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MSM ALUMNUS Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy ROLLA. MO .

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Homecoming Events November 4 - 5 To Provide a Full Weekend for All The Homecoming Committees of th Alumni A sociation and the F aculty extend an invitation to a ll Alumni of the Missouri School of Mine to attend the annual Homecoming at Rolla. Remember the dat ovember 5. All Alumni are urg ed to k eep thi date in mind and plan to be on hand for the variou function which will be held that week end.

Th e Directors of the Alumni A ssociation will meet Friday, Nove m.bel' 4, at 9:30 a. m. a nd th e Annual Bu s i ne Meeting of t he Association will be held in Parke r H a ll Auditorium at 2 p. m.

On Fri day evening a ll Alumni and thei r wives a r e invited to ha ve the ir eveni n g m ea l together at the P e nnant Station dining room . W e sha ll as e mble at 7 :00 p .m. This wi ll be an informal gath ering wh e r e Alumni can get togeth e r and

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enjoy th e v ning before the cheduled event of Saturday. If oth r engagements preven t our havin? dinner with u , come out l ater and meet the oth er visitor . This informal F r id ay v ning was first attempted la t yea r and proved to be a most enjoyable occasion.

R egistration will be o n S aturday in Parker H a ll, beginning at 9:00 a. m. Th e Hom ecomin g Convocation will b e in th Parke r H a ll Auditorium , b eg innin g at 11 :00 a. m . Dr . F rederick A . Middlebush, presid e nt of our Univer ity will spea k. The towns p eo ple, faculty an d st udents are a l 0 invi ted . W e a r e s ure that l a r ge number s of them will w is h to hea r D r. Mid d l bu s h. The meeting will clos at 12 o' clock noon , giving plenty of time for lunc h befo r e the footba ll ga me.

Th e Min e rs ' opponent in the football ga m e this year w ill be South eas t Mi o uri S tate College of Cape G irardeau . A s pecia l cction of the s~and will b h eld for the Alumni.

T he Committee ha made a change f rom the S atu rd ay evening ba nqu et. W e a r e going to have a cockta il hour and a buffet dinner for the A l umni and th ei r wives.

Thi will be a ocial gath ring and there will be no speeche .

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S aturday night at J ack lin g G ymn a ium.

Ev ry membe r of th A ssociation will recei ve a lett r fr om Dr. Mervin K e ll y, pre ident of th Alumni A ociati0l1, in O ctob r.

At that tim e, a ll the detai l for the week ncl of Novemb r 5 will b pre ented. R memb r t he elate . ov mber 5 . . . H omecoming a Rolla . We hope to ee you there.

H omecoming Committ es of the Alumni A _sociation and Facultv H omecoming A l umni ommitt e con i t of: hairman , A l b rt E. R~rn rd, '2"7: P::wl T . D 'lw l ing. '40; B ern:u"cl J. Gros, '33: AlIr eI A. Iitch e ll , '31; J am - J . Murphy. '35, and J amc W. tephens, ' 47 .

The Faculty Commilt includ s Cll"irman, Fr d D avidso n , ' 41; L eon H er hkowitz, '4 ] ; Fr d E. evin. '44: Edwll1 K . chumnn. '2 0 ; Cl~r J. Thorpe, '35; and D avid F .

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Tho e of you who have not vi ited th c:1 mpu sinc l a t year will notic p some change du to the building program und rway. I hope you will not notice any chrne;e in the warmth of ou r w !come which i alway sinc reo We ar glad to h av you r e turn to the campu at any time, particularly at Hom coming.

Your 8ucce: in your own work i 1'n insoirat;"n to our tud nt and a ource of gratification to our Facul y. That you hall coninu ~ to be proud of you r Alma ht r i our fervent d sir CURTIS L. WILSO Dean FRED

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After the coal bed becomes su ffic iently heated so that it w ill burn : and y iel d other gases, the electric current is stopped and ,a ir or oxygen is pumped into the coked and porous coal seam to sustain the further combustion. This continues tlle supply of gases from the actual gasification of the coal.

The gas produced by elec.troc'a rbonization can be used as raw m ·a terial for synthetic production of gasoline or can be converted into a heating fuel.

Severa l test runs on coal l aye r s have ' ,been made during t h e past year. Some oil-tar has been c·olle cted at H ume al ong w it h t h e gas. I n addition, laboratory investig.ation w ith oil-sand has res u lted in the production of crude oil, as well as ' gas.

The mining dep artmen t of Mis- · souri School of M ines a nd Metallu rgy has been working on . t his project for about two years. D ur-

MSM leads Research in Process for Electro-Carbonization of Coal Coal that has n e ver 'b een taken out of the ground may in the future heat your home, cook your meals, run your automobiles-and relieve your headaches.

Successful attempts have been made to utilize coal, without mining it, for the manufacture of gas, g asoline, Cooal-tar medicines such a s .a spirin, and many other products.

The University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy first proved in laboratory tests that coal can be turned into gas by sending an electric current through it.

Then a researcher for the School, assisted by Sinclair Coal Company workers, proved in the field that coal in place can be successfully gasified by electricity.

Now the .proble m is to prove that underground electorcarbonization of coal, .a s it is called scientifieally , can be done on a ·c ommercial scale so that it will be profitable.

The School .of Mines and Metallurgy and the Sinclair Company hope to find the solution of this problem through the man y tests being made in the field.

These field experiments are being conducted near Hume, Mo. , on the Tiger Mine property of the Sinclair Coal Company. Erich Sarapuu, a research fellow of the School of Mines and Metallurgy, is making the tests and is responsible for both the field and laboratory work.

Dean Curtis L. Wilson of the School and Dr. J . D . Forrester, chairman of the Mining Depar tment, are in ·o verall control and direction of the complete project.

Arrangements for setting up the field expe riments w er e made t h rough L. Russell Keke, president of the Sinclair Coal Company, and T. C. Cheasley is the ·Company 's official in charge of its participa- . tion .

Th e process being developed in the field tests is intende d to obtain the v·aluable constituents of coal , o il, and oil-shale deposits without actually excavating for the source rna teri·als. " Success is attending the whole undertaking" , Dr. Forreste r said, " and it is apparent that valuable results will be forthcoming in the future. " He said the - methods employed ,

when w orked on a commercial scale, " n ot only will contribute to cheaper commodit ies fo r the public benefit, 'b ut a lso they will make some large coal and oil deposits av,a ilable f or u se w hich h ave heretofore b een u n r ecovera ble."

For th e f ield t ests, drill h oles are made from t h e s urface in to a seam of c.oal ly ing b elow. I r on pipes are inserted into t h e ho l es to serve as electrodes. Connected w ith the electrode s is a series of pipes a few f eet albove ground t hrou gh which the ga s flo ws when it is gen erated.

A curre nt of consid erable voltage, ·c ontr olle d b y a wa t er rheostat, is sent do wn t hrou gh t h e el ectrodes into t h e seam, abo u t two

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and one -h alf f ee t t hi clc I n the process of ov e r comin g t h e electric r esistance of the coal , it is h e ated and b egins t o give off oir-sat urated ga s. This gas com es to t h e s urface through the sa m e p ipes w hi·ch act a s electrodes . M u ch of t h e moisture is r e m ov e d as t h e gas moves through a w a ter co llector l ocated where the elec tr od es converge :into a single pipe. B ef ore the gas i~ di sch a r ged thr ou g h a n ou tlet p ip e it passes into a fl ow m eter a n d a cooling tower. Ca rb oni zati on has t ak- · en place y ielding a gas r ich in oil and of high h ea t valu e r.anging from 500 t o 600 B . T . U .

ing 1947-48, tests were cond u cted in the l abor,a tory to perfect t h e best tec hn iq ue for f iel d wo rk. In 1948-49, experiment ation h as been carried on in the f iel d un der actu al ind ustrial cond it ions .

Ab out $30 ,00 0 h as been spent on the pro j ect in t h e l as t two years, w h ich , accordin g to D r. F or rester, is a sma ll expend itu re in relation to the potential resu lts. E lectroc.arbonization e lim inates t h e " cost of m ining" factor and p r ovides access t o coal n ot otherwise economically r ecovera ble.

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of th e members of the staff possess the Doctor of Philosophy D egree .

MSM Chemical Lab, in Enlarged Building, To Be One of Outsta nding in Country The second unit of the Chemical Engin eerin g Building, located on the south end of the campu s, was ready for occupancy Sept. 1.

When funds are available for its final completion and equipment, it will be on e of th e outstand ing laboratories in th e United States de voted to the tra inin g of e n gin eers and sc ie ntists.

Contracted in J an uar y , 1948 a nd involving an expenditure of $270,000 the new section is modern in design , built of buff brick , is 87 feet long and ex t e nds 24 f eet to th e west at th e so uth e nd of the build ing. The first unit or north end of the Chemical Buildin g wa s completed in 1941 and it is difficult to determin e wh e r e t h e n ew unit begins and the old on e ends.

The $270 ,000 has produced a total of 17 ,467 sq uare feet of floor s pace. This compares to 29,232 squar e fe e t in the first unit. The second unit contain s a basement of 6569 square feet , but the large lect ur e room of 2774 square feet is s till unfinished. The basement contain s the ph ys ica l c h e mistry laboratory, acid cellar a nd va ult, dark room , office, a large store room and hall.

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Th e second floor of the n ew unit conta ins 5449 sq uare f ee t and has a large laboratory , the design room , three offices, two class rooms and a hall extend in g th e e ntire le n g th of the building.

Th e third f loor of th e new unit add s 5449 squ a r e feet but is not partition ed or f ini sh ed. None of th e offices or la boratori es in the n e w unit hav e bee n equipp ed . It is es timated th a t an addit iona l $240 ,000 will b e req ui r ed to compl ete th e unfini s hed portion and e q u ip it properl y.

Th e personnel of the staff may be of inte rest to the alumni and is as follows : Professors, W. T. Schre nk, a nd F. H. Conrad ; associate professors, R. A. Cooley and E. D. Fisher; assi stant -professors, W . E. C lark, J. B. O 'Hara , R. W _ Olson, R. R. Russell, and W ." H _ Webb ; instructors, E. H. Collier, R. W . Fahien , Kurt Frank , H . G. Lankford, C. O. R eed ,- T. J. Roemer, R. L. Snell, and graduate 'ass istants, ' H. O . Banks, Gle nn B enediet and" Arliss Martih.

Principles of th e Chemical En gineer ing, Unit Operations, Chemical Engineering 'l'h ermoaynamlcs P etrole um Refinery Eng ineering and Stoich iometr y a r e now bei ng taugh l by Drs. Conrad , O ' Hara an'd:_ Olson .

At th e present time the s taff is h appy to b e using the offices, the des ign room and five qui z rooms which have greatly r elieved the conge te d condition .

They are l oo kin g forward wi th a nticipation to the tim e whe n th e new unit w ill be e ntire l y completed a nd equipped .

Ph ys ical Ch e mi stry is und e r the dir ec Li on of Dr. Coole y and Messrs. Roem e r and Fahien.

Orga nic Chemis tr'y is handled by Dr. Russell and Mr. L a nkford.

Qu an titative Ana lys is and Water and Fue l Technology are be; ng h an dled by D rs. Sc_hrenk and Webo and Messrs Collier, etal.

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Inorganic Chemistry and QuaP ' itativ e Ana l ysis is being taught by Drs. Fisher and Clark and Messrs .

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in t he exo¡ansion of the staff, which is co mposed of 16 membe rs and t hree gTad uate assistants. Nine

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The departmen t was sorry . lose Dr. E. C . Hendley and Instructors G. E. Brand and R. R. Corn wa ll but has been fortunate in securing ome excellent replacements Dr. W . E. Clark who possesses a Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin , and who has had several years of teacliing expe rience,_ was secure d to r eplace D r. H e ndle):< Dr. R. W. Olson is replacing M~;,.

Cornwall in Chemical Engineering.l He h as a B.S. d egree from the Univers.ity of Minnesota a nd a Ph. D _ degree from Purdue Unive rsity .

Dr. O lso n has had sev era l yea r s of indus tri a l experien ce.

Dr. Webb has returned to the staff after a yea r 's leave of abse nce atte ndin g the University of Wi sconsin where he comp1eted the r equirements for a Ph.D . d egree .

Messrs Frank a nd L an kford have been added to the s taff as instructors. Both of the men completed the r e qu i rements for a . I}.S. degree at this in s titution a nd a r e candj~ , dates for th e M.S. degree .

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Fa ll Enroll ment at MSM Totals 2470 Enrollment at Missouri School of Mines this fall totalled 2470 studen ts, which shows d decrease of 234 students from the all-time high e nrollment of 2704 a year ago.

Of ihis number 1022 are seniors.

Also there are 326 freshmen , 365 sophomores, 596 juniors, 127 graduate students and 44 unclassified .

Only 18 wome n are enrolled .

There are more non-veteran students on the campus now than e ver before in history. Only 90 ex -GI students are enrolled in the freshman class while the total vete r a n enrollme nt is 1405, indicating that the large number of vete ra n s r e turning to school is past.

Th e Mining Department enrollm e nt is the largest with 516 stud en ts a n d is broken down a s foll ew s : Mining, 215 , m ining geology , 130 , and mining petroleum, 171.

Registra tion figures for other departments show : Mechanical eng inee ring, 456 ; civ il engineering , 429 ; el ectrical engineering, 348 ; chemica l e ngineering, 236; meta llurg ical e ngineering , 218 ; science , 97 ; ce ramic, 91 ; a nd engineering , 44.

Above figure s show that the 1001 strong freshman class (now seniors ) ente ring in Se ptember, 1946, remains by far the largest group of students to go through this school.

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MSM ALU MNU S I ssued bi-monthly in the interest of the graduates ana former students of the School of Mines and Metallurgy. Su.bscription price $1.50 , included in Alumni Dues.

Entered as second-class mat ter Oct. 27 , 1926, at Post Uffice at Rolla , Mo., under the A c t of Mar.:h 3, 1879.

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creased somewhat to 728 ; but the next year, wIth an influx of upperclassmen transfers, the number ~e ­ came 991.

This increase during the last two years to the present 10.22 is due not only to the large number of transfers but. to tl' e determination and energy of ex-GI students , who comprise about 75 per cent of this class. The main problem remaining for these seniors now is finding jobs next summer .

More than 1450 students enrolled are from Missouri. Of the 39 other states represented here, leading in numbers are : Illinois, 368 students N ew York, 171 ; Wisconsin, 78 ; ~nd New Jersey, 59. Foreign students accoLmt for two per cent of the total-India, 10 students ; China , 8; and Turkey, 6, l eading in representation . Also on the list are almost half of the Latin American countr ies, England , France, Canada , New Zea land, Palestin e, Afganistan and Yugoslavia .

Wri te on Measuri ng Workability of Wi re An articl e entitled , " A Mechanical Test to Measure the Workability of Wire," by Walston Chubb , Jr. , B . S . in Metall urgy , ' 48, M. S. in Metallurgy, ' 49 , and Dr. D. S. Eppelsheimer, Professor of Metall urg ical Engineering, MSM, appea red in the June issue of Wi r e and Wire .t'roducts, a monthly magazine published by the Wire Associ·ation .

The material contained in the article was a report on the transcriptcrimp-sensitivity test prepared for the Lud low-Saylor Wire Company of St. Louis at the School of M ines by the above authors. Chubb was working toward his Master's Degree under the Ludlow-Saylor fellow sh i.p plan.

To Mu ni t ions Boa r d Co mm ittee

Thomas E. Eagan , B. S . in Metallurgy, ' 25, Chief Metallurgist, Cooper-B essemer Corporation , Grove , City , Pa., has b een appointe d by the Munitions Board of the U. S. Military Establishment to serve a s a m e m ber of th e technical s ubcom mittee of th e Munitions Board Foundry Industry Advi sory Committee . E agan r ece ive d the professional d egree in metallurg ical e n gin eerin g from MSM in 1930.

To Conduct Atomic ~eapon Research The Atomic Energy Commission has announced that the Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric Company will take over operations of its Sandia Laboratory at Albuquerque, N . M ., to conduct atomic weapon research and production .

Dr. Mervin J . Kelly, president of the Alumni Association, is execuc tive vice president of Bell Labora tories. In addition to his other duties he will be directly respon-· sible for the research development and engineering activitie s associated with this project.

Dr. Kelly wa s one of a spec ial team of officials from Bell Laboratories, Western El ectric and the AEC which visited Sandia the past summer to prepare for the transfer.

The University of California , wh ich has operated the laboratory since 1945, advised the commission last winter that the work was becoming too burdensome and that it should be turned over to other hands .

The laboratory, according to the commission 's annou ncement, " wil!" have an important function in bridging the gap between laboratory development work a n d the manufacturing operations on atom-· ic weapons ," " Sandia ," it adde.d, "is a lso an important point of contact between AEC operations and military activities relating to at-. omic energy. " .

T.he laboratory was established to help integrate research devel op".. ment and production activities.·

Heads M. U. College of Engi neeri ng Huber Oglivi e Croft has been appointed dean of the College of Engi neerin g at the University of Mi s-: souri in Columbi a and a ssume d his duties Se pt. l. He will also be dir ector of the Engineering Ex.periment station a nd profess or of m e- . chanical engin eering. Prof. Croft wa s formerl y h ea d of th e mechanical e ngineerin g d e p a rtment at the University of Iowa , Iowa City.

He succeed s Dr. Harry A. Curtis who r es ign ed F e b. 16 t o b ec om e a· direc tor of the T enn essee Valley Authority .

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Electro-Carboni zation (CONTIN UED

T h i s gen e r a l v i e w o f the Mi sso uri School of M in es a nd Metall ur gy fie l d e xp e rim e n t on und e rg ro u nd e l ectroca rbonizatio n sh o w s, fr o ln l e ft t o ri gh t, t h e w ater rh eost a t , ins tru"m e nt buildin g, t h e ir o n pip e s se rv ing as e l ectro d es a nd gas ca rri e rs., h eat e x c h a n ger, a c ompr esso r, a nd th e w ate r storage ta nk . In t h e b ac k g ro und ar e plI es of dirt f rool s t rip nlinin g o p e ratio n s o f t h e S in c l a ir Coa l co mpa n y , o n who se p ro p e rty t h e fi e ld tes t s a r e conducte d .

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a n d a heat exch anger, a tower u sed fo r cooli ng t he gas . T h ere is a lso a n instr u me nt b ui ld ing a n d a wa t er r h eost at for co n t r ollin g voltage.

These view s were take n a t th e site of fi e ld ex p erimen ts on un dergroun d e lectr oca r boni zation 0 f coa l which are bei ng co nd u ct ed by the Uni ve r sity of Misso u r i School of Min es and Metallurgy at Roll a .

Th e M i n ing Dep artme n t of the Misso uri School of Mines a n d Meta llurgy has been engaged in t he pro j ect fo r abo ut two years, t h e f irst year be ing devoted to laborato r y work resea r ch to deve lop th e b est techniq u e for f ield work.

The t est s b e ing made o n prope rty of the Sincla ir Coal Company nea r Hume, Mo. , h ave proved t h e phys ica l p ossi b ili ty of prod u cin g ga s from coal in pl ace b y ch arging th e seam with el ectr ic ity. Resea r c he r s on th e proj ect say that if the process proves thro u gh f ur t h er t est s to be eco n om ically feas i ble o n a co m me r c ial sca le , it w ill ma k e lar ge coa l an d oi l depos its avai la bl e fo r u se w hi ch h as bee n unr eco ve r able in the past .

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t h e Sch ool of M in es and M e t allurgy at R olla , and the gas-fro m- coal project is his p roblem for a doctor 's thesis. Wor k ing with him on t h e resea r ch are D r Forrest e r a nd e m p loyees of th e coal com pany.

F iel d research began in July, 1948 , after prel imi nary labor atory work indicated t h e r esearch to be physicall y possible. T he f irst a ctu a l t est was perf orm ed a m on t h later, with electrod es a t distan ces of twenty feet and forty f eet apa rt.

In September sever al tests w er e run , and the gas samples tak en a nd analyzed t he n were descr ibed b y Sa r ap u u as " t h e best un d er gro und gas prod u ced so fa r in the wo rld ."

Accordi ng to S a r ap uu, the q uality is similar to t h e cok e fur n ace gas of s u rface p l ants. F ollowing t h e Sep tember tests, the n ext e ight mo nths were spent in b u ilding an d equipp ing ¡a pi lot plant.

La tel' tests h ave been d esign ed to de t erm ine t h e economy f a ctor in un de r g r ound carbonization b y m easurin g t h e el ectri cal en e r gy u sed in re lation to the volum e an d qu ali ty of gas prod u ction . In strum en ts have bee n insta lled t o reco rd on ch arts the c ur r ent inp u t se nt in to t h e sea m and the amo un t of gas it prod uces Beca u se "c ost of m ining" is no t an e lement in electr o carb oniza t io n , (CO NT I N U E D

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Th e meth od is inte nded to obta in th e va lua bl e co nstitu e n ts of coal , o il , a nd o il -s h a le de posits witho ut a ctua ll y excavat in g for the source m a teri als, t hus elimin a tin g the " cost of minin g " factor. Iro n pipes s unk into th e coa l bed serve as electrodes a n d as channels for the esca pin g ga s wh e n it is genera t e d . The gas pr odu ced in t hi s m a nn e r is s imil a r in q ua li ty to th at d e v elo ped b y coki ng .

Equipme nt fo r th e f ield experi m ents includ e a ser ies of p ipes throu gh w hich th e gas flows, a w a t e r collec tor whi ch r e m oves mu ch of th e m o isture, a flow m eter ,

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it is believed that the process will prove economically feasible.

"Any economi·c process," Dr. Dr. Forrester said, "which will furnish further supplies from abandoned coal mines or from depleted oil fields will be a major step toward ensuring the future w ,o rld supply of crude oil and gases." He added that the process might make available virgin occurrences of hydrocarbon-bearing materials which are too lean to b e worked under existing methods.

Not Amenable to Pumping

Approximately 14 billion tons of crude oil remain unrecovered in depleted or abandoned oil fields of the United States and about 38.5 billion tons of oil occur in the States in oil-sand deposits which have not been worked as they are not amenable to pumping or other com·mon production m e thods . The quantity of co.a l in deposits in North America .a pproaches 4,433 billion tons, of whi·ch the major por tion occurs in the United States.

Dr. Forrester said that several sc ien tific approaches toward iml~ ro v ing future oil supplies are being followed, and that heretofore most labor,atory research, .pilotplant tests and industrial developments on the problem have been conducted in Europe. Russia, Germany , Sweden, Belgium, Estonia , and Italy have sponsored various projects and England has now be- \ gun a program. The U. S. Bureau of Mines recently began a study at Gorgas, Al abama, and also is conducting research work at Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, Rifle, Colorado , ·a nd at Louisiana , Missouri.

Opportunities Very Wide

" The opportunities for further research in converting suitable so urce material to h y drocarbon liquids are very wide," Dr. Forrester said, " and there is sufficient scope to the whole program to accommodate the work and active interest of schools, government agencies, and industry. " He sa id the School of Mines and Metallurgy proposes to pursue further laboratory and pilot-plant resea rch of undergro und electrocarbonization " as it may contribute to the national welfare and to the direct benefit of Missouri enterprises and the University of Missouri."

Estimated Crowd of 1,000 Visitors An estimated crowd of 1000 rpersons-parents and near relatives of students-visited the Missouri School of Mines campus on Parents' Day Saturday, Oct. 15, according to Prof. E . W. Carlton, '26, chairman of the affair.

Milton A. Melcher, president of the Wisconsin Institute of Technology , was principal speaker at the evening banquet, attended by about 550 people.

President Melcher's son , William H . Melcher, is a senior in the mining engineering department. After the banquet, a dance sponsored by the M Club was h eld .

Planned to acquaint parents with the faculty members and the various departments of the school , the

Parents' D ay program included the following events: Registration of parents and visitors, inspection of campus and laboratories, special engineering exhibits, a rparade with the Military Band, and a luncheon with the sons and daughters. The afternoon feature was a football game played between the Miners and Warrensburg State College.

The committee in charge, headed

by Prof. Carlton, was made up of these faculty members: C. S. Barnard, R. F . Bruzewski, '47, J . M. Burger, L. C. Christianson, Ralph Davis, H . J. Fields, R. H . Kerr, M. P. Nackowski, E. D. Fisher, W. R .

Phillips , T . J . Planje, ' 40, W. E. Simpkin, G . G. Skitek, '43 , J . S .

Winston, and R. J. Wismer.

Head of MSM Drawing lVIetallurgy Fellowship Department · Resigns Established at MSM

Prof. C. H. Black, since 1937 a member of the Missouri School of Mines faculty , has resigned to accept a position as a designer with Brock and Anderson, architects, at Corpus Christi, Tex. Prof. Black was head of the drawing d epartment.

With the architectural firm , he will specialize in school buildings and will have charge of all operations of the design department.

During his tenure at MSM he designed a number of Rolla .buildings.

Prof. L . C. Christianson has been named acting head of the drawing department.

Edward J. Kimmick To Illinois Institute Edward J . Kimmick of Cleveland , O. has been a pnointed assistant professor in civil engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology, 3300 South F ederal St. , Chicago , it was announced 'by Dr. Frank W .

Edwards, director of the department. The appointment was effective Sept. 1.

Ed. received his Master's Degree from MSM last August and he also served as an instructor in civil engineering. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, the American Road Builders Association and the Missouri Professional Engineer .

A National Lead Fellowship in metallurgy has been established at the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy by the Titanium AlLoy Manufacturing Division of the National Lead Company of Niagar·a Falls, N. Y ., Dean Curtis L. Wilson has announced. fIolders of the fellowship may become c.andidates for the Doctor ·o f Philosophy Degree.

A stipend of $1500 a year for a two year period is provided, and, if the holder is a veteran, the stipend may supplement G . I. educational allowance. It will be available for the semester beginning January 30, 1950.

Ac.cording to officials of the company , it is hoped that the student accepting the assistance plan WIll select some phase of titanium meta llurgy for research. Information may be obtained from Dr. A. W .

Schlechten, head of the Metallurgy Department at the school.

Note to Travelling' Grads; Lunch Is On "Babe" Head

MSM ALumni passing through New York City are reminded that they can very likely " stick" Alum ni vice-president James L . Head ' 16 for a luncheon at th.e Mining Club and he will even attempt to round up a classmate or two of any " visiting fireman ."

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Old MSM Chimney Gives Way to Time . "And soon will arise the question of what to do with the oLd chimney. I have a fine idea and would like to be around to see it work". This was written by Bob Rock, ' 48 , as a dosing paragraph for his article "I Ventured Near the New Chi~ey" appearing in the Miner at the time of completion of the new chimney in November, 1.946.

The above question was the subject of much conjecture by hundreds of students and others this past summer as the time approached for removal of the 105 fe et tall stack to make room for the new Mechanical Engineering Building.

The chimney was figuratively leveled with dynamite, blocks and tackle , bulldozers and other methods.

It remaIned for a Rolla steeplejack named Gus Lukrofla to climb atop the tall stack and literally 'hammer it down with a ·b ig maul.

Just as si,m ple as that! On the morning of Aug. 23 Gus calmly climbed to the top of the tall chimne y and sta rt e d hammering away at the reinforced concrete and tile, actually knocking it from under hi s own feet, chunk by chunk. In a few hours he had the job well under way.

He simply stood on the edge of the remaining portion of the stack as he pounded away brick by brick.

He did have a protectil)g scaffold on the inside of the stack although there' was nothing on the outside to keep him from falling.

Before bringing the subject of the old smokestack to a n end and placing it in history, The Alumnus editors wrote the grad uates of the Class of 1909, hopin g for a few fitting ,comments or recollections of when the chimney was built as a tribute to its passing.

Excerpts from l ett ers received from these alumni follow: Edgar J. Wolf, 4S-Z South 18th St. , Quincy, Ill. , writes: "Your letter brings back so m e recollection, the principal one is that the smoke s ta ck which was made of brick was one of the first problem s in s u rvey ing which we as members of th e sophomore cl ass had to work on. We would set our transit near the basement entrance of the Rolla Building and go through the va ri ous setups and measuremen ts necessary to determine the height

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of the smoke stack by triangulation. This stack was almost directly across from the basement entrance of the Rolla Building, which in the days before the gymnasium was built was where the various teams changed into their uniforms before going onto the field .

One of our fo ndest reco llections regarding the old "Power Plant" was Frank, the engineer. He was an addict to chewing to.bacco which ran out of his mouth and over his chin with the result that h e could

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books the exact spelling of which would not be appropriate for printing. " John W . Beard, 4419 Cambridge St. , El Paso, Tex. , writes: " Forty years represent a period, a little too long for a definite remembrance of the power house smoke stacks. The higher one, now being demolished was not complete when I left Rolla in 1909. I do remember the two iron smoke stacks, one longer than the other, which were always evident in skyline pictures of Rolla . I am enclosing two ,cuts which show these stack s and which might be of interest to you ."

Rowe Francis McCrae, Department of Commerce, Office of International Trade, Washington 25 , D. C. , sends this letter, " While I noticed the photos of the razing of the smoke stack, I must admit paying little attention to its construction in 1.909-perhaps my thoughts were ·absorbed in obtaining a certificate of graduation, and Dr. McRae, Harris and Dean were seeing that little time could be found for anything but study. However, my first recollection of the old steam plant was when Mr. Oatley was fireman and his son and r would go up and assist him in " man-handling" the coal-the time, perhaps pre-1900 , and during the time stearn heat was installed in the Pictured above is the old pow e r plant Rolla Building.

As I recall the chinlney stacl{ when it was in the process stack at that time was iron , and of being torn down. The stack was 105 probably not over 40 feet high, not feet tall and built of brick, reinfor ce d concrete and tile . too impressive even to a youngster, but it did supply heat to the few buildings and hot water for showalmost always scrape e nough toers in th e base me nt of the Rolla bacco off hi s chin to f urni sh anBuilding, which was a blessing to other chew . the athletes at that time. This preThere was also, as I recall, a ' 09 plant supplied heat for several metal smoke stack but whether it years to Norwood Hall as well as had been taken down I cannot rethe Chemical, Mechanical and Metcall particularly , but the brick allurical Buildings.

- . stack that I refer to was there in · As I left Rolla in early June, ' 09 1906, so tha t is the stack w hi ch it is possible the stack recently probably yo u had in mind". razed was not completed, although Quoting H. G. S . Anderson, 567 I do recall seeing the foundation North 7th St., Muskogee, Okla ., and preparation for the brick work. " Any recollections which I have of Being a " hom e town boy" I've the Power Plant or Mining Buildreturned frequently over the past ing as it was then known , were 40 years to find that the school, more particularly of the fireman and Roll a, had advanced in nearl y who used to stoke the smok e out all r espects-a nd now that a bigge r of these stacks, one Frank Scott and bette r smok e stack can be seen, who k e pt the air black with sm oke . one ca n say im'provements and r don ' t bel ieve th at Frank could growt h are in evidence in all reread b ut h e had a great love of sp ec t s." technical books which h e would George A. Ea sley, 120 Broad throw into a wheelba rro w and way , New York 5, N. Y . was heard w h eel hom e "£or futur e r eference" from a lso. w h enever students would discard Th e new smoke stack was built their old books.

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MSM FOOTBAll CO-CAPTAINS

By J. A. Steinmeyer For the first quarter, the 1949 Miner eleven gave Washington University of St. Louis a good football ga;ne. In the final quarter, however, the MSM squad f ell apart at the seams. Their 13 t o 7 lead quickly changed to a 14-13 score against them, with the final score ending in a 27-13 defeat. The game was played Sept. 24 .

In the two pre-conference games against Pittsburg Teachers College and Washington, Coach Gale Bullman 's regulation T. formation has been producing points. But the Miners' defense against their own type of defense is very saddening .

In addition, the Miners need a good punter. As Gale puts it-" We couldn ' t kick our way out of a paper sack! " Parents' Day game Oct. 15 with Warrensburg and Homecoming against Southeast Missouri State College, Nov. 5, are the two conference games to be played at Rolla this year. With a break in the weather, either game should b e well worth the trip here .

Dick Whitney and Roy ShollI'd

Don Rippe, RE, St. Louis.

Bill Roem erman , LH, St. Louis .

Dick Roemerman, G , St. Louis David Anderson, LG, Downey, Rog er Schoeppel, C, Sparta, Ill. Calif.

Art Schmidt, QB, W ebst er Groves, Mo. Lel and Beverage, LT, Belleville, Ill. Roy Shourd , RT, East S t. Lou is, Ill. Dud Blancke, C, Michigan City , Ind. Ed Simmons, RH, Pleasant Hill, Joe Cole, LH, Okmulgee, Okla.

Mo. Bill Cool baugh , C, Edwardsville , James ' Tie tj e ns, E, St. Louis.

Ill. Jack Theiss , RT. St. Louis.

Don Dowling, FB , St. Louis.

Sid Duerr, E, Webster Grove s, Mo. - Dick Thurston, G , St. Loui s.

Fred Eckert, E , Belleville, Ill. Jim Tschannen , B , W eb ster Gro ves.

Gene Frazier, G. Alton , III. Bill Ulz, T , Gilles pie , Ill .

Joe Geers, G , St. Louis, Mo. Dave VanFossin, T, E. Alton , Ill. Harold Gifford, FoB , Houston , Mo .

Bob Wein el, LT, E. S t. Louis, Ill. Vince Hession, LH, Ha·ckettstown , Dick Whitn ey , RH, Roodh ouse, m.

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Lester Holcomb, FB , Sparta , Ill. Alden Willi,a ms , B. , St. Louis.

Gene Huffman , LH, Rolla , Mo. Gerald Wilson , R G , Cra n e, Mo .

Ollie Jorcke, G . St. Loui s.

Bill Wohl er t , B , Alton , Ill. G ene K enned y , RE , St. Louis.

Chas. Kimball, E. , St. Louis.

Tom Koederitz, FB, St. Louis.

Ed Kw a d as, FB , Benld , Ill. Ed Lasko , C, Erie, Pa. ( C ONTINUED FR OM PAGE 8) Buddy Morris, LE, W . Frankfort, Ill . in 1946 by the Alphon s Custod is John Moscari , RG, Rahwa y, N. J. Chi.mney Con st r uction Comp a ny F r ank Riochi, QB , O swego, N . Y. in less than six wee k s. It is of

The 1949 football squad is as f ollows:

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standard company design and towe r s 17 5 f eet int o the sky. It is 18 fee t six-inches wide with three course walls 24 inches thick at the base, and eight feet eight inches w ide with seven inch walls at the top. The structure w eighs 235 tons a nd will pull around 1100 cubic fe et p er minute. .

Refer r ing to Bob Rock's article, " I V en t ured N ear the New Chimn ey" in the Miner, from which the above statistics were taken , ther e w as a p aragraph on " how to keep it plumb". Bob also explaine d the method used to make each success ive la yer of brick (which is p ro portionately sma ller in diamet er ,in n e arin g t h e top) meet its better h alf on congenial terms as it co m es on a round the chimney . This w as a ccomplish e d , h e said , through t h e u se of v ari-sized br icks and the handy a llowa nces .provided b y inbetw ee n mortar crev ices. " M ost inter estin g of all wa s the f a ct," he sa id , " th at th e chimney 's t op r ock s b ac k a n d f orth a t otal. of t w o in ch es."

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MISSOURI SCHOOL OF MINES CAMPUS, WITH MUCH NEW The Missouri school of Mines campus does not look its usual best these Indian summer days and the reason for it is that it is the process of ta'king on a new appearance .

This , of course , takes time. Work will continue on through the fall a nd winter desp ite the large number of students in school.

The old power plant is down now and all that remains is some concrete flooring which soon will disappear too. Workmen are busy dr illin g away the concrete and rocks.

And while some of the workmen are completing the job of clearing away the rubb le of the old building, others at the same site are beginning operations for construction of th e n ew mechanica l lab building, the first unit of the million dollar Engineering Laboratories Pr"Oject. New material and suppliesbricks, piping, steel , boards, etc.are stockpiled and ready for use.

Excavation is partially done and some concrete has been poured .

The sum of $500,000 has been appropriated to date for the mechanical laboratory. Architects for the project are Jamieson and Spearl of St. Louis and the contractor is the McCarthy Brothers Construction

Company of St. Louis.

The job of tunnelling out several deep ditches to lay new pipe lines required several weeks of work.

Sid ewa lks were cracked open in order to dig the ditches and then had to be laid anew.

In a few 'd a ys now the main en-

Student Foundrymen Open Activities

Founc'.ry Technology.

This fund will be made available over a three yea r period beginning with the 1950-5 1 yea r.

ment of students w h o complete the curriculum in foundry lechnology , D ean Wilson sa id.

The Student Chapter of the American Foundrymen' s Society raised the curtain on its activities the fall se m ester with a meeting on the evening of Sept. 22, in one! of the new lecture rooms in the recently enacted wing of the Chemical Engineering Building.

With th irteen visiting members of the St. Louis Chapter present, C~airman W . J. Ruprecht, '5 0, in troduced Dean Curtis L. Wilson to the audience of over 120 students including many m e mbers of the freshman class.

Dean Wilson announced that the Foundry Educational Foundation of Cleveland , 0 ., ha s established a scholarship program which will provide MSM engineering students with a fund of $5,000 per year from which undergraduate scholarships and graduate fe llowships will be provided for a curriculum in

Site of con stru ction of the new Mec h anica l Engineer in g Laboratory, the first unit of the Enginee rin g Laboratories Project, started this fall.

According to Dean Wil son, the Metallurgy Department of the School , w hich has been working closely with the variou s foundries in Missouri , particularly in St. Loui s, will offer the foundr y. curriculu m .

The Foundation r ecomm end s courses in the humanities, business and industrial administration , and metallurgy, which , he said , are a lready being offer ed by the School, and a sequence in the senior year to focus the stud e nt's education t oward fo undry technology.

He sa id the Foundation a l so recommend s that prior experience or summe r foundry work be a factor in the sel ection of stud ents awarded scholarships. Candidates, he added, are t.o be selected in line with the n eed s of industry, and grad uate students as well as upper classmen are eligible for scholarships . The Foundation will h elp with the place-

As the gu est s peaker of th e evening, Al Bunt, Manager of the Na tional B ea ring Division of the American Brake Shoe Company , St. Louis, spoke on " What the Foundry Industry offers to the MSM Engineer. " Mentioning actual experiences in his own plant, Mr. Hunt indicated the types of posi tions open in the foundry industry toda y together w ith the qualifications necessary for the yo un g engin eer to be a success in this fie ld.

After the main portion of the meeting was over the group visited the Foundry Laboratory in the Metallurgy Building where a number of aluminum castings were poured usin g equipment donated by th e St. Louis Chapter of the A. F. S. last spring .

Door prizes of football tickets to the MSM- Washington University ga m e were distr ibu ted followed by the usual refreshments of coffee and doughnuts .

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trance to Parker Hall, the administration building, will have a new concrete steps leading up to the doors_ The old steps were badly cracked, having been in use sinl:e the building was constructed in 1911.

Installed in the power plant recently and now in operation is .a new 50¡0 kilowatt turbo generator and a new main switchboard. These items of major equipment add a great deal to the successful running of the power house.

Just a few blocks from the campus is an even better picture of MSM building progress-the construction of the new dormitory at 10th and State Streets which started last April and is well under way now. The concrete framing is almost completed and the brick work has been started.

The dormitory will house a total of 177 students in 83 rooms, with closets, study ta,bles, book racks , beds and other necessary furniture.

The building will have a ground floor and three upper floors. The design will be in the Georgian period with stone trim and cornke, a pitched slate roof and exterior walls faced with brick. The inter-

Four Students to Get James Scholarship Established in the fall of 1941 the Lucy Wortham James Scholarsh i'p w ill provide again this year four students with $200 each. This schol arship was set up in memory of Willia.m Jam es, his ancestor, Thomas James and his descendant, Lucy Wortham James and is administered by Ralph Hayes of New York City as trustee. Thomas J¡ames, Sr. wa s the original founder of the Meramec Iron Works in Phell)s Countl in the early part of the] 9th century , and was therefore the head of the pioneer industry in Missouri.

Dean Curtis L . Wilson ha s appointed a faculty committee composed of D ean R. Z . Williams, chairman , C. W . E shbaugh , Noel Hubbard, James J. Jelinek, Rolfe M. Rankin and Durward R. School er to choose stu dents for the awards and they w ill be presented at a special convocation in D ecemb er.

Building progress at MSM is in ev iden ce by the construction of the n ew dormitory at lOth and State Streets. The concrete framing is nearly comple ted and the brick work has been starte d.

ior will have plastered ceilings and walls, the floors will have a cement finish. The building will have its

own heating plant, and e lectric current will be provided from the e lect rical pLant on the campus.

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To Sponsor Fellowship Again at MSM

Rolla October 14 Th e Board of Cu r ators of the Univers ity of Misso uri held its annual meeting in Rolla Frid ay, Oct. 14.

Honorable William P. Elmer of Sdem, member of the Board, was dinn e r host to the gro up that evening at his country cabin on the Meramec River n ear Salem. Foll owing the dinner they returned to Rolla for the final meeting session.

The Board is composed of Fra nk C. Mann of Springfi e ld , Allen M cReynolds of Carthage, Guy A. Thompson of St. Louis, Stratton Shartel of Kansas City, Fran k Stonner of Chamois, John H. Wolpers of Popl ar Bluff, Roscoe Anderson of W ebste r Groves, Dr. Glenn W. Hendren of Libe rty and Mr. Elmer.

Also attending t.he meeting were Presid e nt Frederick A. Middlebush of the University , Dean Curtis L. Wilson, and Leslie Cowan, Vice Pres id ent of the Uni ve rsity.

The Ludlow-Saylor Wire Company of St. Louis has announced that it will again sponsor a fellows hip at the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy to encourage the study of problems rel.ated to the manufactw'e of wire cloth.

The fellowship , carrying an annual stipend of $1500., will be available at the ,beginning of the second semester, Jan. 30 , 1950, and is open to individuals qualified to carryon g raduate work in metallurgy. Further information may be obtained f rom Dr. A. W. Schlechten , Chairman, Department of Metallurgical Engineering.

Walston Chubb, B. S. in Metallurgy, ' 48 , held the fellowship last year.

His address is 108 South Rock Hill, Webster Groves 19, Mo .

In 1947-48 the fellowship was held

by Campbell W. Funk, B . S. in Metallurgy , ' 48, who is employed with the U. S. Bureau of Mines at Rolla.

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Alu mni Meet in Columbus, Ohio

Th e MSM a lumni p a r ty at Columbu s, 0 ., on the evenin g of Sept. 26 d u rin g the w e ek of the mid year m eetin g of t h e Ameri can Institute of Minin g a nd Metallur g ical E n gin ~ ers . (Left. to ri g h t) F r o n t row: Steinmesch , Mrs. Kuh lm a n , 1\l rs . Ho e nlan , H a nl e y, Young , Kuh lnlan, H ead , Mrs. Young, Hoe lllan, Mrs. Nob le , Mrs. FOl'nlan ; Back row: Russe ll, Met'Z, Stone, Devin e , Ol sen , Beac h, N ob l e, Che d sey a nd S Ull _. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ __ :;: *-

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Columbus Visiting and l ocal MSM alumn i and their gu es t s atte nded a cock tail p arty and dinner at Grandview Inn in Columbus, 0 ., t h e e vening of September 26 , scheduled during th e week of the midy ear m eeting of the American In s titute of Minin g and Me tallurgical Engin eers .

Dr. L . E. Youn g, Han. ' 47 a nd National Presid e nt of the AIME, accompanied b y Mrs . Young , J . L. Head , ' 16, Vice-P res ide nt, H. R. Hanley, ' 01 , Se cre tary-Treasure r of th e Alumni Associa tion , and J . H .

Stu nmesch , ' 06 , all made inte r es tin g comm e nts on alumni affairs .

Oth e r distin g ui s h ed out-of-town alumni, p r e viou s fa c ulty m e mbe r s of MSM, and g uests w ere , P. G. Forman , ' 21 , and Mrs. Forman , Dr. Gi l bert Noble, a nd Mrs. Nobl e , G. F . Me tz, ' 14 , and hi s g u est , R. J. Ru ssell, H. O. Olse n , ' 43, Dr. Shio u CI1Ua n Sun , '3 8, a nd G. L . Ch ed sey , ' 40 . Co lu mbu s a lumni w e r e r ep r esented by J . G . B ea ch , '3 9, R. F. D e vin e, '47 , E. C . Hoem a n , ' 30 , a nd Mrs. Hoe man , H. W . Kuhlma nn , ' 3 8, who w as Toas tm as te r , and Mrs .

Kuhlmann, a nd R. L. Stone , ' 34.

This was t h e only one of such alumni parties sched uled during t h e midye a r m ee tin g of AIlVIE by a n y group , a nd was a n o utsta ndin g s u ccess . It is to b e hoped that m ore of s u ch e nj oya b l e parties may b e held in this a r ea in the future. The Columbu s MSM Committee wishes to thank Mr. Head a n d " Cap" H anl ey pa rticu larly for their assis tance in initiating a nd conducting this affa ir.

Th e Committee in clud ed Mr. Hoeman , 'c h airman , Mr. Stone, Mr .

B e ach , Mr. Kuh lm a n , a nd K. E .

Krill .

St. Louis Sectinn Th e f irst f all ga th erin g of t h e St. Louis Alumn i w a s at th e f o otball ga m e on S e pt. 24 , fo llowe d b y a cockta il hour a t th e Ca ndl el ig ht Club on Cl ay t on R oad . A l a r ge c r ow d turn ed out fo r th e ga m e a n d a good t im e was r epo rted by a ll.

Hu est on M . Smith, secr e tary of t h e S t. Loui s Ch a pter . w ri tes, " W a r e ge ttin g our f o undation firm ly pl aced on w hich t o build a s tron g

section h e r e in St. Louis and hope to se t the patte rn for other sec tions In past years, much t o follow. g ood wo rk has been done and now that w e are l arger in numbe r s, we can proceed w it h a s ubs tantial membership active ly s uppor t in g the Alumni Association ."

Beginning with the November iss ue the St. Louis Section is goi n g to supply news items to The A lum nu s a nd th ese win be printed on a r e",erved page for St. Louis. Th e A lum nus wou ld welcome similar con tribution s from oth e r sectio n s.

San Francisco Section Edward D. " Ted " L y n ton, ' 12, of B erkele y , Calif. , has been elected cha irman of the S an Francisco alumni section . The first fall meeting w ill be chedul ed some time in Octobe r.

T ed and Mrs . Lynton are p la n nin g to atte nd Hom ecom in g this yea r fo r th e fir s t time and they w ill arrive h e r e on Nov. 3 . T ed writes, " In Los An gel es r ece ntly I talked with B a rn ey Nuell , ' 21 , and he sa id h e w ould be in Ro lla for Homecoming ."

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The Southern California Section of the Alumni Association held a very interesting picnic and barbecue at the South Shore Lagoon at Long Bea,ch, California, on Saturday, August 20th. Out of tribute to the members from Long Beach, who have ,been very faithful in driving to Los Angeles for all of our meetings, like Otho Self, Don Huseman and Jack Fleischli, the local members decided to return the visit and meet in their back ya rd .

Some of the more athletic younger members enjoyed themselves playing badminton, while the more sedate members sat around discussing old times. As dusk fell, everyone had a good time roasting weinel'S and marshmallows, and enjoying the other good things .prepared

by Mrs. Self and Mrs. Huseman .

Mrs. Jessie Heller Boyer was honored and very pleasantly surprised with a birthday ,c ake and the singing of Happy Birthday in honor of her seventieth birthday, which occ urred during the week. Mrs. Boye r is remembered by many of the old-timers as the first librarian of the School of Min es, and a sister of Bob Heller , from whom so many of us bought our dothes during our time at Rolla . After the pleasant dinner, the crowd adjourned indoors, where dancing was enjoyed by all.

E. A. Henke and John Mosely, who atten .;ed their first meeting of the Local Section, were wekomed and had such a good time that they promised to attend all future meetings . H enke is employed by Dominguez Refinery, Shell Oil Co., and Mosely is employed by Lincoln Mercury Divi sion , Ford Motor Co. Those present w ere : Mr. and Mrs. A. Barclay, '37; Mr. and Mrs. C. G . Brent, ' 47; Mrs. Jessie Boyer; Mr. and Mrs. Keith Cook, ' 42 ; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fleischli, '43 ; Mrs. Eva H. Greene, ' 11 ; Mr. and Mrs. Pa.ul Halasey, ' 28 ; Mr. and Mrs. James H assett, ex, ' 13 ; Mr. and Mrs. E. A. H enke , ' 47; Mr. and Mrs. Don Huseman , ' 43 ; Mr .a nd Mrs. Rex Monroe, '32 ; Mr. and Mrs . J. W. Mosely , ex. , '35 ; Mr. and Mrs. C . B . Neil , ' 25 ; Mr. Barne y Nuell , ' 21 ; Mr. and Mrs. George Pratt, ' 12 ; Mr. and Mrs. K .

Rassmussen, ' 43 ; Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Self, ' 43.

All Alumni, who come to Southe rn California for business or plea-

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Our next meeting is scheduled for Saturday, November 19 ,a t which time a report on the Homecoming celebration of Rolla will ,be given by the Chairman.

BA;RNEY NUELL, Chairman

Chicago Section B y W. K. Schweickhardt The activities of the Chicago Section of the Missouri School of Mines & Metallurgy Alumni Association were considerably curtailed for the summer months, which is a perennial condition for this period of time. Of particular news interest to this section is the retirement of Mr. Gunnard E. Johnson (, 16 ), from his duties as General Manager of Eagle Picher Company, East Chicago, Indiana. It is with regret, particularly with r ef路 erence to the Chica go Section , that Mr . Johnson is leaving Chicago territory. He has always 路been an ardent supporter of, 路a wise counselor to , and a regular fellow , with the Chicago Section. We will miss his presence here in Chicago at our periodical meetings.

It is with equal pride , however , that w e point to the fact that his p osition h as been filled by a yo ung M .S.M. Alumnus, Mr. W. Ruemmler ('38) . If Wally h as been as well trained by Gunnard Johnson in his business duties as h e has been coa ch ed in his participation in Chicago Alumni Section events, we are confident of his success. The Chicago Section wishes him good luck in all his undertakings .

In the steel division of industry, we have good news to report. Our past Chicago Section President, Mr. M. E. Nickel ('38), is now Assistant Superintendent of, Ope n Hearth of Wisconsin Steel Division of International H arvester Company , Ch icago. Previous to this position he had been Assistant Superintend ent of Blast Furnace w ith th e same organization . There is no .doubt that Mel is " at !lome" handling hot metal matters.

No definite plan h as been set , as y et , for th e fall m eeting. H ow-

ever, this date will be forthcoming in the not too distant future and all members of the Chicago Section will be advised by postal card of time and place we will gather for another grand reunion .

New York Section

By James L. Head The first monthly luncheon meeting of the New York City ALumni Group inaugurating the 1949-1950 season was held at the Mining Club in that city on Septem'b er 19 . Those attending were George A. Easley, ' 0,9 James L . Head, ' 16, Howard,路J .

Te~'s ' 17, Claude L . Kemper ' 24, E .

A. Crawford ' 29, E. P . Vollherbst, '43 , J . P . Munsch , ex-' 43 , and Herman Mansfield, ' 47.

Although this represented a considerable span of years, the attendants have long . since become well acquainted by means of the regular lunches and there is little difference on these occasions between ' 09 and ' 47.

Dr. Easley was in a reminiscent mood and told of his years in Bolivia comparing notes awhile with Kemper, whose long professional career has been concerned chiefly with tin mining in that country.

Crawford , who now supervises eng ineering development pr-ogress for Continental Paper Company, said that his company had recently introduced what is probably the first application of atomic energy princilples to a commercial manu., facturing process. Do n-ot ,a sk us to ex'p lain , 'but it seems that by the application of some atomi'c energy gadget we can now have better and cheaper paper,board in which to package things which our' fore bear" ers go t a long without b e autifully .

Houston Section

By W . D. Kent The Houston Chapter of th e MiSM Alumni Association is planning an a ll-out stag m eeting for Friday evening , October 2l. Inasmuch as th e meeting will be primarily social rathe r than business, w e ex p ect all attendance records to be broken.

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Dr. Schlechten Visits Alumni in Arizona D r. A. W. Schlechten, Chairman , Department of Metallurgy, and his family r e turned to Rolla the first part of September after spending a vacation in Arizona during August. At Morenci, Ariz. , Dr. Sch lcheten visited the Phelps Dod ge Corporation where h e saw L. M. Bark er, ex' 16, genera l 'manager, Ben H. Cody, ' 12, concentrator superintendent, and William Distler, '47. While in Tu scon h e saw , J .

Bruce Clemmer, '28, Monte Molloy, ' 32 , and Carl Rampacek, ex, '39, a ll employed at the U . S. Burea u of Mines there .

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Faculty Dr. V. G. Gabriel has been named assistant professor of Geophysics at MSM. He hoMs a B. S., Degree from the University of California, and the M. S. and Sc. D . Degrees from Colorado School of Mines.

A. P. Green Scholarship to R. G. Stegemeier Th e A . P. Green Scholarship A ward, for the 1949-50¡ school year was won by Richard J . Stegeme ier of W oodri ver, Ill. , senior in t h e mining petroleum department, according to Dr. P. G . Herold, chairman of the fa'c ulty committee in charge of selecting a cand idate for the award.

A fund of $300 has been made available for several years by Dr. A. P . Green, Honoris Causa, ' 35, Chairman of the Board of the A. P .

Green Fire Brick ,company of Mexico, Mo ., to an outstanding junior.

Also an A . P . Green Medal Award is presented each year to an outstanding senior at graduation. Dr. H erold ' s committee will choose this candidate sometime in the spring.

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15 Faculty Members Promoted in Rank A total of 15 faculty members ha ve been promoted in rank, ac.c ording to an announcement b y Dean Curtis L . Wilson .

Dr. John ZaborsZky of Electri-cal Engineering has been prom-oted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor.

A s previously announced Coach Gale Bul1man has ,been .promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of Physical Ed Llcation on p e rmanent tenure.

Instructors promoted to Assistant.

Professor rank beginning Sept. 1 were Theodore J. Planj e, ' 40 , of Ceramics Leon Hershkowitz , '41 , of Civil ; Josep h W. Ritten house, M .

S. ' 49 , and Gabriel G . Skite k', M. S . ' 49 of Electrical ; Carl Christy and William R. Phillips of the Humanities Departm ent ; R. E. L ee of Mathe m at hics; Fran k Cizek. ' 49, Leon nard C. Nelson , ' 49 and Gordon L. Scofield, IVI. S. '49, of Mechanical Engineering ; Robert F. Davidson , B. S. ' 41 and M . S. '49 and Ral'Ph Davis of Mechanics; and Robert F .

Bruzews ki , B . S. '47 and M. S . ' 49 , of Mining Engineering.

Promotion s were m ade at a r ecent meeting of th e Board of Curators.

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Robert W. Olson has been appointed an assistant professor in the Chemical Eng'ineerillg Department ..

Mr. Olson holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, the Master of Science in Chemical Engineering hom Purdue University, and will receive his Ph. D. Degree from Purdue in February .

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invitation on behalf of his class and himself to attend .

Notices were maile d out to all members -on r ecord September 22 .

In all probability, howeve r , our r ecords have failed to keep pace with the influx of alumni and all alumni who did not receive a notice are urged to contact W. D. Kent, 1900 Mellie E sperson Building , Phone Capitol 0176, Houston , Texas.

DR. KELLY ADDRESSES THE ST. LOUIS ALUMNI Dr. M e rvin J. Kelly of New York City , president of the Alumni Association , a ddressed a mee ting of the St. Louis Alumni C h apter in St. Louis Friday night, S e pt. 8. H e was in Rolla Sept. 9 and 10 to comple te pl ans for Hom ecoming.

D.'. Walter E., Clark is a new !lrofessor in the Chemical' Engineering Department. Dr. Clark received his B. S. Degree from Virginia Military Institute, M. A. Deg-ree from George Washington University and Ph. D. Degree from: University of Wisconsin. a ~~ i ~ tant

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Mo ., on Aug. 16. H e was in his 40 's.

Dr. M e llies r e ceived his doctor's degree from St. Louis University School of M e dicine in 1933 . He entered military serv1ce w ith the rank of Captain in August, 1941, and after receiving further training at Carlisle B arracks, Carlisle, Pa ., he was sent to E ngland and later N orth Africa, where he served as a medical inspector. H e attain ed the rank of Lieutenant Colon e l. H e is survived b y 'his wife and ch ildren.

Paul Jones Trotter Paul Jon es Trotter, ex'3 1, died Sept. 19 in Sikeston, Mo. , after a brief illness. H e was 42 years old.

A native of Rolla , he was the son of Mrs. Elizabeth Miller of Rolla .

As a stud ent here he belonged to Bonanza. His son, Paul J . Trotter, Jr. , is curren tly attending MSM.

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While in school he was a member of Kappa Alpha an d Tau Beta P i fra t ernities , the R oll amo Board , and was manager of the baseball team in 1907 .

Ml·S. F . K . M. Hunter Word has been received of the death on S ept. 3, of Mrs. Ro samond Upham Hunte r , wife of F . K . M .

Hunter, ' 23 , at their s ummer home on Green I sland, M·ount DeseTt, Me. B esides h er husband , she is survived by two daughters, Elizabeth U . and K atherine M. Hu nter.

H a n s P . Oechsle Hans P. Oechsle, ex ' 50, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Oechsle of J efferson City , Mo. , died Slaturday, S e pt. 17 , as a result of inj uri es suffered in an automobi le accident on Highw ay 63 near Westphalia , Mo. Friday n ig ht. H e was a junior in Chem ical Enginee ring a nd a vete r a n of World War II . H e was 25 yea r s ol d .

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Dr. Chester John Mellies Dr Chester J oh n Mellies, B . S . in Genera l Science , ' 28, di ed Aug. 11 , at Sikeston, M o., where he was a practicing physici a n. Fu ne r a l >:erv ices were h el d a t Owensville,

Alumni Milestones

Chi Sigma Fraternity Becomes Theta Xi Chi Sigma fraternity formed h e r e in 1946 was admitted this fa ll into T heta Xi national fra t ernit y and is the 12t h national f raternity on the Missouri School of Mines campus.

There are 33 active members and 13 pled ges to date and the chapter hou se is loca ted at 120 3 Sta te St. Francis E. W ees is presiden t. Other officers are: Vice president , C .

L es ter Friedm a nn ; secre tary, Roger A . Brooks, treasurer , Hugo Saviola ; busin ess manager, Charles H .

Church ; historia n , Thomas W alsh and st ewa'rd , Robert Turman .

Grad Edits Economic Geography Magazine Dr. Raymond E. Murphy , B . S . in Mining Engineering, ' 23, professo r of eco nomic geography at the Gra duate School of Geography, C lark Univers ity , Worces ter , Mass., has been nam ed e ditor of Economic G e ography, a month ly magazine publish ed at Cl ark for many years.

D r . M u rp h y has been a m e mber of the facu lty at C lark si nce 1946.

This p ast summ e r Dr. Murph y has been teaching at t h e Univers ity of Colora do and g iving a ser ies -of lectures, open to the public , on his sur vey of the Marshall, M ar iana a nd C aro lin e I sl a nds, whe n h e wa s one of fou r scientists t o make a reco nn a issa.n ce t rip to th e Mic['ones tan I sl and gr o up in 1945-46 ~ nd hi s work in the E astern Caroline Islan d s for the Pacific Scie nc e B oard of th e Na.tional R esearch COllllC'il and the U . S . Navy , in 1947.

WEDDINGS Stoecker - Tenting 'I1he wedding ·o f Miss Patricia Lucille T e nting, daughter of Mrs. Florence D oyl e T e nting, to Wilbert Frederick Stoecker, '48 , took p lace on Friday, Sept. 2, at sev en thirty o'clock t hat evening i n the Hope Evangelical church, N e osho · at Brannon, St. Louis.

Wil'bert j oined the staff of t h e mechanical engineering department of the University ·o f Illinois in Champaign t h is fa ll. He is a mem·ber of Lambda Chi Alpha social fraternity.

BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Ro y E . Copeland are the parents of a daughter, B arbara .J oy ce, born Aug. 25 , weighing s ix pounds. Roy, a graduate this year in Mech anica l Engineering , is employed wit h Peter Kiewit and Sons', Grand I sland, Neb. H e ly Jose Galavis, ' 47 , and Mrs. Galavis have announc ed the arrival of a son, born Aug . 26 , weighing seven pounds and eight ounces.

Mrs. G alavis writes that the n ew a ddition to the fami ly , name d Hely Jose, Jr ., h as black hair and green eyes. They are living at E ste 14 No.3, Caracas, Venezuela.

A daughter, named P a ula R ae, was born to Mr. and Mrs. W . H .

Shaw of Illmo , Mo . o n Aug. 11. She we ighed six ilounds and seven o un ces. Bill received his B . S . D egree in Clivi! Engineering from MSM l ast May and is now employed with the M issouri State H ighway D epartment.

Mr. and Mrs. Michel J e a n Pagezy, 12 Rue Court-de -Gebe lin , Nimes, France, have anno unc ed : the a rri va l -of a d a ughte r , their f irst child , ·born Jul y 28. She wa s naz'n ed Patricia . Pagezy, B . S. in Mining Engi neering ' 48, was empl oyed by th e Sincla ir Wyoming Oil Comp a n y in B airo il, W yo., prior to re h'rning to Fra nce this past sum mer. Mrs. Pagezy was forme rl y Miss Glad ys ·Pallies of F rance .

David R e hm was the name selected for the first ch ild of G eo r ge and Merrily Ramsey, 3 108 E. 4th Place, Tulsa, Okla . H e was born Jul y 16 a nd w e ighe d seven p ounds and three ounces. G eo rge received a B . S. D egr ee in Mechanical Enginee rin g in 19 48 and is e mployed b y the Carter Oil Company.

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To begin the 1949-50 academic year, 25 new teachers have been added to the Missouri School of Mines faculty, bringing the total of staff m emb e r s to approximately 1 68. Only a few years ago th e number of facultymen averaged abo ut 30 to 40 per year.

The new fac ultyme n , accordin g to departments, fo llow : Ceramics : Charles E. Shulze, B .

S. ' 47 , Missouri School of MinesInstructor in Ceramic Enginee rin g Chemical: Dr . Walte r E. Clark, B . S. , ' 37 , Virginia M ili tary Institu te M. A ., '39 , George Washington ' University, and Ph . D. , ' 49 , University of Wisconsin-Ass istant Professor of Chemical Eng ineering ; Dr. Hobert William Olso n , B .

Ch. E. , ' 44, University of Minnesota , M. S. , ' 48 , Purdue, P h . D ., ' 49 Purd u e (expected)-Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering ; Kurt H . Frank , B . S. , ' 49 , M. S. M .

- Ins tructor in Chem ical Enginee r ing; Hal C . Lankford , B . S ., ' 49 , M. S . M ., -Instru ctor in Chem ical Engin eering .

Civil: D onal d Lee D ean, B. S. , ' 49 , M. S . M.- In structor in Civil Engineering ; Howard W . Nunez, Jr., B. S. , ' 49, Alabama Poiyte ciln ic Institute -Instructor in Civil Engineering .

Electrical. Edward Erde lyi, M. S., ' 29 , G erman T ec hnical Univers itY, -Assistant Professor of Electr ical Engineering; Ro ger E. Nolte , B . S ., ' 43 , Iowa State, M . S. ' 48, Iowa State-Assistant Professor of E lectr ical Enginee ring ; Walter Graham , B. S. , in E. E ., ' 49 , Illinoi s Ins titute of Technology-In structor in El ectrical Engin ee rin g; G e ra ld F .

S.i nnamon, B. S. , in E . E ., ' 49 , Univers Ity of Wiscon s in- In stru ctor in E lec trical Engin eer in g.

Geology: Dr. V . G . Gabri el , B. S ., ' 25 , University of California , M . S. , ' 3 1, Colorado School of Mines, Sc .

D. , ' 33 , Colorado School of Min es - A ssociate Professor of G eo ph ys ics; John L . Rosenfeld , B. A. , ' 42 , D a rtmouth , M . S. , '49 , HarvardA ss istant Professor of G eol ogy; Sankey L. Blanton , Jr., B . S ., ' 48 , University of Nort h Carolina- In s t r u ctor i n Geology ; Wendell B. J ohnson , B . S. , '48 , Kan sa s Sta te

Miss Lil Walrath, w h o at tended MSM in the 1947-48 year, was chosen "Queen of the Ozarks" on Au g.

19. She is th e 21 year ol d daughter ·o f Mrs. G e orge Walrath , 711 W. lIth St. , Roll a. Mi ss Walrath a l so r e prese nte d Rolla st at io n KTTR in

a b ea uty contest on Radio Appredation D ay Sept. 4, at Sportsmans: P a rk in St. Louis in which 32 girls from mi d west cities competed . Miss: W al rath is secretary to Prof. I. H .

Lovett , head of the Electrical Engineer in g D e p artm ent.

College-IQstructor in Geology.

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Mechanical: Norman B. Wolk , B. S. ' 49 M. S. M.- In struct.or in Mechanical Engin ee r i ng.

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Th e American Sm elting and ReMechanks: D e l bert R Cox , B . S . :fin ing Compa n y , with headquarters: ' 49 , M. S. M . -In structor in Me- in Salt Lake City, Utah, w ill initichanics; Samuel P. Halcomb, B.S. ate a sc holarship fund of $5 00 ' for ' 48 , M S M Instructor in Mea Mining Engineering student this chanics; Guy Serafini, Jr. , B .S. , ' 49 . year in addition to renewing its.

M. S . M.- In stru ctor in Mechanics. $5 00 scholarship to a Metallurgical Metallurgy: K enn e th L. Keating, Enginee rin g student.

B. S ., ' 47 , M. I. T . -Instructor in Metallurgy; John S . Winston , A. B . ' 37 , Cornell Co llege, A . M. , ' 39 , University of ,Chicago-In structor in Metallu r gy.

M ini ng: John P . Lacke -In structo r in Minin g Eng inee rin g.

Physical Educ a tion : Fra nk B .

Doug las, B . A. , ' 31 , Grinne ll- In s tructor in Phys ica l Education .

P h y s ics: Ern es t L . C le v e land , A. B. , ' 38 , Unive r s ity of Kentucky , lVI. S ., '40 , Un ivers ity of K e ntucky A ss ist a nt Professo r of Ph ysics; L awrey H . Chapin , B. S ., ' 46 , So uth Dakota State Coll ege-Instruc tor in Phy s ics.

Th e School has compl ete reS'Pon s1bility for t he sel ection of men to> r eceive these f unds, with preference g ive n , however, to those in eit he r th e ir junior or senior years.

Th e awards should be made not l a ter th a n D ec. 15 for t h e 1949- 501 year.

Dr. A. ·W . Schlechten wa s appointed chairman of the committee to sel ect this year' s recipients, and serv in g with him will be Dr. J . D .

Forrester, Dr. P. G. Herold , Dr. W. T. Schrenk a nd A ssistant D ean R. Z. Willi a m s. S el ection will b e· made upon the basis of chara'c ter, le9 d ers i1ip , scho l astic atta inment and inte r es t in non-ferro u s m e tal-lurgy.

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-1894.H. K. Landis,- ex , was heard from recently. He wrote, "I knew a lot about MSM in the year 1893~94 when Hohenschild was , secretl:U'Y of the local board." Landis' address is: Landis Valley Museum, . R. . D .

No.3, Lancaster, Pa . .

-1895---' Evans W. Buskett is a .c onsulting . engineer and gives ' his' address as 2501 Pennsylvania Ave. , Joplin, Mo . .'

-i9Q5~ J . R. .D. Bray, ex'0.5, 104 E. Hunti~gton Drive, .Alhambra , Calif., writes that he ho,pes to come to .

Roll.a this fall for a visit. He formerly liv ed at 460Q. Higl11an cl, Ave. , Downers Grove, 111., where he was a neighbor of J. , Walter Scott, ' 19 J.oe's letter was in inquiry of the whereabouts of Ray E. Hoffman, ' 05 George A. Sisson, 'ex' 05 and Ro'bert L. Locke, ex'04. ,.

- 1907Paul R Cook writes that his new address is 206 St. Johns Place, brooklyn 17 , N. Y .

James C. Long was a campus visitor during early September. J im my is living at 70 Lathem Lane, Berkeley, Calif. , and had been, for the past few years professor of mathematics and chemistry at Williams School in Pasadena, Calif.

This was his fir!?t trip back to Rolla Sll1ce he was graduated in 1907, and he was impressed by the ch anges that had taken place. He had l unch with the Triangle fraternity, which was the original Gr u bstaker's club, of wh ich he Vl!as a charter member. He reported a very enjoyable tirpe with the boys at Triangle.

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-1927Amedee A. Peugnet gives his address a s 4482 Lindell Blvd., St., 11111111 111111111111111 111111111111111111111111111111111 1111111 111111111111111 Louis, Mo. -1923' -1928Joseph W . Smith, Mrs. Smith, . Mr . . and Mrs. Guy V. Martin of Albuquerque, .N. M., came to Rolla and son, Stuart, Smelter Hills, during the middle of September Great Falls, Mont., visited in Rolla for a visit with Mrs. Martin's moth- recently with Mrs. Smith's parents, er, Mrs. Tom Gale . Guy is now Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cameron and his mother, Mrs. Mabel Smith. techn1cal coordinator for the research and development division of -1930the New Mexico School of Mines at Percy E . Moore gives his address Socorro , near A lbuquerque. as 806 N ew Federal Building, 12th J ohn P . Gordon, Jr. , has change d and Market Sts. , St. Louis, Mo. his address recently to 113 W est - 1931High St. , Jefferson City, Mo .

Joseph E. Scally gives his ad- 1924dress as 4055 Humphrey St., St. . Bob Ahlquist is Associate Pro- Louis 16, Mo. fessor of Electrical Engineering at Prof. A. J. Miles' daughter, Miss Iowa State College, Ames, Ia. His Mary Ann Miles, entered Stephens address is 424 N. Franklin , Ames, College in Columbia this fall as a la. . freshman. Prof. Miles, MSM Me-1926chanical Engineering Department, and Mrs. Miles live at 1Q,3 W. 14th Durward R. Schooler returned St., Rolla. to Rolla Sept. 1 after spending the Lowell Reeve is living at 2135 summer working in Sipringfield, North Argonaut St., Stockton, Mo ., for the Paul Weir Company of Calif.

Chicago. He has resumed his teach-1932Arthur S. Schwarz gives his address as 340 Gill Ave. , Kirkwood 22 , Mo. Wins $750 Ken necott William Brewer's address is 1941 South 61st St., Omaha, Neb. Co pper Scholarship John Albert Pollak can ,be reachKennecott Copper Corporation ed at 4925 Grand Ave. , Omaha, Scholarship for $750 was awarded Neb. to Robert Joseph Cronk of RosiJames H. Delaney was a campus clare, Ill. , a senior studying Mi~­ visitor on Aug 27. Jim is Division ing Engineering, Geol ogy Option, Lubrication Engineer with the for the 1949-50 academic year. He Shell Oil Company at 1221 Locust is the son of Arthur H. Cronk, ' 12, St. , St. L ouis. His home address is superintendent of the Rosiclare 612 Baggott St., Z iegler, Ill. Lead and .Fluorspar Mining Com-1 933pany at Rosiclare.

James J. Harmon is w ith the This is the second of a threeLudlow-Saylor Com pan y, 634 -1909year period designated for this Newstead , St. Louis, Mo. R. H. B. Butler recently arriyed Elmer A. Roemer, employed with in California ' from New Zealand . schol arship at the present time. It inaugurated by the late E. T. the U . S. Geological Survey diviHe ha s purchased about three ,a cres was Stannard when ·he was president sion at Rolla , returned here Sept. of avocados and is building a home. of the Kennecott, Corporation. Mr. 6 after spending four months on Hisa .idress L:i ,coo General 'Q~livStannard was killed in a recent assignment in Washington, D . C. c r y, .Yis t a , Calif. . air,plane crash.

-1 934~, ~1912Requirements are that the recipiDr. Roy Erwin Swift visited the John Richardson Kenne'y and ent must have com'pleted three school on Aug. 12 enroute to Reno, Mrs. Kenney, the former Mrs. Na- ' academ ic years toward the degree Nev. , where he has joined the fac dine Matlock Sease, ' 26 , have spent of Science in Mining Engineering, ulty of the Mackay School of the pastS1u'lTIJner Ih British Colum- or, in exceptional cases , he might Mines of the University of Nevada bia , Canada,-,iwhel'€ he was there be a graduate student in mining . . at Reno to teaoh mining and metalon business with e his Silver Ridge He is chosen through the joint aclurgy. Roy writes, "We were forMi n ing' Cdmp al1"y. They motored tion of a faculty committee and a tunate in l ocating a new four-room repl'esentative of t h e Corporation. apartment three b l ocks off the camto Cati.:ada .il'l .Jurie by way of Yellowstor:l e National Park. ·Mrs. Kien- The criteria for selection include pus.

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P ur du e Univer sity, was a w ar de d his D octor's D egr ee by Y a le University in Jun e .

R obert L . Stone is w or k i n g towa r d his Doctor's D egree a t t h e O hi o S tate University E x p erim,en t Station in C ohunb u s,

-1935Vvilliam. R. Burgoyn e is a new member of th e Ame rica n Institute of M ining a n d M e t a llurg ical Eng ineer s, having form e rly been a junior membe r , Burg oy n e is a productio n m a na ger , Lime Division, f or t he U . S , Gyps um C om pan y, in Vlhc h ca p adty h e h 2~ ch a rge of s ix litTle pl ::.;nts in v a riou s pa r t s of the U nit d States and. C a nad a , lie li ves in W inne tka, Ill. J oe W . R ibotto is ,ullo t h er n ew nlembe r of th e A , 1. M . E . H e is connected with the K enneco tt Copp er Corpora Ll'Jn as g~ n el"a l mill lul"e m a n of the Ar thur Pl an t in t il e U tah C opper Divisic!1. \v :jlia m J . Campbe ll, Mrs, C ampbe ll, a nd son , Bob, w e r e visitors in Rolla during th e latte r part of Aug usc. Tl1e y live at No, 1, Garden R oa d , Buffal o 21, N. Y . B ill is ass ista nt proj e ct ma n a ger of th e Fra5e r -Brace a nd Company in Buflal o.

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Kenneth H, Tuckett, Mrs . Tu ck ett and the ir c hild ren , T omm ie Allen and D avid, 3 18 Taney St. , Gary, Ind. , visited in Rolla during August w it h Mrs. Tuckett' s parents, Mr. a nd Mrs. M . H. Buckey . The Tucketts were recalled here by the death of Mrs. Buckey, who died Sept. 20 after a lingering illness . She was 51 years old.

John G. B each visited t h e camp u s on Aug. 15. J oh n and his family li ve at 403 Kin g Ave. , Columbus, O .

Edgar F. Pohlmann sends his new address as Route 1, Ea st St. Louis, Ill. Ed is a project e ngineer with the Co rps of Enginee r s and is in charge of l evee cons truction pro j ects in the Eas t side levee and sanitary district. These projects are lo cated a long t h e Mississippi River from Dupo, Ill. , to V enice , Ill. William R. B rannoc k , Mrs. Brannock , and their daughters of Sikes ton , Mo. , were Rolla visitors th e l atter part of S eptember. Bill and his family li v e at 714 E. Gladys St. , Sikeston .

Willia m W . D e cke r 's m a iling a (;dr ess is 411 E as t Prom e n a d e St. , M exic o, Mo .

L e on a rd Ancel Ga tes g ives his a ddr ess a s 1058 V eronica Ave., St. L o ui s 15 , Mo .

Robe rt P . Alger , di s tr.ict e n ginee r w ith th e Schl umbe r ge r Well S urvey in g C orp o r a tion , M agnolia , Ark. , is a n ew m e mbe r of t he Am e rica n In stitu te of Minin g a nd Meta llurg ical En g in ee r s, as h is st a tu s was c h a n ge d rece ntly f rom junior mem ber sh i p .

Ch a r les V. C a m eron w as e le cted ,'ece ntly to m e mbe r ?hip in th e A .

I. M , E. Charles is Illinoi s Divis ion Exp l o ita tion Eng in eer f or Sh e ll Oil Co mp a n y a nd is l ocated a t C e n tral ia , Ill .

R u ssell Bir c her is e mpl oyed at the U. S . Bu rea u of M in es at L o u is iana , Mo. Melv in E . N ick e l a n d f a mi l y of Chicago visi t ed i n R olla durin g A ugust. M elvi n is e mpl oyed wi th th e Inter nat io n al H a r ves te r Co m pa n y in C hicago .

L ew is D . ' Bli s h vis ited o n th e carnpu s S e p.t. 20 . L e w is is a tru c-

Thadde us S . S to j eba writes th at he is w ith t h e Creole P etroleum Co rp ora ti on at S an J oaq uin , V enezuela , Sou th America , H e was forme rly in Caripito , V enezuela.

James F. Rushing , structUl' al e ngin eer for t h e G ran ite Ci ty Steel Compa n y, Granite City, Ill. , writes t h at he is l iv in g a t 4580 C larence Ave " St. Louis 15, Mo. Paul T. Dowlin g , chairman of t h e St. Louis Alumni Section Homecoming comm ittee, visited MSM on S e pt. 17 to d isc uss Hom ecom in g p lan s, H e and Mrs . D ow ling visite d at th e home of her mother Mrs , Harry Heimbe r ge r of Rolla. ' Paul is e mploy e d w ith th e J o hn Nooter Bo ile r Work s, 1400 S . 2nd . St. , St. Lou is 4 , Mo .

M a j or N o rm a n p , T u cker wa s g r a du a te d r e ce ntl y from the A ir Ta c tic a l S c hoo l at Tyndall Air Force Ba se, Panama City , Fla, ; whe r e he wa s g ive n a 16 weeks a cad e mi c course . M a jor Tucker is n ow s t a tion e d at Ca sp e r A ir Force Ba se , Ca s pe r , Wyo.

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-1941Andrew B. Black received full membership recently in the American Institute of Mining and Metallurg ica l Engineers. Andrew is foreman of the Anode residue plant, Cero de P asco Coppe r Company , in Oroya, P eru, South Ame rica .

Miss J ane Charlotte Hall is employed by Di stri'c t 7 of the California State Highway Department, 129 W , 2nd Street, Los Angeles.

H er h ome address is 556 South ' Gramercy Place, L os Angeles.

Robert C , Wright r ece ntly moved to Route 1, Box 165, Leechburg Road , N ew Kensington, Pa . He is now with the Aluminum Researc h L abo r ato ries in New K ensington .

Robe rt H . Meyer's address h as been changed to Route 4, Box 565A, C o ncord , Calif.

Mike Sche riff was in Rolla Sept. , 16 while on vacation and en route ' to Denve r , Colo. , where h e will work for a month on a special assignment for G e neral Che mical Compa ny, Galax, Va ., with which h e h as b ee n e mployed for so m e tim e.

-1942William L . Pollock' s mailing address is c-o High way D e p a rtment, Advance, Mo. Paul E. D ecker gives his address as 12 Rolla Gardens Drive Rolla Mo. ' , Charles E . Zanzie writes that his present address is 54 E ast D a ni e ls Road , Palatine , Ill. C a pt. James H . Fox was on campus Sept. 10 while in Rolla with Mrs. Fox, th e former Miss S a rah Melton , visiting h e r pare nts, lVIr. a nd Mrs. Gle nn A. M e lton. Capt.

E'ox returned rec en tly to his permanent station , Brookley Air Force Base, at Mob ile, Ala" where, as part of the Military Air Transport Service , he is engaged in ÂŁlying C- 74 p lanes to G e rman y in support of the Air Lift. Jim returned from the Philippine Islands last J a nuary afte r spenu ing 28 months there . H e late r a tte nded Air Tacti cal S oh ool a t Tynda ll Fie ld , Fla. , for fo ur months. His new address is: 1260 A. T . S ., 1601 st. A. T, G ., broo,dey A. F . B. , Mobile , Al a.

A. L a wrence Stewart and fa m ily moved d urin g the midd le of S e ptember f r om Wauwatosa , Wi s., to a s u burb of Cleveland , 0 " where he has joined the dis , rict office of the A ll is-Chalmers Company. The Stewarts have two chil u ren T ommy and Mary, The h mil y i ~ living a t 502 Huntme r e D r ive , B ay V ill a ge, O. J o hn H . Priestley , Mrs. Priest:c>y

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and their two daughters, Jacqueline, 4, and Mary Elizabeth, 5 :months, of Cranford , N. J. visited in Rolla during the middle part of . September with Mrs. Priestley's parents, Mr . and Mrs. Wallace Smith. Jack is with the Standard Oil Company .

Thomas R. B everidge received his Ph . D . Degree in Ge ology from the University of Iowa at Iowa City on Aug. 11. Tom is employed as an Economic G eol ogist by the Missouri Sta te Geological Survey, -and, with his wife and small daughter, lives in Ro lla.

Gordon A . Engle gives h is address as Route 4, Freeport, Ill. Gordon is empl oyed in the Micro Switch D ivision of the F irst I ndustrial CorporatlOn as a resea r ch meta ll urgist.

-1943Harold O. Olsen received f ull membership recently in the American Institut e of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. H arol d is superintendent ·of the Concentrator P l ant, Bethlehem Steel Company, L ebanon, Pa. James A. Neustaedter retur ned recently from Paramaribo, S wicname , South America. His temporary address is 5635 E ichel berger Ave. , St. Louis.

Edward Ernest Gygax has moved to 9440 Bagley D rive , J ennings, Mo. John H. Olson has accepted a position with the Chry sler Corporation in Detroit, Mich ., and plans to start work there in October. His new address will be Chr ysler Corporation, Engineering Division, 12800 Oakl and Avenue, High land Park , Mich.

J oseph T. Ad ams was a campus visitor on Sept. 4. Jack is loc at e d at 40·5 Reliance Build ing , Kansas Ci ty 6, Mo.

- 1944Vernon J. Pingel sends his home a c d l e' s as 33 South Evergreen Ave ., A r lingt on Heig hts, Ill. H e b w ith t he F a n ste el Me tallurg ica l C r rporation.

AI ? n P. Pl oesse r is working for t h e Eenqu et Co ns oli dated Mi n ing C C!"'1[. a ny 2. t 3al atoc Ca mp in t he f--h ilip p' n e I sbr d s. " I' m the only ma n fr om MS M ar oun d h ere" , r. e w r i · es . " This is a fi n e mining camp 2:: f a r 2S 10c3ti on.

We are only 15 km. from B agu io', th e summer c:?uit" l, wi ': h t h e best clim Sl t 2 in the J s l ~ n ',.

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golf course . . . My wife (we were married in North Carolina last June) and I have an apartment up on a hillside over the mine ."

Phillip M. Dampf, a research metallurgist with the American Zinc Company of Illinois, East St. Louis, Ill. , is now living at 6415 Lansdowne Ave., St. Louis. Phil was a ,campus visitor -on Aug. 31.

Wiliam .J . Barnett, who is studying for his Doctor's Degree at Notre D ame University, South Bend, In d ., v isited M SM on Sept. 1.

Mrs. Robert E. Arras, the former Miss Jean McCaw Lloyd , ' 44, with her 'husba n d and two children , Robin and Christie, recently arrivin Caracas, Venezuela in South America, where they will live for two years. Mr. Arras is employ ed there . They formerly l ived in B ay H ead, N. J .

-1948Charles W. Reed can be reached at 506 Hedges St., K ansas City, Mo. Arne Normann g ives his address 5227 N. Wayne Ave. , Chicago , Ill. Ar ne is with Naess and Murphy, Architects , but is p l anning to ret u rn to his home country , Norway, sometime ·soon. He received his Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering at Cornell University last June.

Santo Italia, Route No.2 , Box 421 , Albuquerque , N. Mex. , has teen made an associate member of the Amercian Institute of Mining and Meta llurgkal Engineers.

Rober t J . Nease has changed his addre ss recently to 2910 Eastwood Ave, Chicago 25, Ill. Ir vin C. F alk's cu rrent address is P. O. Box 712 , New Providence , New Jerse y .

Joseph Ware Fit z;p atrick advises us that he is C. D . C. Representati ve, of FSA-Public H e alth Service Reg ion III, 4th a nd Jefferson Drive, W 8.s hi n g ~ o n 25, D. C. Hi s home address is 200 Ma ry l and Ave . Park13 n d , W a shing co:l 19, D . C. O ct us L. Fron a barger h as accepted a po :: ition with the Missouri TTt ilE ies COPlp 1ny at Ca.pe Gira rde ~ u , Mo. Odus lives in Millers ville , Mo. John R. Keeton has accepted an 3.ppo lntment to the staff of the engineering dep1rtment of Arkansas State College at State College,

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Ark. John wiI 'b e tea.ching courses in mechanics and surveying. His ·a ddress is Box 236, State Colleg e , Ark .

L eroy W . .Fuller, who is with the Eagle Picher COlnpany at Joplin, Mo. , is working at the present time in the Compa ny's pigment division where he is gaining experience which will ev entually lead him into industrial sales. H e lives at 807 Harlem St. , Joplin.

George H. Ramsey, 3108 E. 4th Place , Tul sa, Okla., visited MSM on Sept. 12. George is employed in the research laboratory of Carter Oil Company as a mechanical de-

- 1949Keith E. Short is with the Illinois State Highway Commission at Springfiel d, Ill. H is home address is Apartment No.3 , 211 North G lenwood, Springfield.

C. W . " Bill" Bennett writes that he is a cu stomer engineer for International Business Machines, 1013 Walnut S t. , D es Moines, I a .

Donald F. Haskell sends a post card postmarked Manil a, Phillippines, saying, " My new address IS: Benguet Consolidated Mining Company, Masinloc , Zambales, .l:-'hilippine Islands".

Robert B. Anders , a new m em ber of the Alumni Association , is l iving at 200 Monte r ey Road, South Pasadena , Calif.

James B. McGrath , 515 1 Northland Ave. , St. Louis, writes that he is planning to attend night school at St. Louis University this fa ll.

Jesse W . Bowen J r. , lives at 3014 W. Pierce St., Mil~aukee 15 , Wis. S eymour Rosenbaum has returned to Ro lla after spending the summer in New York City and began working for the U. S. Bureau of Mines he r e on Se.pt. 7. He is emp loy ed in the Ore D ressing Department. He is residing at 64 0 Salem Ave., Rolla.

Charles M. Faulkner is now conn e cte d with the Magnet Cove B a rium Compan y at Malv ern, Ark. D eRuth C. Stohlmey er is em p l oyed by th e Iowa Highway Com mission in the construction department. His address is Apartment 40 , Arlington Annex, Sheldon, Iowa.

J erom e T. B erry , a graduate last July, is employed in th e Multiplex Department of U. S. Geological Survey in Ro lla.

Harold E. Straub and Mrs. Straub have move d from Rolla to Champaign , Ill. , where he will do graduate work at the University of Illinois .

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