y l: l 1 r Page Two Jealous “dealt tuners Student Publication of the ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CHECAGO, ILLINOIS Published Weekly During the College Year K 111mm) flsfimfi‘flfl'flfifiv ‘ Cmilffifi NEWSPAPEFH SUBSCRIPTKON RATES $2.00 Per Year Single Copies, 10 Cents Each MANAGING BOARD Editor-in-Chief ............... ..Wilbur H. Rudolf, ’32 Managing Editor.. .. . ....Max .1. Schinke, ’32 News Editor ....... .Edward W. Carlton, ’32 Business Manager. ....... James J. Casey, ’32 Faculty Adviser ........... Professor Walter Hendricks ADVISORY BOARD Advisory Editor .................. Fred B. Attwood, ’31 Alvin B. Auerbach, ’31 Advisory Associates .......... Arthur H. Jens, '31 Frank W. Spalding, ’31 ________________,.____._____.___.__—- EDITORIAL DEPAR'MVEEN’R‘ Feature Editor ............. John R. Jackson, ’32 Fraternity Assistant” .Harold Bodinson, ’33 Architectural Assistant. . .W. W. Davies, ’33 Art Assistant ........ ..Dave Chapman, ’32 Reviews ..... ”Morton Fagcn, '32 ..Phil1p Jordan, ’31 . .George Bonvallet, ’32 Associate Columnist. . Assistant News Editor ........... Orville '1‘. Barnett, ’33 SPORTS DEPARTMENT Sports Editor ........................ H. P. Richter, ’32 Associate Editor .................. C. stempkowski, 33 Reporters R. G. Kellner, ’31 E. G. Avery, '34 J. B. Dirkers, ’32 N. E. Colbum, '34 F. A. Ustryski, '32 H. L. Gibson, ’34 L 0" Wflkie '32 w. Krol, '34 A- W859)“. '32 D. F. Landwer, ’34 J. W- Juvlnall, ’33 J. P. McGuan, ’34 5- T Lev-vim. '33 v. Rimsha, ".14 R J Mulroney, ’33 J. A. Scheyer, ’34 R. F Rychllk, ’33 BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Advertising Managers M. A. Colliek, '32—11. Monger, '33 Assistants W. L. Bengston ’23 R. E. Nelso on 33 S McCall ’32 Circulation Manager ................. Assistants R. Dulour, ’33 C. B. summers, ’33 E. H. Chun, ’32 Vol. VII MARCH 10 1931 No.5 “Our Federal Union: it must. be preserved.” Andrew Jackson. Born March 15. 1767. What’s Ahead @l" Us? Undoubtedly there exists in the mind of every Ar— mour student a question—tucked away in the corner, perhaps, but present nevertheless—as to just what the world will expect of him after graduation. He is constantly asking himself what this world of engi— neering is really like; this world about which we hear so many conflicting reports. He is wondering which of his numerous studies are most essential to his suc- cess in engineering or in some kindred field. His curiosity on this subject is quite logical and entirely pardonable and should be satisfied as completely as possible. An address presented recently at Lehigh University by Bancroft Gheiardi, vice-president and chief en- gineer of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, may offer an answer to these questions His statements bear weight since the vast number of col- lege graduates employed by the Bell System makes him thoroughly conversant with the qualifications and. shortcomings of such men. According to Mr. Gherardi, there are four chief characteristics essential to any successful engineer. First, he must have the perception and imagination clearly to understand the problems he meets. Such 11min ‘ calls for ‘ ‘ an nd ' Second, he must be able to study such problems in a systematic and efficient manner. Third, he must have the ability to determine the appropriate action to be taken in the matter, a. keen sense of justice being required for this; and fourth, he must know how to take that action at the right time and in the proper manner. Mr. Gherardi advocates a general foundation in mathematics and physics and “materials which will enable him [the student] to solve the special prob— lems that come before him by getting the factsmand then reasoning from them correctly.” Teaching of facts beyond the fundamentals is not necessary, that time being; spent more profitably in a thorough drill in the methods of attacking problems of various kinds. In his address, Mr. Gherardi stressed the study of English and gave as his opinion that the ability to write clear convincing English was absolutely neces- sary to the successful engineer. He also said that the knowledge of at least one foreign language was quite important. In closing he pointed out that accuracy and care- fulness could not be overemphasized. “Many students,” he said, “are of the opinion that arithmetical errors are not as important as errors of method or reason— ARMOUR TECH NEWS vvwvvv he slated” 4 9‘ Cleave to "The Slipsiick"; let the Slapstickfiy where it may. ‘4 vwwvvvv Vw‘v so. AAAAA A'AA MAAAKAAA THE GOOD OLD bAYS Adam had his troubles, No doubt, in days of yore; But no one said, when he told a yarn, “I‘ve heard that one before." THE BONGXNEER ssvs rum-s MANY A Nosoovb wno mun-r KNOWN 1w ANYBODY BECOME nsomsnoor AND WN av EVERYBODY“, AND evauvosoov TELLS 1-111v1 ruler“ KNEW HIM WHEN HEW ODY AND THEY KNEW HE WOULD ea sousuom' SOMEDAYF a a HOW ABOUT A MICROSCOPE? A dear old lady was told that the police were look— ing for a man with a monocle. “But surely it would be better," she said, “if they were to use a telescope. " Ii: 0! We hear much nowadays about the broadcasters trying to find a noiseless type of manuscript paper. Knowing as we do that it hain’t always the paper that makes the noise anymore than the railroad track makes noise when the loco goes by, we hasten to sug— gest the use of transparent ink on the new cellophane for some of the speeches we hear. a it 11- Dere Kolume: i ain’t no literatoor riter but then the Kolume ain’t no swell thing so i gess i'll rite about these track guys dat go around in dere BHVD ’s and trow iron baseballs and jump over sticks with stix and widout stix an run aroun till ther dizzy an L: dubble. but what i want to no is watt and do they get out of it? w .1 "Aloysius. During the war a recruiting officer in the country happened to see a. young man milking a cow Tc officer asked him angrily: “Young man, why aren’t you at the front?” “Because the milk is not at that end.” v14 4e 1'! Friday the 13th, next Friday, all day. We once heard something about such Fridays; something about them being someone’s birthd—, no, that wasn’t it anyway, next Friday, the 13th, denotes something or other. What! The “Star Spangled Banner" in he the national anthem?” That won’t help. at we need is legislation to put pceple behind the born for not knowing the third word in the second verse, ’uts wot we need. Just the Typ e We are told of the good mother who was disturbed over her son, wnw‘had been in Italy studying for three years. “I’m so worried that he’ll get so Italicized he won’t come home.” a 14 as Senior: “What’s the idea of turning your sex inside out, fresh?" Fr osh: “Well, you see my feet get so hot that I thought I’d turn the sex on them. “ —A’Piotzen Zolsta. ill to it Reformer: “The devil is at work in our colleges.” Professor: “Then he can't be a student." ——Sparks. 1‘1 all u INHISPENSABLE Professor: “What book has most influenced your life?" Co-ed “My father’s check book.” Viv ’l‘ t1 LET 'l‘lllllE EXPERTS TRY. Professor: “If molecules can be split up into atoms, and atoms broken up into electrons, can electrons be further split up?” Smart fresh: “Well, Professor, they might try mail— ing them to somebody in a package marked, ‘Handle With Care‘." —Dollar Bill. 44 it til Levy: “1 say, Meyer, did I told you that I got mar- riaged again, to a rich viddow?” Meyer: "You dunt say. Vas she marriaged more than vunce?” Levy: “More than vunce, so you hesk? Hah! Ved- ding bells is to her vot alarm clocks is to you.” —Asifi Ikahred. emote Old lady: “It you really want work, Farmer Gray wants a right-hand man.” Hobo: “Jus’ my luck, ladyii I’m left-handed.” xi @uly One Dollar Down . Installment Collector: “You' re several installmenbs behind on your piano” Purchaser: “Well, the company advertises, ‘Pay as You Play’. ” I. (3.: “What’s that got to do with it?" l’.: “I don’t play very well yet." 161 1!. 11 A traveller was walking along a lonely road whén he came across an old man. Addressing him, he asked how long it would take to get to the next lage. But the man went on with his work, neither speaking nor looking up. The traveller went on his way. He had not gone far when he heard a call: “Hey, mister! Come Back!” .1 When the traveller returned, the old man said: ; “It'll take you twenty minutes.’ r “Why didn’t you tell me that when I asked you?” “How did l know how fast you was goin’ to walk?” replied the old man. e o EL? Am News I If you get pleasure in seeing a young man’s beaming countenance become clouded, just walk through the freshman architectural room and nonchalantly mention some— thing about the treshman initia— tion. It is now the topic of the day The exact date has not been set as yet, but it will most likely be in the last of March. The Armour Architectural So— ciety sponsors the initiation. Each year the freshman class is brought into the society with the junior class officiating. The juniors elect a massier who takes full charge of all the activities and is toastmaster at the banquet which follows the initiation. This year’s massier is our well—known cartoonist, Dave Chapman. The banquet is a gala affair, usually held at the Archi- tectural Sketch Club, and the Archs have been fortunate in getting many brilliant and fascinating speakers in previous years. Final date and arrangements will be pub- lished later. Freshnien~Don’t forget to make your paddles! (A word to the wise is sufficient). our In the judgment on the senior project which was a “University Club,” Nathan Rosen received a second medal locally while the rest of the boys came through with either mentions or half—mentions. In New York the judgment was ex— ceptionally still and only two men rated. These were Rosen and Mali. use A few issues back we wrote in the column about A] De Long and Tom Carter, and their plates for the Rome collaborative prize. We knew that you would be interested to know that they both received hon- orable mentions in New York. leaching Reporter The Question: What do you think of the idea of the Senior— Jlunior and the Sophomore-Fresh- man combinations for putting on dances rather than the individual class dance as has been the pre- vious practice? Charles Link. M. E. ‘31—While the plan might be feasible in the light of present financial canal- tions of the classes, it would un- doubtedly be detrimental to estab— lished social policy on that it would reduce the amount of social actin ity that is already quite small. Stanley Lind, Ch. E. ’RZ—nNot so good. There is not enough social life at Armour now. Each class can afford a dance it correct manage— ment is practiced on the part of the social committees. Harold Bodlnson, F. P. E. tit—If a particular class is financialy able to aflord a dance every year, it should be the practice of that class to sponsor a dance annually. Each class should be in charge of its own affairs and at the same time Ralph’s Barber Shop 31W lit". 35th Mrcei Prompt. Courteous Service no warrant; harmony '5 become $94035 mm M. £0.55?! FM“ .2 Tuesday, March 10, flat should benefit by the support of the rest of the students. Robert Swanson, F. P. E. ’31—- Could give a. bigger and better af- fair by the combinations. James Casey, C. E. 'zszach class can afford a. dance if properly managed Any move that is made in this direction merely diminishes the class and school spirit. Norman Peni'old, M. E. ‘33m—Orlly have one dance a yEar and they ought to have it by themselves when they do hold it. I-Iumans learn slower than rats, according to: results of experi- mental work on white rats done by Prof. John F. Shephard, of the University of Michigan. On your radio tonight. .lis- ten to Lorna Fantln, famous numerologist. Shell tell you how names and ates affect success in business, love or marriage. A real radio thrill. WBBM and entlre Columbia network at 8:15 P. M. central standard time . Whmwldtlttllt 5 ”fl? fillet Street and Mlch. Aye. Dining and Dancing from El P. M. to Midnight No Cover Charge bWEEWWb lblfi wide opportunity to the man bent. Here he has ample scope ing. However, an incorrect result is useless, no mat- ter how the mistake was made? W. H. R Continued next week! Please stand byl—Phil 5‘. lo NA'EWEENJWEDE {he Bell System—Whose plant cost more than $4,000, 000,000 and is still growing—Angers ideas, not only in telephonic apparatus devel» opment but also in manufacturemonstruction, installation, maintenance and operation. No matter what his particular branch of engineering—electrical, mechanical, civil, in— BELL SYSTEM dlffi'i’fibd EM? Fibl'd'll’ 1%. MQWERW Wdfimdlfl “Well ll“? M of engineering for testing new the watohword at an lndusrry dustrial,chem1cal—-lils training stands him in good stead. For “telephone engineenng’ call 9 Ilor the b1 cad engineering point of View as well as specialisation. Basic technical knowledge, an appreciation of economic factors and the ability to cooper- ate are some of things that count in Bell System engineering. For men of this stamp, tlze appommiz‘y is the?! lhi’l‘ER-vflfihll‘e‘fifl‘t‘lwfi TEEEPEGNES