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Speakers Chosen For Commencement

Enlarged MSM Building Program Recommended by M.U. Curators

William Orva l K eeling, '23, recently elected member of the Board of Directors of the MSM Alumni A ssociation, die d Monday, Febru.a r y 28, at the West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , of a heart attack. H e has long been active in the e quipping of t路hat portion of the Engineering laboratories p r oject at

ANDREW FLETCHER, President of St. Joseph Lead Company, will deliver the Commencement address before the graduating class of 1949 on May ' 31. Mr. Fletcher is a graduate of the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University with the degree of Bachelor of S cience in Mechanical Engineering . He has h ad extensive experience in shipya rds. In 1921 he was el ected Tru stee of the St. Joseph L ead Company and in 1929 became Vice President of that company. H e was made Preside nt in . 1947 . He has been particularly active in the S t. Joseph Lead Company operations in Southeast Missouri and in the Tri-State fiel d . REVEREND EARLY W. POINDEXTER, JR. , of Christ Church

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The Board of Curators has voted to proceed with the construction of the mechanical and electrical par ts of the engi n eering laboratories project at the University School of Mines and Metallurgy at Rolla , it was announced by Dr. Frederick A. Middlebush , president of the University. President Middlebu sh said that advertising for the engineering laboratories was held up for technical reasons. The Curators at the ir meeting in St. Louis April 7, he said, approved the plans and specifications for these two parts of the project as presented by t h e architects, and author ized the secretary to call for bids for the 路construc tion as soon as the adverti,sing can be prepared. This approvla l was state d in a resollUtion adopted by the Board Dr. Middle bush said, and added'that the B o'ard al so ap.proved a general p l an for the futur e development of the pr路oject which would include additional l abo ratories for mech an ics, engineering drawing, and mining engine erin g . Dr. M iddlelb ush said that besides listing the funds to be u sed for constructing ' and equipping the mechanica l and electrical parts of the engineering l abo ratories project, the Board in its reso lution said t h at whenever additional funds for t.he purpose are 'a vailable, by state appropriation or otherwise, the completion of t h e engineering l aboratories proj ect will be effected so as to provide proper fad li ties for the offering of necessary l aboratory work by the various departments of the Sc.hool of Mines and Metallurgy and to aid in ~:: e improvement of the instructional program of the School, and so as to aid in securing fu ll accreditation of the curricul a of t h e variou s d epartments. H e said that th e resolution provides that the sum of $500,000 , whi ch was appropr iated b y the 64th General Assembly , shall b:e expen d ed in the constrncting and (Contin ued on Page 9)

W . Orval Keeling, '23, Alumni Director, Dies

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Frank B. Powell, ~06 Succumbs Suddenly

Construction Starts on New Dormitory

Frank B . Powell , ' 06 , died of cerebral hemorrhage folIowing a heart atta,c k, which occurred at the hearing of House Bill 82 in Jeffe rson City on March 23. Mr. Powell was stricken on the floor of the House Chamber after having spoken in. favor of the Bill before the

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House Committee considering t h e measure, and died that n~g~1t in a hospital in Jefferson City. Mr. Powell, son of a pioneer Phelps county famil , graduated from M. S. M. in 1906 with a degree in Mining Engineering, and after some engineering experience he returned to Rolla and entered the lumber business and over the years built up an extensive industry in this field. He is survived by his wife Gertrude , and two daughters, Mrs. Sybil Lange (wife of Robt. Lange , '37 ) and Mrs. Joyce Schaller (wife of Ronald A. Schaller, '40) and one son J ohn D. Powell , ex. ' 47. He is also survived by two brothers Walbridge H. Powell ' Olaf St. James, Mo. and William C. Powell, ' 21, of Overland, Texas, and five sisters; Mrs. Mary F. Weigel (wife of W. M. Weigel, 1900-deceased), Mrs. Howard M. Katz (wife of H. M. Katz , ' 13) , Mrs. Edith D ennie (wife of Prof. F. E. D ennie of MSM facult y), Mrs. Grace Boyer (wife of Fred T. Boyer, '09-deceased) and Mrs. Sybil Werner (wife of W. A. Werner, ' 23 ) . A number of oth er relatives of Mr. Powell are gradu [page. 2

Pictured above is the work begun on the new Dormitory which is being built by the McCarthy Brothers Construction Co . . of St. Louis. The new structure will be located on what is commonly

known as the " hospital lot", bord ered on the south by Ninth Street, the north by Tenth St ., the east b y State St. and the west by Highway 66 . It will house approximately 177 students.

Naval Reserve Unit Set Up at School

they will be organized in the viciI}ity of branch offices of ONR, research facilities , or educational institutions in order to facilitate training purposes. Branch offices. of ONR are located New York, Boston, Chicago , San Fra ncisco, Los Angel es, Washington and London. The activities of the Office of Naval Research include the fi eld .:; of basic 'science, naval science, training devices and aids, technical instruction, patents, sonar standards, scientific personnel, technical information , and procurement contra cts. It is expected that there will be a bout 5000 reserves including Waves who may Qualify for assignment with the program. This may include any Reserve Officer with technical knowledge th at makes him desirable for such an assignment. Although the units 2re expected to be composed largely of officers, they will be open to enlisted personnel including Waves with suitable qualifications.

The Naval Reserve Research Unit at Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy was officially activated on April 7, 1949 by Lt. Comdr . B. H. Stough , U . S . N. , of the Chicago Branch of the Office of Naval Research. The prospective command,ing officer of the unit is Comdr . R. A. Cooley of the Chemical Ensin ecring Department at M . S. M. Lt. ( j . g.) C. W . Funk has been nominated training office r for the unit. The mission of the national program is to provide an adequate trained force to be available for mobilization ul1.der the Offi-ce of Naval Research. It is expected tha t approx imatel y 100 Volunteer Research Units will be establish ed throughout the nation. These units are to be established geogr aphically to accommodate the l argest number of personnel. If possil>l.e ates of the School of Min es . . Funeral services were held at the Episcopal Church in Rolla on March 26. Interment was in the Rolla Cemetery.

Th e immediate plans of the MSM wut are to meet twice a month on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month. Th ese meetings will provide -a liaison program on naval subjects, a nd cond u ct small research proj ect.

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Changing conditions and new .problems must be recognized and overcome ~s they arise. Your Alwnni Association has a broad or.ganiza tion 'capable of fulfilling this function. In addition to directing the activities of this or.ganization, the officers must analyze its particular needs ea'c h year. Each group of officer,s blends its talents, energy and fore s ight into the Alumni Association in a ,w ay that we could never hope to repay.

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Dr. Forrester Reports on Mining Resources By J. D. Forrester Technical Series No. 73, Bulletin of Missouri School of Mines, and Metallurgy

Dean Wilson Attends M. I. T. Inauguration D ean Curtis L . Wilson represented Missouri School ' of Mines and Metallurgy at the inauguration of Dr. J ames Ryn e Killian, Jr. as President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology on April 2, 1949 . Previous to the inauguration t he Right Honorable Winston Churchill spoke at a pre-inaugural convocation held in E8ston G arden. At the inauguration of Dr. Walter S . Newman as President of Virginia Polytechnic Institute on April 18, Professor Frederick W . Thompson represented Missouri School of Min es and Metallurgy. Thompson is Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at V .P .I. He graduated from M.S.M. in 1938 receiving the degree of B . S. in Ele ctrical Engineering. He is a brother of Homer Thompson, a member of the M. S. M. faculty in Engineering Drawing. The V. P. I. inaug uration ceremony took place at Blacksburg, Virginia.

Th e Bulletin has been issued chiefly to accommodate numerous requests r eceived by Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy for general and statistical information of mining and mineral resources in Missouri. The subject matter treated will appear also as a chapter of a book, " Resources of Missouri". COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS that will be published in the fu(Continued from Page 1) ture by the University . Cathe dral in St. Louis, will d eA brief history is given of mining in the State and the position of liver the Baccalaureate address on Sunday evening, May 29. Rev. Missouri as a mineral-bearing comPoind exter is senior Canon of monwealth also is disc u ssed . The Christ Church Cathedral. Previous pre>:e nt and pa st production of each to this appointment he was on th e of the important mineral and rock faculty of the University of the commodities obtained in the State, S outh and before that was a Chaptogether with th e general geogralain in the Armed S ervices. phic and geologic setting, is give n. Metallic materials described in1111'111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111I111111111111111111111 clude: lead, zi nc , iron. cadmium , germanium, nickel, cobalt, 'pyrites, coppe r , manganese, tungsten , silve r . I ss ued bi-monthly in the interest of and gold. Substances that occur the grad uates and f ormer st ude nts generally in nonmetallic form and of the S chool of Mines a nd Meta lwhich are u sed as so-called indu s- lu rgy. Sub ;:,c ription price $1.50, intrial commodities are listed in the cluded in Alumni Dues. Entered as bulletin as follows: Coal, clay , second - class matter Oct. 27, 1926, at shale , l imesto n e, marble, barite , Post Office at Rolla, Mo., u nder the silica sand, sand and grave l , Act of March 3, 1879. granite , tripoli , rock and mine ral Officers of the As: ociation wool, petroleum , and natural gas. Me rvin J . Kelly, ' 14 .. .......... P r esident Many of the production statistics James L. Head, '16 .... V ice-President necessarily are estimated quantities Ch arl es A. F reeman, '28 .... Vice-Pres. and a re given in "round" numbe rs , He rb er t R. H anley, 'Ol..Secy.-Trea s. as exact figures , in severa l cases, Boal'd of Dh'ectol's are not available to the author. K a rl F. H asselmann, '25 However, the estimates, in general, E noc h R. Needles, ' 14 are considered to be reasona bl e Gunnard E. Johnson, ' 16 approximations. Will iam O. K eeling, ' 23 F red C. S chneeberge r, ' 25 Th e bulletin is copiously illustrate d. 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

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BEFORE THE LAW MAKERS Bill to Change MSM - MU Administration' , Homecoming at MSM Relations Under Consideration in Assembly To Be November 5 A bill is now before the legislature, known as House Bill No. 82, which if passed by the H ou se and Senate and signed by the Gove rnor would make ch anges in the administrative r elationship of the School of Mines with reference to the Univer sity of Mi sso ur i. Th e bill as introduced b y Representative B. H. Rucker of Phelps county would provide for a Director of the School of Mines to be responsible directly to the Board of Cur ators of the University, and a l so provides for a Business Manager who will , in addition to other duties, serve as Secre tary of the Executive Committee of the Boa rd of Curators which h a ndles administrative affairs of the School of Mines . Th e bill was up for hearing before a committee of the House on March 23 , 1949, and a number of a lumni appeared both fo r and against the bill.

Th e bill on the first reading in the House was passed for perfection with a vote of 61 for the bill and 60 opposed. The bill will come up for f ina l r eadin g before the House at a future date, and to final action . A total of 78 affirmative votes must b e cast for the bill to be passed by the House . If passed b y the H ouse, it will the n go to the Senate for consideration.

The date for the Home coming celebration this fall has been set by the faculty f or November 5, 1949 a nd D ea n Curtis L. Wilson has appointed Prof. R. F. D avidson ' 41 , to be cha irman of the Homecoming group n ext fa ll. Fred was chairman of the committee l ast fall and co-operated with the Alumni Com-. mittee h eaded by Charles Freeman ;' ' 28, from Mexico, Missouri and the two arranged the outstanding Ho mecoming Program. Th e Miners will play the South- . east Missouri State College in football as one of the principal events of the Homecoming celebration. Other details will be worked out Barney N u ell '2 1, 530 W . 6th St. , and anno u nced l ater in the L os Angeles 14, Calif., has been ap- . Alumni magazine . pointe d a Director of th e Alumni

Barney Nuell New Alumni Director

Dan Kennedy, '26, Given Citation by U. S. Army

A lumni speaking for the bill included Ll yn Bra dford ' 27 , Attorney of Rolla ; F. B. Powell '0 6; J . I"::: . W als h ' 17; B . G. Nichols '19 and John D. Powell ex ' 43. A lette r was prese nted from W. W. Weigle ' 20 in support of the m eas ure. Alumni opposing the bill were Eugene Northern ex ' 30, a law ye r of Roll a; Carl G. Stifel '1 6 ; Har ry S. P ence '23; H. R. Hanley '01; F . C . Schn eeberger ' 25; James J . Murphy '35; and although not appearing p e rsonall y, Mervin J. Kelly ' 14, President of the Alumni Associat ion, sent a communication oppo sin g t h e passage of the bill. A l e tter d a ted M a rch 9, 1949 was al.so r ea d from Dr. D . C. J ac kling ' 92 opposing the bill. A number of Rolla people appeared, both for and against the bill. Th e Committee b efo re which the h ear i ng was h el d h ad R epresentative Rucker as Chairmah, but since he was author of the bill, he asked Representative Tom Shockley, of Waynesville, Vice-C hairma n , to preside. After th e h earin g, the Committee met and voted to rpport the bill favorably to the House floor. Page 4

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Aosociation to succe ed W. Orval Ke eling, who died J a n. 28 , the app ointment be ing m a d e b y the Board of Directors of t h e Alumni Association at their a nnu a l m eeting in St. L ouis on Apr:l D. Dr. M. J. K ell y, Pres. of the Association, a nn ou n cing Barn ey 's appointment, sta t ed that h e was th e next high m a n in the number of votes re ceived at the ann u al el ection of the Alumn i Association h eld l ast fall and it was, thGreiO):e, f elt by the Board th at he was the logic:!l choice. Barn ey w ill serv e until the fall of 19 50, when the n ext general el ection will be h eld . He has l o ng b ee n active in Alumni affairs.

D an K ennedy, '26 h ead of the U. S. G eological Survey in R olla , Mo. h as r ec2ived official commend 3.tion from the U . S . Army for his work on En iwe to k Atoll Atomic Energy P r oving Grounds. Dan received the citation in r ecognition of outstanding servic e fr om J an . 15 to Ap r il 10, 1948, in organizing and directing th e m apping and surveying operations in con nec ti on with the construction of the Atomic En e rg y Proving G ro und at EniwE,t ok Atoll , M arshall Isl ands. The cit3.tion covered the p eriod n'lentioned which followed Kennedy'3 servi ce as a Lie u te n antColonel and as deputy engine3r of Joint T ask For ce Seven. The period with the Army on Eniwe tok w as from O ct. 1947 to J a n. 1948. A s his work w as not finished when his army p eri od ended, he st3.yei on and finish ed it as a civilian . H e was described as "th e best map man in the U.S .A. " by Col. Robert S. Allen the writer of the great book, " Lucky Forward," whic h to ld the story of General Patton's march across Europe. At that time K enn:c dy was chief m ap man for Patton 's Third Army. MSM Alumnu3

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Stand ing, from left to right: H. R. H a n;'ey, '01 , J. H. Murphy, '38, Dean Curtis L. Wilson, Dr. L . E. Young, H an. '4 7, J ames L. Head, ' 16, W . R. Gettle r, '22, Karl Iilasselmann, '2 5, R. B . Caples, ' 10, A. D . Terrell , 98.

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B e n R. Coil, ' 29, Miami , Ariz . R. H. Wightman , 27 , Victorv ille, Th e Sa n Francisco S ection held a meeting in conjunction with the Calif. nati onal m eeting of the American B oris D. Danil off, ' 29, S an FranInstitute of Mining and Metallurg i- cisco, Calif. cal En g ineers' on F eb. 14 at the Ed w ard C. Miller, ' 28 , O ak Ridge , Mark Hopkins Hote l. Th e S ection T enn. was honored by havin g as its S. Ray Kuwamoto, ' 45 , Fresno, g u e3ts D r . L. E. Youn g Han ' 47, Calif. Pre ~ ident elect of the institute Daniel E. Huffman, ' 22 , Huntin gan d former Directo r of M.S.M. , ton Park , Ca lif. D ea n Curtis L. Wilson of M.S.M. Don Griffin , ' 26, Ft. W ayne, Ind. and many p romin e nt Alum ni and E. R. Trag itt, ' 23 , R edland s, C alif. f a culty me mbers, sev era l of whom B . F . Murphy, '10, Bonne T er r e, add ressed the ga therin g. James L. Mo. Head ' 16 spo k e on the progress of T. G. Weir, ' 22, Seattle , Wash. the Fund Campaign and D ean CurC. C. C ushwa , ' 14, Grass V alley, t is L. W ilso n gave current and Calif. fut u r e p l a ns for the developme nt A. W. Gleason , ' 15, B erkeley, of th e School of Mines. Ca lif . E . D. L y nton. ' 12, B erk eley, C alif. Th ose attending the m eeting C . R. Hubbard , ' 33, S an Mateo , were: W . R. G ettler, ' 22, San Francis- Calif. J. E. Stevens, ' 32, Murray Utah. co , Calif. Howard H isted , '28, S an Fra ncisK. F . H asselma nn , ' 25 , Hou ston , co , Calif. T e xa,. J ames C. L ong, ' 07 , B e rkeley, R. B. Caples, ' 10 , Great F alls, Calif. Montana. J oseph G. Wink, ' 42 , S an FranA. D. T e rre ll , ' 99 , B a rtl esville, cisco , Calif. Okla. R. M. B ea rd , ' 3 6, Antioc h , Calif. Wm. A . McCanless, ' 28 , Merced , J a mes L. H ead , ' 16, New York, Calif . N. Y. Lewis E. Young, H on , ' 47 , PittsHarold E. Spickard ex , ' 17 , Los Angeles, C a lif. b ur g, Pa. J ohn J. Shipley, ' 17, Los Angeles, J. H. Murphy , '3 8, W aln ut Creek, Calif. Calif. Phil Blake, '24, B e rk e l ey, Calif . R. L. Ray, ' 47, B e rk e l ey , Calif . J ames R. Bryant, ' 47, Alameda , D a n Shay, ex ' 25 , Billings, Mont. Calif. Eddie Griswold , '25 , Pebble M agazine

B each, C a lif. Harry C. Loesche , '23, Richmond , Calif. Curtis L . Wilson, D ean, MSM H. R . Hanley, ' 01 , Emeritus P rofe ssor, MSM J . D . F orrester, Head of Minin g D ept. MSM D. S . Epp elsheim e r, Professo r of Metall urgy, MSM A. W. Schlechten, Head Metaullurgy D e pt., MSM W. A. Vine, Ass't Prof. Mining, MSM In additio n to this mee ting , th ere was also held a St. Pat's meeting c c mmemorating th e first ann ive rsary of the San Fra nc isco Section. Th is meeting was held on Saturday , March 19 , at the Mon tc lair Restaurant in the Inte r na tion a l Settlement Distr ict, San Francisco. Th e evening was a completel y social one, in cluding group singing. About 30 were in attendance.

Births Mr. and Mrs. W. K. D ean, '41, are tbe pare nts of a son , Walter Edward , b orn J anuary 23, 1949. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Steph e n s, '4 7, have a son J ames Micha el, born J an . 1, 1949. Mr . and Mrs. G . Smith , ' 44 , announce the arriva l of a baby girl, Sylvia Darle ne , March 14, 1949 . Sylvia weighed 7 lb s. 6 ozs. at birth.

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SECTION NEWS Los ,Angeles Alumni Enjoy Big Banquet

At S peakers' T able, f r om left to right: D ea n Curtis L. Wi lso·n, Barney Nuell, '21 , new diredo r of the MSM A lumni A ssocia tion, a nd J ames L. H ead, '16, vice- presid€nt of the Association.

Los Angeles Section On e of th e larges t m eetings of th e L os Angel es S ection to date w as h e ld at th e M el ody Lan e R esta u ra nt in B e v e rly Hills, th e e v e n in f' of F e bru a r y 18th. A numbe r of promin en t Alumni and D ea n Wilso n came to L os. Angel es , f ol l owing a djournm ent of the A . 1. M . E. M eetin g in San Francisco , for this occasio n , which wa s the section 's fir s t opportunity to welcome D ea n Wilson in his official capacity si n ce b -coming h ea d of th e School of M i n es. In add ition to D ean Wilson , visitors includ e d E. C. Mil l e r, '28, of lh e Oak R id ge Na tio nal L abo ratories in O ak Rid ge, T e nnessee; Arth ur D . T err e ll , '98. of th e National Zinc Co. of Bartlesville, Okla hom a'; Prof. H. R. H an l ey, National Secretary, Tr as ure r ; James " Bab e" H ea d , ' 16, National Vice-Presid ent a nd Cbairman of th e Alumni Endowme n t Fund Committee. Prof. Hanley a nd Mr. T errell s poke b r iefly , after which D ea n Wils on ga ve a v e r y in struct ive a nd in s pirin g talk on th e prog r ess bein g m a de a t our Alma M a t er , t oo'eth e r w i th a s tateme nt of' plans for th e fulur e. " Babe" I-l ea d th e n d isc u ssed th Alumni Endowme nt Fund , and m a d e a st r ong a ppea l for as ge ne r o u s s upport as a ll of us ca n give so th a t o ur A ssocia t io n can b e put on a so und ba sis whi c h will en able u s to do th e thin gs a s tron g and vi r il e Alumni A ssociation should do. A reso luti on wa s then ad'optec1 P age 8

x pressing confidence in D ea n Wilso n' s Adminis tr ation, and a l so in i h Na tional Office rs of th e Alumni Asso ciation, a n d particula rly to " Babe" H ead for th e fin e work h e h as done in h ead ing up th e Endowment Fund. Th ose present at the m eeting were : D ea n C. L. Wil so n H e rb ert R. Hanley J am es L. H ea d , ' 16. A. D. T err e ll, '9-8 . Alle bach , K arl , ' 28. B a rcl ay, Houg h , '3 7. B l a k e, F. 0. , ' 10. Bradt, A. L. , '26. Boyer, J e ss ie Hell er. Cook, K eith , ' 42. D a nie l s, D ea n , "46 . DLll1n, Irv, ' 49. Elliott, E., '39 . Prof. & Mrs . C. R. Forbes. Gr en, Eva & S on , ' 11. H a r sell , T. L. , ' 39 Mr. and Mrs. D. Huffman ,. '2 1. ' Mr. a nd Mrs . .S. E. H ollister , '13 . 1-10 y , J o hn , ' 43. Mr. and Mrs . D. Hu se n'lan , '4.3. H al asey, P. , '28 . J affe, N. , ' 41. Ja enecke, Don , ' 38. Lindau , Paul , ' lI. Long, Edga r , '30. Myel', 0. , '43 . Moell e r , C. E. , '42. Moss, Win ston, ' 48. Mr. and Mrs. Barn ey Nuell '2 1. P e ug n et , A. , ' 27. Rod ger s, Wm. , ' 33. Mr. a nd Mrs . O. R. S elf, ' 43. Wood s . Clare nc e, ' 04.

. woods, Cla r en ce L ee P e te r son, Kenn eth , 49. ]\I[r. a nd M r s . N e il , C. F. , ' 25. Th e L os An ge l es S ection h eld their Annu a l S t. P at' s Cel e br ation~ a t T ai x 1"n:n ch R esta urant, Saturd a y even i ng, M arc h 19 th . This was a dvertised as a purely socia l gath e ring, w ith bus:n es3 h eld to a m in imum , th e eve n ing be ing g ;v 2n ever to fun and s ocia bility. Ch a ir man Ba r ney Nu ::ll turn ed th e m cet' n G ov e r to D on Hu se ma n , of the Class of ' 3, who off ic:ate d very ably as St. Pat. Eve ry on e prese n t en joy e d th e colore d movies of th e trip ta k e n t o the C a nadia n Ro cki es by B a rn ey Nu cll a n d his family l ast summer. High spots of the trip w e re Ja sp e r Park Lodge, Lake L o u ise an d B a nff, ]\I[t. V e nier, Crater L a ke, Lake Taho e and th e Yosem ite Vall e y.

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The Miner spring sports p r ogram is wa y ahead of th e w e a t h er this y ear . Our fir st outdoor m a tch , combination track, t ennis & golf, with Drury College of Sprin gfi e ld , Mo ., r an into some pretty cold t e mp e ratures. D espite th e w ea th er handicap , howeve r , the Miner s got off t o a good start, defea tin g Drury in track and tennis. The golf t eam, play ing six' m en , lost out to Drury in a close match . Previously , at the M. I. A . A. ind oor t r a ck m eet in Columbia on March 26 , Coach G a le Bullman's m en served not ice to the con fe r ence that we w ere a gain strong in t h e f ield events. Geo . Bock , hUSKY lVI:slVl weight star, broke th e confe r ence indoor shotput r ecord wit h a h ea ve of 45 feet , 5 % inche s. This surp assed the old record establish ed by Wolf of C ape Girardeau in 1940. Bock is the secon d Miner in history to hold a confe r e n ce tr ac k title, the oth er b ein g B ob L ange, '37, in the high jump. Ot h er MSM winners in fi eld ev en ts includ ed P ete Perino in the br oadjump , 21 f eet, 5 inche s, and Shor ty Voiles in the p ole vault, 12 f eet . Only ot h er MSM fir st place was gained b y th e M ile Relay team of R au sch , Young, Sanders and Harawood , time 3 :45.9. D es pite their e d ge in th e field events, the Min er s ca m.e in second t o Mary ville. The p oint stand in gs are : 1. Mary ville 49 1-3 2. Rolla 40 3. Cape G j r a rd e~ u 35 4c . Spdn gfield 31 1-2 5. W arrensb urg 12 2-3 6. Kirksville 8 1-2 Th e MIAA out door tr a ck m eet will b e h eld at Rolla on S at urd ay , lVlay 14, along with the confe r ence g olf & t ennis m a tches . Sw imming N e w s The M'SM T ank T eam missed an u nd efeated season by on e poin t in 'l osin g t o St. Louis Univ er sity a t J a ckl ing Pool on March 11. Out st a nding st ar of th e m eet w as a n lVISlVI f r esh m a n , L eland B ev e r age, who upset S t. L ouis Univer sity' s nation all y known sw imme r , J im McKenna, in the 220 ya rd fr Ee ,st y le . B ev erag e had to break the p ool re cord with a timc of 2:23.7 to beat McKenna, by som e 2 feet. Mag,azine

MISCE[LANEOUS - - - - - - Graduates Aided by Personals 1899 Placement Service Ho wa rd J. T aylor writes The M .S.M. Pla cem e nt S ervice, und er the dire ction of A ssist a nt Dean R e x Z. Williams ' 31 , is charg ed w ith th e r espon sibility of pla cing the gr a du a t es of the Scho ol bot h at gr adu a tion an d after gr a du ation . With in t h e n ext f ifteen months th e school will gradu a t e ab out 1200 engi nee r s a nd will b e charged wit h the r es ponsibility of h elping them find em p loy m e nt. Over one hundred rep r esenta tives of industrial con cerns a r e now visitin g the ca mpus ea ch yea r to interview gr a du ates . Alumn i, h ow e v er , ca n d efinite ly serve th eir f ellow Alumni and p ar ticularly t h e m en just g r a duating b y b rin gin g to Dea n W illia m s' attenti on op port unities for employ ment with w hich they m ig ht becom e f a mili ar in connection with their own w ork. On e of the greatest servic es tha t can b e r ender ed b y the Alumni is the f ind i ng of employm ent fo r the r e cently gr adu ated . Wr ite t o D ean W illia m s if you know of a n y positions .

Building Program (Contin u ed F rom P age 1) th e S cho ol of Mi nes and Me t allurgy whi c.h is t o h ou se 'a nd con stitu te the m eC'h an i.cal engineering l aboratories bu ilding f or 'vV'hich such app r opria tion was m ad e . D r. Mid dleb us,h said t h a t th e reso lution provided fo r t.h e el ectr ical e n g inee rin g part o,f t h e proj ect a s fo llows : " That the sum of not t o ex ce ed $2 00,0 00 ou t of fund s oth sr t h :w state - ap p ro priat e d m on eys, is h er e by a llo cated a nd dire cte d t o be exp en de d in the con str uc ti n g a n d e quip pi ng of a n a dd itio na l por tion of sa id engin eer in g p r8 j ect, whi'ch is to consist of a dd itional electr 1cal engin eer ing l ab or ator ies space an d fac ilities, w h ich are to be b u ilt at t'he sa m e ti m e as, a dj 3cent to. a n d as a n a d di t ional p or t ion of, t he m ech a ni cal eng ineering l ab oratories building p or t ion of th e E ng in eerin g l abo ra t or ies proj e ct."

telling h e is r etired and is livi,ng on an ac r eage t r ac t. H e h as fiv e ch ildren a nd 12 gra nd-chil dren . H oward m ay be r eac.h ed at R t. 1, Box 348, Woodi nville, W ash. Edwin T. P erk ins will b e in Rona, M ay 3 1, t o receive his 50-year ALumni M edal. His address is 1723 J a ckson Ave ., Joplin , Mo. H er bert F . R ogers is r ecoverin g fr om a hip injury h e r eceived l ast F eb . H e g ives his a d dress as R oger s Grocery S tore, H ol den , M o. 1902 J . L . Pickles' li ves a t 132 1 E. 1st St. ' Duluth 5, Minn. 1909 R ow e McC r a e is wi th th e Com m erc e D ept. , Office of Inte rn a tion T ra d e an d live,s a t 35 23 Quebec S t. , N. W., W a&hington, D . C . 1911 E. W . E ngelmann gives hi s address ,as c- o K ennecott Copper Corp . P. O . B ox 1650, S alt L ak e City 12, U t ah. 1912 E. D. L ynton 's new home a d dr ess is 1520 Arch S t., B e rkeley 8, Calif. 1916 Cly d e W. B ow e r ex ' 16 n ow r esides at 820 Wo odbine Ave ., Glend Ol le, Ohio. 1917 Ho wa rd T eas stopped in Ro lla on F eb. 21 to v isit his son . Mr . an d M rs . T eas h ad been on a v a ca tiOl1 trip to Mexi co City, M ex ico . M a j or E. L. Arn old writes giving his a d dress as Box 442, Ancon , C . Z. Col. 1Ihom3S P. W alsh g ives his new a ::idre s a s Army A u d it Age ncy , C aribi ;ll1 Comm and, AF O 834 co o P. M. , New Or l eans, L a J oseph C. B arton is Con sulting M in ing En gi n eer for Nati onal L ea d Co. and work s out of Me xico City . 1918 R ob ert R. H a wkin s, Los Angeles Ca lif . h a s becom e a M ember in A!ME. 1920 Willia m W. W eigel is Ch ief En g; n eer f or the S t. J oseph L ead Co. a t B on ne Te rr e, M isso u r i.

1922 J a m es E. J ewell , B onne T err e, M o. h as b ecom e a member in A .I. M .E. Page 9

_ _ _ ____ AlUMNI PERSONALS _ _ _ __ Roger 1. C . Manning, ' 22, has become a member in A.1.M .E. H e is Mining Engin eer , Arizona Dept. of Min era l Resources. Frank C. Mulford has recently moved to 835 Hope St ., Springdale, Conn. Frank M. Hunter is now VicePresident of the Sound Marine Construction Co. whose main office and shipyard is Greenport, Long Island, N. Y. His address for mail is 66 Old South Road, Southport, Conn. Neal Ham , Branch Manager, Ingersoll Rand Co ., has recently become a member in A. 1. M. E.

to recognize distinguished achievement in the production, beneficiation , or utilization of bituminous or anthracite coal. The award was made at the Annual Banquet of the A.1.M.E . on Wednesday , Feb. 16 at the Palace Hotel , San Francisco . Dr. McAuliffe , a Past President, A. 1. M. E. , is retired as Chairman of the Board , Union Pacific Coal Co. , Omaha , N e b. William A. McCanless, '27 (1) , ' 28 (III) is Road Commissioner of Merced County Road Department, 717 J . Street, Merced, California. Edward A. Schuch , ' 27 , Chief Engineer of Aero Service Corp. has become a Member in A .1.M.E.

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J. P. Bryan is with the U. S . Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, and receives his mail at 233 W . Franklin, Liberty, Mo. Curtis E. Stover, '24. ha s become a member in .A.1.M.E.

1925 Isaac L. Thomson gives his address as Memphis General Depot, Memphis 2, Tenn. Roger O. Da y now r esides at 315 Washington St. , Westfield , N. J. L. A . Oberly is Res. Chemical Engineer with Indu strial Rayon Corp. , 98th & Walford , Cle veland , Ohio . His home address is 14 Macedonia Rd ., Twinsburg , Ohio. Oscar L. Brandenburger, '25, has been reinstated as an A ssociate m e mber in A.1.M.E. 1926 C. T. Jones, Manager, Foreign Exploration Department, Stanolind Oil and Gas Co., Tulsa , Okla. , is attending the fifteenth session, advanc ed Manageme nt Program , Harvard U n i v e r sit y Graduate School of Business Administration, Cambridge, from F e b. 23 to May 21 , 1949. B erna rd D. Boyd has changed status from Junior A ssociate to Member in A.1.M.E.

1927 Robert Wm. Abbett is living at 71 Washington Square South , New York, N . Y. Ralph H . Knight lives at 7621 Marion Court, Maplewood, Mo. Paul K. Hoover r esides at 104 1st Ave. , Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Euge n e McAuliffe, ' 27 , (Hon ) has been selected as the first redpent of the Erskin e Ramsay Gold Medal which has been established P age 10

W. S. Temples has recently moved to 1901 Bridge St., N. W ., Grand Rapids 4, Mich.

1929 Melvin A. Sharp is Mine Superintendent with Geneva Steel Co. , Columbia , Utah. Joe Williamson, Jr., '29, who lives at 413 S. Palmetto Avenue, Daytona Beach , Florida , has recently been elected President of the Florida Society of Professional Engineers. Walter B . Hollow of Wichita , Kansas, has become a Member in A.1.M.E. Walte r is Drilling Supt., Bridgep ort Oil Co. , Inc .

1930 D. H. Miller is with Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. and resides at 8052 Davis Dr. , Clayton 5, Mo. L. W. Pickles writes giving his address as 8366 Elmore St. , University City, Mo .

1931 Jack N . Conley has recently moved to 1025 Washington Blvd ., Abilene, Texas. William T. Sharp is the owner of Sharp Oil Co. in Beaver, Okla. R. C. Graham gives his new home address as 3222 Oakmont, Houston, Texas, and his business address as Coast Co. , P. Q. Box 2511, Houston , Te xas. J . D . Sh elton ma y be reached at .Grandview, Mo.

1932 G . J. Koch , Jr . now resides at 4 Rid gely Rd ., Columbia . Mo. Major Stuart L. Da vis gives his address as follows: Major S. L. Davis, A0292342 6000th Base Service Unit, F a r East Air Forces, APO 925, % Postmas ter, San Francisco ,

Calif. A. S. Schwarz gives his addresses as 340 Gill Ave. , Kirkwood 22 , Mo.

1933 John O. Farmer is employed by the Jones, Shelburne & Farmer, Inc. , and resides at 744 Sunset, Russell , Kans.

1934 Richard D. San doe m ay be reached at 31st Fl. , 120 Wall St. , New York, N. Y. M. H. Murray resides at Linden Ave., Indian Neck, Branford, Conn. D . E. Fagan gives his address as 12102 S. 70th Ave. , Palos Heights, Ill.

1935 Wm. A. Howe resides at Normahill Rd . Pittsburgh 1, Pa. Donnell W. Dutton is director of the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aeronautics , Georgia School of T echnology, Atlanta, Ga. Harry H. Komm lives at 734 Leland, University City 5. Mo. H . B. Atlins is with the Soil Conservation S ervice, Expt. Station and gives his home address as Box 872, LaCrosse , Wisc .

1936 Austin B. Clayton's correct addre3s is Box 181, lone , Wash . His bus:n ess a ddress is % Pend Ore ille Mines and Metals Co. , Metaline Falls, Wash. C ol. Byron E. Peebles has been appointed Assistant Division Comm and er , filling a key post previously vacant. His home is at 5827 N eosho St. , St. Louis, Mo. Oscar H. Fager is with the Roosev e lt Oil Refining Co. , Mt. Pleasa nt, Mich. He resides at 2353 S. Compton Ave. , St. Louis , Mo. C . T. Millice , Jr . receives his mail at P . O. Box 1758, Jackson, Miss. F. W. Arnold, Jr. gives his m a iling a ddress as 8909 Moritz Ave. , Brentwood 17, Mo.

1937 R e be rt R. Kaley now lives at 92 8 Olive, D env e r, Colo . S a muel R. Price , Jr. may b e r eac h ed at 2218 Ewing St. , Evanston , Ill. Major Harold R. B entle y receives his mail at Burea u of R eclamat ion , I ndia nol a, Neb. Comdr. P a ul B. Ellis receives his mail at Fasron 106, Navy 103, F. P . 0. , N. Y ., N. Y .

Fran k S. Millard , '3 7, is District MSM Alumnus

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1938 Kenneth V . Sibert is with the Corps of Engineers, K a n sas City Dis trict, and r esides at 4615 W . 62nd T e rrace, Mission , Kansas. C. L. Clayton gives his a ddress as 83 W. 15th St., Chicago Hts ., Ill . H. W. Kuhlmann is e mployed by the Battelle Institute, Columbus, Ohio and lives at 10201 Tussic Rd. , R. R. 1, Westerville, Ohio . John R. McCloskey , M adisonville, Ky. has become a m e mber in A.I.M.;E. 1939 John V. Cramer r esides at 401 Narroway, B e nton , Ark . H aGis F. Lund g ives his a ddress as 3135 S . 5th , Springfield , Ill. R. R. Yungbluth lives at 5319A GI 2.d stone, Normandy, Mo . Marshall V. Jamison is with the U. S. Air Force and m ay b e reached at 400 Entrada Dr., Santa Monica, Ca l if. Carl W. Lintne r is with th e Parke D avis & Co. , No . 1, MacD ou gall, D etroit, Mich. His home" address is 13 95 Colton, D etroit 3, Mich . J ohn O. Campbell , Jr. lives at 2447 E. 26th Pl. , Tulsa , Okla . and is emplo yed b y the Carter Oil Co.

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C. W. Bentley r ecen tly moved to 3157 Atwater, Los Angel es, Calif. . V ern on N. Cox is with the K e n Coal Co ., Beave r D a m , K entuck y. J ohn A. Emery gives his addreos 'as G e neral D e livery, K ellogg, Idaho . Edga r S . Miller, Jr. is with the N. Y. Central R. R. a nd res id es at 83 High St. , G l en Rid ge, N . J. Robert S. Smith lives at 340 H a rding Court, Pitm a n, N. J. H e is Empl oyed by th e I-T-E Circuit Brea ker Co. of Phila d e lphia, Pa. Willia m H . Burgin m ay be r e::tchcd at P a rk City Utah. J ooeph H. Egy gives his address as Wright Field , Enon , Ohio . William H . Collier, Jr. r esides at 45 Founta in Ave., Dayton 5, Ohio . Frank V. Flynt, Ex . 1940 . r esides at 7886 Vicksburg, Los An geles 45, California . Frank pla n s on doing gr a duate work towar d a Doctora t e

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1941 James V. H ed ell has moved to 2328 H ath away, Alham bra, Calif. Armin F. Fick g ives his address a s 8 E. Elm St. , Chicago 44, Ill. Bre ndon P . Carmody is with Anh e us e r Busch Inc. , and lives a t 4144 Utah , St. Louis 16, Mo . Marvin C. Grisham may b e reached at Box 73 , Midland, Calif. Karl E. Krill is R esearch A ssociate in the E ngi n eerin g Expe riment Station at Ohio State University and ma y be reached at 2324 J efferson Ave., Columbus 3, Ohio. Earl L. Sm oot is w ith CooperB essemer Corp a nd r esides at 101 N. G ay St., Mt. V ernon, Ohio. N a th an D . J affe is . living at 1479 South She rbourn e Drive, Los Angeles 35, Ca lifornia. Robert E . Schwe itzer writes giving his address as 8229 Harrison PI. , Munster, Ind. Willia m I. Mo rris resides at 326 Ford St. , H a rrisburg, Ill. Capt. Edmond Butch , ' 41 , h as r ece ntl y b een r ecomm e nded by the Army for fur th e r study at th e Colora do School of Mines . Edmond may b 2 r each ed a t Staff & Faculty D ept. of Eng ineering, Offic e Building u-37 , For t B elvoir, Va . 194 2 Re x L. Hopkins has moved to 310 W . 10 th S t., Lam ar, Mo . A . G . Adler gives his address a s 617 N . 13th S t., E. St. Louis , Ill. Hugh H a rn ess, J r . is wo r kin g fo,r Alumin um Ore Co . and m ay be r eac.h ed by add ress in g p. O . Box 1346, Mobile 8, Ala . Gerard A . Gries baum r esides a t 823 Elias, St. Loui s 15, Mo., and is e mployed by Uni·on Electri,c Co. of Mo. O . M . Muskopf m ay be reached at 15 Kinn e rl ey Rd ., Whitby, Ellesm e r e Port, Ch es hire , England , where he has been sent by th e Shell P etrole um Corp . Edward R. Kromk a is a p atient in the V eteran's Hosp ita l , Lyon s, N. J. J acq u es W . Zoller ' 42 has

changed from Student AesocLate to Junior in AIME. Jacques is D istrict Exploration Eng ineer, Shell Oil Co ., Inc.

1943 R. K. Comann r esides at 901 5 Winde m e re Ave. BrOOkfield , Ill. Cl arence A. Lambelet visited in Roll a during the Ohristmas vacation. CLarence is instructor in ceramic Engineering at Rutgers U nive.rsity. Homer J. Ballinge r m ay b e rea,c hed at 1030· E. Loren, S pringfie ld, Mo. Theodore R. H a dley is Field Supt. for H & H Engineering S ervice a nd may be r eached at 107 W . Linwood, K ansas City 2, Mo . E . E. H e nde r son resides at 1008 Tuxedo Blvd. W ebster Groves 19, Mo. R. K . Ra smu ssen is emplo yed by t h e Mississippi Glass Co. and is working as p lant superintendent in Fullerton, Ca lif. His address is 401 North Truman, Fulle rton , Calif. H e rbe r t Kalish has recently accepted a position with S y l v,a nia Electric Products. Herb ex p ects t o star t grad ua te work at N.Y.U. H e wjll be a.ble to be r eached at 8907 169th S t., Jamaica 3, N. Y . Glenn H . Lufcy is with t h e Owins-Illinois GLass Co. and lives at 846 o.akwood , Toledo, Ohio. L e wis E . Rosser is with K eok uk Electro-JVIe tals ' Co. and r esides at Rt. 4, S . Miller St. , Wenatchee, W ash. Louis B. Wissler may be r eached at 5638 Clemens, St. Louis 12 , Mo. Roy L. K'ackl ey, Jr. g ives his address as 2005 Union , S·t . Joseph, Mo . E. T. K endall, Jr. rec eives his ma il at B ox 495 , Po tosi, Mo. Llo yd C. S ch:umann is w ith the Ca rte r Oil Co., St. Elmo , Ill. , and resides at 503 W. Mo nroe, Altamont, Ill. E. R. Brown is a Mathe matician with North Ame ri,can Aviation In C!. and g ives his address a s 715 1-2 Myrtle, Ingl ewood, Calif. J ohn A. R eed, Jr. l iv es at 3 16 1-2 S. Na t ional Blvd ., Springfie ld 4 , Mo. J oseph J. Lowe r y is th e proprietor of a s up er market in t h e resort district of H ot Sprin gs, Ark a n sas.

Personals 1944 Edmund J. W,a ltenspiel has recently moved to 33 0 W aregon Ave., P hoenix, Ariz. W. K. D ean lives at 1020 Spring St. , Apt. 10, Carlsbad, New Mexico. E. A. Weinel may be reached at 36 51 Greenview Ave., Chicago 13 Ill. ' J oh n J . McCarthy is w ith the Fairbank,s, Morse & Co. , D iesel Engine D e pt., St. Louis , Mo . Hi s address is 506 7 M in erva Ave., St. Louis 13 , Mo. R obt. W. Harlow may be reached c-o J . C. H a rl ow, Rt. 3 Box 30 Oklahoma City, Okla.' , Robert Denison lives at 7115 England , Houston , T exas. William D . Hicks g ives his addr ess as 109 E. 15th St. , Wellington , Kans. William L . Shive lbine is with the J ay Ka y Pa int Co. , an d ' lives at 616 Harris St. San Angelo , T exas. H a rold J. Rudisaile is a salesman con tacting Consulting Eng inee r s, with the W estinghouse Elec. Corp . H e gives his address as 1706 S. 6th Ave ., Ml?-ywood, Ill. Ralph E . Nue lle is in the Dept. of Physics, Wa'S'hington Univ., St. L o ui,s, Mo . ,a nd r esides at 4949 D evo nshire Ave., St. Louis , Mo. Charles .L. Rakestraw is Design Eng r. wit.h P hillips Oil Co . His home is 418 E. 7th , Okmul gee, Okla . P. G e ne Smith has compl eted work for h is M'a ster's D eg r ee at Massachusetts In stitute of T echnology majoring in Electrical Engi n ee rin g. H e is now ai 57 H a ven Lane , L evittown, Long Island , 'New York. Wm. Hubb ar d was vis iting in Rolla during spring va,cati on . William is taking graduate work for his masters degree at Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. His address is 352 H arvard S t. , Cambridge , Mass .

1945 J. H . Ke ller g ives his address as 649 S. National , Sprin gfield , Mo .

1946 Robert L. Mann gi v es his address as Southern Methodist University, Box 555 , Dallas 5, Texas. Claude S. Abshie r li ves at 169 4th, B enton Harbor, Mich. Donald 1. Meyer is in the Phys ics Dept., University of Wash ington and resides at 4509 19th N . E. , S ea tUe, Wash.

MILESTONES Deaths William A. Baueris William A. B a u eris, 1804 B igelow Ave. No., S eattl e, Wash. passed away of a heart a ilment o n F eb. 23. William g r a du ated in 1909 and was quite act ive in school activities. H e was a ctive in Min e Eng ineerin g in th e United States, Canada , and Alaska. Victor K. Fischer Victor K. Fisc h er , ' 21, p assed away November 14, 1948 of a coronary thrombosis . H e would have b ee n 55 on D e c embe r 28th. For 16 years h e was Lubricat ion En "ineer for the T exas Co. in Tul;a, Okla . and stood hi g h in th e regard of company men. H e was interred in Mt. Olive C e me te r y in St. Louis. Among the pall bearers were S a m Sha nfe ld H arry K essle r a nd H arr y B obroff: Charles A. Bruce ' Charles A. Bruce, ' 47 , was reported kill e d March 12 along with four co-workers near New Ibe ria, L a., while r eturnin g from work in a small boat. While at school Bruce was a basketball and f ootb a ll sta r a nd captained the ba sk etba ll team' dur ing his Senior year. H e is surv ive d by his widow and one so n , Bobby G e n e , age 4. Mer y l L. McCarth y Meryl L. McCarthy, ' 20 , died in St. L o uis on F ebr u a ry 27 fr om a heart attack, according to an announc ement in t h e St. L o uis papers . Meryl was sec r etary-treas u rer of three large St. L ouis Constr u ct ion Compa nies: Th e McCar t h y Brothers Construction C omp a n y , R ock Hill Quarry Compa n y and McCarthy-Pohl Compa n y. Th e McCarthy Brother s Constr uction Compa n y built th e a dd itio n to the Chemical Engin ee ring B uild i ng. Th ey b uilt the new Powe r Plant and h ave th e contract for t h e e r e ct ion of t h e new dormitory for which g round was broken on March 2 1949. John E. McCarthy was a s~ socia ted in these projects with h is brother, Meryl L. McCa r th y. Meryl is s urvive d by his wife a nd four sons. H e wa s a m e mber of the Lambda

MSM's Oldest Alumnus Wri tes Autobiography L . R. Grabill ' 78 the oldest living alumnus of M.S .M. who is now past 91 yea r s of age has written an auto,biography covering h is life span of nearly a century. It is complete with items of interest concern ing M.S.M. in the ea rly days. Mr. Grabill has sent a copy of t his to Dr . H. R. H anley , S e,cretaryTreas ure r of the Alumni Association ,a nd it has been p l a ced on the .histori-cal sh elf of the M .S.M. L ibrary a lo ng with some of the biographies of John W. Pack ' 74 and G. A. Duncan ' 74. This a u tobiogr.a phy w ill make an interesting addition to the historical refe r e nce shelf of the M. S .M . Library. Mr. ' Gr a bill is living aot 16 New York Avenue , T,a ko ma Park, Mary l and, Washington 12, D . C.

Keeling Death (Continued from Page 1) affa irs' of the Alumni Association of MSM. H e grad u ated in chemical e nginee ring in 1923 , took his Master's d egree in 1924, a n d received his Che mical Engin ee r 's degree in 1927. He has h a d wide expe ri ence ' in petroleum chemistry and at the time of his death was r e search engineer with the Kopp ers Compa n y , Kopp e r s Building , Pitts burg 19, P a. Orval is survived by his wife, R ache l Bursd a ll Kee lin g , and a so n , William J r. Their h ome is 736 V ermont Avenue, Pittsburgh 16, Funeral se rvic es P ennsyl vania. were held March 2 in th e E. B . Laughlin funeral hom e in Pittsburgh. Chi Alpha Fratern ity, on t h e C'amp u s. Fun era l se rvices w e r e h e ld March 2, 1949 with buria l i n Calvary Cem eter y in St. Louis. Francis J. Ta y m a n Franc is J . T ayma n , ' 99, d ied March , 1948 at hi s home in St. Louis . H e received his B. S. in Min in g in 1900. H e was du e to be awarded the 50 yea r Alumni Medal th is year h ad he been a li ve.