Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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To “The Thistle” IT is a privilege which I esteem highly to be permitted to write a few lines for The Thistle. The most notable event of the year was the opening of the School of Applied Design. This new building has fulfilled the expectations of us all. Its every part bears the imprint of the love and genius of its architect and patron. Mr. Hornbostel. Before this annual is printed. Machinery Hall, enlarged and developed, will be enclosed in steel, granite and brick. The Muddy Frail still furnishes a theme because Morewood Avenue remains closed. Ere the summer is passed we hope the good City of Pittsburgh will provide sidewalks on Woodlawn Avenue. Student government, through a Senate, has finally been established in three of the four schools. I his has been a year in which we have “smashed” some records: the heaviest registration in our history; the largest faculty; a constantly improving health record; evidence of the growth of student spirit and a victory to close the football season. Surely these are items which interest us all. and if we make as much progress in the next three years as we have in the past five, the Juniors who issue this THISTLE will scarcely recognize their Aha Mater when they have been graduated five years. If the United States Government establishes its Bureau of Mines on the Magee site, adjoining the Carnegie Institute of I echnology, it should bring about an association between that Bureau and our institution which will be for our mutual advantage and give students an unexcelled opportunity in the fields of mining, metallurgy and mineral technology. I wish a THISTLE could be placed in the home of every student to constantly remind him that the Institute has many more activities than can be felt or appreciated by any individual in a single class. Sincerely your friend, Arthur Arton Hamerschlac. rebruary 26. 1913.