Page Two ARMOUR TECH NEWS Tuesday, December l9, l933§ Amour Tech News Student Publication of the ARMCUR lNSTlTUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CHICAGO, lLLlNOlS Published Weekly During the College Year ’ I5!:lj;i:nfl Walkway? tam: Per Year Single Copies, 10 Cents Each MANAGlNG BOARD Editor-dnrchicf .............. Norman E. Colburn, Jr. Managing Editor .............. Harold W. A. Davidson Sports Editor .................. Raymond A. Fleissner Business Manager .. ................ Clarence Clarkson Walter Hendricks William W. Colvert Eldon C. Grafton Faculty Advisors .............. EDl TOR l AL DEPARTMENT News Editor ............................. Associate ....... L. J. Beckman, R. L. Ellis and O. P. Frcilinger. Columnist ............................. J. A. Bacci Reporters ......................... . . .C. R. Bristol, F. D. Cotterman, J. B. Davis, P. A. D’Arco, J. J. Doudcra, A. J. Dreis, C. L. DuSell, S. L. Endcr, E. W. Engstrom, F. L. Fraizer, J. Galandak, H. A. Geeraerts, G. F. Graham, A. l-Iighman, C. E. liillman, M. Holland, J. F. Humiston, B. W. Johnson, R. R. Johnson, L. F. Kacel, R. S. Kercher, R. Knabe, W. F. Kraemcr, V. J. Kropf, J. Land, J. Laskiewicz, F. Leason, H. Levin, N. McGuone, J. K. Morrison, H. S. Nachman, D. J. Neal, A. J. Rattan, M. 13. Stevens, D. Suhr, D. (7. Timberlake, L. P. Werlein, and G. Zwissler. SPORTS DEPARTMENT Associate Editor ..................... R. D. Armsbury Reporters ........................... W. B. Ahet‘n, M. Holland, J. 0. Larson, E. F. Mczcra, O. Tomei. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Circulation Managers .. . J. E. Schreiner E. A. Svoboda Advertising Manager ..................... R. J. White Asst. Advertising Manager ................ R. H. Hedin Business Assistants .......... J. R. Adel", E. F. Dudley, G. E. Myers, J. T. Paslawski, E. Simek, F, A. Wcrtzler. i Vol. Xll DECEMBER, 19, 1933 A Good Dance A! a Reasonable Price The senior class has had its dance. Beautiful surroundings, excellent music, and extravagant accessories featured the affair which, however, attracted less than twelve per cent of the student body. Although the bids sold for two dollars the ‘ dance was a financial failure. For the amount of money that was lost by the senior class a fine dance could be staged, with the same music, and absolutely no admission charge if a hall, some place other than in the loop, would be chosen for the dance and the exorbitant price paid for novelties be eliminated. The price of the bids for the school dances has been, in the past, two dollars which is a consider- able sum for the average student, and especially. when he considers the fact that for the same two dollars he can have a dinner, entertainment. and dance to the finest of music in the best hotels in the city. Considering that the greater part of the class dues, two dollars per student. is used to cover the losses of their dances means that those who attend the dance pay almost four dollars and those who do not support it pay to the tune of abount two dollars. The juniors have practically completed the plans for their dance, having set the date,‘ obtained the hall and given the contract for the printing. All that remains is to obtain the orcth- I They have ob— i tra and set the price of the bids. tained the hall and bids for more than one hun— dred dollars less than the seniors and it is indi— cated that the orchestra can be obtained at a more reasonable figure. Since the class dues are used to back the class functions this dance could be held having the price of the bids reduced from the conventional two dollars to at most a dollar and a half. Upon personal inquiry, such a reduc- tion would result in the attendance of more stu- dents who otherwise would not come. It seems that the logical thing for which the social committee in charge of the arrangements of the dances should strive is to attract as great a percentage of students to the dances as possible. We advocate, for this reason, that the great ex- penditures made for fancy bids and programs be abolished; that, cost of the hall be cut by mov— ing, if necessary, from the loop district to any other section of the city where just as desirable hotel ballroom facilities may be obtained at a greatly reduced cost; and that, the cost of the bids be reduced to a price which would make it possible for more students to attend, making the dance a representative Armour dance. W w w www Wt l , Willie Slipstick” é Cleave to “The Slipstick"; let the Slapstick fly where it may. i w WVV m mmmmmm M It’s here boys, at last it’s here, well, even if it isn't here it’ll get here very, very soon. You know what we mean, Christmas, yeah Christmas, suggestive of toys, whistles, horns, play guns, tin soldiers. elephants, can- dy canes, trains, trees and holidays. Yes sir, fifteen days of real genuine “no school" days. Won‘t it be nice to put the alarm on the shelf, to silence for the time its infernal, peace—wrecking clangings, to go and fool around and know you’re only due at meal time, to see the dark of night coming on and not to be tied to a desk. Ah, it will be sweet, very sweet. ’ 7k r'fi 1): Englishman on entering; theatre, smells incense burn; ing. To Usher: “1 say, my good fellow, I smell punk." Usher: “That's all right mister. I’ll see that no one sits near ya.” .1. :5 l The chimney sweep’s a happy man; To his work he’s deeply rooted. He never complains. about his lot For he is easily soolcd. >l€ ’3: * THE ENGINEER is the man who designs our pumps with judgment skill and care? Who is the man that builds ’em and who keeps them in repair? Who » Who has to shut them down because the valve seats disappear? The bearing-wearing, gearing tearing mechanical engi- neer! Who buys his juice for half a cent and wants to charge a dime? Who, when we’ve signed the contract cant’ deliver half the time? Who thinks a loss of twenty—six percent is nothing queen-'1 The voltrinducing, loud-reducing electrical engineer! Who is it takes a transit out to find a sewer to tap? 1 Who then with care extreme locates the junction on the No. 13' map! Who is it goes to dig it up and finds it nowhere near? The ul, torn and tattered civil engineer! Who thinks without his products we would all be in the 7 lurch? , Who has am heathen idol which he designates Research? 1 Who tints the creeks, perfumes the air and makes the landscape dreur? The stink evolving, grass dissolving chemical engineer! l l l i lWho is it tries to marry art no bard—boiled steel and stone? Who is it puts the buildings up that will not stand ' alone? Who‘d rather sketch a nifty frieze than figure out the shear? The work-deploring cost ignoring architectural engineer! Who wants the buildings fireproof and won’t take “good enough”? Who raves about the tire stops and non inflammable stulf? i Who tries to fight the fire loss, but lets it grow each year? "The asbestos~sclccting, lire protecting. actuarial engi— 1 near! Who takes the pleasure out of life and makes existence hell? Who’ll fire the real good‘looking one because she can— not spell? Who substitutes a (lictaphonc for coral tinted ear? The penny—chasing, dollar-«wasting efficiency engineer! The Cycle ’23. 3 >14 >r. u “Why is your face so red?“ "Cause.” “ Jause why?” “Cause-meties.” . :a 2 i, if we could buy fish in a five and ten cent store they , would be Woolworth the price. 1 .2 l. . l “This game is crooked," yelled the gambler. “That ain‘t the card I dealt you.” a 26 a Bill: Hey Constance will you go for a ride with me tonight?" i Co-ed: “Sure if you’ll let your Constance be your i guide.” She (playfully): “Let me chew your gum.” He: “Which one upper or lower?” * :3“- 2k Jim: “I’ve put your shirt on the clotheshorse, Gene.” Gene: “What odds did you get?” il‘» * 3“ IT WOOD BE 5 What beautifully irregular grain your desk has! ‘ Yes its knotty, but nice. That the good die 240qu was never said of a joke. .1. ., at How about some holiday concoctions in the form of contribs fellows? Write and tell us about your New Year resolutions. We want to hear from you. .i. :3 7.» A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL J. A. B. @Tll'll‘ZR CAMPUSES At Illinois State Normal Univer- sity, when half a dozen fellows visit the girls’ dormitory without dates, the women candidates drop their names into a punch bowl, whereupon the fellows draw and the evening is started. According to Madame Albertina Rasch, the model co-ed isa combina— tion of Venus dc Milo and Mae West. Nine colleges and universities in the. United States are older than the United States itself. They are: Har- vard, William and Mary, Yale. Princeton, Washington and Lee, Co~ lumbia, Rutgers, Salem, and Transyl- vania. Freshman women at Adclplii Col- lege have (n bold spot showed on their heads which must be covered with. a but and three feet of purple ribbon. publication publishes A college t ”College, bred is a four-year loot in which one is continually kneading dough.” the celebration. From Hollywood the student received this cryptic reply from Miss West: “I’m no angel." At F‘ordham University it appears that the faculty are appointed by name. Father Deane is dean. a Few ther Whalen acts as dean of disci— pline. Mr. Shouten is in charge of debating. and Mr. Voekal is in charge of the glee club. The student manager of the Harv- est carnival a! (by: University of Ohv lahomu invited Mae West to fly to Results of the questionnaire sent out by the Princetonian, publication of Princeton University, reveal that two hundred and ninety-eight of the class of 1937 came to Princeton for an education, 176 because of the University‘s name and reputation, and 70 for contacts and social ad- vantages. A few made their choice because of the campus and nearness to home, and several frankly stated they had come to loot for four years. Phi Beta Kappa keys were preferred to varsity letters. Various opinions were given on the qualifications of an ideal girl. All one freshman de— manded was a girl who could “hold her liquor" and was “not too high hat." Another would not be satisfied without a girl named Mary, five feet six and onc«hall' inches tall, and an undergraduate at Vassar. The football Mam of St. Lawrence 1 crafty, Canton, N. Y., actually lives, curls. and sleeps football. The squad lives in the some dorm, and emery night at ten o’clock the coach rings a bell, meaning that it is time In run signals in the dorm hall. A l‘n'ofcssor at the University of Califomia is a good deal more courteous than people usually are when they are about to hear a fa— miliar joke. Instead of replying, “I’ve heard that one before,” he al— ways says, ‘I’vc enjoyed that one before.” Coach Harry Kipke, Michigan football pilot, has received 12 tab" bit feet from some humorous foot- ball fan. o | Movie: Notes A brilliant revue occupies the stage of the Chicago Theatre this week, with Barto and Mann, the Norsemen, the Di Gitanoes, and Buster Shaver. Charniavsky con- tinues directing the orchestra in his dynamic and individualistic man- ner, this week featuring “Waltzes, the World Over.” On the screen Kay Francis takes the lead in “The House on 56th Street,” a Warner Brothers produc- tion. The action revolves about the house and the changing conditions which affect it. Altho the title sug- gests a mystery picture, it is of the nature Of a melodrama, including two murders, and a jail sentence and extending from about 1905 up to the present time. Gene Raymond as the husband and Ricardo Cortez as the professional gambler fill their roles well. forming a background for Miss Francis who suffers immensely as the time passes but does not let' this interfere with her becoming ap- pearance. At the Oriental, Paramount’s glor- l'nn; Slain snows. We wonder if MURlEL does ElLL (Pypsqucak) HOYER’S mending. Maybe MURlEL‘S got you sewed up, BILL? Freda Smith, we are told really has a remarkable talent for produc- ing,r the proper answer factor in calc. Well, that’s the purpose of an engineering education—tho right anm KWEX‘. A committee consisting of the “dizzy dozen (bukcr’s'IY' desires to know the name of the dpcidod blonde that Don Sulw escorted to the senior dance. Came across, Don, one for all and all for one, you know! Medals are being passed around fast and furious these days. First of all YOUNG, WERTZLER, and MECKLENBERG got the Junior E. E. “P" Club badge, last week. And then also FRED “MIAH” MYER was the Junior Mech’s choice for their K. A. badge. Congratulations boys, congratulations. 1')ch gale ”ERR DALTON bags to remind us the! liver doesn’t grow in. beer gardens. PROF‘ESSOR'S QUIRKS BROTHER WlNSTON’S ciate" BOB PERRY'S “manifestly". And as the height of something or other, LOCKLl NG' 5 “neatly." JACK WllEILAND had his bridge playing ability doubted, and when JACK was set successively with a one bid and a two bid, who wouldn’t doubt his vaunted ability. DOC PlNKUS can find everything on the pcychromotric chart except OAK PAR K. Medals should be given to Al Kuln pnlt and Sid Kreiman in the Shop— herd's Play. The former for having big feet in keeping with his position as an angel; the. latter for havingr about the villainous-eat moustauche we’ve seen hereabouts. And by the way, would MAK be one of the few mil s in Palestine? Stone cutter’s assistant (Cliisseler) Ed Schnecbulg attempted to increase his harem at his pal’s expense—what with indifferent results, says WAL~ TER HINCHELL. MlLT "JAKE” EDGIREN spilled the beans about receiving a letter from his sweetie every day. All we can say is: a letter a day won’t keep the preacher away. Well, we’ve only jotted twelve items so far, but this one makes thir- teen—just to show that the Steam Shovel isn‘t afraid of . . . well you finish it. FINIS mm”_ lens musical romance is appearing and attracting considerable patrons age from movie-goers. Jack Oakie and Ginger Rogers are only two of the well known stars having prin. cipal parts. Jack Haley, Thelma Todd, the Pickens Sisters, and not least, the Hundred Holywood Honeys are in the lineup. Louisa M. Alcott’s best-loved book, “Little Women" has come to the screen at the Roosevelt after con siderable efi'ort and expense was ex— pended in making a production worthy of the book. Katherine Hep» burn in the leading role does even better than her usual high class work and is assisted in a fine manner by Paul Lukas, Joan Bennett, an Francis Dee. Walter Winchell’s “Broadway 'l‘hru a Keyhole" is now at the Tivoli and Uptown theatres. The eye of the professional snooper sees the heart of Broadway’s drama, song, dance, and romance and this is transferred to the screen for the en~ tertainment of the general public. Constance Cummings, Texas Guinan, Russ Colombo, and Paul Kelly carry the Show across to the audience. “appre- Begrin Die Calling for New (Class Jewelry Dies for the new Armour jewelry are being cut by an expert die~cuttcr hired by the firm of Spies Bros. to work on the iings and keys which are designed especially for Armour. Several changes were made on one side of the ring: because several of the symbols were odd-shaped, mak~ ing' 9. balanced design difficult, but now the design is finished and sub— mitted to the die-cutter. To show some of the difficulty of dievcutting several items in the pro- cess might be mentioned. The design, about ten times actual size. is repro— duced by a pantograph arrangement on a. piece of steel which is me die. The die is then finished. made finer, by hand tools. The hand work of die cutting- is done on a floating floor which is at an end of the shop. This eliminates all jar and shaking which would affect the work. Photographs of the designs will be put on dis— play immediately after the holidays and samples of the ring will be ready by the middle of January. m.wm_w~ w L Arr News N .W..W_ The usual post-modems followed the judgment of the junior “Athlet- ics Building” projects. Of course there were surprises and disappoint- month: not to mention that many were “taken clown a peg! l" Nevertheless, Leland G. PRlEST and none other than Arthur BLOOM, were: rewarded in the form of first mentions while ten of their mates received mentions. A day later the uopln: had their projects judged, and when the judg- ment was over Earl FENSKE and yours truly found they had been mentioned also. class- The seniors are thinking very seri- ously of taking,r up a collection and buying Ray SCHWAB a complete set of architectural supplies. Theyfigure that if he has everything he needs he “may" stop his constant borrow- ing‘. Ray don’t you know there’s a limit to everything"! ? ? Mossr. ESBENSE'N, your own basketball star, put himself in the “Famous Men" column by gm'nering a. first mention on the last “H.,0” color judgment. Bob made the grhdc rm. an original KREHBIE'L set up. Keep it up Bob! ! Antl‘our basketball tournament is full swing. The first games were played last night, the scores being un‘lmown when the pa- per went to press. Tonight the juniors ploy the sophs, while the fresh play the seniors. game and cheer your team . need it! ! now under Everyone out [or the . .thoy'll Tulle is floating around lowly that ”SANDY” has been; seeing that blond quite often, (even though she is helping him “win” the Rome prize. What have you to say for yourself Mr. Sands-fall? KAPLIN and B‘EJCEK won’t peek into the life class any more. They where politely dipped into the SINK for viewing the model. Let this be a lesson to you other peepers. And handsome AWGAlTlS is still bragging about how he crashed that senior dance. Several of the prominent seiiors paid scveutyfive cents to hear Mr. BE‘ERSMAN speak at the Sketch club the other night. What’s the attcr boys —-— have you changed your minds suddenly? ? ‘ Goodbyefl goodbye—- goodbye— this is for my three readers. SNOOPING SAM. d Chess Club to Match Men with fish Park Plans are under way to have a chess match with the Oak Park Chess club on Tuesday evening. December 26 at the Oak Park Y. M. C. A. lo- cated at Oak Park avenue and Lake street. There will be a meeting: at the Truss club on Thursday evening. De. cember 21 to make final arrange :nents. Everyone wishing: to play {should attend.