Tuesday, October 27, W3! ARMOUR TECH NEWS REWEWS THE. LINES OF A BENGAL LANCER By Francis Yeats-Brown “The Lives of a Bengal Lancer” is really an unusual book. In its sense as a biography, it is thrillingly alive; as a tale of travel and lands far away, it is entrancing in its vir» idness and reality; as a story 01' ad- venture and action, it is in a class of its own. To indicate how an author could treat his subject matter in such a varied manner and still enhance it with the most desirable features of each classification is perhaps best done by an analysis of his method. YeatsBrown has the power of com- plete absorption and concentration. When it’s polo or pig-sticking, it’s that —— with plenty of quotation marks, dashes, sharp-bitten words, flying,r dust, written to the cadence of the beat of horses hoofs. When it’s fighting in the Indian hills or the Arabian desert, it’s that—yell- ing men, crash of gunfire, killing, maiming, terror. When it’s time to tell of his prison life in Constanti- nople, we get it—stark misery, privation, disease, filth, heart-rend- ering agonies. And finally, when he tells us of his quest for the meaning of the mystic faith of Yoga, we are led slowly and calmly, step-hy-step just as he was, into the realm of the imagination. So you see the reason for the title, “Lives of a Bengal Lancer." Lives they were, all of them interesting. To me, the most entrancing of them was the last; that of a hard-riding English Major as an Indian mystic. Sounds a bit cock—eyed, doesn’t it? Then blame your reviewer for his inability to provide the background that in the book itself makes the ap- parent incongruity a quite natural .step, brought about by strange con- ditions working on an intelligent and sensitive mind. The author offers as an excuse or apology his desire for recording a Hindu philosophy which the people of all the world need, but froniwhis forceful, 1'9311¥,l,¥l‘1’.l159.‘l,,fl'e' cording" we see that there is some— thing more. Without doubt it is re- verence, convincing and beautiful. He makes us see that it should be. Yoga, the orderly process of self- realization from without, is no danger new to the western world since the advent of psychoanalysis. This faith, practiced for thousands of years in India, has as its object a mental outreaching to attain the qualities of forbearance, courage, concentration, self-control, and faith. We may be befuddled by the ex- pressions of ideas in the Indian man- ner, by “individual souls communing with the cosmos," “the writhing self the reflection of the true Self," “the confident serenity of Unity.” We may ‘P. c. HUNTL Y NOW CONDUCTING TEST UPON AUTO TIRES Professor P. C. Huntly has been busily engaged for the last three months on a tire test at Akron. NE W BOOKS Lives of a Bengal Lancer F. C. Yeats—Brown Westward E. D. Branch Uncle Sam’s Attic M. L. Davis The test has been running since _..._. the 30th of July. There are six au- Coronado’s Children tomobiles making the test. namely, a J. 17‘. Dohie Lincoln, a large Nash, large Chrysler, Hupmobile, small Chrysler, and a small Nash. The cars are run twenty- four hours a day and each car carries a set of five tires, each of a differ— ent make. The tests will be conducted until three sets of tires or fifteen tires per car have been worn out. The 385 miles used as testing ground is in the near vicinity of Ak- ron, Ohio, where driving conditions are found that are on the average found anywhere, both in road condi- tions and in traffic. There are about twenty~three men working on these tests. Twelve of these men are drivers, who work in twelve hour shifts. In addition to the road tests, there are also laboratory tests being made on one-hundred sixty tires. These tires are put under complete physical and chemical tests in the laboratory. Next week the fleet of cars will‘ move on to Phoenix, Arizona where the tests will be continued during the winter months. The course traVersed in Arizona will be from Phoenix tol Roaming the Rockies J. R. Faris In Quest of the Sun Alain Gerbuult N by E Rockwell Kent Wanderer of Liverpool John Mosciield They Climbed the Alps Edwin Muller By Way of Cape Horn A. J. Villiers Under the North Pole G. H. Wilkins Social Orchestra To Begin Practice Another of the musical organiza- Eknitunnr sorts ll Brother “Mac" Lai'kin. ’31. was se— riously injured in an automobile acci~ dent a week ago. He has the wish of a speedy recovery from every Phi Kap as well as former classmates and instructors. Brother “Walt” King has left Chi— cago with his bride of a few months to take a. position in Nebraska. PHH KAPPA SIGMA Last Saturday saw the holding of the annual Firemans’ Ball at the 11-- linois chapter of Triangle. Several of the fellows went down to attend the affair and reported having a. fine time, which also included a football game. Friday night a smoker and get~to~ gether was held at the house. Nearly the whole chapter attended and an enjoyable evening was spent playing cards, pool, and telling stories. SlGMA ALPHA MU Sigma Epsilon of Sigma Alpha Mu takes pleasure in announcing the pledging of the following men: Bernard Abrams, (3.13., ’35. Irving Addis, Arch., ‘35. Stanley Bernstein, C.E., ’35. Melvin Grossman, Arc-11., ’35. Isadore Shapiro, Arch. '35. Page Three DELTA TM} DELTA Sophomore Chemical! Alarms Classmates Last Friday evening, Norman Mae— , I/uod, , " ‘ of the Delta Taul Delta. Fraternity, was at the house] for dinner and the evening. Gamma Beta Chapter takes pleasure in announcing the pledging of Ray Kellogg, Arch ’35. We are glad to announce that Robert Cheatham, a Chi Psi architect from North Carolina, is now living at the house. There wasn't enough excitement in the lives of the sophomore chemi- cals. Things were going along too smoothly for their buoyant nature. The result-’a piping hot fire. It was shortly after 3 P. M. last Tuesday when Dan Mullane, the first aspirant for a Schmier Chemiker award. started the commotion. The ""——““ lalarm was given with a loud cry of BETA 3253 i“fire”, that penetrated the entire fourth floor, Captain Frank German led his trusty squad to the scene of action and subdued the mighty flames; single-handed. The only casualty of the afternoon was the slightly burned forearm of the aforenamcd Mullane, also a brok- Now that rushing is over and conditions are returning to normal, old Demon Homework again rules supreme. In spite of his return, the ping-pong table is in constant use, and we expect to issue a challenge to all houses as soon as the team is organ- en Glinsky tube which has a price ized. of $5.00 on it’s head. It is with great pleasure that we __ announce the pledging of R. H. Wit— tekindt, Ch. E. 35. Washington State College is said to report that college yells and cigarettes are bringing about a deft— nite lowering of girls’ voices. lthMDA‘ir £5 a luau , snore crewman (5:0 Ill Eat at the BOULEVARD CAFETERHA dist and Michigan tions breaks into full swing when Stresses and Strains holds its first meeting and practice for the year to- morrow afternoon at 5 o’clock in thé‘ Assembly Hall. Although many of last year’s men will be back, there are vacancies to be filled due to gradua- tion. First year men and new stu- dents who play instruments are urged to attend and try for a position in the orchestra. For further particu- lars, new men may consult Andy Weston, Jimmy Clear, Dave Cornwcll and Stan Grundstrom. The annual battle between the law- yers and engineers at the University of Missouri is called a football game to prevent intervention. be amused by the physical exercises attendant upon its practice: standing on one's head, rapid and deep breath» ing until the pulse rises above 140, shakings and writhings. But the aims we certainly can appreciate; there is nothing far-fetched or im- practical about them. “The Lives of a Bengal Lancer" is the sort of thing we all like to read. You may go through it in an hour or two and enjoy some exciting adventure but if you take a few days to do the job a little more carefully, there is going to be one more en- thusiastic admirer of this book. As you wish. Morton Fagen. . AT you want in when you smoke. 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