J? WWW , Vol. VI. No. 5 , .lhfllt €AVANAQH Mimi: EXECUlll/E @l" .lUNlflR QEAfiS .l. 3.. Caseyfilgcted Social Chairman; Mcfiill, Treasurer The Junior class elected, at the anagh, Ch. E., as its president, Wednesday, October 15, Jack Cav- anaugh, Ch. 13)., as its president, Wilbur H. Rudolf, C. E., as vice— president, Frank Ustryski, M. E., secretary, Thomas McGlll, E. 13., treasurer, and J. J. Casey, C. EL, so~ cial chairman. One hundred forty—seven votes were cast during the voting period from 10:00 a. m. to 3:00 p. m.‘ The results were as follows: A President J. Cavanagh ......... J. Jackson ................... 64 Vice-President Wilbur Rudolf ................. 84 M. Venema .................... 62 Secretary Frank Ustryski .. ........... 83 H. Hendricks .................. 64 Treasurer Thomas McGill ................ 88 W. Trauten .................... 57 Social Chairman J.J.Casey H. Cameron ............ 92 l-i.C.S. to Meet Friday, Carpenter to Speak The regular monthly meeting of the American Chemical Society will be held at the City Club next Fri— day, October 24th at 7:30 P. M. The meeting will”' land“? ’the‘ dinner" which is at 6:15 P. M. The open forum will be addressed by Wal— demar Kaempffert, the director of the Museum of Science and In— dustry in Chicago. He will give a talk on “Tracing the Technical As— cent of Man” illustrating his sub— ject through the aid of moving pictures. At 3:45 P. M. the Physico-Chem— ical group will be addresed by Pro- fessor A. H. Carpenter of our facul- ty on the subject of “Lead Coating of Pipes and Corrosion." Professor Carpenter will base his remarks on the results of his experiments on lead-coated pipes. He has conduc- ted a great deal of research along this line in his capacity of consult- ing chemist. The address will be illustrated with lantern slides. Leigh’s Niece Killed in Automobile Crash Mrs. Mary Doyle, niece of Profes- sor Charles W. Leigh, was killed in an automobile accident near Henry, 111., last Wednesday evening. Mrs. Doyle and her husband were driv~ ing along a country road near the town of Henry at about 8:30 in the evening, when their car left the road and overturned. Although Mr. Doyle suffered only minor injuries, Mrs. Doyle, Professor Leigh’s niece, was killed instantly. Professor Leigh left Chicago Fri- day afternoon to attend the funeral services, held on Saturday. The in- terment was at the cemetery at La Prairie Center, near Professor Leigh’s old home. McGrow Hill Company @ffers Student Rate The McGraw Hill Publishing Company of New York and Chicago had a representative at the Insti- tute last week in an efiort to launch a magazine campaign. Spe~ cial rates were offered to the men, a feature of the company’s service to the technical student. Inas- much as the men are allowed forty_ five days to pay, James Clear, ’32, the assistant in the library has been appointed to collect the sub— scriptions. ‘ Miss Steele Attends Library Convention ll" Miss Ellen Steele, librarian, re— turned Saturday from a three—day meeting of the Illinois State Li- brary Association at Moline, Illi-- nois. Representatives of all the public and school libraries in the state were in attendance. The meeting is held annually for the purpose of discussing possible improvements in library methods used throughout the state. Cbeatharn Chosen Fresh President The violent campaigning which began in the hectic freshman nom- inating assembly over two weeks ago terminated last Wednesday, October 15, in the class election, with the following results: President R. Cheatham .. D. Jacobson . S. Lang ............... 29 Vice President D. Manson ............. 80 G. Sergant ............ 65 M. Kuersten ........... 27 Secretary L. Lowry .............. 31 N. Nargie .............. 35 Treasurer R. Drum .............. 90 D. Mullane ............. 54 Social Chairman L. Callen .............. 62 T. Cherwin .. E. Peterson Sergeant—at-Arms , J. Saba-111119 ........... (”68¢ R. Sullivan ............ '76 Hendricks Host to News Staff The staff of the Armour Tech News held a smoker at the home of its faculty adviser, Professor Hendricks, last Friday evening at eight o’clock. Members of both the editorial and business staffs were present. Several of the new men on the staff were experiencing their first Tech News smoker. The program started by playing bridge until all the members of the staff arrived. Candy and peanuts were consumed while the men were toying with the caprices of lady fortune. As soon as the group was assembled a short business meet— ing was held. Professor Hendricks gave a brief sketch of the history of the official paper at Armour, emphasizing its importance to stu~ dents, faculty, and administration alike. He also spoke of the bril-- liant future that awaited not only the Tech News but the Institute as well. He complimented the mem— bers of the staff for their good work in making good what was not more than a desire in the past, a school paper at Armour. He told the men that they were pioneering in establishing a tradition at Ar— mour. The second part of the program was a short skit given by E. W Carlton, assisted by W. H. Rudolf, The sketch was written by the for— mer. The principal part of the ac— tion took place in the dark, creat— ing an air of mystery which was not cleared up until the actors reA lented and turned on the lights. After this the men of the staff were introduced to each other. Next the trek back to the card tables was started. Here in the pleasant at— mosphere of Professor Hendricks' home the members of the staff bel- lowed forth smoke and consumed food. Stresses and Strains, Tech’s ex» ponents oi? popular music is being reorganized under the leadership of Frank O’Conor and Ted Jankow— ski. - and many alumni members are to Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois ITRACK ELEVA Willi! WORK fNSPECTEfl BY A. f. T. CIVILS; tion trips of the year was held on Thursday, October 16, when the jaw nior and senior civils, in conjunc- tion with the Western Society of Engineers went through the grade separation project at 16th Street, and Canal. The inspection trip was conduc—‘7 ted by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, who are in charge of the work, although four lines are involved. Mr. W. R. Prass was in charge of the inspection, assisted by several other guides. Profes- sors Heald, Stevens, and Grafton were the faculty representatives. The trip was capped by a dinner on a special train of diners pro— vided through the courtesy of W. J. Newman and Co., the general contractors for the construction work. It consisted of a light sup— per, cigars and cigarettes. The project is the elevation of the Baltimore and Ohio, the Chi- cago and Northwestern, and the St. Charles Airline over the Pennsyl-t vania and the Burlington tracks. It involves nearly a mile of double track viaduct, the reconstruction of the Canal Street viaduct without the interruption of the street car service, and the raising of the St. Charles Airline bascule eleven feet. The men were first taken to the C. B. and Q. freight yards, and shown the flat slab construction of the Canal street viaduct, and then to the larger project. The compli- cated structures at 16th and Canal were then visited and the work ex- work here embraced both through and deck plate steel girders, con— crete slab and column structures, and precast cribbing. Details of construction were explained by Mr. Press, and the professors. Basketball Squad Starts Work Nov. if The first basketball practice will start about November 1st. The team will practice in the Armour gym for about two weeks, and will move into the 8th Regiment Armory gym on or about November 15th. change in gyms is made. scheduled for the coming season. The tentative schedule will prcb« issue. with Coach Krafft by November 10th. Campus Club to Hold On Thursday evening, Oct. 23, the Campus Club will hold its first smoker of this semester, in the Chapin Hall club rooms. Professor Mangold, the sponsor of the club, be present. Plenty of “cats and smokes” will be available, plus the usual round of bridge, pinochle and entertainment provided by mem— bers. The membership of the club is increasing, there being at the pres~ ent time thirty members. Rifle Club Outlines Program for Season One of the outstanding inspec-»’_ .plainedin detail, by the guides...Tbc, . The practice will begin with three W . d F b nights a week, and will be extended of time and place of meeting will :ryofifdulliife trfoblegomersztizftiln :23 t fiv i ht eck hen the - o e n g s a W w .be posted on the bulletin board. All of the three publications are urged ably be published in next week‘s‘ Registrars Attend Larson to Head Sophomore filers Vice Pres.:——W. Larson Treasurerz—J. Sorensen Social Chairmant—G. Staib For President—- R. Belford ............. 51 in. Sademan .. ...72 W. Davies ............. 26 Vice President:— E. Curran .............. 51 “W. Larson Treasurer»— G. Schultz ........ 31 J. Sorensen ........... 11’] Social Chairman:— C. Stain ........... ..95 'V. Novak .............. 54 Due to the lack of votes for any— Nafionof Convention Mr. Kelly, registrar of the Insti- tute, has returned from Decatur, Illinois where he attended the con— extract from the Purdue University vention of Registrars of. Illinois Engineering Extension department colleges and universities. Mr. Kelly which is printed herewith. The ar— left Thursday, Oct. 16 and spent ticle is by A. A. Potter, Dean of the following day at Millikan Uni- Engineering of Purdue, and is titled versity, host to the convention. A “Personnel Methods for Engineer- discussion of the past years was ing Colleges.” ‘ held and plans for future systems mean at Purdue Explains flourse Dean John C. Penn has sent an “Upright character. ~ correct liv- were submitted in the papers We” ing, service to society, agreeable sentcd. Every college and univer~ personality, and good citizenship sity in. this state was represented. are important objectives in the training of the American engineer. Engineering is influencing very generally the lives of all civilized 3 nations and the engineering col- leges have a great responsibility to develop engineers who will have a The Sophomore Election was b , . . road outlook and an appreciation conducted as scheduled last Wed— of human values. Engineering col— nesday with the following results. leges must adapt their curricula to the changing needs of the profes~ sion but should also strive to bring about conditions so that their graduates have the character traits to do right, the ability to think straight, health to work hard, per- sonality to make them acceptable to their fellowmen and the breadth of vision to utilize for the common good, the new forces which science and engineering are constantly creating.” Press Club Elects 0fficers; Home Your A reorganization meeting one candidate for the office of the Press Club took place Tuesday president, the class will hold a sec“ morning of last week. The mem- and election. According to 0'. Staib, bership of this club is not limited chairman of the social committee, to upper classmen, being open to the 016011611 Will pffibhlfiy "109‘002'1" lrncmbers of the staffs of all of the ducted Friday, October 24th be~ schools’ publications and men in- tween the hours of 10 and 3 111 terestcd in journalistic work. At the Science Hall. first meeting, officers of the club A goodly portion of the Mass were elected. Arthur H. Jens, man- turned out for the election of offi— aging editor 01? the Tech News and cars and it is anticipated that the editor—in—chief 0f the Cycle was class as a whole will be on hand elected president. to elect their leader. Railroad Authority Aft W. S. E. Meeting 10 Fred Attwood, editor-in-chicf of the Tech News, was elected vice-president and Richard G. Kellner, was elected secretary—treasurer. It was suggested that leading urnalists of the city he invited ‘ to give talks to the club on the sub— 0' A‘ Morris, former chief cngi- l ject to journalism. No other plans neer of the C. R. I. & P. RM. 'Wllllwcre made, but all staff members speak at the Armour branch of the l of school publications are invited . S. E. meeting this week. Notice lto the next meeting, which will be ‘frcshman and sophomore civil stu— to attend. Only about four games have been ‘ dents are invited to attend, and \ |may be excused from classes. The discussion, the first of a ‘series dealing with the engineers’ All applications for the position work in the various means of trans- of assrstant manager must be filed portaticn, will be given by a man Grafton Joins Club as Faculty Adviser The Truss Club has secured as an honorary member and faculty ad- ,chI versed in the subject. Mr‘ 0‘ visor, Professor Eldon Carlyle Grate A. Morris is a nation—wide author- ton, assistant profesSor of struc— -ity on railroad engineering, having tural engineering. His association lhad considerable experience in Smokey- Next Thug-mfiay Mexico as well as in the United Sta '. tes with the chapter was begun at a dinner given by the club. The following pledges were also welcomed: CALENDAR Tuesday, October 21 4:15 Tau Beta Pi meeting in Tau Beta Pi Rooms. 5:00 Orchestra rehearsal in Assembly Hall. Wednesday, October 22 2:00 Flask and Beaker meet- ing in Pi Lambda Upsi» lon rooms. Thursday, October 23 5:00 Glee Club rehearsal in Assembly Hall. 5:00 Seniors vs. Juniors— Basketball —— Gymna— slum, Main Building. Friday, Cctobcr 24 With hopes for a successful sea— son running high the A. I. T. Rifle Club held its second meeting of the year last Friday at 12:30. The meeting was held to further the plans for the future made at their first, gathering. 5:00 Sophomores vs. Fresh— meanasketball, Gym- nasium, Main Building. Saturday, October 25 2:00 Chicago - Mississippi Game. Q. McGuan, ME, ‘34. F. Koko, C.E., ’34 E. Fieldman, ER, ’34. J. Hoffman, ME, ‘33. C. Lane, E.E., ’32. T. Ladzinski, C.E., ’32. A. Tibbitts, M.E., ’32. Link Presents Paper At A.S.M.E. (Ionvention Charles Link returned from a trip to French Lick, Indiana, last Wed— nesday where he represented the Armour Branch of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers at a two day convention of the society. During the summer months Link had been assembling material on Power Plant Engineering and had prepared a paper which be pre— sented at the convention. Those \ present said his paper was the best prepared but failed to be awarded the prize because of presentation. of. Tuesday, October 21, 1930 lll’lhlltlifl Milli, if. it. causes llllllSlelill or SENWR MASS Schirmcr, Drigot, Jordan, iVllran, Abramson @ther Uflicers At the general election held on Wednesday, October 15, in Science Hall, Charles Link was elected president of the senior class. Since W. Winkler’s petition came in too late, Phil Jordan was elected sec— retaryluncontested. R. J. Abram- son was elected sergeant—at-arms, there being no opponent provided. The following list gives detailed results: President C. Link ............ 33 F. Attwood ............... 61 Vice—President W. Drigot ..................... 74 B. McLaughlin ................ 70 Secretary P. Jordan ............ Uncontested Treasurer W. Miran ...................... 80 M. Lamka ..................... 60 Social Chairman W. Schirmer ................... ‘74 R. Kellner ..... Scrgcant-at—Arms R. Abramson ......... Uncontested biracial llommittee Ehosen by Casey James J. Casey, C.E.. elected ju- nior social chairman in the election last Wednesday, has appointed his social committee. These men will assist him in the work of running the junior informal and the junior formal in the spring. The assist- ants are: R. J. Waindle A. J. Jungcls G. W. Schodde J. E. Bryant According to present plans the junior informal will be held early in December as has been the case in previous years. At present all plans are unsettled since the com- mittee was formed so recently but, according to Casey, a definite date will be named for the dance as soon as possible. lit/ailschloegcr, ’34, New Glee (Club Pianist N. E. Wallschlaeger, ’34, was sev looted to be the accompanist for the Glee Club this semester by Dr. Protheroe last Thursday. Wall— schlaeger took over his duties im— mediately and did remarkably well. The new pianist can also play the organ. The Glee Club has acquired two new songs, the names of which are “Charlie is My Darling" and “Pass— ing- By." The first is a Scotch mel— ody in which "Charlie" is Charles Edward Stuart, .1 great favorite of the Scotch people. Tau Beta Pi Fraternity To Hold Meeting Today A meeting of the Tau Beta Pi honorary engineering fraternity will be held today at 4:15 in the Tau Beta Pi rooms. A report wili‘ be given on the National Convene tion, which was held in Bethlehem last week, and several amendments to the local chapter’s constitution will be proposed. Flask and Beaker. professional chemical engineering fraternity. will hold a meeting in their Chap‘m Hall rooms on Wednesds Derelict 22 at 2:10. Plans for this year‘s activities will be made a: this time.