Vol. IV. No. S Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois Tuesday, November EB. 1329 Shillilii EMMA 3le blS'l‘llibill‘Ell Bl SdfllAl. tfillili’ill‘llfih Ray Sheen Appoints Men to Help in. Sale MUCH EARLY PROGRESS Active sale of tickets has begun by Ray Shoan and his Senior dance committee, for the annual Senior dance to be held in the Red Lacquer Room of the Palmer House on Friday, December 6. The com— mittee consists of Eugene Short, ’30; Harley Mullins, ’30; George Keller, '30; and A. J. Frost, ’30. Posters have been placed in prominent places around school, and members of the committee are endeavoring to place as many tick- ets as possible before the Thanks- giving holidays. The advance sale is coming along very satisfactory, according to Shoan. He also wishes to announce that tickets will be available to outsiders, to others than students and Alumni of Armour. The chaperones and the sponsors of the dance have not as yet been selected, but will probably be an- nounced in the next two weeks. IThe Red Lacquer Room of the Palmer House is the main hall room of that hotel, and is widely known for its beauty of decoration, its magnifi— cent finish. Such a place is a fit- ting setting for the last danceto be given by the class or '30. Bids for the dance can be ob- tained from members of the social committees of all classes or from any of the following men: J. Bechtold. C. Rosenquist. A. twinkle: ‘ A. L. Carlson. R. B. Johnston. M. Whitfield. J. E. Tarman. S. '1‘. Garfinkle. G. A. Gibson. W. R. Manske. A. J. Frost. Rohrer. C. Robin. I). R. Gregerson. . J. Czernicki. H. Mullins. E. Ransel. E. W. Short. Any other men interested in Oh» taining a free bid, by selling ten, should see Ray Shoan as soon as possible. Schommer Gives Grid Tall: to A. i. T. Alumni John J. Schommer spoke at the monthly Armour Alumni luncheon, held at the Chicago Engineers Club last Tuesday, November 5. Strange to relate, Professor Schommer spoke on a subject relating to foot- ball, a sport with which he has had some slight contact in the last twenty years. Thirty-one men were present to hear a most interesting recollection of football anecdotes and an explanation of the modern game. The next luncheon will be held on Tuesday, December 3, at the Engineer’s Club, 314 South Federal Street, according to J. Warren “Mac” McCafiery, Alumni Secre— tary. The speaker will be an- nounced at a later date. A. E. E... E. to Hear Talk on Utilities Friday he Armour Branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers will hold their next reg— ular meeting on Friday, November 15, at 10:80 o’clock, in the Physics Lecture Room. The feature will be a talk by Mr. Alex D. Bailey, of the Common- wealth Edison Company. His topic will be “The Fundamental Unit in the Electrical Utility Field." :A “cont alwthowti Feature Articles on Planetarium and? Photography in Next Engineer ES SEHEDUILIED FOR PUBMCATHGN soy. 2b The Armour Engineer, the Insti— tute’s technical quarterly, is to make its appearance November 20, according to advices from I. Katz, a member of the managing board. This issue will contain many inter- esting features, and be clothed in an unusual type of cover. Among the articles contained will be one on the new Planetarium which is being built in Grant Park, and one by N. I). Buehling on Tele- photography. H. E. Stier writes on Spark Photography, and a non— technical feature by Professor John Schommer, the exact nature of which is not being disclosed is scheduled. R. McInerney reports the Engi- neering College Magazines Associa— tion Convention which the staff members of the Engineer attended a short time ago. J. B. Ellman gives the description of the Civil Summer Camp at Camp Armour. The Engineering News and the Humor department also promise some new features. The present stall} consists essen-- tially of the following men: N. E. Buehllng, Editor. H. H. Stebbins, Business Manager. I. Kata, Associate Editor. F. H. Bigelow, Local Editor. 0. G. Anderson, Editorials. H. E. Stier, Articles Editor. E. W. Hanke, Engineering News. J. A. Ransel, Art Editor. B. H. Rofir’ee, Humor Editor. R. B. Mortenson, Stall? Assistant. Touch Football” Becomes Popular The football situation at Armour has, for the present, resolved it— self into a state of “touch-me—not” with crowds of students playing touch football on Ogden field at all hours of the day. The one main point about touch football as it is played locally seems to be that the harder a man is “touched,” the surer the “toucher” is that he will be down. In fact, some runners, after being vigorously touched have remained down for several minutes. Inter-Fraternity Games Although the boys have no unin- forms, they execute flying blocks and tackles in a manner reminiSu “All—City" high school football players. The players appear to be split into two main groups, the Civils, and the Fire Protecs, with a sprinkling of other courses mixed in. A few of those who have been practicing lately are Weitzel, J ohm- son, Hanke, Sanborn, Fensterle, Fishman, and Karl. Probably Joe Nobel will have to be considered the most important man on the outfit since he owns the ball. A few inter-fraternity games have been played more or less un- officially, the Triangles playing the T. Xis on last Friday, while the Sigma Kaps played a game yester— day. The Triangle Men emerged on the long end of a 16-6 score. If as many men would turn out for a real football team as do for touch football, Amour would have at least fifty “hams” out for a varsity. ficherger to Speak at Polish Program Dr. George L. Scherger will speak Friday night, November 15, at 8 o’clock, on the program of the fin- ternational Night, a regular feature which is presented by the various nationalities represented at the Chicago University. The program is given at the Mandell Hall of the University, and for next Friday is arranged by the Polish group of the International Students Association of Chicago. It will commemorate the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the death of General C. Pulaski, Polish patriot, who gave his life in his services to our country in the American Revo— lotion. Prof. Scherger’s topic will be “The Life of Pulaski.” “ASK AN!) BEAKER Flash and Beaker held a smoker at the Delta Tau Delta house last Friday for alumni members and members of the Junior and Soph- omore classes in Chemical Engi- neering. It was previously an- nounced that this smoker was to be held at the Theta Xi house. me mhonzthey «were- fillillfi MAKE. TEMPS "m ltAli. ”FE .. Will. Aim SEWAGE WAN? Wrecks impossible with interlocking Swift ch System SEE TRAN QUN'E‘RLBLS ' The Civil Engineering depart- ment conducted two inspection trips during the past week. The first was a visit to the Northwest- ern Terminal interlocking plant, by the junior Civils on Wednesday, November 6. This was taken in conjunction with their course in railroad construction. The second seniors on Friday, November 8, to the West Side Sewage Disposal Plant. At the terminal, the men had a brief view of the actual terminal and then concentrated upon the interlocking plant. Here they were shown the illuminated lay- out of the terminal, whereby the position of every piece of rolling stock was indicated by a dark spot on the illuminated track. The men were even able to trace the move- ment of the trains by following the dial positions 01‘ the board as they moved about. Demonstrate Switches The method of controlling the myriad of switches was then dem- onstrated. A switch adjacent to the tower was then thrown several times so the men could follow the operation both in the control room and on the track. The interlocking principle was then demonstrated, showing that it was mechanically impossible for the tower men to run two trains together. As soon as one train was once routed, all switches that might send another train into it, or derail it, were automatically locked by a most intricate mechan- ism. Several of the men were per— mitted to try and throw these switches, but without success. other men were, under the super- vision of the head tower—man, al— lowed to route trains into the ter— minal. The various electrical details were then shown, the telautograph demonstrated, the relay room and (Continued on page .9) SALEM All Wednesday, Nov. 13 Armour Tech News Smoker Theta Xi House Friday. Nov. 15 10:30 A. I. E. E. Meeting in Physics Lecture Room Basket Ball Practice in Gym. Monday, Nov. 18 Basket Ball Practice at Armory, 85th and Giles trip was made by botl'r juniors and - the NOTICE The Armour Tech News smoker will be held tomorrow night, November 13th, at 8 o’- clock, at the Theta Xi House. The fifty stall members are expected to be present to par- take of the refreshments and smokes. Professor Walter Hendricks the faculty advisor of the News, will also be there. Five Men Pledged by Salamander Fraternity Salamander honorary Fire Pro- tection Engineering fraternity an- nounces the pledging of the follow- ing men: Joseph Lossman, ’30. Allen 0. Haegele ’30. NZL. “.Narten ’30. Charles H. Jones ’30. Alfred Wilde ’31. Mr. Fitzhugh Taylor, founder of the department of Fire Protection Engineering at Armour Institute and for the past years associated with Underwriters Laboratories has been awarded honorary member- ship in recognition of his work in the field of fire ... ' ‘ General Abe! Boots Species at Armistice Day Assembly on . America’s Post in world Wear Armour’e New Symphony {Erchestra Makes its initial Appearance RAYMGND ENTRODUICES SPEAKER BRlG.-GEN. DAWS Award filtered for Xmas Concert A cash prize of $5 has been of- fered by Pi Nu Epsilon, honorary musical fraternity, for the best program for the annual Christmas Concert to be held Thursday, De— cember 19. Programs may be sub~ mitted by any one enrolled in school outside of the members of El Nu Epsilon , , The annual Christmas Concert usually lasts from one hour and a half to two hours, including all one cores. Encores need not be includ— ed in the program. The program selected from the prize will not necessarily be used in its entirety for the concert. The program should contain not only orchestral numbers, but selections for the glee club and for solo work. New fea- tures will count heavily towards the winning of the prize. The committee to decide upon the winning program will consist of Prof. Leigh, Faculty Advisor to the Musical Clubs, J. Emmett Higgins ‘30, Frank J. Aste ’30, and Jack Hurley ’30. Eryant Appoints Sepia Assistants J. E. Bryant has appointed the following members of the Sopho— more Sccial Committee. G. Schodde E-l. Hendricks A. Jungels S. Lind Senior {Chemicals Wait Youngstown Chico Plant The Senior members of the Chemical Engineering department made an inspection trip Tuesday. October as. to the Coke plant of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. A large battery of coke ovens was seen in operation. Each has at ca.— paclty of fifteen tons of coal. It takes sixteen hours to complete the heating process. After this time has elapsed, the ovens are opened and a huge am pushes the red hot coke into waiting cars. These are moved along under spms of water which deluge the coke until it is cooled. The ammonia plant was also seen in. up: ration. Eere there were three complete units re: the recovery of ‘ ammonia. Each unit com tamed a. still. washers, coolers and other necessary apparatus. Fifi teen Sailors accompanied by mofessar Bentley and Mr. mice}: Palmermwliser Text Widely Accepted. Dean Palmers latest book, “Col— lege Algebra,” written in colabora- tion with Professor Wilson Lee Miser, bids fair to threaten the su— premacy of his “Plane and Spheri— cal Trigonometry” as the best sell— ing mathematics text book in the country according to reports from : McGraW—Hill Book Company. The fall issue of the “McGraw—Hill Book Notes” contains a list of forty col- leges and universities that have adopted this algebra as a text book since its appearance last year. The institutions listed are those such as the University of California, Uni- versity of Southern California, University of Minnesota, United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, University of Chicago; even insti- tutions limited to girls only such as Mary Baldwin College, and Ward Belmont College. Dean Palmer is at present the author of twelve mathematical text-books, the value of which has been recognized throughout the country by leading educational authorities. The total number of copies of his books pub- lished runs into several hundred thousand. Swedish Sculptor Visits Ehioago Carl Mines, the noted modern Swedish sculptor, is here on his first visit to the United States. He is a holding a conference with ten of the leading Swedish Ameri— can citizens of Chicago about the placement of one of his greatest works of art, the Triton Fountain. These men are interested in show— ing the Swedish architecture to the people of America. Mr. Mines will be the guest and speaker at the November meeting of the Chicago Chapter, American Institute of Architects, to be held tonight at their clubhouse, Prairie and 18th Streets. Welter Color Exhibit Held by Architects The architectural faculty are holding a water color sketch ex— hibit at the Art Institute drafting rooms this week. Any stu- dents who made sketches this summer are invited to submit them. The professors who will probably have their drawimrs included in the exhibition are the Mcsm Reed. Bentley, Mcmughey, Suter. Hos”:- n .ecle the trip. meestsr, and Peterson. Brigadier—General Abel Davis. Vice President of the Chicago Title and Trust Company, gave the ad- dress at the Armistice Day assem— bly held yesterday morning in As— sembly Hall. He was introduced by President Raymond in a short speech as one of the outstanding men of Chicago. The address, “Be- yond the Home Lines.” followed; The new little symphony orchestra gave a few pieces before President Raymond spoke, and also played the Armour Fight Song, at the close of the Assembly. In his speech, General Davis sad that America won the war in the same manner that a pinch-hitter Wins a ball game. The Allies has: fought for three years, and had ex- hausted themselves and also parti- ally exhausted the Germans. Then America's contribution at the right time, along the most courageous lines of any army in the history of the world, crushed the Germans. American troops were forced to learn entirely new methods of fighting, all by theoretical practice. Then they were thrown into action, untried in service. Their bravery and ability came as a welcome sues prise, their spirit was an inspiration to the weeried French and Italians. The Americans showed courage by their actions, advancing into dam ger and sometimes certain death while fully aware of their probable fate. The "exemple" of a: signed - or men who drew the fire of a ma- chine gun nest upon themselves in order that the rest of the men could pass unharmed was given. Fifteen men deliberately gave up their lives in this instance to keep their fellows in the regiment from danger. The best soldier was one who "was a God-fearing, march—gem youngster, who had lived up to all the tenets of decency and propri— ety. He was the best soldier who with oym‘ ‘ g lips would say to his (Continued on page S} Alumnus 'Eqrasels three. ital}? in lizard J. M. Valeria, ’89. E. E, who jour— neyed to Italvwith his wife in e. ‘Modei A For 6.", has an interes ‘. deseziption. including snapsho. . ' his travels through France given 76.: the Catcher issue of the Western Electric News. He is now the Chi- cago Mediation Foreman of the Western Electric Company. The Valence made this trip in order to have a. ideally reunion alongr the Adriatic shores. He states that in France there is no free air. “You must go to a garage where the? ssh four issues (about 18 cents) to fill five tires.” He also maintained. and with the air of a was absolutely convinced. that Finn‘s had the most magma} cent asphalt roads he had eves: seen. Especifly ii the masons: w cold follow he Grand monies. one what beautyi The roads are host: on both sides with tall poplars like “best Point criticise dress parade. Near Rneiuzs tb grow a hundred feet tall Near tops the {me had peeks; 1.355. is ing a rich golden brow: which. as Mr. Valerie ties 3‘ ”save the sheet of a (lot pie with :n nestle colimns 3.? ed spire: " an ending. he says wonderful. One. can 5? for dinner in s mines That is dinners of son: do an: and s L are apiece a a ems. s‘l. be e this was yafisi