‘eve1 the basis for his arguments may By Paul Schultz OF THE chief questions of the present day is that of academic ONE freedom. Just what are we to be told and what truisms are to be withheld from us? The federal com- missioner of education recently de- fined academic freedom as “the free- dom of the learner to learn, not the freedom of the teacher to teach.” The superintendent of Washington city schools voiced an opinion on this vital question when he said, “Teachers should confine themselves to giving pupils a clear idea of existing social order and some understanding of its strength and weaknesses.” In con- trast to this, a professor of Columbia, the academic cradle of so many of our leaders in the New Deal, stated that “powerful forces" were at work to destroy the freedom of the schools “Sickle to Toll: on ‘ bcrs will hear the romantic story of Armour lnstitute of T Sll "11111111111 or 1 111111111111” 11111. l 111 anion 11111 Bitter Political Fight Precedes Passage of Enabling Act. W.S.E. SPONSORS TALK Through the courtesy of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, the stu- dent body and faculty of Armour Institute of Technology was able to hear an inspiring lecture on Boulder Dam by Mr. R. A. Kirk- patrick, special representative of the company, last Wednesday morning. It was through the efforts of Dean lleald and the Armour branch of the Western Society of Engineers that this talk was secured. Marine insurance l ——— 1 At the next meeting of the Fire] Protection Engineering society, onl Friday morning, March 8, the inclu- the development of ocean marine in- surance. The speaker, Mr. T. Alvin Stable, of the Insurance Company of North America, is well qualified by experience and training to speak on this subject. The society is fortunate in find— ing, in this inland men, a man fa-l miliar with ocean marine insurance. Because of his work in the West- ern Marine department of his com- pany, Mr. Stahle is familiar with each of the allied subjects of inland marine and ocean marine insurance He has lectured in the School of Commerce of Northwestern Univeln sity. The meeting will be at 10:30 A. M. Friday morning in the physics! i and demanded more of that freedom for the teachers to speak their minds] in the classrooms. 1 THE COLUMBIA professor went further and said, teacheis cannot be neutral when “Fascist rule by some privileged gioup’ or govern. ment by the people is at issue. What t- be his \ ir-ws weic basically torn down by the stand which he takes. What the students want and should get isl not the opinion of the instructor, hutl rather the unbiased facts and then the right to think and decide on» swayed by the private opinions of other individuals. What this cham- pion of academic freedom wants is not freedom of the learner to learn, but the freedom of the teacher to im- press upon immature and easily swayed minds his own notions. THE SUBJECT of academic free- dom ties in intimately with one of theinost sacred rights of the consti~ tution. namely —— the freedom of speech. It is for us, the voters of tomorrow, to decide. There seem to be only three choices before us. We can receive the facts from sources which withhold the evils, and never quite realize the faults and avoidable evils which we entertain, or we can receive the facts from sources which withhold the benefits, and which try to make us change radically from present forms and seek far afield for solutions to our problems, or we can. receive the facts from unbiased and competent sources which not only show the benefits and evils of the present conditions but also point out the true conditions under those plans! which radicals exalt as “idealistic." r1112 QUESTION cannot be an- swered by quick and unmeditated thinking but rather a correct and suitable answer can only be given after careful consideration and analy- ' _ Neither can the t'ion be thrown lightly aside for i =at action would lie the greatest] oi :31 evils. Chemical Fraternity 1 be made after the dues, one dollar Professor lecture room, and all students are Engineers Needed Soon welcome. Sophomore, junior, and, After being introduced by Dr. senior fire protects are especially, l—lotchkiss, Mr. Kirkpatrick began urged to attend. , . ‘ by assuring the audience that there Plans for the society smoker W111 would be a need for engineers very shortly. He said that the Union Pa» (:ific Railroad lost many good engi- neers in the past few years, and that the company is anxious to rebuild their competent engineering stall with technical school graduates. per year, have been collected. John Morrison will collect the money from the seniors; Raymond Peterson 1from the junims; and George Svehla f1 cm the sophomores. The meeting which was to have been held last Friday morning was called off because increased activ- ity at the file department drill school pievented Captain Arthur Brady, the speaker, from being present. Civils and Archs to Hear Talk on Friday Corrects False Impression In opening his lecture, Mr. Kirk- patrick corrected several wrong 1m~ pressions that. most people have about Boulder Dam. He explained that the dam is not located some- where in the interior of the state of Colorado as commonly believed, but is about 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, in the canyon ot‘ the Colorado River where the river is the Nevaderizona State boundary. He also stressed the fact that Boulder Dam is not being built for the purpose of generatinI; pow- er, and is not being built for irrigation purposes, but is being built primar~ Mr. J. J. Schmitt Jr. of the Fed- eral Housing Bureau will give a talk on housing problems in “B” Mis- sion next Friday morning at 10:30. The talk should be of particular interest to all civils and architects. However. students of all depart-1‘ ily for flood control, ments are invited to attend the The greater part of the talk con- meeting. Chicago is recognized by sisted of a survey of the climatic the Federal Housing Bureau as a leader in housing projects and a number of engineers will be em— ployed in carrying on the work. Mr. R. A. Kirkpatrick will give his lecture on Boulder Dam, which he gave here recently, before the Chicago W. S. E. at the Engineer- ing building in the near future. and topographical conditions and po- litical situation concerning Boulder Dam. (Continued on page 3) Permanent, prom-ant cards are overdue. Hand them in u! once! All seniors who expect to grad- uate in June should check their credits with Mr. Kelly at once. Professor of Purdue Visits for Discussion Students who are interested in elective courses in English should leave their program cards with Professor Hendricks. was host last Friday to R. Norris Shreve, who is connected with Purdue University as Armour chnology, Chicago, Illinois linden ol Seniors _ Nears Completion During the past few weeks the Senior Placement committee, headed by Albert. Lauchiskis, chairman, has been completing plans for the pub- lication of a pamphlet which will contain information about the grad- uates that is of interest to the pros- pective employer. This pamphlet will be mailed to concerns through- out the country and will contain only such information as each senior may care to supply about himself. This information will consist of such data as: practical experience; membership in social and honorary l'raterniti s; membership in technical and engi» neering societies; age, height, weight, nationality. and religion; ac- tivity in school life, such as athlet- ics, publications, or clubs; propor- tion of tuition and expenses earned; and other miscellaneous informa- tion. The actual cost of publication will be $3.25, and the cost of mailing will be seventy-live cents. Since ac- tual work on the publication cannot be started until the $4 in paid, Lauchiskis requests each senior to make his payment as soon as pos- sible. Harmonic Motion To Be Math Club Topic “The Analysis of Harmonic Mo- tion” is the topic to be presented by Mr. Bronwell, a post graduate in the Electrical engineering departv ment, at the next meeting of the Math Club at 10:30 Friday in Sci-1 cnce Hall. l The program committee is rlovel-l oping the schedule for the rest of“ the semester, and will have it com~ plated in a short time. Those who will have a place on the schedule in- clude professors, students, and out» Eiders. Everyone is invited to attend the meetings. Civils to See Railway Association’s Exhibit Students in the Department of. Civil Engineering will pay a visitl next week to the exposition of the American Railway Engineering Ass sociation. Arrangements for the trip are being made by Professor Stev- ens. Beginning next Monday, the As- sociation will place on exhibit v1- tually every type of modern railway operating and maintenance acces- sory. The exhibit is being held in connection with the annual conven~ tion of the society. a professor of chemical engineering. The purpose of the visit was to dis- cuss with Professor Harry McCor» mack the program for the Chemical Engineering division of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education which will convene at Pur- due University on April 6. Mr. Shreve also spoke with Professor Finnegan, who formerly was in charge of arrangements. P1ot'essot Shieve expiesscd his in-' By Norton Gerber { While it is a. well known fact thatl metals expand according to the equal tion 11::11. (tut—at), it is not a well known fact that gas tubing expand31 as it darn well pleases, especially il'l it is weak. Since Armour is fortun'l Secures New Rooms With the aid of Mr. G. S. Allison,‘ Alpha Chi Sigma, national profes-i sional chemical fraternity has se» cured a suite of three looms in Cha- pin hall. Pieviously they had shared a wing with Phi Lambda Upsilon and Salamander. The new rooms are located on the first floor of 3339 Federal Street, the former scum. The members are busy re- decoiating the rooms with new style panelling to replace the old wall pa- pei. They have purchased an entire living room, suite and other furni- ture from Theta Xi, the financing having been made possible by an in~ tensive drive to contact old mem- bers. The fraternity is increasing its activities, especially its place- ment service. A smoker to which a selected num. ber of sophomores are being invit- ed is‘ to be held next week at one .of the fraternity houses . Civil Engineering Mu-E ,te1est in Armour, especially ceitain featuies of the chemical engineering department which he said could be in- l l L 1| ate in having two reputable eivil em; gineers, S. S. and 1‘F‘. X. P., who are; interested in physics, it may be veryl stituicd to good advantage at Purdue, instructive to follow the “re—i 1 notwithstanding the si7e of that searches” of these intrepid engi-l neers. ‘ lschool as compared with the Institute. A” Not content with performing one physics experiment, these aggressive scientists decided to institute an ex- periment of their own—for the ad- vancement of science. This experi~1 ment is one of the best ever devised1 Em any course, because it involves the principals of mechanics, calculus, and the scientific method. In fact, more fame redounds to this experi- ment because of its origin in the1 brain of F. X. P., celebrated C. E., otherwise known as a musical note. i (N. B.———A musical note is a periodici l Senior Mechanicals , inspect Boiler Plant , 011 Wednesday, February 27, the Senior Mechanicals, under the guid- ance of Plofessox Nachman, inspect— ed the Laska Boile1 and Enginee1~ ing Cmpoxation at thiit-y second and ‘ Lincoln Stieets. A test rur. was per fmmed on a steam jet refrigerating lmachine f01 the benefit of the group, which consisted of about twenty stu- dents. A small group later made in- disturbance—Physics def.) dividual tests on various machines. The experiment itself is quite“ Such inspection trips will be under- simple ——— a true characteristic of genius (or imbecility). Gas tubing is firmly attached to the water faucet with rubber bands; the other end is firmly closed with a screw clamp; taken at regular intervals during the course of the semester. They will be under the direction of Professor Huntly. {Evils Experiment 0n Expansion; Prove Courage Under ‘Preaanrc’ then the water is turned on. The momentous results of this ex— periment are listed forthwith: (1) rubber stretches quite well; (2) a greater force always overcomes a lesser force; (3) when a gas tube with one end closed is subjected to internal water pressure, and if a weak part is present, the weak part bulges; (4) the shape of. this bulge is l approximately that of a sausage; its‘, exact equation has not yet been de-‘ tennined Le These two Newtons su11nised,coli-1 'ieetly, that this sausage bulge wou dl burst if the pressure wele not ile-l leased. Whereupon, being civil engi. MEESiCQZ! Clubs Scare necrs, and knowing that something had to he done, these men went into: action, and they functioned so smoothly that one would think per—i feet teamwmk existed——in fact, it, did exist. F. X. P. dived for the. water faucet handle and S. S. (20-; operated pe1fcetly by not interfering: with F ’s wmk. But the faucet wasi stuck! Never fear, dear readers, a, civil is always equal to an emer—. gcncy; diving under the sink, F. X.‘ P. attempted, by reaching up, to manipulate the controls. Fate was not with him — but Prof. Coivert waswand he was just in time to see the sausage blow up. .this year’s l graduate, Features Speaker Mr. F. M. Van Deventer of the Cities Service Oil Company will be the principal speaker at a meeting1 of the Armour branch of the A. 8.: .M. E. next Friday, March 8, at 10:30. The talk, (me of. a series of addresses which the speaker is mak— ing thioughout the middle west, will be on the subject “Car‘bon Monoxide as a Contiibuting Factm in Highway, Accidents," and will be illustrated by the use 01" lantern slides. “Personal Rating" investigated One of the most important topics discussed at last Friday’s meeting of the society was brought up by A. M. Lane, who introduced to the members a pamphlet published by the Engineers Council for Profcsu sional Development. The latter, composed of representatives from various engineering and educational societies, has compiled a question— naire and outline to be used indi- vidually by junior engineers as a means for a personal app aisal of their own character and abil1 . One of the booklets in which these ques- tions are printed may be seen in the library, or additional copies may be obtained from the publishers direct- ,111. s. 111.. a: Program tannin pint j ly. A committee, composed of E. P. Auler, J M. Birdsong, F. D. Cotter- man, W. J. Gartz, It. Hella, J. Hlou‘ sek, A. M. Lane, B. L. Messingcr, H. S. Nachman, and P. A. Itch, was ap. pointed to discuss the “personal rat— ing" pamphlets and to obtain the opinions of various employers on the qualities l'or which they look in hir- ing an engineer. To Hold Smoker Plans have been laid for the an~ nual A. S. M. E. smoker to be held for all students in the mechanical engineering department on March 19. An admission fee of twcnly~flVc cents will be charged, and may be paid to any member of the smoker committee, composed of R. Hella, A. M. Lane, F. L. Leason, A. 8. Major- cik. and H. L. Mayerowicz. At the smoker, which is the only one to be given by the society this semester, the student speaker who will represent the Armour branch in a contest during the annual A. S. M. E. convention will be chosen. Mn and Loss Result from Rifle Matches Last week Armour’s Rifle team competed in two matches, beatina~ the University of‘ California, 1and losing to the U. of Iowa by a small margin. This week the team will shoot against the University of Iowa in a return match, and in the succes- sive three weeks there will he matches with the Jefferson City, Mo., Rifle club. A meet is also sched- uled with the Humboldt Park Rifle Club on March 7. This meet is be— ing looked forward to with antici~ pation because of the keen rivalry of the two teams over a long period of time. The officers of the club urge all, men intciested to make application! on March 20, at 12: do in the range. l "ll lllllllll l hill All lllllill. Actors Go Frivolous in Presentation of Comedies Gilli. TO PLAY LEAD In spite of sines, cosines, and the plate to grid transconducl‘ance of a duplex diode-trickle, the Armour Players will take time out for the production of two diverting com— edies, which will he presented at 11:30 Friday, March 8. The boys have been working conscientiously for a long period of time, and have refined their technique to a state of professional perfection. Present Burlesque These comedies are of distinctly diil’erent styles, one being a mod- ern American type of burlesque, while the other, a Russian play, “The Boer,“ by Chekov has a more dis- guised humor. It is mocking and sati1 al, making light of human frailtics. The situations. though not involved, are. extremely amusing, and any person of perceptiveness will not fail to thoroughly enjoy both plays. Girl in Cast Of special interest to those astute burne" f-the-midnight—oil, the Ar- mour lirstnighters, is the fact that the lead of “The Boer,” is played by Miss Martha Noylor, a talented young actress who is making her i11- itial appearance behind the foot~ lights of the “Mission” stage. Tom Jones, Butler Girl in Cast “Dress Reversal,” the other com- cdy, discloses the grief of a direc- tor attempting to co~ordinate the ac- tions of a group of amateur actors. The progress marches on backwards, and before the play is over, the wild eyed, frenzied director is in a state of near lunacy. Sidney Miner, who plays the part of the director and has studied Professor Hendricks’ technique in producing plays, should well be able to give a realistic per» formance. Tom Jones, who was seen s “Baron Kassel,” in the last pro— duction given by the players, plays the part of a butler who does not know the difference between “00g— lesnoops," and “Snoogleoops,” and pronounces the name “Dr. Middle burg,” as “Drmmlbry.” List Both Casts The cast for "Dress Reversal” is as follows: Mrs. Van de Vander ........ ............. William Emmerich . Middlebmy. .Albcrt Schreibei Prompter ......... Sidney Kreiman Miss Van Porter ..... Budd Sills Mr. Peterkins . . . . .Joseph Haase Coach .............. Sidney Miner Detective Munro . . . .Joseph Kubert The Professor ....... Herman Ross The Butler Tom Jones The cast for “The Boor" follows: Elena ........ Mics Martha Navlm G1egoi y ............ John Styrsky Luka .. ........ John Speiopuulos Tickets for the pcifmmances axe nov1 available at ten cents. At this time a meeting will be held l Chess Qfiub to Meet for the election of oliiceis and the: introduction of new men. Most of team members to and new material is not», a 1‘0 essary to uphold the 1c(ords 05111117] lished by {01mm teams. l l l 1 l , . 1 l Farragut Next Week With its membership grmving,r rnp~ dly. the Armour Tech Chess club is, now conducting a series of club tom: Inaments among its members. .\'. ZGeiber, one of the outstanding 1, platen, s leading in the contest. Havinn defeated the Farragut. Success With Women Fame, or maybe notoriety, seems to amend rapidly. Anyhow the Aim 1110111 Tcih musical lclubs have found that theii seivices me much in do mand by membeis of the fairer sex. An oiganizaiion of college, women in Chicago is sponsoring a conceit to be held at the McCormack Y. \V. C. A. on Friday. March 8 The pro». gram will consist of selections from ‘their large repertoire interspersed by new numbers. never before used. Dancing to be enjoyed upon completion of the concert. 1 s 1 1 Chess club in lanu 11v i'Vloir-h l l. 1 nois tlier. the Illinois area are represented. western. of Illinois, Elisa represent Armour in collegiate chess association. the team is ‘cheduled to plav 11 10mm match on A letuin match with the Polo»Amerieon club also planned for the near future. To expand its club activities {1.11" the Armour Chess club 11:15 now become a member of the Illi- Intercolloginte Chess Four leading: universities They besides Annoui Tee h. Netti» (hit-ago. and the Unhers 1 Robelt Hello. and Prof. the lntei- ehess is Assoc-in~ tion. in are,