WWW ........:............ Sulescvigition figurine Now ”flirt: v.11. m. No. 5. Armour institute of Technology, Chicago, lllinoie flout “4:27am? lyreoiim " 3:3. 1 1 1 Emma End: outlive volition nouns will—union ”1133313138.; moonlit. Couch Krufi‘t Will Soon Send flint Cell For Condidnteo By CHESTER —STEMPKOWSKI Old Sol‘s appearance in the last few days put many a smile into our prospective baseball players’ faces and gave the boys the first breeze of spring atmosphere. Aside from in- spiring the players, Sol radiated on the ambitious brow of Mr. W. C. Kmfl't and set him whistling the an— cient grade school composition, “Spring is here." A Matter o§ Days It’s only a matter of days now when our mentoi will sound his whoo- pee yell and make his call for the lovers of the great notional pastime. There is no doubt but what one slip of the. tongue ‘will suffice when it con- cerns the call for candidates, for the chances are that Krafi‘t will be stormed with a. huge assemblage of responders. Lots of Battery Material There is many a slip ’twixt organ. izing‘ a. baseball team and organizing a GOOD baseball team. But the least of Krafi‘t’s worries are concentrated in the phase of the struggle dealing with the development of a good team. The chief worry is usually centered on the ability of the battery artists and since Krufi‘t has 12 pitchers and a half-dozen catchers in his workshop he has no reason to offer any com- plaint. The stuff of moundsmen and re- ceivers have already developed a good portion of the early season form. The boys have used the gym- nasium for their: winter training quarters and have found that the steam heat furnishes as good warmth as could be expected until m’sieu robin makes his appearance in the tree tops. Topping what has already been said, another fact that might be of interest to fellow collegiates is that there are four southpaw luminaries in the cluster of hurlers. Such a col- lection of left hand beavers is sure to stimulate a little trouble on the sand lots when competition begins in April. A little chat with Mr. William Berv ry, manager of the team, provided the information that Kraflt, Berry, and Company expect to come thru with a season standing having a per~ contage of wins somewhere near the .800 mark. Such prophecies are not hard Lo consume and it is hoped that Bill Berry is a man of his Word. The schedule, comprising fifteen games, will set Armour up against at least fourteen good teams, so that in order to attain that .800 mark 12 games must be won; and Armour will have to do the winning. hinges Wins ill. 5. ll, ’ hummus ills Wile It may take awhile, but, as the say- ing goes, “It all comes out in the wash.” And here is a story of a mod— est; cxsold‘ler and ex«Armourite who has just been awarded a distinguished service cross by Congress for his bravery on the battle field of the late world war. John Hogan, the man in question, has been holding out on his wife for ten years. And she probably never would have found out that her hus- band was 21 world war hero had it not been for the fact that the war den purtmcnt citation revealed the com-- plots facts concerning his heroic en- counter with the enemy. On'Seotcmber 12, Will, according to a statement from the war deport— mcnt, Private Hogan, 355th Infantry, 89th division, displayed extraordinary heroism in action near Bois do Mort Mate. The detachment which. he com- manded encountered on enemy 111a- chinc gun crew delivering effective fire. cover, advanced alone without orders, killed the machine-gunner and other man, and captured the gun with ten prisoners. a will he held soon. Hogan placed his men under Assistants J. GARTH SITZLER, Junior Marshal PEEK. MARSHALS "il‘fl All} SETZLER EN .illl‘llllllll ‘WEEK J. Garth Sitzlcr, newly elected Junior Marshal, has made public his choice of assistants for running the Annual Junior Week. The assistant marshals are: Dean Bantu, ’30, Arch. Preston E. Heath, ’30, F. P. E. Donald Paul, ’30, 1". P. E. Fred Rasmussen, ’30, C. E. The dates for Junior Week have been chosen as the week of May 13 to May 18. Open—house night, the Spring Con- cert of the musical clubs, the Junior Prom, tho Alumni-Varsity baseball game, and the Freshman-Sophomore rush are all scheduled for this week. Elections oi the rush-loaders of the freshman and the sophomore classes the NEWS will contain more com— plete accounts of the program for the week. Solumunder, .57.. All". ill. Fraternity, Tallies 53” Honorary Momhero Salamander fraternity, honorary fire protection engineering, has re— ccntly announced the election to hon- orary membership of three men who are prominent in the promotion of fire protection engineering education. They are Mr. J. V. Parker, Mr. W. R. Townloy, and Professor C. P. Holmes. Mr. J. V. Parker, who is manager of the Western Actuarial Bureau, is chairman of the scholarship commit— tee which chooses the twontyfive men each year who are to have their tui~ tion paid for the four years during which they are studying: Fire Protec~ tion Engineering at Armour Tech. He keeps in constant touch with the students during their four years at Armour, watching their progress, 30L vising them when they meet with. dif- ficulty, and rem-unending: them when their work falls below standard. He is, in practice, the Dean of the Fire Protection students. Mr. Wellington ll. Townley, like Mr. Parker, is also a member of the scholarship committee, representing the Underwriters’ Association of North America. He is Secretary of the Underwriter-5’ Salvage Company and is also on the faculty of the Northwestern University School of Commerce, lecturing to the students there on ”Insurance Principles and Practices.” ‘ Professor C. P. Holmes, who is also an employee of the Western Actu- arial Bureau, is instructor in Sched- ule Rating at Armour, He teaches practical applications of the ”Analyt. ic System, 21 system for tho measure- ment of relative fire hazard.“ which is used in fire insumucc isting,‘ or- ganiznticns thxoughout the coun He is on expert 11 this schedule, and has done considerable 1escn1rl1 in its correction. lie is a walnuts of Miss sachusetts lustilu of ’l‘echuolo, y. Professor Holmes is 111110 on instr tor in Fire Insurance at North (urn University School oi Comma: e. The usual program for a Future issues of a lll’lllihll lit/333.55% slithlil hltlilhll 15th idlidtihg ill @ildl dhdl‘hlli Semoelenlllgrafirodit Finn Explained For Freshmen Only the averages of the present Freshmen will be computed on the basis of the new semester~hour credit system. This is the ruling recently announced by Mr. Ernest Kelly, Re» corder. . Brianna Ave-roger. Down Sophomore, Junior, and Senior grades will be averaged as has ulwnyo been done in the past, that is, to give all grades the same importance. Un— der the new ruling, grades in the more important engineering subjects will count for more than the grades in the lighter liberal subjects, the basis for comparison being,r the se— mester-hour valuation of the subject as catalogued. Since good grades in the heavier subjects are harder to obtain, the tendency of the new method will be to produce a lower average than heretofore. The Deans‘ office is to adopt a new ruling in regard to the matter of Credits for work done at other schools. The old policy of counting a “credit" as equivalent to an “80” will again be used in all computaw t‘ions. are anxious to obtain on average that will make them eligible to an honor— ary fraternity may, providing their Armour grades are high, be given permission to calculate the credit as n “85” or an “85.” For the Freshmen who wish to cal- culate their own average, an explana‘ tion of the new system of calculating averages is herewith presented: An “A" is evaluated at 97.5, a “B" at 90, and a “C” at 80 points. A “Condi‘ tions” is counted as 67.5 points and “Failure” as 50 points. Multiply the numerical value of the grade by the semester—hour factor as given in the catalogue, add all the new figures thus obtained from the grades, and divide by the total number of semes- ter hours represented lot the subjects being averaged. The average thus obtained will better measure the amount of work done by the student during- the semester, and will be a mom accurate lardstick of his engi— neering abilities E‘ it'll. BroWn Tolls Chi Prohlcmo Moll: in Baily Newo Bldg. Chicago Daily News Build- “The ing” was the subject of 11 talk given to the student blanch of the W. S E. last Friday by Frank M. Bx own who is the consulting structural engineer 1'01 the architects Holabird and Root. Mr Blown described the conditions ‘ into the planning of the huilding‘ which made it adviialole to intloduce a sort of dividing line thru the property because of the condi- tions of ownership. The heavy loading created by the newspupev printing plant, part of which is carried over the t1" cks, made it necessary to use some rather heavy trusses. The tracks at this point con- verge in a rather complicated cross- over system which made it imp' siblo to introduce intermediate support and also made the problem of erection somewhat complicated. This building: is the most recent ’ addition to those already using air rights over railroad property in Clll‘ cngo and because of its prominent location has attracted widespread ut- tention. {hummus Clinic Snooker For Tumor mow Night The Cdmpus ‘Club will hold. their second smokei of the your in the club rooms tomoriow night at 7:30 P. ill. New forms of cntertoinn’ient as v. .. as refreshments arc promised. Eight men will be initiated at the smoker '13" they finish their job of cleaning: the wallpaper and windows. A. J. l.“ ost is in . _e oi‘ tho entertainment, while M. Vendsv Voids. is on the rev freshmen: end. lllnziy alumni hove signified their intention of attending. However, those students who» luminous filinhs init tinted ”in it. Whig The initiation of the freshmen ar— chitects into the Armour Architec— tural Society started at 10 o’clock, as scheduled, Friday, March 1. The whole freshman class was di~ vidcd into seven groups, each group being led by several upponclauomen. The initiates were required to bring; two paddles each, which were distrib- uted among the upper classmen. Start Fumble The fireshmen were lined up ac~ cording to their groups, Dobberman, ‘30, leading the procession through the Art Institute, and down Michi- gan Boulevard. A crowd immediatev iy gathered, bcholding the strange sight of sailor caps, canvas gloves and great green how tics. Lined up against the wall outside the Art institute, the first round of paddling was begun. Many of the paddles would not stand up undcr the severe strain, and were soon rend- ered useless. Each group was then reorganized and sent on its way to perform the antics directed by the upper class lenders. One of the groups, led by M. Bosh- es, S. Superman, and N. Meyer, oer lected the Boston Store as the scene for their doings. After running up the moving stairways, which were de- signed for motion downward, and in other ways making themselves gen- erally undesirable, they were ejected by the management. Elmeconis Persistent Many other similar escapades were carried on in all parts of the loop by the various groups. The same pro— cedure was followed in each case. (Continued on page 3, column :3) Swhircriptimi Reduced To Win flair littlest of Form A reduced subscription rate of 754: for the remainder of the semester has just. been announced by the circula- tion department of the NEWS staff. The rate is to take efl’ect immediate- ly. Approximately twelve more is— sues of the NEWS will appear he- twcen now and the end of the se- mestcr. Subscriptions will be taken at the distribution desk today and 'LOl’l’lOT' row, and by members of the stuff for the whole of next week, No back is— sues will be given wit hthis subscrip- tion, however. Chapman line Fifflhg‘ix Deuce Tickets Quit David Chapman, the Freshman Class Social Chairman, announces that the tickets for the Freshman Dance will be on sale stniting this week. The Frosh Dance will be held Friv day, itprii 12, at the Opera Club, No. 1Q Walton Place. The music will be furnished by the Arugon-Trinnon Or- chestra led by Wuddy Wadsworth, an organization of proven popularity and in large demand. Chapman and his Committee are starting the ticket sales this your, so that there will be plenty of oppor" tunity for the school social butter» flies to secure dot s save 33. .o. .3? 3315?" Engineer Willa" me oh? cacdyxi 11 11v....@i1ih ch issue of the “Armour Enginoo due to uppenr on the 20th of this 11101181. according to :1 statement of l. E. Golhor, Associate Editor of An over flow of om. in the (0111311 10 has conchu. in to the .. nil thut from :h ' dpoxm no troublc will he encouuc ed when the publication is or "“nt monthly schedule, c u will hr the third new opp .ircd this school 119 two morG. road or“ four. usly. \t ill Carolina 1- duo iorcd .TM Students College :2 boycoii 1 of _ smrv 8 E tirul, .iihd viii hhhillll‘l‘hli if ill of “W 33 hilthtl‘ltil Thursday, March 7. r W is: ‘3 limit l 11' ‘ T“ W; ”‘1 T Willi“ 33.31% 3.7 Filth 1% ll T r ‘21, 74 lg: 3'.) itiiia 30;} J. Wurrcn Moflafirey, ’22, Alumni Secretary, Flasks For id 821 Poonihie Merger oi? Alumni With Student Fortification: if a plan now being submitted to the boaid of ext Cuiltes o: the Armour ’lech Alumni Association is approwd. MOUR TECH NEWS Will absorb the “Armour Alumnus cial publication of that organization. to devote a few columns of the NEWS ooce every Alumni news, and to mail this issue to the 3000 alumni w whereabouts are known. HUGE. Silliilti Lilo? till” Filth; PRQETECS EN GAMBLENSKE MEN The Dell. Home been mac a. veritable gambling den last Thursday evening when the Fire Proteus assembled for their annual smoker. Fifty dollars in stage money was issued to each person present; every fellow also had an unlimited checking account, in the event that he lost all that had been issued him at first. Before the eve- ning was for advanced several poker games had started and the players were betting recklessly, caring little whether they won or lost. For those who didn’t play poker there were a couple of “crap games" and 3 rou- lette wheel, “Mike"Lendes,1ncch:1nic in the hy- draulic department of the Underwrit- ers' Laboratory, where the junior and senior Fire Protecs spend one afternoon each week, got into one of the crap games about five minutes be- fore time was called and just simply “cleaned up” and copped the prize, a handsome cigarette lighter, for being the best gambler. Sometimes, even though we lose and lose and lose, we win out in the end; B. C. Baldwin, ‘30, received :1 carton of cigarettes for having drawn more money from the bank than anyone else, Every year at the annual smoker Salamander gives a “Crosby, Fiske dz Forrester Handbook“ to the sopho— more F. P. E. who made the highest average during his freshman year. This year P. E. Seidcleman and A. l“. Wilde tied for first honors with an average of 911.8 percent, both of whom received a handbook. Salamander also announced the election to honorary membership of the following men: Mr. J. V, Parker, Mr. W. ll. Townley, and Assistant Professor C. P. Holmes. Seniors Enioy Visit "l 3:1 filowthoruemPlenl (.31? western hlectric About 100 senior Eiectrionls, Me- clmnicnl:~', and Civils visited the How— thorne Works of the Western Electric Compuny last Tuosduy. The trip slanted nt 3.30:1 M. 21nd continued nut ii ll: ()0 2‘ i. The rubber plant w? s the first our Visited. The crude 111bher it comes from Ceylon 11nd Sumatra goes through the successive processes oi Mixing, Ageing. “arnung, Sheeting. and Blanking. Tho forms that made from the blanking; prl as 31's vulcanized. into the crude s of 21:1 earphone, etc. 'l‘uese {"115 are then treated and ‘ ll' niond pointed tools occuiu the parts. which airs then (Continued o 11 page i. . The A. l. b. E. Monday, March ll, of l on “Guernting Expoiie lilouutoi.’ 1 Dix” ' .. the The proposed seize ' month :3. Figaro Frequent Appearance Under the present one 11g?“ the Armour Alumnus," edited Warren McCafirey, '22, c score"I v and manager of . relations of the Alumni A coin is published six times yearl_ a three column, four page sheet. contains exclusively news of alumni. The proposal made by the at the request of l MCC annually give the alumni e' of the NEWS haw , voted 10 the slum" events. These eigh‘ minced, should the plan he mic}: . for the some appropriation that 1.. now required by the “Alumnus." "Engineel" Also Bide A bid for the so 1e service is or prepared by the start of the “ Engineer” for submission to Socialions board. 101 purposes comparison. Nlr. McCaKrey Will Retire The contemplated zucrgcr of “e alumni publication with one of t student publications is in line with plums of Mr. McCuil'rcy to reduce the expenditures of the Alumni Silos. lviost of the remainder of his work, :7 the besides preps consists of ment agency ' ex students meetings and v. association. lo raising money for the maintenance fund .; stitutc. Now that according to smile for it to be Curr cfiortsz alone. lications taking over and one of "Alumnus," me: raining an 9 cl for the grad 1111. of possibly 3 with one or" the the ‘ me faculty 1} voting a few hours per 1 matter notes. In a. few alumni wir will soon be 1 will be the “ax to he in {he .. from Cary ' practice has b for the “10"“.“5 .. G \ {vn‘icz' ‘ e ..