alumna cereals Junior Week, Illinois Tech’s an- nual springtime festival promises three days of fun-filled enjoyment for both spectator and participant alike as social whirls, athletics, and contests of all descriptions fill the campus air with song, cheer, and laughter in a never-toebc for— gotten not of. events. tools or the birdie Put your bare foot forward and strut your stuff at the Junior Week Square dance. The date, May 3, the time, 8:30, the place, the gym. Bring your date and start the eve— ning with fun and festivities, danc- ing to the “Virginia Reel” and “Turkey in the Straw.” Hop along to your favorite ”pops" during in— termission. Music will be by “The Hog Caller of South Maywood.” Diversion for the frustrated, re- freshments for the hungry, and music for the light-footed is prom- ised. You don’t have to be a square to attend, however, so cometh, checketh your shoes at the door, and be light-footed the rest of the evening. $Wléfl§ partners Armour Eye, IIT’s photography club, recently held a photography contest of monochrome pictures containing subjects of general in- terest. The results will be posted for visitor inspection during Junior Week. Valuable prizes were awarded to the winners, including a Weston Master II exposure meter, a $15 award and gift certificates for (See Elilfihllm on page .qua) For its tenth anniversary, Illinois Tech has come up with the biggest and best Junior Week— Open House show yet, surpassing even pre— vious exhibitions that have made this tradi— tional event the highlight of the school year. Students, aided by the faculty and staff", have rolled up their sleeves and pitched in to show the whole Chicago area the progress that has been made in engineering and education. The general public, as well as the alumni, friends and families of the students, stafl‘ and faculty have been invited to come and see “what has been done” during the three days of the Open House—Junior Week program, May 4, 5 and 6. The program planned fer the visitors will consist of guided tours, displays, demonstra— tions. and motion pictures presented by the students, faculty, and staff. Laboratories'and classrooms of Illinois Tech, the Institute of Design, the Institute of Gas Technology, and the famous Armour Research Foundation will be open Among the many interesting and educational exhibits are a noiseless room, kiss~o-meter, liquid—air demonstrations, models of sewage plants, cutoaway engine models, radioactivity demonstrations, architectural models, model wind tunnel, finger dexterity and psychological tests, and many others of equal interest. included in the student sponsored events are a male baking contest, interfraternity pageant and sing contests, baby contest, square dancing. interclass and siudent—faculty softball games, an orchestra concert, volleyball and track, bar— bershop quartet contest, and a student fashion show. Other events on the agenda are the dedica- tion of Gunsaulus hall, the ten-story apartment building, dedication of the Carillon chimes, alumni class reunions and the annual Alumni Reunion dinner at which Lt. General Leslie R. Groves, Reta, will be the principal speaker, and many other fascinating and exciting events. This year’s JWvOH for the inspection of the visitors. Every depart~ ment has tried to Show its place in the world of research and educa— tion through its ex- hibits. Formed ten years ago by a merger of the Lewis Institute and the A rrnou 1' Institute of Technology, Ill in o i s As a special service to students and guests Technology News presents this issue. it is our hope that. the program of student events and departmental exhibits along with the commentary on the activ- ities will be helpful to you and heighten your enjoyment of Tech’s tenth. annual ,lunior Week-@pen House. Junior Week staff has been preceded with the usual promotional build-up. Newspapers, magazines, radio and TV stations have been bombarded with press releases and photo~ graphs. Chicago dailies are sending their own reporters and camera- men down to the campus for first—hand coverage. Tech has a history of phenomenal growth and expansion. Visitors will have an opportunity to see first hand what has been accomplished. in Illinois Tech’s program of expansion and slum clearance. New build— ings constructed under the supervision of Lud~ wig Mies Van Der Rohe, head of the architec- ture department and world—famed architect, include a ten—story apartment building for stu- dents and faculty, two new dormitories, a heat— ing plant. and four, new classroom and labora- tory buildings. These, along with the recently completed Institute of Gas Technology and As— sociation of American Railroads buildings, will be open for inspection. In addition, thousands of circulars, invitations, and stickers have been distributed to herald JW»OH’s approach. Many large posters and signs have been erected strate— gically; arrangements are complete to have ‘_‘plugs” carried on the enormous “spectaculars” which bespeak the merits of Armour and Pabst products to Michigan boulevard trafiic nightly. Stay-at—homes may watch for films of Tech- nology Center’s greatest show on television news— reels. But those who attend in person will have firsthand memories of IIT’s biggest, most thrill— ing event of the year. ll? ohpor onto open doors wills Exhibits representing every field of industrial and scientific applim cation are open to the layman’s and professional practitioner’s inspec- tion as the Illinois Institute of Technology presents its tenth an- nual Open House program under the official title of “Technology Senter on Revue.” Model intricacy setup Showmanship is the philosophy of this year’s Industrial Engineer«- ing exhibit. Visitors approaching 108MC are confronted with a color-- ful carnival “front,” complete with sideshow posters and a silver»- tongued barker. Outside the room will also be found a fully automatic continuous-loop power-driven roll» or conveyor with moving cartons so labeled as to spell out the de- partmental name. Penetrating 108’s entrance, guests discover a variety of mow ing, clicking, glowing devices which promise to make the IE display one of the liveliest. horrors; lie harshest? Incorporating many of the ex- periments gathered by Dr. David Boder over a period of many years, the Psychology department ex- hibit will feature a great number of interesting phenomexna. Due to lack of space for the ex— tensive exhibition, the demonstrav tion will be in both the basement of the Main building and on the second floor of the. MC. building. The displays in the MC section will contain those co—sponsored by the (Eco Exlilhl‘l’fi on page M5542?)