Montana Tech University of Montana - Magma Yearbook (Butte, MT)

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The Civil Engineers are the extroverts oi the engi- neering school. On sunny days they parade about the campus with their rods and transits before crowds of admiring coeds. The Chemical Engineers may be distinguished by the faint chemistry odor that accompanies them. Other engineers have only their slide rules to distinguish thern from the ordinary college men. Engineering is a highly specialized profession, and its suc- cessful students must stick pretty Weill to business. They do, howetver, find tirne to publish Tl-IE MON- TANA ENGINEER, a first class professional journal, which is further enhanc- ing the already somewhat enhanced reputation of the engineering school. L

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DEAN WM. Nl. COBLEIGH The Division of En- gineering is com- prised of the Electri cal, Civil, Chemical, Industrial, Architec- tural, and Mechani- cal deparments. The work offered in these departments is most thorough and author- itative. Engineering graduates from this school compete very successfully W i t h men of other schools in every branch of the engineering pro- fession. Dean Wil- liam Cobleigh has in his division a staff of able engineers, many' of whom have obtained national recognition in their fields. ln the death of Professor Ioseph A. Thaler in March, l938, Montana State lost one of its most learned and influential men. He was vitally interested in the progress of his students and his department, and was admired and loved by all on the campus whoknew and Worked with him. Division ot Engineering JOHNSON GGOD CONKLING THERKELSEN PLEW PROF. J. A. THALER cnzceixszni

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ACTING DEAN JESSIE F. CONNELL The division of Household and Industrial Arts combines the principles ot hornemaking with the more commercial subjects of Applied Art and Secre- tarial Studies. This division has been Very ably handled this year by Vice- Dean Iessie F. Connell during the absence of Dean Gladys Branegan, who is on sabbatical leave. Home Economics was the iirst course offered for Women at Montana State College and continues to attract a majority of the Women students. Miss Bertha Clow has been in charge of the Home Economics course this year. Miss Connell is the head of the Secretarial Studies and presents the latest trends in modern office practice. Mrs. Olga Boss Hannon, as Dean of Applied Art, very successfully manages one of the most interesting and cultural courses on the hill. HANNON Cl-OW Division ot Household and Industrial Arts