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Editor—in—Chief .................... Fred Attwood, ’31
. §Arthur Jens, 31
Managing Editors ................ Alvin Auerbach, 31
Business Manager ................ Frank Spalding, ’31
Faculty Advisor.. ..... Professor Walter Hendricks

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NEWS DEPARTMENT

 

 
   

 

  
 

News Editor ................. W. H. Rudolf, ’32

Assistant .. .. ..... 0. T. Barnett, ’33

Copy Editor ........................ E. W. Carlton, ’32
Departmental Editors

Fraternity .......................... J. R. Jackson, ‘32

Architectural ...................... E. C. Kubicek, ’32

Reporters
L. G. Wilke, ’32
M. Winogrand, ’33

J. B. Dirkers, ’32
K. A. Knittel, ‘31

C. H. Kane, '34 R. G. Kellner, ’31
T. L. McGuan, ’M J. W. Juvinall, '33
J. A. Scheyer, ’34 I. Krawitz, ’33

E. G Avery, '34 T. Leavltt, '30

A. J. Thomas, '34

 

 

 

 

SPORTS DEPARTMENT

 
 

Sports Editor ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . .H. l’. Richter, ’32
G. Stempkowski, ’32
Assistant Sports Editors ........ R. F. Rychlik, .33

Reporters

R. Mulroney, ’33 F. A. Ustryski, ’32

 

FEATURE DEPARTMENT

 
   
  
 

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FOR THE CLASSICAL STUDENTS

These are the Armour Corridors;
The indignant profs, and the students,
Shreiking out paeans of whoopee,
Of all homework the foemen inveterate.
c it sit
Dutch says we can talk about our absent—minded
professors but he wants to know if we ever heard of
the absent—minded judge who dismissed the prisoner,
sentenced the jury to twenty years and hit himself
on the head with his gavel.

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“It didn’t take me long to get on my feet," said a

recent graduate to his dancing partner.

“Nor on mine,” she commented sweetly.
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Exerpts from History Exam
“During the Ordovician epoch were developed fish
and other land plants.” -——Ted ’34.

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UNPROHTABLE RESEARCH _
Two friends who had not seen each other for some,
time met in the street one day. “You’re looking
rather down in the mouth, old man," said one to the

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, other. “Are you feeling sick?"
fijggififd‘t” ""_'_ :::::: 17,,E,s$§.‘,1,‘?,§,‘;‘,3,‘;; .2; “Not exactly,” replied his friend, “but I’ll admit that
Uolumnist.. . _ .thp Jordan, :31 I've been worried of late. You remember that I hired
Cartoonist ....... .Dave Chapman, ’32 a man to trace my pedigree?" ,
Feature Writer .................. c. Blahna, ’31 “Yes.” SW1 the Other» “what’s the trouble? Hasn’t;
Staff Photographer ................. o. R. Murph , '31 he been successful?”
“ml! 1 should say he has?" came the reply”
marsh-ll? DEEflWiMENT in despairing tones. “I’m having to pay him hush"
Make-Up Editor.... ................ M. J. Schinke. '32 money now.” . ,.
Assistants a a o ;,
i“. F. Strassenburg, ’31 G. L. Bonvallet, ’32 “

H. Gibson, '34

coolness DEPARTMENT
E. A. Scanlou, '32
J. J. Casey, '32

 

Advertising Managers

Assistants
R. Tufts, '32
N. E. Nelson, '34
Circulation Manager .........
Mailing Ciro latl

M. A. Colllck, ’32

..A. F. Wilde, ’31
J. s. McCall ’32

 

 
  

 

 
 

A. Jungele, ‘32

5. Anderson, ’32
P. Kesselring, ’31
H. Pilgrim, ’31

R. Dufour, ’33

C. B. Summers, ’33‘
E. H. Chum, ’32

H. Bodlnson, ’33
K. Myers, ’31

 

Vol. Vii NOVEMBER 13, 1930 No. 9'

TRADiWGNS Al" ARMOUR

 

For the past decade, each year has seen the elim-
ination of another custom or rule on the campus.
Circus Day still flaunts its challenge, and the social
fraternities give the men a certain amount of tradi—
tion, but in the long run the school is becoming more
or less a routine system of classes.

We would not suggest that all the old rules and
customs he reestablished, for many of them were
antiquated and of a derogatory nature. However,
there are a few that could stand a revival; and per—
haps more that are beyond the memory of the present
group of men.

We feel that the institution of “Civil Alley” was a
privilege that meant much, but which was badly
abused by one class. It seems quite probable to us
that it could be reestablished with certain reservations
and restrictions.

“Civil Alley” provided, and will continue to provide
three very definite things. First of all, it was a com-
mon meeting place for all the upper classmen of the
department; other schools respect the rights of the
upperclassmen to privileged quarters. Secondly, it
provided a place to smoke; which is a boon during the
winter months. Lastly, it kept alive that intangible
spirit of camaraderie.

We also feel that the idea of having recognition
given to certain groups, such as the honorary fra-
ternities, at school assemblies, would be an incentive
to the lower classmen. In the past, it was the custom
of the school to set aside a portion of the seats for
these groups, and drape them accordingly. At an

event like a large assembly or concert, it would give den

a touch of what might be termed local color to the
event.

These are only two ideas, but it is our conviction
that it would be an advantage to all if tradition was
allowed to add its touch in making life at Armour
something to remember. A. B. A.

 

The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food sup—
plied for the soul of man.
Cicero

“So you were in the hospital three months; must;
have been pretty sick!" «.

“No, pretty nurse." t:

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According to the statistics of a well known Proteusofi,
in our midst, compiled after so many painful and tire:
some details the following are the facts: There an »

{midst 650 students or the age lntelligcnc
o ' alabaster thartltlie averag , ....o~called med _
acre mentality, and .000 who have a y sparks of geology
at all. The Professor predicts that-some day these late
ter “The lntelligensia” will rule the world. If so threé
cheers; otherwise— 5
NB. The Professor also predicted that as soon as
the present graduating class leaves Armour’s envirom
ments, there will be left only .000 of the Genli.

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History Prob: “Some Spaniards sailed over ten thou}
sand miles on a galleon." V
Proud and irrepressible owner of a new Ford: “You
can't believe all you hear about these foreign cars.”

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Telephone Operator: “Sir! Your language is uncalled
or.” 2
One of us: “So were those last three numbers.” ;
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A peculiar thing about Shakespeare was that he died
on the same day he was born. We don't know of any—
body else who could write so many plays in so short it
time. ‘

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Grrr-r- .7 Grrrur-r! ’
A man temporarily out of a job ran into a friend
who owned a circus and asked him for something
to do. ‘
“Well, the gorilla recently died,” said the friend,
“and if you want to get into his skin, swing on the
trapeze, growl a bit, and amuse the children you can
have the in .” '
The man filled the job well until one day the rope
on which he was swinging snapped and he was cata-
pulted into the lion’s cage. ‘
The lion, seeing him, let out a lusty roar to which
he offered a timid yelp. The lion roared more menac—
ingly. The psuedo—gorllla lost his nerve and became
entirely human, backed into a corner yelling, “Help!
Help!”
The lion thereupon came closer and said in a hoarse
whisper, “Shut up, you darn fool, you are not the only
man out of a job.”

 

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“In Germany everything is forbidden that is not
ermitted." ’
“In England everything is permitted that is not for—
bidden.” ,
“In France everything is permitted that is forbid—

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“Vivc La France.”

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Prof: “Young man, haven’t you any ambition?
Wouldn’t you like to do something big, something that
would create a great commoition in the world?" ‘

Stude: “Yes, sir, I'd like to throw a bushel of eggs
into an electric fan.” D. B. G,

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Stage Hand (to manager): “Shall I lower the cur—
tain, sir? One of the living statutes has the hiccups.”
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Well, who cares? —Phii J.

tester.

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Scarab Fraternity, national pro—
fessional architectural fraternity,
was founded at the University of
Illinois during the year of 1009. The

‘ founding of the fraternity was not
. a result of any high scholastic

ideals or aspirations, but as a result
of an architectural lime to cele»
brate a “charette”-—the same urge
that causes students now to hiber—
nate for a few days after a. rendu.
It was thought, among a certain
congenial group, that an organiza—
tion of some sort would be a fitting
and convenient way to bind the
group together and give it prestige
and recognition. After a few meet“
lugs, ofllccrs were chosen and each
member was to submit a name and
explain the significance to the pres—
ident. The name Scarab that was
finally chosen was suggested by
George Ramey, now an architect in
Champaign, Ill. He had been read—
ing about the Egyptian scarab and
how it figured in the decoration of
the country and the idea. struck
him. that such a symbol would
make an excellent name and pin
for the new organization. Any
significance that it has now has

. been given it since its founding.

The first members of Search were
principally Juniors and Sophomores
in the school. They had no idea at
the time that their new society
would ever become a national lra»
ternity. Their idea was merely to
celebrate the events in the curri—
culum that caused them such
worry. In. 1014 Washington Uni-u
varsity was allowed to establish a

" temple of the fraternity and later

other temples were admitted.

The chartering oi Edfou Temple
at Armour Institute of Technology
was not the beginning of the tra-
ternal organization in the architecw
tural department. It was more a
stop in advance from the organiza—
tlon which existed at that time.

An architectural fraternity known
as Alpha Delta Tau was started
about 1900, and continued in exis-
tence up to the time of the institu-
tion of Scarab, which grew out of
it. The members of Alpha Delta
Tau, among whom are Messrs. Bar-
ber, Beaudry, Farrar, Faulkner,
Freedman, Sexmith, Sincere, and
Zook affiliated in 1015 with Scarab
and became charter members of
Edfou Temple.

There are now thirteen temples
in the national organization. A na—
tional convention is held every year
to provide a means of unity
amongst the chapters.

Scarab Fraternity provides a
means for attaining a broader
knowledge of Architecture and the
Allied Arts, secures through associa-
tion the advantages of a more re—
flnerl culture, stimulates a greater
interest in expression through the
Graphic Arts, promotes friendly
competition among the students
and schools of Architecture and
creates a lasting spirit of. fellow—
ship and co—operation within the
fraternity.

Election to membership is based
on many things, such as scholar-
ship, character and sociability.
Scarab has always kept its mem—
bership very small and ranks
among the honorary fraternities in
scholastic standing at Armour.

Membership rolls at Edfou con—
tain such names as Earl H. Reed,
Jr., W. Lindsay Suter, Ralph W.
Hammett, W. F. McCaughey, Jr.,
William H. Lautz, Emil R. Zettlcr,
.l'. Edwin Peterson, etc. Members of
national prominence such as Louis
Sullivan, Harry Sternfeld and Harry
K. Bieg, Paris prize winners; Rex-
ford Newcomb, Louis Skidmore,
Charles Morgan, etc.

Scarab endeavors to promote ac-
tivity among students of architec-
ture and to this end the national
organization provides an annual
award of $50 for the best Class ”B"
project done in Beaux Art work.
Edfou Temple awards two medals
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projets of each year.

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Pill KAPPA SEER/lit

Phi Kappa Sigma wishes to am
nounce the Formal Initiation of
Pledges Frederick S. Beale '32, Guy
Burnett, Jr. ’33 and Henry A. Lar-
sen ’33, on Friday, November ii.

A number of the follows from the
House attended a House Dance at
Alpha Pi, November 15.

DELTA TAU DELTA

Almost the entire active chapter
and the whole pledge group attend»
ed Doc Wieland's Annual Freshman
Banquet Saturday, November 8.

Charles McCurdy has returned to
school after recovering from an at—
tack of chicken pox.

TRlANGLlE

Triangle announces the pledging
of Vernon C. Alexander ‘33.

The annual migration to Cham—
paign took place Saturday, October
8, when a caravan of. fifteen memu
bars from the Armour chapter at-
tended the Fireman’s Ball, given by
the Illinois Chapter.

A Father and Son Banquet was
successfully handled by the social
chairman, Art Oborbe ck. The
fathers all look forward to and en—
joy these banquets very much.

Pill Pl H’Hl

Friday, November 14, Gamma
Chapter held a formal Initiation of
Pledges, Gr. Selierith ’32 and W.
Hartbauer ’32.

Saturday night the alumni of
the chapter held an Alumni Dance
at the House. The active chapter
was invited. Music was furnished
by Grundy's Chicagoans, “Hot and
Sweet."

 

Oi the 103,335 miles of pipe lines
now in existence, 00,000 miles are
used for piping natural gas, 102,000
miles for oil and 335 miles for gaso-
line. At least 0000 miles of trunk
line will be built this year. Fuel
engineers sec in this enormous net-
work more than a transportation
system for the three fuels now be—
ing piped through it. They seem
permanent, systemytor the trans”
portation ior all types of piped fuel.
They even see the day when coal
will be transformed into gas at the
mines and piped through the un—
derground system to consuming
points. One eastern utility has
gone so far as to experiment with
transporting coal by pipe line, first
reducing it to powder, mixing it
with water, then piping it to desti«
nation, where it is dried and again
becomes powdered coal.

 

Tuesday, November 18, 1930

Aim iiifilliffi

“Reading for [in Education" was
the subject oi Mr. Carl E. Milan’s
talk given at the November meet»
ing of the Chicago Chapter of the
American Institute of Architects.
held on Tuesday evening, Novem—
ber 11. ‘

Mr. Milan referred to a system
now in use at the University of
Chicago, Harvard and other insti-
tutions in which students carry
their courses by outside reading.
Here the only semblance of a. re~
strictive classroom form of educa-
tion is a meeting that is held at in-
tervals with the professor for disi-
cussion of the topics that have
been read.

In this manner, while under a
certain form of guidance, the stu-
dent feels a freedom which is an
incentive to apply himself to the
studies under consideration. The
student must have, however, the
character and the willpower to
make good.

This method of education, though
not suited for technical training,
shows a great step forward in cul--
tural education and which may he
the basis on which the architects’
technical training may be built.

Mr. Kenneth K. Stowell, the next
speaker, carried on this theme in
his talk, “The Educational Policy
of the Architectural Magazine.” Mr.
Stowcll was formerly on the faculty
of Georgia Tech and is now with.
the Architectural Forum.

He explained that the ambition
of the architectural magazines is to
present material that will help the
architects, principally the students,
to appreciate the material problems
that they will have to face upon
their entering active practice. He
advocated reading of magazine
articles because many of them
would never be reprinted in book
form and missing them would be a
loss to the individual.

Mr. Louis LeBeaumc followed
with a talk, “The Institute 'and
Architectural Education,” in which
he told of the activities of the In-
stitute in furthering education of
the younger members of the pro-
fession. E. C. K.

~ ~SCHEltilllE§t T0 SNEAK ..

Next Thursday afternoon, No-
vember 20th, Dr. G. L. Scherger will
address the Junior Friends of Art
at the Beldon—Stratford Hotel. Dr.
Scherger has chosen for the subject
of his address, “Vienna: Her Cul-
ture and Art." The head of the
Junior Friends of Art is Miss L.
Olga Menu. This organization has
a membership list that compares

 

 

with a list of the society women
of Chicago.

 

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F. F. STRASSENBURG

 

 

With Round Corners

Old Chris once said the world was round
When he set foot on Indian ground.

But I am not so sure just what

It is; for l have heard a lot

Of people saying this and that

 

So I don’t know just where I’m at.

The man who’s always treated fair
Says he knows the world is square.
The pleasure bound, who can't sit pat

’Twas farad in condenser,

And inductance was potential,
Since the volts they had exploded.

And the relay trip was hunted
When the circuit breaker punted.

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Grimly say the world is flat.
And thenkthose fellows, hanging craps,
Groan that the orb’s in a “helluva.” shape.

But all in all, I think it’s sound
To say it’s pretty good all ’round.

Qde to o Non—Union Efectrican

not an ampere was in sight,

The watt and henry fuse board, while the flux all day that night
And the rain discharged like are,
While the snow, it was corroded,

All on a summer’s meter, the load was equalized,

But the gosh-darned-fool old circuit could not be neutralized.
And the dynamo it granted

As the starting box was shunted

But impedance, traction, cont-acts; power, storage cell.
Resistance, series armature; Gslvwi type of bell.
Now the panel. motors, and pow‘r are dead.
And the plant‘s shut down so tight.
And transmission ceased. and the lights are out»,
’Cause the author‘s gone outs his head.
to the or girl

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