.1 THE MIC~HIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1954 mw~ HE~ ea~ 'LECTRON SPIN: Uhlenbeck Tells of Discovery' By NANCY CHENAULT "The story begins about 30 years ago," reflected Prof. George E. Uhlenbeck of the physics depart- ment as he began telling of how he and Prof. Samuel A. Goudsmit, chairman of the physics depart- ment, at Brookhaven National Laboratory, came upon the discov- ery of electron spin. "Electron spin," explained the tall, genial professor, "is a con- cept which had to be determined before atomic activity could be explained extensively." THE DISCOVERY, for which the men received the 1953 Re- search Corporation Award, was made at the University of Leiden in Holland in 1925 where Prof. Uhlenbeck and Prof. Goudsmit worked together studying atomic activity. "We worked under the guid- ance of the unforgettable Prof. Ehrenfast," continued the phy- sicist. "Our study was quite free, there were only a few lectures and the high point of the week was always the colloquium where we heard the latest news. "It soon became clear how far 9ve understood the subject-very little," mused the scientist refer- ring to the study of atomic acti- vity and the papers of Bohr, Pauli and Lande, authorities on this subject at that time. "However we came upon the hypothesis of the electron spin while we were try- ing to understand a paper of Pauli." "WE THOUGHT of this on an afternoon late in September, 1925, and we were a bit excited, but not too much because if Bohr, Pauli and the other great men had not mentioned it, it was probably be- cause it was all nonsense, but of course we told Ehrenfest." They soon discovered that their idea was not nonsense, but that they had determined the concept of electron spin which has since been one of the cornerstones of modern physics. Born in Batavia, Java, Prof. Uhlenbeck attended high school in The Hague then went to Lei- den where he received his PhD. before coming to this country in the Voice' Booms Out Nightly r By JOEL BERGER Out of the brick-red walls of the South Quadrangle at precisely 12:30 a.m. daily echoes the strange, melodic call of "The Voice," whose call sounds like "Gooooooldberg!" No one is exactly sure that "The Voice" is mouthing "Goldberg," because the call is somewhat muf- fled although loud. Estimates run from "Aaron" through "Andy." * * * AS YET, no one seems to know who "The Voice" is. At last report, he was still screaming. Heard only by men living in the south side of the quadrangle, the mysterious call is accurately timed for stu- dents who desire to set their watches. Functioning during the past five or sixe weeks, the only nights missed by "The Voice" have been Saturdays and Sundays. How- ever, imitators of his style have been heard occasionally. Shortly before between semes- ter's recess a sign posted near the dining rooms on the quad's west side informed all students that "The Voice" would tolerate no mimics. "Only 'The Voice' is qualified to sound forth nightly," the notice said. "Imitators will receive the death of an infidel." The sign con- tained for its signature only a drawing of a huge mouth. SL Movies "Quartet," based on four So- merset Maugham short stories, and the spy thriller, "Five Fin- gers" will be featured on the Student Legislature Cibema Guild screen this weekend. The first film will be shown at 7 and 9 p.m. today in Archi- tecture Auditorium. Scheduled for 7 and 9 p.m. tomorrow and 8 p.m. Sunday, the North African spy film stars James Mason. Price of admission is 501 cents. Co-ops Have Loan Fund t t Campus co-ops have a loan fund "African sculpture speaks a available to them, set up by the pure, plastic language throughI demise of one of the early co-ops. shapes and colors," Ladislas Segy msaid in a lecture on African sculp- In 1936, several students start- ture, yesterday. ed an eating co-op in the basement Segy, Director of the Segy Gal- of Lane Hall. A year later, they lery, New York, showed the paral- purchased property across the lel between modern art and Afri-' street and set up the Wolverine can sculpture. Both forms of ex- Co-op. backed with loans from the pression attempt to picture the Reconstruction Finance Corpora- tion. *** Lasszieil To Talk AT THE OUTBREAK of the "'et iesi ioma inv Segy Discusses Relation Of African, Modern Art feelings produced from viewing an object rather than the object itself. Illustrating his lecture with a movie, "Buma: African sculp- ture Speaks," which was made under his supervision, and slides of masks and sculpture from his collection, Segy brought out the role of the African sculpture in the life of the natives. The vari- ous objects represent the abode of the spirit to the African. During the question period which fillowed, Segy pointed out that this sculpture no longer ex- ists. It has been destroyed by the white man who brought his Chris- tian civilization to the natives. Currently on display at the Mu- seum of Art is an exhibition of African sculpture. -Daily-Chuck Kelsey PROF. GEORGE E. , UHLENBECK-Studies up on theory of electron spin. 1927 as a member of the Univer- sity faculty. He returned to Hol- land in 1935 to spend four years as professor of theoretical physics at the University of Utrecht. He spent some time doing radar research at the Radiation Labor- atory of Massachusetts Institute of Technology during the war and is a leading authority in the field of statistical mechanics and the the- ory of beta-ray emissions. Freshman Hopwoods .Announced Totalling $350, eight freshman Hopwood Awards for creative writ- ing were announced yesterday by Prof. Arno L. Bader of the English department. David E. Levy, '57, was awarded two prizes, one in the essay divi- sion, for his manuscript "J. D. Salinger and the Sensitivities," which was awarded $20. The oth- er prize of $50 was given for his entry in the fiction division, "The Floating Anchorage." Other winners in the essay di- vision were Frances M. Crowley, '57, who received $50 for "Re- flections," and Eleanor L. Dorn, '57, who was awarded $30 for f'Freedom and the Law." In fiction, awards of $50 each went to Dave Kissinger, '57, for "For Those Who Stood and Watched" and to Lois Carol Schwartz, '57, for "The Tread- mill." The $50 prize in poetry went to Richard Deres, '57, for his con- tribution, "Seascape and Other Poems." Other winners in the po- etry division were Nadya Spas- senko, '57, who received $30 for "Poems," and Marjorie Piercy, '57, who was awarded $20 for "Eight Poems." The contest was judged by Prof. Frank L. Huntley, Prof. Kenneth T. Rowe and Prof. Allan Seager, all of the English department. World War II, membership was about 700, but the war caused a drop in the ranks. By the winter of 1942, as expenses continued and losses mounted, the Co-op was forced to close. The Board of Directors made an agreement to sell the prop- erty to a local business man. Members of the corporation re- fused to give consent to the sale, and a suit was started to re- coverapossession of the building. The Michigan Supreme Court decided in favor of the co-op, possession was restored, and damages paid. Finally, in July, 1946, the Di- rectors, this time with the mem- bers' consent, sold the property. Assets remaining after the pay- ment of all debts and loans amounted to $16,014.07. In May, 1951, the directors and members voted to dissolve the cor- poration. The assets were given to the University in trust, for loans "to student groups whosecmem- bers reduce the ultimate cost to themselves by doing a share of the work." Under these conditions, the groups were to be charged a low interest rate of two per cent. The $16,000 has accumulated some interest, but at present, the ICC has two mortgages of $11,500 and $4,500 on Osterweil and Lester Houses, respectively. TT r 4ilia o/ ts FARMER S PRODUCE MARKET Sales from Farmer Directly to Consumer Open every WED. and SAT. - 8 A.M. to 3 P.M. DETROIT STREET - between Catherine and Kingsley iNext Steps in Political Bed v- I; for Research"' will be discussed by Prof. Harold D. Lasswell, of the Yale University Law School, at 4" p.m. today in Auditorium A, An- gell Hall. The lecture is jointly sponsored by the political science and soci- ology departments. 11 Flaherty Films From the Arctic The Flaherty Film Festival, op- e n i n g Monday and running through Wednesday, March 3, will cover the world map from sub- arctic Hudson Bay to Samoa in the South Seas. Each program in the English department series will take place at 8 p.m. in Rackham lecture Hall. f n/vor C.InIo EATING OUT? * * A NATIVE of Ironwood, the late Robert Flaherty. was the origi- nator of "exploration with a cam- era," recording the everyday events which make up the history of man and his world. X. U'E lP L WHEN THE nocturnal shouting t.Sfirst began, many students who o South Seas had never heard the cry were rude- ly awakened from bed, or were in- voluntarily bounced from their Opening the Festival Monday chairs by the shock. will be a showing of the first "The Voice" will probably Flaherty film, "Nanook of the never be identified, because North," made in 1922 in the "Goldberg" is the only cry he Hudson Bay country. Accord- inothe famed roduty.cr - h gives, and even that only once ing to the famed producer, this nightly. Thus no one has a silent film "is the story of a chance to see him or locate the man iving in a place where no room from which he is scream- other kind of people would want ing. to live." With his camera, he actually One of the legends circulating accompanied the Eskimos on seal through the quad about the rand walrus hunts and recorded strange call alleges all the staff d theirailoosudingcts ivndtes assistants from Reeves House stood their igloo building activities, outside recently hoping to catch a Also on Monday's film bill will gtime recthoica be "World Without End," a new glimpse of "The Voice.' UNESCO documentary scheduled HOWEVER, they were seen by for its first showing in this coun- the screamer, who promptly called try. The movie was filmed by two the police, informing them that English producers Paul Rotha and some strange men *ere loitering Basil Wright, outside the quad. A cruiser sent by Other films scheduled for the the men in blue detained the staff Festival include the Samoan assistants, while "The Voice" went movie, "Moana" and "T h e off like clockwork at his usual Hood," Thursday, Feb. 25; "Man time. of Aran" and "Industrial Bri- In any event, many students liv- tain," Monday, March 1; and ing in the quad feel that as the se- "Louisiana Story" and "Trans- mester wears on, "Goldberg" will fer of Power," Wednesday, probably be succeeded by a cry of March 3. "What's the use," a perennial fav- Priced at $2, series tickets are orite of South Quad screamers. on sale from 1 to 4:30 p.m. today "ETZG ER'S eeitoauant 203 E. Washington - Phone 8987 Open 4 P.M. till Midnight - Except Sunday Featuring GERMAN STYLE MEALS IMPORTED and DOMESTIC BEERS and WINES ' Come downtown to I L S I a -0 and from 9 a.m. to noon tomorrow in the Administration Bldg. lobby. 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