University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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Reinstituting many war-dropped courses and adding several new ones, the School of Engineering returned to near normal over the period of one year. A record enrollment in the Freshman class and large increases due to returning servicemen left the department some- what overcrowded. Additional instruc- tors were recruited to handle the over- tlow. Seven men graduated in lanuary and twentyeone in Iune to total twenty- eight for all the year. In lune ten received degrees from the School of Mines, six from the Civil Engineers, three from the Electrical and two from the Mechanical Engineering departments. Dean of the College of Engineering Professor Stanley Palmer COLI,l+1Gl+101+' ' GI EERI Director of the School of Mines Professor lay Carpenter Top row: Professor F. L. Bixby, Civil Engineering: Dr. Vincent Gicmella, Geology. Bottom: Professor Walter Palmer, Metallurgy. MJ I U- .Ng t

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The College of Agriculture began the fall semester with an enrollment of sev- enty-five students under the direction of Dr. Cecil W. Creel, dean of agriculture and director of the Agricultural Exten- sion Service. With an increased enroll- ment following the termination of the War the college has been forced to add more instructors. Dr. E. E. Wittwer, who had been serving With the Office of Price Administration, returned to the faculty during the spring semester, While Dr. L. E. Dunn Was added to the college staff. Despite efforts of the administration to get additional funds from the legislature to rehabilitate the Fleischmann experi- mental farm, the bill Was defeated and the badly needed farm laboratory still operates, but in a very run-down condi- tion .... In conjunction with the College of Agriculture is the Home Economics Dean of College of Agriculture Dr. Cecil W. Creel COl.l.RGPl OF GRICULT RE Top row, left to right: Professor Victor Spencer, Soils: Professor Mildred Swift, Home Economics. Bottom row: Dr. Elton Wittwer, Agronomy, Professor F. W. Wilson, Animal Husbandry. department under the direction of Pro- fessor Mildred Swift. Added to the Home Ec faculty during the first semester was Miss lane Elizabeth Wingrove who, with the regular members of the faculty, helped to prepare the Nevada Women students to take over the responsibilities of future homes. ln October a lecture and demonstration was given by Dorothy Clure, professional demonstrator for the Evaporated Milk Association. Included in the department's many activities for the year were a luncheon for the Farm Bureau Convention delegates, a tea for Future Homemakers of America mem- bers, and the preparation of the Mackay Day luncheon. Final gathering of the year was a May Day brunch honoring Seniors Ruth Armstrong, Dace Ricketts. Carol Smith, Ruth Wallace and Barbara Whipple.

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Alumni Secretary Rex Daniels First full-time secretary-treasurer of the Nevada Alumni Association, Rex Dan- iels, wound up his term with a record of innovations and firsts. Among his many other activities oi enlivening the grad organization, Rex started a monthly news bulletin Wolf Prints, and a magazine Alumnus He took over the secretarial duties in August, 1946, after returning from a four-year hitch in the Navy Air Corps. While Work- ing for a degree in Iournalism, Daniels was affiliated with Sigma Phi Sigma and was a football letterman. LUMN SSOCI TIG Wayne Hinckley, 1927 University of Nevada, is now president of the Alumni Association. While on Campus he ma- jored in Business Administration and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fra- ternity. A native ot Auburn, Calif., he is now local 'distributor for Tide Water As- sociated Oil Company. His wife, Doro- thy Ward Hinckley, was graduated from the University in 1926. Their son, Ward, is now attending the University. Alumni Prexy Wayne Hinckley