Freshman was required to take it. The results showed that more
such practice was sadly needed.
--Mr. K. Oshima, a native of Sapporo, Japan, was here some
time ago to investigate the
,Calorimeter. Mr. Oshima is in this
country to study the subj ect of Nutrition, and came here from
Connecticut, where he investigated the Human Calorimeter of
Prof. Atwater.
—Prof. Pattee recently acted as one of the judges in an inter
collegiate oratorical contest between Swarthmore, Lehigh, Frank
lin and Marshall, Gettysburg, Ursinus, Lafayette and Muhlen
burg at Swarthmore.
—The Seniors have now fairly started on their theses. Among
the civil section Messrs, Stitt, Palmer, Silvius and S. E. .I\il Hier
are working on a $350,000 railroad bridge across the Arkansas
river ; Huber, a 180-foot typical highway bridge ; essrs.
Shaffer and May, the design of a new system of water supply for
the State College Borough; Mr. Sterrett, steel building for man
ufacturing plant; Mr. Hoke, the design of a roundhouse in
cluding steel turntable tracks and building complete ; stirs. D.
K. Miller and Frey, design of sewerage system and disposal plant
for the Borough of State College; Mr. Baird, on freight yards.
The Senior electrical theses are as follows : Beckert and Jones,
experimental work on high alternating pressures ; Clendenin and
Wert, the efficiency of incandescent lamps ; Dennington and
Landis, the design and operation of a continuous current trans
former ; Godard and Johnston, the effect of electrolysis on under
ground pipes ; Kyle and Godchalk, a determination of the com
mercial advantages of the Nernst Lamp ; McLarn and Rohr
bach, an investigation into the characteristics of an induction
motor ; Nelson and Yeakle, investigation into the characteristics
of a posted storage battery ; Stoeltzing, the design and construc
tion of an automatic synchronizer; Kinsloe, work in induction
motors ; Rumbel and Sharpe, electrolysis of zinc by the wet
method ; Stoll and Stauffer, on electro-plating ; Miles and Kirk,
design of high transmission lines Eisenhuth, design and con
struction of a curve tracr.