Page Four ARMOUR TECH NlEWS Tuesday, February l8. l936 By T. H. Watts According to the Daily Athenueum, student publication of the Uni- versity of West Virginia, the average person who reaches the age of 70 years, spends 23 years sleeping, 13 years talking, 16 years eating, 23 years in pleasurable activities, and a year and a half working. -’l‘~ ‘ ’l—I Slips That Pass in the Nightln—Advertisement in Mississippi State College Reflector—“Pickled Pigs’ Feet, We Put Up Our Own.” =lx fit 7'! Bob Kiphuth, Yale’s swimming coach has resorted to diving,r helmet and vest to get a “fishveye view" of his squad in action. it and has used the plan all season. “Five meals a. clay” advocate two Yale University scientists. . . . Men have been elected to the presidency on less appealing slogans. The University Daily Kansan has adopted the policy of printing the names of professors who keep their classes overtime. . . . On to a, bigger, and maybe better, pupal-l At last it has been settled. The Kansas University's debating society decided in their debate Jan. 8 that the Ford expedition to Europe to stop the war was a failure. Although blind for 25 years, Percy Hale, Yule All-American in 1900, hasn’t missed a game since 1911. The sophomore ”Vigilance Com- mittee" of Dickinson College, Cur- liole, Pm, was run out of existence by the freshmen this year. “ Who wants a job?” asks the stu- dent employment bureau. at Stanford University. It is looking for the fol- lowing—~11, twp dancing instructor, a barber, three or four women to worlc in a. college shop, ushers, concession wlcsnutn, and a ten pica-c orchestra. During the fall semester students at Louisiana State university held their annual wild west rodeo. In ad- dition to the regular wild west sports of bronco busting and the like, the rodeo this year will include a cow- milking contest. The object of the contest will be to fill a pop bottle in place of the regular voluminous milk pail. The sloppiest chemistry student of the University of Minnesota will be awarded an apron to hide his un— tidiness at the “molecular whirl," better known as the chemistry stu- dents annual dance. So many stu- dents have competed for the prize, according to the Minnesota Daily, that rubber sleeves designed for pro» testion against resting arms on the tables, will be given to the runners- up. The Trombones oi the University of Michigan band have adopted the habit of freezing in the cold weather they have up there. Last year when the some problem Fonfronted the bond some ingenious person sug- gested anti-freeze, but that made most of the bass players ill. This year the problem has been solveed with grain alcohol. The situation has been changed from stiff instruments to stiff instrumentalists. From the Technician, Newark Col- lege of Engineering—- "01' the Freshman class at R. P. I.” fifteen per cent are sons of en- gineers," sixty per cent are sons of business men or bankers; ten per cent sons of farmers and artisans; and six per cent sons of educators, doc- tors, and burners." Evidently nine per cent are non-conwnittal! One hundred ninety-fine freshman in Arizona university confessed that the main reason for their coming to college was to get a polishing with— out undue exertion on their Ila/rt. Union College (Poughkeepsie, N. Y.) is considered to be the most ex- pensive ol:‘ the women’s colleges in the United States. It costs approxi- mately $1,350 to cover the yearly expenses of each student. He recommends In order to attend the University of Oregon, one student travels alone 1,700 miles from Sitka, Alaska, in a sixteen-foot dory. . . . He’s probably still at sea or should we say it with c’s. “The University of West Virginia “wins the Goose” with a column by Herb Welch called Welch Rare-bits and then there‘s “The Campus Tide” by Eb and F10. A student at Syracuse University works his way through school by keeping watch over the county morgue from 6 o‘clock in the evening to 4 in the morning. . . . We’ll stick to “Lights Out” and Powers. A professor at the University of De Pauw travelled fifty miles to see his basketball team play. As the game broke up he readily accepted a ride home with an acquaintance. But it wasn’t until he had set foot in his house that he remembered he had driven his own car to the game. Hav- ing to teach the next day he sent his wife to get it. So he stopped at the depot and bought his wife a round trip ticket. . . . Ho hum! Dr. W. D Hinson, Newport, Ar— kansas always carries six watches— four of the pocket variety and two wrist affairs. It is not known whether he wears two pants suits, or feels obliged to every Tom, Dick and pick-pocket, or wants to out-Tibbals- Tibhals. And then there’s the Purdue gem of the week: Rich man, poor man, fraternity brother, fraternity broth— er, etc. This isn’t Fire Prevention Week or anything of the kind but chaperon your cigarettes—don’t let them go out alone! To which the Exponent says,-— “She didn’t want a chaperon, she wanted her chap alone.” Gotta go now! Fraternity Notes According to the reports at least, it seems that all the mid-semester dances and parties were highly sue~ cessful. 3; a}: 4: Kappa Delta Epsilon announces the initiation of the following men: Joseph Kichaven, ’37. Bernard Juehinsky, ’38. Jacob Krumbein, ’38. 1 21 The recent election at the Phi Pi Phi house resulted in the following executive committee: E. A. Heike, president. D. A. Forberg, vice-president. F. M. Widell, secretary. C. W. Dunbar, treasurer. >5 * 7|: At the Dell: house, Gallagher and Davis have been selected to repre- sent their chapter at the coming Western Division Conference of all the Belt chapters. fit ' 33 Pi Kappa Phi is pointing with pride to Thomas’ appointment to the position of advertising manager of the News. News from Theta Xi discloses that plans are being made for an alumni smoker. SdDEthES (Continued from page 1) ural conclusion to be drawn is that the present administration is due for an overwhelming defeat. PAST Literary Digest Polls have been good indicators as to which party would become our law making body. However, farmers and people of lower income have been well di- vided during these periods. The fore- casts based upon the straw vote re- turns were usually quite accurate in spite of the fact that citizens hav- ing lower incomes could not be reached. The sample ballots were probably weighted down with the names of telephone subscribers or automobile owners. The present administration has en- deavored to assist the farmers, low wage earners and unemployed. Many of these people do not have tele- phones or automobiles. The present poll as conducted may therefore be unconsciously biased. RESULTS obtained in the Janu— ary poll of The American Institute of Public Opinion conflict with the Literary Digest forecast. Their poll, smaller than that of the Literary Digest, predicts that fifty-three per cent of the population is in favor of Roosevelt’s policies. The waning popularity of the New Deal has also been indicated. The percentages of votes lost in several states since 1932 are: Connecticut, three; Massa— chusetts, four; New Jersey, five; New York, seven; Illinois, nine; Michigan, four; Ohio, three; and Pennsylvania, two. These losses are slight in comparison to those of Wis- consin with fifteen per cent; South Dakota, twelve; North Dakota, fif- teen; and Minnesota, eleven. DEMOCRATIC polit' ians will probably consider the Literary Dis gest Poll results most favorable. Out of every one hundred voters, thirty— eight are absolute supporters of the New Deal, but the entire sixty-two others are by no means non-sup- porters. At least fifteen or twenty are non-partisans who favor only certain parts of the New Deal. In November they will vote neither for all of the administration’s policies including the good and bad ones, nor for a Republican platform which dis- approves of all these policies. The choice will be between Roosevelt and a Republican nominee. If Hoover were running against Roosevelt, how many people would vote for Roose- velt despite the fact that they dis- like both candidates? How many farmers of the Farm-Labor Party would sooner vote for a liberal Dem- ocrat than for a conservative Ro- publican? These are a few of the things that keep Republicans and Democratic politicians awake at night. THE REPUBLICANS could as- sure themselves an overwhelming Victory if they would select a reput- able candidate and proceed to divide Roosevelt’s support by adopting all his successful policies and refuting all his failures. The Liberty League and the Republicans have assured the people that they possess no such thoughts. They propose the repeal of all measures enacted within the last three years, whether they have been of a beneficial nature or not. On the other hand the New Dealers defend all their policies including the good as well as the bad. Alumni Banquet Will Be Held on June 2 At their last meeting the Board of Managers of the Alumni Association decided on June 2 as the date of the A. I. T. alumni annual spring banv quet. Although the time was definite— ly set at 6:30, the decisions regard— ing the place, prize, and entertain- ment were postponed until the next meeting of the Board which will take place today, at the University Club. A most important feature of the banquet will be the election of new officers; a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, two board mem- bers and a trustee. From two to three hundred alumni have always co—operated to make the banquet an outstanding success. It is planned as usual, to make every effort to start out the graduating class members as good Armour Tech alumni. Invitations to participate will he sent out later. llaly’s Youth Ready To Follow Mussolini This was written for the Associ- ated Collegiate Press by Jonathan B. Bingham, chairman of the Yale Daily News, who has just returned from an extensive tour of the conti- nent on an assignment from the New York HeraldTribuna— —Editor. By Jonathan B. Bingham The Italian youth has but two ideas in mind, to become a soldier and to £01104” Mussolini. At least that is the case with five million boys and girls who belonx,r to the great Fascist youth movement, the National Balilla Institution, for their motto is “To- day Balillas, tomorrow soldiers, al- ways Fascists." And there is ample evidence that they believe heart and soul in that motto. Movement Imported Erwin Above There is nothing spontaneous about the Italian youth movement, entirely imposed from above as it is, and with every other organization sup- pressed. The control is in Rome, os- tensibly in an executive committee, but actually in the hands of one Renato Ricci, a young man himself, who is responsible only to Mussolini. Regional and local committees carry the orders down to the individual groups of boys and girls, these being organized into boys from ten to four— teen and from fourteen to eighteen, and girls of the same ages. Although membership is not com- pulsory, the privileges which accrue to members and the social pressure brought to bear on non—members and their parents has made the growth of the organization prodigious, a million and a half in the last two years to a total of over hall’ the youth of the country. The Fascists claim a unit in every village, no matter how small, throughout Italy. Raise Their Boys To Be Soldiers While the girls in the movement are proud to consider themselves as mothers of future soldiers, militar- ism is already a reality to the boys. As the visitor is shown through a “Balillu House,” or movement club- house, his youthful guides will dis. play the greatest pride in the arsenal, a formidable array of rifles and machine guns that are for from toys. The effort to make war seem glori- ous to these children is further seen in the provision of motorcycles and other equipment that are naturally exciting and attractive. Perhaps the most appalling aspect of it all is that, although undoubted- ly every young boy is envious of his older brothers on the way to Abys- sinia, militarism is to him not so much a matter of hysteria and wild excitement, as an essential, accepted f/é/VIA ALPHA EPf/Lo/V FRAI‘ERNITY WAS FOUNDED 1N part of his existence wi hout which life would hardly be conceivable. The teaching of discipline and unques~ tioning obedience are an expressed purpose of the Balilla organization and contribute largely to this result. However, it cannot be denied that the young Fascists are offered numerous advantages. Besides the libraries and radios and occasional movies in their Clubhouses, every ef- fort is made to provide equipment for sports, even in the smallest towns, where there is likely to be u combination club-room and gym- nasium, and some sort of athletic field Youth Gains Many Advantages The acme of this type of develop- ment is found in the Fora Mussolini, on the banks of the Tiber near ROme, where three or four marble- lined stadia, a similar number of huge swimming pools, and gym- nasiums and tennis courts galore at- tract hundreds of boys and girls every afternoon. One receives the impression, however, here as in the camp presently to be described, that too much effort was expended on the spectacular and too little on the prac- tical, there being space for little but mass formation athletics. Adjacent to the Foro Mussolini is. the Accadcmia Fascista, the training; cggrégnmc. wuo WASIWICE EL- NEVER some A RACE As CAPWNP HEW/is omen-=9 CAPTAIN in «For Rossml 0‘ Museum, T0 LEAD THE LION CREWK WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF me u. 0F ClNClNNATl LAW SCHOOL IN lOz YEARS! school for leaders of the movement, organizers of sport, and camp of- ficers. They learn not only physical training and drill, but the best ways to instill the spirit of Fascism into their charges, the latter being ad- mittedly considered the most import- ant of all. Team to Touch Fascism Nearly all Balillas have the op- portunity to attend a camp for a month or so during the summer. Many of these are not dissimilar to our simple boys’ camps, but the ideal towards which the state is striving is totally different. One of the best ex- amples of this type is to be found at Ostio, where a magnificent, mod- ornistic building, with a stream—lined tower and much chromium plate, is the “Camp.” With the exception of the remark- ably big beds in the dormitories, there is no place in the shining; angular-furnished rooms for relaxa~ tion 01' comfort, and the playing field is a walled-in enclosure with- out a shade-tree. Here, as every- where, discipline is the keymote, and, as the children march to their various exercises, not many smiles are to be seen on their faces. Mus- solini, whose pictures and sayings are everywhere on the pastel—tinted walls, is their god, their ideal, and they must be true to him. Money-hotels which“ helps ppm smolsers diesel we ml” they “The money-back offer introduced me to Prince Albert," says John T. Norton, '38. “It’s great." 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