Thayer School
Absent from the School this year is Dean BillKimball '29 who is taking advantage of a well merited leave of absence. During his absence the administration of the School will be handled by Don Pyke as Acting Dean.
In turning the preparation of these notes over to the writer, Bill's complete and cryptic instructions were "get them in by the 5th of the month." In a breathless dash to comply with these instructions, the following items of interest are offered from the "notes" file accumulated over the summer.
Hank Muller, D'35, has been appointed to the Board of Overseers to succeed Luther S.Oakes '00 who now becomes member emeritus. The addition of Hank, an electrical engineer with Westinghouse, to the Board brings a valuable diversification to a group that has been made up historically of civil engineers.
John Hirst '38, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, will be away from Han- over for two years on leave with Westinghouse in Baltimore. Arrangements for his leave originally were made by John to permit him to accept a special teaching assignment in Burma. After the completion of all preliminary details, including the inevitable "shots," the sudden and unfriendly change in Burma's political climate this spring necessitated an abrupt change in these plans.
Two faculty promotions have been announced at the School; Millett Morgan to Professor of Electrical Engineering, and RussStearns '38 to Professor of Civil Engineering.
New appointments at the School this year are: Charles Kinsley Jr., Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering; Huntington W. Curtis, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering; and Robert M. Jodrey, Instructor in Mechanical Engineering. Professor Kinsley is on leave from Professor Curtis has reached Hanover via West Point, and Mr. Jodrey is from the University of New Hampshire.
Fred Auer '28 and Russ Stearns '38 are re ceiving congratulations on their success in the General Motors Better Highways Essay Contest. Fred won $1500 and Russ $500 for their winning entries.
The first-year students have already returned for the summer session marking the beginning of a new school year. Entered in the first-year class are 31 students distributed as follows; civil, seven; electrical, five; mechanical, eight; and Tuck-Thayer, eleven, It is expected that the second year class will number 36 comprised of seven civils, seven electricals, nine mechanicals and thirteen Tuck-Thayers.
At the Thayer School Graduation on June 7, fourteen Thayer and Tuck-Thayer students were awarded the Master of Science degree. The graduation address was given by WarrenF. Daniell, D' 22, whose talk on the attractions and opportunities in an engineering career was enthusiastically received by the graduating students and their friends.
The Dartmouth Society of Engineers Prize was awarded to Merle Lee Thorpe Jr. '53, for his paper on "Lateral Blow-off of a Bunsen Flame."
The Charles F. and Ruth D. Goodrich Prize, awarded each year to the second-year student who has shown the most outstanding ability in Thayer or Tuck-Thayer work was awarded to John Craig Hausman Jr. '53 who received his degree in Tuck-Thayer.
John W. Guppy '24 has been appointed ASCE representative on Sectional Committee Y 14, Standards for Drawings and Drafting Room Practice, of the American Standards Association. John was also appointed recently as Contact Member to the ASCE Student Chapter at the Newark College of Engineering.
In the department of vital statistics we have received notice of the marriage of AtHolmes '49 to Miss Anne Wiebenson of Shaker Heights, Ohio. From Holden Waterbury '44 comes the proud announcement of the arrival of twin sons on May 11, raising the number of his growing family to five.
