Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois Tuesday, October 30, l934 A rmom' A rchitects Announce Fall Dance Opening the fall season at Armour, the Architectural society has an- nounced its first dance, Le Bal d‘ Automne to be given at the spacious , and luxurious Grand Ballroom of the By Leroy Beckman i LAST SATURDAY, October 27,‘ marked the seventy-sixth anniversary of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt. To mention this may mean little more than mere realization of the fact, unless it be to check the date calcu—l lations of the writer. Although the works of Washington and Lincoln have warranted national observance, the fact remains that the works of Roosevelt, as well as those of any other President, warrant personal observance. Perhaps the distant re— lationship between Theodore Roose- velt and Franklin Roosevelt have been the cause of more frequent ref- erence to the former, or perhaps po. litical policies have been discussed on the basis of comparison, either for variance or coincidence. BORN IN NEW YORK City in 1858, Theodore Rmsevclt is portrayed Steuben club, where the entire twen- ty-lii'th iloor has been secured for Friday evening, November 16. While Wilson Burnett’s orchestra, the dance music, other novelties are being arranged in an ell'ort to make the ail'nirs the outstanding gala event of the year. Bids will soon be available for the nominal price of $1.25 which the society is sure will appeal to all engineers interested in attending. Responsibility for the dance rests with H. Schreiber, R. G. Ed- munds, R. B. Priestly, C. ll. Schreiber, and M. J. Bejcck, who compose the committee appointed at a meeting 01' the Architectural s()< ciety. A poster contest was announced and the posters are due today. One bid will be awarded to the owner of the best poster. To insure fairness in history as having enjoyed a color- ful career. Launched on his career; in 1881 as a member of the New York Legislature, successive attain—i merits had taken him through thef offices of Civil Service Commission”; Policc Commissioner, Assistant Scsw retary of the Navy, Governor of New ‘ York, Vice-President of the United States. and finally President of his? country. It required 27 years furl Theodore to wade through this series; of public nifiees, but nevertheless ofi sufficient duration to establish a‘ deiinite and individual policy. 1 . concludes the FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, as the president of the United States today,’ has been confronted continually with“ the major problems of human rela- tionship in this country. Essential-1 ly. the relation between individuals has been the basis of all govern— mental efforts. The Roosevelt of to-‘ day has been forced to act on sub-i jects 01' this nature, subjects corre- sponding in nature to those which. the Roosevelt of yesterday saw fit to, apply comment. In differentiating} between the attitudes of these two‘, men with regard to similar prob-i, lems, we conclude a similarity of} policy does exist, but the character: involved in solution is quite dissim-T ilar. In Theodore Roosevelt we findi a forceful nature, an individual who stood in front and ready to fight for the worth of his ideals. ln Franklin Roosevelt we find an easy-mindcdl individual, a man determined to imv: press upon the minds of the public,l the posters shall be judged by mem- bers of the faculty. Award Prizes ”to Report Winners English Department Selects Outstanding Reviews Awarding,’ of fifteen prizes to those Armour students who wrote the best book reviews of last year contest among all and universities that was sponsored by the inter-Collegiate (.ommittee on Students' Reading un- der the supervision ol‘ the National Council of Teachers of English. According to Professor Hendricks, who supcrwsed the selection of the ievicws at Armour, the purpose of this contest was “to stimulate and encourage reading among: all college students.” The prizes which are made available by about 25 pub- lishers consist of any book within a certain price range that the win her prefers. in selecting the winners, over 500 reports from the members of the freshman and sophomore classes of last year were read, and by a proc- ,ess of elimination the 15 winning and 21 honorable mention reviews were obtained. Winners Listed The final list of the winning rem views were written by C. P. Bo- by reasoning, the value of his ideals,l berg, G. Freund, N. Gerber, F. D. but willing,r on the other hand to with- l Hotfert, L. Kramer, B: S. Lane, J. draw in the face of strenuous opposi— l O. Larson, R. Mansfield, E. W. tion. WITH REFERENCE to the labor; situation in the face of the NRA, we ,find application for comment ren- Olson, T. S. Ramotowski, A. R. Rosenberg, W. M. Underwood, F. lG. Westcrman, O. Zmeskal, and l G. A. Zwissler. l Honorable mention was awarded a well-known favorite, will providey dered by Theodore Roosevelt. “There to those reviews written by the fol- are certain labor unions, certain lowing men: D. Baker R B Edel— bodies of organized labor which to mann, E. W. Engstrom, W J: Fleig my mind embody almost the best hope N. Gerber, S. Goldman l". D.’ that there is for healthy national Hoffert M. B. Holland W: F. ch_ growth in the future; but bitter ex— mer, R: Mansfield J‘ k Mason N Periencc has taught men who work J‘ McGuone, HIP. Milleville,’ P. (Confirmed on page 3) lMorrison, W. G. Rundell, P. R. — ESchultz, W. M. Underwood, F. G. " Westerman, and G. A. Zwissler. Physrce STOMP Hears The fact that some men received Pyofessgr Thompson both a prize and an honorable men- tion is explained by the fact that of ‘several reviews turned in by one man, one review took a prize and one an honorable mention. An idea of what type of books Armour students read can be ob- (Contimwd on page 3) Professor Thompson was one of the speakers at the last meeting of the Chicago Chapter of the National Society of Physics Teachers on Satur- day, October 20. The purpose of the society is to improve the methods of t ' l' d t ‘ _ ‘ _ 12:2;ng an s udy of physxcs in col PFGTESEEQH‘S Attend Physics Conierence He discussed the results of the ex- perimental examinations given phy- sics students in 355 colleges last year. The report analyzed the re- Professors A. W. Sear, E. H, Free- man, and J. S. Thompson attended suits of the examinations given in the conference held at Purdue uni: all the colleges in general, and ofl Versity last Saturday for the purpose those given at Armour Institute in‘ of discussing with delegates from particular. , other schools the teaching of elec— Professor Thompson stated thati tronics and allied subjects. the Armour students stood in the up- Delegates attending were from A1'~ Dar 25% of the group in the mechan- _ mour, University of Illinois, Purdue, ies examination, and in the upper“ and other midwestern colleges teach— 11% in the heat examination. \ lug -electronics. l Last year's freshmen chemistry reports can be had by applying for them in the Dcpwrtmmll. of Gimm- ical Engineering otfico. If they are not removed by November 10, they will be destroyed. Social Activities Will Start Soon l Three Classes With three class social committees appointed and hard at work, and with the architects planning another of the series of dances they began last year, social activities in plenty are in store tor Armour. The sophomore social committee is ,dcfmitely in favor of a sophomore idance independent of that of any 1 other class. A class meeting: will be lheld this morning at 10:30 in sci— ience hall, at which, althouuh the principal tepic of di -ussion will lu- thc matter of class jackets, a de— cision of some sort will probably be made on the dance. Two Fall Dances Planned “Before Christmas" is the closest the sophomores have come to setting a date for their affair, and it is evi- dent that some understanding will have to be reached between them and the seniors, who customarily give their annual informal in the late fall. The sophomore social committee consists of O. A. Tomei, chairman, D. A. Forberg, N. J. McGuone; and R. P. Thunder. Plans for the senior dance are also under way, with some timb in Decem— l 1 her as a tentative date. The com» mittec that will assist W. A. Trudcllc, social chairman, in corn: posed of J. J. Ahcrn, L. A. Cullen, . C. Forsyth. F. J. Meyer, J. M. O’Connor, and R. H. Wittckindt. i Junior Committee inactive l The junior social con‘imittec has also been appointed, but as the junior dances do not take place until spring, they have had little activity so far. The members of the committee are D. Graham, chairman; D. E. Howell; l. M. Hughes; G. W. Ormsby; R. Paulsen; F. L. Smith; and E. J. Wolniak. The freshman social committee has not yet been appointed. Four Men Are Given Pi Tau Sigma Exam Examinations for membership in Pi Tau Sigma, honorary mechanical engineering society, were taken last Tuesday by the following men: H. L, Mayerowicz, who is a senior; and H. S. Nachman, W. Alt, and F. D. Cotterman, j u n i 0 rs. Profcss rs Nachman, Roesch, and Peebles at- tended the meeting. Cider, donated by Professor Roeech, was served. At a meeting last Wednesday J. H. DeBoo was elected representative to a national Pi Tau Sigma conven~ tion which is to be held November 23 and 24 at- the University of Wis- cousin. A pledging smoker will be held next Thursday. By John Find that penny! Find that pen- ny! Find that penny! No, this isn’t the college yell of the University of Scotland, but it's good advice. So anyone of the engineer souvenir hunters who was disappointed last Wednesday had better take heed. That penny is valuable. Of all the Armourites who cut their classes to view the new demon of the rails, not one imagined what a tremendous sum could be involved in the pennies they planted in the path of the U. Pfs marvel train. Even the designers of the stream- liner never realized that their brain child would run into such huge sums. ‘ Read This, Mr. Schommcv i Every one of those pennies which ‘was placed on the rail and disap« peared so mysteriously is so valu- able that the person who owns it l x Some Frenziecl Ari Souvenir Hunters Heavy Losers Galandak Whittier Defines Engineers” ideals The first combined meeting of the semester was held last Friday by the engineering societies of Armour, the speaker for the occasion beine; C. C. Whittier, president of the Westorni Society of Engineers, who spoke on “The Engineer of the Future." ‘ Preceding the meeting, which was; opened by G. A. Nelson, :1 publicl pledging- by Tau Beta Pi was held) in which ton upperclassmen and Mr.‘ J. C. Witt, an alumnus, were pledged. i Mr. Whittier showed the posilioni of the engineer in the civilizations of I the Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylon-i ians, Greeks, and Romans. Modern engineering; began with the inventionl of the steam engine, or the beginning ‘, of the Industrial Revolution. li‘ruml this time, to 1929, invention and con. structiun had out‘distanced socicly,‘ and the peculiar situation in wliichl there is want in the presence of plmlv i ly, has arisen. ‘ The engineering and medical pro« l'cssions were pictured as agencies which give their benefits directly to‘ the people. “The four year course; in engineering," 1 ill the speaker, “is' inadequate to .iin Lt man for [he profession so that he may he quali— fied for an administrative position.” The engineer should know something: about banking, biology, business, and English to fill an administrative ufl'iee, claims Mr. Whittier. A public address system was set} [up in the Assembly hall for thisi occasion by L. F. i l l Higgins and D. E.“ Young, senior electrical engineering: students. WATT... Presents i Collegiate Night last 'l'hursday by the Western Society of Engineers with a motion picture depicting the architecture, transport- ation, and people of Russia coupled with an explanation of each scene by Mr. Gordon Fox, one year out from active engineering in Russia. “Sixty per cent of Russia's national income was spent on industrial projects each year during the live year plan. With an expenditure such as this you can realize that the Rus- sian generation of today is sacrificing- ‘ to the limit for the generation of tu~l marrow. The people believe that this‘ new generation will have inbred com- munistic ideals and will not be adul— terated by capitalism,“ said Mr. Fox speaking about Russia’s expenditure in industry. In an open discussion following the pictures, many interesting facts came to light on education, natural re» sources, transportation, judicial prac- tice, agriculture, industry, govern- ment, and social life in Russia under the five year plan. Education has taken decided ad- vances under the five year plan. In the cities, nine years of compulsory education are enforced. Unfortunate- ly only three and four years are the average in the small towns. (Continued on page 3) chimeric Shows could build Armour a new ultra- modern school in the best neigh- borhood and buy it an All-American football team every week for fifty years. He could buy out the capitol. in- cluding" the sedate, and still have enough money left over for chewing , gum. l l x l I l l l The amount of money that it could be worth is collosal. Just to imagine spending that huge sum would take a long,r time. And This, Mr. Allison Putting it in cold, hard figures, the worth of one of those pennies totals $68,739,000,000 and can be attained easily with one of them. i All that one has to do is to invest it at 3 per cent intere. and com» l pound it for 1000 years. (Figure it l out yourself! Thirst Reunion of ’34 [Will ”e la Halal When a group of mechanical engi— neers in the class of 1934 arranged before their graduation that their classmates should continue in a per‘ manent organization throughout the years, they could hardly have ex- pected the enthusiasm with which their plan was executed. Out of the men who received degrees in me- chanical engineering last June, 37 attended their first reunion, and the remaining: four were absent through unavoidable reasons. Kreisman Elected President Herbert Krcisman was elected president: of the organization, which will meet twice a year. Kreisman was the victor in a runoff election, after he and Diamond S. Dickey had tied for first place in the first vote, The president was a member of Tau Beta Pi and the editor of the Ar- mour Engineer during: his student career. Lavish entertainment was not on the program as the class, said by it professors to be one of the mos closely knit units in Armour history,‘ even during its student period, found enjoyment in just talking. Several faculty members 01‘ the de- partment joined in the discussion which was enlivened by the vivid ac- counts ol' the young enuinecrs’ first“ experiences in the workingr world. Gehhnrdt Sends Greetings 0f especial sentimental value to the class was a letter from Profes- sor Gebhardt. The popular and he— loved former head of the depart- ment who was retired last year af- ter 36 years of association with the school sent his regrets to the group from Minneapolis, but included in his missive his best wishes and con- gratulations to the organizations. Propose Innovation in Placement System A new system of placement service will be instituted at Armour, which will go into eilect shortly. It will consist primarily of a gen- eral survey of the graduates to dc» termine the type of work that lhey are best suited for, and a system of filing, under which the names of the graduates will be listed according, to the various types of work in which they have had experience. This information will be secured by means of a questionnaire which will be filled out by the gradual-cs, and will be available to employers seeking men to [ill positions. Prominent Speaker Pressured by W. S. E. The Armour chapter of the Wes- tern Society of Engineers is to hold its next meeting on November 2. The speaker secured through the efforts of K. O. Stocking, is to be Charles A. Morse, formerly chief engineer of the Rock Island railroad. ‘ Mr. Morse retired in 1929 after having been in the employment of the road for 40 years. The topic of his address will probably be anecdotes related to his own experiences. Mr. Morse addressed W.S.E. groups in 1929 just after his retirement. All students are cordially invited to attend the meeting which will be held in C Mission. Even though the membership drive is progressing sat~ isfactorily under the leadership of J. M. O’Connor and C. P. Grakavac, more lowerclassmen are urged to Till hill llhllbhi hilltlllllhlllt llllll ill llllllt lllhilllt Ten Studs—int; and One Alumnus Are Named at Assembly 3 T0 WRETE THESES l m... _. l Tau Beta Pi, national honorary enuineering fraternity, pledged eleven candidates at the general as- sembly, Friday, October 26. Nine of the candidates are seniors, one is a junior, and one is an alumnus. Membership in this organization is the highest scholastic honor an engi- neering student can achieve. Can— didates are selected on a. basis of scholarship, character, and leader. ship in undergraduate activities. Students eligible for election to Tau Beta Pi are those who are. in the upper fourth of the senior class scholastically, in the upper eighth of he junior class, or alumni who have iromincntly contributed to the enci- necrinu‘ profession. Professor Shol- to M. Spears, a member of Illinois Bela’s Advisory Board, conducted the pledging. Alumnus ls Pledged An unusual feature of the cere- ‘, monies was the pledging; to the un- dergraduate chapter of an alumnus. er. .I. C. Witt, the graduate thus gnally honored received a B. S. in the department of mechanical engi- neering, and is new director of re- search ior the Portland Cement company. The men who were pledged are: L. W. Bieglcr, F.P.E. J. H. DeBoo, M.E. 0. P. Freilingrer, F.P.E. J. I“. Humiston, Ch. . . J. 0. Larson, CE. .I. K. Morrison, F.P.E. G. A. Nelson, C.E. J. M. O’Connor, CE. W. A. Trudelle, F.P.E. J. (t. Witt, M.E. H. J. Zibble, F.1’.E. Mr. Witt is an alumnus, Larson is a junior, and the other men are seniors. l l l i l l l l Active in School All of the pledges have been very active in school affairs; among them are included several present and for- mer class officers, a few engineering society officers, and a. number of men from the publications. Athletes and non-athletes are about evenly divided. The pledges will begin work at once on a 3,000 word thesis on some phase of engineering problems, one phase of a period of rigorous testing,r which they are now beginning. initiations will probably be held some time before Christmas, in time for the new members to attend the annual inter-honorary banquet. Kelly Returns from Registrars’ Meeting Mr. Ernest Kelly, registrar of Ar- mour Institue of Technology, has re- turned from a meeting of the Illinois Association of College Registrars, which was held at Blackburn college at Carlinville, Illinois, last Thursday and Friday. Among the subjects discussed were “State Testing: Programs in Second ary Schools,” and “The New Ac- crediting Procedure of the North Central Association.” Elect Cloggcers liar join. .l. M. oETEQKMaoe Chi Epsilon Member l Joseph M. O‘Connor was initiatedl into Chi Epsilon, honorary civil en-l gineering fraternity, last Thursday 1 Several alumni and live faculty mem» bers attended the meeting. 1 The group, with the e . ption of" the professors who had night school. duties, attended the meeting of the junior section of \V.S.E. at which Mr. G. E. Fox talked on the “Engi- neering Advancement of Russia." Armour Chess Club Retaining the presidert. R. Hells, elected last semester, the members of the Armour Chess club elected the . following officers at a meeting held last week: vice-president. Frei» reich. secretary A. S. Mnjercik. and treasurer B. “"ilhelm. A unanimous vote given for the :tli'iliation with the Illinois Chess ‘sociation. The first match of the season \\'lll w n s be held with the Polanes .\ t‘hoss club in the near future. Future business meetings will be held on H '20 in :‘hnpiu hall, fourth floor. Thursday at first out rancc.