GCTOBER 14, 1941 W .fiEl HANESQQK or: ill" ACWVETEES GIVEN ”it? All. Fllhgi‘ih‘liihl Sphinx l’uhlisher iii Moody Guide Though few students other than freshmen have had the opportuni- ‘ ty to procure the “new Activities; Handbook, the fact remains that such a booklet was published at the start of the semester. The purpose of the booklet was “the enlightenment of freshmen and new students on the matter of ex- tra-curricular activities and. cus- toms at Illinois Tech,” as stated in the publication’s foreword. Actu- ally, the booklet contains vital in« formation on all extracurricular at IIT’. Written in story form, the Alc- tivitics Handbook depicts the firm; turbulent Weeks of life at 11'? as encountered by two freshmen” Shirley Ann and Hubert. As the story progresses, the various school activities. are preecoted and explained. The cover of the hand book is appropriately made up in scarlet and grayn—the oihcial col- ors of HT. Although the printing oi" the handbook was paid for by the I’I‘SA, Sphinx, honorary literary society, sponsored the actual writ- ing and composition. The five stu— dents who participated in the handboolt’s publication are Dan Brown, Tom Brown, Bud Carlson, Gertrude Portugal, and Warren Spitz. Copieo Still [available A limited number of copieg of the handbook are still available for interested upperclascmezl and may be obtained at the Informa tion desk in the main building all. Armour and the Registrars office at Lewis for as long as this sup- ply holds out. Research Foundotl’on Develops Process To $lop ”Spun?” 5230.??er The following scene of the future: Housewife: “I want a peck of potatoes.” Grocer: “You. mean a peck of cooked potatoes, madame?” Housewife: ”No, sir! I mean jugt plain potatoes." Grocer: “Sorry lady, you’ll eat cooked potatoes or no potatoes.” The preceding scene is exagger- represents a ated, but such is the shape of things to come. Potato shippers and buyers have long been plagued with the problem of haov terial soft rot, a condition which causes immense spoilage and great losses, A patented proccso, the culmination of ill months of work in the Armour Research Foundation well promises to oracl- icate this condition. Principle mumbled (in A group of Florida potato grow- ers; stumbled on the principle um oer-lying the prevention of soft rot in potatoes. By subjecting no tomes to a hot air blast before shipment, it was found that spoil. age was almost completely pre vented. Fifteen thousand carioads of potatoes shipped after this air cooking treatment remained un~ spoiled. Desiring to know exactly the nature of the process, they aaked the Armour Research Foun- dation to undertake a study of the problem The program oi" the Foundation was threefold. First, the exact nature of the physical and chem ical reactions involved were to he ascortaimitl Second, control facillr tic s were to be developed Third the ori iincl drying equipment woe to be improved to the point where it would be commercially practi cable. Laboratory experimenta- tion diocloeod that often the pots» loco had been air cooked. “The pcriderm. or outside skin, through heat treatment, underwent an in~ crease in the number of cells that "lamina nopcmeni shall be in direct charge. board. treasurer of the lnstltutc. any other time as ma 4. Students having com two (lays before the hon. in the hands of the manager at lea ilmi‘iours (except TWedncaday and Eat“ a. nth-5:00 p. 111. Sn tux may be deemed neceflaury by iii .wfiie flirting itinil 1. eating pumoc 2 C 3. Thais. unhounpc to written work. 3 he returned to its proper plac will NOTE be tolerated Vi. umfieneroi of good conduct. managers or Etna be r actor iiiiil titan l. The monarcmcnt of this; building. claiming: the dining hall and book atom, in in the hunch: a! the rim dent union and the allocated manual): The menu!” .l‘my mountains” mining; «shall be eottltd by the 2 ho management of the dining room nail the book store, as well as all financial matters pertaining to the 83:26.qu “Homo building in in the hands of the The Modem Mm ill and responsibility {or student conduct in {la Ernahroom and the benhrtflt a he board shall. most the firm and th’ Minion/2. nine/acre Aéjoummeni: oval in deilm'tomx pellet! of time. goal! he voted upon by the board mots or mom «a with the chairman of the board or the manager of tho Student Union at least Ho oqmeeto for rooms (mooring or dining} or the entire building moat he eats one week in advance of i. o A apolicy of limit come. flirt smell chili! apply cum circumstances warrant a 1.119 Student Union building «:51. be open to: utuéwt use an: chhilaya relay )~—-9 m nizay-os 36 a. 13. ~12: 93 noon. Th uply to either the dining hall or the book store, and they are aubjeot to change without notion by either the manager or the ho null. he 51: udout Union building shall he once for xuse at any other time as the manager or tie him The dining hall shall be the only room to he used by the students for am! playing, chess, checker: or studying; is PROHIBXTEB at all timcc. 5V «firmly Mali rind Audit minor 1. Smoking; or card playing will not we mpezmittod 2. The chain; and tables are not to he degree of silence conducive from study be maintained Stu dying in the lounge will EMT be permitted Reading will be allow 9/3 e lamps are not to be move be large! chairs should not he moved. Any email chair moved Ehuulfl Md playing ahnult‘lc ebe confined to the tables as provided. 11 all cases, gent lemanly conduct is expected of all students. slim from the us a of the facilities of the building for a. definite period of tim shall serve as the penalty for any infraction of the rules, or the understood rules room air:1 the Student Union may be closed at the discretion of the dents found guilty of damaging or destroying property of the Union buildings will be charged for the neceasary zopm All intramural equipment will be kept in the check room the manager shall aamma r? by the chairman of the board to the board uhould filo same day desired. Wednemlay—«fl: no Etudying here applies Gambling .Sugpcnv TECENGLDGY NEWS} big Pledge Tumour lionsis fiumcru filub numcwn . maniacs, picture-snappers, p ho t o‘cllckers, call them what you will, but it is evident that they are Well repre- sented on the Armour campus, judging from the turnout of new pledges to “The Eye.” Officers and old members started things mov- ing by acquaiutlng the pledges with the equipment in the club rooms. Scheduled for Oct. 1’7, is the first night meeting of this season. All members and pledges are to meet in the clubroome at 5 p.111. A lecture and demonstration on toning prints will be given by Henry W. Hermanovich, and at this time each member Will be re- quired to submit at least two mounted prints. Friday Dcadlino Mr. George Raymond will Show an interesting series of Koch» chrome color slider»: made this past summer in, northern Michi— gan. After the meeting the f6]: lows will spend a gluttonous eve. hing in Chinatown. Anyone who was not able to come to the last meeting may olili join the club Friday night. l_.owis utudcnte are especially in- vited. After Friday no new mem— bers will be taken in, so don’t miss thin opportunity. Summer vacations have given the members a vast supply of new pictures which will soon be exhibited in the student union. lie cure to watch for them! formed a barrier preventing en- trance of soft rot bacteria." A Sterilization effect Wan also ob“ served. The second and third parts of the program were no tallied by improvements in the original machine which can be bought today for $5,000. Filming llolt Carrion Potatoes The machine primarily consists of a moving belt which carries the potatoes thiough hla etc of heated air The heat may bes 'upplicd in either oz” two ways. The first meil‘lod utilizes oi] burners and heat exchanges. In the second method the 01'] burner first beats a steam boiler which then trans- mits the heat to the air through steam radiators. Elli" Evening Course flpens Sioon or ill; Willi More lo Ail-cud " the coming wee-la, the Engineering D e f e n s e Training Program will get under way. Ap« proval has been received from the U. S. Office of Education for the planned courses, and great vol» umes of publicity have been sent out. Enrolling approximately one thousand individuals, the pro- gram will consist. of about one hundred sections of forty courses. As in prev‘ioua years, all of the instructors will come from indus- try. The students will be mainly men employed in defense lndus~ tries, whose efficiency can be in- creased by short term intensive (if) U l'SGS. New Courses (lilcrcil Similar to last year’s evening class, the program will place greater emphasis on the field of electricity and communication. Several unusual courses are be— ing oll‘ercd, one being a series of eight diacusslons on defense pro- duction problems, at which out; standing experts from the govern~ mcnt offices will discusa one phone each evening. The diucua‘ alone will be put into pamphlet form, and will form a series of authoritative statements on todays existing defense production situa« tion. Because of rapid production changes, this course will probably have to be repeated after the first eight week session. Prospective inspectors for the Chicago Ordnance District are now being trained in daytime courses at the Lewis branch. The twelve week course shows an at- tendance of 160 men, and an addi- tional 240 men are being recruited. li‘orty hours of instruction at week are necessary for these courses. horror recently tilts atrium or on; MEMiiEi‘iSHlP If you’re a juicer act now and become a brother of your profes- sional society. The meaning of this statement was fully explained at the meeting of the American Institute of Electrical. Engineers on Friday, Oct. ll), 194-1. Dr. Ernest ll. Freeman, prof~ essor of electrical engineering, was the guest speaker. He em- phasized the fact that every young juicer who looks forward to a career of {Accomplishment should During. Mathematics Chemisiry Home Economics materiality genie {Qi- il Q @ it it? lilac to taco NEW AND USED TEXTBOOKS ON THE FOLLOWING} SUMECTS Engineering English History Trillion W. Mhiiigohi SEELEY 3453 “Our 26th Year” In The Lewis Institute Building norm. WW1 .2 Knit. GE FEW IE WWWW mmmmm FAEULTV, STUDENT Clih/lillllllfilifi Alli” on MEWES LGUNQE At the first official meeting; of the liberal arts students council, Steve Mondak, senior class presi— dent, was elected vice-president; Florence Mose, secretary; and Jack Halloran, treasurer. Bob Meyer, having been voted presi- dent at the: spring election, will combine at the helm of this. group throughout the year. Reading of reports by the Stu- dent Lounge committee was fea- tured at this short meeting. This group was appointed at an cmer» gcncy meeting earlier this year to investigate the potentiality of securing space and equipment for a student lounge on the west cam pus. Bud Carlson, junior class vicc~ president, is; chairman of the com- mittee which includes Florence Eartueek, Helen Gordon, Robert Meyer, and Florence Moss. Dean (J larlkc Numcs (”minnow/cc After reading the reports which were submitted to him, Dean Clar- once L. Clarke named tour mem- bers of the faculty to serve as a committee which will cooperate with the student committee in ov» ercomlug the dillicultlcs coinciden— tal with such a project. Commie ing this group are Dr. Ruth C. (Blouse, chairman of the home ecu» nomics department; Miss Marie Blanke, chairman of the art dc- partmcnt; Mro. Helen S. Macken— zie, assistant professor of chemis- try; and Mr. Norman Kharacch, instructor of chemistry. The payment of a ctudent ac- tivity fee by liberal art atudents automatically affiliate their stu- dent council with the Illinois Tech Student asooclotlon, thereby af- fording greater opportunities for more efficient student seli~govcrn- ment. Following this preliminary discussion the council adjourned until their next scheduled meet» ing which is to he held on Monday, October 13. join his fellovvc to gain their aid, fellowship, and ideals. The elem trical industry of the. future will want a great deal more from the college student of today than was expected in previous years. HOW shall the student prepare himself to measure up to these demands? Promote (local Speaking By joining the AIEE the stu- dent can become acquainted with his engineering brothers and keep up to date with new developments that are taking place in the elec‘ trical field, The otudent branch at Armour college in one of the many branches of the AIEE, whose principal purpose is: to function as an organization under the auc- plcee of the Institute. A. large majority of the branch meetings are devoted to programs which include student speakers, discussion of papers, reports, ab- stracts, participation in inspection trips to places of engineering in— terest, etc. There is no knowledge that will be of greater value to the student in the future than the ability to stand before an audience and present his ideas clearly and convincingly. These meetings of~ for an ideal opportunity for the development of such ability. 16 Division's m E’rofcseion The membership of the institute branch includes executive oiiicers and engineers engaged in many fields of activity. The principal divisions of the profession are distributed under 16 technical committees of the Institute. Some of them are as follows: electrical machinery, electric welding, elec~ trometallurgy, industrial power applications, power transmission, industrial power stations, and pro- tective devices.