PAGE SIXB THE MICHIGAN DAILY t I am !!!!e FROM 'M.E." TO 'M.I.'? Engine Faculty Approves Change in Dept. Name Campus Calendar By MIKE SCHERER University engineering students may have to revise their vocabu- lary as a result of yesterday's en- gineering college faculty meeting. The faculty approved a change in the name of the Department of Mechanical Engineering to the "Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering." The change will now be recommended to the Board of Regents for offi- cial action. MECHANICAL engineering courses, which every undergradu- ate engineering student must take at some time, have always been referred to by the nickname "M.E." With "industrial" added to the department name, a change in nomenclature may be necessary. According to Dean George Granger Brown, a suitable sub- stitute might be "M.I." Another motion approved by the engineering faculty for action by the Board of Regents was the establishment of a University Transportation Institute, which will offer research opportunities and special work in fields of mo- tor, railroad and air transporta- tion. * * * A CHANGE was also approved in the science admission require- ment listed in the official engin- eering college announcement. The new rule requires, two units of science, preferably in physics and chemistry but with alternates of botany, biology, or zoology for either one of these. Previously the physics unit was an essential, with an alternative only in chem- istry. Study Shows Urban Growth A recent study by the University bureau of government has revealed that Michigan, which has the greater portion of its metropolitan population living in unincorpora- ted areas, depends on the central city to supply basic urban services to the surrounding area. The study, written by. research assistant Mrs. Betty Tablesan, is entitled "Governmental Organiza- tion in Metropolitan Areas." Events Today SYMPHONIE PASTORALE - The SL Cinema Guild and Inter- Arts Union will present a movie, "Symphonie Pastorale" at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. in Hill Auditorium. 'U' MUSEUMS -- Continuing their fall movie schedule, the Uni- versity Museums will show "The Great Lakes-How They Were Formed" and "Great Lakes" at 7:30 p.m. in Kellogg auditorium. * * * MILKY WAY VISIT-Astrono- my visitors will take a trip to the Milky Way, via movie, at 7:30 p.m., Rm. 3017 of the Angell Hall Ob- servatory. * * * Events Tomorrow SPEECH CLINIC-A clinic for high school students interested in radio will be conducted by the Uni- versity speech department. Among the day's activities will be an ac- tual broadcast of a children's dra- ma and a sample of announcer auditions. * * ,, HI-Y, TRI-Y CONFERENCE -- A training conference for students who will atend the Hi-Y, Tri-Y Legislature later this month will be held here. * * * ACCOUNTANTS MEETING - The twenty-sixth annual confer- ence of Michigan Accountants will be held at 10 a.m. This meeting is sponsored jointly by the'Michigan Association of C.P.A. and the School of Business Administration. Coming Events SYMPHONY PERFORMANCE- The University Symphony Band, with Edwin Franko Goldman of the Goldman band in New York as guest conductor, will present a con- cert at 4:15 p.m., Sunday,.Dec. 2, in Hill Auditorium. * * * CASE CLUBS-Activities will get under way for the 16 University Case Clubs at 4:15 p.m., Monday. Notices of scheduling for the dif- ferent cases are posted in the Case club office on the second floor of Hutchins Hall. STANLEY QUARTET-The sec- ond of the Stanley Quartet con- certs will be given at 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, in Rackham Lecture Hall. Selections by Mozart, Beethoven and Bartok will highlight the pro- gram. * * * ARMED FORCES REPORT -- Opportunities for women in the armed services will be discussed at an informal seminar at 2 p.m., Fri- day, Nov. 30. Dean Sarah L. Healy has announced that this will not be a recruiting session, but rather an informative period. A FLASHING LIGHT, A PUSH OF THE BUTTON-- ANOTHER STEP IN VISION RESEARCH. * * * * * * * * Converted Atic cene of Vision Tests f .. q /N r K f y T! Jjff/ r( f , I 4 ;1 By GAYLE GREENE In a darkened attic room of the West Medical Building, a man and a woman sit in plush theatre seats reporting what they see as a series of lights are flashed on a screen in front of them. The lights, barely detectable, often cannot consciously be seen. Still they are stimuli to the uncon- cious mind which says to the sub- ject, "something just happened," and the subject responds by push- ing a button. This push of the button is helping to determine the range of the eye's function. * * * BECAUSE OF the complicated but efficient automatic setup used in the experiments, the tests can be conducted by the subjects themselves. Research assistants, who are at present pushing but- tons to indicate when they detect a flashing light, are guinea pig, tester and calculator all in one. The tests are part of an ex- tensive Vision Research program of the psychology department in conjunction with the Office of Naval Research. From the statistics gathered in these tests Prof. H. Richard Black- well, director of the Vision Lab- oratory, hopes to determine just what range of function the hu- man eye has. IN A SMALL room beneath the testing area, intricate machinery lines the walls and covers two ta- bles. The first of these has been named the "ape" by Prof. Black- well because it takes the place of a human. Working on the princi- ples of the player piano, it relays impulses which control the flash- ing lights in the upstairs lab. Your feet are dry . . . your spirits high w . , when you're sporting Hood Stormy Weather Footwear. It's the finest fashion can offer. New styles in boots, galoshes, oxfords and rubbers have arrived, Choose yours now! A ........ ANOTHER MACHINE' records the "ape's" actions, while a third, the "counter," tabulates the re- sults. The counter tabulates in which of four intervals a light ac- tually did flash and in which of these four intervals the subject indicated that -he thought the light flashed. Each experimenter works four hours pushing buttons a n d spends the rest of the day cal- culating the results. Originally, when these experi- ments began in 1945 the testees were not given a "free choice" (choosing in which of four inter- vals a light flashed), rathey they were asked after one interval, "Did you see anything?" According to Blackwell, the original method was much less successful because there were all kinds of personality variables. "The subject built up an expectation and there was a tendency to say yes at least 50 per cent of the time," he explained. DURING THE war these experi- ments, conducted with 50 women in a former bowling alley on Long Island, were used to determine the distances at which enemy objects could be seen, or at which dis- tance American ships might be detected by the enemy. Further experiments led to the relieving of one of commercial aviation's greatest headaches - airport lighting problems. Test re- sults brought about increased safety and decreased expense, as they revealed that more concen- trated lights are more effective than larger ones. IFC Exchange Checks Due Soon The distribution of checks for books sold at the Interfraternity Council Book Exchange earlier this semester will not be completed un- til a week from today, manager Norman Thomas, '53, announced yesterday. Thomas asked that inquiries about the books be withheld until that time. We leave that to the ladies. For the males, however, we suggest the natural comfort of our Wilton Model). No "squeeze" to take your breath away ... but all the fashion any man could want from $68.00 VAN BOVEN Faculty Members, Students Receive Numerous Honors Quality Products Advertised in ife."Post. -Look Collier's." Country Gentleman FOR SALE AT SWI FT'S DRUG STORE 340 S State St. YOUR REXALL STORE University faculty members are playing a prominent part in the combined meeting of five scientific societies this week in Detroit. Professors Kenneth K. Landes, E. William Heinrich, James E. Bever and Kenneth G. Smith, all of the geology and mineralogy de- partments will present papers. Other members of these depart- ments are on committees for the aff air. Another faculty achievement was recorded this week when di- rector of the University broad- casting service Waldo Abbot was named to the Board of Re. gional Directors of the National Association of Education Broad- casters. In this role, he will represent all educational radio stations in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan for a two year term. * * * PROF. HERBERT E. Miller of the School of Business Adminis- tration has recently published a "C.P.A. Review Manual," covering many phases of accounting. Outstanding University women were presented awards last night by the Assembly of Independent Women. Sophomores cited for their all-A records during 1950-51 were: Ann Stevenson, Shirley Swinson, June Carol Granstrom, Helen Beatson and Frances Hill, Receiving scholastic honors for the class of '53 were Joyce Winter and Rita Levine. Seniors Margar- et Huebshman and Lea Eisner also received individual honors. 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