Show SEEING STARS STIRS Des I evi es TOLEDO OH OHIO Distant O.-Distant Distant stars and nebulae some day may lose their mystery for lor fora a group of t hage h- h age scientists here whose novel hobby prompts th them m to gather one night a week weel for a a practical kind kindol h ol of star p They are nrc seven boys from rom Mo Mo- camber vocational high school and their heir work worl work although although although fue they haI hardly classify it as such such consists consists of build build build- ing six-inch six reflecting telescopes miniatures miniatures' res' res of the fhe power laden apparatus apparatus ap- ap par which which h modern-day modern astronomers astronomers astronomers as as- are are piercing the mysteries ies of space For tools the boys each garnered a lard can a a length of ot iron iron ironpipe pipe a a flange a piece of small pipe and anda a mounted inch half-inch disc of glass For tb the glass in the mirror itself they visited the nearby Libby- Libby 4 YOUTHFUL STAR STAIt GAZERS Gt e e These teen-age teen lads Glenn Brown Drown and Bob of l vocational high school In Toledo Ohio are putting the tho finishing touches to a home-built home reflecting telescope Ovi Owens Ford Ford ns-Ford Glass company and came away awny carrying six-inch six circular circular circular lar discs of glass three quarters rs of at an nn inch thick given them by a natured good-natured foreman as It came rolling off the machines All this and mathematics too is the slogan of Rollin Kontak Milam Mi Mi- lam Bok Bokan n Jan Hortan Bob Hagele Glenn Brown Frank Hischka and I Ed Elwing They mean they explain explain explain ex ex- plain that to make malce a mirror wIth with a parabolic surface is a trick that brings into play not only a knowledge of ot glass but frequent brushes with the textbooks Under direction of Harold Ewing i 1 instructor the boys are performing I 1 the intricate tasks entailed in grinding grind- grind 1 ing and polishing the discs of glass then converting them into mirrors Finally the mirrors will be installed 1 in tubes whose eyes will reach the 1 sky i They get no school credit for the work but as one small chap puts it its it's more fun tun than attending meetings and talking What can they see when they finish finish fin fm- ish Why they predict knowingly they'll be able to study Saturn and its rings and the four moons around Jupiter or they may be able to pick up a stray comet A close study of the moon will be a breeze That makes it all pretty worthwhile they figure |