“ye/wrote @reumee illoiiicyyo Weeoepupor” m «new VOL. {EH-No. 10 $143 hlieerl itouiiutoon, liter». hick heir, Eiocieei ”to hunting @ii ”ironieoe Siounch Supporter Of Co-ops Alfred Kauffmann, president of the Link Belt company, and one of Chicago's leading industrialists, was elected to the Board of True tees on April 14. Mr. Kauffmann received the greater part of his education in the state of New York, where he attended public school and later Cooper Union. In 1901 he was graduated from Pratt Institute with a degree in mechanical en. gineering. Immediately afterwards he as- sociated himself with the Link» Belt company in Philadelphia, where he was a (lrei'tsmou until 1907. lie was then transferred to the position of aesistant Sllperll’l’ tendent of construction. After be- ing a sales engineer for four years, he became assistant president of the company. Later he was made manager of the eastern division operations, and in 1914 he was; an pointed manager of the Indiana:— polis operations which inclures the company's Dodge and Ewart plants. The position oi" vice-president and general manager of the ln« (lionopolis plants was; delegated to Mr. Kauilmann in 1915; in 2024‘ he was; elected president oi" the liink'Belt company. Mr. Kaufi'mann in a resident of Chicago and one of the staunchesi supporters of the Cooperative course at UT. Besides all this he is (continued on page three) gphiun igiecieyeo l2 Wedueotioy Sphinx, the honorary journalist and literary society of lllinois; In stitute of Technology, will conduct its second formal pledging cere— mony of the 1940-41 school year in the Student Union office on Wool— neszlay evening at 5 pm. This is the oldest honorary society on the Armour campus. It is new to Lewis, however, having become aiiiliated with that school upon completion of the merger. Twelve to be inducted Twelve members, chosen from both the Armour and Lewis cam- puses, will be inducted, its presi» dent, J. C. Aberer announced to- day. Only juniors and seniors are eligible for admittance. The se- lections are based upon the amount of work clone, and the quality of this work, by various members of the literary stalls of HT. Wednesday's ceremony will be Sphinx’ only Spring activity, and its first since it presented the Yale Puppeteers early last January. . 40L, . ’- in _W It’ll deeply regrets to an- nounce the death last “felines- day of one of its honor students, Edward Mock, 5A coop. who succumbed to the complicating effects oi" pneumonia and peri- tonitis after an appendectomy. He was a member of the ASME, vieeopresident of Pi Tau Sigma, and an active member of the co- op department. Scholarship Exams To Be Held May 3 Ten freshmen scholarshipe, each worth three hundred dollars and providing free tuition for the aca— demic year 194142, will be awarded Armour college. Eligible for these scholarships are all 1941 high school graduates except those who have competed in scholarship ex- aminations held at Armour college in Jam. 1041 and students now in attendance at colleges or univeo sitiec. There are two general parts to the examination: a personal in» terview and a written examina- tion. Applicants are now being in terriewed by the scholarship corn- initiee which is composed of room. bers of the faculty of lllinois In— stitute. These interviews will con— tinue until May l, 1941. The wrlb ten examination will be held at Armour college on Saturday, May 3, from 0 am. to 12 noon. The so?» icon; covered will be mathematics, chemistry, physics, Although the?) will be no separate examin. uiion in English, candidates abil- ity in English expreesion will be judged by the personal interview and from it Short essay in connec- tion with the examination in chem istry anti physics. 300 Candidates lllxpcotcil Bulletins containing informe- iion regarding these scholarships are cent to all high echools in the metropolitan area and to the high echoing oi“ the larger towns; in the ipiilwest. it is expected that there will be about 300 candidates for them inwards. Following the examination on Saturday morning, May 3, the con- ditiotee will be the guests of the institute at luncheon in the Stu- dent Grill. After the luncheon ehori talks, will be given by Presi- dent Mould and Dean Peoples: Wel- coming candidates: and explaining come of the functions of the in— mitotic. loterimi Slog To Be Photo Finish: Erickson This year‘s; interfraternity sing {nominee to be the best in recent (“in in who fl (‘1 Ii‘z-«inlr , . wug w H... o. u. L. W... son. musical director of Illinois institute. "No... group seems to be working harder for its stunts than the fraternities; competing in the slug,“ he said. were, Special rehearsals are being held by at least six of the eight contend- ers and four of these, according to Mr. Erickson, promise to end in a photo finish. The director also commented on the steady improve- ment of the quality of the sing in the last few years. Several of the fraternities have their own composers and arrang- ers. Triangle, for instance, has an original composition, hardly two months old, submitted by an AlT alumnus of ’39, and Rho Delta Rho’s active, Aaron Kolom, has written a song that his fraternity will use. on I~ Alfred KauiiFan-m I “hostile Witty” floureoi biotic This year's Junior Week which promise to be the best that Ar- mour has ever seen, will also have the added feature of cooperation from the Lewis beauties. Howev- er. the masculine touch is defin- itely there, and in a really big way. Defying the traditional en— gineero chairing wrath, there will be a Beard Growing Contest. few lured during this week of furious inn and activity. Prince will be awarded for those who possess the most conspicuv out; mill the lurgeut amount of fa- cial pliimmoge. The contest start. ed with a bare lace loot weekend, but, of coume, it will not be possi ble to tell those who tire entering the contest from thooe possessing common Armour physlognomy [or Home time. Some of the typical Armour homer: who are allergic to :selelyhrozors, shaving soap and the many varied types of electric miniature buzz-sown will probably see the progress they can make in a low clays and decide to enter the content and vie for the coveted ti- tle oi” “Bristle King" of HT. Jill those who possees whiskers, munch. sideburns, goatees or other forms of facial thatch will be eli- gible for the prizes. But there is a catch! Any and all polemic who postieus any form of mustache, Napoleon, imperial, Hitler or other upper lip decora- tion will be subject to disciplinary action. We hope this will not (lis- courage Hemmon, Keener or Zolru- belt. Ti) THE S’I‘UBENTS 0114‘ 'i‘llllfl ilgiiilili’iifi' ililél’l‘lTlJ’l’lfl (ill TECHNGLGGY: Following improvement and consideration of the designs submitted for the Illinois Tech Sticker, selection has been made for final development. Robert J. O’Brien, senior arch, who designed the stick- er selected, is working with the architectural department. and printing companies in prepar— ing the final plates. These will be printed and distributed to students at an early date. All designs submitted will be exhibited in the gallery out side of the office of the architec- tural department, after which each student may reclaim his drawing. COMMITTEE IN CHARGE Signed: George Dickel, Chairman ILLINOIS INSTETWTE 0F TECENQLOGY, CHICAGO, 13111110018 WW All? RM; 22, 19“ on; hlhrory, huh hulltfiinp Mounted line ykfes Addresses Defense Bouquet “The lifeblood of business and industry today is the training of men in engineering and technical skills!” This is the opinion of Mr. Wilfred Sykes, assistant to the president of the Inland Steel. com- pany. Hook! Alec Talks Mr. Sykes addressed the execu- tives and engineers at the National Defence dinner held at the Sher- man hotel on April 14. H. 'I‘. Heald, president of Illinois Institute of ’l‘echnology also spoke at the din- ner. My Sykes stressed the import- ance of trained men in industry today, and pointed out that Chi- cago is rapidly becoming the in- dustrial heart of the United States. Chicago should be ready to sup- ply technically trained men. to lo« cal industries instead of depending on engineers from other sources, Said Mr. Sykes. lVl’r. Sykes plea for more trained men followed the announcement by Illinois; Institute of Technol- ogy’s; Board of Trustees: outlining an immediate appeal for funds: to finance the firet phone of a $1, 500.000 development program.” This program of development for Illinois; 'l‘ech will partly relieve the dangerous shortage of trained engineers in this area, according to Sykeu who is chairman of the board's policy on development. lie closed with the explanation that the program is progressive in nature. involving as it does the lina ant-mg of building construction and equipment totalling some $3,- 000,000. fichieophrnuiotu hiectruouiodl llr. M. Alden Country/man, pro~ lessor of physics at Lewis, in col- laboration with Dr. C. A. Noy- mann, M. 1)., of the Cook County Psychopathic hospital, has been doing research in the treatment of schizophrenic patients by substi- tuting electric shock for insulin and metrazol shock. Although this method requires more time, it has none of the ill effects often en- countered in drug treatment. Dr, Countryman has been making os- cillogrophic during the treatment. This experiment con’ sists of a 110 volt shock for three tenths of a lsecond. There is a twenty second period of unconsci- ousness after which the patient has a convulsion the duration of which varies with the individual. One of the advantages of this method is that the patient has no remembrance of discomfort and hence no fear of future treatments, Recovery has been effected in ninety percent of the cases With no fatalities recorded. Dr. Country- man has been working on the elec- trical problems involved While Dr. Neymann has been conducting the medical investigation. Because there is a difference in brain poten- tial between sane and insane per- sons, they hope to Show the favor- able results of the treatment by electroenephalography, the study of brain waves. w, mam I cCGx u.) iiiiuoie ”loch weyelopmoni in will Lo rges’l Tech School HT Illinois Institute of Technology’s million dollar development pro grain in now underway in its first phase. This was announced at the annual trustees meeting helrl last Monday, April 14. Now llluilt‘lingo Planned In 1941 the program alone to se- cure $1,500,000 to erect and equip Mechanical Engineering building, and a Library and Humanities building, While at the same time assuring addition of at local. $150,- 000 to existing income resources. This wau announced by James D. Cunningham, chairman of the board of the Institute, and preei~ dent of Republic Flow Meters company. Action of the board zit this time constituted formal approval of plane evolved by the board’s policy committee, concleting ol’ Wilfred Sykes, aesiietunt to the preeitlent, Inland Steel 00., chairman; James D. Cunningham; Charles S. Davie, president, Borg-Warner corpora~ Lion; Henry T. ‘léleald, preeident, Illinois Institute of Technology; Sydney 0. Mchllister, president, International Harvester company; and Charles B. Nolic, president, C one company. Milk—«7000 Stutllonto All a reeult‘. of the merger of Armour Institute and Lewis, Illi- nois Institute of Technology has become the largest engineering in- etitute in the country. The pres- ent enrollment including students at all three campuoee in all divi- sions is now approximately seven thousand. The development program aims to consolidate all clay-student new tivities of the Armour and Lewis divinions of the Institute upon a single campus at the earliest pos~ sible date. Land, adequate to pro- vide for such consolidation, has al— ready been purchased adjacent to the existing Armour campus. Six blocks of land, extending from 32ml to 34th streets and from State street to hock Island railroad tracks have been acquirer] for this purpose. The complete program of de- velopment is progressive, covering the next several years. It involves the financing of buildings, con struction and equipment totaling some $3,000,000 and the addition of $275,000 to the annual income other than that anticipated from tuition fees, and existing endow- (Continued on page three) THEE ‘WEWK A'il‘ IIl'li‘ TUESDAY Lewis Student Council moot: log, 2 pm. ’ll‘ca Room, mill-4:30 pan. WEDNESDAY Glee Club (LL-win), 23:30 pan. Dance Club meeting (Ali‘- mour), 5 pm. FREDAY ASCE meeting, 10:10 am. AllCiiE meeting, iazlltl am. ASME meeting, 10:10 anm. Musical recordings, Room 302 Lcwio, 2-4 pm. Sil’ll‘illtllzilt’ Technology New; Party, SJ}. Lounge, 8&2 pan.