The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-01-25
FAMOUS EXPERT
MAKES ADDRESS
JOHN MILLS, LEADING ELECTRIC
AL ENGINEER, ADDRESSES
ENGINEERING STUDENTS.

John Mills one of Americas lead
ing electrical engineers, the author
of several technical books dealing
with the development of the present
system of radio and telphonic COM
munication addressed the students
and faculty OF the college of engi-
neering of the University of Idaho,
Wednesday afternoon, Room 217, Ad-
ministration building. His subject
was The Vacuum Tube and Its
Application"
Radio Telephone Expert
Mr. Mills had the distinction of be-
ing the first person whose voice was
carried through the ether across land
and sea from Washington to Honolulu
when radio telephSny reached an ad-
vanced stage in 1915. He is assistant
personnel manager of the engineering
department of the Western Electric
company, the research branch of the
Bell system. AT the present time he
is visiting the leading technical So
cieties and educational institutions of
the country giving course OF lee
lures under the auspices of the Ameri-
can Institute of Electrical Engineers.
Before the local sections of the in
stitute, Mr.. Mills talks on THE HUI
man Voice and It's Electrical Trans
mission" The lecture is illustrated
by demonstration experiments, by
lantern slides, and by moving pic
lures and describes recent studies of
the voice and of its action on the
human ear which have been made by
the research physicists of the Western
Electric company and of the American
Telephone and Telegraph company.
Writes on Electricity
of
several cities where Mr. Mills will
give a more informal talk dealing
with the subject of his last book,
"Within the Atom which tells the
modern views as to the stuff and mo-
tive power of our universe AS as
sistant personnel manager of the en-
gineering department of the Western
Electric company he described the
methods by which his concern re-
cruits, maintains and develops it's
highly-trained technical staff.
Mr. Mills was born and educated in
Chicago graduating in 1901 from the
University of Chicago. He studied as
a graduate student as Chicago, at the
University of Nebraska, and later at
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology. He was an instructor In
physics and electrical engineering for
some years at Jn6 western RESERVE
University of Cleveland, and at Colo
RADIO college He is the author of
several books, including college
text on physics which was written
Jointly with Professor r. A. Millikan,
q text on radio communication which
was widely used during the war and
more recently popular description
of modern ideas as to matter and
energy, a book dealing with the ultra
microscopic electron.
TranscontinentaI System Engineer
In 1911 Mr. Mills gave up teaching
to enter the engineering department
of the Bell system. He was one of
the engineers under Colonel J. J.
Carty who developed the transconti-
mental telephone system between New
York and San Francisco. which was
opened for service in 1914. Also, as
an engineer under Colonel Carly and
later under Dr. F. B. Jewett of the
Western Electric company. Mr.. Mills
was concerned with the 1915 demon
stration of radio telephony between
Washington. D. c., and points like
Paris and Honolulu.