at PAGE 4 TECKNULQGY NE‘Wfi MARCH 19, 19M W44 filfl€hlllhlill3hih$h7 WE‘Wh Student Publication of the ILLINOIS INSTETUTE 0F TECHNOLQGY 3300 Federal St. CHICAGO. KLLINOHS Published Weekly During the College Year By the Students of I. I. T. nxrmzeuufmo so» NA'flonAL Anvzlrnsmfi KW Nautical Advemsulg Sconce, inc. Folk": Publisbers Rehremum‘iw 4520 MADISON AVE. New YORK. ”31'. Cinema - Boston - Lo; Amati 1‘ 5m Massimo “Entered as second class matter October 10, 1940, at the post office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879.” $2.00 Per Year Single Copies, 10 Cents Each MANAGING BOARD EDITOR-INCH”)? MANAfHNG EDITOR .. ASSOCIATE MANAGL .................... THOMAS BROW’N .DANIEL BROWN PA'X‘RECIA ARKS l‘l)l 'l‘fil'l fll‘OR'I‘S EDITOR ............................... WARREN SI’ITZ FEATURE EDITOR ........................ ARTHUR MiNVY'IWEN IHJ‘SINESS MANAGER . ........ ROBERT FUNK FACULTY A ”V ESER ....................... W’A L’flflt HENDRIGKS EEITORIA'L DEPARTMERT SA’I‘U RDA. 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Yes the Navy steamed in gold braid and till, only to weigh anchor forty-eight hours later, lenvinb I be hind the torpedoed hopes of some i291} junior and senior engineering students aspiring to serve their country in time of national “crisis.” W’e quote the word crisis, because somehow we are beginning. to question the kind of a crisis this is that puts brown above brains, a crisis that demands ’F‘arzzins for drawing boards and Ulysses for research labs. With the anguished and tearful cries of the National Gory eminent for more and more trained engineers and technical men ringing in our ears, we present you now with the results of the first concerted attempt to obtain them . . . over 90% of the students, wre- iully selected by the school, rejected by the Naval medical examining board. In a final desperate appeal, John J. Schism- mer, securing special last minute permission of Commander J. M. Ross, dashed down to the lunch— room to announce before those gathered that all up» plicants who had previously not been accepted by the school board and those now interested who had never applied were now invited to immediately re port for medical examination. The response to his plea swelled the ranks of applicants to between 300 to 400, as compared to the original 190. From these, 64 students finally passed the physical. But gone were the original requirements that engineer- ing scholastic ability and general character were to be the prime requisites for selection. The February 18 issue of Technology News re— ports the first visit of the Navy, when Admiral Yarnell and stall appeared before an assembly of junior and senior engineering students to conduct a recruiting drive. There can be no doubt of the favorable impression they left after them. The case they presented was an eloquent one, a scholarly one. In considerable detail was explained the intri- cate technical problems that confronted the Navy in their tremendous new building program. Said they, greatly needed are men of the training this college supplies; mechanical and civil engin- eers to help design and build destroyers, mechani- cal engineers to build huge guns, electrical engim eers to electiify them, chemical engineers to work on our explosives, aeronautical engineers to pro- duce navy planes. radio engineers to improve air plane communication facilities. And for this pur- pose, commissions as ensigns in the navy reserve were to be given to selected engineering students of high calibre. Active service would commence upon graduation with surprisingly generous sal- aries. Pertinent to their problem of speedily tul- filling the needed quotas of engineers was the as- surance that THE BARS WERE TO BE LET DOWN 1N THE PHYSICAL. EXAMINATIONS which are prerequisite to acceptance of the appli- cant. Is it any vendor that the response to this offer was tremendous, that the institute was able to quickly recommend over 100 upperclass engin» coring students of, and note this, high mental and moral calibre, men supposedly able to fulfill the requirements of an oilicer. Is it any wonder that these boys cheerfully waded through the rigmarole of red tape demanding birth certificates, photo graphs, letters of recommendation, and the filling out of three dillerent application blanks. And, if you please, may we be so bold as to ask—«FOR WHAT? Not, we think, to be finally told that a missing molar, a low shoulder pimples ,Weuk uncor- rected eyes, and other such simple irregularities are major drawbacks in the cause of science. The reply of the Navy, that the physical require- ments were reduced somewhat, is, to our minds, :1 forlorn answer. it is an answer implying to them 2; sense of values which is suicidal in a time of my tionul crisis. They ask that young scholars with engineering minds vouched for by the faculty of a first flight technical school he turned away for small physical imperfections, preferring the physi- cally perfect to do a job which requires mind, not muscle. We seriously doubt. gentlemen of the Navy, that Einstein could, at the present time, lift a sixty pound weight. 'l‘slt, too bud, Mr. Einstein, can’t use you. And we close with 21 final thought, dear Naval gentlemen, ’l‘alte no 1“ oil geniuses. Yours will be the satisfaction of 21 teci‘micol stuff with a line advance physical rating. W hat is the progrum i‘or l‘nglm-lu'lng accomplish- mrnl‘.’ Tom Brown. 9.331%th curs . .. . This week has again ushered in one of this in- stitution’s oldest and most notable customs—«Who wearin’ o’ the green.“ Freshmen at Armour have always; been required to Wcm' the small green caps, not with the purpose of culling hardship and strife, but to bond them together oy virtue of the singular- ity of their group. in past years, freshmen not complying with this treeiitional rule were, at times, forcibly dealt with, but the last few years have brought about a gradual decrease in the degree of violence used, The sophomores here. as a matter of custom, always been the selfoppointed enforcers of the rule. Harassing of freshmen was carried out until Junior Week when a climax re :embling modern blitzkrieg warfare was reached, As a result of the ensuing brawls, members of both the freshman and the sophomore clue.» suffered scholastically as well as physically. The faculty, the managing board of this publica- tion and the majority or the upperclassmen are of the opinion that such hazing is detrimental to the welfare of the student body as a Whole. The classes missed, the bruises and broken bones in- curred, and the distasteful impression left with company lepresentativc s visiting the school, all go to out balance the “good' points involved-~~namely, “fun” and the exercise. We propose that all wrestling, hurling and run- ning be confined, for the next few months at least, to the gymnasium and the athletic field where it will do the most good for MT. We propose that any freshman not willing to wear the symbolic green cap with the rest of his schoolmates should be allowed to do what he pleases, even though it segregates him from the rest of his class. This, in itself, should be punishment enough for the “lone wolf” without any violence on the part of the sophomore class. Students attending this school have too much at stake to allow high schoolish antics stand between them and their purpofis;is QUOTE s uuouors Let Us Name it it is generally accepted around school that the name of the year- book for the year 1940-41]. is to be the “Polygon.“ Who backed this name? Is it a selection of the stu- dents? No! definitely it is not. The name was picked by the year- book staff and this staff is not; elected by the student body. After all, the yearbook is a publication of the students, by the students and for the students. I should think that the studm‘us would have a right to pick the name of their own book. Understand this is not a. kick about the name “Polygon,” but rather one against the method of selection. After all we pay for the book. There is no reason why the ITSA. cannot conduct a vote for the name of our yearbook. Per- haps it would take two votes, but then is that so difficult? The first vote could be for any of 20 or 30 names that have already been suggested by the students, last fall. The second vote could pick one name from the top four or five in the previous vote. The name thus selected would be. truly. one picked by the stu- dent body. the vote having been carried on. of course, at both Lewis and Armour campuses. This is a plea for democratic ideals, for fair play. and for our rights. it, is not too late. Let’s do some thing about it now, Junior Commission. Cooperate Some of the freshmen at the Armour campus have objected, I suppose just to bring attention to themselves. to the wearing of the green hats. Such students will , be considered by the freshman class as a whole as outsiders. This is “our” year as freshmen. I plan to make the most of it. We should get together and the wearing of the green but is our distinction. The opportunity of this occasion for organization of the first class of “T will never be the same. Let‘s all wear the green hats. We will be wearing them because we want to we 1r them not because of the implications that might be rived from the class of ’43. Ulysses Backus-1 linu- Wo Grown Up? Why is it that, the boss is al- ways such a dumb guy? Perhaps the best answer is that, if the boss were the employee; and the em ployee the boss, the boss would still be a ”dumb guy”. This same relation also exists between par- ents and children, and betvveen professors and students. The re- lation is no dill’crent. " I do not mean to infer ln'uny way that. the quality of college teachers is not as good as it might be, and some of the suggestions on this matter 1111 a recent article in this column are excellent indeed; but to attribute inattentiou and the “I don‘t care” attitude of un- embellished lectures is I believe, stretching the point. Personally, I dont see how a student can pay much attention to a classroom lecture if he doesn‘t know what, the professor is talli- ing about. And if the lecture is what it should be, the student will not know what the professor is ‘ttlkiug about unless he has stud- > led his textbook! in other words, if you haven’t; studied your book, and you do know what is being discussed in class, rush down to the business office and get your money back. Either you already know the subject or you are not going to get as much out of the course as: you should. All this revolves around the question of what the purpose of a classroom lecture is. It should emphasize the most important points which almost all the texts omit, and most of all, it should coordinate the material. so that the student may see some. of the for— est besides the trees. It need not be a form of entertainment. It should not try to stuff :1 subject down the students throat! By the time we get to college, we should be past the grade school phenomenon of learning a subject in the classroom. We should be able to stand on our own feet, and to be able to get most of a given subject matter alone. If we can not do so, I’m afraid that we just are not of college caliber. Stullious. Ill :51 3‘.“ The editors of Technology News wish to, thank the student body for the hearty response to this newly organized column. KUFFEL TALKS TO ENSURANCE MEN Sometime next month, lllinois Tech will become a mecca for in— surance men. Plans are now under way for an insurance conference to be held here. Arrangements are being made through Mr. Wilton S. Kuf’iel, as- sistant western manager of the Phoenix Insurance Company. Mr. Kuflel is an Armour graduate of 1927. The school will act as host, providing class-rooms and probab- ly a banquet for the guests. The subjects to be discussed by the men at the conference deal with insurance practice and fire protection engineering in the night school semester beginning next September. These will be the first night school courses from the fire protection curriculm to be offered in recent years. In the second Sem- ester of the 194142 school year an elective course in fire protection engineering will probably be otter ed to day-school students who are not fire protects. NEW tits course roll SENEQR use The mechanical engineering de— partment has instituted a mech- anical laboratory course for sen- lore. It consists of two parts: fifteen lectures on modern labora- tory practices given by the profes‘ sors of the ME, department. and work on projects in which the students are divided into small groups which make a thorough study of some piece of equipment. In some cases, the students do part of the construction work, There are about seventy seniors taking this course at the present time. Some of the projects are test- ing a turbo-generator, investiga« tion of air conditioning equip- ment, studying the pressure drop in pipe lines, and studying the effect of different kinds of insula- tion on pipe. The purpose of this course is to develop knowledge and initiation in laboratory tech- nique which is essential in en— gineering practice. MARSH 1‘) “)4! WW monomer The top of the chorus girl said the some, “lliorol before. the bowel *1 Rastus and i when suddenly i came up with or “Did you all see mall equilibrium "Ah she did," most before I 11c 21: The patient it; mania. He had and finally the spoonful of riot A few minute 7161‘ and said: "N Brim; me a post 1/): ill‘hoy say the i free air in at gar; 1%: WA? Doctor: Tho be up cigarettes, li Patient: What." 21: Ed Zdrubek: it She: Elm-c, \‘l’hl ’14 There was a you Who hadn’t an He indulg To touch (Most (my last ’1: Kiwi Lady: W tlo mlm‘.’ What’s live? Small Boy: 'i‘l don’t know my moved ycstm'dn; again today. 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