VOL. 27wNo. 1 “l’l’orlel’i’o %rewdeod lilolloyo Woeoogoreyoerw HJJNGES ENS'E‘HTUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CHICAGO, HJLHNQHS FlilllltUARY 118., 1941 ”bronze Eldon” To be {liven by Armour liloyern “Wuxtry! Wuxtry! Read all about it! Crazed murderer escapes jail. Hundreds of cops are combing the city in their search. Read all about it!” This will be the cry Saturday evening, February 22, at 8:30 pm. when the Student directed Armour Players will present “Front Page." a corking good newspaper story based on fact. its locale is; the Criminal Court newspaper office here in Chicago. The events and characters are portrayed as they actually existed in the early twenties. Many of the reporters involved have since risen to prom- inence in the newspaper field. The purpose of the play, according to its authors Ben Hecht and Charles McArthur, is to give an in- side View of the lives of the crime reporters of that time. Because of its authentic and plain matter- of-fact way of expression, the script has survived too Strict cen- sorohlp. Several of the original characters inhabiting the court press room at that time will be in the audience Saturday. Directed by Ari; Minwcgmo This year players; are directed by Arthur Minwegen who also takes a port in hit; own ploy. lie is orsieted by Albert Elation-wide. who in addition to being publicity man of the group, plays the lead- ing role of I‘lildy Johnson. Wit llom Wilson is the business mgr” William l-Iasskorl in stage and scenery manager, and James liar- mun is his Assistant. According to director Minn-«sigma and his associates, the show can b0 nothing else but :1 smonh nil her-aunt) of an unusually talented cast and the dialogue which very (continued on page twol ilelnelrol Wornoll finpreeoee Need for Enolnonrn “Calling All Engineere" might well be the theme of the brief speeches given by Admiral Yon hell and his associates last ’l‘huro day in the auditorium of the Stu. dent Union. Admiral Yarncll no sored the juniors and seniors pre- sent that there are vast opportuni- ties in naval engineering due to ihe acute shortage of engineers; in the naval service. Increasing numbers of engineers will be needed. to carry out the huge arm- ament program now in progress. Opportunities for Engineers Naval engineering covers a wide field in mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering Develop- ment of paints, plastics, arma- ment, radio and electrical equip ment are only a few of the fields in which naval engineers may spe- cialize. Qualifications in general are three fold: professional ability, personal worth and physical abil— ity. Personal worth includes such qualifications as aptitude and trustfulness. Those qualifying under these standards will have no trouble in getting their ap- pointments. They will then have the same privileges as an ensign in the U. S. Navy, and they may marry if they choose to do so. The period of active duty will only last as long as the nation is in a state of emergency After this time on (continued on page eight) MANAGING BOARD FOR ’41—’42 bell to right: Tom lilrown. cditor-iwchicf; Dan Brown, niutmging cdi~ tor; Put, Arno, ansistnm managing»; editor; Warren Spitz, sports editor: and Blob Funk, luminous manager. 'li‘hrsr lire people and the new fru- tnrc editor. dart filinwcaon will direct the activities of the hundred piccolo on tho shill" of the ll‘ldtllilfllllltl‘l’ NEWS until li‘cbrum-y, 19412. 113' 37rd l‘i'llit'l'. Slixll' l'lmmul‘nplwl' .lunlor lronnol “lo Excretion Mullet fifig LdWldlliiflfi nggfifi ”larollloncloro honoured lnrilullono blow fiwniloble ln ”The liltnlenl llnion bobby C‘omplclc with engraved invita— llom, formal dress and the mom immune dance band ever to grace an llii‘nois Tech function, the liltil Junior li‘ormal promises to be inc “classiest“ function of the your and the bout of the ischool’s cniire history. Overlil) nor cent of line available 200 bids have been sold—«r375 to be exact. With two weeks to go yet before the dance, it is obvious that those planning; to amend had better hurry and get their reocrvations. Coniinisnionors and officers of the Junior class have done it. great job in preparing for the get‘to get‘ner. The luxurious; Grand Ball room of the Chicago Towers Club «familiar to many Loop dancers «has been obtained for the eve- ning, as hen the services of Law» Hence Welk’s great band, for fur- ther details of which see the ad‘ meant column. Bid»; $33.50 This dance is open to any Illi- nois Tech Student with five and one hell dollars to spare. The for- mally engraved bids may be goo ton on the oouthern campus Mon- day, Wednesday, and Friday at it) when James Walker and Rich and Talc-oil, will take turns at the salesmen‘s table in the S. U. lobby. Students on the occidental campus will iind Steve Mendak more than anxious to sell bids. Ecven floors above the famous Boul Michigan is the horseshoe- shaped Grand Ballroom of the Chicago Towers Club where this dance will take place. Scarlet and grey will predominate in the ex» tensive decorations which extend to the curved balcony which sur— rounds the entire room with the exception of the end where Law“ rence Well: and the Royal Trouba~ dors will alternate. There are ta- bles on the spacious balcony and, after the dancers have satiated (continued on page seven) fiporlllinggl fiynoopollon line your llnnonpollon All The fining boiler: "Cl‘nunmugnc Music" is a perfect title for lliitt'rcncc Welk’s brand of bouncing rhythm except for the loci that ‘ll’cllt‘s music, unlike the beverage, never goes flat. From the moment the boyish maestro pulls: she first cork until the last mu. .ol quantum in put back on ice for the evening, the ellcrve Meme never ceases. «is the biggest “name” bond cv» or to play lor am Il’l‘ dance, Low rmwe ti'ella. inc. (on the musical group is; incorporated under the law} will dispense the heady rhy— lhms; from ill on at the Junior Formula-us mentioned in the adju— ccnl column. This group is famous for the much vaunted “‘Chum~ pugnc Mollie” which keeps right; on bubbling while the now—declin- icontlnncd on page worm) lli‘l‘re wiggle @chiooll Elwyn Win ll ll ’il‘ @olfiioloeolhlpo Five of Armour’s mid-year freshmen are the holders of one year scholarships awarded on the basis oi" an examination and a per- sonal interview. The exam was held on January ll and was fol lowed by a luncheon for the '75 perspiring survivors. The winners have been chosen and have been waging war on Ole Demon Home- work for more than a week. All graduates of Chicago high schools, they were prominent in their stud- ies and in an assortment of activi- ties. Ted Anderson, a chemical en- gineer, is from Lane. Basketball and football interested him in high school, and when in class he en- joyoci English and technical cours- es. Richard Carlson is from Lake (continued on page eight) New filofifi ill Technology [Wei/on dppolnleol [ll lionryuel; bpeolrcro fluillne llfdl Finite Alfred ffuuf‘i‘munn Smoke All .fv‘lref Emory Graduation An epocli-muhing event in the history of our institute was the first graduation oi‘ a class of co« operative students. These boys are not only the first ones to grad- uate from a five-year course in mechanical engineering, but they are also the first group to grad» note from the new ll.LlNOlS IN~ STITUTE OF 'l‘i‘CHNOLOGY. As in previous; years the com- mencement exercises were held in the auditorium of the beautiful Museum of Science and lnduulry in Jackson Park. On January 29th, at 82% P. M. this auditorium was packed to the roof with porn ents, friends, relatives, and em— ployers of the graduating stu- (‘ionts li‘iftyneven cooperative students and ten students who completed a regular founyeur course marched in accompanied by the processionol. The invoc- tion was then delivered by the Reverend Dr. Harold W. Ruopp, pastor of Central Church. Excrllcnt Program Robert Mead, accompanied by it; selected Ringers; from the Glee Club, gave a rendition of “Penis Angelicus“ by Cesar Franck. This was followed by at commencement oddresm by Alfred Koufl‘mann, president of the Link-Belt Com- pany. lis subject was titled ()1)- pm‘funilics for ’l‘cclmicully ’l‘rai‘n- ml Mm: in (he Eminent; Baffle Ahead. Mr. Kuuil‘mulm, a graduate of Armour (lllllll, discussed how the human relotionnhlp between (continual on page eight) lEWfilfilflfiflfillfiWlf ill? difidi‘ill0llfi llllb’dlld lilill'fi/ld‘dlllrl@ dbl-gill llllnois institute has (1,139 stu~ dents! This won the figure at 5:00 P. M. Friday, with the enrollment at, Armour campus night school still on the increase. Day students at Armour num- ber 1329, as compared with 1,140 a your ago. Only fifty per cent of the additional 189 students have transferred from Lewis. The Armour campus evening school registration to date is 1,680, which is “an accurate estimate of the eventual total” according to reg‘ istrar William E. Kelly of Illinois Institute, since (according to past statistics) the duplicate names will just about balance any fur- ther increase in registration. An additional 784 students are on the Armour campus as a re- sult of the federally financed En~ ginecring Defence T r a i n i n g courses—which means that the total night school population on the south side campus is 2,464. This, with the (lay school’s 1,329 and the 461 cooperative students, brings the Armour campus total to 4,254. Lewis Institute has 1,430 in their combined day and night schools, with an additional 485 at. tumling for the Engineering Den fense Training classes. Their (continued on page eight) llrown Boys: Armour Houdini; Pol Arno Lewis Lender Marking the. completion of a highly successful year of service, lht annual chltmdogy News’ flan- (1ust, held ’l‘hursduy evening, Jan- uary 23rd. in the Hotel Bismark, b1 ought together the stall“ of the lnslitute‘s news organ for a final evening of gold fellowship. At- tending the affair were the 01d and the new officers of the paper, i"rosident lrleald, Dean. Tibbals, of the undergraduate school, Profes- sors Hendricks, fi‘lrmegan and Mr. Fodor, former foreign news correspondent now teaching sev- eral courses at Illinois Institute. When the last bit of the sump- tuous banquol, had gone the way of all good food, the evening’s pro- gram was opened by a short talk from Peter Woods. retiring editor- ln~chlcf of the Technology N61195:.“ (Skmcluding this no introduced the newly elected officers who will carry on the ltwtitute’s editorial standards for the forthcoming year. As each editor’s name was rolled he came forward to receive the congratulatiom of his (ax-chief. Most, important. of all appoint. menu»~ were those members of the managing board. Heading this board, an editorinrchief, will be Tom Brown, junior electrical and past. assignment editor. The job of managing editor goes to Dan llmwn who was co-aseignmcnt editor last uemester. Assisting them will be Patricia Arns in the post of auslntont mun. aging editor. The Luck of report- ing the years sports events will be the responsibility of Warren Spitz. Maintaining the high stanv (lords of the feature department will be feature editor Art, Minwc~ gen. Bob Funk will occupy the post of business manager. As he has HO copably done in the past, Professor Walter Hendricks will again not as faculty advisor. The new editorial department, a romewhat streamlined version of last year‘s department, will in- clude Saturday editorn Edward P. (continued on page two) TENS ‘W‘lfl “ll/R AT ”T TUESDAY February ill: Sigma Utnicron Lambda Ration 'll‘ca, 3 om. in tho Sorority Apartment. Lewis Players, 2; pan. in the Auditorium. WllflllNESlllle February ll): (lirlu' ilk-c Club, 3 p.nu. in the liq-Wis Audi- torimn. 'l‘lil Ultlilll/l ll February 20: Lewis l’laycrs, 2 pm. in the Ardlimrium. FRIDAY February fill: Kappa Phi Delta Roch Luncheon, 12:30 in Room 616. MEE Meeting, ’10:“) ASME Meeting, limo MONDAY February 254: Girls, Glee Club, 3 p.m. in the Lewis ANNE- torium. Student ‘ilnion, Auditorium. Dance Club at 55 pin. w W a. awmwmm W