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Montana Tech Library Digital Commons @ Montana Tech Amplifier (1955-1977) Student Newspapers 5-10-1963 The Amplifier - v. 8,(a-11) no. 11 Associated Students of the Montana School of Mines Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.mtech.edu/amplifier Recommended Citation Associated Students of the Montana School of Mines, "The Amplifier - v. 8,(a-11) no. 11" (1963). Amplifier (1955-1977). 118. http://digitalcommons.mtech.edu/amplifier/118 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at Digital Commons @ Montana Tech. It has been accepted for inclusion in Amplifier (1955-1977) by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Montana Tech. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Attend Montana School 01 Mines Honors Convocation AMPLIFIER May 24 Vol VIII, No. 11 Requirement ASSM Officers Elected M-Day, Wet? Beginning with the opening Gary (Jocko) Evans, new A.S.S.M. president, led the of school next fall, all men stu- slate of Theta Tau candidates as Tau nominees captured dents who' are not living- at all five of the_A.S.S.M. offices at stake in the student body home or in approved student housing off the campus will be election held on "M" Day. Tau's platform, as presented by required to live in the Dormi- Evans at the convocation preceding the election, included tory. the establishment of a student senate which .would promote - The reason for this require- more direct student patricipation in government and better ment is that currently there relations between the student body and the 'school admin- are not enough people in the istration. Residence Hall to meet oper- ating expenses. The Dormitory operation must be continued as a service to out-of-town' stu- Dr. Koeniq Passes dents. Thus, it is necessary that Dr. Alfred E. Koenig, 81, all such students live in the emeritus 'professor of Chemistry Dormitory. at Montana School of Mines, died Saturday, April 20, in the Hot Students participate in cleaning our campus-and Springs H 0 s pit a I, Mont. His stUdents. I/ . CHANGES burial was Monday in Renton, - Beginning with the first semes- Washington. ter 1963-1964, nonresident fees M-Day. 'Eventful? for out-of-state students will be 'Before his retirement in 1946, increased $30.00 per semester to Dr. Koenig had been _".onthe fac- ulty of Montana School of Mines M-Day, the holiday unique to punish' lent, while M1'. Vi.n~ was it total of $135.00 per semester. require1( to make an aff'iciency- fo~' 26 years. Montana School of Mines, started Acceptance of out-of-state ap- time dUQY of an "important piece literally with a blast at 7 :00 on plications for admission will be He was born at Howard Lake, of m0e machinery." Mr. ~cCa's- the morning of Wednesday, May lim ited to students ranking in the Minnesota, ~vlay 30, 1882, attend- lin was given a cream pie, and 1. The real kick-off began the upper 50 per cent of their high ed Macalester College, St. Paul Mr!Young in place of Mr. Murry day before with the convocation, school graduating class. Minnesota, where he received hi~ When the candidates for student- w~s required to spray cheap per- B.A. degree, and the University JOCKO EVANS bOdyoffices presented their plat- fume around the room. of Wisconsin in 1910-1912 where tOI'ms. Holiday-minded students Next the freshman and Senior Jocko defeated Sigma Rho's he received his M.A. and Ph.D. SPent the remainder of the day Late Nrews classes'defeated the Sophomores Dave Rovig, in Rovig's bid for re- Dr. Koenig began his teaching gUzzling the gulch. and Juniors in a pushball. conte~t e- Student "Doc" Jordan was .pre- election as student body presi- career as a member of the Caka- The following mornlng crews on Leonard Field. Followmg t?IS sented with a baby girl early Sat- dent. Evans polled 123 to' Rovig's to, Minnesota high school in 1904. Whitewashed the M and cleaned was a softJball game between S~g- urday morning, May 4. This is '99. Jocko is also president of the Then he taught at Astoria, Ore- Up the campus and the coeds. rna Rho and Theta Tau, which nothing new for "Doc", who also "M" Club and secretary of Theta gon from 1907-1908, was assist- After lunch served by the Cop- Rho won. \.. has' three boys. Tau pledges. ant professor at Wisconsin in Per GuardS,' the students .enjoyed * * * Jim Conway, Tau's candidate 1908 and in 1920 he came to Butte l(angaroo Court w her e some The events' of the day conclud- Professor Kelly has been ap- for vice-president won over Bob as assistant professor of Chem- li1embers tried by the senior class. ed with a dance, sponsored by the Copper Guards, in the Copper pointed to the Centennial Train Shogren, the Sigma Rho nominee, istry. Mr. Cox assisted by Paulette Committee. He will represent by 51 votes. Conway received 136 Lounge. ' l(ankelbo~g, "sat a well" as his MSM in preparing an, exhibit votes,while Shogren claimed 85. From 1923-1928 he was head of about Montana's System of High- This is the second time Jim has the department of ehemisnry and metallurgy. When the two de- lz- Vine Electe;d er Education for the train that been elected V.P., but he was in- Convocation Sto 'will travel to the New York jured in an automobile accident partments were sepa-rated he be- Professor Gustav Stolz Jr. and York World's Fair. early in the school year and was came head of the chemistry de- Of Honors Professor William A. Vine. were unable to complete 'his first term partment. He served in this ca- newly elected to the office of of office. pacity until his retirement. Is Scheduled IPresident and' Secretary - Treas- In the closest election of the In 1946, he was awarded the . tively of the Butte That Memorable The Montana School of Mmes, urer, respec I 's· t f En- - day, Neil Sullivan polled 84 votes Honorary Degree of Doctor of S· . Chapter Montana ocie y 0 Il{th annual Honors ConvocatIOn, for the 1'963-,64 year. tv win the office of secretary- Science by Montana School of i . M gmeers Year-1939 treasurer. Neil defeated Cal Stro- Mines. S scheduled for Friday, ay f . nal As you sit in the library thor- bel, the Sigma Rho nominee, and 2'1, at 11: 00 A.M. At this time The MSE is . th~ pro eds~IOf- oughly absorbed in the History L'ee Saperstein, an independent . ineers orgaUlzatlOn an IS a of Civilization, or P - C hem, sPecial honors and awards in the en~ d ith the National So- candidate. Strobel netted 72 votes, h filiate WI . whichever -the case may be, it and Saperstein, 67. , S ape of outright g~ants .and ciety of Professional Engmeers. may never occur to you that the Students Visit SCholarships from varIOUS firms Library-Museum Building is a Tau's Ed Simonich and Joe Professor Francis M. Young ~s and individuals will be made; in fairly r e c e n t addition to the Bates led the contestants for dele- a member of the Board of DI- addition, those people receiving Mines' 'campus. It was ready for gate-at-large. Simonich has 133 rectors. votes and Bates, 95. Other candi- ~reshman and scholastic honor occupancy in 193'9, which was ------ dates were Ray Hyppa o~ Sigma SCholarshi~s will be given recog- also the year the bronze doors on the building were dedicated by Rho with 72 votes; Frank Trask, nition. Intramural and intercol- A Reminder! the Anaconda Cop per Mining an independent, 55; Don Pdobnik, legiate t I' 0 phi e s will also be C (,)m pan y. The relief panels Sigma Rho, 44; and Don Hruska, The following quo tat ion is aWarded to those teams placing which illustrate mining progress another independent, 34. taken from page 53 of the ~ur- Approximately 62 per cent high in the year's competitioI\. are worth taking a look at. tihe student body participated !>resident Koch will acknowldege rent Montana School of Mmes Did you know that in Hl39 the- election. gifts with the help of various Catalog; "Grades and an ,~on- there was offered a course in Qepartment h e ads and Coach or able dismissal will be, gIven Flight Instruction? This program under the control of Civil Aero- slag, and aluminum, the whiskey Sitnonich will be on 'hand to pre- only to students who have fully Sellt trophies. Also, that select nautics Authority was carried out was fair. If the liquor chased the met all financial obligations to group who placed in national in approximately 300 colleges and current back to the generator, it On Thursday, April 25, seventy- competition in "W h 0 's Who the college." universities, including MSM. The was good whiskey. one ninth graders from Anaconda value of this instruction to min- Well, anyway ... ~ong Students in American As a line of interest, the fresh- took a field trip to visit the MSC ~lli"ersities and Colleges'! will ing engineers in the field made campus. They were welcomed by man placement examinations for }; aWarded certificates by Dean the course a very practical one Mr. Simonich who is a represen- "lcAuliffe. the fall semester of 1963-1964 in the Mines' -curriculum. Commencement tative of the High School Rela- will be given on Wednesday, Sep- The engineers of 19'39 devised tions Com mit tee.