Page TWO Armour Tech News Student Publication of the ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3300 Federal St. CHICAGO. ILLINOIS Published Weekly During the College Year l 938 Member 1 939 ilissocioied Colleoiaie Dress neersENIEn m "117101011. Amman... or National Advertising Service, Inc. Cal/egg Publisher: Rcllrcsmtnliua 420 MAoisoN AVE. New YonK. N. Y. cwuuo . Boston ~ Lo: AllanLIu - 5m FnANclBCu “Entered as second class matter December 8,1937,at the post pli‘ice at Chicago. Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. W217 $2.00 Per Year Single Copies, 10 Cents Each . RUSSELL KOTAL EDITOR-1N CHIEI ROBERT JAFFEE M RAIM MA ANAG1NG E1Rm‘oii NEW scours: cmron BUSINESS :MAN' FACULTY/1 Dealt Editnr I’ruthn S Roportcrg. ,. M. Ccmrus. E. Colant, LC Dzikowski. E. m(liruca. .I. Hartmi'm. Hccnnn n, L. Jinrich, E. Kolnin, H Kr 31.11131 R. Kubitz, l) Mnclrcy, B. mMillcville, F Rich, E. Ibuecnthol, C. we Liter, R. Underhill H.Z1m rm Sports W rite-rs A ndcreo T Fahey,E Worcester ’ D Tatyc, W. Simonini Sparta R2901 0L 9M0“ J . M irmfl “Kc Cartoon ___________,______ BUSINESS DEPARTMENT .. Frank Sinvin Ralph Erisman 21.5 Ko h Advertising Manager Circulation Mann 1111c r Circulation Manager—Co-Opn . Rn nnr Smith . Ahrahamson, R. Beuancon, Maze, W. Svcth. No. 11 can] tion 1‘ Business DAoeiBtnnt 11 ,. son. R. Jacobi; Vol. XXII. December 6, 1938 ARMOUR TECH NEWS Student Cooperation Cooperation in any line of endeavor is essential in order that progress can be made. Now that the Student Union has been opened and the manager appointed. cooperation between the students, the committee in charge of the Union, and the school officials must be close. The slogan “United We Stand, Divided We Fall,“ indicates the possibilities that can arise through the lack of concerted action. The slogan is im- portant no matter how it is considered. Battleships cannot function properly unless crew members work together. If the navigator or helmsman failed in their line of duty, the entire crew would suffer. If Coach Weissman receives the assistance and cooperation he needs in the performance of his duties as manager. many worthwhile student activi» ties can be arranged. The work involved in the origination of the “plan of control" will be tre— mendous. The Student Union board which will be selected this week will determine the regulations of the student interests in the building. Manager Weissman and his assistants will then have com— plete charge of enforcing those regulations. Appearance and care of the building is impor- tant. Students should do their utmost to keep the building presentable. Efforts should especially be made to keep the lunchroom free of paper and in a neat orderly fashion. Stern punishment should be meted out to those “careless" individuals who attempt to write upon the walls or throw chalk or erasers. if students will cooperate with the Union com— mittee and “put the careless student in his place." the building will be a pleasant place in which one may eat, study or relax in his spare moments. Fraternity Notes By EDWARD OIIEVALLEY All fmiernity notes munt he received by the fraternity editor before I5 RM. Thurudny in order to appear in the next inane. PHI N PHI Gamma chapter takes the pleasure of announcing the pledging of Harry Shaw, ME. ’40; Ernest IIarrisson, M.E. ‘42; Glen Cooper, ME. '42; Ed- ward Walovcr, ME. ’42. With a Mothcrs’ Club bridge party last Tuesday evening, and an alumni meeting on Friday evening, the pledges and actives have been quite busy. It seems as though Ed Wylie is strutting around with his chest stuck out in his best ”Pledge Cap- tain” manner. Congratulations are also in order for Brother Ray Main, who was for- mally initiated into Beta Omega. Nu, thc interfraternity honorary. Social Chairman Dick Larson is doing :1 splendid job on the dances and other social affairs, but it seems as though he has trouble getting a date. Congratulations to Bill Caldwell on being pledged to Pi Nu Epsilon, hon- orary musical fraternity. TREANCLE Kurt Weiss, F.P.E. ’38, paid the house a. visit last week. He enjoys his work greatly in Ohio where he is agent for the Western Acturial Bureau. He also helped put over the dance at the house on Thanksgiving eve. With an attendance of over seventy, the Mothers’ club party proved to be a big success. THETA XI Open House night for the Alpha Gamma chapter has been announced for Friday, December 9th. A special pledge meeting was called last Thurs— day, whereby the actives expressed to and on the pledges their extreme desires of having the house spotless— ]y clean and in shipshape. The actives certainly exerted themselves by bringing out the point that the pledges should keep the house clean at all times. Richard Hi'uda, house man of TX, will have a hard time finding reasons for his many black marks now. Nevertheless, Open House night at TX will be a huge success as are all of their affairs. Many acceptions of invitations from the alumni have already been re— ccived. Elmer Ellsworth Ambrose, ME. CovOp ’42, has been pledged by the TX men and is well underway in his pledgeship. PI KAPPA Pill The Founders’ Day banquet foi Pi K. ps is to be held this week end. Chaplain Ed Malela, who is in making joint plans and a large attend— charge, has been with the alumni once is expected. The champion Pi Kaps ping pong tournament has been finished and the final team only contains two of last year’s members. The other last year ”cup" members were eliminated; so it seems that the team is hotter this year than last. Dec. 17 has been announced by the social committee as the date for their Christmas dance. Congratulations are in order to Paul Hoffman on his pledging to Pi Nu Epsilon. SIGMA ALPHA MU Sigma Epsilon Chapter of Sigmo Alpha Mu takes pleasure in announc» ing the pledging of: Bernard Cooper, Ch.E. ’42; Gerhard Hollander, El}. ’42", Harvey Korshak. 15.13. ’42; Scy— mour Seperstein, ME. ‘42. The yeai’s social activities got un- der way with a pled re dance at Fm Schlifkes home a uoek ago Friday, and a Theatre Party Friday. The current hit production, "I’d Rather Be Right" was seen and enjoyed im~ mensely by all, A new decoration to the house was made last week when the lnterfratcr— nity Council presented the chapter with a new Scholarship Cup. This makes four straight semesters for Sigma Alpha Mu. Good work l'cl- lows! Keep it up. W. S. (Continued from page one) mimic the organization of the par- ent society. To date, the W.S.E. at Armour has been considered as a purely civil engineering society. The civils, however, recently decided to organize as a student branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Because of their long association with the WEE... the civils are ap- preciative of the benefits which can be derived from a local organization and rather than drop the W.S.E. by the installation of a chapter of A.S.C,E., they are seeking to extend the W.S.E. over the entire student body, thereby granting the students membership privileges in two pro- fessional societies at no added cost. The various officers of the depart” mental societies have decided to meet to consider the most advantageous organization of such a parent society and present their findings to their individual societies for approval or rejsction at the earliest possible time. At the meeting it was brought out further that such an organization would be advantageous in aiding the students in seeing what goes on be- yond the limits of their own profes— sion. Mr. Keith pointed out that in many cases the engineers viewpoint is considerably narrowed by his con- stant assocation with only one type of work. “Meetings of general inter— est," said Mr. Keith, “tend to arouse the engineer from his own sphere and show him what other professions are doing." ASME. gmokcr Will Be Maid in bindent Melon Next-Tuesday A.S.M.E. members and other mech students are looking forward to the smoker and informal get-together, to be held next Tuesday evening, Dec. 13, at 7:30 p.111. in the new Student Union building. Practically one«hun— dred percent attendance among the mechanical engineering students is expected by the committee in charge because of the unparalleled program and entertainment to be offered. It is cxpcctcd that the lectures will sur- pass those given by any other group in previous smokers. A prominent speaker—tentatively scheduled as a government man— will give :1 short but forceful toll: of u very interesting nature. Musical novelties will be furnished by two colored gentleman of swing. Free souvenirs of special interest to engi- neering students will be offered, as will be free cigars and cigarettes. Four reels of movies; will be shown. Card playing,r and plenty of refresh- ments will follow the regular pro» gram. The committee also hinted that something else suitable only for a smoker may be given, but they re- fused to divulge the nature of the secret. Tickets, on sale this week for the very nominal fee of thirty—five acute, may be purchased by interested stu- dents who do not belong to the A.S.M.E., as well as members of the latter organization Members, who may be contacted for tickets are: R. Kohn, A. Toth, A. Hansen, M. Bali's, and L. Scott. The A.S.M.E. will meet this Friday in Science Hall to hear a talk by Mr. George Parkhurst, patent lawyer of the Standard Oil Company, who will present a. talk on patents. Presi‘ dent Paul Henriksen urges one-hun- dred percent attendance among A.S.M.1E. members. I. Ch. E. Hears Dr. Schaad Talk on Crystal Structure Members of the A.I.Ch.E. will hear Dr. J. A. Schaad, member of the de- partment of chemistry, speak on “The Determination of Crystal Structures by the Application of X~Ptay" next Friday morning at their regular meeting. Dr. Schaad, who was appointed to the faculty in 1936, received his doc~ tor's degree at the University of Illi- nois for his work in the field of crys‘ tallog'raphy. His talk will be of spe- cial interest to the junior chemicals, who devote part of their course in physical chemistry to the study of crystal structure. l An extensive program, including guest. speakers and inspection trips, is being- formulated by the officers and program committee of the organ— ization. No definite announcement, will be made until the program is l completed. Tuesday. December 6. “938'- The Slipetiolr E Cleave to the slipstick; let the slapstick fly where it may. Arc you happy? No. Are they happy? N0. Am I (slap) happy? Yes, a. thousand times yes. I’ve just read the Slipstick. And so we all will be if you wall the Slipsllck. ’4‘ 3k 31‘ Willie Rose Sat on a pin. Willie Rose. 1B In 31% Daughter: I can’t: marry him, mother, he’s an atheist and doesn’t believe there is a hell. Mother: Marry him, my dear, and between us we’ll convince him that he’s all wrong. ’I‘ ’ll * "Breadl Broad! Give me bread!" And the cur— tain come down with a roll. 5% i: ll: an actor once cried. “I! a tramp were arrested and the officer found a watch on him, what would you naturally infer?” “That he stole it?” ”No; that the watch was on the bum." 1! ll! If Tho greatest. contribution by chem.- lst'ry according to a recent poll is the Mantle. alt lb 11 “Do you think your son will for- get everything he learned at Ar~ mour?" “I hope sonhe can’t make, a living necking.” )k 'I! ll‘ Our recent attempts no Romeo has led 11111 to believe: "Beware of a bull when you are in front of him—a donkey, when you are behind—anal n. woman, wherever you atoll” 3* 114 1% Frosh: I sure hated to lose that test tube that blew up. So‘ph: Don’t worry. Mr. Van Atta will get another one. Frush: That’s just it. Mr. Van Atta, was holding the one that blow up. “it ’i ’1 Alum, to the sailor who when a boat, ride on. his holiday (Md to Hm moi/il- mim who tulccc a. wall; on his; mom ti 1. is the Armour student. who Apc'mln his vacation. lea/lug. o It? *1 It seems Ihore’u always an absonb minded I’rolioosor Mary to tell. We wonder if you heard about the ob— acnt-minded Prof. who went into a shop to buy a jar. Seeing that one was: upaide down, he exclaimed: “How absurd! The jar no mouth!" Turning i over he was more astonished. “Why, the bottom’s gone too!" he ejaculated. 'l: >3 ’1‘ has To heck with the expense, give the canary another coed. 7? 3k 1' “IT’S EASY TO WRITE A PLAY. FIRST ACT, BOY MEETS GIRL; SECOND ACT, THEY HOLD HANDS; THIRD ACT, THEY KISS.” “THAT’S HOW I GOT ARREST- ED.” “WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" “I WROTE A FIVE ACT PLAY.” an 11 at ONLY 19 DAYS TO CHRISTMAS * z: a Science is resourceful. It couldn‘t open the Pullman window so it aiw conditioned the train. 19 vs * ”I took history and got a 13.11. cle- grcc.” “I took chemistry and got u 8.19. degree." ”I took money and got lhc third deg/rec." 3.! ’1: Yr 011 a crowded street car: Madame, would you like me to get you a strap. No, thank you. I have one. Then would you mind letting go of my necktie. =1: :1 WE’RE REMINDED OF THE DRUNK STAGGERING ALONG THE STREET AND BUMPING INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. AFT- ER FEELING HIS WAY AROUND IT SEVERAL TIMES, HE MUT- TRED, “’SNO USE. WALLED.” * 9% X's Fruit Vendor (yelling in front; of his stand): Twenty cents a doz. Bystander (soused): Twenty cents he doesn’t. 9. x: Are you happy? No. Are they Happy? No. Why?? Mmmm, I wonder if they read the Slipstick? HI Y0 SILVER. The By BERNARD STERNFELD TOW/75 Best IN THE PICTURE DEPTJ . . They're (lane ”The Champ" all new again and called it. “Stublmnates.” Of course Mic/coy Rooney subs for Jackie Coogmi, in waiting a mom. out of ct whiskey sudden Wallace Beam and the lowly. is the mac truck in- stead of a fight rim], but it’s still “The Champ." it was good than. Lind it’s good now. Don't act ma wrong, Ileci'y's part was tailor—made for him, and Mickey Rooney turns in (mother cor/cing performance. They mat/cc an ideal team for “father and can" pic— tm‘cs, if the box ojficc returns are (my indication. The picture will Show at the Roosevelt) for another week and them. about two more in another loop house. It’s it “must!" AMUSEMENT ODDS AND ENDS: . . . Any “Journey’a End" rehearsal a more lire: panic . . . Silver-man mum- bling about Impact Saturday eye and a bonny bot-my In”. . . . Dixie Dun- can, Epotoin, until Pinnlcy sleeping it off in u comer, looking for all the world like 111 still of the Three Little Pigs . . . The mighty lattice toying with his watch and liob as ho avenue :1 corny rendition all hit: opening line tune . . . MacAIoor and Nerliua each doubling .and .redoubling .iu brace, doing a scene requiring a half dozen characters . . . The stage crew in the office sounding like 111 herd of buffalo on they continue to leave, but never go . . . Everybody- trying to clink off after rehearsal, leaving Director Christopbencn to put things: buck in order. . . . Strictly big league is the Player’s. bill for Jan. 8. They lead of? with three act Journey'n End, their first try under Merrill Christophersen, who has been writing script for the After final cur- tl1o main floor seats. will be Armour radio aericc. tailn, pulled back, whereupon "Stresses and Strains” by Don Charlton and his new arch will he on tap for three hence of dancing. . . . . Charlton’s jlmiys are no Hungry outfit. cinch-5:1 firnt tiring herein, but the Five Twelve men have» mneetro still wants more. They’ve a sweet change of pace, the swing- ice! of swing, or smooth, soft rhythms. They’ll be really in the grooves for- thoir spot on the bill. IN THE SPORTS WORLD: The Blackhuwks, who have been doing right well in the present hockey race, won’t be in town ’til next Sun- day, when they take on the N. Y. Americans. Don’t have to go out on. the limb when you predict 11 repeat. for the champs. . . . . . . . Senior schmiers didn’t look so hot when taking it. on the chops. from the U. of C. champ touchbal— 1131's. The boys just couldn't get. started against a Chi attack that. re- sembled a combination basketball- volleyball afl‘uir. All the spectators. were of the same opinion as to that. brand of the game. Kt looks like a telephone switchboard ——aclually it’s a Teletypewriter exchange switchboard. Through such beardsmlocalcd in 160 cities and towns—- already more than 11,000 subscribers to Teletypewm'ter service are being inter-connected. Subscribers carry on 2-way typewritten communication across the street or across the continent. Whatever is typed on the sending machine is reproduced exactly, in. stanfly, at the other end of the wire. When you join the business world, you’ll find many progressive companies use Toletypcwriier service. Speed‘ ing the written. word—as the telephone speeds the spoken word—it Is one more Bell System Contribu- tion to business efficiency. LL .4.A. mm. .W m