The Howard
Friday, February 24, 1950
Morning Watch
Morning Watch programs the
week following Focus Week will
center around the theme “Where
do w'e go from here?”
Speakers for the week will be
.Edward Cumbie speaking on
"On our campus" Monday; Tues¬
day, Wylodine Hester will speak
on “In our B.S.U.”; Charles W.
Davis will speak Wednesday on
“With our classmates.” and
Thursday "Where do I go from
here?” will be the subject with
Paul Talmadge as speaker.
Final Exams
Final examinations this quar¬
ter are scheduled for March 13,
14 and 15 instead of the dates
outlined in the bulletin. The
Registrar’s office made the an¬
nouncement and added that the
change is instituted to allow a
longer holiday between the
Winter and Spring quarters.
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‘Greatest Show5 Coming-
All Campus Circus Night
The circus is coming to town or
rather to Causey Gymnasium next
Tuesday night at 8:00.
The occasion is the second an¬
nual skit night sponsored this year
by the Recreational Leadership
class in the physical education de¬
partment
There will be animals recogniz¬
able as those seen at the circus
such as lions, bears, elephants, gi¬
raffes, ostriches in the .parade.
Three clowns with Jesse Meeks,
Ralph Harris and Charles “Little
Caesar” Maze cavorting under the
greasepaint Ringmaster Bob Nor¬
man will direct the show..
One of the stellar attractions will
be Herbie Hanes and Dan Merck
bringing the flavor of Hawaii in
Hula
skirts.
,.Tu™blers' Mexican dancers and
the band will be seen in the per¬
formance of the “Greatest Show on
Earth.”
Campus organizations will pre¬
sent skits which will be judged for
originality and content with the
best from the girls and the mot
being awarded cups.
Phi Mu and H-Club were
winners last year and will be the
defenders. A hilarious time is fore¬
cast and if you miss it when you
have an Annie Oakley you should
remember the days when tickets to
the circus were obtained by toting
barrels of water to thirsty ele¬
phants and camels.
The price of admission is the
expending of energy to make your
way to the gymnasium at 8:00
Tuesday night
The Medal . . .
Howard Prof
Office Seeker
Dr. Floyd D. Dotson, of Howard's
education department has thrown
his hat into the race for State
Superintendent of Education.
Or. Dotson has announced his
resignation from the faculty, in
compliance with a college rule that
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faculty member cannot run for
a public office.
He has been at Howard for two
years as professor of education and
director of teacher training.
Over 19 years experience as a
teacher and principal in Alabama’s
schools qualify Dr. Dotson to run
tor this important poet He has
served in schools in Colbert, Lau¬
derdale, Franklin, Geneva, Escam¬
bia and Marshall counties.
Spring Valley is Dr. Dotson’s
home town. He graduated from
Colbert County High School in
Leighton. He received his BS. from
Florence State Teachers College,
his master’s degree In school ad¬
ministration from the University
of Alabama, and a doctor's degree
m school administration from
Columbia University.
Dr. Dotson is a veteran of World
War II, a member of the American
Legion, East Lake Lions Club, Kap-
Pa Phi Kappa, Ruhama Baptist
Church and the Masons.
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Basketball Tonight
Bulldogs meet Athens for the
final game of the regular season
tonight in Causey Gymnasium at
8:00. The team will complete the
season with the Dixie Conference
tournament next week.
Hobby Fair
Almost Herd
The big day is almost here!
Much 12 is the day Howard's
“Hobby Fair" officially begins.
Those students who have not en¬
tered yet and who wish to enter are
urged to hurry and fill out their
application blank and turn it in at
the desk at the library. There is
still time for any student to get
into the “Hobby Fair".
The following hobbies or exhibi¬
tions have been turned in to be
put on exhibition:
Rug booking; model building
(which includes ships and covered
wagons); shell jewelry; stamp col¬
lecting; poster art; model rail¬
roading; book collecting; illumin¬
ation art; study of reptiles; scenic
plates; collecting old photographs.
There are 13 entries in the “Hobby
Fair" so far.
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you have a hobby that you
think is interesting hurry and en¬
ter it as soon as possible. Remem¬
ber that the day is almost here,
there isn’t much time so get your
entry blank and fill It out and hand
it in at the library desk today.
Research Corporation Gives
Money To Finish Cyclotron
The Check
By Lance W. Anderson
The Research Corporation
of New York has presented
the chemistry department a
$4,000.00 check to be used in
the completion of the cyclo¬
tron.
Dr. John Xan, head of the
department, in announcing the
grant states that it is only a mat¬
ter of time until the hefty atom-
smasher is completed. He hopes
to have the machine in operation
sometime this summer.
The corporation which granted
the money for finishing the con¬
struction is an organization which
uses income from investments to
support research in colleges' Fi¬
nancial backing for the operation,
is furnished by Frederick Gardner
Cottrell, discoverer of the "Cot¬
trell Process” which was first used
in cracking crude oil, the process
which changes the oil molecules
into to gasoline molecule.
Equipment such aa Geiger count¬
ers, vacuum pumps, cooling equip¬
ment and the like will be pur¬
chased with money from the grant
Howard’s cyclotron is the only
one under construction in the deep
south so far as is known.
The idea for a cyclotron at How¬
ard was born in a Science Hall
“bull session.” Three students,
Robert Smith, Jimmy Tarrant and
L. M. Echols, were discussing the
atom bomb and its construction
and the point was brought up that
a cyclotron was needed in the
process so Smith suggested that
they build one.
They took the idea to Dr. Xan
and obtained instant approval
They immediately started collect¬
ing material for the project and
Dr. Xan discussed the proposed
machine with local industrial lead¬
ers and the cooperative wheels
began to turn.
The Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad Company donated the
special steel for the yoke and oore
of the magnet and Hardie-Tyhes
the parts,
pany dons
for the col
flanges
Brass Works, toe.
The three students have com¬
pleted their studies at Howard and
Tarrant is the only one of the three
still actively engaged in construct¬
ing the cracker. He has graduated
but is now in the employ of the
college to continue the work.
Work underway at the moment
is to assemble and construct a
control panel The operator of the
cyclotron will be in another room
and the controls will lead through
the wall.
The oscillator which feeds the
electricity into the magnet is in
reality a radio transmitter. To ob¬
tain an idea of the power output
of the oscillator consider the fact
that it is 5,000 watts and only 25
watts on the same frequency will
carry a radio signal around the
world.
Howard's cyclotron is small, only
25,000 pounds, when compared with
the massive giants on the Berke¬
ley campus of the University of
California, but it will generate over
1,000,000 electron volts when in op¬
eration.
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