Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois

Tuesday, October 9, I934

 

 

 

By Leroy Beckman

MANY PHASES of the “relief”
situation for needy persons have ap-
ptarcd for solution since the ascent
from depression depths. Relief for
the untmployed as well as for the
aged has been looked upon recently
as an essential element of balanced
living conditions. So far nobody has
suggested killing off all the old peo-
ple as a method of reestablishing the
economic equation—but we expect
to hear of it any day.

THE TOWNSEND Old Age Re-
volving Pension Plan is a type of
suflizestcd solution which seems to
be armising the most discussion at
this time. Advlocation through the
mediums of circulars, pamphlets,
and local organizations has brought:
the plan to the stage where it is to
be submitted to the new Congress
in January. The plan was created by
Dr. F. IS. Townsend, of Long Beach,
California, whose work as a medical
and relief officer convinced him
that something should be done to re-
lieve the old pimple from the dread
of being- left pcnniless and helpless
in their old age.

 

 

CONDENSED the plan is this:
Every citizen of the United States,
60 years of age, or older, whether
man or women, is to receive a pen-
plan of $200 a month until death——
on certain conditions. One of the
conditions is that the person has no
criminal record. Another is that he
is to retire from all work and give
up any other activities or income he
may have. A third requirement states
that the pensioner must spend his
$200 within the month that he re—
ceivcs it.

 

THE QUESTION arising at this
point would be the logical one; how
are these pensions to be paid? First,
it is proposed, the government would
issue bonds or money to the amount
of two billion dollars, enough to
start the plan. Then further, to main-
tain this fund it is proposed to cre—
ate a federal tax on sales, such sales
tax on be used only for the Old Age
Revolving Pension fund. With the
plan it is evident that a fairly large
volume of purchasing power would
be created by the payment of $200
a month to each pensioner and that
millions of additional jobs with in-
creased wages would be created for
the younger generation. Backers of
the plan insist that the young peo-
ple would be relieved of the burden
they now carry in supporting- the
agcdwand then they sug rest a 10%
sales tax to be carried by these same
people. Will putting money in cir-
culation revive business, that being
the objective? We are inclined to
say that it will not. Mass cxpenditure
by the pensioners as a government
project would hear no relation to
“circulation” when private interests
in industry are encountered. We will
say that the Townsend Plan might
offer a future American haven for
middle aged immigrants. Would that
be desirable?

Tech Rifle Club Will
Meet Humboldt Park

Activity on the rifle range start-
ed with a “bang“ this year at Ar~

I’YIOUI'.
With vacation only two weeks in

Septic to Employ
Petition Method

An interesting atmosphere was cre.
ated just previous to the first sopho—
more class meeting of the year by
the removal of one-half of Sidney
Miner’s soup-strainer. The atmo-
sphere bccame more sober and slight-
ly sarcastic while several of the of-
ficers rtportcd on last year’s activ~
ities, but the return of interest be»
came quite distinct when the sub-
jects of election of officers and
freshmen came up for discussion.

Paul RLh, social chairman, who
was introduced by Jack Shanahan,
vice~yii'esident, gave a brief report
on last year‘s social activities. Hur-
man Ro treasurer, reported that
the class had $365.18 on hand, part-
ly as a result of the financially suc-
cessful sophomore-freshman dance.Y
The present sophomores won tllt‘l
softball baseball tournament lastll
spring, as well as the basketball tour- I

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namcnt last fall. At the conclusion
of Herman Ross’ report, Joe Bartu—.
sek was elected class baseball cap-
tain.

Election Committee Chosen

The election of an election com-
mittee caused a great deal of wrong»
ling ccncerninc the number of men!
on the committees and the ques-l
tion of creating such a committeel
Nine men were nominated and itl
was decided to choose five of thesel
by lot. Those chosen were D. For-
berg, J. Bartusek, D. Brissman, A.
Goldsmith, and L. Zwissler. These
men elected David Forberg chair-
man.

A committee of last year‘s leaders‘
was then picked to enforce the
wearing of green caps. These five
men, F. X. Popper, P. Martin, L.
Kirader, F. Hackman, and P. Schultz,
were to have the moral and physi-
cal support of the sophomore class.
In this connection, Dean Heald feels
that the freshmen are accepting the
caps in the proper spirit and thinks
the sophomores should hit on some
plan of enforcement other than one
i involving; frec—for~alls.

 

 

 

Nomination Rules Given

The election committee has had
the following requirements for nom.
ination on the bulletin board since
last Friday afternoon:

I. The officers to be elected are
President, Vice—President, Social
Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary.

II. To nominate a candidate for
office, a petition which contains the
signatures of 25 members of the
sophomore class must be presented
to Dean Heald before 1:00 p. m.
Wednesday, October 10, 1934.

III. Any sophomore signing the
petition of two or more candidates
for the same office will have his
name removed from both petitions.

 

,Kra’thwohl ‘Given Post
in Mathematics Club

Professor W. C. Krathwohl, head

of the mathematics department, was
elected secretary and treasurer of the
mathematics club of Chicago at an
election of the club held last week.
In the men’s club division Professor
‘8. F. Bibb has been appointed rep-
l resentative from Armour.
' The Mathematics club of Chicago
is one of the largest associations of
its kind, and has as its members,
teachers of mathematics in most of
the universities, colleges and normal
schools, in and around Chicago.

Armour Players Fill
Two Staff Vacancies

 

the past, old and new men of the
Armour chh Rifle Club have begun
earnest practice in preparation for
their already rapidly growing sched~
ule of competition.

The Humboldt Park Rifle Club
provides the first opposition, Sunday,
October 12. The match will take
place on the Fort Sheridan range.

Members of the organization are
most anxious to c-ontact all new men

Owing to the fact that two of-
ficers elected last semester did not
return to school this year, the Ar-
mour Players held an election at
their meeting last Thursday. The of»
floors chosen were W. K. Emmerich,
sccrrtary, and S. M. Miner, treasur—
er. The president, H. A. Bisbee, was
elected last May.

The Armour Players are planning
to present “In the Zone," by Eu»
who are interested in shooting. New gene O’Neil, here sometime in N\o~
men should visit the range located vember, and during May of next
in the bas’.ment, second entrance of l year a three-act play at the Chicago
Chapin hall, and get acquainted. ) Woman’s Club.

 

 

Fresh Handshake
is Well Attended

Schommer, Amsbary Malte-
Hit with Class of 538

Last Wednesday evening the fresh-
men had an invaluable opportunity
for becoming acquainted with one an—
other, thc upper classmen, several
Armour traditions, and some mem-
bers of the faculty. Fred Meyer in-
troduced Prof. Schommer, who acted
as master of ceremonies for the re-
mainder of the evening. Aftcr Prof.
Schommer had told some of his jokes
(it’s hard to find him telling the same
one twice) he introduced Alonzo A.
Stage, who gave a short talk telling
of the track team’s prospects for this
year and urged the freshmen to come
out for the team.

Dean Heald Speaks

This athletic talk by Mr. Staci: ref-
minded Prof. Schommer to tell the
freshmen that there is no football,
principally because of lack of stu-
dent’s time and money for equip-
ment. However, an encouragingr note
was sounded by Prof. Schommer
when he indicated that plans were
under way to secure the 108th En-
gineer's Armory on chtworth Ave~
one for the basketball team.

Dean l-Ieald grave a short talk and
was followed by Prof. Pebbles, who
made the award of the honorary fra<
ternity of the department of mechan.
ical engineering, Pi 'l‘au Sigma, to
Sidney Miner. The award was a
Mechanical Engineer’s Handbook by
Kent.

 

 

Amslwry Reeling Poems

Prof. Schommer’s talk on the re-
lation of school activities to scholar-
ship was then followed by a very in-
teresting show that was Presented by
Prof. W. B. Amsbary. In his French-
Canadian dialect, Prof. Amsbary told
several jokes and recited some poems.
Al; the conclusion of this entertain-
ment, the Armour Fight Song was
sung, and the assembly moved to the
lunch room, where sweet cider and
doughnuts were served.

The final features of the evening
were two wrestling matches by mem-
bers of the wrestling team, and two
challenge matches, which were the
evening’s feature. Herman J. Sum—
ner challenged anybody present to a
wrestling match, and his. challenge
was accepted by Schumann, a fresh-
man from Senn. Robert W. Schmidt
then accepted a challenge from an~
other freshman, Meyer,
Senn.

also from

Class in Metallurgy
Visits Field Museum

Monday afiternoon, October 1, the
scnior chemicals in Professor Car-
penter’s metallurgy class met in the
Field Museum at 1:30 to investigate
the geology and mineralogy exhibits
in connection with their study of
minerals as a source of ores. This
trip was the first of several that will

'lmss elcctions will be held
(11/, October 12, in the Main

    

 

 

 

 

be taken this semester during,r the
laboratory periods.

 

Winner of Essay
lContest Chosen

Norman J. Cooper, E.E. ’36 will be
awarded the 1934 “Standard Hand—
book for Electrical Engineers” as
first prize in the annual essay c-on"
test sponsored by Eta Kappa Nu, Ar-
mour‘s honorary electrical engineer-
ing: fraternity.

The essays submitted in the contest,
which Is open every spring to all stu-
dents takingr sophomore electricity,
were on technical subjects covering;,
some special phase of electrical engi-
neering and representing individual
research on the part of the student.

 

The judges, members of the Eta are,

Kappa Nu fraternity, selected Coop-
er’s paper on the basic of presenta-
tion, choice of topic, technical value,
and accuracy of material. He is
therefore requested to be present at
the A. l. E.
October 12, at 10:30 a. m. at which
his name will be officially announced
and the prize given.

The topic Cooper chose for his es—
say is an up to date and valuable
one, o titled “Airport Illumination.”

In his paper he touched upon the

E. meeting on Friday, The

 

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In an effort to end the influence
of inter-departmental politics, the
junior class voted last Friday to
adopt a new method of nominating:
men for class offices.

Each departmental group in the
junior class has chosen three men
to act on a nominating committee
which will prepare the slate for
next Friday’s election. These men
in a sense, pledged to make
their selections entirely on the basis
of individual worth, for it was ful-
1y uridcirstovotl that the plan was sug-
gested in hopes of achieving such a
result.
nominating“ committee will
meet next Tuesday to select the oath
tlidatos for class office. The number
to be selected, and the author] of
selection is left to the committee,
which is expected to reach its dew
cision mainly through amicable dis—
cussion.

 

history of airport illumination, the1 The meeting began with a consid-

modern requirements, and a discus-
sion of present equipment.

Brownlcc to Speak

at A. I. Ch. E. Meeting

A joint meeting- of the Chicago

Section of the A. I. Ch. E. and of the
Student Chapter of the A. I. Ch. E.
of Armour Institute will be held here
Thursday, October 11.

Mr. Harold J. Brownlec, techni-
cal director in the Cedar Rapids,
Iowa plant of the Quaker Oats Com-
pany, will discuss “Chemical Engi-
neering: Technology in the Manufac-
ture of Furfural.”

Members of Faculty
to Address A. S. M. h.
In order to organize and lay plans

for the current year, the first reg-
ular meeting of the A. S. M. E. will

oration of such mundane affairs as
l touchball, and a bill for the teeth of
‘a member of the sophomore class.
Another matter was a motion to de-
termine by a vote the sentiments of
the class in regard to the proptr
method of addressing members of
the faculty. About 70% thought
“Mr.” better.

There was a short argument over
the question of whether nominations
should be from the floor or by pen
tition, decided in favor of “from the
floor." Two nominations for presi-
dent were made, which were soon
followed by a half (tench nominations
and a half dozen refusals. A vote
on a motion to close the nominations
was negative. Every other man to
be recognized made a speech de-
nouncing politics in class elections
and demanding that something be
done; the other half insisted that
this was out of order and nomina-
tions must go on.

However, this was obviously im-
possible, since everyone to be nom-
inated declined, and the class would

be held Friday, October 12‘ at 10:30 not vote to close nominations for

in science hall.

At this gathering, which was post-
poned from last Friday because of
the senior and junior class meetings,
Professors I’luntly, Libby. Nachman,
I’cchles, Perry, and Rolesch will
speak on the requirements for, and
the value of membership in this or-
ganizati'on.

All students of mechanical engi-
neering are urged by the sponsors
to attend because of the valuable
contacts they may make with the
fields of their profession in which
they are most interested.

 

It has been brought to the attention
of students and faculty members of
Armour, that the using: of Professor
when addressing faculty members is
an antiquated custom and should be
abandoned for the more friendly and
human word Mr.

A number of faculty members
questioned on the subject said that
Mr. was as good as any and some
said that it was a much better way
of addressing instructors as it
brought them metaphorically speak—
ing, on even terms with the student.
They also said that there wasn‘t any
disrespect in not using their profes-
sional titles in conversation.

Dean Heald inferred that the
Chane-e from Professor to Mr. would
eliminate certain inaccuracies in ad.
dressing instructors. Only a few of
the instructors at Armour have the
professional title of Professor, and}
the average student does not discrim- I

 

 

A Student’s Letter Brings Varied
Reactions from focally on Prefix

 

inatc when saying professor. The

dean said that it is not disrespectful,

as long as a courteous Mr. is used.
For several years instructors in the
architectural department have insist.
ed on being)‘ called Mr. This did not
cause disrespect in any way.
Professor Schomrner is quoted as
saying, “I think it is perfectly all
right to say ‘Mr.’ because titles as a
rule should only be used at appro-
priate places and at certain times.
After all we’re just one big: family
working toward the same end and
Mr. would facilitate intercourse be-
tween student and instructor. In the

last few years especially, Mr. has,
been used with common consent at a‘

number of other colleges and the
tendency seems to be growing."

At the junior class meeting a vote
was taken to discover where the opin—
ion of the class lay. Approximately
seventy percent of the juniors were
in favor of using Mr.

president.

Among the suggestions coming
thick and fast was that of Herb Tab
litsch, to choose a nominating com-
mittee. In spite of the protests that
it was out of order, this idea stead-
ily gained favor, and as the con-
fusion increased, it was turned to
as a saving alternative.

 

Music Clubs Prepare
for Initial Contest

 

Glee club and orchestra men are
stepping lively these days to make a
succc ‘ of their first performance of
the s ason which is occurring Satur-
day, October 13. This gives the
musicians and song‘sters just a week
and a half to get themselves in a
condition which will enable them to
equal their last year’s performances.
They will sing and play in the eve“
ning in the Court of States at the
World’s Fair. Although Mr. Erick»
son, the musical director, is depend-
ing; upon his old members to make
the program a succes. the new mem—
bers- will take an integral part.

As a notice to members interested
in music, the glee club is in need of
first tenors and basses; the orches-
tra is in need of horns, clarilicts. and
oboe players and a drummer,

Election of officers was held at the
re-‘pective meetings of the orchestra
and glen club after their practices.
The glee club officers are R. H.
Wittekindt. president; A. Kulpak,
secretary treasurer; and G. \V. Oi‘msi
by, business manager. The orches~
tra officers are J. De Boo. pi'osi»
dent; A. G. Flei librarian; and
,\V. II. Soho]. secretary-trcasurcr and

   

 

 

 

 

   

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Frieda, Granger, l-lenuing, and Lauchialris Are
Senior Nominees for President, Juniors.
Select" Nominating Committee

ALL ELECTIONS ECH‘EDUILED FOR FREDAY

‘ Problems usually Encountered in

class elections when the petition
llnethod of nomination is employed,
1 were dispensed with entirely during:
Ethe senior class intctine; held last
Friday morning. Nominations for
candidacy were submitted by the
members from the floor.

l Nominations were indicative of a
5 lack of class politics, a predominant
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feature in past years. Although with.
drawals on the part of many suic—
ecstt d candidates were interpreted
as political moves by some, the final
ballot shows a good representation
of the class as a whole. Selections
for candidacy in the office of presi-
dent, are R. L. Fi'ied‘e, S. S. Granger,
W. W. I‘lenniug‘, and A. Lauchiskis.
Nominecs for vice-president are L.
F. Hie-gins, H. L. Mayerowicz, .I. M.
O’Connor, R. P. Samuels, and Ii. J.
Zibblc.

The five men presented as
candidates for the office of treasur~
or are L. W. Davidson, M. J. Fot-
tcr, T. F. Jones, R. G. Lyford, and
K. O. Stocking. For the position of
secretary there are E. Jones, R. .I.
Maci, W. C. Petersen, J. L. Roberts,
H. H. Slavitt, and R. H. Wittekindt.

For sorgeant—at—arms, R. E. Esben-
sen, 0. 17'. Freilinger, P. Henoch, and
P. Stanovich are the candidates.
The office of social chairman
is open to five candidates and
it will require a good deal of dis-
cretion on the part of the voter to
supply a good officer for this respon.
sible position. The candidates are
L. A. Cullen, M. C. Forsyth, D. R.
Gregerson, W. H. Sobel, and W. A.
Ttrudvclle.

Election of officers for the senior
as well as all under classes Will be
held on Friday of this week.

 

 

{illness Group for
Wresfrman Election:

 

Freshman organization not under
way with a meetinp: last Tuesday in
the assembly hall. John J. Ahern,
president of the A. T. A. A., acting
as temporary chairman, suggested
that the class have as officers: presi—
dent, vice-president, secretary, treas-
urer, social chairman, and repre—
sentative in the A. T. A. A.

An election committee to take core
of the ballotts and election details
was selected. It is composed of G.
Pileg'er, G. Thodos, W. Johnson, R.
Young, R. E, Worcester, H. F. Per-
let, and W. J. Laise.

It was decided that petitions for
officers must have 25 signatures of
freshmen and be turned in at the
Dean‘s office today. Ballots will be
prepared in time for the election Fri-
day, October 12.

Dean Heald introduced G. W.
Wheaten, president of the lntcrf
ternity Council, who urged all fresh—
man to attend the Freshman Hand—
shake and explained the sections of
the Freshman Hand Book which is
published by the Interfrnternity
Council.

 

Fire Protect Society
Will Hear f. A. Neel

(‘hicago' famous stoukyards cun—
fiagrntion and the fire
conditions before and after the tire
will he explained by Mr. J. A. Ntal.
ch": enginmr of the Chicago Board
of l' 'e I‘mierwrixers. t i iiu‘inlk‘i‘s of
the Fire Protection lit
ciety in their first meeting of the
your next Friday morning; at 10:30.
A notice announcing the on: in):

protection

   

  

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place will he postui on the bulletin
board Within the next fur days. All
men who have the hour open are in.

 

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