Vol. XVI. No. 2. Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago. lllinois Tuesday, October 1, l935 i Society Meetings on New Schedule Elimination of the confusion of engineering society meetings,,is cx~ pecied under a scheduletéi go into effect this week. Representatives of the five engineer ”Societies; E. R. . null 31/ Albert M. Lam: Amiouon OLOAKED by the . .. z .1 n shad-ow of the more pertinent Italo» Johnson, FI E' J' KPSCh' Ethiopian crisis Herr Hitler’s bid for A'I'E'E" A 31““ A'S'M‘E'i ‘1 " ’ P Mille‘vxlle .l Chm; and T. S restoratiOn lof Germany to her former place as a major world ,power is, nevertheless, progressing steadil The Chancellor has not found his course one of smooth sailing; but, be— ing skilled. in. the art of tacking“ he has been able to forgo , and in the Ramotowskif, W.S.E., met, last Friday afternoon with Dean Heald to plan the schedule of dates and places for meetings. ‘ The first and third Fridays of each month are to be reserved for meet- ings, of the professional. societies, while the even Fridays may be used for assemblies, motion pictures and other general programs. Under this schedule speakers can be secuiibd and meetings planned without fear of postponement because of conflicting dates. ”3 Weekly meetings are not banned by this agreement although it is ex- pected that general programs and the featured speakers of societies will fill the calendar. Minor organ- izations such as the archery, aviation, math and radio clubs will also be able to plan their meetings to insure having them on days when their members will be free. l‘ The rooms alloted for society meetings were also agreed upon and will be used for this week’s meeting: A.I.Ch.E., Physics lecture room; A.I.E.E., Electrical lecturc' room; A.S.M.E. Science hall; F.1’.E.S., C Mission; W.S.E., B Mission. face. of many: rebu s. and’his gains are. pronouncedly noteworthy. How well he will navigate his ship’gof state through the perilous channcl‘ he has recently entered will merit. close ob- servation. GREAT BRITAIN’S declaration of intent to uphold all future maria dates of the League without respect to what nation is involved looms as a serious threat to the Chancellor’s progress. General Goering’s confer‘ ence with Polish and Hungarian dips lomats in an isolated Prussian town points to a PolishJ—Iungarian bloc intent upon German seizure of Me— mel immediately after Sunday‘s clec» tion is reported and subsequent in- vasion, confiscation, and division of Lithuania. This would be the most likely place and situation for the opening of Germany’s campaign to re. claim the territories that she lost as a result of the World War. Britain’s startling annunciation of her newly founded protectorate policy is certain to disrupt this ‘ghit of Nazi enter» prising. Evening fichool May Register a Thousand Following registration last Friday the evening classes began last night. The registration last year was 40 percent over that of the year before and it is; possible that registration this your will show an equal increase; Lhc total registration may even reach 1000. The department}; have been enlarged by the addition of courses in Diesel Engineering and Industrial Management administered by Prof. Rocsch and Mr. Norman B. Schrcib~ er, respectively. Mr; Schrcibcr grad- uated from Armour in 1925 as a mechanical engineer and has been employed by McDonald Bros, ln- dustrial Engineers of Boston. A major improvement has been made in the evening school whereby a student, in four years, may com- plete the first two years of any en- gineering- course that. is offered to the day students, with full college i (rcdit leading to a Bachelor of Sci‘ 4 once degree. 1 Students desiring the degree must adhere to the usual college entrance requirements and standards which are listsd in the Bulletin and any questions will be answered in the Registrar’s oil'icc. FAILURE OF local projects is not making the course easier to navigate. More sinister than the good that. may accrue to his soul is the dictator’s re— cent confession of defeat in his at- temp at religious control. Govern— mental persecution of the Prussian Confessional synod clergy, directed by Hans Kerr], reich minister of church affairs, and executed through Reichbishop Mueller and his follow. ers, has precipitated the alienation of the sympathies of many thousands of formerly loyal Nazis. The propaga— tion of a program of military recla- mation of lost territories demands do~ mcstic' tranquility and cooperation— a situation that cannot obtain with religious controversy cxistant. The compromise offered to the Confession a1 synod is but crudely disguised state church control, and the ministry has disdained it. lNDEClSlON ON the part of thcl Nazis of the scope of application of‘. marriage and sexual relationship lam islation enacted last week, points to the administration’s consciousness of the advisability of modification of the purging programs. It is generally felt that too large and powerful in- fluences Will be affected toward re- sentment and governmental opposi— tion if the laws are made binding up- on all people showing any trace of Semitic blood in their lineage. Under existing conditions of militaristic ambitions, officials deem it more ad- visable to suppress the enthusiasm of the official promulgation, Julius Streicher, and declare the legislation to be directed exclusively against those of pure Semitic strain. Men Appointed to Fill Cycle Staff Positions Believing that an early start will make for a bigger and better Cycle, editorial and executive positions have been filled. As yet many of the po— sitions have not been brought up to the Board of Publications for appro— val, John B. Davis, senior F.P.E., heads this year’s Cycle staff. Eugene A. Heike, an assistant editor, will head the sports department, while William A. Chapin will manage the business end, and W. F. Schreiber the adver— tising. Other positions will be filled in the near future. ’lfilrathwohl Admitted to Phi Delta Kappa Professor Krathwohl received surprising honor this summer when he was elected to a membership in Phi. Delta Kappa, the professional educational fraternity. Only about ten per cent of those who specialize in education are elected members, and Professor Krathwohl has spe~ cialized in mathematics. During the past summer he took two courses at the University of Chi— President Welcomes Members of Faculty Members of the faculty and their wives who came to Armour in 1934 and 1935 were welcomed at a re- tccption held at the home of Presi- dent Hotchkiss last Sunday after- [1001']. Dean and Mrs. Heald and the cage—Anne a course in Advanced Educational Psychology and the heads of the departments to which lather Personnel Admin/lauration in these new members belong were also Institutions of I Higher Looming. invited. .., _ of .. l l l l l l l Remark Made by “ Musdcol filubs fell? Personnel {irony Rehearsal for the 1935-36 season of the Armour Tech Musical Clubs will begin tonight at 5 p. m. when the orchestra meets for the first time, and Thursday night, October 3, at 5 p. m. when the glee club will hold their first meeting. Any new students who play an instrument and would like to join the orchestra, or any student who likes to sing and wants to join the glee club are urged to start by at- tending all the meetings. Last year the musical clubs gave about fifteen concerts including three concert-dances which were held in conjunction with girls’ clubs, There will probably be between fif- teen and twenty concerts this year c.onsistinp,v of orchestra and glee club Find Employment Book Excess Expense “Is the personnel office at Armour all that it should be?" This question is asked by the senior class pr-rsonu» nel committee who wonder if the per— 'sonnel officer hasn’t been hampered by handling the N.Y.A. work and by lack of funds. “Has the Institute reduced Lhe office to mere occasional checking of names?” The committee is headed by Wil- liam Alt who was president of the class of ’36 last year. He is assisted by J. F. Kahles, J. 0. Larson, H. P. Milleville, W. G. Rundcll, and R. B. Ruppert. Last week the committee issued the following report: "This committee was uppointcdi dill; dill/lbw “l0 db llhhbldhbll lldrlddmrls llllhdhlldllll "to about on blldlih mean. H. 'l‘. Mould, PTOT. .l. .l. Schommer, and Prob. ‘W. lil. Amcbnry to lie the Main ENTERTMNMENT New students are urged to attend l the traditional Freshman Handshake, the first social event of the school iycar, which will be held tomorrow A Course in Refrigerating En— gineering, tang-ht by Profcnnor Libby, will. mom? in D Mission Mondays and Wednesdays hot 10:30 and Thursdays at 9:30. The course is for non-moclmnlcalo. Credit will be two scmcelcr hours. Armour Mission. In lieu of introduc— tion which is the prime purpose of the event as implied by the title, identification cards will be attached in a conspicuous place to all those last semester for the purpose of de— numbers with several L ‘ 50‘ tel-miningr the feasibility of printing 19;“th The“ programs WI”, be an employment booklet to be distrib. given M banquets, and meetings. There also will be several radio uted to personnel men and employers of engineers. Our problem was to find the reaction of these men to such a plan. We found engineers and employers divided in their opin- ions; the majority of them gave the plan careful consideration and came to the conclusion that it was an ex-- pensive undertaking for the [graduat- ing class, and that the cXpocted re- sults would not be forthcoming. Our study of the booklet has led us to believe that it cannot obtain its' ob» jcctive. broadcasts by the Glee club. Wfida. Will Present 'll'allko by Engineers , During the coming: school year, the Western Society of Engineers will offer a variety of talks by prominent men on topics of interest to profes- sional and student engineers. The program for the month of October, to be held in Room 1200 of the Engineering Building, is as fol- lows: “The Advancement of the Junior mour alumni are most interested in Engineer", on Thursday, October 3. the school, we suggest that the grad The speaker will be Frank F. F’owle, uates be presented to the alumni President of the Western Society of through the Armour Enginccr. ’l‘hesl‘lnginecrs. graduating section of the Cyc'c could An inspection trip to Chicago be inserted in the last issue of this Plumbing”Jr Research Laboratory, 1503 publication with relatively small cost South Michigan avenue on Monday, to the individual and thereby come October 7. to the attention of nearly four thou- “Chicago River and Its Cross— nand men. lugs", by Loren D. Gnyton, acting “(2) We rccbmmcnd the use of in— City Engineer, on Thursday, Octo— dividual data sheets in some form or her 10. other—preferably standard so that “Problems of the Engineering the personnel oilicc could make use Profession”, to be given on Monday, of them. [October 14, by Dean A. A. Potter of . Recommendations “(1) In view of the fact that Al'— “A very pertinent question comes Purdue University. up at this time. ls the pcrsonnell “Acoustics" will he the topic dis- oflice at Armour all that it should cussed by S. P. Walker of the U. S. be? Has the institute reduced the Gypsum Co. on Thursday, October office to more occasional checking of 17. names? Has the personnel officer “The Science of Weather Fore- becn himself hampered by lack of castinu” will be given by C. A. Don< funds, or has his time been devoted nel, Chiel‘ Metcrologisl. of the North to too many incidean things of no Central Forecasting District on importance to graduates looking.r for Thursday, October 24. ,‘ employment? We believe that these “Applied Psychology” to be giv- questions are very pertinent and en by Prof. Crane of Northwest— worthy of investigation and consid» l crn Univcrmty will close the month’s oration.” lprogram on Thursday, October 31. "ldroolitionul Freshman (lib/“cert flap issue Again Pops Up for Seagulls As freshmen gather their forces to the “green cap fortress.” there are mumblings among the sophomore masses of impending clashes with those bold enough to forsake the pro— tection of the green cap. It is rumored that sophomores arc drilling daily and having sham bat— tics by way of removing trousers and retreating with them to the Students Union in accordance with tradition. F‘r shmen seem to be passively stay— lady known as “loss of pants." Feroc» ity of noon hour skirmishes has be- come directly proportional to the number of green hats not worn. All the battles were in favor of the sophomore troops until the rebelli- ous freshmen held the defiant field two days before Thanksgiving" when ing in the protection of the fortress sophomore reserves were all van- but sophomore talk reveals that quished. there are sinister activities being; The burning: of the dummies, the general “depantslng‘”, climaxed by the rush are still memories of the “Battle of '38 and ’37.” Wear Your Caps Now it is the right of the class 01' ‘38 to enforce the wearing of the green cups by the present freshmen. The sophomore class issues a written edict as follows: 1. Green caps will be worn when weather permits from the day after the freshmen handshake until Thanksprivinc~ Day and from St. Patrick’s day until the Frosh-Soph Rush. 2. Caps must. be Worn within the urea. bounded by Slst street on the planned and that the stragglers will soon be put in line. No skirmishes with outposts have been reported yet but if the boiling of unrest continues the days after the Freshmen Handshake should be active ones. . What‘s. it All About? Just two years ago the class of ’36 declared unpreccnclented war on the class of ’37. An emperial procla— mation was issued by the organiza- tion reading something: similar to the following, “All freshmen must wear green hats or suffer the loss of their pants and other torments.” The re- sistance of stubborn freshmen was i l l i th it's right, the power to have the class th i M ’38 we” the green cap. This ,M" attempts will be made to extend the tie green morsel of a head covering; active work over a larger number became known as a cure for a ma- of men than before. ' North, 35th street on the South, Michigan Boulevard on the East, and ‘ chtworth on the West. 1 overcome by continual “depontsing” cold May baths, and nail polishing. Last year the class of '37 took as attending the event. Entertainment and talks for the evening will be in keeping: with the informal spirit manifested in previ- ous Handshakcs, as well as in other social events at Armour. Professor John Schommer will be one of the speakers of the evening and will un- ll‘layero lineup to lllleei; Wedneoday With the dramatic successes 01' last year to add incentive to further work, the Armour Tech Players are holding a meeting,r at 5:00 p. m. on Wednesday, October 2, in the As- sembly Hall of the Mission for the purpose of organization and plan- ning of future production for the 1935-36 season. unlimited repertory of amusing anec- dotes, for which he is deservedly famous. jokes, it might be well to note that a freshman can be distinguished from an older student by repeating one of Professor Schommer's last year model stories, and noting the effect on the student in question. If no evidence of laughter is seen, the student was obviously here last year, and has heard the joke before. Dean Heald will be another among the speakers who will strive to in— still the Armour spirit in the incom- ing Freshmen. Professor Amsbary will read selections from his poems, including: his “Captain of the Mor- gucritc,” which has been one of the highlights of the Handshake program for several years. Representatives oi the Campus Club and the Interim» tczrnity Council will also address the Freshmen. Much. speculation has been offered as to the internal capacity of Armour ‘ students. It has even been rumored i that the older they get the hung'ricr lthey become. This matter will be lsettled at the Handshake when the perennial cider and doughnuts will be served. Those in the know have intimated that there will be no lack of refreshments however ravenous the Armourites might be. After res fi-crhmcnts Armour’s Arm Twisters Last year‘s stage production hit an all time record as far as student popularity was concerned. With the record of the production of last year—“In the Zone", “The Belle of St. Stephens”, “Dress Reversal”, “The Boer”, and the four not play, “The Red Robc”--—4bchiud them, the Clubl will have to do some excep- tionally fine work to come up to the standards set by the group of ’34“ ’35. They will be greatly handiu capped by the absence of Hugh Bis- bee, A] Kulpok, Sidney Krieman, Mike Pantonc, and Bob Schwarz. An influx of new members, it is hoped, will bring new strength to the Armour Players. With this in mind, freshman and others who may be interested are requested to at- tend the first meeting. Ail. S. Rd. E. to Hold First Meeting Next Friday .. The Armour branch 01' the Ameri— han Society of Mechanical Engineers will hold the first meeting; of the se~ otherwise known as; wrestlers will muster on Friday, October 4, at stare a wr stling match. 10:30 a. m. in Sciencc Hall. An ad- This year’s Handshake will be dress will be given by Mr. Leonard of the parent society. ' conducted by the twelve Freshman group leaders, who are W. Alt, E. A. Hcikc, R. R. Johnson, J. O. Larson, ll. P. Millevillc, I). J. Neal, R. M. Paulsen, R. A. Peterson, F. X. Pop- per, A. J. Rosen, C. L. Dusell, and R. Warner. This will be in the form of an or- ganization meeting, and all senior, junior, and sophomore mochanicals are requested to be present. Efforts is year will be made to organize e functions of the local body, and Eisniorb Meeting to be Held Today Today at 11:30 the senior class will hold a meeting in the Assembly Hall of the Mission Building. A nominating committee consisting of three men from each department and one from the science department will present a slate drawn up at. a meeting held yesterday at noon. In addition to the presentation of the slate, a captain for the baseball and for the touchiootbull team will be elected. Announcements of per- sonnel appointments for the seniors with W. N. Settcrberg of the per- sonnel ofiice will be made. E. .l. unassisted Eiresideui at Alfidi. The Math club desires also to ex" -~ press its welcome to Mr. James Pool The A. I. E. E. held a short meet- ter, who has been added to the stofl’ ' ins: on Friday morning for the pur— of mathematics instructors. Beside,llOSe of electing a PI’QSME‘D‘: i0 re~ having done research work in ‘ place C. H. Glos. who did not return physics and electricity on Contact l to Armour this semester. Three: men potentials, he has worked on €01n~lW9T9 "Olmflfits‘di P- L. Slugs; F“. A » munication methods for wartime use lMarWtin, and E. J. A rsch, and the ist— for the U. S. Naval Research Lab. tcr emerged victorious with 3 major- oratories. iity in the initial tballot. Sophomores are urged to take an interest in the society, so that after graduation they will benefit through the associations and contacts which have been made. Math Club Plans to @rganize on Friday The first meeting of the Math Club will be held this Friday at 10:30 in a room to be announced on the bulletin board; all students and faculty members are invited to at— tend. The meeting; is to be devoted, to organization and the planning oil the program for the year, a numberl of interesting features being under1 consideration. ‘ evening, October 2,.ut 7:30 in the: doubtcdly draw from his apparently In connection with these. mlwns-bxmwhumn»);