PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1930 i PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, MARCh ~3. 1R5~ U ______________________________________________________ I C .SYNCHROTRON FINALLY WORKS: Scientific Racetrack Cracks Atoms BY BOB APPLE Hialeah and Santa Anita have nothing on the University's "atomic race track". In fact it's a pretty sure bet that running speeds on the former will never approach the whizzing electron projectiles, whirling around the "atomic racetrack". Technically called a synchrotron, the University invention is an electric device used to crack atoms. * * * * After seven years of research and trial models, the synchrotron whirled into action last week for the first time. University scientists Campus Calendar Events Today BACH CONCERT--The second of two Sunday afternoon public concerts of works by Bach will be presented by Robert Noehren, University Organist,* at 4:15 p.m. today in Hill Auditorium. * * * UNITARIAN MEETING-Prof. Wesley Maurer of the Department of Journalism will speak on "The Responsibility of the Press for Civil Liberties" at 7 p.m. today at a meeting of the Unitarian Stu- dent Group in the Upper Room of Lane Hall. After -the address, a discussion will be held to determine the group's policy in regard to the Student Religious Association's action on the Lecture Committee. * * * Events Tomorrow LECTURE--A public lecture on "Bach's 'St. Matthew Pas- sion"' by Hans David of the music school will be given at 4:15 p.m. tomorrow in the Rack- ham Amphitheatre. The talk is in anticipation of the first Ann Arbor performance of the work at 8 p.m. Friday in Hill Audi- torium. Coming Events BIRD STUDY-An organiza- tional meeting for the eight-week extension course in bird study will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Rm. 2116 Natural Science. A regis- tration fee of $5.00, may be paid before the meeting begins. * * * BEACON LECTURE-An ad- dress on "Great Britain, Her Policy Today," will be presented by the British Consul General of De- troit, W. N. Storey, at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Union. It is spon- sored by the British Empire and Commonwealth of Nations Asso- ciation. 'had to iron out difficulties in one small part, before it would work. correctly. Altogether, three models of this part were tried in the machine, before the final one set it in motion. The machine is referred to as a racetrack because the elec- tron projectiles go around in a path made up of curves and straightaways like the versions with pari-mutuel windows. The electrons are then shot info an atom whereupon the atom cracks. Designed by Prof. H. R. Crane and Prof. D. M. Dennison of the Physics Department, the synchro- tron was built in 1946 under a navy contract. In 1950 it was taken over by the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission and is being used by them as a "pilot plant" in the designing of two larger synchro- trons in the AEC's own labora- tories. At present it can produce 50 million volts of electricity, but University experts expect to get it up to full capacity of 300 mil- lion volts within the year. Prof. H. R. Crane said the use of the machine for the immedi- ate future will be two-fold: 1-to collect data on the per- formance of the race track design, which will help the AEC's pro- gram, and 2-to get experiments underway designed to eventually reveal the construction of the atomic nucleus. Big Premiere Set forOpera Open night festivities for "Never Too Late", the 1952 Union Opera will have all the trimmings of a Hollywood premiere, including ce- lebrities and a man-in-the-street interviewer. Promotions manager M a r k Sandground, '52, revealed that the interviewer will be on hand Wed- nesday before the 8:30 p. m. cur- tain time at the Michigan Theatre to greet Governor and Mrs. G. Mennen Williams and President and Mrs. Harlan H. Hatcher. Tickets will be on sale between 1:30 and 5 p. m. at the Union lobby ticket counter tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday. Play Month To Feature War .Drama In conjunction with Interna- tional Theatre Month the Univer- sity Speech Department gill pre- sent a production of Robert Sher- wood's Pulitzer Prize play, "There Shall Be No Night," Wednesday through Saturday in Lydia Men- delssohn Theater. In keeping with the interna- tional theme, "There Shall Be No Night" is the story of a Fin- nish scientist and his struggle to lead a peaceful life with his family. To do this he must de- fend. his homeland from Rus- sian invasion. When Finland is finally invaded he closes his laboratory and joins the medical corps. While a member of the Play- writes Company Sherwood wrote two Pulitzer Prize Plays, "There Shall Be No Night" and "Abe Lincoln in Illinois." Lydia Mendelssohn box office will begin selling tickets for "There Shall Be No Night" on Monday. There will be a special student rate of 60 cents for the Wednes- day and Thursday performances. Prices for all other performances are $1.20, 90 cents and 60 cents. The announcement that Edgar Rice Burrows' "Tarzan" will re- place Hopalong Cassidy (8:30 p.m. Saturdays, WJR) may well indi- cate that another entertainment fad in the nation is past its peak and fading fast. The cowboy stories, especially Cassidy's made a meteoric come- back when television came into prominence, because they were the cheapest and most plentiful thing on film. But even the kids got tired of a steady diet of six shoot- ers blazing away in the saloons of the old west. Look for the ultra-modern space stories to begin to hit the end of the planetary trail within a year or so. Incidentally the switch to Tar- zan, a comic strip that's been in the papers as long as many of us have been old enough to read, goes right along with the trend of radio-video entertainment in featuring the old songs on the big shows as often as the brand new ballads. Witness: Ken Murray and Eddie Cantor this past week. * * * PREVIEWS of song and dance numbers from "Never Too Late" the 1952 Union Opera, slated to open Wednesday, will highlight the teletour on today's University Television Hour (1 p.m. WWJ- TV). Prof. Samuel Eldersveld will present both sides of the picture in his lecture on Voliticar parties' nominating conventions when he introduces Democratic State Chairman Neil Staebler and his Republican counterpart Owen Cleary. Prof. Phillip Jones will discuss fractions on the mathematics telecourse. PROGRAM NOTES: Patrice Munsel and Gordon MacRae wil star in a special radio adaptation of "Kiss Me Kate," Cole Porter's hit musical version of "The Taming of the Shrew" by Shakespeare, at 8 p.m. tomor- row, WWJ. 4 Fred Waring and his Pennsyl- vanians will feature Tschaikow- sky's "Nutcracker Suite" at 9 p.m. today on WJBK-TV. Daily Ciassifieds BringQuick Results LOOK and LISTEN With ALAN LUCKOFF Critic Brown To Lecture Wednesda John Mason Brown, a familiar face to Ann Arbor audiences, will be presented at 8:30 p m Wednes- day at Hill Auditormim : closing number of the current Lec- ture Course. Appearing here 4 r the fifth consecutive year, :he versatile author-lecturer - cri) ic - commen- tator will deliver an entertaining lecture, "Seeing Things", which is titled after his weekly column in the Saturday Review. "One of the best lecturers in the United States", according to William Lyon Phelps, Brown pre- fers to consider this aspect of his career secondary to his duties as an associate editor of the Sat- urday Review. His major interestN is in the theater and he has written several volumes on this subject. Tickets for Brown's talk will go on sale at 10 a. m; Tuesday in the Hill Auditorium box office. They are priced at $1.50, $1 and 50 cents. -Daily-Larry Wilk ATOMS "RACE" IN UNIVERSITY SYNCHROTRON 1 i Retired .Dean Paid Tribute~ At Luncheon The substitution of railroad for athletic scholarships was advo- cated yesterday by James. B. Ed- mondson, retired dean of the education school in a humorous speech at a luncheon in his honor. A railroad between Angell Hall and the new North campus to be operated by retired faculty mem- bers was also called for by the educator, a train enthusiast for many years. The 100 people attending the luncheon, sponsored by five edu- cational honorary societies, pre- sented the ex-dean with a new brief case in addition to a horo- scope and the degree of Doctor of Conventium from the Uni- versitas of Hardis Knockorum. In return, Edmondson treated his listeners with his views on the present situation and future pos- sibilities for railroads. Before his "lecture," the retired educator was paid a verbal tribute by Charles Anspach, president of Central Michigan College of Edu- cation. Jf2a ( BY MRD CfPS 395 ea. Twinkletop .. . a little halo of pique flow- ers, dewed with rhinestones . . . a mesh of crisp veil for a crown. The most wonderful way to add a spring tingle to your wardrobe, for a matter of pennies. A Funcap design by Madcaps . . . white, pink, lemon and ice blue are the colors, MILLINERY-MAIN FLOOR I I, 1K . i STAR- ING OMOR El w I I I REDUCED RATE TICKETS on the VULCAN'S SPRING VACATION TRAIN Via N. Y. Central R. R. 2:00-4:30 P.M. 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