em," ARMWR Vol. V. No. 14 Armour Institute 01’ Technology, Chicago, lllinois Tuesday, May 27, 1930 drilliiilll Mild, Elihu EEEEEE EEl‘lEll ill; HEM; Elidtll.’ EEEEESE lil‘llillllEEE . E WEE Have Econ Active in Work on Yearbook During Past Season ANNUAL TO BE DESTRHBUTED TOMORROW At a meeting of the Cycle stall held last Friday, May 23, at 9: 30, Arthur H Jens, ’31, F.PE,. was chosen editor of the 1931 Cycle, the Armour annual. Jens has been associate editor for this year’s Cycle and played an important part in the make-up of the edition. The office of Business Manager was given to Emmett A. Scanlan, ’32, FIRE. Other positions are not definite as yet, and will be an- nounced next week. P. E. Heath, ’30, F.P.E., announces that the 1930 Cycle, without fail, will be distributed Wednesday, May 28. The publication has been de- layed by the re-reading of the proof, but the issue is expected to surpass all others of the past. 112111111? sauces?” BIG success my upraacmsswrrv One hundred and forty—five se- niors attended the banquet last Tuesday, May 20, at the Medinah Athletic Club, and there partook of, among other things, a delicious steal: dinner. Ray Shoan and his cohorts fittingly ciimaxed a round of activities that started back in ‘ 1926. A professional singing and danc- iri‘g"act”’en’te1‘tali‘1ed~those closest to the stage. Following this, Percy Boynton, acting as toastmaster in~ troduced Professors Scherger, Hunt- ly, Hendricks and Schommer, all of whom wished the boys all the success in the world. As usual "Jawn" had some new stories, which brought down the same hearty approval that they always received. Boynton continued by introduc~ ing the class officers and other prominent seniors among them King; Simpson and Don Paul. The banquet was adjourned at about eight-thirty, thereby enabling the boys to go home and write re- ports, or if caught up on all of these to retire early to be ready for a nice fresh start at the first class on Wednesday. Phi Lambda Upsilon initiates Two Men Phi Lambda Upsilon, honorary chemical engineering fraternity, will hold the initiation of I. Katz, ’30, and M. Yzaguirre, ’31, in the Phi Lambda Upsilon rooms this afternoon. An initiation banquet will be given tomorrow night, May 28, at Harding’s. About ten alumni mem- bers have promised to attend. ArmourMen Prominent in Telephone Company Dean Penn has recently received a letter from R. J. Guenther, E.E., ’29, containing quite a bit of alumni news. Guenther is employed now in the New York laboratory of the Bell System, but will enter New York Law school in the tall. N. S. Ewing and F. 0. 011g, also E.E.’s of ’29 are in the laboratories too. Orig is in the trans-Atlantic radio group un— der the supervision of E. 0. Nelson, ’14.Ew1ng arid Guénther are in the patent department under E. W. Adams, ’08. Several other Armour graduates of more recent classes are in the laboratories applying their “trig and calc" to practical problems. Armour Alumni Banquet Tonight The Armour Tech Alumni Asso- ciation will hold their annual re- union and banquet to-night, May 2'7 ’at 6:30 in the Bismarck Hotel. Guests of honor will be our four outstanding athletes, Don Paul, Vernon sturm, King Simpson, and Walter Trognitz and the senior honor student Marvin Tennyson. The Orchestra, under the direction of Professor Leigh, will furnish the music for the evening. Alumni are urged to attend and renew old acquaintances and talk over old times. The seniors are in— vited to take part in this, their first Armour alumnus affair. The price per plate will be $2.50. Attained President of Music and Becker Flask and Beaker, professional engineering fraternity, held a meet. ing last Thursday to elect officers for the coming year. The follow- ing men were put into office by unanimous vote of the members: Fred Attwood, President. Gr. J. Stockman, Vice-Pres. I. B Lehman, Treasurer. J. O. Cavanagh, Secretary. An informal party in honor oi" the graduating senims will be held on June 10. Percy Boynton, ’30, is in charge of the arrangements. Fire Drill Wins Praise From City Marshals The fire drill held last Wednes— day morning broke all existing rec— ords for speed in clearing the buildings. One second was shaved off the record for the Main build- ing and four seconds were shaved off of the best time for Machinery Hall. The Fire Inspector looked over the building from the roof to the basement and could find noth- ing that violated the rules of the fire department. All the aisles were found to be clear and there were no piles of waste or rubbish that could catch fire through spon- taneous combustion. The fire ap— paratus that needs to be filled twice a year was bearing labels of March-1930, which served to put another feather in Armour's cap. The only fault the Fire Inspector could find with the drill as a whole was the fact that the students crossed the streets and loitered in the vicinity of the building. The student body is advised that the best procedure is to walk along the same side of the street you come out on as far away from the build»- ing as possible. Students crossing the street offer a serious hazard to themselves and the fire department as well. It is impossible for the fire apparatus to approach the building at a good speed when the streets are cluttered up with students. In addition to this the students, on seeing the apparatus approaching, might trample each other in their haste to get out of the way. Foreiueii to Seniors {Eileen by Dr. Raymond / Last Tuesday morning at eleven fo’clock Pres-merit Raymond debt» cred a farewell address 150 the Sc» nlors in the Assembly Hall. He gave them some instructions for gradua- tion as well as a short history of the Institute and its ideals. Watch filial-1171s Eileen to Fine Letter Men The Honor “A" Society has se- lected the following letter men to be recipients of the coveted “A” watch charms: H. W. Faulstich, E. R. Rowley, ’30. ’30. M. Vander Velde, ’30. W. M. Miran, ’31. 17'. E. Rutkowski, ’31. Each semester candidates are voted on for membership in this . society. The winning of a letter is not the only requirement. Sports— manship, personality and other es~ sentials are considered in the selec~ tion before the candidates are picked. The society sponsors the Alumni games each semester and holds a dinner and general get-together in connection with the games. Tau Beta Pi Holds Election of Officers At a meeting of Tau Beta Pi, honorary engineering fraternity, held last Thursday, Fred Attwood, Ch. 131., ’31, was unanimously elected president of the organization. The other men elected to office were: C. T. Link, Vice-president. W. Drigot. Corresponding Secy. A. F. Wilde, Recording Secy. A. B. Auerbach, Cataloger. Professor Peebles was re—elected to the office of treasurer of the fraternity, which position he has held for several years. Fred Attwood was also elected delegate to the 29th annual con- vention of the fraternity, which will be held at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Oct. 2, 3, and 4. Woods Elected Head of WW: The Armour branch of the West— ern Society of Engineers held an election of officers Friday, May 23, at 9:30 a. m. in B Mission. The ‘ following men were elected to hold office for the coming year: T. Woods, President. P. Jordan, Vice—Pres. R. ‘Windbiglcr, Treasurer. B. Lindquist, Secretary. W. Santina, Ass‘t Sec‘y. K. Hellsen, Student Rep. r1 Tau Sigma to 110111 initiation This Week Pi Tau Sigma, honorary Mechan— ical Engineering fraternity, will hold initiation for R. M. Krause and R. H. Stevenson some time this week. The tum pledges have gone through the inquisition staged un« der the direction of Professor Dan” iel Roesch at the Sigma Kappa Delta house last Monday. The S. K. D. house may also be the place of initiation. Whitfield Chemical, Awarded Scholarship Marshall G. Whitfield, Senior Chemical, has been awarded a scholarship in advanced Chemical Engineering, given by the College of Engineering of Columbia Uni— versity. This scholarship is award- ed to students of high standing in other universities besides Columbia. Whitfield’s scholarship is for the coming year. The work under one of these scholarships leads to the Master’s degree. Whitfield won the scholarship as.. a result of his record at Armour, and the fact that the Armour man who preceded him at Columbia. made such an enviable record. This other Armour man, the first from Arniour to win this award, was H. W. Herbst, Ch. E. ’22. TheDean of the College of Engineering at Cen- lumbia said in a recent letter, “We trust that Mr. Whitfield will‘be able to adjust his plans to become a student here and he will be a wor— thy successor to Mr. Her-bat.” m Armour "“ Prominent Men at flraduation While the final plans for the graduation ceremonies are. not complete, Dr. Howard M. Raymond has announced the two highlights of the day. Bernard E. Sunny is to be the principal speaker of the day, and Dana Pierce is to receive the honorary decree of Doctor of Engineering. Mr. Sunny has long been in the public eye, having just given a new gymnasium to the University of Chicago High School. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering from the Institute in 1908. He has been active in public life; among the numerous positions that he holds are the chairmanship of the board of the Illinois Bell Telephone Company, a directorship with the General Electric Company, the First National Bank, the First Trust and Savings Bank, and others. He is also the vice presi— dent of the South. Park Commis— sion. Mr. Pierce is at present the head of the Underwriters’ Laboratory in Chicago. He is ranked in the coun— try as an expert in fire protection, and. is the head of the Electrical Commission 01’ the National Fire Protection Association. He gradu—v ated from Amherst College in 1892 with the degree of electrical engineer. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Theta Delta Chi. , ”in the next issue of the news. the complete details of the gradu— ation exercises to be held on June 12 will be given. The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered as usual , on Sunday, June 8, by Dr. Shannon of Central Church. Next Semester Nears Auditor-’1’ lie for Seniors Graduating seniors who wish to keep in touch with the activities at Armour will be pleased to hear that the price of one semester mailing subscription to the Armour Tech News is now only one dollar. Since this is the most convenient time to subscribe to the News, Glee Club Eroadcasls Program Over Radio Singing the same program as 'they gave at the Annual Home Con- cert, the Glee Club provided a half— hour of radio entertainment through station WCHI, last Wed- nesday evening, May 21. 1 Upon arriving at the Illinois Women's Athletic Club building lo- cated at 111 Pearson Sh, just west of the Water Tower and where the studios of WCHI are located, the members of the club spent the time before their appearance over the air in inspecting the station. The control room, the “mikes," and the way in which the announcers put across their message were interest— ing features noted. The program given by the Glee Club under the direction of Mr. ‘Protheroe was as follows: « The Blind Ploughman. . .Clarke Kasmiri Song .......... Finder Song of the Waves” .Protheroe Alexander .............. Brew er Eldorado (dedicated to Armou1 Glee Club) ........ Protheroe My Little Banjo ..... Bichmont On the Road to Mandalay... ....................... Speaks Solo by George Burhop, ’33 Arrangements were made on this ‘znlght to“ present; Mr‘s. hurhop‘, who has been accompanist during the last semester, with a gift as a. token of the club’s appreciation. Four initiated lily Salamander seniors are advised to take out a subscription before leaving school. Men who contemplate a change of residence can give their present addiess and later on send the new one to the business department at the Armour Tech News. ‘ junior Chemicals To 1' W 1111i McCormick Plant ‘ The Junior stud—ents of the Chem— ‘ ical Engineering department will make an inspection trip Thursday morning, May 29th, to the north. side sewage disposal plant on Mc~ Cormick Boulevard. This is the lately completed plant which re~ ccived so much publicity both in its completeness and massive construc— tion. The trip will also be conduc— ted by Professor Bentley. All students who plan on attend— ing summer school should notify Ithe Deans’ Office at once of their intention. CALENDAR Tuesday, May 27 3:00~Tennis. Notre Dame at Notre Dame. Wednesday, May 28 1930 Cycle to be distributed. ‘ Thursday, May 29 limo—Tennis. North Park at Anna oru Friday, May 31) Memorial Day: Classes ex— cuse . Baseball. University of Iowa at Iowa City. Saturday, May 311 Baseball}! aCoe College at Ce— Rap: Four new men ale now pioudly [displaying the key of Salamander, ‘ho onorary fire protection engineer- ling fraternity, as a result of the initiation which was held Tuesday, 1May 13th, at the Sigma Kappa Delta house. The initiation cere- mony took place in the afternoon and was followed in the evening by a banquet at the University Club. The men initiated are: F. S. Austin, ’31. A. J. Lenke, ’31. W. E. Schirmer, ’31. P. E. Seidelman, ’31. Mr. W. H. Townley, of the schol- arship committee was toastmaster ‘and called on Mr. Parker and Mr. Taylor both of whom responded well. Mr. Taylor was the first head of our department of fire protec- tion engineering. Professors Fin- negan and Holmes also contributed to the round of speeches. In addi- tion to the regular members of Salamander several alumni were present. f. igoloi’mon, ifir.E., {Jets gear Creole in Exam Jack Goldman. Senior Chemical. received the highest grade of all those taking the United States’ Civil Service examinations last Feb— ruary for the position of Chemical EngineernJunior Grade. This ex— amination was given in the prom‘ inent cities all over the country. Over thirty men in Chicago alone wrote the examination. or all the men in the country four Armour men were among the six highest. and of these Goldman was the highest. Ellbmllhb, lllllblli, All] illmliEE lllEllllElid lliidllildiiil Al Eldfil‘ AllElliil ”W llblllidlt Alliiblbb Faculty and Student; Leaders Present Short Talks at informal Dunner HELD Alli“ LAKE SHORE ATHLETES CLUB Armour held its first Athletic Banquet last Thursday evening, May 22, in the Adams room of the Lake Shore Athletic Club located at 850 Lake Shore Drive, just north of Chicago avenue. About one hun— dred and twenty—five athletes, and honorary guests were present at the banquet upon invitation. The dinner was an informal one ‘which started at about six-thirty and continued for four hours, with everyone present enjoying the meal to the fullest extent. The Adams room is large enough to comfort- ably accommodate a crowd of the size that attended the banquet which was one more factor in mak— ing the affair a success. After the meal, which lasted for some time but was well worth while, the guests were entertained by pro— fessional talent both in songs and speech. The evening‘s music was supplied by the newly reorganized Stresses and Strains, Armour’s own social orchestra. Professor Huntly, president of the Board of Athletic Control, was toastmaster for the occasion and in that capacity introduced the speakers in order of their appear— ance. During the evening talks of varying length were given by Dr. H. M. Raymond, W. King Simpson, Professor J. J . Schommer, Mr. G. 5. Allison, and Dean C. I. Palmer. At the speakers‘ table were seated the executive officers of the Insti- tute and the officers of the Armour Tech Athletic Association. At the other end of the room, Professor Schommer, Athletic Director, and all the coaches of the various ath— letic teams together with the stu~ dent managers occupied a separate table reserved for them. The banquet was also attended by several representatives of the staffs of the various school publi— cations. The evening' s entertainment was quite unusual f01 a school banquet. The Baldwin sisters sang several songs which obtained a good re— ception. A professional ventriloquist act was also presented. Perhaps the chief success of the evening was the full length moving picture featuring Junior Coughlin and Louis Wolheim. This picture was preceded by a comedy called “Should Tall Men Marry?” The banquet was directed by the committee formed for that purpose and composed of Mr. Allison and the student officers of the Athletic Association. Naval Aviation Exams Passed by Three Men The results of the naval aviation physical examinations taken by the Civils have been received by the office. or the thirty men that took the examination three men, M. Vander Velde, R. B. Johnston, and A. Miller, were succesful in passing it. The majority of the men had no difficulty in passing the mental examination at the Great Lakes Naval Training station but the rigid physical examination proved an insurmountable obstacle to nine out of every ten men. The chief: difficulty was the eyesight which was below par due to the long hours spent “burning; the mid— night oil" studying. Sphinx, honorary literary fra- ternity, held a meeting in the News Office yesterday at which the ofiicers for next year were elected.