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Armour Tech News

Student Publication of the
ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Vol. XX. OCTOBER 12. 1937 No. 4

 

Should Engineers Unionize?

An important problem facing all engineers and
other technicians is that of national organization.
The Federation of Architects, Engineers, Chem—
ists and Technicians, organized by the C. I. 0.,
held its third convention at Detroit last week.

F. A. E. C. T. literature appears to have many
points in favor of organization. To quote a pam-
phlet: “Not so long ago it was thought there was
some weakness in a man if he would work for
another. . . .

“The college-trained engineer, the doctor and
the lawyer were more fortunate in those times
. . . with the growth of industry there was an
ever increasing demand for technical experts,
who were classed along with lawyers and doctors
as ‘professionals.’ The name of the professional
was printed proudly on his office doors. He gave
needful advice and valuable guidance, announced
his consultation fee, and it was paid without
question. He was a true professional.

“Where are the consulting engineers now who
will take ambitious associates? Where can '
patents be sold that will improve the lot of
millions? Certainly people need houses to live in,
but why is it so hard to get a commission to de-
sign one?

“The consulting engineers are now concen-
trated in such firms as Stone and Webster, Bell
Laboratories, The Mellon Institute, G. E’s House
of Magic, and others who usually have monopo-
lies. They do not buy patents, they develop their
own. Most dwellings are built by speculative cor-
porations backed by banks, and are sold on easy
terms.

ARMOUR TECH NEWS:

“What a comedown for the ‘professional.’ The
dreams of great individual achievement fade. He
must adjust himself to the new way of things
and enter the large drafting rooms or labora—
tories of a corporation to be part of the large
staff. . . . Here is an example of regimentation
of brains, trained by years of college and invest~
ment of much money, by corporations which have
two aims, to increase the profits of their stock—
holders and to gain increasing control in indus—
try. If these professional workers would ponder
their employment problems for just ten minutes
and realize how important their knowledge is to
the firms that hire them, the inequality of their
situation would become patent. These men by
disregarding their prejudices could organize as
a group and establish salary levels in keeping
with their ability.”

On the other hand, more conservative engi-
neers are still of the opinion that licensing of en-
gineers should be required by every state. They
feel that C. I. O. is diametrically opposed to this
licensing, a law which would restrict the practice

’ of engineering to the small proportion who are

properly qualified. Besides, a standard of pay
for engineers cannot be set up. Other profes—
sionals have always charged fees according to the
ability of the client to pay, and there is no rea-
son why engineers should not do the same.

The arguments of both factions are strong, but
it is certain that the F. A. E. C. T. will have difii~
culty in organizing a great proportion of the
country’s real technical experts.

Engineering and Fire Protection

Just as fire protection engineersmust have a
knowledge of other engineering fields, all engi—
neers should be interested in fire protection.
Evidently an architect or structural engineer
must consider the combustibility of the building
he designs or constructs. Electrical engineers are
primarily interested in the permanence, reliabil-
ity, and efficiency of electrical equipment. Ma—
chinery should not be likely to start a fire. If fire
puts a machine out of service, it is a reflection
on the designer.

Civil engineers are concerned with water sup-
ply. Water is probably the principal agency used
to extinguish fire. A reliable supply at proper
pressure should be available at the time of a fire.
Chemical engineers are particularly on the front.
With the development of the new organic prod-

_ ucts, fire hazards are being met more often. Fire

is a chemical reaction and very often extinguish—
ment is a chemical problem.

Mechanical engineers design the pumps, com-
pressors, pressure tanks, and other mechanical
equipment which are necessary in modern fire
protection equipment.

Prevention of fire and protection against its
spread, besides being the proper community
spirit, is good business. Interruption of work in
continuous industrial processes is more costly
now than in former years. The more responsible
the engineer is in preventing fires the better en-
gineer he is.

 

 

armour unsung]

By William Limbo

 

A freshman walked across the street;
His green hat floated to his feet.
A soph looked OH'I’Ld grabbed his

hatr~
The frosh walked on, but his pants
stayed there.

Wait! I almost left out something.
After I read the third line I thought
I heard a voice.

“Forty!”

It was only faint, so it probably
didn’t mean anything. But there
was something magical about it. As
if in obedience to a medicine—man’s
call, the sidewalk around the frosh
suddenly spat forth a crowd of laugh~
ing sophomores, and the little one
vanished from my View. When I saw
him again, it looked as if everything
between his-r suit coat and his shoes
had been replaced by an X-ray pic—
ture of what had been there.

Then suddenly I awoke. The scene
gradually dissolved into the atmo—
sphere, slowly precipitating me from
it. Then I realized I was supposed

DELTA TAU DELTA
Paul Adair,
Eugene Bailey, ’41
Judson Doanc, ’41
Edward Floreen, '41
George Hamilton, ’41
John Heiberg, ’41
Keith Hoffman, ’41
Donald Knief, ’41
Harry Leave, ’41
John LcVally, ’41
Harry Lightstone, ’41
Clarence Lindeman, ’41
Howard Meyer, ’41
Kenneth Myers, '41
Philip Shaffer, ’41
Ralph Tullgren, ’37
Charles Weber, ’41

PHI KAPPA SIGMA
Earl Anderson, ’40
Jack Clark,
Donald Crego, ’41
James Crotty, ’41
Thomas Cunningham, ’38
Robert Ettinger, ’41
George Gardis, ’41
Robert Greenberg, ’41

Fraternity Pledge List

Ronald Smith, ’41
’41 R. Grant Whitehead, ’

PHI PI PHI
Georgc Ellis, ’41
Richard Larson, ’41
Raymond Main, ’41
William Plengey, ’41
Wilson Plowman, ’40
James Sassman, ’41

RHO DELTA RHO
Jack Aronow, ’41
Myron Jackson, ’40
Sanford Linick, ’41
Ben Mandel, ’40
Ernest Mandel,

Alan Mistrofsky, ’41
Frank Nekimkcn, ’40
Marshall Saltzman, ’41
George Sorokin, ’41
'40 Leon Smith, ’40

Leo Stooiman, ’41
Jerome Teplitz, ’41

THETA XI
William Emmerich, ’38
Richard Hruda, ’41

 

The Slipstiolr
Cleave to the slipstick; let
the slapstick fly where it may.

 

 

 

Freshmen, even sophomores! Do
you want them to laugh at you be
fore you ‘sit down“? Do you want
to be the tenth one out of the “nine
out of ten’ who don’t have it? Do
you want them to ‘smell the differ—
ence"! You too can write the Slip-
stick! WE offer you the golden op-
portunity of making a success out of
your college career. All you have to
do is this:

1. Write a “Slipstick.”
good like ours!

2. Drop it in the
the Main Lobby.

3. Paste on the upper right hand
corner of your Slipstic‘k a five cent
piece or any accurately drawn fuc-
simile.

Make it

“contrib” box in

4. The winner will be awarded a
permanent position on the feature
staff.

5. The laser will be awarded a
permanent position on the "Sideline"
stuff.

(i. The decision of the judges will
be final. Our friend will win.

7’. This is a real contest. We mean

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Freshmen, meet. the seniors of the
houi'w—to be different. We do not want
any of you to join any fraternity.

The doctor mwa: :isiting Rualus'
wife to deliver liar twelfth offspring.
While riding along he saw a duck in
the road.

Dom—Whose duck is that?
Ruskin—That ain’t no duck. That’s
a stark with his legs wore off.

”And to thian my mother took in
washing to send me through college.”
“Did you do anything to help her?”
“Yes, I sent home my laundry."

11: 3‘

I f you win the contest I bet you’ll
0pc to write jokes as good as these.
lr i: a
I had to leave her
And sent her flowers,
She had hay-fever
And wept for hours.

K1 1i: ’l‘

“Lips that touch wine shall never
touch mine,” declared a fair co-ed.
And after she graduated she taught
school for years and years and
years—

n‘» via II
Mountaineer (to baby son)—Ezry,
quit pointin’ that air gun at yore
mow; hit mought go off and kill one
0’ them chickens she‘s playin’ with.
a a as

“Do you. want to be a. Slipctich

 

       
  
  

”ran ,
WHO, AFTER A LOSING
SEASON, DIDN‘T CIAIM
HE WAS‘ BUILDING
CHARACTER I

FINGEE

HELETI

 

Stooge for us? Enter the contest.”
Ill :1: ’1‘

And then there’s the poor Scotch-
mom who sprained his (minis squeez-
ing a tube of tooth-paste.

at! El! "A

Woman (telephoning to deal: clerk)
*There’s a rat in my room.

Hotel Clark—Make him come down
and register!

Ii: ’I1 ll!

I—Iumphl An elephanhtrainer!

A small boy, eight, eyed a small
spider.

“Daddy, do spiders bite?"

“Very few in these parts do.”

“Not at all?”

“Well~they pinch anyhow."

“No, sir, they don’t pinch.”

“Don’t they hurt you at all?”

The little fellow fell silent for a
moment, thoughtful, then ventured
an expressive:

“Well, anyway they scare hell out
of you.”

Angry Pop—What do you mean by
bringing my (laughter home at this
how. of the morning?

Soph—«Jlavc to be at school at eight.

Kl: 31¢ 'l<
Once I saw a maiden fair
With lovely eyes and gorgeous hair.
She let me kiss her as oft I’d dare——
Women do anything when they’re
souscd.

'76 NOTICED THE BALL BROKE INTO A CURVE

ONETH EOAIZYL
SPRING BIANKEDL YALE 50 IN
NO RUN GAM

 

ME.

Tuesday, October l2, 1937

0.0. casters»

PROF: EDW. MI NFALLEY OF SANTA
ANA dc. HAS MADE UP lOOO
LECTURE CHARTS DURING THE
PAST 55 YEARS. HE HAS‘ DIA‘
GRAMMEI) OVER 1WD MlLES‘ OF
PAPER THREE FEET IN WIDTH!

FA I.
PRINCEIDN PfTC’HER BACK IN l874 STAEVED Tl
DEVEL OWENTOF THE CUEV -.BALL E

5055 PH WMEAMN.

mu. OFF lHE one one H Eli
WINTER AND nu; Fouowima
THE FIR i351 ,
E ON RECORD!

 
 

lend
gave him a pair of socks that she bet
him he wouldn’t wear. Did STANIS—
LAUS wear them?
you bet!

Free socks . . .

JAROSLAV DANEK, tall, blond
and frecklcd, is definitely in a quand-
ary. Considering himself to be a fellow
of infinite charm. and, being in the
midst of the engagement plague, he
cannot quite make up his mind as to
which of three girls. he would care
to beckon to his side. “Mickey, Mil-
dred, Ruth. I don’t know. They’re
all nice."

31% * I‘ll

After Prof Pacblcs had estimated
an answer, J. LEONHARDI stated it
was) wrong. A fter the thermo instrur»
tar spent ten minutes working out
the problem long hand, LEONHARDI
claimed ho forgot to include another
number into the process. (Slipsticlcs
(worm wrong all the time.)

 

 

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TELLING WHAT

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THE DRAW

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OgTHE TONGUE AND COOL

' ME:
NOW I LOVE TO HAVE
YOU SMOKE A PIPE

THERE'S A MILDER arenas-synapse TOBACCO
FOR Wild PIPE: IT’S PRiNCE ALBERT. RA. GIVES A
SMOOTHER SMOKE, BECAUSE lTS NO‘BITE PROCESSED
AND CRIMP CUT. YET RA. HAS THE WM. Edhll’

   

     
 
     
 
 
    

THE MAN AT THE STORE
WHERE WEED UGHTP
ALE‘ ERT SAY? THE M} BlTE
PROCESS TAKES OUT
HARSHNESS, AND "ll-IE
CPIMP CUT MAKES IT
BUQN SLOW AND EAS‘l
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to be taking notes on an economics
lecture. Quickly my pencil flew back
and forth on the paper. Then an
economic problem puzzled me, just
as the bell rang. After waiting, I
gained a thorough explanation from
the professor, which I had to digest,
if it was to make sense. Then I real»
ized that time flew, so I flew too——
out of the door, with the problem on
my mind where the green hat should
have been, and my hands full of
books.

 

Robert Harmon, ’41
Robert 'Hausske, Jr., ’41
William Hoversen, ’41
Paul Huebsch, ’40 ~
Robert Lange, ’41

Ben Lease, ’39

Robert Lesak, ’41
Bruce Olsen, ‘41
Charles Proctor, ’41

—Then my vision suddenly became
realisticw
And I was the freshman!

William Wilson, Jr., ’41

TRIANGLE
John Dietrich, ’40
Lehman Emmons, ’41
Robert Graham, ’41
George Hanna, ’40
Robert McMahon, ’41
Arne Swanson, ’41
Robert Sweeney, ’41
Note: Pi Kappa Phi and Sigma
Alpha Mu fraternities do not an-
nounce their pledges at this time.

 

   
 
 
     
       
     

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