VOL. ZflwNQ. 13 junior lirorn hectares 'fitl'rona Appeal” Willi hob Strong-3 had @rch, "Best Ever" Al Stevens Hotel, Feb. 27 Featuring Bob Strong and his music with that “Strong Appeal,” this year’s Junior Prom will he held in the distinctive Boulevard Room of the Stevens Hotel, Fri- day, February 27th. With plans for the school’s top social affair now complete the class ‘of ’43 is boasting that this year’s Formal is to be the best ever. installment Buying Since the average student at UT never has more than seventy- i‘ive cents in change, laundry tic- kets, and cigarette coupons in his pocket at one time, this year will again see the famous installment payment plan in operation. Any one desiring to do so may pay in installments of seventy-five cents. Every Friday morning; from 10:00 to 1:00 there will be a table in the lobby of the Student Union where these payments may be made. To all who follow this procedure on: til the fateful day of ii‘ebruary 27th arrives. will be given, with- out further charge, a handsome ly printed bid to the Junior Formal. To those capitalists who are able to scrape together five dollars and seventy-five cents in one lump sum the bids may be had at once. Ray Kaeding, M. ii). ’43. in whose capable hands plans {or the Formal have progressed, points out that Bob Strong is strictly a collegiate band, He has played at proms for Minnesota, W'iscon- ion, iowa, t‘lrinnell. Nebraska and many others. One of the count try’s best known radio bands, the Strong outfit has been heard reg- ularly on Uncle Walter's Dog- house and Avalon Time and has been featured at the Sherman lit» tel, and the Aragon and Trianon Ballrooms. The popularity oi these famous bandsmen with the smart set is due in part to the freshness of their material. For Bob and his boys are composers of their own tunes as well as niu~ sicians. At present Bob is fea- tured on the “College Humor" radio show. l’etitt- Roughness One of the main attractions of the musical group appears in the person of petite, brown eyed, au— burn haired Mary Ann Mercer. Mary had planned to be a medi‘ cal student but her singing at the University oi‘ Michigan was so popular with the students there (continued on page three) earner sru oasis star new courses Additional courses are sched- uled to be offered by the EMSD’F program in chemistry in the near future. The courses offered are “Syn- thetic Rubber” which will be taught by an authority in the field, and “Explosives.” These two courses require organic chem- istry as a prerequisite. Other courses offered requiring only high school chemistry as a prerequisite are: Organic Chem- istry for Engineers, a lecture course; industrial Chemistry An- alysis, a laboratory and lecture course; and a course in metallurgy. 55143 l AS MUST TO ALL swarms liter: matey 'i‘iea Parlour Kent "in Marielle Qt 5AM Anti Afihili Members At Meeting At a ioint meeting or the ASME and SAM in science llall last li‘ri‘ day, Professor Goetz introduced the guest speaker, Mr. Peterson, who is director of training for a. re Commonwealth Edison Com- pany. Mr. Peterson gave a demo onstration lecture on “Slob Instruc- tion Waltzing.” lletrcvi‘ewed the metiiotrla used by his company for raining superintendents in the art of instructing new men put on a particular job. trillion the task of making nu» pcrinteodeuts fit for training purposes is undertaken, he said it in first necessary to impress upon those men that there it; acv totally a need for such a program. The chief purpose of training, new men is to fill millions: of posi. tions either recently created or vacated by military conscription fair. Peterson gave what he termed 'aperrisor’s formula for suc- ‘«-—nameiy. “Surround your- selves with well trained assis- tants,” The obvious question now was how to train such assistants efficiently. By following a dc‘il~ nitely outlined plan much more can he actomplished than by merely giving; a man the neces— sary information as he needs it. Four Point ll’rogra‘m Mr, Peterson finds he has four principal points which be im‘ presses upon the supervisors. The first of these consists of prepar- ing a man for instruction by put~ ting him at ease, and also getting him interested in his job. In— quiring as to his past experience gives the trainer a means of working up to the second point which is the presentation of in» formation. After a verbal den scription and a demonstration the instructor commences with the third, or performance step in which he allows the learner to try the process or job for himself. After any mistakes are corrected the learner reverses the process by actually teaching the instruc- tor how to do the job. This pro- cedure helps to impress upon the mind of the new man the actual order oi movements. The final step, and probably the most im- portant, is called the follow-up. The learner is put on his own, the superintci‘itlcnt regularly checking on the progress of the individual. Mr. Peterson demonstrated his four points on the (:(iui'~:igec>t.is Dr. {flat-icy. The object at? his in- struction was to teach this learn: er the method of tying a i ire un- derwriter’a ltnot. Although seem- ingly failing to put the shy pro» leaner at ease, Mr. Peterson ably succeeded in reaching his pbjec» thew—Dr. Davey tying a perfect knot. Professor i’cllott supple merited lair. Peterson’s lecture by explaining his methods oi" distri- buting: to companies throughout the city this information, which comes under the title of “Train— lug, it’iihin industry.” ”it? araavro llltltiit Plum: for the midyear tour of the Musiwl Clubs have been completed, One of the highlights oi“ the trip will be furnished the men Sunday. February '1, when they will be housed in a beauti- ful lodge at Starved Rock, The building is known as one of the show places of the lllinois park system. After breakfast at the lodge Monday. the men will travel the roads toward Davenport, lowa. Here they will present one con- cert before the Rotary Club at noon and another in the evening at the St. John's Methodist Church. Members of the Alumni Association have arranged a dance for the men to follow the evening concert. An opportunity to tour the ’l‘ri»Cities and obtain a “tele scopic” View of the arsenal is also being planned. Early Tuesday morning the club will proceed to Pontiac, illi— nois, where they will perform be- fore the combined civic groups of the city. Following the concert, the men will take the trail return- ing home. ‘ So for, Mr, Erickson, Musical Director. has made but three re- quests: Two white shirts, a black bow tie, and an eleven o’clock curfew at Starved Rock. ELLENOIS INSTETU'EE 9F TECHNOLOGY, GJHECAGO. HALENOES i New {Tamara Quarter in .ilA N MARY :20. “Ml! my final misiniarry iglorrnuietani JNTERFRAFERNWV FQRMAL JAN. 30 lllinois lnstitute‘s lnterl‘ra— ternity-Sorority Council will hold its annual formal dance Friday, January 30. 1942, at the Sovereign Hotel on the North Side, (5200 N. Kenmore. This dance is the out- standing event of the fraternity and sorority social calendar. All the “Brothers" and “Sisters" will be there to do some rhythmic wriggling to the excellent music of Carl Schreiher and his fine on chestra. String music will be pro« video for those who come early for dinner which will be served at 7:30 pm. The formal dance will begin at nine and continue until one. This year's dance promises to be the finest ever held by the council. Certainly the bids are tops and the location is just right for the type of dance to be given. Social Chairman Richard Taylor of Phi Kappa Sigma has arranged exerything with a nicety which assures a successful eveningls en— tertainment for all the lucky Greek letter folk present. "You l‘.ewis and Armour gals hint around to that bashful fra- ternity friend of yours that girls appreciate a formal now and then. A happy evening to you all. Registration To Close February 7; Registrar Otters Student Aid togistration of students in next semester’s classes started January 12, ill/12 and will close February 7. after which date the students will be assessed a $1 fee for late registration fees. The registrar‘s office will be open from 8:30 am. to 4:30 pm. during the week while on Saturdays the office will open at the usual hour and close at 12:00 noon. The Office of the Registrar has extended an invi- ration to any students that may find difficulty in completing their programs to come into the office where they will receive aid in filling out the semester’s schedule. The institute reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the schedules and no student will be permitted to can ry more than 17 semester hours of course work per semester without special permission of Dean Clarke. Classes will begin promptly ten minutes after the hour (such as 8:10, 9:10, etc.) Monday, February 0, and all, tuitions, fees, and de- posits must be paid in advance of registration day. checks to be made payable to illinois insti- tute of Technology. Evening class registration will begin February 2, and on thru February 7. This will take place in the Office of the Registrar and a special advisory board, headed by Mr. Setterbcrg and Professor Smale and Dutton, has been de- tailed to give all the necessary information to inquiring students. Further information can be found in the schedules put out by the office, concerning the prices and courses offered. Lease Collaborate "l‘wo large developments in the Cooperative courses at UT were announced last Friday by Pro“ lessor M. .1. Murray of the chem- istry department and Professor 1., .l. Lease of the cooperative office. in addition to the established courses in mechanical engineering and business management, cours- es in chemistry and industrial en. gineerlng will be instituted next semester. As in the cooperative mechani- cal course, the students will al- ternate between work and school continuously for five years. How— ever, the length. of these periods will be increased. The first. will start in February, the second in June, and a third period will be- gin in September. The tuition will be the some as in the exist- ing co-op course, averaging $240 per year. It is felt that the long,- er periods of school and work will cause less interference with the program of the regular day school. Scholastic requirements for the cooperative courses are the same as those for the regular four year courses of llllnois Tech. Also, the student must. have main. tained at scholastic standing with— in the upper fourth of his high school graduating class, and he must pass the standardized tests which are given applicants to the cooperative court-lea. ’l‘he co-op chemistry course, which already has thirty students enrolled, will be conducted on the west side campus. The chief em- ployment for the chemistry stir dents will be as technicians, and, upon graduation, they are cap— able of becoming a valuable addi— tion to the stafl‘ of any company. The industrial engineer course answers a demand for a different type of engineer. ’l‘he industrial engineer is taught the basic sub~ jeets of engineering and special- (cantimwd on page four) ELECTED W3 WSE ”Crime costs each one of you $300 per year.” Thus began the address ol‘ Mr. H. B. Michael, of Underwriter’s Laboratories, at the FPES meeting of Friday, January 16. Mr. Michael also told how, in these times, the protection of cer- tain materials against fire is vital to the nation’s victory effort, es» pecially since these materials are not easily replaceable. He stated that both of these economic wastes must be reduced, and that the re- duction of these wastes is a duty of the Fire Protection Engineers in the war. Holdup and burglar protection was also described by Mr. Mit- chell. He told of the race between the respective ingenuitles of en~ gineer and burglar, the factors in~ volved in the. testing of bullet- proof materials. and the various types of burglar alarm systems. At the meeting. William Lease and' Robert Bechtolt were elected F‘PES representatives to the WSE. WwAva-nmmw WM.M.‘4M A .. .