l 1 v01. Xx. No. 9. Arm to Hold “finwossell at Electric “Swing to Bob Phillips’ Rhythm’ Exhort Architects It’s here! What? The Arx in- formal! With this announce- ment, a horde of ’chhers and “dates” will “swing it" next Friday evening at the exclusive Electric Club, located in the stratospheric atmosphere of the 37th floor of the Civic Opera Building, W. Madison Street and Wacker Drive. Bob Phil- lips and his aristocratic pur- veyors of the line art of rhythmic harmonics will furnish the music. The Arx dance, a traditional affair given yearly by the Architects, has always stood out among the many dances given by various school or- ganizations. Last year the dance was held at the Diana Court and was thoroughly enjoyed by the large crowd attending. This year the dance promises to be an even bigger affair, with a still more enjoyable time in prospect. The Electric Club has an ideal dance floor, where all who care to can do the “Big Apple," “Suzie Q,” “Truckin’,” or a waltz. For those who would rather do other things, spacious lounge» are provided. This latter feature should please the stu~ dent who doesn’t like to ride around on the little woman's feet all we hing. The stipend is $1.50. Bids may be obtained from any architecture stu— dent. An added feature is that the dance is being held in the downtown district, but away from the huge crowds that monopolize parking space around loop hotels. Thirty- seven floors up also insures complete privacy from outsiders. A] N. Schrieber UNDER THE LEADERSHIP of Joseph P. Kennedy, chairman of the comparatively new Maritime Com— mission, the United States’ Merchant Marine is undergoing a thorough overhauling. A new first class passenger ship is being built to compete for North Ab lantic trade of which only 6% goes to American ship lines. Also plans have been approved for the mass pro‘ duction of inexpensive steel freight- ers one and one half times as fast as present boats in service. Shifts are being made by shipping lines in conjunction with the Maritime Com- mission to place the existing modern American liners for the greatest travel demand. THE U. S. FOREIGN SHIPPING business has total assets of about $400,000,000 and does about $200.- msttr Friday M Pestallozzi Freebel College to Entertain Musical Club M A special invitation to a tea-dance on next Friday, November 19, has been extended to the members of the Armour musical clubs by the girls of the Pestallozzi Froebel Teachers’ Col- lege. The affair will be held from 4 to 6 o’clock in the afternoon in the assembly room of the college in the Fine Arts Building on South Mich- igan Boulevard. The program planned by the young ladies should furnish a very attractive afternoon. Colloquium Will Hear Lecture by Spencer .Krathwohl to Present Paper an Effective Teaching Prof. W. A. Spencer of the math. ematics department will speak on “Mathematical Charts and Models” in Chapin 102 next Thursday after- noon at 5 o’clock before the “Mathe- lmatics Colloquium.". , The Mathematics Colloquium meets every two weeks for the discussion of mathematical research and items of mathematical interest. Members of the faculty and advanced students are welcome. At earlier meetings, Dr. L. R. Ford spoke on “The Green’s Function” and Mr. Sachs on “New- ton’s Polyhedra.” Dr. W. C. Kruthwohl will give a paper on November 20 before the Northern Illinois Junior College Conv feronce on the subject “Effective Teaching." The first part of his paper will stress the use of color in teaching. He will point out that ad~ vertisers have recognized the value of color appeal; however, many teachers still use the drab white and black and probably will for years to come. i, The second part of Dr. Krath- wohl’s paper will show how the prin— ciples of Gestalt psychology can be ‘ l applied to the construction of models. Gestalt psychology was primarily de- veloped in Germany by a group who l conceived of events as occurring not jthrougb the summation of separate l elements but through the function of forms as units. 1 Last Wednesday evening, Dr. L. ‘R. Ford, head of the mathematics department, spoke on “Fractions” before the Northwestern University faculty mathematics club. Profes- ‘isors S. F. Bibb and W. A. Spencer ‘ulso attended this meeting. l . l‘Stolters’ Discussed l At A.S.hd.E. Meeting At the last meeting of the society which was held Friday, November 12, in the Gas laboratory, Edmund Ski-zy- dleaski, M.E. '38, group and discussed the subject of stokers. This is in accordance with the society’s aim to have speakers address the meeting and thus gain experience in public speaking. Armour institute of Technology, Chicago, lllinois l FLU. Pledges Three Men, Two Juniors, One Senior Phi Lambda Upsilon, honorary chemical fraternity, gave its labora— tory quiz last Friday night and pledged three men. Wearing: the pink and blue pledge ribbons are E. W. lGamson, senior, and E. J. Loutzen- beiser and P. J. Poitier, juniors. The written examinations had been given two weeks ago. Now the pledges are going through their various pledge tasks. Juniors Plan Smoker for Next Wednesday With all the thrills and guiety, Monte Carlo will take over, in spirit, the junior class at a smoker to be held on Wednesday evening, Novem— ber 24, at the Lawson Y.M.C.A. start— ing at 8:30 o’clock. Swimming, ping pong, all dice and card games, and all other methods of gambling will feature the evening. addressed the student The student speaker illustrated his lecture with slides showing the var-i» ous types of stokers and the peculi— arities of their installation. Describ- ing the various fuels for industrial purposes, it was pointed out that bi. tuminous coal is by far the most com. monly used fuel. The increasing use of petroleum and natural gas in com- petition with coal was also pointed out. The discussion was aided by Prof. H. L. Nachman who described the types of boilers capable of gen- erating a million pounds of steam an hour. 000,000 worth of freight carrying. This is about the size of the soft- drink business. However a ranking difference between these two busi- nesses is the fact that soft drinks not a tidy profit every year, while our Merchant Marine has and is Operab- iug at great losses. This has brought about an entirely new principle in American business ——this is the direct out and out sub— sidation of a private industry by the federal government. Here-to-fore the profit motive was the basic foun‘ dation of the economy of the United States, and those businesses which could not or did not show profit were rapidly replaced by those that did. IN CONTRAST T0 President Roosevelt and Shipping Dictator Kennedy those who follow through posted on several bulletin boards the the American principle of economy list of vacant classrooms at hours say that shippingr is a service and if , during the day. Students are we!» a foreign ship can perform this ser- come to use these rooms singly or in vice cheaper than American ships (as groups for study purposes. is usually the case) it should be al- Any responsible group may reserve lowed to do so. Further, since the {a classroom by applying to Dr. Tib- U. S. is an inland nation, almost self- '1 bals. Smoking, however, is not per- (Conm‘aued on page four) 'miltsd in any room. Associate Dean Publishes Hours of Room Vacancies Associate Dean Tibbals has had Each member of the class will be given paper money of a certain amount at the start of the evening. .The money will be used in playing the various games. The holder of the most money at the end of the eve~ ning‘ will be considered the winner. The very valuable prize of a bid to the Junior Formal Dinner dance will be the prize awarded. This bid will be worth at least five dollars and entitles the winner to all privileges at the highlight event of the Armour social season. Refreshments will be served as a fitting conclusion to an evening of fun. Tickets may be secured from members of the social committee or from any of the class officers. These men are: E. G. Anderson, I. M. Foot- lik, D. Jacobson, W. A. Stuhr, W. E. Kruse, E. C, Mitchell, 1’. l’eltier, and L. A. Bain. Fire Hazard Resulting From Air Conditioning Discussed by Fleming ] A woman on the eleventh floor of a modern metropolitan hotel went out to drop a letter in the mail chute and fell dead. Murder? No, merely an il- lustration used by Mr. T. A. Fleming of the stud' of the National Board of Fire Underwriters in his lecture on the increase in hazard arising from new developments of industry, given to the Fire Protects last Friday. Emphasis was placed upon air con- ditioning and through a number 0 examples and explanations he brought home the point that no community has sufficiently considered air condi- tioning as a fire hazard, although it may form a serious menace to life and property. The woman‘s death was caused by the super heated air, at a temperature of three to four hundred degrees, in- haled by the woman as she walked into the hall. The source of the air wash harmless fire in the boilerl room, eleven stories below, which caused no damage in the immediate vicinity, but killed an elevator oper- ator and the woman, and started fires in several rooms on the floors above. The superheated air, which caused the havoc, escaped up from the boiler room through the cracks which occur between doors which were supposedly of the best fireproof construction. Sometimes the air conditioning ducts are of flammable material and the superheated air sets fire to them, spreading: the flames at a terrific rate. The ducts for air conditioning also act as conveyors of toxic fumes and what then results was illustrated by the Cleveland hospital fire in which the fumes from the burning x-ray films killed over one hundred patients. Once] there was a pigeon; there have been pigeons before this pigeon and there will be pigeons after this pigeon. (If the CHICAGO DAILY NEWS can write about pigeons on an average of once a week the ARMOUR NEWS ought to be able to. What have they that we ain't besides 400,- 000 circulation and a profit?) This pigeon shall be called Cyril because that was not his name. Everyone knows how much a pig-eon resents publicity; even though there are some publicity seekers, these may always be identified by the fact that they generally arrive at a large of- fice window in the middle of a driv» in}; snowstorm wearing an aluminum leg band and an assumed tired look. Someone in these offices picks up these notoriety hounds, nurses them, and then phones for the riot squad and the reporters. The choice wits of the police department are all on this squad and succeed in getting off such devastatingly humorous remarks that all the reporter has to do is to iterate and edit their remarks while pointing out the manner in which they entered the room with drawn guns and tear gas. Presumably 400,000 people are that night, feebly twitching- on the floor, overcome by laughter. Cyril Was Abnormal Cyril, however, was not an ordi- nary, aluminum band wearing, riot squad inciting pig-con. While oth,’ pigeons were off playing and doing; whatever it is that all young and care» free pigeons do, Cyril remained on hisl perch and meditated with a very thoughtful and, it must be admitted, smug look on his face. He had a superiority complex, had Cyril. Ho yearned for the Higher Things. Somewhere along, the mental track his admirable thought processcs were side tracked and he arrived at the on- tirely fallacious conclusion that Ar» mour Tech was the place to pick up the knowledge, since, as has been known for some time, the average on- gineer’s idea of the Higher Things are the LL scales on his slide rule. l Comes the great day when the' search for food for the seething gray matter is to center on Armour. Se- creting himself cautiously in a vcn- tilatoi‘ that fails to ventilate in Mis— sion, little Cyril happily waits for a 406,000 People in Mysteries; Cyril lilies into Walls of Mission By R. Perry lecture. A lecture is something; to be approached slowly if at all and is only to be endured if heard while re— clinlnp: on the tip of the spine at an angle of 45". Cyril, being constitu» tionally incapable of sitting down he- came mildly insane when informed that torque was something that hap- pened to a shaft sometimes when somethingr pushed at a distance R. The last this reporter saw he was enthusiastically flying into the walls of the assembly hall and if the gentle reader at this point is not in hyster— ics, Lord help Col. Knox, pigeons, and the DAILY News’ circulation. Two Students Speak at A.l.Cli.E. Meeting Talks by N. K. Anderson and E. F. Wagner, senior chemicals, featured the meeting of the A.I.Cb.E. last Fri- day, in the physics lecture room. N. K. Anderson spoke on the use of “Logarithmic Mean Temperature and Radius in Chemical Engineering." Anderson pointed out that these con- cepts, although finding: wide applica- tion in chemical engineering, must be Tuesday, November l6. V93? Armour Meyers Present ,luicers to Revel at Stag Smoker Tomorrow Night Tomorrow night the juicers of Armour will gather for an evening,r ol' gaiety at the A.I.E.E. smoker to be held in room “D" Mission. There will be games, prizes, music and re- Freshments as well as cigars and cig— arcttes. The fun is scheduled to be- gin at 8:00 o’clock. “Rectifier Tubes and Circuits" was the topic discussed by Z. J. Atlee at last week’s meeting. Mr. Atlec point- cd out the physical factors influenc- ing the design of high voltage vacuum tube rectifiers, and he showed how these tubes are used in conjunction with X-ray tubes. The group was shown a commercial oilu immersed rectifier tube capable ol’ withstanding a peak of 140 kilovolts. Instructive leaflets on tube design were passed around to the students. Honorary Meghahical Pledges Six Men Pi Tau Sigma, honorary mechani- cal engineering fraternity, pledged three seniors and three juniors last week. The senior pledges are C. Malmfeldt, D. B. Rodkin and E. F. Sipp. The junior pledges are M. Ephraim, C. J. Kovacik and N. D. Rice. Professor W. A. Pearl was also pledged as a faculty member. A group which will represent the Armour Delta Chapter at the nation. al convention of the society. will leave tomorrow by automobile for Phialdelphia where the convention will be held. The men who will make up the group are C. K. Nauman, oilicial delegate, L. l. Thomas, H. B.’ Nicholas, P. Ncucrt, J. and A. N. Schrieber. l‘rochaska Bishop Stewart Moves Audience With Stories of Personal Experiences in World War Opening with the singing of “America” followed by selections by the orchestra and glee club, the Armistice Day assembly was success- l'ully climaxed by a most stirring- and dramatic speech by the Right Rev- erend George Craig Stewart. Speak~ inn: with a firm voice, Reverend Stewart commanded the utmost at-‘ tention of the entire audience as hel related his various experiences bring- ing: out each point directly and bricf~ y. l Speaking" of the wartime daysl when he served as chaplain forl troops at Chateau-Thicrry and in the Argonne, he pointed out that the true test of bravery is found under shell, fire. “Every man is afraid of shell-; ine’ going over,” he continued, “butl, bravery is found when the man says. to his legs, ‘g'o ahead and tremblc,l you’ll tremble worse when you knowl where you’re going.’ ” “Courage is al distinctive feature, but unselfishnessl i need fol-,fairly rapid and s1 utilized under conditions correspond- ing to the assumptions made in de- riving the formulas. Wagner’s talk dealt with “Combus- tion Calculations.” He s Id the mple com— putations in working; with combustion of fuels. Plans have been made for a joint meeting of the Chicago chapter of the A.l.(‘.h.E. with the Armour student branch on Wednesday, December 8. is also another noble quality. I have l yet to remember a man coming upl from unconsciousness to conscious, ncss, having lost an arm or leg: say:‘: not ‘will I see again or have I lost; an arm,‘ but ‘did we take our point,‘, (lid we hold the line, did we. take the ‘ brigade, did We cross the l'iVQl‘,A'—(ll(l‘ they do what they set out to do?" One of the main objections which, Reverend Stewart presented was thel thought of men being more mechan—l isms or cucenic accidents. Ho theny continued to speak of the “pressure" l which plunges nations into war. Warl is a “doom laid upon us and plunges into destruction our modern culture and education." “When," he then. went on, “youth does not want it.”1 governments don't want it, dictators. : mothers, churches, and religion don't, want itw—wbat pushes us into war?" Civil Honorary Pledges One junior and Three Seniors Last Friday at a W.S.E. meeting, Chi Epsilon, honorary civil engineer: ing- fraternity, pledged four men; three seniors and one junior. The pledges, who were introduced by Pro- fessor Penn, are T. Speer, ’38, E. , Stoll '38, M. Zar ’38. and H, Antbon j He described how man's avarice repreu I sented by economic pressure and , Dial growing nationalism. causes war. He then told how educated men must ‘ ’39, Following the pledging“, Poulter gave a very interesting talkx on meteors in which he recountedlundvrstand ways to keep the world the results of observations conducted l from war. They must learn “mutual at the South Pole. understanding of each other.“ sophomore classes and {difficilwumu on Friday Drama of Sea Marks Guildis First Play of Season Eugene O’Neill’s play “Where the Cross Is Made,” will be pre— sented next Friday morning, in the Mission auditorium at 10:30, by the Armour Players as their first play of the current season. Tickets selling at ten cents may be obtained from any of the Armour Players. The Guild, hon— orary society controlling the Armour Players, in cooperation with their new sponsor, Prof. Homer C. Combs, newly appointed instructor in the den partmcnt 01' English and languages, has planned an extensive and active program. One-act Hey The play to be presented is one of the more popular “one—acts" writ- ten by Mr. O’Neill, considered by many to be the most outstanding modern American playwright. It was chosen after careful considera~ tiun of many plays, by the Guild, and has five men and one woman in the east. The play was given special attention because of the enthusiasm with which Armourites received the last O’Neill play presented by the Armour Players, “In the Zone," three years ago. The cast as it now stands is as follows: Captain Isaiah Bartlett ........ . ................ . N. Schrieber Nut Bartlett, s son ............. .............. Charles MacAleer Sue Bartlett, his daughter ...... ...Mary Russo All of the Schooner “Mary Allen” Silas Horne, mate. ......... ....... . . . .Monte MacConnell Gates, bo’sun. . .Sidney Ki-eiman Jimmy Kanalm ..... John Catlin Mary Russo Donates Services Miss Mary Russo appeared some time arm in a number of Guild suc- cesses, and will be best remembered by her excellent portrayals in “The Red Robe,” and “Waiting; for Lefty.” The technical staff which will be largely responsible for the success of the play consists of R. Erisman ............. Publicity M. Pantone ........ Stage Manager Scenery Designers ...... A. George, G. Danfortb, J. Rea, G. Scott. Electrician .......... W. Emmerich Costumes ............ W. Buchman Properties . . . . . . .R. Brinkman Freshmen Have Classmates; Sign Petitions for Position on Official Election Ballot At a freshman class meeting on last Friday, the freshmen decided to use the petition method for the selection of candidates for class officers. Tom» perm-y chairman, l‘. Shaffer, presided al. Lhe meeting. The election commit» too decided that the petitions must .contain at least twentyiive names, and that duplicate names must not a[ pour on petitions for the sum: of— ficc. The general election will be bold in the very near future. The petitions for the office of pri‘si» dent are: G. Gurg'os, 8, Graham. D. Long, and l’. Shaffer; for vice prcsi» dent: K. Myers, B. Hovcrson. F. Rob, and S. Shapiro: for secretary: .l. Elic- Alcan and R. Zocllner; for treasurer: D. Crogo, D. Graf, C, Kramer, and J. Weber; for social chairman: G. Baumanu. F. DcMoncy. ll. Leave. and J. Smith; and for the A.T.S..~\. ropriL scntativc: G. Hamilton, R. .lzru-olisou, B. Sweeney. The temporary chairman also an~ nounced that there is a standing gen» tlemen's agreement between the rep» rcsemntives of the freshmen and dean Tibbals that there will be no more ”'ilcpunisr ing'." The freshmen however. urgx‘d to \\ ear their ‘ the pul‘posr‘ of uniting the \ \ for