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moor institute in 1892, won in mechanical engineering. Since
then “this dennrtment has developed into the lorgcst 1n the ochool.
"Thereore $3138 oturlentn in the department who are enrolled

in four major subdivisions, the reg~
nlor mechanical professional pro»
grow the rccearch and development
option, the aeronautical option, end
the management option.

Equipment is; constantly being
’ntlolcd to the ME labs no on to
keep them up to date. In February
there will he a steam power plant
installed in the Heat Power lab
in Machinery Hull beeement. This
will he lihc first school in the Chico.-
n‘o area to have such a unit in-
filnlled. 0n n small scale it in a
duplicate of a type of equipment
found in major steam power plants.
It consists of two steam turbines
ouch driving its own twenty KW.
electric generator. The energy do»
volopecl in each of the generators in
used to drive o. motor whose out~
not is absorbed by a hydraulic typo
dynamometer. The equipment in—
cludes a steam condenser and corn—
Jplote control panels.

The curriculum in revised period—
ically. At the moment the trend is
toward giving the ME students more

 

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non on ”lohor hclollons”

Dean John Dny Lax-kin, Dean of
Liberal Studies, will eddrcns; the No.-
‘veznhor 13 meeting of the Society for
the Advancement of Management.
“harbor Relotions" will he the topic
of Bonn Lerhin’u nddrcne.

Other programs being: plonncll hy
the SAM for the future are: Decem-
hcr ll, “Marketing”; Jon. 8, “Corona
trollorshin”; and Fall». 12, “Manages
linenhero for
these mon'rnmn will he announced at
o. future «lute.

An all-clay flelri trip is being

planned by the group for the ncnr
future. it is echeclnlerl to he a tour
through one of the larger lndustrinl
plants in the Chicago oron.

 

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(Conlinnod iron? page 2)

several cultural meetings and runny
more social affairs.

$ll§vMA BEl'A TMETA

The Sigmoe held their election
of new ofiiicers while at their an—
nual cottage party this summer. The
officers now guiding the current rush
activities are: President, Pat Vedel;
vice-president, Lorene Mottem; nec-
retory, Mary Ann Cnhoy; troocurcr,
Betty Fullerton; Pan-Hellenic rep—
resentative, Marlyn Hewitt.

An infomnl evening affair helii
Friday at the home of their spon—
sor, Mrs. Helen Stevens was the
first Sigma ruoh party. The second
rush affair will he in party with PM
Known, Sigma froternity Saturday
at the home of “Poi: Vedel.

The alumnus excl active moons
are holding; the first of this some
enter’s monthly theater parties at
the Goodman Theater October ill.
The performance will he The Male
Animal. These henelits support the
Sigma Beta Theta neholorship funcl,
or memorial to Anne E. Drunnnoncl,
the Sigma, founzlor.

EHO llhl'h‘i’i

Rho Delta Rho recently hehi “ltu
annual election. Those electetl were
Proficient, Burt Joseph; vice—presi-
dent, Trevor Miner; recording. sec—
retory, Alvin Eaton; corresponding
secretary, on; Blumenthol; anal non
cinl chairmen, Lenny Breen;

lu addition to the regular cfficorc
on executive committee were oleciocl.
" on lélnlcr hiergnolin, Inonorii

ii .Cil’crh Goth. "Eileen, oi‘lincnz

 

liberal arts electives no is shown
by the latest revised eel/nodule.

The touching atoll” of the Mill] dc»-
pnrtment is composed of thirteen
men, four of whom have been added
recently. The new members on the
stall“ are Dr, Owene, Dr. Mullikin,
Mr. Kezios and Mr. Sogin.

The activity of the ME depart—
ment staff is not only confined to
undergraduate and graduate courcee
at Technology Center. Every week
a member of the faculty is sent. to
Milwaukee to offer gradunte conrseo
at the Allis Chalmers Company. At
the present time on odvenccd thorn
modynamics course in being given
there by Dr. Oweno.

The department has two main ire-
nonrch programs: orie for the army
signal corps to silence engine gen
orator nets so as to prevent. enemy
detection, and another for the army
air forces of investigating the heat
transfer through Windshields ho pro
vent icing.

 

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For {Tomlin heme-lorries

A ladies” charm; is neealecl to sing
n special group oi‘ conga for the
annual l'l'l‘ Chrietmnu program, ac—
cording to 0. Goreion Erichuon, mono
ical director. All femnle ntnciento,
on well as secrolnrioo of the school
and the Research Foundation, are
invited to ottencl 5; short meeting
this Fritloy at 12:30 pun. in the
SU auditorium.

Any girl interootecl in the chorun
who in unable to nticnrl the moon-a
log is requested to contact Mr.
Erickson in his office to the hell: of
the siege in the auditorium, or to
leave her name and class ocherlule
in the Technology Newuyhox on the
first floor, first entrance, of Chopin
Hall.

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{Zornnehtion Agoln

The age old art, until sport. of fcncn
ing will he tutored again at ll’l".
Any students having fencing ex—
perience or who are interested in
the sword poking art are rcquestctl
to meet in the Student Union
Lounge, Wednesday. October 30, at
5 pm.

This manly sport of old vintage
speaks well of itself of many talent»
ed sportsmen. Knitting needles re-
quire some fancy handling, horly—
work, and skull dodgers}.

intercollegiate
scheduled.

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will he formally installco at the reg
ulnr meeting tomorrow night.

The seminmlual phone—sponsored
party has been scheduled for the
Saturday following- Thanksgiving.
Plnns for it are in preparation.

Rho Dell, football woo-captains,
Marv Cohen and Lenny Ellery pro
dicted that, their team would he
henrcl from in inter-fraternity corn»
petition. The froternify’s bushethsll
encl mimic iconic ore lacing roumierl
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SPARKPLUG$~A E. Krona, who discussed aircraft spnrkplugs oi the ASME meeting
held Friooy. This won the first of the correnl serios of ASME lechnicol moefings and
tours.

 

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hlnclcnl" llwnrrl; @lnnn “no in New llorh
For the second year in succession, on lllinois Tech student

has won the American Society of Mechanical Engineers” annual

Undergraduate Student Award. Paul A. Thompson’s paper titled
“Synthetic Sapphire, a New industrial Engineering Material”

has won this yearly, nworcl, C. E.
Davis, notional secretary of the
ASH/IE, announced recently. Loot
year’s award wan won by John Erich—
son, who is now doing graduate
work at ll'l‘.

A junior ME, Thompson will re-
ceive the award at the National
ASME Meeting to be held at the
Hotel Pennsylvania. in New York the
first wool; in December. He will he
the guest, of the llld Gourd Coma-
mittce, which in communal of mono
bore of 35 or more years standing.
They will may his expennec {from
his home in Auroro to New York
and return, his registration and
banquet icon, and will furnish a $16
in clay expense allowance for his stay
in New York.

Plans for the National Meeting
include numerous; technical sessions,
field tripe to intiustrinl plants, and
a. visit to the United Nutiono Dru
gonizntion’u site of. Fluuhing, New
York.

According to Dr. R. A. Buden-
holzer, honorary chairmen of lll‘ls
student branch of the ASME, the
Undergraduate Student Award hue
been made every year {since its in-
ception in 1916. Papers are judged
on practical and theoreticnl npplicno
tions, originality, and, the contribm

 

tion made to mechanical engineering
literature. Thompson was formerly
employed in the Sapphire Products
research department of the Elgin
Notional Watch Company. He will
he nocompnnicu on the trip by his
wife, who in faculty odviner for only
licationc at the Wool: Aurore High
School.

The paper was preccnhed at the
Student Midwestern Conference of
the ASME held lost. April ole None
Dome Univcrcity, which 'Jl‘homnoon
attended as ”We reprcocntetive.

hlnho llhl lilo-logo {lollocl’n
$1352 tor llolnnnunii‘y linnci

ll’l‘ students contribuoed a total
of $72 in the Community Finn-l drive
held recently.

Fifty one dollars was collected by
Alpha» Phi Omega, notionel service
fraternity, during the first. day of
the drive. Twentymne dollars was
given in exchange for the teeth
feather bridge on Friday.

Money collected will he used to
support 192 health and welfare onen—
cies throughout". Chicago. The HT
contribution will go townrsl the
$7,939,000 goal set in the Chicago
area.

       
  
   
  
  
   
   
   
   
  
 
 
  
   
    
     
  
  
   
   
    
   
 
  
   
   
  
   
 
   
   
   
     
 
 

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3y hlrlrieh Ehscloeoci
“British planes often usec’: fie
man made spark plugs in tin:
bombing raids over Germany,” 5%. LEE?
Kraus dilsclosed to 250 member-
the HT student branch of the Arc
can Society of Mechanical Engin
last Friday morning. The Geri
plugs; withstood the conditions
countered at high altitudes hath
than any other spark plugs aw.
eble at the time, he explained.
Mr. Krans discussed the {levels}:
ment of the spark plugo useé in oi
craft and gas turbines and the n.
vantages of dual ignition system
The chief advantage, he pointecl 0'
was not from an increased pow
output but from the added sails
of having an extra ignition sys“
in case one fails. The increase.
power output in a dual system doe
not justify the additional expens

there are 600 various types of plug,
on the market.

Switching from spark plugs i
the rocket developments (luring th
war Mr. Krone stated that one tent
of Britain's war casualties W,
from V—l and V-2 type bombs.
the end of the war the Germans h
in the experimental stage a toe?
capable of making the trip fr
Germany to New York in 42 m
utes. lts motors weighetl 2% the.
anti developed 190 ions of thrul
All the fuel in the rocket was con
eumed in the first four minutes /_
flight.

The speech by Mr. Krone, of ill
Champion Spark Plug Corporati
inaugurated the series of techni
meetings and tours planned by i:
ASME for this semester. Bob Boy
president, announced that menial:
nlnnning to make the tour thrcn
the international Harvester “gale
Nov. 22 should meet at 2 pm
the main gate of the pleni: hostel
of; 2600 W. 3131: St. Students atten
ing’ the tour will be excused iron
their classes. A movie is plan?) _
for the December 6% meeting.

informal hence is human
lior December in: Juniors

The Junior Class held a meeting
last Friday at which the committeo
for the femhcoming all—school dance
was chosen. Chester Lyng‘aas,’ W. E;
Larson, Maristell Dixon, Frank Km
ditch, and Pat Vedel Will assist“
president Harry Twickler and social
chairman Bob Meilke. The dam
will be an informal afi’air no he
held December 13. Bids will he:
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