THE MMIIGAN IIAWY THURSDAYJULY 27, 1950 T H I H G N i ALiTH I S A ,U Y 2, 15 ZOOM! HARBINGERS OF DERBY: Wire, Crates Keep Local Boys Busy m WA It's made out of almost anything a young boy can lay his hands on -old boards, crates, chicken wire, rope and of course nails to hold it together. It's all put together by the spit and polish of the youngster and it might win him several prizes or even a college education or a shiny new car. THIS PRIZE - GETTER is a gaily-painted soap-box racing car Chimes Will Ring Tonight Popular airs will blend into the haze of evening on the campus as Percival Price, University caril- loneur, performs on the Burton Tower chimes, at 7:15 p.m. today. His program will include Dvo- rak's "Largo, from the 'New World' Symphony," a group of American folk songs ,including The Red River .Valley, O Shenandoah. Lonesome Valley, and The New Year Jubilee, and six compositions for carillon by Menotti. The recital will close with se- lections from "The Mikado" by Arthur Sullivan; Comes a Train of Little Ladies, Braid the Raven Hair, Madrigal, Tit-Willow and He's Going to Marry Yum-Yum. for specific use in Ann Arbor's ire the most important thing for Soap Box Derby Saturday. his car. And he's worked on them The builder is one of many with the patience of Job until aill potential champs who will roll the little ball bearings inside go down Broadway Hill in quest of around with greasy ease. riches in the local derby and He's got to keep his wheels with a long-range eye to the down to the maximum size as national championship two dictated by the Derby committee, weeks later at Akron, Ohio, because big wheels will give a home of the soap box derby. leverage advantage to the car The builder is no automotive en- that has them. gineer-he just knows how to put At 1:30 he will crouch behind four wheels on a box with a steer- the wheel of his racer and depend ing gear and brakes. He does know on his energy and skill to beat the how gravity works-perhaps not in other determined racers of his own terms of the Newtonian theory, but age. he does know that it's gravity he Finally, the elimination heats has to depend on for power. over, the champ will climb from * * * his jalopy to accept the laurels HE ALSO KNOWS the wheels only a winner earns. 0(Ot O O OO OOO~t O O 'OtO C)G