Tuesday, December l2, l933 kh‘iflEWS VOCATlONAL GUIDANCE iN EDUCATIONAL LINES The Mack Printing Company, Easton, Pennsylvania “Vocational Guidance in Engineer- ing Lilies" repiesents the most elab- orate effort so far made to assemble comprehensive descriptions of all dif- ferent branches of engineering in one text. This book, sponsored by the American Association of Engi' nests, and edited by a committee of which Dr. J. A. L. Waddell is chair- man, fulfills a need long apparent to educators and engineers having occasion to advise young men in their choice of a profession. The avowed purpose of the book is to attract to the engineering profes- sion those especially fitted for snow cess in the field and to discourage from entering it, the indolent, unam- bitious, and otherwise incompetent or undesirable young r’nen. Wide cir- culation of this book among,r pros~ pective engineering students should go a long ways toward carrying out this objective. “Vocational Guidance in Engineer- ing Lines," is a text of .506 pages profusely illustrated with photo— graphs of outstanding examples of the engineer‘s work. Each of its six— ty chapters is prepared by a well known specialist in the field covered. No single engineer could hope to be well informed on all the phases of engineering dealt with in this text. “In addition to discussions on the major branches, good descriptions are given of many special fields. Seine of these are wartime enginecrv ing, military engineering, aerial pho- tographic surveying, aeronautical engineering, agricultural engineer- ing, automotive engineering, founda- tion engineering, geological engi- neering, industrial engineering, tele- phone, telegraph and radio engineer» ing, and valuation engineering. All discussions are written in straight- forward non—tcchnical terms and can be as readily understood by the be. dinner as by the professional engi. neer. Although the book contains chap- ters on many specialized branches of the engineering profession the edi- tors and the contributors have been careful to discourage the engineer- ing student from excessive special- ization at too early a stage. The im- portance of the fundamental scien- tific subjects is emphasized, throughout. The, whole book is a good example of the engineer’s use of English. Other interesting features of the book are the chapters on engineer- ing ethics, engineering compensa— tions and the appendix containing bi- ographical sketches of some seventy contributors to the text, “Vocational Guidance in Engineer- ing Lines" is a book that should be read, at least in part, by every en. gineering student. It will prove es- pecially valuable to the freshmen in making his choice of the major en- gineering option he expects to follow and to the senior or recent graduate in selecting a field of specialization. Resin Measurements For Senior .la/cketa (Continued from page 1) mlttee is judging on designs which are simple but modernistic and good- looking. R. Ekroth. chairman of the com— mittee, hopes to have a design which will please the whole class. The committee has examined bids of sev- eral companies and will continue to do so until a completely satisfactory and original design is selected. other Committees Active Although the work of the other committees is not pressing so early in the year, they are both in action. The committee on photography is rounding out its duties at the pres- ent time. Bids from several pho- tographers have been received and considered. The committee, headed by T. C. Peavev, will meet in the very near future to decide upon the choice of photographers. E. W. Gosswiller, chairman of the committee on caps and gowns, an~ nounces that although no actual choice must be made on the subject of the graduation ceremony apparel until next semester, the committee is on the alert for advantageous of- fers. Baker Addresses l7. P. E... 5. Meeting At the meeting of the Fire Protec- tion Engineering: Society held last Friday, Mr. Baker of the Fire Insur— ance Company of North America gave a talk on "Mutual and Recipro- cal Competition.“ Mr. competition between stock companies and mutual Baker began by saying that companies has always been very keen. The main cause for this competition is the non-govern- mental regulation of mutual and reciprocal companies. They are able to cut down their expenses in View of the fact that they do not aid the community in which they work in any manner, whereas the stock companies help to contribute to the fire protec- tion of the town. Four Types of Companies The four types of insurance com. panies discussed by Mr. Baker are these: stock, mutual, reciprocal, and Lloyds insurance companies. He said that in the first type, the insured is completely protected by the company against possible loss due to fire, while in the others, the insured bears the burden of protection by himself. It is quite common to have several com- panies hold jointly the policy on a single risk. In the case of mutual companies, if one fails, the insured has to stand the loss, while in the case of stock companies, one out of several failing. the other companies in the contract take up the burden, so that the insured does not have any loss. Mutual Companies Discussed Although mutual companies use practically the same rates as stock companies, mutual companies return dividends at the end of the year. This is providing the company makes money during that year, In the event that the mutual companies suffer heavy losses, they assess their insurers according to the necessity. Stock companies neither pay dividends nor do they make any assessments. Mr. Baker said, however, that, although this was the practice of mutual com- panies, some of them never have had the need to make any extra assess- ments, therefore their insurance is just as good as that of stock com— panies. As mutual companies must keep their expense ratio as low as possible. they do not have agents to help their insurers in case of need. Due to the lack of agents, mutual companies do not spend the time to service risks. In the case of a risk being improved many years after it was rated for insurance. a mutual company would not change the rate of insurance, while a stock company would do this. Characteristics of Reciprocal . Compa nies l In reciprocal companies, says Mr. Baker, your insurance cost is not stable. Also in this type, you have to pay assessments at the end of the year, although there is a possibility of being reimbursed in the form of dividends. All the expenses must be born by the subscriber and the sub— scriber must bear in mind that his premiums must cover all damages to risk other than fire loss. In this com- pany the subscriber has a liability that cannot exceed much more than ten times the original premium. Stock Companies Are Strong Stock companies, according to Mr. Baker, deal directly with the insured and this is very important in the case of building changes. This close con- tact between the insured and insurer is an essential thing, although mu- tual and reciprocal companies lack this. The following are the reasons Mr. Baker gave for taking out insurance in stock insurance companies: they are strong; they have agents to aid the public; they have a fixed and fair cost with no extra assessments; they are supported by capital investment; they support the locality in which they write insurance; and they have competent agents in all communities; whereas the mutuals maintain none i of these qualities. l ARMOUR TECH NEWS By Ray Floissner NEXT! Now that the University of Chi~ cago and George Williaiifis College have fallen before the onslaught of the Tech cagers, the next opponent in line is none other than our old jinx, North Central of Naperville. The game is scheduled for tomorrow on the Naperville floor, and promises to be a real battle. Our scndofi— ——BEAT NORTH CENTRAlf— is a tough job for the engineers. The North Central team has the advan— tage of its home floor and in addi- tion is playing practically the same team that beat us twice last year. It’s about time this out of town aggrega- tion was taken down. 80-— —BEAT NORTH CENTRAL-— The Hawk team is beginning to click and if it continues the good work, our hopes will be fulfilled. In the high-scoring George Williams game, after an early scare, the boys began to mesh their plays and rc‘ peatedly came up until the opponents couldn’t take it any more. All Heroes ! It was impossible to pick out a star, because every Hawk did his share and then some. Beginning with act- ing-captain "Pop" Warner—his pep throughout the game kept his team- mates on the run, and six free throws out of eight chances is a strong per- centage. His running mate at the start of the game was Mickey Lukas, who showed much improvement and scored three pretty ringers and a gratis toss in the short time he played. Passing Improves But Still Erratic Al Lauchiskls proved his: mettle at canton lie played a consistent game and scored several of his famous shots under the loop. The rest of the starting lineuup consisted of Chris— toph and Heike, and it sure is hard to land these boys. Christoph was thr- scrapper of the team, was all over the floor, and though he didn’t play the full game either, scored five has» kets for ten points and second high point honors. “BEAT NORTH CENTRAL.— l’ardon the interruption. A new- comer on the team by the name of Gene Heike, the former Parker High School star, took away high point honors with five ringers and three free throws. His consistent play and fast, shifty action, put him up as the find of the season. He is a dead eye on shots over his shoulder with either hand. Dollenmaier Off Of Injured List Hopes for a successful season were raised when Coach Krafft sent in Harry Dollcnmaior, the Libertyville flash, in the second quarter of the game. He had not been out for prac- tice until the night before the game and consequently much was not ex- pected of him. But he sure put it over. His defensive game was perfect and besides, he put in two beautiful shots of his own graceful style. His return will do much to bolster up the team. —BEAT NORTH CENTRAL— It will take a lot more than heiyrht to beat the Tech team, as four of the Hawks range well over six feet. Al Lauchiskis is three inches over the six~foot mark, while his understudy, Bob Merl, a newcomer from Oak Park, tops him by an inch. Mickey Lukas and Gene Heike tip the rules at 6 feet 2 inches. And when it comes to Warner, Christoph and Dollenmaicr, they make up for height by some tall jumping. Christoph’s feet have been seen above the shoulders of players around the basket. As a consequence very few shots have been made off the board by opposing teams. ——BEAT NORTH 'CVE NTRAL— Boxing Tournament Shifted to December 18 Due to several difficulties, includ— ing the Musical Club’s trip to Kanka- hhlhflllll thhhhd hfliflil fllifllhh llililihhlih hhhlll (Continued from page 1) when “l'i'iir Boy” Peterson made good his chance from the free throw line after being fouled by “Pop” Warner. Christoph a few moments later found himself confronted with the same opportunity and tied the score at one apiece. After several minutes of cautious and not especially bril- liant play, Gene Heike, who was be» coming by this time slightly peeved by the fact that he hadn’t broken into the. scoring column as yet, un< tied the score with the first of his eight points from the free throw route. Pflum then made his only point of the game when the referee called a foul on Eldrcd for trying to play “horsey” with Ray. With the score {three to one in Armour's favor, ‘Chrlstoph came up with two of his special brand of short baskets and ran the count to seven to one in favor of the Tech team. Warner Out on Fouls The Chicago team finally awoke to the fact that they were dropping behind in the scoring and led by Peterson and Flinn began to fight back. Peterson connected for two points with a pretty onehanded push shot from the side and then added two more poin “ to the Chicago l score when he was fouled by Warner land made good both chances. Flinn helped the Chicago cause by making- good his gratis toss on “Pop” Wurv ner‘s fourth foul. l Harry Dollcnmaier was sent in‘ by Coach Krail‘t to take Warner’s place and promptly made the score hoard road 8-6, Armour, by con- verting another of the 22 Chicago fouls into a point. Kaplan, fast little guard of the Maroons, tied the score ‘for the second and last time n, the first half with a nice, effortless basket from about 25 feet out. , chhuwks Lead at Half 16-“ l l After the Chicago flurry had sub—‘ ‘sided, Armour soon fore-ed ahead on i baskets by Dollenmaier and Hollie, j lone ran the score to 14 to 9 when, lKaplan committed his fourth pcr-’ ‘ sonal offense and had to retire from l l l l. h c kee, moved from Friday of this week to Monday of next week. Coach Weiss— man intends to complete the meet be- i fore the holidays. There is still timcl to enter. ‘ boxing Lourncy has been ass/yr NORTH CENTRAL— l The lnterl'ratcrnity Basketball i Tournament is well on its way and‘ should be over before the holidays-.1 The preliminary games included some , close finishes. A well organized Triangle team nosed out the lighting Theta Xi's by one point, just bcfore‘ the whistle blew. l Final Game To ‘ Be Played At Armory , l It has been arranged to have thel final game played on the Armoryl Phi Pi Phi team thus far, a real ficorl will give them the title. Call this al prediction. If the Phi Pi's win, we‘ also win. If they lose, all the other, i'rats will winr a moral victory. l At the pop assembly last week, the l tcnnis trophy was awarded to Mickey Lukas. lie didn’t expect to have to make a speech, and so was unpre- pared. But he was acclaimed any- how. —BEAT NORTH CENTRAL— of their stomachs than school spirit. During; the pop meeting the lunch room was packed with them. Classes were excused for the meeting: and not for an extra lunch hour. If such actions continue, the office will re~ fuse to give time out of classes for such necessary gatherings. —~BEAT NORTH CENTRAL—— Evidently a lot of men think more l l , The Hawk trackmen are starting lpi'acticu now in preparation for the inter-class meet. Lockers in the U. of pairs of shoes were obtained lastl week and are ready for distribution. 1 Ceach Stag}: and Manager Kuehnl are arranging a full schedule. l Famous Last Words: ; —-BEAT NORTH CENTRAL— ‘: floor. With the showing; made by the lathe C. ficldhouse have been issued, Thirty ,=—’—‘ the game. Becks replaced Kaplan. Christoph then made his third and last basket of the game by batting,r one through the hoop in a mad scramble under the Chicago goal. Peterson was responsible for the final score of the half by getting another one of his one-handed heaves to go through the hoop and bring: the score to 16 to 11 in Armour’s favor. Second Half Starts Slowly The first scoring; of the second half was done by the Armour team, Hcike convertingr one of two chances after being fouled by Wegner. Pc- terson contributed his final hit of scoring to the Maroon’s total by mukinp; good on both free throw chances after being held by Chris» toph. chner then proceeded to get very warm and in the next few min— utes of the game carried the brunt of the Maroon offense on his cap- able shoulders. He popped into the basket a short shot and very soon thereafter tossed in a nice one from about 30 feet out from the basket. His efforts changed the readings on the scoreboard to Armour—~17, Chi- cage—16. l-leike, however, again repeated his stellar performance at the free throw line and Armour Tech had the lead by three points. Wagner was not through shooting, though and he finally dropped one in to again brine Chicago within one point of Armour. At this point in the game occurred the most exciting and also host playing of the forty minutes playing time. Exciting Play in Second Half A lighting Tech team was con— tinually fighting off an equally hard fighting- Chicago team which was determined to win. They realized that at this point, midway in the last half, was their chance to win or lose the game. With the score 1948, Armour, Lauchlskis got too rough with Peter- son, who was given a chance at a free throw but missed. In the ex- citement of the moment Becks of Chicago wrapped his arms around Dollenmaier’s head in a rather un- loving fashion (almost a la “Strang- ler” Lewis) and as a result Harry added two more points to the Armour readinp; on the big scorcw board at the east end of the field- house. Chicago Ties Score Chicago finally succeeded in tying“: the score at 21—2‘l on fine work by Flinn and Weg‘ncr but the fast pace of the game was beginning to telli and Armour called time out to or- ganize that last minute drive. Shortly after time, had been called in Dollenmaler, going: at full speed, onehanded a beautiful shot through the hoop, which took the heart out of the Chicago team. From then on, the game was. all Armour, Wegner chalked up the Maroon’s last point with a charity point toward the end of the game, while Al Lauchiskis, ”elite, and “Dolly” made the Tech— awks' remaining points. Pflum's Floor Game Outstanding The most prominent part of the Tech drive in the last quarter was; supplied by Ray Pfium, whose floor game sparkled brilliantly as ever, To heap praises upon an athletic team, it has been said, is not good morale of the team and for BOX SCORE CHICAGO—‘22 G. Eldred, r. ............. 0 A. ’l‘, Flinn, f. l Merrifield, f. 0 Dorsey, f. . . /l ‘ Stapleton, f. 0, Peterson, c. Wagner, 5:. Kaplan, {5. Becks, g. ............. 0 3’ Flinn, gr, .............. 1 1 Grandahl, n'. .......... 0 U Totals .............. 8 22 , ARMOUR—27 G. P lieike, l'. .............. l l ‘ Merl, f. ............. .0 {l , Christoph, f. . 2 Lukas, f. 0 oHcHocof-‘lml ooowwwch‘ooo'fi i Lauchiskis, c. . . 2 Warner. g. 4 Dollenmaler 4 2 Pfium, g ............. (l 1 0 Totals .............. (a 5 ll 1 Two hundred and twentyseven ofi the University of Iowa professorsl rassociatc professors, and assistants have received in all fessors’ own valuation, is $1,504. 2 ‘. .i 2., 665 degrees. l day each of which, according: to the pro-‘ Worth : no matter who Page Five interfraternity Teams in @pening tinge Skirmishes Phi Pi Phi, Defending Champ, Shows Strength Preliminary skirmishes in “Inter- frat" basketball resulted in several closely contested games and an over- whelming: victory by the tournament favorites, the Phi Pi Phi five. The first contest was staged between the Delts and the Rho Belts and was won by Delta Tau Delta, due mainly to the shooting of Starch and Duane, who scored ten points each to account for all the scoring- by Delta Tau Delta. BOX SCORE DELTA TAU DELTA—~20 B. F. P. Streb, f. ................. 5 0 0 Davis, i'. ................ 0 0 0 Donne, f, ............... 4 2 1 Gallagher, c. ............ 0 O 0 Lowry, c. ............... 0 0 0 McAuliffe, 12;. ............ 0 0 0 Bacci, g. ................ (l 0 0 Tomei, g ............... 0 0 0 Totals ................ 9 2 1 (Con, ruled on. page 6) the future success of the team, but, nevertheless, Coach Krai'ft’s men won and they deserve some credit. The Chicago team last Saturday evening was an improved team when compared with the one which played North Central the week before, and yet, unless Armour’s passing im» provos- somewhat the Tech team is going to have a difficult task down- ing the strong Naperville outfit to- morrow. With Ray Pilum back in the lineup though, this will improve and then, watchout North Central. After the basketball game, many of the spectators stayed in the field— house to watch George Lott, Ameri- can Davis Cup tennis star, play an exhibition match. Play North Central Wednesday This Wednesday evening the Ar- mour ’l‘ech cagers travel to Naperville and play their third game of the sea- son with the strong North Central five. After losing two close and hard fought contests to the North Central team last year, the game this Wed: ncsday should be of considerable in— terest. The Techawks will be out to avenge last year’s defeats, which were lost in the closing minutes of play. ‘ Armour Lost Two to North Central Last Season As is the case this year, the first name of the North Central-Armour Tech lIWO-rlrlll’l’le series last year was played at North Control, In that promo the Armour Engineers built up a nice lead in the first half of about eleven points, only to see the red and white basketeers of North Cen- tral put on a flashy spurt in the sec- ond half and eke out a victory amid the hysterical and joyful cheering,r of the hometown spectators. The result of last year’s second game was practically the same, al- though the manner in which the Napcrville team achieved it was slightly different, If our memory doesn’t fail us, this game was closely contested all the way, with North R1 Central again pulling out on top. In« , cidentally, North Central was the . only team which Armour played last ‘ year that won both games played. From the facts just mentioned and because of the fact that the North Central team is composed of veterans from last year’s squad, it seems es— 4 l pecially desirable that Coach Krafft’s men defeat the team out of the northwest suburbs. Naperville is Strong The strength of the North Central . T aggregation is shown by their defeat of the University of Chicago five by a 29 to 17 count. North Central led .all the way, with the score at the halfway mark boing‘ 14 to 6. Such veterans as Yuknis. sharp- 3 shooting forward, who was high point man in the Maroon game with thir. icon points, Berry. another forward. Dillon at center. and Young and Spicg‘lur, guards. moko ile North Control team n powerful aggregation. “BlEAT NORTH CENTRAL" It is hoped that Captain Ray Pz’ium will be ready for the game “'ednes« evening: and make Armour"; chances for \ictm'y all the better, but is injured. or who plays, we say “Beat North Central."