I aForgel' all fhis idealisfic falk of preparing young people for fhe peace and prepare lhem inslead lo win lhe war-wfhis was fhe subsfance of ihe advice given lo Illinois col- lege educafors foday by Henry Townley Heald, presidenf of Illinois lnsfifufe of Technology. 9"These are days in which every acrivily can be measured by iius’r one cri’ricism—wdoes if confribu’re fo winning fhe war." Presideni' Heald said in speaking before l'he Fedora. lion of Illinois Colleges a’r a meal- ing 31‘ Rockford College in Rock- (ford. III. aHeald urged lha’r every incli~ vidual. every business organizafion and every educafional ins’ri‘ru’rion use fhis cri’rerion for measuring ev- ery service. mHe wenf on f0 emphasize lhaf fhe colleges mus’r be lhe source of supply for file "shock froops of our home fronf," fhe engineers. ihe do» signers, lhe scienfis’rs. and oiher ’rechnically frained men. "ll/la» chemical migh’r musi be mei by mechanical mighl." he said. eHealcl poinled oui i'hai colleges liked lo say ’rhai fhey were educai— ing young people for leadership and fhen added. "Cerfainly we need leadership foday as never before. bur we need leadership equipped wilh knowledge and abilily lo win fhe war on lhe fighfing froni and on lhe home fronf." oReferring ‘ro whai colleges can do, Heald. who is regional ad visor for fhe Unifed S’raies Oiiice of Educaiion in lhis area. said lhai fhe educa’rors should observe where severe shorfages in manpower axial and should pul forfh every efior‘i lo meef fhese shorfages eilher ihrough ihe regular programs of ihe col; logo or special courses. eHe hinfed fhaf perhaps for ihe fime a liberal ar‘rs educaiion mighi be a luxury lha’r would have for be abandoned. «Heald paid iribufe lo ’rhe En~ gineering. Science. and Manage. rnenf Defense Training program as ihe mosf impor’ranf war eiforf now being carried on by fhe American colleges and universifies. He siaf‘ ed fhaf l5.000 sfudenfs are now en» rolled in this fraining in Illinois and fhaf eighf colleges and universifies are par’ricipafing in fhe program. VOL. zen—N01 ILL. INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CHICAGO, ILLINOlS FEBRUARY I7, I942 2MB rep. hep he e"$ca’r" singing. originafed and ieafured by Johnny "Scai" Davis will be enjoyed by all lhose aliend- ing fhe Junior Formal. Johnny goi his nickname from scaf singing while working will: fhe O'Grady orches— ‘ira. A scal singer is a singer who willfully or o’rherwise forgels lhe words in a song and fills in fha missing linl