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PAGE 4 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Friday, November 17, 1950 NU Foils Would-Be Exam Thieves By Jerry Bailey A small group of students slip ped furtively across the campus on a dark night. They paused . . . leaned over something on an open stretch cf ground . . . one of them lifted an iron grating from the ground with an effort. It fell aside with a clank, and one by one the furtive students disappeared into a hole that the grating had covered. These students were seeking copies of questions, to be used in a future examination. But they did not expect to find the ques tions in a hole in the ground. What they did expect was to use an underground tunnel to gain access to the building in which the test questions were locked. Foiled Agraln' For some time the small group fumbled its way along the nar row tunnel. Flashlights were some help in piercing the dark ness. The students turned into a side tunnel and speeded up, feeling that they were close ta their goal. Suddenly wild and furious cursing ripped the dark ness and echoed back down the tunnel. Facing the would-be thieves was a new brick wall and a securely locked door. Thus, some time in the past, University officials made sure that no unwanted guests would enter University buildings by way of the steam tunnels under the campus. These tunnels connect every building on the campus with the University power plant, located north of the P.E. building. These campus arteries conduct high and low pressure steam, electric v'" .,jf fe;si ; 11 """" " """""" I f0"1""" if " ! f i - I I t -41 N x J On- if -'"V - I 111 " ! POWER PLANT BOSS Jake Small, boss of the University's power plant, watches as a workman overhauls a stoker below one of the plant boilers. As Chief Utilities Engineer, Small is in charge of both city and ag campus power plants, as well as plants at the Omaha Medical school and the Curtis School of Agriculture. He has served the University since 1913. Small is the final expert or! matters concerning University heat and power, the plant, and the miles of tunnels and powerlines beneath the campus. power, and water for cooling sys tems to the various buildings. And as has been noted, locked doors are located where tun nels enter basements. These tunnels, ranging from four feet by six to seven feet by eight in dimension, were in a large part constructed in 1929 when the power and heating plant was built. The main tun nel stretches south from the plant and the Coliseum to Love library. Branch tunnels lead to buildings along the line, from Morrill hall to "Sosh." A side tunnel slides east to carry heat to the dormitories, and south ward to the Union. South of the Union the tunnel dwindles to a ditch that pipes steam across town to heat the State 'Capitol. A branch of the main tunnel spurs west to connect with a much older network of tunnels under the old campus area west of 12th street. This western network of tunnels is small and more cramped than the newer one to the east. The western tun nels are of cobblestone and ce ment instead of the newer brick and concrete. Newest tunnel work has been done in the vi cinity of Ferguson hall. High Temperature It might be noted that the av erage temperature of these steam tunnels is 125 degrees. Ministers of the gospel, using the hellfire and brimstone aonroach in serm ons, would add greatly to their effectiveness if they could lead their congregations through these tunnels once. Hub of the entire tunnel sys tem is the power plant. Here, as an engineer might explain to a layman, they build the fires that heat the water that pro duces the steam that powers the turbines that produce electricity. By an act of legislature, the power plant heats the state cap itol in addition to the campus. The plant can and has furnished power to the Lincoln Orthopedic hospital in emergencies when other power sources fail. City of ficials recently inquired whether the plant might not be used to heat the proposed city auditor ium. University Regents replied that it would require another leg islative act. Production Figures A measure of the power plant's importance can be read in its production figures: 265 million pounds of steam for heating, 83 million pounds of steam for gen erating electricity and 10 million kilowatts of electricity produced yearly. "The plant was built for a naif million dollars, says Alexander Baur, plant efficiency engineer, "But you could't build it for a million today!" Head of the whole plant sys tem is Jake Small, a . cheerful little German who has been with the University since 1913. Of ficially he is the Chief Utilities Engineer. Unofficially he is the man who has been keeping the school lights burning and the student and faculty thousands warm during cold weather, for a long time. No Arm Chair Executive Jake is anything but an arm chair executive at the plant. He can be found, not in his office, but out in the plant watching his boys overhaul a turbine or doctor an ailing coal stoker. On other days, Jake may be on the high way, bound for a look-see at his heating plants in Omaha or at Curtis. In Jake Small's brain is a map Donald Imiis Named Spanish Club President Donald Innis was elected pres ident of the Spanish club at their second monthly meeting in the Union Wednesday. Other officers are: May Scherff, vice president,; and Bev erly Hagan, secretary-treasurer. The executive committee, which will help the officers and act in an advisory manner, is composed of Jim DeMarco, Ed ward Prado, Janice Brown, Lois Stewart, Gladys Anderson and Jean Herman. Preceding the election, a Span ish version of Dr. I.Q. was pre sented. Prizes of gold pieces (coin-shaped chocolates wrapped in gold paper) were awarded to those answering questions cor rectly. Dr. I.Q. was enacted by George MacMurray. Coke commercials were given by Adolph Arrocha. Both are instructors in the Spanish department. Refreshments, in Spanish style, consisted of coffee and tacos. The latter item is a variation on Ag Engineers Plan Open House Nov. 30 The Agricultural Engineering students are holding an open house at the Agricultural Engi neering building on the Ag cam pus, Thursday, Nov. 30, at 7 p.m. the tortilla, which is made of corn meal. It's filled with a highly seasoned hamburger mix ture. Anyone taking Spanish, be ginning or advanced, is invited to attend these meetings. To cover expenses, students are charged 25 cents each meeting. of steam and power lines, valves, mains, and tunnel systems such is not found on any University blueprint as yet. Years of work with his plants and pipelines have given Jake more knowledge of them than he is likely to admit. When workers must search for valves or buried lines, it may be that blueprints and Jake's mem ory disagree. When that hap pens . . , "You might as well throw away the blueprint," ex plain Jake's fellow workers. "Jake's never been wrong yet!" TONIGHT COLLEGE NIGHT PCJBS DAVE HAUN And His Orchestra INFORMAL Wear Your RALLY Clothes If You Wish Couples Only Tax included Adm. $1.70 per ouple VrxLiXX LJ ZdJ U I"uLiz3 L.M J Lr I .bi I . i xxuxl LJ 1 Nf i U FOWLER'S SERVICE 14th and Que 7 block from Campus formerly R. J. Brown's Senice HAVE YOU Changed Your Gear Grease Installed Your Anti-freeze MINNESOTA ( ) PURDUE ( ) Are you ready for winter? if & Yf TO GET THE MOST OUT OF A SATURDAY 4 AFTERNOON, WATCH THE III SKi:US IN AC- TION AGAINST IOWA STATE. TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR DOLLARS CHECK OUR STOCK OF POCKETROOKS BEFORE YOU BUY. 213 DIFFERENT TITLES 25c - 35 REGENT'S BOOK STORE JUST NORTH OF LOVE LIBRARY COLORADO ( ) OREGON ( ) Do You Know? Th National Bank of Commerce is furnishing the University of Nebraska football team with a new silver dollar, before each game, to be used for the toss. The captain who wins the toss gets to keep the dollar, with the best wishes of the National Bank of Commerce. find, do you know that the National Bank of Commerce has "Cornhusker Special" checking accounts especially for students? WISCONSIN ( ) PENNSYLVANIA ( ) fierce CORNER OF 13TH &0 LINCOLN, NEBR. V MEMBER F.D.I.C y friz oh Are Offered as Follows First Prize Second SoOO Prize Third Si 00 Prize Ji S fir 00 v V 1. In each advertisement on this page you will find one football game scheduled for the coming week end. Indi cate your choice of winner by checking the box next to the team. If you wish to in dicate a tie, check both boxes. 2. Complete entries must be t the DAILY NEBRASKAN office by 12 o'clock noon this coming Saturday. 3. Fill in your name and ad dress in the space allotted, winner will be announced in next Tuesday's DAILY NE BRASKAN. 4. Don't indicate scores, mere ly winners or ties. Prizes will be awarded to the per son who guesses the out come of the most number of games and whose entry bears the earliest postmark. Staff members of student publi cations are not eligible to enter. Name . . Address JL n ii yy n NEBRASKA ( ) Today is the day to take TIME OUT and look over the book bargains we have ON SALE this week only. IOWA STATE ( ) mBOOK STORE 1951 CORNHUSICEI? GOES OFF SALE m DECEMIEER 111 No Copies will be Sold After This Date IOWA ( ) NOTRE DAME ( ) I ,3 i AND - TO PICK A SURE W1XNKR VISIT ANY OF THESE ESTABLISHMENTS MICHIGAN ( ) NORTHWESTERN ( ) WHERE IS EVERYONE GOING ? ? TO SKK NEBRASKA'S SWEET HE ART AND PRtNCE'KOSMET at the ElOSET ECLUB FALL HEIElf! Take a "Mythical Tour" of Broadway Tonight. University Coliseum Tlvhets ftOc, Tax KneU