'The Montano School of Mines
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Vol. VII, No.8
BY THE ASSOCIATED'
STUDENTS
OF THE MONTANA
SCHOOL OF 'MINES'
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February
17,'1961
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Coeds and Student Wives
Maheqin Rece:ives ASM Scholarship Donald E. Mahagin, Butte, and a student metadlurgical.engfneer at Montana School of Mines, has been awarded a $500 scholarship' by S'ocie t y f or Metal s ' A'merican '&' d ti f 0·1' Ed uca t'IOn an d R c.>; oun a IOn h searc . Allan Ray Putnam, managingdirector ,0f ,t h e 33,00 O'-member educatirona 1 socie. t y, announce d th e sc ich 1 0aI'Shiip as par t 0f thiIS year ,s. $30 ,500 .o 00 program presente d· to engi. d ' nee'r~n.g ~tu .ents at 61 diffe:rent partrcrpatmg colleges and u~lvel'sities throughout the Ll.n i t e d States an d Can ada. W·mners are chosen by the schools themselves',
Entertain High School Girls Monday afternoon, February 13, the MSMCoed Club, and Student Wives Club sponsored a "Get Acquainted Party" for the senior giI:ls of Butte Public, Bu.tte Central, Anaconda Public and Anaconda Central' High Schools. The occasion began at 3 :30 with guided tours of 'the campus and discussions with, students and teachers'. Through this kind of, informal per.son-to.person program it is .hoped that more local high school stu_.1.: dents wil] consider and be encouraged to attend the School of Mines. The coeds and 'hostesses talked
Red fruit punch and heart-shaped, pink-tinted cookies complimented the Valentine theme of the table decorations of lied hearts and white flowers. Foe the featured entertainment Susan Hayes sansr ., ',"I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair," and "Forever Yours." Marvin Mitchell entertained with his "swinging" piano se-
lections of "Swinging Shepherd Blues," "Five Foot Two" and ' . "Sailor." GRirY Burke played his guitar and sang' "Save the Last Dance for Me," "Barbeto Rum," with the g-irls, helping to, explain "Sloop J(~lTI B," and "Swing Low, the 'curriculum; and answering Sweet Chariot." questions: . . Co-chairmen for organizing the Circle Presents More than one hundred high party were Toni Stefanich and The Sweetheart Swirl school girls met together with stu- Mrs. Mike Maddox. Kari Keup dent wives and coeds in the Cop- made posters and helped with the The Ciecle K Club sponsored the per Lounge for refreshments, en- publicity. Sweetheart Swirl on Registration' tertainment, and more "getting acday. It was' the first semi-forrna'l quainted." Ushers, were Betty Pryor, Amy dance presented by the club and it Walter Everly, president of the Jacobson, Susan. Hayes, and ShM'proved to be a big' success! About Butte Chapter of the Montana Soon Breen. Among the hostesses 50 couples attended this first big ciety of Engineers, recently' putwere Mrs .. Don' Rolfe, Mrs. Dave event of the second semester held lined several events 'in which -his Cushing, Mrs. Don Mahagin, Mrs. February 6 from 9 to 12 p.m in o-rganization wil'l participate, in obJim Connell, Mrs. Mike Maddox, the Copper Lounge. Music was pro- servance. of National Engineers' Mrs. Dick Coppage, Mrs. Koch, Montana School of Mines will be Mrs. Clifford Laity, Mrs. Frank vided by the R J Trio. Week here,February 19-25. the site on Thursday, March 2 at Crowley, M'rs, Harris ,and Mrs, Red and white streamers inter"E,ngineering--,-A Career ,of Op8 p.m., of a meeting on the design Zane Kelly. woven in modernistic designs ar- portunity" is' the theple for the and constru'ction of pre-stressed rayed the Upstairs Loung'e. Neal' week's activities which include a The party was considere/d quite concrete. the north wall of the hall was the television panel prog'l'am and engia success by all who attended. main decoration, a small watea.· neers as );peakersat Both the Montana State High- Many ~f the high school senior 'local high fountain surrounded by various schools. way Department and the Portland girls pllan to enToIl here at MSM ' ferns Rlld flolVers and colored spotCement Association are co-spon- next year. The televisio'n panel scheduled ' lights. Other decorations included for Sunday, February 19,3:30-4:00 sors. large red and white hearts ,and red p,m" will be, composed of David Mr. John J. Walsh of the Bridge rI. cupids. The refll"eshment table Vleas Straw, an outstanding Butte Higrl Divisihn ~of the Montana State also decorated in a ,valentine's School senior; Flrank Hugh~s, a top and receive a certificate in addi- Highway Department, Helena, w.ill theme. Boys Central High School 8'enl0r; Ho,n to the cash award. discuss ,the design of pre-stressed A'large spotlight on the piano, and engineers Richard Lloyd and The ASM Foundation for Educa- concrete. Mr. Walsh has had teach• • '. '0. in addition to the red and pink Robert Corbett. tion and Research, according to ing experience and has been enThe Montana- Bureau of Mines National Engin~,ers' Week is an Putnam, was established in 1953 gaged In design work for a num- and Geology at Montana School 'lights sUl'1'ounding' the fountain achieve- bel' of' Yea.rs. .of Mines announces that it has 1'esponsored by to recognize outstanding' and the firepllace, added an enjoy- annual observance the National Society of Professionable atmosphere to the dance. ment in the study of metallurgical Mr. Floyd Swenson, Great Falls, ceived chemical& fo'r making rapid The Circle, headed by Tom Cav- all Engineers to "bring to the at- engineering, and to encourage strr:uctural s.p~cialist for tlie Port- beryllium tests. Pro.spectO'rs and 'anaugh, is' a newly organized ser- tention of the AmeTican people the more students to entet' this im- land Cem'ent Association in Mon- mine,rs who suspect beryllium-bearvice o~gariization on campus, and role of the .engineelr lin society, and portant profession. The $750.,0.00 tana, will spe'ak on construction ing minerals are invited to submit in furthering its ,first big- dance "The Sweet- his vital function Foimdati,on is the largest eveil' es- bo,th in the casting yard and at the samples, about 14 pound, to the heart Swirl" pl'oved to be very suc- safety, technical progress, and pu'b- tablished by a technical society site. Mr. Swenson, widely known BUl'e,aufof free identification. Each lic welfare," EveTly said. cessful. from its own resources. throughout the state, among archi- samp·le will be examined visuaJlly; Everly added that the w~ek of Including the 1960-1961 winners, tects and eng'ineers and a former then sa!pples considered by Bureau George Washington's birthday is 428 engIneering scholarships have professor of civil engineering- at pea;sonnel. as likely to contain bertraditionally chosen since the first been aw'arded by the Society for Montana' s.tate Colleg'e, has been ylhum ~ll be tested chetpically. International Affair' President oc,the United States was a total of $189,200. Dr. William IA. with tl;!e Portland Cement Associ _ The testmg procedure can be used Announced' himself a notable civil and military Pen ning-to'n,_head of metallurgy at tior( for a number ~f years. a only for th~ de~c~ion of beryllium of Maryland, CoU-ege A f'l f C 1 d F not fo~' determmmg the amount The main topic of the recent engineer. \ University ,. . I m rom 0 ora 0 uel and, t P ark, I~ pl'e,sldent of the SOCIety, I'l'on COloration 0 "I nt d . presen . ' meeting of International Club was ,,_, ~,~~--=d C n t ,~o ':;ltlObn Although all s·pecimens willI not their forthcoming dance, scheduled c:harge of various stunt dances, and and Walter Crafts, associate direc- to P Union Carbide - h' re- resse ' oncre e WI', e be tested chemically, all specimens for Saturday, March 11, from 9 to ,.,will also introduce the unusua1 en- too:; of technology . ' sown. '11 b e exammed . ,J.. I WI tho,roUJghlY,as 12 p.m. The traditional dance is tertainment to be presented at in- Metals Co., NIagara Falls, N.Y, is president of the Foundation, Making preparations fO!!' the par~ of the ,Bureau's free mineral considered by'many to bi! the high- termission. The decorations commeeting are Richard Pugh, associ- identiification program, and a relight of the social season at MSM. mittee, consisting of Ann Perry, ate professor of mechanics at Mon- port will be'sent to each person. Following the custom of previous Pat Stephens, and K~ri Keup, has tana School of Mines; A. W. Jones . The testing p!rogram for beryea.rs, foreilgn foods, prepared by decided on a Hawaiian '~hem.e' fOil' Air Force G:ets Two Chief of the Bridge Division'of th~ yllium is a forerunneT of a hOipedthe rrtembel's of the \ club, will be the formal dance. MUSIC WIT! be Montana State Highwa~ Depart- for, project, which may begin in served, buffet style. pl'ovi~ed by the' R-J band. Mr. Recruit~ From ment, Norm Baumgart, district en- the summer of 1961, on an investiDuring the course of the eve- Smith is the faculty sponsor fo,r School of M,ines gineer in the Po~'tland Associa~ gation, of. th~ nonpegmatitic berning, MC Kurt .. Wiess win take the club.Stanley Eugene Bosch and Wal- ,tion's Helena office. yllium sources in Montana, if funds lace Carl ,Johnson of Anaconda, Any inquiries should be directed are available. ' students at the Montana School of to Processor, Pugh. '(Continued on ,page 4) Mines in Butte, enlisted recently in the U:S. Air Force, M.Sgt. George W. Scott, Anaconda reFEBRUARYcruiter announced. Both enlist24-Basketball Carroll College,here ments were for four years. ' 25-0pening meeting of Inter!1atioll'al Club, JulIo The youths ,left Tuesday for Tamayo, guest sp~aker, L1brary-Museum~ Lackland Air Force Base in Texas 8:00 p.m. ,: f01' basic training. Bosch chose the' 27-Student Wives Bridge Club. Coed Room, 7 :30 aviation cadet pl'ograll1 for pilot training', Johnson chose a career in 27-Mine Rescue and First Aid Begins ' electronics. MARCH, Scott reported Johnson estab2-Conferenc'e on Pre-stressed Concrete-Physics' lished t1'le highest g1I'ade ever re~ corded by a 'recruit in Montana, Lecture Room, 8 p.m. ' .Eastern Washington or northe-rn 5-Faculty Wives and Student Wives Party Idaho in foul' aptitude' tests at the . Copper Lounge, 8 p.m. . recruiting station in Butte. He re8-Student Wives Meeting-Coed Room, 8 p.m. J ceived a 95, the highest gJ'ade pos13....!...Student Wives Bridge Club-Coed Room, sible, in the administrative, tech7:30p.m. ,." nician general, e,lectronics and me20-Convocation-Missoula Player-s, Library-Musechanical tests before he selected um, 8 :15 p.m. ' \ electronics for jl calreer. ' 25-Easter Recess Begins Both students al'e gl'aduates of 27-Student Wives Bridge Club, Coed Room, 7 :30 Anaconda High School. Bosch is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bosch APRILof 804 E. Sixth. Jphnson is a son 3-Easter Recess E!1ds, 8 a.m. of Mr. and Mrs.' Albett J. Johnson ~ February 6, Registration Day for the second semester. Students are or' 705 Hickory. I receiving section numbers by the st'aff.
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