illlittltt .ldtilltd, it“. it. ill, littlmidld Jlilllllllt Millillllli ”lad Elliott motto htlllil‘lallid liltiil Will Awards Voted {for Members oi internists flaoehall Title Sound at ‘ Meeting of dictators ANNUAL DANCE FEELS T0 WELD FRONT Frank James, ’31, F. P. E., was elected Junior Marshal at a Junior class meeting held last Thursday. The class president, Fred Attwood, presided. Two ballots were taken, the candidates on the first being, I". M. James, C. J. Robin,R.H.Wind~ Meier and R. G. Kellner. Robin and James received the most votes, but the count was so close that it .was decided to take a second bah lot on those two candidates. The count showed James with 54 votes while Robin accounted for 47. The Junior Marshal is elected early in the second semester so that he can name his committee and have ample time to make all arrangements ior Junior Week, which will be hold some time duh the members oi! championship inn terclass baseball team for the 1920 season. The awards will be in acw cordance with the regulations recently laid down by the Armour Tech Athletic Association. B. G. McLaughlin, Social Chair— man of the class, made a report on the Junior Informal dance which showed the dance not as successful financially as it was socially. Pro/i; Lihhy Prominent at Engineers” Meeting Professor Libby traveled to Mom- phis, Tenn, for three days last week to attend the annual meeting of the National Association of Practical Engineers, an educational organization. Professor Libby is chairman of the National Board. About 200 persons attended the Memphis meeting which was held to discuss the newest: ideas of re— frigeration engineering. Professor Libby said that the association has numerous chapters, one of which is in Chicago. This section meets the first and third Wednesdays of each month Senior Architect‘s @et Second lWenrion The teams of which M. R. Dob- herman and R. R. Falconer were architects. each received a Second Mention in the recent Annual Col— laborative Competition sponsored by the Association of the American Academy in Rome. Each team consisted of an architect, a sculp- tor and a painter. The program consisted of the dc« sign of the “Interior of a Sanctu» ary” for the body of the late Presi- dent Woodrow Wilson, which is now temporarily buried in Wash— ington. The sculpturing and paint- ing of both teams were done by students of the Art Institute. Last year H. Turk, ’29, and ii. Crizeoskey, ’29, received a First and Second Mention, respectively, for the designing of the “Interior of a. Salon on the Largest Ship Afloat.” First and Second Mentions are the some as honorable mentions. ed awards to, Condition Eugenio Will Be Held oh March Kit-a8 The examinations for the re- moval of conditions are scheduled for next week from March 3%. As is the custom each semester, stu— dents who received a condition in any subject will be permitted to take these examinations for credit in the subject. The examination must he passed or the student will he required to repeat the subject the following semester. Four fieuior dirt; to Etc in (Contact .» lithe. , preliminary exercises tor. the Annual Prize competition of the American Institute of Steel Construction were held Saturday, February 15. The following Senior architects entered the competition: W. M. Alderman, F. E. Christensen, E. Goldenloei'g and A. D. Levy. It consisted of the drawing of an Esqm'sse—Ecquissc on logo in nine consecutive hours. Out of all of the ' sub- mitted to the committee for judg» ment, ten will be selected who will enter in the final competition. The schedule is as follows: prelimi- nary competition, February 15; preliminary judgment, February 25; final exercise, March 10; and judgment for the prizes will be on April 1. Wemvfiwgllifi'flfi of genioro @rder @laos Jewelry Only about one—third of the Senior class has placed orders for Senior rings and keys, according to Vernon A. Storm, ’30, chairman of the jewelry committee, while in years past, three-quarters of the class was a minimum. The first order to the jeweler for those men who had made. an initial deposit by Friday noon, will be sent in on Friday, February 23. The next or— der will he sent to the jewelers in a _ few weeks, or ii’ a large enough number place orders immediately, it will be sent next week. The sale of class jewelry was termed "very disappointing” by Bob Serson, ’30, Senior Class Presi~ dent. “Every member of the senior class ought to get either a ring or a key. Class spirit ought to stand for a little more than just raising whoopee at class dances. ll piece of class jewelry will be something that will last a long time, and al— ways brlng back old associations.” other members of the jewelry committee are W. King Simpson, ’30, Barton Rofiee, ’30, Emory Ross, ’30, and D. T. Smith, ’30. Samples of both the ring and the hey are on exhibit on the bulletin board in the lobby of the main building. The price of the ring is $1.50 and that of the hey is $8.00. courts to tutu.“ tum. cutout ill lilttiilllll lllllli South Chicago ‘guuudl Vicious in Former Mattie “MST MEET AT litilliiifil Armour’s boxing team meets South Chicago Y. M. C. A. this eve- ning at 5: 00 in the school “gymna- slum. This is the first boxing meet that has ever been scheduled at the Institute. All meets of this year, and of previous years, Were held on foreign rings. Incidently, the matches were governed by out~ side officials, and were staged be— fore large gatherings of antagonm istic fans, Tonight's match promises to-be different. The battles will he fought on a ring iamiliar to all oi‘ Armour’s contestants. Whatever cheering and yelling is prompted, will for the first time perhaps, serve to stimulate courage in our boxers instead of confusion. In previous fights Armour had to con- tend with the incessant razzing‘ of some three to live hundred fans. In meeting the South Chicago team Armour faces the state Y M they face a team that had bat» terccl them for a decisive slx~iight victory on February 18. Although the meet appeared to be totally lost, the results did not justify Arw mour’s strength. Tech suffered no one-sided defeats in any oi the in— dividual matches and could have reversed the outcome if each light— (Continued on page 3') March 1 Bend Line for 193% C’ycic Pictures Individual pictures which are to appear in the 1930 Cycle positively must be taken by Saturday, March fist. Seniors, members of the social and honorary fraternities, and other organizations who do not comply with this ruling will not have their pictures in the Cycle chief of the book. Pictures are to be taken at the Mabel Sykes Studios located on the sixth floor of the Bay State build— ing at 140 North State street. On Monday and Tuesday of last week, Theo. Kiene, ’15, C. 151., visited the Institute. He is an assistant engineer with the Santa Fe Rail» road at Amarillo, Texas. in the de- partment oi‘ building construction. EALENDE‘R Tuesday, Fell. 25 4:00 P. iii—Boxing meet with South Chicago Y M. at Armour Thursday, ll‘eli. 27 3:00 P. Mrfi‘dwimming meet at Chicago Normal Friday, Fol». 2&5 Sophomore Dance in Gold Room of Congress Hotel Last basketball game for scan son, Michigan State Normal College at 8th Regiment Armory Saturday, March IL Examination for removal of conditions Dead line for all pictures Cycle 0. .(i. champions, and above all? according to P. E. Heath, editor—in— ‘ JAMES Milli ANT __ Alumnus fixtures Advice ”in Student Dr. Raymond has received an- other letter from an alumnus. H. S. Wellington, ’00, giving advice to a prospective student. The author gives his viewpoint oi an engineer- ing education with information that is both interesting and in- structivc. Dcar‘Birz— I observe that you are consider- ing entering the Mechanical Engi- neering Department at the Armour Institute oi Technology, and that you wish my opinion and advice in respect to the several courses available. You are mistaken in your understanding of my having pursued the Mechanical Engineer- ing course. I graduated from Ar— mour n Him in 1908, having fol— lowed the four (4) year course in Civil Engineering, in which course a small amount of ME. and EE. work was included. Since my graduation the work with which I have been identified has been of a very diversified char— acter involving M..,E CE. and EE. Probably more of the Mechanical and Electrical than the Civil, al— though my engineering training in the CE. course developed the abil~ with which i was confronted in the (Continued on page :2) . M. Wood Sue-ulna To Fire Protects The: first meeting oi the Fire Protection Engineering Society for this semester was held Wednesday, February 19, in Science Hail. Mr. D. M. Wood of the Child and Wood Agency was the speaker. Mr. Wood spoke on the "Rela— tionship of the Local Agent to the Insurance Business,“ relating perm sonal experiences and incidents, giving the students a good idea of what they will meet up with in later years and what will he re— quired of them to make successful agents. The things that a successful agent should have knowledge of are listed by Mr. Wood under eight heads, they are: salesmanship, fi- nancing, accounting, law, engineeiu Eng, medicine and surgery, English and the ability to manage. E‘. J. Ransel, president of the So~ ciety, amiounced that the Annual Fire Protect Smoker would he held sometime within the next month. The Fire Protects were urged to pay their clues, the Sophomores to H. Hendricks, the Juniors to ’i‘ Schueler, mil the Seniors to either W. Scott or E. Bonsai. ill” MEWS ill dithlll’llillfli Pill Eli Eli @fiidfilm .. hillfilil till? Eilllilltiidg itilléhl. Edith Eiddtl‘ Novelty Numbers to Be Featured by Erl Brannnclga Ventuclry Colonels At Sonia informal HAVE-Z MABORATE BEDS AND PROGRAMS The Sophomore Informal, the most important event in the year for the sophomore class will be held this Friday night, February 20, in the Gold Room of the Con- gress Hotel, with nearly three hun— dred couples dancing to the music of Erl Brammel’s Kentucky Col~ onels, from 0 o’clock until i. The Gold Room has a dance floor large enough to accommodate the Seniors ghee/it firediis Willi Henna” @i’fice In order that the Deans’ Office may be sure that the Seniors have all the credits required for gradua—r tion, the members of the class of ’30 are requested to call before March it for their rating. It is very important that the Seniors comply with this request for it is very embarrassing to find a week before graduation that you have not the required amount of credits either from a mistake in the Deans’ Office or from not taking certain subjects. Consequently if you are a Senior and expect to graduate in June, it would behoove you to call at the Office at your earliest con— venience and thus avoid unpleas— ant complications later on. fit. Ti“. A. A. to Discuss Sports Schedules The Armour Tech Athletic Asso— ciation at its next meeting will take under consideration the ten» tative baseball schedule, track and swimming meets. It is almost an assured fact that the schedule as arranged by the coaches will not suffer any serious mishaps at the coming or the meeting. This will be the first assembly of the board this year and some long stand— ing arguments will probably be thrashed out. Better awards for basketball will also be determined at this meeting. Troy's/airs: Wins Covet-en? Trophy for Chemicals Honors continue to be heaped on Walter Trognitz, Ch. E., ‘30, trad: man and cit-captain oi the swim- ming team. In addition to the Phi Lambda Upsilon and Tau Beta Pi keys, he now proudly displays the much coveted “Schmier Chem- flilel‘” trophy. This award was made by Professor McCormeck who wit~ messed his experiment in senior chemical engineering laboratory. W‘alt’s experiment was intended to illustrate reduction and it did, though in a slightly unusual way, for there was a reduction of the paint on the wells of the laboratory in addition to a reduction of his T The trophy consists of a . . product. donkey’s head made of lead. neatly tied with red ribbon. Phi Lambda Upsilon, honorary chemical fraternity, hold :1 short business nleetizn; in its rooms on Thursday. February 30. expected crowd, since it is about half again as large as the Crystal Ballroom oi the Blackstone Eotcl, where the Junior Deuce was held. In addition, it h tastefully appointed lounge- which apparently was made for sitting out dances. The orchestra, Erl Brammei's Kentucky Colonels, is a Jean Gold-i kette organization with a country— wide reputation. Erl Brsmmei, in: addition to being a leader in mu- sical circles, is an engineer, hav— ing been graduated from the University of Detroit’s engineering College. He has been a leader for Jean Goldkette for several years and since his return from Florida and the south, has been in great demand by the students of North: western University for theirltlances. The Kentucky Colonels have sev— eral novelty numbers with which to amuse their audience. True to their southern name, they sing the Old Oaken Bucket—but with their own variations. They also have a. singing trio and two pianists who perform together and individually. Perhaps their most unusual mini» be: is the “Goofus Horn,” which is somewhat mysterious. The elaborate bids are its first indication of what a time is to he had, according to James Bryant, Social Chairman, and the programs. are even more unusual and attrac— tive. Bryant announces that ticis- ets may be obtained from the Social Committee, composed of G. Schodde, A. Jungeis. S. Lind and H. Hendricks. Tickets may also he received from A. Winckler. R. Eddy, R. Wilson, C. Brown, J. Tilt, H. Yount, M. Baal J. Carey, 5. Jackson, R. Belford, and T. Lockett. The price is two-fifty, as usual. The guests invited for the eve— ning are President and Mrs. Bow- ard M. Raymond, Dean and Mrs. Claude I. Palmer, Professor and Mrs. Joseph B. Finnegan, Professor and Mrs. Charles P. Holmes, and Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Hendricks. flies {itch Holds first: Rehearsal oi? Semester Last Thursday. Feb. 20. the Glee Club, under the direction of Dr. Daniel Premieres. held its first re— hearsal of the new semester. If a large turnout for the first rehearsal means anything. the chorus should. have a better season than last. At present the choral organizer mom is practicing for the concert which it is to give the latt “r pun of March. On the R ad to Man- daisy" and “Mai-rung” occupied their attention last Thursdss. Since it has been found {iifi'ioi‘t to ohmin a student pianist. to nos Cflmylfllly the Glee Club. the club has been without an accompanist. This situation would have condo» nod had not the mother of George Burnout “333 Sin“ vallered to free to conduct. Lin. Rt- Thursday some new; were present for the tryout“ T ‘3} .10 wish are still (this to join club ii they will some 2‘ 3. :1 out in the so “a Thursday cream