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Sigtna XJ, Chcrnist <:luhs ll~:u· 1\'ltn·phy Talk on Bikini Tests
ouutry On Dl:lrml~r 4, in thr Janet Earle S tory hy T"u·Y('n Mci Room or .\ ldcn .\lemorial. thr Ur· Nuvy Film Slwwl'l Ounttl{(t', Anrl S ubb:iala Muthiuh Mr. Rost'u 'l't·ll~ About bating St~dt'lit•!> of two \\'orc(•Sit'r cuiRxplusion, Pr<'(lRr ution ol As Told t oT. Bcuk<'y Jet Pro1ml~4i on and lt8 lr~rs rrni!srcl wnrds for tlwir !le<-ond De ve lo1mwn1 in U. S. · Atom a nd Otlwr Bombs The Chinese uni\'ersitir!> and col•e!>SICIIl o1f tnlk'l ~ponsured by the lnThr ~ncicty of tht• Si~mn Xi ht>ld le~es are OJ>Crated rntrin!>ically on the \ m('etin$t nf the .\merican Society tercollr~tiatr Dt bate r,,urnamrnt. !iame principles and system~ us mo t o~ ~l ~chanicnl Engineers. wn.s ht'ld Prom ptly at 8 o'clock. Chairman a julnt meeting with the \\'orcNtcr .\mericnn ins titutions nrc. They have \\ _Nlne,day, D l•ccm~.cr 4 . .. ~1 ~nn~orcl Norman l'(•ltlmrln wel~·ouwd thE' l!mall C'hPnlist8 <:tub last Tursday, Dec. 10, lour years for ordinary studies, two Raley Ht~l. .\ t lhls meelmJt, 1 ~nf . n ~emhl .t~<' or students ancl judKes in K innicutt linII. The SI)CakC'r Will' years Cor "specialized cour~!l" (like I Rnl>ert ." nib !\poke or ·~·e .\dnnr:~l from T et•h and Hilly Crt'r>l>, Ulltl 311· \\'niter J. ~ l urphy, Eclllur of .. Indusjunior c u I I t' p, e s or prnfel'Sional Ralph .l·.arle .\wnrct. Thl nward ~~ nouncrd the cvcnin~'s lnpif Rt•· trial and Engine<•rinK Clwmistry," 0 bc_ ~o~ 1 ;en ~mlu~lly. hy the Wt~r('t'~- lilllved : Th:lt lab11r should lw ,ltiven a wh11 spoke m1 his t•xprriences us nn sch.ouls) and three or four years tcnsit)n for medical students. :\fust ter l·.n~ uu:~rnng ~cl<'wty to an cngt· dircct slum! in the nw nn~tcmrnt ur ul,~t·rwr at tltc Otwmtiun!l t'tusl\. . nt•er, under thl.' U!W uf thirty-flv<'. who industry Prt·~ i <IC'nt Allnn G ltllA!r lirst runds' tests which wert• held nt Bikini. Is pref"~r lcl br ca II Nj unwers1~ hno. ~ . . , . . . · · · • ~ J r. :\turphy j1111rneycd to ('ali· ties for the reason they nre sulxli- I. pruti1Cilll1. hi:. pnlft•<lMcm Ill \\'c•rn's· ~rwa kt:r of the even in~ und n·pn::.cnl· 'd . t II II ter County, and \\ho, in thr upiniun in,R \\'1'1 ruutiou,Jy mhed intn the rurnia with a group uf cnrresp11nden t~ 1 1 vt ec1 m o l!i!vera1 co CRI'S, as co I'J!t' • . .t d . • uf n cumnuttee. hn I'Ompletcd m the complc:~ io;Mtl' while his OllJlonents and hnartlt•d the l 'SS i\ppnlachinn. o{ Ia w, l1 era ure an arts. UJ(ncu1. . · • • • . year, the most nut stnn chn~: W11rk 111 tnking thl' m·g~ttivtJ virwpolnt Jis- fl t•n• he tultJ of the rt'lurlanrt' ur l ure, sctent t' nne1 engmeermg anc1 sc) , . .• •. . '. · f h .. I d tlw flt•hl, of nppht•d &ll'nct•. I h ~· ll:hed tautly • Mr ' I hnma '~ Sullivan ' the ~IIvy personnl'l In ~u to lht• ulnm ue Urt Cr (1IVIC C • rorlh, W h .I('II WI'II '·· . h awurd w1ll con•w,l ur u ~ole! m(•dal, ~tl ib wlker from Holy <'ro)o;o; nr:~:t bomh tc, t:. bt>C<tli"C uf the statement intu clepnrunents accor<I111~ to t t . . · · · • • '· , f (Th n ccrulicnte of nwnt , and the ~u m prr•rnt~rl tht> tht•me 11£ hh talk.; un- of n Ru -.~ian scirnti!.t nl Juhn$ B op vanouc; umnc.IC!\ n slue1tes e • ,• . · · . • 1 t I d h I' II of :li I 00. I u apply for t hu; ;1\\urcl, llrr two main hl•:ulin~,: ( 1l lahur kin 'I I' niversity to tlw t'fft'Ct that all umverstty 3 tenc e 3..'\ .ve co e~e" " .1 , • l lr t~ ) men ~hollld suhmil evidcncl! in the does nut want tl !lh~tr 1· in till' man· lhr watrr would lu• lllnwn nut or lht• nn(I 2n ucp.lr n n ~. C'olle~ell arc few nn(i far npurl as rurm, nf ar whritlc>n pu_prr thrhc~uh~". u ll~t·mcnt llf indu~lry :tnd (l) there Bikini Lnp:ll\111 ontl Uwl nil tht' ship:; . mcm >cr 11 t r comnnller w IC Ill· ii nu 1Wed fur il. \\'it h lllll h pui11ts nut11wr<.(mncl wuultl J.~U with lt. The • • cr'mpn red to t bc vast pnpu I.J t i on 10 • . 'fh II , • dud<>s •l'roL \\ . I·· ~ I Lon~wl'll , uf view aptly pr~entt•d th(l follow- diOkulty wa: smm Ironed nul ancl ( h 1na. us co e~e t'<1ucn unn 1s , • • • .rl f •• lh I tnf. \\ . \\ . LtKkt•, Prof. R. 1'. Kolb, ing SJWakt>r.. ~lr . Rnbcrt Lm11.•r from the ttl'lk fnrcl.' prciCCI.'ded to Pt"arl cnnst ere<1 more o a pr1v11t'l:(e an , ' . . • t lh s· Dr. \\ . R. Butler. j une I, 19•17 Tt'Ch and Mr. James Ft'C' (rom Ht!ly llurhor and lhcn If) Bikini. . tl ~~ m mos o er coun 1ncs. • 1ncc . f I . I d .. is th£· deud hnc> r~~r tlw 1947 award, (C'•mlinul'll 1111 ru~:~ ~. rnl. \) Tlw spc:tk<•r tlwn tlescrihc<l the • the pn I1cy o ('( uca11on:1 a m1111S1rn r: . • Ill.' 1 11r l one tu 1w mot1e . tr!-.1 in ~.teneral and said lhat llw ini· lion is dtrt>cted toward tht' nalmnnlThe main ~peakl·r nf thl' e\'cning The l're.,idcnt hopc..-s thnt nil hands tial rt•t)!Jrts rm the effects of the hcunh izalion of all hiJtht'r education, the wa~ l'rnf Rull('rt L. Pt'el, Lhe rel(is· will cnjny thr Chrbtmas llulidays wt•rt• hi"hly innccurutc because some majority of the Chinese cnlleJtes nrc lr:tr 11f llcJSltln l ' nivrrsity, and dircc· and l'~Jir!'"~'-t'S hi'l sinccr<' wish fur of the ubserver:. hntl uvcrestim;Ht.'<l nutic'lnnl. The Ministry 11f Education 111r nf student fWrRonnrl. lie wm; in- succcl!s and hnppiness iu the year I he torce or I he homh, some werr cnn trol~ clireclly all the nnlltmnl inskt•pt kttl of the Lt•st ~ in f(cneral and trodu<.' t>tl by t'nrroll C. Tucker. ~lr . ahead. ~tituliMs whilt> the provincial de\\'AT TvuR t't.UVI lUllS lwcaU'II:' the oh!.c>rwr11 were twenty partmenh of education whkh !>Upt'r· l'tel ~1 1nke un pt:Nlnut l testing, as mile~ from the point uf detunation \'ise all pnwincial and local private upplicd to lm~ine"s and indu,.try. llr on the Bikini le<il whereas al lhe .:chools :trt' held resr()n lble primarily <;.1id that if a pmgram of J>t'r~nnnd llJi)(inul teSt!! 111 Ln11 Alnmos they In the ~linislry of l~ducn t iou instead ltl~liiiA were u~d in a plant , thi' prowt·rc: only six mile!\ away. nr the.> routine provincial Rftvernnwnt. du(t iun cfli<icn~·y would probahly in~ lr. ~ l urphy u~ed a numher of !Cont lnurtl on PaJ:c 2. rut <) t.rea...e frum 10 In I S',. T v;,ts of ~lidt"' 111 illustrnte his talk and tht'St' many difft'rcnt kind.., .Ire ~ivcn tu the ,\ m<-Nin)l of lhe ~<'wman ('lub wurkl.'r:,, :1nd the !\Ill'S that f!ifft:rt>n · was held Tul.':.tlay cveninll I k ccmhcr were MtpplemenlNI hy n r\avy 111m tiatc the high prcxlttr tiJJn workers I 0 in tlw Janet l~arle room. j im ~lc ~>h flwin~C r>reparlltlons. t•xpiO!fiun und frwH the lc1w are the ones U'ICfl . Kcrnun, the junior dir(•("lur, 'ltilllf•n damal(l' tl tme hy the h01nb. ~inle these nn· ruther new melhocl~, the mevtinl( by rendin" ancl t li ~Jrtt!>.'l· The l!luclcnt branch of the \ ,I.E.t-: . anrl ure crude :11 11re-,ent. cn(h tt.,.t ing letter., rcteiwd frum the ~cwmun at T ech held n short bu~inr.-.<~ meet· tn~ pmf(rnm ic; nt'' l'~nrily experimt>n Vedrrntinn '!!. Oo:.lun ortit.c. Frank \\'olton spuke on the re<'ent in).t (Ill IJI'C. 5, lhe JlUf)J(Jl't.' of which tal (II)() there r;nn lw nfl forcta<;t ns t'l which tests upply. Then, lht'Sf1 En~tl nnr! Cathoiir Sl udcn ts :'\cw was mnlnly tn elect tlf!icer:. lor the Th(• " Prddler'', 1he sc.hool yetH· Frderntlon meet inR held at Pcact• It'''" tht l l pc>int out lht• hil(h produr romi n~ term. Electerl to position of wnuld like 111 ub!ain prints of lxiQk, timl wnrker tm the varivus joh .. Jrf' Rfgi.s Cf111t'l(t'. He liMed tht' re~lu· chairmnn wa<> Kennelh II. TrueJ>dell any pictures that cuuld be u~d In ~liven liJ potc.>ntial empluyee.\0, and in t i!ms whidl the wnferenet• had np· rrplacing Thomas l\1 . Mc('uw. Arne ihr 1947 edititm which is now bein~e tlli.., way workers cnn he selech·d rur proved for pre!>t!nlaticm Ln lhe t:niled Kellstrom was elected as vier-chairprepared. The suhject matter of jobs in which they I.'Utl do bc~l . Mr. t' \ 11tions Council. man. and Keith ~ t clntyre was re· the!l<· pictures can he any students, Peel al'\0 pointed out thnt a fJrm will l'lans wc:re bmugbt up for nnolher tained a!> !.ecretary, while John ~ltlf~" ne)• of the sophomort' cJn..t;!: Wlb r hl't k a $2500 machine quite cure- dnnce with the Carroll Club. The any campus evcntli, or informal J)icchosen treru.urer. )Jr. l)(mald r. fully before thl'y buy it, but they nre dance held earlier in the semester tureli ol the faculty. As the " l,ed· Ale:~:ander of the E.E. Dept. was kept nt1l Sll careful abnul n potential em· was very succe~sful and thl' members dler" i!; a school 1Jot1k and not con· on as Faculty Chairman by a unani· plnyee who might cn11se the firm n ure looking forward to havinfl another fined to the senior class, pictures or underclassmen ns well as seniors are mous vote or all present About 20 $2500 loss because of low produc- shortly. Father Brabson concluded the de~ired. student members attended Lhe meet· linn. Also. lhest te!lls should nrver i\nyQne having prints will please be used to decide whether a person meeting with a short, inspirational ing, at which the possibility of comtalk on the Commandments of Cod. give them lo H . L. Hoyt or leave bining meetings with the J.RE. which shr)uld be hired, bul only as a guide them in lhe " H" box In Boynton and to aid the employer. In Mr. Peel's The meeting was followed by indoes not have an active chapter at formal discussions and refreshments name on the back of the pul your opinion, these methods wiU be more Tech was discussed briel'ly without were serve<!. so they can be returned. prints <Continued on Page 1, Col. ~ ) any conclusion being reached.
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AIEE Elects Kett True dell
Peddler Asks For Pictures
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To tlu> War Effort Now R t>vf'uled The ) I t>t' hanical E.nAinerrin~ot clept~rt menl rt•cent ly sheet a liule li~ht as to the work 1lone durin~ the wnr years in the materials testinA lab· ~mll ury . The testing was carried out by P rofessor G. H. MncCu llu~h assisted hy Prufessor l\1 . L. Prirr and a ft•w other melnbcrs or lhe starr. More than ei~:tht y concerns are rl'J)resented in all the tests that were performed on nil sorts nf matrrinls \'aryin!( from :\ rmy shoes to submarine neb;. ~u· mt'rous tests were performcd em wire ropl:' and cnule with loacl!l a~ high liS 37S,000 JWunciR. There were 1500 lC!-olS perfurmecl on one and nne-hnlf chain n~!>emblies; I 000 tests on heat trr1.1tcd anchor chain ; 4000 standnr.<J h'nsion lCStR Uf StCC•J, lttOIIZ(', illumiIIUOI , mnlleHhle irnn, and cust iron. T ests weN' nl n made em th(' folluwing ILI.'III'I, nnd the lio;t will illuslr:ne the wldt• variety nf materi(liS that were ~k11l l with : wt'lllC<I Hteel lubes, qunllfyinl( tvst ~ for weltler~ uf nluminum nnd lllllRJlesium, 5Uhmarine lll'ts, " b:u·.ouka" or rocket RUn hold· (Conllnul'fl on Pal(e
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Staff o{ Yearhook Starts Production The staff of lhe Peddler held its first general business meclinK on Friduy, IJcccmlwr 61h. The publkntion uf thr yc11r bunk this year will be the lirst onl' since the Wllr btgan . The Cn-Edilur11-in-chief Paul ()'Donnell and Ru!(tr l'erry thl.'n briefed lho whole group on the pussible theme and arrangement or the book. . hClrt cliscu!->slon'l were given !Jy Hen· ry .Bt,ve, business mana~er ; Allan Ghl1.er, R(lvertising mana~er ; F.dwin J nhnson, news editor anti Keith McIntyre, munugin~t edi lor. Keith Mt.lntyre will ht' a'"isted by ))avid Ra.~ l, Lt"l!lie f1oud anti Edlll und EftRrr, all from l he Sen iur cla'l.~. C'Mwl Burtner i!1 the photography editor. All of the seniors in charge or the various dt>partments connectetl with the publh;hlng of the Peddler are being assbted by other seniurs and juniors and sophomores. The editors bope to include more snapshots or campus and off-campus activities than have been included In uther issue!!. At the time of this writing the Peddler 's bu1llness room In Boynton basemen is a busy bee hive. The advertisinll men are all out huntinR ads and th~ on tbe news staff are busy with their write-ups. It is expected that, during the second or third week in January, subscriptions will be accepted rrom the students