Thayer School News

Since last June's letter went to press many things have happened within the school and the alumni group. Chronologically speaking, the meeting in Hanover of the board of overseers and the graduation at that time of the second-year class with degrees of Civil Engineering should be recorded first.

Every member of the board of overseers was present at the meeting, with the exception of President Hopkins, who was unable to be in Hanover at that time. The members of the class who were graduated were R. B. Colborn, R. T. Ley, B. O. McCoy, E. D. Phinney, and F. W. Sturm. The graduation exercises were held in conjunction with the Tuck School, and the degrees awarded by Mr. J. R. McLane, clerk of the board of trustees of Dartmouth College, in the absence of President Hopkins. Alumni will be interested to learn that the graduation exercises were held on May 25, as in the years prior to 1926. This enables the men, who have finished their work by that time anyway, to leave Hanover immediately in search of positions. All of the class have work according to the latest reports, two of them having been added to the New Hampshire Highway Department staff.

During his visit in town at the time of the graduation exercises, Mr. Tozzer spoke informally to the students of the school concerning the work which he has been doing as president of the Associated General Contractors and as the chairman of Contractors' Code Committee and Authorities.

A large group of our alumni attended a record reunion at Commencement time in June, and an informal get-together at the school Sunday night was well attended. The alumni who were here at that time included Ray T. Gile '79, Fred R. Davis '95, John Ash 'OO, L. S. Oakes 'OO, A. H. Greenwood 'OO, E. B. Wardle 'OO, T. T. Whittier 'OO, H. L. Watson 'OO, P. H. Winchester 'OO, S. J. Smith 'Ol, Wi L. Hutchinson 'Ol, W. A. Perkins 'O5, J. F. Doonan 'O5, Charles A. Luck 'O9, Robert E. Parker 'll, Peter S. Dow 'll, L. C. Waterbury 'l3, Jack Macdonald 'l4, Otis W. Hovey 'l7, P. J. Halloran '2O, John Minnich '29, Ossian E. Brainerd '29, C. A. Babbitt '32, C. B. Griggs '33, S. E. Butterfield '33, F. W. Sturm '34, F. E. Austin' 95. Professor Fletcher was there, of course, greeting his old students and friends with his usual interest in their personal affairs and their professional activities.

At this time announcement was formally made of the appointment of Professor C. A. Holden as professor of civil engineering in the school for this year. The appointment of Professor Garran as dean of the school was remarked in this column last June. Your correspondent continues as the third member of the faculty.

Summer school opened August 16 with six of the eight first-year men on hand for the surveying season. The other two men, who expect to major in some branch of engineering other than civil, were relieved of the necessity of taking the surveying work in accordance with the policy of the school to offer general engineering courses to seniors who do not wish to specialize in civil engineering. The schedule of courses of the school has been modified so that the fundamental engineering courses will be taught during the first year and the courses restricted to the field of civil engineering will be presented in the second year. The modified schedule was tentatively approved by the board of overseers at the spring meeting, and it is felt will enhance the value of the courses taught here, not only for the civil engineering students but also for Dartmouth undergraduates who elect to specialize in some other branch of engineering in graduate work at another institution.

Classes began with the opening of College on September 20 with nine members of the second-year class in attendance, bringing the total enrollment of the school to the number entered last semester.

Tom White '30 dropped in for a visit about the middle of June. He and his wife had come North to spend a six-weeks vacation from Tom's job with the Central Aguirre Sugar Co. and the warmth of the Porto Rico climate.

Arthur Buxton '10 paid the school a visit late in August. He is located in Covington, Ky., where he is president and treasurer of the Kentucky Chemical Manufacturing Company. It was his first visit in Hanover since the day of his graduation.

Colonel Gustav J. Fiebeger, honorary alumnus of the school and friend of Professor Fletcher, passed through Hanover early last month. Professor Fletcher at that time had not returned from New Jersey, where he passed the summer vacation.

See the Necrology in this issue for a notice of the death of Hiram N. Savage '90.

Owing to the stricture of space other news which has accumulated during the summer months will have to be held over for the November issue.

Hanover, N. H.