Page Two V. . our liech News Student Publication of teh ARMOUR lefTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HICAGO, ILLINOIS Published Weekly During the College Year owl 501014;;v Mom 131;) sill... ......o Single Copies, 10 Cents Each 691021 :11 ‘1111 Per Year MANAGING BOARD Editor-invchief ..... .. ............ .Edwin N Sear] Managing Editor. .Richard D. Armsbury Sports Editor.. ...... William B. Ahern .................... Robert J. White Walter Hendricks William W. Colvcrt Eldon C. Grafton Business Manager . Faculty Advisers .............. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT News Editor ..... .. ................ .L J. Beckman Assistants ...... ..F. D. Cottetman, R. R. Johnson, R S. liercher. Copy Editoz ......................... . .0. P. Freilinger Assistant . ................. H. S. Nachman Proof Editor ....................... . . . .J. F. Humiston Feature Editors .............. C. R. Bristol, H. Levin Assistants ............ I. M. Addis, J. K. Morrison Editorial Writers . . .Brockway McMillan, G. W. Ormsby Columnist .............................. Robert Hells. Staff Photographer ........... . . . . , . . . .J. M. Bard News Reporters .................. .N. Balai, B. Chase, J. .J. Doodera, C L. DuSell, S. L. Ender, M. Fineman, J. Galandak, A. M. Galler, W. J. Gartz, J. A Graf, W. S. Hamlin, F. l). Hotlcrt, R. H. Knabe, W. F. Kraemer, V. J. Kropl’, J. Land, J. Laslciewicz, F. Leason, N. McGuone, D. J. Neal, R. A. Peterson, M. B. Stevens. D. C. Timberlake, L. P. Werlein, and G. A. Zwissler. Assistant Sports Editor .................. E. F. Mezera Sports Reporters ...................... G. II. Bergquist, F. L. Frazier, J. M. Robert, J. 0. Larson BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Circulation Manager .................. F. W. Schmidt Advertising Manager. . . . . .R. H. Berlin Business Assistants ................... E. F. Dudley, E. Simek, F. A. Wertzler. Vol. Xlli. May 23, I934 No. l5 Emmet-Term “Lug” At this time of year an old, familiar, and seemingly unsolvable problem again makes its appearance. We refer to that “lag” which a good majority of us find has been occurring in our scholastic endeavors. It is undoubtedly true that since the inception of this column more inches of it have been util- ized (or wasted?) in discussion of this ancient problem than for any other purpose. Whether it1 is deserving of any more space or not, it is cer- tainly going to get it, “toot sweet.” Such expres- sions as “confession is good for the soul" and “get it out of your system" apply well in this sit- uation, and should be reasons enough for com- ment on our part concerning the whys, hows, and wherefores of this question. We have formulated statements on other matters on considerable less provocation than this. A most obnoxious characteristic of this "lag" to which we refer is that instead of being a con- stant and conventional thing it is very pronounced in its determination to become much worse each step of the way toward the end of the school year. There seems to be nothing that can be done about this particular phase of our dilemma, for once the symptoms appear this characteristic be- comes the dominating one. A consequence of the “lag” is the bad psycho- logical eilcct on the person afflicted. which is fol- lowed by a loss in efficiency. As far as we have been able to determine, the only remedy for this condition is the good old fashioned one which our predecessors used, a good stiff dose of hard work for the next four- teen days and nights. The Raise in Tuition The one development of the many during the past week which is probably uppermost in the minds of the Armour student is the raise in tui— tion beginning next fall as announced in this spring’s bulletin. The News carries in this issue an open letter from President Hotchkiss relative to this an- nouncement. We suggest that the entire student body read this message very carefully. lt con- tains all the answers to the questions which arise in your minds. Obviously, one of the things that such a step at this time will cause is comment and thought on the part of the Armour students concerning the matter, which sometimes might border on the bitter. AS a matter of fact, we have heard re- marks that bear out the preceding statement and it seems that; the attention of such persons who have been res ponsible for them should be drawn to some broader and deeper considerations. We must realize that the step has not been taken ARMOUR TECH NEWS w w «w W‘efw wv my Milne glipsticlcw % Cleave to “The Slipstick": let 5 VWW the Slapstick fly where it may. m n. x». mm m Hi fellas, the tide has turned, the Sophs beat the Froeh for the first time in nine years. Nice work, Sophs. But don’t think the grind is over, the worst is yet to come»— (psst, exams). in - .1. First: See that girl? That’s my girl. Second: Uh-huh-good looking scarf she’s got on. First: Yeah, I gave her that. Second: Shes a good- looking mama. Pretty hat. l‘irst: Yep: I gave hei that. Second: In fact, that whole outfit she’ 1; wearing is swell —-elcgant. Fir:5t I gave her all that. Second: And say—that’s a cute little boy she has with or. First: Yeah. That's her brother. :1 4: y Teacher John, what are the two gendem? John: “Masculine and feminine The feminines are divided into frigid and torrid, and masculines into in- temperate and temperate.” 11 o :4 She: Did I ever show you the place where I hurt my walk over there. .1: a: .1. Ed: “You took that little blondo hum the notions de- partmcnt home last night, didn’t you?” Don: “I’ll say I did, and I kissed be: good night, too." Ed: “What did she say?’ Don: “Will that be all?" 5i: She: Well, let's 1». >7 “We’re having a three-piece orchestra for the dance.” “'l‘hreeopiece." “Yes, piano, player, and bench." ti" 11* 9.} Girls were made to love because they love to be outdo. 1. a: I To That Gal Here’s to the frail Who’s never stale. Here’s to her eyes And romantic sighs. And hcre’ s to the gin She gulzlcs in. ’l‘ ‘i‘ k Which in Riivht? Some say it’s spring when the sap begins to rise, and some say it’s spring when the saps begin to fall. 1: :1: a John: Have you heaid the new dirty shirt song? F1':ed No, whistle the patter. John: “I Wouldn’t Change You *For The World Dear." a: Achilles’ mother dipped him in the river Stinx until he was intolerable. lit in ‘& chhawk: “Gee but you have a lot of burn jokes in your paper." ...II ~ “Oh, I don‘t know. I just put some of them in the stove and the fire roared " 11 e o MINUTE PHILOSOPHY A fashion expert is a person who can get more out of less material. All the world loves a lover, except when he is driving a car in traffic. A hick toWn is one where there is no place to go that you shouldn’t. Fun is like insmance—thc older you get the mom it costs. til ’9 3 Wife (reading) “It says here they have found a sheep in the Himalaya Mountains that can run 40 miles an hour." Her Hubby “Well it would take a lamb like that to follow Mary nowadays.” Steve: I always thought that mathematicians were bloodthirsty wretches, and now I know it! Joe: Huh? How come? Steve: Well, it says here that Cleopatra was bitten to death by an adder. VF ill 2‘ “Girls are the most biased creatures I’ve ever seen." “Why so?” “All they ever say is, ‘Bias this and bias that.’ " ii: Pli 1% “Have you found a coffin yet good enough for your son who died in college?" “The thing that’s worrying me right now is trying to find a sports model." 9; 1a :1 The time has come to let you know that next week will be contributors week. Your contribs will make up the column. So, let’s see plenty of. good humor or poems from you fellows. So long. R. H. without a great deal of thought on the part of the administration and that they are far more com~ potent than we are to judge the advisability of such a move. Furthermore, if we, as loyal Ar~ mour men, believe as we should in the future of Armour, we will find it not so difficult to carry on and do our part. THE. l‘lQNfilRARllES Pl TAU SIGMA Honorary Mechanical Engineering; Fraternity Pi Tau Sigma is the national hon- orary mechanical engineering fro.— ternity, founded at the University of Illinois in March, 1915, under the leadership of Professor C. R. Richards. The purpose of establishv ment of the fraternity was t1n'ce~ fold: to emphasize through its mem- bership the high ideals of the me~ chanical engineering profession; to stimulate student interest and co- ordinate dopartmental activities in the universities, and to promote the welfare of its members. There are at present fifteen chapters located throughout the East and Middle West, and the chap- ter at Armour Institute which is Armour Delta was founded on De- cember 22, 1924. Armour Delta at the time was the fifth chapter to be instituted and at present is the 1r '1 1 U ll-llEllI. MAMWJSES From the Southern California Wampus we quote a dictionary of po- litical terms: CaucuSMa spiny desert plant. Ballotv—a dance done in filmy skirts. Pollwa native of Poland; cotton blossom which is attacked by weasels. Vote—~21 measurement of electrical current. Candidate — 11 sugared tropical fruit, also, two more than six truth- ful people. Pi'ccinctsv«what Christmas. Campaign—41 lake in New York; also, sleeping in tents. Lobby~a stroke used in tennis. Plank~«Stan Laurel’s facial expres- sion. Code—a woman college student. Bribewprincipal female partici— pant in a wedding ceremony. 'l‘enui'e—wwhat Bing Crosby isn‘t. Graft—name of famous German zeppelin. Ticket~~ undcrbrush. “Michigan State college is not sponsoring a course in bar-tending," was the emphatic statement of Dean B. It. Prouls after an article to that effect was published in an East Lansing, Michigan, newspaper. The course in question was a short course in hotel training. people get at Seven members of the Lions of Columbia eleven that swept across the continent to blatter Stanford in the mud of the Rose bowl New Year’s day are playing baseball now. They monopolize every position on the nine except the third base and pitching assignments. The seven erstwhile grid stars are Tony Mata], A] Bam- bne, Ed Brominski, Owen McDowell, Harry Chase, Joe Linehan and Frank King. The. Blue and Grey reports. that {bore ir. a sign outside the door of the dean's office at Creighton university reading, "Got. your grades here and paw: out quietly." The first airport ever built on an American university campus is under construction at Purdue. Editors of the undergraduate news- paper at Ohio State university, in an attempt to see how many people they could get to Sign a petition without reading it, obtained the names of 25 faculty members and some 300 stu- dents. The petition stated that the signers would not take a bath for two years. Two blondes, two brunettes and two real-haired girls were selected by I-Ionngy Carmichael, welkkwow’n song writer, as winners of a beauty contest sponsored by the Arbutus, year—book of Indiana university. Pic- tures submitted were numbered and numbers were selected, not names. The names of all professors who keep their classes overtime are pub— lished regularly at the University of Kansas. ’I‘vventy~nine of a. hundred Univer- sity of Wyoming students, confess fear of being alone in the dark. We never knew that that many college students ever were alone in the dark! A survey in an eastern university showed that 60 per cent of the stu- dents sleep through at least three hours of classes each week. sole chapter located in Chicago. Every year in the spring students are elected from the upper third of the junior class. In the fall, mem- bers of the upper half of the senior class together with those of the upper third of the junior class are eligible to become members. Pi Tau Sigma candidates are selected on the basis of scholarship, character, per: sonality, leadership, and college ac- tivity. Emblem of Fraternity The emblem of the fraternity is a watch key of gold and black hav- ing the form of :1 Carnot Cyclg. The upper part hears 11 steel II- section and the lower portion a flam- ing torch. The pledge button is also in the form of a Carnot Cycle and bears the colors of the fraternity, murrey and azure. The button is worn at 11 forty-five degree angle. “The Condenser” is published by the. fraternity, annually. The fraternity sponsors an an. nual convention in the fall of the year, and last fall ArmOur'Delta was host while next year’s conven- tion will be held at Madison, Wire consin. Have Acquired New Roomn The chapter has this year acquired two rooms which have been com- pletely furnished and which will greatly aid in the expansion of its uctivites. Delta chapter's member- ship in the Inter—honorary Fruterni~ ty Council entitles it to take part in the annual banquet and dance. During the first semester of the college year the chapter awards a Kent's “Mechanical Engineering Handbook" to the highest ranking junior, scholastically. Fremont Menibomhip Since Delta chapter’s inception, ninety—eight Armour men have boa come members of the fraternity. Honorary membership has been con- ferred upon Professors G. F. Cebu hardt, P. C. Huntly, E. S. Libby, J C. Pceblce, R. V. Perry, D. Roesch and upon Mr. E. E. Hartford. Pro~ fessor A. W. Sear is a faculty mem- ber. The active members‘of Armour Delta chapter are E. W. Gosswiller, president: R. W. Suman, vice-presi- dent; P. P. Polka, corresponding secretary; C. E. Hillman, recording secretary; F. E. Headen, treasurer; L. J. McDonald, cataloguer; and J. Birdsong, A. F. Christoph, 0. E. Dahlgrcen, J. H. Delloo, M. J. Fot— or, W. W. Henning, W. A. Hensel, .. R. Johnson, I. A. Kolvc, J. 13‘. Lukcy, R. J. Maci, J. F. Manly, B. L. Messingcr, J. R. Pinkus, R. W. Stahl, and E. R. Wood. Pi Tau Sigma is active in spon— soring the functions of the A. S. ".1 ‘chncsday, May 23, "334 What @th‘cr Editors Say: Back. To Their Join; Speaking of the members of the ‘brain trust,” 1-1. L. Mencken, author and critic extraordinary, recently ad- vised them to “go back to teaching sophomores to be ashamed of their fathers.” Thus the former editor of the American Mercury delivered a broadside against college teachers in general. Institutions of higher learning now can claim the rather doubtml dis- tinction of being the object of Mencken’s attacks along with the institutions of marriage, love, serv- ice clubs and a wide variety of “com- monplace” things. It is entirely within the province of Mr. Mencken to disagree with the policies of the members of the “brain trust" since he makes a prac- tice of agreeing with practically nothing, but it is surprising to have this patron saint of so many follow‘ ers of the so-callcd “new thought" to point his guns at higher education. Energetic students interested in research undoubtedly would ,find themselves chasing rainbows trying to discover the fellow classmate who has been made to feel ashamed of his parentage because of his teach ing' in college. The charge is doubly surprising since it comes from one who heretofore has decried the too democratic attitude of the college p1'ofessor.~—l11diana Daily Student. differ Reduced Roi! Roll Ruler to Students In a spirit of cooperation with stu- dents, parents and school authorities, the Railroads of the United States and Canada are again extending the convenience and economy of “College Special" round-trips for the school year 1934-1935 between home sta— tions as a point of origin and the school stations that serve educational institutions. The “College Special" fare is one and one~th.ird of one—way first—class fare for the rounddrrip and liberal stop-overs going and return- ing have been arranged with the only restriction that each single trip shall not take more than ten days. There is a acnnlte obligation upon. all but a few school and college students and staffs to keep down expenses by taking advantage of the transportan tlon offered which from every stand» point is the most pendable, efl’i- M. E. cient and sotisfactoiy. Going and Return dates— GOING TO SCHOOL An invitation tor you “the Manual Eloy distanced 'thn you return next Fall‘— asauring you comfort with speed, your convenience with safety Al "College Special" Fares sounds you tflNE-Thlllm The Railroads of the United States and Canada are continuing re- duced round-trip fares three times 21 your from home to school and return for students, faculties and staffs of educational institutions. RETURNING FROM SCHOOL Round—trip tickets may be Return portion of ticket 11-111y be uxnd to Humn 5111— purchased at Home 5“,. Hon during any one of the period» nnmud below: Hons during any one of 11m periods named below: Christmas Spring c1059 1935 1935 Aug. 25701.1. 5, 1931 Dec. 25, ism-Jun. m, 1935 Mar. 15—Apr. 17, 1935 Mar. 9—Apr. 15 May ISIJuna 30 Mar. 9~Apr. 15 May 154nm so ........ May 15-111.... 311 Going trip must begin on date within ten days. Tickets good in coaches, also in regular Pullman charges. Baggage will be checked under N0 certificate or other form of Illifitkt’é‘; reach school station within ten days. Return trip must begin on date of validation of ticket by mil- road agent at school station—limited to reach home station Tickets good over same route. both ways. Stop~ovcrs will be allowed in each direction. ll. hall Ill. ”ills. ticket is purchasccl~iimitcd to Pullman cars. upon payment of the usual regulations. identification necessary.