Page Two Wednesday, March 25, "3’36 Amour Tech News H Student Publication of the ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CHICAGO, ILLINOIS mummy \t....l\|v During the College Year fissurintfil' debenture “intone / when) was .237 (934 My; $2.00 Per Year ,. 10 Cents luach __,___,___.._._.—P— EDITORIAL BOARD ........ l’rcd L. Leuson. Jr. .......... Norton Gerber . ..... Joseph M. Kubert , .......... Sidney Rabinowit: ......... Herman O. Bauermehter .................. Walter ilrndr'cks ,,,,, _____________._—————,‘ EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT ......... W. .l. Chelgren, l‘iil.tor~in thief .. Mnnairine' Editor Sports Editor Finn's: Editor (opy l‘lditor Faculty Advi Assignment Editors l.. ll. Parker, .1. ll. @heehan Ass nt Copy Readers ,,,,, W. A. Chopin, F. D. l-lolfert News Reporters ................ Ii. J. Bodnar, l‘]. (i. (7iechnnowic., J. . (‘ull'som I. M. Footlik. if. B. liar-man, R. Jall'ec, J. D. Keane, R. Kotal. it. N. Lance, A. N. dchrieber, R. T. Smith. E. l. Sloll. T. W. Ycak‘ If. Wagner Photographer ...................... R. Mansfield (‘artoonirt .. . . ...................... R. Kiehaven Sportn Reporters ............... R. A. Braun, II. R. (Toyle, G. 1’. Morris, (,. Rodkin, R. I Worcester. business 7 nsbAi’nMEhi Business Manager ..................... E. J. Simck‘ Advertisingr Manager . ....... I. M. Thomas Circulation Manager ................... C. 0. Forsberg Vol. XVII. MARCH 25, 1936 No. 6 Humanitarian Engineering For the past century, engineers and scienti. have been inventing and developing new machin- ery and devises to make the path of civilization easier for the “people", Labor saving devices have been flooding the market until now it is con- sidered one of the big causes of unemployment. The Ward baking company removed their auto, matic machinery and reemployed some of their former employe This could not be called prog— r ss though perhaps it did relieve the local un— employment situation a little. For a period before the war and prohibition, Eastern industrialists found that there were more accidents in their shops on Mondays than during any other day of the week. They laid the cause to the week end revelery of the employees: and proceeded to enforce a local prohibition. The motor car has been developed to a point where it is a symphony in harmony and color; yet today there are mole men murdered by the careless use of the automobile than were killed in the great war.‘ Electric lighting has been developed to the point where it is a science in itself; yet because it is in the hands of some men who know they have a fortune in their hands, prices of equip- ment are so high and out of proportion that very few can afford to improve their home lighting: so that they can alleviate eye strain, Numerous other examples could be mentioned in the airplane, and other fields. It seems that the next job of the engineer is to develope fool proof machinery and to be more humanitarian in his marketing. No number of improvements or inventions will help the human race unles. they are placed at the disposal of the ordinary man. False Economy Flood disasters of the last week bring forth and further reinforce the idea that man—made structures, substantial as they may seem, safetyi factors and all, often are not sufficiently strong, not designed well enough to withstand the ter- rific onslaughts of nature. Heads of water twice that for which the dams were designed proved to be too great a load and dams weighing millions of tons were swept away as though they had been mere logs. That the dams were constructed according to the best engineering knowledge, we have no‘ doubt. That data concerning past floods was tak— en into consideration, as well as possible future floods, we also have no doubt. We (lo doubt though, that the possibility of fail— ures in important structures like these were seri— ously taken into consideration; and that the pos— sibility of tremendous loss of life and property was given its due consideration. Structures upon which the lives of thousands hinge and on which millions of dollars of prop— erty are, dependent should, we think, be designed and constructed not from a view point of dollars and cents but from the View point of substan-~ tiality and fitness for more than is deemed neces- sary by competent engineers. Steps for more rigorous design and Construcr tion methods have already been taken, the state K. Nauman, B. B.‘ —...____,_____...__...._._.. l n a l Student Quinton l —- l Grades Again! 1 A recent issue of the “Tech News” published an editorial deploring the growing tendency of overemphasiz» l n). the value of grades. These slate» l (ly'dii’or's Note: This article was Il'].l’lrlf(’(f from [he Notional Sludcnt Mirror, monthly publication of the Norm-nu! Studio! Federation of .‘llllt‘l'lt‘fld menu; as Such are, probably true. I have no personal quarrel with those who would in- However, there seems to be a few voke political sanctions to end war. Certainly any ges— ture against the brutal menace is heartening in this day when the world is apparently ripening toward another bloody harvest. If we were citizens of a world demos rracy, instead of being; subjects of monopolistic states, I should be as ready as others to place my faith in the League machinery. But; the engineers of that machinery are not self~sacrificing~ idealists, They are men maneu- vering cleverly to protect or secure advantages for the financial interests of their respective countries. points that have been overlooked. It must be remarked that a large, numv ber of companies taking college graduates each year do place a .91! .1 deal of emph is on grades. Scholastic .anding to them is a mind indication of future perform- ance and they have statistics that back up their reasoning: A rather exhaustive research along this particular line was con» (lUCtell by American 'l‘elcphonc and Can anyone doubt this after witnessing Great Telegraph a few years ago. They Britain’s stellar role in the Geneva circus? Did the lead- have gathered rather concludve evi- in}: imperialist nation experience a mystic transforma- ldcnce. The study involved 3,801: tion of heart converting her into an advocate of endurv Evinployees who had been associated ine; peace“? That Great Britain’s interest in Ethiopia is l with them for a number of veam. for from platonic may be demonstrated by the peace pro- These men were all college grad posal which she attempted to impose upon Huilc Selassie. uates. Under its provisions. Italy would have gotten outright a The men were classified according good portion of Ethiopian territory and a Virtual man- to 4 groups: those graduating in the date over the rcmaindrr. But, meanwhile, Mr. Baldwin upper tenth of their classes; those would have saved Lake Tana, chief source of the Nile, graduating in the upper third (ox. from Italian appropriation; and temporarily removed eluding: the first group) ; those in the the danger to Mediterranean supremacy. Similarly, the middle third; and those in the low- gradual penetration of Ethiopia by Italy would safe— i or third. The average figure for guard the African poss ssions of both Great Britain and leach group indicated certain divi‘ France. ‘ sinus were fanning, The upper tenth Is this the best that can be done for a weaker League showed rapid increases in salary, and member in case of gross aggression? Evidently, for the each year brought a larger inc gesture of sanctions has not halted Mussolini's advance ‘The lowest group did show small one inch. The somewhat; corpnlent dictator knows with increases in 9,111,,» however the rate whom he is dealing. He is well aware that his solemn of increase dropped with the passing contemporaries at Geneva will sell him goods as long as of time and the ultimate wage was he can pay for them or until he threatens their own Britain is Not Altruistic l l . l i ilowcr. The two middlcI m'fl‘ups ayer— colonial 1001'» 1 ages in proportion to the other two. America Winks Paii’tely , similar study made by Purdue [revealed that seven years after Money talks in matters of trade. Let in; not forget leraduution the average salary of the that the imperialist powers, represented in the League, ‘Tau Beta Pi men was six hundred are each faced with the problem of selling their goods ldollars a year higher than the aver» on the world market. If the present economic stagna- l age for the class as a whole. instead tion can be temporarily relieved by the. sale of munitions , of using: income as a basis, Dr. Hindi and materials, no country is going to relinquish the, op— 1A. Smith of the University of Wis— portunity. The only alternatives, in the face of increas- :consin prepared a list of ninety— int: unemployment, are war and social revolution. Ger- 1 seven men who were considered “the [ tainly, revolution is the last possibility that the financial ‘ most worthy, successful. or eminent'w (‘lunicnt cares to invite. , from a group of 1300 graduates who had been out of school at least fif. any political creed. itecn years. He also compiled a list to consider objective facts realistically. ‘ot' the ninety-seven men who had the highest erodes in college. Eiehty- an embargo on what it does not have to sell; but rc- iscven names appeared on both ling, ‘ serves the rig-ht to exempt its own major commoditics.‘ It ,3 ”up that tho number of mm, ; None of the oil producing; nations has shown any re—‘ who had good grudge- in mum... ““‘ll luctance in providing; ll Duce with all the petroleum he then failed 0,, did mediocre work‘ needs. America winks politely, exporting: both oil and afterwards ig 13mm, but the percent ' scrap iron, although everyone knows that Mussolini needs . lace is comparativclv small. Even if <, cannon much more than he needs iron bridges across the 1 ithe grading system were perfc('t.lle"r- lurndcs would not bean absolute in‘l Till is trade pursued 0lUim legally by “Mllmfi Who ldication of future success, but (.vahnve signed covenants and parts long enough to paper l the imperfect system now used points , St. Patrick‘s Cathedral. One can well imagine the in the ”11m (in-0,1,0“ many mmqnamount of smuggled merchandise that will find its way 1 times than not. ‘ l Lewig F Zwiss’fl, C.E., ’37. Guard turning: its nuns on a Standard Oil tanker » , . . . :bound ior Mussolini’s homeland? 1 must confess, how.» l ,c ever, that Signor Mussolini has been rather accommodatw 1 He has placed a ban import and export ‘ing to potential contrabawdishw. upon the further public ion of figures by the ltalian press. Correction i Not. to be too overbearing on losti week’s Kaleidoscope contributor. ‘Monte MacConnell, ’38, I will limit my erit . ms and corrections of him l ‘ League Foundation ls Flimsy :ailicle concerning.r Gray's “Elegy in l l a Country Chm-c . rd” 1,0 those tion to secure peace, Its essential motive, at the begin- which are, in my opinion, most im. nine, was to maintain the, redivision of the world estab- portant. ‘lishcd at Versailles. What did the famous mutual guar- Mr. MacConnell’s shall i say, a bit “cock-eyed.”..,. , Everybody who knows the “Elegy“ [Slaughter Mohammedan tribesmen, fighting as the Ethi- 53 or should be familiar with the opians for their rights as separate nationalities; and the They havflprivileees of national governments to pc Aiiiminorities delivered within their borders. four rejected verses. theen published repeatedly. 0 worthy editions of the “Elegy" take l situation makes the assurance of peace more impossible, ride in perpetuating and (550,183in and the eventuality of war more certain. We, who are the potential cannon fodder, cannot 1 these stanzas. giving: reasons for, their rejection. afford to support such a fiasco. Furthermore, the original edmommonscientious citizens held polite meetings and fed the of Gray’s “Elegy in a County-3140‘"? of peace with high-minded resolutions. Well—bred Churchyard" did contain these extralladles quoted Christ and Tolstoy on lecture platforms; verses, but were subsequently omitlll’utv overnight, metamorphized into Liberty Bond ped- ted by Thomas Gray himself. idlers and seamstresscs of shoddy hose. Henry Ford The edition which I possess wasllaunched his Peace Ship on the rather turbulent brine, lprinted in 1883 and is illustrated throughout with engravings thatlfacture of tanks and tractors. Everybody favors peace were made especially for this edition, ‘, on paperieven the War Department, many of which are made from; sketches taken at Stoke Penis, thcl scene of the P063101. by a Mr. Fennl Shall we then resign ourselves to St saturnalia of blood t is interesting to note that thalaml super-patriotic slogans? Labor is; An Important Ally the lines of the first rejected verse selves entirely from those, who regardless of their public that Mr. MacConnell mentioned in ,pronouncements, would benefit by war. his article: the year, Etc., etc. i also have a newspaper clipping l haustive. We need to contact those. who are our natural written by a former Dean of Princc— \ allies against war. ton College, in which he discussesl of California leading the an' Tremendous fatal— obvious changes and recost lines us not forget that the organized power of the British ities and large lo over seemingly monetary savings. s of property showed the citi— l ZELlS of California that substantiality must stand , as it wa. originally edited , . . , , that are apparent to anyone study'lworkers prevented war with Russia. in 1921. lments of war materials to belligerents. ) Tom Yeakle, ’39. 1 (Continued on page 3) Sanctions Against War it Fraternity Notes \ The purpose of this essay is not to pi-opaeandize for: As a youm,r man. I am attempting: if i read thel various trends correctly, each nation is willing to place‘ into ltaly. (Ian anyone visualize the United State. Coast l The League itself is built upon too flimsy a founder—1 authority isyiantee of territorial integrity mean but the continued3 right of Great Britain to exploit India, of France to1 Before the last war,, only later to make a private killing through the manu-‘ Empha‘tically no! Forl il'OlltlspleCO of my edition is an en- ‘5 never were our responsibilities greater nor our time: eravme containing: and portraying!" l more limited. First, we shall have to disassociate our-l l I doubt if the, lmost callow freshman would take very Seriously a peace 1 “There scattered oft, the earliest of ‘> resolution passed by the directors of Bethlehem Steel. , l But, more important, we need to realize that the question i =of war is not settled by forum discussions, however ex—i Labor is our most important ally because it is always j the omitted stanzas and many other the element tl at bears the brunt of armed conflicts. Let , Today, i imr the MS which shows the poem l labor has the organized power not only to prevent shipg In addition. iti The Slipsticlr Cleave to the slip-stick; let the slapstick fly where it may. l DELTA TAU DELTA l We take great pleasure in an- lnouncine that the following; were leiven formal initiation recently: l James S. Cullison, M. .23., 1 William D. Horton, M. 13., '39 George F, Kathie, Ch. EL, '38 RiChafll M- Street, AI'CI'» '39 But Suimz. sent him bowl: again, Ivan Thunder; C- E-v '37 He was too green to burn. The annual senior farewell party :ix m a is being); planned by the social com- mittee with O. Tomei as chairman The committee is considering either March 27 or April 3. An orchestra Didn’t see no'botlyAnohow has been hired and it will be formal. And it only took two and a half Many alumni were recent guests of hours. the house as well as Brother Walker of University of California. Our pinu»pone‘ team is practicing up for the coming: intor~frnternity ping pong; tournament. The team will be built around Brothers Davis, lflnsrlcthal— er, and Luise who were members of Fruit: Isn’t this book last year’s championship team. The technical? iprospects for this year’s team are Fresh: high. not it, sir. Poetry—0r Something .4 frcs/mmn went to Hades.- (Ed, note: My how ritzy) A [of of filings to learn! Definition of Loading Didn’t go noplace Didn’t do nothing —Purdue Exponent. Zazu: Wanna crack a joke? E. J.: chl l Zazu: Fall on your face! * W‘ i rather It was that way when I —-——— .,, «e l RHO DELTA RHO The peak of laziness is attained by We wish to congratulate the fol- people who [In-ow kisses. lowing men on their formal initiation i: 5h :1: held Friday night, March 22, at the It‘mniildulu: Hop/sins broke his spine, house: And pasxmf away at half past nine. Julian Grombncher, ’39 Hie mother was sorry, and said, Edward Morris, '39 “What a. 11131]! David Rent, '38 I'm already late for my train in . Edwin Schulmnn, ’38 the city." l Leonard Shahuin, '39 i «i , L Mm; luv, '33 Snappy Gags The highlight of the evening was Nil: Did .VOU take a bath? the welcome address given the neW- Wit: N07 is there one missing? ly initiated men by our fraternity ’“ "‘ “‘ sponsor, Professor Nachman. Modern Speed Following the initiation, a smok- Conductor: The city which we are or was held in honor of our new now upm'ouohing was Jcfl‘crson'uille. lBi-others. * "‘ “ Customer: Are you sure this suit won’t shrink if it gets wet on me? Shapiro: Mine frond, effery fire company in de city has squirted wa- ter on dot suit. m i ‘ TRIANGLE i Armour chapter of Triangle takes lp'reat pleasure in announcing the in— l itiation of the following men: l l ,. The man who says that Ignace Gum“ A' Qua'lldee l’aderewski has the. lightest touch in Arthur E_ SChm'dt the world has evidently never seen :1 Kurt wen“ , boy of twelve washing: his ears. Our interest at present is centered ,, a, ,, l on a dance to be'given this Saturday POOR E. J" we all hope he'll sur- “L the house; ljlng‘ljénp‘l also occu- vive the major operation he’s going: pies the limelight, since the lirst to undergo. He is having his socks round of the Intel-fraternity tourna~ chiseled off. ment is now beine; played off. a: A: c Frank A. Kuman “~— “l.el’s kiss and make up,” PHI PH PHH Said 'lrc in a huff. Gamma chapter of Phi I’i Phi “1‘11 M35 7/014,” said ]1('_ 1 takes pleasure in announcing the l‘or- “But ynulyc made up enough.” ma] initiation of: ‘l‘ "F' ‘t E- Plummer, ME" '33 Howie: Did the noise we made 1 Brother Forbcrg, the captain, worry your folks when I brought you manager, and sponsor of the pins.r home last night? Midge: Oh, no! It was the silence. is '44 IF ‘ pong; team, announces that his group ‘of athletes are in the pink of condi- tion for the cominu inter—fraternity In spite of jalrcs clipped from. Lit. tilt. The rumors that he has bad Digest; the team under strict training: rules In spite of “He: Sher” jokes, and all , have not as yet been substantiated. the rest; , ——~— In spite of those who say fflflt he's 1 PHI KAPPA SlGMA l .a fool: Alpha Epsilon Chapter wishes to 'I‘llcre's someone who reads the Slip. lextend its deepest, sympathies to, stick in this school, and llmi‘s ‘Brother Jens, A.E.,—-r'0/l, in his rc-i ZAZU. l l 1 cent bereavement. Due to injurk rc— ————-——— oeivcd at that time, Brother Jen. ' merits. The water flew fast and still in the hospital. Speedy recovery furious and a good time was had by l An: all. On last Friday evening, a splash At the Mothers’ Club meeting held party sponsored by the house wns‘ last Sunday, final plans were com“ held at Mcdinah. After the swim} pleted for the semi—annual bridge the couples adjourned to the chap—l party to be held at the chapter house ter house for dancing and refresh- on Saturday night. All are invited. y, l l l l