Z—l40 Student Members Elect lml. Spears To ATSA. Board Last Tuesday. the student mem- bers of the A.’l‘.S.A. convened in Physics Lecture Room and chose the second of the two faculty represente- tives required by the constitution. The man chosen for the position was Professor S. Spears, of the civil en- gineering department. He joined Professor Huntly who had been voted in at a previous meeting. In selecting the representatives, the board took into consideration the experience of the prospect in Ar— mour’s student affairs, his popularity with the students, and the outside ac— tivities that might hinder his attend- ance at meetings. The board decided to place one restriction on the pros- pects, and that was that they not be employed by the board as athletic coaches. This immediately eliminated Coaches Stung-er, Wiossman, Bibb, Culvert, and Root, although all were considered. Professor lluntly was the first chosen and his choice was unanimous due to his past record and experi- ences with the affairs of the board. At a subsequent meeting, Professor Spears was selected after considera‘ tion of three nominations. His pop- ularity with the students, and his connection with Tau Beta Pi were do. ciding points, in his favor when the vote was taken. After a brief discussion about the completion of new union, and the Father’s and Son’s Banquet, the meeting adjourned. tfihoseu by Juniors During the past week, the various departments of the junior class elect— ed comm slum-rs to represent them on the class governingr body. As a result of their decision in favor of the commission form of government several weeks ago, the juniors thus did away with the elaborate and more cumbersome form of interdepartmen- tal politics required by general class elections. Among: the first to elect their com- missioners were the clvils, who chose J. C. Balscwick and A. H. Peder-son to represent them. The chemicals, who had been allotted three men by the apportionment committee, select- ed J. M. Fahcy, S. A. Hecnan, and L. W. Norkus , their representatives. The mechaniLals, who also had been allowed three men, chose R. J. Bar~ tusek, C. It. Eula. and W. F. Yeager. J. Hartman and K. J. Oldenburg will represent the electricals, while H. B. Quandee and D. Sunde will take their places on the board of commis- sioners as representatives of the fire protects. The thirteen men selected by the various departments will compromise the board of commissioners, and, as such, will administer the government of the junior class. The commis- sioners will elect their own officers and take over the management of the ' junior class this week. Scoop on Subway Holds up Engineer Because of a scoop about the Chi- cago subway system the Armour En— gineer and Alumnus was not issued last week as scheduled. _ It has now gone to press and should be ready by the end of this week. Mr. Phillip Harrington, Chicago treetion engineer and supervisor of all plans concerning the proposed subway, writes about this project. Mr. Harrington is an Armour grad- uate, having received his E.E. de» gree in 1906. Before his present position he worked for the city of Chicago in other engineering capac- ities, having been for a time the chief engineer of the sanitary district. Other stories of interest in this issue will concern oxyacetylene weld— ing and cutting, industrial air condi- tioning, factory lighting", and fire prevention. Armour Normal Teachers Invite Techhawks to Social Nov. 4 An invitation to Armour students was received by the school officials yesterday. The event is a Friday afternoon social on Nov. 4, at the Chicago Teachers College, which will last from 3:30 to 5:30 pm. As the invitation is limited, men interested in attending are asked to leave their names in the Registrar’s Office. Only those having tickets will be admitted. Dancing will be held in the gymnasi- um of the Teachers College and music will be furnished by a student dance orchestra. The school is located at 6800 S. Stewart Avenue. Civil Dept. Starts ”City and llighwuy Planning Elective In order to keep abreast of current trends in engineering, the civil engi- neering department is tcaehing an elective course in City and Highway Planning. This course, taught by Professor S. M. Spears, stresses prin‘ cipally the traffic engineering phase of the work. To date, students tak- ing the course have been engaged in collection of volume of traffic and speed data. The course will later in- clude the correlation of this data, analysis of data, and ultimate recom- mendations made from the proper analysis. Although the title ”City and High- way Planning” may seem at first sight to be a misnomer, there is a definite correlation between traffic engineering and city and highway planning. Traffic must get to vari- ous parts of a city and as the city expands, streets must be provided to facilitate free flow of traffic. At preecnt, there is little or no actual city planning. However, there is a tendency for many cities to ex- pand into suburbia This introduces a zoning: problem. The new course enA delivers: to show students how zoning can be forced by etrcct layout rather than with the aid of legal enforce— ment bureaus. These are not the only problem: that arise in city and highway plan- ning and the course is not designed to dogmatically solve all the ques— tions. lt merely attempts to acquaint the student with some of the prob— lems which occur and gives him a knowledge of the general procedure in the solution of such problems. freely Choline dietitian bullet Freshman initiative has again dis- played itself in the form of a new plan for electing permanent officers for the class. These elections will begin Friday, after a week’s delay due to postponing the freshman meet- ing last week because of other ac. tivities in Science 'rlall. Under the new plan introduced by the election committee, petitions will be circulated among the students. Any freshman who feels he is capa— ble of filling an office and wishes to be elected, will be required to have his petition for that office signed by twenty-five eligible student members. When the student returns his peti- tion to the officers of the election committee, his name will be entered among the candidates for that office. A primary and final election will determine the officers. The purpose of the primary elec- tion is to reduce the number of can- didates to three for each of the four offices. These four offices are: president, vice-president, secretary- treasurer, and A.T.S.A. representa< tive. The freshman election committee will be in charge of the meeting. This committee is composed of four fresh- men, elected at a meeting held early in October. They are: R. Tatge, W. Umbright, T. Krupnik, and F. Kein. G. E. Backman is actingvpresident of the class, having been elected on an open ballot at a previous meeting to select temporary officers. The re maining offices are filled temporarily by E. R. Ther, vice-president; R. Tal- cott, secretary—treasurer; and E. Hux- lnstitute of Technology, Chicago, l’rol. ll. Elisa Says "llse Subway Waste Soil lor Airport” Clay removed during the construc- tion of Chicago’s new subway would form an excellent base for the island fill necessary for the construction of a lake front airport, according to Herbert Ensz of Armour. Professor Ensz is well known as a soil expert and, at present, is engaged in test- ing the clay from which the new sub» way will be cut. Questions were raised recently as to what would be done with the re- moved clay. Several prominent persons suggested that the earth be used to fill in part of the triangular island necessary for the projected $3,587,500 lake-front airport to be made in Lake Michigan, 1,600 feet off the eastern shore of Northerly island. The island is to be 200 acres in area and will require a total of 10.— 250,000 yards of fill material. Al- though the subway would yield only 1,800,000 cubic yards, it would re~ duce the cost by $627,802. “Clay has considerable cohesion and resists taking on or g'ivinx,r off water," Prof. Ensz told reporters. “If the clay were dumped at the site of the island, even without bulkheads, it would stay there.” According to Capt. Samuel N. Kur- rick, federal district engineer, cone fining of the material by bulkhead would be required by Federal stat- ute. Unless funds can he found to built a $2,000,000 bulkhead, the proj- ect may be abandoned. ASN.5. lllfill §ll0W Movies at Meeting an Gil drumming fitudebaher inspection Trip Called triage Euccess A. J. Smith of the Calumet Refin- ine; Company will prcaent a sound movie, showing the entire processing of petroleum from the well through the refinery. at the next meeting of the A.S.M.E. which will be held Fri» day in Science Hall. Mr. Smith will also present a demonet‘ration of va~ rious testing equipment. This movie and demonstration was presented be- fore the mechanical engineering graduate and research students last week where it was received with much enthusiasm. On November 8, at 3 o’clock, Mr. S. W. Wheelwright will present a lec— turc on polarized light. This lecture should be attended by all members as Mr. Wheclwright is a nationally known authority on the subject. The lecture which will be presented at Armour will be the same lecture that Mr. Wheelwright will present later in the evening at the Civic Opera House where an attendance charge will be made. One of the largest groups ever to attend an inspection trip were con~ ducted through the South Bend, Studebaker plant last Wednesday. The group, numbering over 125, met at the huge 800 acre proving grounds located 12 miles west of South Bend and were allowed to witness actual road tests of Studebaker cars and trucks over various types of pave- ment. The men were then taken to the manufacturing plant in South Bend Where they examined the foundry, one of the most modern in existence, where the cast portions of the vehicles are produced. The machine shops were visited next, where the castings and forgings were being machined and assembled to the closest tolerances in the automo» tive industry. Luncheon was served at the com— pany cafeteria, after which the group inspected the transportation museum located in the same building. NDTlCE According to cm announcement from the Dean's Ofificc, students are not to enter the Union Build. ing during wow/ring hours. hold, A."l‘.S.A. representative. Seven llulelunol Tau 5 Villa alert rituals Illinois, Tuesday. November I. l933 logy eta Standing, left to fight are: P. Henriksen, A. M. Richarduon, H. R. Coyle, and l. l. lanicek. Seated, left to right are: R . l. Jailed, R. B. Boertitz, and l. D. Keane. Aurora Comp Students flrlganiae glacial Club At the, suggestion of C. J. Carlson, the co—op students in Aurora and neighboring communities have organized the “Aurora Armour Co- op Club.” The club is composed en- tirely of co~op students; headed by two executive officers, and Mr. Carlv son, who in on Armour graduate and now instructor in Mochan .al llraw— inp- at the liaat Aurora liigh School. For its; next. meeting which will be held Nov. 18, the club has invited Mike Kendall, Chief Engineer for the Stevens-Allumnon Company, Au- rora, to speak on “The Relation of the Engineer to Industry." Mr. Kerr dall is a well-known engineer and has deeigncd numerous devices now in use on Stevens-Adamson conveyors, (elevators, and transmission equip— ment. ltog‘ulm‘ meetings of the club will be held once a month at n time corn venicnt for the members at school and at work. .l‘lnirinec a and excel» Lives from factories in or near Au- rora will be invited to speak at these meetings on subjects of special inter- est to both the group and the spunle or. Two presidents have been elected by the members as the only officers. (Continued on page four) New ‘Tueoday Series’ all lectures Today, l l :30 A second series of public lectures is to be started today by Professor M. B. Reed of the electrical engineer- ing department, in 217 Chapin Hall at 11:30 a.m. Hie subject will be “The Fallacious Concepts of Physics and Electrical Engineering.” He will reveal the erroneous concepts about electrical, voltage and magnetic flux. This mathematical treatment of the theories was borrowed from hydrody- namics, because of the assumed anal- ogy of the flow of an electrical cur- rent to that of a stream of water in a pipe. This was developed by the Bernoulli brothers, James and John, as well as others. It was from this theory that the names of the concepts were taken. Engineers and physi- cists, in turn have interpreted the meanings of these concepts from their corresponding names hydrody— namics, instead of interpreting them from their defining equations; this has (caused confusing results. Professor Reed’s series will be the first of what will be known as the “Tuesday Series" of public lectures. Dr. Olson’s lectures will be completed this Thursday by the last in his se. ries, entitled “Symbolic Logic,” which will be held in 217 Chapin Hall at 11 :30 aan. / This will deal almost exclusivelygwith Bertrand Russell's Principle. Miche— malica, showing the theorethatic structure of symbolic logic. in it’s ‘Armour Night’ at the Steveno‘ Continental Room Friday; ll’lan Wildcat fihow The regular “College Night” will be “Armour Night” at tho, Conti~ nontal Room of the Stevens Hotel thin Friday. Holders of the small green student courtesy card will be admit- ted for the special student rate. The Armour songs will be played by the orchestra, and, pcrhapn, some local talent from Armour will help the floor show entertain. The student courtesy card enables the holder to avoid paying the cue-- tomary $1.50 per person minimum charge, by paying“ $1.00 per couple admission charge at the door. lance. bmoker To llama: illound Movies and Talk l Tomorrow evening at 7:30, the Ar» l mour Chapter of the American Insti- l tutc of Electrical Engineers will hold lots annual smoker in the Electrical : Lecture Room. l The evening,r will be both entertain— in}; and educative. The talk of the evening will be pmsenled by Dr. Reed, new member of the electrical engineering,r department staff, who will present a discussion on “Gene rating Stations”-a physical picture of the necessary contents of a mod- ern generating station and the ex- periences the prol r has encoun‘ tered in his industrial work. The in- sulation of copper cable will be pre- sented in motion pictures with a super attraction of a “Mickey Mouse” to enliven the proceedings. Entertainment in the form of a Monte Carlo party will make the re- mainder of the evening more lively. Prizes will be awarded to the persons having- won the most stage money during the evening. The evening will he topped off by cider and doughnuts. The A.I.E.E. invites all electrical stu“ dents to the event of the year. c Yeakle, Zara-em fledged To Honorary literary Two men will be pledged to Sphinx, mour, at noon today. The fraternity acknowledges the efforts of those students who have performed out- standing work for any of the school publications. The two men are: T., W. Yeakle and A. M. Zarem. l Besides being copy editor of thel Armour Tech News, T. W. Yeakle isl vice—president of Tau Beta Pi, presi-l dent of the Musical Clubs, and vice-: president of Salamander. A. M. Zarcm. a columnist of the, Armour Tech. Nt‘ws, is also recordingl secretary of Tau Beta Pi, a member. of Eta Kappa. Nu, a senior class com» missioner and president of the local branch of the A.I.E.E. Both men will be formally initiated l into Sphinx early in December. the honorary literary society of Ar-* Vol. XXll. No. 7 dealers lllellpell lulu lll nil liabllc Aslierllllly Friday Address Explaining Tau belie Purposes Made by Spears Announcement of pledging to Tau Beta Pi, the national honorary engi- neering fraternity, was made last Friday in Science Hall, by Professor 8. M. Spears. All of the seven men who were honored are outstanding members of the senior class. These men are Roland B. Boertitz, Howard R. (Joyle, Paul F. Henriksen, Rob- ert I. Jafl'co, Joseph J. Janicek, John I). Keane, and Ambrose M. Richard- son. W ‘ll '3 Outlinee History In opening the meeting Professor Spoon-i gave, a short history of‘Tuu Beta Pi, stating that it wan founded in 1885. Following that he recount« ed the purpose of the society. Tau ‘Bctn. Pi was organized to offer a mark of distinction to those men who stood above their fellow students and who brought honor to their alma mater before and after graduation. Election to the fraternity is based on several qualifications, primary among: them being high scholastic utanding, which (letcrmines elegibility. The number and size of the outside activitien of each prospective member are then carefully considered. Men who are elected from the senior class must rank in the upper quarter of their class, while juniors must be in the upper eighth of their class. ll‘ ll! Ill Identifies Honor Man One of the things; which Professor Spears stressed in his address was the utter fallacy in the idea that an honorary key was not an asset when seeking: a position in industry. Tau Beta Pi keys, shaped in the form of a bent, serve to identify the honor men in the profession of engineer- ing'. It is absurd to think that such a mark could be detrimental to a man’s opportunities. The key of Tau Beta P1 serves notice to the world that its puss nor has outstanding capabilities in his; chosen work and commands. the respect of all. As Professor Spears announced the names and activities of the men elected, each in his turn walked to the front of the hall to receive his (Continual on page four) Anderson, govern Named Heads of w . . . healer Commassron Organization is making" rapid strides:I in the senior class. So far the commission form of government has been highly successful. The plan being,r used by the senior class is well designed. All students who are de- irous of being: placed on a committee are invited to submit letters to the commission on their qualifications. The letters are carefully read and the members are chosen from the list. On each committee there is to be of least one commissioner. Bolton Anderson was unanimous- ly elected chairman of the social committee at the meeting held last Friday. The possibility of holding a dance in the Student Union was con- sidered. Definite plans for the year's social activities will be released shortly. The other members of the social committee are Chanmun, Col~ lier, lr‘ootlik, Kotal, Mitchell. and Moculcski. Members of the jewelry commit: tee have also been appointed. A. M. Zarcm was appointed as chairman at the meeting last Friday. Plans were made to find the type of rings de- sired by the class. and to find if keys were more popular. The mem— bers of the committee were in. struetod to go back to the class and find the preference without holding a meeting of the entire class. There is to be another meeting of the com— mittee next Friday. The other in- bers of the committee are Boer: w. Finnegan. Jacobson, Oswald. Ratio, and Tullg‘ren. tlici committees will be chosen in the near future as the need for committees arises.