East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-22
0. A. C. HAS BIG SHOW
MORE THAN 1900 PERSONS
ATTEND ELECTRICAL DISPLAY
Oregon Agricultural College Engineers
Take in Over $500 i'm Two Nights.

Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
wallis, Ore, March 22.-Over 1900
people witnessed the electric show
of the engineering students of the
Oregon Agricultural college last Fri
| day and Saturday nights, and the
gate and other receipts amounted to
| over $500. Although the larger part
! of this sum is necessary to cover the
heavy expenses of the enterprise
the airship brought from Salem for
the occasion, the special train from
Albany, and other big features-there
! is Il neat account to be added TO the
support of The Student Engineer, the
| monthly magazine issued by the engi-
neering students of the college.
Much credit is due, not only to
| Prof. T. NJ. Gardner of the electrical
engineering department who father
ed the undertaking, but to the stu
dent committee who put in hard work
to achieve the big success. l.. V.
Hicks, II, Ashland, jackson county,
was the chief engineer; L. c. Ruff
son, H. Salem, Marion county, and
NJ. T. Calef, II, Portland. Multnomah
county were the general managers:
H. j. Pfandheefer, II, Falls City,
Polk county was floor manager; and
w. c. Dyer. IL, Salem, mad charge
of the various refreshment booths.
The two biggest drawing cards
We're the aviation exhibit and the
wireless telegraph demonstrations.
The aeroplane hangar was erected
south of the engineering building and
housed the Curtis biplane brought
from Salem by the owners Dr. SEQ
vii and Mr. Hoyt As the frame was
almost entirely of spruce instead of
bamboo, as in the ordinary biplane
models, it attracted an unusual
amount of interest With it was dis
played a glider built by students who
have themselves done some flying in
it from adjacent heights. Models of
m"noplanes and different forms of BIZ
planes were shown also by students
who had built them.
Wireless Station Attracts
| The wireless telegraph station con-
structed and operated by Joseph II.
Hallock of Portland sophomore eiec-
trical student. held crowds all during
the show, while he gave a series of
short lectures in explanation of the
theory, construction and practical use
of the instrument. He has not only
sent messages a distance of 500 miles
with this apparatus, but has also re-
ceived messages from as far as
southern California and Sitka, Alas
ka.
The radio-telephone, the electric
fountain, the electric piano, the dane
ing manikins on the static machine,
20. A. C. perpetual motion" apparat-
us designed by the students), the
"bucking broncho" motor, the weld
ing transformer of 1000 amperes, and
the moving picture apparatus all
erected and operated by students, who
explained them to the visitors, were
included in the interesting ana eou-
cational features OF the show.
Everythir-S for the convenience or
the housewife which can be operated
electrically was shown, including
pneumatic cleaners. electric ranges,
power sewing machines, coffee per-
colators, bread toasters, chatting dish
es, flat irons, washing machines,
churns, plates for frying pancakes by
electricity and luminous heaters and
ldHS lot not weather use. small
model of farm house and barn was
wired to show what a gasoline engine
belted to an electric generator can
do in lighting and running the churn,
washing machine and other power
e machines all at once.
= Apparatus to show how to read the
S electric meter and thus know just
what you are getting when you pay
l your bill; for understanding the oper-
alton of the automatic telephone ex-
! change; for explaining the X-ray; and
{ other interesting features showed the
= ingenuity of the students and their
;. instructors. An illustrated lecture on
n good roads and a fine mining exhib.
e it showing all the processes in acrla
n operation-ore assay, electro-chemi-
e cal treatment, placer mining, the
= stamp mill, the furnace, and a bis
mineral display added to the value OF
the exhibition, and to its success
: helping to establish it as a perma.
n nent feature of the engineers calen.
h dar for the year.
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