Coal-critics vacations, such as lost Saturday’s, were ruled out for the remainder of the shortage by the announcement Monday from Walter Parduhn, superintendent of buildinge and grounds, that Illinois Tech’s heating system has been converted to oil. The converting process was re» oponsible for the hastilywalled re- cess. Engineero worked day and night Saturday and Sunday re- modeling a coal boiler in the old main building heating plant. Com- pletion of the job brought the num- ber of oil furnaces to two, since one oil burner has always been in op- eration. Delay of coal dolive1ico be— cause of previous days’ snows brought lllinois Tech a perilous three hours from shutdown. The school had been receiving 15l)~ Zhuaton hand-to~mouth deliveries during the emergency. Emergency coal~saving measures instituted prior to the conversion called for shutting off the boilers from 1 pm. to 5 am. and maintain- ing lower room temperatures. The measures were reportedly causing some inconvenience to dormitory students. A high grade of cool, which is twice as expensive as the low grade normally ueed, has been the only type available during the shortage. The higher heating costs have add~ ed to the larger difficulty of ob- taining an adequate daily supply of fuel. The shortage linemdelaycd use of the new heating; plant, idle since completion for want of cool. As soon at; conditions permit the building up at a stockpile, the longaawaited plant will be pressed into service. The general city—wide dimout has been felt at Illinois Tech as instructors are cooperating with a school order to shut oil" unnecessary lights and conserve electricity in all possible ways. .“fiFA..- ._ / ”7' GOAL S'l'QCltf’lLE at power plant was bolstered by a bushel delivery of the local merchant pictured here. halite reroute . In a very few Weeks the HT student body will elect its man and woman of the your, and this couple will be installed as king and queen of Junior Week at the opening of the event ’lhe campusmwide elec» tion will be held on or about March 16, but the ballots will be counted in secret by the lTSA election com— miuaion and results will not be re- leased until Junior Week in May. Nominations are now being so— licited among student groups. These will be ecreened for a final selec— tion of candidates of each sex by the election commission, This on» tirely student handled affair is to be conducted by the election com- mission. OLD MASTER PAlNTER Nate Mann tests a color to replace garish plnlrfiy on columns decorating new ticket booth in North Student Union. By Don Carlson Much controversy has arisen since the construction of the mod- ernistic sales booth in NU. Certain members of the student adminis— tration do not seem to appreciate the artist’s value of having the poles of the booth painted pink. Other members of the student ad— ministration claim that the color “grows” on them and, therefore, want it to remain. John Christian, designer of the re jut/284,7 our a g, of}; structure, receives the credit for the color combination. His selec- tion of the pink color may suggest that his major, fire protection en~ gineering, has had a profound effect on him. He states that an alternate use of the booth would be to use it at dances for a coke bar. in this capacity, however, a brass rail would help considerably. Could this innovation of pink posts and other artistic improve— ments have been the influence of the institute of Design? entice ferrite e cleric toilette tilllll to yreeideuty After a quiet preemption period, the student body of the Institute 01‘ Design elected lewis hill president. his opponent, Al liuplan, by twelve votes. For the vicepresidency rosco smith defeated lynn montgomery. Treasurer bob saichck beat rita gull, and Sophie schwendcr cap~ tured the omce of oecretary from bob jonee. A, total of 296 votes and 45 abstentions were tallied. (The winning candidates, mem~ bers of the “Liberal” party, in- sisted that their names appear on the ballot in lower—case type.) Lester Leakey, retiring presi~ dent, declined to run for re- election. ll was during Laslmy’n term in oilice that the school merger occurred. The many com- plications arising from the merg- er were handled by l.askey and his fellow oiliccrs. l‘lill released the following state- ment, reflecting: the attitude of the new Institute of benign officers: ”We will endeavor to develop the Institute of Design student govern.- ment to the fullest, as a semi“ dependent organization u n d e r ITSA. With this in mind we hope to have a program for the coming semester that will be of benefit to the entire student body—«not only socially but. educationally as well." demerits; try hut; toluene jgyfipy to deer richer People who like good music are gathering every Thursday at 1 pm. in lfllMC to listen to the record concerts sponsored by the English department. Messrs. Stev- enson, liixon and Knepler are hun— dling these concerts, which were inaugurated this semester by popu— lar demand. The music is primarily in the classical and sembclassical vein. This week's program features Pe- trouclika and a selection of ballet music. Next week’s program will be devoted entirely to song‘s from the. stage hit, “South Pacific.” n committee for the ailair this week. Selection of the theme clears the way for work to begin on staging the Junior Week and Open House activities. Marty Hoeft, student chairman of Junior Week, and George Aravosis, student chairman of Open House, report that despite the setting: back of the Junior Week date two weeks to May 5, 6 and '7, behind the scenes activity is gain~ ing momentum. Volunteers are now needed to plan and run such diverse Junior Week activities as interclaua athletics, the baby contest, the barber-shop quartet, the turtle race and the fashion show. Application for positions can be made in writ~ ing through llT mail box 197 in the NU lobby postofi‘ice. The Open llouue phone ol’ the annual spring holiday is also ewlngim’ into action. Department heads have been uleited to up»- poiut faculty and student chair~ men and start work on organiw ing their exhibits. Deocriptionu of exhibits and requests for space muut be returned to Milan .l. [them before March 15. Evaluation of the exhibits will , be conducted again this year on the basis of attractiveness, originality, etl’ectlveness and degree of utudent participation, and the winning ole- partment will be awarded a plaque. Second and third place awards are uleo given. The appearance, com» petence and Showmanship of stu- dent exhibitors will be stressed in the competition. Campus publicity operations are already under way as Richards and Hoeft met with Mel Friedlander and Dave Miller of Technology News. Plans were drafted for a four~ page Junior Week epeclal edition similar to the one inaugurated lost your by Dave Pasik, then c