A' SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1951 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE ELEVEN HARVARD LEADS WAY: Fearful 'U' Men Close Still * * * * * * Engineering Honorary Plans In itia ion By HARRY LUNN Brewing your own Christmas punch ingredients can run into complications, several University men found recently when they set up a home still. With the advice of a friend who had made his own whiskey during the twenties, they succeeded in building the necessary apparatus. * ..* "EVERYONE had a different recipe for the ideal brew," one of the fellows reported, "but we ex- perimented for a while and finally arrived at 'formula Z'. However, he woudn't reveal the exact ingredients of the formula. "It's so rare we wouldn't part with it for a fifth of scotch, but I can tell you that formula Z is free of rubbing alcohol." }. After this preliminary work, all the ambitious distillers had to do was run off a few batches of the joy juice, and their Christmas entertainment prob- lems would have been over. At this point, a sinister threat to their business appeared when they read about a group of Har- vard men who had tried a simi- lar project. At Harvard stills had been run- ning since early spring, but the college newspaper investigated the A maze-like cloth contraption behind the West Engineering Building will probably puzzle pass- ing student bound for church or the library today. The 15 foot long project, which looks like a testing maze used by psychologists, is actually the "bent" of Tau Beta Pi, senior hon- orary fraternity of the engineering college, * * * "THE "BENT" was constructed early this morning behind West Engineering Building next to the diagonal by pledges of Tau Beta Pi as part of their initiation cere- monies. "Bent" is the name of the fraternity's key. The construction session began at about 1 p.m. yesterday when the 65 pledges gathered to collect data, starting with questions like "What was the attendance at the famous Dempsey-Tunney fight?" This data evolved through a series of mathematical pro- cesses Into the surveying factors for the bent's location. Civil en- gineering pledges held a noc- turnal surveying session, locat- ing the key's center within a quarter of an inch. Beginning at about midnight, the pledges staked out the new bent and fitted on the continuous cloth outline. It will remain near the Engine Arch until Tuesday, when the pledges are formally ini- tiated. AN ADVANCE prediction by Tau Bete cataloguer John Lauer, Grad., was for "miserable weather" to handicap the pledges in their task. According to Lauer, "It always manages to rain or snow at bent sessions." However, he claimed that Tau Bete pledges were a hardy lot, and always succeeded in finishing their bent. "One year they got the bent erected in eight inches of snow." The initiation week will be cli- maxed Tuesday with a formal ceremony in the afternoon and a dinner Tuesday night at which Dean Ralph Sawyer of the grad- uate school will speak. For the past two weeks Tau Beta Pi pledges have been scouring the campus, collecting the autographs of 40 of the present 52 active mem- bers. Each active receives a stick of chewing gum in exchange for his autograph. TAUJ BETA PI members are chosen each semester from junio and senior engineers outstanding in scholarship and character. Ju- nior initiates must be in the upper eighth of their class, seniors in the upper fifth. In addition, they must write a 1,000 word essay on an assigned non-technical topic. The Michigan Gamma chap- ter was founded at the Univer- sity in 1906 and has been active on campus since that time. Tau Beta Pi is the engineering Ver- sion of Phi Beta Kappa, al- though Lauer claimed that the Tau Betes are more active as a group. Every year the 90 American HOME BREW-This is how the still looked before "U" liquor experts heard about the fate of several distillers at Harvard who had a bout with federal officers. * * * * * * situation this fall and published an expose that sent federal offi- cers scurrying from Washington to break up the liquor ring., "Here we were," one said, "all Safety Council Sees Millionth Traffic Fatality in December set to make the liquor. How- ever, we held a hasty council and decided that a dry Christ- mas would be better than getting expelled from Michigan." Others in the group refused to be daunted. "We had to break up the still, but a dry Christmas is out of the question. We'll just have to go back to our old Christmas punch formula: take a fifth of whiskey and a botte of soda water, pour a small amount of soda water %''o the bottom of a tall glass, and fill with whiskey." chapters meet for a convention. of the Pennsylvania chapter and chapter affairs scheduled. They i For the past ten conventions, a former chapter president, is still were responsible for conducting Prof. A. D. Moore of the engineer- active in local chapter affairs. He the first faculty evaluation poll in ing college has been elected con- will be toastmaster at Tuesday's the engineering college three years vention president. "We just sort initiation banquet. ago. of railroaded him through this * * * The following year the poll was year," Lauer said. THE LOCAL Tau Betes always taken up by other colleges of the Prof. Moore, who was founder, manage to keep a full slate of University. A3 -3 51 3 3 SING A SONG OF CHRISTMAS WITH A GIFT THAT BEARS THE "MARI LYN" LABEL, . . - * A Good Wool Coat * A New Bright Dress * A Smart New Suit * A Dazzling New Formal OUR SPORTSWEAR ROOM IS COMPLETE 3 WITH BEAUTIFUL TH I NGS 0 Holiday Skirts and Blouses * Sweaters in Cashmere, Wool & Nylon * Raincoats, Umbrellas & Caps to match M Suede Jackets in lovely colors ! 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