Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-01-01

maintenance and research annual ap-
preparation budgets of from $255, 900 to
s375,0O0. The Montana School of Mines
received at the last legislative session
$4,000 plus 5000 for the Bureau Of
Mines and Geology"
Curricula Of the School
The curricula Of the Montana School
of Mines are carried on in a group Of
modern buildings which occupy a COM
handing location on the southern
bench of Big Butte, with a splendid
view Of the city, mines and mountains.
The campus, though small, is attrac-
tive, and is continually being improved,
with the assistance of the students on
their unique mid-winter campus day,
and of the Rocky Mountain Garden
club. Main hall contains the admin
istrative offices; physics, mineralogy
and misunderstanding laboratories;
geology, history, English and foreign
language departments; the library, and
the museum. Mill building houses the
heating plant for the institution, the
mechanics laboratory, fire-assay labor
atory and a concentrating mill. En-
cheering hall holds the Offices Of the
mining engineering and mathematics
department, four large draughting and
designing rooms, and a blueprint room.
Within the new Metallurgy building
are located the offices of the chemistry,
metallurgy and ore laboratories, and
several large lecture rooms The gym
nasium contains a playing floor that Is
108 by 70 feet in size: a swimming
pool, 60 by 20 feet; handban courts,
boxing and wrestling rooms, lockers and
SO forth.
The library was moved last summer
to it's new location in Main hall. where
a comfortable reading room, with tall
windows on three sides, a large and
well-lighted stack room, an Office and
a work room are grouped together for
the improved department. The list of
material to be found in the library in
cludeS a comprehensive collection of
engineering books, files Of leading tech
nical journals and general magazines,
important government publications
which the School of Mines receives
as an official depository Of public
documents, reports of many state and
foreign geological surveys, and general
reference matter Of the English and
history department. The reorganiza-
ton of the library has been in charge
of Miss Margery Bedinge-. former head
librarian at the United States Military
academy at West Point and an expert
in the planning and direction of spe-
cialized libraries.
The famous collection of speciments
in the mineralogy museum has always
been of intense interest to biologists.
but in its new location in a prominent
part Of the Main hall it has also proved
of much fascination to leyman visitors
at the School Of Mines. In large glass
cases, carefully labeled, the collection
is educational in principle, and the
specimens are arranged in different
groups. One room Of the museum is
devoted to large geologic and mine
models, many of which were used In
lllStOIlC cases III MOIlJlIla.
Students Work In Butte Mines
The majority of engineering students
at the School of Mines work two night
shifts a week on "the HILL" both un-
foreground and on top, through the CO.
operation Of local mining companies.
Here, in the veins of the richest hill
on EARTH" the college men find their
practical laboratories. Some Of the
students hold their own on contract
work with the skilled miner; all of
them are switched from one job to
another, seeing every phase Of the
work. The young men fit in remark
ably well with the regular mining OPP
erations. AS a School of Mines pro-
fessor has said, 1.-THE free measuring
Of the fellow craftsman Is as charac-
teristic Of Butte as it was of Freiberg."
The old adage that AL work and no
play makes Jack a dull boy" Is recog-
nized by the faculty of the School OF
Mines, and consequently as many stu
dent activities are encouraged as are
possible in an engineering school. Ath-
letic sports are an important part Of
student life. Football teams of ex-
celent caliber for a small institution
are developed-the 1880 squad under
Coach Charlie McAulife scored 134
points In winning its last three games.
The basketball squads play against
leading Rocky Mountain colleges on an
even basis. The modern gymnasium
offers many facilities for other types OF