PAGE T‘W‘O W. w w 4‘ UBRARY BUlLDlNGS Modem school design, as rcnrcsomml by artist's sketch oil proposed library for south campus. (Story on page 1) Veglbovy filling New filing; giving loin fitniion fill: fins losilinio (Continued foam page one) Fellows remaining for the en. tire four year program will re« ccivc the degree of doctor of phi~ losophy which has been granted to students as a part of the highly developed graduate program of illinois Tech. Research pointed toward the betterment of the gas industry will be the aim of the Gas lnsti» tote. Peak enrollment, will be from 50 to 60 students. Summer employment in the gas industry is virtually assured. Dr, Lincoln Thiesmeyer comes to the Institute from a post as as- sociate professor and chairman of the department of physical sci onces and mathematics at Law» rcnce college of Appleton, Wisp consin. He is a native of Brook- lyn, New York, and a graduate of Harvard university where he obtained both the master’s and doctor’s degrees in geology. His undergraduate studies were con ducted at. Wesleyan university. The fellows, all graduate chem— ical engineers, are: C. .l. Lubin, University of Detroit; A. K. hlilml- ski, Fenn college of Cleveland; R. M. Newhall, Tufts college of Bos’ ton; and H. E. Robison, illegit- ington university of St. Louis. They reside in the graduate house, on Michigan avenue. Each receives $1,000 per year less $325 tuition, for four years. New buildings to house the in stitute of Gas Technology are con- templated. At present, a section of o recently-constructed research building fronting cast on State street has been remodeled for the project. The first academic use of the newly-announced “hydrobot,” a $2,560 fractional analysis appara-l ms, equipped with high-efficiency, hell—grid packed hellowstype 5 ~ per-cool columns, simplifying many ordinarily separated tech- niques of gas analysis and treat- ing them in a connected process, will be made at the institute of Gas Technology. Rimmintos to be installed Complete absorption was analy. sis apparatus will also be in- stalled, total equipment cool be. ing brought to approximately $5,» Gilt). Some functions of the hydro— bot will ”be analysis of gaseous and liquid products, natural gas, cracked refinery gas, polymerizing plant gas, water gas, producer gas and gasoline storage tank vapors. The curriculum will include three years of academic training based on fundamental sciences and fundamental research and the equivalent of a year of academic work in the background of the gns industry. Operation, manage— ,teni and regulation of public utilities will be stressed. Gals chemistry will he taught by Di‘. Kismet", associate professor of chemical engineering. llest Hoosier will be taught by Dr. .‘lnliob, l‘QSGZI‘l’Ch professor of mechanical engineering; Dr. Ko- marcwsky, research professor of chemistxy, will teach catalysis, while chemical thermodynamics will be in the hands of Dr. Long- tin, instructor in chemistry. Dr. Hunter of the department of mechanics will teach a course in fluid flow. Di". J. W. Calkin, will teach advanced mathematics. Dr. Thicsmeyer will teach geology in several phases, and Dr. Sanford B. bleech, i ll teach English and technical . A.S.C.E. CONFERENCE FRG‘GRAM WTEDNEE’EDAYmflclohcr is, 1941 onvsmn noon. mums noose DEAN 1,, li. (lRlN'I‘l'IlI. Chairman, Illinois Sodium Committee on Slilfii'nl l‘hnph‘r Conference, ("ha mien JUNK H. l’llR’l'l-iR, ('lmil'xmul. florid}: (‘mnlnlltce 0n Elation: (Elnplvr‘s. Presiding l'lJVlNlltll HRAIH‘H‘INlHH‘Vl‘, Pl'0.\'i|‘i‘lll. .luhlus‘ Suction Hf Illinois iii-films, Honorary Chairman Registration at Society Headquarters, Foyer, Palms! Emma 10:00 (waning Session, Crystal Room : Addresses: ........ HENRY ’1‘. HEAL“. N. Am. Soc. ('15.. President, Illinois institute of Technology, (‘hh ’0. I11. FRANKLYN SNYDER. l‘rm‘idwnl, Northwvstr‘m i'nlvcrslty. Evanslon Ill. : Announcements 10:33 Student Papers, Prize Essay Contest 12:30 Informal luncheon groups 2 :00 Symposium : Students will join members. 7:00 ' on Kational Defense Construction, Ben Lacquer 2.00m ciety Dinner-Dance and Rectption, Grand Ball Boom Sin-rial tickets for nu-ullu-rs of lllmlcul ('hziptt-rs and ilielr data->2, $1.50 each. THURSDAY—uflotober in, will CRYSTAL noon, PALMER noose '9' . on 12 : 15 at Lafialle Street ..’l'nuslmustcr: LORAN l). GAYTUN. M. Am. Soc. (113., Asst. City Engineer, Department (ii I’ubllr VVOTKS, Chicago. Ill Presiding: Ofllt-or to be Solvclnd by UN) (‘mlfvr(‘l|ce Rtndent Papers. Prize Essay Contest (Continued) Student Luncheon anti Award of Essay Contest Erizes in Lasalle Hotel, Madison Avenue (‘nmplinwnlsu‘y m member's of smaom Phaptom PPN co" 1: 0 Special Student Inspection Trip to Chicago Subway BociotylGet-Togethcr Smoker and Entertainment, Red Lacquer 300 in Special lil'ki“fl l'nl‘ nwmlul's of Slinlt'nl (‘lmpi"r.~ uml iiwlr maths, 50 routs A-m'l} FRAEDAY—fictobel‘ 17, 1941 30 Attend Society Technical Division Sessions 9: 11:30 (500 program for description.) Ail-Day Excursion and Tour of Chicago, Trill No. 2 Tickets, including transportation. luncheon and clones. are $3.00 each. TECHNOLOGY NEWEJ ilvosy A. Minswoqscn Addresses flivils @n AMZE Foil tilonclove (continued from page one) lot meetings, yet possessing inter- est, is the student conference. Illi- nois Tech and Northwestern uni» versity are cohosts to the visiting chapters of thirty-five mid-western engineering colleges who will be represented at the convention. A program perfectly balanced with activities both of a technical and social nature has been completed. Wednesday, October 15, marks the beginning of student participa- tion. An essay contest highlights the technical activities of the first day. Prizes will more than amply compensate for the efforts of the contestants. Howard Stevens will be llT’s delegate and will present a paper entitled, “A. Civil’s Place with the Railroads." The civils will be there to give him their honfliest support. Dinner lilanoo The event which will surely be the highlight of the. convention will be the Dinner dance in the Grand ballroom of the Palmer house. The young ladies are to he in Formals while the gentlemen will be informally attired. Lewis Institute and Northwestern will provide one hundred dates for the visiting students. Thursday's chief attraction will be a tour of the Chicago subway, a trip which will interest all civil engineering students. A society ”gettogcther" smoker in the Red Lacquer room of the Palmer house will close the conference. Arrangements are being made to excuse all junior and senior civils from classes on both Wed- nesday and Thursday, Oct. 15 and it). to enable the sophomores to attend the Thursday sessions. In conclusion Art Minwcgen urged nil civils to attend not only fill“ the personal advantages to be gained, but also to help make the convention a success. ifliMiEWEMENl’ EN zillfllililllll'g CAMPUE; NEW smnnnnos in the interest of students of ill“ and its part of the building program. the maintenance (le- paz‘tznent set out last summer to improve the appearance of the Armour campus. The fact that illey are definitely on the right track may be viewed by every re- tulming Armour student. New gross has been planted or sod re- placed in innumerable places. An- other improvement of major im- portance was the work. done on the student parking lot next to Chopin hall, Here new gravel was laid and new grass sown. Two New Labs in Chopin There have been two new rooms developed in Chopin hall. One is a fourth floor chemistry labora- tory, the duplicate of the lab on the third floor of the same build ing. The other is a mathematics laboratory for Dr. Krathwohl. Those of us who pitch horse shoes have also noticed that the horseshoe courts have been re- filled and the surrounding areas planted with grass. In the main building, the most important improvements are the new fluorescent lighting fixtures installed in the drafting room, and the asphalt flooring that has been adopted for use on, the fourth floor hall. These improvements are but a part of the work done this sum- mer for the Armour campus by the maintenance department. It is part of a program that will be highly appreciated by students of HT. a,ww,,,wmm.w.uw«@ QCTOBHER Ml, Midi. lWWKWWTflflmWWWWWWWWbWXW$W lino/nelson Noviccsl’ ENDUSTREAL ENGINEERE MEET All students registered or in the industrial engineering cut“- rlculum are invited to meet on Friday, October 17, at 10 a.m., in room UZ‘W, Student Union building, to get acquainted with each other and with members of the department. Professor Dutton will speak briefly on the work of the industrial engineer. POLYGON STAFF All members of last year’s Polygon stall are requested to attend a meeting in the new Polygon offices (4th floor, 1st entrance, Chopin) tomorrow at 4:30 pm. It is important that all staff members from both campuses be present. SENIORS!!! HAVE 6 PHOTOS READY non PLACEMENT @Fl‘l‘lllflllil mnnnmnnmt. The Pre~profcssional club will meet in room 305 Wednesday, October 15, at 3 o’clock. This club is being organized to en- able preprofessional students to gain a “talking” knowledge of those subjects which they are studying in tie lecture rooms and laboratories. {l‘llilllfil WEEK All} m3 Tilifllsllnllll: Gsiiltcstm, Sis-iiilii‘y 3mm. Hockey, WWW, 5 on»... Sigma (linicmn lhombt‘lo Rush ton, Mill Willilhllliblfllllif: Mixed (Elbows meow, {ll pan... Lewis auditolnlnm Honor l, 5 pom. AECE convention, Politics House, 9 mm. 'rnomsnnv: (lion club, {la-non pan. MEN. 'lU‘él‘W, mm mm. Basketball and touch meeting, new, ll: on]. Fencing team, gym, «ll pom. llSCE convention, ll’nlmcr illousc lll‘llillllzlt‘ili Kappa Phi Delta inl‘m'mal inch, 3 porn. SAJW, ”HEW, ill mm. .i'vuiior close wanting, in mm. minimum club, 5% win" club— TOOI‘R’IEI ll".l‘i~_l[l., 41 pan. Mel’s gnomes Mn. Foaling”: Public fielotions Monti Woollen l i F Mons (continued from page one) nection between the picture and Illinois Tech in Mr. Taylor’s mind is difficult to say. From all ap- pearances, h o w e v e 1', Illinois Tech’s “propeller” is whirling quite rapidly and the cry of “con- tact” rings out against the roar of its impending ascendancy. Goodwill“ Ambassador Bernard P. Taylor, in his capaci- ty of assistant to the president of lllinois Tech, in charge of public relations, would probably feel em- barrassed if any of the institute’s progress were charged directly to his credit. Modest, bespectacled, friendly—eyed, of medium build, Mr. Taylor does not give the im- pression of a crusader. In effect, Bernard Taylor would probably be most aptly termed the “invisi- ble goodwill ambassador.” Bernard Taylor has a lot. of curiosity. As he puts it, “I’m curi- ous, for instance, about what the newsboy down on the corner thinks of Illinois Tech. And I want to know why.” Of course, the newsboy is only one specific exam- ple of a tremendous class breaks down. There are other stratus coming in the ambassador’s pen- etrating inspection, such as indus- try, the high school student, the Illinois Tech student, the Illinois Tech alumni, the faculty. in short, Bernard Taylor wants everybody to be happy . . . particularly about Illinois Tech Advises President illoald As an analyst of opinions and impressions, this gentleman can- not resort to polls. He has to some things. If he were not an excellent “sensor,” some other profession would probably be his lot. At any rate, Bernard Taylor’s opinions and advice, aimed at the ear of President Heald, are an important factor in directing the policy of the Institute, helping to eliminate either the fact or the causes of un- favorable impressions, and spread- ing the gospel of the tremendous service the Institute does render. This development counsellor, as Mr. "aylor is, has myriads of wires to pull in accomplishing his ends. Attractively laid out book- lets sent to industry inform it as to what we. are doing here and what we wont to do. The south campus public relations office, un- der the direction of Alexander Schi‘eiber, is a mighty arm that uses, for the most part, the daily newspapers as its loudspeaker. A monthly periodical, Tachometer, informs the alumni of Institute ac- tivities as does the Illinois Tech lingincnv and Alumnus. This latter publication under Professor'll‘inni— gan's elditorship, also performs another valuable service in pre- senting articles by leading indus- trialists and technical men on sub- jects vital to science nod engineer- ing. Diplomacy Paramount This is not all, however. Ber- nard Taylor is also paid to con- vince the administration that cer» tain policies are less convenient to its purposes and should be con rooted, or that certain policies should be adopted that will be beneficial. “Little things are some- times the most important,” re- marked Mr. Taylor. And little things like student “gripes," etc, worry him. Deprived, perhaps of direct methods of approach in many circumstances, psychology and diplomacy are sometimes his major weapons. As' a developer and director, Bernard Taylor has an imposing record. A native of Pittsburgh, he graduated from Colgate universi- ty in 1924. He was alumni secre- tory of his alllna motor from 1929 to 1935. After a two-year term as executive secretary of Centre col lege, DanVille, Kentucky, he 1'8- signed recently to take his new DOSt. Kilns Many Connections After receiving his Colgate de- gree, Taylor engaged in group testing research for the psycholo gical clinic of the Detroit public school system. He was also princi» 'pal of Stockton high school, Stock» ton, New York. From. 1926 to 1929 he was secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of Norwich, New York. Taylor has had charge of de- velopment activities at Lewis In- stitute (before merger), Universi- ty of Louisville, Virginia Polytech- nic institute, Virginia Military In- stitute, University of Virginia and Hampden Sydney college, Hemp» den Sydney, Virginia.