Z—l40 A. mu. fillers dluduul lluluu @perutluu Plan Tibbals Suggests Manager For Executive Duties There has been considerable won- dering by the students on how the new Student Union is to be operated. This question was taken up by the A. T. S. A. at its last meeting, held a week ago yesterday. Dean Tib- bals has presented a plan which is still tentative pending further action, for a manager to take care of the whole situation. As the plan stands, there is to be a Union board, composed of ten mem- bers. This board will be the body to whom the manager will be directly responsible. The board will, in turn, be responsible to the A. T. S. A. as it now stands. Co-ops Have Two Representatives The members of the board are to be four regular college students, one from each class. The men are to be appointed by the A. T. S. A. board of control, from eight men, two from each class, that have been elected by their class. The co—operative courses are to be represented by two mem. bers, one from the “A" group and one from the “B.” These men are to be elected by the co—ops themselves. Evening division students are to be represented by one man, elected by the evening division of the student association. Students enrolled in the graduate courses are to elect one student from their ranks, as their representative. In addition to the student members, there is to be one member of the fac- ulty appointed by the school adminis- tration. Finally, there is to be an ox-oii'icio manager. May Have Salaried Manager Management of the Union is to be in the hands of the paid manager. He will be in charge of arranging dates for society meetings, banquets and other functions. It will be up to him to see that no conflicts occur on times and dates. The job will be a full time. one. and a regular, but‘ still undecided salary is to be paid him. There are to be several assist- ants given to the manager. One or two will be assistant managers from the student body. and from three to (Continued on page two) “Story ul‘ Cool” Fourth on WCH. Coal, sometimes referred to as the ”kernel of civilization,” will reveal its ”private life” as Armour airs its fourth broadcast series over WCFL Saturday afternoon at 5 pm. Pre- sented as a demonstration of the great achievements of the chemical engineer, coal will be revealed as a vital force in our present economic life. In addition to supplying the great: est amount of power to turn the wheels of our huge dynamos, stream. lined trains, and mammoth ships at sea, coal provides us with thousands or" products which belie their cestry. Coal has always been of prime im~ portance to the textile industry, be- ing the origin of many of the best and most brilliant dyes. Medicine and culinary arts are indebted to this source of saccurine, the sugar substi- tute. The chemical engineer looks upon coal as the source of unlimited products which only await his diseovx try. Announced by the roar of a mod- ern streamliner, last Saturday’s broadcast revealed the part which the mechanical engineer has played in the latest developments in rail trans— portation. Highlight of the program was the story of the now famous non-stop Chicago to Denver run which was made in 1936. This record-breaking dash was made by a new and com- paratively untested diesel—electric unit and was punctuated by a number of minor mechanical breakdowns, any one of which might have caused failure had it not been for the skill an— Armour Institute of Technology. Chicago, Illinois. Tuesday. October 25. 1938 According- to present plans, which are purely tentative, this year’s Fath- er and Son’s banquet is to be held in the new Student Union building about the first week in December, a radical departure from previous pro- cedure. A new method of ticket dis- tribution is also to be used, which is directed to increase interest in this affair. Since the new time is so far dif- ferent from the old, which was in March, it has been thought advisable to question the student body as a whole to determine the general opin- ion on the mutter. At the end of this article there is a blank form to be torn out and filled in with the de— sired information. These should be Armour Players helecling float loi- ”lourney‘s End” The Armour Players have been re- hearsing in regular fashion lately, and work on the casting is proceeding steadily. Director Christophei'scn has outlined a full schedule of rehearsals in earnest. Selection of the cast for .lourncy’o End, the selected play, has been prac- tically completed. Some positions are still open, however, and those who still wish to may try out. Rehearsals are held each Monday and Thursday evening in one of the English class- i'ooms. , ”Engineer” Goes To Press Soon Announcing that the Armour En. pincer and Alumnus will be published this week-end, Prof. Hendricks prom— ises an especially interesting issue to include numerous engineering fea» tures and a comprehensive article on the Student Union. An alumnus of Armour, Philip Harrington, ’06, 13.11, who is now Traction Engineer of the City of Chicago, has written for the Engi- neer, “The Chicago Subway System,” an article giving details of the new transit system upon which work was started recently. Full details of the Union building will be included in the Student Union feature. The article will ac- quaint students and alumni with a history of the plan from its concep- tion to fulfillment. Other articles are: “The Oxy‘ Acetylene Process of Cutting and Welding," by E. R. Meclcary of Linde Air Products; “Air Condition- ing‘ in Relation to Industrial Hy— giene,” by W, H. Carrier, president of Carrier Air Conditoning Com- pany, “The Evolution of Factory Lighting,” by Ralph G. Raymond, Managing Director of Chicago Lightv ing Institute; and “Chasing the Fire Demon," Richard E. Vernor, Man- ager of the Fire Prevention Depart- ment of the Western Actuarial Bu— and vigilance of the crew. reau. of all sorts, and work is soon to start‘ ‘ Plun Father and Sons blight lot Early in December, Ash Changes in Handling placed in the News box in the main lobby as soon as possible. Father and Son’s banquets have be- come quite an institution here at Ar- mour, for several reasons. They pro— vide an excellent way for the fathers to become acquainted with the fac- ulty, and the faculty with the fathers. In addition, the fathers get to meet other fathers and find out more about the student body. Plans for distributing the tickets are also radically changed from last year. As it stands now, the idea will be to increase greatly the number of ticket salesmen and to distribute the salesmen in a strategic manner throughout all the classes and depart— (Continued on page two} they nirruuru rue ruhuuuuuu ’Zurubuudu‘ Attracts Guy Crowd to Portals l’roicssor llama? Rohc Is Guest oi Honor About 3 p.m. last Friday aftcr~ noon, massier Mandel of the Junior Arx lost the worried frown that had creased his brow all last week. Why? The Arx dance, Zarabanda, was a financial success. All the money that went through the coffers from then on, and a great deal of it did, was profit. The gay time had by those who at- tended the dance attested to the fact that the alfair was a social as well as financial success. Dancing con- tinued from 9:00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. The music was furnished by the Colonial Club orchestra, and some ex- cellent singing by a girl in a pink gown. Guests of honor at the dance were Professors van der Robe, Hilbersci- mei', Rodgers, and Mell. Their pres- ence lent a dignity to the dance which was certainly appreciated by the en- gineers as well as the architects. Dr. @lson’s Third “fall: In ‘hogic and Mathematics’ The next lecture sponsored by the graduate school will be the third in Dr. Olson’s series, “Logic and Mathe- matics,” on Thursday, October 2'7, at 11:30 a.m., in Room 217, Chopin Hall. In this lecture, Dr. Olson will trace the history of the changes made in the Aristotelian system by later logicians, until the rise of math ematical logic. It covers, roughly, the period between the Stoic logic and that of Boole. Laboratory Numbers; Guido Frosh’o Wondering Feet [laboratories are now classed with the other rooms in the renumbering program which has recently been completed. All numbers in the range between 100—199 will be found on the ‘l'i at floor, 200—299 on the second l'looi", etc. In the past. laboratories were just named and new students unfamiliar with the arrangements of the rooms hall difficulty in locating their class- rooms. Now under the new system, knowing the buildings, one can easily find a laboratory or classroom accord— ing‘ to the numbers. It is possible to have duplicate numbers; one may be located in Chopin while the other may be located in the Main Building. Interior, Ellecls, lighting, Equipment Feulure New llnlou Great strides have recently been made towards. the completion of the new Union building. About all that remains to br- donc, now, is the in- Vol. XXll. No. 6 hills. Armour hrssuulu School . . lArchiluclulru with lhfiflllll ”blight Howhs’ to Swing It first. Ell Armour’s Night Hawks will hold their first. dance of the, year this Sat- urday night, October 20, in the North Room of the Stevens Hotel. Day school students, as well, are cordial. ly invited to attend this pro-Hal- lowe'en affair, which will feature the music of Pierson Thai and his or- chestra. Marge Warren will provide the vocal attraction. Bids are $1.50 and may be pur- chased at the registrar’s office dur- ing the day and every night from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The dance, which begins at 9:00, will be informal and a table dance. Harold Lynette is in charge of the dance commiteo and is assisted by Harold Koch and Albert Simandl. - This dance is the second of a series of events which the Evening Division Students’ Association has undertaken this year. By this means the organ- ization is making possible the enjoy— ment of social relations not possible in classroom association. A."l'.ll.,A. hoard Metals; Vol-es Medal Awards At the meeting of the Armour Tech Student Association board, hold a week ago yesterday, it was voted that M. E. Biddle, winner of the spring tennis tournament, should re- ceive a medal of recognition for his taking the school championship. In— asmuch us all successful participants in athletics at Armour are given awards for their achievements, it was felt in order that Biddle be granted an appropriate medal from the or- ganization. ll; was further passed that the freshman relay team, which outran its intellectually superior competition in the last Junior Week circus, which included inter-cla track and field eVLnts, be rewarded for its unusual W record. Each member of the squad will shortly receive a medal evi— doncim: his having: run on the win- him: squad. Ahllrldli. illuuu tcrior decorating; and installation of llxturcs. Work is progressing: rapid: 1y on those projects and they should, be finished easily by the middle of} November, as promised. 1 A trip through the new Union is well worth the time spent. At first yrlancc the old place is hardly recog- nizable, but after a little reflection the old rooms can be fitted into the. present structure with ease. Entering- from the north door, the first sight is the new lobby. The old winding; staircase has been consider- ably changed by the adroit use of plaster. The result is a quite mod~ crn stairway leading up to the sec~ ond floor foycr. Passing- Lhrough the foyer leads into the new auditorium. There the stage has been completely re-vumped, the. old classrooms re- moved and a new floor has been laid. A hardwood floor is still to be put in place, ready for dancing. The old class rooms are to have new mod— ern lights set close to the ceiling, and tables will be available for study if dc. '.d. Perhaps the biggest new feature of the assembly hall is the new overhead lighting system. A large plaster unit has been built into the ceiling where the old ventilating screens were placed. The new unit has ten lighting spaces for direct lighting and a moulding around the base for indirect illumination. The indirect lights will be of variable in- tensity to provide all desired grades of brightness. The entire ceiling is being repainted and put in good con- dition. Crossing: to the old classrooms on the second floor, one finds that they have had a thorough going over and reconditioning; in preparation for re, decorating: The woodwork is being refinished, and many new solid (non- luupuclluu Trip Armour student branch of" tho A.S.M.E. will sponsor an inspection trip through the South Bend plant of the Studebaker Corporation, Wednes— day, October 26. The trip, which was arranged by Prof. D. Rocsch, will be- gin at 8:15 at the entrance to the provingr grounds, located approxi- mately ten miles west of South Bend on route 2, where guides will meet the group and begin the trip. After Bequest Announced all van der Rohe winner As a fitting climax to the banquet in honor of L. Mics van der Rohe, President I-Ieold announced a be- quest of $50,000 by Mrs. Ogden Ar— mour to the school of architecture. The gift was made in order to furu their the work of the school, and am able greater advancement‘ii’i the ap- plications of culture to the field of architecture. The banquet which Was held at the Palmer House had over four hundred guests attending; the reception. ~.. “ ’ A large number of prominent speakers entertained the guests after the dinner. President Heald in the course of his address said: “The new staff members together with mem- bers of the former stall“ of the De- partment of Architecture, greatly strengthen the educational program in this field, and there is every rea- son to believe that this department will develop into an outstanding school of architecture, and make a very significant contribution to arch- itectural education in America.” Dean from M.I.T. Attends Dean William Emerson of the school of architecture of Massachu- setts Institute of Technology said: “The resources peculiar to Armour resemble in many ways these that surround us at. M. I. T. A basis of sound essentials permits the develop- ment of those important associations with related fields of engineering and scientific research, on understanding: of which is so essential to competent professional performance in this day and generation." Speaking of the part that Chicago architects had in the development of the present trend in architecture, Dean Roxl'ord Newcomb of the Col- lege of Fine and Applied Arts of the University of Illinois said: “It is my belief that when a wider perspective permits the complete tracing of the development of modernism in arch- itecture, the early chapters written by Chicago architects will appear to be important and basic. Study as one may the philosophy behind the best modern work of today, at home or abroad, he will conclude that it c0- lncidcs very closely with what was enunciated (perhaps in slightly dif- ferent phrases) in Chicago forty years ago.” Large Number of Architects A large number of practicing ar- chitects and famous educators, in— cluding; Frank Lloyd Wright, attend- ed the banquet to pay their respects to L. Mies van der Robe. The announcement concerning; the bequest came as a complete surprise to everyone attending,r the reception. Mrs. Armour, herself, was unable to attend the banquet. ' The school of architecture was originally organized by the Art In- stitute in 1880. Dr. Frank Gunsaulus, President of the then newly organ- (Cnn ed on page two) vicwinp: the proving grounds the group will proceed to the plant prop- er, located in South Bend, for the remainder of the trip. The tripl should be most inter fog and cdu—1 eating- as the plant is in full produw tion of 1939 models and offers an in- sight into all phases of automotive llclai'iue Departhienl‘ i hirength Determined Members of the Junior Apportioru lncnt Committee, J. A. Clark, P. R. Ewing, D. J. Miiclx‘cy, E. M. Mandel, and R. A. ltchwald, announced the results of their invrstigntion of the i construction. 1 Best routes to the plant, as an-l nounccd by chairman Footlik of thcl trip committee, are routes 6 or 20l from Chicago to route 2 direct to the proving ground. All students who are planning: to attend the trip nndl who do not have transportation, or: any member who has space in his car, ‘ is requested to see the members of; the trip committee as posted on thel bulletin board. l Last Friday at 10:30 in Scicncm Hall, Mr. W. H. Hubncr, head oil the Automotive and Aircraft dep , ment of Universal Oil Products. ill-l corporated, grave a talk on Diesel,l Fuels and Diesel Engines. Accoma panying Mr. Hubncr was Mr. Smith, chief chemist of the Diesel depart, ment. Mr. Hubricr divided his talkl into two sections. He first disc sad the methods of evaluating Diesel fuels and secondly the method of (:lusS membership records last Thurs- day. The committee ruled that the 22?. members of the junior class are to he represented and governed by 13 commissiono . Three commi... ioncrs have been oil. lowed both to the chemical depart- mcnl, with a membership 0f 04. and to the mechanical department whose members number Gl. The 45 clectri~ cnls, 20 civils, and 14 fire protects le‘(‘ to he represented by two com— missioners each. The architects. with a class mombcrsnip .f' 16, will placl one representative on the governing board, while the science group with a membership of three will not be represented. The apportionment of comnii ‘imr \-_ (its will divide the duties of L eminent among: the Var moms, and eliminate any f. which may have existed in past yo Each department will elect its new rescntutivcs before the end of this panel) doors are being put in place. [preparing the various grades of fuels i “\‘E‘k-