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PAGE FOUR THE DAILY TAR HEEL OCTOBER 11, 1934 Huarh Commends Intellectual Spirit Shown At Carolina New Physics Dean Is Impressed by Quiet and Independence of Chapel Hill. 'One reason for my coming to this University," said Dr. Ar thur E. Ruark, new head of the University physics department, "is the presence here of such an eager intellectual spirit. I am glad to be among a group of scholars who are free from the cares and distractions of metro politan life." Lecturing here last spring, Dr. Ruark was most favorably impressed by the way in which things are done here. He likes the quiet, almost aloof existence in Chapel Hill, and the interde pendence of own and Univer sity. Dr. Ruark's career to date has been an interesting one, even to those not interested in physics. He was born in Washington, D. C, of English, Scotch and Scotch-Irish ancestry. He did both his undergraduate and graduate work ait Johns Hop kins University in Baltimore, Maryland, where he got his Ph.D. degree in 1924. He start led out in civil engineering in college, but switched to physics while still an undergraduate. He was a member of the ato mic structure section of the U. S. Bureau of Standards in Wash ington, D. C, 1921-1926. He was appointed assistant professor of physics in the Sheffield Scientific school of Yale University in 1926. In 1927 he married Miss Sarah Grace Hazen, a graduate of St. Lawrence University. Canton, N. Y., and a member of Pi Beta Phi and Phi Beta Kap pa. Previous to their marriage, i i i i ' - sne naa Deen engaged in re search on the measurement of radio wave lengths at the U. S. Bureau of Standards, where Dr. Ruark had formerly worked. They have two little girls, Peggy Ann and Helen Louise. Earlier in the year, in view of his approaching marriage, he went into commercial work to get more money, as he had found teaching more interesting than lucrative. He became located at the Mellon Institute of Indus trial research in Pittsburgh, Pa., doing research on oil production for the Gulf Oil corporation. Later, the group of men doing research for this company was organized into the Gulf Research laboratory, working on prob lems of the flow of fluids, meth ods of increasing production of oil wells, and geophysical meth ods for finding oil deposits. In 1930, he was appointed pro fessor of physics in the Univer sity of Pittsburgh, where he taught graduate classes and did research on radio activity and the structure of the atomic nu cleus and cosmic rays. From Pittsburgh he came to Carolina this fall. Among Dr. Ruark's writings BEST, OF CARE! For Your Car 1 Texaco Products Marfak Lubrication Washing, Polishing, Waxing Firestone & Kelly Tires Willard Battery Service 3 University Service Station H. S. PENDERGRAFT, Prop. Telephone 4041 are two significant books. With Harold C. Urey, professor of chemistry at Columbia Univer sity and discoverer of "heavy hydrogen," he wrote "Atoms, Molecules, and Quanta." An other of his books worthy of note is "Modern Atomic Phys ics," in the writing of which he was assisted by six colleagues on the University of Pittsburgh staff. He is a member of the board of editors of the following peri odicals : "Physical Review," "Re view of Scientific Instruments," and "Philosophy of Science. Net Team Works For Turkey Day Battle (Continued from page three ) ent top-ranking player, was also a former winner, taking the tourney in 1931. The next competition sched uled is a varsity-freshman match which will immediately follow the school tournament. This meet will be watched with in terest as the frosh squad looks powerful and capable of extend ing the varsity to its limit. This contest will probably occur a few days before the tennis team de parts for Virginia to engage the Cavaliers in the annual Thanks giving meet. All Entrants In Annual Cake Race Must Be Made Today (Continued from page three) race. From now until the race each new entrant has six days to get in his six wprk-outs. These workouts are very im portant, as shown in the past when every winner and nearly all top placers have been those who took the required practices and more. To date only 78 nien have signed up. A good number more are expected to check in today to make the total rise to more than a hundred. All fraternity and dormitory athletic managers are warned to get their teams out to work today. Last year Gammon, Allen, and Gardiner tied up for first hon ors, coming in holding hands. These three have developed into the three outstanding soph pros pects for this year's track team and look great in the middle and longer distances. Prizes of all kinds will be awarded the ranking finishers. Last year the first fifty received awards. To date the total list of prizes has not been completed. Cakes form the major part of the prize list, going to the indi vidual and team winners. Intramural points will" be di vided as follows: teams repre sented by the first 15 men to fin ish shall receive points as fol lows : first, 15 points ; second, 14 . . . fifteenth, one. Team (composed of four men) winner shall receive 25 points ; second, 20; third, 15; fourth, 10; fifth, 5. Teams having most entrants shall receive points as in the pre ceding rule. No team, however, shall be able to receive more than a total of 150 points. Freshmen interested in boxing or in trying out : for positions as managers of boxing are re quested to meet with Jim Loth ian in the Tin Can today at 4:00 o'clock. k ,1 p-Ui4-rrrr,l h U Ji irtiBgBMgjBt WS'.W.'.Vv. 2 ill . - .v Yi New Economics Instructor F. S. Wilder is a new instruc tor in the commerce school. He has a" teaching fellowship in eco nomics. 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