Evening star., 1927-05-15
AUTOS OF FUTURE
! WILL Be DISCUSSED.
Society of Automotive Engi-
neers to Meet May rs
in Indiana.

Changes in mecha meal and body de.
sign that some day will make the fine
motor car of the present seem ineffi-
cient and graceless will be discussed
hy leaders in automotive engineering
thought at the four-day semi.annual
meeting Of the Society of AutomotiVe
Engineers Ia he held May - To IS at
French Lick Springs, Ind. The pro
gram is designed TO reflect the lines
along which the engineers are work.
ing TO make the motor vehicles of the
future more efficient economical, com
Portable and pleasing in appearance.
Twenty addresses to be given and
discussed at the eight sessions include
a wide variety of topics and will he
illustrated with motion pictures and
hundreds Of lantern slides.
Will Assemble Cars.
A new feature of the meeting that
will he Of popular interest is COM
petition among the sections Of the So
cietv in speed in assembling small
cars. A prize will he awarded to the
winning team. In the opinion of the
contest committee, this event viii have
technical significance in the possibility
il will present of simplifying car de-
sign 10 make assembling easier and
also possibly to eliminate some parts.
As the contest IS 10 he judged solely
on the time required for assembling
nd The ability Of the chassis to run
under their own power for given
distance any parts left over after the
chassis have been assembled will he
studied BY special committee to he
termine whether it is feasible to omit
such parts in regular car production.
Much thought is being given now 10
four.speed transmissions and in con-
nection with an address on the subject
by S. Q. White of the Warner Gear
Go. several transmission manufac-
turers will have cars fitted with trans
missions of this type al the meeting
to give demonstration rides to attend
ing members and guests.
How restrictive Legislation affects
design is to be dealt with by ID. {.
Fenner of the International Motor
Co, whose remarks are expected to
show the need of great care in enact
ing State laws.
Question of Headlights.
Good headlghting without danger
Gus glare continues, to be a serious
problem. An address by a. w. De-
vine of the Massachusetts registry of
motor vehicles will reveal objections
TO headlamps with double focusing adj
iustments and show that lamps de-
signed with a focal plane instead OF
q focal point are easy TO adjust and
give satisfactory beams. Facts regard
ing the loss of illumination due to
wet roads. wet lamps lenses and fog
are to be presented by r. E. Carlson
and W. S. Hadaway of the Edison
Lamp Works.
Shimmy is TO have two innings at
the meeting. j. Z. Hale of the Fire
stone Tire & Rubber Co, is to tell of
the relation of front wheel pitch toe
in and caster to front wheel brakes
and balloon tires, which have been
blamed for the alarming phenomena
of car shimmy. But the front end of
the car is not all that shimmies. Valve
springs also do the Charleston. as will
be shown in motion pictures by ii.
II. Donkin and II. II. Clark OF the
Cleveland Wire Spring Co, who Will
tell how the condition can be RENE
died.
Address on Brakes.
What is an atom, how is it built and
how much energy has it? are ques-
tions that are to be answered by Prof.
+. G. Baker of the University of
Michigan, whose revelations will be of
academic interest. W. S. James of the
Studehaker Corporation of America is
to tell of the relation of research to
industry.
Four addresses on brakes and dis