.0, ‘l ‘ RNWP vol. vii. No. 7 EiEEl' EEEEEE EEEEEEEE EEEEE EE EEEEE EEEEEE Alvin B.Auerbach Keeps Straight “A” Average; Leads Seniors F. P. E35 HlGllEST Statistics covering the averages of all students who were enrolled as Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, and ‘Seniors in the College of Engineer— ing and Architecture for the first semester of the college year (1930- 1931) have been completed by the Office of the Deans. This year, it will be seen, the Senior Class has the highest average with the other classes coming in order below. Tau Beta Pi has kept the lead among the Honorary Fraternities while Sigma Kappa Delta has maintained first place among the Social Fraternities. Alvin B. Auerbach, the man in the Senior Class who has the highest average (97.5) has had all A’s for seven semesters. Schinkc and Juvinal also have been at the heads of their classes before. Use New System of Averaging The present system of averaging grades is based on the number of credit hours listed in the catalog. The Senior Class averages were computed by the old method in which each grade was given equal weight. Physical training grades are not included, and a credit (Cu) in a subject taken at Armour or at an- other school is given a grade of “C”. Delta Tau ,Del ethi. Sigma, The average 0 e entire school body, a total of 814 students, is 84.27%. The averages of the various organ- izations are as follows: The Senior Class ......... 88.2 The Junior Class ......... 86.3 The Sophomore Class ..... 83.5 The Freshman Class ..... . .81.1 1 The student with the highest aver- age in the Senior Class is Alvin B. Auerbach. His average is 97.5%. The student with the highest aver- age in the Junior Class is Max J. ‘Schinke. His average is 96.5 %. The student with the highest aver- age in the Sophomore Class is James W. Juvinall. His average is 96.6%. The student with the highest aver- age in the Freshman Class is Leonard Marcus. His average is 95.1%. Departments Mechanical Engineering. . . . 84.7 Electrical Engineering ..... 84.8 Civil Engineering ......... 83.5 Chemical Engineering ..... 84.2 Fire Protection Engineering 85.9 Architectural ............ 82.6 The following groups are arr- ranged according to the seniority of their establishment at the Armour‘ Institute of Technology: Honorary Fraternities (Scholastic) Weindfe Chosen Junior Marshal Roger I“. Waindle was elected Jun- ior Marshal by the class of ’32 at an election held last Thursday. He raw ccived the majority of the Junior votes with a total of sixty-nine. J. B. Dirkers, who together with H. P. Richter was a runner-up, re— ceived thirty-nine while the latter had twenty-eight votes in his favor. The three men had been nominated by pe- tition previously, and the election in the front hall was carried out by means of printed ballots. The Junior Marshal is the one per» son who is responsible for the, suc- cess of Junior Week, the socially im- portant period of the college year. He, together with the assistants which he appoints, has charge of the various features including the Class Rush, Open House Night, Circus Day, and the athletic events of Junior Week. Underclassmen, although they do not see the Marshals at work, observe them at play during the Freshmam Sophomore Rush when, resplendent in black and yellow jackets, they en— courage fair play with the help of large and sturdy paddles. Student Talks Given At A. l. E. E. Meeting Two student talks were given at the regular meeting of the A. I. E. E., which was held last Friday. March 13, in D Mission. The talks were preceded by a short business meeting in which it was decided to have a smoker on April 22. “The Life of Michael Faraday" was the subject of the first talk by Thomas A. McGili E. E. ’32. Fara- any, w ivas‘thc most prominent“ physicist of the nineteenth century, was honored by ninety—five scientific societies and universities. A wealth of information is contained in three huge volumes of electrical experi— ments which he performed. Very few men ever lived who did more in the advancement of electrical prin- ciples and theories than Faraday. Max J. Schinke, E. E. ’32, gave the second talk on “The Life of Joseph Henry.” The problem of transmit- ting telegraph messages over long distances was first successfuly solved by Henry. He was the first secre- tary and executive of the Smithsonian Institute, and was at one time presi— dent of the National Academy of Science in Washington. The unit of electrical inductance was called the “henry” in honor of Joseph Henry for his many important experiments and discoveries in the field of elec~ tricity. Armour institute of Techn EEEEEAE SEEAE’ EETE E’iEE SEEW SEEDEET EElNlEE Experiment. Object: To determine the efficiency of the Donkey engine and the Mammoth en- gine; to promote greater civic con- sciousnebs. Apparatus: One. ballot (furnished by the Tech News) and one pencil. Method: Procure one ballot from the keeper of ~the News and then go to a corner of the lobby, set up the apparatus on the wall. The engine with the great est efficiency is determined by mark~ ing with an X, in the box before the lay names of the engines, Cermak or Thompson, respectively. Discussion: _ The ideas of the student and the men of the street will be compared and the results announced next Tues- day, March 31. Data Sheet: EIWilliam H. Thompson, Republican. DAnton J. Cermak, Democrat Conclusions: The conclusions to be derived from this experiment will not be an— nounced until next week. Senior Electriculs To Visit Paper Mill Senior Electricals will have a. chance to see how electricity is har- nessed in the Paper Mill of Chicago run by the William Lumber Co. at 90 N. Ogden on their trip to the company’s plant this afternoon. This company operates its own power plant and has installed a unique system that is particularly suited to their type of production .li‘mln “Oneself: their chief products is brown wrapping paper, with straw-r board as an allied product. As this is the only paper mill ac- ccssible to the men, being the only plant in the neighborhood, it is ex- pected that everybody who possibly can will take advantage of the op- portunity the trip offers to broaden the scope of their knowledge in elec- trical engineering. PROFESSOR FINNEGAN lLL Professor J. B. Finnegan, head of the Fire Protection Engineering De- partment, has been under observa- tion at the New England Baptist Hospital in Boston, for the past week. A general rundown condition was the cause of Professor Finnegan’s retirement to Boston last Tuesday. March 17; he will possibly be back today. Professor John Sufism/mar Meets Queer Assailant Chi Mission Steps That an evil heart too often liesl behind a smiling mask was againl demonstrated by one of the most un- warranted acts of brutality that has ever been witnessed on the Armour campus. The little drama of the worst qualities in homo sapiens oc— curred last Thursday, directly before the horrified portals of the Mission Building with but two characters: Professor John Schommer and the ”Orphan of the Storm.” The aforementioned professor was temporarily quitting the Institute for lunch, and, from his cheerful mien, evidently had no premonition of the impending disaster. Then the blow fell. One of those many juvenile street Tau Beta Pi ............. 939 Pi Tau Sigma ............ 93.0 Eta Kappa Nu ........... 91.5 Chi Epsion ......... .. .933 Phi Lambda Upsilon. ..... 93.0 Salamander ............. 92.5 Honorary Fraternity (Non-S’cholastic) Pi Nu Epsilon.. ..... 88.8 Honor Society Sphinx ................. 90.5 Professional Fraternities Scarab ................. 90.1 Alpha Chi Sigma ........ .885 Social Fraternities Phi Kappa Sigma ......... 84.4 Delta Tau Delta .......... 83.6 Theta Xi ............... 83.4 Sigma Kappa Delta ....... 87.5 Phi Pi Phi ............... 82.3 Rho Delta Rho. . .. . .854 Sigma Alpha Mu. . .853 Triangle ........ .84.? Beta Psi ..... .86.? Kappa Delta Tau ......... 85.1 urchins of the female variety, who frequent these parts, was gamboling in the gutter. The urchin tossed an occasional snowball, for a group of indolent Tech students were standing about the “Urchin" her on (pun). At this time a student, who had received a rather low grade in chem- istry, spotted the several-times-aforeu mentioned professor: He suggested to the little one that she direct her, The average Of all students he- further efforts toward the “Gentle-1 (Continued on page three) imam in the Green Hat.” L’enfomte complied with this re- quest only too willingly and a san- guine encounter too place. The little Amazon hurled an icy pellet directly at the green hat, but due to her inability to provide it with a great enough initial velocity, the snowball described a parabola (y squared equals 2 px) and lost its momentum two feet below its mark thereby striking lo professeur at his point of greatest rotundity. Encouraged by her first success— ful cfl'ort and, in’cidently, inspired by the increasing interest displayed by the audience, the young one be- gan to bombard the bewildered Herr Schommer with incredible rapidity. Having recovered from his aston» ishment, the professor tried to retali- ate, but as he is known to be a strong advocate of the Volstead Act, it is not at all strange that his missiles went wide of their intended victim. By this time the blood-lust pos« sessed the tiny tot and she pressed the attack with such ferocity that the exhausted Professor Scliommer clutched at his battered fedora. ad- mitted defeat, and shambled oil’ to- wards the beanery. Massachusetts l om], Chicago, lllinois ‘E’reshman Dance Eids New Ready Plans for the Fresh Dance to be held on Friday, April 10, at the ball- room of the Illinois Women’s Athletic Association have already bcemformu- lated. Elmer Kaiser’s Northwestern Rambler's are expected to furnish the entertainment. ‘ L. A. Cullen, freshman social chair— Iiiun, to whom credit for the complete success of the Freshman Smoker is due, is now hard at work and ex— pects to make this dance a bigger uccess than any one previous. He ate the goal at a minimum of two undrerl and fifty couples, and is en- "covering: to gain the support of thci -pperclassmen for this affair. Bids, which are $2.50, have been 'istributed among the social commit- :e. They may be obtained from the lass officers: R. Cheatham, Presi- ent; D. S. Manson, Vice-President; v. Lowry, Secretary; R. Drum, ‘reosurer; or from the members of the committee; L. A. Cullen, B. H. lleterson, V. Rimsha, L. Lynch. and T. Peavy. Eeniors lnspect Hawthorne Plant / With twenty Armour Alumni as {guides and accompanied by fourteen members of the faculty, well over a hundred seniors were made better acquainted with the multitude of de- ijiecs and methods employed to en- dlave the giant, electricity, when they were guests of the Western Electric Company at the Hawthorne Plant in Cicero last Tuesday. Trip a. Big Success The trip was crowned with a suc- cess due not only to the interesting nature of the course, but also to the cm-ei'ul planning,r of the route and {flaunts done by the Western Electric officials. That many trials and difficulties are incipient with the laying of a submarine cable was made clear in a “sound” presentation depicting the placing of a new—style permalloy covered cable between Newfound- land and the Azores recently. Then, comical but educational, came “Mr. ‘Talkie Finds His Voice” which pic- itui‘ed in detail the rise to fame of lthis well-known gentleman. His disr ltant relations were not neglected ieither, for the final reel to be run was “The Telephone Family Album," showing the varied units related to lthis kind of communication. | Men Eager to Start Tour ‘ After viewing: so many interesting lphascs of Western Electric activity [in this fashion, the men were eager lto start the trip to lino out how the .company engineers managed “their {wonders to perform.” Most of the remainder of the day lwas spent marvelling at the intri» lcato machines and Complicated l processes through which raw material imust be sent before it can become :uny of the ten thousand and one, iarticles produced by the company. {Even the most sophisticated of the embryo engineers soon fell under the spell of their man-made magic. Easily the most fascinating sight was the wire-rolling department. Here red-hot billets of metal are rolled back and forth, swiftly becoming tenuous strands of writhing metal. ‘ Officials Deserve Credit The trip was made possible and lits success was ensured through the lefforts of contact representative R. 'A. Poak of the London University. England, now Technical Superinten— dent at Hawthorne, G. R. Jewett, chief of college relations department, and H. S. Pace, personnel manager. To these men the students are in- debted also for the further manifes- tation of the company’s hOspitality in the excellent and generous lunch provided at midday. ‘ l i The mother of Ali Cnrzon, the, lattendant on the cloak room. died1 ilnst Tuesday, March 17. The funeral itook place Friday from chapel at l AL CURZON'S MOTHER DlES 63rd and Hurmrd. interment was lot Mount Greenwood. Tuesday, March 24, l93l EEEEEEE ElEEE EEEE "EEEEE EEE EEElE EEEEEEEE Ell EEEEE Emails, Wilson, Sachs, Heinrich, and Hollmann Form Unbeatable Armour Aggregation DEFEAT OTHERS EY THREE HUNDRED POINTS WWW “‘—“ ' ”—‘=l Special Physics Course Planned In view of the development and ap- plications of electron and atomic physics to engineering problems, a course covering certain phases 0 these subjects will be offered in the Physics Department next fall. Professor Thompson will have charge of the course which will con— sist of lectures and laboratory work, a minimum of four hours a week be- ing planned. Particular attention will be paid to laboratory work on vacuum technique, studies of dis- charges in gases, and measurement of fundamental constants. Different types of radiations and their inter— pretations on modern physical theo- ries will be studied. It is desirable at this time to learn approximately how many men will be interested in this course in order to plan for next fall. Only seniors and juniors will be admitted, and the class will necessarily be limited. Will those interested please discuss the matter with Professor Thompson as soon as possible so that definite hours can be arranged? Clue Ell-uh “Invited To Easter Service At the last rehearsal of the Glee Club Dr. Protheroe spoke to the club about the Easter Sunday service at the Coliseum. The service, which begins at 7:30 A. M., will be in the form of music and will not last over one hour, thereby, giving those who have serv- ices to attend elsewhere plenty of time to get there. An invitation was extended to the Glee Club as a body to go there and participate. Dr. Protheroe will chorus of several thousand voices. and the program will be broadcast over the N.B.C. chain. Dr. Protheroe also expressed the. wish that the members he as prompt and as regular in their attendance as possible. It is only in this way that a chorus can be trained to perfection. In view of the short time until the ‘ spring: concert, it was suggested that two rehearsals be held the week pre» cceding the concert. A day will be decided upon which will be the. least conflicting date possible. Professor Phillips is Home Due to illness Professor Alfred E. Phillips, head of the department of civil engineer- ing- has been absent from the Insti- tute since last Tuesday because of1 illness. Professor Phillips was not feeling well for more than a week before leaving school. He was at the Pres- byterian Hospital 'for observation while undergoing treatment. it is not known when he will be able to re- turn to school, but we hope he will convalesce quickly and be back with us soon. Professor Stevens, and Grafton are conducting: Professor Phillip‘ classes in seminar, sanitary cng‘incci- in}; and contracts during his absence. TlBBALS 0N CORONER‘S JURY Doctor C. A. Tibbals of the chem~ ical engineering: department has been absent from school last Wednesday. Thursday and Friday. He served as a member of the coroner‘s jury. lead the combined D Climaxing’ an unusually successful season the Armour Tech Rifle Team copped the Illinois State Rifle Asso- ciation’s championship by a sizable margin. Entered in the fifty foot range division of the meet, our team shot its way into first place during the first week of' the six weeks’ tourna- ment and spent the remainder of the time in increasing- its land. In winning this championship the team has succeeded in adding another im- pressive trophy to the collection oi the school. In addition to the ordinary teams entered in this meet there were five National Guard and three American Legion teams. Our boys outshone the soldiers in every branch of the shoot- ing. The Armour men entered the tour- nament with the idea of winning the trophy for the school. But their enthusiasm carried them on to Win- ning the first five places among in- dividuals in addition to me medals they get as being members of the winning team. Victory Wan Predicted Going by past records it was fair- ly easy to predict an Armour victory. To date the team has lost but two matches. The first was with the New York Stock Exchange and was drop- p'e'd ‘due t5 the fact that the men has just returned to school without any practice. Another match was lost by seven points to a team that used telescopic sights while our team used the regulation iron sights. This team, the Appleton Rifle Club, coni- plimented Armour on giving them their closest match of the year. As you know the team won a trophy from Humboldt Park earlier in the season. Scores of Team Close The medals for the team have been ordered and will be in the hands of G. Wilson, president of the Armour Tech Rifle Club, the thirty— lirst of this month. The following scores are those of the team plus their standings in the meet (K. Hackley was entered as an individu- al) : 1. s. 2. D. 13. C. H. Sachs, Jr. ’4. A. H. Helmick ............ 1106 35. W. A. Hollmann ........... 1105 11. K. L. Huckley ............ 1073 These matches were conducted on the postal system. Each team was sent a set of marked targets to use. l'I‘hcn as soon as the field had isiretched out, a man was sent out to match the shooting of the leading ltcams. Our team shot their best set of targets when this watcher was present. Siifer Post Doubtful The Slifcr American Legion POST ,seemed to doubt the ability of our on. They challenged them to shoulder to shoulder match at their range during the tournament. Dc— ;spitc the fact that there were but ithree members of the Armour Team ipresent with two of the club nienx~ ,bers as substitutes. Armour defeated ,the Legion team decisively. The ‘ESlifer Post. second in the tournament ”for the state title. trailed our team by nearly three hundred points. S. J. Putin led the individual it: the standing: position while A. S. ‘ Hleimick carried ofi‘ first place in the ‘prone department. Putin. W'lson. .und Sachs will be awarded suits . medals for being the three “a in the tournament. : m a is Now that the big m ore: the team is turning . ward wiping out the EWO defeats against their record