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Show 218 of the Mining Engineering Department of the University of California, and Prof. Earl Parker of the Department of Metallurgy, University of California; Dean Charles F. Park, Jr. , Stanford University; Dean Vernon E, Scheid, University of Nevada; Dr. Samuel H. Knight, Head of the Department of Geology, University of Wyoming; Dean John P. Spielman, State College of Washington; Prof. Drury A. Pifer, Director, School of Mineral Engineering, University of Washington; Dean Thomas G, Chapman, University of Arizonangean M, I. Signer, Colorado School of Mines; President E. J, Workman, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; President J. Robert Van Pelt, Montana School of Mines; and Acting Dean Carl J. Christensen of the University of Utah, All Western schools giving work in mineral engineering except Idaho were represented. ‘ The following three general topics were discussed in some detail: ' l. The status of mineral engineering education in the West. 2.. Problems of mineral engineering education in the West. 3. Are there possibilities of interstate cooperation in mineral engineering education in the West? The discussion was the most down-to-earth and revealing discussion it has been my pleasure to hear, since I became associated with the College of Mines at the Uni- versity of Utah, The value of this conference, in my estimation, far exceeds the values which were obtained by attendance at the Mineral industry Education Division meetings of the American institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers at their national meetings. It was quite apparent that the problems of each school were the problems of all. Very low enrollments in many of the curricula have led to high costs per student trained. Only four of the institutions have a student enrollment, both graduate and undergraduate in the mineral engineering _ subjects, of greater than 100 students. These four are as follows: Colorado School of Mines, MontanaSchool of Mines, University of Arizona, and University of Utah. As I under- stand it, this includes, but it is not necessarily limited to, students in mining engineering, metallurgical engineering, and professional courses in geology. This year, at the University of Utah, we have approximately 150 students |
