Page Two Armour Tech News Student Publication of the ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Duhlished Weekly During the College Year :2 no Per Year Single Copies. 10 Cents Each MANAGING BOARD Editor-in-Chief ........................ Edwin N. Sear] Managing Editor. ......... Richard D. Armsbury Sports Editor.. ........ William B. Ahern Business Manager .................. Robert J. White Walter Hendricks Faculty Advisers .. ............ William W. Culvert Eldon C. Grafton EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT News Editor ......... .. ................. L. J. Beckman Assistants. ....... F. D. Cotterman, R. R. Johnson, R. S. Kercher. Copy Editor. . . . . .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 Columnist ............................. J. A. Bacci News Reporters ........................... J. B. Davis, J. J. 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FEBRUARY 27, 1334 Vol. Xlll No. 3 Engineers Arc Human Science, one reads, is remaking the world. in the person of the engineer, it has come to all of us and made our lives easier and better. it has lessened our labors, given us swifter transports. tion, made our cities safer and more healthful, given us better homes, cheaper necessities. more luxuries, better entertainments, and more time to enjoy them. Moreover, these things are not ARMOUR TECH NEWS w w -vr.~sw «a my ? . . Ml . ”The Slipsticlc l Cleave to “The Slipstick": let the Slapstick Ely where ii‘: may. i w A. to». mm. M m, Some of the finest jokes extant come through the fact that the printer’s finger slips. A Buffalo paper in describing the scene when Roose- velt took the oath of office as President said it was a spectacle never to be forgotten when Roosevelt. before the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and a few wit— nesses took his simple bath. Also what would happen if the printers over left the “c" out of Faculty Club and called it the Faulty Club. This is a prosperous week and the prosperity has gone so far as to inspire these suggestions to the perplexed seniors while ordering stones for their jewelry: Washwoman . . .................... Soapstone Policeman .. ....... Cobblestone Soldier . . . ................... Bloodstone Broker .. Curbstone I'm-hawk Grinds-tone In the middle of a lecture When you’re trying to conjecture Whutinell the stuff is all about. From afar comes a rumble And your thoughts go a-jumble With the passing of the N. Y. C.R. R. In the balance room one sits Severely having' {its While perched upon the little wobbly stool For if the floor does shake Another weighing he must take And time moves on. Noises from without Make our librarian shout At the clamourous din Of the dropping of a pin From within. Anne: My, how hard your heart is hosting; it sounds like a drum! Koko: Yeah, that’s the call to arms. a Sad Storywtfar, Caress, )areless, Corlcss. 3 Did you hear about the guy who not a new car and has to wipe it off every morning because there’s so much due on it‘.’ static; we are in a veritable frenzy of progress. It all started, one learns, about two hundred: years ago, with the introduction of a few im—. provements into the textile trades. It was hard work to get these innovations accepted~~the§ world didn‘t want them—and it was a long timel before the trade guilds became mechanized Ill—i dustries. First, there had to be a source of power: the steam engine; although it was not? long in coming, again there was the problem oil getting the world to accept it. And thus it went: the steamboat, the railroad, the telegraph, the: telephone, electric light and power; all met with , ridicule and hostility upon their introduction;‘, all had to be “pushed" or “promoted” before they l were accepted. Then, quite suddenly, as such. things go, duringr the later years of the last ccn~ tury the world became progress-conscious.v Science came out of the Cloister, and engineering ‘ became a profession. ‘ i The new engineer brought with him the auto‘, mobile, radio, and the airplane in swift succes 5 sion, and the world only laughed at the cries of; the rcactionarics. It soon called for more, and, the engineer produced. Industry demanded his-j services. Progress was the watchword‘, specd.l power, and efficiency the method. Soon he wasi taking over the reins; he dropped design to as- sume control. He went into selling and finance; he wrote books about his works, and even went into politics. Today, after Chicago’s Century of Progress, he definitely “rules the roost.” All this, remember, comes from the pens of the idolizers. That the engineer is human has en- tirely escaped their attention; it remains for the pessimist to propose a few questions. What, he asks of the engineer, of the large slum areas surrounding: those prided industrial centers? What has been done toward their improvement? And what of the traffic problem—the annual sac— rifice of thirty thousand human lives to the motor vehicle“? Where does engineering science go when faced with the problems of government w—with the fact that every political unit in the nation is seamed with corruption, and that more than one fourth of every American tax dollar finds its way eventually into the pockets of grafters and political parasites? And what of Sincc (3/111) has been my cruel late, My brain has ceased to calculate. Organic Clnemiarry would l’oin Enslavc mo in a carbon chain. 0h! Physics, what a task are you I would that all your facts I knew. While F. l. S. is not a drink it drives mo to the very brink. in ENGLISH how I try to free The thoughts that do urine in me. Alpha: When the teacher asked me to give him a quota» tion I said, “And Judas Went forth and hanged himself.” Beta: What did the teacher say? Alpha: “And now another.“ Beta: Sol Alpha: I answered: “Go thou and do likewise." Francdis.” m—— l A certain F. P. E. calls his sweetie “Wheat” ‘odcause she is easily shocked, and there’s a Chemical who calls the one he was out with the other night “Roast Pork” hem cause she was chiefly apple sauce and dressing. 1, This week the Slipstick is going to shock you 1by a simple statement of fact. Hold tight. How many of you know that the initials B. V. D. on men's underwear are derived from the names of the manufacturers, Beverly. Voris, and Day? And furthermore, how many of you even care? ’ You may be a fine, upsfamling, i‘cspcriablc cilizcn, [mi in :1 banana skin you’re just a big flop. , Fini Farmer: I’ve got a freak on my farm. it’s a two-lcfliced calf. Second Farmer: Yes, I know. on my daughter last night. He came over to call And so, fond readers, this is the last and final issue of the Slipstick while under the guidance of J. A. B. With deep appreciation and grateful acknowledgement of all loyal contributor" The Slipstick passes into the hands of the next Slipstic er whose name you will soon learn. May he find the pleasure in it that I enjoyed. 3.13. B. fact that, but twenty years after the worstvwar the world has ever known, the nations of this world are preparing again to leap at each others’ the crime problem? And what, finally, of the throats in the same colossal folly? dllbllhilll‘ lllllldllllllg Editor's N etc: This column is in- tended to contain such criminal stu- dent literary effort as is deemed worthy of recognition in this manner and of genuine interest to the student body. Llflli'l' READlNG IN SPARE MOMENTS Do you ever have a few spore mo- ments during the day when you wish there was just something to do to pass the time? For instance those boring,- few minutes when you are waiting; for the family to call you to dinner, or when you are staying in until you receive that expected telephone call, or when you are wait ing in the library [or that fellow who was going to meet you sharp at threeuthirty. You know there is not time to start work on your chem— istry, tomorrow‘s physics lesson, the interesting novel, or that terrible weekly theme for just about the time you would be settled down and in- terested, you would have to leave. And what is the result? Your spare moments gone to waste. Did you ever think of doing some light reading: in moments such as these, and further, did you ever think of the possibilities of your diction‘ ary in supplying the material for this light reading? I suppose not, for if you are an ordinary individual, you use a dictionary only to learn the meaning, pronunciation, or spelling of a word. If you are a still more ordinary individual, you use your dictionary just as little as pos- siblc; you shy clear of all unusual words in your speech, you hurriedly skim over unusual words in print, and in writing“, you simply misspell or eliminate entirely those words whose spelling is unfamiliar to you. The Dictionary Has Possibililieo Until a short time ago I was just one more of those ordinary persons as far as a dictionary was concerned. But one day, I had a thought which was something like this: “Why could not I learn something from the dictionary in those odd moments when I hurl nothing: else to do? IIl'r‘L‘ was a compilation of a great part of the knowledge of the world. What is more, this information was arranged in very concise l'orm, ideally adapted to my particular need. The definitions provided ma- terial which could be read through quickly, could be left at a moment’s notice, or could be followed up one from another interminahly just as my time and fancy permittet .” With this in mind, I tried the following experiment. Opening: Webster’s Collegiate Dic- tionary at random, I happened to turn to the last page of words be— ginning: with “F”, where my altcn. tion was arrested by a very unusual word at the end of this division. It was the word “fylfot”, pronounced “fit-lot", a noun meaning the “swass tika”. “Swastika”, l repeated to my- self. Certainly here was a word perv tincm in the affairs of the world to— day, as everyone who is. familiar with cu "out events well knows. But what did I know about the swastika? I hud a vague idea that it was some kind of a symbol of good luck, but I know nothing: about its derivation {which I unsuspectingly thought a [must he Chinese because of its ap- pearance), nor was I absolutely sure of the correct pronunciation. So of com o the ncxt logical thing to do was to clear up a few of these dif- ficulties by looking up this word. “Hot on the Trail" I soon found that the correct prov nunciation was “swastika”, that it could also be spoiled “swastica”, and that it was of Sanskrit origin, de- rived from the word “suastl”, mean- ing welfare (su, meaning well; asti, moaning being). Well I had been partly right about its being a good luck sign, for it was a symbol of well being. The dictionary went on to explain that it was a symbol or ornament of great antiquity, many modified forms of which exist, while various decorative designs such as the Greek fret, are derived from, or -are closely associated with it. it ir sometimes called the ”l'vli‘ot" and “gam'rnadion”. 1 could very easily have stopped right where I was, but hcim: naturally curious, and having spent only about two minutes so far, I next turned my attention to the new word “gammadion.” This word I found, is pronounced “gamma-dion", is spelled “gr-a‘m— m-a-d-i-n" in the plural, and was de~ scribed as being a cross formed of four capital genomes, especially in the figure of a swastiks, or in that l of a voided Greek cross. It was now evident to me how the symbol of the swastika originated, just what it means, and by‘ what other names it is sometimes known. MoreoVer, I now know how to pronounce it cor- 1Pectly and with assurance. Certainly some addition, be it ever so small, had been made to my store (on—bet— ter maybe-winch) of kuuvvlcdgc. In these three or four spare moments I had gathered information which would hereafter make the swastika Sign a little more significant to me, which would give the Greek gamma some meaning to me other than its being“ one of the symbols of secret collegiate orders, etc., sun which taught me the difference between a Greek cross and other crosses. What is more, I had not nearly exhausted my search. which could have con— tinued indefinitely from one new or unfamiliar word to another. To read this, one would think that l was advertising dictionaries for u book publishing firm, but if I were doing; this, I might say it in some such fitting terms as these: “How do you occupy your spare moments? Read this wonderful book which tells you how to be interesting and en- tertaining to your friends, how to succeed in business, and how to be the kind of person who always has something interesting to say. If you are a student, it will teach you those little things not taught in the class. rooms; if you are a business man, you can learn to talk about some- thing besides office, stocks, and bonds; if you are a doctor you will learn of things other than the hos~ pitul or your patients; and if you are n hou. .-wife, you will find in it things oi' interest outside of the rou- tine duties of the household. In short a wonderful book which every- one should have—the ideal book for light reading in spare moments." But as I said before, 1 am not ud- vertismg anything, much less a dic— tionary. E am merely giving; you a sample of the possibilities of using your dictionary for light reading’ in spare moment '. G .0 What to do about “burning” in these days of beer was one of the questions propoundcd to the authors of the new etiquette hook recently published at Marshall College. The following; answer was suggested by a bright young student: make beer strong-er so that one will not have to forcibly retaste it to discover whcth~ or or not he has been drinking slight— ly rancid dish~water. Dear editor: In the last year or so. many changes have been made at Armour. In particular, the school colors are now black, red, and gold; also :1 new course in engineering science is be ing given. I would suggest there- fore, the following: changes as indi- outed-MI have made. them Verbally before: in the Armour Fig/ht Song, from “Raise up the black and yellow higher” to “Raise up the black, red, and gold higher," and in the .1rch~ Mcch Yell, from “Arch—Mech—Ciw Elec~Chemiculs—aml-Fire Protect" to: “ Ai‘ch—MBCh-Civ-Else-Science‘Chcm- and Fire Protect." Note that no change in the number of syllables is involved. One more suggestion. The Armour songs, particularly the Armour Fight 3071.57 and the beautiful Armour Alma Mater Sung ought to he popularized. That is, popularized to the extent that at least Chicagoans not only rec- ognize but sing the Armour songs on a par with the songs of the nearby prominent private and state univer- sities. Nothing could please me more in this respect than to go to dances and parties and hear the Armour songs in the occasional college med— icy. The student body can put this idea over. Consider just the Armour Fight Song and the Armour Alma. Mater Song. First of all they should be made available in the following“ forms: (1) record, preferably one record having the Fig/Lt Song on one side and the Alma, Mater Song on the other; (2) piano sheet music; (3) dance orchestrations. Then, if dur- ing the next few years, the chhawks .would spring: these songs in one form or another on their friends at every opportunity, the Armour melodies would become just as well known as the songs of the neighboring univer- sitics. While this condition is being put into effect, Armour Institute will re— ceive much subtle advertising and publicity. What the Stein Sang did on a large scale for the University of Maine, the Armour Fight Song and the Armour Alma Mater Song can do on a small scale for Armour lnsi;il.ute—~provi(le(l every effort is made at the start to furnish high quality musical accompaniments for the melodies. A Soph Chemical. ”Williihl ill lg ii: loll... i fore your honey . . . pufE a all bite . . . The truly bitel // 1/9? *3/7/ When. you‘re handed the raspberry be- Ci 5 grouch with genial BRIGGS. 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