.. --.... ...................... 8 --------------------------------------~~ MSM ALUMNUS John W. Pack, '74, old est graduate, attends Homecoming ( 'o J/iiI/ Heel f r om I 'ay e 5) milli oll>: o r g"0 1(1 lI a(l 11('('n tnk C' n Oil !' 11Y ]llll ('l' r 1II1111 ng. III I hI' h (' ig" lll' of I' hi s milling' C'x(" it(, Ilt C' lIt th('l'C' 11'(' 1'(' se\'('nll l'holl sl lI)(1 111 (' 11 1I'00' kill g- ill I' he l'ilt('(, I'S, hilt 1I 0t ;.t 11'01111111 hilt! .\'l' 1 II l'l'in'(l. OIl C' d n.\·. \\' Iwn ('(J lllin g- rro m t h eil' 111acc r s 011 Ih( ·il· II'IIY liP 10 l·owll. OIl(' of' l' hC' mill l' r s i'0 1l1H1 I.\·in g' ill til(' 1'001ti II slIlI -IHl nIl N. ill (li (,II I· in .~ l'lw ani\'111 o f II 1I'0man . ' l' ll l' mill C' I'''' til'(1 1'11 (' slIll -il onll ('t o n II l on g' po ll ', .~()t Ollt i'll I' loll lid , rOI'lIl ('<1 11 I ( III .~ Pl'oc·css i o ll . mllrc he<1 abollt th (' to \I' II SI'III'C'lli ll g" 1'0 1' 1'1)(' 11'0111"", Ill1ti npoll fi lldin g h c l' pn'sC' nteCi I' hl' 11011111'1' 1'0 Iw l' \l'il' h g'rC' a l' (·('I'E- Ill on.\' . JI WI IS ill Ihi s I'l'gio ll I'lHl t a I'lIl1wm,; WI'Ste l'1I o ntlm\' \I'>1 S o p(! 1'1I1 ill g', >I re' ll nw " "1 " ('(1 Sl u<1 e. "In hi s 1111 I'tl l''' I sl:Ill'(, b e "C'(' II)(' ti II Illosi' h os pitllhl l' hosl' Hlld II ('Olll't CO Ii S g-1' 1I1·l c' l11an" . :\1r. 1'>l c· k Rllil1 . " Il lit \l' hE' 1l 1l,,((1(i c'n c'd \l'ith l iqnor h e wa s a fil'lId. 1111(1 f l' o nl Fl'. K ('>ll'n I'Y ",C'st h I' \I'>lS 1'1'III'C'c1 1l10L'(' th>lll I-he Allll i .~hl· y ." '\\' h ell SI>lOl' ('n lll(' \l' il·1t hi s g"allg- IlI nn.\· nH'rc· h >l nl " \l'ollle! (' losI' l'lw ir stO l't's . 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['(· (·il·ill g' I'h e " elln I i rs l o ll(' SI'C' 1I ill II 1'111'1; .in sl· O\ ' f'(' I-Il(' 1'IIIl g'I'. 1'(' llill g o r " pN 1'ifil'(i ro r l' sl's 11' 1)('1'(' (" "till 1)( ' "('I'll pl'lrifil'cI 1'('('I's \l'il' h 1'1'1'('i fi t'd hird s sitlill g' 011 (l 1'1'(' ifi c'd iJni ll c' hC's S ill .~ ill g' ]II' ITifiC'cl ~'() Il ,~ S. All o lIll' r (' h ll r llc'l l' r \l'IIS l' llll t of' II mlll l \\' llIY SIlt'1l1 hi s life "C'(' I;ill g f o ri 1I1l (' ill lltillillg'. II l1 d I"ill ll ll ,\' rl icl n('lIl1 il'(' II l'iell " i l \'(' 1' (II i Il l'. 1[P hll ll 11 0 I'll mil,\'. IIlld h ilt ['I' ll' [' ri l'II c1 ". 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At t h e p r ese n t tim e :lll .l· lilll C llllln t 0 1' (,O ll sI'CfllC' n cC' m:li ll l'n in s n con sta n t c h e(; k [n t ir e cl a ~' p r oL1n el's Olt il " Ofl C' r at i(JII s hy ch C' mi cal co ntro l. in clll " IT.\·. t hi s i s [la rti c nlnrl~' noti cellbl C'. U ntil r ecen t YC'lIrs nlll' ,,(, l' llnmh llll'th od ::; '\'C' r e I1 sed at p r act i cn ll ~' nIl (' Iny w o r ki lt g plnnl·,'. Now th e trnin C'(l ('e r ami st i s in ch n r gC', with Ih (' r C'sn l t t h at hC'ttC' r \YllrC' i s pro Jn ced with I C's. II'Il SI-(' "lid w i t h a n in er cHse in f ll el C' m c iC' n ' ~'. ' l' ll l' O(:C' 11 rrC' lI te of t he n sC' l'ul n on -m eta 11 i c ill in era I s i .' \'l' ry \l'idc's lll'C'M1 nnd d pOS i ts a r c n ot limi tecl to m o nnta in Oil S o r lli g- hl y -minC'l' ali zC'd flrcns a s t hi . t erm i s nSll all.\IIlId (' r sl oDc1. 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Drll 1('(I HI'lte, " .1 Ihe An.r rI C. in~I'{)n on . ~:tnc~c ort's Bu rell u of Butte Distr; fotll could pre scut pr(1I J, )[IIngllne, f' nited Stll Americll n t: ment 11)' .Ii strel Jnstl t "Do )'on Brll1.il cont ('nited :til lilllle. in I dering whe mllke )'0111' l)t'odllet in Milch of mllngilnrSe lind Ihe sl: of the Uni 1I'0rk with Coghill. til in Ihe labc IOll'I1rd Ihl Ill'tiall)' tli Ihnt hlll'c ll onlnnil il ill 1ll'llIis ::s l1 ~eless. D. C. J tht, Ill('n II (lin'cis, hI ~rOI't\\'P1" 0 "Jacklin as il mak( with Ilein, The nil; presentnti allur"ical gold mee1! Hotel in 1 iug grant The sto known to Ilrodllcers of its ~Il r Lhis grent American him the ciety of tl ing nehie' ~rl1de mi It WH s Inin of Ie Cit)', Hnll (If the " I think !IS n by.p enoll"h " of of tl~e l'1 IIllIe(' Hill h'ollo\\" sa iled fo thl' ('ollll( IS inlel'e,