. SUNI)A T, OCTOBER. 19, 1953 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGIT SEV X SU?~DAY, OCTOBER iR, 1 9 5 3 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE SEVEN MICHIGAN TECHNIC: Extension Courses Offered A LINE ON '': ProvesOldest Publication on Campus For Off-Campus Engineers I t"° 7 -- -mr-v "M A-V Student Surveyors Explore Campus The Michigan Technic is tlhe oldest publication on campus and is recognized by the trade as a leader in its specialized field. Founded in 1882, the Technic is the oldest college engineering pub- lication in the country and the official publication of engineering undergraduates. PROVIDING news on the latest happenings in engineering and scientific fields, the monthly pub- lication has consistently ranked among the best college engineer- ing publications in the country. A member of the Engineering College Magazine Association, the Technic recently won first place in the association's annual "Best Student Article" competi- tion, Once merely an assemblage of dry technical abstracts, the Tech- nic today encourages technical articles written in such a way so as to make them readable and interesting for the general public. For this reason although the mag- azine is intended primarily for en- gineers and engineering students, it has come to be known as a pub- lication useful to the novice as well. * * * - ARTICLES by students, faculty members, alumni and leading in- dustrialists on the latest happen- ings in the engineering field and recent trends and thought in en- gineering education are, featured in every issue. This month's issue will be de- voted to the engineering col- lege's centennial celebration. It will feature the past, present and future of the engineering college. As a sidelight to the Technic's activities during the spring, the magazine traditionally sponsors the engineering college dance "Slide Rule Ball." STRUGGLE for possession of a giant slide rule, symbolic of the } engineering is a highlight of the dance. At this annual event, law stu- dents traditionally Invade fes- "No jokes or other such gim- Prof. Arthur Lean of the Uni- micks are necessary in the off- versity Extension Service said campus engineeringtclasses," said that many of the large indus- Prof. Thomas Hunter of the en- tries try to increase the effi- gineering college who has been ciencyof their staffs by organ- teaching University Extension Ser- izing and paying for courses vice classes in Detroit and Sag- for them. inaw for three years."r "The problem of motivation" There is a great demand, he he continued, "that a professor continued, for courses on televi- faces in University classes is nill sion. Television repairmen andI among the adults who take engi- owners of retail television stores neering courses offered by the realize the growing importance of Service throughout Michigan, and this medium and the constant there is no necessity to lead the necessity of knowing even more horse to water." than their present jobs require, Another difference professor he said. Hunter noted is that while Uni- * * * versity classes are homogeneous OF THE 15,000 off-campus stu- the groups who take extension dents who take Extension courses courses range from men who have and of whose existence most Uni- never completed grammar school versity students are unaware, 500 to graduate engineers. are Engineering students. By JOEL BERGER Barbour Gym and the Engin Arch After surveying the campus high of eight or nine feet, although your and low since the beginning of the senses would have you think that semester, students in the engi- North University is straight as neering college's surveying coursesj are laying down their transits and returning to inside classes. During the first weeks of school, the students in these classes be- come a familiar sight to students. They could be found on any Mon- day, Wednesday or Friday after- noon practically anywhere on campus, from Engin Arch to Women's Dorms. * * * ONE OF THE first things learn- ed by the engineers was that in surveying, the senses should never be trusted. For example, Prof. Harold J. McFarlan of the engi- neering college said, "there is a difference in elevation between an arrow."1 Observatory Hill was a popu- lar spot with the embryo survey- ors early in the term. Girls, at first startled to see strange men with telescopes mounted on tri- pods-levels, to those in the know-grew accustomed to the men making strange hand signs and gazing at posts-leveling rods-behind their dorms. These students were engrossed in finding the difference in eleva- tion between the instrument room in the West Engineering building and a fire hydrant on Obseryatory Hill. s * s WHEN FINISHED, they were expected to have the difference in elevation correct to a hundredth of a foot. It was not until afterwards that they were informed that the information could have been supplied them by the city engineer's office. The level, consisting of a tele- scope equipped with apparatus to make it perfectly horizontal, is mounted on a tripod. Through this the surveyor looks at a pole, the leveling rod, held by another student. The rod is measured off in hundredths of a foot. s s THE FIGURE seen on the sur- veying rod tells the surveyor the difference in elevation between his telescope and the point on the lev- eling rod. ~ ___._. __ ..,_t.. .,.., .. ...,J ."v..v _ii _ __ _ -Daily-Malcolm Shatz WORKING TO MEET DEADLINE * * * * *: * tivities in an effort to capture the symbolic rule, or at any rate to disrupt proceedings. Completely student operated, Editor-in-Chief of the Technic is Robert N. Costant, '55E; Associat- ed Editor, Margie Mauer, 54E; Managing Editor, Chuck Stickles, '55E and Business Manager, Lar- ry Mack, 54E. 1111 Old German Restaurant ANN ARBOR'S FINEST South German Style Kitchen Beer and Wine 120 W. Washington Phone 9254 l! MflY WE EXTEND OUR BE S T WI S HES TO THE I ENGINEERING SCHOOL ON ITS 100th ANNIVERSARY ,, SALUTES The University of Michigan Engineering College on this 100th Anniversary We recognize and appreciate the splendid job our American Engineering Colleges are doing. In our industry;so much depends upon the well-qualified, well-trained engineer. In Peacetime-as well as in times of emergency-the design, development and production of Allison products require a large engineering staff. Presently, there are 40 University of Michigan graduates helping with the advanced engineering work now going on at Allison, in Indianapolis and Dayton, Ohio. Maybe you,,too, want to consider an engineering career at ALLISON. Why not plan to talk it over with the Allison representative when he visits the Michi- gan campus. Or, write now: R. G. 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