Subscription " Price New 7%: Vol. III. No. 6. Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois fillet, your Freshman Dance Birds Thursday, March lei, 1929 SASEliAlh TEAM. Sflfilib ’l‘llldl‘bhbi SAMES TC DATE Buschallcrs Will Follow Footsteps of Alexander By C. l... Stempl-mwski, ’32 The first story of Alexander the Great is the incident in which that famous land-snatcher, while yet in his e knee brooches, cried because his fa- ther was conquering the world and was leaving little behind for his son to conquer. 'Story number two of Alexander Junior reveals that his father merely touched upon the field that was not controlled by the Macedonians and it was Alexander the Great that fin- ished the job. . Thirteen Games Booked Now the next story of conquests is centered about our baseball team: To forestall them from shedding any tears in fear of suffering Alexander’s predicament if they did not have a broad field to lay siege to, Manager Bill Berry has drawn up a map which the pastimers will follow and thereby assure themselves of having enough worlds to conquer. This map is simply a tentative 13- game schedule which bears indication that the expedition will commence hostilities on April 11, against Crane College, and will keep active until May 29. Berry Wants 3 More Games Three more games will be added to the list, with the incurrence of a possible change in the schedule now submitted. Thus our 1929 team will continue the exploits of the 1928 nine, and will endeavor to re-enact' the drama of Alexander by swaying under their jurisdiction the teams which their predecessors failed to dew feat. Since last year’s staff finished the season with ten victories and five dc- feats, they have left a good sized territory unconquered. Our.prospec- tive team will naturally seek to lay claim to sixteen straight victories and .make Armour the mecca of historical baseball achievement, All this points to the sunnyside of the team’s prospects and the matter of meeting a waterloo has been left 9 for the pessimist to consider. Kruifl Will Make Call For Candidates On March 18, Coach Krafft will commence mobilizing his recruits. If old man winter doesn’t refuse to sur- render Ogden Field, practice head~ quarters will then be transferred from the gym to the open spaces where Kraft‘t will assume field gener— alship. Besides issuing his storm of com- mands, he will take the task of giving the boys concise sermons on base- ball technique. This bit of lecturing will be administered at least once a week, but should the department rank low, Krafft will increase his penalty to two lectures. - The context of his rehearsals will no doubt prove beneficial to the staff, for Mr. Krafi‘t’s knowledge of the sport was consummated through five years of experience at Armour, plus the playing experience he attained while a member of North Central Col- lege’s hurling staff for three years. Ogden Field in Poor Condition The only possible obstacle now ly- ing between the team and a flying start is the condition of Ogden Field. A poor playing field is the cause of many mishaps in baseball, and im— (Continued on page 4, column 1) ENTERFRATERNETY COUNCEL MEET An important meeting of the In- terfraternity Council will be held this evening, at the usual time, in the Ten Beta Pi rooms. H. Christiansen, President, requests that all members be present. Mr. H. L. Obrian, speaker at the meeting of the Fire Protection Engi~ nearing Society yesterday in Science Hall, gave the last of a series of three lectures on “Sprinkler Supervisory ‘ weeks. S” liogiiigw While To 3344 MECHEGAN On Saturday, March 16, the Sigma Kappa Delta fraternity will move in- to a new location, at 3344.- South Michigan boulevard, from their pres ent location at 3661 South Michigan. The decorating is now in progress, andwill be completed by the last of the week. New lighting fixtures are being installed while the walls are being refinished with a textone proc— s. m Built By l“. l). Armour The first floor has three large rooms, a card room, and a very spa- cious hall, from which an open stair- way leads to the second floor. The rooms on the first floor are all large, with fourteen foot ceilings. New furniture is being secured to harmon- ize with the decorations. This house is of special interest to Armour students, having heenerected by Philip Danforth Armour, founder of the Institute, for the use of his daughter. There is a picture of him in tile in one of the rooms on the second floor. Billiards ln Basement In the basement will be located a billiard room, where the members may study the laws of moving bodies, impact and reaction. There will be a dormitory on the third floor to pro— vide sleeping quarters for the men living in the house. At the present time there will be ten men living in the house. An elevator, long unused, but practically intact, may be pressed into service if plans under considera- tion now for its rehabilation are com- pleted. A house warming party, with an open invitation, is scheduled for a date to be announced within a few fierce Psi’s {let Quins-a airline Eleni/”c; False! A. Jungles, ’32, M. E., was taken sick Thursday afternoon at the Beta Psi fraternity house. Friday, Dr. Mc» ,Namara, school physician, was called. He pronounced the illness to be scar— let fever, and called in a county phy- sician. Following a consultation, .Jungles was removed to the Cook County Hospital for Contagious Dis. ases. All Beta Psi's were Acalled from their classes Friday to be examined, but it was decided not to quarantine the House. Health Poor, Robert Marks, ”l9, Ends Lite Robert E. N. Marks believed that hard work and perseverance would bring success. He worked his way through Armour Institute of Tech- nology and graduated from the Me- chanical Department in 1919. He went to work for the American Steel Wire and Gauge 00., and later was connected with the Illinois Steel Wire Company at their Waukcgan plant. He worked so hard, his parents said, that his health was undermined. He quit his job, disappointed because promotion had not come. Last sum- mer, after having worked for the above concerns for seven and one» half years, he set up a business of his own as an Industrial Engineer. 011 Feb. 20, 1929, the janitor of his apartment at 1500 Jonquil Ter- race smelled gas. He investigated and found Marks dead. Six gas jets were found open. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Marks, were noti- fied while attending a wedding anni— versary party. World Weir Veteran Marks possessed a World War rec- ord, He enlisted as a private in the Ordinance Department and when he was honorably discharged, he was a sergeant of ordnance of his battery. He also hold a. commission of first lieutenant in the Olliccrs’ Reserve Corps. Marks was a reader of the Armour Tech News, having subscribed in the summer of 1928. A letter in the NEWS files tells of his setting him- self up in his new business. Marks was buried at Roschill Gem- Systems." Sfilllflll Alidlid Willi lllflll’lfldld H. Turk and A. Crizevsky, senior architects, received a First and Scc~ ond Mention respectively in the re- cent collaborative competition spon- sored by the association of the Alum- ni of the American Academy in Rome. The problem consisted of design~ ing and making a model of the “Intw rior of a Salon on the Largest Ship float” showing mural decorations and sculpture, to be made in six weeks. The assistants of Harry Turk and A. Crizevsky were Willard Smythc and P. Winchell, mural painters; and Florence Thomas and G. Jones, sculp- tors; all are students at the Art In- stitutc. ' Euston of Yale won a First Medal, and took the first prize in the compe- tition. He placed second in the Paris Prize Competition last year. There was no monetary award given. A First Mention is equivalent to an ho-n— orable mention, One hundred and twenty-five stu- dents representing five colleges, Ar- mour, Carnegie, Columbia, Cornell, and Yale, took part in the contest. The jury consisted of Messrs. Charles A. Platt, William Mitchell Kendall, James K. Smith, Thomas E. Ellett, (Continued on page 4, column 2) Pi Tau Sigma. Elects M .l. Kitties“ President At a meeting of Delta Chapter of basketball Team innards Are Good Although the Armour Tech basket- ball team for the showing they have made this season, it is quite obligat— ory that we extend praise to its man- agement andmersonnel. ' Cameroon Win Five Games last week’s issue of the NEWS 1 as stated that Armour had won out four games. If the Alumni game isl'also included, the true data of their record indicates that Armour won five games and lost eleven. “They had defeated the Alumni, Chicago Y. M C. A. College, North Central, and won twice from Northwestern Uni- versity (McKinlock Campus). Truly, the matter of winning five games in the sixteen player]. does not necessarily call for profound rever— once or tribute, but winning games did not satisfy their sole purpose for playing them, although a victory was always very welcome. It was the 16ve of the sport that lured the cage- men into the game, and it can be said with no reluctance that all received their share of enjoyment. Augunlllne Wino Premier Mention Augustine was unquestionably the most brilliant performer on the squad, yet Mans, Simpson, Rossing, and Goodheart ranked as close sec- onds, Augustine faired as the best defensive man in the lineup. He was fast, aggressive, and skillful from all standpoints. John Mans, captain of the team, rates as an excellent all-around man. In scoring 82 points he gains the dis- tinction of being second high point man. Manz was almost a dead shot from the territory around the foul Pi Tau Sigma, held Feb. 29, it was decided to hold elections semi-annual- ly as had been done in the past. M. J. Kittler, ’29, was elected president for this semester. The complete list of olliccrs is as follows: M. J. Kittlcr, President. L. A. Scully, Vice-President. C. G. Anderson, Recording Sec’y. H. W. Faulst‘ich, Corresponding Secretary. A. L. Barce, Treasurer. Export Surreyor Folks lb can Civil Engineering were excused from their 10:30 classes last Monday to hear a talk by Mr. M. L. Greeley of the Greeley, Howard, Norlin Com- pany, on “Land Surveying.” Mr. Greeley is a graduate of the Massa~ chusetls Institute of Technology and has made surveying his life study and frankly admits that it is not a “tge rich quick" profession. To offset the deficiency of remuneration, Mr. Gree- ley states that the surveyor acquires good health and a sturdy body which is worth any amount of money! Fix-ct Survey; Very Crude The talk dealt with the first gov- ernmental surveys, and the difficul— ties encountered lvith the first crude instruments; and {later a contrast of these pioneer conditions with modern facilities. Surveying, according to Mr. Greeley, bcc ‘mes at times a mat- ter of “expert guesswork” which re- quires the discre.t use of all the in- formation availarle in order to avoid unpleasant contingencies. @fice Gives Notice Re Value oi‘ “Credit” ——+»——-— Seniors who hive not been to the Deans’ Office to Echeck their credits for graduation ale advised to do so at once. The Deans’ Oflice also wishes to make the following announcement: “In computing the Averages, credit for work at other institutions are counted with a grade of 80 percent. This method works a hardship in a few cases; but is often of benefit to the student. "Those Juniors and Seniors who have credits from other institutions and have an average. of 90 percent or better for work done at the Armour Institute are asked to see Dean Fem: for an adjustment. will consist in rating the credits as etery with military and masonic hon- ors. “ 86 percent, the aver-she of the school. All students in the Department of . The adjustment. line and often placed shots from mid— floor. Simpson Leads in Snoring The scoring ace of the squad was Simpson. He attained high point hon- 9rs by annexing 86 points in the six- teen games played. There is no doubt but whatSimpson was an exceeding- ly valuable man on the offensive. Rossing, Armour’s center, was an object of attention when he took his stand at the pivot position. He never enjoyed the break of jumping against a shorter man, but seven times out of 10 he out-jumped his taller oppon- ent. Another luminary on the squad was Goodheart. As a scorer he contrib— uted only fourteen points, but he served well in the lineup, for his prime function was to obtain the ball and then feed it to his teammates. In Ewing, Ott, and Robin, Krafft has found three of the fastest cage- men on the team; they were clever floor workers and managed to get into the thick of the mix~ups. Rutkowski and Carlson, both fresh~ men, broke into the varsity, despite their limited experience. This duet has a promising future and will prob— ably be valuable men on next year’s lineup. Cal Johnson, as manager of the team, worked consistently with Coach Kral'l’t throughout the entire cam- paign. The NEWS could get but one story from Johnson after each game was played and that was, “We’ll win the next game.” A.R.A. Gets in Action As lilies-lei Mast beans Because of the lack of guy wires, the radio must in the rear of Chapln Hall has assumed a very decided cur- vature, F. Bigelcw. president of the Armour Radio Association, called a meeting of his organisation on Thurs- day, March 7. in Science Hall to dis» cuss means of getting the mast back to its former perpendicular position. The club possessed a large bolt of seven strand wire, adequate for guy wire service. Five men agreed to meet on Setluduy, in the radio sta- tion, to cut this wire into convenient lengths and to put in insulators. 0n Seimrdsy only three “line men" turned out, Bigelow, Fagun, and Carlson. However these three had the rush: spirit nmi after two hours’ work, twelve wires had been cut, and insulator: put in. More are needed but these: were ls s3": to be cut the fob lowing: Suicide 132', when more support in the way of workmen is expected. ARMOUR FECH HA5 SEXTH M93? 3. C. ESSAYS ENTERED Three hundred nine students in forty-six colleges and universities on Illinois Central System lines have submitted essays in President L, A. Downs’ system-wide contest on “The Future of the Railroads,” the closing date for which was February 28. This is an average of 6.7 essays per instia tution represented. Creighton University, Omaha, Neb., leads with thirty-nine, followed by Sioux Falls College, Sioux Falls, 5. ‘ D., with fifteen, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S. D, and Buens. Vista College, Storm L“ “he, Iowa, with four teen each, Ellsworth College, Iowa Falls, Iowa, with thirteen, and Ar- mour Institute of Technology and Loyola University, both of Chicago, with twelve each. A prize of $25 is offered in each institution, plus an award of $100 for the best essay in the entire con» test. The judges are G. .l'. Bunting and F. L. Thompson, vice~presidents, and R. V. Fletcher, general counsel, Illinois Central System, Chicago. The results are expected to be ready for announcement late in April. Modern“, ’28, Business; if. this Smaller Merry five members, alumni, and new men were present. nishcd most of the entertainment in comedy silhouette operating scene. nyson, ’30. J. H. Stranberg, J. W. Dowding, are sophomores. Features @115 March month, according to a statement made by L. F. Bernhard, editor. The date of distribution is not definitely known advertising to be run. Collier Writes Feature Article M. B. Golber, associate editor, will have the feature article of this issue. His paper will be on the subject of the Chicago River Straightening and and Dredge Co. carry the cover design. “From News to Newspaper” by J. M. Flynn of the Chicago Tribune will tell of the news end of the World’s Greatest Newspaper. C. L. Lohner, ’28, will have an article on recent eu— gineering developments in the mast packing industry. There will be two other student papers in this issue, the first. on the study of the flight of projectiles by electrical methods by fierbert Steir, ’30, and the second by F. B. Fariell, railroad curves First M-Fage issue An attempt will be made to make this a forty~cight page issue. This will partially be made possible by eu— lnrg’ing the engineering news section with short items on the developments in engineering. To have this enlarged mittoe with a representative firms each department who would be re spousible for development in his pro- fessiou. It was decided to create a publicity department in charge of F. C. Gill; and l. G. Klein. it will be their duty to furnish statements from time to time. According to reports from Frank Auto nud Don l’iilisms the band and orchestra are practicing: hard for the Spring Concert. The concert v.- hold on Wednesday during; tuner Week, the slate being; May 1?. Last Friday night the Campus Club held the most successful smoker in their history. A total of forty- Thc new men fur- thc form of songs, recitations, and a H. G. Frobcrg, ’28, furnished the rest of the entertainment with his banjo to the accompaniment of M. A. Ten— Thc new members are J. C. Filmer, L Pro . .‘ D. Davidson, and O. R. Murphy. All mam eating? F5658 Engineer Announced The March issue of the Engineer will be out the last week of this due to the uncertainty on the part of the business staff as to the amount of will be illustrated with photographs furnished by The Great Lakes Dock This article will also ’29, on the string-lining of high speed to the p. s. ' “a” some smart; coalescence, as, abscesses seas Pear internal lniurics; lilies Unconscious Many Hours Monday, March 11, V‘ 1adimir C. Mirono‘m‘cz, E E, 2’9 was seriously hurt, receiving two broken 333112531 ternal injuries and miscellaneous cut”: and bruises. Mironowiczv was or the rear car of 2. Logan Square tea—J when it was demolished by a F1222» boldt Fark train following closely in the rear. Om: Killed, Fourteen lnéured The impact was so terrific that the front end of the Humboldt trm'n and the rear end of the Logan Square were demolished. One person was. killed, and 14 others seriously in- “ jured. Traffic on the four made: at the Marshfield Ave. station, where the collision took place, was tied up for considerable time, at the height of the 8 o clock rush, delaying lieu» dreds of Loop workers. Firemen and Warren Ave. police rescued the passengers, taking the more seriously inju red to the 116me County and Presbyterian hospita. Mironowicz was carried zircon- scious to the Presbyterian hospir'tl bv firemen. He remained unconscious there for several hours. Despite broken ankles and other serious injuries, his first request upon regaining consciousness, was that he should be brought his assigzzmeufi for the next day. According to reports brought. by several of his firiends he will be my able to return to school for at least a month. Not Yet Eomnieée The Deans’ Oi‘n‘ce reports that still a few student programs are missing from the file.Tl1is not om? works a hardship on the ofiice in keeping tab on the student, but also may react unpleasantly against a student' :21 me event that an emergency call recurs: his immediate attention and no cun- not be located. Such program cards should! be made out and brought into the office immediately. immensity 0i: Boulder Earns Told All: Meeting At the joint meetzng of the W. E and Chicago section of the A: E .7 W. Mead, a cousuldu‘ Madison, Wizcousin engineers ”chosen economic and ezrgaeuirg’ of posed Boulder Bap; speaker. One-«No.15 milieu: Yards oi: annotate The proposed project presents engineering problem :ildsst first was the and medial concrete. ucss would b section it was decided to have a com- grew e page. or 1.8504399 acre it. Gym- lfifla}, one 3.? excess: or: a Rowever the water ma ti: Elie data o ». vey. rum - rainfall is ‘ ‘ used it: :51 Fret. he an: no: c not the