ooroBEn 14, 294.1 TEUEKNOLOGY NEWfi summertime . more: More the first or it . . . By Bernard Cher-tow A few years ago, Spanish and the way it was spoken was not of major importance. About the only recognition of it was in the tale of the traveler in Mexico who call- ed to his cab driver: “Jose,” he said, “stop the cab here.” The car didn’t stop. The traveler’s wife ex- plained that be pronounced the name of the driver incorrectly, that it should be “Hosem-J in Spam ish is like our H." “Oh,” said our hero, “well, you can tell Hose that he can hump in the river if he doesn’t stop the next time I ask him. to.” The tale, of course, did not bring a belly laugh, perhaps just a mild cracking of the lips to Show amusement. But it was informal. live, that, we learned something about the language or so we thought. In fact, we learned just a little bit too much. I’ll tell you what I mean. Last night the member of our family that isn’t in the army was home on furlough. Naturally that called for company; relatives, friends, creditors, etc, to tell him how well he looked, how fat he got and to get first hand. absolute- ly authoritative information on the war situation and strategy. Well, there is always one couple that comes late. This time they were late because they were study» ingwyou guessed, the language of most of our sister republics, the language that would make as Good Neighbors, Spanish. Well, I too, had begun the study oi the language for the some reason and about the first thing I noticed was that the joke about the traveler was no looks, I mean jolte; i mean that the letter 3' is not pronounced h but is pronounced like the gut- teral ch as in the German words catch and buch. Since this floored me i wanted to learn the reaction of this couple to this fact, so I said, “How do you like the way the j is pronounced?” ”Bah!’ chortled the male hair“, “that reminds me, there was an American traveling through bleach co and he hollers out ‘Jose’PW “Wait a minute,” I said, “if this is the one about trying, to get the cab stopped I heard it, it isn’t funny and it’s all wrong.” "What do you mean it isn’t tune ny, bump in the lake, he be? There is also the one about the correct Spanish speaking American who wanted a jam sandwich: ‘Brlng me a ham sandwich’ he says to the waiter, Pedro. In a second Pedro is back with a sandwich covered with gravy. Even in his amaze merit the American doesn’t for. get how to pronounce his 31's. “Since when do ham sandwiches have gravy on them’? he asks. Pe‘ dro grins coyly, ‘Dis is russbifi", we run outa all pigmeat’.” Being polite, I laughed, but ex- plained that when I asked what he thought of the pronunciation of j, I meant the correct method. He didn’t seem to understand, and I began to see how these funny stories would afiect our Good Neighbor policy, be really couldn’t unlearn what the tales taught him. In short, it was sabotage. For for- ty-two minutes we argued, I in- sisted that j was pronounced like the gutteral ch, he insisted that it was like the b, that there was no gutteral sound in a romance language. Finally I brought to hear my strongest argument, namely that my authority was a: native Spaniard, and where was his authority born. He turned pale and quickly sidled away, but on his cigarete smoke there was waited to me the feebly uttered word, "Brooklyn." Cliff. QEPT. QETAENE NEW RESEAQCH laid. Despite the temporary loss of Professor Freud, the department of chemistry at RT continues to function at a very high level of efficiency under the able direction of its youthful acting chairman, Professor M. J. Murray. Dr. Murray has announced that no major changes have taken place in the chemistry curricu- lum. and that the enrollment in the various chemical subjects re- mained about in line with last year’s level. Faculty augmented However, Dr. Murray did state that many additions and changes had taken place in the faculty of the department of chemistry. The new instructors include Dr. Henry Bernstein who received his BA. at Swarthmore and his PhD. at Penn. State. He was also a national research fellow at Prince- ton, teaching summer classes there. At present he is teaching organic chemistry in both the uni dergracluate and graduate schools. Other changes included the ap- pointment of Dr. Block of Carlton college and the U. of illinois {where he received his PhD}, who is teaching general chemcstry and H. J. ’l‘aufen who received his its. at HT and who has been promoted from an assistantsliip to an instructorship. L. A. Eromley, I. S. Goldstein, it. W. mismussen, Gardner John son, M. Polh'us, '1‘. Kritchevslti, and R. Saunders are the new graduate assistants. These men are already at their posts aiding the chemistry faculty in labora- tory supervision and in certain branches of class room rinstmo tion. New Research Lab Adding to the already extensive research faculty, Dr. Murray an. scoured the opening of a new rc- aearch laboratory on the fourth floor of Cbapin ball. Dr. Block is in charge of this venture, and many graduate students are new at wort; on special projects at this location. "i'iifiTH ME‘i/v’fl SMFE“ iiilldfim NEW igl'fiCES Several promotions and new ad- ditions in the ’l‘ech News staff last week are expected to spark the stair“ ediciency to a new high dun ing the coming year. Following the loss of Sidney Centres, west campus rewrite edi- tor, to the army medical corps, Gordon Walter has been selected head of the rewrite staff. Bob Lift will act as south circulation manager, taking the place of Eng- er Obcrg, who has not returned to school this fall. Several outstand- ing reporters have also received protections on the south campus staff. Julian Bowers and Arthur Olson are the new assistant assign" ment editors. Accompanying the new decora- tions of the News offices several entirely new faces will be seen around them in the future. The new additions to the cub report— ing staff are Florence Bartusek, Howard Brown, Bob Burns, John Coppersmith, Blanche Fried, Egon Guba, John Herst, Don Hanson, Marvin Kessler, Gloria Klouzar, Harold Licht, Harold McAvoy, Earl Mills, Richard Nell, Harold Rosner, Bob Simpson, Mark Ste- plum, and Bob Tandrup. Among them are several stu- dents who have had important po~ sitions in their respective high school papers. finoppy Sketches Cit New Lewis Faculty Additions Edwin Cieslak is now studying for his doctors degree. at the Uni- versity of Chicago, and during his absence Dr. Robert Wm. White hill is taking his place. lDr. White- hlll comes from Cornell Univer- sity where he received his gradu- ate work. Prior to this he attended Dartmouth college. This is Dr. Whitchill’s first teaching assignment. Dr. Holmes has returned to the west side campus after a year’s leave of absence, during which time he passed his bar examina- tion at Northwestern university. Mrs. Jarvis, a future member of the home economics department received her masters degree at. iowa State college and was act— ing director of work in Institu- tional Management at the Okla. homo Agriculture and Mechanical college at Stillwatcr. In addition to this, she has had several years experience as a hospital dietitian. Dr. Ruth Cowan Clouac is the new chairman of the home eco- nomics department at the west campus. For the past six years she has been consultant in nu- trition on the headquarters of the council on foods and nutrition of the American Medical association, Chicago. She received her bache— lor, masters and doctors degrees at the University of Chicago and has taught at Michigan State, Uni versity of Tennessee and the Uni- versity of Chicago. Ida M. Didier received her mas- ters degree at the University of Chicago and later taught at Colo- ~ado Agriculture college and was head oi" the home economics de~ pertinent at Marygrove college in Detroit, Michigan. Because of illness Mrs. Gustaf- aon has taken a semester’s leave of absence. in her place as Eng- lish instructor we now have Dr. Robert Wm. Ackcrman. Dr. Ack- crman received his education at the University of Michigan after which be taught at the Washing» ton State college at Pullman, Washington. 23!“. lFitter Jones is a native of Birmingham, Alabama, where he did his undergraduate work at Howard college. He received his doctor’s degree from the Univer- sity of Chicago some three years ago. Since which time he has been engaged in teaching at the University of California. He is the author oil a forthcoming: book on “l‘vletropnlitan Government.” titre Preventionmn (continued from page one) our campuses likewise represent the ultimate in fire preventive measures. In keeping with the President’s proclamation of Fire Prevention Week and in accord with this proclamation Lieutenant Nash was to have been the guest speak— er; however, ironically enough, a fire of major proprotlons dc~ mended his attendance elsewhere. Chicago with the city council and the entire Chicago fire depart. ment have been striving to reduce the hazards contributing to the appalling loss of life and property which are mounting in evenin- creasing proportions. It has been urged that both the students and faculty contribute their utmost in cooperating with this safety measure. The entire populace of the nation will bene- fit directly or indirectly in any savings of property loss because of consequential reductions of taxes and fire insurance rates. WWW PAGE WHEEE W WWW has hélitiifiiti ”lithihllfli‘lbifiih tibial, “hi willfflii or attmscwoot libhivifiii filial-tint - , II .t. "I! Sixty You hasten New Pride or or. Dept. Passing by the “Busting Labora- tory,” in the basement of the main building at. Armour you‘may have wondered about the new machin- ery which was installed only two weeks ago. The biggest of the new ma- chines is a 120,000 pound hydraulic testing machine. Valued at $7,900, it is the pride of the Civil Engi- neering dept. You may have thought. that there were two ma- chines installed, but it is just one ' machine consisting of two units. One unit houses the pendulum, indicating units, and the pump. The other is the loading unit. The outstanding advantages of this new Richie machine are many. No springs or» used, the load being measured through the linear displacement of a dead weight, automatically balanced. For this reason frequent rccali~ brations are not required. As on the mechanical testing machine which was acquired last semester, any number of desired load ranges may be obtained on. one dial by adding or removing weights to the pendulum. This can be done While the test is go- ing on. All scale ranges are auto matically guarded against over, load. Altogether the testing laborer Lory now contains four testing machines. The two old machines have a capacity of 200,000 pounds and 60,000 pounds, respectively. The mechanical testing machine which was added 3 months ago is a 60,000 pound machine also. The very newest is: a hydraulic ma- chine with a 30" drawhcad and 120,000 lb. capacity. ARMGUR SiQPHfiJMORE ELECWQM Obi swear Not to be outdone by the up- and-coming freshman class, the Armour sophomores are begin- ning, to organize. The call for petitions to class oillces brought in 22 from follows desirous of class leadership. Reynold Berg- gren, chairman of the sophomore election committee, states that plans have already been made for conducting the election. ITSA officials, under the super- vision of Earle ll-luxhold, will hold the election this Friday from 9 am. to 2 pm. in the student union lobby. Candidates for president are Philip C. Huguelet, Robert P. Lemons, Bill Parks, and Byron Round; for vice-president, Ulysses Backas, Edwin W. Johnston, and Timothy J. O’Lcary. Jim Barrie, Herbert B. Lewis, William Nash, and Nat Rainer are vieing for sea retary, while William Dunlap and Charles J. Prizer each seek to hold the purse strings. Bon’t Forget to Vote The all-important job of social chairman will be held by either Julian Bowers, Robert G. Burk- hardt, Michel Coccia, or Bill Dun~ das. William Foster and Warren W. Sadlcr have applied for the position of student union repre- sentative, and the sophs will choose among Harry Anderson, Don Maihock, or Earl R. Mills for ITSA representative. All sopho- mores are urged to vote for the men who will lead them capably through their second year. Architects First To Join New Movement Plans for an open Arx dance. this year were revoked last ll‘ri- day by the junior architects. The Arx abandoned their ideas which included a twelve piece orchcsn tra, an Ad. loop site, and the is- suance of bids within a week, only after long deliberation. The deci- sion was made in order to further IlT’s newborn social program, which will feature a few huge at? fairs each year directed by repre- sentatives of all classes. (soc oili- toriul.) For years the AI'X. dance has been a shining; light of the social season, something to be anticipat- ed, enjoyed, and remembered. Guided by successive groups of junior architects, who are noted for a certain type of original thought, the dances have reflected their artistry. The AI“): dance of ’39 “wowed ’cm” at the Shawnee Country club, with Corrcy Lynn behind the baton. Last year’s af- fair at the Medinah Country club with the music of Henry Carlson, was an outstanding event. Such a string of successes was snapped by the Arx after long periods of heated debate and drawing board (loodling. The reason for the architectsy decision is that the new social program embodies great advan- tages. Large dances, such as the one now being planned will. give the bid-buyer more for his money. Such events will. for overshadow even an Arx dance. And closed class or departmental dances giv~ on on smaller budgets will serve admirably as “fillers.” And so the Arx have done their part. It remains for others to do theirs. But it’s rumored that you can‘t keep an architect down, and that the acif-suprcssed energy will erupt in the form of volcanic little dances and bowling parties. Herman Techno Elected President 0i mince Club At. the first meeting, last Wed- nesday, Oct. 8, the Dance club organized a program for the new semester. Herman Tachau acted as temporary chairman. I-Ie ex~ plained the purpose of the club and described its activities, Then he introduced Mrs. Anna C. 0r~ cutt, the faculty sponsor. Following an address by Mrs. Orcutt there was an election of officers. The new officers are Her— man Tachau, president; Charles lscminger, vice-pres, Rosamond Golden, sec-trees. Instruction will begin Wednes» day. October 22 at 5 pm. in the Armour auditorium. S t u d e n t s from the west campus are cordial- ly invited to attend. Every three or four weeks the club holds a social in the evening at which a good‘size orchestra usually provides the music. These danceclub socials are very con. genial, oilering much enjoyment to the members. Such affairs are generally very inexpensive and most anyone can afford to par- ticipate. Two years ago a dating bureau was installed to aid dance club members in obtaining dates for the socials. In the past the club has catered especially to those students who do not know how to dance at all, or to those whose knowledge of this exquisite art is rather lnsulficient.