April 29 1941 lawman? slv‘zfl‘hl Mum-1mm firmoor liens-all this sum TECHNflLUGl! NEWS :4 cry figurine itself popular Vli’irh geodesic Now entering its fourth week, the Rental Library has met with the wholeheartecl approval of both the faculty and student body -— so reports Miss Neil Steele, found— er and guiding force behind the “pay-as-you-read” system. The Rental Library can no longer be rated as an innovation; rather, it is a firmly established adjunct of the regular Library and has proven to be of great value to the school library and its reading patrons. This “Rental Niche” is unique in that the collected fees go to pay for the purchase of new books. Begun some four weeks ago, the Rental Library has had its shelves stocked with books es. pecially requested by the students and paid for from a special fund. When the fees collected for a book reach the original purchase price, the book is stocked in the regular library. When queried as to the func- tions of this Rental Section, Miss Steele replied, “in the field of non~cngincering writing, there are many fictional and non-fictional books of outstanding contempon my interest to the faculty and students which we, the library staff, are unable to purchase out of the general library fund. By means of this collection plan. such books as are requested by students or faculty can be purchased and paid for later by the readers.” The average rental fee is ten cents for. the first week per book with a five cents per day charge thereafter. On the shelves, at this moment, are some twenty live books, among them being the best» Are You A Genius? Grade Yourself Here The answers are found on page 2, column 2. Give yourself it) for every question you answer- cor- rectly. Boulder Dam is located in: Ten- nessee . . . Nevada . . . Colorado . . . Utah. 2. Napoleon (lied on the island of: Elba , . . Corsica . . . St. Belem na . . . Crete. 3. Which state produces the most, (a) crude petroleum, (1)) coal, to) iron ore. 4. The language that has the largest vocabulary is: Russian . . . Spanish . . . English . . . Chinese. 5. What country is most thickly forested: Russia . . . Finland . . . Africa . . . Alaska. 6. The candidate for president who received more popular votes yet lost because of the electoral votes was: Samuel J. Tilden . . . Martin Van Buren . . . Thomas Jefferson . . . Theodore Roosevelt. 7. Which is the oldest of Chris tian Festivals? 8. Does the Constitution of the US. give citizens the right to vote? ll. What book has the widest sale? 30. What is the abbreviation of (a) Pennsylvania, (b) Maine, (6) {intro Mundi, (cl) Doctor of Liter- attire? sellers oi the day. By the way of mentioning a few, there is the muchopublicizcd “For Whom the {continued on page four) armour hind howls @pon blouse hnhlhii’s "To Top as "This liens (continued from page two) Dr. Bocler, who has had great experience with demonstrations, having had in his charge the Psy- chological Museum, promised an even more interesting exhibit for Open House. He plans some very interesting experiments in the study of emotions, learning, reac. tion time, motor skill and the study of individual differences. in many of these experiments the public will be invited to act as subjects. The field covered will include industrial psychology, the psychology of music, lie detection and the psychological studies of animals. Not only will the curricular work of the school be well repre- sented, but also the Student Coun‘ cil will hold an exhibit of student activities in the publications oii~ ice. Members of the Technology News and Polygon staffs will be present throughout the day. Co- operating with members of the Lewis Open House committee, the staffs have arranged to display copies of former issues of Tech- nology News and Lewis Annuals. Kenneth Calhoun, student chairu man of the publicity committee, has obtained through the Pan-Hel- lenic a number of usherettes who aid the visitors in finding various exhibits. Warren Kuehl, student chairman of decorations, is work. ing with the Social Activities Com- mittee. Armour’s chemical department is to have three groups of students taking part in the open house ex- hibits. Dr. Murray is in charge of the freshmen chemical students who will work in twelve groups. The demonstrations will range from electrolysis to spontaneous combusion exhibits and will in- clude many novel and interesting displays. _ The electrical department’s ox- hibits will include the ever popu- lar KissflMcter which measures the electrical force developed while emulating. Of special in- terest will be the giant Tesla coil which will discharge several mil- lion volts, and the demonstration of frequency modulation radio re- ception. The department will also demonstrate a watch checker which will check exactly accurate time within a few seconds. ?rism spectra, designs with paints, interference patterns in crystals, liquid air and dry ice, and short wave radio are just a few of the interesting exhibits that will be shown by the physics de- partment during Open House, May 8 and ”i. in the light laboratory, south, will be found exhibits on spectra, color, and fluorescence. These will include exhibits with infra—red and ultraviolet light. Stroboscopic experiments and ex- periments with polarized light will be found in the light laboratory, north. in the heat laboratory there will be a demonstration With liquid air and dry ice. The mech- anics lab will include exhibits in Bernoulli’s principle, short wave radio, and electromagnetism. Room 207 will contain displays concerning discharge in gases; room 208, machine shop; room 209, electronics laboratory; and room 210, optics and photography. The exhibits will be operated by student groups under the super- vision of Dr. Thompson, head of the physics department. Although technical in name, the variouus ex- hibits are relatively simple in char» acter and can be understood by the layman. JUNIOR WEEK TUESBAY “Whisker Contest, 1 pm. Pentathlon «— Lctllormon and Non-lettermon, 1:15 pan. 70-yd. Dosh, Low llllurdlcs, Shot Put, Mile Run, High Jump. Open mouse, ‘7 pan. Lewis Skit, Auditorium, ‘ 8:30 pan. ”WEDNESDAY linen House. 1 pm. Lewis Skit, Auditorium, 8:39 pm. fiance, Auditorium. 10 pan. THBRSDAY Freshman-Sophomore Boso- bnll 9 am. donior-ldonlor baseball 10mm. lolorfmwmity Track. It nan. BasclmllMWinnoro of il- lGa.m. Game, 1:15 p.m. 'i‘zxcnltymillcnlor Baselmll, 2 pm. Filming: Concern—Interim:cr~ oily Sing, 8::lll pan. FRIDAY Greased i’olc (All Eltmlcnts) 9 am. We Eating Comost {All Shh dents), ill mm. Poconoolntcrfratcrnity and interdepartmental, 10:30 mm. Tug-«WWW (Juniors and Firniors) 1 pm. Freshinanéloplmmoro a pan. Award Presentation, 2:30 p.m. Junior informal Elation, 9 pm. Rush ”loo lists ills. {Continued from page one) tcct Robert Crcagan; and electri. cal Gus Steals. The first honorary society on the armour campus, Tau Beta Pi received its charter from the Tau Beta Pi llssociation in 1906. The Armour chapter became the four— teenth chapter of a national or- ganization which now has over sixtynlne active branches located in important engineering colleges throughout the country. MWW PAGE 3 mama Millions Eliot“ dossier hotlviaies @ompiete“ Armour Juniors Ami Seniors li'o (Brazier jewelry The senior and junior class offi- cers at Armour signed the con- tracts for the class jewelry several weeks ago, thereby making cer- tain that the class jewelry won’t change for at least two years. For the first time the students of Armour will be able to buy the class rings while in their junior year. This change has taken place so as to lessen somewhat the ex- penses that arise during the sen- ior year. The first order was delivered but Friday. Further orders may he placed with Leroy Goetz, CE; E. J. Young, ME; ll“. P. Pfefl‘er, ME; E. Dost, ChE; Hank Sliwa, ChE; George Mahn, ll‘l’lll; Leonard Reinke, Arch; Ben Cole, EE; Bob Saigh, (2.13). All orders must be placed by May 21 and must be accompanied with a $4.00 deposit. “roast tattooed or ETA warm no Eta Kappa Nu pledged three men at the last Allill'fl meeting. Those pledged were l-larry lacr- kowitz, Joseph Kunst and Meyer Pollack. Harry Berkowitz has been at- tending both night and day school until this year when he began at: tending only day school. He is employed at the Museum of Sch once and Industry. Joseph Kupst is a member of Pi Nu Epsi- lon. He plays French horn in the Armour college orchestra. Meyer Pollack is a member of Rho Delta Rho. Each of these three men sub- mitted technical papers for the national contest conducted by the AIEE. if... Miroplcifurl, yypicel §tudc i Mi: yells dill in glory Extremists @800? l l l The Tech News lakes grout pride in presenting to ll’lf’s far- fimmg student body the exclusive and sensational revelations of Crud Honglcfnd. “in order to ac- cumulntc nuttcrial for his phleg- matic disclosures, Mir. llunglofud entered HT as a lowly yct ilavld freshman. and spent weeks of ex- tcnsive research in exploring the joys, the sorrows, and the tribula’ lions of campus life. Mir. Hungle- furl, known to his inmates alloc- tionately as Crud, will pumme- mastlcaly present in his most pungent manner the innermost workings of his mind. MY WEEK BY CRUD lllfllllllh'i’ Buzz Guy confided in me his plans for a safari to the wilds of Cicero. Where is Cicero, any- how? . . . Quiz Thursday . . Going out tonight. if she can get the car. TUESDAY Wow! What a night last night! Off women and cider for life . . . Remember vaguely having been at school. Bought Comfort Station Pass for Main building . . . Heard joke about drunk feeling way around lamp post and gurgling, “I’m all walled in!” WED NESDAY Tried to tabulate my hours in a Time Budget. Results follow: Former, tion: 1/2 hr. dress . M; hr. curl mustaches 1/, hr. setting-up exercises V2 hr. streetcar riding 4 hr. street-car waiting 4 hr. classes 3 hr. lunch 1/, hr. listen to “Dorothea’s Dil- emma” 3 hr. lab. 1 hr. Rand McNally 1 3 hours; latter. occupa- hr. tw hr. zither practice 8 hr. homework 1 hr. dinner 4 hr. date, if she can get the car M; hr. settingoown exercises total: 34 hours per day. When does a guy got a chance to sleep? THURSDAY Cicero not in Europe . . . Bought Tech News, only two days old, for a dime . . . Found out when ”T students sleep. In class, of course! Only six flunks. Passing study technique. Took quiz. Bet I flunked. FRIDAY Verified flunk . . . Now only six weeks back in homework . . . Got joke about drunk feeling way around lamp post and gurgling, “l’m all walled in!” . . . Cicero not in Asia. Will try Africa. Welsh ihthlerio «w d. heuristic Junior Week's athletic activities are shaping up in fine order as the fateful week approaches. John Butkus, head junior marshal, has the plans all prepared so all the future stars can get in. shape for the various events. Starting out the week’s activi- ties will be the pentathlon. This event consisting of five parts will be divided into two divisions. Let~ termen will compete in one divi- sion and non-lettermen in another division. The athletes who enter the pontathlon will have to get in shape for the 70 yard dash, the mile run, the 70 yard low hurdles, the high jump and the shot put. Awards will be made for first, second and third places in each of the two divisions. This event will occupy the whole of Tuesday afternoon of the week and will be one of the more important events. Action on Ogden Field On Thursday after a two day respite for Open House, the acti- vities will get going on Ogden Field. At nine o'clock in the morn- ing the interclass softball tourna— ment swings into action as the frosh take on the sophs. For a change from the regular routine of softball this game will be fast; pitching instead of the regular “floater” type that is used now. At 10 o’clock the juniors and the seniors will tangle and at 1 the winners of the respective games will fight it out for the school championship. Each man of the winning team will get a medal to treasure as a memento of the oc» casion. After the intorclass baseball. is over the lads will drop all class rivalry and swarm to watch the seniors take a crack at the “old toggles" or profs, if you prefer. After four years of taking it on the chin the seniors finally get a chance to get back at gentlemen who have caused them so much discomfort during this time. “Sonny” Weissman is going to try and gather a team. to take on the erstwhile engineers. The two buse- hall teams will tangle till nine in— ings are over (or until the profs give up). Friday llusy llay Comes Friday and all the boys in the school (except those on fortunate frosh who are treed by the sophs) will compete in the wind up events of the Junior Week activities. Early that morn- ing the prospective sailors, the men or anybody else who can climb will show their skill at this sport. A convenient pole on Fed» oral street will be liberally greas- ed and the contestants will see who can get to the top first. (Bet they never get that far.) Following on the heels of this hilarity will be the pie eating con- test. Last year there was a little “dirty work in Denmark” when a few fresh entered the contest and instead of eating the pies they saved them for the “pusses” of the sophs. This year only pros- pective eaters will be allowed in this event, but it still promises much in the line of entertainment. As a final top off before the much heralded frosh-soph rush the juniors and seniors will grunt and groan while they Vie for su~ premacy in the tug of war, With the close of this event the stage will be set for the battle of the week namely, the soph-frosh rush. The frosh will sneak out from the alleys and from behind the buildings and will face the proud sophs upon the field of battle. The fresh are confident as usual but it is almost a foregone conclusion that the sophs will be victorious in this annual mud slinging, egg toting, bag stealing contest.