Page Two A SPHENX March 4th, l907, saw the installation of the sec— ond honorary society at Armour Tech. On this date a group of the executive staff members of the Ful—I crum and the Integral formed what is known as Sphinx. As outlined by H. Ralph Badger. founder and first president of Sphinx, the fraternity was formed for the purpose of fostering and promoting publication work and to serve as an honor society for services rendered to the lnstitute through its publications. Publications existing at Armour at the time of the founding of Sphinx were the “Fulcrum," a monthly publication, and the "integral," the college annual. in l909, the “Armour Engineer” was es— tablished through the work of Sphinx. Six years later, in l9l5, it was found advisable to discontinue the "Fulcrum" because of the overlapping material of the "Armour Engineer." in l9l3 the name of the college annual, the "Cycle" was adopted instead of the former title. the ”integral." Twelve years later the entire man- agement of the “Cycle" was revised by the initia— tive of Sphinx. . February 28, 1928, Sphinx passed a resolution that there should be established at Armour a week~ ly or lei-weekly newspaper. This proposal was backed by an appropriation of forty—five dollars to cover the expense of the first issue of the paper. Thus the story of Sphinx and the publications is synonymous. Senior and fiunior students who hold a position on the staff of recognized publications and who have performed meritorious service are eligible to membership. The pledge ribbon is black and ye1~ low. Distracted Thoughts, or Campus Ramblings Last week's editorial on the new civil engineer— ing department "lounge" seems to have been some- what in error. for the space is a museum to be used as, a display room for structural exhibits. The room will also be used temporarily as a meeting place for the W.S.E. ‘So the problem of a lounge for students is no nearer solution than before. It has been suggested that the whole of Armour Mission be converted into lounge and luncheon space for students. ,Such‘a move would be met by opposition from no one, were it not for the incidental problems brought up. One problem which can not be ignored is the cost of providing even a passable remodelling. it has been estimated that the cost would be at least $25,000. Another difficulty is the re—locarion of the civil drafting room and other classrooms in the build» ing. The drafting room can not be moved to the fourth floor of Chapin Hall because of Building Code regulations which demand wider stairs in order that classrooms be located on the upper stories. Next week the NEWS will launch a campaign which it hopes will be carried on to the alumni by the ENGINEER AND ALUMNUS. Student en— thusiasm will be sounded by willingness to support financially a subscription drive. Next Saturday afternoon the first joint assem— bly of the evening and day school divisions will be Vol. XX. NOVEMBER 2, 1937 Armour Tech News Student Publication of the ARMOUR lNSTlTUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CHlCAGO, ILLINOIS Published Weekly During the College Year l936 Member [937 fissocloled Colonials press $2.00 Per Year i No. 7 \ r‘v‘ 281 Single Copies, 10 Cents Each EDITORlAL BOARD Co-Editors—in»Chief . . . . ................. . .......... ............... Landrith B. Parker, James D. Sheehan Sports Editor . .Raymond A. Braun News Editor ......... .William J. Chelgren rCopy Editor ....... .Albert N. Schricber Business Manager ..... . ................. Idris Thomas} Faculty Adviser .................... Walter Hendricks EDITGRIAL DEPARTMENT ews Reporter-s wast, H. C. John on. , _ a J. D. Keane, N. Meyer, N. Nutlnchek, R. Perry, S. S. Silverman. . llolhun, 'éiw‘éna'n.’ A: Hansen. Hartman Kalnm, w Long, B Mandel, v. Mason, E. . Ram», E. Worcester. 3511mm Reporters. EL Shapiro. H. Fisher. . Good. V, Mason. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Advertising Manager ...... Advert‘ 'ng Aaslstarita'l'. Stowell, W. Speth,F. Sluv Circulation Manager Circulation Assistants It. Kuhn. R. lc, R. F. Beardsley .R. Katal arlson, Cipowaki. Panning. F. Rel}. ...T. Clark, H. Coyle, L. Norkus, s. Anderson, F. De Morley ARMOUR TECH NEWS held. The speaker should be interesting and the purpose deserves our support . . . A student letter written by two men admittedly in the sophomore political coup appears in the ad— joining column. However serious the problem may seem, we are sure that the dictatorship will not have dissenters shot at dawn. Spring weather last week drew the fighting spirit out when some enterprising sophomores depantsed negligent freshmen and when the more subtle re- moved would-be mustaches. Supposedly. depant— sing is obsolete by order of the Dean. A victim of the subtle ones comments in a front page feature on the rabble's hate of the individualist. Several times, the NEWS editorial board has been classed as conservative. To the dictionary meaning, we might describe a conservative as one who thinks before writing and then thinks a little more before putting his thoughts in print. it Was a Farce As participants in the recent sophomore elections, we feel qualified to voice opinions which are held by others in the class of '40. Briefly, the elections were mere farccs. Casting no aspersions on the newly elected officers, it can be safely said that thc'most voters were influenced in making selections without thought as to the candil datcs’ ability, intelligence, and personality. The blame for this situation cannot be laid at any particular door, since all “factions” were guilty. The sovcallcd “hostilities" betweeen fraternity and non.- fraternity men, between rival fraternities, and even clashes in the departments were among the high lights of last week. Now, it is generally believed that a college sophomore should be able to think with tolerance, without prejudice, and with an eye toward real value. Instead, friends were converted into enemies, the namss of good men were slandcrcd, departments were pitted against departments, until a distinctly ullwholesome situation was evolved. The election is now a part of the past. Let us forget it completely! We, a fraternity and non-fraternity man belonging to different departments, appeal to the class as a whole to discard their petty differences, to acquire ll little tolerance, and to be worthy college men. If this is done, the class of ’40 will gain immeasurably in prestige and good will. B..R. Sternfi’eld J. R. Meyer Library Courtesy , , , As an arrival to Armour this semester from another college, the writer has been struck by the fact that there is an almost complete lack of library courtesy. This is an engineering: school of highest degree, with students who want to concentrate, so it is strange that men who are preparing; for one of the hardest careers should have so little regard for “the other fellow.” Stu- dents should come to the library to avail themselves 01' the thousands of (inc books and periodicals, or to study. WHY is it that a large percentage of the students come to this room, where silence should be observed, with the intent of talking over last night’s big doings. or to slain their books on the table where other students are trying to study, jostle the table, shove other-3’ books, and in various ways he discourteous and an ANNOYANCE to other fellows? A. H. Fraternity Notes I Clean up and decoration in the morning and a Hall- lowe'en dance in the evening was the, general program for last Saturday at the fraternities. Some of the houses are planning costume affairs, and others are making the dance a pledge dance. Sigma Alpha Mu in planning a dance for the pledges for Saturday night, November 13. Bob Abrahamson, who is in charge of the affair, promises a novel program. Triangle announces the initiation of James Wider-nan, Co-op. ’40, and Thomas Green, Ch. E. '38; Rho Delta Rho the initiation of Jack Cohen, Leon Epstein, Joe Heller, Louis Jacobs, Julius Mirotsnic, and Sam Spencer; and I Pi. Kappa Phi the initiation of two former Beta Phi The Slipsticlr Cleave to the slipstick; let the slapstick fly where it may. A few weeks ago this column an- nounced a contest offering a position on the sliputiek staff to the winner. After reading some of the entries things looked so had that we were forced to put Ecjay back to work. After reading Eejay, the taste of tar covered with mustard parched our palate, so . . . . . . we once more ram incarnate that piece of wit, Zazll who is me. For the sake of argu- ment 11 will give your a few of the jokes talker: from the entries and. thus, justify my re—employment. IT: PF 3* A more rustic hopeful threw us this hit of slime. Fresh (to Soph)——Hello, old pal, how ‘lo you find it here? Scull—Walk right downstairs and then two doors to the right. III a :II To be even more obnoxious, one soph chemical included this little, jingle in his column, (fresh—please do not read it. It is unclean.) Mary had a. little lama, Boy, was the doctor surprised. :51 w >l= Phoney Phonetics: Effervescent enuf covers on the bed, your fiddle- sticks out. il‘ ’l‘ * So you see, dear reader, why Ee- jay and l are back again. Our policy will be, Not to use juice books older- lhnn five years at least. 2. To make you .laff. Ha . . . . Ha. 3. To take the freshman minds out of the filth and make them can‘- rciouc of the existence of cleanl wholesome, good humor. 4. To make you la”. Ha. 5. To answer any Question or importance that may puzzle you. Hu..... So you see, what we really want to do is malcc you luff. Before closing, let me {/I'm you a sample of what to expect from us. 1'qu Who was that lady l mu; you with last night? Other Hey: That. was no lowly, that was my wife. Thur. is good, clean, wholesome humor. 50 now I close the column to go hide in some dark closet and read those censored ‘jokcs from the “contribs.” They’re the stuff, es- pecially the one about the traveling salesman ...... ZAZU Drop it in the Newa Blair in the Main Lobby. , 6. To make you luff. Ha . . . . . ' Hm. Tuesday, November 2, l937 BROKEN inanimate—fungi in a pole-M ' dust in central oflfice apparatus-4a hundred things might interferewith ydur telephone service. ill. They rarely do interfere because of this Bell Syiltdiu practicerlflook for trouble beforh it happenswedon’t let it happen. ll. I’revenu tivc maintenance keeps the System always ready to". ciirry youi: voice wherever you wishwquickly, clearly, at low cost.- Wily not call home tonight P Ruled to moat paints are lawcrt'r'rny time after? 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Pledge activities are “hanging" right along at the different houses, to use a term of the T X scribe. it is reported that the cooperages in the vicinity have dis- continued putting hoops around their stoves, other uses having been found for the staves. The touchball elimination tournament has got under way, Rho Delta Rho’a strong men having defeated Phi Kappa Sigma in a twilight game, and with Sigma Alpha Mu taking Theta Xi. Phi Pi Phi and Pi Kappa Phi tangled last night, leaving the Delta Tau Delta-Triangle game to be played. The Armour- chapter of Triangle points with pride to the late heroism of Howard R. (20er so aptly displayed in the recent catastrophe in the "P” chem lab. ll: seems that there was a. fire. I Coyle dashed to the fire ex- tinguisher box and smote the glass right lustily with the instrument therefore provided. This proving of no avail, our hero bludgened it with his clenched list, the glass broke, and the fist sufiered minor abrasions. 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