FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1949 Collier's Article Cites Findings of Dr. Simons Dr. Joseph Simons of the College's Fluorine Laboratories has developed a new process for producing flurocarbons making possible large quantity production at reduced cost. Collier's magazine's February 19 issue cited Dr. Simons' dis coveries in an article "Taming Chemistry's Hellcat" by Milton Silberman. Metallic Uranium The article states that Chemist firistid Viktor Grosse was asked by a chemical colleague in Eng land to prepare a gaseous com pound of uranium several years ago. Grosse found that metallic ura nium could be turned into a gas if it were chemically combined with fluorine and said afterward that it "involved the preparation of elemental fluorine and its corn bination with uranium" and that this was how fluorine eventually got into the atomic-bomb project. By the end of 1940 scientists had enough evidence to figure that uranium might be used to make an atomic bomb and they were already looking for some way to 'II. urify uranium. Separate Uranium "What we wanted was a process separate uranium-235, the fls- Sionable form, from ordinary ura nium-238," Grosse says, "and no ordinary method would work." It seems before uranium could be combined with fluorine a meth od would have to be found to pro duce fluorine, easily and cheaply. Even if this could be done scien tists wondered about many other things such as how could you store a million pounds of fluorine? How oould you ship it from one factory .to another? What could you use for tanks, pipes, pumps, valves, gaskets and lubricants which, on contact with fluorine, would not burst into flame or corrode or ex plode? And, above all, how could you protect your workers? Colorless Liquid One of the first clues came from Dr. Simons who recently created a strange colorless liquid com posed entirely of carbon and fluo rine. , It was difficult to prepare, even in very small amounts, and Si mons had only two cubic centi meters of it, less than a tenth of an ounce. But, having tested it, he claimed that it couldn't be burned, was not attacked by acid or alkali, and couldn't be harmed even by fluorine itself. 'Joe's Stuff' This amazing liquid came to be known thereafter as "Joe's Stuff." And although it wasn't the answer because it was a liquid instead of a solid, it proved an aid in future discoveries. They manufactured compounds like Joe's Stuff and used them to safeguard their own operations. They 'tested hundreds of special fabrics until they came upon one— a fireproof • neoprene on a fiber glass base—which could stand up under fluorine. Resistance to Destruction Last fall, Dr. Simons—the man who had contributed Joe's Stuff— announced to the American Chem ical Society convention at Port land, Oregon, that fluorocarbons can be made in the form of paints, textiles and plastics with amazing resistance to destruction. "They are so resistant to com bustion," he claimed, "that they will not only resist being set on fire but will even block or smother an Y fire already started." Such materials, which would al so be mothproof, termiteproof and decayproof, are not yet on the market. But Dr. Simons and many of his fellow chemists feel sure that their development is inevit able. 'King of Kings' A mass meeting of students and townspeople of all faiths will be held at the Grace Lutheran Church at 8 p.m. today. The meeting, which is sponsored by the Inter-Church Student Fel lowship, will feature the motion picture 'King of Kings.' There gill be a social hour in the base hent of the church after the beeting, which is the first of two to be held each semester by the WT. Housing shortages are not a new thing in State College. In 1912 George Green, newly ar lived nature education teacher, „ wile occupied a tent on r: -rtw avenue until Christmas was completed for ifiE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Eng Group Plans Faculty Show February's issue of the Engin eering Newsletter contas infor mation concerning the course rating program, the faculty tal ent show, and today's student council elections. The course rating program has been completed. The results have been tabulated and turned over to the department heads. In the near future, the student council will discuss the results with fac ulty mmebers. The student council is planning a faculty talent show to be pre sented as an opener to Spring Week on March 29. Student coun cils from all schools are uniting in an effort to solicit talent from among the faculty. Church Calendar University Baptist "Great Christian Teachings" will be the topic of discussion at the 9:40 a.m. college church school class. Rev. Edwerthe E. Korte, Lutheran student pastor, will deliver the sermon at the 10:45 morning worship service. "Christianity and Communism" will be reviewed at the Roger Williams Fellowship supper and student service from 5 to 7:30 p.m. St. Andrew's Episcopal John Hutnyan, pre-theological student at the College, will assist Rev. C. A. Auroroff as sub-dea con at the orthodov vesper serv ices, 8 p.m. St. John's Evangelical United Brethren Pastor Harry M. Buck's, 9:30 a.m. morning worship thernjw-vettt be "A Hollow Ring." The church school class will meet at 10:20 a.m.• A nursery will be main tained from 9:30 until 11 a.m. Vespers at 7:30 p.m. will feature th e sermon, "A Crafty Priest, the Story of Caiaphas." Wesley Foundation Sunday School discussion groups beginning at 9:30 a.m. will be led by Rev. Bruce Gideon and Mrs. Cordelia Hibbs. Rev. Frank W. Montgomery will de liver the sermon at the 10:45 a.m. service. A meeting of the Wes ley Foundation Council will be held at 2 p.m. From 5 to 6:30 p. m., the Student Friendly Hour and supper will be held. At 6:30 p.m. a religious drama, "The Lost Church," will be presented by members of the foundation. Early morning devotions and breakfast are scheduled for 7 a.m. next Thursday. 1-Westminster Foundation At 9:30 a.m. the student depart ment meets. The Meager Meal is served at 5:30 p.m, and at 6:20 Simmons Hall Joker Has Old Solution To Old Query Whether on not something is wrong with the heating system at Simmons Hall hasn't been deter mined yet, but many coeds are shivering in their rooms.• The heat can be turned on fully and the room will be freezing, while in the next room the window is wide open but heat is circulating freely. Evidently, there is a quirk somewhere. One coed tried to rectify the situation by placing a note on her door addressed to the janitor with the following mess age. "Our room is always cold. Could you please suggest a way for us to keep the room warm?" This might have proved to be very beneficial fo r the occupants of the room if the janitor had seen the note before someone else beat him to it. For imagine the consternation and surprise of aforementioned coed as she came home from class, looked at the note still on the door, and saw inscribed on the bottom of said note in heavy black pencil, "What you need is a man!" Thefts on Campus Rise in Number There have been more thefts in the last six months and par ticularly the past few days than have occurred for five years on campus, Capt. Philip A. Mark stated. Capt. Mark offers as an expla nation the general economic con ditions of high prices and increas ing scarcity of money. The recent wave of thievery swept through the men's dormi tories and town fraternity houses and hit lightly the women's dorm itories. Captain Mark warns stu dents to keep valuables secure. Tribunal Appointment All-College President William Lawless recently announced the appointment of Roger Rowland to Tribunal. Rowland will fill the seat left vacant by the grad uation in January of Richard Morgan. p.m. Dorothy Parks and Bonnie Lohr will elaborate on "Exper .,ences at Summer Work Camps." Hillel Foundation "Israel and the American Com munity" will be the sermon topic of the initial meeting of the IZFA sub-regional conference, tonight at 8 p.m. Sabbath morning serv ices will commence at 9 a.m. to morrow, and an open discussion meetinf will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. on the top/c, "The Fu ture of the State of Israel." On Monday at 7 p.m. the first be ginner's class in Hebrew will be held; on Wednesday at 7 p.m., the first intermediate class will con vene. These classes, open to all students, faculty and towns people, will be held each week. They are non-credit courses, and no registration fee is required. No Change Seen In Telephone Rule A change of the 10 p.m. dormi tory telephone rule is impossible at this time, Robert Sigworth, supervisor of utilities, informed AIM. Mr. Sigworth stated that at the present time there is an absence of available telephone operators. Further investigation of the pro blem is being conducted by an AIM committee readed by Roger Rowland. William Norcross, of the elec tions committee. advised that all vacancies in AIM districts will be filled by elections next month. CORRECTION 9 lbs. of Laundry Washed Auto matically for just 30c—not 35c. MARSHALL'S Automatic Laundry 454 E. College Ave.—Rear Engineering, Education Hold Council Elections Education Election Conducted at SU Final voting for representa tives to the Education Student Council will take place at Stu dent Union this afternoon, ac cording to Robert Gabriel, act ing president. As a result of a revision in the council's constitution, elec tion time has been changed from May of each year to February. Three representatives from each of the School's four divisions will be elected from the list of nominees. Nominations include: Elementary education Patri cia Botkin, Jill Bowney, Peggy Good, Nancy Mendenhall, and Jane Swagler. Secondary education—William Brodsky, Dolores Hyden, Ruth Lehman, Sandra Marks. Frances Nichols, and Robert Olson. Psychology Robert Gabriel, Corbin Kidder, Erwin Lesser, and James McDougall. Zionists Discuss Israel's Future Israel's future will be the sub ject for discussion at a meeting of the Upper Pennsylvania subre gional Zionists Hillel Founda tion at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Gershon Asculai, head of the Jewish Agency's youth depart ment, and Yuval Elizur, Israeli youth worker, will conduct the panel discussion on the future of Israel. and will lead symposiums earlier in the conference. Registration • Registration for the IZFA con f ere n c e will be held at Hillel Foundation from 4 to 8 p.m. to day. At 8 p.m. the Sabbath Eve services will commence with Ber nard Bezar, president of the lo cal IZFA chapter, bringing the opening welcome remarks. Rabbi Benjamin Kahn will de liver a sermon on "Israel and the American Jew ish Committee" followed by Oneg Shabbat, cele bration of the Sabbath, which will include a portrayal of the play, "How the Sabbath Was Seven Minutes Late in Tel Aviv." Songs, dances, and refreshments will round out the evening's program. Tomorrow morning's s e r v ic e will begin at 9 a.m. followed at 10,45 by the Sabbath morn Ase fab. Shirley Felman, chairman of the seminar, will outline seminar plans, and Gershon Asculai will speak on, "Is There a Halutzic Way of Life? What Is It?" Symposium At 2 p.m. tomorrow, a sympos ium of two speakers on the types of Israeli life will be led by Ascu lai on the subject. "Adjustment in Israel," and Yuval Elizur on the subject, "Hachsharah." Tomorrow night, beginning at 8 p.m., there will be a "Rough- It Party" at Phi Epsilon PI, in cluding songs, rances, and skits. A general discussion session will VIC'S MILKY WAY 145 S. Allen St. Open 715 am Weekdays Eggs, Toast, Coffee 35c Spaghetti -Tues. & Thu. PAGE THREE Engineers Elect Representatives Elections for Engineering Stu-. dent Council are being held from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. today. Polling places for aeronautical and industrial engineering istum dents will be in the first floor hall of Engineering "C"; architectural in the architecture library on the third floor of Main Engineering Building; electrical in the lobby of Electrical Engineering; and civil and mechanical in the first floor hall of Main Eng. Nominees are listed according to departments. Aeronautical Senior repre sentative, William Meholick, Jo seph Minarovich• junior, William Hendershott, John Swanger. Architecture— senior, Sam Na toli, Robert Tinstman; junior, Jo seph Kelvington, Arthur Lukens. Civil senior, George Land, Richard Pulling; junior, James Etzel, Ernest Hartsky. Electrical senior, Frederick Auch, Charles Dixon, Vernon Ritter, William Stauffer, John Snook; junior, Blair Fissel, Dean Kane. Industrial senior, James Frezeman, Donald Gibson, Hugh Hackett, George Oehmler, Don Schultz, Morton Snitzer; junior, Harold Bowditch, Gorman Fisher, Donald Fogelsanger. Mechanical senior, John Hepfer, Jesse Ke,hres• junior, Donald Hackenberry, Rob e r t Houseworth, Ira Romberger. Students must present their matriculation card or other means of identification to vote. LA Council Scans Suggestion Box Seven new pencil sharpeners were placed n Sparks upon re quests found in the Liberal Arts suggestion box suggesting the need for sharpeners. Four of these pencil sharpeners have re cently disappeared from the building. At the Liberal Arts student council meeting this week, this situation, and others developing from the suggestion box were discussed. Worthy recommendations to the council, such as honors work, that of a student who has shown his capability working under one professor; possible exemptions from finals; and recommendations on the curriculums and improv ing the instruction wall be taken under consideration, according to Jean Moore, president. Students should put construc tive criticisms into the box, she added, and not clutter the box with foolish suggestions. be held at 10 a.m. Sunday, fol low6d by 12:15 luncheon. Movies and the open panel discussion will conclude events on Sunday afternoon.
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