 In 1903 , Laybourne Smith was invited to lecture in mechanical engineering at the School of Mines — a position which Page states that Laybourne Smith was " delighted " to accept . He was thereafter elected as the school 's registrar in 1905 , and continued in that post full @-@ time until 1914 , after which he ran the school part @-@ time until 1951 . Even then , Laybourne Smith 's involvement with the school did not end after Gavin Walkley took over , and he was still associated with the school when he died in 1965 . 
