dhtldllh ”illflil NEWS Pllbtltlilfis SEEdNb ANNWERSARY lSSlIE is Firmly Established With Two Year Record ANSWERS DEMAND This is the second anniversary issue of the Amour Tech News. Two years ago, on April 9, 1928, the first issue of the News made its appear- ance. It was, at that time, a live- column paper which was to be is— sued every two weeks. Since then it has grown to the six—column weekly that it is today. , The need of a newspaper at Armour was felt for a long time before the first issue appeared. As each incoming freshman class en- tered the school the question was raised as to why there was no stu- dent newspaper. These men, many of them, came from high schools which had weekly or lei—weekly papers and had not yet learned of the rigorous Armour schedule of courses. Boon these men wouldbe completely buried in their studies and all thoughts of a newspaper put out of their minds. Yet the feeling that a student newspaper was needed gradually increased and spread and finally an attempt was made to start one. " Thus, two'years ago," the "first issue of the Armour Tech News was offered to the student body with John Hommes as editor, Professor Walter Hendricks as faculty ad— visor, and an enthusiastic group of upper-classmen as staff. Those first issues of the Spring of 1928, five in number, were sold at fifteen cents per copy. The following September the News began publication on a weekly basis. After a few weeks it was ex- panded to a six—column paper from the five~column one that it had been, and has continued as such to the present time. Western Electric Donates Machine A donation in the form of a Brown and Sharpe 21/2 universal milling machine was received by the machine shop last Monday, March 31, from the Western Elec- tric Company. Upon unloading the machine at Armour, the rope, which held it while sliding down the “skids" from the truck to the walk, broke. Be- cause of this the heavy cutter tum— bled down, with the result that the vertical feed was injured and a few other breaks incurred. Mr. Tom— hof, instructor in the machine shop, is now repairing the milling machine which will soon be mount- ed in the neighborhood of the others for use by the students. The Western Electric Company has donated three Hendy lathes to Armour in the machine shop be— sides the milling machine just re- ceived. E. D. floral; fipeaieer at W; S. E. Meeting The Armour branch of the West- ern Society of Engineers will hold its meeting of the semester tomor— row in Room B, Morrison Building, 11:30 a. m. Mr. Edward D. Lord will be the speaker and will talk on “The NOTICE There will be no issue of. the Amour Tech News Tuesday, April 22. The Easter holidays, April 18 and 19, come at the critical time in the prepara- tion of the paper, and an is- sue of the paper on the fol- lowing Tucsday will be an impossibility. However, the full quota. of fifteen issues per volume will be distributed to subscribers this semester. JUNEQR FORMAL TO BE HELD MAYMAT (JONGRESS H0 TEL The Junior Formal Prom, the culmination of junior week, has been definitely set for Friday, May 16th, at the Gold Room of the Con— gress Hotel. The chairman of the social committee, Berlyn G. Mc- Laughlin, has selected Dell Lampe's orchestra to furnish the music. The bids will be out at the end of the week, and McLaughlin is said to expect a large turnout, due to the excellence of the music and the choice cuisine. The bids are to be priced at $8.50, this price being approved by the class as shown by a petition being circulated by the committee. Lecture, Dance Marks A. S. M. E. Anniversary The fiftieth anniversary of the founding of; A. s; M. E was celebrated in the Red Lacquer Room of the Palmer House, Tues— day evening, April 8. Mr. H. s. Dickerson, the chairman of the meeting, gave the history of the so- ciety. The principal speaker of the evening was Dr. Thomas, a repre- sentative of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. He lectured on some of the latest de- velopments, among which were the photoelectric cell, telelux, the me- chanical man operated by sound and electricity, and the automatic lighting of airports by approaching airplanes. The lecture was followed by en- tertainment and dancing, after which the meeting was adjourned. Relations Committee Selects Dr. Schemes Dr. G. T. Scherger, Professor of History and Political Science, has been asked and has accepted mem— bership on the Committee on the Cultural Relations with Latin America. The membership in the committee includes such noted men as Robert M. Hutchins, president of the University of Chicago, H. E. Fosdick, noted clergyman, and Dr. John Dewey. The “Fifth Seminar” of the Com- mittee is to take place in Mexico City, July 5—25, 1930. The vSeminar is described by Dr. John Dewey as one of the most important factors in promoting good relations be— tween Mexico and the United States. Civils to Make Trip To City Sewage Plant The junior and senior civils will make an inspection trip today to the north side sewage disposal plant of the Sanitary District, Howard avenue and McCormick road. The plant is of particular interest for the process used there. It is the Activated Sludge Process and the plant is the largest of its kind in the world. It is the first trip that the civils are making there since the plant was com— Board of Trade Building.” pleted. Lamar w ° 4 7, I 3 v 1 8 1‘ 34 _L . 1 It . 1“ Professor Nash Tears Radio Tone l’roi‘msor Gharles A. Nash..of the Electrical Department, recently conducted a series of tests to prove that the Kennedy screen-grid radio receiving sets faithfully reproduce programs put on the air by the var— ious broadcasting stations. Through the use of a very deli- cate instrument, the recording oscillograph, Professor Nash conn structed photographic records of modulated currents direct from the amplifier employed by the broad- casting station. He then made com- parisons with records obtained from. a strictly stock receiver tuned in on the same wave length. The oscillograph records of both tests showed the “curves" or “sound waves” of the broadcasting station to be definitely comparable to the “waves” from the Kennedy Re- ceiver. The curves of both, within the limits of the human car, were practically identical. Minor differences in each case were so slight that they were not apparent to the naked eye. Honorary Fraternity Dance Set for May 2 The date of the regular annual Inter-Honorary Informal has been set for May 2, according to Edward Rowley, M. E., ’30, who is in charge of the arrangements. The dance is to be held in the Dutch Room of the Bismarck Hotel, the Royal Chi- cagoans furnishing the music. Only members of honorary fraternities are eligible, but it is expected that 75 to 100 couples will attend. Prof: Daniel Roesch Writes Airplane Boole Professor Daniel A. Roesch of the Mechanical Engineering depart— ment has just published a book, “Airplane Engines.” The book con— tains a description and explanation of the Gnome, Hispano-Suiza, Lib- erty 12, and Wright Whirlwind mo— tors. The book was prepared to be, ‘ used in connection with a Theoret ical or Practical Mechanics‘ Course. 5 Most of the information presented is a result of the experiments and studies of these motors that have been carried on by Professor Roesch. fiddler floss Waters lianauet Much progress was made. at. the meeting of the senior class held Thursday at 11:30 in the Assembly Hall. The meeting was called by Robert Screen and many items were discussed concerning gradua— tion. Reports were made by the chair- men of the committees on an— nouncements and jewelry. Friday, April 11, was the deadline set for announcements and seniors were told to act promptly in order to get theirs. Reports of the jewelry coma mittee shows that seventy—five per cent of the class has procured jewelry. A vote was taken as to whether the senior event should be a dance or a banquet and the result showed the class to be in favor of a ban- quet. Robert Serson then told the class that the banquet would be held under different conditions than in former years and the usual program would not be adherred to. The banquet, however, requires the sanction of Dean Palmer, but as the students have a different frame of mind from former years, it is behaved his consent will be obtained. QMENBAR WEDNESDAY, 190?th 16 Armour Y College Baseball 4:00 p. m. Ogden Field W. S. E. Meeting B. Mission 11:30 a. in. Friday and Saturday, April 18 and 19 No School. Easter Holidays FREDAY, APRIL 18 Drake Relay Time Trials li:00 p. m. Ogden Field TWRSDAY, AlPltliL 24 iDeKalb Teachers-Armour Baseball 4:00 p. m. Ogden Field FRIDAY, [3?th 25 Freshman Dance .. 5, Sherman Hotel, Louis XVI ' Room " SAWEEDFLY, APRIL 26 Drake Relays at has Maine-s Lake Forest—Armour Baseball at Lake Forest ”W hit WW till Whit lilll 0.00% W aural. Slim mm Width authentic NewwDale Florida Revelers to Provide Necessary Syncopaterl Rhythm ROBERT BELFORD FRESHMAN SOClAl. CHAERMAN Bids for the Freshman dance to be held Friday, April 25 are now in the hands of the members 'of the class social committee. The affair will be held in the Louis XVI room of the Sherman hotel with music Wfl HQNQMRIES MNQUNWE NAMES or“ MEN PLEDGED Tau Beta Pi, honorary engineer- ing fraternity, held pledging cere- monies last Friday afternoon in their rooms. The following juniors were selected to wear the brown and white pledge pins of the fra- ternity: A. B. Auerbach, C. E. A. F. Wilde, F. P. E. R. M. Krausc, M. E. W. It. Schirmer, F. P. E. B. S. Lindquist, C. E. A. J. De Long, Arch. W. Drigot, E. E. Eta Kappa Nu, honorary electri- cal fraternity, pledged the follow— ing men from the junior E. E. class: ’ (1‘. ‘Blal’lna. ‘ W. Penfold. H. S. Marando. E. S. Warner. A. R. Draus. fieniorslrlspect the fiberwinwWilliams Co. The Sherwin—Williams 00., locat— ed at 115th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue, was the subject of an inspection trip made by the senior chemicals a week ago last Thursday, April 3, 1930. Professor Bentley was in charge of the group. The Sherwin-Williams Co. are the world‘s largest manufacturers of paints, varnishes, lacquers, disin- fectants, etc. In addition to pro- ducing the above materials, the plant turns out 3,000,000 cans in which the products are sold. The making of white lead, first by the “Dutch” process and second by the “Carter” process particular- ly interested the students. fiophcmoree [united to AfiJWE. Smelter The Armour Chapter of the A. S. M. E. will hold their smoker tomor— row night at the Sigma Kappa Del~ ta house. A special invitation is extended to the sophomores to attend this smoker. The officers of the Senior branch and faculty are expecting to be there. The smoker will start at 8:30 with refreshments later. Heritage (lives Talk (in Chemical Warfare The Armour branch of the A. I. Ch. E. enjoyed the privilege of hearing Major Heritage of the Chemical Warfare service of the United States Army speak on “The Relations of Chemical Industry to the Manufacture of Chemical War— fare Agents,” last Tuesday, April 8, at 11:30 in the Physics Lecture room. The speaker was obtained through the courtesy of Professor Freud, and President Taxman wishes to thank the members for furnished by the New—Dale Florida Revelers. Robert Belford, chairman of the social committee and his assistants, are working to put this dance over in a big way. The price is $2.50 a couple and bids can be obtained from any member of the committee or from any of the men listed be- low. The men on the Social Commit- tee are W. E. Nordell, H. Bodinson, T. Luckett and I). Chadwick. The following fellows also are selling the bids: R. Lake H. Hendricks E. Sademan A. Winkler E. Curren H. Larson R. Nelson ‘lfi matings Team Here Wednesday The third engagement of this season is that with Y. M. C. A. Col— lege and will take place tomorrow. This will give the “Y" batsmen an opportunity to avenge the two de- feats they received last year at the hands of the Krafltsmen. If they expect to accomplish this, however. they will have to display some real baseball, because there are indica— tions that this year's combination is one that will give the opposition something to think about. Coach Kraflt expects to try out some of his new hurlers in this clash in order to see where his best material lies among the new re- emits. initiation Smoker of Campus lClub Thursday The Campus Club will stage a smoker e. week from this Thursday, April 24. At this time seven can- didates for membership will be ini— tiated into the club. After enter- tainment by the initiated the members will partake of the re— freshments and smokes. Fire Protects to Have Meeting Wednesday Mr. Leonard Peterson, F. P. E. ’16, is coming from New York to speak at the regular meeting of the F. P. E. Society in Science Hall, Wednes— day, April 16. Mr. Peterson, who is Special Agent for the Home Fire Insurance Gom~ pony, will speak on “Use and Occu- pancy Insurance.” Protester Writes Scientific Article Professor Freud, in collaboration with his wife, has published an up tiele. in the March. 28 edition of the “Science Magazine.” This article explains how the ring method of determ Sin-face tension can be their compliance with the request that they come early. used for accurate determmstions if certain corrections are made.