Page Two Armour Tech News Student Publication of the ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Published Weekly During the College Year ‘ ssoci tcd'tfiollcgintc @933? “22717534 935 as .2410 Per Year Single Copies, 10 Cents Each EDITORIAL BOARD Editor-in-chicf . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fred L. Leason, Jr. Managing Editor ......... Norton Gerber Sports Editor ...................... Joseph M. Kubert News Editor .. ................. Sidney Rabinowitz Copy Editor ................. Herman 0. Bauermeister Business Manager ..................... E. J. Simek Faculty Advisor .................. Walter Hendricks EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Assignment Editors .................. W. J. Chelgren, «L. B. Parker, J. D. Shechan Feature Editor ............... , ......... R. Weissman Assistants: W. Graf, M. Luber, S. M. Miner, E. J. Plcva, J. Rae, H. M. Ross. News Reporters ............. L. Bain, R. F. Beardsley, H. J. Bodnar, E. G. Cicchanowicz, M. Ephraim, A. George, R. I. Jafl‘ee, J. D. Keane, R. Kotal, R. N. Lange, C. W. Itch, A. N. Schrieber, E. L. Stall, E. F. Wagner, ’1‘, W. Ycakle. Assistant Copy Readers . . . . W. A. Chapin, F. D. Heifer-t J. F. Sturgeon Cartoonist ............................ R. Kichaven Sports Reporters ........................ R. A. Braun, H. R. Coyle, G. F. Morris, C. K. Nauman, D. B. Rodkin, R. E. Worcester. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Advertising Manager ................. I. M. Thomas Circulation Manager . . . . . .C. 0. Forsbcrg Business Assistant .................... It. B. Burman Vol. XVIII. SEPTEMBER 29, 1936 No. 2 Views expressed in these columns are not those of (my individual writer but represent the consensus of opinion of the editorial board of the Armour Tech News. Green Caps Regulations for the wearing of green caps will be plainly made known to the freshmen within the next few days. Briefly, they will be worn from the Freshman Handshake tomorrow night until Thanksgiving Day, and in the spring from about St. Patrick‘s Day until the class rush of which more will be said later. The wearing of “pots” by freshmen has become the traditional rite of the first year men on college campuses throughout the United States. Abroad, some other kind of recognition is made. Reasons for wearing the green cap at Armour are three-fold: first, it creates a fraternal feeling among the new men; second, it unites the stu- dents nearly all of whom are among strangers—- no one high school has sent any large number of men to this school; third, it is one of the very few traditions passed on by the previous freshmen to their successors the class of 1940. Men. you are here to obtain a cultural as well as a technical education. The technical part will be taken care of in the classroom. The cultural part is almost entirely up to the efforts of the in- ARMOUR TECH NEWS dividual. Much of the outside time which might be devoted to cultural development will be taken up by homework but opportunities for such de- velopment do present themselves and the realiza- tion of tradition presents one of these golden op— portunities. Armour is an old school on the exterior but through its keeping up with the world of educa— tion it is decidedly up to date. It is up to the new their number, to help maintain this standard by thorough cooperation. Are You a. Card Man? Whether or not the engineer will have to be a union man in the future seems to be one of the side issues arising out of the bitter union war which weekly flames into the headlines. Circulars mailed to many of the upper classmen last week invited them to attend a meeting of a group seek» ing to organize architects, engineers, chemists, and technicians under the “C. I. 0.”, the “Com- mittee for Industrial Organization” which, last month carried a large part of the American Federation of Labor to the fighting side of the fence in its national family quarrel. That this flank attack is only a method of gain~ ing strength for the battle which is to come is fairly obvious. But beyond this is the more im— portant question of just where the engineer does stand on the entire union question. The old say- ing says, “Birds of a feather flock together" ; the new version might read, “Birds of a feather have to flock together to get anywhere.” The engineering societies have done remark- ably well in educating their men and in maintain- ing interest in technical subjects after college studies have ceased, but they have done very little toward raising the basic pay of their members. Engineers are the lowest paid professional group in this country. Whether organization in the forms of unions would help materially is a ques- tion. The main objections to unions made by intelligent men is that the constant internal graft and pettiness occurring in some of the existing unions would do more harm than good. The sal- aries advocated are high for the average man but they soon become maximum rates which is a real obstacle to an aggressive individual. The work of an engineer cannot be classed into one category: he gains a variety of experience from specific technical work to general work of a man- agerial capacity. We believe that very few of the engineering students wish to become technicians ——automatons. To the professional man it would seem advis— able to endeavor to raise his financial standing through his professional society. There he can meet the industrialists who hire engineers to pre- sent his viewpoints in a friendly, rather than in an antagonistic viewpoint usually resorted to by union members. We dare say industrialists are opposed to na— tional unions because it puts too much power in the hands of their employees. From an open- minded viewpoint, they can combat unions fair- ly by paying their employees livable wages and not being “two-flsted” in their relations with them. This policy has not “broken" the too few companies who have tried it but instead those companies report much higher efficiency among their men. students, especially the freshmen, because of. successors l. ALMOST EVERY PERSON has his own interpretation of any par~ ticular musical selection. Gus Freund, who was a student here last year, has left us his unique impres- sions of Ravel’s Bolero. These im- pressions constitute a series of es— says which he entitles “Possessions”. The first is called “Air”. .1. a >3 THE CHILL OF WINTER is all about. Crisp, biting, sharp as brok- en glass. I bury my hands in my pockets and draw my shoulders in close, but the cold penetrates, pierc- ing my coat with a host of tiny frigid arrows. The asphalt in the street, the lamp posts, the slinking dogs, the very trees seem ready to snap at tht slightest touch. It is a time of brittleness, when all the northern world is a porcelain plate. Delicate old ladies dare not venture Outdoors for fear of red noses or frozen fingertips, and even I, who like to defy the elements, can feel the frosty shadow in my eyes as I seek the source of all this gelid mis— ery. Perhaps a learned man can tell me. >2: .3 I RUN To a professor friend, fling open wide the doors of his house disturbing for a moment the force and flow of his mental proc‘ esses by reason of the veritable blast of icy air that comes in with me. “So, you are cold, professor? The ‘absence of heat’ disturbs you, and you gaze at me with reproacbful eye for hav» ing been so careless as to forget to close the door? Well sir, if you will but. tell me why the atmosphere be~ comes so spicy and sharp at this time of year, I’ll leave”. :5 8 11: THE PROFESSOR is angry, furi- ous, but his teeth chatter. “It is the air, you young scamp; the rays of the sun have more air to pass through in winter than in summer because of the way the earth slants. Is that enough now, or must I shiver more?” it “IT IS SUFFICIENT”, I cry, and slam the thick portal behind me. So the atmosphere is at fault. The worthless gas that surrounds all of us, which we cannot see, cannot feel, cannot use. 0b damnation, I am not able to struggle with so omni- present an adversary. Everywhere, yet really nowhere at all. You chill my very lungs, crawl within the con— fines of my own body. Still I cannot touch you. a: 2% AT THIS PRECISE moment I raise my head upward and look di- rectly above, and see a migratory bird sailing smoothly by. The even cadence of wings, the feet nestled into belly, the brave beak splitting open the space before it—surely this must be the last of all the fowl which were in the north. Mayhap this one was wounded by some careless hunt- er, and was not able until now to at- tempt the long southward trek. Those fearless Wings must keep on beating. The kind, gentle atmosphere must be firm beneath his wings...The fine, gentle atmosphere! What is it that I say, that I said? Wereas I cursed the air, yet now I praise it, suppli- cate myself, almost, before it. I am rejoicing because I can breathe so deeply, because I am not in a stuf- fy factory, where the odors are well nigh unendurable and the ventilation nil. I fill my lungs with oxygen and nitrogen so that my eyes may spar~ klc, the blood dash through my veins, the joyousness of youth bubble over to be swept away by the wind. 11¢ 5i? :‘s THE BOLERO 0F RAVEL. The easy grace of a young man who has just acquired his post—adolescent perv sonality. Listen to the first notes of the Bolero, reader. The brisk wind, and the youth are there. * is 5% THIS SERIES will be continued next week with another section which Mr. Frcund entitles “Earth”. R.W. "The Slipcticlk Cleave to the slipstick; let the slapstick fly where it may. ONE WEEK AT ARMOUR or HERE WE ARE AGAIN. The Frcshics mill about the place, Trying hard to shift things into your. They're grateful for each familiar face, It’s the some . . . year after your. The Sophs look askance at the Fresh, They‘re plentiful and strong. The ominous rumblings may] be bach— But—wc—lhink it won’t be long. The Juniors, climaxing a two—year daze, Will walcc up a year later. They'v‘c the guns in Armour’s An» mull craze As they ride thcir coveted elevator. Thc Sonia-rs strut. around and beam Down. on. all thr- othcr three. They’ve felt all this before, but seem ‘l'o forgot — that grim-ii limo enough-— So will wc! lid il< 5k We have read what that other col- umnist wrote about us and we re— sent it. We feel that he is some- what too prejudiced to tell the read— ers about us. Let us tell you about ourscll’. Write us for all three vol— umes of our autobiography. We have deliberately refrained from mention- ing the name of that Zazu fellow in an attempt to elevate the standard of our column. Ill Yl‘ iii Frail. Horace N. Buggy, just back ram 9. vacation in the country, brought back two pounds of fine, old~ fashioned cottage cheese. That evc— ning, feeling the need for a snack, he went for the cheese and found it to be missing. There was no one in his apartment but the cat so he picked the feline suspect up and placed it on his set of scales. “Hm, just as pounds. Well, that accounts for the cheese, but where in the devil is the cat." s 11: a. One strange thing about the mod- em girl is that the less «he reads the more ulna becomes like a good book . uhc pusueo from hand to band. 3|! Ill * Mr. Storck. a widower with two children, married Mrs. Herran, a widow with two children also. In the course of time, their marriage re- sulted in two children of their own. One evening, while Mr. Storck was 'n—ns TERRA COTTA pupae A GEM. A MAYAN PlPE, ISM/T rr ? I thought," he muttered, “exactly two ' l Fraternity Notes THETA XE Mr. Harold P. Davison from St. Louis, M0,, the executive secretary of our Grand Lodge, visited us last Thursday afternoon. After visiting a few chapters in the Central States, he is now on his way to California to visit a few more chapters. Brother Jahn Brenner visited us Friday afternoon. He has a position with Johns-Manville C10,, in Oswcgo, New York. Our golf team is anticipating a successful end, that is, in their favor, of the Interfraternity Golf Tourna— ment. We at the present time are look— coming home from work, he heard a terrible racket ensuing from his home. He rushed into the house and asked his wife the whys and where- fares of the rumpus. “Oh‘ it’s noth- ing," she soothed him, “only your kids and my kids fighting with our kids." W 1|! =l¢ 0H, HAPPY DAY . . . Last night I dreamed a certain columnist whose name begins with “Z" got fired with enthusiasm . . . from a certain A. I. ’I‘. newspaper. Chorus: I wake up smiling. 3k III II. He: I fell fifty feet. She: And you weren’t hurt? He: Oh, no. I was only getting off a crowded street-car. 1k 'l! >ll Our idea of a person living a hell on earth is a seasick person with lockjaw. m r: m A man wandered into a tennis tournament the other day and sat down on the bench. “Whose game?" he asked. A shy young thing sit— ting next to him looked up hope‘ fully. “I am!" she replied. vi: lk IX BAR ROOM DRAMA Act I “Fill ’em up again, McGinnis." Act I “Fillemupuguin, McGinnis.” Act III “Fillupginnis.” Act IV “Fillinis.” Act V “Finis." Quick, lower the flilt'tfl/l’lt, one o the living statues has the hiccups. lb 4‘ 'L' THE SWISS GOVERNMENT HAS JUST PERFECTED AN ECHO THAT WILL ANSWER YOU IN ANY LANGUAGE. 1-14 it ll: Next week we give you Zazu. 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REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY Tuesday, September 29, l936 ing forward to an extensive rushing period. DELTA TAU DELTA After a strenuous two weeks of house cleaning the Shelter has taken m 13. very fine appearance The re- modeling of the third floor and the redecorating of the second floor were our largest tasks. We are also very proud of our main floor which has been refurnished by the Alumni House Corporation. The visit of Brother Serviss, one of the field secretaries of the Com tral Office has left us inspired and ready for rush week. We have been hosts to many of the younger alumni including Tom Peavcy, Hugh Bisbee, Frank Gallag- her, Ed Olson, and Bob Shorling. Fl KAPPA PHI Our recent houscclcaning cam- paig'n is coming to a successful con— clusion. The house is really in ship- shape condition. And speaking of ships brings to mind the fact that Brother Dodge has taken on the airs (yes even the walk) of a sailor as a result of his recent participation in the Mackinac Race. Even a sail— o1"s knife came back with our deck— hand. Brother Specr is helping a prom- inent civil engineer in making a topographical survey of the Indiana dunes. A darkroom for the photographi— cally minded members of the house is the result of the recent activity of our three sophomore sclimiers. This is an interesting hobby and we wish them luck with their venture. SlGll/lA ALPHA MU It gives us great pleasure to an- nounce the pledging of Marvin Skol— ler, M.E. ’38. Our new rooms have been completed and much credit goes to fra Irv Schlifke, who supervised the remodeling and to the men who helped him. The rooms are being newly furnished and will present a beautiful home-like appearance when finished. Our rushing plans have been com- pleted and many social activities planned. Irv Addis is now connect— ed with Frank Pearsons and Com- pany as an architectural engineer and Gus Freund is working for Visking Corporation. A most pleasant sum- mer was had by all the members. Al Schricber, Irv Schlifkc, and Bob Fridstein spent the summer camping in Wisconsin and Michigan. Dave Rodkin has been working; at Armour and Jacob Krumbcin attended suin~ mer school. Joe Mashman was cup- tain of a summer pleasure cruiser for the Columbia Yacht Club. Several out-of—town alumni dropped in last week and were given a very cordial l reception. ND FRAGRAN‘T) 1 GUESS ‘ PRINCE ALBERT, , . llESCllll’Tllll‘l Shidlllllfl! Winston-Salem. North Carolina