No. 3.

Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago. Illinois

Tuesday, October 5, l937—

 

‘Wowl llid l Have
Fun Ma”; FYOSl’llo
Handshake Story

 

By a Freshman

Imagine mother’s astonishment
when I pulled into home port from
the Handshake, all in one piece! I
had all my clothes on——»most of all,
my pants, whose wealth had increas—
ed by two wrinkles, which had been
diligently pressed in by a crossed
knee-and even my tie was still
in place.

After a long, lonely ride on the
“L”, I landed at 33rd St., fighting
off sleep for fear of anything that
Last week’s paper
threatened back-slapping, and a pa—
per doesn’t always tell all. When I
finally came among the crowds, my
eyes were circumscribing circle.
while filled with apprehension and
expectation.

might happen.

Just a Little Timid

As a matter of fact, my back
wasn’t slapped once. Everybody
around inc seemed about as afraid to
shake hands as I was, which resulted
in only one or two greetings in all,
before the meeting began.

The meeting started off very vii;—
orously, and properly, with the A1
mour Fight Song. Then C. W. Dun—
bar, president 01' the A.T.S.A., act-
ing as master of ceremonies, intro~
duced our old standby, Dr. Tibbalh,
all of our major coaches;_and one of
the most poetic men I have ever
heard, Prof. Amsbary. He brought
along a parade of brilliant thoughtv
children, among: which were “2:: Cap-
taine of lo Marguerite, (lat Sail zc
Kankakcc," a frog with “dollar bill
clothes," and a “modern inconveni-
ence, F.0.B. Detroit, bought on the
uneasy payment plan" which had to
be taken to a veterinarian, and given
“ze twice over once, two times.”

 

Studies Came First

Then, one by one, each coach gave
us his idea of good advice—“Join my
sport, but studies come first,"—ea<'h
pickling up his speech with what
seemed to a slight extent to be his
favorite jokes-«which weren’t so bad,
by the way. After that came a rush-
ing moving picture of the campus
life—in general and otherwise.

Following rush with rush (not to
speak of what was to come the next
day) the students, thicker than the
stars in the milky way, waited for

 

Radio Club Chooses R. Colin

President for Coming Year

 

The Radio Club started off its
1937-38 season last Wednesday, with
the reelection of Ray J. Colin as
president and Joseph Sodaro as vice
president. A. B. Henderson was
elected secretaryutreasurer.

Their rooms are being repainted
and considerable new quipment will
be added to the club’s present facil-
ities. Membership to the club is still
open and prospective members
should see Professor Moreton.

Wallace Bruce Amsbary, the dra-
matic figure who entertained at the
last four Freshman Handshakes, has
touched the hearts of all who heard
his French-Canadian dialect poetry.

“Ze Captain-u"

His dramatic impersonation has
given Armour men the character “Ze
Captain of Ze Marguerite.”
Professor Amsbai’y had a dramatic
career on the legitimate stage. Al.
nineteen, he joined the Casino Opera
Company and in the three years that
e was with them he sang in twcn»
ty-two operas, playing some twenty—
nine parts in character and comedy
______,M

“English Department
Acids Pulitzer Pidze
Winner to Faculty

George Dillon, winner of the Pulit-
zer prize for poetry in 1931 and edi-
tor of the magazine, Poetry, has been
added to the staff of the English dc-
partment. This announcement was
made last Friday by Professor Hend-
ricks, head of the English department.
Another addition to the department is
Mr. M. G. Christopher-son, a graduate

 

 

cider and doughnuts like live~stock
lining up for slaughter. The big dif-
ference was that the mooing, baaing,
and grunting was now (finally) sup»
planted with handshakes and intro-
ductions.

In the last part of the program
we were given a good tasting sam-
ple of wrestling and boxing. Boy!
I had to think twice when some of
those punches came across: it almost
sounded as if I had been hit‘.

ll/l. Pantoue Elected
Players’ President

 

Michael Pantone captured the pres-
idency of the Players Guild after a
close election held in the Guild’s
rooms last Friday. The election was
held to run ofl' a tie between Pantone
and A. N. Schrieber which occurred
at the last meeting before the close
of school. At this gathering, William
Emmerich was elected treasurer and
Frank Hanneman. secretary.

It was decided to present the usual
series of one act plays to be held be-
fore the Thanksgiving, Christmas,
and Easter holidays. If acting abil-
ity is present in sufficient number,
a three act play will be produced, to
be given on appropriate evenings.

The one act plays will be chosen
from the following scripts: “The
Rope”, “A Night in an Inn”, and “A
Monkey’s Paw’, by Mr. Fulghu‘m.
Casting for one of these plays will
start next week, and all students in—
terested in either acting or produc—
tion are requested to attend the next
meeting.

of Northwestern University.

Mr. Dillon, who has been called
“the most promising of America's
younger poets," received the Pulitzer
award when he was but twenty-four
years old for his book of poems, The
Flowering Stone.

Attended Chicago University

He spent his early life in Ken—
tucky and St. Louis, attending the
school of Fine Arts in that city with
the intention of becoming a painter.
His family moved to Chicago when
he was 16, and he entered the Uni—
versity of Chicago that fall. He asso-
ciated with a poetic group, and as
one of their active members was
among the founders of the poetry
magazine, Forge. In 1925 Dillon was
awarded the John Billings Fisk prize
for the best poetry at the University.

In this same year he received the
young poets prize given by Poetry,
and was invited by Harriet Monroe
to become an associate editor of the
magazine#and be but an undergrad-
uate.

Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

When he graduated in 1927 his first
book of poems, Boy in the Wind, was
published. In spite of the enthusias-
tic reception given his work, Dillon
became a writer of advertising copy,
since he was poor and tired of poetry.
The tables were reversed in 1930 when
he became tired of regular employ‘
ment, and since that time he has sup—
ported himself with free lance work.

After receiving the Pulitzer prize,
Dillon was awarded a Guggenheim
fellowship which enabled him to do
creative work abroad. In 1933 the feln
lowship was renewed, and Dillon
travelled to Africa.

Group A of (Io-ops to Hold
Term Banquet at Lawson ‘Y’

 

At an important meeting of the
co-op Economics club last month,
the members discussed and planned
a term banquet. This affair will be
held at the Lawson YMCA next Fri—
day at seven o’clock. The officers of
A groups of co-ops have been invited
to attend. It is hoped that they will
try to organize a similar group among
the fellows in their groups.

‘Ze Captain of Zel‘v’larguerite’ Again
Delights Freshman. Handshake flrowd

roles, many of which were leading
parts.

In 1889, he joined the Marie
Wainwright Company and was stage
manager in the production of Sir
Walter Scott’s “Kenilworth.” In his
four years with this company, he
played in Shakespeare’s “Taming of
the Shrew” and “As You Like It."

Eight: years later found him in
lyccum worki giving readings with
the Wagner Concert Company. He
jointly appeared with the novelist,
Opie Read, and the poet, Charles
Banks, touring the United States.

Professor Amsbary came to Ar-
mour Tech in 1920 as lecturer on
masterpieces of English literature.
lie was later made a professorinl lcc—
turer on English literature. He left
Armour in the spring of 1935. At
present, he is devoting his time to
lecture work and in great demand.

 

Officers introduced
at A.l.E.E. Meeting

Introduction of the officers of the
Armour branch of the American In-
stitute of Electrical Engineers was
the feature of its meeting last Fri-
day. A discussion of future activ-
ities and an appeal for increased
membership by the guest speaker, Mr.
Warren, rounded out the program.

.1. F. Sodaro, president or" the
branch, opened the meeting. He was
followed by Geo. M. Ives, vice presi-
dent, who delivered a report of the
summer convention of the A.I.E.E.
held at Milwaukee. The remainingr
officers, William Kiefer, secretary“,
and Richard Ansel, treasurer; were
also introduced. Plans for future tech—
nical and social activities were dis-
cussed in an open forum.

Sophs granola Home

Poor Benny Pledge lipise

Sophs Enforce Green Cap
Rule Effectively

The events of the past week make
it apparent that the sophomores have
the pants well in....I mean, the
green cap situation well in hand. To
illustrate let us take the case of
Benny Plebe, who came to Armour,
listened to the sincere appeals of the
sophomores to wear the green top-
pers, heard of the seemingly impos—
sible tortures which befell those who
took it upon themselves to defy the
edict of their upperclassmcn. Like
many a freshman, he pooh poohed
with utmost unconcern. “Pure talk”,
he said, “nothing to it.”

Verily, Benny Plebe went so far
as to challenge any six sophomores;
did I say six? Yes indeed, any eight
sophomores. He actually defied that
number to remove so much as the
dust off his coat. He went so far
as to say that the sophomores should
be made to wear yellow caps and that
furthermore, freshmen should en-
force the rule!

I'll Take Any Eight Sophsl

Now Benny made it plainly known
that he would not be subjected to the
will of any class, particularly the
sophomore class. Of course such
courage does not pass unnoticed. 13c—
l‘oi‘e long Benny had a large group
of freshman followers about him in
front of the main building; where he
was preaching the doctrine of sur»
vival of the fittest. The boys were
sure they had a potential leader in
their midst.

Last Thursday, strangely enough,
he stoutly denied that he ever chal-

ToraldfllMStudento

Enrollment has shown a striking
increase in both day and evening:
school classes for September, 1937,

as compared with the Lult "no“

Eflrfillmrmlllgfim lllraternllleo Await hormal

pledging ”Tomorrow Evening;
Rupert hamper Pledge wrap

 

 

term in 1936.

Of the 3159 students enrolled, the
day school possesses 1115, while the
evening; division has 2089.

When compared to the total last
year of 919, day school students
number 17 percent more than last

year. Evening“ school attendance has
leaped 117 percent, from 1420 for

September, 1936, to the present numv
bcr.
Large Freshman Enrollment

A laru‘e pnlrl. of the increase
is due to the freshman enrollment of
319. However, the Institute has fa~
cilitics for tl’ll‘ present increased on-
rollment in both day and evening- di-
visions. The increase also meanl. that
several hundr l students had to be
refused admittance. In fact, some
com in the cvenim: division have
a waiting: list of nearly n hundred
students.

To take care of the demands, Dean
Henry T. lleuld pointed out that sev-
eral new instructors have been added
to the institute stall". In addition
to the additions to the faculty provi»
ously nnnounccil, several mcmli
the stall of the Institute Research
Foundation have been pi sued into
service to properly fa tat/c the
problem of instructing those day vol.
lcu‘e students and to maintain a hiu'h
standard of education.

Add Several instructors

The err-nipp- division, on the other
hand, has a far irrcntrr increase. In
that division a greater number were
refused admittance to are
cordinc' to llr. B. ll, Freud, and,
as in the day division, it was found
not wary to add several instructors
to the staff in order to meet the de-
mand of the increased enrollment.

Amen}: the many prominent schol-
nrs who received an appointment is
Mr. Gcoryre Dillon, Pulitzer Prize
Winner for poetry in lllfi , and pres»
cnt staff member of a poetry maga-
zine, who joins the English dcparh
ment. The others are: Mr. Hilton,
Mr. Doll, and Mr. J. M. Sachs, who
join the staff ol’ the mathematics dc—
partmont. Dr. Perlin, a member of
the day collca'c mulhematics depart
ment staff, will also serve the ow»
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classes,

 

 

on Freshmen;
Trousers

 

 

longed any soplmmorel He no long"-
cr tbouirht that sophomores should
wear yellow cups. The sophomores
are a. “nice bunch of followsH he
told those around him. “I hold ab.
solutely no enmity toward any soph
whatsoever,” he replied to the many
questions. The attitude of this fresh
was surprising, to say the least. I
doubt if we may ever know what
prompted Benny to change ill: opin-
ions abruptly. Benny
wouldn’t tell. No sir! Haven‘t we said
he wouldn’t be dominated by any
(11' ‘~ particularly the sophomore
class? Why should he answer the
question of a sophomore reporter?
Still—No Pants

Incidentally, before I fog-rt to
mention it, Benny had no pants on
Thursday morning“. It seems some
one wanted to inspect the quality
of the [goods at close ranu'c or some»
thing; and the fellow forgot to lo-
turn the pantsiso Benny tells us.
The last I saw of Benny, he was
slowly edging his way to the book
store, being" very careful to see that
no one observed him, although it
wasn’t this condition which he >110le
to be concerned about.

An unmistakable jingle of money
issued from the book-store, about
forty five cents worth, and then Ben-
ny emerged still without his pants
bat with a broad grin on his farm. As
he passed by with as much nom-halu
once as po ‘iblc, be bid away into a
corner of his brief case. one very
green object. Ask V. I. Mason,
oralilc freshman. to introduce
to Benny Plebo.

 

so himself

 

 

 

 

 

honv ; game between t
you ,’ linois and the l‘i\i\orsity of Chicago.
L In iho owning: a dance will bo hold.

There will be a. meeting of the
senior class on. Friday, October 8,
a! 10:30 in Science Hall.

 

T/Il’iY‘ will In: «I “tooling of ”w
.‘VI'Jl‘VS sin/f (ti 12:30 [add]; in Me
News office. New mun interested in.
joining the chi/f are limited to at.
Irm‘l.

 

 

 

“Armour Eye ”Elects
l... E. Kent President

Election of officers brought a
record crowd to the “Armour Eye’s”
second ll![‘(‘tllll.’,', last Tuesday in the
I’h 'ics Lecture Room. Those who
participated in the election yravc L.
1‘). Kent the presidency, E. C. Grund—
WHId charm! of the treasury, and It.
l“. Ncwhart the secretai'ysbip. Twen-
ty new men will double the former
membership and give the new of-
[lrcrs the lamest irroup to work with
in the “Eye’s” history.

1.. l3}. Kent, the new president, is
enthusiastic over prospects for the
cominr: year. He has outlined a series
of lectures and llemonstralions, to be
prepared by the prognxm committee,
which will review the fundamentals
and give some of the liner points of

 

the shooting and developing- nl‘ pic.
turns. Later these lectures will be
extended to include color prints,

sound recording, movies, new tech—
niques and other iii-ms of interest
to the members.

The next meeting“, scheduled for
12:20 today in the I’hy. cs Lecture
llonm, will acquaint the new mcm~
lll'l‘h’ with the “Eye’s” studio and
darkroom in (,ihapin l'lall.

  

A.S.M.E. Organizes Plan
at initial Meeting of Year

 

The first regular meeting: of the
ASME was held last Friday at 10:30
in st‘lt'llfi'l' Hall, to organize and lay
plans for the current year.

]. Thomas, president, opened the
meeting, and introduced Professors

l-[untly, Pebbles, Roesch, and Nachw

man, who spoke about the advantages
of membership in the organization.
They emphasized the fact that only
by associating with ASME can young;
engineers keep up with new engi—
n m! ideas and make valuable con.
tacts in the professor in which they
are interested. They also pointed out
that the ASME has a technical li-
brary in New York, and will upon
request, send material to student
members. It also sponsors contests
among; student branches, and pub-
lishes technical books and magazines.

 

  

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At the next meeting; the pro am
will consist of a lecture, “Heating
Elements in Engineering”, accom-
panicd by slides of Stoker and Boiler
Plants.

 

Wagner Elected New
Alpha Chi Sigma Head
At an election of officers. held by

Alpha Chi Sigma, professional chemi-

cal fraternity, last Wednesday Ede

ward F. Wagner, ’38, was chosen
president for the coming; semester.

The other officers elected were Wil-

lard Krusc, '39. vice president; Wil»

liam R. Marshall, '38, reporter; I‘lrl-

ward Berger, ’38, tr over; John 11.

 
 

Keane. ‘239, record , licm'y Bod»
par. ‘38, master of ceremonies; and
George Thodos, 'Zlh’, alumni socrcv
tary.

The Armour chapter has received
an invitation from the Zeta chapter

at the University of Illinois to hold,
a joint initiation at (‘hampn'n‘n onl
ion. .
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After the ini
watch the foot .
he l‘nivrl'sily of ll~

Novmnber :20.
me in bt‘rs

 

will

Week of Entertainment,
Dinners, Rushing,

Nears End

Termination of Rush Week to-
n‘iorrow evening will probably see
one of the largest number of fresh~
men pledged to one of the eight so-
cial fraternities at Armour. ’Formal
pledging: tomorrow evening will
bringl to a. close the grain elveinbs
staged during the week by the fra-
ternitics.

Phi Kappa Sigma held their tra-
ditional Skull dance on Saturday
cvcninu‘ with a large group of rushces
in attendance. Tonight a father and
son meetinp‘ will be held. Luncheons
and dinners were given all week.
Delta Tau Delta’s Monte Carlo par-
ty saw many rushees amas' a for—
tune of several million dollars in one

 

evening. Unfortunately “stan
money" was used exclusively. The
Triangle house had several novel
events planned for this week. Prof.

Spears exhibited motion pictures of
campus life around Armour at a
smoker held Friday evening. This
evvnimr a preview of a United Artist
picture will be shown.

Alumni Attend Dinner

Rho Delta Rho held a dinner Fri—
day cvcninir that was followed by a

smoker with. several alumni znem~
here in attendance. Gucy Sam’s
restaurant in the heart of Chinatown
' the formal pledging t0-
evoninn‘. Faculty sponsor

 

l’rol'es or Nachmnn and Coach Son-
ny Weissxman will be the main speak-
ers. Pi Kappa I’bi’s rush program
included luncheon and dinner all
week with a swim: orchestra on Sat-
urday night l‘lclping to liven the
tempo of the rushees in attendance.
Motion pictures were shown last
night.
Luncheons and Smokers

Sienna Alpha Mu arranged for its
rushccs a luncheon on Wednesday
and Friday. On Monday a smoker
was held with many alumni mem-
bers n attendance. Phi Pi Phi held
their traditional rushee dance on Sat-
urday with a line orchestra. The
chief attraction of their program was
Prof. John .I. Schommer‘s talk on
Friday night. Theta Xi had a smok-
er on Friday night, and a dance in
the fraternity rooms on Saturday.
On Tuesday night, the rushees were
entertained at a theatre party in the
loop.

WEE. Meets New
Faculty Members

Last Friday, October 1, in B Mis~
sion, Professor .l. (1. Penn opened the
first meeting: of the current semester
with a short talk on the purpose and
benefits of the WSE. Professor
Penn urged all the civil cngincciu
inc students to join the Armour
branch and later, upon graduation.
to join the parent association.

Al. thr request of W. F. Schlzix,
president of the WSE, Professor
I’cnn introduced the men who
this your new in the department of
civil engineering. Dr. L. E. Grint.
cr is the new director of the option
and dean of the graduate division.
Dr. Grinter came directly from the
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical
School where he has taught for some

are

years 1138'.

Mr. C. 0. Dohrcnwend, instructor
of mechanics, was formerly at Rons-
Mi', llohrcnwend lL‘S had an
decree

sol nor.

 

unusual training. having a 8.8
in both physics and mochnn

 

 

President Schlnx outlined briefly

the pro-gram for the current so»
mestcr and urged all members to

participate in activities. With the
' film

 

promise that Professor Spa;
of the rump
shown at the first opportunity. the

activities would

lilt‘L‘ilH}: adjourned