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Missiles Dominate 'Space Threshold'
lane propellers have seen their day, judging from the aerod exhibit constructed behind Marvin Hall for the Engineering tion this week.
Airplane propellers have nautical exhibit constructed Exposition this week.
"The Threshold of Space" will be the theme of the display built by about 40 students under the direction of George Michos. Brooklyn, N. Y., senior, who says the exhibit will serve as an orientation to what has been going on in aeronautical engineering in the United States during the past years.
On one wall will hang a model missile in relief, showing the various parts and mechanisms with explanations of what each section is used for.
Hanging from the ceiling of the exhibition hut will be a full size 6-foot long model of the Explorer satellite which will be cut away and have the component parts labeled. The pencil shaped model is only 6 inches in diameter. This will be the center of a whole display of satellite models and U.S. military missiles, Michos said.
Bordering the exhibit will be stepby-step illustrations of the production of a missile. The display will show production steps, beginning with the government contract, the engineering and assembly phases and fuel and test firing platforms.
Larger models include the U.S. Jupiter C and Vanguard, plus the 8-foot-high Russian satellite missile. It is the largest and is a scale model of the 127-foot-high Russian missile.
An arsenal of 15-20 small model missiles will be set up with explanations on them as to size, limitations and purpose.
A model of the rail test track use to project men at extreme speeds will be constructed for the display. The purpose of the track firings is to determine some of the human factors involved in outer space, Michos said.
In addition to the exhibits on student work, there will be a jet engine and a piston engine shown.
These are attached to electric motors so they will be operating slowly, giving the observer some idea of what actually happens when such mechanisms are being used.
For publicity purposes Michos has designed a small paper rocket model advertising the aeronautical display. About 2,200 of these paper models are being made for distribution during the exposition.
A two-day educational conference will be conducted by the Kansas Power and Light Co. for 50 of their executives from eastern and central Kansas Tuesday and Wednesday in the Kansas Union.
The department has been working on the exhibit for about four weeks, Michos said. The budget for the project is $00, but much of the displays will be student donations and work, he added.
KPL Executives In 2-Day Meeting
The conference will be conducted by Frank Pinet, assistant professor of business administration; Keith W. Weltmer and Jack Steele, associate professors of business administration, and Edward G. Nelson, professor of economics.
General topics they will discuss are human relations in business, economic conditions, financial analysis and business policy. There will be two classes in the morning and two in the afternoon.
Scientists at Armour Research Foundation have developed glass ribbons which are expected to provide a better building base than fiber glass.
A ship in full sail on Chicago's seal is emblematic of the approach of the white man's civilization and commerce.
A display showing the equipment used and the problems involved in drilling in desert, Arctic and offshore areas, will be featured by the Petroleum Engineering division at the Engineering Exposition.
Problems Shown In Desert Drilling
Dick Birmingham, St. Joseph, Mo. senior, will be in charge of the display titled Geographical Frontiers of Drilling. The display will feature models of equipment used in these processes, showing the equipment in its particular locale.
The display will actually deal with drilling in four areas. These areas will be the desert, the Arctic, the offshore area that includes the Continental Shelf (with depths to about 300 feet) and proposed methods of drilling with underwater rigs that can drill the land as much as 1000 feet under the sea.
In explaining the display, Birmingham said:
"Drilling in the United States has about reached the saturation point. Heavy drilling has exhausted resources in the United States and continental Europe. Recent discoveries of oil in the desert and off shore areas have opened up an entirely new field of drilling. This is what we will try to depict."
Birmingham pointed out the engineers know there is oil under the ocean but they are not sure just how far out the oil runs. He also noted that some drilling is being done in the Arctic circle. He said there were "overtones" of a possible drilling "frontier" in that area.
"The display will show the different means of exploration, how the area is drilled and the type of equipment used in the various areas," Birmingham said.
Friday, April 18, 1958 University Daily Kansan
The display will be located in Room 238 Lindley during the exposition.
Liverwurst is a sausage containing a large portion of liver.
KU's architecture and architectural engineering students today are testing and demonstrating a quick building technique at the Engineering Exposition which has never before been used anywhere in the world. ___
Architects Display New Construction
The new construction method uses waterproof laminated cardboard with a finishing coat of sprayed-on fiber glass. The fiberglass application is done by a recently developed machine which literally chews up a fiber glass rope and ejects the small particles onto the surface to be finished.
Glen McDermed, Lawrence, and Vic Schimming, Wichita, both juniors, are co-chairmen of the display.
McDermed said the dimensions of the structure are 20 by 18-feet. The cardboard roof is supported by a $ 2 ^{1 4} $ -inch pipe central arch and a $ 1 ^{1 4} $ -inch rear arch. The cardboard is $ 5 ^ {3} $ -inch thick.
The structure, located in the triangular plot of ground between Lindley and Marvin halls, will be tested for a year following the Exposition.
Possibilities of the use of laminated cardboard for building was discovered by Willard Strode, associate professor of architectural engineering.
Prof. Strode was experimenting with the cardboard to use for concrete forms when he discovered the cardboard was strong enough to use alone.
Actual construction and testing of the structure was turned over to students as an Exposition project.
"Because the cardboard is so light, our big problem is wind," McDermed said.
"Possible uses for this technique are unlimited," he said. "It can be used not only for buildings, but for other things, such as boats."
The combination of fiber glass and cardboard makes a material
that insulates and is as water proof as any known roofing.
If the cardboard structure passes the tests successfully, and proves to be a popular construction material, a Lawrence company will go into production of the cardboard.
Astronomer Will Speak
Paul W. Merrill, president of the American Astronomical Society, will speak on "From Atoms to Galaxies" at a meeting of Sigma Xi, honorary science fraternity, at 7:30 p.m. Monday in 124 Malott.
Dr. Merrill's visit to KU is sponsored by the society through a grant from the National Science Foundation.
He has been an astronomer at Mount Wilson and Palomar observatories in California since 1919. During World War I he was a physicist with National Bureau of Standards.
Four Retire After 145 Years' Service
Four professors who have given a combined 145 years of service to the University will retire to emeritus status June 30.
The four are Dr. Sam E. Roberts, clinical professor of otorhinolaryngology at the Medical Center, who has taught at KU 45 years; Dr. Edward Hashinger, professor of medicine and gerontology at the Medical Center, 37 years; Dr. John W. Twente, professor of education, 33 years, and Dr. Austin H. Turney, professor of education, 30 years.
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