Coal~criscs vacations, such as last Saturday’s, were ruled out for the remainder of the shortage by the announcement Monday from Walter Parduhn, superintendent of buildings and grounds that Illinois Tech’s heating system has been converted to oil. The converting process was re» sponsible for the hastily-called re- cess. Engineers 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 deliveries be- 'causc of previous days" snows brought lllinoie Tech a perilous three hours from shutdown. The {school had been receiving 150- 200-ton hand-tonmouth deliveries during the emergency. Emergency coal~saving measures instituted prior to the conversion called for shutting oil the boilers from 1 pin. to 5 am. and maintain~ ing’ lower room temperatures. The measures were reportedly causing some inconvenience to dormitory students. A high grade of coal, which is twice as expensive as the low grade normally used, has been the only type available during the shortage. The higher heating costs have add- ed to the larger difliculty of ob— taining an adequate daily supply ,‘of fuel. , The shortage hasvdolayedrusc of the new heating plant, idle since completion for want of coal. As soon as conditions permit the building up of a stockpile, the long-awaited p l a n t will be pressed into service. The general citynwide dimout has been felt at Illinois ’llech as instructors are cooperating with a school order to shut off unnecessary lights and conserve electricity in all possible ways. Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago 16. Illinois ”’5' GOAL STOCKPILE at power plant was bolstered by a bushel delivery of the local merchant pictured here. .In a very few weeks the HT student body will elect its man and woman of the year, and this couple will be installed as king and queen of Junior Week at the opening of the event. ’lhe campus-wide elec- tion will be held on or about MarCh 16, but the ballots will be counted in secret by the ITSA election com- mission and results will not be re- leased until Junioi Week in May Nominations are now being so— licited among student groups. '1‘ hose will be scieened for a final selec~ tion of candidates of each sex by the election commission. This en~ tiiely student handled affair is to be conducted by the election com— mission. OLD MASTER PAINTER Nate Mann tests a color to replace garish pink 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 rernain. John Christian, designer of the ” 1“ , dimigdj/ receives the credit for combination. His selec- structure, the color 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? strip institute clarity [iconic Midi in presidency After a quiet premelcction period, the student body of the Institute of Design elected lewis hill president. 11 a tighy content, hill; origami out his opponent, Al Kaplan, by twelve votes. For the vice-presidency rosco smith defeated lynn montgomery. Treasurer bob saichek beat rita gufi’, and sophie schwendcr cap— tured the office of secretary from bob jones. 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 Laskey, retiring presi- dent, declined to run ‘i’or re- election. it was during: Lackey’s term in office that the school merger occurred. The many com- plications arising from the merg- er were handled by Lackey and his fellow officers. Hill released the following state— ment, reflecting the attitude of the new Institute of Design officers: “We will endeavor to develop the Institute of Design student govern- ment to the fullest, as a semi— dependent organization 11 n (l 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.” descend did; demerits other as been ricochet People who like good music are gathering every Thursday at 1 p.m. in 131MC to listen to the record concerts sponsored by the English department. Messrs. Stev— enson, Hixon and Knepler are ban— dling‘ these concerts, which were inaugurated this semester by popu- lar demand. The music is primarily in the classical and semi—classical vein. This week’s program features Pe— trouchka and a selection of ballet music. Next week’s p1 ogiam will be devoted entirely to songs f1on1 the stage hit, “South Pacific ” committee for the affair 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 interclass 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 IIT mail box 197 in the NU lobby postoflice. The Open House phase of the annual spring holiday is also swinging into action. Department heads have been alerted to ap- point facdlty and student chair- men and start work on organic ing their exhibits. Descriptions of exhibits and requests for space must be returned to .loim .l. Ahern before March 15. Evaluation of the exhibits will be conducted again this year on the ’ basis of attractiveness, originality, effectiveness and degree of student participation, and the winning de~ partment will be awarded a plaque. Second and third place awards are also given. The appearance, com- petence and showmanship of atom 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 ews. Plans were drafted for a four— page Junior Week special edition similar to the oneinaugurated— last year by Dave Pasik, then editor-in— chief. Worried named social committee ea-eherirrnun Richard Wardell, fourth term MetE, was appointed co- -chairman of the social committee by the ITSA Feb. 15. The committee, com« posed of, the social chairman of each class, was recently created to control social activities of classes and ITSA-dependent organizations. Don Lynch is the other chairman. The major job of the committee will be the running of two or thrée off—school dances per year, which are to be held jointly by all the classes. Profits or losses are to be shared pro~rata among the classes. Two of the possible three off-school dances are the Junior Prom and the Integral Ball. Campus dances and all other all- school activities must be registered and okayed by the social commit- tee. The committee will do the scheduling so as to prevent activi- ties from interfering with each 200 bids occurred so far. gaged the upstairs ballroom and bar of the Tam, thereby providing accommodations for 50 additional couples. Going ahead with plans for the dance, the committee decided thumbs down on reserved tables, with the explanation that they cut down the partyulike spirit. Del Renes orchestm, which peiformed at the Winter Whirl of Decembei 16, has been engaged to play until 12:30 21.111. Afte1 that “Musak” (canned music) will take over until “Technology Center on Review” will be the theme for 1950’s Junior Week—Open House activities. , H. C. Spencer, general chairman, and Lee Richards, genera student chairman, announced the decision of the central plannin When Arnold G. Meister, assi tant professor of physics, was r cently elected a fellow of t American Physics Society, it a case of a home town boy mak good. Chicago-born, he attend Central YMCA College. Upon r cciving his bachelor of science grce there, he came to 111‘ in 1 as an instructor in physics, men while doing graduate work. ' received his Phi). in 1948. , Although. he is not too we] known among lower termerc,‘ to the subjects he teaches, his re utation with upperclassmen is o of the best. He is well known Bio his thorough preparation of 1" ‘9: Mhlhlhh Dr. Moister has two major 11} occupations besides 'his teaching sfamily and a mysterious some thing known as “Vibratibnal Spec tra. " It was his work in the latter incidentally, which was responsibl for his election into the aforemen‘ tioned American Physics Society. According to Dr. Thompson , chairman of the physics depart- ment, the society is the principal organization of physicists in tli country, and membership therein is considered quite an honor. Dr. Meister’s work in “Vibra-g tional Spectra” is purely theoreti—v cal, and consists of a study of molecules under certain conditions. Complicated as it may be, though, you will find Dr. Meister ready to discuss it at the drop of a hat. But» heed this warning: Unless you are a senior, majoring in physics, it will be as Greek to you as the A limited number of extra bids will be put on sale Monday for the Senior Farewell at Tam O’Shanter Country club. A sellout of The committee, beleagured by disappointed ticket»seekers, en- Phoenician alphabet. the wee hours. Seniors eligible fer refund must. return their receipt with a request for refund to “Social Committee. June 1950 class,” via campus mail, by Wednesday, the social commita tee announced today. Requests re. ceivcd after Wednesday cannot be honored, they said. Beginning March 6, final. pay» mom will be accepted at the NU ticket booth. Ali payments must be made by April 15.