Page Two ARMOUR TECH NEWS Tuesday, October l9, 1937 Armour Tech News Student Publication of the ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CHICAGO. ILLINOIS Published Weekly During the College Year 1936 Member [037 Dissocioled Golleoioie press '287 gle Copies, 10 Cents Each $2.00 Per Year ment are the planning of a mutual exchange of speakers and ideas, and the increased probability of having some combined meetings. From such a beginning are great organizations built, and this club’s courageous start indicates that it may reach its ambitious goal. EDITORIAL BOARD Co-Editors-in-Chief ............... Landrith B. Parker, James D. Sheehan Sports Editor .................. ...Raymond A. Braun News Editor ...................... William J. Chclgren Copy Editor .Albcrt N. Schrieber Business Manager ............ Idris Thomas Faculty Adviser alter Hendricks EDITORIAL DEPARTML Desk Editor Beardsley Make-up Editor .R.mlf:‘;an Assixtnnt Sm ‘ AB‘HKII ent [‘ditoru M. Ephraim. It. I. J'afi'ee rennin Editor .. '. J, Ilcts Waldmnn. J. Res. Sternl‘cl A. R, George. C. W. Rt (lizhlmnis :4 . 1 w} y ' Bnin. R. Bannock, . M. nt Nuws Editors Ilvportcr» , .. .. L. Johnson, J. D. Kenna, P. Kosovsk l‘r M, II. (J. C. Kovncik, . ll, lit-Vino. J, A. Meyer, II. J. Morrison. It. Perry. S. S. Sil- u-r ; . _ > Cul lino rim-s Carlson. Cipowski. ’(‘nth L. Dolhun. Cor-man. A. Ilnnsen. Hortmanulfalmn. W. lamina I). lmmz. Ii. Mandel. V. Mason, E. Paulaitls. F‘. Rich. -'|»I. C. 5-} "in . SporlduW‘rILr. K ”wk r ,, ., .. T. Clark, H. Coyle, L. Norkus, J. ( tr, E. W)rt'cHt(-r. . Sports Rilipdrtm's ( . I‘. Anderson. F. De Money 5. Shapiro, 1'], Fisher. J. Good. V. Mnson. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT R B 8mm“ Advertising Manager. . . _ : ' ' - ' R. A. melad Advmmm Ahslstun M. Wammn ..n. Erismnn, Circulntion Mnnazer Circulation Assistants R. S. Kuhn, ll. K Vol. XX. OCTOBER 19. 1937 No. 5 Ninth Club Starts Anew In past years the Math Club has been dormant. The club has always had the problem of low membership to contend with, and attendance at some meetings has been discouraging. Most of the members were juniors and seniors who naturally had other interests, the meetings- were of such a nature that freshmen and sopho- mores could not fully understand the subject, and many freshmen were not able to attend meetings on account of having classes at 10:30 on Friday. Student members have been presenting speeches, and this fact has tended to reduce mem- ' bership by discouraging prospective members. A man, although interested in mathematics, felt that he could not spare the time to learn enough about a subject to be able to present a talk which contained mathematic knowledge with which his fellow students were not just as familiar as he. This practice is still retained, but in addition out— side speakers will be brought in, and subjects will ‘ be understandable by any student who might at tend. As was the case a week ago last Friday. the meetings of the club may run in competition with the regular society meetings. Since this causes lower attendance at both the mathematics meet- ings and the society meetings, the problem of a meeting time is a serious one, and one with which the club must cope. After the club is well organized it plans to be— come a nucleus for an association of mathematics clubs in the Chicago area. Among the schools to be contacted are the Universities of Chicago and 1 Northwestern. The advantages of this arrange-'1 for President and Why Immediately facing the Board of Trustees is the task of appointing a president to replace Dr. Willard E. Hotchkiss who has resigned. Dean H. T. Heald as acting president can ably carry on the work until a new president is ap- pointed. There will be no major disturbance be- cause the school program for the year has been outlined. Most students wonder why we need a presi- dent. They think of Dr. I-Iotchkiss as a man who introduced a few speakers, who passed quickly by them in the hallways with a leather folder under his arm, and who, shut off from the world in his office, in some way controlled the school’s policies. Of course, the president‘s duties vary with the man. He is responsible for the complete educa— tional and business organization of the school. He must keep the Board of Trustees happy and he may recommend new members. All faculty appointments pass through his office. Since 1934, the school has definitely advanced. Its enrollment in all divisions has increased, out standing scientists have been appointed, new projects have been added, and it has taken on a new physical appearance. Whether this came from one man’s ability or as a natural result of an upswing in business, we do not argue. Now, the school is facing with the world what looks to be a coming lean period. A non—endowed institution cannot continue long when it runs continually at an annual deficit of $50,000. All of us wish to, and of course will, see this center of learning continue after we are gone, but Good Will will not keep an enterprise going. Armour Tech needs money. All schools are in the ring dealing with public spirited citizens. Let‘s have a man, a president, who can defend our interests. Most presidents are selected from outside be— cause the people concerned usually know the local talent too well. If we look outside, let's be sure the grass is actually green. A famous scientist with other qualifications would be ideal but it is difficult to imagine that a great scientist would leave his scientific inter— ests to assume the duties of a president. A man in the public eye or a leader of a profession might fit the part. An educator might succeed, but definitely we want a man who will enter the ring and win. He should be a leader, an excellent speaker, and a good mixer. Gentlemen of the Board, we depend on you to select a man who will best be able to advance our common interests. ‘After sophomores at Purdue rode i omjowcs 1,—5.2. An anonymous contribution from.ligence, of freshmen. Psychological l down the Union dumbwaiter in order l to gain admittance to the freshman mixer in the Union ballroom, they were bounced in spite of their inge— nuity! 3?: lb 3? To be the only male in the home economics course at Purdue is the happy lot of a freshman dietician. He is required to wear a pink pow- der-puff sewed to the top of his flesh man cap. Gosh! m z 4/ Discovering he was a man,- the Delta Delta Delta sorority chapter at Butler University struck Joy Liuely’s name from the rushing list. He had Adrain College: “Going around withitests at Michigan State College in» women keeps I started dicate that a freshman’s mind is often going with them four years ago when a weird affair. A five—letter word for l was a freshman—and I’m still a money, goods or estates which a freshman.” woman brings to her husband in mar- riage is torso, according to one fresh; 3 man who believes in one God is a Democrat, declares another. 4 me young. } Y 7k The ordinance department of the I}. S. Army has established a com. pletc precision gage laboratory in the New York University college of en- “Oscar,” a beautifully revolting g‘inecring. It contains instruments queen. ('(Llapillm; was the mascot- that measure up to 3/l,000,000 of elect of the class of 1941 at Norlh~ an inch. Now take our slide—rule , , , wins-torn University before his strange 2 disappearance from the campus. His In their annual Nighl—sllirt Parade, “dim???“ milled the worst T’uivcrsity of Kansas masses march ’I" 1 lhrougll flu,- business district in night-l “Old Prince," 3 22vyear«old horse shirfs, pajamas, long-underwear, and of the R.O.T.C. stables at Ohio State similar garments to eventually rally University, didn‘t sow any wild oats. bound ”to bonfire in file park, liccom-lHo just broke into the feed bin one ing inslillccl with the necessary spirit night and crammed down all the outs to spur lhc football team to victory. he could eat. Next morning stomach * "‘ trouble killed him a a 4 And from “Colleeiana” comes a boost for the originality, if not intel- An received a, number of invitations to parties from sorority chairmen. fr: >2 A campus bank at Rutgers Univer» sity makes small loans to students at about one»third the legal rate of interest. It is run by under- graduates, in the money and banking course for practical experience. * a Using your head may be all right as far as it goes, but these are times when using anather’s is for healthier Five thousand human and animal brains form part of the “equipment" at the brain research institute of Georgetown Uu'ivers'ily. Two sets of twins at the Univer- sity of Texas are causing students and officials considerable eye~rubber~ ing these days. The Stamm twins, four of them, look so much alike that the Alpha Delta Pi sorority pledged The Slipstick Cleave to the slipstick; let the slapstick fly where it may. One week has elapsed and our con~ From the single entry received we can readily judge that we are in no danger of losing our job! test in well under way! The piker even went to the trouble of drawing a nickel when he could have saved himself the trouble by submitting one with the entry. If this contest continues the way it started . . . We will pay the entry fee for this week the sum of live U. S. pennies to throw his ” at our worst enemies . . . the Society for Prevention to Dumb Ani- mals. How: about jokes pliz! . . . tit ll: 2!: “jokes SOUNDS IN THE NIGHT: De, (la, ........ wee, war. It’s your move now. That’s not the gear shift, it’s my leg wise guy. You may be sweet sugar, but you arc not refined. Lady, I givc you twenty-four hours to gel out of this room. You remind me of my Mathew—J wish, you’d take me home. to her. ll: >l= til Mistress: Mary, when you wait on my guests tonight, please don’t wear any jewelry. Maid: I haven’t anything valuable, Ina—am, but thanks for the warning. A sophomore is a silly thing He never seems to Imaw a. thing He never cares to say (1 thing»— See how easy it is to write rhymes! m 3% )k "Vi/hat was the explosion on Si's farm?" "ll-lie led his chickens some ‘lay or hust' feed and one of them was a rooster." dl 3? 1B A corkscrew has been the turning point in many a fella's life. Fo‘c'ive me, Doris, fu’give me. ME. l Fraternity Notes I MM TRIIANGLE 'l‘hc Armour Chapter of Triangle takes pleasure in announcing the pledging of Edward Steinke ’41 John Kirkland '41 Last Sunday a tea was held from 2:00 to 6:00 o’clock for the parents of the actives and pledges. It was a pleasure to meet the parents of the other fellows. Our pledges inform us that they are laying plans for a dance to be held on the 23rd of October. We’ll let you know how it comes out. Meanwhile the actives are plan- ning a l-Iallowc’en Party which we hope will be another success. In be— tween we hope to do some of our now long' overdue homework. The pledge group is a very ver— satile one. They number among them two varsity pitchers, a wrestler, boxer, newsman, and, so we hear, the entire clarinet section of the Ar- mour Tech orchestra. 5% ill 1* SEGMA ALPHA MU We are very pleased to announce the pledging of: Robert Barrett, M. E. 4]. Harold Fischer, M. E. 41. All the actives and alumni extend their heartest congratulations to the new pledges. Plans are bang made for our pledge dance during Novem- ber in honor of the new men. ‘4‘ 91‘ RHO DELTA RHO Rho Delta Rho takes great pleas- ure in announcing the pledging of Alan Shapiro, '43 Leonard Eigenson, ’40 Congratulations to the new men! Our annual pledge dance is sched- uled for November 6; a swanky down- town location has been selected for it. The pool tournament has been start- ed under the supervision of Brother Miller, and is now under way. The pool sharks at last have the chance to prove their merit. PHI Pill PHE The pledges are planning" a dance for the house on the night before Hallowe’en. The dance will feature the presence of the President, W. C. Dunbar, who has been called “cute” , l by many of the freshmen. w. 1: Ray Dlouhy, the Paw Paw poli~ tician, has been elected pledge cap-- tain. His cohort, Larry Stedman, iii-- sisted on a title, so he has appointed innovation in gate-crashing: lthcm all at once to avoid confusion. l himself pledge sergeant. EDWARD CHEVALLEY came to school like a walking bottle of per- fumu. He sticks to the story that he used some shaving lotions, but we have doubts! COULD it be he am- quired it from skating with that blonds we heard of? >l=vkil=lk A night-mare review of what the well-dressed technnan wears this fall: Gene Worcester’s perennial white gun-boats, Mort Waldman’s rainbow striped socks, Roy Petro's ball~bladder blue pants, George Sto- ber’s bull—red corduroy shirt, and our Christmas tie! Brr! .1. m it “John Thomas” Manila. whose bark is worse than his bite, is a cinch to pass Metallurgy this nemu ester. While giving a barn yard initiation for the benefit of the “working students" in the lab, Mr. Musin was also honored by the un- known attendance of instructor Zmeskal. After listening to Woofing- hum ‘burh, it's an cinch choknl’s gonna pass him to get rid of him. m J. C. POTTER’S 202 physics class is now studying light but is more wor- ried about the origin of sound—re- verberuting clocks made last Thurs- day’s quiz a Verdun! |l< 9k ll< Neal Lozius . . . I don’t lmow why none of the girls lilac me. Roy I’ctro . . . What’s wrong with those pants? Jimmy Dunne . . . Au’ we’re gonna. have a house will). plan and flowers. . Vlt Mason . . . Why do they always pick on mall Are you a goon'lm—Goon. where?-—- The Arx Dance, of course! It will be the notes, and they’ll be sweet and melodious ones too. You will be pleas- antly shocked to hear that it is going to be held at the Electric Club on the top floor of the Civic Opera Building. It’s quite a flossy place and in addition to ample dance floor there are miles of lounge just in case you happen to be a better lounger than dancer,—— One, two, three, yawn, stretch-now relax see! Your arm is around her. After putting these ideas in your head it will he an easy matter to extract $1.50 from you for an informal even- ing’s entertainment on Nov. 19. The bids will be on sale shortlyhline up! (roll over and bark too). Stretching, in a, less interesting way than lounge-stretching, is going to be done by the freshmen, when they are im‘ ‘aled Friday, October 29. Their stretch, will be lowm'd their toes in order to make an mun” sable target for some slightly sadistic minded up- per classmsn. Afterwards a. depart- ment smaller will be held with rc- f‘reslmwuls for sore armed dignitaries (7) and their sore victims. Every- body 2'8 requested to attend. Please, please, hand in your sum“ mer sketches! and if you do maybe Kliphardt will tell you. why he is lamenting that his parents raised him rightly. There's a dandy on Outer- man, too, that you’ll hear about next week. Don’t let your tongue hang out - J ART cum. . What do those freshmen, see in me C. W. Dunbar . . J. Mosul. . . . 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