Mines Magazine Turns 100 - the Timothy and Bernadette Marquez ...

“The Magazine is to be a monthly paper devoted to technical articles, anabstract of new books and current articles, school affairs, athletics andalumni notes … It is expected that the Magazine will be the means ofbringing the members of the Association closer together.”Colorado School of Mines Magazine Editor, Jay Lonergan 1905October 1910, inaugural issueYearsAn independent publication of the Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association, The Colorado School of MinesMagazine cost 25 cents per copy or $1.50 per year in 1910—a price that held steady for more than 20 years. Itmeasured 9 3/4 x 6 inches and was illustrated on the cover with a rose entwined with an oak leaf. There was onlyone photograph in the 18-page first edition: a stern image of the football coaching staff, athletic director andteam captain.For the ensuing 60 years, The Colorado School of Mines Magazine served the dual purposes of keeping alumni intouch with each other and the school, while also disseminating research and practical information among a highlyspecialized group of geotechnical professionals. Part industry journal, part community journal, the publication drewstrength from Mines’ focused mission. While most college alumni magazines have historically aimed to engagealumni with news from campus, sports, class notes and a handful of general-interest feature articles, ColoradoPart I: 1910 – 1960School of Mines Magazine was able to do this and more, delivering practical and often highly technical articles thatcould have an impact on its readers’ professional success. Starting in the ’30s, special issues began focusing onBy Bill Eckley specific disciplines such as petroleum, mining and metallurgy. While issues typically numbered about 48 pages,andthe annual petroleum editions of the ’50s and ’60s frequently exceeded 150 pages, densely packed with long anddetailed papers.Nick SutcliffeLaunched as strictly a publication of the Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association, the magazine’srelationship to the school has gone through a number of changes over the years. Published with frequent messagesfrom the school president and run from offices on campus, The Colorado School of Mines Magazine started out withclose ties to the school. However, in 1920, a conflict between the administration and the magazine resulted intemporary eviction from campus and the resignation of then editor C. Erb Wuensch ’14. In 1928, deterioratingrelations precipitated a move to Denver, and it would be 30 years before the alumni association and the magazine(renamed The Mines Magazine in 1932) would come back to Golden. The 1958 return to campus marked a turningpoint in the relationship, which while turbulent at times, remained fundamentally cooperative through the presenttime. In fact in 2000, with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Colorado School of MinesAlumni Association and the school, Mines Magazine, as it had been titled since 1976, became a jointly sponsoredpublication under the still more abbreviated title, Mines.To mark the magazine’s 100th anniversary, we offer an abbreviated history in two parts. With about 40,000pages published, our story of Mines magazine will be gleaned from samplings taken at 10-year intervals: 1910,1920, 1930 and so on. Part I covers the years 1910 – 1960, Part II, slated for the spring issue, will cover theremaining years. To augment this retrospective, and to enable readers to take their own journey through the lastcentury of Mines magazine, more than 100 issues have been scanned and made available on the newly updated18 Fall/Winter 2010Mines magazine website (magazine.mines.edu) as searchable PDF documents.Celebratinga Century ofMinesMagazine