T HE MICHIGA N DA LY SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1937 B g Boats' Recent Rough Trips Amelia Will Take 'Flying Laboratory' On World Flight I4 Big Boats' Recent Rougrh T rips Were Unavoidable, Bragg Says By EARL GILMAN strong enough to transmit the re- There is no special significance to quired amount of horsepower," he the recent disastrous ocean crossing stated. "The Queen Mary in her of the Italian superliner Rex, March special trip required 200,000 horse- 7, and to the battering of the gigantic power, sent through four shafts, to Queen Mary on which several people get her to Europe in four days. It were injured, Prof. E. M. Bragg of would be necessary for the 1,250 foot the marine architecture department ship to have 750,000 horsepower to said yesterday. make the trip in three days and an "No matter how large the boat is," impossible number of shafts, at least' he pointed out, "if a large enough 15 propellers. , wavehapensto catch it broadside, In conclusion, Professor Bragg iwave happenstdaagedd pointed out that there would be little Recent attempts to streamlinethe sense in a ship making the trip in bighips tofessor Bragg said, are three and one-half days because it big ships, Pkfso rg ad r would then have to wait for daylight foolish since the wind often hits the would t s hae gtr Talgt ship either broadside or at an angle to unload its passengers. inTptrip to the direction at which the boats woumately three days in order to be of are going. These large boats are not maeytredy nodrt eo successes financially because of their any value. large size, he added and are built through the aid of government sub- Smith To Talk sidies for advertising purposes. 700 Feet Is Good SizeA, D 1) 1' -Associated Press Photo Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam is shown in Los Angeles with her staff looking over a map of her course on a projected around the world flight. She plans to take off from Oakland, Calif., within a few days in her $80,000 "flying laboratory." Left to right: Capt. Harry Manning, navigator; George P. Putnam, her hus- band; Mrs. Putnam; Paul Mantz, technical adviser, and Bo McKneely, mechanic. Concert To Be Given Prof. Thompson Foresees End By Clarinet Quartet The Warmelin Clarinet Quartet, Of 'Devd-May-Care-Pilot' Era' --n -F --" f r n li + ntn The passing of publicity seeking, devil-may-care fliers from the ranks of commercial aviation was foreseen yesterday by Prof. M. J. Thompson of the areonautical engineering de- partment. Large airlines are no longer willing to put valuable ships and goodwill into the hands of irresponsible dare- devils, Professor Thompson declared. They prefer competent fliers to the occasional great pilot with a reputa- tion for sensation to maintain. Professor Thompson also stated that the field of active flying tends increasingly to be dominated by col- lege men. Not only is reliability be- ing stressed, but commercial flying has become so complicated a problem that an engineering background is re- quired. Actual flying is normally done automatically and the pilot takes controls only for takeoffs and landings. Navigation has become the principal job of the modern flier. At present T.W.A. requires college train- ing for its personnel while other companies prefer it. There is usually a scarcity of col- lege men entering flying as a profes- sion because the age of retirement is very low, averaging about 45, he ex- plained. Although every effort is made to transfer pilots to adminis- trative positions after this age, there is not the security of other engineer- ing jobs. As a result less than 10 per cent of the graduates of the areo- nautical engineering department go into active flying. At present one of last year's grad- uates is a co-pilot with the American Airlines, while several others are in the Naval Reserve Corps. "A good size for an ocean-going liner could be measured by the di- mentions of the American S.S. Wash- ington and the Manhattan which are about 700 feet long," he continued. "These boats, practice shows, are of good economical size and can be operated so as to make money. They are not too large for cruises." He showed that the big liners are usually good for about 15 years, though they can be made to last for 50. During a year five per cent of a coat's cost is given over to depre- ciation, five per cent to interest and four per cent to insurace and repairs besides the expense of wages for the crew, port charges and operating ex- penses. Therefore, he added, a ship must take in at least 35 per cent of its principal each year. No New Trends There is no new trend in the ma- rine architecture of these new large ships, Professor Bragg said; the only difference being in the interior dec- orations. He said that the new ships are being built more and more along the lines of a big hotel. As to the possibilities of some boat cutting the time for crossing the At- lantic from the present record of four days to a shorter period, Profes- sor Bragg pointed out that the size of the ship would have to be in- creased from the present 965 feet of the record-holding Queen Mary to at least 1,250 feet. "Then there is the question of whether or not a shaft could be made A DoUt Bureau Of Government Harold D. Smith, director of the1 Bureau of Government, will extend the services of that organization to the University of Pennsylvania today in Philadelphia when he relates its experiences in municipal government reform. Mr. Smith, who is also director of the Michigan Municipal League was invited by the Wharton School of Finance to address a meeting for 'he formation of an Institute of Local Government at the University of Pennsylvania. It is planned to model the insti-' tute after pioneer organizations of which Mr. Smith is director. Local government associations like the Municipal League cooperate with university divisions like the Bureau of Government to perform research work in municipal problems and train future officials of units of local gov- ernment, it was explained. HANDBOOK TRYOUTS CALLED Tryouts for the business and edi- torial staffs of the Michigan Hand- book are to report at 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at Lane Hall, William B. Olsen, Jr., '37, editor of the Handbook announced yesterday. "Activity this year will lead to higher positions on next year's staff of the 'Freshman Bible,' " Olson said. Freezing And Thawing Hurt County Roads . Damage done to the county's black- top roads by the alternate thawing and freezing of the past winter has been greater than that done by any other possible weather conditions this winter, according to Kenneth L. Hal-. lenbeck, country road manager. During most of the winter crews have been busy patching breaks in the county roads, but in many places, where considerable stretches of pave- ment have been broken up, patching has been useless, Mr. Hallenbeck said. In many places sections of roads from 100 to 500 feet in length will have to be entirely rebuilt. Mean- while these broken stretches will have to be maintained as gravel stretches, he said. Other roads have not been greatly damaged this winter, though the county has been put to great trouble to keep running drags over dirt roads during a large share of the time. Re- duced cost of snow removal during the past winter has greatly reduced the 'costs of keeping the roads in condition. Need For Religion Will Be Hillel Topic "Is There A Need For Religion" will be the topic of a symposium at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 14, at Hillel Founda- tion with Leo Kirschbaum of the English department of the engineer- ing college, Fred Brandeis, Grad., and Max Bussel, Grad., as speakers. Edward Sherman, '37L, chairman of the symposium, said yesterday "The purpose of this discussion is to provide for a free exchange of ideas on the need and nature of religion, regardless of how startling or novel the idea." "An inscription engraved on Angell Hall mentions 'religion' as 'neces- sary,'" Sherman stated. "But there are some who genuinely believe that the time has come to cross this out. Perhaps an asterisk should be placed after this word and somewhere else on the building words inscribed that explain it. However, before we can discuss our peculiar sects or even plan a comprehensive program ought we not to ask, what is religion and is there a need for it today," Sherman said. i a1 S LS $ These Ann Arbor Merchants Offer You Specials On the One Day That .Saturday. Take Advantage of These Real Savings II. Reminding You To Have Your Photograph. Taken Now! YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY YOUNGER! . . . and each year that you let go by without having a Photograph taken of yourself! . . . You deny yourself and those close to you the privilege of having a constant reminder of you AS YOU ARE NOW ! It's so easy and inexpensive to have photographs taken the way we take them. 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