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By Bernard Chertow

Someone once said the world
is too much with us. If he meant
what I think he did then he prob~
ably was right. This phrase is
brought to mind by the trouble
1 had to go through in order to
get the column ready for this
week. An entire vacation was
available during which to prepare
some half-way decent stuff (for
a change) and i had intended to
make a sincere effort to do just
that. So on Sunday, Jan. 4, I dug
up a neat poem by the beloved
Walt Whitman that sounds just
like it was written the day after
Pearl Harbor, and was going to
insert it herein with appropriate
comments. To fill in the rest of the
column 1 would have gossiped
along or even used some quotes
from famous Americans that
would fit the occasion, and all in
all the column would seem learned
and maybe even profound.

Apparently. the fates were
against all this. because the first
thing that happened after school
began was that the jolly editor of
this esteemed publication got the
feeling that the world was too
much with him. The rest is obvi-
ous. 'I‘om buttonholed me and
said, “ll" you are going to spout
gibberish this week. Bern. try to
keep it away from the war and
everything.” That settled my well
planned hash and all the prcpara~
tinns of yesteryear went to ——-.
i had to agree with Tom because
if he is willing to brave the wrath
of the entire student holly by
printingr my column, then the least
l could do is to stay away from the

 

 

 

DR. GRINTER ANNOUNCES»
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moi operation at “'1‘, many of
the students will he faced with
the difficult problem ol' raising the
necessary funds to pay the regu-
lar four years’ tuition during a
three year period. ln reply to this:
question, Dr, Grinter says. “Stu

undoubtedly be aided by loans or
grants.” Henry Heald, president
of UT, and Linton (ll-inter, vice-
president, hope that it will be pos»
sible through the aid of federal
agencies to provide funds for those
students who really need money
to pay their tuitions.

Dr. Grinter feels that the new
program will have no effect which
will lower the standards of HTS
curriculum. All educational val-
ues will be retained and the new
program is only intended to (all
minute wasted time spent (luring
lengthy examination weeks and
long vacation periods.

In response to a question as to
the possibility of our government
establishing an officer‘s training
unit here at UT, Dr. Grinter refer-
ed to a meeting of college presi»
dents in Baltimore last week. At
this meeting, the general opinion
of the representatives was that it
" 'ould not be of any use in colleges
today.

lg instead, it was strongly recom»
intended that engineering students
tay in their classes and obtain
ieir degrees. The extreme short-
ge of engineers in this country
akes it essential that every pos-
ble engineer be trained for the
reduction of airplanes, tanks,
nd other defense construction
rork and we know that ”T will
take every possible cll'ort. in this
irection.

 

dents in financial difficulties willlll

of ii

war for at least one week (this is
a warning about the following
weeks, Tom).

However, i was mildly riled, be-
cause that Whitman poem is real-
ly so apropos, and l (lid WORK to
dig it up and write it down and
memorize it, Besides, I’m left out
on a limb; for what shall I dis-
cuss? The weather is out, not only
because there is nothing we can
do about it, but also because the
government advises silence. Ah!
here's something that really can
be joshetl: the divine obtuseness
displayed by King Carol when he
suggests that, he come to America
to start a free Roumania move-
ment. Coops, but, that’s about the
warminust not discuss.

 

I'll just let my mind wander
and see what comes. . . . Man, I
sure had fun on my birthday . . .
What a gal . . . Wonder what Mac.
Arthur is . , . ulruh that's out . . .
Itobeson’s is (1 wonderful voice
. . , Boy, did Louis take Boer . . .
What did the poet once say”?

Long. too long America,

Traveling roads all even and
peaceful you learn'd from joys
and prosperity only,

But now. ah now. to learn from
crises of anguish. advancing,
grappling with thrust. fate and re-
coiling not.

And now to conceive and show to
the world what your children
enmassr really are,

Oh.” my God. but that's Walt, VVhit-
man‘s pot-m and l was supposed to
teat-c that out. See what a wzmtlcn
3m; mind will do!
{Ed‘s note: What
mini?)

mind? Schle-

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The Junior Association of Com-
merce with the cooperation of
HT will begin a series of meet~
ings of great interest to younger
executives of the city. The plan
is to consist of thirty-two meet~
tugs. each of which will be ad-
dressed by a guest Speaker well.
versed on his subject. The main
goal is to present to the execu-
tives such information as he needs
in a position of responsibility. The
lecturers will include public speak.
ing. process analysis, time study,
organization, budgeting. schedul-
ing, marketing, and industrial and
public. relations.

This is the third section launch-
ed in this plan, two others: having
been under way for some time, the
first directed by B. E, Goetz, and
the second by James McClintock.
These sections meet. on Mondays
and Thursdays at. the Hotel Sher-
man. while the one about to be-
gin will be held on Mondays and
\l'etlnesdays at the same place.

JOiNT ASME AND SAM
MEETING FRlDAY,“JAN. l6

A joint meeting of the ASME
and SAM will take place in Science
Hull this coming Friday morning
ilt it) a. m. Professor Yellot will
introduce a gentleman connected
with the EDT program. The meet-
ing will deal primarily with a
demonstration of the program now
in process. Job—instructional train-
ing will also be discussed.

Movies which were scheduled to
be shown at this joint meeting are
not available at present, but they
will be shown at a future date.

 

vnifil'lltflllg ANNOUNCES AWMWNYMENVS 7'0
Mllvitlltjll RESEARCH FWUNDAWON STAFF

 

larold Vagtborg, Director of the
Armour Research Foundation, at
illinois institute of Technology
announcrd tire new appointees to
the research stall“ and the promo»
tion of a sixth to (are for expand-
ed industrial research projects in
the Midwest. Three of these ap-
pointments are in the metallurgy
section of the lilountlation, and
will coordinate work in chemistry
and metallurgy under the recent~

it: announced $250,000 expansion

program oi" this section. The oth~
er three appointments are in the
rapidly growing chemical cngin»
ecring section,

Late in October, Mr. Vagtborg
announced the letting ot‘ a con-
tract for the construction and
equipping of a new metallurgical
research unit to supplement exist-
ing facilities tor work in this field.
This work includes research in
dolomites, heat treatment of steels,
foundry molding materials, wire
alloys and drawing, to mention
only a few, for such companies
as American Steel Foundries, 111‘
land Steel Company, ‘y‘v’ehr Steel
Company. Revere Copper 8; Brass
Company. and the Pfanstiehl
Chemical Company.

To. direct the activities of the
metallurgical research section Mr,
Vagtborg announced the promo-
tion of Dr. R. G. Spencer. research
physicist of the Foundation to the
position of Chairman of Metallur~
gical Research.

Assisting in the metallurgical
section will be two new appoin-
tees who are: Dr, W. H. Earhart,
a graduate of Ohio State univer-
k'ily. and George Stern, a graduate
of the (.‘ollcge of the City of New
York and the University of Michi-

gan. Added to the chemical en-
gineering section are Dr, Clyde W.
Lent, a graduate of Columbia Uni-
versity: Clerk E Thorp, a gradtr
ate of Fenn College, Cleveland,
Ohio: and Robert C. Flour, a gradu»
ate of the Central YMCA college
here.

Dr. Lean" was formerly with
Gtvaudanflclawanna, Inc, New
York City. He received his AB.
degree from Evansville College,
Indiana. in 3934 and completed
his graduate studies at Columbia
Univ .. (PhD) in 1941. His
reseal {1 work will form a link
between problems in chemistry
and irictallul’gy.

Dr. Earhart joins the stall as
ceramlst in the metallurgy sec-
tion. He received his training at
Ohio State university in chemical
engineering obtaining the Ph.D.
degree in 1939. He comes to the
Foundation from the Edward
Orton, Jr. Ceramic Foundation, in
Columbus.

Clark E, Thorp is a graduate of
Fenn College, Cleveland, and
comes to the Foundation from the
Ozo-Ray Process Corporation in
Chicago.

George Stern served as assist-
ant metallurgist and research met-
allurgist for the American Electro
Metal Corporation in Younkers,
New York, before joining the staff
of the Foundation. He is a gradu-
ate of the College of the City of
New York (chemical engineering),
and the University of Michigan
(master of science in chemistry
and metallurgy). He has been ap-
pointed as metallographer at the
Foundation.

R. C. Hour was formerly devel-
opment chemist [or Ditto, "Inc,
Chicago.

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Cuba Libre! Neckin’l
Nile Clubbin’i Peckin’!
Not For ’tIll’ Hop’s’ Gel

 

By ll. “7. (Happy) Cannon

The following feature story is re-

printed from the student journal
of the federal prison at Atlanta,
Georgia.

(With Apologies to Winchell)

The only time she stays up all
night is when she has a tooth-
ache . . . marriage in her opinion
is something sacred . if she
wasn‘t true to the guy she. cared
about she would never sleep . . .
When she sees a girl snubbing
others she doesn't consider it. be
int: sophisticated, but downright
rude . , . She is familiar with all
the latest styles, but cannot af-
ford them.

You never see her sitting in
some “joint" drinking and trying
to appear interested in a man old
enough to be her father . . . if
you see her at six in the morn—
ing. she isn‘t on her way to some
hot-spot. she's on her way to
mass . . . She tl‘iinks a sweater
is something you wear at a foot-
ball game, not to a night club . . .
When she goes to the theatre, it
is to see and hear, not to be seen
and heard.

The only Daddy she knows is
the one who married her moth-
or . . . She never did the rhumba
and her name’s never been in a
Broadway column Photogs
have never tried to get her pic-
ture with her dress to her hips;
that would be a waste of time . , .
She doesn‘t like to be called a
“dame" 'l‘wo highballs are
enough for her . . . She always
goes home with the fellow who
brought her.

She thinks phony eyelashes
look exactly like phony eye~
lashes She never bothers

people for their autograph .
Nobody from the fashion pages
ever writes up what she wore at;
the opening night, and anyway
they'd never see her because she
sits in the balcony . . . She
smells sweet, not because of any
perfume, but. because she washes
her neck And here’s some
thing: when she says she loves
you it comes from the heart, not
from a Cuba Libre.

Her vocabulary of cuss words
is limited . . . She reads the best
books and understands them, not
just an occasional True Story.

No. She‘s definitely not in the
Social Register . . . She does not
like double-talkers, double-cross-
ers, and double Scotches . . . To
her. “going on the wagon" means
a hay~ride with the boy friend
and the gang . . . You won’t find
her father rated in Dun (fl; Brad‘-
strcet‘s, either: in fact, she may
not be listed in the phone direc'
tory.

Her fingernails never grow to
claw-length because they’d get
mixed up in the typewriter keys
. . . When someone says “heels",
she thinks you mean parts of
shoes . . . She doesn’t go slum-
mine; on “Second Avenue”, she
lives there, and, in conclusion, I
merely wish to add this: She’s
alive and waiting for “Old Hap-
py."

FACULTY hill/ES Til
COMMUNWY FUNB

IIT’s faculty and employees gave
the sum of $1,001.98 in response to
the recent Community Fund

drive. Another generous contri-
lmtion is effected for the Red
(from. This generosity of HTS

stall will really help those in need.

JAN Utflt‘vl’ lit, ‘35le

name.
manholes In {Rules
her hollering; In
Navy Announced

College Sophomores May
Enlist ln Aviation

Two signilicent changes in the
rules for enlistn’ient in Naval Re-
serve aviation were announced re-
cently by the Naval Aviation Ca»
(let Selection Board. Both changes
are designed to help cadet selec-
tion boards meet the Navy‘s tie»
mood for 2,500 pilot~training re-
cruits per month.

College sophomores, juniors,
and seniors may enlist now for
pilot training, but. may be defer-
red from active duty until comple‘
tion of their current college year.
A second ruling provides that
applicants for pilot training may
now receive transportation at the
Navy’s expense from any recruit-
ing substation to the nearest cadet
selection board.

Substations which will provide
transportation to the (Il’licago
board are located in Aurora, Rock-
ford, and Rock Island, lit; Indian-
apolis, Lafayette, South Bend, and
Kokomo, ind; Green Bay, Milwau~
kee, and Oshkosh, Wis; Escanaba
and Marquette, Mich; and Cedar
Rapids, Davenport, and Dubuque,
lowa. Applicants will be given
preliminary examinations at these
stations. Other cadet; selection
boardsmalso served by numerous
recruiting substations—are locat—
ed in Minneapolis, Kansas City
(ll/10,), St. Louis, and Detroit.

Under the rule affecting college
students, sophomores in accredit-
ed colleges may now he enlisted
by cadet selection boards provid‘
ed they have “every reasonable
expectation” of completing the 2-
year college requirement for naval
aviation. If after enlistment; they
fail to meet the prescribed educa-
tional requirement, they will be
transferred to another class in the
Naval Reserve.

Candidates for pilot training are
chosen from applicants between
the ages of 20 and 27 who are un-
married and in. good health. They
must complete two years of col-
lege work before beginning the
10~month pilot training program.
Upon completion of training, avia-
tion cadets are commissioned as
ensigns in the Naval Reserve.

lily. lluyoltuwogs illicit
Scores hill“ in Motion

it; is of great interest to find
that. Dr. S. I. Hayakawa of the
English department, has made
quite an impression in the field
of literature. At present about
200,000 copies of his book, “Lang-
uage in Action", have been sold.
The volume has been extensively
reviewed in newspapers and mag-
azines throughout the nation, in-
cluding the New York Times, P.
M. and the Chicago Tribune. Sam-
uel Grafton of the New York Post
has reviewed it in his nationally
syndicated column.

In the Financial Weekly Dr.
Hayakawa’s book was highly re“
commended in the “Books for the
Business Man" column. The book
has been the feature in the Sat-
urday Review of Litcnture. The
manuscript must be really of great
valuemeven the freshmen are said
to appreciate it.

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