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THE, ACROPOLITAN A SEMI-MONTHLY
Vol VII.
PUBLICATZON h_L.!,
BY THE' A40NTANA
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SCHOOL OF MINES
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'WEDNESDAY, NOVE11BER 28, 1928 ,
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SCHOOL ,WILL WELCOME,-DR • G. G. GRISWOLD Prof. JOQ Stan'seld' s MINE VENTILATION PRESENT PLAY ITHOMSON· SPEAKStQI Experiments in he FLOTATION Field of Geolo
ON PROBATION
M. S. S.M. LOSES MILLMAN, HALEY
B)' A. L. Richardson Mr. A. L. Richardson. ventilating engineer from the Anaconda Copper Mining
The School of Mines has lost an old friend in M. F. Haley. one who has been part of the school for so long. it seems now as though something essential were missing. The lean and lanky millman, so well known to all Mines' students. felt a need .for a rest and has, consequently. severed his connections with the school. It is with sincere regret that we see him 1rO.
He would say nothing of his plans save that he was going to the coast and
more strict. In one of our neighboring colleges .the rule Is to suspend a .student who fails In one-third of his credit hours in any quarter and he may only reenter by petitioning the faculty. and then with but a minimum of credit .hours scheduled, To be "on probation" at the School of Mines should be an Incentive to do better work and .gain a clear record. On October 2. 1928 President Thomson sent a circular letter to each student on probation warning them that the first monthly report would be due on October, 17th. He also at this time, .sent a ·Ietter to each probatloner's-parenta.asktngthem to cooperate with their .children .In tryIng to remove this probation. The reore materials have separated from the sults were fairly satisfactory in' that. when molten rock magmas which havt !;.orough" the monthly grades came, only six of the them from the depths of the ~rt.ki's ineighteen were suspended. terior to its surface. The more the minIt is vitally necessary that .the scholasing engineer and economic geol~ist to.tudy tic standards of our school be on a par the ore bodies of the world '$ minihg It seems queer that asehool as large with the standards of other technical camps the more do they underst&nd them does not support a musical .or- schools. Thl;! faculty rule about probaand the ways in which they hM.!'! been as .ours . - ganization of some kind. There are not tion was formed. The more complete is this now-' , necessary to bridge the gap from ledge the more successful may be the wi.n- a .half dozen high schools In the state where we have been to where we will ·be'. nlng of wealth from the earth. Profes- 'Irtt,h an enrollment over one hundred sor Stansfleld's results form a very def- students that do not support either an
parents. when he was six or seven years old. He had, probably. no more than a grade scholl education. and has suported himself practically all his life. He worked In mills and mines around Helena and Marysville for some time. there gaining a practical education which was of great value in his days at this school. He was. of course. Intimately associated with the early history of Montana. coming to Butte before there were any railroads. closer than Silver Bow. He has been connected with the milling business virtually all his life. In fact he says there were only three years and nine months that has not been spent milling. He came to the School of Mines. under no official title. in the days when President Bowman was the head of the institution. and when It consisted of but one building. That was nineteen years ago. and he has been here ever since. In 1908 the mill building was erected and Mr. Haley became mill man. He was of a mechanical nature, in the first place. and his practical experience along these lines made him Invaluable to the school. He has assisted in various ways In the erecting of the other buildings that have come since then, and has always worked heart and soul for the good of the school. His intense devotion to the Institution was evidenced at al ltimes by the excellent condition In ~ which the buildings and t d Jirounds wer keptr-his nell. ness an care- ot the p e became so well known, In fact. that fhe Mines was"' recogniZv"fi. , as the best kept up of the four branches of the Greater University of Montana. _ It Is really impossible to enumerate the many ways In which Mr. Haley was of service to the school and equally Im-' possible to state adequately our appreclation of him. It is certain, however. tnat no graduate of the Mines can think of the school without thinking also of the man to whom they owe so much of the knowledge of things mechanical which they gained here the man who was responeible In no small way for what success the School of Mines may have attalned. The best of luck. Haley!
are wrecked on- an Island and a return to nature Is stared. The equality questiOD arises and Is settled one and for all The impeccable Crichton Is placed in ~y awkward sltijatlone that anI! Cric:hton could survive. The. play II InterestSng and entertalntnrtf.oDl the beginning none the less so beeauae of tbe impossible circumstances. The cast Is superb and Its selection does credit to the directress. Forme!: Butt,e High School students will remem~r Tauno Hint411a In their play in. lD25.and know to what perfection he can handle the part of the butler. Lord ~ Is excellently played by Jake Bruncr, a_Senior, who shows that under his "eneer, he, too, has a spiteful temper. The latter pan of Mr. Griswold's lecHoward Elderkin is nonpareil In his clerture was especially interesting because he. IJIlUU)- role. Ernest Woolley Is a very together with Mr. G. E. Sheridan. Is important person al)<t lends much to the Should intelligent tests be permitted the originator and patentee of the prodevelopmel)l. o~ the very intricate plot to ir.terfere with the college curriculum or cess USing cyapJde II) alltaliI)9.clrcuit. while brinling, a huge amount of «-.mor not? Into play. It would _m that it does "I don't see any sense In these tests .. not require too much hlsHonlc ability on or. "What good do all these fast exams inite contribution to the more complete orchestra ora band. We seem to be conthe part of Lintord Torrey to play the do us?" of "If there is any benefit to be uriderstandlng of the processes which un- tent to drIflilAIong with our enrollment part of the In.dolent.English nobleman. won from taking said tests, it is not on much large;' than one hundred and to nederlie the formation of ore bodies. On the other hand. Jeao Siderfin Is our end." or "The tests fail to meet their Professors L. J. Hartzell and C. L. glect j:le advantages that a symphony ~lendi cut m the role of the haughty Intended purpose." The co-eds understand by hearsay, of Wilson of the Montana statefhool of orchestra or a band can bring to a school 1ad7 11:,,;7 .. Ii the pa-rt at her sisters Just why have the members of the course, thath the Frosh t Hop was quite a Ia.." }taken by Pearl Hirsch and Leah Such remarks as tJ{e above and many Mines staff collaborated with P '. StansII I d executive committee of the A. S. S. M. success. T ey are, nil. ura y. very gil., Ttt.. id, w. I n.ppearan('e!~ more followed In great volume after ~e On October 15th a general assembly field during the. time ~ wai_at Work never thought to take a census of the ana all iliat'soft ot rot, buta:s-rllr lfs the)' homely and manners deplorable but whose entire student body had come thrau h was called to give the' students .an oppor- here. The raw materia Usl oy him TnUl>\el\ ~...\<m~ \.n. ~hQ"" 001? There are ~t wel'e concerned it ruight just-as well ha.ve heart Is of rold. Is unapproachably por- the ordeal of receiving a short series of tunlty to hear James R. Evans. of the were analyzed chleny by Prof Hartzell least ten fellows In school at present. been a down town dance. For statistic~ trayed by Marpret HeJehan. Iowa State University Intelligence tests class of 1909, give a talk on dlaIJlond mln- and partly by Prof. Wilson. who playa variety of horns. and there those deadly little things. show that out ing In the African jungles. Mr. Evans of twenty four "fal'r otles" four went with Several mllIor parts havenot yet been otherwise desian"ted as placement tests. ..~ are probably as many more who play riven but tbecast Is working all day and The Origin ot this method of classifying has been connected with the companies some kind of stringed instrument. A Mines men to the Frosh Hop. Is that, we far Into the night to make this play a and endeavoring to measure a student·s operating In the Belgl~n Congo-Angola symphony orchestra could be made a val- ask, nice? And furthermore. we go on to JITI.IldIUccess an~ every stUdent of the mental aptitude dates back a little over alluvial. diamond field for the past seven-. ,[Jl uable part of the programs for the even- wonder. just why it is that our worthy M. S. 8. M.• under whose auspices It Is a decade. It could hardly be expected teen years. Ing lectures. debates and other gather- fellow-students .are so loath to take us to bein6 prftentect Is urged to be present that they would succeed to perfection in Mr. Evans was introduced by Prof. AdIngs of the kind. Most of the fellows. the school dances? Is It in ourselves that lu hlI rftht mind. their Intentione at this early stage In ami. who was a close friend of his, since and the co-eds. too. have their own in-I the fault lies? Mebbe so-we admit we ){ucb credit is due to Mrs. Converse, the development of educational psychol- they studied together at the Mines. He We "roughnecks" of the School of struments. The only expenses to the A. have our shortcomings. but one would .bose able directing will be brought out ogy. It Is rather Simple operation to dls- spoke at length on the technical side of Mines were greatly edified and instructed S. S. M. would be that of music and of think that the Miners, just out of a spirit lu the excellent way each player handles cover the grades and. degrees of phy- his subject. telling that the center of this on' Friday November 2, through a speech getting a competent leader. That isn·t of school pride. just to prevent their b1s role. slcal en~urance and skill; but ~he matt.er field is about seven degre~ sout~ of the by Mr. Adam Puffer of !lost. Mr. a great deal when we consider the advan- da~ces ~rom looking like High School af-, Remember to be out in force on the of sounding the depths of intelligence and equator and is In the regIOn d,ralned by Putter Is a lecturer of note and has tages that such an orchestra would hold fairs. might deign to consider one of the 15th of'December!!!!! being accurate and just in the matter Is the north flowing tributaries, of the done much vocational work. While In for the school. The football season Is Mines girls as a partner for the "struggle". an Intricate. arduous and comparatively Kasia-Sankuru river system. His talk Butte he spoke before the HigH Schools about over but the winter social has just Or Is it. on the other hand. that the young new field In the wide world of psychology. Included a description of the climate of and many civic clubs, as we'l as the begun. and there are likely to be many men are so over-awed by the superior Notwithstanding the attitude of dls- the region, the topography and geology School of Mines. times durinlll the eneulng season that such brilliance evidenced by these. coeds. that favor shown by some of the students. I of the field. the associated minerals and an orchestra would be very much appre- they are afraid to ask them? For shame. His rapid forceful delivery helped to believe It. would be safe to say that the the classes of diamonds found. clated. we cry. Remember the old and well worn make his speech Interesting. &!l did the A very interesting description of the huAt least, It will do no harm to see what adage. "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady" Professor Seott Is starting work on de- majority accepted the tests with all due jokes. For the rest of It. there were bate 'Very lOOn,.in preparation for a year respect to their real value and as a mat- man side of the Industry was also given. varying poinlons among the s'.udent&- can be done about It. Isn.t the time about Pluck up your courage. gallants; the most of hard work. and one whIch. he hopes. ter of course. The general concensus of in which he explained the living condl- and as we don.t pretend to know any more ripe for some faculty member to voice the she can do is say "no" (which we assure The best "ankle-breaker." "struggle,'." may prove to be not less successful than oplnlon within the faculty appears to be tione of the natives, their sources of food, about the subject than anyone else. we approval of the faculty by c!1lling for a you she won't). or just plain dance ever staged'lon the last year. in reasonable harmony with the system. and the strength and stamin.a of some of shall reserve our pudgment. It 'rag. how- meeting of all students Interested in a Ah. it·s a fine state of affairs. assured- School of Mines campus. on one 'Gf these. The 1928 limes debaters made a splen- The fact that the tests seemed to lack the native workers. These la~ter facts ever. Interesting t 0 no t e t h e different school orchestra? And why not? Iy. when the Mines gil:ls must go ,out on well known Monday nl·ght". ~ was held In,. did record, on.e of which they and Mr. in reaching the point was not overlooked were of especial Interest to those who did Viewpoints of the students on the talkthe highways and .byways. Into the stores.' the Engineering hall with the eRterpris~ the High School. their own families, even. ing class of '32 as hosts. Scott have every reason to be proud. Out by various professors. Others looked upon not understand the reference to, "basic several took offense at the fra~css diS-I at seven contests they won four. includl.Ilg the matter as an experiment in the inter- andacid gweisses and granites ap.d basic played. a good many were d~ply ImIf they wish to procure partners for the It was a. regular jubilee and went over victoriCII over the State College and Mt. ests of education and not to be taken too Igneous roc_ks." But his tales of the P1g- pressed. and many more were i~lIned to I' dance. But now we have done it! The big. Every miner. his g~l. and the InSt. Charles. This is really remarkarble. seriously. mies. who do not grow over 4 feet 6 inches take It as a joke. Whatever I~r oplnMiners are just trying to show us. In a vitatlon came in "Lizzie." The action when one considers that there is no deIt Is a welJ known fact that the pub- could be understood by anyone. yet were tone: we can. at any rate. say bls. that most emphatic. manner that' we're not started at nine o'clock and the curtain partment of public speaking here as in lic opinion Is apt to be largely exaggera- strange enough to bring forth much In- the speech and the speaker 'l't"fteforcewanted; trying to freeze us out. All set at twelve. with Moores' All Stars the . th e oc- terest . Seven Seniors and a ..Prof.... about right. do your worst! Next year, When no other schools. tbat tbe coach and the de- ted at ,and Imme dI a tel y f 011owmg ful enough to take the attenti of the musical ,shleks, In attendance. baters do the; work on their own time currance of an event. For that reason. The questions which wer~ ~ked at the. stUdents of this school and tI hold It. equally distributed between a Ford truck. 'beauteous maidens come to your ,old'schoOl ThIs momentous occasion was the first and with execcd!ngly dIm1nutive funds to the immediate attitudes and opinions are close of the speech gave Indication of the and that is somehlng that cann<Jtbe said a Ford roadster and a Hupmoblle. set out then you'lI be sorry. of its kind this year, and the "little felclose attention paid to the ta,lk. Th.e op- of all lectures,. on Monday morning. Aug. 17 for South back them. The situation Is practically Practically worthless. By understanding _ lows" have set a high precedent for the Boulder Creek. a distance of 55 miles east the aame. as that of conducting athletic the degree of exaggeration. it Is possible potunity to talk to a man, w.ho M,d"hlm, Big Birds to try to equal. of Butte at the extreme north of , the conteste- with qther sc.ools. We all know to get a fair idea as to what the general self once been a student at the Min.es, and ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE 'IN ENIt really was a fine dance and the decwill be when the heat of emotion who has for almost twenty years Tobacco Root Mountain Range--undauntthe difficulties that eonfront C9Q.Ch 'Mack' op'~'on ~u ,THEled such MIXER GINEERING SCHOOLS orations were stunning. The hall was deba ters ' pro b - has cooled. Thus It may be concluded a ha~d ed by the downpour of rain. All day long and hla_ men-we 11,the . and. fascinating life, was not nelatticed throughout with the school colors, tests were understood glected, ,and Mr. Evans patiently an&_ werit fell. and night settled on the little lern is much the same--smal school, few that the intelll"'ence .. Madison. Wis.• Nov. lO-And all the with lanterns placed hither and yon Which . and handled in the students· typical. un- ed all the questions, The first social .event of th year was group gathered together beneath the students after to drawclass!!8 from. noare time over. to do itand III except questioning method of doing everything It Is to be hoped tlWotmqre lect~es of the Mixer dance which was hl!i.dto prO-I' sheltering eves of a lumber shed. at that brains aren·t In, college. At least the In- gave tlie',wholea gay and pleasing effecu·, Under these romantic conditions the very lltUe lOoney to procure the referen- scholastic. the. same type may be secured at the mote better spirit and coope ~tion be- great and glorious town of Jefferson Is- tel1lretation of English words by' engln-' c:ea necessary. With aU these handicaps ThIs Is the age of everlasting measure- School of Mines. tween the students. It was a ILPprCPl"i-,land. thanks to the hospitality of the eering students at the University of Wls- dashing. southern Freshmen ca'lelier disate climax to the exciteme, of the proprietor. Between showers. however. consln astonished officials and scored one played his gallantry to the blushing maidMr. ScQtt'~. protegees_ have managed to ment and classification; It applies to everything. Is there any reason why our Frosh-Soph Rush held during he afterthe group was able to hike into Jefferson point In favor of stricter classes In En- ens without conSidering that twenty-two carry on the work very creditably, and HOOL co-eds in one week is a slightly "heavy" brains should not be measured too-unKANSAS EDUCATO~ VISITS S.C noon. River Canyon and see some of the geo- gllsh. are determined to do so this year. Here are ·the interpretattons of' some date. The dance was sponsored 'the As- logical features laid open by this gash The only one of last year's men who less we would feel embarrassed In the Ilght It was not known to the co-eds before Dr. E. B. Stouffer. dean of t!le, Gradu- soclated Studen Body and tho ~h flnan- through .the·mountain. The construcfion Engllshwords ,that a few juniors at that 18 rone is Matthia.'l Connolly. Joe. New- of our own pride to have the truth put on this time that there were so many posate School of the UniverSity of. Kaneas, clan~ a failure. the social asp lts of the on the new highway In the canyon was college offered: "gubematorial"-pertalnton and' ¥9nroe Foster, of the varSity paper. ing to the power of eating; "pseudo". sibilities In the boys of this school. and was, a v1sltor at the School of M~nes on affa.ir .lett nothing to be deslr . just peglnning. aquad, are ~1ll here and going strong. October 17. It had been planned to make camp Mexican coin; "alblno"-an anImal slml- the same opinion Is shared of the fair Patsy AlsoR. the only rpemlJer of last LECTURE NOTES eating; ones by the manly miners. Dean Stouffer. was at the Mlnes for the first night but such was out of the lar to a mule; "agrarlan"-gr~ss year's coed.:team back, will be out. Mr. . tl ng th e facilities of person who rlngsrthe bells; Everyone had a good time, even the tllepurpose 0f lnepec •, ',THE FACULTY W"'VES'<W'T>A question under the conditione so bed rolls "sextant"-a Scott would like enough coptestants to Under th_e a~l!.lces of the Chamber of the school with a view to giving It a ra... ...." "eplthet"-a missile. members of the faculty and' 'their wives were opened and each person sought out form three teams-the regular varSity Commerce. a series of Technical Lec-Butte Dally Post. ,whowerethe chaperones; The general' the softest pine boards available. a~ter all team. a Freshman team to debate the tures will be held in the Metallurgy ting wth the American Association of comment on the dance was that nothing The co-eds were honored rerntly by II> a pine floor isn't so bad to sleep on-if H1ch- Scl1J:lPla. and.. get. valuable practice building of the Montana State School .of Universities. ThIs rating Is based upon the training of the faculty, the library, tea give!} by the wives of 1be faculty you are sleepy enough. And so the first could be desired in the way of further en!oi.f\l~ure.'y'ears, and a coed team to meet Mines. These lectures are held twice a the physical plant of the school, aI_ld_ the members with Mesdames pel"jl'. Wilson, day ended.' Syracuse. N. y.-UStudents who are, tertalnment. tb-,=, normal college&. month at advertised days and hours. The dance owes most of its achievement funds ayailable. Dr. stouf fAd er ~,param,I an d -VIngman as h OSfl,yses. AroNoontime the next day found the sun the best guessers get the A·s".· declared Contests Mve been arranged with the The first of this series of lectures was ticularly impressed with the excellent .. ong the guests were Mrs. Th son. Mrs: shining. the squad tent pitched on the Dr. Herbert N:,.'Shenton, head of the so- to the following committees aided by the BjJlings Poly, the state College. the UnI• psaeri, and clology -department at Syracuse unlver-\ whole-hearted co-operation of the class of given by Mr. G. G. Griswold, metalIur- labora,~ory equlpmen t 'af th e Seh 001 0f B ,owersox. Mr s. K oen Ig and rs. Mc- banks of,Boulder In a group of .tG-.ity and the two normal Cqne~es. to '32; glcal engineer and flptatiOli expert, now in MineS' and spoke very highly of It. Aul.Ufe. ("-.~ the floor covered with a thick layer of slty In a recent lecture. ~ place here in Butte; and wit "Those who Program and Music-Margery Trueworthe employ of the A. C. M. Co. Mr. What action Is ta k en b y th e gover nIng Tile .Coed room was very pre \' with Its "new mown hay" (only It was straw). ' cannot guess quite as well" Charles and Intermountain in G·ruwo Id's '" .esearc h es In fl 0t a tl on 1ea d t 0 board, of the Amen'can Association of decorations of pine cones a~ flowers. The group was comfortably seated around he said, "get the B's and those who guess thy, Dotty De Workin. Lee Voirge and C. ' Helena. There may be a few cont!lBts the development and use of cyanide In Universl·tles fo.llowing'Dean Stouffer's re'subdued lights, Il-nd at t rac t'IVly placed the' bountiful table of Mrs. Kyle's ranc.h but not' with any' degree of accuracy. 'do Banghart. lIJlb,eduled with out-o.f-state teams. but alkaline flotation circuits. 'f or some t'Ime. If candleli. Te~ ~as served fr I four to enjoying chicken and noodles which tas- not pass'" Decoratlone-G-eorge Misevic. Kurt port, will not be knoWJ,l Dotbinr definite has. been decided on that Mr. Richardson. ventilation engineer this action Is favorable, it WI'11mean th a,t five. Closing his remarks. Dr. Shenton'said. 'Ruckwart. Clara Roat and Mary M. LOW-' ted just like those "which mother used to u,yet. for the A. C.' M. Co., gave the second lec- the standing of the Mon ta na Seh 00I 0f The girls enjoyed this gat make" and there was real cream that you "Scientific advancement, and Intellectual ney. The QUestion will probably be some ture on this. especial field. the developRefreshments T. F. McBride, Eleanor ~ Mines, among the eas t ern un ivers itl es, much and extend their sin could almost pick up with a fork. From awakening are in direct proportion to phase of "trial by jury," which offers ment and application of mine ventilation will be equal to Its present high standing .to the wives of the faculty people's ability to guess correctly' and' Rice and John Wellcome. aiUCll.ij'Ouncl foJ' the argufiers to cover. in the Butte distrct. make the right choices." Check<JoIll-'"-WlilSh.' Nell Sullivan and ~mo~~ the w~terIlt unlv~i'sitl,e~... the ,.en~r~ail_lmel)t. (Continued on Page 2.) -Montana Ka-Imin. John Gavigan.
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I. Q. TESTS
CO-EnS' COMPLAINT
DIAMOND MINING IN BELGIAN CONGO
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