Page Four diff. Proposes Trip Through East At a meeting,r held last Friday the A.I.E.E. discussed the desirability of a W.S.l£. branch here at Armour which, according: to a proposed plan, will be maintained by all of the ex- isting engineering society branches of the school. A week from next Friday a final discussion and a for» ma] vote on the matter will be held. Chairman A. M. Zarem stressed the importance of mingling with engi- neers of other fields. A W.S.E. branch, Zarcm pointed out, would offer opportunities for such a more versatile engineering education. Book» lets entitled “A Pattern for a Local Engineering Society" have been disv tributed among: the electricals and should aid in clarifying any questions to the reader. The, booklets outline the background and purpose of the sow ('iely, which is composed mostly of en- gineers from the Chicago region. In order to prevent the last min- ute confusion of Open House which has existed in years past Zarem re- quested that the A.l.E.E. begin to give serious thought to the affair. A5; in the past, the A.I.E.E. will set up and manage most of the electrical ex. hihits with the supervision of faculty members. The A.I.E.E. is seriously consider- ing an industrial inspection trip through the east and the New York Fair, A committee was appointed last Friday to investigate the cost and itinerary of such a trip. The commit- tee is composed of R. Kotal, J. B. McCormack, T. F. Quarnstrom, and V. Terp. The trip, if found feasible, will be, taken sometime next semester and will take about two weeks, ac- cording: to present plans, Tech News' Banquet Date Set {for Feb. 9 in Union This ye; the Armour Tech News will hold its banquet at the begin~ ping,r of the semester; the date be» ing February i). R. I. Jnffee is in charge of ar- rangements for the banquet which promis(s to he the best in recent years. Because of the short period in January, the banquet has been scheduled for the first week of the new semester, at which time all mom» beis of the staff will be able to at; tend. ()nce each year a banquet in“ given for members of the staff, at; which time speakers are prescnted.l movies rhovvn, and the installation; of the incoming}; editors. ' E if? in f” (B Q an 3 l m Q “a. l 'Croay Gears” horn Research Engineerl “Crazy Gears,” was the subject o ll. E. Goldber, rc trch engineer oi' the, Miehlc Printing: Press and Manuvl factoring: Company, at the meetinil‘, of the A.S.M.l§. last Friday, at 10:30 a.m., in Science Hall. Mr. Goldber‘ is a graduate of the University of! Chicago and rtr;cived fellowships int mathematics and chemistry. He wasl employed by several large companiesl for many years previous to his pres—i ent position with the. Miehle Com» pany. up a pair of the “crazy gears,” which he designed for use in a print- ing press, to illustrate his lecture, Mr. (loldber explained the (lea sign of the gears was calculated to obtain the exact and proper desired motion. They are built to conform exactly to that design. This method of design was started and developed by Mr. Goldher. To accomplish this feat, Mr. Gold- ber had to plane trigometry, [Il‘dlll‘ g‘cometiy, simple algebra (in— Volring' three, linear equations with three unknowns), higher algebra (cubic equations), analytical geomr ctry, differential calculus, integral calculus (elliptic and hypoclliptic), finite dii'l'crence, calculus of varia- tions, and differential equations. “This shows,” explained Mr. Goldber, “why an studies mathe- maticS‘.” To explain why this method was developed, Mr. Goldbtr showed that in automatic machinery, the motion of various bodies is usually obtained by motion from driver to follower. The diiver is usually assumed to 1-0.- use engineer tail» at uniform speed and the fol— lower is given some definite motion, ordinarily rotation at uniform speed. if the follower motion is to be rota< tion at uniform speed, ordinary cir- cular gears are used, If. however, l l PLAYERS-«— (Continued from page one) cues with all the ease and polish of professional performers. Staging, directed by Ralph Erisman, in the revamped auditorium was, of course, ingenious beyond the usual run of amateur productions which lack the skilled touch of engineer and arch» itect. This play was one of the first mod— ern presentations designed to stress a situation and not a central char actor, to be played by a “name” ac- tor, to the corresponding joy of the man in the box-office. There were nominally three leads, Captain Stan— hopc, Licut. Osborne, and 2nd Lieut. Raleigh upon whom the action hinged, and all were capably por- trayed, The terrific strain that led to madness unless one was of stolid temperament, as Licut. Trotter, or steeped in alcohol as; Captain Stan- hopc, was comincingzly shown. The remainingr supporting: players, neglected as usual, and upon whose lptiformance the entire realism of a play depends, were: Tom Hunter (Mason); Robert Jal'fee (Hardy); Arthur Hansen (Colonel); Sidney Silverman (Sergeant-Major); George Hanneman (German Soldier); and Charles Schultz (Soldier). It was the general consensus of those present that Leon Epstein as Trotter “Stole the show." He brought out his bluff, hearty lines, with real- is ‘c, and sometimes comic, gusto. It is rumored, howevrr, that his cigar smokingv scene was not mere acting, He really felt the effects. To Mr. Christopher-son, serving his term as adviser and dirictor, goes essentially the entire credit. This most recent production within the memoiy of current students, wins over many of the r( cent “Players" productions the follower is to be rotated at non« uniform speed, many devices are used, Very often the designer can- , not produce the desired motion and must resort to the tion to that motion. rollcurve gears, the follower can be given almost any desired motion, thug obtaining the best condition. best approxima- By the use of ARMOUR TECH NEWS biracial fitters New {fliers Plan In accordance with the growing feeling: that the present inflexible col— lege courses allow no variation in treatment of the students despite di- verse levels of capability, Freud, Was- ley, and Manley have introduced into the whereby the more capable students may advance themselves more than was formerly possible. Prof. Freud’s plan offers greater chemistry courses a system freedom in laboratory work to selecb ed students, allowing those men who have showed ability in organic lecture and laboratory cou s to proceed at the speed of which they are. capable rather than that dictated by a course designed for the greater number of average students. The lab work for the selected men will be an introduc— tion to research, affording the opporr tunity to prepare compounds not usually met with in the ordinary lab- oratory course, but of industrial and Scientific interest. One of the students is working the preparation of methyl carbinol for use by Dr. Ken]. arewsky. Others are preparing com~ pounds to be used in research on wet- tingr agents. on The preparations will be under the supervision of Dr. Freud and Dr. Wasley but will necessitate reference to the literature, thus promoting: familiarity with original sources of information. The six students work- ing under this plan at present are S 0. Folk, (V. McAlcer, J. E. Mein- hand, .l. W. Smith, K. ll. Myers, and J. T. Wither. Dr. Hartley's freshmen are heini.r given an opportunity to do extra work in inorganic chemistry. An advanced class of about 20 out trending students will meet every Friday to consider in err-eater detail some of the work of freshman chemistry. The members will write special reports on an as~ signed topic. One report is to be read and discuswd each week. At the first meeting last Friday the subject was ionization, and the Brocnsted-liemnr theory of acids and bases and the llcliye-llueckel theory of ionization were discussed. It seems «is tlwuyh all of {he Arr survived flue holidays. I guess they all had a. good lime, for JOHNNY REA. smile on, his alias Art Um", lmd (1 heart]; L. JOHANSON wixlird me happy New Your; ERICK-SON, SI’EYER, HUTTON. FOX; in for! the whole. —— bunch. seemrd to hare been most favourably prm ,' o, «ffccted by apparently a joyous- holi- do” vocation, when I first saw them (as! week. I now our 1m- tlml who! we necdcd‘ was a, good ’l’flflaflfl‘ll like Ilmne two wee/ca; in foul, ever since the first of October, we could have used ii. We hear that all of ye Arx had a good time . . . even Erickson, lor he was way down south in New Orleans. Quote: mmml Unquote. Translated he, said, “Those coils are mmm." It‘: the leal thing" this time, they‘re 5m- ing to write each other twice a th‘lt. My, my, young love is truly ‘sumpin‘. During the vacation I found that we have quite a noble family repre~ suited in our Arx group. it stems as though way, way back in Ireland Misc. Rawl'u male ancestors were chosen for members of the King's Guard because they were ”500000 Nice, ch! ll’iurnhmn dinpped in, and he and your columnist compared notes. Armour Hands up Very well . . . Morris Beckman passed his state examination year; congratula- tions. . . , Lindhnl was delegate, at convention in Ntw Orleans, a good time was had. . . . Scarab convention to l!" hold in California in June, four or five are expected to :30. l leave with two more week»: ‘til vocation; what a life, if it only could keep up this way. lmeoeg and n-t-r-o. n-g.” Miro: last BUZZ—ARTS. Steam Shove The school social season started off with a bang (and I mean a big bang!) last Finlay night when the boys commonly known as the “Ar. mour Star Hams,” but “hams’ no longer, put on a great show doing “Journ End" before a packed house in the auditorium of the, Stu— dent Union. Bob Juffee was the lead-off man in the lineup, and his appearance at the opening of the first out was followed closely by Charlie Nchllmr. The six— font-four inch cook made his appear~ ante shortly as Tom Hunter came sauntering on the stage with bowls of soup in each hand. ill xx It Leon Epstein, who it is reported never smoked cigars before, was re- quired to in the play and really seemrd to enjoy himself. Maybe he was sick, who knows? ii Dixie (from the south, Huh!) Dim— (‘H’It successfully carried the llurvle'li of Hm cowardly lif. H‘iblmrt. The big hull” of a serpcmi major who rough- lp I routed the, It . German boy was plug/(5d by Sid Silvcrman. 'I'hc Ger“ man, boy wrm port awed by; D . . I‘lrm~ H0 ”INTI. 'l’ :k ii THE COLONEL (SLUR THE WORD, SUH!) WAS GRII’PINGLY ENACTED BY ART HANSEN. HOWEVER, HIS BROKEN GER- MAN WAS REALLY BROKEN! ‘l-’ ’l‘» it! At tho damn following the plan], How Chorlcton and his orchestra fur- nished the ’ITL’ltR‘lC. His “sweet aware?» ing swing" was not (enough to 0mm “Doc" Collin, out on the floor with his 17 year old' “glamour girl.” Don‘t yrt married on mi, Doc! a k 1:, wan Fridotcin please keep awake. Tuesday. January it), may Proposed Whirl. Ely-Laws Unsatist‘actory to l‘fififi. A business meeting of the Fire Protection Engineering Society was called to order by President Hoff- man. The first order of business was the troasurcr’s report. To th' he add- ed an announcement urging the prompt payment of dues. Mr. Mor— rison, the secretary, read the minutes of the previous meetings. giving a summary of each lecture given be- fore the society this semester. Dispensing with the old business, it smoker to be held in the Student Union was then discussed. Ed Swan- son suggested the smoker be held the first part of the second semester and that all the first your Fire Pro- tects be personally invitcd. it was brought out that the society desires especially the interest and support of the freshman members of the fire protection course and hope to estab— lish this through the smoker, Discussion upon the joining of the Western Society of Engineers was then lead by Tom Hunter. He stated its possible advantages and the prin- cipals of the organization, The as- sembly after much debating,r voted that; it favored the idea, but dis- agreed with the proposed lay—laws. during glee club rehearsal. Mr. Erickson gets tired waking him up every Thursday night. Well, he’o interested in the glee club, anyhow. as a: The boys did a bit of traveling over the Christmas holidays. The main point of interest seemed to be Texas, with Erismun, Yeager and Wessrls among those who made the trip. a Social noto: Jock Clark (171d Fred Hallo, among others, mode mud pies laid wank in the cement lob. Got your roc’ipe from them. “i d: il< Save your pennies, boys. The an- nual sophomore (lance comes off in February at the Medinah Athletic Club, with the Junior Formal fol10w~ hip: in March, at the Congress Ca- vino, Alro, next month is the Co-op dance in Mission. w Wflffiififlfifilfif fdfltfii the Happy Combination for More §moitmg Pleasure ill/lore smokers every day are turning to Chesterfield’s happy combination at mild ripe Amer” loan and, aromatic Turkish tobaccosmthe world’s best ciga» ratio tobaccos. 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