American skill and ingenuity have done it again. Wherever, across this broad land, there is a challenge, men respond with their hearts and brains.

Industries throughout the nation are working day and night to turn out the tanks planes, and guns which will make this troubled world secure. University men too are engaged in a singuler, it somewhat different, endeavor.

The news that moonshiners were at work within the University shocked both professors and students last week: Only a small, far-sighted group declined to make brash assumptions of the crime and corruption. To that group, only the positive side of the situation became evident.

This group of men has triumphed. They have made their names legendary--high among the greats of science. They have carried the theory of liquid distallation to its logical extension. They have invented the pocket still.

Plans Made Public

Realizing the enormous weight of their discovery, these pioneers feared immediate government anti-trust action. They decided to loose their knowledge upon an unsuspecting world. On this page, for the first time local experts present the plans and instructions for building the pocket still, right in your own room.

Two sets of plans are included. To the right is the basic one Follow it closely and you can build a simple still in less time than it takes to build the advanced still, pictured below. A still is always a still, but the basic model must be powered by lung.

Tools are rudimentary, say Men Who Know Only a knife, a pair of blurt pliers, a pair of needle nosed pliers, a file, a hammer a drill and a set of assorted bits a pair of shears, a bench rise, a jeweler a screwdriver, and a simple soldering iron are required.

Kick the Can

The sides, top, and bottom of the basic still, with which we shall deal, are made of tin. Take any large can and jump on it soundly. If it does not squash immediately, repeat the process. When you have flattened the can, cut it into two squares, 2" x 2", and into four rectangles, 3" x 2". Take one of the squares and call it the bottom piece. Either square will do.

Again working with the tin, you must now make two boxes. The large one, containing the original mash, is found at the left, of the plans, which were adopted from the basic chemistry texts. The other, containing the moonshine, is found at the right of the plans.

Both of the boxes must fit flush with the sides of the still, say the local distillers, most of whom have gone underground. Cut the boxes from the tin can, following the plans closely. You will have to drill a large hole in the mash container, to accomodate that bottle-looking thing, which, indeed, is a bottle. A small medicine bottle, the pill kind, is supposed to make the best bottle for this still. If you haven't got a drill large enough for that size hole, drill smaller holes around and then file out. Drill, file; drill, file; drill, file . . . you'll get it eventually.

The alcohol container, on the right, necessitates two holes, one on top and one on the side. After you have finished drilling, solder the parts together to make the two boxes. One word of caution: because this still requires heat, the fuel box, at bottom left, must have hinged, closable cover. Otherwise, you will lose your pants on a windy day.

Miles of Tubing

You are now ready for the intimate construction. Materials are abundant. For example, Adams C-entry currently sports a sign which reads. "For sale Cheap; 15 ft. 3/8" copper tubing; two kettles, with covers; several packages of Brewer's Yeast; 12 lbs, sugar."