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Metallurgy D ept. Adds N ew Faculty M ember Th e D epa rtm en t of M etallur g ica l E n g in ee rin g has b ee n fortunate in obtainin g th e services of a n ew fac ult y membe r wit h ex te ns ive expe r ience in both indus try a nd teachin g. Dr. D an iel S. Eppe ls h eime r , as s ociate p r ofesso r of M eta llur g ica l En g in ee rin g, co m es to th e School of Mines a nd IV[ eta llur g y from th e M e ta l Hydrides Co., of Beve rl y , Mass achu se tt s: where h e wa s C hi e f Ph ys ical M e tallur g is t. Dr. Eppe l s h e im e r obtained both hi s und e r g r a duat e and g rad ua te d e g l' e e s from H a rvard U ni DR. DA N IEL F . EPPEL SHE I MER ve rs it y and bega n hi s t eachin g ca r ee r as ass is ta nt to Dr. A lbert Sauve ur, known as th e "D ea n o f Am eri ca n M e ta llur g is ts." From 1936 to 1938 Dr. E pp els h e im er was a r esearc h meta ll er g is t for th e U nion Ca r bide and Ca rbon Co rporation. Fo ll owin g thi s pe riod he w as R esea rch Profess or of Industri a l En g ine erin g and Ac ti ve Direc tor of t h e Engineerin g Experim ent S tat ion at th e U ni v~ r s ity of New Hamp shire for seve r a l years b e fore go in g with th e Metal H y dr ides Co . At Rolla Dr. E pp elsh eimer w ill be in charge of the in s truction a nd r esea rch in I ron a nd Steel, and will s up e rv ise th e work in the X -ra y s tudy of m et a ls. At th e present tim e Dr. Eppelsh ei m er is b usy lookin g for a s uitabl e hou se in ord er that hi s wife a nd two boys may join him her e.
Two New Buildings Requested of Legislature Th e Boa rd of Cura tor s in th e ir r equ es t for th e bi ennial appropriations fo r MSM asked for fund s to comp lete th e C hem ica l Engin ee rin g Buildin g at a to ta l cos t o f $280,000, and al so requ ested a n ew bui ldin g to b e known as t he Min e ral I ndu s tri es Bui ldin g and which wi ll cost $500,000. Appropri ~t ion as ked for r epa irin g buildin gs w as $ 150,000. The Le g isla tur e wa s as ked to app ropriat e $779,280 for s a lar ies , $180,000 for addit ion s to th e campus, and $462,650 for op era tion a nd r epa irs . Th e tota l r equ es t for fund s for th e n ex t two yea rs amounts to $2,351,930. This matter is no w b efo r e the L egislat ur e at J e ff e rson C ity. D ea n \ >\1i lso n, in pre se ntin g th e r equ es ts fo r appropriat ions to t h e Board, point ed o u t t hat class room s pace in th e yea rs a head is g o ing to , be d efi nit ely a problem. Th e Old Chemical Bui ldin g, parts of which were abandom:d and used fo.r s tor e room s fo ll owin g com pl etion of th e fir s t un it o f the C hemi ca l En g in ee r in g B uild in g, h as now b ee n cleaned up, r e paired, a nd is on ce more b ein g used for chemi s try laborator ies . Som e fi ve yea rs ago th e L egis latur e a ppropria ted fund s for a complete new Ch em ical En g in ee rin g' Bui ldin g. Half of th ese fun ds were withh eld, how eve r, and on ly on e-h alf of th e buildin g wa s con s truct ed. The requ es t lis ted ahove is to co mpl e te thi s incomp le ted s tru c tur e.
M iss Juanita Steiner Commissioned H onorary Cadet Colonel By CECIL BRANSON '47
Mi ss Juanit a Ste in er, dau g ht er of Mr. and Mrs. G. R. S te in er of Roll a, was formally comm iss ion ed Honorary Cadet Colonel of th e ROTC unit of MSM at the 14th an nual Military Ba ll h eld on Feb. 8. In tru e form of military b alls, Miss Stei n er and h er escort led a g rand m a r ch imm edi a tely after th e commissioni n g ceremo ni es . Ju a nit a r ece ive d the cape, signifi ca nt of th e hon o ra ry rank, at one e nd of a lon g a isle formed b y two Il!1es of cadets at " pres en t a rm 5." Afte r the formal commI ss ionin g ceremo ni es, Ju a nita d esce nd ed from throne and led t he g r a nc.h march throu g h th e lines of cade ts. At th e conclu~ lOn of the g r a nd m a rch , Juanita an d h er esco rt fo rma ll y star ted th e danci n g. Co lorf ul e nt ertainment a t the intermi ss ion of da ncin g wa s suppli ed to th e ove r -flo wi n g crowd in J ack lin g Gymna s ium by tw o campu s g roup s, th e D eto na t o rs and th e Camp us Fencin g Club. Th e Camp us F encin g g roup s ta ge d seve r al exc itin g fen cing du els . Th e Detonators , a crack drill unit cons istin g of a bou t 20 m en , exec ut ed th e snappy "Q uee n Ann e Man ua l of A rm s" with exacting prec is io n . Th e drill wa s don e entir ely s il en t in marchin g cadence . A form er Unit ed Press w a r correspondent oi inte rn atio nal fam e a nd a t th e present time ins tructor a t MSM , Hu g h Crimpi e r, wa s prese nted with th e China- Burma-India th eater ribbon s c itation by ROTC head, Maj. Richard s on . Hu g h wa s in the fir s t g roup of men to enter Japan after VJ day . Th e awa rd came by an order fr om Army H eadquarters in appr ec ia tion for se rvice s as a U .P . cor r espondent. H ug h attended MSM, r eceiving h is degree from Co lumb ia. To a dd to th e b a ll's mi lita ry aspect s, many of the vast ho st of m en at th e ba ll w ore m il itary uniform s. A ll military s tudent s of th e sc hoo l wore th ei r ROTC unifo r m s and the m a ny s tud ent ve teran s " d ug" th eir past service uniform s from o ut of moth ball stor age and wore them for th e occas ion . As most of th e A lumni will r em ember, the Mi litary Dall ha s a lways been one of t h e out s tand ing social events of th e year on the campus. The ball has been prese nt ed at MSM for 24 consec utive years in t h e sc h ool's 75 yea r hi s tory w ith the exception of the few years d uring th e last world war. Th e b a ll thi s yea r was probably th e la r ges t of se ri es th a t were s ta ge d on th e campus.
M S M Players Revived M SlvI Players , for man y yea rs active on th e campus, a nd which has b ee n dormant durin g th e war, h as bee:l r eaci ivated and is now en gaged in r eh ea rs in g t h eir first pla y to be g iven dur ing th e SI. Pat's ce lebration. The titl e of t h e play will be "T h e Front Page." A lph a P si A m ega, the Honor Drama tic fraternit y, w hi ch is a n offs prin g of th e MSM P layer s on th e camp u s wa s al s o r eactiva ted and wi ll become more ac tiv e as pled ges from th e P layer s organization are initia ted into th e Fra ternity. Fred Springe r '49 is pres ident of both P layers a nd A lpha Ps i Om ega.
New Fraternity Organized Tau Kappa Epsi lo n nationa l s ocia l fraternity ha s esta b lis h ed a colony on the MSM campus w h ic h w ill eve ntu a lly b ecome a full fl ed ge d chapter a t t h e sc hoo l. Dr. M. ]. Ca ldwell, in s tr uctor in Chemistry, is faculty advi se r for the g roup whi ch has not ye t.b ee n a b le to obta in a suitab le house. Ho weve l', they are hoi"d in g r egula r me e tin gs in M ec ha ni cal H a ll. Sunday dinn ers are bein g se r ved to bring th e m emb er s tog ether s ocially. There are a pproximately fifty members in th e chapt er. Th e Fraterni ty was found ed at Illinois W es leya n Coll ege in 1899, a nd at p r ese n t has 64 u nd er g rad uat e chapter s and 40 gra duat e chapter s throu g hout t he Uni ted Stat es . Th er e is a tot a l of 11 ,000 m em be rship.
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