Vol. 5. No. 11. SENWR BANQUET A'l‘ tihlllblhll Ellis TUESDAY, MAY 2t Entertainment, Speeches 0n Evenmg’s Program SCHOMMER TO SPEAK The annual Senior banquet, which climaxes the social season for the graduates, is to be held on May 20, at the Medinah Athletic Club. Ray Shoan, social chairman of the class, has charge of the arrangements. The Seniors are to be taxed $1 a plate, and are urged to get their reservations in by May 12, 1930, which is the absolute dead—line. It is very important that reservation be made as soon as possible so that the approximate attendance is known. The program for the evening, which begins at 6:30 p. 111., includes a steak dinner, entertainment, both professional and local talent, and speeches by our “Jawn” Schommer and other faculty members. The location of the banquet, the Medinah Athletic Club, is the world's largest clubhouse. It is forty—four stories high and is ex— clusively devoted to the club activi- ties. The ladies’ dining room, in which the feast is to take place, is said to be one of the most beauti- ful dining rooms in the city. This will be the last informal gathering of the graduates and the faculty, and one which has a large attendance each year. Qamp Armour to he @ccupic‘d Soon Friday night, June 13th, the Civils will again start their annual trek to Camp Armour for six weeks of surveying, fishing, and swimming. The men will board the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul train on Friday and will arrive at camp the next morning. Saturday and Sun- day will be spent in getting ac- climated with actual work starting Monday morning, the sixteenth of June. , Dean Penn, Professors Wells and Grafton, and Bill Hafner will make up the advance group that will pre- cede the group of students. Profes- sor Grafton will look for a place to keep his wife and young son. Camp Armour is situated on Trout Lake, Vilas County, Wiscon— sin. While at the camp the men become bronzed from their work in the sun, take on weight as a result of the endless supply of good “cats, and enjoy a real vacation of fishing and swimming. The Civils get a real taste of roughing it, as many of them will have to do after they graduate, by living in tents. It is said to be advisable to bring plenty of warm clothing because in direct contrast to the days; the nights are chilly. The fact that no cars are allowed assures plenty of hiking. In addition to the tents mentioned be- fore, there are three permanent buildings. Adjusting Fire Loss Tulle or REE. Meeting Mr. Frank Crion, Fire Insurance Adjustor, was the speaker at the last regular meeting of the F. P. E. Society, Wednesday, April 30, in Science Hall. “Adjusting the Fire Loss” was the subject of Mr. Erion’s talk. He explained the origin of the insur~ ance contracts, and related many personal experiences, which made the talk most amusing. The next meeting of the F. P. E. S. will be held two weeks from the last one and will be called in order that the officers for the coming year may be elected. Armour-Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois JUNiOR WEEK OFFJMALS °§°—°§°-—°§° F. M. JAMES Junior Marshal F. B. A'l‘TWOOD Class President °§°—°§°—°§° B. G. McLAUGHLlN Social Chairman Open House Night scheduled for next Monday, May 12 will open Junior Week, May 12—17, which is studded with athletic contests, so- cial functions, and engineering ex- hibitions, all of which has been mapped and planned by the Junior Class under the direction of the Junior Marshal, Frank James; 13er- lyn McLaughlin, Social Chairman; and Fred Attwocd, Class President. One major change which/“makes Junior Week this year different from those preceding, is that Circus Day and the Class Rush will be held on Friday instead of Saturday as has been the custom. Another important announce- ment is in regard to circus day. In an effort to stimulate the interest in circus day, Dr. Howard M. Ray— mond is offering a cup to the fra— ternity presenting the best stunt. This cup will not rotate, but be- come the permanent prize of the fraternity winning it. All laboratories and shops are in operation on Open House Night with many exhibits made both to entertain and instruct those visit— ing Armour. The idea back of the event is to make known to visitors how an engineering school is oper~ ated. A special edition of the Ar-~ mour Tech News will be distributed to visitors and students. Following Open House a series of athletic events take place. The track, tennis, and baseball teams each display their wares during this time. On Tuesday, May 13, the Armour track team and the Armour tennis team will journey to Loyola to en— gage Loyola’s track and tennis teams in their respective sports. Lake Forest will be Armour’s base— ball opponent on Ogden Field the next day, Wednesday, May 14. pcntathlon, with Vernon Sturm as manager, will follow on Thursday and during the same afternoon a tennis meet will be held with De Kalb at Armour. Thursday evening’s features are the Inter-fraternity Sing and the annual Spring Concert, in which the fraternities and Armour musi— cal organizations are represented. The Inter-Fraternity Track Meet, under the management of Bud Wel— don, is to be run off Friday morn— ing, May 16. The Class Rush, in which the Sophomores and freshmen partici— pate, will be held the same day at 12:30. The two classes at this time, will line up, one at each end of Ogden Field, to take part in the time honored pastime (by no means gentle) of squabbling for sacks of sand and straw. The freshmen will wear the customary shirts of green while the shirts of the sophomores will be dyed red. The fraternity stunts will follow immediately. Each fraternity will give a short stunt such as an act or sketch of more or less comical ,Ynature. The Interclass Relays and the in the evening the Junior For- mal, the only formal dance of the school year, will be held at the Gold Room of the Congress Hotel. B. G McLaughlin, social chairman and his assistants have the bids for this event ready for distribution. Dell Lampe‘s orchestra will furnish the music and the price is $8.50 a bid. These may be obtained from W. Miran, C. Robin, F. James, or R. Timmermans. The baseball game with “Y" col- lege at the U. of C. diamond is on Saturday. Music and Becker Holds Initiation Banquet Flask and‘ Beaker, professional chemical engineering fraternity, initiated C. J. Stamberg, ’31, I. B. Lehman, ’31, and J. L. Kubicka, '32, ,, yesterday, May 5. An initiation banquet will be held tomorrow evening at the Medical Club in the Medical and Dental Arts Building. inter-Honorary Dance Eels Frill Attendance The Inter—Honorary Informal dance was held in the Dutch Room of the Bismark Hotel last Friday, May 2nd from nine to one. The Royal Chicagoans ruled the un— dulations of the sixty couples that graced the spacious floor. Mem— bers and pledges from all the hon— oraries, as well as ten alumni, took part in the dancing. Dr. and Mrs. Raymond motored to their home at Grass Lake, Mich. last Thursday, April 24, returnng the following Tuesday. They re~ ported an interesting and enjoyable journey. The twelve week grades for the probation students are now being obtained by the office. The cards are sent around to the various pro- fessors whereas, formerly the stu— dents took them around themselves. FRESHMAN HELD UP AND lNJURED The scars of a four-inch gash across the back of his neck, and a deep cut on his nose, will probably always remind Harvey Higgins C. E., ’33, of the gruesome events which happened Sunday morning of April 27, 1930, when he was at— tending the Armour Institute of Technology in that “bloody city" of Chicago. As he was walking east on 33rd Street, near Boul Mich, at 1:00 a. m., he was suddenly confronted by two colored “stick—up” men who roughly demanded his Valu- ables. Probably irritated at finding only a watch and $1.65 on his per- son, and annoyed by Higgins’ per- sistent attempts to free himself and to summon aid, one of the men drew out a razor and slashed his victim’s neck; and, after knocking him down, the two escaped before anyone had been attracted to the scene of the crime. Higgins was rushed to the Provi- dent Hospital, 36th and Dearborn Streets, where a colored doctor took twelve stitches in his neck and one in his nose. He was, however, able to return to school Monday, with the white bandages and the ab- sence of his watch as mute evi- dence of his experience. Jupiter Pluvius’ sudden interfer- ence deprived Armcur’s baseball team of scoring a victory last Wednesday evening over “Y” Col— lege. The game was called in the fourth inning with Armour in the lead 4-1. glean J. C. Penn Absent; flonrmci’eul Errol fluid Dean Penn was forced to absent himself from school, Tuesday and part of Wednesday, April 29th and ' 30th, due to a bad cold contracted from the weather. We sincerely regret that the Dean was forced to remain at home and extend our sympathies with the hopes that he will enjoy an early recovery. (CALENDAR Tuesday, May 6 Valparaiso at Valpa- Interfraternity Tennis: Phi Pi Phi vs. Sigma Alpha Mu. Wednesday, May 7 Baseball: Western State Normal at Armour Interiraternity Tennis: Triangle Trac . Senior Inspection Trip. Thursday, May 8 Interfraternity Tennis: Phi Kap- pa Sigma vs. Beta Psi. — Friday, May 9 ‘ Cap and Gown measurements. Tennis: St. Viator at Kalama— zoo. Baseball: Michigan State Nor— mal at Armour. Monday, May 12 Junior Week Starts: Open House Night. Senior flap and Gown Fitting flue Friday All men who expect to graduate in June must be fitted for caps and gowns on Friday, May 9, according to an announcement issued by the Deans’ Oflice. A representative of E. R. Moore and Company will be in the math department offices on the fourth floor from 9:00 A. M. to 3:00 P. M. The charge is to be $2.25 payable with the graduation fee. There will be no deposit necessary at the time of fitting. Elena Announces Honor Marshals Dean Palmer announces the se— lection of the following men to serve as Honor Marshals at the Baccalaureate Sermon and the Commencement exercises this year: Juniors Fred B. Attwood Alvin B. Aucrbach Donald M. Fetter-man Karl E. W. Hellsen Eldon A. Johnson Bert S. Lindquist Frank F‘. Strassenburg Albert F. Wilde Manuel Yzaguirre Sophomores Alexander Bogot John 0. Cavanagh Harold R. Davis Harry P. Richter Max J. Schinke NE W3 STAFF Horns SPRING SMWKER The annual Spring smoker of the Armour Tech News was held at the Sigma Kappa Delta House last Wednesday evening, April 30. As soon as the men arrived, bridge ‘ games sprang up. After the games were well along, the stall? held a business meeting. Professor Hen- dricks, the faculty advisor of the News, complimented the staff on its record, praised the various depart— ments for their individual and co— operative accomplishments, and especially thanked Kilian K. Knit- tel, the retiring columnist, for his success in putting out an interest- ing column each week. Several changes in staff were announced. Following Professor Hendricks, Fred Attwood, the editor—in—chlef of the News thanked the men for their help. Next the meeting turned to jokes. Dave Smith, retired ed- itor, told some good ones, as did Al Auerbach, Professor Hendricks, and Fred Attwood. Following this sor— tie of wit came that familiar and welcome call of “come and get it. " The fact that no one was injured in the rush does not mean that the staff was slow in attacking the victuals. After wrapping them- selves around the food, the men re— turned to their games to round out the evening. A.S.ME. Haiti's Election of Chapter Ochrs The Armour branch of the A. S. M. E. held a meeting Thursday, May 1, in room D, Mission, for the purpose of electing oflioers. The following men were elected to of- free. C. T. Link, President R. H. Stevenson, Vice—pres. R. W. Krause, Sec. F. F. Strasscnburg, Trees. During the meeting, lectures were given by Stevenson and Krause, student members of the branch. Oregon State University recently bought between fifteen and twenty tons of Italian prunes to use in ex— perimental work to determine new standards for drying. Then we suppose they'll feed them to the, students. Tuesday, May 6., 19311 thitiill, filth, ”ti, EHSSEN Elll'l‘flh or ARMWR Ellfillilhllll Managing Board Elects Other Magazine Executives iiDl'l' NEXT lSSUE A. .1. Lenke, F. P. E., ’31, was elected editor of the Armour Engi— neer for the school term 1930-31 at a meeting of the managing board last Friday. He is succeeding N. D. Buehling, the retiring editor. Other offices decided upon were the busi» ness manager and the associate editor, and are to be held by J. H. Stranberg, ’31, and C. T. Link, ’31, respectively. The managing board of the Armour Engineer consists of the retiring editor, N. D. Buehling, I. G. os,t .G. Anderson, H. H. Stebbans, F CH. Blgelow, and the Professors Peebles, Freeman, and Hendricks. These new officers have done a great deal of work for the Engi— neer in the past year and have shown much interest in the quar- terly magazine. According to the retiring editor, the new offices are to be filled immediately and the new men are to have charge‘of the editing of the next issue which is to appear May 20. Both Lenke and Link have ar- ticles in the May 20 issue. Lenke has written on the “World’s Fair of 1933” and Link’s article is on the subject of “Atomic Structure." garners to Make inspection Trip Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 7, an all day inspection trip to the plant of. the Western Electric Company will be held for seniors except the members of the Department of Ar— chitecture. The students of each department are required to sign up with their respective instructors, and only those whose names ap— pear on the list will be permitted to attend. At this time there have been eighty—nine students desiring to go, the group consisting of thirty— three electricals, twenty—two civils, eighteen mechanicals, and sixteen. chemicals. About ten members of the faculty will accompany the group. The difierent departments will separate during the inspection and will see the phases which are most relative to them. All members of the inspection party will be given a luncheon by the Western Electric Company at the plant. Emphasis is laid on the fact that only senior members are eligible and that they must sign up with their instructor beforehand in or~ der that the Western Electric Com— pany may know how large a group may be expected. A. E. WEE. to Sponsor 40pm House Exhibit The Armour branch of the A. I. Ch. E. held a business meeting in room 1-1 last Thursday, May 1, at 1:00 P. M. The programs to be used for the remaining meetings were an— nounced by J . E. Tarman, president. The special exhibits to be shown on Open House Night were dismissed. E. P. Boynton, ’30; A. T. Morton, ’30; and I. B. Lehman, ’81 were elected by the group to engineer the exhibition. Berlyn G. McLaughlin, CE. ’3}. has returned to school followiim the death and burial of his father. 1' r McLaughlin was killed in st. Louis. Missouri, in an automobile accident. the taxi he was riding in being . completely wrecked.