THE KENTUCKY KERNEL

Mechanical Department News
Tho College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering opens the school
year of
with prospects for
tho most successful year of Its existence. Tho matriculation is heavy and
tho capacity of all drawing rooms,
shopc and laboratories will bo taxed
to the utmost.
Tho Freshman class promises to bo
an unusually largo and
ono that will certainly maintain and
perhaps surpass tho Btandard established by its predecessors.
The class of 1915 has been very
successful in establishing Itself quick
ly and successfully in tho engineering
world. Letters have been received
from each member of this class telling of the future prospects and the
past successes. These letters are very
interesting and only lack of space prevents The Kentucky Kernel from
printing them in full.
1915-191- 6

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J. T. Gelder, who is located with
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
at Fort Wayne, Ind., writes that he
and his wife are delighted with Fort
Wayne and are getting along admirably. He started with the "Pensy" on
the 19th of June in the boiler shop
wielding a
sledge for eight
or ten hours at a time to the tune of
something over thirty cents per hour.
Gelder came to the University of Kentucky from Rochester, New York.
M. C. Batsel, who came to the University from Fulton, Ky., is with the
Company, HawElectric
Western
thorne Station, Chicago. He is very
enthusiastic over his future prospects
and says that he is continuing his
along with his "manual
studies
labor."
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L. B. Evans is with the C. A. Dunham Company, of Marshalltown, Iowa.

He is working for a vacuum' heating
concern and compliments the University of Kentucky on the excellent
training which he received here, especially in his thesis work, as it is a
valuable asset in his preesnt work.
Carlyle Jefferson, who came to
State from Louisville, is at present located with the Armstrong Cork and
Insulation Company, Pittsburg, Penn.
He is "much pleased with the outlook
for a successful future." He says that
he soon will be transferred to the
sales department.
T. F. Haynes Is located with the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company at
Columbus, Ohio. He says the prospects for big things are bright and
that on every side men are talking
about the return of "good times." E.
C. Parker, a graduate of the 1915
class, is located with the same

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T. F. Eichhorn, of Cynthlana, Ky., is
Air Brake
with tho Westinghouso
Company, of Wilmerdlng, Penn. Ho
is an expert on making diaphragms
shrapnel and
for tho eighteen-pounsays that tho worst featuro of his
work is that tho ammunition he makes
goes to tho Allies.
J. E. Boiling, also a '15 graduate, is
located with the American Blower
Company, of Detroit, Mich. Ho reports that ho likes tho work and was
"put on tho Job" flvo minutes after
his arrival. He Is in the Experimental Engineering Department, where tho
work Is highly technical, instructive
interesting.
II. E. Barth Is also
with this company.
K. P. Howe, of Elizaville, Ky., is
located with the Babcock and Wilcox
Company, of Barberton, Ohio, and Is
getting along splendidly In his 'prentice work. He says that the opportunities in his work are unlimited and
that it all depends upon the man as
to how far he can go.
P. D. Hawkins, of Lexington, has
been with the Remington Arms Company, Illon, New York, and says that
he is in love with his work, and is not
out for the "mere dollar."
A. R. Blackburn is making Franklin automobiles and is located at their
plant at Syracuse, New York. He is
located in the manufacturing department, where he will be able to learn
thoroughly the details of the manufacture of the cars before being put
into the sales department.
"Blackie" sends a few kind words of
advice "to the man who is about to
enter college," and says for him not
to plan to become a mechanical engineer unless he expects to work "five
times as hard as he ever dreamed of
working in high school." He also advises students in this department to
get all the practical shop work they
can in the summer.
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HENRY KOLBE.
Unfortunate are they, indeed, who
cannot And in the dally association
s
an insplraf
of their
tion, something to emulate, or something to admire. Henry Kolbe was
born in a land where education of
the poor is a crime and the shadow
of religious persecution falls heavy on
many wretched homes. One by one
he surmounted these barriers of ignorance and oppression and became
a student in the gymnasium (high
school) of Warsaw, Poland. Finishcourse in four years,
ing the
Kolbe came to the United States and
became a student of State University just before the war started in
Europe. He is now a Sophomore in
the College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and has not only
supported himself, but has kept up
a high standing in his class room
work ever since he entered the
school. Being a modest youth, he
that
doe snot tell his
anguage
he learned the English
without an hour of instruction and
that ho was reading Sir Walter Scott
before he had ever left his native
land. He does not boast of the fact
that he can speak French, German,
Polish, Russian, English and Hebrw
as well as read Latin and Greek.
Most of us in school have lived all
our lives in the bright sunlight of
freedom, Indeed, our education has
almost been thrust upon us, yet, how
many of us can speak a single foreign tongue? Henry Kolbe has only
demonstrated again that verythlng Is
fellow-student-

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Hume spent their vacation in con
structing the largest coal conveyor
in the world at Sprigg, W. Va., and
Schwant has had excellent practice in
mine operation and coke making at
3enham, Ky.

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LEXINGTON, KY.
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College Men!

The Sophomore miners have also
had a good summer of practical experience.
The department has an Increase in
Freshmen over last year and they are
of the kind that make "live wires of
high voltage."
Meeting.
Minere'
The first meeting of the Kentucky
Mining Society will be held In the engineering room of the Mining Engineering building, beginning promptly
at 7:30 o'clock on the evening of
Tuesday, September 21.
Every student matriculated in the
College of Mines and Metallurgy is ex
pected to attend. Matters of great im
portance to all will come before the
meeting.
S.

J.

CAUDILL,

President.

"JIM."

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easy for tho man who cannot believe ment Station milk, shown at the Pan VANDERIILT AND 8EWANEE
that he was intended to livo forever ama Pacific Exposition scored nlnoty-sl- x
STUDENTS ARE HERE.
in tho rut In which environment has
per cent and second placo in complaced him.
petition with similar exhibits from
Philip H. Portor, Jr., of Clinton, Ky.,
other State Experiment Stations. The who has attended school at Vander-bll- t
Kentucky station was awarded tho silfor the last two years has decidMINING NOTES.
ver medal of honor.
ed to come to a "regular" school and
The undergraduate students of the
Tho bacterial count of tho Kentucky has registered at Kentucky Stato. Ho
College of Mines and Metallurgy are milk was only 300, which was ono of will be In tho Junior class and will
returning to their collego filled with tho lowest counts attained by any of take major English work. Mr. Portor
enthusiasm from their very Interesthe 500 exhibitors of milk.
Is a member of tho Alpha Tau Omega
ing and profitable vacation spent in
fraternity.
tho mining and metallurgical districts
Horace Clark, of Maysvllle, will bo
LIMERICKS OF INFELICITY.
of tho United States. They have rea student at Kentucky Stato this year
ceived valuablo training and expert-encand will entor as a Sophomoro In tho
lady as proud as old Lucifer
in gold mining, copper concentra- 's tired of her husband's abuclfor.
Civil Engineering school. Mr. Clark
tion, and efficiency as well ns engiattended Sewaneo last year.
She says she will see
neering construction, and coal mining.
If she over gets freo
Tho impression that these young Lovo doesn't again mako a guclfcr.
CHISE IT.
engineers have made with managers A
young wife complained to the Gov.
of tho various companies is most
Her husband was rude and kept shov. A pretty young girl named Louise
Isfactory and In every case the man- Said: "I'm really not hard to pllse;
Tho but recently wed
agement has asked them to return at
'Kentucky' Is great
He had changed, so she sed,
the closo of the present college year,
But It seems cruel fate
And had quite given up lovey-dov- .
and in several instances the young
Will make me pay four thousand flse."
Boston Transcript.
men have already received offers of
permanent positions after graduation.
S. J. Caudill spent the better part
of the summer at Jenkins, Ky., making a special study of conditions deKENTUCKY
termining the best method of mining
coal seam.
the Elkhorn
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"Red" Jones, the gold miner, who
has just returned from Victor, Colorado, is disappointed that Cal Schirm-e- r
and Louis Ware have not returned
from Morenci, Arizona. Jones thinks
Raunri
Raund
the trouble is they hesitate to drop a
Trip
Trip
salary of $105.00 per month, but he
expects them to join the Junior class
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SCENERY
Tickets MM at LEXINGTON good coin 2 on Special Train leaving 11.15 am. of
within the next two weeks. Eyle and

The following verses by a University
student, which appeared in the Lexington Herald this summer In an issue
published on the day following one of
"Jim" Park's victories, are especially
appropriate In view of Park's defeat
of the Philadelphia team on Tuesday
by a score of 12 to 4. Incidentally,
this is "Jim's" third start in the majors and his third victory:
"You're something of a pitcher, Jim,
In pinches you're a Son of Swat,
And have I failed your fame to hymn?
To put it briefly I have not.
"This morning then another lay
I'm forced to pen, am I to blame?
Know, ye fans, that yesterday
Jim Park grabbed another game."
McClarty Harbison.

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MEDAL AT EXPOSITION
Exhibits

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We are showing a swell
line of Shoes for you colfor
lege fellows Shoes

Full Dress wear. Semi- Dress or hard service. "Joe Tilt's" Men's Shoes can't be
beat for long service, and "Marshall's" are there with the
style and snap. Prices are $4.00, $4.50 and $5.00. We shall
be very pleased to show you. "Best on Earth" for the prices
we are asking for them.

Shoe Company
The Special Popular Price Shoe Store.
Lexington's Great
Cy Hanks, Manager.

206 West Main St.

Lexington, Ky.

Reasonable
Reliable
Dependable

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Jewelry Co.
Successors to A. K. LYON
127 WEST MAIN
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The University Store.
Corner Limestone and Winslow

Lunch Counter Open Seven Days and Nights
Especially on Sunday
Full Line of STATIONERY

and SUPPLIES

W. F. OLDHAM

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