Missouri University of Science and Technology - Rollamo Yearbook (Rolla, MO)

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PAUL JULIUS WILKINS, B S. Instructor in Modern Languages B. S Michigan A. M. College, 1869. His retentive memory extends further back than that of the “oldest inhabitant ” Relentlessly he instils “Padre nuestro” and “Dos muchachos” into the wooden -headed Sophomores, year after year. Uses the “anecdote method” of teaching. A hale, clear minded “youngster” of sixty odd years, who is a better man in an athletic way than most of his pupils Spends his spare time bowling and smoking ' h wo fas . 1 A uth or ity on brea d m a k ing , barnacl es a nd balloons. Surnamed “Peter Jimmie.” JOHN BENNETT SCOTT, B S. Instructor in English. B. S. in General Science, School of Mines, 1907. Discoverer of “Unity, Coherence and Emphasis,” of which Freshmen know nothing. Knows how to use a turkey-call to advantage, and once succeeded in badly fooling Prof. Harris and a certain Senior with this instrument, much to their disgust. Can even make a literary production out of the minutes of the Faculty meetings, to which all listen with awe and wonder A man whose heart is in the right place LEON ELLIS GARRETT, B, S. Assistant Professor in Mathematics B S. School of Mines, 1901, A man who is always ready to give you a helping hand, and to whom many students in this School owe a debt that they can never repay. Will always cheerfully give his time to help those that are sticking in the mud. A thorough, and conscientious teacher, and an able one at that. 15

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LEON STACY GRISWOLD, A, B. Assistant Professor of Geology and Mineralogy A. B., Harvard University, 1389- Surrounded by a thick coating of Boston ice, he appears ordinarily to be either bored or “sore.” When the ice melts he is a “good fellow, a keen story teller, and a thoroughly agreeable companion. In addition to his attainments as a geologist he is a good camp cook, a teamster, a first-class “single- jack miner, and a pedestrian without an equal. He would like to find out who took Vol. 36. Gives a reading course. VICTOR HUGO GOTTSCHALK, M. S Professor of Chemistry, B. S. 1898, M. S. 1900, School of Mines. The terror of the Lab-fakirs. A kind of Sherlock Holmes In detecting the graphitic structure of Freshman Lab. Experiments. Vies with Prof. Copeland for the honor of being the fastest talker in the School. DURWARD COPELAND, S. B. Professor in Metallurgy, S. B + Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1903. The man who gives us reasons. Lightning blast furnace artist, though he can ' t read his own writing on the blackboard (nor can anyone else}. If you can’t get your work under Prof. Copeland, you’d better quit; there’s no hope for you. Chief occupation absconding with books from the Library and then referring students to the same. 1 1

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GEORGE WATSON COREY, E. M. Instructor in Mineralogy. B. S. 1893, E. M. 1896, Michigan College of Mines. A successful teacher who made good in practice but who turned again to the class-room for sheer love of the profession. A “big gun” in his line, but a “son-of-a-gun” in his ideas of the amount of work that is good for a student. ROBERT CLAIR THOMPSON, M. S, Assistant Professor in Chemistry, B, S. West- minster College, Pa., 1900. M. S. School of Mines, 1904. A smooth voiced lecturer with a remarkable memory for dry and uninteresting facts, such as atomic weights, physical properties, etc. A crack tennis player and former track man, and is always interested in athletics. Keeps Prof. Bowen in con- dition by worrying him on the tennis courts. JOSEPH HENRY BOWEN. Assistant Professor of Shop work and Drawing. Graduate Miller School, Virginia. Most remarkably gifted in the art of getting money from places where there seemingly is none. Has pretty sharp eyes, and those who try to pass in other men’s work as their own had better be careful. His chief hobby is horse dealing. “That’s pretty good, but you’d better make another one.” 10