MWNMWW.M.M__ 444.4? Page Two ARMQMR Tfsilld NEWS Student Publication of the ARMOUR lNSTlTUTE OF TECBNOLOGY CHlCAGO, lLLINOlS Published Bi»Weekly During the College Year. Editorial Stall: Editor-in-Chief ....................................... John Homines Associate Editor ..David T. Sniith Humor Editor... Exchin Faculty Adviser .......................... Prof. Walter Hendricks EDlTQRlAL BOARD Frederick D. Payne Otto R. Bosch John T. Even Harry 1?. Eichin Walter J. Ze‘nner ASSlSTANT EDlTORS J. A. Bechtold F. B. Farrell J. E. Tar-man J. P. Edstrand E. W. Short E. B. Ross CONTRHBUTORS C. G. Anderson, A. Auerbach, J. A. Bechtold, E. P. Boynton, M. Coleman, H. Dozois, L. C. Dusberger, J. C. Edstrand, F. B. Farrell, D. G. Goren, G. A. Gibson, H. E. Gorsnson, B. W. Hindman, R. E. Johnson, I. G. Kstz, J. W. Kramer, R. Kilbourne, C. E. Morris, H. W. Montgomery, C. Olson, W. Paradzinslii, K. H. Parker, S. S. Pulaski, E. Ross, S. F. Russukov, C. L. Shabino, E. W. Short, J. G. Situler, G. H. Smith, F. Spalding, A. J. Stabovitz, R. F. Stellar, J. E. Tarman, R. Timmer— man, D. Urinston, G. H. Von Gehr. flusiness Strait Acting Manager ...................................... Elmer B. Kapke Assistants— Charles L. Rambolt, Morris Nelson, Stanley A. Beatty, P. E. Heath, R. E. Johnson, T. O’Malley. Vol. I. May 2, 1928 No. 3 Your Employer is From Missouri On the third page of this issue an article appears tell— ing of the employment by the General Electric Co. of seevn Armour men, who are to go to New York to learn the methods of the company. In future articles, the same reporter will tell of positions which other of the potential graduates will acquire upon their leaving A. I: T. . It seldom happens that an Armour graduate has to go begging for a job. The industries are all well aware of the fact, having learned it by experience, that Armour men are responsible men, men of ability. A very significant fact, however, is being brought out by our reporter's inquiry, namely this: Those men who have been active about school in extra—curricular actiw ities, other things being equal, receive more offers, and higher salaries, than those men who have simply done what was required of them and let it go at that. We naturally expect this to be the case. Those men who have shouldered additional responsibilities in such fields as athletics, publications, student administration. engineering societies, honorary fraternities, etc. have in so doing demonstrated to their prospective employers that they are equally capable of shouldering heavier responsibilities after they graduate. There are some among Armour students who think those foolish who perspire under the burden of extra activities. Their day of reckoning will come when com~ mencement approaches and their would-he employers say to them, “Well, I'd like to give you this job, but I have no way of telling- from your past experiences whether or not you can carry the responsibility it in- volves." Who Repairs The Gale? Monday morning the gate to the Armour Tennis courts was found to be broken. The gate was 0. K. Saturday. Sunday afternoon a group of students were seen on the courts playing tennis. The bill {or repairs on the gate was sent to these men. Soon the bill came back to the office, and the men came with it. They knew nothing about the breaking of the gate, they said. They had climbed the fence to get in. The question before the house seems to be, “Should these men who climbed the fence be made to pay for the gate, or should they not?" Obviously, the locked grate was there for a purpose. it protected the courts from improper use or careless abuse over the week—end. The enthusiasts who climbed the fence disregarded the authority of the lock. Now, we believe that the tennis courts should in some way be made available on Sunday to those students who live on or near the Campus. This could be done by giv— 'mg the caretaker permission to open the courts to the boys on Sunday should they desire to play. We believe also thst those same ardent followers of the game should not have over-ruled the authority of the cute, but should have petitioned to the office, in proper time, for permission to use the courts on Sunday. But, that still leaves the question open, “Who pays, for the gate?” We‘ll leave that to you. I l l l ARMOUR TECH NEWS presenters were csosswc lenses; 1 error; one run: A train wreck provided an unex- pected thriller for the Chemical En- gineering students that went to St. Louis by automobile to attend the American Chemical Society Con» clove the week of April 16. Any high spirits that existed before passing that particular railroad crossing were soon dispelled by the events which followed. Out on the highway about thirty miles from St. Louis, the A. I. T. men in their two automobiles were the only persons on the west side of the road, for a great distance. A large, red, four ton truck was speed- ing toward them in the distance. Suddenlya quite unguarded crossing was approached by our men. They hurriedly passed over it for a train was seen, coming from the left, but a block away. By this time the truck was tearing down upon the crossing, evidently trying" to beat the train to the crossing. With all eyes turned back to the crossing, the party saw the race end As the truck reached the crossing, the driver steered parallel to the track and jumped off. He had turned too late; the engine hit the truck in the side close to the rear end. Parts of the truck flew into the air; the massive rear end landed in a field a hundred feet away. With open mouths, the Ch. E’s saw the en- gine continue upright a short dis“ tance; then the pilot wheels were heard riding the ties. The locomotive left the tracks, and amid the hissing of steam heeled over on its side. The first two steel passenger cars rolled on their sides; the ten foot road bed was plowed up, and the drainage ditch on the side was filled with wreckage. in a tie. By this time, everyone of the party had jumped out and had started run» plug to the crossing. The contents of the truck, four tons of paint, cov- ered the road. They continued up the track to the locomotive. Steam was still escaping from the twisted and broken boiler pipes. Railroad tics had been scattered in all direc- tions; the locomotive lay twenty-five feet to the right of its track. A fifty foot length of railroad was hurled a hundred yards down the track; the wheels of the coal tender had been torn off; the overturned cab of the engine had scraped enough mud from the field as it skidded along to be half filled. The engineer had been buried l in this hot mud, meeting his death, with never a chance to fight for his life. The fireman had jumped, and was soon found covered with mud, but only slightly injured. Conflue— tors searched the cars, and the in- jured passengers were slowly brought forth. Luckily, the train was prac— tically empty, expecting; to fill up at St. Louis for its trip to Atlanta. One member of the Ch. E. party, L. Kramer, ’28, had a camera. He hurriedly topic the pictures which were shown on the bulletin board in the hall last week. in the meantime, Bob Brown, of senior fame, began to dig for the engineer, while others tried to be of assistance elsewhere. it was dangerous to enter the engine cab because of the steam which was still escaping, but the rescue work was continued by the students and train men until the proper author ities arrived. At this time, other no- toists and farmers appeared on the. scene. so the chemicals decided to go on to St. Louis before dark. Arrlv» ing there, the St. Louis Globe~Demo- crst ofiice was told the. story, and the . Joint initiation Banquet By Hoaaorories Thursday The Joint Honorary—Initiation Ban- quet, sponsored by the Honorary Fra- ternity Council, is to be held Thurs— day evening, May 10, in the Ballroom of the Illinois Woman’s Athletic Club, according to G. H. Von Gehr, '28, who is in charge of the publicity for This ail'aii‘ will he the grand finale of all honorary frater— nity activities at Armour for this se— master. the banquet. The banquet is the first of its kind ever to be. sponsored at this school, and if it should prove a success, will be repeated again next year. The fraternities represented in the Hon- orary Fraternity Council are Tau Beta lPi, Pi Tau Sigma, Eta Kappa Nu, Salamander, Phi Lambda Upsil— on, Sphinx, and Pi Nu Epsilon. In arranging this banquet, the Council has attempted to remedy the unde- sirable condition of having each hon- orary hold its own initiation banquet. By holding one joint banquet, duplin cate expenses are avoided, the stand— ard of entertainment can be raised, the expenditure of time necessary on the part of initiates and actives can be materially reduced, and the affair can be made one of wider general in— terest, according to a statement of Mr. Von Gehr. Dr. John Timothy Stone, Pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, will be the principal speaker. Dr. Stone is 21. former football star of Amherst, and a very popular and interesting speaker. He has as yet not announced his subject. Prof. J. C. Peebles will act as toastmaster. Six special acts of entertainment have been provided, in addition to the continuous entertainment during the dinner proper. Stresses and Strains will he on hand to mete out the music. The committee in charge of the de- tails of the banquet consists of E. B. Kaphe, K. H. Parker, and l. B. Lueth, W. M. Horn, F. D. Payne, and G. A. Crappie compose the committee in charge of the program. Tickets are to be $2.50 Armour Scores 5 limos; Third. Detect For Delgalb (Continued from page 1) sacrificed sending Donnelly across the plate. Concidine closed the in~ mine by grounding to Rosie who threw to Robin for the putout. Armour Scot-en Five Edstrand opened the Tech third by grounding to Martin who let the ball go through him. Rosie fanned. Gent grounded and both runners were safe. Augustine then lofted in back of second and the runners advanced. it was here Edstraud and Swanson collided at third. The play should have been a force out by logging- the base, but instead the runner was played and Eds‘trand was badly in— jured and forced to remain out of the game. During his demise, Simp— son rim and scored after Yount drew it pass after an attempted squeeze play. This was the start of the big inning. Siehno singled, sending two more markers across the rubber. Jer~ vis grounded to third sud was thrown out, with another run scoring,r on the play. Larsen relieved Bower on the mound. Eedberp; misjudged Reichle's fly and Stehno rnced home with num» her live. Robin put an end to the ramp lay lining to right. Beiislb firearm Up Armonr's butters could do nothing with Larsen in the eighth and ninth. {Touch Kraft sensed denger of losing; the game as the teachers were creep— ing up and. sent Simpson to the mound to relieve Stel‘ino. The first man 15:705. ded to King, and the other pictures sold to them The story alyi five who {raced him shut their eyes ‘ l peered in the ensly issues, the pimlami swung. iuros following: in a later one. iinsl score, Armour ii. DeKnih it. ml M ~ 2 w. "a re 99 :: ii’h‘llf: seine it‘ll; 3: Cleave to “The Slipsticlc”; lei the Slapstick Eiy where it may. oeuwmmnaw c We ill! iii Eidl’d gross Here in arrest is a world full of motion, Caught in the lakes, and brought from the ocea. : Fish that have sworn over corally strands, . Finned their way strangely by mystical. lands... Filmy eye, fishy eye, what have you seen? Watery lightning, 0, where have you been? Isn’t it silly how stilly you lie! Isn’t it odd to be kippered and dry! *Wailter Hendricks. Sunk! I An ardent angler took a friend fishing. He knew notb- », I log the gentle art, but was set up with the necessary . tackle and a nice, comfortable seat. on the bank. The experienced hand started fishing a few rods higher Lip—stream. Presently the novice said, “How much do those red; things cost?” ‘ “I suppose you mean the float?" said the angler. “That costs about ten cents.” “Well, I owe you ten cents,” said the novice. you let me take has sunk." ”The one 30MB MORE London, England, April 11.—E-fish-ency is the watehe word at the Hospital for Set-amen. Latch; shere came 2;. strange old man whose speech attendants could not. tin- dcrstand. They burned his clothes, shaved him, bathed him, and put him to bed with a sleeping draught. Next day it was found he had come to visit a friend. Many men get over believing in firearms after inst-tying them. 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