' offered Vol. VII. libilflll. With it thttflll“ tdfllllill'i ill edifldblf iiilil. Parents and Friends of Students invited to Attend No. l4 TO BE HELD WED. The Annual Home Concert of the Armour Tech Musical Clubs will be presented this‘Wednesday evening, May 20 at 8:00 P. M. in the. As- sembly Hall. Participants in the program to be include the Armour Tech Glee Club and the Armour Tech Sym— phony Orchestra, besides the Streses and Strains, Chemical Orchestra and the fraternities. The first two or- ganizations, at prcsent, comprise the Armour Tech Musical Clubs society which is sponsoring and arranging the concert program. The Stresses and Strains musical club is a gen— eral student group organized to play popular music, the Chemical orches- tra has been organized in the main by a number of students in the de- partment of chemical engineering to play a type of Mexican music in conjunction with a selection of class- ical numbers, and the fraternities combine to give the fraternity sing. The complete program follows: Orchestra 1. White Queen Overture. .0. Metro 2. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers . . . . . Leon Jessel Glee Club 1. Moving Along. . . ..l. S. Zamecnik 2. Italian Salad (A Musical Jest) .............. Richard Genee (Solo by Ernest John) Romance.... ..... The Old Refrain. . . . . . ...... . . . . .Violin Solos by R. R. Eddy Chemical Orchestra (Composed mainly of students in the department of Chemical Engineering) 1. Nubes de Humo, Tango ...... . ........... ~~Manuel Jorcs 2. Schubert's Serenade ..... ............. Frank Schubert 3. Cumparcita, Tango ..... . . . . . ...... G. H. Matos Rodriguez FRATERNITY SING Glee Club 1. Gypsy Life. . . . . .Charles P. Scott ‘2. Song of the Western Men ..... ......... . . . . . . Gouffrey O’Hara 3. A Little Close Harmony ....... ................ Geoffrey O’Hara Stresses and Strains 1. At Dawning ............... . . .Charles Wakefield Cadntan 2. The King’s Horses . . . . . ...... Noel Gray and HarryGraham 3. The Waltz You Saved For Me . .............. Wayne King 4. Dinah . . . . . ..... Harry Askt Orchestra 1. Victor Herbert’s Favorites. . . . ............. Victor Herbert 2. Student Prince . ..... . . . .Sigmund Romberg Ernest John, member of the Welsh Male Choir, which is directed by Dr. Protheroe will be the soloist in the “Italian Salad”. The other soldman for the night will be Richard R. Eddy, director of the Symphony orchestra. All the social fraternities on the campus unite in giving the fraternity sing on the evening of the Concert. After each of the fraternities have given their selection, usually consisting of two numbers, the In- terfraternity Sing Cup will be awarded to the fraternity who is thought to have given the best musically. The judges for the com test are: Dr. Raymond, president of the Institute, Dr. Prothcroe, director of the Glee Club, Dean Penn, dean of engineering, and Professor Leigh, faculty advisor for the musical clubs. Students and their parents and friends are urged to attend a con- cert which will interest, amuse. and entertain them. Every effort has been made to make the Annual Home Concert 1;. success. Armour institute of Technology, Chicago, lllinois l l mamas mom i Fraternities to MAGAZINE DUE TOMORROW The final issue of the Armour En~ gineer. for the school year of 1930~ 31, will appear May 20. The mag« azine will contain many interesting features, including an article on the Rosenwald Museum, by Dr. Scherger. Probably the most outstanding feature of the issue will be the cover design. The sketch on the cover con— tributed by Spencer Cone, sophomore architect, represents a conception of a student memorial to Dean Claude Irwin Palmer. This issue is the last one which will be handled by the retiring edi- tor Lenke. Next year the editorship of the publication will be in the hands of Marshall It. Real. Formal Dance Climax Of Tech Junior Week; Business at the cafeteria has hit a new low point during the last month and many engineers have received more exercise than usual in walking to and from school; eight dollars is what a bid for the Junior Formal costs. The tuxedos are all contracted for and the girl friends are eagerly waiting; the heavenly night is Fri~ day, May 22, at the Oriental Room of the Knickerbocker Hotel. Ever—smiling J. J. Casey, social chairman, spared a few precious m0< ments from a mech. lab. test to say that one hundred icouples are ex- pected. Ninety-five bids have already been sold and the scalpers are pron- tearing. If the hungry juniors stay alive until Friday, their sacrifices will be amply repaid. Dancing will begin at ten o’clock to the rhythm of Doug Peppard’s Northwestern Troubadors. Under the romantic glow of the Ori- ental setting, surrounded by sumptu— ous draperies, the dancers will en- joy the sensation of a night in the East. Only the absence of a Chinese moon and the weird syncopation un- familiar to the Occident, will detract from the illusion. PROFESSOR WELLS AT LUNCHEON , Professor M. B. Wells attended a Chicago Jubilee luncheon given by the Chicago Association of Com- merce at the Hotel Sherman last Wednesday, May 13. Professor Wells is a member of the association’s avi~ ation committee. ‘l. . ay 13, 1930) New Features fncorpomteof in Armour Engineer and in Cycle TECH ANNUAL OUT FRIDAY Hold Tracie Meet Thursday afternoon the fratern- ities will be engaged in a highly com~ petitiyc track meet, which will start at 2:30 sharp. It may be well to give the. order of events to avoid possible confusion on the field. 1. The hundred yard dash—trials; 2, mile run; 3, 100 yard high hur- dles—«finals; 4, 100 yard dashv final; 5, 440 yard dash—final; 6, 220 yard dash, trials; 7, 100 yard low hurdles, finals; 8, 880 yard run; and 9, 220 yard dash, finals. The field events will be run off as follows: pole vault, high jump, dis— cus throw, shot put, broad jump, and javilin throw. In the hurdle races, the three best timed will run in the finals if more than one heat is l'e~ quired. A. A. Stags, Jr. will be the official starter, and the timers. will. be James and Fox. Last year the inter-fraternity track meet was won by Beta Psi with a total of 54 points. The Triangles were second with 25 1-2 points and the Sigma Kappa Delta fraternity took third with 18 1-2 points. Friday morning the inter—class relay, the pcntnthlon and the inter- i'raternity relay will be run oil". The inter-class relay is scheduled as the first number on the program, taking place at 9:30. Last your the freshmen copped it and they ar-1 now oul‘. to repeat if possible. After the inter-class relay the t t‘ ‘ wil be run off. It is sched- uled to start at 9:45. The events are as follows: 100 yd. dash, shot put, 100yd. high hurdles, the broad jump and the l~2 mile run. Last year Walter M. Miran won the pentathlon with a total of 9327 1-2 points. The final event of the sports pro- At 3 p. m. on Circus Day, Friday, May 22, the Cycles will be distrib- uted at the north end of Ogden Field by the business staff of which E. A. Scanlan is head. A. H. Jens, editor, and his staff have rearranged the contents and have added new features of interest to this latest edition. The presenta- tion to the students will be novel. Sudents who have entered the In- stitute during the second semester will pay $1.50 when receiving their copies, as the second semester lee covers only one-half the cost. Class Rush ill/ill Be Held on Circus Day gram will be the rclay scheduled to start at 11:30. Last year Theta Xi won the silver loving cup emblematic of the chap~ ionship. inter fraternity SALAMANDER TO ELECT Salamander, honorary fire protec~ tion engineering fraternity, will hold its election of officers for the com- ing semester next Wednesday, May . EADS CALENDAR Monday, May 18 2:30 P. M. Tennis, Lake Forest at Armour. 3:30 P. M. Baseball, Varsity vs. Circus Day, featuring “big top" Alumni,0gdenField. attractions, athletic contests, and 7:30 I). M. Open House at the the Class Rush will hold the atten- tion of the student body this Fri- day. The activities of the day will be- gin with the inter-class relays; these are followed by the pentathlou and the closely contested inter-fraternity relays. A pistol shot will signal the begin- ning of the Class Rush. The two “armies”, one adorned in shirts of green symbollic of lack of sophisti~ cation and the other in bright red shirts, will break ranks, and the bat- tle for the straw sacks piled in the center of Ogden Field will begin. Both the freshmen and sophomores claim victory at the time of this writing. Fraternities on the campus have been planning and practising for the last few weeks on their specialty numbers. The prize for the winning presentation is the President’s Cup donated by Dr. Raymond, president of the Institute. Phi Kappa .Sigma and Delta Tau Delta fraternities have each won the Circus Day Skin twice. The frat- ernitywinning the skin three times keeps it as a permanent trophy. Junior marshals dressed in jackets of resplendent yellow and armed with oversized paddles will have charge of the ceremonies of the day. BERGER THANKS FRIENDS Max Berger wishes to express his thanks for the kindness shown by the Junior Chemical class in his re— cent loss. Institute. Tuesday, May ‘1 9 2 :30 P. M. Track, Armour VS. Thornton at Armour. Wednesday, May 20 2:00 P. M. Tennis, Valparaiso at Armour. 3:00 JP. M. Baseball, tentative game at Ogden F ield. 8:00 P. M. Annual Home Cou- cert, Intcrfraternity Sing, Assembly Hall, Mission. Thursday, May 21 2:30 P. M. Interf r a t 9 1m my Track Meet, Ogden Field. Friday, May 22 Morning; and Afternoon—Circus Day 3:00 ll’. M. “Cycle," distributed 9 :30 P. 'VL at north end of den Field. Og- Junior Formal Din- ner Dance, Orie Room bocker Hotel. Saturday, May 23 9:00 A. M. Golf, Armour at To- 1 edo. ntal of Knickeiu 1:30 ‘P. M. Tennis, Armour at Loyola. 2:30 P. Ill. Baseball, Armour at De. Kalb. 2:30 P. M. Track, Tech at Sears “Y” invitational. Willi it new ”m fill Tuesday, May l9, 193l bid is visions inserts nukes or bereft-lotus cruises All Departments, Laboratories, Shops, Vie With Each. @ther to Provide interesting Displays Entire institute Upened to Public Action and more action will make the Institute walls vibrate with en- thusiasm when an estimated crowd of over two thousand see the am one] Open House Exhibit tonight. A comprehensive resume of the pro- gram is as follows: Eoctrinal Engineering Experiments with spark and Tesla coils, photo electric cells, telephone equipment, and other apparatus of general interest will he conducted in the Electricity laboratory on the sec- ond floor. Demonstrations will also be going on in the dynamo labora— tory on the first floor. Several stu- dents of this department will be conducting fidelity and gain tests on radio power amplifiers. Chemical Engineering The freshman will be doing rou- tine work in the laboratory on the third floor. On the fourth floor, the sophomores will conduct ex- hibits in the organic and quantita» tive laboratory at the north end, and the upper classmen will work in the industrial and metallurgical labor- atories at the south end. The physi» cal “chem” room on the third floor will house displays rcluting to that subject. Civil Engineering Work in the civil department will be illustrated, in the civil drafting room on the top floor of the Mis- sion building, by designs and draw- ings which students have made, and by a large collection of common and rare instruments which are used in this field of engineering. Five Protection Engineering The Physics Lecture room on the second floor of the main building, north end, will be filled with a fine display of nozzles, hose, and other fire fighting equipment in addition to numerous demonstrations. An in« teresting’ explanatory diagram will be exhibited showing the manner in which modern buildings are pro- tcctcd. Mechanical Engineering At 3230 Federal street in the Automotive laboratory a Packard Diesel engine, other aircraft engines, (sziimzcd on page 2) Chi Epsilon Adds to It’s Membership Eist A banquet followed by a visit to the Playhouse to see “Apron Strings” were the secondary features of the initiation held by Chi Epsilon, honor— ary civil engineering fraternity, in the Beta Psi chapter house last Wed» nesday. Dean Penn, in company with Pro. fessors Wells, Heald, and Stevens, represented the faculty members for the occasion. and the alumni present were Kohout, West, and Blomme. The new men whose scholastic rec“ ord has warranted their membership in the fraternity, are: C. A. Erickson, 0. Eskoneu, A. A. Koch, H. C. Ros~ sing, and W. H. Rudolf. NOTECE Last week, in an effort to arouse the interest of the student body in the activities of Junior Week. the Armour Tech News published an ar- ticle on the subject of Circus Day. This was intended merely to bring Junior Week to the attention of the students and is not to be interpreted as meaning that the school author» ities are in favor of the kidnspings and other disorderly occurences oi the earlier days of the institute. ANTlClPATlE ATTENDANCF OF TWO THOUSAND With all hands on deck and ma- chinery running smoothly, Armour plays host to families and friends of the student body this evening at the annual Open House Exhibit. The purpose of this event is three- fold. ln the first place, the Institute is able to give the public an idea of what is going on within the inner walls of the school. The parents and friends of the men who are inter- ested in the work being done, have this chance to see the work per- formed. Ncw or prospective stu- dents can see the activity of the ins stitution first hand, and may thus he guided in the selection of curriculum to bc followed in advanced school study. Finally, the students them- selves will be able to visit the other departments, where much is going on, of which they know little. Under the general heading of chemistry comes most of the work on the fourth floor of the Main build ing. Quantitative analyses will be conducted by Professor Tibbals in the east end of the sophomore lab- oratory. The physical chemistry, in- dustrial and engineering chemistry laboratories will be the scene of the junior and senior work. In chem- ical engineering many of the organic preparations are carried out on a scale large enough to give approx» imations to factory production as. pertains to yields, expense, apparatus and such important controlling fac- tors. Vcry complete arrays of instru- ments used in surveying and other branches of Civil Engineering will occupy the Civil drafting room in the Mission building. An idea of the work done in the field can be obtained from these ,and designs drawn by the students will go to show the class Work that is being; accomplishcd. Be- sides plane tables, sextants, current meters, planimeters. Thatcher and Fuller slide rules and harometers, on Altitude-Azimuth instrument, and a Begg‘s Dcformei- Equipment are proud possessions of the department. People especially interested in automobile and aircraft should be sure to see the automotive laboratory which is located west of Ogden Field on Federal street. Fea- tured is a Packard—Diesel Aircraft engine test. Developing 225 horse- power, this machine is a new devel- opment in aviation, since it uses oil for fuel instead of gasoline. Liberty and Hispano Suizu air- plane engines, a. new Chrysler eight automobile engine, and a cut away Whippet chassis will be out on dis— play in addition to parts, testing ms— chincs, and special apparatus. The materials testing laboratory in the northeast corner of main door basement will have most of their ma- chinery in operation. There will be demonstrations throughout the eve ning including friction tests on lubricating oils, compression tests on concretes and rocks. Steel beams will be torn in various ways in the ten— sion, torsion, and cold-bending tests. The mechanics laboratory in the basement will have machinery in operation. A ventilating blower test. will be conducted. Two Prom: fric~ tion brakes. an impulse water wheel, and electric dynsanometers are included in the equipment. High frequency discharges from the recently enlarged Tesla coil ‘ draw crowds to the Electricity . oratory on the second floor of main building. has been liookrd up to pin}: it like an organ by several of the dents, and :1 photo also cell Nady for demonstration, engines ’2 telephone :‘quipmeot will also be interest.