THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Engineers, Pharmicists hold annual open house
Thursday, May 2, 1940
Pharmacists
open college
for festivities
Students convert rooms,
laboratories into display
exhibits for open house
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activities and demonstrations fall
into these catagories: fundamental
processes, galenical preparations,
pharmacopocial testing, analytical
pharmaceutical chemistry, physi
ology and phamracology, pharma
cognosy, prescription compound
Ingg, and phamraceutical dispen
sary. Or, in more simple terms:
The fundamental processes in
corporate mostly things indirectly
related to pharmacy. Here they
effect solutions and demonstrate
b i v. various physical processes. There
r will be tests to explain how spe
cific gravity, boiling points and
melting points are determined,
Processes of solution and of ex
traction will be demonstrated, as
will be the mechanical subdivision
of drugs.
Exhibit on galenical prepara
tions leads the visitor into the be
ginning of actual pharmacy. Here
they see the ingredients of certain
tinctures. The various classes of
this group are waters, solutions,
spirits, mixtures, tinctures, fluid
extracts, liniments, emulsions,
ointments, powders and capsules.
Visitors see tests.
Pharmacopecial testing is the
demonstrating and explaining of
some of the tests outlined in the
Pharmocopia of the United States.
(This publication contains tests
and requirements used in connec
tion with the Federal foods and
drugs act.) The visitor will see
here representative tests for purity
and the testing of drugs and medi
rines. Shown here will be melting
point determinations, eutectic mix
. tures, testing of glass containers
for solubility, testing of liquid
petrolatum, congealing points of
acetic acid, benzene and oil. of
anise. Also shown will be char
coal absorption, preparation of
aoap, detergent action of soap,
detection of arsenic, preparation
of Thymol iodide, digestive action
of pepsin, and solid alcohol.
The analytical pharmaceutical
chemistry demonstration group
win snow the application of chem
ietry to pharmacy. Shown here
will be analytical methods and the
testing of products. Among these
exhibits are to be found iodometric
determinations, permanganate de
terminations, alkaloidal assays, re
fractometer, polari scope, and the
colorimeter.
Froos an the spot!
Physiology and Pharmacology
demonstration U the showing of
physiological processes and tests.
Here a frog will be placed under
a microscope to show the circula
tion of blood. Actions of drugs will
be shown here. Steadiness tests
and color vision tests will be given,
A spirometer will test lung capa
city. There will be a demonstra
tion of X-Ray photography. The
electrocardiography exhibit is to
demonstrate a picture of the heart
beat Also will be shown drug
standardization, pictures on a pro-
- Jector, and blood pressure deter
minations. The exhibit on pharmacognosy
has to do with the collection, prep
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Architect's build
unique example of
kinetic sculpture
Unique, strange, and beautiful
is the feature exhibit of the archi
tectural engineers' display at the
west end of Grant Memorial, as
the designers of the future employ
all their ingenuity, and skill to
produce a rhythmic array of sound,
color, movement, light and sha
dows.
The complex instrument, com
plete and perfect in every detail,
consists of one large disc with
regular holes over its surface, a
smaller disc in front and to one
side of this, with holes on half its
surface, and a round steel ball
which completes the front of the
ingenious machine. Behind this is
a revolving platform consisting of
various shaped designs in wood
and glass. The smaller dine on the
front of the machine moves down
ward, causing a steel ball to move
down a steel bar; when the disc
returns to its former position, the
ball does likewise. Kinetic sculp
ture is the name applied to the
unusual device.
Resulting from this ultra-modern
conglomeration of discs, holes,
designs, etc., will be the beauti
ful and unique designs flashed
upon a screen, accompanied by
the music of Stravinsky.
To attract attention to this ex
cellent exhibit will be a mobile
face, which will be so constructed
that as the wind blows the expres
sion on the face will change.
Ex-NU student
ends air course
Successfully completing the first
stage of the Air Corps flying
training, Robert Vc t, former Ne
braska student is now being trans
ferred to Randolph Field, Texas
Voigt enlisted in the U. S. Army
Air Corps last December after
two years of engineering here.
aration, and presentation of crude
drugs. -
The group which is doing pre
scription compounding will allow
the visitors to see how prescrip
tions are actually compounded.
The pharmaceutical dispensary
group will present an exhibition
concerning the dispensary. It is in
tended to show how it is run and
how dispensing is taken care of
in it.
A trip thru the pharmacy col
lege building tonight is intended
by the pharmacists to give the vis
itor somewhat of an idea of what
pharmacy is all about and to show
some of the interesting processes
and work connected.
Laws, Engineers sign peace pact;
renewed violence breaks out
Violence in an ancient feud,
which leaders of neither side pre
tend to want any more, flared
again yesterday when law and en
gineering students came to blows
over the possession of the slide
rule sign posted in front of
Pharmacy.
About noon yesterday, a truce
was signed by five lawyers and
five engineers to the end that the
violence would cease. Substance of
the truce provided that the laws
return the engineer's property,
which had been taken, providing
there would be no more fighting
or incitement by either group.
Events which led up to the truce
began Tuesday when laws stole
the slide rule sign in front of
Pharmacy.
Yesterday's action.
Then, yesterday morning:
Engineering students outraged
by the laws' retaliatory action
Tuesday night when they burned
one of the signs in front of
Pharmacy were further rankled
when a small group of laws stole
their slide rule for the second time
in 24 hours.
The laws, using a Buick to spirit
the sign away, had the engineers
in hot pursuit as soon as enough
of them could be recruited from
Jabs, classes and campus build
ings. Hot on the chase of the
"sign-swipers," the engineers de
scended on the law college where
they were soundly booed by sev
eral classes which began to sing,
Engin campus
buzzes with
honoraries
Outstanding among the honor
aries on Nebraska campus are
several engineering societies
whose purpose is to further the
ideals of scholarship and to. pro
mote fellowship among students.
Sigma Tau is an honorary open
to all engineers. There are 23 ac
tive chapters of the society, the
main purpose of which is to pro
mote scholarship, practicality and
sociability. Members have estab
lished a loan fund for need stu
dents. Pi Tau Sigma, made up of men
in the upper third of the junior
and senior classes in mechanical
engineering, was established here
two years ago. This organization
annually awards an honor to the
graduate who has made the best
progress in engineering. The Ne
braska chapter is composed of 37
men this year.
ASME.
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers is an organization
whose main purpose is to promote
interest in mechanical engineer
ing. Presentation of student pa
pers and talks of interest to its
members are the main business
taken up at their meeting.
Consisting mainly of men in ag
ricultural engineering, the Amer
lean Society of Agricultural En
gineers has 12 branches in schools
over the entire country.
Holding a banquet once a year,
the American Society of Civil En
gineers has 97 student chapters in
schools in the United States. Lec
tures by prominent civil engineers
or students and inspection trips
are the main features of this so
ciety.
AIEE.
American Institute of Electrical
Engineers has 47 student members
in the Nebraska branch and 5
faculty members in the Nebraska
section. Technical papers are -presented
at their meetings.
Open to graduations and under
graduates of chemical engineering,
the American Institute of Chem
ical Engineering serves the chem
istry department in many ways.
Hearing addresses by outstanding
men in the chemistry field, the so
ciety unifies the department so
that is more capable for action.
Founded in 1920, the Society of
American Military Engineers is
open to students in advance engi
neering in the ROTC unit
"We don't give a d for the
engineers."
Meanwhile, the engineers, un
able to find the rule in the law
college, decided not to leave empty
handed so five of the more belli
cose lawyers were taken from the
building and carried over to Me
chanical Engineering for
tanking.
Cant un ME.
Barred from the use of the tank
in the building, the engineers took
their victims around to the rear of
the building where they used a
garden hose to dampen the ardour
of the lawyers.
First lawyer to be soaked was
not given a chance to remove any
of his clothing. Second man to be
soaked momentarily wrenched
himself from the grasp of his cap
tors to slug the nearest engineer
and get possession of the hose,
which he turned on his assailants.
When some 30 engineers jumped
on him to reverse the process, he
gave in. The other three lawyers
gave in peaceably allowing them
selves to be soaked. '
While some of the engineers
cheered the lawyers who had taken
the soaking, others started out for
the Delta Theta PI house where it
was rumored the rule had been
taken.
Truce at last.
It was when more than 100 en
gineers descended on the fraternity
house that the truce was effected.
The traditional feud between the
two colleges is so old that neither
group knows exactly when or why
Aggies plan show ,
of irrigation and I
farm problems
"Water, water, everywhere" will
be the theme of the ag engineers
major display, as they prepare to
show how farms should be prop
erly irrigated at the Engineers'
open house tonight.
Illustrating this important fac
tor of farming will be a model
field, made of metal and painted
brown to depict the soil, with
actual water meandering thru the
make-believe earth.
The model, product of many
days labor, caused difficulty for
the designers because It was diffl
cut to build a field which would
not allow the water to run all over
It. The expert technicians, how
ever, were not dismayed and over
came the difficulty.
Movies.
Movies will also be shown in
conection with the problems of ag
riculture, as well as 70 slides
showing conservation problems.
Ag engineer exhibits will occupy
the east end and hallway of Uni
versity hall.
Advantages of rural electrifica
tion are to be demonstrated by
the use of an electric pump and a
hand pump, the former to illus
trate the great amount of water
which can be circulated at com
paratively little expense and with
no effort, and the latter showing
how rapidly a man would have to
pump to circulate the same amount
of water.
Walker to speak
at journalism
society meeting
Gayle C. Walker, head of the
school of journalism, will be
among 38 people initiated as char
ter members of Pi Delta Epsilon,
national honorary journalism fra
ternity, at Midland college Friday
evening. Walker will make the
banquet address, speaking on
"Journalism in a Changing
World."
With W. Emerson Reck, Mid
land journalism professor, the Ne
braska teacher will become an
honorary member while Herbert
W. Walker, general manager of
Newspaper Enterprise association
(NEA) of Cleveland, will be made
an alumni member.
The fraternity was founded at
Syracuse 31 years ago. The Mid
land chapter is the first in Ne
braska and only five of Its chap
ters are west of the Mississippi.
it started. Still year in and year
out Ivy Day time brought scuff'
ling with the eorrelary injuries of
lesser or greater degree between
the two groups.
Yesterday, charges and counter
charges flew back and forth be
tween the two groups as to who
started the rioting. The laws? The
engineers ? Some even charged the
DAILY with responsibility for In
citing the fracas by the story
printed in Tuesday morning's
paper. At any rate, all the ele
ments of a good scrap were pres
ent. Hopee. ..
Men, who signed the treaty,
later in the day expressed the hope
that this would end the hostilities,
if not for ever at least for this
year. But treaties have been ef
fected before between the two
groups. In 1926 both groups signed
a mutual pact to cease the war
fare. Since then the laws presented
the engineers with a green derby
as a token of their good will. The
trophy, which now rests in Dean
Ferguson's office, almost, occa
sioned a battle last year when law
students hinted that they were
going to attempt to get the trophy
back. Another time the Pi Alpha
Delta house was wrecked in a riot
during which the fire department
had to be called out to stop the
fighters with the stream from a
hose. That year the engineering
college was closed for three days
until engineering students had
paid 75 cents apiece for the dam
age to the house.
Hemsworth,
Scott head
committee
Pair chosen to assume
responsibility of annual
engineering festival
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in the Temple at 11 a. m., May 3,
to hear an address by L. J.
Fletcher, assistant general man
ager of a tractor company at Pe
oria, 111. Field day activities will
take place in the afternoon on the
new intramural field north of the
coliseum and a dinner and pro
gram will follow that evening in
the Union.
Engineers ball.
The annual Engineers ball will
be the main event of the day Sat
urday, May 4. The ball will be held
at the Cornhusker hotel and will
officially end the week's festivi
ties.
First engineer's open house was
held in 1895, on the eve of Charter
Da v. The exhibition that vear wan
little more than an electrical ex
hibition. In time the affair waa
moved to the first week in May
and constituted one of the earliest
of the "College Days" activities.
As time went on the show ex
panded to include the military.
civil, mechanical, agricultural,
architectural, and chemical en
gineers. Every year an attempt is
made to make the show larger.
Today the crowd will total about
5,000. The first year the crowd
was only a few hundred. Judging
by the crowd's response, the en
gineer's night celebration has
proved itself a success.
Chairman.
Department chairmen are: Phil
Eshelman, Riverton, agricultural
engineering; Sidney Campbell, Lin
coln, architecture; Ralph Stal
baum, Tefft, Indiana, chemical en
gineering; Roger Evans and Glen
Krueger, Lincoln, civil engineer
ing; Henry Berry, Curtis, electri
cal; and Truman Spencer, Lincoln,
mechanical engineering.
ME's make air
risible; pour liquid
metal in exhibit
Would you like to see this air
we breathe? The mechanical en
gineers make this possible in their
exhibit this evening. In operation
will be a liquid air machine, which
"squeezes" air into a bluish-white
liquid.
The feature exhibit will be a
machine shop in operation. With a
guide, the orderly confusion will
become comprehensible, and you
will realize that these student en
gineers are operating engine
lathes, automatic screw machines,
planers, shapers, milling machines,
drill presses an dstamping ma
chines. Many will see for the first time
molten lead being poured, and to
help spectators to understand the
process, the foundry will be
equipped with a public address
system.
For the modern minded, there
will be a complete aeronautical
display, the main exhibit being a
full-feathering variable-pitch pro
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