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Bngineering

Research Department Grew From Cooley's Suggestio

DEAN PLACED PLAN
BEFORE GRADATES
Established Organization to Aid
Industries of State in
Solving Problems.
By Brainard W. Nies, '33.
The need of an engineering re-
search department as a part of the
University was first pointed out in
1916 by Dean Emeritus Mortimer E.
Cooley, of the engineering college,
in a speech at a dinner held for
Chicago alumni.
Dean Cooley emphasized the de-
sirability of such an organizatio:,
which would make the research fa-
cilities of the engineering labora-
tories available to the industries of
the state, and which would assist
in solving the problems which had
arisen out of the use of new meth-
ods of mass production, and trans-
portation.
Alumni Petitioned.
Subsequently, the Chicago alum-
ni group submitted a petition to
the board of regents, recommend-
ing that action be taken on the'
proposal as outlined by Dean
Cooley. The stress and confusion of
the World war, however, delayed
further consideration of the project
for three years.R
In 1919, in response to additional
recommendations from the Michi-
gan Manufacturers association, the?
Board of Regents appointed a joint
committee to decide upon the feas-
ibility of the proposed undertaking.
The committee reported favora-
bly, and, in October, 1920, the de-
partment of engineering research
came into existence. It was organ-
ized under the control of an admin-
istrative committee and a director,.
Prof. A. E. White, of the chemical
engineering faculty, was chosen as
head of the organization, a posi-
tion which, he still occupies.
Called a Forward Step.
The establishment of the depart-
ment has been described as a dis-

Educator Originated
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fll ( [MUSICAL GROUPS
\lIL L1V ILVPLAN SCHEDULES
D EOTE _Tl CASES yGlee Club
Articles Take up Some Recent An extensive spring program is
. being planned by the various musi-
Litigations and'Their cal organizations on campus. The
Applications. three which will take the most ac-
"___give part besides the Choral Union,
Devoted almost entirely to a r- which is scheduled to perform on
view of recent irAportant cases and the May Festival program, are the
some of their applications, the apriU Varsity band, Varsity Glee club and
number of the Michigan La,a Re- Symphony orchestra.
view made its appearance yester- Although none of the organiza-
day. tions has definitely announced its
Leading the list of arczles in the full schedules for the next two
current issue is "Collateral Attack months, a few concerts after the
 nnJugments-The vacation are planned by the band
U p o n Foreign uget-T , and orchestra.
Doctrine of Pembrt on V. Hughes," ;Shortly after vacation, the band
by Prof. Fowler ifncent Harper, of will go to Bay City for a concert
the Law schor.Ajof Indiana univer- there. The exact date for the out-
sity, while Prof. Philip Mechem, fit's appearance has not be t-
professor Of law at the University of as yet but will be announbe sen
Iowa, wz tes on "The Rule in Le- On May 4, the band will take an-
mayn,4 V. Stanley." other trip, this time to Detroit to
Johnn S. Tennant, research assist- play atrOrchestra hall on the De-
an) in the Law library of the Uni- troit Musical society's series of con-
,ersity, writes in the April issue on certs.


Mortinier E. Cooley,
De-an Emeritus of the Engineer-
ing college, whose speech at an
Alumni dinner in 1916 opened the
efforts which culminated in the
University's present research de-
partment:
tinct forward step in technical edu-
cation methods, since it is at once
a normal part of the University,
with graduate and undergraduate
students, and a scientific laboratory
at the mainufacturer's disposal. Its
value as a training field. for future
industrial investigators has also
been pointed out. It operates in
connection with the engineering
college, and its executive offices and
many of the laboratories are locat-
ed in East Engineering building.

"Reccgnition Cases in American
Courts, 1923-1930." He deals in this
article in particular with cases
which have concerned the unrec-
ognized territories such as Russia
during the last 10 years.
The issue also includes the stu-
dent-written s e c t i o n discussing
some of the important recent de-
cisions in the American courts and
the regular "Note and Comment"
section concerned this time with
"Landlerd and Tenant," "Succes-
sion by Murderer," and "Surety-
ship."
Book reviews of a number of re-
cent books concerned with law and
various legal fields are also pub-
lished in this number.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA -
Almost exactly as many students
are taking graduate work this se-
mester as were enrolled during the
first term. This semester's registra-
tion totals 419, an increase of six
over last semester.

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Rollo Y. Quackenbush '32 P.*
Finesses the King

."well," said the Old Boy to Rollo,
"has the town recovered from the
Big Swoop yet?" (Rollo had just
come home from "Michigan"-and
everybody was being as jovial as
possible under the circumstances.)
"And how!" said Rollo,"you see
--" and on for thirty lines. "Great
stuff," said Rollo to himself, "keep
the chatter on school, and away
from little Rollo."
"Just like the old days," chuckled
Quackenbush Senior '93E. "I 're-
member one night at Joe Parker's
- -" and on for another thirty lines.
"Sweller and sweller,"thoughtRollo.
Came the Dawn. "And now," said
the King, "how about your marks?"
"RomanBand Instruments 203-D
"Hygiene 101-C
"Geography 31-E
"Creative Listening 203-D"
Rollo mumbled these as fast as he
could-"FORESTRY 31-A!"
"Forestry? A? But why forestry?
Of all the-**/¢**/*?*!!s things to
get an A in. How come?"
"Well, Friends, gather round and
get a load of this. One of the grads
from the House lives in Barton Hills
-you know, the best place in town
to live-and he andwe used to make a
bang-up two-some digging our way
out of the traps in the swell-elegant
Barton Hills Country Club. As We
followed the pellet around and later

(Perhaps)
sat on his porch telling about what
fine guys we were, I looked at the
trees. That, my friends, is the secret
of my success in Forestry! Barton
Hills made me what I am today.
And speaking of books-throw
away the M blanket and all of the
trinkets I ever brought from that
little town-I have here, my friends,
a little book which will revolution-
ize our livesmake cleaner and finer
people of us all. This little book-"
"Speaking of books," said the
King, "how about that bill from
Slater's ?"
"Hush," said Mrs. Quackenbush,
"what is the book, Rollo?"
"A little book I went through fire
and water to get," said Rollo. "A
Book on Barton Hills, God's Gift
to people who want to live!" From
under the stable, Rollo produced a
beautifully-bound book with a
colorful cover.
"About those marks and that bill
--" said the King, "I want--"
But his wife dragged him into the
library. An hour later when Rollo
left for the party, there was much
conversation in low tones, his
mother predominating ... The next
Fall, Rollo's family were proud
possessors of a home in Barton Hills!
That little book took a trick!
Had Rollo finessed the King? You
can bet four dates with the sweet-
est Kappa in town he had-twice!

*You, too, can enjoy Rollo's technique. Mrs. Margaret Winslow will send
you the "Book o Barton Hills Country Homes." Her address i box s3,
Ann Arbor, Mic . P. S. Maybe you'd rather assault the King more viciously.
In that case, tear out this ad. [no extra charge} and take it home.

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