Armour institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois Tuesday, May 21, W35 By Albert M. Lane THE HOUSE of Representatives being certain to override President Roosevelt’s vote and the probability existing that the Senate will do like— i wise, the Patman bill, providing for! immediate payment by the govern-; ment of the adjusted war service! certificates with treasury notes, af-I lords material for intense economics speculation. The treasury notes are‘ commonly referred to by the press as “unsupported” and as “Fiat” money. In fact, such notes would be well supported, for they would be’ drawn against bullion now under fcd- ' eral control and the proposed draft of $2,ioo,ooo,ooo would not nearlylcl‘emish‘yv regular labmmy work. exceed the legal restriction against over-drafts on the treasury holdings. It is extremely difficult to see where- in they could be more soundly se- cured by passage through the estab- lished routine of bond floatation. Such bonds would be sold to banking interests, who, in turn, would have the privilege of posting them with the government as security for their private issuance of paper money. In the final analysis, the notes, whether federal treasury notes or private bank notes, would have as security only the credit or holdings of the government. The ultimate guaran- tee bcing the some, it seems more than prudent to save the interest pay- ments by direct issue in preference to bond sale. THE PLAN, unfortunately, has many drawbacks. Once the precedent has been set-that of informal is- suance of paper currency—it may become an established custom. Its continuance, as has been shown by the Soviet Union and by post-war Germany, probably would be unre- strained and would lead to a complete collapse of the financial structure of the nation. That it would be. indefin- itely extended, once begun, we might reasonably expect as a result of our own observations of the seldom relin. quished extensions of federal power during the course of our history as a nation. In many ways it would seem to be the saner policy to avoid even the tendency toward inflation, giving preference to the costly but certainly more restrictive economics of financing through bond sales. Ap- propriations to be made by this lat- ter method would, doubtless, be giv- en more serious forethought than would enactments permitting further issuance of paper currency. SEEMINGLY, as a result of a lack of sound economic thinking on the part of a former chief executive, there has been a recent scramble on the part of educators throughout the country to provide against a re- petition of the late catastrophe by introducing needed additions to engL neering curricula. It may yet be— come necessary to inject some gen— eralities of engineering knowledge into the more liberal college training. The stampede may swing toward educating future legislators against closing off the safety valve of a steam boiler. Musical Clubs Heard by Capacity Audience With the auditorium filled so that only standing room was available, a capacity crowd witnessed the thir— tieth renewal of the annual spring concert sponsored this year by the Faculty Women’s Club. Numerous encores were called for, indicating that the concert was well received by the crowd. The excellent playing of the orches— tra soloists, John Johnson, trumpeter, and Robert Paulscn, saxophonist, pleased the gala crowd. The Glee Club solosists, Harold Hale, tenor, Alexander Kulpak, bass, and Robert Dalton, baritone, drew their just share of the applause. ‘ Armour is Host | cal l Upon House Night Armour played host to nearly 2600 friends at its annual open house cx- position on Monday evening of Junior Week. All laboratories operated ini full force and special exhibits were shown by the mathematics, architects ural, drafting, and social science dc- partmcnts. The Tesla coil, chemistry, and phyv sics exhibits drew the largest crowds. In the library, copies of rare books [were exhibited, and students gave; FA C UL TY MEMBER MAKES STUDY OF VIBRATIUN RA TES Investigating a subject which has recently become the object of wide theoretical and practical study, Pro— fessor Daniel Rocsch of the mechan- ical engineering department is be- coming recognized as a national au« thority on critical speeds of torsional vibrations in gas engine crank shafts. His most recent achievement was the deduction, by theoretical means, from drawings and small experimental set-ups in the automotive lab, of the lectures on particular mathematicali vibration rates to be expected in the applications. As in other years, thcl electrical department included in its, exhibits electrical devices to aid the deaf. The organic, physical, and general chemistry laboratories hadl on display many exhibits of chemi- phenomena, practical uses of and some recent advances in chemical work. The beautiful renderings of the architectural department in drafting room drew the praise of the visitors. The civil and social science departments had their exhibits in the Mission. The Tesla coil with its six foot 750,000 volt artificial lightning sparks drew the largest crowd. The Tesla coil shared its popularity with the radium, Bernoulli’s principle, and liquid air exhibits in the physics laboratory. Many freshmen visited the Armour Tech filtration plant for the first time. The real value of filtration was shown by a comparison between the water, from the city main before and after it was filtered. At 9:30 the couples retired to the gymnasium decorated with pennants of the social fraternities and danced to the music of Nick chdcrlick’s orchestra. ' ALChfl. to Pick New Ufficers at Meeting Next Friday morning at 10:30 in the Physics Lecture Room, an im» portant business meeting of the A.I.Ch.E. will be held. Election of officers for the ensuing term will take place. In all probability this will be the last meeting of the semes- tcr. The retiring officers are J. Wei- land, President; R. Miller, Vice Pres- ident; C. Riesz, Secretary; and .I. Humiston, Treasurer. Cadetships Received by A rmour Students Appointed to the United States Military Academy at West Point, Norman J. McGuonc, a former Ar- mour student, will become a cadet there on July 1. McGuone, who left school at the end of last semester to study for the examination, which he took in March, was a member of the Chicago Black Horse troop, a part of the Illinois National Guard. A sophomore in the department of civil engineering, he was a graduate of Mount Carmel high school, Chicago. He is a mem- ber of the Delta Tau Delta frater- nity. Felix J. Kirkpatrick Jr., a colored student, formerly of the class of ’37, is the other Armourite who is to report to West Point on July 1. Kirk- patrick, who when at Armour in- tended to study mechanical en- gineering, received a senatorial ap- pointment. Another former Armour student now at the military academy is John B. P‘attison, formerly a chemical engineering student of the class of '36. Talkies to Be Given at A.S.IW.E. Meeting Sound pictures will be shown by the Chevrolet Motor Company at the next meeting of the Armour A.S.M.E. on Friday, May 24 at 10:30 a. m. in the Assembly Hall. “Checking Up" is the title of one In a close contest, Pi Kappa Phi won the traditional sing. interfraternity ‘cf the films to be shown, following Jwhich will be presented films on ‘automobile brakes and springs. thei crank shafts of a set of Diesel en- gines being built for three all—steel Mississippi River work boats for the U. S. war department. The engines were built by the Buda Engine Com. pany. Tests Confirm Calculations Later tests made by army engi- neers using the torsionog'raph, a di— rect measuring device, confirmed Professor Rocsch’s computations al- most exactly. The importance of the subject of torsional vibrations may be seen {mm the fact that they can, in some cases, cause stresses more than ten. (times as great as those for which shafts are ordinarily designed. Up to now there has been little thee» rctical treatment of the subject. Students Assist in Work Professor Rot-sch has been assist— ed in his work by W. W. Henning and R. J. Maci of the semi-or class. i Henning recently presented a paper iduniors lilac lines i on iii-ooh, Sophs 1 Everything from a near froc-l’or-all l with the seniors over the tug-of-warl to the use of a fire hose on the fresh- l men and sophomores in the rush was resorted to by the junior class to make this year’s junior week a lively one. The festivities began on Thursday afternoon with a medley relay race between the junim‘s and seniors. Bob Schmidt and Herm Sumner, with three legs between them, gave the juniors an early lead, which was nearly, but not quite, overtaken, once by Al Lauchiskis carrying Bob Hello. on his back, and once by George Nel- son hopping with his legs tied together. The phenomenal hopping of J. O. Larson and Chuck Tuma’s half :lap gallop backwards were high— lights of the juniors' efforts. Hold Tug of War Thirty-five men on a side, the up— per clossmen then lined up for the tug-ohwar, which was to be decided by the best five out of nine pulls. After the juniors had won the first pull, the seniors decided to try sub- stituting; brains for brown, and they succeeded in winning the second try in 1 minute, 18 seconds, with forty— threc men on the rope. With dozens of the partisans of each side busily engaged in counting the lines, the juniors won the next two pulls, the time growing shorter each try, until finally, on the sixth pull, the ex- hausted seniors allowed the rope to slip through their hands. This ended the night—war, and after a few hall'— lllhlhlid ”llilllilibli iii All. liiiiililii; Whhit ihlhhmtlddd EVENTS; dildl’ili illibi lllldli Elass oil ’36 Takes inter~iClass Relay and Soft Ball Tournament; Beats Seniors in Medley Relay and Tug-oinWar Winning every event in which All sludtmls who ”Wei '50 et~ they could participate, the class of land the summer session of the . '36 pursued a policy of “Junior Institute 811011161 Tel/1'35“? “L OWCG- , Week for the juniors" last week. In a complete refusal to be eclipsed by the usual freshman—sophomore hick— cringe, the juniors went so far as to demand a part in the annual rush by bringing a fire hose onto the field, which, in spite of low pressure, gave lthcm the warm few minutes they r—meml were looking for. Me rush was won Amour Players ‘ by the ”"2321“23 if“: {fiancee Ufliicerst lerc will be an. important; meeting of the Inlerfralorm'ty council on Thursday, May 25, at 4 p. m. at the Sigma. Alpha Mu. house. 1 In the intcrcloss activities, the juniors swept the field, winning both i the soft ball tournament and the in- Ncw officers were elected for tho: terclass ensuing; year at a meeting of the Ar-‘ mour Players on May 15. Those whoi will take charge of the organization next semester are: Michael Pantone—Prcsident. Sydney Miner—Vice President. Sidney Kreiman—Treasurer—Busi- ncss Manager. A1 Schriebcr—‘lecretary—l’ublicity Manager. Robert Schwarz«Stagc Manager. relay. Continuing their triumphal procesion, they swamped the seniors in the novelty activities which the marshals had arranged to give the upperclassmen a chance to be important. for one afternoon at least. Leading all the way, although the seniors made several strong bids for first position, the juniors won the novelty relay by a sizeabm gap. They followed this by winning four out of five pulls in a tug-of-war en- on torsional vibrations at the Mid- hearted rushes at one another the W091 SWdent conference 0f Phclbedraggled participants were glad American Society of Mechanical enough to leave the field. After the success of “The Red Robe,” a cast party was decided upon livcned by the generous use of ring» are by both sides, and by constant Engineers. Work in this subject is now being offered in the regular courses at Ar— mour, which thus becomes one of a very few American colleges where any such work is done. L. J. Beck— man and H. Drell have selected it as the subject of their senior mechan- lcal engineering options. Dr. Oldenburger to Discuss “Relativity” The honor of closing the Mathe- matics Club’s successful first year rests with Dr. R. Oldenburger, who will present a talk, “A Simple Ex— position of the Theory of Relativity,” next Friday morning, May 24, at 10:30 a. m. in Science Hall. This direct, nonwtechnical talk will include a brief summary of Einstein's life, a discussion of the origin and relation of the “time” and "relativ- ity” ideas, a brief description of the Michelson - Morley - Miller interfero— meter experiments, and the relation of these experiments and observa- tions on the perihelion of Mercury to the validi’ ' ' By R. Weicsman Oh. the shame of it all! The morti- fying, agonizing shame! To think that we must go to school, even at— tend classes with—yes, it’s true, con— victs. Well, at least they were pris- oners if not actually convicts. And the wonder of wonders is that almost every one of the twenty-one guys hauled down to the cooler last Thurs- day night gave his right name, and not only that, not a single fellow re- sponded to that stentorian call of “Next!” with the gag: “I’m just one of the Jones boys.” A pitiful sight indeed was the roundup of more than a hundred stu— dents by a mere handfull, or should we say wagonfull of police. After getting the mob together, they drove the big- blue taxi up to the curb, and the stalwart representatives of law and order began the loading. Brand- ishing‘ his club, a most offensive Afro-policeman hurried the pro— ceedings by warning the fellows that “ab’ll jest bust yo haid wide open ef enny of you guys gets funny wid me.” At first hesitatingly, then more willingly, the deluded disciples of oiice Entertain Tech Students, Wren Enjoy Piranha Themselves Police End Fun When the hopeful celebrants began to arrive for the customary Thursday evening activities, they found the neighborhood under the surveillance of an army of policemen. After a great deal of milling about and loud talking, twenty-one of the nearest to the policemen were loaded into a sin- gle patrol wagon and taken to the station, where they were locked up for a few hours. The sophomores arrived early Friv day morning, and greeting the fresh— men as they strolled unconsciously toward school, they managed to col— lect a total of eighty-live pairs of trousers. This made the freshmen con- siderably easier to identify, but it had a certain demoralizing effect, which was plainly felt in the rush. Using the system devised by the present juniors last year, the sopho— mores won the rush, while the juniors played a fire hose on the field from the side lines, the stream falling just short of the largest group of strug— gling underclassmen. The day ended with a free-for-all arcund the fire hose, which, enabling l the juniors to get their hands in once l ore, left them wet but happy. do , entered their “private car." Thinking that he was smart, one fol- low exclaimed, “Say, you cops can’t take us all, you haven’t got room for any more," whereupon Mitchell, the plain-clothes man, ordered one fel~ low out of the wagon to make room for the wise cracker. Like a crowded picnic truck, the “Black Maria” started, with the twenty-one jail-birds-to»bc singing the Armour fight song, and having a gay time. After arriving at their destination, the captive song birds were taken through a narrow corri- dor and into a basement where they were frisked and showed into the lock-up. Here they spent an enjoy- able hour or two in the pleasant com. pany of a couple of colored murder~ ers, and a few Whatmots. The enter- tainment for the evening consisted in singing" prison songs. telling jokes and listening to a “Think of Your ‘Mother" talk by the lieutenant, which made the entertainment complete. Having had an enjoyable evening locking up students, the police, evi— deutly jealous of the fun the fellows were having, burned the ice~wagon and preparations are under way for the celebration. M. Pantone, S. Miner, and .‘5. Bernstein are making arrangements for the party which will be held on May 24. .l. @. Larson is Elected to Lead Tau flats. Pi At a recent meeting of Tau Beta Pi, the following officers were elect— ed: J. O. Larson, president; H. S. Nachman, vice-president; R. M. Paul- son, recording secretary; 1-1. F. Mille- ville, corresponding secretary; and R. A. Peterson, cataloguer. At the same meeting, the president and vice— president were designated as dele- gate and alternate, respectively, to the national Tau Beta Pi eonven-x threats of resolving into an out-and— out rough and tumble. Pi Kappa Phi, formerly Beta Psi, was the big victor in interfraternity competition, although Phi Pi Phi won both track events, the relay and the track meet, taking the trophies sion of Triangle. Rho Delta Rho won the inter-flaw ternity soft hall tournament, heat ing Phi Kappa Sigma. The pcntathlon, in spite of the cold weather, drew a large field in both the experienced and novice classes. In the division for track men, Don Neal was victor, with a score of 2842, and Don Fleig’ was second. Tad Omiecinski and Irv Seidenberg were first and second in the novice class. The winner’s score tion, which will occur October 10, 11, ’ was 2104_ and 12 at Michigan State College, in} Apparently established as an an- East Lansing, MXChlflan nual feature, the faculty senior baseball game drew an appreciative crowd, who watched it end in the eighth inning at a time when the faculty had been assured that they were three runs ahead. However, the News reporter covering the game reported the final score as 7 to 7. Alumni Cooperate in Advertising institute Encouraging results have been rc— ported to Mr. Sctterberg concerning the. publmty campaign for Armour In the interclass softball the which was inaugurated recently. . . . . . , , , . juniors started things oil‘ by taking About two weeks ago the alumni . . lthc first game from the seniors by office sent letters to Armour alum—s . . . . . . a score of G to 3. The freshmen fol- m m cities With a population of ten. . . . . ‘ lowed by beating the sophs 11 to 6, thousand or more Within a straight-l . . . . 1 but were unable to keep up the pace line radius of 500 miles from Chiw . . . . _ . . . . . and lost to the JLIIUOI‘S m the finals cago. This territory includes cities, , . by a score of G to 3. such as Topeka and Lincoln, and, W P' h parts of the states of New York and l “me" ‘1‘: .es Tennessee. .n the letters the alumnil hR. _O‘, (POP) ‘Wéme‘! 13:31.1)“ 35 were urged to spread information , if I JumoxM rim??? 2 21011131 N: concerning their alma mater in thc‘ icsunan, ‘ am 9”“ m p cut) 0 cities in which they were situated. Stuff; Len Robbie, elected ‘a non. The alumni it seems have co- playing manager by the juniors, (lb operated whole heartedly, and have‘ rected their team from the side returned letters to announce their lines. , _ , . . interest. Two notable achievements, The order 0f finishing- m the inter- are reported at this early date. John ‘ class relay was as follows: jumo Hommes, F. P. E. ,29 has directlyi sexuors, freshmen, sophomores. 'l‘hye :Jumor team was composed of Vi. contacted the high schools in LmnswfiCbncolino. D. H. Fleig. I). J. Neal ville, Kentucky; while Harold J. (i C T Luth, Ch. E. '25 has done likewise’u“ _ c “m“ , , in Muskegon Michigan. , Pi Kappa Phi won the inter- ' ‘ fraternity pageant with a stunt. lit is expected that as the plan , . . .\vhich was firmly the hit of the day grows older, more and more accomw . . , m plishments can be reported With the spectators, entitled “these I w - iA. Sandstorm's Armour Teur Night.“ . {It was a ribald sstire containing: Freeman to Receive fniany references to Armour“ present D33 Science Degyee campus and its chance of getting a new one. Winners in the interfx‘nternity re 1215' were: First, Phi Pi Phi; second. Pi Kappa Phi: and third. [Nita Tau track Professor E. K. Freeman of the department of electrical engineering will be awarded an honorary degree of Doctor oi? Science next Tuesday. May 27. Kansas state college. of which Professor Frcenmu is a granu- Delta. In the intsrfrstcruiiy meet Phi Pi Phi we again 2 with Pi Kappa Pin scoop... . previously purchased by the boys. etc, will make the award. Kappa Sigma Third. which had long been in the posses—_