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SEBELTNES

By LEROY BECKMAN

WHEN PRESIDENT Roosevelt
issued orders to the effect that the
air mail be taken over by the gov-
ernment, he knowingly destroyed the
profitable hold of the large airway
corporations, and at the same time
unknowingly proved the worth of the
essential element of the United
States army, the air corps. The
government’s blundering in the face
of the situation has run high in
cost, both human lives and dollars.
Yet, in spite of the vast expendi-
tures incurred, only one thing has
been prawn-«aviation, as far as the
United States army is concerned, is
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PRIVATE ENTERPRISES in the
field of aviation have done consider—
able to bolster the adaptability of
that field to varied conditions.
Technical research has been the
foundation of all progress evidenced
on the part of the private enterprioe.
Flying under all conditions was
handled well an a memo—there were
no alternatives because it had to be
done. The army was called to flyl
the mail, an army maintained and}
trained by federal funds, and there‘
was no question as to capability—
there were no alternatives because
it had to be done. The intended activ- l
itics of the two factions were the“
same. but their applications were of,
a different type. Commercial flying?
was based on technical soundnc ;
and individual training. Howcvcrfl
we venture to say that the army airl
corps flew on u more pre-assumedl
theoretic reputation. l

MEANTIME, Secretary of Wari
llern is roving: about with a special‘
committee, compound of highly ciTi-l
cient and wcll experienced men, for:
the Illll‘pDSO, of considering first, the}
equipping of army planes with mod.l
cm safety devic S, and, second, thcl
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army flyors. Included in this com-‘
mittec arc Clarence Chamberlin and
Orville Wright. There is no doubt‘
but what those men are closely con—‘
ncctod with private cntcrpriscs in
the field of aviation—all of which
makes us Whether their
efforts will be extended in the proper}
directions, especially after Lind-
bergh made known that his would
not. The mail? Well, maybe they
intend to pile it up every so often
until the army is trained. We hope
Mr. Der-n hasn't thought of trying
the navy air corps.

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LACK OF congressional support
is to blame for the predicament. Unr
less the government intends. to
finance an army air corps, provided
it wants one, the maintenance of it
is a pure case of wasted effort to,

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Armour Eldon Give
hiluoicai Concert:

 

Repeating their success of last
year, the Armour Musical Clubs, un-
der the auspices of the Alumni Asso.
ciation of the Chicago Toachers’ Colv
lege, gave their second annual con—
cert at the Belmont Hotel last Fri~

day.

It lasted about two hours, and
was made up of several well chosen
numbers. Among others, two novel.

ties were presented; “Let‘s Make

Love Like the Crocodiles" and “Room
After thel

Row, Row Your Boat.”
concert everyone enjoyed a dance in
which the men of Armour and the
girls from the teachers college were

the main participants. A large

ldisposc of any err

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TAKENQ THE FTRST TURN in the tWo mile co

Armour. The Tech team gathered a fifth place in this; event.

llege relay.
right is Brewer of the winning Illinois State Normal team, and third from the right is McGrath of

 

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imioyere @ire Next llfiiet Semestcrh _ ‘
Production Friday Schematic Rating:

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“The Rising of the Moon" which‘
everyone about Armour except tho
pigeons knows: in the next produc:
tion of the Armour players, is in.
line form. The cast . and they ‘ 'l'hc followmg
Should know because s‘ their per i by the Oll'ice of ‘Lhc lit-ans. givc lhi
formance. The play scheduled to‘ .«zcl‘iolantic ntandinu of ll’N' momlu
go on at 10:30 a. in. Friday, March . ol' the ii‘rcnhman, Sophomorv, Junior
2?). , and Senior cla s of the College of}
Engineering and Architecture, who
worr in attendance during.r the ii 1
Semester ol' the school year, lll“ ‘
In this computation the gram-rt
Physical Training were omitted. A
credit (Ch), either for work at tho
Armour institute of Technology m”

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Whilp Hflt’ltkrhp on tho nuhjvrt

.“.'\pplicnl.ions of Air (‘orillilirxniiifl‘

A. S. M. ii. mcctimr to bc
hold lit lll:3(l Friday, in Science
llull, Mr, lvan l'. l’ui'inton will in‘
trotlucu a refrigerating
l'cmn.
its uncs, leakage, and tho ol'l'ccts
its leakage are to be taken

now gas,

of

Eloy Mr. l’urinlnn, who in Sales limrir'
Rnccr I'm‘ the li‘i‘iu‘idairc Company. ll.

   

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speaker was

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that this

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Convention Piano Started

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Asked by Senator Wagner to ap—
pear before the Senate Committee
on Education and Labor, President
Hotchliise loft last Wednesday for
Washington, where he and Mrs.
Hotchkiss remained over the week—
end. He was expecting: to take part
on Thursday in thc senatorial hear,
ing on the Wagner Bill, involving
discussion of company union organ“
ization.

Dr. Hotchltiss is widely known as

an authority on labor problems. All
executive director of the National
industrial Federation 01' Clothing
Manufacturers, as counsellor to tho
Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment
Board, and as a member of numerm
lous other industrial conferences, he
‘\has had broad experience in dealing
i‘with practical problems in labor.
1 While in Washington, Dr. Hotch-r
lkiss citpectcd to see Secretary of
lthc Interior ilarold lakes. chnly
1interested in the low-cost housing
lprojects which are an important
part of Secretary Iclcf‘s' public
lworltn program, Dr. Hotchkiscs‘ was
1a member of the Land 'ltilization
lCommittco of New York, whouc
lstudics helped to prepare the way
ll'or housing developments; now can
tcmplatud in New York City.

 

Salamander Pledges
dunior Wire Promote

Salamander, honorary firc
‘tcction engineering fraternity, an-
ounccs the pledging of the follow-
i lug: juniors: J. J. Ahcrn7 L. W. Biog—
glcr, 0. P. Freilinger, J. K. Morrison,
land G. W. thaton. The pledging;
ltook place lam. Friday morning at

previous 7productions, ‘11 b _ ‘ ‘ Thc mrious Committoox arc at,

the fact .hdyt the scenery w; thin for 'work elsewhere, was consirlm-nrl‘wurk making plans for the A. 3110.30 o’clock.

place on Vi edfifi‘bdfiy 1W9 (4'3"; f” C‘W'VM‘mt L" 8' grade "f ‘ ‘ M. E. convention to he held April During: their pledg'cflhilh ”1950
fore the performance. This Will give The average 0! the entire student 23 and 24 There Wm lor- l'iltccnlmcn will prepare a five-thousand

the stage technicians time to correct body, a total of 802 elude! ‘ is 85%.

     

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mid~wcst fichimls i'cprcncntcd at thciword theme on some subject relatn

. . , ‘. . .. rig. A130, . .. t . ‘_ , , ,
an) probltma that may a L. H The avuage: of he venous oigani convention. ling to firc insurance or fire pro—

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crowd spent an enjoyable evening at

both the concert and the dance.

Yesterday at 12:15 p. m., the com-
bined organizations gave a perform»
ancc for the Rotary club of Chicago
in the Grand Ballroom of the Sherl-

man Hotel.

Several other concerts. have been
arranged which will be given in the Algird Rulis. ,

near future,
performance
. of Chicago.

among others being a
for the Kiwanis club

 

the cast1 will be able to holdldrcss zatinns are as follower The oi’l’icial Armani)“ reprcsenta—lmotion. At the present timc they
rehtaisn.» and be thorough y at Stmf” (313” """""""" 87‘” /' tivc Will he chum-u by a context loy- are busy demding what topic to se-
home 0“ the completed stage. .lumor ““55 """""" I ' the best fifteen minute paper, which l lcct. They will he initiated into thc

Honorary Fraternity
Pledges Fine Men

Examinations for eligibility to Pii
Tau Sigma, honorary mechanicall
fraternity, were held last Thursday
night. The gruelling grind for the
aspiring fraternity men lasted three:
hours. The men who passed the}
exams were Kenning. Fetter, Mes-'
singer, Christoph. and Birdsong. In
honor of these men, a pledging;
smoker will be held at 7:30, March!
22.

The members of Pi Tau Sigma
have had the good fortune of ac-
quiring two rooms at 43 W. 33rd
street this semester. Prior to thin}
period they had no rooms in which:
to enjoy their bridge and pinochlel
,games, as they do now. The rooms?
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Alumni Smelter Held
Elly Alpha Chi Sigma 2

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Alpha Chi Sigma. professional:1
chemical fraternity, hold an alumnil
smoker at the Beta Psi Housc‘
Wednesday at which a large number:
of alumni were present. "

The following- sophomores
initiated Monday, March 19: 1

Charles Clark, ’cobcrt l’aulsen.l
Alvin Regan, Leonard Robbie, andl

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On Friday night, a dinner dancelS

will be given for the initiates at they
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Sophomore Class
Freshman Class

The student with the highest avcrv:
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dcrson, who has led his class
throughout the last two and one»

half years. His average is 95.9% .

The student With the highest aver—l Practicability and Relation to Pub-y

age in the Junior clan-.5 is Raymond
Maci, who has led his class for the“
last one and one-half years. His av»,
crage is 96.7%. i

The student with the highest aver—i minor awards of $25 each and

age in the Sophomore class in Russell

R. Johnson. His average is 97.29..
The student with the highest aver-

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Graupncr. His average is 07.19;.
Departments

Mechanical Engineering ..... xenow

Electrical Engineering ..... ‘ "'9

Civil Engineering ........... 8

Chemical Engineering
Fire Protection Engineerinehhl
Architecture ............... R3596. ‘
Science . . $8.804
in the departmental averages, the,
freshmen are not included.

The following: groups are arranged
according to the, seniority of il‘lcll"
establishment at the Armour insti—
lute of Technology:

Honorary Fraternities
(Scholastic) l
Tau Beta Pi
Pi Tau Sigma .....
Eta Kappa Nu
Chi Epsilon .. .‘Jlfii'fi
Phi Lambda Upsilon ,.90,6',’4~
Salamander ................ 93.0%

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nnual

,inspcction trip,
‘good, is cxpcctcd for the near
ture.

will bc read at the convolution.

I ’Air Conditioning Content Still 0mm

Student mcmbcrs oi' the A. S. M.
. can still ontcr e. 'vs in the an—

national cont s for the
*‘ Main award, The. best
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llic Welfare” will receive $150 and?

vcd ccrtilicatc, simmd by
cnt and the Secretary of
There will also be

an en;
the pr .
the society.

    

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tificatcs.

Because of the success of the
another, just

last
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Fire Protect Society
“Fire Protection in Airplane
l'langars” will he the subject of
the tell; to he presented to the Fire
Protection Engineering Society by
Mr. Neale, March 21., at 10:30. Mr.

Nellie is the chief engineer of the.

Chicago Board of Underwriters, and
his talk will consist of his own per
sonnl experiences in installing equip-
‘mcnt in tho hangars of a Chicago
: airport.

The date for the annual smoker
has been set for Friday evening,
April 6', and it will be held at the
VT’i‘li Kappa Sigma fraternity house
‘323? So. Michigan Blvd. All fresh»

 

‘ man lire protects are urged to ioinl

lthe moiety, and are also invited to
lattendl the smoker.

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l Semester’o Officero

5 Al. meeting held recently Chi
Epsilon, honorary civil engineering
fraternity, elected ol‘l’iccrs for the
l present semester. George T. Korink,
l who was editor of the Transit, oi‘l'i»
i in] organ of the fraternity,
ceded John l3. Schrcincr ns presi-
dent; Nickolas H. Kuchn retained
his oliicc of vice president: George
l A. Nelson, who was also rc‘clcctcd,
: resumed his duties as treasurer; and

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Edwin G. Hoilmann was clec d to
the secretarial oll'icc. The position

of editor of publications was granted
to Harold W. Davidaon uho has had
cxperiencc on the News

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l Staff.
llllhi Lambda Upoilon
to initiate Two Men
Phi Lambda Upsilon, honorary
hemical engincoringz fraternity, will
linitinte Jack Weilnnd and
lRenstrom during the first part of
lApril. Immediately after the in
:itiation, which will he held at iho
iPhi Kappa Sigma house, a mociing
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.coming year, and to decide upon
inew plagues.
A visit from the national \‘lL't‘A

’p‘residcni of the society is exported
, next week.

Elmer ;

Wednesday, March Zl, i934

lilllhl.
"tilt ”limit hiltlldl thithlllhl.

Michigan. State Trachmen Win Moot Points-3 as
Twenty/"om Teams: litrealax into
Scoring

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By John O. Larson

With some of the finest track
and field work. offered to mid-west
sports lane this season, the Armour
Relays were held last Saturday; and
the. sixth edition of the Armour
Invitational Relay Carnival was
featured by effective reductions of
four records and the equalling of
one. Relay teams from Illinois State
Normal, Michigan Normal, and
Pittsburgh University clipped a.
grand total of 19.8 Seconds. from
existing records; and it is entirely
pomsible that their efforts of March
'17, 1934, shall not be dusted from
the records in a hurry.

Meet Run on Schedule!

A remarkable detail of the affair
and one which merits listing in the
records is the fact that at 8:12
p. m. the. event scheduled for 9:20
wan given the starters gunl An
athletic event on schedule is truly
unique, but when some 350 men
are. marshalled in this fashion a
couple of c tra roses must be flung
to the officials. (Couch, A. A. Stagg
Jr., J. J. Schommcr, et. :11. please
note)

Colic-rye Two Mile Relay Mark Down

The initial assault on former rec-
ords appeared early in the evening
when the Illinois State Normal two
mile relay team, defending their
1932 mark, knocked an even eleven
Hcconds from that record. Bremer,
1 Forbes, Foster, and Hutton, the
l winning- quartet, were pushed plenty
‘ by an able North Central team. The
next final saw Landon, Kansas
3 Armies, takr. the mile run handily in
comparatively slow time.

Hermon Sets New Dash Marl:

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With". to Hear Talk
by fiuiweyor Friday

 

This Friday, the Armour Branch
of the Western Society of Engineers
will have Mr. W. D. Jones for its
speaker. Mr. Jones is an old and ex-
perienced surveyor, and therefore his
talk will undoubtedly contain much
good advice on surveying methods,
that he learned by experience in his
long connection with this type of
work.

Mr. Jones will speak about land
surveying, which i concerned with
the locating oi' township lines and
corners throughout the country. He
will give the instructions that were
given to land surveyors in the middle
west when that part of“ the country
was being divided into counties and
townships. and will also explain the
methods of relocating these land
marlm today.

Ella. Kappa. Nu Eeeay
(Contact Announced

The Armour chapter of Em Kap‘
pa Nu, national honorary electrical
engineering fraternity, has released
not' -e pertaining: to the annual clccA
trical essay contest now underway,
i Rules governing the contest one
follows:

, 1. The contest is open only to sin»
Edema: taking sophomoie ilecl‘ricity
'this semester.

2. The paper lll‘ deal with some
irccrnt development in the electrical
Jae-id.

3. The paper iii-Mi
2500 words in length.

A}. The mmerinl must be iypmi or
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