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Jan.l?) Shocking news was brought to tl.ghtearly today with the release of a echnical report from the office of the ~!'esident of the junior cLass , Hontana Chool of Mines. Pres R, "Ro ckf.ni Dokken sPoke very gravely, at the special press llt~etingo E A.ccording to the buddi.ng chemist G .. ~gene Bullock, th~ r-e su'Lts of a r:l_gorous, ::llne .. micro, quanti ta ti va.l> quali ta tive (~lYSi." of the new-f'a'l Leri vsnow showed: (" a dust content of 10 (?) calcine /l'om Anaconda) content 40 %"~ ~3) a c1.1.ck-down content of 50 %~ (1.1.) a moisture Olltent ot 0 % c> ~ President Lokken went on to say that p • Bullock was prompted to run the analysis B~ely by chance. As the water to the a1.1.l1ock residence had been shut, off due to e d.elinquent bill, Mrs. Bullock filled the offee pot with "snow" in order to make ~()ff~eWedo morning. When the odor of. h~nlng feathers assailed Bullocks nostrlls, ne ran to the pot (coffee) and dt scovered, :t coffee, but a sickening eutectic of 1.1.Ck~down and calcine. toe The But~e Chamber of Commerce ~nd ( Presentatives from the Local Rellef Agency ~ sUbsidiary of Crane Plumbing Coo) have thl'edPreso Eisenhower collect requesting that he reroute the Columbine and take in e local scene. th Many theories have been set forth by M~e students and faculty at the School of llhres to account for this catastrophic thenomenono The most probable cause for lIbe dUck down content was stated by Wayne eadstick' Seguiliao He believes the
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duck-down in the a tmo sphere re sul.ted from his inadvertantly flying through a formation of ma.l.Lards over Tokyo while hurrying to make a 6g00 date on the Ginzao The results from the ArJtanglement of Thunderjet and duck st~~wed forth into the trade-winds and was hence deposited on Hontana .. Several'interesting sidelights have developed from this unusual "snowfall. II The mineral dressing department of the school has received a research frant from the SleeZ'lJ-,SleepingBag Co to see if it is possible to separate the down from the calcine and dusts and thereby gain a new~ cheap source of down for their productso Also~ a whole new field of employment has opened up. Men will be needed to shovel this white blanket from the campuS$ Those interested give your application to . Rose when you pass through the chow line 'j Friday ... l',
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WE DIDN'T kN\JW TI-IAT-- - " Geologists will be interested in reading a tribute by F. M. Fryxell to our former president J. R. Van Pelto This tribute is given on page 56 of volume 34 Number 1 (November, 1956) of the Compass. Some may be surprised to learn that Jo Ro V. Po held a distinguished professorship in Geology" Fryxell by the way is a world famed educator at a world famed institution Augustana. ' II
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