Milwaukee School of Engineering - EMF Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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 JX2 ' : ’THE 1920 EHF' ——•—xr A ■Sw ijpauatian aa an Author The theoretical electricity text used in the engineering department has been quite severely criticised by a number of the Seniors. Inasmuch as the writer expects to finish at school in April, he feels safe in writing his opinion on the matter without getting in bad with the faculty. It never has been the writer’s opinion that the text in question is not a suitable one for students pursuing a course in electrical engineering. As a matter of fact, it is a very good one. I believe that all of the trouble lies in the fact that it requires con- siderable time to get the author’s meaning. As a brain developer the book fulfills its purpose. The present class has had a considerable amount of work, and could use all of the time they could get to advantage. Personally I did not find it dif- ficult to understand the text. However, in order to get the idea the author endeavored to convey, it was necessary to put in more time in this study than in any of the other studies. The question is: “Arc the benefits received suf- ficient to warrant the expenditure of all this time?” 1 do not think so. Outside of the fact that the book contains innumerable mistakes and mis- prints, it is a good book for engineering students who have the time to put into the study of the book. In regard to the mistakes, I will state that it is the idea of Mr. O. A. Paustian to revise the book and add practical illustrations to the text, im- mediately upon leaving school. There is not the slightest doubt in my mind but the book will be the most satisfactory text in electrical engineering on the market after the revised edition is on sale. The only difficulty I sec in Oscar’s accomplishing his purpose, lies in the fact that it will be necessary to convince the author that his book is entirely unsatisfactory in its present form. You’re on the right track, Oscar, keep it up. We need practical illus- trations in our text books. If the author refuses to consent to the changes you deem necessary, get sore at him and write a book of your own, Oscar. ANONYMOUS. ODDS AND ENDS Max in sub-station design. “Do you put washing machines on power or lighting load?” PERPETUAL MOTION Weineke proposes to step up 2.300 volts current to get all the power he needs. Professor Brown proposes that skin effect may be produced in a D. C. circuit by copper coating an annealed iron wire in an N-10 solution. Matthews in sub-station class: The power back in Schenectady is off the line every other night, a dozen times a year. Pete Van Susteren says the reason a 110-volt watt meter can not be used on a 45.000-volt line is because the needle would be wrapped around the point too often. Page Fifty

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1 ✓ Hill We, the Senior class, feeling duly impressed with the majesty and solemnity of the occasion, do hereby make our last will and testament. 1. To Mr. Bovee we bequeath 16 volumes of “Berg Upson ’ to be fed to industrious and aspiring under-classmen as occasion warrants. 2. To Mr. Krotzer we bequeath our industriousness in tho electrical laboratory to be diligently used by him in the conduct of his duties. 3. To Mr. Black we bequeath our late reports in design, due to our great zeal in obtaining precise and accurate drawings before presenting them for correction. 4. To Mr. Vaughn we bequeath a semi-indirect, opaque, X-ray, Holo- phane, steel-enamel, Cooper-Hewitt, direct-lighting unit to be used by him in demonstrating to middle classmen the difference between specular, spread, and diffuse reflection. 5. To Mr. A. C. Ball we bequeath the 13 maxims of Equity to be used in future examinations as a test of memory. 6. To Mr. Brown we bequeath our knowledge of equivalent transformer circuits involving goo and boo to be used by him in testing future Seniors in the knack of deciphering hieroglyphics. 7. To Mr. Knox we bequeath our knowledge of parametric equations, sub-normals in polar coordinates, and irrational integrals to be used by him in feeding unsuspecting students. 8. To Mr. Kienth we bequeath an N-7.5 solution of K.,PB4 to be an- alyzed by Dr. Koch by filtering through a Gooch crucible and cooling in a dessiccator. 9. To Mr. Matthews we bequeath our knowledge of the radius of gyra- tion to be applied in finding the moment of inertia of a torpedo traveling toward the moon at a velocity of 79.556 kilo-meters per second when 9.756 miles distant from the earth’s surface at sea level. 10. To the Freshman class we bequeath experience gained in the dili- gent pursuit of our studies, and strongly urge them to avoid Grand avenue on a Saturday night. We recommend concentrated study of the following stanzas: My friend, have you heard of the town of yawn, On the banks of the River Slow, Where blooms the Wait-a-while flower fair, And the Somc-timc-or-other scents the air And the soft Go-easy’s grow? It lies in the Valley of What’s-the-use, In the province of Let-her-slide; That old “tired feeling” is native there— It’s the home of the listless I-don’t care. Where the Put-it-off’s abide. zx