MSM ALUM NUS Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy ROLLA. MO.
VOL. 21
No.4
JULY-AUGUST, 1947
Campus at MSM Awaits Return of Old Grads at Seventy-Sixth Homecoming, November S
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Feature Event to Be Grid Summer Commencement Held Game with Cape Girardeau in Parker Hall August 28 Plans are being made for the biggest homecoming in t he history of MSM on November 8, when the Missouri Miners are slated to meet the Cape Girardeau Indians, last year'~ conference champions. Before the game on Saturday morning there w ill be a convocation at 10 :30 a . m. in Parker Hall at which Dr. Mervin J. Kelly, '14, vice-president of the Bell L abora tories, will de liver the address. Awards to a lu mni and others for distinguished service will be presented at this time. The an nual Homecoming Banquet will be held Saturd ay eve ning a nd wi ll be follow ed by the Homecoming Ball in the Jackling Gymnasi um . President Hasselmann has expressed the hope that a ll a lu mni possible will come back to MSM for this seventy -sixth homecoming celebration . The day before homecoming, on Novembe r 7, the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association will hold a meeting with t he President's Visiting Comm ittee and
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Commencement exercises for summer were h eld in Parker Hall on August 28 at 8 the eveni ng. C. G. Roush , President of the Society of Professional Engineers , delivered mencement address on "Orienta t ion of th~ ing Graduate."
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Baccalaureate was he ld on the evening of August 27 with the Reverend G. B. Seager of the Lutheran Church of Rolla as the principal speaker. A r eception for the seniors and their family and friend s and the faculty was held immediately after Baccalau r eate on t he lawn of Dean Wilson 's home.. Forty-five of the summer graduates received the degree of Bachelor of Science, while 12 received Masters degrees. Among those receiving advanced degrees were the following MSM men: Ch ar les D. Geiger, '43, Kor Uyetake, '45, Roger D. Moeller, '44, Rober t M. Montgomery, '44, Theodore J. Roemer, '43, and James A. Crookston , '42.