The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-11-14
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SCHOOL OF MINES
AND IRELAND EXCHANGE
IDEAS WITH US

BuIle, NOV. IA nOl61 belBldl
mining engineer and a believes
Irish philosopher were speaker
during two recent convocations a
the Montana School of Mines. Con
vocation, the School of Nine
assembly, is a weekly event at thu
Butte mining college and is Otter
featured by interesting speakers
but the past two occasions arc
ranked by school officials with
the outstanding c%onvocations in
the history of the institution.
Professor Charles Demeure,
head of the mining department al
the University of Louvain, Bel
GUM, spoke during a recent con
vocation on Goal Mining in Bel.
GUM" An excellent speaker des-
pite his accent, Professor De-
meure held the engineering stu
dents to the most careful atten-
ton as he described the interest
ing methods used in Belgium to
overcome the tremendous difficult
ties nature has set there before
the miners. Shafts are sunk in
quicksand to reach the coal beds,
and the professor described how
the sand is actually frozen solid
and the shaft blasted through the
ice. The coal beds of Belgium, he
said, are among his country's few
natural resources, and, difficult
though it is to mine them, are
vital to Belgian industry.
Professor DeMeure, speaking to
the assembled students, said, You
at the Montana School of Mines
are teaching the whole world min
ing" AS a guest of the School Of
Mines, he visited underground in
one of Butte's great mines, was
through the Anaconda
smelter and witnessed his first
American football game when he
the Bobcats and Grizzlies
battle for the Montana champion
ship. He is studying American
methods under the auspic-
of the Commission for Relief in
Belgium Educational Foundation.
George W. Russell, poet, phil
'sopher, painter and economist,
'est known to the public by his
name of "A. e., was the
ipeaker at a special afternoon con-
location held last week at the
SCHOOL Of Mines. A man Of de-
ightful charm and typical poetic
.ppearance, Mr.. Russell spoke to
he mining students for nearly an
our, in a soft, even-toned voice
hat smacked of the Emerald Isle.
Ie told of his love for the little
Stand where he was born, and
aid, "The Irish, culturally, are
ne oldest race in Europe, for Ire ,
ind was never a part of the Ro-
empire. The culture of
rance and Spain was ~obliterated
y Roman legions, but Ireland was
Untouched and today has the rich
st s%urvivals of pre-Latin culture" .
fter the English came, "the Irish
.nguage was left to the fading
,lk along the western seaboard."
Mr.. Russell asserted that the
'ish culture is even yet among
S present opponents the "primev-
culture of imagination" He
Id about George Moore and 9TH
Irish literary figures, and final
came to a personal account of
Gorge Bernard Shaw, whom, he
lid, despite his apparent cyni-
SIN, is a Sensitive, generous,
nd, suffering soul"
Mr.. Russell spoke in the Butte
school auditorium under the
ispices Of the Montana School of
ines, and captivated his evening
ldience as he had captivated the
chool of Mines students earlier
the day.
editors Note-Patrons of the
.berty or other theatres may re-
ii seeing in the screen news re-
ntly the large, dignifed and be-
hiskered figure of George W..
lssell, photographed upon his
in this country.)