.153- sf” in some By Leroy Beckman BY ISSUANCE of another of his famous executive orders, President Roosevelt has created for himself an advisory board consisting of 32 mem- bers. The President destroyed his Executive Council by consolidating it with the National Emergency Council, and at the head of that council sits Donald R. Richbcrg, who vitually becomes the President’s “right-hand" man. THE NATIONAL Emergency Council is now composed of the fol- lowing members, subject to revision by the President: The President of the United States, all 10 cabinet members, the Director of the Bud— get, the secretary to the President, assistant secretary of the Treasury, the Administrator of Agricultural Adjustment, Federal Relief Adminy istratorr, chairman of the RFC, chair- man of the TVA, chairman of the Home Loan Bank Board, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, the director of CCC, the governor of the Farm Credit Administation, the adviser on consumer problems, chair- man of the NRA board, chairman of the Federal Alcohol Control Board, Federal Housing Administrator, president of the Export-Import Banks of Washington, chairman of Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora- tion, chairman of the Federal Power Commission, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, chain“- man of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the governor of the Fed- eral Reserve Board, and the execu~ tive director, Mr. Richbarg. EACH OF the 32 officials con- tained in the foregoing list have broad powers which may in turn be exercised by Richberg. This appan‘. ently places the executive director above the 10 cabinet members. As set forth by the President, Mr. Rich— berg is authorized to execute the function and perform the duties vested in the council by the President through such persons as Richbergli himself shall designate, and he is further granted the privilege to pre- scribe such rules and regulations asI he may deem necessary to edective 1y discharge the duties of the coun- cil, provided the President agreed. There is also provision for the execu» tive director to avail himself of thel services of officials and employees‘ of any government department orl agency. WHEN WE consider the scope of activities under the National Emer- gency Council, or more exactly, un- der Mr. Donald R. Richberg, we be- i Name Committees blfillfll‘l lg EEAVE for Senior Class! Elect Placement Committee By Departments Performing the second duty of his new office, A. E. Lauchiskis, presi- dent of the senior class, appointed four committees last week. A fifth committee, organized to aid in the placement of graduates, was elected by the various departments follow- ing the meeting of the class held a week ago last Friday. The four appointed committees and their members are as follows: Jewelry: E. N. Searl (chairman), A. E. Christoph, M. C. Forsyth, J. R. Lang, F. chkc and B. Jones. Announcement: W. B. Ahcrn (chairman), L. W. Davidson, R. l). Armbsury, W. W. Henning, S. Bern~ stein and L. W. Biegler. 1 Cap and Gown: J. N. Wciland‘ (chairman), R. J. Maci, A. J. Rosen, K. O. Stocking, J. L. Roberts and A. N. Wolf. Photography: J. M. Bard, G. W. Wheaten (co—chairmen), J. F. Humi— ston, J. De Boo, B. Rigoni and C. M. Zukowski. The placement committee which was elected last week by the depart- ments of the senior class is a new and original idea. Each department elected one man to the committee, whose duty it will be to decide thel advisability of publishing a graduate l information book. This book will; contain pictures and short biograph-l ies of the members of the senior class. The group will also covoperate with the faculty placement committee, and in this manner it expects to have greater success in the placement of graduates. The members of the committee are as follows: L. J. Beckman, R. F. Berger, L. R. Kerlin, S. S. Granger, R. L. Fricde and C. P. Grakavac. Fraternity Afiairs 1 Committee to Meet To get a closer relation between the Institute and the fraternities s the aim of the fraternity affairs committee which is headed by pro- fessor D. P. Moreton. This commit~ too, which is already functioning, has invited, by means of lettersH alumni representatives of the vari-; ous fraternities here at school to sit in on a meeting to be held tomorrow, November 21. McCormack Attends A.l.Ch.E. Convention Professor H. McCormack, director of Chemical Engineering, attended gin to see power in the hands of an i the three day meeting of the Amer- individual. We saw similar condi- tions with General Johnson as NRA administrator. Johnson gave and Johnson received, perhaps a little too much of the latter. Nevertheless, Mr. Johnson as an individual is respon~ sible for a large portion of the con- certed effort toward improved con- ditions. Comments have been made to the efl'ect that power similar to that type given General Johnson should be vested in a board or coun- (Continucd on page :1) .l. R. Lang Elected Pi Nu Epsilon Head Armour’s chapter of Pi Nu Epsilon held its periodical meeting for the purpose of electing officers on Tues— day, November 13, at the Pi Tau .Sigma fraternity rooms. The presi- dent—elect is J. Russell Lang, and his associate officers are J. K. Mor- rison, Vice president-elect, and. 0. present were Well satisfied with the noun, or not, being singular at the Nevertheless, beware you big Grakavac, secretary-treasurer-elect. ican Institute of Chemical Engineers at Pittsburgh last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Professor McCormack is a mem- ber of the Institute’s committees on local sections, student chapters, and legislation. In addition to the cus- tomary technical sessions of the en- )“e group at which papers of inter- est were presented, each of the in- dividual committees held separate meetings. l l I l Actives Present at Chi Epsilon Pledgings Meeting last night at the Triangle fraternity house, the Armour chap- ter of Chi Epsilon, national honorary civil engineering fracernity, pledged A. Lester and B. Rigoni, of the se- nior class, and R. R. Johnson, a ju— nior. The active and alumni members ignorance shown by the pledges. .securities by corporations. lllll‘ll‘lll‘t ltd A l thithllllitlll‘ ldh‘ Button Assumes Duties as Chairman of Social Science Department vacnucfior FELLED Professor Carman G. Blough,l chairman of the social sciences, Willi teach his last class at Armour on" Nov. 28, and lcaVc for Washington to take up his duties as security analyst [or the newly created Scour-3 ities and Exchange Commission.‘ His chairmanship will be filled by Professor H. P. Dutton. As yet no instructor has been selected to fill the vacancy. I l Will Examine Appraisals This Securities and Exchange Commission was created to regulate security exchanges in the country and to supervise the issuance of the Profes— sor Blough’s duties will be to ana- lyze and supervise the examination of statements, appraisals, and other reports of the companies to deter- mine whether they are correctly representing the facts which they propose to give to the public as a basis for the sale 01' their securities. If the department discovers a cornv pany making misleading statements or concealing important facts in its prospectus and other advertising or publishings, it will be forbidden to sell securities until the department is satisfied that the statements are proper. Leaves Commerce Group Professor Blough’s connection was established through his work which he performed in Wisconsin several years ago where he was involved in cases when he came in contact with 1ho man who is in charge of the se- curity regulation. Besides severing his connection with the Institute, Professor Blough ' also resigning from his duties with the Illinois Commerce Commis- sion where he was employed rewrit- ing and classifying accounts for electric, gas, and water companies since last summer. ls Era Kappa Net Plans Initiation Ceremonyl Plans for the inquisition of pledges and the initiation banquet held by Eta Kappa Nu, honorary electrical engineering fraternity, have been made. I l ‘ln the gene ’ Will Be Given Friday Next Friday at 10:30 a. m. the Ar- morl Players will present their first drama of the year, “In the Zone.” The scene takes places during the war on board ship. A suspected spy Hpresencc of submarines—all help to create a tense atmosphere. The cast of characters as correct- ed from in week is as follows: Yank . ............. '1‘. F. Jones I an ................ M. Pantone Smitty .............. A. Kulpak Scotty ............ R. Weissman Swanson . H. Bauermcister Driscoll ..... 8. Minor Davis ..... . .A. S. Sclircibcr Cocky .............. E. C. lloycr ‘ Director—«Professor Waller Hen- dricks. , A number of the cast have al- ready played before the Armour stu-» dent body and will therefore be well versed in the art of entertaining such a group of drama seekers. On account of the expenses at- tached to a play of this sort l0 cents admission will be charged-The cast will work every night this week so the play should be well wortlr the slight admission fee. Classes will be excused that period. adventure Wendy to Sell fiance Bide Heading the coming parade of class dances, the annual Senior In— formal will take place December ’7, at the Shoreland hotel, 55th Street and the lake. In former years the seniors have had the honor of introducing the social season, and so this year are keeping up the tradition. Techawks and their partners will dance to the music of Bill Paden’s ten-piece dance band, well-known in Chicago’s col- legiate life. Bids will be $1.50, ready for distribution this week. W. A. ’l‘rudelle is chairman of the committee in charge of the dance. ‘On the committee are J. J. Ahern, L. A. Cullen, M. C. For-syth, F. J. Meyer, J. M. O’Connor, and R. H. Wittekindt. FIRES. to Hear Tall; at Meeting Tomorrow All junior and senior Fire Protects Ah Seek Revision in l l :1; Evening Classes: Investigation of the best suited and most rounded out curriculum for students is being extended to‘ the evening school at' Armour. Upper classmcn will recall some of the changes that have occurred in the curriculum with respect to the gen— eral outline of their engineering. courses since their freshman ycan'.‘ With the idea of giving the best to} all students, work is under way to readjust the evening school classes, also. Too Much Specialization Heretofore evening classes have been to a great extent specialized subjects. In most cases, those at tending the classes were adults in- terested in increasing their knowl- edge along the lines in which were working. No thought was given to the young man who was financially unable to attend the day school and who had an ambition to earn a de- roe. Up to the present time there has been a lac-k of successive correlation of subjects being taught in the eve- ning school. It is hoped that this defect will be remedied in the near future, so that anyone who is inter- ested may complete two of. his col- lege years in the evening school. This will require :[our to five years of consistent night school attendance to accomplish and will be the step ping stone for many who unfortun- ately cannot attend the day school. Will Add Subjecks Since the specialized subjects have always been popular to adult 5tu~ dents, it is not likely that any of them will be discarded. In order to accomplish a night school pro- gram covering an equivalent of two years in the day school, many sub~ jeets not being taught at the present, will be added. The revision of the 1 will be excused from class tomorrow, November 21, at 10:30, so they will be able to hear Mr. Grant Bissel at a meeting of the F. P. E. S. Mr. Bisscll is state agent for the Aetna Fire Insurance Company. He will speak on the life and problems of a state agent. The meeting will be in the electrical lecture room. When a sophomore diVests ai freshman 01' that material which isl used as a protection against the ele- ments and sundry, by the portion of the human anatomy which is used for locomotion, that is not news, but when a freshman dcpantses a sopho— more, well, that’s the height of some- thing or other. “Today we will avenge ourselves,” said the freshmen. But no revenge. Time and time again that hackneyed phrase broke the silence. When the crucial moment arrived the freshmen gradually disappeared. But last Fri- day the worm turned, in fact it made. several complete revolutions, the net result of which was the loss of one pair of pants by a sophomore. To a sophomore this is more than embaiu assing as well as unusual, especially this early in the season. That little Miracles Happen, The [land Arise, Freshmen Show Some Life at Last But as many of you already have heard the preceding; problem, as well as its solution, it will not be herein mentioned. Be that as it may, the facts still remain that the pants were removed, and that they be- longed to a sophomore, not a fresh- man. The class of ’37 had been so active Friday that the courageous frosh just arose, or should we say arisen, or, well let it pass, let’s say that they rebelled, and the results were outstanding, as was the chap who was semi denuded. The fact that a window was broken in the struggle, that is to say that the window was in the main building and not in the struggle, but was broken during the struggle, meant nothing to the vic— torious fresh, who boasted that they would repeat the performance again incident brings to mind the old prob- lem of whether “pants” is a common I top and plural at the bottom. Monday. But maybe the sophomores will have something to say about it. bad Sophs. night school classes will necessitate the complete revision of the evening school bulletin which should be of great interest to those men who un- iforiunatcly must delay their educa- ltion to provide financial assistance i to themselves or their immediate re- latives. areas would. Carl E. Minor Friday Carl S. Miner, director of the Miner Chemical Laboratories, is to be the guest speaker of, the A. I.‘ Ch. E., this coming Friday, Nov. 23,1 at 11:30. Mr. Miner will speak ““l the interesting topic “The Chemical‘ Engineer on the Witness Stand." 1 This talk which is to constitute the first meeting of the society is to be one of the series of lectures voted on by means of a question- naire that was passed out to junior and senior chemicals: The topics for these lectures are taken from those suggested by these questionnaires. ALEE. Threads Ideas on Tossing a Smelter Amidst a shower of erasers and chalk the members of the A, I. E. E. decided at last Friday’s meeting to hold a smoker in the early part of December. Vicevchairman Ange was appointed to take charge of the affairs. No definite time or place has been set for the smoker as yet. out arthritis my nation. winter on in prawns one lbtlh’l‘ldll our and James D. Cunningham to Speak to Assembled Alumni “mggpjgngpflgfiou or assocmnou Meeting at the Medinah Michigan Avenue Club this evening at 6:30 p. m. for their annual winter ban— quet, Armour alumni will renew many old friendships with their classmates, the faculty, and the trus- tees. Each class has been planning to get their gang together for the affair to help make it a great suc— cess, and with a well planned pro‘ gram already assured it undoubtedly will be. ’ Prominent Alumni Present It is expected that the members of the faculty will be at the banquet one hundred percent with the excep— tion of those who are teaching in night school that evening. Practically all of the alumni mem— bers of the Board of Trustees are also expected to be present at the affair. This list contains the names of such men as Alfred S. Alschuler, Alfred L. Eustice, Edwin O. Grifi'cn- hagen, Robert B. Harper, Roy M. Henderson, Charles W. Hills, How- ard L. Krum, Harold W. Monday, and John J. Scholnmer. Armour Music Clubs: Featured One of the outstanding features of the evening besides the banquet it— self is a musical program to be pre— sented by the one hundred members of the Armour glee club and orches- tra under the leadership of Mr. 0. Gordon Erickson. Many of the alumni perhaps have not had the op— portunity of hearing these musical organizations, and it will be their first treat of hearing this active group at Armour present; one of their well known programs. Cunningham, Hotchkiss to Speak Mn'. James D. Cunningham, presiw dent of the Board of Trustees, and Dr. Willard E. Hotchkiss, presidest of Armour Institute, will address the alumni at the banquet, and the re- port of the Public Relations Com— mittee oi' the Board of Trustees will be read. Also on the program for the oc— casion is the consideration of changes in the constitution of the Alumni Association. The changes desired are ones that will make the Alumni organization more efi'ective in its service to Armour Institute and to the alumni as a whole. Professor John J. Scliommer, presi- dent of the Armour Alumni Associa- tion, and Professor D. P. Moretom secretary, have been responsible for most of the arrangements for this annual gathering. Musical Clubs Pleat-d at Kiwanis ll/leeting Enlivcning an already happy meeting of the Chicago Kiwanis club, the Armour Tech Musical Clubs made their second combined appear- ance of the season last Thursday. The Kiwanians proved to be quite adept in community singing them’ selves, and spurred the glee club to a pleasing performance of several of its old favorites and one new num- ber, the ever popular “Sylvia." Smoker Tomorrow Egg Alpha Chi gigma Alpha Chi Sigma. professional chemical fraternity. will hold a smoker tomorrow evening at the Beta Psi fraternity house, South Michigan avenue. a. . .. 033.