January 1, 1915, to December 31, 1915 THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES ALUMNI INDEX PAGE Accounting, General Notes on, J. C. Ballagh, '10... 179 Alumni, The..... .*18, *39, *64, *81, *105, *124, *134, *140, *168, *191, *211, *235 159 124 49 175 .... Alumni Instruction Committee, Individual Reports of Members of...... .*14, *32, 56, 76, 97, 122, 181, 190, 204, 228, 252 Ballagh, J. C., '10, General Notes on Accounting.. Barleycorn, John, Elbert Hubbard.... Beam, J. W., The Jitney Cabbage (Poem) *Blake, Dr. Lucien I., Epochs in Science (Commencement Address). Bolivian Tin, Smelters for.. Book Review, Transactions of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Dr. Braley, Berton (Poems) The Prospector 138 179 87 102 111 42 201 58 Bryan, Russell R., '08, Some Factors That Govern Zinc Deposits.. 29 Cartoons.... .*79, *104, *173, *210 Championship Game, The (Poem).... 257 Chauvenet, Dr. Regis, Book Review, Transactions of American Institute of Chemical *Commencement, C. S. M., Forty-first Annual.... *Exception Principal, Applied to Graphic Charts, H. N. Stronck, '13. Eye, C. M., '95, Development of Gold Milling in the Philippines.. *Illustrated. 202 91 215 6 Galvanometer and Its Advantages in Electrical Blasting, The, A. E. Anderson, '04... 195 Germany's Victorious Chemists. Glee Club Gold Milling, Development of, in the Philippines, C. M. Eye, '95.. 88 17 6 Gone Are the Days of Yesteryear, So Ponder a Moment and Shed a Tear (Poem).... 231 Governor Carlson, Addresses Miners.. 201 Griffiths, David, Advantages of Social Welfare.. 164 *Guiterman, Franklin (Former Trustee Dies in New York). 120 Haldane, Wm. G., A Leasing System for the Public Domain... 71 *Haldane, Wm. G., Colorado School of Mines Exhibit at the International Soil Products Exposition 226 Hazard, Wm. J., '97, Dangers from Meters on a High Tension Circuit. 178 Leasing System, for the Public Domain, A., William G. Haldane. Master Crook, The (Poem), Berton Braley..... 71 43 128 74 ..... Meters on a High Tension Circuit, Dangers from, Wm. J. Hazard, '97. 178 176 Middleton, W. B., '83, Notes on Mine Finance... 25 *Miller, L. F., Government Tests on Pike's Peak with Mine Rescue Breathing Apparatus 198 Mines Chess Club.. 62 Mine Finance, Notes on, W. B. Middleton, '83.. 25 *Mine Rescue Breathing Apparatus, Government Test on Pike's Peak with, L. F. Miller 198 Mines Display at International Soil Products Exposition, Wm. G. Haldane. *Mining School, Curriculum of the, The, Francis A. Thomson, '04. Moloch (Poem), Berton Braley..... Paradise Lost (Poem), Oliver Owen Nichols.... *Parks, George A., '06, Kachemak Bay Lignite Deposits of Alaska.. Peril, The (Poem)... *Illustrated. 290830 63 43 121 Phillips, Wm. B., Resignation of (from University of Texas). 164 *Phillips, Wm. B., Western Mining Schools and Some of Their Problems. *Placer Examination Hints, G. N. Pfeiffer, '05. 219 115 Prospector's Short Course at Colorado School of Mines, The Second.. 249 Report of the Assistant Secretary and Treasurer of the Alumni Association, Year Ending Dec. 31, 1914.... 137 Report of Secretary and Treasurer for the Year 1914, Louis Cohen and C. C. Malmstrom 137 Road Building Bulletin, Announcement of. 176 *Roberts, J. C., Appointed to the Dr. Holmes Chair of Safety and Efficiency Engineering 222 *Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute, A. C. Watts, '02, Elected President. Rymes of the Re-Survey, The (Poem), R. Sidney Bartram.. 250 11 Safety Engineering Chair at Mines.. 178 .... Safety and Efficiency Engineering, (Mines Have Safety Devices Galore). 246 31 *Science, Epochs in, Dr. Lucien I. Blake (Commencement Address) Scientific Management in Germany. *Stronck, H. N., '13, The Exception Principal Applied to Graphic Charts. 91 Tamping and Stemming... Technical Telp, The Right Way to Employ (Editorial). . . Thomson, Francis A., '04, The Curriculum of the Mining School.. *Trustees, New Tungsten in Ores, Methods for Determination of.. Urtega, Santiago (Former Mines Student Killed in Mexico). 129 199 161 95 247 201 *Watts, A. C., '02, Elected President of Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute.. 250 *Western Mining Schools and Some of Their Problems, Wm. B. Phillips... 219 *Wolf, Harry J., '03, The High Cost of Living.. 1 World War, Caused by Alcohol, Says Radium Expert... 175 Zinc Dust Precipitation, Some Factors that Govern, Russell R. Bryan, '08.. 29 *Illustrated. The high cost of living is a most important and serious question. It is especially serious to those who have the greater responsibilities and who have attempted to investigate the fundamental causes of the continual increase in the cost of the necessities of life. To millions of people it is even a vital question, because the universal rise in prices during the last twenty years has made it difficult, and often impossible, to provide sufficient food and clothing. The question is even more serious in other countries than in our own. The high cost of living has been held responsible for the increasing world-wide discontent and anarchy which have resulted in the spread of socialism and radicalism of all kinds. Discontent in any country appears to keep pace with advance in civilization and the greatest discontent is frequently displayed by the brainiest men. This is no doubt due to the fact that professional and clerical workers and all others with relatively fixed salaries and incomes are the greatest sufferers from the high and rising prices. The average incomes of our doctors, lawyers, professors, writers, teachers and civil service employees do not keep pace with the increasing cost of the necessities of life. Manufacturers and merchants are also great sufferers because of higher wages and because the prices of raw materials have risen faster than the prices of finished products. The seriousness of the question has naturally given rise to a universal discussion of the probable causes of the rise in prices. Because the subject is of such common interest the bulk of the discussion has been carried on by those who are not competent to discuss it intelligently. Few men are presumptious enough to dispute with an electrician or a chemist upon some point connected with his life study, but political economy has to do with affairs so ordinary and familiar that men in general feel themselves competent, irrespective of special experience or study, to form opinions on economic questions. The average observer is likely to overlook the more fundamental causes of certain Harry J. Wolf. economic phenomena and his opinion will in all probability be influenced by local, secondary or contributory factors, and frequently even distorted by popular sympathies and prejudices. The very existence of local influences on the cost of commodities makes the local view of the problem difficult and complex and hinders a clear focus upon the underlying causes. Important local factors influencing the price of foodstuffs are: transportation facilities, local increase in population and rise in land values. For instance, garden truck and dairy products cost more in New York City than in Washington, D. C., because New York is twenty times as large as Washington and has to go ten times as far for these supplies. Again, the price of such commodities as meat, lumber and wool has risen throughout the United States because our increasing population is causing demand to outstrip production. Beef cannot be produced as cheaply from steers grazed on land costing $100 an acre as from those on land costing $5 an acre. Legislation may have a decided influence on the cost of living in different states and countries. For example, tariff and taxes |