PAGE 2 @ECENOWQY NEWS W ii lidtmdifili’ iiiilfihfi iii? Professor D. Roy Mathew: and his class in local government, had as their guest Mrs. William M. Bryant, president of the Cook County League of Women Voters. Her lecture, given Wednesday, April 23, dealt with the history of the League, its accomplishments, and the practical problems of gov- ernmental reform. It is Professor Mathew’s plan to have the students secure quali- fied speakers on the various branches of local government. Notices of time and place of fu- ture lectures will be posted, and all students and friends of the school are cordially invited to at— tend. a: J; :24 At a meeting of the American Mathematical Society in Washing- ton, May 2. 3, Dr. J. De Cicco will give a paper on “Equilong Geo. metry of Differential Equations of the First Order." a 1!! 3i: Helen S. Mackenzie of the Lewis chemistry faculty spoke on the subject “Nylon”, last night before the La Grange Chemists’ club, La Grange. Illinois. The club, compos- ed largely of industrial chemists who are employed in Chicago, is a semi-social group which supple Physiology Class Hears Three Visiting Medical; Dr. Rose .lirincc of the Loyola Medical School, demonstrated to the physiology class the use of the mercury manometer as used in the measurement of blood pressure. Both the systolic and diastolic pressures of the students acting as guinea pigs were measured. in demonstrating the technique Dr. Jirinec pointed out the increase in blood pressures due to exercise and sudden activity. After the readings were taken by the demon. strator some of the students check- ed the readings fairly successfully. Also presenting demonstrations; to the physiology class this week were Dr. l‘loshroch, surgeon at the Providence hospital. Dr. Hasbroch explained the growth of the cry throcytc, as well as the system used in blood typing. It Lola Allen, a technician of bacteria. also of the Providence hospital, ob- tained samples from the class for blood counts. After setting up the slides for demonstration the class was able to see just how the count was figured. BUT lT’S TRUE The us produces more electric power than the next 6 countries of the world combined. 1‘5 fir 9% A belch, in Japan. is considered a compliment to the dinner host. - s 2k ’1: Cows on the slopes of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, never drink water»- they slake their thirst by breath- ing the constantly misty air, or cropping the wet grass. ii: 1i: )l‘» Rameses II of Egypt probably had the largest family on record“ Ill sons and 50 daughters are mentioned in inscriptions. a 1% =i€ A series of elevators installed in Grand Coulee Dam will enable visitors to go nearly 1,000 feet under the surface of the Columbia river. There are seventy-six letters in the Siamese alphabet, and words are written right to left, with no spaces between them. 9}! iii 1‘: In all the Celtic dialects (spoken by native lrishmen, Scots and Welsh) there is no trace or sound of the letter P. ments the activities of the Chicago section of the American Chemical Society. Mrs. Mackenzie illustrated her talk with an extensive collec» tion of lantern slides. She demon— strated the varied uses of Nylon by gathering a number of products which are fabricated from this chemical, including surgical su‘ tures and fish lines. 9i: :2: ii: Professor W. C. Krathwohl of the mathematics department will speak on “Predicting class quality on the basis of orientation tests," at Butler University on May 3. This will be a meeting of the in diana section of the Mathematical Association of America. Dir alt rid Professor R. M. Sanford is to be married early in June. Congratw laticnsl a fill $ Attending the St. Louis meeting from the researcl‘i foundation were Dr. Cyril Evans and Dr. F. W. God win. director of the chemical en. ginecring division. Id 4‘ 4! For the time being Dr. Ml. H. Heeren of the chemical engineer» ing division is conducting his re» search “on location" at Daven- port, iowa. ’ Elation To discuss; i’roblems til isobar At Armour Assembly ‘ lion l’criled by Defense 'l‘ic- : “Strikers Branded as Saba- tcura": “thrillers Fight for .l'ust Rights." 'l‘hcsc are the headlines that scream the leads to the story of the country's labor problem. To the citizen interested in the vital defense of his country and cspcci~ ally to the young college student who will shortly take his place in the nation‘s mighty and complex industrial machine the question of doiensc and labor appears; to be the number one national howl ache. we in line with its policy of pre- venting to the students of Illinois 'l‘ech authoritative and prominent speakers the Western Society of Engineers announces that Martin P. Dui‘liin. director of the Illinois Department of Labor, will speak at a general assembly on the gen- eral subiect of labor. The assem- bly is to he held in Armour assem- bly hail next Friday morning, May 2. at it) am. awaiting specifically for the benefit of the engineers and po- tential employers, Mr. Durkin‘s talk will be subdivided into five eeneral heads of defense and the industry strikes, National Labor Relations Board and defense, A. F. of L. versus. C. l . O. with re’ gard to defense, mediation legis- lation for defense period and last- ly his own personal views on fu- ture permanent federal labor poli~ cv. The talk will last for thirty minutes after which the floor will be open to general discussion dur- ing which Mr. Durkin will answer the questions of the students. Ahiié’iidddg (Question on page three) 1. Nevada . St. Helena (a) Texas; (b) Pennsylvania; ) Minnesota. English Finland Samuel J. Tilden Easter 8. No it Bible it). (a) Pa. (b) Me. (c) All/l. (d) L._H.D. 40:39:0th Qiidhi‘i hidfiilblliliilg 3%. CQKE Marathi”? Three giant blast furnaces at the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. were viewed by the sen- ior chemical engineers on Tues day, April 22. The coking plant section of the firm is located in South Chicago. Prof. McCormack, head of the department of chem~ ical engineering, notified the boys in advance that they were requir- ed to write a comprehensive re- port on the technical features of the trip. Coke, tar, ammonium sulfate and coke oven gas are the chief products of the coking plant. The coke is used in filling the blast furnaces, and the tar is shipped to other plants to be refined. Coke oven gas is stored in cylinders and shipped to the Peoples Gas Light and Coke Co. More than 200 ton of pig iron can be taken from a blast furnace of 700 ton capacity. After several complicated chem— ical processes occur, the furnace is ready to be tapped. Two outlets on each side of the furnace are open— ed and oxygen is blown upwards through the furnace. Molten metal is drawn oil" which contains an im» purity called slag. Slag being light- cr than pig iron rises to the top of the molten metal and is skim- med oil. The final product of pig iron is about 933% pure. The South Chicago plant usual- ly ships the molten metal to their lndiana Harbor plant to be con- verted into steel by the open hearth process. The “T engineers enjoyed the trip through the plant and the police escort im- menscly. an, ivluny @hsngycs in April 249, Midi Wsimmaaumwnmmcm @urricululn "limo tile into Edits “all ideal" demeanor As the result of a faculty meeting, held Tuesday, April 15, it has been learned that many radical changes are to be made in the courses to be offered next year. Two entirely new degrees will be offered: bachelor of architecture and a bachelor of science, the lat" Alpha Chi Sigma Wedges Eleven Alpha Psi chapter of Alpha Chi Sigma recently pledged ten stu- dent chemical engineers and one faculty member. The pledges are: Dr. Longtin, of the faculty: Elwood Daly, William Brausa, Raymond Maenner and George Scllen, juniors: and Peter Blasco. William Brazelton, Fred Greenwood, Spiro Kapranos, Rob- ert Kirk and Frank Nllles who are sophomores. Alpha Chi Sigma is the national professional chemical fraternity. It was founded thirty-eight years ago at the University of Wiscon- sin by a group of undergraduate students in the department of chemistry. As a professional organization, Alpha Chi Sigma is founded on the premise of a continuous activi- ty in the organization. The exis- tence of this activity is attested to by sixteen professional chap- ters. and nine other groups scat- tered from coast to coast. Members of Flask and Beaker, a club composed of chemical en~ gineering students at Armour, saw the value of participation in this organization, and in ’30 petitioned for chartershlp in the fraternity. The petition was accepted, and on December 13, 1930, the members of Flask and Beaker were initiated into the Alpha Psi chapter, form- ing the forty-seventh collegiate chapter of the fraternity. ter to be given in industrial engineering. Several new options are. to be given, an aeronautics op tion, open to both civil and mech- anical engineers, an option in corn- munications, for those in the clue» trical engineering department. Lastly, changes will he made in the English requirements for all freshman and sophomore students. In the future the arcl'iitectural course will be a five year affair leading to a new degree, the Bachelor of Architecture. Previ- ously the complaint had been that due to the vastness of the subject it had been almost impossible to cove“ all the theory and yet re- ceive enough time to specialize in any one particular aspect of de- sign. In the future, the courses given during the first four years will remain much the same as previously. During the fifth year, architec- tural students may specialize, either in architecture and design, or city and regional planning. It is felt that the latter subject is one which will prove vital in. the fu-i ture. The additional year will a1~ (continued on page four) Music With A Lift ‘91, George Sharpe idyllic limit some initial“ Wealtm {coiilinucd from page one) will he presented with appropri- ately ei‘igzgraved medals. 0n Thursday at 2 o’clock the facultysenior baseball game will be held and this promises to be a game of real action. The high‘ light of Thursday’s activities will be the Musical Clubs’ spring con- cert in the Armour Student Union and the always colorful and im- pr naive interfraternity sing be— tween the two halves of the con— cert All students are invited to par— ticipate in the greased pole con- test to be held at 9 am. Friday as well as the pic eating: contest at it). These events will lead to the beginning of the interfraternity and interdepartment pageant. This pageant is one of the most interesting and entertaining events of the entire week and one on which the various groups ex~ pend a great deal of time and ef- fort. Following the pageant the jun- ior-senior ingot—war will test the strength of the upper classmen. At 2 o'clock the traditional dog- eat-dog freshman-sophomore rush will commence its gory few min- utes of interclass blitzkrieg. After the participants have wiped the mud and eggs from what is left of their clothes. Presentation of awards will be made by the president and dean. A fitting climax of this week of furious activity will be the smooth music of “Toasty Paul" at the perfect spring night setting of the Shawnee Country Club. Open house at the Lewis div- ision is scheduled for next Mon~ day. May 5, from 1:00 to 10:00 P. M. Originally no plans were made to hold an open house at Lewis, but through the efforts of the Lewis Chemical Society, and Professor Lee W. Supple the pro- ject was undertaken. Professor Supple was appointed to head the faculty committee in charge, other members being Dr. Boder, Dr. Countryman, Dr. Hendrick, Miss Blanks, and Miss Winltelman. Each department is busy mak- ing plans for interesting exhibits which will illustrate the work of the department. Comparative ex— hibits showing the do’s and don’ts in various fields of applied art is the subject of preparations being made in the art department under the direction of Miss Marie Blah~ he. The classes in interior decorv ation will demonstrate the do’s and don’ts as applied in the dec- orating of rooms. The best use of colors, design, and the advan— tageous placement of furniture will all be shown. “The Facts of Life” will be the theme of the demonstrations of the biology department. Various exhibits will illustrate the prin- ciples of evolution, physiology, embryology, parasitology, and techniques used in microscopic specimens. Outstanding among the exhibits will be that of mammal— ian eggs, living chick embryos and the development of facial char- acters to be shown by members of the embryological classes. Working with Dr. Hendrick and Mr. Cieslak are Sidney Camras, Fred Kuharich, Irving Hokin, Kate Atkins, lrwin Robinson, John Domarad, Arthur Ellis, Harold Weiss, Sol Fishman, and Kenneth Calhoun. Attempting, to achieve a cor- related picture of the chemistry department’s activities, some 35 exhibits are being planned that will illustrate each aspect of the science. The exhibits will start with simple demonstrations of elementary chemistry and pro gross through synthetic and an- alytical processes to the advanced work done by the departmental re- search program. In addition to these, each course will be repreu sented by a display which will ac‘ quaint the prospective student with the general scope of the courses. John Ferraro and Flora once Moss have been appointed student chairmen of the chemistry exhibit with Jack. Greener, Har- riet Kott, Thaddeus Kowalski, Jean Mlchaels, Lowell Stevenson, and Thomas Cafcas assisting. The English department plans to present an exhibit of the liter- ary achievements of former Lewis students as well as publications of the faculty. Ruth Sprague is acting student chairman assisted by a committee of students majori- ing in English. Plans are being made by the sociology department to display maps sl'lowingr the loca- tion of churches, schools, night clubs, and other urban institu- tions of sociological importance. in addition to the maps which are all student projects numerous re- ports, diagrams and charts will it lustrate the work done by stu dents in their field work at vari- ous settlements and social insti- tutions. True to form, members of the home economics classes will exhi- bit their handiwork in foods and clothes. A style show is being planned by the sewing class, and the foods for the family and tea room management classes will dis— play their set-ups. Featuring several spectacular demonstrations, the schedule for L , physics department exhibits Will thoroughly cover all phases of the sciences. Dr. M. Alden Countryman announced that plans have been made for over thirty ex- hibits. Among the most outstand- will be the “seeing your voice” and the new “faithless” geyser. Dr. Countryman will he assisted by Dwight Hamilton, graduate assis» taut and George Jorgensen. (continued on page three)