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i Pane 4 The Summer Nebraskan Thursday, Jufy IT, T937 "I 1' 1 t A( Station The opening of the Internation al Geophysical Year (GIY) Mon day found the ' University as a member of the world-wide obser vation team gathering data on cosmic rays. The University's station will be one of the major observation points in the United States. Under Dr. Robert Chasson's di rection, the physics department has constructed a recording sta tion for detecting both high and low-energy components of the cos mic radiation. Permanently located in the at tic of Brace Physics Laboratory, the equipment includes seven Geiger-counter telescopes and a neutron monitor pile which will electronically record the cosmic ray activity 24 hours a day. Dr. Chasson, chairman of the physics department, said the neu tron monitor also will have an alarm device which will set into ratus whenever the cosmic ray activity is above or below nor mal, caused by solar flare or geo magnetic storm activity. This will provide a detailed record of the radiation, he said,. The facilities were constructed and will be maintained under a $52,000 grant administered through the National Science Foundation. Under the IGY program, Dr. Chasson explained, basic standard monitor instruments around the measurements of the low-energy and high-energy cosmic rays. "This standardization of equip ment will permit, for the first time, a large-scale comparison of world-wide cosmic rays." There will be a regular world wide monthly data exchange sys tem, he said. Dr. Chasson believes that the information to be gathered on the cosmic rays will prove an im portant probe of conditions in out er space, once the cosmic ray behavior is established with other known solar and stellar behavior. "This belief," he said, "is made passible since the actual nature Wayne Reed Plans Address This Tuesday Wayne Reed, Assistant Commis sioner of Education in the Division of State and Local schools, will . visit the University campus Tues day, according to Dr. Frank Sorensen, director of summer sessions. Reed will present two open-class sessions in Love Library Audi torium and will address the com bined meeting of Thi Delta Kappa and Pi Lambda Theta at 6 p.m. $200.00 EASY Campus Agency Available We need a Student to sell Nationally Advertised Drawing Sets and Slide Rules (K&E, Dietzgen, etc.) at low Discount prices to entering engineering freshmen this fall. Tremendous profits. No investment required. Free posters. Write now: Em pire Engineering Supply Com pany, P. O. Box 114, Canal Street Station NYC 13, NY. GRADS ORDER YOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS (Deadline July 15th) To Study Cosmic Rays of the radiation and its behavior after it has entered the atmos phere are quite adequately un derstood." Cosmic rays are produced be yond the earth's atmosphere with the sun believed to be a source of low energy rays. These rays, Dr. Chasson explained, continu ally bombard the earth. Most of them and, especially the ones with high energies, come from other regions of the Milky Way or oth er more distant groups of stars. IGY actually a year and a half from July 1, 1957, to Dec. 31, 1958 will witness the world's greatest single co-ordinated quest for scientific knowledge. Nearly 5,000 scientists will si multaneously observe many nat ural phenomena which are of world-wide character. They will seek answers to such questions as the cause of electrical discharges which black out radio and affect Professor Unearths Music Manuscripts A University music professor feels he has "unearthed" some ex ceptional manuscripts which have been neglected for the past 200 to 300 years. Emanuel - Wishnow, professor of violin and conductor of the Uni versity Symphony Orchestra, re turned to Lincoln recently from a year's leave in Italy and England. While there, he searched librar ies and music collections for out standing music for stringed instru ments, "which was in great favor Journalists Use Time For Practice Eighteen University School of Journalism students are using the summer months to obtain experi ence in the field, Dr. William Hall, school director, reported. The largest number, 11, are working for Nebraska newspapers, according to Dr. Hall. Three each are employed in the radio-television and public relations fields, with one holding down a magazine position. The summer journalists include: Lincoln Journal: Pat Coover, Dick Ramage, Ruthie Rosenquist, Barbara Sharp and Jerry Petsche. Lincoln Star: Al Holbert. Lincoln Journal and Star Circu lation: Germaine Wright. Nebraska City News-Press: Mary Jane Wilhite. York News-Times: Sam Hall. Scottsbluff Star - Herald: Jack Pollock. Fremont Guide & Tribune: Mack Lundstrom. KOLN-TV, Lincoln: Phyllis Bon ner. WOW-TV, Omaha: Mel Henning. KFOR, Lincoln: Jo Ann Gabar ron. University Public Relations De partment: Dick James, city campus; Walter Patterson, agri cultural campus. . U.S. Department of Agriculture Information Service: Helen Bishop. Outdoor Nebraska: Fred Gibbs. CAPS & GOWNS (Deadline July 26th) BOOK STORE the weather, whether the earth is growing warmer and what is the size and shape of the world. This period was selected for IGY since it covers the approach to the maximum of the next sun spot cycle wher solar activity will be at its peak, accompanied by great electrical and magnetic disturbances in the solar system. Previous international scientif ic programs were conducted in 1882-83 and 1932,33. This will be the first time that cosmic rays will be in the pic ture, Dr. Chasson explained, since they were barely known in 1932 33. Besides Dr. Chasson as pro ject director, the University's sta tion personnel will include: Dr. Walter French Jr., as research associate; Bruch Anspaugh and Kaichi Maeda both research as sistants; and David Dunkin, lab oratorya ssistant. in the 16th and 17th centuries but disappeared through the years.' He spent three months in Italy, visiting the Vatican, Florence, Venice, Padua, and Bologna. Pro fessor Wishnow believes his most fortunate find was at Padua, home of the greatest violin master of the 17th Century, Guiseppe Tartini. A prolific writer, Tartini wrote a number of theoretical works and composed many violin concertos, trios, and sonatas, among which "The Devil's Trill" is the most famous. To the beat of his knowledge, Professor Wishnow was able to dis cover and microfilm some of Tar tini's works which have never been published. In Venice, at the San Marco Library and Conservatory of Bene detto Marcello, he had photo graphed 12 concertos of an Opus 1 by Composer Marcello, of which less than half have been published. In Bologna, Wishnow found the largest collection of the mas ters of the 16th and 17th centuries. He rediscovered church service music which was composed by Torelli for 120 string players. After completing his quest in Italy, Wishnow r e t u r ned to England. There, at the Middlesex Library of the University of Lon don, he worked with the Italian finds and also with ihe Elizabethan music which he had collected ear lier in the summer of 1955. Professor Wishnow calls this per iod of music "one of the greatest originial schools of counterpoint and most rewarding of all creative music written in England." Now that he has found and tran scribed these heretofore neglected manuscripts, Mr. Wishnow is in the process of adapting the music, putting it in the present notations for the contemporary string family. He hopes that' during this next school year, he will be able to add some of the manuscripts to the music experience of University students and concert audiences. "It's surprising," he pointed out, "that this music has been left to wither. In some cases, these ne glected manuscripts are of much better quality musically than those that have survived down through the years. "I believe this music can be of tremendous benefit in the quality of literature which is being used in our schools," he said. Wishnow's research study was financed in part by a Woods Fel lowship, given through the Univer sity of Nebraska Foundation. For Rent Furnished basement apart ment Available now 3 rooms and bath Nearly new appliances Including dehumldifier, automatic) washer dryer, utilities. I7S. Call 8-6658. A lovely room In an air conditioned du- I plex. Shower and kitchen privileges. For two gentlemen. Call 3-0964 after 3 or Sunday. Middle Easlh Set As TroubBe Spotf Three Uni-ersity faculty mem bers, each representing a sepa rate area, will be the featured speakers at the annual World Trouble Spot forum on July 18 at 2 p.m. in the Love Library audi torium, according to Dr Frank Sorenson, summer sessions di rector. Leslie Hews, head of the geo graphy department; Wailis Peter son, assistant professor of econo mics and Rene Williams, visiting professor of political science from Louisiana State University, will discuss the Middle East, Dr. Sor enson stated. The Suez crisis, the eternal con EAST MOLLS On 70th Between "A" & South OUTDOOR DANCING BY THE POOL MICKEY KULL ORCHESTRA SATURDAY NIGHT, JULY 13th (Call 4-2825 for Res.) (Adm. 90c) F LITTLE AMERICA NORTH 27TH ST. 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