Page Four ARMOUR TECH NEWS Tuesday, December ”in, l937 Henfihsea, Swanson, Junior Stars, Show interest in Better rmings By E. Worcester Strangely enough, Austin High school is known for something be- sides its De Correvonts. It has pro— duced good basketball players, and among them is Paul Henriksen. Paul, at present a guard on the Armour five, was center on the Anstin light- weight squad for his last three years in the school. He has two letters as a result and three more as manager of the baseball team. At Armour he earned his numerals on Pflum's freshman squad, and his letter on the varsity as a sophomore. Paul Started Young Paul began playing basketbball at the Y. M. (I A. as a kid, and picked up some more experience as a reg- ular player in his church league. After graduating from Austin he worked a year, but kept up his bas- ketball playing with outside teams. This practice kept him in shape, so that he had little difficulty in mak- ing his place on the first year men’s team. Coach Stenger used Paul as a guard most of last season during which he rolled up 28 points, and is now playing that position regularly on the Techhawk five. Paul Has His Jerry Jerry is Paul’s biggest excuse for living. For a year and a half Paul’s been practicing for the marital ad— venture, and be absolutely ab- stains from ex— terior feminine distractions when the team is out of town. Being faithful is what Swanson calls it. But beautiful brunettes are mighty scarce, P a u 1 figures. Paul is interested in cultural sub- jects. He is at present enrolled in a special English class of Professor Hendricks studying the history and nature of Ulopias through the ages. l’nul llonrikscn A Good Team Player Paul plays good basketball. He is not a star, knows it, and doesn't try to be one. He plays with and for the team, is a good passer, and takes his shots when he can. He does most of the right things at the right time, and has thus gained the confidence of his teammates. Paul is six feet tall and weighs 150 pounds. Not hav— ing unusual height or weight, he does have stamina and speed, and with the new ruling eliminating the cen' ter jump, these latter two qualities are far more important to a good guard than they used to be. Because Paul plays primarily with the inter est of the team and not of the indi— vidual, he is making a highly success- ful guard on Tech’s basketball squad this season, and will probably be an even better guard in his final year, yet remaining. Basketball—«— (Continued from page three) Next Saturday night the Maroons will put on the floor of the fieldhouse a lineup of Mullen, Eggemeyer, and Cassells bidding for forward posi- tions, Lounsbury at center, and Captain Petersen, Rossin, and Isaac‘ son alternating as guards. Beloit College will be the first prey of the Techawks this week when they come to the Armory tomorrow after. noon. Beloit has lost only two men because of graduation. Their return— ing lettermen include Jim Brown, scoring forward of last year, Tamulis, at center position, Williams, forward, Klein, forward and Saecker and Fleming, guards. The Goldman have played only one game in preparation forvthcir road trip to Armour. They played Du- buque University a week ago. In con- trast, the Tecbawks have had four strenuous games to warm them up. In View of this fact, along with the experience of last year’s encounters with the Beloit baslceteers, “the team looks forward to another win. Last year viewe' gboth teams tak— ing a victory away from each other’s floor. Beloit invaded the armory last year at this time, and took away a 44434 victory to carry over the Christmas holidays. After a bus trip into the frozen north of Beloit ter— ritory, however, the eager: from Ar— mour, frozen in for the night, made the invasion successful by retreating with a 3049 win. Edward Russell Swanson, fire pro- tect, tennis player, female captivator, up and coming Astaire and erstwhile engineer, is a valuable man on the chhawk five. Ray Pflum saw his possibilities as a freshman at Armour, and Swanny took a berth as forward on the Frosb squad, earning his num- erals the first season. Last year Coach Stenger found him a good guard, and Ed played that position, making his letter. Started at Y. M. C. A. It all started at the “Y" where Swan was an unusual lad with big feet, sandy hair and a smile. He learned basket- ball technique and gained expev rienee playing with the team there, as well as with his churcl. league, so that when he went to Tildcn Tech some years later, he knew his game of basketball. He was center on Tilden’s lightweight squad, making his letter, and played guard on their all city championship heavyweight team. He was rewarded with a letter and a gold trophy as a member of the city‘s best team. Swanny Hits His Height Swanny may be athletically ver- satile, but he reaches a new high with the gentler sex. Ed likes to dance (Fred Astaire stuff) and has no trou— blc finding partners, although they are never the same. The tall Swede says he’ll spoil a girl if he goes with her too long, so as soon as she gets too serious Ed pulls his tent stakes and starts all over. Sailor—like, he has a feminine acquaintance in every town the team plays a game, and what’s more, he keeps them all on the string with his letters to school- teachers, stenographers, nurses, ad. fin. Ed Swanson Six Feet Four Ed Ed is just six feet four inches and weighs 166. His long,r experience on the court has given him an case of playing and a lot of basketball sense and stamina. He plays an accurate game from the floor and under the basket he’s one of the best men on the team. Viz., last Thursday against Arkansas he recovered almost every rebound and made ten points in the fray as well. He’s an excellent free throw man, as are most of the team members, and rarely misses his gift shots. When Swanny is hot he sinks his shots, hook, reverse, long and short, and when not, he passes to the guards working in. With almost a full season ahead and another year remaining, Coach Stenger, those Irish captains, and the Techawks have a valuable guard in Ed Swanson. Arkansas-w (Continued from prime three) ful job of it. A pair of baskets and two free throws by Swanson, a cou- ple of free throws by Schercr, and a pot shot by Wagner, against a has- ket and free throw by Baldwin and a bucket by Clements brought the Ar. mourites within one point of the lead. A margin that quickly went down for the count when O’Brien drew a head on the basket and sank a long one. Arkansas Leads Off in Second Second half scoring was started by the Jonesboro boys when Downs tipped a missed long shot into the basket, 3. form of point-gathering at which he was quite deadly. Arkansas, intent upon scoring, became some. what careless on fouling, and, conse- quently, what they picked up on has— kets Armour made up in free throws. With the same form that they dis- played in the closing minutes of the half, Armour again commenced walking away from the visitors, as Scherer, Wagner, O’Brien and O’Con- nell tallied. With four minutes to the gun, a 36—21 score in favor of Armour looked mighty comfortable. But the Indians hadn’t fired their last shot by any means. In two minutes they converted nine points, a pace which if they had managed to maintain might have netted them the game. But the home five was equal to the strain and put the clamps down. The centers of both teams had the final say, Swanson bagging- two points fol- lowed by Downs who let go just be. fore the end. I The Steam Shovel; l MODERSOHN, HEBENSTREIT, and HAZELTON just can’t keep their minds on juice. Right after: school they hustle over to Calumet and spend their aflernoon . . . having a good time. a: >l< There are no limits to what the Unholy Two, ZAZU and Dunck, will stoop to. They even tried to mash Marlene Dietrich! Only they didn’t know ill At the Art Institute two weeks ago, the boys passed several remarks at a well-dressed, bluse young lady of definite umph. Several minutes later, she was being photo- graphed by photographers represent- ing every paper in town! “We didn’t recognize her!” mounted the boys. “The lost time we saw her was in that (ml/Hub scene . . . W h? 4' Speaking of the Art Institute, the “Still Life” exhibit has a beautiful animated picture of ”FLASH” LAUBE rattling off one of his fea- ture stories. a a: >1: Secretaries Bewarol Mon may find joy in new caresses Ycl never lose the old addresses. They soon tire of songs and dances, Homemade gin and cheap romances; They want the finer things in life . . . A little home, a charming wife. Local Observcr( Probably Clifi‘ Carstcns.) Upon reading which, HAL HEID— MAN refuses to let Cliff copy his juice . . . Fraternity Cagemen Start Final Battles Phi Pi Phi Victoria 11.10 Thrills were in abundance in the opening round of the interfratcrnity basketball tourney, the Phi Pi‘s nos- ing out the S.A.M.‘s, 11-10, in a low scoring game, and the Phi Kaps com- ing out with a scrapping win over the Dclts, 18—17. Phi Pi Phi and the Snmmys got the tourney officially under way. The two teams were quite evenly matched and neither was able to pile up a commanding lead at any time during the game. During the first half both teams were able to score only six points. Phi Kaps Down Delta In the second game of the first round the two leading contenders for the. title battled and how! Even though both teams fought hard throughout the game, there was not an exceptional number of fouls called. The Phi Kaps started out strongly and built up a lead through good shooting by all the members of the teamnThe victors made good use of their free throws sinking: five of them during the first half. The Delts had a hard time putting the ball through the loop and were able 7... stay in the game mainly through three field goals and a free throw by McIntyre. Rho Delta Win 16-12 Thursday afternoon saw both Rho Delta Rho and Triangle coming into position for the inter-fraternity semi— finals. The Rho Delts fought their way to victory over Pi Kappa Phi with a 16—12, while Triangle edged in on a forfeit by Theta Xi. Pincus led the scoring for the Rho Delts by potting ten points, most of them made from the center of the floor. F. Heidenreich did the flashy fighting for the losers, getting two baskets, matched with those of Bur— man and Johnson. Wrestling~ (Continued from page three) ton, who will get some real competi- tion. In the heavier weights Armour looks stronger than Wheaton. At 165 pounds, lanky Bob Maxant will vie with Berghouse, and he should win from the less experienced Wheaton man whom Kreml easily pinned last year. Tullg’ren will wrestle at 1‘75 pounds, probably against Merritt, a championship man. Kreml, graduated Tech captain, beat Merritt in the A.A.U. finals last year. There is a chance that Merritt won’t wrestle, his substitute not yet named. Mc» Intyre, who has done a good job as heavyweight man will not have to oppose Jobnstone, the graduated Wheaton champion and captain, and should stand a good chance of win- ning his bout for Tech against the unnamed Wheaten man. Full many students pause before the bulletin board and. read the cm- blazoncd notice, “Christmas Recess December 20." “Full well I know,” the growl resounds above the happy freshman gurgles, “Full well I know the deceit embodied in that simple resounding phrase. Recess indeed! Far better it were termed what it in reality is—a period of convales- cenee." “Think you,” the haggard elders snarl, turning on the quavering fresh- man “that the apprehensive look, the drawn and sallow countenance, the palsied tremor in ailing hand, that create unprecedented errors of one part in a million in manipulat~ ing slide rules, has gone unnoticed by the powers that be?” Throwing their hands wildly about, their voices rise shrill and hysterical, “0h inno— cent and ignorant, thy tender souls have been sheltered and ye know not the porrfidy of man! For many weeks the forboding have been observed and now, at the peak, when scores imagine mice in waste baskets, (In A. M. Zurcm So much has been said about the alarming rate at which the other nations of the world have been re- arming, that not a few of us feel that soon our meager military strength will not offer us sufficient protection from our ever glabhing' fascist “neighbors." Let no one be misled to such a fool— ish conclusion. Evidence to the con- trary may be found on every hand. Just last week our local newspapers carried interesting articles concern- ing the present status of our ”war machine.” In fact, the navy depart- ment recently ordered thirty-three new bombing planes which will be de- livercd in the near future. The new planes are. to be used for patrol and bombing purposesaand incidentally ”will nick Uncle Sam’s treasury for about 4% million dollars (a little over $136,000 apiece). The navy department now has di- rect control over one thousand pieces of aircraft. Under the Vinson~Tram— mel act this number will be increased steadily until, by 1041, our naval air: force will consist of 2000 of the most up to date and fully equipped air— craft money can buy. At the present Writing 800 planes have been ordered thus far and a large percentage of them are already under construction. Attention should be called to the fact that 417, or over 50 per cent. of these planes will be used as replacements. The addition— al 383 will be applied toward reach” ing the goal of 2,000. The last year alone has seen the addition of some 400 airplanes to the navy’s air force. When we speak about our naval air force we must not forget that the army also has one of its own. At the present time it is difficult to guess the number of airplanes under army control—but 800 should not be far oil". Although this number seems rather small, consideration must be given to the fact that orders for 1,000 new planes of difficult types have al- ready been given. The army has for its goal, 2300 “flying fortresses" by 1940. Maintaining an efficient and up to date air force is, at its best, an ex- tremely expensive proposition. The great progress which has been made in the design of army aircraft is due in no small part to the rapid strides which have been taken by American airline companies. The healthy re- spect which other nations have for our airforec is reflected in the pre- face of the 1937 edition of Jane’s “All the World’s Aircraft." C. G. Grey, author of the preface, and authority in the field wrote: “—~a year ago some big and medium American pas- senger machines were fast enough, if fitted with guns, to chase most of the world’s high speed fighters out of the sky.” It is thus seen that in— terest in our ability to defend our- self is not as casual as it might seem at first glance. Although many other nations are spending- large sums of money on their air forces, only two of them». Germany and England—have any‘ thing which may be compared to our air force in both size and efl‘lcicnoy. Ar Xmas lime Most firm lie Merry But not for unflghgflfl Perry Toni Bela-— (Continued from page (me) p. chem. lecture, but a mouse!) the comptroller. He is a member of the powers declare a Recess; you see? A.S.lVI.E., the Glee Club, president To recuperate” Six physics finals' of Sigma Alpha Mu social fraternity, eight chemistry reports, three and chairman of the Senior Gradua- months’ back assignments. Recupcnlion Committee. ate!" And with a how] like unto that of a wounded banshee they spin rap~ idly on their left heel, and collapse in crumpled heaps. (It’s getting rather difficult to reach the phone what with bodies and all.) But submerge your sorrows and got into the spirit of the gay Yule- tide scason, to coin a phrase. Lay out a regular schedule for yourself and in scarcely two weeks time all your work will be cleared up and you’ll have some relaxation. For example: sleep to seven, (After all one has to have some luxury) work till twelve on your copy of the physics data trying to figure out just what the devil your partner was trying to say when he wrote down, kiljfhyahd «2.734, half an hour for lunch, (Af- ter all, one has to have luxury) work until eleven thirty taking fifteen minutes for supper, and after that your time is your own. Christmas af- ternoon you may have off. (After all, etc.) Apropos of Christmas, the ideal news feature, the reporting of an event before it occurs, may be writ- ten. Bracu yourself! On or about December nineteenth there will ap— pear on the bulletin board in the lobby the announcement, “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year." (Barring the appointment of some misogynist to the office staff.) Eta Kappa Nu numbers William M. Klein!" among its outstanding members. He is secretary of the organization and also a leader in A.I.E.E. and a member of the Radio Club. In the past three years he has been able to earn two-thirds of his tuition and expenses at Armour. Calvin K. Nouman is senior class president, a member of Pi Tau Sig— ma, and was head junior marshal. He is a prominent member of the Glee Club and of the A.S.M.E. The News lists him as assistant sports editor. President of Eta Kappa Nu, George A. l’alku is a member of the Radio Club, the Glee Club, and the senior representative of the A.T.S.A. He is a leading figure in the A.I.E.E. and a member of the senior social committee, and has figured promi- nently in inter—class softball. Frank A. Palonis is a member of Chi. Epsilon, the civil engineering honorary fraternity, and of the box— ing team. Frank is on the senior photographing committee and is a Glee Club member. A member of Phi Lambda Upsilon, George Thodos is the recipient of two one—half year scholarships. He is; alumni secretary of Alpha Chi Sigma and has earned his full tui- tion for two years. The only junior pledged is Edwin J. Loutzcnheiser, a member of Phi Lambda Upsilon and Triangle fra- ternities. He is a member of the A.T.S.A. and junior program com- mittee. Alpha Chi Sigma and the orchestra claim his few remaining ‘ minutes. tinually offer more in Motors ix great that it Bananas CHEVROLET ‘ PONTIAC ' This pear old grad, in his freshman daze, [fa/opted stadium thoughts and ways, He crammed lzz's Turret Tap wit/z fact, But never learned how one should 1m, ll t’s simple arithmetic that the more cars General Motors sells the greater this organiza~ tion grows. And the solid fact back of that growth is this: General Motors cars must con— to Win those sales. it is only because General search and improvement program responsible for such modern betterments as the Turret Top, the Unistcel Body,No Draft Ventilation, Knec~Action and advanced Hydraulic Brakes. bdlEAlb‘fi @oan ltfinasmna OLDSMODILE . terms of extra value can maintain the re— lioness BUICK - LASALLE . CADILLAC