Thayer School News
By the time this letter is published another school year will be over, the secondyear class will have been graduated, the first-year class will be taking final examinations, and two weeks later, if all goes well, will march to the Bema for a slip of paper. As in recent years, the graduation of the second-year class is held with the graduation of the second-year Tuck School class in Parkhurst Hall on May 22.
The School looks forward to this year's reunion with great anticipation and the hope that all the Thayer School men who attend will find an opportunity to visit Bissell Hall. The new laboratories will be set up in working order, and some member of the staff will be at the School all the time, eager to greet the alumni and show them around. The regular reunion of Thayer School men at Bissell Hall will be held Sunday evening, June 14 at seven o'clock, and from then on. This occasion will be saddened by the absence of Professor Fletcher who never failed to greet his old students at this get-together. It is sincerely hoped, however, that all the alumni who are here at that time will find it possible to come.
The visitor of the month was Mr. C. F. Trowbridge, division engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad. After an unsuccess- ful attempt to reach Hanover during the spring flood, Mr. Trowbridge finally arrived April 22. He presented an interesting outline of the engineer's work on a railroad, and interviewed several men from both classes who might be interested in a position with the Pennsylvania road. The School was pleased that it should be included in the list of four eastern colleges from which engineering graduates should be recruited.
The outstanding appointment of the month was that of Thorndike Saville 'l5, as dean of engineering at New York University. Dean Saville's progress at N. Y. U. has been extremely rapid. He joined the university faculty in 1932, was made assistant dean of engineering in 1935, and was appointed dean of engineering on April 26 this year. He has introduced a curriculum in sanitary engineering which is one of the most advanced in the country. He has been active in many government projects and was special consultant to the U. S. Geological Survey which in 1934 directed a study of Mississippi floods for the Mississippi Valley Committee.
Word has recently been received of the death of Frank N. Tinker 'O6, of Elmsford, N. Y., on April 12 last year.
Dan Frost '2B is teaching at the Newark Technical School, administered with the Newark College of Engineering, in Newark, N.J.
Fred Auer '2B dropped in the other day and told about the hectic activities of the New-Hampshire Highway Department during the flood. All other activities were shelved while the department acted as a clearing house for reports of bridges out, roads inundated, and localities cut off by the high waters. By means of these reports the Department was able to route trucks carrying milk and other necessities by circuitous routes to and from the cities.
An interesting letter was received recently from Jim Dunn '35, erstwhile highway engineer. Jim deserted the ranks of the bridge designers to accept a position as under engineering aide with the U. S Department of Agriculture about the first of April. Incidentally to become eligible for the job, Jim, along with over a thousand other men, took a civil service examination which he passed with the thirty-sixth best grade—only sixty-eight passed at all. At the present time he is knee-deep in the Gulf of Mexico, cottonmouth moccasins and alligators, making a survey for a huge migratory waterfowl refuge. In spite of all this excellent companionship he says it's a long way from home, and he would like to hear from some of the gang. Address him P. O. Box 729, Orange, Texas.
So long until next year.
