“Wei/“idle decorated @wileyye Weecepoyeee” V03}. 28ml“). :2 ESMlh'li’ hhflflhhhfii 3%.th EXPANSWN Lewis Engineering Building To Be Remodeled Within the engineering building of the west campus, a complete program of rehabilitation is in effect. Extensive plans for Illi- nois Tech’s part in National De- fense have made remodeling of this section of the building neoco- sary in order to accommodate classrooms, laboratories, and offi- ces. The engineering, science, and management. defense training pro- gram has been in effect since June, 1940 and has been expanding steadily ever since. Rooms that have been remodel- ed for the greatest utilization of space are on the first and third floors as; well as the basement. New drafting rooms, large enough to accommodate fifty men can now be found in that basement area formerly used for storage. 0n the first floor. four new classrooms have been partitioned from a for- mer mechanics laboratory. The electricity laboratory on the fourth floor is now undergoing rcviaion and proper equipment is being in- stalled for an electronics and com- munication lab. With the expansion of" the ESMD'I‘ program came also the expansion of the faculty program. In order that the proper facilities might be given to these men. the registrar’s office has been moved from room 247 to just inside the Damon Avenue entrance of the engineering building. This loco» tion was: formerly occupied by the alumni offices. Members of the September class ' were presented their certificated at a final assembly December 20. At this same assembly, an Amerl~ can flag was presented to the ln' stitule by a committee represent- ing the class. finder Returns From llellcm Science Meet During the holiday season Dr. David P. Boder, professor of pay- chology at lI’l‘, attended the an- nual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science which was held in Dal- las. Texan, December 27 to 31. Dr. Boder read a paper entitled. “Individual Differences in the Dis- crimination of Visual Patterns Protracted in Time", the material for which resulted from a consid‘ erable amount of research that was carried on in the psychologic— al laboratories at IIT. Sharing the honors of this work are M. lsen- berg, H. Miller and M. Herpe, all students of HT. In addition to the reading of this paper, colored films were shown to illustrate and demon- strate the research work, an added feature of Dr. Boder's that has al‘ ready caused favorable comment and inquiry. The psychology of. fice is in receipt of several letters requesting the loan of the appa- ratus used in the research, or at least the use of the film, so that other psychologists might repeat the experiments. Also in attendance at meetings held in Dallas was Dr. Leslie Hed- rick who represented 111‘ at the Alumni gathering at the Baker hotel, and at the meetings of the Parasitology Society and the American Microscopical Society. 515 1:33 ELLINOIS INSTETUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CHXCAGO. ILLINQIS Jan. 19 to 23 Jan. 30 to :31 Mon. to Fri. Jan. 28 Wed. Jan. 29 Thurs. Jan. 30 F‘ri. Fri. and Sat. Feb. 2 Mon. Feb. 2 Mon. Feb. 2m 7 Mon.toSul.. Feb. 9 Mon. March 30 Mon. April 18 Sat. May fitolZ Wed. to Tues. May 10 Sun. May 14 Thur. May 15 Fri. Mayzo Mon. *Examinations to be given during regular class periods. Note: The above schedule is complete. Events appearing in the . schedule of the 1941-42 Bulletin which are not included here have *First Sem. Exams. day classes. Mid-Year Commencement. First Sem- ester of College year ends. Second semester of College year 1941- 1942 beings; Registration day for Freshmen and new students. Registration Day for Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors and Graduate aLu~ dents. Freshman Orientation Days Second Semester instruction begins, day clasecs Registration day for Cooperative stu- dents. First term “A” group Regictration Second Semester, Eve- ning Division Second Semester instruction begins, Evening Divieion Registration Day for Cooperative Students. First Term “B” Group Freshman Scholarship Examinations *Second Sem. Exams. day classes Baccalauratc Sermon Commencement College Year Ends. Eve. Div. classics end. Sec. Semester Registration Day for Cooperative Studente “A" Group. Second Term been abollsshcd, PEEBLES MOVES U? REGlfiTRATlON Dean Pueblos, in a move to elim» lnalc the usual confusion arlelng at the fall term end and begin- ning of the spring term, has pro» claimed special registration regu- latioue. The regular registration duya for new and present students are Thursday and Friday, January 29 and till. However, students who are reaoonably certain of their programs for the next semester may register and pay their tuition and fees any day from Monday, 3anuary 12 to Saturday, January ll. inclueive, from 9 o'clock to 12 o‘clock. Regular registrations will be: Freahmcn and new etudents, Thursday, January 29; for soph0< moron, juniors, and seniors, Fri~ day. January 30. hdueicmen ”l‘o hectic fin Threeuiluy ”Four or lower fiend lilinoic Hearranging the school program has made it necessary to cut down the musical clubs’ trip to three days. However, Mr. Gordon 0. Erickson has promised three days of “real interest and fun.” Leaving Sunday morning, Feb- ruary I, at 7 o’clock, three busses will take the members swiftly to Joliet and Ottawa where concerts will he presented. Monday, February 2', the clubs will be in Davenport. There will be a concert for the Rotary club at noon, and in the evening a concert will be given at the St. John’s Methodist church. Follow- ing the evening concert, the men will be entertained at the YMCA by a group of alumni. Tuesday a concert will be given before the combined civic clubs of l'onliac. The musical clubs will return to Chicago following the Pontiac engagement. SAM Visits Lakeside Press Company Plant it. ll. Donnelly‘s Lakeside Press war; lnveetigated by members of the held last Friday afternoon, January {3. Mr. Parker, assistant head of the training department, led the inepection and served as guide to anawer the many ques- ticne. Donnelly"s production methods are unique. The sales force gets lobe, which are then d‘iepatched to the estimating department. Tentative designs and estimates; are made. These are then sub- mitted to the customer for a final decision, An operator is assigned to the job. Material in ordered and a job schedule is made up. A production man is responsible for the work in his department. After the product has passed through the required number of depart» ments. the final asnembly is sup- erviaed by the operator. After outlining this flow scheme, Mr. Parker took the group through the plant. To keep their employees in tip-top condition the company provides gym facilities, tennis: courts, libraries, etc. Wednenday evening the regular semi-monthly SAM meeting will take place in the Faculty Grill. blown-flue Forty filer fience filial» Members» Lucille Paxin and Daniel De Wald will continue to teach Dance Club members in the coming se- mester. This was announced by Mrs. Orcutt, faculty sponsor of the dance club, at last week’s meeting.’ Tomorrow will be the last dance club meeting of the semester. All members in good standing will be eligible for a special “Blow-out party” to be planned at tomor~ row’s meeting. This party will be outside of school, and all who ex- pect Io utteml should ‘be at the next meeting to find out about further details. {To-op Book Store “0mm: ifs Doom" Illinois 'l‘ech’s c o ' o p e ra ti v e book store, “The Engineers‘ 00- op", has opened its doors for busi- ness. This organization, which is designed along the Rockdale prin‘ ciples, has conducted over $250 worth of business since its incep» tion two months ago. Negotiations have been corn- pletcd with most of the big pub- lichens and supply houses. The manager clalma that they can get any books or supplies requested except slide—rules; which are un- available to civilian purchasers. Lab folders. paper, and books can be obtained every day from 2 to 5 o’clock, on the third floor, first entrance of Chopin Hall. A new drive for members ‘wae launched last Monday. The mem- bership fee is $2.00 and can be. paid and the membership certi- fied, on the third floor of Chopin Hall, Ultimate success depends on the enrollment of new mem- bers. Ueed books may be sold through a special system devised by the (Io-op. The manager announces that the seller will set his own price on the books and the organi‘ zation will take 20 per cent profit, the remainder guess. to the seller. By selling his books through the Coop. the student saves consid- erably over the price offered by regular book stores. Orders are now being taken for next semester-’5 book require- ments, the Co-op having had ad- vance information regarding the use of the special books needed in all classes. TlllliETS HER ”fill?" CfllllQEllTS it) ill" AT NEWER RATE$ Ticket.» at reduced rates for the Chicago Symphony “Pope” con- certs have been made available to the students and faculty of Ilinols Institute. The concerts, which derive their name from the re- duction of box office rates to "popular” prices, are presented at Orchestra Hall usually by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra al- though occasionally guest groups are presented. ‘ ~ The Cooperative office in Cha- pin Hall is the “agency” for dls~ tribution of concert tickets. Selling regularly for 83 cents, the same reserved seat tickets may be ob- taincd for 68 cents. Other reserved seats listed at 55 cents sell for 40 cents. All of the tickets are for the most favorably placed seats in the house, affording the listener the maximum in listening enjoy- ment. The tickets are designated as “Series B” and are for reserved seats on specified Saturday nights. Placed on sale at the Co~op office three weeks before the perform- ance, the tickets are available for purchase until within one week of the scheduled date. The newly organized “agency” is unique in that it is the first. ever to function on the Armour oam~ pus, and although less Hum three months old has found high favor (continued on page eight) JANE/ill“? 'l3, ‘tSMlZ lfiolendor for Remainder of Academic Veer, WAN—42 l Q @thll’li fielhllhl ‘ @Nfivfig Arranged to Meet the Nuiicnol Emergency EW ill” Whit filllwfiillrhld PLAN TO GRADUATE ALL CLA SEES EARLY After a special faculty meeting last Wednesday, Dr. (.“lrinter has announced the new program to be taken by Illinois; lnatitute of Tech— nology nccensitatcd by our war with Japan, Germany and Italy. The regular week of examina- tions has been eliminated and re— gistration week will be held one week earlier. This means that the regular two-week period between semesters: has to be reduced to one week. 'li‘inol examination will be given during the final clam meets fries: of each course. This method will be repeated at the end of the second semester and throughout the duration of the war program. Renters; will he graduated one month early thin year with all claescw stopping on the Hill of May. The clean of 10/13 will grad- uate in February of 1943. Mom born of the present second year class will he graduated in Septem. ber of 1943 and men now freshmen will finish in June of “ill/l4. No sprint: vacation will be talc on during April this year at ’lI'l‘. Also the usual Open House pro gram will be dispensed with to save valuable time. Every effort is being made by the faculty to streamline I'l’lT’S courses; to fulfill the war’a demand for engineers. There in hard work ahead for all engineering students and this work must be carried on unceasingly. As to the program to be employ- NI next summer, no definite plans have been formed by the officers of lllinoia Institute of 'l‘echnology to date. I—lowefftzr, a majority of 1he engineering schools in the United States have proposed to the Federal Office of Education that the engineering program be made a continuous; three year course. In order to accomplish this plan, it has been proposed that students attend clauses for forty- eight of the available fifty-two weeks in each year. Whether this scheme is adopted by “’1‘ depends upon what is done by the majori- ty of the other engineering schools in the country. If this plan is un- dertaken throughout the country, Illinois Institute of Technology will cooperate with the federal government and put the program into effect. if this program is put into an» (continued on page two) THIS lWEEK AT ll‘l'l.‘ WEDNESDAY Dinner. club, 5i: p.m., auditori- um . lntrmnural Boxing and Wrestling, 4-5 p.11]. Pi Nu Epsilon, Ull‘W. 5 p.111. S.A.M., Faculty Grill, 6:30 pan. THURSDAY Glee Club, Armour Auditori- um. 55 p.111). FRIDAY ASCE, 220C, 10 2mm. ASME and SAM, Science llllall. l0 mm. liiiriuum'ul Boxing: ‘l‘l’rrstling, 4-6 pm. n u d