Thayer School
A MEETING OF THE BOARD of Overseers was held in Hanover November second. Unfortunately, last minute developments prevented Mr. Tozzer and Mr. Oakes from attending the meeting, but Mr. Main and Mr. Goodrich were able to be here. In addition to the formal meeting, there were informal get-togethers with members of the faculty and student body. The second-year class held open house in their quarters for both faculty and overseers Friday evening, and a spirit of camaraderie and houseparties prevailed to make it an informal and thoroughly enjoyable occasion.
Mr. Main brought first-hand news of the marriage of his son, Charles '39, to Miss Marjorie Hayward Dutch in Winchester on Wednesday afternoon, October 29. Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Main II are now at home at Pelzer, South Carolina.
An item of business of the Overseers' meeting which will be of interest to alumni was the granting of a leave of absence to Millet G. Morgan, Instructor in Power Engineering, from December 1 to July 1, ig42. Mr. Morgan has been called to M. I. T. to teach defense courses to Army and Navy classes in the field in which he has specialized, high frequency radio transmission. The release of Mr. Morgan for this work constitutes a considerable de- fense contribution on the part of the School as well as on his part. Men with his training in the radio field are few and far between these days. The hope that he will be able to return to us next year is mutual and unanimous.
The appointment has been announced of Dr. Harald Schutz as Instructor in Power Engineering for the remainder of the academic year 1941-1942. After receiving the degree of Doctor in Technical Science from the Technical University in Vienna in 1934, Dr. Schutz came to this country in 1938. He has had an extensive background of practical experience in electrical and mechanical engineering both in Europe and in this country. Recently he has been engaged in research with the American Optical Instrument Company in Southbridge, Mass.
An announcement has been received of the marriage of Bob Butler '38 to Miss June Grammes at Wilmette, Illinois, on October sixth. According to our latest advice, Bob is with Butler Bin Company in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Visitors to the new Thayer School building have seen the Butler Bins in the cement and concrete laboratory. These were designed by Bob and have done their job perfectly (adv.).
Bill Gorsline '32 paid us a visit this fall and left us a card which reads, "William H. Gorsline Real Estate—Property Management 1107 Commerce Building, Rochester, N. Y.—W. Henry Gorsline Jr., Associate." We had a good chat in the course of which Bill told me a lot about the engineering phases of property management which I hadn't known before. It may not sound like it, but there's a lot of pure, unadulterated structural engineering in his job.
Otis W. Hovey '17 dropped in for a visit last month during a brief stay with his sister Mrs. Davis and his mother Mrs. Otis E. Hovey at their home in Hartford, Vermont.
"Civil Engineering" for October has announced the call of Lt. Col. A. P. Richmond '15 to emergency military duty in Washington, D. C. As his friends know, A 1 has been active in the Field Artillery Reserve for many years. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in August. He has been assigned to the Division of Reemployment, Selective Service System, a field of work for which he must be admirably fitted by nature and by his experience with the American Society of Civil Engineering since leaving Thayer School in 1929.
The Kimballs happened to be in New Haven this fall—as they usually seem to be —on the very day when Dartmouth took Yale. Passing by the Bowl after the game, we met F. A. Davidson '14 and Rick Davidson '41 who happened to be there too. Rick is stationed at Anacostia Field near Washington, D. C. and was feeling pretty good about having been detailed to Paterson, N. J., for the particular week which included the Yale game. He reported having seen Jamie Thomas '41 at the game. Jamie is stationed at Quanset Point, R. I.
Dick Mooney '28 visited the School last month and reported that Puerto Rico is a busy place these days. Dick, Mrs. Mooney and their seventeen-months-old daughter were in the States at the time on a six weeks' vacation from his job in Central Aguirre.
The editor's deadline is right on top of me; so for better, for worse, this column will have to go in. As one of the Thayer School instructors said a couple of weeks ago, "I've been working to a deadline all fall." Aren't we all? Merry Christmas.
