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VOL. 27—NO. 14 MAY 20, ill/ll

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Since last September, lllinois institute. with the
aid of the various Chicago daily papers. b's gradu-
ally worked its way up to an outstanding position in
the public eye. Vv’e have jubilantl‘y noted; the grout
lug quantities of metropolitan newsprint devoted
to news items dealing with ll’l‘. Although we, at—
tending lllinois Tech, are fullv aware of the im-
portzmce of the innumeialile scientific investigations
being carried out here, the layman con ":arcely
realize what this institution means to ind . rial and
social progress unless the newspapers are able to
enlighten him on the subicct.

 

   

The Research Foundation has been responsible
for a great deal of the publicity which we have been
given in the past few months. Dr. Leedy’s latest
project on the investigation of superfluous noises
in the Chicago area has been filling newspaper col-
umns almost every day of the past week, and it will
probably continue to occupy these columns for
many weeks to come. Although Dr. Leedy’s sound
experiment is not the most important one being
(armed out by the Foundation, considering those
being carried out for industry, it. is one which com
mantis public attention by Virtue of its purpose.
John Q. Public may not be interested in an experi-
ment on thermal stresses, but he is all ears when
someone starts investigating the intensity of the
sound emanating from the “L” tracks near his bed-
room window.

Some very unusual papers delivered before con-
vention groups, such as that delivered by Professor
Spears on modern highway design, have also been
attracting much public attention. Dr. Boder’s ex
periments, the Midwest Power Conference and the
other conferences and meetings sponsored by the

school have all contributed items of interest to the
newspapers during the past {cw I‘nonths.

it must be admitted that such publicity is ab-
solutely essential to an institution undertaking a
plan as great as our expansion plan. We can, happi-
ly enough, venture to say without fear of reproach
that. the name Illinois Institute of Technology
means more to the, public and industry, after eight
months of existence, than did either of the names-M
Armour Institute or Lewis Institute—after four
decades. Milli.

fiflfliléllfitlliill‘i AT LE‘WiS .

it seems very strange that any person presumably
of college level should care so little about his surv
roundings that he would knowingly litter them
with discarded trash. such as unsightly cigarette
stubs. it was noticed while strolling through the
balls that an unseasonable snowstorm had descend-
c—(l upon thc Lewis corridors with full regard for
wind direction caused by student traffic. In the
more heavily occupied areas the figurative snow-
storm had desccndcd more heavily forming hanks
two, three and {our stubs deep; whereas: in the
more sparsely settled districts, there was 11 lighter
mbui just as tlllfilghlly’leitei' of cigarette stubs.
However, throughout the entire building no section
had escaped the veritable blizzard. It may be wrong
to say an out of season blizzard, for by means of
continuous observation this soculled snowstorm has:
no regard for season but has been present through
out the year.

Faithful janiim‘s have been attempting to keep
the corridors clean. but their eilorts are compo ‘able
to those oi” a lone WPA worker on lhc sidewalks of
Mlchigm Boulcx out (lining a whirling: blizzard. To
stop the blizzard would lic an impossible task for
this WPA worker. but for the students to slop the
continuous flurry of unsightly sluts coils only for a
clear idea of rzcmncss. some mcnial application, and
\vliolchcariod cooperation.

Ncumc-Ss alone should be suiliclcnl inducement
Ior the di“ 'ontinuam'o of smoking in the corridors,
but if thi.’ is not enough the students need only to
use. their grey matter to realize that smoking in
itself ill a tire blizzard. Smoking and crushing the
lighictl stubs into the woollen floors increases the
possibilities of fire one bunclrctl loll]. Thus whole-
hearted cooperation in: required if we wish to cut
down the hip hazard and increase the nciincss and
:Ippca'iszincc oi Lewis coriidors. RA.

 

 

 

 

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’l‘hc throngs who alli‘lltlml this ycnr‘s Open House
:1 low days ago will remcmbcr that the (oops staged
their exhibits in tho south end of the, new lilxpcri‘
mental Engineering builtlinv. thn the lust visitor
had gone homo é v 6.183 of nickel plated exhibit mach
incry on (lollies hogan rolling toward the loading
hoist in the north end of the building. 0n the re«
turn trip the same (lollies carried stocks of grey
cinder blocks and loads oi’ ncw lumber, and before
the last exhibit was huulcd away, new walls were
rising for threc ceramic research laboratm‘ics total-
i'ng nearly 2000 square foot in area.

in consolidating the activities of the
division the laboralozw For iinc
cimcn mounting. grinding.
graphy, as well as the divisional oil’iccs, arc rc-
maining on the third iloor of the main Research
Foundation building The heavier proccssing work
will move to the State street building.

The three new laboratories are of equal Size, and
occupy the extreme southwest corner of the build-
ing. At the Wes ‘nri is the furnace and kiln room,
wherein a new stack will provide draft for three
kilns and two furnaces The equipment, most of
which is on hand. is already being prepured for
instillation the of pottficr‘; an MW
bisqueand-gloss murllc kiln is provided. A high
temper'atuie gas- fired muffle kiln will allow tem-
peratures of 2600” F. and a smaller gas fire open
kiln will serve many general purposes. For special
refractory tests a high temperature pot furnace is
ready, as is also a frit furnace for glaze and enamel
preparation. In addition, this room is to have an
tncloscd spray booth for application of enamels
prior to firing.

in the middle position is the physical testing and
(-cramic processing laboratory, Equipment includes
batching and weighing apparatus, with both rough
scales and analytical balance. Herc also will bc
localcd small porcelain ball mills, a cyclonic air
separator, and devices for studying porosity, modu
his of rupture, absorption and similar properties of
ceramic materials. This laboratory will house the
new Globar electric muffle kiln, automatically con~
trolled for any temperature up to 2800‘” F.

Clay preparation will occupy the east laboratory.
This room will contain the heavy machinery, in-
cluding grinders, large ball mills, mixers, a vertical
pug mill and an extrusion press for forming special
shapes.

ceramics
measurements, spo-
polishing and petro—

   

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Once again in an attempt. to
determine how the students of
lliinois Institute stand on the cur-
rent problems of the day, the Gal~
loping Poll has taken a cross-seo
tionai View of the school. Three
questions were chosen as being
most important. in the eyes of
the public, and the opinions of 212
students were obtained. The first
question asked was “Are you in
favor of using our navy to con-
voy merchant ships: to Britain?”
Results showed that the majority
of Illinois Tech students are def-
lnitely opposed to this move. 70.1%
registered disapproval of such a
step. while 25.8% were in favor of
it. and 4.1% were undecided. The
general concensus of opinion
among those students who are
against conveying was that. they
believed that such a step would
put us into war. Some of those
in favor believed that help should
be given Britain at. all costs, while
others stated that. such a step
would not necessarily mean war.

The second question dealt with
a topic that is coming to the from.
more and more~the question af
actual war. It was asked: “Are you
in favor of allout. war (including

might. be termed a landslide, as
“35.5% voted against. war, while
11.3% were in favor of it, and only
3.2% were undecided. This is con
pecially significant in View of the
fact that most of those who regis»
tercd opinions on this question
would be the ones who would have
to fight the war.

The last question dealt with tn
local topic: Namely daylight sav-
ing time. “Are. you in favor of the
proposal to extend daylight Silv-
ing time to the and of October?”
In answering this question, 53.7%
declared themselves to be in favor
of it, 36.4% were against it. and
9.9% were undecided.

in closing, your Galloping Poll
representatives would like to take
this opportunity iora little boas‘o
ing. It. seem. that. the. fame of this
column has spread, and the col-
umn is now consulted by people
outside of the school. On April 27,
Will, the Chicago Herald-American
contained a story telling the Gal-
loping Poll results on the stu~
dcnts‘ attitude towards the draft.
This was taken from the Tech;
nology News of April 22, 1942, and
shows that the. opinion of the stu-
dent body of the Illinois Tech is

 

men)?". This resulted in what considered important.
overt/ration“ lilihdll. liouuuolm
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”Pete?“ Vanderl’locg 4A 2-33 Bill harry, John Bricrley, Wol~
L. Shearer 2A 2.80 i‘ram Fulterer, Bill Powers. Earl
Raymond Lind 4p, , 2.79 Huxhold, Ernie Colant, John But-
Arlbur Durce 4B . 2.73 kins and Bob Schmidt.

0. 1.. Strodtman 3A 2.73 Climaxing the Honor “1 M»

The averages of the departments
show the fire protects in the lead
with a 1.64 average, although lif-
tcen points below the average at
this time last year. The rating
follows:

Dcpn I'tmcnt Willi-110 1940—41
Fire Protection 1.79 1.64
A rob itccmre 1.33 1.54
Civil 1.44 1.45
Electrical 1.52 1.44
Chemical 1.3!) 1.41
Mechanical 1 40 1. 35
Science 1 251.02

The averages at the end of the
{list icrm of this year show Tau
Bram Pi leading, as usual, the hon-
orary fraternities with 2.68. A1-
pha Chi Sigma leads the profes—
sional fraternities with 2.00, and
leading the social fraternities is
Sigma Alpha Mu with a 1.97.

Fraternity Avail-ages

Noted in the order of their scho.
lastit- rank are the following hon»
ornry and professional fraterni-

 

ties, with their previously re—
corded ratings:

Fraternity 1939-40 3940-41
Tau Beta Pl 2.68 2.60
Salamander 2.61 2.52
Pi ’i‘au Sigma 2.51 2.51
lilta Kappa Nu 2.15 2.48
Sphinx 1.99 2.45
Phi lambda Upsi. 2.54 2.38
(“hi Ep'ilon 2.22 2.38
Alpha Chi Sigma 1.96 2.00
Scarab 1.75 1.84
Pi Nu Epsilon 1.83

Rho Epsilon 1.70

The following lists in the order
of their scholastic averages the so-
cial fraternities and their aver-
ages for last year and this year.

1939-40 1940-41

Sigma Alpha Mu 2.06 1.97
Alpha Sigma Phi l.(S/l 1.83
Triangle 1.78 1.77
'tho Delta Rho 1.62 USS
Pi Kappa Phi 1.52

Theta Xi 1.59 l.46
Delta Tau Dclta 1.66 1.30
Phi Kappa Sigma 1.3-4 1.25

 

The students and faculty of
Armour College of Engineering
extend their sympathy to Dean
J. C. Pecbles whose mother
“a. ’ed away last Wednesday.

 

 

 

tivitics was the announcement miT
Bob Osborne, track star, as the re-
clpicnt of the medal for being the
outstanding freshman athlete.
ii‘lrni. “l” to lichommor

The high spot. of the evening
was reached when Dick Larson
presented John .I. Schommer with
the first athletic award, the “I",
of Illinois Institute of Technol-
ogy. The presentation caused the
crowd to burst forth with spon-
taneous applause. Following right
on the heels of this award came
the presentation of the second ath~
letic award to popular Sonny
Weissman. The award came as a
complete surprise to Sonny, and
the honor met the overwhelming
approval of those present.

The banquet. if only from the
attendance viewpoint. was a big
success.

Faculty Women’s (glob
Elects {lilicors

Climaxing a year of unusual ac-
tivity. the Faculty Women’s club
of Illinois Institute elected its of»
ficcrs for the coming year at their
annual spring luncheon in MaiL
shall Fields’ English room on Wed,
nesrirxy, 'May 14, The results of the
election are as follows: Mrs. L. R.
Ford. president; Mrs. C. E. Clarke,
vice president, and Mrs R. J.
Spaeth, corresponding secretary.
These officers were elected to
serve for two years. in addition,
committee chairmen for the i’ol~
lowing committees were appoint
ed: Mrs. J. B. Finnegan, program;
Mrs. H. A. Giddings, ways and
means; Mrs. C. L. Clarke, member-
ship; Mrs. J. ll. Smale, social; Mrs.
.l. S. Thompson, house; Mrs. M, B.
Reed, welfare service, and Mrs.
l.. H. Donnell, literary forum.

The club, which holds monthly
meetings each year from October
to May, awards two one—semester
scholarships, known as the Julia
Beveridgc awards, each year to
deserving sophomore students. An
annual dinner for members of the
faculty is u‘so sponsored by the

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