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OCTOBER THE UNIVERSITY LOSES A LEADER And with the passing of Dean Shaad countless engineers and engineering students lose a friend and counselor By ROBERT PEARSON LAST summer Kansas University lost Dean George C. Shaad, and the loss is more deeply felt then outward appearances would indicate. The School of Engineering and Architecture lost a beloved leader; the entire University lost an unforgettable personality. Dean Shaad was a student of human character and an educator, but above all he was an engineer. He was no chalk-wielder and book-scholar ele- vated to the head of an educational institution: he was a skilled engineer who chose to pass on a portion of his knowledge and ability to the skilled engineers of the future. And every Kansas University engineer who came to know Dean Shaad cherished this heritage. George Shaad was born in Strat- ford, New York, and received his pre- paratory education there. He attended Pennsylvania State College, where he received his B. S. degree in 1900 and an advanced degree in elec- trical engineering in 1905. About a year later he was married to Miss Merthyr Tydvil Evans at West Pits- ton, Pennsylvania. For two years after his gradua- tion from college he gained practical experience in the shops of the General Electric Company at Schenec- tady, Xew York. Before he became a professor ol electrical engineering at the University of Kansas in 1909, Dean Shaad had been a member of the engi- neering faculty at the University of Wisconsin and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Morton Levand, Bob Farmer. Bill YaugK. Peggy Stanley. Xada Petrovidi. Dick Aroerine, Ruth MeinecLe. Maxine Street, Jean Howes, Jane Blanev. Dan Duden. Jim Harris. Doris Johnson. Ernestine Menges. Isabelle Basil. Bob Brooks Winn Sratt. Wallace Springer. Jodie Stewart. Bill Pratt. Dean George Dean Shaad was appointed in 1916 by Josephus Daniels, secretary of navy, as a director of the State Organization for Industrial Preparedness. Soon after- ward he became acting dean while Dean Perley F. Walker was in war service, winning special recognition for his success in this capacity. At that time one thousand men had to be specially trained for army service by June, 1919, which necessitated reorganiza- tion of the entire method and material of teaching. The responsibility for this tremendous task fell on Dean Shaad. Yet at the time of the Armistice, months before the final date, 927 men had received their certificates at the University of Kansas. In 1918 Dean Shaad made a speech, foreseeing the opportunities open to engineers in the reconstruction work following the war. Since then, nearly all his pre- dictions have come true. This is but one example of the way in which his perception of values reached far beyond his academic work. In 1927, at the death of Dean Walker, he became Dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture. Dean Shaad s book on The Con- struction and Operation of Electrical Power Stations has been incorpo- rated as a section of the standard handbook for electrical engineering. His published articles on engineering are too numerous to mention here. Furthermore, he was even more popular as a speaker than as an author. He was constantly in demand for addresses before engineering groups. He was active in many professional and honorary societies, including the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, the Kansas Engineering Society, Phi Kappa Phi. Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi. Theta Tau, and most important, the American Insti- tute of Electrical Engineers. He was vice-president and member of the board of directors of the latter organization and rendered it invaluable service in his lifetime. Recently he was its representative for the states of Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Lou- isiana, and eastern Texas to the Engineers ' Council for Professional Development. There could be no better evidence of Dean Shaad ' s ability in applied engineering than the confidence in his opinion that was exhibited by public officials. He often met with the city authorities of middle western to vns concerning the technical aspects of (Continued on Page )
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THE JAYHAWKER COLLEGE SCENE Both the tang of autumn and the spirit of football are in the air and the gridiron becomes the focal point of University sports interest By H. M. MASON, JR. ONCE again King Football holds sway. As the tang of autumn pervades the air, the sport which every week-end lures thousands, even millions of spec- tators into stadiums, takes the center of the stage. And on Mount Oread the situation is typical of that on college campuses throughout the land. Sweating, straining gridders scrimmage every afternoon as they prepare rigorously for the football wars which lie ahead of them. No championships are being pinned on the Jay- hawker team in advance. There is little doubt tha t Kansas will have a good team but the calibre of the opposition causes the experts to shake their heads doubtfully as they consider the Jayhawkers ' chances. Nevertheless hopes are high at Lawrence-on-the-Kaw. Last year when the experts could see no hope for Kansas, the men of Coach Ad Lindsey humbled Kansas State and Oklahoma and gave the king-pin ( ] ] li iJ UNIVEHSITY 1936 FOO KXfNSAS BALL 1936 SAVE ' 39.5 STADIUM OCT. 3 WASHBURN OCT. 17 OKLAHOMA OCT. 31 ARIZONA NOV. 7 (civic DAY) ADM. I (PAHENTS DAY) (CHEAT PIAINS BAY)- 2 9 i HOMECOMING) 2 J P (YOUTHS DAY) Nebraska Cornhuskers a hectic afternoon before bowing to the might of the Scarlet juggernaut. At the end of the season the team rested in third place in the conference standings, topping the defending cham- pion, Kansas State. And the general opinion is that the 1936 team will be better than that scrappy aggregation of last year. The spring practice was the most successful in years. The men on the squad have ability and an intense desire to play the game. The line will be nearly 15 pounds to the man heavier than last year ' s. A banner crop of sophomores moved up to the Varsity squad this fall and as a result the old bogey which has pursued Kansas for the past several years, a lack of reserve strength, is not nearly such a problem. The Jayhawkers opened their season October 3 against a hard fighting Washburn team and emerged on the long end of a 19-6 score as (lie result oT two touchdowns by Clarence Douglass and one by Francis Paronto. Although the game was not spectacular, the offenses of both teams showed to better advan- tage than their respective defenses. Washburn shot the works in a futile effort to upset Coach Lindsey ' s eleven and by use of a wide assort- ment of trick plays pushed over a touchdown in the third quarter. Kansas, on the other hand, was con- tent to use straight football in scoring its three touchdowns. The visitors kicked off to Kansas but the Jayhawkers were soon forced to punt. After five or six minutes of sparring, the Jayhawkers began a drive which was culminated by their first
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