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Vol. VII. No. l3

Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, lllinois

Tuesday, May l2, l93l

 

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Scholastic Average and
Activities Basia
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Ten seniors chosen by the Armour
Tech Athletic Association as honor
men, will be presented with specially
engraved copies of the Cycle. These
awards have been given annually to
honor men of. the senior class.

The Cyples which will be given
them have engraved upon the cover,
the name of the person receiving it,
his ranking, as decided by the athlet-
ic association, with the inscription
“Honor Edition Award.” The follow-
ing men have been awarded the
coveted cycles, the number indicating
their ranking;

1. Arthur Henry Jens. . . . . . . .F.P.E.

2. Charles Theodore Link. . . . .M. E.
3. Frederick Branham
Attwood Ch E.
4. Alvin Berthold Auerbach. . . .C. E.
5. Richard Ray Eddy. . . . . .F. P. E.
6. Frank Marshall James. . .F. P. E.
7. Edward John Stehno. . . . . .E. E.
8. Walter Martin Miran....F. P. E.
9. Walter Edwin Schirmcr. .F. P. E.
10.Ralph Alvin
Timmermans .......... F. P. E.
The board of control of The

Armour Tech Athletic Association is
composed of faculty and student
representatives the faculty members
being Dean Penn, Professors Huntly,
Leigh, and Schommer, Mr. Allison,
and Coach Krafft. Five student repre-
sentatives are elected by the associa-
tion.

The records of various men of the
senior class in scholarship and extra-
curriculnm activities are considered.
Twenty students are selected and
their names are given to the board
of control. This association also looks
over their scholarship records and
due consideration is given every man
in lthe prospective balloting. As
stated before they are ranked accord—
ing to the balloting.

Honor Marshal's
Chosen by @ffice

The honor marshals taking part in
the annual commencement exercises
and baccalaureate services of
Armour Institute of Technology have
been selected. These men are repre-
sentatives from the freshman, sopho—
more and junior classes, the choice
being due, mainly, to their scholastic
standing. The following honor men
have been choosen by the Dean’s
office:

A. Bacnman, E. G. Beard, A.
Bogot, W. G. Buehne, R. W. Carl-
strom, J. 0. Cavansgh, C. O. Cun-
ningham, H. R. Davis, W. A. Jans-
sen, J. W. Juvinall, G. A. Nelson, F.
W. Paine, H. P. Richter, and M. J.
Schinke.

Representatives from the Armour
faculty are: Charles Anson Nash,
marshal; William White Colvert, as-
sistant marshal]; Arthur William
Sear, assistant marshal.

The baccalaureate services will he
held at Central Church in Orchestra
Hall, June '7, at 11 a. m. Commence—
ment exercises will take place Thurs-
day, June 11, at 4 p. m., in the In-
stitute assembly hall.

 

Soloist to Assist
Singers at Concert

Dr. Protheroe has succeeded in get—
ting Mr. Ernest John to assist the
glee club in the concert to be given
on the Wednesday of Junior week.
Mr. John is in the Welsh Male Choir
and is also the solo tenor of the Pres-
byterian Choir in La Grange, Illinois.

The Glee Club is now busfily en-
gaged in preparation for the concert
and will have an extra rehearsal to—
night as well as the regular one on
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Circus Day to Climax
Annual Junior Week

On Friday of Junior Week will
come that famous day in Armour
annals known as Circus Day. Once a
year all the pent-up respect for law,
order, dignity, and whatnot is thrown
to the winds. On May 22 it is per~
missable for the thin veneer of civil—
ization to be discarded for the nobler
pursuits of track and shirt-ripping
(if you haven't gotten into the spirit
of Circus Day, the latter is the Class
Rush).

An interview with President Ray-
mond indicated the fact that the
present generation of students has
none of the spirit of the men of old.
No longer are the class leaders for
the rush kidnapped. Today it is prac-
tically unknown for the whole Fresh-
man Class to be locked up in a barn
so that the Sophomores could win the
rush without a bit of resistance. No,
these pranks required the hardier
constitutions of the men who gradu.
ated years ago. Do you accept the
challenge? We shall see.

With these new and modern times
have come many great improvements
but strange to say the fraternity
pageants have fallen behind in this
respect. This year, as before, Presi—
dent Raymond has donated a cup for
the best fraternity stunt. Word has
come in from several of the Greek-

 

 

letter organizations that they intend
to cop this cup. But in order to win
there will have to be sparkling bit
of wit, skill in presentation, and or-
iginality in these pageants.

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The authorities are going to judge
the Armour spirit by the result of
the coming Circus Day. It is up to
the men now in school to keep alive
the last frontier of our school spirit.
A one hundred per cent attendance
will assure the faculty that Circus
Day is worth the time, efi‘ort, and
money spent on it. Shall we degen—
erate into the class of spiritless
grinds or shall we replenish the
flames of the fire started by our
predecessors? The attendance at the
Circus Day program will determine
this question not only For us but also
for posterity.

 

Annual Open House
To Be Held May l8

Students and faculty members are
making unusual preparations to
make May 18 the most successful
Open House Night of any ever con-
ducted at the Armour Institute of
Technology.

The exhibits of Open House night
have always made it one of the most
spectacular events of the year. The
purpose of the whole idea is at least
three fold. In the first place the
parents and friends have a chance
to see just what is going on at the
Institute. Secondly, prospective stu-
dents may see the inner workings of
the curriculum much more vividly
than through the perusal of catalogue
descriptions. Lastly, the students
themselves may become acquainted
with work that is going on in other
departments. Without Open House
night, many would never be able to
see much of the work that is going
on, because the daily school require—
ments keep them in their individual
departments.

Laboratories and shops are to be
run so as to show not only the regu-
lar work, but also many exhibits of
special work.

In the Chemical Engineering De
partment the Qualitative, Organic,
and Quantitative, Physical Indus-
trial, and Metallurgical laboratories
are planning demonstrations. The
Dynamo and Electrical Engineering
laboratories will represent the Elec-
trical Department, and the Mechan-
iculs will hold forth in the Automotive
Materials testing, Hydraulic, Steam
Boiler, and Oil testing laboratories.
The Civil Drafting Room will be in
operation, and the Fire Protects will
have displays in the Physics Lecture
Room. Architectural exhibits are to
occupy spade in the li‘oyer of the
Main Building.

Physics experiments are to be com
ducted in the laboratory in Chopin
Hall. The Foundry, Wood Shop, Ma~
chine Shop, and Forge Shop in Mm
chincry Hall will put on demonstra-
tions throughout the evening“

In order to conduét the work being
done, and to explain things to visi—

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Flam are now complete for the
Junior Formal dance, which dance
promises to be a fitting climax to
Junior Week and do the entire social
season of Armour Tech. The junior
social chairman and his committee
have spent much time and eil'ort in
preparing for this affair, and have,
as a goal, the wish to make both din-
ner and dance the finest that have yet
been held.

Junior week will last from Mon-
day, May 18, to Saturday, May 23,
and will be crammed with exciting
events and interesting stunts. The
dinner dance will be on the night of
Friday, May 22, from 9 till 2. This
is the last night of Junior Week and
is the peak of the fun and hilarity
of this “Spring Spasm."

Eleveral places were considered as
to being good locations for the dance,
but after some debate the Oriental
Room of the Knickerbocker Hotel
was finally chosen as the most beau--
tifiul and attractive setting for the
formal.

Syncopation will be provided by
Doug- Pcppard and his Northwestern
Troubadors whose seductive strains
will fit in closely with the colorful
and bizarre surroundings of the
Orient. This band is composed Ioi.’ ten
pieces and is well known for its fine
music.

The bids are priced at $8.00 and
may be obtained from any member
of the committee, which is composed
of: J. J. Casey, chairman, J. E. Bry-
ant, J. B. Dirkers, 0. G. Linnell, and
G. W. Schodde. One of these men
should be seen immediately, for only
125 bids are to be sold and this
limit will soon be reached.

The Junior Formal Dinner Dance
every year is the big,r affair, the finish
of the year and the one this year
promises to be the biggest and best
ever given, so bids should be bought
promptly and preparation should be
made for a. wonderful time.

The program and favors selected
are from new designs which are be-
ing introduced into the activity
world. Patrons will be announced
in the next issue.

 

Sophomores Determine

To Whip green Fresh

A determination to break an old
Armour tradition was expressed as
the sentiment of the sophomores who
shall do their best to hang the crepe
on freshman class victory hopes next
Friday.

In the past, it has been the usual
thing for the freshmen to administer
a scrubbing to the sophomores with
much gusto and a showing of the
good old high school spirit with
which the newcomers are always ci-
fcrvescing.

As for as sophomore classes are
concerned, there always seems to be
a firm resolve that the freshmen shall
be put in their place, an event which
has not transpired for some time
past, but experie ed campaigners
have expressed opinions in favor of
the sophomores and all we can say
to the freshmen is “Look Out!"

Last Friday morning the sopho-
more class met to discuss their plans
for Junior Week and Roger Waindle,
the junior marshal having full charge
of Junior Week, spoke about the
relative importance of class Coopers.~
tion as insurance of a successful pro-
gram for this year‘s activities.
Deon Penn Speaks to

Calumet High School

Last Thursday, May seventh, Dean
Penn visited the Calumet High School
in Chicago and spoke to the members
of the Senior Class on the work of
the engineer and arChitect. Dean
Penn, himself, graduated from the
Calumet High School in the class
of ’01. During his visit last week.
he saw one of the teachers that he
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‘Not wishing to give any hint as to.

the woman‘s age, the Dean refused to
divulge the name of his former in«
Structress.

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chosen by the retiring board, to head
the stafi‘ of the Armour Engineer
for the coming college year. The other
officers selected are; Morton Hagen,
E. E. ’32, associate editor and Arthur
Vie], Ch. E. '32, business manager.

Three student articles and one
written by a member of the college
faculty will appear in the next issue
of: the Engineer. This will be dis-
tributed on May 18.

A discussion of the Lakes-te—Guli
waterway will appear in the article
entitled “The Illinois Waterway", and
written by M. ‘R. Beal. Morton Fagen
in his paper “Radio Beacons for
Airways" treats of the methods em-
ploy-ed for guiding: airplanes across
definite paths by radio.

“The Roscnwald Museum” is the
title of Professor Scherger's contriA
bution to the Engineer. It is an
account of the museum’s appearance
and its possibilities when completed.

The field of chemistry supplies the
topic of the fourth article. Fred B.
A‘ttwood, Ch. E. ’31 in his feature
“Silica Gel" explains this new re«
trigcrant and its commercial applicav
tions.

A. T. A. A. Election
To Be Held Friday

 

 

Printed ballots will be used in the
A. T. A. A. election this Friday in
an effort to get a larger vote and
therefore a more accurate measure
of the wishes of the student body
than has been obtained in previous
years. A ballot box will be located
in front of Science Hall from 9:30
A. M. until 2:00 P. M. on Friday
and every student in school is re—
quested to cast his vote at sometime
(luring those hours.

The elections are for three ofl'ices,
the men chosen to hold the positions
for one year. The present first vice
president automatically 1) e c o m e s
president. The candidates for first
vice president are G. J. Beemster-
boer, A. W. Obei‘beck, and E. E.
Sademan. R. W. Carlstrom, A. H.
Helmick, and D. W. Pearson are run»
ning; for the office of second vice
president while the candidates for
secretary are D. L. Jacobson, S. M.
Lillis, and L. H. Streb.

[Doctor H. 1W. Raymond
Attends Ceremony

 

President Raymond was present at
the impressive ceremony on May 1
when Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase
was inaugurated sixth president of
the University of Illinois.

Coming from the University of
North Carolina where he has pre-
sided since 1919, President Chase suc~
coeds Dr. David Kinley who has been
in ofi'ice since 1920. He has pledged
himself not only to maintain the pres
out high standard of educational facil—
ity attained by his predecessors, but

 

also to do his utmost to cope with the l
problems engendered by the ehmxg- ‘

conditions which confront all

universities today.
Representing Armour. Dr.

mood was a member of an imposingl

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group of some six hundred leading}

educators chosen from 231’. universl
l sities. colleges, learned societies, and ‘
professional ox‘ganiwtions in this
‘country and abroad.

Ray~ ‘

oii Gala Week
ROGER WAENDLE lN CHARGE OF ACTH/THE

Jest and jollity will be the order
of the day when Junior Week rolls
in on Monday May 18. The gala
period will last for six days, closing

Engineer Editor Saturdavv May 23-

Many students of all classes are
participating in the calaxy of athletic

Marshall R- Baal, F- P- E- has been and social, collegiate or fraternal,

activities which are scheduled to
run throughout the week.

Heading the school as general-
issimo be direct it in the brief but
eventful celebration is Roger Wairr
dlc, Junior Marshal. The marshal
will be aided in managing the enter
tainment by V. R. Sandberg, in
charge of the varsity tennis, track
and baseball; S. E. Grandstrum,
sponsor of fraternity pageants, con-
certs and the dance; A. J. Jungels,
supervisor of the class rush, and non-
varsity track events, and Russel
Long, who will be in charge of tickets
and all awards.

A complete schedule of the week’s
activities as planned is as follows:

The Armour Tech baseball team
will meet the alumni team on the
home field, Monday afternoon, L.) open

Tuesday, it is thought that a track
long heralded annual open house ex-
hibitions will be held. (For details
of open house exhibits see the next
issue of the NEWS.)
meet will be given, although at the
time the NEWS went to press, the
opponents had not yet beet decided
upon.

The string of athletic events will
continue Wednesday, when the potent
Tech baseball nine plays Wasliburne
——still on home territory—~Ogden
field.

Wednesday evening the annual
home concert and interfraternity sing
will be held. The assembly hall as
usual will be the gathering place of
the vocalists.

There will be a brief lull in the
rapid succession of activities of
Junior Week on Thursday morning.
The intertfraternity track and field
meet will open in the afternoon. The
comparatively quits day will be a
calm before the day of big events.

If the spirit of P. T. Barnum is
hovering over this sector on Friday,
May 22, it will applaud vociferousLy
at a good job well done, for Friday
is Circus Day at Armour.

The big day will open with the
inter-class relay, pentathlon, and
interfraternity relays.

Then, 12:30, a signal will be given
and the Freshmen at one and of
Ogden field will rush the Sophomores
at the other end and visu-versn. Their
lesser instincts aroused, both groups
will mingle in a brotherly manner
(as when the brothers have a difier~
once) and battle for the straw sucks
in the center of the field. At the end
of ten minutes the side posscsing the
most sacks will be judged victor in
The Clnss Rush.

The fraternity stunts will be pre—
sented following the rush. All houses
on the campus are laboring to perfect
unparalleled circus day entertain-
merit.

l On Friday night the grand event
lof Junior week, will become a reality
‘w—the Junior Formal. The dance. the
one formal event of the school year
; will be staged in the Oriental Room
{of the Knickerbocker Hotel. Music by
‘ Doug Pepper-d and his Northwestern
i Thoubudours.

Saturday will be the. close of an—
‘other and better Junior Wee . The
Armour tennis team will make 1'
rackets whine with Loyols st Lo, .

Get set. Warn the weather man
not to go sour from New 18 to "“
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basket. push
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