PAGE 2 er senior serous. s or reentry so nsrrolr roe solute Thirty-seven senior mechanicals and three faculty members. Pro. fessors Roesch, Yellott, and Lease, made up the Illinois Tech delega- tion to the ninth annual Midwest Group V Student Conference of the ASME in Detroit last Monday and Tuesday. Twelve of the lead- ing midwestern colleges and uni- versities were represented with delegations. In addition to the technical ses- sions at which the student papers were presented. members of the conference attended two inspec- tion trips, a banquet, a luncheon, and numerous other “diversions.” The inspection trips consisted of a visit to Greenfield Village and the Edison Museum at Dearhorn, Michigan. Monday morning and an examination of the Chrysler Re» search Laboratory at Highland Park. Michigan, Tuesday after- noon. At the conclusion of the two day technical session, Etiw ard Hanuska. lllinois Institute‘s rep- resentative. was awarded the sec- ond prize of $25.00 for the presen— tation of his paper on “Exterior Ballistics.” The five awards of $50. $25, $10. $10. and a slide rule were given out to the best papers as determined hy ballot by at hoard of judges consisting of the honor ary chairman and one student from each school. Mr. lienuska‘s award carried with it the oppor- tunity to present his paper at the semi-annual meeting of the ASME in Kansas City in June Members of the lilinois Tech delegation had one of the best times in recent years. in hetwccn the technical sessions and the oth- er functions, they spent the lime taking: in the sights of Detroit. the city of the twisting streets. and rooming about ‘oilada. it cannot be said that Prof. lloesch and Prof. Yellott, just “two of the boys,” did not have a great time. also. Mr. Yelloit spoke at the luncheon on Tuesday. his tall: consisting of. as usual, a few well chosen remarks. Prof. Lease. ac: companied by Mrs. Lease, was on hand for the Tuesday session, heamimz in his usual jovial way. Yes. a great time was had by all! Senior Chemicals; Visit gum Products Wont Eight thousand bushels oi” com a day is the capacity boasted of by the Corn Products Refining company of Argo. its 29% acre plant was visited by Dr. Peel: and 31 senior chemical engineers last Tuesday. April 15. Many were sur. prised to find that the plant was laid out to comply with the most exact theoretical specifications of efficiency. Tanks in which crystalline deX~ trose is made have a capacity oi" 3th lbs. Crystals of dextrose, which are involved in the process, are placed in the clean syrup. It is then allowed to stand a week. At the end of this time. the drums are centrifuged and the supernat- ant liquid drawn off. The residue is pure crystalline dextrose. The production of corn syrup, which may sound very una‘ppetizing, in- volves the hydrolysis of the basic syrup with hydrochloric acid un- der 45 lbs. of steam and then filter- ing through a bone jar. The Technology News party, for staff members and dates only. will be held this Saturday from 8.12 pm. in the S. U. Lounge. All those who Wish to attend must sign the sheet in the News office. ”mm—l TECHNflLfiMEY NEWfl AR’RYHA 22%., 1941 xmswmmummmmnwmmm LAM B DA’S CAN DY SALE ii i Photo by Anderson. Slilfl' Photographer in order to holster their first depicting: lrmuzn‘ury. five momliem oi the Lewis-i sorority Sigma Unlicl‘on lsmzhdn held it wmly sale in Armour-’2; lituticut Union lohliy. Needless to say. their stock of homemade calmly was quickly sold out. grndent poll industries Armour Men lancer towering mrnhi ripe influenced by the great amount of discussion among the students concerning the Selective Service Act. the Gallupin Poll swung into action this week to determine er.- sctly how the students felt about it The poll was held during the in." week while Congress was dis;. mg the lowering of the age limit and the deferment of college students. The first question was directly concerned with the prohlom of the student at Armour college. The (mention asked lining. “Should engineers he exempted from the limit?" The poll shows that the majority oi students helieve that the en‘ ulneers should he exempted from the draft This question was ans- wered ii); iii) students and 88.3% were in favor of the exemption. Many irecly admitted that they were prejudiced by the fact that they were studying engineering themselves. but the majority stub ed that the engineers are definitely needed liy the country in their profession. The fact that 50,000 ens sinners are needed while only about moor; are graduating this June had considerable influence on the answers given. The major ity of the students who voted against it did so because they did not believe that the engineer rhoulo‘ he given this privilege when men of other professions were being taken into the army. The second question was in- spired by the discussion in Con- ifiiifififit. hhi‘ifllfiifli? hihidii Whit?” Mini! “id The i’i‘SA banquet, May 14, at the Lakeshore Athletic club is one of the most outstanding events of the year. This banquet which is to he a combination of the annual Father‘s and Sons banquet and the annual Athletic banquet was com- pletely arranged by the student representatives of the ITSA. Dinner will he served Wednes— day. May M, at 6:30 sharp. A de- licious menu has been selected and the tickets are, only $1.75 per plate. All students from both campuses and their partners are heartily in~ vited. John Schommer is trying to get such famous sports people as Bob Elsen, Pat Flanagan, Hal Totten and Arch Ward for after‘dinner speakers. cross of changing the age limit of (iridium. The students were aslo ed: “Do you approve the new reg;L istrzuion idea for men 18 to 21 years?” {if the lit) students who answer- ed this; question. 68.2% favored the lowering of the draft age. Here again many admitted they were prejudiced because of the fact that they would not be taken by this new age limit. Others believed the men tniten would he too young for such ll task. The general cone serious: was that the present la'w lironght the best material of Amer— imn nmnhood to the fore, to be a challenge to any other nation in the world. Question number three was: "li’ould you advise the graduating seniors of high schools to volun- teer and serve their year before entering college?” Again the affirmative took the lead by for. 88.6% advised volun- teering. This, some believed. would eiiminoie any complications in the future of a young man’s life, such Ziw‘ specialized training. college education. position in the busi- ness world. and last. but far from least. marriage. Still oth ers thought that lhe seniors should carry on an»: they would under nor- mal renditions. Their aim was; that perhaps one would not he accepted after all preinductuunce arrange ments had been made. in this way one semester’s or one year‘s time would he lost or wasted. “Fire Protect” Perry Tonight in Si]. lounge Each year the Fire Protection Engineering Society presents a smoker. This year, the affair will he conducted in the student lounge at 7 p.m. tonight. Pictures. smoking, card games and many hull sessions will be the content of the program for the evening. The pictures presented will be both educational and amus- ing. This get‘together gives the juve- nile fire protectives a chance to talk with men already well, experi~ enced in the field of fire protec~ tion and insurance. The evening will be climaxed with the presen- tation of a handbook in Fire Pro- tection Engineering to the sopho- more fire protect with the highest scholastic average. Dr. David P. Boder and Dr. Mar» guret Frank, both of the psycho!- ogy department at. Lewis. attended the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological association at Ath— ens. Ohio, on April 11 and 112. How. ard Reeser, a student majoring in chemistry, accompanied them. i]: 3!: :li Three of over fifty papers which were read at the convention were presented by Lewis alumni who have graduated between 1936 and 1939, having majored in psycholm ogy. All three. Ben Burack. Julian Pathman and Norman Borkovitz, have continued with graduate work in psychology and have cho« sen the field as a profession. i: 4< 1: Scientific Director. Dr. Thomas C. Pouller. of the Armour Re- search Foundation, addressed the Kansas City section of the Society of Automotive Engineers Friday evening. April 18. His talk dealt with the Antarctice Snow Cruiser and pressursviscosil‘y ellects in lubricants in sub-zero weather. a): 7|: 1k Newly added to the light diviu sion of the Armour Research Foundation is Dr. Frank 'I‘rimble, who will work with Dr. Ziegler on x-ray diil'raction and spectro~ hhifitfihl‘i hililiiifii o scopic problems. Dr. Trimble, who did research work on x-rays at. the University of Missouri. comes to the research foundation from Northwestern Missouri 8 t a t e Teachers College where he was professor of. physics. :14 tit :lr Dr. J. S. Griffith, following com— pletion of his doctorate research at the University of Chicago, has joined the research stall of the ceramics division to conduct in« vestigations on the openhearth process. at: at st: Dr. J. Robert Coilerman present- ed a paper on his studies of col- ored esters of hydro-steroids at the Chicago meeting of the American Society of Biological Chemists. April 9. ii: iii ti: S. l. l-lnyakowa. of the depart~ ment oi‘ English addressed 51 group of about one hundred speech correctionists and psy- chologists at a meeting Saturday, April ill), of the Central States Speech Association. held in Okla- homa City, Okla. The subject of Hayaltawa’s paper was ”The Place of Speech Pathology and Lang. uage Behavior Study in the New Educational Trends”. 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