VOL. 28~N0.h Student Lunchroom Committee Appointed Permanent“ Board To Be Established By Dan Brown In protest against the school- operated cafeteria, students at Armour College staged a Il~day boycott of the Student Union lunchroom last week. Although students on the south campus had been known to complain among themselves about the quality, the price and the quantity of food served in the cafeteria, this was the first time in the history oi the institution that the student body as a united group attempted to forcibly drive home its point to those in control. The boycott, definitely organized and unanimously executed, started last Tuesday morning at 92% a. m. The plan was simple and called for the “booing" of any persons attempting to make pun chases at the lunch counter. Using this procedure, the student body was successful in preventing all purchases except for the few made by some instructors. Interested primarily in settling the affair to the satisfaction of both sides, a self-appointed group of students met with vice-presi- dent Grinter and Dean Freebies, Tuesday afternoon. At this meet» ing, the demands of the student body were placed unofficially be fore the school, and it was arrang- ed that the demonstration was to be called off pending official sanc- tion by the students of a proposed general solution of the problem. On attempting to abate the boy- cott, however, the mediating group found that the student body was unwilling to call off its demonstra- tion without proof of Dr. Grintcr’s statement that “the cafeteria lost money last year and probably will do the same this year." Since Dr. Grinter was unwilling at this time to present an itemized finan— cial report on the lunchroom, it (continued on page three) THEE WEEK AT HT TUESDAY General Assembly, 10 anm. Orchestra, And. 5 p.m. WEDNESDAY Dance Club, Armour And, 5 pm. Lewis Chorus, Add, 3 pm. Polygon Meeting, Polygon office, ti p.111. ’E‘KWRSDAY: Glee Club, And, 5 pm. FRIDAY ASCE and ASME combina- tion meeting, Armour And, it) a.m. AMER—2W, 8U, 10 aunt. Bowling organization meet- ing, armour gym, 322 noon. Armour Eye, clubrooms, 5 pm. This photo, taken during the proverbial darkest hour oil the boycott, shows plainly the wistful faces of our ladies of the lunch on they await the patter of tiny tootsics and the soothing clantwr oi tinny t “aye. Mil" di'id i’l fltfliiibijtfld didflfiii‘ifi; hlifihifllifi Ninth bit-"W fiUl’fii’dWifiiNG MEN Nine senior engineering stu» dents oi Armour were pledged to ’l‘au Beta Pi, honorary engineer. ing fraternity, at ceremonies spoil. mired by the Western Society of Engineers last Friday morning in the auditorium. As he has so ably done in the past, Professor Spears conducted the pledging and gave a brief history of the aims and ideals of Tau Beta Pi in his in troducmry remarks. As the name and accomplishments of each pledge was read, active members of the chapter accompanied the pledges to the platform and pin« nod the pledge button on their lapeis. H’E’s Qldcst Honorary The Armour chapter of Tau Beta Pi was founded in 1906 as the Beta Chapter of Illinois. As such it is the oldest honorary fra- ternity on the Illinois Tech cam- pus. Candidates for election must be in the upper fifth of their class in scholastic standing. While scholarship is the most important item in considering candidates for membership of Tau Beta Pi, ex- tracurricular activities are also given recognition as well as the amount of his college expenses which a student has earned. Elec- tion to Tau Beta Pl is the most outstanding honor which a stu- dc m can possess. outstanding Students i’lcdged Nine students had this honor conferred upon them: Richard Norman Eergstrom, senior C.E.; Gunther Paul Grlebel, senior ME; Joseph Kunst, senior Ell; Bertram John Millevllle, fourth year (loop; Howard George Pen< dlebury,, senior Edd; George Theodore Popp, senior ME; Ber- nard Paul Sarasin, senior Ch.E.; Richard Alfred Simonsen, senior CE; Peter Frank Vendor Ploeg, (continued on page two) William??? iiiidi‘itd, Will‘i’dili fldhiiifliiirlidbi, ”idliiib on Alimeiil‘iiifli'tiitié, dblvlihbiflfid For the purpose of becoming further acquainted with the sub- fiect of semantics, a group of architects and 101 English stu- dents assembled last Friday on the south campus to hear an in formative lecture by Richard J. Neutra. Although Mr, Neutra is one of the world’s foremost architects, he might well be classed as a leading authority on the subject of semantics. Use of Symbols In his talk Mr. Neutra explained the connection between architec— tural engineering and semantics by stating that they both are the study of expressing thought; one by drawings, the other through the medium of the spoken word. He also expressed the idea that the engineer is no different than a horse in the respect that both interpret things as symbols. To the horse, a tug at the right rein by his rider has come to symbol- ibe a change in direction to the right. To the engineer, the Greek symbol, “pi”, for instance, brings back all the knowledge he has gathered about the fraction of a circle which it stands for. Continuing, he disclosed the human fear for language which causes us to diagram many of our ideas for the benefit of ourselves and those to whom we wish to express our thoughts. Yesterday, 'Mr. Neutra gave a talk to the architects at the Art Institute on the “Effect of Region- alism on Architecture.” After an introduction by Mies van der Rohe (continued on page four) Dorothy Thompson At Lewis; Finds Familiar licence, New Styles 13y Patricia Arne Dorothy T hompson, Lewis alumna, columnist, and radio commentator, addressed the mem- bers of Professor Fodor’s Political Science classes, as well as faculty and students, in the auditorium last Monday, October 27, at 3:30 pm. Dean Clarice called the as- sembly to order and introduced Mr. Forlor, former contemporary foreign correspondent of Dorothy Thompson’s. Mr. Fodor summed up the career of Dorothy Thomp- son with several interesting and amusing anecdotes. In her opening words Miss Thompson touched on a subject that is close to the alumnae as well as the present; student body. With the words . . . “the same old oakm—the some open lightswand the same front entrance,” she suc- ceeded in bringing a smile to the faces of the audience, but with the comparison of the dress, hair-dos, and behavior of the present co eds to those of her class Miss Thompson brought forth a laugh from the audience. The chief top- ic of Miss Thompson’s discussion were the impressions that she car ried from Lewis. Dorothy Thomp- son stated that “An educational in— stitution in her day was not a campus, nor a building, nor is it now.” Tribute was paid by the speaker to three of her former teachers, Kate Miller, Dr. George Tenney, and Allen 0. Lewis. “Nothing I have ever done, but that it has helped me to do some- thing else,” said Miss Thompson in warning the students not to be satisfied with the obtaining of a position and in so doing sell their (continued on page two) Musical mobs Meet; New @i‘iicers Elected; Won Winter lirogrorn In previous years the musical clubs held their first program just before winter recess, but this year they are going to work overtime. Instead of only one performance there are going to be two per» formances in addition to the regu- lar Christmas Concert. One engagement is with the Sunday Evening club of Gary, on Sunday evening, Dec. 14. Another appearance is planned at the Art institute, on the 17th of Decem- ber, On Thursday, Dec. 18, the Christmas Concert will be held in the Armour auditorium as usual. Recently the clubs elected their officers. In the orchestra Herbert Hansen was elected president, Wesley Pipher became secretary- treasurer, and Richard Hameister was made manager. The Glee club officers are: Jim Walker, president; Melvin John- son, secretarytreasurer; and Don Ely, manager. Officers for the combined clubs were elected last year. Joseph Kunst, a French horn player in the orchestra, was elected presi~ dent, and Melvin Johnson from the Glee club was elected secre- wry-treasurer. coarser. bwlélllhlli‘li SEW till lithildd lMIi‘lihli rune Schommer Active In Aiding Drive lily Warren Spitz By a unanimous ballot, the ITSA Board of Control, last Friday, passed a resolution voting $10, 000 for the o stablishment of a Field house Fund tor the Illinois Insti- tute of Technology. This money is an accumulation of excess funds over the past years and represents a contribution of the student body to the development; program of a greater Illinois Tech. Resolution Presented Earle Huxhold, president of the group, presented the proposal, which forms the initial official step towards the attainment of the fieldhouse. The resolution was passed under the clause in the newly—adopted ITSA constitution which states (Article Vl-Scclion 2) “Any balance left remaining at the end of the school year, after all bills have been paid, shall be placed In a fund to be paid at the discretion of the Board for any purpose contributing to the gen eral welfare of the student body.” Techs many-fold needs for a iicldhouse have been exhorted through several years of athletic competition. The general effici- ency of teams and the recreational activity of the whole student ag- gregation have been felt to be very seriouslydmmpered by the lack of any proper facilities to accomo- date the demand. Sohommor Acts The necessity for the forma— tion of this fund has long been cited by Director of Athletics, John J. Schommor, and, he has worked vigorously to bring about the present move. Mr. Schommer is to be very active in the promo- tion and prcpetuatlon. of donations to the fund and is to be joined by the students, faculty, officers and alumni of lllinols Tech in its sup port. Recipient for all monies donated and to be contributed to the Field. house Fund is the ITSA Board, and the structure is to be built upon the order and at the discre- tion of the Board at such time when it deems that the contribu- tions have reached a proportion sufficient for the commencement of the building. Donations are receivable from any and all sources and will be acknowledge by the ITE 3A through the Tech- nology News. Ens Everything When built, the new fieldhouse will hour e or make p ovisions for future expansion to include bas- ketball courts, an indoor track, swimming pool, tennis courts and all other components of a fully equipped modern building. With the impetus of the ITSA resolution, it is expected that other individuals or groups, whether connected to the institute or not, will provide additional finances for a continual growth in the amount of the fund. (See resold~ tion on editorial page.)