l’age Two ‘1 l l AWEGUR 'll Elli-ii Nfillifi Student Fublication of the ARMOUR lNSTlTUTE OF TECHNOLCJGY CHICAGO, lLLlNOlS Published Weekly During the College Year THE STAFF MANAGING BOARD ................... John l-Iommes, ’29 ....Fred B. Farrell, ’29 Russell E. Johnson, ’29 rofossor Walter Hendricks Editor in- Chis Managing" I5ditoi Business Manage Faculty Adviser... NEWS DEPARTMENT News Editor .......................................... David T. Smith, ’30 Fraternities . (Open) Copy (Open) Reportersil“. A. ALtWOOL , ’31; E. W. Carlson, ’32; F. W. McClosko, ’29; H. P. Richter, '32; Vernon A. Storm, '30. SPORTS DEPARTMENT Sports Editor ...................... Assistants—J. P. Ed ind, J W. Pa .(l', iski, 30. (Open) 29; C. Stempkoswki, ’32; EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT ...A1 Auerbach, ’31 '. M. Jacobson, ’29 J. Ashenhurst, ’32 ......... .(Open) Humor Book Rev , Inquiring ltcpoite‘ Editorial \Vritcrs MAKE‘UI’ DEPARTMENT Make—up Editor ............. ..(Open) Assistants—A1 B. Aucrhuch, ’31; O. R. Stoinert, '31. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Advertising- Manager Stanley A. Beatty, ’30 Assistant .................... M. 0. Nelson, ’30 Circulation Manage) .John W. Gamble, ’29 Assistant ........................................... John E. Barman, ’29 Staff S. H. Anderson, ’32; L. W. Booker, '31; A. H. Jens, ’31; C. H. Johnson, ’30; A. S. Lenke, ’31; J. S, Mech, ’30; G. Reichlc, ’30; F. W. Spalding, ’31; E. J. Wiltrakis, ’32; Exchanges . ......John E. Barman, ’29 ' Donald R. Garen, ’30; L B. Statkus, ’31 ant Business Manager ................ T. R O’Malley. ’30 Vol ll. JANUARY 17, 1929 No. 15 “Monomries” or “CHQMGS”? Nothing l.\' more disgusting to a fair-minded person than “petty politics" or “favoritism." It is the essence of injustice. We find it practiced widely; it commonly occurs in business, and is a by-word among certain types of public men. We least expect to find such a practice prevalent in an honorary fraternity. However, no one can deny, not even the members themselves, that personal feelings, prejudices, and petty indifferences have played a leading part in the choice of the membership of the so—callcd honorary fraternities at Armour Tech. That this fact is indisputable is witnessed by the fol- lowine,‘ list. It is a list of Seniors, and their averages, cmistituting approximately the upper quarter of the San- ior class. To illustrate our point, we have marked with an asterisk those men on the list who are members of Tau Beta Pi, national honorary engineering fraternity, We have chosen 'l‘au Beta Pi for this purpose because mem- l7ll>hlp in it is consideicd the highest honor that an en- Oincermg stud Int can attain: Here is the list, and the ziSthlS s: l. Jacobson 20. Zimmerman ..92.6 2. Hommes (*l . 21. Scully 3. Kittlcr U) 22. Mohr 4. Guenthcr (") 23. Yount 5. Goll)(’l‘ 24. Dozois G. Ewing 25. Farrell 7. Michelson 26. Johnson, R. Jucrgensen (*) 8. Jacob 27. 92.1 E). Lutz U") . . 28. Stabovitz (*) .. . lo. Goranson 0‘) ....93.4 29. Theede (*) ........ 92.1 11. Ong (fl . '. 30. Stellar (*) .. 12. Main. (*) . 31. Setterbcrg 13. Olson 32. Smith, G. l 14. Christianscu ( ) 33. Meyer (“1) . 15. Nissen (’3) ..... 34. McCloskc. .. 1.1 16. Bernhard (t) . G . McDonald 17. ~ 36. Forss 18. 37. Lamb .. . 19. 38. Reznc .................. 90.3 mtention that, because personal preju- dice and favoritism has entered in, the Armour Chapter of Tau Beta Pi no longer serves the purpose for which it was chartered, namely to bestow honor upon engineer- ing students who deserve to be honored, and thereby promote engineering education. The above list shows just a scattering of the lending- men of the class as memv hers. Many have been held out because of their creed. Still others, who have better scholastic standing than cer~ Lain of the members, and a far better record of activities than most of the members, have, for some unaccountable reason. failed to ”make" ’l‘uu Bate. It is Too Beta Pi’s business, and no one else’s, as to whom it wants for its membership. But here is a phase of the question worth consideration. To encourage high scholarship at Armour, some system should exist whereby meritorious scholarship shall be recognized and honored. Il' Tau Beta Pi doesn’t fill the bill, then some organize.— tion or some system should he established which will. What has been sold about ’l‘uu Beta Pi at Armour ap- plies equally to the departmental honoraries. They have subjected themselves to the some criticism, and in so do- inn, lune likewise threatened to undermine the respect in “hich their Ikeys li , always been held. in constl , .‘ zilticlc, the writei, though himself a member oi several of the societies under discussion, is endeavorinp; to take the viewpoint: of an outsider. one who is neither :1 student nor 8 member, but a disinter- ested speciator who’s only motive is to see justice done. ~—~J. ll. “THE Stilldllifl ’9 :.~ (Sleeve to “The Slipseick"; loll the Slapstick Ely where it may. no on E; i l AEMQUR ‘TEGH NEWS fies? Morin” Guess I’m the. sorta person likes ta foller fortune‘s game Leastways, punchin' cows, I thought, was géttin’ kinda tame. So I buckled on my fev’rite gun, an' saddled up my hoss Then flipped a coin, an’ my path, I swore, would rest upon the toss. Lady Luck said south, I reckon, so I hit for the Rio Grande. I said, ‘so long' to the ol’ Bar X an’ rode ofi' acrost the sand. I wasn’t ridin’ fer m’ health, ner eeekin’ yaller gold Jist went off for the kick that comes from leavin’ the common fold. I drifted roun’ from town ta town layin’ drowsin’ ’neath tha sun. A takin’ in the sights ta see an’ havin' lots a fun. Met up with a greaser banditr—narful clumsy clad; Pulled a gun an’ asked for money; now he’s loyi-n’ heath the sod. An’ then there was thet hombre tried ta carve me with :1 knife—~— He shouldn’t done thct; now he’s parted from this life. Yuh see, that’s how it’s allus Was—acause I'm a peaceful “Y But somehow all this trouble jest couldn’t pass me by. But down in 01’ San Pedro came the. biggest jolt of all When a pair 0’ black eyes cast a look an’ I simply hadda fall. i only seen her jest thet oncc——dunno if she thinks 0’ me, But thet smile got locked up in my heart, an’ I went an’ lost the key. —-—'West—Ern«Er. :k x< xb First. Senior: Well, I guess I'll go to Economics today. Second Big Stiff: I’d better go with you. ‘You’ll prob— ably need some one to identify you. “Freddie. v'f 51 Eli It was scarcely half past ten when the rather fierce- looking father of the girl entered the parlor where the timid student was holding forth, The father had his watch in his hand. “Young man,” he said brusquely, “do you know what time it is?" “Y—‘yes s—s-sir." He scrambled to his feet. was just going to leave." After he had made his rapid exit, the father turned 0 the girl in surprise and said: “What’s the matter with that fellow? My watch ran down and I wanted to know the right time.” 5% >ll >31 “I-ll-l Professor Wilcox threw his physics lecture class into a roar by intoning in the simplest way, “Once there was a mechanics prof. with an ideaww” Eternity Here’s to our profs. Long may they live! Even as long as The assignments they give. ~—A. J. til it Hi Jim :1 Dirty Story Visiting Brother: Why the black crepe on the door? Is your roommate dead? Local Brother: That’s not crepe, that’s his towel. W Ill it This reminds us of the time when we asked a chap if he had enjoyed his freshman period at college and he said that those were the happiest years of his life. >i‘ 3’! Acrobatic Mutton Diner: An order of lamb chops, and have the chops lean. Waiter: Yes, sir. Which way? ‘F.B.A. as it :3 COLLEGE PROFESSOR: A man paid to study sleep- ing conditions among students. 6' ’3 Line Forms to the Right Professor: Frankly, madam, your son lacks brains. Mrs, Gotbucks. Get them for him immediately and send me the bill. Nothing shall stand in the way of my son’s education. q, .. J. Last Saturday night the new Cascade Tunnel was dedi« cated; and being a marvelous engineering feat, we had the program tuned in on the radio. Imagine our surprise when the first song on the program was “I Faw Down and Go Boom.” m 9.< 53 Try This at Home Tonight Small Boy: Pop, I can do something you can’t do. Father: Yes? What is it? Small Boy: Grow. v s "r May we define a hypocrite as a fellow that walks into physics smiling. i. i. a: First Financier: Second Genius: My office boy whistles when he works. Mine only whistles :'< 2m at They tell this one on one of the new profs. He sat down in the profs.’ lunchroom and ordered: Bacon and eggs; the eggs not too hard and the bacon not too crisp. Buttered toast Without too much butter and iced too without too much ice. The waitress smiled sweetly and asked “Is there any particular design that you want on the plates, sir?” Speaking of the mythical absent—minded professors, last Thursday Piaf. Coivert was taking such a joy in grading, or perhaps degrading physics reports that he forgot to meet his 8:80 close. d‘ s n Ohhhh A week and three (threw-a wool: and three days. Ohhhh. WAi. Auorboch. The inquiring Reporter Question: What do you think of the Armour Tech New» and filo you think it should Ibo continued next rio— mentor? Professor J. C. Peelslea: By all means. I have been very well pleased with the Armour Tech News for the last semester. Good evidence of the value of a publication is whether or not it is read. Everybody reads it. Sometimes a little item on the inside page appears too insignificant to be noticed. However, the fact that they are read proves the worth of the pub— lication, C. J. Griffin, '30, E. E.: I think it's pretty good. They sure needed one down here. L. Gerokel, '29, E. F": I don’t think there is enough news existing: around the school for a weekly. I think the i 9 i one" tenses ”ml WWW Letterbox: 2 am employed nights in the 2.0an Lines Bept. of the A. T. K: ’1'”. Co. to measure telephone circuits to deter“ mine if they are commercially suit» able for use. Recently ran across the following, which you might want to put in proper form for the News. Edward Esiier, M. E., ’31, left AZ. mour last spring and went into the employ of the A. T. d: T. Co. He started in the Chicago Testroom, later attended the training course given by the company at Waukegun, and is now working from 12 to 7 A M. at Donville, 111. He says “Howdy" to the gang at A. l. T. Frank J. Pischke, E. E., ’28,. has Fm- be en in the Chimego ’E’c about three men .t =9. Re we until about a. week ago one” working“ mom 7 F iii to 22 min. He is regularly employed to mazes some of the New York {aisles and to. line them up suitable for commercial" ' use. M. .li. A. Sweeney, and G. 2’. Snag» gin, both E. E, ’30, who left seheol last June, have been mag cables; for the Ill Bell Telephone Co .. Dec. 17 they started working in th: . Chicago Test: win for the A. T. «if: T Co. ”Hwy are, at present, trouble clerks, but will be advanced Within an few weeks to more responsible post-u tions in connecuon With the sfifiemgf, and lining up of long lines telephone circuits. B. Dudley, E. E, ’39. students would look forward more to reading: it if it were a semi-monthly. I look forward to reading it every Thursday morning myself, but when I do read it, I don’t find enough of what I call real news. Ma); .3. Schinke, ’32., E. 13.: I can— not conceive of a school with an en— rollment of 800 functioning success“ fully without a school paper. It cer tainly should be continued. Without the NEWS, few students would know what their school mates were accom— plishing, B. R. Schofield, ’29, E. the Armour Tech News good college newspaper. should be continued. C. R. Southwiclx, Tall, E. E.: I think it’s a fine paper. 1 know I learned a lot out of it that I wouldn’t have known otherwise. .: I think is a very I think it Senior Architects in; Benuxmfiirts gentlest (Continued from page 1) Mechanics, Plane and Spherical Geo— metry, Algebra, Analytics, Desc‘ipv tive Geometry, Stereotomy, Per— spective, Theory of Stresses, Com struction, Freehand Drawing, Model- ing, and General History, and after successfully passing these cxamina~ tions, will be awarded the Paris Prize Scholarship. The Paris Prize Scholar will be sent abroad for two and a half years to pursue his architectural studies Nationaie des Beaux—Arts in Paris, and in travel. He will be required to sail from this country on or about September 15, 1929, and to remain continuously abroad until April, 1932, and during this period will re~ ceive a purse of $3,600 for his trans» portation and maintenance. During the period of his scholarship he will be required to render at least ten regular projets in the “First Class" of this Institution. 0n the termina— tion of his scholarship and return to this country, the Paris Prize scholar will he required to hold at the Beaux» Arts Institute of Design Building, 21 public exhibition of his work pre- sented at the Ecole Nationale des BeauMArts and sketches executed during his travels. The five final sets of drawings of the 2151; Paris Prize Competition that of last year, will be exhibited at the Art Institute March 1 to March 7, 1929. These drawings are being held on exhibition throughout the United States and Canada. SCHOOL CALENDAR Thursday, Jan. 1?: Call for Indoor Track. Registration at Night School, 6. 30 P. M Rifle Club Match with Crane Tech. Varsity Basketball, DeKalb Nor— mal of. Armour. Friday, Jun. 28: Junior Dance at New Bismarck Hotel. Senior Class M. Regi tuition Meeting, 10 :30 A. at Night School, Sdtairdlay. 32m. 15.9: Varsity Bushetbell. Y~Cellege Wonder, Jan. 2i: A. I. E. 33. Meeting, 11:30 Alli, luter‘freternily Basketball, 5200 iii Armour ut Toasting, Jan. 33: Flu. 3 Lab closes for semester. Theatre Forty 22:: Goodman The- atre, 8:68 P. M. “Milne: v, Jun. 23: Inter-Eloin..fi: Smoker at. 'i‘. K. House. Ehtmfl‘ maternity “asketiisll, Semi 'i‘ine s. both in the “First Class" at the Ecole A treat Eli'dlldifidlifiilifi .. lilddl‘ .iE?i§EST§ i What did Saturday, January 26 u:3o~m:2o Mechanics of Materials 3; Graphics... Applied Mechanics (Arch. ).... ........... )r Electrical Measurements {Soph E.E.) ENSTIRUCTORS PLACE Paul (Leigh ...................... Gymnasium Marigold Richardson .. D~Missien Stresses in Framed Structures"... Wells & Steven ....B—-—Missien 10:30-12:20 Precision of Measurements... ........... Doubt Calvert ................Gymnasium Physics Laboratory .. Thompson .1 Fostei Descriptive Geometry ”1 Seeg'rist .................. Drafizng Room, J Sear 5th FL, high: En? Monday, January 28 3:30«10:20 College Algebra Review Algebra _l Organic Chemistry (1.213.316; Ch.E.).. Math. Instructors .. Gmnesium .................... D~lllissieu Freud 'I\T I Thermdynamies (Jr. RE.) Practical Astronomy .......................... Chem. Engineering (Juniors only) Specifications & Estimates..,............... “EEO-12:20 Calculus I Calculus 11 Analytical Geometry Penn McCormack . Wilmenns Math. Instructors .. Gym!) asium A. C. Machinery . Freeman . Physics LectRm. Applied ElectrmChemistry Bentley . ..B—Missien erodynamics Wells iii—Mission Heat Power Engineering (Sen.M.E.). Gebherdt ................ . ~Mech. Hall. i=1043:00 Plane Trigonometry .......................... l k Math. lnsn‘uctors .. Gymnasium Applications of Trigonometry General Construction ......... Economics of Engin’ring (Sen.E.E Strength of Materials (C.E.). Machine Design (Junior E.E.) Electricity (Senior F.P.E Physical Chemistry 3:lllZV~5:l!0 Engineering Mechanics l K: II.......... . Electric Power Plant . )‘ Wilmnnns . Freeman Phillips . Swineford En El nstD—Mission ..C—Mission "n-Chapin Bell flirt Institute ash .. Freud Leigh 8: Marigold... Gymnasium Snow Physics 7 - -* Rm Tuesday, January 23 8: 30-10: 20 Experimental "‘ (Except Senior M. E ) 19:30-12:20 Qualitative Chemistry General Chemistry . Quantitative Chem. (Sop . a Lab. sluice m, n . Higher Surveying- ! Bl? Physics I & ll ...................................... Physics (Arch) .................................. ! Pies—Jose Report rill? Comiéfi the flowers enemas: one E Golver‘t £2 Then. Wilcox, Benet. gaffi fi‘gE;