Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois Wednesday, March 20, W35 By Paul Schultz THE YOUTH who has just com- l 1 pletcd a four year’s university course in 20 months has given an example of well directed and con- centrated intellectual effort which may not arouse enthusiasm in the student body, but deserves some 11e- spectful attention in that quarter. No doubt he has special abilities not widely bestowed, as for example, the faculty of reading rapidly, which, with a retentive memory, enabled him to cover and retain a good deal more material in. a given time than the average run of student. THERE HAVE BEEN, and are, individuals who are gifted with a mind which grasps quickly and re- tains the subjects [brought within its scope. Theodore Roosevelt, it is said, could get the gist of a page at one rapid glance, and when we read of the erudition of great scholars we suspect them of having this fac- ulty. But making allowances for this advantage, if the young man has it, we prefer to ascribe his accomplish-X merits in the main to merits which any one may cultivate. lie does not seem to be dry—Aas-dust, but rather has a healthy range of interests bc‘} longing to a normal youth, and he} took part in many school activities. 1 He was a varsity dcbatcr, a member of the debate union, president of the l Cosmos Clulb, a member of the Chapel Council, contributor to the student magazine, and a Rhodes scholarship candidate. WHAT HE did not do was wool-gather and waste time. Most of us do a lot of that when the spur of necessity is not on our flanks. Emerson, in one of his wisest mo— ments, said that every man is as lazy as he dares to be. We suspect a good many young men and women in the higher institutes of learning could get through their college course in shorter time and in a much better manner if they would make the cf- fort of concentration in study, and they would still have leisure for the pleasant activities of student life. HOWEVER, here as always there is another side of the story. That the young man worked himself to the brink of a nervous breakdown offers a warning, not much needed, perhaps, by the run of collegians, though it is worth his attention and that of all other earnest and ambi- tious students. Regardless of the ad» vantages and the rewards which might be derived from such an ac- complishment, the fact that his health was impaired distracts and seemingly makes the project a fail- ure. For no matter what good was derived is more than counter [bal— anced by the bodily harm which he inflicted upon himself. Another warning suggested by his accom- plishments is not so obvious, though it ought to be. No doubt his in- structors have often reminded him that learning is not wisdom, that reading without reflection is sterile, and knowledge without the ability to apply it is useless. Animal Dance to Be Held by Honoraries The first meeting of the honorary interfraternity council was held in the Tau Beta Pi rooms Wednesday, March 13. The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss and make plans for the interhonorary fraternity annual dance. After much discussion, the date finally decided on was April 26. This year an invitation to the dance will be extended til the Hon or “A”, lettermen society. They have also made plans1’to contact the alumni and invite them to the dance. The council is contemplating the selection of an orchestra and loca— tion for the dance. A decision is expected at an early date. ‘fleadiine Set for All Cycle Pictures Any graduating Seniors who have not had their picture taken for the 1935 Cycle will be given until March 26 to do so. This extension has been made so that the twelve who have not been photographed may still have a chance to help make the Sc~ nior panels complete. All others who have not returned their proofs to the studios are urged to turn them in at once. May 1 will be the last day on. which seniors may order composites. Members of social and honorary fraternities and class officers who have not had pictures made for the Cycle should take care of this mat- ter by April. All that is necessary is to go to the Marshall Studios, lo- cated at 140 N. State Street. There is no charge to these men. On Wednesday, March 27, and Thursday, March 28, group pictures for the annual will be taken. The schedule of times will appear on the bulletin board and in next week's Tech News. Sophomores Plan to See Physics Museum How much horsepower can you develop? If you are interested in finding out, you have merely to ac— company the sophomore class on their trip to the Physics Museum of the University of Chicago, which will take place Friday, March 22, from nine until five o’clock. The en- tire sophomore class is attending, and Physics classes and labor- atories will be excused for the clay. Any one who wishes to attend is welcome. The museum is located in Belfield Hall, with entrances on Kim: hark avenue, between 58th and 59th streets, and can easily be reached by the 55th street car line. Among the many experiments to be exhibited, the more popular ones1 are Michelson's determination of the velocity of light, determination of the weight of the earth, and an experiment on discharizc in gases. On the trip last year a feature wh1ch attracted much attention was a dev- ice which measured the horsipower which a person is capable of devel- oping. The exhibits at the museum cover all branches of physics, in» cluding electronics. Polo—Americans Tie Armour Chess Team In a return meet with the Polo- American Chess Club on Thursday, March 14, a total of six games were played, each club winning three. Last semester, at a meet held at Ar- mour, the two clubs also played to a draw. The scores of the meet were as follows: Armour Polo-American B. Wilhelm 1 F. Kus ..... 0 R. Hella O E. Kolodziej. 1 E. Hurd . . . . 1 B. Migala 0 G. Vidlak , . . 1 M. Migala . . 0 S. chin . . . . 0 E. Strugala. . 1 D. Schideler. 0 T. Wiatr l The Armour Chess Club has en- tered the Collegiate Chess Tourna- ment, which is being conducted un- der the auspices of the Illinois Chess Association. The following schools have also entered teams: North— western University, Wfight Junior College, University of Illinois, and the University of Chicago. The Ar- mour chess team is scheduled to play Northwestern in about two weeks. Radio Station W9YW Practically Completed Armour’s amateur radio station, W9YW, is soon to be on the air. New apparatus, consisting of two power transformers, has been don- ated by an Armour alumnus, Mr. Murphy, of the Utah Radio Co. The electrical wiring has been practical- ly completed, and the power supply unit donated by Professor Swineford is soon to be installed. For the bone fit of prospective Armour “hams,” code classes are held every Friday at 3329 Federal Street at ‘2 pm. ALMOST A cunt/1111mm l HEAVE H0—OR words to that effect—wand Don Elscr, Notro Dame star gives the iron ball a real shove. As one of the competition in the Seventh Armour Invitational Relay Games, Else: broke the record in the semiviinals only to have Davis of Hillsdalo, former champ, come back in the finals with two inches more. Present mark 48 Ft. 4 in. By R. Weismann Chemical engineering students are nice to look at from a distance, but they are dangerous when approach ed loo closely. Not content with causing: unholy odors and blowing up glassware with devilish glue in their own lab, a group 01 the aforemen- mentioned perpetrators of atomic disturbances had the presumptuous audacity to carry their nefarious operations into places where such practices are looked upon with less tolerance. One might believe that in the absence of their beloved test tubes and beakcrs the chemicals might act in a civilized manner and refrain from making nuisances of themselves by splattering themselves all over the wall, or, what is worse yet, splattcrine’ innocent bystanders, whose only sin lies in being near a chemical is a chemical, and it takes more than an electronics lash to off— set this fact. The gods are kind, but they are just. Even a. chemical engi— neer can not mock the fates with im- punity. In a chem. lab they might get away with a lot, and they might be lucky, but playing with electrons in a state of extreme agitation is something that is confined to those who are capable, like the electricals. “I guess I’ll connect the plate lead Professor Talks at Local Junior College Professor J. C. Peeblcs, mechanical engineering department, spoke to a group of two hundred engineering students last Wednesday at the recently opened Wright Junior College. This college, which is lo- cated on the northwest side, offers two year courses in engineering. At present, all of the students in the engineering courses are freshmen. Many junior college students con» tinue on to other engineering schools upon completion of the two years course, and a number of these usually find their way to Armour. Professor Peeblcs presented his talk in such a way as to give these students some general knowledge of engineering, such as the different courses offered and the qualifica» tions of a successful engineer. chemical laboratory. But not so. A' of the ” Szzt~1§pnrlc~fi5puttcn anal Chemical Students Get Wreck of Their Lines to the output. “ “Let’s try conncit- ing this funny looking},r wire to the button here." “I wonder what would happen if 1 touched this wire." These and other statements were typical of the emanations radiating: from the electronics lab where a bunch of strayed chemicals were on- closcd. Thus they rambled on, lg. norant of the tragic fate awaiting“ them should they make just one move that was all wrong. Meanwhnc, breathlessly peering in at these min» guided souls, as a person would watch a child’s play with a can of nitrou‘lyccrine, was the professor. One may tempt the fates for a time but sooner or later the crack of doom will be heard. And it was. Sparlc——sputte1~l Crack! ! Bang!— and 700 volts sent the current angri. ly flowing through the anatomy of an unfortunate chemist. While tenderly nursing his burned fingers, the victim of fate silently resolved to be certain that the electrical connec- tions would be right the first time, in the future. At any rate, the ex- perience developed in him a whole- some respect for electricity and all those connected with it, while his more fortunate companions shud- dercd in terror of the all~powerful volt. Having: wreaked its vengeance at being so disrespectfully treated the high voltage subsided, and silence reigned in the temple of the Mighty Electron. THIS WEEK Wednesday, March 20, to day, March 25 Thursday— Chess Club, 12:20 p. 111.; floor, lst entrance Chapin. Glee Cluflo, Assem. Hall, 5 p. m. Chicago W. S. 171.; ing Building; 7 p. 111. Friday—- Physics exhibit; 9 a. 1n.~5 p. 111.; Belfield Hall, Kimbark Avenue between 58th and 59th streets. Fencing; Assam. Hall. Math Club; Hall. Mon- Jl th Engineer— 10:30 a. 111.: 3:30 p. 111.; Sci. llhil ilk db . Sprint tilted dilate ” Will Be Spring Production Having selected as their next play “The Red Robe" by Bricux, the Ar— mour Players are now trying to de- cide whether it should be presented at Armour Mission or at one of the downtown theaters. Since this is the successful “Romancers” of a year ago, the players want to have a theater which, while not too expon- sivc, will still accommodate all the Armour students and their friends. There will be about fourteen char- acters in the play, five of them prob- ably being women. One of the wom- en’s parts has already been assigned to the young lady introduced to the, Armour Players by their stage man- ager, Michael l’antone. She has had previous dramatic experience, includ— ing several years with the Hull House Players. The play is about an ambitious young lawyer who prosecutcs a man he believes innocent. Four acts and three scenes dramatically levcal the troubles into which this man's con- science plunges him. Tickets will be on sale at an curly date; students are invited to bring1 their friends and relatives. The two plays which the Players presented a short time ago brought in sufficient moncy to cover expenses and debts, so that the equipment which has been used to make the plays more complete and ricilistic 1- all paid for. M41111 coat to 11."... Talk on Nomogmphs Next Friday at 3:30, Mr. W. W. Garry-line of Wright Junior College will read a paper on “Nomozrraphs” before the Math Club. This meeting will be held in Science Hall, and a lame attendance is expected. The meeting: is held at such a late hour because the speaker cannot be here in the morning; besides, the hour will leave ample time for discussion following the reading of the paper. Recent investigation has disclosed the fact that Nomographs are cxten» sivcly used in industry and should therefore be of special interest to students at Armour. In one case, an Armour alumnus, who had studied Nomographs while an undergraduate student, obtained a job in which he 'supplies all the Nomographs for a large industrial concern on the South Side. Fresh May Enforce Green Cap Wearing Dean Heald and representatives of the sophomore and freshman classes held a discussion last Thurs- day in connection with the wearing of green caps. During the discussion, arguments were presented on whether or not 1 the freshman class should wear this, top- -piccc and help establish a tiadi i tion A vote was taken on this ques—i tion at the fieslmmn assembly yes‘l tcrday. The sophomores have agreed that if green caps are to be worn“ the fieshincn can in some manner see that they aie worn one liundredl percent If the f1eshmen fail, thel “sophs” have other plans. Other ideas pointed out me that “brawls," such as occuned last semester place too much emphasi. on the green cups, with the result- ing divmsion £10m the day' s p1i11ci»js pal occupation Injmy miuht easilvl 1esult Such eaily anticipation of Junior Week “fight work toward the ' abolition of this event altogether. their first four act presentation sincc , ‘ f0) A1mou1 ill kbtdilllb Witt; illlll iii ltlltlitilllfi W hitldlllill Th1” ll khkhlib Tech Runners Victors in. Own Meet tier First Time; liaise Medals in Medley Ti-llRTY TEAMS ENTER SCORING COLUMN The biggest track event in the :poits histmy of Armour came to a ssful conclusion with three iec— Oltl breaking,r pciformances last Sat— ! urday evening. In keeping with the lsize of the meet was the record— Ismashing crowd of 2500 spectators lwlio turned out to completely fill the stands. 400 athletes joined in the names to make the whole meet a ibigflhly satisfying: evening's enter— , tainment. 1 First Place: Armour Tech! l Perhaps the portion of the games ibcst liked by the Armour fans was the sprint relay that was won by four of our own men. Neal, Dunbar, Nc- uert, and Nelson were the runners who contributed the good work to give Armour its only first in the meet. George Nelson, running the 880 as his part took the baton in fourth place and strided past his competitors one after another in an exciting: race to finish with a. mum fortable lead. The first record breaking came in the prelims of the shot put when Don Elscr of Notrc Dame put the ball 48 feet 2 inches to better the pre- vious record of 47 feet 7,1/2 inches, set by Davis of 'Hillstlale. But Da- win came back in the finals to top 1Elscr‘s mark by two inches and break his own record by almost nine inches. New Mark in Pole Vault Although the pole vault was one of the first events to start the eve- ning” oil' it continued through the whole mcet until the field of 23 had narrowed down to Wonsowicz of Ohio State and Seely, of Illinois. The bar was raised inch by inch till only Secly was left, trying- to better himself at each mark. The final 11e- >suit turned in was 13 feet 57/11 inches, Fm of an inch better than last year’s record. An interesting: race was the dis- tance medley made up of four men from each contestant college, the first running one-fourth mile, the sec- ond one-half, the third three-fourths. and the last, one mile. Michigan State had the win in their laps from the first man, and the passing: of time just made it more cu‘tain. Each succeeding State man increased the lead until the last man, running the mile, was better than a lap and a quarter ahead of the man in fourth place. Their mark stands as :1. rec— ord since the event was introduced this year. Pitt Cops Feature; New Record The final and feature events, the mile relays, brought plenty of intcr~ est and a new record. In 1l1c college division it was anybody's race with all the runners bunched. Armour held second place behind lllinois State Normal until the final lap when Michigan Normal forged ahead 0 win. In the university relay it was even more interesting: with the contest» ants putting: every ounce of energy (Continual on page 4) New Students to Be Cemented by Alumni 11 project is alumni's co- At the present time, under way to enlist the operation in obtaining 111 students Institute. The plan is to contact alumni living in large cities “ithin a 500 mile riad us of Chi~ cago and to encouiag‘c them to slim- ulatc interest in Aimour among local giaduating students. In this \1 av, it is hoped that a greater number of tudcnts \\ ill be attracted from out side of Chicano with 311 1736‘ use in the enmllment of fioshxnen at the in— stitule. A laiuc map of the area is below {batted for the purpose of con tact ins: hues touux Z l E i