[The Stute] November 2, 1938 (Issue 5, Volume XXXV)

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.....FROSH WELCOME DANCE

Smoking Rules To Be Enforced By Furman

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e Gear and Triangle, and Temple will furnish the received at the T. U. 0. t year. Eleanor Daly is

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Lately smoking in the college buildings has become more o r less an every-day habit of the students. The only permissible places for smoking in the college buildings are: the dormitories, The Castle and the Recitation Hall Lunch Room and whereever else specifically permitted. The regulations concerning smoking are made in accordance with the fire insurance companies’ r u 1e s. Dean Furman is desirous of having the cooperation of the students in respecting these regulations a n d if things do not work out properly steps will be taken to curb violators.

Forum Addressed By Radio Speakel America’s Part In Europear Affairs Discussed By WOR Commentator -

On Tuesday, November lst, thc Kaldheim-Stevens Forum heard a1 iddress by Quincy Howe, new! :ommentator of Station WOR 01 ,he question, “Where Should h e r ca Stand?” Mr. Howe expressec lis views on America’s position ii ,he present European situation an( m the proper attitude for Americz n any future crisis of Europeax ?olitics. Quincy Howe received his edu :ation at Harvard University, afte which he studied at Oxford. HI served for several gears on the staf If the “Atlantic Monthly Maga tine,” writing articles on curren oolitical affairs. He has also bee] % frequent contributor to the “Scho ,astic Monthly Magazine’’ and fron 1929 to 1935, he served as Edito ,f “The Living Age,” another mag azine dealing with current affair 3f nation-wide interest. Mr. Howe’s series of articles 01 the arms and munitions industr and his two books-“World Diary 1929-1936” and “England Expect Every American To Do His Duty, have won for him a reputation a a competent interpreter of publi affairs. His experiences as a writ Rapidly er, coupled with his debates ani radio talks have familiarized hir (Continued on Page Four)

nk Sets Deadline For Junior - Photos

Board Progressing

Glee Club To Sing On December -- Tent1 Paying Engagements Sough By The Officers -

The Glee Club has made arrange ments for a concert to be held i Rutherford, N. 3. on Saturday, De cember 10. Dr. Schlorff the direct0 of the Stevens Glee Club, is also th director of the Rutherford Chon Society. The two groups will con tribute their talents in the shoi which is being sponsored by th included in The Link, this being Rutherford Choral Society to rais the fiftieth anniversary edition. funds for the medical care of t u bercular children, Plans have been made to provid the Stevens. men with young ladie for the dance which follows th &on, ’39, Injured On concert. The details of the prograr Trip, Reported Improved have not been decided on as ye but it is expected that the Gle Club will sing some of the ne. songs they have been practicin this year and a few of last year’ favorites such as “Eight Bells, “The Winter . Song,” and “Lil Thine Eyes.” Dr. Schlorff is er deavoring to work out a -sohg s tliat-the groups may sing togethe in the finale.

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German-American 258 Students Are PlanIs Dropped Now Enrdedl h Exchange Scholarship Usec Graduate School By Only Five Stevens

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Electronics, Economics And Air Conditioning Are The German-American Exchangc Popular Courses Scholarship which was instituted in Men Since 1929

Cause -Stevens Disorde Jacobus Squash Courts Serve As Air Raid Shelte Proposed Counter-Attack Abandoned as News Of Mass Annihilation is Received

Rapid mobilization of Stevens man power was effected Sunday 1929 was suspended last winter. Mr. Creese notified the Institute of In- The Committee on Graduate In- night as a radio alarm described an air raid by natives of Mars was ternational Education to this effecl struction has released more detail- dispatched. Strategic points about the campus were occupied in a because it was felt that exchange ed information concerning gradu- hasty attempt to defend the strategic heights overlooking the Hudson. was not proceeding equally on both ate enrollment at Stevens for the Radical changes in weapon design and in fortification construction were sides. Since 1929, eleven German reported by military observers. students have taken courses at Ste- first semester, 1938-39. Bombproof, gas tight squash courts were converted into air raid There are 268 students enrolled. vens while only five Stevens mexi have gone to Germany. In view of Eighty-eight per cent of the stu- shelters by a section of the defending forces, as the class of ’42 was the fact that, since 1934,no Stevens dents are entirely evening students called to the colors. Recruits were reported to be carrying as side arms man has become a candidate for the and ninety-six per cent of the high carbon steel, wood hilted, well sharpened, ice picks. Subsequent investigation has disclosed that the squash courts had ventilators which scholarship, it has been discorltincourses are taken in the evening. ued. would probably impair their efficiency as gas shelters. This exchange was initiated in Most Popular Courses A mechanized expeditionary force was fitted out with Trenton as 1929 through the interest of Prince Of the thirteen courses offered, its objective, but the operation was countermanded when the radio Henry XXXIII of Reuss, the hus- the most popular are: Vacuum Tube communique reported the annihilation of a large body of troops. The band of Princess Henry of Reuss Electronics I taught by Mr. Llewelwho endowed the Department of lyn with an enrollment of 47; Air personnel of the automobile expedition boasted that their headquarters Electrical Engineering as a memor- Conditioning by Professor Yellot, were in the saddle. It was later pointed out that their headquarters ial to Anson Wood Burchard. One enrollment 40; and Engineering Ec- where the hindquarters should have been. The radio reports warned the nation that gas bombs were being scholarship covering tuition, room, onomics by Prof. Barnwell, enrollused by the invaders from space. Although this account was later and board was awarded annually to ment 39. a German student nominated by the hategorically denied in the press, it [nstitute of International Educa- Eighty-five of the enrolled stuis now apparent that Sunday’s atients received their first degrees tion for undergraduate study at tack consisted essentially of heated Erom Stevens; thirty-five are from Chess Club Stevens Institute of Technology. In gases. -Meeting =change, a student nominated by Newark College of Engineering; Design of Raider and eleven from Cooper Union. There will be a meeting of the College was awarded a scholarLittle is known of the detailed rhere are fifteen students without the Chess Club at 12:OO noon ship providing tuition, room, and construction of the space ship. The today on the top floor of the Doard for graduate study of engi- college degrees. two men in this country who can Enrollment Widespread neering in Germany. Library Building. All those qualify as experts on this type of ship design could not be drawn interested in becoming memA study of the distribution of from their drafting boards. They graduate enrollment by year of rebers are urged to attend. were engaged in the production of ceiving the first degree reveals that I “Buck Rogers” cartoons. Says It is supthe vast majority of students re- I posed, however, among authorities ceived their degrees after 1933. Prominent Professor Proves One student took his degree as f a r on the application of power, that the ship was equipped with a planeParadoxical Point back as 1913. tary transmission and a Marshall 249 3f the 258 students are Lansing, Mich. - (ACPj - QUIZ- 2mployed. Twenty - nine are in gear. ninded college professors and pro- the tea,,!ii~~cand research staff Club To Inspect Rutherford The reception accorded the radio ponents of frequent tests to jolt x are full time qudents st SteObservatory Soon bulletin demonstrated the capacity laggard students were themselves vens. Fulirteen are employed by of the average citizen for the abgiven a jolt recently by Michigan the Bell Telephone Laboratories; Prof. G. G. Freygang will ad- sorption of propaganda. It is a State College’s Dr. Victor H. Noll. twelve by Westinghouse companies, dress the Astronomy Club today matter of record, however, that at In reporting the results of his and ten by the Western Electric on Celestial Mechanics. The title least one Stevens undergraduate of researches on the effectiveness of Company. of this ta!k will be “Why An Or- discerning mind detected incongruiquizzes, Dr. No11 has revealed that: ties in the Sunday broadcast. When bit.” T*:s will include an clemen- the snnouncer described a colossus “There is no evidence to support tary discusswi. 3f the effect of LLC. hwmding- the Pulaski skycvay, this the common belief among instructors that written tests as common13 Inverse Square Law on moving pel. !y imprc,’ regarded Ible. the report as high- . used motivate .learning or increase masses. The law was first prototal achievement in college classes. The Social Committee of the L I d - t s Flickcsr “The results of the study indi- Castle Ciub has prepared an in- pounded in 1609 by Johann Kepler Z’arly Sunday et-!-njnp. students cate unequivocally that students in formal program of entertainment on the basis of observed facts of eating dinner in the CasLlt ~iberved L class where no quizzes of a n y planetary motion. All interested that the lights were flickeiti%g.This sort were used, other than a mid- for the party which is to be given are-invited to attend the meeting phenomenom was not con’ined to a t the Castle on Monday, November term and a final examination show 7, at 9:00 P. M. Although arranged of the Club in room R108 at 12:OO this area, but was ob>er,.rd over a consistently, though not substanlarge part of New Jersey. Orson tialIy, higher average achievemenl for the Castle Club, the affair is to M. today. Welles has not yet been accused be open to the student body in genThe members of the club will in- of adding dramatic effect to his than is shown by students in classes eral. where occasional written quizzes spect the Rutherford Observatory presentation by the use of lighting The program will include some of were given.” of Columb‘la University on Tuesday effects. Searching for a reason for his the finest music that can be ren- or Wednesday evening of this week, Astrological authorities point out dered by the artistically inclined startling results, Dr. No11 said: “It an amazing confluence of planets. depending on the weather. may be that when students have residents. A number of solos, duets The men from Mars seem to have occasional quizzes they feel more and a jam session open to any stu- At last week’s meeting Gunther originated in Mercury. Nurnberger, ’41, spoke on the “Fordent will be features of the prosecure and therefore take the longei mation of Stars.” Robert Arnoldi gram. examination less seriously.” TO ’41 gave a brief description of methods used by the- amateur telescope maker in the grinding and Mi.. C. A. Norris, an engineer testing of a lens. with the Bakelite Corporation of New York will present a talk entitled “Plastics and the Part They The settings for the Fall Show and black hangings. Time does not of the Dramatic Society which will permit duplication of Egyptian be presented in the Stevens Theatre furniture in detail but research has Prof. W. V. Bingham presented on December 17, are in the process made it possible to plan a setting in of construction. “Bo2 and COX,” simplified representation of the au- a paper, “A National Perspective on Bakelite was the first plastic ever Testing and Guidance” at the Hotel discovered. This occurred about the first of four one-act plays com- thentic Egyptian style. Roosevelt last Saturday. The oc- twenty-eight years ago, and the prising the show will have a three “Salmagundy,” an underwater casion was the seventh annual con- discovery was made by Dr. Bakequarter stage box set. When completely constructed and comedy shows a wrecked ship large- ference under the joint auspices of land, for whom it is named. painted, this set will show an in- ly submerged in the ocean bed. A the Educational Records Bureau, The manufacture of plastics is terior of a nineteenth century Euro- practical deck cabin in three di- the Cooperative Test Service, the extremely critical since it involves pean rooming house. The flat rep- mensions presents a unique prob- Committee on Measurement and carefully controlled processes in resented is occupied by two men, lem in design. A scrim, or fisk net Guidance of the American Council- which temperature and pressure a hatter and a night working print- hanging will cover all the action of Education, and the Commission play an important part. Today er, who are both ignorant of the and other netting strung with col- on The Relation of School and Col- plastics are used for a wide variety other’s occupancy until the play ored cellophane ribbon renders the lege of The Progressive Education of products, ranging from the mannecessary underwater illusion. Association. He said that the ufacture of children’s toys to the brings them together. The “Ballet Mechaniquc” will John Gray, ’40, has prepared sev- overall duty of testing “is to act in study of mineralogy; from househave no constructed scenery. All eral puppets which play conspicu- her capacity as hand-maiden to hold utensils, to airplane construceffects will be achigved with lights, ous roles in the action of the show. guidance; in other words, to help tion. An octopus, a fish, and an animated the individual student to know him- Mr. Norris’ talk will be illustratsound and hanging background. “Makers of Laws,” a play with an human leg will swim and walk Egyptian locale, will be done simp- about the stage, engaging players ly with furniture, a throne backing and scenery. ~~

Fewer Quizzes Are Better, - Prof

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Astronomy Group ‘FQ Hear Prof. Freygang

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Castle Club Plans Program For Party

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QramaticSociety Fall Show Sets Now Under Construction Dr. Bingham Reads

~ rc.A. . Nolrris Speak On Plastics

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Paper On Guidance

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