Missouri S&T Magazine May-June 1954 by Missouri S&T Library and Learning Resources

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

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1954

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Eighty-First Annual Commencement

Gov. Phil M. Donnelly is greeting the 1954 graduating class of the School of Mines. Others shown on the platform are Clark Hungerford, president of the St. Louis - San Francisco railroad, the commencement speaker, Dean Curtis L. Wilson; and Fred V. Heinkel and W . P. Elmer, members of the University of Missouri Board of Curators.

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Degrees Conferred Upon 212 Graduates at Eighty-first Annual Comm encement May 31 The Eighty -first Ann u a l Commencem ent of the M issouri School of Mines and Meta llurgy w a s held on May 30 and 31. The Baccal aurea te Exercises we re held in the audito rium at Parker Hall , Sunday evening, M ~y 30 . The Reverend Paul R. Stock Pastor Trinit y Evan'gelican and Reformed C h urch , St. Louis, Missouri , deli',; er ed the address. H e spoke on the theme , "Power for Your Task", e mphas i.z ' ing the need for spiritual pc-wer that is often neglected in ou '. quest of physical and mental power s which seem to be the dom inant need in the performance of our tasks. After the services Dean and Mrs. Curtis L . Wilson and members of the faculty and their w ives h el d a reception in the Sunken Gardens for the students, their w ives and parents, and v isitors. The Commencement Exercises held, Monday, May 31, at t h e Uptown Theater , was one of honor and sol emnity in the school 's history. The school and graduates were given the highest honor by the presence of Phil M. Donnelly, Governo r of Missouri, and there was a feeling of sol emnity with the realization that t his would be the final commencement at the S chool of Mines for Dr. Frederick A . Middlebush as President of the Univer sity of Missouri. Dr . Middl ebush will retire from his present position on June 30. D ean Curtis L. Wilson presided at the ceremonies and introduced Governor D onnelly. In his brief r emarks , Governor Donnelly expressed apprecia tion for the gra duates which ~ h e Gre at Sta t e of Missouri turns out a t the university'S division a t Rolla . H e commende d the graduates on th eir achievement and assure d t h em of his sincer e wish for god sp eed in their chosen profession . Clark Hunge rford , Presid en t of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Compan y, of St. Louis , Misso uri, delivere d the com m ence ment address . H e sp ok e on t h e subj e ct, "The Builder Also Grows" . Dr. Hungerford a dvised th e gr adu a tes that the years b etween n ow and the b eginning 'of the n ext cen tury promise the w i dest horizo n s

of human h istory and the fulfillm ent of the promise w ill be l argely the test of their gen eration and " if the chall enge is formidabl e, so too , are r eso urces for meeting it. The future of civilization may well depend upon our ability to discover a sane, ethical and resolute atti tude toward our responsibilities in an anxious world. In facing life for a great purpose a nd worthy accomplishment, it is our task to addr ess ourselves not alone to technical creation but to the uplifting of the human spirit and growth of h uman understanding that mu st a ccompa n y it". Fo llowing the address, Dr. Frederick A. Middlebush, on presentation from D ea n Curtis L. Wilson, conferred upon Dr . Hungerford the honorary degree of Doctor of Engin eering. Dr. Middlebush conferred degrees on the 212 graduates of the School of Mines, 12 of which were intercommencement degrees and award s. Of the 212 degrees awarded, 189 were Bachelor Degrees, 20 Mast er D egr ees, 2 Professional Degr ees and 1 Doctor of Engineering (Honoris Causa). The President of the University in his remarks to the gr aduates expressed the hope " in education unfettered b y governmen t dogma." H e said, " T h e world dep ends on men of e duca ~ ion to control the powerf ul forces wl:ich man himself has conceived." , Harry S. Pence '23, President of M SM Alumni A sp Jciation, ;he gr eet e d t h e grad u ates as Alumni of the M SM and " conferr ed upon complimentary m em berthem " ships in the association for one year. He also expresse d the d esire of the a ssociation to serve and ass ist them in any way possible . Plan Now to Attend

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We are w ithin a handful of our goal f or 2,000 m embers fOl' 1954 , but let's not be content with this , instead l et's try for 2 ,100. A draft of t he r e vise d by-laws has been complet ed and w ill shortly be submitted to the Directors for their comment and we hope approval. If the Directors a pprove them they will then b e presented at the A nnual Meeting, Octob er 16th for adoption. The by l ~ ws, as m entioned in our last iss ue have b een reshaped to eliminate f ix ed dues a nd to allow membership in the future to be based upon voluntary sums. This system is b eing ver y s uccessf ully u sed by over 300 schools , many of which a r e state-supported institutions . If y ou have not in r ecent years a tten d ed a Comm ence m en t at Rolla, I woul d recommend it. I a m sure y ou would del'ive considerab le ins piratio n from it . It was m y pri vilege to a gain atte nd the Comm ence ment this yea r , as I have don e for the pa st several years . The campus w a s b eautif ul , the ceremonies were well planned and executed, and it was indeed inspiring to m eet the Gove rnor and t h e Board of Cura tors, an d to see the more than 200 grad u a ting se niors. The only moment of regret was w h en reflecting upon the fact that t his was the l ast time that D r. Middlebush would b e on the rostrum as President. In company with Ike Edwards, I am looking forwar d to attending the annu a l m eeting and el e ction of officers of the Chicago S ection on June 7th. S ince the last issue of the " Alumnus" we have h ad five contributors to the special fund. They were : Earl A. B age '5 0, Joe B. Butler ' 24 , D . C. Jackling ' 92 , O. D. Niedermeyer '28 , a nd Joseph H. R eid '27. Sincer ely yours, H . S. P ence '23 Carl J o D a n zer ' 49 . is a Lie utenant in the U . S. A i'r Force and is now on duty at a Texas st a tion serving as a j e t pilot. He u ses his home address in St. Louis for his mail contact. His d uties make him quite moble. That a ddress is 6027 Eitman Ave ., S t . Louis, Misso uri.

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It is a real pleasure to be with you today and to have the opportunity of offering my hearty con· gratul ations and best w ishes to the graduating class of t h e School of Mi n es a nd Me tallurgy of the University of Missouri. From its establishment more than three quarters of a century ago, this institution's history has been a proud one. In our own State , in our own Nation , in many parts of the world where free countries look to the technology of the West for assistance in t h e development of their r esour ces. Rolla graduates h ave had a distinguished part in the writing of a r ecord of solid a chievement. I know the feeling of accomplishment that is yo urs because this ceremony stirs memories that go back to 1922 when I stood with my classmates to receive a d egree in Engineering from my own college. B e ing here is also a reminder that the Frisco an d Rolla have strong ties that go back a lmos t a century ... to a day when a woodburning locomotive pulled the first train of cars into this community. Since that time Rolla has grown in size and importance. It a lso has become a training ground fOl- engineers . . . m any of whom have adopted railroading as a car eer. T od ay, on the Frisco , thirt y -two engineer s are applying to railwa y transportation the knowledge anei principles taught to them at this S chool or at the University of Missouri. One is our Chief Engineer; five others are Division Engineers , a nd the remainder a r e in Various supervisory an d technical assignments. The changes they w ill see and ma k e in the years a h ead only can be imagined. In l es>: than one hundre d yea r s the woodburning l ocomotive gave w ay to the coal-burning locomotive which in turn gave way to the oil-burning dieseL Now, the great possibilities of atomic power are before us .... and the pace of p rogr ess quickens with ever y passing y ear . It is the kind of progr ess that d em a nds man y more tpchnically -

Clark Hungerford, president of the St. Louis-SanFrancisco Railroad, is shown here receiving the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Engineering from President Frederick A . Middlebush, with Dean Curtis L. Wilson adjusting the hood. trai n ed men than ev er before. There are several r easons for this. Predominant among t h em is the fact that indu strial production is at a high l evel, and industry is b e coming more technical all the time . In ."<ixty years, the number of engineers per 100,000 industrial workers has more than quadrupled. That trend may be exp ected to continue, b ecause present and prospective developments in pow21', in electronics a nd in other technical fields require increasing scientific and engineering direction. But as ide from the need for technica ll y competent m(,11 t h ere is the demand for men w ho have been trained to accept responsibility for carr y ing out work , and who have the capabilities of supervising other men. The fact is that men trained as engineer s are greatly in demand for positions of industria l and business managem ent. About 40 percent of the top positions in this country's largest industries are h eld by men who h ave had engineering training. Ali of this is a measurement of the opportuni ties of yo ur profession. Engineering takes in a gr eat

many things. It's building; it's planning; . it's analyzing; it's testing ; it's correlating cause and effect ; it's directing the work of others. Its function in the social order can be traced b ack b eyond the pyramips. In a broad sense, engineering is the part of apply ing the materials and forc es of nature to the b en efit an d convenien ce of man . .. and doing it in the most economica l and efficient manner possible. It is a profession closely allied with pure science . By applying the power of coal , oil and water to meet human n eeds, it has b een possible to raise man's capacity many times over. Only 5 percent of th e work done in the United States toda y is manual. 95 percent is done by machinery and power. A nation of 160 million p eople thus produce goods and services which , without those agencies of power, would r equ ire the manpower of several billions of people. All of this h as b een tra n sl ated inio terms of material abundance. But it goes bey ond the materiaL Humanitarian standards are a lso involved because these are closely (Continued on Page 14)

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Dean C. L. Wilson, Three Others, Receive Honorary Degrees From Washington U. Honorary degrees were presented to four men outstanding in their f ields by Washington University at its 93rd annual commencement June 9, in St. Louis. Among the men honored was Charles Malik, Ambassador from Lebanon to the United States, who delivered the commencement address. Recipients of awards: Charles Mal ik, doctor of laws ; Hodding Carter, editor and publisher of the D el ta D emocrat - Times, Greenville, Miss ., doctor of humane letters; J . Lionberger D avis, St. Louis civic leader and a l eader in the cultural life of the city, doctor of l aws; Curtis L. Wilson, dean of the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy , doctor of engineering. The honorary degree was considered a si'gnificant honor for D ean Wilson, inasmuch as Washington University possesses its own engineering school. Following is the citation as given at the ceremonies by Carl Tolman , vice-chancellor and dean of faculties at Wa shington University: "Curtis Wilson, with due regard for the advantages of fundamental and broad academic experience, received his training at Montana School of Mines, Columbia University, and the University of Goettingen. Eminence in his field of metallurgical engineerin g followed while occupying the chair of Pro fessor of Metallurgical Engineering at Montana School of Mines at Butte, the center of one of the country's ,greatest mining and meta llurgical operations. In more recent years his talents have been directed to the field of educational administration, and since 1941 he has held the position of Dean of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy. This institution, under the direction of Curtis Wilson, has made secure its position as one of the finest educational institutions of its kind in America. I n this work he has displayed outstanding qualities of ed ucational leadership . At the same time, his interest in fost ering the professional development of yo ung engineers as they enter upon their careers has been felt in various professional en gineerin g societies, and has been r ecogn ized by

Gift of $500 Presented Metallurgy Department

A gift of 500 dollars has been election to their highest offices. His made to the D epa r tment of lVIetalstanding in his fie ld is attested by lurgical Engineering at MSM by his appointment by the Secretary the American Steel Foundries to of the Interior as chairman of a . help the development of foundry education. This firm is a lso a contributor to the Foundry Educa tional Foundation w hich for the past several years has provided a number of scholarships fo r MSM students interested in foundry. No specific instructions haV E: been given as to the use of the American Steel Foundries fund , so plans are be ing made to purchase sever al pieces of sp ecia l equipmen t for the foundry laboratory and to devote the remaining money to student activities in conne ction with the :loundry . A number of MSM graduates a re emplo yed by the Amer ican Steel Foundries , particula rly in East St. Louis . Mr . Marion J. Al len, Director of P ersonnel for American Steel Foundries a nd former President of the Foundry Educational Foundation , has v isitDE A N CURTIS L. WILSON ed the Rolla campus several times. Similar grants were made to five man committee to investigate the organization and operation of Case Institute of T echnology ; Un iver sity of Cincinnati ; Illinois I nthe Unite d States Bureau of Mines. of T echnology; University stitute With a ll of this, Curtis Wilson has of Kentucky; L afayette College; fo und time and opportunity for University of Minnesota; Purdue significant service to his commu niUniversity and University of Wisty , Rolla, Missouri. Ip 1951 h e reconsin . ceived the Community S ervice Award of the Rolla Chamber of Commerce. Wanted: Missing Copies " Mr. Chancellor , it is a privilege and a pleasure to present Curtis "Rollamo" Yearbooks Laws Wilson, an outstanding engiThe Alumni Association office neer, educator, and head of a distinguished neighboring educational is attempting to gather a compl ete fi l e of the " Rollamo, " the M SM institution for the degree of Doctor yearbook. The publications for the of Engineering." years, '2 1, '26, '4 1, '44 , '46 , a n d '48 to 54 inclusive , are now on 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 file at the office . Any a lumni who h as a copy of the Rollamo for any MSM ALUMNUS of the intervening years and would 11111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 111111 like to part with it, we will glady Issued bi-monthly in the interest accept the gift. If you have a n y of the graduates and former stu- pictures of former athletic teams , we are i nterested in securing dents of the School of Mines and these too, to adorn our office . Metallurgy. Subscription p ric e It would probably be the b etter $1.5 0, included in Alumni Dues. En- plan for you to write us first betered as second-class matter Oct . fore sending any of the items to dupl ication. We surely 27, 1926, at Post Office at Rolla, avoid thank you for a ny he lp you might Mo., under the Act of March 3, be able to give us in " rounding 1879. up" these items.

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Robert Wolf, '51, Writes on Radioactive Iridium Radioactive iridium as a source of r adiation for the examination of light castings has been described recently b y Robert V. Wolf ' 51, Instructor in the Metall Ul'gy D epartm ent at MSM. Writing in conjunc tion with his brother, Karl Wolf, who is an officer of the Nuclear R esearch and Dev elopment, Inc. , in St. L ouis. The article was published in the January-February iss u e of the p eriodical, " Nondestructive

Testing. " This is the official publication of the Nondestructive Testing Society. The article d escribes how radioactive iridium can b e us ed rather than large industrial x-ray machines to in spect a lu minum castings. The element iridium , which is a metal , is placed in an atomic pile until it becomes r a dio ac tive. The iridium the n gives off gamma radia tion s similar to those from radium. although it loses its stren gth much fa ster . The radiations from the iridium will pass through metals and can

be used to make pictures similar to regular x-rays. Mr . Wolf found th at the iridium worked satisfa ctorily for aluminum castings over 7/ 8 of a n inch in thickness. Radioactive iridium , radioactive cobalt, radium, an d an x-ray machine are a ll u sed in the MSM M etallurgy D epartment for the examination of meta l castings . Permission was obtained from the A tomic Energy Commission to use the rad ioactive substances which a r e kept in l ead safes in a l ead l ined room. Special devices are u sed to handle th ese materials to avoid any danger of radiation exposure to stu d en ts.

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fire control devices for guns and rockets, radar equipment, bombsight equipment and many control mechanisms. In the field of communication the presen wide expansion in black and white television m ee ting the increased power dewill be followed by even greater mands . While a large p ercentage expansion in color television in th e of home s in the United States now have ele ctric service the power n e ar future. In the wire communication field the present developconsumption will increase many times present valu es; this will b e ' m ent of toll line dialing will make possible within a year long disdue to three factors: the r ealization of the n eed of more a d equate Jighttance service in which a local subscriber may dial directly other subIII111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111, scribers through out the United States. These developments will "This is the third of several create many opportunities for youn'g articles by the EE Department e lectrical engineers. written at the request of the Automatic control is one of the Alumni Association in order to n ewest divisions of el ectrical engiproperly portray the urgency of neering and one that is expanding completion of the second unit of very rapidly. Present high labor the Engineering Labor~tories costs and the desire to improve project which is designed to take quality control have resulted in excare of the growth of the EE Detensive application of electronics in industry bringing about various partment. The first unit was forms of automatic control. Thus completed in 1950 and is now various devices are arranged to occupied by the Mechanical Decontrol and operate mechanisms in partment." Editor. a predetermined pattern such as are applied in guided missiles or 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 in automatic factory operations. i ng faciliti es , more extensive use These applications have opened new of appliances, and air conditioning. markets for electronic devices In the industrial fi eld the present which may ultimately become one power consumption per worker is of the most important divisions. fifty percent greater than it wa s An exampl e of automatic control te n y eaTS ago . During tbe next ten is an engine block plant of an y ears with present high wages the automobile manufacturer that auto . increase in power consumption will matically performs 530 cutting and probably continue a t an even high - rlrilling operations; another example e r rate. It is expected that these is a machine with an electronic increased d emands will require automatically " memory" which more than double present generatchecks, balances, and machines ing capacities of power system s. crankshafts; electronic elevator conThis will cause a large incre ase in trol systems are availabl e that adthe demand for young electrical .iust speeds and stops of el evators engineers. automatically to meet traffic deIn the fi eld of el ectronics and mands. These are merely a few communication the d ev elopment o f. of the a lmost unlimited possibilWes new products and applications is of control devices many of which a lmost fantastic . There are indi- a wait future development. ca tions that in the next ten years An additional factor of importthis developme nt will b e even more ance having an influence in many phenome n a l. In 1939 the total sales electronic applications is further of ele ctronic m anufacturers , which devel opment in transistors. These is only a part of the business of tiny power-saving substitutes for this fi eld , was less than two hunvacuum tubes will make possible dr ed million s dollars. At the presnew electronis applications not yet ent time the se sales have reached on the horizon. Just as transistors a fiv e billion dollar annual l ev el. will have a revolutionary effect on The cost of electronics e quipment electronic devices so will atomic in mod ern j et a ircraft now amounts power developments during the to nearly 50 p er cent of th e total r elated to materi a l cjÂˇcll1dards. In a cost. Military planes of this type large are a of Asia t echnology and r equire el ectronics flight and com(Continued on Page 13) munications equipm ent, a uto pilots ,

Opportunities In Electrical Engineering Increase Need for New Laboratories An important f ac tor influ encin g enrollment in en gin eerin g curricula is th e activity in en gineering fi elds and the futur e opportuniti es f or wid espread expa n sion a nd d ev elop m ent. Other f a ctors d ep e nd upon th e in ter es t in a p a rticula r fi eld tha t may b e stimula te d in a y oung m a n entering an en gineering colleg e and upon the informa tion availa ble to him r egardin g presen t a nd futur e opportunities . Previously such information ha s b ee n somewhat r estricted , but at the pre sent time n ew d ev elopme nts in r ad io , color television , a tomic power , automatic control a r e g iven w id espread publicity in m a n y public ations. Previou s to 1946 the number of gradu a t es in ele ctrical e ngineering a t the Mi sso uri School of Mines and M etallurgy seldom exceed e d 25 to 30 at an y comm ence m e nt . In the yea r 19Âˇ50 the number of such grad uate s r eached 123. At that time a consider a ble proportion of the stude nt body was m a d e up of form e r military service m en. Many of these had had experi e nce in the si gnal corps or in oth er military divisions where they had used el ectrical equipme nt, and thus had dev elope d an inter est in it. At the present time the number of form er service me n is greatly r educ e d which m e ans that few er s tud e nts h a v e h a d pra ctical exp eri ence with va rious ty p es of equipment. Th e present stud e nt thus b ases his d ecision for his selection of a curriculum on his knowl ed ge of the opportunities and hi s inter est in a p a rticular fi eld. A study of the probable d e velopm ents in electrical en gin eering will show factor s w hich will h a v e a n influe nce on college enrollment in this curriculum a nd which will b e of v a lue in m a king pla n s f or a d equate ele ctric al en gin eerin g l ab or atory f a cilities a t M .S .M . The fi eld of ele ctrical en g in eer ing m ay b e divide d into three di vision s : (1 ) el ectri c power and m achin er y, (2) el e ctronics a nd communica tion , a nd (3 ) a utom a tic con trol a nd servom echa nism s . In th e electric power fi eld ther e a r e indications of an a ccel er a tion in growth which will bring difficult proble m s to existin g syst e m s in

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Colleges Using Annual Alumni Funds Increase Froln

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The American Alumni Council has r e leased the st a t ist ics gathere d from their survey of the educational institutions that had A nnua l Alumni Funds in operation duriFlg 1953 . A total of 302 institutions were using the Annual Alumni Fund compar e d w ith 270 functioning in 1952. Of this total , 46 w e r e tax supported schools which is an increase of e leven over th e previous year. Four of the state schools with approx imatel y the same number of a lumni as MSM were : Rhode Island U. , D elaware U .. Michigan M. & T .,' and Montana State College. The survey reveale d the fo llowing inform ation con cernin g the Annual Alumni Funds of these schools. Rhode Island U. had 17.8 r;_ of their alumni participating and the average gift of $12.3 0 ; D e laware U. with 20.4 '70 participating and an ave r age g ift

of $11.39; Montana S t a te College, 11.2 % a nd an average g ift of $6 .69 ; Michigan M. & T. averaged $21.92 and 3.2 % 0: th e al umni participated. The experience of Michigan M . T . is inte resting. They had an Alumni Fund prior to 1947. It w as suspended that year to concentrate on a capital g ifts campaign to build a M e morial Union . This su ccessful campaign was completed in 1952 after securing a total of $333,806 .41 for the ir proj ect. Their Ann ual Alumni Fund was r eestablished in 1953 and the r es ults w e r e as in dicated above. Though the participation figur e is l ow, the Alumni Fund Committee of Michigan M . & T . is e ncouraged by th e aver age contribution f igure a nd the fact that one-fourth of the a lumni who contributed had b ee n &

o ut of sc hool less than t e n year s. Dr. Wilson Compton, president of the Council fo r Financial Aid to Education , r ecen tly stated, " No public ins titutions are totally d ep e nd e nt on p ubli c funds ... in th e n ext ten years the sta t e institutions generally will b e confronte d with greatly increased d emands. Many of the public ins titutions ar e going to b e , a t least in part, d e p e nde n t on volunta ry giving."

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Sedalia Student Awarded '42 Memorial Scholarship Gerald A. Siron , son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude G. Siron , 1400 South Warre n Stree t , S ed a lia, Missouri, has bee n a nnounced as the winner of the Cla ss of 1942 M e morial Scho lars hip at the School of Mines and Metallurgy at Rolla, M issouri, for a second year. G eral d wa s awarded the scho larship last yea r on graduation from Smilh-Cotton Hi g h School in Sedali a and maintain e d an out.': landin g r ecord during his freshman year at th e School of Mines. D ea n Wilson at t he recent Honors Convoca tion a t th e School of Mines had Noel Hubbard, Registrar and Chairman of th e G e n e ral Schol ars hip Committee announce the award to Gerald. The schol arship last year carried a stipend of $500 .00 and will carry approximatel y th e same amo unt during the school y ea r s 1954-55. The moveme nt lookin g toward th e establishment of the scholars hip was s tarted by the class of 1942 in memory of Captain J ohn W. Rayl, a graduate of Smith-Cotton High School , so n of Mrs. Letha Rayl , who was at that time living at 1005 S. Missouri in Sedalia. Captain Ray l graduated with honors from th e School of Mines in 1942 . He en te red Mili tary Service and was k illed in France on August 18, 1944. He had served as Presid ent of the cl ass of 1942 and when his classmates heard of his passing , a move m e nt wa s started to establish a schol arship in his honor. R. S. Burb erry ' 42 , himself a captain in the Army at that tim e, and who was presid I')t of th e class during its se nior year , sent a l etter to all members of th e cl ass s u gges tin g th e m e mor ial sc hola rship. Approximatel y $1, 000 w as contribute d by m e mber s of th e class of 1942 and som e other s who w er e fri e nd s of those for whom the m e mori a l was s ta T ~

. h e m eantim e others lost their ;11 the conflict until at th e e nd ." '. wa r a total of sev e n boys { i ' O Ill th e cl ass of 1942 h a d eithe r b ee n kill ed or w er e missin g in action a s a r es ult of World W ar II . 7 h ese were : William Altman , missin g in Saipan , D e ce mber 3, 1944; William H. Brown , kill e d in Charl es ton , R. 1. , S epte mbe r 14, 1943 ;

Gerald A. Siron receiving from Noel Hubbard, MSM re g istr a r , notice of Gerald's a ward of the Class of 1942 Memorial Schola r s hip for his second year. Walter C. Fraser, kill ed June 12, 1944; Joseph L. Z a,gata, killed in Sicil y, July 6, 19 43; J ohn Zagata , k illed in Pacific, October 10, 1945; Melvin C. Ullrich , killed in Bel gi um , Decem b e r 26, 1944 ; John W. Rayl , kill ed in France, August 18 , 1944. At the time this scholarship movement was started it was thou ght by some that the award m ight be made to J oh n Rayl's younger brothe r. However, when he graduated from high sc hool he decid e d to study some fi el d other than e ngineering. D ean Curtis L. Wilson thought that it might be appro priate to gra nt the award to a Sedalia high school grad u ate neverth e l ess since John Rayl same from S edalia and it was his death that started the movement. Consequentl y last summer a faculty committee from the s ch ool , with Noel Hubbard as Chairman , selected Gerald A. Siron for the scholarship. Geral d is on e of twelve children and is st udying' Mechanical En g ine ering at the School of Mines and Metallurgy. H e has been an honor stud e nt during the time h e has bee n in school here.

Sch acl'fc r -Odom W. A. S c ba eff e r III, '48 a nd Edith F aye Odom of H atties bul'j!. Mi ssissippi w ere m a rri ed a t H a t ti esburg on March 21 , 1954. They a r e now livin g a t 926 So uth M agÂˇ nolia in K e rmit, T e xas.

Association of Missouri Geol09ists Or9anized Dr. O. R. Grawe , Chairman of the Geology D epa rtment, MSM, invited a number of M isso uri geol og ists , r e presenting t h e principa l geologica l staffs in th e state , to m eet in Ki e l Auditorium, S t. Lo uis , M issoul-i , on April 15 to organize an Association of Missouri G eologists . The re are 162 g r a d uate geologists in Misso uri who a r e e mpl oye d b y univ e rsities, colleges , governmental and state age ncies, minin g , ra il road, clay products , oil a n d gas companies, and as consultants. The Association of Missouri G e o logists will provide a m eans for these professional peopl e to get toge th e r and s tudy a nd dis cu ss Missouri geo logy and other top ics of in terest to Missouri geol ogists. At the organ izational m eeting provision s w e re ma d e to get the assoc ia tion under way . Most of th e an nLlal m eetings a r e ex p ected to b e fie ld tr ips to points of geologic interest . The first m ee tin g w ill b e h e ld in October ihis yea r. Suc h trips w ill provide opportunity to observe ge ological phenome na in th e fi eld a nd affo rd opportunity for Missouri geol ogists to b ecome acq uainte d with one anoth er a nd to provide good f e llowship amo n g th e m . Accommodations for th e organizati o n a l m ee ting we r e pro vide d by th e courtesy of th e Am e rican Association of P e tr ol e um Geologists m eeting in St . Lou is .

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DE NVER . COL ORAD O AREA M. 1. S igner ' 23 - Chairman , 950 15th S treet, Golden Colorado ; Wel by M. K ing '4 2 - Secretary 1102 Troy, D enver, Colorado. SALT LAKE CIT Y. UTAH AREA J . E. Stevens '32 - Chairman Vice-Pres . Murray R efractories Co. P . O. B ox 338, Murray , Utah; Mr. P h illip B oyer '28 - Secretary, 1476 Michigan Ave., Salt La k e City , U tah. A RK _ L . - TEX. - J. C. Salmon ' 22 - President P . O . Box 201 , Minden, Louisana ; R. T . Wade '31 Vice-P resident, 730 Pierre Mont Road , S hreveport, Louisana ; Kenneth J . G ereau, Ex. '''53 - Sec. T reas., 318 College St. , Shreveport, Louisana. ST . L OUI S , MO .. AREA _ James B . McG rath '49 - President 5844. Li n denwood, St. L ouis, Mo.; Paul B . P ro u gh '33 - 1st V ice-President 8 Finl ey Rd., K ir kwood , Mo.; R ay mond T . R u enheck '50 - 2nd ViceP r esident, 5735 B Acme, St. L ouis 20', Mo. ; John R. P ost '39 - S ecretary 9411 T illes D r. , B rentwood 17, Mo. ; J oseph Mooney Ex. '39 - Treasurer, 7265 Northmoor D rive, University City 5, Mo . SCHE N E CTDY, N. Y. AREA J . J . R affone '51 - Chairman , 2264 Nelson Drive, Schenectady 9, N . Y. ; P aul B . P owell '48 - Secretary 10>11 Union S treet, Sch enectady, N. Y. (Q u arterly Meetings on the first or second T uesday of the month) WASHI NGT ON, D .C. AREA H. A. H ollingshead '21 - P resident, 902 P otomac Ave., Apt. A-I, Alexandria , Virginia ; C. H. McD onald '35 - Vice-P resident, 5204 Varnum St. , D ecatu r Heights, Hyattsville, Ma r yland; Richard Rydstrom '32 Secretary-Treasurer, 861 Pinewood T err ace , F alls Ch urch, Virginia. (Informal meeting 11 :30 a .m . every Tuesday for lunch at Executive D ining R oom , 3rd floor , Pentagon Bldg. Contact L t. Col. Stuart D avis '32, Ph. L iberty 5-6700, Ext. 74469 or Col. John J . L ivingston '27, Ph . Liberty 5-6700, E xt. 74081 for reservations .) LOS ANGELES AREA - Barnev Nuell ' 21 _ Chairman, 3440 wi ishire B lvd. , Los Angeles, Calif. SAN F R A NCISCO BAY AREA - Robert L . Ray ' 47 - Chairman,

2315 G rant St., Apt. 8, Berkeley, California; J . E. Bryant '47 - Secretary-T reasurer, 16022 Via Media, San Lorenzo , California . KANSAS CITY AREA Ray O . Kasten '43 - President, 4300 Moats D rive, Rte . No.3 , Kansas City , Missouri ; Fred H. Hoener '41 - Vice-president, 330'5 West 71st Street, Kansas City, Missouri; D on A. Riley '48 - Secretary-Treasu rer, 3910 N orledge, Kansas City, Missouri ; William H. Kamp '17 - D irector , Lake Quivira , Kansas City , Kansas; K. Taylor Campbell '23 D irector, 2821 Sherman Ave ., St. Joseph 29, Misso uri. NEW YORK CITY AREA James L. H ead ' 16 - Ch airman, Room 1726, 25 Broadway , N ew Yo r k , New York. CH I CAGO AREA J. Walter Wallace '48 - Chairman , 18455 Shedh all R oad, Homewood. Illinois; John C. I ngram ' 13 - Secretary , 8223 South S t. Lawrence Ave., Chicago 19, Illinois; John R. Kenney '12 - T reasurer 2132 N. Halsted St., Chicago , Illinois ; Walter A. Baumstark '40 - Director . 1381 Ashbury Ave. , Winnetka, Illinois ; Earl L . Washburn ' 42 - Director, 116 Derbyshire Lane , Arlington Heights , Illinois; Roswell H . Maveet '12 - D irector, 53 W. Jackson Blvd .. Chicago 4, Illi nois: Joseph W . Howerton '38 - D irector , Western Electric Co., Hawthorne Station , C h icago 23, Illinois ; El mer Gammeter ' 26 Director, 823 East Sylvan Ave. , Whitefish B ay , Milwaukee 11 , Wisconsin; Judson M . Lattin '51 - D irector, 6916 West Clyde Ave. , Apt . 402 , Chicago 49 , Illinois: Melvin E . Nickel '38 - D ire ctor, !a601 South Leavitt Ave., Chicago 43 , I llinois. W illiam H. Bowlin '52. write s that he has been discharged from the Engineer Corps. He served in the capacity of Project Engineer on a Quartermaster Depot proj ect for the Joint Construction Agency in France for 13 months and as Assistant Area Engin eer for five months. He was a 2nd Lieutenant. His address is 3229 D enver D rive, Kansas City, Missouri and he is employed with the Standard Asbestos Manufacturing and Insulating Co., in the same city.

St. Joseph Lead Company Scholarship Awarded John Fre d eri ck Rasch e , SOn of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. R asc h e of Farmington , Misso uri, and a senio:' at the Flat Riv er High School , has bee n selected by the St. Joseph Lead Company Scholarship Committee at Missouri School of Mines and Metall urgy at Rolla to receive the freshman St. J oseph Lead Company Schol arship for the academic year beginning on September 8, 1954. This scholarship is one of four such scholarships granted b y the St. Joseph Lead Compa ny each year , one b e ing made availab le at the freshman level, on e at the sophomore l ev el , one at the junior level and one at the sen io r level. The scholarsh ip carries a stipe nd of $600 for the academic y ear and, according to D ean Wilson , th is sum with what the stud ent could earn in summer will see the boy t.hrough an academic year at the School of Min es w ith a minim u m of help from h is parents. John ranks fjrst in the class of 46 at Flat River High School. In high school he has been active in music , photography , intl'am ul'a ls. and has served as Vice -Presid ent of the Honor Society. His father is principal of the grade school a t Flat River . D ea n Wilson a lso announced that Gary White , who is finishing his sophomore year in the Junior College at Fla t Riv er. has been selected to utili ze th -: un e xpireti portion of a St. Jospph Lead Compa ny Schol arship awarded in 1952 to L eroy B lack of Bonne Terre , Missouri . Black left school to enter the Navy at the end of his third semester. White had b een chosen a s an alternate for Black at the time the award was made to Black in 1952 . White h a s an outstanding record at the Junior Colle ge, b eing the highest male student in the sophomore cJ " ~ ~ H e will enter the School of Mines as a junior next fall. Othe r stude nts holding the St. Joseph L ead Company Scholarships at the School of Mines and Metallurgy include John J . Victor of Bonne T erre. Misso uri. who will b e a senior in Mining Engin eering n ext fall , and J erry Owe n D awso n of Bonne Terre. who will b e a sophomore in Electrical Engineering next year.

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E. E. Department Gets Analog Computer Through the efforts of the Electrical Engineering D epartment of the Missouri School of Mines, the school has for its use an analog computer which is a d evice for solving engineering problems . The MSM Analog Computer is the result of graduate electrical engineering work undertake n b y Fred Wagner a nd William Paar under the directions of Professors I. H. Lovett, department head, J . Zaborszky and R . E . Nolte. Some engineering problems can be solved only after a great deal of calculation. Sometimes the problem solution is very involved a nd a t other times the quantity of material to be handled is so large that it is practically impossible to obtain an answer w ith conventiona l methods. The analog computer was developed as a d evice to re duce the labor of problem solution and to obtain the solution much more quickl y . An analog computer is used to represent physical quantities occuring in a problem while a numerical computer (called a digital computer) uses number to obtain a solution. A very common example of an ana log computer is a slide rul e. A common example of a digita l comp uter (limited only to addition an subtraction) is an ad din g machine. Analog computers may be m echanical or el ectronic d e vices or a combination of the two . A probl em solved by a mechanical analog computer generally appears in the form of a graph traced out on paper or viewed on the face of a cathode ray oscilloscope. An analog computer is not as accur ate as a digita l computer but it has advantages that readily ada pt it to engineering problems. One adva ntage is that of cost. El ectronic analog computers can b c constructed from standard radio p a r ts whil e digital computers r equire a grea t number of special parts. Anoth er a dvantage is that various factors affecting the problem solution can be changed quite quite easily but the same change in a digital m achin e would not be as easily accomplished . The setting up of a problem to b e solved on a n ana log computer is that it is

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limited in acc uracy, however, for most engineering problems en countered its acc uracy is sufficient. The a ircraft industry uses analog computers quite extensively. In some companies the factor s affecting air craft design a r e simulated for a given d esign in a1: analog computer device. This permits a good design w ithout actually building the aircraft, thus sa ving time, money and material. S ince commercial analog com puters range in cost from $3,000 to $10 ,000 it was d ecide d, because of a limited budget, to construct the computer at the school. The computer is ele ctronic and is constructed w ith standard radio part s.

Kurt DeCousser Speaks to Geology Faculty Kurt D eCo usser, BS MS' 22, EM ' 25 , General Superintendent of Production , Socony-Vacuum Oii Company, Inc. , Lansing, Michigan spoke to the faculty and students of the Geology D epartment 011 April 22 . Mr. DeCoussser inform a lly dicusssed the " Geology and Production of Oil in the Michigan Basin. " Using maps and charts, h e outlined the geologic characteristics of the Lower Peninsula of l\IUchigan , the distribution of the numerous fie lds, man y of which are small producers, and discussed the economics of producing oil in the area. Mr. D e C ousser 's v isit provec! profitable to the G eology Department by his contribution of a large number of sa mples from Michigan oil wells. The samples were nicely bottled in vials. properly labeled and accompanied b y a driller's log of each well. This is not th e first time h e has donated samples to the G eology Department. From time to time , through the years, h e has furnished much material for u se in the Petroleum G eology classes. The charts and maps used to illustrate his talk were also give n to the department. It is estimated that the monetary value of his recent donation is three thousand dollars. The Geologv D epartment is indeed grateful to Mr. D eCo usser for his generosity and thoughtfuln es a nd we w ish to take this opportunity to publicly express our thanks.

Paul R. Cook, '07, Plans N. Y. Subway Escalator Analog Computer The cost of t h e compute r wa 3 about $500. The computer is not as complete as a commer cia i un it but futur e outlay of about $1-0 00 w ill complete the MSJV[ installa tion. A seminar explaining the prolJlem set up a nd demonstrating the computer was held recently . It is expecte d that more seminars will b e h eld in the futur e to acquain t all interested p ersons w ith the computer op era t~on . The analog computer w ill b e ava ilable to a ll persons who a ~'e interested in applying a nd solving engineering problems .

Paul R. Cook '07 , Assistant Engineer with the Board of Public Works, Sanitation, S ewa'ge Disposal and Water Supply of the City of New York writes of his present project in which h e is engaged. The project is excavation ,for an escalator from a subway to the surface. The l ocation is between the Chrysler Building and the building adj acent across 42nd street. The dynamite charges must be very light in order not to disturb structures and construction in the area thus making the project slow and exp ensive. On e portion of the escalator service was opened with cer emoni es on April 9 1954.

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More than fifty lVISM Alumni, students and ' faculty were present at the annual meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists which was held at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, AprH 1213. This meeting was one ' of the best organized and largest ever held by the association. The following were among the alumni who attended the meeting ; S. T. Algermissen '53, Washington University; R. R. Beveridge '42 , G. A . Muilenburg '25 , of the Missouri Geological Survey; J. S. Brown '17, J. A . Emery '40" J . E. Jewell ' 22, J. E. Kiser '39 , all with the St. Joseph Lead Co.: J. lVI. Forgotson '22, E. W. Fort '34 , W. E. Ten Eyck '23, J. M. Wanenmacher ' 23 , all these alumni are Consultants ; W. F. Cooke '35, Atlantic Refining Co. ; J. S . Cullison '30, Florida State University; W. M. Dressel '43 , U. S. Bureau of Mines; G. E. Ebmeyer '30, S . D. Jarvis Co.; R. E. Goodwin '47 , Superior Oil Co. ; R. W. Graves ' 41, California Research Corp .; S. A. Lynch ' 28, Texas A & M : J. N . McGirl '22, Tidewater A ssociated Oil Co .; Guillermo Sa uri ' 44 , Oceanic Oil Co. ; C. D. Cordry ' 28 , B . R. Thompson '26 , of Gulf Oil Corp: C. N. Valerius ' 25 , Barn gdall Oil Co. ; Robert Van Nostrand ' 42 , Magnolia Oil Co.; R. J. Wade '31 , Schlumb erger Well Survey ing Corp. ; A. E. Woerheide. Jr . ' 36 . J . F. Burst '43 , of the Shell Petr~leum Co. ; R. G. Prough '38 , F. A. Ellison '48 , of the Union Producing Co.; H. E. Gross '28, Gross Maps ; W. D. Keller '30, University of Missouri. Faculty members present were: .T . D. Forrester, D . L. Frizzell, V. G. Gabriel, O. R. Grawe, R. 1. Martin , R. E. Morgan , J. L. Rosenfeld , A. C. Spreng. MSM students who were in attendence were : T . J. Clair, Tom Crutcher, G. B. French, W. R. Higgs, R. N . Hoffman, J. B. Holder , L. J . Keller, J. A. Martin , D . P. Van Duym, A. F . Vondrasek. Dr. O . R. Grawe regrets to report that an alumni get-together was not held because there were only two replies to the invitation published in the Nov.-Dec. issue of the MSM Alumnus.

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Thomas E. Eagan, '25, Gets American Foundrymen's Society's Highest Award Each yea r the A merican Foundrym en 's Socie ty , through r e commendations of a Board of Awards Committ ee, sel ects outstanding men of industry to b e honored with presentation of Gold Medals, the highest awards bestowed by AFS. Thoma s E. E agan ' 25 was awarded the Jose ph S. S eaman Gold Medal, "For outstanding work in the development and dissemination of engineering data on the prod uction a nd utilization of alloy cast irons. " In r ecognizing his work through b estowal of the medal, the AFS does so in full knowledge both

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of his proficiency as a ferrous metallurgist and his constant willingness to impart to others some of his own a cquire d kn owledge. Sinc e 1934 h e has been associate d w it h the Copp er-B essemer Corpor a tion a t Grove City, Pa. , first as Chief M e tallurgist a nd , since 1952, a s Chief R esearch M etaUurgist. Over these twenty productive y ear s, Mr. Ega n ha s served constantly on many technical committees of AFS and other e ngineering societies, contributing papers and proceedings of me tal- w orking industries and presentin g t echnological subject matter .in a sin gularl y understandable manner. H e w a s a Nation a l Director of AFS in 1949-1952. As a fr equ ent and ready con-

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The St. Louis Section of the MSM Alumni Association held their annual meeting for election and installation of officers at the Missouri Athletic Club, May 22. The newly elected officers are: President, James B. McGrath '4 9 : 1st Vice-President, Paul B. Prough '33; 2nd Vice-President, Ray Ruenheck '50 ; Secretary , John R. Post '39; Tre asurer, Joseph Moo ney, ex '39 . President Jim McGrath presented a schedule of e v ents planned by the section for t h e coming year. The d efinit e dat E'S helve not yet been set for all the events but the month is certa in. All alumni in the St. Louis area are urged to make plans to attend as many of these gather ings as possible as one of the aids in increasing inte rest and strengthening the section. The schedule is as f ollows: August (date to b e announced later) Stag Meeting at Falstaff Brewery, Sieve Salarno '47 , Chairman ; E'eptember 25, Footbal Game, Washington U . vs Miners at Francis Field. Warren H elburg '44 , Chairm a n: October 15 and 16, Homecoming at Rolla, Joe Mooney , ex '39, Chairman; December (date to be announced later) Christmas Stag Luncheon , (Place to b e announced later) Milton Rau, e x '36 , Chairman ; Janua r y '27 , Rolla NiFht. En gineers Club , St. Louis, with Dr. W . T. Schrenk, Chairman of the Chemical Engin eering Department at MSM, as speaker, Homer Stokes '38, Chairman ; March (date to be announced later). Sta g Meeting, Place (? ) W Clvn e B ennetsen '41 , Chairman ; May ( 7) Installation Dinner, Pla ce (? ) , James B. McGrath '49, (; h a ir m an. Joe Mooney will notify ~ iy' "l umni of the d efinite dates as they a r e determined. Please (Continued on Page 12) tributor to the Conventions of this and other technical groups, and to the technical press, Mr. E gan b elongs to that unassuming but highly important grou]il of metallurgically trained foundrym en who have adde d so much to the stature of AFS , a s impressive exponents of the Socie t's tradition of fr ee inter ch a n ge of t echnical information .

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All 1954 Graduates Are Placed in Jobs The MSM Employment and Placement Office under the direct ion of Assistant D ea n Vernon A. C. Gevecker h as been a busy one. This office assists e mplo yers by making arrangements for them or their r e presenta tives to v isit the campus to interview graduates for p ermanent employ m ent or othel' stu c.e n ts fo r summ e!' em p loyment. A l ist is a lso m a in tained of employe rs seeking t h e serv ices of a lu mni who are ex p e rienced in their field. All oE th e 1954 gr aduates, who w er e seek in g employme nt, were pla ced in iobs for the coming yea r. The shortage of tra ined engineers is evident by the number of companies v isiting the campus seekin g the services of the m embers of this years graduating class. It is estimated that t h e rat io b etween the numbe r of position and the number of a vailable graduates is a bout 3 to 1. The employment office arranged for 186 companies, organizations , em plo yers. etc .. to vis it the campus to interview the se niors. Some w ere r epres e ntatives of companies having from one to twe nty l ocations , an d of course, the extremely l arge corporations as South w est e rn B ell T elephone Co. a nd G ener a l Motors Corporation with h undrerls of l ocations. This assists those who Âˇmay have som e prefer ence in the geogra phical location of their e mployment . There was no company, that was h e re for interviews , able to h ire a ll t h e employees they n eeded. Som e of the graduates had as man y as fift een diffe r e nt offers from wh ich to select. A s urvey wa s mad e of the e mp l oyme nt status of the 1954 gr adu ating class . The questionnaires reveal ed t h at the average b eginnin g sala ry is $374.00 pe l' month which is sl ightly highe r than l ast year . Th e lowest sa la r y was $335 per month and th e highest $425 per month. One offe r was mad e by a company for a foreign operation which commanded a salary of $l. 050 per month . Anoth er grad u a te , who ha s hi s do ctors d egree , secure d dom estic e mplo ym e nt with a stipend of $650 pel' month. Th e U. S. D e partme nt of L abor' s Burea u of Labor Statistics,

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(Continue d From P age 11 ) ke ep him informed of any change in address. Alumni President Harry S. Pence '23 and Mr s. Pence w e r e among the a lumni present at the dinner. The a lumni and g u ests who attended were : Mr . and lVII'S . Homer B a llinge r ' 43 , Mr. a nd Mrs. A lbert Barnard ' 27 , Mr. an d Mrs . Frank D eLurgio '5 1, Mr. a nd Mrs. Ike Edwards, Mr . and M rs . J ack F. Faser ' 47, Mr. an d M rs. B ernard Gross , Jr . '33, Mr. an d Mrs. Preston K . Horner ' 07 , Mr. and Mrs. J ames B. McGrath '49, Mr . ai-Jd Mrs . Joe Mooney, ex ' 39, Fred Mueller '38 , James J . Mu rphy '35 , Clarence C. Palme r ' 40 John R. Post '39, Mr. and Mrs . Paul B . Prough '33 , Milton Rau , ex '36 , Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ruenheck '5 0 , Mr. and Mrs . S tep h e n Salarno ' 47 , Hary W . Smith ' 51. John Soult '39, and Mr. and Mrs . Homer Stokes '39. IIIIII!II IIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1111I11I11111II1II11I111

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The Washington. D. C. Section of the MSM Alumni Assoc iatio n held its ann u a l meeting on April 30, 1954 at the Sea Gull R estaurant w h ere a most enjoyable evening w as spent by a representative group of a lumn i in t h at area. The Annual election of officers wa s held an d the fo llowin g a lu mni w er e elected for t h e en s uing year. President, H. A. H ollingshead ' 21 : Vice President. C . H . McDonald '35 ; Secretary-Treasure r. R. Ryd strom ' 32. Others p r esen t were: M . Bolotsk y ' 39; C. A. Burdick ' 10 : Lt. Col. S. L . Davis ' 32 ; R. L . Hardy '50: S . H as ko 48 ; VirgInia Hall '38; J. Hopkins ' 13 ; C. H . J e nnings '3 0; Lt. Col. W. P. L eber '40: Col. .J. J . L ivin?ston '2R a nd '32: 2nd Lt. H . T . Mann ' 48: R. F . McCrae '09 ; J. H. Me n efee '36; J . L. M eyin cooperation with t h e U. S . Of fic e of Educa tion 's Division of High er Edu cation , h as pre pared a bookle t for prese nt and prospec tive college stude nts . It lists e n g in eerin?' as one of the occ upations in whic h the long-run prospects are very g ood.

er ' 51; E. T. Myskowski ' 41 ; G. Nations '36; W. M . Shephard '5 1 ; J . O . Strawhun '4 1 ; C. W. Tra ughber ' 10 ; L . A. Turnbull '22; Col. T . P. Walsh ' 17 ; K. P. Wang '42. The special guest a t the m eeting was Represe ntative A. S . J . Carnahan, of Missouri , who spoke briefly r e garding his earlier years as a teac h er prior to entering politics and of t h e activities of the F oreign Affairs Committee of which he has been a m e mber sin ce com ing to Washington . Col. J . J. Livingston ' 28 and ' 32, a member of the D. C. Section , gave a most inte r esting talk on the culture, b ea uty and resources of K orea which was augme n te d by a fin e selection of slides personally taken by the C olonel while on sev e ral mission s to that area. The decision of the group was to meet again sometime after the middle of September when the a nnua l trecks homeward from vacacations are over for most of the m e mber s and the w eather is back to n orma l. It is rumored and can be v e rifie d tha t is it unusually warm in the Capital City in July a nd August. The D. C. Section is very proud 01' the fact that L ee R. Grabill '78 , the OLDEST LIVING MSM GRADUATE, is a m emb er of their section. Too , the meeting was a ttended by Miss Virgi n ia Hall , a forme r MSM Student. who became a m omber of the section. 1IIIII H'II11 1111111111 1111111 11!11I11I IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIInllllllllllllllllil

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Phil Boye r '28, S ec r e tary of the Utah Section 01 the MSM Alumni Assoc ia tion is p lanning on issuing a periodic n ewslett" r to keep alum ni in that area informed on the whe r ea b o uts ::l nd activities of MSM Miners in Utah. H e ne"'d s the cooper ation of a ll a lumn i in t h at <'lrea. T o start , h e n eeds <'I complete active list of a ll MSM men li ving in Utah and h e does n 't care if the list "splashes ov er" into th e n ea rb y sta t es . If vo u h avo n't r <"ce iver'l one of Phil's le tte rs , write him . ?,iving yo ur address. busin ess co nn ect io n and pei- so n a l item about y ourself. H is a ddr ess i ~ 1476 Michigan Ave. , Salt Lake City, Utah. S end a ca rbon copy to the A lumn i Office at Rolla for publication in t h e MSM Alumnus .

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Industrial Research Institute's 1954 Medal

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Dr. Mervin J. Kelly ' 14 , president of Bell Telephone Laboratories and one of the nation's most distinguished leaders in industrial research, rec'e ived the Industrial Research Institute's 1954 Medal at the Institute's annual meeting in San Francisco, California , April 22.

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The medal, established in 1945, has be~n presented annually since then , "to recognize and honor outstanding accomplishment in leader~ hip in or management of industrial research which contributes broadly to the development of industry or public welfare." Dr. Fred Olsen, past president of the Institute and vice-president for research and development, Olin Industries, presented the medal to Dr. Kelly, "for distinguished leadership in industrial research, joining the mind of the scientist and he hand of the technologist to serve the security and well being of mankind, and for outstanding personal contributions to national security. " "Industrial research is perhaps the most significant force in our society in determining the quality of our living, in conserving materials essential to industrial man's survival , and in insuring our freedoms, "Dr. Kelly declared in his acceptance address. In the last 15 years, he pointed out, the nation has spent fifteen billion dollars in research and development directly connected with our military strength, while we have invested only eleven billion dollars in research and development for our civilian economy during the same period. "The relative size of these figures is indicative of the importance we have attached to the application of science to creating new weapons and the strategy of their use ," Dr . Kelly said. "While World War II was in progress, revolutionary weapons and methods were created and introduced that decreased the period of the war and brought victory with shorter casualty lists. In the postwar period with atomic power as the destructive force, a military strength has been created that has deterred the Russians from allout war. Recent developments have raised the destructiveness of an

atomic explosion to a level where its very m ag nitude may well act as a deterren t even though both sides are capable of employing it." Industrial research has played the major role in producing these results, h e declared , for some 60 per cent of th is country's m ilitary research and development work has been carried out in the laboratories of industry. At the same time , industrial research has made equally important contributions to an abundant econom y and steadily rising standard of living for Americans, thereby creating an atmo.sphere most unfavorable to the growth of the r evolutionary philosophy of communism in our country. He said that since the first industrial research laboratories were established at the turn of the century, the average work week has been reduced from 54 to 40 hours, while at the same time the productivity of the worker has been vastly increased and his physical effort sharply decreased through mechanization and new manufacturing processes. He cited as a typical example of the fruits of industrial research (Continued on Page 15)

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The Missouri State Highway Commission has announced the appointment of Charles C. Tevis '23, as District Engineer of DistrictS , of the highway department with headquarters at Springfield , Missouri. Mr. Tevis is a veteran employee of the department. He began his employment with the department in 1920 while a student at MSM. Upon graduation he became a full time employee . In 1934, he returned to the School of Mines for graduate work. Since his return to the commission h e has received several promotions, serving as assistant project engineer, project engineer, assistant district engineer on construction , assistant engineer of construction .a nd assistant engineer of surveys

E. E. Department (Continued From Page 7) next ten years have a revolutiona ry effect on power produc t facilities. The preceding factors indicate a continued large demand for young engineers in a type of work that has absorbing interest a nd much glamour. Unquestionably these factors will have an influence on enrollments in electrical engineering curricula. At M.S.M. the number of freshmen indicating their sele ction of the electrical engineering curriculum in the spring of the school yea r 1951-1952 was thirty-two ; in the spring of 1952-1953 school year it was fifty-seven ; while in the spring of 1953-1954 school year it was seventy-two. At M.S .M. the freshman enrollment in electrical engineering during the past three years has been exceeded only by the freshman enrollment in m echanical engineering. Factors influencing future enrollment should be given consideration in making plans for laboratory facilities. Such facilities cannot b e produced on short notice after a flood of students arrive. Students enrolled in the electrical engineering curriculum, many of whom ar e residents of the State of Missouri , have a right to expect that adequate facilities will be available for training in their chosen profession . The present space allotted to electrical engineering laboratories was adequate for classes that existed years ago. Additional space at the present time has been obtained by using classrooms for part time laboratory service. The total of such facilities available now will not be adequate for the expected increase in futur e enrollments. Preliminary plans for the completion of the Engineering Laboratories Project have been completed and the project is awaiting appropriation of funds. The completion of this project will give the Electrical Engineering Department the space and facilities required to produce outstanding Missouri electrical engineers of the future. and plans for the entire state. b eing amed to the latter Jue 1. 1952. Mr. Tevis is a native of Kirksville. K entucky. H e is married and the Tevises have one da u ghter , Mrs. L . G. Lefler of Webste r Groves, Missouri.

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Hungerford Speech (Continued From Page 3) engineering have not been widely applied . As life there is hard it is also cheap. Social uphea val has been the consequence . In tha", comparison of here with there, you have a m easurement of the contributions of your profession . Today yo ur profession is highly specialized. At the same time each specialized field offers broaden ed avenues for the application of e n gineering principles . One of the oldest fields of engineering is in transportation. 225,000 miles of railroads in this country are a monume nt to engineering ac hievement. They also represent a fertil e field for future accomplishment. After more than thirty years in railroading I would be the last to suggest that we h ave even approache d the last frontier. The job of providing low-cost mass t r ansportation in a period of high costs and higfu. taxes is a continuing challenge. Mindful of the nee d for technically trained men, we . m a k e a d et e rmined effort to attract e ngineering gra duates, and to a id them in their advance m e nt. In the case of our own railroad w e h ave a training program for the purpose of d e ve loping supervisory officers in the maintenance of way and operating d epartments. The course gives the tra inee a good cove rage of ra ilway experience in t h e shortest time possible .. . in our case 2 1/2 yea r s. From then on his promotion a nd d evelopment is d e pen de nt upon his willingn ess and upon his ability . Ability vs. Desire It will b e the sa m e in any fi eld yo u ch oose. Ability a nd desire arc closely r ela t e d. P eople ge nera lly like to do w h at th ey do best ; a t the sa m e time a man does a bette r job if he li k es what he is doing. A wise ap plication of time a nd thought is to clea rly ana lyze and e valu ate oneself. The Socratic philoso phy, " Know Thyself," is pertin e nt. The r e is no telling ho w far our civiliza tion might be a dvance d if everyone could be used to the full extent of his capabilities .. . if in ever y round hole there w er e a round peg. It is gener ally ass um ed t ha t e ngineers are m e n who like to pla n , to build , a nd to d ea l in pre cise

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calculations. Yet those who would rise above the a verage need somet hing else. P erh aps for the moment you will permit m e to call it " human engineering ." R e gardless of your chosen fi elds of specializa tion you will b e d ealing for the most p a rt with things ... with structures, and commodities , a n d services. But in the production of these things you will be d ealing with p eople. No profession sta n ds by itself. It is a matte r of know ing how to work with others in d ev eloping plans , and carrying out the operations by w hich plans m a te rialize into commodities and services. A knowle dge of human nature 'and human beh a vior is es sential. So is the ability to present your facts and ideas in a persuasive m anne r . Too often m e n ha ve fail e d m e r el y because they h ave lacke d the a bility to w in confidence, s upport and cooperation for feas ible an d worthwhile projects. Symptomatic of Our Times The failure of the social skills to keep p ace with the Lecl1l1icai skills h as been symptomatic of o u r times. It is a p a r a dox that during the thirty yea r s that the world was making its greatest gains in technical skills it was displa yi n g a tragic sho rtage of socia l skills. As the r elations of Manage m e n t a nd Labor were marred by strife, nations w e r e choosing sides for w a r s which sapped the strength of civilization .. . and desw estern troyed institutions that were centuries in the building . If during those wars much engineerin g h a n diwo rk was demolishe d , it is eq ua lly true that engin ee ring skill h a d a dded to th e d estructive power that was thrown into the b attle. The role of the engin eer, the n . cannot b e limited to technical creation ; the prestige of the prof e ssion al so d emands a sense of r es ponsibility for seeing that technical crea tions a re employe d :for the common good. The profession is under obligation to consider the many-sid ed effects of e ngineering oper ations . . .. a nd to a id people to a djust wise ly their modes of living , the ir industria l, commercia l and governme n tal procedures , and the ir e ducational processes ... so as t o e nioy the grea test possible b enefit from the progress achiev ed through en g in eering. Thi s , the n , is the r esponsibility of yo ur profession. The engineer mus t conte nd too with th e h um an te nden cy to r esist

change . Often his greatest problem is not technical, but the necessity of overcoming the n egative reaction which greets a nything that has not been done or known before . It only has been a little more than two deca d es since large numbers of America ns began hear .. ing such terms as technological unemployme nt, t echnocracy . . . . and the like . Machines , it was held , ha d created the d epr e ssion by displacing m en. Ye t today there are sixty million people employe d in this country. It has been estimated that half of that working forc e is e ngaged in producing a nd selling things that were unheard of back when this City was founded . A very large proportion of that working forc e is conce rn e d with producing and selling things d ev eloped in the past 25 years. Sho uld this trend continue, ha lf of our working population in 25 more years will b e making and selling things as yet unknown. What these products will be is anyon e's guess, but there is no reason to doubt that their contributions to progress w ill b e considerable. I m e ntion this in the spirit of objectivity, b ecause once again 2 psychology of fear a nd p essimism has arisen . . . this time out of the libera tion of nuclear power. Man is afraid of what he has don e w ith his intellige nce and wonders whether he h a~ chosell the proper p a th . Much the same attitude fo llowed the introduction of gunpowder , a n d Nobel b e came similarly concerned after he had unleashe d the pOW2r of dynamite. The big problem of the world today is not the r esult of any instrument conce ived b y human minds or fashioned b y human hands. It a rises from t h e fact that as a man builds he must a lso grow . It is becoming abundantly cIea r that. the only r ea l solution to world's a nxie ty lies in a grea ter and a highe r moral d e ve lopment of man himself. Challenge to Generation In this d irec tion yo ur ge neration will have the opportunity to lead the wa y. And. although this is a r esponsibility , yo u a r e a lso the beneficia ries of much that is m agnificent. In a relative ly short period of time this country, with strength and character , moved from the d espa ir of V alley Forge to the new hope of V J Day; it biehd e d the old with the new to rise to a position of l ea d ership in

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R. J. Smart, '16 passed away in Alhambra, California in March. Mrs. Tena Smart, his mother , who resides at 2520 Buch Street, Alhambra , notified us of his death .

Kelly (Continued From Page 13) the experience of the telephone industry . Thirty years ago the Bell System served about 8 million subscribers ; today it serves 41 million , a five-fold increase . This has been accompanied by an expansion of the r ange of telephone communciation and by the introduction of new services such as broadcasting and television networks and tele type facilities. Thanks to the application of research, the expande d usefulness of the Bell System communications network has been achieved with only a three-fold increase in personnel. Looking ahead, Dr. Kelly pre-

dicted that the trend toward increased productivity will continue at an acce lera ted rate with the introduction of electronic systems , generally of the e le ctronic " brain" or computer t ype, in manufacturing, merchandising, business a nd banking operations _ "Automation through electronic systems has r eceived laI'ge stimulation from the electronic components arising from industrial r esearch in solid state physics. " Dr. Kelly said. '''l'he robot factor y moves out of the Jules Verne area into one of reality. Electronic automation implemented with solid state devices will be one of the maj or economic and social forces during the next few decades."

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Executive Vice-Pres . . Charles J. Potter '29 ........ .. .... 330 North Carpenter.... ............. .... ... ...... ... 1956 and ViceÂˇPres. Areas 1, 2, 3, Indiana , Pennsylvania Vice-Pres. Areas 4, 5, 6, Horace H. Clark ' 15 . Vice-Pres. Areas 7, 8, 9 Barney Nuell '21 .

. ....... 7202 South Shore Drive . ........... ... ........ .. 1956 Chicago 49, Illinois .. ......3440 Wilshire Boulevard .... ...................... 1956 Los Angeles, California

Sec.-Treas . .... . ............... Leon Hershkowitz '41 .... ........ 1300 Powell . Rolla, Missouri Executive Secretary â&#x20AC;˘.. Francis C . Edwards Editor , "Alumnus"

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2.... ........ Claude Valerius ' 25 ............... S. Ark ., N. C ., S . C., L a ., Miss. , ...... .... .......... ... 1954 443 Gladsl<>ne St., Shreveport , La . Ala. , Ga. , Fla. 3 ... 4..

..... 5 . Allen Stone '30 P. O. Box 28, Fort Wayne. Ind. ........ Melvin E. Nickel '38 10601 South Leavitt Ave. Chica-go 43, illinois

..... W. Va., Ohio, W . P a ., K y ., Tenn., .... ... 1954 Ind., ( Exce p t Chicago Industrial Area) ............. N. Ill ., Chica go Industrial Area in .. Indiana , Wis consin , Michigan , Minnesota

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1400 S . 2nd. St., St. Louis 4, Mo. 6.. ............. H. E. Zoller '23 .. _.. . . ..... . Central Building, Wichita , Kans.

.. ..... Iowa, W . Mo., Neb., Kan., Okla.

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7.......... 5. H. Lloyd '47 .. ................ ................... ...... Texas, Arizona, New Mexico .. . ....................... 1955 1900 Mellie Esperson Bldg.

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...Willia m H. Burgin '40 . 1219 California St., Denver, Colorado

. .. Idaho, Montana, North Dakota , ................ .... ... 1954 South D akota, Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada, Utah

9............. .. Barney Nuell '21 ........ .... ............................ . Washington, Oregon, California. 3440 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angel es , California

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MSM Placement Service J lin e 3, 1954 F or m or e inform a ti o n corre p on d d irec lly w ith t he office of t h e A sistant D ea n , P a rk er H a ll, M is'o uri S ch ool of Min es a nd M eta l l u rgy, R olla, Misso uri . PO SITION S AVAILA BLE: CHEMI CAL ENG INEER : Sa les posi t io n wi t h l ar ge ch e mi ca l m anu fact u r in g co ncern . Rece nt gr a du ates des ired . L oca ti o n S t. L ou is, Mi ., o uri a nd v icinity. MI N I NG ENGINEER : R esear ch En gin eer w ith Minin g a nd Smeltin g Co m pa ny . R ece nt gr ad ua tes des ire d . L oca ti on Utah . MECHAN IICAL ENGINEER: Op ra ti on s in ce m e nt in d ustr y. A ss ist a nt to P la nt Engin eer . Loca ti on M isso uri. SALES E N GINEER : M ec h a n ical , Ind u t ri a l or Ci vii En gin eer d es ir ed wi t h Cork a n d In s ul a t ion Compa ny. Tra i n ing pr ogr a m to b e f ollow ed by assig nm e n t a n yw h er e in th e Un ite d Sta t s . ELECTRICAL ENGI N EER : Em ploy m n t w ith M ac hin e r y Co mp a n y in W est Virgin ia. P r ior exper ie n ce unn ecessar y. M ETALL URGICAL ENGINEER : F or e m pl oyment in Res a r c h L a b or a to r y of Steel F irm . Locat ion v ic inity of C hi cago. E X T R A CTIVE M ETALLURGIST : P r ocess- En gi neeri n g f or n o n -f er r o us m e t als a n d p r ovid e techni cal ass is ta n ce to sal es people. L ocatio n Cal ifo rn ia. SUR VEYOR: C hi ef of P arty a nd Drafti ng. L oca tio n Misso uri . E NG I N EER S : R ece nt ,gr ad u ates in e ngin eerin g in t r est ed in oil in d ustr y. L ocatio n S ou t h we t U n i ted S ta tes. MET A LLURGIST : P rocess P la n ner on s m i-cond u ctor m ate r ia ls . Loca ti on New York S tat . CIVIL E NGI NEE R: R ece nt gr adu ates to work on gro u ndwater and hydro l ogy t u d i , . Locat io n Midw s t. CIV IL ENGI NEER: Su r v y ing a nd general Civil Engi n r in g . Loca ti on K a n as Ci ty, M i o ur i . CHEMI CAL AND MECHANI CAL ENGI NEERS AND PHYSI CI ST S : Researc h and dev l opmen t wor k in the oil i ndu try . Locat ion South we t Un ited States. ENGI NEERI NG SALES : a les

Ma n ager a nd S a les Engin eer to sell a n d d istrib u te n a ti on a ll y a dve rti sed produ cts . L oca tion Mid -w est. PET ROLEUM AND CIV IL EN G INEERs : Em ploy m e nt in t he P etr ol e um Indus tr y in t he Gulf Coast Sta tes. INDUST RIAL SALES : M ec ha n ica l or Ch e mi ca l E n gin eer pref erre d . S a le of P e tr ole um Prod u cts to In d u s trial P la nts. L oca ti on K a n as Ci ty, Mi ssouri .

Marriages Zerw ec!, -Ga n 'e t t M iss J e an E l izabe t h G a r r e tt, K a n sa s City, beca m e t h e brid e of Ca r l E . Ze rw eek , J r. '5 0 on the 20th of Ma r ch , HJ54 at Lh e Co u n tr y Cl u b C hri s t b n C hurc h i n Ka n as C ity, M is o uri . Carl is e m p l oyed as a ci v il. e n g in ee r wHh t h e U. S . D e p a rtm ent oJ: Co m m er ce, Ci vil A e r o n a utic. Ad m in istration in Ka nsa s C ity. The prese nt a d dr ess of the n e w ly w e d s is 6401 Brook s id e R oa d, K a n 'as C ' ty. Mi sso ur i. Kl'onmull e J'-Schumbe l' Miss H el e n 1. S ch ombe.· a nd W illiam W. Kr o nm ulle r w e r c m a r r ie d on Apr il 10, 1950 a t t h e Tri nity Eva n gelica l a n d R ef orm ed C h u r ch , St. L o u is . Mi ssouri. A t thc p r ese n t. they a r e living at 4418a. F lor iss P lace, S t. Lo ui s 15 , M isso ur i . Will ia m is e mpl oyed by th e W ood R iv e r Ill in o is R efin e r y of Sta n d a rd Oil Co. of I n d ia n a. En gag'em e nt iV1;·. a nd Mrs. W. C . Baxte r , 107 Eas t 4th , R olla, M isso uri a n llO u nce th e e n gage m e n t of th e ir d a ug h te r , N orm a Ruth , to Mr. Ra lp h S . Sh ow a lte r , ' 49 so n of M r . a nd M r s. A. C. Showalte r , S t. Lo uis . M isso uri . T he br id e-elec t g r a du a t ed f ro m th e Rolla Hi g h S c hool in 1944 a lld h a - b en e mpl oyed at the U. Burea u of M in es s in ce th a t lim e. M r . S h ow a lte r , wh o is a gr ad u ate of levela nd Hi g h Sch ool in S t. L o u is, M i so uri , r eceived b oth hi. Bach lo r of S cie n ce a nd Mast I' of Sc ience d g r ees in Mec h ;1 n ica l E n ' i neeri n g from th e Un iv r s ity of M i so ul'i Sc hool of Mi n es and Meta llurgy. w h er 11(' ha ' h eld a pos it. ion o n Ih e fac u lt)' s inc 1949 . A. l ate summe r weddi ng is be in g p Ja n nf'd.

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R. F. McCaw, '27, Planning $5,000,000 N,Y. Building The N e w Y or k H e r a l d- T r ibune r ece ntly ca rri e d a n a rt icle abo ut a n ew $5,000 ,000 offi ce a nd la b or a tory bu ilding pr oject. wh i ~ h is b eing built b y t he Had io Co r por, a tion of Am r ica. n eal' Ca nd '2 n , N e w J e r sey . R. F . (B ob ) McCaw ' 27 is in charge of t he p la nn ing :ll1d con t r u cti on of th is v e n t u r e. The co n stru cti o n is uniqu e. in t h a t t he build in gs in co r por ate m a ny of t he l a test m a te r ia ls a nd tec hniqu s kn ow n to th e in d ustr y. A ll of t he f iv e b uild in gs a r c r eceiv in g n atio na l publi c it y. O n (' of th e out sta nd in g f eat ures is t he usc of Uw fa m ous "Yo utz-S ], k L ift -S la b S ys te m " of co n str u ction . B y thi s m eth od , a ll co n Cl' te f loors a nd r oofs 'l l'e p o ure d a t g r o und le ve l , one on to p of th e oth e r , t he n pulled up in to p o i ti on by m ea n s of h y dra u lic j ac k s. Thi s is t h e fir st use of t h syste m in the m id d le Atl a n t ic a r ea. O the r fea tures incl ud in s u lated p or cela in p a n e l wa lls, a ir co nditi o ni ng , acousti cal tr ea tm e nt. m ovea bl e wa lls. co m ple te fl ex ib ility , a nd oth e r ite m s wh ich contri bute to (, 1l1plo)'ee co mfort a nd effi ci , c.v. Th e pr oi ect. is r ece iv in g fea t ur ed a r t icles in two of t h e well k now n tec hn ica l Mn d p r ofessionai m agaz in es in t h e n ext few m o n t hs . B ob r eceived a ho n o r a r y P l' Of ession a l d eg r ee las t Ju n e. H e is a me mbe r of t h e Si gm a Nu fra t r ni ty . Hi s mot he r . M I' . He rr y lVIcCaw , r es id es in R oll a.

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The other members of the class are: Thomas S. Carnahan, 431 ' Nadina St., Milbrace, California; Ralph Augustus Conrads, District Manager, Syntron Co. , 1505 Laura Street, Clearwater, Florida; George William Harris, 418 North 7th Street, Santa Paula, California; Harry W. Lohman, who is retired, resides at 1210 Alameda Padre Ser_ 1'a' Santa Barbara, California; Evan Edmund Price, who is also retired lives at Alta Club 1, Salt Lake City, Utah; John Morgan Price , Route 5, Nampa, Idaho; John S. Schroeder, is retired, and lives at 21520 Alcros Drive, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California and Robrt C. Thompson , 3431 Sherman Court, Port Huron, Michigan.

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1904 Robert C . Thompson is now r e siding at 3431 Sherman Court , Port Huron, Michigan. Thomas S. Carnahan has moved to 431 Nadine Street, Millbrace, California.

1912 Duane M. Kline writes that his address is now 304 East 13th Avenue, Baxter Springs, Kansas.

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Hel1l'Y D. Kline is employed by the U. S. Bureau of Mines, Rolla Division. He is located in the vicinity of Batesville, Arkansas.

1930 L. H. King can be reached at 640 N. Geyer, Kirkwood, Missouri. He is working for G . L. Tarlton Construction Co., 5505 Dale, St. Louis.

1932 Robert F. Hippler is presently located in Africa with the Union Carbide International Co. He will receive his mail at 781 Laurel St., San Jose 26 , California.

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C. C. Whittelsey will receive his mail at 805 South Grand Street, Monroe, Louisiana. Fred White, formerly with the Purina Mills people in St. Louis has gone to Havana , Cuba.

Kenneth O . Hoevel has moved to 2995 South York, Denver, Colorado. Kenneth is with the National Supply Co. , 1640 Welton, Denver.

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Harlan K. Hoyt is Assistant Chief Engineer, Fisk Station, Commonwealth Edison Co. , 1111 Cermak Road, Chicago, Illinois. His residential address is Woodridge Drive, York Woodlands , R. R. 2 , Elmhurst, Illinois. William H. McDill is now residing at 4192 112 Mildred, Venice, California.

Earl M. Guy has moved to 2209 Lowell Avenue , Springfield, Illinois.

1924 Dr. R. M. Cortney gives his address as Rt. 2, Chesterfield , Mis souri. Fred IVI:. Mueller '38 is back state side after two years in India supervlsmg ele ctrical construction of a new steam-ele ctric generating Bokaro Thermal Power Station. During the inte rim in his e mployment he is a ttending the B erlitz School of Languages , 4117 Lindell Blvd. , St. L ouis 8, Missouri.

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1936 Herbert T . Bock is living at 213 Patterson Place, Alton, Illinois. H erbert is working for the Olin Industries Inc. , East Alton , Illinois.

1937 Edward P. Gould, residing at 109 W. Stark Street, Rockville , Indiana , is with the State Highway D epartment.

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house plant, Kansas City , Missouri o 1948 Earle G . Parmenter is now living at 4706 Broadway , Kansas City 12, Missouri. Earle is with Black an d Veatch, Consulting Engineers. Winston F. Bott is residing at 307 Worthshire , Houston , T exas. Winston is employed b y the T exas Industria l Trust, In c. in Houston. J ay E. Krath is a P etroleum Engineer for the Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. H e gives his home address as 2305 Irwin, Ft. Worth , T exas. ByronW. Andrews has moved to 1242 Ross Aven u e, Abile ne , T exas. Byron is working for Alllison & Prestridge, 526 Petroleum Bldg. , Abilene. James R. Jambor is w ith t h c Misso uri State Highwa y D epartm ent, Kirkwood, Misssouri. H e is r esiding at 9730 Scottda le Drive , St. Louis 21, Missouri . 1949 Philip F. Bieber states that his new address is 1736 Clinton St. , Los Angeles, California. Philip i;; employed by Perliter & Soring, 448 South Hill Street, Los Angeles. Otto Loeb Van Maerssen who has b een in Venezuela with the Gulf Oil Corp. has been transferred to their Fort Worth, Texas office. His mailing address is : c/ o Gulf Oil Corp . R eservoir Engineering Section , Fort Worth , Texas. Robert W. Enge is now with the St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co. , Frisco Bldg. , Springfield , Missouri. H e is living at 920 Roanoke, Springfield. Rob ert L. Klug gives hIs new address as 115 Calumet Road , Marquette H e ights , Pekin , Illinois. Robert is a Business Staff Engineer in the S ervice D epart m ent of the Cate rpillar Tracto r Co. Allan B . Stobie , Jr. is now project engin eer in the Surface Armament Radar Engineering D epartment of the Sperry Gyroscope Co ., Great Neck , New York. Richa r d M . Duncan BS. former Instructor at MSM and now teaching in thE physics d epartment at the Unive rsity of Missouri, expects to complete the require ments for his doctor's degree by the end of Jun e . His plans are to accept a position with the Phys ical Science Laboratories on the campus of N ew Mexico A & M at State College , New M exico. L est er C. Beach gives his home address as 5126 Wyoming Street ,

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D1l1dh 4 , Minnesota. He is with th e Intern ational Business Machines Corp., 202 Fidelity Bldg. , 19 W. Superior Street, Duluth 2 , Minnesota. Vernon O. C asper h as move d to 100 Rocklyn Avenue, Lynbrook, New York. Alfred E. Graham is no w with the Frazier-Davis Construction Co. , Morgantown, Pennsy lvania. His mailing address is B ox 45 , E lverson, Pennsylvania. Richard L. Stovall is now r esid ing at 7526 14th S. , Minneapolis 23 , Minnesota. Richard is employed by the Honey well Co. in Minneapolis. Roy P . Stahl will rece ive his mail at the Wagner Electric Corp. c / o Automotive-Eegineer D ivision , 6400 Plymouth Avenue , St. Louis 14, Missouri. R. H . Starkweather is with th e Arabian American Oil Co. in A r a bia. His work is in the inspection section of the Engineerin g Division. H e has been visiting in Springfield, Missouri, but will retum to Arabia during the latter part of June. His home address in Springfield is 1633 E. Brower. John E. McDonald states that his new address is 3115 North Kenmore Avenue , Chic&go 13, Illinois. John is w ith the RCA Service _Co .

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Granite City, Illinois. Stu a rt S . Brown is residing at 211 Altoona Place, Pittsburgh 28 , Pennsylvania Paul A. H aas is now living at 194 North Purdue Avenue, Apartm e nt 206, Oak Ridge, T e nnesssee. Rob e rt Stra in gives his new home address as 60 Chateau Drive , F lorissant , Missouri. Thomas C . Burger's mailing address is Box 133, Rolla , Missouri. Victor E. Mallrich is a buyer f or the G en e ral Electric Co ., Appliance Park, K e ntucky. His home address is 2058 Eastern Parkway, L ouisville, Kentucky. Edgar L. Bueker w ill receive his mail at 1107 W ashington, Alt on , Illinois. Anthony E. W ilson is now a Captain in the Air Force . His mailing address is 5402 Mitchell Drive , Day ton 3, Ohio. Rob e rt Hissom is employed as Department Superintenda nt of the EIfer Co ., in Salem, Ohio. He is r esid ing at 1145 North Ellsworth Avenu e, Salem. Dominic Ferre ro is residing at Edina, Missouri. His busi n ess address is P. O. Box 303, Edina. L . D. Hamlin has moved to 910 Summit, Beatrice, Nebraska. He is work ing as Eastern District Engin eer fo r the Platte Pipe Line Co. Donald N. Lockett is with th e Eagle Picher Co ., Hillsboro , Illinois. H e lives at Lake Hillsboro , Illinois . Henri S. Rigo is now r esiding at 1457 Blossom Park , Lakewood 7, Ohio . Henri is a Structural Enfo r NACA, Cleveland, ?in eer Ohio. Richard J. Steigemeie r is in the Research D ivision of the Union Oil Co., B rea, California . His r es-

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1951 George E. Cummerford has moved to 5 Eagle Street, Schenectady, New York. E a rl E. Jackson has been with the Iron Mines Co . of Venezuela since January 1953 . E arl has an~ other year to serve and his mailing address is c / o Iron Mines Co. of Venezuela, San F elix, Edo. Bolivar, Venezuela, South America. Elmer D . Packheiser is em . ploye d at the Evendale Plant, General Electric Co ., Cincinnati 15 , Ohio. He gives his residence address as 704 Maple Drive, Apartm ent D, Reading, Ohio. Harry Gene Watson gives his new address as Box 268, Lubbock, Texas. Howard Olson can be reached at Box 1224, Billings, Montana. Howard is working as Junior Seismologist for Socony Vacuum Oil Co . Marvin Zeid has been transf erred to the Reservoir Engineering S ection of the Atlantic Refining Co . in Dallas. His present address is 327 Nimitz, Dallas, T e xas. Leo E. Grieseke is now employed as Customer Engineer for I nternational Business Machines. Leo will receive his mail at 10 Paris Court, Columbia , Missouri. Lee M. Wehime ier has moved to 8929 Windom, Ove rland, Missouri. Lee is an Engineer with McDonn ell Air Craft Corp. Lengdon B . Taylor is a Professor of P e trole um Engineering at N ew M exico School of Mine. H e is residing at 366 Church Street Socorro , N e w Mexico. ' Eugene H . Lindsey is living at

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637 John Fremont Drive, Reno, Nevada . Arthur A. Dasenbrock advises his change of address is 828 Columbia Avenue, Palmyra , New Jersey . This is only temporary . He is employed as Construction Engineer for the Stone & Webster Engineering Corp ., Badge r Process DIvision, Box 5913 Bridgeburg Station, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kenneth R. Clark is residing at 5025 North Montana, Portland, Oregon . Orland B. Dommersnaes has moved to 1002 North Cedar , Palestine, Texas. Robert O. Faris is now residing a t 306 E. 38th Street, Odessa, Texas. George W. Sullivan writes that his address is now 901 West Cente r Street, Medina, New York . John R. Chappell will receive his mail at 1311 Springfield Road , East Peoria, Illinois. 2/ Lt. Thomas L . Brown gives his military address as A~A Co. "c" 123rd AOMB, 1st Armored Division, Ft. Hood, Texas. His permanent address is 518 Picher, Joplin , Missouri.

1952 Jack Licata now lives at 220 N. Line Stree t, DuQuoin , Illinois. Lauren W. Choate is now with the Stanolind Oil & Gas Co., Fort Worth, Texas. Lauren gives as his' r esidence address Box 68 , Hobbs, New Mexico. James R. Boyle has moved tc 561 Selma Road, Broadmoor , Bessemer, Alabama. H . L. Pierson is with the Geo· physical Depa rtment, Magnolia P e troleum Co. He will receive his mail at Box 601 , Abbeville , Louisiana. John F. Bruskotte r has accepted a position as Exploitation Engineer , Kansas Division , Shell Oil Co. John is r esiding at 2317 North E st elle, Wichita, K a nsas. Lt. Peter J. Lucido' s overseas a ddress is U . S . Army , 01927650 Hdqs. 1343d Engr . Bn. Co . APO 358 , c/ o P.M . San Francisco , Calif. P e ter has been in Kore a for two months and at present is th e Int elligence Officer for the above battalion. His permanent address is 717 West L ackwood. Gle nda le 22, Missouri. Raymond L. H a llows is employed as a Business Enginee r ,

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Radio Corp. of America. Raymond is living at 125 North Ora ton Parkway, East Orange, New Jersey. Cp!. Jean E. HaCker gives his home address as 301 North Hope Street, Jackson , Missouri. Jean is stationed at Seoul, Korea and hIS military address is U . S . 27517124 503 Chemical T echnical Inte lligence Det. APO 301 , c/ o P . IV!. San Francisco, California. Edward L. Roster is with the Koppers Co. , Ind. Chemical DivisiOn, 1409 Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania. Edward will r eceive his mail at 4721 Maripoe Street, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . Quentin J. Schie ne is now residing at 7715 South Shore Drive, Apt. 104, Chicago 49, Illinois . David A. Meskan's address is U. S. 55451000, 9301 T.S .U . (ord) B.RL. Det., Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland . Norman R. Lutz's mailing address is 1017 W . Riverside Avenue, Spokane , Washington. Norman is working for the B ear Creek Mining Co. 1953 James L. Knearem has moved to 1319 13th Avenue, Brade nton, Florida. Ensign Bert L . Smith was visiting on the campus on April 26th. Bert's address is USNR 583851 / 1455 , Naval Ordnance Plant, Ind ianapolis. Indiana. Martin A. Frey is now A / 3c serving the U. S. Air Force in the Philippines . H e is stationed at Port Manilia . His overseas address

is AF 17 380 309, FIt. 6002 AISG, APO 928 , c/ o P . M. San Francis co, California. He would appreciate hearing from his friends. Richard McMasters gives his new address as 117 1f2 North Eucalyptus Avenue, Inglewood , California. Ensign Jack L . Eason was a campus visitor on April 26th. Jack was home on leave from the Navy where h e is stationed at Quarters 599, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard , Bremerton, Washington . He entered the Navy OCS after graduation where he r eceived his commISSIOn as an ensign last June. Jack and his wife are now living at the above address. Virgil L . Gillham, Jr. is emp loyed by McDonnell Aircraft Corp., P. O. Box 516, St. Louis, Missouri. Virgil is residing at 52 Center Court Drive, Westridge Acres, Ballwin, Missouri. John H . Bender will receive his mail at 2323 Hoty Street , Lake v\'ood , Colorado. L t . Theodore A. Ruppert's mother writes that Ted is now Officer in Command of the 571st Engineer Co. located in Korea. His mailing address is 01929180, 571st Engineer Co. , APO 971, c/ o P. M. San Francisco , California. John R. Seipel is now at New Orleans , Louisiana r esiding at 558 Sizeler Street. His business address is P.O. Box 128 , Harvey , Louisiana.

1954 William E. Sipe has moved to 450 M e tz Dr ., North Augusta , South Carolina. William R. Phillips is no w living at 2735 Austin Highway , San Antonio, Texas.

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