Vol. VII, No. 3 Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois Tuesday, February 24, i931 Ahidhhit thfihm filth dhhdmli W htthlt’i‘il‘ifi titliAfl "Emil iii PAW, iiAdil Wilhii‘l @A it Eaptain Robin, Oti, O’Connor, Rutimwslri, and Seiterberg Play Under Tech Banner for Last Time RHVALS AHEAD UNTlL FINAL MlNUTES Armour Tech climaxed its 1930- 31 basketball season with a 33—26 victory over Chicago Tech in the game played at DeLaSalle gym last Thursday. The game marked the last appearance of Captain Robin, Ott, O’Connor, Rutkowski, and Set.- terberg, who will be lost to next year’s squad through graduation. This final victory boosted Armour’s record of wins to eight. Only five defeats have been suf— fared, giving the team the distinc- tion of being the best that has been developed at the school in the last five years. hard, llruising‘ Game Last Thursday‘s game was a bruising, hard fought struggle. A total of 39 i'ouls were committed, C causing three Armour men and two Chicago Tech regulars to leave the court. Up until the final six minutes of play, Chicago Tech paced ahead of Armour. At the half Chicago lead with a 15—14 score and continued to hold a one and two point margin until Omic— cinski and Ott opened their scoring attack and gave Armour the lead which increased to a seven point margin when the final whistle "blew. . ., ., _. . Beemsterboer’s free throw fol— lowed by Rossing‘s field goal gave Armour three points in the first minute of play. Chicago Tech was soon able to tie the score and man- aged to pile up a 13—6 lead before Armour regained the spirit that was required ii victory was to be registered. Armour Losing Until Last Baskets by Robin and Beemster- beer in the closing minutes of. the first half placed Armour within one point of the leaders when the half ended. Cezar’s field goal in the opening minute of the second half gave Chicago Tech a three point lead. Rousing registered a free throw but Chicago retaliated with another field goal to enjoy a 19-15 lead. Yuknis scored his only basket to decrease Chicago Tech’s margin to three points. Armour then re— ceived three free throws but failed at their opportunity to tie the score. Shortly after Armour’s failure at the free tries, Rutkowski and Ott located the hoop to mark the turn— ing point in the game. Ott’s field goal placed Armour into a 21-20 lead, providing Armour with the much needed encouragement that was in demand since defeat com- menced to shade their hopes of (Confirmed on Page Throw) Begin Preparation For Spring Concert Nearly all of the campus musical clubs have begun preparations for the Spring Concert to take place May let. The concert, held each year during Junior week, consists of presentations by members of the Armour Tech Musical Clubs. One of the features each year is the Interiraternity Sing. The Phi Pi Phi fraternity by winning the sing; last year gained possession of the traveling trophy offered by the Interfraternity Council, Each year an efl’ort is made to introduce some new feature, thus assuring variety and diversion. A. i. E. E. Hears Tali: 0n Cable insulation At a meeting of the Armour branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Friday, Mr. W. Tierney, representing the Rock— bestos Company of New Haven, Conn, spoke on “Asbestos Covered Cables.” According to Mr. Tierney, cable insulation made of asbestos is a comparatively new product, since it is now only in its tenth year of practical use. Applications Given Asbestos may be imported from Canada and from South Africa, and may also be obtained from Arizona. That which comes from anada costs $100 per ten but is high in metal content, while that of South Africa costs about $1000 per ton and is much better for in- sulation purposes. The raw prod~ uct comes in the form of rock, which is crushed. The fibres, about one inch in length, are then sep» arated. In the manufacture, the lnsula~ tion is made moisture—proof by the use of varnished cambric covering, and‘h‘y impregnating with an as— phalt compound. Insulation oi" this type will withstand a seventy- 'olt drop per mil of asbestos. This type of insulated cable is now being used in central stations, where every climatic condition and condition due to the presence of boilers is liable to cause excessive moisture and temperature changes. Lighting systems in particular are being wired with it, as well as con- nections between rhcostats and as— sociated machinery. Another ap- plication is in the wiring of boiler control apparatus. Manufacture Discussed lVlr. Tierney discussed the use of special heavy asbestos—covered cables which are used for operating the electric machinery in steel mills, where very high temperature conditions exist. In the motors themselves, the windings are made of asbestos-covered magnet wire, since the internal heat of the to— tally enclosed motors is especially intense. A comparison between operating temperatures showed that the ordinary rubber insula- tion will begin to vulcanize at 120 degrees Fahrenheit, while the con- stituents of the asbestos protected wire do not deteriorate at tempera— tures below 300 degrees. Students ’ Federation Offers Two Prizes Any student is eligible to earn fifty dollars by winning one of two arguments. The prizes are an- nounced by the National Students’ Federation to be given to writers of the two winning editorials, one favoring and one against the im- mediate entrance of the United States into the World Court ac— cording to the Root protocol. The motive of the N. s. F. A. is to stimulate and to get an expres« sion of student opinion on both sides of this question of lnter~ national importance. The editorial must be published in the school paper and a marked copy sent to the N. S. F. A. central office. A poster giving full details has been posted in the lobby. Senior {Evils Enter Contact Professor Heald’s senior civil class in bridge design expects to enter several drawings in the an— nual contest organized by the American Institute of Steel Con» struction. A prize of five hundred dollars is being offered for the best drawing submitted in the contest. This is a yearly contest held by the Institute. A preliminary exer- cise must‘bc submitted by March 14 to be judged by a jury of three nationally known consulting bridge engineers and two equally impor- tant architects. These designs must be prepared in nine hours under the supervision of an in— structor. From the designs submitted the jury will select ten for final devel- opment. The finished design will then be put into the hands of the judges by April eighteenth and the final judgment will be rendered by the first of May. All the design data, such as di- mensions, shape, and traffic re— quirements, will be furnished by the Institute. There are no restrictions except that the student entering must be registered for the school year. Any- one in school is eligible to enter. The second and third prizes are two hundred and fifty and one hundred dollars, respectively. Last season's prize offer went to John Heckathorn of the University of Idaho. In order to give the students, some extra instruction on the sub~ jcct, Professor M. B. Wells will give a talk, “Aesthetics of Bridge Design," next Friday at 10:30 in Room B, Mission Building. Afiii’ifi. Has smelter At Beta Psi House Beta Psi’s house was the scene of the A.S.M.E. smoker Friday, Feb- ruary 20, which was attended by forty of its members. An enjoyable evening was had by all and con— sisted of progressive bridge and other card games dear to the heart of a hard working engineer. There was a door prize and a prize for the bridge game and this added to the spirit of the evening. The smoker was climaxed by the serv- ing of appropriate refreshments. Professors Perry and Roesch of the Engineering Department were there and gave short talks concern— ing the organization. One of the new novelties being inaugurated was the award of a prize for best attendance in ALT. Classes. The meeting was opened by C. T. Link, president, after which smoking be- gan in earnest. WS.E. Plans Smoker and Inspection Trip A business meeting of the Ar- mour branch of the Western So— ciety of Engineers was held in Room B, Mission, at 10:30 o'clock last Friday morning. The chief object of the meeting was to discuss plans for the W. s. E. smoker, which the mem— bers intend to have at one of the fraternity houses in the near fu- ture. A committee, composed of P. Jordan, R. Windbigler and 13. Mom Laughlin, was chosen to develop the plans of this social event. It was also revealed at the meet— ing that as soon as the weather permits, an inspection trip will be made to the water crib, situated some two miles out in the lake, just oppOSite the foot of 68th street. All students who are planning to take Mechanical Laboratory during the summer of 1931 should notify the Dean’s Office “ ‘ " . Marksman Lead in Tribune Meet At the end of three weeks of shooting; the Tech rifle squad leads a field of ten entrants in the meet sponsored by the Chicago Tribune. The contest extends over a period of six weeks, every member of the team shooting one day each week. The team is confident of winning the trophy emblematic of the championship of Illinois. At pres— out the official totals show that our squad is 147 points ahead of the closest competitors, the Mo— Henry sharpshooters. If they continue to score as ef— fectively for the balance of the meet, the squad men say that the McHenry aggregation will have to show perfect marksmanship to tie or beat them. S. J. Patla, C. E., ’33, is at the present time high point man with a total of 567 points. The scores at the end of the third week are as follows: Team D. G. Wilson .................. 565 A. Helmick .......... 55 C. H. Sachs, Jr. .......... 552 W. Hellman .................. 556 S. J. Patla .................... 567 Individual L. Hackley ................... 537 Of the ten teams in the Tribune meet four are National Guard squads, two are from American Legion. Posts and the remainder well known gun clubs. In addition to this fine stand- ing. the squad won a telegraphic meet from Luvcrne, Iowa. Two members of this team tied for third place in the Iowa state Schuetzen and one was fifth in standing, The Iowa club is one of the leading rifle clubs in the country. The ”lien consider this“ Victory quite an achievement. The shooting for all telegraphic competition is carried on in the club quarters located in the base— ment below the second entrance at Chapin Hall. Seniors Now Proudly Flushing Jewelry Seniors who have ordered and paid for their jewelry may now ob- tain. it from T. R. Schueler. chair— man of the jewelry committee, or from any of the other members. Those who have not placed their orders yet should do so immedi— ately‘. Both key and ring come in either black or red onyx and are decorated with the A.l.T. monogram. The ring has the symbols of the six departments on the shank and is priced at $8. The key costs only $5.50. Calendar Tuesday, Feb. 24 1:30 P. M.—~-Meeting of Senior Announcement Committee at Sigma Kappa Delta House. 5 :00 P. M.—~Orchestra Rehears- a1. Thursday, Feb. 26 5:00 P. AIL—Glee Club Rehearsal. 7:45 P.M.—~Smoker of Press Club at Sigma Kap— pa Delta House. Friday, Feb. 27 10:30 A.M.—-A. R. A. Meeting Electric Lec— 10:30 A. M.—Journallsm Class. 10:30 A. BIL—Professor Well’s lec— ture on “Asthetlc features of Bridge Design." Room B— Mission. Saturday, Feb. 28 3 :00 P.M.—~Track Meet—Armour vs. North Central at Naperville. Wilhilitlli‘i, likihilliii Wiiiitil iii hi1 mitt? @ii iifllihih Al“ AltiiilAi. MESS mild $1“ @iiiiit Noted Humorist to Display Wit and Wisdom To Staff Members of Armour Publications SCHDMMER T0 RELATE EXPEREENCES Armour Eur/oil’s 24 New Epidemics Armour Institute is a popular place even during midyear. As one man is dropped there is always another ready to step into his place. There were twenty-six men ost this semester with twenty~four new men received in their place. Armour now has a total enroll— ment of: eight hundred and five students of which eight are con- sidered special students. Electrical Engineering is seemingly the most popular course since there is a total of one hundred eight—two electri- cals registered. The Mechanicals come next with one hundred fifty— nine followers at the Institute. The total enrollment dropped from eight hundred twenty‘eight the first semester to only eight hundred and five this semester as compared with an enrollment of eight hundred forty-six for the first semester last year and eight hun— dred and one the second semester. Do We Have A. Marine Course? lulu Wanted, With the envelope addressed to Philip D. Armour, the following let- ter was recently received by the office: Dear Sir: I have received your bulletin and I thank you for it. I reviewed your bulletin from cover to cover, but I am sorry to say, I did not find what I was looking for, and that is Sea Diving. I have written all Schools, Acad— emies and Technical Colleges about Sea Diving but not one teaches such a course. There must be some place where you can learn. Where did the Sea Divers who are Sea— Divers to-day learn. I would like to ask as a special favor that you try your very best to try and find me a place where I can learn, a little hard buts—a NEWS WANTS ASSlSTANTS Business staff assistants and news reporters are wanted by the Armour Tech News. The former are to make applica- tion to J. S. McCall, ’32, and the latter to E. W. Carlton. ’32. Me— Call is particularly interested in getting freshmen or sophomores to help in the circulation department of the “News" and Carlton is desir— ous of getting; new men for report— ers. Glee Club Starts Membership Drive Twenty-four men enrolled in the Glee Club for the coming semester at a rehearsal held last Thursday in the Assembly Hall. To swell this number to at least thirty-five, freshmen and others are urged and asked to come out for the club. Try~outs are held at every rehearsal. Not only are men given the priv— ilege of studying under one of the country’s best choral directors, but they are also accorded an oppor— tunity to get credit in gym in a pleasant manner. The club is at present memoriz— ing songs to be given at the Annual Home Concert. All of the selec— tions are new. Harvey T. Woodmfi, the well~ known column conductor of the Chicago Tribune, will be the prin— cipal guest of honor at the smoker to be given by the Press Club this Thursday evening at the Sigma Kappa Delta house. Every available seat at the fraternity house is ex- pected to be filled to hear Mr. Woodrufl speak. At first the plans were to allow only the members of the staffs of the Armour Tech News, the Armour Engineer, and the Cycle to this smoker, but now. according to A. H. Jens, Press Club president, it may be possible for others to at— tend. Wondrul’f in Demand as Speaker Professor Schommer was instru- mental in securing the services of the famous “waker” for this occa— sion. After school Schommer is go— ing to corral the speaker, take him to dinner, and personally conduct him to the smoker so that there will be no possible chance for a “slip twlxt the cup and the lip,” to speak figuratively. Mr. Woodrufif is much in demand is a speaker, His sparkling wit and wealth of stories has made his name famous in the well-tried field ing. He has the rare faculty of talk— ing in an interesting fashion about any subject, to any audience. This fact should cause the students to make an attempt to get an invita— tion from Jens. Furthermore, his breadth of experience in the field of. sport writing and column con— ducting should be of vital interest to Armour journalists. Schommcr to Tell Stories As an added attraction to the talk to be given by Mr. Woodruff, there is the opportunity of hearing; some of: “Jawn” Schommcr‘s stories of experience with the finny deni- zens of the deep or, in other words, fish stories. The entertainment will be rounded out by a brief pro- gram followed by the playing of bridge and other games. Last, but surely not least, is the attention that will be given to the care oi the inner man. Old—fash— ioned stacks of food supplemented by liquids will send the journalists away with a feeling of smug satis- faction and with their belts loos— encd. Yzzaguirre lit/lads: Proud Parent February 11.6 Manuel Yzaguirre. Club). ‘31, has become a beaming parent. On Monday. February 16, Mrs. Yza— gulrre presented him with a seven pound daughter. Manuel's reactions are being closely observed by the Senior Chemicals and undue eifervescence has been easily noted. It is hoped that the various duties of a family head will not become too absorbing. for after all. there's a thrill in them thar flasks and bonkers NEWS STAFF CHANGES Two changes have been made in the stud of the Armour Tech News. M. A. Collick, ’32, has been pro— moted to the position of advertis‘ ing manager. on e m: with E. Monger, ‘33. present manager. W. W. Davis, "33. is the new Arx News columnist, being successor to E. C. Kublcsk. who was forced to resign because of illness of. .afl'grrdirner aud.s_1u9l:er...,ssealsr, . ”an...“ .. anm... M ‘W. . 3W 5,,"