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THE A PLIFIERMontana College of Mineral Science and Technology

Vol. XI, No.8Friday, April 1. 1966

Teaching methods in question"There's a story in Greek myth- and opinions that he had stuffed

ology about the Goddess Circe into them, subject to classifica-and how she turned strong, brave tion by a number or a letter.men into swine. I saw that hap- Swine."pen in a classroom. I watched Further on in the article, Mr.students-human beings-turned Leonard writes another paragraphinto swine." which is a sharp and critical

evaluation of teachers."The teacher who relies heav-

ily on tests and exams does nothave to concern himself with thelearning process. He can simplyassign lessons, then later test hisstudents to see what they havelearned on their own. This is notteaching. He can continue to usethe lecture method, that out-moded, one-way form of non-communication that may be de-fined as the easiest way to getmaterial from the teacher's note-book to the student's notebookwithout touching the student'smind. This is not teaching. Hemay go on giving great weightto mid-term and final exams,which is not helping studentsdiagnose their problems, but giv-ing a test to give a mark. Thisis not teaching.In a box specially marked off

to summarize into a nutshell, thefollowing appears:"Heavy testing often hides poor

teaching.""To the extent that we rely on

tests we reveal our lack of faithin the human capacity to learn.""The present system of testing

is less an invitation to learn thanan invitation to cheat. Morally,the student is wrong to cheat.Educationally, he may be quiteright.""Statewide or nationwide test-

ing can block basic changes ourschools so badly needed.""Testing Vs. Your Child" is

truly an eye-opener. Anyone se-riously interested in teaching andlearning should find it most stim-ulating.

The above is the opening para-graph of an article which ap-peared in the March 22, 1966issue of Look magazine. LookSenior Editor, George B. Leon-ard, wrote this very illuminatingarticle entitled, "Testing Vs.YourChild." Mr. Leonard was quotinga graduate student, who wasteaching in an experimental class,designed to encourage studentsto learn for the sheer joy oflearning-without testing, with-out grading. Mr. Leonard elabo-rated his opening paragraph withthe following information."The professor was un e a s y

about the whole thing," the grad-uate student, who taught in theexperimental class, went on. "Hewasn't sure that every memberof his class had been readingexactly what he assigned them.So one morning, he walked tothe front of the class, lookedaround and said, 'Get out a blankPiece of paper and number itone through ten.' As the studentsrea~ized what was happening,their faces changed. The light intheir eyes dwindled to somethingshamefuL The professor reeledO~ften questions-factual, petty,SImpleminded- and then askedthat the papers be passed to thefront. He said, 'As you all know,there are no tests or grades inthis class,' and tore them up. Butthe .damage was .done, he hadremmded them Just what hethought of them. He was the~eacher. They were pupils-lim-'ited, slightly less than humanexpected only to regurgitate fact~

New student council holdsfirst meetingThe regular meeting of the

Montana Tech Student CouncilWas called to order Wednesday,March 16 in Room 109of the Stu-dent Union Building. WilliamRobinson, the new presidentcalled the meeting to order.

Under old business, the namesof the newly elected officers wereannounced. They are WilliamRobinson, president; John Sutey,delegate; and Mary McGrath,secretary- treasurer.

Dave Kneebone, president ofthe Circle K Club asked the Stu-dent Council for a $216appropria-tion for his club. Kneebone stat-ed that the club needed the moneyto sponsor "College Day" whichthe organization plans to hold onA.pril 27 and 29. The purpose ofCollege Day is to get high schoolseniors acquainted with MontanaTech. Plans for College Day in-clude a convocation at whichfaculty and student body mem-bers will speak. There will alsobe a tour of the campus and someof the classes and labs. TheSeniors will then conclude theirVisit with refreshments beingserved in the gym. Students willcome from Butte Public, ButteCentral, Anaconda Public, Ana-Conda Central, Deer Lodge andseveral other small schools in thearea. Friday night, April 29,

there will be a dance for every-one 'in the Sub, which will windup the program.Leona Harrison asked if the

General Students Club could usethe Sub for their Talent Showwhich is to be held on March 26.The motion was made and sec-onded and the club will 'be ableto use the building for the show.

A suggestion was also madethat a phone log book be put inthe Sub and when the studentscall out they will have to signthe book. The book will be paidfor by the school, and will allowstudents to call out, which theycan not do now.Dean Stolz also made a sug-

gestion, which was passed by theCouncil as a resolution later, thatthe Sub and Library be closedduring all convocations. It ishoped that there will be betterattendance at the convocations ifthese two buildings are closedduring these sessions. So fromnow on they will be closed duringthe convocations.It was also suggested that the

notices that are printed for thebulletin board should be printedon colored paper so as to attractattention of the students.The Council also is dwelling

over the thoughts of holding aconvocation to discuss the ma-jority and plurality provisions ofthe constitution.Dave Koskimaki made a motion

to adjourn the meeting and it wasunanimously seconded and themeeting was adjourned.

BUTTE, MONTANA

Coming eventsApril 2, Saturday - Easter

recess begins.April 4, Monday - Faculty

Wives, 8:00, 109 SUB.April 5, Tuesday-Newman

Club, 7:30, 109 SUB.April 6, Wednesday-Circle

K 12-1:00, 109 SUB.'April 7, Thursday-Student

Wives, 8:00, 109 SUB.April 12, Tuesday-c-Che s s

Club, 7:30, 107 SUB.April 1'5,Friday-Placement

interviews, Continental. Oil.Representative: Mr. Chandler,refining department. Dr. Grif- .fiths in charge.

High school seniorattends TechWalter Olsen, a senior from

Butte High School, is also now at-tending Montana Tech. Walteris taking a math course in themorning from 8:00 to 9:00.Walter is interested in comput-

ers and physics. During the sum-mer he' works on computers forthe Montana Power Co. He planson attending Montana Tech nextyear, majoring in physics andmath. Walter hopes that Techwill start offering degrees inphysics and math so he will beable to finish school here. Hehopes to do graduate work an.dlater work as a government PSYSl-cist, He says that geological en-gineering would be his secondchoice of majors.He says, "The faculty at Mon-

tana Tech is the best I have everencountered." He also thinksthat Tech is the only school thatwould offer him the opportunityand privilege of attending collegebefore he has graduated fromhigh schooL He believes that anyaverage student could attend bothhigh school and college withoutmuch trouble.Walter 'is a member of the Band

and Chess Club at Montana Techand rates chess as one of hisfavorite hobbies.At Butte High School, Walter

is a member of the Chess Club,Science Club, Key Club, GermanClub, and the Tri-M Club. He isan outstanding member of theButte High Band and was elect-edinto the Thespians. He par-ticipated in the All-School Play,the Senior Play and the Juniorand Senior Talent Shows.During the summer months

Walter enjoys prospecting andrunning cross-country.

Chess tourneyin progressTryg Forsyth, president of the

Chess Club, has announced therewill be a chess tournament start-ing March 15and running throughMay 10.Each tournament player is re-

quired to submit one dollar tothe club to insure he will bepresent at each of the scheduledgames. If he does not make allthe games the dollar will be putinto a fund to buy new equip-ment for the club.The winner of the tournament

will be awarded a book donatedby Dr. Smith. The members ex-pect the book will pertain tochess.The club meets every other

Tue-day night at 7:30 a.m. in theSUB building. New members arewelcomed to attend the meetingsbut will be unable to play in thetournament as the roster is al-ready drawn up. Any new per-sons planning to come to themeetings are asked .to bring theirown board and men as there isa shortage of them.

The Los Diablos Band.

Talent show bigCalling themselves "The Los

Diablos Band," several MontanaTech students formed the firstplace winner in the Talent Show,Saturday, March 26. Playing twopopular songs, Spanish Flea andTijuana Taxi. the band won the

_vote of the judges as they thrilledthe large audience with theirprofessional delivery of the num-bers. Members of "Los Diablos"were Ron Backer, Bob Wilson,Tony GaUigos, Bob Hutt, TerryKivela, and Joanne Baird.Second place winner was Steve

Percival with a folk piece fromSpanish music. For his compe-tence with the difficult techniqueinvolved in rendering SpanishFlamingo music, Perceival re-ceived a check of fifteen dollarsfor his efforts. Members of "LosLiablos" received a check fortwenty-five dollars to split be-tween themselves.Third place ended in a tie be-

tween Ann Robinson and FredBooth. Miss Robinson gave sev-eral renditions of modern dancenumbers. Booth, doing th~ dif-ferent successfully, won a tendollar' check for his delivery ofa soliloquy from Shakespear'sHamlet. Ten dollars was also pre-sented to Miss Robinson.Ten acts were competitive in

the evening of talented numbers.Other students who took part inthe show were George Volsky,Bob Morine, and Gary Davidsonplaying several popular songswith Volsky singing. Ann Robin-son and Carol Rask teamed to-

successgether to entertain with severalsong leads blended into one con-tinuous number. MissRask playeda ukulele for the number. HilmaSmith sang a trilogy of songs toa unified theme. Hilma was ac-companied by Joanne Comstockon the piano. Gene Galovic, BillGoodman, and J 0 h n Sullivanplayed guitars and sang severalsongs from "The Kingston Trio"albums.Delighting the males in the

audience, Sheryl Harrington, Col-leen Coles and Helen Robertsperformed a modern dance intight black costumes. Bob Seideland his wife Lois did a hillbillyskit to piano music played byMrs..Seidel's mother, Mrs. Miller.Following the Talent Show, a

dance was held with the musicprovided by the Dardenelles.Sponsored by the General Stu-

dent Club, the Talent Show wasthe first ever to be held at Mon-tana Tech. From the unexpectedlarge turn-out and the excellenttalent of the competitors, it isdecided that the General Stu-dents will sponsor the show asan annual event.Responsible for the fine organ-

ization of the show were JohnSullivan, president of the Gen-eral Student Club; Tim Clark,vice president, and Leonne Har-rison. Donald Gene Albright atleast tried to act as master ofceremonies by telling several off-color jokes and generally deridingseveral personalities.

Steve Percival.

Page Two THE AMPLIFIER Friday, April I, 1966

Be a -good teacher'A growing number of teachers, particularly the younger ones,

are making serious evaluations of their profession, and what thetrue nature of it is. Their findings, and especially their evaluationsare long overdue, but it is an encouraging sign, maybe. They arewondering, in a spirit of skepticism, when not outright cynicism, aboutthe testing programs utilized by teachers. Such questions as, "Doestesting, by multiple-answer questions, true and false, names and dates,result in a true indication of what a student learns?" They say, "No,not really."

What results from this quick, easy solution to a very importantproblem is that students cram to memorize all .they can for a test,and then, when the nerve-racker is over with, forget nearly all ofwhat ithey memorized. You and I, being students, know how truethis is. If you are critical, then most probably you find testingmethods dissatisfying. If you are serious about an education, andwant to learn because you enjoy it, then probably you feel insultedby the dictate to attend classes, or else. If you think that class dis-cussions with other students, and with the teacher, are excellentstimulants to thought, the epitome of learning, then you must besick to your stomach, and your mind, with classes at this institution.

All of will be teachers in our future lives. Some will make ittheir profession, while others will be teachers less directly. Therewill be a few very, very important facts to remember when teachingsomeone else, particularly the young. Never pose as being knowledge-able and intelligent by using whatever power you may have. Re-member that you can never force anyone to learn. You must stimu-late pupils by being enthusiastic yourself, and by being just, at alltimes, to all persons. Never punish another for his opinions. Always.remain true to yourself and your word. The purpose of an educationis to learn the truth. A teacher who is a hypocrite is the most pervert-ed mockery of truth in existence.

-Tom Downey

Mohamed and the mountainMatriculants to Montana's university system, vis-a-vis an imagined

educational torpescence and its thankfully inimitable breed of ad-ministration, generally feel justified in affecting the histrionics ofprofessional mourners. Yet, though Montana's educational mien couldbe better, its intellecutal mean could hardly be worse and, ironically,the few pearls to be found generally end smelling vaguely of the sty.

The reasons for this lie only in part in the defferential treatmentgiven differential calculus, of spin resonance over Spinoza, since thistrend has been characteristically pre-eminent in America for the pastdecade. This tells no tales of Mohamed, the mountain, or Montana.Its de facto stifling of avant-gardism seems to proceed from anubiquitous passivity among the students themselves, from the beliefthat, by surrounding himself with books, professors, and other learnedstuff, one can slurp up the necessities of a liberal education.

Ultimately the test for erudition has degenerated into a meaning-less mental regurgitation with the exposition seldom exceeding theoriginal exposure. Only when the capacity to write supplants thiscapacity for rote, when the Montana students, like Mohamed, realizesuccess is more contingent on self-initiated action than on faith(whether in Allah's ability to move mountains or in a preternaturaleducational osmosis), will Montana develop something other thannso-backwash cultural opportunities.

Yet one must remain sceptical; Horatio Alger and Mohamed aredead and, for the present at least, the avant-garde in Montana is facedwith the tediousness of truculent hostility or sanctimonious "under-standing" based on bad guessing.

- -Steven Percival (

Win - but loseIt has often been stated that a person, although he wins, has

actually lost in the long run because he didn't play the game right.This is all so true in most athletic endeavors in the world today. Wetend to stress only winning-a contest by any and all means possible-without regard to sportsmanship and fair play. The idea of sports-manship and fair play are rapidly fading away on today's athleticscene. We cannot .and must not let these ideas take a back seat towinning. After all, the purpose of athletics is to produce fine well-rounded individuals.

If we _take a good close look as to the causes of this lack ofsportsmanship, we can see fault in the coaching philosophy of today.Many coaches place much too much emphasis on winning gamesrather than developing character and good athletic practices. Thepressures on the participants are so great that they take the fun outof sports. We see this evidenced more and more in the Americanuniversities and colleges. They make the game more of a job or anobligation to a scholarship rather than a relaxing pastime. The hardfacts are you either produce or else, and in trying to produce wet~nd to eliminate the idea of sportsmanship. The word now on theathletic field is kill, where the phrase should be win and win in asportsman-like manner.

My thought in presenting this article is the idea of giving athleticsback to the participants rather than all-out victory for the glory ofthe coach or master. In doing this we will automatically instill thisforegone idea of relaxation and sportsmanship back into athletics.Make it an enjoyable pastime rather than. a job or obligation to ascholarship.

-Don Brunell

1984 commented onRecently some Eng lis h 102

classes were assigned to read Or-well's Nineteen Eighty Four tobe used as reference in their termpapers which will be due in May.The following are a few opinionsgiven on the text:Isaac Errett, "I believe we are

heading for a socialistic state,and nothing short of an unex-pected global disaster will pre-vent democratic forms of gov-ernment from being a thing ofthe past. A strong possibility ex-ists for a world state's cominginto existence, but I think it willnot exist to such despairing de-grees as the world described in1984. With the tremendous in-creases b population men mostlikely will submit to graduallosses of liberty as a necessaryway of life."Rick Baumgartner: "I refuse to

answer on the grounds it maytend to eliminate me."Tom Kurilich, "It gives an idea

of how good our .govemment is,so don't abuse it or you maywind up like Winston Smith."Tom Caddy, "A government,

such as the one decribed in Or-well's "1984," will never happenbecause the people will alwaystry to congregatge to overthrowsuch a government. The proles,as in the above mentioned book,will never be that disinterestedin their government, they willalways want to know the truthand they think they have foundthe truth. Of course, there aresome people like the proles, butthere is a greater majority ofpeople who want to know whattheir government is doing andhow they are doing it."Loyal Johnson, "Although I

haven't finished reading 1984 Ido not believe it is possible forthis type of society to develop asOrwell's novel portrays it. Thefact that even today, a majorityof the people are being influ-enced and controlled by a smallminority is a reality."Robert Stratton, "I think for

such a government to come intobeing in the first place would beimprobable because if it didcome about all free men wouldhave to stop thinking."Kathryn Reed, "I think it is

pretty shocking in some aspectsbut yet it reveals the way lifecould someday be, but I doubt ifthis way of life will ever developto such high degrees in America.To me, this book is very de-pressing, and I find I can't stopthinking about it and mulling itspossibilities of existence in ourworld. The moral breakdown israther shocking and the feelingof lack of care. Suspicion on ev-ery hand, children pitted againstparents, friend against friend andhusband against wife."Joe McManus, "I'll let you

know after I finish reading it."Ann Robinson, "I believe that

the possibility of Orwell's 1984ever becoming a reality is veryunlikely. First of all, we live ina time where Christianity is tooprevalent, where a belief in Godis strong. Secondly, the peoplenowadays would never let them-selves become slaves or prisonersto such a ridiculous way of life,especially the citizens of the

AMPLIFIER STAFFCo-editors _ Thomas Downey,

Ernest Bond

Fifth page , Barbara Angove

Sports editor Steve Hallock

Business manager .Marilyn Smith

Reporters: Don Brunell, Patrick Dawson,Dwight Eck, Dennis Fraker, RobertLussy, Marjorie McGarry, Steven Per-cival, George Volsky, Dan Wilmot.

Publications Committee: Mr. Taylor, Mr.Young, Mr. Simon, Dr. King.

Published monthly during the Rca-demic year by the Associated Studentsof Montana College of Mineral Scienceand Technology, Butte, Mont. Postagepaid and entered as second class matterat the Post Office, Butte, Montana59701.

Go find a geologistIf you have any respect for the great outdoors you should take

a look at the field of geology. What other profession can afford tolet one sit on the side of a mountain and take in all 'the wonders ofthe earth? How else can one be overwhelmed by the complexity ofcolors, materials, and all the vital processes of the earth and the -uni-verse?

To those students of ancient history-go find a geologist. Thegeologist will. unfold the story of the earth which is about 5 -billionyears old plus the story of the universe which is untold eons old.

To those students of modern history-go find a 'geologist. Hewill tell you the story of the changes that take place on the earthand in the universe every day. Some things that most people neversee or take time to notice.

To those students of the future-go find a geologist. You will begiven a vision of what the earth will look like in the far future provid-ing man does not see fit to annihalate all life on, the earth.

The geologist is working on the processes of the earth that arevigorously and constantly molding and remolding the landscapes.

A week or so ago three friends of mine and I went out into theJefferson Canyon hunting fossils. We wanted to get away from thedrudgery of books for a while and read a part of the story of theearth that was implanted many millions of years ago. Everyone re-turned with renewed vigor and the cares and worries of the morningwere replaced with a renewed dedication toward the goals we setbefore coming to Montana Tech.

Back at the dorm, in a state of euphoria, I did this take-off on the23rd Psalm:

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makethme to walk in the high mountains; He leadeth me beside thetumbling waterfalls. He restoreth my faith in humanity. Heleadeth me through the mountains and the valleys for man-kind's sake. Yea, though I walk on the edge of the raggedcliffs high in the mountains, I will fear no element, for Thouart with me; Thy sunrise and Thy sunset they overwhelm me.Thou preparest a table of the past, present and future beforeme; Thou annointest my life with fond memories; my friendsare without number, Surely, I shall follow nature's ways allthe days of my life, and God willing, I shall dwell in thishouse of the Lord forever.

-Ernest Bond

Tech coeds work on campusMany industrious lasses have found employment on the Montana

Tech campus, These jobs are offered through the assistance of theOffice of Economic Opportunity. The college pays a small portionof the salaries and the rest is subsidized with federal funds.- This act made it practical for the college's professors and staff

to hire extra typists and clerks. Students benefit from this act byreceiving the chance to earn money. Wages range from $1.25 anhour to $1.50 an hour. Most of the girls work fifteen hours a week.

The majority of the jobs are for typists, but there are also op-portunities for those with other skills and training.

Judy Stolingwa assists Mrs. Peck in the library. Pat Thompsoncombines her course in subology with work. She's the girl who picksup after everyone in the sub. Thanks to Pat we can all sit at cleantables even if some people neglect to clean up after themselves.

Kay Lear, Helen Roberts, Margarette Berryman and LorrettaDowney all work for IMr. Young. Dr. Habashi's diligent assistantsare Gayle Robbins and Helen Ann Loggins. Gayle also works forDr. Griffiths. Judy St. Onge types and files.

United States, who live under asomewhat democratic and freegovernment. People who have'tasted freedom would be verydifficult to bring under a strictand unjust government."Dan Kopp, "1984?"Kerry Hanifan, "I found 1984

a very interesting book and Ifeel that everyone should readit if possible."

Brad Cockhill, "The possibilityof the world coming into suchan extremely controlled state isnon-existent. As far as I'm con-cerned, Orwell was a dreamer."John Suydam, "1984" is, to me,

an unrealistic fantasy that com-pletely ignores human nature aswell as man's ability to reason.Outside of that it is a prettygood book."

Friday, April 1, 1966 THE AMPLIFIERPage Three

Mineral club plans

Emblem and tripThe Mineral Club is planning

field trips and new activities forthe spring season. Pete Knudson,vice-president of, the club, hassome ideas for projects and trips.In their last meeting the mem-

bers discussed plans for a newproject. They have decided tobuild a school emblem. For thepast two weeks they have 'beenplanning the emblem. It will bemade with sami-precicus stones,and it will have copper letters.The size of the emblem has notbeen decided yet. The membershave not picked a place to putthe emblem. but it will be seenon the campus. The stones them-selves will be mounted in plastic.Last year the club took their

field trip during the fall to RubyMountain near Alder. In the lastmeeting, they discussed theirspring field' trip which will beplanned as soon as the weatherwill permit.The group discussed a trip to

Dillon where they hope to findsapphires and petrified wood.Some of the rocks they find willprobably be used in making theMontana Tech emblem.New equipment is now avail-

able to club members. They havenew saws and a net set of sand-ers. Pete Knudson says that mem-bers can use the equipment dur-ing the week on school nights andon the weekends.

New ideas mayspark educationalutopiaExperiments in several areas

may eventually change the char-acter of education at all levels.The three most interesting areasSo far are these: (1) programmed.instruction, (2) devices, and (3)chemical aids to memory andlearning.Programmed instruction may

be in book form or may be in-corporated into simple and elab-orate machines. The basic prin-Ciple :is the same. Material isbr.oken down into small, consecu-tive, logically organized bits. Thes,tudent can check his responsesimmediately. Preliminary evi-dence indicates that for somesubjects, this is an effective wayof mastering material at the stu-dent's own pace, with a minimumof live instruction.Technological deivces are yet in

their infancy. Some machines forprogrammed instruction are elab-orate, and language labs arefamiliar to most students. Otherapplications include the electroniccampus, with computerized infor-mation retrieval and taped lec-tures. Some visionaries even seeapplications of electronics to in-crease learning capacity.Chemical aids to study (other

than drugs to keep awake oralert) are still few, although asmore is known about the brain,We may expect more research inthis area. Recent experimentswith RNA to improve the learn-ing of rats may suggest applica-tions for man.With the massing of knowledge

a pressing problem, perhaps sci-ence may be applied to help speedup education and to give it moredepth so that men may deal bet-ter with an open universe in ac-celeration.

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Future or bustAccording to a recent Time

essay, the future is not very faraway, since the acceleration ofknowledge makes the next 34years more full of potential thanthe last 66.What do some of the prophets

see by the year 2000?Three hundred and thirty mil-

lion Americans will be livingmostly in supercities or suburbs.Automobiles, smelly and danger-ous, may have ceased to exist,except in garages and museums.As a matter of fact, men likeMarshall McLuhan think thatpeople may work at home bytelevision and may not need tohit the freeways every morning.Climate will be controlled by

man to produce optimum crops.The ocean will be mined andfarmed. Medicine may be able toprolong life by preventing agingand supplying spare organs. Thetest tube babies of Brave NewWorld may spare women thepro b 1ems (and pleasures?) ofpregnancy.

Personality as well as learningmay be controlled by drugs andgenetic manipulation.

Work will be more a minorpart of life, except for a fewprofessionals, and men may spenda third of life being educated"a third working a few hours aweek, and a third' enjoying thefruits of their work and edu-cation.And will men be happy? Is this

a meaningful question?

Tech hostsscience fairButte High School will host the

District 3 State Regional ScienceFair at the Montana Tech gym-nasium on April 1 and 2.

On Friday night exhibit hourswill be from 7 to 9 and on Sat-urday from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.Judging will take place on Fri-day afternoon and the awardswill be given on Saturday after-noon.Forrest Wilson, principal of

Butte High School is president ofDistrict 3. Mike O'Leary, prin-cipal of Anaconda High School,is the vice-president and Lou-anne Bolitho, Butte High School,is the District treasurer. Mr. Wil-son will be the Fair director andMr. Stoltz will act as a coordi-natorbetween the judges.The judges were selected from

Montana Tech and other schools.Professors selected to be judgesfrom Tech are John McCarlinjudging astronomy and light, Ed-ward Holverson judging atomicenergy, electricity, and magne-tism, Keith Ensley judging chem-istry, William Cox judging ge-ology, A. J. Smith judging mathe-matics, and Charles Herndonjudging mechanics, heat; andsound.Schools entered in the Science'

Fair are Anaconda High, Ana-conda Central, Butte High, ButteCentral, Deer Lodge, Dillon,Lim a, Philipsburg, Sheridan,Twin Bridges, and Whitehall.Ninth grade students may enterthe Fair if they do not attend aJunior High School.Exhibits will include astron-

omy, atomic energy, electricityand magnetism, botony, chemis-try, conservation, geology, ~athe-matics medicine and physiology,mecha~ics, heat and sound, andzoology.

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54 W. Park Butte

Black is the colorof my love'strue heirWASP eugenists throughout the

Deep South were shaken by therecent publication of figures in-dicating that as many as 30 percent of the "whites" in Missis-sippi have non-caucasoid over-tones. Consequently, geneologistsare welcomed like the terminalstages of parrot fever and KKKfats from Shreveport to 'I'alla-,hassee have been caught withthe i r genes down. Hopefully,white supremists, confused as towhich tribe to collect coup for,will vent their ignorance else-where.

Conoeinq in Yukonand Alaska available

You can be a member of theAlaska Pioneer Canoers Associa-tion. You receive all informationon scheduled trips in Alaska orYukon. You can read ,the annualLog Accounts of each adventurewhich includes fishing informa-tion, maps, stories, prospectingaccounts, and river conditions.The annual cost for membershipis only $5.00.Two wilderness t rip s are

planned for the summer season.Both trips are for young men, age16 through 25. Next year tripswill be planned in accordance toyour: request as to age or sex. ?ogirls if you want to get up a trip,you had better write.Trip number one will be June

6 to 16 through Kenai Peninsula.It will be ten days of primitivecamping, exploring, fishing, por-taging, swimming, and other ac-tivities. This 10-day canoe tripwill cost $2'50.00.Trip number two will be July

11 to August 22 - the YukonRiver. It will be six weeks of pio-neering, canoeing, s w i m min g,fishing, exploring, fly tying, prim-itive camping, wilderness survivalexperience class, plus a groupdiscussion class, "Finding Our-selves in Nature." Prospectingwill be exciting and maybe re-warding.This 42-day trip will be from

Whitehorse, Canada to HolyCross, Alaska. It will cost $1,000.This includes everything exceptyour round trip from your hometo Whitehorse and from HolyCross to your home, your $2.00Canadian fishing license, and your$10.00 Alaska fishing license.For' this year's membership,

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Iranian visitsTech campusMohammed Reza Taherzadeh, a

resident of Rey City, Tehran,Iran, recently visited MontanaTech as a part of a tour of U. S.mmmg and mineral dressingoperations.Mister Taherzadeh is an em-

ployee of the Ministry of Econ-omy Mining Department, Tehran,Iran, as an Inspector of Mines-Advisor, and as such supervisesthe work of nine geologists andengineers. The organization in-spects and makes reports onmines, provides oral and writtenadvice to mine owners on safety,proper use of mineral reserves,methods of increasing production,proper utilization of manpower inmines, and instructs miners inmodern exploration and exploita-tion methods.Here Mohammed Teherzadeh

participated in the mine rescueclasses conducted by Donald E.Martin of the Bureau of Mines,February 28 to March 4, andvisited Montana Tech's mining,mineral dressing and metallurgydepartments on March 1 and 4.Thirty years old, Mohammed

Taherzadeh was born and raised'in Isfahan, Iran. He attendedTehren University from 1953 to19·57 earning a M.S. degree inmining engineering. From 1960 to1962 he attended the Plan Or-ganization Institute, majoring ineconomics, and in 1964 he wentback to Tehran University totake a literature and art course.Before going to work for the

Ministry of Economy, Mr. Taher-zadeh worked for the GeneralCompanuy of Mines and Smel-ters, Tehran, Iran, in the sectionof electrolytical refining and oredressing of copper ore, coppersmelting and cost accounting.Mr .. Taherzadeh is a member

of the Engineering Society ofIran, the Engineering Society ofIndustres and Mines, and of theIran-France Institute Library.

"We must look at the past notonly because it shows us howfinite we are, what creatures ofour determinations, but becausewe are also responsible agents inhistory and we must study thepast to free ourselves for the fu-ture. We must know the past, andthen we must not be preoccupiedwith it."-Reinhold Niebuhr

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Working for MontanaDo you kI:lOW that The Anaconda Company

mnually pays about $5 million in taxes inMontana? In the past year production fromthe Butte mines alone provided more than $1million in taxes for our Montana schools, stateand local governments. Property toxss in 20counties amounted to another $4 million. In1966 the Social Security taxes Anaconda paysfor its employees are expected to exceed $2million.

Taxes qre a heavy load on our operations,just as they are for every tax-paying citizen.We just like to point out that in paying ourshare, The Anaconda Company providesmoney for a lot of salaries and services. Wecan say our tax dollars are important-theywork for all Montana. .

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No fool like April'sBesides keeping March 31 from

run n i n g indiscriminately intoApril 2, the 1irst of April hastraditionally been reserved forthe unreserved as license for theidiocy and practical joking thatgoes on to a lesser degree everyday anyway.

Historians are as baffled aspsychologists as to its origins.Genetically this custom is be-lieved to have started centuriesago since it has reoccurred invarious c u l t u res at differenttimes. There are conjectures link-ing its beginnings with th€ pass-ing of the equinox which seemsto have a perverse effect on hu-man nature as well as on theweather. All Fool's Day has beenobserved in England since theMiddle Ages (apparently as some-thing the Renaissance missed),but its real success has been inFrance where the poisson d'avrilhas been plied since the thir-teenth century.

Closest to the American tra-dition, in date at least, is thatof the Hindus. They observe thisholiday (the word is used ad-visedly) on March 31 as a kindof reserve sacre d'passage. Unfor-tunately the "tricks" are gener-ally of a macabre nature resultingin fewer Hindus. ConsequentlyPakistan incorporated it as a na-tional holiday.

Americans were quick to adoptApril Fools' Day into their owncanon with t y pic a 1 inventivemodifications. Exploding cigarsreplaced 'exploding fakirs andpepper-in-the-crepe-sussat gambitevolved into flies in one's soup(or soup on one's fly). Thank-fully the observance of AprilFools' .Day hasn't been concom-itant with the advance in theAmerican genius for destruction.Definitively, the Americans

should have left these inanitiestd the French and perhaps thegreatest fools to be found onApril Fools' Day are those whostill observe it.

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Turnout poorfor trackCoach Gene Downey called for

all men interested in track topick a suit and begin workouts.But only eleven men have shownup so far and the call has beenout about a month now. Downeystated that he knew that therewere a number of boys attendingTech that could help the teamconsiderably if they would onlycome out. It is the lack of par-ticipation by talented lads thatmakes a season a losing one.

Downey also said that there isonly one letterman returning tothe squad this season. Many ofthe men who scored in the meetslast year can not participate be-cause of grades. In fact, threeout of four of the returning let-termen are ineligible because ofgrades. The only returning let-terman Tech has competing thisyear is Frank Koskimaki, a topflight middle distance runner andhonor student.

The boys who have turned outso far are Joe McManus, FrankKoskimaki, Carl Pack, CharlieSpeak Dan Piazolla, Greg Pear-son, H~ward Obenhoff, Bill Good-man Joe Balhieser, Robert Mor-riso~, and Paul Melvin ..

Coach Downey in looking overhis squad sees a lot of inexpe-rienced men comprising it. Infact, for some of the boys it isthe first time they have evercompeted in the sport, but atleast they -have enough interestand intestinal fortitude to comeout.

Although it is too early in theseason to predict how the menare going to do, Downey expectsgreat things from Carl Rack, JoeMcManus and Frank Koskimaki.Pack is showing a lot of talentin the pole vault, sprints andhurdles, while McManus is com-ing along real well in the dis-tances and Koskimaki is traininghard for the middle distanceaces. Downey terms these boysas dedicated and hard-workingathletes and feels that all of theirintense training will payoff whenthe meets roll around.

The Tech thinclads will jour-ney to Billings for the openingmeet of the season on April 16in the Letterman Meet.

"Commercial television' willhold little inducement for thewriter until he is given the powerwhich is his right: the power todetermine what he shall writeabout, how he shall write, andwhere it may be interrupted. Amedium in which a commercialis sacred while a script is infi-nitely violable cannot pretend todevelop an art form of its own."

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Handball tourney.now In progress

The annual handball tourna-ment started March 16 at Mon-tana Tech. The games are heldin the gym 'when it is convenientfor the scheduled players. A tro-phy will be awarded to the win-ner of the championship 'gameof both classifications. The en-tries for the singles are as fol-lows:Dan McVeigh, David Cohen,

Ted Tracy, Don Carkeek, FredJ ense, Tony Buraillie, Rich Mc-Laughlin, Jerry Flange, HarryPy, Less Ocks, Joe Mattiole,Terry Sullivan, Jim Benny, TerryAngove, John Sutey, HowardObenhoff, Doug O'Connell, JoeLee, Bob Corr, Phil Garcia, DanSebena, Joe Monahan, John Dris-col, and Mike Chapman.Entries for the doubles contest

are as follows: Dan McVeigh-Doug O'Connell, David) Cohen-Dan Piazzola, Ted Tracy-RichMcLaughlin, Don Carceek-MarkJohnson, Joe Mattioli-Les Ocks,Jim Benny-Terry Sullivan, TerryAngove-John Sutey, Joe Lee-BobCorr, Dan Sebena-Joe Monahan,Joe McManus-Howard Obenhoff.

The games will be played onan elimination basis. As soon asa contestant loses one game hewill be out of the tournament.

Those contestants in the sin-gles who have won their gamesup to present are: Mike Chap-man, Doug O'Connell, Dan Mc-Veigh, Dave Cohen, Ted Tracy,Fred Jense, Harry Py, FreddyFlange, Dan Sebena.

The winners in the doubles upto press time are: Dan Mc'Veigh-Doug O'Connell, Don Carceek-Mark Johnson, Joe Mattioli-LesOcks, Jim Benny-Terry Sullivan,Terry Angove-John Sutey.

"Man obviously needs far lessfor the best life than he thinkshe needs; and civilization as weknow .it is grounded on the tech-nique of complicating wants."-Northrup Frye"The object of educators ought

to be to get the people a goodeducation. But one of the un-fortunate results of the extremespecialization of education in theUnited States today is that thereis nobody who is concerned witheducation as a whole. Who isthere that is saying, let us getourselves the kind of educationthat Americans ought to have?"-Robert Hutchins

"America is the most over-medicated, most over - operated,and most over-inoculated countryin the world. It is also the mostanxiety-ridden country with re-gard to health. We are the weal-thiest country in the world-yetone of the unhealthiest countriesin the world."-Herbert Ratner,M.D.

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Friday, April 1, 1966

Eight attendprayer breakfastEight Montana Tech students

attended the sixth annual Gov-ernor's Prayer Breakfast Monday,March 14, which was held at theC. R. Anderson School in Helenafor our state's leadership in co-ope rat ion with internationalChristian leadership.The eight are Mary McGrath,

Margie McGary, Rena Richards,Tom Downey, Pete McFarlane,Bill Robinson, Mike Lewis, andBill Daily.The congregation of college

students and businessmen prayedfor divine guidance and help inguiding Montana through thetrials of statehood.

The meeting opened 7 o'clockMonday morning with an organprelude by Ernest A. Neath. Theinvocation was then given byRalph. Kenyon, state comptrollerfrom Helena, followed by enter-tainment by the Starlighters, aHelena high school choral group.A reading from the Old and

New Testament was given; aprayer was offered-, followed by ,a solo by Mrs. Betty Neiman and Nationally rankedthe guest speaker, General C. W.Abrens, Jr., Vice Chief of Staff, lifters to performu. S. Army, was introduced.

Governor Babcock gave a fewrem ark s on the speech andthanked everyone for' coming.America was sung and the bene-diction was given. The meetingwas then adjourned.

Carroll winsCarroll College of Helena, after

winning the Montana CollegiateConference and the District 5NAIA playoff, upset fourteenthseeded Bethune - Cookman Col-lege of Daytona Beach, Fla., inthe opening round of play in theNational Intercollegiate basket-ball tournament in Kansas City.The following day the scrappySaints were knocked out of theNAIA tournament by third-seed-ed Grambling of Louisiana.The' Saints were playing in

their first national basketballtournament.To gain entrance to the NAIA

championships, Carroll, after dis-posing of Eastern Montana in theMontana Collegiate Conferencetitle game, defeated the Collegeof Idaho in' the three-game dis-trict 5, playoff.

In the opening game in KansasCity, the Helena school downedBethune-Cockman 91-88 behindTony Sapit's 29-point scoring at-tack. In the second round, Gram-bling downed Carroll 95-86 withAll-American center Johnny Co-meaux leading the way with 33points. Carroll's Jim Mallard kepthis team within range but theSaints couldn't overtake the thefast Tigers.

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Three nationally ranked liftersare expected to lift in exhibitionat the M 0 n tan a AAU openweightlifting championships atRocky Mountain College, Billings,on April 16.

Lifting as extra lifters areIightheavyweight Joe Grantham,Color ado, middleheavyweightJerry Eng 1e mer t, Idaho, andheavyweight Gary Deal, Nebras-ka. All three have lifted in na-tional contests, including the 1964Olympic tryouts at the New YorkWorld's Fair where Engelbertplaced second, Grantham fourth,and Deal seventh. Engelbert alsoplaced second at 'the 1965 SeniorNationals.

Tech lifters who will partici-pate in the open are Tom Dow-ney, Pat Dooley, Steve Hallock,and Gary Mannix. Hallock liftedin the annual contest last year,and Downey and Dooley partici-pated in 1964. An three placed.

The Billings meet is the openMontana championships, that is,any lifters in AAU District 5may enter. Conversely, the Mon-tana closed championships, heldin the Butte Y on May 14, isopen only to Montana athletes.The latter determines Montanastate champions. Olympic liftswill be