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ARMOUR KNSTETUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Published Weekly During the College Year

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Exceptional skill of bridge design
and construction won the Wash— i
lngton Award for Ralph Modjeski.
The Washington Award is one of
the highest honors that can be be-
stowed upon an engineer. .

The presentation of the award 1
was made last Wednesday at a

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His outlook is all the more dos air- Introduction to the Mathematics .
' W911, Harve EOt 131155011331 and told “5' all “011‘ his mg when we realize that the glazed of Statistics girgruirgf £1 etxesgagzlneslo 81:1?qu
SUBSCRHP’HDN RATES courses in Roman Law and Botany. . . . He even let on for Self-deception arises from in- Robert Wilbur Burgess Elmer T H hal f th -
$52-00 Per Year Single Comes, 10 Cents EaCh as to the significance of the oft-talked-about but lit- tangible forces of destiny. The . . I“. uwscln, €11 man i e
-——- tle-known-of middle initial “"1” . . . He does all of his pmcmem m «Lmam» are gem Treatlse on Leather Belting 3:2“;0362 $01; ‘3 Presen Won
MANAGING uonup columning, except for contributors. . . . Does not hen ants of the theme, subjecting, a, George 3- Haven Mr R niodjesm- has spent most
Editor—ln-Chief ................. Wilbur H. Rudolf, '32 lieve in stereotyped, well prepared speeches. but rather all times, their own personalities to Crusades of Chemistry at m}, life in Chicago “mm his
Managing Editor ................. Max J. Schinke, '32 rambles along. . . . Says newspaper work is a great the idea. J. N. Leonard engineering career as‘a draftsman
News Editor ....... .Edward w. Carlton, '32 game. but don’t get in it. Y’onli' get $28 a week. . - . Enjoyment of this play lies in. the . _ in one of the large downtown
Business Manager. ......... James J. Casey, ’32 Likes to kill the copy reader who “cuts” the best part power of the observer to project Linear Integral Equations offices.
Faculty Adviser ___________ ProfesSor Walter Hendricks of his colyume. . . . Told us the story of the “:Wake" himself into its conditions and to William. Vernon Levitt Amon’r his accomplishments he
and “Help, Help." . . . His wife used to call him the analyze his consequent reactions. 0 t' "TC—lie 1 tr won m: John Fritz Mudal H is
ADVKSORY BOARD “Athletics Editor” of the Trib. . . . Engaged in a wit Fortunately, these processes are E323 {WE Slm's y a member of the Fr n eh L‘ i e ;
Advisory Editor .................. Fred B. Attwood, ’31 and wisdom contest with Jawn Schommer. . . . Be» not as studied nor as difficult as Win - “557°“ Honor and has w: I: 11 eg Dildo
Alvin B. Auerbach, ’31 lived his student daze with us. . . . Was extremely in- their description makes them 34" An Introduction to the Geometry prees (in. Doctor of Eng 1% ‘32?th e—
Advisory Associates .......... Arthur H. Jens, ’31 formal. . . . A great fella. Harve. pear. In fact, most of our intcrw of N Dimensions ' Ralph Budd president of the 1
Frank W. Spalding, ’31 “ ° ' ill-«stations of experience are formed 1“). M. J. Sommcrvllle Great Northern Railroad was the 1
——————-———-——-’—~‘--——"”‘""—' FOR THE BACKWARD READER by exactly such mental operations. puest speaker at the annual (1111— l
EDETORHAL BEFARWENT Eht tseggib stun, ti smees of. em 50 despite the V v ' = . . :18],
Feature Editor .............. John R. Jackson, ’32 Era ton ni deddap sllec ro csrow. and dread of the “heavy drama" in much to maintain this condition. ‘ ‘
Fraternity Assistant. . . .Harcld Bodinson, ’33 Tub esoht, ekil uoy, ohw yllufepoh any sense, “Lazzaro” would be plea— His handling of a highly A
Architectural Assistant ..... ...W. W. Davies, ’33 Tcartxe cmos esnes morf siht loof esrev. curable fare gm, most of us. part was convmclng without being
Art Assistant .............. ..Dave Chapman, ’32 c a“ '1‘ There is appeal in its universal- “stagey”; sincere without the sac~ Ralph’s Barber Shop .
Reviews ....... Morton Page“: '32 Bob: “What‘s the difference between Cootville and itv. What takes place in a small ”flee 0’3 appeal- M “0 time did he in? l‘:'.. 35“: slum ;
Columnist .......... ...phlllp Jordan, ’31 Chicago?" Italian village might just as well 3th? out of character; Robert Golan WWW, muflmus Same
Associate Columnist. ..George Bonvallet, ’32 “Rob: “Well, in Chicago the crowd follows the fire be transferred to the most Amer- bralth wascredltable though'tmces 9
Assistant News Editor ........... Orville T. Barnett, '33 engines to see where the fire is, but in Cootville the icon of communities. The char— of inexperience were evulent early N0 WAi'E'iNG

 

 

 

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Sports Editor ........................ H, P. Richtei, :32 “Oh, Ruth, I met Katherine the other day; hadn't but similar stimuli could well 00- more than compensated. Gladys
Associate Editor .................. C. Stempkowskl, 33 seen her for years.” our. Though of the reactions we Pervls, a recent importation of the
W “Has she kept. her girlish figure?” can not be certain, it is highly company, worked hard and W911-
Revmm “Kept it? She’s doubled it!" ——REM(not an ad.) probable that the basic sameness She Perhaps overStepl’e" a bit at
1 R. G. Kellner, ’31 E. G. Avery. ’34 is o a in human nature would result in the high 5110‘35 but women are ex-
J. B. Dirkers, ’32 N‘ E- Colburn, ’34 The Bonulnecw says that the successful man is one who knows Similar r95p0nse~ Further, the 130“" peated $0 (3.0 ”mt that, on th? Stage
F. A. Ustrvskl, ,32 H. L. Gibson, v34 what he wants. and leaves it alone. en individuals concerned in por— or off. In general, considerlng the
L. G. Wilkic, ’32 E. Kane, '34 =31 s * tl‘aying Pirandcllo’s philosophy of nature 0’3 the subject, the perform—
A. Weston, ’32 D. F. Landwer, :34 1%, Standing Roam life could ,be found in any group of once was 70‘9“"? than a $005 011—6:
J W. Juvlnall, 33 J. P. McGuan, 34 humans. —~
s T. Leavltt, ‘33 v. Rimsha, '34 Landcllad'yi “may have youkplittlilour zeta Enhadclgaitrt?” With an abstract them such as
R. J. Mulroney. ’33 J. 11- Scheyer» ’34 B0“ ‘3'“ " was 5° wea mg i ”l ‘f “T is found in this la , the utmost . . -
R. F. Rychllk, ’33 sit down.”—~ .. a * —-—-SllV. care must. be exergisgi by the per- WANTED TO BUY 23!; $135.1,” gags? E55123;
‘ , formers. Over-acting might easily United figmmg numerologist. She’ll tell you
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT UP TO MAEEL’S : turn it into a. ghastly farce, While how names and dates affect
Advertising Managers. M. A. Collick, '32——H. Monger. ’33 “Yes, sir, what can I do for you?” “Oh yes, from lack of sincerity would result in Footage and Revenue 31331;.“ A'fifi’fidlyfiufif
Assistants Armour. Graduating this year?" “That’s nice. Isup- a miserable flattening. The per- Siam s WEBMaM Mum Cowmma network
R. E. Nelson ’33 W. L. 136113315011 ’32 , pose you've endured a hard, grind these last four formuncs of “Lazzaro” by the p
Circulation Manager ----------------- J‘ 5' McCall 32 years, but it will pay in the end." “Now do you. lllkc Goodman Repertory Company UN and Ummod in Any
Assistants these, photos at $215 ,the dozcnlyor do you prefer that seemed, on the whole, to remain .. Q hilly
R. Dufour, ’33 .\ «C lB.r$ommers,J3.3r _ 9. $8M." c o " ve Soméilatfzr$150fl “Your-ii xii: well-hulauccd; rest . where, “MM , "
E. H. Ch‘uii, {32‘ ‘ - rid address, coo, "‘ “ liiiiléflit, you will find, a ’ had ,hclgolcs might. (army, and J. ‘laierLLS
artist on the scéoncififloor.” ‘ strengthened at most points where Tel. Foil-lax com
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chin in, smile.” “No, not like that, wipe off that grin,
Now, steady. Can’t you be still?" “Now we’ll have {to
take that one over. Steady, steady. Now turn around.
Fine, you’re through. Next gentleman!"
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I _ Born, March 8’ 1474' (Jo-ed: "But, father, what. am I to do without a iid- , . 315m fiwefefi Mfi Micah“ Ave,” _
lug habit?" Ii M has. Ulllm Dmmg and Deming from 3 P. M. to Midnight
Father: “Get into the walking habit." 5 _ mammal/v. §§Qw 0 ”Vet Charge
An engineer, although he may have a splendid

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working knowledge of engineering, will find himself Um‘ifiQfi" Ethos}?
distinctly at a disadvantage if he hasn’t a command Joe: “I’m going to the hospital tomorrow for an
of the English language and a suitable vocabulary. operation."
In his work he will be finding himself repeatedly re- Pete: “Good luck to you; 1 hope everything comes
qulred and called upon to voice his plans and opinions, out all right."
either by spoken or written word, to people expecting r; l y.
clear, concise, and unified language, Dollar Bill Says:—

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The organization of our civilization is such that
ideas can only be expressed materially by mouth or
pen and the engineer must take this into considera-
tion. If he finds himself incapable of expressing him—
self in this manner, what chance has he to expect ad—

The Russians are trying to Americanize their rail—
roads, just as Americans have about decided to motor-
bussize their own.

The only reason some families don't own a green
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vancement or promotion from his employers, who will dollar down and seventy—five cents a week. ‘

, be probable hearers? The w.k. Joe Collitch had to give away his automatic
' The world, it appears, judges not only upon the lighter. He couldn’t break himself of scratching it
front and appearance that is put up, but also upon on the leg of his pants,

what is said and how it is said. These thing and deeds After all, golf is nothing more than a game of bank~
are character criterion. Deficiencies in the foregoing er's croquet. Designed to reduce the abdomen and
attrimutes make the engineer decidedly inferior to enlarge the vocabulary. . . . . . .
the man who, although he may not be as intelligent, a: u o in other Clues) lofty buildings are gomg
'has the ability of expressing himself properly. ”1mg REAL Mysvmmy up so quietly that the passerby all but

Of the two self expression constituents: a command Instead of wastin time tr in to disc ver sto s an strain ' ' r
of the English language and a vocaulary, the latter g y g 0 Where we p‘ d 5 an ear for the 01d famllla

flimiuishcs the flip of Wee!
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is more important, for it must be acquired by intia- gigsmfnggdalggtwgfigrgvee ggfigl‘ggi figurigf if; clungor.

Live, while the former is a matter of instruction. Be— portant. —A1. , 1 . . , ,

fore our book knowledge can be put into play a vocab— ,, ,, ,, Silent y. sw1ftly, rigidly, economically, arc

ulary is necessary. . ‘ Advice is the most worthless commodity in the welding knits steel with joints as strong as
An excellent method of increasmg the stock of world. Those who might profit by it don’t need it, the metal itself.

usable words is to look one up each day, study its defl-
nition and derivation and be sure as to its accepted
use and pronunciation. Five minutes spent in this a $ ‘1 . . . _ ,
way each day will work wonders with a. mediocre vo— YOK] WOGDEN THHINK SO 1“ the fabrication 0f buildings and ma.
cabulary. Continuance of this habit will soon give a ‘ . ' . ' chinery the construction of i 5 lines and
certain pleasure or fun in finding and using these new ‘ Anyhow, there’s 0‘19 advantage 1“ haying a Wooden , p p

and those who do need it won’t profit by ftp—if they

could, they would not need it. Arc welding is being used more and more

found words leg,” said the veteran. tanks, and as a repair tool of universal
Looking up a word a day will in time give an under— :What’s that?” asked his New? utility.

standing of the correct use of long words, and the You can hold your SW1“ up “nth thumbtacks.” N _

method of avoiding trite, meaningless ones in addition ~—Bloney. Development of General Electric arc weld—

to knowing how to use common words. This does not a a a

in has lar cl been the work of colic cw

mean, howevei‘, that one should revelop an unwelcome A SQUARE MRLE WAS A SQUARE MEAL g. d g 5th . f h H g
egotistical attiture. “Crop failures?” asked the old timer, “Yes, I’ve seen trame men. . ms 0 t e CO ege men at
ConSlstency, perseveranCE, and patience are neces— a few in my day. In 1860 the corn crop was almost General Electr 1‘3 are largely responsible for

sary to establish this or any other good habit. Being nothing. We cooked some for dinner and my paw in- -'
inconsistent. giving up with the end in View of be— ate fifteen acres of it.” the hall reputation Won by hundreds Of

     

 

 

 

coming impatient will never make the reward attain— ”b “I ‘1‘ G'E PYOdUCtS used in industry and in the ..
able. Encouragement may enter when your acquain— Confucius might well have said—“Every normal home during the last thirty—seven years. 35% 3%?
tances say, “Aw cut out the two—bit words”; but then man has two ambitions. First, to own a home, Sec» lifisi Aoéig‘é
you can smile and say, “It’s much easier for these and to own a car to get away from his home " « ' M " w Fri
‘ ’ . . ‘ l - Jon: cs )2: 'me Gsuumu. ulscmxc scoouau, EKKOADCAST ‘9; i4 .— i ’5' 1 '7 ‘ 7 337:?
fellows to be critic‘u than cone“; or encoulaglng. ’ {sums-summon? cvsmxo oNANATloN—mm: mucusvwonx} E &.E ME: 3. l 3?}.%sf
E. W. C. Well, that’s that and who cares? wi’hil J.