Milly 29, 1941 .' Watchmen bionic flocculation tilt blew hoboecioey Research Foundation Overloyed Construction of a new research laboratory for fundamental stud ies of air compressors, spray guns and spraying boothc is nearly com- pleted, it was announced by the Research Foundation today. The room, 13 ft. by 14: ft. is located on the basement level in the west end of the main Research Foundation building. The new laboratory will be equipped with a wasn‘type spray lng booth of the latest design. To supply the air needed for spray lug apparatus to he studied, a 5- horsepower compressor capable of delivering 30 cubic feet per min» ate at 100 pounds per square inch is being installed. All utilities; will be readily available at outlets cape cially arranged for the work. Walls and ceiling have been par- tially soundproofed to reduce noise from the exhauat blower and coma pressor. The room can be dark— ened for investigations lining high speed motion picture equipment. According to Dr. George Ziegler, director of the Light and Optics Division of the Research Fortitude. tion, the new room is expected to be in operation udtbin a few days. The facilities of the X-ray Lab oratory of the Research, Foumla lion have been recently expanded through the acquisition of a new 5 special X—ray tube and X’ray (hi i fraction back reflection camera. The new X-ray tube has a vacuc um cant iron target to givc Kenya suitable for studying attain in welded joints and in castings}. be. veloped by the General Electric Xa‘ey corporation here in Oblong; , this; new tube was made possible because the Coming Glass {3031‘ party learned to make a new lill’llfl of glass. The new X-ray diffraction hack reflection camera la one in which the lit-ray beam incident on the sample being studied is reflected back to a film instead of panning through the sample as is ordinari» ly (lone. HGW CMQSEN Pliié’fi. all” Aifihi’ Elfit‘fl’it’lllii Armour’s branch of the AiC‘hE met last Friday for the purpose cl“ electing new ollicers for the coming year. The meeting was opened by the president George Baumarm who stated the objeo lives; of the meeting, and then turned it over to Edward Hardin, who took charge of the election. The results of the elections were as follows: George Hoff, president; Bernard Sar‘asin, M. Canday and William Brausa, the senior pro gram committee; Peter Blaaio, aecv retary; Edward Collender, trea- surer; Spiro Kapranos, assistant treasurer; Bob Kirk, Bob Matias- sek, Frank Nilles and Ken Bra» zelton, the junior program can mittee, Mannye London and George Sellen, W'SE representa- tives. . After the election Baumann again assumed charge of the meet- ing and discussed the approaching chemical engineering convention. The meeting was then turned over . to Henry Wessel, president of Pi Lambda Upsilon, who stated the requirements to be eligible for pledging. Following this talk the following men were formally pledged: Don Ellis, Carl Fonse- berg and Howard Hess, graduate students; Charles McAleer, Sam Folk and J. Ferron, seniors; Cher- tow, Fitzgerald, London and Sar- aein, juniors. lib. flopelond Awarded bicycles Fellowship Dr. Paul L. Copeland, associate professor of physics at IIT has been honored by the American Physical Society. In recognition of twelve years of independent. research, the society has conferred a Fellowship upon him. The nom- ination was favorably acted upon May 5 at a meeting of the Coun— cil of the ASP held in Washing ton D. C. This council is the gov- erning body of the 4,000 members of the organization. This distinction is conferred up- on members of the society who have worked for a number of years on on independent research problem. Professor Copeland re ceived the honor for his work on the problem of the properties of surface films. He was chiefly con cerned with the electrical nature of the films. The electrical proper- ties of sodium on tungsten is a simple example of the type of problem. A film of thorium on oxy» gen on nickel is the object of a recent absorbing study. About six papers have been published by Professor Copeland on the sub ject at various timea. Moat of these have appeared in the ”Physical Review.” The last four years he has apcnt at Armour college, working in his field whenever poe- sible. Only 800 members of the Amer- ican Physical Society have re- ceived thin honor. The research mum go beyond the work of a doctor'e degree, and the recipient moot be among the outstanding; men in the field. TECHNOLDGV mews Victorious Sopba To Revel in Glen After soundly trounolng the frosh in the class rush, the rol- licking sopbs decided to have an- other field day before final exams set in, They have chosen Sunday, May 25 for this; little sortie and will journey to Crystal Lake, Ill, to indulge in a wild and wooly picnic. A committee consisting of two men from each department was selected to outline the days events which are to include a gummy sack race, pie eating contest, and sev- eral softball games. Alter consul laiion with the soph pie eaters the committee of Joseph Casperzle and John Belluomini decided to change the menu for this event, from the traditional blueberry to the more tasty, and much mes- sier, cocoahut cream. Gunner (low, pie eating champ of HT agreed not to enter in the name of fair sportsmanship .Also the bashful boys are urged to bring dates, (girls) and each couple will bring their own lunch. This last get-together is; open to all sophomores and professors. Anyone interested in attending must see one of the following men for such details as time, transpor- tation, etc; ME Rocco ‘DeStefano. Mitch Galcska; ChE Sheldon Plat- lciu, Larry Nadcl; FlF’E Robert Fool: and Jim Gleason; EE R. Nelson, C. Votava; CE Herb Schu- mann, Charles; Feller. lion‘t forget the dolomilundoy, May 25, at Crystal Lake, Elllnoie. Siondorda For Qholce {it Popularity Queen Several helpful suggestions have been formulated to aid Lewis. students in their selection of the popularity queen who will reign at the Senior Ball. Students are asked to consider the following points carefully before they cast their votes: i. What has she done for Lewis? (Is she popular enough to he a leader?) 2. Does she have anything under those curly locks? (What is her scholastic average? This is a popularity contest, not a beauty contest!) 3. Make up your mind, and be sure to cast your ballot. (Don’t let others sway you!) Voting will be restricted to Law is students, and will be held dur— ing the firat week in June .The bal- lots may be obtained in the chem- istry storcroom on the fifth floor where the ballot box will be lo— cated. John Ferraro, Eileen Robin- son, Al Fulkman, Florence Mono and Eli Panel: cmnpose the com, mittee in charge. On June 7, the night of the prom at the Towers rooms of the Ste vent; hotel the results will be an- nounced, and the queen will be crowned. Bids may be obtained at Lewis from the prom committee consist- ing of John ‘F‘erraro, chairman, Florence Alder, Tom Cafcos, Ber- nie Silver Lowell Stevenson, and Miriam Walker. Al. Armour bids are on sale in the information oillce and the book store. Moiiouol iteodanoriem iii detective fiervice booed weenie iingylneerinp bindenta ”bieceeaory illicit“ ’i‘be following: are excerpts from an article in the May issue of “ile- Motive Service." the publication of the National Headquarters of the Selective Sacrifice ileum, rolaa tire to deferment of students in wool; ‘izcti liable: ticcupational deferment for slu- tlentn in certain specialized proles‘w clonal tickle, “which have a definite and direct relationship to the Ne. lional Dcicnse Program,” is; an- nounced as a national policy for the Slelcctlve Service System by a memorandum to State directors recently icsued by Brig. Gen. Lewis-s ll. l—lcrahey, deputy director. ”llieae (leierments will be made individually under the “necessary than” provisions of Selective Ser» vice Regulations and will include those cludems who have been placed in Classes 1-D and 1-13 for deferment only until July 1, 1943, as. well as; those students who are still to be classified. Those found to be “necessary men” will be placed in Class ll-A which is a de- ferment for a period of 6 months, with provision for extension by periods of 6 months so long as they continue to be in preparation or training as necessary men in activities necessary to the national defense. This: announcement was made following conferences between Na- tional Headquarters, Selective Ser- vice System, and the Office of Pro- duction Management which fol- lowed studies made by the Bureau ‘ of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor. These studies showed that in eight spe- cialized professional fields, for which student deferments are urged, the supply of manpower for national defense is “dangerous- ly low,” and that in nine others there are indications of a short- age in the near future. Urgent recommendation is made for individual occupational defer. merit of students, so long as they continue to be in preparation or training as necessary men in ac- .thoriiy and responsibility, iivitics necessary to National De~ tense, in the following oourccs: Civil anglnecring, Electrical Eri- glncering, Chemical Engineering, Mining and Metallurgical Engl‘ mooring. Mechanical Engineering, Chenilotry, Medicine, and Dentis- try. Conmming these professions, it uteri, that the Bureau of Labor Siatiutice’ studies have revealed a “dangerous-fly low level of man- power." For this reason, it is sug- geslcd that all representatives of the Selective Service System give immediate attention to the prob» lem of preventing any unnecessary increase of those shortages. Either Shortages ll’oraocn in nine other professional oc- cupations, also, authorities forsee shortagm although the Bureau of Labor Statistica has not completed its Studies. They are: Agricultural Engineering, Sanitary Engineer— ing. Pharmacy, Physics, Biology, and Bacteriology, and four branch. es of Geology (Geophyalcs, Meteor- ology, Hydrology, and Cartogra— my» in these fields, it is said, there is complete agreement among rep— resentatives of industry, colleges, and universities, and practicing professional groups that the pres. em and future demands of the National Defense Program for college—trained scientific person. nel will exceed the normal sup- ply of graduating students; avail- able to industry at the close of an academic year. in calling attention to these needs; for student deferment, Gen- eral Hershey stressed that: “The local board has full au— sub- ject to appeal, for deciding whether he should be selected or deferred. it must consider all the evidence submitted in connection with each individual case and must decide each case on its par— ticular facts.” Concerning procedure on stu- dent (lefermenta, Genera-l Hershey eaid: “Local boards should approach the immediate problem of reclcr- slfioation of those students whose order numbcra have been passed over because of the temporary student deferment provided for in paragraph 345 of the Regulations and the problem of original clas- sillcation of those students who are now receiving their question- naires, with due regard to the na~ lional policy. “To assist local boards in ap- plying the board provisions of the above policy. the general findings of fact to individual cases, a sug- gested procedure for presenting detailed facts to local boards hav- ing jurisdiction of cases of indi~ vidual students; has been prepared by the American Council on Edu» lion and concurred in by National Headquarters of Selective Service System. This procedure is set out in detail in the American Council on Education‘s Bulletin No. 10, oulilclent copies of which are being forwarded to State Head“ quarters, under separate cover, to allow for a distribution of one per local board. “In brief, this procedure pro- vides for the getting into the hands of the local board a ‘Stu- (lent Statement of lnformation’ presenting the student’s statement of his status and plans, and an at“- fidavit of the College or Univer- sity’ in which the college officials testify as to the student’s stand- ing, courses, and occupational ob- jectives, together with a general evaluation of the student as a ‘ne- cessary man,’ This information should be considered by the local board in the same manner as a Form 42 in other occupational de— ferment cases.” General Hershey also requested that State directors cooperate with the colleges and universities in their respective States so that uni- formity of operation as outlined in Bulletin 10, American Council on Education, may be attained. PAGES“) 33 WWWWWLwfimeWWWV @roduoiea diluted in: lab blunt by illuminant» tliiice Prospeciemlgor Summer Employment Good The placement ofl‘ice of Illinois Tech has proven to be a great as. set in the progress of the school. A. large number of business and engineering organizations have cooperated in interviewing many seniors for positions after gradua— tion. Some members of the grad- uating class: have already been placed and it is expected that the remaining fellows will have posi— tions by summer. The following seniors have suc- cessfully secured jobs. John B. Doyle, William lVlaesman and Ed» word Malela, senior chemicala, have joined the staff of General Foods, headquartera at Battle Creek, Michigan. George Baumann, another ill/ll chemical is going with Grasselli Chemical company. Allis — Chalmere Manufacturing company of Milwaukee: will em» ploy Guenter Baum alter gradua- tion. Edward Young, another can lor mechanical, who first thought he would go with Holley Car'bul'e~ for has now definitely decided up- on Bendix Aircraft Corporation, at South Bend, Indiana. James Corcoran, l..eonhard Holmboe, com lor clectrlcols and Raymond E. Glass, graduate student, are ad» (litions to the personnel of West» iughousc Electric and Manufac- turing company. John Zwaska has; accepted a position with Aladdin Radio Induotrleu, a local company. Fred lilo-Money, ll‘PE, has de- cided upon the paper induatry. Cb. E’s Jack ‘Vander Woude and Roy Jacobson are going with Kim— berly‘Clai-k Paper company, Nee nah, Wisconsin. Charles McAleer will he with Kimberly-Clark for the aummer. In the fall he and Walter Molda will go to the In- stitute ol‘ Paper Chemistry. The Placement office has had a aprinkling of calls for summer employment. It in anticipated that many of the students will be placu ed thru the efforts of the office. There are several hundred records of students in the files and with these it seems reasonable to sup— pose that every requisition for summer work that comes; to the attention of the Placement office can be filled. 1n the past two years there was an increased demand for students for summer work after the end of the school year. The students will be notified at their homes; concerning ouch open- lugs. Polygon wider/5 mote Wills Weei’r All ion/la Jam». M. «I. .+.. nLuUILAu/D u“ During this "Wecn, the Lewis campus will have their last opportunity to order the Poly~ gon. Since it is the first ll’l.‘ year» book, the Polygon will be a pic- torial record of activities which were previously included in sepa» rate annuals as well as those in» itiated as a result of the merger of the two schools. Sales contracts are being handled by Challes Reinhardt, Rob Meyer, and Jack Perkins, who are taking partial payments of $1.00. The remainder of the $2.75 may be paid upon delivery of the books about June 1. Since a lim- ited number of Polygons have been ordered, students must con- tract for their books to assure obtaining them. Freshman engineers at. Lewis, who paid the activity fee when they matriculated, will receive the Polygon without further payment.