Worcester

THE "BIG FALL MEETING" of the Dartmouth Club of Worcester was held at the Quinsigamond Boat Club, October 23. And big it was, official figures recording an even 60 in attendance which constitutes some sort of a record, at least for the immediate past.

Howard M. Booth '24, treasurer, reported the Club to be definitely in the black due to the good response to the bills for dues which were recently sent out.

Our guest of honor was Robert C. Strong '24, dean of freshmen and director of admissions, who gave us a grand talk. Bob called it "Talking Shop" but we were extremely grateful to get such a clear picture of the functioning of the selective process. The fact that he was literally deluged with questions for fully an hour after he had completed his talk showed beyond doubt the interest he aroused and the record attendance was also a direct tribute to Bob's popularity.

The meeting was concluded with the showing of three reels of Dartmouth movies entitled "Athletic Review" which generated considerable additional pep for the Harvard game the next day.

Well, that's over, that being the 1936 football season. Actually at the time this is written there are a couple more little games between now and the end, but for Thayer School the season is over, and we settle down to what is jocularly referred to as the steady grind of the rest of the semester with nothing to break the train of study save a four and one-half day vacation for Thanksgiving and seventeen or eighteen days for Christmas.

The three football attractions of the Hanover season have brought a good many Thayer School men back for hurried visits, among them Phil Thompson '09, Fred Auer '28, Don Phinney '34, George Collins '35' Bob Ervin and Ken Langler of last year's first-year class, and probably others whose names didn't get on the register or who didn't manage to make Bissell Hall a point of call. Of the last two, Ervin reports hard work as a conveyor director in the plant of the Hood Rubber Company at Watertown, Mass., while Langler is working with an insurance company prepara- tory to finishing his work here next year. Ervin reports that classmate John Bouker is taking a training course in the Inspection Department of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in Boston, and that Bill Hall was recently married and lives out by the Reservoir. While we're talking of the younger generation, Dean Garran received an enthusiastic letter from Joe Handrahan recently, telling about his job with the Tuttle Construction Company erecting a large mill for the West Virginia Paper and Pulp Company at North Charleston, S. C.

From the Engineering News-Record of October 22, we have sad news of the death in San Diego on October 7 of Edward D. Hardy '9l, who was a specialist in water filtration work, having been connected with the U. S. Engineers' Office in this capacity since his graduation from Thayer School. He rose to principal engineer in that office, which ranking he held until his retirement in 1934.

The same periodical carries a brief announcement of the formation of a Soil Mechanics and Foundation Division of the Am. Soc. C. E. and the appointment of your correspondent as chairman of a committee of the division to report on the classification of soils and to prepare a glossary of terms and definitions of soil mechanics.

George Metzger '35 visited the school early in November on a leave from the work he has been engaged in with the U. S. Engineers on the Black Rock channel, where he has been engaged in both office and field work, the latter principally marine surveying. After finishing his year in the architectural school at Princeton last summer he decided to work a year before returning to the business of architectural training, perhaps at Harvard next year.

The first accreditings of the committee on engineering schools of the E. C. P. D. were published last month, showing Thayer School as one of about thirty-five accredited courses in civil engineering in New England and the Middle Atlantic states. Accrediting was made after careful consideration of written reports and inspection made by groups under the direction of the committee. Among the considerations were: qualifications, experience, intellectual interests and attainments, and professional productivity of members o£ the faculty; standards and quality of instruction; scholastic work of students; records of graduates; attitude and policy of the administration toward the engineering division and toward teaching, research, and scholarly production; admission requirements and number of students; size of teaching staff and teaching loads; and physical facilities.

The annual fall meeting of the board of overseers was held in Hanover November 6 and 7, with all members of the board in attendance. Charles R. Main '08, of Winchester, Mass., has been nominated by the Thayer Society Executive Committee and elected by the board to fill the unexpired term of E. J. Morrison '93, whose untimely death last summer was noted in this column. Mr. Main holds a degree also 'from M. I. T. and has been engaged in construction work for Stone and Webster and for Charles T. Main, Inc., since his graduation. He is at present treasurer of Charles T. Main, Inc., and a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He has been largely responsible for the revival of the Boston Thayer School alumni group in recent years, and his sincere and active interest in the school will make him a valuable member of the Board.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, and drop me a card with a little biographical as well as seasonal information on it.

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