Vol. 27 -~ No. It my» 1 . . resinous, howls ”in idoid titres hippos in denier Weeh Exhibits Feature Marty Technical Feats This year will witness the first Junior Week of the combined cam- puses of UT and indications point definitely to a week of fun for ev— eryone. The opening feature of the week will be the judging of the whisker contest at 1 pm. on Tuesday. May 6 at which time the "Bristle King" of HT will be crowned. There will be no time for run- ners-up in the beard growing con- test to relieve their various types of memes, because at 1:15 the Pen- tathlon will begin. There will be two divisions—«one. for the letter- men and one for non-letterrnen. Coveted medals will be awarded to those men who score the high- est, individual number of points in the 70-yard dash, low hurdles, shot put, mile run and high jump. Tuesday's; program will he brought to a close by Open House from ’7 to 10:00. At 8:31) Lewis will present its famous shit and varsi. iy show. Wednesday will be en- tirely taken up by Open House from i to 10 pm, with a second performance of the Lewis shit at 8:30. Student participation in sittivi' ties will begin in earnest Thurs- day morning at 9 with the fresh soph baseball game following by the junior-senior baseball game at it). At ii the interfraternity track meet will be held for the froterni ty award, The two winning teams of the morning’s baseball games will play for the championship. Each member of the winning team (continued on page two) Sphinx Pledges iwehe Seniors rind juniors Alt Formal Ceremony Sphinx, Il'i‘ honorary literary society, conducted its formal pledg- ing ceremony for twelve pledg es Wednesday evening, April 22. The meeting was held in the East Dining Room of the Student [The ion at 5 pin. This pledging was the second formal ceremony held by Sphinx in the school year 1940-41. The initiates are: Tom Brown, edi- tor-inAchief of the Technology News; Dan Brown, managing edi- tOI‘: Art Minwegen, feature editor; E. P. Hanuska, news editor; War- ren Spitz, sports editor; Ed Cen- ter, photography editor;.Dick Tal- cott, Gertrude Portugal, Charles McAleer and Leonhard Holmboe. Joseph Aberer, president of the society, opened the meeting and gave an address on the purpose and scope of Sphinx. He was fol- lowed by Fred DeMoney who spoke of the history and past ac- tivities of the honorary society. Then the twelve pledges were con— ducted through the formal pledg- ing ceremony. After the meeting, pictures of the group were taken. Sphinx is the oldest honorary society on the Armour campus. Its members are drawn from the literary and journalistic promin. cuts of both campuses. Only jun- iors and seniors may be selected, and their work is judged for qual- ity and quantity. “iii/orders Greenest demonic chrspoper” m ELLINiHS INQTIT‘U’EE OF TECHNOLOGY, CHICAGO. KEAEAINDHS this? Stuff Photo by lhl Center fillies vain tier Rollo (extreme left), hood of the architectural depart- ment inspects his model oi‘ the New *l‘m-‘innologlcnl Center which he designed. The model was on display at the Hotel Sherman last Wt’f‘li. Right to lci‘t are oi‘rbitrrim‘nl students Eugenia Mano, John “loose, rind Edward Moore. Mill“ WHATE 0i: dillitihii BANQUH“ Reservations are now being inside tor the big annual alumni banquet which will he held at the Knickerbocker hotel on Tuesday, May 27.31 6 pm. Those who have otter’aded these annual aii'airs in the post will realize what a big event this is. The menu will include in rapid order“. shrimp cocktail, chicken broth. celery and olives, sizzling tilei mignon with french fried 0n- ions, fancy spuds, new peas, spe. cial soled. toasted wafers, and, not ice c sum, but frozen French pas» try with coiiee. The undergraduate Glee club and the institute orchestra will present the songs that the upto- daic engineers are yodeling. There will be no tipping and collecting of any kind, Two dollars will cover the whole evening’s entertain- mem. Reservations should be made with the Annual Banquet Com. mittee. Alumni Office, 3300 Federal street. Chicago. The arrangements are under the direction of Eugene Viola, '25. the banquet chairman. Whtltfiii DELEGATE Ni" flilNFi‘iliil‘lfllii Dr. Ernest '1‘. Walker of the education department at Lewis at- tcndoti the regional conference for teachers. administrators and par- ents sponsored by the Progressive liltlucatlon Association at North- western University on April 25 and. fill. The meeting, which was at study conference on current problems. classroom practices and teacher development. was based on the theme. “Modern Educa- tion for Today’s Children and Youth." Over one thousand teachers, par- ents. administrators and college faculty members from the region attended. Dr. Alexander J. Stod- dard. chairman of the Educational Policies Commission, was the speaker at the general assembly on Saturday morning. ”He pointed out the problems facing adminis- trators and teachers in improving the schools and oil'ered some meth- ods of solving them. The future of American educa~ lion lives discussed and the Homes city of educating for democratic citizenship was stressed. i. l Mddiiltii: if, cfiorrnocit, interdiction riled firinrer Attend Eminence Meshes lilinois institute of Technology was well represented at the an- nual meeting of the lndiana-llliv nois section of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Educa- tion last Saturday at Purdue Uni- versity. Member organizations of this section who participated in this program were the University of illinois, Northwestern Univer— sity, Purdue, Rose Polytechnic In- stitute, Notre Dame and Illinois Tech. At the opening session, after an address of welcome by Dr. Edward C. Elliott, president of Purdue Uni- versity, a panel discussion on “Erie gineering Education and National Defense” was presented. President Heald represented TIT in this dis- cussion. In the afternoon, separate ses- sions were held in the various di‘ visions of engineering education. In the chemical engineering sec- tion, Professor Harry McCormack of lllinois Tech and Professor 0. S. Knight of Rose Polytechnic spoke on “The Place of Metallurgy in a Course in Chemical Engineering.“ Dean Linton E. Grinter acted as chairman of the civil engineering section and Dr. Ernest H. Free- man of the electrical engineering. improvements in engineering curricula were discussed in all division meetings, and problems of specialization were considered. Especially interesting was the sub- ject of the amount of time a stu- dent should spend on the prepara- tion of a lab report. In the field of mechanical engineering “Aviation vs. Aeronautical Engineering" was debated. Student counseling and placement were likewise given careful consideration. April 29, um ”intently heroines, heron invitees Modified ”in ghowrtee Elie iii» Junior iniormul Climaxing lllinois Tech’s first Junior Week will be the gain: Jun- ior Informal otherwise known as the “Good Egg Scramble” which will be held Friday, May 9 the last day of the activities of the most important week in the school year. The place is the Shawnee Coun- try Club located on the North Shore overlooking the beautiful Lake Michigan. providing beach paths for many of the n‘ioonlight strollers. Directions for getting to the club will be posted on the school’s bulletin board. A9: a lino] selection for an orch» estra the committee chose ”Foes ty” Paul and his seven piece 0rch~ estra and girl vocalist. Paul‘s orch- estra is known for its variety having four tit-rangers in the orch» estra and never relying on stock numbers. Carl Sobrelbcr one of the better well known band lead- ers quotes “Toasty" Paul’s arches. tra as being “really organized.” The orchestra is well lmown to patrons of Olson’s where he is now playing after finishing en- gagements at various hotels. Among the many attractions at the Scramble will be the male leg beauty contest at which prizes will be given for the most lovely shaped male leg. The affair was named the “Good Egg Scramble” to in some way atone for the rotten eggs with which the juniors and seniors will pelt the unfortunate fresh. incorporate Nineteen tending Armourites In Students” Who's Who’ From University, Alabama this week comes news of the pub lishing of the seventh annual “Who’s Who Among fitndents in American Universities and Col- leges." The motivating idea be- hind thls book is to supply a. ref- erence volume of information on the great of American students. This book will be of untold value to employers contemplating the hiring of graduates. A volume of this kind gives a bird’s eye view of a student’s ability, interest in ex- tra curricular activities, and per— sonality. Many firms consider student activity of mare value than scholarship. Several Engineering Sections Student biographies have been divided into various departmental sections. A folder has been made up for mechancial engineers; on» other for chemicals; a third for clvils, etc. These folders are being sent to employers who are inter ested in hiring these types of stu- dents. The UT students who have been chosen to be represented in this book are: Joseph C. Aberer, Wm. F. Bauch, Thomas B. Brown, Ben E. Cole, Robert J. Creagan, George E. Dickel, J. L. Donoghue, LeRoy A. Goetz, Edward P. Hanuska, Robert J. Mead, James W. Mur- ray, Lionel Naum, Frank P. Piet- fer, Leo Stoolman, Robert W. Sweeney, Peter Woods, Fred Dc- Money, Richard A. Larson and Charles McAleer, Jr. downswing; hosiery Tou Betti Pi Ceremony Again Led By Spoors in in brief impressive ceremony held last Friday morning in the Armour Student Union twenty seven junior and senior engineers were pledged to Tau Beta Pi, na- tional honorary engineering so— ciety. As he has so ably done in the past Professor 8. M. Spears nguin conducted the pledging. introduced by Robert Mead, Chill '4], president of the Armour branch of the fraternity, Professor Spears opened with a short talk, congratulating the hard-working engineers who had been elected and explained to the assemblage the significance of the meeting. He emphasized that high scholarship alone was not a sufficient criter- ion to deserve admittance, but such aspects as service to school, willingness to serve and general character were some of the con- siderations that were carefully weighed before the prospective member was invited to join. As each pledge came forward to receive his ribbon of recognition and the congratulations of the president, sponsor and members, Professor Spears read off the acti» vities of each. The students singled out for the honor were: Senior Chemicals John Boer, George Baumann, Richard Grinndul, John. Vendor Woutle, James Weber and Henry Wessol; senior civils, John Dono- ghue, Richard I—Iruda and Roy Ja- cobson; senior electricals Joseph Aberer, James Brown, Emmett Dryer and Leonhard Holmboe. The senior fire protects were repre- sented by Ben Flood, Robert; Har- mon and Ed Mass. The mechani- cals were present in 'the persons of Robert Barrett and coop Mar— tin Kracgel, The other senior pledges were Bernard Rasof of the science department and archi- tect Leonard Reinke. Representing the class of ”12 were mechanicals Robert Sullivan and James liarnach; civils Char— les 1‘. Ball and Earl Hux‘hold', Chemical George Orescan; tire pro- (C’onlinucd on page three) Ffliiil iilEGlSTllAilg liEl’ltEfiENT i ll” Representing Illinois Institute on" Technology at the twenty-ninth convention of the American Asso- ciation of Collegiate Registrars at the Drake hotel, April 14 through 17, were President Heald, Miss Agness Kaufman, Mr. William E. Kelly, Mr. William Setterberg and Miss Charlene Hubecek. Various aspects of college edu— cation and problems pertinent to the office of the registrar were pre- sented and discussed. Time of reg- istration, preparation and proce- dure, as well as other prewregis tration difficulties were consider- ed. On Wednesday President Heald was a member of the panel dis- cussion which was presented be fore the technical and professional schools sectional meeting. Miss Kaufman represented UT on the committee on local arrangements and registration.