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THE BATTALION
-SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1941
Engineering Dean
Dean Gibb Gilchrist, who spon
sors the annual Engineer Show.
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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.
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High School Graduates
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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.
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