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Engineers To Present
Annual Slide Rule Ball
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Compasses ana protractors win
be cast aside Saturday, March 19,
when the Engineering Council
sponsors the annual "Slide Rule
Ball."
The dance will be presented
from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., in the Lea-
gue Ballroom. Late permission will
be granted to. women students for
this semi-formal dance.
Ton Kenney and his orchestra
will provide music for dancing
while his wife Carol will be the
vocalist.
At intermission, the
who recently appeared
tics, will perform.
Novelaires
in Gulan-
EHigh Grades
c hieved By
Coed Pledges
Honored at yesterday's Panhel-
le ic meeting for high scholastic
ievement were 18 members of
junior panhellenic
Pour-pointers of last semester
are Nancy O'Tool of Kappa Delta
and Norma Van Tuyl, an Alpha
Orhicron Pi pledge. Those obtain-
ing an average of 3.8 are Ruth
Bassiches, Alpha Epsilon Phi;
Mary Ann Dwan, Kappa Kappa
Gamma; Patricia Johnstone, Kap-
pa Delta and Emily Malcolm of Pi
Beta Phi.
Pi Beta Phi's Janet Neary, Sig-
m, Delta Tau's Sue Verb and
Nancy Willard of Collegiate Sor-
oris all obtained averages of 3.733.
Averages of 3.533 were accomp-
lished by six coeds: Suzan Arnold
of' K appa Kappa Gamma, Nancy
Colwell of Alpha Chi Omega and
Polly Van Schoick of Pi Beta Phi.
Also in this category are Alpha
Omicron Pi's Elizabeth Palmer,.
Bayle Turner and Carey Wall.
Nadyne Cooke- of Alpha Delta
Pi, Joanne Robinson of Kappa Al-
pli. Theta and. Jean Bahr of Al-
pha Phi all received averages of
$.4.
At the meeting it was announc-
ed that the sororities will coop-
ervrte with the Community Serv.
ice Committee in making favors
for Easter celebrations at the lo-
cal hospitals.
Tickets will be $2.50 a couple
and will be on sale at the Engi-
neering Arch Thursday through
March 18th.
For decorations, the engineers
have devised a mobile which will
hang from the ceiling. On it will
be emblems representing different
engineering societies.
The Slide Rule Ball dates back
to 1920 when a group of students
sponsored the dance themselves.
One year Sammy Kaye provided
the music.
After this the Michigan Technic
sponsored the dance.
Council Reorganized
The Engineering Council, which
is putting on the event this year,
was reorganized last spring. The
group was then comprised of mem-
bers selected through the petition-
ing process. Now presidents of en-
gineering honorary societies and
other engineering organizations
are the members of the Council.
The Council has sponsored an
Engineering Open House, held in
conjunction with University Day.
President of the Council is Chuck
Stickels; vice-president is Keith
Coats and secretary-treasurer is
Jere Brophy.-
Chairman of the Dance is Bill
Sommers.
Photos To Be Taken
A photographer will be present
at the dance so that pictures can
be bought for 75 cents and small
wallet size prints for 25 cents.
There has been much rivalry in
recent years between the lawyers
and engineers. One year,' a group
of 50 lawyers raided the dance
and much confusion followed. A
slide rule was smashed to bits.
Panhellenic
Opens Posts
To Affiliates
Petitions for Panhellenic posi-
tions may be picked up at the
League Undergraduate Office and
should be returned there by 5 p.m.
Monday.
Executive Council positions open
to junior coeds who will be seniors
in the fall are presidentv vrst and
second vice presidents, rushing
chairman, public relations chair-
man and treasurer.
Juniors or seniors may apply for
the office of secretary. The chair.
manship of rushing counselors is
a junior position.
Offices for which no petitioning
is necessary, include three sopho-
more positions on the secretarial
and public relations committee.
Other offices which necessitate
petitioning are assistant rushing
chairman, chairman of counselors
and parlementarian,
Applications for $100 Panhellen-
ic scholarships, stating need, serv-
ice to the University and the com-
munity and a financial statement
may be turned in.
-Daily-John Hirtzel.
UNION RECORD SALE-Bob Mattson, chairman of the Union
Record Sale and George Jones, Union Office Manager spin several
of the used records turned in for the sale. Both classical and jazz
records will be sold from 3 to 5 p.m. tomorrow through Friday in
the Union Student Offices. Today is the last day to turn in used
records.
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ACTIVITIES C H A I R M E N--
Dormitory activities chairmen will
meet at 4 p.m. today at League.
HILLELZAPOPPIN' - A mass
meeting at 7:15 p.m. today will be
held at Hillel for all students in-
terested in acting or singing in
the independents' Hillelzapoppin'
skit. Men and women are also
needed to work on costumes and
scenery.
By ELAINE EDMONDS
"I don't know what I would have
done without her!" ,
These words are often repeated
by freshmen and transfer women
as they describe their "big sis-
ters."
The "big sister" program spon-
sored by Assembly Association is
a system whereby each new stu-
dent living in a dormitory has an
upperclass "big sister."
Writes Letters
The "big sister's" duties start
about a month before school opens
in the fall. At this time she intro-
duces herself by writing letters to
her "little sisters."
The "big sister" gives hints on a
coed's University life and attempts
to answer any questions which the
new student may ask. On the whole
her duty is to smooth the bumps
out of a freshman or transfer stu-
dent's first few months on cam-
pus.
The League Big Sister Commit-
tee, headed by Judy Leib, is com-
posed of 17 representatives, one
from each dorimtory.
Orients Freshmen
The main function of the com-
mittee is to orient freshmen and
transfers to dormitory and Uni-
versity life. The committee at-
tempts to remove some of the im-
personal atmosphere from dormi-
tory life.
At present because of the in-
creased enrollment each "big sis-
ter has up to four "little sisters"
while in former years each "big
sister" had only two "little sis-
ters."
Picnics Planned
One of the principle duties of
the Big Sister Committee is the
planning of the picnic suppers
which are given, for all freshmen
and transfer women on the first
Sunday of orientation week.
Invitations to the spring picnic
were sent by the committee to all
the new students before they ar-
rived at the University.
This event was started last year
and the committee hopes to make.
it a traditional affair.
At present, the Big Sister Com-
Badminton
The women's all - campus
badminton tournament will be
held Wednesday, March 16-19
at Barbour gym. Entry blanks
may be picked up, by house ath-
letic managers in office 15 of
Barbour Gym, and are to be
returned there by 5 p.m. Fri-
day.
There will be eliminations in
singles and doubles. Contest-
antsshouldebring their own
birdies. Players are to be pres-
ent 15 minutes before game
time.
mittee is revising "Big Sister," a
booklet which is sent to all "big
sisters" and "Assembly Line," a
booklet sent to all incoming fresh-
men and transfer students.
At a recent meeting of the com-
mittee, several recommendations
were made for next year's pro-
gram. A welcoming committee
composed of Assembly board mem-
bers and name tags for the spring
picnic were discussed.
Also proposed at the meeting
were the possible replacement of
the spring picnic with a dinner at
one of the largest dormitories and
a re-scheduling of the picnics so
they will be held later in Orien-
tation Week.
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SCIENCE MADE SIMPLE: NO. 2
Though this column is intended solely as a vehicle for well-
tempered drollery, the makers of Philip Morris have agreed to
let me use this space from time to time for a short lesson in
science. They are the most decent and obliging of men, the
makers of Philip Morris, as one would guess from sampling
their product. Only from bounteous hearts could come such a
pleasurable cigarette-so felicitously blended, so gratifying to
$he taste, so soothing to the psyche. And, as though bringing
you the most agreeable cigarette on the market were not enough,
the makers of Philip Morris have enclosed their wares in the
snap-Open Pack, an ingeniously contrived wrapping that yields
up its treasure without loss of time or cuticle. And, finally,
this paragon of cigarettes, wrapped in the paragon of packages,
can be had in king-size or regular, as your taste dictates. Who
can resist such a winning combination? Not I.
A few weeks ago in this column we had a brief lesson in chem-
istry. Today we take up another attractive science-medicine.
Medicine was invented in 1066 by a Greek named Hippocrates.
He soon attracted around him a group of devoted disciples whom
he called "doctors". The reason he called them "doctors" was
that they sat around a dock all day. Some fished, some just
dozed in the noonday sun. In truth, there was little else for them
to do, because disease was not invented until 1492.
After that doctors became very busy, but, it must be reported,
their knowledge of medicine was lamentably meagre. They
knew only one treatment-a change of climate. For example, a
French doctor would send all his patients to Switzerland; a
'wiss doctor, on the other hand, would send all his patients to
France. By 1789 the entire population of France was living in
Switzerland, and vice versa. This later became known as the
Black Tom Explosion.
Not until 1924 did medicine, as we know it, come into being.
In that year in the little Bavarian village of Pago-Pago an
elderly physician named Winko Sigafoos discovered the hot
water bottle. He was, of course, burned as a witch, but his son
Lydia, disguised as a linotype, smuggled the hot water bottle
put of the country. He called on Florence Nightingale in London
but was told by her housekeeper, with some asperity, that Miss
Nightingale had died in 1910. Lydia muttered something and,
#disguised as a feather boa, made his way to America, where he
invented the blood stream.
Medicine, as it is taught at your very own college, can be divided
roughly into two classifications. There is internal medicine,
which is the treatment of internes, and external medicine, which
is the treatment of externes.
Diseases also fall into two broad categories-chronic and
acute. Chronic disease, is of course, inflammation of the chron,
which can be mighty painful, believe you me! Last summer my
fousin Haskell was stricken with a chron attack while out pick-
ing up tinfoil, and it was months before the wretched boy could
straighten up. In fact, even after he was cured, Haskell con-
tinued to walk around bent over double. This went on for some
weeks before Dr. Caligari, the lovable old country practitioner
who treats Haskell, discovered that Haskell had his pants but-
toned to his vest.
Two years ago Haskell had Addison's disease. (Addison,
furiously enough, had Haskell's.) Poor Haskell catches every-
thing that comes along. Lovable old Dr. Caligari once said to'
i ir, "Rnn " 1.CR..m ar..ha .hav-ni n~4a- hnrn rara
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Donald C. Pote asks:
What bearing
would my field
of training have
on my assignments
at DuPont?
DONALD C. POTE will receive his B.S. degree in Mechanical
Engineering from Princeton University this June. He's been
quite active in interclub athletics-football, basketball and
baseball-and served a term as Club Athletic Director. He's
also found time to work on "The Princeton Engineer" as Asso-
ciate Editor. Right now, Don is making thorough plans for his
employment after graduation.
"Chuck" Noren answers:
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CHARLES H. NOREN received his B.S. in Min-
ing Engineering from the University of North
Dakota before he entered the U. S. Air Force.
Later he returned to school for an M.S. from the
Missouri School of Mines, received in 1948. Dur-
ing the course of his DuPont employment, Chuck
Noren has had a wide variety of job assign-
ments. At present he is engaged in a fundamen-
tal research project concerned with commercial
explosives at Du Pont's ,Eastern Laboratory in
Gibbstown, N. J.
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The answer to that is easy, Don, if you mean initial assign.
ments. Generally speaking, a graduate's first assignment is
influenced by his previous training and his expressed interest
in a particular type of work. Whenever possible, Du Pont
assigns a man to the type of work he is trained for and wants
-he'll do better in any field if he's highly interested. For
example, my master's thesis was on the use of explosives,
and my first Du.Pont assignment was a study of the effi-
ciency of explosives.
But experience on the job really constitutes new training.
You learn about other branches of science and engineering-
you broaden your horizons through daily contacts with
men having other skills. The result is that arbitrary divi-
sions between technical branches- gradually dissolve, and
you become ready for new assignments and new responsi-
bilities-even outside your original field. In my own case, I
developed quite a bit of skill in mechanical and civil engi-
neering techniques when I was called upon to supervise the
"shooting" of an experimental tunnel for the evaluation of
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