The times-news., 1937-06-14


DONNA ALLEN. Corars soror,
ity roommate.
HoYT MARQUIS, Coraps one,
time fianee.
Yesterday: Coral tells David
she has invited Hoyt to Elton and
David leaves her after a severe
quarrel.
CHAPTER V
Coral heard but little of the
first 20 minutes of the weekly as
Sembly program. Her eyes were
focused on David, sitting between
Professor Bendorff and Professor
Maxwell on the platform. Four
days had passed since their quar-
rel and he had not recognized her,
outside of monoSyllabic words III
the classroom. in all that time.
She tried i'm vain to catch his eye,
to smile at him give some
token that she, at least, had not
changed. He did not see her, or
if he did, ignored her.
"Why has this had TO happen"
Coral thought. "Why did we quar-
rel when we have been so happy"
She wondered idly why David and
the two senior professors Of the
chemistry department were sit
ting on the platform today. She
thought for a moment of the
thing of which David had limited,
the work ne had been doing in
the laboratory, then dismissed the
idea. If he had made Il discov-
cry important enough to be pub
licly announced he would have
told her surely ne would have
broken the barrier of silence be-
tween them for such a moment
our thing. ,
Her rcvcric was interrupted
then. and she stood up automatl-
cally with the people around her,
as the president of the university
came out on the platform. When
she sat down she was more and
more curious. There was some
thing exciting to be revealed this
morning. There must be, PreSl-
dent Norton appeared at the stu
dent assemblies but seldom.
What was it? She waited eager
IL for him TO speak.
For interminable minutes Pres
ident Norton spoke of plans for
commencement, of distinguish
ed lecturer who was coming to
the university, of a new ruling to
be put in effect among the fresh
men. Then he paused, and Coral
leaned forward i'm her seat, feel
ing certain that the next an
nouncemcnt was the one for which
she had been waiting.
The deep, resonant voice OF
President Norton broke the ST.
lenee in the auditorium once
again. IL have another announ-
cement to make" he said. Zone
which will be of deep interest
not only to us here at Elton, but
TO the country at large m
deed TO the whole world. Through
the brilliant and untiring work oil
three of our faculty members,
men in the department of chem
istrv. a commercially feasible
process for the extraction OF gold
from sea water has been dlscov-
cred. ,s
"The idea is not new in itself,
but previously the cost OF the OPP
Grafton has been greater than the
value of the gold received. Inc
new process of extraction, wnlch
in it's details must still remain
secret TO the world ut large, makes
il not only possible but pracuca,
70 tap the great wealth of gold
and other precious metals, includ-
inc silver and platinum, known
70 exist in dilute form in the
waters of the seven seas. rms
process also makes easier ana less
extensive the extraction OF pro
mine from sea water. Bromlne, as
students i'm the chsmiStry depart
ment know, is important IN the
manufacture of anti-knock gaSo-
line. -:
at has been many years since
a discovery of such significance
has been made here at Elton, not
in fact since the elcctrolySlS eN-
ncr;ments of Professor Sanderson
i'm the early years of TINS cen
turv am proud, indeed, to pre-
sent to you the three men VINO
through their genius and industry
have brought fame to themselves
and thus TO Elton, and who have
g;ven the world a gift of greater
Inowledge: Professor Arthur Max.
wcu Professor Andre Bendorfi
and Professor David Armstrong.
The big auditorium ooomeu
with applause as the three men
roso somewhat diffidently to their
foot Coral, her hands elapsed
toeether, her eyes alight with
lido and excitement, could not
applaud. Her pride had naPpi-
ness were too great for that; onG
did not wonder now why DaVIa
nod not told her, but thought only
nf his achievement, of how won,
Sarf,,I n was that he should stand
there, young and confident r' the
professional equal of these men
his elders in years and expert
nnes @ David her David :, {;
was n great man. And he would
he oreater still. This was only
the beoinning. He would go on
Ihe g., 20 greater discoveries
to a higher, single pT9m'ner :
snce in the precise world Oh
science he loved so well.
Professor Maxwell spoke brief
,y thanking them for their ap-
nIause. explaining in greater de-
tail the work the new process process,