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

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Hn, ttmoriam Professor Guy Henry Cox A thorough teacher; an able organizer; a man of practical alfairs. and yet a friend to research; and withal a loyal supporter of l lie Missouri School of Mines — such will always he our memory of Doctor Cox. Not only had he been a familiar and respected figure for many years on the M. S. M. campus, but he had established for himself a professional reputation of national importance. He was widely known t hrough his publicat ions, and was a member of several professional societies — The American Institute ot Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, The American Association of Petroleum Geologists. The Society for I lie Promotion of Engineering Education, and I he Geological Society of America. He was an honorary member of the Bela of Missouri Chapter of Tau Beta Pi. and a charter member of the Missouri School of Mines Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi. Although Doctor Cox had severed his official connection with the School of Mines, he had still con- tinued a strong factor in our influence in the Southwest, and in his death the school has suffered an irrepara- ble loss.

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Dri tlemoriam Ai stin Lee McRae Austin Lot McRae was born in the slate of ( aeorgia, October 25, 1861. lit was graduated from the Uni- versity of Georgia in 1881, and with the degree of Doctor of Science from Harvard in 1886. From 1886 to 1886 he was connected with the United States Signal Service. In 1 891. he became Professor of Phy- sic ' s in the Missouri School of Mines, which |x sition lie) held, with the exception of an interim of five years, until his death. In 1915 he was appointed Director. In 1920, because of ill health lie retired from active connection with the school as Emeritus Professor of Physic ' s, lie died Marc’ll 18, 1922. He was a member of Chi Phi fraternity, of the honorary scholarship fraternities of Tan Beta Pi. Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi, a fellow of the American Society for the Advancement of Science, member of (lie Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education and of the Institute of Mining Engineers, and also was one of the Sons of the American Revolution, lie was a very ac tive member of the Masonic order, and held some of the highest olliees in that ImhIv with great distinction. These are the mere facts in his life; hut in the case of Dr. Me Rea the incidents in his life mean little. His spirit is the important thing, and the spirit has no biographer. Only those who knew him can testify adequately to his probity of character and the helpfulness of his life. The student who sought his sugges- tion and guidance never went away empty. “A friend to everyone and an enemy to no man” would be a (it ting epitaph for him. who through all the years shed a benig- nant influence upon the students of the School of Mines. It could truly l e said of Dr. McRae that he taught many a boy “how to be a man.”

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CONTENTS 1 Tacult? 2 Classes 3 Atl)letics 4 Organisations 5 Activities 6 TA6s