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iiutt THE NEBRASKAN Voi,. IV. No. JO. UNIVIOKSITV OF N10HRASICA, LINCOLN, JANUARY HI, isim. VllWK, r ClJNTfl THE ENGINEERS' EXHIBIT WILL TAKE TWO BUILDINGS Tho Arnory Will bo Uuod to Provldo M.olloom- Homo l'honomoim and I ) Explanations ol Thorn. Tin' Kecoml annual exhibit of the rl.i'trlcal Engineering Hooloty will ho ilwu Friday night, February U, In tho hi in ry and In tho olcotrloa,' engineering I 1 1 iMYlllllMort. Wf found at our liiHt exhibit that did not 'have tlio necessary room in nur laboratories for tho Imtnonno crowds Who came ito see and loam what could be dono with electricity. The subdivisions of tho exhibit: Plating, heating, lighting, nnd electro chemistry will huvo their npptiiatuH In the niniory. Tlu welding, furnace and Ti'Hla experiments may bo huoii In tho main laboratories, where till tlio ma .hlnory will bo running. 'IMio plating committor ban received some gold ore from Now JorHoy und also from Mllford, which thoy will hop a rate by tho okotro-plaiting process. In thlH process tho gold wo- la dissolved In a solution of chemicals, tho gold Is tluiv separated by passing a current of i lootrlelty through the Kolutlon causing the gold to collect on a lentl plate. Tliv electrolysis of waiter plpett oousos tluM'ltv "ouiioIIh no little trouble, duo to the leakage of current from Its In tended return path. Electricity always tnkvH 'the easiest IwWi ll'n returning to the station, tho path that offers tho least resistance. If tho circuit Ih through water pipes It onuses them 'to deteriorate and small holes are formed duo to electric notion. This committee has samples of water piping, furnished by the- Water Works company ot OmaUm. Tho gold, silver, nickel, copper bars, platinum and wood plating' will be In operation, and souvenirs of 'these will bo given to tho visitors oh that night. Tho electro-typing committee expects t) shoiv the method of producing me tallic riiipVessIomTanil electrotypes The heating and cooking commltteo has some apparatus furnished by "Tho Western Klectrlc Heat&ig Co.," and will distribute to Pie public mine hot cakes and cocow. Popcorn iopped In an electric popper will be scattered broadcast. Iron will bo welded by an au'tomatlo welding maohlue, which Is furnished by the Thomas-Houston company. The blow out process will bo shown, whereby the olectrlc arc of an are lamp Is blown by a magnet to one side, 'thus heaitlng the Iron. The water iatl forge will bo In oper ation, In which an Iron can be heated to 11 white heat, hammered to the proper shape, and 'then cooled 'In the same water. If the plans of 'tho committee ap pointed to work up the subjeut of elec tric furnnces are realized, even In a fair degroo, one of the most Interesting parts of the exhibition will bo the pro duction of calcium carbide. From this product, by Hlmple addition of water, aiiiijleno gas, tho now lllumlnant Is i-volved In largo quantities. Tho pro cess of making 'the carbide of calcium I comparatively simple, by subjecting a mixture of powdered lime and coke dust to tho intenso boat of tho electric furnace, .the mixture molts down to a vlseons mass of noarly pure calcium carbide When cool, the carbide Is a dense substance, having n dark brown color and a specific gravity of 11.2(3. When brought In contact with water acetylono gaH Is evolved at tho rate of about flve and flveitonths cubic feet par pound of tho carbide, and If properly confined, will produce the enormous pressure of 900 or 1,000 pounds por squaro Inch. The gas has a very offensive odor, resembling itha't of garlic. It can readily bo condensed to a liquid and from that to a solid. Tho valuo of coal gas as an 'lllumln ant Is groatly dependant on tho amount of acotylono present In It. Ordinarily coal gas contains acetylene to itho ex tout of 0,00 per cent, while water gas contains nhout 1 per cent. Acetylene burns with an Intensely white llame, such that ilita Illuminating power Is more than ten times ahait of our city gas. This great illuminating power will bo shown alt tho exhlbblon, but In order to give n clearer idea of It. tho following data will aid consider ably. Coal gas when burned at tho raito of five cubic feet per hour will produco a llgnt- equal to twenty-rtwo candles, while acetylene, burned under the eamo conditions and ait the amo 'rate will glvo a light of 2fi0 candle power. Tlio committee expects to make tho carbide, generate the gas and .to 'have It burning, ho thai the whole process will bo shown. If successful In oh taltvlng apparatus In tltiic itho liquid gas will also bo made. As one approaches the university from tho south, it'iey can see u largo headlight on .the front of itho main building, which Is only tho beginning of itho treat do follow. Franklin's kite with It Ih photograph brings back to itho observer what he learned whllo at 'tho publlo school, here 'he may experience what Franklin did many years ago by .touching n key nn.l receiving u sliock. In tho dynamo room Ineand 'scent lamps will bo sotn trawl ling around on. the belts of the engines The novelties presented by this light ing committee are an Incandescent lamp lighted by Induction which Is floating In. a cup of water, also the magic table where an Incandescent lamp Is lighted by the same process, and can be lighted or extinguished by simply moving 'the lamp to different parts of .the table. A Tew of the Tosla experiments will bo fhown If 'the apparatus at hand proves .satisfactory. Itotary motion of a light metal sphere produced by a rotating magnetic field. This nlliuitratos the simplest form of three plmso motors. Alternating current experiments nro ni preparation, some of which show tho use of transformers on Incandescent lighting circuits. In the line of o'.ootro-chomlslr.v we ex pect .to show on a small scale some of .the applications of electro-chemistry 'In tho chemical manufacturing Indus tries. Tho mtvnufaature of white lead from pig lead. The production of bleaching fluid from magnesium chlo ilde. Tho manufacture of caustic soda and chlorine from common salt. Tho preparation of potassium chlorate from potassium chloride. The electrolytic separation of gold from refractory oros, Also wo will make an exhibit of prU nvary and storage batteries. E. E. -"rART-iw tvtt.ti T.v.rrrtTnn'. Any one who lias been watching the progress of the electrical engineering department cannot help but notice the long strides this Important branch has been itaklng In our midst. Already we lend oiM' neighboring statm IJn this branch of education. The students In this work have organized themselves Into the Electrical Engineering society hi order to InvcHtlgaite Wnd discuss recent electrical Inventions, That this society Is made up of energetic young men, superintended by a competent, enthusiastic professor, Is clearly shown, by Wio exhibits whloh are given fiom time to time. Ileal d es arranging for tlio exhibit to be given this year, they have arranged to have one of the men considered as authority in electrical engineering matters to deliver a lecture. T. C. Martin, editor of the Electrical Engineer of New York City, and past president of the American Institute of electrical engineers, will deliver his lecture before the society on the "De velopment and Utilization of the Power of Nlngra Falls." The lecture will be non-itechnlc.il and fully illustrated with over a hundred lantern slides. All the features of hydraulic and electrical engineering Involved will be fully ex plained and the many uhoh to which the enormous power thus developed Is being put, such long-distance light ing, heavy haulage by mil and on the Erie canal, electrical reduction works, calcic carbtdo works, etc., will I bo clearly sliown. This loature will be free to tho public, but a certain num ber of seats will bo reserved for those especially Interoatod at a cost of 2fi cents each, whereby t'hoy may avoid tho crowd, and bo certain of a good seat. Tho lecture will be given February in. bee-Innlnc at a quarter to dight o'clock, In tho Funke opera house. All students who have 'Interest In this mat tor should get reserved Beats, They may bo liad of II. E. Reagan or any of the members of 'the Electrical En gineering society. Tho freshman class met Friday and elected ofllcers for nexit semester. There was consHdoraiblo enthusiasm displayed by 'the contestants for president. After some parliamentary wrangling a ballot was token, the result being: Mr. Pier son 27, Mr. Thorpe 1. Thoso elected to the other offices were: Vice-president, Mr. Christie: secretary, Mr. Thorpo; as- 1 Blatant secretary, Miss Dauback; treas 'urer, Mr. Montgomery; sevgeam-at-arms, Miss Cooke. ( COLLEGE SOCIETY EVENTS FOURTH STUDENTS' REOITAL Exoollont Program llondorud lloforo a Pnlr Bluod Audlonoo-Dotu Thotu PI Qlvon (C Dnnoo. Tho fourth recital for alio prosont Hohool year of tho rttildents' of the uni versity conservatory of muslo wan given in the chapel 'hurt Hmturday. Kvory number on iho program was well iiihUm tho mastery of the performer, mi 'that In no IiihUuico was alio audience sub Jodtod .to that painful uncertainty whloh loo oflen a'ttenlls amateur perfonneis III public. This corMilnly speaks well for the conservatory Instruction and management. Another point of gen eral noto was the fluionthness of 'their playing ilhroughout. Thoro was no drumming; no rent or shat'terod notes, which goes 'to show that "touch" Ih not a gift of (led, but of toohnlque of the sort those performers are acquiring. Tho llrst number was by a string quartet, all tho members of which were well under 'their 'teens. The piece, "Op. 07," II. Mohr, was Vinoo'thly played, with but the fu.lii'toM hint of a hltcli here und thoro. A soprano solo by Miss JsMnn Ewston, with violin obllga'to by Miss Ensign, followed. Miss lOamon has a remark ably sweet and firm voice, but .It Is not strong enough f.'r a public per formance. It sounds small. Miss Maud Heed ga(ve n selection from IJ.iCh next. Her playing Is dellca'tely expressive. ( Ethel aalley'a contralto solo was marked by Biiperbly clear articulation. Tho song woa "Tho Hlver of Years," and unusually well adapted to the singer. The "Etude iln E Halt" of Jaddasohn played by Miss Kettering was shout and rippling, like a peculiar sent o( laughter. Tho personal clement which In tho voices of. most . olnacrs is a fault Is an i1tjtmilo1lIflrtfis2;H'ollal1d,8. "W-horo the Lindens Bloom" Is ia ong contain ing some ofteotlve transitions, which Miss Pollard well brought out. Edward Monck played "The Ava lanche," by Heller, with an understand ing expression, Mcldom met iwl'th. A little more force wit tho summation of the selection would, however, have added to Its effect. The avalanche wasn't mighty enough thoro. The vocal waltz sung by Irono David son Is airy, flute-like In Its purity and abstraction, If one may so speak, from the friction of medium whloh so often deadens effect of solos of the class of "L'Ardlta." Edith Shaw played a nocturne, by Doehler, with a touoh of molnnclioly In It, In a manner which made tho melancholy effective. Miss Shaw seems very easy at (the piano. MIps Eugenia Oetner has a very re markable contralto voice. It Is strong startllngly so. The bigness of ouit-of. doors Is more suitable 'to It than the shut-Illness of a 'room. This almost ob trusive quality was fully manifest In her llrst selection, "Caller Ilerrln," an old Scotch ballad. In hor second, an old Irish ballad, "When Love Is Kind," she used a lighter, 'though still powerful, tone quality. Tho last number, a violin duo by May Polio Hagenow and Willie Mudra was unexpectedly pleasing, tho selection being really Impressive. Clearness and smoothness charactei Ized the playing of both. That there Is so little to bo said In the way of advor.se criticism Is certainly the highest praise 'that can be paid tho Instructors of these performors. Tho program was as follows: String quarteit Op. C7, allogro movo mont, II. Mohr; May Polio Hagenow, WUUo Mudra, James Jonas, Georgo Kimball. Soprano solo "'A Day Dream," Strol ezkl; Nina, Easton. Violin obllgato, Ina Ensign. Piano solo Passopled from f)t'h En glish suite, Bach; Maude Reed. "Contralto .solo "The 'River of Years," MarzlalB; Ethel Galloy. Plano solo Etude In E flat, Jadda sohn; Mary Kettering. Soprano solo "Whore 'the Lindens nioom," Buck; Mario Pollard. Piano solo "Tho Avalanche," Heller, Edward Mouck, Soprano solo Vocal waltz "L'Ar dlta," Ardltl; Irno Davidson. Piano solo Nocturne op. 21, Dochlor; Edith Shaw. Contralto solo "Caller Ilerrln," old Heotoh ballad; "When Love Is Kind," old Irish ballad, Eugenia Cletnor, Violin diHoHymphnnlo coiuoi-Uuito, Danola; May Hollo llagonow, Wllllo Mudra, 1)0 TI0LL1 Thoro arc Just a few things that we cannot understand. We do not oaro very muoh whether wo find out the explana.lli.ns or not, but we do want to IhI tho publlo know Unit we do not unileMtrtiid theiii any boiler than any one else. Among th(,Hu uroi Why Frank Huinmors does not pat ronize somo barbor shop and Invest a quarter? Why Doo EvoruU does not stnmt up his Phlzooks reporter If It will bo Hiioh a good thing? Why McNeal does not attend Latin claws any more? Why some of our fair friends and their admirers do not take notice of the Insti notions In itho 'hall of .the library building? Why tho disturbance and noise In chapel always come from one particu lar crowd? Why Clint Norton over shaved off his beiiird and lofit his head? Why there was no scrap over tho Orn.lo-p.cal association olllces? Why somo people will admit to tho Instructor that a loswon Is too short or the work too easy? Why the students are not moie gieatly benefited by the new sysloni of examinations? Why some one Is always using our otllce chair and desk when wo want to do a little work, cite, etc. THE CHRONIC KICKER. Hero are a few 'things ho objects to: The present method of "exams." Ills landlady giving (the name of "Puree of Split Peas mix Cruton" to common bean soup. The architect that designed tho tftalnway iln Nebraska hall. The Inter val between 'th-stepaels, too much .Ilka that between railway 'ties. Dnlll oon'tlUulng Ithroug'li examina tion week. Examinations iln general, English 3 not medtlng moro regularly. Ills room-mate wearing a red itlo with a blue shirt fron't. The fact that here is no way of post ing In Hygiene. The discontinuance of the bowling alloy. The week at tho "nigger heaven" en trance. That brains Is a scare article with a pre'tty girl. That tho assistant In T.. department gives the Idea o'bo-ing a nigger man than the professor. Anything that Is compulsory. WHY? Why Is 'It that in tho lava'torles of the library building 'tho towels are not changed twice, or at least, once a day? Probably two .hundred persons uso each of these towels dally. The towels are on the rack, and figuratively speak lug, so nro those who use them, for two and even 'three days at a time. Many students who live or room out some dlsdonco spend 'the whole day at tho university; to thoso better conven iences In 'this line ought to be extended. This may bo economy, but Is It In the right direction? It Is due the Janitor to say that ho was allowed but six tow els for five racks. Go over to the baiths, and you are given two itowels.one to uso and one to stand upon. Cleanli ness Is next to godliness, out in tn stato wo have heard that tho state uni versity is an ungodly place; If matters keep on In prosont way, soon the ieo plo will have reason to say It Is an unclean place. The authorities nro asked why matters oro such as they are. Tho Kicker. THE UNATTAINABLE. Tho walls of his room were rlghtgaudlly docked, With trophies of many a hard-fou't bout, With relics of rushes, with pictures of girls Who had snared 'him at ball, at revel, at rout. Bu't mid tho gay galaxy one fairy face Caught my oyo, and I asked, "Who's jthls?" "Qh, thait," he replied with a yawn clearly feigned, "Is tho girl that I couldn't kiss." Ex. TO CHANGE CONSTITUTION A NEW AMENDMENT OFFERED Faculty Wnnt tho Unlvoralty Athlotlo Hoard lloaognlznd by tho AhuooIu- tlon-Wlll Altor tho Wording. An nmendnient 'to the athletic consti tution Is con'tompliited at tho next menf. Ing, which will be held soon. It Is only designed to change tho wording ho iih to conform 'to tho plan adopted recently by 'the faculty. This changes the board of directors, whloh will Htilll oxltft, by making It compo.ie one-hnlf of tho "mil. vorslty nthlutlc board." The amend ment Is Hlmply to legallzo In the wlnvlH of tho students tho recent action of th faculty. No formal amendment creating the "university aithtlo board" has been proposed, but tho wording of the old cons'tltii'llon' will bo so changed tlimt It will harmonize with Itho board eom IxiHed of five members of the faculty. The proposed amendment rends as fol lows: t ARTICLE V. Section 1. The board of directors shall consist of live members, of which four are ito be ticlcdted by this association, tho president of this association being the IllUh member, and 'these Jive shall ooiiKt-Utute the student members of the university n'thloiUc board. Sec. 2. The unlvoiwlty athletic board shall have general supervlsl m and control of all atlrltlc affairs of 'Mils (ussoelaitlon. except such powers us are expressly 'lega'ted 'to others by this coustl'tiiitlon. Sec. !1. The university athlotlo board, together with tho managers and cap tains of 'the 'respective teams, whall havo power to secure coachers and trainers for the respective teams. Sec. 4. Tho university athletic board Bhall elect, wt dts flrrft meeting In Janu ary, a football manager, who Bhall havo power to arrange games and, shall havo general management of itho fodtball team. Ait Its first mcolng iln October 1' shall elect a baseball manager, win glial hove, powor ito arrange games, etc., as" for football. Mnnugort shall hold ofllce until their successors are elected. Sec. G. The unlversl'ty athletic board shall elect, at the same itlme ami In tho wimo manner as they elect the managers, assistant managers for each team. The assistant managers shall be under the general direction of their re spective superiors. Sec. 0. Tho university athletic board shall elect alt itho same time nnd In itho same manner captains for the second teams of tho association; llkowlse man agers for the Bame. ARTICLE VI. Section 1. A standing committee of three on field sports shall be chosen by the university athletic board at their llrst meeting. The chairman of this commltteo shall be director of sports and manager of track team. ARTICLE IX. Section 5. The captain of any team may be removed by a four-fifths vote of tho university athletic boaiM, cause being shown. .Beta Theta PI gave a very enjoyable dancing party Saturday night at their chaptor house. Profuse decorations In the fraternity and college colors were noticeable, nnd let a brightening as pect to itholr neatly furnished house. In one of tho lower rooms was a unique punoh bowl. On a table with no decorations except a plain White cloth was 'a largo olglnteen-lnch evapor ating dish filled with pund'a. Tho glasses were Bmall beakers. T.ho mem bers of tho organization who are taking chemistry alt the university had pre pared the novel outfit. Tho program was of a good length and most highly enjoyable throughout. Those compris ing tho gay company wore Misses Nance, Rlsser, Fedhot, Slaughter, Lau, Cochrane, Noren, Weeks, Vancel, Rlck etts, Miller, Lowo, Camp, Hansen, Mount of Omaha, Hammond, and Weston of Beatrice. Tho gentlemen were. Messrs Ames, MoLucas, Adams, Lehman, Tul lose, Oram, Ralne, Hnrtlgan, RIclrettR, Lau, Cooley, Thorp, J. and D. Burks, Evcrotlt, Robinson, Hendy, Lansing. Tho party was chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Woods and Mr. and Mrs Fred Correll. Karl Randall was Initiated by tho Alpha Epsllon chapter, Sigma Chi fra ternity, alt its rooms laat Tuesday evowlng. The boys did not give Mr Randall the merry time that they usu ally give to the other seekers of fra ternity honors, but lot him off with a solemn exposition of tho rites.