THlE MICHIGAN DAILY Henry Phillip Tappan Brownell To Investigate Leaks in Space Vehicles ri ............ the it. law- IN THE MEANTIME, the University prospered. By Com- mencement, 1863, President Tappan was riding high. The Regents were nearing the end of their terms. None had run for re-election. If they were to carry out their now personal vendetta against President Tappan, they knew they must act with haste. At their annual meeting, President Tappan strode in, looking elegant and confident in his Prince Albert coat, and presented the Board with his report. The Board responded with a glum look, and Regent Brown asked him to step out- side the room. The Schoolcraft Republican then introduced a resolution which stripped President Tap- pan of any connection with the University, ousted his librarian son, and Prof. Franz Brunnow, the Prussian husband of Presi- dent Tappan's daughter. Regent McIntyre seconded the move and it carried unanimously. Regent Brown then called in President Tappan and read the resolution. The president was floored, and, struggling for his self-control, simply said, "the time will come, gentlemen, when my boys will take your. places. And with that he marched home, packed and abandoned Ann Arbor in an incredibly short time. The campus and the people were revolted, and he departed a martyr. The voters clamoured for the impending Regents' in- stallation, to seat a board that would reinstate the departed President Tappan-until they learned that the outgoing Board had not been idle. In a move reminiscent of John Adams' midnight appoint- ments, the retiring Regents ap- pointed a new president-a man who had been. quite an' enemy of the worldly PresidentTap- pan. Professor Lloyd E. Brownell of the engineering college is begin- ning an investigation of methods for detecting fuel leaks in space vehicles. Prof. Brownell will be working under a National Aeronautics and Space Administration contract. He will start the project then seek new methods for better de- tection. The discovery of a leak in the fuel system caused the cancella- tion of Astronaut John Glenn's first scheduled flight after it had been postponed once because of weather. Detection methods now being used include detection by ear, the use of pressurized fluids which are forced through anyholes ind are then detectable from the out- side, and halogentated gases which can also be detected com- ing through the leaks. Prof. Brownell will investigate the use of radioactive gases for detection. In any method of this sort, the area to be tested would be sealed off, with small traces or radioactive gases placed inside under pressure. If leaks were present the gas would seep out and could then be detected by a device called the Geiger-Mueller flow counter. 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SENIOR CLASS OFFICES Offices of President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer for: Business Administration Literature, Science, and Arts Education Offices of President, Vice-President, and Secretary-Treasurer for: Engineering UNION BOARD 4 Undergraduate Positions 2 Graduate Positions BOARD IN -CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS 3 Positions BOARD IN CONTROL OF ATHLETICS 1 Position Petitioning Closes Monday at 3 P.M. Senior Class Petitioning closes Thursday, 5 P.M. I 7 -- T loft-Ma I~an (Author of "Rally Round The Flag, Boys", "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis", etc.) I HOW TO BE A BWOC Ladies, let me be frank. The days of the college year dwindle down to a precious few. And some of you-let's face it-have not yet become BWOC's. Yes, I know, you've been busy what with going to class and walking your cheetah, but really, ladies, becoming a BWOC is so easy if you'll only follow a few simple rules. The first and most basic step on the road to being a BWOC is to attract attention. Get yourself noticed. But be very, very careful not to do it the wrong way. I mean, any old girl is bound to be noticed if she goes around with a placard that says, "HEY! LOOKIT ME!" Don't you make such a horrid gaffe. On your placard put: "ZUT! REGARDEZ MOI !" This, as you can see, lends a whole new dimension of tone and dignity. Once you have been noticed, it is no longer necessary to carry the placard. It will suffice if, from time to time, you make distinctive noises. If, for instance, every three or four minutes you cry, "Whippoorwill!" you cannot but stay fresh in the minds of onlookers. We come now to clothes, a vital accessory to the BWOC- indeed, to any girl who wishes to remain out of jail. But to the BWOC clothes are more than just a decent cover; they are, it is not too much to say, a way of life. This spring the "little boy look" is all the rage on campus. Every coed, in a mad effort to look like a little boy, is wearing short pants, knee sox, and boyshirts. But the BWOC is doing more. She has gone the whole hog in achieving little boyhood. She has frogs in her pockets, scabs on her knees, down on her upper lip, and is followed everywhere by a dog named Spot. All this, of course, is only by day. When evening falls and her date comes calling, the BWOC is the very picture of chic fem- ininity. She dresses in severe, simple basic black, relieved only by a fourteen pound charm bracelet. Her hair is exquisitely coiffed, with a fresh rubber band around the pony tail. Her 'p. lk s . "AJ " 7 daytime sneakers have been replaced by fashionable high heeled pumps, and she does not remove them until she gets to the movies. After the movies, at the campus cafe, the BWOC undergoes her severest test. The true BWOC will never, never, never, order the entire menu. This is gluttony and can only cause one's date to blanch. The true BWOC will pick six or seven good entrees and then have nothing more till dessert. This is class and is the hallmark of the true BWOC. Finally, the BWOC, upon being asked by the cigarette vendor which is the brand of her choice, will always reply, "Marlboro, of course!" For any girl knows that a Marlboro in one's hand stamps one instantly as a person of taste and discernment, as +ba. ..,-..,,.rnr of ~nnn tr. +rA nn nq+Pn oc n. rnnnnr of fhpP f,,4 ia nn.