Page Two Armour Tech News Student Publication of the ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3300 Federal St. CHICAGO. ILLINOIS Published Weekly During the College Year I 9 3 7 Member I 9 38 Rssocinled Colleoiale press “Entered as second class matter December 8, 1937,31: 'the post office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3. 1879 «was $2. 00 Per Year Single7 Copies, 10 Cents Each EDITORIAL BOARD EDINTOR-IN CHIEF .RUSSELL KOTIIL . WALTER HENDRICKS EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT . Carl Rah .John Keane James M er, Francis Opilln ouulas Mncdon Desk I' (lit 7 szrilc Erliu . sniiz nment Editors . 17:11.0“in F‘dit or Rnhci artufick, Perry ARMOUR TECH NEWS progress, was begun. Broken sidewalks were re- paired; crumbling old Chapin was given a new lease on life through extensive improvements; new offices, classroom. washrooms, etc., were built; soot-laden walls write washed and calcimined; in short, the old school took on a fresh progressive air. The next and most important step was to let people know about the schoolw—its past achieve- ments, what it is now doing, and what it intends to do in the future. This was done in many ways. A research founda— tion. headed by a famous scientist and manned by established researchers was organized and put into operation. Besides the added prestige and dignity which the Foundation lent the school. it provided an invaluable means of contact with industries in the engineering field. “Round—table" conference courses whereby representatives of the important industries might gather to discuss their problems were organized. The problems of these represen— tatives were discussed, but more important to us is the implication which must have been left in their minds that here is a “live" school awake to Copy RHIdr‘l" .. G From. N. Lev vine . llgfinulxltlfi Columnists A Zarum, A Hansen, J. HeMbsoI}: B Smrnfcld Rapmion. M amlafi E (:ohn-tM J. dHIIrtm T. Hun tor. llur E Knlnin, H Kru del, 13.1x Milleville, J. l'lfl.l( on F Rr-l J. Reidel" . Rosenhthal. S. Silvermun Wnddim: (on. H. Zimmerman Asst. Sp rts rEdiLor . Tr in Clark spam w" . No rkus .1 R Clo E Worcester Sports Reporters Anderson F. DeMoncy, J.i Fe hay “Curl/007”)”. rctsnic BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Advertisimz Circulation Munumr Circulation Manager (Io-0m; the needs of industry. A cooperative mechanical engineering course was started. Through this connection with the shrill sum school, still more industries became "Armour up Erisman , ,, _ . , . . . Robert S Kuhn conscuous. The evening dwisron, which In l931 r Smith Cimulutiun Mnnmzerfl-Exchungea . out Bus siness Assistants W South. P. Mayor Vol. XXI. April 12, 1938 No. On behalf of the faculty and members of the student body, we wish to express deepest sym— :' pathy with N. Levine whose father recently passed away. ‘ Armour Renaissance “You’re going to Armour Institute eh? What is it? A trade school for meat packers sponsored by the Stockyards?" Such a query, not so many years ago, would not be infrequent. Our school, it seems, used to be rather reticent about letting people know of itself or of its affairs—operating, pre- sumably on the principle that if you built a better mousetrap the world would beat a path to your door, even if you lived in rundown quarters ”behind the tracks." An alert administration saw, 'however, that the world wasn‘t beating a very deep path to their door, however excellent was the prof- fered mousetrap. A renovation was in order. suffered a very low attendance, recently enrolled 2400 students, most of whom are employed by in- dustry during the day—meaning more favorable publicity for the school. This getting Armour into the industrial eye will eventually mean one thing—— more and better jobs for her graduates. What of the public? Weekly radio talks, glee club concerts in high schools and public places, an active publicity office, enormous issues of the “Ar- mour Engineer" being sent everywhere, advertising literature, etc, are all directed to the fulfillment of one objective—wthat of informing the public about Armour. One of the main purposes of this publicity is to attract more and better students. Already the school is beginning to select; in the last enrollment, many were reiected because the school could hold no more. In order to gather the reins on these and other similar undertakings the board of trustees has or- ganized a public relations department. The dc. partment was really needed. for all such related endeavor should be administered by a single office. The school has progressed mightily since this promotional program was started. Remember, too, The first step in the renovation was to improve l it is barely started. Hold your hats—«we're going the plant. A program of rehabilitation, still in places. Fraternity Notes By DOUGLAS MACDONALD All fraternity notes must be received by the fraternity editor before noon 'l‘huraday in order 1.1) aimenr in the next. issue. PHI Pll PHI The chapter wishes to congratulate Brothers Vandekieft and Deuter for being pledged to Honor A, honorary athletic fraternity. For the second consecutive year the bowling team has won the inter— fraternity howling contest, The team consists of Molitor, Muehlhau- sen, Vandekieft, and Deuter. The ping—pong team lost to Pi Kappa Phi last week. The men wish to congratulate the Pi Kap’s team for their victory and fine sportsman— ship throughout the game. Last Saturday evening the Chap~ ter held a somewhat unexpected dance. The reason for the dance is tied up with Bill Plengey's inability ‘to keep a girl long enough to have her attend one of the regular dances. ’When the lads discovered that Bill - again had a girl the dance was given immediately in the hope of further- ing Bill’s cause. THETA XI Our congratulations to Phi Kappa Sigma on their recent ping—pong vic- tory. We hope to do better when we meet again this week. RHO DELTA RHO Officers were elected last Friday night. The men elected were: Edward Morris ........... President Lam's Jacobs ......... Vice-President Robert Jafi'ec . ...... Treasurer .Swm Spencer. . Sidney Silvermrm Leon Epstein -. Secretary Harvey Rothcnbcrg. . . .Sgl,-at-Arms Brother Sid Kreiman, our retiring president, received a standing vote of thanks from the members for an excellent job well done. Congratula- tions to brother Harv Rothenberg‘ on his pledging to Honor A. l l l l ‘ing to complete DELTA TAU DELTA Election of officers was held last Tuesday, and the following men were chosen to head the chapter. Bernard Bernstrom ........ President William Horton . . . .Vlcc-Presldlcnt Richard Street” Recording Secretary Donald Smule ....... Corr. Secretary Bill Scherer ...... Scrgecnt-rzl-Arma John Fox ................ Messenger A vote of thanks was given the re- tiring officers, especially Bill Laise, who has been our president during the last two years. The Exciter, our chapter newspaper, came out in a swell new issue last. week. We also had a house dance last Saturday and a sizzling time was had by all. ThlfiiNGLE—Z The Armour Chapter of Triangle is pleased to announce the pledging of: Robert C'. Ericson, Comp ’42 Arthur W. Duree, Co—op ’42 Brother Ed. Smith, ’34, of Marion, Ohio, dropped in last week and spent a couple of pleasant days with us. Last Saturday evening we held a rather informal dance in honor of one of the brethren who has, in the past, shown a disinclination to attend the parties given. Brother 8., it seems, does not like the girls. On this occasion he was present, intend- a drawing plate which was due shortly. That he did not finish it was due entirely to the insistence of a. certain group of young ladies who demanded that he join the party. Ed was reluctant to do this and some argument ensued. It was all in a spirit of levity, though, and everyone had a jolly time (ex- cept the poor, industrious freshman). N. B. the brother has become par- tially converted and threatens libel action if this is printed—wreally, Ed, is that nice? Pl KAPPA PHI Alpha Phi chapter takes pleasure in announcing the pledging of: John Brubcrker, Co-op ’43 Merle Dory/cl, 00-079 ’43 Cecil F. Gullett, 03—020 ’43 Edgar L. Weaver, 00-02) ’42 Enzymes Discussed AtA I. (In E Meeting I. I. Kirlanrl, Ch.E. ’40 in his presentation of “The Role of the Enzyme in the Production of Alco- hol,” before the A.I.Ch.E. last Fri- day. introduced the idea that the enzyme has many forms and pur~ poses; and that it is now being used extensively as an organic calalyst in many biochemical reactions. The enzymes emphasized were those used in the production of al- cohol, primarily, the yeast enzymes. Many different enzymes are present in yeast, each doing a specific purl: of the conversion of a complex sugar into a simple sugar, and thence into an alcohol. That the yeast, though furnishing the enzymes, takes no part in the reaction has been dem- onstrated by separating the enzyme from yeast cells, the former still producing the same reaction. The importance of the enzymes in life as well as industry is indicated by some of the speaker’s closing words, “As far as can be told the chemical properties of a substance in living matter are identical with their properties as obtained in the lab— oratory. The characteristic of sub- stances in living matter is change, and change in a. certain definite way. Enzymes are derived from living matter and they induce changes in definite directions in substances of more or less complex nature. It does not require a stretch of the imagina- tion to consider enzymes the essen- tial feature of living matter—since living involves chemical changes in certain directions.” mm: The ping-pong team entered the final bracket by winning their match last Monday. The team is now prac~ tieing harder than ever since an- _ other victory will mean the cup. Congratulations to Brother Paul Hoffman on his pledging to Salaman— der. Ditto to Brother Winblad for get~ ting the highest; line of the bowling tournament. The Slipstielr Cleave to the slipstick; let the slapstick fly where it may. Somewhere in the throng of stu— dents milling through the hallowed halls of this institute there stalks a man of destiny, a man whose intel- lect overwhelms his fellows . . , In short, a. chap who might. one day drop a contrib in the box in the lob— by . . . after all this constant thumb- ing through back issues is very tough on the eyes . . . In fact any~ one contributing a whole "‘?l&@oe! column is practically certain to win undying fame as author and gentle~ man, but, Lord knows, never as a humorist. ll: iii fil‘ We’ve finally located Yeakle’s con-- trih of three weeks ago. Quote: In the spring a young man’s fancy turns- to what the girls have been thin/ring about all winter. Unquote. )h ’l‘ “Consomme, .houillon, .hors .dl’ oeuvres, fricasse poulet, pommcs do terre uu gratin, demituase dos places, and tell that: mug in the onrner to keep his lamps offer me moll, see?” ’i El 2! And then there’s the guy who be. come a monk so he could celibaile all year . . . lli ’1? bit Then just to encourage contribs I print a verse ofi‘ered me by Lloyd W. Norkus, who was happily and in- nocently unaware that it doesn’t scan, doesn't; rhyme and is, all and all, utterly revolting to a sensi- tive soul. Roses are real, your nose is blue; This joke will lay an egg. Can you? Pl‘ vli Mk Here I am surrounded by Mechanicals, all of whom are inquiring of each other in tones dripping with pathos, “How do yuh find the area of 3. rec- tangle?” “My goodness, does the belt run on the outside of the wheel?" Any chemical will understand the way I’m suffering and why I find it necessary to exit, hurriedly. IF >li ll! And] incidentally, one does not jenl when one Mills for cantrlbn, (ll-near one? if Ill '11 Fo’give me, for I do what I do un- der protest. B(Bo-Peep)R.S. Zielensltc Talks on Hagarcls or” fill at ERfiS. Meeting The topic of “Oil Risks” was the basis for a very interesting talk by Mr. W. F. Zielenskc that was given to the Fire Protection Engineering Society last Friday. Mr. Zielenskc is an engineer for Marsh and McLen- nan, and is an authority on the sub- ject. He gave a talk before the am ciety about five years ago on the same subject, but. the hazards have changed so much that there was very little that was not new. After giving: a brief summary of the history of the oil industry, the speaker proceeded to trace the whole set-up of the modern refining sys- tem from the oil field to the finished product. The hazards that are en- countered in each step were de— scribed and the protective measures that are taken were listed. Many of the processes that were discussed have been invented in the last few years, and were of considrable inter- est to all of those present. From the description of the oil fields and refineries, it would appear that there is work for civil, mechan- ical, and electrical engineers along; with the fire protects. Many of the hazards that are found are due to electric and gasoline engines, and their solutions are questions for the juicer or much. Since such elaborate precautions must. be taken in this in— dustry, there are many unique solu- tions. The use of so many special devices calls for a highly trained man. In the refineries themselves the problems that are important to the chemicals come into play. The meth- ods for the recovery of the gasoline from the crude oil have been well developed at present, but there are still many problems that are not solved. The hazards that arise in a refin- ery proper are due in a large part to the huge quantities of highly vola» tile products that are made. The hazard of lightning is one of the most bothersome. A very careful system has been set up in many plants to practically eliminate this: danger, but a constant watch is kept. The possibility of fire originating: from static electricity has come in for much close scrutiny in recent years. The use of chains on trucks in order to provide a ground is a familiar example. Mr. Zielenske also described the Tuesday, April l2, W38 “Sitcom Shovel J urlging- by the following letter, two sophomores evidently no longer feel the urge to prolong their ig‘noble lives. The sophs are Natinchek and Norkus. The letter reads: “We, Natinchek and Norkus, here by challenge any twenty freshmen (ten apiece) to do battle during the forthcoming freshman-sophomore rush during JUNIOR WEEK. Yea! Youse freshies are EllSSlCS." (signed) Natinchck & Norlius. To defend his honor, Benny, (“I’ll be—a—tailor’s—son-Or-bust,”) Kirz, re- cently maintained “The two pants suit is here to stay.” Bob Mead discovered last Friday night, when he bent over to make a snow ball, that, Chicago is a windy city after all. In fact, the open scam in the seat of his pants proved quite a spectacle at the Tech News smoker. Yoo-hoo, Bobby. It’s bad enough to write love lei:- ters to a sweetheart at Lake Forest college during: physics lecture but Earl Anderson outdoes himself by putting on as a. return address “E. A.. 3300 Federal St.” Did you get it. back ‘Andy’? company fire departments that are kept; at all large plants. The use of foam is a necessity in the putting out of oil fires, and for that reason there are also large tanks of foam matc- 1'ialsi at several places on the refin~ ery grounds. The extensive use of auxiliary equipment for double pro- tection was also stressed. Since the gas hazards are among the most im- portant, great care is used whenever there are gaseous materials. The ability of fire to travel in a gas is of prime consideration in the design of the equipment for the control of such hazards. In closing his speech Mr. Zielen- she told of some of the freak things that: have occurred while he has been engaged in the oil inspection line. Among; these. were explosions caused by the presence of iron, and exam- ples of traveling fire. owoo DARE’HH ESEAREOM. E ALLIGATORS 40H YEAR‘S OLD, MISS ON YOUR M, a CHUBBIN 3. W R P )3 M'Erw WIAT T HERES BERTHA OUR GRAND- ‘céacrda. sues over: JUDGE rPLEASEACCEF’T SOME ON T BITE THANK‘YOU. 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