i..—.—————-me&ww Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois Tuesday, November 19, l935 311 Albert M. Lmtc THE SAME MORNING paper that informs us of a jury finding in a trial that reeks to the high heavens with the stench of political corruption in our fair city devotes an entire page to contradicting itself in a mat— ter of national importance. Editori- ally, commentorily, and reportorially it informs us that our national gov- ernmental body has benignly set about to relieve unemployment in Germany by buying" steel for the Tri- borough Bridge from that country. It further informs us that the gov- ernment is only thinking of buying the steel abroad, while it also dis- closes that the steel will not be bought from any but domestic mills. THESE TWO ITEMS are of com— mon generation. The same state of political depravity gives rise to each. The first mentioned case was antici- pated in this column some months ago, and further factual relation would not be significant. The con- flicting statements contained in the latter are of little individual import- ance. If the government agency had awarded the contract to any one of the domestic producers who had en— tered their bid, that same newspaper would have attacked the agency, charging incompetency in not detect- i111.r the self-evident collusion entered into by the producers, all of whom quoted an identical price. The paper would also have decried the purchas» ing of the steel at a price higher than the lowest bidwforeign or other» wise. THE MOTIVE that prompted the full—page splurge is the matter that deserves attention. The purpose of "n attack is simply to discredit tht~ administration and dissipate its strong popularity, for it does not favor the private interests of that minority of the citizenry to which the press caters. As the current crop of local political leaders are engaged in the exploitation of public trusts, so too are these private interests engaged in pillaging the fruits of human labor on a national scope. THE EXISTENCE of the political conditions which permit and encour' age in this nation wide exploitation and hypocricy is not a product of re- cent manufacture. It is, rather, an heritage handed down through the ages. But neither in rhyme nor in reason can there be found an excuse for its long life nor for its continu- ance. Education can stamp it 0121’. Upon educators, whether they will or no, was long ago placed the solemn charge to organize the crusade against political abuse—to perpetuate a widespread participation in public affairs by educated men. Were I an educatm, no man would sift through my hands without that be master every thought embodied in that mas- terpiece of progressive thought, “The Public Duty of Educated Men,” so ably delivered at the commencement of Union College in 1877 by George William Curtis. Kercher to Tolls on Praeticai Statistics Roy Kercher will address the Math Club this Friday at 10:30 a. m. in Science Hall on the subject, “Prac— tical Statistics.” Professor Davis will give a talk in December, and several freshmen and undergraduates are scheduled to talk under the new policy of the Math Club, which is to invite students to present the papers rather than professors and other men. work with subject of a senior in the science department. is of the Armour Besides taking special Professor Davis on the statistics, Kerchcr, engineering news editor the Cynic last year. Tech. News, is a member of" the wrestling team. and was business manager of leigAr Adonis Engineering Edacoi'ion l Awl‘ Sees Editor/oi Subjects Locizing Speaks at Armistice Assembly American troops in the great war comprised a “spear head of dcv mocracy thrust into the heart of autocracy," according to Mr. George I. I-laight, prominent attorney and an Armour trustee, who spoke at the 2111' nual Armistice Day assembly last week Lands Engineering Training In an interview after thee seirbly, Mr. Haight lauded engineering edu— cation as being excellent training, but found fault with the tendency to over-specialize. Later he said, “To get along in the world a man must be good—this may be achieved by specialized education—but to be bet» ter a man must also have a general education. An engineer should not confine himself to technological sub- jects, but should also study econom~ ice, history, and other social sub- jects. This knowledge will not only be broadening but will have practical application in the professional world.“ Mr. Haight suggested that generrl cultural subjects be taught in the freshman year and continued as hob- bies by the students in their later and more specialized years. Mr. Haight became a trustee at the invitation of Dr. Hotchkiss two years ago. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and is presi~ dent of the Wisconsin Alumni Re- search Foundation which he organ- ized. . Has Many Hobbies During the World War Mr. Height was actively associated with Rear Admiral W. A. Moll‘ett in organ— izing civilian recruits. He is very versatile in his interes s and has now- erous hobbies such as etching, paint- ing, music, writing, history, and rc- search in the natural sciences. In his talk, after declaring that he is opposed to war in general and that he is in favor of the present neu- trality policy of the administration. Mr. Haight stated that he is neither a militarist nor a pacifist, but that he believes that there is a line be- yond which one cannot retreat, a point where a nation must stand and make its fight. “Peace at any price is the philosophy of slaves,” be de- clared. On the premise that war is justi- fiable in some cases, Mr, Haight grew 1 a list of rights which he considers are worth fighting for. Among these are the right of religious freedom. of freedom of speech and of the press. of peaceable assembly, of trial by jury, and the right to petition the government for redress of grievu ances. ELI]. Pledges Eight, Includes Science Men Two students of the science de— partment, R. S. Kercher and N. Gcr~ her, were pledged by Phi Lambda Upsilon, honorary chemical frater- nity, along with six chemical engi: neering students last Thursday eve- ning. This is the first time that sci- ence students have been pledged to any departmental honorary. The men who were required to take a written quiz and a laboratory examination, are N. Balai, T. M. Gil- kison, R. S. Kercher, L. W. Robbie, and C. D. Rodriguez, seniors, and H. 0. Bauermeister, N. Gerber, and P. R. Schultz, juniors. February 7 is Now Date of Ara: Dance Because of a program conflict and because the other school dances fall around December 6, the annual Arx i‘See Shortage of Engineers by “$38 A shortage of engineering gradu- uutes by 1938 is expected unless there is a change in the demand and sup- ply for college trained engineers. This statement was revealed by a re« cent survey and was brought oul in a discussion between Plesident Hotchkiss and N.“ J. D. Cunning— ham, chairman of the Board of Trus- tees, last Tuesday evening over ska. tion WCFL. “It is the increased diversifiea~ tion of work for engineers that will undoubtedly contribute to the antici. pated shortage of technical men in the latter part of this decade. Young engineers now are going out into smaller companies than formerly, and small corporations that have not heretofore employed engineers are finding technically trained men val- uable," said Dr. Hotchkiss. Through research, these engineers have themselves created new prod- ucts and industrial methods, with the result that five new companies were launched in the middle of fhi worst depression of modern times. President l‘fotchkiss said. “One of the most important ways we can de- velop keen minds and sound think- ing which are so necessary to any creative engineering work is to stress more and more the importance of thorough study of the basic sciences, like mathematics, chemistry, and physics. It is in the application of the fundamental sciences that proc— rch along technical lines has been made in recent years." Schoofi Abide Will Ac first This WeeA After much hard work by the of~ fice staff and members of Sphinx, the new student directory is finished and ready for distribution. The boolp store will have them for sale early this week, at twenty cents a copy, the charge being a basic one covering only the expense of printing. Through the efforts of Sphinx, honorary fraternity, a brief account and listing: of officers are given for every organization connected with the school—honorary and social fr»- ternlties, clubs, societies, and the present officers of the four classes The main portion of the book is de- voted to the names and addresses of all students, faculty members, trus- tees, and employees of the Insti‘ute. Another interesting feature '5 nc complete text of the Armour Tech Athletic Association constitution since it is obviously true that a huge majority of the students are ignor- ant of the contents of this document and the powers of this body. Along with the A. T. A. A. constitution is printed an itemized list covering: all the uses to which the $19 yearly ac. tivity fee is devoted. This book should be considered an essential counterpart of every stux dent’s school equipment, as it is truly informative. Engineer and Morgue Move to €ivil Offices This week the Armour Engineer and Alumnus will move to its nculy prepared office in F Chopin, which was formerly occupied by the civil engineering department. The editorial staff will assume charge of the larger of the two' offices, while the small office is to be occupied by the business depart- ment. Desks, tables, filing cabinets ball has been FOS‘EDO‘QGL} until Feb- and other equipment are now being lruary 7. The program conflict leomes as a result of the problem which the senior architects have due during" the week while the honor of having- the first social event of the second semester is an additional factor in the de- cision to change the date. of December 6,1 l 1 1 obtained. The present plans are to centralim at these offices all cuts, photo- graphs, and pertinent equipment of all Armour publications —— the A“- mmir Tech News, Cycle, Armour 1 Nine Are Anifiiated into Tau Acts Illinois Beta of Tau Beta Pi, the Armour chapter of the national hon« orary engineering fraternity, cele» brated the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the organization at a reunion banquet held last Friday evening" at the Swedish Club of Chi- cago. Prior to the banquet initiation ceremonicri were held for nine sen- iors. They are: Don C. Graham, John H. Johnson, John F. Kahlcs, Victor J. Kropf, Albert M. Lane, Theodore S. Ramotowski, Wesley S. Wcitinrr, Otto Zmeskal, and Gordon A. Zwiss- (’1‘. The banquet, which was character» ized by the fact that there was no formal speaker, was attended by ap- proximately fifty alumni members of the Armour chapter, as well as by the professors, active members and initiates. Following the dinner an informal get~togcthcr and Monte- Cnrlo smoker was held. The prize for the evening went to V. J. Kropf, who, however, did not receive the full benefit of it, for practically all of the candy of which the prize consisted was consumed bym the members. HONURAAIEA T0 BE [N ’35 CYCLE; STALL TR YFOA PRICE £3le Impairment of Cycle quality is out of the question. Such was the de- cision rendered at the meetingr of the Interhonorary council and represen- tatives ol' the professional societies and fraternities last Friday. How- ever, the representatives favored re- duction of the cost of Cycle panes. Recommendation by the previously appointed committee that the group refuse to pay the present rate was not accepted as the poll taken in~ eated that less than half were in favor of the plan. Take Definite Action Definite action however was taken in the adoption of the following,r resolution: 1. As representatives of the honorary and professional fra- ternities and societies, we believe that the quality of the Cycle must not be impaired. 2. We believe that the honorary and professional fra— ternities and professional societies should not be required to pay as large a proportion of the Cycle costs as they are now doing. 2. We dc~ mand a statement from the A. 1‘ A. A, of its budget with a view to. ward a larger appropriation for the Cycle, if possible. Cannot Afford Coot Representatives of the A. I. Ch. E. and A. S. M. E. stated that these .m— cieties were unable to afford present prices, while opinions of tha remaining groups were highly diver- sificd. According to O. Zrneskal, who rep. resented the A. I. Ch E., ”The cost of Cycle pages is too much for the prof onal society because it takes so great a sum out of the treasury that no other functions can be held Funds can be put to better use in professional matters. It would take three-fourths of our dues for thi Cycle pages this year. The profes- sional society does not get as much for its money in the Cycle pages as the honorary group gets." Finances of Schooi Exp/lained’ at Banquet Two-hundred alumni and faculty members heard Pat Barnes and War- ren Brown speak at the annual win- ter banquet of the Alumni Associa— tion last Tuesday. Mr. Barnes dram- atically related several of his World War experiences among which were many that amused the audience while Mr. Brown told of his rise from a cub reporter to the chief of the sports staff of the Chicago Herald and Examiner. Questions pertainii’isr to Armour Institute and the activities about school were asked for, and answered by W. E. Hotchkiss and J. D. C‘un— ningrham before they left for their Engineer and Alumnus, and various plates belonging to the Institute. (Continued on page 3) 111.3 iAAAA TA AAAA’A AAAAAAAA AA AAAAAAATWA AAAAAAA AAAAEAA ”AA A A AAAAAA Mechanical Engineering Students Would Attend School and Work at Outside .lob in Alternate Periods and a part of Armour’s clas Heald made known last week. Demo H. T. Heald ‘iAAitrse of Joer Saroloes Trade Mayoi Kellv won’t have to censor the play The House of Juice to pre- vent its showing at Armour next Thursday at 11:30 in the assembly hall if anything is to be made of the mixup at the rehearsal which was held last Friday night. When Professor Hendricks walked into the assembly hall and found that for the second night in a row a member of the cast was absent from rehearsal he went into 1.1 rafre, said he wouldn‘t hear the rehearsal and that the play should be called off. Then to top it off Joe Kubert re— signed as stage lighting: manager because somebody was interl'erring with his work. It looked as if" the play, if run at all, would be without faculty super» vision and would be run in the dark. After much coaxing by the opti- mistic stage manager, Syd Miner, Professor Hendricks listened to the rehearsal and Joe Kubert agreed to resume his duties. Four Fresh in Cost Classes will be excused at 11:30 for the play, if it is held. Admission will be free to students. The cast for the play is as follows: Jezabcl Juke ...... Lawrence Cunco Sam Juke .......... Ray Dodirc Juke Jukc . .Richard Weissman Jake .lukc ...... Mounty MacConncll; Mazy Case ........... Waltei Cump Assisting in the production are Professor W. Hendricks, faculty di- rector; S. Miner, stage manager; R. Lischer and J. Kichaven in charge of scenery; J. Kubeit, lighting man— ager; and W. Emmerich in charge of costumes and properties. Play Should Be interesting How successful Mary Case, a pref. ty young girl, is in reforming- Jake Julie, a son of the degenerate “duke" family, is revealed. ,1 The “Juke” family is unique inl that it is proud of its degeneracy The opposition of the family to every—4 thing that is normally thought de-i cent and respectable, when it is real! ized that such thought and environ—l, ment in most likely a moderated de- E gree exists in life. is well summed‘ up in the naive description of lim ard Vincent O'Brien of the A bat-co Rond‘L—v‘W‘Vlien 1 so“: the pin I felt as if I had had 11 personal.~ conducted tour through :1 sewer) l THlRTYuFl‘l/E PLANTS WOULD CDOPERATE “Industry will supply the jobs, the college will supply the education," student body may, and work at a coordinated outside job in alternate periods. Dean A year round program of this nature, lost- ing five years, with a B. S. degree as in the near future, attend the goal, will be adopted if the plans of the executive committee of the Armour Board of Trustees for 9. co- operative course in mechanical en— gineering: to supplement the regular course are materialized. The plan, which, it must be re- membered, has not yet been acted upon by the Board of Trustees, took shape largely through the efforts of Thomas S. Hammond, a member of the board, assisted by Professors Finnegan and Huntly. Several colleges of engineering, among; them M. I. T., already pro- vide opportunities whereby a stu‘ dent may divide his time between school work and his job. Two men could therefore be employed for each job, one working while the other is attendingr school. Periods of eight weeks are planned for the Ar- mour courses. Choose Men Carefully It is intended, if the plan is ap- proved by the Trustees, to have stu. dents in 35 plants during the first year. An industry desiring to do so could hire additional men the fol- lowing year. Wages for the student while on the job would be the only expense to the company, because the alternate would receive no compen- sation for the time spent in school. Students will be chosen with great care, the mime factor being their inability, due to financial reasons, to attend school without the aid offered by the cooperative plan. The ma- jority would come directly from the high schools, but the corporation may, at its own discretion, select some of its promising employees to put through school. Tuition to Be Same Tuition for the course will be ap— proximately the same as for the reg- ular students, but because of its five years duration the cost per year will be less than for its companion four year course. The subjects presented will be the regular mechanical engineering- studies. but due to the fact that stu- dents attend all year, the courses will be taught separately to the group. Fifty weeks of college work per year for five years will lend to a degree in mechanical engineering. Two weeks vacation will be given during1 the school year, but none during the working year, other than regular factory holidays. lWould Record Progress A member of the facuty would be assigned to the task of coordinating: the college \vm'k and the industrial experience. He would keep a record of the individual's progress both in the factory 11nd in the school and maintain the relationship between the company and the college. Due to the fact that they would be away from the school for periods of eight weeks, the cooperative stu~ dents would be quite unable to par» tieipate in the extra—curricular sell?» election of officers {oi picsiimnt;1§. itiL’s of the school. {A E. Norris Elise-ted Cliemefsm President Cliemolum. senior chemical or; izntion, met lns1 week and held .11: the \93 . elected were 0.1;. . Fretmd, master of » Those ; (-. A. Forte end ll. G ‘. 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