i. “Vol. Xlll No. l ‘ Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois Tuesday, February l3, l934 SIDELZNES By LEROY BECKMAN FOREMOST among the considera- tions to be placed before the third special session of the state legisla- ‘turc beginning today, will be the bill authorizing A Century of Progress Exposition to operate this year. With only a little more than three months, months of frequent unfavorable weather conditions, remaining for fundamental preparations necessary for the heralded opening, we wonder why the legislature became lax and did not complete its work in this matter at an earlier date. OFFICIALS of the exposition have pointed out that until the legislature acts, little can be done to prepare for the 1934 World’s Fair. This state. ment is, unfortunately, true to the ' letter. Delay in Springfield is detri- mental because Congress cannot ap— propriate money for a federal ex- hibit at the fair, the other states of the Union will not prepare exhibits, the State Department at Washington cannot extend foreign invitations, the exposition is restrained from building due to lack of necessary permission, contracts cannot be made finally binding, and the advance sale of tickets cannot begin. All of these re- quire time. caring will he the theme of this year’s exposition. These fields are a part of public enterprise. They are respon— sible for living conditions. Yet, evi- dently, they don’t amount to much in the eyes of a state legislature, That same legislature will spend weeks arguingi- over whether a man should sit or stand when partaking of his liquor, and then postpone an educational project for luck of time —as in the second session. Question: threin do the interests 01‘ a state legislature exist? r; 7v a. DESPITE the progress made in the science of lighting in the last twenty years the civilized world is still grop- ing throne-h inadequately lighted in» teriors with tho result that eyes are strained and weakened because of poor illumination. Such was the 2.5- scrtion made last week by Dr. Mat- thew Luclieish, director of the light- ing research laboratory of the Gen- eral Electric Company, who spoke before members of the Chicago As- sociation 01' Commerce. DR. LUCKEISH made known the fact that the ideal reading light has been found to be approximately 1,000 footcandles. Yet, he declared, much of our reading at home is done under only one, two, or three foot candles of light and that five foot candles of light is an exception. Something to check up on. Good eye sight is a valuable asset. ll: 5% HARVARD UNIVERSITY wants the case of Huey Long, senator from Louisiana, settled for good or for bad. The Harvard Crimson, under- graduate publication, says that let- ters were mailed to more than 100 liberal clubs in universities and col- leges throughout the country asking them to request a Senate committee to investigate “thoroughly" charges against Huey Long. 11; Rifle Club Prepares For State Matches The Armour Rifle Club members, in anticipation of the Illinois Rifle Association matches from February 17 to March 31, have been preparing themselves by a number of practice sessions. The association offers a special prize to the team having the largest number of points in the series, which is to consist of four matches? In previous years the team has been successful in the fifty foot event with iron sights, and the present team is hoping to repeat this year. Edwin N. Searl New and Retiring Editors l Norman E. Colbnrn Parker Appointed Faculty Member Mr. Kent R. Parker of the West- ern Actuarial Bureau has been up— pointcd to take the place of Professor Charles P. Holmes, who has resigned as Assistant Professor of Fire In- surancc because of his numerous other engagements. l t i l l l Professor Holmes, a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy with an S. 8'. degree in Chemical Engineering, has been on the Armour faculty since 1925. For a part of this time he also served as instructor in Insurance in the Northwestern School of Commerce. He spent three years in Annapolis and during the war served as an officer in the Air Service; lie-is a recognized authoru ity on rating problems connected with electrical hazards and nil risks. Received Degree last June Mr. Parker graduated from the De- partment of Fire Protection Engiw, necring in the class 01‘ ’28 and rev} ccived his REE. degree last Junel After leaving school, he worked for a i year in the Fire Underwriters. Inspec- tion Bureau al. Minneapolis, Minn. lie was then transferred to the Keim Lucky Actuarial Bureau where he worked for two years. In 1931, he came to the Western Actuarial Bu- reau, where he has since been em- ployed. Board of Publications Elects Year’s foicers The first meeting of the Board of Publications attended by the, entire group of newly elected members was held in Tau Beta Pi rooms on Friday, January 26. The Armour Engineer will be represented for the coming- year by Ellis Deane, Leonard Haus- ncr, and Harry Nachman. The News is represented by Edwin Searl, Rich and Armsbury, and Robert White. The present faculty members, Pro- fessors W. W. Calvert, J. B. Finne- gan, E. C. Grafton, W. Hendricks, C. E. Paul, and J. C. Pecbles, will con— tinue in office. Hendricks and Colvert Reelected In order to effect an alteration in the constitution so that the terms of the officers of the board would co— incide with the terms of the staffs of the two publications, Professors Hendricks and Culvert resigned their positions as chairman and treasurer, respectively, of the body. They were promptly reelected to their old offices ychulry Women’s Club ‘ ‘jor operation for an injury to his to make Plums Informal Dinner The Faculty Women’s Club has ' ' ranged an informal subscription (lin- ner for all members of the fac-1 ulty and their wives, on Saturday} evening, February 24, at 6:30 in Zcis- 5 ler Hall of the Chicago Woman's Club, 72 East 11th Street. A fea- ture of the. evening will he “Shakes- pearean Grand Opera.” Tickets for one dollar each may be had from Mrs, Arthur Sear, 8142 Chappel Avenue, until Friday at 9:00 A. M., February 2 Amehary is injured by Auto in Accident Professor W. B. ,Ainsbury, who was injured by an automobile recently, is still in the hospital, although his con— dition is considerably better. A ma- knee was to have been performed yes- terday, but he was so improved as it doubtful whether this would be necessary. Because scarlet fever was discovered in his ward, he is quarantined and can not receive visitors. l During Professor Amsbary's ub—i i1 1 l l l l 1 i l ‘5 ing‘ his classes. curred on January 22. Editor’s Note: With due apologies (or thanks) to Mrs. Shelley for the headlines on this short story, we pre— sent Mr. Hocbcl’s description of a fictional, successful experiment in psychology. By Harold W. Hocbel 01' course public sentiment was against him. But then O’Lear knew that when he joined Kelly’s squad of dry snoopers. Why had he joined? Well, nineteen thirty-two was a fair» 1y depressed year, and even an Irish detective had to eat. “A quick-triggered dry snooper". That‘s what the papers called him, for he had shot and killed Raymond Paulo in a raid on Sarnano’s. The jury appeared hard and looked as if it was going to convict him, too. But how was he to know Poule was reaching for a hip-flask and not a, gun? His job had been to protectl his chief while the latter conducted: the search . . O’Lear had merely been on his toes, just doing his duty. for a onevyear term. Searl was elected vice-chairman to succeed Nor~ man Colburn and Doanc was elected secretary to succeed Harold David- son. The retiring student members of the board, Herbert Kreisrnan, John Brenner, and Barry Kostenko of the Members of the student body who are interested in the rifle club are urged to take advantage of an op— portunity of making the team, as sev— eral members will be lost by the next graduation. Engineer staff and Norman Colhurn, Harold Davidson, and Clarence Clarkson of the News stafi‘ were in~ vited to attend the meetings of the board for the remainder of the school year. The court adjourned for the day: Well, that meant another night of“ uncertainty, a night of wonderingl what tomorrow would bring; and to-l‘ [ morrow brought a new story. i ' 1n the sparsely settled suburb ofl Oak Row, Simon E. Thompson, real-l tor, walked briskly to his office in‘», the morning: to find his stcnographcr already before him. This fact alone did not cause him to quicken his al~l ready rapid stride; she had been! l early before, but her frantic wavings land excited polntings to the door Psychology in Deadly Midshipmen in the Hands of This [Modem Frankenstein Cycle Pictures to lie Taken Tomday . l Individual and group pictures furl the. 1933 Cycle are to be taken at Armour today and the remainder of this week. The individual photos are not to be taken at the downtown studio as has been done in the past. Group pictures are to be taken to. day and Wednesday in the gymna— sium. The schedule for the various class, team, and organization pictures is as follows: Tuesday, February 13th 9:00 Junior Class 9:30 Sophomore Class 10:00 Freshmen Class 10:30 A. S. M. E. 10:45 A. I. E. E. liltillh MAW Wit till till}; 44‘ “Thrill Shhhllilmgg T0 "Edith our Whhlfihllfll M“ 00% Managing Board is Made Up of Edwin. N. Semi, Richard 1U. Armsbury, William iii. Ahern and Robert .l. White new 3mm arroiufius Ass sxremsucsu The appointment of Edwin N. Searl, a junior fire protect, to the po- sition of cditor~in~chicf of the Ar- mour Tech. News for the next year to succeed Norman E. Colburn has been confirmed by the Board of Pub- lications. His appointment and those of the entire stall are to take effect immediately. During the past two and a half years, Seurl has been ac- tive on the staff of the Name, advanc— ing from reporter to make-up editor, aIto news editor and now to editor-1m chief. Richard 1). Armsbury, succeeding Harold W. A. Davidson as managing: editor, has had previous experience 11:00 W. S. E. 11:15 F. P. E. S. 11:30 A. I. Ch. E. 11:45 Glee Club 12:00 Rifle Club 1115 Board of Publications: 1:45 Faculty Committee 2:00 Truss Club 2H5 Armour Players 2:30 A. A. S. 5:00 Orchestra Wedneuday, February With 9:00 Campus Club l 0:10 Wcarers of the “A" 1 0:30 llonor “A" Society 9:45 Board of Athletic Control 10:00 A, T. A. A. l, 10:15 Interclass Baseball ‘ 10 :25 lnlel‘class Basketball and i Track I 10:35 Wrestling Team, Group 10:45 Wrestling Team, Individuals 10:55 Boxing Team, Group I 11:05 Boxing Team, Individuals 1 llzlli Basketball Team, Group ‘ 11:25 Basketball Team, lndivid-l uals l 11:30 Swimming: Team, Group l 'Swimming Team, Indivld—x, l Indoor Track, Group Outdoor Track, Group SLray Greeks ‘ 12. Till .5 Individual pictures are to be taken , Thursday and Friday in one of the: rooms oll‘ the assembly bull in Mis-E sion. Although all seniors have liaill their pictures taken at the downtown studio, those who are eligible for in—: dividual photos, as oll'iccrs of classes and organizations and members of honoraries, are asked to have an ad» ditional photo made at school. Thee-1c ‘ l l sencc, Professor Hendricks is mect— are not for the senior section. Since , Tech Musical Clubs for this The accident oc- l one picture will suffice for all of llic l wag presented laut Friday ‘ . . .. , {Continued on 1mm! 4) i spoke almost of disaster. She evidently had a right to be excited, for Thompson found his of. ficc door badly damaged near the jambwjimmied. apparentlyl. His kcy worked, however, and he entered with the quick but cautious step of one expecting and fearing the worst. Here again he was surprised. Everything; seemed in order. The safe! He rushed to it, but it seemed perfectly oblivious to any disaster. Thompson spun the dial and swung open the door; a hasty check showed everything just as be had left it. His doom—everything in order there also. Filing casc?~~—unmolcsted . Well, that was strange. Someone jimmying his way in just to smoke? At that moment a little squeak from his stenographcr took him to her desk. She had just uncovered her typewriter, and there, propped in the keys, ‘was a manuscript cm titled I Killed Raymond I’oulc. “Did you touch anything?" he asked her. No, she hadn’trfinothinp: except her typewriter cover. “Well, don’t,” he ordered, and phoned the police. l “So that’s what people do in thisl place," he said. “Break into one’s‘ office and use the typewriter without even asking. Good place though, with nothing but vacant lots facing it for blocks; a light wouldn’t even be noticed. And cops—police pro- tection’s not supposed to be needed in this God—forsaken suburb." ! (Continued on page 3) on the sports staff of the News. Most recently he has held down the posi- tion of associate sports editor. Pre— Thcrc will be a. m up of [he business 11ml)" 0/ 1ch News luring u.L fi'uI; o‘clock: in. the No. 9; (if/I'm", cccoml floor, four/ll. eulmucu, (ll/.14— pm Hull. Any/(me Micros/ml. in. joining the sla/j' 1's in (l in 111' present. ,I. [his men/iii]; or comm (0 UN’ (If/i (if. two o‘clock ’I'hm'xday. The follow: 9 in English. will sumcn Luv: “/1 Play a Wrmk": Fridays (1,1. 10:20; I" Chap/ix “/lzllvunccd W up" and. “l/l/J‘I'l." 'iw/ for Publications”; Friday/l: {II 2:00; (i Chi/pin. Music Clubs Play, election In: gluon r-om'scs this: hing at Sherman. Stage Setting .3: Notable Feature of This Concert The first concert of the Armour semester noon at the meeting of the Executive Club of Chicago in the Grand Ballroom of the Sherman Hotel. Dr. Hotchkiss, Mr. Allison, and Professor Schommcr were guests of honor for the occasion. This concert of the Musical Clubs is especially noteworthy because of the line stage property that was used. Mr. Erickson, the director of the Mu- sical Clubs, prevailed upon the Sher- man Hotel authorities to leave the stage setting of the Fashion Show, which was recently held in the same room, in its place for use in this con- cert. The setting consisted of a large circular entrance at the level of the balcony. For the first half of the fifty min— ute program the orchestra played a number of varied selections. At the end of this part of the concert the curtains parted and the Glee Club marched forward from its position at the rear of the stage and on the wimr steps to the front of the stage. The second half of the concert was pre- sented by the Glee Club. After the concert, the members of the Musical Club had an enjoyable luncheon. Broadcast over WGN At 3:15 o’clock in the afternoon of} l minute : the next day, last Saturday, the Glee Club broadcasted a fifteen program over station W.G.N. The program consisted of the following selections: “The Viking Song" by Coleridge~Taylor; “Dear Land Home,” by Sibelius; “Sleep, Kentucky Babe” by Gcible; “Plantation" by Steiner; and “I Love Life" by Man- na-Zucea. The combined organizations are now preparing for two performances in the near future: one the oft—post— poned concert at the Kankakcc High School, and the second at, the Bel— mont Hotel on March 16. l porter and assistant sports editor. The. new sports editor, William B. Ahern, has had a year and a half of experience on the sports staff, being for the past year under the guidance of Raymond A. Fleissner to whose post he has now been promoted. Robert J. White, who succeeds Clar~ once Clarkson as business manager, has been serving as advertising man— uircr. These four, Scar], Armsbury, Ahern und White constitute the man- aging board of the News for the comv ing year, and as such. will determine the policy of the paper. The gathering of news for the pa- lpcr will be handled by 1.. J. Beck- man, newly appointed news editor, and his three ' sistants, F. D. Cot- terman, R. R. Johnson, and R. S. Ker- chur. In addition to the assignment of stories to the news reporters, these men will judge the news value of the stories in order to determine the weight of headlines to be given and to place the stories in the dummy. The news reporters will be directly responsible to these men. One or two more men in this department may be advanced as conditions warrant. 0. P. Frcilingcr, who takes the place of E. G. Avery as copy editor, will, with an as slant, check the l stories for journalistic style, clcarness and grammatical accuracy. J. F 'l’lumiston in the newly created posi- tion of proof editor will fill a need for supervision of the work of proof reading done at the print shop on Saturday morning. The feature department, headed by (7. ll. Bristol, will include the book :rcvicws, the Steam Shovel, and all 1 similar columns and departments. I. K. Arldis will continue editing: the Arx News and Henry Levin, the Steam Shovel. E. F. Mezera, as assistant sports ‘editm’, will aid W. B. Ahern in the coverage of sports items and in the general operation of the department. In the business stall, E. W. Schmidt has been appointed circulation man- ager to replace the two ex’managcrs, .l. E. Schriencr and E. A. Svoboda, whom he has been assisting. R. H. Hedin has been appointed to the post of advertising manager, left vacant by the promotion of White to busi- ness manager. Although no loneer officially con- nected with the chs, the retiring managing board will be available to act in an advisory capacity as un- usual problems arise. Mcfi'ounoch Tallies or Loops Meeting "Chemical Engineering Contribu- tions to Business" was the subject of a lecture given Monday evening, Feb- ruary S, by Professor Harry McCor- nf‘ mack, head of the department of chemical engineering, before a meet- ing of the Western Society of Engi- neers. The talk was one of a series of science lectures which the society is hcaring this winter. Professor Mch‘mack rather general review of the develop- ments made in the past decade by 1‘:— scarch chemists and chemical engi— neers in the perfection 0'; new ma— : tcrials and processes. Ho 5: l s 0 showed the effect these developments the industrial world. gave a ~hsvc had on I The fields of light metals and alloys. and aluminum ting namely magnesium . cousis .\ tlictic plastics and molded mater-i synthetic organic solvents; and our» cring and protective material were the important fields discus. . lecture.