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PAGE TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY
SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1946
Scientists Say Atomic Bomb
Will Not Make World Explode
Heat Produced in Warship Experiments
Will Cause Only Local Disturbances
WASHINGTON, Mar. 16 -(R)- development project and now serving
Scientists assured thg folks tonight as consultants.
that while the water around the un- This is what they think:
dersurface atomic bomb may heat up "The explosion of an atomic bomb
to a trifling million degrees, the near the surface, on the surface or
ocean won't evaporate or the world under the surface (These are the
blow up in chain reaction. three experiments against warships)
The scientists are Dr. Edward Tel- will cause only local disturbances
ler of the University of Chicago and such as we might expect from an or-
Dr. H. A. Bethe of Cornell University, dinary charge of great magnitude.
both former members of the bomb It is impossible that such an ex-
plosion can cause progressive disin-
tegration of the sea water which
Give Club To would perpetuate itself and result
in the atomic explosion of the globe."
Careful considerations have been
Concert made. First, it is known that ele-
ments contained in the water are al-
so very abundant in stars. If the
stars had a high rate of chain re-
action, they would blow up or con-
Highlighting their program with sume themselves. They don't, so it
audience participation in singing is deduced that sea water will behave
Michigan songs, the University Men's the same way.
Glee Club, directed by Prof. David The atomic bomb contains a rela-
Mattern, will present a concert at 8:30 tively high content of inert mater-
p.m. Wednesday, in Hill Auditorium. ial. This means the temperature of
The group has chosen their num- the water around the bomb will be
bers from composers of varying types "comparatively low, namely in the
and periods, including works of Bach, neighborhood of 1,000,000 degrees,"
Cherubini, Rachmaninoff, and Scott. as compared with 20;000,000 or more
Eugene Malitz, Kenneth Pool, Row- for the center of stars.
land McLaughlin, William Phebus,
Robert Rabe, Douglass- Wilson andAd
Sheldon Sandweiss will appear asA
soloists with the group. Harry Mc-
Cain, Kenneth Pool and Sheldon Commendation
Sandweiss will serve as accompanists.
The concert is part of a broad and Commander Newell A. Atwood,
varied spring program planned by USNR, who received his A.B. degree
the glee club. At present negotiations from the University in 1932, has
are reported underway for the use of been comnmended by Secretary of the
the Rackham Building in Detroit for Navy Forrestal for patent duties per-
a concert later in the spring. The formed during the war at the Naval
glee club has also been asked to sing Research Laboratories, Anacostia, D.
for the Ann Arbor Rotary Club in C.
the near future. A member of the Naval Reserve
According to Prof. Mattern, the since 1933, he has also been awarded
.club intends to revive next year the the American Defense Medal, the
extended concert tours that had al- American Theatre Ribbon, the World
ways climaxed the season before the War II Victory Medal and the Na-
war made such trips impossible. val Reserve Medal.
These tours-included several East- Also a graduate of George Wash-
ern cities as well as various points in ington University Law School, Comm.
the Midwest and in the upper penin- Atwood practiced patent law prior
sula. Before the war, concerts were to reporting for active naval duty in
also given in New York and Chicago. March, 1941.
Iii k_ taigh ts
iunibur ifers ..
P esin; a program of Negro
Spirtuals. the Dunbar Singers will
highiigiht the Sunday program of the
Internalional Center at 7 :30 p.m.
today in Rmts. 316-320 of the Union.
A male quintet, a girls' ensemble,
and William P. Miner, soloist, will be4
fea iured on the program. Refresh-
ients will be served at the Inter-
An open house for veterans will
h:,dit2to5p.m. tody by
Kappa Alpha Theta, 1i414 Waste-
iiaw. ..
CercieI' rfiseqis ,
Prof. Rene Talamon of the Ro-
mance languag' department will of-
fer a short dramatic reading at a
meeiing of L Cer°le Francais to be
held at 8 pain. Monday in the Michi-
gan League. -
Groupmid an d a socil hour
will ""ollow.
hfilA Committee .
There will be a meeting for all
those interested in working on the
Ilillell Foundation Social Corn-
mittee thi semester at ':30 p.m.
"ensdy
Gilbert Ross
Will Present
Concert Tonight
The first faculty concert of the
spring season, including the first per-
formaice of a work by Ross Lee Fin-
ney, will be presented by Gilbert Ross,
violinist, at 8:30 p.m. tonight in Lydia
Mendelssohn Theatre.
Prof. Ross has done extensive con-
cert work in Europe, the United States
and Canada, following his debut in
Berlin in 1922. He has appeared as
soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic,
the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
and the Minneapolis Symphony Or-
chestra. His appearances in this
country include eight recitals in Town
Hail, New York City.
Prof. Ross served on the faculties
of Cornell University, University of
Wisconsin and Smith College before
coming to Michigan as Professor of
Violin and head of the department of
stringed instruments in the School
of Music.
The program tonight will include
selections from the works of Capo-
rale, Handel, Beethoven, Chausson
and Finney.
WELCOME STUDENTS!!
Our new enlarged staff of Seven
highly trained barbers are at your
ytervice. No waiting. e invite all
tonsorial queries.
THE DASCOLA BARBERS
Between State & Michigan 'theatres
GEN. MARSHALL RETURNS FROM CHINA - Gen. George C. Marshall (center), President Truman's spe-
cial envoy to China, is greeted at Washington, D.C., upon his arrival from China by Mrs. Marshall and Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Army Chief of Staff.
FUR BATHIN; SUITS?
Pets Prtectled Ani culs fro ieu!e
LOS ANGELES, March 17-(/P)Y-.
Animals and birds probably develop-
ed fur and feathers originally as a
protection against heat, not cold,
says a scientist who has studied the
matter for years.
His hypothesis is that at some per-
iod in the dim past, when all animals
probably were cold-blooded, the earth
experienced a period of abnormally
high temperatures which were too
uncomfortable for some species;
that certain varieties started to grow
fur and feathers, which eventually
gave them the advantage of being
able to spend more hours in the hot
sun looking for food. Later, wlhen the
earth cooled, these same natural
coverings were protection against
coldi, and eventually warm-blooded
creatures evolved.
The conclusions were reported
by Dr. Raymond B. Cowles, Zoolo-
gist of the University of California
at Los Angeles, in an article in
Science,
Dr. Cowles says cold-blooded crea-
tures have no internal heating ap-
paratus and derive what warmth they
need from the sun. But, despite a
widespread belief to the contrary,
they can't stand a lot of it. Present
day reptiles, such as snakes and liz-
ards, die under prolonged tempera -
tures of 113 degrees, fahrenheit. he
reports. He believes the giant reptiles
such as the dinosaurs vanishled mil-
lions of years ago because of the
heat.
The zoologist reported that avail-
able evidence indicated that the
heat-regulating mechanism in ani-
mals is a comparatively recent evo-
lutionary development, and that it
is essential to warm-bloodedness,
but that feathers and furs pre-
ceded both internal heat control
and warm-bloodedness.
If that was the case, then the first
creatures to grow fur and feathers
were cold-blooded. But the new cov-
eriings couldn't have kept the ani-
mals warm because they had no in-
ternal heatiang= system. Such a crea-1
ture would be somet 0hing like a well-~
insulated house w ith out a. stove or
furnace. The anirra.l 1required' a cer-~
tai tiount of wrtthe only
soure of wvhichi was I itui. So the~
a(Idit ion1 of fur or feathers wonl
have been disadvantageous unless
perhaps to cut clown the amount of
solar heat reaching the body.
Dr. Cowles believes that when- the
earth fimally cooled, fur and feathers
helped their owners to retain ab-
sorbed heat and so ontibuted to
the development of the internal heat
iraternity HeeLs Officers
Robert M. Feinberg, '47, was elect-
ted president of Pi Lambda Phi fra-
ternity this week.
Other officers are William G.
Skutch, '48, vice-president; Donald
J. Hartinan,.'43, secretary; Hugh Car-
pol. '49. treasurer; and Leo Weiss, '48,
steward.
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ROOM AND BOARD
MEALS: For girls. Splendid home
cooked meals at League House, 604
E. Madison. Phone 4489.
FOR SALE
FOR SALE: 24 Vol. Brittannica en-
cyclopedia 14th Edition. New. Also
12 Vol. 20th Century Encyclopedia.
Call 4117 before 6 p.m., after 6 p.
m. 3596.
REFITTING, restyling, and repair-
ing of woman's wearing apparel,
also any kind of sewing except on
black. Miss Livingston 315 S. Divi-
sion, 2nd floor front.
FOR SALE: Four-burner gas stove.
Left side oven. Good condition.
Reasonably priced. 2022 Hill. Call
7369.
HELP WANTED
EELP WANTED: Part or full time,
excellent hrs., top pay. Witham
Drug Store, corner Forest and S.
University.
HELP WANTED: Young lady to work
at soda fountain. Part or full time.
Swift's Drug Store. 340 S. State.
Phone 3534.
WANTED: Part time stenographer
for work mornings Monday through
Friday inclusive; if necessary re-
adjustment of hours can be ar-
ranged. Apply ,B'nai B'rith Hillel
Foundation. Hill and Haven or
phone Miss Goldberg 26585.
WANTED
WANTED: Man having no 11 o'clocks
interested in good board job. Call
2-3746.
MIDWAY Bicycle Shop, 322 E. Lib-
erty. We have rebuilt used bikes
for sale. Your bike can be expertly
repaired also.
LOST AND FOUND
LOST: Black, and gold Evcrsharp pen
in East Hall lavatory, noon hour
Friday. Reward. Phone 3139. J. K.
Peterson.
DESPERATE! Lost . . . Eversharp
goldcap pen before exams. Name
around barrel. Great sentimental
value. Blossom Singer. 2-5184.
SILVER BRACELET lost - within
each silver" flower is a stone. Re-
ward. Call 2-1936.
LOST: A pair of shell-rimmed glass-
es in a green case. Probably on
Cambridge. Call Dolores Earl, 7498.
LOST: Sapphire ring with six dia-
monds in setting. Lost March 8 be-
tween Dental School and State St.
Finder call 4121 ext. 2146. Reward.
LOST: Brown coin purse between
corner S. University and Forest
and the School Public Health. Ph.
Gertrude Kohn 9080.
$5.00 REWARD: Maroon striped
Sheaffer lifetime. Sentimental val-
ue. Probably in W. Quad. Henry
Lukasik, 101 Chicago House.
DELTA UPSILON (1331 Hill) has a
St. Bernard called Bruno as a mas-
cot. Has disappeared. Are offering
a reward for his return. Call 2-3189.
LOST: Bike. Girl's Brown Lincoln.
Desparately needed for transpor-
tation of brother to nursery school.
Left in front of Union Saturday
morning. Initials E. R. H. on front
fender. Ph. 7508 between 5 and 7
p.m. Reward.
LOST: Cigarrette lighter: Brown
enameled Ronson. Vicinity of Wat-
erman Gymnasium between 1:00
p.m. and 2:00 p.m. Wednesday
(13th). Keepsake. Contact E. G.
Lipp, USNR, West Quad.
FOUND: Man's watch in Arb. Call
Shirley, 7672, to identify.
MISCELLANEOUS
TYPEWRITERS: Bought, sold, rent-
ed, repaired., Work guaranteed.
Two days service. Office Equip-
ment Co., 111 S. 4th St., Ph. 2-1213.
CAMPUS dance orchestra has open
dates. Student-veerans. Canpus
references. Phone Ypsilanti
1220-W.
FALL IN: I am, Sarg dear, right in
line for the Feather Merchants'
Bail.
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