The Montana School of Mines
AMPLIFIER Published by the Associated
iVOL. JiV, NO. 15
Students
of the Montana School of Mines
'Student Union Ok'd
85 Percent Vole In Recent Election By Mike Freebourn Wednesday, May 7, M-Day, was the day when the 1,958-19'59,officers of the Student Council were elected. Those students elected to their various offices included Bob WYlie, President; Dick Roberts, Vice - President; Gus Coolidge, Secretary - Treasurer; and Don Rober,ts and DickNincelette, Delegates. Although some candidate's were unsuccessful in their quest for office, the students, as a whole, made the election a great success so far as the number who voted Were concerned. In order to', be eligible to vote a student must have paid his activity fee. ~e eligible voters attending school at election time numbered 1195. Of this 195, 166,took part in the election and voted. The 1166voters out of 195 eligibles is equal to about a5 per cent. More students voted this year than voted in many Years past; This year's success in "getting out the vote" is attributed to the qUality of the candidates, and also Pa~ty enthusiasm from all sides. 'I'he candidates and their backers Were interested in, the election outcome and convinced many otherwise apathetic students to vote. Partisan all the way,~e camPaigners were big enough at times to urge, that whether a person voted one 'way or another, he !nust vote .. The campaign was a fierce, nohOlds-barred affair, dealing with the most pertinent issues around the campus. No one party was less enthusiastic than the others, but perhaps the novel campaign .was 'that of the Independent !Party. The Independents sent letters to the students urging them to ;rote, Sind many were seen sportIng Independent ribbons. , President-elect, Bob Wylie, predicts that next year will be a great year for M.S.M. The 'students and faculty are taking more interest in the school and its future than has been known for many years.
MAY 22, 1953
The Montana State Board of Education gave the School of Mines "the green light" for the proposed Student Union Building at their meeting Monday morning, May 12. Dr. Edwin G. Koch, President, announced that the present student council and the newly elected council will proceed with the plans for the new building. Dr. Koch also- expressed the wish that the building be completed in all possible haste so as to afford st1,1dentsits faciliti~s-
MSM to Hold First Honors Convocation STUDENT COUNCIL, from left to right: Robert.Wylie, p~esident; Richard Roberts, vice-president; Don Roberts, RIchard Vmcelette, 'delegates; and Gus Coolidge, sec.retary-treasurer.
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Second E-Day DraVIS Hundreds Of Visitors to the MSM (ampus An 'estimated 2000 people attended the second annual Montana School of Mines Engineering Day, held Thursday evening and all day Friday, May 15 and 16. The event was sponsored by the Anderson - Carlisle. Soci~ty, ~he stude?t branch of 'the A.I.M.E., and wae under the direction of chairman Gordon R. Parker.
The building is being financed by a government .Housing and' Home Finance Agency loan. The approximate" cost is $175,000. Students will pay for the building at a rate of about $5 per student per semester. At present the probable site for the SUB is north of the Petroleum Building directly opposita the gymnasium. The student council has already obtained the student union floor plans of colleges of comparative size to the Min-es. They will use theseasa starting point from which Ito base' their plans. Their plans must be completed by the end of, the school year in order to prevent loss of time. If everything goes according to schedule the SUB will be in operation in seven or eight months. Organizational offices, meeting rooms, game rooms, a m ain lounge, a ballroom, a snack bar; book store,路 and possibly ,~n orfice for publications with dark room facilities, and a bowling alley will be included in the plans. The SUB will house and accommodate as much of the extracurriculae activity as possible.
On Thursday, May 2:9, Montana School of Mines will hold its first Honors Convocation, At this time , the student body sets apart a specific day to give special acknowledgment to the accomplishments' of those students or student groups who have distinguished themselves during the course of the school year in such a manner as, to win awards or honors of one kind or another. This occasion is one .of the few truly important gatherings of the school year from the standpoint of student activities because it is the culmination of all of these activities. It is a time when we review our honors and make known to the world those students who have distinguished themselves. Therefore, it is our duty toturn out for this Convocation in complete force. It is also our duty to step forward and congratulate those whom 1 we are honoring. the team and doing our part to There is no better way to do this make MSM what we want it to be. , (Edwin G. Koch than by attending Honors Convocation. Let's show that we are on President
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With the aid of a program, published in the last issue of the Am were, "I didn't know they had so plifier, visitors were. able to see much stuff up here," or "I was up many of the interestmg and edu- here for three hours and only got cational displays. Every depa_r~- through one building," or "My ment presented exhibits, rangm'g feet are killin' me!" . from laboratory apparatus ani! iMany of the "tourists" were ,techniques to broad industrial ap,~ students, who saw, for the first plications of engineering know!" time, the large academic area covedge. ' ered by the different departments. Day served, thereFeatured in the E-Day program, Engineering were several movies, including fore, not only as an education to but also to the one entitled, "Mining in Butt~.1) the "outsiders," Visitors refreshed themselves WIth student 'body. cookies baked by the student and Gordon Parker, president of the faculty wives, and serve~ by th~ Anderson - Carlisle Society, said: coeds. Coffee was furrushed by "I would like to extend my wholethanks to the students the M-CIJb. , , hearted The plans fo:t; the present E-: and faculty who made this year's Day began las.t fall, althoug~ most Engineering Day so successful. I of the work was don~, In the am sure that everyone who partimonth preceeding the bIg day. A cipated feels, as I do, that the ef .. large number JOf MJS.M. students fort was well worth while. With participated in the even~ - ex- the experience gained this year, r plaining displays, h~ndmg out am sure that next year's E-Da:y programs, servin~ cookIes. and cof= will be even bigger 'and better." Special thanks shOUld go to Dr. fee, showing mOVIes,.makmg po~ ers setting up eqUIpment,. gu - Koch, who made the time and reing visitors, directing traffIC, and sources available, and to Profesgenerally m a kin g themSelves sor Frank Kelly, who directed the Five students and Professor W. helpful. The greatest load went publicity. C. Laity represented MSM at ,the the shoulders of the stude?t 'I'KA debate tournament in Mis- on chairmen and the instructors 1"7 ~oula May 1, 2, and 3. Participatthe various departments,. ~ho lng were Don Roberts, Dick Vincefor .0rganIzmg, lette, Ed Speelman, and Duane were responsible setting up, and operatmg the exMcCrorie in debate and Billie hibits. TOdd in interpretative ;reading. Typical vis i if; 0 r ' s comments The TKA is a debating fraternity which has for the last four truly representative of the mining Years sponsored a ,tournament on einers industry. Engineers and practical the Missoula campus. men .talked over mutual ideas The winners in the different di'The first mmmg symposium to Several times the discussion that Visions were: Men's Oral Interbe held at MSM attracted many ensued from a paper was nearly Pretation _ Pacific University, ,on April 30, Junior and ~eniol' influential men from the four as long ,as the paper itself. Mr. first; Washington State College, Minl'ng and Geological engmeers s corners of the globe. The coun- W. B. Stephenson, president, Alr Pr f O seCond and Seattle University, under the 'guidanc.e. ofd t h eHsso trI'es of Canada, Phillipines, Peru, len~Sherman-Hoff P u m p Comd third. ' Vine and Stout, vIsI~e e an Northern Rhodesia, and the United pany, Wynnewood, Penna., gpt his Women's Oral InterpretationMine northwest of DIllon. states were represented by vari- wish when he expressed his deIdaho State, first; Western MonThis mine has ,been und~r the ous mining companies. Oolleges in sire, "Let's start an argument." tana College of Education (Rose ownership of ,the Hand famIly 1fO~ attendance included the Schools Mr. Stephenson's talk was one t>f Marie Scott), second, and Idaho some time and is t~e only bea of Mines of Missouri, Colorado, the best of the entire symposium. ~tate, third. . in Monfana whIch has een and Montana and the University . 1'94'2 Th e sympOSIUm . ducing continuous 1Y smce '. of J:daho. s ta r te d WI'th a Extemporaneous's pea kin g: mIne 'Problems of Hydraulic Stope speaker's dinner at the Finle~l ~outh Dakota State, first; Wash- ~~e operation typifies goo~ small Ington State, second; Brigham mine procedure and the trIP was Fill and the allied industries were Hotel on Thursday, May 8, while made for this reason. ~e presenf discussed by the over 1175,parti- the discussions proper began the "Young University, third. . Debate (women): Utah Unive~- crew consists of only SIX men an~ cipants. The discussions included next morning. Dr. Koch gave the ,Investiga- welcoming remarks and defined Slty, first. Kansas State and UnI- production runs about I'O?' tons a' papers on "Laboratory eek during ore extractIon per- tion of Flocculation" and' "Mine- tl).e word symposium as being a versity of Utah, tied for second Place. ~dS Because of this, the HandS Scale Irivestigatio of Floccula- place for a meeting of minds. A Back-Filling," smorgasbord luncheon was Served . Debate (men): Idaho State, ~ve~see and work in every aspect tion in Hydraulic of the mine, from ge'ology and .de- by Donald L. Cenis and "Pilot in the gYm, and that evening a f1l'st; Washington State, second. to mining, samplmg, Plant Study of the TransportatiOh banquet was held at the Finlen MSM's debate team consisting velopment of Hydraulic Back-Fill Slurries at Hotel. Of Don Roberts and Dick Vince- assaying and haulage. lette were the only team to defe~t M Hand a .1948 Mines Montana School of Mines." Both Professor Koehler S. Stout and second_place Washington state IIi WI lam in 'Geology, guided the ,of these men are alumni of MSM. Frank H. Kelly were in charge of gradua~~ ugh the workings and In all, eleven papers were read. pUblicity. Advance notice of the the debate preliminaries. The sweepstakes went to Idaho group fro'litl'es of the operation. 'Those men who attended were symposium was sent to most of surface aCI , State.
MSM Attends TKA Tournamenf
and Geologists M Visit Hand Mine
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The First Mining Symposium Here ., IS, W eII A'tended
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the mInIng companies using or contemplating cut-and-fill .mining methods. Professor William A. Vine was ~he general chairman cit the symposium. The mining de~ partment has .expressed a wish that recognition be given to Professor John G. McCaslin for his extra efforts in supervising the sound equipment.
International Club Leads in Soccer The International Club with 2 wins and one loss leads the intramural soccer contest, h a v i n g dropped one to the Taus. Four teams are entered in the contest: the International Club, two teams from the Taus, and one Independent. There are only three games remaining to be played in the contest. These soccer meets have' attracted much attention, and many townspeople have come up to witness these contests.