Tuesday, September 22,. 1936 @ffice Releases Student Ratings Scholastic standings released by the Oifice of the Registrar indicate improved scholarship for the fall sc~ master of 1935-1936 as compared to the spring semester of 1935-1936. Organizations showing an improved scholastic standing were the under- graduate student body, the classes and the various departments, while social and honorary fraternities, for the most part suffered losses in scholarship. Seniors Highest The average of the student body, a total of 750 students, is 1.62. The average of the various classes are as follows: Senior Class . . . ...... . . . . . . . 1.96 Junior Class . ...... . . . . . . . . 1.69 Sophomore Class . . . . . . . . . 1.57 Freshman Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.39 Frank 1). Cottcrman heads the senior class with an average of 2.96, William B. Graupner heads the juniors with 2.93, William R. Mar- shall heads the sophomores with 2.91, and freshmen George J. Derrig out— ranks all other class leaders with a perfect 3.00. In computing the departmental averages, freshman students, are not included: Engineering Science . . ...... . 2.08 Fire Protection Engineering . . 1.92 Civil Engineering . ........ . . 1.7r8 Electrical Engineering . . . . . . . 1.74 Chemical Engineering . . 1.71 Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . 1.64 Mechanical Engineering . . . . . . 1.57 T. Xl Beats Rho Dolls Among the scholastic honorory frav ternities, Tau Beta Pi heads the list. Tau Beta Pi ............ . . . 2.58 Chi Epsilon . . . . 2.112 Eta Kappa Nu . . . . 2.42 Phi Lambda Upsilon . . . 2.111 Salamander . . . . . . .. . 2.36 Pi Tau Sigma . . .. .......... 2.19 Of the nonvscholastic honor or- ganizations, Pi Nu Epsilon has, an average of 1.84, and Sphinx honor society has an average of 2.23. The scholastic average of the pro- fessional fraternities is: Scarab . 1.95 Alpha Chi Sigma ........... 2.11 In the competition for the loving cup awarded annually to the social fraternities, a slim margin of 0.004 separates the two highest—Theta Xi remains possessor of the cup, won last semester, with an average of 1.871 and Rho Delta Rho is again second with an average of 1.867. The averages of the other social fra- ternities are as follows: Sigma Alpha Mu ............ 1.83 PiKappaPhi.......... .1.63 Triangle ..... . . . . . . . . . . 1.61 Delta Tau Delta ............ 1.54 Phi Kappa Sigma .......... . 1.41 PhiPiPhi ..... H...........137 Fraternity Average 15 1.53 The fraternities that own or rent their own chapter houses—Phi Kap- pa Sigma, Delta Tau Delta, Phi Pi Phi, and Pi Kappa Phi—who‘re a schol- astic average of 1.53 as compared to the average of all students of 1.62. In compiling the scholastic aver- ages the following numerical values were given to the letter grades: A is 3 points Bm2, C-l, D-0, and 13-0. Grades in physical education were not included. Class of ’39 Sponsors Only Summer Altair Continuing their social affairs on into the summer recess the class, of ’39 introduced a new factor to their fellow classmates in regards to class activities. On Friday, July 17th, six- ty members ot-the class together with their girl friends, boarded the S. S. Roosevelt at the Michigan Avenue bridge and sailed on a two and a half hour moonlight cruise along the lake front. The party held reservations on the Lido deck and were entertain- ed by the many attractions and scenes about the boat. Music was furnished by the ship’s dance orches- tra. The committee, in charge of bid sales and arrangements consisted of B. G. Anderson, E. C. Mitchell, I. Footlik, and R. W. Starmann. Sales were handled by post card corre- spondence. The turnout was suffi- cient to balance the expenses. NEW PRQFATW (Continued from page 1) Dr. J. A. Schaad and Dr. R. 11. Manley have both received appoint— ments in the chemistry department. Dr. Schaad received his Ph.D. Iron] the University 01' Illinois and will be an instructor in general chemistry, while Dr. Manley, having received his high school training at benn and hlS l’h.D. from the State University of Iowa, will be an instructor in gen— eral chemistry and qualitative analy. sis. Otto Zmeskal, a graduate of Ar— mour in ’36, will be an instructor in metallurgy. In the fire protection department, Mr. J. T. Sorcnscn, who received his 15.8. in fire protection engineering at Armour Tech in June, 1933, will replace Mr. H. 0. Sneidker as instruc- tor of fire insurance. Mr. W. J. Mc- Larney who attended the University of Iowa and received his M.A. from Columbia, will be an instructor in mechanical engineering. Dr. J. G. Potter, who taught math- ematics last year, will also teach physics this year. He was formerly a physicist at the Bureau of Stand» ards. A course in building construc- tion will be given by W. N. Setter- berg to junior civils. Mr. Setterberg graduated from Armour Institute in 1929 and is a registered architect in the state of Illinois. He also will be assistant registrar. Miss R. L. Verwey, the assistant librarian who was on leave of ab- sence last year, has resigned, and Miss E. L. Chesire, who assisted last year, will remain with the library staff. Student Surveyors Improve Civil Camp In a program in line with the In- stitutc’s, improvements and changes were made at Camp Armour, civil surveying camp. Summer camp is located on the shores of Trout Lake, Vilas County, in northern Wisconsin. Led by Prof. J. C. Penn and S. M. Spears, twenty—nine sophomore and junior civils gained what to many was their first bit of practical ex~ pcrience. When camp opened in the latter part of June, a new arrange- ment of tents greeted the students as the somewhat helter—skclter order of tents gave way to an almost mili- tary horse-shoe formation. Build Sixty Foot Pier A pier some sixty feet long, don— ated by the State House, was as— sembled soon after camp convened. The pier, though not jig—sawed tow gether according to the numbered pieces, served its purpose well, ex— tending out into the deeper water and serving as an anchorage for the camp boats. Utilizing some tall, upturned spruce, a forty’fivc foot flag pole was constructed and set in place before the mess hall. Standing not far from the water’s, edge on top of a small hlufl‘, the flagpole, the proud bearer of Old Glory and the flag of A.I.’l‘., can be seen from practically any part of the lake. That the spruce was cut, hewn, and trimmed entirely by the students themselves enhances the flagpole in their estimation. Leave Class Gift Continuing the principle renewed by last year’s class, a novelty in the form of a four and one-half foot fireside bench was made as a. memo of the class of ’36. Carved in its inlaid Masonite top are the names of the students and professors. When camp closed at the end of July, the improvements continued. With a nucleus of some eight men, under the direction of Professors Penn and Spears, 2. wooden shack large enough to house four men was built on the hill top facing the lake. The eventual plan is to replace the tents by the more permanent and durable wooden houses. Take Many Pictures Though a far cry from city facil- ities, sanitary conditions were im- proved by the erection of a new— no slivers—six—man house. There is no doubt 'that this last summer at camp was an unusually productive one. In addition, it was an unusually photographed one, as moving pictures of camp life were made by Mr. Spears. Assisting the professors in the work of guiding and instructing the students were P, L. G. Moore and H. Manke, who are now senior civils, ARMOUR TECH MEWS GU‘VERNMENT Wild. ASSEST STUEENTS Tlillflllfili N. Y. A. .Set Limit on Hours and Wages Under the provision of the Na- tional Youth Administration for Fed- eral College Student Aid, students will be enabled to work during the coming scholastic year on projects that are beneficial to the school. Stu- dents desiring such work may obtain applications from Mr. W. N. Setter- berg, placement director. Ninety-two jobs are obtainable, ac- cording to the ruling of the N.Y.A., which allows funds to pay up to twelve percent of the student en- rollment of October, 1934, provid- ing those students were carrying three-fourths of the normal curri~ culum. No Hazardous Work The yearly allotment for under— graduates. is $12,420 which makes $4,140 available for the first three months period based on $1,380 per month. Graduate students have an allotment of $270 for nine months or $30 a month. Students will work at school and at the Illinois State Employment Of- vfice. The work at school will be of a nature that is not required for the regular operation 01' the Institute. No work of hazardous nature is to be done and it will be of a practical and useful nature. Limits Set On Hour» The selection of students for this work is to be based on four condiv tions prescribed by the N.Y.A. These conditions are: 1. Need of such aid; 2. Character and ability to do college work; 3. Students must be full—time resident students carrying at least three-fourths of the normal curricu- lum. Students at night school are eligible if they carry at least three~ fourths of the full curriculum nor. mally carried by regular day Stu- dents. 4. Students’ age must be be- tween 16 and 25 years. According to the N.Y.A., students may work a maximum of 30 hours in a given week—~8 hours in a given day and shall be paid on an hourly basis at the hourly rate commonly paid by the institution—forty cents, at Armour. comma” (Continued from page 1) sities and in Canada in 1927 before various scientific gatherings, and quite extensively before general an— diences in reference to the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition. His main achievements are his research work and his organization of the sci- entific work of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition. Constructed Equipment His research work lies in the field of the electrical, chemical, and opti- cal eil’ects of extremely high pres- sures. To carry on this work he had to design and construct all of the equipment used. He has also done much research in the fields of Ant- arctic meteor and auroral phenoma, geophysics, glaciology, scismology, terrestrial magnetism, and organic chemistry. He carried out his re» search work while at the University of Iowa in 1931, while with the Ari- zona Meteox Expedition in 1982, while having a Guggenheim Fellow~ ship in 1933-34, and while second in command of the Second Bryd An- tarctic Expedition 1935-06. Organized Staff The scientific research of the Byrd Expedition, which Dr. Poulter organ- ized, covered twenty-two branches of science and employed a staff of twenty men. Not only did Dr. Poul- ter organize the work of the scien- tific staff, but he also secured dona— tions to the expedition of more than seventy thousand dollars worth of scientific material and equipment. In Antartica, a land the size of the United States and Mexico, .Dr. Poul- ter and his stafi’ collected samples and specimens that will require three to five years, of laboratory and re- search work for classification. A new species of fish and many new bac- teria, and mosses were discovered as well as many mineral and coal dc- posits, In one mountain range twen— ty veins of coal each over six feet thick were found. Chemical Fraternity Holds Yachting Trip A yachting party was the chief feature of the summer program for Alpha Chi Sigma professional chemi- The yacht “Jack- ellen” was chartered for August 30; cal fraternity. thirteen members of the fraternity and their friends enjoyed an after— noon of sailing, although no report was given as to who got seasick. Lat— er the group went to the home of Howard Milleville for a radio dance and refreshments. New quarters have also been giv— en the Armour chapter because of the general rearrangement of Cha- pin Hall. The furniture and equip- ment have already been moved to the new suite on 33de street, while plans are being made to complete remod- eling: and decoration at an early date. nerdMnm (Continued from page 1) room adjacent to Science Hall has been converted into a physics store- room. Besides the actual remodeling the physics department ‘ "‘ ' by the purchase of new equipment which in- cludes a large demonstration am- meter and voltmeter, a dissectablo motor generator, and new gyroscopic equipment. Equipment has also been purchased for experiments in light electronics, and heat. The freshman drawing room on the fifth floor, Mam, has been cleaned, painted and varnished. Display and show cases have been installed to house student drawings and models. Clean Library In the library a thorough cleaning took place. Walls were washed and calcimined, and better accommoda- tions were made for the library books. As a part of the remodeling and rehabilitating program, the coal lab at 33rd and Dearborn Streets was in— stalled. The first floor rooms were completely remodeled and redecor— ated and the floors scraped and stained. The rear porch was demol- ished and will be replaced by a steel stairway. The men's lavatory in the Mission Building is being completely modern- ized. The fixtures have been com- pletely removed and are being re— placed with modern ones. A modern- istic scheme will predominate; in- cluding indirect lighting and a sus- pended celotex ceiling. lmprove Grounds The school grounds have also been improved. Lawns have been made and trees planted. More landscaping work will be done as the semester progresses. In all some $12,000 has been spent to improve Armour buildings. Equip- ment valued at $5,000 was installed in the coal lab and $6,000 worth of equipment in the chem labs. ].Bolihiall and RCump Win Drawing Awards Two Armour students, J. A. Bob- hill and P. W. (lump, Jr., were awarded first places in the National Drawing Competition sponsored by the drawing section of S.P.E.E. at its annual meeting which took place at the University of Wisconsin last June. In this competition Armour was the only school which received two firsts. Each college or university submitted only freshman drawings. Cump’s work was judged on pencil drawing, orthographic projection, and pencil tracing. Bobhill’s, drawing was judged on the same points with the addition of dimensioning. The men judging this contest were T. T. Aakhus, University of Nebraska; A. S. chcns, University of Minnesota; and the chairman, G. M. Phelps, chsselacr Polytechnic Institute. At the three day session which took place just before the annual meeting of the S.P.E.E. three fac— ulty members, instructors in draw- ing: at Armour, were present: C. E. Hammett, W. H. Seegrist, and C. R. Swineford. Mr. Seegrist presented a short paper on “The Type of Traim ing In Freshman Graphics Important to Progress in Engineering Educa- tion". Mr. C. E. Hammett read a paper on “Present Day Needs in the Freshman Course in Descriptive Ge— ometry”. Page Five | than revs was: rosemary! } IT'S THE LACK or ENTHUSI ONTHE PART OF THE. STUDENTS FOP. TRAINING AWAY Team THE CAMPUS THAT IS CAU5|NG THE. DECLINE lNTHESE. seems J’s-em ASM wuuwa FROSH Wltl. SHOW THEM. WE’LL TAKE THE INTTIATNE~ we can WlLL FOLLOW . s... A SPGRTS EDWOREAL and new experiences; for the minds of both come thoughts of and the like. Daily and so this group is trim teams are chosen. announced that this ’l‘cchawk sp or die for dear old Armour” in trip. these facilities on the campus, friendships and the persuance 0: remains to bolster the season’s equally large gathering with many aspirants for cage honors on hand. These sports have a record of success at Armour, and the main reason for this is the wealth of material from which these School again! For the incoming freshmen, new acquaintances upper classman, the renewal of l“ a well~known routine. Into the school activities, sports, tournies, The call for wrestling candidates sees a large turnout in the gym. It is true that some students show up just out of curi- med down; but a sizeable squad mat hopes. Basketball sees an It is only when swimming and indoor track meetings are irit suffers a considerable depres~ sion. Turnouts are poor, competitive spirit is at a low ebb, and hence the showing of these teams is not all it might be. The sadness of this situation cannot be overstrcssed. It seems hard to believe that the spirited collegian who is willing to “do wrestling or basketball is too in- dolent to travel to the University of Chicago for track or tank practice. With a wonderful athletic plant at our disposal it seems a shame to waste the opportunity to lend one's talents to the school simply because of the additional effort involved in making the It is unfortunate, of course, that Armour cannot provide but this should not deter those with enough school spirit to surmount the difficulty. This is a challenge! What are you going to do about it? RESEARCH-- (Comt‘nucd from page 1) gaseous by-products of little value, with the hope of converting them into gasoline. Study Stoker-s in Ice Lab In the refrigeration laboratory a domestic stokcr research project has been studiEd since last May under the direction of W. A. Pearl. Mr. Pearl and three student associates have experimented with and made many improvements on coal stokers burning from twenty to ninety pounds of coal per hour for use in small homes. At the present time several stokers that contain all the new improvements are being given their final tests. Coal Research Started A coal research project has been started under the directorship of Dr. R. D. Snow in new laboratories of the Research Foundation in the build— ing on the southwest corner of 33rd and Dearborn streets. The coal The search project is to continue for at least one year and will make an ex- tensive study of Indiana and Illinois coal. These states have the largest reserves of bituminous coal in the United States. An attempt will be made to im- prove the combustion properties of the coal by mechanical cleaning. De- dusting and washing processes, will be experimented with. A complete investigation will be made of meth‘ ods to decrease the products of com. bustion which are mostly ash flue dust and sulphur dioxide. It is hoped ‘that perhaps 25%—30% of the im~ by mechanical cleaning. y abilfiy of coal, work will be done on purities can be removed at the mines . Following the study of the wash: colloidal suspension of pulverized coal in fuel oils. This will utilize the fine coal dust now wasted at the mines and provide a convenient method for transporting pulverized coal. Investigate Cool for Stoker's Later, the optimum size of coal for use in mechanical stokers will be in~ vestigatcd in an attempt to reduce the large variety of sizes of coal now on the market. Working with Dr. Snow on the coal project will be two graduate students and two under— graduate students. ' The stoker research project, (zeal research, and Universal Oil research projects are forerunners of an ex- tensive program being conducted by the Research Foundation which was formed on April 3, 1936, by the Board of Trustees of Armour Insti- tute. To Aid Scientific Investigation Though not the largest research foundation, the Armour Foundation is perhaps the largest engineering re- search group. The project was or- ganized to “promote, encourage, maintain and aid scientific investiga- tion and research in affiliation with . . .thc faculty staff, alumni, and stu- dents.. .and to provide or assist in providing the equipment, machinery and means by which their scientific studies, discoveues, inventions. and processes may be developed applied and protected. . ." The following are the oil‘icers of the Research Foundation: Willard E. Hotchkiss president; Charles W. Hills, J12, vice president: Robert B. Harper, treasurer; Homer E. Cooper. secretary; James D. Cunningham, Paul H. Davis, and Alfred L. Ens» ti‘ce, members of the board of direct , tors.