2440 Quote 1:11.111 EdoEds Eocioi 111 Union, '1 EQ anpies Attend E15131 EEEoEE @0111 Charlton's Music lMfl’i‘l‘l Models GE“ Erirrwr All Carolin Shown 1:11 Last Friday evening the Dance Club inaugurated what promises to become a new and greater social cycle at Armour Tech. Members of the club and their guests spent an enjoyable evening dancing to the mu, sic of Don Charlton and his orches- tra in the auditorium of the Student Union. Dean C. A. 'I‘ibbals, Mrs. A. C. Orcutt, faculty sponsor, and “Sonny” Weissman were the guests of the club for the evening. Danc- ing started at nine o‘clock and con- tinued until twelve. Both the lounge and the lunchroom were kept open for the use of those attending the dance. A spirit of gaiety and good fellow- ship was very much in evidence. In‘ formality was the rule for the eve- ning. While a large number of the members escorted their own dates others came without companions. They were furnished dancing part- ners by the date committee. All told there were about eighty couples present. Coeds from Chi- cago Teachers College were very wel- come and reduced the stag line to a minimum. “Sonny" Weissmann and “Tony” Monteeano aided the date committee by escorting a sub Cylinders, parollelepipeds, hypo- cycloids, ellipses, and paraboloids of revolution . . . all these and more were the forms taken by place card holders-4.1m only ones of their kind in the world—which are owned by Dr. Ford and were exhibited at the meeting of the Mathematical Models (hub last Friday night. Moreover: ti'c models are made of a plastic, ('atalin, 3111' were machined by the student Catlin! Organized by Professor W. A. Spencer, the Mathematical Models: Club met for the first time on Jan- uary 6. This was their second meet- ing, and the members and visitors were entertained by a lecture on the plastic Catalii. by Mr. H. E. Frobei'g of the Catalin Corporation of New Jersey. Mr. Froberp; spoke mainly on the different methods by which the plas- tic could be made to take on any shape desired. He said it was made with phenol, formaldehyde, and a catv alyst. The subs ancc assumes a liquid state at this stage, when it is poured , , in lead molds that have been made stantml number 01. WW}: ladies to from steel “markers." it is then put the dance. During the intermission 1 into a “vulcanizer” and left to set at the lunchi'oom attracteda large num— l 80 degrees C. {or four to seven days. ber of the dancers, while others re- it can be made in a great variety of hardness, but it is usually prepared so its test will be about Rockwell B- . t .511. (Continued on page four) fifléagfilfi’i EEEJEW SWEQEEEEW; Cements are also made by the com- 1 pany, one of which acts after an ac— E’Eefi? fiflEKESmIE‘E‘E Eradayl cL-lerator, furnished with it, is added . to it. The other is made to set after Armour iuicci‘n will be favored Hommei'cial hydrochloric acid is added with a disrusjon bV M1. R Gold 111 1t~—th(' kind of acid which can be smith on “Direct Current Transmig_1b0llfll’lt at any drug store. Both of sion,” this eomini: Friday at 111:30,1th_1:;01“11110r1 sitting. 2115:0111: irllémtjfal at the meeting: of the Armour chup- ‘ m e i) as '1" ‘3 11 in, I 50‘ ‘ n- ter of the American Institute of Elec‘ Lotlier substance 5"” Wt by the am“ trical Engineers. Mr. Goldsmith, 1 pony is (Tatabond, used in the makingr a graduate student in electrical 111i plywoods which, due to treatment engineering: spoke :1 year 81:0 on tbc1by 1:35 influx-if: beam“; wtcather- same subjeit and it moved to be so WOO ‘ am are "" pcrccn ‘ ranger succes ful 1113111“, program com< l than plywood made. by regular moth- mittee felt iustified in ari'anging for ”(“5“ l . th _ a repetition of the talk ici' spca 291's or e evening: were Prof. Coraline of the institute, Dr. held in the Student Union this yeai,- , Elbfialg‘ in; r213: h 3;“. Vag’t. . . a. .. . . _ ai'c compl lefed and due to the addi-l ;o1-g,,dan1 31h}: ' 1: (h Alger ton tional facilities provided by then?“0 a tour. liou'g t: cigarch lnioii, the committee is planning i'orl oundatmn, inmudmg l e . ”my' the finest smoker ever held by the1>ound, and furnace laboratories. Dr. society last W ”P ,S gmduaws will be 1 Fisk also conducted a demonstration . 1 . . invited to the smoker, together with l in Winch ll“ fihnwed how specimens to he used in metallurgical examinations Plans for the annual smoker to be1 and the members of the facult nd ggudpnt body. y a 1 '11'1- “briqueiicil” in bakelite. In preparation for the electrical l M—vfi—v- exhibits at the mining Open House 1 the society will rearrange the Two 51111111 Ehemicols apparatus of the second floor labora‘_ tory, and a [general cleaning will take 1 AWGEEEEE? Hafldbaakg place to improve the appearance of laboratory. New show cards will be made to mark the various exhibits. Henry Wessel and Samuel Falk were each presented with a copy of the “Handbook of Chemistry and Physics" last Wednesday at the organic chemistry lecture. These men tied for the annual Alpha Chi Sigma award which is made on a basis of the organic laboratory technique ex- hibited by the sophomore chemical students. The books were presented by Walter Kahl, who represented the fraternity. The organic laboratory award is an annual presentation awarded each year on the recommendation made by the organic laboratory instructors. lJrs. B. B. Freud, and W. E. Waslcy board of Control Will buy EZQQ Radio for Student Einion homage Last Vi'odnesday nig'ht the Boardl of Control of the Student Union met to discuss the problems which have arisen recently. One of the things discussed was damage done to the furniture by a student. Decision was that the student is to pay for the re- pairs, The possibility of future dam- age was considered but it was decided that the furniture was relatively safe, and Mr. Richard Wagner collaborated in the selection of the winners. Con- trary to results in the past, there for student'opinion frowns 0“ abuse . were two men tied for the award 0f the furnishings. li-ather than a single winner this It has long been the desire of the 1 year. student body to have a radio in the Alpha Chi Sigma is a professional lounge. The board of control acting chemical engineering fraternity de~ in favor of student sentiment has de- voted to the advancement of the pro- aided to furnish the Union with a fessim'l. radio. Many types of radios were The initial chapter of Alpha Chi discussed and it was finally decided Sigma was organized at the Univer» to get a combination radio and phono- l sity of Wisconsin in 1902 and has graph. The cost of this machine will giown until at the present time the probably be about $200 and is ex—1chapter roster includes fifty student pected to pay for itself since it is to1and Sev entcen graduate chapters lo~ be used for dances in the Union. lcated throughout the country. Moth Cl 11b Eileen Armour institute of TechnologyLChicflgo, lllinois; Tuesday, March 7, l939 A EQE VVEEE. EhEllhllE 1 Unknown To the major porliori of lho student body, there has1 been a one- man war going on right here at Armoui. The war is be war against unemployment and the man who is waging it is. lohn l. Schommer. the placement director. Armour never had a real placement bureau until Mr. Schommer took over the job This important office was filled on a part time basis by men who had other duties to perform around school. While the present director also has teaching and athletic duties to fill he as made the placement office his main job. The success with which he has filled the office speaks, in fact shouts, of his ability When he took the job there were one hundred fifteen men with- out employment. Now there are only two! That is a record of which any man can be justly proud. Placement directors must have certain qualifications to do the lob justice. They should have many Connections with important men in industry; they must have a pleasing personality since they lay the groundwork for any further relations with new companies: they must be genuinely interested in every student who is looking for a position; they must be willing to give, and give freely, of their own time. Mr. Schommer has all of these qualifications and more. Through his plentiful connections with industrial leaders, made over a colorful lifetime, he has managed to interest a number of new companies in Armour graduates. With his. pleasing personality and friendly manner he has interested other men, whom he has met though his many outside activities, in our school, laying the basis for amicable relations in years to come. No one whom the placement bureau has aided will deny that Professor Schommer has given them careful, personal consideration. He has arranged conferences. seen that a private room was provided for intevlews, and given largely of his own time to see that our grade uaies secured positions. Every student owes a vote of thanks; to this man for his con- scientious efforts in their behalf. Fresh Elia—ops EieeE New Eloise @Ei‘i’cers E11111 Eloy to buy Senior Rings lEeys Variety of Einlsi ies E9111 on misplay According to previous plans, the election of Freshman cooperative class ____‘“ ol'i'irei's was conducted on Tuesday, l. (limoxing several weeks of piep.1- Feb. 28. in Room 305, Main. in con- ration, thc committee on senior jewelry will accept orders for senior rings and keys; for the last today, from 8:30 11.111. to 5:30 trust _ n'mtliorl of selection of the four of- time, l'iL'ci'a was introduced. As a means 11.111. in the lobby of the main build- me, All 11109,.- who did not place of restricting: candidates to those con- ‘..lir-ii' riders on l'iiiday (11' Monday sidercd mosl. eligible, only the top ten 11111] “ll“ “‘3le “‘1 may “0"" ll” 3“- i'ncii iii the ninth classes were ill-l Reported to be among: the most striking rings in icccnt years, they are offered in a variety of finishes "eonyx, surdonyx, ruby, spinelle garnet, tourmaline sapphire and amethyst. The dies have been made two to three times deeper than 11 ual, resulting: in an unusual contrasting (*ii'cct. The 11111111 is ten karat gold, solidly constructed. Senior keys, also lowed to run for office. In the actual casting; of votes, :1 em of weighting: the votes for the The stu- st various offices was used. dents were asked to ('lioosi, men wl'ioiii they thought should oc~ rupy presidi-i'it, :41-1'1'1'l111-y, treasurer. A vote for president gave the candie the officer. of president, and (1f ten karat gold, are filllsm‘d in (late '1 points 11 vote for vim-.prcsh spinelle, ruby, (”ix-‘3 ml sardoynx. (loot. fl points, (-|(' As a result of this Rinms may he '1111'L'l121s1'd at prices system, the mail i'cct‘lviiie' the highest. romaine from $5.00 10 513,75, Whlll‘ number of vol 1 is the president, ' white in cost from 34.00 to Harold $011,111 '. l-lcctml 111' sidont l) 2.1. taxes included in both cases. and .lim Woodbui'y, vi1511—111-(-si4i11nt.1 The office 111' ‘Jim liiii'iiabi-o, while kimli. was ell-01ml students are asked to payhalf of the, price of the jewelry they sclect a deposit. Delivery will take placw, fhii'ty days after order has been 1'1-« ccived, before this the full amountl must be paid. Details as to indi~ vidual types of jewelry, and their prices, may be obtained from the bulletin board in the main lobby (11- i'i'om committee members. Assisting:F Abe Zai'em, head of the senior jewelry committee are Ralph ’l‘ullgren, Sieve Finnegan, Dan Jae. (; ion 11 treasurer. 11 EE. WEWalrson "E11 Speah "E11 Members of AJEhE As guest speaker (11‘ the American institute of (Ilioii'iical Engineers this coming: Friday morning :11. 10:30, the 'unioi' ' i' 111 mmittc' i/ill i'e» obscn, John Ratto, and Bernard Os- J WW a 111 < l , 11 sent Kenneth VI Watson, of the weld. These men were selected by , - Univonnl Oil l rollucls (.11., who is the senior commission at the begm~ known throughout the Middle West "gill; "f 1li'omester, according to for his work in chemical engineering: 1 0: qua iii(.at1(1ns and student rec— All chemical students should hear him 111'1 5. he engineers «peak for is one 111' the foremost ('l’ll'lillf‘al the United States and wlial he has to say will he of interest to all who will enter the field of chemical engineering. .\l1'. wi th 1%.qu Lab fibrains New Wigh Velocity flower in the, Universal Oil Products Co. in the capacity of Chemical Engineer in charge of Engineering: Research, A tremendous hum of activity has been issuine' of late from the auto- motive laboraioiy. The laboratory 121s ju receivcda New York Blower, which is capable of creating high velocity air to be used by the senior mechanicals in some of their experi» 1 ments. The blower will be connected to a heavy Dodge automobile engine, and will soon be ready for its pre- _ _ liminary trials. engineering, An R_C_A_ (jammy? Ray Indicator 1 This meeting will. in all probability, is being used extensively for some ! be one of the highlights of the chap- special tests by selected senior 1119- l tei‘ activity this semester and 11 real chanicals and graduate students. ; turnout is expected. Univei': Ly of Wisconsin faculty and re. ai'L'h eiigineei with General Electric. His text, “Industrial Chenhl .cal Calculations," in which he is co- author with 0. A. Hougen, is familiar to all upper classroom in to the precedents l'i‘Cle.(‘(l by: former elections, a new procedure and 1' the four " vit'c» . secretary was won by. Wittcm ‘ lNatson 111. present is associated ' and formerly “as a member of thel chemical 1 11 mar 111111111 Eve at E11 “:1 -11 USS Sound Program of Faculty Club On Sunday afternoon, Mai-ch ii, the Faculty Club of Armour Institute of ”:chhnologv presented its ninth broad— cast 01 the present series of educa [.5 On l1 ional piogri'ams over radio station WCFL. The participants in the in» .l'ormal fifteen minute discussion on sound woic M1. Potic r ol' the depart» 1 incnt of physics, Mr. Leedy of the Re-l M 111Ll1 Foundation, Mr. ('hiislopher~ "sen of the English department, and 1M1: Sr'hieibci' ol the public relations ilepartman. Sound forms a large and necessary 1pa1'l ol' oui sensitive life, and is of 11111-111; intcieot to everyone Whether 1lhnt person is an engineer, doctor, laborci, or housewife. It is a sub- 1joct which is accepted without dues. llion because it is so common in our every day livi111:. Millions of' people itake it. for granted, and although imnny people wonder about this 'ph1-111iiiiena, only a Few know its 1 explanation. \‘ound is a disturbance in 1111 e111:1ti1'.1 mulium, ol such nature that when it falls upon the r-ar it is capable (11' .<\1' 1| i111: the auditory nerve. l'he mini-1 hm of vibrations which this elastic niwlium makes in a second (l0t0l'l’nlllf. the 1111(1111111V of the emitted sound. 1 H10 greater 1.h( frequency. the h11rhei' the pitch. 111-11 l11'lwceri noise 11111] music. (Continued on, page four) lEulghnm Eorms EEebo'l'ingy Eeom Oi'atm'sl Debaters! Attention all ye . who thirst after the fount of ole-l , queiice. Oil ye up your tonsils and prepare ye to indulge in this, the sport of kings and prophets. Comes now a group of perspiring' students, by name—the Armour debating: so- ciety, to meet at Prof. Fulgl‘iuin's office, 311 Physics, on the day of Wednesday, March 8th, at 12:20 13.n1. Take note, then, that welcome are all lye who so desire to enlist. hating organizations, separate and l speaking classes. has been created as an answer to numerous and hereto- 1 fore unanswered challenges of other schools to meet their teams in open debate. ‘ As the result of 11. good turnout at l the last meeting, four debating" teams have been formed and 11 topic chosen for argumentation. The topic is, "Resolved: That the percent age of non»tecliriiczil courses in engi— neering: curriculum should be in- creased”. Edward E11 l One of the highlights of the broad- 't was 1111 nyilanation of the ilii'~1 " “ts of a definite ai'i'anue~1 Seriously speaking, the new dc-y 1 apart from the newly formed public? present - 'Tl’w Vol. XXlll. No. 41 11 Hold Ehis E11 1111mm Enema Griff Williams Will he Featured Attraction As a climax to weeks of intensive work and preparation by the junior social committee, the Junior Formal next Friday night at the Congress Casino promises to be the year’s out— standing' social event. Everything has been selected very carefully, not- ably a beautiful dining room, a line orchestra and the excellent cuisine of the Congress Casino. The social committee wishes to stress the fact that the number on the flap of the envelope of the bid' is the dinner ticket. This number is to be detached and presented to the' waiter as payment for the dinner. Dancers will not be required to sur— render their bids, but will be allowed to keep them with their striking gold and black colors as a remembrance of a delightful evening. Serving will start at 10 p.111. and the last order will be taken at 11:15 p. n1., but later courses will be served until 1 a. m. The committee wishes to an— nounce that all bills must be paid for by tomorrow. Those desiring fish courses are requested to see one of the. mc 1be1's of the committee as soon as possible. (irill' Williams, whose orchestra will play for the dance, lF1 a favorite with Chicago dancers. He has ap- peared at the 'l‘i'ianon and Aragon for a number 01' seasons. Grid’s rise to the top of the ladder of success is a series: of “breaks” one after the other. The first was a very expensive car that was smashed by Grill" in a collision. The car belonged to :1 Stanford university pal of Grid’s who had planned to sell it to finance a summer tiip to Europe. Grill" was plenty shattered by this misfortune, and instead of pursuing his medical studies at summer school he ioined an on hostia iii the Sierras 1 in the hope that he could earn enough money to pay his pal back for the l ('dl‘. 1 But then the stock market broke, and the dew ssion set 111. Business 111* the roadhousc, quickly vanished and (ii'ifl’s student orchestra dissolved. About. this time, Anson Weeks, their at a Son Francisco hotel. wanted to take a week's vacation, and asked lrifl' to take his place at the piano. 1 lrif‘f jumped at the chance. The day Anson rctuincd from his vacation, he 1slipped on a cake of soap, broke his l'lHl} . . . and thus Griff mashed the [immanent poitals of the orchestral. 1woil1l. letrn E 111,11l1sh 1 Eonrses EEwerr During the past few semesters. lhe 1 English Department has been offering lnn increasint' number of new silly is. Optional for the most part. these Louiscs offer to the students addL limial cultural training. They are taken as v-lmtivcs to augment the training: acquired in the fi oshninn and sophmnoir English courses. Originally the ire hinan Eniz'lish l(‘()lli‘.\1L’, training: in fundamental lm'nmmui', was given for students who 'had proved themselves deficient in 1:1;111‘1inali1'111 training. Now 11 has ln'cii made 11 definite requirement. and all entering students. This equips the to \\'l'lll' coi'i'ccl. intelligent reports. and is :1 ileliiiifc asset to his laim' 1111101» ioi'y reports. Other offered to the lsiiidont body are: draniiitics. 11 funds, mental training in .x'ing'o work and lillt'kll‘l’(\llllil of 1110 Master: .i'iincci writing. a course in which ilie student works on school publications: pul‘ilu speaking: instruction to those \\"h1 1wish to know the or! of land planned iitopias. famous iitopias. All the-so COHIl, and lim 1' 1.19011 1:“..1" vex: h) the student lmdr 1h 15111 1h 11 rho Enzl plan to (1" 21 is taken by course student C1111 1141's now :1 study 111'; or. ~1xiliitions. 1.1.0111 {1111116