an}. amt—om filo . 3. with. Whfii‘h hfii ”WE Which @hi i Whhii “imfiiilli hurry ill ifiori‘y lines "in gout-h notorious m Mr. Harold Vagtborg, director of the Armour Research Foundation, has been named a member of the National Research Council Com» mittec which will make an. in— dustrial exploration tour of South America. Upon its return, the Committee will make a report to the Department of Commerce on the industrial possibilities of Col- ombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil. The party will be made up of forty research, industrial and banking executives. Of these, however, only a small number will. comprise the National Research Council Committee. The tour will occupy approach mately seven weeks. Most of the travel will be done via Pan-Anteri~ can Airways. The prime objec- tive of the tour will be to assist the industrial development of the more progressive South nmcrican countries through the application of American technology. gunmen will be sought for raw mavcrials which may find more extensive markets in this country, especially in the fields of vegetable oils, tlh ers, minerals, pharmaceuticals and native South American woods. In commenting on the expected results of the tour. lVir. Vogthorg said, “We feel that there has al' ways been a close interdependence between the North and South American countries, and this type of program should assist matcriv ally in bringing joint plans to a successful conclusion.” One of the main reasons for the selection of Mr. Vagthorg as a representative from the Chicago area centers about his record as director of the Research Foundao tion. A native of Copenhagen, ileu— marh, Mr. Vagtborg obtained his Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Illinois in was. From 1931 to 1938~he served as professor of municipal and sani- tary engineering at Armour insti— tute of Technology. Seniors Delugcd By Job fitters John J. Scbommer, director of the placement department, has released the following statistics on the activities for February: There were 4200 incoming and outgoing telephone calls in the office and one to three interviews apiece were given by various firms. There were more than thirty—four firms from all over the United States giving interviews. Besides its regular work the (le- partment has been doing its share in national defense by supplying 259 applications to the Navy and 30 to the Army. Not included in the total number of interviews just given are the great number of boys who went to the firms for the interviews. “Uncle John” has many letters on his desk thanking him for jobs which are now paying $200 to $300 a month. Last Friday the Lockheed Air- (Continued on page three) Zl/lii 1m“ “Winnings internuclear @ollicgpc Falconsaonggacr” ILLlNDlS ENSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CHICAGO, lliLlNOIS WAS EVERYBODY HAPPY? YEA MAN thll‘ Photos by Amlnruon Just a low of the litany happy people at the. long awaited Junior Formal. In the upper loft foreground or find Ginny ‘Wallton, Wcllt‘u slower. herons from them we find Dr. Davy slngin ' a chorus to tho not-mn- n H panimcnt cl” Wclkh bond. ill-tipping; down we liml two tables of 'lfecllitcs enjoying themselves. Everett ill. hoe lipiiin liccondo “For iinpinocro Elevenunillionihs lard to conceive? t .1 3 of a second! Not for a re enroll engineer like Mr. Everett 3 Mo oi“ the General Electric lab oratories who spoke before the Armour College students last Fri- (lav. Lightning has been the most devilish prankster to electric pow~ or lines. Mr. Lee and his asso- ciates have studied and measured its clitoris. ”l‘l'le results are most startling. One bolt of lightning, of only seven-millionth; of a second. duration builds up a po- tential oi“ from 750,000 to several million volts. The measurement oi these high voltages, through the use oi oscilloscopes, was only one of the problems which had to be solved by the research divi— Sion. Sheet steel production many years ago was averaging 300 feet per second. Today through the use oi“ automatic guage and reg- ulating devices, which kept the thickness constant, the produc— tion has been increased to 1500 feet per second. In the textile in- dustry photoelectric cells have been utilized to check the weave of cloth, Whenever the weave goes askew, automatic adjust- ments are made by the photo-elec- tric cell arrangement. Recording color analyses are playing an ever increasing part in our daily lives. Articles placed be- fore the analyzer are tested for their color reflection. A graph is automatically produced which shows the percentage of each color reflected by the object. Mr. Lee has made color tests of his pay check, yarns, paint pigments inks and even of his favorite apri— cot brandy. A color may be dupll~ cared at some distant point in a very short time by simply sending a graph showing its color com- position. : illneicnl Clubs ‘ Wop Murcia it all Goodman 0n Friday night, March 14, the our.» hundred and fifty vocalists and instrumentalists ol‘ the musi. cal club will present a concert. at the Goodman Theater. The pro gram will consist of many inter- esting choral and orchestral sclcc lions. Mr. ti. t}. Erickson, the club (li- rcctor, said recently that the club is fortunate in having four very accomplishnd soloists this season. They are: Robert. Hemman, burl- tonc; Robert Mead, tenor; Gus Mustahas. violinist; and Roy ii runes. trombone. This is the seventh season that Armour has presented its pro gram at the Goodman Theater. The club formerly sang as repre- sentatives of Armour 'l‘cch, but this year it performs under the name oi “Illinois Institute of Technology”. As an added fea- ture, the girls” glee club of Lewis Institute will be heard in a group of special numbers. Ticket sales have been very good, and indications are that once more the club will attract a capaci- ty audience. Lewis Pluycrs Now Have Ploy Sclcciol Barrie’s Spring Dance, a re- freshing collegiate comedy has been chosen for production on April 25 by “The Lewis Players.” “Spring Dance” was selected in preference to many other plays which were under consideration of the group because it is especi— ally suitable material for a large cast Though the entire cast has not yet been chosen, Jane Goelct has been picked to play the leading role. Jane, who is a senior, has appeared in Two 0% A17. Island, Ladies of the Jury, You Can‘t Take it With You, and many other Lewis Players successes. hoop lira thrives hole Engineers horicct rhinitis Well, we finally ran into an air- tight alibi for being late to class! It was; the slight blaze (Ii-ll fire) which broke out early Wednesday morning and lasted almost the whole day. The number of stu- dents made late because of it was an even hundred. As a matter of fact. people due on the campus at 8:10 am. became existent there- on from 8 am. it; 10:45 am. The comments of the tardy stu- dents will suffice to tell the story. “Managed to get to Quincy and Wells—«a Jackson Park was wait- ingwgot onw‘ding ding' went the signal—~juice turned oil—got oil JP.” “Boy! The loop was a mess. They sent the trains into the stub and then made us walk. It seemed funny to see trains going both ways in the loop; some empty and others stalled.” “Well. 1 was somewhat lucky but plenty delayed anyway. I got on a train that went on the local track and passed up half a mile of expresses finally ending up in the stub.” “Being late anyway, I decided to walk around and take a look. The streets were so full of fire hoses that you could hardly take a step without tripping over one. Six 6-inch hoses from the river brought water from a fire boat which bobbed around in the swirl- ing water. The engineer in the boat, sweating in his shirt sleeves, would feel a bearing and then jump for the oil can. The engines on the street, including some new streamliners, were running at top speed with their hoods removed. A four inch hose connection sprung a leak—it sprayed up to the “L.” structure—Va fireman put an apple crate over it, but as soon as his hands were lifted, the box shot up and smashed itself on the structure." “I had to walk through the (continued on page three) mmwmmmw MAMEH ll, ill/ll llihh ro "WWW Midlihil libidillbliil hhiihlhlhhi ihlmhlhi Protestant“ Yollot Again Moods Program President Henry T. l-lcaid, President of the Illinois Institute of Technology, recently announo ed that confirmation had been rc« cclved from Washington authorlz' ing Armour College to proceed with the training of 1500 addition- al persons under the supplemen- tary engineering defence training program. in January of this year, the In- stitute enrolled 1600 persons spon— sored by government. funds. The courses were designed to fore- stall a shortage of trained men and engineers vitally important to defense industries. The second program, now being organized, will contain in its cur- riculum many of the courses offer- ed under the first program. This is due to the fact that Chicago industry is sorely in need of train- ed personnel who can cope with inspection methods, 1')crsonnel sch action, and training. In addition to these specialists, many who have knowledge of explosives, steam engines, and others will be trained under the second program. No tuition is to be charged for any of these courses. The entire cost of the program will be unden written by the Ili‘ederal Govern» ment thru a congressional appro- priation. The student will be ex- pcctcd, however, to supply his own textbooks and drafting in- strumcnts. The courses to be offered are in many instances duplicates of courses offered under the first pro— gram. They are on such. a level that the pro-requisites for enroll- ment in certain of the courses re- quire as much as four full years of college engineering study or the equivalent in industrial ox» periencc. Other courses require college training in mathematics, while still others require only graduation from a technical high school. According to Professor J. I. Yel- lot, chairman of the Defense Training Committee ,the program is not to be regarded as a general engineering education, and is not designed to supplant the regular l’our~year course altered by the institute. No college credit can or will be given for completion of any of the courses. Professor Yel— lot emphasized the fact that “the student is under no obligation to the Federal Government other than to apply himself diligently to his studies. ’l‘HlS WEEK AT HT TUESDAY: s. Casting for play, Lewis Audiw torfium, l pan. WEDNESDAY: Polygon pictures, Lewis FRIDAY: ASME meeting, 30:10 a.m. AHChE meeting, 10:10 a.m. ASCE meeting, 10:10 ohm. PIPES} meeting, 10:30 a.m. AEEE meeting, 10:10 cum. Armour Eye Open House, 7 p.m. Polygon pictures, 1 pom. Badminton, 2:30 min. livelier-y, 2:45 p.111. Bowling, 3 pm. Girls’ Chorus, llrmonr, 3 pan.