T___rE~ MCic A1 lWAiILY Naval Tank Solves Problems In Deveopig oe oats Unique 1404ot False Bottom Adjusts To Many Depths and Shoal Water Conditions HEALTH PROGRAMS HAVE APPEAL: University Broadcasting Service Medical Series Receives Hundreds of Fan Letters FEATURE PAGE 1 i Mr. Fritz, Parking Imt Attendant, Tells Professors Where To Go By DORIS WEST Designing a high-speed, triple screw motor vessel to deliver new au- tomobiles up and down the Ohio, Mis- ississippi and Tennessee Rivers is a current problem now being worked on by members of the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine En- gineering at the University of Michi- gan. The University of Michigan's naval tank, located in the West Engineering 'Mountains' of Forms Printed At U' Press A stack of registration material ten feet high is printed each semester by the University Printing Department, according to Edward E. Lofberg, su- perintendent. The University Printing Depart-I ment which is located at 311 Maynard Street takes care of one half of the University's printing requirements. Small iters such as office forms, pamphlets, hospital forms, and let- terheads are among the items printed. The University Press has charge of printing larger material such as an- nouncements and books. These items are printed by private printing estab- lishments. The University Printing Depart- ment began as part of the book bind- ing department in the library. In 1931 it moved to the present building which was donated by a University alumnus. Examination questions which are printed or mimeographed for various departments of the University are carefully guarded and imperfect cop- ies are destroyed. Pasting pictures on identification cards is one of the many other jobs done by the Univer- sity Printing Department. Surprised Couple Find 'Kitty' Perched in Tree SPOKANE, Wash, Dec. 1-(/P)- Mr. and Mrs. Earl C. Peterson didn't pay any attention to the cat that sat most of the morning in a tree in their front yard. About noon they took a good look at the feline and called the police. Motorcycle Patrolman Elmo Sprin- ger brought the animal down with four pistol shots. It was a 35-pound bobcat. ,I.1 Building, is in great demand for the development of barges and towboats operating on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Submarines, racing yachts, V-bottomed and round-bottomed high-speed boats, fire boats and many other types of boats have been tested with models in fthe Michigan tank. A unique feature of this tank is its 140-foot false-bottom, making it the only tank in the United States which can be adjusted in depth to simulate shoal water conditions. Since the end of the war, the large amount of work done for the Army, the Navy, the Coastguard, the Maritime Commission and other war agencies by the Depart- ment of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering has been gradually discontinued and the members of this department are now concerned with postwar de- velopments in the commercial field. Under the direction of Dean M. E. Cooley of the College of Engineering, and with the enthusiastic cooperation of Regent Frank W. Pletcher, con- struction of the 350-foot Michigan naval tank began in 1902, when the erection of the West Engineering Building was started. As the devel- cpment of shipping on the Great Lakes afforded a field for the Uni- versity to make direct contributions to design, Dean Cooley saw great possibilities for such a tank. Finished in 1904 and 1905, the Michigan tank extended 100 feet out- side of the West Engineering Build- ing. In a few years however, the building was extended over and be- yond the tank, permitting it to be lengthened 50 feet. The Michigan naval tank is 22 feet wide, 9 feet 6 inches deep, and has a wetted area of approximately 185 square feet. The bottom of the tank is semi-elliptical in cross section, and a three-by-four foot, wood-covered flume extends tank length below the normal bottom. All of the tank equipment was de- signed by Dr. H. C. Sadler, then chairman of the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, later dean of the College of Engi- neering. Except for the towing car, all of the apparatus was built in the University shops. The models which are tested in this tank were, prior to 1936, practically all made of paraffin wax. After 1936, however, as the tank work gradually changed to projects involving single models and minor changes in form, models have been made from white pine lifts cut to shape on a band saw and hand finished. The radio-listening public is ap-' parently fascinated by health prob- lems. The University Broadcasting Serv- ice receives more mail concerning the program "Medical Series" broadcast regularly over WPAG than it does for any other program. 2,500 Letters "Emotional Factors in Illness," given by Dr. Raymond W. Waggoner, director of the Neuropsychiatric In- stitute, was the subject of last week's "Medical Series" program. Over 2,500 letters poured in requesting copies of the talk and additional information on the subject in the following days. The letters received originated from 22 states, 21 cities in Michigan, and Canada. A woman living in Ontario, Canada asked, "Would you please send me a copy of the mental hygiene lecture? My contact with the medical world is negligible, yet I realize that psyciatry has opened an entirely new field of thought for prevention and cure of organicand mentaldiseases. Could you present a lecture on habitual drinking of alcoholic beverages? Is it an escape from a monotonous envir- onment, fear, or a personality defect? How can one tell if a person may be- come, or is, a chronic alcoholic? I 1 would be eternally grateful for some knowledge on this subject." Aids Understanding The Broadcasting Service received a card from a woman in Detroit which read, "I would appreciate a copy of Dr. Waggoner's talk on "Emo- tional Hygiene" as given on your Thanksgiving night program in the University of Michigan Medical Ser- ies. We have an emotional hygiene problem at home now and the sooner I get this pamph ei,, the ;etter I'll understand the situation." A woman in St. Petersburg, Fla., with a sense of humor wrote, "I have listened to your radio program of Nov.n22 and would like to getra copy of the psychiatrist who spoke from 11:15 to 11:30 p.m." J. L. Hudson's Leads Retail Stores in Bond Sales WASHINGTON, Dec. 1-(P)-The Treasury announced today that the J. L. Hudson Co. of Detroit, is the first retail department store to sell 500,- 000 series E Government bonds. The 500,000th bond was sold by the Hudson store today to Mrs. Margaret Palmer of Ferndale, Mich., as a Christmas gift for her four-month- old daughter, Judith Margaret. Who is the only man in the Uni- versity who can tell a professor where to go? It is Elmer Fritz, who for four years, from 7:30 to 4:30 every day except Sunday, has been braving Ann Arbor weather to regulate traffic and supervise parking in the lot behind Mason Hall. Enforces Rules Mr. Fritz, a member of the Univer- sity police force, must enforce the rules governing the use of the park- ing lot, seeing that only faculty mem- bers, having special tags on their license plates, use the lot, and that there is no double parking. He is also an ever-willing source of information to bewildered students searching for such obscure places as the Philosophy Reading Room or the Simpson Memorial Institute. Likes Everybody While admitting that his job is often a cold one, Mr. Fritz says that the winter storms, summer heat and everpresent rains do not really bother him. He likes his job, the professors, the students, veterans and servicemen on campus, and rarely has any trouble. The parking lot accommodates only 56 cars. When it is filled, the profes- sors coming in must leave again to seek parking space elsewhere. Mr. Fritz is responsible for the vehicles left in his care. We've Won the War-But the Cost Goes On-Buy Victory Bonds W4e love the ' hildren f Mm .i... te y're good . Christmas brings out Thir et.v " ,.re JL "ti i^/ >> Sa ietILooa. TW1e love the 1)) 0 ily a i (For someone's beau Mi ght mistake it I w - i ft< r. For mistlet oe.) ,9t pa t7tC, Q O.e love thle ---mesk Expressed on cards o / 0 Inspiring us To beCinstmas bards. /1 0 We love nspirat on . To d our best Christmas f nds us Our loveliest! 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