' Vol. ll. . Try For , . The flashed:— iflull Team W No. 0 W. h. h... ll/lllh'l‘lhlti hillldihfihhfl Edi! lillflh‘. Whihb Bridge Design Aesthetics is the Topic of Talia: SLKDES lLLUSTitATE LECTURE At its second meeting held Octo- ber 18 in Room B Mission, the Ar~ mour Branch of: the Western Society of Engineers had as its speaker Pro— fessor M. B. Wells of the Civil De— partment. His subject was “Aes' thetics of Bridge Design." Conformity Stressed In his tail; Professor Wells em— phasized several main points to be looked for in good looking struc— tures. The importance of Conform- ity of. Structure to the Surroundings in which built was particularly stressed. No structure can be com siderecl beautiful it it stands out gro— tesquely against its background,——~a blotch on the natural, beauty of the landscape. Along with this the bridge should Show the Purpose of Con- struction. The main abutments and trusses should stand out and show the strength and ability to do the work for which they were intended. Slides Illustrate Lecture ' in order to please the eye the bridge should not be overdressed. In some of the slides with which Pro- fessor Wells illustrated his talk, the bridges shown appeared merely as a mass of structural members,~—-the purpose of which it was diificult to see. Symmetrical bridges, either arched or straight-line trusses, but not combined, give the best looking ‘ structures!" Picasingflutfine; which» , ordinarily accompanies economic use of material, is essential to all good« appearing bridges. The lack of these requirements is evident in bridge structures all over the country. In pioneer times, bridges—both railroad and highway ”were built only for the purpose in- tended, and appearances were entire- ly neglected. At these early times, the sparsely settled western country could afiord no expensive structures, and good looks were not considered as necessary. With natural resources, namely lumber which at that time was very plentiful, the engineer built Armour Institute of Technology , Chicago, limos flail illccis @ac «idiotic loduy Students who are in any way in~ terested in working on Armour Tech’s publications, whether on the business or the editorial staffs, should be present at a meeting of the Press Club which is to be held today at 1 p. m. in Science Hall (3rd floor, Main). The sole purpose of the meet— ing will be to give students who as- pire to positions on the staffs of any one of the three publications an op- portunity to offer their services, ac— cording to John Hommes, ’29, pres- ident of the Press Club, who is spon— soring the meeting. The editors and business managers of the publications will be on hand to explain the requirements for staff positions, and will especially show the underclassmen how such positions may be attained. Upper-classmen who wish to come to the meeting, which will adjourn about 1:30 p. m., are excused from the first part of their classes, if any. They will be required to report to class immediately thereafter, how— ever. Freshmen who have major classes at that time are not excused to attend the meeting. All other freshmen are invited and urged to come. any chino m ill! ohraariow The meetings of the Armour Ra— dio Association will be held in con— junction with those of the A. l. E. E. every two weeks in Science Hall, at 11:30 a. m. commencing; October 29. Plans are already under way to put amateur radio station QNV into op— roration ,, Although the, transmitter is only m” action, it tints" necessary; to remodel the antenna. New guy wires and a new type of aerial are to be put up. All licensed operators will be en— titled to operate the station under the direction of R. l... Von Osdol, chief operator. Only about six have signed up for this privilege at the present time. Any other students who are interested in either joining the Association or operating Station 9NV are requested to sign up on the notice posted on the bulletin board in the foyer of the Main Building. A television receiver is to be in— stalled for experimental purposes, if: most of his bridges. Bulky and un— economical though they may appear today, there are many of these old structures that are still existant,——— (Continued on page 4, column 1) tiles Eliihhlccts ll/lanslic President At a meeting of the Glee Club, held Thursday, Oct. '18, the following oili— cers were elected: President, Wm. R. Mariska, ’30. Manager, G. J. Heller, ’30. Librarian, Wm. A. Dean, ’30. Dr. Daniel Protheroe, noted Chi- cago composer, is again conducting the Glee Club this year. The band is the only one that has made public appearance thus far but in the near future an opportunity will be had to hear all of the musical or- ganizations. Both the Band and Orchestra, un~ dcr the direction of George Rezac, are preparing special arrangements for future use. Rezac states that approximately 75 percent of the members of the Band and 50 percent of the Orchestra members are fresh— men. Edward Craig is leading the Stresses and Strains this year. Al- though only a sophomore, he already has done notable work as director of that organization. the necessary apparatus can be se- cured and enough interest in the pro» ject displayed by the members of the club. An Honor “A” Society meeting will be held on Friday, November 2, at 1:00 p. m. in the Science Hall. All letter men, whether the recipients of major or minor A75, are requested to be present, since this meeting is for the purpose of securing; new memn bcrs to the organization. “Nap” Kara, ’20, is president of the Society. ”Analytical Chemist” is Schematics/“’3 Chmhf Talk John J. Schommer, Professor of Industrial Chemistry, was the speak er at the regular meeting of the A. I. Ch. E. held Monday, Oct. 22, in Sci« ence Hall. His subject, “My Remi— niscences As An Analytical Chemist,” proved to be one of the most inter— esting delivered before the society. Professor Schommer’s topic dealt mainly with the foot that the ultimate success or failure of the graduate en- gineer or chemist depends primarily upon his ability to cope with the I problems which are continually pro. senting themselves. He illustrated his points repeatedly with references to' his own wide experiences, inserting the touches of burner for which he is famous. ”its Straw tote With this issue of the NEWS you are being handed a separate printed Straw Ballot. You are re- quested to mark it immediately, and drop it in the new Contribu- tion Box which has just been hung in the Main lobby. The straw vote conducted by us a few weeks ago was unsuccessful in that only about one quarter of the student body voted. This was attributed to the fact that our subscribers were unwilling to tear their copy of the NEWS to obtain their ballot. ‘ This poll willvbe final. Results will be published in next week’s issue, which comes out a few days before the election. hhhiih’lhhll. lihhl hhlllllll‘ lhl hill/i NEXT ri‘lillltdfldi‘i All candidates for the basketball team must report for practice in the home gymnasium, Thursday, October 25, at 4:45 p. m., ready for work. That means that every have enough equipment, which con» man must ists of shoes, shirt, pants, sweat— shirt, etc. This early practice is very neces» sary in view of the fact that Ar— mour’s team will be composed of a fairly green combination, and in con— sideration of the hard schedule this season, the necessity for this early rounding into form, becomes even "more‘apparcnt. * ' C'al Johnson announces that to date he has arranged seven games out of those mentioned schedule, and hopes that by the end of the week to have his bookings completed. in the tentative Games with the following institu— tions have been booked: Thurs, Jan. 17, De Kalb at Arv mour. Sat, Jan. 19, Armour at Y. Col— lege. Sat, Jan. 26, Armour at De Kalb. Tues, Feb. 5, Y. College at Ar- mour. Sat, Feb. 9, Armour at Milton. Fri., Feb. 15, Augustana at Ar~ men 1‘. Sat, Feb. 23, Armour at Augus- tana. SCHOOL CALENDAR Thursday, Oct, 25: 1:00 p. m., Press Club Meeting in Science Hall. 4:45 p. m., Basketball candi— dates due in the Gym. 8:00 p. m., Campus Club Smok» er, Chapin Hall. Friday, Oct. 256: 9:30 a. m., Distribution of Ush» er badges for ChicagosPuI-due game. South end of Main lobby. Saturday, 0st. 27: 12:00 noon, Ushers due at Stagg Field, Gate 8A, for Chicago— Purdue game. 2:00 p. m., game, Stagg Field. Monday, Oct. 29‘: 11:30 a. m., A. l. E. E. meeting in Science Hall. Wednesday, Cleft. 3E: 5:00 p. m., ARMOUR TEC NEWS Staff meeting}: in the NEWS Office. Thursday, Noe. E: 8:00 a. m., Distribution of is— sue No. 7 of NE‘WS. '8:00 p. m., Sphinx Smoker. Friday, Nov. 36 Chicago‘Puz‘due lllinois Send in your Foosball Questions October 25, 2928 “Engineer” Editor Eli @th lihllihl @Whfl Magazine Ewfippyyfiom Egyllfiilliighilglhl if}? L. F. Bernhard, ’29, editor of “The Armour Engineer,” and M. B. Golber, ’29, an assistant, Armour today, tomorrow, and Satur— day in Lincoln, Nolan, at the national convention of the Engineering Col- lege Magazines Associated, an organ- ization comprised of representatives from 21 engineering college publica— tions from all over the country. The Engineer joined the association in 1922. At this meeting awards are given by the executive committee and crit— icism of the magazines are made. These awards are on the magazines published during the previous year. Professor L. F. Van Hagen of the University of Wisconsin is chairman, while the Western Vice Chairman is Paul B. Nelson, editor of the “Schol— astic Editor.” At the meeting of the association held last year, the Armour Engineer placed in three of the seven points on which the publications are rated. It placed first for the best illustra- tions, first for cover design, and third for the best student article. In the same year it received a distinn guishcd rating under the National Collegiate Congress Award. Thursday morning of the conven— tion will be spent in the choice of committees, which will meet at once. Friday will be spent in discussing the magazines and making awards. The delegates will see the Missouri-Ne- braska football game on Saturday, which ends the convention schedule. EEAUX ARTS 97$?” Pildtldll'll“ Mdldfifl Projet No. l of the Class A Beaux— Arts institute of Design were mailed to New York last Tuesday, after be— ing submitted by the Junior and Sen— ior students in architecture at the Art Institute. Students of architec— ture from all over the country enter this competition. Judgments of the first entries will be made on Tues- day, October 30, and will be an- nounced shortly thereafter. ChlleUS CLUB SMOKER TONETE A novel type of smoker is to be held tonight at 7:30 in the Campus Club rooms. The Freshmen are to furnish all of the entertainment and the members are looking forward ex— pectantly to an exciting evening. John Brady, school cheer leader, is coaching the Fresh in their efforts to entertain the upper classmcn and alumni. Herb Stebbins is in charge of arrangements. A total of thirty-five new members including eight freshmen have been taken into the club this semester. Kjeiilgrcu Wants (Cycle finches From Students Philip Kjellgren, ’31, photographic editor of the ’29 Cycle, has asked that the students turn into him any snap— shots relative to the school. The snap shot section of the year book is al- ways one of the most interesting and in order to put it in first class shape, everyone should turn in interesting photographs. The snaps may be turned in either to Kiellgron. or they l may be left in the Cycle Ofiice in l Chopin Hall, or the Cycle Box in the ‘lobby or the Main Building. the A. l. E. IE, will meet Monday, {October 29, at 11:30 a. ‘3]. in Science Hall. Robert Earns. E. E. "24., will I l "aim... ‘ The Armour Student Branch of 1 l 8.00 p. m., First Senior Dante. .WWM M‘ yietone. be the speaker, his topic being “Mo- n Plilhil§l3llhllil are representing l2 Experiments in: Iii Weeks Allows More Time Than Bulletin Shows ENTERVIEW PROFESSOR SOUR? An explanation throwing consid- erably light on the discussion of the number of semester-hours credit al- lowed by the new bulletin for Phys- ics Laboratory was given out this week simultaneously by E’rofessor J. C. Penn, dean of engineering, and Dr. T. E. Doubt, who conducts the Physics Laboratory course. The ex- planation was offered following sev- eral criticisms on the part of the stu‘ dents taking the course to the efiect that the actual time required to com— plete an experiment for Physics Lab oratory is much in excess of the five hours per week allowed by the bul- letin. More Than Five Hours According to Professor Penn each experiment is allowed more than five hours. There being required on an average of twelve experiments to be done in the allowed time of five hours per week for sixteen weeks, the ac- tual time per experiment is not five hours, but 6 2—3 hours, three of which are to be spent in the laboratory, and 2-3 in preparation. While some may take more than three hours in the laboratory, he explained, there are others which can be completed in much less time. Already a Maximum “We are already allowing the max- imum credit for Physics Laboratory that we can give and still be on a par with other engineering colleges,” said Professor Penn. “The figures in the bulletin represent the time re- quired for an arerage student to make a grade of “B" in the work. Students who have more difficulty in grasping the Physics laboratory work than other work are naturally ex- pected to put more time on the course. Furthermore, students who want an “A” grade must work harder.” lNork Not Easy In an interview, Dr. Doubt of the Physics department admitted that the work was far from easy. “I didn’t choose Physics as my life work be cause it was easy,” he said. (Continued on page 2, column 3) Phi halide Edits sane versary is Estebratcd Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity last Friday, October 19, celebrated its seventy-eighth birthday with their annual Founder’s Day banquet held in the Red Room of Hotel La Sells in conjunction with the opening of the new lntcrfrsternity Club club— rooms there. All of the members of the three Chiméo chapters. and 250 alumni members were in attendance. The pledges of the active chapters entertained with stunts in competi- tion for a travelling cap which is awarded on the merits and execution of the stunt offered. Armour Chop- ier pledges won the cup for the local Pl; Kapps with a nest exhibition of ,diving and tumblhig. 1 Saturday the men of the local ichaptcr of.l3‘ni Kappa Sigma will ‘, navel en mousse to Champsign to see lthe liliuois~Northwesteru homecozm i g- gume. ‘ter the football coil Chi- itimi they 21 be entertained by the ifliinoxs Chapter 5.2 a house demo glass? ”. m’d. * t 9 men with ed lFurdueJ battle held a: .fnyette. lndisn... (o tr 4Y1 twin it 4