Vol. XVl. No. 4.

Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, lllinois

Tuesday, October 15, l935

 

 

 

 

 

 

32/ Albert M. Lana

TEMPORARY diversion of atten-
tion from national economic con-
troversies to more potent foreign
affairs marks only a lull in the bar-
rage of: criticism so short a time ago
being laid down by Republican press
affiliates. At the instant of any drag
in the transpiration of events across
the seas we may expect a renewal of
energy in the direction of neWSpa~
per assaults upon the administra—
tion’s strongholds. Once more will
the great public spirited press grind
out its gospels of rugged individual—
ism and constitutional sanctity.
Again the news hungry eye shall
feast upon front page editorials be-
seeching the sadly misguided presiA
dent to harken to the sage council
of an editor rich in wisdom and in~
spired beyond measure with public
predilection and bencfaction. Not
for want of paternal guidance nor
yet out of our ignorance shall we
be ordained to suffer these iniquit-
ous usurpations of our sacred rights.

 

T0 VVHA'Il END this energetic
distortion of reality is directed is
not discernablc. The records of the
past two decades of journalism
must indicate to any editor the fu-
tility of continuing to follow the an-
cient line of reasoning drawn to the
conclusion that a newspaper is a
moulder of. public opinion. For over
two decades people have been dem-
onstrating their absolute disregard
of editorial comment and direction.
it is strange that journalism has
not taken cognizance of this marked
trend and adjusted itself to the con-
dition.

IN EVIDENCE OF the utter
idiocy of editorial policy consider
alone this new exponentcy of rugged
individualism. It is easily seen that
the apostleship was born out of re~
sistance to the administration’s at-
tempts at social improvement of the
masses. Nor is it more difficult to
recognize that the doctrine defines
the benefits as belonging only to the
elite. The newspaper is left free to
defame the government and; spon»
501' its disruption. The individuals
of the common hoard are branded
radicals and reds when they seek a
social advance. A dairy farmer be»
comes a rugged individualist and
seeks his due. His death is asked
through the medium of martial law.
His acts are vandalism and must be
punished. A cor-portion employs un-
fair, foul practice to attain the down-
fall of a small competitor. That is
unique-it is rugged individualism.
And a people—«so the editor thinks
——will accept it with all of its in-
bred asininity.

l... D. Gayton Talks
on Notable Bridges

Chicago was born great! So de—
clared L. D. Gayton, acting City
Engineer, to the Junior Section of
the W. S. E. last Thursday evening.
In the lecture, Mr. Gayton’s objec-
tive was to show the part played by
the Chicago River in the location of
this city. He reviewed the transition
from ferries to swing bridges and
finally to the present day bascule
bridges.

The lecture, supplemented with
slides, consisted of a description of
some of the outstanding bridges in
Chicago, the failure of several other
bridges in this country, and the de-
tails of a cantilever bridge in Cali.
fornia designed «by the lecturer.

Being considered an authority on
the failure of the famous Quebec
Bridge over the St. Lawrence Riv-
er, Mr. Gayton’s illustration of, and
talk on its collapse was especially
interesting.

At the next meeting of the Junior
Section, next Thursday, October 17,
at 7 p. m. in the Engineers’ Build-
ing, Mr. F. P. Walker, manager of
Sound Control Sales, U. S. Gypsum
Company, will present a talk titled.
“Acoustics.” ‘

 

 

 

 

kl. Q. Larson Tan

Bela Pl Delegate

In celebration of its fiftieth anni-
versary, the Tao Beta Pi association
began its annual national convention
at Michigan State College in East
Lansing, Michigan, last Thursday.
John O. Larson, senior civil and
president of the local chapter, is the
delegate who represented Armour.
The sixty-five branches situated
throughout the country were well
represented.

Visited Automobile Plants

Thursday, October 10, saw seri-
ous action including registration, a
business session, luncheon, dinner.
and a smoker. Business again ruled
Friday morning followed by a trip
to the Oldsmobile and Rec Motor
Works. Casting aside the more seri-
ous aspects, the delegates later en-
joyed a formal dance. Concluding
the serious business of the conven-
tion was the meeting Saturday, suc-
ceeded by luncheon and the Michi—
gan State-Kansas football game.
Formalities were drawn to a close
by the banquet on Saturday night.

Reports of Chapters

There was some work connected
to the convention which all delegates
were required to do. A complete
knowledge of the affairs of their
chapter was necessary, to be placed
in the fraternity records. As this
was the fiftieth anniversary, the con-
vention bad a special significance.

An Alumni Reunion, in the form
of a banquet and Monte Carlo
smoker, is to be held at the Swed-
ish club on November 15 by the Ar—
mour Chapter of Tau Beta Pi. Pro-
fessional gambling equipment for
the Monte Carlo will be secured by
Howard P. Milleville.

 

3. Minor to Preside
Over Tech Math Club

Sydney Miner was the sole officer
elected at the first meeting of the
Mathematics Club held last Friday
in the Electric Lecture Room. He
will preside at all matings and will
also head a program committee to be
selected ‘by him.

Definite plans have not yet been
made but several very interesting
suggestions were offered by club
members. Attempts will be made to
secure prominent speakers to lecture
on subjects of mathematical inter-
est. Professor Bibb will probably
give a talk on mathematical oddities
at the next meeting.

However, lectures will not be the
only procedure followed by the club.
Parts of meetings will be spent on
playing mathematical games which
will appeal to even the least mathe-
matically-minded student. If so de-
sired, social functions will ibe held.

The club intends, also, to inspect
the University of Chicago’s Math
Exhibit, one of the best in the coun-
try. Other points of interest will
also be visited.

The regular time for meetings has
not been set but two possibilities are
offered: alternate Fridays at 10:30
o’clock or in the afternoon at 4:30
o'clock.

 

Sophomores to Elect
Class Ollicers Today

Judging from the appearance of
the petitions presented to the elec-
tion committee, the election of soph—
omore class officers promises to be a
tight race. Balloting will be held to-
day between 8:30 and 2:30 on the
second floor of the Main building.
The election committee held a meet-
ing last Friday at which the pe-
titions were checked for duplicate
names, and the following ballot
drawn up: president, H. J. Bodnar
and J. D. Sheehan; for vice-presi-
dent, W. P. O’Brien, C. H. Pries-
meyer, and R. Worcester; for set»
retary, W. J. Chelgren and H. G.
Downing; treasurer, M. Schuman
and C. K. Nauman; for social chairv
man, S. E. Healy and G. Stober.

The retiring officers are C. E.
Dunbar, president; H. J. Bodnar,
Vice-president; C. H. Pricsmeyer.
secretary; J. Lindahl, treasurer; and
S. E. Healy, social chairman.

 

Board of Trustees
llas Annual Meeting

 

Monday evening, October 14,
1935, the annual meeting of the
Board of Trustees of Armour Insti-
tute of Technology was held at the
Chicago Club. Reports of the year’s
work, in their respective fields, were
presented by the Dean, the Treas—
urer and the Comptroller.

Outstanding educational and finan-
cial events of the year were sum—
marized by President Hotchkiss,
with specific reference to the prog-
ress that has been made in realizing
the various items in the development
program.

President Hotchkiss presented a
special report of his work during the
summer in investigating the opera—
tion of various engineering research
laboratories conducted by founda—
tions, colleges, and business corpora—
tions. He has been studying these
various research activities in order
to lay the foundation for the sys-
tematic expansion of engineering re-
search at Armour.

 

F. P. E. .9. to Hear

Mr. J. R. Wilson, chief engineer
of the Marsh-McLennan organiza-
tion, has been procured as the speak.
or for the meeting of the Fire Pro-
tection Engineering society next
Friday, October 18. The subject of
his address will be the "Engineers
Service to the Insured."

Fire protection students as well as
all other students are invited to be
present at this first meeting of the
semester at 10:30 in “C” Mission.
"Since the speaker is well informed
and holds a responsible position, an
interesting and educational hour is
in store for all who attend," prom-
ised E. R. Johnson, president of the
society.

The Fire Protection Engineering
society meets every alternate Friday,
and Johnson has arranged a sched-
ule including the following speakers
and subjects:

Nov. 1—.Mr. R. E. Dixon, super-
intendent of the auto department of
the Fire Association, on ”Automobile
Insurance."

Nov. l.5——~Mr. Goodman of the
Great Northern on “Automobile In-
surance Rates and Rate Working.”

Dec. 6—Mr. Holmes of the West—
ern Actuarial Bureau will show pic-
tures and lecture on “Fighting Oil
Fires.”

Student Directory
Will Be Ready Soon

 

 

 

 

1 A new and more convenient form

of student directory will be ready
for distribution within the next two
weeks, it was announced last Fri-
day !by Mr. Kelly. It will contain
the name, address, telephone num-
ber, class, and department of each

student, and it will include the
names, addresses, and telephone
numbers of the trustees, faculty

members, and employees.

Besides being in a convenient
form, the directory will be up-to-
date. The directories which were
formerly included as part of the an-
nual bulletin were always a year be-
hind.

The method of distribution of the
directory has not been definitely de-
cided upon, but it will most likely be
sold at the book store for a small
fee.

 

A.S.M.E. Will Held

 

First Meeting Friday

The Armour branch of the Amer-
ican Society of Mechanical Engineers
will hold the first technical meeting
of the year at 10:30 next Friday in
Science Hall. There will be a. prom~
inent speaker at the meeting but his
name has not as yet been announced.

Membership in the society this
year will probably the much larger
than it was last year, according to
A. M. Lane, president of the local

I group.

 

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New Engineer Will
HarierdlnmnlllleWs

The Armour Engineer and Alum-
nus is the new title of Armour’s
technical magazine. It is the objec-
tive of the managerial staff to pub—
lish a magazine of joint interest to
the Institute, the students and the

' alumni.

First locus Under Way

Alumni contact has begun and ma—
terial for the first publication has
been gathered. The issues are to be
for the months of October, Dccem»
bcr, March, and May. The October
number will come out the last part
of this month or the first part of
November.

Advertising contracts are being
negotiated and a local advertising
campaign is under way. R. 0. Pat-
terson, who is in charge of securing
professional cards, and M. S. Alex-
ander, advertising manager, will can-
vass downtown buildings through
leads furnished by D. P. Moreton.
About seventy-five probable prospects
have been obtained.

Hold Reorganization Meeting

A reorganization meeting was held
September 24 at which Professor
D. P. Moreton was elected chairman,
H. P. ‘Milleville, secretary, and Pro~
fessor H. 1’. Button, treasurer of the
managing board of the Engineer and
Alumnus. The reorganization com—
mittee is composed of H. P. Dutton
and W. Hendricks, representing the
Institute, 1-1. 1?. Millevillc and H. S.
Nachman, students, and D. P. More~
ton, representing the alumni.

The printing contract for 4000
copies of each of the four issues has
been let to Printing Products Com-
pany.

Photography for the October issue
will be in charge of R. Mansfield,
and that for the December number
in charge of G. A. Forte.

Freshmen Will Elect
lllllicers Next Friday

 

The freshman election will take
place on Friday, October 18 from
9:15 to 1:00 o‘clock. Ballots will be
distributed from the table in the
lobby of the main building.

The election committee has de-
cided that B. F. Oswald and P. W.
Comp are the only two candidates
possessing the required number of
signatures for nomination for the
presidency.

For the office of vice-president E.
C. Mitchell and J. A. Bobhill have
been nominated. A. E. Schmidt and
B. Windblad will vie for the position
of treasurer.

The freshmen seeking the office
of secretory are C. F“. Heign and J.
Barale. For social chairman the can-
didates are N. Rice, B. G. Anderson
and C. W. Rch; for the A. T. A. A.
position, between W. E. Kruse and
J. J. Ratto.

 

Next Play Feats res
Famous Julie Family

Selecting the play which was pre-
sented last semester by the members
of the Faculty Club for their own
amusement, the Armour Players
have started off on the 1935-36 sea-
son with work. on the play, “The
House of Juice.” This one-act play
is modeled directly after the current
stage hit, “Tobacco Road,” and
should prove interesting to those who
desire pure comedy as well as those
who desire a play with something of
substance to it.

The play was selected last Friday
by the members of the group after
a preliminary selection, made by the
officers and Professor W. Hendricks.
The first try-outs will take place in
the assembly hall on Wednesday,
October 16 at 5:00 p. m. Particular
stress is being laid upon the oppor-
tunity for new members, who will
be encouraged in trying out for this
first play. In order to aid those who
will try out on Wednesday, several
copies of the script have been placed
on file as “overnight books" in the
library and may be used by any stu—
dents wbo are interested.

 

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President to fie Elected by Class as Group
Departmental Representatives to
Form. Governing: Body

COMMlSSlON TO CHOOSE. OTHER CLASS OFFECERS»

 

There will be published shortly
a. Faculty and Student Directory
showing the name, year, course,
Chicago address, home address
and telephone number of each stu—
dent. If you failed to put your
latest address and telephone 7mm-
bcr on your registration card
when you enrolled, please make
this correction at once in the Rim-
irdrar’o office.

Freshmen arc to meet with.
their senior group [curlers Friday,
October 18, at 10:30 a. m.

 

 

 

All"; Musical Clubs
Elect New Officers

At a combined meeting of the or-
chestra and Glee Club in the Mission
last Thursday the officers of the Ar—
mour Tech Musical Clubs were elect—
ed.

Members eligible for office were
those who have had two years’ serv-

ice in either club. Those chosen
were:

President ........... G. W. Ormsby
Vice-president ......... F. L. Smith
Manager ............. R. H. Knahc

Secretary~treasurer . .G. A. Zwissler

Following this the Glee Club held
their election of officers for the com—
ing year. The selections were:
President ............ L. W. Robbie
Secretary ........... P. M. Martin
Manager .......... W. F. Schrcibcr

The first concert of the Glee Club
this year will be given during the
Armistice day program at Armour,
with two tentative concerts scheduled
for that same week.

'WS.E. to Hear Toll:
on Safety Problems

 

 

The next meeting of the local
branch of the Western Society of
Engineers will be held Friday. Octo—
ber 18, at 10:30 in B Mission. John
A. Massen, Chairman of the «City
Council Committee of Safety, will
address the group on problems of
public safety.

“Limited Ways——A Plan for the
Chicago Traffic Area," a recently
published report of the Committee
on Traffic and Public Safety, was
prepared under the supervision of
Alderman Massen.

According to T. S. Ramotowski,
president of the local branch of the
W. S. 13., Mr. Masscn is an excellent
speaker and has made an extensive
study of the traffic problems in
Chicago.

A smoker is being planned by the
local branch of the W. S. E. to be
held sometime before the Thanks-
giving Holidays.

Alpha Chi Sigma l'lolcl
Big Reunion Smoker

 

 

Last Wednesday evening the Ar-
mour chapter of Alpha Chi Sigma
held a smoker at the Craftsmcn‘s
Club at 2650 W. Washington Blvd.
The active members of the North-
western University were invited and
a large percentage of them were
present. The total attendance was
approximately 40, including alumni
members and pledges.

Entertainment consisted of card
games of all kinds, chess, checkers,
and singing. Also the pledges pro—
vided humorous skits in the form of
a floor show. Their “humorosity”
was of the queerest type, producing
no satisfaction among the audience.

Refreshments consisting of cof.
fee, sandwiches. candy, plenty of
smokes. and beer were enjoyed
throughout the evening:

 

Altruism and departmental politics;
clashed bitterly at the junior class
meeting last Friday. During a
stormy session presided over by
Frank Hackman, in which a good
many members of the class depart-—
ed disgustcdly, motions were made,
passed and voted upon, and then en-
tirely disregarded and forgotten in
favor of the new and diametrically
opposed motions.

“Eliminate. Politico”—Reh

Realizing that in the past depart-
mental politics had influenced class
decisions, a commission plan, present»

.cd by Paul Rah, was designed to

do away with class intrigue. Under
the commission plan of government,
each department would choose rcp-
rcsentatives for a committee which
would be the presiding and ruling
body of the class. This commission
would be headed by a class preol’
dent, to be chosen in some way not
clearly stated in the original plan.
A committee consisting of one rep~
resentative from each department
was picked to more clearly define
the functions and duties of the com»
mission plan form of government.
Those chosen were: E. Kreml, 80.;
R. J. Magnuson, F. P. 13.; P. .‘
Martin, E.E.; C. J. McCarty, C.Erl'
and P. A. :Roh, M. E.
Politico Divides Class , all
At this time some of the well laid'
plans and slates of a few of the dbl
partments seemed to be gone f‘i”
naught. Someone who still had that
political gleam in his eye, suggestedl
that nominations for class president,
he held from the floor and that im-
mediate vote be taken. In the ensu'l
ing hubbub, during which almost’
half the class left the meeting, the
following men, some not present}
were nominated: J. F. ‘Bartusek, Dy
N. Brissman, P. M. Martin, P. L. (3?.‘
Moore, 20. J. McCarty, and P.
Schultz. i
The election for president will be
held today, together with a final vote
on acceptance of the new plan which
is presented here as corrected by the
temporary committee last week. Dean
l-leald has, in general, sanctioned the
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Bookstore Staff to
Be Reduced to (has

 

Armour students have learned
since the beginning of the preseiiif
semester that. effective today, the
staff of the Armour bookstore will
be reduced to one man. Jesse Krenif
er, assistant in the bookstore for th'éé
past six years and in the cashier’s
office for four years before that has
been dismissed as an economy mess-v
ure.

Feeling among the student body
last week seemed to reflect the aphid
ion that the change will result in
considerable inconvenience to the stu-
dents. Questioned by a News reporter.
a number of students picked at rati—
dom expressed similar opinions.

Chemicals Will Hold
Meeting This Friday

 

l’resided over for the first. time by
its new officers, the American In»
stitute of Chemical Engineers will
meet this Friday at. 10:30 in the
Physics Lecture room.

The results of the elections held
under the new bylaws are as 3501*
lows: H. F. Milleville, chairmen; s“:
Wilhelm, secretary; 0. chskall
treasurer; and M. Z. Finnegan, ..
sistent treasurer. Millevilie is slur
chairman of the program committee

 

 

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‘Poulseu, and O. Zzneficsl