<1 ARMOUR TECH. ll‘l'EVVS 333333 3333333331 33133 3? Q3 1? 3353 3y Last mid October 26, the junior and sonic: Civils were e}: cused from . their a emoon classes to attend an inspection trip. This trip was under the auspices, of the Chicago Branch 6‘1 the Western Society of Engineers, and included an inspection of the odd Aquarium that is baa—1 hike, and also an examination of the huge dredges near Roosevelt Road Lakes Dredge o11deocl: Co. » Knopoct Aquarium . l1-e cousin uction work at the Aquarium was exceptionally interest . ing as it involved reinforced con- crete, stone masonry, term cotta, and steel The floor system and the fresh and salt water reservoirs are all of ' crate construction, in which pu~ Tests made by different com— : 'panies as to the quality of the con— crete used on the job have given re- sults ‘ be highest order. V All Colilmno Generated The basement columns are of con— drete or concrete encased steel which rest mfgoncrete piers sunk in the 31011113311131; in turn are supported ' on a cluster of Wooden piles that have on bed rock. All of . n the mezzanine and the first floor are of steel encased in éoncrete. 0 ”the first floor there is the Hall from which filled with exhibits. The roofs of these halls are of steel arch construc- tion and the structural details on- , Counters-2d are very complex and were V a; source of surprise to all who wit— nessed the complicated connections. The upper columns that support the arches are encased in concrete, but the arch itself' is coated with a speh dial preservative preparation. Vehicular Driveway «1. In the basement of the Aquarium there is a vehicular dliveway for the convenience of automobile trefu fic. The building is heated £30m the ‘ plant of the llield Museum—3m heating pipes coming through a com crate tunnel to the southwest end of the Aquarium. This method of heat- ing is more economical than by pro- viding a separate heating plant. The tunnel will be used for pipes only. Lax-goat in the World] When completed, this aquarium ' will be the largest in the world. Ad~ mittance charges will be required for the financial support of the building, since the original amount donated for its construction does not include maintenance. Large Dredged inspected! Another surprise was in store for the group whexiithey proceeded to in- : ’spect the Great Lakes’ dredges which were anchored about a quarter of a mile away. These dredges contained not the one big greasy boiler, as ' ‘many had expected to see, but me.- chinery of the latest type in spiC-and« span condition, —— everything clean jand well polished. After wandering past rows of gi~ gentle Diesel engines, whirring gen- craters, paneled staterooms, the C. E.’ 3 landed in the pilot house, looked at the Sperry gyroscopic compass, signed their names, smoked the free ’clg‘ars, and listened to an explana- tion of the dredge’s operation. The Diesel engines are used to gen- erate current for the operation of 'the 700 H. JP. motor that is shaft connected to the clam-shell shaped 'wheel which digs out the material. This wheel is placed at the end of a long boom which can be raised and lowércd by means of cables. Direct- ly beneath and behind the vaned dig" got is the opening of. the suction pipe through which the loosened material ' is drawn by means of large contri- iugal pumps.” All controls are con- veniently arranged in the pilot house, "the captain directing operations from c comfmtoble chsn. Older Dredge: Steam (Mounted ._ , The older boats were steam open ‘ ted and were noticeably dirties. heir method of operation was sim- .11 or to the newer one except that it fwas necessai‘y to have a complicated 3 33333333333333 . 11 branches eight corridors that will be - 3332333331 33333333 HARRY STEPlI—EN KEELER 133,313313313 33113173 31/3333: FAME AS 393.333” WEEARD When we find old grade of Armour Tech holding down positions as heads of huge manufacturing concerns, or as world~£amous engineers, we are not at all surprised, for that is where we expect them to end up at. But when we find an alumnus holding, the distinction of being one of the lead- 1ng writers of mystery stories in the country, having to his credit a math ematically expressed and much dis~ cussed law propounding the mental moves necessary toward intricate plot construction our attention is aroused. Such a personage is Harry Stephen Kecler, author of “The Voice of the Seven Sparrows,” “Find the Clock ” “Sing Sing- Nights,” "The Amazing Web," “The Clash of ’" " ”and dozens of others. He spent five years at Armour Tech, from 1907 to 1912, and tool: a little of everything, studying in the departments of E. E., M. E., and .C. E. Already in his student days at Armour he was busy at his, at that time, hobby, for he wrote regularly for mystery story magazines and earned a neat bit of expense money for himself. Finally one day in 1912, in typical Keeler fashion, he announced that he was going to quit. He was in Pro- fessor Paul’s class in Hydraulics at the time. “At the end of the hour,” says Professor Paul, “he came up to me and said without any hesitation, ‘I’ll never make an engineer. I’m going to quit and devote my time to writing.’ He never came to class again." Perhaps we can find adequate ex- planation of Mr. Keelcr’s peculiar talent for writing stories in which muders and mysteries run rampant in the fact that he was born in the some room in which machine guns were stationed to kill Hymie Weiss years later. In any event we don’t wonder a. bit at his widespread fame, after reading one or two of his thrilling productions, for his gripping tales of underworld drama in the big: cities, woven into the most involved and'in- tricate plots which enmesh the reed— er in’their very intrigue, the only method of untouglement being to flu- ish the book at a sitting, are of such merit as to make many an erstwhile writer of mystery tales crawl book into his hole. There’s nothing secret about Mr. Keelet’s method of constructing e. plot. To the contrary, he has pub- lished his methods in the form of :1 sort of textbook on plot construc- tion, and has named it “The Median» ion (and Kinematics) of Web-Work Plot Constwction.” He has applied his engineering training, received at Armour Tech, to weaving plots and constructing drama, and has made a phenomenal success of. it. He calls Armour the “school where, strange to say, I learned all I know about plot construction.” In a statement concerning; this hook on plot construction, M1: Kceler said, “Starting with elementsls, l . have endeavored to treat ‘plot’ as something 1111111372an9 into two corn— poncntsr—forcen and direction, 1 e., its ‘ port es, they began to feel vow noun A good time was had. while 211% in m a} bl int ”l3. denim; with the force aspect of the plot, it have dealt with motiv «rand motivoti l and correct, ‘ 331v at thread and the active plot thread. I have shown the mental processes in» valved in every bit of plotting, and the number of combinations of these processes; also 1;, have analyzed the "blocking’ or ‘going up a blind alley” phase of plotting into three compon~ nts, proving that all ‘blind alleying' due to a combination of three eie~ ments that are ‘against the plotter’. I have also dealt with some peculiar phenomenapsuch as how motiving an incident can destroy the motivation, and the converse of this proposition." This should give engineering stu- dents, who are inclined to visualize all their mathematics and mechanics 3 applied to cold steel, something to think about. Does the experience of this engineer, for that he certainly is, open up a new field of endeavor for the engineering graduates of the future? Mr. Keeler has remained a Chica~ goan, his work-shop being at 1321 Addison Boulevard This work-shop 33333 33333 3.3333 '3‘. 3. 333333 33 333333 The annual Halloween Dance of the Armour Chapter of Theta Xi was held at the Chapter House last Sat- urdey evening. The House began taking on an atmosphere of Hallow— een Wednesday, and by Saturday it vise gorgeously decorated with corn stalks, pumpkins, paper streamers, and drawings made by the architects, which were used to decorate the large mirrors on the first floor. About seventy couples attended, quite a. few of which were guests There were brothers from Illinois, Purdue, and our own alumni. Sev- eral men from the other fraternities at Armour were also present. The music was furnished by the “White Friars.” Chaperones were: Mr. and Mrs. L. Dean Albor and Mr. and Mrs. Martin Hussender. in itself is wall is completely taken up with three gigantic maps of the “three mystery cities 01' the world"—~Chica- ' go, Paris, and London, each fitted with a huge battery of pins with bril- liantly, colored disks as heads, and capable of being inserted at any point on the map to mark the prog- ress of the story. An imnicnse blackboard covers the adjoining wall, which with colored chalks and vertically and horizon- tally ruled lines shows the chronolog- ical position of every character at any moment in a mystery novel he would be writing. A third wall has every inch of its area covered with a huge filing cabinet, containing sew ez‘al hundreds of drawers, in which is tabulated, in, very neat and concise form, material and information per- taining to almost every conceivable subject from Chinese curios to such branches of science as sociology and pschiatry,w- A description of his workshop would by no means be complete with- out including one of his most prized possessions, a pet rabbit which makes its home in his waste~basket. "I know you’ll be terribly disap- pointed,” said Harry Stephen Keelcr, “for you hoped to find literary al'r mosphei‘e here. But there lip—mt he —is.” Pointing to the rabbit, “That’s H. L. Mencken. That’s the atmos- phere.” -——.l. H. Ed. Note: A review of two of Har— ry Stephen Keelcr’s best known books, “The Voice of the Seven Spat- rows,” and “Sing Sing Nights,” will appear in the Book Review column next week.) The bi-yearly convention of Chi Epsilon, national honorary Civil En» gineering Fraternity, will be held on Nov. 3 and 4 at Madison, Wis. The Armour Chapter will be represented by R. F. Stellar. comm...mum..m.mnm.m.momammal... . FOR QUALITY AND LOW PRICES, EAT A’l‘ EAUEWS RESTAURANT INDIANA and 3151: STREET 3333313 33333333 333333333 137333333 3‘3333333331333? Donald Chapman, the newly elect~ ed social chairman of the freshman class, will appoint 3 social committee of five at the next meeting of the class, the date of which has not yet been announced. This committee will make plans for the freshman social functions of the coming ,year. The freshman dance will be held some time after Christmas, and if successful, the sur- plus money will be used for some othm function, such as a summer so- eial. 1’? 11333183333133! NOTES DELTA TAU EELTA The Delts acted as host to a. num- ber of their members from Purdue University who visited the Armour Chapter before and after the Purdue- Chicago football game last Saturday. The members of the Armour chapter were guests at a. house dance of the U. of 0. chapter held that evening. .l’. M. Jacobson, ’29, vice president of Kappa Delta Tau fraternity, has been serving in the capacity of pres- ident while W. N. Olefsky, ’30, is out on a leave of absence. Olefsky was 3.3 33 3.33 3333 3’1"? l 1.21.; 3 grams??? .3, 4...... 1. MIR, Oct. 33.", 35’ 2. Letter-”Box I overheard two of our prommsnt chemistry professors sunny 3‘ dei: nitions of what cducztzcn. 15.:"hcy stmck me rather forcihly. H8326 they are: 1. Education is that 3:3. taught in normal colleges by me} professors to sobnormaietu mile-sis. 2. Education is that which isieft when you’ve forgotten all fine {sets that hove been crammed into 3mm head in college. I wonder what others third: oz" them. Have any of them any better ones? “Eavecivoppsz. is? ‘26s abno— forced to remain out of school for a while because of financial reasons, and is at present employed as an a.- chltect for the Board of Education. Rho Delta Rho is planning :2, house dance for Saturday, Nous-2111131: 3. WPE‘WRW‘ERS Special Rates to Students Renting m" Buying Wabash 8535 ‘33? 3. Deal-horn SE. 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