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

sports. The Associated Students Of the
School of Mines have charge of gen.
eral student activities, and each class
has its own organization. The Magma,
annual, is published by the Junior
class each year. Several clubs flourish
on the campus, plays and dances are
given, and many other activities are en-
gagged In.
President Thomson often says, II
have never seen anywhere a more seri-
our-minded and Woodworking body OF
college students. The scholarship OF
the students as q Who'll. Is excellent
Research Bulletins Published
The School Of Mines has entered
definitely into the research field. Dur
ing the school year IT 1929-30 six
graduate students worked upon special
research problems in ore dressing, met
allurgy and geology. At present two
bulletins are nearly ready for publ
cation for the State Bureau of Mines
and Geology-one on the "Ore De-
posts of the Bannack and Argenta
District" by Dr.. Phillip ]. Shenon, q
former School Of Mines professor now
with the United States Geological Sur
vey, and the other on the Ground
Water of Eastern and Central Mon
tana," by DR.. Eugene S. Perry, head Of
the geology department at the Butte
college. DR.. Curtis L. Wilson has
been investigating the hard and soft
states of metals, and is writing a text
book, THE Metallurgy Of Copper" to
be published by John Wiley g. Sons,
probably in 1881. A. M. Gaudin, re-
search professor Of ore dressing, who
has done much work at the School Of
Mines On problems connected with the
~f1otation process, is also writing q text
book, to be published soon by the Nc
Graw-Hill Book company.
In regard to the authorship work OF
Professors Wilson and Gaudin, Presi-
dent Thomson says, This writing of
text books is a labor of love on the
part of these instructors. The work
necessarily has to be done in the in
structors' spare time, and because the
sale of highly technical books is small
the financial return is insignificant
compared to the work involved. On
the other hand, the endless research
in library and laboratory which the
preparation Of a text book requires
adds greatly to the richness of in
struction which the students receive
from the men who have written the
texts"
Several other School of Mines pro-
fessors are authors Of books, notably
Drnfoccnr ThonInro Citvnnrc Iictir
guished engineer, who has had pub
lished by McGraw-Hi1l q text on air
compression and one on the flotation
process.
Five Receive Fellowship In 1930-31
AS important factors in this research
work, five young men have been given
fellowships for the 1930-31 academic
year. Harry B. Henderson, who re-
ceived his master of science degree In
metallurgy at the 1880 commencement
was awarded the Cornelius F. Kelley
research fellowship and is working In
the field Of f1otation. Associated with
Mr.. Henderson is Harry E. Kamprath,
young German engineer, q graduate Of
the famous old Freiberg in Saxony.
Horace F. Silnman, from the labora-
tories Of the American Brass company,
Waterbury, Conn, is engaged In study
ing methods OF hardening copper, a
field OF metallurgy which has ire
mendous possibilities. Jacob j. Brun-
ner, a graduate of the School of Mines,
is working on ore dressing research
under Professor Gaudin. Teaching
Fellow Andrew v. Cory, a Harvard
and Oxford graduate, is making q
study of the great Continental Fault,
the scarp of which rises as a great
rampant to the immediate east Of
Butte.
The State Bureau of Mines and &C.
ology receives many hundreds OF rock
and mineral samples during the year,
sent In for Identification by residents
of Montana. No provision Is made by
either the state or federal government
for free assaying at the Montana School
Of Mines. But the bureau Is anxious
to assist In the development of the
mineral resources of the state, and for
this reason maintains a gratuitous
service for the identification Of min
eral samples and for the giving Of gen.
eral information regarding their prob
able economic value.
The School Of Mines owes q large
part of its success to its excellent facul-
ty, which enjoys an enviable reputa-
ton throughout the mining world.
President Thomson himself says, 1--WE
have a comparatively small faculty,
but adequate for past enrollments,
which in academic preparation, pro-
fessional experiences ard earnest ap-
plication to their Jobs will bear COM
parison with any college faculty"
The Faculty
The following is a complete register
of the 1930-31 faculty members:
Francis A. Thomson, president and
professor OF mining economics-D. Sc,
Colorado School OF Mines.
Theodore Simons, professr Of mining
engineering-E. M, C. E., Royal Poly
technicum, Munich.
Curtis L. Wilson, professor Of metal
~lurgy-Ph. d., University of G%oettingen
tE. M, Montana School OF Mines).