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WORKING MODEL SATELLITE Gary Bennick displays the model satellite he built. It
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violet radiation, and inside and outside temperatures.
Vol. 34, No. 99
E-Week Convocation
Featured On Friday
In conjunction with Engi
neering Week, there will be
a convocation of the College
of Engineering and Architec
ture on Friday at 11 a.m. in
the Stuart Theater.
Featured speaker at the
convocation will be E. 0. Mor
ton, a native Nebraskan from
Cook. Morton graduated from
the University's College of
Engineering and Architecture
in 1926.
Morton Back
From 1935 to 1940 Morton
w as a member of the Uni
versity faculty. He is now en
gineering manager for West
inghouse Laundry division in
Mansfield, Ohio.
Highlights of Thursday's
open house include a solar
battery which shows how the
new Tir satellite receives its
power to send messages. The
sun gives this battery power
and allows it to send the mes
sages back to earth.
Other highlights wHl be a
remote controlled ship and
an actual working model
satellite. Tbt remote con
Breckenridge Urges
U.S. Look At Asia
Aooording to Dr. A. C
Breckenridga, Dean of Facul
ties and commander in the
Naval Reserve, the chief is
sue in international affairs is
a war by which the U.S. can
iteer through the maze of
awkward conflicts of national
interests.
Speaking before the meet
ing of tbe Reserve Officers
Association in Lincoln, Dr.
Breckenridge- said he was re
ferring to the resurgence of
nationalism, the rapid ending
of the colonial age, and the
issues to provide for, assist,
aiid participate in improving
the underdeveloped areas of
the world.
' Back of all of this lies the
American assumption that
the things for which other
Young GOP
Will Hear
HansThornfe
Hans F. "Jack" Thome, Re
publican candidate for Con
gress from the first district,
win speak to Young Repub
bcans Thursday night at 7:30
in the Student Union.
Thome's subject will be on
the congressional race. Others
in the Republican race for
tbe Congressional seat are in
cumbent Phil Weaver from
Falls City, Kathleen Foote
from Minden, Leonard Lar
son from Lincoln, and Ralph
Smith from Lincoln.
Last year Thorne was
elected mayor of Hastings hi
a highly contested election
and also selected by the state
Junior Chamber of Commerce
as one of the three outstand
ing young men in the state.
Besides his insurance and
real estate business, he is
president of the Hastings Col
lege Alumni Association.
Thome also has served as
cnunty chairman of Adams
Cuipt" YR's' and was a na
. tin;iRl c( inmiltccman for the
state YR's.
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trolled ship will be showed
by the Navy ROTC unit and
is a scale model that enables
midshipmen in training to
manuever ships in mock bat
tle conditions.
Sensualism
This year the Department
of Architecture is stressing
MORTON
peoples of the world seek are
for the most part neither
creditable nor important and
might justly be expected to
take second place behind the
desirability of an orderly
world untroubled by interna
tional violence."
Fundamental Issue
He warned that we cannot
reduce the fundamental issue
in current world affairs to the
relationship between Russia
and the United United States
or to whether war will break
out soon between the two.
"Far more serious than the
issues short of war which we
face with the Soviet Union
are possibly knotty problems
ahead in Asia. -On the one
hand we have the Soviet Un
ion's unwilling ally Mainland
China; to the south a bewil
dering and troubled India, to
the northeast a thriving Ja
pan." In regard to India, the
U.S.'s attitude that if a na
tion isn't openly for us it
must be against us is one
basis for strained relations
with otherwise friendly peo
ple. Work With Japan
Dr. Breckenridge predicted
that if we don't work out with
Japan some of her problems
so that her economy may
continue to thrive, Japan may
no longer be friendly with
the U.S. and seek help else
where. The Nebraska educator ex
plained that tbe U.S. foreign
policy is not made by the
President or Secreary of
State, but rather "it flows
from the complexities of our
national behavoir, those di
vergent forces pushing and
tugging in pursuit of their
special and general in
terests," "Policy which emerges,
however, is temporary, for it
is an attempt to gain a com
promise. The United States
obviously can not save civil
ization as we know it, but if
we default through lack of
leadcrsip we can come per
ilously close to insuring its
end."
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the trend toward sensualism
as their main theme in their
displays. Today's structures
have strayed from the una
dorned "box architecture and
have turned to the mark of
the modem. It is an attempt
to awaken a long suppressed
public need for pleasure an
excitement in the structures
in which they live, wrork and
play.
There will be a glass model
of a deep-well turbine irri
gation pump with a question
and answer board to test the
knowledge of tbe interested
viewers.
Another feature is the scale
model of the Levacar which
is an auto without wheels sup
ported by a film of air cre
ated by an internal pumping
mechanism.
These- and other displays
represent the following depar
ments: electrical, mechani
cal, agricultural, civil, chemi
cal and engineering mechanic
laboratories.
The E-Week banquet will
be held Friday evening at
the Student Union.
Brubeck Ducats
By Crib Door
Tickets are on sale in tbe
Student Union near tbe Crib
today for the Dave Brubeck
concert May 12 in Pershing
Municipal Auditorium.
Prices are 75 cents and
95 cents per person for stu
dents with I.D. cards (other
wise $1.50 and $1.90). They
will remain on sale through
noon Friday.
Cob Snioker
Set Thursday
A Corn Cob smoker for
men interested in becoming
Com Cob workers will be
held Thursday night at 7 in
the Student Union.
According to Dave Mc
Conahay, president, the
program for next year has
been revised and expanded
and anyone interested
should be present Thursday
evening.
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a mechanical animal like student Dan Sanders' built. It
uses a photo electric jrell for an "eye" that follows light,
and a battery powered motor. It could be led around like
by a flashlight at night. One drawback though it might
abandon you for the first neon sign that winked at it.
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By Jim Forrest
rwir activities will reach
their highest peak Thursday
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nics of the College of Engi
neering and Architecture are
presented for public inspec
tion during the annual Open
House starting at 2:00 p.m.
The Open House will last
from 2-10 p.m. and will fea
ture displays and demonstra
tions by engineering and ar
chitecture students that are
intended to show the princi
ples and practices in the odd
and sometimes unusual feats
of their field.
Each Department
. Each department of the
College sets up their own dis
plays independently a n d in
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ARCHITECT'S FANCY PORTAL Students finish a tall
"laced form" in front of Architectural Hall in preparation
for E-Week. It was designed by Dick Robinson.
Registration
Is Here Again
Registration time is here
again and all students should
make appointments with their
advisors in order to work out
their schedules for the sum
mer and fall terms.
Class schedules for both
summer and fall sessions will
be available Monday at the
Registrar's office according
to Mrs. Irma Laase, assistant
registrar. Advisor appoint
ments should be made be
tween May 2 and 13.
Letters Sent '
Letters have been sent to
all Junior Division Students
and they are asked to follow
the instructions in them.
Undergraduates in the col
oleges of Business Adminis
tration and Agriculture may
leave their worksheets, when
completed, in the office of the
college dean.
Other students must turn
in their worksheets for the
summer sessions and the fall
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competition with the other
departments. They are
judged by E-Week officials
and the best display will be
presented an award at the
E-Week banquet Friday eve
ning. According to Mark Hobson,
dean of the College of Engi
neering and Architecture,
each display was built and
planned by the students them
selves with the faculty acting
only as advisors. "The co
operation and spirit of the
students has been excellent,"
he said.
Faculty advisors this year
are James S. Blackman, pro
fessor of Engineering Me
chanics, and Gerald R. Swi
hart, associate professor of
Wednesday, April 27, 1960
term at the registrar's office
on the designated day.
The schedule for turning in
worksheets at Administration
is as follows : juniors and
seniors on May 16; sopho
mores. May 17; and freshman
May 18 and 19.
Cards Pulled
Cards will be pulled ac
cording to the accumulated
hours of each student and the
order in which the work
sheets are turned in.
Mrs. -Laase explained that
tbe personnel who pidl the
students' cards are very in
terested in the individual stu
dent's welfare and try to give
each student the best possi
ble schedule.
Since changes may be nec
essary in a student's original
schedule because of courses
or sections which are closed,
it is helpful if the student lists
alternate courses, she said.
It is also helpful if students
will list conflicts due to work
or activities, she remarked.
If a. student has followed
the sueeested procedure of
listing alternate courses and
indicating working scneauies
and his cards cannot be
pulled to make a workable
schedule, the Registrar's Of
fice will contact the student
and ask him to come in per
sonally for consultation.
Late worksheets will be ac
cepted on May 20 for both
late summer and fall regis
trations. Summer session
cards may be picked up and
fees paid on June 6 at the
Men's P. E. Building.
Fall semester cards are not
to be claimed or fees paid un
til September.
Event Winners
To Ke Announced
Swing Day event winners
and awards will be announced
Friday evening at lu P-m.
at the Student Union.
Dancing in the street to the
Cellblock Seven and a Dizzy
land Carnival will be taking
plare from 7-10 p.m. at the
Union birthday party.
.Thursday
Civil Engineering. The co
chairmen are Jerry Kayes
and Heinz Otte;
Exhibits Listed
Some of the practical and
fanciful exhibits to be seen
Thursday by the public are
mentioned below:
Electrical Engineering
Jacobs Ladder, ham radio
stations, solor batteries sim
ilar to those in the new Tiro
satellite, a bicycle generator
used to show how much elec
tricity you can generate with
leg power alone, Navy
ROTC's new remote con
trolled ship mock-up, stereo
phonic display, and a thermo
electric generator that pro
duces electricity with only a
match's heat
Mechanical Engineering
Levacar, the car without
wheels; free piston engine
and an engine that has tri
angular shaped pistons, air
conditioning that runs on ex
haust gases, a flight test of
rockets propelled by water
pressure, and a mechanical
computer built by students.
Agricultural Engineering
remote control tractor, trac
t r safety demonstrations,
glass model of a deep-well
tubine pump for irrigation,
shaft speed fluctuations
caused by universal joints,
and some small model farms.
Engineering Mechanics
measuring of a single strand
of hair accurately, electric
"Bug," working model of a
satellite, making and testing
of concrete, compressive
strength of an egg shell, and
the tearing apart of metal by
large forces generated by
huge machines.
Civil Engineering model of
the Mackinac Straits Bridge,
problems of hydraMc engi
neering, watershed control,
surveying, display of Inter
state work planned for Lin
coln area, and the part of
Slide-Talk
On Europe
Scheduled
A slide-illustrated talk en
titled "Color Previews of
Europe" "will be presented to
night at 7 p.m. in 341 Student
Union by Miss R.' J. Holcomb,
escort of the first annual Stu
d e n t Union group which
toured Europe last year.
The program is one of two
special programs to be pre
sented for those students who
will be touring Europe this
summer or other interested
people.
The second meeting wiH fea
ture Dr. Manfred Keiler, as
sistant professor of art, who
will speak to the group on
May 4. His topic will be "Art
Highlights of Europe."
Prof. Keiler and his wife
traveled extensively in Eur
ope and lived there prior to
coming to the U.S.
"T h e special discussion
meetings are open to students
who are planning to tour
Europe or who have an inter
est in travel," said John
Schroeder, chairman of the
Student Union Recreation
committee.
Hs added if there were any
students who were still inter
ested in joining this year's
Student Union tour they
should make arrangements
immediately.
Song Copies
Will Be Due
Thursday
All fraternities participat
ing in the Ivy Day Sing must
have three copies of their
song to Joe Knoll, Phi Kappa
Psi, by Thursday noon.
Knoll, Ivy Day Sing chair
man, also urged that the di
rectors have their groups as
sembled 15 minutes before
their scheduled time to sing.
The schedule is as follows:
Kappa Sigma, "Cindy", Ron
Wachter, director, 1:05; Sig
ma Chi, "Old Ark A Mover
ing", Doug Pearson director,
1:10; Phi Delta Theta, "Aura
Lee", Mark Sorenson direc
tor, 1:15.
Delta Upsilon, "Bro. Will,
Bro. John", Gary Kahler di
rector, 1:20; Beta Theta Pi,
'Loving Cup", Jack Rhoden
director. 1:25; Delta Tau
Delta, "Springtime of the
Campus", Steve Joynt direc
tor, 1:30; Farm House,
"Heart of My Heart", Paul
Herman director, 1:25.
Sigma Nu, "Kansas City",
Ron HcAscher director, 1:40;
Beta Sigma Psi, "Battle
Hymn of the Republic", Paul
Heubner director, 1:45; Theta
Xi, "Sea Fever", George
Mechling director, 1:50; Phi
Kappa Psi, "Hearts Win To
ni ',ht. You Lose", Byron Dil
low director, 1:55.
civil engineering in the fi
nancing of public works.
Chemical Engineering
water purification, automatic
control to maintain liquid,
level in a tank under varying
conditions, distillation, elec
troplating, and tank mixing
processes.
Architecture this year tb
department is stressing th
new trend toward sensualism
in architecture and the get
ting away from th sterile,
unadorned, 'b o x architec
ture." "From the standpoint of
the College, E-Week has bene
fits for both the student and
the general public," in 14
Dean Hobson. "As far
I'm concerned tbe ttndent
body gains a great deal by
working together for a com
mon goal. Project like tbeso
develop leadership and stu
dent spirit in the College.
The public is given a chane
to see the facilities of tho
college and given an insigtt
to the activities of the engi
neering profession."
Greasy
Pole Is
New One
Bell To Be Rung
On Spring Day
A 20 foot slippery pole wiH
be one of the new features of
the Spring Day contests this
year. '
Tbe pole will be imbedded
upright in tbe ground and
have a bell located at tho
top. The object of tbe contest
is to ring the bell with your
hand without touching the
pole below the ten foot mark.
Any number of men may be
entered in tbe contest
At other schools whtri
greased pole competition is
used, it has been discovered
the best method of conquer
ing the slippery object is a
human pyramid. The winner
is the group who succeeds in
conquering the pole and ring
ing the bell in the least time. .
Also to be included in tbe
games are the traditional
Spring Day tug-of-wars. Sor
orities compete against each
other and the frat men also
have their opportunity to ply
their strength against rivals
from other houses. Tbe conse
quences paid by the loser la
a rather damp and dirty
plunge into mud "moat."
Each team will be allowed
eight team members ad four
alternates. The alternates are
necessary as the "tugs" often
become long and wearing.
Coed Sing
Scheduled
Ivy Morn
Carol Kucera, Ivy Day Sing
Chairman, announced the
schedule nouses will follow in
the Ivy Day Sing contest, Sat
urday morning near the old
Administration HalL
The schedule is as follows:
Alpha Chi Omega, "Voices
Ring", 9:55; Alpha Omicron
Pi, "All the Things You Are",
10; Alpha Phi, "Lida Rose",
10:05; Alpha Xi Delta, "Sing
ing Low", 10:10; Chi Omega,
"Brakers off Bauranquilla",
10:15.
Delta Delta Delta, "He'i
Gone Away", 10:20; Delta
Gamma, "Thank Heaven for
Little Girls", 10:25; Fedda
Hall, "It's a Grand Night for ;
Singing", 10:30; Gamma Phi
Beta, "Joshua Fit De Battla
of Jerico", 10:35; Kappa Al
pha Theta, "Ain't That Good
News", 10:40.
Kappa Delta, "K. D.
Blues", 10:50; Kappa Kappav
Gamma, "There is a Land",
10:55; Love Hall, "Ten Little
Indians", 11; Pi Beta Phi,
"Archipelago Gold", 11:05;
Residence Halls, "Blue Tan
go", 11:10; Sigma Kappa,
"I'm in Love with a Won
derful Guy", 11:20.
Terrace Hall, "Florian'i
Song", 11:25; Towne Club,
"May Day Carol", 11:30; Uni
ver6ity Nurses, "The Robin ia
the Rain", 11:35; Zeta Tau
Alpha, "Fascinating Rhy
thm", 11:40.
Song leaders who have
made recent changes in sing
ers are to contact Miss Ku
cera. Foreign Film
"The Flamenco," a Spanish
motion picture, will be pre
sented in the Student Union
Film Society series tonight
The films iwiir be shown at
8 n.m. in the Nebraska thea.
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