THE KENTUCKY KERNEL

Mechanical Department News
MECHANICALS PLAN
LOCOMOTIVE EXHIBIT
Tho Eric Railroad, through Its Now
York General Passenger Agent, will
lond to tho Collogo of Mechanical and
Electrical Engineering a model of Its
latest Pacific typo steam locomotivo
for exhibition purposes, and In order
to cnablo tho Seniors to supplement
their work in locomotivo design by
tlio study of an accurately constructed working model. Tho model will bo
sent as soon as completed, about tho
middle of this semester.
It is quito a concession for tho Erie
Railroad to put ono of theso valuable
models at the disposal of this University, and tho favor will bo highly
appreciated by tho students In me
chanical engineering.
Tho Collega of Mechanical and
Electrical Engineering is planning a
permanent locomotive exhibit to bo
placed in front of the main entrance
to Mechanical Hall.
The L. & N. Railroad has dug up
several of the massivo stone sills from
its right of way, and has donated
them together with sufficient portions
of the original strap-irorails, to the
University. These will be laid in the
form of the original track, in front of
'Mechanical Hall. An old locomotive,
of the early days, will be secured and
placed on this section of track, as a
monument to the first railroad in the
West and one of the first in this
country which was originated in Lexington In 1831.
In an article, "The First Railroad
in the West," published in the October
190S issue of the Mechanical and
Electrical Engineering Record, Professor V. E. Muncy, '08, gives an interesting history of the organization
and early development of this
n

INTERESTING LECTURE
The Seniors of the Mechanical Engineering College were fortunate in
having Mr. L. O. Armstrong, who is
connected with the Bureau of Commercial Economics at Washington,
lecture to them on "The Water Power of Canada," illustrating his lecture
with colored slides.
Mr. Armstrong lectured for the Government during the past summer at
the Panama Pacific Exposition.
His
talk was highly Interesting, being
fraught with humor and an impressive
undercurrent of love for the Canadian
Rockies, where he has spent most of
his life.

Tho Bureau of Commercial Economics is only a recent project of tho
Oovcrnmont to arouso in Americans
tho valuo of natural resources in
Lecturers visit tho
N'orth America.
of
leading universities,
chambers
lommorco, fraternal and banking organizations and dolivor motion picturo
lectures, sotting forth tho great wealth
of North America in forests, rivers,
farm lands, fisheries and rugged

KAKE

DANCE.

The annual Tau Bota Kako dance
will bo held in Buoll Armory Friday
night, February 25, from 9 to 12. All
except on tho
dances will bo
encores.
Tau Beta Kako is a society composed of Seniors of the three engineering colleges, and tho annual dance
is given in honor of the new pledges
taken from the Junior class.

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EDITOR OF HERALD

The Kentucky Mining Society of
State University elected J. J. Hume,
president; S. J. Shermer, vice presi- Former Student's Rise In
dent; Frank Granger, secretary-treasureNewspaper World Is
and 0. W. Swont, sergeant at
Sensational
arms, at their regular meeting last
week.
ATKINS IN LOUISVILLE
A new pin of blue and gold with a
During the past week a number of
pick, hoo and shovel pictured on the
changes have been made in the forces
face has been adopted by the society.
of the local newspapers which are of
interest to University students. Bent- CHEMIST RECEIVES
ley Young, who was a student in the
GOOD POSITION Mining Engineering College two years
ago, has accepted a position as city
Thomas F. Ott, who was graduated
editor of the Lexington Herald, befrom the Department of Chemistry
ing promoted from the position of rewith the class of '07, and who has
porter. Mr. Young did not graduate
been with the Union Oil Refining
from the University but since leaving
Company, at Oleum, California, for
school has been engaged in newspaper
the past eight months, has been adat
work first on the Courier-Journa- l
vanced from the 'position of research
Louisville and since last fall on the
chemist to that of Chief Chemist.
Herald. This is an unusually responMr. Ott has been very successful
sible position for so young a man as
and now has
since his graduation
Mr. Young and is quite a credit to his
charge of the company's
extensive
ability. His rapid rise in the news
laboratories in the West.
paper world during the short time
that le has been engaged in this
Second the Motion.
work has been sensational.
"Women are stingy,
Presley T. Atkins of this city, a
And are very close,' '
former State student, and a member
We are told, and it may be no He.
of the 'Varsity football team while at
But if they are pretty,
the University, whose resignation
'T were not such a pity;
from the position of city editor of the
The closer the better, say I.
Herald left the vacancy which Mr.
Pelican.
Young was appointed to flll, has gone
and will be in
to the Courier-JournMADE
KENTUCKIAN PICTURES
charge of the state desk on that
BY HUMPHREY ARE
paper.
RIGHT.
Ed. Danforth, of the '14 class, has
decided that he wants to do night
work and has resigned his position
! with the Lexington Leader to become
a reporter on the Herald. He will
handle the sports and will continue
to hand out tho breezy line that has
made him such a good reputation as
a newspaper writer.

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The C 1 Club held a meeting in
tho chapel last Thursday noon for the
purpose of electing officers and of
taking in new members. Tho following officers wore chosen for the ensuing year: President, Herbert Felix;
vice president, James Server; secretary and treasurer, O. P. Neagle.
About fifteen new members were
taken in.

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Horace Mann Literary Society held
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February 10. As the first number on
the program, Miss Sue Hunt Frost
read an instructive paper on "Hamlet."
This was followed by a paper on the
quotation
from Hamlet,
"Words,
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