E’fi GE TWO iliinois insrirnile Enters End ”liner Messier New Maurie Two New Departments Added To Curriculum Illinois Institute of Technology, beginning its second year under the new name, entered the schol- astic year of 1941-42 with a greatly augmented faculty. Twenty-three new instructors were added to the staff to meet requirements for an expected enrollment of some 7,000 day and evening school Stu. dents. This year the curriculum has been greatly enlarged by the crea~ tion of two new departments: en- gineering drawing, and industrial engineering. In the department of civil engineering an aeronautical engineering option has been adopted. Dr. H. Spencer, formerly head of the engineering drawing at Texas A. and M. college, is the head of our new engineering drawing department. Dean H. l". Button, who has been with the institute since 1933, is now head of the industrial engineering do» pertinent in addition to his posi- tion as dean of the evening divi‘ sion. A fifth year has been added to the architectural course, calling for specialization in architecture or in city planning. The work in city planning will be conducted under the supervision of Profes» sor Ludwig l-lilberscimer, world authority on this subject. On the Lewis campus the de- partment of home economics has been completely reorganized. The new department head is Br. Clause, former nutrition expert for the American Medical assoclzr tion. (continued on page four) Qfiihhiilll TQ rhi‘ihh‘lf Dr. Benjamin Boll Freud, pro- fessor of“ chemistry and chairman of that department at li'i‘ was granted an indefinite leave oi ab- sense late this summer to go on active duty with the United States army. Dr. Freud is a colonel in the chemical warfare service. His duty will be that of corps arcs liaison representative in the sixth regional office of civilian defense. in World War I Dr. Freud served in the chemical warfare dept. as captain. He was in charge of field gas experimentation at the Advanced Chemical Warfare Sta tion of the AEF. in 1932 pro. motcd to the rank of lieutenant colonel, he was made command— ing officer of the 304th regiment of tile Chemical Warfare Reserve. Dr. Freud received his BS. at the University of Chicago in 1904, and his BS. in Ch.E. at Al'i‘ in 1915. In 1927 the University of Chicago bestowed upon him the degree of PhD. Since 1910, Dr. Freud has been a popular consulting chemist and chemical engineer. His fraternal connections are many. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, the American Chemical Soci- ety, the American institute of Chemical Engineers, the Ameri- can Association for the Advance- ment of Science, the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, and the Chicago Chem~ istry club. ’i‘ha- lilinois Tech Engineer and [Minimum announces that there are six positions as Stu- dent editors open. interested parties see Prof. Finnegan. $22;th Ehlfiiihihiiiiiiiii’ii Cflilhfilfii lb sraaren Armour College of Engineering which pioneered in teaching aero- dynamics thirty years ago, will next month inaugurate a program leading (10 a bachelor of science degree in Aeronautical Engineer- ing, President H. T. Heald today an- nounceci this innovation, making Illinois Tech the sole engineering school in the state and one of the few in the middle west to offer such a degree. Actual setting up of the courses for this new program will not take place until September 1942. at that time students now sopho‘ mores in the civil or mechanical engineering departments, under whose combined sponsorship the new course will function, may choose the aeronautics option. The first graduates with this de- gree will leave school in June, 1944. President Heald stated, “Indus try demands those general types of men for its needs in the aero- nautical fieldwlesigners, produo tion men and technicians. De signers can be trained in the civil engineering field, production men in the mechanical engineering field and technicians by the in- stitute‘s government defense train: lingr programs. “ltiarked advantages will be pos- sessed by graduates of the aero- nautical engineering program over either civil or mechanical ongi‘ nears in that they will have been trained to step from classroom to aircraft plant on graduation." From the pioneering days of Professor Melville B. Wells, now emeritus professor of civil engi- neering and former head of the department, to today’s faculty of aeronautical engineering experts, ii’i‘ has been close to aircraft cle- sign. production and research. Al'flfil'lg those on the faculty are Hans Roissner, research professor of cngii’ieering, who is at present designing a wind tunnel to be " connected with the field of diiigihie building; and other aero‘ nautical research experts Wl perineum WES The freshman class, numbering ”iii. a, in leads the Lewis registra {ion Six oi these freshmen en~ tel-ed Illinois Tech on scholar ships. Joseph Dalton and Charles Martini“. graduates of St. Mel high school have enrolled in mechan- ical engineering courses. Viola Sievers and Virginia Pochelski both from Carl Schurz high school and Gloria Klouzar from Morton Junior college have enrolled in the home economics department. Ann lilossner, graduate of Pro‘ visa) Township high, intends to major in chemistry. in spite of the large freshman class. total registration numbered only 380 One hundred and twen- tyvone of the students are regis- tered in liberal arts, 13 as biology majors, 18 as business-economics majors. 51 as chemistry majors, 49 as home economics majors, 96 as engineers, and 34 as pro-profes- sionals. in addition to the above men— tioned registrations there will be 37 newcomers in the Coop course beginning October 13. in compari- son with the 171 freshman, there are 8!) sophomores, 74 juniors, and 49 seniors. Music With A Mir George Sharpe Hyde Perl: 8022 TECHNOLDGY NEWS MENllAK PRESMEENF’ {if tEWlS fill. CLASS Steve Mcndak was elected presi- dent of the west'side seniors at a class meeting last Thursday. As- sisting Steve in the direction of senior class activities for the com ing year will be Florence Moss as vice-president, Ann Anderson as secretai‘y~treasui‘er, a n d Sylvia Wcislo as student activities chair- man. Prominence in west-side extra curricular activities has given Steve a good background for the position he holds this year. Art Petterino was elected presi— dent of the junior class; Bud Carl~ son, vice president; Violet Tuhich, secretar 1; Jack Halloran, treas- urer and Dorothy Giambelluca, ac» livities chairman. Mr. Kharasch, who guided the class last year, was again elected junior class sponsor. The class of ’44 elected Dick Johnson to lead them llor the com- ing year. Florence Bartuseh was named vice-president; Blanche Fried, secretary; Richard Kerns, treasurer; and Marilyn Johler, ac— tivities chairman. Dr. Hedrick oi the biology department was named class sponsor. Leading the freshmen during the coming year will be John Schali‘er. Helen Gordon will act as vice president, lrene Ptok as secretary, and Bert Goldman as activities chairman. Professor Marlo; was elected class sponsor. @incerneni’ liaison“ fill iii” With The research building houses ‘ remained unplaceol, and he of his. ' one of Armours busiest depart- ments. the placement bureau which is presided over by John Schoznmer. This is the department which does such wonderful work. in placing both students and alumni. Office hours are 10 to 11:30 am. and 3 to 4:30 p.111, Monday through Friday. For the benefit of freshmen, there is a bulletin- board near the check-room in the student union where all notices, regarding part-time employment, and vacation work are being con- tinually posted. Seniors should note that six photos are needed for senior—rec- ords, because of the necessity for additional copies for filing. This year was a bumper-year for placement, and civil engineers and draftsmen have naturally been in great demand for National De. tense jobs. In fact all junior civil engineers who went to the survey— ing camp during the summer were placer] in positions with different railroads immediately on their re turn to Chicago. The success of this department in finding jobs for graduating sen- iors is well attested to by the fact that 99.44% (no soap). 0f the class of ’41 has received position in in (lustry. A majority of the mcm~ hers were oilered at least: five jobs. Only one man, a graduate of the chemical engineering department, SEPT. so, 19ml. murmur ammonium? lhrovirlloa flirndunees Enceiiienii ilosirione own volition. His parents refused to allow him to work in Washing-i . ‘ ton, DC. _ Architectural students, and civil, electrical, fire protection, mechan lcal engineering and engineering science students were placed 100% according to their departments. One hundred and ninety, in a class with one coed, had received diplo- mas. The average initial monthly sal- ary was $139.90, as against $100 paid in 1938, $110.82 in 1939 and $119.20 in 1940. Architects aver- age pay this year was $142.78, chemical engineers $139.93, civil engineers $136.92, electrical engi— neers $137.47, fire protection en- gineers $135, mechanical engineers $142.68, and engineering science students $1.30. Average initial salary paid 16 graduate students placed was $156.77. One hundred and fiftysix firms interviewed the 1941 gradw ates. Exclusive of the class of 1941, 596 positions, only 82 of which were partitime, were found for other Armour division stu- dents. This is the largest number of placements in. the history of the college. The highest initial, aver— age monthly salary has been ob taincd. The largest number of no tential employers visited the place ment office. 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