The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-26

not only for its excellent management.
but also for its effect in inspiring APP
preciation and support among its alum
nj and attracting public attention to
an institution that well deserves H..
SAYS the Engineering 4 Mining Jour
NAL Everyone In the mining industry
has been for many years aware of the
existence OF the school at Houghton
and i'm a general way has been cogniz-
ant that II has been doing good work
but comparatively few, outside of its
own alumni and the inhabitants of the
mining districts of the upper peninz
sula of Michigan. We think. have rea-
lized the fun scope OF its influence up
on the mining industry IL is distinct
~ a revelation To him who, for the first
time. examines the register of the
graduates of this college and discov-
ers the large proportion of them that
have attained positions Of great re-
Isponsibility i'm mining work and recog-
nizes so many names that are we'll
known and honored I'm the industry.
The idea that there must be a good
reason for this follows naturally.
In considering what that reason may
be. we are inclined to dismiss the COM
mon arguments respecting the relative
advantages of mining schools situated
adjacent to a mining district and re-
mote from any. The students Of coll
fege remote from any mine may easily
secure practical mining training along
with their work i'm the laboratories and
lecture rooms. Many do. on the 9TH
er hand, a mining school might be sit
uated in the very heart of a mining
district. characterized by peculiar, and
perhaps bad practice. and the result
upon the students would be far from
helpful.
Nor shall we dwell long upon the
species OF instruction I'm the classrooms. |
In one institution certain lines of study |
may be emphasized at the expense of
others; and in another institution the
policy may be quite the opposite: but
none is able to produce any man who Is |
more than an apprentice engineer, and |
It has done it's duty II 1t has rightly |
nodded his character. well directed his
thoughts. and taught him how to study. |
I'm this the governing factor is the coll |
lege atmosphere, and fortunate is that
college which in addition to a good at
mosphere of its own is surrounded by |
that Of great mining district, char
acterized by a practice that is distin-
guished for its excellence.
This is the happy situation of the
Michigan College of Mines. Situated
in the midst of one of the oldest and
largest mining districts of the United
are extraordinary for their permanence
and whereof the conditions have led
to the development Of a mining prac-
tice Of the first order in magnitude and
Of a superlative attention to details.
the students of this school have ever
had under their observation examples
Of first-class mining and have been un-
der the inspiration OF good work.
Moreover. a large proportion OF the
graduates Of this college have naturally
been drafted into the corps of these
mines and in them have learned prac-
teal mining, working up from the bot
tom. and luckily escaping the lure of
the more tawdry but less enduring
positions that often beguile young men
fresh from school, This has produced
a strong body OF men. technically, ed
lcated and practically trained. i'm OPP
Grating department OF mining and that
Is the department wherein the most
important work I'm the economies of
mining remains To be done 1t seems
To us as We look over the register of
the Houghton alumni that they have
ever been especially strong as opera
tors and this we are disposed 10
ascribe to their environment while stu
dents at the school.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY"