SEC TIIEMICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY! MARCH 14, 195? SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 19~ "- TOTE THAT BARGE: Tank Solves Marine Engineer Problems ** * * By BOB APPLE A square-ended barge may not concern most people, but to the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering it pre- sents quite a problem. Because' a Mississippi barge company often finds itself with an odd square-ended barge to be incorporated in with a flotilla of raked-end barges they have asked the engineering school to find the best position for the odd barge in the group. ** * COMMANDED BY Professor L. A. "Captain" Baier, chairman of the Department of Naval Archi- tecture and .Marine Engineering, flotillas of models of these barges are constantly pulled back and forth across the engineering naval tank until a total of eleven runs have been made. The barges are pulled by an elevated moving car, piloted by Professor Baier and containing a generator, machinery for mov- ing the car, trap doors for ob- serving- the barges in motion and a dynamometer table. After.the runs have been made and a few hours of mathematical equations have been computed, (the method of computation is claimed to be a department secret) the answer to the important prob- lem is solved. * sf SINCE IT WAS built 48 years ago, the 60 foot one-half mililon gallon naval tank has been the New Deadline For Generation The deadline for Generation manuscripts has been extended to noon tomorrow, because the mag- azine is still essay-hungry, accord- ing to Mel Zerman '52, managing editor. Although plenty of short stories, poetry and plays have been turn- ed in, editors are not satisfied with the essays they have receiv- ed and are issuing an emergency call for more. Manuscripts will be :eceived in the Generation office in the Stu- dent Publications Building. -Dally-Matty Kessler MODEL MODEL-The elevated car in the engineering naval tank is used to pull models of ships and barges across the 360 foot tank. The car makes eleven runs down the tank at a different speed each time to determine the amount of resistance offered to the models by the tank's water. * * * scene of many such tests. The tank is usually used to find the resistance offered to boat hulls by water, because there is no way to find this out mathematically. Not to be specialized in this one way the tank is also being used by the physics department to test under water acoustics. At the present time the tank also is the scene of a series of test runs to help the army determine the best type of canal to haul barges through. junior College TalksBegin The annual junior college-Uni- versity conference will be held today, with President Harlan H. Hatcher slated to address dele- gates from junior colleges all over the state. At 10 a. m. there will be a con- ference of presidents and deans in theRegents' Conference Room of the Administration Building. President Hatcher will greet dele- gates at 12:10 p. m. at a luncheon in the Union. Delegates are slated to break up into discussion groups at 1:30 p. m. in the' Rackham Building. An assembly is scheduled to fol- low the discussion groups at 2:45 p. m. in the Rackham Assembly Hall. Special Union Constitutional MeetingSet (Continued from Page 1) ing SL male an ex-officio mem- ber of the Board, would better represent student government and strengthen SL-Union rela- tions, Kathe said. The Union feels that the Student Legisla- ture has gradually replaced the Mens Judiciary as the main voice of student government on cam- pus. The third amendment, simplify- ing further Constitutional chang- es, would allow a two-thirds affir- mative vote by all Union members voting in a Board authorized ref- erendum at the time of All-Cam- pus elections, to approve revisions. AT PRESENT, a three fourths vote of a quorum' of 400 Union members is needed for changes. This law has proved a giant stum- bling block in recent attempts at altering the Constitution. The last change under this system was in 1942 while a concerted effort in 1951 fell 200 members short of the required number. If the amendments are passed they will have to meet approval of the Board of Regents. The second and third changes would be effec- tive immediately if approved while the first amendment would not go into effect until the spring elec- tions in 1953. The greatest changes in the Union 'Constitution were made during the turbulent 1920s. At that time, shortly:after the Union opened, changes were constantly being made to make the Union an efficient body. Poem Must StandAlone SaysCritic By PHYLLIS WILLAR To understand poetry, the read- er must know the poem and not the poet. This was the crux of Harvard Prof. I. A. Richards' talk on "Li- terary Aximlysis"here yesterday. The well-known literary critic claimed that the reader must de- tach himself from the poet's bi- graphy in interpreting the content of poetry. THE LIGHTS were shut off in the lecture room, in hopes, as he explained, that even his own per- son would be divorced from what he was saying. The white haired philoso- pher described the cycle of po- etry in terms of a diagram which traced poetry from its source through transmission to i ts final destination. "The source is open to the past and the destination to the future," he said. Peppering his speech with light humor, the Englishman impressed on the capacity audience that in literary criticism he is mainly concerned with what happens in the poem and how it succeeds in relation to the reader. The prob- lem of understanding is one of language. .Language has a seven fold func- tion, he said: indicating, charac- terizing, realizing, valuing, influ- encing, controlling, and purpos- ing. Most poems contain all of these elements but a sense of rea- lization and value are the most important, he maintained. To illustrate the pertinent point that poetry is a matter of com- munication, he read selections from T. S. Elliott, Milton, Brown- ing, and Shelley's complete "Ode to the West Wind." Poetry is meant to be uttered, he said, and the music and flowing intona- tions of his voice set out to prove this. M'ichigras Group Meets Tomorrow There will be a meeting of Michigras Decoration Comnmittee at 10 a. m. tomorrow in the fenc- ing room of Barbour Gymnasium, Fran Windham '53, co-chairman of the decorations committee, an- nounced. The meeting is open to anyone who is interested, but people who can do paper mache work are particularly needed as are men who can put up the decorations in Yost Field House the week be- fore Michigras. 'Sunland Special' Tickets Available Reservations for all features of the Wolverine Club's "Sunland Special" spring vacation train trip to Florida can be made from 1 to 4:30 p. m. today and every day until March 26gin the Ad- ministration Building. The Shaw Chorale will be heard on the Choral Union series at 8:30 p. m. Tuesday, in Hill Auditorium. Hailed by music critics all over the country for their fine musi- cianship and imaginative singing, the choral group has planned a varied program ranging from Mo- zart to Gershwin for their Ann Arbor concert. The group has attained wide notice through their concert, ra- dio, and phonograph perform- ances. Composed of 32 picked voices and 19 instrumentalists - NEW STYLES FIRST AT WILD'S Y:' Exploding South Quad sport attire comprising a concert orchestra, , the Chorale first began as a small mixed chorus, the Chapel Choir, which confined itself to sacred music. Gradually building in number as the musical prestige of its con- ductor Robert Shaw grew, the Collegiate Chorale became a full project in itself. Read and Use Daily Classifieds I By JAN WINN There was something just a bit strange about a midnight shower South Quad resident Jack Seagle took this week. As the Scott House Assistant Resident Advisor was merrily scrubbing away the water sudden- ly stopped flowing and a thick white cloud exploded from the nozzle. Breathing was practically impossible. Teaching Forum To Be Held Today The third forum on College and University Teaching will be held from 3 to 5 p. m. today in Rack- ham Amphitheater. The subject under discussion will be "How to Teach by Discus- sion; How to Lecture Well." Members of this week's panel are Prof. J. Philip Wernette of the business administration school who will act as chairman, Prof. John Arthosrof the English de- partment, Prof. Phillip S. Jones of the mathematics department, Prof. Marshall M. Knappen of the political science department and Dean Earl V. Moore of the music school. Seagle turned off the shower immediately and left the smoke- filled lavatory, coming back to find the cloud settled and small flames on the shower floor. * * * DON BROWN, who came into the lavatory a few minutes after the incident, said that. "We could still smell the gas the next morn- ing.". South Quad manager, Leo Vogel, attributes the occurence to "a mere buildup of chlorine in the water." According to Vo- gel some chlorine accumulating in the water tank escaped, caus- ing the "disagreeable odor." City Water Office head Harry Caswell on hearing of the "phe- nomenon"' maintained that "It couldn't have been caused by any- thing in the water." Caswell was certain that chlorine could not form a cloud of gas. Seagle, when contacted seemed little affected by his escapade dis- missing it as. "really nothing to speak of" and "it might happen about once in 1,000 years." The shower has been in use since Wednesday morning and re- ports indicating that the only compound being emitted is water. I Choral Union To Feature Shaw Chorale in Tuesday Concert i Truly fabulous are the new ideas in rugged Weaves, nature inspired tories and easy fitting styling you'll see in our new creations from America's foremost sport attire style studio. I VARSITY-TOWN JACKETS 03500 to $450 VARSITY-TOwN BLENDING SLACKS $165uto $,5 I I1 'A UNUSUAL Gifts and Novelties at the Office Equipment Co. 215 E. 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