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The Montana Sqhool o~ 'Mines
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A,MPLIFIE.R V()I. 6, N(). 2
PUBLISHED
BY THE ASSOCIAT.ED STUDENTS
OF THE MONTANA SGHOOL
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MINES
October 29.. 195'9
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Students Witness Traffic tragedy by Robert C. Laughlin Among the some 300 witnesses to the collision at Western and Caledonia streets, of a black 1949 Chevrolet driven by Mrs. CharlotteMorris, and a pedestrian, who is Mrs. Betty McHugh, 35, wife of' William McHugh, 1033 Empire,' were several Mines students, who had moments before walked out' of the 12:15 p.m. Sunday, October 18" mass of the Immaculate Conception Church; some 3 blocks N ortheast of the Mines campus. The students included 'Manuel Gallup, Mike Hines, Bill Tiddy, Manuel Munoz, August Benevides, Horacio Woolcott, Robert Laughlin, Miss Sandra Maddock, and others believed to have been .present in the large crowd of people. Mrs. McHugh was a:ccompanied at church by her husband, and 13 year old daughter, Darlene. She 'was rapidly transported to' Saint James Hospital where her condition was reported as "fair" in Monday morning's, Oct. 19, Montana Standard. 1 Defective brakes and pedestrian carelessness were linked together to allow the traffic tragedy Mrs. McH1l:gh suffered a fra~tured shoulder 'broken ribs and internal injuries.' ' .
Several Montana School of Mines students and two faculty members visited the National Reactor Testing Station at Arco, Idaho. 'F~ose u~der the direction of Professor D. W. McGlashan participate~ m the Nuclear Chemical Engineering tour of Octobe:r 22. ThIS group mcluded D. E. Zipperian, A. R. Rule, T. J. Wright, and Johannes Dreyer. Those participating in the Reactor Engineering tour on October 29 under Dr Vernon Griffiths, were J. E. Thompson J. F. Do~ovan J G: B~el~tich, W. R. Byrne, William Cronin, 'E. J. Nicholson: A. C. BIgley, Jr. (The Anaconda ~o.mpany), A. Q. Bigley, Sr. (General Manager, Western Mining Operations The Anaconda Company, retired)., ' ,
In an interview, Professor Mc-~'>-----------~---Glashan stated that his group was One of the first plants visited first taken to' a room. where, un- was the Waste Product Plant. der the guidance of Mr. Corbett Here the problem of disposal of and Mr. Boardman, public rela- hot waste is dealt with. The distions officers for the AEC, they posal of waste in its present liquid were told' what they would see form is a meticulous and -expensive and what they would not see. Cer- operation if a high degree of safetain areas, he commented,. were ty is to be maintained. At present restricted because of their secret :v~ste is disposed of by enclosin~ classification or because of their It In a one-quarter to three-quarter .phyaiological hazard. inch stainless steel tank which is encased in concrete. This formidable container is' then further entombed in a concrete vault. Another plant visited, however the Materials Development Plant' The presiding office~s for, the is, working to produce solid waste: to this type of Mineral Club for the first semester The advantage waste are numerous. The most obare as follows: vious is, of course, the ease of Zane. Kelly, president; Dave Cadhandling. But the great advantage,'. well, vice president, and Dan Trbohowever, lies in the fact' that the vich, secretary-treasurer. ~ctivity from solid waste is gone Assistip.g t_h~?fficers in the first In ten years as opposed to the FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS-left to' right: Dennis Coyne, semester activities are the follow- present three hundred years for president; James Ug rin, secretary-treasurer; Stanley Bosc~, vice.ing committees: liquid waste. president. Correspondence < Committee Professor McGlashan stated that Wayp.e Bolkanbqle, Stan Mulherin the AEC also spoke to them about. and'iDuane Johnson. '1 . employment, stating that it is reLab Cleaning Committee-Henry grettable that many young men no Thompson 'and Zane Kelly. longer see any future in atomic Program Committee--Judy Delenergy as a field of study, feeling . moe. The Freshman class elected off'ithat it is a dead issue, that it has in that field went from 396 in 19511 The recruiting' picture for 1959The Mineral Club is planning to all been done. The entire concencers during the orientation \period 60 promises more opportunities for to 672 this year. buy new machinery with their ap- tration now seems to be upon of Oct. 7, 1959. Dennis Coyne W!'lS Fields with futures, as measured more people in more varied fields propriation of $350.69. The new space. elected president; Stanley Bos~h, than ever before, according to the by the number wanting personnel machinery will consist of a new Asked for his general reaction vice-president; and James Ugrrl'l., new edition of the College Place- in those categories, are selling, diamond saw and possibly a new to the tour, Professor McGlashan secretary-treasurer. specified by 613; accounting, 516; ment Annual, being released N 0belt sander or grtnder.) commented, "Tremendous th see 472; and Dennis Coyne, a 'resident of vember 1" 1959 by Director of chemical engineering, The first field trip took place . . . tremendous for anyone, even business administration, 459. IndusLeetsdale Pennsylvania, graduated Placement D. C. McAuliffe. on .Sunday, Oct. 12, 1959. Mr. Hall, the layman who might have no trial engineers, though still 'sought from Qu~ker Valley ~enior High the advisor,' and twenty-four stuTl)e' Annual is an official, non-- after, found the 'demand for their dents 'made the trip to Whitehall understanding of the problems inwith the class of 1959. He plans to major in petroleum engineering. profit publication listing the job services falling slightly, from 481 and Toll Mountain. They collected volved . . . windows five feet His hobbies art hunting and cus- op'portunities normally made avail- last year to ~3~. And, smaller in some very good specimens, of epi- thick. 'You know," he said, "I get able by, the more' than 1,700 par- number but reflecting changing oc- dote crystal and garnet crystal. a thrill, a real thrill, out of watchtom cars. ing men working, concentrating Stanley Bosch whose home is in ticipating companies. M 0 n ~ a n a cupational trends the number of There will be more 'field trips doing a job like that." , School of Mines is one of nearly firms seeking mathematicians' grew Anaconda, Montana, is .a graduate scheduled before the snow flies'. The National Reactor' Testing 600' c o l Ie g e s \ and universities from _177 to 193, and the number of Anaconda Public HIgh School Mineral Cluo',meetings take place, Station was _established in midWith the' class of 1959. In, high univei'sities, throughout the Unit,ed seeking electronic computing per- on the first alil.dthird Wednesdays 1949 a:;j a place where the U. S. s,chool, Bosch was 'a!three-year let- States and Canada where it'is be- sonnel continued to increase. In all, of each month at 7:00 P.lll. in the Atomic Energy Commission could ing distributed. Copies for personal 236 occupations are either referterman in football and a,.two-~ear Main Lounge of the Residel"\ce Hall. build, test, and operate various letterman in track. Huntmg, fISh- or reference use are available iT! enced or ·cross-referenced in the types of nuclear reactors,. allied book. ing, and custom cars are his hob- the Placement Office. plants. and equipment with maxi\. In 1959-60, as in most years in Examining the openings and ophies. mum safety and impunity for all portunities for women graduates, James Ugrin, who en!oys ~ro- recent history, engineers will find concerned., The Station is adminis-' ,_ . d d ,the Annual for the f~rsl1 time thiS gressive jazz and semI-claSSICal themselves most in eman among year, contains a s'pecial listing of tered by the Idaho Operations Ofmusic, is a 1959 graduate of Boys the recruiters. Close to two-thirds those firms which offer professionfice of the U.S. Atomic Energy Central High of Butte. He plans of the companies listed in the An- al employment to women. Nearly Applications are now 'available Commission from offices at 550 to enter either petroleum or met- nual are interested in hiring some '600, of the firms listed offer as for the Navy's fourteenth annual Second Street, Idaho Falls, Idaho.' examination for ~ts allurgical engineering. Centered on a f.ormer Naval type of engineer, and cumulative warm a reception for the ladies as competitive totals show more than 3,600 com- for the men; the j()b opportunities nation-wide Regular NROTC col- Proying Grounds which served the according Na~'s Pocatello Ordnance Depot, pany openings for engineers of range from accounting to aerody- lege training program, Various types. namics and aero' engineering and to a recent announcement by the the NRTS covers some 572,000 Mechanical engineers, for the from probation work to land law Navy Department. The mental ex- acres of sagebrush land on the amination is scheduled for Decem- Snake River Plain in SoutheasteI\l third year in a row, will be the examination to dentistry. , f most popular-some 800 companies , Articles in the opening' section ber 12, 195~, and is open to all Idaho. Mdst of the large withdrawal lies in Butte County alPrafes_sor Theo~ore J()rdan °t list openings for them-'-but ,the of the Annual give tips on all as- high school seniors and graduates " though it extends also into Bingthe Mineral Dressmg ~epartm~~ twin s,pecialties of electrical and peets of recruiting and job-hunting, who can qualify. Was assigned as an advI.so,r to . e electronic engineering are close be- ~ncluding writing resumes, inte'r- , The deadline date for receipt of ham and Jefferson" Oounties. Its Anderson-Carlisle. Techmcal Soc~e- hind. The' third most desirable view do's and don't, and training all applications is November 14, 894 square mile size--equivalent to more than three-fourths the state ty. The first meetmg was h_eld~~. man in the eyes of the recruiters programs. Others offer help in 1959, the Navy stated. Male citizens ,of the United of Rhode Is.land--enables scientists 12. A discussion cohcernmg the, at a~y rate, will be the chem,ist. In self-analysis, making job decisions, laws of the Student Chapt~r of e the most startling jump in demand and ways to use the placement bu- States who have reached the 17th and engineerd engaged in nuclear experiments A.I.M.E., along with makmg pre- revealed by the Annual, the num- reau, as well as, a special article ;!.nniversary of birth and have not research to carryon of vital to the atomic energy proliminary plans for liE" Day, ~ere bel' of companies offering openings offering advice to -working wome1}.. passed the 20th anniversary birth on July 1" 1960. PellSons, at- gmm without public hazard. th e ma in to pics of the meetmg. ';:::;':;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::;::::' taining a qualifying score will be The Station's permanent operat1'he meetings arl'! held monthly and -given the Navy's rigid midshipman ing' force totaled approlXimately the next meeting will be s'ponsO'red physical examination next Febru- four thousand during 1958. Govhy the Mining Engineering Depart· ary .. From the pool of qualified ernment employees, in the permanment. ' candIdates remaining in competi- ent force number about 350. The OCTOBER 31~F~OTBALL The officers for thil:; coming _year tion, approximately 1600' young construction force has averaged Rocky Mountain at Mines are as follows: men Will be selected for appoint- more than 1000' since January of NOVEMBER 2-MEETING ' ~resident _.._ _ Douglas Wadman ment as midshipmen and will en- 1957. The annual Station perl'nan- , Sec'y-Treas, _ .__ Bob Applegate Faculty Women's Club roll. in 0!le of the 52 colleges: of ent force payroll, including AEC Vice President of Petroleum Main Hall 8 :00 p.m. theIr chOIce where a Naval Reserve employees, exceeded $23,000,000 in Section _..__........__Marvin Smith NOVEMBER 7-FOOTBALL Officers Training Corps Unit is 1958. Plant investment in facilities Vice Pt'esident ()f Metallurgy Carro)l at Mines located. at NRTS exceeds $200,000,000. CurSection ...._..__... Jim Donavan The Regular NROTC is main- rentrent construction exceeds $20,, Homecoming Dahce . Vice President of Mining (Continued on page 3) 000,000. Section. ...._..__._.To be elected
Students Elect Flock Leaders "
Smile Men ,~~~~-----------Engineers
' ,Annual Says
Miheral Club Elects' Officers
Still 'Needed
School tOQ Tough? Then Go Navy ,
Anderson- Car Iy. Ie Formulates PI ans
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