Vol. XXI. N0. 5. Registrar’s (lilies Releases Averages; School. Averagel All r. L U. mill-flu Beta Pi Lead Honoraries Official figures released by the of- fice of the registrar show that the scholastic standing of the entire un- dergraduate student body in attend- ance in the first semester of the 1937-1938 school year with the ex- ception of part time, special, and co- operative studcnts is 1.44. The figures give the scholastic standing of the students in all of their subjects to date. This indicates that the aver- age student of Armour usually gets A, B or C in most of his subjects. The school average of 1.44 is general- ly lower than the school averages of the past few semesters. Undergrad- uate averages for preceding semes- ters were, in receding order, starting with the second semester of the 1936- 1937 school year; 1.50, 1.44, 1.62, and 1.58. The present average of 1.44 is for a total of 909 students. List Class Averages The averages by classes were listed as follows: The Senior Class ........ 1.73 The Junior Class ......... 1.56 The Sophomore Class . . . .1.33 The Freshman Class ...... 1.24 The increasing- averages of the up- per classes is characteristic of the general trend in all school years. The averages are raised due to the with- drawal oi’ the poorer students. The senior class averages of the past five semesters has consistently been 0.5 points or more, that is about 40% higher, than the Freshman Class averams. Engineering Science Leads Department averages shows the Engineering Science Department to be in the lead with the Fire Protccl tion Engineering Department a close second. 01' the big three engineer- ing branches, Electrical Engineering is in the lead. The various depart- ments and their averages are as fol- lows. (The figures do not include the grades of Freshman students.) Engineering Science . . .183 Fire Protection Engineering 1.76 Electrical Engineering . . . .1.60 Chemical Engineering . . . .1.56 Civil Engineering ........ 1.51 Architecture ............ 1.45 Mechanical Engineering , . .1.40 (Continued on page four) Armour Chapter of Eta Kappa Nu Host to Chicago Conference Armour’s Delta Chapter of Eta Kappa Nu, honorary electrical engi- neering fraternity, was host, along with the Chicago Alumni group, to an Employment Conference of the fra- ternity last Friday and Saturday. Dr. Ernest H. Freeman and Dr. Thomas C. Poulter were Armour representatives who took an active leading part in the proceedings. Dr. Freeman was toastmaster at the big- gest meeting of the conference, the banquet held on Saturday evening. On that same occasion Dr. Poulter was the principle speaker of the eve- ning presenting a speech on his ex- periences at “Little America” with the Byrd Antarctic expedition of which he was the Senior Scientist. The conference, ably managed by the Armour and Chicago groups had as its purpose the investigation of the employment possibilities of the pro- fession. In this investigation a num— ber of topics were considered in dis- cussing fields of employment related to electrical engineering. Some of these were: type of work; training required; special aptitudes required; demand for electrical engineers; the number and type of employers; com- petition with non—engineering grad- uates, relative numbers, and com— parison with their type of training; opportunities for advancement to po- sitions of responsibility; possible training- for entering other fields, value of experience in this field is progressing to other work; financial comparison with other fields; possi- bilities for self development and self satisfaction. , (Continued on page two) Co-op Club Sponsors ‘Geb Together’ Dance The Cooperative Course, which was inaugurated at Armour Institute in February, 1936, is now nearing the successful conclusion of the first term of its third year. Since that time, the cooperative plan has gained favor in the school and in industry, and thus has result- ed in a rapid growth of the enroll- ment in the course. One of the best illustrations of this growth is the de- velopment of the Co-op Clubs in both the “A” and the “B” divisions. The Co-op Club of the “A” group feels that a greater amount of socia- bility could be developed between themselves and the students of the regular courses. With this thought in mind, the club is giving a “get- togother” dance to which the entire student body is cordially invited. The (late is April 1; the place is the Grand Ballroom of the Graemore Hotel, and the music will be fur- nished by Mickie Prindl’s orchestra. Revee Lee, lovely songs-tress, and Curly Vand, who sang" on Harold Stokes' program until a short time ago, will appear with the orchestra. The bids are now available and can he obtained from members of the club or from Miss Haw in Mr. Lease's office. The price is $1.50 and the number of bids is limited. Hold lntcrhonorary Dinner at Swedish Club Tonight Student, alumni, and faculty mem- bers of the honorary fraternities will hold their annual banquet tonight at the Swedish Club, 1258 S. La Sallc St. Festivities will commence at 6:30 p.m. with a Swedish style smorgas- bord and dinner. This year the banquet Will ica- ture movies instead of a speaker as has been customary in the past. Ar- rang’mcnts for the event were made by N. K. Anderson, ll, J. Bodnar, and other members of the Inter-hon- orary council. illusiotgflluhs to Visit Lindblom Lindhlom high school will be host to Armour chh’s musical organiza- tions next Friday morning when the latter will give two concerts there. Because of the size of Lindblom’s student body, two complete programs for two dili‘erent assemblies are to be offered by the clubs. To transport the Armour warblers and swingsters, several Chicago motor coaches will be ready to leave the campus promptly at 8 a.m., Fri- day morning. Next week, Wednesday, March 23, the Glee Club will, for the first time. give a complete half hour radio pro- gram over station WLS. Seven or eight of the club’s most popular selections will be given on this pro- gram which runs from seven to seven- thirty in the evening. it has been promised that there will be a nation- wide hooksup for this broadcast, so that every town and hamlet will be able to hear the Armour Tech song- sters. Our harmonious gentlemen will soon be heard from the stage of the Oak Avenue school in La Grange. The date of this engagement is Thursday, April 7, at eight o’clock. One of Armour Tech’s well known in- structors, Mr. J. F. Marigold, is the promoter if this affair, since Mrs. Marigold is president of the Oak~0g- den Parent-Teachers’ Association for whom the program is being given. Recently interviewed, Mr. Marigold remarked: “It has always occurred to me that not enough La Grange boys come to Armour Institute for engi- neering training. The best way to convince these high school graduates of our school’s merits is to give them an insight into Armour’s college life. “We are giving this concert 3. great deal of publicity and expect a huge turnout on the night of April 7.” Not only are the people of La Grange anticipating this musical treat, but Tech’s singers and players are also looking forward to the re— freshments which follow the concert —prepared in true P.~T. A. style. Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois P. L. Moore '37 Accepts F lying Cadet Appointment Paul L. G. Moore, CE. ’37 started the first portion of a flying career when he was appointed a flying cadet at Randolph Field Texas. The ap- pointment came as a result of the current call for candidates for the four year training- course. altered by the army air corps. Moore, who is now on his way to Texas, was an honor student and was prominent in school activities during his years at Armour. He was a mem: ber of the Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon, president of the W.S.E., an assistant junior marshal, chairman of the jewelry committee, and captain of Annual Armour Award Goldsmith, Dunlap-ll: l Architectural Scholarships Two sophomore architectural stu~ dents, Georg-e Danforth and Myron Goldsmith were recently awarded par~ tial scholarships under the Dora T. Bartlett scholarship fund. The fund was established by an Armour graduate, Fredrick Clay Bartlett Jim, Arch. '34 and the pres— ent recipients are the first to benefit the boxing team. STEI— EN under the fund. TENTH ANNUAL ARMCUR TECH RELAYS U. of C. Fieldhouse March 19, l938 8 RM. A meeting was held on last Friday by the Freshman Class to complete arrangements for their Spring Dance. The dance will be held on April 22nd at the Lake Shore Athletic Club. The music of: Charley Straight and Judy Garland, vocalist. will feature the dance. Bids are tentatively priced at $1.50. The freshmen who have been appointed as members of the dance committee are P. Shaffer, H. Zim- merman, J. Waber, E. Steinke, B. Mandel and F. Reh. The meeting was closed with a dis— cussion on the green cap situation. A committee was appointed to meet with the sophomores and Dean Tib- bals An attempt is being made to secure a rational agreement upon the enforcement of the wearing of the green caps. Enforcement of Green Cap Rule Begins St. Patrick’s Day The sophomore class held their first meeting of the new semester last Friday in the drafting room. After a brief discussion it was mutually agreed that the freshmen be required to wear their green caps on and after March 17, St. Patrick’s Day. This cus- tom which has continued for years will again be the object of the sopho- more’s consideration. In addition it was proposed that the class hold another dance. The success of the dance held in January, coupled with the belief that another dance would be successful, prompted the suggestion. A smoker was also proposed but was met with distinct disapproval. Charley Straights Music to Be Feature of Fresh Dance April. 22 Signs of the coming: class struggle 1was reflected in the Freshman and lSophomorc Class meetings last Fri— Eday in just this way. The Sophomore Class called their meeting, disposed iol’ current business with finality, men- tioned the green cap situation with merely a matter of fact notice of the approach of St, Patrick’s Day and a hint of the consequent activities with just a hate of anticipation. President Shaver banged the gavel and the meeting was concluded in just about 10 minutes. But the Freshmen? Why when the sophomores represented themselves as frcshmcn at the lattcr’s {quarters and passed the poorly or- [ ganizcd bouncers, the meeting was at Ia fever pitch—disorganized. A tall thin lad, characteristic of these fresh- men, was wavingr the air in wide circles, talking loudly, and expound- ing the merits of wearing green caps. The sophomores who had entered as guests of the Freshmen gaped. So these so-and-so’s thought they had anything to say about whether they would wear green caps, did they? Things began to happen. A. member of the class wanted the floor, a second wanted to outyell the chairman, a third was gesticulating to his neighbors explaining what he would do to any sophomore, a fourth was trying to plead for reason, a fifth wanted a drink. What a bedlam! But the crisis of the whole affair culmin- ated when the freshmen actually dc» cided to Vote on whether they should —or should not—vwear green caps. Were the sophs mortified! To think that any freshman actually dared to defy a sophomorc’s edict was beyond (Continued on page two) RELAY ENTRlES UP TO MARCH 12 COLLEGES: Armour Tech, Lu Crusoe, State Teachers, Eastern Illinois Slum Teacher's, Cne, erlo~ tau, Elmhursl, Culver-Stockton, Illinois Stale N all, Loyola, Al- bion, Western Il in State, Michi- gau talc Normal, Milwaukee Teachers, Cornell (Iowa), North- ern ”liar/ls State Teachers, Yon/c— tou (South, Dakota), North (7mi— trul, Iowa Sluts Teachers, Bradley I’olytcch, Western State Teachers (Mic/I..), Kahuna/too, Wayne, Mon— monlt. UNI VE'RSITIES: Wisconsin, Kaunas (Lawrence), Northwest‘- ci'rL Kansas State (Manhattan). Wight Hawks” ls Night Studenrs’ New Name “The Night Hawks,” the recently oriranizcd evening student associa- tion, is ready for expansion. A con- stitution has been adopted which in- cludes the following; points: all'ectinu a means for cooperation amom,r Eve- ning»; Division students; cooperating with the Institute in order to pro mate its growth, and to broaden the scope of its benefits; all'ectinu; an ave— one for the enjoyment of such social relations as are not available in more classroom associations; sponsoring meetings to which well known speak- crs will he invited to talk on subjects of mutual inclrest; and ail’ccting- a means whereby students of the Eve ning Division may meet to form small groups interested in specific subjects. The “Night Hawks” oil'er the eve- hing; school student many advantages. Perhaps the greatest is the change to act with a group of men 01‘ identical interests in promoting entertainment such as lectures and smokers. An- other is the chance to form associa- tions with successful Armour alumni and other men with actual profes- sional experience. Research Foundation Publishes Magazine The newest of Armour Institute’s Research Foundation‘s accomplish- ments is now rollingr off the presses. “The new magazine, The Frontier, will be devoted to research of the past and present. Each issue will contain interesting articles on the same phase of current interest to the scientist and industrialist. The pres" ent issue (Feb., 1938) contains ar— ticles on Automotive, Extreme Pres~ sure, and Cooperative research by noted men in their respective fields. The most interesting phase ol.’ the magazine —— the article on new methods which describes a translun cent coating for windows which will allow the entrance of 90 per cent of the light without the disagreeable property of glass. Another article de- scribes new heat treating salts for high speed steel that will provide a case hardness of 1,000 Brinell. These are a few of the interesting phases of the publication. The inaugural issue of The Fron- tier contains the following state- ment by the editor, C. H. Hazard. “In the formative years of Amer— ica the courage and vision of our an— ccstors gradually pushed back the frontier—the line dividing the wilderv ness from civilization, the known from the unknown. Ever onward the line moved throughout the years, un- til it came to rest at the country’s ultimate frontierithe Pacific. “The story of that moving line is the story of the past. But still in the present, and even in the more future, is the story of the frontier of scien- tific knowledge—the frontier for which no Pacific has yet been dis» covered. In the great research laboratories of industrial manufac- turers, of government agencies, of, scientific foundations, new frontiers are daily being established. And the progress of the moving line always opens new roads leading- to ever more distant outposts.” Tuesday, March l5, l938 clay flames i r College hints fiaturday Height of indoor Traci: Year Exhibited in Fieldhouse Highlight of the midwest collegiate track year, the Armour Tech Relays will be staged next Saturday night when a galaxy of four hundred t‘ack stars from more than forty schools will compete for the coveted relay games cup. The carnival will be held at the University of Chicago field— house where the tradition originated under the direction of John J. Schommer. Preliminary events will he run dur- ing‘ the afternoon while the finals will await the evening program beginning at 8:00 p.m. The field will include the indoor track runs and the open field events, which comprise the polo vault, shot put and the high jump. As a final event, the famed relays will be run climaxiny: a color- l‘ul demonstration of athletic prow— ess. Divided into Two Clauses As the entries include rcprescnta~ tives of both collcgros and universi— tis, the schools have been classified into two classes so as to place com» petition on a fairer basis. The size of the teams range from Albion college’s onc~man team up to the squad of twenty of the University of Chicago. Champions of last year, Tnlmich of Wayne and Lloyd Siebcrt of North lentral are iosl; to their respective schools by graduation. Tolmich, high— est ch‘ing' individual last year, led the Wayne squad to victory by taking first place in the seventy yard high and low hurdles and leading the team to a first place in the medley relay. Last year’s relays saw the fall of the world’s record pole vault jump. Lloyd Sicbert of North Central scaled the bar at 13 feet 8% inches setting- a new record which has as yet not been broken. This year’s games will find glamorous stars who are expect- ed to shatter standing records. May Better Record Fcnslce, holder of the mile run rec- ord in the Big Ten, is expected to clip a few seconds off the standing record. Bechcr of Northern Illinois State Teachers is a: threat to the high jump record while Padway of Wisconsin is expected to reap hon- ors in the pole vault classic. As in the years past, the Armour ’l‘cch Relays will be presented under the direction of John Schommer. The officials of the relays have been se- lected by the directing board which includes Armour officials. Dr. Moni— law of the University High has been appointed starter and the position of Head Judge is to be filled by Fritz- lai‘l’, Physical Director of the Chicago High School. Announcements over the public address system will be handled by Ted Canty. Armour students will be admitted to the Tech Relays with athletic passes for general admission with an additional charge of thirty-five cents for reserved seats. Senior Class to Hear Dean Potter Today Dr. A. A. Potter, Dean of the School of Engineering and Director of the Experimental Engineering: Station at Purdue University, will speak to the members of the senior class on “Professional Development and Graduate Study" today at 11:30 in the Assembly hall. The talk will he the second in the series of senior lectures arranged by E. L. Stoll, J. W. Anderson and F. Hanneman of tho Senior Class Lectures Committee. Dean Potter is a pioneer in per- sonnel work for engineering students and in humanizing‘ engineering edu» cation. Later talks in the series will feature job-hunting- liints on “selling yourself” by well—known successful business men. Senior students are requested to make the necessary arrangements with their instructors to attend these lectures.