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THE TAR. HEEL
Tuesday, March 5, 1929
HENDERSON TALKS
ABOUT RELATIVITY
University Professor Gives His
Ideas on New Theory of '
Scientist.
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By. J. P. HUSKINS ,
Dr. Archibald Henderson, head of
the Mathematics Department of the
University of North Carolina and a
member of the Eoyal 'Academy of
Science, was told recently, that he
had a visitor; "and on going 'clown
from his study to receive his caller,
he found him quietly enjoying a game
of marbles with the boys, little won
dering whether those marbles rolled
along on the carpet because of any
particular warp in . space, or whether
any line was , straight or any circle
round. v ..." ' '' :
"Do you want to talk to me ?"
asked Dr. Henderson. V. :
, "Yes, if you have the time," was
the answer. ' - . . "
"Well, fire away, fire away!"
"It's rather hard to fire when Vour
gun's not loaded," confessed the
caller, who had come to talk of Ein
stein and Relativity. ,
Both laughed, and the interview
had started.
"Dr. Henderson; as you know, Ein
stein has announced a third theory
in which he is reported to have said
that there were only twelve men in
the , world capable of understanding,
Are you one of the twelve?"
- Dr.- Henderson . said . something
about being kidded and continued,
. -"No, I'm not one of the twelve. Or
if I am, I don't know it; for I have
not ye" received an exact copy of
the theory. - I have my own idea of
what it deals with however."
"In what way does it differ from
'-his former theories?" the questioner
' continued. .
"In order to understand the jneari-
ing of the new theory, it's necessary
to have a general knowledge of the
foffiier ones," the head of the mathe
matics department explained.
Here he plunged into an exposition
nf Einstein's Special and General
'Relativity, theories. A summary fol
lows : The Special Relativity theory
deals primarily with motion of bodies
in time and space. Only systems
moving with uniform relative velocity
are included. For example, Einstein
showed in this theory that all phe-
"nomena of nature' are the, same for
any two observers who move rela
tive to one another rectilinearly,
" with a constant velocity. Gravita
tion is left out of account; and, a
fundamental place is given to the
' constancy of light velocity in empty
space. The velocity of light in free
space appears the same to all observ
ers regardless of the relative motion
of the source of . light and the ob
server. ; . ..:' ' ' -
But this' theory was not all- inclu
sive; -it had taken no consideration
of gravitation.' Therefore Einstein
set himself to the explanation of this
phenomenon. So he formulated his
- General Relativity theory, explaining
gravitation as a warp in space caused
by an electro-magnetic field set up
by the presence s of matter which' is
in origin and structure"' electro-magnetic.
Therefore space and matter
are relative, and the nature of space
is not fixed but is 'relative to matter.
The geometry of any region is con
ditioned upon the . nature of the
: gravitational field. Distance and
duration, for thi3 reason, - must be
estimated in relation to the observer.
"Now," continued Dr. Henderson,
"Einstein's .last theory deals, doubt
lessly with' the nature and composi
tion of light There are two ideas
concerning the composition and
transmission of light. Some scien
tists are working1 with one and are
getting results that seem to estab
lish their position. 'Others ar work
ing . with the other" and are getting
equally convincing Tesults. Some
scientists hold that light is) a series
-of waves set up in ether. The other
conception, the corpuscular theory,
is that light travels .,in bundles.
Einstein's latest work is r an attempt
to bridge over; this gap in scientific
reasoning by harmonizing these two
theories." .
"Dr.r .Henderson, since Einstein's
explanation of gravitation eliminates
the idea of one body's exerting an
attraction , for another body, do you
Believe there is any fixed frame
work of reference around which the
whole universe revolves?"
"No. According to Einstein there
can be no" fixed frame-work of refer
ence. If there were, then it would
be impossible to establish the idea of
absolute motion," , ."x '
. '.'Then do ' you agree with Sir
Oliver Lodge in his attempt to estab
lish aether as this fixed reference?"
"Lodge is very much like Archime
des, who said that if you would give
him a lever long enough, he could
turn the world over. But he .'didn't
have any place to puij his. lever.
Lodge's theory ij all right, but he
doesn't have any place to. put it."
YORK FORI CLUB
Men Working for General Elec
tric in Schenectady Hold
; Interesting Bleetings. ;
Graduates of North Carolina col
leges now employed by .the General
Electric organization in Schenectady,
N. Y., have organized a Tar Heel club
which is having an active existence
according to word brought here by
Henry Wheeler, sonpf Dr. Afvin "S.
Wheeler and a recent University gra
duate, who is now with. the.General
Electric Company in Schenectady.
M. L. Rockfield, State1 .' College
alumnus, is president, H. G. Wheeler,
graduate of .the : University, isv vice-president,-and
S. W. Matthews, State
College graduate, is secretary- treas
urer. -': ,
The organization held a very en
joyable banquet last week to discuss
plans for the year, v . N ' ...
At this time it, was decided to pre
pare a pamphlet . witn pictures ana
positions of all North Carolina men
in " the General Electric, organization
to 'show the opportunities for , North
Carolina men in the corporation, the
pamphlets to., be distributed among
North Carolina institutions. v
The banquet was followed by an
interesting program showing the
growth of photophone, the General
Electric contribution to talking
movies, from the germ of an" idea to
the present stage of development.
An interesting feature in this con
nection was the reproduction of the
first sound ever recorded on aphoto
graphic film, by Mr. Hoxie in 1921.
The original apparatus used in this
recording was shown and its use-demonstrated.
' , ,-
The possibilities of using photo
phone for commercial films and '.for
entertainment films were described.
As a final touch three short films
were shown to show how much better
the laboratory reproduction is than
theatre reproduction.
T. Jr McManis, assistant publicity
manager for General Electric, has
been largely instrumental in helping
the Tar Heel grads organize.. ...
To Issue Pamphlet
On Holiday Courses
Word has been received at the In
stitute, of International Education! in
New York that the League of Nations'
Institute of Intellectual Cooperation
will again publish a pamphlet giving
full information concerning ' holiday
courses which will be given in Europe
next summer. : , - x
The pamphlet will contain inf orma
tion concerning where the courses will
be held, subjects of instruction, fees,
diplomas awarded, facilities -: for
travel and residence, and ' the name
of "the person to whom inquiries may
be addressed. It will contain Tro-
grams of more than- one hundred
courses. .
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UNIVERSITY BAND GIVES EX
CELLENT PROGRAM SUNDAY
, Continued from page one)
by R. M. Chamberlain and K. L.
Kjellesvig. They were very good in
their individual parts, but when
joined in chorus by the band, the
shrill notes of some dying piccolo
tried to throw them out of harmony
with each other. It is conceded that
it is, very, .difficult for two flutists to
keep perfect time with each other
while playing a hard part of a num
ber, but there were times in which
the audience sensed that one of" the
players was off key, and yet could
not distinguish who it was. The
piccolo section came into prominence
when the band rejoined the flutist,
but not for any fame for there were
rmany instances in , which ""the - piece
threatened to be rumed by their being
off pitch and grabbing: notes before
the director instructed, them to.
,The Londonderry Air (arranged by
Lake) was next on the program and
very beautiful. It was a sad sort of
piece, one that kind of put you in a
reminiscent mood; . It was well played
and the "band - came 'together in an
excellent fashion while playing this
selection. The trumpet section came
in for more praise on this number,
and this may be termed the best
played selection in the first group. ; -"
The second group, was opened by
the Serenade Roccoco (by Meyer
Helmund). It was a very; lively
number and was well done. Charles
White was again noticed in his play
ing in this selection. The last two
notes were , played by the bassoon,1
furnishing a clever ending for the
enjoyable piece. -
Under the Spanish Flag; from the
Cubaland Suite (by Sousa), ; came
next. : The clarinets were oft- key to
a great extent. They furnished, how
ever, a happyv medium between the
way the piece should have been played
and the. way tthe erratic piccolo was
playing it. The whole brass section
performed . excellently during ''this
number, but -the beauty of-the piece
was spoiled by the noisy clarinets.
The last number, a fantasia, Nero,
The Burning of Rome (by Colby)
was wonderful. It was by far the
best on the program, ! and any other
faults that the band had were cer
tainly erased from the memory of
the audience by the. excellent way in
which the", band played this selection.
It was the most difficult to play and
by far the best played. Every sec
tion of the band did well on this se
lection. The piece, in its ef a tonal
story of the castle of Nero with its
revelry bursting out into flames, was
thoroughly" enjoyed. The audience
went home satisfied. The last num
ber was worth paying a priee of ad
mission (although none was charged
Sunday) to hear. ;
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by Suttons Drug Store any time between 1:30 and .4:00 or 6:30 and 9:30
on Wednesday or Thursday of this week and see if we have your name on
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Also, all fourth year undergraduates and candidates for graduate de
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is. -famous as the scene of
the 1928 International Air Races
and Aeronautical Exposition.
Equally famous among flyers is
the perfect illumination which
enabled pilots on the night pro
grams to land with, all the, ease
and assurance of '
those who did their
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To blanket the field" with
brilliance and yet avoid dangerous
flying there by day.
The result 'was an achievement
in airport lighting: which has
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the Westinghouse, engineers who perfect of any , in the United
States. ,' ."
The outstanding jobs go to
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