THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1956 THE MCMGAN DAMY PAGE THREE THURSDAY, OC7IOB1~R 18, 1956 THE MICHIGAN DULY PAGE TIIIIEE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-Prof. Lester Thonssen cites reasons for commending contents of the Congressional Record. Prof.Thonssen Coimends Congressional Record Text V1, IM -- TV A tiT" V- IM A Vr R C By DIANE LaBAKAS Prof. Lester Thonssen, president, of the Speech Association of America, recomended that speech students read the Congressional Record because of its "great an- thology in comprehensiveness and courage." Speaking before more than 200 people yesterday on "Thoughts on a Great American Institution" in Rackham Auditorium, Prof. Thons- sen noted that Americans do not take full advantage of the Con- gressional Record. "It is the best source of Congressional informa- tion and speeches," he declared. A member of New York City College's speech department, Prof. Thonssen, commented that the Congressional Record costs $1.50 a month and entails extensive reading. "To be a reader of the Congres- sional Record one has to have a hospitailty of mind for talk," he explained. "The Congressional Record prints more than 24,000 pages a year which cost taxpayers more than $1 million. When you have approximately five volumes to read a week, you then encoun- ter the problem of finding space." Variety of Speeches The variety of the speeches will prove invaluable to speech stu- dents as a text and source book of public addresses, Prof. Thonssen said. "A number of speeches from the past by Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Webster and other historical fig- ures are often reprinted." Many student orations are printed along with contemporary addresses by people from all sec- tions of the country, Prof. Thons- sen noted.. He remarked that ceremonial oratory along with forms of debate and discussion comprised a good deal of the Congressional Record. "Prayers and speeches made on birthdays and the passing of some person are often printed. I heard of one man who buys the Congres- sional Record just to read who has died." Prof. Thonssen declared that students would be impressed by the various techniques used by the speakers. He recalled one in- stance where there was a long de- bate between Senator Bourke Hickenlooper of Iowa and Senator Homer Capehart of Indiana over what female sheep were called. Milliken Criticizes "Instances and references to pos- ture and gesture are often men- tibned. Senator Eugene Milliken frequently criticized Senator Hu- Professors Discourage Space Trips. By DEBORA WEISSTEIN Two University professors have dampened the spirits of interplane- tary flight enthusiasts who plan a trip through space in the near future. Prof. Thomas C. Adamson andl Prof. Richard B. Morrison of the engineering school think that too much publicity about space travel in recent years has given people the idea that we can fly to the moon or go 'to Paris in an hour via human-carrying missiles. Their comments were in response to "Vision," a new book on air travel by Harold Aransfield. The book claims that "Air travel in outer space rests with materials engineers who must create metals to penetrate thermal barriers --- and that it is perfectly possible to build a satellite vehicle or take a trip to the moon."r Oversimplification The profesosrs state, this is an oversimblification. "Too many en- gineering, medical, material, me- chanical and economic problems created by space travel make it a very remote possibility at this point. Prof. Adamson explains that one o the main difficulties in this type of travel is that of direction be- cause the engine is not running during most of the flight. Thermal Barrier Problems "Another problem," says Prof. Morrison, "is that of the thermal barrier. When the plane starts out, It is going at a comparatively slow speed. When it is on its way back to earth, it approaches the thermal barrier. It has picked up a tra- mendous amount of speed and heat. At this high speed it is no longer a question of "cooking the pilot" but of melting the metals which make up the plane." Finding suitable metals is the work of the materials engineers. For example, aluminum which has a low melting point has a high heat transferance and is easier to. keep cool than stainless steel which has a high melting point but a low heat transferance. The difficulties in finding the right metals lie in the complexities of the requirements. Prof Adamson adds that it is important to find out what hap- pens to human bodies when they reach space and strong cosmic and ultra violet rays. It also has been found that at very high acceleration, the human brain loses its sense of direction. This is dangerous in piloting a plane or in emergencies where full brain power is needed "Even if we solved all these prob- lems," declared Prof. Morrison, "the expenses incurred in a space travel project would involve the entire effort of the United States economy." Firestone Brake Special for safe year-round driving Winer driving demandspeak performoc.. By SHIRLEY CROOG Emily Dickinson's "brevity of wit" and "exacting" words place her next in merit to the Latin poet, Horace, according to Prof. Thomas H. Johnson, author and critic. A scholar of Miss Dickinson's works and editor of a recent defi- nitive edition of her letters, Prof. Johnson spoke of the poet both as a person and artist to a Rack- ham audience yesterday. Prof. Johnson noted that Miss Dickinson's poetry, which is ilmost completely autobiographical, not only expresses the emotion and ideas which she herself projected but also reveals her intense con- cern with words. Importance of Words Aware of the importance of words, "she envisioned language as a sacrament," Johnson declared, feeling that a misspoken word "breeds infection." Concerned with the end of cre- ativity, the interpretative biogra- pher of Miss Dickinson's life as- serted the poet felt "form was in- herently part of the idea" in art. In most of her poems, her "cre- ativity was aflood," he added. Her successes, particularly in 1862 and 1863, showed that she was increasingly conscious of "fil- ing" her lines for "exact and sharp images." Her poems dealing with the fail- ure of inspiration were written during her later years when, ac- cording to Johnson, she was be- ginning to feel her "own well of creativity was drying up." Frugality Stressed Unlike Chaucer and Byron, Miss Dickinson could not tell stories in her poetry as "Jonathan Swift could not have written 'Alice in Wonderland'." Rarely writing more than 20 lines in a poem, Miss Dickinson's frugality was her ob- jective and means of "achieving a single moment of intensity." Ft, -Daily-Don Watkins EMULY DICKINSON'S POETRY-Speaking at lecture sponsored by the English Department in Rackham Amphitheatre yesterday, Prof. Thomas H. Johnson, author and critic, noted the merits of Emily Dickinson as a poet and person. I WORD IMPORTANCE: Prof. Johnson Lauds Dickinson 11 U I bert Humphrey, and Douglas for pointing while arguing." Senator Paul at each other Prof. Thonssen remarked that the Congressional Record also prints interesting miscellaneous articles such as the long fillibus- ters by Senator Wayne Morse on the Taft-Hartley Bill and Huey Long's attack on the NIRA. "This abundance of miscellan- eous material is divided evenly be- tween the text and the appendix, Large numbers of student essays: poetry, articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals comprise the majority of this miscellaneous material." 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