Page 8 University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Jan. 18, 1956
Sunshine Always Available In Fraser Hall Basement
Whether its raining, snowing, or sleeting outside, sunshine is always available in the basement of Fraser Hall.
Assimilated sunshine, that is, may be found. It is produced by a fadeometer, a piece of research equipment belonging to the home economics department.
It is used for the most part by students in textiles. The class performs laboratory experiments with the machine. It is also used for special investigations.
The University obtained this fadeometer, which is not found on most college campuses, approximately six years ago for research by the home economics department.
Machine Electrically Operated
Electrically operated, the machine judges the action of sunlight on all materials. The results of the tests include the variations, durability, and color fastness of material when submitted to the electrical rays of the machine which are equal to sunlight.
Exposure in the fade-oometer for one hour is equal to strong July sunlight between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. at 40 degrees north latitude at an angle of 45 degrees. This area stretches from Philadelphia, Pa. through Salt Lake City, Utah.
The intensity of the humidity and the temperature are also controlled. If material is being tested for serviceability for a certain section of the country, that particular area's climate factors can be easily obtained.
She's In Charge
Miss Ruth Franzen, assistant professor of home economics, and instructor of the textiles class, is in charge of the general operation and care of the fade-ometer. However, the students are given an opportunity to work and experiment with the device.
Swatches of material subjected to the test will reveal the degree of color fading or changes in the material. This particular feature gave the machine its name.
The effects of sunlight on resin finishes, embossed cottonts, "permanent" pleats, and crease resistant and water repellent materials are also tested for their permanence. Experiments With Moth Proofing
One interesting project undertaken by Miss Franzen was that of exprimenting with moth proof finishes. In order to do this she found it necessary to raise a number of moths. It was not a simple matter. She had to determine their exact feeding time and then place them with the testing material.
Material which will be worn or used for one entire season is left in the machine for 40 hours, which is equivalent to that amount of time. If it will be subjected to the outdoors continually, though, such as awnings, 80 hours is needed for the test.
No matter what question the home economics department may have concerning materials, with this fadeometer available they generally can find the answer in a relatively short time.
"Rock and Roll Waltz"
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"The Great Pretender"
The Platters
"Speedoo"
The Cadillacs
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Sheldon Appointed To National Group
George Sheldon, Salina junior and president of the All Student Council has been appointed to the Student Advisory Committee of the National Student Association, and will attend the conference of student body presidents in Chicago Aug. 16 to 19.
The purpose of the conference is to evaluate the student governments around the country and to coordinate activity and participation in this region.
Faculty To Perform In Music Broadcast
Three original compositions by faculty members of the University music divisions will be played Feb. 14 in the 17th annual invitational annual American music festival. This is the fourth year for the University to participate.
The program will be broadcast in New York City. It will include compositions by George Green Jr., instructor in music theory, John Pozdro, assistant professor of music theory, and Dr. Laurel Everette Anderson, professor of organ and chairman of the departments of Organ and Music Theory.
The project already has resulted in what may be an important contribution to medicine. A plasma solution developed by Dr. Mulford and now being tested in Massachusetts is "pasteurized" to kill the virus causing jaundice. If the solution proves satisfactory, the danger of transmitting jaundice through blood plasma transfusion will have been eliminated.
Renewal of an Army Medical Corps grant to Dr. Dwight J. Mullford, associate professor of biochemistry at the University, was announced today.
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Army Renews Sum For Plasma Project
The grant of $8.525 will enable Dr. Mulford to continue research with blood plasma, a project he has been working on since 1952. From that year until 1954 it was supported by the U.S. Public Health Service.
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A Campus-to-Career Case History
"I take a job from scratch"
The Air Force introduced Forrest I. Hurst to communications. In 1953 he was Communications Officer at Lowry Air Force Base near Denver, Colorado. He was partially responsible for the communications setup of the President's "Summer White House," and in this assignment he met members of the local Bell telephone company.
"The telephone people I met," says Forrest, "were always helpful. I considered them the experts. They gave a very good impression of the Bell System. So three months before I was discharged I wrote to Indiana Bell for an interview, and subsequently I was hired as a Student Engineer."
Today Forrest is in Indiana Bell's Engineering Department, working with
Forrest is given the basic circuit and equipment requirements for a job. "My boss farms it out to me," Forrest says, "and I take it from scratch." Forrest does the complete engineering job. He writes the specifications, including wiring plans and the list of equipment for the job. Then the installers take over.
carrier facilities-the means by which a number of telephone calls can be sent simultaneously over one circuit.
"I really feel that I'm contributing to the telephone business," Forrest says. "My wife does too. When we're in the car we get a kick out of driving by a job that I engineered. Nothing can compare with a career in a business that's growing as fast as the Bell System. It's the place to move ahead."
Forrest graduated in 1952 from Purdue University with an E.E. degree. His career is typical of those which exist in other Bell Telephone Companies, and in Bell Telephone Laboratories, Western Electric and Sandia Corporation. Your placement officer has more information about Bell System companies.