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Cullen Plans to Hold
Dance on Friday
April 24:

SAME BIDS USED

 

Out of respect for the memory of
Dean Claude I. Palmer, whose sudden
death last week shocked the entire
school, the Freshman Informal was
postponed. Although no definite
plans have been made, Loy A. Callen,
social chairman, has made inquiries
and drawn up tentative arrange‘
ments. He will make an authorita-
tive statement early this week as to
the new date for the dance.

Callen wishes to exprese his appre-
ciation of the whole—hearted coopera-
tion displayed by the management of
the Illinois Womens’ Athletic Club
and by Elmer Kaiser, whose or-
chestra had been scheduled to play.
Both of them gave Armour options
on later dates at no additional cost.

Although the list of patrons and
patroncsses will be somewhat changed
because of Dean Palmer's death, it
'is certain that Professor and Mrs. V.
B. Teach and Professor and Mrs. E.
C. Grafton will be among those
named.

The tentative date set for the dance
is Friday, April 24. Although this
is not definite and has not yet been
sanctioned by the school ofi‘icials, it
'is the only date mutually satisfac—
tory to the management of the Wom-
'ens’ Club. the orchestra, and the stu-
dents inucharg t»..is~7considered,~
therefore, to be the most probable
vdate.

Men who have bought bids should
keep them as the same ones will be
used in spite of the date printed on
them being incorrect. The programs
will be reprinted so as to be correct.

Social chairman Callen wishes it
to be clearly understood that the
dance has been postponed solely out
of respect for Dean Palmer and not
because of financial difficulties.

T. C. Fain Elected

Schmier - Kemiker

 

 

 

The Schmier—Chemiker award has
again found an honorable resting
place, in the esteemed personage of
Theodore C. Foin, 'Ch.E. ’31.

Chemical Engineer Foin was at~
tending a class under Professor See-
grist, Tuesday afternoon, April 7th,
and was engaged in performing a
filter operation in the filter lab.
simultaneously. Resentmg this lack
of attention, the filter decided to de-
mand the presence of its operator by
merely letting the plug fall to the
floor.

Professor McCormack, on passing
the lab., noticed the filter in the midst
of its revengeful work and immediate-
ly went in search of the operator.

Foin hastily left the class to mop
up the results of his “experiment."
While he was engaged in this work,
fellow members of the senior class
unanimously voted him the Schmier-
Kemiker trophy,

Ride Club Defeats
N. Y. Stock Exchange

In a meet held with the New York
Stock Exchange Rifle Team, Armour’s
sharpshooters came outron top with
a score of 1911 as against their 0p~
ponents score of 1891.

The Rifle Club also intends to enter
a team in the Outdoor Show being
held at the Palmer House on April
24 .

A meet that was postponed from
last week will be held next Thursday,
April 23, with the Humbolt Park
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NOTICE TO SENIORS

 

Seniors are again reminded,
that, if they wish to be considered
candidates for degrees, they must
have completed all their "back
work" by May lst, or present
written statements from their in-
structors showing that they are
making satisfactory progress in
the subjects.

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News Ennis Third

Year on Campus

 

 

 

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The Anniversary of the founding
of the Arm .ir Tech News, celebrated
by this issue, serves [0 illustrate the
success of the publication as a car-
rier of news, and of collegiate inl'or~
mation.

The Tech News was started as an
experiment; with the understanding
that it would be discontinued if it
proved impractical. When Professor
Hendricks, three years ago, made his
plea for the establishment of a paper,
he gave as a major point that a try
at publishing a paper would prove
the feasibility of the idea. It cannot
be said that his predictions of suc-
cess Were incorrect.

At first the News was a five col-
umn paper published every two weeks.
It has grown to a six column weekly.
One year after the first issue, an
“Inquiring Reporter" showed con-
clusively that the faculty members
and students considered the publica-
tion of very great value. The office
of the Deans’ expressed satisfaction
for the efficient way in which bulle-
tin material could be conveyed to
the student body, and all agreed that
the paper contained news of interest
to the. Wire .591“ 9», , c,

One 'of the earliest objections to
the school newspaper was the finan-
cial one. It was only in the last
semester that the problem was writ-
ten off the books when a subscription
to the News was made a part of the
Student Activities Fee. The mem-
bers of the staff, who already had a
great deal to do with studies and
other activities, were thus relieved
of Worry over the soliciting of sub-
scriptions.

Civils Visit
Field Museum

Thirty seniors in the civil engi—
neering department made an inspec-
tion trip last Thursday through the
geology department of the Field
Mus-sum. The trip was made under
the guidance of Professor Carpenter
who takes this method of illustrating
his lectures on geology.

Included in the exhibits studied by
the group were those illustrating the
history of the earth by specimens of
fossils of successive eras, by models
of forms of relief which now work
the earth’s surface, and by speci~
mens which show the effect of the
physical and chemical forces in shop-
ing its crust.

 

 

 

Professor Carpenter makes this
trip twice annually with his geology
class and his metallurgy class.

 

Assembly Delayed;
Speaker’s Wife Ill

 

 

The assembly, which was to have
been held last Tuesday, April 7, has

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of the sudden illness of General Recs’
wife.

General Rees was to have spoken
on the subject the “Future Re-
sponsibilities of the Engineer." Be—
cause of the reason mentioned before
he was not able'to‘ make his trip west
as he expectetlgkfio 30- It is hoped
General Rees sfin‘d it possible to
address the student body at some
later date. ' '

 

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Armour lnstitute of Technology, Chicago, lllinois

Weill/nannies PLAN l
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[commemorate

’l‘he Inter-honorary Dance will be
lbcld in the Tower Room of the Knick-
lerbocker Hotel on May 1, according
to F. B. Attwood and R. R. Eddy who
are in charge of the arrangements.
The orchestra was not definitely de-
cided upon at the time of writing,
but tentative arrangements had been
made with a nine-piece organization
which is in great demand throughout
the city for college dances.

 

 

 

The Inter-honorary Dance is an
annual affair, sponsored by the honor—
ary fraternities and Incietles of
Armour Institute for their pledges,
and active and alumni members. No
outsiders are allowed to attend.

The organization sponsoring the
dance are Tau Beta Pi. Pi Tau Sigma,‘
Pi Nu Epsilon, Eta Kappa Nu,
Honor “A,” Phi Lambda Upsilon,
Sphinx, Chi Epsilon, and Salaman-
der.

A. Auerbach ‘Wins
Tau gets Award

 

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Alvin B. Auerbach, a senior in the
department of civil engineering was
awarded a Tau Beta Pi fellowship
for the coming school year. He will
continue his studies at the Univer-
sity of Illinois Graduate School at
Champaig‘n beginning next fall

Each year Tau Beta Pi, national
honorary engineering fraternity,
awards six scholarships to the out-
standing men among its members.
These scholarships carry but few
definite requirements being awarded
perelr 9n. the 10,215,in the, new and.
abilities of the men’making the ap-
plications.

Tau Beta Pi established these fol»
lowships with the idea of enabling
worthy men to continue their educa-
tion after they complete one of the
regular four your courses. Many of
the large conderns need men who
have had special training in addition
to the work given in the regular
courses. To enable men of their fra-
ternity to qualify for these positions
Tau Beta Pi has established these

 

Plan Activities
for Junior Week

 

The Junior Marshal, in beginning
plans for the activities during Junior
Week, has selected four assistants,
J. E. Grundstrom, A. J. Jungels, R.
Long and V. R. Sandberg.

In cooperation with these men, a
tentative date has been set for the
week, and arrangements are being
made to fill the week with as many
of the athletic diversions as the sea-
son affords. Baseball, track, and
tennis matches are being scheduled.
These varsity contests, augmented by
the high pitch of school spirit current
during; this week of collegiate activ—
ity, promise entertainment for all, as
well as a closer insight into the real
spirit behind the college. A great
opportunity is offered to the lower
class-men to observe the stress laid
on extra—curricula activities as
means of healthful relaxation.

Besides varsity games, the latter
part of the week will be filler) with
interfraternity and inter-class sports.
those to be followed by that all im~
portant event to those lower classmen
eligible to participatemthe annual
class rush between the freshmen and
sophomores. The Home concert and
interfraternity sing, as well is the
colorful pageants will serve to gratify
the most aesthetic observer.

Special effort is being made to
make this week the outstanding
period of the school term.

Two Armour Men
Place in Quotient

 

Two Armour students in the de-
pprtment of civil engineering, Eldon
“Widohnson and Clarence J. Robin,
were among the ten men selected to
compete in the final competition of
the American Institute of Steel Con-
struction bridge design contest.

The competition was the design of
a bridge and substructure for a
seventeen hundred foot crossing over
a navigable stream. The entire senior
civil class entered the preliminary
competition under the guidance of
Professor II. T. Heald. The judg-
ment was held in New York on April

 

fellowships that carry with them a
monthly payment of $75 for ten
months.

The applications for the fellowships
were judged by A. D. Moore, a pro-
fessor at the University of Michigan,
and a past president of Tau Beta Pi.
At the present time he holds the
position of alumni representative.

The six awards were selected from
a chosen group of fiftypne appli-
cants. It is M surprise that Alvin
Auerbach was awarded one of the
scholarships. Throughout his work
at Armour he has received no grade
less than an ‘A" in any subject. In
addition to his success in the scholas-
tic field he is a member of the
Sphinx, Tau Beta I’i, Chi Epsilon,
and the Advisory Board of the
Armom' Tech News.

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Fresh Foundrymen
to Make inspections

 

All freshmen taking second sem—
ester work in founding will make in~
spection trips, during the week of
April 20, to various foundries in the
city.

 

Mr. Larson, head of the founding:
idepartment, has succeeded in secur-
iiug permission to inspect three difAl
lferent foundries during this week. ,

The Monday and Tuesday classesr
will visit the Link Belt Company on
April 20 and April 21, respectively.
The Wednesday and Friday classes
will inspect the Western Founding-
‘Company on April 22 and April 24.
\The.Thursday class will inspect the
iCrune Company on April 23.
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first, and telegrams of award were
received by men last Monday.

Robin and Johnson are to submit
the final design by the twenty-eighth
of April, and after that date the cash
awards will be made. First prize con—
sists of a five hundred dollar award.

Johnson's solution is a two span
arched crossing, and Robin utilized
a braced cantilever construction.
Both men will show more detail on
this new drawing.

 

Junior Formal Plans
Nearing Completion

 

The Junior Social Committee com~
posed of J. J. Casey, Chairman, G.

‘W. Schodde, J. E. Bryant, J. B.,

Dirkers, and 0. G. Linnell are look-
ing over various sites for the annual
Junior Formal Dinner—Dance. At the

present time the place that seems ‘to

meet with the approval of the com-
mitbee is the Oriental Room of the
Knickerbocker Hotel.

Casey and his committee are spend-
ing a great deal of time on the pre~
parations for this affair which is the
outstanding social event of the school
year. Because the number of couples
that can be accomodated is limited, it
will be advisable to secure your bids
as soon as possible. »

There are a number of good or-
chestras that have sent in bids for
the affair but the Junior Social so~
ions are waiting until they receive
all the bids in order to insure the
acquisition of the best players avail»
able. The men feel confident that this
affair will go down in the annals of
the school as one of the best con»
ducted by a Junior Class.

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The funeral services for the late
Dean Claude Irwin Palmer were held
last Friday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock
at the First Presbyterian Church lo—
cated at Sixtydiourth street and Kim-
bark avenue. A considerable number
of students, as well as many faculty
members, attended, places having-
heen reserved for the officers of all
four classes.

 

The active pall~bcarcrs were Pro-
fessors Wilcox, Rocsch, Libby, Swine-
ford, and Krathwohl, and Mr. Kelly.
The honorary pull-bearers from the
institute were Dr. Raymond, Dean
Penn, Professors "licigli, Moreton,
Nash, Cooper, Finnegan, Freeman,
Gebhardt, McCormaek, Paul, Perry,
and Phillips, Dir. Scherger, Mr. Ams-
bary, Mr. P. D. Armour, and Mr. Al-
lison. Interment was at Oakwoods
cemetery.

Dean Palmer is survxved by his
wife, May B. Palmer, a son. Clark,
and a daughter, Mrs. Henry Swan-
son of Oak Park.

 

Tau Beta Pi Society
Sees 25th Eirthday

The Armour Chapter of Tau Beta
I‘i, national honorary engineering
fraternity, celebrated the twenty~
fifth anniversary of its founding on
April 6. The anniversary banquet,
which was planned for this date, has
been postponed until the latter part
of the month in order to make it pos-
sible for several of the national offi-
cers to attend.

A marker in commemoration of the

within the next two weeks. The
marker will be a concrete base on
which a replica of the Tau Beta Pi
“bent” fourteen incnes hieh will be
fastened. At the base of the bent
will be the dates 1906-1931.

The list of charter members of the
Armour Chapter, Beta of Illinois, inv
eludes Robert Vallette Perry, Pro~
fessor of Machine Design and dlrec»
tor of Evening School and David
Penn Moretou, Professor of Direct
and Alternating Current Machinery.
Other charter members worthy of

ear of Marathon Paper Mills, and H.
l Krum, former vice president of
the Workrum-Kleinsrhmidt (70., for—
mer manufacturers of Teletype.

ALPHA CHI SIGMA

 

 

 

 

Last Tuesday the Armour Alpha
Chi Sigma chapter had a joint Din-

 

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ichupter at the Fort Dearboru Hotel.
{All of the active members, and many
:of the alumni were present.

‘ After the Dinner. 3 visit was made
to the Home Lighting}: Exhibit in the
lCiVic Opera Building.

  
      

event will be erected on the campus;

note are Grover Keeth, Chief Engin— .

with the Chicago professional,

Tuesday, April l4, l93l

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Succumbecl to Heart
Attack After Visiting
Doctor

SCHOOL CLOSED

 

Last Thursday moi-mug, April
ninth, the entire student body and
faculty were deeply grieved to learn
of the sudden death of Claude Irwin
Palmer, Dean 01" Students at the In-
stitute. Dean Palmer died from a
heart attack that he suffered the pre-
ceding afternoon.

About a month ago Dean Palmer,
Dean Penn, President Raymond, Pro-
fessor Krathwohl, and several other
close friends of the Dean were with
him at the University Club when he
suffered a severe fainting spell. At
this time he was unconscious for
quite some time. The attack was at‘
tributed by Dean Palmer to indiges-
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feeling well. President Raymond and
Dean Penn both urged him to see a
doctor, but Dean Palmer did not
wish to stay out of school because of
a strong sense of’ duty that he felt
towards his pupils. He even refused
the offer of help from Doctor Krathw
wohl, who volunteered to conduct his
class for him.
Just Visited Doctor

Last Wednesday the Dean acceded
to the wishes of his wife and his
colleagues and went to see his family
physician, Doctor Stewart. The doc-

 

 

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failed to disclose any serious illness.
Arrangements were made at the
some time for a comprehensive exam-
ination at the University of Chicago
Clinic.

The Dean then left the doctor’s
office which is located on the north.
west corner of sixty-first street and
Drexel avenue and went to his car
which was parked on the southwest
corner of these streets. Apparently
he had driven but a few feet when
he felt the attaclu coming on him
again. He stopped the motor. turned
ofi' the ignition, and had started to
leave the machine when he fell.
Three men picked him up and car—
ried him to the hospital, which is
situated between the doctor’s office
and the corner of Drexel avenue.
where he was pronounced dead.
Identification was made by Dr. Stew-
lart after a prescription which he had
lgiven Dean Palmer was found by
lthe hospital attendants who then
ytelephoned the doctor.

Born in Michigan

Dorm Palmer was born of old Yan—
lkee parentage on May 31, 1871, near
lBattle Creek, Michigan. He was the
lson of Clark Hubbard and Martha
lThompson Hubbard. His early boy-
lhood was spent down on a farm near
'Lake View, Montcalm County. Michi-
gnu.

For over five years he lived in u
llog cabin in very much the some
;manner as did Abraham Lincoln.
i Deon Palmer liked to reminisce about
ibis hours spent in the old garret. just
lunder the roof, through which the
isnow sifted on the cold, blustery
winter nights.

While Dean Palmer lived on the
, form, he did all the varieties of work
that are common to this occupation.
Milking cows. \pulling stumps, doing
chores, mowiin: hay with an old
fashioned scythe—sail were part of
his daily life.

He had to walk four miles to sud.
from high school in order to com-
;plete that part of his education. A:
the age of thirteen he lost his mother
and from that tires on was Zoned
to earn his own: living.

PE‘OfQ. Palmer began his :esch-

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