ugh-3.... , _. 4 "am l ‘1, l l l 1; 5 7;?23; (EDKTOR' 5’: NOTE: “Thin column in for containing not more t he considered for! publication. although a. w ion if do! Lotion chine won: AVC It appears to me that A‘VC, millilltlll‘l X‘dfi will he exprconion oi‘ ideas from random. Lecture primi Anonymouo lctmm will not iifcr’s mime will be withheld from pub- with its sober and intelligent discussions at ito national meetings (as contrasted with the un- restrained brawling that characterlzes the conversations of some other veteran organizations), its Words the promises of democracy as determination to carry out in they apply to all citizens, and in ite policy of putting the welfare of the people as a whole above the nar» rower interests of veterans as a special pressure group, represents the maturest thinking that has so far been shown by any veteran organization. I feel that a chapter of AVG at IIT can perform a need funclion in vita-liz 7ing student thought and providing leadership in socially responsible school and com- munity action. (Signed) Dr. S. l. Hoyakawa This may hardly be called a letter in the formal sense, so lets call it a venting of some pent—up civic re— sponsibilities. The motivation for this action can be laid to the ther— modynamics lectures of one Profcs~ sor Winston. “Brother Carr, just how long are you going to let this business of a technical education encompass you at the expense of neglecting your responsibilities be— stowed upon you as a citizen?” Let me first point out that I detest the form of destructive criticism. On innumerable occaoions I have heard the views of many different students venting; their wrath, and rightously so, on such thingo as: the “over—eager” heating and venti- lating—421130 the lack of same, de— pending whether you are in Chopin or Machinery Hall, bottlenecks in the lunch room and registration, football teams, lounging and relax— ing facilities, “bookstore efficiency,” ad infinatum, yakkity yakkity, yakll Yet to date none of these grievance seekers seemed to have a construc— tive solution for their particular problem. This is wherein it differ. My particular gripe concerns thooe of us use the Elevated System (alias the “Rattler") in our journeys back and forth to this place of lean» ing. We, who refer to each other a?- “Kenwood Kagers”, have a real grievance, and offer a tangible solu- tion. The issue is basically this, a problem in Safety Engineering. We, the Kagers, are grateful for the restriction of 33rd Street to a “No Parking” area. This gives both the Jay Walkers and the motorists a clear unobstructed view. In so doing this step has eliminated many potential hazards. But the extreme opposite is found at the intersection of 33rd and State Streets. Frankly the Kagcrs are getting really riled at having to cross this obstacle course twice daily. It soon gets tir— ing to outguess the ‘courteous’ street cars and the “Maniac Fringe” truck- ers in order to gain access to the other side. True, this oeparates the “Quick and the Dead” in a hurry. 01‘” late, fortunately, the latter have been in the minority, but this inter- section has a “past”»~and death is still waiting patiently for another victim there. Lets eliminate this hazard and put up traffic sicnals. Then the dazed homeward blond student body of lingers can be as— sured of sale conduct on the Rattler. 1 believe that in order to acquire stop lights at an intersection, the volume of traffic, both mobile and pedestrian, have to be of sufficient quantity to require automatic sig~ nailing. This isn’t a State and Madi- Bonwbut it certainly qualifies. Lets you‘the Tech News—got behind this. in a hurry and straighten out this situationm—remember if you don’t, the “Old Man with the Scythe” is still there waiting. When he strikes again. the “lights” will be put in. Lets beat him to the punch. Thus, with a duo purpose of “Ed- ucating; and Civilizing ’Em", i take my leave. (Signed) John S. Carr 2, «he a student. Li have watched with interest. your attempts; to effect. (5%95‘ Compus Comments on page 8} by Mike Worth Question: What in your opinion is the Republican landolidc of this election indicative of? =:: )1: 2:: Fred W. Gruber, Sop‘h ME: “AS l scc likeqthe way Democrats were handl- it, people just didn’t regard to short~ ages of different ing things with commodities, re— conversion, and the O.P.A. Prices were kept down so factories just couldn’t operate on a profitable basis. The Presi— dent doesn’t seem to be doing any- thing of his own accord but is prompted by advisors. I myself can’t see all these loans to Britain. Many people feel that the U.S. has too often been taken as a sucker making outright gifts dis- guised as loans. The Democrats are being; blamed for this and the change is expected to bring about quicker reconversion and lower taxes." :5: 21¢ 5y Lorenz Schmidt, Soph EE: “That’s hard to say. I think peo— ple aren’t satisfied with what they have, and feel it can't get any worse. People don’t. rea—r lize the commit— merits of the gov- , ernment. Promis- es of lower taxes and free competh tion brought mm ny votes. I don’t think the Presi~ dent should be blamed too much 3 ince he was. caught in somewhat the same posi- tion with respect to the issues to be dealt with as a hot potato between a pair of hands; you can't let go of it with both hands at the same time. Many voters were also quite disgusted with the Chicago political machine and as a result many good men had to sufi'cr. High pressure advertising also affected the direc— tion of voting.” .1. 3.. .lohzn Wolfe, Soph ChE: “Most people voted G.O.P. for rca-r sons l don’t agree with. They voted Republican because they believed that the m e a t s hortage and housing shortage was due to the b u n g l i n g‘ of Washington bu— reaucrats. M051; Americans 3 r e getting fed up with h a n d i n g: goods, and serv- ices toforcign countries which Seem to be using it for purposes other than intended. In their minds Republicans always stood for Americans first. Big; busi— ness wanted to get: rid of business restrictions. i don’t think this land- slide will improve things. In my opinion most people didn't know what they were voting for, didn’t know much about. party diil‘crencos nor about individual candidates. Among the most mut ually disliked people in the w01 1d are teachers. Anybody who chances to stray no the editoral column of Technology News can find wrapped up in capw sule form the most frequent sins committed by that form of human species (the term is used advisably). Bocaunc teachers over the world have failed to set up favorable press relations the general impression has gotten around that teachers lack that certain something. The flame of students’ imagination has been flamed by the occasional instructor who staggers. into a clausroom with a {classy look in his orb, goes to work feverishly with chalk and cras- er while giving with the meatballs of wisdom, and is not shut oil until the final bell rings. Only last week Angelo Patri (a gent who is on the “must" list for the wcll- rounded student along“ with Dorothy Dix and Shelia John Daly) observed that the reputation of a school depends upon its teachers. In that case, orchids to the News Bu- reau, which had to overcome such a great disadvantage in ballyhooing Illinois Tech as the mecca of engi— neering talent in the Midwest. But this was to be a propaganda piece to promote sympathy for teach- ore. Actually teachers have been re- ported to have some human traits. Many are kind to their offspring- they take the kiddies down to the delicatessen every month to look at the candy in the window. Others are gentle to their family—beating their wives only twice a week. Others have such utterly human habits as collecting: records (jazz, at that) and—horrorolmcvcn sneak- ing an occasional look at the daily sports pugeu. Like normal, everyday hoomin beans, teachers are prey to the mo iom; misery loves company. F’r in~ stance, no self-respecting teacher would dare to take up residence in a neighborhood other than that sum rounding;r the University of Chicago. Perhaps some of them feel that the university radiates knowledge. Otl‘w era, in lieu of taking in a movie on a dull afternoon, may want to skip over to stage: field in the hopes of seeing Harry Urey, Art Compton and the boys make with the uranium. In any case, teachers should fight for their rights. They should demand to be withdrawn from “neuter” and classed as “male” or “female.” The current rage in obtaining: “rights" is by striking. Let’s have a big; ruling—roaring” teachers’ strike against the student body . . . with Bernie Weissman as the John L. Lewis of the Teachers’ Union. liopc Humor lllouro Forth into Print Bob Hope, nucleus of that Pcpso— dent pandemomium, has penned a commentary of the first year of a world at peace that classes him as the Picasso of the literary world. “So This is Peace,” pour?» forth a myriad of that standard Hope hut mor which convulses millions of his radio listeners weekly. The work deseribes the ugly truth of the year of peace, commencing: with the housing: shortage and all the way up to our foreign policy. However, Hope deals with these matters in acontinual run of a glori— fied “Slipstick.” In chcribing' short» ages and the empty ks of the haberdashcry shops with clerks clad in undcrshorts, Hope- ide‘niifios them as Hart. Schafi‘ner, and Marx. There wasn’t much concerning scientific progress in the post war era but he did have this to say concerning the Bikini experiment. “The only place on earth that hadn't been touched by war was blown to hell.“ President, Truman is summed up no. “the man with the independence look Touching on the outside. i112? on the inside” ” John L. Lewis is congrenizlly rs- forrcd to as “the guy \viéh a lump of coal over each eye.” cry. If“ l W illitepom linden 3. mg... to one $1.. e to gtfiEfi-fiz veg}? re gig film he? :33” o E: 9? 5* if ~ *‘ 34ml =. 1;? .1 "M -'«* gfilnfifidg Wiltcelfiiill’ifil by George O’ Brien Noticing the presence of a mixing concession on the campue, and the conquest apparatus used a hypothetical question came up at the daily conference of sidewalk supervisors which stated “What would happen if the steam shovel over ran out of gasoline , and couldn’t get out of the pit it ,had created?” A committee was hurriedly formed and in investigat- ing material for a plausable answer, ran across this report in a back issue of “Burly Girlies" which went on to say: “ . The campus wag thrown into an uproar and several of the vitally interested, five in all, were detailed to get a concensus of opinion on how. the steamvshovel could be re— moved without the use of gasoline. To get at the base of the trouble we looked up the operator of the machine and alter a lime found him in a local tavern, sobbing quiet- ly into his beer. His only solution was to wait until some gasoline could be obtained, but in the in [crest of continuing the job at once, he decided that the departments of the nchool might be able to offer some answer that would take the heartbreak out of the delay. “Upon consulting the Chemical Engineering;v department, and inter— them at their task of un- donaluring lab silky for the bottle trade, the question was passed around and after several hours in a profound huddle, they suggested that one should pipe the pit full of acid, dissolve the steam shovel therein, pipe the acid out and re- verse the reaction. This should give you your steam—shovel, they said. “But lest the other departments feel slightcd, we went around to each of them in turn and got their answers. The Electricals suggested that the only way to do it would be to seal it in a vacum lube, turn on an appropriate amount of juice. and collect it in a condenser. They stat- ed some rather lengthy theorems about it’s just being a case of whirl— ing electz‘ono, which you could fun» nel into a wire, and after piling them up in the condenser, carefully unwrap the outsides, and . . . Presto! Steam—Shovel! “To get another slant on the sub. ject, we went to the Fire-Protects. They stopped as cold with the ques- ruting‘ tion: “Does it have the official seal 17" While we were framing an answer, they ushered us out of the office with considerable evidences of shatteredglignity. Shaken in spirit but not in intent, we continued in search of. answers. “The department of Mathmetics being- our next stop, we considered the terrors of running across a lurk- ing “Square Root of Minus One.” The m-ntlcman who met us was very cordial, telling us to pull up an in. moral and sit down while he saw what he could do about it. Several hours later we heard a. muffled voice through the vast stacks of paper that had accumilated asking for an aspirin. We {rave him one and tip- toed quietly away. “While on our way to the Mechan~ icals, we ran into the Civils survey- ing a lot for the erection of a May pole. Having narrowly escaped a few miscellaneous black eyes, we put the question to them and affix? a short time they suggested a way. of laying a train of dynamite charges that would move the cream shovel out of the pit . . or come ., where. They went on to say u thorough study of the matter wont be necessaiy and that they would “ice to it that we would receive an" answer shortly. “W 6 continued on our way to th, Mechanicals and finding that. moo of the department was out to lunch we looked up the anchor watch. Wé. found three of them taking a shower" , under a leaky steam valve bravo? ' singing “Three Little Fishes.” Er revcrantly breaking into one of th solo parts we threw the riddle into their faces. Without even hreakin the rythm of their song they gay“ us an answer based on the elemen" of their craft. All one would need said the bass as he latered his slid rule, would be a lever and a fulcrum Wiping some of the soap out of th magnifier, he said that if we provlll ed a lever three miles, twenty—eigb feet, and three and one—half inche long, he would take a day off an supervise the job. Just about the a high pressure line burst and sen scalding: clouds of steam all ow: the room. We dashed out and eye as we closed the door, we heard th faint. harmony of “Old Mill Stream above the mad hiss of escapin Steam. , “We were on our way to the Industrial Engineering departmen when we fortunately ran into one, that there was no solution to or problem except to leave the Sho in the pit and let it rust away 't‘ provide a demand for a new one. , let this sink in, muttered an a enigmatic “Hah” and stalke away . . . ” The report went on to elaborat what was; finally done, telling of“ the action finally taken when th. long overdue gas truck arrived. in not of tradgedy was struck when they found the mathemetician two weeks later in a state of semi—stat" vation. still worrying on the prob lem.. The details of the 95 page re port turned in by the Civils were: not disclosed but it was remarked“ that the Fire Protects were being, held under suspicion of withholding: the gas-line due to the fire hazard it would have created. When this article was presented. to the sidewalk superintei‘idan‘bg, they generally agreed that it was 323 good idea to have a bit of gasoline around in case of emergencies and in the event that no gasoline was in evidence. that this report be avail- able to any distressed parties. Inueloprn in which oil roosoirnrndeei greener Mull llegoorlment by Sam Rand Civil Engineering is the oldest branch of engineering and, as such, man. lt has \1moui l“ lnsiituie of Technology. The (livxl majoi was first instituted hero in the year 1899 when the School was only seven years old. At Alfred E, instructor. Profes- wlio is now that time, the late Dr. Phillips was the only CE in mm. he was joined by 501‘ Melvin Baker \Vclls. i1) retirement. Civil has be— integral :0 resent the the lilopz-u'i mom Through years 'lCngiuccring‘ come more and purl of the Institute. includ‘e : ch more on The compeicnt l’lt‘l 1‘ .. Hourly. :‘1 escalate pe 1‘sonncl Professor C. Fem, Tile}! 215 Profoss .ll‘ John it has played a very important role in the history of it is directed by Prof. Phil Huntly. lso played a most important part in the history of Professor Roe 1.. Steve: taint Professor E. l .lsisfam Professoi Getiriz‘:e KY. ; 3 f . 1 (:i‘untlmnm. l 1: s I 1‘ .x c t o 1 S R. W. ' Saucr. John lluzkus and K. Mil-r , ( bradrh. 3 l Armour i (if ‘nionts of 1339‘ had g the some curri 5 him that the ..suii CE dept. hoe. ifi'crcucm are that the .