2-140 l tyclrberg Attends Too Beta C‘ enclave At U. oi Cincinnati Chosen @tiicial Delegate oi Armour Chapter Berndt Lyckberg, corresponding secletary of Armour’s chapter of Tau Beta Pi honorary, has been chosen official delegate of Illinois Beta to the thirty—seventh annual convention, October 6, 7, and 8. The convention this year is to be held at the University of Cincinnati. Last year’s convention was held at Austin, Texas. Members who are fortunate enough to be able to attend the con- vention are well rewarded both edu- cationally and socially. Trips will be conducted to the various industrial plants of the city and a tour made of the campus and engineering build- ings of the U. of C. Business ses- sions will occupy only a few hours of each day. The delegates look for- ward to the Thursday night smoker, the convention formal dance, the football games and the freshman dance. On Thursday, October 8, business will get under way with registration and an opening session in the morm ing. At this time the convention committees will be appointed. A lun- cheon and the campus tour will fol- low. The sccond business session of the day will be followed by a model initiation, an initiation banquet and smoker. All these events will take place in the Netherland Plaza Hotel. Friday will be spent mostly in touring Cincinnati. The Third busi. ness session will follow in the after- noon. '1‘he formal convention dance will occupy the evening". Business will be concluded on Sat- urday with two sessions. The con— vcntion banquet will be followed by a football game between the Uni- versity of Cincinnati and the Uni- versity of Dayton. Three perfect days will be completed at the fresh- man dance to which all delegates and their dates are invited. By GENE WORCESTER Neville Chambeilain has at last given birth to the brain child blew- ing in his mind. Europe is for the present securely tied up with a four-, power treaty. Two fascist states, a. pro- ~fascist kingdom, and a, demo- cratic lamb are now bound together to guide continental policy. W111 for the present has been averted Czecho- slovakia has bebn neatly sold out to effect tempmary peace and today hei former western borders are overrun with Nazi soldiers. Democracy has been dealt a terrific hlow ’whifile fascist stock has doubled overnight. Was England afraid of another European conflagration‘.’ Did she fear a recurrence of 1914? I’m not too sure. She realized sacrifice was necessary to avert serious complica, tions. Chamberlain stated it would be foolish to war over conscquenizes of the magnitude of the Czech bo‘r- der crisis. Every militarist in Europe agrees that Germany could easily crush Czechoslovakia, but serious doubt arises whether she could last many months against the combined forces of Russia, France, and, per- haps, England. Italy’s assistance to Hitler would probably be only moral, as Benito is too shrewd to pick a sure loser. Furthermore, what could he gain in Europe by allying his armies with Dur Fuhrer-’5. England offers far more tempting inducements and a repetition of the Tyrol gift would greatly satisfy Roman feelings. Hit- ler’s general staff knew this Mayhap Eng-land distrusted Der Fuhrer’s psychological stability and decided to appease Europe’s problem child with a piece of Czech peppermint rather than trouble herself with spanking an errant brat. Anyway, Hitler played on the high strung nerves of Armour Institute of Technology. Chicago, lllinois, @rchestro, Glee Club New Evening, Division Quarries“, Introduced Registration in the evening divi- sion has 1eached a total of 1,682. Compaied with last year’s regis tion it has dropped slightly. ACcmd- ing to Mr. Scttciberu, registrar of the evening division, this. decrease was due to the industrial" decline which began last August. ‘This espc‘ cially affects the evening division be- cause of the fact that the Courses taught are largely of an industrial nature. There are several courses offered this year which have never been giv— en previously. Some of these are, Physical Chemistry, Ch-IE. 308; a course in Metallurgy, Ch.E. 1; Ele- mentary Surveying; C. E. Drawing; Estimating: and Accounting; and a course in Foreman Training. There is a possibility that an advanced course in electrical engineering, EE. 107, dealing with alternating current machinery, will be offered if tbold'e— mand for it is great enough. The evening graduate curriculum has also been lengthened. Some of the new graduate courses offered E. Chevalley Elected Head Of Rho Epsilon; Prof. Sear Will Be Faculty Sponsor Professor Sear is now the faculty sponsor of the most recently organ— ized fraternity on the campus. Form» erly known‘as the radio club, the Armour chapter of Rho Epsilon has elected officers for the coming term. They are: E. Chevalley, president, A. Zarcm, vice-president, R. Ramp, secretary, and E. Foster, treasurer. Any men interested in joining Ar- mour’s Epsilon chapter should fill out an application before Friday. The call letters granted the amateurs are WBY’W. With the new transmit- ter completed, the station will be able to go on the air very shortly. At the present time, the antenna is being erected. Night School smoker Oct 8; Hes-aid Spec/<5 are: Engineering, Mathematics, X- Ray, Applied Acoustics, and Indus— trical Relations. There me at pres- ent 20 evening students registered for thesis and research work in the graduate division. A.I.E.E. Smoker Designed} To Aid Membership Drive In keeping with a drive for in- creased membership, the Armour Chapter of 13.1.1513. plans a full and interesting program for the coming year. The first major event will be a smoker to be held within ,the next three weeks. It is; hoped that,..the new Student Union will be available. All old members and prospective members are invited to attend. Committees have been appointed and arrangements made for talks by outside speakers and members of tho humility Movies, trips, and presenta- Lions of papers by students are also planned. Not satisfied with an almost 100% membership (111’ junior and senioi elec- tricals, the society will try to duce join as early as possible in their -ol— loge career. All students who are interested in electrical engineering are urged to attend the next meet- ing, which is tentatively scheduled ior Oct. 7, at 10:30 in 1he Electrical Lecture Room In- New Mission To Be ., Ready tor Modems by November loft Work on Arman s historic Mis- .-;ion building is gradually converting it into the long awaited“ Stu Union. Many needed im‘ rb‘v ale embodied in ti}, ernization. As a pit efficient and capable an student body during- the rush 111 lunch hour, the‘ old lunch '1'me being expanded. Space previously occupied by the kitchen and faculty grill is to be utilized. J? cooking facilities will b' hallway ‘ will be- ' Rooms will also be» ners, banquets, etc. The front stairways are K: pletely revamped and portions of various short steps in the building will be concrete. The students' leisure time is provided for in the conversion of the civil drafting rooms into a lounge with a small array of reading racks and shelves adjoining. Current periodicals and recreational literature will be available to stu- dents. Study rooms are to be ariangod in the space beneath the balcony, while the assembly hall will have movable chairs and a floor suitable for dancing. As was requested by many, the stage will be extended for- ward a few feet. Throughout the building, the latest developments in electric lighting will be installed. An- nouncement has recently been made by Professor Moreton’s office that tense Paris, London, and Prague and (Continued on page four) all operations will 993‘ com- pleted by the first of mber. sophomores and freshmen to’ , October 20. The “Night Haw—ks," an association of evening divi. ion students organ- ized last year, will hold their first affair of the present semester the night of October TEA—a smoker to be given in Science Hall at 8:00 p.m. President Heald will be the main speaker. The president of the organization, in addressing all evening students, has this to say: “Our association, the ‘Night H-awks’pwclcomes all new evening students to a school we intend to make the foremost engineering school in the, country. To do this we need your help. You have all rcL‘civcd a prospectus of our future activities. The first event is to be a smoker on October 8th in the Science Hall in the main building We want All of be the speaker of the evening and lwe will have other attractions. “Let’s get behind oui organization l and go to town. Remember—the top lcn gineering school anywhoie. I know we can do it. " Station of the Commonwealth Edi- ‘ Harold A. Lynette, secretary of thel i tour. , Beside the smoker, many other events and affairs are scheduled. A prc hallowcen dance featuring Pier- son Thal‘s orchestia will be held on The bids will be $1.50 to members and $2.00 to non~mcm~ béis. Harold A. Vagt‘borg will pre- elm: a. lecture, “Activities at the Re carol/13, Foundation of Amount Insti— tute: ”of Technology,” before the ight Hawks" on November 12. Two scientific pictures will be pre— girlie afternoon of De- wfl—Bridging- a CLntu1 y” covering the Golden Gate Bridge, and high speed I {111115 made at M I T. will be given. A holiday dance more movies, and a choir are also planned. dphomo‘re Class Officers To Be Elected Tomorrow 'ng- last Thursday’ 1; meeting of Which consists of D. Crego, chair- man, J. Donohue, H. Fisher, L Haas, J. Hartman, R. Main, and F. Wolf, it was decided ’to hold the sophomore electiofli’ls toinorrow. The election committee, which Was appointed with the consent of the class by R. Zoell- ner, temporary chairman of the class, is made up of one man from each department. The committee, whose primary duty is to accept or reject nomina- tions for office, announced the fol- lowing nominees: president, K. Mey- ers, L. Nauru, and R. Zoellncr; vice- prcsident, R. Mead, I". Reh, and J. Waber; secretary,v-J, McErlean and H. Zimmerman; treasurer, D. Kneif, and T. Stowell; social chairman, K. Davis, F. DeMroney, and R. Mur— ray; and for A.T.S.A., R. Larsen, and R. Sweeney. The election tomorrow will take place in the lobby of “Main” fiom l 8 30 until 1 :00 p..m Day students are also invited to‘ you to attend President llcald willl attend a tour through the Fish Strcetl l l l l Tuesday, October 4, I938 Elects New @iiicers Elections of officers of the glee club and orchestia for the coming season were held last week at the iegular 1ehcarsals of the two organ~ izntions. The new glee club officers are: J. D. Keane. president, H. R. Coyle, secretary~tr0a5urer, and E. H. Worcester, manager. The following were elected as officers of the or» chestr l’. Hoffman, president, W. ll. Mashinter, sooratory-treasurer, and W. M. Caldwell, manager. The new season promises to be an eventful and interesting one for the Armour Musical Clubs. With many new numbers in their repertoire, both the orchestra and glee club feel con— fident that their future programs will meet with wide spread approval. Among: the new numbers this year are the Red Man’s Death. Chant” and the, Song of the Open. Road for the glee club, and Tschaikowski’s l812 Overture for the orchestra. The size of the clubs has been swelled by the large number oi" talented new men who have joined this year. Next Friday nie'ht, men of the Musical Clubs travel to Evunston as guests of the National College of Education. This will he the Cluhs‘ first social event of the season. Professor Mcflormach to Speak at A l. Cb. l5. mating? The officers and program commit- tee of the Armour Tech chapter of the A. I. Ch. E. met last Friday and formulated tentative plans for the present school year. These plans in- clude several social affairs and a num~ her of guest speakers. The organization is under the lead- ership of l". Peltier, member of Tau Beta 'Pi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, and Alpha Chi Sigma. The first meeting of the society will be, held this Friday at 10:30, and will he of special importance to freshman and sophomore chemicals. Professor H. McColan-k, head of the Department of Chemical Engineer- Kim: will be the sp'aker. Professor McCormack will (li. uss the duties of a chemical enuineo and give a short suivL-y of the profession. Membership is of vital importance 50“ COMPANY 0“ 00L 15th El 11 a.m l to student chemical engineers, since though it they Lun make important l “Night Hawks." l5 l“ chare' 0f they, contacts with men established in this profession and thus aid themselves in future life. Co-ops ileum-1' Profitable Activities During Summer, New Fall Term Under Way As the regular day school students gradually become acclimated in the fall term just started, the Co~ops of the “B“ group are rapidly approach- ing the end of their second term of the year. An innovation which was intro— duced by the Co-ops this year is the new student directory or “Blue Book.” In it are listed all the Co- operative students by classes, as well as their interests, the type of work they do whenat work, and the com< pany they work for. This book has done much to bring the Co-ops clos- er together socially as well as pro- fessionally. Earlier in the summer the Co-op clubs of the “A" and “B" groups were merged into one club with two sets of officers. These officers will copper-ate in true Cowop fashion when club activities are being planned. One of the main functions of the club this summer was to sponsor in- spection trips to various points of interest to the aspiring engineers. The “A” group carried this program through quite successfully and the “B" group started to follow suit. The first trip was to the Underwriter’s Laboratories on the near north side, and was very successful. However, the Labor Day holiday and a shift in schedules combined to prevent the carrying out of what had promised to be a fine program. An election for new officers in the “A" group will take place short— ly aftei this group’ 5 return to school in October. These new officers will meet with the leaders of the “B” group to plan the next social event of the Comops. l Ludwig Mies van «liar Robe banquet a1 Palmer House The Chicago Chapter of the. 11— linois Society of Architects and the American Institute of Architects in a joint meeting; will honoi Ludwig Mies van dei Rohc, newly appointed director of the Armour department of architecture, at a dinner to be held in the main ballroom at the Palmer House, Tuesday, October 18. Frank Lloyd Wright, one oi America’s l'orc- most aichiteots, will be among the age to the new meinbui of the mour faculty. All persons interested in attending; the dinner may obtain tickets at the Art Institute, three dollars per plate 5ciencc, liire Protects Protests of a few engineering1 sci- ence students last week prompted an titled, investigation to see which depart- ments have led the school in grade terest, the results are here revealed. Announced in October, 1934, for the previous semester, sc led the departments and the 111' pro- tccts followed second. For the fol— lowinr: four semesters, never below 2.08, the science remained high with the l’. P. 1‘ ’ second. A. 8 Two years ago the science dropped back to let the firemen hold the lead fol“two'1~1‘emcstcrs, and then regained i1. once, relinquishing it again last June. Thus science has held it six times in the past nine semesters, the I“. P. E.’s three. Th1,- statcment of last week that the fire protects now lead “as in former years” aroused this investigation. Arx Dance l—leld on October let For a good time keep October 21st in mind. On that date the Arx will hold the first school dance this set mester. The committee in charge have decided to hold their dance at the Edg'cwatcr Beach Hotel. Either Al Trace and his Cullen-o Inn orchestra, or the Colonial Club, lbolh well known by recent broad- casts, will be chosen to furnish the music for the ZARAEANDA, which denotes “livelincss” or a gay dance. A lame attendance is expected by l1). Mandel, chaiiman of the (lance committee, with support from the Art School and the night school. Bids will be priced at $1.50 and will i be on salo Wednesday or Thursday. The committee in change cons 't. of ii}. Mandel, T. l’asiuk, W. Horton, and F'. Prathei, who will make cer- tain that every student will know what the'ZARAEANDA will be. l Mosh 1o Undergo Eye and for Tests Members of the freshman class shall have the interesting experience of going: through a series of tests designed to eliminate failure due to eye and ear deficiencies. The procedure of going through the tests will not take time from the student’s studies, since only five minutes are required to go through a group of tests designed to acquaint the student with his defici- encies and suggest a cure. The stu- dent aware of his shortcomings con~ sequently will go to a specialist for correction. Value lies in the fact that students are not always aware that they are making; undue effort in the understanding- of text 11111- tcrial. Eyestrain doesn‘t always oc~ cur to the student as being his diffi culty and as a result some students are not as successful in their studies as they would be with proper use of their faculties. Hearing, too, can be corrected in most cases by correct classroom seating so that sounds can be directed toward the student to his best advantage. The interest lies in the fact that the tests are colorful and appeal to the imagination of the engineering student. They are divided into sec» tions for the accurate determination of visual efficiency. Vol. XXll. No. 3 idealist/v Armour l Radio Program l iiuiurduy Might Christophersen Writes And Directs New Radio Series distinguished pcisonag'cs to pay hom— gflHREHEER EMPERVHSOR Al‘- Next Saturday, Oct. 8, will see the return of Armour Tech to the airlanes on station WCFL A new series of radio programs undei the super ‘ion of Alexandei Schreibei, and written and diiccted by Merrill i Leaders for l’Fivc Years Christophersen, will present a per- trayal of the modern engineer in present day life. The first series cn« “The Engineer in Action," will consist of five programs showing how the Electrical, Civil, Mechanical, point averages, and as 11 point of inn Fire Protection, and Architectural engineer each affect our lives. i'ii 1; series is then to be followed ‘by a ., . 1nd which is still in the process of l'oimation. Discuss Tefiotwc This Saturday’ s program is to be. devoted to the Electrical engineer. The subject of the program is the modern tclctypc instrument, invented and developed by electrical wizards. The broadcast will be of a dramatic nature, featuring a conversation he— twocn an engineer and a newspa- per editor who is about to resign his post. The conversation brings out the development of the tclctype in an ingenious fashion. ‘ 0n the following Saturday, 0c- tobci' 15, the topic will be “Poison.” and will tell of the struggle put up by the'Civil engineers for the City of Chicago in order to prevent the pollution of our drinking water. Fol- lowing- that, on Oct. 22, will be “Streamlincrs,” a tribute to the in- ventive genius of the Mechanical en. gineers. October 29 will see the Chemical engineer in the story of “(30211.” On Nov. 5 the Fire Protec- tion engineer will be presented under the subject of “Fire.” The last of the present series will be given on November 12, and will be entitled “Houses." This program will be de- voted to the Architect‘nnd the Archi‘ tectui'al engineer. Professional Actors . The new series of broadcasts is to be quite :1 bit different from that of previous years. This time the main part of the program is to be a fif- teen minute dramatic sketch, rather than an interview or .al given by > some professor. ’lhe pei'fm'incrs will be professional actms similar to those who appear on other programs of an equal status. As another innovation, there will be sound effects in consid- erable number to clarify‘the dialogue. A special sound client has been de» aided upon to open each broadcast. The purpose of this is to identify‘the program for the listener immediate- ly. ' One of the most.-- important changes in the program isms hour of broadcast. The time has been moved up from last year’s place and now the program will be heard from 5:00 to 5:l5 instead 'ofifrom 7:00 to 7:15, as before. It is hoped that the new series will attract the pub- lic interest to Armour Institute. (This First- Meeting at A.S.M.§i. Sicbeduled Friday Morning All sophomore, junior and senior mechanical students are urged to at. tend the first meeting of the Armour Student Branch of the American So- ciety of Mechanical Engineers next Friday, October at 10:30 3.111. in Science Hall. Notices of the meet. ins,r will be posted on the School bul~ letin board this week as 11 reminder. ‘1 An invitation has been extended 1 by President P. Hendrikson to all the Mechanical Engineering professors to attend the meeting and to address the group. Professor H. L. Nae » man, faculty chairman will speak on the benefits and purposes of the so. ciety. The two types of memberships available in the students In” the recommendatiousc" each will be explain. I ,