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The Montana School' of Mines I
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MPLI FilER Vol. VII. No. 10
PUBLISHED
BY THE ASSOCIATED
STUDENTS
OF THE MONTANA
Don Mehaqin Presents 'Seminar
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March 17, 1961
To Mines, March 20 Lead Processing, Seminar by' Don M'cMillan 0
MSU Masquers To Present Chinese Drama The smell of burning incense, the sound 01 Chinese music, and the flavor o.f the traditional Chinese theate-r-these wil( be found in the- Montana State University presentation of The Yellow Jacket. The- extravagantly staged production, directed by Firman H. Brown, Jr., chairman of the MSU Department of Drama will play (Continued o.n Page 3)
AIME Convention Held In St. Louis The annual AIME convention was held in St. Louis, Missouri, from February 27 to. March 3. Delega~es from major companies, representtng most of the states and many foreign nations met to. discuss new trends, methods and improvements. Delegates presented DON McMILLAN special papers on their respective On W ednesday, Feb~uary 22, fields, Reports covered topics rangDon McMillan, senior metallurby ing from rising, production costs to. student, presented a seminar on the future .o.fthe metals industries. blast roasting of lead. His talk was Thurston Morton, Chairman of based o.n experience gained while the Republican Natio.nal Commitwo.rking at the East Helena ,SjTIel- tee, was the featured speaker. tel' last summer. I The Chase and Park Plaza Ho;_ tels were the scenes of mudh So.I:ead .sulfide, at the temperatures o.rdlI~arIly reached in practice, is cial activity. The Ladies' Auxiliary With luncheons and ~o.t reduced by carbon o.r. carbo.n entertained mono.xide. Also., the· presence o.f too tours o.f the city. Severa:l o.f the much suUfur in the ore charge organiza.tio.ns sPo.nsored o.pen ho.uses in the evenings. The1highlight o.f . Wo.uld result in an undesireable proPo.rtio.n o.f the lead into the the so.cial adtivity was undo.ubtedly the 'banquet served o.n the evematte and render tHe subsequent reco.verY o.f the metal difficult. The ning of March 1 in the Chase Ho.tel. so.lutio.n o.f such a pro.Qlem has Pro.fesso.rs Vine and Harnish repbeen so.lved by o.xidizing the- lead sulphide to lead o.xide; a pro.cess resentect Mo.ntana Scho.o.Iof Mines at the meeting. kno.wn as ro.asting. Also., \ead o·res It. is also. possible fo.r an engibecause o.f their physical 'characte'r~ student to. attend this istics, require' that the ro.ast be in neerIng meeting with his expenses paid as the fo.rm of a hard, stro.ng and yet a re'presentative o.f a co.mpany for Po.ro.us clinker when charged to the many mining and techno.Io.~cal blas~ furnace. Such a pro.cess fo.r scho.o.ls send students in this manmakmg this· clinker is kno.Wn as ner. It is nec~sary o.nly fo.r a stusintering. ?ent to. ':'l'ite a co.mpany to obtain The- co.mbination of the two mfo.rmatIOn on this matter. abo.ve pro.cesses. is termed blast Last· ·year the co.nventio.n was roasting and is used extensively in h:ld in N ew Yo.~k.· Next year it the preparatio.n o.f iead o.res befo.re WIll be held so.mewhere on the (Co.ntinued on Page 4) West Co.ast. o
First-Aid Training, which is required of all sophomore engineering students, was given in the college's gymnasium. Those whose last names begin with A through H reponed during the week February 27 through Match 3. Other Courses in Mine Rescue Train- sophomores reported during the ing and First-Aid Training began period from March 6 to. March 10. at Mo.ntana Scho.o.I o.f Mines o.n Bo.th co.urses lWere,under the suMo.nday, February 27, and Co.Il- pel'vision of Mr. Plimpto.n, SafecIuded o.n MaTch 10. ' ty Representative, U. S. Bureau of Mine Rescue Training, required Mines; Salt Lake City. He was aso.f all senio.rs, was co.nducted at the sisted in the First-Aid Training by Original Mine Rescue Statio.n in. Mr. Lo.uis Berto.glio. of' the Ana..Bullte. Senio.r metallurgical and ge- co.nda Co.mpany. o.Io.gical engineering students spent each afterno.o.n fro.m February 27 through March 3' in this tl'aining, Mining and petro.leum seniors attended the co.urse fro.m March 6 thro.ugh March 10.
Mines Rescue And First-Aid Training Held
,Engineer Exam To Be GiVler.
Friday,
"Yellow Jacket" Coming
On Wednesday, March 8, Mr. Don Mahagin, a senior metallurgy student, presented a seminar entitled "Direct Evidence of Dislocations." Mr. Mahagin presented a brief descriptio.nof dislocations and the methods used in studying them. "The study of dislocations in crystalline solids has been aided considerably in recent years by the development of certain techniques which permit microscopic observation of these defects. These techniques have not' only proven the existence of dislocations, but also have made possible studies 'of the dislocation density of many crystals, the movement and interaction of dislocations, and the, nature. of dislocation networks in crystals." Mr. Mahagin then proceeded to. describe four methods which have been employed in the study of dislocations. . The first method mentioned by Mr. Mahagin was etching. This method is based upon the fact that dislocations are regions of disorder within a crystal. The process of
RESCUE AND FIRST AID TRAINING: Clockwise, Kurt Olsen, Chuck Palaggi, Frank Quilici, and John Jaksha.
SCHOOL OF MINES
MSM Sponsors Lectures' On. . Pre-Stressed .' Concrete
DON MAHAGIN
etching is subdivided into. two. separate categories' chemical and thermal. Decoratio.n was the second methThe Mo.ntana State Bo.ard o.f Registratio.n fo.r pro.fessio.nal engi-, ' od mentio.ned and is based essenneers and land surveyo.rs has reJohn J. Walsh, designer in the tially o.n diffusio.n and precipitacently anno.uncea that the 1961 en- Bridge Department o.f the Mo.ntana tio.n o.n a dislo.catio.n line. Afte'r &1neer-in-training 'examinatio.n will State Highway Co.mmissio.n in HeI- precipitatio.n has o.ccurred, thin be held o.n Saturday, April 22. ena, al\d Flo.yd Swenson, structur- slices o.f the mate~ial are placed in The examinatio.n will be· given al engineer fo.r 'the Portland Ce- a liquid which 'has the same index at the Mo.ntana Scho.o.Io.f Mines in ment Asso.ciatio.n" Helena, were t~e (Co.ntinued on Page ,2) Butte and at Montana State Co.I- featured s~ke'rs at a meeting o.n lege in Bo.zeman. The written ex- pre-stressed c{)ncrete held at the arninatio.n will start at 8:00 a.m'., School o.f Mines, March 2 at 8 p.m. and co.nsist o.f two. 4-ho.ur sessio.ns. Mr. Walsh received a Bachelo.r It fo.llo.WSa syno.Psis, appro.ved by o.f Science Degree in Mathematics the Natio.nal Co.uncil o.f State fro.m the CO. lIege at Great Falls Individual committees have met Bo.ards o.f Engineering Examiners and was graduated in civil engincovering cO.lIege fundamentaJ]s' in eering fro.m Mo.ntana State Co.ll- and are planning p·ro.·grams and the subject areas o.f mathematics lege. He has taught in Mo.ntana wo.rking. o.n exhibits for E-Day chemistry, physics, electrical the~ high scho.o.ls and is· a veteran o.f April 15 and 16, reports Ed Spe'el~ man, president o.f the Anderso.nory, thermo.dynamics, engineering Wo.rld War II. econo.mics, statics dynamics fluid Mr. Swenso.n received bo.th his Carlisle So.ciety. ~echanics, and st~ength o.f ~aterbachelor and master's degrees in , Lo.cal.firms win do.nate so.me o.f the equipment used as part of the lal8. (Co.ntinued o.n Page 3), exhibits; o.ther equipment the students have· co.nstructed themselves. Lab equipment frequently used will be exhib,ited and ex'plained. The Navy has o.ffered the Scho.ol o.f Mines a technical tlisplay. MARCH Publicity arrangements are made fo.r .new~paper co.verage, befo.re and 20-Convocation, Missoula Players, Library Mudurmg E-Day. Members of the adseum Building, 8 :15. vertising co.mmittee, in coo.pera.tio.n 25-Easter"Recess Begins, 12 Noon. with Mr. Kelly,1 are Gay Kravik, 27-Student Wives Bridge Club, 7 :30, Co-ed Room. Ed Speelman, Dan Ro.vig, and Jim Mazza. Letters o.f invitatio.n have APRIL been sent 'to. all students' parents, the surro.unding scho.o.Ls, vario.us 3-Easter Recess Ends, 8:00 a.m. state o.fficials, and o.ther interested 10-Student Wives Bridge Club, 7 :30, Co-ed Room. gro.Ups·, l~Student Wives Meeting, 8 :00 p.m. The sa~ time as E-Day, the Butte businesses are having dis15-E-Day. . plays and a "Home Sho..w" at the 20-Convocation, Library-Museum Building. . civic center. It is felt that these 22-Engineer-in-training Exam, 8 :00 a.m., Room hyo. programs willI attract mo.re 204 Engineering Building. peo.ple and publicity by being held o.n the same dates. I
R~port on (E-Day' Plans and Progress
Min1eral CILi~ Bags Barite
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On Sunday, February 26 the Miner~l Club went o.n a field trip to IndIan Head Ro.ck near Basin, Mo.ntana. About sixteen members attended. The Mineral' Club left the residence hall at 9:00 a.m. and severel o.f the adventuro.us mineral
hunters spent the day climbing Indian Head Rock. Their efforts were rewarded when they found sevetral Go.ld Barite crystals, the largest o.f which was· fo.ur inches square. \ The Mineral CI)lo is planning ano.ther field trip next week.
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