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deal with the actual necessities of
those who are to earn their own liv-I 0 E." , f
ing. It takes away self-reliance, hc-I ppflfies APB-“$50” 0.
gets conceit, and draws attention to: Labor BOEIK‘CI at I
what is ornamental rather than what I - o - I
is fundamental.” Yes, Thomas Bick-I TE’MEB Tnmc I
nell delivered that quotation in 1884

from a newspaper while discussingIW‘AIIY BE NEmED LATERI
“the matter of attacks on the common F 1] U h t f '- I
school." That was in 1884 —— what " OWIUE I‘ H‘ S“ 8 511100 0 08‘
Itimony which President Willard E.

 

 

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..___._ . llotchkiss of Armoux Institute. off
WITHOUT QUESTION, thereI Technology gave before the Unitedl
do exist some fallacies of one type or I States Senate Committee on Educa- I
another in present educational I tion and Labor on March 15, 19‘“,

in referenm 10 Senate Bill 2926, the
so called Wagner B'ill making perma»
nent and increasingr the powers of
the Labor Board. This testimony isI,
especially pertinent to the thaw -ncd
strike in the automobile industry,
which was reported as having.r been
narrowly averted at the time the.
good clean government sponsors edu» IVWJS went I0 New. I
cational activities there in every as- I “This bill. I take it," said ELI
gurance of desirable results. i IIotchkiss, “is occasioned by the dis— I
---....__..... putes which have aris sen concerningI
WHEN FEDERAL Relief Admin- I the interpretation to be placed uponI
istrator Hopkins made known a plan . tho phrase “representatives of thciI
to assist needy college students, there own Choosing; in Section 7 A oi the
was revealed the work of the United National lnduutrial Recovery Act
States Commissioner of Education "Since that Act was passed there

nehemcafl—but there is no doubt but
what they so exist entirely because
of political intervention. EliminuLeI
political “interest" and we have an
educational system of the highest de
gree And more significant one not
worthy of the quotation related byI
Thomas Bicknell. When governmentd

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along with that of the Federal Advis- I has been something of a hothousc
ory Committee on Emergency Aid in growth of standard unions and of
Education. The student aid program I company unions which has greatly

has provided a hundred thousand I
young men and women with the neo-
ccsary help to continue their adverse
cd learning for the present term, and
yet, people are encountered quite fre- I
quently who denounce this action on
the part of the administration as a
misappropriation. They insist that it
would be more proper to feed mouths,
instead of the brain. We might in«
form those people with onwhundred
pcr'ccni, sarcasm. that theI brain feeds,
the mouth.

augmented the membership in both
these types of organizations.

“The right of the National Labor
Board to Interccdc in disputes be-
tween industry and labor unions
challenged and Bill 32926 is pro-
posed as a remedy for this Ituation.
My own View is that any further lcr:
Islation on this subject at this time is
likely in make the whole situation
Worse. instead of better. The pro.
Ilent already has. enormous power toI
Influence in the public Interest situa— I
tions of this kind. I

“Among specific comments Wl’li“llI
(ICUdY' to 1m in rcfcr'cme to Sonaic‘

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(IONSIUERATION of the student‘
relief solution is worthwhile. State

cmcrgcncy reliof administrations have I

Bill 32926 the following are out,
been authorized to provide part- -ti1m. standing: I
jobs at the colleges and universities l. Magnitude and Scope of PrO‘I

to: needy students up to in peicent
of their Iegular enrollment oi lull-
time students. The program provides

posed Board
”Posslbh present trends in the I
government ~I-' lYldLlHtl' ial actIVIty will I

for that employment to the end of ultimately quuixe some such .
the current academic year, but "0t in. tional Iohoi board as. this bill pIIo—
cludinp: the 1934 summer session. I

rides, At the present moment, howAI
over, I am inclined to think the dan-
ger that such government agencica
will be unduly multiplied is a danger
which the average citizen dreads.
Politically as Well as logically it ap—

Nearly $7,000,000 are being“ applied
to aid those students who have beenI
compelled to drop out of college, for
financial reasons and students whoI
have not been able to enter because.
of no funds. Institutions; qualifying

_ pears to me highly unwise to antici—
Imch' the program are required to be

pate- the issue ‘oy creating at this time,

 

(O’I'IIV’I'H’II on ”“57“ 3) so formidable a board as the one
"' WM" provide for in this bill.
2. Definition of an Employee
Mfg” Hflld Eatfi$€F “The definition is of course in.

tended to bar sorcailed “scabs I from
the privileges enjoyed by employees.
However, this kind of a definition is
a two-edged sword. As I read the bill
it would equally bar members of an
(Continued on page 3)

Service Sunday ,

01) Easter Sunday Dr. George I..
Scherger will conduct a religious
Easter service in the Mission. He
will deliver the address, and has.
planned a quiet inspirational serv-
ice which is sure to be enjoyed byI
all those attending. The ArmourI
Musical Clubs will furnish appropriI I
ate music.

In the past when the Armour Mis-I
sion Sunday School met, the Easter
services were second only to thoseI
on Christmas. On 33-513” Sunday all , should be a dinner dance. The date
persons who had ever been connect— has not yet been set, but will proh-
i'd With the MISSIO“ made a SWCIaII I ably be announced soon. According
attempt to be piesent. It was a tra- I to Norman E. Colburn, president of
ditional reunion. It IS hoped thatIthc council, the presidents of Tau
many of those members of long ago I Beta Pi, Sphinx, Pi Nu Epsilon, and
Will come back this Easter and re— I the various departmental fraternities
new their friendship with Dr. Scher- I are lousy looking over all 0f the pos»
EFTI who has been in charge 075 SIfI'V- IoIe locations for the dance.
ices at the Mission for the pastI

twenty years. I .
The Armour Mission Ififigfié Egfien §l®€lg8§ flik
ll 9.11.11 Igma mo 6'2!"

foierhonomry Frolic
to Be Illinner Dance

At a meeting of the lntcrhonorary
Council it tentatively decided
that the dance to be given in the near
future by the honorary fraternities

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was organ-,
ized and endowed by Phillip D. Ar-II
mour' before Armour Institute orig-I
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inated. Mr. Armour himself was Pi Tau Sigma, honorary mechanical
present every Sunday at 3 o’clock.' engineering fraternity, pledged a
The few services now held there areII number of juniors at a smoker held
to uphold the traditional standingI Thursday evening at the Truss Club
of the Mission. All persons now orI rooms

formerly connected with Armour In- The following men were those “130“
stitute or Armour Mission, and their whom the honor was confelred: 3
families, are invited to attend theI BdeSOYlSI A-Cl'31‘iS'«013h M Fetter,
services. IW. Henniug. and B. Measinger,

 

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Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois

Green Hui“ Rules Iflrirt Mon fledged II
flinch by Entire Tau field VIII

On Friday moi' i111: in asseinblyI
hall, Tau Beta Pi, honorary engi-I
nearing: fraternity, pledged six men
in its semi-annual cciemony.
men pledged were A. J. Antll’lSOI‘II
and (1‘. .Korink, seniors , and W. B. I
Ahern, A Lauchisk s,

W Wheaton, juniors.

G'Piofessor' Spears, fraternity faculs
ty advisor, gave a short history of
the fraternity and some of the rum
quircmcnts for eligibilty for meme
Iship. He stated that to become
eligible a student must be in the up-
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The freshman class is hereby in—I
fanned that those green hots, which
re laid amide as old man winter ap~
pelircd, are scheduled for reappear
ance after April 1. This might be a
startling revelation to many wearers
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ly intioduced at Armour

The idea was inaugurated at the in-
Isistancc of the students last fall, after
a public ballot revealed a widespiead
111th eat and support However, it was
poorly founded; for actual statutes to
which the freshmen and alno the zeal»
ous upper clussmen could be held, did the upper eighth of the junior ela '
not exist. This springI efforts have I He must have a good scholauc
been made to renew the custom on a I standing, true integrity and
basis that might insure, its foundation standing character. He must also be
as an Armour formality. quite active in extra-curricular

Primarily, the bounds of the Ar- tivities.

mour “campus" are presented I'ron
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the west side of Wentworth, to the
east side of Michigan, and from theI
north side of flint to the south side of I
35th Street, the fi cshmtn must keep

their heads potted.
ing" was. the sublet-t of the talk by
Add“ t° Ju’Il'" Week IM'. Ivan I’minton bef'oie the A. S.
Secondly, the freshmen are to keep II M E Inst 1,”le
their green hats on theix heads from I MI'. Purinton, who is sales engineer
the fiISt day Of SChODI in Allnl until for the I'Irigzidaire lorporation, was
”‘0 FI'OSII'SOPII RUSh during Junior: 'Icurod through the efforts of Pro—
Week. 0“ this d3)" If the freshmen fern-101' E. S. Libby. llm talk was on
WI" the Rm’h they may cease to wear the application of 1111' conditioning
the green pots and deposit them InIto the specific ,,I- the public
thcn' chest of college memorIea But I rather than on tho theoretical Hide
if they lose the Rush, they are rc‘ involving thermodynamics.
quired to wear the hats until the end Mr. Purinton gave 11 definition of
(If the present QCI‘IIOI your. Iair' conditioning. “Air conditioning,"
_ These ”11% are get 1.0th because ll he said, “is the simultaneous control
I5 believed they VII“ add to the oil'ectw of temperature, humidity, air motion.
IVI’I'IC'LI'I‘ "I Jim”)? Week and Rush air distribution, and air cleansing.”
Day. vl‘hcy have been made by III“ 011 a dry winter day moisture must
(‘ourt . 'If Freshman (VIIILIIOI' WhICh be added to 11 dwelling.r place and on
WM” iormed by the various clans n humid summer day it should he
presidents as a result of the studciitI thWHI. The process of air condiv
ballot mentioned above. odors, or slaw

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The court consists of M. A. nan air to remain in a room.
chairman, and L. Fromm-hi, seniors FWD“) the above definition it i.”
l. J Ahern, and IR. ll. Al‘lYlFIblll'y,IH(‘0ll that the two greatest purpoywr.
Iunior's; as well as H. Tice, freshman I of 1111' conditioning 211'1- comfort and
class president; and J. 0. Larson, profit, In large offices which aroI
sophomore class president. Imi' conditioned, both employms andI

This court is backed by the entire, employees are made more, comfoit-
student body and will function in an , able and, therefore, more able to

(C(IIIIImuI-d on page 3) work efficiently In any Reason.

 

_IArmonr (graduate, flock After Two
Years on Russia, Ilium; fmpreacions

By Henry Levin

Russiawlho land of poet andI of
peasant, vodka and Iiumpei'nickcII
and herrInIz. poor trams: and worse

Beyond a doubt the siardmtl
living is low m—mueh lower than that
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sation with the twenty—eight year
old Armour alumnus, first hand in—
formation was gleaned upon such

file are financially equal.
still get paid in accordance with the
work they (low—there as elsewhere!

 

of engineers in the Union of Social—
ist Soviet Republics.

judgment on the standpoint of pop-
ularity, then drinking; vodkaw-and
that means drinkinc to the point of
drunkenness the national
pastime.

Traveling as a tourist over con-
siderable portion of western and
southern Russia before accepting a
job in Leningrad, Mr. Pore spoke
with familiarity of such cities as
Moscow, Rostov, and DniopeII-
petrovsk. And the truth about Rusr

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Conveniences a Rarity

even what Americans call convIIni~
cnccs are rarities. Hot and

 

sia, at least as far as one man's running watcr‘!--well, lots of 0011],.
opinion can be called truth, lies but not so hot! Automobiles? Only
somewhere between the glowing the officials use them # though
Utopia which George Bei'nard,therc are a considerable number

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IIof taxis in the citsie. The masses
Iof the people have a long time to
wait before they can expect

match the American standard of one

car for every five persons. The

Shaw pictures, and the pitilcss sup-
pressor of individual effort and hap-
piness so universally conceived va
conservatives and opponents,

No atrocities came to Mr. Pore’s
attention in the course of his two
years in the land of the Soviets. In
fact, despite every cli‘ort on the partI
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ever, which is really commonplace.
For'cirrn movies are nearly as pre
Valent as the natives ones, but be-

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adjectives as ‘thrilline’, ‘hazard» cause of the expense of buying: the
ous’ or ‘adventurous’ onto any current productions they ' e hal
phase of Mr. Pore’s experiences, theI I lowed by at least five years of age
I much traveled engineer still insisted Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford,
Ithat excessive use of words would and Doug: Fairbanks are still the

Ionly be an exaggeration. (Continued on pugc 3)

The.
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E. N. Seal] and I (”I
Ioi‘ the,
Iwhurf was brought into full view byIT
Iinclining‘ the platform, and the sea
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out Iligrhts were used,

the Air Eonditioning ‘11. 1'. Lischcr, M. Pantonc, and 11. B.

'r'oads, no cigarette ads, and women, in}: of lame, industrial centers and
working side by side with mcn~~, the consequent centralization of;
that i< the land that \Valdemai'I population, most of the poorer farm

P'me, M. E '30, has; returned from ilies live trowded together in lure-(II
after working In an engineering ca- apartment building's. And thatI
pacity for a Russian railroad for there a': poorer as well as richcrI
about two years. And as a result families. is; u fact—Mdcspite the pro
of a lonx.7 and interesting convcr— vailimz helirf that all people in Run,

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Luxuries are unknown there, and:

cold ,

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Pluyera Present
flhort Irish Play

By Myron B. Stevene

Under the direction of Professor
Walter Hendricks, the Armour Play
1‘s presented a one act play, “The
is g; of the Moon, " by Lady Greg—
y laui.1<1'iday.l'he scene, of the
Iplay was a quay in an Irish seaport,
the scenery being not up in such a
manner as to 12'ch a definite effect
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Three Men Honored as
Class Plans for
junior Week

DISCUSS FO—RMAL DANC E.
ll. L. l'riedc, W. W. Kenning; and
Jones were elected 193-1 Junior
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and wharf posts were effectively
blended to produce the impression junior CI met £01331 “Willi“ Plans}

for its official week of activities in
May. For the benefit of uninformed
To produce a night scene 1,1,“. moon toppers, the lunior Maishals
and the moonlight I conduct all athletic activities held
was afforded by an overhead _Ipm,_Iil111'inp; Junior Week These include
Ilig'ht, ingeniously arranged by J‘ L. the inter'clzms and Interfrater'nity 1c»
Brenner. Thone in charge of pro» lays and other events culminating- in
ducing the desired stage effects were. ”"3 traditional “In“ rush.

ll. A. Bisbee, E. I-loyei', S. Kreiman,

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Most of the hour was given to dis—
cussion regarding the annual junior
formal dance, Whether or not it is
to he in summer formal or the real
“soup and fish“ was the point in
(mention, and strong differences of
opinion prevented a final decision on
the question. The formal, held tra—
ditionally on Friday of Junior Week,
closes all social events of the school

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Il‘ucyue.

Amid a shower pennies, air-
planes made. from programs, and
small pieces of unrecognizable sub-
stances, the play was presented.
lredit is due to Armour’a own croon~
01', Walter Sobel, for the way he took
the raspberry applause given by the
ungrateful audience.

Play Well Presented

The policemen and sergeant in
pursuit of the fugitive were J. Graf,
Jim, J. Hausa, and D. Suhr. The ner-
geant was the only one who really
appeared to enjoy his pipe. These
follows played their parts well, con-
sidering: the handicaps in the practice
and presentation of the play.

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The type of junior jacket which
the 1' 11% had decided to Older was
«ted because, the price was felt
The old jacket was sup-
planted by a new model of garment.
which will be in a lower price field.
It is being; supplied by Marshall Field
and Company, which organization is.
making: a jacket for a class at North

The play affordcda pleasure which WW’W'“ ”IIHIVEI'IIIIV' The Armour
rarely comes in the routine affairs (”I I211. (ct will have similar lines, but it
Armour. Besides: the student hodv, I VII“ he "I ‘1 difleient COIOI'
there were numerous guests pres-em, I
including some, of the, pi'ot’esuorh’II

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Iiccmflreuidenc Visits
Phi Lambda Upsilon

wives, and particularly PI'ofcusoi
Hendricks‘ family. The school and
the New: extend their thanks Io the
Armour Playe for their labors. I

 

The national vice president of Phi
Lambda Upsilon, Dr. lolcman of the
I Iowa State university, paid the local
I ('IIIaptt-i' of Phi Lambda Upsilon, hon-
IoIIar'y chemical engineering society,

The Edlou Temple of Scarab, pi'o- I ’1" official VISII" Professor BCMICV'
Iicssional arehitettmal society hadI the chapter counsclm, conducted D1.
I”, c pleasure 0f listening: to M1. Ed- roleman on an inspection tour of the
LI?" Mill [,,. a well known artist undI Institute. After the tour an informal
I meeting of the chapter was held at

sculptor, at a luncheon hold at thoI , _
I Men‘s (:rill in Marshall Field and which current problems and policies
were dIscussed.

'ompany. An announcement of th-
IIIlIIdzrinII' oi the following 111011 was
also made: W. ll. Larson, "34, M. (7.
l<".o1 1'3, [1. II. Mayiicld, 36, I.
Viehc-Nn ss, ‘36, and W. S, Wicting',

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Professors McCormack and Bentley
then took D1'. Coleman and several
of the student members lo dinner at
the University Club, after which the.

     

 

1’16. group toured the club, which has

Newly I'lcetcd officeru of Scarab many faCIIltIeS- Dr. COIL’II‘IQU was

are: R. .1. Schwab, president; 1.. W. then taken to Northwestern UIIIVer—
I Davidson, vice-president; R. E. Es— filly W VISIC its 10031 chapter.

Ihcnsen, secretary; B. It. lluchhausor',
treasurer; and l1. 0. Johnson,
[roarit-at-arms.

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llflilwaultee Alumni
Are Active @11qu

Sophs Are to Place
More .laclket @rdors

II Another chancc to obtain jacketsI
wall be U'ivt'n the sophomores lhis
Iwcek by thf’ll 1111]th committee, which
,has arranged to place an order for
I duplicates of the pIescnIL jackets with
'1 new firm. Orders may be placed

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moot points as the standard of llV' Ilhuir Ioods.’ Well, its jusl one
ing of the Russian people, their cuu- round of herring after anotheIi .
toms, their educational policy, this and onions for desert. But you
relative position of women in their can’t; forget good old vodka —« the,
scheme of things, and the prospects national drink. If one ha. cs his

An active Armour alumni associa—
tion, organized about a year and a
half ago, is in existence in Milwau-
kee, having for its purpose the fos-
tering: of good fellowship and the
receiving and disseminating: of use-

. . . . , ful and constructive information con-
In the cIVIl drafting room on Tuesday ccrnine Armour Institute. During its
“III TIIVIIII” “WWW“SI 0" “V “W I 311.111 life it has 119111 a total of four—
at noon. Iicen meetings, varying from noon

U ml)”: than 25 orders are placed, I luncheons to dinner affairs. Several
the prim will be $33 as befm‘e‘lhowlinz tournaments have been
otherwise it will be - l. However, . tId
,all Orders must be, placed this week. pinrno { I
I In the words of John Larson, rii'esi»I
dent of the sophomore class, “Speak

I (this week) or hold your peace for, " llotchkiss, WI'I‘I Simkf' fit one gath-
I ever."

(Iring soon after his inception 11s
I -....._..A...... president of Armour; Professor

Schommer. who has been present at
OIMEZZSECIQI! H0fi0?fll‘y 53' two of the meetings; Dean Heeld;
I Have fimokey Tonight and Professor Paul.

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Some of the guests of the nssocim
tion at its meetings have been Dr. W.

l’i Nu Epsilon, honorary musical , graduates in the Milwaukcc region.
Ifi'atei'nity, is to hold a smoker this , about forty have been active In the
Icvemng ut the Theta Xi fraternity alumni association. other alumni
Ihouse, 9305 S. Michigan Ave, smrt- groups have organized in various

I mg at seven thirty. All nctive mcm— sections of the country, but the Mil—
Ibei's of the fIateI'niiv me invited to 'vuukee 1;, mp claim to be the firm
I attend. This meeting: VI Ill probably be ' ' with
Ithe foreiuunei of some pledging so» the"
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to orgnni 11 permanent soc

    
  

Icgulor meetings.

alumni assocmtion located 11'.

except _