a moon I 212’: S v01. XVIII. No. I. "i it hhdlhhtll lilidlithlllh i! W hillid tbllblltlhh Domestic Stoker‘s, Coal, and Oil Are Being Investigated HEADED BY T. POULTER With three extensive research projects already under way, Dr. Thomas C. Poulter, senior scientist of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedi- tion, assumed charge of the Research Foundation of Armour Institute. Ap- pointed this month as director of the Research Foundation by Dr. Willard E. 'Hotchkiss, president of the Found- ation, Dr. Poulter's term as director began the fifteenth of this month. Many new activities of a research and experimental nature are being antici- pated by the Research Foundation for the coming year to add to the projects that have been studied since the Foundation’s inception last April. Conduct Oil Research First of the three projects to be or- ganized is the Universal Oil Products Company Research Project. In a lab- oratory on the fourth floor of the main «building, experiments on mak— ing gasoline and other oil products are being conducted by Dr. V. Komv arewsky, director of the project. The principal object of the work will be to discover catalytic agents which will aid reactions in cracking crude oil to make gasoline. In addi- tion, experiments, are being made on (Continued on page 5) W. I). Kralfi Resigns as Coach at Armour William C. Kraift, coach of basket- ball and baseball, has recently re- signed, according to an announcement of the Armour Board of Trustees. Mr. Kraii't, who has been at Armour for fifteen years and had charge of the gym classes, plans to devote more time to his insurance business now. His successor or successors have not yet been named, but several names are under consideration. Erma Returns From Studies at Harvard Mr. Herbert Ensz, professor in the department of civil engineering, re- turned last week from a seven months’ stay at Harvard University. Having secured a scholarship through the efforts of Dean Heald, Professor Ensz studied the subject of soil me— chanics with some of the most ems inent men in this comparatively new field. Under the direction of Pro- fessor Teraaghi often called the “fav ther of modern soil mechanics", in- vestigations were made on soils to determine their physical properties. While at Harvard, Profesor Ensz attended the International Confer- ence on Soil Mechanics and Founda- tions held in the latter part of June. He praised highly the proceedings of the ' and ‘ the l Pick Group Leaders to Advise Freshmen As has been the custom in past years, the incoming freshmen will be divided into groups for the purpose of being enlightened on school cus- toms and activities by junior and son- ior group leaders. These group lead- ers have been chosen and are sched~ uled to meet in Dean Heald’s office this afternoon. These group leaders answer any questions which the freshman can think of, and explain the sophomore freshman relations, fraternity rush— ing, participation in athletics, and all school affairs. The men selected are: H. J. Bod- nar, D. N. Brissman, W. A. Chopin, W. J. Chelgren, C. W. Dunbar, E. A. Heike, P. M. Martin, S. M. Miner, F.’ and J. D. Sheehan. Allll’lilllll T0 HAW. lAllGli FACULTY Wit 60%th Whit Twelve new men will bolster the faculty during the coming school year with the greatest change in the architectural department. Increased enrollment due to the (30-01) students and to the regular day school stu- dents, and a desire to decrease the teaching load have brought about many of these changes. Mr. Louis Skidmore, Chicago archi- tect and chief of design of a Cen- tory of Progress, succeeds Mr. E. Ii. Reed as director of the department of architecture. Mr. Road has re- signed in order to devote all his time to his architectural practice. Mr. J‘. Loebl, a graduate of Armour in 1921 and a member of the Advisory Com- mittee of Architects will assist Mr. Skidmore in administering the dc- partment. Senior critic, Mr. C. G. Becrsman and Mr. E. A. Merrill, instructor in architectural construction, have re» signed their positions in the architec~ tural department to devote full time to professional practice. Mr. S. 'H. Harper, a. graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and cm- ploycd in the office of the state architect will be an instructor in architectural construction. Professor John E. Snow of the elec- trical engineering department, who became a member of the faculty of Armour Institute in 1894 and was the senior ranking professor in the school’s service has retired. A new instructor, Mr. E. A. Kent, who comes from Kansas State College, will take some of the classes in this department. Under the present expansion pro— gram of the institute, Dr. H. A. Gid- dings has been appointed as assist~ ant professor of mathematics and Dr. G. C. Webber has been appointed as instructor in the same department. Dr. Giddings comes from the Massa— chusetts Institute of Technology where he received his Ph.D. and taught mathematics. Dr. Webber re- ceived his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago (Continued on page 5) volumes to any students interested in soil mechanics. The science has been growing for the past 12 years and has served to predetermine safe methods of ground support, to design foundations whose stability must be assured against set- tlement, and to show how earth dams can be safeguarded from percolation and subsidence. All theories are considered tentative, and have been taughtwith this viewpoint. It has been found that no formulas which are applied to steel and con« crete can be used in attempting to prescribe building, settlement, or pip- ing in dams. Soil mechanics, how- ever, is actually put to work in these projects. According to Professor Ensz, “Already construction amount— ing to several hundred million dol- lars is being controlled by knowledge derived from the new science.” Professor Ensz left Armour on February 1, 1936, and had the privi— lege of devoting the summer to lab- oratory work at Harvard. Wanted ! Applications for positions on the repertorial stafi‘ of the Ar- mour Tech News will be received during lunch hour Thursday. Sep- tember 24 in th( offices of the News, fourth entrance. second floor, Chapin hall. Applications for the photographer’s position will also be taken. Freshmen and sophomore students are eligible. While a knowledge of journalist tic~english is, not imperative, a willingness to do conscientious work is a definite requirement. Freshmen who are interested in newspaper work, or who think they may become interested, are urged not to wait till the second semester or the second year to commence working for the News. New men on the staff will have their choice of working on the edi- torial staff, the sports staff, or the business staff. X. Popper, A. H. Ramp, P. R. Schultz, l . Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois I President’s Message Welcome, Class of 1940! Forty—seven other classes have come as freshmen to Armour Insti- tute of Technology before you came. Three of those classes are still here to join with the faculty in passing on to you the heritage of winnowed and ripened tradition, which should become a part of a man of Armour and make him receptive to all the potential benefits his college educa- tion here can bring. Every class of all the forty-seven which preceded you has contributed something toward making Armour what it is,evcry class has had a part in preserving the best of Ar- mour traditions. You too will have opportunity to make a discrimi- nating contribution to Armour tro~ ditions and Armour life. Your teach ers and all the Armour men who have preceded you will hope and expect that Armour will be a better place for the young men who will be Armour students in years to come because of what you do while you are here. Even more, they will hope that you, by your eagerness to profit by your study, by the inspiration of your teachers, and by the qualities of those with whom you cooperate in student affairs, will take away from Armour four years hence an ability to serve your generation no- bly. The years of your professional service will be a time in which roundly educated engineers will be greatly needed. We shall all strive as best we can to help you prepare to meet that need. A hearty welcome is yours! WILLARD E. HO'I‘CHKISS, President. Sept. 22, 1936. Aptitude Tests Are Given to Freshmen For the third time in the history of the school, entering freshmen will be given orientation tests which will consist of aptitude tests in mathemat- ics, general science, reading, and English vocabulary. A series of gen- eral psychological tests will be in- cluded. All freshmen will be re- quiredWo take these tests. which will be given Tuesday, September 22, from 10:00 a. m. to 12:30 -p. m., and from 2:00 to 4:30 p. m. on the fifth floor of the main building. The tests this year will be some- what different from those used in past years. They come from a va- riety of sources, two being published by the American Council in Educa- tion, and two being furnished by Iowa State University. This will be a strictly objective type of examina« tion which is intended to show apti- tude rather than the factual knowl- edge of the student. It will have no effect on the entrance of freshmen since they will be already enrolled when they take the exam. The committee gn‘ving the tests consists of Dr. C. A. Tibbals, chair- man; Dr. W. C. Krathwohl, techni- cal director; and Professors W. B, Fulghum, B. E. Goe't'z, T... .T. Lease, and W. ‘H. Seegrist. These men will be assisted by several other members of the faculty. 'pointmcut of Dr. Tibbals. l Tibloals Appointed Assistant Dean To Assist Freshmen in Choice of Vocation In keeping with the present ex- pansion program of the Institute, Dr. C. A. Tibbals was appointed assistant to the Dean. Dr. ’l‘ibbals, who is professor of analytical chemistry, « will take over his new duties imme- diately. In addition, he will teach l‘r.shman chemistry lecture and recitation and the chemical hazards . COUTBG. Increased enrollment and more Calls upon the service of Dean 11. T. lleuld has made necessary the ap- In addi- tion to cooperating with the Dean, . Dr. Tibbals. will direct a personnel service forlthe guidance of the fresh- men and other students. Dr. ’l‘ibbals, who is fifty-five years old, spent his undergraduate days at. the University of Wisconsin, where he was also instructor in chemistry from 1902 to 1906. He received his PhD. there in 1908 and in the same year joined the staff of the Institute as an instructor in chemistry, serving as an assistant professor until 1910. During; the war, Dr. Tibbals served in the United States Army as Captain in the Ordinance Division. Return- ing to the Institute in 1919, be ac- cepted the position of associate pro- fessor of analytical chemistry, and in 1928 he was promoted to the rank of full professor in the same depart~ ment. Whit. llhllhl‘hll "l0 lllllht’l‘ NEW llllfihhhilll W‘flhli Former Senior Scientist of Byrd Expedition Dr. Thomas C. Poultcr second in command and senior scientist of. thc Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition, arrived at Armour last Week to take up his duties as Director of the new- ly-oiganizcd Research Foundation. Dr. Poulter, although still a young man, has bad a great breadth of ex- perience. He received his Bu . at Iowa Wesleyan College in 1923 and his, PhD. at the University of Chin cago in 1933. In 1935 he was award- ed the honorary degree of Sc.D. by Iowa Wesleyan College. He has had considerable experi— ence as an educator, lecturer, and research worker. He taught at Iowa Wesleyan Academy as professor of physics, 1916—18; at the University of Chicago as assistant in chemistry, 1923—25; and at the Iowa Wesleyan College as assistant in biology, chom- istry, and physics, 1923; as head or the department of chemistry, 1925)- 27; as head of the department of physics, 1927-33; and as head of the division of physical sciences, mathe- matics, and astronomy, 1933. He lec- tured before fourteen state univer- (Continncd on page 5) Seven Seniors Given Honor Scholarships Seven seniors have attained dis- tinction by becoming the recipients of half scholarships which were awarded by Dr. Willard E. Hotch- kiss, president of the Institute. The winners of the scholarships are: M. H. Beckman, Arch; W. B. Graupner, E. 751.; S. M. Miner, M. E.; J. J. Penn, Eng. Sc; H. M. Ross, C. E.; and E. A. Eleike, Ch. E. Each of these seniors, representa~ tives. of every department but fire protection engineering, is a scholas- tic leader in his department Graupner and Penn are the recipi- ents of the Bernard E. Sunny Schol- arship; while Miner and Heike benefit through the Isadore S.‘ Prenner scholarship. The John H. Hamline scholarship was awarded to Gold- smith, and the Malek A. Loring scholarship to Beckman. Ross is the recipient of the Edward A. Elcock scholarship. 'l'uesday, September 22, l93 h." Program Will Continue fiver Number oi: Summers m moneys" LIBRARY Talk current for fifteen or more years has been transformed into ac- tion. Armour‘s physical status has been improved, due primarily to the abilities of two men, Dr. Willard E. Hotchkiss and Professor Harold A. Vagtborg. Through their cll'orts, plans too often out of the reach of the Institute have given way to action. The manifestations of these plans are everywhere, as the school presents a definitely improved and neat ap— pearance. Chapin and Science Halls and the chemistry laboratories attest to this fact. Improvements have been made, and what is more encouraging, will con- tinue to be made. A definite plan has been arranged. Each summer the buildings will be improved and re~ modeled as the need for remodeling arises: Since this summer’s remodeling operations take the “major bite” into the total costs, improvements for the following years will be easier. The feeling current among the faculty, of- ficers of the Institute, and trustees is that should the school move, remodel- ing costs of the old buildings would be insignificant; and negligible as com- pared to the moving costs. Next summer the chemical depart- ment will definitely see changes. Fa» cilitics will be enlarged for the chem- ical engineering laboratory and all of the freshman chemistry laboratory will be equipped with the same type of lockers as those in the recently in- stalled section. These moves will of- (Continncd on page 4) Ten Freshmen Receive ficholomhip rm» Year Of the 132 men who took the competitive examinations for the Freshman Scholarship awards last May, ten were awarded full schol— arships. The men were given a three hour examination in mathematics and in either chemistry or physics, or both. In addition each was privately inter lowed. Character and the ap— plicant’s high school record, togeth~ or with his ability to use English corw rcctiy, entered into the judgment of the scholarship committee. The com- mittee was headed by Dr. C. A. Tib- bals and included Dean H. ’I‘. Iloald, S. F. Bibb, W. E. Kelly, W. H. See- grist, and S. E. Winston. Those who received scholarships, were for the most part Chicagoans. The complete list of the scholarship winners is as follows: D. I. Dykstra, Central High, Ni- coma, Ol