TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1931 .
THE MICHIGAN DA.IL-Y
-- THE MICH--A---A-LY
Largest
Transportation
Library
In
World
Claimed by University
COLLECTION MADE
NOER DRECTION
OF JON Si ORLEY
Curator Believes Profession as
Well as Nations Should be
Judged by Literature.
INCLUDES 100,000 ITEMS
Material in English, Foreign
Languages Collected in
Seven Years.
By C. R. Racine, '33
People and nations are judged by
their literature. "Why then," asks
Prof. John S. Worley, curator of the
transportation library, "are not
sinaller groups, such as university
educational departments, profes-
sions, arts and sciences, also judged
by the same method?" With this
question in mind he began the
building up of what has grown to
e be the largest transportation li-
brary in the world in the short time
of seven years.
There are only a few other such
librariies in the world. The Bureau
of Railroad Economics and the Li-
brary of Congress are now making
very good collections, however, and
there is a small collection of 5,000
items on the subject of railroads
at Leland Stanford university.
Professor Worley found that the
litera)ture in regard to transporta-
tion was beyond his most conserva-
tive expectations and in the seven
or eight years of the collection of
material pertaining to this subject
over 100,000 items have been amass-
ed. A large part of it is in English,
some of it in foreign languages and
a very large part of it pertaining
solely to transportationp
Literature is Extensive.
When most people think of the
transportation library, they have in
mind formulas and instructions for
digging canals, laying out of roads,
calculating of the earthwork for a
railroad, laying out of railroad
curves, figuring the stresses in rail-
road bridges and other such me-
chanical and mathematical prob-
lems; but when the material is
gone into carefully, it is found that
this is merely an incidental part.
We find that the literature began
almost at the date of printing and
has been continuous ever since; we
find many well written essays and
tOccasionally some beautiful bind-
ings, books of exquisite printing,
numerous volumes on economics,
many works of art, beginning with
wood engravings.
The library has some wood en-I
gravings rnade by Hans Burgmaier
In 1516, said to be the finest speci-
mens of wood engraving that the
world has ever seen. There are col-
ored lithographs and colored aqua-
tints, lithographs by Cunier-Ives,
paintings in oil and many items of
modern art.
Contains Work of Presid ents.
It further contains associative
items of some of our most promi-
nent men as: George Washington,'
who as an engineer was president
of a canal company; Robert Ful-
ton, who was a painter in oil; Abra-
ham Lincoln, who as a lawyer en-
gaged in one of the most important
law suits in the country's history
in reference to the bridging of the
Mississippi river and later as Pres-
ident signed the act of Congress
which made possible the Pacific
Railroad.
The objectives of the transporta-
tion library are many, but to learn I
about and to conserve the literature
of transportation is a very impor-
tant one. To have the information
available for those who wish to use
it is another and students in the
literary college have found it a
mine of wealth in their work in
history and economics and finally, 1
the most impor-tant-is the furnish-
ing of the engineering student an
opportunity to acquire a certain
amount of culture from their own
literature.
Dr. Gerard to Return
for Lecture Thursday
Dr. Ralph W. Gerard, professor
of physiology at the University of
Chicago, who lectured here in No-
vember, will return Thursday to'
give an additional talk on his work
in nerve physiology. He will speak
at 4:15 o'clock Thursday afternoon
in Natural Ccience auditorium.
WASHINGTON
SHOP
107 East Liberty
Shoe and Hat
Service
Hines to Distribute I
Loans for Veterans U L~~i
Moderator Gives Prediction That
Universal Religion, Common
}( Prayer Are on Horizon.
NEW WORDS COINED FOR TELEVISION
IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT'S PLEA
A prediction that a universal re-
ligion is on the horizon, and that
the world will come to a position
of common prayer, a common al-
tar and a common fellowship, was
voiced by Dr. Fred B. Smith, mod-
erator of the National Council of
the Congregational Churches, in
his sermon Sunday morning at the
First Congregational church.
Term Needed to Cover Those
Who Listen and See by New
Invention.
The Daily's recent plea, in Presi-
dent Alexander Grant Ruthven's
behalf, for aid in locating a new,
official word for those who listen
and see by television has been an-
swered promptly and completely by
members of the faculty, the stu-
dent body, and Ann Arbor resi-
dents. The New York Times, insti-
gator of the new-word campaign,
asked President Ruthvenwrecently
to be one of a committee who would
select such a word for colloquial
usage. A word has already beenj
Gen. Frank T. Hines,
Administrator in charge of dis-
tributing loans to veterans under
the recent legislation passed by
congress over President Hoover's
veto.
IRELAND TO TALK
ON MODERN STAGE
Famous Irish Actor, Producer
to Address Forum Thursday.j
Frederick J. Ireland, veteran ac-
tor, producer, and present director
of Ireland's Studio Palace, school of
the stage in Chicago, will speak at
the first open forum of the semes-
ter under the auspices of the Stu-
dent Christian association, at 4:15
o'clock, Thursday, in room D,
Alumni Memorial hall. His subject
will be "What's Wrong with the
Stage?"
Born in Dublin, Ireland, on Dec.
5, 1872, Ireland is the third genera-
tion of actor-producers in his fam-
ily.
"The most profound argument for officially coined for those who enjoy
Christianity," Dr. Smith continued, radio reception - "listeners"-but
"is not in its literature, its cathed- one for television hasn't been
rals or its clergy but rather in its selected.
power to redeem men. In this Among the contributions to Dr.
realm it stands alone among re- Ruthven's dilemma were "televi-
ligions and may hope to become son," "telesthete," "visacoustor,"
universal." "visahorist," and "televiewer." A
Dr. Smith's talk was the climax professor in the English department
of the series of meetings which suggested "telesthete," saying that
have been held at the Congrega- it has its rot in the Greek words
tional church during Religions Em- meaning "one who perceives from
phasis week. He also spoke at the afar." Cognate words would be
student meeting in the evening and "telesthesis," "telesthetic," and "tel-
at the evening church service on esthetics." The proximity of these
"Moral Robbery." three words to the English "aesthe-
Most of the other church serv- tics" might "have some good in-
ices in the city were wind-up meet- fluence upon the character of what
ings for the meetings and discus- is broadcast to our eyes and ears,"
sions during the last week. Men the contributor suggests.
i known throughout the country for j "Visahorist," coming jointly from
their leadership in modern thought I Latin and German, and spelled
and religion have been brought to either with a "z" or an "s" was
the city during this period to lead suggested because of the closeness
i the students and the townspeople I to the original meaning of the
in the meetings and discussions. roots. "Visacqustor" was also sug-
At the Presbyterian church Sun- gested, but the contribution was
day, J. Stitt Wilson spoke on not accompanied by reasons why it
"Christ's Message and the Social should be accepted by the commit-
Conscience," in the morning and tee. The obvious derivation makes
in the evening discussed the prob- the .suggestion a good one.
lem of "Creating Spiritual Leader- "Televiewer," with its auxiliaries
ship in Our Times." Wilson is espe- "televior," "televisior" and "televi-
cially known as a former leader of sor" approximated other sugges-
the Labor party in England and tions made to President Ruthven.
was also at one time the mayor O. E. Dunlap, radio editor of the
of Berkeley, Calif. At the student
meeting in the evening, Dr. Freder- the past week, spoke Sunday morn-
ick B. Fisher, of the Methodist ing on "Christianity and Worship,"
church spoke to a joint meeting and in the evening on "Christianity
of the Presbyterian and Methodist and Culture."
students on "The Meaning of Re- Dr. Curtis ,W. Reese, dean of Ab-
ligious Experience." raham Lincoln center in Chicago,
Dr. Fisher spoke on "Humanism" who has been the leader during the
at the morning service at the Meth- week at the Unitarian church spoke
odist church, on "Changing Goals in Religion."
Concluding the meetings of the Dr. Harry N. Holmes of New
week at the Lutheran church, Dr. York, field secretary of the world
N. J. Gould Wickey, executive sec- alliance for international friend-
retary of the Lutheran board of ship, spoke at the Methodist church
education who has been leading the in the evening on "The Striking
discussions at this church during Personalities of Modern Germany."
r
New York Times, is responsible for
the origin of this search for an
official word for those who listen
and see by television. His troubles
as editor possibly had something
to do with the attempt to coin a
new word, for television is gain-
ing rapidly in the nation's pub-
licity, and in New York city, tele-
vision sets are being sold to private
families. The names suggested will
be enclosed and sent in to the
Times editor where a final selection
will be made.
WHITE ANALYZES
' TONESBY OSISO
Instrument Makes Un musical
Noises Into Musical Ones.
That the most unmusical of
noises may be analyzed into simple
musical tones was demonstrated by
means of an osiso, an instrument
which transforms sounds into mov-
ing lines of light thrown on a
screen, by Dr. William B. White,
director of acoustic research for
the American Steel and Wire com-
pany, in a lecture here yesterday
on the question, "Is Noise Scram-
bled Music?"
After an elementary discussion
of musical tones and the harmon-
ics produced by various instru-
ments, Dr. White illustrated his
remarks by successively throwing
upon the screen of the osiso tones,
from human voices, and from in-
struments, produced before the
eyes of the audience and picked by
a microphone.;
Light lines varying from simplea
line curves to infinitely complex
waves were produced on the screen,
What's Going On
THEATRES
Majestic-"The Big Trail," with
John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill,
and El Brendel.
Michigan-Barbara Stanwyck in
"Illicit" with Charles Butterworth,
Lillyan Tashman and James Ren-
nie.
GENERAL
Lecture-William M. Hekking on
"Modern Art Forms," 4:15 o'clock,
Natural Science auditorium.
Lecture-Henry Wrighton "Hous-
ing in America," 8 o'clock in the
morning, room 110, Tappan hall.
Colloquium-R. A. Fisher on
"Electron Exchange in Inelastic
Collisions," 4:15 o'clock, room 1014,
East Physics building.
HEKKING TO LIMN
MODERN ART FORM
Dr. William M. Hekking, director
of the Albright Art gallery, Buffalo,
N. Y., will speak at 4:15 o'clock this
afternoon in Natural Science audi-
torium on "Modern Art Forms."
The lecture will be illustrated with
slides.
Dr. Hekking will' treat some of
the significant aspects of the mod-
ernistic movement in art, and the
relation of this movement to other
movements in the past.
A graduate of Syracuse univer-
sity, Dr. Hekking has studied a-
broad and has been associated with
the faculties of numerous schools
in this country, including James
Millikan university, University of
Missouri, and University of Kansas.
He has also been director of the
Columbus Art school and the Co-
lumbus Gallery of Fine Arts.
Dr. Hekking is an artist as well
as a critic, and his work has won
prizes in a number of exhibitions.
He has also won recognition as an
expert in determining the authen-
ticity of the works of early Ameri-
can painters, particularly those of
Gilbert Stuart.
I
to show the difference between
tones accompanied by many har-
monics and relatively pure sounds.
Dr. White finally projected on
the screen a number of slides
showing the results of his re-
searches.
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