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By Al N. Schiiclicr

Patterns

The tapestry of world activities
has had woven into its pattern a
myriad of diifcrent colored fabrics
during the past smnmer months. The
major designs in the pattern have
been sharply emphasized: war; labor
strikes; financial upsets; national
fervor over the Constitution, the New
Deal, and the Supreme Court; and
the bitter struggle between totali-
tarianism and democracy.

War

All countries fear war, all the
peoples of the earth cry for peace;
and ye Mars is becoming! more and
more active. Japan and China uns
officially went to war this summer as
a climax to years of mutual hatred
and suspicion. China was not quite
ready for the conflict; she needed two
years more, but Japan was ready and
took advantage of her opportunity.
It is generally conceded by disinter-
ested observers that Japan will gain
control of Northern China; and then
the fight will depend upon whether
or not Japan can continue to supply
sufficient men against China’s mass
of soldiers, and whether or not China
can financially hold out against
Japan.

Spain has continued to be the test-
ing ground of Italy and Spain in the
preparation for their ultimate strug»
gle with England, France, and Rus-
sia. Mussolini, with his carefully
planned recklessness, is putting salt
into the wounds of his enemies. With-
in the next few weeks he and his mili—
tary leaders will visit the Herr Hit-
ler and his Nazi henchmen. There is
no doubt that this friendly tea party
will plan out the next World War.
England is trying to let ll Duce and
dcr Fuehrcr burn themselves out in
Spain, while John Bull quietly makes
himself the strongest military nation
in the world. If the new war should
break out this winter, as many ob—
servers say it will, America should
start praying that Cordell Hull asi
Secretary of State and the President
can keep Uncle Sam from accepting
any sugar coated invitation of crafty 1
enter thc‘

 

 

European statesmen to
melee.
Black and White

 

President Rosevclt has taken some
strong punches in the pugilistic com-
bat of the New Deal vs. Stand—pat-
ters. The last Congress adjourned
without approving even a fraction of
the President’s plans, and the Sn—
preme Court issue still remains the
center of agitation. Without a lib»
era! interpretation of the Constitu-
tion most of the New Deal plans are
doomed to failure. The attempt by
Roosevelt to liberalize the Supreme
Court by the appointment of Justice
Hugo L. Black has created a storm of
protest that may swamp the court
packing boat.

Black is charged with being a mem—
ber of the Ku Klux Klan, the south-
ern nightshirt organization for con-
trolling the negroes, Catholics, and
Jews of the South by terrorism and
intimidation. Almost every news-
paper in the United States is forcing
the issue and demanding a clarifica—
tion of the President’s position if
Black admits his association with the
K. K. K. The President, however, will
probably let the stew boil until he
can personally talk with Black upon
the latter’s return this month from
a European visit.

Nearly 95 Per Cent
of '3? New Employed

According to Mr. W. N. Setter—
bcrg, Armour Tech’s personnel direc—
tor, about 95 per cent of last year’s
graduates are at present satisfactor~
ily employed. 0f the remainder
some are planning to study for a
master’s degree and others are em-
ployed, but not satisfied with their
positions.

WT Settctbers wwww
the cmploynlgnt is promising, jobs
were not obtained as readily as they
were a year ago, in spite of the fact
that more companies sent represen-
tatives to interview students than
over before. ‘ ' ~

 

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Scholarship——
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gineer and Alumnus. His scholastic
record earned him the honor of being
a student Honor Marshal for the
past three years and assisting at the
annual commencement exercises.
Schrieber is Senior Mechanical

Schrieber has also the distinction
of earning recognition as an Honor
Marshal with a high scholastic rec-
ord and came to the Institute in 1934
with a Freshman Scholarship. He has
served onpthe Armour Tech News
Stafi“ as a feature writer and copy
editor, and is a business assistant of
the Armour Engineer and Alumnus.
In addition he is a member of Sigma
Alpha Mu, social fraternity, and Pi
Tau Sigma, and Sphinx, honorary
fraternities.

Civil and Electrical

E. L. Stoll and R. E. Worcester
receive the Edward G. Elcock schol-
arships, which are also awarded each
year under the direction of the
President of the Institute and are
available to candidates who are
juniors or seniors in the Civil Engi—
neering Department of the Institute.

Stoll entered the Institute with a
half year freshman scholarship and
during his three years at the Insti—
tute has managed to earn his cxv
pauses and to support himself by out-
side work.

Worcester, an electrical engineer-
ing student, has had three years ex—
perience as a member of the Tech
News repertorial staff, a member of
the Glee Club and the Armour Play-
ors. He is a member of Eta Kappa
Nu and Pi Nu Epsilon fraternities.
Worcester came to the Institute with
a half year freshman scholarship in
1934.

Kliphardt Receives Scholarship

The John H. Hamline scholarship
was made available to candidates by
a number of his personal friends as
a memorial to this eminent lawyer
and citizen and is available to the ap-
pointee of their committee under the
advice of the President. The recipi-
ent of this scholarship is R. A. Klip-
hardt, who entered the department
of Architecture in 1934 with a half
year freshman scholarship. Kliphardt
is a member of Tau Beta Pi and a
member of Scarab, honorary urchi-
tcctural fraternity.

 

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Copyright 1957,
room {it MYERS
Tonncco Co.

 

ARMOUR TECH NEWS.

President Hotchkiss Visits
Hawaiian islands in Summer

 

Dr. and Mrs. Hotchkiss returned
last week from a trip to Hawaii
where they visited their son and his
family on the Island'oi‘ Kauai. Mr.
Hotchkiss, Jr. is connected with
Alexander and Baldwin, Ltd, who
operate sugar and pineapple planta—
tions and other enterprises through»
out. the Islands.

While in Honolulu, the President
also visited Mr. Claude A. Stiehl,
Architecture ’24, who has built up a
flourishing practice there. Mr.
Stiehl sends his greeting to friends
on the faculty and among the alum-
ni. and wants them to know that he
is enthusiastic about the development
of Hawaiian architecture. He is es-
pecially impressed by the impact of
oriental upon occidental architecture
in the Mid-Pacific.

 

 

Executives Offered
Conference Course

 

Supplementing last year's conferw
once course in plant engineering and
management, a conference course
dealing with the practical trainingr
and management of employees will
begin in the middle of next January.
It will again be conducted by the
social science department under
Prof. H. P. Dutton. Speakers who
are authorities in the field will lead
the conferences.

In November, :1 two day confer~
once on “Industrial Relations" will
be held for company executives.

The conference course was intro-
duced for the first time here last
year. A series of fifteen meetings
was held at downtown hotels. At
each meeting a specialist in the field
to be discussed, was leader of the
conference. Each meeting resembles

trade conference in form, offer-
ing“ opportunity for exchange of
ideas, experiences and points of view,
and being preccdcd by an informal
dinner.

Conference courses for business
men are becoming: popular not only
because of their practical aspect, but
because of the opportunity to meet
with colleagues.

genders, Fire Protects, Tau Estes,
Lead Respective group Standings

 

l
\ The following statistics, compiled
by the office of the Registrar, give
the scholastic standing of the mem-
bers of the Freshman, Sophomore,
Junior, and Senior classes of the Col-
lege of Engineering and Architec~
ture, who were in attendance during
the second semester of the school
year, 1936—1937.
Omit Gym Credits

In this computation the credits in
Physical Training- were omitted. A
credit for work at other institutions

point if the student’s scholastic
standing for work at Armour was be-
low 2 grade points, 1.5 if equal to or
more than 2, 2 if equal to or greater
than 2.5.

Phi Lambda Upsilon . . . . . .238
Salamander ......... i . . .237
Sphinx ....... ...........213
Pi Nu Epsilon. . . . . . . . . . . .180

Professional Fraternities

Scarab ....... ........1.81
Alpha Chi Sigma. . . . . . . . .2.01
Social Fraternities
Phi Kappa Sigma. . . . . . . . .1.14
Delta Tau Delta. . . . . . . . .1.40
Theta Xi 1134
Phi Pi Phi ........... . 1.36
Rho Delta Rho. . . . ... . . .1.69
Sigma Alpha Mu. . .
Triangle ...... . . . .
Pi Kappa Phi . . . . . .

 

The averages of all students be-

The average of the student body, longing to the Phi Kappa. Sigma,

a total of 794 students (part time,

Delta Tau Delta, Phi Pi Phi, Trian-

speciul, and cooperative students not. g‘le, and Pi Kappa Phi Fraternities

included) is 1.50.

zationa are as follows:
The Senior Class ......... 1.77
The Junior Class ......... 1.65
Sophomore Class .
The Freshman Class ...... 1.28

 

B. Gran pner.

not included, are as follows:

Fire Protection

 

Engineering ........... 1.90
Engineering Science . . 1.81
Civil Engineering .. . . 1.71
Chemical Engineering . . . . .1.65
Electrical Engineering . . . .1.61
Mechanical Engineering: . . .1.52
Architecture ............ 1.46

The following,p

Honorary Fraternities
Tau Beta Pi ............ 2.35)
W Tau Sigma. ............ 2.13
Eta Kappa Nu ..... .230
Chi Epsilon ......... .234

 

  
 
 
  

\was considered equivalent to 1 grade

The student with the highest aver—
age in the Senior Class was William
His average was, 2.92.
W. R. Marshall led the Junior Class
with an average of 2.93; A. Zarem,
the Sophomores with an average of
2.93; and M. Camras and R. Mead
the Frosh with averages of 3.00 each.

Departmental Averages, Freshmen

groups are ar-
ranged according to the seniority of
their establishment at the Institute.

(fraternities that own or rent their

The average of the various organi- own chapter house) is 1.37.

The average of all other students
is 1.53.

In the above averages the follow“
ing numerical values were given to
letter grades: A, 3 grade points; B,
2 grade points; C, 1 grade point; D,
0 grade points; and E, 0 grade
points.

Komarewoky Speaks Before
American Chemical Society

Dr. V. I. Komarcwsky, director of
the Universal Oil Products Company
research laboratory at Armour 'l‘och,
delivered a paper before a meeting
of the American Chemical Society at
Rochester, New York, on September
’7. The subject of his paper was the
I“Aromatization of n~0ctane and
nchcanc in the presence of Nickel
Alumina Catalyst.”

At present, Dr. Komarewsky is ex-
perimenting in his laboratory on the
fourth floor of the Main building on
leatalytic agents which will aid reac-
tions in crackinp: crude oil to make
gasoline. In addition experiments
are being: made, in the hope of con-
verting gaseous by—products of lit-
tle value into gasoline.

 

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Tuesday, September 2| , l937

Radio Thighs Are
Given hyFocuity

 

Last Saturday evening, from 7:30
to 7:45 p.m., the fourth in a series
iof educational programs sponsored
'by Armour 'I‘ech entitled “Applied
Science” was presented over station
WGFL.

The series, concerned with the ap-
plied scientific field and presented
with the cooperation of the Adult
Education Council of Chicago, deals
not only with the advancements in
the scientific and engineering world,
but also with the application of those
advancements and of past develop-
ments to our everyday life.

Traffic Safety

The fourth program of the series
dealt with the subject of Traffic
Safety, its mechanical aspects, and
its social and economic significance.
Guest scientist on the program was
John F‘. Marigold, Associate Professor
of Mechanics, who explained the ap-
plication of the theory of mechanics
to the problem of traffic safety.

Previous programs of the series
featured Dr. Thomas C. Poultei‘,
executive director of the Armour In-
stitute Research Foundation, who
spoke on the application of high pros-
sures to our every day lives, and de-
scribed the technique resulting in the
attainment of one million five hun—
dred thousand pounds per square
inch of hydrostatic pressure, which
made scientific history a few months
ago.
Other Programs Given

Other programs in the series fea-
tured Prof. Philip C. Huntly, Direc—
tor of the Mechanical Engneering
Department at Armour, who spoke
on Diesel Engineering, and Prof.
Mellville B. Wells, Professor of Civil
Engineering, who spoke on the sub-
ject of Aerodynamics, the basic sci—
once which has made flying possible
and which has brought about our
present day efforts, in streamlining.

These three previous programs
were also fifteen minutes long and
were presented over station WCFL.

 

 

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