Pulogalamu ya Hokie Gold Legacy imalola a Virginia Tech alumni kuti apereke mphete za kalasi zomwe zimasungunuka kuti apange golide kuti azigwiritsidwa ntchito mu mphete zamtsogolo zamagulu-mwambo womwe umagwirizanitsa zakale, zamakono ndi zam'tsogolo.
Travis "Rusty" Untersuber ali ndi nkhawa kwambiri akamalankhula za abambo ake, mphete yomaliza ya abambo ake mu 1942, mphete yaying'ono ya amayi ake komanso mwayi wowonjezera pa cholowa chabanja ku Virginia Tech. Miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yapitayo, iye ndi azilongo ake sankadziwa choti achite ndi mphete za malemu makolo awo. Kenako, mwamwayi, Untersuber adakumbukira pulogalamu ya Hokie Gold Legacy, yomwe imalola alumni kapena achibale a alumni kuti apereke mphete zakalasi, asungunuke kuti apange golide wa Hokie ndikuphatikizanso mphete zamtsogolo. Kukambitsirana kwa banja kunachitika ndipo anavomera kuloŵa nawo programuyo. "Ndikudziwa kuti pulogalamuyi ilipo ndipo ndikudziwa kuti tili ndi mphete," adatero Winterzuber. Miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yapitayo anali limodzi. Chakumapeto kwa Novembala, Entesuber adayendetsa maola 15 kuchokera kumudzi kwawo ku Davenport, Iowa, kupita ku Richmond kukachezera achibale awo patchuthi cha Thanksgiving. Kenako adapita ku Blacksburg kukachita nawo mwambo wosungunula mphete ku VTFIRE Kroehling Advanced Materials Foundry pa kampasi ya Virginia Tech. Mwambo wa mphotho, womwe unachitika pa Nov. 29, wakhala ukuchitika chaka chilichonse kuyambira 2012 ndipo unachitikanso chaka chatha, ngakhale ndi apurezidenti a Gulu la 2022 okha omwe adapezekapo chifukwa cha ziletso zokhudzana ndi coronavirus pa kuchuluka kwa anthu omwe amaloledwa kulowa m'mabungwe. Mwambo wapadera uwu wogwirizanitsa zakale ndi zam'tsogolo unayamba mu 1964, pamene ma cadet awiri ochokera ku Company M ya Virginia Tech Cadets-Jesse Fowler ndi Jim Flynn-anapereka lingalirolo. Laura Wedin, wotsogolera wotsogolera ophunzira ndi achinyamata omwe akugwira nawo ntchito, amagwirizanitsa pulogalamuyi kuti atole mphete kuchokera kwa alumni omwe akufuna kuti mphete zawo zisungunuke ndi kuchotsedwa miyala. Imatsatanso mafomu a zopereka ndi mbiri ya eni ake ndikutumiza chitsimikiziro cha imelo ikalandilidwa mphete. Kuonjezera apo, Ukwati unagwirizanitsa mwambo wosungunula golide, womwe unaphatikizapo Almanac of Trumpets yosonyeza chaka chomwe mphete yagolide inasungunuka. Mphete zomwe zaperekedwa zimayikidwa patsamba la anthu onse a alumnus kapena alumnae, kenako membala wapano wa komiti yopangira mphete amasamutsa mphetezo kukhala graphite crucible ndikutchula dzina la alumnus kapena alumnae kapena mkazi yemwe adavala mphete ndi chaka chophunzirira. Musanayike mphete mu chinthu cha cylindrical.
Ant Zuber anabweretsa mphete zitatu kuti zisungunuke - mphete ya kalasi ya abambo ake, mphete yaying'ono ya amayi ake ndi mphete yaukwati ya mkazi wake Doris. Untersuber ndi mkazi wake anakwatirana mu 1972, chaka chomwecho anamaliza maphunziro ake. Bambo ake atamwalira, mphete ya kalasi ya abambo ake idaperekedwa kwa mlongo wake Kaethe ndi amayi ake, ndipo Kaethe Untersuber adavomera kupereka mpheteyo pakagwa tsoka. Amayi ake atamwalira, mphete yaying'ono ya amayi ake idasiyidwa kwa mkazi wake Doris Untersuber, yemwe adavomera kupereka mphete ku mlandu. Abambo ake a Untersuber anabwera ku Virginia Tech pa maphunziro a mpira mu 1938, anali cadet ku Virginia Tech ndipo anatumikira ku Army atalandira digiri ya uinjiniya waulimi. Bambo ake ndi amayi ake adakwatirana mu 1942, ndipo mphete yaying'ono idakhala ngati mphete yachinkhoswe. Untersuber adaperekanso mphete ya kalasi yake kwa zaka 50 zomaliza maphunziro ake ku Virginia Tech chaka chamawa. Komabe, mphete yake sinali imodzi mwa mphete zisanu ndi zitatu zomwe zinasungunuka. M'malo mwake, Virginia Tech ikukonzekera kusunga mphete yake mu "kapisozi ya nthawi" yomangidwa pafupi ndi Burroughs Hall monga gawo la chikondwerero cha zaka 150 za yunivesite.
“Tili ndi mwayi wothandiza anthu kulingalira za m’tsogolo ndi kusintha zinthu, ndi kuchititsa anthu kuganiza za mafunso monga akuti, ‘Kodi ndingachirikize chotani? ndi 'Kodi ndingapitilize bwanji cholowa?'” Untersuber anatero. "Pulogalamu ya Hokie Gold ndi yonse. Ikupitilira mwambowu ndipo tikuyembekezera kuwona momwe tingapangire mphete yayikulu. ... Cholowa chomwe chimapereka ndi chamtengo wapatali kwa ine ndi mkazi wanga. Ndi lero. Ichi ndichifukwa chake tikupereka awiri a Untersuber, omwe adatsata mapazi a abambo ake ndipo adapeza digiri yaumisiri waulimi asanagwire ntchito m'makampani opanga zida zaulimi ndipo tsopano ali limodzi ndi mamembala angapo a komiti yopuma pantchito yopuma pantchito. 2023 mpheteyo ikadzadza, crucible imatengedwa ku maziko, kumene ndondomeko yonse ikuyang'aniridwa ndi Alan Drushitz, wothandizira pulofesa wa sayansi ya zinthu, The crucible potsiriza imayikidwa mu ng'anjo yaing'ono yotenthedwa ndi madigiri a 1,800, ndipo mkati mwa mphindi 20 golideyo imasandulika kukhala mawonekedwe a Hardy, Victorian Komiti ya Virginia omaliza maphunziro mu 2023 ndi digiri ya uinjiniya wamakina ndi sayansi yamakompyuta, adavala zida zodzitchinjiriza ndikugwiritsa ntchito pliers kuti anyamule chiboliboli kuchokera kung'anjo, ndikuloleza kulimba kukhala kampando kakang'ono ka golide "Ndikuganiza kuti ndizabwino," adatero Hardy pamwambo wawo "Chikhalidwe chilichonse chimakhala chosiyana ndi chikhalidwe chawo. Koma pamene mulingalira kuti gulu lirilonse la mphete za m’kalasi muli Hokie Golide woperekedwa ndi omaliza maphunzirowo ndi komiti yomwe inawatsogolera, kalasi lirilonse likadali logwirizana kwambiri. Pali zigawo zambiri pamwambo wonse wa mphete ndipo ndikuganiza kuti chidutswa ichi ndi chisankho chanzeru chopereka kupitiliza ku chinachake chomwe kalasi iliyonse idakali yosiyana kwambiri. Ndimakonda ndipo ndikusangalala nazo. Tinatha kubwera ku mazikowo ndikukhala nawo limodzi. ”
Mphetezo zimasungunuka pa madigiri 1,800 Fahrenheit ndipo golide wamadzimadzi amatsanuliridwa mu nkhungu yamakona anayi. Chithunzi mwachilolezo cha Kristina Frausich, Virginia Tech.
Mpiringidzo wagolide m'mphete zisanu ndi zitatu umalemera ma ola 6.315. Ukwati udatumiza golideyo ku Belfort, yomwe idapanga mphete zakalasi ya Virginia Tech, komwe antchito adayenga golideyo ndikuigwiritsa ntchito popanga mphete zakalasi ya Virginia Tech chaka chotsatira. Amasunganso kachulukidwe kakang'ono kwambiri kuchokera pakusungunuka kulikonse kuti alowe muzosungunula mphete m'zaka zamtsogolo. Masiku ano, mphete iliyonse ya golide ili ndi 0,33% "golide wa Hoki". Zotsatira zake, wophunzira aliyense amalumikizidwa mophiphiritsa ndi yemwe adamaliza maphunziro awo ku Virginia Tech. Zithunzi ndi makanema zidatengedwa ndikuyika pazama media, ndikudziwitsa abwenzi, anzanu akusukulu komanso anthu pamwambo womwe umawoneka kuti sakudziwa. Chofunika kwambiri, madzulowo adapangitsa ophunzira omwe adapezekapo kuti aganizire za tsogolo lawo komanso kutenga nawo mbali m'tsogolo mu mphete zakalasi zawo. "Ndikufunadi kusonkhanitsa komiti ndikuchita zinthu zosangalatsa monga kupita ku maziko kachiwiri ndikupereka mphete," adatero Hardy. “Mwina zili ngati chikondwerero chokumbukira zaka 50. Sindikudziwa ngati idzakhala mphete yanga, koma ngati nditero, ndidzakhala wosangalala ndipo ndikuyembekeza kuti titha kuchita izi.” “Iyi ndi njira yabwino kwambiri yosinthira mphete. Ndikuganiza kuti zikhala zochepa "Sindikufunanso izi" komanso ngati "Ndikufuna kukhala gawo la miyambo yokulirapo," ngati zili zomveka. Ndikudziwa kuti ichi chidzakhala chisankho chapadera kwa aliyense amene akuchiganizira. “
Antsuber, mkazi wake ndi azilongo ake amakhulupirira kuti ichi chingakhale chisankho chabwino kwambiri kwa banja lawo, makamaka anayi a iwo atakambirana mozama kukumbukira momwe Virginia Tech adakhudzira miyoyo ya makolo awo. Analira atakambirana za zotsatira zabwino . "Zinali zokhudzidwa, koma panalibe kukayikira," adatero Winterzuber. "Titazindikira zomwe tingachite, tidadziwa kuti ndi zomwe tikuyenera kuchita - ndipo tidafuna kuzichita."
Virginia Tech ikuwonetsa zokhudzidwa ndi thandizo lake la nthaka padziko lonse lapansi, kupititsa patsogolo chitukuko chokhazikika cha madera athu ku Commonwealth of Virginia komanso padziko lonse lapansi.
Nthawi yotumiza: Nov-21-2023