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University Daily Kansan
Friday, April 22, 1955
Engine Display Features Model Atomic Power Plant
Using only cardboard and wood, with the exception of a few dozen ping pong balls and a small motor, the mechanical engineering department has constructed as its Exposition display a large model atomic reactor power plant.
The reactor has red ping pong balls, which represent atoms, and are kept in constant motion by an air current. Encircling the reactor are pipes which, under actual circumstances, would contain radioactive sodium.
The display consists of four sections: the reactor, in which the energy is stored; the heat exchanger; the power turbine, and the control panel.
The sodium, when heated by the atoms, passes into the heat
exchanger which would be filled with water. This forces water and steam into the turbine, forcing the turbine blades to turn, and creating power. The blades are turned by a small motor.
The sodium is continually being returned to the reactor and reused, and water is kept at the same level in the heat exchanger by an inlet in the bottom.
The amount of heat and power that is produced is determined by a control mechanism made up of beryllium rods, which absorb the neutrons in the reactor, causing a reaction. The amount of heat energy is increased or decreased by lowering and raising the rods in that order. The rods are operated from the control panel.
Kansas Is Not Well Surveyed
This year's exposition is display by the State Geological survey shows a topographical map survey and how well Kansas compares with the rest of the United States in this department.
According to the Geological survey, only 12 per cent of Kansas has been adequately surveyed, with many of these being old reconnaissance maps, and showing very little detail. As a result of this, Kansas shows up quite poorly in comparison with the rest of the states.
According to the 1950 estimate, Illinois and Missouri are the best surveyed states in the country.
An electric de-icer will use very little power to keep a hole open in your stock tank in winter.
OldHomesCompared toNew Forms Architects Exposition
If you can picture a scene depicting a home of the 1890's as contrasted with some of the ultra-modern homes of today, then you have a pretty accurate idea what the department of architecture's Engineering Exposition display consists of.
After this there is the interior of a home furnished with antique furniture, china closets, doilies, kerosene lamps, a wood stove, and a sink pump, with familiar music of the 1890's playing in the background.
Entering the exhibit, the visitor passes through a small foyer designed with a tropical touch, being decorated with tropical potted plants and a fountain.
Next, a word equation shows that economics plus technology and new innovations has brought the many changes in the home, with the final part of the display symbolizing the results of the equation.
In this final section the actual changes are shown by paintings, murals, and models of modern homes. Several of the scale drawings are designs of houses, which, if constructed, would be used by such persons as painters, musicians, sculptors, engineers, mathematicians and sociologists.
The last display shows a community of model houses, resting on a large table, which is made complete by trees, shrubbery, and streets, with the community being situated on a rolling terrain. The models were constructed by students of an advanced design class.
KANSAS RELAYS----1955
For Your Convenience we offer you the Relays Schedule
ORDER OF EVENTS AND TIME SCHEDULE
MORNING EVENTS, Saturday, April 23
Event Number Time
110-Meter Hurdles (Decathlon) 9:00
Discus Throw (Decathlon) 9:15
Pole Vault (Decathlon) 9:50
Shot Put (Preliminaries) 10:00
120-Yard Hurdles (Preliminaries) 10:00
1. Javelin Throw (Prelims. & Finals) 10:00
100-Yard Dash (Preliminaries) 10:20
A.A.U. 400 Meter Hurdles (Prelims.) 10:45
Javelin Throw (Decathlon) 10:50
A.A.U. Hop, Step & Jump (Prelims.) 11:00
2. Discus Throw (Prelims. & Finals) 11:00
120-Yard Hurdles (Semi-Finals) 11:00
100-Yard Dash (Semi-Finals) 11:05
1500-Meter Run (Decathlon) 11:25
AFTERNOON PROGRAM
Opening Ceremony—K.U. Band 1:15
3. 120-Yard Hurdles (Finals) 1:30
4. College Two-Mile Relay 1:40
5. 100-Yard Dash (Finals) 1:55
6. University Four-Mile Relay 2:00
7. College Half-Mile Relay 2:20
8. Kansas City H.S. 880-Yd. Relay 2:30
9. University Quarter-Mile Relay 2:40
10. A.A.U. 400-Meter Hurdles 2:50
11. Presentation of Queen 3:00
12. Glenn Cunningham Mile 3:05
13. University Two-Mile Relay 3:15
14. College Sprint Medley Relay 3:25
15. College Invitation Sprint Medley Relay 3:35
16. University Sprint Medley Relay 3:55
17. Junior College Sprint Medley Relay 4:10
18. College Distance Medley Relay 4:20
19. University Half-Mile Relay 4:35
20. A.A.U. 3000-Meter Steeple Chase 4:50
21. University Distance Medley Relay 5:05
22. Kansas High School Mile Relay 5:20
23. College Mile Relay 5:25
24. University Mile Relay 5:30
25. Outstanding Athlete Award
Closing Ceremony
FIELD EVENTS Time
26. Pole Vault (Prelims. & Finals) ... 1:30
27. Shot Put (Finals) ... 1:30
28. Broad Jump (Prelims. & Finals) ... 1:30
29. High Jump (Prelims. & Finals) ... 2:00
30. A.A.U. Hop, Step, and Jump (Finals) ... 3:30
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