Vol. XX. No. 12.

Sea for blurring
Closes Year/”s

Social Season

Friday Night, Cedar Room
of Oriental Hotel is
Rendezvous

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How to celebrate the ending
of the 1937 school year will be
superbly demonstrated this Fri-
day, December 17, when the
Class of ’38 presents the “Senior
Swing.” Whereas at former
dances the dancers have always
been crowded because of lack
of room, the committee this year has
engaged the spacious Cedar Room of
the Oriental Building, 32 West Ran-
dolph Street, downtown, and ample
room for all budding Astaire—Rogers
combinations is assured.

In addition to an excellent dance
floor the Cedar Room offers 14th
floor exclusiveness, ample lounging
space, and a large balcony for those
couples who wish to “just listen to
the music.”

Popular Band Playing
Very danceable music is being of-

fered by Johnny Mullaney and his.

collegians. Johnny is very popular
among the college folks of the area,
having played for many Northwest-
ern, Chicago U., and other univer-
sity proms this season in and around
Chicago. Johnny’s band of nine
pieces plays sweet and low melodies
as well as fast, snappy rhythms.

As an extra feature of the dance
novel dance programs will be given
out at the door for your girl friend
to keep in remembrance of this best:
of—the-year dance. It is even ru—
mored that “Big Apple” Chelgren will
call out a lively session or two of
this national dance craze for the en.
tertainment of both partlcipators and
on-lookers.

Worcester Heads Committee

The social committee, headed by
R. E. Worcester as chairman, con—
sists of G. A. Palka, E.E., S. M. Osri,
Ch.E., 'l‘. Waldron, M.E., E. J. Han.
son, C.E., and C. W. Dunbar, F.P.E.
Guests of honor and faculty spon—
sors of the dance will he Acting-pres-
ident Heald, Dean Tibbals, and Pro-
fessors S. F. Bibb, W. Ahern, D. P.
Moreton, and Personnel Director W.
N. Setterberg.

Through special arrangement with
the management. of the Oriental
Building there will be no charge or
tipping allowed for checking.

Fresh Elect Graham
President of Class

 

R. K. Graham was elected presi-
dent of the freshmen last Tuesday in
the election run-off, defeating P.
Shaffer. A. 'Gardes was elected vice-
president; J. A. McErlean, secre-
tary; D. Graf, treasurer; H. N.
Leave, social chairman; and G. E.
Hamilton, A.T.S.A. representative.

McErlean and Hamilton were
elected by large pluralities in the
primaries, but Graham, Graf, Gardes
and Leave had to wait for a run-oil”
election.

The freshman election was carried
on with much greater case than had
been expected. The campaign
speeches were intended to make up
the minds of those which usually
voted on sheer guess, and evidently
they had had the desired effect. Two
of the candidates received a majority
of votes in the primary ballot, and
this brought them into office sooner.

 

F. P. E. S. to Show Pictures
On Underwriters ’Lab Work

Movies on the work of Under-
writers’ Laboratories will be shown
at the F.P.E.S. meeting to be held
on Friday, December 17, at 10:30 in
room B Mission. The laboratories
were originally instituted for the
purpose of testing the fire hazards of
electrical apparatus, the danger from
which was excessive in the early days
of practical electrical development.
The movies to be shown were ar-
ranged for by E. P. Mehringer and
R. F. Beardsley, and all members are
urged to attend.

 

 

 

Armour institute of Technology, Chicago, lllinois

Civil Fraternity to
initiate Four Pledges

Chi Epsilon, honorary civil engi-
neering fraternity, will formally
initiate E. L. Stoll, ’38; T. L. Speer,
’38; M. Zar, ’38; and H. S. Anthon,
’39, tomorrow evening at 6 o'clock in
the Chi Epsilon rooms.

Following this the members of Chi
Epsilon, with several faculty mem—
bers and some alumni members, will
dine in the Student Union. The eve-
ning will close with the group at—
tending the play, “Brother Rat.”

 

Seven Men to Be Initiated
Into Mechanical Honorary

 

Three juniors, three seniors and
one faculty member will be formally
initiated into Pi Tau Sigma, hon—
orary mechanical engineering,r fra-
ternity, next Monday evening, De-
cember 20, at the Pi Kappa Phi fra»
ternity house. Following the initia-
tion, dinner will be served after
which several speakers will present
talks.

The men to be initiated are: Prof.
W. A, Pearl, professor of mechanical
engineering, C. S. Malmfeldt, D. B.
Rodkin, and E. 1“. Sipp, seniors; and
M. Ephraim, Jr., C. J. Kovacik, and
N. 1). Rice, juniors.

Kintner Discusses

Chemical Trades

“Resume of Chemical Engineering
in Ono’s Every Day Life” was the
topic discussed by Dr. Robert C.
Kintncr, associate professor of chem‘
ical engineering, last Saturday night
at 7:30 p.m. over station WCFL.
This was the sixth program in the
series of radio programs sponsored
by Armour Institute. A. P. Schrei-
ber, publicity director, assisted Dr.
Kintncr as interrogator.

Dr. Kintncr started his talk by
pointing,r out almost every industry
in the world is directly or indirectly
dependent upon the chemical engi-
neer's skill to produce cheaply and in
large quantities the things which we
casually take for granted.

To exemplify this, he followed a
mythical Mr. and Mrs. America
through a day in their life with Mr.
Schreiber playing: the part of Mr.
America. Dr. Kintner asked Mr.
American what he did when he woke
up in the morning and enumerated
how the chemical engineer contribu-
ted to his comfort, convenience and
necessity; how he turned down the
rayon bedspread without thinking of
the great piles of spruce logs from
which the bedspread had its origin.
The paint on the walls, the varnish
on the floor and the glass mirror
were examples in which the chemical
engineer’s work was necessary in the
manufacture of these things. Dr.
Kintncr enumerated the comforts
and luxuries which Mr. and Mrs.
American enjoyed during the course
of a day, showing that without the
help of the chemical engineer, these
comforts and luxuries could not be
enjoyed.

 

Ei-onnual Scholarship
Exams Come Jan. 8

Associate Dean C. A. Tibbals has
announced that the regular freshman
scholarship examinations will be held
on Saturday morning, January 8. The
awards for which the students will
compete are five full year scholar-
ships covering the tuition for the sec-
ond semester of 1937-8, and the first
semester of 1938-9.

As usual the written examination
will be three hours in length. The
mathematics part of the examination
will contain the ordinary topics cov—
ered by high school algebra. In addi-

solid geometry may be included this
year. The scientific portion of the
examination will consist of questions
A short
essay upon an assigned subject will
enable the scholarship committee to
judge the applicant’s knowledge of

in physics and chemistry.

English and science in general.

There will be no separate examina-
in English.
abilities in this subject will be judged
by a personal interview that he will
be required to make between Decem-
ber 1, and January 5, and his method
of expression in the essay.

At the present time a large number
of applicants have already had their
interviews. Included in this number
are several high school students not
living in Chicago. The number of
students taking the examination
should be about a hundred according
to Associate Dean 'l‘ibbals.

tion The applicant’s

 

 

Mocha Anticipate
Afidt’ifi. Smelter
This Wednesday

The Armour chapter of the A. S.
M. E. will sponsor a smoker on to
marrow evening.’ at 7:2;() p.m., in the
Armour Student Union. The smoker
will feature movies. card playing,
faculty speakers. and refreshments.

The entertainment will consist of
several reels of motion pictures on
technical and non-technical subjects.
It is also planned to have l’rofessor
R. V. Perry and other members of
the faculty to speak to the group.
The committee assures everyone that
plenty of refreshments; will be avail-
able to all.

The smoker is open to all mem—
bers and prospective members of the
society. Tickets can be had from
class representatives of the society.

A sleighing party or winter carni-
val is being planned for the near fu-
ture, weather permitting.

At the meeting to he held next
week, C. K. Nauman will speak on the
“Power Facilities of the Cruiser
‘Philadelphia’ " which he inspected at
the Pi Tau Sigma convention in Phil-
adelphia last month. Motion pictures

 

 

on welding will also be shown.

Christmas Concert is

Schedul

With a program consisting entire-
ly of numbers newly rehearsed by the
glee club and orchestra, the Armour
Tech Musical Clubs will present their
annual Christmas concert in the as-
sembly hall Thursday at 10:30 a.m.
under the baton of 0. Gordon Erick-
son, director. The Glee Club will pro—
vide the Christmas touch through a
group of traditional carols.

Two soloists, A. Rune and H. A.
Doolittle, will be featured by the or-
chestra. Rune will play the violin
obbligato in “Adoration” by Borow-

ski, and Doolittle will play, as a
trumpet solo, “The Rosary,” by
Nevin.

Thursday’s program is as follows:

March of the Toys. . .
Adoration ............... Borowski
Orchestra

 

 

Angels Sing. . .
. . . . Mendelssohn

Hark! The Herald
The First Nowell ....... Traditional

 

for Thursday

Good King Wenceslas. . .Traditional

 

 

 

Glee Club
Meditation ............. . . .Coates
March ..... . .............. Coates
Orchestra
Fierce Was the Wild Billow ......
...... oble
Secrets . . . . . ........... . Smith
The Drum . . . . . . Gibson
Glee Club
The Rosary ....... . . . . . . . . . . .Nevin
Theme from “Madame Butterfly”
. ..... .. ...Puccini
Faust Waltz . . ....... Gunod
Orchestra

Musical clubs members will be
guests of a sorority at a tea dance
given in their honor at the Belmont
Hotel tomorrow afternoon. Their last
social function held at the Fine Arts
Building with the Pestalozzi-Froebel
girls’ school was enjoyed by all of

 

the members.

tion, a few questions in plane and ‘

Tuesday, December l4, l937

'Tou Meta Pi Pledges Nine @ntstanaiing
More Before Student Moody all Assembly

 

 

photo by Mohrmger.

TAU BETA l’l PLEDGES
From now: Reading la" in right, A. N. Sehrlcbov, n. r. boardaloy, c. K. Nauman, o. Thodos. principally, but not solely. on scholar-
Roar Row: W. M. Kick", 0. A. Polka, N. K. Anderson, F. A. Polonls, E. Loutzenllslsor.

Eight Seniors and One
Junior Honored at
Pen Meeting

 

Nine men, eight seniors and
one junior, were pledged to Tau
Beta Pi last Thursday at a gen—
eral assembly. To an audience
quieted. by the ceremony, Pro»
fessor Spears of the C. E. de»
partment read the names of
the following pledges: Nils K.
Anderson, Ch.E. ’38; Richard F.
Beardsley, I“.P.'E. '38; William M.
Kiefer, EE. ’38; Calvin K. Nauman,
ME. '38; George A. Palka, E.E. ’38;
Frank A. Palonis, CE. ’38; Albert.
N. Schrieber, ME. ’38; George
Thodos, Ch.E. ’38; and Edwin J.
Loutzcnheiser, Ch.E. ’39.

The organization was founded in
1885 to honor undergraduates in en»
gineering schools and also their out-
standing alumni. Selections are made,

ship. integrity, breadth of. interest,

 

Flindt to Wave Baton
at Sophomore Dance

 

Emil Flindt, popular baton waver
of Oh l-lenry Park, has been obtained
and will provide his distinctive music
for the sophomore (lance scheduled
for the Grand Ballroom of the Me-
dinah Athletic Club, Friday, January
14. All arrangements for this social
event have been completed. by the
social committee under the guidance
of E. ii. Worcester.

Flindt has a thirteen piece orches~
tra and several vocalists, which have
received the plaudits of large crowds
which frequent his south side rendez-
vous. I'Iis organization is particular-
ly noted for the soft, sweet harmony
which has found such wide acclaim
at Armour. Besides their regular ar~
rangcment’s of smooth rhythm the
orchestra has in its repertoire, all of
the Armour school songs. This un-
usual feature is due to Flindt’s num-
erous appearances at prior Armour
social afairs all of which were pro-
claimed both a financial and social
success.

Monte Carlo Party

 

A “Monte-Carlo" party was given
by the Armour branch of the W.S.E.
last Thursday at the Pi Kappa Phi
fraternity house. Ten members of
the faculty, a large number of alumni
members and ample representation of
every class now attending Armour
filled the spacious fraternity quarters
to overflowing. Credit for the ar-
rangements must be given to H. S.
Anthon, E. C. Carlson, C. W. Harris,
F. W. Neubauer, and R. R. Tullgren,
all of the junior class.

Red name cards for undergraduate
members and white ones for the fac-
ulty and alumni members readily dis-
pensed with the necessity of formal
introductions. Gambling, the event
of the evening, was performed with
unlimited extravagance. At the end
of the evening, Professor Ensz won
high honors with a total of $600,000.
For this accomplishment he was
awarded a DuPont pipe holder. Mr.
Settcrberg came a close second to win
a “foot-long" cigar.

In the student division, N. Marsch
won first honors with a clothes brush
while 0. J. Simpson received a fluf-
fy black and white dog for his ef-
forts.

As no smoker is complete without
movies, the committee in charge pro-
vided some of an educational and a
not-so-educational nature. A film on
“Steel, the Backbone of Industry”
was first shown followed by a picture
on “Replacement of Men «by Ma-
chines." Last but not least was an
Aesop’s Fable production which,
judging by the applause, was prob-
ably enjoyed more than either of the
others.

 

 

Student Papers Marlo
Third Joint Meeting

with Chicago ALI. CAE.

Students in chemical engineering
at Armour were given an opportunity

 

last Wednesday evening to demon

strate to Chicago engineers and to

their fellow student A.l.Ch.E. mom

hers the kind of work they have been
The occasion
was the third annual joint meeting
of the Chicago section and the Beta
student chapter of the A.l.Ch.E., and
in spite of the bad weather many

doing in the laboratory.

membe rs were present.

The program began with a recep-
tion in the Faculty Club followed by

a dinner of roast turkey with all it
accoutremcnts. The third

had its beginning. After a shor

business meeting of the Chicago sec~
tion at which officers were elected,

the presentation of student paper
began.

The talks given by students were
based upon studies made at Armour
laboratories
and were delivered with the aid of

chemical engineering

slides, models, and diagrams. The stu

dent speakers were S. M. Osri, N.
Gerber, T. M. Gilkison, B. W. Gnm~

son, A. P. Schreiber, and R. M. Levy

Following these talks the junior and
senior chemical engineering labora-

tories were opened for inspection

 

Keane and Ham ilton

Take Comedy Leads

 

annual
meeting was then called to order by
chairman W. R. Marshall, who intro-
duced Dean ll. T. llcald and pro-
fessor I-I. McCormack for brief talks.
Professor McCormack reminded the
members that it was in Armour lab-
oratories that formal instruction in
chemical engineering laboratory work

adaptability, and extra-curricular at-
tainments are important factors in
the election of pledges.
Anderson-Beardsley

Nils K. Anderson is president of
Phi Lambda Upsilon, the honorary
chemical engineering fraternity, and
a member of Alpha 'Chi Sigma, the
professional chemical engineering
' fraternity. The Chess Club numbers
him among their members, and he is
' one of the guiding hands of the
Armour Engineer and Aln'rmms. Not-
withstanding these activities, Nils
has been able to earn fifty per cent
of his tuition for the past three years.

Richard F. Beardsley is a member
of Salamander, the honorary {ire pro~
tection engineering: fraternity, and
is secretary of Sphinx, the honorary
literary fratrrnity. He is president
01' the F.P.E.S. and desk editor of the
Armour Tech News. For four years
he has sung bass in the Glee Club,
‘and is a member of the senior grad—
uation committee.

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Schrieber-Kiefer-Nauman
Albert Schricbcr is a member of
Pi Tau Sigma, the mechanical engi-
neering honorary fraternity and is al-
so a member of Sphinx. The players’
guild lists him as its secretary and
treasurer; the News, as the copy edi-
tor, and the Armour Engineer as the

(Continual on page four)

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Prof. Roesch Presides at
Auto Engineers Convention

 

As chairman of the technical ses-
sion, Daniel Roesch, professor of au-
. tomotive engineering at the Institute,
presided over the December meeting
of the Society of Automotive Engi—
neers. This meeting was a closed
session devoted to the subject, “Lab-
oratory Testing Applicd to Automo-
tive Design, Development, Perform—
ance, and Production.”

A paper was delivered on the sub-
ject by ‘C. A. Brady of the Chrysler

Sparkling comedy, in the form of
Anton Checkov’s “The Proposal," is
to be the first Armour Player pro-
duction of 1938. Their selection was
a smash hit on the Continent and has
been enjoying wide popularity in the

Corporation.
was given by E. R. Barnard of Stand-
ard Oil
Knowlton, of International Harvester
Company; P. H. Oberreutter of Mid-

the male roles.

ise

on January 14.
will be on sale starting January 3,
and may be obtained from anyone
connected with the Players.

 

States.

While the humor is of the variety
most popular at Armour, the psychol-
The audience,
recognize unparalleled
comedy from situation and dialogue,
must lose itself in the play’s atmos-

ogy is more subtle.
in order to

phere.

Professor Homer C. Combs is re-
lying on the talents of two men who
are new to the Players to interpret
Freshman and jun-
ior respectively, George Hamilton and
John Keane are showing great prom»
remaining
role, that of a girl, has not been cast.
Assistant Director MacConnell has
undertaken the task of locating; an
actress for the part.

in rehearsals. The

The play will probably be presented
However, tickets

west Dynamomoter and Engineering
Company; and F. Adams of the Buda
Company.

This meeting was preceded by a
banquet in the main dining room of
the Hamilton Club.

Eta Kappa: Nu Initiates Six
Pledges Tomorrow Evening

 

Six new nun will be formally ini-
tiated into Eta Kappa Nu, honorary
electrical engineering fraternity to-
morrow evening in the East Room of
the Fred Harvey Restaurant at the
Union Station. The initiation will be
held in conjunction with the Chicago
Alumni Chapter dinner. The men
who will be initiated: l. (lebel. G. M.
Ives, Jr., A. R. Merrill. and J. E.
Sodnro, seniors; and R. l. Bush and
E, K. Osterberg‘. juniors. The chief
speaker will be the Chinese consul
who will discuss conditions in China