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Wootern Society oi Engineers Grunts Use of Rooms in
New Wanker Drive fluilding; Chapman in
Charge oi Allows

What is itY—Freshmun Smokerl

Where? Rooms of Western So-
ciety of Engineers!

When? Wednesday, Dec.
‘7 :30 p. 111.!

That is the dope, freshmen, and
the whole gang will be there.

At last the dreams of a hard workw
ing committee came true when» they
inmic’ their announcement of the
smoker. This event is something new

Vin the way of social events here at
Armour, and has caused considerav
tion on the part at everyone.

“This smoker,” Dave Chapman,
chairman of the Freshman social
committee, says, “I believe, is a good
way to get the freshmen together.

Since the “handshake" the freshmen
have just gone through their daily
grind and have become acquainted
with only a few in their own deport—
mcnts. I hope that this will bring
them closer together.”

The members of the committee on»
nouncc that they have secured excel—
lent entertainment. Profeseor John

'J. Schommer is to give a tall: upon
some subject, to be chosen by him.
It is rumored that this subject may
have something to do with football,
and include a low Swedish jokes, but
no uuthoritative statement has been
made yet. Through the courtesy of
Mr. Mercer, a prominent Chicago en-
gineer will give the talk of the eve-
ning, An added treat will be a read-
ing; by Professor Amsbary. Then the

freshmen will have some of their own
lei/it: Four of them have banded
together to form a string quartctte.

They will entertain (3’) with a few

numbers.

Refreshments will be plentiful,
consisting of cake, apples, and ice
cream in the form of “Dixies.”

This social function has met with
the approval and help of both the
Deans. As a measure of their wish
ing the freshmen success, they will
furnish the cigars and cigarettes.
They have also announced that there
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Station 'WIBO will broadcast a
one-hour program of pictures next
Monday morning beginning at 11:30
as ‘part of an experiment in “tolevi
slon” being conducted jointly by the
Armour Branch of the American In-
stitute of Electrical Engineers and
the Armour Radio Association.

At the Armour Tech end of the
:ysystcm, a complete apparatus for the
'reception and development of the
"television” program will be operat—
ed through the courtesy of the Gap
tcr Radio Corporation.

Mr. U. G. Sanabria of the Carter
Radio Corporation will be in charge
of the apparatus. Pictures will be

 

  

 

any freshman on Wednesday evcn- thrown on a screen in Science Hull
ing. where all students of the electrical
A nominal charge, twenty—five department, as well as any others

who may have an open hour at that
time and are interested in the dem~
onstration, may view this most re-
cent of the developments in the field
of communication.

Station WlBO is the broadcasting
unit of the Nelson Bros. Bond and
Mortgage Co. The pictures they are
to broadcast will be sent especially
for reception by the apparatus lo—
cated in Science Hall, where the two
organizations will be in joint meet»

cents, is being made to cover the
cost of refreshments. This is being
.collected by selling tickets; which
have been going so fast that over
two hundred freshmen are expected
to turn out.
The rooms of the Western Society
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New Elli“ Novigation

  
  
 
  

the Armour Tech Glee Club in a con—
cert Wednesday evening, December
12, to be broadcast over station WLS.
The glee club will be featured on the
c
Sears Roebuck station between 9:30
and 10:15.
instructed to meet at the Sherman
house studio, Clark
9:10.

the program has as yet been made.

  

Dr. Daniel Protheroe will direct

horal hour regularly given by the
The glee club has been

and Lake, at

No definite choice of numbers for

However, a tentative list of selec—
tions has been made and includes the
following numbers: “The Lost
Chord,” “Viking Song,” “Winter
Song," “Ma Li’l Banjo,” and scve'al
other pleasing renditions. The pro-
gram will also probably contain sev-
eral of Dr. Protheroc’s own compo—
sitions.

The glee club this year has a
wealth of freshmen talent in its
ranks, much of which has shown are
ccptional ability. Dr. Proihcroe be-
lieves that with the quality of tone
and volume displayed during the re~
cent rehearsals, the program will be
one of merit, and a credit to the
school.

The last rehearsal of the club be-
fore the broadcast will be held to-
night at 5 o’clock in the assembly
hall.

The director and members of the
chorus will welcome any comment
listeners may have to make on the
program. These criticisms may be
sent to the NEWS letterhox, or bet»
ter still, may be addressed directly to

bone, lienn Returns
liven Visit in boot

Dean Penn returned last week on
Wednesday from an interesting trip
to Stevens institute of Technology,
where he, attended the inauguration
of Dr. Harvey N, Davis, the new
president of the college. This con—
vention indicates the spirit of coop-
eration that exist among the various
institutions of the country. Repre-
sentatives from 152 different col—
loge-s, universities, and societies at-
tended, whcre they joined with the
alumni and students of Stevens Insti—
tute in giving; Dr. Davis a hearty in-
auguration. There were 381 people
attending; the inaugural dinner, while
during the ceremonies, the audito—
rium was packed to overflowing.
01a Stevens Loco umpiayea
As a part of the program, the
Pennsylvania Railroad staged a dam-
onstration with a replica of the John
Stevens locomotive which was built
in 1826. The tracks on which the
engine ran were made of Wood, which
were fastened together on the top
with short iron straps. On curves,
short, straight pieces were used ruth—
er than curved rails. Centered lie--
tween the two main rails in a third,
also of wood, on top of which are sec-i
tions of cast-iron track to gear with
a cog wheel on the locomotive. The
carriage itself is fittcd with ordinary
wagon wheels about live licet high,-—-
entirely independent of the power
plant. Near one end is the boiler en~
cased in a cylindrical iron shell sur-
mounted by n flat cone which term»
inatcs in a cylindrical stock. This
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Station WLS.

Si’lvi‘ll’EWeC GEM
EXPERF" rulers

Till CHEMIZ’CALS

 
   

by Mr. G. Everct
ject of Synthetic Gems. Prof. Freud
introduced the speaker as a former
professor in the Electrical Engineer-
ing Department of the institute. Mr.
Marsh is one of the country’s fore"
most experts in this line, and. is a
manufacturer of these gems. His
factory has a yearly production of
about 2,000,000 carats.

Mr. Marsh stated that all the liter~
ature on the subject was to be found
in French as the French have alone

were all concentrated on the ruby.

until 1 880.

oxy—hydrogen flame.

to an alundum pencil.

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Method ”in he ”taught

A new or rother improved method
of air navigation will be given in the
Aeronautics courses at day and night
school. Prof. J. R. Griffith will teach
this method in conjunction with the
Air Navigation course taught in the
Civil option in the second semester.
Philip V. H. chrns, Lieutenant
Commander, U. S. Navy, developed
this new method at o suggestion rc—
cclvcd from Mr. K. H. Bcij ofv the
Bureau of Standards. By the so-
called “Weems’ Method” of fixing
one’s position astronomieally, it is
possible to reduce the time of com—
putation to 40 seconds, or about one-
eighth of the usual time rcquired.

The “Weems’ Method” makes use
of a suecially designed sextant, which
incorporates a bubble as an artificial
horizon, and a series of star charts
that were developed by Lt. Corn.
chxns. By the use of these charts
and the improved sextant, Col. Lind-
bergh was able to fly a plane with
one hand and determine his position
by taking: a sextant altitude with the
other. '

Him article by Lt. Com. Weems ap-
peared in the issue of “Liberty” of
‘ November to in which his tonic was,
“Knocking Lindbergh flow to Fly.”

Mr, Sanabria is a pioneer in the
development; of. visional broadcast,
having had charge of the Carter Co.'s
research work for many years. He
will explain the development and the
present status of the invention to
the gathering, and will answer any
questions propounded by those pres—
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Pictures Talbert More
For Evening American!

Friday, November 28, the school
was visited by a reporter and staff
photographer of the “Chicago Eve—
hing American” for the purpose of
taking pictures of the students at
work in the various engineering lub—
oratorics. These pictures are to i1»
lustratc an urticlo to appear in the
magazine section oP the Saturday
American in the near future.

Various machines were photo—
graphed in operation in the chemical
engineering; laboratory. in the niot~
allurgy lob. pictures of students

and annoying; were taken.
were also taken in the gas anal-no
dynamo labs.

 

per- tion, was confined to his homo
forming the operations of smolting 7623 Bennett
Pictures His physician gave him orders to his}:
and at home for a few days due to in:

 

 

ess is used today.

Only the purest chemicals can be
used to prepare the materials for the
Often the best grade on the
market must be purified further be

gems.
fore it is acceptable for use.

neared

1904. Snpphireu appeared in 1010

four thousand dollars.

flaws.
Only gems of. the ruby and sup
phu‘o type can he made at present

is made in its place.
hlcCAF‘i-‘R‘EY, filLUM‘Nl $EE’Y.
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.l. Warren MoCnil‘re'y, ’22, .
tory of the Armour Alumni A

Avenue lost Monday

attack of influenza.

most of the work in synthetic mineral
chemistry since 1880. Early attempts

Small rubies were made as early as
1850 but large ones were not made
These were made by low
troducing‘ finely powdered aluminum
oxide into the oxygen supply of on
As the parti-
cles hit the flame they are melted
and are then driven by the blast on—
This is a very
diflicult process as the reaction. must
be carried on above 2250 degrees
not exceed
2450 degrees Centigrade. This proo-

Commercial synthetic rubies up:
on the American market in

A two caret ruby made synthetically
costs about three dollars, while the
natural gem of the same size costs
The gems
made by men are identical with the
natural product, except that the prod~
not is more uniform and free from

Emeralds me not made although :1
mom of superior wearing; properties

  
 

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FEATURED ill! 3.1%???”
EWGENEER MSUE

‘ Resplendent in a duo—color cover,

the first number-of the Armour En~
ginecz', the school quarterly publica~
tiou, was distributed Wednesday, No~
vernbnr 28. This is the twentieth
year of publication of the magazine,
and the bountiful supply of illustra—
tions and photographs, feature arti—
cles, and news matter in the recent
issue uphold its reputation.

Several Student Articles

Four student articles were fea»
turcd in this issue of the Engineer.
The authors of these articles were M.
B. Golbcr, ’29, L. C. Kantncr. '31,
N, S. Ewmg, ’29, and l. G. Klein,
’29. The Commencement Address to
the class of 1.928 by S. L. Avery.
president of the United States Gyp-
sum Co, and a discussion of the re—
lation between the utility companies

and educational in. itutions by
George R. Jones, Vice‘orcsidcnt of
the Public Service Company of
Northern Illinois, are included. An

article by R. H. Earle, ’17, on Show
niium Plating is an added feature.
The many excellent advertisements
by national manufacturers and firms
add to the dignity and general 3p»
peorancc of the publication. The
high quality of paper used, and the

 

was made us: all contribute towards
the high standard of the magazine.
The stall“ of the Armour Engineer is
as follows:

L. If". Bernhard, ’20, Editor.

M. B. Golber, ’29, Associate Editor.
itor.

H. E. Donois,
News Editor.

‘20,

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A. J. Stubovitc, ’29. Humor Editor.
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Editor.
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"loosens in {loaning Match; New Cheerleader
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Armour pried open the lid u
basketball season with a rather
auspicious start before 200 local {sue
losing the initial bottle to Crane Col-
lege to the inharmonious tune oi 42
to 15.

The score might seem to indicaze
that the home outfit's .
strength was not up to standmd, ‘
a. survey of the game reveals some
sad news that is startling in “any
respects. The Boilermakers comm t—
ted many an unpardonablc sin in the
frequent missing of free throws,
many of which missed the marl; by a
hair’s breadth. A hair’s breadth is
just as far as not at all, so many of
their attempts at evening the lop-
sided score went for naught. Tl: t,
together with inaccurate passing and.
that certain lack of offensive forma—
tion who tithe ball was in local pos—
session, hindered their chances as
laid waste their hopes of overcome“,
the Cranemen.

Crane Filer. Up Early Lead

Crane started the fireworks in t:
opening moments of play and toil
at a rapid pace. Armour often is:-
terrupted their progress but was
hammored too schrely, and could
not snap out of its slumber.

Tell Plays Sicllar Game

The occasional baskets registered
by Tell sent the stands into a verit-
able uproar. and the 200 rabid Eons.
made use of every available oppon
tunity to cheer the efforts of Couch
lirotft’s proteges. When the teen:
failed to furnish the Tech following
with any Eamon to echo out their en-
thusiasm. “Andy“ Andrews, A):—
mour's new sensation, and John
Brady, supplied 5 i’dcient pep to give
the engineers an added impetus to
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Alumni, Varsity Ploy
[it Honor “it.” Reunion

The Honor “A” Society is inaugu-
rating Armour chh’s first “Athletic
Alumni Reunion" tonight, The oven‘.
is being undertaken to revive intcl'u
0le of the alumni in the sports activv
itics or their alma mater.

Banquet at Laitota

The gathering will first Witness a
basketball game between the alumni‘
and the varsity tennis, .who.ivill play.
at the Eighth Regiment Armory, 35th
and Giles Ave, at. 5 p. m. Immedi-
ately after the game, the crowd will

. cmble at the Lakota Hotel, a: ildth
and Michigan, whore a dinner will be
served followed by on aftcrvdlrmer
program.

Schommer to Tall»:

During the course of the evening.
the following men, all of whom are
vitally interested in the progress of
athletics here, will address the group

 

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Armour Plays in Sparse

AL times, the home eager: come to
life and it seemed as though the al~
ready one~sided affair would even
up. But these spurts were soon
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J. Schommcr, athletic director; C. A. (Continued on page 4v COL 3)

findrews dishes gen?
Flt inst liege disc‘s

’l‘ibbals, tennis couch; W. C. Krailt,
baseball and basketball coach; E. W.
McGillim-ay, swimming coach, and
A. A. Stung, .lr., track coach.
Cross-Country Mon lnvitccl

Coach Stagg requests that the
‘mcmbers of the cross-country team
be present ,since he has an announce—
ment to lillllic which “‘1” be of inter-
est to them. The nature of this an—
nouncement lie refused to divulge.
The presence of members of the 50—]
cicly is imperalivc.

The secretary of the society hasl
sent out letters in 150 of its alumni‘
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