l l s“ ' month for ‘Monday, September 24:1934 RERLA; Furntlmhr‘ef Benefit to litany ‘ Nine Months of Assistance for a $13,365 Total Students who would have other- wise been unable to attend Armour this fall, are being aided in part by the Federal Emergency Relief Ad—‘ ministration. A sum of $1,485 perl nine months has ‘beenl allotted to Armour. It is based on 12% of the enrollment of October 15, 1933. This leaves an opening for 99 appointments at a maximum wage of $15.00 per month at 40c an hour, but the number can be varied with 9. am responding change in the maximum monthly wage. 0f the number of in» pointments 50% must be students who were not registered in any col~ loge or university during January, 1934[' , The other regulations under which the FERA appointments will be made are as follows: The student shall be carrying at least three-fourths of a normal stu- dent program of courses. . The type of work and the persons to be assigned to each project will be determined by the institution in conformity with the regulations of the Federal Administrator and the instructions of the Illinois Emerg- ency Relief Commission. The President of the institution may remove a student from his job, or reduce the number of hours he may work, for ‘ . ‘ or for any other satisfactory reason includ- ing failure to maintain his grades in class work. William N. Setterberg, the place- ment officer, has charge of the ap— pointments to the positions which in- clude special work in the math. de— partment; research in connection with the water treatment plant; in- ventory andvpluns for a new Civil Engineering office; library work .such as filing of trade catalogues, checking duplicate magazine copies and arranging for exchange, routine checking and cataloguing; prepara- tion of charts and drawings for in’ struction in the Chemical depart— ment; and continuation of last year’s work which was largely composed of assisting professors, aiding in statis— tical research and clerical duties, and work about the campus. Eighty students were bencfitted by the FERA for a period of four months last year. SIDEI. iNES (Continued from page 1) to the proposition that all men are created equal.” Apparently many people in this country actually be- lieve that liberty is on the verge of being destroyed, as is evidenced in the recent formation of the Ameri- can Liberty League. The league is heralded as a non-partisan, nation-- wide organization with the avowed purpose to “seek constructive legis— lation” and to “prevent any meas- ures designed to destroy the prin- ciples upon which our government was founded.” THE. AMERICAN Liberty League is heartily welcomed by most Re— publicans and other enemies of the New Deal. The league furnishes an opportunity for annoyance and will probably bloom forth as a strictly anti—Roosevelt organization. To seek, constructive legislation. is good in- tention, but to what extent does that type of legislation go when such men as Alfred E. Smith, Jouett Shouse, and J. W. Wadsworth are involved in the organization; all be- ing opposed to President Roose- velt’s New;.l)eal program As. far as destruction «oi "the principles. upon which our government was founded 18 concerned,‘wc feel safesin saying that a good deal of“ respect is held as yet for that noble group of men who compose. the-United States Su— . preme Court. Wor-fitmly believe that any legislation ii~contradiction to the Constitution ‘iof the United States woulfl‘loe so termed by that group of when, and the..Constitutic-n does embody the principles upon which our government wasifiounded. Change in the Constitution 1' the hands of the people. American Liberty League? Jus S other fence for the ' n to climb over. Just another effort t . sway the cooperative will of the many people who mightubo swayed. ARMOUR TECH NEWS memimrhlemmi. ligament: System“ v Given Appointinonts E. W.‘Hotckin, F. P.'£E ’10,"for oi flruding. More Idiom Professors (Continued from page 1) several years western manager" of, Gmfile Point Method tn BB l at both' Of those schools, where he the Royal and Queen group ofii‘lrel insurance companies, has been zip—l pointed manager of the London and Liverpool and Globe companies. He will also continue his duties with the Royal-Queen com- panies. . Leonard Peterson, F.P.E. ’16, has been appointed assistant secretary of the Home Insurance Company of New York. After graduation from Armour, Mr. Peterson was employed by the Michigan Inspection Bureau and by the Fire Prevention Company of Chicago. He was made special western agent for Home Insurance Company in Chicago in 1920, was put in cherge of the improved merit of the Chicago office in 1921, was mademeaietémt manager of the improved risk department at the home pfl’icc; in 1927, and division underwriter for the western depart” mendin 1930. A. J. Danziger, F. P. E. ’26, for several years an inspector for the Iowa Insurance Service Bureau has been appointed a special agent for the Qrum and Forster insurance companies. J. B. Dirkers, F..P. E. ’32, former~ ly an inspector for the Kansas In- spection Bureau, has been appointed to a position with the Western Fem tory Insurance Association in Chi- cage. 1 rial: depart— o Copyright 1934. The Amelia“ Tomaso CDTADW. “it’s toasted” ViYaur throw profection~agahsst inflation magains! rough Employed During the coming school year at Armour the grade point system will be in effect. The student is awarded three grade points for an “A”. A “B” brings two grade points, and one grade point is given for a “C". A grade of “D” is passing but it carries no grade points. The standing of the student is de- termined by dividing the total num» ber of grade points earned by the number of semester hours carried. Incomplete grades do not count at all. That is, a person receiving an incomplete in any subject subtracts the semester hours of that subect from the total in computing aver- ages. Poor and failure work, curry- ing no grade points, are counted but tantra-curricular work, including physical training, is not counted. 1' »‘Ncw System Flexible The new system is flexible in sev- eral ways. In the old system a stu- dent with 95% .rcceived an “A” and a fellow student perhaps just as in- telligent but with a 94.8% received a “B”. Professor Penn believes that an exact mathematical average of a student’s ability is ‘ ‘h‘ The new grade system will give a general idea without saying to one of two equal students, “you take an ‘AI because your average is two tenth’s of one per cent above that of your colleague. He gets a “13"." Another advantage of the new specialized in laboratory chemical engineering. At Armour he will as- sist; Professor McQormack in] the Chemical Engineering courses. Dr. Van Atta is a graduate of the University of Oregon and has a PhD. degree from Northwestern University. He also has taught at both schools, and has done a great deal of research work. He will work in freshman and sophomore chem- istry. NW Mathematics Professor The Mathematics department gets Dr. Rufus Oldenburg. His PhD. is from the University of Chicago, and he has had teaching- experience at the Case School of Applied Science and the University of Michigan, be. sides some commercial work. Added to the stall of the Physics department is Dr. Austin B. Sprague, a graduate of Miami Uni- versity with M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Ohio Stoto. The Department of Mechanical Engineering is reinforced by the ad- dition oil! Mr. Charles E. Hammct. Mr. l-l‘ummet is a graduate of Ken- sus State College, and has on MS. system comes to light when the Stu- dent finds he can spend more time on a subject he is good in and en— joys, and less time on a subject he has to take but doesn’t have excepm tionol ability in. Page Five ‘ No Green Hot, No Prints; So Fresh * ;- Horne Experience y Will Hone flinch Huts and Points The gents who invented clothingand uncomfortable bond between 3. probably never conceived of a very close relationship between hats and pants. Hats, they would say, are to keep the head warm and‘hidc bald- ness, While pants are to keep the legs warm, and perform various other operations. But in their first your of higher education, members of Armour In- stituto’s class of ’37 found a distinct degree from the University of Nebraska. He has had both teaching and professional experience. Mr. Charles 0. Harris comes to the Department of Mechanics from a career of both engineering prac— tice and teaching. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois and holds his Master’s degree from there 9. so. The language courses formerly taught by Professor Scherger will be continued by Mr. Harms Fischer, ' a graduate of the University of Munich. He is a well known author and lecturer. Mr. Edward A. Merrill will teach architectural construction and prac» tice in the architectural course. He is a practicing registered architect and structural engineer in Illinois. Finally, the placement oll'ice has been taken over by Mr. William Setterberg, an Armour graduate, who has worked for the North Western railroad and is a licensed architect. Mr. Setterberg' is very active in the W. S. E. and is chair- mun ol.‘ its junior section. little greencap which was offered t cm in- fair exchange for coin of the realm and the commonplace gar~ meut cut to hide the hair on the legs, a bond which evinced itself in the peculiar fact that a. man making an appearance without the former was all too likely to be soon making a personal appearance, as the vaude- ville houses put it, without the lat- ter. Time goes on, however, and with its flight it brings changes. The class of ’37 is now the sophomore class 011’ Armour and fully endowed with the divine right of enforcing the wearing of green caps upon the class of ’38 in accordance with the ancient tradition of Armour. Mem—r orics of the bathtub in Ogden field one chilly morning last May, the flour, nail polish, depantsings and similar atrocities have spurred the class to? issue an unwritten edict whose substance is as follows: 1. Members of the class of ’38 will wear green cups. 2. These are sold at the supply store at forty cents a head. 3. They will be worn in clement weather or else—-. The stall of the News feels, how— ever, that the last article as well as any violence will be unnecessary. Members of the new class will be glad to wear the symbol whose num— bers proclaim the strength whose popularity proclaims unity of the class of ’38. and the o firms“ is gelled enough ior insides. Anti that menuswlsuckics use: onlythc clean. center louvesm these are the mildest issues—«whey