The M-ontana School of Mines
AMPLIFIER Vol. 5~ No.5
PUBLISHED
BY THE
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STUDENTS,
OF THE
MONTANA
SCHOOL
OF MINES
, December 18, 1958
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Sikkar Speaks 10 Insurance Plan I Ierna rIOna,'I (IUb To Be Proposed i~:n To Student Body
PE To G.,anf路 Fellowships
Of~: ~~~~~;s o~~:~;~~~~:~~i~o/test: ,In 1957, an f~~~rif:~% neers has established a student Departm~nt ",:,on An address on his homeland was fellowship at the .Montana School natio~al JUdf~~' local group are presented to members of the Inof Mines. Fraser M. Burb~ck, Off~er~ ~k ~Obil Preducing ternational Club at IN.[0 n tan a Chairman of the local Section, Mr. ur aCh'路 an' N IN.[at- School of Mines Friday night by "" d th t behalf Company, airman: . ,. ~,a e e announcemen on' thews Shell Oil Company, Vice John Sikkar of Sweden, a graduf Ithe members. , .' . ChaiI'les B. Evans, SCIh- ate student. -The meeting was in The fellowship provides for an ChaIrman, W II Surveying Corp., 'the Library-Museum Hall on the annual grant of $300 to a graduate IU,mberge: ~. Don M. !Madden, Mines campus, with Rob e r t Or senior student in the, Dep~rt- VICe.~rur:uci~g Company;, Sec- Schnell as master of ceremonies. rnent of Petroleum Engmeermg. Mobil ro . and R L, Dick:" Esfandiar Saeed is president of The student must be a mem,ber or retary-TreallsurIer,. R Brown the 'Club. nc., ., & Brown , st.udent associate of the. sp.... ' J" w h.0 s,on Dowe . Sanderson, Mr. Sikkar, a .native of Estonia gIves promise of reflectmg .credIt Yap~nCI~ E J. Whitaker, North- who spent 10 years dn Sweden, upon the profession of sngmeerLabsp a~f' Oil Development, ,di- which he calls "horne," spoke on ing. Candidates will be nominated ern ac;,r Whitaker is also Stu- the climate, population, governby the iHead of the Department, rectar~. selor There are at pres- ment, education, family. life, staCUrrently Prof. Douglas H. Har- dent 82ouns~b~rs in the Section, tus of women and dating customs nish Jr ent me .' Bilf g in 'the Scandinavian country. A The iocal petroleum engineers' most of whom reSIde m 1 m s, question and answer period 'folgroup has been studying the problowed. lern of aid to education for some The meeting ended with the !itne, Mr. Burback stated. It de0 showing of a movie, "Modern cided that a fellowship offered the Land of the Vikings." The movie best plan for aiding development showed -scenery and the modes of of professional engineers and reli:tle in Sweden. It described how, Cogniltion of and material help to 'Last Friday, December 5, the water is important as a source of a Worthy student. It also recog- Sigma Rhos sponsored a t~pe ~e- income and recreation, depicted nizes the quality of instruction cording from Cornell UruversIty ancient Viking culture, and shownow offered by the SchOOl. on "Brainwashing of 0 r e ~ n ed the influence of the Vikings on Th e B'lli d 1 ngs Pet ro 1eum SectI'on War' PrI'son~"" =J The dISCUSSIon the presen t c,ult ure 0f .S we,en.' also c.onducts an annual student that followed was moderated by Prize-paper' contest for students in Mr. Dale Pinckney and Mr. Frank the Depru1tment of Petroleum En- Kelly. , gineering. Authors of the two best The annual Rho Christmas ParPapers are each presented a !se- t was planned for Saturday, Delected technical ref&ence book y b 13 It was held at the cern er .' . and a one-year paid mem b er ship R Track Firehall. MUSIC was More than 20t)' of the, most in1路 ace .ded by Fran Reic . h' S T'rIO. n the SPE. The t wo pape rs are quisitive - minded 'college seniors Jhen entered in a nation-wide con- provI , and recent graduates in the country will be sought for F'ederal scientific research positions through an 'intensive, nation-wide search, the Civil Service Commission anI nounced today. DECElVIBER In addition to a big bump of 18 Ohristmas Formal curio~ity, the persons sought must 20 Christmas RJecess begins have imagination, resourcefulness, and a high potential for research JANUARY work in engineering or rthe physi<5 Christmas Recess ends C unity College (here) cal sciences. EI~ven of the top 9 Basketball ,Northwest om~nity College (here) government I'esea['ch laboratories c 10 Basketball Northwest omm located in and around Washington, 13 Basketball: Northern (here) , D. C., are among the Federal agen15 Basketball, Western (there) cies seeking the inquisitive college' 19 'Basketball, Northern (there) seniors and graduates. ' e 20 Bas~etball, Carroll (thg ) muniJty College (there) Mechanics of the search 'is a na23 Basketball, Northwest C'om unity College (there) tion-wide, written civil service 24 Basketball, Northwest omm examination which will be given 30 Basketball, Western (here) (Continued on page 4)
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COMING EVENTS
Rates for the wives and children of married students are not _available at present, but will be presented as soon as possible. If the policy is voted down by the student body, 'the married stuby Bob Wylie dents may have an opportunity to For 1JhIe past two years, a suc- form their own group if they so cession of Student Councils has in- desire .. vestigated various insurance plans Students returning to school may to supplement our present school continue the insurance through policy. Of these plans, Blue Shield the vacation months for an addioffers the best over-all coverage tional fee of $5.25. with the lowest cost. Sometime in January, the stuThe coverage of the plan, in dents will have an opportunity to general, i'S. better than ordinary "''' vo t e w h etner or no t t 0 a d op t th e Blue Shield policies, 'and will inin all sports, Blue Shield plan. Because of the elude participation amount of money involved, it .has traveling, holiday vacations, and been decided that a majority vote so forth. _ of seventy-five per cent will 'be Students who are already ennecessary to put this policy into titled to Blue Shield benefits uneffect. If the plan is approved, it will go into effect the following der a contract held by 'their parfull semester; dues will be collect- ents or themselves may switch to the school group plan by signing a ed by the office at registration. card. The eost of the plan will be Change of Status Request Any advance dues paid under the $15.75, per year, or approximately be re$1.85 per month. The plan will be former membership funded, compulsory for all students, if passed:by a seventy-five per cent The details of the plan will be majority. The present school in- available 'soon, and all ,students surance will continue whether or ar,e urged to read them, and denot the ;glue Shi!!ld plan is adopt- cide whether or not such a plan "' e d'. would be desirable and necessary.
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::,路:,January Interviews, Tl).~Jnge,rSoll-Rand Company wi!l hold int&vie~s January 6. at 9: 00' a.m. in room 208-B of the Engineering Building. Prof. Vine will be in charge of interv~ews. Concluding at 2: 30 p.m., 1Mr. E. E. Breault will inlterview senio~ and graduate metallurgists, petroleum engineers, and mining engineers. The Allegheny Ludlum Company will hold interviews January 9 at 9: 00 a.m. in Room 101 of the Met(!l1urgy Building. Dr. Raynes will be in charge of interviewers. Me W .S. Crowell; Jr. will ,conduct interviews fur sentor and graduate metallurg-. ists. Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation will hold interviews January 14, at 9: 00 a.m. in Room 101 of the Metallurgy Building. Dr. Haynes will be in charge of interviews. An inter,viewer (to be announced later) will conduct interviews for senior 'and graduate metallurgists. Please sign the sch.edulesheet befor.e 5: 00 p.m. the day preceding the inteTview and complete the personal data sheets. Any changes of the above interviews will be posted on the bulletin boards. Company literature is available in the placement
office.