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MSM Alumnus I ss u ed bi-month ly in the int e r es t of th e g ra duat es and form e r st ud e nt s of th e Sc hool of Min es and M e tallurgy. S ub sc ription price $ 1. 50, includ e d in A lumni Du es. Entered as sec ond-class matt e r Oct. 7, 1926, at Post Office at Ro ll a, Mo., und e r the Act of Mar ch 3, 1879.
Officers of the Association Ka rl F. Hasse lmann '25 Pres id e nt H ar r y Pence '23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V ic e Presi d e nt Jam es L. H ea d ' 16 ..... Vice Pre s id en t H owa rd M. Katz ' 13 ...... . Sec r etary-Treas ur e r Board of Directors F. C. Sc hn ee b e r ge r '25, C h ai rm a n Ba rn cy N u e ll '21. M. E . N icke l '38. }. M . Wan e nmac h e r '23. R. G. Prou g h '38. Deadline for Copy for Next Issue April 10
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Contents About Town a nd Campus Ath!etics ... ..... . Alumni Personals . ..... C a mpus News .. . . . . . . .. Erin Go Bragh ! .. . . .. . .
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New Constitution, ByLaws&TrustAgreement 11 President's Page .. .. .. 3 Section News .. . . ..... . 4 Vets' Observation Post 10
The President's Column 1t is a n honor to b e pr es ident of yo ur A lu mni Assoc iation. I w il l se rve a ll of yo u to th e ve ry b es t of my ability, and I ho pe t h at wit h th e a ss is tanc e of th e other officers and th e :fi ve m e mb e r s of th e Boa rd w hi ch yo u hav e e lec t ed I w ill b e ab le to maintain th e hi g h s tandard w hi ch our past president, Mr. F. C. Schn ee b e r ge r, se t durin g th e pas t two years. Th e s ho es left b y F r eddi e ar e large ones a nd wi ll b e difficult to fill. Scve ra l yea r s ago, the m emb ersh ip of the Association was a pprox imat ely 200; in 1946 thi s numb er had b een in crease d to over 1000. Thi s is th e larg est m e mb e rs h ip the Associat ion Jn s cver e nj oyed, a nd we hop e that th e inspi r ation Freddie g ave a ll of u s w ill h elp u s carryon s o our or g anization wi ll g row to eve n g r eater proportion s . F r eddi e a ss is t ed in or ga nizin g num er ou s Al u mn i Section s throu g hout th e co untry by v is itin g t h ese sec tion s p er s onally and cl a ri fy in g man y of th e qu es tion s w.hich ex is t ed in the mind s of th e alumni. H e made a careful s tudy of t h e b asic, ov e rridin g pr in ciples, rul es, a nd r eg ul at ion s which g ove rn our A lm a Mater; h e had seve ra l meeti n gs with our B oard of C urat ors with w h om h e talked openly, frank ly, a nd in a s traight fo r wa rd ma nn e r, a nd a ll who know him r ea li ze th ere a r e few hi s e qu a l in thi s r es pe c t; h e had m a n y conver sa tion s an d m eet in gs w ith Pr cs id e nt Midd lebu s h a nd D ea n W il s on at Co lum bi a, St. Loui s, and Roll a, a n d as a re s ult of the se fr ank meet in gs a nd co nve rs ation s h e h as b ee n a bl e to a dvi se <I II of u s of th e act u a l exis tin g co ndition s . H e h as in my opin ion br o u g h t about a g reater u nd ersta ndi ng b e twe e n th e A lumni a nd the A dmini s tration. T h e A lumnus was fo rm er ly a bou t an e ig ht pa ge magaz in e a nd was iss u ed qu a rt e rl y . For th e pa s t two yea rs it In s b een ave ragi n g t hi rty to thirty- s ix pages and ha s b ee n iss ued bim ont hl y . Th e ma g azine ha s g ive n u s nam es and a ddr esses of our f ri e nd s and, information a bout th e various d epartm e nts in th e sc hoo l a s w ell a s int er es tin g and in forma ti ve articl es b y our a lumni . Fre ddi e wo rk ed di li ge ntl y wit h a ll of hi s committees to brin g a bou t th e many c h a n ges w hi c h h ave taken pla ce, and I think it is not ew orthy of m e ntionin g that th e Cu rric ul a a nd R esea r c h C ommittee, w ho se C h a irman was Mr. I. W. A lcorn, made a ve r y compre h e n s iv e s tudy an d r e port. O n e of thi s C ommitte e's r ec omm e nd at ion s was th at a Humani ti es Departm e nt b e form e d. Whether or no t thi s was r es pon-
s ibl e for th e Hnma niti es D ep a r tm e n t b ein g fo rm e d at MSM, I a m not in a po s ition to s tat e, ho wever, a Humaniti es D e partm e nt wa s form e d a nd P r of. Sam Lloyd is it s h ea d. Freddi e was in st rumental 111 makin g' a v a i I a b 1 e to the Sc ho o l ce rt ai n e quipm e nt to w hich few sc h oo ls in th e co un tr y ca n cla im an e qu a l: In 1943 h e was abl e to obtain a n X -ray machin e from We s tin g hou se a s a don a tion to th e Departm e n t of E lec tri ca l En g in ee rin g . T ~~ i s wa s don e on a noKARL F. HASSELMANN, President c h a r ge" b asis. T hi s e quipm e nt is very v a lu ab le for th e exa min a t io n of m e ta l castings a nd fo r g in gs, for the d ete rmination of int e rior voids and oth e r d e fect s not v is ibl e from the s urfa ce. I t ca n a ls o b e u se d to d e t e rmin e the s oundn ess of we ld s. Th e machine work s on exac tly th e sa m e princip le as tho se u se d for X- rayin g th e i1llman bod y , but ha s many tim es t h e pen e tr at in g pow e r of th e ordinary doctor' s or d ent is t' s X -ra y. A s p e cia l lea d lin e d room ha s be e n buil t for thi s eq ui pm e nt to confine th c dan ge ro u s X -rays . A course is b e in g tau g ht in the d e partm e n t of M e ta llur gica l En g inee rin g to in s truct the st ud e nt s in th e application of X -ray techniq u e to m e ta llur gy . A ls o, in th e latt e r part of 1943, the W es tin g hou se Com pany mad e a few "E lec tronic s Laboratori es" for se lec t ed t eac hin g in s titution s, a nd throu g h Freddi e's efforts a d ea l was offe r ed to MSM on t h e b asis that, if they took the e ntir e " packa ge d" lab w ith a r eg ular. n e t price to t eac hin g in s titution s o f ~ 10,500, vVestingh o u se wo uld make them a pric e of $2500. Thi s offe r was a cc ep t ed by th e Sc h oo l. Thi s E lec tron ics Lab consi s t s o f th e followin g : 1. A n as s ortme nt of E lec tronic Tub e s, R e ctifiers, I g ni trons, e tc. 2. Precipitation U nit (E lec tro s ta ti c A ir- C lea n er ). 3. I g nitron R ec ti fi e r - th is is a hi g h e n c r gy r ec tifi e r use d in num erou s indu s tr ial proc esses. 4. P h oto T roll eyLi g h t SClls iti ve D eV ICC.
5. A utomatic Sy nchroni zer. 6. Hi g h Tens ion Osc ill ator. 7. Ge n e ra tor Vo lta ge R egul a tor. 8. C ompl e t e Hi g hvo lta ge Indu st rial Xray Mac h in e. 9. MO - T - TROL i Conlinued
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FRED C. SCHNEEBERGER, Retiring President
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