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Acknowledgement It wa t o ar. a that I per, onally approached the late Terry I nn, r id nt ampu hi torian. I wanted Terry to work on a very special pr 1J t ith Bl r id nt ampus photographer. What I had in ntana Tech Foundation Board of Directors o iation. The proposal would be for a writII . I remember thinking, at the time, how im1 th olle e written before its 100th annivera h rt hi tory that would serve as the basis of a ritt n later for a JOO-year celebration. I recall Glynn and Don Miller were not only h

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indi at , th main author died tragically in the , pl tion of the history has rested with Don ith Don Bank , a tudent intern. Without their h · t r pr ~ t in m mory of Terry McGlynn would i I th nk al o o to the Montana Tech Founth ntana Tech Alumni A sociation for I fi I honor d to have played a role in mp/ t d thi v ry worthy project. The key photo raph capture a Montana Tech my THANKS.

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tend it deepe t ympathie to the Prof e or in the elected ecretary of the Montana Tech contribution to the faculty and the tudent nt na in 1928. After completing two year in the II g . He gradu ted with a degree in Education i ed an M. . degree in Hi tory from Moni th rade in Fairview, Montana from 1956 to nt n Hi h hool until 1968.

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YEARS: 1893 - 1920 APPROPRIATIONS By 1900, land grant lease money amounted to $5,980.03. And an overseeing commi ion et up by the legislature continued to draw money from the School of Mines fund which the Legi lature had created in 1893. As th commi sion drew warrants to cover exp n , it anticipated that as fund ran out, the warrant would bear seven percent intere t. How v r, the Legislature had amended the original 1893 appropriations law in 1897 and left out an interest clause. Since the warrants could not b di counted, former Governor J.E. Rickard a .ked utte busine smen to take up the rrant and b reimbur ed later by the ate. any Butt people advanced money. H. Muller, L ui a Thornton, ·M.J. Connell, C.W. Clark, John oy , and James Lynch each helped with 1,000. Both th Bo ton and Montana Mining m ny nd th Butt and Bo ton Company adv n d $2,000. Among tho e who contributed

$500 were W. Connole, G org Dan Tewey, Chri Ni ler, D.J. H nn Clark, and E.R. Fair. In 1896-97, a bond i u for the School of Mine Buildin Main Hall, thi building i till in u at par on Augu t 20, 1900, bond percent, rede mabl aft r 15 r . the Fourth Annual Catala u th p the college were ju tly pr ud th t the expen e for th r ti n f thi borne by the tat . '' Whil th t t did n t p Building, it furni h d and m up to the clo of th fi l 1900. om $26,300 and cientific apparatu modern con truction.

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just west of the main building, the two being connected by a tunnel from the basement of the main building. The new building is 110 feet by 72 feet. A portion containing the ore dressing and metallurgical laboratory is one room with available height of 34 feet. The laboratory i equipped with the apparatus to make te ts on lots of ore in quantities ranging from one to ten tons.

In 1907, the original appropriation had b n $14,000 for a separate heating plant and an additional $45,000 for building and equipping a m tallurgical laboratory. The Board of Education, however, ''for reasons of economy and nv ni nc , ,, decided to combine the heating pl nt and the metallurgy lab into one facility with an appropriation of $59,000. Another int r ting idelight of this building involved C.H. owman, cond pre ident of the college. Since prof ional ervice were expen ive, Bowman o f r d to be architect and superintendent 'without xtra compen ation." The Board of ru t thank d Bowman, who, with the aid of th f ulty, help d complete the project with no ub tantial difficulti . h third building erected wa originally mna ium. Today, after much remodeling d addition, it i call d ngineering Hall. t rt din 1908 nd fini h din 1910, th building rib d in th Twelfth Annual Catalogue ll w :

In a 1920 letter to Edward . Clapp, third president of the school, ro the barracks were ''painted and fitt d p Freshman drawing room and a p laboratory, classroom and office. D rin Christmas vacation the nearby M ml was completely destroyed by fir and on quest of the District School authori · north wing of the barrack wa gran d t the use of the upper grade o h school.'' In this same letter, lapp ob r the sixth, seventh, and eighth rad BUILDI G

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ing building on this site. A new engineering building was never built, but a new gym was eventually built on the site of the original barrack building.) It is interesting to note the prophetic quality of President Clapp's report to the State fficiency Commission. Clapp stressed improvem nt of the grounds because of what he called th ''adver e comment by all visitors and citizens of Butte.'' Moreover, he envisioned a new m tallurgical building within ten years and a 'mod rn library building of a monumental typ , with a large amphitheater or assembly h ll. '' H al o di cu ed how to rai e fund by indir ct or direct taxation, private endowment, or bond i u . '' While Clapp suggested that a b nd i u would b the best way to raise m n y, h did not rule out private funds.

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Loui V. Bender, the fir. t graduate of the School of Mine , June 5, 1903. Commencement exerci es were h Id in the Fir. t Presbyterian Church.

Early curricula at the Montana tat School of Mines were designed around t o degrees: Mining Engineering leadin designation as Mining Engineer ( . Electrical Engineering leading to th Electrical Engineer (E.E.). Electrical engineering wa pha 1904. With the loss of electrical ngin Mines had only one curriculum. hu became the mainstay during th oll mative period. In his Report on th School of Mines, March, 1917 Bowman clearly de cribed th Montana State School of Min

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with an A.M. in mathematics. From 1857-58, eonard attended Harvard and studied under former President Franklin Pierce. For the next even years, he taught at Kossuth. Leonard next w nt to Iowa State University, where he spent 27 year as professor of mathematics and a tronomy. He also served as acting president of ISU for a large part of the school's formative period.

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electrical repair shops of the Tri-City Railway Company. When Bowman first came to the Mines in 1900 , he occupied the chair of ''Professor of Mechanics and Mining Engineering.'' After b coming president in 1906, he retained the title of Professor of Mechanics. Not until 1913 did he drop his teaching work and become simply "Pre ident."

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THE MONTANA STATE BUR~ OF MINES AND METALLURG A history of the Montana tat Mines is not complete without m n i Montana State Bureau of Min and A bill enacted by the Legi lati Montana in 1919 creat d the

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Ip hire a coach. Che ter Pittser, who had ay d or the Colorado School of Mines, was · d. he 1920 team posted four wins and four All members of the 1919 basketball team nior . mm tt ale wa captain. Proor Walter cott at first refused to coach. v r, when a coach could not be found, r d to ''do hi be t to train the team.' ord for 1919 wa ·x win and five lo e o d or third plac in th tate. Th 1920 ,~ .......~&""'"' __ 11 t m, coach d by Pitt r, a ain won l with a i and ix r cord. Th only I y r wa anford Ladic, known a r

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The athletic program financed by students and thu co t nothing until 1920. The admini trati on athletics was interesting. Dr. Clap purpose of athletics was '' ... to gi h name for clean sportsman hip and o terest in the institution.'' Eviden administration saw to it tha ath the right priorities when it am matters. For example, th foo manager cancelled game i h Missoula in 1912 becau school work.'' A significant acti it in th was the School of Min an m

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The Montana State School of Alumni Association was organized on 1904 . Louis V. Bender (Cla s of 03) a h fi t

president, and P .L. Pauly (Cla of 04 a h first secretary. The organization had thr main purposes: to secure unity among h rad a of the Montana State School of n · to o t an attachment for the Alma Mat mote the interests of the Colleg . nual banquet of the Montana Mines Alumni Association wa 1905. Professor Bowman wa main speaker. As the first 20 year of h

MIDDLE YEARS Univ r ity at Mi soul . Two other pre idents followed Dr. Clapp durin th middle years: George W. Craven (1921 1928); and Dr. Francis A. Thomson 1928-1950). For seven rather stormy year , v n wa pr ident of the Mines. While he add d thr e n w building to the campus, few h n or advance highlight hi tenure. pl ing rav n was ranci Thomson who r id d 22 y ar of very effective leader hip. m on ompleted five building project and tly I d th Mine through the trauma of the r t Depr ion and World War II.

ADMINISTRA TIO Although Dr. Charle H. Clapp president of the Mines for but a hor im left his imprint not only on the College, b a o on the entire state. In many way , Clapp i b viewed as a transitional figure in he hi or 0 the School of Mines primarily be au h provided a continuity of administration b early formative years and the later middl of growth. He corresponded i h man p on all kinds of geological problem and h especially effective in dealing ith p opl all walks of life, both on and off amp he was important in the de lopm n o Mines and was, at the ame time the people of Montana. Moreover, when he mo d dent of a small, highly re pe ted m · to a larger, liberal art uni er i , h ro his new presidency an unu al p r p June of 1922, he gave an addre which he clearly pointed ou a University. At the ame tim tribute to the source of thi per p his address i a follow : 1

tate Pu chasing Agent." Many of those who were at the Mines under Craven felt he lacked the diplomacy of his predece sor, Clapp. Perhaps his writing style exceeded his management style. At any rate, during Craven's presidency, the Mines maintained low growth. When Clapp left in 1921, 138 tudents were registered, including 52 freshmen. When Crav n left in 1928, 190 students were nrolled, includin 92 freshmen. Overall, the number of graduates during the seven years of ra n' presidency was not impressive.

Francis A. Thom on wa born 21, 1879 in London, England. e cam America in 1866 and lived with hi British Columbia. During the earl life, he accompanied his father on voyages and thus acquired a lo of remained with him all hi lif . Perhap ~t i sea that best explains hi free pi it o in ir trait that was to characteriz hi id n

great teacher, but a magnificent American.'' Perhaps Julian Conover captured the feeling of many, when he stated, ''All of us who knew and loved him are better for his friendship."

FACULTY AND STA During the middle year , h faculty increased, though not uniform r tinuously. In 1921, the Mine had 16 a l staff members, including a librarian registrar. In 1950, there wer 35. mon to both 1921 and 1950 and Koenig. During thi urn established it reputation a a r of mines known throughout cellence in education and industries. Primarily b small, some faculty w r more than on role

ha been that rare type of teacher who could announce a well-known chemical fact to a fr hman clas in chemistry, with as much enthu ia m as though he had discovered it himself an hour or o before.'' Thomson also said, ''I have yet to encounter the alumnus of the last 26 ar when asked 'who was the best teacher in our day on Montana School of Mines faculty?' did not immediately reply 'Koenig,' and this apP ar to b the ca e whether the student earned n A' or flunked the course."

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Lester J. Hartzell was born in ou Lookout near Golden, Colorado. H at n school in Denver and graduated from ol School of Mines in 1895 (E.M.) aft r football and baseball. He worked in Lake City, Colorado as a chemi t, a metallurgist. Then he came to u Montana Ore Purcha ing Compan started the Twin Bridge m I 1898-1902, he worked for th ran Metallic Company of Philip bur and the Butte and Boston Minin and Company from 1902-1903. Smelter in Anaconda, Pr id brought him to the Mine a fessor of chemistry in 1904. professor in 1910 and taugh n inuo years (except for a 1929-30 l a Hartzell served under th fir t 1 and taught chemi try to all but a han College's fir t everal hundr d ra became profes or emeritu upon hi r in 1942. Hartzell wa very popular i h and well re pected by hi

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a ociate professor of engineering drawing and continued to direct athletic . In 1949, McAuliffe gained full professorship; in 1956, he became the cond dean in the College's history when Arthur Adami retired. Affectionately known to his tudents as ' Prof or McA wful, '' McAuliff e wa welllik d around the campus. He felt that all tud nt hould participat in extracurricular act1 iti . H helped out on many Maiden Rock urv y amp . McAuliff e taught at Montana hool of Mine until 1965, making hi total nur a r markabl 42 year . Th Mine awardhim an Honorary Doctor of ngin ering r in 1967.

Curtis L. Wilson graduated with the am School of Mines class as McAuliffe did in 1 20. Dr. Clapp, in 1921, hired Wilson a an in ru or in metallurgy. Wilson became an a si a rofessor in 1924 and an associate profe or 1926. By 1928, he was a full profe or · metallurgy. (He took a leave of ab 1927-28 to earn his Ph.D. at Gottin many.) Wilson headed the metallur ment for many years. He dire ted th ment so that research and graduat or paramount. As a result, metallurgi al ing was always on the cutting ed of the art in the 1930's. Unfortunat I , the Mines in 1941 to becom Dean o School of Mine and Metallurg a 1942, he co-authored a definiti boo per recovery, Metallurgy of Copper.

Recognized as an expert on the process of flotation concentration, Gaudin had the kind of r putation which attracted many top-flight graduate tudent in mineral dressing. He was widely published and was well known as author of th book, the Principles of Mineral Dressing, hich came out in 1939. It was the textbook of hoic in mineral dr ssing for many years. Unfortunat ly, Gaudin left the Mine in 1939 to b om Richards Professor of Mineral Dre ing t Ma achu tt In titute of Technology. G or L. Shue cam to Montana hool of Mine immediately aft r graduating olorado chool of Mine in 1930 with and M. . degre . Hi fir t a ignment a an a i tant profe or of math ma tic and h ni . Lat r, h becam an a i tant pror of phy i in 1931; in 1935, he took a leave b nc to compl t a Ph.D. The Mine· namhu a prof or of phy ics in 1936, and th profes or of phy ic and

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of general students who attended Mine durin her tenure and looked after the Co-ed l b, well. She left the College in 1943, appar n l a

victim of the V-12 accelerated program. No coverage of Mines per onne be complete without discussing librarian Charlotte Russel, who left in 1925, th had five Ii rarians during the middl Agnes E. Hubbard (1925-1929); Bedinger (1930-1937); Guinever (1937-1943); Ruth Gill (1943-1944); an Buss Peck (1944-1976). Agne u Charlotte Russel, al o erv d a r (Loretta Peck will be di cus ed in th n section of this book.)

be librarian at ew tually, he worked in th ment of the eattl P bli

to be proud.'' B dm r, a th time librarian, a ry reclassified th entire library.

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remained intact. A consulting engineer was retained to assure that the rest of the building was tructurally sound. James Hartley, head of the Helena firm putting up the building's concrete keleton, e timated damage at $6,000. Cleanup of the mas of shattered concrete and twi ted st el began immediately and lasted ix weeks. In a letter dated October 5, 1920, Jame Hartl y and Company explained to the State Board of xaminers that the formwork had b n ' tamper d with" and thu cau ed the eond floor lab to collap . Hartley claimed a 10,000 lo on a contract that originally ran 36,239 and a ked for reimbur ement. The E mm r d dined, and Hartley apparently went bankrupt. At any rate, the building wa not r dy for occupancy until September, 1923. h n ornplet d, the building wa a olid truet r It i till m u e today and i till named the t llur y Building. The Twenty-Third Annual ata/o u d crib d th then n w building a n whi h w· '' . thoroughly modern firer o bri k and concr te ... 124 ft. long by 75 wid , with two torie and a ba ment i I nt to a third floor."

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hr torie high, the cement, steel, and brick tru tur m a ur d 115 by 110 ft. It main floor, which contained a 108 by 79 ft. regulation b k tball court, had enough bleacher to eat 2 000 p tator . The ba em nt level had ample pac for locker , bower bath , a 60 by 20 ft. imming pool (ev ntually comp! ted in 1927), t o handball court , a uit of office , and pace r torin quipm nt. Anoth r plu wa a runin track gall ry built abov the main floor. tt h d t thi third floor gall ry w r a trophy m and dr

Primarily because of the Depre ion, i was to be another ten years before the Min able to put up more buildings. n th thirties, however the Mines experienced qui boom which was to result in three ne b ild within a five year time span: the e id n in 1935, the President's Residence in 936 the Library Museum Building in 1940. surge in campus building came abou parti through the availability of funding from t Public Works Administration (P A . Costing a total of $606,100 an by a bond issue, the Resid nc al op

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livin room, library, kitchen, dining room, un p rlor. On th cond floor wer a room, bathroom, and four b droom . J,.J_,.., ..• ... n un han d t day, th Pr id nt h d om pi of r al tat and od fortun oft n app ar

A bond issue funded the Library and Museum Building. Measuring 68 by 133 f ., h building had an area of 32,552 square f total cost was $200,000; its insured valu

$377,800. Originally, the library had a rea room, a librarian's office, and a map room. o floors of stacks could hold 45,000 volume . 0 the mezzanine floor were offices for th pr · dent and the registrar, with the upper floor galleries displaying museum exhibit . o a d the northwest end of the upper floor 1 el stage which could be used for lect r , on tions, commencement exerci e , and dra productions. The Forty-Seventh Catalogue pom the elegance of this building wh n i the ''exterior of the reinforced con r

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Construction on a shop, apartment, and garage building started in 1948. Compl d in 1949, this building is now named the Ph · a Plant. Earl Denny was director of the Ph · al Plant. (It is interesting to note tha Denn daughter married Walter Boehler ho la r became director, upon Mr. Denny' r tir m n . A bond issue provided the 53 build the 35 by 60 foot frame true ur . Arnold, a Butte native, wa archi project. Providing 6,300 quar building originally consi ted of a garage, a first floor carp nter op maintenance area, and an up tair apa t Presently, the apartment area i b m u office space. And finally, the tory end avors at the Mine would no without mentioning the Marcu which greets all campu vi itor . which has become hallmark of the the hill," was sculpted by Augu tu Gaudens, an Irish-born American arti . He was commis ioned to do h May, 1902, and worked from nap hot Daly's clothing, and even a d ath m famous Copper King. h Dal at one of Saint-Gauden ' la t arn i He died of cancer a month an statue wa unveiled in ut 1907. The original location tion of north Main nd However, a traffi a Daly' widow (and th tatue.

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handling of funds and unaut orized contracting of d bt . Before long, the organization was on the road to new prosperity, actually making money on football game . By 1929, A.S.S.M. was out of d bt for the first time in hi tory, The organization lo t momentum when V-12 dropP d an hor on campu . However, it had a hot in th arm in 1946 when ''A Plan for the uture of Montana chool of Mine '' affirmed that th tud nt body '' hould b If governing to th r t po ibl xtent." Ov r th year , . . .M. acquir d d finit re pon ibiliti and Iv d lo r to what it i today. Th

to have everyone who came out for the for n i squad participate in at least one intercollegiat debate. In 22 contests held by the A o iation the School of Mines won 4 time , placed ond 4 times, and placed third 3 time ( out of n teams). The Glee Club was organized in 1922. t existence depended on total tud nt nrollm n and on the interest of the tudent bod in h particular year. The club made no appearan 1924 because of "a lack of talent." In a Mines had no mu ical organization 1924-30. In 1931, thirty voice reju enat d t club, and it performed in Butte, Ana ond elsewhere. Student formed orche tra i r years, most notably the late 1930' . D in V-12 years, mu ical intere t and pro reached a record level becau e o th number of students enrolled. sailors formed a popular dan '' Argies,'' that played at tudent dan Women attending the hool formed the Co-ed Club in 1920-21. It ship included past student , a ell served as a network for worn n terested in the club held variou

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t nt . '' At dusk, the surveyors withdrew to their t nt , where, warmed by wood fire , they could read by carbide lamps, sing songs, gamble, or hold "bull e ions." Later in the summer e ion, night were spent copying notes into tran it book , catching up on field calculations, or making ob ervation on the "elusive" orth tar. aturday nights, it was common for ome o th camp r to hike to Divide or catch a ride to M lro for a dance. Sunday morning , for m , w r p nt nur ing hangover . Mining and geology tudent could al o ok forward to the mine urveying cla , given nnually in the two week following the end of th ir Junior year. or example, tudent rv y d Butt min , uch a the Mountain i w or th Travonia wher they plumb d and ur y d rai and winz . Up to the early 1950' , all engineering ud nt participat d in th geological field trip hich took place during the three week prior to th tart of th nior year. Total co t of thi trip $30 in 1932; th College supplied th campquipment. Mine tudent worked with ii d nd r connai anc mapping m thod v ral location in Montana and Wyoming, in I ding th allatin and Tobac o Root Mo t in th R d od oal i Id, th lk Ba in ii i ld, nd Y llow ton Park. In ddition to fi Id work, Min r quir d to o on in p tion trip nd ni r y r . h juni r trip m t r u u 11 po -

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North Sea. But the ship was wrecked, and h voyaging engineers reached Ala ka only i h h help of the Coast Guard. Upon returning to h Seattle area, however, they vi ited the Br m rton Naval Yards, University of Wa hing on an several steel rolling mills. On the way horn th stopped at the Bunker Hill Smelter and Hecla Mine in Kellogg, Idaho. Unfortuna the Mines phased out junior and enior tri 1956. way to finance an education. tuition. Nonresident

day. They hit the books and, on occasion, were known to bend the old elbow. Even more typically, they were concerned about exams. In fact, everal students in the 1920's were downright grumpy and voiced their complaint about a particular exam question. The question a ked, "If I tie a live dog, a dead dog and two

at together with 50# of crap iron, and throw th m out Mis Rus el's office window and they alight on th quartz monzite step below, ju t mi ing a tudent' cranium but knocking a i ar tt out of hi or her hand, then for what m I liabl ? '' The tudent que tioned the faculty m mb r' "perverted ense of humor," and a k d t at all future hypothetical que tion "at I t om within the realm of po ibility. '' Only po terity can determine whether their complaint a an wered.

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A ociation of the School of Mines was formed to tak charge of the program and award uitable emblems for participation in women's athl tic tarting in 1929-30. In the fall of 1934, the Mines joined the n ly formed Montana Collegiate Conference. 0th r conference team were Carroll College, illing Polytechnic In titute, Montana Normal oil , Northern Montana College, a tern ontana Normal chool, and Intermountain Union ollege. Thi conference pon ored footb II, b k tball, ba eball," and track. In 1935, in I d th onference in football (though no h mpion hip wa officially awarded) and tied ill n in ba k tball with a 9-1 record. ootball wa th trong t intercollegiate th Min . B ginning in I 931, football r iti took pla in th "bowl" immediately f th ampu building . Thi area later m th it of onard i Id which wa ofi i lly d dicat d on Octob r 14, 1933 when the d Montana Normal 38-0. Admi -

made all-conference guard for the second tim . Dick Gallant, Jim Kelly ('41), and Joe i ndl ('41) were named to the second all-conf ren team. Mines' went 8-11, including a win o r University of New Mexico. The fact that the war u pend d collegiate football at the Mine from the 1942 to the fall of 1947 may e plain basketball team came on trong in th season. Wilbur Aiken ('50), Gordon ('48), "Shakey" Shook, George Ait en ny'' Marinovich, and ''Red'' Chit ood team to its first conference cro n i history. Mines beat Carroll 44-39 in h pionship game. Aitken and Marino i the all-conference team. Mine ' re ord that

&20-2. downs, but captured more conf r n than did football or ba k tball. 1th 1939 team lo t the Small olleg crown to Eastern, it wa a trong earn. team fea tu red Joe Wiendl ( 41 Buchanan ('39), Frank Hamilton ( 41) an Beck ('41). The 1944 team wa lu i r the Copper League crown. It r o d: in 1950, the ba eball team mad o Small College Confer nc cro n i the finals, Mine cru h d orth rn 1 Reynolds ('50) wa 4-0 a th t m cher. Jack Gentry ('50) pro id d i

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a ency more ''visible.'' Before long, Thom on wa able to take even further advantage of the i uation by broadening the mi sion of the Bur au. He persuaded the legislature to change th Bureau' name from th Bureau of Mine nd M tallurgy to the State B reau of Mine and ology. Thom on accompli hed thi in 1929 nd thu modifi d the Bur au' title o that it acof the

The budget, of course, wa alwa Sahinen wrote of his early years: ''The Bur a had to be run as frugally as po ible cheaply. I recall that most field car w re hand vehicles. Salaries were low, and allowance for travel-subsi tence a 6 p r da maximum, receipts being required for all ditures exce t meals. There wa no p r di lieu of expenses.' I also recall hat m allo for drafting supplies wa $25 per a . work was done by faculty member of h who either had 12-month con ra t during their vacation ime for th B

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Montana School of Mines magazine Gluck Auf becam De Re Metallica. While students and taff w re oppo ed to the change, Gluck Auf wa , unfortunately, also the title of a prominent G rman mining magazine. Alumni and adveri r di liked the German title and lobbied for the chang . Pre ident Thomson and a tudent ommitt I cted the new title. De Re

freshman entering the school were expe t d o graduate in 128 weeks. Because of its commitment to Mines had to limit the number of i ilia freshman it could accept. High chool grad a not in V-12 were weeded out by their a ad mi standing in high school. Preference a i n o male stude ts. In fact, the la t me ting o Co-ed Club in 1943 (featuring a pea r the Women's Army Air Corp ) ignal d h absence of women student a th late in 1944. In keeping with the wartim academic year began early. Hi h graduates who met V-12 program r q tr m enlisted in the Navy prior to Jul Apprentice-Seamen. hey held a i status, complete with pay, ub i t n uniform. Under the V-12 curri ulum, "college year" consisted of two 16In addition to the engin ering or engineering mathematic , phy i , n i drawing, descriptive geometry, and r . . .., ... . .. ... English, recruits took cour historical background of th ar training, and in Naval or aniz f who mastered thi initial l l went on to the V-12 a al riculum. All civilian fre hm n same cour es pt Sophomore, junior, nd include both a al tr student . One

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du ing 'mu cles for Mars' in the form of n ary mineral . '' On October 31, 1945, the U.S. avy hov d off" the Mine campu at 2400 hour . otal tim of the Navy's trip a bore at the Mine - two y ar , four month . ight hundred and v nty- ight trainee cam to Butte for V-12: 02 from civilian lif ; and th balanc from acti rvi . om 692 of the m n had n v r b n to oil b for . Naval p r onn I alway omri d v r 90 p re nt of total Min nrollm nt th a al ad-

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undertaken. In addition, the Mines moved in five, 4-unit dwellings from Anaconda to provide hou .ing for married veterans. The government had originally built these units for smelter workers who were considered to be vital to national defense. Through F.P.H.A. funding, the Min tarted the move in 1946 and completed it in 1947. Located near the campus, the apartm nt were bounded by Porphyry, Western, Diamond, and Montrose Streets. Each apartm nt had a bedroom, living room, kitchen, and bath. Originally, the units were furnished and, in addition, had gas ranges, gas spac heater , nd ic boxes (not refrigerators!). Depending on t nant' income, rent ranged from $18 to $30 r month. Overall, these apartment were a boon to marri d veteran . However, a the year t ok th ir toll on the facilitie , the complex wa ndly r m mber d as'' plinter village.''

CURRICULA Because the original electrical engin erin degree was phased out in 1904, mining engi ing became the mainstay during the Col ge' formative period. This undergraduate minin degree prepared students to operate a mi mill, or a smelter and even perform the ne geological work at a mine site. Given th "Engineer of Mines," (E.M.), the degre effect until 1922. (The E.M. should no b fused with the ''profe sional degr Engineer of Mines or Metallurgical n By 1922, however, the field of metallur become so specialized that an additional separate degree in metallurgy had to b of In 1923, in accordance with prevailing the Mines changed the ti le of · undergraduate degrees to Bachelor of Mining Engineering and Bachelor of Metallurgical Engineering. The mining and metallurgy d r grams were identical through th oph year except that metallurgy tud nt did n a class in mine surveying. Upp r-1 v l I varied appreciably. Only mining ud t field surveying, mining lectur nd I geology, and mining geology Onl students took phy ical ch mi tr metallurgy lab, electro h mi r phy ical metallurgy, and m llur Twenty-three ngineer radua Mine in 1922. o r du t and Willard W. Mowbray - h of being th fir t to r metallurgical ngin rin . Prior to th

ir t offered in 1931, these special short courses came at the request of local mining and m tallurgical companies that wanted to keep th ir ngineer up to date on the latest technical d velopment . The first extension course offered wa in advanced phy ical chemi try. Profe or o nig taught ten se sions of thi cour e in Ana onda. Som xten ion cour e offered until th arly 1940' included phy ical metallurgy, po try, modern drama, Iementary German, advane d compo ition, and pottery making. rom 1932-34, over 1,000 tudent athort cour e on placer mining method nd quipm nt. The Mine offered the e cour e in r t all , H I na, Lewistown, and Livin ton. A p cial xt n ion cour e remembered

by m ny wa th '' Pro p ctor' Short our e. '' t rting in 1931 and ending in 1936, the Mine f r d thi ix-w ek cour e in cooperation with t D partm nt of Vocational Education. nd lab provid d an overvi w of the min r 1 indu try for both prof ional and n n-prof ional . N arly 300 individual took dv nta of thi fin off ring during it fiv ar lif . In 1937, th r dit tion. h rt d th t th

November 14, 1945, the president et up a ''reconversion'' committee to determin ha direction the Mines should take in the po - ar years. One significant outcome of thi pro was bringing on line a new petroleum d which was to become the most viable degr pr gram from many years to follow. Overall, Draftin

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examine peacetime in tructional pro dur · study existing undergraduate and grad ricula; to modernize curricula in an i i returning servicemen; and to u th time and energy to prepar him to b the mineral indu try and to b pro successful in the long run. In the proces of updatin ! ! faculty noted the importan of an . core'' of mathematic , phy i , m h m • hydraulic in all curricula, bu i h . . . emphasi on th "equally imp r nt • • Engli h, history, and economi . h • • I that the Mine had to pro id • coverage in technical ar a h • • . electricity, el ctroni , in • • • trophotometry, and in radi • • • Pr id nt Thom on • . • 11

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thr at of closure. But he did pressure his faculty to improve. He added one new building and made no great changes. J. Robert Van Pelt may well have been disillusioned. Succeeding him wa dwin Koch who served 14 years as presid nt. Of the three presidents, only Dr. Koch had prior academic experience. He added two new building , a playing field, and changed the name of th oll ge from the Montana School of to the Montana College of Mineral i nc and Technology. Edwin Koch appeared re 1c nt to make chang but did not alienate his fa ulty, Replacing him was Fred De Money, who will have erved the College a total of 12 y ar by the time he retire in 1985. A haper and hak r, De Mon y added four major n w buildin and thr e minor building , remodel d i tin buildin , added many campu imr v m nt , and tart d con truction of a new rin laboratory la room building. r d D Mon y did not achi v a high f rapport with hi fa ulty, he advan ed II tr m ndou ly.

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grams. Perhaps the high point of his accomplishment was launching the Challenge Plan which supplemented faculty salaries, increased scholarships, updated laboratory equipment, and even partially funded a new engineering laboratory and classroom building now under con truction. In short, the overall influence of this president was to keep the College at the leading edge, to maintain it as a viable institution of minerals engineering education.

FACULTY AND STAFF Faculty and staff who app ar in ''challenge years'' were selected on t ba i the following criteria: emeritu ta u , service, outstanding ervice to th oll g fessional accomplishment, and ud n tion. U fortunately, the e cri eria only many exemplary faculty and a rently teach at the College, bu al o left the college before attaining em ri In effect, precise criteria had to b abl · h order to maintain some degree of obj ti i • James H. Albert on came o h h of Mines in 1947 a an in r Humanities and Social Sci n was full profes or by 1968 and man of this department from 197 fessor Albertson retired in 1976. Jim Albert on origina I Western Montana College in Dillon years. World War II then in rrup d hi tion, and he saw active ervice a a mander in the U.S. Navy. Lat r h the University of Wa hington h r B.A. and M.A. degree m Am ri n American Tran cend ntali m a specialty. Many student fondl r as ''Mr. Existentiali m. '' In 1955, Albert on program at the Min and, a ing hi career, rv d a f Re Metallica, th Ma ma, Profe or Alb rt on l o

They also helped him present Bureau budgets with conviction. Hence, Sid was highly suece ful in persuading the legislature to increase Bureau spending. As a result, the Bureau experienced tremendous growth from 1972-1982 when Sid Groff was director. Groff was born and raised in the Bitterroot Valley. He attended grade school and high hool in Victor, Montana. In 1941, he raduat d with a B.A. in geology from the Uni r ity of Montana. During WWII ombat, h fl w a a Marin orp pilot in th outh P ifi . Groff n xt r ived hi M.A. in g ology

from th Univ r ity of Montana in 1954 and hi h. . in ology from th Univer ity of Utah in 1959. h Montana tate Senat cited Groff in 1971. Al o h wa appointed to the General hni al Advi ory Committee of the Offic of oal R arch, U. . D partm nt of the Int rior. rim rily b au he promoted ignifi ant rch in coal and ground-water, Groff erved n num rou pr tigiou committe . He h ir d th Montana lnteragency Mineral Data oordination oun ii of th Montana at r v lopm nt A ociation. Groff wa al o r tary of th Gov rnor onf r nc and R lama ion and Minin La m mb r of h Montana Uni r it and am mb r of

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seniors presented him with an appre · ation award in 1967, 1969, 1970, and 1971. In 1968 Herndon was promoted to an a socia e professor, and in 1972, he attained the ran f II professor. Then in 1975, Charlie became hairman of the Engineering Science Departm n . Herndon originally graduated from an Antonio College in 1941 with an A o ia e o Arts in engineering and liberal arts. H r i

his B.S. in mechanical engineerm from University of Texas, Au tin, in 1943. received his M.S. in mechanical from UTA in 1958. Before coming to Tech, Herndon or 12 years in industry. He al o taugh on ari campuses which included the Um r · Texas, San Antonio College, the n r i Evansville, and California State Colleg . D rm his term at Evansville, he received th '' a orit Professor Award." While at a , h nominated for Who's Who in n ineerin . Herndon also received many honor teaching at Tech. He was awarded h 0 ding Educators of America award i I Society of Automotive ngin r the Teeter Award for Out tandm 1975. A registered profe ional Montana and a member of man

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Born in England, Nile came to the U.S. to complete his education. He received hi B.A. in Phy ic and Math from Reed College, Portland, in 1927. While teaching in thee area at New York University, Dr. Nile received his h. D. in 1931. His next ten year were pent as an A i tant Professor in Physics at Hamilton oll in Clinton, New York. In 1941 he moved on to Prine ton Univer ity, where he taught for one y ar. The South Dakota S hool of Mine

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Mines a wide background in chemi r . chairman of the Chemistry Departm n , h worked hard to improve the quality of in ru tion, especially as it applied to engin ring urricula. He also made notable impro m nt in laboratory facilities. In 1968, he b am D an o Academic Affairs. During the 1971-72 a a mi year, he had the distinction of er in president of the College. It wa in hi that he successfully brought befor th Regents the proposal to implem n d English and history. In 1972 Dr retired after 26 year of rvi o th • From 1944-1976, Lore ta full time in the College' librar . ed in Butte, she was Loretta Bu ried, becoming Loretta P ck. orm rl librarian at Montana ormal in Dil n years, she was a native of Jan ill After attending Rockford oll g at Illinois, Loretta obtained h r B. degrees at the University of Wi had experience in the Jan ill and the State Teacher Colle

nrollments. Upon his retirement in 1983, "Gus" wa known and re pected throughout the petroleum indu try. Moreover, his numerou contacts with indu try and his rapport with key alumni had nabled the College to draw in enviable amounts of money for cholarships and academic upport. And thi he accompli hed while till t a hing in th Petroleum Department. Stolz'

28 y ar at the College were, indeed, productive. • A Montana nativ , Koehler . Stout joind th rank of th Mining D partm nt a an i tant profe or in 1952. Promotion to o iat prof or came in 1958, and he became hairman of th ngin ering Scienc Departm nt m 1962. Then, in 1965, he became full proor and, in 1966, Chairman of th Engineerin Divi ion. inally, h had the di tinction of r in acting D an of Academic Affair from 1975-1977. o hler fir t came to Butt in 1942 to att nd th Mont na chool of Min . But the war int rrupt d hi ducation and kept him in the urop n Th atr from 1943-1946. and mpl t d

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BUILDINGS Completed in 1953, the PhysicsPetroleum Building provided pace for the Petroleum, Physics, and Applied Mechanics d partments. Although the $5 million bond i ued was only enough to cover the co t of a ba em nt and two stories, the building wa actually de igned to accommodate a third tory which wa to be added on later. Unfortunately, th additional funding never materialized. Thi building provide a total of 14,500 quar feet for clas room , office , to rage pa , and for variou laboratorie . A unique f tur of the building i the ''open well" which t nd from th ba ement to the ceiling of the p floor. The w 11 wa built to allow petroleum tud nt to tudy fluid flow under actual oil well ndition . Door wer located at different floor l v l to vi w the in id of the well. In dedicating h buildin , Pre id nt J. Rob rt Van Pelt made n p ropri t r mark: ''Thi building i not a m mori l to anyon ; it i a place to work." ri in lly built in 1959, th ud nt uildin nt in d 42,293 quar f t. r im t ly 2,600 qu r f t w d di t d r ffi p . A th tud nt b dy r II

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Office; Central Duplicating Offic h mailroom; Auxiliary Enterprise ; tud n newspaper and yearbook offices; and the food service. The total cost of the SUB to dat ha been $1,131, 890. Student fees paid 28 p r n o the total cost. Started in 1960 with $700,000 in pri a donations, the Alumni Coliseum wa ompl in 1965. To earn money, upport r old stadium stickers for $1.00 and po t r $50.00. After completion, student and a pitched in on M-Day to paint on - hird of 154-ton steel structure. Intended for football gam d American Legion baseball game , th oli was designed by architect Walter m built by Western Iron Work , Contin n crete, and Cahill-Mooney Con ruction. northwest corner behind homeplat , hr of concrete footing upport 1,34 seats are in tiers - nine row abo crosswalk and three rows below. h which opened with a ba eball am 1966, now also serves as home f1 Id for Copper Kings, a profe ion al ba ball The Heating Plant wa ompl at a cost of $178,742. With a to al o o square feet, thi building wa ntra 1 1 heat the College through a n t or pipes. The building al o pro id d for state vehicle . Walter building. dward A. B ntl e tied in th tr Metallurgy Buildin i th which was built in 1973. nu of Butte wa the contra tor. originally estimat d at 3 nearly $80,000. Many o h on campu ar pro 1d b Con i ting of 1,441 quar f de igned for u by cour e.

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Contractors for the new building are Volk Construction, Great Falls, general contractor; R.H. Glover Inc., Missoula, mechanical contractor; and Hiam Electronics, Butte, electrical contractor. Progress has been very good o far b cau of excellent weather and the overall ooperation of the prime contractor . When completed, thi new building will m t a critical need at the College for laboratory nd la room pace. The growing empha i on r ar h and profe ionali m will enable n in ring d partm nt to take advantag of thi n w facility one it i completed. Th a t-N utron Activation Laboratory ri inat d, in on pt, with an quipment grant rom th G n ral ood orporation in 1979. h r nt on i t d of a Kaman a t- utron n r tor valu d at $180,000. Montana i I tiv Hou Bill 841 provid d th $75,000 t bli h th NA lab in a hou e and prop rty olleg by the O'Leary family. ociat a i ted with drafting and maintena ce per onnel did the r mod lin . h lab b gan op rating in pt mb r of 1983. urr ntly th N Lab i an II nt r ar h fa ility for a urat d rin ti n f o y n and th r h mi al on titm c I.

Two interstate highways, one north-south and the other east-west, intersect less than three miles from the site. It should also be noted that,

in 1984, the Board of Regents authorized the establishment of a "Center for Energy and Mmeral Research" which will use the existing Montana Tech Research Center facilities as its headquarters and laboratory base. Overall, the n wly de ignated Montana Tech Research nter give promise of bringing to fruition Donald W. McGlashan's original expectations of a viabl re earch facility for the College.

MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY

members to do field work during their va ation time. When March left in 1962, Uuno ahinen was promoted from geologist to as ociate dire tor of the Bureau. Sahinen, who had been ith the Bureau since 1945, made headway in mo in the Bureau beyond economic geology into ground-w ter and coal. Uuno hired the B reau' first coal geologist, Ernie Gilmore, and then established a separate coal divi ion ithin th Bureau. He also hired Max Botz to do roun water work. Sahinen thus gave the Burea n impetus in coal and ground-water. Further expansion took place h n Sahinen started co-op program with i u tr .

He first did this with the Kootenai- lathea mapping program which enabled him to hir Willis Johns and open a field office in al· p II. The co-op programs in geochem oil am 1 · n and stream sediment sampling not generated many jobs for Mine tuden , u h programs also provided many gradua udent with thesis projects. Johns wa abl to 1 h students on many of these mappin d . These studies were important beca th stituted, in effect, the fir t geologi map this area of the tate. The e co-op o jects and growing ground-water pro at a time when coal activitie er elsewhere in the state. hu , the areas generated an analyti al n d water studies and provided ahm n cellent opportunity to impro h analytical capability. entuall to establish an entir anal ti Bureau and purcha e a orm strumentation, Probably the mo import trend in the Bureau und r development. A an on i able to recognize th pot n i tana. In 1966, he u g tion of land whi h h d b result, the 1967 I i la is ue. Th agreem nt. con iderably. A ult coal d v I pan ion

ACTJVITIE

name changed from the Amplifier to the Technocrat. More recently, it became a weekly publication and adopted a more professional looking newspaper format. Improved quality and publishing every week raised printing costs, but students have continued to support the Technocrat as a viable activity. Another active publication is the Magma which provides students with an opportunity to develop journalistic and photographic skills. Within recent years, Magma has greatly improvd und r a new faculty advisor. It ha definitely rown in tature and popularity a a pictorial hi tory and memory book. Almo t entirely in olor, the book now come out on time, in bud t, and i highly visible with it profe ional app arance. The n w HPER Complex not only exp nd d intramural to include organized sports, but it al o made availab e the rental of camping ar and downhill and cros country skis. Men, om n, a d o-r c activitie are available for Imo t v ry port. Offered are ba ketball, flag ootb 11, oftball, t nni , badminton, water polo, inn r-tub wat r polo, voll yba I, racquetb II floor hock y, pool, bowling, ping p g, nd, of our , handball.

M-Club receives help from Thomp on Distributing Company. Over the year , h coaches from the Butte Boxing Club (Do dan and Ron and Bill lgnatowiz) ha e sistently donated their time to M-Club mo After languishing for ral debate and forensics received a h adrenaline from Mr . Lucille Alt ho the College as an a i tant prof e or in From the time "the little lady'' arri and the time he left in 197 5, th ol formidable opponent. T am m mb r

usually engineering tudent . t th Jamboree in Pocatello, Idaho, Alt a coach by whom p aker would mo t Ii judged. A fre hman, Brian ayr 76 also gained honor at thi am 1970 he was a finali t in extemporan ou the 1973 Montana Intercollegiat p nament in Helena, Dale Hard and Connaha ('77) won fir t plac m n · In 1975 the peech team gain d n state recognition by winning h The Sweepstake - at th Bi Under Lucille Alt' coachin won the right to comp t n Oratory Conte t in P ori , Illin i . While other oil h

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available is shrinking. Currently, the College is making headway in protecting its investment by doing more to retain its student clients. Greater emphasis has been placed on orientation of new tudents through the ''Playfair'' activities which function as ice breakers to help students fit in ocially and to feel welcome at the College. As a re ult, tudents meet new friends at planned activitie and generally learn more about the Coll ge. Retention - of the investment - is the name of the game.

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Salonen was married to 19-year-old Ro Cellmer of Butte. After a 2-2-1 season in 1964, fo took another skid at the College, hitting h d pths three years later in a 0-6 campaign that the team fail to score in five gam . D pit fering athletic scholar hip for th fir t tim having a coach, Ray Braun, who dm into the major college and pro ran team managed only two win in nin portent of that team' futilit cam fact - when a player broke hi collarb running a pa pattern on p1 tur da . another climber in the coachin fi Arrney, got the Oredigger o er th h next year, guiding them to h ir ir t season (4-3-1) ince the M Auliff But Armey left, and a lim h nuso ....... ,. . .. hyperactive man with a n Ian n named Bob Riley wa hir d. R1l inh ri d some good player from th 1969 eluding Don Heater, a junior t ·1b would go on to b com th football player in the oll on both offen e and d f n

preciation, then declared the following day.

ampson's teams have ranked nationally from the foul stripe, including Puckett and Andre in the individual category. So did the 1958-'59 team, de pite a 3-13 record, and Battenberg's big winner in 1972-'73, led by Ted Ackerman's izzling 91 .4 percent accuracy mark, which led

th nation much of the season. T ch won the city hockey title with 12 win and a tie in 1952-'53. Led by Bill Peoples and teve Stani ich, the Oredigger battled for national ollegiate handball titles in the 1970 nd Bill ullen ended 35 years as the chool' ball coach in 1971, taking with him ix u hampion hip . Worn n port have come to the fore und r coache Jo Buy e and Linda h n tedt. La t year Schoen tedt' volleyball am fought it way into the lite NAIA national rn m nt at Rock Hill, South Carolina. lthou h the Or digger dropped all three of u match at national, they battled two team h pl d to third gam . hey fini h d with b t voll yball record in chool hi tory 40-5 h Or digg r , who hav b en led by I nt d pl y r lik Mi h 11 mith and Julie lin, hav won thr trai ht ronti r 11 yb II rown and two Di tri t 12 row A vi tory in th bi-di tri at t t ain d th m a pot in th na-

history. Both men and women participate in th Frontier Conference .. With the opening of th

HPER Complex in 1980, nearly e ery imaginable sports need can be accommoda ed be it individual, club, intramural, or i ercollegiate. An active Booster Club, cholar hip an alert staff, a supportive admini tration and excellent acilities now make a ailabl something for nearly anyone who wan o r ticipate in a sports activity.

CURRICULA Prior to 1951, the College bachelor of science degrees in only f e ar mining, metallurgy, the metallurgy-min ral dressing option, geology, and p rol u . (Because mineral dressing was listed a an option in metallurgy, there were, in effect, onl four degrees.) Since 1951, the College implem n twelve additional undergraduate degree programs but lost two of these. Thu , t oll currently offers a total of 14 undergra degrees. When industry rain engineers with less specialization, the ol itiated an engineering science prog am in Emphasizing mathematic , th ph i I engineering science , and ngin rin and design, this ne ro ram graduates with a broad ngin rm b In 1968, the Colleg had it fir r u engineering science. Th r ob r Leroy Latim r, Charle jungb r Loomis, Thoma Dou I Richard Rule II, nd Sargent. In addition to th ng n rm the 1963 academic year al o m r point for a new d gr m oph · ing. It practical ppli ation in th r 1 ing p troleum and minin m tr logical addition to th und r riculum. h mmm ind r petroleum ind try, not ht on geophy ical m thod , ut play d an imp r nt ophy ici t w r d im 1 m h 1968, ry unf d n

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degree stresses scientific and engineering applications of the computer. Programming and data processing are also covered in the program. This degree has grown very rapidly and has parked high enrollment. Computer courses have also attracted engineering students who wi h to develop expertise in statistical analysis. The first graduating class in 1983 consi ted of Michelle Cook, Kristin Hoklin, Arlene LaBranh , Shelley Scott, Jeff Thomas, and Jim William . (Five of these were with honor.) The College's newest undergraduate d gree wa the B.S. in business administration which wa implemented in 1982. This curriculum had options either in the mineral industry or in h omput r cience field. Student in the in ral option develop an overview of the ineral indu try but could also function well in lat d indu tri . In the computer option, ud nt would acquire a broad background in omput r · nc applications. The College produ d it fir t bu ine graduate in 1984. A total

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Petroleum engineering leads enrollment figure , and mining engineering runs a strong econd. Metallurgy and geology are also olid contenders. From 1951 to 1984, the College added five new graduate degrees: petroleum engineering, engineering science, geophysical engineering, geochemistry, and industrial hygiene. mplemented in 1956, the first M.S. in petrol um

went to Aurelio Madrazo in 1959. 1969 mark d the beginning of the M.S. program in ngin ring science. In 1970, John Cavanaugh, r. received the first degree. The new graduat program in geophysical engineering came on lin 1 1971. John Suydam received the fir t d r · 1972. Geochemistry, which began in 1975, ha the distinction of being the fir t grad at pr gram within the Division of Art and i n In 1978, Dennis Jenke and Da id Obol were the first recipients of th . . i geochemistry. And the most recen addition graduate programs - the M.S. in i du t ial hygiene - came in 1982. Currently, there are eleven programs at the College. rom 1951 1984, the College granted 265 gradua The breakdown by degree i a follo . Graduate: 7

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ducation and changing the y tern tructurally. It wa rumor d that some campu e might be lo d. (It i intere ting to note that, ironically, th m dia que tioned Pettit' own credential , not only b cau h wa a political appointe , but al o becau e he wa Governor Judge' broth r-in-law. rom the very beginning, a politi al hadow wa ca t over the entir omm1 10n. ach community aff t d by the po ibility of mpu clo ure wa abl to gath r mmunition for it battl !) However, no one doubted that Pettit was the guiding hand, nor did anyone see him avoid onflict. In December of 1973, the Board of Regent censured Montana Tech for publi bing mi I ading information on a medical technology pro ram which it offered through the cooperation of t. Jame Hospital. Tech had apparently mi u d the word "program" which the Board on id red to be reserved for a '' degree proram." But he most serious threat to the Coll am in the form of inequities between nrollm nt and allocation of tate fund . The ituation r w ominou when Te h enrollment ur for 1973-74 dropped from 747 to 638 l y ar f ull-tim quivalent tud nt . nrollm nt fi ur lu Ribbon

not enough Tech students were from out id th immediate area; not enough were enroll d a d-

vanced students in engineering curricula. or all practical purposes, the staff though the ol was dying on the vine as a four-year in tit tion. Moving its upper classmen to Montana ta University was the staff' recomm ndati n t correct this situation. However, Commi i n .r Pettit made the mi take of aying th ommi sion had not heard from the p opl o The people rallied as only Butte an rail . industry and government l ad r throughout the United State al o am Tech's defense. Pettit and official in heard them loud and clear! During its three-month battle for rvival, the College received splendid ppor from the community, from alumni, and f om the minerals industry. Very in trumental a George Schotte, who headed the Butte o al Development Corporation and who a al member of the Blue Ribbon Commi ion Monninger of The Anaconda Compan convincing arguments that the edu ation o mineral engineers was importan to m survival. Jim Archibald of the Al mni A tion also defended the Colleg a did Senator Jimmy Shea. Denni Dola o Chamber of Commerce, wa qui k top ·n how much the College contnbut d t economy. And Bob Boulter of the successfully made the point that man could not afford to go out id the attend a four-year colleg . A very important a p c of support emerged when th Butt ment Corporation put up $20,000 Booz-Allen and Hamilton ana m sultants to develop a long-ran e plan for the Col eg . hi pl n authorative study by a well kno n manazement consulting firm and pro d ·n 1 pe~~.~~:, refuting the di memberm nt the Commi ion' taff. h mi ion conduct d a p bhc h S ptember 25, 1974, and dehberation m lat O t b r. the Booz-All n nd I v ry convin ing futur d v lopm nt h m t r pla 1

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Education made its final recommendation in 1974 that "Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology should remain a highly specialized institution for instruction and research related to the minerals industries and supporting disciplines." In 1984, the College entered its 84th conecutive academic year as a four-year institution. At the same time, its enrollment was up 153 percent from 1974, the year the Commission staff re ommended closure. Yet enrollment was down i ht perc nt from 1983! Who knows what the brav new world of the next decade may hold for the word ''viable.'' The thought is intriguing v n challenging. Can "the college on the hill" afford to f el cure, to be complacent?

ntuall , th taff project dire t r, P t - finally panned down a - to th numb r f thou ht. would b th minimum numb r th u nd

As a result of the Commission' firm of Booz-Allen and Hamilton wa employed to conduct a separate analy i lege. Their report, a direct re ult o Commission's charges, has been u ed time and tim again as a data resource and for the re omm nd tions concerning Montana Tech' future. h often quoted the Booz-Allen and Hamilton findin Those findings were of inestimable alu : n t nl for the Commission, but also for d d since that time. Because enrollment goal were ed, enrollment pressure convmc d u physical plant had to be enlarged and Consequently, variou building ha structed or remodeled in the interim. building came another anchor in th dicated the permanence of Montana physical plant has improved imm n I and capacity since the day of the

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