‘Vol. VII. No. l2. .biibbdbil. 300% TAKES Wild WK WEEK Elm Width Michigan glib-to, Western State to Furnish Competition STEHNO T0 FETCH Western State Normal and Mich- igan State Normal, reputed as the two outstanding teams on Armour’s schedule will be met this week end. Coach Krafl‘t, Manager Woods, and the assembly of men will journey to the Ore State, where they will attempt to subdue Michigan State on Friday and Western State on Saturday. The team’s activities against these Michigan squads is sure to tax the players to full capacity. Good hit- ‘ting and pitching will be in demand 'in each game. Western State's im- pressive record of one defeat against :sevcn victories is a good indicator of how much competition can be ex. pected from them. Above all, West- ern State takes its place in line as the only team that has defeated Ar- mour and incidentally the only team that has ever defeated Stchno since , he donned the Armour uniform af- ter emigrating from the freshman :class. Tech Out to Avengo Defeat Stehno‘s determination, coupled with the team’s resolution to make amends for this loss, is sure to stim— (Lllfilie considerable rivalry when Ar— mour crosses its bots with the Yp- :silanti aggregation. The team’s two recent triumphs in overtime games gave evidence that it packs the punch that is‘ln'dcmand when tWo equally matched teams wage their struggle for superiority. Robin’s field generalship, together with his base hits, have gone a long way in making the coming- season .a successful one. Long distance hitting by Vic Omiecinski and good place hitting by Pope, Young, Mags, Sommers and Moskowi‘m have likewise elated . our Coach. Armour Favored Against Mich. St. Armour has conducted a number of successful campaigns against Michigan State Normal in the past few years, yet each game proved to be a hard tussle. This season‘s rec- ord of Michigan State’s activities has not been revealed, but if past recm ords bear any significance in the way of predicting the probable out- come, it may be well to predict that another blistering contest is in store. The Armour team will leave Thursday evening and are expected to return Sunday morning. Mechanicals inspect Fish Street Station About twenty-five Senior mechan- icals will visit the Fisk Street Sta- tion of the Commonwealth Edison company today. According to Profes- sor Gebhart, who is to accompany them, the station is not representa- tive of modern practice, but because of its age, will be of historical in- terest. Installed in 1903, it was the firstl all-steam turbine electric generating l station in the world. The original installation of three 5000 k. w. gen- erators and one 8000 k. w. unit, all i of the vertical type, has been re— moved. The present equipment; con- sists of ten 12000 R. w. units and four units ranging from 20,000 to 35,000 k. w. These are of the mod- ern horizontal type. It is interesting to note that the 32 boilers which supplied steam for the original four turbines could not furnish sufficient steam for even one of the present large turbines. This old generating station is on the nature of a white elephant on the company’s hands and is used for heavy load and emergency periods. Artistic Chemical Wins Distinction The much coveted Schmicr~Chem~ iker award is becoming more and more desirable, as our students in the chemical engineering department continue to delve into parts un- known. The brilliant engineer, who now steps forward from the field of. chemistry and presents his justifi~ able claim for the trophy, is one Frank Podlipec, Ch. 13., ’31. Mr. Podlipec considered himself to be well within the bounds of safe- ty, on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 27th, when he was in the midst of operations for producing di‘ methyl aniline. For some unknown reason, some small safety factor, which spelled either success or fail- ure for the experiment, escaped his eye. This same small factor of safe- ty spelled failure for Mr. Podlipec on this particular afternoon. Before he could quite grasp the situation and make amends for his miscalculation, the ingredients of the apparatus precipitated themselves on the walls and ceiling; in one of the most attractive arrays of frescoed foliage that might well compare with many medieval wall paintings. A marked resemblance could be noted between Mr. Podlipecs’ creation and any well proportioned Christmas tree. Immediately following his exhibi- tion, Mr. Podlipec was heard to make the remark that, because of his prowess as an artist, the students of the department would not dare to impress the appropriate award upon him. Quite contrary to his beliefs however, the senior class of the chemical engineering department unanimously voted him the well known Chemiker trophy within two hours of his performance. Chemicals Hear Twill: Given at City Club Chemical engineers in the male- ing heard Dr. Karl Johann Freudcn- berg of the University of Heidelberg, speak on “Optical Activity and Con- figuration" at the April meeting of the American Chemical Society last Friday evening at the City Club. The address helped to make more realistic the conceptions of a gen- eral subject 'vhich is of great import- ance in organic chemistry. The opri- cal behavior of tautomeric forms is a valuable factor in the study of compounds containing asymmetric carbon atoms. Dr. Freudenberg’s research work has dealt mainly with natural organ- ic compound: Much of his work on such substances such as as tannin, catechol, ligniu, sugars, and insulin has been of great value. He has served as a. professor in several Ger. man uniVersities, and is now profes— sor of chemistry at the University of Heidelberg. In addition he is visit- ing professor of chemistry at the University 01 Wisconsin. He came to Chicago where he is giving two lectures at the Unhersity of Chicago in addition to the one last Friday. The usual group meetings were held at 8:45 after the main lecture. An Eastman educational film, “Glass Blowing Technique" proved the most popular with the Armourites in the audience. Sixty Couples Attend interhonorary Dance Sixty couples were present at the Interhonorary Dance held last Fri- day night in the Town Club of the Knickerbocker Hotel. The novelty of the arrangements made for the dance, which was spon- sored by eight of Armour’s honor- aries, was the chief reason for the huge success which crowned the event. Alumni as well as active members and pledges attending, showed by their enjoyment of the occasion that the efforts of the com- mittee were appreciated. "riod of three years. Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois muscles runs MAW roses in recs slim ems Last Thursday the Armour Tech Rifle Club again came out victorious in a meet with the Humboldt Park Gun Club. This is the second time they have beaten this team. Armour and Humboldt Park are having a series of meets that runs over a pc- Each year there are two indoor meets and one out- door mect. The total score to date is 2643 for Armour and 2576 for Hum- boldt. In this last meet, three men tied for first place with a score of 274 out of a possible 300. "These men were llelmick and Hollmann of Ar— mour, and Show of Humboldt. The team had a score of 1332 against 1314 of Humboldt. The cup, which is to be awarded permanently after the three years, now rcposes in a glass case outside the treasurer’s office in the Main Building. The outdoor meet will take place next October at Fort Sheridan. Here the distance will be 50 and 100 yards. This is a long range, for the team has been using :30 and 75 foot ranges. A week ago baturday the Illinois Rifle Association had its annual meet at the Palmer House. In this shoot the best teams in the state were on- tered. Even against such difficult competition, the Armour Club came out with second place, missing first place by only two points. The mem- bers of the team received silver medals to add to their growing col- lcction. In this meet, Armour competed in the metal sights class. Western Electric, conceded to be the best team in'the state, was first with a score of 065; Armour was second with 063; and McHenry was third with 6.19. In the compctition with telescopic sights, the Illinois Bell Telephone Company was second, but their team had a score of only 627 points, so Armour beat them. The Illinois Bell Telephone Company team is the state champion for the 75 foot distance, as Armour is for the fifty-foot. Thus, Armour had a higher score in the meet than (lid the state champion team, who use telescopic sights. The Armour Club is now trying to arrange a. shoulder-to—shouldcr match with the Western Electric at their range, and hope to win this meet, if staged. This week there will be an import~ am: meeting of the club in order to elect officers. Every member should be present. The exact date will be posted upon the bulletin board. Electricals See Wire Manufacture Movies Three reels of film unfolded the story of cable insulation to those attending the A. I. E. E. meeting last Friday at 10:30. This pictorial comparison of the old and new methods of insulating cables brought to light the progress made in this branch of the electrical industry in the last few yearsf In the older processes, rubber in a liquid state is applied to the wires and cables by means of dies. The newer process differs somewhat from bills. The wires are covered with sevval sheets of thin rubber, one heavier rubber coat, and is then en- closed in a tin case especially de- signed for this purpose . After be~ ing subjected to a. vulcanizing treat- ment, the tin mold is stripped and discarded. It is claimed that this method cuts production costs considerably and re- sults in a better appearing and stronger insulation. The film was shown through the courtesy of the Public Service Conn puny of Northern Illinois, and the Olmnite Company. identity/e Given on grinding Wheels “Points About Grinding Wheels and their Selection" was the. topic of Mr. J. H. Davey. a representative of the Brown and Sharpe company of Providence, Rhode Island, in his two hour talks before the classes in machine tool work which met on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. A, presentation of some of the out- standing factors which govern the choice of abrasive wheels used for the thousand and one tasks of mod- ern industrial practice, brought out a concept of the rules and conditions governing choices where guessing is an expensive and difl'icult practice. The manufacturing process was explained and samples of crude nat» ural and synthetic abrasives were exhibited in various conditions, to- gether with bottles of the different shellocs, clays, and bakelitc which are used to hold the abrasive par- ticles together. The system of grading, classifying, and testing the finished grinding wheel was explained in considerable detail. It; seems that the wheels are classified as to hardness by letters ranging from A to Z, the inspectors identifying each one by feeling it with a screwdriver. Experienced inspectors can thus place each wheel in the right class with amazing speed and accuracy, although the faculty takes much time to develop. Bakelite is the bonding material employed in high speed cutting discs used in mass production for cutting materials such as heavy bars. This material is used because it is not affected by high temperatures, whereas other bonds give way on heavy duty. One of these disks was shown to the class. gills importance Wot keeping a wheel in condition after it has been properly selected and installed was stressed. Mr. Davey cited several in— teresting cases where the perform- ance of universal grinding machines was poor due to neglect of the abrau Hive surface on the grinding Wheel. Truing is accomplished by applica« tion of a diamond to the surface un— til the desired elfect is acquired, in fact, specially shaped small wheels are faced in this manner. In conclusion, the speaker an— swered questions on sundry phases or: machine shop practice and dis- tributed copies of the company’s catalog. Exhibit Steel Tank Designs Until May Jill Armour students and faculty mom. bers will be afforded the opportun- ity of viewing the designs submitted by architects, in the recent competi- tirr. sponsored by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Works to develop a general aesthetic improvement in the charac- ter of elevated steel tanks. They will be on display April ‘27 and each day thereafter through May 10th at 430 N. Michigan Avenue, 7th floor, from 10 a. m. until 5 p. m. This exhibition should prove of special interest for the first three awards were submitted by Armour men. They are Eugene Volta '25, Dave Chapman ’32, Charles M. Gold— man "3], and Howard W. Vader ’16. Seven Men initiated By Alpha Chi Sigma Due to an error on the part of the Armour Tech News, Allen H. Hel— mick, Ch. E. ’33, was omitted from list of initiates of Alpha Chi Sigma. chemical professional fraternity. The men now comprising the list of initiates of Alpha Chi Sigma are: L. A. Kramer, '28; A. T. Martin, ’30; P. Bestier, ’38; A. H. Helmick, ’33: S. Johannison. ’33; A. M. Ream, '33; S. E. Winegar, ‘83. The above mentioned men were formally initiated at. a banquet given at the Y. M, C. A. hotel on the eve~§ at Kalamazoo. miner of Wednesday, April 22. MAR VE Y RCSSING CHOSEN T0 HEAD HONOR ‘A ’ SOCIETY Harvey C. Rossing, C. E. ’32 cap- tain elect of the basketball team was elected president of the Honor A Society and Frank A. Ustryski, M. E. ’32, viceupresident at a meeting held last Wednesday afternoon. Captain—elect Rossing is thrice a var. sity basketball letter man and has been outstanding the past year. These new men will take office next fall as is the custom of the society. The secretary and treasurer will be elected from the newly pledged men at that time. Again this year, the Tech athletes will hold their annual “big spread", that is, the athletic banquet, as definitely announced by Clarence J. Robin. .B‘ctwccn now and the time of the dinner, pledging of the new men will take place so that they may be presented with their em- blems in an impressive way. Some time ago the Armour Tech Athletic Association passed a ruling changing the manager’s award from a small letter to that of a regular letter with the exception that the top block was to be left off and the ab- breviation for manager printed on the cross bar. However, in the awards made this year a mistake was made. and the regulation letter given out. It was suggested that the so- ciety award an emblem of its own to distinguish between major or mi— nor letter men. This, however was met with too much opposition from all angles and consequently voted down. Etc Kappa No Holds initiation Banquet One senior and four junior electri- cals became members of Eta Kappa Nu, Delta chapter, last Tuesday eve- ning at a formal initiation banquet. This was hold at the Great Northern hotel in conjunction with the meeting of the Chicago alumni chapter. The newly initiated members are: E. G. Squires. ‘31; G. L. Bonvallet, “32; T. A. McGill, '32; V. J. Min- nick, ’32; M. J. Schinke, ’32. On May 22. the alumni chapter will sponsor a dinner-dance to be held at the Edgcwater Beach hotel. TRUSS CLUB NOTES A smoker was held Friday, March 6. This was followed by a radio dance given in the Club rooms Sat- urday, March 21, 1931. Calendar Tuesday, May 5 8:00 A. IVIL, Inspection Trip—Se- nior mechanicals at Fiske Street Station. 3:30 P. M., Baseball—Armour vs. thaton at Wheaton. 8:00 P. M., Smoker-Phi Lambda Upsilon at Chopin Hall. Wednesday, May 5 2:00 P. M.——Intcrfrateruity Tennis —Sigma Kappa Delta vs. Delta Tau Delta, Kappa Delta Tau vs. Phi Kappa Sigma. 3 :30 P. M., Tennis—“Y” College vs. Armour at “Y” College. Thursday. May 7 2:00 P. lVi.—-—Interfraternity Tennis w~Beta Psi vs. Phi l’i Tuesday, May 5, l93i lllllldd Will Will. illilllhli Abilblld Willi. Abllll’ilbb Athletics and Singing To Be Drawing Features FRATERNlTlES BUSY Junior week will be observed from Monday, May 18, to Saturday, May 23. It will be crowded with varsity exhibitions in all current sports, as well as interfraternity and inter- class athletic events, and will include social affairs of major importance. As the name implies, all of the extra— curricular activities of that week will be managed and directed by mem- bers of the junior class. In order that the activities may be taken care of efficiently, four assistant marshals have been ap- pointed to supervise some partic— ular phase of the entertainment. V. R. Sandberg will be in charge of varsity baseball, tennis, and track; S. 1E. Grumlstrom will sponsor the concert, dance, and fraternity pag— eants; A. J. Jungels will manage the class rush, and the inter-class and interiraternity track events; and Russel Long will have charge of the jackets, medals, cups, etc. Open: With Ball Game Junior week will open with a base- ball game Monday afternoon. This will be followed in the evening by the annual open house night exhibitions. All of the laboratories and shops will be in operation, featuring the most spectacular and striking cxpcrimentr to interest and entertain the visitors. Bulletins, advertising open house night have been sent to several edu- cational institutions in Chicago and to students seeking admission to Armour next year. Two thousand visitors went through the school at thc last exhibit, and it is expected that fully as many will take advert» tagc of the opportunity of acquaint- ing themselves with the Institute this year. A track meet at Ogden field is to ’ be held Tuesday, following open ‘ house night. | Another baseball game and a tem nis match will be played Wednesday. These events are to be followed in the evening by the annual home concert and inter-fraternity sing. All of the musical organizations and each of the fraternities participate in this event. Thursday afternoon, the fraterrb ities will participate in a highly com- petitive track meet, while the pent- athlon and inter-class relay will be reserved until Friday morning. Elan old L. Fox and Frank James will assist Roger Waindle, the Junior Marshal, in the management of these events. Class Rush Friday Friday is Circus day. The class rush between the freshmen and sopbc» mores will start at 12:30. The two classes, lined up at opposite ends of Ogden field, struggle for ten minutes to capture the and and straw sucks in the middle of the field. At the end of that time, the respective callec» tions will be counted. and the judges Phi. Theta Xivs. Rho Delta Rho. , Friday, May 8 l 3:00 P.M,-——Golf——Valparaiso vs. l Armour at Evergreen 5 Golf Course. 3 :30 P. M., Baseball—«Armour vs. 2 Michigan State Nor- 2 mal at Ypsilanti. 1 Saturday, May 9 i 9:00 A. Ill—«Golf —— Armour Loyola at Loyola. 3:30 P. M., TenniSw—Armour vs. Lake Forest at Lake Forest. 8:30 P. M., BaseballraArmour vs. Western State Normal \‘5. r ‘ W l 3 “Circus Day will announce the winner. Follow- ing the class rush, each fraternity will present a short ski: or stunt. The winner. selected by a counnittee of faculty member" will receive the ‘kinl’ The Junior Formal. the only for- mal dance of the school year. will he :held Friday night at the Oriental " Room of the Knickerbocker Hotel, as to grand climax to the activities of ' junior week. Sig-EGRiST \b’ORKS EN QFSTCE. ismnt E’l‘t‘fflx‘fil‘ Scegri: 'ng in the work of she 3‘ office for the remainder of t' e rent year. . ‘2‘ o {a c