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The Montana .School of Mines
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Volume 6, No. 10
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Slow down; lights down; O.K., louder. Hey! We can't hear you back here. "What's my line?" These are just a few of the printable phrases uttered by the cast in their efforts to help improve each , actor and actress for the coming play, "The Girls in 509." , The play, a political satire that's guaranteed to hit everyone below the belt. The cast and their director have worked many long, hard hours since the last of January to present this play. The final prod-uct will' be presented to the student body '!ind townspeople on Match 21 and 22. \
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Those appearing in the cast are: • Mimsy, Mrs. Gail Jones; Aunt Hettie, Miss Sandra Lee Maddock; Old Jim, Mr. Dave Cadwell; Ryan, of the Daily News, Mr. Dave Robertson; Pusey, Mr. Bob Varker; Miss Freud, Miss Janet Richardson, Winthrop Allen, Mr. Albert Rule; Summer, of the Herald Tribune, Mr. Bill Standard; 'Van Dreyer, -of the Daily, Mirror, Mr. Johannes Dreyer; Rosenthal, of the -Post, Mr, Edward, Shumaker; Francis X. Nella, Mr. Albert Rule; Aubrey McKittridge, Mr.' Alex Mondlak. " ,
Rock Hounds Prepare For lEI Day Festivities
Left to right, standing: Willian Standard. RodgerHolmes, Dave Robertson, Robert Varker, Johannes DreyZane Kelly called the first meet- ~r, Ed Shumaker, Rodger Nelson, Mllry Aim-Hecker, J?hn Ruffato, Alex' Mondlak, Dave Cadwell. Left to ing of second semester to order 'right, seated: Janet Richards_o~ Sa~dra Maddock, Gall Jones, At Rule. Wednesday, March. I 2. At this " meeting, pictures for the lVj:agn;ta eral club are the crystal systems Vincelette Receives were taken. di I hi h ill 'C. McLa"ghlin, E. Shuma~~r, and a fossil , sp ay, w IC w _'f: ' . .' . .' Science) Fellowship ,'_ .'i,Tp.ose :be contributed by members of the working behind the.scenes G. Austin, W. Raab, D. Johnson mineral club, Early this, week a fellowship are': Miss Billie Castellano, _Miss and J. Dowis were selected to contribute their services to the E- ! There is a meeting scheduled for The second mineral dressing from the National. Science Founda-, Mary Ann Becker, Bill Standard by Richard and Roger Nelson. Hats off, to Day festivities. Among .the m~ythe near future to further' discuss seminar, of the semester entitled tion was received "Comrrunutron Btudies" was pre- .Vincelette, a senior who is major- Professor and Mrs. 'Chance, and displays being shown b Y th e mm- E-Day preparation"..rgeology. ,,_',' , Mrs. Dona-ld'McGlashan for the =:::~_:::=:;:::..~~~==:-::::~-=;:;;;-;;:;:;:::::;::-;;::-:~::::~;-::-::::-:::;:;;::;:::::_ s.en.ted~Ma@_3_.by'.,Ml'._QJ!orge"A. ingIn Vinccletfe,,'~ho is fr"or;-BiUings, hours they have put in directing I Grandy. -Montana, plans to attend either the play and decorating the set. Grandy; a resident of Butte, is majoring in Mineral Dressing. His .Stanford or' Princet0It University Mr. Donald K. Roberts, a senior· ' , work concerns' measuring -the re- for nine, months. During this, time will offer,' $13:50 in the Geology Department, re- to wa~ the Arctic and cool the lationship between the energy in- the fellowship cently gave a very interesting sem- Atlantic. , put and size reduction 'crushing plus paid tuition, fees, and certain inar talk concerning the "Ewing Second, that a~ open Arctic and, grinding, 0rerations. He ex- other expenses. Vincelette , who has almost held II I liOn In , and Donn Theory of Ice Ages". ocean favors glacial gro~h .by plained how energy useful in coma perfect 3.00 index throughout On March 5 the Stgma Rho FraMr. Roberts' 'stated, that there causing incr:ased preclPltatlO.n minution cannot be measured acid theories and, by changing the atmospheric curately, butIs assum~d to be di- his academic years, is an active ternity held its annual initiation d d are many goo an oa .' ' th A ti , 'dance at the Country Club. on this highly controversial sub- clrculatlOn patter,ns m e rc IC rectly proportional to the energy member of the And~rson-Carlisle Student· Council, and ' ject and thaVthe truly scientific area., . input into the comminution device. Society, Mr. Bill Thompson, Archon, inperson must study the many Third, that glacIal growth caus- Size reduction is measured by Tlheta Tau)... troduced Mr. Roy MacFarland, "hows and whys" with an open e~ a drop in the sea. levels ~f .the ~creen analysis or surface I),rea de' who was guest speaker. Mr. Macmind to find the most su1table world, thus preventmg an mter-iermination. Mr. Grandy discussFarland, who is the manager of theories. ' change of water between the Arc- ed the various theories ,and equa-, Ingersol Rand in Butte, graduated'" The persons who formulated this tic and Atlantic oceans, resulting tions ,Previously develOped by othfrom the Montana School of Mines theory are very well known in lin a refreezing'of the Arcticqcean. er' workers. He also discussed an in 19312,.He, talked about the Fratheir respective fields. Dr. Ewing Fourth" that as the glaciers wan- outline of procedures he intends to Dr. Sidney R. G~off, Head of ternity' and what it was like when has his Ph.D. in both oceanography ed the sea level wO,uld rise again follow in search of a more ade- Fueis' and Groundwater Branches he attended the school. The memand geophysics and Dr. Donn has and the climate would change fur- qlfate relationship. The semina'r of the Montana Bureau of Mines, b~rs erijoyed hearing of the events his Ph.D. in both meterology and thering the melting of the ice was of the, nature to be' interesttold the Montana Section of the that took place '23 years ago. geology., caps and thus completing the cycle ~ng t? several diffe~ent engineerA.I.M.E. on Thursday, Ma,rch 3, at Following Mr. MacFarland's inThe Ewing and Donn theory" of glaciation. mg fIelds. Several mterested fac- the regular monthly meeting in teresting talk, a turkey dinner was as stated by Mr. Roberfs, has five / Fifth, that the changes in the ulty members and students attend!.. the Petroleum Building at MSM enjOoyed by all. 'After the dinner, ) basic premises concerning. the Arctic and Atlantic waters are ed the well-presented semiI).ar. ~e_' of the grounftwater situation in the following pledges were initiatformation of the Ice Ages. causes of rather than consequences freshments were served durmg, Montana and he stressed'it::r im- ed into the Sigma Rho Fraternity: First, that the melting of Arctic of glaciation. , ~he ge~eral discussion session that portance. ~yd Brown, Don Bork, John Dowice caps causes major increas.es in Mr. Roberts' talk was followed Immediately followed. I Dr. Groff explained 'the geology is, David Greenberg, Robert Hicks, the interchange of water between by' many questions from his inof the various groundwater prov- Larry Katcher, Mike Keegan, Edthe Arctic ocean and the Atlan- terested audience after which reinces in the state, told of the prob, ward Kenison, Frank Larvie, Dave tIc ocean. This interchange .tends freshments were serve d . ~ lel11,of getting water \ suitable for R..obertson, Bill Thompson and Al irrigation' and consumption, be- Winters. Following the' initiation of the' cause of dissolved sa'lts and polluSchool activities for spring will took place, tion. He warned that' steps mu~t pledges, the dance be opened by the annual Engin- be taken to prevent future pollu- which was enjoyed by the memeering Day (E-D~y) project. E- tiOon. bers and their dates, The dan~e_ Day for this year will (be a two- (Continued on Page 4, Column 3) was consider-ed a great success;, day event for April 2nd and 3rd. This event is the one opportunity students have to show the public sorrie of the activities at, the f School of Mines. MARCH\ This year there are to ~ s~veral I8-Int'ernatlonal Club Dance, Library-Museum ~Hall, 9:00 p.m: added features in order to increase 2I-,school Play, Library-Museum Hall, 8 :00 p.m. interest for E-Da:l;" The Anderson22""':"School Play, Library-Museum Han, 8:00 p.m. Carlisle Society will offer a $30.010 first prize and a $1:5.00 second 30-Convocation, ii :00 a.m., Audubon Society. prize for the best department disAP'RJL- 1 / plays. These cash prizes ..Iwill be awarded to the students working I-Preparation for E-Day. in the departments. Judges' for the April 2-E-Day contest will be members of Ander3-E-Day son-Carlisle. 4-Meeting, Faculty Women's Club, Main Hall, Another added feature this year 8:00 p.m. ' will be a display related to the Hebgen Lake EarthqUake. Roberts Discusses Ice Age Theory U
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