Vol. Xll No. l3 Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois Tuesday, December l9, 1933 SIDELENES By LEROY B ECKMAN DDWNSTATE, a little city called Peoria is rapidly shaping into wide— spread existence as a result of the present “wet" era. Peoria is to be the site of the largest distillery ever built in the world ,a project in which there exists an investment of $4,000,— 000. The distillery will require some 6,000,000 bushels of grain annually, it will require about 350 tons of coal per day, and bottles, boxes, and lab— els will be used by the millions. Over 1,000 workers will be employed and the establishment will pay into the Treasury of the United States, through collection of taxes, more than $30,000,000 per year. INTERPRETATION of the above will undoubtedly be along two lines. You, the student of engineering, and a number of other high minded in- dividuals will interpret it in this man— ner: “Well, that initial expenditure of $4,000,000 is a good way to start the circulation of money. That enor~ mous amount of grain will sure help the farmer, and without a doubt, that coal consumption will assist the coal industry. Furthermore, I can see a vast application for machinery and a good remedy for the unemployment situation.” You see that because you can think, you’ve faced problems be— fore. NOW TAKE the stew-bum down on the corner. What will he say? "Gosh, Joe, you know, they're build- in' an ollry plant down the river. S’poscd to be a purty big outfit. We oughto get the stufi’ for half-a-buck a pint_now.” Of course somebody has to drink it and them is no reason Why anybody be deprived of it, unless he tends to over-indulge. WHEN YOU nominal benefits, you are at the same time s‘ re of the nature of the product, but you don’t stress that point. You don’t have to because the “bum” does a good job of it. Yours truly happened to be riding on the rear platform of a street car the other day, which upon stopping at 42nd street for passengers, picked up a “gentleman” who found it a little difficult to maintain a vertical posi- tion. After paying his fare the old boy said to the conductor, “Shay, I gotta get off at 60th street. Wake me up when we get there.” Well, he that as it may, the next passenger to board the street car at 44th street, was another “gentleman” also tend- ing to become horizontally estab— lished. After paying his fare, he said to the conductor, “Shay, guy, I want to get off at 47th street. Wake me when we get there." (They were both drunk). WHEN CONDITIONS exist such as they tend to, with drunkeness and general nuisance of alcoholic bever- ages, it’s not strange at all that a person with a slight trace of culture would suggest legislation of the type that prohibition laws represented. There are no two ways about it. If the necessary and desirable cultural traits are to be preserved, thought must be applied before hand. Your reputation, your success, depends on you every action. Law does not for- bid the use of liquor . but society forbids misuse of the same. A. l. Ch. E. Smoker Planned for Friday Armour chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers has mapped out a busy and interesting winter season. On Friday, Decem— ber 20, at 8:00 p. m., a smoker will be held at the Truss club. Admission will be free for members; non—mem- bers will be charged twenty-five cents. ’Dr. G. J. Fink, of the Nation- al Alumnate Corporation, has been engaged to speak at the" A. I. Ch. E. meeting of January 12. He will speak on the subject of the treat— ment and softening of water. The meeting of January 19 will feature Dr. C. C. Monrad, of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, who will speak ' on “Heat Transfer." clffileédg‘é’th‘e 'ecoi ‘ lltbll‘l 0W3 llhh MT 0% lllllli ill" tlihlSlllihb l’hh'll initiate New #Members During Banquet in Lunchroom SANTA GETS LETTERS Ye Old Faculty Party was put over with a big bang under the worthy di- rections of Professor Moreton. There was never a lull in the doings; if they weren't eating, it was something else. The room was decorated with red and white crepe hanging from the lights. The school colors ran through the center of the entire table, which was in the shape of a U, the open end being to the north. In the center of the U was a table set for eight, on which was placed the Christmas tree representing the Yuletide spirit. The party was opened with the singing of “My Country Tis of Thee” by the entire group after they had reached their appointed places. All the singing was directed by Mr. Erickson, the old maestro of musical leadership. While the first course was being served, Professor Winston rec- commended the initiates to the mom- bcrs, after which the/ group broke into the well known bong, “Jingle Bells." It was upon this scene that Santa Claus made his entrance, pushing something that was a garden hose reel, a few boxes, skis, awning and a rope about 3 inches in diameter, all thrown together to look like a well shaped junk cart. Santa Claus (other— wise known as Prof. Roesch) asked whether Blough, Cunningham, Dut- ton, Fulghum, Hillhouse, Lanigor, .Iecklinc. and leon were present. In~, cidentally they were present, and seated at the aforesaid table contain. ing the Christmas tree. They were initiates recommended by Brother Winston. Before the party each man was asked to write a letter to Santa in care of the honorable Moreton. Santa had several of the initiates read their letters to the entire group. (If Prof. Blough got the present he requested. we may see him washing the Tech windows one of these days) . Santa Claus then presented the ini- tiates with some toys which delighted them immensely. Prof. Olson was seen carrying what looked like a woolly dog home to his family. Mr. Erickson offered a prize to the (Continued on page 3) Faculty inspects Shops at Elinois A faculty committee investigating the organization and the co-ordina— tion of shop courses vw’th the rest of the curriculum spent last Friday at the University of Illinois inspecting the arrangement of such shop courses at that institution. The committee consisted of Pro— fessors Finnegan, chairman, Free- man, Haald, Huntley, and Tibbals. Professor Huntley was unable to make the trip, which came at the in- vitation of the dean of engineering at the state university. Considerable attention has been devoted by the University of Illinois to the problem of shops. They have a foundry and a large machine shop but no wood working, forging or pipe fitting shops. They have an elaborate organization designed to coordinate the courses with the other parts of the engineering program. This trip is a part of an elaborate investigation conducted by the lac ulty committee into the manner of treatment of shop courses by most of the engineering schools of the country. The purpose of the intensive investigation is the obtaining of data on which to base the decision as to the treatment of such courses at Armour. The committee spent the day in the department of mechanical engineering at the university, con- ferring with the dean of engineering and various members of the faculty. There will be a meeting of the Board of Publications, Friday morning at 10:30 in the Tau. Beta Pi rooms, first entrance, Clmm'n Hall. ThaL' is a very important meeting, since a great deal of business must be transacted be— fore the Christmas holidays. All members are expected to bc pres- ent. Players Present Program Friday The Armour Players made their season’s debut last Friday by present~ ing “The Shepherds Play,” directed by Professor Hendricks. The cast was as follows: Carl Shermcr, first shepherd; Sydney Miner, second shepherd; John Graf, third shep~ herd; Sidney Kreiman, as Malt; Wil-v liam Emmerich, Mak’s wife, G‘ill; Alex Kulpak, an angel; and Mrs. Hendricks, the Virgin Mary. This cast worked hard and long and its efforts were met with success. However, those that worked oqual~ ly hard and far into the wee hours of the morning of the day of the play were: Clarence Clarkson, pro: duction manager; Robert Schwartz, stage manager; Mike Pantone, assist~ ant stage manager; Harold Ayer, John Brenner and Joe Kupport. stage. assistants, Richard Lischer and Wes— ley Wieting, scenery design; Hugh Bisbec and John Paslawskl, lighting manager and assistant; Ernest and William l-oner, properties. The pub- licity was handled by Diamond Dickey. The play was a rewritten, old fashioned morality play which used to be put on many years ago by groups of actors that traveled from town to town and carried their own stage on a large wagon. All of those and the Virgin Mary was always de— pictcd. With success to spur them on, the Armour players are looking forward to another presentation to be put on this coming,r spring. The Players will hold a meeting tomorrow evening,r at ,old plays had a moral behind them 5 Elect Alumni to _ institute guard jgl’lan Reéhlfiraduate , Leprcscntation Ballots for the election of three men to the Board of Trustees of Armour Institute were mailed yester- day to members of the Alumni Asso- ciation. The candidates were Alfred L. Eustice, Edwin 0. Grilfenhagon, and Howard L. Krum. The returned ballots are to be counted next Mon- day; These men are not replacing any of the other members of the board but are to fill newly created offices. It is planned that each year one man will be elected to the board by the Alumni Association, replacing one of the previous alumni representatives. To set this plan in action, one of the three candidates is to be elected for a three year term, one to a two year term, and one to a single year term. In succeeding years, the Alumni representatives will fill three year terms. Mr. Eustico received his 13.8. de- grcb at Armour in 1907 and returned to receive his E. E. deg-roe in 1910. At present he is president of the Econ~ omy Fuse and Manufacturing Com- pany of Chicago. Mr. Grifienhagen received his BS. degree at Armour in 1906 and his CJL'. degree in 1909. He is a senior partner of Edwin O. Grill’enhagen and Associates of Chicago, manage- ment engineers and specialists in ad— ministration and finance. Major projects undertaken by his organizer timi since it was formed in 1911 have been a reorganization of the Cana- dian government (1918-1921) and a study of the work and pay of the United States government, leading to revisions in the basis of compensa- tion and in budgetary procedure (1920). , Mfr: Krtim r-ecbived his ELS. degree in 1006 and his E.E. degree in 1011. He is vico~prcsident of the Teletype Company of Chicago. In June 1933, he received the Armour Alumni As- sociation Distinguished Service Award for his work in the develop— ment of instruments made by the five o’clock in Room C. Mission. Teletype Company. The center of our solar system, the morning after Christmas, was, in its usual manner and from its usual po~ sltion 93,000,000 miles away, emit- ting radiations with a velocity of 30,000,000,000 cm. per second, an- nouncing the commencement of a new mean solar (as distinguished from sidereal) day. (1111- hero, Percival Aloysius Alger- non Smythe, awakened by the impact of varied and assorted quanta (from the Greek, “quanta,” meaning quan- ta) upon his eyelids, proceeded to invest himself with suitable gar. ments for the initial trial of a new possession, objects known to the hoi— polloi as ice-skates. Percival was not completely satis- fied as to the quality of the carbon steel comprising the runners (analy- sis upon request. Please enclose stamped, self-addressed envelope) but, beingr aware of the old adage “Gaze not upon the dental append- ages situated in the oral cavity of a specimen of equus eaballus received without the payment of valuable consideration," he had resolved to lodge no complaint. Upon arriving at a location which had previously been inundated by a division of the Conflagration Depart- ment with liquid hydrogen oxide, he removed his foot-gear and substituted in their stead the articles to be test- ed, Our hero, more or less uncon- sciously, then proceeded to demon- strate the following scientific facts: 1 The coefficient of friction be- tween steel and the solid resulting from the loss of 80 calories per gram at 090 of an above—mentioned When flipper and flutter lice Whales Are Made, Percival Will Test Them 8; .I. N. ' Wellan 2. The human body, when ele- vated upon metallic strips is in a state of unstable equilibrium. 3. The law of terrestrial gravita- tion is in good working order. (He made no determination of the value of the gravitational constant, g, however, being engaged in other more fundamental thoughts.) 4. The coefficient of restitution between the flesh of “Homo sapiens" and congealed aqua pura falls far short of unity. The truth of these four points was rapidly and deeply impressed upon thewer—mind of our hero. After six or seven repetitions of his orig- inal experiment, he spontaneously became the source of a series of at- mospheric rarefactions and compres- sions, of frequency varying from 256 to 1024 per second. These manifestations of vocal ef— fort were conveyed to his maternal parent with a constant velocity of 33160 cm. per second, causing the expedition of a 1escue party, which, travelling with accelerated motion, soon arrived at the scene of action, returning soon thereafter with Per, eival Aloysius Algernon, Who was in the anomolous condition of being chilled in some portions of his an~ atomy, and painfully warm in others. It was observed at dinner that day that our hero believed a Vertical po- sition aided in the digestion of ma- terial intended for internal consump- tion. And, while it was not observ- ed, it is nevertheless true, that Mas- ter Smythe’s posterior durinp; not» turnal slumber was most evident from the ceiling rather than from the floor. And the moral to my story is: If you intend to join a fraternity, fluid, is very, very minute. dcr your training on a pair of skates. Because of the two wcelcs’ holi~ M day which extends from Deccan-I bar 23 to January 8, the ncmt i»- suc of the Armour Tech News will be distributed on Tuesday, January 16. The News wishes to extend to the students and fucul~ ty its wishes for a pleasant half, day season, illicit Midland Club l forJnniorflonce Junior Informal dance to be held January 19, 1934 are being made by members of the social committee composed of a member of each department and headed by N. Maurcr. No selection of an orchestra has been made as yet due to the large list of good orchestras being consid» ered. However, Charlie Straight and his orchestra are being seriously thought of as the dance orchestra to be selected. It was decided at a meeting held by the group that the dance will be held at the Midland Club located at 172 W. Adams street. The Midland Club has a fine ballroom and a spa- cious lounge room in connection with Plans for the it. Considerable discussion has taken place regarding the price of the bids for the dance but it has not been decided what the bids will sell for. The social committee is also look~ ing forward and discussing the Junior Formal dance to be held during Junior Week, next semester. A.S.M.E. Members to See Motion Pictures ”Plight Across America" will be the title of the moving pictures to be shown this Friday in Science Hall under the auspices of the Armour Branch of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The film is the property of the United Air Lines, and was secured through the efforts of R. R. Leonard, secretary of the middle western section of the A. S. M. E. For the meeting of the Friday fol- lowing the students‘ return from the Christmas holidays, January 12, more motion pictures will be shown. The subject will concern the manufacture of wrought iron pipe, and the film was obtained through the influence of Professor Libby. The movies shown at both these meetings should be of unusual interest, and all junior and senior mechanicals are urged to attend. All other Students are like- wise cordially invited. Honorary Eanquet To Be At Mbdinah . Edgar S. Nethercut To Be Speaker The members of the various hon- orary fraternities will meet tomor- row for their annual banquet, to be held at 6:30 at the Medinah Athletic Club. The Interhonorary Banquet is held every fall to give the newly ini— tiated members an opportunity to be« come better acquainted with the honor men of the other departments. The principle guest will be Edgar S. Nethercut, executive secretary of the Western Society of Engineers. In this capacity Mr. Nethercut is in im~ mediate contact with all types of en- gineering and knows all the develop» ments and problems in the engineer- ing field today. Dean Heald is toast- master and President Hotchkios and Dean Penn will give short talks. The speakers’ table will also seat the presidents of the honoraries who will introduce their fall initiates to the assemblage. The Interhonorary Council gives two affairs evexy year, the banquet in the fall and a dance in the spii11g.1 Attendance at both of these affoiisl is restricted to members of the hon». oraries. The Medinah Athletic Club is lo-‘ cated directly north of the Tribune ‘Tower at 505 N. Michigan Blvd. 0htllll§llih hill: WE l0 lhhbhlll‘ hillillhl. Widthhlll (3hr mtmas Concert 'l 0 Be Thursday At Ten-thirty PARENTS ARE. lN'VlTED The annual Christmas concert given by the Armour Tech Musical Clubs is to be presented next Thurs— day morning- at ten-thirty in the as- sembly hall. Special rehearsals are being held by the orchestra and glee club in preparation for this event. Faculty members, students, and their friends are invited. Hold Special Rehearsals Among- the selections which the orchestra may present in the one- hour program are “Lustspiel Over. ture” by Kela Bela, “Thine Alone” by Victor Herbert, “Song of the Bayou" by Aubc Bloom, “Prelude in G Minor” by Rachmaninofi’, and “In a Persian Market” bv Ketclbey. The Glee Club has in its repertoire “Home on the Range” by Gulon- Roigger, “Viking Song" by Cole- ridge-Taylor, and -“1' Love Life” by Zucca. Glee Club, Orcheutrn to Unite The two musical organizations may unite in several selections, such as the stirring “Your Land and My Land” from Sigmund ltombcrg‘s “My Maryland.” or swinging rhythm of “Marching Along Together" by Pole and Steininger. Robert Dalton will be accompanied by the orchestra in the strains of “The Last Round- Up," from the recent Broadway suc« case, the new Ziegfield ’Follies. The exact program was in doubt at press time but the numbers will be of the type suggested by the above titles. Printed programs will be avail- able. Postpone Kanltnlwe Trip In addition to the student and fee. ulty attendance, made possible by the cancellation of all classes Thursday at ten-thirty, friends and relatives of the Armour students are invited to attend. No admission is ..1srged. The. Musical Club concert at Kan- kakee, which was to have been held last Friday after being“ postponed from December 8, has again been postponed. This time it is planned for the middle of January. The Kanka- kcc Alumni Associationhsponsors of the evening’s program, discovered that several other local affairs would interfere and so asked for a change in date. Mr. Erickson, director of the musical clubs, assented on the grounds that the additional prepara— tion for the home concert, Thursday, would be of value in preparing for the Kankakec concert. First Senior Jackets Expected Wednesday The first shipment of senior jack- ets is expected to be delivered at school by tomorrow. About forty seniors, who were the first to place their orders, will get their jackets as soon as the shipment arrives. The balance of the price of the jackets is to be collected at the time of do. livery. A total of a hundred or more jack- ets will be sold this year according to the estimate made by Steve Lillis, jacket committee chairman. Mr. Dobson, representative of the tailoring firm, will be at thc Insti- tute Wednesday and Thursday of this week to give out the jackets that have already been made and to take orders and 11 :asurements for more. A deposit should accompany the or dei'. Those who Wisl‘ to cider their jackets during the holidays may do so at the office of the Supreme Mor— chant Tailors at 30 N. Clark St. .A sample jacket has been on dis- ‘play in the case on the first floor of the Main building: so that those in- ‘ terested have been able to get a good idea of the appearance of the jacket.