PAGE FOUR Tli‘lhfillltldllhldlldfih’ WWh Student Publication of the ELLENOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLQGY 3300 Federal St. CHICALGO, ILLENOKS Published Weekly During the College Year By the Students of I. l. T. REFflRBENTKD FOR NMYKONAL AD‘H‘XR‘I'IBINQ 13‘! National Advertising Semen, his. (allege Publish”: Represmtatirm nzo MAOIBON Ave. NEW Yams. N. v. CHICAGO ' HUMOR ' LOG Milling-‘11 ' 5m FhMlCISED “Entered as second class matter October 10,1940 at the post olfice at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3,1879. $2.00 Per Year Single Copies, 10 Cents Each MANAGING BOARD ........................... THOMAS BROWN "DANIEL BROWN .PA'I‘HICIA ARNB . ..W'A11I1F}N 8?sz ARTHUR MINWEGE}? ........ ROBERT FUNK ...................... \VALTER HENDRICKS EDH‘ORJN-CIIIEF‘ MANAGING EDITOR . ASSOCIATE MANAGING SPORTS lilll'I‘OR FEATURE EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER FACULTY ADVISER EDITOKIAL DEPAERTMEH’K‘ SA'X‘URfiAY EDITORS N WW8 EDITOR .............................. EDWARD DZANUSKA 1111111. DLINM EDITOR . . 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Bob Mire! lL‘harlci Feller Circulation Mmmgm-s Bud Boris . filo a l‘iroulmion Assislmnu 4 x1 llnii hoishy, {la ; 1- hosiery VOL. 28——No. 3 OCTOBER 14, 1941 it”: WE MUST llfitllim . . . It is rather striking that in stride with this week’s announcement of definite building plans for 1942, a group of prominent students at li'l‘ have banded themselves together in a dynamic attempt to make our school dances the finest ever oilered. Technology News introduces this new social plan in both news and editorial articles, this week, not only because of the plan’s actual merit, but also because of its timeliness. In the past, Illinois Tech dances have been held in a manner which is unique . . . the lllinois Tech style. With exception to fraternity and sorority dances, which are not under consideration, all major school dances have been held under the sponsor- ship of a class. Although the ordinary connotation of a class dance is one held by a class and open to members of that class only, here the freshmen, soph- omores, juniors, seniors, and architects throw a to- tal of six dances a year which are open to the entire student body. Apparently because of financial re- strictions, these dances never have been endowed with the sophistication or selling qualities of a first rate nationally known band or first class ball- room. Instead, we have been content to settle for second and third rate bands and ballrooms with stu— dent turnouts averaging between 200 and 250 cou- ples. And that is the most shocking part of the en- tire situation . . . 200 to 250 couples from a student body of 3000 attending a major school dance. Analysis of this dance system brings to light' three likely reasons as to why our dances have never been able to rise out of the small time cate- gory. First, short—sighted financial and grouping ar- rangements have resulted in too many open dances to provide adequate backing funds for each. Second, TECHNOLOGY NEWS the association of a class name with the (lance seems to muffle enough attendance from other classes to warrant depending upon large receipts. The new plan is brieflly this. Hold smaller closed class dances With less expensive omhestra and smaller room. This can be done for almost 25% of 'n 11m mast Pool the funds from all class treasuries into one central fund for the backing of at least two all-school dances uncle] the name Illinois Tech, instead of sophomore dance, junior dance, etc. Careful inspection of this plan by the Tech News stall" leads us to believe that such a setup of dance funds will allow lllinois Tech students to dance to the rhythms of such famous bands as Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, and Tommy Dorsey on such luxurious floors as those of the Aragon ball- room or the Stevens grand ballroom And with such attractions as these, we think that there will be a thousand couples out there, instead of 250. All this, of course, cannot be accomplished by talking. The plan must be submitted before the vari- ous class social committees when they have been chosen and their approval and cooperation secured. But even now a committee is investigating available bands and ballrooms £01 an Illinois Tech fall dance that can melee history in this town and real subject matter for student memories. Information concerning costs and financial ar- rangements will be placed before all social com— mittees concerned in the very near future in order that any decision mode may be based on facts. We cannot commend the architects enough for their line school spirit and foresight in, even at this early date, relinquishing plans for their usual November hall and holding a closed dance, so that they may assist in this revolutionary plan. (See story on page 3. Technology News strongly urges the class cs to follow suit. We piopose that all school social chair- men form the control committee to administrate the allschool dances. But lost our hearts run away with our heads, Technology News suggests that the scope of this scheme be limited at first to only one dance. if a smash success is achieved with that, it will be time enough then to talk. about. more big dances. So there it is, students. Please, drop us a line to tell us what you think about it. 'l‘.B. Pillfilhlllf It was a pitiful expression that the editor wore as he peeked into the Student Union Technology News box which wees supposed to have contained the south campus returns cl” last week’s Polygon poll. [15; :1 matter of fact, he could hardly have been very cheerful under the circumstances, for, 10 and behold, on opening the box he found it almost completely devoid of those small slips of paper which he had so anxiously awaited. Last June, while the Polygon was being distrib- uted, south campus students 'Funba ahfully voiced their opinions of the your book one way or the other. It was, therefore only natural to expect an enthu~ elastic response to a poll on so controversial an issue. instead, it was found that less than 50 bal~ lots had been turned in on the south campus. The west campus, which boasts an enrollment one-fifth that of the south campus, returned fiVc ballots. in order to obtain a really accurate poll, it is necessary that a good majority of the students par- ticipate in it. For this reason, the question will be aired again this week, and it is hoped that the returns will be a bit mole encouraging-even to the point of being decisive. It is requested that ballots be filled out only by those students who did not vote in last week’s poll. DJ}. Nopului’lty Poll Please fill out the form below, clip it, and depos it it in the Technology News box in the SU lobby or, on the west campus, in the box outside room 313. The results will be tabulated and published next week. 1. Do you approve of the name “Polygon” for the 1942 yearbook? ............................ 2. Do you approve of the form (size, shape, style) used in the last yearbook? .............. @CTORER 1%, mill, lT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE E dull J ' 2...... M E. iii Ll ” 113cm. WWW Wtiil'lfil 0 n fififklflfid] Dear Tech News: Ever since I took Eng. 101 for the second time, the following verse has haunted me. I hereby cast it in your lap and will hence forth cease my hmumblin. Pill’vllfl I am a little which. I wish I were a was, So I could turn inside out Like the peaches on the fuzz. Thanks you, Doodler Dan, the Doodling Man. ._,o.... DEFINITHONE A Mud Puddle is that which if it don’t rain, ain’t. Flies are those which when your nice fresh paint is still in the summertime wet, lots of come buzzing around but only a few get stuck thank heaven in. Snodgrass and Co. we... Dear Editor: I am enclosing a very pathetic and tragic unfinished poem. This sub—studded verse is an obsession with me. I heard it someplace and don’t know the ending. Please print it in your Kut Up Korner and find me an ending. All my teachers are remarking at my short breath and pallid complex- ion I cannot rest until I find the finishing lines. Did you ever stop to think As the hoarse goes whizzlng by, That. someday you and I Will be riding in that '! iFlopeiully yours, Pallid Paul, the Paleface’s Pal. ““0”“ ill'illllllllll where zippers go zip and buttons ignored ohh . . . when i get bored i go to the gem "n’ see me a strip. “but don't buy their candy. ”0...... A serious thought for today Is one that may cause us dismay Just what are the forces That bring little horses If all of the horses say “Nay?" --I—I. E. Y. ._0._.. ' Some college girls pursue learn- ing, other learn pursuing. m0. So. Wize BAILIFF me it was some ex- ams. Science is very resourceful-«it couldn’t open Pullman windows, so it air conditioned the trains. ~D.0.0.P. lilollensc “l“voining m (continued from page one) ship, high school completion as a minimum education require- ment, mechanical aptitude, sound health, vision and hearing and a minimum age of 18 years. Trainees Get Certificates The Chicago ordnance district which supervises government army and navy defense contracts, has predicted vacancies of about 400 inspectors by the end of 1941. Successful trainees are given El certificate by the Institute after completion of the 12 weeks’ course which declares their fitness for specific positions. Positions are not guaranteed by the United States office of education which controls these courses. The course co sists of nine sub- jects requiring dolly attendance from 8 am. to 6 pm. and one two- ‘hour evening lecture period per week. Ordnance regulations, ap~ plied mathematics, engineering materials, inspection methods, mau tcrials laboratory, production processes, drawings and specifica- tions, production practices and in— spection laboratory classes make up the schedule. Personal interviews of appli~ cants are required and are con- ducted at the Lewis division, 7 S. Damen Avenue. Miss Patricio Johnson New iibmsy Assistant One change in personnel has been announced for the coming year in the Illinois Tech library. This change has been necessitated by the departure of Miss Alice V. Neil, who resigned last August 10th to accept the position of ii- brarian at the research laboratory with the General Electric com~ pany of Schenectady, New York. Miss Neil’s position will now be held by Miss Patricia Johnson. Miss Johnson, an Oak Park resi— dent, is a recent graduate of Ros‘ ary college in River Forest. The list of newly acquired books for the HT library has been posted. In addition to the ninety, five new volumes, pertaining to engineering subjects, there have been several additions to the gen- eral reading section including Armstrong’s “Trelawny,” Jan Val tin’s “Out of the Night," “Captain from Connecticut,” by C. S. Force. ter, and Kraus’ biography of Win- ston C h u r c h i l l, Ambassador Dodd’s diary. Assistant librarian Miss Esther Chesire distributed her vacation days between her home town in Iowa, Sale Lake City, Yellowstone National Park and the Royal Gorge.