Tuesday, February 19, I935

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Engineering Progress in
Last Fifty Years
Outlined

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“You who have had the advantage
of so-called technical or vocational
courses: I urge you not to think of
yourself as having studied something
that will merely help earn your liv-
ing. Think of yourselves rather as
having had a valuable opportunity to
cultivate your brains and your mus-
cles to act in unison, and as having
participated in something which is an
outstanding phase of our civilization.”

“And you who have pursued liter-
ary and scientific courses, should for
your own enlightenment, carry your
interest beyond the switch and the
dial of your radio, and the accelerator
of your car, and give some thought
about how these things came to he,
and what it means to you, both in
opportunity and responsibility, to live
in such an age as ours."

These were the closing words of a
Commencement Address presented at
the Austin High School graduation
exercises by Dr. Willard E. Hotch-
kiss, President of Armour Institute of
Technology, on February 1 of this
year.

Reviewa Developments

In the address, Dr. Hotchkiss re-
viewed the engineering and scientific
developments from the time of the
Colombian Exposition in 1893 until
now, and how these developments
took the country out of a business
depression second in extent only to
the one we have now been passing:
through. He looked toward the possi-
bility of science and engineering rc-l
moving us completely out of this de-
pression.

It was stressed throughout thc‘
speech that formerly the engineer;
considered it so " 'cnt to develop and
manufacture hi. inventions. As a re—
sult, the external lives of people have
been changed rapidly as they accept-
ed and used these inventions. This
rapid change of comforts and con»l
venienccs was not accompanied by a
similar change in human relations,‘
in employment, education, and rccrca»
tion. In the future the duty of the‘
engineer is to take cognizance of this?
fact and develop his social activity
as carefully as he does his machinw
cry. It will be necessary to educatci
humanity in the proper use of anyl
new contrivances before they can be
successfully marketed.

 

 

 

Illustrations From Modern Life

It is necessary to educate the engi-
neer in government, business admin-
istration, and the fundamentals of so-
cial activity. Steps are now being
taken in that direction by our colleges.
> The high school or college gradu-
ate faces discouragement at everyi
corner, but upon him rests the securv‘
ity of the future. It is his duty to
prepare to assume responsible duties
as a citizen.

In his talk Dr. Hotchkiss gave il-
lustrations from modern life. He
spoke in particular of the significance
of having an outstanding engineer“
like Arthur Morgan direct the Ten-
nessee Valley Development regardless
of what the outcome might be. He
cited the government’s employment of
engineers in solving the present and
future housing problem.

Engineering plays a large part in
the simplest kind of community, and
a technical education is‘ one of the
best forms of preparation for a fu-
ture citizen. The engineers of tomor-
row will need all of the ingenuity and
skill that engineers of the past have‘
had. In addition to practical shop
training, the engineer will need a
keen sense of the place engineering
occupies in modern living, and, “he
cannot be a good citizen unless he
recognizes that his special knowledge
and skill carry a peculiar responsi-
bility for service to his community
and his country."

 

 

Alumnus Named Best
9 o a
Citizen at” Memphis
Ben E. Coffey, Jr., an Armour
graduate of the class of 1926 in the
F. P. E. department, was nominated
as the outstanding citizen of Mcm-i
phis, Tennessee, for the year 1934
by the Lions Club in the annual con—
. test sponsored by the Memphis Junior
Chamber of Commerce.

Math Club to Elect
Officers at Meeting

 

With the start of the new semester
the Math Club plans to elect its offi-
cers and pcrpare for a busy season.
This will take place at.the next
meeting, to be held at 10:30 Friday
in Science H‘all.

Besides the election a paper on
“The Origin of Calculus" will be
given by Roy Kercher. The material
will be presented so that it will be
intelligible to the entire student body.
It will show those who haven’t taken
the subject what it is about, and
those who have taken the subject,
how it came to be.

To give the program committee
which is to be elected a start, two
papers have already been planned.
One is on “Harmonic Motion Analy-
sis” by Arthur Bronwell, and the
other is on “Nomographs.”

New Professor Is
Widely Experienced

Armour’s new social science in-
structor, Arthur S. Hansen, is also a
consulting actuary in Chicago. Mr.
Hansen worked several years before
taking up electrical engineering at
Armour Institute and while he at-
tended school.

Realizing the importance of a
knowledge of engineering and busi—
ness principles in his work, Mr. Han-
sen studied economics at Chicago and
Northwestern universities after
graduating from Armour in 1926.
Since Mr. Hansen has an engineer—
ing; background, he is able to present
economics to the students from an
engineer’s point of view.

 

ARMOUR TECH NEWS

 

IN CONCERT l

 

  

ALEXANDER KULPAK, who will
take part in a recital next Sunday at
the Lyon and Healy Concert Hall.

Armour Student Will
Give Concert in Loop

 

Alexander Kulpak, an Armour stu—
dent well known for his work in the
musical clubs, will participate with
Miss Marie Winarski in a recital of
operatic, classical. and folk songs to
given in the Lyon and Healy con-
cert hall next Sunday, February 24
at 3:00 p. m. The selections
to be presented are many and varied,
including a few to be presented in
Ukrainian costume.

Tickets for the concert may be ob»
taincd at Armour from J. DcBoo.
However, the total number available
is only 350, and they are selling- fast.
Prices are 83 and 55 cents, tax in—
cluded.

The girls at Smith college carry
their books on their heads to correct
their posture. It must be true that
all learning goes to our heads.

 

New Stuff Men
Already at Won/dc

(Continued from page 1)
and Fred Lcason as assignment cdi»
tors. The news reporters will work
directly under those men. Several cub
reporters were promoted to the full
status ol’ news reporters.

Gordon A. Zwisslcr, the new copy
editor, replacing Otto P. Frcilingcr,
has; three assistants, Victor J. Kropl‘,
William S. l-lamlin, and Robert II.
Knabe. These men will check on ac
curacy and journalistic style ol‘ the
copy turned in by the reporters and
will supervise the writing of head-
lilies.

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Gulandul: Feature Editor

John Galandak; as feature editor,
the post formerly held by Curtis It.
Bristol, will supervise the various
columns and features of the newspa-
per, ll 'luding the An News, Student
Musings, Fraternity Notes, and
others. Nicholas Balai, the new proof
editor, will do the work formerly done
by John F. Humiston in supervising
the work at; the print shop on Satur-
day mornings. Robert M. Lundhcrg,
who has been serving as circulation
manager [or the past semester in the
absence from school of Frank W.
Schmidt, will continue in that capac-
ity.

About sixty members oi? the stall
were present at the News banquet
held in the Student Union last Wed~
ncsday evening. In addition, N. E.
Colburn,' H. W. A. Davidson, R. A.
Fleissner, and (I. N. Clarkson of last

year’s managing board and Profes— ..._.

sore Hendricks and Calvert, faculty
advisors 01' the News, were present.
Short speeches were made by the re~

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tirinp: editors and the visitors. E. N.

 

Graduates” world

J. A. Clear, 13. E. Wolgemuthl
Prepare Joint. Thesis t

For the past four months Mr. J.
A. Clear, ’30, and Mr. B. E. Wolgc-
muth, ’21, have been experimenting;
on heat losses through pipe cover—
ings, particularly at high tempera-
ture, in preparation for the Writing;
of a combined thesis.

With the development of high
pressure steam and boiler plants
throughout industry, o. need for pipe
coverings that would withstand high
temperatures became necessary. Mr.
Clear and Mr. Wolg‘cmuth, under the
direction of Professor J. C. Pechlcs,
a recognized authority on insulation,
are collecting" experimental data as
to the efficiency of the pipe covers
now in commercial use.

The apparatus used in the experi-
ments consists of standard pipe about
eight feet in length suspended from
the ceiling. Through the inside of
the pipe runs a resistance coil to
supply the heat. Both ends of the
pipe are sealed with asbestos.

One of the difficulties of accurate
work is the time element. For corv
rcct readings a constant temperature
must be obtained on the outside of
the pipe and the outside of the cov-
ering. It takes from eight to ten
hours of heating to get this balanced
condition.

A number of commercial pipe c0v-

 

 

 

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bury headed the committee on ar-
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Copyright. 1935
R,J.Rcynolds1‘ob. es,

“LIFE IN CQLLEG‘EE is a busy one," says John Cow—
defy, ’38. “Take my case, for example: I have a leaning
toward dramatics, and spend every minute possible
studying the drama and play/writing, in addition to the
work required by my general course. On top of that, I
have a job that takes up three nights a week. So you
can see my time is pretty full. I get tired...fccl ‘bluc’
sometimes when my energy is at a low ebb. Then a
Camel sure does taste good! It’s really swell how Camels
bring me back. Although I smoke them all the time,

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Camels have never made me feel nervous.”

10:00p.m. lz.s.'r.
9 :00p.m. C.S.T.

ANNETTE [IANSHAW

 

(Signed) JOHN COWDERY, '33

 

Page Three

cringe have been tested. Glass W001
has so far proven to be the best in—
sulator. Much higher temperatures
can he reached with a covering than
without one. Under their experi—
mental conditions, Mr. Clear and Mr.

. Wolmcmuth found that a temperature

of only 200 degrees 'F. could be
reached without an efficient covering"
whereas a temperature of 100 (le—
grees I“. could be reached with an
efficient covering.

In a short time a new covering will
be received for testing. This cov-
ering is made oi? vermiculite, a min-
eral which when mined looks like
mica and when heated expands to
about ten times its original volume.
The heated mineral is ground up,
mixed with a suitable clay, and
molded into pipe covering.

Both Armour Graduates

Mr. Wolg‘cmuth graduated from
Armour in 1921. Since his grad-
uation, he has had varied experience
in engineering work. Among the
companies he has assisted are: H. M.
Byllesby 6’1. 00., consulting engineers
in power plants; Sargent & Lundy,
consulting" engineers in power plants;
V. D. Simona, consulting engineers
in paper mills and power house con-
struction, and Public Utilities Com-
mission, Mantowoc, Wisconsin.

Mr. Clear taught for two years at
the Chicago Christian College since
his graduation in 1932. During the
absence of Professor Seegrist, he
assisted in teaching freshman draw-
inc”.

Designing Power Plant

Under the direction of Professor
R. V. Perry, Mr. Clear and Mr.
Wolgcmuth are designing a complete
five thousand kilowatt power plant
for a municipality with a light in-
dustrial load.

"WHEN I GIMME 0MP
THE RINK, tired. I want a
Camel. Camels have a way of
takina the load off my shout-v
(lei-s. And I'veiound that I can
smoke all I want and still
keep my nerves healthy
wwhcn I smoke Camels."
(Signed) P. THOMPSON
Sm: of Chicago Black Hawks

“WHEN ll WENT TO
COLLEGE. I switched to
Camels. I found that smok-
ing a Camel when you're
tired somehow makes you

feel l‘n-shcr . . .morc

alert.

And who! a grand taste
Camels have...so mild and

appealing l "

(Signed)

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