Page Two 11121111011121 racer sews ARMQEUR @ECH NEWS Student Publication of the ARMQDUR lNSTiTUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CHICAGO, lLLlNOlS Published Weekly During the College Year THE STAFF MANAGING BOARD ....John Hommes, ’29 Fred B. Farrell, ’29 ..... Russell E. Johnson, ’29 P1 ofessor Waltei Hendricks NEWS DEPARTMENT David ’1‘. Smith, ’30 (Open) Editor—in-Chief Managing Editor“ Business Manager News Editor. Fraternities Copy Reporters l A Aitwood,‘31; E. W. Cal on, McCloska, “’0; H. P. Richter, ’32; Vernon A Sturm, '30. Sports Editor. Assistants~J. P. Ed 3: “THE SMMWWV Clem-yo to “The Slipstiok”: let the Slapstick Ely whom it may. on no -Mp Well, it’s now 1929 and to start the new season out right we are presenting a new and much more fascinat— ing- form of poetry, known as the build-your-own verse. Here goes: Every little wind that blows Morita Been in Fraternity Mom Beggar: Give me a little money for a cup of cofiee, willya? College Man: Money? I haven’t any money. (Fum- bling in his pockets, he suddenly finds some.) Migosh, I must have somebody else’s suit on. 3 4‘ ill As we hinted before, and as you may have derived for yourself, a new year has arrived, and, as most new . years do, furnishes the colyum with some swell space ’ filler. 1: 1t :2 Let us first shed a tear for the sad case of the drawing student who can make better eights than nines. Next take the still sadder case of the freshman who has made resolutions to do his homework on time. We fear that a has misled many, and the coming week Humo1,1’3 Book Rev ’29 Inquiring Reportc . .J. Ashcnhurst, ’32 Editorial Writers , ....................... (Open) lone W J ‘ MAKE-UP DEPARTMENT end will finish the rest. Make-11p Editor .................... (Open) Assistants—~Al B. Aum ach, .31, 0. R Steinert, ’31. BUSlNESS DEPARTMENT Advertising Manager. ............ Stanley A. Beatty, ’30 Assistant ....................... M. 0. Nelson, ’30 Circulation Manager. ohu W. Gamble, ’29 Assistant ........................ .John E. Barman, ’29 Staff S. H Andoison, ’32; L. W. Booker, ’3]; A. H. Jens, ’31; C. H. Johnson, ’30; A. S Lenhe, '31; J. S. Mech, ’30; G. Reichlc, 30;F W. Spalding, ;E.J. Wiltrakist, ’32; Exchanges ..1.John E. Barman, ’29 Ass Lants. Donald R. Goren, L. B. Statkus, ’31 Assistant Business Manager ....... . R. O’Malley, ’30 '3 Vol. II. JANUARY 10, 1929 No. 14 MANHOOD, NOT SCHOLARSHIP, IS THE FIRSE AIM OF EDUCATION AEincst Thompson Seton. mam- . At the head of this column 21 revised list of the mem» bers of the staff of the NEWS appears, This new ar— rangement represents a reorganization of the staff to noik liioic efficiently than has heretofore been the case. A glance will show immcdiutely that many of the posi- tions a1e unfilled. To this no will add that even those positions which aie filled me still very much open to competition on the pnit of any one who covets a job on the staif. We wish, at the beginning of the new year, to make a plea to students of any class for theii help in producing this weekly newspaper. Anyone in the school is eligible. You don’t need :1 pull or a drag to get on. All you need is a willingness to help, and to do your bit as best you know how. We oilci no rcmune1.1tion foi anyone. All we offer is a lot of good experience ,a little personal glorification, and the thiill you get out of seeing your w1itenup in print. Balanced Concentration Concentration depends entirely upon the individual. Two persons, in having to do the same amount of so— called brain work, may employ radically different de- grees of concentration and yet the same result be reached by both parties at the same time. This may be analyzed as follows: Party A is naturally “smart” and is capable Canadian raw material. of analyzing a problem readily without hesitating at various points in the, solution. The completion of the problem comes as a natural consequence, and there is no concentrated effort in its solution. Party B, on the other hand, has no such natural qualities and hence must Work the problem “strong arm.” The quality of concentrated effort is evident and very essential to B, and this is the factor of which he must avail himself to solve the prob lem. Very few of us have the natural quality of unerringly analyzing a situation To overcome this, We must con~ centrato 0111 thoughts upon the subject in order to facili- tate the correct solution. The same amount of effort cannot be expended upon all topics. Let us take, for in- stance, the student, whether in grammar school, high school, or college. The amount of attention the stu~ dent pays in the classroom depends upon the ratio of classwork to homcwo A balance must be maintained between the two, it being a natural consequence. that the more effort one places in homework, the less will he de- vote to classwork, and vice—verse. Thus we see that in most cases, the successful student keeps the involuntary equilibrium set down by his instructors. It is necessary that this balanced effort be maintained, not only in scholastic effort but in all Walks of life. When in school, equilibrium is automaticaly provided by the work that is “required’ '11 and out of class; but in the business world, the succc correctly make and keep his own “cliort balance." (Note: Upper classmen are never guilty of this indiscretion; they know the futility of try» ing so rash a deed.) Leap year, too, is gone, and the fellows again must take the initiative. Oh, those horrible proposals, and you haven’t a Murad along to acquire that nonchalant atti- tude, nor a Chesterfield to fill you with courage, and tho the ads don’t mention it, hot air. continue. . . . W ’1! # PEDESTRIAN——Onc who gets in the way of an auto: mobile. ‘5! I01 W This Futuristic Stuff Don’t you think my mustache becoming? It may be coming but it’s not here yet. —Fi'eddic. Dicke: Her: 9 t» It With all those evenings free over the vacation, we hope that the students have participated in those delight» ful sitting up exercises. Mmm and how. :31 ’i‘ The United States provides a profitable market for Chicago Journal of Commerce. Raw! It simply cuts your tonsils right off. -——‘C.R.H. v. .1 Listen hero, C.R.H., you musta had the mild brand. Tha stuff we had was so strong that if dropped on :1 ’coon coat it burned off all the hair and just left the lining, and you had a top coat left. it 44 Santa Claus made us the present of a nice new Scotch story. A Scot, badly crippled, fell in a street undergoing repairs, and saw that he was going to be crushed by the steam roller. With extreme presence of mind, he rolled over on his side so that his suit would be pressed for the funeral. 1k W Prof. Leigh tells the one about the blind boy who could see his father only ’cause he was apparent. “Freddie. a t5! 1! ’5' And Get Paid For lltl Lives of stars, prove to us, In the sheets we’ve scanned, We, too, could have been the berries, Had we smoked another brand. .1 May we extend a rising vote of thanks to those equivo- cating professors, who just wouldn’t give any homework over the vacation, but handed out a quiz the first day back. 1. =14 >1 Pull Out the Lamp, Diogenes! Believe it or not, Rudolf P. refused to answer to his own name in General Lit, because he had answered to another by mistake. -——F.B.A. a o —-—and so I went to bed at ten o'clock New Year’s Eve. This doesn’t need a caption; it‘s a joke in itself. e s .1 1) Corridor Gossip What ya goin' to do now? Nothin’. What are you doin’? Nothin‘. Aw, well, let‘s go to class. :1 '0’ '1' The Lowdown on a Private interview Inquiring Reporter: Why don’t you print some fast ones now and then in your column? Us: We have to make some concession to the decent element in the college once in a while. It: Oh. let him wait! a 1: it All seemed strange. Queer hieroglyphics adorned the walls, and a droning voice intoned mysterious, exotic phrases, that were dimly heard and meant nought. flor» .loud noises started and stopped with \iolent contisst to the pievoiling quiet. ndream or in a strange world . . . rible odors eddicd into the room . . Where was I. . in and then I recognized the row \; “loves my first calc olas 1.11 man is the one who can after vacation, and just around the corner from tho chem lob. ~«.. . St —it’8 t (l t op 00 sa 0 W ideals: Reviews By JOEL M. JACOBSON, '29 The Logic of Modern ll’hyiiico (Macmillan) By P. V]. Bridgman Mr. P. W. Bridgman, professor of mathematics and natural history at Harvard University, in this discussion fthe basis of modern physical the— cry, shows very clearly, even to one who does not understand all the sub- ject matter, that it is time that 21 complete revision in our fundamental concepts and definitions be made if physical theory is to keep pace with experimental fact. The book means absolutely nothing to the layman and but little to the engineering stu« dent. It is only for the experiment- ers in highly specialized research work. man like Millikan and Michel- son, that the theories hero developed may be of practical use. Prof. Bridg— man’s ideas may go a long way in assisting," the discovery and correla— on of new physical facts, though the ideas themselves are by no means new. Though the average reader has no particular use for these theories, it is of interest to know what they are and the suggestions as to their event no] use, Let us examine, for instance, the familiar concept of length. We can define a physilal fact only by the operations we must go through in order to discover it. The length of an object is then the number of times we must lay down some unit measur— ing rod between its extremities. “In general, we mean by any concept nothing more than a set of opera- tions; the concept is synonymous with the corresponding set of operations.” hen we come to measurements of such a character as the diameter of an electron’s orbit, of; the order of one one-hundred millionth of a centi~ meter, we can no longer use this con» cept of length. This number was ob tained by solving a general equation from the theory of light. The opera‘ tions being no longer the same we cannot say that the length concept is the some in both cases. Again, in determining stellar distances we measure very small angles and calcu- late the distances assuming that the light waves that reach us travel in a straight lines and that all space obeys the laws of Euclidian trigonometry. Again, our measurements being dif- ferent our concept cannot be the same. What is needed, then, is some general operational concept of length, or some other concept or group of concepts, which will cover these seaming inconsistencies and which will include our present everyday definition as a. special case. Another interesting idea which the operational concept brings up is that of the “meaningless question." Any question about nature which cannot be answered in terms of operations has no meaning. As an interesting mental exercise the author suggests that the reader decide for himself whether or not a series of questions he lists have meaning in terms of op- erations. Here are a few picked at random from his list: 1. May time have a beginning or an end? 2. May space or time be discon- tinuous? 3. is the sensation which I call blue neighbor calls blue? is it possible that a blue object may arouse in him the same sensation that a red object does in me and vice versa? 4. Is a universe possible in which 2 plus 2 does not equal IL? “3013;111:1211”: By Tristcram Topper The style in which this story is written is such that the book might well be called “The Epic of Civil En- gineering.” To Topper, the Engineer is a. visionary, able to feel the emo- tions of his materials, men, steel, concrete; he is a practical, well t1uined,otficient marker; he is hu— man, like ..ll of 21s, and just as likely to err. The methods of technical work are readily appreciated by those with even a slight modicum of engi~ nearing: methods. and yet are so well woven into the story that even the reader entirely Lmoraut of the pro cedure can and does enjoy the novel. The story is a realistic one. The can giuoiu' does or build a railroad un- der $1.9“? s} ml to win the hood of the pres dsughtor in the 135? clients: has does ‘12s ‘1‘? or}; quietly and without Nationalism. For a roe i oiciore We agjneeriug; “old: and 13.: 5 tour this book cannot in} 51111;»: $81.11*. wfifiu‘l. son really the same as that which my » WUSFETS lib? com Mafia By A. O. RQW§3EN in the October ”Journal 122E Education" You are a misfit if you cannot let yourself be hypnotized occasionally by books. You are a misfit if you do not or cannot learn in college to stay alone and acquire the ability to instruct yourself to criticize your own think- ing. All instruction is individual. Thereis no such thing as the group mind. You are a misfit if you do not learn to play in some wholesome way, to play with ideas, to play in your in»: agination and refrain from letting your own accomplishment end in your fancy. You are a misfit if you do not learn to love work, to plan your study, your day, your leisure. You are a misfit in college if you cannot learn to be alone, to examine your ideas and ideals. You are a. misfit in college if you cannot learn in college to take de- feat unflinchingly, but never give up. If you understand your teachers and know your place, if you can car-- ry your part of the responsible tasks imposed upon you, if you can co-op» crate and work harmoniously with your college mates, if you can live up to the best and most accepted moral standards even in the face of temptations, you are fit for a place in college life. ’2‘“: . ° .3 ' «i. . I as issue are Reporter , Question: Eié you make any 353mm Year’s resolutions? James E. Week, '29, 33.3.: never- make resolutions. his, E Stanley “Bough” Livingston, ‘E’Qr, C.0.D.: I resolved to get the dough, tell with. the students. Charles Mitchell, ’32, 33.2.: X did not make any because I always break them all anyhow. I think. it is better not to make any than to med. '6 some that you can ’1; keep. L. P. Brown, ’29, 3.5.: E twfiawad not to wear a. collegiate bet. E as; solved to bring the Engineer out on. time. 1' resolved not to take More— ton seriously next semester. Z. T. Lencki, ’30, M.E.: i didn’t make any because, like Winnie Win- kle, E’d bieak them anyway. Til be honest With myself. V. P. Peterson, ’29, 5.13.: i re- solved not to wear 2 Deli: tie. I have no other resolutions of importance. R. L. Young, '30, GEE“: 1 made some before New Year’s. They have to do with something outside of school and are of a nature which E cannot disclose; she might not like it. I intend to keep the three of the... for at least one year. Frank Oster, our renowned. custo— dian, announces that expenses must be curtailed even when the drying of bands is concerned. A new type of paper towel is being used in the CARD 0F THANKS 'I wish to express the sincere thanks of my mother and family for the kindness and sympathy of friends at thé Armour Institute during our recent bereavement. C. FRAE. 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