By H. MuRoss OMINOUS STILLNESS lies over all Europe. A new phase of the great Rhineland crisis which has been convulsing Europe for the past three weeks has been reached; Germany has made her proposals and it is up to the Locarno powers to consider them. The world will watch with apprehension the decisions which must now be made in London, Paris, and Geneva. War or Peace? It would be difficult to find in the pages of modern history an instance where men have had to coldly decide an is— sue of such momentous and far— reaching consequences. The decision had to be made in 1914, but, as they saw it then, they had no choice. To- day, the difficulty lies in the fact that there is a choice. THE CHOICE involves great risks whichever way it may be de- cided. Should France and her allies seek to meet the challenge of Ger- many and enforce the public law of Europe, the danger to peace is ob- viou... Germany is formidable, more formidable than Italy, and Hitler is more violent than Mussolini. Thus it is plain that there can be no resort to bluff. If they decide to uphold the Locarno Treaty their only hope of avoiding a clash of arms is to prev ceed unitedly and leave no doubt whatever that they mean business. Only a successful outcome of such a plan will keep Europe from plung- ing into the mire of international lawlessness. The risk is great. But it is impossible to retain any hope of respect for future treaties if the violation of those already existing is calmly assented t0. , IF ON the other hand, they ac-i ccpt Hitler’s offer the risks are no less great. He offers them, in return for the dissolution of their defensive alliances, his promise of non—aggres‘ sion. In other words, he says that if France will give up her alliances for collective security, he will prom- ise not to attack any one. The coun‘ tries in the path of German advance— merit are asked to rely not on their combined strength but on the prom« ise of Hitler not to attack them. They are to do this as a consequence of the fact that he has just violated, without notice and by a sheer asscr. tion of military power, a pact of non- aggression, not dictated at Versailles, but negotiated freely, at Local-no, and endorsed by his country. They are to believe the promise becauset Hitler made it; just as they must ac— cept the breach of the past promise because Hitler broke it. THERE IS a third way, neither to act now nor to submit now, but to form a genuine military defensive al- liance, with Britain a full member. It would, however, have to be more day, Honor ‘A’Advocute‘s Solid Color in Letter At a meeting of the Honor ‘A’ last Friday, plans for the changing of the school letters were discussed. The members of the club have started an extensive drive to change the letters from a black letter, with a yellow border, to one with a solid color. The club has had petitions circulated which were signed by most of the lettermen and which they plan to present to Mr. Allison. After this, they plan to present their ideas to the A. T. S. A. for a vote. The club hopes for immediate action, in order that the letters which will be pre- sented in the near future will be of a new type. At the meeting the plans for pledging were also discussed and the announcement of the new men will be made shortly. Adfifi. Will Meet With Lewis Soon Final arrangements for a joint meeting with the Lewis Institute branch of the A.I.E.E. have been made. After some discussion, E. J. Kirsch of Armour and II. II. llolu- blow of Lewis selected the evening of April 13, at 7:30 o’clock, at the lat- ter’s school, as the meeting place. At this meeting, Mr. A. J. Krupy of the Commonwealth Edison Com- pany will present a discussion on “The Chicago Network". It is hoped that this will inaugurate a series of similar meetings in the future. At the last meeting of the A.I.E.E,, Mr. H. L. Olesen, of the Weston l l l Armour institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois Allil’idllil martini" as new in hair 3. r. s. a. hiatus Armour is to be host to the Illinois— Indiana Section of the Society for Promotion of Engineering Education at a meeting to be held April 18 at the Lawson Y. M. C. A. Professor J. B. Finnegan, president of the sec- tion, will call the meeting to order. The principal speakers at the ses- sion are Professor Hardy Cross of the University of Illinois, who will talk on “The Importance of Teaching School"; Mr. Lawrence A. Downs, president of the Illinois Central Sys- tem, will speak on “Engineering Edu- cation as 3 Preparation for Business Responsibilities"; and Dean Henry 'T. Hcald of Armour Institute who will discuss “Part Time Courses for the Graduate Engineer." The afternoon session will be de- voted to group conferences on vari- ous subjects. Three of these groups will have Armour professors as chair- men: Professor J. S. Thompson is chairman of the physics group, which is holding,r a joint meeting with the Chicago section of the American AS< sociation of Physics teachers. The mathematics group nas Professor C. E. Paul for its chairman. Professor W. Hendricks is in charge of the group meeting in English. Mrs. Willard E. Hotchkiss, presi- dent of the Armour Faculty Wom— an’s Club, is arranging for entertain— ment of ladies attending the meeting. General arrangements are being made by a committee under Mr. C. 0. Harris of the mechanics depart- ment. Electrical Corporation, presented a Oldenbursrer t0 Talk ‘. a talk on electrical instruments, includ— ing the moving coil, the iron vane, and the dynamomctcr. During his discussion, Mr. Dlescn displayed vari' ous types of voltmeter-s and ammctcrs. Mechanicals Receive Air Cooling Machine As a special gift, the Trane Com- pany oi LaCrosse, Wisconsin, has presented to Armour an air cooling machine. This machine, a very ex‘ pensive one, consists of numerous coils, through which air is passed and cooled by refrigeration. The senior mechanicals, under the supervision of Professor Nachman, are now en- gaged in connecting this apparatus to the present air conditioning units which are located in the mechanical engineering laboratory. It is planned in the near future to present the new apparatus as a regular part of the air conditioning program. Miss Steele Hurt in Automobile Accident Miss Ellen Steele, librarian, was cut about the head and face on Mon~ March 23 in an automobile ac‘ than an agreement of generalities; it cidcnt which occurred when she was (Continued on page three.) Metallurgy Topic At .lr. W.S.E. Meeting Speaking to the junior W. S. E.l last Thursday, Mr. H. B. Knowlton, chief metallurgist of the Internation- al Harvester Company Tractor ‘Norks, presented an interesting talk on “Metallurgist Specification, Serv- ice, and Performance". The presen- tation was technical in nature and brought out many points of prime importance to those who are engaged in industries using steel. One of the points brought out was that the pol- icy (if engineers selecting steels from handbooks is outmoded. An open forum meeting will be the next junior meeting to be held on April 9, 1936. A “surprise” guest may be presented by the committee. On April 16, 1936, Captain E. D. Washburn, J12, professor of naval science and tactics at Northwestern University, will speak on “Types of Naval Vessels and Their Function in the Fleet”. driving home from school. The accident occurred in Winnctka just a few blocks from her home. Miss Steele had been at home with a cold the previous week and had returned to work in the library on the day the accident occurred. Two Talks Planned for W25..E. Meetings Two talks have been arranged for meetings of the W.S.E. following the spring vacation. On April 1’7, Mr. Wenger of the Portland Cement Com- pany will talk on “Highways and Construction” and on May 1 Mr. Jerring of the American Association of Municipal Engineers will speak on “The Engineer in Public Works." The splash party and entertain- ment at the Lawson Y.M.C.A. will follow on Saturday evening, May 9. Present plans for the early part of the evening include moving pictures on engineering projects and construc- tion methods. This will be followed by a swim and refreshments. on Multilinear Forms “Rational Equivalence of a Form to a Sum of P-th Powers” is the title of a paper which Dr. Rufus Olden- burger will present to the American Mathematical Society at its annual April meeting. The meeting will take place on April 10 at Eckhart Hall of the University of Chicago and is open to the public. Dr. Oldenburger has found a solu- tion for certain equations of the fifth degree and higher which does not pretend to solve all equations of these higher degrees, but does solve all equations of the nth degree where the solutions can be expressed in terms of the n-th roots of a num- her. The solution was made possible through a theorem which Dr. Olden- burger proved concerning multilinear forms in a memoir to be published in the next issue of the Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. This memoir is a collection of three papers presented to the society in 1934. It was found that the theorem on multilincar forms also holds for ordinary polynomials. Professor D. filer/"econ Melting Eastern Tour Professor D. I). Moreton left last Saturday on a trip through the east- ern states on a study of graduate co- operative work in electrical engineer- ing. He will go to Boston first, where he is to meet with M. M. Bor~ ing of General Electric Company and Professor Timbie~ of Massachusetts Institute of Technology to discuss the cooperative plan as used by M. I. T. in alliance with the General Electric Company. From Boston he planned to go to Lynn, Massachusetts, where General Electric has the plant in which some graduate electrical engineering stu~ dents of M. I. T. work. Professor Moreton said that helplanned to visit Columbia, New York University, and Brooklyn Polytech while in New York; the Schenectady 'General Elec— tric plant, Pittsburg University, Carnegie Tech, and Cincinnati. Professor Moreton’s plans were not definite, but he expected to be gone for about ten days. He is intending to visit Armour alumni in the vari- ous cities throdgh which his takes him. trip . Because of the spring recess, there will be no issue of the News next Tuesday, April 14. Plans Completed for Research Foundation Final plans for incorporating a’reA search foundation of Armour Insti- tute were made at the board of ti'usw tees meeting last Friday. The founda- tion will be formed to promote, on- courage, maintain, and aid scientific investigation by the stafl’, faculty, alumni and students affiliated with Armour Institute. Mr. Homer Cooper, counsel for the Institute, is preparing incorporation papers to be presented to the Secrc~ tary of State. It is expected that the research projects to be investigated will be announced within two weeks. The Institute hopes to obtain added resources and to stimulate the stu~ dents and faculty to undertake prob- lems of research. Release Statistics on Physical Exams la Covered Anstudy of the physical character- istics of incoming men at Armour, for the greatest part freshmen, was re— leased last week by Dr. .1. F. Mc- Namara of the physician's office. These vital statistics which cover a period of twelve years, 1932'» inclusive, incorporate the results of 3,055 in- dividual examinations given to each new man upon entrance into the In stitute. These results were tabulat- ed by M. Shewchuk, junior electrical. Form Composite Freshman The composite freshman over the span of years is quite an interesting fellow. He is as follows: Age ................... 18.73 years Weight ....... . ....... 143 pounds Height ................ 68.55 inches Chest in repose ........ 35 inches Cheat full expansion .. inches Chest full retraction .33}? Average chest expansion . .1l.8 inches Dr. McNamara’s report further show; an increase of approximately two inches in chest expansion of the average entering freshman now as compared to twelve years back. The doctor attributes this increase to a greater participation in athletics. Physical Defects Listed During the past twelve years 507 men, 16.6 per cent, were limited in their athletic activities, while 107 or 3.51 per cent were 'cused from participation in athletics. Many phy- sical defects were noted. Excluding the acute diseases, the list is as fol- lows: Organic disturbances of the heart . 437~l>1.3'/r De‘formities due to rickets .............. 271~8.88’/n Functional disturbances of the heart ................ 1114A4.72 "/.. Flat feet . “ml—4.29% Hernia ............... 79-—2.5£l'/.. Defects of hereditary nature ............... 51——1.G7% Serious skin diseases ...... SAOJG '/,, In addition to examining each new man, the physician‘s office sends a postal card to each freshman and sophomore student afflicted with a serious ailment warning him not to participate in the class rush. Price of Senior Bids Depends on Canvass Uppermost in the spring social pro— gram of the seniors is their private dance at the Knickerbocker Hotel April 24. Approximately a hundred couples will attend, according to the estimate of social chairman, R. M. Paulsen. His committee has formulated plans which, when executed, will en- sure the dancers at most enjoyable evening among Armour men in an at- mosphere delightfully different from the classroom. As soon as the results of a can: vase of the class are known, the price of bids will be fixed and placed on sale. Penthouse Hence Follows Vocation: Plans for the freshman Penthouse Party are complete. Bids are being sold by the social committee and sev- eral other men who hope to get a free bid by selling ten tickets. If present indications mean anything, all the two hundred bids will be sold by the night of the dance. It is to be an informal affair at 666 Lake Shore Drive on the evening of April 18. Dancing from 9 p. m. to 1 a. In. will be to the tunes of Ram Cronc’s South Shore Country Club orchestra. His catching melodies are well-suited to the temperament of the Fresh, and his entertainment crew, which can keep any crowd jol- ly, is working- on special acts. The social committee, consisting of B. G. Anderson, chairman; J. R. Buncc, I. M. Footlik, H. D. Rice, and R. W. Starinann, appreciates the en- tries in the poster contest which closed yesterday, and their decision has not yet been reached as to the two men who will get the prizes ’ l inches ‘ one bid each. The‘postel‘s have giv- en the dance much publicity and are well worth the time spent in making them. The arrangement of the Penthouse will blend in very well with the eve- ning’s hilarity. A large lounge fur— nished with the finest modern furnl- V turc adjoins the dance floor, which will have tables surrounding it. Or- ders will be served to the tables at very nominal prices, and il' a group wishes to be together, reservations should be made with B. G. Anderson. The floor is especially suited to danc- ing and has a beautiful inlaid design. Invitations Obtained for ’36 Graduation As reported by J. E. Linden, chair— man of the invitations and announce- ments committee of the class of '36, the bid for graduation announcements has been obtained by the L. G. Hal- four Company. Sample copies are now being made up so that orders for one of three types of announce» merits can be taken. The most elaborate of these con~ sists of a black leather cover on- graved with gold. Its contents in- clude the class roll, program of the commencement exercises, and other information of interest to close friends and relatives. The second type is similar to the first with the exception of the cover, which will be of cardboard instead of leather, but still gold engraved. The third an- nouncement is merely sheet paper folded once, printed with gold letter- ing. However, it has not the detailed information that is found on the other programs. The costs of these announcements will be approximately thirty seVen, twenty six, and eleven cents respectively. Since a hall has not yet been ob— tained for the graduation exercises, nothing has been accomplished con- cerning the distribution of invita» tions. Players Plan to Use l l Cu rtain Type Scenery Curtains suggesting the original settings of Shakespeare, only minor articles of furniture, and words will be used instead of realistic settings in the production of “Prince Hal and Falstaff,” the play to be given by the Players during the last week in April. No definite date has been set as yet, and the price of admission is} also undecided. Tickets will probably l be sold at a nominal price of ten orl fifteen cents. This one act play is centered around the character of Falstaff, a well known creation appearing" in) Shakespeare, portraying a drunkardl who revels in his misdeeds. This pro—l duction is entirely comedy, but a comedy of character as distinguished‘ from the ordinary kind. ‘ At present members of the cast; are rehearsing on Monday and \Vednes»: day evenings under the capable di-i rcction of Mr. “7. B. Fulghum in an effort to bring another good produc- tion before Armour students. Tuesday, April 7, I936 [MAW lAll hillh ill lllldllbllll lb ll. Mllldllllld, ”3h Second Armour Student to Receive Award HilGHESTFE-lIEMECAL Howard P. Milleville, a senior chemical, was recently awarded a Tau Beta Pi Fellowship, one of the highest honors an undergraduate en- gineer can receive. Millcvillc, the first chemical engineer, and the sec- ond Armour man to be so honored, will make use of the fellowship to at- tend one of the following univer- sities: Columbia, Wisconsin, or Mich- igan. Annual Award Tau Beta Pi, honorary engineering fraternity, annually awards five or six fellowships which consist of $650 for living .ex-a pcnses, and a year’s tuition at a n y Americaln i n s t i t u t i o n which the reci— pient may se- lect. The win- ners are select- com— the national council H. P. Millcville °_f the firmer" . nity, consulering' qualifications of, scholailship and individual personality of the appli- cants. The applicants must be mem- bers of Tau Beta Pi. Heads A.l.Ch.E. Milleville is the highest ranking chemical in scholarship and rates fourth highest in the senior class. He holds the position of student director ’of publicity for Armour, and last year was comptroller of the Armour Engineer and Alimmus, serving on the managing board which last year 'rcorg‘anized this publication to include alumni interests. As a chemical ens gineer he is the chairman of the A.l. Ch.E., besides belonging to Phi Lamb- da Upsilon, honorary chemical engi- neering fraternity, and Alpha Chi Sigma, professional chemical frater- nity. “Trick Mathematics” Presented by Dannie “Trick Mathematics" was the title of the talk presented by Mark L. Dannie, a junior science student, at the regular Math Club meeting last Friday morning before one of the largest groups attending the club meetings this year. The talk consist- ed of a series of puzzles, tricks, jokes, and mathematical short-cuts which M. L. Dannis has collected over a pe- riod of years. Included were a magic square, “proof" that sixty-four equals sixty-five, several problems involving time relationships, and other puzzles of a similar nature. A portion of the talk consisted of properties of numbers and how those properties can he of much value as a check on ordinary addition and mul- tiplication operations. The “magic” property of nine known as “casting- out nines" was demonstrated. The last part of the hour was devoted to discussion. Play for Handrail-fies On Friday, May 1, the annual in— tcrhonorary dance will be held. Mom» bers of six scholastic honoraries and three honorary societies will dance to the music of Ed Kraft and his Mel- ody Masters, audition orchestra for CBS. Members who have heard this well known orche..tra play at dam-cs after the Glee Club concerts have been well pleased with the choice. Although a place to hold this affair ' has not ye§ been chosen, it has been decided that unnecessary extra ex- penses such as favors, bids. and pro» grams will be eliminated in order to obtain a suitable hull as well as :7. good orchestra with the limited funds available.