.. can“... Malawi! In a}? ‘Vol. XVII. No. 9. Wild "idilii‘iii iddliilihii Milli ltd diifiiltli lid Industrial Companies to Cooperate With Test Work PLAN CRADUATE STUDY “The Research Foundation of Ar- mour Institute of Technology” has been formed by the Board of Trus» toes of the Institute for the develop- ment of ' " 1.. “a " and at a meeting on April 10, the Board of Directors of the newly organized foundation elected ofl’icers. They are W. E. Hotchkiss. president; C. W. Hills, Jr., vice president; R. B. Har- per, treasurer; and H. H. Cooper, secretary. Other members of the orig— inal board are J. D. Cunningham, P. H. Davis, and A. L. Eustice. The object of the foundation as giv» en in the certificate of incorporation “. . . . shall be to promote, encourage, maintain, and aid scientific invest:~ gation and research in affiliation with Armour Institute of Technology by the faculty, staff, alumni. and students . . . ” The corporation has been given full power to act and will be controlled by seven directors. C. 1’. Parker and H. Cooper are legal coun- sels for the organization. The foundation will encourage graduate work at Armour in ad- vanced engineering and will promote better cooperation between the Insti- tute and industrial companies. Num- erous projects are being considered by the foundation and seven indus- trial firms have indicated an inter- est in the work. Mr. Peabody, presi- dent of the Peabody Coal Company, has agreed to finance a research project on the uses and prob- lems of Illinois and Indiana coal. Other activities under negotiation in- clude testing of mechanical stokers, development of highway safety prin- ciples, and advanced work in metal- lurgy. Dr. Hotchkiss said regarding the research foundation, “All this activ- (Continued on page 3) Graduation Exercises to be at Mandel Hall In an attempt to better the usual drab and often colorless graduation exercises, the present senior class has made arrangements which they hope will remedy this situation. Under the direction of H. P. Milleville, se- nior class representative, Mandel Hall at the University of Chicago has been secured to house the grad— uation ceremonies. As a further de- parture from the usual graduation routine, plans are under way to fea- ture student talent, perhaps an octet composed of members of the Glee Club and a musical ensemble. The attitude of the senior class is well defined by Millcville who said: “In my opinion past commencements have been too dead. Having Armour talent on the program will, I believe, change this. Since Mandel Hall will be used, its larger seating capacity will enable each student to receive perhaps five tickets. These and a few novel but not yet approved ideas will make for a better commencement.” From present indications 166 stu- dents will graduate. As in the past final decisions on arrangements are taken care of by President Hotchkiss, Dean Heald, and Professor Nash. Electrical Honorary Initiates Fire Men After their formal initiation to the Armour chapter of Eta Kappa Nu, H. R. Dollenmaier, E. H. Brink, A. Goldsmith, W. B. Graupner, and R. G. Liebmann were the guests of hon- or at a banquet held at the Lawson Y. M. C. A. on Wednesday eyening, April 8. After dinner, the chapter was entertained by several reels of motion pictures depicting the differ- ent phases of manufacturing engaged in by the General Electric Co. l » \ l l Senior Dance to ' Be Closed Affair The only closed class dance held at Armour in recent years will take place next Friday, April 21, 1936, when the seniors will meet at the Knickerbocker hotel for their last reg— ular social event of the year. Emil Flindt and his orchestra, favorites of the senior class will supply the music. Some eighty couples who expect to attend will start dancing at 9 :30 and continue ’til midnight when supper will be served. This dance is strict- ly for seniors, and students of' other classes will not be admitted. The so- cial "‘ makes this announce- ment in order to avoid the necessity of embarrassing any lower classman who might like to go. Seniors are requested to accompany all reservations with cash. Depart- mental representatives, who comprise the social committee, are now hand- ling bids for those who pledged at— tendance and any other senior who expects to attend. Hendricks Resigns as Head of Players Group Professor Walter Hendricks, head of the English department at Ar- mour, last week turned over the sponsorship of the Armour Players to Mr. W. B. Fulghum, instructor of English. Professor Hendricks or~ ganized and has sponsored the drama group for the past six years, but re cent additional departmental work and his editorship of the Armour En,— ginccr and Alumnus has prevented his active participation in the club. “I have been very reluctant to give up my active connection with the Armour Players,” he said. “My re- lations with the club for the past years have been very cordial and pleasurable with the many deep friendships formed. I’ll continue to have a very great interest in it and will always be glad to offer any as‘ sistance I can in the future." w Prof. Hendricks was very active in play groups while at Amherst Col— lege and studied drama under Stark Young, now dramatic critic of the New York Times and author of the recent best seller “So Red the Rose.” After coming to Armour he organized the Armour Players and has directed their plays. Among the many plays he directed were Hyacinth Howey, A Night In An Inn, Rising of the Moon, The Ro- munccrs,, Silent Alarm, and The Bells 0/ St. Stephan. Several years ago he adapted and produced a medieval miracle play for Christmas under'thc title The Shepards Play. Last spring the players under Prof. Hendricks produced a full length drama, The Red Robe, at an evening performance. (Continued on page 3) Dr. M. Rogers Talks oi? A.f.Ch.E. Meeting In his talk before the A. I. Ch. E. last Friday morning, Dr. M. Rogers told how the chemical engineer must make use of obsolete equipment that is already in use rather than design and build new equipment which would also become obsolete within a short space of time. Dr. Rogers discussed the development of the petroleum in- dustry since its beginning in 1820. Since that time the industry has seen the passing in impartance of kero- sene as an illuminant and the rise in importance of gasoline as a motor fuel. The development of this indus- try was brought about by the applica- tion of chemiclal engineering tech- nique to the problem of distillation. Dr. Marvin Rogers is a chemical engineer with the Standard Oil Com- pany, is a member of the honorary chemical engineering fraternity, Phi Lambda Upsilon, is a member of the honorary research society, Sigma Xi, and is president of all the national inter-honorary fraternities. The speaker was secured for the meeting by I. A. Haase, chairman of the junior program committee. Armour institute at Technology, Chicago, illinois Pledge Eight Mon to Sphinx Honor" Society Sphinx, honorary literary society, pledged one senior and seven juniors at a meeting held last night in the Campus Club rooms. The senior pledge is R. Mansfield, E.E. The juniors are: H. O. Bauer-moisten Ch. E.; W. A. Chopin, 13.15.; C. 0. Fors- berg, Ch.E.; N. Gerber, Sc.; J. M. Kubcrt, E.E.; S. Rabinowitz, C. E.; and E. J. Simek, F.P.E. . Sphinx was organized to promote the three recognized Armour pub- licotions and to honor the men who have served faithfully in their pro» duction. The only men considered for membership are senior and ju- nior students who have executive po» sitions on any of the publications and who have been staff members for at least two years. Six Are Honored by Phi Lambda Upsilon Last Thursday evening Phi Lamb- da Upsilon, honorary chemical fra— ternity, pledged six men. Those pledged were E. Frcireich, E. A. Kreft, and R. C. Peterson, senior chemicals and F. B. Harman, E. A. Heike, and S. H. Kaplan, junior chemicals. Previous to the pledging, the can- didates passed two examinations, a comprehensive written test and a lab. oratory examination. On completion of the requirements set by the fra- ternity, the men were presented with ribbons in the chemical colors of lit- mus red and blue. Under the direc- tion of pledge captain N. Bulai, a number of tasks are being planned. Solid Color Letters Adopted for Future In an effort to standardize the type of letters given as athletic awards, the governing board of the Armour Tech Student Association recently passed a proposal for a solid one- color letter to replace the present three-color emblem. Letters will be solid red or gold, according to the individual’s choice for a color scheme, in combination with the sweater. Captains of the respective teams will receive black letters. The letters to be awarded next month for basket- ball, wrestling, and swimming, will be the first of the new type to appear. The proposal: for a change was brought up in Honor ‘A' some time ago. Members of the organization had petitions signed by present lettermen and presented these to the board of. athletic control of the A. T. S. A. in order to effect the change. [Worry Trips Planned by Civil Department One inspection trip a week, is the program set forth by the civil engi- neering department for the rest of the semester. Among the future trips is a visit to the Calumet Sewage Treatment Plant, which will be one of the few of the sewage treatment plants visited. A trip may be made to the intake crib on the north shore of Lake Michigan. During May some of the city river bridges will be Visited, and if possible, an attempt will be made to see a bridge under construction. Professor Vagtborg, in a few weeks will take the senior civil en- gineering students on a tour through several sewage treatment plants in the surrounding cities. Last Thursday, the Juhior and Sophomore civils visited the Struc- tural Steel Fabricating Plant of Mc- Clintic~Marshall Corporation, which is a subsidiary of the Bethlehem Steel Company. The visit consisted of a tour through the templet depart ment, the machine shop, the cutting and riveting shop, and the drafting room. Considerable time was spent in the drafting room. The visitors kept the draftsmen busy answering questions and pointing out details of some bridge plans. ._"Thér automatic electric eraser employed in the draft- ing room attracted considerable at- tention. Professors Penn arid Spears accompanied the group. Junior Week Event A fraternity open house to which about three hundred students—non fraternity membersh—will be invited, was announced by the interfrater~ nity council after their meeting last week. There will be dancing from nine to one o’clock on Tuesday night, May 12, at each of the houses. Ad- mission will be by pass card and the council announces that stags will not be welcome. The purpose is to publicize the fraternities for the student non- members and it is thought by those who are backing this affair that it will add much to the sociability of Junior Week. A registration booth will be main- tained in the main building by the interfratornity council. This booth will disseminate information to old alumni, guests and visiting high school students as well as members of the regular student body. Other business of the meeting con« sisted of drawing up the schedules for interfraternity softball. This was in charge of R. B. Ruppert, director of intramural athletics. Scientific! Tohorin for Formal fiance Bal ‘waarin, famous night club ballroom of the Sherman Hotel, is the selection of the junior Spring Formal committee as the site of their largest class event, to be held Friday night, May 15, as a grand climax to Junior Week. 0. A. Tomei, chairman of the committee, announced that Emil Flindt’s rhythm-band has been so- cured for the dance. Serve at Midnight Bids for this supper—dance which will be placed on sale either today or tomorrow, have been priced at $4.00, and will be sold on the “first come, first serve" basis, since table rcserva~ tions will be made accordingly. Those procuring early bids will have access to the choice tables on the edge 01? the ballroom floor. The committee re— quests students of all classes 10 make their reservations without delay; af- ter Wednesday, May 13, no more res- ervations will be accepted, nor bids: sold. The evening‘s program will consist of continuous dancing from 10 until 2 and probably up to 3 a. m., if there is popular demand. At midnight, sun- per will be served in customary Sher- man Hotel style. lPortray Croat of A. l. T. One end of the large ballroom will portray the crest of Armour Institute Plan New Fraternity \ in various lighting arrangements, and Chicago’s skyline and lake front will i be projected on the walls. 1 According to J. C. Stern, civil rep- l resentative to the junior commission,i those students who intend to rent l dress suits may obtain a card fromi him. With a card, the price for the . suit, including a suit, shirt, tie, links, 5 and studs, is $2.50. No deposit is re- quired at the time of fitting, and an early contact assures a better suit and less confusion right before the Formal. Stern may be reached in the civil drafting room in Mission build- ing any Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday from two to five. i Interhonorory Dance to lie Held On May f l Final arrangements for the annual l interlionorary dance were announced ‘ last week by the interhonorary council, of which John O. Lar-l son is president. The Venetian l room of the Southmoor Hotel will be' the site of the table dance on Friday night, May 1, at 9:30. Members of all honorary fratern- ities and honor societies at Armour are eligible to attend. The South- moor Hotel is located at Sixty~ Seventh street and Stony Island avenue. Ed Kraft and his Melody Masters, 3. well known audition orchestra for the Columbia Broadcasting System will supply the music. This'orchcs— tru has been well received and ap- proved by members of the musical clubs at their dances. Armour is Most to A.S.lVi.hl. Convention. Armour's student branch of the A. S. M. E. was host yesterday and to- day to the fourth annual Midwest Student Branch Conference at the Allerton Hotel. Seventeen colleges and universities are participating. Yesterday’s session was opened with a civic welcome. Papers Were presented in the morning by student representatives of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue, Marquette, and Wisconsin universities, and Lewis Institute. In the alter- noon, inspection trips were made to the Midwest Power Show preview and the International Harvester trac- tor works. A. M. Lane, president of the Ar- mour student branch, was chairman of the banquet last night in the Italian Room of the Allcrton. Mr. W. L. Abbott, retired chief engineer of the Commonwealth Edison Company gave a talk titled “If I Were An En— gineer.” “Fundamentals” was the subject discussed by W. A. Hanley, director of engineering at the Eli Lilly company. A paper titled "Kinematics Analy- sis of a Proposed Automatic Auto- mobile Transmission" was to be pre~ sented this morning by A. M. Lane who represented Armour Tech. Other papers will be presented by i’opresen- tatives of Rose Polytechnic Institute, University of Detroit, State Univer- sity of Iowa, Iowa State College, Michigan College of Mines and Technology, and Notre Dame. Professor Rocsch, F. D. Cotterman, A. H. Rice, and S. M. Miner from Armour are members of the commit- tee on arrangements. A.l.E.E. Hears G. Weill on Electric Control “Electric Control in Industry” was the subject of Mr. G. l. Wolff of the Cutler Hammer Company who spoke before the A.I.E.E. last Friday morning. Mr. Wolff cited one problem, of starting a large printingr press. A small motor is used with a slow speed but large starting torque to accelerate the press to a certain speed, at which time the small motor is cut out and the large one drives the press until it is stopped. Many problems present themselves as to stopping some types of ma— chinery. On the newer types of machinery, a “plugging,r switch" is used. When the current is shut oil" for the motor. a contact switch changes the direction of the motor; at the instant the motor is to stop, the plugging switch releases and the current is automatically cut out. Armour Comptroller Leonor School Staff Mr. Wallace M. Flower, comp- troller, is no longer connected with Armour Institute. He left last Wed- nesday for a Vacation in the East after which he will have a position with the McCormick-Blair investment organization. A new comptroller has not been appointed as yet. Mr. Flower was made a member of ‘ the Institute staff last May to assist in the business details of the project for the development of plans for mow mg Armour Tech to the north side. Chi Epsilon. Pledges Six to Membership Chi Epsilon, honorary civil engi— neering fraternity, pledged six mem- bers of the junior and senior classes in civil engineering! on Tuesday evo- ning, April ’7. The pledges are: R. B. Richards, and N. Virgilio, seniors, and P. I... G. Moore, 8. Rabinowitz, H. Ross, and J. G. Stern, juniors. The pledging was held in the rooms of the Campus Club. Pledges are to send out a news letter to the alumni members, and will also redecorate the Chi Epsilon room in Chopin Hall. The initiation of the pledges is to be held on Wednesday, April 29. Tuesday, April 2 i , litiiliil’lii til lidh iiili’i Will litiiili’i Wilhfil‘i ldhil Home 'l'dalbnmConiident Alter intensive Practice runetfi'fiuouo Out for their first victory of the season, Armour Tech‘s baseball team will meet Northwestern at Ogden field today in this year’s first home game. Rejuvenatcd by inten. sivc batting and fielding practice, and working, with new confidence behind their revived pitchers, the team is confident of administering a defeat to the strong Wildcat squad. Although the tally to date is a bit one-sided, the Krafi’tmcn have proven their mettle in the ninth inning: heartbreakcr against Chicago last week, and the squad has hopes of picking-up for the remaining games. So far, a mediocre batting average has been the Tech bugbear, but the workouts of last week have done much to correct this deficiency. Kruoo Shows Up Well The first game with the Purple served to show up a new star on the pitching stud“; Kruse. The fresh- man, finished ofl' the last four in- nings by allowing only one hit and striking out the side in the seventh. Because of the way Kruse held the Wildcats at boy, he will probably take the mound against them today. Purple Hus Man Power Northwestern is bringing a strong team, composed of fifteen to twenty infielders and outfielders and a pitching stall of ten, four of whom are first string hurlcrs. With such a display of man power, the North Sidcrs have adopted an “in-thebag" attitude, but the pep displayed by the local lads in practice is an equalizing factor. it'll be a content worth seeing. Don't fail to come out this after. noon and cheer the Techawkn to vic- tory! Wfifl. flaggmoker at LaumPEYh/ifldl. Final arrangements for the W. S. E. smoker to be held May 9, at the Lawson Y. M. C. A., were announced last Friday. The entertainment planned for the nine by the committee is to sist of movies, card playing, swimming and will be supplemented by refreshments. The history of elec— tricity and its earliest inventions are to be featured in several reels loaned by the Westinghouse Electric Company. In addition, two reels of comedy have been secured by the committee headed by H. M. Ross. Pamphlets on “Concrete Road De— sign" were given to all those present at last Friday’s meeting of the W. S. B. when Mr. E. C. Wenger dis cussed the problems met in this field, working out typical problems to il- lustrate the methods used in concrete design. One of the points brought ,out in his lecture was that an in- (Continued on page 3) Too Beta Pi Holds initiation of: Ten Ten men were initiated into Tau ‘ its Pi, national honorary engineer- ing fraternity, last Wednesday eve- , nine. Three seniors, W. Alt. M. E.; E. J. Kirsch, E. E.; and A. H. Rice, M. E., were among those honored. The juniors were: H. O. Bauer-moist‘ or, Ch. E.; W. A. Chopin, E. E.: N. Gerber, Sch; E. . Heike, Ch. E): P. M. Martin, E. E., S. M. Miner, M. E.; and L. E. wassler, C. E. Among l those present at the ceremonies in the Faculty Club at 5:30 p. in. were sev- l are] faculty members as well as Prof. ' Leigh, formerly an Armour instruC» l tor. After the ceremonies, a banquet lwas held in the faculty grill. and the group went to the Erlsmzer The- , nter, where they saw “The Great ‘r Ziegfeld."