Montana School 01 Mines
AMPLIFIER
Published by the Associated Studen ts of the Montana School of Mines BUTTE,MONTANA
Vol. VIII, No.9
IIEII For Excellence The 1963 presentation of Engineering-Days was conc.luded Sunday evening March 17 - with the first-place award going to the Petroleum D.epartment,' second place to the Geology Department, and third place to the Metallurgy Department. . A combination of poor weather, tournament mterest, and p,~eparation for the proper celebration of St. Patrick's Day caus~d a ow attendance on Saturday, but a break in the weather broug t many \risitors to the campus on Sunday. . k d Miii Knuckles and Dave Bennett, veteran s~okeJumpers, spar e_ a great deal of interest with their daring skvdive on Sunday after! noon. The Saturday afternoon jump was postponed because 0 adverse wind conditions. . t f Carl Lundborg, engineer with the mechanical departmen 0 - the Anaconda Co., William Haller, Mo~tana Power. Co. enlPneed a~d RObert Hofmann, F. & S. ConstructIOn Co. ~n~ne.er, judge t e displays. Mr. Hofmann stated that he had great difficulty ing the winning displays because of the excellence of a 0 e exhibits . All 'departments wish to express thanks to the faculty for their cooperation, and to the co-eds for pro,viding refreshments.
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Professor M~Glashan has .discovered a soap which will produce 100,000,000 bubbles with each bath. A $500,000,000 contract+to develop this product has been offered by Lorenzo Velk.
Monday, April 1, 1963
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MSM Athletic Scholarships?
Due to all the publicity about the football team's breaking a record losing streak that extended for over a nine year period, many Dr. Fred Earll of the Geology sports enthusiast felt a pang of pity for Montana School of Mines. A group of these men reportedly have gotten together and Department has discovered 100,000,000,000,000 barrels of oil re- raised money to put towards a路 scholarship fund for the Mines to offer outstanding high school athletes. This would be completely serves 'in the Boulder Batholith, Professor Harnish will assist him independent of Montana School of Mines and based on ind-ividual donations. in exploiting this' find. Rumor has it that Professor Pickney will undergo extensive' training this summer in preparation for becoming the nation's first astronaut to the Sun, Professor Pickney nosed out Professor Gus Stolz because Professor Stoiz refused to get a crew cut after the comment made in the last issue of the Amplifier concerning the way in which he combs his hair, ----T
On April 2, Peggy Davis, Charles D-rynan, Carol Dunstan, John Engleking, Carol Griffith and Charles Richardson will be cast with the Missoula p-lay "Our Town". They will have non-speaking - parts, but their role in the play will be important. The Continental Oil Company has announced. that it will offer a $50.00 Scholarship for 1963-64. Ed DaVIS is the recipient of a $2000.00 Industrial Fellowship at the University of Oklahoma. He will do graduate work in the department of Petroleum Engineering during the 1963-64 academic
That Memorable
Year-1999
19'99-Ah! But that was indeed a memorable year! The Montana State School for Aspiring Young Engineers and- Aspiring Young Womer. Who Would Like to Marry an Aspiring Young Engineerformerly knovm as Montana School of Technology, and before that as Montana School of Mines-a-achieved the greatest fame of its' long and eventful history when three of its varsity hikers accomplished the impossible-walked the amazing total of five hundred miles. It took them a long time: they began, if you'll remember, in_1963, but Hruska, Higinbotham and Gutfeld finally did it! (It's no wonder they're still Sophomores, is it'?) And E-Days! Wfi.S there ever such an exhibit as the one we had in 1999- when Paulette Kankleborg, graduate student and the famous inventor of the geological time machine. unintentionally regressed Professor Cox into the Archean Era of the Cryptozoic Eon ? Too bad she couldn't bring him back. But think of the marvelous opportunity for him to study historical geology first hand. Oh yes, 'and that was also the year that Mr. Laity traded in his Ford for a brand new General Motors Flying Saueer. This truly was all unprecedented event. His only explanation was that he had gotten tired of Fixing Or Repairing Daily his former vehicle. Professor Lee W. (and we know what the "w" stands for, don't we?) Saperstein, head of the mining department, still hadn't broken his record for never having given an A to any of his students. It's a shame he's so bitter about that B he himself received in 1963 when he was devoted to writing controversial editorials for th~ Amplifier. . 1999-;-the year the residence hall blasted Marcus Daly into orbit with their newly developed super-duper portable launching -pad-芦 really ended with a bang, wouldn't you say? Well, see you next iSfue! (Maybe)
Mrs. Edward Erickson and her son, Mark, have left for Washington, D. C., where they will attend an awards banquet honoring WilBig Ed 'signed Tom Tresh for the Montana School of Mines 1963 liam Bennett. Mr. Bennett is to Baseball team. Tom, a player the past year for the New York Yankbe accorded national recognition for his heroic efforts snatching ees was named rookie of the year. Tresh plans on starting training March 18 with the rest of the team. Mark from the railroad track last summer.
Big Ed Sign.s Tresh
'Congratulations to Art Ditto and Jack Thomas, two new fathers on campus.
APRIL FOOL!
Dr. Stephen W. Nile, head of the Department of Physics, and Professor John G. McCaslin attended the meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, March 29, and 30, at the University of Washington, Seattle.
Young Crowned
Wearin'
0
the green!
Joe Young, Sigma Rho representative for the Most Eligible Bachelor, was crowned at the A.W.S. sponsored dance March 15 in the Copper Lounge. He was chosen by all those attending the dance who wished to cast a ballot, Joe was crowned by Homecoming Queen, Carol Dunstan. The other candidates, Frank Panisko and Ed Simonich, were presented with green carnation boutineers. Also each candidate was' ,given an appropriate gift.
EXCITING THEATRE IS COMING TO OUR TOWN with Thornton Wilder's American Classi OUR 'TOWN on April 2 at MSM at 8 p.m. Sixteen Montana Masquers from Montan'a State University form the 1963 Touring Company which will bring Wilder'S: Pulitzer Prize winning success to twelve Montana communities in as many performances. Above in II! scene from OUR TOWN are (1. to 1'.) Ron Engle, Melinda Wilson and Mike Fallon, all of Billings. J