DECEMBER " 19411 THE HAIRY will??? (if it fits, wear it) By Mister X The purpose of this column is to make you angry-or if not ang— ry, then, very, very uncomfortable. Its name, “The Hairy Shirt” is derived from the custom of ancient ascetics and self-avowed “holy men”, of torturing them- selves by wearing a shirt made of the hide of an animal with short, still“ fur, and wearing it with the hairs next to their skin. If the harbor has ever let a few stray hairs slip down your back during the course of a haircut, you’ll get the idea. The burden of this column will not rest with equal severity on all of its readers for two reasons. First, some of you have tougher hides than others; and second, some of you Won't be able to get into the shirt—«that is, it won’t fit every one every week. But it will be the practice of this col‘ umn to change the size and shape of the shirt frequently, so that before the year is up you will have worn it enough to want to get rid of it. The writer would be willing to wager a considerable amount that if he were to enter a room wherein had been enticed ten average stu’ dents from this school, and ten average students from three oth- er midwestern undergraduates in- stitutions, that in the course of thirty minutes observation he would be able to indicate which of the ten students were from Illt‘ hols Tech. How? Very simple, Pick the ten students with the worst manners. Is this important? Those of you with the toughest skins are probably saying, either that it is of no importance or that it isn’t true. in the course of the next few weeks the writer will dem‘ onstrate that it IS important, and that it is truemon the basis of actual cases. MT Musicoi Clubs ”lo Present First Show Al Lewis, Bea. l2 Presentation of the first pro- gram of the season by the Musi- cal Clubs will occur on Friday, December 12, at ii a. in. On this occasion the Glee Club and Orches- tra will be augmented by the Girls’ Glee Club of Lewis. in addition to the traditional Christmas numbers which are to open the program, the orchestra will play the “Poet and Peasant Overture”, “Monastery Garden”, “In A Chinese Temple Garden”, and the “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers.” “Intermezzo” and “The Star" will be sung by the girls. Vocal contributions by the Boys’ Glee Club will be “Worship of God In Nature", “Invictus”, “When Day is Done”, and “Plantation.” A number called “The Ballad for Americans", featuring R o b e 1‘ t liemman as soloist will close the program. This work calls for the entire chorus and orchestra and should prove to be one of the most interesting works ever presented by the club. similar to the preceding, the annual Christmas Concert will be presented on the South campus, Thursday, December 1, at ii a. m. Scheduled for the afternoon of Sunday,‘Dccember 14, the group will make their appearance before the Sunday Evening Club of Gary, lndiana. Following this engage- ment, .3 noonday concert will he presented at the Rotunda of the Art institute. The management of the club gives as its reason for booking these early engagements as pro paring the club for their extended tripe. These trips are to be made between semesters, the week of February l. At this time they will appear before many large high school and civic groups. Student gurvey finds your will 5.2% liaise Coilepiaor illusion Wes Would you, as potential mate- rial for the army air corp be will— ing to send to Britain now, our young men to fight against the public-world-enemy number one? This question has been raised among the students throughout the nation and has been answered rather positively. Three out of four are against sending the U. S. air force and its pilots to Europe to help Britain. Figures compiled by Student Opinion Surveys of America, well define the state of mind of today’s collegial}, Inter 'entionism has not made much inroad on the college campus; the sourness left by World War I has not completely disappeared. With the US. already convoy- ing and delivering supplies to the allies and the experts clamoring that it will not be millions of soldiers but planes and pilots and machines that will win the war, this question becomes important in future American policy: “Do you think the United States should at this time send part of her air force, with American pi- lots, to Europe to help Britain?” Sentiment of the nations cross— section divides as follows: YES, send air force . . 19.8% NO, do not send it ....... 80.2% (Only 2 per cent were undecided; not included) fihnuid £3.31 Send Manes Add Pile/is to Europe? sinusitis my: Paralleling the opinions ex- pressed above, the collegians an- swer 79 per cent “NO” to the question, “Should the United States declare war on Germany now. Quoting one of the inter- viewees “It looks like the same story as in the last war—but why should We die for Britain?” (Uni» versity of Texas). TECHNOL’DGV NEWS m Psychology Museum To Be 0pc" 0n flee. 9—70 In response to the request made by Marvin Steinberg, head of the department of psychology of the Austin Evening Junior College, Dr. David P. Bodor, executive div rector of the Psychology Museum at HT, has announced that the museum will be open Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, December 9th and 10th. The museum opens at 7:30 p. in, and includes a lec- ture by Dr. Bodor, at 8:00 p. m. in a Technology News inter- view with Mr. Steinberg, it was revealed that about 200 students are expected to come from the five introductory classes at. Au“. tin. Mr. Sleinberg also remark~ ed that it will be a real treat for his students to be able to at- tend these meetings, and express ed appreciation for Dr. l30dor's kindness and cooperation in al- lowing them to arrange for the field trip. It is Mr. Stelnborg's opinion that the museum is the finest he has ever seen. Although the classes of Austin will be the principal guests, Dr. Bodor extends an invitation to all interested students and public to visit the museum on those nights. $8,}.‘Tllil in fitudeni Union Echo's Retired The annual drawing for the re llromcnt of $8,200 worth of Stu- dent Union bonds was held Mon» day, November 24, in the Student Union building, pursuant to the requirements of the indenture. This was the third of the ton an- nual retirements required to pay oil“ the bonds. Earl lluxhold, president of the l'l‘SA, drew the numbers of the bonds and Robert Arko, chairman of the Student Union Board, checked the numbers. Witnesses of the event were George Allison, school treasurer, President Hook], and Dean Pecbles. Each year a number of the bonds: are com pletcly retired and the purpose of the drawing is to determine what bonds are to be thus hon, orcd. Since the bonds carry a 4% interest rate, those remain- ing represent a very good invest- ment. According to the management, 62% of all the money collected as Student Union fees from the stu- dents is used to retire the bonds. The other 38% is used by the ad- mlnistration of the Student Union for its operating expenses. This fund includes the upkeep of the YAGE crummy mean METALLURGY CENTER moonlit) structure contracted for by Armour Research Foundntion which will have lllfllit typo metallurgical research equipment. (Story on page 1.) Rodin tings "in ”ironic ”Elusive Enemy” filtration With directional antennas whirl. ing,r madly and automobile bot- terles desperately straining,r to (leu liver up their last little electron, many Chicago radio enthusiasts will soon have an opportunity to find out just how good they are at “bland man’s bull,” when Ep— silon chapter of Rho Epsilon- Will/W w national intercollegiate amateur radio fraternity holds their forthcoming hidden trans- mitter hunt on December 7. Starting from Brookfleld Zoom .‘llst and 1st streetsmamatcur and industrial radio teams will be en- gaged in finding the location of a secret transmitter operating at a distance possibly 50 miles away. Each team is equipped with au- tomobile. radio, and directional an~ tenna. Since for certain positions of the antenna, the signal from the transmitter is received more strongly, the operators obtain suc~ ccslve sets of hearings on the liln tle varmint, gradually drawing closer and closer. The object of the contest is to see who gets there first. The entry fcc is nil, but those who feel lucky are allowed to sub- mit one dollar into the general jackpot which is divided among those finding the transmitter and holding jackpot tickets according to the order in which they finish. Conducting the hunts as an ex” perimental problem, Rho Epsilon is cordially extending am invita‘ lion to all its members and alum‘ hi. and Armour college students. FACULTY BRIEFS At the ninth annual conference of the Illinois Association of Jun- ior Colleges, Dr. W. C. Kruthwol presented a paper entitled ”Guid- ance.” The conference was held at lounge. rinspons tables audi- Lyons junior college, La Grange, torium, el/c. Illinois, November 15. wwmwwv '0' vv‘vvm v LEAVE YOUR ORDERS FOR lNDlWfl'UhiLl’ lMPRlNTl—‘fl CHMSTMAS CARDS 50 flords tor “.00 end up COMPLETE SELECTION or Relative and Friend Cords St: to “.09 Each WE FEATURE HALLMARK CARDS SEEley 3453 AArdsmA fihhhi‘dWlfilQW$ fiflfiifi STQRE 1953 W. Madison Street (In The Lewis Building) Since 1915 ,, M a, , g3, M mom. Dr. S. M. Spears lro Present Paper Before Highway Reseorch Rd. ll'l"’s associate professor of civil engineering, Dr. S. M. Spears, one of the nation’s foremost leaders in highway research, in particular— ly well known throughout the mid- west for his work in highway engineering. He is leaving Chi— cago early in December to present a paper before the l-lighway Re search Board at its annual meeting in Baltimore, Ohio, on December 13rd,. “a The annual meeting of the High way Research Board, which has always been held in Washington, D. (3., will this year be held Dc- cember 2nd to the 5th at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, because of the national emergency congestion in Washington. Human ll‘actnr Ziu Tnhfi’ic “The Evaluation. of Design Data for Crossover Distances” will be the subject title of Dr. Spears’ talk before the meeting in Baltimore. lie is one of the principle pro- ponents ol’ a new approach to highway design, as is indicated by the title of his doctoral disseh tation at the University of Michi- gan, “Psychological Factors in Highway Design and Traffic Con— trol Problems." Professor Spears Home Ec Group To See Movies flu fihinowore As a project of the Home Eco nomic club, a lecture and a movie “Magic of the Potter’s Hand” will be presented by Laura Lorenson, noted ceramic research worker, tomorrow at 3 pm. in the physics lecture room. The movie and lecture will stress the manufacture of Lcnnox r'hinawore, demonstrating thor- oughly the process with both now terlols and molds, Laura Loren- son, who has devoted the past twelve years to research work in Europe and America, writing and lecturing on pottery and porce— lain, will bring with her an ex~ tensive exhibit of fifty Lennox patterns and pieces from the White House and other nation- ally known establishments. Faculty Wives invited Wives of the faculty have been invited to attend, and will be the guests of the Home Economics club at a tea after the movie which will be arranged by the In- stitutional management class. This lecture and movie has been given in many leading uni~ versities and colleges of this vicinity and should prove to be both informative and interesting. Dr. Ruth Clouso us well as the members of the Home Economics club extend an invitation to all students who will be able to ill: tend.