4. Vol, "v11. No. a Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago. Illinois Tuesday, March 3i, l93l ltddli llllddldlll. Will. it llllb ll“ tilled, Will. id Elmer Kaiser’s Ramblers To Furnish Music BIDS NOW ON SALE A large number of upperclassmen as well as first year men are ex- pected to attend the Freshman In.- formal which will be held at the Illinois Women’s Athletic Club on Friday, April 10. Everything possible is being done by the dance committee to make this afl’air one of the biggest and best in Armour history. The freshmen are especially anxious that the sopho- mores, juniors, and seniors will be there, and they are sure that the dance will please all comers. It is easy to find the place. Follow the crowd to 820 Tower Court and take the elevator to the thir— teenth floor. On presentation of a parchment bid bearing the Armour seal, you will be given a leather cov— ered program with the A. I. colors and allowed to enter the spa- cious ball-room where Elmer Kaiser’s Northwestern Ramblers will be play~ ing the best of dance music. Lounges at the end of the ball will provide comfortable space for between dances. Activity will start at 8:30. Admission, $2.50 Bids, which cost $2.50 may be ob- tained from the freshman class of- ficers, members of the dance com- mittee, or from a number of upper- classmcn who are helping with the sale. Any loyal freshman will be glad to guide a prospective purchaser to an agent. More particulars about the big af— fair may be obtained from L. A. Cullen, the Frshman social chairman, to whom credit is due for his hard work to make the dance a success. The class officers are: R. Cheatham, D. S. Manson, F. Lowry, and R. Drum. Bids may also be obtained from L. A. Callen, B. H. Peterson, V. Rims'ha, L. Lynch, T. Peavy, and R. Sullivan, all members of the com- mittee. Rifle Team intends To Challenge {libero The Armour Tech Rifle 'lesvr this year will go down in him: .' as a highly successful organization. all over the country. The Big Ten Rifle Championship at Illinois is to be shot this week, and Armom"s men are planning to chal— lenge the winner of this big event to a postal match. With things standing as they are now, the Armour team has a good chance to win if the chal— lenge is accepted since it has beaten many high standing teams such as will be entered in the Big Ten match. To date the Tech Rifle Club has dropped but three matches, two of which were lost to the New York fork Exchange. The men are creep- ing up, however, and are hopeful of beating the Stock Exchange in the near future. At the present time the member‘- ship of the club is not quite up to ca- of At present they are almost unbeatable, and are going; out to win more laurels by challenging championship teams Plan Assembly For Next Week Genelal Robert Irwin Recs will speak to the students of Armour at 10:30, April 7 in the Assembly Hall. His subject will be the “Future Re- sponsibilities of the Engineer." General Recs Assistant Vice- President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. He is re- sponsible for the employment and training of students for the Bell Sys- tem and is in charge of the develop- ment of general educational activities Since 1925 the American Telephone and Telegraph Company has been making a study of the relation of college scholarship to success in the Bell System. The records of all the college men who had spent nearly all of their business careers in the Bell System. It was found that after about five years the earnings of the scholarship men began to rise above that of the ordinary college man. The records also showed that the schol- arship record on the average was pro- portional to the wage. Strikingly enough, this was true for both the men who graduated from engineering schools and those who graduated in arts and business. Thus, we wonder whether it matters what course a man takes as much as what grades he makes. Results would seem to show that a man in college should train the mus- cles of his brain as well as “get by” and receive a diploma. General Rees has extended this study to men who have not been to college and will probably give some facts about them in his speech. During the World War General Rees had charge of all the educa- tional work in the A. E. F. He also served in the Spanish-American War and the Phillipine Insurrection nad should be able to give a very inter— esting speech on his experiences and researches. According to the school authori- ties, this assenibly will be of interest to all students, especially the seniors. These men, who will soon be out of school, should find the talk by Gene- ral Rees both instructive and helpful. is Powerful X-Ray ls Donated to School A valuable piece of equipment in the form of a one hundred and sixty- five thousand volt Acme X-ray ma~ chine was received last Friday by the ’ Institute as the gift of Doctor Hollis Potter M. I). of 1222 South Michigan Avenue. The donation was arranged through the offices of Professor Moreton who is a friend of Doctor Potter‘s and [who suggested that the machine could be used by the school to good ad— vantage. The apparatus is very powerful and too intense for use in anything except special cases which require a high penetrating power, such cases being very few in medical practice; although metallurgical analyses of crystalline structures and other char- acteristics of different materials can- not be handled with the ordinary low powered X~ray. of the high frequency rays will be studied with greater facility due to the increased magni— of the attendant phenomena when a very high voltage actuates the It is believed that several depart- find the high powered X—ray a valuable research tool and with this end in view arrangements are being made to have the machine set up and available for immediate TWENTY Cllb MEN Add PLEDGED bl Willi li‘dllldlllilllhfi During; the past two weeks four of Armour-’s honorary engineering so- :ities have chosen pledges. The qualifications which determine selection are high qualities of char- acter, loyalty, personality leadership, and college activity. Tau Beta Pi honorary engineering fraternity at a meeting held at the Sigma Kappa Delta house last Thurs— day, pledged the following men: A. Bogot, M. E. ’32. C. N. Cannon ,M. E. ‘32. E. H. Chun, M. E. ’32. H. R. Davis, M. E. ’32. M. Fagen, E. E. ’32. R. E. Meagber, C. E. ’32. H. C. Rossing, C. E. ’32. W. H. Rudolf, C. E '52. E. A. Scanlan, Jr., F. P. E. ’32. W. M. Trauten F. P. E ’32 It is noteworthy to remark that the scholastic average of Tau Beta Pi, which is 93.9 per cent, is the highest of any fraternity on the campus. Chi Epsilon, honorary civil engin— eering fraternity, at a meeting held in Phi Pi Phi house on March 19th, pledged the following: Carl A. Erickson ’32. Oscar Eskonen ‘32. Albert A. Koch ’32. Harvey C. Rossing ’32. Wilbur H. Rudolf ’32. Eta Kappa Nu, the honorary elec— trical engineering fraternity also an- nounces the pledging of five men. They are: Emerson G. Squires ’31. George L. Bonvallet ’32. Thomas A. McC-‘Jl ‘32. Virgil J. Minnick ’32. Max J. Schinke ’32. The following men were pledged to Pi Tau Sigma, honorary me- chanical engineering society: Alexander Bogot ’32. y E. H. Cbun ’32. J. S. McCall ’32. A. J. Jungels '32. R. I“. Waindle '32. .lunior Dance Being Planned by Chairman Plans for the 1931 Junior Formal are being formulated by social chair~ man J. .I. Casey and his assistants. Since the date of Junior Week has not been definitely set; no statement can be made as to the date of the Formal. According to precedent however the Formal, is always held on the Friday of Junior Week. Up to the present time the Social Chairman has several orchestras in consideration and is somewhat per- plexed as to decide definitely which one to select. The Social Chairman, and the Junior Marshal, Waindle are indus- triously engaged with the details of that Formal and the selection of the committee. Former Graduate of Armour Passes Away Arthur Harlan Everly E. E. ’28 passed away on Wednesday, March 18th at the home of his parents in Bushnell, Illinois. While attending Armour, Everly was one of the out- was a member of Eta Kappa Nu, the Glee Club, and the Varsity Track team. Upon graduating from Armour, Everly was employed by the General Electric Company. In June of the same year he married Miss Neva Crabtree. News Announces lie-stilts or“ Vote Last Tuesday in the Main Lobby of the institute one of the most inter- esting elections evor held in this vicin- ity tOOK place. Minors, as well as men, had an unusual opportunity to denote the candidate 01' their choice for mayor of the City of Chicago. (A ru- mor has been going the rounds that all those who voted were not citizens of Chicago.) During the entire mayoral hubbub, the Armour Tech News has main- tained a strict neutrality. Bribes amounting to millions of dollars have been turned down in order that the minds of the students may be kept free from prejudice. The results of the election show many interesting features. In addition to the two candidates listed on the ballot l'lVe others won the favor of voters. These candidates, it seems, were induced to run after Coroner Bundesen refused. Of the live three were gleaned from the school, one from ganglang, and the other from the comic strips. Truly a representa— tive gathering of celebrities was as- sured. But again the figures show an odd occurrence. The three Armour candi’ dates and our friend, the gunman, trailed the field ignonimously, while our friend of the comics proved to be the third choice of the Armourites. But now let us turn our attention toward the two candidates listed on the printed ballet. Was William Hale Thompson the choice of the engineers or was Anton J. Cermak the favorite? After all, this as the question that was to be decided within our lofty portals. In fact it was decided. In ticle an attempt has been made to give order to make this a good news ar- you the final results, the very essence of the article, in the first sentence. But again the problem of retaining neutrality is encountered. After re— Irving millions, perhaps ,it would be best not to print the results at all. Again the fee for a notary to prove that the count was correct was just exactly “four hits” more than could be scraped up. In spite of all these difficulties here are the results: Anton J. Cermak .. .. .501 William H. Thompson .. .101 Others ......................... ’7 Total ............... .609 From the above table 11. is q parent that Mr. Total won by a mar— gin of 108 votes. Senior Electricals inspect Paper Mill An inspection trip through the paper mills of the Container Corpor- ation of America provided a pleasant afternoon for the Electricals a week ago today. Although the plant has for its chief product an article which does not usually {all into the lot of the electrical engineer, the plant of» fared a good example of efficient: .paper manufacturing practice. When it comes to obtaining their raw material, these folks are in a somewhat unique position, because most of the paper used in making,r the corrugated board, which is finally} ddll Cycle EASTER HOLIDAYS There will be no school next Fri- day and Saturday, April 3 and 4. No issue of the Armour Tech. News will be published the follow- week. The next issue will be distri— buted on Tuesday, April 14. film The? till Cl“ Tltlillhb-l‘dlilhd titdflltdld lidh Willi hitblidbll lbhhbfidli Editor Gives Outdoor Club and Group Pictures l. Schedule for All PHOTOGRAPHER WILL WORK ALL DAY Group pictures for the 1931 Cycle, Armour’s year book, will be taken today in Ogden Field. The complete schedule, which ap- pears on page 3, differs in one re- spect from the one that was first posted last week on the bulletin board. Instead of taking the fresh- man class picture at 9:50, as had illness Attacks Faculty Members Some of the faculty members it clement weather that the brings upon us. Professor Paul, head of the me- chanics department, came back to school yesterday, after having been home for a week laid up with a bad cold chances for serious developments. His absence was not considered lengthy enough to give his class over to one of the other professors, so his men started anew yesterday after a week’s respite. This is the first time in his four- home because of illness. After a week’s observation, it was found necessary to subject Professor Finnegan, head of the Fire Protection Engineering Department, to a opera- tion. The surgical work was performed at the New England Baptist Hospital has been for the past two weeks. The operation being,r performed the first of last week. Professor Finnegan is expected to be well enough to come home the first of this week and he hopes to be able to return to his work at the Labor- atories and at school within a week. Professor A. E. Phillips, head of the civil engineering department is still confined to the West Side Fres- byterian Hospital. The doctors have not yet completed their observations. Since the diagnosis is not yet de- termined, the exact time of Professor Phillips’ return to classes is not known. However it is certain that he will not return for several weeks. CALENDAR Tuesday, March 31 8:30 P. M.«—Cyele Pictures. Thursday. April 2 4:30 P. M.——Swimming: Loyola seems have become victims of the in‘ season While he has not been seriously ill, the cold with its attendant sore throat made it advisable for him to remain at home where there were no teen years at Armour that Professor Paul has been forced to remain at in Boston, where Professor Finnegan standing men of his department. He: vs. Armour at Univer» sity of Chicago. cut and folded into cartons of various ; shapes, comes from the waste baskets , and other depositories of paper i refuse. i The inspection was complete in ‘ every respect because the process was ‘ picked up at the place where the 1 in bales ‘ Friday and Saturday, April 3 & 4, Easter Holidays—No School Tuesday, April 7 10:30A. M.~——General Assembly. Wednesday, April 8 8:00 P. BIL—Boxing: Loyola v. trucks bring in the paper and from here the men Went to the to paper manufacturing division where the paper is treated and reduced to Armour at Loyola. Friday, April I0 4:30 P. NL—Baseball: Morton vs. been announced, it will be taken at 12:30. This is due to the fact that the freshman architects cannot be present at the Institute at 9:50. Should the weather turn out to be unfavorable to picture taking, the schedule will be run off Thursday, April 2. All changes, additions, post- ponements, and rearrangements will be announced on the bulletin board. The junior and sophomore classes will have their pictures taken at 9:00 and 9:25 respectively, the juniors starting the schedule. The freshman class will be snapped at 12:30. Other groups will be taken as shown on the schedule. Pictures will be taken in two places in Ogden Field, several of the smaller group pictures beingr taken in the southeast corner of the field. Stands are to be erected for the various club and group pictures. Students will be dismissed from classes for pictures but will be ex- cused only for and at the proper time. The groups must be ready for their pictures at least five minutes before the time scheduled. A note— book will be passed around each group as it appears in the picture, and each man will sign his name in the proper order. WgElP Described at Last A. R. A. Meeting At the last meeting of the Armour Radio Association, last Friday. W. A. Schrader, E. E., ’31, gave an in« ‘teresting description of the amateur radio station WQEIP, owned and operated by him at the Theta Xi house. The transmitter is a crystal-con- trolled job using one 852 and three 210 tubes. The receiver incorporates some of the latest features such as screen grid r. f. amplification and a screen grid detector. Schrader also explained the exacting proee‘xs re quired in grinding: the quartz tal employed in transmitters to maintain them at a constant frequency. At future meetings it is planned ‘to have members explain the purpose ‘and action of various apparatus used fin radio Stations. The weekly code practice class in< laugruratecl Friday, March 20, met for :the second time last Friday at one o’clock in the Armour radio station. WWW. ’ Students Hear Dean Palmer et Assembly A special meeting of sophomores ; and junior students was held Friday. March 27 at 10:30 in the A sembly Hall for discussing the prevalent (conditions at the i stitute. a pulp after which some fresh paper" IS put into the mixture if it is deemed 1 Armour at Ogden necessary: . ‘ 1 Field. By application 01 heat and pressure ‘ 8:30 P. ll'l.—~Freshnmn Informal a new paper is made and sheets of at the Illinois Women's this are stamped out into suitable‘ Athletic Club. 820 shapes by huge presses. The con-l Tower Court. tainer can th 'the ' b ‘h' d in: _ _ e“ ‘3‘, ‘ e ” ”’l’e , Saturday, April 11 knockdown form if of an easrly as~l ‘ . ., . . ‘ 8:00 A. M.-Golf: Armour Tech sembled nature or if this IS lnlpOb-‘ A nu l Colt" Tourna sible the container is put together} ;n:ma at: Fverw’reen pacity, and new members are wel- come. An interdepartment match will be held 5.0?" ’1: the Ch?” members pieces, the largest of these being a show sut‘l‘lcxent interest In the idea. high voltage transformer and the The regular members 0f the Rifle synchronous rectifier which were de— Team will not be allowed to compete, liv'ered in several parts. A represen- and 50 the others Will be able to tative of the Acme X-ray Company Bell Telephone Company. After work- Slit)“ against Skill WhiCh is average. is working on the assembly of this,ing for the telephone company for The student body 0f Armour should equipment here at Armour. in short time he was afflicted with the be justly DTDUd 0f the 51‘“)me that Doctor Potter, the donor, is very disease that caused his death. The the team made in the recent State well known in'the field of roentgen— members of the faculty who knew and sent out in completed form. . . c . meet. Every award that it was 1903' ology both for his research and his Everly were deeply grieved to learn, With scrapped papers as a raw'1 Colt course. 92nd and .sthe to win went to the Tech Rifle: patents on X-ray equipment, of which ’ of the death of this promising young l material and strong. sturdy cartons l “ ESQ?" Avenue. ‘1“an there are several. Iengineer. (Continued on Page Three) In July, 1928 he went to the Schenec- tady plant of the General Electric Company making his residence there. A little more than a year later ,Everly returned to Chicago, where the secured a position with the Illinois Dean Palmer praised the efficiency of our student organizations for keen in;r the affairs of the school in good :working order. He commented ithe misuse of the library material by some students, and urged every— body present to cooperate and to see that the stolen books he returned to the library. If valuable books {inns to be stolen. the “ ‘ ‘be hampered in their worl the Cremr Library lost £330- bw . while the (“nireisity of Chicago misses 70 books each year. use. The apparatus consists of several on co R~ will v/