f^r AMEPICii ~T V;/-R Our America is at v*ar. he are at r by the overwhelming decision ox Con •ess after the. deadly, cowardly, pre idi-tated,. unorovokeb attack of a wanton .greasor on our Pacific outposts. Ve X'q locked in full-scale combat with the 11-minded leaders of Germany, Italy, id Japan in a war whose combatants ai~ >r.dy number thirty-six of the nations of i€ globe; u war that will decide' the ito of all free nations. V/e have become galvanised overnight to unity•by that rain of.bombs that ill on fellow Americans in the Pacixic. at a triuwrh of democracy, that unityl ■are further fortified by the know dge that our defense efforts are 'far Ivanced, that ve have a navy second to me, and that our army is rapidly grow ig in strength and. efficiency, out iis is no time for blind optimism or _ck of x ealisa. i, long far is ahead • us, and whipping Japan is only the •ginning. V® must meet and b-'at total arianism wherever it appears. To be in a state of war is u no for most of ut. The last war ,s somewhat ahead of our time-. •r, though, hov wo, individually, might :st aid. our country in. this supreme t. Only the other day Mr. Horp-ol set •is question before us in a striking inner. Hs advised that we, each of us, lould think seriously about it since }' must answer it ourselves. A].though. 3 is quite affirmative in his belief iat,' for most of us, college training LIL result in the greatest long-range sn tr ibution toward the national of fort, acknowledged the fact that some of may decide we can .contribute more , rom within the ranks of industry’ or thu j 'igating forces during the current, tiau- j •ency. Such words from an educator of : [r. Herpel ’ s c&iibr : , .-who, one might ! .hi.ik, would favor the quest for know-. : ,fid;.e above all, ts us to thinking | .nd to brooding nor-: and more about about; jur status as individuals and the out- i i-rienct: Om Center frrteroity, the Phi D'-itci Phi, rec-rrtly celebrated its fir it nnhivorec.ry. On this occasion officers vert; elected und nor members The following offi- ?re ini tic. ted. cere were Big—Gnok'.y McNeils tHr. Bunn^rup —Ario Brennui ••■h » Scribbler —T"-d Alex Br. Mic-’-r —Dr. Mcllv&im Although the officers a?-?-, veil satisfied i.ith the number of now’ mem- ber s, they feel that there would h-.v been more of them is laws an cl rogu— lotions of the f'jaternity woreund"-r stood by the Irishmen, The most general c;u~s tior. raised \/a.s, "How much '/'ill it cost The officers assur’d us that thsrs whatsooner and that the only cost is a portion of the total cost of no due? each social function. In other words, the members "chip in". All regular meetings arc held on Friday evenings at the y.M.C.A ~ while special- meetings uiv held an the Center during lunch hour. All mon enrolled ct H.U.C. are eligible at t.riy time for consideration to become members of the fraternity. The officers suggest, therefore, that interested should give his name the Phi Delta Phi. e won- anyone to any menu: of the chan lab was effected the other flay vrhon four- fluorescent fixtures were installed. The lamps are of the latest 'industrial type and have been placed in such a. wanner as to obtain the maximum en lighting on the working surface?. Each of' the fixtures uses two 40-watt daylight lamps. The ballast equipment gives a power factor better than 90/? and the entire working surface is iliu- jmins. ted with 15 to 20 foot candles of DELTA '■ Loot'd: NEF LIGKTL IN CHEM LAB an improvement in the utility V ‘ r
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