The Carolixa Joerival
Vol. 3
itud»i»« fnt/icctwn Of Th* UnivrftHr Of North Coroliitm At ChmrIotU
Wednesday, January 10, 1968
No. 14
Work Of Da Vinci Shown In Popnlar
Exhibit Inclnding Nineteen Models
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MILITARY TANK; Da Vinci foresaw the armored tank, a vehicle not extensively used until WWI.
His was equipped with breech-loading cannons, and was completely maneuverable from inside"
Its turtle-dike cover was intended to deflect enemy fire. (Model from a sketch by da Vinci CoK
lection of IBM Corporation.
By SONIA MIZELL
The man who was bom five
hundred years too soon: Leonardo
da Vinci. Beginning January 20,
the inventive genius and fore
sight of da Vinci will be depicted
in an exhibition of the 15th-cen
tury artist-scientist’s work. The
exhibit of nineteen models built
from da Vinci’s scientific and
technical drawings will be on dis
play in the University Union Par
quet Room through February 10.
It is on loan from the Department
of Arts and Science of Internation
al Business Machines Corporation.
Included in the show will be
retical ideas. Among them are a
paddle-wheel ship, an idea that
was not successfully developed
until the advent of steam power
in the 19th century; a theoreti
cal gear system that produced
three speeds of rotation, as in the
modem automobile transmission;
and a device tor determining the
tensile strength of wire, infor
mation as essential to the en
gineer five centuries ago as it
is today.
Leonardo da Vinci was fasci
nated by the possibility of human
flight, and devised many schemes
tor flying machines such as a
helicopter and an ornithopter. In
the ornithopter, the principal sup
port and propulsion comes from
Chapter Of Alpha Kappa Psi Started
Much Support Given By Students
By PARRY BLISS
The Business Club, which re
cently sponsored a barbecue on
campus to raise funds for a char
ter tee for the new fraternity they
are working to establish on cam
pus, elected officers for the new
organization at a December 18
breakfast meeting.
Dwight Herman is president,
William Goodall is vice presi
dent, Earl Baucom is the secre
tary, and William Stewart
is treasurer. Donald Sprouse will
serve as master of rituals. The
present Business Club advisor.
Dr. Frank DeFelice, and Dr. W.D.
Wubben will be faculty advisors
for the new chapter of Alpha Kappa
Psi.
At this meeting, the club rati
fied the constitution and by-laws
of the organization.
Early in December, President
David Herman mailed twenty peti
tions to the national headquarters
of Alpha Kappa Psi. The petition,
signed by thirty-one students,
asked for a local chapter of the
national business fraternity.
This fraternity is the oldest
business fraternity in the coun
try; it was founded in the School
of Commerce, Accounts, and Fin
ance at New York University in
1904. AKPsi not only encourages
good scholarship by requiring
that each student who desires to
affiliate with the organization have
and average not less than that re
quired for graduation, but also
emphasizes career guidance by
featuring speakers on career sub
jects at professional meetings,
regional conference, national
conventions, and by articles in
official magazines. Members are
awarded points by scholarships
in the efficiency rating and each
chapter is required to award the
A.K.Psi scholarship award annu
ally.
A.K. Psi helps develop the abili
ties and personalities of its mem
bers by the conduct of professional
programs featuring authoritative
speakers, social events, research
and service to the school pro
jects, industrial tours and other
projects.
Chairman of the Student Activi
ties Committee, Dr. John Robbins,
says, in connection with the fra
ternity, “We (the committee) feel
that Alpha Kappa Psi is the type
of organization that we would like
to see on campus and whole
heartedly endorse its establish
ment here.”
Administrative and faculty sup
port for the new organization was
readily available.
Dean of Students, Don MacKay,
says, “The committee and this
office will be most happy to work
with you in any way we can in
developing the fraternity on our
campus.”
Chancellor D. W. Colvard com
ments, “I am happy to endorse
in behalf of the University the
petition you are sending. It is our
expectation that in the very near
future our Department of Busi
ness will experience substantial
growth and expansion.”
‘Peacenik’ Speaks On Campus
Will Refuse Draft Call
Flag Pole Given By Circle K
Gov. Moore Attends Dedication
Circle K and Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence O. Kuester have pre
sented this campus with a flag
pole which will be dedicated to
morrow at a ceremony in which
several dignitaries, includingCov-
emor Dan K. Moore, will take
part.
Representative Charles R.
Jonas, who has given the Univer
sity a national flag, will present
that flag at the ceremony which is
to be held in front of the Ad
ministration Building at 2:00 p.m.
The state flag will be presented
to this campus by Thad Eure,
N. C. Secretary of State.
Circle K obtained their part
of the finances for the pole from
a Halloween candy sale. There
is a donor, in addition to the
Kuesters, who asked to remain
anonymous.
The service club has given the
school two nylon flags for every
day use so that the two original
flags may be placed in the lib
rary archives.
Ail students are invited to at
tend the ceremony.
A man who plans to refuse to
step forward on January 12 when
he is called for induction in to
the U. S. Army will appear on
campus today to present his views
on resistance to the war and draft.
Mr. George Vlasits, former
Chapel Hill student, says, “The
draft is intended to convey the
impression to the young American
male that he is not personally
responsible forthe deaths of others
as a result of military action. Thus
the draft is a restriction on all
individuals by forcing them into
a situation in which choices are
set without meaningful alterna
tives.”
In conjunction with Vlasits re
fusal on Friday, college students
Intend to hold protest demonstra
tions in front of draft boards
throughout the state. In Charlotte,
students from this campus, John
son C. Smith, and Davidson will
be on the picket line. Recent in
duction center demonstrations in
Raleigh were considered success
ful.
Vlasits believes that he cannot
participate in war. Being unable
to conscientiously serve in the
Armed Forces, he must now re
fuse induction on January 12 in
Raleigh.
In his talk here today, he will
state his position and answer stu
dent questions. In support
of Vlasits position, some students
from here will picket the Char
lotte induction center Friday at
7 a.m. and 12 noon.
More information will be avail
able after Vlasits talks and from
members of Students for ACTION.
Team Manager Looses Hair On Bet, See Page 2
flapping wings. This idea is once
again being seriously studied to
day. The ornithopter consisting of
a lattice-like wooden framework,
two moveable wings, and a series
of ropes and pulleys was to be
operated by the flyer, lying prone
in the framework. Da Vinci also
invented a parachute made out
of linen that is said to have been
used successfully.
As a leading military engineer
of his times, da Vinci’s designs
are astonishingly close to mili
tary ideas that are used today. His
machine guns, steam guns and
breech-loading cannons represen
ted tremendous strides in arma
ment making, and many of his
ideas plainly foreshadowed twen
tieth century developments. Per
haps one of his most startling
inventions is the armored car, the
ancestor of today’s tanks which
were not extensively used until
World War I. His tank was equip
ped with breech-loading cannons
and was completely maneuver-
able from inside. Its turtle-like
cover was intended to de
flect enemy tire.
As a scientist and engineer,
da Vinci was always concerned
with accuracy and measurement.
The show includes models of his
designs for a hygrometer for mea
suring humidity, an anemometer
for measuring wind velocity, and
an inclinometer for determining
the degrees of a slope.
In 1938, the city of Milan, Italy,
held a great exhibition of the
first full-scale reconstructions of
da Vinci’s works. It traveled
briefly, and during World War II
was completely destroyed by
bombs in Tokyo. Another group
of models, built in the United
States after the war, was ac
quired by IBM in 1951 and in
corporated into the company’s
touring exhibition program.
Recently the exhibition has been
completely redesigned. The
models, painted red, yellow, blue,
and greenaredisplayed with panels
of explanatory mateiial and
sketches in such fields as mathe-
matics,optics, botany, sculpture,
music and city planning.
Four of the exhibitions are now
touring the country on loan to
museums, colleges, libraries and
other educational and civic in
stitutions. They are part of a
touring exhibition program that
includes both art and science
shows. Last year IBM’s touring
exhibitions were seen in more
than 150 cities throughout
the United States.
The Charlotte campus of UNC
has been waiting for this exhibit
tor about three years, and has
finally managed to acquire it. It
promises to hold an interest for
many students on this campus.
GEORGE VLASITS