THE 7VITC111CYAN DAILY __,_ i High-Efficiency Aircraft Motor Imperfect, E. T. Vincent States 1 __ _ __Fl- - I Possibilities Of Producing New Engine Are Small During Present Crisis Reported to be potentially the most efficient and easily produced air- plane engine ever made, a new motor now being developed by Ford vice- president, Charles E. Sorenson, has little chance of being perfected in time for use in the present emer- gency, according to Prof. E. T. .Vin- cent of the niechanical engineering department. Salient features of the new engine, as reported in a recent article in PM, include the exclusive use of cast rather than forged, rolled or pressed parts, a built-in turbo-supercharger for high altitude flying and water cooling instead of the usual ethylene glycol. Vincent Doubts Possibilities But Professor Vincent is more than skeptical. "Unless Ford has developed a new aluminum alloy with, a marked improvement in properties over ex- isting cast alloys, there is no ad- vantage in casting over the forging process. "It may be cheaper and a bit easier to produce cast parts, but it takes just as long, ad the loss in strength in the major parts would make the change very inadvisable," he said.' An additional advantage of cast parts, the article claimed, is that when the cylinder, liners become worn. they may b'e taken ou' anG replaced, an operation much asier than re- boring. . Again Professor Vincent objected. "That's nothing new; it was done in the period of the first World War. And it is very desirable to use all new cylinders for military operations, as that would also restrict piston rings and other equipment to a standard size." New Alloy Needed An alloy has been developed to per- mit -the casting of satisfactory crank- shafts and cylinders, he noted, but unless Ford has found some new al- loys for use in other parts of the en- gine, it is extremely doubtful that cast parts would give great weight saving. As for the turbo-supercharger, de- signed to compress the air fed to the Edward Deyo Receives UniversityScholarship engine at high altitudes, Sorenson has nothing new here, it was pointed out, as planes are already using this apparatus. In fact, it was first used in the last war, and most altitude records have been established with it. Sorenson's only change, then, would be to have the supercharger built in, and that would be a big mis- take according to Professor Vincent, as it would result in the ejection of more heat into the cooling system and necessitate a larger radi~tor without increasing the engine's ef- ficiency. Questions Use Of Water Another definite backward step, he asserted, would be the use of water instead of ethylene glycol as a cool-, ant. "I would question the accuracy of the article," he declared, "as I cannot believe that Sorenson would take such a definite step in the wrong direction." Water under pressure would be a different matter, Professor Vincent pointed out; but even then the weight 3f the radiator would have to be in- creased to almost double its present weight in order to stand the in- creased pressure. Petitions Open In Engineering Class Elections Dr. Panofsky To Give Talk Art Historiai Will Lecture At Racklam Wednesday Dr. Erwin Panofsky of the Insti- tute for Advanced Study at Pinceton will deliver "a University Lecture on "Durer's Melancholia--the Concep- tion of Melancholia in the Renais- sance" at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Rackham Lecture Hall. A recognized authority on the his- tory of art, Doctor Panofsky was for- merly professor of the history of art at University of Hamburg. He came to this country in 1934. He has been a member of the rPrinceton faculty since 1935, and is the author of five books published in Germany and several articles pub- lished in this country. The lecture, given under the aus- pices of the Department of Fine Ares, will be open to the general public. Year's First Co-Op Party Will Be Held Tomorrow The InterCooperative Council wli! sponsor the first co-op party of the year at 8:30 tomorrow evening in the Women's Athletic Building. In addition to social dancing, a unique feature is to be provided in the form of folk dances supervised by students in the women's physical ed- ucation department. Refreshments will be served. Members of all the cooperative houses are invited to attend. There will be no admission chaige. 1:;' T~~Jua 1TC.T ANDATT ASSOCIATED PRESS PDCTURE NE .4 1 B O A R D E R--Until he started complaining about the food, Shotsie," a robin, was welcome at Eleanor Shaffer's home in Oakland, Calif. He prefers eat- ine from Eleanor's hand. Deadline Set For As Freshmen, Vie- For Ballot Tuesday Seniors Position Freshman and senior engineers wishing to have their names placed on ballots in the coming engineer- ing class elections must have their petitions in at the Dean's office, 255 West Engineering Building, by noon Tuesday. Senior class officers to be elected the following Friday are president, secretary, treasurer and Engineering Council representative. The student getting the next highest number of votes for president will automatically be made vice-president. Freshmen, voting at their regular freshman assemblies on Wednesday, Nov.' 5, will elect two students as frshman representatives on the En- gineering Council. All petitions must contain 25 sig- natures from the applicant's class, as well as state the applicant's qual- ifications for office. Senior petitions will specify which office is sought,; election chairman Verne C. Kenne- dy, '42E, announced. Candidates for the senior offices will not be announced in The Daily until Friday morning, and no elec- tieneering will be permitted near the ballot box, to be placed in the West Engineering Building over the Engi- neering Arch. Serving under Kennedy on the' election committee are John Burn- ham, '42E, David Wehmeyer, '44E, and Don West. '4E. F A R E A S T OM E N-Armored trucks for troop transport rumble through Batavia capital of the Dutch East Indies, those valuable islands straddling the equaor near the Philippines. Edward H. Deyo, '42F&C, has been announced as the recipient of a Uni- versity Scholarship in the School of Forestry and Conservation. Similar awards, each equal to one semester's tuition, are offered in all of the professional schools. Students are chosen upon recommendation of their teachers with scholarship, char-' acter and general suitability being the guiding factors. University of Clicago, celebrating its fiftieth annifersary recently, launched a drive for $12,000,000. 8 t8 o THE COA 4 V C H 0 I CIE-Piano-playin'g John Coolidge, 35, son of the late President Coolidge, has resigned his railroad connections to enter the printing business. Ile lives at Orange, Conn. B O Y 4 A D E C O 0 D-So well did Billy Kern, 149-pound waterboy with Pomona college (Calif.) team, hurl gasses in -ractice with scrubs. that he's now promoted to a regular halfback berth. ! TAPROOM SPECIALS ' I I .1 HAMBURGERS -. Big, juicy, tender; choicemeat from our own butcher shop. Served with crisp potato chips, and dill pickle. Help yourself to the relish. I c 'PECAN ROLLS - loaded with pecans and rich with caramel topping. 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