Tuesday, October 16, I934 .l. A. Neale Speaks to Armour REES, Details of Shock Yards Fire Subject of Tall: Last Friday morning at the first meeting of the semester of the F. P. E. S., the members and visitors listened to a very interesting talk by Chief Engineer John A. Neale of the Chicago Board of Under- writers. Thc subject of Mr. Nealc’s talk was the “Stock Yards Con< flagration.” The fire received very wide~sprcad publicity at the time and all of those present were very glad to receive some inside infor- mation. Cigarette Starts Fire The fire started in an area of very combustible wooden pens, presumably from a cigarette thrown from an auto passing over the via— duct. Fires started in this area in this manner are very common, but are usually discovered very soon by a watchman and extinguished without any great damage being done. The fact that this fire oc— curred when there was a minimum of activity in the yards allowed it to get a good start. Mr. Neale pointed out that while the radio broadcast of the fire was bad in its description of it, it helped very much in that the sur- rounding towns were informed of the fire and sent in apparatus. Most of this equipment was not sent to the fire but went to the stations of the engines that were at the stock yards. As the off-shift men reported for duty the officers were sent to these out-of—town companies to supervise their work. They also manned equipment from the repair shop and the drill school. Another very that the radio performed was in- forming the house-owners of the med of water so that they could cut down on domestic consumption. The water consumption at the height of the conflagration was less than normal in spite of the fact that the engines at the fire were using an estimated 50,000 gallons per min- ute. Dynamite impractical There has been much talk about the use of dynamite at this fire and when a question was asked about it Mr. Neale informed the gathering that to stop a fire of this size by the use of explosives would require several hundred thousand pounds of dynamite and hundreds of men trained in its use. One fire depart— ment chief said that if they had wanted to stop the fire by the use of explosives they would have had to start dynamiting in the Loop. Mr. Neale closed by saying that this fire showed that a great deal of credit must be given, not only to the makers of fire fighting equipment, but also to the maintenance depart- ment. With 133 pieces of equip- ment working continuously for as many as from 50 to 60 hours with- out stop, not one of them suffered any mechanical defects. It was also noticeable that there was no fire de— partment equipment involved in any traffic accidents. A. I. Ch. E. Hears Talk at Dinner Meeting Mr. Harold J. Brownlec, technical director of the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, plant of the Quaker Oats Company, read an illustrated paper on “Chem- ical Engineering Technology in the Manufacture of Furfural” at :1 din- ner of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers last Thursday in the Student Union. The dinner was given on the occa« sion of the first joint meeting in sev» eral years of the student chapter and the Chicago section of the society. The meeting was presided over by Mr. Fink, director of research of the National Aluminatc Corporation. Jack Wieland, president of the stu— dent chapter, welcomed the members of the Chicago section in a short talk, and Dean Heald spoke a few words to the gathering. One of the main purposes of the dinner was to afford the students the opportunity to meet men in their chosen field. Since about half at the sixty in at- tendance were members of the Chi- cago section the meeting was success- ful from this point of view as from the verv interesting and informative paper of Mr. Brownlce. Plans are now afoot to make the joint meeting an annual affair. ARMOUR TECH NEWS Amour Wrestiing Team, @rgonizeol four Years Ago, flaming To Front The wrestling section of Armour’s sport activities is rapidly coming into its own. The first Armour wrest- ' ing team, organized some four years ago, proved a successful venture and each successive year has wit- ncssed the development of a better team. Last year saw the team win- ning consistently over its scheduled rivals. Armour wrestlers won the majority of their bouts with Y. M. C. A. teams, and tied the Wheaten team, the state champs, in bouts, only to lose out on points. This year the ranks of the “grun‘t-and-groan" between the newcomers, and the winners of each weight. class are then admitted into the team. The choosing of the members for the team is strictly on the basis of “the survival of the fittest”. The team is usually composed of at least nine men, thus each of the weight classes can he represented. Shortage of Lightweight Matmcn The wrestling team is coached by Coach “Sonny” Weisgman, managed by George W. Wheaton, and cap~ tained by Robert Schmidt. Captain Schmidt reports a shortage of light- iime to Sign up, for the boxing team, i with only four of the regular mem-l hers back this year, is not faringl as well as its ring brother, the wrestling team. Thirty freshmen have answered the call to battle, but more men are wanted. All men versed in the manly art of fisticuffs are urged to join. The boxing team, like the wrestling team, is experi— encing a dire need for men in the light-weight classes, below 130 lbs. the new men through their paces, slowly shaping them into a fighting unit of punch and pugilistic power. The team has not, as yet, elected al captain and a manager. The boxing schedule, like that of the wrestling team, starts in another month. A man‘slzcd black camera, stretch- ing out seven feet horizontally, is being used by University of Minne~ sota psychologists to record the speed and movement of the eye as it reads Coach Weissman has been putting‘ the printed page. Page Five Sphinx Honor Society Will Meet Thursday Sphinx, Armour's honor Literary society, plans to open its activities for the year with an important meeting to be held on Thursday aft- ernoon at 4:00 o’clock in the Tau Beta Pi rooms. All members of the society are requested to be present at the set time. ARMOUR lNSTlTlJTE Oil: TECHNOLOGY Enrollment for First Semester important task ‘ . a ”We canyrigm. 1934 The 9 can Tobacco Company %u get in insides the finest Turkish and artists have been greatly swollen by weight material and assures all light- 19344935 the advent of 46 new “pretzcl- weight wrestlers an excellent chance .,.. .. >_ WM... 777‘! bendcrs . Matches Will be arranged ‘ of making the team. There is still Graduates Seniors Juniors Sophomores Freshmen Special Total EXAMINATlONS FOR REMOVAL OF CONDlTlONS W . 0 ‘ Tuesday, October 16, 1934 Instructor Room Mechamcals - - ‘ ' ‘ ' ' ' ' - 3 00 ‘52 44 2 111 2:104:00 P. M. . _ A“ Mathemat‘cs Blbb B Mam Electricals , . .. ....... 4 28 44 47 3 126 Wednesday, October 17, 1934 2:30-4:20 P. M. Physical Chemistry Freud C Main Civils ........... . . . . . 5 18 33 35 3 94- Organic Chemistry Freud C Main H Ph sics, 201 202 204 Thom son A Cha . . 3:135:00 P" M ’ p p Chemicals ............ 3 28 37 47 1 116 Social Science, 102 Blough 3 Mach. H. Thursday, October 18, 1934 Fire Protects ......... 16 14 15 45 2:104:00 P. M. " Engineering Mechanics, , Paul D Mission Architects . . ........ . . 2 26 24 17 21 ll 94 Applied Mechanics, 205 Paul D Mission Hydromechanics, 302 Paul D Mission S , 2 7 Friday, October 19, 1934 “me ------ ~ ------ 9 3:10-5:00 P. M. . _ . . --_...._.c...__.___-______ Engineering Problems Blough 3 Mach. H. Engineering and Science 191 1 192 2:10-4:00 P. M. m" . ” Experimental Engineering Libby A Mach. H. T 1 1 . Students planning on taking these examinations are requested ota """""""" ’ 7 146 186 212 212 14 787 to report to the instructor in charge three days before. , ~—~——v ...._.___,._..,_c..._c__.__ .m. o 9,, Domestic tobaccos that money can buy—“only the clean center leachmfor these are the mild-u est leaves—"they cost more-writers taste better... “it’s toasted” Your throat protoctiorsmagainst irritationmagaims‘ cough