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T h e I t t F A IR o f THETA TAU

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VOLUME XXVI NUMBER 2 Tketa 7au Fraternity t the October5, 11904 FOUNDERS

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL H. H. Hopkins, Beta ’0 8 ...... Grand Regent 1724 W . Fulton St., Chicago, III. Prof. J. M. Daniels, Nu Hon. ’2 2 ...... Grand Vice-Rcgent Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa. Erich J. Schrader, Alpha 'O S ...... Grand Scribe Box 244, Reno, Nevada Prof. Jamison Vawter, Zeta ’1 6 ...... Grand Treasurer 307 Engineering Hall, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois Prof. Donald D. Curtis, Omicron '1 9 Grand Marshal Clemson College, South Carolina Russell G. Glass, Sigma ’2 4 ...... Grand Inner Guard 23401 Chardon Road, Euclid, Ohio R- w - N usser ...... Grand Outer Guard SOll S. Benton, Kansas City, Mo. DELEGATE AT LARGE Fred Coffman, Lambda ’I S ...... Past Grand Regent P. O. Box 1204, Raleigh, N . C. ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS Central Ohio—George H. Eagle, 1367 Meadow Rd., Columbus, Ohio Chicago—G. B. Finch, 2 Sth and Madison Street, Bellwood, 111. Cleveland— R. G. Glass, 23401 Chardon Road, Euclid, Ohio lntcrmountain A. H. Sorensen, 407 Templeton Bldg., Salt Lake City, Utah Kansas C ity — R. W. Nusser, SOll S. Benton, Kansas C ity, Mo. National Capitol— Rcx S. Anderson, D istrict 10, U. S. Bureau of Public Roads Washington, D. C. Southwestern—W. A. Steenbergen, Agricultural Eng. Dept., College of Agri­ culture, U. of Ariz., Tucson, Ariz. St. Louis—H. R. Kilpatrick, 216 Elm Ave., Glendale, Mo. (c/o Kirkwood P.O.) T w in C ity— Charles Britzius, 215 S. E. W alnut, Minneapolis, Minn.

cTTMb * MEMBERS OF THE PROFESSIONAL INTERFRATERNITY CONFERENCE ARCHITECTURE, , . CHEMISTRY, . COMMERCE, Alpha Kappa Psi1 . DENTISTRY, , , . EDU­ CATION, , , , . ENGINEERING, Theta Tau, . LAW. , Delta Thcta Phi, Gamma. Sigma No Phi, Sigma Delta Kappa. MEDICINE, . Nu Sigma No. , , , , Theta . PHARMACY, Kappa Psi. A lp h a , Founded October5, 1 1904 - - - - University o f Minnesota (Chapter house) 324 Walnut St., S. E., Minneapolis, Minn. B e ta , Established March 26, 1906 - Michigan College of Mining and Tech. (Chapter house) 233 College Avc., Houghton, Mich. G am m a, Established N ovem ber 8, 1907 - Colorado School of Mines c /o Prof. M. I. Signer, Colo. School of Mines, Golden, Colo. D e l ta , Established M ay 23, 1911 - - - Case School of Applied Science Theta T au Box, Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio E p silo n , Established May 4, 1911 ----- University of California Box, Hearst Mining Bldg., University of California, Berkeley, Calif. Z e ta , Established A pril 17, 1912 ------ (C hapter house) 1245 Louisiana St., Lawrence, Kansas T h e t a , Establisled May 26, 1914 - - Columbia University c/o Prof. A. D. Hinckley, Eng. Bldg., Columbia University, New York City I o ta , Established February 5, 1916 - - - - Missouri School of Mines Theta Tau Box, Missouri School of Mines & M etallurgy, Rolla, Mo. K appa, Established March 25, 1916 - - - - - University of Illinois c/o Prof. Jamison Vawter, 307 Eng. Hall, Urbana, 111. L am bda, Established April 29, 1920 ------University of Utah Theta Tau Fraternity, Union Building, Salt Lake City, Utah M u, Established January 3, 1922 ----- University of Alabama. c/o Prof. Fred R. Maxwell, College of Eng., University, Alabama N u , Established January I, 1922 - - Carnegie Institute of Technology P. O. Box 114, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa. O m ic ro n , Established February 3, 1923 ----- (Chapter house) 804 North Dubuque Street, Iowa City, Iowa Pi, Established May 26, 1923...... - - (Chapter house) R. F. D. No. 3, Charlottesville, Virginia R h o , Established February 16, 1924 - N. C. State College of Ag. and Eng. P. O. Box 532 5, State College Station, Raleigh, N . C. Sigma, Established November 29, 1924 - - - - Ohio State University (Chapter house) 1965 IndianoIa Ave., Columbus, Ohio T a u , Established December 12, 1923 ------ c /o Prof. E. F. Berry, College of Applied Science, Syracuse, New York U p silo n , Established April 7, 1928 ----- University of Arkansas 216 Eng. Bldg., U. of Ark., Fayetteville, Arkansas P h i, Established April 21, 1928...... - - Purdue University (Chapter house) 416 N. Main St., West Lafayette, Ind. C h i, Established April 23, 1930 ------University of Arizona Theta Tau Box, Engineering Bldg., University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. Psi, Established May 7, 1932 ------Montana School of Mines Theta Tau Fraternity, Care of Montana School of Mines, Butte, Montana O m ega, Established March 26, 1932 ----- S. Dakota School of Mines (Chapter house) 130 Kansas City St., Rapid City, South Dakota Gamma Beta, Established March 16, 193 3 - George Washington University c/o Dean of School of Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, D. C. Regional Con cSecond Ueyional Aleetiny H elclalO micron Taking advantage of the Easter re­ Also in evidence were Ted Nylund, cesses, delegates from Alpha, Beta, Alpha ex ’33; Keith Willey, Zeta, ’36; Zeta, and Omicron met at Iowa City Prof. R. B. Kittredge, Omicron on March 27 in the second regional Honorary; Paul Mercer, Omicron ’21; meeting called by the Executive J. W . Howe, Omicron '24, as well Council. Undaunted by long drives, as 17 Omicron actives headed by Re­ large representations arrived from gent Louis Butterworth. each of the chapters, Zeta taking Many of the delegates arrived Fri­ honors w ith ten men. Grand Regent day evening and did a little exploring Hopkins, Grand Treasurer Vawter, under the expert guidance of local and Grand Outer Guard Nusser were brothers. N ext morning all early ar­ on hand to conduct the meeting. rivals had recovered, all others had The attendance totaled 45 and in­ arrived, and name tags were brought cluded the following visiting men in forth to aid in the rapid process of addition to the national ofiicers: becoming acquainted. Alpha: Robert Aslesen, Regent A noon luncheon in the dining room H arry A. Larson brought everyone together and started Gordon Nygren the meeting off in high spirits. Fol­ John Stegmeir Beta: H . L. Ringle, Regent Paul Harrington Lester Cummings Edmund Korybalski Zeta: Howard Moreland, Regent Fleming Scofield Victor Koelzer Stanley Bloom Lewis Benz Clifford Willis H ugh Magruder John Grist George Russell Ray Rogers Twin City A.A. Joe Skovholt, Alpha lowing the meal Grand Regent H op­ ’31 kins divided the delegates into two Chicago A. A.: George Jackson, Phi informal groups, one of Regents and '26, President Scribes directed by Brother Nusser Paul Marner, Omicron ’24, Director and another of Treasurers directed by Dick Van Gorp, Omicron ’26, Vice- Brother Vawter. The first group com­ President pared notes on such interesting sub­ THE GEAR OF THETA TAU jects as chapter conduct, pledging fashion. Between courses each Regent policies, education of initiates, planned had his men stand and take a bow programs, professional meetings, and and each group came through with a desirable size of chapter. The Treas­ chapter or campus song. Short talks urers considered such vital things as by Grand Regent Hopkins, Grand house bills, initiation fees, delinquent Treasurer Vawter, Grand Outer Guard bills, alumni accounts, and account­ Nusser and T h h G ea r editors Mercer ing systems. Zeta reported favorably and Howe followed. Brother Nusser upon the recent bulletin issued by the had arranged with the Zeta men for Professional Interfraternity Confer­ some movies of the K. U. campus and ence, saying that rushees were given the active chapter members which these booklets to show their parents everyone present enjoyed, especially

Grand Regent Hopkins in order to give them an idea of the since so many of the Zeta men shown objects of the fraternity. Following the conferences a general The banquet was concluded about meeting convened at 3:}0 and each of ten o’clock and all adjourned to the the national officers took the floor for chapter house where an initiation ritual discussion of fraternity problems. AU was put on by the Omicron officers. emphasized their willingness to aid the Pledge James Bowman became a mem­ chapters in any way possible and ber at this ceremony and had the stressed the desirability of strengthen­ pleasure of being congratulated by the ing alumni relations. large group of Theta Tau’s present. A t 6:30 the conference met at the This concluded the official meetings Iowa Union for the banquet where and the delegates began preparations Regent Butterworth presided in able for the homeward trek, some starting THE GEAR OF THETA TAU

that night and some early (?) the meeting. Typical impressions wc text morning. given by the four Regents and ; Everyone was enthusiastic about the reproduced below.

Bob Aslesen— Alpha turned for us, and believe me they certainly know how to put over a real The midwestcrn regional conference, to me, was one of the most impressive In closing, my heart goes out to and inspiring gatherings of brothers Brothers Hopkins, Vawter, and Nusser1 of Theta Tau that I ever had the and I’m sure that the entire Alpha opportunity of attending. The sim­ delegation is w ith me in thanking plicity and informality that went to them for their diligent efforts to bring make up a day of discussion of prob­ all brothers of Theta Tau into a closer, lems, each one pertinent to every more unified bond of friendship. Many chapter, will long remain as a memory friendships, I am sure, have started at of the spirit, co-operation and diligent this regional meeting at Omicron. efforts of all present, working for one goal, a truer bond of friendship in our fraternity of Theta Tau. However it wasn’t all work. The various little trips on Friday night in­ to the "unknown” and the grand ban­ quet on Saturday night at the Iowa Union all helped to finish off a hard day’s work. Beta came four strong and we were certainly glad to see that the boys from Houghton came out of their winter’s hibernation at last, in time for the meeting at Iowa City. The boys from Zeta at Lawrence, Kansas, certainly didn’t leave any of their spirit at home either. Ten strong they came and I have never seen a better bunch of real fellows. (Hello! New Jersey). O ur very best wishes go to the Omicron boys because they certainly didn’t leave their welcome m at un­

H . L. Ringle,— Beta was short in length, topics of general Although the recent regional Theta interest to all of us discussed there Tau conference, attended by delegates were long in pertinence and filled with from Alpha, Beta, Zeta chapters, and a great many helpful suggestions, held at the chapter house of Omicron, I was very much surprised at the 8 THE GEAR OF THETA TAU large turn-out for the meeting, think­ was a decided success and for our part ing that only a small round-table dis­ was thoroughly enjoyed, along with cussion of two or three members from the bull session held before and after each chapter would be present. How­ fraternity business was attended to. ever, even with the large number pres­ It was especially pleasant to be able ent the conference was not unwieldy, to meet many of the representatives nor bulky enough to hinder progress and I believe that along w ith myself in solving, or rather helping solve they received a great deal of benefit some of the individual problems of the from the conference. And I also be­ chapters represented. lieve that more of them held each The attention of the delegates was year in different localities would tend to knit the fraternity closer together due to the excellent manner and finesse as a whole. I think that the rest of w ith which Omicron treated its guests. us here will agree with me when I The banquet held at the Iowa Union say "Let’s have more of them.”

Howard Moreland— Zeta ing of this sort makes one more nearly realize the advantages of an organiza­ tion of this kind and gives us all a great success. The suggestions and something to work for. ideas of the various men should be We were also pleased w ith the way very helpful to all chapters present the convention was conducted and the and should also tend to strengthen splendid way in which the Omicron the union between chapters. A m e:t­ beys made us feel at home.

Louis Butterworth—Omicron and Grand Outer Guard Nusser for To Omicron fell the privilege of the first midwestern regional confer- being host to representatives of Alpha, ence held on March 27, 1937. We of Beta, and Zeta chapters, Grand Regent Omicron were very happy to have Hopkins, Grand Treasurer Vawter, this opportunity and feel honored that THE GEAR OF THETA TAU 9

we were asked to arrange for the It Vras an inspiration to see the na- convention here at Iowa City. tional officers and our alumni take This convention has given me a such a n active interest in the organiza- new conception of Theta Tau. Never tion a:s to put themselves to consider- before had I realized the full signifi­ able trouble and inconvenience to meet cance of the strong fraternal bond w ith uis. Even had I not been entirely which exists between the members of sold o:n the idea of Theta Tau before different chapters of Theta Tau. The this cc invention, seeing the regard for spirit of good fellowship reigned su­ the fr aternity which these, who have preme not only in the more weighty been ciut of school all the way from but also in the less serious activities ten to thirty years, have, would cer- tainly prove to me that this fraternity It was extremely beneficial, I of OUrs is worth all the effort, and thought, to meet the officers of the more, which one puts into it. other chapters for the discussion of I si:ncerely believe that such meet- mutual problems. Each of the chap­ ings ;is the one just held arc well ters generally had its own distinct w orth all of the money and energy way of coping w ith its situations, and expended on them. Through them by pooling the methods of attack I not only the local chapters but also believe each one present received new the national organization will develop slants and ideas on ways of solution for his chapter.

Paul Fax Makes U e MiseraUe for N ew Mesica Masquitas Paul S. Fox, Zeta ’21, after attend­ ing the University of Kansas and Harvard University, became, in 1920, Assistant Engineer for the Kansas State Board of Health. In 1923 he transferred to the New Mexico Bureau of Public Health and is now holding the positions of Chief Engineer and Acting Director. For the past year Brother Fox has been doing consider­ able work in the abatement of mos­ quito breeding areas w ith the aid of a WPA project. This war against the mosquito is carried out due to the prevalence of malaria in certain irri­ gated valleys of New Mexico. The borrow pits which had been ex­ cavated to a depth below the ground water level in the construction of highways and irrigation canals were IO TH E GEAR OF T H ETA TAU

Fig. I. Typical borrow pit Fig. 2. After filling excellent places for the mosquito to formation of seeps and springs on land breed. The project includes the fill­ located at lower elevations. The seeps ing of these borrow pits and the con­ and springs often form ideal breeding struction of drainage ditches for re­ areas for Anopheles Maculipennis, moving excess water from other areas. which is the principal vendor of ma­ Figure I shows a typical borrow pit laria in this state. A cool shady spot, excavated below ground water level such as the one shown in Figure 4 is in constructing a large irrigation a favorite of the Anopheles Maculi- canal, offering an excellent mosquito pcnnis. breeding ground. In figure 2 the From 400 to 1000 men have been same pit is shown after filling opera­ employed on this unusual project in tions were completed. The area in eleven counties during the last two Figure I is drained by drainage ditches years. All supervision has been under similar to the one pictured in Figure the engineering division of the New 3. Use of watei' for irrigation of Mexico Bureau of Public Health. farm lands frequently results in the

"Are they very strict at your Prof: "Is that your cigarette stub?” Stude: "Go ahead, you saw it first.” "Are they? W hy, when a man dies in a lecture there they prop him up Purdue Engineer until the end of the hour!” Texas Ranger Technical Publishing as a F 'eld for Engineers w By V incent B- Smitli, A ssociate Editor C O N STR U C TIO N Methods and Equipment

purpose of giving honest, useful ser­ vice to their respective fields. The

United States. By f the largest proportic of engineers thus en ployed are editors, a though a go E« 1

category

tising space in them acts solely on confidence in the honesty of the p They i y edited public the astonishing number rot of 1,700. 1,700. U O r f serve serve the the respect respec this total, about 500 arc medical their readers and a s of one kind or a

if the remaining MOO, fieIdSP of advertising, ins 12 THE GEAR OF THETA TAU

(to mention only a few) as well as staffed w ith engineers and other a wide range of engineering branches workers of proved ability, it may be — civil, construction, electrical, chemi­ said that a larger proportion of men cal, metallurgical, mining, mechanical, w ith engineering training would im­ power and railway. H alf of the prove the quality of the publications, papers in the group employ engineers provided the engineers had the other in editorial capacities. The number qualifications necessary to succeed in of engineers so employed ranges from the publishing business. Unquestion­ one to nine per publication, and the ably the number of engineers engaged average is two. More than half of in the publishing of technical and the papers employing engineers have business papers could be doubled with only one on the editorial staff. In­ great advantage to the periodicals and cluding engineers engaged in advertis- decided benefit to the readers. This doubling does not mean an increase in the size of the staffs; it calls only for replacing non-technical writers and

ments have to be made in the ordi­ nary course of business. W hat are the qualifications that an engineer needs to succeed in technical publishing? Apart from the ordinary requisites of honesty, courage and good sense essential to success in any business, the only im portant additional qualification is love of expression. Does he take pleasure in putting technical thought into a form that is clear, informative and interesting to his professional brethren? This W ability presupposes a sincere concern w ith the problems of his field and a Vincent D. Smith genuine interest in its accomplish­ ments. It does not necessarily mean ing and circulation sales, it would be that he likes to write reports. Even safe to estimate the number employed men w ith a real love of expression by this group of papers as 225. sometimes undertake reports reluc- As papers drop lower in the scale of business publishing, the ratio of As for the selling of advertising engineers on editorial and business space in technical publications, any staffs undoubtedly decreases. Even man w ith the qualities for success in on less carefully edited papers, the engineering sales ought to be equally training and mental habits of the en­ proficient in this field, once he has gineer are almost indispensiblc if the understood the solid value upon which publication wants to gain acceptance technical paper advertising is built. w ith technical readers. O n publica­ The editorial policy defines the field tions of the first rank, now adequately and consequently the audience of a THE GEAR OF THETA TAU 13 business paper, but the message con­ tained in the advertising pages is no chandising editor or editors, a news less valuable to that field than the editor, and an assistant editor or edi­ m atter in the editorial pages. Under tors. The chief editor, managing edi­ the publishing system at present al­ tor, technical editor, news editor and most universally in effect, the adver­ assistant editors ought to be technic­ tiser really pays the major cost of pub­ ally trained men. Assistant editors lication. The small charge to the frequently are cubs learning the busi­ subscriber in many cases hardly pays ness. Previous professional experience for the paper and mailing. Actually is not necessarily required of an as­ the business press would be of decided sistant editor; training in a technical value to its readers even if all editorial school ordinarily supplies sufficient articles and news were omitted. As background. an editor I am convinced that the As a generality it may be said that editorial pages more than double this remuneration in the advertising de­ partm ent can reach a higher level than Business publications are practical in the editorial. In neither depart­ tools of the arts or industries which ment is it likely to be excessive. A they serve. In this capacity they a t­ business paper editor can make enough tempt to present information of prac­ at his job to support his family in tical value in meeting current prob­ decency and comfort, but he is un­ lems of their readers, who are the likely toreceive a salary which makes buyers and sellers, producers and fabri­ possible the build ing of a small for- cators, of the industrial organism. tune out of saviiigs. In advertising Scientific articles are of slight direct sales, a nnan has : i better opportunity value to such men, and even those to earn ;a large iincome, especially in publications most intimately concerned good bus iness years. w ith technical problems of design and Business paper editing is a full-time production must exclude matter of job. It requires wide contact with purely scientific or research interest. the field. necessitating a great amount The research scientist is one man who of travel and atti:ndance at meetings would not be happy on the staff of a business paper. happy at: the wo irk unless he has a Editorial staffs vary in size with genuine interest in the industry and frequency of publication and com­ a sincere affection for his professional pleteness of coverage. In general they associates. W ith these qualities as a range from two to a dozen men. A foundation, the work brings its own large technical publication has need of a chief editor, a managing editor,

l.cst Hollywood’s Simone Simone be Freshman: "I don’t know.” thought to have a claim on the origi­ Sophomore: ’’I don’t remember.” nal use of a double name, may we hasten to mention Theta Tau’s Fadel Junior: ''I am not prepared.” Fadel (Delta ’37), Lambrou Lambrou Senior: "I don’t believe I can add (Sigma ’36), and Robert Roberts (N u anything to what has been said.” ’35). Edward F. Berry, Tau 13, H as Full Experience Instrument-man, draftsman, railway all kids, mumps, measles, school, etc. engineer, technical magazine editor, I can remember well how seriously I structural designer, engineering edu­ resolved to be first a white wings, then cator! Despite a career filled with a carpenter and finally, at about ten, sparkling professional achievements, all my hopes were centered on some Brother E. F. Berry has found time day driving a locomotive. During to devote much attention to his fra t­ m y high school days I developed an ernity in the role of an active faculty adviser to his own chapter, Tau, at fest in various ways such as an at­ Syracuse University. His innate en­ tempt made by another youth and my­ ergy, enthusiasm and ability may be self to castrate an old tom cat. I shall read in his already long record of ac­ never forget my father’s reaction to complishments, but to reveal his keen that operation. He did, however, ap­ sense of humor which endears him to prove of the idea in general. All this all his friends and brothers perhaps had to be given up though, as about we may best quote his own words this time my father developed an ill­ from a letter supplying notes on his ness which soon caused him to give early life: up work, and which led to his death "I first saw the light of day, or per­ a year or two later while I was still haps that of a lamp, I really cannot in high school.” remember, one rainy October first Born in Fredericton, New Bruns­ about five o’clock in the morning. wick, Canada, of a Canadian mother The year? Well! It was well on to­ and an American father who was a ward the end of the last century. . . lumber buyer for the American mar­ My boyhood was much like that of ket, Brother Berry was educated as a civil engineer in the University of New Brunswick, graduating in 1915 w ith the degree of B. Sc. C. E. It is significant that while he was build­ ing up a valuable background of ex­ perience in surveying jobs during vacation periods, he was also making a splendid scholastic record at college and missed leading his class at gradu­ ation by only three-tenths of a per­ centage point. Upon graduation he went immedi­ ately into the railroad field and after several different connections, presently found himself in 1914 in the United States serving as Chief Draftsman on the federal valuation of the Main Central Railroad. While in this posi­ tion he personally drew the plans for Edward F. Berry the Portland terminal which were THE GEAR OF THETA TAU pronounced the finest submitted by tecting the movement of buildings. any railroad. Having once located in A nother exceptional job which he the United States he soon became a handled was that of designing the naturalized citizen of this country underpinning, caissons, anchorages, and to seal the contract married an piers, etc. of the Delaware River American girl. bridge in Philadelphia. He is fre­ Perhaps the greatest break in his quently called in as a third party in career came in 1916 when he was in­ engineering matters of a controversial vited to join the faculty of Lehigh nature and of late has been appearing University. Here he had an oppor­ quite frequently as an expert in ac­ tunity to further his studies in struc­ cident trials. tural engineering under the direction It was a short time after joining of Prof. F. P. McKibben. A fter three the faculty at Syracuse that he affili­ years at Lehigh he resigned to accept ated w ith Tau Delta Sigma, the or­ an offer to go to New York to edit ganization which in 1925 became Tau a technical magazine on lubrication. chapter of Theta Tau. As a charter While in this position he found time member of Tau his name appears as also to write two text books dealing No. 3 on the roll. Like all true Theta w ith this subject. W ithin a year, Taus his interest in the fraternity has however, the lure of the classroom not waned w ith the years, but rather became so strong that in the fall of it has grown, as is made manifest by 1920 he became an Assistant Professor his present work in the fraternity as of Civil Engineering at Syracuse. Sub­ chapter Adviser. sequently he was promoted to the Brother Berry is a member of the rank of Associate Professor and made A. S. T. M., A. S. C. E., S. P. E. E., Director of the Syracuse University A. C. I., the Syracuse Technology Materials Testing Laboratory. For a Club, Tau Beta Pi and the National period of a year, while the occupant Geographical Society. He has been of the position was seriously ill, he head of the Syracuse Section of the acted as head of the Civil Engineering A. S. C. E. for two terms and a mem­ Department. ber of the Board of Governors of the In addition to his duties on the Syracuse Technology Club for the faculty Brother Berry has found time same length of time. H e is head usher to carry on an extensive private prac­ and a member of the official board of tice as a consulting engineer in struc­ the University Avenue Methodist tural fields. In this capacity he has Episcopal Church and reports that he handled much unusual work during is one of the few republicans left in the country. For outside interests sign and erection, difficult foundation Brother Berry enjoys motoring and ice problems, special surveys, examina- skating, but his real hobby is collect­ ing information about bridges. To architects, contractors and industrial quote again, he says: firms. W orthy of special mention "I modestly believe that I have one perhaps is his work as designer of the of the finest collections of unusual in­ foundations of the Federal Reserve formation about bridges that exists Bank in New York City. While on anywhere. A sort of non-technical this job he designed a device for de­ 'Believe it or N ot’ dealing with 16 THE GEAR OF THETA TAU bridge?. I go about giving illustrated ested in this hobby or who know any­ lectures to all kinds of groups. The thing out of the ordinary about collection includes hundreds of lan­ bridges, particularly oddities about tern slides.” them which he may add to his collec- As you will guess, he always enjoys hearing from people who are inter­

Charles H . Topping Gets Aroin J Charles H. Topping, Eta ’28, is TJie Baluchistan Railroad took him again w ith Pan American Petroleum east again to Q uetta and from there in Texas City, Texas, where his com­ he went north to the picturesque city pany is building a $9,000,000 addi­ of Kandahar in Afghanistan on up to tion to its three year old refinery. Be­ Ghazni, historic capital of the early fore going to Texas he was in charge Mohammedan invaders of Ghazni, who of the construction of a storage ter­ founded the Mogul dynasty, and on minal in Albany, N. Y., for the same up to Kabul. While there, the United company. He returned from Persia States came through with their tardy about a year ago, where he was first recognition of the country, and he on a railroad construction job and was the only American in the land. then with the University of Pennsyl­ From Kabul he went down through vania Archeological Expedition. the Khyber Pass, which was an inter­ After surveying for the expedition esting defile, bristling with forst and for eight months, he went on a short full of troops. Peshawar was next, mule trek through the Elburz on an and he stopped there a while to look unsuccessful attem pt at the first as­ at the ruins of the Grecco-Buddist cent of the Throne of Solomon, monasteries at Taxila, where the in­ Persia’s second highest peak. The fluence of the Greek governors left only result of that was a good reel of in Balkh by Alexander the Great made movies and the discovery of the first itself evident in the fusion of their three glaciers known to exist in Persia. sculpture with that of the Hindus. Then he went east over the Pilgrim From there he went to Kashmir and road through Khurasan to the holy spent some time in a houseboat on the city of Meshed and south past the Jhelam River and the Dal Lakes. Then great salt desert to near the Makran he started down through India as far Coats, where he tried to climb the as Benares, across to Bombay, and only active volcano in Western Asia home via the Suez Canal. but was prevented by the government.

(James A ■ Barr Sketches Interesting Career Asked by the editors for biographi- "As is often the case with mining cal material, Brother Barr sent the engineers, I only find time— or in­ following letter which we reprint clination— to jot down these few verbatim. words in the club car of a transcon- THE GEAR OF THETA TAU 17 tinental train, mildly distracted by a the monotony of current production, radio, cooling beverage, and a purple we are opening up a kyanite mine in sagebrush vista. Virginia where we have some virgin "While the present worry is the territory in metallurgy to cover. sinking of a 1000 foot shaft to open a "Perhaps my most interesting ex­ potash mine in New Mexico, the prob­ perience has been an intimate connec­ lem does not entirely overshadow the tion with the development of non- interesting experience of thirty years metallic flotation, which was more of general engineering practice, which actively started in 1927, from the profession I would not change if it leads furnished by' the Broadbridge were to be done over again. "There is little time or inclination in this hurry-up age for reminiscing, so the reader will pardon any seeming slight to 'the good old days’ when I was a member of the Rhombohcdrons and a charter member of Beta. "Following a brief year as instruc­ tor of Metallurgy under Professor L. S. (Duke) Austin at M. C. M., and some hard labor, hard rock experience in the San Jual, came my most im­ portant event of marriage to Miss Ellen Obenhoff of Houghton. Strange to say, none of our four children have fallen for the lure of mining, though our daughter may be excused for this

"We moved to Mt. Pleasant, Ten­ nessee, in 1910, and while this has been our nominal home, we have lived a t various times in Michigan, Florida and Ashervillc. Quite a stable exist­ ence for mining. and Edser patent. There followed ex­ "Most of my work has been in the tensive researches and well develop­ Southeast, where contrary to the popu­ m ent work, but the results made the lar conception, there is much for the effort worth while, and not only pro­ mining engineer to do aside from sit­ foundly affected the phosphate mining ting in the shade and listening to industry but branched out into other darkies sing in the cotton fields. non-mctallics. "In our phosphate mining opera­ "My present connections as Chief tions in Florida and Tennessee we Engineer of one company, consulting handle tonnages that compare favor­ engineer of another and a technical ably with the so-called large volume director of a third, fill each day with mines of the country. Also to vary interest and new problems.” Dr. James Fisher AlaJe Dean J Faculty in Re, o f Eminent Servici Among outstanding Michigan Tech with the Hodge Iron Works and the alunini is Dr. James Fisher, head of Quincy Mining Company, the department of mathematics and X-rays became one of his many in- physics, and terests about of the f 1896 gether with Pro fessor F. B. Mc Nair of the staff

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granted the of Eng painful bi the Michi- the course of h xperiments 5< hoi . O ther studie iclude the Michi College of am.s Fisher Professor Mc- Nair with po- Technology. Except for a spent larizec light. These took place about at Cornell in 1899, Dr. Fisht been 1908. Shortl) after Dr. Fisher helped on the faculty of his alma it since with the U. S. Coast Survey, in 910, which entailec studying the effec t of head of the departi ment surfac layers n the force of gra vity. cs and phys 1901. Much wperimental work was e was changed carried on at the old Tamarack mine, from that of north of Houghton. professor, and in 190} to professor Since 1926 the Michigan College of Granted the honorary degree of Doc Mining and Technology has done ex­ tor of Engineering in 1934 by th tensive research work in geophysical college, he las ' ” prospecting, comparing and develop­ ditional title of dean of the faculty ing methods of electrical, seismic, in recognition of his service to th< magnetic, gravitational, and thermic college and alumni. surveys. This work has been under In the o years immediately fol- the direction of Professor Fisher since aduation, Professor Fisher its inception. A considerable portion had a positioi s practicing engineer of it is done with the co-operation of THE GEAR OF THETA TAU 19 such organizations as the Carnegie In­ humor is a complete knowledge of his stitution of Washington, the U. S. subject. Geological Survey, and the U. S. Coast Publications by Dean Fisher are: and Geodetic Survey. Laboratory Physics, Spherical Astron­ D r. Fisher has become more and omy for Engineers, Principles and more interested in the history of the Methods of Geophysics, Polarized copper country of Michigan, and has Light, and A History of the Lake a noteworthy collection of photo­ Superior Copper District. graphs and documents concerning it. His clubs and honors include mem­ He also has become one of the college’s bership in: Theta Tau, Tau Beta Pi, strongest ties between faculty, student A. I. M. E., Lake Superior Mining body, and alumni. Institute, the American Academy for In this connection "Jim ” Fisher is the Advancement of Science, S. P. E. known by everyone as a keen humor­ E., Michigan Engineering Society, ist and a fine raconteur. He always Michigan Authors Association, Michi­ has a good story to tell, and he tells gan Historical Society, and Blue Key it well. Coupled w ith his sense of society.

G len n L . A lt, Z e ta l6, O n e o f Tketa Tau s Prominent Engineers

In 1895 Brother Glenn A lt selected Michigan Brother Alt had a great deal for his father a German born in of engineering experience. Among Australia and for his mother a lady his many jobs he served as Draftsman of Irish and Pennsylvania Dutch ex­ and Designer for the American traction who was a telegraph operator Bridge Company and for many other and station agent for the Rock Island companies and individuals. Lines. Perhaps his mother’s occupa­ tion influenced his desire to become an engineer, for he graduated w ith a degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, after obtaining his pre­ liminary education at Doniphan County Public School at Denton, Kansas, and Troy, Kansas, High School. After graduating from the Univer­ sity of Kansas, Brother Alt became a draftsman for the American Bridge Company at Toledo, Ohio. Later he was offered the position of instructor in Civil Engineering at the , which he accepted in February, 1918, and later became an assistant professor at the same univer­ sity. While teaching at the University of ir *Glenn L. Alt 20 THE GEAR OF THETA TAU

From July, 1922, to February, Straits of Mackinac, including three 1923, Brother Alt took a leave of ab­ possible routes. sence from the university and became Brother Alt is a member of many Resident Engineer for the Ann Arbor im portant organizations, including: Railroad at Toledo, Ohio. He was in Sigma Phi Sigma, Thcta Tau, Tau charge of the one-half million dollar Beta Pi, A. S. C. E., and the Ann railroad relocation and reconstruction Arbor Engineers and Architects Club. plan, which included grading, balast- Among the non-engineering organiza­ ing, track layout, and general track tions, he is a member of the Order of work for five miles of two and four Eastern Star, the Masonic Order, and track construction through Toledo the First Presbyterian Church of Ann yards with interlocking at four rail­ Arbor. His interest in civic affairs road crossings. is shown by his election to the city In collaboration with Prof. A. A. council of Ann Arbor. Jakkula, Brother Alt prepared a report Brother A lt married Viola Feas of on the comparative estimates of costs Toledo in February, 1919, and they and the feasibility of bridging the now have two children, Barbara and Glenn, Jr.

Rkl,arJ Jc J Russell, Epsilon Wins AwarJto 7 ravel in Russia Richard Joel Russell, Past Grand lication of "Lower Mississippi River Regent of Theta Tau, was awarded Delta,” Bulletin 8 of the Louisiana the first Wallace W. Atwood prize Geological Survey, which is just off "for meritorious and original investi­ the press and may be obtained from gations in physical geography.” This the State Geologist, Department of Conservation, New C ourt House Building, New Orleans, La. vals of about Professor Russell spent the years from 1915 to 1926 at the University years and is de­ of California, where he was a member scribed in Sci­ of Epsilon Chapter of Theta Tau. ence, Vol. 85, A fter two years of residence in Texas pp. 221-222, for he became associated w ith the School February 2 6 , of Geology of Louisiana State Univer­ 1937. W ith the sity, in 1928. He has about fifty award Professor publications covering parts of the Russell proposes fields of structural geology, geomor­ to make a study phology, and climatology. His studies of the Delta of within recent years have been con­ the Volga River, cerned chiefly w ith the coast of south­ Richard j. Russell on the northern ern Louisiana, particularly with refer­ shore of the Caspian Sea, during the ence to the effect of a load estimated summer of 1938. This will continue a t about two million tons per day, a study of deltas initiated in the pub­ on the average, deposited by the Mis­ THE GEAR OF THETA TAU 21 sissippi River in the vicinity of its about three weeks duration will take Brothers Russell and Howe down the During the summer of 1917, in Volga River into the deserts of south­ company with Brother Henry V. western Asia prior to the meetings of Howe, Director of the School of the Congress in Moscow. A fter the Geology, Professor Russell will find meetings they will spend about seven himself in Russia, attending the XVlI weeks in Siberia, going to points of International Geological Congress. His geological interest along and off of paper on the Mississippi River Delta well beaten tracks. Several points will be followed by one on the Strati­ will be reached on horseback and at graphy of the Gulf Coast GeocyncIine least one journey will be made on foot. by Brother Howe. An excursion of

P . P . En 'inq Attains N ational Recognition in Electrical Fiela Some one has said that empty teaching post in electrical and me­ stomachs have served as inspirations chanical engineering at his alma mater. for more ideas than all other motivat­ Most of the time since graduation had ing and inspiring devices put together. been spent in railway service but de­ Be that as it may, the point will not spite his great interest in railway work be argued here. However, it may well his teacher instinct predominated and be that D. D. Ewing, Professor of the offer was accepted. Electrical Engineering at Purdue Uni­ And teaching has been his life work versity had his interest in railroads since that time; although if asked by and engineering first stimulated by the a stranger as to what his business was, noon train that meandered along the old railroad that skirted the Ewing farm in northwestern Ohio. When

old locomotive whose wood burner stack—reminiscent of pre coal-burn­ ing days— was belching black smoke, cinders and steam, neither farm boy nor horses could be headed in any direction other than toward the food supply. A fter graduating from high school Prof. Ewing taught country school for a couple of years in order to obtain a little financial back log for college. In college he found all kinds of en­ gineering work interesting and ended up w ith degrees in electrical and in mechanical engineering from Ohio N orthern University in 1906. In the autumn of 1907 he was offered a D. D. Ewing 22 THE GEAR OF THETA TAU

Professor Ewing would quite likely electric railways and power transmis- say that he was an engineer. The school year of 1912-15 found H e has served on many technical Professor Ewing at Purdue University committees and has directed extensive as a part time assistant in electrical investigations and researches mostly engineering and as a graduate student in the field of electric railways. A t in railway engineering. A t about this present he is a director of the Duncan period of his life he spent several sum­ Electric Manufacturing Company, mers with the railway project depart­ well known manufacturers of watt- ment of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., working on the In addition to being a member of electrification plans of several well Theta Tau, Professor Ewing is a mem­ ber of Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Since 1913 Professor Ewing has Sigma Xi, S. P. E. E., American been in charge of electric railway Transit Association, Indiana Engineer­ courses at Purdue and for many years ing Society and a Fellow of the A. I. has also had charge of courses in elec­ E. E. In the latter society he is a tric power transmission and alternat­ member of the national committees on ing current machinery. Electric Welding, Transportation and Professor Ewing’s outside activities Electric Power Transmission. have been many and diverse. For Despite his teaching and professional seven years he was a contributing edi- activities Professor Ewing finds time cor on the staff of the Electric Rail­ for several hobbies which are as diverse way Journal and has written many as his other activities. He likes golf, staff articles and editorials as well as and spends some time occasionally on many signed articles in the fields of other interests such as watches, guns, hunting and farming.

C m Herres FulMs Earle Promises of Success The vice president and general many other scientific subjects which manager of the United States Fuel are the prerequisites for the degree of company is a man well qualified by Engineer of Mines, which was his education and experience to direct the coveted goal. A t Golden, "O tt,” as activities of this organization. he was then known, evidenced, by O tto Herres was born in Denver, his scholastic standing, his ability to Colorado, on January 29, 1890. After solve the problems involved in mine graduating from the East Denver operation and management, which he High School in 1907, he decided to has further demonstrated in later become a mining engineer. A t Golden, years. just a few miles from Denver, is situ­ Armed with a sheepskin bearing the ated the well known Colorado School blue and silver seal of the Colorado of Mines, and it was here that Herres School of Mines, Brother Herres in spent four arduous years mastering the 1911 started his advance upon the mysteries of chemistry, physics, ge­ then unsuspecting coal mining indus­ ology, calculus, assaying, mine survey­ try of Utah. ing, ore dressing, metallurgy, and the During his summer vacations, while THE GEAR OF THETA TAU a student at Golden, he had worked methods of drilling and blasting coal as a miner and millman at Cripple in Utah. Creek and Colorado City in Colorado; at Garfield, U tah; Goldfield, Nevada; work of mining and scientific organi­ and -Isewhere. So it was with hands zations have brought him the follow­ not entirely free from callauscs that ing distinguished appointments: mem­ he accepted a position as engineer with ber of standardization committee, the Utah Fuel Company at Castle American Mining Congress; member Gate, Utah. Here he assisted in open­ of governing board, Engineering ing the Castle Gate Mine No. 2, a Council of Utah; chairman, Utah property notable for the thickness of section, American Institute of Mining its coal seam, which measured 28 feet. and Metallurgical Engineers; presi­ Being over six feet in height, Herres dent of the Rocky Mountain Coal was able to run his surveys in this Mining Institute; and president of the seam w ith more comfort than is en­ U tah Coal Operators Association. FIe joyed by many engineers in coal mines has also served as president of the In­ of some other districts. In 1913 he termountain Alumni Association of became assistant engineer for the Thcta Tau. Utah Fuel Company, in charge of en­ In 1914, Florence V. Alexander, of gineering work at Castle Gate, Utah, Denver, became Mrs. O tto Herres. and Somerset, Colorado, mines. They have two children, a daughter As a result of ability and hard work, Jean, who is attending the University FIerres was appointed, in 1916, super­ of Syracuse School of Music and Fine intendent of construction for all of Arts, and Schuyler, who is following the U tah Fuel Company's properties. in his father’s footsteps at the Colo­ By this time his qualifications were rado School of Mines. Brother and attracting the attention of other mine Mrs. Herres now live in Salt Lake operators, and in 1917, he entered the City, Utah. employ of the United States Fuel Company. His first position with this company was superintendent of the Hiawatha Mine, Hiawatha, Utah. Between 1916 and 1920 he was twice elected county surveyor of Carbon County, Utah. A fter seven years of service with the United States Fuel Company, he was made assistant to the vice-presi­ dent, and in 1925 he became assistant manager. Now, in 1937, he is vice- president and general manager of that company. AU who attended the convention of the American Mining Congress in Cin­ cinnati last year will remember the very interesting and instructive talk delivered by Mr. Herres on the Letters THE GEAR OF THETA TAU 25

130 Kansas Cily St., I will be looking forward to receiving the Rapid City, S. D. next issue of The Gear. March 5, 1937 Yours in H 8c T, Dear Brothers Mercer and Howe: Wile A. Burleson , Omega '37 Oil the record—My home is or was in Lost Iowa City. Each year since I have been a W e’re one up, Brother Burleson, Theta Tau I have planned a few hours’ visit since we have been in your old home at Omicron and The Gear. Somehow, the town. Hope when you even the score be able to do* it sometime after graduation. you will drop in on us.

Excerpts From Fetters to the G rand Scrihe A . L. Ferris, Beta ’I I, Cen. Sup/., Mina time since I was in the Twin Cities, Berlin, Y animal, Antioquia, Columbia,but I hope before long to get back S. A . for a visit and hope to meet the boys As you know, I came down here to at the chapter at that time. examine some properties. Had been down here only a short time when I Fred H . King, Epsilon, ’34, ltogcn was sent to the Mina Berlin to help Mining Co., Baguio, P. I. out for a while. Then I was given About the 2nd of July, I received a the permanent job of running the letter from Marsman & Co. here in property, with the title of General the islands asking if I would be inter­ Superintendent. We have a 100 ton modern cyanide plant. The country ested in a job w ith them, starting as chief engineer at one of their proper­ is very interesting and I like it. The ties. If so, I was to get in touch with altitude is around 6000 ft. so the cli­ mate is healthful. The rainy season their agent, which I did. Knowing the company through a friend, and is just over now and we are having considering the wages, conditions, and most pleasant weather— very mild, opportunities which were much better warm in the day time and cool at than I could find at home unless some­ night. The topography is very pre­ thing miraculous should happen, I cipitous, in fact, just about straight wired imy acceptance and was ordered up and down in places. There is much to sail in two I ar.rived in the vegetation here. W hen the timber is islands the latter part of .August and c u t off and the soil broken, land slides came clirectly to the :, and have are often a serious problem. been snowed under svith work ever

Howard Quinlan, Alpha ’14, Colom­ The mill i:s being expainded from bian Petroleum Co., Cucuta 400 to 1200 ions per day and an in- As you know, I have been in the tensive development progr: im is being oil business for the past ten years. I carried out. I am enjoying the work have been running the Gulf drilling as well as getting a lot of experience operations in Colombia for the past five years and when they recently sold and fourteen helpers and I expect to out to a combination of the Texas have to nearly double the surveying and Socony-Vacuum, I remained with crew and add another draftsman or the new people. I t has been a long two after January 1st. The GEAR of THETA TAU OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FRATERNITY

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ACTIVES AND ALUMNI older group, the alumni, have the op­ Now that we are slowly emerging portunity and the responsibility, if from the dark days of the Lost Years you please, of extending their friend­ ship and guidance to the active mem­ again we give more thought to better bers and particularly to the chapters and closer relationships between our as groups. From no place can a chap­ active and alumni members. These ter secure more loyal support in any have suffered rather badly during the w orthy undertaking than from a good recent period when almost all thought healthy group of interested alumni. was directed to mere struggle for ex­ To actives, frequent contacts with istence, but now that the spirit of in­ alumni, especially those who have flation is creeping into all things, per­ been out of school for several years, haps a little injected into this phase may be a spur to greater interest in of our fraternity life would be of the profession and in the fraternity. And the alumnus, on his part, oc­ Basically most fraternities are as­ casionally returning to his chapter or sociations to further the social friend­ visiting some other, may advantage­ ships of similarly minded groups of ously absorb some of the youthful out­ college men. A significant feature, look and exuberance of the actives and however, is that membership is con­ incidentally renew faith in himself tinuous during college years and after, so that these orders comprise men of Since the chapter is a relatively all ages. Indeed one of the finest and closely knit group as compared to the most appealing points about fraterni­ alumni body, and usually is at the ties is the way they slice through the hub of the wheel geographically, it is college classes, freshman, sophomore, natural that most of the effort re­ junior and senior. In so doing they quired to arouse mutual interest must offer the best and most acceptable be made by it. Bulletins, cards, and method for older men to help and especially chapter letters are most ef­ guide younger ones along social and fective means of holding alumni in­ scholastic lines. In this way frater­ terest and so are certainly worthy of nities properly fit in as an integral more extended use. Special chapter part of the educational institution meetings, Founders’ Day Banquets, or and perform a most useful function college homecomings w ith a chapter within it. dinner or dance as an added attraction But the fraternity set-up should not offer the best opportunities for bring­ and does not stop here. That next ing the old grads as a group into per­ THE GEAR OF THETA TAU 27

sonal contact w ith the actives. As pressure to bear on their delinquents. for the alumni, we suggest that each In cases where the member cannot individual should make it a point to possibly meet the obligations he has take advantage of every opportunity incurred, the chapter should in every to visit the chapter, make an effort to attend the special group meetings ordinary business precaution and serves and in any event keep in touch with as a record, agreed upon by both par­ his own chapter by mail. ties, as to the amount of the obliga­ One final tip to the actives. When tion. Many an alumnus will be un­ an alumnus drops in or looks you up der the im ipression that the amount unexpectedly, put forth a little extra is smaller, oir that : he didn't owe money effort to welcome him and entertain at all, after■ a few years have elapsed. him. If you actually m ust fill an ap­ The note settles such questions very pointm ent or concentrate on the books nicely. It also reduces bookkeeping see to it that you find another brother to a ininin turn, in that payments on who can give attention to the alumnus, the note Ca n be endorsed on the back for neglect at such a time discourages and in this way a complete record of all but the most chipper of the alumni the accoun t can be preserved. and so may cost your chapter a mighty For men who fail to pay bills we good friend. have but Iittle sympathy. No board- ing house i ;taurant would allow SPRING BILL CLEANING them to live on credit. No organiza- A t this time of the year all chapters tion would allovr them to remain in should look over their financial situa­ good standing with unpaid dues. From tion and give close scrutiny to accu­ the business side, a fraternity is no mulated bills for living expenses and different from such enterprises, except dues. Any one experienced in frater­ perhaps in extending credit unwisely. nity management knows that a sum In the last analysis, a member who of money owed the chapter by a mem­ ducks out and allows his brothers to ber is much more difficult to collect pay his bills is, to put it frankly, a after the member has graduated than "moochcr.” By no stretch of the im­ before. It is therefore necessary for agination can one of this class be con­ the chapter officers to bring all possible sidered a good Theta Tau.

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