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Clemson University TigerPrints Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences, Bobbin and Beaker College of 1953 The Bobbin and Beaker Vol. 12 No. 1 Clemson University Follow this and additional works at: https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/spec_bobbin Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. code). Use of these materials beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. For additional rights information, please contact Kirstin O'Keefe (kokeefe [at] clemson [dot] edu) For additional information about the collections, please contact the Special Collections and Archives by phone at 864.656.3031 or via email at cuscl [at] clemson [dot] edu Recommended Citation University, Clemson, "The Bobbin and Beaker Vol. 12 No. 1" (1953). Bobbin and Beaker. 164. https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/spec_bobbin/164 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences, College of at TigerPrints. It has been accepted for inclusion in Bobbin and Beaker by an authorized administrator of TigerPrints. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 3! STUDENT PUBLICATION OF THE CLEMSON TEXTILE SCHOOL "* - • , (i. ^^IW^*'^^^"T9^i^ ''**'5)?"'*;5Pi: OCTOBER 1953 ^^ Vol. 12 -X' .-^' [5 > m PERSPECTIVE \' ^ Take a cost-wise perspective on your mill operations and you'll find that your best buy in bobbins is U S equipment. Whether it is in the spinning room shown here, or any other stage of fiber processing, you'll find the extra durability and quality that U S builds into bobbins, wooden tubes, spools, cones, and rolls save you money. Remember, your total intesttnent in yarn carriers runs up to a large expenditure — as much or more than you pay for most units of processing machinery. To get the most for that in- vestment, you can rely on the 96-year experience and unequaled design and production facilities of U S. Talk to a U S sales representative first. You'll find // pays. Manufacturing Plants lAWRENCE. MASS GREENVILLE, S. C KEENE. N. H. U S BOBBIN & SHUTTLE CO. »"'•« 0»flc« lAWRtNCE, MASS cHA.Lo?Trrc°-*;s'Hi:sS»''c:;vT7tiV*''--" "°^'"««. ''^'''^'''''ii.u. oa « ' M.NNfAPOllS. mISn^^'-^^ DAIIA5OAllAS OJT't*'!''''!*/*.r [)ar,„l. T.,t,I, Jvppl, Co. lOS V^«o- ANCtllS I O Poul.i 174J W A.. CANADA, W. J W..,owo,, Manual, Q«. , Homil.on, Qn, THE Bobbin and Beaker Official Student Publication Clemson Textile School VOL. 12 OCTOBER 1953 No. 1 The Staff In This Issue Textile Industry Needs More Graduates BEN WILSON 4 Editor The State Flag of South Carolina 1 1__11~ 5 BOBBY COMPTON Principal Properties Which New Fibers Impart to Fabrics 6 Managing Editor New^ Frontiers 7 BEN CHREITZBERG New Weaving Machines 8 Business Manager Work at U.S.D.A. Clemson Cotton Laboratory 11 GEORGE MORGAN Phi Psi News 16 Assistant Business Manager N.T.M.S. News 16 THOMAS KENNET'TE Advertising Manager Ramie 19 The Textile School Takes to the Air 21 TED BANZ Assistant Advertising Manager Where Are They Now? 23 MAX GAINOR Circulation Manager THE BOBBIN AND BEAKER. Organized in November, 1939, by Iota Chapter of Phi Psi Fraternity, and published and distributed without charge four times during the school year by students of the Clemson College School of Textiles. All Rights Re- A. B. SWEET served. C. H. FERGUSON Address: The Bobbin and Beaker, School of Textiles, Clemson College, Clemson, South Carolina. Contributions POLICY— The views and opinions expressed in all guest articles are those of the writers DR. HUGH M. BROWN themselves, and must not be construed to necessarily represent the views and opin- ARTHUR E. McKENNA ions of the Editors of this magazine or of the Faculty of the Clemson College School Faculty Advisers of Textiles. THE BOBBIN AND BEAKER is a non-profit magazine organized to serve Clemson students and the textile industry. The publishing and circulation costs are financed G. R. MORGAN solely through proceeds received for advertisements. We ask our readers to con- Photographer sider favorably our advertisers when buying. 162806 Textiles Need More Graduates DR. HUGH M. BROWN Dean of Textiles At the last meeting of the National Textile School The main causes for the condition seems to be step- Deans two facts were stressed with great force. First, ped up appeals of all the so called "glamor" indus- the whole textile industry is clamoring for far more tries causing students to go into other fields, and the graduates than are available and, second, that at fact that the textile industry has not been bringing even a time of such need the number of graduates its unlimited opportunities to the attention of high was at the lowest level since the war. Studies show- school and college students. ed that this was not due to any lack of real oppor- tunity in textiles, indeed, statistics indicate that ad- Representatives from the textile press met with vancement in salary and responsibility was faster in the textile deans and in the last few months there textiles than most other industries. have been several fine articles giving analysis of the FOUR THE BOBBIN AND BEAKER SERVING THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY SINCE 1899 opportunities in textiles in comparison to those in other fields of engineering. Top textile executives have published statements showing that advance- ment in textiles usually more than makes up for the abnormally high starting salaries some other indus- tries have been offering to get graduates. Often these high starting salaries will be ofset by a policy of slower advancement. Many textile concerns are now going to the high schools with the real facts about opportunities in tex- tiles. Many are conducting open house visits so ev- ery high school senior may see the modern, interest- ing working conditions in today's industry. They are bringing to public attention the many new engi- neering and research openings made necessary by so many new fibers and new processes in the mills to- day. Everyone in the industry has a vital interest in helping to give the youth a full, true picture of tex- tile opportunities. When and if this is done, more college students will chose textiles. STANDARD OF THE WORLD THE STATE FLAG CONES OF SOUTH CAROLINA C. H. Ferguson The cover of this magazine is a picture of South Carolina's state flag. If the blue flag, which flies BE S over our state institutions does not coincide with this flag, it is a natural thing because no law has been made governing its structure. The law states that the colors shall be blue and white, and that the symbols shall be a crescent and a palmetto tree, but SONOCO's team of research experts further details are not given. Therefore, the color and modern mass production methods blue could be any of the various shades of blue and the palmetto tree, a picture of any of the different have been at the service of the textile kinds of palmettos. industry for more than half a century. Gov. Byrnes Product research and scientific devel- established a law that the Clemson SPECIALTIES College Textile School would manufacture the state opment have enabled Sonoco yarn • flag and would sell it at cost to anyone who wishes carriers and textile specialties to be- to purchase this flag. come the "standard of the world" Clemson's first step was to establish a standard wherever textiles are made. palmetto and its flag's color. This tree is the one pic- IC. VS rAT OFF tured on this on this magazine and the color is Na- tional Blue. This will be the standard state flag un- Sonoco Products Company MAIN OFFICE-HARTSVILLE. S. C. til the State Legislature establishes a law stating the MYSTIC. CONN. LOS ANGELES. CAL. BRANTFORD. ONT. exact design and color of our state flag. Philadelphia. Pa. Garwood, n. J. Lowell. Mass. granby Que DEPENDABLE SOURCE OF SUPPLY OCTOBER 1953 FIVE Principal Properties which New Fibers Impart to Fabrics Howard R. Hart Editor's Note: It has good dimensional stability, that is the shrink- (Address delivered by Mr. Howard R. Hart, manager of Burlington Mills' Brighton Division, before the spring age in washing is good. meeting of the National Council of Textile School Deans at Its resistance to wrinkling is good. No special fin- Panama City, Fla, April 29, 1953) ishes are necessary. In any discussion concerning the future of the tex- It takes pleats that are durable to washing—creases tile industry, we of Burlington Mills feel that the can be ironed out and put back in at the same tem- new and so called miracle fibers occupy a large place. perature. These fibers—Orion, Dacron, Acrilan, Dynel, and Its sunlight resistance is the best of any synthetic Viscara—are called new and rightly so. They are so fiber. new we don't know all we would like to know about It is quick drying. how to construct the best fabrics from them, nor do It can be cross dyed with nylon and silk readily we have all of their properties under control. How- and with viscose in most shades. ever, we do know the major properties which each of These characteristics indicate that its use will be in: them adds to a piece of cloth, and we also know some Washable woven and knit dress and blouse fabrics, of the short-comings which remain to be overcome. shirts which dry quickly and require little if any Some of the first questions that naturally come to ironing. In combination with silk, and with cotton mind are these: "Where do they belong—what types chambrays.