Subscribe for the Tech News ”ARMS-lien RD; ‘ arr TFWg {39‘ awesomeness; 4r MMQAEY Eattcnsl tire iimei 1' flhatre Vol. IV. No. 2. $35 Students Enroll on First Night 872 students enrolled in Night School last Friday night, and as many more are expected to 1egister this week according to Professor R. V. Perry Last year only 570 reg— istered the first night, but this was more than doubled in the next week of registration. As the limit of present capacity is about 1200, Professor Perry stated that he expected to secure outside instructors if rooms could be se~ cured in which to hold classes. The courses in chemistry and electricity were completely filled the first night. FRESHMEN Aim/”lbw Al“ MRS? ASSEllilliW hit Stlwm ilhAllS President issues informal Challenge to New Students The first assembly of the year for 1. the Class of ’33 was held last Tues— day in the Armour Mission when Doctor Raymond and Deans Penn and Palmer made the welcoming addresses to the incoming fresh— men. Doctor Raymond stressed the fact that the instructors were in the school to help the students who helped themselves. He also issued an informal challenge to the new students to prove themselves better pupils than last year‘s freshmen. Dean Penn declared that there are no rules in the Institute, only the laws of common courtesy and fair play. He urged the freshmen to investigate the different depart- ments of the school. In doing this one might become better ac— quainted with the various subjects taught in an engineering school. Dean Palmer’s announcement that, by custom, the newest stud— ents were supposed to occupy the front seats at any function, caused about twenty, who had entered late, to move from the balcony to seats on the main floor, (Continued on page 4) Architects Win Prize Awards A. Crizeosky, ’29, was awarded The Art Institute Traveling Schol— arship Prize of $250 for obtaining the highest record for the year in Architectural Design. This schol— arship is given to a Senior Arch. to travel and study architecture in the United states. A Home Expo- sitlon Competition was given to the Architects in order to judge the winner of the scholarship, but this was cancelled due to the unsatis- factory quality of the Senior sketches submitted. Ray A. Peterson, ’32, won the Dankmar Adler Prize of $50 for the most distinguished architectural drawing made in. the Freshman class last year. He received a First Mention Commended and the prize on the composition drawing of the “Mausoleum Halicarnassus." The prize winning drawing is chosen from the group of drawings sub- mitted by the Freshmen in their ”second semester. Jone L. Forrest, institute Secretory Since £899, flies Services Held by Dr. Armour Engineer Emil" Augmented Appointments were made to fill the vacancies existing on the staff of the Armour Engineer, at a meet- ing of the managing hoard held last Wednesday. The selections were made by N. D. Buehling, editor, H. H. Steb~ bins, and I. G. Katz, who were ap- pointed to the managing board of the publication last semester. They will be joined by C. G. Anderson, F. H. Blgelow and A. J. Frost as members of the managing board. All the faculty members were re elected to their former places on the managing board. The staff of the publication now stands as follows: Editor—~N. E. Buehling Business Manager—H. H. Stebbins Associate Ed.——F. H. Bigelow Editorials—C. G. Anderson Articles Ed.—-H. E. Steir Engineering News-11]. W. l—Ianke Art Editor—4. A. Ransel Humor Eds-«B. H. Roi’fee Staff Assistant R Former Professor Gets Appointment R. S. Dean, formerly a member of the institute faculty, has been ap— pointed as chief engineer of the metallurgical division of the bur— eau of mines of the department of commerce, effective Nov. 1 Mr. Dean for the last ten years has been associated with the West- ern Electric company at its Haw- thorne plant in Chicago, where he ‘has been in charge of metallurgi- cal development. He was born at Rolla, Mo., on Aug. 23, 1897, and was graduated from the University of Missouri in 1915. He pursued graduate study in physical chemistry at that school and at Harvard university and the University of Chicago. He taught metallurgy at the University of Pittsburgh and at Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago. Papers published by him and his associates cover investigations in flotation, chemistry of ore deposits, electrolytic refining, theory of me- tallic hardening, copper wire stud— ies and alloy studies of various kinds, In his association with the United States bureau of mines, Mr. Dean will have general supervision of the extensive program of metallurgical research conducted by the bureau at its various experiment stations located in the principal mining districts of the country. §chommerfinswers grin? Questions J, J. Schommer, famous football star, football authority, and prom~ incnt umpire, announces that he will answer to the best of his abil- ity any questions pertaining to football A football question and answer department will be run in the News. These questions may be placed in the News box at the ele— vator entrance in the main floor of the Institute. Scherger Last Friday Miss Jane L. Forrest, who for the last thirty—one years had been sec» rotary at Armour Institute, died last Tuesday, September 24, at the PROGRAM CARDS Th office of the Deans urges all students to turn in program cards this week. Many times an emergency call makes it imperative that the office get in touch with a student, but until a program card is turned in, it is impos— sible to do this. ackson Park hospital, of ions following a long illness of diabetic form. Funeral services were held at three o’clock, Friday afternoon, September 27, at Ghents Undertaking Rooms, 2700 E. 75th street with Dr. George L. Scherger conducting the services. Mr. Fred Wise sang a number. Miss Forrest was buried in the Oakwood ceme~ tcry. The pan-bearers were Dean C. I. Palmer, Dean J. 0. Penn, Mr. G. S. Allison, Mr. Ernest Kelly, Mr. Frank Oster, and Professor G. F. Gebhardt. Miss Forrest came to the Insti— tute in September, 1899, as secre- tary and stenographer to Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus, then President of the Institute. She held this posi— tion until 1908 when she transfer— red to the Dean’s office to take the position of stenoe'rapher and secre- tary there She held the position of private secretary to Dr. Ray; mond from then until her death. For the past three years, Miss Forrest suffered with diabetic trouble, but bravely kept up her work till the very last. She would have been fifty—eight years old on the 28th of October of this year. (Continued on page 1;) rec-a WU. i3.w Atflillli’l‘lfill Will NM‘WNAE. Mimi“ MESS ASSN. Word has been received by P. E. Heath, ’30, Editor—in—Chicf of the Cycle, that the Cycle has been ac— cepted into the National Scholastic Press Association. The object of the Association is to make possible cooperative effort on the part of scholastic editors for the continual improvement of school publications —”so that they may better serve the cause of education and the in— dividual institutions that they rep- resent.” The services to be maintained by the Association include a yearly critical analysis of each publica- tion in the Association, the study of the problems of the member publications, and work to deter- mine improved methods for scho- lastic journalism. The Cycle office has received a membership certificate, signed by Fred L. Kildow, Director of the As- sociation, Pillsbury Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minne— ta. (/1 o CALENDAR Tuesday, October ll 5:00 PM. Orchestra Practice Wednesday, October 2 8:00 PM. Freshman Handshake at Armour Mission Thursday, October 3 5:00 RM. Glee Club Practice Friday, Gctober 4 Interclass Baseball. Juniors. 7:00 PM. A. C. City Club Monday, October '2‘ Intorclass Baseball. Sophomores vs. Freshmen 5:00 P. M. Band Practice Thursday, October 16 mtei‘class Baseball. Champion~ ship game Seniors vs. S. Meeting at Musical Clubs fieginlfiehearsais The first rehearsal of the Band in the Assembly Hall last evening from 5 to 6 o'clock, opened the ac- tivities of the Armour Tech Musical Organizations for the fall semester of 1929. The Orchestra, which is directed by J . E. Higgins, will meet this eve— mug in the Assembly Hall for the first time this year, and the Glee Club, which is directed by Daniel Protheroe, will begin its first re— hearsals in the Assembly Hall on Thursday, Oct 3. The above meet— ing times for the Orchestra and Glee Club will be adhered to throughout the semester. So that the Band will give a creditable performance for the Freshman Handshake tomorrow night, last year's members had been previously urged to attend. Mr. Frank Aste, director of the Band, is particularly desirous of obtaining new material for the organization. Last year the Musical Clubs had a successful season, each semester’s work having culminated in a con- ‘ cert. Tne'Glee Club sang'over the radio in addition to taking part in the concerts Graduation last June did not hit the clubs especially hard for a great number of their members were recruited from Freshman ranks. All musically inclined Freshmen are urged to come out for the or— ganizations. Credit obtained from either Band, Glee Club or Orches— tra may be substituted for Gym. ,Meezi‘ing Scheduled for Honor “A ”Society Members of the Honor “A" Soci— ety will meet during the early part of this week for the purpose of electing emcers for the present year, according to V. A. Storm, '30. secretary, but the exact hour and day has not been set. A notice of the meeting will appear on the Tech bulletin board. The Honor “A” Society is an or- ganization composed of men at Armour selected from among those who have won either a major or a. minor “A” with distinction. Thursday of each week is declared y the Honor “A" Society to be “A" Day. On this day all students who have won letters at Armour, whether or not they are members of the society, are asked and ex— pected to wear their letters. The society also requests all new men to observe the mic that no high school athletic sweaters are to be worn at Armour. Freed Speaks at 14%... if. 5. Meeting A meeting of the Chicago branch of the American Chemical Society was held Friday, Sept. 27, 1929, at the City Club. A dinner was given and later Prof. B. B. Freud, the principal speaker, gave his talk on “Surface Tension and Shapes of Drops” Following Prof. Freud's ‘talk were speeches by Col. W. D, Manually of the Dept. of stealth, Chicago, and E, H. Volbeilsr, Chief Engineer of the Abbot Laborer tones The next zucchini will be held on ’ Brides. Oct. 4, 1&29. at the City 5 Club. The speakers for this meet— ”my, have not yet been chosen. Prof; Freeman New A. i. E. E. Counschzr ‘ The date for the regular mect~ ring of the Armour Branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers has not been definitely decided upon due to the organiza— tion of the various committees The new staff of officers is busily engaged in planning an intensive program for the coming year, while the members are looking forward to a number of smokers and the Great Lakes district convention, which will be held in Chicago, dur- ing December. The Armour Branch will participate in this affair. Prof. Freeman, Head of the Elec- trical Department, is the new counselor for the Branch. Midi". Sfllldtilifliih Will. ililliltflll'l‘li Elli hid Willi Fbill’i‘BAll. Notro Dame-Anny and Ca. Tech-Florida Also on Schedule As in past years Prof. J. . Schommer, our athletic director, will officiate in a number of foot.- ball games. His schedule for this season includes many of the most important Big Ten games. In addi- tion he will be on the field during two Georgia Tech contests at At— lanta, and the Notre Dame-Army game at New York, However, “John” says his great- est interest will be in the game Thanksgiving day between Du Pont Manual Training High and the Male High School at Louisville. This will be the forty-fourth time these teams have met in the same number of years. The rivalry be. tween them is very intense and equaled in but few contests during the whole season. The following 1929 schedule: Sept. 28—South Dakota and Rip« on vs. Wisconsin at Madison. Oct. 5—«Colgate vs. Wisconsin at Madison. Oct. 12—Iowa vs. Ohio State at Columbus. Oct. iii—Florida vs. Georgia Tech at Atlanta. Oct. 26—Michigan vs. Illinois at Urbana. Nov. 2~Illinois vs. Northwestern at Evanston. Nov. 9—Harvard vs. Michigan at Ann Arbor. is his complete Loyola, Chicago. at New Orleans. Nov. 16—Alabama vs. Georgia Tech at Atlanta. Nov. 23~Notre Dame vs. North— western at Evanston. Nov Bil—DuPont Manuel Train— ing vs. Male High School at Louis~ vill e Nov. 30—Notre Dame \S Arms at, New York City. No statistics on registration have been given out by the Dean’s (files, as yet, but it has been estimated that 875 were enrolled during the. opening week. A full scsoimr of enrollment data will he published next week. Announcement has some from the office of the Armour Eire} c‘r ‘thst any of the stud i Msv 11v apnl' . has; office on the third Chopin hall or by seeing. am men‘- ‘Tues «slay, Octoberi ,ieee New Men Have Chance to Get Acquainted The Annual Freshman Hand— shake wiil be held in the Mission building at 8 o'clock Wednesday night. This is a get together held by the Campus Club and Inter-Era sanity Council, to allow the new students to become acquainted with the fel- low classmen. The program of the evening con- sists of music by the bandgs. speech by the ever popular Prof. Seton- mes, readings by Prof. Amsberjy‘, followed by singing of the loyalty and fight songs by the whole as- semblage. Afterwards there will he eats in plenty for all. It is expected that all the fresh— men and a large number of upper classmen will be present. Enter-amass Salli Nov, ll—Loyola, New Orleans, vs. I Schedule Given Interchass baseball will be with us again this fall aeco ‘ g to W. C. Kraflt, baseball and basket bail coach. Four days Wm be allowed for practice, and than the clam teams will meet to decide the school championship. Every ‘one'is eligible, including letter men. The games are to be of five innings dur- ation and are to start promptly at 4:58 of each afternoon scheduled. Players are requested to bring bese- ball shoes, gloves and. clotlfing. Bats and balls will be furniszzed. “lo suits will be issued. Fa Wing is the schedule of grace-me and games: Monday, Sept. SHmGK'S press tine. Tuesday, Oct. l—Juniors practice. Wednesd.v, Oct 2~Sophomsrss practice. Thursday, Oct. 3 ._ Freshmen practice. Games October :—Seniors vs. Juniors. October 7—8 0 p h omores vs. Freshmen. October lO—Cha mpiou snip game. A. 3. iii: 5. fatness or Sir-3.: {King’s me American Society of Mach icsl Engineers, ‘ held a meeting Sept. 18. is the Gin; Ciub The mect‘ eluded a dinner and a sac It ans announced that a dimer dance will be held later in t. e year. It was also disclosed that e . use: Power Show will no: so . anti {will be held r am. every other year. toss lowing“. The Armour Branch or: 2‘? has. as 3 t. not 0 »\ sanderstooo‘ the. of more third week or ghee: tier of the star?