HEBR‘UARY 25, 1941- mm... ; LEdiiN TUTANGQ Weld??? AND Iii/"E; y filth?" fixiNEE CLEJB Can you swing it? If you want to learn how to trip the “light fantastic”, join the Dance Club. There will be a meeting tomorrow at 5 pm. in the Armour Auditor- ium. Dan Stone will teach you how to avoid being a wallfiower. But if you are a jitterbug, or are a dancer of advanced standing, you will be able to perfect your danc- ing by attending the club mecca lugs. , The membership fee is a quar- ter, and for that small amount you can learn anything from two- step to rhumba. At intervals of three or four weeks the club will put on inexpensive socials which will probably be held on Friday nights. The date for the first so ciai will be fixed at the next meeting. 80, don’t forget, come down to the Armour Auditorium Lemma row at 5 o’clock. fidh‘i‘fi. fildhl’illit iW twirl. Mild”? difll’ili’h fililtflilll Illinois Tech Delta chapter has received the achievement trophy of Eta Kappa Nu, national honor~ ary electrical engineering iraterm ity. A year of close cooperation in alumni and campus activities has resulted in the selection of the Illinois Tech group for this distinction. Formal presentation of the award was made at a how quet held in the main dining room of the Central YMCA. Graduate and undergraduate members oi the fraternity were present. to wit» nose the ceremonies. Dr. Leland Spengler, representing the nation» a} chapter, was present to trans- fer the stundsome silver trophy to the hands of James D. Brown, Delta president acting for his chapter in receiving the award. Speaker of the evening was Mr. Herbert Von Gehr. Mr. Von Gehr is a graduate of Armour institute, class of 1928, and a member of Eta Kappa Nu. As a successful patent attorney, Mr. Von Gehr spoke with. considerable authority on “International Developments and Their Effects on International Patents”. The timeliness of Mr. Von Gehr’s remarks made the sub‘ ject one of extreme interest to those attending. LEWlS CHEMECALS VGTED T0 SOCiiETY New members of the Lewis Chemical Society were selected at the last meeting of the organiza- tion on February 20. The Chem- istry students so honored are Lor- na Boone, Frank Toth, Joseph Demb, and Ernest Lilck. Three other students who have proved themselves worthy of the honor but who are not; able to attend meetings were given the status of associate members. These stu- dents are Kenneth Calhoun, Wal- den McElroy, and Emanuel Green. It is expected that the journal of the Chemical Society will be ready for publication by the end of the quarter. The journal will include suggested improvements in laboratory technique, methods of studying chemistry, simplifica- tion of chemical systems, and, in general, any helpful hints that will clear up the complex maze in which beginning chemistry stu— dents find themselves. The next meeting will be a sem- inar at which Professor Supple will talk on Waxes. This will he an open meeting. ”than mm 4 @ombeting {irimes With Radio Subject: me swam Ult lucid Lecture Guest speaker at the last mccb ing of the A..I.E.lil. was Paul G. Andres, assistant professor of electrical engineering. The meet- ing was held last Friday morning and was presided over by student chairman Ben R. Cole. The subject of the professor’s talk was: “The Use of Radio in Combating Crime” and was main- ly concemcd with the establish. ment of a police radio system in the State of Indiana. Professor Andres did much field research work in determining the proper location and size of the radio sta- tions. The first station was located at Indianapolis and cost approxi. mately $5890, the transmitter be ing a $15,090 affair purchased from a radio station that was no longer in operation. The system was completed in one and one-l‘ialf years and cost about $36,500. Shar— ing the cost, of the enterprise were various husincssmen’s organize lions and the state government. The final system consists of a network of live stations cooperat. ing with police radio stations of Uhio, Michigan, and Illinois. The personnel of the system has a communications officer in charge of the entire system and a super. visor in charge of each of the three sections into which the State was divided. Under each com- munications officer is a chief en» pincer. diluent" Egon lsontiimed from page one) in "minute” enlargcsmond a large 624'? inch Elwood studio “blower- upper”. An abundance of lights is always ready for use, as is a rapid electric print dryer and all of the more common facilities for taking, developing and printing. mm mu (m n. .m. mun/w canon otoor sown “in ’ m m: Page ii we HYDE PARK LiONS CLUB TO HEAR DR. GRINTER FEB. 25 Dr. L. E. Grinter. vicetpresident of Illinois institute of Technology and dean of the graduate division, will speak before the Hyde Park Lions Club at their weekly meet- ing on February 25, 1941. The subject of Dr. Grintcr's talk will he the relationship between tech- nological schools and the national defense program. He will base his speech on the program of The Emergency Defense Training now going on at MT. The meet- ing will begin at 1:00 PM. at the Hyde Park Y.M.C.A., 1400 East 53rd Street. The national defense program has resulted in a serious shortage of skilled labor. This was caused by low industrial production‘ dur- ing the years of depression. Ac- cording to Dr. Grintcr, it is now up to the American technical schools to train the necessary men. The strides forward which have been made in a comparative— ly short time in this respect is one of the most amazing chapters in the history of American industry. Dr. Grintor, an outstanding con- tributor to the field of structural engineering, was educated at the University of Kansas and the Uni- versity of lilinois. He was Pro- ieseor of Structural Engineering at Texas A. and M. College from 3928 to 1937. In 193? he came to Armour as the director of the de- partment oi“ civil engineering and dean of the graduate division. Urn dcr his leadership, the» graduate school of Illinois Tech has had rapid development. Dr. Grinter has written a series of textbooks and many technical papers. lie has been an oiliccr of many national and local engineer mg societies. Kr. irocior {Elves Waste iii @rothcrs Lowdown Midwestern Follies will dissections iflif Alutoisis filo goiter All fireflies @oniroifi homeroom What have truck drivers and bulls, the animal variety, in cotrmnon? This plus more weighty matter constituted the talk of Professor Sholto M. Spears, associate professor of civil engineering at the Mississippi Valley Conference of State Highway Departments. Five hundred members of this Worthy organization heard his talk, “The Sill. indie Visit lighting Institute As part of Professor Freeman’s 51.113. 413 (industrial studies) course, the senior electricals vis- ited The Chicago Lighting Insti~ lute last Tuesday. The Lighting, Institute, sponsored by manufac» turers of lighting equipment, acts as a medium between the manu- facturer and the customer to pro- mote modern lighting. ’l‘hrough research and design, the institute is ever discovering new applica- tions for new products. The evolution of the electric light from the first lamp of Edison to the newest fluorescent type was vividly portrayed in rapid moving sequence. The difficulties and problems along the way Were stressed, and the solutions of many of these were illustrated. Unusual phenomena were shown to occur in several of the latest. type lights. Corn was popped on a celluloid plate by means of infra- red light, while the plate remained at room temperature. The subject of fluorescent light- ing was one of the most interest- ing features of the visit. Several rooms were equipped with vuri~ out: forms of direct and indirect lighting. The fluorescent light was shown to be remarkably sup- erior to the incandescent light on almost. all points of comparsion. ”lite: News fiehind 2%,, News fill: iieooguet in gallstone Seldom is it possible to hear an analytical discussion of current events by an eyewitness of the situation in Europe. Brothers of the Theta Xi fraternity had this privilege last week when M. W. Weider oi" the faculty spoke at a lmnouei in the cafeteria. At the conclusion of the meet- ing, Mr. Cole, the toastmaster, in- troduced the after-dinner speak- ers. Mr. Peder was then intro- duced try Art Jens, who gave a short biographical sketch of the eminent writer’s life. After com< pleating his postgraduate work in Germany and Switzerland, Mr. Fo- dor became assistant manager of the melting department of a large steel mill in England. This en- gineering background accounts for the development of Mr. Fodor’s concise reasoning; and much as an engineer would solve a problem, he untangles and interprets the news. This sharp logical analysis was again displayed by Mr. Fodor when he talked to the members of Theta Xi. What is the system behind the news headlines? One day you read that Germany is trying to invade England. Churchill calls for help. A few days later you read about Italian defeats. British troops move into Somaliland; ltalian Li bya is attacked by British desert forces; Britain breaks with Ru- mania; what does all this confus- ing maze of news mean? Germany has had two Very de— cided advantages over England. First, the Germans are fresh from the offensive; theirs has been the initiative. Secondly, they are in u central location which permits gulch troop movements. England on the other hand, has to main- tain a large standing army. of y troops must be deployed at oil important points may be constantly guarded, for they can never know where the enemy will strike next. During the first fourteen months of this war, Eng- land had to do what Germany forced them to do, but in Novem- her of last year the Germans lost their initiative, and they are, ac- cording to Mr. Fodor, trying to re- gain that initiative by means of propaganda. That is where the headlines come in. lair. Fodor thinks it highly prob- able that Germany will attack England with the intent; of actual land conquest during this season. However, an attack may soon be made for the purpose of testing the effectiveness of English de~ tenses. At the same time it will serve to confuse the world still more, which is just the thing that the Nazis want to do. “Rehearsals” such as this have preceded the at- tack of Belgium. Holland, Poland, and other countries now under the iron rule of Nazi domination. The raw material situation. in Germany and Italy is such that Mr. Fodor thinks they will be able to get along fairly well for quite a while. There will only be a shortage of gasoline and crude oil by spring. The Romanian oil fields are in a very poor condi- tion, and it will probably take at least three months before the out- put of 45 million barrels per year is reached again. Of this oil Hit- ler has promised to give one—half to Benito’s Navy. Of course, the transport of oil from Humania to I taly passes over mountains, and by the time the production is stepped up the Italians might not need it anyn'iorc. Since the Ger- mans had a very large loot of gas- oline from France to compensate for the shortage the situation is not yet very serious for the Nazis. Mr. Fodor estimates that when France fell, about 50 million bar» role of gasoline fell into the hands of the Germans, but this supply will probably be used up very soon, - Mr. Fodor then discussed the strategy of the Nazis and how they hope to win countries by the “War of Nerves,” which is called bluff in the English lan- guage. Strong nations such as Ger- many can get uway with it, but when a weak nation tries it, it may backfire. in Europe, all foreign news agencies are generally located in one building, and exchange of news is inevitable. It is thus very easy to spread false information by telling an agent of one agency a “secret" which is then spread all over the world. In closing, Mr. Fodor reminded his audience to think about the origin of the headlines when they pick up a newspaper. in the open discussion follow- ing the talk, the veiled position of the Kremlin was brought up. The speaker pointed out that Russia would like to see Germany and England bleed to death, and there fore she will shift her support to the side they think the weaker, but at the same time they will try to avoid active participation in the war if possible. Human Factor in Highway Dc~ sign and Traffic Control," Thurs- day, January 30, at the Stevens, Hotel. The formal study of this question. is completely new for highway engineers. Colors have important effects upon the motoring public. It has been found that white concrete at- tracts the heaviest traffic, and. block pavement repels traffic. As, for our truck drivers, it has been shown that they are very suscept- ible in the positive way to red. With these considerations in mind, professor Spears pointed out that for the most efficient highway color scheme the outer lane should be white, the central passing lane should be black, and the lane for slow moving trans— port vehicles should be red. An important foot to remember when the next. traffic oil-leer overhaule you is that the speedomctcrs in most vehicles are inaccurate. It is characteristic of most automobile drivers to judge their speed main- ly by the noise of their own auto- mobile. However after consider- able travel one may easily under- estimate onc’s speed. Professor Spears also pointed out that “slight power applica. tions on a curve assists in reducu ing the skidding tendency.” The oll'ect of ccntrifigul force on. aut0~ mobiles is not confined only to the horizontal plane. Automobiles crossing sharp road summits often tend to emulate airplanes by tak- log all. Many cverpasscs have been built which create this run usual effect at ordinary highway speeds. Professor Spears also said “an interesting human trait is the tendency to continue any activity once it is instituted.” It can readily be seen that such a trait will tend to bring more traf- fic woes to those who do not com- bat it. SEE RUBBER PLAN In order to present the senior chemical engineering students with some idea of the various pro- cesses and methods of the indus. trial manufacturers in the Chicago area, the students are given plants of various companies. Last Tues~ day the students, accompanied by their instructors, Dr. 1‘1. C. Kim- ner and Dr. R. E. Peck, were taken through the Dryden Ruh- ber Co, Chicago, Ill. These students have been study: ing the various divisions of charm istry in the classroom, but they possess little knowledge of the manner in which the various phases of chemistry are co-ordin- atcd to form an industrial plant. In a plant, the student is given an opportunity to actually see how each of the specific divisions of chemistry are utilized in various manufacturing processes. These visits, which usually last about three or four hours, are ar- ranged by Dr. H. R. McCormack with the cordial cooperation of the companies, who make this contribution to the education of the chemical engineering student. A series of visits, extending throughout the semester are pian- ned for the students.