i. TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1961 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE TUESDAY, AUGUST 1,1961 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE SAFER SPACE SHIPS: Moon Fragments Aid Space Research Stress Symphonic Work At Summer Conference Newly arrived group of Rubbings Taken from Brass Plaques of Medieval English Churches $1 2.50-$202'00 BLACKSBURG, Va (AP) - New! studies of "jewels" that fell to the Earth from the Moon may help scientists develop safer space shipsI for manned interplanetary flight, a space agency researcher report- ed yesterday. Dr. Dean R. Chapman of the Ames Research Center of the Na- tional Aeronautics and Space Ad- ministration, Moffett Field, Calif., said so in describing new research on "tektites." These are glassy, jewel-like materials which Chap- man said fell to the Earth from the Moon at different times rang- ing from 300 million years to 600,- 000 years ago as a result of me- teors striking the Moon's surface and releasing debris in the direc- tion of the Earth. He told about it at the opening of a two-week conference of American and Canadian defense- research space scientists being held on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute under the joint sponsorship of VPI, the Na- tional Science Foundation and the Langley (Va.) Research Cen- ter of NASA. Chapman said the new findings rule out some previous theories thatrthe "tektites" originated on the Earth itself, or came from space far beyond the solar sys- tem. He said that the world yielded improved understanding of glassy materials already used as heat shields for space vehicles such as the Mercury astronaut capsules, and conceivably might lead to im- proved shields for lunar and oth- er manned space ships of the fu- ture. Asked by a reporter if NASA is planning to make new type heat shields employing the Moon de- bris, which has been found in copious quantities in different parts of the world-and can also be synthesized in the laboratory- Chapman declined direct com- ment. But he declared: "We obviously are studying the tektites." He said NASA scientists at the Ames laboratory, using frozen chemicals resembling "popsicles," and exposing them to high veloci- ties and heat in wind tunnels, had duplicated the external and in- ternal configurations of "tek- tites" found naturally in such places as Australia, the Philip- pines, Java, Indonesia, Czechoslo- vakia and Texas. K. 201 Nickels Arcade Over Post Office Prof. Elizabeth Green of the music school stressed the impor- tance of preparing children for an adult understanding of music' at the University's Summer String Conference. She referred to "our whole lop- sided approach" to public music instruction, pointing out that children are more attracted to the study of band instruments. "There is much more fanfare and glamor attached to the band. Baton twirl- ing, however, is not music; the uniform is not music," she said. Mature Repertoire Children must learn, she said, that a mature repertoire is a sym- phonic repertoire. Also speaking at the conference, Prof. Gilbert Ross of the music school suggested that the music' itself might be to blame. He noted that other centuries have been better than the present one in! providing good string music for performers. He termed the first half of the! 18th Century "the golden age" of string music. "It was a period of extemporization where the com-! poser expected the performer to contribute something- as contrast- ed to present day composition allows the interpreter no freedom at all." Successful Students Miss. Green divided successful music students into two basic catagories. "The first are those with an innate musical ability,", she said. The second category in- volved those students who "achieve a satisfactory result through a Report Cites Competitive Job Offers Dean Roger W. Heyns of the literary college reported that more than 20 per cent of its faculty has received specific job offers from other institutions this year, His annual report to University President Harlan Hatcher stated that the salaries offered exceed present salaries by $2,000 to $3,000 per year. Although at least four out of five of these offers are from col- leges and universities, the report said that some come from founda- tions, government and industry. The most competitive offers were often from the private schools. DIAL NO 2-6264 PROF. GILBERT ROSS ... no freedom , 'Vt M ..1:r .v-. . r ."v.v"". v . ".r.. . . " . * : v}.:-:"":. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN r~ :'t":'r . r. . ....F. . r. ...r...* . ,}.. .....":.r. r. ... .., .... ... .:;i :L* i .". t.. ' f""r: °Ys 'ta>'"v 'tY. {/~s.r. ..{: m Y. . ..":, . .:. . ..t..r...*.***** ..*.*............'4v'r... . .." .vS~ :v .i4."r"."}AVYl:r.:::ti"Yr}~.-r1' ,:}~}:r:.":: "XX4S:St{:",ro":."''',.:jrdV:".:"}: }{i':'}::}Ji:Vj: r J '}}'C}}{t}::rY:,.. .}:".. . . . . . . . . . . . ..:: {.iiL:i.}..... .. . r- ff TEAA-- . .. '