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Change and Achievement Mark Year, Review of 1942 Happenings Reveals The University ofRochester had a notable year in 1942. It was a year of profound change, of accomplishment. The war made its influence felt in the classroom and in the executive's office, and affected the lives of hundreds of alumni and alumnae. Here is a brief review of some of the major University news of 1942: Accelerated Schedule-To enable students to complete as much as possible of their college work before entering military service, and to train physicians and to make technically-trained men available to the armed forces and to war industries as rapidly as possible, the University inaugurates an accelerated program, with a summer term, that places the colleges on what is virtually a year-round basis. A student can now obtain his degree in two and two-thirds years instead of the traditional four years. University Mobiliz.es for War--Research facilities of the science departments and the School of Medicine and Dentistry are placed at the disposal of the Government. Specialists in various research fields are given leave to carryon vital projects for Army, Navy, and Air Forces. New Fund Plan-Alumni and alumnae associations adopt plan of seeking direct contributions to the University to replace former system of membership dues; graduates accept plan heartily, send in record amounts in support of scholarships and other educational projects. Perfect Basketball Season-Lou Alexander's quintet makes University history by defeating all of its 1941-42 opponents, scoring victories over such formidable foes as Princeton, Yale, Michigan State, Vermont, and Colgate; and in December topples Cornell, Harvard, and Ohio State to make it an undefeated year. Military Intelligence-Approximately 650 alumnigraduates of the College for Men, Eastman School of Music, and School of Medicine and Dentistry-were in uniform in 1942. Alumni Office sends out special biweekly bulletin to service men. Alumnae enlist as WAAC's, Army nurses. Best Glee Club-University Glee Club wins national contest sponsored by Fred Waring, and is awarded silver cup to signify its triumph over all of its collegiate rivals. Exclusive Circle-The University of Rochester is admitted to the select company of members of the Association of American Universities, in recognition of its excellence in research and in graduate teaching. New Dean-The Division of Graduate Studies becomes the Graduate School of the University of Rochester, with Donald W. Gilbert, '21, as its dean. Women Sleep in Cutler Union-Forced to provide sleeping facilities for half of the students at the College for Women, authorities converted the third floor of Cutler Union into a dormitory, accommodating thirty-three out-of-town undergraduates. John R. Slater Retires-ProfessorJohn R. Slater, beloved chief of the department of English, retires after thirtyseven years of teaching at the University. Alumni and alumnae honor him, and an entire issue of THE ALUMNI ALUMNAE REVIEW is dedicated to him. Trustees Become Alumni-All trustees holding degrees from colleges other than Rochester are officially adopted as alumni, made life members of the Association, presented with bottles of dandelion wine, "Vintage of 1850." Alumnae Sell Securities-Women graduates staff booth at McCurdy's, sell record number of War Stamps and Bonds. DeGroot Does it Again-The Rochester football team wins seven of eight games, losing only to Amherst and rolling up 242 points while holding its foes to eight points; Jim Secrest is high scorer in East, second in nation, with 133 points. Golden Anniversary-Alumni of Hobart and Rochester hold joint dinner in observance of fifty years of football rivalry between the two institutions, the banquet being held on the eve of the Hobart game in which the Genevans were crushed 59 to O.
THE ROCHESTER ALUMNI-ALUMNAE REVIEW ALUM I REVIEW-VOL. XXI NO.2 ALUMNAE NEWS-VOL. XVII NO.2 DECEMBER 1942-JANUARY 1943 University and Eight Rochester Firms To Join in Million-Volt X-Ray Project Another major project involving close co-operation between the University and local industries will be launched early in 1943 when a giant million-volt x-ray unit, installed in a special laboratory in Crittenden Boulevard. is put in use. The new unit, one of the most powerful in the world, will make possible the internal inspection of heavy steel castings, reducing from hours to minutes x-ray examinations of metal shapes weighing three tons or more and with thicknesses up to five inches. Eight industrial plants, and one anonymous individual, provided the funds for the purchase of the equipment and for the erection of the laboratory building now being completed next to the River Campus heating plant. Alumni will recall that the University's atom-smashing cyclotron, erected in the John J. Bausch-Henry Lomb Laboratory seven years ago under the direction of Physics Professor Lee A. DuBridge, was likewise built on a cooperative plan, with various parts of the apparatus being contributed by industries interested in various phases of atomic research. President Alan Valentine, in announcing the new project, pronounced it one of the most striking instances of University-industry collaboration seen here or elsewhere. Over a year of planning preceded its inauguration. The speed with which local industries will be able to complete the inspection and testing of war materials is only one advantage that the new x-ray laboratory offers. They will also be able to accept for the first time certain war contracts which stipulate x-ray tests. X-ray inspection has been an established industrial practice for many years, but until recently the most powerful tubes operated at 400,000 volts. With tubes of this potential it required three and one-half hours to examine a piece of steel five inches in thickness; the million-volt apparatus here will cut this time of exposure to five minutes. Similarly powerful equipment is already in use at various navy yards, at the Ford Motor Company plant, DECEMBER 1942-JANUARY 1943 and elsewhere. Important savings in metal and labor, as well as in time, will be realized when the local equipment is put to use. Large castings can be examined quickly, and possible flaws discovered before the heavy masses of steel are machined. The exact location of these flaws may make possible the repair of a casting by the use of welding procedures. Further, the x-ray films can be used to point the way for the correction of faulty foundry techniques; porosity, shrinkage, blowholes, and sand inclusions will be revealed, and proper steps taken to eliminate these defects. The sponsoring firms include the Consolidated Machine Tool Corporation; Delco and Rochester Products Divisions of General Motors; Eastman Kodak Company; the Pfaudler Company; Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation; the Rochester Brewing Company, and the Symington-Gould Company. The General Electric X-ray Corporation, of Chicago, is designing and manufacturing the x-ray tube, and will advise on the housing, installation, and maintenance of the equipment. The University will act as co-ordinator of the project, will supply the technicians and scientists who will man the laboratory on day and night shifts, and will make tests as requested by the industrial patrons. Prior to the opening of the laboratory here the staff will spend several weeks at the General Electric Laboratories. The project will be under the direction of Dr. Stafford L. Warren, chairman of the department of radiology of the School of Medicine and Dentistry. The tube used in the million-volt unit is only thirty inches long and three and one-half inches in diameter. It is of the multi-section type, gas-insulated, with twelve sections. Electrons to produce the rays emanate from a heated filament at the top. As the electrons pass through each section, a voltage of about 84,000 is applied, giving them an added push, so that by the time they reach the other end of the tube they have been "boosted" by a 5
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