The Acropolitan .J/ MONTHLY
PUBLICATION
BY THE MONTANA
BUTTE, MONTANA,
Volume 2
STATE
SCHOOL OF MINES Numb~r 4
FEBRUARY 27, 1925 r
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up for the Butte-Central game I the State N ormay College by holding of February 14 were retamecl. The the teachers down to one field goal I Leavitt knockdowns completely sur- and one free throw while they amassed round the playing floor WIth rurie rows i a total of 29 points. of seats on the sides and six rows on I' Due to the condition of the floor, "The greatest single event ever held the ends. They have lowered foot- which was very slippery, the first half on the Mines' campus," is the way boards, thus allo w ing spectators the was rather slow and dull. Time after students, faculty, and alumni charac- maximum of comfort in a bleacher time players on both teams went tenze the Mining District Basketball seat. In addition, they are painted the sprawling on the floor and in this way Tourna men t h e Id' Il1 tl re M"mes gym- same dark gray as the tr im of the I numerous chances to score were lost. nasium on February 19, 20, and 21. building. The total seating :apacity The half ended with the score at 6 to 1 The tournament brought out on the I of the lower floor runs about 1700 and f th M' tI' 5 or e JI1es. 111 eleven high school quintets to places were provided fo: 00 more on Between halves the floor was Compete for the honor of representing the running track, making It possible I mopped and when the water had dried the district at the state tournament to locate 2200 people WIth all but a I the players were able to secure a solid held inut es d . ,at Bozeman early in March . In hundred of them where "they could see 1ft'00 mg. D'u r tn g th e \as t t en mmu ah dltIon it brought the principals of from an unobstructed v iewpornt every 0 f th e game th e M'mer s spur t e d an d " t e schools, many of their faculty inch of the playing floor. I counted 20 points bringing their total members many of their students and Coach "Chuck" McAuliffe of the t 29 1'1l tl 'Ull it11 1t hundreds' of Butte and Ana~onda Ore Diggers had supervision over the I dO ''': 1h e "'. t I 0lD es were e own wit own mg was 3 porn s. People who otherwise would have bad games themselves and over the staff I' h ith 14 . t t hi dit n ' , 'f d tig' scorer WI poin SOlS cre I o Purpose in visiting the School of officials, He, together WIth San or 1 dEb' 1 d ith 1.{' , L di M' 1923 1 I/ k B d an ge erg was a c ose secon WI meso They were certainly three big a IC, me s ,anc x ir . a ge-110 points, dayS for the Ore Diggers, even though ley, former Montana U var srty 拢or-I the tournament was not primarily a ward, worked all of the games, very : MINES, 12-BOBCATS. 20 SChool of Mines event, much to the satisfaction of the play-! On February 16 the Miners went 'The Mining District competition this ers and coaches. They were a fail': down to defeat at the hands of the Year was held under the direction of and competent set of officials and I mighty Montana State College basketButte Central high school. The mem- kept things moving all the time. ball team in one of the best-played ~ers of their athletic board very early I "Curley" Leary, former State Colle?e and fastest games seen here this seaeCognized that the new Mines gym-!manager of athletics, acted as official I son, The score was 20 to 12. naSiU111was by far the best place in I scorer. and Prof. W. T. Scott of the I The game started with a rush and Butte to hold路 their event. They made Mines was official timekeeper for the I after five minutes of play the' Ore arrangements for the use of the big sixth time at a Mining District Tour- Diggers took the lead when Sigler ~~~r, arrang~ments into. ;which the nan~ent.,. . .., ,~ropped the ball through the net .from w: 001 of Mines authorities entered ~ne directing of the visrting player s inside the foul line. For the remainder '11th pleasure. while they were on the campus and of the first half it was nip and tuck \VThere was much work connected t~e P?licing o! the gymna.sium and the with the le,ad see-sawing back anti Ith gettl11g the new structure ready aressJl1g qual ters were J11 charge of forth, The end of the half found the !or the games. Though no provision M~nager Norman N ~ughten of the Miners on the long end of a 9-to-7 S Yet has been made by the State for Ml11es, who had the aId of a number score. eqUipping the gymnasium, President of Ore Digger students, Considering A few minutes after the second half Craven worked out a plan to secure the various difficulties under wllich started Cottam tied the count, and the necessary bleachers to accommothey worked, these men handled then the Bobcats stepped to the front dae the large crowds expected. These things very well and sent the visitors and remained there when Hartwig the very latest of the away satisfied with the courtesy vf found his eye and connected with the kbleachers, nockdown type, were ordered fr0111 their treatment. The sccreboards in basket several times to bring his the Leavitt Manufacturing Company the gymnasium were in charge or team's total to 20 points, while the ~. Urbana, Illinois, late in January. Charles McGreal, President of the Miners could only add 3 points to their l> 1t~. the co-operation of the Northern A. S. S. M. They proved to be a big total. At the final gun the score was aClfJc Railway officials in Butte they factor in keeping the crowds up on 2 Oto 12, giving the Aggies a hard~rere rushed through to arrive on the their toes during the strenuous battles earne d' vIctory. w! T Onday preceding the tournament. that marked the play. Many of the I:Ihen Superintendent - of - Grounds spectators expressed wonder why the MINES, 20-K. OF C., 11 haley and his force got busy, and by other gymnasiums in Butte had not On February 9 the Mines took a .ard work fitted them into place in adopted similar scoreboards long ago" fast game from the local K. of C. in~nle for the opening games on Thurs, The schedule called for two games dependent team by a scol'e of 20 to 11. Y afternoon. This work necessitated Thursday afternoon, three Thursday The game was featured by the fast b e tearing down of the temporary night, three each Friday morning, aft- floor work of Egeberg and Thomson leachers erected for the earlier Mines ernoon, and night, and two each Sat- and the stellar defensive play of the games and the fitting of these bleach- urday afternoon and night. Classes entire Mines squad, The first half was ers to the running track. To help the were shortened Thursday afternoon fairly even with the Miners always in C~pacity of the running track some of and were dismissed on Friday so that front. "Big Bill" Spears of the Caseys' t e Butte high school bleachers (Continued on Page Three) (Continued on Page Three) Large Floor Space of School of Mines New Gymnasium Proves Ideal for Contests-Over Two Thousand Are Seated Comfortably at One Time.
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"M" CLUB SERVES REFRESHMENTS During the recent Mining District Basketball Tournament, held in the Mines new gym under the auspices of Butte Central high school, the members of the School of Mines "M" Club were busily engaged providing the spectators with refreshments. The purpose of this commercial enterprise, which was under the supervision of Coach McAuliffe, was to secure money for the purchase of sweaters for the football and basketball squads, and from all reports the financial standing of the club has been greatly increased. The profits netted by the club during the tournament amounted to one hundred and five dollars. This will be a big help in the purchase of sweaters, but as the Humber of sweaters to be purchased is large it is probable that the club will give a sweater dance in order to make the money they stili need.
ANDERSON -CARLISLE SOCIETY BANQUETS The Anderson Carlyle Technical Society held its first social function of the year in the form of a banquet on the evening of February 4, 1925. The banquet was given at 7 :00 in the banquet hall of the Thornton Hotel. Although the attendance was small, only eighteen members of the student body and faculty being present, the affair was a great success 'and proved to be of entertainment and interest. The meeting was presided over by Pres. W. B, Tanner, who introduced Mr. C. D. Woodward, chief electrical engineer of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co., as the speaker of the evening.2 Mr. Woodward presented a very interesting talk on the activities of the Chile Copper Company in South America and the probable plans and undertakings of the Andes Copper Co. M r, Woodward included m his speech a description and explanation of the methods' used in the mining and smelting of the ore. His descriptions of the surface diggings and metallurgical processes employed in the smelter were very good and interesting. The speaker laid particular emphasis, upon the electrical plants that furnish power for the smelter and the mining operations, A description of the country traversed in a trip to the Chile Copper ',Company's properties and impressions of the land and the people added personal interest to the talk.