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ENGINEERS
The Daily
VOlTXX. NO. 132
ESG1EEBS' NIGHT
10 BE BIG EVENT
General Public Invited to Attend Oid
Open Hoube and Inspect
Departments.
MANY EXHIBITS READY
Various Branches of the College Have
prepared Samples of Work for
Public View.
Perhaps the biggest event of ;ln
annual Engineers' Week is the opon
house of all the engineering depn.;
nient, The Tnglneers Night Tliursd:i .
On this night, the College of Engineer
ing is host to the general public, di 1
all tho shops, laboratories and clad.i
rooms in the various engineeiin.
buildings are open for inspection.
This year, Thursday night, April 21,
is set aside as Engineers night nnd
plans are complete for one of tint
best and most extonslve exhibitions
ever put on.
The chrQ engineering and the s.p
pliod mechanics 'department will nohl
their exhibit in Mechanic Arts hal!
Transits, levels and compasses will be
set up and arranged for display hud
some instruments dismantled In oi
der that the datallB 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 Ij
students taking courses in tho depart
nient. In this collection are plans for
railroad location, extension and im
provement, designs of steel and oon
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UNIVERSITY WIRELESS
STATION WILL BE. WILED
Transmitting and Receiving Instru
ments Open to View of Public
Engineers Night.
One of the many things to be un
veiled to the public on Engineer.
Night is the University wireless sta
tion. It is harbored in the elect: ical
ensuring laboratories just north oi
old U Hall. Four lean copper wires
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 tho operating room wherein
is located a multitude of transmitting
and receiving instruments, so designed
and ararnged as to be able to radiate
and receive systematic vibrations of
tho ether in the form of radio tele
graphic messages.
Two distinct types of transmitters
are In us there, a one klllowatt 6park
et with a 250 watt continuous wave
art. The former Is very nigged and
l tho heavy duty installation. It i
operated by remote control and jb
tuned to a 375 meter wave length.
Our spark has been heard by ama
teurs as far as the Atlantic seaboard.
Tho continuous wave set is one which
can be used to relther telegraphic or
telephonic communication. This la1
tor property makes it a very desir
able type of outfit.
In the receiving set, the desired
aisnais are turned In and magnified
y two electron dynamic amplifiers.
Theso super-sentative amplifier? will
Intensify the faintest trace cf elec
trical energy to such an extent an to
make it strong enough to be easily
readable. These and many other won
dcrful phenomena will be d jmon
atrated on Engineers Night.
LINCOLN,
FRANK T. DARROW.
This iiio.ninc at 11 o'clock Frani; T
Harrow w ili ;uu!ri-ss the engineon
convocation on "The Point of View
of a Young Engineer in the Makiu,;.'
Mr. Harrow, is assistant chief engi
neer of ihir Burlington lines for west
of the Missouri river, which inclue
si xthousand miles of track and forty
seven hundred miles of line.
Mr. Harrow was graduated from
Alleghany college, Meadvillo, Pa., ,n
1897. He came west immediately aft
or graduation and connected himsell
with the Burlington railroad where
his work has been everything fron
railway location to operation, in-iu-i
ing all new construction, tunnels
bridges and river control as has h
put in along the Missouri river from
Omaha to Rulo. Woods Bros, re' a:
were used to sonio extent in live!
control work.
Buring the season of 1905 Mr. Par-
row was located at Seattle, Wash.
a superintendent of National Con
tract ponipnny. II is work cons'siew
mainly of . steam shovel excavaticn
municipal and bridge work. Mis work
attained national prominence througl
his ability 1 1 handle big job contracts,
In January this year, Mr. Harrow
wiis elected a director of the Amen
can Society of Civil Engineer.! for
it thrioyeiir term, v leaves Ayri
22 to attend the annual national con
vention of the American Society
Civil Engineers to be held nt New
Orleans.
WALDO PORR PRESIDENT
STUDENT CHAPTER JL A. E.
Blue Print Staff for Next Year Abo
Selected at Meeting Theid on
April 13.
The annual election of officers for
the student chapter of the Ameiican
Association of Engineers was held
Wednesday, April 13. The Blue Print
staff was selected at till stime. The
following men were selected for tho
next year:
Waldo Poor, president.
A. V. LIndgron, vice president.
Fred Hing, secretary and treasuier.
For tho engineering publication tho
following staff was selected:
H. N. Barnard, editor.
H. Upton, assistant editor.
II. G. Van Brunt, business mana
ger. J. Applegate, assistant business
manager.
Robert MeCandless, circulation
manager.
Clyde Wilcox, assistant circulation
mannger.
Th0 chapter of A. A. E. was or
ganized hero In November, 1919, and
has shown stoady growth since that
lime, 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 tho
year will be given Saturday night,
April 23, at Antelope Park. The eloc-
trlcals have arranged special lighting
effects to bo used for several of tho
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XEBKASKA. TUESDAY. APRIL 19,
ENGINEERS CALENDAR
Tuesday, 11 Convocctior ,
Ermginters' edition Daily Ne-br.-.skan.
Wednesday Engineers field
dsy.
Thursday Engineers' Nigbt.
Fi iday Engineers' banquet,
Lincoln ho':el.
Saturday Engineers' daifce,
Antelope park.
Dean Olin Jerome Ferguson.
Hean Olin Jerome Ferguson of the
College of Engineering, is a native of
Illinois. He received his high school
education in NebrasKi and is a grad
uati. 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
lie 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 Br. Charles P. Steinmetz.
Buring 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 ho 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 the
electrical engineering department,
which position he still holds. In 1918,
during tho absence of Dean Stout In
army service, Professor Ferguson was
made acting dean of the College o'
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 f-ield
day to get in movies taken by
Dr. Condra, 2 p. m.
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HEAR DARROW TODAY
Frank T. Darrow, assistant
chief engineer of the Burllngcon
for lines west of the Mlscouri
river, will address the convoca
tion for all Engineering ctu
dents today at 11 o'clock on
"The Point of View." Ti e En
gineering College Is exceedingly
fortunate in obtaining this
speaker and every student in
that department la urged to at
tend hit lecture thlt mornirg.
SENIORS1
Order your caps and gownt
nowl Call at the College Book
Store to have your measure
ments taken.
Do it today!
CAP AND GOWN COMMITTEE
EDITION
RASKAN
11)21.
JAMES B. HARVEY.
Toastir;aster of Engineers Banquet.
Jiiiiii.'H I?. Harvty, vice president oi
the Colli!. iinsilal Gas and Electric
company of Omaha will have chargu
of the. toiist list at the bantiue'. Fri
day evening. Mr. Harvey entered the
Univei.si y in 1904 and was gradu
ated in 1909 after completing tho
course in i-li.-clrieal engineering and
taking a graduate course in median
ical engineering. He made liis "N"
in football, was captain of i lie leani
in 1908 and assistant coach in 1C09.
He is the president of the Nebraska
section of the National Elwtric Light
ing association and has been promi
nent in public utility work for a num
ber of years. Mr. Harvey was toast
master of the Coinhusker banquet in
1915.
The following is the toast list for
this year:
Tonstinaster, James B. Harvey.
"The Engineer as a Mixer." Law
rence Metzgar. J
"The Engineer as a Student." O. J.
Ferguson.
"The Engineer as n Salesman." J.
A. Bruce.
"The Engineer as a Business Man
R. E. Campbell.
"The Engineer as a Pathfindei,"
R. L. Cochran.
"The Engineer as a Constructive
Force in the Nation," George A. Lee
Lawrence Metzgar as the represent
ative of the student body will dea'
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"FIELD DAY" IS BIG EVENT
IN WEEK OF CELEBRATION
Large Parade to Form at State
Farm Campus Wednesday
Morning.
Nebraska has scores of "niosi fa
vored i.auhions," but Engineers weex
rates well toward the top of Ihb
"most favored" ones, and the annual
field day the greatest d.-y of Engi
neers Week. Enougn events will be
held so that every engineer can lake
part. '
R. Gingrich, as chairman ol the
Field day committee, has collected to
gether numerous events. Here a
brief outline of tho program. Meet
at M. E. Hall at 9 a. ni.. We.ineaday
and form parade for State Farm at
9:30. This parade is to be no small
part of the doings. It will be lead 1
tho Engineers band mounted on the
civil engineering department's prizo
Garford htallion. With "Stubby" Stur-
devant as the leader this is a band
that is a band: it doesn't look very
strong, but hoot mon, or maybe bet
ter 'toot' mon, you'll 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 tho price of admission. It has
been rumored that a number of skin
(felino mephitis) secured on tho in
spactlon trip are being beautifully
tanned, engraved and embroidered tc
bo given as rewards to the victors
College Athletes to Clash.
The first thing on the program Is
tho preliminary baseball games tor
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FEATURES IH
Annual Tradition of College Has More
Extensive Program than in
Previous Years.
DANCE ADDED AFFAIR
Week of Celebration Has Grown Out
Out of Annual Panquet, 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, "lias 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 th
week.
Engineers' week has grown out of
the first Engineers' banquet which was
lu!d 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 might
bu shown to the interested public.
Thus two of the numbers were com
bined and formed the nucleus for tho
present Engineers' week.
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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IBM TAD WELL PRESENT
PORTRAIT OF DEAN STOUT
College of ngineering Will Receive
Gift cf Picture of Former De
partment Head.
Sigma Tau, honorary engineering
frnti -nity, will present to the Col
logo of Engineering at engineers con
vocation on this morning a portrait
of O. V. P. Stout, former dean of tho
College of Engineering.
Mr. Stout was graduated from tho
College of Engineering of the Unl
versity of Nebraska in 1888 and imr.ie
diately went into work along the liny
of railway location, construction and
maintenance, with? the? Burlington,
Missouri Pacific and Union Tacio
railroads, reaching the position ot
acting division engineer, Wyoming di
vision, Union Pacific railroad.
Mr. Stout was connected with the
state university from 1891 to May.
1920, being head of the College d" En
gineering after 1893. From 1S?4 to
1904 he was resident dydrographcr
United States Geological Survey, h-
rigatlon investigator for United State
department of agriculture; consulting
engineer on construction of irrigation
system of Tri-State Land company o.i
North Platte River, rofting two mil
lion dollars; consulting engineer and
head of engineering department ft
Costilla Estates Development com
pany, Colorado Springs and San Lulu.
Colorado.
Stout Wat Major.
Mr. Stout has frequently been en
gaged to report on irrigation projects
of great magnitude including reclam
ation of the coded portion of the Sho
shone reservatfon In Wyoming. Ke 13
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dances.