The Montana School of Mines I
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AM. P L I FIE 'R PUBLISHED
Volume 6, No. 13
BY THE ASSOCIATED
STUDENTS. OF THE MONTANA
M-DA Y OFFERS, VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES
A.S.S.M. To Elect Elections for President, Vice President, Secretary - Treasurer, and Delegates of' the AS.S.M., will be held Wednesday, May 4, 1I9BO. Nomination petitions were turned in to Dan Rovig, secretary, before noon _on April 29, 1960. . Last -year's officers were: Richard Vincelet'te, George Grandy, Allen Rovig, Ro.bert Hoy, Gay Kravik and Don Mahagin. Professor Koehler Stout was faculty adivsor. A proposed amendment to the AS.S.M. constitution will also be ( voted on this election. In short, the purpose of the amendment is to give the student body a voice on' faculty boards, committees, and var'ious other groups. \ ,(
MSM To Gel Slice of S40,000/ I
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The Montana School of Mines has been awarded a share of a $40,,000.00 grant" made by Jl'le Small Business Administration, E. O. Sowerwine, Jr., Montana State Planning Board director, announced recently. The project of compiling a record-keeping handbook for small mining businesses, will be handled by Uuno M. Sahinen, chief geologist; Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. The manual - will include technical directions on obtaining and utilizing such information as amounts aAd grades of ores mined, costs of treating and mining ores, taxes accrued and prices received from various ores. I "There is a serious need for a simple system ~f record keeping for small mining businesses," Sow.erwine said. "Most handbooks of record keeping have been written for big businesses rather than for the small mining enterprises."
Circle K Casts Ballots ,Circle K members cast their votes Monday, April 5, 19'60, to determine the club officers for the 1960.61 school year. \ Those elected to office are as follows: President, John Ruffatto; Vice President, John Alley; Secretary, Bob Newman; and Treasurer, John Cromrich. The new officers WI'11 no t t a k e office until next September an d until then the present officers WI'11 continue in office. _ ... I
May 3, 1960
M-Day Plans Completed' .
M-Day is definitely on the way and an enjoyable time is planned for all was announced , by John Bjeletich, the day's Grand Marshall. A schedule for the day follows: 7:'0'0 a.m.-The day officially begins with a blast to be set off by a group of students headed by Ray Utter. 8:'0'0 a.m.-Working groups will assemble on the campus for general clean-up and the traditional whitewashing of the "M". The whitewashing crew will be headed by George Grandy, assisted-by Elden Nicholson, and will asSemble in front of Marcus Daly. The general clean-up crews will 'meet on and .about the campus and will proceed to clean the area. 12:'OD___':Lunch will be serv~d by the co-eds and Copper Guards and voting will take place for next year's student council delegates and officers. .1:'0'0 p.m.-The popular kangaroo court will be held. Planning the court and its proceedings are Don Roberts, Arthur Bigley and Richard Vincelette. . 2:'0'0 p.m.-The Copper Lounge . will be dedicated. and opened to the students and public. The public is invited to attend. ' 2:3'0 p.m.-Games will be start, within thirty to sixty days after ed and everyone is invited to par-. that date. According to Dr. Koch, ticipate. "Adequate minimum furnishings Dusk-The M will be lighted by have been requisitioned for the en- the Copper Guards. tire building, but this will not/be 9:'0'0 p.m:-A dance will be held complete." During the summer of in the Copper Lounge by the Cop1960, landscaping. and fina:l interior per Guards. decorating will take place in order Mr. Bjeletich further stated that to complete the'structure entirely a- police committee has been apfor use next fall. . pointed to keep order in the dormThe manager's apartment locat- itory for both the·3rd and the 4th ed within the building is now com- and will consist of Harvey Hanplete. Qualifications, and other nah, Ray Kotow, Jim Mazza, and specifics concerning the manager- Dan Rovig.. The students are asked ial position will be announced at to cooperate with the committee a later date. I ' to prevent incidents detrimental A f .fter inal .h1.~pecti?n and dedi- to the occasion. cation, the building WIll be opened to the students.
MSM Students Copper 'lounge Is Completed \ V·lew Fight ,
.The IN.B.A sersion of the middleweight championship fight between champion Gene Fullmer and challenger Joey .Giardello held in Bozeman Wednesday, April 20, saw several Mines students among the some ,12,.000spectators present. Fullmer, from West Jordan, Utah, successfully defended the title he took from Carmen Basillio by battling to a draw with Giardello, from Brooklyn, New York. Pop quiz averages suffered somewhat as the students took a night away from the books to view the bloody battle. The, several students and fans saw the' No.7 'ranked challenger of RING magazine cut the chh~mdPiondseverdelY in thethheCtlt'c t rr \ roun an re-open e cu s in all but the 14th and lo5th rounds. The draw decision was in' the minds of most a rook for the chal1enger w ho0 ' score d h eavi '1y WIith both hands. If Missoula were to be the sight of the next middleweight championship fight, it is expected+that an even larger attendance, of M'mes st u d en t s wou Id b e on' h an d t 0 see w h a t th e ch·amplOn cou ld. d 0 t 0 d e f en d th e t·tl . , t B a1 e aga1ns '11' SIlO.
--:;:=========::::::=========================1 COMING EVENTS
MAY, 2-AIME Meeting,Physics Lecture Room, Petrole- . urn Building, 7:30 p.m. -2-Faculty Women's Club Meeting, Main HallS p.m. 3-ASSM Convocation, 11:00 a.m., Library"-Museurn Hall. • 4~M-Day. 5-Student Wives Bridge, Coed Room, S:00 p.m~ 7-AAU Weightlifting (State). 7-Invitational Tennis and Track Meet at Western. S-Baseball-Western at Mines. ll-Student Wives Meeting, Coed Room, Main Hall, 7:00 p.m. 14-NAIA District Track and Tennis Meet at Western. 15-Four-team baseball tournament in Anaconda. Carroll, Mines, Northern imd Western. .
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SCHOOL OF MINES
The Copper Lounge, the new ad-· dition to the Montana School of, Mines Campus, has been completed. President Koch has confirmed rumors that the new structure w 0 u I d be completed for MDay festivities. Precluding the possibiltty of an unsatisfactcry inspeotion, the building will be used for the M-Day dance. The inspection date for the Copper Lounge is May 2. The inspecting party will consist of Dr. Koch, the architect, the contractors, and H. H. F. A. representative, and an engineer from the Board- of Examiner's office. ~ Bids on furnishings will open Thursday; May '19, in Helena at the office of the State Purchasing Agent.
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Manager Need ed
By Dick Vincelette The Student Council is taking applications now from all persons tnterestedjn applying for thevposition of manager of the Copper Lounge. I The new 'Council members, who will take office on May 4, will select the'manager before the end of this year so that he,may assume
MSM F---I--M--b acu ty em ers Attend Meeting At MSC
Utter Receives A · t t h· '
Miss Elizabeth Satter, M.r. WilIiam \ Catenaro, and Dr. Adam Smith attended the Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Montana Academy of Sciences at Bozeman April 22 and 23. The group arrived .in Bozeman on Friuay afternoon in time to take in the, afternoon meetings. That evening they attended a ' banquet Vlhich was held· at the Student Union Building on the MSC campus. Following the banquet, a speech pertaining to the August earthquake was, given by Dean C. Bradley, head of the Geology Department. . The regular meetings resumed again! at 8 o'clock on Saturday morning. Of special interellt to the grdup were the lectures given in the Physical Science section of the program. During the afternoon the group went on - a field trip to the Hebgen earthquake area~ Various aspects of the quake area were explained to the group while they were inspecting the 'faults created by the earthquake ,last summer. I Following the field trip, the group returned to the MSC campus and later arrived .in Butte Saturday night.
Ray Utter has 'received word th a t h e h as b een awarded two assistantships, 'one at ,rMackay School of Mines, Reno, I Nevada, and the other at South Dakota Sch~ol Of Mides an-d Technology, RapId Cit~, South Dakota. Th e .assistantship at ( Mackay carries a stipend of $2,520 plus I , paid fees and tuition. The one at South Dakota carries a stipend ot $;1,500. Utter, a senior who is majoring in mining engineering,. is'' from Eureka, Montana, and plans to a'ccept the assistantship from South Dakota. He plans to work toward a ¥asters_ degree in geolo.:. gy.
his as soon as schoolresponsibilities begins next fall. The manager of the Copper Lounge will be charged with the responsibility of keeping the Lounge activities operating in a smooth, orderly fashion. Among his duties wjl be such things as maintaining a calendar of events, assigning meeting rooms, coordinating activities, and maintaining order.' Reimbursement will be in the .form of a rent-free apartment 10Fated in the bas~ment of the Cop'peT Lounge. ThIS apartment will be fully furnished, and all utilities will be paid by the school. The apartment has an ultra-modern kitchen with built-in oven and stove, cothbination living and dining room, bedroom, bath, and a,bundant storage facilities. In addition, laundry facilities will consist of an automatic' clothes washer and dryer. Any student is elilrible for the Mr. and Mrs. Ken Erickson are position of manager. However, it is thought that the position would the proud parents of another boy, Daniel, who weighs 6 be particularly ideal for a married Kenneth l'bs., 12 oz. ' student.
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Seniors Feted By Faculty A reception in honor of the senior students was held May 1· at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Koch, from 3 to .5 o'clock, sponsored by the faculty and the Faculty'Wo-' men's Club. Mrs. Clifrord Laity was chairman of the committee in charge. She was assisted by Mrs. Dale Pinckney, Mrs. Koehler Stout, Mrs. Edwin Koch, Mrs. Vernon Griffiths, Mrs. Ralph Smith, Mrs.\ Francis Young, and Mrs. Stephen Nile. Tea was serv'- / ed by the present and newly elected, officers: Mrs. John McCaslin, Mrs. William Vine, Mrs. Theodore Jordan, Miss Elizabeth Satter, and !II1rs. Frank Crawley.