Vol. VII, No. 6 LARGE Allfil‘mhllfil A'l‘ thSll Sllbllhd lltlhrll l‘lllli’l‘llill‘ll Schommer, A m s l) a r y and Freshman Orches- tra Featured DEANS SUPPLY SMOKE?» Over one hundred men were present at the Freshman smoker held last Friday, “the thirteenth,” at the W. S. E. headquarters in the Engineering Building at 205 West Wacker Drive. This has been the first time that the freshman class has had a chance to really get to- gether. The success of the affair may be credited to L. A. Callen, social chairman, who for the last few weeks has been strenuously en- gaged in gathering together the talent presented. . Professors Schommer and Ams- bary were the speakers, and many freshmen, for the first time, be— came acquainted with these two delightful personalities. Professor Schommer gave one of his famous “informal chats” and the humorous sketch presented by Professor Ams- bary “brought down the house." Popular “Hits” “Rendered” The Freshman Orchestra, now comprising about fifteen instru— ments, practiced especially for this event for two weeks in advance. Led alternately by Ted Cherwin and Bert Petersen, they “rendered" a group of popular “hits,” among them: “Yours and Mine,” “Some— thing to Remember You By” and others The orchestra includes: J. Cramer, C. Cunningham, J. Tam— ney, N. Krause, N. Colburn, C. Wil— son, 0. Johnson, D. Traver, R. «Ekroth, J. Rodigher, T. Peavy, B. Hemmich, W. Gunderson and the two leaders, B. Petersen and T. Cherwin. Cigars and cigarettes, furnished by the deans, and. refreshments in the way of ice cream and cookies added to the completeness of the occasion. The intimation that the present freshman class is lacking in class and school spirit seems unfounded in view of the large attendance. Paper Needs Writers; Call lor Sopln Scribes The Armour Tech News is in need of some reporters from the sophomore class. There is an excellent opportunity for men in the sophomore class to gain some valuable experience while doing en- joyable work. It is a well—known fact that the reporters know more about the school than any other group. Their weekly reporting allows them to contact many of the members of the faculty that they would know nothing about otherwise. In later life when many of you sophomores will be called upon to list your extra—curricula activities in applying for a job, this news— paper experience will seem like a godsend. There is still a good opportunity for a few outstanding sophomores, with or without experience, to make their mark in the Armour journalistic field as represented by the News. Prolcssor Ernst: flirt Because of lllness Professor Herbert Ensz of the da— partment of civil engineering was absent due to illness last Tuesday and Wednesday. Professor Ensz has not been feeling well lately but did not find any concrete evidence of sickness until a week ago last Sun- day. At this time he had a bad attack of a stomach disorder which caused him to seek the aid of the University of Chicago Clinic. Pro— fessor Ensz was quite profuse in his praise of the efficiency and treat— ment of the University Clinic. lunlor ll/larsl’ials Set For Election Three men, J. B. Dirkcrs, F. P. E.; H. P. Richter, C. E., and R. F. Waindle, M. E., have succeeded in obtaining the required: number of thirtynamee on their petitions for the office of Junior Marshal. As a result their names will ap~ pear on the printed ballots at the election to be held this Thursday in Science hall oi’ the Main Build— ing. Votes will be taken at any time between 8:30 and 4:00, thus giving ample time for every Junior to vote. At least one member of the election committee will be present at all times during the day. This committee is composed of O. G. Linnel, Ch. E., chairman; P. H. Blom, Ch. 13.; C. N. Cannon, M. E.; E. A. Scanlan, F. PsE. This is a change from the regular method of election. Formerly, a class meeting was called for the purpose, but this was not exactly satisfactory. The new method should be an improvement, for each nominee had to work to get his petition filled and each junior will have ample time to vote. Federal direct Scene at Bottle Show of the exact consistency for snowball manufacture fur- nished ammunition for a noonday battle on the campus last Thurs- day. No personal or property in— jury was reported, although the observers at the library windows noticed several losses of dignity. The occasion for the battle was the necessity of defending the Armour Institute honor from two or three small boys, but the war— fare grew to more impressive pro— portions as new recruits came onto the scene from the Armour Lunch— r 00m. At the height of the fray four divisions held the four corners of Thirty-third and Federal streets, with all the participants hurling at anyone in range. An aerial attack from the windows of Machinery Hall caused some consternation among those on the ground who were busy enough as it was with well—packed missiles, describing arcs and parabolas all about them. The free-for-all lasted until the bell for one o’clock classes called for a cessation of hostilities. Senior Fire Protects 599 Newspaper Plant Senior Fire Protects had a fine opportunity to come in contact with the methods of fire prevention peculiar to certain establishments when they inspected the systems adopted by the Daily News on their regular Friday trip last week. Owing to the various inflam— mable materials used in actual pro- duction of newspapers and to those incident to maintenance require— ments, many precautions have to be taken that would be unnecessary in the ordinary run of loop build- ings. Paper and chemicals used in type cleaning and rotogravure work present hazards both in storage and during use. Arc lights for photo—printing, and molten metal used in linotype and matricc—cast— ing machines are other sources of danger from fire. Professor Holmes led the men. The trip was taken enthusiastically by everyone, interest being main- tained throughout—an interest that was in no way minimized by the fact that many railways send their trains along tracks right un— derneath the News building. TAU BETA PI MEETS A meeting of Tau Beta Pi, hon— orary engineering fraternity, was held in the Tau Beta rooms yester- day. It is expected that the spring pledges will early part of next week. be announced the Lynch, '1‘. Peavey and B. H. Peter— Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois loch News Will llolcl fitraw Vote One week from today the Tech News will run a straw vote on the coming mayorality election. A bal— lot will be distributed with each copy of the News to be marked and returned at the same time. One week later, the Tuesday preceding the election, the News will an— nounce the candidate that re— ceived the most support from the student body. The Armour Tech News has a two-fold purpose in running this straw vote. First, there is the idea envious Will. sea as wraouwrlm or opera new repay Members of the senior class in the departments of Electrical, Chemical, Mechanical and Civil Engineering are guests today of the Western Electric Company of Cicero, Ill. As the company has done in the past, the seniors are to be shown the departments which interest their particular line of Engineering the most. The embryo engineers will be esoorted by men of the ow gineering staff in small groups so ”l“ thllglneer Will Be N as to permit better attention. Pro~ fessors from the school who are accompanying the Engineers are D. P. Moreton, H. MacCormack, W. J. Bentley, L. E. Davies, A. W. Sear, R. J. Foster, W. C. Krath~ wohl, V. B. Teach, J. S. Thompson, E. C. Grafton and J. M. Jacobson. All Day Trip The trip, an all day inspection affair, is novel in that at noon, the assembled seniors will eat dinner as guests of the company and then be entertained with talking pic- tures. After this the 125 engineers will continue their inspection of of promoting a greater civic con— sciousness on the part of the stu— dents; and second, there is the thought of comparing the ideas of the men in school with those of their brothers, the men ol- the street. An unusual amount of in— teres‘t in the election is shown by the arguments that take place daily at Armour and at the Art Institute. But next Tuesday the school will settle all these argu— ments at our polls. Illefiormuelr Best the plant. 6‘! o w The seniors in Fire Protection flCllMEeV‘Kfimmkel‘ Engineering will inspect the plant _ at a later date under Professor The Schmier—Kemiker trophy, Finnegan. coveted award of the Armour The various processes will be ex— plained in detail, such as cutting of insulating material by diamonds, winding of armatures and the vari- ous technical systems of tracing out wires and leads. Visit Research Lab Of particular interest will be the reseach laboratory where new processes, devices and arrange- Branch oi the A. I. Ch. E., last week passed into the hands of Ralph H. McCormack, a special student in the chemical engineering depart~ .ment. The traveling trophy, which is presented to students who enhance the beauty of the laboratory walls and ceiling with their preparations, was given to Ralph for his excep— ments are discovered by the re~ tional work on a nitration experiw search engineers and electricians. “merit. Ralph’s story, which was be— wnue the triprv‘will run closely tuilievrd by some? was that the W- the line of Electrical Engineering, tater ceases functioning WW“ the the other necessities of the plant result that thatlthe experiment will be highly interesting to all “got may from him.” students. Late corners to the scene missed .___.____...__.__ the fireworks, but enjoyed the Spec— ~ t1 fD.S.C.UllkthOi Electricals Schedule a“ e O °° r “mg Speeches by .lunlors lime at the ceiling in an attempt to neutralize the acid which was dripping therefrom. {identical Fraternity To Meet 0272.7 March 19 Next Friday’s A. I, E. E. meeting will commemorate the one hun— dredth anniversary of Michael D. Faraday’s death. There will be a special program, including talks by several of the students. 1*. A. McGill will talk Phi Lamba Upsilon's annual about Faraday, and M. .1. Schinke smoker will be held in the Tau will tell the story of Joseph Henry, Beta Pi rooms on Thursday, Mamh who did work along the same line 19‘ The time was decided on at a as Faraday. Michael Faraday. who meeting held last Friday. Phi mmd in England, and Joseph Lamho Upsilon is composed of the Henry, who was a native of the shining lights of the Chemical United States, were both renowned DEW There Will be plenty 0f physicists and were far ahead of smokes and refreshments for every- their time in the research into elec- one. Let’s have a representative trieal phenomena. Programs in CPOWd out YIGX‘D Thursday. honor of these men are being mr—‘Zz’: given by most of the student branches of the A. I. E. E. through~ out the country. All electricals are Calendar heartily urged to attend this mcct- Thursday, March 19 2:00P.M.——Alpha Chi Sigma meeting in P. L. . ing for it will be both interesting and educational. ooms. 7:30 P.l\/l.—Phi Lambda Up— silon in Tau Beta Pi rooms. 7:30 I“. M.-~Traok - Banker‘s RO— lays at the 124th Field Artillery Ar— mory, 53rd Street and Cottage Grove Avenue. Friday, March 20th lO:30A.M.—-A. I. E. E. meeting in Room D of the Mission. 1:00 P.M.——Code practice of the A. R. A. to be held in the Radio Station. 5 :00 P. M.——oning —— Loyola vs. Armour in the Ar» moor Gymnasium. Saturday, March let 3:00 P. M.—Swimming—\Armour vs. Illinois Wesleyan at Bartlett Gym— Frcshman Dance Will Be Held on April ill The peak of the Freshman social season will be reached on April 10. On that date the Freshman Dance will be held at the Illinois Women’s Athletic Club at 823 N. Michigan. It will take place on the thirteenth floor and will begin at 8:30. Music is to be furnished by Elmer Kaiser and his Northwestern Ramblers. Bids will cost $2.50 and will be on sale today. Any class officer or member of the committee will be glad to sell bids at any time. They like the feel of the money even if they can’t keep it. The class officers a re: R. Cheatham, President. D. S. Manson, Vice—President. F. Lowry,.Secretary. Ru Drum, Treasurer. The com ' . ‘ : nasium. _ mlttee Ls composed 0f 7:30 P.M.~Armour Invitational Distributed Soon The next issue of the Armour Engineer will be ready for distri— bution some day this week or the early part of next week. Earle G. Beason, ME, ’25, is the author of an article on “Chicago Type of Bas- cule Bridges,” appearing in the coming issue. The other features are an article on Conduction of Elec— tricity Through Metals by Professor Thompson of the physics depart— ment, a discussion of Fire Hazards in Aeroplane Hangars by H. S. Holt, F.P.E., ’31, and the second of a series of two articles by Professor Roesch on Aircraft Engines. The cover design is by S. B. Cone. soph— omore architect. It is a reproduev tion of the “333" building" on North Michigan avenue. Wins Annual Awards That the Armour Engineer is among the best of this type of col- lege publications is shown by the fact that it carries all a large por— tion of the prizes offered each year by the Engineering College Publi— cations Associated. The Engineer is the official organ for the publi-- cation of results of extra—curricu— lar investigations and carried on by the students, faculty and alumni of the Institute. Class Announcements Displayed by Seniors Senior announcements are now being displayed by the members of There are two 1’ r o m the committee. types of announcements which to choose. The paper type of announcement has a white embossed cover tied The cover de— sign consists of a reproduction of one corner of Armour Mission com— bined with the school emblem, the word Armour, and the number 1931. with a white tassel. Design Attractive The other type of announcement has an embossed black leather cover with the same design on the cover, but part of the background and the letter A of the word Ar-t mour is in gold. The leather cov- ered announcement is by far the The leather bound cost 50c apiece, while better locking of the two. the paper covered cost 25c apiece. The inside of both announce— ments will list the names of the graduating class as well as the research Tuesday, March 17, 1931 llllAl. Allllhllll llllll‘h’llfill ' tll 'Wll ll? lhl‘llhllhl Al“ Ahlllll. hllllllhlllllll Expect Two Hundred Athletes From Middle West (lolleges to Compete ln Events TECH RELAY SQUAD ENEIERS BANKERS’ MEET Armour's Third Annual Invitation Track Meet will be held next Sat— urday at Bartlett Gymnasium at 7:30 p. m. The following colleges will prob- ably be entered in the meet: Crane, Chicago “B," Beloit, Lombard, Mil— liken, Illinois Wesleyan, Culver, Loyola, De Paul, “Y” College, Chi— cago Normal, Wheaten, Butler. North Central, Concordia, North Park, Thornton, Knox (Galesburgl, Monmouth, Mooseheart, Morton, Elmhurst, Lake Forest, Wisconsin State Teachers, Marquette and Ar— mour. The eligibility of the contestants will be governed by the rules of the institutions from which they come. The National Collegiate rules will be adhered to in the judging of the events. Ribbons Awarded Winners Points will be awarded to the winners of the first five places in each event, as follows: first place, 10 points; second place. 8 points: third place, 6 points; fourth place. 4 points, and fifth'place, 2 points. Ribbons will be given to each place winner. There is no entrance fee nor fees of any other kind con-— nected with the meet. The events will be as follows: 50— yard dash, 50-yard high hurdles, Mil—yard dash, 880—yai‘d run, one and two mile runs, high jump, shot put and pole vault. Air‘ci'gh ~la college relay may be i enough schools apply fb About two hundred athletes are expected to enter the meet. Armour will probably have twenty men competing. Armour Won 1930 Meet Last year Armour won the meet, scoring 61% points, more than twice the amount Chicago's “B” team had for seco'ncl place. Next Saturday, the yellow and black squad will not be as success— ful because of the loss of Don Paul, Storm and Kara. These three men scored 31 points for Tech last year. Don Paul won first place in the shot put with a heave of 46 feet. 9 inches, tying the Bartlett Gym record. Storm tied for first place in. the 440 yard dash and Kara placed third in the high hurdles. The following men will probably compete for Armour: Captain H. L. Fox, Hirsch, Helmick and Nelson, 440‘yard dash; A. Jens, sprints; Captain James, Iverson, Podlinec. Sademan, Kutteruf, Holland and Barnett, distance men; C. Jens, Miran and Krause, shot put; Ober— beck, hurdles: Setter-berg, high (Continued on Mgr ”lrr’t‘) name of the individual sending it. Ammaggr Eadie Stafiavn Orders may be placed with any. of the following committee meme bets: Art Jens, Chairman; M. J. Lamka, F. F. Strassenberg, C. M. Wester— man and R. H. Windbigler. Fraternity Council Discusses Trophies Beseribed By Squires The circuits of the transmitter and receiver of the Armour Radio station, WQYW, were described by E. G. Squires, E.E ’31, the chief ope orator. at a meeting of the Armour Radio Association, held last Friday at 10:30 in the Physics Lecture Room. The transmitter employs a UX852, 75 watt transmitting tube Eight representatives of the vari- with a tuned gnu—tuned plate cir— ous fraternities were present at the cult, using a paws}: supply fur— monthly meeting 0f the interfra- nished by a motor generator set, ternity Council held last Wednes— ‘The frequency of the transmitter day at two o‘clock at the Tau Beta must be 31.33de a; freguexlt. inter— Pi rooms. The disposition of the basketball! vols. in order to comply with reg— ulations of the Federal Radio Com— and sing trophies were discussed. lmission. The Basketball Cup is now held by Arrangements were made to hold L, . ' v ' ~ A Callen, Social Chairman, L. Track Meet at Bart— lett Gymnasium. sen. , the Phi Pi Phi’s and the holder of code practice next E’riday at one the Sing Cup will be decided during ‘ o‘clock for any beginners mrerest‘ Junior week. :ed in becoming licensed operators. It was voted that each fraternity lThe practice will be held a: the {contribute a dollar and a. half to 3 smaller: in the Chopin Hall. second replenish the treasury. floor. l