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The Montana School ,of Mines
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Vol. 5, No. 15
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,and the field in ~hich they expect
(ommencem'enl Exe're·lses June 8
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M untain Climbing ccident Claims Life of Mines Stu ent
Geol'Ogical Engine~rmg:. J am~s P. Connell, St. L'OUl~,. Missouri: Donald R. Corson, Bigfork: Alan t exercise? R Kerr Great Falls;" Allen A. At the commencemen . 's· 'tk' Will'Oughby Ohio ; Peter June 8, Mr. Clyde E. Weed, chairawi e, Butte" Robe;t T'Osman 'Of the board 'Of directors ~'ffsw~~~::: Alfred E. Trimble, ' The Anaconda Company, W,l .0, '. Phili A. Van speak 'On "The Engineer's Place Eugene, Oreg'On,W ~. D'd ' 's A" Alstine Casper, yommg ; aVI in the Nuclear and pace ge. D W' l'k I' Butte' Robert P. Wyti ts in the proa e, , Oth er. par icipan Har- li~ White Sulphur Springs. g.ram WIll ~e Reverend .Oi Deh . tMetallurgical Engineering': Gary ~IS, Shortnd~e Me~'Or1a ,rIS Alexander, Mount Vernon, Ian Church, invocation: -Rt ..\ Rev h' gton: Curtis F. Bates, AnMsgr, E. J. Riley, presentation '0f' a~d:' Wiliiam J. Borsick, Butte; Clyde E. Weed for the Degree ~ aDc'O u s" Malyevac , Butte; George D 'OC'Or t f E' . g H'On'Ons aVI. C 1 '0 ngmeerm , , L M M xwell Warm Springs; ar Causa; and Reverend J'Oseph. . A' Pl:te B~tte; Richard W. R'ObBy I' Ii e, Imm~c~late C'OnceptIon 'ts A~chorage,' Alaska; R'Obert Church, benedIctIOn., Dr. E. G. ~ vison Trail. British C'O.JumKoch will c'Onfer the degrees ~ bia ~!rome' A. Yoppa, Waukesha, the candidates and on Clyde . .' . lTr W1sc'Ons1n.. <. • vveed, Metallurgical Engmeermg (MmThere are fandidates fo; th1rtyral Dressing Option): J'Ohannes eight undergraduate and nme gra:~ ~ D er Kawieskr'O'On, S'Outh Afuate degrees to be a~atded . y i;ca.re-iriliiam H. Painter, LivingMontana Sch'O'Ol 'Of Mmes ~t Its \'On'. Albert R. Rule, Butte; Th'Om59th Commencement on June 8. s j Wright Anaconda; G'Ord?n The candidates for graduat~. d~- as ing Uni'On New Jersey; grees and their fields of speclah-~. ~~sE 'Zipperi~n, Great Falls. zati'On are: David Dahle~, Los A~o~~ 'ng 'Engineering: M'Ohammed geles, Calif'Ornia, Ge'Ol'OgIcal Eng1- A htab . Sargodha, Pakistan; neering; The'Od~re S .. J'Or~~n, iber: C. 'Walkup, Philipsbu~g; GARY ALEXANDER Butte, Metallurgical Engmeenng JA D' Wallace Livingst'On. ' I D . 0 t' n)' Aurames. , J h (Mmera ressmg p 10 'E P troleum .Engineering: 'Osep eli'OMadrazo, Butte, Petr'Oleum n- H ~ to Butte; Gus B. Co'Olidge, gineering; Gord'On R. Parker, R~sel S· b~rst. Richard L. Co.ppage, hank, S'Outh Africa, Metallurg1ca RU~d' 'Calif'Ornia; Richard O. Engineer; Sid n e y B. Peyt'On, e mgtsen Cut Bank;/ J'Ohn P. Butte J'Ohan Sikkar, Stockholm, Engetbre Cal'gary Alberta; TheoTwo professional degrees will , .' Hun er , k Sweeden DeJ' Tewt'Ong, Ch1engna1, T,! k Charls'On N'Orth Da '0- be awarded at the 59th Com, W t dpre' LIm , '., h Burma, William Ros~ aymen, ijt' Lilburn H. Lu~ck, Enms;, RIC - mencement of --Montana SchooI' od' Butte, and George W1Ih~I~, SanD. Osterman, Black. Eagl~; Mines o'n June 8th. Recipients will ta R'Osa, California, all Mmmg En- a d 'F Pickard. Miles CIty;' Ar- be Wallace ,A. O'Brien,, Class of' CIau. . . , B k 1923 and Clinton L. Miller, 'Class gll1eermg. , . thur L Story, Cut, an. of 1947. The undergraduate candIdates .
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Students and faculty were saddened May 17, 1959, \'0 learn 'Of the death 'Of <ia.ry Alexander, senior student in Metallurgy. Mr. Alexander was killed' in a mountain-climbing accident nea Whitehall, Montana, while in the company 'Of three 'Other mountain-climbing enthusiasts. Force Baney, 'One o{_ the group was quoted as saying, "Gary had just tried to ascend a 100-f'O'Otrock trace and said that the rout .looked t'O'O difficult. He (9ary) had descended to a position where he was standing 'On my shoulders, Suddenly I heard the warning 'heads up' which means that either a climber 'Or a rock is falling. ~ knew that it was a r'Ock but,it s.'Ounded like a very small 'One-.The next thing that I knew was; I, was lying 'On the gr'Ound; ;r had a s'Ore neck and my hard hat was flattened. The r'Ock (600c.) had hit'Gary directly 'On tlie head and he died instantantiously." , Gary Harper of Butte risked his ,life in, trying' t'O divert the r'Ock and it was his warning that saved the liie 'Of F'Orce Baney. Immediately after the accident, seeing that Gary c'Ould n'Ot be helped, J'Ohn Si,kkal;' stayed at the scene 'Of the accident while Gary Harper and F'Orce Baney went int'O Pipest'One Hot Springs t'O sUWn'On aid fr'Om Whitehall. Mr. Alexander was b'Orn Oct'Ober 20, 1937, at M'Ount Vern'On, Washlurgy and had spent all f'Our years ingt'On. He was a seni'Or in me~alhere. He had quite an extensive rec'Ord in mountain climbing dating back f'Our years. He was a member 'Of The Tac'Oma Branch 'Of the Seattle M'Ountaineers and had clim,bed with Jolin Beckey, the f'Orem'Ost rock climber in the United' States. S'Ome 'Of the 'Other Edward 1. Renouard,' manager well-kn'Own ill '0 U 11 t a i n climbers of mines in, ~utte since 1952, :with wh'Om he was ass'Ociated were was ' elected' :vIice, president in Frank C'Olling, Jim Whittaker and ge of Western operations of Ira Sp~;ng,er 'Of the W ashi~gton The AnacoI).da Company, effective m'Ountam ranges. Mr. Alexander immediately. He succeeds Chester had already climbed such m'Ountains as Mt. Rainier, Mt. Olympia H. Steele wh~ died May 19. Rashmir Crag, Baker: He was born i.n Butte on May Shucksun, Range 31, 1898, the son' of the late Mr. H'O'0 d, and the Cascade Mr. O'Brien 'Of Butte is n'Ow and Mrs. Edward' Rehouard. His Peaks. He als'O climbed to 12 000 Mine~ Ge'Olugist 'Of the Butte area a~cent' t'O father was one of the best known feet in an attemped f'Or ~he Anl:c'Onda Company. He pioneer miners of the camp and Granite Peak in Montana. It was was first empl'Oyed by the c'Omserved for several years as fore- the highest ascent in M'Ontana ever pany in 1917 as a miner' while still rec'Orded dur,ing winter c'Onditi'Ons. man IOf the Badger Mine. a student at Montana School of f'.' • ' The funeral 'and burial ~as in Mines. From 1920 he served with The new vrce preSIdent was fIrst Walla, Washingt'On, 'On' the company as rminer, sampler" employed by ~e Atylconda Com~ WaHa m'Orning, May 21. The surveyor o'eologist and Mines Ge- p3;ny, ~s a mmer at the Badger Thursday Mme m 1914 and worked as a sch'O'Ol's representative Was F'Orce l . t' 'b, . Th I dependents ) .' .. . h e Iper w h'l1 e Baney wh'O flew t'O the service.' The second annual hono~s con -[ won the I n- 0 OglS He' received his degree' from mmer. an d eng1p.eer Vocation convened in the L1brary- up. e nt hy for scoring the Montana 'School of Mines in 1923 attendmg M 0 n t a nd_a School of Gary's family wished to state h t 10'15 tramura l rop , . M' H ar d a'mining "IUseum Hall Wednesday a '.' most 'Overal,1points. He had attended elementary and m.es.. e was aw .e their heart-felt thanks to the Dean with Dr. E. G. K'Och a.s h'Ost. Pr~slDUN McLe'Od then presented s.ec'Ondary scheols in Oreg'On and engmeermg ~eg~~e ~n 192~ a~d and t'O th'Ose who showed extreme d dent K'Och began by acknowled~mg, r'r" . die with a "Handb'O'Ok M'Ontana. was h'O!10re y 1s.'a rna rna er ~n kindness in their time 'Of s'Orrow the vari'Ous gifts and serVIces Stephen~s~~ and Physics" f'Or Mr. O~Brien. is a tp.ember 'Of the 1953 WIth a pr'Of.essIOn!l1degree, ~n and t'O all wh'O sent fl'Owers. giVen t'O the difd'erent departments 'Of, Ch:h :St 'Outstanding fresh- M'Ontana S'Ociety 'Of Engineers, the 'Of hIS achIevements In Gary Alexander's degree will be of the sch'O'Ol. The progr~m :was bemg h e ~try student. ·Dr. Nile Nati'Onal S'OCiety 'Of Pr'Ofessi'Onal " granted! with his class 'Of 1959 then turned 'Over t'O the var1~t~ man c e~\hat the award f'Or the Engineers, the American In_stitute posthumously. ' Pers'Ons prese?ting. awards. l~ ann'Oun~~n physics student~ /a oj' Minin!~, ~!fetallurgica.l and Pe- 'Of Oklah'Om~ at Norman and New Edward SimOnIch, DIrector 'Of Athd 'O~t~tan g d would not be gIVen tr'Oleum Engmeers and IS currentY'Ork University, New Y'Ork. letics, presented m'Onogr3;ms an sIm~lar a~f:ai grades were in. Iy serving 'On the executive c'OmHe is General Superintendent 'Of certificates .to the f'Ollowmg. stu- untIl the ted the f'Oll'Ow- mittee 'Of the M'Ontana Sch'O'Ol 'Of a maj'Or lead-zinc,sihrer mine 'Owndents: Pete Atkins'On, Brad BIlyeu, Dr. K'Och ~re~nbb Foundati'On Mines Alumni Ass'Ociati'On. He is ed by the C'Ompania Minera, AguiCam Br'Own, Jerry Blake, Dal~e. ing awa;ds HO~rring and Mike als'O a member 'Of t~e Butte Cha~- lar, Juyjuy Pr'Ovince, Argentina. belPaggi'O J'Ohn Gardner, Ke y ScholarshIp,. I Vestal C'Oulter iber 'Of C'Ommerce. Thls c'Ompany is a subsidiary 'Of h 'k H'mes, Bill K ~~gan' 'h' VIO a, Mahagin; Rotary th,e St . J osep h Lead 'C'Ompany J:l.emmert, ' M1,e '. Tiddy, Al Don It was hip detailed and th'Or'Ough .' g Mike Keegan, Dan ROV1 ,H' g sch''Olar~ hip Carl Plate; Gino ge'Ologic study 'Of,a particular area Fr'Om July 1952 to N'Ovember 1955 ~alkup, Mel Bennett, Harlan 11. nCl.ub Sc .'0 Salcsho'la'rsh1'p,Ric h a I' d in Butte which led to the discov- he was Mine Superintendent f'Or Th b b D e mem ers 'Of the faculty In 'Otham, Bill Lane, 'On.Mahag k.' D ~ama nt1 d D aug h tel'S of ery and \developl'r!ent 'Of a large the Verm'Ont C'Opper C'Ompany, the Geol'Ogy Department attended'Of Ray Martinich, Larry Pavhkows 1, Vmce~ette, CanI n1'sts Award, Mel b'Ody 'Of 'Ore which revived 'One 'Of Straff'Ord, Verm'Ont;, and fr'Om th R k M J '0 Secti'On 'Of the ack W e a v e r, B'll 1 Th '0.mpson'e' AmerI can d '0Suzanne Dunlap. the l'Ocal mines f'Or a peri'Od 'Of March 1950, t'O 1952 was Mine Sup- Gee I 'OCy . 1 S 'Ountain . t fA' G 'Of the Warren F'Ound- venti'O '0 'Oglca OCle yI '0 M merIca, eorge Br'Ons'On, G us. C 0 ohdg D _' Benne tt an H es awarded m'Ore than ten years. He is resp'On- erintendent . M' 14 t conb ick Cornich, Tim D rI.sco,11 Jar aynthe American n In ISS'OUa were ay members '0 17. Dr.· C W . 'th sible for ~ n early study 'Of the ry arid Pipe C'Orp'Oration ll.t D'Over, Als'O in attendance Win Elkstr'Om, Ken ErIcks'On, hoe George Grandy iWlf· . g C'Ompany bl'Ock-cavi g p'Ossibillties in Butte. New Jersey., 'Of the staff of the M'Ontana Burb C B b M C thy J'O n I . and Re mm I M M'll h 1 b <fIC arthy, '0 c ar .' Jan Sme tmg. and William Byrne Mr. O'Brien, will be awarded the, l' 1 er as a so een em- eau 'Of Mines and Geology. Schulhauser, Dan Trb'Ov~ch'J'Ohn" S~holarsh1p American S'Ociety for pr'OfessiQnal degree 'Of Ge'Ol'Ogical ployed by' the Highla;nd Surprise One 'Of the highlights 'Of the bryer, Manuel Munoz, Slg e- WIth the h' Pr'Ofess'Or Vine EngIreer. ',Coris'Olidated Mining Cc;>.,and the c'Onventi'On was' a paper c'Oncernson, Dick C'Oppage,. Har'Old HO~s Metals Scholars lrickson with 'an Mr. Miller received the Degree Hecla Mining QQ., b'Oth 'Of Wal- ing "Multiple Glaciation and High\Vell, Pete Sakellans, Dart 1~a an~ presented ~en lting and Refining, of Bachel'Or 'Of Science' in Mining lace, Idah'O. Level Till Dep'Osits in Southwestand James Don'Ovan. He a so I _ American mel hlp and R'Obert 'Engineering fr'Om M'Ontana Sch'O'Ol During 19'51-1952 he served as ern M'Ontana," given by Mr. Wil~ounced and prese1'_lted the. Denver of Mines in 1947. He did additi'On- a consulting engineer to Sp¢ncer, liam B. Hall 'Of the Ge'Ol'Ogy Dea ffl 0:-_ Company. Sc~~ ar~ardner Ing awards t'O the mtramul Wl c- Utter W1thS h ~ ship. Pr'Ofess'Or al work in civil engineering and in White and Prentis, Inc., during partment. Mr. 'Hall also gave a ners with the named persons ae-' C'Ompany ce 0 ~rd the Billings lab'Or relati'Ons at the University (Continued on page 4) .special !3h'Owing 'Of his l'Ow-angle, Cepting f'Or the teams they repf Harnish pres ; ~ wship t'O D'Oug- r;;;::;;;::;;;::;;;::;;;::;;;::;:::;;:::;;:::;;:::;;:::;;:::;;:::;~I::;:;:::;;:::;;:::;;:::;;:::;;:::;;:::;;:::;;;;::;:::;;:::;;;;::;:::;;:::;~ oblique-c'OI'Or stere'O slides that Sented: Basketball, 1st pla~e2~d Secti'On AIME Th~ ~alifornia Comwere sh'Own in a sneak preview dependents, Don R'Oberts,. las Wadman,. Marvin Smith, here 'On "E" Day. Place-Theta Tau, Gus CO~ldg.~ pany S~h'Olarsh~ t'OC'Ontinental Oil ' Mr. Groff, of the Bureau, gave Badmint'On, singles; 1st a~l_ and saId tha\'O':shiP 'Of $3~000 . papers 'On the Ge'Ol'Ogy of the ~za; 2nd-Manuel Mun'Oz. BD ve Company Fe. n until all grades JUNEWest Tintic Range, Utah, and on lng, 1st-Bob Laughlin; 2nda ,,"ould not be gIve 4 No classes Ground Water' in M'Ontana. Mr. Malyevac. Handball, singles, 1~!; were in. 'herty of the 6 Exams begin Ackerman, also 'Of the Bureau, Joe McCarthy; 2nd-Bob Mc 'Mrs. J. J. Doug .. l' awardpres~nted a discussi'On 'Of scap'Olithy. Table tennis, singl~s, ISt-h AIME Women's A~Xlhafr~m that 8 COM~ENCEMENT zation in, Beltian argillites in hiel Bennett· 2nd-Marvm Has . ed the Sch'Olarsh1pS d R'Obert 12 ,End 'Of Second Semester M'Ontana. ' I
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The meetings were most'interesting and were enjoyed by every'One in atteIldance. Much .:fav'Orable 'comment has been received up 'On the c'Ontributions made by Mines pers'Onnel.
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