Monday, May l3, l935

 

 

By Albert M. Lane

WITH THE semester rapidly
drawing to a close and graduation
about to become a reality for the
seniors, idle hour conversation
among that group of students is con~
cerned with the yet unsolved pirob~
lem of locating work. Thought and
efforts have been expended by the
seniors, both individually and col-
lectively, toward the establishment
of ways and means through which
they might secure employment upon
the completion of their school work;
but results have not been at all
gratifying. Nor has the concentrated
and well directed activity of the
placement ofl'icer been able to un-
cover a market nearly adequate to
absorb the available supply of one-is
peering talent. The problem, to
many, becomes more acute with the
passage of each week.

IT WOULD not be at all surpris-
ing if the interested had long since
grown weary of listening to the many
admonitions and the. plentitudo of
advice that is being so freely dissem-
inated with respect to attaining suc-
cess in the search for work. One
does tire of absorbing theory while
having no place in which to apply it.
Yet such advice, when properly silt-
cd and catalogued, may be the key-
note to achievement of one’s objeca
tiveathe knowledge source for at.
tainment. Surely, in a field of com-
petitio. as keen as that faced by
this year's graduates—a field filled
to overflowing- by the turn-out of
five previous years, those men who
have schooled themselves to avoid
rejection without trial must one dav
find the opening“ into which they can
drive their wedge for progress.

 

SEVERAL DAYS ago a member
of our own alumni—a man ill]! the
position to really know—gave his
formula to the group that attended
the A. S. M. E. meeting at which he
spoke as a guest. M. A. Smith of the
class of 1910, the speaker, as a re-
sult of his years of experience in
hiring men for the U. S. Gypsum
Company, of which he is Personnel
Director, has formulated indices of
judgment by which he gauges ap-
plicants for employment. Such in-
formation—the standards by which
an applicant is to be judgedv-is in—
valuable. It is information. of a kind
comparable to a previous knowledge
of the questions that will be asked
in a quiz.

 

THE CAUSE for early curtail-l
ment of many interviews and the at-
tendant failure of the applicants to
obtain positions, according to Mr.
Smith. lies in the manner of ap-
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J. B. Davis Named For
1936 Cycle Editorship

The selection by the Cycle manag»
ing board of John B. Davis, a junior
in the department of fire protection
engineering, to the post of editor-
in-chief of the Cycle of 1936 was
finally approved at a meeting of the
faculty committee on student publica—
tions last Thursday.

Davis has worked on the Cycle
since his freshman year; he held the
ofi'ice of associate editor at the time
of his appointment. He succeeds
George W. Wheaton, under whose
leadership the Cycle of .1935 has been
prepared. This year’s Cycle will be
ready for distribution on Wednesday,
May 29.

With the exception of the appoint-
ment of R. Mansfield and R.
Stevens as photographers, the other
positions on next year’s Cycle have
not yet been filled. However, in
order to increase the competitive
nature of the post of editorsin-chie‘t,
the new staff will have five assistant
editors, all eligible for the editorship,

 

rather than a single associate editor
whose promotion to the editor’s post
is well-nigh a sinecnre.

 

 

CHEMICAL LAbODATORY

   

 

 
 

 

 

 

STUDES Till”) Til
.llllillflll WEEK. Alli)
Elllllll 0i? Shhllld

Rush, Bees, Birds, and Nuts
to Books

 

Bringing with it memories of
Junior Weeks for the past twenty
years, more or less, and still hold—
ing a 1hrill of anticipation for the
week to come, today, Monday, May
13, marks the opening of Junior
Week of 1935, sponsored by the
class of '30.

No Math This Week!

Under the leadership of Raymond
A. Peterson, Junior marshal, the
class of '36 has prepared a program
of sports, games, and shows which
should effectively put a stop to all
such hum-drum occupations as doing"
math problems or preparing juice
reports. In recognition of this fact,
the Dean’s office plans to excuse a
great many classes during the week.
The full schedule of classes to be
excused will be posted each day on
the bulletin board in the Main build«
ing.

Opening today with the start of a
Beaver (beard-growing) contest, the
finals of the inter-fraternity base-
ball tournament, and, in the eve-
ning, the Institute’s annual Open
House; the week will wind up Fri-
day, Circus day, with a regular rip-
roaring circus finish.

Forlmal Dance ls. Finale

And Friday night, after the dust
of battle has slowly settled over
Ogden field, after the grimy nosed
fresh and the taoter clothed sophs
have limped away from the scene of
their annual free-for-all, those who
are physically able will celebrate the
end of a week of joy at the Junior
Formal.

Circus Day a Real Circus

The official program, printed else-
where on this page, includes noth-
ing of the spirit of abandon which
will characterize Armour students

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Junior Formal to

End Festive Wash:

Friday night is the night of all
nights! On that night the annual
Junior Formal, the foremost social
event of the year, will terminate the
year's social activities. The dinner
dance will be held Friday, May 17,
at the Oriental Ballroom of the
Knickerbocker Hotel, Walton Place,
east of Michigan Boulevard.

The music for the occasion will
be furnished by an eleven piece or-
chestra under the direction of Carl
Sands. Dancing will begin prompt-
ly at 9:30 p. m., and dinner will he
served at 10:30 p. m.

Bids are selling for $4.00, a con-
siderably lower price than that which
has been charged in previous years.
By arrangement of the committee,
tuxedoes may be obtained through
George Orinshy, at a reasonable
rental charge. Anyone wishingr to
rent a tuxedo must be fitted no later
than Tuesday night.

The sponsors for the (lance are
President and Mrs. Hotchkiss, Dean
and Mrs. Heald, Professor and Mrs.
Schommcr, Professor and Mrs. More—
ton, Professor and Mrs. Spears, and
Mr. and Mrs. Allison.

Tickets for Annual
Banquet Being Sold

Tickets for the Alumni Banquet, to
be held June 4 at the Medinah Ath-
letic Club, will be on sale Open
House Night on the first floor of the
main building. Tickets, costing $1.25,
may also be obtained from Professor
John J. Schommer who is in charge
of the affair.

Warren Brown and Arch Ward,
two well known Chicago journalists,
will speak during the evening, as will
J. D. Cunningham, president of the
board of trustees, and W. E. Hotch-
kiss, president of the Institute. The
Armour Musical Clubs will partici-
pate in the program and several
awards will he made to Armour stu-
dents.

 

 

TO OPEN HOUSE VlSlTORS

A cordial welcome to Armour Institute of Technology!
House Night we aim to give you a picture of the work which our stu-
dents are doing and to indicate something of the education which they
are receiving. We trust that your evening here will give you a bet—
ter understanding of what education for an engineering career means.
“79 hope also that you will have a thoroughly enjoyable time, and
participate in our Open House Nights for many years to come.

Willard E. Hotchkiss. President.

0n Open

 

 

 

annoys mornings
roams re EXPAND
mint CIRCULA iron

Members of the reorganization
committee of The Armour Enginccr
met last week to further plans,
formulated a short time ago, to ex—
pand the circulation and contents of
the quarterly publication. The com-
mittee consists of D. l’. Moroton and
J. Schommer, representing the
alumni; G. S. Allison and H. T.
Heald, representing the Institute;
W. Hendricks of the publications
board; and D. N. Brissman, H. P.
Millevlille, and H. S. Nachman of
the Engineer staff.

 

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To include Alumni and Faculty

The committee agreed that the
student body, the alumni, and the
Institute had considerable common
interest which could well he served
by a magazine published jointly by
the three groups, and that reorgan-l
ization should progress with this as;
a basis. The magazine will be re—
ceived by all the students, all the
alumni, and the faculty. This gives
an immediate circulation of 4000,
with a possible increase to 5500 as
the alumni mailing list is brought
up to date. A sub—committee com.
posed of Professors Hendricks and
Moreton, and students Brissman,
Milleville and Nachman, was formed
to arrange the details of reorganiza-
tlion.

Plan Changed Form

Recommendations made by the
sub-committee after their first meet-
ing are: the size of the page of the
“Engineer" should be slightly en-
larged, and a lighter weight paper
would be more desirable; dummy
“Engineers” should be constructed
with: a proposed table of contents:
a dllscussion should be held after
these samples are ready, for further
consideration of the editorzal and
business side. After this a meeting
of the whole committee will be held
to complete the arrangements.

Students are urged to express their
own views on this plan to members
of the committee. Any further sug~
gestions would also be welcomed.
Professor Moreton has sent out ques-
tionnaires to 100 members of the
Alumni picked at random. Early
returns indicate that the alumni are
in favor of going; forward with the
plans.

The suggestion that the Engineer
be distributed to the alumni without
charge has many proponents. Alum.
ni interest, meanwhile, is in favor of
a series of articles of the work bc~

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Senior cap and gown. fees are
17.01.11 payable in Hm rcgislrdr's
office.

 

lWTmnr—sdf
Thirtieth (Concert

Presented free of charge for the
pleasure of all friends of the Insti-
tute, the thirtieth renewal of the an-
nual Spring Concert is to be held
this Wednesday, May 117 in the Ar-
mour Mission at 7:30 p. m. More
than thirty years ago, the idea of a
musical organization was first con-
ceived by Proll'issor C. W. Leigh,
now retired. Since that time, the
musical clubs have grown into a
large and renowned organization
under the expert guidance of Pro-
fessor Leigh, and during the las few
years under Mr. 0. Gordon Erick-
son, the present director.

Sponsored by Faculty Women

The Spring Concert is sponsored
this year by the Faculty Women‘s
Club, the first to be sponsored by
that organization. The arrangement
of the program will be similar \to
that of last year's. A group of songs
and pieces by the Orchestra and Glee
Club; an intermission during which
the social fraternities will hold their
sing, after which the second group
of numbers will be presented.

 

Hold Reception in Grill

After the concert, an important
departure from past years will be
made in that the Faculty Women’s
Club will hold a reception in the
faculty and students grill, where
light refreshments will be served.
The host es for the evening will
be: Mrs. Willard E. Hotchkiss, Mrs.
Henry T. l-leald, Mrs. Charles W.
Leigh, and Mrs. 0. Gordon Erick—
son. Students and their friends are
invited. to meet the members of the
faculty and their wives at the re
ception.

 

 

 

Junior Week!
Monday:
11:30, Enlrance Beaver Con—
test; 1:00, Finals: Interfraternity
Baseball Tournament; 7200, Open

House; 9:30, Dance: Armour
Gymnasium.

Tuesday:

9:30, .lunior~Senior Baseball
game; 11:00, Freshman-Sopho—

more Baseball game; 1200, Pen-
tathlon; 2:30, Tennis: Wheaton vs.
Armour.

Wednesday:

9:30, Finals Interclass Baseball
Tournament; 11:00, Inter-fraterni-
ty Relay; 11:15, Interclass Relay;
11:30, Faculty—Senior Baseball
game; 1:30, Baseball: Elmhurst
vs. Armour (Doubleheader); 7:30,
Spring Concert.

Thursday:

9:30, Interfratennity Track;
1:00, Junior~Senior Events; Med—
lcy Relay; Tug of War.

Friday:

11:30—12:30, Finish Beaver
Contest; 11:30, Assembly of
Freshman and Sophomore Classes;
1:00, Intcrfraternity Pageant;
2:15, Distribution of Awards;
2:30, FreshmamSophomore Rush;
9:00, Junior Formal.

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Mechanical Man, Movies, Artificial Lightning,
New Acre Fire Alarm, lee Manufacture,
are Among Evening’s Features

 

DANCE To an limo—in GYM AT 9.30

‘ By Herman 0. Bauermeister
1 in what may be the last Open
[House Exhibit om the old campus,
i if present plans materialize, Ar-
lmour is once more playing host to
an estimated crowd of nearly 3000
friends, old and new. With action
l and more action im every one of the
ldepartments having demonstrations
l tonight, there is something to inter—
l est everyone. Many visitors have
ldel-lared this to be the most com-
i prehensive exhibit of science and its
applications to be found in the Chi-
= cairn area.

Starting in the electrical labora-
tories on the first and second floors,
one finds many experiments illus-
trating the applicallmis of the theo»
rctical work of this subject. l-Ieavy
currents are used for their heating
cll‘ects in spot welding. An are weld—
int: set is also in operation to show
the other common methods of using
electricity to bind metals.

Show Burglar Proof House

Other experiments, mainly on the
second floor, show some of the latest
developments in electrical engineer-
ing. A model burglar proof house is
shown, the principle of which is su~
perior even to devices using the
“electric eye" (shown in the physics
department) since the mere effect
of the human body actuates the
alarm. Another application of this
principle is found in the automatic
fountain in the electrical laboratory,
the presence of someone near the
water stream being enough to start
the flow.

A new mercury vapor lamp which
has an efficiency twice that of the
ordinary incandescent lamps, is
shown in an industrial application.

High frequency apparatus fea-
tures a machine that uses the short
waves produced to create an arti—
ficial fever in the human body with-
out making any contacts. Another
application is in diathermy currents,
which apparently show that the hu-
man body can be a very gOod con-
ductor since bulbs held between peo-
ple in a chain glow brightly.

Ask the Mechanical Man

Last, but not least, in this dis-
play of electrical applications is the
mechanical man. Ask him any ques—
tions; he'll know the answers.

Fire protection engineering~ is
represented by an exhibit in the
Physics Lecture room at the north
end of the second floor. Actual dam:
onstrations of the different kinds of
fire extinguishers, including the moll—
ern carbon dioxide type, are can'ied
out by the students, who will also
explain apparatus such as sprinkler
heads and dry pipe systems. A min-
iature warehouse on display embodies
the best practice in protecting;
against fire. while the “Acre system"
shown by a representative of the

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Frosh-Sephs to Hold '3
Informal Class Danica

Because of the success of their En-
gineer‘s Hop, the freshman and soul).
oniore classes are holding: an infor—
mal dance in the LTrystul ballroom
of the Edge-water Beach Hotel‘on
Wednesday. June 12. Music will be
furnished by some well known. ‘Oll
chestra, possibly that of Richard
Cole, who played in lhe Empire

 

A program is. being worked out
in the Dean’s office for the di5~
missal of classes. to enable the
student body to participate in the l
scheduled events.

Notices will be posted on the
bulletin board each morning, list»
ing‘ the scheduled events and the

 

ing done by prominent graduates.

 

 

hours for the dismissal of classes.

room of the Palmer House last sun:-
nior. _

The spaciousness of the Cr“ oi
ballroom insures ample loung 3:
space along with :i large dam“: door.
The Beach Walk will also he avail—
able.

Dancing: will
nine to one o'clock.
bids is to he $1.50.

  

 

probably be from
The price In“ the