Tuesday, January I4, 1936 Button armaments on AAA. Decision “If the President of the United States does not see fit to comment, far be it from me, a college profes— sor, to predict any definite results.” With these words Professor H. P. Dutton, head of the social science dc- partment, answered an inquiring re- porter when asked for a statement on the effects of the recent decision by the Supreme Court ruling the AAA unconstitutional. Professor Dutton did, however, hazard the following personal opin‘ ions on the effects of the ruling. If the government intends to fulfill its contracts with the farmer, the diffi- culty of obtaining the large sum of money necessary will prove a serious problem. (Before the decision this money came from taxing the meat processor and indirectly the public.) From the technical point of view the decision was made because the Supreme Court believed that Con- gress had exceeded the taxing power given to it by the Constitution. The AAA attempted to do what has been tried unsuccessfully many times and which in the long run is impossible, namely, the control of prices by taxation. Furthermore, any scheme devised to control pro- duction is ultimately undesirable. Realizing the mistake of the attempt made it is far better to liquidate than to continue in the wrong direc- tion. Dr. flidenburger at Science Meet In conjunction with the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Amer- ican Mathematical Society held its forty-second annual meeting at St. Louis, December 31, 1935 to Janu— ary 2, 1936, where Dr. Rufus Olden- burger, as a representative of Ar— mour Institute of Technology pre— sented a paper 011 cnaracreristic roots of direct products of 11. way matrices. Two or three thousand scientists from all parts of the coun- try wcrc present at the A. A. A. S. meeting, of which members about two hundred and fifty were mathe- maticians. According to Dr. Oldenburger, an interesting fact discosed by this con- vcntion was that more mathematical research of high quality is being done in this country than in any other country in the world; further- more, that a great part of this re- search is done by young men. Of more popular appeal at the convention were the science exhib' its which included such things as a device for conversion of sound into light and light again into sound, by means of photo~electric tubes; and a corn popper which popped corn in an ordinary glass tumbler, without heating the glass. This was effect— cd by use of high frequency cur- rents which generated the heat with— in the corn itself. Among the sci- entists themselves, however, the pop- ular exhibits were the cosmic ray machines and cosmic ray counters. A high light in the program was the Twelfth Josiah Willard Gibbs Lecture, by Vannevar Bush, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technolo- gy. This lecture is given in honor of Josiah W. Gibbs, who is noted for his work in the application of math- ematics to the various sciences. Gibbs has been styled the “American Einstein.” Onc among the speakers was a Polish nobleman, Count Alfred Kor- zybski, of Brooklyn, N. Y. From Chicago, there were only two speak- ers, one of whom was Dr. Oldenburg— er, of the math department here. Dr. Barr, also of Armour, was pres— ent. Chemalum Plans to Become Permanent At their splash party, held Decem- ber 28, 1935, Chemalum, senior chemical engineering organization, decided to raise the club dues from twenty-five cents to one dollar in order to make the organization per— manent after graduation. The sev— enteen couples who attended the affair took their splash at the Stand— ard Club from 8:30 to 10:30, and spent the remainder of the evening at the home of Gus Freund, the mas- ter of ceremonies. The physics laboratory will be closed for this semester after Sut- urday, January 25, 1936. Reports will not be accepted after Tues- day, January 28, 1936. Elect Herald Head of Illinois State Deans Hcmy T. I-Icald, dean at Armour, was elected chaiunan of the Illinois State Deans Association at their or- ganization meeting in Springfield on December 27. There has been a or» tional deans' association for some time, but Dean Fred Turner of Illi- nois, who called this organization meeting, felt that the Illinois col- leges’ deans should have such an as- sociation for the discussion of their mutual problems. The group includes deans of all Illinois colleges and meets once a year. Ellison Donates Gas Analysis Apparatus Lewis M. Ellison, owner of the El- lison Draft Gage Company, gave an Ellison Orsat apparatus to the me- chanical laboratories last Thursday. He made a demonstration with the apparatus to the evening class in Diesel Engineering and left the in- strument for permanent use of Are mour students. This device will be used for gas anaylsis of the exhaust fumes of diesel and automotive en- gincs. Mr. Ellison has been very much in- terested in Armour Institute for many years and has made other do- nations of draft gages to the me. chanical laboratories. ARMOUR TECH NEWS Move Metallurgy Annex and fifties During the Christmas vacation, the metallurgy laboratory annex, “dark room”, and Professor Carpen- ter’s office were moved to new and roomicr quarters in Machinery Hall to make room for the research lab— oratory to be installed by Universal Oil Products Company. The mixers and other equipment of the metallurgy laboratory are be- ing set up on the first floor and Pro— fessor Carpenter’s office and the photography “dark room" are being- installed on the third floor. Much of the passing between buildA ings will be eliminated with the lab and “dark room” in the same build- ing. The space for photography has been made much larger. Armour Tech is the only school in the Chicago area giving an advanced metallurgy course. Thirty-live grad- uate students are now attending the course given by Professor Carpenter in the evening. With the expansion of the labora- tory, several developments in metal- lurgy are being planned for research and graduate work in the future. Advance Alumnus to Assistant Manager Royal M, Beckwith, '24, F. P. E., has been appointed assistant man- ager of the Western Actuarial Bu- reau. He has been with the bureau since 1927, having spent the first three years after his graduation with the Michigan Inspection Bu- reau. Special Courses for Art Institute Pupils Armour is now cooperating with the Art Institute in arranging spe- cial courses to suit the needs of stu- dents taking the industrial design option there. According to Dean Heald, arrangements have been made to enable these students to take courses in applied mathematics, dc— scriptive geometry, and strength and properties of materials. Of these three, only the descriptive geometry study is the regular course at Ar- mou", the other two are specially designed to suit the needs of the art students. High School Students Hold Meet at Armour Half a hundred local high school students, members of the Fire Pro- vention League of the Chicago High Schools, met at the Institute last Saturday to conduct one of the reg:- ular business meetings of the League. The group was conducted on 11 tour of the Institute by senior fire protects, and heard a talk by Prof. J. B. Finnegan, head of the fire pro- tection engineering department, en- titled “Fire Prevention as an Engi— neer Sees It." Members of the League are seniors in Chicago high schools, and hold the titles of “Junior Fire Mar- shall" and “Assistant Junior Fire Marshall". The object of the group is “to develop citizenship and load- crship in youth and to create a fire prevention consciousness in all Chi- cagoans”. Page Three WAR BALLOT The following is a questionnaire which has been submitted to the students of the University of Denver and Purdue Uni- versity. Simply mark your preferance with an (x) and deposit in the News box in the lobby of the Main Building before Janu- ary 23, 1936. Everyone, student or otherwise, is eligible to sub- mit ballots. The results of this poll will appear in a later edition of the News. The manufacture and sale of armaments for private profit Yes should be prohibited by international agreement ...... D An effective world organization to control international, social, political and economic relationships: (:1) Is it possible? ....................................... D (b) It is necessary for the maintenance of world peace. I] The League of Nations has proved ineffectual and should be sciappcd .................................... D The nation must always 1cmain the ultimate political unit. 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