q ”“'3‘ H LOU FISHER 508 GUTHRIE Pm me Con: sue-u inhmlleglsts (“mu be Ind-dos "Iii 155”“ llllIelI Tech Sports Prone-1 ‘ Pro by Guthrie: Intercollegiate football, although declsred entirely unnec- essary and functionally im any of the other sports whic ere ible is certainly an essential as currently part of the [IT a rto program. There are several reasons behind this ntstomcnt. them Ire I number of students who have shown their desire to plug Iootbsll. it is mush tho privilego of those men to plIy foolhsll Is it is th- drsms-mlnded student's privi- lege to set—tho musician’- to fiddle —sml the lournsllst's to write. Soc- ond. I foothnll tum Iona Is In finpttus for Ill other forms of ac- tivitlcs. 1t trInsforms the bleak four years of riding street cars. studying into boon. and pressing outside work into something I little bit more on the enjoy-bio side of lilo. Third, welcome publicity Ic- compsnico psrilcipstion in internal- legiate football. “is in s foregouo conclusion and novel not be attested hm. “As long as we can't hsve n his name team, let's forget the whole thing“ is :1 song of the die-harsh. This mm: is usually the warhllug of people who have lost sight of the ml muons behind competitive sports. True, blg nIme turn are fine—hut juat bocuuzr we can‘t pro- duze mother "Four Ilememcn” in no rrssoo for Lhozu men who ligand: desire to play football to hero to ruzor'. to qnmllot some: with tho lo~ ul A.C.'.s. Con hy Vial-or Var-nit); football in more of In ex- hibition of ntylin‘o mar: hysteria than an example of school spirit. The American tradition of (sir play is in A “M: to be found st thecrow'ded pug-tkin paradox lhsn in tho small ulterrolltfilutr; unvl in L rnm u r ul «wants. Tho Ionic. pmligr, nplr‘it and funds t'rst supposedly accompany Tar-alt;- big-time football on: not Ii- rnys rrIlisod, or can be had without it. Tho University of ChTmo ranks second to none in spirit. scholurshlp and lunch but xnvr: on football yum: sun. The great maintain: :choois such as am. Ind Collforn'm Tech do not rcqulru the srtillc'ui stimulu- tior. of winning foothill. An enci~ met-lug curriculum does not permit varsity football and studied to mix, if both are to be given proper surm- tion. beat it be forgotten, mug high-powered foothll plsyers In suhniciked flnsnclsliy by nrious un- darhsodsd meIns. Celine footholl is in tho big money, but the details In usmslly hushed up. Those st [IT who decry the lsck of it, should mllse that increased school npirit Is not to be hill with I football team or my other unduly amok-sized activity limited to I few psrticlponts. The true school spirit is in the intellectual, culturIl Ind social development of the student body. the fellowship fomsd in 1: com- mon pursuit of knowledge Inrl active psrtlcipstion by Ill the vsrioul osm- pua sports and omniutlons. O FACULTY FACTS . . . (Codi-sud from MI 1) best 0! hi: works. Some of his all lsmlscapcs have been exhibited widely nnd purchuod for privste collections. It had been Sponsor‘s ambition to work In a commerclsl artist but oft- rr suffering from severe nests-sin ho reallsod thst oomrnerolsl Irt work was not for him. This unden- cy to strain his eyes under the slightest provocation in: em now csuscd him to confine Ill of his work to daylight homo. in 1030 Spencer remind his his 695,129 in Industrial Edoution It thr Texas Agricultunl Ind Mechan- iml Collezo when: ho hum work Is an instructor in tubule-Ii drawing. In 1941 when he resigned to join the faculty It [IT he hsd become pro- fcmr Ind hood of this deportment. Noodles: to as: Spencer's hobble- inclmie pen Ind ink dressing, oil painting, and water color. His is- vorlto sport is footbsll Ind he never pauuupsgoodwnsllbocsn help it. Housodboboxngooddul in high school Ind will}. It Tons A. sud M. be was {Iculty sponsor of the boxing club. While Spencer was toIchlng in Tutu more of his studonts won prises in the Innusl dnwing con- tst sponsored by the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Edu- ostion thorn Iny other molar in tho 55-.— ‘h' .3 , .lll‘i‘ll lie. ‘ mmmwmmmmn COCA COLA BOTTLING CO. OF CHICAGO. lNC. Rhythm, song ls Revitalized . ”hemmlcinmylusrtlhon mmuitwuhurdmmom" Worth-crib Husk lovers. llllnols Tech is I storehouse of opportnnlths for your music Ipproeisuon. Music hsth charm to sooth em the burllat en- gineer's bran so if you no stirred even slightly by afoul-la EAL, you will and on interest in music Ill shout tho osmosis. In the music depsrtxncnt itself, are four talented groups: Hr. 0. Gordon Erickson‘s canted groupe— tho orchsnstrs, concert bond, Ind the glue club; Its! the dust. orchutrs of Honor Wiekhsm. All tho groups function under the deportmcntsl head, 0. Gordon Erickson, who lsss been furnishing the impetus tint. hIs put the fortisslma in music It HT. Styling renditions in tho stu- dsnt's musiul points is really I full time 50b for the deportmmt so it is not without purpose. The groups ploy It school funoflons Ind Innu- Illy do up somathing speciIl for the Christmas seIIon—I pron-Isa out- lined for your plenum. In previous yous tho music club gsro In snnusl concert It the Good. men Tbs-sire but the m yours ll:- tervening gave little plus for these Ictlvitioo. he club's aim is to start on this program Igsln win: I loit- Ihls than: on) be found for por- formsocos. boarded tours tsko the club's members to neighboring ci- ties for their IppeIrInoeI Ind one of those will be on tho Ichululs shortly. For open lovers: mooted ruin tickets in Pop concerts Ind such an Ivsilsbie thru the Marts at Pl Nu Epsilon muslesl frstornity Ind Mr. Erickson. country. R. 0. Loving, who is now Isslstsnt professor in tho tschnlcsl drawing departusnt, was the first of his students to win this prise. Professor Spencer, Ictivs in my professions] orgsnlutions, includ- ing the American Socioty of Enti- noorring Education. sod llshcl in firs atom: “Who's Who" pobllostions, is Iuthor of two sounde- ol odou- tlonIl movies on tubules! dnwing. “'1‘ in: the most complete visusl education“ 11mm in this Iuhbct in the country. At the present thus, Profs-or Spencer is working on "l‘echuleIl Drswing Problsrns. Series 2" to be published into in 19"]. "-7. Coke knows ‘l' (/ ., I '5 , ,l all“? .‘7;é" sm- Man Of The Week The Spotlight Focuses On Hans Wenzel, 8th Term ME One of the members or the group recently pledged to Tau-f Beta Pi in Hans Weml, an 8th term the Week. ff“??? 7‘. -éf‘: but u—V ~ A, Giza.” ’.- or,” i . . ' THREE HE and this wooids Man of; :- Hsm first demonstrated his scholastic ability It Steinm ts " 5 Q 5' High School whom he grsoustod fromin 1minthouppertsnper— cent of his dIIs. His Icuvitles thin. Is hm It Illinois Tech were numerous Ind included the Studsnt - Council, NstionIl Honor Society, El- lie Team. Ind the Bowling Turn. HI still msintsins In sell-re lntsrut in his clsss' sash-s Ind recently wu elected I member of the Bond of Governors to Steinmetz 11 lgh’s m- ly cmtod Alumni AssoclItion. PI“ of 1942 saw Huts enrollsd It llllnois Tech II I meehsnicsl engi- neering oooperstlve student. This didn't hot very long though, Ind .Ifter one sun-tor he found himsslf inthomlssndsmunhsrottho 44th [ufsntry Division out in Fort Iawis, WIshington. From than he wss sent to the University of IdIho for "fresher cons-Ia Ind then to the Army Spoclsllssd Trsining Unit It South DIkots Silt! College. In his three terms out there. Hans rsnkod first in I eiIsI of 850. Afur nine months It South DI- kots. it wu but to Irmy life, this time It Fort Lsonsrd Wood, Ills- sourl. Is I member at the 91th ln~ {may Division. it wIs hers that the only broke its hosrt and gun him I strips. With his new stripe Ind lacrosse in My. Eons elm: homo on furlough tommsgirlhehsdmetinhls chemistry (is. It Salomon. Short» lysftorherstnmodioP‘LWoodho wII moved out to Comp San Luis Obism. CIliforniI, when he wss dtschsrgsd in August of 19“. After disohsrgo. Hons. undocldsd Ibout his future. wont to work for the Hinmspolls Homywoll Co. Ind stsrtod bsck It Illinois Tech in the honing Division in November, 19“. It didn‘t tsks long for Hsns to bo- eome definitely MM thIt engi- nsorlng wIs his field Ind he roun- rollod in tho rlsy school in lion-J: 1N5. Buld-TwBokPLHInsisIe- tin in Pi 'l'Iu signs, the HE honor- m, AS“, IT Vols. Ind is the or- g-Inising obsirmsn of the SAE. Buried life hun’t slotted his scho- lsstic ability in the lust Is is shown by his 2A7 ngde point Ives-us. Em, his wife Hmolls, Ind their son Howls lire in the vicinity of their Ilms .mItsr on Chlcsgo's Northwest Side. Hsns is one of the mossy on tho csmpus hI-rlng dimmi- ty with their subsistence checks Incl is» not rescind In: this semester. Illilllllilllllll L" run FREE y" illlwscy is rsmpsnt upon Chlwl. '7 go's stroet c'Irs. hours on the spirited new Wont-f worth Avenue streuullners. j Painted on the front of the new“ slrsot curs II" the simple instruc- tions: Enter At Eur. Nmrtbslfll.‘ msny of the Chic-go Surfsce Lin-f prospsotlro customers hung on tbs, front Ind middle doors. demanding: entry. 1 But thst is nothing comp-rod to tho demonstrstions unveiled when some rltdors Ittsmpt to leave by tho middle doors. They Ipprouh the door with nomhIlInos, Is if tbs! were roux-Ins of the new street csrs. Their nonehslsnce turns to rings-in Ind Irsgor. however, when tho doors full to open. h'IturIllr. in their frustntion, thsir first instinct is to punish tho doors so they-‘pro- _ end to bang on them. Thstdou not promote eardlsl rel-dons between the list-sued employees of the sure (so: lines not! their customers. Forlorn-My there In some rldsrs who can fstbom tho Ilg'n sborrtbo doors instructing the person to stop upon the treadls to open the doors. They swing off the can u if they hId been wading Ill of their lives. But it is the next person, lnsvi- ‘ tsblr I wornsn. who gets it in the 31% neck—literally. Endorsed by bundles ' ‘ :3 she shirts to sweep through their)“ doors. only to see them closing on -._ ’ her. Hslfwsy through the door she } turns to the concluctor Ind amoeba, “Hey you . wslt until i got ofl'i" She follows up by hurling I string of epithets which would do I stsrodors or HT professor credit. The corductor. I gentleman It lain. "torts in kind. Iltbough using only his second string rocshuisry. Nstunlly tho doors hove boon swiging closed Ill of the time. 51- - nIlly they close upon use outs-Ind "lady," choking her ofl' between I “son" Ind "of I." With I or;- of joy Ind I mighty “Hi yo, Silver!" he gives the go-Ihud signs! while the other pItrons stumpt to disloogo tho "lIdy'I" noel: from botwom the door-Junk. tilts". Ask In? ioliyly» trolley pilot who hss legged I few: " 3: ;#¢;- ilk. 5 .'-—-' 1.2; t- 3‘