use Wiiiiams to Supply the Music For junior Formal Congress Casino is bite Qt Mar. l0 Formal Climaxinc- his drive to make the Junior Formal the social function of the year, Don Charlton, junior social chairman. announced last Friday that he had succeeded in obtaining the services of Grill" Williams and orchestra for the function. This ex- cellent choice along with the added attraction of the Congress Casino, shows all evidence of making: this year's formal one of the best that has ever been offered since this par- ticular affair became a part of the so- cial program. Almost concurrent with this an- nouncement came that about the de- tails of the bids. They may be pur- chased at $5.50 apiece from members of the junior social committee and the chairmen of the comittces of other classes. Features Popular Singers The series of events that culmin» ated in the obtaining of Griff Wil- liams’ orchestra was fortunate inA deed. Featured in his orchestra, along with his own piano playing, is “Bud- dy" Moreno, a popular ballad singer, and Monty Kelly, the featured sing? er. Dancing: shall extend from 9:30 to 1:30, and in the course of the eve- ning those present will be served an eight course dinner, the selection of which has been made to include an alternate menu {or those who may prefer it. The tables shall contain accommodations for an average sized party, and it is best to obtain rcscrv» ations early so that each group will have its own table. Formal Dress Service Available Available to those who do not possess formal attire are dinner clothes at a moderate cost. The out- fitting contains all incidentals along with a personal fitting“, and informa- tion concerning these arrangements can be obtained from Don Charlton. For a time, Dick Barrie was the tentative selection, but the sequence of events, coupled with the popular demand for his orchestra, resulted in the employment of the melodious Wil« liams for the evening. Because of an idle Friday night, Griff Williams’ or- chestra was obtained at a price with- in the reach of the junior committee. Williams‘ is one of the top rank- ing orchestras 01‘ this country. He en. joys tiemendous popularity on the Pacific coast where he has had sev- eral _ ‘s at the i " Peacock Court and in the Hotel Mark Hopkins in San Francisco. His popularity in Chicago has been developed mainly bv his appearances at the Araflon and Trianon ballrooms, where he has played repeatedly. Aififi. Beg/glue i’ians tor @pen blouse Night Plans of the A.I.E.E for a proposed trip through the eastern industrial plants and schools are bringing in- teresting information. The cost of the proposed trip is higher than was anticipated, but not high enough to be prohibited. Furthermore, plans are rapidly going forward so that an accurate estimate of costs can be de- termined. The students expect to adopt the plan if it meets with the approval of the administration. The Western Society of Engineers 'has been incorporporated within the Armour branch of the A.I.E.E. by a vote of 30-3. Discussion of the adop- tion was of a nature that indicated the merits of the organization, but in- cluded understanding of the true value of the organization to the elec— trical group. Open House preparations are be— ginning, as they should for the best operation of exhibits, and the follow- ing men head the organization of ac- tivities of the electrical department: Gerald Anderson, F. C. Brewster, J. I. Cohen, Louis Maze, Edw. Marik, T. F. Quarnstrom, R. L. Ramp, E. M. Rosenthal, J. D. Shaver and L. C. Strocchia. Chairman of the coflmit— tee will he William Kurtz. Armour lnstitute of Technology. Chicago. Illinois, Tuesday, February l4. 1939 There will be a meeting of the entire TECH NEWS staff TuchM/ noon at 12:30 1). m. It is impera- tive that all members of the edi— torial, sports, and business depart— ments be present. Am; student, whether freshman or not, interested in working on the TECH NEWS stafi is urged to be prurient. Experience in. news writing is not necessary. Rho Epsilon’s Station to Enter intercollegiate Amateur News Network Rho Epsilon has been the scene of considerable activity during the past several weeks. The two—band trans- mitter which was built during the Christmas holidays has had a few fin- ishing touches added to it and is now in operation. The frequencies to he used are those selected for the not between amateur radio stations that are members of the National Intercollegiate Press Association, an organization which ex- changes college campus news between member stations. Operating sched- ules have just been completed. Pledging period for the sixteen pledges is over, and the formal initi~ ation will take place as soon as mem- bership keys have arrived from the national secretary at Washington State University. A chapter reference library is be‘ ing formed and already several radio parts manufacturers have contributed valuable manuals, pamphlets, etc. Plans are being laid for construc- tion of a work shop in one of the rear rooms where some electm‘cal rewiring as well as some carpentry will be necessary. New Members Added to Civil Faculty Roll In accordance with the school’s program for greater achievements at Armour, new members have been added to the faculty and new equip— ment purchased. Dr. R. B. Peck, first assistant to Dr. Terzagi and in charge of soil tests for the city of Chicago’s subway, has been appointed to the soil mechanics laboratory where all of the tests will be made. He graduated from Reus- selaer Polytechnic Institute, receiv— ing his master's and doctor’s degrees there. At Harvard he studied Soil M l‘ ’ under Professor Arthur Cassagrande. Dr. Peck is also to teach a grad- uate. course in Soil Mechanics in the evening school to twenty men, all members of the civil engineering de- partment. Mr. Spears, a graduate student, will act as Dr. Peck’s assistant in the laboratory. Mr. C. O. Dohrenwend, who first came to Armour in September of 1937, has returned after nine month leave of absence during which he at, tende the University of Michigan and obtained his doctor’s degree. The subject of his thesis was “Stresses Produced By Impact In Materials.” At Armour three master’s theses are being prepared under his direc- tion, two in civil engineering and one in mechanical engineering. Another new member of the Fac— ulty is Dr. Reissner, who graduated from Technische Hochsehule in Ber- :5 5 While there he worked problems in the mechanical structure of airplane design. As a member of the Nation- al Aeronautical Advisory Commis- sion, he worked on two problems of airplane design. One was propeller efficiency, which was worked out theoretically; the other was torsional buckling, which was analyzed theore- tically and confirmed by laboratory tests. One of the new pieces of apparatus is a tri—axial compression machine, which is to replace shear testing equipment that was originally de- signed for tests on the sliding re- sistance of soils but was found to be inaccurate. ,tFaculy C. w. Roby desk Milton's/l . phIaI . chief. Prof. Hendrlc ks: Dr. POIIHCII; President .R. Covle. smarts editor: and l. U. K In news I: for . R. . lmlblud. business manager, Mould: Donn Tlhhnls: Mr Goon; cane, Iowrile edit 3 Prof. Finnegan. Prof. Culvert Photo by Marshall Studio mumbcis and retiring editorial board meson! n‘tNtlIe Tech News banquet last RThursday are, rooted In the first row, left to rlghfi: In Hoe, managing zoditow Russ Kat I. oditor- In- T. Yoakln, copy editor; ”Highway i’lunning' is Subiect oi Talk Given Elston: WISE. For their first meeting of the new semester, the members of the Western Society of Engineers were fortunate in having Herman M. Ross to give a talk on “Highway Planning." The meeting was held in the cast room of the Student Union last Friday at 10:30. Mr. Ross is an alumnus of Armour. He graduated in 1937 as a member of the Civil Engineering class and was an active member in both Chi Ep— silon and Tau Beta Pi honorary fra- ternities. The topic was introduced by a short talk on the historical back" ground of roads and highways and of their formation. He then explain— ed the problems that civilization is faced with today, outlining past meth- ods, present tendencies, researches, and estimates of future needs. At present Mr. Ross is working for l the State Highway Planning Depart— ment of Illinois. He recently pre- sented a formal paper to the members of the Junior Western Society of En- gineers, of which he is a member, and urged all students to take advantage, of the opportunity to become active-l members of the parent organization. Members at Dance Club to Hold Social @n Friday, Feb. 29‘ During the meeting held this past Wednesday in the west room of the Student Union, the dance club com— pleted its installation of officers. A1 bert Kunickis, who acted as secretary 2, protcmpore during the period when the club was forming, was elected to fill the positions of secretary and treasurer. Robert Ramp and Robert DeHart were chosen sergeants at arms. Since most of the club’s time is spent in acquiring the technique of ballroom dancing, the time of the. meeting is limited. Therefore, at the meeting; which was held three weeks ago, only the presidency po— sition was filled. James Duncan was elected president and Charles MO Aleer was elected vice-president. The president appointed Charles McAleer chairman of the committee on cards. These are cards which will be furnished to every member of the dance club. The purpose of these cards is to identify members of the dance class and to record attendance at meetings on it. In order to be clig‘ihle to attend the dances spon- sored by the club, the members must produce evidence of attendance at least two thirds of the club meetings. Members of the dance club will dance to the music of Don Charlton’s orchestra on Friday evening; Feb» 24. The Student Union and its facili- ties will be placed ot the disposal of the members for this dance. Old and new members are urged to attend the meeting this Wednesday when mem— bership cards will be distributed. ‘ from industry and Armour Institute , tion of the co-op course. . oi' the co-op course; A.S.M.E. Vol-cs Against , W.S.li. at Last Meeting Last Friday at 10:30, in Science Hall, the A.S.M.E. decided against joining the W.S.E. The meeting be~ Iran with reports from the committee for the investigation of the possibili- ties of the W.S.E. This committee, which consisted ol’ Max Ephraim, Stephen Kroll, Alvin Winkler, and Frank Itch, looked into the consti— tution. by—laws, and student attitude. Ai'tvr thirty minutes of heated arg- ument, II call i'or the question was raised. The matter was put to a vote and the W.S.E. was voted down by a small majority. Following the vote vice president Harry Soukop made an announce- ment calling: for student speakers for several meetings in the future. He re' quested that anyone who wished to give a talk see him early this week. Aurora Coops” heinous-“Iii lie he till/en Monday Monday, February 20, is the date set for the Aurora-Armour Co—op (Tlub banquet, to be held at the Sil- ver Tea Pat in Aurora. Invitations have been sent to exec- I utivcs of firms employing Aurora (10— op students and to a number of per— , sons from various organizations in- terested in the eo-op course. Speakers have been selected to give those pres- ent a complete picture of the opera- Spcakcrs i'rom Armour Ins titutc‘ will be: Mr. L. J. Lease, CooIIllnatoy 3 Professor P. C.‘ Huntly, head of the department oi" mechanical engineering, and Dean C. ‘ A. 'l‘ihbals. inueral Thomas Hanan mood, president of the Whitingr Cor- poration, Chicago, has also been in-, vited to speak. i Also present at the banquet will be: Mr. K. D. Waldo, superintendent oi" East side schools; Mr. O. V. Wal—‘ teis, piincipal of East High School;} I land MI R. W. Meade principal of " West High School. All me, roIn 1 Aurora. ‘ I The AquI’a- AImqu Co- -op Clubi is composed of eleven Aurora Co-op, students and is under the directioni of Mr. (‘. I. Carlson, instructor in mechanical drawing at East Auroral High School. The executive duties of the club we performed by two elected cities, one from the A group and one from the B group. The I present officers are: Ben Kallevik, I 4A, and Robert Schmidt, 48. Co-op members of the club and the ; firms employing them are: John El—‘ wood and William Green, employed. by Barber—Greene 00.; Clarence Strait and Joe Westphall, employed, by Stevens-Adamson Mfr): Co.; Beni E. Kcllevik and Vern Paikei, em—j played by All-Steel Equipment Co.;, Fred Sternberg- and Hilmar Carlson, l employed by Western United Gas & Electric Co; Bob Schmidt and Her-l man Krantz, employed by Lyon Metal Products. Inc.; and John Nieman. em- (Continncd on pay»: four\ I facilities of the Student UniOn, prom~ Walter Civics Sci entilic lwullr liar journalists Holding" his audience in close al,‘ (.ention, Dr. Thomas C. Poulte) told one interesting experience after an- other at the Tech News banquet last Thursday night. Although his chosen subject was “Seismic Research in the Antarctic," Dr. Poulter brought forth a seemingly endless array of unusual thing's which occur in the extreme south. He also showed a reel of films, showing just how the seismic res searches were carried out. The members of the Tech News were greatly pleased by the presence of PI sidcnt Heald, Dean Tibbals, Professors Hendricks, Colvert, Fin- neuan, and Mr. Goetz at the. ham quot. This was the, first time in many yearn that school officials and the entire student Publication’s Advisory Board were represented. Each of these guests favored the newsmen with a short address. Unusual Atmospheric Phenomena Peculiar atmospheric conditions ac— count for some 01' the amazing phe- nomen. Visibility far exceeds any- thing to which we are accustomed; a candle {lame can be seen for a dis« {Lance oi' mmc than nine miles. One Vol. XXIII. No. ,lhetirinp giant hinminutes "themes Hunter us iioiitonin—Chiei at Armour inch News at he argued in Student Union test lihursdoy @pila, hammock, iiahey, blown, Kalnin and ltohn Are Members at littoral Thomas llunth, Junior fire protect, was chosen as editor~in- chief of the Armour Tech News for the following year. Hunter, who has been active on the paper for over two years, suc- ceeds Russell Kotal to the office of editor. Introduction of the new mem- bers of the editorial board was made in a more formal manner than in previous years. After calling the group before the speakers' table, each new member of the board was introduced and his duties outlined. A letter of credentials was then given to each members. New Editors Take Positions 'ltobert Jailee, managing editor, was succeeded by Francis Opila. Robert Eartusek followed Max Ephraim into the position of news editor. The po- sion of sports editor was taken by James F'IIhey, following Howard Coyle. Eugene Kalnin is the copy editor, succeeding Thomas Yeakle. A new position, that of records edi~ tor, was inaugurated in order to so» cure a file for the use of members of the staff. The object of this position is to create a “morgue" similar to that of daily newspapers. This po~ sition has been taken by Robert: ohn. Board Adopts New Policy Other positions assumed by the new staff members were also announced at this time. Irvin Dzikowski is the new desk editor, following Carl Reh.- The position of rewrite editor is taken by Peter Woods, a comp, succeeding John Keane. Robert Bartusek and Francis Opila, former assignment editors, were replaced by Robert Mead and Frank Reh. Art Hansen. new fea- ture editor, follows R. Perry. The oil'ice of fraternity editor was taken by Bernard Sterni’cld, succeeding Ed- ward Chcvalley, while the copy read- ers are Sidney Hecnan and George Frost. A new policy has been adopted by the I-ctirim,r editorial board concern- ing: members of the staff not fulfilling the requirements of their positions; all member not doinI,I the work rc- quiI-cd of their positions will be asked of the masons foI this is that the amount of moistuie in the air is vcryi small. This of ammo, is in accord- ance with the laws groveininc vapor pressures. The absence of dirt, smoke, and other I'm n mutter in the air also int-Ira. I: the visible" range. i (Inc 01‘ (he most unexpected facts: that the speaker brought out was that l them- is not much actual snow fall1 in the antarctic. Commander Byrd, during his stay in the interior, re- ported that the heaviest in“ he saw was only one inch. In this respect, the climate in this section of the country has the far south pretty well beaten. Dr. Poulter accounted for (Continued on page four) A. l Ch. E. Arranges loini‘ Meeting with flow/ntown I Section and Annual Smoker The program of the Armour Chap‘ tor of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers for the present semester will feature two major events besides the regular meetings at which guest speakers are usually presented. The first event will he the smoker ‘to take place in the middle of March. I‘ormer smokers sponsored by the (hapter have always been successful, but the coming“ one, because, of the ises to be the best yet. Following the smoker, and more im- . portant in its nature, will be the joint , .meetine‘ of the professional and col—j legiate chapters of the society. This’ will include a program held at night in which the chemical engineering, laboratories are opened and the‘ course of experiments oHeI-ed by the Institute is demonstrated by undmu ~e‘raduates. A banquet in the cafe» Lelia, with a number of professional and student spenkois will top the mo- : 5:) am. for their resignation. Many 50/0/5133 Scheduled for Annual/l Concert Each year the musical clubs of Ar— mour look forward to appearing at the Goodman Theatre as a fitting peak to their concert season. This year’s concert, to be held on Thursday evening, February 23, 1939, starting at 8:30, will be the fourth of the an- nual affairs given at this location. Founded in 1922 by Professor Charles W. Leigh, the clubs now com- prise more than one eighth of the stu‘ dent body and occupy a prominent po— sition in connection with student ac~ tivities, clubs, and associations. Dur- ing the past few years, the clubs have gained more than local I'ecogni‘ Lion; the glee club has appeared fre- quently at the large Chicago broad- casting studios, and both the glee club and orchestra have given many fine concerts for the more exclusive city and suburban clubs. For the past five years 0. Gordon Erickson, conductor of the clubs, has bII:n a member of the faculty as mus- ical director of the Institute. Mr. Erickson's musical achievements are many. At the age of sixteen he was direc- tor of his church their and, as II freshman at the l'nivei ty of Chi< I‘flp‘u, wrote the famous "Wave the Flag: for Old Chicago." in 1921 he became the director of the Sunday Evcning: Club Choir. His knowledge of the art of conducting was gained as :1 student of Dr. Frederi Stock. famous conductor of the Chicago Synv phony Orchestra. The Clubs this year have the l? Inmnhorship in their history. T t K . (Continued on page {marl