Thayer School

AFTER MANY WEEKS of deliberation, consultation and investigation, the Thayer School faculty has adopted a policy of limited acceleration of the engineering curriculum. Students will be admitted each year in May following completion of their junior year work. The regular four-semester Thayer School course will then be offered, without interruption by major vacations, in the following sixteen months, graduation with the Civil Engineer degree being held in September. The present first-year class will be graduated in December, 1942. This plan will give prospective Thayer School students an opportunity to engage in summer employment in defense industries following their freshman and sophomore years. In fact, no "speeding up" will be accomplished by summer session attendance prior to entering Thayer School. This policy conforms with that of several leading engineering institutions where it is felt that the present emergency requires a strengthening rather than a weakening of technological educational programs. It is our belief that full speed-up of engineering students would turn out immature graduates of inferior training.

The annual meeting of the Thayer Society of Engineers was held at the Dartmouth Club in New York City Friday evening, January 23. Guest speaker of the evening was Dean E. Gordon Bill who spoke on his part in the establishment of education for leisure which has been made available to Dartmouth students as extracurricular instruction. Dean Garran described the work being done at the school both in the curriculum and in outside defense training courses. At the business meeting, the following elections were announced: Executive Committee: J. L. Macdonald 'l4, later elected president; F. H. Munkelt 'O9, later elected secretary; P. L. Thompson 'O9, later elected treasurer; F. E. Cudworth 'O2; A. V. feuggles 'O3. Advisory Board: G. A. Sampson 'O3; A. H. Schilling 'O4; C. P. Richardson 'OB. Forty-four members of the Society and guests were present at the dinner and meeting.

Arthur C. Tozzer 'O3 attended the social hour preceding the annual dinner, and was warmly welcomed by his friends, many of whom had not seen him for many months. Mr. and Mrs. Tozzer are planning an extended trip through the south to Texas this winter, and are hoping to attend graduation exercises and class reunions here in May.

A resolution in memory of Dr. Otis E. Hovey 'B9 was read at the meeting of the Society by F. E. Cudworth 'O2. It was voted to spread this on the records of the Society and to transmit a copy to Mrs. Hovey.

On motion of A. V. Ruggles 'O3, it was voted that the Society make a contribution of $5OO to the Thayer Society Fund which is part of the endowment of the school. The interest from the investment of this Fund is available to the school for current expenses.

F. A. Davidson 'l5 was recently elected president of Refined Syrups and Sugars, Inc. for which he has been General Manager.

Allen Hazen '4O and Lenore have announced the arrival on January 15 of Allen Junior. Congratulations to all three of you.

H. D. Abbot 'l4 is Assistant Chief of the Soil Conservation Service of the Department of Agriculture located in Washington. He has been with the Service since 1935. His son, Henry M. Abbot, is now a freshman at Dartmouth.

Commander P. J. Halloran '2O is now Public Works Officer at the Naval Operating Base at Newport, Rhode Island.

E. Shaw Cole '3l has recently been promoted to Chief Engineer of the Pitometer Company with whom he has been connected since graduation.

Dean Garran has just received a letter from George Kisevalter, first lieutenant, U. S, Army Engineer Corps. As previously reported in these notes, Kisty has been training selectees in the south. This letter was written on the eve of his company's embarkation for duty outside the United States.

Shortly after I had written my complaint of no news from Muggsie Bly '4l last month, the "Dean, Faculty, Office Force and Students" received a long and interesting recital of his activities with the Dupont Company. He has recently been promoted to Area Engineer in the Construction Division of the company, and I wish there were room in this column to quote his letter in full. His work has been extremely varied, and the special problems involved in construction work in "dangerous" plants are fascinating. His address is 907 West Street, Wilmington, Delaware.