iline’sday, February 18, 19,30 ARMOUR TECH NEVIS Page Three REWEEWfi: Fantastic Tales In this day, much of the con- temporary literature is easily clas- sified in the prosaic novel or the sensational thriller To those who are weary of such styles of writing the appeal of another type must have an influence, they can turn to three authors who are capable of producing something different from the usual run. These three, Lord Duncany, James Stephens, and Lawrence Houseman, are the spellvbinders. They have in common the art of fashioning a tale most fantastic, improbable, and captivating «to those who can fall under their spell. To them, all the fantastic creatures of the imagination are reality; through them we meet luau gicians, witches, and the whole horde of the inhabitants of the make-believe world. These are not the conventional fairy tales; they are stories for the adult mind, but cast in this unique mold as a means oi transmitting their mesa sage. Lord Dunsany has a mighty list of books; the best are undoubtedly “The Charwoman’s Shadow," "The King of Elfland’s Daughter,” and the “Chronicles of Dom Rodlguez.” All of these are moderate in length, and replete in the presentation or ‘ peculiar characters in even more fantastic settings. Dunsany will leave an impression, it for no other reason, by virtue of the euphonic names oi? places he describes All his tales are light, fast, and enter— taining. James Stephens is of a different sort. His most outstanding work is “The Crock. or Gold." This is also filled with odd creations and a most improbable tale, but dif- fers in that, unlike the other two men, the author occasionally di- gresses to explain the allegorical meaning behind his writing. Yet the book has an indubitable appeal in its story of the wise philosopher and his wife, the Thin Woman. It is tinged with the Irish back ground, but .the‘rweitic nanlcswwlth . their tongueatwlsting apnearance add much to the book, and detract nothing at all. Lawrence Houseman is on both sides of the fence; he writes pure fairy tales that I hesitate to rec- ommend to college men, and yet his "Ironical Tales” are well worth he reading, these tales being deep, allegorical, and most bitterly iron- ical. Houseman deals with kings and fairies in one story, and then as suddenly jumps to an allegory on Law and Order. But anyone who is clever at reading double meanings into words will find an- joyment in “Ironical Tales." I warn one against reading such books as “Moonshine and Clover” unless they are fond of the juve— nile style of fairy tale; care must be taken in selecting a book by this author. _ Two other men can be mentioned here, James Stevens and Percy Mackaye. They are exaggerators of the first water, and any book by them will contain new wonders for you to marvel at and try to conceive. Likewise, they are a pleasant diversion from the more staid novel. A. B. A. New Containers for Foods Being Pertecteri American Can Co. is reported to be aiding Eastman Kodak in the development of an entirely new type of container for food products which may largely displace glass and metal. The new material is a cellulose compound discovered ac— cidentally by the Eastman labor— atories in experimental film work. This is the first discovery of a cel- lulose container strong enough to stand up under acids and wear. It is said to be nearly as strong as metal, as transparent as glass, and lighter in weight than either of them. ALUMNUS alias John C. Hoehn, Ch. E. ’12, died November 26, 1929 at the Edward Hines, Era, Hospital from a. gastric hemorrhage and chronic nephritis caused by exposure in the “World War in France "than Given at Front Elicive There is no need to worry about the high cost of smash—ups in front—driven cars. The subject has been investigated by practical test. According to a report made by Ernest Wooler recently at a Cleve- land Section meeting of the Soci- ety of Automotive Enginers, a front-end smashmp resulted from driving a front—drive car into a. brick post. The front axle and brake~drum were bent and the aluminum casting supporting the brake—shoe was broken. The dam- age was not thought to be more expensive to repair than would have been those needed by the radiator and axle oil a conventional ar. Mr. Wooler reported that he had driven a front—drive car about 2,000 miles and that other engi» nears of the Timkcn Roller Bear- ing 00. had run the total mileage up to about 6,000 during the pre— ceding two months, to gain experlu ence with the construction and the bearing problems. First impres— sions were very good. The car gave a new thrill because of the high speeds and feeling of safety on curves. A speedometer reading of 97 miles per hour was obtained and a trip was made from Toronto to Cleveland in heavy rain, the dis— tance of 325 miles being covered in less than seven hours. No trouble was experienced from tire wear, wheel wabble, shimmy or other bad results of questionable features of design. No skidding was observed until heavy snow came on top of icy roads. 6 Alumnus Author 0t Price Winner Roots Harry Stephen Keeler, a former student at Armour, and the author of “Sing Sing Nights,” “The Spec- tacles of Dr. Cagliastro,” and sev— eral other collections of mystery stories, recently published “The Amazing Web,” a Chicago murder mystery. This story is the winner of the new button Mystery Prize. Plan [to install Radios in New Yeah Schools Rather startling is the idea ad- vanced by Raymond S. Jewett, president of The Associated School Boards and Trustees of the State of New York, that schools be equipped with radios in each classroom and that the state educational depart— ments broadcast instruction by specialists in various subjects. “It would be perfectly feasible," says Mr. Jewett, “for the Education Department to prepare and broad- cast programs during the whole school session each day which would enable many schools materially to reduce their instructional expense and give the smaller schools many advantages in the way of a varied program which they are now un- able to have on account of the ex— pence.” There seems no reason, with radio and the talking motion picture, why we should not centralize some of our school instructional service so that the best teachers in each line may multiply their effective- ness, and each community benefit by this expert instruction, much as our modern chain stores benefit by centralized accounting, purchasing, etc, administered by high-calibre men. Cycle Material Due February El. (Con “cued from page Z) Cycle by February 21 1930.1f this is not done the organization’ s pages will be withheld from the book. All copy must be in the hands of the stafi by February 21, 1930. This is the positive dead line according to P. E. Heath, editor-inuchiei' of the year book. Not only the birds are seeking warmth during the cold, but a big. yellow and white dog sought pro— tection in front of the main desk in. Watson library today. While busy students rushed around him trying to get books from the desk. the dog slept. came too near his car he merely raised his head and looked at the intruder with a sleepy expression ; of disgust. -When a stray foot, . Elrrraaraa antriawslg 1 Elifldl'filttlll‘lf Willi?» dunner tales to lie ANKMAL CRACKERS Grand Opera House The four Marx brothers, com» ediahs extraordinary, have been sending their audiences into spasms of laughter in their newest and funniest play “Animal Crackers." To those who may have been slightly disappointed at the “Four Cocoauuts," the play is a revelau tlon; the quality of the humor be- ing excellent. Their talkie stunts being in the play puts no blemish on their originality. , Humor of action as well as of word is readily seen in the direct opposite of Groucho, who never keeps his mouth shut, and Harpo, who never says a word. Groucho’s parody on the nine act work of O’Neill is very interesting. Speaking his thoughts like the characters in “Strange Interlude" he extracts humor from what is originally serious. The brothers are musical too, that is Zeppo and Harpo. Zeppo plays quite oddly while the other picks the strings of the harp very pleasantly between scenes. There are two acts and six scenes with a long list of musical numbers, none or which are popular as yet. There is some mighty fine dancing and a specialty chorus of sixteen, the singing being of no unusual nature. The finale of the second act rep" resents the palace of Louis 57th in which Groucho and the ladies of. the court make whoopee and his— tory. Most of the humor is well placed in the book by lrving Kauai- man, but it remains for the Marx brothers to deliver it. S. T. G. DELTA TAU DELTA The Armour Chapter entertained the Chicago and Northwestern Chapters at a formal dance Satur— day night, February 15, 1930. Al- most the entire chapters attended. Jimmy McAlear, Mill, is back. The Belts and their friends wel- come him and hope that he will not get sick again. Tough luck! J. Duncan, REE. ’33 and V. A. Storm, Ch.E. ’30, ran into a negro Thursday night and broke his (the negro’s) lea. SXGMA KAPPA DEL’l‘A Appendicitis called Emory 13. Ross, REE. '30, to the Illinois Ma— sonic llospital for another holiday. The Sigma Kaps will run without a president for the next few weeks. Have a good time, boys! Don’t sit up too late. Sigma Kappa Delta recently pledged Harold Davis, ME. ’32, and Luke fissure, in, GE. ’33. Washington’s birthday, February 22, 1930, will be celebrated with a Pledge Dance. TR'MNGW Some more boys sick. E. A. Ol— sen, CE. '30, spent his holidays with that sick feeling, but is back: in school now. KAPPA llEL’l‘lt TAU These men packed up and moved, but the old Armour drag would let them go no further than 3335 South Michigan, this house being their new quarters. taught “this Summer This summer, as has been the custom in the past, a course will be offered in junior electrical labora~ tory for ambitious eiectrlcals who wish to complete the junior elec— tricity in eight weeks. Electricals who have the required lore-requi- sites, are eligible to sign up. Before anything can be definitely estab» lished, however, ten men are re- quired to signify their intentions of taking the course. Ten is the minimum because one thousand dollars is the cost of running the class, and ten men at one hundred dollars apiece would make the course economically sound. More than ten would mean a decrease in the amount each student would have to pay, the amount being pro- portional to the number signing up. Those proposing to take the course in summer school were re— ferred to as ambitious electricals. There is a reason, for the class com— pletes the whole year of junior electricity in eight weeks. This means performing an experiment, and presenting a preliminary and a final. each day during the eight weeks. While it is a hard grind, there are many advantages to em rolling in a course of this nature. In the flrstplacc, the student's en- ergy is concentrated on one subject, which tends to produce more inter- est in the subject and better grades; secondly, the continuity of the subject is preserved. ‘ Fourfipeeei Trans» mission Advantages; Addressing a recent meeting of the Northwest Section of the Soci- ety of Automotive Engineers, Cor— nelius E. Tierney, of the Graham~ Paige Motor Com, explained the practical advantages of four-speed transmissions such as are used on some of the Graham care. He compared two cars, one having: four speeds, the other three. lie considered a 4,0091)on three—speed car equipped by its manufacturer with a 4.88:: axiom ratio which was regarded as giving: excellent periormance with that? ratio At a car speed of 65 miles per hour the engine speed is 3,563; revolutions per minute, which is considerably faster than the speed at the peak of the horsepower curve. 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