may»! Tuesday, November 19, 1929 ARMUUR TECH NEWS Page fierce prints or cost other or you“ at scales turns Gas Bynprgducts Mixed to Couturier With Regulations KOPPERS PLANT {ELEAN Last Tuesday, November 12th, the Senior Chemicals made an inspec- tiou trip to the Koppers Coke Com- pany at 3500 S. Crawford Avenue. The sixteen students and Professor Bentley were divided into two groups each with a guide furnished by the company. One of the interesting problems that confront the company is the mixing of gas, their main product. Under the rules of the Interstate Commerce Commission fuel gas must furnish 535 b.t.u. The coal gas made during the cooking meow ess furnishes but 510 b.t.u. It must be enriched by water gas, a 570 b.t.u. gas, and oil. Of all the coke produced by the 105 coke ovens 70% is used to make water gas to mix with the coal gas. About 25% of the coke is sold and the remaining 5% of the coke is used to make a low b.t.u. gas that in turn is used to change the raw coal to cake. The Kopper’s plant is one of the cleanest that has been visited by the Chemicals. It is laid out very well with its halfnmile of cooling pipes in a minimum of space. This company furnishes one-third of the I10,000,000 cubic feet of gas used by Chicago daily. Time Saying Devices installed by Griffin Mr. Griffin, who is in charge of the Chemical stateroom, has insti- tuted several improvements about the different chemical laboratories. Using his own initiative he in— stalled the devices, which are sav— ing time and patience for all who use the labs. - -«, ( The new system of card filing has i been the greatest time saver. For- merly a student might forget his stateroom file number and there would be no way of finding it. Now the storeroom numbers correspond to the locker numbers. If a student forgets his locker number he can always find it on his key. Mr. Griffin has equipped the labs with cork borers and coat racks. Also there are boards with different sized corks in all the labs. By slip— ping a. flask over a cork, a student can find the size and then get the cork from the storeroom in a mini- mum of time. NEW AERONAUTICS COURSE CONDUCTED AT WESCONSIN A correspondence course in aero» nautical design, construction, oper— ation, and maintenance has recent- ly been offered by the University of Wisconsin. The course is in- tended for those preparing for avia— tion or aeronautical design. Anyone with two or three years of high school work can study the course profitably, according to Prof. W. H. Light, director of extension teach— ing. Japanese women in Tokyo are beginning a campaign to obtain equal education facilities with the men. Many Japanese universities admit women into their classes as visitors, but they are not regarded" as students, and get no credit or degrees. They are demanding co- education until women universities become large enough to take care of all those who wish to attend. Freshmen intelligence tests in Michigan State showed a ‘16»yeare old girl, and a 16—year-old boy to have the best score of the entire class. It was also found that men are inclined to make both more high scores and more low ones, while the women stick fairly con- sistently to medium scores. In order to comply with a con— dition of a will which bequeathed $5,000,000 to the University of Ver- mont, the University has restricted its enrollment to 1,000 students, all of whom must be residents or NOCTURNE FRANK SWHNNERTON G’I'nsset &: Dunlap A nocturne, to an artist, merely identifies the scene as a night View; the term is easily applicable to this book by Frank Swinnerton bearing that name, for the entire book cov- ers ut the activities of a single night. “Nocturne" is, if analyzed, noth— ing more than a glorified character study. The plot structure, while it does exist, is merely present to pre— sent the varying phases of the one night in the lives of two dissimilar sisters. It is only a vehicle to carry out the author’s intense presenta- tion of the thoughts, desires, and emotions of these two natures; one a. rather buoyant, semi—romantic, and egotistic person, and the other timid, servile, and culturally starved. Impressionistic art is most con- veniently adopted as a standard for comparison. Just as in that field one loses the exactness and gains the mysterious touch of unde— flnability, so we likewise lose the feeling that the book is to reveal a definite series of actions and gain the intimate knowledge of the five persons that form the tale. Yet the characters do impress one with reality; they are vividly stamped upon your mind and in a most striking manner. Their very na- tures are expertly revealed, from the fickle Cockney lover to the feeble-minded, beer guzzling, “noos”-seeking Pa. To those who appreciate the deli— cate touch of a writer, this book must have a strong appeal. The love-making scenes are such that the slightest false move on the part of the author would have produced anirremediable fault; the ‘ that the author has led himself into are of a fragile nature, and the thread that prevents the scenes from becoming either absurd or in- congruous is indeed a delicate one. But Swinnerton manages to carry himself through the entire work with the utmost success. m«'Irr“ recommending» thisw book, must warn one against expecting to digest it in the manner suitable for a. light, fast-moving novel. It is not a serious book in the sense that it will present great fundamental problems, but its delicacy of style will force one to be in a receptive and rather high-planed mood to get the full benefit. ”Nocturne” is to be found in the Armour library. Arch Librarians Speak at Meet. The Illinois Chapter of the Special Libraries Association held a luncheon meeting yesterday at 12:30 p. m. at the Art Institute. Miss Abbot, librarian of the Ry- erson Reference Library of Art, and Miss Rawls, librarian of the Burn— ham Library of Architecture, spoke on the history, resources and the usage of these libraries. The meet— ing then adjourned to the libraries. The Ryerson Library consists of 27,500 volumes, 25,500 lantern slides, 49,300 photographs and other ma— terial. The Eurnham Library has 5,200 volumes pertaining to archi- tecture. Advanced Botany classes at Northwestern are to take on air- plane ride over the Indiana sand dunes as part of their required work this semester. The classes have already been many places in the state studying land, plants, and peculiar land formations in their natural surroundings. Mississippi State College for Women has a grand total of sixty— one schools represented on its teaching corps. One wonders how many of the professors are “con- firmed” batchelorsl The freshman women at Mar~ quette University are required to wear the traditional “fresh” cap. A student at the University of South Dakota commutes by air— plane, as he lives sixty miles from the campus. Nothing can happen more beau- Vermont. tiful than death.——Walt Whitman. lfiodel Engineers Soc. Gives Exhibition at Republic Building Small working models of ma— chines which we see about us every day hold a great fascination for us. If one of our friends should show a model of his own making we would immediately become inter— estested and “fire” questions at him as to how he went about producing an article so exactly like the large original. If one model representing one man should stir such interest in us then a large collection of models representing the work of many men should interest us that much more. And they do, judging from the number of persons who visited the exhibition of fine engineering mod- els last week, Nov. 13-16. The exhi— bition was given by the Chicago So— ciety of Model Engineers and was held in the Republic Building, 209 S. State st, on the tenth floor. Here models oi: almost every branch of engineering were on ex— hibit. A steam locomotive capable of pulling several persons, a yacht, an old schooner, a marine engine, a power plant, a tractor, and an electric locomotive were some of the things represented by models. In all cases they were workable. One 03? the features of the exhibi- tion was a model of a standard, “American Type” locomotive, used on the Burlington and practically all other railroads of the United States between 1870 and 1890, and was built by B. J. Arnold of Ash- land, Nolan, in 1880. Arnold was a lad of 18 without mechanical train- ing or instruction and he made the model from such crude materials as he was able to gather in a small Western town devoid of machine shop or foundry. He obtained the dimensions of the engine while it was still in service, and was always rt__m-n_ @t’l‘hltltltfi lifi'l‘lig TRlANGLE Triangle held an Alumni Smoker on Sunday, November 17 at the Chapter House. Many of the Alum— ni returned to enjoy an evening of cards with their class—mates. EMMA. ALPHA MU A House Party was held at the home of Avron Simon on Saturday November 16, and the party was a howling success in all senses of the word. thPA DELTA TAU Kappa Delta Tau announces the pledging of the following men: Henry Levin, Ch. 121., ’33; Sidney Crane, Ch. E., ’32; William Holland, Ch. E., '32; Jack Robbe, C. E, ’32. on hand to take observations at the station where the train stopped to taken on water. Arnold’s success in constructing this model without adequate tools shows that the ap» parent lack of materials cannot hold one back. A. Willard, ’31, is the vice-chain- man of the Chicago Society of Model Engineers and when inter~ viewed told of how the society was organized in 1914 to promote inter- est in the hobby of making models. He said that the C. S. M. E. is the oldest society of its kind. and its members make all kinds of models. The organization consists of 200 members, forty of whom live in Chicago and are from all walks of life. The dues are $6.00 a year for full membership, $3.00 a year for a junior membership, and $2.00 a year for a non—resident member— ship. This includes a subscription to the Model Engineer, at monthly publication for model makers. The Society meets every second and fourth Thursday of the month in Rm. 921 Kimball Hall at 8 p. m. DELTA TAU DELTA. We note that the “be—whiskered” Architects, namely, Roy Barber and Al Holin, have finally broken clown and shaved because they finally completed a project. Have you boys ever heard of Indiana 11.? Vern Sturm has been toting a very conspicuous yellow and black banded tie which he claims was given him by Dean Palmer, we wonder; well anyway, the stripes were running in the right direction. KAPPA DELTA TAU The Kappa Delta Tau fraternity takes pleasure in announcing the pledgings of William A. Holland, Ch. E., ’32; Edmund Field, Ch. 201., ’32; Jack M. Robbe, C. E., '32. RHO DELTA REED The Rho Delta Rho fraternity takes great pleasure in announcing the initiation of S. Carmel, '32; E. Goldstein, ’32; M. W. Morowitz, ’32; H. H. Slavitt, ’32. The annual Fall Frolic was held at the chapter house November 2, 1929, and was attended by the ac— tive members and a great number of alumni. PHI KAPPA. SEGMA Extensive plans are being made for the Homecoming Dance on No- vember 23. The invitations have al- ready been sent out. SEGMA KAE‘EUl. 353.32% Sigma. Kappa. Delta wishes to an.» nounce the pledging of.Bradiorel Larson, F. P. 22., ’33 and Frank ‘5'. Strassenburg, M. R, 3'2. A “Radio Dance" was held at the Chapter House on Saturday aim vember is, with very excellent re~ ception. BETA PS} Beta Psi announces the initiation of Frank Rutkowski, ’31. The second Inter—Chapter Dance of Beta Psi Fraternity will. be held; this year on November 30 at the St. Clair Hotel. The Armour, Elineis, and Lake Forest College Chapters will he in attendance as well as many friends and alumni. Washington State College may well challenge the football world for the 1929 traveling champion— ship. Twelve games comprising the longest and most dimeult schedule in W. A. C.’s 35 years of football competition, will take the (Badger gridders some 13,888 miles one: land and sea before they wind up the season on New Year’s day. Nohce llili’s tie-”tip Earlier tiles HAIRCUT 50C SHAVE 250 We Reserves chairs by Araceli-11121211: OPE N8 A. M. "'06 3.371. Labrador Bldg. 55 E. Adams Wabash 8877 —that we furnish America’s‘i‘ foremost broadcasting and recording orchestras for the important functions of all the leading schools and col- leges. W 32 W. RANDOLPH ST. When You Need Music—~Remember MUSKC CURPORATKQN @F WREEA —--that we furnish organized orchestras of any size, for fraternity affairs and pri~ vate parties. A complete music service for every re» 1:. quirement. 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