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‘WAS ‘ll’liGMlNiEN'l‘ ENGSNKER

Clarence E. Freeman, ’97, 3.8., M.
65., E11,, former head of the Elecu
tricul Engineering Department, ‘and
' older brother of the present head of
that department, died last Saturday
evening after a three year illncso.
l‘lr. C E. Freeman enjoyed a wide
and envious leputation in the engi-
neering world. His endeavors includ-
ed not only electrical engineering,
but also oil geology, irrigation pro—
jects,’ and transportation.
.. . V Came in 3895
Mr. Freeman came to Armour in
1895, after 1ecciving a bachelor" 5 de—
gree from Kansas State Normal Col—
lege. He acted as instructor in elec~
trical engineering, while at the some
time completing: his course here. In
218% be had conferred upon him his
Master’s Degree from Kansas State
Normal, and the following year he rem
ceivecl his B. S. in Electrical Engi»
neering from the Armour Institute.

Worked With Dig-FOX‘GSK

Upon his graduation from Armour,
he was made Associate Profeecor of
Electrical Engineering, and remained
in that capacity tor six years, during
which time: hewas intimately asso-
_ eluted with Dr. Lee De Forest in the
«development of the radio tube, the
arresecrch on this important invention
being curried on by these two men
entirely in the Armour Laboratories.

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33233003.. CALENDAR
Fridny, Nov. 2, i923:

2:39 9.. 111., Opening of Pi Tau
Sigma National, Convention at Ar—
mour Tech.

1:00 p. 1b., Honor “A" Society
in Science Hall.

Saturday, Nov. 3, 31928:

8:30 a. 1/11., Continuation of Pi
Tau Sigma Convention.

Tuesday, Nov. bi, 393231:

Election Day. A Holiday for
Day and Night Students.
Wednesday, Nov. 7, 19.28:

5:00 p. m., Armour Tech News
Stall” Meeting in the News Office.
Thurmduy, Nov. 8, 1928:

8:00 a. 110., Issue No. 8 of, News
- distributed,

Friday, Nov. 16, 3928:
8:00 p. 111., Senior Dance.

 

 

 

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On Friday and Saturday, Novena»
her 2 and 3, twentyufour delegates
of Pi Tau Sigma, national honorary
mechanical engineering fraternity,
representing nine other colleges and
members of the national council, will
hold their convention of. Armour
Tech.

Friday, between 8 and 9 a. m, the
delegates will register, and from 9 to
12 noon will hold their firsst business
ccsslon at the Phi Pi Phi house. In
the afternoon, at 1:30, the formal
initiation of six men will be held, oftw
or which a tour of the city and an
inspection of the new eewege»dispo..-
all plant will be made.

The feature of the evening will be
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MOUR TECH NEWS presidential
straw vote last week with a landslide
of nearly 4 to 1 magnitude. The to-
tal count showed 285 ballots for Hoo-
ver over against '74 tallies for Smith.

Faculty Em) Percent Hoover

All faculty votes were for Herbert
Hoover. About forty of the faculty
cast ballots, which is over half their
number, and enough to draw a. rep-
reeentative curve}

The greatest odds against Smith
were evidenced in the electrical en~
gineering, where the count stood 6—1
for the engineer for president. In
the fire protection engineering course
the odds were only 2—1.

Bookstore Goon ficmocrnticl

One voter, taking a course in
“Doughology” “every year,” placed
a neat cross on Al Smith’s grave, or
rather, his square. Stanley “Dough"
Livingston’s handwriting is Immin—
takoble.

Another

b al 1 o t emphatically

marked. for Smith was labeled,
"Alumnus, 1922.” it had all the can
marks of having been thrown in by
3. Warren McAl‘frey.

In tnbuloting the ballots by classes
figures revealed the Juniors with e.
4 L2 to 1. ratio for Hoover, Seniors,
4 to 1; Freshmen, 3 1.2 to 1, while
the Sophomores were 3 to 1 for Hoo-
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Wilde interest Mnnifczt

Ballots were given only to sub~
scribers of the NEWS. Out of the
approximately 630 who received bal—
lots, 371 votes were cast, or about 6'0
percent, which indicates a wide in-
terest in the expeiimcnt.

Varney, prohibitionist candidate,
polled five voters, four of. which were
from Seniors. Thomas, the Socialist
nominee, received four votes, three
of which were from Fire Protects.
Foster had three supporters.

Other prominent Americans who
received votes were: Will Rogers, 2',
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The first general assembly of the
semester was held last Friday, Octo»
her 26, in the Assembly Hall. The
speaker of the day was. Professor
Amos Alonzo Stagg', football coach
at the University of Chicago, and his
subject was ”Playing Square.’

Associate Professor Schommcr,
one of Stagg’s former stars, intro»
duoed him to the students as ‘thcl
“Grand Old Man” 01" football.

Advicee 'Fnlr Ploy

Moot of. Goach Stagg’a speech was

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Upon thei'cssignation of Professor
1. J. Mocomber in the spring of 1903,
Professor C. E. Freeman was promot~
ed to head the Department of Elec»
tricnl Engineering. He remained in
that capacity for nearly four years,
but resigned in 1906 because of ill
health, determining to engage in
work which would keep him more
out-offload

Employed by B. 5. Arnold
He then Went into the employ of
Rich J. Arnold, consulting engineers,
authorities on railroad and irrigation
work, While with that firm he head-
ed a commission sent to New York
City to increase the passenger load—
ing efficiency on the subway system.
The plan which he offered as a solu—
tion to that problem is still being

. used by the subway comyanies.

Studied Oil Geology

During the last ten years of his
life, he made extensive studies in oil
geology, and. became very successful
in locating the exact position of oil
deposits. The detector which be used
in this work is one of his own invcm
tions.

About three years ago his health
begun to fail, and since that time he
has been inactive in his profession.

Mr. Freeman was (51 years old at
the time of his death.

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Professor N N. Raubtzofi of the
Technical College of. Moscow, Rue:
mic, is at present at Armour Institute
making a. comparative study of the
curriculum, methods of instruction
and shop and laboratory equipment.
Thi" study is a part of a nation—wide
preliminary survey now being- con»
ducted in the interests of the Russian
Government by Professor Raubtzofl‘
and his ncaocioto‘s. It is to be soy-
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noon the delegates will see the Chi~
cage-Penn State game, after which
the convention will be oilicially
closed.

G. H. Smith and. F. C. Tbecde are
the Armour chapter delegates.

Four Honorary Frolic
Announce Pledge Mot

Several of the honorary faternities
have pledged during the past week.
The pledges are chosen from the Jun—
ior and Senior classes on a basis of
scholarship, school activities, person-
ality, and character.

Tau Beta Pi, national honorary en~
gineering fraternity: H. H. Dojois,
N. S. Ewing, H. E. Goranson, M. J.
Kittler, Harry Nissc-n, I“, C. Ong, “
F. Stellar, Seniors, and E. R. Rowley,
a junior.

Eta Kappa N11, honorary electrical
engineering fraternity: Seniors, J. C.
Hromada, F. W. McCloeka, F. C.
011g; Juniors, F. H. Bigelow, M. A.
Tennyson, and F. O. Zimmerman.

Phi Lambda Upsilon, honorary
chemical engineering fraternity, Sey~
mour Goodheart, a Seldom: E.
Boynton, Jack Goldman, ... I‘. Mar-
tin, J. E. Tuman, and W. R. ’l‘rog~
nitz, all Juniors.

Salamander, honorary fire protec~
tion engineering fraternity: W. H.
Betty. J. W. Gamble, R. E. Johnson,
Seniors, and R. J. Gunther, a Junior.

Announcement of the pledges of
Chi Epsilon, national honorary Civil,
Scarab, honorary Architecture, and.
Sphinx, honorary literary, will be
made in; soon 21.1 available.

 

“Monies” To Feature
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Next wool-r. there will be 11 meeting
of the Armour Branch of the diners
icon Society of Mechanical Engineers
at which motion pictoroo will aim

shown. The films will be one ofs
eml which the leading mar niucturgs
have oifcved and will prob..be be
that; showing: the manufacturing: and
testing: of Studebaker core.

The officers are at work trying to
make my a schedule of class
sneakers and flinch; to be prenésotod
before tbs Society.

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to “pléijfthe game square,” 1610 ”mat
ter what kind of a game it is, wheth»
er in sport or in business. “No mat»
ter what the circumstances be, al~
ways play loyally and square, because
above all, that’s what matters moist.
It’s not the winning or the losing of
a game, but it is a. question of, whethw
or you’ve played it fair and square."

In another instance he said, “Boys,
remember to keep fit and healthy at
all times; be fair to yourselves and
know yourselves at all times; have
control of all your cnergie.., and in
that way you will always be able to
play the game square. I can’t im~
press on you strong enough of what
importance this is in everybody’s life
and career.”

Coach Stag-g illustrated his talk
with several personal experiences,

R- stressing the necessity of honesty and

fair play. After the speech, Prof.
Schommci: thanked Coach Stage: on
behalf of the faculty and student
body, and very appropriately rc—
murkcd, “This just goes to Show you,
boys, that after all, a pile of bricks
doesn’t make :1 university; it takes
men.” The assembly ended up with
the singing oi the “Armour Fight
Song,” after which the 11:30 classes
were resumed.

Red Erotic Membership
Drive Statute Nov. ill

The Twelfth Annual Membership
Roll Call of the American National
Red Cross to enroll members :Eor
1929 begins Nov. 11, Armistice Day,
and ends on Thanksgiving Day, Nov.
2

Money received at the Roll Cull is
the only source of income enjoyed by
the Red Cross, except that occasioxu
ally in times of. great disaster, such
as the recent hurricane which sweet
Forte Rico and Florida, or the Mis-
sissippi Valley Flood of a few see.—
sons back, when special relief fund
drives are carried on.

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The Eionoi' “A“ Society will meet ‘

Friday, November 1, in Sciunoo Be?
at 1:83 9. m. This meeting; will he
hold for ‘ pui‘goso of timing); in new
momber cSili»1¢an who have won 2:
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Owing to the fact that at the pres—
ent time there is. but little informa—
tion in the School Bulletin regarding
the methods of handling the cases of
students on probation the following
article has been written to better ac-
quaint the student body with these
detailn.

 

Condikiono 301' Probation

Any student who fails in u major—
ity of his subjects or in the principal
subjects of his course is placed on
probation by the Office of the Deans
job a period of one semester. Dur—
ing this time the delinquent. student
must improve his scholasuic standing
or he is dropoed from the Institute.
The {Miles of the Deans makes every
efiort to aid students in this position
and has adopted :1 system in this re-
gard which has proved very success~
fol.

A questionnaire is sent at regular
intervals to the instructors of each
student on probation in regard to the
scholastic standing ot‘ thc student in
question. These reports are filled
out and returned to the Office of the
Deans where they are studied care—
fully. 11' it becomes evident that the
student will fail in one or more sub.—
jccts he is permitted to drop as many
as is compatible with the continuation

f _. .. course. By dropping a subject
in this way the student is enabled to
concentrate on those remaining? and
frequently posses several which he
might otherwise have failed. 115 all
of these methods full the student 58*
vcres his connection with the insti-
flute.

 

(Cones Treated lndi‘vidunlly

The comparatively small student.
body has made it unnecessary for the
Deans to adopt any set rule of mm
cedure in this regard and ii indi
vidual case .5 'eviewed core
fore action is to lien Al; the present
time them are 31 students on probo-
tion, most of whom, uCCording to
Dean Palmer. give indications of re—
gaining their bolastic standing by
the and oi" the semester.

 

   

 

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Owing to the {7,1 that there
seems to be some misunderstand-
ing, especially on the part of the
new students, Dean Penn wishes
to have it made clear that the of?»
tie! Lost and Found Bureau is lo»
outed in the Deans’ Ofice. Artiu
clcs which are found should be
turned in there. Students who lose
anything are to inquire there for
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Through {:th court y of the Uni—
velslty of Chicago, it is again poi.»
sible for Armour students to “ super"
in the opera and in that way obtain
passes for the remaining presenter
tions at the Auditorium. For the
firnt performance, Aida, fifty men are
wanted. This will be held Saturday,
November 3, and all men signing up
for “super" duty are requested to be
at the stage entrance of the Audito—
rium not later than 1:00 p. m. it is
very important that all men he on
time. as instructions will be given
out at that time.

Those who make good will be asked
to continue in that line of duty for
the rest of the Opera season. This
enables you to obtain 2. pass for the
opera after having “supcred” in three
performances. Positions arc espe-
cially open to men with experience
”in supering” but there are several
vacancies to be filled by new men.

The performance Saturday after
noon, Nov. 3, will be the opera Aida.
All will agree that Aida is one of the
finest operas of the Chicago season.
It is well worth seeing, and should be
an inducement for all opera lovers at
Armour to get signed up early on the
“super” roll.

The stage entrance of the Audi-
torium is located one-half block south
of Van Buren St. on Michigan Ave.
And again, BE ON TIME! l:00 p, 111.
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New Device Belicia
Gravity; We iRv’omilcz-l

Professor Wilcox, head of the
Physics department recently was in-
terviewed by Chicago Daily News and
Tribune representatives. His opinion
was asked on the recent invention of
Mr. Tote, an English inventor, 03
method of overcoming the force of
gravitation.

M1. Tate states his new force will
eliminate and not, insulate gravity.
He does not patent his method as he
believes the secret is so simple and
so easily explained, with such great
possibilities that he desires to keep
the secret for his own use

Both DI". Grace. vice president of
the Bell Telephone Laboratories of
New York, and Professor ”Wilcox be-
lieve that the force is explained l1)
super-magnetism. The Bell Teic~
phone {30. have an apparatus of this
Eng ol‘ :1 rebel steel niecel
about four inches long: and one‘quzlzkg
Itcr inch square hold in mid-iii): in;
guides by u similm‘ piece of nuclei
placed in :1 wooden block

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this apparatus in his oliioc, also com»
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Film—six men, the largest midst
turnout in the history of Amour, rs-
sponded to Coach szflt‘s cell “is:
basketball candidates, Thursday, 0c-
tober 25. The home gym literally
buzzed with ectivi‘qz, and it is seiel
that with the exception of s for: so—
clal fumctions and gym; classes israid
up there, the place has never been
so crowded. Bill Kraft was all smiles
at the initial reception given him as
new basketball coach. He attributed
the overwhehning: turn- -out largely to
the cd vertising given the tea m by the
NEWS.

i‘lieuvy Frcohman Turnout
There was a good wrinkling of
freshman talent together with a good
sized bunch of upper classmen. Cam.
Johnny Mann was there with all his
old time-“zip,” and if early indire—
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tions mean anything, he should
this 31231": star. King Simpson, 5
my Fee, and Sta-21 {Btt share bone '
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themselves and should be important
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Big Men Needed

Bill Kraft, although delighted with
be large turnout, is semen-:23:
gloomy about the size of the 121321. It
takes a good heavy man to meet
with a heavy men on the floor; so
without the {184285541137 weight, At-
mour will be handicapped. However,
pros .cts are bright of developing a
real fast outfit with this year’s mu
rial, and if the old saying, “th21.
lost in power, is gained in spec
means; anything, the loss of we§
should be more than counsel's“:

  

   
   

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surrounding and tossiu g baskets.
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