXll c!: knowledge th at \v e hlld ohtain ecl durin g the past fi fteen years of t he m echll ll isIll of tb e emission Ilncl of the m ate rial nnd processes inyolycc!. 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H()\\'luan P owell , one of R olla' finest young m en , di ed at Por t Leavenworth , K a nsas, at fo ur o'clock vVednesday, afternoon. Jun e 17. 1936. H e was in th e 22nd year of his age. H e left -R olla on Jun e 6th , for Fort Leaven worth , ,,' here h e ente r ed t rainin g in t he R ese n-e Office r s Training Co rp s, Francis B o,,-man Powell. Jr., ,vas born in Rolla, October 12, 1914. H e attended Holla publi c school s afte r ,,-h ich he e nte red K empel' Military Schoo l at Boonville. H e attended K emper for three ~'ea r s and th en ente red t he Sch oo l of Min es for one yea r. While at the Schoo l of Mill es he j oined t he Lambda Chi Alpha Frate rni ty, Last ye m' h e r eturned to K empel' a s a junior intending to complete th e course. H e wa s held in high est es teem a t K empe r and ranked high with the s tudent body . His untime ly death e nded hi s high est amb ition s. I-Ie i s su niyed by hi s pare nts, Mr. and Mrs, Frank Powe ll. hi s sisters. Mi sses S)'bil Powe ll and Joyce P O'Tell , one broth er. J ohn Duane Powell. and hi s c:randmother. ;\I 1';;. J . D. Carpente r: al so hi s lincles, W. ' H. P o,'vell St. J a m es. Mo. ; IV. C. Powell of Overton. 'f exas, a nd hi s Hunts, :\lrs. W. M. Weigel, St. L oui s; i\Irs. Howard Katz. Mr s. F . E. Dennie, Mrs. Grace Boyer, Mrs. " ' alter Wel'l1 e r . Miss Grll ce Ca rpenter , :lIld a large numbe r of r elll t h 'es.

What Price Electrons (Co ntinu ed t r om Pag e 8)

che mi ca l combination with th e core. It a lso llppell r ed t hat m ore nea rly th e op timum cond it ions of a cth'ati on mi .c:ht be obtained if th e a ctiYation co uld be done hv oth e r mea ns th a n electr olysis and with fl n agent t hat ;vou ld be completel.' ind epend ent of th e metal parts of t he tuhe, F oll on- ing thi s lin e of philosoph,'. ,,-e in t rod\1 ced in to th e ba rium ca rb onate, s trontium ca rll onate coa tin:, Illix t ure til e propel' proportion s of ce r ta in ni ckel an d pllltinulll sa lts ,,·hi ch. up on l'edu r tion. co uld g h 'e u s the required di~p e r s ion of nicke l :'111(1 platinum in th e matrix. We th e n (level oped a coa tin g procedure " 'hi ch ,,"ould put t he r eq uired t hi ckn ess of th is mixture ont o th e s urface of t he co r e as a paint. it hein .c: done ,yith ('he co r e a t r oam te mpe ra t ure a nd thu s no r eaction Il et\\'een co r e and coatinc:, In ord er to eliminate the electl'oyls is actb'at ion. "' e ma de a sea r ch fo r stra ight fo r\l' ar(\ chemica l m ean s of brill .t;·in ." about the barium ox id e r edu ction . IVe found th at in the presence of fin el" diyid ed ni ckel a nd platinum. bilrium oxid e co uld be r ed uced if t he fi lament " 'er e Il ea ted to a s uffi cientl.' high t empe r atu r e in tile presence of ce r ta in of th e h.'dro,ca r bon gases. It ,,-ould t hen not be ll ece.·S:lr." t o draw a n electron cu rrent from th e filam ent for a cth'ation. The process would cons ist of h aYin g t he r equ ired pressure of the hydro,carbon gases in the pumping s,-s tem a t t he lll' ope r time during exhau s t , heating the fHament to th e r equ ired te mper ature by pa ssin g a c urrent t hr ough it a nd heating t he positive electrodes b~- hi.:~h -f r equ e n c ." indu ction fr om a high-frequency coil surroundin g th e tube. This lin e of development, whil e it gay e u s t he id enti cal ca thod e syste m that we ha d been work in g "ith fo r th e pa st fifteen yea r s, produced it b~r entirely differ ent methocl s. 'l' hese method s at the present tate of th eir d evelopment haye proven s upe ri or to t he old f rom th e Yiewpoin t of unifo rmity and ability t o give m ore nea rly the id eal system . W e haye produ ced a cathode whi ch wi ll g ive the 100 milliamperes total emi ssion required with one ',att in t he cath ode a nd a probable life mate ria ll y be,l'ollCl the 20,000 h ours. The fir st expe rimental product is unde rgo in g t es t in the r epea tel' plan t. A lot of 300 s uch tubes are und e r fi eld obserH1tion. They haYe been ill co ntinu ous se n ice since the beginning of 1935 a nd haye n o,,, gone more t han 13.000 h ours with no failures to date. This gives promise of a furth e r major tep toward ou r ultimate goal. An ab str act of a Paper pre. en ted by iHe rvin J . K elly of t he Bell Telephone L a boratorie', In c., :\'ew York , K. Y. to th e Sigma Xi Fratel'l1ity of the :\lisso mi Schoo l of i\lin cs nnd Meta llurgy at Ro ll a , Mo .. on May 28, 1936. i\l. J . K elly of th e class of 1914 wa s gi\- en th e deg r ee of Doctor of Engin eering at comm encement.

Former P7'Ofessor of English M. S. M. Judge John B. Scott di ed at Misso uri B apt ist H ospital in St. Loui s la st S und ay m Ol'l1in g, Ma r 17, 1936. H e ,"as in the 87th ~'e a r of hi s age. Judge Scott wa s born in McCracken Co unt~r, K e ntu c k~', Aug, 5th , 1849. 'W h en he was tw enty-two years old he ca me to Cape Gira r deau , Mo., to be s uperiutendent of . chools. It is inte restin g to n ote that Judge Scott's grandmoth e r on hi s mot her 's s id e was Sa r a h Hanks, a siste r of t hc m oth e r of: Presid ent Abraham Lin coln. Whil e ill Ca pe Girardea u Judge Scott united in mal'l'iage " 'ith Miss .Jo ~ep hin e Wilson . To t hi s union four child r en \I'e re born. The." ilre Judge I-Iay,vood Scott of J op lin , Mo.: Denni s W . Scott of Rolla: Lew is L. Scott and Miss Ethel Scott of St. Loui s. All of them s urvh'e. i\Irs. Scott preceded h er hu silnnc1 to th e g-nlYe in 1017. Jud ge Scott \I'a s ,s uperin tend en t of sc hools at FredericktO WIl. P oto~ i. Ironton. D eSoto a nd Lebanan , i\Io., r espectb 'eI,' , In 189 7 l1 e ilecam e professo r of En.dis h at the School 0[ :\Iin es. wh ich pOS ition h e held for about twenty yea r s. After r eti ri ng f' r om t e fl c hin~ be was elected Proba te Judge of Phelps Co unty a nd se n 'ed tw o terms. For t he pa st ten ,'en rs he b as been makin g hi s home with hi s children, and at Rolla, ITe \yllS a m emb er of the Knights of p.ythia s and \I'a s n de " out iJeli e" er in t he :\Iethod ist fa i th. H e stooel hi g h as a citi zcn of this com munity and \"as n oted fo r his Il onest,' :lIld intep; ri ty.

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Placer Mining in Ecuador (Con tin ued trom Page 5)

hu,'e r i" 11 1\\':1."8 s ho cked a t s uch dir ty and poor-look in g gold , nnd iml11 e diatel~7 cuts hi s offer. The mine r th en de(' id es to sell hi s go ld to another bu yer and llC,!!;o tiation s are r('s nme(l. Grum bling, th e buyer sprea ds t h e du s t out on a pnlle r. hrin gs out hi s ma g-net and , if br ass filin gs are s uspected. hi s ac id bottl e, Eventually the gold is weigh ed. Then nHl,' fo ll ow a long di sc ussion as to the m erits of t h e balance used fin d an in spection of the ma tches or other ,veigh t::;. 'l' hc dea l fin a lly i s closed to t he appa rent di ssatisfa ction of both bu yer ancl seller. Mutual di st ru s t of t he buyer s and the min er s is not n'ithout cau se. Buyin g gold in th e str ee t s, especia ll y wh en bu siness is ru shing, is bound to bring som e hamm er ed bra ss filings to t il e buyer 's bo t tle. The bu.ver 's ab ili ty to short\\'cig-bt the min e r by cl eve rl~' in se rting a hea dless pin or needl e in one or mor e of t he match es u sed , or by bu.'ing n cn l' ton of miltches and so rting- out the la r O'e r ones for u e in weighing. more th a n bal a nces t he min e r 's chan ces of deern IIdin g the buye r. 'W hile t he E c uadorian Goyel'l1ment IlIflllufa c turcs a ll match es u ,'ecl in th e co untry (a former S"'celi s h ma tch company concession ) the match es are far fr om bein g uniform in size 0 1' wei ght. Typica l of the m a ny pitfalls into '''hich a min er and his du st llla~' tumb le is this in cid ent that h appened in the Za rum a plaza on a r ecent market-day. A min er had m ade so me ear ly mOl'l1ing purch ases, intendin g to hold hi s go ld nl! til th e ilfternoon wh en the demand woulel be better a nd the p rice h igh er. Amon g hi s ma n y purch ases was a qua uti t,' of sa It wh ich h e cal'l'ied in hi s batea to where h e had left his outfit. When h e '\Vas r eady to sell hi s gold he care full)7 emptied his paper parcels of dust into the batea. Fo r some r eason he left the batea un gua rd ed on t he gr ound for a f ew minutes, and r eturn ed to find a s tra y burro conte nt ly lickin g th e last tra ces of sa lt and gold du st from th e pan . The Span ish la ng uage ha s som e adYantn ges oyer English nnd for one thin g proyid es the m ea n s of ea il y and f ull y ex press ing one's feelings uud er any and all conditi on s, Havin g to ld the world in gener a l what h e thought about his lu ck. the min er t ied up t he burro anel paid a call on t he c hi ef of po lice. Disr ega rdin g hi s plea s the chief threate ned a ja il se n tence if th e burro 've re killed and the ow ner n ot pa id. In th e end t he law had its wa y and the miner, (Con tinu ed on Page 10 )

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;\ l' S H . K. Ih rig, M . S, M. '28-'29, Accepts Position In Oklahoma City

Vachel Harry McNutt,'lO An A p/)Teciation by E. H. Finch I'n chel I-Ial'l'~' i\I cX utt (li ecl nt hi s hom e in Nan Ant oni o. T exfl s. on r\p ril 4. I-I e wns fo rm e rly a r es ident of: Tul sa but h ad r es idecl in San Antoni o about ten ~' ea r s . :\[1'. :\lc:\'ntt IYn s bo rn in M in e n ' n, K.I'. , on An .~. ] 8. 1888, or . col'cll nn C'est r .l' . H e was edu cated ilt t he i\Ii, s ouri Nchool of Min es r C'C'eil'inO' a R. ~. df'.:::ree in mining: cn,,'in l'e rin g in 1010. \\' hen h e wn s p res ident of hi s clfl SS. an :\1. A. cleg:ree in 1011. nncl nil E . i\I. degree in l!)lA. Tn H)14 th e nrm of I' nle rill s. McX u tt & En g hes WM; (ll'ganized in ']'nl sn . nncl t ll e ~' \\'er e r E'cogniz('ll ns len cl el's in t he ir pro· fe ss ion. T he ~ pil'it of lend er s hip nncl p ionee ring of' Ya chcl Mc Nntt. so ch a r a c te ri t ic of: hi s ca ree r , is exe mplifi ecl ill th e in angu l'ntion I)y him of th e pe tToleum geo logy COUl'se at R oli n. which he tl1u .c:'ht un t il H113 ; in th e orgn ni znt ion nnd Iyo rk of tb e first co mpan~' of con s ulting- g:eo logi s ts in Tnlsa : flnd in hi s yi 'ion and pe l'SP I'e l'en ce in conn ectio n with hi s (li ~e O\' e l'.'- oE t he imm e n ~ cl." n illl nb le potil s h clepos its nenl' Cnl'l s hn cl. Xc\\' Mex ico, ']'\1(" geo10g icnl pa 1't'ne rs hip \\,:1 S (li sso l"ecl nllo ut 1919 aE· b?l' wh ich i\lc:\'utt cli cl con s llltin g wo rk in 'l'ul sn for sel'ernl ~'e flrs. H e t he n spen t some tim e in Ne ll' i\I ex ieo and Inte l' m oyecl t'o ~fln Antoni o, H e i. C' redited with th(' cli ~ c ol' r r y of th e Ru ssell pool in Ru ssell C o unt~', K nn sfls, in 10~ 3 , a s hi. geolog ica l r eco mm endation s led to th e drill in!.!' of t he di sco l'ery b~' Vn lcrill s, Th e ~' ill' 1923 \Vii S mnrk ed hy ano t'he l' grellt s uccess fo r i\lC:\'lltt. a . b e mnd e th e 10Cil t ioll for t he cliscoye l'Y I\' cll ot' th e Ar tes in o il fi eW ill oa s t'e l'n :\'ew i\lex ico then 2'50 mi les from t he ne:1res t pro(lnc in,::: nel(l, JIi s cli sco l' c r~' o f pot:1 s h \VCl S mncle \I'hile con t in n in ,::: hi s pi oneer Iyo rk in so uth eas te rn :\'0\1' Mex ico in H)2'i, IIe founcl \I' hat h e c:1 ll ed tbe "Twin Hill s D om e" 'In cl i1l1m cd i· ntel,l' seclll'ed gO I'e l'llm ent pr os pec tin g permi ts ilnd m ncl e a cont l':l ct f o r il 3000-ft. we ll. Polrt'ly becilnse t'll e 10c:1tioJ1 lI'il S so cl is tnnt fr om a n y other tcst. i\lc:\' ntt' in s is tl'(] thnt snmple,; of th e c nt t in gs be ],ept', Il olv e l'el', he s pe n t mu ch t im e ilt t he \I'e lL pcrson nl l,r co lle ctecl mflny ot' t he s nmpl rs, Ilncl Qu icl, ly r ecognized th e p o l~' hfllite in t hem, Sy ll'it'o II'n s ills o fo unel in 5:1 111]11 os tha t we re mor e minllt('I~' eXil lllill ccl nnd hi s in s is te nce thflt s ~' ll"ite wou ld be th e more I'n l llable miner,il w o rked imp ortant r es nlt s : hi s yi s ion fl ncl souncl ju(lgme nt pr('I'n iled ilnd lE'd to ex te nsil'e co re dl'illill,::: fo r t he ri che r min Cl'il l. Va luflhl e cl epos it.s, s uperior to those in Gel'ln nny. wer e located, Th e fir s t cor e te st. still'ted April 14. 102G. WflS co mpl eted iu July , 1026, The F ec1el'fl1 Potnsh EXp \Ol'iltion Ac L \I'a s apprOl'ecl in Jun e. 192(;, ancl l,lI e in July t he fir s t GOI'el'l1L11ent c1rilliug locntioll s w(' l'e mncl e in Xew i\lex ico, '1' ll e cll'illing n ncl eo r in !.!' ope r:ltions of :\lc:\'utt ami fl Ssoc int'es r es ulted ill th e de yelopme n t by th e U , S, Potn sb Co, o f' t'be fir st potns h m ine in t'll e western he mi s ph e re, F e w g olog ists ha ,e to tbe ir cr ed i t such a seril''; ot' bu s i npss nc h ie l'e ments ns t h ose of Va ch e l ~[ c N ntt. ITi ,; r et ice nce in not aflirmin g hi ~ r e~ p o D s ibili t." 1'01.' t he (li SC OI' (' r~' oE com · mer c in l potn s ll, n lthou g h fI\\,il r e of t he co unter in s inuati ons of so me or gaJJ izat ions and in cliyi el n,ll s, wa s chnrncte ri s t iC' 0 1' thi s mode s t pe r so n, In m or e r ecc n t yea r s ~l cN ll tt Iyn s inte rcs t'c'd ill Jll e·tal minin~' anel in nlnc:hin:.:', H e wn s th e Oll'ne r of' th e hi sto ri · ca l P~Ler Gn lla ::: hc r U n nch, a lan!:e t r a c t in the hi ll co un try 25 mil es f r om S:1n Antonio, B c~'iel es t he A, I, ~r. E .. \I'hi ch h(' j o in ed upon lefl yin g co ll ege, he wa s a Illl' miler of t he .\ meri can .\ ssoc iat'ion of P e tro le um Geo lo,.:ists allcl t he Sfln Autollio Geo log ical ~o c i e t,' , In 1!)~-! he puil li s hc(l. in co l· Inborat ion w ith Conracl Lallll)e rt, n boo k htled '''I' I'\e F ir s t Prill c iples of tile Oi l BU 'in e!"s." i\l c:\' utt rCHsonCll Hllnl,, ti cn ll y find po s ses ~ecl to a markecl d eg ree th l' d('s il'ail le com· ilinntion of te hni Cfl l and bus in e~;: nbilit,l', His nnturally kee n cliscernrne n t in bu in es' nft'ni rs was a g rea t nSSl' t nnd hi s con s is t en t s ucees ' in bu s in e,',' I'entures gll l'e promi se of st ill greate r ntta in ments, IIe \l os~esse d a f' parlding nud d elighting hum or whi c h mael e him :1 cil anuin ,:!; 'ompCl ni on, and his lln t im e l,l' pfls, iug i,' so pro foundl,v r e,.: reUccl \) .1' all that kll ew hilll that "' ()I'c1 ~ 111'e at bes t nly inlllkq ullt e l'xpres· ~io n ~ " I' th e ir f'c (' lill g ot' ,:::1'('111' l o~s.

U ncl er th e caption "Drillin ' In ,Vll o's ,Vh o," Pau l ~ . II ed ri ck, In it'in ;.: in t il e Tul sa ( a Id a , ) W o rld of Suncla.\', nlny 10th, comm ents on H, K, Ihri g a . fo ll ows : (Ih ri g II';l S H s tud ent at t he Schoo l of Min es in 1928-1920 anel IYfl S a 111 0 m · her of th e ~ i gma Ku Frate rni ty , ) Th e n(l ven t of :\lay saw I-Im' olel K, Ihri ,,', e ng ince r in g ecl itor of t he Oi l a nd Gas J Olll'nal her e, r eo ign nnd mOl'e to Oklnhomn Gity to becom e e n,;in eer of t he Blil Ck, S inlli s & Bryso n, Tn c. illl' i!.!' lla s ~pent most o f bi s life in the i\liel ·Con t in cn t. lIe cn me to the s tfl te wh en H " efl r s olcl find a Ete r n tte nd in g puhli c sc h ools at B eggs. stucli ec1 at Ok lab oma A, nncl i\l. co l lege ancl tb en ente red Mi ssouri Sch ool of Min es at Rolla. IJ e g r:lelu flte cl a s a petr oleum engin ee r. A tou r of duty a s co ns trll ction f or eman fo r Philli\l ~ P et· 1'01l' 1l111 t:om pnllY kept him bus y durin g t he G rea te r SeminO le d e l'elopm ent', " Then it r enc hed conclU Sion he j Oin ed t he s tnfi' of Wir t Fr:ln klin P e trol e um corp or at ion find too k pa rt in t' be clrillin g of i ts ri ch leases in the O kl il homa Cit,l' llren, .\ ko e n in te r cst in e n:!; inee rin g r esearc h brough t him iln ind Ulti on to j oin th e O il and Gas Joul'l1al s taff, and th en t'll e enll ba c k to nc t il' e engin ee ring duti es, lhri ,:!; m et hi s wife \I' hile ::t s tud en t at Rtil lwate r. Th ey we re ma rri ed afte r b e ~radu ated from Rolla and th ey l1 al'e :l ~o n, C hnrles, 11'11 0 h 01)eS to he nn "o il engin ee r so me (la,I'." " \\' ork" nl'pe:l I's to be t he c hi ef h obby of Ihri g , who mil de Jllan,I'I'ri (' lI(h \I'hi le a l'esiele n t of t be oil cnpi ta l. $ ••

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K eys, i\lidlan cl T exa s oil ope rator , wa s kill cd a l· m ost in stflntl~' in a h eacl·on c ra s h of two a u tomobiles on th e m o min g or Jun e 6th n ea r i\licllalld , T e xfl s, "'ilson K e~' s , II'ho wa s bol'l1 a t Mor ton , Mo., Ap r i1 8, 1001, W:lS th e son of :'.11'. and Mr s, Geo r ge K en of Co lo· ],3clo Sp rin g s. Co lo, H e is s unil'ed I).v hi s \I'ife, pare nt. ancl a brothel'. :\la r s hnll K eys, a lso liyin g in Color ado , H ,,'a s ed Ll catecl in public !"choo l. of Misso uri and in t he Mis· so nri Scll oo l of Min es, 't Lldying O'eo logy, and gradua t in g in 19~2 , H e \I'ent to Midland in 19~ 3 , \I' her e be IVo rkecl a s geo loS'i s t fo r t he T r an s ·ontinenta l. Ca li fo rnin and S illllll,; Oil Co" later wi t b I-Ian.v Aclmns ancl a fin in depell clent oper ato r , r ecently brin g in g iu a n oil we ll whi ch open cd a n ell' poo l in Winkle r CO Ullty, H e left Midland fo r a f ew m onth s cllll'illg' t he Ea s t '£ e xa s oil boom, r etul'l1 in g afte r hi s Jl1flLTiage t\\'o year s ago to Miss Eye l~' n W a l'lYi ck or Stmnforcl. H e lI'a s a m e mbe r of Pi K appa Alp ha , an a ctil'e member 01' the Ame rica n Assoc i3 t ion of P e trol e um Geo logists >Illcl 0 1' I':lri ous 'Ye:; t '£ exas Oil or o'anizati on:;, I.

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Placer Mining in Ecuador (Co nt'inll ed tram Pag e 9) ,!:oin ,C:' thr O\lgh hi s Yo cabulary s t ill anothe r t im e, th o ug h in 10\l'e r t ones. ~e t Ollt to fincl th e ow ner of th e burro, In final co n t r:l s t to th e Klondike of t il e '90' s is til e E c uadorian min e r ',' la c k of "high lif e," Tb er e are n o lad ies of gi Id ecl ['lin e to rcpln ce tb ose oE '96 and '97. no fort un es won 0 11 th e t urn of II cn rd , n o day s and ni,,'h t · of mu s ic. drink , a lld dan c in g, In p lace oE t hese g li tte rin g joy s of th e pa s t th e Ec nad ol'i li ll min e r mal' ce le brate t be sal e of hi s du s t h.I' bu,'in ,.: a nell' ma cll ett c, a shotgull, 01' new str a IV ha ts :lncl pon chu s t'o r t he famil.\'. If t he c le3 n-up lI'e r e excepti on'll l," lar"'e th c re a rc a llya~'s hill s id e fa rm s fo r sa le, s:l(ltlle Illnl e~, nllll s ill'e r ·:;tuclcl ccl bridl es nnd s a clcll es, La,'t but not least, fo r hi s O\l' n pe r 'o na l enj oym e n t ancl ~o l ace, th er e may he a bottle or "pnrn" \I'hi c h will pack a \\'a,' hi s t rouhl es fine! C:l res until th e next s un ri se,', \I'ith enough left Ol' c r to g il'e liim t hn t mu ch n eed ed impul :'e find tO ur· 'I;;L' to ~trll't 1l1I t:k to t he ril' er to t ry it on ce more.

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K. K. K ershn cr '20. Prores S()r (If Uh cmi stry. hns prep a red a lnilornton - mnnull l. wh ich is uri e fl.l- (l('scl'il)(' d l)p low: 'l'h e lnlJ orntor y ,,'ol'k in thi s mnnn n i is d (' s i .~n c d to meet condition s wh ere th e fir st semestc r of Ge nel' n l Chemi stry deal s prin cipnll y wi th a CO mrll'c hensh 'e st ud y of t he bas ic prin cip lE's of chf' mi stl'.l· nlHI with th e mOre impor tan t non metal s. 'l'he p r ima r:1' (liycr.c:·cnce o f thi s mannal I'r om th e ord in ary type of la horato ry tcx t li C's in th c Illr.Q·e nllmlw r o f exer cises in ,,'hi ch t he ~ tll (l e n t sce ks :In il1(lh' idnitl r esult. Th e nutb or hil S fo nn fl tha t nn indil'idnnl res nlt to be soug-h t by the s t ud en t a dd s p:r entl.1' t o t he in ter est of t he student by makin g it neccss,1l'Y fo r h im to (10 h is oll'n wurk. There is oul.1' :1 small pe rce n tll g-e or: t he OI'dinllr,Y test t ube f'xp erim ents whi ch llre la r ge ly a dupli ca ti on of t hose pe r form ed b~' th e lecturer during- lec ture peri ods. T he r e peti ti on of compu t l1ti on s in sec urin g il1(lh'idnal r es ults tend to thor o u ghl~' f amili a ri ze th e class wi t h t he ba s ic math ematics of Gen eral Ch emi stry and to enco lll'age accuracy. 'l' he syste ma t ic sepa ra t ion and detection of n nnmlJ er o f t he more comm on a ni ons helps to prepa r e t he stnd en t fo r th e seco nd sem ester labor a tor y co ur se of Qualitatiy e Ana lysis, Th e exe rci ses in th e manual are t he r es ult of se ve r a I year s of in ves ti gat h 'e ,yo rk w ith cla sses of bcginnin g stu (lents in ch emi stry, and sat isfacto r y r esul ts ha ,-e been con sistentl y obta in ed with stud ents or average scientifi c preparation in high schoo L Co nsider a ble prepara t ion of ml1 te ri a ls fo r la bor ator y use is n eeded, and direc ti on s a r e g ive n fo r a satisfa ctor y an d economi ca l meth od of meetin g t his r eq uiremen t. Willi am L . Ayes, ex '15, is in charge of minin g an d prospectin g f or t be Compa nia Mine ra De P enoles. S. A " Hig-uer as, Coah. , 1I1exico. A yes ,yas kn ow n a s "Hu sky" when a member of th e 1912 f ootba ll team. Quotin g f r om t he 1913 ROLLAi\10: "Husk y" enj oys t he di stin ction of bein g t he onl y hundred and t wen ty- fi'l' e po und coll e'>e f ullbH ck in th e co un tr y. Not only d oes he enj oy t he distin ct ion, bu t he plays th e game in a w hirilTind st yle t h at few or a ny size ca n appr oach. H e i s t he biggest li ttle m a n we kn oll' of'. ..:l S a g ritty, hea d y p la~'e r hi s equ a l 11as ne yer r eac hed Mi sso nri. Grea t cr edi t is d ue him an d lye grea tly regr et t hat he will not be "i t h u s aga in ." Coa s t Gu a rd offi cia ls cred ited H erma n K linkh a mme r. fo rm er Misso uri SchooL of Min es football pla ye r , w it h sa \'in g hi s own a nd six pa sse nge rs' li ves when fire broke out t oda y in t he engine r oo m of hi s 35-foot crui ser " Getago in ." T he pa r ty I"a s crui sin g a bou t one m ile nor t hea st of F ire I ::;la nd Coa st G UHr d s tation in t he Grea t So ut h Ba)7 ""hen t he tire star ted. As flam es t breatened to dest r oy t he cr aft, Klinkh a mmer kn ocked a hole t hro ngh t he hull. a ll olyi ng' Iyate r to fl ood t he engine r oom. T he crui ser slowly began to s ink, but Klinkh a mmer calmed t he pa nic-s tri ckeu pa ssenge rs un til a Coast Gua rd i'escue boat r aced to th e '\'essel' s side f r om F ire I sla nd . 'l'he " Getago in " was la sh ed to th e side of the r esc ue boat and tow ed to I s li t, wher e KLinkbammer a nd the passenge rs wer e lan ded . Klinkh am mer , after lea,-in g M. S. M ., contin ued hi s footba ll ca reer in r eccnt yea rs wit h Long I sland p rofess iona L teams. Cba rles R odd, '33, is with the Gulf Produ ctio n Compan y, lind is located at Cha se, K an sa s. F r a nk C. Mul fo rd , '23, ha s r ece n tly go ne to New Yo rk t o nccept a posit ion w ith tb e Ti m e Co rporat ion , p ubl isher s of TIM E a nd FO RTUNE maga zines. H e will ac t a s minin g con sul tan t f or th e r esea r ch depa r tm en t of t hi s or ga niza t ion. His offi ce will be in R oom 1904, 25 Broa dw ay , New York City , R. E. Ba r thele m);; generu l ul« n uger of th e Societe d' Et ud es & Exploita ti on s Minier es de I'Incl oc hin c, in F r ench In do

Chin a , is a t pr esent directin g th e moderni za ti on of a t in co ncen t r a tin g pla nt. J . R. Othick bas been t r a nsferrell f r om t he Cia. Min era Santa Elena to t he Carawarcun a Minin g Compan y' s go ld min es a t CUYOC U.l'O, P eru , wher e h e is gener a l ma nage r , a pOS ition t ba t he beld tb er e t wo years ago.

Y. n. Gottschnlk. '98, of th e metallurg-i caL clil' ision stnf'f'. TJ . S. B llI'enn 0[ )1in es, ha s bee n deta il ecl te mpOra ril y to Pu ll man , ,,'.nshin gto n. to clirect coo per at i\'e wo ),k in elec trolI1 etn llurg,\' bel'\l'ecn T he :;;tnte Coll ege of Wa shin gton ilncl l'lle B ureau .

\VIIl'cl Fau lkn er, ex '13, 11i ::; wil'e, and so n, Dan Fa ul kn er, " 'e r e in Ro lin bite in Ma,', a nd l'i s ited MrS. F aulkn e r' S pa rent . Mr. an d Mrs. J . G. Ca mphe ll. \ Va nl wa s e nr oute to \V as hin gto n, D. C., to a cce pt an a ppo in t men t a s Di stri ct :;; uper visor ,yith th e Burea u of i\Ioto r CHrri e rs uncl eI.' t il e Inte rs tate Com mer ce Com m ission . H owa rd K atz, '13, s uffe red a br oken a rm ea rl y in .Jun e. IIolY a rd is with the Powell Lumbe r Co m pa ny at R olla . MI'. 3n (1 Mrs. K. IV. H eim l)e rge r, '20, a nd so n, \V a lter , of Ade l, I owa , \'i sited in R olla late in May. MI'. a nd Mrs. H a rry IIed"'es, '33, of St. Lo ui s, were R olla \' is ito rs late in Ma .l'. Prof, an d Mrs. R obe r t Alll(,j ui::; t, '24, an d fa mil.v or TJ ni I'ersit.v of Pit ts burgh , Pa" spen t two day s of Co mm enceme nt \Veek a s t he g ues ts 0[ P r of. a nd Mrs. L H. LOl'ett. Mr. a nd Mrs. I-I a rr,\' Mil::;cell, ' ~3, of Dela \' a n , III. , attend ed t he Co mm ence ment exe re;i ses at th e :;;chool 0[ i\Iin es to w it ncss th e co nfc rrin g of I1 n hon ora ry degr ee of D octo r of E ngin ee rin g on Mr. Men-in J. Kell y, brother -in -law of MI'. Milstecl. Boo kc r Ru cke r, '30, cam e h ome fo r Me mori a l D ay nnd r e ma inecl ol'e r S un day w it h hi s p IJ rf' nts, MI'. ancl Mrs, 13. H . R ucke l', lIe return ed S u)] d a~' . go ing- to t he CCC Cn mp at Lil )e r t~' . :Uo., at w hi ch pl ace he is Junior Agri cul t UraL E ng in ee r.

Mr. a nd Mrs. Leon H er shk OWi tz, ex '26, of P eori n, Ill. , spen t se l'e r a l da ys clu rin g the La tte r par t of Ma .v wit h her pa ren ts, MI'. a nd :\1rs. F . A , Strobach in R olla , Ml'. an d Mrs. H ershk ow ith, afte r leul' ing R oll a . I' isited r elntil'es in K a nsns Cit.I', ?l1o. :\11.' . a nd :\1 rs. 'I'. S, F r nm e. · ~3. ,I ncl da u;::'hter , Do nna J an e of Bagnell, M o .. s pen t Memo rial D ay in Holla at t he home of hi s br other, Prof. l!". H. F r a mc, :\11'. a nd :\1rs. Cha s. E . ~l<: C n,e , ex '03, a nd so n, R og-e l's McC rae. ot K a n ~ a s Cit,\' . Mo .. s pcn t a fe '" cl ay s in R olla t he la tte r pa r t of M a~' , th e g ues ts of Charl es L . \Y oocl s, Mr. nn d lUI'S. Hu g h Be n ,\', ' ~ 0, a nd child reu 0[ \\'ood Ril'e r, Ill. , s pen t the la st fell' days of Ma? in Roll a with ~Ir s, Be rry's pa ren ts, Mr. a nd Mrs. Cb a s. Smail. :\1rs. V. H. Mc:'\ utt of ::ia n All tonio, T ex a s, spen t a few days t he ea rly pa r t of Jun e as g uests of MI'. a nd Mr ~. J ohn W . Scott. i\Irs. Mc Nutt wa s em' oute to New Lond on. Conn ., wher e her da ug hter , Miss Am y Lilli an Mc:\' u tt grl1 dua ted f r om sch ool. Mrs. J . Ger a ld Dona lcho n spen t t ile fi rst week of Jnn e in Rolla with h er pa r en ts, Mr, and Mrs. \I'a ltel' L . Bradfo nl. Mrs. Dona ld son wi ll joi n he r hu s ba nd , J. G. D onll ldso n, '2 , at Colum bus. Ohi o. at I,-ilich p ln ce he h a s tak en a posit ion with Batte lle Memori l1 1 In stit ute. Prof. J . H . Bowen of ludependence, Kan sa s, a l'l'h'ed hi H.olla on Co mmenceme nt Day a nd wa s t he g ues t ove r t he " 'ee k-en cl of hi s so n-in -lnw a nd cl a ugh te r, Mr. an d Mrs. D ie hl Montgomer y. Mr. Bowen 's d augh tCl', Mi ss H elen Bowen of Grani te City , Ill. , an d Co ur t ney Ma r t in . a Lso spen t DeCO ratio n Day a t t he h ome of Ml'. find Mrs. Montgo me r.v. Prof. B owen left Rolla th e fi rst of J u ne to vi sit hi s br oth el' at E lk ton , Virgini a . Da n B. J ett, '2G, .t.\.ssociu te P r oCessor or Ci,-il E nginee rin g, College of A. M., State College, New Mex ico, ,va s in R olla, Jun e 10th .

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Th e deg r ee of P h. D . i n Geol ogy ancl )Iinin ;..:- lI'as co n f'e lTed IIPOll G. E. A ilerllath y. '14. during June. hy Kflll ~n~ :-<tn t e Co l lege . li t Pil·h hnrg. K fl nsns. lIe grad u ated 1' 10111 th e Sch oo l of' )Iin es ill HlH. Hi s Alma Mater nnd M her f ri pllfls r ejo ice ol'e r t hi s acic1 i t i onnl h Oll or fo r him . Mr. nn c1 )11''' . H ell ry g . ( H e<l) G r oss. '28. w er e in H o lI a , Jlln e ] Oth . " H ed" i s lI' il'l1 Shell O il fit T ul sa . Irll' in ' Vil so n K eyes. '2~, IH I S t a tn ll y injurec1 a t )lic1ll1nc1 . 'l'exfl s. on Ju ne 9t h. ( c\ o pa r t i cu l a r ,,) . ])1'. Shall'. \\' h o w as a IIlUU "l.!r of th c )I S)1 Fa cul t y. and no ll' o f' t he Fa (: ul t y of' t he llil'p r si ty of' Hi chm oll d. Hi eh m onrl. \ ·irg illi a. wa s II CHIJlPU ::; I' i ~ i to r in JUlle. Jo hll Schum a n , '10. hil S r L'(:\ ,I'e l'ed f r o m a Ilumher of' ou s ope rfl t i on" .

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L. L. Coo l ·er. '12. wa s se l·e r e l.v in :jured in Itn a u to mobil e ;1('('idpnt 110f1r E I ] )o rad o. A rk fl ll sas. on Jun e 9th . hil S r etn rn ed t o Spri 1l;..:- lie l c1 fI [tel' ttlree lI'eek s in a hospi ta I. G lellll on L. DeH o.I·, . :~ ;) , is :-ia les R epresen tat il'e fo r t he \li ss i ss i ppi Lim e & ilInt!' I'i a l Co mp any fit Al to n. Illill oi s. 1l i s h om e a c1c1 r e~ s i s 331 C\o r th 0th Str ee t , Bt. Ch a rl es, M o.

P . ( ]) }1I'e) JIa le. '34, i.' IV l r h t he A rkan s: l s Mining Co r p() ra t i on , a ~ l1h s ic1i a r .v of th e 'l 'i tfl ni um A ll oy )IHnufa cturillg Company. 11 e i s locater! at D ot Sp rin gs, Arknn sa s.

)1f1lco lm R ' \T il son. fo rm erly Assi sta n t Stilte G eo l ogi st , i s n ow Yi ee Pres i d en t in ch a r ge of prod uc t i on of th c Li on O il Co mpfln.I·. with offi ces Ilt E l dorlld o, Ar klln sn,' .

H . J. P fe i f er. Jr., ·:-lG. w ith th e C \1~·fl h og a \Y ork s of th e Ameri can Stee l and 'Wirc Co .. C' leyelilnd . Ohi o: i s li Yin g at 2069 Abin gton H Ofl cl. E l sto n E . J ones, '08, i s Con sultin g- Minin g E ng in ee r flnc1 M eta ll u r g i st at A l buqu erque, :t\en- M ex i co . 'I'. O. Seiberlin g . ':l~ . fl nd C. K. Ha rrin gton. '31, wh o hnye hecll with t he Co mpall ia Ch oco Pa cifici o at Andfl;,,:-o,\'ll. Col o miJi fl. S. A .. h fl l 'e r eturned to the States fo r a I'acllti on . J ohn M esse r smi t h . '3:~, i s A ss i sta n t to t he C hi e f E ngin ee r , Gen er a l Ch emi ca l Co mp n n~' , Ga ln x , Vi r g ini a. Rober t F. M eCa IV , ' 27, 1.l:1 ~ r eturn ed to Ho ll a a nd gone in to bll sin es s n s th c i\ fcCnll" s W es tingho ll se Suppl y Com pnn y . J osep h i\ [ a r t lanel ' Vi l so u, ' 21, f orm erl y w i t h Simm s P etr ol eum i s 11 011' Yi ce- pres ic1 en t of t h e T ex-La Oil Oompflny wi t h h eadq unr t er s in Sll n A nton i o, T exfl s. ' Va l t er L. D ob ie lt as r etired f r om fl c ti l' e p r aet ice find n olV lil'es a t E I Doraelo, A rk a n sn s. B. N . Da nil off. ' 29. h a s acce pted a posi t i on with th e Y a rd nt :t\ ell' Y ork Ci ty.

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H. M . Sprin ger , '36, ba s ac(:e p ted a posi t i on ill t h e l abornto ry of G!'nern l C hemi cal Co m[1an~' , Ea st St. L oui s, III. Willi flm R P owe ll. ' :~(j. I:; 1,011' P lfln t Mflnager fo r t he Pr od ucts CO m i,a ny. Oil k Hill. Oh i o, hfl v in g r epositi on a s H esearch A ss i f;tant I\'i t h I'he A. 1'. Gree n F ire B ri c k CompHn y, l ast Janllary.

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Al len J. H eid , '32, i s tHkin~ preliminary trai nin g for sal es wo rk at ('he O lil'c nill , K e n tnck~' , plant or I'h e General H e fnl dori es Co mpfln~· . A n lnl ~t ' ~i', .

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" ' hen F ayl't te A. -lones. E. ~L. C. E.. L. L. D., wa s Sl1m , moned bome to hi s Ma ker Sa t nrc1a .\', Ap ril ,1. New Mex ico. hi s ad up ted sta t·e fo r a lmos t 50 yea rs, lost it t "ue fri end a nd lI]'(lPll t boos1·er , 11 l1l'omin en t ed ucato r and a n accompli sh ed ~c h o lar a nd engin ee r. Dr. -lones wa s born on Ang-. 1. 1859, on a f a r lll 20 mil es south ea st of Kan sa s City , Mo. H is f at ber , a .·chool teacher a nd ch ' il engineer, ca m e f r om Puri tan st oc k a nd hi ~ mot her \y ns n Virgini a n. closel.>' r elated to th e Lee fa m il)' of Re yolu, t ionar)' a nd Cidl \Va r fa me. D r. -lones received hi s ea rl)' schoolin g at a comm on coun t y school where h e de \·eloped an aptit ud e for mathema t ics a nd engin ee ring. I-I e r ema ined On t he fa rlll un t il he wa s 21 yea r s uf a ge after whi ch h e secured emplo)' men t in a flonr m ill at B lue Sp rin g-s, Mo., workin g a ltern atel)' a s eng inee r . boo k-k eepe r a nd m ille r. F rom 1880 to 1882 he attend ed t he U n iyer sity of Mis;;ouri , work ing durin g hi s s pa re t ime on t he colleg-e fnrm. r eceiyin g 10· cen ts a n hour. t hn s bein g a hl e to r ema in in sch ool H fter hi s fa th er h ad become fi n a ncia 11)' em llflITitssed . In 1882 he m a rri ed Mi ss Agnes A. Ca irns. The fo ll ow in g yea r he ta ugh t a coun t t')' sc hool and enga ged in SlI r ye)·in g. F r om 1:-l8-! to 1889 h e wa s cit )· engin eer of In depell dence. Mo., a nd wa s a lso deputy co un t )' s nn'e)'o r of .Ja ckso n Conn t )· from 188,1 to 1888. F r om 181';9 t o 1892 D r. -lones wa s a st ndent a t t he ~Ii sso ur i Sch ool of ~lin es, a I)Or t ion of t hat t im e being a ssiss ta n t pr ofesso r of mathemati cs a nd engineerin g, gr:l du a tin g a t t he h ea d of hi s c l a~ s ta kin g deg r ees in both ci yil a nd minin g eng in eerin g, whi ch is a sc h o l a ~ ti c accom' plshm ent seldo m a chi eyed . F r om 1892 to 189g he \yas en, ga ged in min e eng-in ee r in g an d meta llurgi ca l \\'or k ill A ri 7.O na. ha Yin g a na rrow e ~c ape f rom deat h at t hc hll nds of t he Apa ch e Chi ef known as t he " Kid ." D urill g- 1893 h e Ill ude a r a ilroa d Slll·\·ey .fr om Max\yell City, Colfax Coun t)" , ~ . M. , through t he Cima rron Ca nyon, oyer t he 'rao s Pa ss, throug h th e yilla ge of T a os to th e Ri o Gr a nde. E ngineer s goin g oyer t he r ou te in la ter yea r s pr on oun ced it to be one of the fi nest pieces of railroa d engineerin g t o be f ound in the U ni ted States. D urill g 189,1 a nd 1895 D I'. J ones wa s engin eer in cha r ge of a n e xped iti oll a cr oss t he I st hmu s of Tehu a n t ipec, Mexico, an d f r olll 189G to 1898 w a~ govel'll men t a ssayer ill ch a rge of f or eign or es at th e purt of K an sa s City , Mo. D uri ng t hi s t im e he a cted as ch em ist uf t he Mi ~ , souri Geologica l Sur vey. Dr. .I ones sen ed a s p r esiden t 01' th e New Mex ico Sch ool of Min es fo r eigh t yea rs, durin g 1902 was field a ssil:;ta nt of th e United St a tes Geological Survey. Dr. J ones was a m ember of the New Mexico Board of Ma nage rs fo r t he Louis ia n a Purch a se ExpOSit ion and gathered t he state m ineral exhi bit. H e wa s t he a ut h or of 1\ book en t itled New Mex ico Min es a nd i\lin er a ls, T h is book i s still ver y mu ch con sul ted an d copies wer e so ld a ll oyer t he world. In a ddi t ion to t he a boye lllen t ioned hoo k he lw :; wri tten numer ous bookl e ts a nd bullet in s as well us a r ticles for newspa pers a nd scien ti fi c ma gazines. D r. J ones' a cth 'ities in t he fi eld s of m ini ng, geology, a r ch aeology a nd a n t hropology h a ye ta ken him a ll oyer th e Uni t, ed States, Ala s ka, Ca na da, Mex ico, Cent r a l a nd Sout h Ameri ca and to islan d s in t he P acifi c Ocea n . D r. -lones wa s a recogni zed a u t hori t y on New Me xi co lIIin e::; and min er a ls a nd wa s l1Iu ch co nsul ted ill regard to t hem. H e p redi cted t ha t oil woul d be found in So uthea ste\'ll ~ e w Mexi co m or e t h an 20 yea r s bef or e t he discoyer y well \ \"tI S drilled . Geologists f or t he m aj or oil companies ridi cul ed hi s statemen t, bu t he li\'ed to see hi s pr ed iction Yerifi ed in a la r g·e way. lIe h a s probalJl.v d one m or e t h an un)' one per son to d r a w atten t ion of 111 2 11 to t he possibili t ies of New i\I e xic o'~ min er a I r eso \lr ce ~ . D r. J ones beli eved in a n efliden t l'du cd t iona l S.\'stl' m anl! a l\Yay ::; worked for t he good of t he ~tate ' s yu ri o u ~ in st it ut ions. H e belie yed t h at no sta te co uld lJe g rea t unl ess it had a st r ong ee!uca tiona l system a nd ,,·it hout it perma nen t good could n ot ene! u re. Under hi s gu iela nce t he ~ e w i\Iexico School of Min es wa s p uller! out of t he m ir e and .·ta r tee! u!)\Ya r d on t he la el der o t' r ecogni t ion, un t iL t oel a y it r a nk ~ a mong t he lJ es t o t' m inin g schools. All of t hi s wa s accom , pli shed wh en t he leg islati \, e a pp ropri a t ion s wer e ex t remely sm a ll.

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