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THE ONCE OVER—Seven builders of an intra-campus missile inspect the finished product, for needed additional touches. Standing, from left, are Jack McDonald, Mission, and Dick Gilmore, Omaha, Neb. sophomores. Seated, from left, are Fred Benson, Independence sophomore, Chuck Gibbon, Hutchinson junior, Jerry Brown, Kansas City, Mo., and Gordon McKinnis, Stockton sophomores.
ICBM Tested By 7 KU Students
KU has an ICBM—an intra-campus built missile.
During the last three weeks seven KU fraternity brothers have been calculating, testing and firing home made rockets. So far, two of the rockets have been complete successes and one has been a semi-success.
The first missile, "El Toro," reached an altitude of 600 feet and gained a speed of 196 m.p.h. The second "El Matador," zoomed 1.022 feet and was calculated to have reached a speed of 257 m.p.h.
All successful rockets were one stage missiles, each made of a seamless, high quality steel tubing. The potent powder powering them was a mixture of zinc and sulphur. The first two successes were between 18 and 24 inches long and $ \frac{3}{4} $ inch in diameter.
The last rocket, "El Picador" fired last Saturday, was called a success because the ignition worked and the fuel burned, but there was a slight mechanical failure.
This rocket was larger. It was 30 inches long and $2\frac{1}{4}$ inches in diameter, had a detachable nose cone to enable fueling the missile from the top, and contained six pounds of fuel in contrast to two pounds for the smaller rockets.
The scientific experts who are responsible for this marvelous achievement are Dick Gilmore, Omaha, Neb., sophomore, project director; Larry Ostertag, Kansas City sophomore, assistant project director; Chuck Gibbon, Hutchinson junior, chief technical expert; Jerry Brown, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, propellant expert; Jack McDonald, Mission sophomore, ballistics adviser; Craig McKinnis, Stockton sophomore, ordinance officer and Fred Benson, Independence sophomore, financier.
The boys have made several attempts to fire a two stage rocket, but all have been unsuccessful. The failures were attributed to the ignition system and the type of charge used. Although the fuel had been tested successfully, the charge, a "shaped" one, or one that has been melted or poured, only sent up the first stage of the missile.
Learning by these failures, the boys have since found that launching the rockets electronically is the most satisfactory way. They are now using an old neon sign transformer.
The biggest problem now, said Gilmore, is the fuel. The cost is a dollar a pound, so we can't splurge too much. We are also contemplating using a stronger fuel in the future, possibly a galcite mixture.
But the expense, plus the fact that final week is closing in, will force operations to be suspended until next year.
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Harding Leaves July For New Position
Horace W. Harding, assistant director of the Bureau of Business Research the past five years, has been appointed Research Director of the Kansas City, Mo. Chamber of Commerce. He will leave the University July 1, to assume his new position in Kansas City.
Mr. Harding will head a newly created department in the Kansas City Chamber and devote much of his attention to research in the industrial field.
Great reflector disks around the eyes of barn owls pick up enough light to let it spot its victims on dim hunting nights.
Wednesday, May 21, 1958 University Daily Kansan
Senior Receives Award For Critical Writing
The ward was established by Miss Hoopes, assistant professor emerita of English, and is given annually to a sophomore, junior, or senior undergraduate woman. Papers the women write during the year are submitted with special recommendation by their English instructors to a committee of English department faculty.
Laurian Seeber, Irvington-on-Hudson, N. Y. senior, received the $25 Helen Rhoda Hoopes award for critical papers written on literary subjects. Betty Thomas, Mission junior, received an honorable mention.
Chairman of the committee is Claris Glick, instructor of English. Committee members are Merrell D. Clubb, professor of English, and Harold Orel, associate professor of English.
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