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THE GEAR CF THETA TAU A. Dexter Hinckley FALL 1E42 QXo h i m e Iiiuber I The ©EAR THETA TAll FA L L , 1*42 VOLUME XXXII N U M B E R I Theta 'I au Fraternity Founcid at the University o f Minnesota October 15, 1904 FOUNDERS Erich J. Schrader Isaac B. H anks W . Murray Lewis Elw in L. V in al EXECUTIVE COUNCIL R ussell G. G lass , Sigma ’2 4 ..........................................................Grand Regent Home address: 23401 Chardon Road, Euclid, Ohio (Serving in Navy) R. W. N usser, Zeta ’2 8 ................................................... Grand Vice-Regent 3001 Gulf Bldg., Huston, Texas Erich J. Schrader , Alpha ’0 5 ..........................................................Grand Scribe Box 244, Reno, Nevada Prof . J amison V awter , Zeta ’1 6 Grand Treasurer 307 Engineering Hall, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois Prof . Donald D. C urtis, Omicron Hon. ’19 . Grand Marshal Clemson, South Carolina P a u l L. Mercer, Omicron ’2 1 ............................................ Grand Inner Guard 704 Orleans Ave., Keokuk, Iowa Prof . A. D. H i n c k l e y ..........................................................Grand Outer Guard Columbia University, School of Engineering, New York City DELEGATE AT LARGE Prof . J. M. D aniels , N u Hon. ’2 2 Past Grand Regent Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa. ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS Central Ohio— R. J. Ebner, 1052 Parkway Drive, Columbus, Ohio Chicago— J. B. Finch, 2 5th and Madison Street, Bellwood, III. Cleveland—W . R. Uffelman, 1680 E. 117 St., Cleveland, Ohio Intermountain—C. Milton Anderson, P. O. Box 403, Salt Lake City, Utah Kansas City— R. S. Patterson, 4900 Wyoming St., Kansas City, Mo. National Capitol—William J. Ellenberger, 6524 Luzon Ave., N .W ., Washing ton, D. C. Southwestern—George B. Houston, City of Tucson, Tucson, Arizona. St. Louis— M. H. Kapps, 8222 Madison, Vinita Park, Missouri Tw in City—Robt. B. Aslesen, 520 Second St. S.E., Minneapolis, Minn. Louisville A lum ni Club—c/o Theta Tau Fraternity, 2022 S. First St., Louis- V i^ Ky. LosAngelesAlumniClub— T. J. Douglas, 15724 Sherman W ay, Van Nuys, CaL Northwestern Alumni Club— Rayworth F. Howe, 937 S. Dakota St., Butte, Montana MEMBERS OF T H E PROFESSIONAL INTERFRATERNITY CONFERENCE ARCHITECTURE, Alpha Rho Chi, Scarab. CHEMISTRY, Alpha Chi Sigma. COMMERCE. Alpha Kappa Psi. Delta Sigma Pi. DENTISTRY, Delta Sigma Delta, Pii Omega, Xi Psi Phi. EDU CATION, Kappa Phi Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Epsilon Kappa, Phi Sigma Pi. ENGINEERING. Theta Tau1 Sigma Phi Delta. LAW, Gamma Eta Gamma, Delta Theta Phi. Phi Beta Gamma, Sigma Nu Phi, Sigma Delta Kappa. MEDICINE. Alpha Kappa Kappa, Nu Sigma Nu, Phi Beta Pi, Phi Chi, Phi Della Epsilon, Phi Rho Sigma, Theta Kappa Psi. PHARMACY, Kappa Psi. C Iiapters A lp h a , Founded October 5,1 1904 - University of Minnesota (Chapter house) 324 W alnut St., S. E., Minneapolis, Minn. B eta, Established March 26, 1906 - Michigan College of Mining and Tech. (Chapter house) 1405 College Avenue, Houghton, Mich. Gamma , Established November 8, 1907 - - Colorado School of Mines c /o Prof. M. I. Signer, Colo. School of Mines, Golden, Colo. Delta , Established May 23, 1911 - - Case School of Applied Science Theta Tau Box, Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio E psilon, Established May 4, 1911 - - - - - University of California Box, Hearst Mining Bldg., University of California, Berkeley, Calif. Zeta , Established April 17, 1912 - - - - - - University of Kansas (Chapter house) 1602 Louisiana St., Lawrence, Kansas T h eta , Eslablisled May 26, 1914 - - .............................. Columbia University c/o Prof. A. D. Hinckley, Eng. Bldg., Columbia University, New York City Iota , Established February I, 1916 - - - - Missouri School of Mines Theta Tau Box, Missouri School of Mines & Metallurgy, Rolla, Mo. Lambda , Established January 3, 1922 University of Utah Theta Tau Fraternity, Union Bldg., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Mu, Established January 3, 1922 ----- University of Alabama P. O. Box 1276, University, Alabama N u 1 Established January I, 1922 - - Carnegie Institute of Technology P. O. Box 114, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa. O m icro n , Established February 3, 192) ----- University of Iowa (Chapter house) 804 North Dubuque Street, Iowa City, Iowa Pi, Established May 26, 1 9 2) University of Virginia (Chapter house) 1721 Jefferson Park Ave., Charlottesville, Virginia R ho, Established February 16, 1924 - N . C. State College of Ag. and Eng. P. O. Box 5 325, State College Station, Raleigh, N. C. Sigma, Established November 29, 1924 - - - - Ohio State University (Chapter house) 1965 Indianola Ave., Columbus, Ohio T a u , Established December 12, 192) - - - - - - Syracuse University c /o Prof. E. F. Berry, College of Applied Science, Syracuse, New York U p silo n , Established April 7, 1928 ----- University of Arkansas 537 Leverett St., Fayetteville, Arkansas Phi, Established April 21, 1928 Purdue University (Chapter house) 416 N. Main St., West Lafayette, Ind. C h i, Established April 23, 1 9 ) 0 ..........................- University of Arizona Theta Tau Box, Engineering Bldg., University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. Psi, Established May 7, 19)2 ------ Montana School of Mines Theta Tau Fraternity, Care of Montana School of Mines, Butte, Montana O mega, Established March 26, 19)2 ----- S. Dakota School of Mines (Chapter house) 107 Kansas City St., Rapid City, South Dakota Gamma Beta, Established March 16, 19) 5 - George Washington University c /o Dean of School of Engineering, George W ashington University, Washington, D. C. Delta Beta, Established May 20, 19)9 - - University of Louisville (Chapter house) 2022 S. First St., Louisville, Ky. AxIeeI C rrartd Guter G uard A- [dexter Mirtddey The newest addition to the Execu general plan (not the easy way) and tive Council is A. Dexter Hinckley of pedalled some 800 miles on push bikes Theta Chapter. Theta Taus will be in France, Ireland, and England. Find gratified to discover, from the follow ing the continent not quite ready for ing account, the dynamic personality a budding electrical engineer, H inck of the man who was elected Grand ley decided to open up the backward Outer Guard at the last convention. California coast, via a teaching assign Born in Brooklyn, now a New ment at Santa Clara University. His Yorker, many changes have occurred in "Dex” Hinckley, in the process of getting across the East River. Public schooling with a diploma in 1920 from Manual Training High readied him for an engineering career. In spiration he had too from his father, an M.I.T. '93 grad, and then a prac ticing industrial chemist in the metro politan area. Leaving high school, church club dramatics, and his post as an assistant Scout Master, Hinckley was introduced to the business world. Eight months of attempting to bro kerage dried fruit to wholesale grocers all over the five buroughs (with prices nose-diving) convinced him that an office job was a surer source of in- He therefore enrolled at Columbia in the combined College and Engi neering course of studies in January, 1922. There, w ith entire disregard A. Dcxcer Hinckley for normalcy (which he now recom mends to his students), he finished mind was set to rights in these m at the six year course in S '•1 years (AB ters when he spent the winter of ’27-8 1925, EE 1927), rowed two seasons, teaching some dozen subjects all the one on the varsity light weight, man way from calculus to A.C. theory. aged a championship rifle team, and The climate and people were grand but worked on part-time and summer jobs it was then that Hinckley knew he for most of his college expenses. He was a New Yorker and luckily found was married May 2 5, 192 5, and elected an instructorship in electrical engi a member of Theta chapter in 1926. neering open at his Alma Mater. Because of all the indications of a busy Assigned as assistant to the profes life ahead, the Hinckleys decided there sor in charge of communications, was no time like 1928 to make a trip Hinckley spent the next seven years to Europe. They proceeded w ith this in work of increasing responsibility in 6 THE GEAR OF THETA TAU teaching, consulting, and testing work. which has been rendered to the war Various summer jobs and authorship effort by these special courses. of two sections in the Pender Del Mar Brother Hinckley has been active in and Pender McIlwain electrical hand the New York sections of both the books, filled up what free time he had. A.I.E.E. and of the Illuminating En In 1934, in anticipaticn of Profes gineering Society, holding the national sor T. H. Harrington’s retirement, office of General Secretary in the lat Hinckley visited some dozen engineer ter Society last year. He has been ing schools throughout the country to active in the Manhattan Council of gain an insight into their general ad the B.S.A.; a committee member of ministration, particularly as to their the Engineer’s Council for Professional personnel work. Returning, he served Development (for which he prepared with Professor Harrington for a year, a report in 1938 on Professional Rec and was appointed assistant to the ognition in accounting, architecture, Dean in 193 J. law and medicine); has spoken at a Since 193 S his life has continued to number of conferences and profes fulfill its promise of being fully oc sional meetings; has undertaken a pro cupied. In his normal duties at Col gram of study leading to the M.A. umbia Brother Hinckley serves as addegree in student personnel adminis viser to some 300 college pre-engi tration; and has taken part in the neering students and assists generally University’s civilian defense program with the registration, records, scholar as assistant director of the Student ships, and student activities in the Auxiliary Corps in charge of Fire School of Engineering.