Tuesday, March 26, I935 ARMOUR TECH NEWS Page Three %flfl8d inspected by Senior Civils The senior clvils WLnt on an in-i spection trip last week that was sup- posed to be exclusively confined toi seniors, but one lone freshman} sneaked in. Profcssor Stevens was; in charge of the trip which was an; ranged through the eiforls of S.‘ Bernstein. The new water system is beinu' constructed from a shaft sunk at‘ Lake Street and Central park Ave- nue. There are three drifts, one sixteen feet in diameter, another thirtccn, and the last ten. The‘ largest of these tunnels is connectcdi . , . ”.—“' _ directly with the Dover Crib, which Eskimo tootwear is popular with wde at the Alaska yflgrlculturalg‘ is 2.7 miles “cm shore. The addL college at College, Alaska. The footwear is caller “mukluks. , tional water to be thus obtained will be used to relieve the water short- age on the west side, and will in— crease the water supply of the city, by approximately 400,000,000 gal-l lons per day. City Under-takes Project Because the city engineers felt that they could save the taxpayers some money by constructing thel l empress ”-52. By Orville H. Hampton Discarded Notre Dame university football suits are used by the Black Sheep football team at Slug Sing. Students at Danuw university are required to have a driving permit before. they can drive an automobile about the campus. A driving permit, now has the distinction of havin'z is issued only when the car is absolutely necessary. Seventy-two permits‘ l had a professor kiss her in, classlning's, E. E. ’31, together with Vin— were issued for use during the fall semester. “Autos waste' the time of the student," stated Dean L. H. Dirke recently. “They tempt the student too far from the campus " The young lady was recently experi—‘ cent Richards, nationally known mentcd upon to prove that sudden tennis star, played :1 doubles match emotion can be measured by perspir- L with Hans Nusslein, the national pro. L l students at Milwaukee State 'lcach- ers college. The answers Were: affirmative, 35; negative, 15. The voters discussed the question at considerable length in voting with regard to questions of daintiness, ovcr-indulgcnce, comradcship, and the proper time and place for smoking. ' The first American institution of higher learning to offer a course in medical instruction was Columbia university. The first lectures in this course were given on Nov. 9, 1767, Armour Alumnus Playsl in Tennis Exhibtions In addition to Ewing graduates who have become successful in the, business. world, Armour also how alumni who have become prominent in the field of athletics. On Saturday evening, George Jerk} 1 Dr. L. Don Lcet, director of the 'Harvardvuniversity seismograph sta- tion, has proven by his tests that the earth‘s crust is never still, con- trary to all ordinary evidence. A co-ed at Syracuse, New York, Taxes amounting to $60,000 will be collected from De Pauw univer- sity fraternity and sorority houses during the next fifteen years to defray the cost of the new sewage disposal plant built by the city. ation on the hands. :fcssional tennis champion, and She was blindfolded and after, George O’Connell, Chicago Town and smelling a number of substanceslT-e with varied results the professor, kissed her. Reports have it that the l varsity of Chicago as one of the needle on the recording instrument, American Olympic fund tennis jumped all around for some time : matches: the proceeds to be given to before the experiment could go on. ‘ the American Olympic fund. ‘ nnis instructor. This match was held at the Uni- Docs it lower your opinion of Iwi to we a girl smoke?" This question was r voted upon recently by fifty male tunnels themselves, the city under» took the hue-c project and saved ap— A VERA fiES—m L (Continued from page 1) l l proximately fifty dollars on each {“hthb“;1f"dthe I“??? 3“}:‘f1‘mhnfil if" Professional Fraternities , onc~ unue an: 1 ty—t ice 0 an Scarab .................. 1.661 ptr foot. Construction has been go,» inp: on for eight years and the com» Alpha Chi Sigma ........... 2.16‘ pletion of the project is expected to Social Fraternities , be accomplished within the next Phi Kappa Sigma ----------- 1-42‘ two months. At the present time all Delta Tau Delta ---------- . 1.56 l the blasting is finished and the men Theta X13 ----------------- 1-82 are occupied in lining the walls with Phi Pl Phi ---------------- 139 a layer of concrete about eighteen Rho Delta Rho ------------ 1.81 , inches thick, Sigma Alpha Mu ........... 1.73 Um New Mixture Triangle .................. 1.4? Instead of following the usual Beta P51 """"""""" 2‘03 Kappa Delta Epsilon ......... 1.60 procedure of mixing cement, gravd,‘ and coarse sand, the engineers on‘ The average of all students be— this job have used a mixture of their longing" to the Phi Kappa Sigma, own origin which is just as satis~ Delta Tau Delta, Theta Xi, Phi Pi factory as any other more expensive Phi, Triangle, and Beta Psi frateiu formula. When they were blasting, nities (those that own or rent their they fell upon, the scheme of pul- own chapter houses) is 1.62. The verizing the rock and mlixing it with average of all other students is cement. After a few experiments, 1.58. This is the first time in many they mixed it in the ratio of three years that the fraternities have led to one. This use of the debris not the remainder of the school in only saved purchasing gravel and scholastic achievement. sand, but also solved the problem In the above ratings the I’Dlnt l ”PRETTY Boy" of disposing of the bulky scrap. Mixer Saves Time At the beginning: of the concret— ' system was used for the first time, per cent averages having previously been the basis for comparison. In line. it was found that it required the present system “A" is equivw a crew of eleven men three days to cover a section about fifty feet long, but with the construction gigantic concrete form and mixer combined, it was found that a sec- tion. ninety-four feet in length could be covered in operating with a crew of three men. This huge machine was designed by divided by the total lent to three grade points, “)3" to two points, “C” to one point. “D" of a to zero points, and Mr a grade of “<'" no credit is given. To arrive at semester averages, the, number of semester hours is multiplied by twenty-two hours, the number of grade points for each total points are number of sulbj cot and the the engineers on the job. and had semester hours. to be constructed inside the tunnel. It operates on a set of railroad tracks and is moved by a small switch engine. This machine is over jtwo hundred feet loner and about fifteen foot high. Before the mix— ture is poured the mould are greased, thus there In the computation of averages, lhe physical training grade was not included. A credit (Cr.) for work ' at other institutions was considered equivalent to one made point if the istudent’s scholastic standing for‘ SON was plates of the work at the Institute was below two ncnt RICHARDS who said, ”I hour is grade points, to 1.5 grade points if that you, know me." lllll STEAM SilllVEl. WRESTLERS’ SPECIAL D U N N E a n d KREML seem to be the fastest workers of the wrest— limr team as was noted at the last meet with Wright Junior College. “DYNAMITE” But ROY KERCHER and MEL SCHUMAN are the best chiselern of the some group. They took the skirts home in Bob Patterson’s car. Just the same they couldn't shake off SONNY WEISSMAN who was the self—named official chapel-on, assisted by BOB I-IELLA. At the mention of a younger sister the name Weicoman suggested making it a sovensomc and going places. The (lamcs put on a big: front by stopping at a North Lincoln apart- ment which they said was their home. Further investigation showed that they didn't live there. However am} curious bystanders might. get to sue tho some girls ho- ouucc they promised to be at the maxi meal. with Wright hcrc of, Ar- mour, if [Tamper/Minn home was f umiislwd. Another incident: RAY PETER- conm‘atulating his oppo- Says Pete: very little patching necessary when equal to more than 2, and to 2 if “I don’t know you, but I know your the forms are taken down. equal to or greater than 2.5. sister ALICE." :«twfiwwmwA-s. v /\ ’ FER LEAVES ‘ sharpest snout l give you the mildest smoke, the best- tasting smoke. I do not irritate your throat. You wonder what makes me different. For one thing, it’s center leaves. I Spurn the little, sticky, top leaves . . . so bitter to the taste. I scorn the coarse bottom leaves, so harsh and unappctizing. I am careful of your friendship, for I am made of only the mild, fragrant, expensive center leaves.