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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1946)
Atomic Bomb Movies Shown By Scientist Jack DeMent Future problems will not be determined as much by atomic energy as by the types of atomic weapons discovered after the Bikini atoll test, July 1, 1946, Mr. Jack DeMent, Portland's fluorescent-luminesce lighting expert, said last night to an audience of over 500 people in Chapman hall after a film show ing of his official color pictures of the atomic explosion. Mr. Dement was the youngest scientist to attend the tests. “There exists,” said Mr. DeMent, “ a new type of atomic weapon con sisting of radio active poison. It has enough power to wipe out present civilization 13 times over!” Tile discovery of this new weapon was made after an underwater la goon explosion during the Bikini test. The amount of radium, 100 tons, contained in the weapon, is considered to be the greatest quan tity ever before discovered together in a single given moment. De Ment ** predicted that the central seat of value in coming years will be radium and uranium, the valuable miner als—elements discovered in pitch blend. , The Geiger-Mueller counter, a de vice for detecting atomic radiation through radio active substances, “represents a new era in civiliza tion,” said scientist DeMent. The counter was used during the test to detect amounts of atomic ener gy and will be invaluable in the fu ture. The counter, shaped in the form of a head phone, depends on the ability of air to conduct elec tricity. Used in Bikini, the counter was also used, to warn experiment ers of invisible Gamma and Beta SERVE, FISH and SEA FOODS FREQUENTLY A Please order early for Friday Delivery NEWMAN'S FISH MARKET 39 E. Brdy. Phone 2309 rays, substances or cosmic rays which can kill without warning. Mr. DeMent’s pcture showed the background and actual sound test experiments at Bikini. Aerial views as well as close-ups of the actual bomb tests were presented. Results of animals are now uncer the proc ess of analyzation. Closest picture taken was with an automatic cam era containing a specially prepared chemical lens. The actual roar of the explosion penetrated ten miles and made waves several hundred feet high. However, by the time the waves reached Bikini shores they were only six or eight feet high. Expand ing clouds of spray were noted on ships a mile away, Mr. De Ment said. “Like nothing under the sun,” Mr. De Ment describes the power which can come of the factors with in atomic energy. De Ment said that one of the most interesting as pects of the bomb is that it can be used in moving huge masses of earth. Predictions of the leveling of the Caspian sea, and turning the courses of rivers in certain loca tions have been made. Mr. De Ment predicted that the great excitement over the atomic bomb revealed the many idiosyn cracies in human nature, and stressed the fact that man must come to a greater understanding of his fellows in order to prevent disaster throughout civilization from misuse of atomic weapons. Mortar Board List Honors Freshman Three freshman women with the highest cumulative grade point av erages for the year 1945-46 were Charlene Thurston, Katherine Woodworth, and Olga Yevtich. These names will be added to the list of scholastically outstanding women honored annually on the Mortar Board plaque in the office of the dean of women, Jean Watson, Mortar Board president, has an nounced. The students are all majors in liberal arts and attending the Uni versity this year. -4 PETE THE GOP SAYS: If You're Looking for Real Value dash down to Morrison-Henning and pick up one ot these 100% Pure Wool Crew Neck Sweaters by Reis at'$6.95 They’re made of tough wearing yarns; have two pockets and come in Fireman's red and Royal blue. m o r r iso n - h ETTn i n g Stoie ftoi.77len( 1022 Willamette Vets Forum By JOHN JENSEN and DALE HARLAN The following veterans are re quested to report to the veterans' office in*the basement of Johnson ball. James P. Norris, Edmund John Callahan, and George O. Cus ter. Any relative of Roy Brooks, who is deceased, should contact Mr. Lynch at the VA in the physical ed ucation building. Any relative or relatives of Marjorie Ruth Bell or Richard Bell should likewise see Mr. Lynch. Another list of veterans who are asked to see the VA in the - physical education building: Louis Kenneth Busch, Charles B. Herring, Thomas K. Guerney, James G. Miller, Dixon A. Shel don, and Ralph W. Rensik. The names of Ed Barthlemy, James li.Meek and Gordon L Bo ice have been printed so often that they will not be included in the spring term Emerald. The VA guidance center in the physical education building is an invaluable veteran facility to stu dents who feel hesitant in setting an occupational goal Tor them selves. The interviews and tests given the veteran evaluate his sharpness, of learning, his interesst, aptitudes, emotional stability and achievement. All factors are con sidered and the appraiser finally aids the veteran in selecting the field in which it seems more likely that he will succeed. The University guidance center is under the direction of faculty members of the University and comes as a free service to the vet eran. Oyster shells in colonial days were used widely as blast furnace flux. Fellowship Offered To Mortar Board The local Mortar Board chapter, headed by Jean Watson, has re ceived the announcement this week i from the national organization of ; the $500 Katherine Wills Coleman ■ fellowship, open to members of the senior women’s honorary gradu ating in 1947. The fellowship, awarded to seven girls over the past five years, will go to one or two applicants to be selected by a committee of nation al Mortar board officers. Candidates must be unmarried and able to qualify as candidates for the master's or doctor’s degree in an accepted graduate school. Information and application blanks may be obtained from Mrs. Edward M. Williams. Mortar Board fellowship chairman, 191 South Franklin street, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, before De cember 1, 1946. Winner of the 1946 award was Annette Harris, University of Texas, who will do graduate work in economics. Bible Series Scheduled By Christian Fellowship A series of special Bible studies is being sponsored this week by the University of Oregon Inter Varsity Christian fellowship, with meetings Tuesday through Friday in Room 206, Commerce hall from 4 to 5 p. m. Herb Butt, regional director for the fellowship, and Rosalind Rinlt er, staff advisor, are now on the campus to lead the student dis cussions and conferences. Private interviews may be ar I ranged by calling Betty Gray at I Judson house. tadio Man to Speak Speaker in Professor R. D. Milli •an's radio advertising class Thurs lay will be Norman Davis, com nercial manager of Portland radio station KALE. 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