Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, lllinois Tuesday, October 2, I934 By Leroy Bcclrman SINCE THE DEFEAT “of Tom- many’s candidate for mayor in the last New York election, so little is heard of Tammany Hall that it has been hinted it would fold up its wig- wom in short order. Because of t c influence on political issues where the democratic party is involved in- terest in the activ es of the society have become nationalized to the ex- tent that the next; move is a public question. THAT THE ORIGINAL organiza— tion was not intended to be of a political nature is hard to believe in view of its present attitude. The Tammany society Was founded iii New York on May 12, 1789, by Wil~ liam Mooney, an American of Irish descent. Mooney intended that the society be maintained as a patriotic order, but at the time on“: its incor- poration in 1805 the charter was made to indicate purpose along the lines of a charitable institution for cla‘imc of destitute patriots, their widowa or orphans, and public in- bercsts in general. Contact with the organizations constitution has been restricted to the membership alone so that exact purpose for its exist: cnce can only be derived from ac~ tivity. Although William Mooney was the fimt grand suchem of Tom— many and on active partisan all his life, he maintained a thriving up~ holstercr’s businecs which he later gave up in favor of position as kecpw er of a. municipal poorhouse. THERE CAN BE no doubt but what political intciests had a great deal to do with the origin of the Tammany society. At the time, two kinds of patriotism prevailed. One kind was called federalism and was suntained by men like Alexander Hamilton, who believed in applying as much of the framework of the British £01m of government as was possible to the American colonies. The other party. whose politics was known as republican, approved rather of conducting affairs by voice of the people and opposed the in— tended senate as an aristocratic body. It is rather evident then that with the political and caste divisions pre- vailing, the organization of Tam- many would be influenced. ALTHOUGH William Mooney practically organized the society, no less a personage than Aaron Burr thought out the idea upon which it was based. Burr was on aristocrat by birth but his activities labeled him a natural democrat. With far- seeking political vision, he formed out the political elements then existing in the society, which, not withstand— ing patriots and charitable intentions and acts, was destined to be political (Continued on page 3) Eenéors Are to Hold Firm Floss Meeting Next F1iday, October 5, the senior Formuiolc Ficus For lddd Annucl Under the guidance of the new “Board of Publications,” the plans for a 1935 Cycle are getting under way. Members of the staff of next year’s annual are as follows: George W. Wheaton, editor—in-cbief; Roy S. ltorclier, business manager; John B. Davis, associate editor; Louis W. Biegler, assistant editor; 1. Murray Hughes, organization edibor; Jacob M. Bard, photographer: William H. Fogle, athletics editor; and Frank Gallagher, fraternity editOr. Further appointments will be announced in the near future. George Wheaten, editor, asks the cry-operation of all those interested in its publication. Freshmen and sophomores who wish to hold import, ant. positions in their senior years are urged to meet with Wheaten on thncsday, October 3, at 12:20 11. m. for a few minutes in Science Hall, 3rd floor of the main building. The editor also rcqueats those who have snapshots from last spring, from the Civil summer camp, or from other interesting summer trips to please leave them in the Cycle box, located near the drinking fountain in the main foyer. Hotchhioo, Would AddrcusxFrcshmcn Tuesday, September 24, now the new freshman class officially wel- comed to Armour by a program starting at 10:30 in the morning in the assembly ball. An interesting discourse by Presi- dent Hotchkiss opened the unscmbly. The freshman cluss was told of the position of the engineer in the midst of a changing world in which the conditions of industry are constantly being revised. Advised by President Dr. Hotchkiss continued by advis- ing the future engineers not to be- come narrow minded and think only from a technical point of view. He then cited figures from a. survey in which it was proved that a larger per cent of engineers out of college over 15 yeam was engaged in pursuits which were adminiatrativc than the per cent engaged in puicly techni— cal lines. In these times of great competi- tion, the class was told, a person must really be good to succeed. There are, of course, exceptions, but the man who excels in school has a better chance than one who “just gets through.” chld Also Speaker Following the talk by President Hotchkisa, another was given by Dean Heald. lie gave information for more immediate use. The fresh. men were told to enter extra-curri- cular activities 115 much as possible. They were also informed of the freedom of restrictions at Armour and told that their conduct depends upon themselves. At the close of the assembly, the class went to the meetings presided over by juniors and seniors where questions about Armour were asked class will hold its first meeting of the and answered. year. The affair will be conducted in science hall at 10:30. The object of the meeting is five- Amour alleéli‘l (1le fold. First, to elect a captain for the baseball team. This is essential, for interclass baseball is an event in the limelight. Second, a discussion of the to Elect @fficerc The first meeting of the Armour coming class election will be under— Chess Club will be held in Chopin taken. Decisions are to be made as hall first entrance, on the fourth to the method of conducting the elec- floor, October 3 from 12 :30 to 1 tion, and a time will be set for the oclock All fellows who are inter— election of officers. jewelry of the» class. committee will be needed. Fourth, the . Thll'd a diSCUE‘ cstcd in chess are welcome, especial— sxon will be held concerning the ly the incoming freshmen. No ‘jewelry your lunch. Bring An election of vice—president, sco- question 0f the DUTChaSB, design and retary, and treasurer will take place. character 0f senior jaCketS Will be The president of the club was elected weighed carefully. Fifth, there will last spring. The dues for the com- be an attempt made to obtain the ing term will be discussed, and the ideas of the class on the subject of board positions of old members and intramural touch—football. new members will be planned. The Every question is of vital import club is expecting to renew its mem- ance to the members of the senior bership in the Illinois Chess Associa— clas .1, and everyone is expected to at- tion with some good chess matches in tend the meeting. view for the near future; 3” ill” Alhdlldild Add dilldlllldld bl? llll‘ldli dig lllidlld Some Men-lgud Senior, lender and fllucccc FRATERNlTlES l-lEGllER has Statistics compiled by the Office of the Deans give the scholastic standing of the members of the fresh— man, sophomore, junior and senior clamor of the College of Engineering and Architecture, who were in at- tendance during the second semester of the school year, 1933-1934. In this computation the grades in physical training were omitLied. The average of rho entire student body, a total of 786 students, is 85.7%. Senior Claus Load» The average of the various classed are as follows: The Senior Gloss . . . . . . . . . . .87.5”o The Junior Class . . . .86.8% The Sophomore Class . . . . . .8560.) The Freshman Class ........ 83.7% Walter E. Gunderaon led the senior class with an average of 96.0%; Raymond J Maci led the junioao with 96. 7%; Russell R. Johnson led the sophomores with 97. 3%; and Norton Gerber led the freshmen with 97.0%. The averages of the dopafitments are as follows: Mechanical Engineering . . . . .86.4% Electrical Engineering ...... 85.7% Civil Engineering ........ ”85.5% Chemical Engineering ..86.0% Fire Protection Engineering..87.6% Architecture .............. 83.0 ”/0 cience .................... 88.7 % Salamander Honda l-lonururies The averages: of the honorary fra- ternities: (scholastic) which are ar- ranged according to the seniority of their establishment at Armour Insti— tute of Technology are as followm Tuu Beta Pi ............... 92.9"” Pi ,Tau Sigma .............. 91.2% Eta Kappa Nu ............. 91.9% Chi Epailon ......... ..91.2% Phi Lambda Upsilon . ”91.8% Salamander ............... . 93.4 % The scholastic average of Pi Nu Epsilon honorary musical society is 87.4%, and of Sphinx honorary lib crary is 90.2%. Averages of the professional fru- tcrnities are as follows: Scarab ................... 87.0% Alpha Chi Sigma ........... 90.4% Social fraternities haw: the follow- ing averages: Phi Kappa Sigma . .81.4”u Delta. Tau Delta . .84.8% Theta Xi ................... 80.6% Phi Pi Phi ................. 83.1% Rho Delta Rho . . . Sigma Alpha Mu . .87.6% .85.l "n Triangle ....... 83.8% Beta Psi Kappa Delta Epsilon ........ 84.4% The average of all students be. longing to the Phi Kappa Sigma, (Continued on page 4) .llilulliicdrion Board? Felipe increased In order to do away with needless red~tupe, the 01d Armour Board of Publicntions has been dissolved and replaced by a new board. This new board is made up of six faculty mem- bers: Profoueor Walter Hendricks, chairman, Profeasor W. W. Calvert, treasurer, Professor J. F. Marigold, uccrctury, and Prolessors J. B. Fin— negan, C. E. Paul, and J. C. Peebles. There are no student members. Ito scope has been increased to include the Cycle, the student yearbook. The new board is to exercise ad— ministrative supervision over all three Armour publications, the N owe, the Engineer, and the Cycle. The supervision is to include approval of budgets, stufl’ selections}, and general editorial policy. It is to work in c0- opcrution with the respective student static and independent of any divi- sional interests. Under the old board, student mem- bers rcprcsenting each of the two publications covered were required to be present to pass upon routine prob- lems of either publication. Now, this troublcfiome feature is eliminated. Addiflfi. to Hour Willow by Foundry Students from all classes in the de- partment of mechanical engineering are urged to attend a meeting of the Armour branch of the American So. cicty oi? Mechanical Engineers, to be held Friday, October 5, at 10:30. Profosuors Huntly, Libby, Nuchman, Pueblos, 11nd lioczsch will be present to give short talks concerning the activities of the organization. Members, who are from the senior and junior clashes only, will be linked to attempt to gather malm-ial for written papers on various topicu concerning mechanical engineering. These papers. will be presented at future mcctingn. All. the present time there are prizes amounting to one hundred and fifty dollars, known as the Charles ’1‘. Main award, which will be given for the best paper on “Coordinated Trdnuportation.” Par- ticulurs pertaining 1» this award will be given at. the meeting. Discussion will all“): be held con- cerning membership in the national organization. Chloride Delegate For ”Fun Belle Fonucnfion Richard D. Armsbury, president oi" the Illinois Beta Chapter of Tau Beta. Pi, was elected delegate to the thi1'ty~third convention which is to be held at New York city on Oc— tober 11, 12, and 13. The bouts of the convention are New York univer- sity, Columbia university, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute of New York, and Stevens Institute of New Jersey. The election of new members to the chapter was also discussed in the meeting held last Friday. diiilc green Quip dud Millie died .lldoiorcycic flC’owzlhcc News Hound By R. R. Johnson QuestionHWould a course in broncho busting be of any value to the freshman class? Or maybe we should start this like an engineering report: Purpose: to discover whether a knowledge of broncho busting would tend to save the lives of any harried Chicago pedestrians, or in particular, one chubby Armour freshman. Procedure: take one freshman, one motorcycle, and one bumpy street, mix thoroughly,” Or Wait, would the motorcycle and the street tend to mix the freshman? Anyhow our data seems to Show that he was plenty stirred up. But this doesn’t appear to be getting anywhere, let’s try poetry: A freshman upon a red cycle Hit a hole in the street that’s not quite full, In the course of events, He 13111512126; through a fence, Which was tough on fence, fresh- man, and cycle. The only trouble is, there seem to be certain fact/1181 inaccuracies in- herent in poetry, to eliminate which would spoil the poem. The only thing left is to eliminate the poem. (no cracks). Edi; seriously, picture this mixed, (or stirred) young hopeful of the. class of ’38, wheeling his shrieking rod motorcyclc'ofi‘ the beautiful lawn of Chapin hall, (through a hole in the fence) (no, he wasn‘t hurt, nor the motorcycle, but oh! that fence), and picture the breathless crowd dashing up, and (take breath). Oh boy is this exciting, you know, feeling him (no, not that) and "are you all right?" and “how did it hap- pen?” And so he 592., sezzce hhAfid lihldlll lidlilldlldl’" Tdbldlillillid dilhllillifl Donn Mould, Frolcuooru Schommcr and Amubury, Enriched lfiruffft, Wcicomon, and Stugg to Speak SlNGlNG AND REFRESHMENTS 0N PROGRAM There will. be a meeting for all frccivmcn in the Anllcmbly Hull this morning (ll 10:30 o’clock. Members of the senior clams are requested to attend a. mcct'im} to be held Friday morning at 10:30 o’clock in Science Hall. The junior clam will meet Fri- day morning at 10:30 o'clock in the Assembly hall. liotchlriuo Aciivc in flupilnl lilullco Dircclo Survey oi" Sold Cool luduotry Slur NRA. Linking up with pout activities in the field of industry, President Plot/ch~ lKlSEl was called to Washington soon after Commencement to direct :1 study of wuge differentials existing between the various fields 01’ the bit. ominous coal mining industry. This latudy has been authorized under the Bituminous Cool Code for the pur— pose of aiding the National Recovery Administration, the cool operators and the United States Mine Workers in reaching an equitable adjustment of wages and differentials as between difforent bituminous coal fields. Studios Wage Differentials Wage differentials, especially those between the North and the South, have for many years precent- ed a difficult problem to industry and none have been more vexatious than those in bituminous coal mining. The study which President Hctchkius is directing is based on a comprehcn~ sive historical survey of existing dif- ferentials brought up to date by sta- tistical analysis of current facts These facts include financial records, records of production, distribution, earnings, and employment now being collected from the) mines in all of the dill’ment fields by the bituminous coal unit of NRA in cooperation with members: of the industry. Served Every Admininkration Shortly after Dr. Hotchkiss went to Washington he was also called into council to develop policy and procedure under the Retail Solid Fuel Code, and was later made chairman of. the General Code Au- thority by which the Retail Solid Fuel Code is now being administered. early in July to the effect that Presi- dent Hotch‘kiss had been appointed permanent; chairman of the Impartial Labor Board for the Rubber Indus- try were premature. While the ap- pointment had been tendered as re— ported Dr. Hotchkiss (lid not accept the position. The president appears to take :1 considerable pride in the fact that his government service this summer rounds out his record of having served under every national adminis- tration, Democratic and Republican alike, since that of Theodore Roose- velt. President Hotchkiss is back at Ar- mour for the opening of school and expects to bring; his present govern- ment work to an early conclusion with only occasional trips to Waslh ington. Honorary Chemicals Floor New @fficéol’c At a meeting last June of Phi Lambda Upsilon, honorary chemical engineering" fraternity, officers for the coming year were elected. Albert E.L11uchiskis was elected president, and Charles H Ricsz vicelupresideut. The cw ccrotaiy is Russell C. Milk ' cal directors. The smiries carried in the prczis‘ Tomorrow night at ’7 o’clock the truditonal Freshman Handshake which is held annually at the school will take place. The freshmen with their green toppers are invited to attend and get acquainted with their classmates us well as the upper class- men and faculty members. This year a committee will again sponsor the program since that method proved successful last year. They are sure that the necessary candle power for illumination will be. furnished by the electric lights and not the antiquated gas jets. ltloutlficution Cards for All An informal get acquainted pro- gram beginning about '7 o'clock and looting for about 9. half hour is be. ing‘ introduced. Identification cards to facilitate the introduction of new men will be obtained at the entrance on which every school member, freshman or upper classman, will print his namc, class, and course. Professor John Schommer, who is well known for his stories and jokes, will act as master of ceremonies for the occasion. He is certain that. his jokes will include some of the newer types just as good as the one about George Nelson rounding up the sheep and tho jack—rabbits. Dean I-Icold will give a short wel- come address to the freshmen. Pro- fessor Amsbm‘y will read some of his poems including the indispensiblc “Captain of the Margueritc”. Other professors and coaches including Krnfl’t, Stagg, and Weissman will be introduced to the new class. Added Entertainment A well rounder] musical program is being planned. Group singing,’ to introduce the Armour “Alma Mater" and “Fight Song" to the incoming class will be sponsored by the musi- A new feature will be put on by the committee: a few rounds of boxing}: and a couple of bouts of wrestling including all the grunts and groans by the grapplers will be sponsored by the Armour Tech wrestling; and boxing teams. After the last few jokes by Pro- fessor John and the singing of the Armour ”Alma Motor," the student assembly will be served the ever famoua combination of doughnuts and sweet cider. Awards will not be distributed to those who will drink the most cider, but enough will be on hand to make everybody happy. Statistics compiled from previous yours of the gastronomic ability of Armour men are in the hands of the committee; second helpings, and more, may be bud by all. This Freshman Handshake is be- ing conducted by a group of upper. clnssmen consisting of F. J. Meyer, chairman, J. J. Alicrn, W. B. Alicrn, L. J. Beckman, A. Leuchiskis, R. J. Maci, J. M. O'Connor, E. N. Scorl. and G. W. Wheaten. Elrumdticts Ash New Men to doin Group The first meeting: of the Armour Players will be held October 4 at 5 p. m. in the assembly hull. All men who are interested in either acting or backstage activities are urged to attend the meeting. The club will get. “carted at. once on Eugene O’Neils “Within the Zone." Professor Hendricks. the club’s sponsor, has outlined :1 very busy season for the members. The first play, “Within the Zone," will be given in the middle of November. A suitfible Christmas play will be chos- en at the next two or three meetings This year's program will include short; one—cot plays which will be given at assemblies. T318 plays 3.11:1 damn thing—l” er and flock N. Welland is timsuiei. dutos will ill? decided upon latcr.