The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-18
.IARGl 7CROWDS
ATOPE.' .'NHOUSE
OF ENL., ,NEERS
Many Curiosi,ies Ex, llD!led IN
Entertainment Clio sing
Observance Of St
Patrick's Day
SHOW NEW DISTHLEb Y
Replica. of Shoshone Dam I'm
Arizona and of ModenH
Farm on Display in
Building.

Large crowds thrOnged IN the EhEi-
necring Building and SWiizler Hall last
night to see the shows and exhibits pre-
sentcd BY the School Of Engineering in
its open house entertainment from to
Il o'clock. closing the observance Of St.
Patrick's Day.
The front Of the Engineering Building
was Illuminated with shaded electric
lights suspended over the caves. Bsrkers
stood at the doors. calling out the attrac-
tons which could be found within, and
small boys we're lined up at the win
dows. looking in at the exhibits.
On the north side Of the building,
hand-power ferris wheel wss in opera
tion. and on the south side, beautiful
fountain sprayed under interchanging
lights Of red and green.
The visitor was first ushered into the
'Cave Of the Winds" through a dark
passage, stepping on an automobile siren
as he entered and receiving q cool re-
freshing breeze as he crossed a rocking
bridge, which represented a boat on the
ocean at midnight. On the way down
10 the material laboratory. he was shown
o model distillery with its copper coil.
a jar Of fermenting raisins and mash
can.
In the material laboratory itself, an
exact model of the great Shoshone dam
Of Arizona with its surrounding cOlniry
had been built A stream ran from the
dam through the miniature valley beside
a highway and railroad and down the
two paper towns Of lighted houses. Mod
el roads, built according TO the Missouri
highway specifications and showing the
construction Of the different types, were
also shown in this room.
In the electrical laboratory, where the
visitor next arrived by following 'hc
many signs Of Keep to the Left" a row
Of electrial novelties we're shown. Here
was the magic ring, the FIRE from water.
The electric hammer. electric welding
and the electric baby.spanker with its
ultra-modern advice: DO it with elec'
iricity. Raise your children scientih--
cslly.'
Wheels and signs Of flashing cOlored
lights were on the other side Of the roOr'
Here also we're curious people trying
TO figure out the new wonders Of the
world" These wonders were the cone
that ran up hill, the wireless light which
got its power from the air, and the spin
ming ball which seemed to move on some
newly-discovered principle Of perpetual
motion.
A talking skull AMI a rapping :lani
were shown in a spooky room. In anOth-
er room, the vibrations Of the voice
we're shown on a screen. The throne Of
the queen of St. Pat and her crown
we're mounted in a glass case.
In the agricultural engineers room,
cider was given out at a wooden bar la
belcd Utilizing the By-Products." The
progress Of farm machinery was shown
by miniature models of culiivaiors, plows
and other farm implements. A model
farm was at the visitors right as he left
the building, with cement roads and
walks. a silo, windmill. barn and trac-
tors, but with not a horse in sight.
in Switzler Hall, transits) and topo-
graphic maps were on exhibition. An
original method Of grading students was
also shown. Two shows, The Shadows
Dance" and -Hades," we're given in this
building. The first Of these shows con-
sisted Of three dances in which the sill
houettes Of the dancers were thrown on
a screen. The dances were called BE
fore the lSth Amendment. ."'Theda Barra
Of Columbia and st. Pats Dance"
"Hades," the other show, was a comic
play centered around the trial Of souls
who had taken the elevator down. The
play was written by Harold Brown,
student in the School Of Journalism.
A general admission fee Of Is cents
and small fees for some Of the shows
were charged. The entire proceeds are
to be donated to the Missouri Memorial
Union Building fund.