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VOL. 28~NO. 11 DECEMBER 16, 1941

 

EQMMGN SEl‘lfiE . . .

Like a cue ball ricochetlng about a. pool table,
the hysterical forces of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy,
and Japan rebounded from the irresistible legions
of China and Russia last week to loose their two
trated anger on the United States. As one man, the
population of this country has rallied to the single
purpose of annihilating them

Let us think clearly. The problem of self-presewa»
tion against the onslaught of the modem war mach-
ine is fraught with complexities. Ours is perhaps
the most difficult task of all, for as nearly as can
be found on this planet we are a freesthinlzing no.
tion. Our task is not only to fight more efficiently
than the enemy, but to retain through and after
the hell of it the phenomenon of l30,0ll0,000 in—
dependent minds.

Democracy cannot survive the present crisis if
America does not have an almost fanatic faith in its
heritage, a faith which is deeper, truer, and more
tenacious than any devotion which a Japanese or
a Nazi might have for totalitarianism. The thoughts
of every American must constantly dwell on the
vigorous maintenance and amplification of democv
racy in America, so that our strength may he moral
as well as material.

We must never forget for a single moment that
America has another enemy fully as great as the
nations with which we are now at war.

We must never relax our vigilance toward this
psychological enemy dwelling constantly within
ourselves insidiously suggesting that the civil liber-
ties framing our way of life be temporarily for»
gotten.

We must insist that labor’s legitimate rights to
organize freely, and to bargain collectively be pro»
tected.

We must stamp out wherever it looms, the sup-
pression of the American’s right to constructively
criticize the government’s war and peace plans.
That right exists nowhere else in the world but in
America and in Britain. The annihilation of that
liberty in the totalitarian countries is one of the

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mighty forces now causing their rot and decay.

We must be over alert to prevent selfish interests
from hampering vital output and causing unreason-
able increases in wages and prices.

And finally. after OUR VICTORY, we must see
to it that never, never can there be a peace dictated
as that of the first World War. A repetition of the
mistakes the Allies made then will only lay a foun»
dation for World War III. The insurance of equit»
able access to raw materials and markets for all
peoples and the elimination of the opportunity for
the present aggressor powers to ever again threaten
the world’s peace MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED.

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SLAQKER? . . .

A word of caution at this time is perhaps apropos
to the engineering student seeking draft exemption
against allowing the application of the word “slucl<~
or” by uninformed albeit well meaning citizens pre-
vent tho student finishing his technical education.

Slacker is a common phrase in war times that
automatically springs to everyone’s lips when they
cannot easily and tangibly see evidence of another’s
sincere efforts to protect his country in the best
way he knows how .

Both the national government. and industry res.
lize the importance of the engineer and the student
engineer in swelling America’s and allied powers’
military might, For ever ' man at the from it is es-
timated that 87 are required to remain behind and
equip him, Don't underestimate the importance of
President l-leald’s remarks on the fourth column of
this page. The prospective ability of the student
engineer to increase the cunning of America’s war
implements should outweigh the influence of idle
words flung from idle minds.

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filflE‘MNE CHAW’ER

Good evening ladies and gentlemen. This broad-
cast is coming to you from the scene of the greatest
brawl ever staged by ye old lllinols Tech. Yea man
but verilylll '1‘0niglit”s battle is taking place between
Butch Mc"echawk and half the beautiful girls in
the city of Chi and surrounding territory. Referee
Roy and company has brought the two into the
center of the i‘ing-Wliut tlellnltclymhe raises his
batch and their oil.

One of the first things that caught our eye as we
entered the arena was a quicky glimpse of Lil Snod.
grams and her latest—«u yoke] boy who seems to
know all the tricks of the game. Cluude Anderson
having himself a but time in the old town with his
pretty Armour secretory, Joan Luna, Doc Davey
making a very impressive entrance with dclovely
Min-y Rim hanging onto him with that, certain look
in her eye. Frankie Epsilon (remember him?) and
Helen Mic-him (who doesn‘t remember her?) floated
around the baryon“. as in days of old. Tech News
well represented with everyone from the editor to
the kitchen sink swinging and swaying to the
scintillating rhythms of Alvie (we had to resort
to the rhetoric in talking about your humble ser-
vants). “Uncle John“ parading a colossal stogic
about the jernt. Merrie Horwdm spending the whole
evening wholing handsultind of expensive at $2.25
but plenty all right if you like that stufl‘. Couch
licmic Meyer feeling so good hearted that he even
let his first stringers steal a smoke or two. The
Mechs of ‘40 there, too, Lonny Wolnlak, Gus Golan-
dnk, Bill Moshiutcr, and all the rest of that gang
of masher. The horse opery put on by Roy and
company really laid “em in the aisles.

Pretty Sylvia Wotsio enacting attention by just
standing around and smiling in her own patched
way, and then there were the King sister—~WOW!!!
I’ll bet quite a few of the boys got called down by
their dates because they paid too much attention
to those four beautiful screwballs of rhythm. Oh
yes, they sing, too, incidental but true.

Saw Bella: and a gang of fellow frosh heading
for Ye Ulde Rail—e bad habit for a fresh to develop,
but we’ll forgive them because they showed the
right “spirit.” There was to have been a queen pick-
ed but this fell through, according to the committee,
because of a slip up in the preparations, but we
know different—picking a queen out of that bevy of
lovelies was a job for a much braver man than any
Illinois Tech man we can think of. The usually
rough and ready civils were behaving like gentle
men artists—drunk probably. What happened to
some of these boys who swore on a stack of bibles
that they ‘would be there,” but then petered out?
Shame! Earle Huxhold and his fiancee, Viola look
ing at each other as if they were all alone on the
Sahara rather than in the middle of 1000 music
hungry engineers and prospective engineeresses.

And then the theme song for the last time and
everybody leaving for parts unknown. It seems as
though half of those at the dance went to Isbell’s
and scared the daylights out of the waiters Who
thought that another Courtney ax raid was on. And
then to bed, tired, but happy to have attended this
shindig deluxe and to have added another square
foot of brickwork to the west wall of the new 117}
fieldhouse.

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Xmas Roll Fares For
Students Again Cut

be increasing use by students
of the reduced round-trip “College
Special” fares prompted the rail-
roads to again offer them for the
school year of 1941—42. However,
during the coming Christmas-New
Year’s holidays the railroads re
port that a very heavy volume of
military furlough traffic is expect-
ed and suggest that those who can
possibly do so should travel on or
before December 17, and on or af~
ter January 7.

The “College Special” pl an
makes a big saving possible for
you by purchasing a round-trip
ticket from your home town to
college and return. Those who
have already return portions of
tickets purchased in the early fall
should use them and then buy a
new round-trip ticket at their
home before coming back to col~
logo at the end of the Christmas
vacation. The return portion of
this new ticket. can be used on the
trip from college to home, either
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Cites Vila! Need For

Trained Technicians

President Henry ’l‘ownley Heald
has declared that for the duration
of the war, “every person in the
United States has a job, and the
engineer has a special one.”

Pres. lrleald shares the opinion
with the majority of military and
naval ofllcers: that future engin—
eers can be of most service to
their country, not by leaving
school and volunteering, but by
finishing their education so that
they can competently fill both mil»
ilury and behind—the-linc defense
positions. We are now facing a
shortage of engineers and in a
very short time this situation will
become acute. In the event of a
long war, the country would have
to recruit its engineers from the
ranks of the students of today,
and it therefore becomes a duty of
every engineering student 1.0 fin-
ish hisoducation.

l'l'SA GRANT ”fill DANCE CLUll QEl'MNS
,FAMEE) PROFESSWNAL lNSTRUCTmR

 

Closing the books on the very
successful Turkey Trot, the Dance
club continued its active social
program by signing a contract
recently with one of the citie's
foremost professional dancing in-
struclors.

He is Mr. De World of the De
Wald Studios, located on North
Michigan avenue. Heretofore, the
Dance club has been run on a
non-profit, catch-asacatchncan has
is, all duties being done by the
students themselves. This year,
an exception to the rule has been
made. Because of a generous
grant from the ITSA, the Club
has been able to obtain the serv-
ices of Mr. DeWald for the dura-
tion of the scholastic year. This
grant was made at the recom-
mendation of President l-Ieald.
What with the influx of girls from
Lewis, St. Lukes, and other
places, and the help of Mr. De-

Wald, members of the Club would .

appear to be assured of becom~
ing the nonpareil of socialdom.
instructor Praised

At his first session in the S. U.
building the new instructor was a
huge success. With a satisfaction
amounting almost to ecstasy,
President l—Ierman Taucbau de-
clared that the obtaining of Mr.
DeWuld’s services is the best
thing that ever happened to the
Club. From the freshman wall-

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flower to the blasc senior who
considered himself a past, master
of the art of dancing, all present
at last week’s meeting had noth-
ing but praise for Mr. DeWald.
From now on the Dance Club
will meet every Wednesday at 5
instead of the semi-monthly pol.
icy followed in past years. At this
time there will be a period of
dance instructions with classes for
beginners, intermediate and ad«
vancod. Following this each time
will be at short informal dance.

ASME MEMBERS
HEAR STEEL TALK

The principal speaker before the
ASME. meeting last Friday, was
Chief Metallurgist Booth of the
Jackson Iron 8; Steel. Company.
His lecture stressed the important
progress that has been made in
the steel industry since its incep~
tion.

Mr ’Booth began with a brief
histoty of pig it on production and
its origin. He described how the
steel industry began in the United
States and gradually grew to the
mammoth size that it has reached
today. A. remarkable comparison
was struck between the early
equipment and quality of the pro
duct and the presenoday equip
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