WWW l... i i: l ,l if l ”W . Formation E Paigonim Um? my Aflvertieem E édvmzimm lWM . ~' _ -. v.93. u. A. T. 1., onicneo, ocroeun 11,1923 NO 4 httillilil, lib, illlllhjfi iiiilll llhlflillllb lib! . Milli ”ill @lllhbll‘ Letter From Former Cycle“ Editor Finds l-ilim Auntrnlie Round LEAVES MAC HORN KN FRESCO Kent H. Parker, ’28, and W. Mac~ Powell Horn, ’28, students in the F. P. v, course, who were granted leave of absence by J. V. Parker, have been very successful so far in their ambi— tion to reach the Orient. They wan- dered westward in August in a twen- tyuflve dollar 1922 model Ford, plan— ning‘ to go to the constr-but wait and ' listen to the last letter received from the Editordn-Chief of last year’s Cycle. “S. S. Golden Rod, Metson Navigation (30., San Francisco, Col. “Deer Gang: ”Oh—ma life on the ocean wave”—~-— and all that sort of thing. For here I um, a wiper in the engine room “Black Gang” of the good ship Gold— en Rod, bound for Australia and the Orient with a load of collapsible toothpiclcs. But so that Dave and Mike can understand what it’s all about, I’ll begin at the beginning and narrate what happened so far to the two T. Bills out west. Goyooro by Moonlight We were last heard from in Don- ver, where the streets are paved with gold bricks—410th Well, from there we headed through the high grass to Rocky Mountain Park, where we ”sheared the mountain gents, and got. awelgmmwourselves (at Estes Park). The}; have no compurlction Fagainst fleecing the innocent tourist in Colo— redo. After exhausting its possibil- ities, we took a run up to Yellow- stone, and sported around there for ten «lays or so until we got so we could call each geyser by its first name. (Jumped by the new geyser one! saw it by moonlight. Ever see one by moonlight? It’s wonderful. They finally ran us out of the park, and we headed our trusty steed’s nose towards Butte (where we went down in a mine) and Spokane. Then down to Portland vie Columbia River Highway and from there to Frisco by way of Crater Lake and the Red— wood Highway. A. Redwood you know is one of those trees you can build forty bungalows out of and still have enough wood left over to build three tres‘tles. six broom hanv' dice and a pair of (deleted). Chow Main in Frisco By the time we hit Frisco, we had perambulated some 4500 miles, worn (Continued on page 4) WM:W;WMV§D n. my“. . . Wilton lion “loch News 1‘ A new and important addition to the NEWS staff was made last week, when Joel M Jacobson, ’29, was up! pointed to the position of Feature Writer. Jacobson has the distinc- tion of ranking highest scholastically in the senior class. His first contribution appears on page two of this issue, in the form of a review of the books of Albert Edward Wig/gem. author of “The New Decalogue of Science,” “The Fruit of the Family Tree” and ”The Next Age of Man." Jacobson will huge charge of all ‘ theifeoturc articles which appear in the NEWS. Whether hook reviéiive; biographical sketches, or "human interest" stories. Next week he will review one of the new novels which, have recently arrived at lbs Armouri Tech library. i filiips filo illicit lineal no concern in engine: common The Beaux Arts Institute of De» Sign will conduct a contest for the cover design for the program of their annual ball to be held January 25 in New York City. This com— petition is open to students in all departments of the institute who have registered for the school year 1928—29. The committee on architecture proposes as the subject of this com- petition “Cover Design for Beam Arts Bull Program, January 25, 1929." All designs must be pre- sented in colors that are suitable for reproduction. The first prize will be $100, and live other p1. of $19 each are offered for this competition. The ball committ‘ee’will not as jurors, and the winners will be required to make any reasonable changes in the draw— ings deemed necessary for successful reproduction. All drawings must be at the institute by 10 a. in. Octo- ber 15, Announcement of winners will be made on October 23. The Beaux-Arts hall for 1929 will be planned in the period. of Napo- leon, with episodes depicting the Egyptian and Russian campaigns and his ”coronation as emperor. Went Sunday Night [is Errol of flushing Season! Frirday morning at 8:30 o’clocki saw the official opening of, the rush— ing season of the Armour social fraternities. From that time on for ten days. until Sunday evening, October 14, at 8 o‘clock, a swirl of‘ activities, including everything from yacht parties to football games, will mark the introduction of the inco‘ma ing freshmen to fraternity life. According to regulations set down by the lnterfraternity Council and agreed to by all the fraternities, no pledging will be done until 8 o’clock: in the evening on Sunday, October 14. Lists of the new pledges to the fraternities will be published in next Feller nnstl Wilson, 924- llllll'l‘, SM. liiiililib hNfllNhhh, l‘filllis Ell“ wen lilélllt'l‘ Emmet-ants, Slide Lecture {in flutter lirive guidance Mr. Hoyt, chief engineer for the South Park Board, furnished the subject matter for the first meeting of the Armour Branch of the West; ern Society of Engineers. The theme of his talk was, “Structural Rein- forced Concrete Bridges.” Actively employed during the past few years on all the improvements promoted by the South Park Board, Mr. Hoyt has been able to gather a large amount of first-haul}. informa- tion on the subject. lie personally supervised the design of the bridges across the lilinois Central. trachea which bridges were part of the 2m» provemcnt project being carried out by the South Park Commissioners on the lake front. The bridges have aided greatly in beautifying the outer drive, and in making it more accessible to near South Side traffic. Mr. Hoyt’s talk brought out the special features and structural silli- cultics encountered in the construc» tion of these bridges. iI-ic illustrated his lecture with slides, many of which were of a technical nature, while several were actual photographs of the progress of the work. The speaker was introduced to an exceptionally large audience by Mr. Mohr, the present chairmen. For the information of the members, the W. S. E. has already obtained prom- ises from several excellent and authoritative speakers for future meetings, promising. cheery success—» ful year for the society. The meeting was held in Room B, Mission, October 4, at 11:30 a. in. 3 Juniors, 2% Seniors fledged Pi Tau Eligmn The Armour Chapter of Pi Tau Sigma, honorary M. E. fraternity, has pledged six new men—three and three juniors. The seniors are Gordon C Olson, Arthur E. Nuemann and Howard C. News man, while the juniors are Carl G. Anderson, Henry W. Faulstitch and Edward R. Rowley. seniors Pi Tau Sigma pledged earlier than the other fraternities this year be— cause they are to hold the initiation ceremonies at the national conven- tion which is to be held here on Fri- day and Saturday, November 2 and 3. The initiations will be effected on l banquet. [Schindler Villains Sonic. ; iii/lune Presiolency l l l Lest Thursday the sophomore ‘ class held a ten-minute meeting and least ballots for'clnss: officers. The larchitects, not being in the building =at the time, were required to cast their votes the following morning. l The results of the vote were: Friday at a combined smoker and, [First Meeting Hole /, lily Felicia limits {fish The Armour Tech Radio Associa— tion held its first meeting of the school year October 9, in Science Hall. Officers for the year were elected and plans laid for the opera- tion of Station QNV, Armour’s own broadcasting station. The attend» once was somewhat disappointing, but it is hoped that a larger number will attend the next meeting. The following officers were elected: Chief Operatorflarvey H.Dozois, ’29 President ................ F. H. Rigelow, ’30 Vice—President . Beverly Dudley, '30 Secretary... R. L. Van Osdol, ’30 Treasurer.... ..W. J. Ehrmeyer, ’29 Eight members have already re- ceived or have signified their inten- tion of making applications for eta» tion operator’s licenses. Sir-l Vlfll'ifilfll" lifllil Hflfll/VER Mi Willi/l... 1 Early results in the ARMDUR TECH NEWS straw vote indicate a landslide for Herbert Hoover, the Republican candidate, by a two—to- one ratio. For Hoover 176 Armour students cast their ballots, and only 84- were for Al Smith. This result may be taken as representative, al- though less than one—third of the total number enrolled voted. I This poor showing is attributed to the fact that most A. l. T. men did not care to multilate their copies or the NEWS. To get a more accurate result another count may be taken. lOne plan which is being considered is to have separate printed ballots enclosed with :7, regular issue of the NEWS. Any other suggestions from the student body are welcomed. These will be published in the “Let- ter Box” column. The cardboard ballot box, which was located in the corridor north of 't c Dynamo Laboratory. was pre- vpared by Frank Oster, building cus— todian. His political leonings may be gauged by the partisan corrtoons ldecorating the outside of the box. infamous flinch Receives Sixteen New fliembers Sixteen new members have been received into the Campus Club from the upper-classmen, and in addition many freshmen have expressed a de~ sire to join. This number is already greater than the number of members lost due to graduation last June, and ‘ indicates o. decided growth. At an election last week. H. H. Stcbbins was elected to the office of vice president. The position was left vacant by the resignation of F. W. McCloska, who had been appointed to serve as executive secretary of the organization. The Campus Club extends an inviv totion to all students to visit. the club rooms in Chopin Hail. illness noises ’ billjlililiii Fillii‘ilillf l‘fil Elli-El“ lfiefig More Ballot Stunning Stop/s Proceedings; "lb Halal blew Elections; PRENTED BALLOTS USED NEXT l ; The second attempt at an election I of Freshman Class officers; was made last Monday morning, with Presi— dent-elect Jerome Laden as chair- man of the meeting, Dean Palmer as unofficial adviser, and 87 of the 273 freshmen as the innocent “su- pore.“ A request by Dean Palmer for orderliness and honesty opened the proceedings. Immediately afterward nominations for the office of vice president were called for, and O‘Conner, Ackerman and Curran were proposed for the office. A vote taken on these men re— sulted in the following diskibution of: choice, 92 ballots being cast: O’Connor Ackermen .. Curran At this time a point of order was raised to the effect that the nomi— nations were not legally closed, no vote having been taken on the ques- tion. The motion was then duly made and produced a vote of 48 to 24 in favor of closing the nomine— ltions, thus making official the pre gvious vote on the candidates. Burnett, Billings and Arends were , nominated for the office of secretaw. 1The poll which followed showed a lvictory for Billings with 4? votes, while Burnett and Arends received 3*! nod 27, respectively. according to the count. Totaling 4:? plus 3'7 plus 27 gives the figure 11!, whereas. » actual count of those present showed [ only 97. Upon protest from the meeting, a recount and an accurate count was made upon those same bellots, re- vealing that the winner was Burnett, who polled 37 votes, against 24 and 21 for Billings and Arends. The concle've was now ready to proceed with the election of 8. trees— urer. Nominations resulted in Ecl- monds, Richter and Jackson. being named for this oifics. Another protest new proceeded from the floor to the effect that the tellers were self—appointed, and all of the some department of engineer— ing at the Institute. While this was being discussed it was further re— vealed that a block of ballots hsc‘. been marked on the back with the name O‘Conner, end then passed out to the voters with the blen‘s side up. Upon this "expose" Dean Palmer declared all counts for that as}; im- (Continued on page 4. column 1) 1% flinchsi iliopics oi lie iusimuenily senses In order to secure more 5: factory distribution of the ARMOUR TECH NEWS. thosg subscribers who New ll’inierisl ls Needecl 1 For Bellini end @rchestrsi The orchestra needs ' cw especially those who play instruments - other than the violin, according to} George A. Renae, the direc The? freshmen responded well cell of the band for new i: 5 L02". are at the Art institute on Thurs‘ .3 V morning: of each weel; Will receive their rs there in individual en~ pet's v s to The business 01 Martinez}: has . fé‘ssed B! .l}' resorted to momic: . but 1 President gratis, lit? Army Connie T. Scliucler WWSLZ ————————— C. Robin....................69 Duane is. Heller, '24, M. E ’Qi’a, Vice-‘E‘resiclent and Alden T. Olsen, '24, have re— R. Timmermsns .86 Iceived appointments as cadet fiyerei l3. Craig ..... "i- in the Army Air Corps and leave; _, cz- Chicago on October. 22 for Riverside, . l". KjellgTen. l “Unfit,“Where‘theytwill be stationed T. Janka i. .2 l tfor" trz’iinin‘g'me Both, Olsena‘end Heller l ’ Treasurer took ground school work in‘ evinti‘oill ' 'il‘rm ei‘ey ; at the night school at Armour last; L. Brnmsen. ., i, year. Holler also holds-the dcgreei Social Chairman i of mechanical en 1‘. which wasi B. Wi ‘— conl’crred upon him in June, 19:28. 1| W i band more men could still be placed. The ‘ I X'ehcmses Hominy. and rhestrn Tuesday. from 5 to (i p. ' . the n.:ern’oly hall. The: bond made lls ii ~ it was en