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FAILURE TO ACT:
Panel Cites 'U', SGC Relations
Casson Relates History
Of Underwater Digging
Moses Gomberg
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By EDWARD HERSTEIN
"Student Government Council
should hfave, in effect, written the
new speaker by-law," former SGC
president John Feldkamp, '64L,
said at the final SGC orientation
meeting yesterday.'
Assistant to the Director of Stu-
dent Organizations and Activities
for fraternities Feldkamp argued
that Council has often "not spok-
en out when it should have."
The other panel members, SGC
president Steven Stockmeyer, '63,
and Daily Editor Michael Olinick,
'63, agreed with Feldkamp and
tried to analyze the failure of SGC
to make its opinions important.
Don't Support Actions
Olinick pointed out that expres-
sions of student opinion have not
been followed up by any action on
Council's part, and that Council
members often neutralize the ef-
fect of a motion by taking a dif-
ferent position than that of the
whole Council.
Stockmeyer agreed, s a y i n g
"members express their own opin-
ions, not SGC's" when talking to
members of the administration,
faculty and student body.
Feldkamp expressed his belief
that the basic cause of this prob-
lem, as well as the overall weak-
ness of Council, was the "lack of
support of Council members for the
idea of SGC."
Traditional Role
Feldkamp cited the traditional
role of student government as a
voice for the student community.
He felt that this was a de facto
power which could never be over-
ruled.
He also mentioned the power
which SGC has been granted by
The Regents over student organi-
zations. He said that "students best
know the direction in which they
want student organizations to go"
and that SGC has done "a re-
markably good job" handling the
fraternity and sorority member-
ship issue under this power.
Olinick suggested that The Re-
gents might be willing to grant
SGC more power, and that Council
could request additional power
from students at the University in
a referendum. Stockmeyer said,
that student government was an
"evolving concept" and was gain-
ing power slowly. He thought that
Olinick's proposal would prove un-
successful."
PRESENT, PAST-Present SGC President Steven Stockmeyer and
former president John Feldkamp were among those who partici-
pated in a panel discussion on the role of student government in
the University's power structure yesterday.
"hasn't performed its educative
function that well." Council mem-
bers do not educate their electorate
as they should, he said.
Olinick noted the continuity
program. "Elected members don't
pass on information gained while
serving on Council," he said. "Can-
didates often start to run without
knowledge of SGC."
Own Ideas
Kenneth Miller, '64, the moder-
ator of the program, suggested the
SGC candidates should speak out
on their own ideas more often.
This discussion brought to a
close SGOC's orientation program.
Lasting five weeks, the program
covered the philosophy of student
government, the projects of 30 of
its related committees, important
issues it faces, the National Stu-
dent Association and the topic of
yesterday's discussion, the past and
future of SGC in relation to the
power structure of the University.
Participants in the program were
also invited to work with SGC's
related boards and committees,
and are now urged to petition for
membership on these committees,
Miller said.
Miller, who originated the pro-
gram, said that he considered it
successful and hoped it would be
continued next year.
W entzel Cites Findings
Of Mariner II Travels'
By STEVEN HALLER
Although people have undoubt-
edly been bringing objects up from
the bottom of the sea for centur-
ies, underwater archaeology as
such dates only as far back as
1900, Prof. Lionel Casson of New
York University said Monday.
Prof. Casson, speaking on "Sea
Digging," said that the first actual
underwater archaeological explor-
ations took place off the coast of
Antikythera in Greece. Greek
sponge divers had brought a chunk
of bronze to the surface, which
upon further investigation proved
to be part of the cargo of a sunken
ship. Many works of art were sal-
vaged from the wreck, and these
are currently in the National Mu-
seum of Athens.
Also brought to the surface was
an odd piece of gadgetry which
turned out to be part of an intri-
cate mechanism called an orrery,
which recorded the position of the
stars. Assuming this machine had
been working up until the time the
ship sunk, Prof. Casson estimated
that it sank in the year 65 B.C.
Stone Columns
The next milestone in under-
water archaeology occurred off the
town of Mahdia in Greece where
divers found what they thought
were cannons, Prof. Casson con-
tinued. As it turned out, however,
they were not cannons but huge
stone columns.
In the 1920's several bronze stat-
ues were brought up from Grecian
waters, Prof. Casson said. Among
these was the much-prized statue
of Zeus, now residing in the Ath-
ens Museum.
But the surface of the sea's floor
had hardly been scratched, for in
1952 a team of divers under the
leadership of Jacques Cousteau
made a deal with Fernand Benoir,
director of the Marseilles Archae-
ological Museum, for financial
backing. Under French law, all ob-
jects of value had to be turned
over to the authorities.
Find Greek Jars
Benoir had cause to regret this
somewhat later, however, after a
total of at least 5,000 Greek and
Italian jars of various types had
been laboriously hauled up and de-
posited in his museum.
In explorations around the Med-
iterranean, not only were several
shiploads of building stone uncov-
ered, but whole underwater villages
were found. The cargo of one ship
was subjected to analysis and
Players Slate
Comic Opera
The University Players an-
nounced yesterday that Lortsing's
comic opera, "The Hunters," will
be presented on the Playbill
March 5-9.
The seldom - performed opera
will be directed by Prof. Josef
Blatt, who has prepared the Eng-
lish translation, and Prof. Ralph
Herbert, both of the music school.
The Playbill will open at 8 p.m.
Oct. 30, with Carlo Goldoni's
farce, "The Servant of Two
Masters." Prof. William Halstead
of the speech department, direc-
tor of the play, noted that many
of the traits of Commedia dell'Arte
characters, after which the play
is patterned, may be seen today
in musical comedy and television
comedians.
By JANE REINSBERG
"Scientists studying the data
from the Mariner II spacecraft
heading towards Venus have dis4
covered that solar wind is pro-
duced by a constant emission of
minute particals from the sun's
surface," Prof. Donat G. Wentzel
said recently.
The spaceship also established
that solar wind moves at speeds
greater than previously surmised.
"The first; recognition of solar
wind came with the observation
that much of the evaporated ma-
treial in a comet's tail is blown
found to be from the Bronze Age;
it had sunk near Cyprus about
1400 B.C.
The hulls of the ships themselves
were of interest because of their
structure of painstakingly fitted
together mortises and tenons, un-
like the average modern job of
shipbuilding in craftsmanship. The
hulls were plated with sheets of
lead to discourage attacks by ship-
worms.
More Services
Olinick further suggested that
SGC could initiate more student
services such as the student book
exchange to become more widely
known while at the same time giv-
ing students things they desire. He
thought, too, that SGC could ini-
tiate a program in the residence
halls which would increase stu-
dent interest in the organization.
Council's failure to become a
more powerful and effective group
was attributed to a number of
reasons. Feldkamp said that SGC
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along with the- wind instead of
dissipating into space," Prof.
Wentzel continued.
Scientists then discovered that
the Northern Lights tend to occur
about a day after a spot on the
sus flares up.'
"The sun flare releases a strong
stream of particles producing a
solar storm," he, noted.
This storm drastically shifts the
Van-Allen radiation belt circling
the earth. The cloud, carrying fast
moving electrons, squeezes the belt
closer to the earth on the exposed
side and further out on the shaded
side.
"The electrons from the Van-
Allen belt leak out and cause the
Northern Lights in what is known
as the 'Leaky Bucket Theory',"
Prof. Wentzel explained.
The radiation and cloud from a
solar flare disturbs the ionosphere
causing a black-out of long range
radio signals. This seriously ham-
pers communication between as-
tronauts and the ground.
"It is hoped that eventually
solar flares will be predictable so
that' complications of this sort
may be prevented," he said.
PROF. WILLIAM STEINHOFF
... gets citation
French Club
Gives Scroll"
The Alliance Francais presented
Prof. William Steinhoff of thej
English department, o u t g o i n g
president of the organization, with
an honorary scroll and lifetime
membership in recognition of serv-
ice to the Alliance yesterday:
Mrs. Kenneth White, wife of the
incoming president, presented the
scroll.
Prof. Antoine Jobin, professorI
emeritus, a long-standing member
of the French department at the
University and founding member
of the society, presented Mrs.-
Steinhoff with a bouquet of flow-,
ers.
Dr. Kenneth White outlined the,
program for the year. He present-
ed the details of a benefit soiree
to raise money for a scholarship,
which will help to support an un-
dergraduate abroad for a year's
study in France.
Mrs. Kathleen Mucha, '63, won
the scholarship this year and is
presently studying at Aix en Prov-
ence in southern France with the
University school under the aus-l
pices of the University of Wiscon-i
sin and University Junior, Year7
Abroad program.I
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(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the 15th
in a series of 21 articles featuring
the namesakes of the men's resi-
dence halls. This and the final six
articles will cover South Quad-
rangle.)
By LOUISE LIND
Despite the numerous honors
an ddistinctions bestowed upon
him, Prof. Moses Gomberg was
one of the most modest faculty
members of the University.
For 43 years a member of the
chemistry department, Prof. Gom-
berg had successfully conducted
enough original, meaningful re-
search to acculmulate a list of
honors that would stagger any
organic chemist.
He was named recipient of the
Nichols Medal of the American
Chemical Society, the Willard
Gibbs Medal and the Chandler
Medal; he was one of the few
people to hold a membership in
the National Academy of Sciences,
and for a time was vice-president.
of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science.
Special Session
At a special session of the State
Senate and House of Representa-
tives called in 1931, he and two of
his colleagues received a citation
for their contributions to science
and their University.
Yet for all his fame as one of
the world's foremost authorities
on organic chemistry and one of
the University's most natable men
on the roster of great scholars, the
Russian-born professor was shy
of publicity and refused to talk
about himself or his achievements
-and they were many.
Especially noted for his work
with free radicals, research led
him to the discovery of triphenyl-
methyl which had opened the
field of organic chemistry. He had
compounded the first satisfactory
anti-freeze used in automobile ra-
diators and was responsible for
the discovery of new, important
solvents used in automobile lac-
quers.
Makes Discovery
While serving as consulting
chemist for the Bureau of Mines
during World War I, Prof. Gom-
berg uncovered the secret of pre-
paring the basic material of mus-
tard gas used by the Germans.
He was a frequent contributor
to chemical journals and had pub-
lished many treatises based on
original material. Friends, how-
ever, report that his scientific ac-
complishments in no way lessen-
ed the professor's quality of hu-
man understanding and interest in
human relations at the root of in-
dustrial civilization.
To Give Lecture
On Primitive Art
Prof. A. A. Gerbrands will de-
liver a lecture at 4:15 p.m. today
in Aud. D on "Primitive Art in
New Guinea," sponsored by the
anthropology department.
Prof. Gomberg's official services
to the University came to a close
in 1936 only because the Regents
had ruled that all faculty mem-
bers must resign upon reaching
the age of 70. At 70 as chairman
of the inorganic chemistry depart-
ment, a post he had filled for nine
years, Prof. Gomberg still con-
veyed the impression of youth in
figure and manner.
Anecdote
A close friend tells the story of
the professor's drive home from
the University one day when he
was accosted by a traffic officer
at a stop street. The officer cau-
tioned him, as the story goes, that
he should have made "a more
complete stop," to which the scien-
tist replied, "What can be done to
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a stop to make it more complete?"
The officer's reply: "Now, young
man, don't give me any of your
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Continues Research
Prof. Gomberg spent the next
11 years from the time of his re-
tirement until his death in 1947
conducting independent research
as professor emeritus of the chem-
istry department.
The Gomberg Scholarship Fund
and the distinguished Moses Gom-
berg University Professorship of
Chemistry, were established in his
name by personal friends and the
Board of Regents, respectively.
Gomberg House in South Quad-
rangle was designated as a mem-
orial to the scientist-scholar, one
of the University's best.
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Girl Scout Group
To Hold Reunion
All Girl Scouts and former Girl'
Scouts now at theUniversity have
been invited to attend an annual
University-community tea spon-
sored by the Huron Valley Girl
Scout Council. The tea will be held
in the Green Room of the First
Methodist Church from 3-5 p.m.
today.
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English Law Talk
Prof. D. Seaborne Davies of the
University of Liverpool will deliver
the first in a series of five talks
on "Criminal Law Reform in Eng-
land"-the 1962 Thomas M. Cooley
lectures-at 4:15 p.m. today in R4.
100 Hutchins Hall. The University
Calendar erroneously stated that
the speech was scheduled for yes-
terday.
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