Thayer School

AMONG THE lEW STUDENTS to receive degrees . from the College last month were eleven Thayer School students; nine who received the degree of Bachelor of Science and two who received the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Graduating as majors in Civil Engineering were Walter W. Archer, Theodore W. Bush Jr., George A. Dyke, Warren F. Kimball, Gordon L. Ross, Harold Stein, and William Y. Wallace, all apprentice seamen, USNR, and John F. Shearer, Private, USMCR. The apprentice seamen were ordered to Camp Peary, Virginia, the principal training center for Cons truction Battalions, and Shearer was sent to Parris Island for Marine training. Rodney A. Morgan, AS, USNR, received his degree as a major in General Engineering. The degree of Bachelor of Arts was awarded to Delbert H. Field and H. Taylor Pratt, both AS, USNR. These men were unable to complete their engineering course owing to schedule irregularities and were assigned to midshipman training at Asbury Park and Plattsburg, respectively.

Thirty full-time students are enrolled in the Thayer School for the current term, fifteen in fifth term work and fifteen in seventh term work. Four of these students are civilians, three are Marines, and the remainder are apprentice seamen.

Approximately thirty-five students are enrolled in the third term civil engineering curriculum. This group consists of two civilians, thirteen Marines and twenty apprentice seamen. Plane Surveying, the only course in the third term schedule which is taught by Thayer School, has an enrollment of forty. In order to take care of this large class, we have obtained additional surveying equipment from the University of New Hampshire. Thanks to the generosity of this institution, it is possible to equip two- and three-man par- ties so that each student may have the usual practice with instruments. The teaching staff for the course consists of Professor Poole who continues in this work, John Hirst '39 who joined the Thayer School faculty at the beginning of the year, Russ Stearns '38 who is now a member of the Graphics Department, and myself. With four instructors it is possible to provide the individual instruction so essential to a beginning course in surveying.

The largest enrollment in a course taught by the Thayer School is in Heat Power, a course for Desk Officer candidates taking third term work. This course, with an enrollment of 275, consists of two lecture-recitation periods and one laboratory period per week. There are ten sections of laboratory per week, and Professor Ermenc, who is in charge of the course, has arranged it so that the students will work in groups of about eight, permiting. ting individual student participation in the experiments. Professor Ermenc is assisted in the course by Instructors Paul Staples '44, Leßoy Briggs '44, and Malcolm Corner '44.

John Laroy Mann '9B, who was assistant professor and associate professor of Civil Eng ineering in Thayer School from 1899 to 1905, has returned to active engineering pract ice in the department -of design of the Indiana Highway Commission. Previous to this position, he taught Airplane Armament Maintenance for six months. Most of his present work is concerned with post-war planning. His home address is 3957 Washington Blvd., Indianapolis.

Melvin L. Southwick 'ig who has been with the Standard Oil Company in China almost continuously since graduation from Thayer School is now located in Calcutta, India, where his address is Standard-Vacuum Oil Company, 6 Church Lane.

The death of Frank Herman Eastman, D.C. 06, in January at his home in Harrisb urg, Pennsylvania, was announced in the March issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Although not a Thayer School graduate, Mr. Eastman had long been a member of the Thayer Society of Engineers and was well known and liked by many Thayer School graduates.

Frank W. Stearns '34, Lieutenant (CEC) USNR, visited the School in January with Mrs. Sturm. Cy had just returned from a year on Guadalcanal and was enjoying a month's leave. He reported that his construction battalion had sailed to New Caledonia on the same ship with the unit in which Walt Douglas '34 is a lieutenant. From New Caledonia, Cy's battalion went directly to Guadalcanal in December, 1942. Although he was inclined to be a bit reticent about his.own work, I did manage to learn that Cy was transportation officer in charge of all types of equipment, maintenance, etc., and his combat star and Purple Heart decoration added a little to my information. He was to return to Camp Parks, California, from here and we have had no further news of him.

Congratulations to Jim O'Mara '42, Ensign CEC, USNR, on his marriage to Lois Marion Johnson at Lambertville, New Jersey on December 26. Word has also been received of the approaching marriage of Robert B. Carney '43 Lieutenant, USMCR, to Miss Natalie Sutherland, in Washington, D. C. Bob has been in command of a regiment of paratroopers in the southwest Pacific and has only recently returned to California.