Page Six teach htengeris iiirst houses hives tagLrs Eight Victories Total of Season is Eight Wins Against Seven Losses Under the di1ection of thei1 new coach, G1ant Stengei, the Techawk five completed a heavy schedule of fifteen games, duplicating last year’s record 01' eight victories against seven defeats. Although not a spec- taculai season, the showing was unusually good in the face of a change of coaching stalls, and the loss of Capt. Heilce for the last four games. The team played steady and consistent ball, with scores ranging from 39 points against both Whea- ton and Macomb, to a 21 point trouncinp; by their traditional jinx, North Central, to close the season. Other than the last mentioned white— washing, the quintet suffered no ap- picciable dci'eats other than a 12 point upset by Beloit College Of their seven defeats, five were less than nine point losses. Six of the eight wins were made on the home fiom, showing an increased school spirit in following the team. Teckawks Conquer De Kalb The team started well, nosing out a snappy DeKalb Teachers five, 2935. Evidence of Grant Stenger’s new coaching technique was appar- ent in the team's cooperative play- ing. Playing man to man defense, the Techmen put up a formidable blockade, destroying the set-up as- pi1ations of their opponents. Unused to other than the second team's op- position, the Tech offensive was slow, but deliberate, the local boys having control of the situation throughout, in spite of the narrow winning margin. Repeating last year’s visit. Arkan- sas Slate again met defeat, to the score of 37—28. Capt. Heikc took scoring honors with six buckets and three free tosses, while Merz and O’Brien netted nine and eight points apiece. An unexpected Lake Forest triumph, on their first out of town game set the Techawk oil to a string of three defeats. In spite of Heike’s sixteen points, an early lead gave Lake Forest a large edge. Armour caught up to the North Shore quin— tet on a dizzy splurge 01' shooting,r by O’Brien and Merz, but failing to drop a free throw lost a chance to tie it at 32 all, in the last minute of play. The Beloit tilt was an un- expected setback, but the playing oi.‘ the Goldmen, and the engineers’ seeming lack of initiative found them at the short end of a 46-34 tally. Chicago Rallies Over Armour Things looked gloomy for the men in the Midway when Armour led the University of Chicago 19- 17 at half time. However, supe1io1‘ height and a well staged comeback gave the Maroon quintet a 33—28 victory, af— ter a stubborn defense by the Tec- hawks, cheered on by a large crowd of students, alumnae and parents attending- the first annual Dad‘s Night. Armour opened the new year by reaping revenge on both Lake Forest and Beloit for their defeats mct earlier in the season. They ran over Lake Forest 36-27, with O’Brien chalking up 13 points and Henrick- son 11. Beloit took a decided whip- ping on their own floor, with every Armour man scoring one or more baskets. The visit to Macomb ended in a defeat only after a hectic and exciting battle. Armour was great- ly disadvantaged with the elimina- ARMOUR TECH NEWS tion of four men on personal fouls, after they had caught the leaders and tied them up midway in the sec— ond half. The opening minutes of the tilt with Wheaten promised a hang: up basketball game, but the Tech five gradually pulled away, Merz dropping six buckets and O’Brien four. At no time did Wheaten even threaten the lead after the first half. The Michigan State Normal quin— tet of Ypsilanti was continually on the losing end of a 31—22 score on the Armour floor, and bowed again to the black and yellow a week lat- er on their own floor, 38—33 in a return engagement. Captain Heike came down with a case of flu mid- way in the eastern trip and was out for the remainder of the season. Dc- troit University piled up an early lead of seventeen points at half time. After O’Brien was eliminated on personals, a short but futile Tech rally left them trailing 40-30 at the whistle. Cardinal Game Tops Card The Techawks played their most brilliant game of the season against their traditional North Central foes. Both teams were exceptionally cau— tious on the defensive, and conse- quently had to rely on long shots for scoring‘, Merz dropped five long,- ones, and O’Brien hooped three. Aiu mour led at the half, 17-15. Schif— lcr’s deadly long shots counted heav— ily in the Cardinals’ scoring. With seconds to play and trailing by one, point, Wagner made a final try at victory from mid-floor, but his shot caught the rim and rebounded as the whistle blew. A rough scramble with Macomb, ending in 39-30 victory, squared up the defeat suffered earlier in the sea» son at the hands of the Western State Teachers. The season's finale was a decided denouemcnt, as North Central piled away a 30 point lead in an uneven 51-21 duel, surprising 110th themselves and their opponents with their expert shooting. Meagan Describes Chemical Failures “Early Failures in Chemical En— gineering" was presented to the members of the A. I. Ch. E. last Friday in Science Hall by Dr. 0. A. Hongen who recently joined the Ar- mour faculty. Dr. Hougen is a mem— ber of the department of chemical engineering and will be connected with the Armour Research Founda- tion. In his talk the speaker discussed the construction and operation of a nitrogen fixation plant that took place during the World War. Many of the mistakes in its construction and maintenance were revealed to the students who attended the Ice— ture. Following this, Professor Harry McCormack was called upon to pre- sent Sigmund J. Moculeski with the award me1ited by the outstanding sophomore in the chemical engineer- ing option. This award, which con~ sists of a medal and a document of recognition was made for scholastic achievements. Moculeski was recent- ly selected as the outstanding sopho~ more in the organic chemistry labor- atory for which achievement he was presented with a copy of the “Hench book of Chemistry and Physics.” Plant Eng.~ (Continued from page (me) Those weekly conferences are the first of their type to be conducted in Chicago. The main idea of the meetings is to cooperate with the ma- turc executive beyond the need of classroom rule. Included among the sixty to eighty-five men who attend each meeting- are vice-presidents, factory managers, purchasingr agents, Lompt1 ollci =1, plant engineers, andl factoiy executives. Each represent-l ed company has a membership in the l class which entitles it to semi its 1ep- Electric Controllers Subject of Lecture “Electric Controllers in Industry," was the subject of a lecture deliver- ed by Mr. A. A. Piper, district manv ne'er of the Electric Controller and Manufacturing Company, at the last mecIting of the Armour branch of the A. .E. E. Following his introduction by Chairman Holmes, Mr. Piper ex~ plained the construction and opera— tion of several different types of starters, and pointed out the manner in which starters differ from control- lers. A starter merely acts to get the motor in operation, while a con- troller may vary the speed, stop, or reverse the unit. - resentatives to each meeting. All the discussion and speeches are printed in a weekly report which is sent to all the membership ‘com- panics. The meetings are opened at 7:30 after the members havo dined together at the hotel, and closes about 9 o’clock. Professor Dutton said that. expressions of appreciation have been received by many of the participating1 concerns. The following companies own memberships in the class: American, Steel Foundries, Armour and Co.,' Bauer and Black, E. .1. Brock, Cen— tral Steel and Wire 00., Chain Belt 03., Chicago Bridge and Iron Works, Chicago Extruded Metals Co., Chiv cag'o Flexible Shaft 00., Chicago Rapid Transit Cm, Corn Products' Refining Co. ‘ Crane 00., Economy Fuse and Mfg. 00., Electric Household Utilities Corn, Felt and Tarrant Mfg. Co.,; Footc Bros. Gear and Machine Com, \ Illinois Bell Telephone Co. ‘ l 1 '1 l inland Steel 00., International‘ Harvester 00., W. A. Jones Foundryl and Machine Co., Link Belt Co.,l Michlc Printing Press and Mfg. Co.,‘ Milcm Steel Co., Pullman Standard Car, Reliance Mfg. Co., Republic; Flow Meter 00., Revere Copper and Emma, Inc Tuesday, March 2, W37 A..l.€h.£. Visits inland Company Tire—making in its various steps was investigated by the Senior Chem- icals during an inspection trip to the Inland Tire Company Plant under the guidance of Prof. McCormack and Dr. Hougen last Thursday, Feb- ruary 25. Beginning with the mixing opera— tion, the plant routine was traced through the various steps of tire- making to the finished tires ready for shipping. In the first operation, that of mixing the waste sheets, raw rubber was mixed with sulphur, car- bon black and other materials. The stock was then rolled into sheets on mills to final size. _.}°‘- View Rolling Operations Following mixing- and rolling oper— ations tire production of parts was inspected. Ono department pre- pated sheets of rubber with cord between the sheets, another prepar- ed fine wire covered with 1ubbcr for the backbone ot‘ the . The k_ process, that of tit- essentially a hand opt—nation. Pas- senger tires were prepared on drums over which wires covered with square threaded cord was placed. Next the obliquely-threaded cord sheets were placed over the wires and successive sheets were placed with thread in opposite directions to give the “cord tire” its strength. Vulcanization in Final Step Over the cord sheets went a “cushion,” this being a sheet of pure gum to absorb shocks. Finally the thick rubber piece on which treads are molded was put on, and for cer- tain tires side walls were added. The final operation was vulcaniza~ tion or curing. Assembled tires were placed in molds and twenty molds placed in a single vulcanizer. The molds were held under 5.1 hydraulic pressure of 1800 pounds per square inch, and under steam at 40 pounds measure for one hour to accomplish curing. Copyright 1937. LIGGETT a: Mvm Ton/«coo Co. All over the country, you been" more people mention the refreshing mild- mess and the pleasing taste abdominal of Chesterfield cigarettes. You hear somebody com- pliment Chesterfields at a Another time, the grocer tells you it’s a darn good cigarette. Or you see a group of men on a street corner, most of ’em smokn ing Chesterfields. Party. Because they here what smokers like, Chesterfields are [cumming right along. . . uilding, was I