NOV 1 6 1959
The Montana School of Mines
AMP'LIFI,E Vol. 6, No.3
Junior Class , Elects, Officers
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Election of officers by the junior class took place October 20 in the Theta Tau lounge, Residence Hall. Officers elected are as follo~s: President, Robert Donaldson; VIce President John F. Gardner; Secretary-Tr~asurer, Richard H\mt. /Robert Donaldson hails from Newington, Connecti~ut, where .he graduated from high school wI~h; the class of 1957. Subsequently, ~IS parents moved to Wauw~ti:Jsa, WIS- , consin which is now hIS place of reside~ce. Robert's extra-curricular interest lies in custom cars, "Frank" Gardner is a nati:,e .of Butte. He g_'adu,ated from Whlt~Ier Grade School 195(1, and Butte HIgh, School in 1954. His major atMSM is Geological Engineering. Frank is an avid outdoorsman and a "successful" hunter. ' Richard Hunt is a graduate of, Conrad Public High School" 1954, where he earned a three-year letter in track and football, and a four-year letter in basketball .. In addition to organized sP?rt~, RICh- , ard is a hunting and fishing en- I thusiast,
Sigma Rho Holds Pledge Dinner On October 30, 1959, the Sigma Rho Fraternity held its "Pledge Dinner" at Lloyds of Butte. The dinner was well attended by many prospective pledges and faculty members. Mr. Dave Rasmussen! Archon, spoke briefly on the hIstory. and past achievem~nts of th~ SIgma Rho Fraternity and then mtroduced Mr. Pinckney, who wa~ the guest speaker. Mr: Pinc~ney s t!llk was concerned mamly wIth the Importance of frater_nal.is~ an? the importance of the l?dIVldual m organizations and socIety. After th~ dinner th.e pledges were sworn into the Slg'!lla Rho Fraternity. Following th~s the members and guests retired ~ the lounge.
An Expression Of/Sympathy The faculty and students of Montana School of Mil)es wish to express their sincerest ilympathy .to Donald Roberts, whose brother lost his life last Saturday in an automobile accident near Whitehall, Montana.
International Club met on 5th and 19th and Novem, bel' second to plan the activities for the year. The officers are Javaid Alvi, President; Manuel Galup, \ ice-President ; Jeannie Sigurdson, Secretary, and Linnea Favero, 'I'reasurer. Professor Ralph Smith is the advisor. The .rrrst public meeting will be Frrday, November' thirteenth at eig nt p.m. in the Library-Museum Hall. Werner, Raab, a freshman rrorn Germany, WIll talk about i.he customs and tradrtions of hIS country. HIS talk WIll be accompanied oy slides, and a "ques tron and answer" perrod will fclrow. Rei resnments will be se, ved, and it IS noped tnat many IVlmes stuaents w rll attend the meeting. ~everal more PUOllC meetings are planned lor tne semester. Students from r-akis tan, nan, a?d h.orea WIll each . sponsor a meeting soon. 'Lne ciuo IS aiso sponsoring a drive to collect books 101' tne As.an Student Foundation, Nbn-ficcion and textbooks for use m secondary scnools and colleges are requested. Also, fICtIOn by classical wrrters IS neeaed. Anyone who has ooo'ks to aonate IS aSK~d to see one. of tne orf icers 'anout It. These cooks, wrncn are sent to nrteen _ASIan countrres, help to nuilu better Iiorarres m the SChools of tnose countries. IVlany countries are rep.·esented by members of the club tnis year; , however, it is not necessary to be a foreign student in order to be a member. The next regular meeting wrll be held on IVlonaay,' November 23, at seven-thirty in the Main Lounge of the ,i{esldence ball.
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One of the most active organizations on the cafhp us, the INTERNATIONAL CLUB furnishes a common meeting ground for ,students f~om four co~ners of the earth. First Row (L to R) D. Pachas, :Alvi Mant xhi. Raab, Smith, Favero, SIgurdson, KIm. Second Row (L to R) Raza, F. P~chas, Benavides, AntUl~a, Woolcott" Myung, Kahn, Cadwell, and Faculty Advisor: Professor Ralph Smith.
Coeds Entertain, On Thursa.ay, October 29, the Coed Club sponsored a tea, which was held in the. Library-Museum Hall in' honor of the Faculty Wo-' men's Club the student wives, the' mothers or'the coeds, and the busi-. ~ess women of the school. The autumn theme was used in table decorations. There was a· golden cornucopia of fruits a~d flowers on t~e head tab~e, whIle floral centerpIeces of. ch_ysantheate'd the SIde tablos A mums d ecor .. ~'. of mUSIC and games mProgr",m .".... I 1'0 ns by Jeannie cSl.udedPlanoHsetec le8 for the tea d Igur son. os ess were Mrs. Gail Jones, Mrs. Pauline M A Becker Sandra Utter! asry dnneMaddock Janet M anmx, an ~'a , Richardson, Bill i e Castellano, Yvonne Ferris, Judy Delmoe, Helen H a~ dl'm, an d J e a'nnie Sigurdson.
Sigma Rho' News
On October 16, an open meeting was held by the Sigma Rho Fraternity. The meeting was well attended by prospective pledges ;Vho were informed about the varlOUS p:ojects of the fraternity. Information has been sent to former An \ open meeting ":I'-s held by Sigma Rho by prominent the Theta Tau FraternIty on Wed- members for the purpose of formnesday, October 21, 1959, in the ing a national organization. It was also made known at ,the fraternity's lounge. meeting that Mr. Willard Cox has A-ll prospective pledges and inaccepted the job of being Sigma terested persons were urged to a tRho's faculty advisor. • tend this meeting.
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SHOVE ASIDE THE plIes of notes, books, empty coke bottles and your'circuit copy of Englis)1 I homework and let me weep on your shoulder. I, too, am doing the previously unheard of studying. To be ttuthful, I have studied before in high schoolhow to chew gum nine differ-' ent ,ways without the teach~r It just might be that Elmo, seeing me the,art of using a whom you stole from a ciraus, cheat sheet' during an exam somehow got out of you:' dorm •
, " '" ' how to smoke mternally whIle m class. These intellectual vitals for h d t so:r_nereafsf?t;, to~ever, 0 no .ste;m qUIte su leIen m my pursUI ":01' good gra'des in colleg·e. I 11 f t d . d d an\ ~ f orr sbu ymg an f en t ordsebl kmb u, f uthwe, ~s .,r?ts an! ae one 0 • e u.mve_ SI y, should not let studymg dIctate our social and extracurricular activities. The influence of hitting the books could lead to such drastic measures as not seeing the -old poker-playing gang at the Coffee Shop (sob), quitting the Varsity yo-yo team (which would lose its best 'Round the World thrower in many a year) and thinking .. But don't let ,anyone talk you out of studying. So wpat if there is a nasty rum·or' going around '.hat we frosh are distinguishable by th~ stacks of texts 'we transport fDom class to class? So what if we look like walking piles of books? The uppityclassmen don't have to rub it in by their snickering and pointing of their nasty little fingers, and snorting, "See that thing that looks like a loaded camel? I Thassa' freShman!" How do they know so muc;:h? '
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Miners Stomp at Freshman Frolic
The l<'reshman Dance, held on November 8, 1959, in the Library.V1useum BUllding, proved to be a tremendous success even though it room where you were keeping him, fo_llowed a disappointing afternoon . or an old uncle who is a shiek is Bob Holton's orchestra played visiting you with his royal cara- musical varieties ranging from van 'Or anyone of a number of ob- waltzes to rock 'n' roll, providing vious reasons like that. an el:ljoyable three hours of dancFrom now on, I'm going to be ing. sophisticated and come trotting Refreshments were !lerved around into class with all my books stuff- eleven o'clock, giving -the dancers ed into my official boy scout pack. a chance to rest and mingle with Subversive organizations are the their friends. ' ' biggest obstacles towa:'d studyism. The hall was decorated with One such group has the ridiculous streamers and pieces of progrestheory that studying can be fun. sive art., A great deal of work was are definitely in the minority and put into the decorating, but the pose no serious threat. effect it created was well worth (Continued on page 4, column 3) the' efofrt.
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CLASS OFFICERS
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Coming Events NOVEMBER 13-A.W.S. Convention, Billings 15-Faculty Dinner (Lydia's) 25_Thanksgiving Recess 30-Classes Resume at 8:00 a.m. , 18_CONVOCATION, on earthquake 10:15 a.m. 27_Basketball, Mines at Northwest COlpmunity College; Powell, Wyo. DECEMBER 3_4_Basketball, She!idan College Wyoming at Mmes
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Mines Alumna, Dies
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Mrs. Clara C. Reese, one of the two women to ever graduate, from Montana School of Mines; died Oct. 21 of a he-a:t attack. Mrs. Reese: a graduate of the class of '04, received her degree as an Engineer of ,dines. She had been -residing in Los Angeles, California. The other woman graduate of MSM, Mrs.' Isabel L. Stevenson, died in 1936, She had also received her degree as an Engineer of Mines in 1904. Af'l: ,IT' A ~J.\ ill J.i_ !!'CP t../!.l.o ~ .f .... ~
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L. to R.: Robert' E. Johnson, Secretary-treasurer; William C. Pi~kard, Vice President; Michael Keegan, Representative; Peter At-. kinson, President. '
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