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PAGE SIX

THE MICHIGAN DAILY

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1953

HANDLES 1l DIGITS:
POW Inventor of Small Calculator

By WOODY GUERNSEY
Out of a Nazi concentratior
camp, out of a Viennese crafts-
man's brooding mind, out of the
"postage stamp principality" o
Liechtenstein, came a tiny gadgel
that offers aid and comfort to cal-
culating people everywhere.
The "Curta" pocket calculatoi
performs all the functions of desk-
sized machines, handling up to 11
digits in h matter of seconds.
IN PRE-WAR Vienna Curt Herz-
stark, son of a manufacturer o
calculating machines, conceivec
the idea of a calculator combining
the portability of a slide rule an
the accuracy of the large desi
models.
The idea grew into an obses-
sion, and then the Nazis smash-
ed Austria and Herzstark began
his four years in their concen-
tration camp. But evey minute
he could spare from eking out
the camp's dy-to-day exist-
ence was devoted to rough draw-
ings and plans for his tiny cal-
culator.
After the war Herzstark return-
ed to Vienna and with his father
began turning his dream into real-
ity. The first "Curta" saw light in
1948.
The tiny machine has a diam-
eter of two inches and is three
and a half inches tall. At a quar-
ter of the price of the large cal-
culators, it is a masterpiece of
precision manufacture.
"Curta" fits easily into a pocket
or brief case and is shockproof and
noiseless. Ideal for a traveling
man, it is probably the only cal-
culator ever to reach the top of
Mt. Everest-making the trip with
the recent successful British ex-
pedition.
The numbers are set on the side
as on large calculators, and a turn
of the crank brings them to the
top. A stop automatically prevents
errors.
White To Talk
On Ecuadorian
Experiences
Stephen White, '47, will speak on
the highlights of the Ecuadorian
Point Four Program in which he
has been participating at 4:15 p.m.
today in Rm. 1139 of the Natural
Science Bldg.
His speech will consist of a re-
view of White's five years in Ecua-
dor with the program. Slides he
photographed will be shown illus-
trating the various phases of his
work and the items of general in-
terest in Ecuador.
The, biologist received a doc-
torate degree for systematic bot-
any here in 1947. Afterwards, he
was sent to Ecuador by the De-
partment of Agriculture to study
tropical, sub-tropical and tem-
perate fruits. In 1951, his posi-
tion was incorporated into the
Point Four Program.
During World War II, White
studied insecticide plants-rubber
and pineapple-in Mexico and
Central America. While there, he
came into contact with people
working on government projects.
For the last four years, White
hps been experimenting with
cacao, citrus fruits and avacados.
Through these experiments, White
and the other members of the pro-
gram hope to develop and intro-
duce into consumption a finer
plant by future breeding aid cross-
breeding.
Chess Exhibition
Slated for Today
Donald Byrne, Grad., 1953 U. S.

Open Chess Champion, will face
40 opponents in a simultaneous
chess exhibition match at 7:30
p.m. today in Rm. 3B of the Union.
The exhibition, sponsored by
the Chess Club in conjunction with
its annual membership drive, is
open to all students, clubvtourna-
ment director James E. Barry,
Grad., said yesterday.

* * * *

Rooms
Students hunting for a week-
end room for their parents or
friends may receive a list of
available local rooms from the
Union student office.
Open from 3 to 5 p.m. daily,
the office will have the lists
available for any weekend when
the Union and League are full.
During the same hours, the
office will accept non-student
tickets for the Michigan-Penn-
sylvania game for resale Satur-
day morning.

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ABOUT 300 LOST:
Officials Check Eligibility,
Age InRelcgDCards

By PAT ROELOFS
More than 300 lost ID cards
have been reported this semester.
Of these, however, about 260
were said to be missing by stu-
dents during registration week. Ac-
cording to Mrs. L. M. Patrick, who
is in charge of student records and,
identification cards, many of these
were lost during the summer and
in the preceeding semester.
WHEN THE original ID picture
is taken, two pictures are taken
simultaneously, and no negatives
are produced. The pictures are de-
veloped in a speedy 60 seconds.
One of the pictures isused on
the plasticized ID card. The oth-
er is kept on file in the Office of
Student Affairs along with a
record of grades, extracurricular
activities and any judicial action
during the student's University
career.
When students report lost ID
cards to the office, caution is used
before issuing a new one. Officials
report the mai4 reason for extra-
ordinary care in issuing new cards
is to be sure that non-students,
including those formerly enrolled
but not now at the University, do
Linguistics Club
To MeetTonight
The semester's first meeting of
the Linguistics Club will be. held
at 7:30 p.m. today in the East
Conference Room, Rackham Bldg.
Speakers at the meeting will be
James W. Marchand, Grad., an in-
structor in German at Wayne Uni-
versity and Kenneth L. Pike, pro-
fessor of linguistics here.
Students and members of the
faculty interested in the scientific
study of language are invited by
the club to attend.
Deadline
Deadline for returning peti-
tions to sponsor Student Leg-
islature-Cinema Guild films has
been extended until Tueseday.
Any campus organization is
eligible to petition, and will re-
ceive 50 per cent of the movie's
profits if their application is
accepted by the Cinema Guild
Board.
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not receive cards which allow them
special University privileges.
* * *
ANOTHER REASON special care
is taken in checking the student's
claim for a new card is to prevent
false birth dates from appearing.
on new cards.
Office employes report that
students seldom succeed in their
attempts to falsify their age
when getting new cards because
datesvare carefullyschecked. In
the event that, a student does
proceed to give a false age, ser-
ious action by the Joint Judiciary
results if his action is discovered.
Students rarely make excuses
when applying for new ID cards
to avoid paying for them, as the
cost for a new one is only $1.25.
These cards are issued only when
an old ID card is turned in, when
a student has changed schools or
when lost and found has been
checked to make sure the last card
has not been turned in.
Duplicate cards are issued only
on Tuesday, according to Mrs. Pat-
rick. Student may report losses to
her in the Office of Student Af-
fairs and arrangements for new
photos and plasticized cards will
be made.

30TH:
Turkey Has
A Birthday
By SHIRLEY KLEIN
This year is an important one
for the young nation of Turkey,
Seyhan Ege, Grad., said yester-
day, as she poured a coup of Turk-
ish coffee.
Miss Ege explained that this
year marks the 500th anniver-
sary of the capture of Instanbul
by the Turks. "Columbus hadn't
even discovered America yet," she
added.
* * *
FOUR HUNDRED seventy years
later, on October 29, 1923, the Re-
public of Turkey was founded, five
years after a war of independence
to regain its own soil.
In commemoration of this
event the Turkish Club, compos-
ed of about 40 students, is spon-
soring a tea, exhibit, film and
lecture.
Today a tea from 4 to 6:30 p.m.
at the International Center will
begin the festivities.'Photographs
of Turkey, silverwork, embroidery
and other types of Turkish handi-
craft will be on exhibit, and Mrs.
Kamer Aga-Oglu of the Museum
of Anthropology will speak during
the tea.
AT 8 P.M. tomorrow a documen-
tary film on Turkey will be shown,
while WUOM will also present a
program of Turkish music with
English commentary.
The first president of Turkey
was Mustapha Kemal, common-
ly known as "Ataturk" or "Fath-
er of the Turks," a general in the
war for. independence who want-
ed his country to be Western-
ized and modernized.
According to Turkish- students
here, not only politically but cul-
turally and scientifically, the Re-
public is looking toward the West.
This helps explain the large num-
ber of Turkish students here.
The events in the International
Center are open to the public.

T O W E R S H I F T--A new French car is hoisted to the first
i floor of the Eiffel Tower to join other car models exhibited at
Paris Automobile Show held within the Parisian landmark.

S K I R T S A- W H I R L- Skirts and petticoats go high as
Bavarian dancers whirl about in a fast folk dance which high-
lighted festival at Ruhpolding near Berchtesgaden, Germany.

IN SADDLE AT 54
-Earl Sande, a leading jockey
In the Twenties,. scales 111.
pounds after finishing third in
a race at Belmont Park, New
York, his first mount since 1932.

S Q UA R E W I T H A R T Y L 0 0 K:- This is San Francisco's famed Union Square during
a recent art festival. There was space for 700 amateur and professional artists In 34 pavilions.

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