SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1928 OSERV&T AT AFRICAII S&TIO DOUBLE STARS TO BE OBJECT OF SKY SEARCh OF ASTRONOMERS TELESCOPE ISI NSTALLED Local . O. T. C. Station Communicates Weekly With Distant Station In Orange Free State Announcement was made yesterday of the completion of the building for the southern observatory of. the Uni- versity, located on Naval Hill in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa, by Prof. R. H. Curtiss, director of the University observatory. For the last three weeks Professor Curtiss has been able to converse with the southern station at least once a week due to the courtesy of the radio station owned by the R. 0. T C. Last Sunday he was notified by Dr. hard Rossiter, who is directing th ~^Work in South Africa, that the new build- ing was completed and that the 27 1-2 inch lens has been installed in the giant telescope. All that remained to be done before observations could be started was the installing of the elec- trical wiring in the telescope. Accord- ing to Professor Curtiss this work should have been finished on Thurs- day and the southern station in all probability has already begun observ- ing. Will Cost $50,000 The new structure, together with the 56 fpot steel dome cost approxi- mately $50,000. The building consists of a circular room 56 feet in diameter, within which is installed the 271-2 inch Lamont refracting telescope. One wing of the station contains four of- fices, a library, reception room, and a dark room. The other wing, opposite the first, consist of a garage, storage space, and a room for a caretaker. The total length of the building is 144 feet. The largetdome will rise to a 'height of 60 feet. The work for the Lamont expedition will continue for at least eight years. During this period practically all the observing time of the refracting tele- scope will be devoted to the discovery of doublestars, which constitutes one of the most fascinating branches of astronomical research, according to Professor Curtiss. The completion of Michigan's ob- servatory in South Africa brings the number of American universities which have southern astronomical stations.to three. -They are Harvard, Yale, and Michigan The Yale station is located about 200 miles from Bloem- fontein, where the Lamont observa- tory is situated,, at Johannesburgh. The Harvard station is located about 14 miles from Bloemfontein, while Michigan's observatory is situated on Naval Hill in Bloemfontein. Doing Different Types Of Work These three university observatories are doing entirely different types of research, accordiig t6 Profssor Cur- tis. The Yale station is interested in determining the distances of the southern stars from the earth; the Harvard observatory has been built for the purpose of taking pictures of the southern stars for the determina- tion of their brightness and spectral qualities and characteristics; and Michigan's station is interested in the discovery and measurement, of double stars. The plans and programs for the Lamont expedition were laid out by Prof. William J. Hussey before his death in 1926, while en route to South Africa. TYPEWRITER REPAIRING' All makes of ma. chines. Our equip. ment and personnel Is considered among The best In the state. The result of twent y years' careful building. O. D. MORRILL 17 Nickels Arcade. Phone 661t. 35ARCADE 8:'8 TODAY ONLY ROD LA ROCQUE IN 'THE FIGHTING EAGLE' A GLITTERING ROMANCE OF LOVE AND ADVENTURE. -TOMORROW- "THE KIO BROTHER" SCHOOL QUALIFIES EIGHT (Continued from page 1) heat-wo'n by Butler, Toledo, Scott; Dykas; Northeastern, second. Best time by Moxley-:52.7 New record, superseding old one of :53.4.) 65 yard low hurdles-First heat- won by Keller, Columbus East; Ap- thorpe, Waite second. Second heat-[ won by Brown, Columbus Central; Diehr, Waite, second. Third heat-- won by Beatty, Northeastern; Odell, Froebel, second. Fourth heat-won by Baxter, Toledo Scott; Simmons, Red- ford, second. Fifth heat-won by Den- Snis, Northwestern; Jackson, Dear- born, second. Sixth het-won by Williams, Columbus East; Penick, Northwestern, second. Best time- :07.7 by Beatty. 50 yard dash-Preliminaries-first heat--won by Snowden, Northeastern; Seros, Northwestern, second. Second heat-won by Mitchell, Columbus East; Hicks, Toledo Waite, second. Third heat-won by Bennett, Libbey; Palmer, Hamtramck, second. Fourth heat-won by Dennis, Northwestern; Proctor, Columbus (Central, second. Fifth heat-won by Brooks, Kalama-I zoo; Williams, Columbus East, second. t Sixth heat-won by Lovegrove, Flint;a Haas, Libbey, second. Seventh heat -won by Stoelzer, Det. Eastern; Alex- ander, Waite second. Best tim:e Snowden-: 05.7. . Semi-finals-First, won by Beatty; Brown and Kellerytied for second. Second heat-won by Williams; Bax- it ter and Dennis tied for second.. Best- time by Beatty-:07.5. Shot put-Five men qualifying for finals-Turaschoff, Cass Tech; Seifert, Western; Jackson, Froebel; Welever, Toledo Scott; Webb, Ypsilanti. Best effort-47 feet 31-4 inches by Turas- choff (New record-old one 45 feet j 10} 3- 4) Pole vault--Pelucha, Froebel; Won- .sowicz, Froebel; McKinley, Waite; Ruster, Kalamazoo; Lewis, Eastern; Miller and Rapp, Toledo Scott. Qual- ifying height-10 feet. High jump-Sampson, Cass Tech; Dennis, Northwestern; Ralkin, Port Huron; Seifert, Western; Lewis, Eastern; Baxter, Scott; Ware, Ham- tramek. Qualifying height-5 feet 7 inches. Broad jump-Snowden, Northwest- ern; Ward, Ann Arbor; Beatty, North- western, Shell, Columbus Central; Burgess, Northwestern. Best dis- tance-20 feet 111-2 inches by Snow- THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAG AT DEDICATION OF NEW U. S. AIRPORT IN PACIFIC il A view snapped at the dedication of the Hilo, Hawaii airport, 'westermost air station of the United States in the Hawaiian islands. The plane in the background is the Maitland-Hegenberger Fokker in which the army fliers made the trip to Hawaii from San Francisco. Fourth from the l eft is Captain Lowell Smith, who directed the U.S. army round-the-world flight. Next to him is Major Clarence Young, of the department of commerce, who is mapping out air routes in Hawaii. den. 880 yard relay-First heat-won Columbus East; Libbey, seco Secondheat-won by Columbus c tral; Wyandotte, second. Third h -won by Cass Tech, Toledo, Sc second. Best time -1:39.4 by Colu bus Central. 1 ie cc uI P. 0. 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