ARMOUR TECH NEWS Tuesday, March l4. l939 IT’S HIGH TIME THE D.A.R. in- dulged in a historical investigation to see what the name, “Daughters of the American Revolution” means,l instead of expendingr so much effort in useless and often harmful in« quiries into matters that are plainlyv none of its business. Next to Henry! Ford and the Dies Committee, thisi exclusive order of questionably herditarily endowed females, is the most reactionary group in the coun» try. A classic example of its cam- paign to keep America safe for the future daughters of the present D.A.R. took place in Washington a few days ago. Miss Marian Ander- son, unquestionably the greatest liv- ing contralto, and a negro, was re- fused permission to sing in Constitu— tion Hall. If it had been any place else than Constitution Hall, it wouldn‘t seem so ironic. The D.A.R. took it upon itself to raise a cry against the admission of a negress (and a real lady) to the sacred por< tuls of a hall which stands for our fleeing: liberty, fraternity, and equality. This now notorious group not only indulges in innocuous bridge games, but it has several energetic members who feel especially called on to ben~ efit America by carrying on an ac~ tive campaign of red-baiting. No- table in this respect is Mrs. Albert Wallwick Dilling, who took it upon herself to weed out every person and organization in this country of any repute, who were in the least bit inclined to be liberal, and label them as reds (whatever that means.) Her efforts were published in the “Red Network: a who’s who and handbook of radicalism for patriots." Her sequel to this masterpiece of absurdity was “Roosevelt Red Rec- ord and its Background." We hope she doesn’t catch Neville Chamberv lain blushing while trying to explain his Munich settlement, because she might label him red, and that would be a grave mistake. 14)! it WITH THE PASSING of Judge Louis Brandeis from the bench of the Supreme Court, that high tri— bunal lost a great scholar and‘ a valuable liberal. Brandeis was a jus- tice for 23 years, and during that time he remained a stern Jeffersonian liberal who respected the small man and desired a simple way of life. He repeatedly acted to break up large trusts and monopolies of any nature (including the N.R.A.), as he feared the loss of freedom with the growth of anything large and powerful. Scholarly and humane, respected and honored, Louis Brandeis has left a record of great value to the Supreme Court of the United States in his long- service there. ’3! ‘ll )1- THE FRENCH TREATMENT of Spanish refugees at the Pyrenees border is not irregular with the in~ creasing moral collapse of that coun— try. Thousands 01' homeless unfor- ‘tunates have been huddled into filthy, congested areas and offered practically nothing to decrease their misery. Disease is rampant in the refugee ranks, and hunger and cold are everywhere. The waiting arms of mother France have turned out to be but barren bones, and the suf» fering Spaniards might even do bet— ter to return to Franeoland where their miserable stomachs would pos- sibly be fed. All this suffering for what? A pertinent question which offers little consolation in its vari— ous and indefinite answers. E. H. W. intertrarernil‘y Council Wolds Monthly Meeting Last Tuesday evening, the Armour lnterfraternity Council held its monthly dinner meeting at 6 p.m. in the Student Union Building as guests of the Theta Xi Fraternity. The council, which is the governing board of the fraternities at Armour, discussed and composed a set of reg- ulations to decide the eligibility of fraternity men in the sport events sponsored by the council. The council has been active in establishing rushing rules, fraterni— ty regulations and standards. It also sponsors inter-fraternity activities, providing awards for sport events and tournaments. l AVERAGES—— (Continued from page one) list of fraternities. Pi Tau Sigma, honorary mechanical fraternity, leads with an average of 2.44, followed by Salamander, honorary :fire protec- tion fraternity, with an average of 2.43. Tau Beta Pi ............. 2.40 Pi Tau Sigma .......... 2.44 Eta Kappa Nu . ......... 1.98 Chi Epsilon . . , . .. ..2.13 Phi Lambda Upsilon . . .2.31 Salamander ............. 2.43 Honorary Fraternities (NomSeholastic) Pi Nu Epsilon ........... 1.77 Honor Society Sphinx ................. 2.12 Professional Fralernities Scarab 1.66 Alpha Chi Sigma ..... . . . 1.97 The social fraternities are led for the fourth year by Sigma Alpha Mu with a 1.92 average. The listing of fraternities according to seniority is: Phi Kappa Sigma ........ 1.10 Delta Tau Delta ......... 1.52 Theta Xi ............... 1.61 Phi Pi Phi .............. 1.11 Rho Delta Rho .......... 1.61 Sigma Alpha Mu ........ 1.92 Triangle ................ 1.63 Pi Kappa Phi ........... 1.46 Rating System Explained The averages as computed are weighted. The letter grades are as- signed numerical values as follows: A equals 3 grade points, B equals 2 grade points, C equals 1 grade point, I) and E equal 0 grade points. The averages are computed by taking the sum of all grade points multiplied by the corresponding number of semes- ter hours, the total beingr divided by the number of semester hours to get the average. Physical training grades are omitted from the aver‘ ages. A credit for work at other in— stitutions is considered equivalent to 1 grade point if the student’s scho— lastic standing for work at Armour is below 2 grade points, 1.5 if his average is equal to or more than 2.00 and 2.00 if his average is equal to Vialhrtion Subject of Faculty Talk Tenth in a series of talks entitled “The Faculty Club" was presented over WCFL at 12 :45 Sunday, March 12. In this informal discussion the question of unpleasant sound vibra~ tlons was considered. The noises and squeaks produced by an automobile traveling along a brick road are typi- cal examples. Another interesting example and familiar is vibration in a building caused by the passing of nearby trains. After listening and partici- pating in the discussion, Mr. C. O. Dohrenwend agreed with Mr. M. G. Christophersen that it would be much cheaper to build a house on a lot in the country, far away from the rail— road, than to try to absorb or prevent the Vibrations. Mr. N. B. Schreibcr brought up an— other interesting phase of this prob— lem when he asked about deadening sounds produced inside of a building. Mr. H. A, Lccdy of the Research Foundation showed him that because of such variables as the position of the speaker, the quality, pitch, and type of the syllable, the size of the audience, etc., the behavior of sound in the room is practically unpredict- able. Frequently, it is possible and con- venient to absorb the sound vibration quiet near its source. This is usually done by mounting the device on low frequency springs, rubber cush— ions, or similar absorbtivc material. However, Mr. Potter explained that in the case of the Maxim silencer and the automobile muffler, the basic principle is not to decrease the fre- quency of the vibration, but to ub- sorb, and dampen the energy of the waves and thus decrease their ampli- tude. One of the most undesirable ef- fects of vibrations is the damage pro- duced in building's. Everyone has heard that soldiers must break step in crossing a bridge, but few would think that a famous American bridge was reputed to have a strict rule against permitting- dogs to cross the bridge for fear that the trotting would he in resonance with a natu< or greater than 2.50. ral frequency of the bridge. WW Thinnru are happening! First off, quite a number of ye Arx contributed to the success of the Junior Formal by attending it last Frday. . . . . . . [windmill was there with, guess who, Aim. - . . Virginia dragged Hut- ton all the may from Indiana . . . Lorry was there with one of tho Evmtston. polls, as per usual—just to mention a few of the more socially inclined Arx. Adv.~—~John Rea would like to have whoever took his drawing set to either return it or come back for the piece he missed . . . maybe it’s the same person that’s got his room pa- pered with flexwood and now he wants to furnish it. Announcement: The Armour Archi— tectural Society is howling a. meeting and Smoker Thursday night, March 16;:‘71, the Student Union, from 6-10. All Arm are requested to attend. It is the (lei/inning of further activities of the society. Mirotsnic seems to. be having some trouble with his wisdom. . . . Ask Dodge and Stowcll about their trip to Peoria. . . . Famous words: Mirots— nic says, “Fee-foo—foom, I smell!” (Ain’t it do troot} . . . Smiling Jack's coming through! Best news of the weak: Pmlher was elected delegate by] Scarab (0 gr.) to their national convention in Call- l'ornid this summer, lucky guy. . . . Roz-ARTS. PLAYERS—~— (Conllnued from page one) and are active members of the drum- atie org-iiization at that school. They are cast as Anna ... .......... Dorothy Kennedy Angela Palma Poppy ............ Loretto Turner Aunt Agatha .. ..... Irene Lund Direct . . . . .Merrill Christophersen Asst. Director . . . . . .Charles Schultz Stage Designer ..... Richard Lisher Stage Manager . . . .Robert Underhill Production Manager ............. ............... William Buckman Properties ........ . . .Waltcr Kahl Costumes ........... Arthur Hansen J amcs Duncan Two Lectures on Patent Law Scheduled by Larkin Two lectures on Patent Law have been arranged by Prof- Larkin of the social science department as a sup- plement to his course in Public Policy. Eminent men in the field of Patent Law will discuss topics which are of great interest to coming engineers. Thomas H. Sheridan, of the law firm of Sheridan, Davis, and Cargill, will speak on United States Patent Law next Tuesday morning, March 21, at 8:30 in the. assembly hall of the Student Union. 0n. the following Tuesday, March 28, at tho same hour, a discussion on European Patent Law will be given by George von Gchr, of the firm of Longer, Parry, Card, and Longer. Mr. von Gohr is a menu ber of the Armour class 01‘ ’28. Previous lectures of this kind have been given by Mr. von Gelir and others to senior students in connection with their Public Policy course. They have always been well attended and have met with an unusually favorable response. In order that seniors who have conflicting classes may not miss these talks, they will be excused on the days of the lectures. flhemicais begin Work was humor Problems Work is progressing rapidly on the engineering problems of the senior chemical engineers. Each year the seniors choose a specific problem in chemical engineering and spend their entire semester's laboratory time in research, construction, and collecting data. As many problems require the con- struction of equipment, a large col- lection of apparatus has been accum— ulated. As additional problems, ro- finements are made and additional data taken on already constructed equipment. One of the problems this year is an extensive survey of new types of Rom-meter tubes. These tubes are used for measuring: the velocity of liquids. The instruments have been in use for only five years and are still far from perfect. Another interesting; project is an investigation into the new uses of toeoa beans. The purpose being to drowns to he Sire @t Freshman Danae “Bigg - and better than ever be— fore” is what the Freshman Social Committee wanted—and they claim that they have it. On Friday, April 14, the Freshman dance will be held in the Boulevard Room of the Stevens Hotel. Art Wise, and his well known or- chestra, will be on (lock to pour forth seine real rhythm. He has played throughout the country and has had loop engagements. In order to make a real success of the occasion, the committee sag-- gests that anyone interested, give his opinion on. the type of songs that he wishes played. These opinions may be deposited in the Tech News Box, or given to one of the commit. tee members personally. The bids are $1.50—and what bids they are. They have been designed in a totally different style. The touch of originality has been added by one of the committee members. In order that all students may at,- tend, the dance has been arranged so that it will appeal not only to freshmen, but will attract dancers from the whole school. The Freshman Social Committee, in whose hands the dance plans rest, is Bob Tutg‘e, Bob Thor, Ted Krup- nik, Dick Talcott, Earl Huxhold, Jack Mays and Bob Beeson will do the posters. find a use for the waste products that are of. little use at present. As an attempt to produce a solu- tion to a here-to-Iore complicated problem, another project deals with the reclamation of crank case oils. This problem presents the difficulty of an economic process that will pro— duce a satisfactory grade of oil that is lower in cost than newly refined oil. Along, the same line as the reclama- tion of crank ease oil is the recovery of sodium chloride from brine soiu~ tions by the use of acetone. 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