MSM ALUMNUS Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy R OLLA, MO.
MARCH-APRIL
V OL. 2 1
Mrs. Jno. W. Scott Dies Mrs.] ohn W. Scott, fri e nd of thou sa nd s of Min e r s, passt'd away Tues da y, Mar. 25. S he s uffered a hea rt a tt ack in front of Sco tt 's Dru gs tor e lat e in th e afternoon. Efforts to r e viv e h e r w e re un s ucc essfu l. Mrs .Scott has bee n ass ociated with h e r hu sband, ] no.W. Scott ex-'89,fo r m a n y yea r s in Sco tt' s Dru gst ore -th e Miners' Co-op. S h e wi ll b e r ememb e red by Miners for h e r ge ne ro s ity and wi llin g ness to h elp M S M s tud en t s ; many a lu mni coming back for a v isit to their A lma Mat er w oufd The late IVIrs. lno. W . Scott a lways s top in for a c hat w ith t he Scott s to mak e th e trip comp lete . Mrs. Sco t t pro ba bl y k new eve r y li v in g g raduat e of th e Sc hool of M in es. 1\11r. and M r s. Scott r ece ntl y ce lebrated th eir Gold e n vVe ddin g An ni ve r sa r y o n Jul y 2, 1946, a ll SO yea r s of w hich have bee n s p e nt in Rolla . O n thi s occa s ion a sc roll was prese n ted the coupl e by th e Rolla Chamb e r of Commerce exp r ess in g app r ec iat ion of th e se rv ic es th e Scotts h ave r e nd e red th e community . Mrs. Scott is s urv ive d by h e r hu s ba nd , ] no. ' N . Scott ex-'89, h er s on]. ' Va lt e r Scott '19, h e r dau g hter l\,I rs. O li ve Morris, and son-in-law, John M. Morri s '19. F un e ra l serv ices we re h eld at th e Rolla M e thodi s t Chur ch. Th e s ix Sc hool of Min es s tud e nt s who wo rk at the dru g s tor e we r e pa llb ea r er s .
NUMBER 2
1947
President Middlebush Addresses Rolla Chamber of Commerce
Dr. A. P . Gr ee n of th e A P . Gre e n Fire Brick Compan y , M ex ico, Mo., ha s bee n appoint ed by Go v . P hi l M. Donnell y to h ead th e Board of Vis itors of th e U nive rs ity of Mi ss ouri. Dr. Gr ee n was on th e Board of Vi s itor s in 1942 a nd 1944. D ur in g that tim e ex t e ns ive s tudi es cove rin g t h e n ee ds of a ll th e s tat e edu ca tional in s titution s in M iss ouri were mad e. T he Boa rd of V isitors r ecomm e nd ed a capit~d ex p e nditur e of $40,000,000.00 to pre pa re th e va riou s edu ca tional in s titut ions for th e influ x of s tud e nt s w hi c h th ey pr edict ed would fo ll ow at th e clo se of th e wa r. In th e r e port for 1944 th e Boa rd of V isi tor s forecast a n e nrollm e nt in t he U niv e r s it y of Mi ss ouri o f 12,000, tO,OOO at Col umbia a nd 2000 at th e Scho o l of Min es a t Rolla. Th e r e port to Gov . Donn ell y for 1946 po int ed out that th '"'! r e a r e no w 12,800 s tud e nt s e nroll ed on the two ca mpu ses . In th e r ep ort thi s yea r t h e Boa rd s tated " W e reco mm e nd ed th e n a ver y mat e ri a l increase in th e plant fac ilitie s a t each of th e school s. O ur b eliefs of yes te rda y a r e fa c ts today. I ~ is our op inion a nd ur ge nt r ecomm endation that th e in c rease in faciliti es ,"vhich w e r ecomme nd ed in our prior r e ports b e made availabl e to th e thou sa nd s of st ud e nt s who
" Th e pro s p e rit y and deve lopm e n t of th e M iss ouri Sc hool of IV[in es a s an indu stry of Rolla wil l brin g g r ea t b e n e fit s to th e co mmunit y ," P r es id e nt F r ede ri ck A Middl ebu s h to ld th e Rolla Cha mb e r of Commerce, March 3, a t it s annual m ee tin g . In a n addr ess e ntitl ed, " Comlllunit y R elatio ns hi p to th e Schoo l of Mi nes a nd Relationship of the Sc h oo l of Mi nes and Meta llur gy to the Community," Presi de n t Mid dl e bu s h we nt on to point o ut the moneta ry b e n efits receive d by Rolla as a r es ul t of t i1e President Frederick A. Midd lebu sh sc hool. H e c ite d the $ 136,000 w hich comp ri ses th e Ve t e r a ns pay roll alon e, the Faculty pa y roll amo untin g to $60,000 p e r month, plu s t h e expe nditur es of 400 non -ve te ran s , brin g i<1 g th e t otal mo nthl y exp e nditur es to b etwee n $200,000 and $250,000. Th e Pres ident st r esse d th e fa ct that th e r e arc man y oth e r va lues t hat acc ru e to th e citiz e ns of Ro ll a throu g h thi s r ela tions hip. Th e 1110 s t importa nt, in hi s opinion, b ein g the c ul tura l va lu e of th e School in th e comm unity , a nd th e richn ess of comm unity life in a coll ege town. St ill anoth e r a dvanta ge nam ed b y P r es id e nt Midd le bu s h is th e relation s hip es ta bli s h ed b y th e citiz e n s w ith th e s tu de nt s of Rolla w ho ha ve gon e out to all part s of th e world. In thi s continuou s outHow, th e Pres id e nt¡ said, Rolla ha s adve rti s in g that no amo unt of mon ey rai sed by the Ch am b e r of Commerce co uld produce or pay for. H e gave as an examp le a le tt er r eceive d by him from a n honor ed a lumnu s of th e Sc hool of Min es , inv itin g him to a tt e nd a m ee tin g of the A lumni Assoc iation ill New Yo rk C it y. Th e Pres id e nt s tate d that he ha d att e nd ed a s imilar m eet in g last year a nd amo n g oth e r t hin gs it was inte r es tin g to h ear th e o ld timer s ta lk a bout th eir pl easa nt ass ociation in Rol la, a nd to learn s o m a n y had marri ed Rolla g irl s. " \ V hat is th e community doin g a nd what ca n it do in r e turn for th ese advanta ges that flo w to yo u a nd wil l flow to yo u in s pit e of y ourself ?", th e Presi d e nt a s k ed . "You ar e und e r a h eavy obli ga tion h e re to maintain a ty p e of communit y to which tho se of us assoc iat ed w ith th e s p ecific admini s tration of th e ins titution ca n a lways and witho ut apo lo gy to an y body in v it e th eir childr e n to move into. Thi s is a s tat e in s titution and belon gs to th e tax payer of Mi ssouri a nd we owe a n acco untin g' to th e citizen s of th e s ta t e for our stewards hip. " Th e Pr es id e nt co ntinu ed, "I want to imp ress upon y ou th at on e of th e way s of co mp e n satin g for th ese a d va nta ges
( Continuerl o n Pa ge S)
( Con t inued on Pa g e 8)
A. P. Green '3 5, Chairman of Board of V isitors