ThE NIJCHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, JUNE2 _____________________ ------------------------.-------- SHIPS MAY LECTRO-WELDED With College, Contemporaries OBSERVAORY HOUSES VALUABLE TELESCOPES 9 . * * * * * * * * E * * * * AT T HE T HEA TERS s1 b *F tI " f THREE SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEERS tions by combining some and elimin- WILL INVESTIGATE WATERFALL ating others of the power houses. -- "Niagara Falls has become a great W. V. Curtis, Garson P. Brenner center for war industries since the and C. W. Wright, of the senior civil ieginning of the war," said Professor . T «... ...4.....,o tno. nalrl 'a"m n - -IThe University of Washington has M. BRAGG COMMENTS an organization known as the "cor- NEW METHODS OF mittee of twenty," whose duty it is to SHIPBUILIN( carry on a campaign to keep students under draft age in college until the welding of ships instead of government needs them. ;omary riveting of the steel s the latest method to be tried the emergency fleet corpora- ts efforts to turn out ships at rate. . Edward M. Bragg, of the mar- ineering department, in ex- the new method, told how the re first "basted" by means of t intervals along their edges, a tailor bastes his cloth be- ring it. The welding is then means of an electric machine, s suspended from a travelling )ne machine, manned by one men, taking the place of an ang or riveters. The machine ied to travel along the edge of es, in a manner similar to that ring machine. Creeping Eliminated 'creeping" of the plates, so holes punched in them do not has long been a problem of >builder, according to Profes- gg, This is"eliminated in the .cess, since there are no rivets -holes needed. But in case re- the plates are needed, difficul- be encountered with the weld- s, for it was only necessary he rivets to repair a ship built old method. ler to fully investigate the ad- s of the new method of con- n, the emergency fleet corpor- as authorized the construction ark, N. J., of a 50-foot section )00 ton ship, the plates of this to be weldel by the electric When completed, this section filled with water and subjected for strength and tightness. It ated that the method of weld- ts in the steel plates will unti- do away with 10 per cent of I necessary for the construction dern vessel. Other Modern Methods r methods for decreasing the labor of shipbuilding have re- been devised," said Professor "Sections of ships have been f cast steel and then welded ie edges of the sections." process of electric welding of roves a success, it will result eat saving of time, material or in the work of constructing 's war fleet. aize a Daily advertiser once will patronize him again.- rs- Daily Service- Always.- Movies of the mechanics training at the University of Minnesota are being taken daily, and will soon be shown for the benefit of the Red Cross in various Minneapolis theaters. The University of Wisconsin awards a year book, free of charge, to the first man in line when the sale opens on the campus. As a result, one student this year camped on the steps of the Press building all night, awaiting the opening of the doors. Of 123 American colleges represent- ed in China, Cornell ranks first, with 22 graduates and former students. 'The annual commencement of the University of Kansas will be cut down so that it may be crowded into three days instead of the usual week. Next year, for the first- time in history of the University of Iowa, Daily Iowan will be edited by a iversity woman. the the un- The faculty of the University of Pen- nsylvania has decided to award de- grees to all seniors in good standing, who left for military service at the end of the first semester. Western Reserve university has es- tablished a precedent by barring all aliens from attendance who claim ex- emption on the ground of non-citizen- ship. Up to date, 80 Harvard men have given their lives in the country's ser- vice. A tablet containing their names has been presented to the university by the Memorial society. ALIEN WOMEN MUST ;REGISTER AT POLICE OFFICE JUNE 17 Registration of alien women will take place at the local police station from MondayJune 17, to Wednesday, June 26. A woman clerk will be en- gaged to assist in the work. It is ex- pected that about the same number of women as of men will be regis- tered.. Th order that there will be no con- fusion as to who shall register, it should be understood that the wife of an unnaturalized German is consid- ered an alien enemy, although she may have been born in the . United States. Also that a German woman who has become naturalized is not re- quired to register. The announced in- tention of taking out naturalization papers does not exempt pan alian ene- my from registering. Tramp Smashes Professor's Window George Barlow, a "knight of the road," was arrested Wednesday night for hurling a stone through a window at the home of Prof. L. P. Joselyn, on Division street. Having been refused something to eat, because the family was on the point of leaving the house for the train, Barlow vented his an- ger by smashing the window. He is now awaiting arraignment. } The Daily's specialty is service to every one. Let us serve you.-Adv. AdY. WORII'S LARGEST APPARATUS RIVALLED BY MICHIGAN OUTFIT Owing to the distance of the- Ob- servatory from the campus, the great- er part of the student body does not realize that it is one of the most mod- ern in the United States, containing some of the most perfectly made in- struments that have ever been in- vented for determining the movement of the solar bodies. It was decided in the year 1854 to establish an observatory having but one telescope ,and the matter creat- ed so much interest that the people of Detroit raised $15,000 of the neces- sary funds, and the Board of Re- gents voted $7,000 more to cover the total expense of the building and equipment. Now Three Telescopes The smallest of the three domes covers the original instrument, a telescope known as the meridian cir- cle, since it is mounted on an east and west axis. It is used for telling the time of day. Its diameter is but' 6 1-2 inches, and it can be swung only in one direction.' In addition to this, sometime lat- er, an equatorial refracting telescope was added, mounted on a conical stone foundation. The instrument cost about $6,000 and was considered one of the finest in the world at that time, having a driving clock attached to it in such a way that it counter- acts the effect of the motion of the earth's rotation on the telescope. It is used for determining the course of various planets and observing the heavens in general. One of World's Best Under cover of the largest dome is one of the three finest telescopes in the world, being excelled only by the one in the Imperial Russian Ob- servatory, and the one at Harvard university. The reflector of this i strument was made in France, out of special glass found in that country then brought to the United States, where it was silvered. The original price was about $4,000, but owing to present war conditions, it could not now be bought for $10,000. This re- flector measures 37 1-2 inches in di- ameter and is 6 1-2 inches in thick- ness. It is necessary to resilver its surface every four months in order to preserve a flawless reflection. At the present time it is used exclusive- ly for photography and can not be used for any other purpose until the complicated photograplic apparatus is removed. STEAM ENGINEERING SCHOOL OFFERS RAPID PROMOTION "The steam engineering school be- ing conducted by the navy at Pelham Bay Park, N. Y., and Stevens Insti- tute of Technology offers an unusual opportunity for engineers t9 obtain rapid promotion in the service," said Prof. H. C. Anderson, of the engi- TODAY Majestic--Douglas Fairbanks in' "The Matrimaniac." Wuerth-Douglas Fairbanks in' "Headin' South." Also serial, "Vengeance and the Woman." Orpheum--"The Lonely Wom- an," played by Belle Bennett. Al- so 4-reel Thomas A. Edison, "The Benefactor." * * * * * * * * * AT THE MAJESTIC * . In "The Matrimaniac," Douglas Fairbanks performs one of the most daring feats of his career, when he walks a telephone wire from a build- ing to a high pole, in order to rescue his sweetheart from an irate father. Constance Talmadge plays opposite Fairbanks in this picture. "The Mat- rimaniac" is adapted from the novel of the same name written by Octavus Roy Cohen and J. U. Giesy, which ran as a serial in the All-Story maga- zine. Prof. C. 11. Vin Tyne Visits Campusa Prof. Claude I-. Van Tyne, of the history department, who has been lec- turing in the East for the national security league, has returned to Ann3 Arbor for a brief visit. He will re- turn to New York today to continue his work for the league until July 1. 225 E. Liberty. Phone 1S21 HOOREWFLORAL cot Flowers Baskets Plants Corsages Ferns Decorations SHOWS AT 3:oo 6.3o, 8:00, 9:30 Isc Unless Otherwise Specified. Mon-3-Edith Storey in 'i'rea in e o the Sea" and :Drew Co:-.-: , _13l for the hove of a Girl." Tues---z-Bessie Parriscale inl "I1he Cap-t-( )f;" at'lathe News. Wed ;- illian Walker in "Lust of the Ag-es''; AMutt and Jeff= Cartoon, "Larps and Hals," and Screa T eles ra m'. TIhu,; 6 -Constane 'Ialmadg4 ~inl 'The Shuttle' andChristie Comedy. "Five to Five 2e- : * * * * * * * * * The Bonstelle Compan ik "Mary's Ankle," at the Garrick. engineering class, have been appoint-' ed to assist in an investigation being conducted by the army, under the diregtion of Col. Warren of the engi- neer corps, to determine the possibil- ity of getting more power from the hydro - electric plants at Niagara Falls. According to Horace W. King, pro- fessor of hydraulic engineering, it is impossible to divert more water from the falls on account of a treaty exist- ing between this country and Canada, whereby each is allowed a certain amount of the water. It is proposed by the investigators to icrease the power output of the present installa- K ing yesterday, "and coud be made still more important\industrially by a greater utilization of the power of the falls, which are only one-fourth used at present." See the latest styles in personal calling cards at James Foster House of Art.-Adv. 11111it11 11I1iillIllIli1