. propellers and block motors make a ) sition being given this week at the Alllllllflllll TECH NEWS bustling; Attraction @l Elly ’l‘his Weigh Cloudy Planes, Wonder Engines Feature Brilliant, colored bodies, glittering wonderland of engineering dreams of the International Aeronautical Expo~ Coliseum; Greer building, and First Regiment Armory. All the modern types of planes are represented among the eighty-one air craft, with both American and foreign products sharing the honors of the exhibit. Huge crowds throng the exhibits daily. Perhaps the two most popular ex- hibits are the largest, and the small» est; one a huge Martin bomber, with u siznty~five foot wing spread, the other, a small “air flivver" to be built by the purchaser and costing less than two hundred dollars. Among the notables attending the show are Eric Nelson, Leigh Wade, and Jack Harding, three of the “Round the World” flyers of several years ago; Margaret Stimson, famed woman flyer; Anthony Fokker, air plane designer and head of the air— craft corporation bearing his name; 0. M. Keyos, chairman of the board of directors of the Curtiss Coqllarry Gugenheim, millionaire aviation enn thusiast; William P. McCracken, office department in the Coliseum building, which will accept letters to Annoumcsiiunr The Deans' Office desires to an~ nounce that the Christmas Holiu days begin Monday, December 24. and continue through Saturday, January 5. No men will be ex~ cused from school, before or after those dates, for any reason. This means that men. will have to be present at classes on Saturday, December 22, and again on Mon— day, January 7. The Institute will be closed between these two dates. W— oiol Filley limited in lingo Moos Attack ‘ A prelude to the freshman-sopho- more class rush held in the spring; was enacted on Tuesday of last week when non-civils conducted c whole- sale raid on “Civil Alley” in the base— ment of the Mission Building, in an attempt to push through the private quarters “en masse." Complications arose due to the fact that there were no distinguishing colors for the but tlers, but this did not destroy the effectiveness of the fracas since the non—civils were all pushing in one di‘ rection and the ”civils in the other. The Reason for the Attack The reason for the rush as given by the non—civils was because the civ- ils have recently prevented anyone who is not a member of the “Alley” from taking the short cut through the basement of the Mission Build- 1 of why they prevented the non-civils from going through their quarters. W’ Edison Mon Fells ill llpporlnnitics T. G. Le Claire, Field Engineer oi: the Edison Company and Secretary of the Chicago Section addressed a meeting of the A. I. E. E, Monday, Nov. 26, 1928, in Science Hall. Mr. Le Claire, a graduate of the Engi— neering course at Idaho University and of a course at General Electrical Co. of Schenectady, spoke on “Up- portunities in Engineering.” “Absolute faith in the future of! Electrical Engineering and Keeping in touch with the engineering socie- ties are elements of success in the engineering utility tiel ," said Mr. Le Claire. The first reaction of the student after graduation is to revolt against the great amount of detail work required. Mr. Le Claire ad» vised that honesty, enthusiasm and optimism are the qualities for suc- cesa and advised all men “to stick to it.” FRATERNlTY NOTES: Beta Psi announces the initiation of three of last year’s pledges; Rich» ard Stevenson, Walter Birch, and Wil— bert Deering, also the pledging of Alton J. Jungels and W. M. Miran. The Theta Xi’s will give a dinner and dance at its house on Sunday, December 16. Phi Pi Phi announces the estab— FROSH SMOKER WEDNESDAY Hollzmd Tunnel Topic (lit Morgan liter-ls: Tolls “The Holland Vehicular" Tunnel," was the topic of a talk given by Pro~ fessoo 3. C. Penn, Dean of Engineer» ing, to the members of the Physics- Chemistry Club of the Morgan Park High School yesterday afternoon. This organization is composed of stu— dents who are taking Physics and Chemistry, and who are especially interested in learning more regard— ing the practical sides of these fields. Dean Penn‘s speech dealt chiefly about the part these subjects played in the construction and maintenance of the tunnel. This bore, ' tonic bitiil bleeds Sonic dossiers/ts More Sophomores and Freshmen are needed to act as assistant editors to aid in the publication of the Cycle. Students who are interested can get information from the editor, Boydcn W. Hindman, ’29, E. E, or from any of the assistant editors. Photographs, which will be an im- portant feature of this year's Cycle, are needed by Philip S. Kjellgren, Photography Editor. Manhattan and New Jersey, consists of two tubes, each of which carries two lanes of traffic moving in the some direction. Although in opera— tion for only a little over a year, it carries 25,000 cars daily, about twice as many as estimated. From an engineering viewpoint, the most important problem in main— taining: the tunnel is that of ventila- tion. The system constructed pro- vides fresh air at all times and car- ries of‘f the fumes of the automobile exhausts. 54201 West '3'ch St. lidfliiltillllll‘l-i lfifll‘d ltlflfildlfi, inc. S?RUCTUEAL SFEEE. , @RNAMZEMFM. lRGlill Triangle 256318 , Student Talent l’s “Engineer” Feature (Continued from page 1, col. 4) ‘3 C. G. Anderson, ’30; F. C. Ong, H. H. Stebbins, ’30, Assistant. CENTRAL 2134-5. .54. Ass’t Secretary of Commerce. ng. .I'lence, they gave warning. to ‘ _ v29, Assistants. FQR XMASE ‘ ‘ A striking display is a two paescn- the “V119 that they would 111?”!de lishmg 0f the Rho chapter at St" E. H. Rofi‘ee, v30; C. E. Morris, P M f, RENTAL ' yer Sport plane of. popular price, at 10:30 on the day in question, and Lawrence College Canton. N. Y. ,30 Assistants $5.00 or o. ,5 . , , , . . ., , . , ~ . . hanging high above the crowd, P0171“ parties to the fray turned out 'lhe Pl“ Pls opened “1.9“” backet— L. P. Brown, ,29’ Business Main Buys Any 4 MUS. Epillfll} banked as if for a vertical turn. m large numbers. ball season With a 43—11 Victory over agar. ‘ A special post office for air mail Tl‘fimvilfl' Elil’lanfl‘iivn Barry Memorial 0“ Wednesday, N0“ C_ J_ McDonald, 12:, Circulation Maire Applied 0“ has been installed by the U. S. Post— The ““15 were asked the reason ‘vcmber 28‘ Manager. Purchase . . R. L. Picchietti, ’31, Assistant. \ he sent by air mail to any part of the The caluse of their belligerency dat~ — ~ ‘ U. S. A special postmark is used to ed lose to those first few cold days (Continued from page 1, col. 1) ‘J distinguish the letters from regular in V ‘ when ' '1 began 0f h ' are located on the 12% FOR QUAlféTY AND LOW PORTABLE; airmail letters. All of the large air parading through the sanctum under floor of the Engineering building, at PRICE” 7 EAT AT EYPEWRETE“.R mail contractors had exhibits. the Assembly Hall and invariably Wacker drive and Wells street. 0th~ BAUER'S , 1'. All—metal planes were present, and felt the south door half open to let er members of the committee besides REETAUMNT EXCHANGlD also some of wood. Monoplanes and the wintry breezes cayort. The .civ- Chapman are H. Hendricks, P. hbra- INDIANA and 31st STREET fill N‘ Heather-n ‘ * - i biplanes shared the honors about 115, With a View to their own comfort, hamson, It. Fairbanks, and F. Olhson. W,“ SENIOR ClVlLS VlSl'll" NEW equally. All of the smaller planes and most of the larger planes had engines of the tractor form, instead of the pusher type. Radial engines of the air cooled type are the most common, although some cylinder in- line engines are displayed. Some of the engines with cylinders innline were air cooled and some water cooled. Especial attention~was attracted the showing of large and luxuriously equipped air liners, afiording‘ all the comforts of Pullman travel without the accompanying dirt, smoke, and jolting. There were also two large commercial planes, made entirely of metal, and manufactured by Ford, fitted out for advertising purposes. In comparison with these two behe- moths of aviation were the small sport and pleasure planes for the pri- vate owner. At present there are over 4000 privately owned and oper- ated planes in this country. Motion pictures were plentifully used to show the merits of various products. WEST SlDE SEWAGE PLAN")? Wednesday afternoon, December 5, the Senior Civil class made an in— spection trip to the new West Side Sewage Treatment Plant under con‘ struction at 5200 West 39th street. This is one of the latest types to be developed. It will, when finished, handle Sludge from the North Side Sewage plant. Professors Stevens and Wells accompanied the students. decided to make all either close the door tight or go around the outside of the Mission. The door was still not awarded its due amount of attention by the intruders, so the civils took action and “tossed out“ anyone who did not close the door. This antagonism progressed to the point where no one except them- selves was allowed through the base- ment at certain times of the day. The Value all “E” for Glass The “Big Push” was progressing royally with the civils outnumbered but having the advantage of position with the aid of two old pianos. The attack was being conducted from both ends of the “Alley” with no ed-v vantage to either side when some curious Fire Protec who is taking Strength of Materials thought that the time was opportune to test the Mc/ I value of the plate glass window in the disputed door. Evidently the results were disappointing and on attempting to determine the modulus of rupture, the specimen suddenly separated into several fragments. Immediately the attackers and the attacked decided that they had bet- ter attend the 10:30 classes, and ev- eryone dispersed, with the civils claiming the victory since no aliens passed through the “Alleys.” At 11:30 a new glass was in the door to keep the quarters warm. Apropos the incident, Professor Leigh could not refrain from. voicing his reaction toward the serious pas-- sibilities presented by the clash: “If the electriculs had broken the win» dow in the basement of Armour Mis- sion, it would have been a current event, but you can not get a civil 7&lll,illlll Chesterfield cigarettes are now sciiisg South-Polewcrds with the Byrd Annun- tic Expedition. We are ofificially informed that the selection of Chesterfield resulted from the individually expressed preferences or" a majority of the expedition’s members. “When it is recalled that these ass-do superlative sense ~— pickecl men .. . . selected not only for lumv *, ability end experience, but also by scorching tests of physical fitness. .. .we may be forgiven for our considemhle pride in. chéés vote. And something of this pride, we believe, will. be shared by all Chesterfield smokers. it is another of the many proofs piling up that rise surest way to com popularity is to deserve ial H. H. Gerstein, ’22, Assistant Sum itary Engineer for the City of Chica- go, will speak to a meeting of the W'. :S. E. this morning at 11:30. His sub- ~jcct will be “Weter Supply.” The meeting will he held in Room B, Mis— sion, according to Edward H. Moore, ’29, president of the Student Branch of the Western Society of Engineers. word out of those who did it!" You Are Always Welcome at the Silver Grey Restaurant 310?. So, VVequorlli Ave. Special Service for Students idol is Herold guiltmup Root? The White Top Paroid Cap Sheet adds years ofwear. It reflects the rays of the sun and seals in the waterproofing materials be~ heath. Samples and Specifications on re- quest. * .‘...... , a??? .. .gtfl, - fired slit Son, inc. «9 3.4272 Wool 761:5 Stxsat ‘ Chicago, ill. ‘