ARMOUR TECH ‘ NEWS

 

Tuesday, September 30, 1.930

 

 

 

 

 

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Student Publication of the u . ’ " afield, the men of Theta Xi are
ARMOUR iNs'rrrmrc or TECHNOLOGY Cleave *0 The SHIPSNCl‘ ; let ‘i once more gathered to answer the
' ' . ll of school and fraternity.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS the Slapstick fly where Il may. Ca
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Published Weekly During the 0011939 Year , A A A A A A a. A M.E., ’32, whom we welcome back
sosscairrmN RATES A A A A" A A A after a year 01’ working. News and
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$2.00 Per Year

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smdecoplesilgfn 5 ac THAT SCHOOLGIRL COMPLEXION

V leANACHNG BOARD

. _. ~ . ‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘ Fred Attwood, .31 “How come," he gasped. “those starry eyes. g
Editor In Chief """" i Arthur Jens, 31 That form of pure perfection? 1
Managing Editors ---------------- (Alvin Aucrbach, 31 And tell me, kid, Where did you g8t

. . .Frank Spalding, ’31

That sweet schoolgirl complexion?"
Professor 'Waltcr Hendricks -

Business Manager. . . .
Faculty Adviser. . .

 
 

The maiden shyly hung her head
And breathed: “I'll tell you. lad;

NEWSw hfii’ARTMENT

 
 
  
 

 

» . I buy the latest magazines
News Edltor ........................ W. H. Rudolf, 32 . ' ,.
Copy Editor ........................ E. W. Carlton, ’32 And answel evenly 3d; ‘
O . tions Departmental Editor]; W. Carlson, 32- Inventors claim to have produced a mechanical man“:
£53333, """""""""""" IJI R. Jackson, 732 who can talk without thinking. It is not really new‘

Reporters Something like this has been heard of before.
J. W. Juvinall, ’33 a t a ;
I. Krawitz, ’33
T. Leavitt, ’33
E. C. Kubicek, ’32

J. B. Dirkers, ’32
M‘. Winogrand, ’33

Defined ‘
R G Kellner '31 “What do they mean by police frisking a suspect?”,

“Search me."

Is it

“If you think politeness costs nothing, try putting “I
cmain your obedient servant" at the end of a tele-

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Sports Editor (Acting. .) ............. Arthur Jens, ‘31 1.
Assistant Sports Editor .............. H. P. Richter, ‘32 31am, a: * m ‘
Assistants ‘
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C. Jens‘ ’31 C_ Stempkowski, ’32 Mr. Smyth. Whats all this argument. Dont you!

know that the customer is always right?" i
Salesman: “Yes. But this lady insists that she is
g wrong."

R. F. Rychlik, ’33
R. Mulroney, ’33

F. M. James, ’31

 

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FEATURE DEPARTMENT After all the good advice there were seventy-sixf

    
 
 

 

 

 

 

' ........... P. E. Seidelman, ’31 . ,
Keaturiltliditor """" E J Wiltrakis ,32 tickets sold tor the swimming pool. What was that‘
Cgifgnist """ ” i’hilip Jordan, ’31 crack that Barnum made some time ago? >

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............... . B rnett, '33 _ l

Eggugggggstlteporter " DaveOChaziaman .32 Prof.: “Sit down, sir, you have shown good man:
Feature Writer. ..................... C. Blahna, ’31 mgolsoé‘g e’I‘f‘figt ood manners it’s a boil" ‘
Staff Photographer ................. 0. E. Murphy, ’31 ' g W m m r ' .1
' i r 7 Two old settlers sat smoking in a cabin away in the
Mk U Eng/{Alibi}? DEPARTMEZ‘WJ Schinke 732 backwoods. No feminine presence ever graced that
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Assistants
F and rude.

The conversation drifted from politics to cooking.

and one of the confirmed bachelors said: ”I got one

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G. L. Bonvallet, ’32

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BUSHNESSV DEPARTMENT

 

 

 

. E. A. Scanlon, ‘32 0’ .them there cookery books but I never could do
Advertismg Managers ............. I J. J. Casey, ,32 nothin‘ with it.”

Asgismms “Too much fancy work about it?” asked the other.

M A Collick '32 R. Tufts, ’32 “You’ve hit it. Every one 0’ them recipes begun the

. . . , c_ R. Marsh, V33 same way. ‘Take a clean dish’—and that settled me
Circulation Manager .................. A. F. Wilde, ’31 at once." W m w

' tion Maria er ......... J. S. McCall, ’32 ' .

Mailing Circula Assiitants Manager: “I’m afraid you are ignoring our ether»-

A. Jun els, ’32 1, ency system, Smith,"
S. Andgrson '32 Smith: ”Perhaps so, sir, but somebody has got to
P. Kcsselring, '31 i get the Work done."
H. Pilgrim, ’31 .

J. P. O'Hara, ’33

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R. Dufour, ’33

C. B. Sommers, ’33
E. H. Chun, ‘32

H. Bodinson, ‘33

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More Advice

Some students live to a ripe old age and others
smoke on the steps of the main building.
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“WHY STUDENTS FA!

Christian Gauss, Dean of the College, Princeton Uni—
versity, in an article on “Why Students Fail,” quotes
several facts disclosed by the Society for the Promo-
tion of Engineering Education after an investigation
of college conditions. This article appeared in a re—
cent edition of the Saturday Evening Post, and a com—
parison of the facts contained in this statement with
the facts which exist here at Armour might be of
interest. '

Professor H. P. Hammond, who served as assistant! 3*
director of the investigation which was an exhaustive some geography students (as a matter of fact there
inquiry into the engineering education field, reported aren’t and never were any in the school, but if We
as follows: don’t suppose there are we might as well stop here,

“Of each 100 entering students, but Sixty—two suc- and, inasmuch as we have already written thirty—five
cessfully complete the first year and proceed with words we haven’t the slightest intention of stopping
their class, and but forty-two complete the first two without telling our little tale, so we will suppose that
years. The others drop out for one reason or another; there are geography students in the school, or in a
the predominant reason being failure." pinch one geography student will doe—«anyway to start

The corresponding figures for our own institution 12.).) over) some students in geography don't realize it
surprisingly show that the mortality rate at Armour ibut there is all the! difference in the world between
is lower than that of the average engineering college the North and the South poles.
‘In recent years, out of 100 entering students, eighty— , -
four completed the first year and proceeded with their ‘ We heard the suggegtion that the new fence around
01355: and sixty—nine completed the fit“ W0 years. iMission be equipped with cushions or maybe a little

These figures do not mean that Armour is easier to {planing would do the trick.
“get through" than the average engineering college; t at
the splendid records made by men graduated from
our Institute discount this theory. The answer lies in
the fact that the men who are selected to be allowed
to pursue their education at Armour are men hand—
picked by the Office of the Deans as the men who will
be most capable of completing the four year course.
The importance of such selection was realized by both
Professor Hammond in his report, and by Dean Gauss
in his article. Dean Gauss made this topic the key—

  

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“I wonder what makes all Scotchmen so humorous? “
“It must be a gift."

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TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR?

A newspaper editor has been trying to make up his
mind Whether or not the following sentence in a re-
cent issue of a magazine was a typographical error:'

“I’ve had a very pleasant evening," she remarked, as
Harry bit her good night.

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Woman (in crowded car): “I wish that good look-

ing man would give me his seat."
Five men got up.

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The “old-timer” is one who can remember when a
“No Smoking" sign was put up because the women ob—
jected to it.

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note of his explanation of “Why Students Fail." mgfiy ‘ e m gomg 9 you a ptesen 0
Professor Hammond held that engineering educa— Mike: “Sure an’ ’tis just like you 50“"

tion was costing the people of this country in the
neighborhood of $30,000,000 21 year and costing a frac—
tion of the lives of some 55,000 or 60,000 young men a
year, and he recommended ”that we should make ev-
ery effort to have our work done for those who are
able to profit by it in reasonable measure. To me it
seems high time that we gave much more attention to
the important question of rational selection of student

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Tech—Chemistry Problem
The chemical students tell us that free idoine is not
found in Scotland. We will give the potassium—plated
bread knife to the author of the essay which explains
in the best manner the reason.
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personnel." Prof : “Canada is the United States’ best buyer."
That Armour Institute should be one of the leaders one in Every Classz “It’s also the U. 835 best cel—
in the adoption of this policy of selection by merit lar." .

rather than by priority of application has further en- '“ 1‘ *

harmed her position as one of the country’s foremost

encouragement comes frequently
from brothers in the class of ’30
who are now widely scattered. Dave
Smith, ex~editor of the Tech News
is working for the Kentucky Ac-
tuarial Bureau in his home town,
Paducah. Preston Heath writes
from Denver, Colorado that he has
not entered any “foreign entangle-v
ments” to date. “Jeff" Rowley and
“Emmie” Higgins are furthering
the best interest of the Proctor and
Gamble people in Cincinnati. Bob
Screen is working in the “House of
Magic” in Schenectady, New York.

.Hank Faulsltch has remained in
1 Chicago and is still interested in

aeronautics. One of the best ath—

letes Armour boasts about, King

Simpson, is married and according
to reports is still on his honeys
moon.

Announcement was recently
made of the marriages of D. J.
Hougen, ‘29, and Chester Long, ’27.

Plans for an enjoyable time for
the new men are under way and
the success of previous year is ex—
pected.

HDEL’H‘A TAU DELTA

Gamma Beta of Delta Tau Delta
announces the pledging of Fred
Ollison, ’32 and Robert Tufts, ’33.

Paul Frye, “Abe” Holin, and
“Abe" Moll have had some trouble
getting back to school. Holin and
Mell had an automobile breakdown
while on a trip, and Frye got stuck
in Kansas.

SEGMA KWPA DELTA

The Sigma Kappa Delta house at
3344 s. Michigan b1vd., has been
the scene of much activity for the
past few weeks. The house was
completely redecorated and pre-
pared for another successful year.
All of the men are back in school
with the exception of Luke Cosme,
'33 and Joseph Kennedy, ’32. Ralph
Timmermans ’31 entertaining the
boys with tales of his experiences
this summer among the California
orange blossoms.

TRHANGLE

Brother Whitfield, ‘30 has regis—
tered at Columbia University to be»
gin his advanced chemical course

He was the second man from
Armour to be awarded the scholar--
ship given out by the Columbia
University.

Walter McWilliams, ‘33 has re-
turned to school after a year’s ab—
sence.

 

PHH KAPPA SEGMA

House cleaning has been finished
at the Phi Kap house and things
are now in running order.

The chapter is pleased with the
number of men who returned.
Plans have been completed for this
semester’s scholastic and social ac»
tivitics.

 

One way to get a man to dig in a

 

garden is to call it a sand trap.

interesting Exhibits
Feature Ecnvcnticn

 

Torsion machines, strain testers.
metallograph projectors, precision
control apparatus, new alloy metals
and various chemical exhibits all
served. to make the Twelfth Annual
National Metal Convention, held
last week at the Stevens Hotel,
most interesting and successful.
The exhibition, given under the
auspices of the metallurgical en—
glneers and trades, presented a
most attractive display of latest in—
ventions and devices. Various new
corrosion resisting alloys and stain—
less steels lent a modernistie ap-
pearance with their highly pol-
ished surfaces and sections. Among
various exhibits of interest was a
Wright whirlwind motor which was
cut away and sectioned so as to
show the action, attracting quite a
crowd due to the popularity of
aviation.

The Shell Petroleum Co. had an
exhibit of their 7% sludge solution
for pickling and removing of rust,
being as effective as 5% sulphuric
acid solution without affecting the
metal.

KAPPA DELTA TAU

The Kappa Delta Tau chapter
have changed quarters this year to
3349 Michigan. Plans are being
made for the coming year.

 

 

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