Vol. XXI. No. l

Constitution is
Formulated by
Night Students

Elect Freulljnd Oakhill
Honorary Directors

A constitution was formulated and
honorary directors and temporary of-
ficers were elected to the recently or-
ganized Evening Division Student As-
sociation by the members of the con-
stitutional committee after a meeting
on Jan. 29 in the Assembly Hall. The
election of permanent officers will be
held at an early date~probably this
Saturday afternoon in the Assembly
Hall.

Dr. B. B. Freud and Mr. Fredric
Oakhill were unanimously elected
honorary directors. It was through
the joint action of Mr. Oalihill and
Dr. Freud that an idea conceived
about six months ago has become a
reality, the importance or which is
beginning to be realized.

Mr. W. E. Koch was elected tempo»
rary president by a unanimous vote;
Mr. A. Rulis was elected temporary
vice-president; Mr. H. A. Lynette,
temporary secretary; and Mr. Lee
Faitelson, temporary treasurer

“We the Evening Division Students
of Armour Institute 01' Technology,
in order to form a more perfect as-
sociation and enjoy greater benefits,
do ordain and establish this Associa-
tion.” Such is the preamble of the
new constitution. The body of the
constitution consists of ten articles,
those being: name, purpose, member-
ship, officers, election of officers, re-
moval from office, power and duties
of officers, standing committees,
finances, and amendments.

The purpose of the organization
briefly is this: to promote coopera-
tion among night school students, to
promote social relations. to sponsor
meetings, to provide means for stu-
dents of similar interests to form
groups among themselves, and to co-
operate with the Institute.

Besides two honorary directors the
constitution provides for three more,
these being- former presidents. The
officer system is unique, consisting
of a president, six vice-presidents

(Continued on page four)

Announce Dates
for Cycle Photos

Pictures for the 1938 edition of
the Cycle, Armour‘s yearbook, will be
taken in the gym Wednesday and
Thursday of this week. Those who
are having their pictures taken will
be excused from classes during the
hour scheduled. Pictures of the vari-
ous groups will be taken according to
the following schedule:

Wednesday, February 16th-

9:30——Freshman Class & Officers

[0:30~Sophomore Class & Officers

l1:30-—Junior Class dz Officers
Senior Class Officers

MOO—151;, 2nd, 3rd Year Co-ops
Co-op Club Officers

2 :00~—Basketball

3:00~Track

4 :00—-Swimming

Thursday, February 17th“

9 :30v~A.A.S.
10:00——A.S.M.E.
lO:30—A.I.E.E.
11:00—A.I.Ch.E.
11:30-F.P.E.S.
12 :00—‘W.S.E.

1:00—Honor A
1:30—Drama Guild
2:00—Senior Social Comm.
Junior Social Comm.
Sophomore Social Comm.
Junior Social Comm. for last
Year (Junior Formal of '37)
3:00—Faculty Individual Pictures
5:30—Glee Club & Orchestra
All pictures except those of the
glee club and orchestra will be taken
in the gym.
and coats or Armour jackets be worn
when the pictures are taken.
bers of athletic teams are requested

to bring their uniforms as individual
pictures will be taken‘at the time

scheduled.

Tau Beta Pi initiates
Ten into Fraternity

 

Tau Beta Pi, national honorary
engineering fraternity, initiated a
faculty member, a distinguished Ohio
State graduate, seven seniors, and
a single junior at the last meeting
of the fraternity. Professor R. L.
Stevens of the civil engineering de-
partment was the only faculty mem—
‘ber to be so honored at this meeting.
Mr. Arthur Guillnudeu, a graduate
engineer of Ohio State of the class
of 1911 was appointed to Tau Beta
Pi for outstanding achievement in
engineering activity. Mr. Guillaudeu
is the chief engineer at Swift & Co.
plant of Chicago at present. The
seniors initiated were N. K. Ander-
son, C. Nauman, G. Thodos, G. Palka,
A. N. Schrieber, W. Kiefer, F. Polon-
is. The only junior to be honored by
the initiation in Tau Beta Pi was E.
J. Loutzenheiser.

The fraternity members enjoyed a
banquet in the Faculty Grill after
the business of the evening was con"
cluded. The group then adjourned to
the Harris Theatre to see Noel Cow--
ard’s play, ”Tonight at 8:30.”

 

Juniors Promise Gay
Time for Socialites
at Season’s Highlight

Promising Armourites four and
one half hours of sparkling entertain.
ment, the Junior class will present,
on March 5, their Formal Dinner
Dance, the highlight of the lnstitute’s
social calendar.

At 8:90 pm. on Saturday, March
5, Armour socialitcs will assemble in
the Grand Ballroom of Chicago’s
famous Palmer House. At that time
Gay Claridge and his orchestra will
furnish music in their distinctive
manner while listeners dine and
dance. Dining will he in the world
renowned style of the Palmer House
and dancing will be on a floor of equal
quality. Later in the evening those
tired of dancing and eating will find
spacious lounging facilities on the
balcony of the ballroom.

The Palmer House was selected as
the proper site for the Junior Formal
because of the atmosphere and ac-
commodation offered there. The Grand
Ballroom there is unquestionably as
fine as can he found in the city. Its
decorations add sophistication, its ac-
commodations offer comfort, and its
dance floor provides an ideal dancing
surface. The Palmer House chefs who
are cooks of reputation, will place
before Armour diners a seven course
chicken dinner that will delight the
connoisseur.

Gay Claridge’s orchestra was cn~
gaged only after lengthy considera-
tion involving many well known or-
chestras. His group is new to many
Armourites, and the Junior social
committee assures that a pleasant
surprise is in store for those who at—
tend the Formal. A sweet, swingy
style of music is featured by Claridge
with several novelty numbers inter-
spersed.

Nash Speaks About
Electrical Lighting
on WCEE Series

The senior branch of the Western
Society of Engineers announces that
two junior memberships will be pre-
sented to two graduates of the Civil
Engineering Department of Ar»
mour. These memberships will be
given on the basis of activity in the
student branch of the W.S.E., schol-
arship and character. Recommenda—
tions will be made by the Faculty

 

It is suggested that ties ,

Menu

Adviser of the student branch, and

final selection will be made by a com—

mittee consisting of the Secretary of
the Society, the Chairman of the

Junior Engineers, and the Chairman

of the Education Committee.

I Presentation of the awards will be
made before a joint meeting of the
Society and. the student branches.
The names of the recipients will be

announced at the commencement exer-

cises.

Fourteen Men Pledged to
ll’i Nu Epsilon Fraternity

 

Fourteen men were pledged to Pi
Nu Epsilon, Armour‘s musical [ra-
ternity, last Friday afternoon in the
Tau Beta Pi rooms. The men who
were pledged are: G. E. Danforth,
R. '1‘. Duffy, R. M. Faust, F. G.
Jahnke, E. J. Loutzenheiser, E. A.
Matccki, H. B. Nicholas, S. M. Orsi,
G. A. Palka, C. W. Rob, A. .l. Speng—
ler, T. Waldron, T. W. Yeaklc, and
R. W. Young.

 

Time M'otion Study Class
Organized by Prof. Button;
Plan Much Industrial Work

 

A new social science elective, Mo-
tion Study Methods, was launched last
week, when all of the members of the
class met in the office of their in«
structor, Prof. H. P. Dutton, to hold
their first session.

The course is the outgrowth of an
elective offered last semester, which,
though not intended as such, became
a time and motion study class. The
new class will meet only one hour a
week so that the work will be largely
of an individual nature such as re-
ports and papers. The class as a
whole will do field work that will con-
sist of an application of the prin-
ciples studied. Either one or two so-
mester hours will he offered as credit,
the number possibly depending upon
the quality and amount of work done
by the individual members of the
class.

Although the class met for the first
time in Prof. Dutton’s office, be de-
cided that it was a little too crowded
to make it a weekly feature. The
1class room for future meetings will
be announced shortly.

 

Two New Members
Join Faculty Staff

With the opening of the new sew
mentor and the consequent expanding
needs of Armour Institute, two new
instructors have been obtained.

structor in the Mathematics Depart-
ment, received his undergraduate and
postgraduate work at the chhnische
Hochschule in Berlin. The subject of
his thesis in which he carried on rem
scorch work was “Periodical Con-
figurations in Elasticity." After
graduation Mr. Sadowsky served as
lecturer at the chhnische Hoch-
schulc. Ile came to the United States
in 1931 and served as instructor at
the University of Minnesota. His next
teaching: position before coming: to
Armour was at the Industrial Insti-
tute of Novocherkask in Russia.

Mr. Alexander Cowie is a new
member of the Mechanical Engineer—
ing Department. Beginning his work
at the University of Wisconsin, Mr.
Cowie continued his work at the Uni~
versity of Michigan. Here under the
direction of Prof. Timoshenko, who
is an authority on mechanics and vi-
brations, he completed his work for
the master’s degree. After graduation
he did a great deal of work on the
design of large reduction gears for
marine propulsion. Mr. Cowie spent
several years as an instructor at the
University of Minnesota, and while
there he inaugurated several new
courses in the metal fusion field.

Mr. Cowie is the first major addi‘
tion to the mechanical engineeringr
teaching staff in the last few years
and will become active in academic
circles.

 

There will be a meeting of the
NEWS STAFF today at 12:30.
Any fresh/men or sophomores inter-
ested in writing for the NEWS are
invited to the meeting; second en—
trance of Chaplet ‘Hall, third floor.

 

There will be a, special meeting
of the Math Club officers and mob-
lem committee, Thursday at 12:20
in P. L. R. Plans for future meet-
ings and policy of the club will be
discussed.

 

Mr. Michael Sadowsky, a new in- I

 

 

RETIRING AND NEW

Front Row,

Jatiee. 1. Fl. Koial.
new staff members.

M.

left to rlghi: A. N. Schrieber,
Parker, W. J. Chelgren, and R. A. Braun, the retiring board. Back row:
Ephraim, H. Coyle.

 

Photo by Mani-inner.

EDITORIAL BOARDS

I. Thomas, I. D. Sheehan, L. B.
R. .
T. W. Yeakle and R. A. Winblad, the

 

Erickson to Conduct
Chicago U. Concert

Mr. 0. Gordon Erickson, Armour-’3
musical director, has been invited as
guest conductor by the University of
Chicago in celebration of the 40th an-
niversary of the Chicago University
hand. Mr. Erickson will conduct the
band on ll'ebruary 20 in Mandel Hall
at the University of 3:30 pm. Mr.
Erickson directed the glee club and
Black Friars while at the University.
Also while there, he wrote the
school’s well known fight song;r “Wave
the Flaps.”

Available tickets for Armour-'5 third
annual concert to be held at the Good-
man Theatre, February 24th are l‘fllh
idly diminishing in number. Both
the glee club and orchestra are busily
engaged rehearsing many new num—
bers. Again this year, new vocalists
will supplement the program.

 

Tests, Assembly, Group Talks
Given to incoming Freshmen

 

The incoming freshmen, about
seventy strong, took their orientation
tests on Feb. ll; listened to Dean Til)—
bals, Dr. McNamara, and Mrs. Orcutt
speak to them at the freshman assem-
bly on Feb. 7 on the rules, regula-
tions, and traditions 01' the Institute;
and, in small lrl'oups, heard ten up-
perclasamen give them “big brother
talks.” The upperclassmcn were ll.
J. Bodnar, W. J. Chclgrcn, C. W.
Dunbar, W. E. Kruse. E. J. Loutzen—
heiscr, C. K. Nauman, L. B. Parker,
W. F. Schlax, .l. D. Sheehan, and E.
F. Wagner.

Lawrence .D. Gi'af’, treasurer of the
freshman class, was unable to l'CIZUYH\
to the Institute this semester be—
cause of lack of funds. I). F. Cream,
who was defeated in the freshman
election by Gral’, will become tempo-
rary treasurer until the next fresh-
man class meeting, at which time a
special election will be held.

All. E. E Plan Trip to
Caterpillar Factory

On Wednesday, February 23, the
senior A.I.E.E. members plan to inv
spect the factory of the Caterpillar
Tractor Co. at Puria, Illinois The
seniors are scheduled to begin the in—
spection tour at 9:30 in the morning
after which they will- remain as lunch
and dinner guests of the company.
Most -of the men are traveling; in
groups by automobile. An interest-
ing sidelight of the trip is the fact
that some of the men are planning
to fly by plane.

Wednesday, April 6th, has been
tentatively set as the date for the
joint meeting of the electrical engi—
neering students from Armour, Lewis,
and Northwestern. Plans for the
meeting are still in the process of de—
velopment. Complete details will be
released shortly by the committee in
charge of arrangements.

 

 

 

Noted Educator
to Speak Topiary

 

Mr. James Shelby Thomas, noted
economilt and educator, will speak at
a general assembly today at 10:30.
Mr. Thomas is a graduate of Milli—
gan College and took his post grad—
uate work at the University 01’ Chi-
cage.
educational experience at the Univer-
sity of Alabama acting as director

die h'as had a great deal of

of the extension division.
From 1931 to 1933 Mr.
acted as chief economist for the Com«

Thomas

monwealth and Southern Corporation.
From this position he was elected to
the position of president of the Clark-
son College of Technology. At the
present time he is president of the
Chrysler Institute of Engineering.

As a member of the advisory com»
mittee of North American and a
member of the American Academy of
Politics and Social Science, Mr.
Thomas has been actively concerned
with current problems. He is also
servini,r as civilian aide to the war
department of Alabama.

‘Armour-Eye’ (Opens
Redecorated Rooms

 

Two dark rooms, a studio with an
8X10 view camera, and a lounge
with adequate study space are a few
of the features of the new rooms of
the Armour-Eye. The rooms have
been replastercd and redecorated so
that the appearance of the club rooms
will resemble a modern photographic
studio.

Work has been completed on one
dark room while the other is rapidly
nearing completion. The object of all
this work is to provide both social
and technical facilities for the mem-
bers of the club. This will make it
possible for camera enthusiasts; to en-
joy the fellowship of others of like
interests and also make it possible
for them to conveniently pursue their
hobby without caring for a private
dark room.

The election of“ officers of the Ar—
mour Eye took place last week with
the following results: President, Ian
Harker; Vice-President, Fred Jalin~
kc; Scribe, Arthur Fried; Treasurer,
Stonctz; and Corresponding" Secre»
tary, George Bursach.

It was decided at the meeting that
the total membership of the club
should not exceed twenty-five men.
Since there are twenty men now in
the club, there is room for only five
new members. Initiation fee is $3.50
and the monthly dues 50 cents.

Interested students ‘aro urged to
visit the new rooms immediately. Se-
lection of candidates will be a mat—
ter of “first come, first served."

 

  

 

Coyle, .laiiiee, Ephraim,
Winblad, and Yeakle
Comprioc Board

At the annual “Tech News" ban-
quet, held last Wednesday evening,
Feb. 9, at the Auditorium Hotel, the
new staff for the coming year was
announced. Russell Kotal was named
editor-imchief to succeed James Shee—
han and Landrith Parker. Howard
Coylo succeeds Raymond Braun as
sports editor. Managing editor will
be Robert Jeffec. Max Ephraim re—
places William Chelgren as news
editor. Idrls Thomas is succeeded as
business manager by Robert Winblad
and Thomas Yoakle is the successor
of Albert Schrieher as copy editor.

Russell Kotal, the new editor-in-
chief, is a Junior electrical, a mem-
ber of the honorary literary fra«
ternity-—Sphinx, a member of the
Glee Club and has worked for the
Tech News since he entered Armour.
serving last year as make-up editor.

Rob New Desk Editor

The Editorial Department appoint~
ments are as follows: Desk editor,
C. Reh; rewrite editor, J. Keane; as-
sistant sports editor, T. Clark; as-
signment editors, R. Bartusek, J.
Meyer, F. Opila, and feature editor,
R. Perry.

The Business Department will have
F. Slavin as advertising manager and
R. Erisman as circulation manager.

Handled ably by W. Chelgren, the
dinner was claimaxed by an interest»
ing talk on the cooperative associa-
tion in the Scandinavian countries
given by Llewelyn Jones, former lit-
erary editor of the Chicago Evening
Post. Mr. Jones, because of his
studies pertaining to life among the
people of Sweden, Norway and Don-
mark, presented enlightening material
about how these countries solve their
problems of trusts, high living costs,
and the menace of foreign propa—
panda.

Faculty Advisors Present

After the announcement of the new
stall", the retiring seniors each said
a few words of encouragement and
farewell to their successors and the
stall in general. Mr. Walter Hem]-
i-icks, faculty advisor to the News,
congratulated the retiring stall" on
their fine efforts during the past year.

Professor William Colvert was the
other faculty representative.

Armour Tech wit was present in
the form of pokerul'aced “Zulu," re-
tiring: writer of the “SIipstick,” who
read a touching telegram from “E.
J.," explaining,- why the latter was
unable to attend. Zazu read a syn—
opsis of his latest mystery novol~—
“Three Men and a Hearse.”

WSE. to Award Two Junior
Memberships to Graduates

 

Jontinuiny: the third series of radio
talks, Professor Charles Nah spoke
over radio station WCFL on last Sat-
urday evening: “Electric Lighting"
was the subject of his talk. The l'lllv
ture of natural light was discussed
in order to show the goal towards
which all workers in artificial light
are striving. The common sources
and the intensity of light required
for various tasks were covered by the
speakers and the scientific interpre-
ter.

The talk on Saturday, Feb.
“Radio Communication” was given by
Prof. Arthur Sear. A Show history
of radio coupled with a newtechnical
explanation of radio opened the talk.
The development of method of send~
ing from the telegraphic to the vocal
formed the main body of the talk.
The possibilities of radio and the
present broadcasting system Closed
the talk.

Last Satuxday’s talk was on the
subject of “Electric Lighting as a
Major Factor in the Safety of Night
Driving." These programs are pro.
sented under the direction of the pub—
licity director, Alexander Semeiber.

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