University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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m IIIIIINIIIIIillllilllllllllllllllllllllNllilllilNIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllinillllllllllllllllllllllllllllNilllilllllllllllllllllNIII MACKAY SCHOOL OF MINES lllil!llllll{!lllllllllliillllllllllNllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|[||||]l!mil1lli|lllllll![| THE attendance at the Mackay School of Mine ' s was more seriously affected by the war than that of any other department of the Univer- sity, f alHng from 43 in 1 9 1 7 to 1 1 in the fall semester of 1918, or about one-fourth of the normal figure. The outlook for the future, however, is most encouraging as not only did the registration for the second semester increase, but there is every indication that a much larger class will enter in the fall of 1919. The total number of mining graduates to date is 141, while 7 honorary degrees of Mining Engineering have been granted. Owing to war conditions just noted there have been no mining graduates during the past two years, but the honorary degree of Mining Engineering was conferred upon Robert E. Tally of the class of 1899 who is now superintendent of the United Verde mine at Jerome, Ariz. The mining laboratory has been greatly improved during the past year by the installation of a compressor of sufficient size to run a small piston drill. This makes it possible to operate the machine drills belonging to the laboratory which could not be done with the old compressor on account of its slow speed. The number of drills belonging to the laboratory has been increased by the gift of a small piston drill and a hammer drill by the Cochise Machine Com- pany so that the laboratory now has six machine drills. The Wyoming Shovel Works also kindly donated ten varieties of mining shovels which will give students a chance to experiment with a muck stick. A new departure during the past year was the opening of the School of Mines Laboratories to the public under certain necessary restrictions. Prior to the recent action of the Board of Regents, anyone who wished to use the laboratories must first register as a graduate student, but this is now unneces- sary. The change is of great benefit to the mining industry of Nevada, since the state possesses no public testing laboratories. The Mackay Museum has recently been rearranged for the first time since the Panama-Pacific exhibits were installed. The left hand side of the Museum is now given up to a classified collection of minerals and rocks which will be specially valuable for the use of students, while the right hand side 25

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? r Department somewhat, but the war is over now and we hope the flu will soon vanish. The immediate future is uncertain but after conditions become adjusted to a peace basis, the outlook for engineering in general and civil engineering in particular should be good. All things point to a good enrollment next fall and we hope several of our civil engineering boys will be back from war service and bring some good new men with them. Acting Dean H. P. Bordman Id 24

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