University of Missouri College of Engineering - Shamrock Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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- THE SHAMROCK - EDITORIALS Owing to some neglect, or on account of indifference, the Shamrocklwas not included in the list of school publications submitted to the retail Merchants Associa- tion, when they were to decide what student publications they would advertise in. The fault of this neglect may be partly laid to members of the Shamrock staff 3 but regardless of whose fault it was, the fact remains that the Shamrock should by all means be included in this list of student publications. The Shamrock is published at a 'time of year when the adds will be brought before at least one-half of the student body before the close of school. This does notmean that one-half of the students buy the Shamrock. It does mean, however, that enough engineers ha.ve copies that at least 1500 other wide awake students in the University will have an opportunity to look the book over, regardless of whether they are students in the Engineering school or not. Last year there was some talk of not approving the Shamrock, but we were finally given a trial. This year the merchants were forbidden to advertise in the Shamrock. We feel that we are gaining headway with our cause, however, since we were able to obtain all of the forbidden addsg some of these- were even from members of the Association. We heartily hope that the merchants will think just a little deeper than the pecuniary gain of advertising, and in the near future will decide to place the Sham- rock on this approved list where it rightfully belongs. I The criticism is too often justly made of our modern educational institutions that they do not allow sufficient latitude to the play of individual aptitudes and to the growth of special talents. Our Engineering School for instance might be lik- ened to.a vast waffle iron into- which is poured' an endless stream of supernascent dough, full of the most highly diversified but more or less latent capabilities and talents, and out of which is dumlped at regular annual intervals fresh batches of human impressions from the same old mold. Page Jiffy-fvuf 'H1 1 1 l H1 ll i 41' .- Z

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Y 'E THE SHAMROCK . CROSS-COUNTRY In cross-country the En . . . g , . S running his second year on the Tifrer team was elected ca tain H' ' C, 1 p C . is running was not so sensational as that of the other members of the- team, but he could be depended upon to do his part towards gaining a victory. The other Engineers on the cross- country team were H. A. Trowbridge and S. E. Vallet. Both men ran a consistent ra d tl l l f ' ' ' ' ce, an iey 16 ped the Missouri team to win several vlctories. The team as a whole had a very successful year. They won all of the dual meets by a lar 'e score tl . 8 193' secured second place in the Valley meet which was held at Lawrence. All threje En- gineers were awarded their cross-country sweaters. gineers were well represented R C Poa e who i TRACK Several Engineers turned out when the call was sounded for track material. Those who are on the team at present are: H. A. Trowbridge, R. C. Poage, Tom E. Donahoe, S. F. Vallet, and E. C. Rowedder. Name Events Record fMi1e -,,.-..... -- 41 min. 32 sec. H. A. TROWBRIDGE .... i My mile ..... -- 2 min. flat v l650 yards --- -- lmin.. 1711 sec. R., C, POAGE -- ...- SMile 4 min. 40 sec. 12 Mile 10 min. 2 sec. TOM E. DoNAHoE pole vault --- --------- 12 feet- In the K. C. A. C. meet February 9, 19244, Trowbridge ran on the Tiger mile relay team which defeated Nebraska in the most thrilling race of the evening. ' WRESTLING The following Engineers are out for wrestling: L. E. Mays, R.. E. LaNier, and Jimmy Orton. BASEBALL Six Engineers have already turned out for baseball, and mo1'e are expected to turn out later. Those out at present are: J. V. Oliver, Preston Lannee, Paul Heaney, Richard Evans, and H. H. Kansteiner. -H. A. T. Page jffiy-three :J 'l - l

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w THE SHAMRQCK . 4 l That there is a great deal of truth in such charges we will not attempt to deny. The education we receive here may be forming us all to the same mold, and it may be true that we are having the vital sap of individualism carefully baked out of usg we will not attempt to argue the question here. But it would be well for the kickers to consider that for those among us who are weak in special talents, all the coaxing and nursing in the world will not so increase the vitality of our individual natures as to prevent them from being thoroughly dried out and wasted in the pitiless fire of industrial activity in after life. On the other hand the impress of the hidebound curricular mold will not crush out individuality wlhere it it strong, any more than the corking up of good wine for many years will impair the flavor. A man who has it in him we contend cannot have it ressed baked worn throttled broken or J J P 5 J P 1 J boiled, out of him by any process whatever. Individualism is a striving for individuality-an effort to bring out in each man those useful traits which mark him as a man. If, then, a man has that type of mind which fits him to be an engineer, and he goes to a school where there is a large gathering of men of similar characteristics, it is not to be expected that he will come out a Browning, or a Disraeli, or a Lincoln, or a Caesar. VVhen one of our own number achieves distinction we are too prone to discount the value of his work and to overlook its significance, merely because our nearness distorts the perspective we get of it. It is, perhaps, for this reason that many of us are not even aware that one of our professors has completed a piece of work which does credit to him and to the school of Engineering. VVe present this article in order that the satisfactory completion of such a piece of work shall not go unrecog- nized by those for whose benefit it was undertaken. The McMillan Publishing Co. expects to have ready for distribution in the late spring a text book entitled Principles of Transmission in Telephony by Professor M. P. VVeinbach. This book had its inception in a set of notes written by Professor VVeinbach for his students in Telephone Engineering. In its final form it represents an effort to place before advanced students in Electrical Engineering a complete Page fifiy-lffve Zh- if