Vol. XIII N0. 3 Armour institute of "l'echnology, Chicago, lllinois Tuesday, February 27, l934 SIBELENES By LEROY BECKMAN WE WILL NEVER begin to realize :the tact involved in foreign rela- tions of any country until we con- sider France. As the pendulum of a clock, its foreign activities swing for and’wide—dbut not for long in any one direction. First, that country's attitude toward the finited States during the World war was as brother to brother—probably a form of tact. CAME THE YEAR 1932. France’s war debt to the United States was scheduled for payment—firm sched- ulcd. Indifference to the basic prin. ciples of international interests at the time was properly applied - a form of tact. Late last year the pro~ hibition law was repealed here, and before legislation was even com- pleted in that direction, France had that brother-like attitude in full swing again. Some more tact. DIRECTION REVERSED again. The French Chamber of Deputies adopted a form of tax just last week whereby 10 per cent of all foreign» crs’ wages made in France are to be turned over to the French govern— ment. Estimation indicates that the tax will affect over two million per- sons, almost a million of whom are Americans. Our people will pay that tax, and still subscribe to French liquor sales. Inasmuch as we intend to pay our own war debt, or at least France intends that we do, why don't we use some of that French tact? ’h 4* 21 BY A VOTE of 130 to 0, the House of Representatives at Spring- field passed the bills essential to a continuation of a Century of Prog- ress Exposition for the year 1934.. The result of the passage of the Fair bills is mar-ed ..;,;~iiai,'ifyini§,..bt’cawsa. ,, . wit 2,000 men were put to work yester— day by the various exhibitors A $5,- 000,000 building program is rapidly underway, $3,000,000 of which will go into payrolls. Activities of a state legislature mean much—401' bad or for good. ,, ll: :9: IT WOULD BE a case of pure folly to omit comment with regard to the student assembly of last Wednes. day. With the study in science, in en- gineering, or in any other field, we are presented with written facts de- rived from an authoritive source. We accept these facts, most of which we prove as eitistant to our own satisv faction. Unfortunately, however, the personal elemcnt in the authoritative source is most always lacking. (Continued on page 4) Tau Beta Pi Held Smoker Yesterday, The Phi Pi Phi house was the scene of a smoker and general social gathering of Tau Beta Pi yesterday evening. All the active members of the Armour chapter, Illinois Beta, as well as most of the faculty members of Tau Beta Pi were present. The program for the evening con- sisted of a short business meeting of the active members at 5:30 p. m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p. m. and cigars, bridge, and talk for the re mainder of the evening. A combined meeting of the student members and faculty members of Tau Beta Pi has not been held for some time, and so the occasion was in the nature of a reunion. One of the chief purposes of the gathering was to discuss and plan for an informal radio dance in the near future. Final arrangements for this social event will be completed within the present week. ALUMNI VlSl'l‘ SCHOOL Several alumni visited Armour last week. Among them were Frank Danda, (LE. ’27; John Meck, E.E. at... Second a... bottom ileum; Illa... we so fiance For March The hopes and aspirations of a. second Arx dance are blossoming forth in full bloom. The event will be staged March 9 at the Tower and Town Club at 111 E. Pearson Court. The huge turnout that attended the last successful dance induced the committee to obtain a better place for dancing than the last ballroom secured. The thirteenth floor of the Tower and Town Club will be ac— cessible to those who will trip the light fantastic to the music and time. 1y rhythm of Wilson Burnett’s seven piece orchestra. For those who be- come fatigued, ample lounging facil- ities will be provided. Posters arc in the process of con- struction and as usual the best poster will receive special recognition, the originator will receive a free bid to the occason. The bids are priced at $1.25, a price surprisingly low be- cause the affair is to be a table- dance. . Since all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, W. H. Sobel and R. E. Eshensen will see to it that the dance will linger a while longer than usual so that the Ar): and the engi— neers, who are cordially invited, may have more time to skip around. Pro- fessors McCaughey, Spears, and Sutcr and their wives will act as chaperons. howl—h. ildemficm in Ebony {Contest Student members of the Armour branch of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers are urged to enter the annual national essay con« test for the Charles T. Main award. The award consisto of $150 and an .. ‘f ate.- madman president and crctery of the so. ciety. The subject selected this year by the Committee on Awards is “Air Conditioning-ltd Practicabillty and Relation to Public Welfare." In addition to the principle award there will be given two $25 awards with the engraved certificates for the best papers on any engineering sub- ject or investigation, prepared by a student member of the A. S. M. E. under the direction of the Depart— ment of Mechanical Engineering: of his school—one award for a {gradu- ate student and one award for an un~ dcrgraduate. Rulea of Contest The following rules governing: the distribution of these awards have been approved by the Council. 1. The competition for the awards shall be restricted to sludent branch members in good standing. 2. Papers to be eligible for the competition must have been produced by their authors without assistance, and must not have been previously contributed to nor published by any other society or technical publication in whole or in part. Presentation be- fore a meeting of, or publication by the society or by any of its student branches during the year of compe- tition shall not be construed as mak— ing a paper ineligible. The papers (Continued on page 4) Faculty Wives @ficr Novel Entertainment Saturday evening the Faculty Women’s Club held an informal din- ner for the members of the faculty and their wives in Zeisler Hall of the Chicago Woman’s Club, ’72 East 11th Street. Dr. Hotchkiss and the representa» hive of the Faculty Club, Professor Moreton, each offered their invita- tions and greetings to those attend- ing. The evening was enlivened with group singing under the direc- tion of Mr. Ericson, with Mrs. Eric. son the accompanist. A special feature of the evening introduced by Mrs. Freeman was a ’30; Morris Nelsgm, CE, '30; Harry humorous skit based on Olhello from Richter, (LE. ’32; and Wilbur Ru. dolph, C.E. ’32. Rudolph was editor. in-chief of the Armour Tech News in MI'S. “Shakespearean Grand Opera.” Mrs. Thompson appeared as “Othello," Richardson as llllllllillt illitlll ”l0, gllltlddlllllll Large Audience Fills Asaembly to Hear Ealloonist RUUSlNG RECEPTEON Last Wednesday, Armour Institute, of Technology was favored with an informal talk by Major Chester L. Fordney on his recent trip into the stratosphere with Lieutenant'Com» mander T. G. W. Settle. It was through the efforts of Professor J. S. Thompson of the physics department at Armour, that this distinguished speaker was obtained. In introducing the speaker as “not only an explorer and officer, but also a business man, mathematician and scientist," Dr. Hotchkiss, presi» dent of Armour, said that he consid- ered a talk on a recent scientific expedition by Americans: as a fit- ting and somewhat different celebra- tion of the birth of George Washing". ton. Since it has been the custom at Armour to properly observe all im- portant national holidays, this as« sembly has served the two-fold pur- pone of celebrating: Washington’s birth, and of giving;r the Armour stu- dents some first hand information on one of the most recent advances in science. Upon his introduction Major Fordney, wearing the undress uni- form of the marines, stood at nttcn~ tion while the assemblage greeted his appearance with prolonged and enthusiastic applause. When the ovation had ceased tlwkliflojor wélfepymtli forward ”and ”ok— pressed his appreciation of the wel- come, modestly saying: that he felt honored at Huch a reception. Major Fordncy began his address by pointing out the important con— structive, scientific work done by the military service during peace time. The U. S. Army and Navy have al~ ways dom- work in the. pure and applied sciences, while the Marine Corps has been more concerned with the advance of social science, that is, the improving of living; conditions and helping of humanity. (Continued on page 3) likillfillb blitlfill bhdlllfilfllkhh Jaclijfilfiim April hhhd‘fllil Willi filmiil iflill‘dhlf own Alllllldlfllilh tildhhhdh Following the precedent estab-, lishediby the sophomores of having coats for lower classmen, the junior jacket committee is planning to pre- sent 9," jacket which, it claims, has as yet been unequaled in quality by any class at Armour. Jo hzcto Made to Specifications At be last meeting only one sam« plc jacket had been received causing :l’ui'th r action of the committee to be postponed until the latter part of thi, week when it is expected that the committee can consider the model proacnted by the leading knitti g; mills of the middle wcst. Tho-committee has studied various types Oil? jackets and has informed the salesmen of the qualifications they must .nneet before their jacket will be suomitted for the approval of the class.‘ A lightweight, blue-black flann .1 jacket of good matcrial hav~l ing' ‘renst pockets, padding, and a lining helm,r somewhat similar to a waist coat, with irimmingt in the echo colors. are the specifications to w 'ch the manufacturer must ad- here? The committee has been able to obnin the quotation of $6.75, with a pr barbie reduction in price if a suffi icntly large number of jackets is orqercd. llWlltlol Submitted to Class The model has been submitted to the tiditirc class, by presenting- it to cachulcpartmcnt through its rcprc‘; scntativc on the committee, and hasl met With approval. It is the belief of the class that a jacket of this type is well worth the small investment necessary, and that by placing their orders now, the jackets will arrive about. April 1, allowing the class of ’35 to wear them during the entire senior year. W *f—l’rcoent Tulle on / limitation Insurance Mr. Thicmyer of the Insurance Company of North America will speak on the subject “Riot and Ex— plosion insurance" at the next meets in]; of the If. P. E. S. to he held this Friday at 10:30 o’clock in room C Mission. l l Members of “'11! society will 1".» ‘ member Mr. 'l‘hicmycr for an cduce- itional talk he presented about, a lmonth also on “Multiple Location i Forms." Major Chester L. li‘ordncy, U. S. M. C., seated in his oli'ice in the Administration Building of the Com tury of Progress, was everything; you'd think a marine who had seen service in France, Nicaragua, Porto Rico, and three or four other hot- tempered countries wouldn‘t be. The major was affable and good natured, and always ready to explain some thing which a couple of dumb rc- porters couldn’t understand about cosmic rays, ex‘ ponential curves, or the fine art of landing about forty thousand dollars worth of scientific equip- ment on a dime. Marines are sup- posed to be ‘tough,’ but that’s the last adjective we’d think of applying to this particular marine - even though we’d hate to shoot against a fellow that rates and pistol. Withstanding a rapid fire barrage of questions, Major Fordney took it 'all smiling and literally “came back l it was just a matter of time before i OChSDN‘. “Desdamona," ' for more." His answer to the first ‘,we‘d get in too, so I decided to enlist ‘ (innseuse; 1931-1932 and also president of his Mrs. Krafft as “logo," and Mrs. Ensz question we asked was a surprise. class in his senior year. i as “Emilie.” “Would you mind telling us how you Major, Mathematiciun, and? IWurinc; By Henry Levin l i \an ‘expcrt’ medal for both the rifle‘ made out with your studies at Michi- gan, Major?" we asked. “Well,” said the Major, “1 was taking a mechanical engineering;F course at Michigan, and, believe it or not, I flnnkcd Math. 1 (college algebra and analytic geometry) three times, yes sir, three times. As la matter of fact I was up before the Board of Delin— quent Students and I had to do a lot of talking to convince them that I ought to be al- lowed to go on. But I finally passed the ‘math’ courses, and when I did, I knew the funda~ mentals. After received my degree in engineering, I ‘ took a couple of seminars in math.” “Is that for pub- lication, Major?” the inspired re- porters asked. Captain Ray Pflum, Lukao, and Rommel See Action in Final fiance of Their Collegiate Career SEASONS RECORDE NlNlZ WON, Elflll’l LOST Basketball activities For the um i the second half against the Armour rent season were fittingly closed last Friday when the Techawks avenged their previous defeat at Augustana by a score of 41 to 31. The victory was even more decisive than the score would indicate for a large part. of the visitora’ scoring- took place in Thom will by u. short but im- portant moct'i’np of the editorial std/f of flu: Armour Tech, News [on mmwmc at. 12:" in the News of- fices, fourth. . once, second floor Chopin. All present rcpoi m; and new man who wish [a try out for Hm staff m'c asked to be present. The moot/My will not lost more than 1074 minutes In tho moot. Armour Written; A smoker for the members of the stalls of the three Armour publica- tions will he held tomorrow evening at the Theta Xi house, 3305 So. Mich- igan Ave, at 8 o’clock. A prominent Chicago journalist will be the guest speaker of the evening. As the Nowh- arrangement ,_ ”no, , — plcted. However, those ergo promised that an interesting talker would be secured. Two years ago Warren Brown, sport editor of the Chicago Herald and Examiner, talked on the life of a reporter. The Board of Publications is spon- saying: this smoker on behalf of its member publications, the Armour 'I'I‘ch Now» and the Armour E’lll/lll(€('l‘. Members of the stall of the Cynic are cordially invited to be present. Card tables, score sheets, and may- be even refreshments will replace the more common copy paper and blue pencils for the evening. Armour Alumnus to Talk on insurance President lintchkiss has arranged with Mr. Arthur M. Jens, Armour '04, to deliver two lectures on life insurance in the assembly hall, F‘ri— day, March 9, and Friday, March 10, at 10:30 o’clock. Life insurance is an important fac- tor in modern finance, and a vital problem for each individual. Ml'.i Jens is well qualified to deliver a talk on this subject as he has, for nearly thirty years, been closely associated with insurance problems, as an cm~ ployec and later as an oFficcr of neon. cy and brokerage organizations. He is now president of the firm of Jens, Murray and Company, Mr. Jens graduated from Armour in the Department of Electrical Eur gincering in 1.004, and in 1920 was awarded the degree of Firc Protoc- tion Engineer. Present [Mirror Revue secondaries. Tech Leads at Half The two teams stayed on even terms for the first few minutes of the game, but Armour stepped away to lead 22 to 16 at half time, a lead that was never relinquished. Starting the second half Armour scored reg- ularly leaving,“ the Rock Islanders far behind where they remained until the last five minutes of the game. Techawlc scoring centered around Lauchiskis, Pflum, and Christoph, who scored twelve, ten, and nine points respectively. Augustana’s ‘ scoring was more evenly distributed with Swanson and Schroeder each netting,- six points and Czei'winski Mead. and Miller scoring five, five, and four respectively. The victory raised the season per— l contage above the .500 mark, as prior to the game the team had broken even with eight wins and eight losses. Three Seniors Play Lani Game Three seniors, Pflum, Lukas and ltummel, completed their basketball careers at Armour in this game. Pros— pects of a better team for next year are still brig-ht, however, for a stung nucleus is left in the form of Christoph, Lauchiskls, Dollenmaicr, Warner, licikc, and Merz; and if any stars are found among next year’s freshmen, Coach Kmfl't should have little trouble in welding a strong team together. The experienced lead’ lership and steady playing of Capt. l Pflum and the work of Mickey Lukas :will be sorely missed nevertheless. . Box Score 1 Armour—41 . ! lleikc, 1'. .............. 1. Lukas i'. Christoph, . . , Rommel, f. ............ 0 Lauchiskis, c. Merz, c. . . . lmwwamwbco.‘ F. 5 0 3 2 2 0 Warner, g. 0 Dollcnmaicr, g. . . . .0 l Pflum, 1:. .............. 5 0 Total .............. 14 13 16 Auguatuna-v—Sl B F. P. Schroeder, f. .......... 2 2 2 Czerwinski, f. .......... 2 1 0 Swanson, f. ............ 3 0 0 Rastcdc, f. ............ 1 0 1 Mead, c. . . . 2 1 ‘2 Woodin, c. 1 1 Miller, g. 0 3 Marack, g. 2 2 Rehr, g. .............. 0 0 2 Peterson, g. ........... 0 0 2 7 15 Total .............. 12 Dance Bide Are Cause of Argument in Class Due to the disscnsion shown by members of the sophomore class at their last alas meeting" concerning the price of bids for the freshman sophomore informal dance, the com- bined soph-l'rosh social committees met last Wednesday to unravel this knot. It was decided that the bids would sell for $1.75 as the rental of a ballroom large enough to accommm date the expected attendance is com sidcrahly higher than that charged at U of C. This Week “Step Ahead," the 1931 Mirror rrul vue of the University of Chicago, will be produced March 9 and :i at Mandel l “Absolutely, facts are facts,\ ‘ you know.” . “How did you come to ever join‘ the marines, Major?" 1 “Well, the war was on in Europe; lat that time, and everyone felt thatl ‘with some outfit. I was doing 3:111th (Continued on page 3) ball on the Unich v campus. The, revue will feature in skit, songs, nmll dance the undergraduate attitude to-l ward events of national as well as} campus interest. The dancingr groups} include the ballet. directed by Berta: internationally 1 men: : the Mirror lupin . nnu‘l, the recently organized “Stepping: Scx- l totte." by small outlying hotels. Other arrangements are also being: made by the committcemen. Contact has been made with an arches booking agency but as yet no orches— tra has been selected. Bids and programs have been sub- mitted by Various concerns. and it expected that an order will he placed with one of them during: the hirer part of this week. Such an 3519' went will allow the nminth to dispose of i. dance is scheduled for Apt-d “.20. ‘11 i\' to n ‘ bids. as ihc