Armour Institute of Technology,'Chicago, illinois

Tuesday, May 5, I936

 

 

 

By S. M. Miner
DURING THE PAST WEEK, in-
teresting developments in affairs of
national interest have been many and

varied. In light of this fact, your
writer shall presume to touch lightly
upon several outstanding, or interest
catching, events.

For the fourth time in the history
of the United States the Senate has
impeached a federal judge. Only
twelve times has the Senate sat as a
court of impeachment, one addition-
al indictment having been dropped.
Yet with all the dignity and import-
ance of such an action, it is alarming
to note that the “serene and broad-
minded" Senate could not throw off
its partisan yoke, and as a conse—
quence, former Judge H. L. Ritter
(Rep) of Florida was impeached by
a solid Democratic vote, only five
Republican senators being willing to
find him guilty. A further point of
note in this case is the fact that Rit-
ter was acquitted on all of six dif-
ferent technical charges brought
against him in connection with fraud
and corruption, and was only can.
victed on the seventh charge, that
of general misbehavior and the
bringing of scandal and disr'cpute
upon his court.

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AGAIN THE SENATE Lobby In»
vestigating Committee, headed by
Hugo L. Black, comes to the front.
In spite of a definite rebuke in the
form of the Senate’s refusal to ap-
propriate funds, the work of the
committee seems to be progressing
at a rapid pace. While some of the
actions of the committee are ques-
tionable. certain of its findings are
worth looking into. For example:
the “grass-roots conventions”, hailed'
as “expressions of American Demo.
cratic traditions," were found to
have been supported by such disin-
terested parties as John J. Raskob,
Pierre and Lammont DuPont, arid
Alfred P. Sloan. Similar connec-
tions have been found to exist with
the American Liberty League and
the Farmer’s Independence Council
of America.

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IT WILL BE INTERESTING to
watch the campaigns of the two lead—
ing parties for the presidential of-
fice, particularly in light of informa-
tion given out by Dan Hastings,
“Washington representative" for the

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dob-Seeking Course
Proposed to Juniors

 

Last Thursday, Mr. John Miller of
the Millar Publishing Company
spoke to members of the junior class
commission about establishing a
course in job seeking. Briefly, the
course, as outlined to the juniors,
would be held one hour each week
during both semesters of the senior
year; its object being to apply system
and science in assisting the seniors
in finding work.

The first semester would include
personal analysis of industrial con»
cerns and each student would be re—
quested to make special analysis of
one company. Special attention
would be given to new industries and
new jobs. The second semester
would be similar to a course under
Mr. Miller at Grinnell College, Iowa,
which proved successful this spring.

“Seniors w e r e systematically
brought into contact with potential
employers, were assisted in self-an-
alysis and were counselled on the
problem of how to apply for jobs and
how to effectively ‘sell themselves.’
Alumni were contacted and asked to
assist and speakers who were invited
were interviewed and entertained by
the students. Invitations to week end

 

conferences were made through the
president’s office."

Members of the junior commission
were asked to prepare a report in the

subject and present it to the admin-,

istratiun.

A.T.S.A. Election
to 3e Held Soon.

Election of officers for the A.T.S.A.
for the year 1936-37 was tentatively
announced by present officers for the
first week following Junior Week.
Offices to be filled are those of first
vice president, second vice president,
and secretary. Eugene Heike automa-
tically becomes the first president of
the newly formed A T. S. A., having

been that vice president of the A. T.
A. A. for the past year.

Those nominated last week by the
nominating: committee are: For vice
president: H. J. Bodnar, C. W. Dun-
bar, and J. D. Sheehan. For the po-
sition of second vice president the
nominees are: J. F. Bartusek, W. A.
Chopin, and S. M..Miner. The nom-
inations for secretory are: W. J.
Chelgren, W, R. Marshall, and E. l“.
Wagner.

This is the first election to be held
since the change from the A. T. A. A.
to the A. T. S. A. One of the ob.
jections to the old organization was
that prominent athletes were invari-
ably clectcd to office. This was due
to the general misunderstanding
caused by the misleading name Ar
mour Tech Athletic Association.
Now, with the name Armour Tech
Student Association, other outstand—
ing students besides athletes are
named for election.

Dr. Jakob Addresses
Joint Society Meeting

 

In a well-prepared and simplified
lecture, Dr. Max F. Jakob, interna.
tional scientist in the field of heat
transfer and thermodynamics, ex.
plained his studies of the intricate
problems connected with evapora-
tion at a joint meeting: of the A. I.
Ch. E. and A. S. M. E. student chap
lOl'S last Thursday morning.

Beginning with a brief history of
evaporation, Dr. Jakob showed that
very little is known about the process,
although it has been used for a long
time. He then began a description
of the apparatus he and his col.
leagues used for studying the tem—
peratures at different points in an
evaporating liquid in an attempt to
verify the equations of the super.
heating of liquids and the formation

of bubbles proposed by two noted au—-

thorities in the field.

For the purpose horizontal and
vertical heating surfaces were used.
Photographic and cinematic methods
were employed to study the bubbles
formed, while stroboscopic measure-
ments enabled him to find their frc.
quency of formation. The types of
bubbles originating at smooth, half—
smooth, and rough surfaces were de.
scribed as well as other qualitative
results.

With the data obtained in these
experiments Dr. Jakob was able to
calculate a coefficient of heat trans—
fer.

Award Four Books as
. Prizes for A,S.IW.E.

Four engineering books will be
awarded to the outstanding members
of A. S. M. E. at their next meeting
on Friday, May 22. The faculty of
the mechanical engineering depart-
ment donated three of the books, and
the national A. S. M. E. will present
the fourth book. The awards will
be made on the basis of the students’
activity in the affairs of A. S. M. E.
for the past year. The books to be
awarded will be placed on exhibit in
the library today.

“The Engineers’ Manual” by
Ralph G. Hudson, “Fan Engineer—
ing" edited by R. D. Madison,
and “Air Conditioning and Engineer-
ing” edited by the engineering staff
of the American Blower Corporation
will be the three books awarded by
the faculty. The national A. S. M.

. will present the “Biography of
John Alfred Brashear.” After the
awards are made, the election of of.
floors for the coming school year will
be held.

 

‘ L. Holmes is Elected

President OfA. I. E. E. ,

New officers of the A. I. E. E.
were elected for the ensuing term at
a meeting held last Friday. Those
chosen for office are:

 

President. . . ........... L. Holmes
Vice-President. . . . . .R. Liebmann
Secretary ....... . B. Johnson

 

 

Treasurer. . ...... J. lloutsma
Professor Freeman was unanimously
re-elected counsel for the society.

Following the election, final plans
were made for the A. I. E. E. picnic
to be held at the Indiana Dunes on
Thursday, May 14. Baseball and
swimming in Lake Michigan will fea~
ture the afternoon program at the
picnic.

Mechanicals See Air
Conditioning Project

 

 

Last Wednesday, 45 members of ‘

the mechanical engineering depart-
ment made a tour through the air
conditioning plant of the Tribune
Tower. The group consisted of A. S.
M. E. members and students in the
air conditioning classes. The stu—
dents werc accompanied by Professor
Nachman. The air conditioning up.
paratus is about 30 feet long and
is used to condition air for all the
offices of the building. Mr. R. M
Morrison, chief engineer for the Tri-
bune, conducted the group, explain.
ing the mechanism of the different
sections. Of particular interest were
the condensers and the cvaporators.
The outstanding feature of the ma-
chine. in its low cost of operation
which is only twenty-eight cents per
ton of refrigeration per day.

 

Frutemities Plan
when Home Night

Important facts concerning the
participation of Armour fraternities
in the Junior Week events were dis-
cussed last Friday at the meeting of
the interfraternity council in the Tao
Beta Pi rooms. Paul M, Martin,
head junior marshal, asked for the
fraternities’ cooperation in the inter-
i’raternity pageant and in the inter-
fraternity sing which is annually a
part of the spring concert of the mu-
sical clubs. The schedule of events
for Junior Week was read, and limi-
tation of entries in the interfratci’-
nity track meet was discussed. En-
tries in the meet must be made at
the latest on the day before the meet
transpires.

The Interfraternity Open House,
the first of its kind at Armour, will
be held on the evening of May 12.
A progressive dance is the main fea~
ture, giving the men and their dates
an opportunity to visit several houses
during the evening. All non-frater»
nity men are invited, the only re—
quest bclng' that no stags try to take
advantage of the situation. To quote
John Scott, president of the inter-
fraternity council, “We plan to make
this an annual affair. At other col-
leges it is one of the highlights of
the year. All the fraternities at Ar-
mour are participating, and all Ar—
mour men,_ fraternity or non-frater-
nity, are invited. The houses will
probably be open from 8:30 until 1
o’clock.

In addition, the interfratcrnity
council will conduct a registration
booth in the lobby of the main build-
ing on the school Open House night.
Graduating high school students and
other guests of Armour will be asked
to register. It is hoped that this
will make contacts which will re-
sult in advertising both for the school
and for her social fraternities.

Dean Heals? Artemis
Philadelphia Meeting

Dean H. T. Heald returned yes-
terday from the eighteenth annual
convention of the National Associa.
tion of Deans and Advisors of Men
which was held at Drexel Institute in
Philadelphia. The convention was
in session April 30 and May 1 and
2. Dean Heald attends these meet.
ings annually.

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Players To Enter
hi. if MA fiemid’inals

Paiticipationfl in the semi— finals of
the N. Y. A. Drama I‘estival at the
International Amphitheater comes
as a result of the outstanding per—
formance of Falsmfl by the Ar—
mour Players last Wednesday. The
semifinals will take place on Wed—
nesday evening, May 6 at 10:20. The
judges of the N. Y. A. competition
selected the Armour Players as one
of fifteen college groups in the Chi-
cago area to compete at the Amphi.
theater.

To Present Puppet Show

The determining factors in the
judges’ decision were the fine acting:
of the players, especially that of
Monte MacConnell and Sydney Miner,
and the realistic scenery designed by
Richard Lischer. The selection by the
iudges is a compliment to the able
direction of Mr. W. B. Fulghum.
Ii'rrlsmh was the first Armour play
under his direction.

Close on the heels of Falstaff fol—
lows the Armour Players’ next pro-
duction, a puppet show which will be
presented on Open House night, next
Monday, in Science Hall. Scenes from
Christopher Marley’s Faust will be
adapted for the performance, which
will last for fifteen or twenty min—
utes, and will be repeated several
times at intervals throughout. the
evening.

Liucher Designs Scenery

Lischer, president of the Play-
crs’ organization, and designer of
the last setting, which was praised
highly by the N. Y. A. judges, will
design the scenery and take charge
of the lighting" effects of the marion-
ette show. L. Cuneo has made the
puppets and their costumes. The fig”
ures will be manipulated by G. Dan-
forth and F. lirachovsky. Voices for
the mar'ionettes will be supplied by
L. Canon and R. Weissman.

The production of Fuuyl. will be
the first attempt at anything of its
kind by the Players, and they expect
it to be highly entertaining. Lischer,
an architect, suggested the idea, and
it was he who supplied the greater
part of the motivating force which
was necessary to put the plan over.
This production will also be the first
to be staged by the Players as an
Open House night entertainment.

 

Chemical Fraternity
Initiates Eleven [Wen

 

Eleven pledges were initiated into
Alpha Chi Sigma, national profes-
sional chemical fraternity, last Tues-
day and Thursday evenings in the
Alpha Chi Sigma rooms. Those in-
itiated were: G. F. Hagenauer and
J. Kahles, seniors; A. J. Allegretti,
R. A. Clarke, F. Hackman, F. D, Hof-
fert, L. F. Kacel, and W. Waite,
juniors: and H. J. Bodnar, W. R.
Marshall, and R. T. Smith, sopho.
mores.

 

FREE. Hears Talk
on Special Hazards

 

A discussion of the sc-‘ution of
some problems met in the fire piotec.
tion of special hazards was presented
by Mr. Benjamin Richa1ds, manager
of Underwriter 5 Service, at the meet-
ing of the F. P. E. S. last Friday.

Mr. Richards stated reasons why
insurance companies must pay close
attention to special risks. The num—
ber of risks have increased, compe»
tition between insurance companies
has caused low rates, and the value
of property involved has greatly in.
creased.

Sprinkler systems almost universal—
ly favor the first line of defense, and
hose the second. More scientific
methods applicable to special cases
are foam extinguishers and carbon
dioxide gas with special thermostatic
controls.

In concluding Mr. Richards said
that he believed regulated sprinklers,
universal alarm systems, detectors
of smoke and flame, and even the
radio promise to be important future
fire fighting apparatus.

 

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Freshmanfiophomore Ball Game, luteriratemity
Baseball Finals, and Open House Night
All Featured on Monday

HOLD FRATERNlTY OPEN HOUSE FOR FERST TlME

Mechanical Honorary
initiates Four Men

Four junior mechanicals were in-
itiated at the annual spring initiation
of Pi Tau Sigma, honorary mechani-
cal engineering fraternity. The men
initiated were II. L. Appol, J. F.
Bartusek, J. lllousck, and P. A. Rob.

The initiation was held last Tues-
day evening at 6:30 in the Midland
Club. Professor Nachmun of the
faculty was present. The dinner was
held in a private room at the club,
and after the initiation, cards were
played.

Sewage Plant to Be
inspected by Calcite

 

An inspection trip which will con.
sist of a visit to the Calumet Sew-
age Treatment Plant and the Tow
rence Avenue lift bridge, now under
construction, is being negotiated by
Professor R. L. Stevens for the lat.
ter part of this week.

Several other trips of a similar
nature are being planned, according
to Professor Stevens.

A.LCh.E. Hears Tulle
By H. W; Eastwood

“Chemical Engineering Develop.
ment of the Phosphorus Blast Fur—
nace” was the topic of a highly in«
formative lecture given by Dr. H
W. Eastwood of the Victor Chemical
Works at last Friday’s meeting of
the A. I. Ch. E. Illustrated with
slides and equations, Dr. Eastwood’s
lecture described this comparatively
recent development in chemical engi.
necring.

Supplanting‘ to a great extent the
old method of wet decomposition, the
blast furnace method was developed
to its present high state of efficiency
only after much calculation and
years of experimentation. It was
found that adjustments had to he
made on the theoretical calculations
involving the determination of blast
furnace temperature, the ratio of
silica to lime, and the melting; of
slag. These difficulties were over.
come, however, and as a result [1
huge plant was built by the Victor
Works to provide for the increasing:—
ly important problem of phosphorus
production,

The topic was especially appropri~
ate in that the seniors have just
completed their annual A. I. Ch. E.
problem. which this year consists of
the planning and design of a phos-
phorus plant.

Engineers Discussed
at W.S.E. Meeting

“How to conceal the depths of his
own ignorance is one thing: a collect:
graduate has learned,” stated Mr. H.
C. Herring as he began a talk on his
philosophy of life at the last W. S.
E. meeting. He said that a man’s
success depends not only on knowing
himself but on knowing: his fellow
man as well. He emphasized the no.
cessity of a graduate engineer at.
tending as many organization meet-
ings as possible, being able to meet
people of all walks of life, and being
able to carry on intelligent discus»
sions.

With the semiannual W. S. E.
smoker coming off Saturday, May 9,
the participants are anticipating~ a
grand time. Movies, card»ploying,
swimming, and refreshments will
make up the entertainment for the
evening.

 

 

Plans are now complete for Ar.
mour’s thirty~first annual Junior
Week, actlvdics beginning on Mon-
day, May 11, and extending through
Friday, May 1!”). Paul M. Martin, the
head junior marshal, is chairman of
the committee which planned and will
direct the events of the week. The
junior marshals who are assisting
Martin are E. A. Drocgcmueller, me—
chanical, I. Holmes, electrical, H. P.
Loli‘miller, architect, P. L. G. Moore,
civil, P. R. Schultz, chemical and sci-
ence, and R. E. Winkler, fire protect,
A complete program for the week
will be included in the issue of the
News which will be distributed next
Monday night.

Monday will be hobo day, with a
special prize going to the wearer of
the most unusual costume. Hobo day,
this year, is open to students of all
departments. At 10 a. in. will be the
finals of the interfratcrnity baseball
tournament, to be followed at 11:30
by the judging for the hobo day
prize. The freshman-sophomore base-
ball game will be played at 1 o’clock.

Open House starts at 7 1). 1n., and
closes with an informal dance in the
gym, to which stags will not be wel-
come. The exhibits at Open House
will be of a spectacular variety, set
up in a way which will attract the
non-technical visitor. The physics
lab will include experiments show-
inir Bernoulli’s principle, liquid air,
a workingr model of a geyser, a ther-
moclcctric magnet, a discharge tube,
and a stroboscopo. In the organic
lab the sophomore chemicals will be
working on i'urfural and cosmetic ex—
hibits, and will perform nitration,
sulphonation, estcrification, and frac-
tionation experiments. The freshman
chemistry department will have its
usual colorful display, and in the
electrical lab will be :1 Tesla coil
with a five—foot spark gap, and ex-
periments illustrating the use of a
rotating magnetic field, grid glow
tubes, short waves through the hu.
man body, and mechanical forces
produced by current—carrying con-
ductors. The freshman and civil
drafting rooms will display the best

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Chemicals Take Trip
To Sherwin-Williams

 

Durimr the visit to the Sherwin.
Williams’ paint factory last Wednes-
day, the senior chemicals witnessed
the various chemical processes used
in the manufacture of their prod.
ucts. The trip lasted most of the
afternoon and proved to be one of
the most interesting of the senior
course.

Contrary to the custom of some
previous years, the class was not
obliged to hand in written reports
of the trip, however some of the
men submitted oral reports of such
excellent quality that the faculty
felt that the trip was an invaluable
experience to all.

The senior chemicals still have
quite a number of inspection trips
to make before their graduation. The
plants to be visited are the Al‘f’l‘lf‘l'«
Daniel-Midland company, the Com.
mercial Products company, the Uni.
versal Oil Products company, Lever
Brothers, Universal Atlas Cement
company, Central Chemical Manufac-
turing, company, and the Graselli
Chemical Manufacturing: company.

All senior chemicals are required
to participate in these trips as a part
of their regular work, and in the
opinion of many. they comprise the
most interesting part of the entire

 

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