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Published Weekly During the College Year

THE STAFF

MANAGENG BOARD

 

Editor—in-Chief ................... David T. Smith, ’30
Managing Editor .......... . .John 8. Mock, ’30
Business Manager .. ............ M. 0. Nelson, ’30

 

 

Faculty Adviser .......... Professor Walter Hendricks
NEWS DEPARTMENT
News Editor ..................... Fred B. Attwood, '31
Reporters

H. P. Richter, ’32
W. H. Rudolf, '32
C. E. Rudelius, ’30

E. W. Carlson, '32
F. M. James, '31
J. R. Jackson, '32

 

SPUETS DEPARTMENT
$ports Editor .......................... A. H. Jens,
Assistants—W. Paradzinski, ’30; E. R. Rowley, ’30; V
’ Taylor, ’32; C. Stempkowski, ’32.

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FEATURE DEPARTMENT

Feature Editor ....................... Al Aucrbach, ’31
Columnist .......................... K. A. Knittel, ’30
Feature Writer ............... Stephen Janiszewski. ’30

 

MAKE~U1P DEPARTMENT
Make—up Editor ............. Stephen Janiszewski, ’30
Assistants—E. J. Wiltrakis, ’32; H. Holt, ’31; G. W.
Schodde, ’32; A. E. Wierzbowski, '32.

 

BUSINESS DEPARTMENT

Advertising Manager ......................... (Open)
Solicitor—R. G. Kellner, '31; F. W. Spaulding, ’31.
Circulation Manager ................ C. H. Johnson, '80

Assistants——A. H. Jens, ’31; G. Reichle, ’30; A. J. Lenka,
’31; F. W. Spaulding, ’31; E. J. Wiltrakis, ’32; E. A.
Scanlan, '32; E. W. Carlson, ’32.

 

Vol. IV OCTOBER 3, 1929 No. 2

MISS JANE L. FURREST

It is with sorrow that we announce the sudden death
of Miss Jane L. Forrest, for thirty—one years secretary
at the Armour Institute. Though ill for over a period
of three years, the end came very rapidly once she
became seriously ill.

A brilliant Bible student, a lover of the better things

 

:5 “THE Sflfpfi'flfifi” .3:
Cleave to “The Slipstick”; let
the Slapstick ily where it may.

 

 

 

Swear Sally

Sally’s lovely, Sally’s sweet,
Sally’s modest and discreet,
Sally’s rare, Sally’s neat,

But you ought to see her cat!

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I was leaving to go back to college—cr—you see
knew I was quitting before I did myself.

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Frost “No, sir. I bumped a guy yesterday, and he
knocked me cold.”

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A bird in the hand is bad table manners.
1’5 it 1!

After spending the vacation working, some of the
boys will be glad to get back to school and rest up for

Christmas vacation.
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OBITUARY

Peg—Such shape, such beautiful brown eyes, and
two rows of pearly white teeth, for these alone she
could be loved, but with intelligence such as here, she
was a prize, but one day the fool dog forgot to get out

or the way of a speeding auto. She is no more.
ii: is it!

DHSMZISSEHD !

Prisoner: “But, Your Honor, the man committed

suicide.”
Judge: “Didn’t you fire the gun?"

Prisoner: “Yes, but I told him I would shoot, and he

didn’t duck."
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An optimist is a lad who says, “Please pass the

cream," when he knows darn well it’s only milk.
ti! It a

WHY MEN LEAVE HOME!

Al.

No, the boss wasn’t surprised when he found out that

J. S. McC.

Prof: “When two bodies come together. is heat

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Coral M. Johnson

(A Biographical Sketch)

 

By A. ll. lens, ’31

Carl B. Johnson, instructor in
Fire Protection Engineering at Un~
dcrwriters Laboratories, has re~
cently been added to the faculty of
the Armour Institute of Tech—
noiogy.

A native of Chicago, the Chicago
Public Schools provided his early
education, while a four—year tech-
nical course at Englewood High
School gave him his proper en—
ltrance credits for college. A year
and a half between high school
land college was spent in working
‘with the Swift Packing Co.

He entered Armour in the fall
of 1925 as a freshman student in
Fire Protection engineering. It had
been his good fortune to receive
one of the scholarships offered by

 

 

 

in art, literature and music, Miss Forrest was indeed a

cultured woman. She left behind her a host of friends, - - -
Her faithful - . -

all of whom will long remember her.
service over three decades indebted the Institute to
her more than it could have ever paid. With the
death of Miss Jane L. Forrest, Armour has lost one of
its truest friends and warmest supporters.

 

TECHNICAL PRUGRESS

A full realization of the economic strides made by
this country since 1850 was brought about when we
chanced to come upon an old leather and board bound
book the other day, covered with dust and dirt of
years. Upon opening, it proved to have the following
title: “Reports of Explorations and Surveys. to Ascor—
tain the Most Practicable and Economic Route for 2.
Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific
Ocean Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of
War, in 1854—5, According to the Acts of Congress of
March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854 and August 5, 1354."

Despite this lengthy name, the book proved to bc a
most interesting account of the preliminary work in
determining the route for the first railroads across the

 

West. These explorations marked the beginning of the
industrial development of this portion of our country,
due in such a large part to the efforts of our engineers
and technical men. Seventy-five years ago this work
was undertaken, a span of time only slightly more
than the allotted life of a man, yet the conditions
described then are as different from those of today as
can be imagined.

In those days, surveys run in the western part of the
country were really explorations with the survey work
incidental. At this time were made some of the first
valuable zoological surveys, botanical surveys, and
geological surveys. Expeditions hired scouts to guide
them, and fights with maurauding Indians occasion—
ally harassed the work.

Transportation was slow, inefficient, and unreliable,
being dependent entirely on horses and men. Today
we object to the slowness of trains and automobiles,
using airplanes to attain more speed.

The progress made since the fifties has been tre-
mendous, in both social and economic phases. Yet all
this progress is due in lthe main part to the technical
developments brought about by the work of the
engineer and the scientist. Economic improvement
depends upon man's ability to produce, to transport,
and to consume. All three of these factors were
brought to their present state by our predecessors.
Social development follows closely upon economic

development, so indirectly, at least, the engineer was mas

responsible for the improvement of the social life.

If the engineers of the past, with their limited
resources and their lack of data and scientific back-
ground, could accomplish what they did, what will the
technical men of today achieve with the tools and
resources of the present?

MQRE CONCER‘IS

With the opening week of school, the musical organ»
izations of Armour begin their semester’s work. The
men in the band, orchestra, glee club, and “Stresses
and Strains" besides rehearsing one night each week,
put in many hours of individual practice. Except for
an occasional appearance of the band or orchestra at
assemblies, the students have no opportunity to see
either of these organizations until December, and the
Glee Club and “Stresses and Strains” make no public
appearances at all before December, for the first con—

 

“I can‘t marry him, mother, he’s an atheist and
doesn’t believe there’s a hell.”
“Marry him, my dear, and between us we‘ll convince
him that he’s wrong.”
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the Western Actuarial Bureau of

IFire Protection Engineering. Mr.

Johnson has been employed with
the Iowa Insurance Service Bureau
for the past three summers.

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moment's or com unosu Am etics a m a My ° 5°“
Say, where’s this room H . . . gosh, aint this a grind

’sa stiff course . . . lemme have the homework
musta run out of marble when they built this
place . . . some campus . . . what’s in your unknown
. . . pipe those lettermen . . . too much homework . . .
oh, what's tha diff, I gotta keen date Saturday.

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Pedestrians who do not choose to run are bound to
get bumped.
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Listen, Freshmen, we might as well tell you, you
can‘t get away with any funny stuff in class, so why
not give it to us. The Slipstick box is by the elevator
on the first floor.
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When it comes to shifting gears, the average woman
is in a class by herself.
at it!
Then there’s the story about the absent-minded plumber i
that forgot to forget his tools.
--F. B. A.
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MOSTLY BUNK
This reminds us of one heard in the library, where
one is apt to hear most anything. Two fellows were
discussing the relative merits of their machines.
“Why,” said the first, “Mine will do 65.”
“What, that’s nothing,” said the second, “Mine did
'73 the other day."
“But," continued the first, “I had a hard time shift—
ing to high."
a a; air
HELPFUL HINTS
When using a hammer you will find that you will
never hit your finger if you hold the hammer with
both hands.
If bees are crossed with lightning bugs, they can
work at night.
Only eighteen weeks till the exams. Start to study
now.
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Applicant: “I assure you, sir, I have plenty of get—up ,'
and go."
Employer: “Sorry, we’re looking for a man with sit—
down and stay."
or 9‘ a
At this stage or the game, with most of our hard
earned cash in the custody of Allison, and Mac and
Stanley forcing us to shell out the remainder, it looks
like a cruel, cold winter. How many days till Christ—
? K. K.

 

cert is not scheduled to be held until just before the
Christmas holidays.

Our school musicians work diligently for a semester
for only one concert. Why can’t we see them oftener?
other schools have monthly concerts, why can’t we?
with the abundant talent at their disposal, the
musical directors could surely give performances of
the highest merit, performances that would surely
draw substantial crowds.

The expense of additional concerts would be small,
and would be more than repaid by the interest aroused.
The added number of appearances would not only
better acquaint the students with the musical organ-

izations, but would give the players a great deal of ‘

added incentive.
We should like to look forward to 9. series of short

programs, with one organization featured in each, to E

be held in the middle of the fall season.

 

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attention while at Armour, for he
acted as manager of the tennis
team, and also the baseball team.

- He also held the position of Senior

Social'Chairman. He was a mem—
ber of the Honor “A” Society, Phi
Pi Phi fraternity, and the Fire Pro-
tection Engineering society.

Mr. Johnson was awarded a B. S.
in Fire Protection Engineering in
June, L929. At the present time,

besides conducting his classes at-

the Underwriters laboratories in
Fire Protection Engineering, he is
devoting much of his time to the
Gas and Oils department of the

laboratories.

(Editors Note: Beginning with
this issue, the News will drop its old
policy of selecting faculty members
for biographies by their seniority,
but will pick them instead by the
Ouija Board, or what have you. The
most recent additions to the iac~
ulty will be covered first because
they are not as familiar to the
students as the older men.)

A flame so intense as to melt its
way through any known solid sub»
stance, is produced by a new type
of blowpipe, employing finely pow~
dered aluminum instead of the
more familiar hydrogen or acety—
lene gases. The new invention is
described by Dr. Frank M. Strong
of Syracuse University, as follows:

“A screw conveyor carries a slow
stream of aluminum dust from the
bottom of a hopper, out through
the open end of a brass pipe. The
dust is met here by a swift cross—
stream of oxygen, with which it
forms a fine and uniform suspen—
sion. From this point the mixture
is passed forward through a larger
tube, which a little farther along
is divided into eight smaller tubes.
The latter diverge from the central
tube for a short distance, and then
are curved back inward so as to
come to a sharp focus. The alumiu
hum—oxygen flame can be lighted
at this focus point with a match
or Bunsen burner.”

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A. meeting of the Amom Branch
of the Western Society of Engi—
ineers will shortly be called at
which the officers for the coming
year will be elected and a new mac
gram of activities will be planned.
*Announcements on the bullet’m
board will be made to this effect
'in the near future. .

The counselor for the Armour
Branch oi the Western Society of
Engineers is E‘rof. Wells, of the
Civil Department.

Several Armour men attended
when the Chicago secfion of the
society Wits addressed by Major
Paul Schioler, Bridge Engineer,
City of Chicago, on the schist-t:
“The New Clark Street Bridge; Its
(Design and Erection,” last night,
Monday, Eleptember 80, at "i p, m.
in the rooms of the society, in the
Engineering Building. The paper
gave not only a complete descrip-
tion of the design of the bridge,
but also the details of erection,
This bridge was one of the spec—
tacular pieces of engineering work
completed. in Chicago during the
past somber. Due to extreme need
’of speed, it was necessary to resort
\to some unusual work.

One formal and four other
dances a semester will be permit-
ted each organization at the Uni-
versity of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.,
according: to an announcement
from. the dean of men. The thirv
teen sororities will hold their full
1quota of 1360 dances, and other stu—
dent organizations are expected to
bring the total up to 460. Dances
are barred after Christmas until
the beginning of the second series
ter. on this basis there will he an
average of thirteen dances a week
at Missouri. during the “dancing

 

 

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HILE Yale and Princeton were battling to a
tie at Hobokcn, New jersey", 9. small group

 

 

of scientists, directed by Thomas A. Edison, was busy
at Medic Park, only a few miles away. On Gotcha:
21, their work resulted in the first practical
incandescent lamp.

Few realized what fifty years would mean to both
electric lighting and football. The hmdfizl who
watched Yale and Princeton then has grown :0 tens
of thousands to-day. And the lamp that glowed. 0r
forty hours in Edison‘s little laboratory made
Possible ro—day's billions of candle power of also
ttic light. In honor of the pioneer achievement, ms?
of lighting progress, the nation this yes: observes
lights Golden jubilee.

Much oftiiis progress in lighting has been the achieve
men: of college-trained men employed by General
Electric.

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