ma.” 1. _.__.,_.._., Tuesday, March 11, 1930 ARMOUR TECH NEWS Page Three l ! shallows OF HUMAN BONDAGE W. Somerset Maughan Available in the Armour library W. Somerset Maughan has de— voted, in his novel “of Human Bondage" a great many pages to the development of a philosophy of life. It might be said that the entire book is merely a presenta— tion of a life appropriate to this philosophy. Maughan is quite a stylist, writ— ing in careful, exact sentences, de— veloping his theme slowly and de- liberately, and occasionally ex- pressing himself quite at length through the guise of his chief character. In this day of the fast and flippant novel, it is a bit of a shock to find a book like this, wherein one takes everything in its entirety. Yet the book is most modern, both in its message, and its characteristics. Throughout the greater part of the book one feels the spell of the fatalism of the author. We grow to wonder whether the life unfold» ing before us will become an utter failure, or end by suicide, for the happy element in the book is not revealed until near the end. The chief character of the book, one Philip Carey, is one well wor- thy of analysis. While it would be too great an undertaking to be done here, every reader has that privilege, and it is a task worthy of a good brain. Carey is, in a way, an inexplicable, enigmatic personage; though his entire life is known to you, you would hesitate in assuming that you might act and behave as he does, under sim— ilar circumstances. His life is a series of vicissitudes; he begins his education with the clergy in mind, and then rambles in accounting, art, and medicine. Whether this is a factor in his development is an- other problem for the reader to debate with himself. However, the greatest interest for the serious and thinking read— ers lies in Carey's attitude toward the women in his life. His earlier affairs can be passed as the acts ofrar youtllwbutvonemmeets a snag when they consider the case of a waitress with whom he falls in love, if you can use that expres- sion for so peculiar a status. It is hard to figure out just what phase of her appeals to him; she is not pretty, is not overly friendly with him, and in no way tries to play up to him. Yet despite her actions, he longs for her. She tells him, in one incident, that she has played him for a sucker and leaves him; she returns and is with child, un— married, and destitute, but he eagerly welcomes her back. This is not the completion of the story, but one incident; it is used to il— lustrate how complex the workings of Carey’s mind must have been. “Of Human Bondage” is a book well worth reading, provided that one is willing to spend a little time in thinking as one reads. It is most serious in nature, slow in action, and long in actual pages, but withal, interesting. A. B. A. A man of the Stout Air Services, Inc, flew from Chicago to Detroit in 90 minutes the other day. The regular time is three hours. The city of Chicago has just sold an incinerator, which was built in 1914 for $225,000 but never used, for $8,000. Does that mean Chicago has money to burn, if not in an in— cinerator? ANNGUNCING THE OPENING OF WEE EWEB Ehltlflli IN eoNNlacrloN WITH RALPH’S BARBER SHOP ”7 Whisk 35th St. 1W PAYS TO LOOK WELL LAKCTA PEESSKNG CLUB 78 East 31st St. Vic. 0845 Schedule Sixteen Baseball Games reference. April 10~Morton at Armour. U 92 me. April Iii—“Y” College at Armour. April 24———DeKalb at Armour. Lake Forest. at Ypsilanti. Armour. at Armour. Armour Field. May Ill—Iowa “U" at Armour. May 24—DeKalb at DeKalb. May 30—Iowa “U" at Iowa City. Rapids. made. Notre Dame and other arrangements. ious schools. New Books Added a number of new books. era! and two are fiction. World’s Most Dangerous River,’ Clyde Eddy; “Seven Iron Men,’ Paul DeKruif; of the American Tropics,” Crowther; “Evolution, Genetics Abbot P. Usher; Oscillation Generators,” D. Prince and T. B. Vogdes; Volumes 3 and 4. 000 pounds annually. @EJEDE’EEE @EEJI REMEEEEE — an exclusive club atmosphere — creative music for the doorman - delicious cuisine of private club chef -— smart modems appointments —- distinctively «micron! standards - fine folk of the better son. at prices exceedingly moderate—- 5E} E3 & N E) s) A N W E All ME sea Emfid) "no“ on a. Traditions of on North Shore For Table Reservations, Phone Wilmette @636 or 5311100266 On some“ iltoarl Eva min-nun Noni: of Evonnkvn 1am FWflmnxmandexilw duh. ml»: lung anxious. under: “1." Section Home games with the Western State Normal and DeKalb teams were added to the tentative base— ball schedule published in this pa~ per three weeks ago. It is recom~ mended that advantage be taken most comprehensive and lnterest~ of this opportunity to keep a record of the team by cutting out this Architects Club of Chicago. schedule and keeping it for future April 14—-Notre Dame at Notre April 26—Lake Forest College at May 2—_-Western State Normal at ormal. May 3~Mlchigan State Normal May 7—Western State Normal at May Q—Michigan State Normal May Ill—Lake Forest College at May iii—“Y" College at U. of 0. May 23—Coe College at Armour. It is very unlikely that any changes in this schedule will be One possible exception is the Notre Dame game. The reason for this uncertainly is due to the fact that Tom Mills, former base- ball coach of Notre Dame, who made arrangements regarding this game with Coach Kraflt, has left is at present number of manufacturers and con- coaching at the University of Georgia. Hence it is probable that the new coach may contemplate The remain» der of the schedule, according to Coach Krafft, has been agreed upon between Armour and the var- wfro School Library» The library has recently received The ma— jority of them are on technical merit 01’ David A- Pareira, ’18. who subjects, but some are more gen- The following is a list of the most “Romance and Rise Sat. at] and Eugenics,” H. H. Newman; “A Preface to Morals,” Walter Tipp- man; “This Aviation Business," E. W. Dickman; “Applied Aerial Pho— tography," A. C. McKinley; “High- way Curves," Howard C. Ives; “A History of Mechanical Inventions,” “Chemistry and Civilization?» A. S. Cushman: “Shale Oil,” McKee; “Radio~Ac- tivity,” Fajans; “Vacuum Tubes as In the United States the honey crop amounts to more than 55,000,~ Armistice-ts” {Eula . Sponsors Exhibit‘m Men who are interested in archi« tecture should make it a point to visit the free exhibition at 1801 Prairie avenue tonight. This is the last opportunity to see one of the in); exhibits ever sponsored by the They have in their clubhouse the best work of fifteen noted practicing architects of this part of the coun~ try, architects who have made names for themselves through their application of original and success- ful ideas to modern building de- sl.gn There is a plentitude of floor plans elevations and perspectives, the latter also rendered in color. Some plates are accompanied by a photograph, which of- course means that a building has'already been erected to the specifications shown. The Architectural Sketch Club has contributed many clever sketches which students will find a fertile source of suggestions that nlque. Armour, the University of Illinois and the Lake Forest Foundation of Architecture have student plates entered in a competition, numerous prizes being ready for the winners. May 31——Coe College at Cedar Some of these plates will be select- ed on the basis of the ballots cast by visitors, so don’t leave before casting a vote for our architects. There is a noteworthy display of various materials that go into the building of a home, namely, differ~ ent bricks, stuccos, roofings and hardware of many shapes and sizes. Plumbing, light and heating fixtures have been furnished by a tractors. The exhibits include both standard and new products. Room interiors, completely fur— nished and attractive in aspect have been prepared by local inter— ior decorators. These are especial- ly interesting because of their practical nature, both as exhibits and as examples of what may be accomplished by one who has a good sense of color values and pro— portions»~80me»goodv~ideas on fur- niture grouping may be gathered in this part of the exhibition. The show is under the manage- has handled all afiairs of this kind for the club during the last two years. important. “Hans Frost ” Hugh Walpole; ° “Gamay,” Susan Ertz; “United flhemmts Plan U39 States,” T. C. Pease; “Down the 0f Cellulose CFO/W 1 Maybe we shall soon be talking about the Cellulose crop. There are premonitory stirrings in the l ranks of lumbermen suggestive of another one of those industrial “revolutions” that are turning the world into a merry-go-round. The chemical engineer is now saying to the lumberman: Take a big crop of small trees every ten or fifteen years instead of a small crop of big trees every hundred years—not of lumber, but of wood, cellulose. One responsive forester already visions gigantic mowing machines drawn 0- b super-tractors. “Inti- y mate Papers of Colonel House,” R. L. Thomas, when he applied for a 1930 license for his automo- bile, found he had been driving one that didn’t belong to him for six months. Now it appears he traded automobiles with some one. they may apply to their own tech— h EEAEEEEEEE RIMES TREANGLE Last week the recent initiates broke into the swing of active life and all was again quiet in the house. The date set for the mid—year “Initiates” Dance" is March 29. It will be held at the house. Brother Franks of Minnesota Chapter will be with us during his stay in Chicago. F‘Hl KAPPA SIGMA The Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity recently pledged the following two men: Guy Burnett, J r., ’33, EE. John W. Johnson, ’32, F.P.E. BETA PSI As yet no definite date for proba- tion period has been set though it will be shortly. William Deer-lug has lost a por— tion of his forefinger as a result of an automobile accident; no other injuries were recorded. Near the house one can always ear the thud of baseball against glove. Everyone is playing and even R. V. Goldsborough lays aside his architectural work and throws a few 9. la Guy Bush. THETA Xl Alpha Gamma of Theta Xi wishes to announce the pledging of Ray Nelson, ‘33, ME. The annual “Hard Times Party” will be held at the Chapter house next Saturday night. SlGlVlA KAPPA DELTA An Alumni Smoker will be given at the Chapter house Friday eve— ning, March 28th. Last Saturday evening saw anw other Radio Dance which was well attended. KAPPA DELTA TAU The end of the week will see the finish of probation week and the initiation of nine pledges. 'Mews May Join Local College Papers The Armour Tech News may soon join an association of college news" papers in the Chicago area, if pres- ent plans of the leaders of this association materialize. Newspapers which already belong are the Crane College “Javelin," the Loyola Uni- versity “News," the De Paul College “De Paulia," and the Lake Forest College newspaper. Others con— templating entering are newspa- pers from North Park College, Chicago Normal, Concordia Teach- ers College, and Armour. The purpose of this organization is primarily to secure increased ad~- vertising from local firms through the increased circulation of the combination. The combined circu- lation of all the above papers is slightly over 16, 000. It is planned to engage a local advertising agency to solicit advertising for the entire group on a commission basis from firms in the Chicago territory. No effort will be made to go after so-cailecl “national" advertising through this association. Chinese to Begin Use of Telephotography Did you know that, while every other nation in the world has been using the telegraph for a genera- tion the luckiess Chinese haven’t been able to wire even a New Year’s greeting? And why not? Simply because Chinese is a picture— language, and you can't put it over into a Morse code—nor into any other. But now, all of a sudden, all is changed; and Asia moves ahead over night! The Radio Corporation of Amer— ica has just arranged with the Alumni Notes 17'. D. Payne, ’28 is now working in the rating branch of the Wis— consin Inspection Bureau. C. M. Schneider, ’27 has been transferred from Madison, Wiscon- sin to Milwaukee. He is also work~ ing with the Wisconsin Inspection Bureau and at the present time is living with F. D. Payne. . . age, ’28 has also been transferred from Eau Claire to Mil- waukee, where he has joined his former classmates. W. T. Watt, ’17 who was formerly an instructor in electricity at Lane Technical High School, Chicago, is now connected with the Chicago Branch of the Fairbanks—Morse Company. G. H. Van Gehr, '28 is dividing his time between his work in the patent office and going to school. .1. W. Kent, ‘27 is with the Mis- souri Inspection Bureau. Last Sat- urday he flew to the Sigma Kappa Delta Banquet from St. Louis. P. s. Deiwert, ’28 is recuperating in a hospital in Indianapolis, Indi- ana. He will be ready for work in a short time according to the latest news. messages in the original Chinese characters by telephotography. You know how our newspapers now telegraph photographs, and how our banks send signatures over the wire? Well, that is how friend John Chinalnan will be shooting night~letters to his agent in Han- kow commanding him to buy eight bales of hog bristles. . . . Conserva- tive business men predict that the entire trade and politics of China will be revolutionied by this Ameri— can invention within a few years.— Walter B. Pitkin in The American Chinese Government to transmit Magazine. EE%EEE1%Wh . THE 75 £3151." STREET NEAR MicnioAN AVE 18 KNOWN FOR QUALITY FOODS. @EE’WEEREE MEALS 20c AND UP hEWER—lfiigfi To the Letter Box—— Why is it that class dances at Armour are not the financial suc— cess that they should be? In my freshman year, we had Jack Chap- man’s orchestra and a fairly good hall to hold the dance in. Now we have to put up with a small ball, bad music and a higher tax. Why is it? At the Junior dance the hall was so crowded it was almost im— possible to move, yet a deficit was reported, as at most other dances in the past. There have been very few dances here that have been financial successes and I think something ought to be done about it. It is not due to non—support of the student body, as the hall at the Junior dance was crowded to over- capacity. If students are incapable of man- aging such an affair, let someone who is capable of doing so take it over. The situation is a disgusting and a serious one. 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