Page Two ARMOUR TECH NEWS luesclay, January l7, l93‘1 i lfortress. she withstood our onslaught, and came AWEQUK’ Tfifih NQ WVS out with perhaps a few more errors in the copy, The Slilpfitick E FINAE... EKAMENATIQNfi Student Publication 01" the but little difference otherwise ~ , n ' . , Clleave to the slipstlck; let “Rh”? gEMESTER—iggg-lgfig ARMOUR INSTITuTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 here’s bull sessions and bull sessions, but “one the slapstlcll fly where it may. a Mom,“ J , 23 .. 3300 Fade?“ 5” like the kind we have Saturday at the printers while 8-3010'20 3"! Tm?“ m CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - - it n . -- - . mi rllCiIr i,” the lmOfYPISlS call for heads. A bull 5955'0" It is with, are!“ plewmc that I m,_ Hllll‘wl‘ Aliziabi'n. Muth. lu Mixtlmmiilluil Instructors 500 Main Building Published Weelily During the College Year becomes par excellance when it successfully com- Momma that dear let Sarita hasn’t f0,“ C(llluilc Algebra & Elem. or Trim. 500M '938 M bar W39 i 'th th' f in t nt but in— 0 1 MW“ “’1 “‘1" . cm . pe 'es Wl some mg ar more I nor a . ,ilottml us Mrd has at long last brvualit College Algebra. it Elem. oi Trim, Minimum intuition 502 Main Rssoculled Collegiate press finitely less interesting. We ve had a lot of fun ‘iis our new 9076:: book. So relax my lib Milth. on 1,?» MW Mm, H m l h, ' -, - ‘ * tie children, and let’s tau h. Elementary Gt‘rmnn, German 101. 201 Him 305 Mo‘ "Madman mi. “1'3“" iotacmmu av putting ‘out this paper. Of course. many s that 0 Elemmmy Mm,“ French m “Mg“: 305 M‘s: National Advertlsmg SOFVlwi Inc. time we re verbally griped about all of the Friday: “‘ ’l "‘ iimliii Engineering. mg. 418 Scur 102 Chapln nan Calliia Publfibm RelWiMMHI/v nights and Saturday mornings, noons, and nights “WC“, did he pay you‘l’ asked the Element“ of Hunt innr, ME, 411 Libby 105 Cllnpin 420 MADISON AVE. NEW You. N. v. CIIItAGO ' Boston ' L05 ARGELEH ‘ 5AM annclucu “Entered as second class matter December 8,1937,at the post ollice at Chicago. Illinois, under the Act of March 87.”9 3 18 $2.00 Per Year Single Copies, 10 Cents Each EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR lN- CHIEF RUSSELL KOTAL "' 55m ' MW); tight . .< no . SPom'gnlimmR'. . T OMAS YEAKLE ANAi. ER ROBERT WINBLAU All/llvlSOlt WALTER HENDRICKS EDITO A L DEPARTMENT Dusk Ell“ r . ”Carkagf‘: 1 'l i E l i. , li'iilliriliim-nlxl'éilmm Robert Burtusek, Fruoncis Qpila . . l.. Editor. ., ll limit is"? Cnvn'nnx'h. wnnhi l‘ enture Editor Frut niniiy Editor l: Fella/lugs: Copy .. G Imat, B Mimi lColumni‘x n, E. I). litmus kn, J. Holman l3 Stcrnfelil. . L c, F. I’rilthur, S Silverman. E We cater Reporterh I), .l M. Camruu, E Collint, l Dzikowsh Gruca. .l. I- rtmun s wiiL-cnun, L. Jndrich E. clnin. H. ‘Krnnlm, 1).. Kuhitz. A. Kuni ~. 1). n cy . M ckcy, B. Mlllevllle. n. Quunrloe l‘.li.il1.l‘:, liAioonthal,d M. Schultz. W. Stri:sscnburg. . Thihiiult, (I. too crhill H 7irnmcrmm Sportk ritcrx . , . ..F. And Orson, J. Fa hey y. E. Worcester Sport» Riporu hi , DcMom-y, .l. Ruddy, ll. Tutgc. W Simonini Cartoonist . . . .J Mirutimc BUSINESH DEPARTMENT Advertising Manager nk S'luvin Circulation Mo til-mm Ilalph lineman Circulitiun Munngcr— S. Kol‘n CII'L "4 Rim 1' Smlt Busin‘eoul Ausistnn ta . Abrahamson. R. Besancun. that we've spent on it, but, given the opportunity, we would do it over. it's been a grand experience to have worked and Worried on the TECH NEWS, one that we're glad to have had. Like all other departing boards we hope that the next managing board will profit by our mistakes. But if they do. they'll probably invent some new ones to pass on down the line. Moilhox Reorganization at the Western Society of Engineers The Armour urcmh of the Western Society 01' Engineers l'mn been functioning as the civil engineering zlucli-ty lit Armour for the past twenty years. However in 1935 the membership was made open to thi- Ktuili-ntu (if all ilvpurtmenls in lit'vllllll: with tn.» pilliry or the parent organization. '1‘th served merely as a gesture becnuiie oince 1935 the society has been as predominantly civil as before. At present the Iiock‘ty is taking: steps to Immune its proper position in serving students or all departments. n is the purpose or this article to explain the reasons for and the steps whlch have been taken in this illri-rtion. m. Armour Institute thorc angina-rim: society. ’l‘hl-rc is a definite need for such o society. Engi“ ncerimz has no static divisions that provide that a man tnklnvi. for instance, chemical] engineering will become n chemical engineer. Also, We students must. recognize that the trends of modern engineering are not towards clussificntiona as chemical engineers. civil engineers or mechanical engineers but towards! a broader classification ml Dro- The Western Society (If Engineers organized a.) is no provision for im all dcpnrtment nson. R. y, L.M 1120. W. Sp cth l'wasionul cnyinocr I111 H] y Vol xx“ January 17, 1939 No. 14 the bringing tothhcr of the various engineer» Semester End It's hard to believe. but there's no escaping the facts—«finals next week. There‘s definitely some~ thing wrong. We were sure there was about a month left to turn in those lab reports . . . and all the studying we were putting off . . , rather leaves an empty feeling in the pits of our collective stomachs. We can't explain it. Either we've clone 6 Rip Van Winkle for a month, or Mr. Roosevelt has changed the year to eleven months. Time just doesn't pass by that swift. Someone once said that time fleets when pleas- antly spent, We've found this true, both during this rapidly-ending semester, and in our connec- tions with the ARMOUR TECH NEWS, which will come to a close alter our next issue. lt was one short year ago that the present managing hoard took over from Jim Sheehan and Bud Parker and their ”gang." We had great plans {or improving the TECH NEWS, but like a battle—scarred old iii-i, nociety would comatitubc in step toward» 'lhcre is another {)1 ”KIDS more pructinnl gap in our present engineering society omnnizu- tinn which ouch n society would fill. At present there is nothing which tends to correlate the work of the engineering societies. A (good deal of the value of the societies in lost to the majority of the litudcntn. In the event of it upcnlmr ol’ national reputation (it. one of out do- partmcntal meetings ii majority of the students min; the opportunity to hear his message because I] peroun cannot be in two placed all. the same time. The need for providing n time and place available to all Ior important mctltinizii can lac fulfilled by on all department Lll'IEli. net-ring placiely. Those ideas serve us ix burr: outline of the renouns [or the reorganization of the Western Society of Engineers. Several steps have been taken toward the reorganization. The {mat helm: meeting» with thv.l oliiccrs of the various departmental Ewictleu. ii wm, decided to draw up u temporary not of by-lnws for the presentn~ tion to the an‘lbnfi societies for nuggeritlons and ultimate approval. An outline of them: hy—lnwu l3 no follows: Membership to be limited to mivmlmril of the various cngiiu-orimr societies; the proposed oocicty In he managed by a Board ul' Mnnuxeru consisting of two member; from each Hociety: 111108 of two dollars our society would quality all mcmhcru ol' the departmental societies nfi mcmbem of the Wuhtern Society 04‘ Euglnceru. Thine duct: are for the purpow ol' paying: the lei-s of the prculdcnt and secretory as: active rucmbcra in the Western Sm ty of Engineers no required by the constitution. The hy-lnwil of which the hill-out outllnclt xix-pear above were toutin- tivcly approved by the nreiiiilcnt (if the departmental engineering nu~ , victim} and are to he brought. up for ratification at the earliest oppor- tunity- Respectfully. Humid G. Anthon. President. A. n. of w. s. E. In. Note: The Inst nine iii the men NEWS Carri“! iwu newu items concerning this «Heath-n. faults in the hy-laws In both Inhtancm, the societies found and, although generally in favor of the Plan. refused to: accept the mount ruliail without revision. neon/veep popes an elaborate series of seismic meas- iiicmcnts involving the use of ex- plosivcs and designed to give in- formation regarding the thickness of the ice and the position of underly- wife of a dentist who had been to colw lect a bill for a full set of false teeth that, he had made for a man almost it year before. “Pay me?” growled the dentist. “Not only did he refuse to pay me, but he actually had the cfil'ontery to gnnsh at me—with my own teeth!” ’3‘ fill xl1 Overheard at 33rd and Federal streets a few days ago. Charitable Woman: Here's a penny, my poor mun. Tell me, how did you become so destitute? Beggar: I was always like you, mum, u-givin’ away vast sums ter the pore ’zm needy. =l= 0'- 1K The Father and Son’s Banquet has ambulantintod our belief that there is always a tie between father and son ‘Hund the aim usually wears it. >l| ill It A man rushed into a cigar store. “This cigar you sold me,’ he said, “ll: . . . it stinks.” “Well, you needn't complain," said the tobacconist. “You’ve only got one. I’ve got thousands of the darn things." IIK >0 iii Customer: I’d like name mt poison, please. Clerk: Will you Lot/cc it with you? Customer: No, I’ll grand the rats over after it. The minister arose to address his congregation. “There is ill cc thin man amongst us today who is flirting with another mans wife. Unless he puts five dollurfl in the collection box, his name will he read from the pul- pit." When the collection plate came in, there were nineteen five dollar bills and o tw