Thayer School

DURING the month of June several events are scheduled in Hanover which should bring alumni to the town and, we hope, also to the Thayer School. First of these events will be the Thayer School graduation on Sun- day, June 5. Alumni are cordially invited to attend. The graduating class this year consists of thirty candidates for the Master's degree: four in civil engineering, nine in electrical, twelve in mechanical, and fourteen in Tuck- Thayer. The annual meeting of the Board of Overseers will be held the previous day and the members of the Board will be present at the graduation exercises and the reception which follows. President Dickey will award the degrees.

The following two weekends will bring alumni back for the College graduation and reunions. The Thayer School buildings will be open on both these occasions and we hope many of you will have a chance to drop in to see our facilities and to renew acquaintances with members o£ the faculty who will be on hand as much as possible.

The March issue of the Journal of Engineer-Education included a paper by Thorndike Saville "15 entitled "New Horizons in Engineering Education." This paper, originally presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociey for Engineering Education in Austin, Texas, last June presents an alternative four-year, five-year program dependjncr on the student's career objective and has received favorable attention in engineering education circles.

Byron McCoy '34 has recently returned from a trip to Colombia, S. A., where he represented his firm, Charles T. Main Inc., inspecting a hydro-electric project now under construction. On his way back to this country, he had an opportunity to visit the Canal Zone and inspect the hydraulic structures of the Panama Canal.

Paul Breck '43 reports on some interesting work which he has been doing for his firm, Thompson and Lichtner of Boston, including the stiffening of a foundation for a building resting on peat, and the replacement of bridge plate girders erected in 1882 which were so badly corroded that "one can literally put his fist through the web."

Sam Florman '46, most recently reported to be in Venezuela, writes that he has been back in this country since the first of the year. After leaving Venezuela, Sam traveled through Scandinavia and Western Europe on his wayhome. He is now living at 880 Fifth Avenue, New York, and working for Thompson-Starrett Company. On the side, just to keep his hand in, he is studying structures and soil mechanics in the graduate division at New York University.

Herb Darling '27 and wife, Bert, spent the weekend of May 7 in Hanover attending the annual meeting of alumni officers. Herb is Treasurer of the notorious class of 1926 (DC).

A fine letter was received here some time ago from Roy Stifler '47 describing his work with the Raymond Concrete Pile Company since he left Thayer School. At present Roy is one of three American engineers on a large pier and warehouse job at Buenaventura, Colombia, the principal seaport of that country.

A good letter from George Beaton '47 reports that he is still going strong with NACA (National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics) at Hampton, Virginia. Incidentally, this organization is credited with some of the most valuable and creative research work being done in the aeronautical field these days. We were sorry to learn from George's letter of the death of his father in March. If George talks the way he writes, I want to hear him, for I haven't happened to run across a Maine downeaster with a southern accent!

This seems to clean up the alumni news for the time being. Between now and our next publication date in October, I hope we may accumulate a lot more. In the meantime, the School will be open all summer with various members of the staff around at various times, and we are looking forward to visits from as many as can include Hanover in their summer itineraries.