Annual Speed Day, Friday
CARDINAl.~ UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE'S OFFICIAL WEEKLY PUBLICATION
VOL. XXIV
Swedish Envoy
Speaks Mar. II
t TL Official Convo
His Excellency, Erik Boheman,
Swedish Ambassador to the
United States will be here to
speak at an official convocation
on Wednesday, March 11 at 10 in
the Playhouse.
Mr. Boheman, who will speak
on the relations between Sweden
and the US came to Washington
in 1948 as one of Sweden's diplo­mats,
and has had a hand in the
more important developments of
his country's policies. During
World War II he was the Secre­tary
General for the Ministry of
Foreign Aff.airs in Stockholm.
Form 1920 to 1930, he was con­nected
with the League of Na­tions
in Geneva, after which he
was Minister to Ankara, and War­saw,
and then Am basad or to Paris
and London.
Madame Boheman, the wife of
the Ambassador, will be here with
her husband.
The convocation will be spon­sored
by the International Center
of the U of L.
Quartets Vie
In Song Fest
The fifth annual All University
Barbershop Quartet Contest will
be held next Tuesday night at
8 pm in the Playhouse.
Seven men's and five women's
quartets will be in the competi­tion.
Added features will be selec­tions
by a faculty quartet and
several members of the Louisville
chapter of the SPEBSQSA.
The first and second place win­ners
in the men's division will be
sent on an expense paid trip to
the district competition.
The contest is being sponsored
and conducted by the Louisville
Chapter of the Society for the
Preservation and Encouragement
of Barbershop Quartets, and the
University Student Council's Pro­gress
Commission under co-chair­men
Jewell Helton and Arnie
Grever. Admission to the contest
is free.
'felegram. Sent
To Seton Hall
As a result of the fight between
U of L and Seton Hall basketball
players last Monday evening, Tom
Pfau, President of the University
Student Council, sent the follow­ing
telegram on Tuesday morning:
Student Body President
Seton Hall University
South Orange, New Jersey
REGRET MUTUAL MISUN­DERSTANDING
HERE. HOPE
FOR LONG CONTINUED RI­VALRY
WITH GOOD SPORTS­MANSHIP
B E T W E E N US.
DUKES IS TRUE ALL-AMERI­CAN.
BEST LUCK IN N.I.T.
Tom Pfau, President
University Student Council
University of Louisville
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THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1953 NO. 17
A STUDENT'S "DREAM BOY," who is "guaranteed to do with­out
error: Physics problems. Math problems. English papers. and
machine design problems-Anything for a price" is given the test
by Arts and Science student, Sharkey Utley. This is one o~ the
1952 Speed School exhibits.
Career Convo
Day Is Today
Today, the Career's Day Panel
sponsored by the Women's League
will be held from 9-1. The first
panel which will be held in the
P layhouse will be on getting a
position or "Finding Your Line."
From the 10 o'clock panel on, the
activities will be held in the Home
Economics Building. At 10, Radio
and Television, Armed Forces,
Chemistry, and Modern· Lang­uages
panels will be held. At 11
will be the panel on Business, Air­lines,
Health, and Art. Home Eco­nomics,
English, and Sociology
will be held at one and at two
will be both Elementary and Sec­ondary
Education.
Classes will be excused for all
girls who wish to attend a panel
instead of going to their regular
class but a note will be given
to girls attending to give to their
instructors.
Can1pus Queen
In Discussion
Campus social chairmen met
last week in the Dean of Men's
office to discuss plans for the se­lection
of the Homecoming Queen
next year.
The unanimous recommenda­tion
of the group was for future
selection of the queen and her
court by election of members of
the U of L football team.
Kitt Cox, Social Commission
head, presented plans for a Uni­versity
social-information agency
to distribute details of possible
locations, available bands, etc. for
future campus activities, and he
requested the aid of organizations
for the council in compiling ma­terial
in a central filing system
for the USC Office.
Proposals were also made for
additional meetings of social­chairman
on individual problems
or questions along social lines.
City IRC1S Give International Dinner
Foreign students at the University of Louisville will supervise
the preparation of foods from their home lands. The dinner will in­clude
specialized dishes from Brazil, France, Germany, Greece, India
and Norway.
The Intra-City Council of In­ternational
Relations Clubs in
Louisville is sponsoring an Inter­national
Dinner, to be held this
Saturday a\ 6:30 p.m. at the Pres­byterian
Mission, 760 South Han­cock
Street.
Following the meal some of the
students will provide a program
of entertainment. Also, through-out
the evening there will be on
display a variety of ornamental
and useful objects from many
foreign countries.
The dinner is open to all stu­dents,
faculty and their friends;
however, reservations must be
made or tickets bought by Friday
evening from Clara Jo Smith in j
the Dean of Men's Office.
Public Invited To Attend
Twenty-thirdCelebration
Equipment Will Be Displayed
By DICK ERNST
Cardinal Speed School Editor
The Speed Scientific School will present its twenty-third an­nual
Engineer's Day celebrations tomorrow afternoon and e\ening.
Produced under the direction of students, this celebration is de­signed
to introduce the Louisvi1le community to Speed School and
its educational facilities.
All types of engineering equip­ment
will be displayed along with
industrial equipment, indicating
how the theoretical and practical
sciences are applied to everyday
life through modern engineering
progress.
At 12:30 pm the festivities will
be opened. At 1 :00, high school
seniors in the Louisville area will
be guests of Speed School for
lunch in the Snack Bar. Here they
will be welcomed by President
Philip Davidson and Dean Robert
Ernst. After luncheon they will
attend a counselling symposium,
and will then be taken on a con­ducted
tour of the engineering
school.
Guided Tours
Doors will be opened to the
general public at 2:00. Guided
tours, printed program and signs
will direct visitors to the many
displays. Each display and ex­hibit
will be expl9ined and, in
most cases, demonstrated by
Speed students. •
Trophy Awarded
Each department of the engi­neering
school will compete for a
trophy for the best individual ex­hibits.
The trophy is awarded by
Sigma Tau, National Honorary
Engineering Fraternity. Last year
the Chemical Engineering De­partment
won this award.
The day's program will con­tinue
until 10:00 pm.
Engineers Ball
Saturday evening the Speed stu­dent
body will conclude the fes­tivities
with the Annual Engi­neer's
Ball. The dance is sched­uled
from 8:00-12:00 at the Henry
Clay Hotel, with Johnny Bur­karth's
orchestra.
The 1953 Engineer's Queen will
be presented at the ball. The
Queen was elected at a special
convocation last Thursday.
Candidates For Queen
Six candidates competed for this
honor: Peggy Moll, Sigma Kappa;
Ginny Pickett, Chi Omega; Tem­ple
Hill, Delta Zeta ; Joyce Wayne,
Independent Women; Sue McGee.
Pi Beta Phi; and Ann Currin,
Kappa Delta.
Bill Ulrich is Chairman of En­gineer's
Day, and Bob Hughes is
Chairman of the dance.
Various Department Exhibits
The following is a departmental break-down of what one can
expect to find on a tour of the exhibits. The list is not all inclusive .. .
Air Force ROTC
The Air Force ROTC unit,
under the command of chairman
Arnold Bontempe, will feature
electronics and communications
equipment of the Air Force. This
will include an amateur radio sta­tion,
oscilliscope, and training
aids. A mock-up radial engine
will be displayed. Movies will be
shown throughout the day.
Chemical Engineering
The Chemical Engineering De­partment,
under the chairmanship
of Lee Dienes, will feature general
chemical engineering operations :
distillation, drying, filteration, ab­sorption,
and material size reduc­tion.
The spectragraph, x-ray unit,
and analytical instruments will be
demonstrated, showing their prac­tical
applications. The paint ex­hibit
includes equipment utilized
in the manufacture of paints along
with a demonstration of the heat
reflecting qualities of metallic
paint. Industrial exhibits will
trace the manufacture from raw
materials into finished product of
plastics, rayon, gasoline, a n d
aluminum. Souvenirs in c 1 u d e
coins mounted in bakelite and
electroplated keys.
Civil E.ngineering
The Civil Engineering Depart­ment
will dsplay many kinds of
material testing machines. Stu­dents,
under department chairman
John Hummel, will demonstrate
these machines showing their use
in the testing of concrete, wood,
and steel specimens. Visitors will
see examples of surveying through
the use of aerial photographs and
foreign and domestic surveying
instruments. A Pelton water
wheel and Francis turbine will
be displayed. The architectural
exhibit will include models of a
campus swimming pool and a
modern school building_ A special
feature will be the "Fountain of
Youth" in the Hydraulics Labora­tory.
Drawing Department
The Drawing Department, un­der
the direction of Frank Camp­bell,
will exhibit student accom­plishments.
Along with the usual
drawings and instruments, re­ports
written by students for the
various departments will be ex­hibited,
showing the application
of drawing and technical English.
A "tin can" motor and "flying
saucers" will also be demonstrat­ed.
Student Publications of draw­ing
and technical English will also
be included in this exhibit.
Electrical Engineering
The Electrical Engineering De­partment
is subdivided into two
departments, the electronics de­partment
and the power depart-
. ment, directed by Clem Diersing
and Jack Nally. Exhibits by the
electronics department will in­clude
practical applications of
electronic equipment, T-V, radio,
welding, testing equipment, and
motor control. Burglar alarms.
magic light bulbs, and visual rep­resentation
of sound waves are
some of the more colorful ex­hibits.
The power display will include
radio frequency h ating, strobos­copic
light.
Mechanical Engineering
T h e Mechanical Engineering
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