Thayer School News

Last month was annual meeting month for a lot of different organizations, including the Thayer School. About sixty alumni turned out for the different meetings held in New York and Boston. I accompanied Dean Garran to the New York meeting, taking in the American Society of Civil Engineers meeting there at the same time. Dean Garran then took the train to Boston to meet with the Thayer School group there, and I started driving to the Road Builders' show in Cleveland. Dean Garran got to Boston on schedule, and I got within 510 miles of Cleveland. The Road Builders probably can't prevent the roads from being impassable one or two days a year, but it was unfortunate that January 19 had to be one of those days.

The dinner at the Dartmouth Club in New York was attended by forty-one alumni. Informal groups gathered upstairs both before and after dinner. The more formal program included the reading of a resolution drawn up by the Thayer Society on the death of Professor Fletcher, an interesting talk on the activities of the school by Dean Garran, and a few words on the results of last year's Robert Fletcher Fund campaign and the plans for this year's fund. The Society gave last year's executive committee a substantial vote of confidence by re-electing its members for another term, and the following men were elected to the advisory board: Edgar H. Hunter '02, Charles F. Goodrich '06, and Charles R. Main 'OB. With malicious disregard of the constitution of the Society, the meeting elected me executive secretary, but I wouldn't be surprised if the advisory board should rule me unconstitutional any time now. The following men were present at the meeting: C. F. Conn, C. S. D. 'B7, E. ]. Morrison '93, G. J. Mclndoe '96, G. H. Nolan 'OO, T. T. Whittier 'OO, H. H. Sears 'Ol, F. E. Cudworth 'O2, W. F. Rugg 'O2, J. E. Porter 'O3, A. V. Ruggles 'O3, G. A. Sampson 'O3, C. F. Goodrich 'O6, H. G. Porter 'O7, S. C. Bartlett 'OB, S. F. Garvin 'OB, F. H. Munkelt 'og, P. L. Thompson 'O9, B. H. Dudley 'lO, H. A. Ward 'lO, J. W. Ingalls 'll, N. L. Doe 'l3, E. I. Mitchell 'l3, J. S. Macdonald 'l4, E. H. Elkins 'l5, J. J. Remsen 'l5, A. P. Richmond Jr. 'l5, R. H. Ellis 'l7, R. D. Scott 'lB, R. R. Britton 'l9, P. W. Clogston '23, D. M. Brown '25, E. B. Lyon '25, J. O. Martin '26, W. E. Bengtson '27, C. F. Jost '27, E. R. Sullivan '2B, W. P. Kimball '29, G. G. Kisevalter Jr. '3l, G. E. Simpson '3l, R. W. Graves '35, and Dean F. W. Garran.

At a meeting of the executive committee the following day the officers for last year were re-elected to serve another term, and definite plans were formulated for the Robert Fletcher'Fund campaign to begin this month.

The Boston meeting attracted sixteen alumni, who met for dinner at the University Club. After dinner Dean Garran told them of the work of the School, and the meeting then adjourned to the Boston Garden, where they saw the Harvards beat the Dartmouths 3-2 on the ice. The following men were present at the meeting: W. F. Mann '9O, H. L. Watson 'OO, G. A. Sampson 'O3, E. A. Lincoln 'O9, W. C. Winkley 'O9, F. E. Hanson 'lO, E. H. Lawson '2l, P. D. Rising '3O, R. P. Johnson '3l, G. W. Roberts '3l and guest, E. D. Phinney '34. I. K. Besse '35, E. S. Brown Jr. '35, A. J. Cotton '35, E. L. Hill '35, and Dean F. W. Garran.

In accordance with the schedule in force in recent years the examination schedule for the first semester ended the day before Carnival, and the second semester classes began Monday after that week-end. The five second-year men are continuing their work during the second semester, but the first-year class has been cut to ten men, one man having been dropped at midsemester and another at the end of the first semester.

Mr. Herman Swoboda has been engaged as laboratory assistant in the Thayer School, starting January first. He is work- incf with Professor Hicks in the hydraulics and electrical laboratories, directing the installation of equipment and assisting Professor Hicks in the laboratory instruction. Mr. Swoboda is a graduate of the Mechanical Engineering School at Stevens Institute and has had wide experience in railroad and industrial companies.

George Franson '31 is accepting congratulations on the arrival of Peter Cortelyou Franson on January 23. We offer ours, and hope to see Peter in the Thayer School class of 1958.

Howard Weinstein of the same class writes that he is doing layout work and checking at the Terry Steam Turbine Company in Hartford, Conn., and finds the work interesting, but wants to know who can tell him what enthalpy is.

With a foot or so of snow on the ground spring seems a far cry, but by the time my next letter appears, it will be here in all its slush and glory.