Idaho State University - Wickiup Yearbook (Pocatello, ID)

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Heating supervisor Lynn Tillotson checks the master board which controls the automatic operation of the boilers. Pipes carrying heat to campus buildings run under the side- walks, preventing ice from forming on the walks during winter. ISU's Heating Plant Operation By Wayne King Through approximately 9,000 feet of high-pressure mains and an additional 75,000 feet of low pressure lines within buildings, the ISU heating plant warms the equivalent of 1,200 homes every day. An average home is figured to be about 1,000 square feet. Physical Plant Director John Korbis said the cost of heating the college is six to seven cents a square foot per year, as compared to 12 to 20 cents for the same space and time in the average home. The total cost comes to about 575,000 a year, including the salaries of two maintenance men and four operators in the boiler rooms. Two large boilers, each over 25 feet high, 20 feet wide and 25 feet long, serve as the main source of heat for the college. Each operates at an efficient output of 100 pounds of steam pressure. The pressure is then re- duced to between 40 and 60 pounds in the mains and again to three to six pounds in the buildings, according to Lynn Tillotson, heating supervisor. These boilers are able to burn either natural gas, pulverized coal or oil. Presently gas is being used, as a result of competitive bidding by dealers of each of the fuels. The burning of pulverized coal is probably the most interesting of the three fuels. The coal is ground by air attrition, a process of forced air grinding the coal in the basement of the plant and forced into the fire box with air, where it burns in suspension. According to Tillot- son, if the fire were to go out, the coal would stack up and be ignited, causing an explosion. This wouldr1't occur with slack coal. ' 'F f .fi 'Y - :: 5 'a.,t.y-H1 f' .

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Another American college ex- perience for many foreign students is buying soft drinks at the Student Union foun- tain. She explains her position on sports. All Tanganyika schools have physical education every morning. In the after- noon games are played. The most popular games are netball and cricket. Actually, the educational system in Tanganyika is similar to our total educational system. Children enter a school known as baby school at the age of five. This is followed by four years of primary school and another four years of middle school. English and Swahili are taught the students during this time. Swahili and Kihaya are both spoken in Tanganyika, but English is the national language. Two years of junior secondary school completes the education for most students in Tanganyika. Stu- dents who want to attend college at- tend intermediate school after junior secondary school. From there, they attend college which is a three-year program. Few of the schools are co- educational. When Amelia completes her education at ISU, she plans to become a dentist in a Tanganyika hospital. Amelia is one of 31 foreign students who attended Idaho State this year. These students represented 13 coun- tries: seven from Canada, one from Germany, two from Formosa, five from Hong Kong, two from India, six from Iran, one from Korea, two from Pakistan, one from Panama,,one from Kenya, one from Syria, one from Ireland and one from Tanganyika. The foreign students, influence on the campus stretches farther than the enrollment figures would indicate. The continued success of ISU's Inter- national Night, sponsored by the Inter- national Student Association, helps prove this. The foreign students are often called upon to entertain at campus functions, speak at commun- ity groups and contribute to campus displays. They are also active in campus organizations. Mel Schubert, dean of students and the foreign student adviser, said ISU about matches the national average in the ratio of foreign students to domes- tic students. Foreign students fare academically about as well as the U.S. students-about one graduates out of every three students who enroll as freshmen. With typical womanly care, Amelia selects vegetables at a Pocatello super market. Amelia lived in an apartment with other coeds her second year at ISU. Previously she had lived in Graveley Hall. .al Eg ,,,. i ag , Y 4 Women-whether from America or Africa-share interest in clothes x 2 r Sth Y 4 gy faq, '

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Warm Up Boilers operate most efficiently at a constant tempera- ture so a smaller boiler, capable of faster firing and cooling, was installed in 1957 to handle the swing', loads. This, Korbis said, is a temporary increased de- mand for steam, and normally occurs about 7:30 each morning. The small unit is able to pick up about 50 per cent of the increased load and then slacks off. The operation of the boilers is largely automatic, controlled by a master board that operates according to the steam generated. When natural gas is being used for fuel, this board is coordinated with the gas regula- tors. A man is always present to insure the proper operation of the plant. The plant is located between the Spud Bowl and South Fifth. It can easily be identified by the tall, smokestack with the orange and black checkered de- sign at its crown. Gas regulators on the steam boilers must be adjusted periodically. Boilers in the heating plant can operate on natural gas, pulverized coal or oil. The heating plant is readily detectable by the checkered smokestack with the letters ISU. At each home football game the steam whistle is blown when ISU scores a touchdown. X