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ENGINEERS OBTAIN WORLD
.EiohljlAmold Qnef the Foremost Engineers
In the United States Today and "Graduate
of Nebraska Secured as Toastmaster
of Annual Mechanics Feed.
' The Engineers have been Extremely
fortunate In securing ub toastmaster
lor their banquet, May 9th, Mr. lBon
J. Arnold. Mr. Arnold Is one of tho
stoTeTmjBtlectrlcal3;engIneor8lnthe
world and, of course, a" very busy man,
and the Engineers are justly proud of
their success in securing his attend
ance. It is the .desire of the commit
tee in charge of this banquet to secure
speakers who have made a great' suc
cess in the engineering profession and
to have them tell the students how
and why they have been successful.
"Mr. Arnold attended the dedication of
the now engineering laboratories,
January 18, 1911, and during his stay
.here made an address upoh the phys
ical valuation of public utilities. With
two other distinguished speakers at
the dedication exercises, ho was given
the honorary degree of doctor of en
gineering. Bion J. Arnold may. well bo consid
ered a Nebraska product. He was
, born at Casenovfa, Mich.,. August 1$,
1861. His father, Joseph Arnold, a
lawyer, moved to Nebraska, and was
a member of the territorial legislature
lor- the session- x)l 1865-1866. MrAr
nold was educated In the public
schools at Ashland,
Neljr., and later
attended the University of Nebraska.
At the age of six, when most boys are
learning their A B C's, Mr. Arnold
made many small mechanical contriv
ances, including models of farm ma
chinery. At fifteen ho built a piston
valve steam engine, without over hav
ing seen one. At seventeen, from an
advertisement -cut-in! the "Youth's
Companion," he constructed one of the
old-fashioned bicycles the first one
built in this state, and the first ever
seen in Lincoln. This, he occasion
ally used to' ride from the University
to his home in Ashland. At eighteen,
while attending the University, he
built a miniature locomotive, one-six--toenth-actual
elzo.
From Nebraska Mr. Arnold went to
"HillBdale. CbllegeT Michigan, making;
a BclarnBtudjrof "mechanics-, and
.there received th,eliegree of, B. S, in
1884,' M. .S; in 1887ahd M; Ph. in, 1889.
The winter of 1888-89 was spent In
postgraduate work at Cornell Univer
sity.' From Hillsdale College, In1903,
he received the Diploma Extraordln
aryi for "distinguished learning and
achievements in Invention and elec
trical and mechanical engineering."
For a course of loctures upon the de
sign and construction of electrical
' propeytioa, In 189.7, he recdved tho
degree of E. E, from the University of.
Nobraska. In 1907 he' received the
honorary. degreet of D. Sc. from Armour
fiiBtitute for "distinguished services
'in the field of. science and engineer
ing." ,
Practical work has, always been cbnv
4iilned with the. theoretical qldp, q( his
1 Engineering training, His summer
vacations during lus college, career
were,' spent in practlcafefejeerlng
work employed by englnegfcactur
4nE vceraanie8 as geneVjflflH and
traveling engine .experts
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summer as instrument
civil engineering party.
man with a
While en-
gaged in advanced work In college he
acted as draftsman and chief designer
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In 1887 he was chief draftsman and
mechanical engineer for the motive
power department of the Chicago., St
Paul & Kansas City railway (now the
Chicago Great Western railway) ii re
designing cars and locomotives. In
December, 1888, he resigned from this
position to take post graduato work at
Cornell Unlvorsity. In April, 1889, he
was connected with the Thomson
Houston Electric Company as engineer
and manager of their St Louis office,
having contracts for and supervising
the installation of electric lighting
plants. In 1891 ho became consulting
engineer of the Chicago office. In 1892
and 1893, as consulting engineer, he
built the Columbian Intramural Rail
way at the World's Pair grounds in
Chicago, the first electric railway In
the TJhlCod Stales.
In 1893, Mr. Arnold struck out for
himself, and opened an office in Chi
cago as an independent consulting
electrical-engineer-andwaa employed.
on many important projects. In 1895
ho organized the Jfurapolly-Sorley
organized
Storage Battery 'Company, perfecting
the storage battery and placing the
storage battery business, which there
tofore had been an unsuccessful ven
ture, upon a Arm and profitable foot-
log. He also originated what is now
called The Arnold Company, of Which
he Is president and principal stock
holder. This; company has carried on.
and is now engaged In engineering
and construction work for many of the
leading steam railroads of the country
on a cost plus percentage basis, hav
ing on 'hand at times many millions
of dollars worth of work. As consult-!
ing engineer he has been employed by
more than fifty other Important manu.
ffactuglngr-llghtlng, street rallway-ahd-
failroad companies.
He; has carried' on many 'expert-
raontff andrmadea numberof inven
tions, of great 'note. ;lh 1896 he de
veloped the rotary converter sub
station storage battery nigh tension
direct current stem of electric rail
ways and in 1898 put thb same into
practical operation. This system, do-,
veloped by hrtn, immediately became
Btandard and is exemplified in its
highest typo In the instalaltlons of
the New York Central Railroad.
In 1900 he developed the electro
pneumatic system ot single phase elec
tric railway construction and for tho
next four years did considerable ex
perimental work at Lanslngt Mich.,
upon a lino built by h,lm especially,
for that purpose. His was the pioneer
system and Is becoming the standard
for long distance., railway work, Mr
Arnold, from J901-0S, directed the elec
trical equipping of the trains of the,
Nftw, York Central In and out of New
York City, a work that .involved, dfc
recUy a.nd, indirectly, aboujt $75,000,000 J the second division, for the champion
For .his invehtlQand engineering I ihlP; of all the Greek letter fraternities
achievements Mr, Arnold has rece.lvecj I In the soheeL
BION J.
Toastmaster at the
medals from thp Franklin Institute of
Philadelphia, the Trans-Mlsslslppl
Exposition of Omaha, the Pan-American
Exposition at Buffalo, and the
Universal Exposition at St ijuis.
It-is-in-'hlB-work upon-public-utllU
ties that Mr. Arnold is probably best
known to tno. general- puDiic. 'jno
regulation of, pibllc service companies,
particularly of street railways, and to
day of water lighting, gas and tole
phono companies, has opened a great
fjeld for the competently equipped en
gineer. His reports and valuations of
public utilities have been universally
recognized as correct and fair, as
those of one strongly upholding, th,o
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JCGonuipnJPaJEft X
FIRST DIVISION FRAT
BASKETRULL THURSDAY
AJpha Thcta Chi and Delta X?.M Rlta
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On Thursday evening otthls week
ohe of thb best basketball games of
the series ;between the different fra
ternities of tho University will be
played on the Armory floor when
Alpha Theta Chi and Dolta TaTTDelta
meet for thb championship of the first
division. Both) of these .teams have
gone through all their games without
a defeat and this game on Thursday
evening will decide which 'team -will
bethe acknowledged leader of the
first division. Ths match promises
to, be a fight to 'the finish and a great
crowd of fraternity basketball enthu
siasts aro expected to be on hand tb
see the conflict Both teams have
been practicing zealouslythe last two
weeks and report that they are in fit
physical condition lor the scrap. The
winner of this game will play Phi
Kappa Psl, who are the winners in
BaL i. 'MvrrH
ARNOLD
Engineers' Banquet.
PHYSICAL DIRECTOR TO
RETURN TO UNIVERSITY
Miss 8hcldon, Head of Nashville, Ten-
nessee Y. W. C. A., Will Spend
Summer With Folks In Omaha.
Tho following article appeared In a
recent issue of the, Omaha Dally Bee:
"In order tb return to college for an
advanced course of training, Miss Ruth
Sheldon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wll
Ham, S. Sheldon, 2515 EramCt street,
has decided to give up her position as
physical dlreotor of the Young
Women'a- JDhrlstlan Association at
Nashville,' Tenn., wTiTcE"sho has held
for tho last year. She Is a 1916 gradu
ate, of the Omaha High School and was
a prominent and popular student there.
Her father Is a former city councilman
and Ib atni engaged in business here.
VMies Sheldon complbtod a course
Inr-physlcanJLralnlng. ion teachers at
the-Unlver8lty-ot-Nebraskabefore;got.
ing to Nashville, .but-nbw wishes to
take further college work of ah ad
vanced nature, after which she plans
to return to her profession of direct
ing physical culture. She will leave
Nashville in a few months and enter
the State University again after
spending the summer vacation In
Qraaba with her parents. She plans
to continue hec physical, training work
in order to fit herself for higher work
in, that lprofes,sIon;" ,
Anies.
It is evident that the editor of the
I. S. C: Student Is not In high, favor
with the small downtown boys. .While
working at his desk, a, crash was heard
and the victim sank, limply back Into
his chair!" It was later discovered that
the missile was not a. bomb, but a large
marble, which had gone through the
window and dropped on the floor." It
was a close Shave for the editor. By
'the way, he had just shaved oft his
moustache that morning. ,
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ft COMMERCIAL CLUB
OPPORTUNITIES EXCELLENT FOR
THIS ORGANIZATION. J -
WILL BE ORGANIZED SOON
Object to Boost Cornmcrce Department
and Also University Prominent
Speaker WllfBe Secured All
Professors Are Interested ,w
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A commercial club is about to bo
organized in connection with the
School of Commerce. Professor' Mar-tln7-with-thc-aldofrPofssorsyiEtua
Stephens and LoRosignol of thb de
partment, 1b working to got students
taking business subjects Interested in
the movement. He is ehthuslas'tlo.
over the outlook- for such a.club. In r
Nobraska, for tho .only neigUboring
schools offering a four-year profos
slonal buslnoss training aro Denver
and Chicago. A largo, promising and
uncultivated field lies in tho Nebraska
and surrounding territory. A fine op
portunity for a great department of
commerce at Nobraska. '. '
The purpose of the club will bo to,
boost tho Commeroo department in
particular and the big -University
events in general. At the monthly
meetings to bo held prominent, prac
tical business men will discuss; -problems
that tho graduate of the depart
ment will encounter When he finishes
his schopl work. Special meetings or
"get togethers" will be held several
times a year for the. purpose of inter-,
.eating yjuog.jin. who have not be-
come laminar wun tno commerce
work. " ' r
One of the main objects of the or
ganisation of this club is to establish,
in tho minds of business men and
young men planning oa a .buslaeas
training that the. School of Commerce i
is not on the order of. the. six months,' 't
business college; The training re-
celved by those registered in the Com
merce department ,1s .on & plane wltk
the training received, by, the students
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THOROUGH BLUE SKY '
INVESTIGATE DY GONDRA
Marin ffipirrlal Frrunlon to Totii-;.
Crossed Border- Took pit-
luririh MexleeT
Dr. Condra Tecently returned fronl t
Texas, whore ho had been for several
weeks Investigating the solvency bt
the land companies doing business In
TfiaT slate. Ih order to study thli" ebft-' '
ditlons first hand thb doctor joined ii
landseekors' excursion at Kansas City. '
Much' valuable data was secured- con- '
cernlhg tho methods employed" by land
agents. -Two fraudulent land. ;cbm- '
panies were discovered and all their
work will be stopped In that state.
Two reports wjjl soon- be. male one
to the newspapers and the pthr wilt
take up In detail the blue.. sky jnetaodt "
unearthed.
At BrowjvillQ T.exa.8 Dr. Condra
found occasion to Cross the border into;
Mexico. At Matamores he took a, nu: ,
ber of pictures of tke battleld, refu
gees, wounded and- hospitals. At the
present time tb Wrder. line, is very.
peaceful, although avnustsr o Mtx-'
tvium mq iittianmLiu lu frM t"t'
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