122:?"- 57» shown; “ , . :1 Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois Tuesday, january 23, l936 By Albert M. Lane THE NEXT ISSUE of the News will bring to this column a new line of thought. May its sponsor enjoy the fullest measure of success in the purpose toward which the comments are directed. To you, Successor, and to each of your fellow staff members is here extended a hearty greeting and a sincere token of confidence in your ability to deliver a paper in quality second to none. May every issue you produce be met with ac~ claim. 1| * WITH THIS ISSUE must be brought to a close theeitorts of the writer to influence thought toward channels of public concern. That effort has been expended with a hope of stimulating interest rather than from a desire to prejudice opin- ion. So it is with perfect lieedom that appreciation can be expressed to those who have found it conven— ient to comment upon the material whatever their inclinations may have been. 111 AN ASSOCIATION 0].“ ideas has grown out of musing over the termi— nation of these endeavors. Reflec- tion brings to mind the admonition of an aged and sage professor—— “You must get the data, for with- out it you cannot get the pic: and without the gist the subject matter is loo-t to you." The association couples the reflection with current conditions. The press has many peo- ple influenced to a belief that the national constitution is in extreme danger of being," abrogated. The in- fluence has been effective in pro— viding them with a thorough knowl- edge of provisions that the constitu. tion does not make. Burdened as they are with misinformation, they feel in duty bound to rise to the dc- fense of the foundation of our gov- ernmental system. WERE these individuals to gather the data before them, were they to read the constitution, catch the gist, and know the subject matter, how quickly would they relieve them— selves of their grave concern. Shauld they seek the history of the modifi. (Continued 011. page 3) Substitute Librarian Relieves Miss Vorwey Miss Esther E. Chesire has tem- porarily taken the place of Miss Ruth Verwey as assistant librarian in the Armour Library. Miss Ver- wey is on leave of absence at her home in Wisconsin. During the Christmas holidays she suffered a nervous breakdown, and will not be back until March 15. Miss Chesire is from Anamosa, Iowa and received her B. A. degree from the University of Iowa. Later she had special training at the Uni_ versity of Illinois Library School and has been working as librarian at the Sabin High School in Chicago under a PWA project. Education Group to Meet Here in April Professors Finnegan and Pecbles represented Armour at a meeting of the executive committee of the Illi. noisslndiana section of the S. P. E. E. last Saturday at the University Club. A program was discussed for the regular annual meeting to be held at Armour in April. The Illinois- Indiana section was organized last year and met at Purdue last April. Members of the executive commit- tee are: Professors Finnegan and Peebles from Armour; Professors Wills and Serviss of Purdue, Mr. Chinn of Rose Polytechnic Institute, and Dean Jordan and Professor mould of the University of Illinois. Faculty increased For fies-op {Course Two Men Added; Expect Seventy Students Seventy students, it is expected, will enroll in the new co—opcrative course in mechanical engineering starting next semester, half of these beginning an eight week course in mathematics, English, and drawing. During these eight weeks, the other thirty-odd men will work in the em- ploy of their respective companies, and then attend school for eight weeks while the others fill their places at the plant which hires them. The eo—operative students’ year will be composed of 24 school weeks, 20 weeks for work with a company, and two weeks of vacation. Two Professors Will Be Added Two additional professors who will be employed as a result of this co— operative plan are: Dr. Carl 1G. An- derson in mechanical engineering, and Dr. John J. Corliss in mathe- matics. Dr. Anderson graduated from Ar~ mour in 1930. and has worked two years in the Bell Telephone Labor- atories in New York. lie received his master’s and doctor’s degrees at the University of Michigan. Since last summer he has been doing research work at Armour with Professors Huntly and Peebles, and has been teaching mechanics in evening school classes. Dr. Corliss to Teach Part Time Dr. Corliss has also been teaching in the evening classes this semester. He will not give his full time at Ar- mour next semester as he also has classes at DcPaul. He graduated and received his master’s degree from the University of Mississippi. His Ph. D. degree was obtained at the Univer- sity of Michigan in 1930. Dr. Corliss taught one year at Texas Christian University and five years at the U11i~ versity of Michigan. During the past two years he has worked in the ac- tuarial department of the Hercules Life Insurance Company. Films of 01’! Fires Shown at Meeting Mr. A. Gent, of the Illinois Inspec- tion Bureau, will speak before the Fire Protection Engineering Society on Friday, February 14. His sub— ject will be, “Town Water Supply Systems.” Last Friday, Mr. C. P. Holmes of the Western Actuarial Bureau, gave an illustrated lecture on “Oil Fires.” Three reels of film were shown: two of a Sinclair oil fire, and one of a European fire, which had burnt: d for five years before it was extinrruished. The fire of an oil well, in lexas, burned about 20,000 barrels of oil a day until it was extinguished by the McKinley brothers. These two men have a queer job to perform. When all other methods of stopping an oil- fire fail, these two men are called in. The debris is cleaned away while the well continues to burn. An air- plane motor mounted on a truck is used to keep the flame to one side, while these two brothers attach cables to pull the burnt material away. Streams of water are played on the tWo men to keep their asbes- tos suits cool. A hole is drilled and a charge of nitroglycerine inserted. After the explosion, strange as it may seem, the fire is immediately extinguished. For this accomplishment, they were lpaid $15,000 for Me days work in intense heat. lie/limeograph Moved To Better Location Having been completely reorgan- ized, the mimcographing department has moved from its former location in the cloak room to more convenient and spacious quarters in the room off the first landing in the Main build- ing. The old machine has also been provided with a specially construct» ed cabinet and files for stencils have been made available. N. Y. A. stu» dents are employed in this depart~ ment under the direction of Mr. George Bursach. News” idler Poll fiboum Elioersifierl @pinions or” EighLy—Eight distribute Eighty—eight ballots, representing about ten percent of Armour’s stu- dents, were cast in the recent war poll conducted by the Armour Tech, News. This number is slightly great- er than the number of ballots cast when the poll was held at Purdue University where 72 votes were ob— tained. Two Favor Fascism Your own conclusion can be .lrawn from the fact evinced by this questionnaire, that there are infinite- 1y more Fascist sympathizers at Ar- mour than at Purdue since there were two students here who were in favor of a Fascist dictatorship, while there were none at Purdue. Those who fear a Communist regime have even more to fear from Armour, as there are three communistically in- clined students here, a striking in- crease over the number at Purdue, which was two. It is interesting to note that opin- ion as to the efficacy and value of the League of Nations has been almost evenly divided, and that more stu- dents were doubtful about this issue than about any other. Private Arms Sale Gains Disfavor Those who voted seemed to believe, for the greater part, that the manu- facture and sale of armaments for private profit should be prohibited. Also striking was the nearly unani- mous opinion that foreign invest- (Ctmtimwd 011 page ll) Technical Advice Needed in flourts “Engineers at the Court” was the topic of Mr. E. B. Woodworth, patent attorney, who spoke before the joint meeting of the A. S. M. E. and A. I. E. E. last Friday. Throughout his discussion Mr. Woodworth gave examples of his ex— perience as a technician and as an administrator. As an administrator during the World War for the train. ing of enlisted men in the technique of handling the internal combustion engines, he was proud to point out that the Armour institute of Teclr nology was the most, efficient in the Central West. “The courts usually need informa- tion and instruction," reminded Mr. Woodworth, “and engineers play an important part in rendering: this service." Integrity, absolute honesty. and knowledge of facts are essential for successful practice. according to the speaker. Quoting the words of a past Fresh dent of A. I. E. E. Mr. Woodworth paraphrased the philosophy of “he who knows more and more about less and less” and “he who knows less and less about more and more." Detailed knowledged of one or two things is all that a successful engineer needs, ad- vised Mr. Woodworth, as viewing the details from too great a distance blurs them. Chemicals View Tests at Hndcrwfltcrs’ Lab Through the courtesy of the Under. writers Laboratories, a group of junior chemicals were able to make an escorted inspection tour through the entire building, on Tuesday, Jan. 2111b. There were 20 men in the par- er k: The most spectacular part of the trip was the demonstration of a new fire-and-water-proof glass, which has been devised by the laboratory tech- nicians. This glass was built in a model factory wall and subjected to great heat and flame which resulted only in a slight buckling of the panes. Streams of ice cold water were played upon the intensely hot glass without damaging the pane in any way. Another popular section of the ma terial testing laboratory demonstrat- ed the testing of safes. The safes were heated red-hot and then dropped from the top of a three story tower to a heap of bricks at the bottom. The newt, issue of the Armour Tech News will be distributed on Fatwa/w 18. To Announce Stall all “News” at banquet Announcement of the staff of the Amnom' Tech, News for the following year will be made at the annual News banquet on the evening of February 12 in the Student Union. This is the last issue of the present staff; the new stall will start work at the bee ginning of the second semester. Arrangements for the banquet were made by a committee composed of W. J. Chelgren, J. S. Cullison, N. Gerber, R. R. Johnson, and J. M. Sheehan. All active members on the News staff have been invited, and the members of the Student Publications Advisory Committee, consisting of Professor W. Hendricks, chairman, and Professors W. W. Colvert, J. B. Finnegan, J. F. Mangold, J. C. Pee~ bles, and C. E. Paul, will probably attend. “Beoel’op Personality” Advises R. B. Harper Mr. R. B. Harper, vicc‘presidcnt of the People’s Gas, Light, and Coke Company gave an informal talk last Friday before a meeting of the A. I. Ch. E. Personal observations based on contacts with. more than 500 grad- uate engineers in the gas industry formed the basis of his talk. According to Mr. Harper there are still many opportunities left in gas engineering for the college graduate. Former developments were empir- cal, but a need for men with tech- nical ability is now apparent. A11- swc1s obtained from a recent survey sent to It 100 successful engineers b1ouc'ht out the fact that only 13% of a man’s success was due to his technical ability, the other 87% be i111,r due to poisonal chaiactcrlstics Among the latter is the ability to analyze one’s self, being able to see another man’s point 01 View, and talking in his language. A Milli Allll flhl' All. Till“. bhhAhS If” L. .llIII‘O The architects (something 15 ab ways happening to them) are pleasantly su1p1ised at finding that there is soon to he a coed in their midst. The unsuspcdinu' lamb is a Miss Frances Poe, an industrial art designer. Miss Poe has an office on north Wackcr drive. (Yes, we’re afraid so,— .. c can take care of herself.) Miss Poe is a tall, pretty brun- ette; having besides brain, both this and that. The engineers, how. ever may rest quietly, because she is only enrolled in the architec- tural design and history of archi— tecture courses. Speaking of history we wonder how it will go in Ted Hoffmees~ tcr’s history of architectural classes. Since Miss Poe will be a freshman, the fresh anticipate that from now on upper class niggcrs will be plentiful. Although we realize that the freshmen are all gentlemen of refinement and breeding, we imagine that the fair damsel is going to catch a certain amount. of embarrassment. Can you imagine Jocubowski, for in. stance, ejaculating, “0h Fudge!” after someone spills ink on his plate? Many interesting customs will be curtailed probably even Miko- lajczyk’s picturesque booklets, and Mosely’s avid anecdotes. It has even been suggested that the fresh— man room be cleaned, and pink curtains be hung at the windows, but such is neither possible (es- pecially the cleaning part) nor ATLAA. is Topic As Juniors Meet The oft—postponed A. T. A. A. as- sembly is to be held by the junior class next Friday at 10:80. Accord- ing to J. I“. Bartusck, president of the junior class, arrangements have been made for the assembly, and it remains only for a turnout of the junior students to insure a discussion of the constitution. D. J. Neal president of the A. T. A. A... expressed the wish, when told of the junior class meeting, that the seniors meet with the ' hints and thus expedite the disc sion of the A. T. A. A. constitution. A general assembly of the school will be held during the early part of next semes- tcr at which time a vote will be tak- en on the constitution. First Sop]: Jackets to Be Ready Friday A new type of sophomore jacket will make its appearance on the Ar- mour campus next week after distri- bution at a meeting,r next Friday at 10:30. It is a sport jacket with a red wool body. sand-dust colored leather sleeves with suede cloth lining. zipper front, and a yellow monogram. About a quarter of the class have ordered jackets and more are expect- cd to be ordered later in the semester. Complete payment must be made for the jacket at the meeting. Width GliAllllAl‘l’. Sl‘llllli tdlllltlhll lid llllbll'l' Stllblll. l Five Subjects to Cover l F our Departments ( For the first time in the history of Armour Tech, on organized post~ graduate program is being offered in the evening school, so that a mas- ter’s degree may now be obtained by studying,r in evenim: classes. Four Courses Given The courses start with the second l semester and include distillation and fractionation, sewage and water dlSpflSt , Diesel engineering, electron tube c1rcuits, and physics of electron tubes. 11' there is enough interest in the work, all five courses will be given. It is impossible at this time, because of early registration to tell definitely where this interest is and which courses will be given. Announcements. Distributed Announcements 01' the courses have been distributed to the grad- uates of the last five years in chem- ical, civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering, the departments em- braced by the newly offered courses, and to the American Society of Me- chanical Engineers, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the Western Society of Engineers, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Chemical Society, and the Chicago Physics Club. Answars Wide Demand Although there is a steadily in- creasing demand by practicing engi— neers in the Chicago area for grad- uate work in engineering, there has been no opportunity for it until now. Many men who would like to con— tinue their higher education in engi- neering cannot do so because of their inability to attend day classes. Armour Tech is attempting to fill the demand in spite of the many handicaps which present conditions have established. It is hoped that the graduate program will meet with popular demand and enlarge from this meager beginning- to a strong post-graduate program. General in- terest and popular demand will die» probable. termine Armour’s atitude toward this program. i All bhllllll lllbll liblll llblllllllll ”2 ill" hllllblll tillh Jimmy LeRey’s ill Piece Grchestra to Furnish Music for Evening Bil) PRlCE lS $1.25 “The Charette,” more familiarly known as the Arx Dance will be held on the eve of Friday, February 7th, in the spacious Grand Ballroom of The Steuben Club, situated at 188 West Randolph Street. The dance c0111mittec——B. Noblcr, A. Ramp, E. F. Schmaltz, R. Becker, and H. P. Lohmillerdhave succeeded in obtaining Jimmy LcRoy and his popular ten piece orchestra which features an electrical “singing gui— tar.” Jimmy Leltoy is well known as master of ceremonies among north side schools and organizations and according to the committee will posi- tively play at future affairs. Offer Free Bid Irving Addis is the designer of the atractive and unique bids which are conveniently priced at $1.25. Spe- cial promotion of sales is in the form of a contest, in which all those who sell live bids will receive one gratis as a reward. One free bid and two half bids await the three winners of a poster contest which is being sponsored to stimulate student interest in the dance. All entrants have their post-v crs on exhibiton in the halls Where they have given the dance a great deal of publicity. Invite Arx Profs. Several of the architecture pro- fessors are receiving invitations to act as sponsors of the dance. “Charcttc,” incidentally, is the mysterious French term that is ap- plied to the period when those in- dustrious architects who, after months of looting, discover that within five days their projects are due. They then proceed to teach them- selves that it is an impossibility to do four weeks’ work in one. Thus: “Nightlife of the Arx!” Forty/militias Tube Scholarship Exam With live scholarships for the freshman year at Armour as awards, the annual mid»semester scholarship examinations were given to forty- ninc high school students from the Chicago area on Saturday, January 18. The junior marshalls of last May helped conduct the examination, and all of the students were enter- tained afterwards at the Student Union. Following are the five who have been selected as the ficholarship» winners: L. A. Bain Jr., Oak Park High School; M. Goldsmith, Crane High School; P. Kosovski, Tilden High School; M. Mahnke, Schurz High School; and D. Parks J1‘., Lind- blom High School. The following alternates have also- been selected: F. L. Anderson 311, Lindblom High School; M. Anderson, Calumet High School; R. G. Ilcdlund, Amundsen High School; N. Levine, Roosevelt High School; and C. D. Pierson J11, Lane High School. Radio Club to Buy a New Short Wave Set At a meeting held last Friday, the Armour Tech Radio Club, \YS‘eYVV. voted to buy a new short-wave radio receiver. Plans were also made to remodel the club‘s flat in Chopin Hall. Interest in the club has been shown by a rise in the membership and by the spirit exhibited by the present members. The club’s transmitter which was constructed during this semesi‘u‘ still undergoing experimentation 2111:! adjustments. its range and enicienv cy is increasing steadily as the wort: continues. Last year England and Australia were couiztcted. s