vember ZZ, initiate Seven into Ton Bede; Spencer Addresses Meeting Schommcrfifics Football Alter Dinner Initiation of seven men into Tau Beta Pi, national engineering hon- orary fraternity, was conducted last Tuesday night before an assemblage of about one hundred and fifty alum— ni members of Tau Beta Pi, convened at the Brevoort Hotel for a meeting of the Chicago Alumni chapter. Charles H. Spencer, national presi- dent of the Tau Beta Pi Association, and John Schommer of Armour Tech were the main speakers of the eve- ning. Those initiated were: Roland B. Boertitz, Howard R. Coyle, Paul F. Henriksen, Robert I. Jaffee, Jo- seph J. Janicek, John D. Keane, and Ambrose M. Richardson, Tau Betes,young and old, from schools all over the country but re- siding in the Chicago District, gath— ered together in the Gold Room of the Brcvoort at about 6:30 p.m. After steak and “fixin’s” and after-dinner conversation, John Schommer, dean of rcfciecs and professor at Armour, gave the group the inside story he- hind thc various football regulations. Discuss Tau Bete Work Mr. Spencer, affectionately known to Tau Betos as “Uncle Charlie,” then presented an informal talk on Tau Beta Pi, its meanings, and the work that it is doing. According to Mr. Spencer, an honorary fraternity that serves no other purpose than that of exercising its initiating function is rather a poor one. He then dis— cussed the work Tau Beta Pi did last year, the organization's periodical, The Bowl, and the Tau Bete felv lowships awarded in recent years. Mr. Spencer is a graduate of the University of Michigan, and was chief engineer for the interstate commerce commission from its in- ception until recently when he re- tired. Fresidenk Heald Talks President Heald who was sitting at the speakers‘ table then gave a short speech, after which the initiation ceremonies of the Armour chapter were conducted. Mr. Spencer then left for the Uni- versity of Wisconsin, but promised to return to Armour on Friday night. A dinner in honor of him was held Friday night in the lunch-room with about twenty-five active members and Armour faculty members of Tau Beta Pi attending. AWSA. Board Will Meet Wednesdny for Union Control A committee made up of L. Norkus, chairman, R. Sweeney, E. Huxhold, T. Collier, and D. Mackey has been ap- pointed by the A.T.S.A. to take charge of the entertainment of the Fathers‘ and Sons’ Banquet. The date is to be decided by the committee, it being tentative, as yet, for either Jan~ uary 11 or 14. The banquet will he held in the dining room of the new Student Union. The Armour Tech Student Asso— ciation board will meet tomorrow, No- vember 23, to approve the budget ap- propriations, and to consider a plan for the administration of the new Student Union. A committee consist- ing of Professor S. M. Spears, chair- man, Tom Collier, and Dick Vande- kieft met the week before last to offer a plan for the administration of the Student Union to the board for its consent. The plans offered as yet vary in enough respects as to make the ultimate plan a bit vague in the minds of those drawing it up, but a definite plan is expected to take shape PLU. Pledges Seven Chemicals at Meeting; McCormnck Qiiiciares Five seniors and two juniors were pledged to Phi Lambda Upsilon, national honorary chemical frater- nity, at the last A.l.Ch.E. meeting held in Physics Lecture Room last Friday. The meeting was called to order by Paul Peltier, president of the Armour chapter of the A.I.Ch.E. He then introduced R. B. Bocrtitz, president of Phi Lambda Upsilon, who in turn introduced Professor H. McCormack. Professor McCormack gave a brief talk on the purpose and importance of the fraternity, be him— self being a pioneer in the establish‘ ment of Armour chapter. Pledges were then called on and came to the front of the room. The following men were pledged: Louis Bain, William Hofmann, Robert Jailec, Willard Kruse, and Anton Pater, seniors; and Sidney Heenan, Henry Newman, juniors. As their first pledge duties New- man and Hcenan gave fifteen min- ute talks on the “History and De— velopment of Fermentation.” Nevw man spoke on the history from ancient times up to the time of Pasteur. Difficulties in application of pure- culture yeast in industry were em- phasized by the speakers. Several industrial processes of propagating yeast were discussed. These included the Vienna process and the molasses- ammonia process, which is being wide- ly used today. After the talks, Professor McCor- mack led a discussion in which he is- sued the only complaint against the speakers—that they should have re- ferred to the Bible for additional mav tcrial on brewing. bids tor denier llence flu gale Alter Holidays Early December will find one of the country’s leading orchestra's occupy- ing the pit at Armour’s new and mod ernistic Union building for the first time. The event will be the eagerly awaited senior dance, date of which is December 10. One of the feature events of the evening will be a unique balloon dis- play introduced by the social commit- tee of which B. G. Anderson is chair- man. “We'll have a real celebration," says Mr. Anderson, “and we’ll guar— antee everyone a good time. Since it’s the first dance in the new build- ing, we hope to have a good turn-out from the entire school.” The Union, with its brown walls and cream ceiling, its indirect light- ing by new, modernistic fixtures, and its new, smooth dance floor, will pro. sent a suitable atmosphere for the gala event. Adding beauty to the surroundings will be the new asphalt tile hallways, the solid stairway rail— lugs, and the improved platform. For the convenience of those bring~ ing their cars for the event, the social committee has arranged for plenty of parking space south of the main build- ing and opposite Ogden Field on Dearborn St. Police and school watchmen will be on special duty to protect all these care during the eve- ning. Salamander initiates Four New Men at Swedish Club Salamander, the honorary fire pro‘ tection engineering fraternity, initiatv ed four men into its ranks a week ago yesterday, in a ceremony held at the Swedish Club of Chicago. The men honored were Don C. Rogge and Thomas A. Hunter, students, and Leonard Peterson and William Pfaflin, alumni. After carrying a 21/2 gallon fire extinguisher around the campus for a week, and writing a 5,000 word theme, the two pledges were amply reward“ ed by the excellent smorgasbord and steak dinner served by the club. Twenty one members of the frater- nity were assembled from the Chicago within the next week or so. area for the ceremony. supplied via Thanksgiving Holidays --- Nov. 24:, 2‘35, 26 Armour Series Relates Story Of 'Wi'rephoto' At times man’s contact with engi- neering wonders is dramatic, and abundant proof, if any is needed, was ethereal waves last Saturday afternoon as Armour Tech presented the “Epic of the Wire‘ photo" over WCFL Aired at 5 p.m., the broadcast in- augurated the sixth series of educa- tional programs sponsored by the in— stitute. Present Recent Developments As the wirophoto is a comparative— ly recent development in the field of engineering, the program presented much information with which the average citizen is unfamiliar. Many newspaper readers are aware that modern publications are equipped to print pictures of events across the world almost as soon as they happen. but few realize that the changes of dark and light are represented by electric modulations carried by a 2400 cycle current. Pictures are transmitted over telc~ phone wires by means of a. photo elec— tric cell, more commonly known as the electric eye. The “eye” trans~ forms groups of lights and shadows into electric impulses which speed to their destination through wires to re— verse the process at the receiving end. The average newspicture can be transmitted in about eight minutes, thus making it possible to publish in a Chicago newspaper, pictures of an event in San Francisco, before an hour's time has elapsed. Ports Coordinated Perfectly The ingenuity of the engineer was brought out as the narrator explained the incredible coordination which has been found necessary for the efficient operation of the wirephoto. In order to transmit recognizable pictures, the movements of the “scanner" and the “receiver” must be perfectly syn» chronized. This has made necessary the development of intricate equip- ment which retains the responsibility of keeping the units in dozens of cities in step at all times. A touch of human interest was add~ ed to the program by depicting events in the lives of members of the Bolton family whose welfare was vitally effected by a wirephoto. Next Saturday afternoon at 5 o’clock, Armour Tech will narrate over WCPL, the great story of the building of the Golden Gate bridge and the human struggle behind the! construction. Snndn, @ldenbnrg Tl'n Mend juniors Last Wednesday at their first meeting“, the members of the junior commission selected oli'icers to con- duct meetings and to represent both the commission and the junior class. The election was conducted by .l. D. Shaver, retiring class president. Nominations to each office were re- stricted to two candidates because of the limited number of voters. D. H. Sundo was chosen president of the commission by 11 majority of the voters. The position of vice president was given to K. F. Oldenburg, while C. It. Eulo was elected secretary and A. H. Pedemen, class treasurer. Following the close of the elections, the commissioners entered into a heat- ed discussion concerning the appoint merit of a social chairman. It was finally decided that the chairman of the social committee should be chosen from the class in general. The com— mission has posted a notice to the effect that any junior desiring the po- sition of social chairman should turn in his application to the board of com- missioners. Each applicant must state his qualifications and experience. To— day is the last day that applications will be accepted. Sophs Initial-e Frosh Arx; van cler Rohe Gives Plans Last Thursday evening, the archi- tectural department met at the Tri- angle restaurant to welcome the class of '42 into the Armour Archi- tectural Society. Carrying out the initiation cere- mony is traditional by the sopho- mores. Professor van der Rohe and architectural faculty attended; Pro- fessor Mangold also attended. The educational program for the architectural department was out- lined for the coming year by Profes- sor van der Rohe. For the remain- der of the evening other business was discussed among1 which was the criticism of the sketches. NOTICE Because of the Thanksgiving holidays, there will not be any is“ sac of the ARMOUR TECH NEWS next week. The editorial department has several openings for reporters. Freshmen, and sophomores are es- pceiolly urged to sign for a staff position at noon today. The office is located on fire third floor of the second entrance of Chopin Hall. No previous crpm-imce is news-- can]. New Series of Graduate Tel/<5 To Begin Today Dr I. E. Perlin will give a lectme today in Room 217, Chopin Hall, at 11:30 a.1n. His lecture, one of the series sponsored by the graduate school, will be on Quasi analytic functions in which he did his. work for the doctor’s degree. These func- tions are more general than the ana- lytic functions that have been used so extensively in advanced mathe- matics. Associate Professor H. S. Wall of Northwestern University will give the next lecture in the Tuesday series. The subject will be ”Continued Frac- tions.” He is an authority on this subject and has had several papers published. Dr. Reed’s series was completed Tuesday, November 15, with a discussion of the use of mat- rices in the calculation of electrical networks. Dr. Reed is one if the few men who are familiar with this sub- ject, which is still in its infancy. Dr. Oldenburgor will [give the third in his series of lectures on Do— cember 1 at 1] .30 a.m. T in 217 Cha— pin Hall. s lectuic will be on the “Algebraic Aspects of Symbolic Dynamics." He will give some of the properties of decimal numbers which imply corresponding properties about motions. This will cover an article recently published in the American. Journal of Malhcmdtiuo, which contained some of. his results on this subject. Dr. Oldenburger started his series on November 10 with a lecture on (Continued on page four) All Engineers "'an heel Included in New _$nc1nly Civils Make Motion to Apply For Charter From AS C E. At the last meeting,r oi' the W.S.E. it was decided to apply for a student charter in the American Society of Engineers. This decision came as a climax to a discussion on the relatn/e merits and demerits of adopting the A.S.C.E. and extending,r the W.S.E. to include all of the engineering so- cieties at Armour. As the plan has been proposed at the. present time, it is decided that each of the individual societies be contacted through their presidents and their opinions received on the subject. The Western Society of Engineers, us the plan suggests, is to act as a parent organization in order to promote meetings on tech« nical subjects for the benefit of the school as a whole. This group would include the freshmen together with the upperclassmcn. It is planned to hold these meetings approximately once a month and have a speaker talk on a general subject. Various advantages and disodvam tones of this plan were discussed by two student speakers, D. W. Saigh and F. A. Opila. As pointed out by one of the speakers, the freshmen at the present time have no means of becoming: acquainted with the various branches of engineering be ing taught at Armour. In addition to being an aid to the freshmen in enabling them to intelligently ehoosol a branch of engineering, this type ofl meeting can serve to give a gcnei'ull knowledge of the other branches of engineering; to the members of the various departments. Also stressed was that many subjects are being taught in various other curricula that certainly could be of benefit to 21 student taking- a particular course. which information of this sort coir (Continued on page j‘ourl SindnnMnlon ' dawning liendy llinr mccnpnncy Next Monday the long awaited opening of Armour’s new Student Union building is to become a real- ity. Furniture and interior fittings are 1111 that remain to be put in place and if present plans materialize the entire building will be ready for use on Monday morning. Neither Pro— fessor Moreton nor Dean Tibbals can see any reason for slips in the plans as they have been carefully thought out. Lighting fixtures for the assembly hall beneath the balcony are being put in place at present. The lights are of the indirect variety and are hung: from the ceiling. Over the cen- ter of the floor there has been a large lighting unit built into the ceiling. This unit has a number of direct lights for general illumination in the lower surface, and a group of smaller colored lights around its edge for in- direct lighting. These smaller lights are regulated by dimmers to provide all degrees of illumination. Floor founded and Waxed Flooring for the dance floor has been in place for over two weeks. It has been sanded oil' and waxed for dancing, so that its surface will be in good shape for the coming senior dance. Since the floor has been level- ed oil it presents a very expensive surface for dancing, easily able to ac— commodate two hundred couples. Complete remodeling of the stage has also been carried out. The old semi-circular platform has been torn out and replaced by a smaller rectan- gular shaped one, equipped with re- cosscd foot lights. A new curtain has been arranged for. The old organ has had its pipes painted in the same color as the walls, rather than to have the pipes cause such a contrast to the present color of the walls. Connections for the organ have been removed, so its voice will no longer be heard. Lunchroom Equipment New New maple flooring is being put down in the old room ‘C’ and room ‘B‘. The walls and ceilings have all been redecorated and new solid panel doors have been hung. Most of the student body saw the van load of new chairs which were delivered last week. They are to go into the new lunch room along,r with a new set of tables. An entire set of new steam table equipment has been connected, glass shelves for saud~ wichos and salads have been provided, and abundant counter space has been added. (Continued on page four) Library Receives Many New chhnicnl books Continuing its ever active expan- sion program the library has received a large number of nlw titles in the past few months. Technical and semi- lechnicnl hooks comprise by far the largest number of the new books. Tunncls by A. Black gives .31 very interesting history and description of world-renowned projects of this type. My Scoflartd by A. G. McDonnell and Composers 1'21 America by C. Rois, eX» oniplify the large field covered in the new books. All of the new indexes and catn— log-1111 together with a 1938 edition of the A 11101~i1~mm Encyclopt‘difl have been received in Lhe list two months. Some of' the new textbooks are Jill'— 1111111118'i11111‘1110s by A\. S. Niles and .I. S. Newell liczliunism by P. Sclmamb, mid Handbook»- (1! 0117111311 lowly/wig by H.'l‘.(lu1ke. Several publications by companies in tho nulme of handbooks 31c nuiiliible. such as T‘s The only way in, [Hg Foundry Sands Foundrymcn's Association, a . book by the New Departure Rife. and 2m :1 1'1~ Conditioning .lz'mssml. pub. lished by the Trans ‘Co.