~ ,. "a.“ n a", .. ARNWR I e «u Al N. Schricbcr Out of a cold grey evening mist a huge cigar-shaped balloon longer than a Chicago city block began to settle at Lakehurst airport twelve days ago. Within a few moments this marvel of engineering science was destined to become the central figure of one of the most spectacular acci- dents in the history of aviation. A loud report, a flash of flame, and the Hindcnburg, Zeppelin grandiose and pride of the German air fleet, was a mass of flames that rapidly reduced the largest airship ever built into a twisted mass of blackened steel framework. Lighter-thamair craft have been the black sheep of aviation. Yet the destruction of almost every huge dirigible has not checked the enthu— siasm of certain engineers who be— lieve that this type of airship can fill a definite need in commercial and military aviation. Within a few months German engineers will launch a bigger Zeppelin and will again try to prove the worthiness of the “big sausages.” Unfortunately the exact causes of dirigible accidents are difficult to as— certain, and thus the engineer is in a quandary as to what was incorrect in his creation. Three general causes can be charged for the Hindenburg disaster: sabotage, act of God, or engineering weakness. At the in— vestigation the first two causes were given little support, in spite of re- cent “sniping" about the airport and the electrical storm just prior to the attempted landing. Most emphasis has been placed on a rear motor which is suspected of exploding and hurling a broken propeller blade into the gas bags, ultimately igniting the hydrogen. This may or may not have hap— pened. But the real answer is that that hydrogen gas used to provide the lifting force was the ultimate tool of death and disaster. When 7,000,000 cubic feet of this highly inflammable gas is concentrated in a semi-rigid container and surrounded by an ocean of oxygen eager to chemically embrace its mate in an explosive union—that’s placing too much faith on lady luck. Helium, for which hydrogen is a poor substitute, can only be found and produced in large quantities in the United States. Our Government restricts helium exportation, fearing it may be used by foreign powers for military advantage. In View of the rearming program of almost every nation and the tense inter- national war atmosphere such an opinion is fully substantiated. P. D. Armour Is Honored at Agricultural Club Banquet Philip D. Armour, founder of Ar— mour and Company and Armour In, stitute of Technology, was honored yesterday afternoon at the 70th an. niversary meeting of the Agricul- tural Club of Chicago. The banquet was held in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel La Salle. Charles F. Curtiss, senior dean of Iowa State College, and Ralph ll. Cabell, president of Armour and Company, were the principal speak- ers. President Willard E. Hotchkiss sat at the speakers’ table. Represen- tatives from Armour Tech present were George S. Allison, Dean I-Ieald, Dean Tibbals, and Professors Free- man, Penn, and Vagtborg. Scholarship Hopefuls to Be Dined by Fraternity Men Eight social fraternities will en- tertain candidates for the annual competitive scholarships after the ex- aminations next Saturday morning. Approximately two hundred will com- pete for the ten scholarships that will provide tuition for one year. After the morning session of ex- aminations in mathematics, English, physics, and chemistry, the candidates will be guests of the fraternities for lunch, and will be entertained in the afternoon at the various fraternity houses. This is the third time the fraternities have acted as hosts at the scholarship examinations. The scholarships provide tuition for the academic year 1937-38. The awards will be based on a rating de— termined by competitive examina— tions, and by consideration of the personality, scholastic record in high school, extra-curricular activities, and and general fitness of the candidates. Summer School Plans New Evening Division An evening division will be intro- duced to the summer school session this year beginning on June 21. It will continue until August 13. Courses in mathematics, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, me- chanics, English, and matallurgy will be offered. Shop courses in air con~ ditioning, refrigeration, welding, and machine shop began last night. Ele— mentary surveying and railway and highway surveying will be included in the civil engineering course. The six weeks field practice re- quired of civil engineering students between the sophomore and junior year will continue from June 11 to July 23. Courses in architecture will be given at the Art Institute from- June 21 to July 30. At Armour courses will be given in mathematics, mechanics, and chemical, electrical, ' and mechanical engineering. "Greased Pole and fnterfrulernity Pageant Feature Circus Day Show a howling- nor’easter, Armourites charged madly at the greased pole set up in Ogden field and, for the edification of millions of eager news-‘ reel viewers and the more valid rea- son of Junior Prom bids on top, pro~ ceeded to Wipe great gobs of grease from the base. Despite the fact that the initial charge proved to be a false start due to a faulty focal adjustment of the cameras, all participants patiently scraped at the grease until the pole began to tilt at an ominous angle. Although no one seemed unduly alarmed at the prospect of cushion— ing the drop of several hundred pounds of greased pole, the marshals deemed it advisable to limit the climbing to smaller groups in turn. Several self-sacrificing souls were found who offered sundry ears and noses to he stepped on and thereby succeeded in removing the grease for two-thirds of the distance. Then, out froil’x the ranks stepped two supermenfimen whom Ulysses would have embraiccd as brothers; these two, Hardey McDaniel and Ronald Monson, lovingly gathered the pole to their hosoms and managed to re- trieve the bids from its towering peak. Following the greased pole event the fraternities presented their skits for the entertainment of the assem~ bled multitudes. Declaiming to leaden skies, though the temperature had moderated to a lavender instead of purple nose, the wit and youth and beauty of the Armour fraternities spoke self-composed lines laden with wit and scintillating with mirth pro- voking situations to such an extent that the audience fairly muttered with laughter. Asst. Dean Tibbals bore the brunt of the student inter- pretations of professorial peculiar- ities. Triangle’s version of an Ar- mour Rathskeller, besides being the lucky seventh on the program, was very well given and took first hon- ors in the Interfraternity Pageant. Dean Heald presented the old and hallowed, if somewhat battered, Cir- cus Day skin to Kurt Weiss, repre- senting the winning fraternity. Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, lllinoic mama to Visit l5. 3. Steel Plants Tomorrow the A.S.M.E. at Armour will make a complete inspection of the steel-making industry when they tour the subsidiary plants of the United States Steel Corporation at Gary, Indiana. All students in the junior and senior mechanical classes will be excused all day Wednesday to attend the inspection trip. From On: to lngots The students will start at the un- loading docks in the morning and will observe each step in the manu— 'facture of steel from the ore pile to the shipment of the completed prod- uct. At the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company the following operations will be inspected: ore unloading, coke manufacture, the blast furnace, Bessemer and open hearth steel pro- duction, soaking pits, blooming mills, rolling mills, and manufacture of merchant ingots and structural shapes. In addition the new Brun- erizing rail rolling method will be seen. To Finished Product In the afternoon the inspection trip will be conducted through the American Sheet and Tin Plate Com- pany. Here the students will observe hot and cold rolling of steel plates and sheets, and the manufacture of strip steel. In order to facilitate the trip, buses have been chartered to transport the students between the various plants and points of interest. This will help to reduce the usual inspection trip fatigue and will allow a much larger area to be visited. Lunch will be served at the restaurant of the Car- negieulllinois Steel Company. A charge of fifty cents per person will be made to cover the expenses of the chartered bus, and the trip will be— gin at 8:30 a. m. in the lobby of the Hotel Gary at 6th and Broadway in Gary. Pi Kappa Will Sing at Spring Concert An outstanding performance was added to the record of the school or— chestra and glee club as they com~ bined with the fraternities for the spring concert and interfraternity sing held in Armour Mission last Wednesday evening. For the third time in a row the sing was won by Pi Kappa Phi, entitling them to per- manent possession of the silver cup awarded. The winner’s songs; were “Drinking Song,” and “Rose of Pi Kappa Phi." All Fraternities Participate A capacity crowd heard the or- chestra, directed by 0. Gordon Erickson, open the program with “Ballet Egyptian,” by Luigini. The glee club, in the best of form, fol- lowed with “Land of Hope and Glory," “When Thi‘o’ the Night,” and “Cossack Love Song.” The inter-fraternity sing was unus- ual in that all eight social fraterni- ties were present. Pi Kappa Phi’s victory was due largely to fine or- ganization and Well-balanced sec- tions. Phi Pi Phi featured the tenor solo voice of R. N. Vandekleft. All of the fraternities sang well, and their work was well-received, Seniors Give Farewell Performance The glee club then sang “On the Road to Mandalay,” with T. W. Yea- kle as the baritone soloist, and “Dc Animals a’ Comin’,” an unusual neA gro spiritual. After the orchestra’s rendition of “Trees” and “American Sketch," the senior members of the glee club made their farewell with a beautifully lighted performance of “On Wings of Song" and “Lights Out.” Other soloists of the evening were G. E. Danforth and H. L. Bliss, pi- anists, F. M. Hrachovsky, tenor, A. Rune, violinist, and B. F. Heine, ac— cordionist. The concert was con- cluded with the singing of the time- honored “Alma Mater." Concert and Pontiac Trip Complete Musical Season The musical clubs will round out the year with a concert at the alum— ni banquet on May 25, and a trip to Pontiac on the following day. The alumni engagement will be at the Medinah Athletic Club. Three buses have been chartered for the Pontiac trip. Plans to date are that the members of the clubs will assemble at the Art Institute at 8:00 a. m., Wednesday, May 26. The day will include two concerts at the reformatory in the morning, one at the high school in the afternoon, and a final engagement at a Pontiac the- ater in the evening. Athletes l‘lear Halos and Flanagan Speak at A.T.S.A. Dinner Last Thursday evening one hundred forty—four well-fed participants in Armour athletics heard Pat Flana- gan, the famed announcer, George Halas, coach of the Chicago Bears, and the school coaches at the annual A.T.S.A. banquet in the Union League Club. While Bert Heine and George Danforth modified the clatter of knives and forks by playing accor- dion and piano respectively, the “stu« dents" (as one speaker called the athletes) did justice to a good meal. Stop lVle If You've Hoard-« Pat Flanagan, first of the speakers, presented an announccr’s viewpoint of athletic events, baseball especially, and answered questions asked by chhawks concerning baseball broad- casts. Halas, the other guest speak- or, related several amusing incidents connected with his football career and put his listeners in an uproar with a story about a hospital poker game. Coaches Talk The coaches were called on next to give a short account of the season’s results in their sports. John Schum- mcr, the toastmastcr, introduced the following coaches: S. I". Bibb, golf; W. W. Calvert, tennis; W. C. Krafft, baseball; E. W. McGillivray, swim- minpj; N. R. Root, track; G. N. Sten- gcr, basketball; and B. Weissman, boxing and wrestling. Professor P. C. I—Iuntly, chairman of the athletic board, Assistant Dean C. A. Tibbals, who is also former tcn~ nis coach, Dean H. T. Hcald, and Dr. W. E. Hotchkiss also gave short ad- dresses. Healdl and Tibbals Attend lllinois Deans’ Convention Dean Heald and Assistant Dean Tibhaln traveled to Urbana, Illinois, last Saturday to attend the annual meeting of the Illinois Association oi" Deans and Advisers of Men. The University of Illinois played hostess to the convention. The program continued from 9 o’clock in the morning until 3 o’clock in the afternoon, including round table discussions and informative speeches. A baseball game between Illinois and Michigan wound up the day’s entertainment. l‘uulor Board of Trustees Hears Dr. Hoi'chkiss at Banquet Dr. Willard E. I-Iotchkies presented a report on current operations at the regular spring meeting of the Board of Trustees last night. His report fol» lowed a dinner held at 6:30 o’clock in the Chicago Club, 404- South Michigan Boulevard. After his report he described the steps being taken to make Armour a better place in which to live. Tug of War finals in Eggntlirowing Juniors and seniors had a day of their own last Thursday when junior- senior events were run off. First on the program was a freak relay race consisting of wheelbarrow, match box, human wheelbarrow, running backwards, chariot, horseback, and elephant walk events. Apparently the preliminary practice of the seniors helped for they won in the final stretch. Peterson, Hackman Win Event» Each department of the junior and senior classes had elected its repro— scntatives earlier in the week for the pie eating and strong man contests. The entrants in the pie eating con- test were required to lie on the ground and to eat a medium sized blueberry pie as fast as they could. When the last blueberry was removed from the plate, each man had to blow a pile of flour from above a penny on another plate to complete the con- test. Burdcttc Peterson, junior civil, showed himself an, the pic eating champion. The contestants found that the blueberry and flour have a great attraction for each other, Armour’s super-strengthen betray- ed their strength by gurgling milk from bone fidc four ounce baby bot-- ties with nipples. Frank I-lackman, senior chemical, evidently was a “bottle baby.” He started out strong and kept a steady pace. Several con- testants were “fouled out” because their nipples came off the bottles. Paul Martin tried the milk maid method but he couldn’t defeat the determined Hackman. Seniors Win Tug-of-War l An official rope with saddle and ‘ all was used in the tug-of-war event, { Twenty men pulled on each side, the seniors continually charging the juniors with having twenty—two men, which they most likely had. Three out of five wins were required to take i l [the event. The seniors had the juniors 2 to l when another group of seniors entered the field and splat- tered the participants with slightly decomposed eggs, The sides retired and the junior-senior events were adjourned. Use Kalle on Slippery Salads, Boys, When Playing Cards Avoid all Noise Pittsbm‘gh, Pa.—~(ACP)—-How to avoid embarrassment in daily life is‘ being told University of Pittsburgh men in “What Every Man Should Know,” a guide on manners written by Dr. Vincent W. Lanfear, dean of men, and Robert C. Corley, his as- sistant. Following are seine of the rules for conduct that should help gradu- ates as well as undergraduates: 1. No man should keep a pipe, cigar or cigarette in his mouth when he lifts his hat to a woman. 2. While it is customary in Europe for a woman to sit at a man’s right in a taxicab, it is perfectly proper for a woman to sit on a man’s left in the United States. 3. A man meeting a woman ac~ quaintance on a train does not offer to pay for her ticket, nor her meal in the. diner, nor the magazine she buys. Nor does he offer to pay the ’ porter who carries her bags. 4. When making intoductions, don‘t command—don‘t say, “Mr. Wood. meet Mr. Sells.” 5. Always “remember“ meeting- people who remember meeting you, even if you can’t recall. 6. If your salad shows signs of skidding, by all means cut it with your knife. 7. The ideal bridge player never notices his partner's mistakes. But he always gives credit for a good play. The “card table pest," defined by the authors, is one who snaps the cards, drums on the tables, makes clicking, whistling or humming: sounds or otherwise distracts other players. For card players at the other extreme, the Pitt deans warn: "Don't make it obvious you are interested in winning a prize.” Tuesday, May l8, I937 Prom; Miniseries Eventful llleels; llaels towlhlirlt for moderate Sophomoijesfllvin Rush and All luterclass Competitions Climaxed by the beautiful Junior Spring Informal last Saturday eve— ning, the thirty—second annual Junior Week provided six full days crammed with hectic excitement and activity. The sophomore class, contrary to tradition, swept all athletic events, taking the interclass relay and base- ball, the pentathlon, and the rush. Sophomores. Begin Avalanche Preparation for Open House oc- cupied all of Monday. The freshman— sophomorc baseball game opened the athletic events Tuesday morning. The sophomores, aided by a well bol- anced team whipped the unorgan- ized freshmen to the tune of 11—6. Phi Pi Phi fraternity then went on to win the interfratcrnity relays for the third consecutive year nosing out Triangle. Seniors Tie Up Opposition Tuesday afternoon provided the annual faculty—senior baseball fean ture. This annual farce, however, failed to materialize when five fac- ulty members were carried on the field tied up helplessly. This greatly discouraged many other faculty members who wished to prove their superiority. The Fraternity Open House affair provided an enjoyable evening after a day of baseball, track, and field events. Cups to Phi Pi'a and Pi Kappa Fraternity men from the various houses vied against each other Wed- nesday morning for supremacy in track and field events. As was ex- pected Phi Pi Phi ran away with the meet. They scored a total of 62 points, while all the rest totaled 77 points. After fraternity track was concluded, the junior—senior soft~ ball game was played. The juniors nosed out the seniors by a 4-3 count. Wedncsday night, the annual Spring Concert brought the mid- week to an effective climax. A large and enthusiastic crowd witnessed a skillfully directed orchestra and glee club under the baton of 0. Gordon Erickson, play a wide range of de- lightful numbers. Pi Kappa Phi re~ pcated its pci'ormance of the last two years by winning the interfra- ternity sing. Sophs Defeat Fresh by 5-f§core in Rush By a surprisingly low score of 5-1 the sophomore class tiiumphcd over a strong freshman class in the annual class rush last Friday. Although cub numbered two to one, the sophs made up for their lack of numbers by an organized attack and a detmmincd guard over the bags brought in. The sophs had four rush leaders. L. Rain, A. Hoffman, l“. Neubauer. and K. Westcrman: the freshman leader was F, W. Abbott. An unusual ability to destroy their opponents’ bag was displayed by both classes. Two of the sophomore mark— ers were disqualified by the marshals because their gaincrers had left be‘ fore the starting gun. Probably the day chilly, the juniors did not man a fire hose as they had in former yours. The seniors (lid liven afi‘airs up :1 hit when they pelted both freshmen and sopho. mores with decrepit eggs. They paid dearly for their fun after the rush when the Lndci'classmen. appaicmly enraged by such fowl tactics. rushed them. ripping: the clothes from their backs. Probably the best reason for the soph victory was the organization of their attack which was planned to the minutest detail. The freshmen. though disylnving strength. were \Vzé. on defen > and i is probably here that may ms: the because was rush.