Thayer School

IT MAY BE A LITTLE early to start talking about the Thayer School Open House to be held Saturday, March 22, 1941, but if an advance notice will enable any of the alumni to plan a trip to Hanover that week-end it may be in order. Last year the faculty and student body of the School inaugurated the open house idea here and it was so well received by students, members of the College faculty, and members of the community and vicinity that it is planned to make it an annual event. As last year, the open house will be held from one to six Saturday afternoon and will feature the laboratories, special displays, the Nigger Island and Pompanoosuc model railroad, demonstrations of engineering testing, applications of fundamental laws of nature, and motion pictures of engineering production and construction. It was estimated that over a thousand visitors attended the open house last year, and art even larger attendance is anticipated this year. It would be a good time for alumni to renew acquaintances and see the School in all its phases, and we hope many of you can plan to be with us.

This letter goes to press before the annual meeting of the Thayer Society in New York at the time of the American Society of Civil Engineers meeting; so the report of that get-together will have to be postponed until next month.

A. N. (Bud) Daniels, whose cheery countenance, when visible, has presided over courses in Power Engineering and related subjects at Thayer School since 1937, leaves Hanover this month on a year's leave of absence to rejoin the U. S. Navy, where he holds the rank of Lieutenant. We at the School are sorry to lose Bud even temporarily, and recent graduates will recognize his departure as a real loss to the School.

Millett G. Morgan of Hanover, son of F. M. Morgan of Clark School, has been engaged as Instructor in Power Engineering and begins his duties this month. We are particularly fortunate in being able to secure the services of Mr. Morgan, who holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Electrical Engineering from Cornell and last year completed two years' residence at Stanford University toward his doctor's degree. His record at both Cornell and Stanford is impressive, he has had considerable practical experience in his field, and if teaching ability is hereditary he should have no fears about his new position.

Harrie L. Muchmore '06 is presently located in Honolulu, where he is construction engineer for the Turner Construction Company in charge of work on the U. S. Naval base there.

John H. Minnich '29 spent the summer and fall in Hanover in charge of the reconstruction of a frame building on South Park Street which has been converted into an apartment house. This was John's first job on building construction, his experience having been largely in bridge building since graduation. He is now with Stone and Webster on work at the Montauk Electric Company plant in Somerset, Mass.

A. H. Ayers '07 has returned to the East and is in charge of work for the Utah Construction Company on a portion of the Delaware River Aqueduct for the New York City Board of Water Supply in Yonkers, N. Y. Last year Mr. Ayers presented the School with a set of construction pictures of the Boulder Dam, where he was chief engineer in charge of construction.

Frank W. (Si) Sturm '34 was married to Sylvia Frances Bosh on New Year's day in LaGrange, Illinois. When last heard from, he was working with the New Hampshire Highway Department with headquarters at Concord, a far cry from LaGrange. Is that still right, Si?

A. P. Richmond '15, Assistant to the Secretary of the American Society of Civil Engineers, has been engaged during the past year, in addition to his former duties with the Society, in making a survey of personnel problems involving position and salary ratings for the State Highway Departments of Arizona and Nevada. The report prepared for Nevada was described in Civil Engineering for December, 1940. Requests have been received for similar surveys in other states, and it seems likely that Al will engage in more of this type of work during the coming years. This work represents a new activity of the Society and in the words of Civil Engineering is "a notable service to the profession." Congratulations, Al.

F. A. Davidson '15 visited the School in December and spoke to the students, faculty and guests on the subject, "The Consulting Engineer in Business Management and Finance." Mr. Davidson is an engineer with the consulting engineering firm of Coverdale and Colpitts in New York. His talk was a most interesting and informative exposition of a type of engineering service which has grown to great importance in recent years. Included in the audience was his son, Rick Davidson '41.

We're gradually getting caught up on the news; more next month.