Vol. XVII. No. 6. ltll hilt lthhdtd f "ltd Sillllhhlb Al till it ldfitlllhtl Three Seniors; Seven Juniors Honored by Fraternity S. M. SPEARS PRESEDES Seven juniors and three seniors were pledged to Tau Beta Pi, honor~ ary engineering fraternity at a gen- eral assembly yesterday in the audi— torium. The three seniors were: W. Alt M. E., E. J. Kirsh E. E., and A. H. Rice M, E. Those juniors honored were: H. 0. Bauermeister Ch. 13., W. A. Chapin E. E., N. Gerber S., E. A. lleikc Ch. 13., P. M. Martin E. E., S. M. Miner M. E., and L. E. Zwisslcr C. E. To be eligible a man must be, Soholastically in the upper quarter of his class if he is a senior, and in the upper eighth, if a junior. The con- stitution of that national fraternity requires; “distinguished scholarship as a necessity but not sufficient rc- quirement for membership. Integrity, breadth of interest inside and outside of engineering, adaptability, and un- selfish activity, all bear heavily upon election.” All of the men pledged have dem- onstrated their scholastic and leader- of engineering societies, activity on 5% inches- school publications and the various student clubs. One of their main $233Jill;filglfiei‘lifliiibiel‘éig Samara Will Hold Private informal After the pledging which was in charge of the faculty sponsor of Tau Beta Pi, S. M. Spears, the stu- dent body heard L. W. Wallace, director of the Association of American Railroads who spoke on “Experience—-A Great Teacher.” Members of the senior class will launch their next social event in the form of an informal supper—dance on Friday, April 24. Although no con- tracts have been signed as yet, R. junior Commission M. Paulsen, student social chairman, announces that the site of this affair Plflflfi Formal Dan-95 will probably be the Oriental Room of the Knickerbocker Hotel on the Last Friday, members of the Junior near north side. Class Commission met to discuss Rightl‘ully chosen is this beautiful plans for the eventful Junior Formal ballroom with its symbolic decora- which is t0 he held Friday, May 15- tions and illuminated glass dance The two most favored locations are floor, for the class of ‘36 has already the Medinah Country Club and the found the true merits of the Knick— South Shore Country Club. Although crbocker’s sociality during its Junior these are some distance from the cen- Formal and a freshman dance. Danc- ter Of what one might call the Armour ing is to begin at 9 p. m. and the district, which would include Chicago rhythm will be set by Emil Flint and and its suburbs, it was thought by most of the commissioners that any— one going to the formal dance would have a car and distance travelled is a minor consideration. An orchestra has not yet been sc~ lected, but Emil Flint, Charles Gay- lord, and Stan Norris have been sug- gested. One of the problems yet to be , met is whether or not expensive:Physzc3 SE31£ent3 t0 favors are to be presented. The com-l W3it U. of C. Museum missioners claim there is a sentl-I l mental value attached which should not be missed; however, the other NEXt Friday, M31141 27. the Bel- sidc of the problem is the fact that field PhySiCS MUSE‘Im 0f the Uanerv| their omission would mean a decided sity of Chicago will be turned over decrease in the cost of the dance. to Armour students. All sophomores Tuxedos have been arranged for taking physics 201 and 202 Will take by J. C. Stern, civil representative. the trip. Any faculty members or The suit, vest, shirt, collar, tie, studs other students who wish to go, may and links may be obtained for $2.50 also attend. the hours being from 9 with a special courtesy card for' to 12 in the morning and 1 t0 5 in Armour students. Well polished black; the afternwn. The entire museum shoes are very satisfactory, patent will be open to Armour students who leather not being used so much. may remain through both periods if ithey so desire. The museum is lo. catcd at 57th street and Kimbark Ancient’s Solutions Avenue, and is most conveniently reached by the 55th street surface Shown to Math Club cm, I In addition to the experiments on “Analytical Geometry as Used by display last year, fifty new ones have the Ancient/s” was illustrated by been added this year. The majority! George Thodos, sophomore chemical of these are of the type that may engineering student before a meet- be worked by the individual viewing ing of the Math Club last Friday the apparatus. , The most striking morning. Three' famous problems experiment at the present time is a, were worked—the trisection of an model of the apparatus used byl angle, duplicating a cube, and Michelson for measuring the veloc-l squaring a circle. ity of light. Other features of the At the next meeting of the club museum are displays showing the Mark Dennis will present a paper progress of certain inventions from entitled “Trick Mathematical Prob- the original models to present day lems.” types. his orchestra, a familiar group at class of ’36 activities. Bids will be $1.50 and open only to senior students. Expenses for the evening will be met partially by the sale of bids and by the treasury. . . MALLER OF WISCONSIN as he soars over the bar at 13 (cc! ship ability as class officers, officers 4 inches. A moment lam he broke the meat record M 13 fee! allege medley relay. Salamander Pledges Three New Members At a meeting of Salamander, hon- orary fire protection fraternity, in the Salamander rooms on Monday, March 16, the following“ men were pledged: R. J. Magnuson ’37, G. J. Svehlu ’37, and It. E. Winklcr '37. The pledge captain is D. N. Briss- man. The initiation is to take place about the middle of April. Before the pledging, the active members met and discussed plans for either a smoker, a possible boat trip, or a for- mal dinner dance as a farewell to the seniors. Cost for Players” @neuocter lmirror-2n “Prince Hal and Falstaff" by Wil- liam Shakespeare will be the next one-act play to be presented by the Armour Players at an assembly duiu ing the middle of April. Most of the major parts in the play were cast at tryouts last week but several minor roles are open to candidates. Those chosen so far are as follows: Prince Hal . E. Danforth. Falstaff—ms. M. Miner. Mrs. Quickly-—P. W. Cump. Gadshill—H. M. Ross. Bardolph—R. Weissman. Sheriff—ad. Mashman. Poms—F. M. McConnell. The play consists of several of the comic scenes in Part I of “King Henry IV" written by the English Bard in the year 1597. The prin» cipal characters are Prince Hal, the Prince of Wales and heir to the English throne, who is a portrayal of typical Elizabethan nobility, and Falstaff, a swashbuckler-lug brag- gadocian knight who is in the ser— vices of Prince Hal, Falstaff is con- sidered the most comic character in all Shakespeariau literature, the plot of this play being one of the many humorous adventures that Prince Hal had with Falstaff in “Henry IV." Richard Lischer, president of the Armour Players said, “We are at» tempting" to produce for the student body a large variety of types of plays. This is the first Shakespear- ian play we have ever attempted.” A small charge will be made by the Players to help defray expenses." " ll EMME‘YJ'" Va 33%?» w mfg; k¢ Above—TOLMICH 0F WAYNE, winner of three Hrs! places, breaks the tape in the 10 yard dash. I'D Below—DUNBAR 0F ARMOUR takes the baton from Neal In “IE: —PhoI-os by Ray Mansfield Cities Releases Student Averages Cottcrman Leads Seniors; Sciences Are First Scholastic standings as released by the Office of the Registrar reveal averages in general to follow senior- ity, the senior class being first with an average 1.89, the junior class sec- ond with an average of 1.59, the sophomore class third with an aver. age of 1.51, and the freshman class last with an average of 1.37, An interesting coincidence is the one-hundredth point difference in averages of the high-point men in each class, F. D. Cottcrman, M.E., heads the senior class with an aver- age of 2.95, William B. Graupncr, E.E., is high point man in the junior class with an average of 2.94. William R. Marshall, Ch.E. with a 2.93 aver— age led the sophomore class. In the freshman class three men are tied for the lead with a perfect A average each; they are George J. Del-rig, John D, Keane, and Edwin J. Loutzenheiscr, Jr. The average of the entire undclu graduate student body, totaling: 730 students, is 1.58. (Continued on. pug/1' 3) Komarcwsky to Talk to A.£Ch.E. Friday Mr. V. I. Komarewsky, who is do- ing- research work for the Universal Oil Products Company, will discuss the education of a chemical engineer in Russia and Germany and compare it with our system in his lecture be— ‘forc the local A. I. Ch. E. chapter next Friday morning. Mr. Kem- arcwsy has studied in Russia and Germany and is well acquainted with their educational systems. While he is doing research work on catalysts, he is also lecturing: on the subject to the senior chemicals. The meeting will be announced on the bulletin board as usual and will be held in D Mission at 10:30 a. in. Friday, March 27. At a meeting of the junior section of the A. 1. Ch. E. last Friday morning, F. D. Hof— fert, assistant copy~reader for the Armour Tech News, was elected as- sistant treasurer to fill the vacancy left by the absence of J. A. Rena strom from school. Outstanding Perlormancc Turned in by Tolmich 0t Wayne With Firsts. in Dash and High and how Hurdles This Held" in can Club The penthouse of the 666 club was announced as the site of the freshman danco to be held on April 18, the class having voted its up- proval of it at their class meeting last Friday. After the dance vote was over, Paul Martin, the leader of the Junior Marshalls, spoke on the present plans for Junior Week and answered questions concerning those plans. 3. G. Anderson, chairman of the freshman class’ social committee, told of his committee’s plans for a dance to be held April 18 and asked that they be accepted. The ideas to dutc are to sponsor an informal affair in the penthouse of the 666 Club, and possibly to feature the music of Louis Panico and his orchestra. He suggested $1.50 as a suitable price for the bids, April 18 being desig- nated as the only possible day. Fol- lowing his discussion of the plans, the group voted acceptance and agreed that further ar'anucmcnts should be made. Paul Martin, in his discussion of Junior Week, explained, first of all, that the purpose of Junior Week is to make a break in the routine of school life at Armour. This week, in (Continued on page, 4) Shawnee Country Club Concert Held Sunday Last Sunday the Shawnee County Club was the site of a combination concert and annual party given in Wilmette by the Musical Clubs of Armour. After the concert, which was attended by members of the Shawnee County Club and by the feminine guests of the Armourltcs, a delightful tea dance was held to the accompaniment of an excellent dance orchestra. At the glee club rehearsal last Thursday, there was some dissention to the plan of holding a dance in- stead of the customary smoker this year. However, the small minority was quickly voted down and the arv rangemcnts were carried through as planned. Smoker - Splash Party ‘ Arranged by W.S.l‘3. At the last meeting of the W.S.E., , Mr. A. J. Rowe related his early cX» lpcricnccs and thrills as an engineer l and later as an employee of the city. lThc remainder of the talk was illu— strated with slides including the first bridges in the city of Chicago as well as the latest. Further arrangements have been made for the coming combined smoker and splash party to he held on a Saturday night in the latter part of April. H, M. Ross has been appointed to take charge of the preliminary plans. According to the president, T. S. Ramotowski, the party is almost certain to be held at the Lawson Y.M.C.A. The evening will start oil“ with card playing, and will continue until about 10 o’clock, after which all those attending will adjourn to the swimming" pool to indulge in some aquatic games. A two—thirds majority at the meet~ ing passed the revised constitution. the new constitution going into ef. fect immediately. The future mem« bership in the local branch of the W.S.E. will be open to all students officially registered at Armour. The W.S.E. meets again this Friday at 10:30 a. m. use or uomhdvssrnuu WINS on Five meet records were shattered and one tied when the greatest [ral— axy of track luminaries yet assembled in the Armour Tech Relays competed last Saturday in the eighth annual running of this sports classic. The many new marks show that competition in the Relays, the an- nual climax of the indoor track sca— slon in the midwcst, is getting stiffer year by year. The new records were set this year by Hallel- of Wiscon- sin in the pole vault, Beckett of Mar— quette in the half mile run, Hog of Northwestern in the 440 yard run, Huntley of Illinois in the 70 yard high hurdles, and Michigan Normal’s entry in the college one mile relay. Tolmich Takes Three Firsts Tolmich of Wayne, in taking home three first place medals, captured in- dividual honors and established an all-time mark for a one-man pcr~ formance. As the only unscratched entry in the university two mile relay, the Kansas State team took |first place in this event, and competed in one of the heats of the college run of the same distance. The 70 yard dash was won by Grieve of Illinois with tho record-ty- ing time of :07.1. Herman of Carle- ton, winner of this race the two previ— ous years and record holder because of his performance in 1934, could get no better than fourth against the competition offered him this year. Michigan Normal Wrecks Record Michigan Normal’s crack one mile relay team, composed of Gavrilavicz, Hausa, Mathews, and Baker, clipped two and one—tenth seconds off the mark set by their team in 1934. The ’70 yard high hurdles nearly resulted in a clean sweep for Illinois. Hunt- ley, in setting a new mark, lead his team mate, Robinson, across the line by a stride, and was followed close— ly by Hotchkiss of Kansas State and another Illinois man, Cullinan. Heg of Northwestern, leading throughout the entire distance, had to exert himself to the extent of estab- (Continued on page 5) Pi Tau Sigma Elects Four for Membership Four juniors were pledged to Pi Tau Sigma, honorary mechanical en- gineering fraternity, last night in a ceremony which took place at the Delta Tau Delta house. Those men pledged were H. L. Appcl, J. F. Bar— tusck, J. Hlousck, and P. A. Reh. Pledges will assume their duties at once under pledge captain A. Lane. The basis for their selection was, scholarship, outside activities and personality. E. H. Johntz to Speak to A.I.E.E. on Friday “Electron Tubes in Industry” will be the subject of the talk to he ,rzixu cn this Friday at the meeting of the A. 1. E. E. by Mr. E. H. .lohntz, a member of the technical staff of the General Electric Company. Mr. Johntz will lay particular stress on recent developments in the field of electronics and their result» and; influence in industry. Aside from the enjoyment derived in hoarv inp: of interesting: phases of electron tube use, a member of the audience will also receive a thorough under— standing: of the basic theory used in the design and production of elec» tron-controlled devices. Mr. Johntz’s experiences and contacts with basic principles of theory and design have enabled him to present clear and un» dcrstandable explanations for all of the peculiar phenomena made use of in industrial practice.