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Page 2- THE BATTALION -SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1941 Engineering Dean Dean Gibb Gilchrist, who spon sors the annual Engineer Show. HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES and STUDENTS If you do not own a typewriter you are at a disadvantage for they improve the grades of your reports. Buy your typewriter where a com plete repair service is yours for one year, free when you need it. With this New MAG IC Margin ROYAL Port able, you’ll set the mar gin automatically in 1/3 of the time . . . Just one of the exclusive modern * features. GUY H. DEATON Typewriter Exchange Bryan - Phone 2-5254 Engineers' Day Turns EE Building Info Maze of Wire and Machinery Say, you parents and visitors, do you know the color of your voice. . . . or its shape? Well, you can see for yourself over at the Electrical Engineering exhibit in the EE building today from 10 to 12 this morning and from 2 until 5 this afternoon. And there will be other electrical displays, featuring an automatic- electro counter of people that en ter the building, a surge generator which will generate 300,000 volts and will split wood or make arti ficial light, a transmitter of voice by light rays, and a machine which makes pop corn minus the usually required heat. All in all, there will be eighteen displays offered, and each display will be conducted and explained by a sophomoi'e or freshman electrical student. Every exhibit has been produced with regular equipment that has been in use in everyday laboratory work. The Engineer’s Day sign on top of the EE building was construct ed and will be operated by three senior students of that department. The military science exhibit in front of the building will be con ducted by the cadet Signal Corps regiment and the EE department. L. M. Haupt, associate professor of the department, is the faculty sponsor for the project, and Fred Nichols is the student in charge of all arrangements. Picnic Lunch Tickets Now Available “Students who will have guests for the picnic lunch at the Stadium, Sunday noon, must secure tickets for themselves and their guests,” Preston Bolton, chairman of the parent’s day activities, said Wed nesday. Serving will begin promptly at 12 and will continue until 12:45. Tickets are available in each or ganization and may be secured from the 1st Sergeant. Congratulations High School Graduates DYERS _ _ HATTERS AMERICAN- S TE AM IAUNDRY DRY - ♦ C LEANERS Phone 2-1585 Bryan Let’s Go Out To Uncle Ed’s You will find that every Aggie has heard this expression because you can have such a swell time there. We have good music, prompt service and delicious foods. True Aggie spirit predominates here. HRDLICKA ’S College Station ’ — On Old College Road A. and M. College and College Station are nearly synonymous terms. The community was incorporated in 1939, in order that the needs of its members could be better served. Its growth depends upon the growth of A. and M. College. To those who are now in A. and M. or who have made their decision to come to A. and M. the Administration pledges its cooperation and the co operation of its citizens in any enterprise which will make this community a better place in which to live. CITY OF COLLEGE STATION Incorporated in 1939 Mechanical Engineering Students Will Put on Largest Show in History The Mechanical Engineering de partment promises to have one of the largest and most interesting exhibits in the Engineer’s Day Program. Some of the exhibits that will be on display were on last year’s program, but they will be even more interesting and educa tional this year. The exhibits will be distributed through all sections of the depart ment. One of the most interesting events will be the pouring of iron in the foundry. A model is built in the shape of Mt. Vesuvius. The molten metal is poured into the model and due to a reaction the molten metal is thrown into the air like lava that is coming from some erupting volcano. M. W. Wat son, instructor in the foundry, will do the pouring of the metal and he will explain why the model erupts. Some of the exhibits in the ma chine shop and the pattern shop with various pieces in operation, will be displays of projects de signed and constructed by the stu dents, the operation of all the ma chines and a display of electrical and acetylene welding equipment including an automatic torch. x The mechanical and steam lab oratory will have an interesting exhibit in the display of automobile engines. One engine will be mount ed and running on the testing block. There will also be a display of automobile chasis with cutaway engine mountings. With the cut away mountings, a person will be able to see all parts of an engine while it is in operation. The dif ferent parts of the engine and the function of each will be explained. Many other types of engines in cluding hot-air engines, steam en gines, gas engines, oil engines and generators will be on display. Chemical Engineers Exhibit Chemistry in War and Industry Chemicals and their use in war-- fare and the adaption of chemicals to modem day industrial uses plus a few exhibits on the humorous side will be featured today by the department of chemical engineer ing. In connection with the applica tion of chemistry to warfare, the students in the department who are studying Chemical Warfare Militaryl Science have taken over a special exhibit to demonstrate the use of mortars which fire the chemical ammunition. Displays will show various chemical gases and their effect on human beings. A special feature of the exhibit will be the demonstration of gas masks and their use. Industrial exhibits will include an exhibit on photography and one on wetting agents. There will be another on dyes and synthetic rubber. Chromium plating and soap manufacture will be on display. A model sulfur mine will be set up, -and a model plant for manufactur ing sulfuric acid is also to be ex hibited. Other exhibits of this na ture include the molding of plastics, an everflowing oil well, a liquid air show, chemical gardens, man ufacture of paper from Southern Yellow pine, a glass model refrig eration system, submerged com bustion, and a petroleum testing laboratory. Oscar the “Mathematical” ma chine will accept questions from the visitors and put them through a “process’ and derive an answer— supposedly chemically. He answers all types of questions and gives all types of answers. There is no limit to Oscar’s ability. Other humorous exhibits will include balances for weighing a visitor’s name, another will give the visitors their name in glass. Chairman of the committee for arranging this exhibit is E. H. Ivey of Dallas. The exhibit will be in the Petroleum building. Airplanes and Motion Pictures Will Feature Aero Engineers Exhibit The exhibit of the Aeronautical Engineering department on the En gineer’s Day Program will be one of the most interesting on the pro gram, in spite of the fact that the department is the newest on the campus, according to W. A. Collins, student chairman. A moving picture, “History of Aviation” will be given which will show the progress of the airplane from the time of its invention by the Wright Brothers to the present- day types. The different types which includes the bomber, the pursuit plane, the observation plane, the attack plane, will be shown during the different steps of manufacture. The functions of each type of plane will be shown. Engines ranging from 65 H. P. to 525 H. P. will be on display and they will be put into operation by the students. The drafting room will be open and the designs of the students will be on display. Besides the engines, all parts of a plane will be on display and each part will be explained. There will be a demonstration of the con struction of the wings and an ex planation of how they supply lift to an airplane. The various instru ments which are used in controll ing the flight of a plane, the fuse lage of PT-9 and Meyers Trainer planes, and the propeller will be explained. A wind tunnel which is used in the testing of the different models of planes before they are actually constructed will be on display and will be demonstrated by the stu dents. H. W. Barlow is the head of the Aeronautical Engineering depart ment and W. A. Collins is chair man of the exhibit committee. All Types of Modern Petroleum Production and Analysis to Be Shown All types of modern petroleum-fin production and analysis will be in operation for inspection by visitors today by the Petroleum Engineer ing department in the Petroleum- Geology building and in the Amcot field behind the building. Four producing wells will be in operation showing the various methods of getting oil from wells, gas-lift, pump and others. In the drilling and production laboratory cores taken from the Woodbine sand of producing fields in East Texas will be analyzed for oil and gas content and production possibilities. Methods of testing cements and drilling muds will be operation also. The portable drilling rig will complete a well at the 450 foot sand and bring it into production in the Amcot field. Another interesting feature of the petroleum show will be the operation of equipment used in the analysis of crude oil and oil field products. Flow-measuring devices, orfice well testers, orfice meters, positive displacement meters and pressure regulators will be on display in the gas laboratory. Equipment for the determination of the value and specific gravity of gas will be in operation also. Model House Exhibit Is Big Feature of Architecture Department Model houses designed by the senior architecture students will be featured in the architecture ex hibit on the fourth floor of the Academic building today. These models were displayed at the Fine Arts Museum in Denton where over 3000 persons from all parts of the state saw them exhibited. They are about one-half inch mod els, in fine detail, one of which was chosen to be built on the campus of T. S. C. W. in Denton. Also on the program will be a national defense project by the freshman class together with the complete layout of Bryan’s rehous ing of the slums which has been presented for five consecutive years. A model farm designed for a family in Alice, Texas, as well as recent work on reconditioning of a Bryan store will be presented by the junior class. Civil Engineering Department Students Promise Big Exhibit The exhibit of the civil engineer-- ing department has been one of the outstanding features of Engineers’ Day each year that the department has participated in the annual ev ent. Today from nine a. m. until five p. m. the C. E. students again promise a stellar show at the Civil Engineering building. Many of the individual exhibits that proved to be a success last year will again be presented at the show today. In addition to these, many new features will be added. Included in these new features will be what the civil engineering stu dents call the fountain of youth. This fountain consists of a water pipe in mid-air suspended by wire from the ceiling and water flowing from the pipe. An explanation of the fountain will be made at the show. H. E. Drumwright, president of the student chapter of the Amer ican Society of Civil Engineers, be lieves that the feature which will attract most attention at the C. E. building will be the presentation of he Texas Public Safety Depart ment of Austin. The Safety De partment will send their safety bus, which contacts all squad cars throughout the state daily, to the -college, and from the C. E. build ing the operators of the bus will talk to the drivers of these cars by radio. Other than the many novelty ex hibits the laboratories of the C. E. department will feature a number of scientific presentations. All ex hibits will be fully explained at the time they are shown. Models of College Station’s new Easterwood Airport and the State Highway No. 6 intersection at Bry an will also be shown. This high way model was constructed by the civil engineering students and was shown publicly for the first time at last year’s engineering show. A model of a city water filter plant is also included in the show’s pro gram. The soils mechanics, highway, photoelasticity, hydraulic, struc ture, strength of materials and surveying laboratories will each present from two to five exhibits. One Washington, D. C. and three Houston firms will also have ex hibits at the C. E. building. This year’s civil engineering show has been under the direction of G. K. Carnes and W. L. Haynes, with Carnes as general chairman of the exhibit. 1926 1940 SAME LOCATION 14 YEARS Try Us First - We Have It! EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR YOUR ROOM CAMPUS VARIETY STORE North Gate High School Seniors ACCEPT OUR CONGRATULATIONS GREETINGS May honest success be yours as you embark upon life. May you select a great college to prepare for the success you desire. OUR AMBITION IS FOR YOU TO ATTEND A. & M. COLLEGE OF TEXAS When you come, remember you will be fol lowing the footsteps of thousands of AG GIES when you come to J. C. Penney Com pany, Inc. at Bryan, only ten minutes from College Station, to supply your uniform needs. 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