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10 BE BIG EVENT
General Public Invited to Attend C.d
Open House and Inspect
Departments.
MANY EXHIBITS READY
Various Branches of the College Have
prepared Samples of Work fo.
Public View.
Perhaps the biggesf event nf ;ho
annual Engineers' Work is the open
house of all the engineering lca..
ment. The Tngineers Night Thursua? .
On this night, tha College of Engiiuoi
ing is host to tho general public, at 1
all tho shops, laboratories and cla.-w
rooms in tho various ng'.neei in .
buildings Are open for inspection.
This year, Thursday night, April 2
is set aside as Engineers night and
plans are complete for one of ilit
best and most extensive exhibitions
ever put on.
The civil engineering and the ap
plied mechanics iepartnient will nob!
their exhibit in Mechanic Arts ha"
Transits, levels and compasses will bo
set up and arranged for display mi1
some instruments dismantled in o
dc-r that the details of their construc
tion may be visible. Along with this
display of surveying instruments will
bo a collection of drafting instru
ments and a showing of maps, plans
and specifications as worked out l
students taking courses in tho depart
ment. In this collection are plans for
railroad location, extension and im
provement, designs of steel ami eon
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UNIVERSITY WIRELESS
STATION WILL BE JNVEILEO
Transmitting and Receiving Instru
ments Open to View of Public
Engineers Night.
One ol the many things to be un
veiled to the public on Engineer.
Night is the University wireless sta
tion. It is harbored in tin- oW(:ic;,i
engim ring laboratories just north ol
old IT Hall. Four lean copper wiius
are strung from tho U Hall flag
pole down to tho midships point o'
Electrical Engineering Hall. Those
constitute the antenna of 9YY. They
lead to the operating room wherein
is located a multitude of transmitting
and receiving instruments, so designed
nd ararnged as to be able to radiate
and receive systematic vibrations of
ine ether in the form of radio tele
graphic messages.
Two distinct typs of transmitters
are in us there, a ono killowatt spark
et with a 250 watt continuous wae
Pt. The former is very nigged and
is the heavy duty installation. It i
operated by remote control and is
tuned to a 375 mter wave length.
Our spark has been heard by ama
teurs as far as the Atlantic seaboard.
The continuous wave set is one which
can be used fo reither telegraphic or
telephonic communication. This la1
ter property makes it a very desir
able type of outfit.
In the receiving set, the desired
'cnals are turned in and magnl.'ied
y two electron dynamic amplifieis.
These super-sentative amplifiorp will
Intensify the faintest traco cf elet
Weal energy to such an extent aa to
ffiake it strong enough to be easily
tradable. These and many other won
derful phenomena will be d iraoi
"rated on Engineers Night.
ENGINEERS
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I.IM'OIA.
FRANK T. D ARROW.
This nio.iins ;it U o'clock Frni; T
narrow v. ,, auress me engineers
eviivocai.ou on "Tho Point of View
of a Young Engineer in the Making.'
Mr. Harrow, is assistant chief engi
ueer of in . uuri.ngton linos for west
ol ilio Mi.-sourt river, which indue
si xihnusand miles of tr::ck and forty
fci'M i lniTidre.i iniie.s of line.
Mr. Burrow w;is graduated from
Aiu-f-'iiiiiiy ooiuge. .vieaavnie, i'a., .n
1897. He came west immediately aft
or graduation and counecled himsell
with the Burlington railroad where
his work has been everything from
railway location to operation, in- iui
ing all ni'w eonstruction, tunnclfs,
bridges and river control as has h(e .
put in along the Missouri river f.-om
Omaha to Kulo. Woods Bros. rt'ai.'s
were u.ied to some extent in livei
control work.
During th season of 1903 Mr. Har
row was located at Seattle, Y.'ash.,
as superintendent of National Con
Intel wimpany. His work cons's.e.'.
mainly of steam shovel excavation,
municipal and b'-idgo work. Ilis wori:
attained national prominence througl
his abii'ty t t handle big job contracts.
In January this year, Mr. P.irrow
was elected a director of the Ameri
can jvciot.y of Civil Engnur.- tor
a. thr. -yo;:r term, v leaves A;i:ii
22 1o attend the annual national con
vention of the. American Society ;.f
Civil Engineers to be hold it New
Orleans.
WALDO PORR PRESIDENT
STUDENT CHAPTER A. A. E.
Blue Print Staff for Next Year Also
Selected at Meeting Theld on
April 13.
The annual elolion of officers for
the student chapter of the Ameiican
Association of Eugineerb was held
Wednesday. April 13. The Blue I rint
staff was selected at ihi stime. The
following men were selected for thi
next year:
Waldo Poor, president.
A. V. Lindgren, vice pmsidtnt.
Fred Bing, secretary and treasuior.
For tho engineering publication the
following staff was selected:
H. N'. Barnard, editor.
H. Ufiton, assistant editor.
It. (J. Van Brunt, business mana
ger. J. Applegatc, assistant business
maniiger.
Kobert MeCandless, circulation
manager.
Clyde Wilcox, assistant circulation
manager.
Tho chapter of A. A. E. was or
ganized here in November, 1919. and
has shown steady growth since, that
time. R. N. Tracy, the outgoing pres
ident, has aided greatly in establish
ing a strong and well known chapter
here.
LAST ENGINEERS'
DANCE COMES APRIL 23
The last Engineers' dance of tha
year will be given Saturday night,
April 23. at Antelope Tark. The elec
tricals have arranged special lighting
effects to be used for several of the
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NKllUASKA. Tl'KSDAV. APH1L 10.
ENGINEERS CALENDAR
Tiiesu.iy, 11 Convocctior ,
Ennginteis' cditicn Dily Ne
br.skan. Wednesday Engineers field
d,y.
Toursd.y Engineers' NigM.
Fi iday Engineers' banquet,
Lin.-cln hoiel.
Saturday Engineers' tiaifce,
Antelope park.
Dean Olin Jerome Ferguson.
Dean Olin Jerome Ferguson of the
College of Engineering, is a native of
Illinois. He received his high school
ed.iej.tion in XebrasKi and is a grad
nan. of the Univcsi.y of Nebraska,
having received the degree of bachelor
of science in electrical engineering in
1903. Following his University course,
he spent two years with the General
Electric company. Schenectady, N. Y.,
going through the testing course and
working in the transformer engineer
ing department. In the latter place
he was actively engaged in the de
velopment work on new types of
transformers.
In the fall of 1905, he went to Union
College, Schenectady, as an instructor
in electrical engineering, working di
rectly under Dr. Charles P. Steinmetz.
During the next seven years he con
tinned his teaching at Union College,
advancing to practical charge of the
department under Dr. Steinmetz' over
sight. In 1909 he received the degree of
master in electrical engineering, as a
result of special studies taken under
Dr. Steinmetz. covering power sys
tems, electrical apparatus design, tran
sient phenomena, etc.
In 1912 he returned to the Univer
sity of Nebraska to take charge of th
electrical engineering department:,
which position he still holds. In 1918,
during the absence of Dean Stout in
army service, Professor Ferguson was
made acting dean of the College of
Engineering. Although the regular
college work during the subsequent
year was badly demoralized, the Col
lege of Engineering was called upon
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All Engineers out for Field
day to get in movies taken by
Dr. Condra, 2 p. m.
HEAR DARROW TODAY
Frank T. Darrow, assistant
chief engineer of the Burlington
for lines west of the M 1st our i
river, will address the convoia
tion for ail Engineering stu
dents today at 11 o'clock on
"The Point cf View." The En
gineering College is exceedingly
fortunate in obtaining thia
speaker and every students in
that department is urged to at
tend his lecture this mornirg.
SENIORS!
Order your caps and gowns
now! Call at the College Book
Store to have your measure
ments taken.
Do it today!
CAP AND GOWN COMMITTEE
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RASKAN
JAMES B, HARVEY.
Toasti.-astcr cf Engineers Binquct
Ji.nv's B. Haniy, icv president ol
Hit: t)i;t:.iu.'.ital Gas and Electric
company of Omaha will heve charge
of the ;o;.st list at the banquet Fri
day evening. Mr. Harvi-y out red tli'
Univi '. M y i ; 1904 and was gradu
ated in 1909 after completing tho
course in , '.-ctrieal engineering and
taking a graduate course in median
ic.-.l i iiginei ring. He made bis "N"
in football, was captain of the team
in 190S and assistant couch in 1C03.
He is the president of the Nebraska
section of the National Ekv'.ric Light
ing association and has been promi
nent in public utility work for a num
ber of years. Mr. Harvey was toast
master of ihe Cornhusker banqutt in
1915.
The following is the toast list for
this year:
Topstmaster. James B. Harvey.
"The Engineer1 as a Mixer." Law
renee Metzgar.
"The Engineer as a Student." O. J.
Ferguson.
"The Engineer as a Salesman." .1.
A. Bruce.
"The Engineer r.s n Business Man,"
R. E. Campbell.
"The Engineer as a Pathfimle: ,"
R. L. Cochran.
The Engineer as a Constructive
Force in the Nation," George A. Lee
Lawrence Mettrar as the represent
alive of the student body will dea
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"FIELD DAY" IS DIG EVENT
IN WEEK OF CELEBRATION
Large Parade to Form at State
Farm Campus Wednesday
Morning.
eurasKa nas scoies oi niost la
vored i.auiiions," but Engineer? weei
rates well toward the top of ihb
"most favored" ones, and the anuuai
field day the greatest dr-y of Engi
neers eek. Enougn events will be
held so that every engineer can take
part. '
R. Gingrich, as chairman ol the
Field day committee, has collected to
geiner numerous even;s. Here s a
brief outline of the program. Meet
at M. E. Hall at 9 a. m., Wednesday
and foim parade for State Farm at
9:30. This parade is to be no small
part of the doings. It will be lead b
tho Engineers band mounted on the
civil engineering department's pnzo
Garford stallion. With "Stubby" Siur
devant as the leader this is a band
that is a band: it doesn't look very
strong, but hoot mon. or maybe bel
ter 'toot mon, you 11 be surprised!
The events will be held t the
State Farm athletic field. Appiopri
ate prizes will be awarded to a'l win
ners. Real prizes, men! There will be
nothing cheap about this Field day
except the price of admission. It has
been rumored that a number of skins
(feline mephitis) secured on tho In
spoction trip are being beautifully
tanned, engraved and embroidered tc
be given as rewards to the victors
College Athletes to Clash.
The first thing on the program is
tho preliminary baseball games for
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VRWK F1VK
FEATURES IN
ENGENEERS' I'.EEfi
Annual Tradition of College Has More
Extensive Program than in
Previous Years.
DANCE ADDED AFFAIR
Week of Celebration Has Grown Out
Out of Annual Banquet, First
Held In 1903.
The annual tradition of the Engineer
ing College is being manifested this
week by a greater and more extensive
program than has been given in pre
vious years. A. V. Lindgren, as gen
eral chairman, has arranged for all of
the numbers of previous programs and
enlarged the scope of each in every
possible way. Numerous details have
been added and co-ordinated with the
program so as to make Engineers'
Week one of reality by having the pro
gram to extend to -every day of thi
week.
Engineers' week has grown out of
the first Engineers' banquet which wan
h.'ld in 1903. As the years passed, it
was decided to have a general open
right at the Engineering College
whereby the actual operation of the
machinery and the student work mignt
be shown to the interested public.
Thus two of the numbers were com
bined and formed the nucleus for tho
present Engineers' wreek.
The banquet was considered by the
engineering students as the most at
tractive feature of entertainment given
under engineering auspices during the
school year. Speakers of prominence
were secured for the toast list and it
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SIGMA TAU WILL PRESENT
PORTRAIT OF DEAN STOUT
College of ngineering Will Receive
Gift cf Picture of Former De
partment Head.
Sigma Tau, honorary engineering
fraternity, will rresent to the Col
Iep, of Engineering at engineers con
vocation on ihis morning a portrait
of O. V. P. Stout, former dean of the
College of Engineering.
Mr. S:out was graduated from tho
College of Engineering of the Uni
versity of Nebraska in 1SSS and imrne
diately went into work along the lini
ol railway location, construction and
maintenance, with? the? Burlington.
Missouri Pacific and Union Tacirio
railroads, reaching the position ot
acting division engineer, Wyoming d;
vision. Union Pacific railroad.
Mr. Stout was connected witL the
state university from 1891 to May.
1920, being head of the College o." En
gineering after 1893. From IS? to
1904 he was resident dydrographcr
United States Geological Survey, ii-
rigation Investigator for United State
department of agriculture; consulting
engineer on construction of irrigation
system of Tri-State Land company on
North Platte River, costing two mil
lion dollars; consulting engineer and
head of engineering department cf
Costilla Estates Development com
pany, Colorado Springs and San Luis.
Colorado.
Stout Was Major.
Mr. Stout has frequently been en
gaged to report on irrigation projects
of gTcat magnitude, including retlain
ation of the oexled portion of the Sho
shone reservatfon in Wyoming. Ke 3
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