lIcltopoli'tan fl. MONTHLY
PUBLICATION
Volume 1
.BY
THE MONTANA
STATE
SCHOOL OF MINES
Butte, Montana, Thursday, March 20, f924
Number 4
COACH McAULIFFE REVIEWS NEW ENGINEERING I POSSIBILITIES BASKETBALL AT MINES BUILDING TO BE O'F TRA.CK COMPLETED SOON AT MINES I Ore Diggers
Finish
Basketball Season and Tie for Intercollegiate Race.
The Mines' basketball season was brought to a close on March 1, when the are Diggers were successful in defeating the Mount St. Charles squad in Butte by a score of 24 to 16. With this victory the Miners tied for third honors of the state and finished a more successful season than was expected, Considering the adverse conditions under which they were forced to train during the year. At the beginning of the basketball season, 19 men reported as candidates in spite of the fact that we were to be Without a gymnasium. The problel;l at that time, and one which remained lUOst of the season, was that of developing men who could score consistently. . S d G yrnnasrum ecure. At the .opening of the season there . Was considerable uricer tam ty regardin . .. . . g the ~osslblltty of obtaining a place to practice. but With the splendid coo peration of the Y. M. C. A., K. of c., and the management of both high SChools, it was made possible for the team to practice almost every night. SOme of these practice periods were necessarily short; others were quite lengthy.
I
Third
Place
in State
state. The State University and 'the State College tied for first place honors. Comparative Figures. It was a noticeable fact, throughout the season, that the team which made the highest percentage of their shots count did not always win the game. The reason for this is that the losing team had fewer shots at the basket. Such was the case in a number of instances in which the Mines was defeated. In general, the Mines' shooting percentage was lower than that of the opponents. When a team had the advantage of both the percentage and the number of shots, the game obviously appeared one-sided. The game with the U. of M. was such, and incidentally it was the most severe defeat sustained by the are Diggers. In tl'liS game tl re M'Illes coun t e d b u t five ti . 38 I 1. Imes 111 c lances, rna (Ing a percen tag e of 13.. T'he Univer sity counted lOt' . 54 t . 1. '. ..) ime s 111 r ies, ma cmg a pert f 18 cen age 0 .
In the final game of the season, with Mount St. Charles, which the Mines won by a score of 24 1'0 16, the conditionwas reversed, in that the Mines had both the highest percentage and the largest number of shots taken. Of Schedule Unfavorable. 48 tries 9 proved successful, resulting It is certain that the schedule out- in a percentage of 19. It might be lined for the past season was not interesting to note the individual scorfavorable, both from a financial point ing in that game, as shown by the of view, and in the matter of securing following figures:' games with teams in such order as to Count- Per be 1110st consistent with the developTry ed cent lUent of the team. The earliest games Walsh 15 3 20 of the season were played with the Egeberg 8 1 12 strongest teams on the schedule, and, Quinn 10 3 30 1110reover, it was necessary to arrange Havey _.. 15 2 13 these games in close succession. Matlock ._.......................... 0 0 0 Financially, the results of these games Were poor, due to the fact that the Game _ .48 9 19 gYmnasium could be secured only durDuring the season, it was noticable ing the earlier days of the week when that Havey was a marked man. This the attendance was always more or was due to the fact that in his last less light. • two years he ranked as high point man Tied for Third Place. for the Miners, and consequently this' To complete the season with an year, in' practically every game, he abundance of fight and with a victory was watched closely when in scoring oVer the fast St. Charles' team, brings territory. a large amount of credit to the indiNew Foul Rule. vidual members. of the team, who. In all basketball during ·the past WOrked under anything but ideal con- season, noticeable improvement in ditions, in playing as well as practice. team play was eviden t as a result of By virtue of the Mines' victory over the institution of the new foul rule. ~ount St. Charles, the two teams fin-· ,.. _ Ished in a tie for third honors in the (Continued on Page 4.)
New Building Will Accommodate Students. Ready for Next School Year.
With the new engineering building fast approaching completion, the School of Mines will soon be provided with another building in which adequate facilitj~s will be provided for future classes in drawing, mapping, and designing. In the construction of the engineering building, part of the old gymnasiurn, which was erected in 1910, was utilized. In order to do this, ten feet of the north' end of the gymnasium was tom down and the south end was extended, making the new structure 140 feet long and 50 feet wide. This loca tion provides ample room for the erection of another building north of the new structure where the old S. A. T. C. barracks now stands. Connected With Main Hall. In rebuilding, the general architectural design has not been changed, but the entrance has been constructed in the center of the eastern side, facing the city. The building is connected to the main hall by a concrete underground passageway simi liar to the one that connects the latter to the metallurgy building. The tunnel enters the main building in the students' locker-room and all the steam and water pipes, as well as the' electric wiring, are taken to the new bu.ilding through it. At present, all the heating, plumbing and lighting fixtures are in place; the floor has been laid and it will not be long before the drawing room and office equipment can be arranged in place. The Lower Floor. The lower floor contains two large drafting rooms, one in the northern part of the building and the other in the southern part, being separated by a large office and a cloakroom. The northern drawing room, providing 'space for 60 tables, will be used by the freshmen for their work in mechanical. drawing and descriptive geometry. The sophomores will have a drawing room in the southern half of the building for their topographical work. There will be room here for 48 tables. Both of the drawing rooms will be well lighted and heated (Continued
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Attempts
300
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to Be Made to Track Athletics.
Develop
With the basketball season having drawn to a close, considerable at tention is being centered toward establishing a track. team. In previous years there has always been a certain amount of comment in this respect, but unfortunately the project did not materialize. It is hoped t1;is year that a team will be organized, and with coach "Chuck" McAuliffe backing the undertaking, there is every reason to believe that a team will be organized and developed. In practically all the larger schools, track and field events, as well as baseball, are the sports which command more interest from the' s tuden ts. Most colleges find time and enough interested students to develop teams in both spring sports. Other schools confine their attention to one. Where the weather is not favorable to work (Continued
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McAULIFFE AND SCOTT ATTEND BOZEMAN MEET Scott
Acts
as Judge Contest.
in Debating
Coach D. C. McAuliffe and Prof. VV. T. Scott attended a part of the' Montana State Interscholastic Basketball . tournament, held in Bozeman under the auspices of Montana State College. Last year "Chuck" was something more than an interested spectator of this event, as he. was coaching the Custer county high school team that carried off the first honors after four hard days of play. This trip Charley said he had nothing to worry him, as all he had· to do was to watch for new ideas in the handling of the various teams and to listen to the hard luck tales of the coaches whose teams had lost out early in the running. Professor Scott stayed over in Bozeman to act as the sole judge in two debates. On Monday night he officiated for the argument between (Continued
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