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100 years ago

January 29, 1908

The Carnegie Tech Mining Club kicked off the semester with its first meeting. According to a Tartan article, “a delightful assortment of fruits and cakes was served.” On top of the food, a speaker who studied mining was there to answer questions about pertinent issues, such as black lung and creative substitutions for daylight.

50 years ago

February 11, 1958

The Tartan made a resolution to quit smoking, or at least quit printing smoking ads. It failed with flying colors. Flashy ads speckled the newspaper this week, featuring comics and jokes to get the reader in a swinging nic fit. One comic for Winston cigarettes featured brawling gladiators who resolved their differences over a smoke. If Russell Crowe...

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