B1] Albert M. Lame OUR LOCAL aspirant to the pre- sidency last week exhibited his inade— quacies in a twice delivered bit of oration intended to impress his audi- ence with the injustices perpetrated against the American people in gen- eral and certain newspapers in par- ticular. One who had heard neither the initial effort, expended at the annual dinner of the Michigan Press Association, at East Lansing, nor the latter radio presentation might have been astonished at failing to find the text of the address published in the man’s own newspaper. Not so with those who heard. They understood. THE SPEAKER traced the cur— rent newspaper attitude of hostility toward the administration back to General Johnson’s rejection of the McCormick framed newspaper code. The specific names were omitted, as was mention of the usurpations at- tempted in the original draft; but the deal was a bit too raw for the pub— lic to have so soon forgotten. A fur- ther indiscretion, too obvious for pub- lication in a community where the government has been forced into the banking business because of allure of debtors ot‘ the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to meet their obligations, was committed with denouncement of the entry of the government into pa— ternal direction of private enterprise. Expression of resentment over “the spending of people’s money for polit- ical purposes"would not read well for a people so cognizant of the Dawes affair. Those same people could hardly be expected to swallow the yarn of newspaper independence be~ ing an outgrowth otpyramiding ad- vertising revenue. Whatever courage could have permitted the dissemina— tion of those exposures, it still would fall short of being enough to flaunt the speakers lamentations of the ten- dency of the modern public to seek light by way of the radio rather than from the press. This last heresy was a bit too much. A REVIEW of decisions recently handed down by judges of long bench tenure might well lead to the conclu— sion that there is no exact law on the statute books. The rulings made by judges in congruent cases heard in the same court have been, on several occasions, exact opposites. An out- standing example is to be found in the contrast between a denial and a grant of plea by two federal judges sitting, respectively, in identical cases. Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson denied the combined plea of Wilson and Company units for release of AAA processing taxes impounded in his court. The denial was based upon the fact that, although the Su- preme Court had by majority decided the AAA unconstitutional, the Su- preme Court had not yet issued its mandate on the AAA and that a re- hearing and reversal are still possible. Federal Judge John P. Barnes had ordered the release of similar funds on the day prior in favor of seven packers and a milling firm. Is the (Continued on page 3) Hausa Chosen Head 0% Alpha Chi Sigma. Alpha Chi Sigma, national pro~ fesional chemical fraternity, held an election of officers for the coming term last Wednesday. Those chosen were J. A. Haase, master alchemist; W. F. Schreiber, vice master alchem- ist; 'H. 0. Bauermcister, secretary; 0. Zmeskal, treasurer; L. W. Robbie, master of ceremonies, and P. R. Schultz, reporter. A faculty advisor for the frater- nity has been chosen, Professor Barr having agreed to take the position. Two men, W. R. Marshall, a sopho- more, and W. J. Tallafuss, a senior, were pledged recently. Plan to Form a New Staff for “Engineer” With a view towards organizing a. new staff for the Armour Engineer and Alumnus, sophomore and fresh man students with exceptionally fine English records have been invited to attend a meeting in G Chopin Hall today at noon. Members of this group will also be invited to take the course in “Advanced Wrtiing,” which will be substituted for the reg- ular English course, the second cred— it being given for work on the stu» dent publications. Juniors and se- niors who are active on publications or who have had very good English records are welcome to take this course. no l‘ltllh'l‘s ARE blSl‘RlbUl‘l‘ill Full THEATER EQNCERT Since they were placed on sale last week, about 500 tickets to the concert Armour’s Musical Clubs are to present at the Goodman theater on February 28 have been distribut- cd to students and members of the musical organizations. George Orms- by, president of the musical organ- izations, urges those faculty mem~ hers and students who have not yet done so, to place their ticket orders this week if they wish to secure good seats. Hold “Dress" Rehearsal The concert will be given Feb- ruary 28 at 8:30 p. m. in the Good- 'man Theater. A contest has been announced for the members of the clubs. At the last rehearsal before the concert—the “dress” rehearsal-— members are required to come at- tired according to the number of tickets they have sold. Members will start from scratch with a pair of shorts. One ticket sold will add a pair of socks, two tickets will mean a pair of shoes. If the contestant sells three tickets he may wear a pair of long pants, and so on, until the fully attired musician, with over— coat, must have sold eight tickets. Concert at Y. W. C. A. Last Friday the orchestra and glee club appeared before a group at the McCormick Y.W.C.A. A dance was held after the concert, the music for which was furnished by a good dance orchestra, of which R. M. Paulsen, soloist in the school orchestra, is a member. Concerts scheduled for the near future include one on Feb. 5 before 700 members of the Illinois Central Boosters Club, one later in the same month to be given at the Shawnee Country Club,and one concert at the National College of Education in March. Party of Radio Club Is Occasion of Gift A new Zenith radio was donated to the Armour Tech Radio Club last week, on the occasion of the club’s card party in the Student Union. Given by the Zenith Radio Corpora- tion, the set was obtained through the efl‘orts of Professor Moreton. Many faculty mem bers were among the 120 who attended the party. The club was fortunate in securing the loan of a condensing microphone from WLS, while R. J. Colin loaned the public address system to the club. Fourteen companies donated samples of their products, which were used as door prizes. Besides the card—playing there was bunco, and a prize of a beautiful double-deck set of playing cards to the Winner at each table. At ten o’clock, there was a formal welcome by R. B. Mansfield and a talk‘ by Prof. D. P. Moreton. Following B. F. Heine’s accordion solos, a vocal selection by Miss Peggy Prewitt, and a. piano solo by Mr. Carl Weigel, an act was put on This concluding act of the program was followed by refreshments, and the evening ended with the singing of the fight song. by J. Speropoulos and C. H. Bobcrg., Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois interview l M For New Winch Course To Do Semesters Work in Eight Weeks Approximately 110 students have been interviewed by Professor Finne— gan in regard to Armour-’5 new eo- operative course in mechanical en- gineering with more coming in every day. These students havc‘all the necessary requirements for admis- sion. ,It is expected that the registra— tion for the course, to begin next semester, will include about 100. L. J. Lease, who was recently ap— pointed eo-ordinator of the camper- ative plan, has interviewed a large number of manufacturers, and most of them are definitely in favor of the plan. The firms to give employment to the prospective students are all en- gaged in metal working industries. Five Year Course The new co—operativc plan will en- able deserving students without suf— ficient funds to pay the costs of a college course to alternate between work in college and work in indusA trial plants. The course will take five years, and will be equivalent to a regular four year course includ» ing the same subjects. The men will attend special classes for eo-op stu» dents for three eight week terms and will work for one eight week term and three nine week terms, com— prising a period of fifty weeks. To lncrense Faculty One semester's work in a sub- ject will be completed in eight weeks, the homework assignments being doubled. No more work, how- ever will be given to the students under this plan than to the regular students, as the number of subject: taken will be only half of those taken by the regular student at any one 'time. Additions to the faculty will be made to take care of the increased schedule made necessary by the spe- cial classes for the 00-010 men. Local A.S.M.E. ls Convention Host The Armour branch of the A. S. M. E. will act as host to the annual midwest convention of student branches 01' the society to be held in Chicago on April 21 and 22, it was announced at a meeting last Friday. During the convention, which usually takes place at the Allcrton Hotel, delegates from each of the student chapters will present fifteen minute papers on technical subjects. Cash prizes are offered for the best three talks presented. It is planned to select the Armour dele- gate within the next few weeks from those who present a paper during one of the regular meetings of the Ar- mour branch. A marketing research survey con- ducted by the management division of the A. S. M. E. has also received the cooperation of the Armour branch. Arthur H. Rice has been chosen to head a committee of five upperclassmen who will interview executives from several conveniently located industrial concerns and de- termine the present status of mar- keting in industry and the employ- ment of engineers. Thompson Elected National Delegate Prof. J. S. Thompson, chairman of the physics department at Armour and chairman of the Chicago chapter of the National. Association of Phy— sics Teachers, was elected, when the local group met on January 1, to rep- resent the Chicago group at meetings of the national organization. At this meeting, a discussion of the sci— ence meetings at St. Louis was lead by Professor Lemon of. the Univer- sity of Chicago and Professor Bock- stahler of Ndrthwestern University. Besides Professor Thompson, Pro— fessors Culvert, Potter, Sear, and Sprague of Armour attended the 10- cal meeting of the physics teachers. it. B. Harrier, Ch. E., to rare to ALCAE. Continuing its series of talks on chemical engineering as related to various industries, the Armour chap— ter of the A. I. Ch. E. will have the subject “Progress of the College Graduate in the Chemical Industries” at its meeting next Friday. The speaker, Mr. R. B. Harper, an alum- nus in chemical engineering of the class of 1905, will discuss the method of employing and promoting chem- ical engineers which he has de- veloped for the Peoples Gas, Light and Coke Company, of which he is a vice—president. Mr. Harper is also a member of the Armour board of trustees. He has become internationally known for his work on the properties and distribution of municipal gas sup— plies. New flagellum; at Houlder Dam Told. Mr. R. A. Kirkpatrick, a special representative of the Union Pacific Railroad company, gave an illustrat- ed lecture on the construction and location of the Boulder Dam, last Friday mornig in the Assembly Hall. After his introduction by Dean Heald, Mr. Kirkpatrick addressed his audience from the stage, before showing several pictures of Boulder Dam. The greater part of the talk rc~ 'veals the uses and the effect of the project on the American people. Among the startling facts revealed was the statement that since the flood gates on the Colorado River have been shut, there have been no earthquakes in lower California. In the past the river (lumped all its sediment at the mouth of a bay on the Calfornia shore, and formed a delta which has become known as the Imperial Valley, a very fertile reg— ion. As more sediment was deposit ed every year, the river bed was raised for many miles back. Three hundred and thiry tons of sand per minute is carried by the river. The momentum of the river is so great that although the lake is now nearly ninety miles long, it flows along the bottom of the lake and bubbles up at the base of the dam itself. In time, the sands will have to be pumped out by great force "pumps. Within a radius of five hundred miles from Boulder City, one hun— dred stations have been set up with the finest technical instruments known for the purpose of studying and measuring the effect of the weight of all this sediment and the (Continued on, page 3) Hold Examination for Scholarships For the second time, Armour In- stitute of Technology held a fresh~ man scholarship examination in the middle 01' the school year, last week. As in last year’s examination, five full scholarships, each for one year, will be awarded to the most outstand- ing men. Five alternates will also be chosen. No increase was seen in the norm ber of applicants to take the exam- inations this year; about 50 men competed. 01" the high schools send- ing contestants, Tilden Technical High School led with nine men; Lane and Roosevelt each had five men competing; and Calumet, Lindblom, and Schurz each sent four. As in the past, the five winners will enter in February and can, by attending summer school, enter the regular sophomore class next Sep- tember. One man from outside the state, a Dctroiter, competed in the scholar- ship examinations this year, as com— pared with two last year. The examination was of the cus- tomary type, the subjects given in- cluding; mathematics, physics, and chemistry. The candidates’ ability in English was judged on the basis of an oral interview and on the gram- mar used in the examination paper. Have you cast your war ballot? The deadline has been set at Jan- uary 23, so out, team or rip your ballot out of last week's NEWS (Mid deposit it in the NEWS bar in the Main building lobby at once. A two hour course in Light will be offered as an election next cc- mcsler. The course will include three hours of laboratory work and one hour of lecture per week. Those who are interested are urged to ace Prof. W. W. Calvert at once, so that proper provisions can be made. There will be a meeting of all mcmbm‘s of the editorial and sports departments of the Armour Tech Noun today at 12:30 "in the News offices. Shops to (filler Welding Course Electric and acetylene welding, heat treating, and forging will be offered next semester in the second of Armour’s shops to be opened since all were. closed three years ago. This will be a special course designed to cover the work that the present seniors haven’t had; the juniors and other students will follow the reg— ular shop courses as outlined. The present plan‘will require the mechanic-ale and electricals to take four semesters of shop, and the chemicals and fire protects two se- mestcru. Third Shop Opens in Full Next fall a third shop will be opon~ ed in what used to be the foundry, and the course will include the makv ing' of all types of castings such as green sand molds, permanent molds by means of centrifugal casts, pres- sure casts, and shell or slush ca The course will also include die-car ‘ ing it the proper equipment is ac-f quired. 1 To Give Microscopic Analysis i Supplementing the courses nextl fall will be a study of the physical properties of the metals worked on in all shops by means of microscopic analysis. The microscopic analysis will en~ able the student to judge the qual- ity of the welds that he has made. The heat treating analysis will Show the effect of working a metal at too hirrh a temperature. ‘ In the future, the shop courses‘ will not be known as foundry, forge, and machine shop but will he desig— nated respectively as molten metal proccses, hot work processes, and machinery processes. Seniors Formulating Plans for Graduation Senior committees preparing for the many details of graduation are becoming increasingly active as the first semester of their last year at Armour nears an end. Most of the individual pictures have been taken already at the Mont~ . fort Studios. Group pictures will be taken during the second week in Feb- ‘ ruary, according to J. B. Davis, chairman of the photography com-‘ mittee and editor-in—chiel’ of the Cycle. Graduation keys and rings have been ordered by about one-third of the class. The rings and keys were; standardized three years ago. Thcl jewelry committee, with I. M. 1 Hughes as chairman, is acting to; have the jewelry standardized for a] longer time. i Bids and dummy copies have been ( submitted by five companies for the graduation announcements and an order will be placed around the first week of the second semester. Covers for the announcements will probably l be made of black leather with goldi inlaid letters. J. E. Linden is chair— man of the comittee. The cap and gown committee, with visor of the club. announced ls. Tuesday, January Zl, W36 Will ldllbbl' llllllld blithill lbtli, can lb Willi-Elm "Elli Armour Fades in Last Quarter to Lose Tough Game moss LUCK AT HOME! BOX SCORE Lake Forest (36) Armour (24) I! l” 1" If F P Emcr l'. 2 5 llli-ilrc. f. 2 2 ltouat l 0 lilwnrner, . ‘ i ll ‘ iris ion. 0. 5 1K 2 O'Connell, f. l 0 ll lCiucrmnn. u. l 2 'D Mort. L‘. 3 l 2 Grove». 1:. 2 0 (l A Lumen. IE. 2 (l 0 2 l'lnikcr. (r. 0 l) l Dollenm'or. it. 0 ll 2 Totals )3 10 ll! Totals] 10 ll 15 A 36-24 score can never do jus— tice to the Armour-Lake Forest flame of last Saturday. With a 16- 12 score against them at the half, the Techmen came back to build a 16-vup tie, and to tie again at 1848; but faded perceptibly in the last quarter as the suburbanites began a barrage that really cinched the game. Effort Exceeds Technique Until the last eight minutes, the game had everyone Whooping and the referees bothered, as the boys on the floor let effort exceed tech- nique until the game was on ice. Although Christensen, Lake For- est center, was the standout of the game, diminutive Captain Bill Em- ery got in the Armour hair consist- ently. His first effort, an under the basket shot, gave the home team the lead in the first seconds of play, but some time elapsed till Warner “posed" in a clean long shot. Chris- tensen and 'Emery cashed in on free throws and Chris hooked a beauty around Mcrz for a 6-2 count. After Mere counted on a gratis toss, Rouse went down mid floor to push the scort to 8—3; and Armour began! Armour Takes Loud l~lclke pushed in Wagner’s shot and soon wowed the fans 'with an impossible over—thc-shoulder shot, ' but missed the free throw for a foul on the shot. Rough play gave Em- ery a free point, and then Pop War- ner, unable to work the ball in, de— liberately poured in another long. lleike's free throw gave Tech the lead, 10-5), but Lake Forest rc— u‘ained a margin ere the half ended, lG-lZ. Long Shots Ruin Armour The deliberate play of the first half, with few wasted shots, was the tempo of the second period, which Mort opened with points for Tech. Jack O’Connell went around the side for a nice pushin, and later drithcd down the floor, bounce- passed to Heike, who counted on one of the game's prettiest plays. Two Lake Forest l'rcc shots just before this put the score at the 18 tie, but then fireworks started. Though play was tight, long shots, all “hands" participating. run the oppo- sition’s count to the big winning score. Two buckets by Mom and a couple of penalty tos as concluded Armour’s efforts. Change Organization or“ Armour Players Because of many irregularities in the former system, the Armour Ploy— ers have become a permanently or» ganized group. This was their deci- sion at a business meeting held last Wednesday, presided over by R. P. Lisolier. In the future, members will pay dues and have access to a special library. lounge, and meeting:- rooms. Formerly, plays wen announced for production by the appearance of a notice on the bulletin board giving the time for student tryouts, but this system has proven inadequate. From now on costs for plays rill be chosen directly and entirely from members of the club. Professor Hendricks. faculty ad» m m G. F. Hagenauer as chairman, Willlweek that players will receive a not beg-in its work until the second jminor credit in dromatics for active semester. , participation.