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Armour Tech News

Student Publication of the
ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
CHICAGO, ILLINOES
Published Weekly During the College Year

   

   

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MANAGING BOARD
Editor—in-chicf ........................ Edwin N. Searl
Managing Editor... Richard D. Armsbury

  
  

Sports Editor ..... . . . . .William IS. Abern

Business Manager ................. Robert J. White
,‘ Walter Hendricks

Faculty Advisers .............. William W. Culvert
Eldon C. Grafton

 

EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
News Editor ............................ L. J. Beckman
Assistants ............ .. , D. Cotterman,
R. R. Johnson, R. S. Kercher.
Copy Editor. .
Proof Editor

    

.0. P. Freilingcr
. . .J. F. Humiston

    
   
 

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Feature Edito .. . . R. Bristol, ll. Levin

Assistants ............ I. M. Addis, J. K. Morrison
Columnist ............................. J. A. Bacci
News Reporters ............... J. B. Davis,

 

J. J. Doudera, A. J. Dreis, C. L. DuSell, S. L. En-
der, E. W. Engstrom, F. L. Fraizer, J. Galandak,
H. A. Geeraerts, G. F. Graham, C. E. Hillman, M.
Holland, B. W. Johnson, L. F. Kacel, R. Knabe,
W, F. Kraemer, V. J. Kropf, J. Land, J. Laskie—
wicz, F. Leason, N. McGu'one, H. S. Nachman, D.
J. Neal, A. J. Ragan, M. B. Stevens, D, C. Timber.
lake, L. I’. Werlcin, and G. Zwissler.

Assistant Sports Editor .................. E. F“. Mezera

Sports Reporters ..... M. Holland, .1. 0. Larson, 0. Tomei

 

BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
Circulation Manager .................. F. W. Schmidt
Advertising Manager ..................... R. H. Iledin
Business Assistants ..................... E. F. Dudley,
E. Simek, F. A. Wertzler.

 

Vol. Xlll.

FEBRUARY 20, 1934 No. 2

Eontucto

How many freshmen realize the importance
of extra curricular activities in their college
days; how many freshmen know what extra
curricular activities are offered to the students
of Armour institute; how many freshmen know
how to go about getting into these activities; and
finally, how many freshmen realize the benefits
to be derived from such activities? If you are
a freshman and do not realize the importance of
extra curricular activities, you may miss the
chance of your life to get the best out of your
college days for much of your success in later.
years may depend on your getting well started“
right here and now. i
As to the importance of extra curricular activ- i
ities, it ought to be the aim of the freshman {of
keep his mind focused upon school. This doesl
not mean that he must grind away at his studies
but rather that he must have the stimulation of;
the social environment of the school, providedl
through its clubs and societies. Throughout hisl
college career he should keep his thoughts ccnet
tei'ed about school where the sympathetic en».
vironment of those who understand his problem. i
will be of greatest stimulation to him in his work. i
He should be impressed with the fact that colw‘
logo is a place where one expands and broadens
his interests.

But, before the freshman can join a club or;
organization, he must find out what ones therefi

 

   

are to join and know something about their,
purposes, aims, and benefits. This informationl
can easily be gathered by a brief survey of thel
Cycle or current editions of the Tech News. [

For the athletically inclined there are baseball, l
track, basketball, swimming, golf, tennis, boxingl
and wrestling; for the musically minded, there
are the orchestra and glee club; for the literary;
type, the Cycle, the Armour Engineer and the‘
Tech News offer excellent opportunities; and for
those interested in professional societies there
are the American Society of Mechanical Engin-
eers, the American Institute of Electrical Engine
eers, the American institute of Chemical Engin»
eers, the Western Society of Engineers and the
Fire Protection Engineering Society. Perhaps
to some freshmen the miscellaneous amusements
and sports group consisting of the Campus,
Rifle, Chess and Truss Clubs and Armour Players
would be more fascinating.

It is simple to obtain a membership in any one
of the above organizations. Watch the bulletins
for the particular club in which you have an in—
terest and go to its meeting. Even if you have
no interest in a particular club attend the meet—
ings anyway and work up an interest in the club.

Many benefits will be derived from the contacts
you make with your fellow students. One not
only enlarges his circle of friends in school but
he also makes many acquaintances which may be

 

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Society Note
“The Ladies Auxiliary of the local volunteer fire de—
partment enjoyed a swap social Friday evening. Each
member brought something she hadn’t any use for. Most
of the ladies were accompanied by their husbands."
il' 3? 1l4 >!

The two keys to success are luck and pluck—luck in
finding someone to pluck.
3!: 1’; X'-

“l'lelen, I really cannot permit you to read novels on
thn Qabbath.”

“But, grandma, this one is all right; it tells about a
girl who was engaged to three Episcopal clergyman all
at once.”

3k ’l‘ * *
THAT’S DIFFERENT
The main walla on the campus,
Willi rdges of fine grime,
Wm: such a narrow thoroughfare,
Tle (we could bowl” pass.

A 1")“4’S‘ll7nll’ll, and u gray-haired mun

Met on this path one day.
“One side there you," the Freshman cried,
“And get out of my way."

“Why I’m the coach," replicd the man,
With. hair of silver sheen.
“Oh pardon me," the Fries/mum said,
“I thought you were the Dean.”
I). S. D.
‘l‘ ’h 8 Kit
“I must say these are fine biscuits!"
young husband.
“How could you say those are fine biscuits
the young wife’s mother, in a private interview.
“I didn’t say they were fine. I merely said I must say
so.”

exclaimed the

'l” inquired

as iii :9 it
The scandal of the world is what makes the offense; it
is not sinful to sin in silence.
s.

“I‘Iverybndy's striking,"
Said the Old Clock on the shelf,

“It . ..ms to be the fashion
So I guess l’ll strike myself

 

“But striking is my l)u5iinc.~1s-~»
Did you ever see such luck?

l'll have to give up striking ‘-~-
Just to show the folks that I‘ve struck.“
.. a. n 9.2

At which tip European troublemmkme might cause
some real consternation by letting up for a while. And
incidentally the lmtchering might some. too. Which is
something.

Pl 1% ii in

“Father, have you cut all four of your wisdom teeth?”

“Yes, son. I have purchased a used car, accepted a
nomination, bccn chairman of a local reception commit-
tee, and married your mother."

Ill R k v

Prof. (in geology} m“The geologist thinks nothing of a
thousand years."

Senior«~“Gi-eat guns!
dollars yesterday l”

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And I leaned a geologist ten

4» m ~
“Kissing should be banned on hygienic grounds."
“i don‘t care. I never go there anyway."
n w :r t
Clean Poetry

“Let me hold your Palm, Olive?"

“Not on your Life, Buoy!”

“Ivory much would like to hold it,

Since I come from a good American Family.

“No! Besides you love that Witch, Hazel.”
Francois.

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Mr. NewlywedA—“Did you sew the button on my coat,
darling?"
Mrs. Newlywed~“No, love, I couldn't find the button
and so I just sewed up the buttonholc.”
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“Yessab, Ah‘s a great singah."
“Wheah did you—all learn to sing?”
“Ah graduated from a correspondence school.”
“Boy you sho’ lost lots of yo‘ mail."
Hev‘d got a razz for that last answer!"
Him—“How do you know?"
He~”0h. . .a little bird told me.”
Francois.
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Thanks for the contribs, keep up the good work.
J. A. B.

valuable to him in the future. Then again, he
meets his classmates on a different ground than
in the classroom. He may be labeled “stupid”
begiuse of his performance in a class in which he
is 'ot good; but, by displaying his ability in other
things, he inspires the respect of those who have
so labeled him. Besides all this, he gains social
ea e and grace by speaking, playing, or acting, all
of which Will be of great benefit to him at some
future time.

So freshmen and also some of you lazy upper—
classmen get some school spirit, find the activities
that appeal to you most and get going on making
some real contacts.

 

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Editor's Note: This column is inn
tended to contain such. original, stu»
dent literary effort as is deemed
worthy of recognition in this manner
and of genuine interest to the student
body.

THE TEMPO 0F TODAY

 

I saw two young men in the Gen-
eral Exhibits Building of the World’s
Fair; both were watching an extra-
ordinarily complex machine which
wus at that moment in the process
soft

tubes used as containers for a well

of manufacturing the metal

known dentifrice. "Whooeel" one of
them exclaimed,, “I should think it

would get mixed up, going that
fast."

“No," declared the other, and
wisely too, I thought, “that’s just

what these here contraptions don‘t
do. You set human fingers u goin’
too fast and they‘ll make mistakes
no matter how much you curse at
”em, or reduce their salary. But gears
and such things seem to thrive on
speed.”

These
were, with scarcely any deliberation

remarks, ultcrml, as they
or previous thought on the matter,
seemed, nevertheless. to contain at
least the essence of a vital truth.

A Each
action and each force. every speed
this
first

man designs a machine.
machine
the
mind, then on paper, and finally in

and every tension of

laboriously conceived. in
cold metal. The throwing of a switch
or the turning ol‘ a valve sets this
And

hold, those motions so dil‘l'icultly doe

elaborate device to work. My

vised are now executed at a pace

which challenges the human eye to
follow them.

making of
But is not

(lulsworlliy culls the
boots by hand an “art".
this, ion, on art? 'l‘hi- engineer in~
tci'pi'i-ts the \‘L‘i'y spirit of ihc monu-
factored article in terms of vectors,
bolts, and rivets. Thus, as a ilolly-
wood cameraman captures iction to
preserve it on “celluloid" forever,
or, as the sound technician cngravcs
the immortal voice of Caruso on a
wax rlisk, so do some, of the more
clever among us express a bolt, or
a fire, or an automobile by building
the proper machine. l tor one do
mourn the passing of those older and
more picturesque skills of which

 

 

some few have survived oven to the.
present day. But the “electric
the automatic “l‘eelc ‘” or, ‘
almost pci'l' y general, the applied 1
mathematics are taking their places. ‘
The Technncl‘nt. they have scene}
ingly vanished—«have 'aid that such
a substitution criminal, that
such duplication and repetition of me—
chanical effort and of materials
meant the eventual ruination of
civilization, et cctera ad nauseam. I
shall not attempt to dispute these
arguments in any way other than
to quote the following, told to me by y
a skilled mechanic, the discharged
employee of a nonexistent automo-
bile company.

“They let me walk through their
plant to watch the assembly line.
)i'anes swung over my head, auto-
matic trip hammers rattled in my
ears, electric motors bummed, paint.
sprays literally sizzled. Magically,
out of this hive of human industry
sprang automobiles-«not one
unit every hour, but one every min-
uto! I examined the finished product
carefully, and I can assure you that
a car of equal value could not have
been built in the old plant where I
worked for four times the list price,
in five times the time, by twice as
many men."

I know nothing of the accuracy of
his statements, Suffice it to say that
they cannot be wholly incorrect. We
live in an age of duplications. Mass
production effects not only an in~
crease in productiveness, but also
produces a decrease in the cost of a
manufactured article, often bringing
that article within the of
many who could not otherwise have
afforded it.

The average man dwells in great—
er comfort than kings have lived.
Through the democracy of a machine
is revealed the quality of its pro»
ducc.

  

 

 

 

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cars,

means

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Tuesday, February 20, “9345

Flttlll/l (Ml-WK
PRESSES

PERFECT GOVERNMENT

 

No one will ever make u pvrl’ect
circle, but we can come nearer to
doing so by understanding the chin"
ncter ’iCS it would have. Under-
standing them, we may approach
perfection as closely as our practical
purposes require.

We shall never haVc perfect gov»
ernmcnt, but we can come closer to
it in practice if we understand what
it would be like. A false idea of
perfect government may he a prac—
tical hindrance to good government.

The ideal Government

ldcal government would recognize
the real nature of things, not ab-
stract theory. Seeing men and things
as they arc, it would aim to achieve
the greatest total of well-being, pres»
cut and future. Since character.-
tics of men and conditions of livmg
are extremely varied and varying,
no simple theory of government is
true to things as they are.

As men are not equal in wisdom,
motives. or social value, any theory
of government which assumes such
equality must be false, and may do
great social harm. Yet nearly every
normal man has elements of judg-
ment and experience which are nec-
essary to full understanding of life.
In his own peculiar way the coin
mon man may get close to the soil
and to reality. Only the poor know
the feel of being poor; only men or

 

inferior status know the bitterness
of servitude; only those who fail
know the frustration of hope. No

government rules wisely which leaves
out of its counsels great types of
experience. Hence pure uristociney
is inadequate.

In an ideal government cnch pmu
son would have the kind and (logri'o
of opportunity, responsibility, and
power he could use better than any
other. A man strong in one respect
may be weak in another. Ideal gov—
ernment would not pure com»
munism, pure (leiiiocracy, pim- aris-v
tocracy, or pure dictatorship, but an
(w‘ei'~varying synthesis of all these
and other types. The best design
cannot be determined by rule 0
theory alone, but only with expcii-
ence. wisdom, and good will.

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Such variety of methods has char-
‘ d Amei'i'a. This varying use

 

of all types does not imply absence-
of political philosophy, but is intui—
tive recognition of a definite phil—
osophy of government~~one which
all good government tends to express
in practice.

The Aims of Government

Aims of government are not diffi
cult to define if motives are right”
if the purpose is the greatest total
good. No man, simply because he
has priority of power, should have‘
opportunity or resources which in
the hands of another would create-
grenter well-being. Need and desire»
are not sufficient reason for .
ing possessions, either by rich or‘
poor. Only as we are actually or po-
tentially of value to society, includ-
ing ourselves to a reasonable degree
in “society," have we any ‘right’r
to possessions.

The proper aim of government is,
by whatever of many methods are;
most appropriate, to insure an en~
vironmont in which the varied quest
for life and value can have. full, fair
play. Government should protect
ciL‘Ly from physical or social 1" -
am .; it should restrain internal con-
flict: and should eliminate parasites
of all kinds, whether animal or hu-
man, whether parasites of privilege
and power, or of imbz‘lcility or crime;
und it should help men discover and
realize their powers.

 

  
 

Experiment in Government

European government for thou—
sands of years was largely the ef-
fort of power and privilege to im-
thcir will on society, and to
train subjects to crcilulity and servi-
tude. Gradually the common man
has asserted his seltlrespect, dignity,
and independence, demanding the
right to live his own life.

Yet privilege and power brought
leisure, and leisure brought. loam,
ing, art, general culture, and organ—
izution. To destroy blindly the set-
ting of privilege might largely de-
stroy human culture. To eliminate
privilege and parasitism and yet to
preserve culture, is the hard task of
government and society, No simple
formula will do it, but only patient
trial and search, in the spirit of tol~
erai‘ice, patience, good will, and sus-
tained enthusiasm. This implies long
experiment. Whoever, to intrench
privilege and parasitism or to pro-
mote an abstract theory of society,
would suppress tolerant, open-mind-
ed and vigorous experiment is dis—
loyal to the methods of ideal gov-
ernment—Antioch Notes.

pose

 

 

Placed on the market a year ago, this pipe
mixture made many friends before it had
a line of advertising. Aged in the wood for
years . . . BRIGGS is mellow, packed with
flavor, bitolessl Won’t you try a tin and let
genial BRIGGS speak for itself?

 
 
 
    
    

 

 

 

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