l i l l Vol. XIV No. 10 By Leroy Beckman IN LAST week's issue of The Na» tion,- a short article appeared as written by Oswald Garrison Villard, commenting on Franklin Roosevelt as a politiciam and a man of gov. ernmcnt. Mr. Villard presents some ideas that are undoubtedly truly representative of the political sir.— nation in Washington, striving to point out the fact that Roosevelt is a politically sensitive individual. “IF EVER a man needed the pray. cm of his, friends it is Franklin Roosevelt.” So begins the commenta- tion by Villard. The writer continues to point out that no one could re— ceive the greatest tribute of ap' proval ever bestowed upon an Amer- ican by his fellow-countrymen with. out being deeply mOVed and almost overwhelmed by a sense of the re- sponsibility thus put on him. As a result of the recent election, which except for California, Minnesota, and Wisconsin was a complete land- slide for tho’democratic forces, the President surely must feel pro- foundly stirred by the overwhelming evidence of his countrymen’s confi- dence in him. The election means that the entire responsibility for the future of the country has been im- posed upon the PRESIDENT. MR. VILLARD goes further to say that low registrations in many in- stances as well as lack of popular enthusiasm in victory make obvious the fact that the electorate had thought the whole thing out, decided then had to a considerable degree dismissed the election from its mind as an accomplished fact. It was a great demonstration of Democracy triumphant again. The writer calls long ago what it intended to do, and l Plan to Advertise Armour Activities Armour in the past years has done . very little in the way of making it- self known to the public. With the appointment of a publicity commit- tee, headed by Professor Paul of the faculty and the student representa- l‘ormulated for publicizing Ali-moor in Chicago’s newspapers, technical mag- azines, and to technical societies. A poster, 30x36 inches has been printed to aid prospective students. This poster, which is now ready fol distribution, contains pictures of the l Institute, the Art Institute, the vari. ous athletics and publications, and general information about Armour-’2: courses. The first one is to be placed in the new Lane Technical high school. An eightcpage folder is also to be printed containing general informa- tion about Armour courses and to be sent to graduating high school stu- dents. Armour’s amateur radio broad— casting station which has been out of use for a while, is to be rejuvenated with an extra strong spark for broad- casting purposes. Part of Bcckman’s job will be to publicize worth while activities of Armour students in local papers such as the Calumet Daily, Southtown Economist. Lawndole News, and Lin- colnitc. This will serve the double purpose of advertising the student in his community as well as Armour In~ stitutc. Size of Page in goodies Ehdnged A reduction in the size of the graduate information book, which will be published by the senior class to aid in gaining employment for the graduates, was decided upon last |week at a meeting of the senior placement committee. Bids on the original size, that of the Iowa State tivc, L. .I. Beckman, plans are being‘ attention to the possibility of the} President applying his power to put; an and once and for all to playing] politics with officers, which his own; Mr. Farley has been doing on 502‘ large a scale, with such success. in- dication is made that Mr. Roose- velt does not need to play any pol- itics, simply because no President. ever had a freer hand. college information book which has proved very successful in the past few years, were found to be too high, so pages of about the size ‘ of those in the Armour Engineer will be used. Bids on this size have not yet been submitted. Contained in the book will be in- formation as to the degree that the student received upon graduation; his major interest in college and President can make over the work high school; personal data, including try’s governmental machine by his height, weight, state of health, transferring all the offices of thel etc.; practical experience; and avail- civil service, with few exceptions, tot ability for employment. the classified service. He is quoted as saying that more than ever lio— fore we are “calling upon trained people for tasks that require trained l at A. l. gift. Et Meeting people,” and added that he couldn't tell “the party affiliation of probably An engraved membership certifi- the majority 0f P901119 holding rcv Cate from the senior branch of the sponsibilities in Washington.” IlA. I. Ch. E. and a pin from the Ar- i mour chapter were presented to A. R. WE ARE inclined to agree with Rosenberg, last Friday, in recognition Mr. Villard’s slant on political few—t0f his having t?“ highest average oritism. Conditions such as exist in 1 among the chemical students 0f the a. large majority of local govern~ freshman class last year. The award was presented by Professor McCor~ mack at a meeting of the Chemical society. Erofessor Mc‘Cormack is di- rector of the chemical engineering de- l partment and a member of A.I.Ch.E. l Following the presentation of the 1award, the speaker for the meeting, 3 pk Jackets it]? Be Carl S. Miner, director of the Miner , 1 Chemical laboratories, was introduced Ready by Christmas l by J. N. Wieland, president of the Armour branch of the A. I. Ch. E. llowing the leadership of last The subject of Mr. Miner’s talk was SUGGESTION is made that the Sophomore l‘lonored ments can be applied to national gov- ernment with disastrous results. If 2the President needs prayer to op- p as politics in governmerntvwe can our part. ye, sophomore class, the present the “Chemical Engineer on the Wit-. 5 more class has decided to ob» ness Stand.” tax class jackets The sophomore ., cla last year broke away from all ' ' ' ‘ ‘ pr cuts at Armour and obtained Adflhfll 6h! Sigma Has 5 in their sophomore year rath- Smoker f0? Juniors Alpha Chi Sigma, professional chemical engineering fraternity, last iairrnan; M. L. Dannis, E. C. Tuesday evening held a successful iii, R. J. Magnuson, and H, E, smoker at the Beta Psi fraternity :an. The committee has already house. madeysome inquiries along the jacket There was a large turnout of line aild submitted the price range at members and alumni. Dr. Barr and the hi etlng- last Thursday. Sample the junior chemicals were guests of jack"1 ‘ will be forthcoming in the the fraternity. The evening was committee was appointed by F. ‘L’nan and consists of B. Mar- next weeks and the jackets will Spent informally with bridge, DOkeI‘, probe. iv be delivered about Christ— ping pong, and “billiards the chief mas' means of diversion.“ Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois Tuesday, November 27, W34 ‘ trousers ammo! l . i, . m dim I . . u, u, I, , r l «UN’JK V. '4, ( [Iii Ill/”i I], flow/limp l t, Ix. 9,1» l l \\ \ i M. if.” , \\ I 0 WW,» m, \ ‘ : .Mhl’mr “ , l l l '” . ( i 'l l \ ' V Lfle’ . 5,3.“ le' ' 3'. klclunvtn Eleven. initiated by 'l‘au Beta Pi Illinois Beta of Tau Beta Pi, hon- orary engineering fraternity, held its annual fall initiation last Wednes- day, the faculty reading room having been borrowed for the occasion. Mr. J. C. Witt, chemical engineer and director of research at the Uni- versal Atlas Cement corporation and also a graduate of Armour, was initiated. Other men initiated were L. W. Bieglcr, J. H. DcBoo, 0. P. Freilintr- er, J. F. Humiston, J. 0. Larson, J. K. Morrison, G. A. Nelson, J. M. O’Connor, W. ll. Trudclle, and H. J. Zibblc. After the initiation ceremony a banquet was held in the faculty grill which was attended by some of the ! faculty. The evening was topped off by a visit to “As Thousands Cheer," at the Grand Opera house. l'lotchltias Will Tl'alk Before Fuel ideals-rs l l l President Hotchkiss is scheduled to speak at the Chicago Coal Mer— chants association dinner which is to be held at the Union League club on November 27. His subject will be “Retail Solid Fuel as a National Industry.” He has also been invited to be one of the speakers at the meeting of the New York State Retail Solid . Fuel Mecchants association to be held at the Hotel Lafayette in Buffalo, New York, on December 6. CM Epsilon Pledges to Entertain WISE. The pledges of Chi Epsilon, honor- lary civil engineering fraternity, as I one of‘ their pledge duties, will fun-- nish part ofthe entertainment at the W. S. E. smoker to be held December 14. They will present a skit writ— ten by themselves. These men. all of whom were pledged on November 19, are R. R. Johnson, A. Lester, and B. Rigoni. Ella Kappa Nu Fates ‘ Pledges at Eanquct I ‘ Inquisition of the pledges of the honorary electrical'éngineering fra~ l ternity, Eta Kappa Nu, has been i postponed until Wednesday evening, l November 28. The pledges will an- swer all questions, wisegand other-w. wise, ’at the Beta Psi fraternity «house, 3337 Michigan avenue. 1,11’After the inquisition, an initia- 1 tion banquet in honor of the pledges will. be held at the Medinah Mich- igan Avenue club on Tuesday eve- ning, December 4. A feature pro— gram is to be arranged for the eve- ning’s entertainment. Members of the- faculty and about 50 alumni are 1 cspected to attend. I l l, Discuss Potential Worth of Seniors Qualifications of graduating stu- dents and alumni who are seeking placement through the school came up for considerable discussion last Wednesday afternoon at the meet» ing of the “Committee on Relations between Faculty and Alumni.” This committee is one of the four sub- committees into which the regular placement, committee was divided. Professor Rocsch, chairman of this subcommittee, submitted a. prelimin- ary report, which was followed by a lengthy consideration of the abil— ities and qualifications the students of the present senior class should have. The many types of rating sheets prepared by companies to chart the qualifications of those seeking employment were also dis- cussed. During the course of the meeting the need for a better approach to alumni came lo light. Consequently, letters pertaining to matters of place. ment, will be sent to alumni to bring them in closer contact. In addition these letters will also be sent to ex- Armour men, those who, unfortun- ately, were not able to complete their courses. Scherg'cr to Lecture on Art in Daily Life Dr. George L. Scherger; profes- sor of history, will be guest speaker of the W. H. Eppens’ art exhibition on Sunday, December 2, from 3 to 5 p. m. at the Chicago Beach hotel, Elst street and the lake. Professor Scherger will talk on “Art in our Everyday Lives." The art cxhi ition consisting of paintings, etchings and water colors was formerly exhibited at the Gen— tury. of Progress. An invitation to attend the lecture is extended to Dr. Seberger‘s friends. Armour to Present New Physics Courses Two new physics courses will be offered next semester, “Light” which will be taught by Professor Calvert, and “Electronics,” which will be taught by Professor Thompson. “Light” will be required for Sci- ence st'ud‘ents, and will be an elective fdr'others. ’ It is an advanced course in lecture and experimental work with prism and grating spectro- meters, interference, polarized light, and lenses and lens combinations. “Electronics” will include the in~ tea-pretation of spectra, x-rays, photo~ electricity, and atomic structure in view of the quantum theories. Those interested in these courses should notify either Professor Coll» 'vert or Professor Thompson immedi» ately so that plans can be made fox accommodating them. tails may be obtained from either ’ instructor. Further de- . l Because of the Thanksgiving ‘ holidays, there will be no issue of [he Armam- ch11. News next Tucs— rloq]. The wet issue will be pub- lished on December 11. Ammour’s only technical publica-} lion. lhc Armour Engineer, will be‘ ready for distribution about tllc we“. and \V(,'"l\’ In November. 'i‘hi no will brim: n wi'pvisu. Tlu u'isfyaxino will be 8x11 inches, will have a new cover llChlfll’l depicting a: phase ol' industry, and will intrmluce' u now slylo. , Anion}: lhr special articles will be, “L’uduefinzr in ltolall Organizations.”j a group report; “Construction li'mul lures or the (fiascndc Tunnel", liy‘ (lCUl'g‘C Nelson; “Duties of a Local Agent", by Ear H. Shaw; and “Ab-- stracts of Master’s Degree Theses.” l Review Engineering Books ‘1 New advancements in engineering} book meviews, and notes on college events, honorary groups, and depart~ mental societies will make the mags." zine interesting. E. H. Deane, editor-in-chief, H. S. Nachman, associate editor, and R. 0. Patterson, comptroller, compose the board of control. .On the editorial staff are: S. Berna stein, technical editor; N. Balai, ediw tor of technical abstracts; L‘. (‘. Hoy- cr, editor of engineering progress; F. D. Cotterman, technical bookshelf; D. N. Brissman, College Chronicle; G. Freund, alumni notes; and L. H. Mayficld, humor editor. Wins Second Place In charge of the business end of the paper are R. 0. Pat arson, comp— troller; H. Millcville, assistant comp— troller; G. H. Berqoist, circulation manager; H. G. Gragg, advertising manager; and M. B. Stevens, saw sistant advertising manager. R. Hello, E. J. Krok, E. A. May, F. R. McAulitfc, F. J. Meyer, P. A. Reh, and R. W'. Schmidt are assist- ants to the staff. The Armour Engineer won second place award in a national contest sponsored by Yale University in 1933 to determine the best all around tech- nical magazine publication in col» leges. The staff hopes to equal or bet- ter the status of that year's issues. . Players Will léllve Farce Next Time Their first play of the year suc— cessfully produced, the Armour Play- ers are already directing their at- ltention to the choice of another, this time to be a farce. Because. of the cooperation of the students, the play— ers not only met their expenses for “In the Zone,” but will be able to put on a play later in the season with- out chargi'ng admission. It may be judged by the large sale of tickets, and the sympathetic audi- ence, that the many weeks of work on the part of the cast and stafi’, and their able director, Professor Hend-‘ ricks, were not in vain. l The entire production was dcliv-‘ ered Without a hitch, indicating that the players had devoted a great amount of time and work, and had rehearsed until the play could be run lllll till Slit res llllldh llllldlllllll. "id ll llllb hit. ”3 The Hotel Shoreland, Bill Padcn’s Orchestra Selected sips its M50 The long—awaited Senior Informal will be held Friday, December ‘7, at the beautiful Crystal ballroom of the Show-clam! hotel, 55th street and and the lake. Bill Padcn and his wcll known orchestra will provide music for the dancins. The bids, which are on sale this week, are obtainable from the memv bers of the various social commit- tees, especially the senior class com- mittee. W. A. ’I‘rudelle is chairman of the committee which consists of J. J. Ahern, L. A. Cullen, M. C. For- myth, F. Meyer, J. M. O‘Connor, and R. Wittekindt. Members of the faculty who are acting; as chapero‘ns for the affair are Dr. and Mrs. Hotch‘kiss, Dean and Mrs. Hoald, Dr. and Miss Tib— bals, Professor and Mrs. Finnegan, Professor and Mrs. Ensz, Professor and Mrs. Huntly, and Professor and Mrs. Bibb. A large turnout is expected, as this affair has always proved popular in the past. Members of all classes together with their friends are cor- dially invited. Ample parking space is available. MAME. fbutures Speaker, Slasher Continuing its program of secur- ing: features of interest for Armour students, the officers of W. S. E. have selected as speaker for their next meeting, which will be held on December 7, Mr. Taylor of the Chi— cage Plan Commission. His lecture will he on “The Aspects of the Chi- cago Plan." Mr. Taylor’s position as head of this renowned commie sion makes him. the most eligible man to lecture on the subject. On December 14 the organization will hold its semi-annual smoker. Elaborate arrangements are being made to make this one of the most novel smokers. aver presented by an Amour body. The smoker will be held at the Triangle fraternity house, and those attending will bask in a Monte Carlo setting through- out the evening. All members are urged to attend. Others who hope to join are also invited, but to these nonsmembers there will be a charge of twenty-five cents to cover ex- penses of the project. The arrangements for this com— ing event are in the hands of VS. Bernstein, chairman; B. Rigoni; J. O. Larson; and G. A. Zwissler. Alumni Eooperate in Fraternity Aficirs The faculty Committee on Fro- ternity Afiairs met last “rednesday ut the Interfraternity club in the Palmer House building. Professor off like clockwork. Action, drama, suspense, pathos, even a bit of a comedy, combined re- sources to make the play successful and worthy of its appreciative nudi- once. Pi Nu Epsilon Smoker to Take Place Tonight Pi Nu Epsilon, honorary musical fraternity, is staging a smoker to» night at the Triangle fraternity house, 3222 South Michigan avenue.‘ the object being- to examine pros», pcctive pledges. The men invitedi have shown interest and real sbilityl in the music clubs and have been ac—l in them for at least two years. ‘ . . he evening will be passed cards, billiards and ping: pong: Re-L l freshments and smokes will be avail- able for those present. l l l < in >‘ Sigma: Moreton anticipates a successful year, as each social fraternity was represented at the meetingr by an alumnus. The committee is sorry to have lost the services of Professor Slough. who has taken a government posi— tion. Dean Heald has consented to serve on the committee. The come mittee members woo attended the meeting: were Professor Mormon. chairman; Professor Spears. 5 ere- tary; and Dean Heald and Professor Swineford. Alumni representatives at the l eeting were: L. C. Thoclecke. Theta Ki: B. F. Morrison, Triangle: O Kuehn. Phi Pi Phi; T. A. Johnson, Bets E’si; C. K. Simons. Phi Kappa H. J. l’reben n. Delia T33. Delta; L. hi. Rosi' Rho: J. Laden. Sigma A. \V‘. Olefsliy, Kappa Del