University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Institute of Technology

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Welcomed back to the fold-Dr. Clifford P. Archer, director of bureau of recommendations . . . former director of Australian and South Pacific edu- cational service . . . Dr. William S. Carlson, director of admissions for the University . . . formerly ad- visor to Air Forces on northern bases . . . explored Greenland before the war . . . Dr. Guy L. Bond worked in Navy testing program . . . Dr. Willis Dugan, director of personnel . . . was in charge of personnel selection for the national Red Cross . . . Dr. C. Gilbert Wrenn worked with manpower selection at Pearl Harbor. Education Intermediary Board finished first year of operation . . . held panels for faculty and stu- dents . . . studied student-faculty relations . . . had coffee hours. Most active committee was the group discussing building plans . . . shortage of classroom and de- partment space . . . hopes high for a new building. The College carries the heaviest load during summer session . . . full staff and many visitors needed to handle classes . . . undergraduates accelerate . . . graduates brush up and work on advanced degrees . . . summer workshops are popular. The College plans revision of admission standards for the selec- tion of better teachers . . . held the National Con- ference of English Teachers here in November . . . Professor Dora V. Smith helped to make the con- ference a success . . . emphasis given to teachers in service. State superintendents met for Schoolmen,s Week in the spring. Wesley E. Peik, Dean of Education Projects and events made time valuable. Dr. Dugan worked on better advisory service . . . Dr. M. G. Neale surveyed Duluth schools . . . made recommendations for improvement of schools . . . Dr. Nelson L. Bossing studied reports from six selected towns of extension work for graduates . . . planned expansion of this program, with an increase in state contacts on advisory work. The traditional Christmas Carol Sing resounded in the great hall of the YMCA . . . the College din- ner was resumed spring quarter. With the resigna- tion of Dr. Verne Fryklund who accepted the presi- dency of The Stout Institute in Wisconsin, Dr. Wil- liam I. Micheels was appointed a staff member in industrial education. Constructive activity marked the College programs for educationas place in the future. Betty Sell and Norma Lee Levenson pass P11YSiCa1 Education C1355 Undef the some time in the Burton Hall study room. SIILSCUOII Of John K1-lndla Watches an GX i Hion. Page 27

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IT . . . pretty short to include as much as it does . . , College of Engineering and Architecture . . . School of Chemistry . . . School of Mines and Metallurgy . . . with a total enrollment of 2,265 during Winter quarter, as compared with last year's total of 581. The beginning of the postwar era found the Institute swelling with returned veterans . . . and more and more Women invaded the sacred halls to vie with masculine minds in solving Engineering problems. In the College of Engineering and Architecture alone are eight classifications . . . anyone of them a major . . . Electrical Engineering was the most popular Held in the group this year . . . included specialized courses in tele- phone and radio communication . . . illumination . . . radar. Aeronautical Engineering had the top enrollment last year . . . it was not a training course for pilots but a preparation for research, construction, and design of aircraft . . . and because Hying experience helps to under- stand the subject better, the department purchased an Army B-17. Chemical Engineering . . . included instruction for students in developing processes from the laboratory stage to a large-scale industrial production stage. Although Electrical, Aeronautical, and Chemical are the Big Three, there are other divisions that are equally important. Roy Jones, Head of the School of Architecture. chats over a plan with Newt Griffith. Page 29 Dean Samuel C. Lind George M. Baggs runs static rib tests with the help of Aero seniors Harriet Schmitt. Lawrence Bodin, and Melvin Fligstein. Professor Charles A. Mann explains chemical engineering apparatus.