Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Vol. 28, No. 04 1950

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"My only regret is that I didn't investigate these opportunities earlier" it takes a while to get your bearings.

In my case, for instance, I worked six months in a bank, a year with a casualty insurance company, and after four years in the Navy I put in 12 months working in an office with my father. I was dissatisfied with my career, and convinced that I was not cut out for office work.

About this time a friend of mine began talking to me about his long experience in the life insurance business. He was getting out of life, and out of his work, exactly what I was looking for. So I decided to make a four-month study of his business.

This convinced me that life insurance offered the kind of life and earnings I wanted, and that my friend's company, the New England Mutual, was ideal. Its policies are unusually liberal, and it has back of it the prestige of being the first mutual life insurance company chartered in America.

I signed up. I took the company's thorough training course. And now — my time is my own, which means I'm working harder than ever before, but it doesn't seem that way because I'm getting so much satisfaction out of my work. I have time to contribute to my home town through civic work, and there is still time left for golf and tennis. And my earnings, which are in direct proportion to the effort I put in, are considerably higher than when I worked for someone else.

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I have only one regret, and it is that I did not investigate earlier the opportunities offered by the life insurance profession.

<33^J4^\ Recent graduates of our Home Office training course, although new to the life insurance business, earn average first-year commissions of $3600—which, with renewal commissions added, brings the total yearly income average to $5700. From here, incomes rise in direct proportion to each individual's ability and industry.

If you'd like information about a career that gives you a business of your own, with no slow climb up a seniority ladder and no ceiling on earnings, write Mr. H. C. Chaney, Director of Agencies, 501 Boylston Street, Boston 17, Mass.

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They can give you expert counsel on "Living Insurance"—a uniquely liberal and flexible life insurance program tailored to fit your family's needs.

On Competition Hatch a good idea and you hatch competitors.

It works this wayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to take General Electric as an example: In 1934, the automatic blanket was initially developed by General Electric. Today there are twelve other companies making electric blankets in competition with G. E. In 1935, General Electric first demonstrated fluorescent lamps to a group of Navy officers. In 1938, the first fluorescent lamps were offered for sale. Today they are being manufactured by a number of companies.

In 1926, a practical household refrigerator with a hermetically sealed unit was put on the market by General Electric. Today 34 companies are manufacturing household refrigerators with hermetically sealed mechanisms.

Research and engineering snowplow the way, not only for new public conveniences, but also for new companies, new jobs.

T h e r e are 20% more businesses today than there were immediately after the war.

Industry furnishes over 10,000,000 more jobs than ten years ago.

T h e first turbine-electric drive for ships was proposed and designed by G-E engineers. Today four companies in this country build this type of ship-propulsion equipment.

T h e average family owns more and better products of industry than ten years ago.

After several years of laboratory development, General Electric began production and sale of the Disposall kitchen-waste unit in 1935. Today fourteen other companies are in this field.

Any American company that plows back money into research and engineering development makes new business not only for itself, but for others.

T h e first practical x-ray tube, developed at General Electric years ago, is now a highly competitive business for seven manufacturers.

T h e economy that does most to foster competition is the one that makes easiest the establishment and growth of business.

You can put your confidence in-

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New Building for School of Architecture Founders of Engineering Day Commemorated Thankful for What We Are About to Receive President of Harvard Visits Ga. Tech Rob't T. "Bob" Jones, Jr., Recipient of A. P. Accolade Annual Nominations for National Alumni Officers Deaths of Distinguished Alumni Club Meetings — Prominent Mentions — Sports NATIONAL

ALUMNI

ASSOCIATION

BOARD O F TRUSTEES

Oscar G. Davis, '22, President • Price Gilbert, Jr., '21, Vice-President • Wm. Stewart Boyle, '28, Vice-President • Chas. R. Yates, '35, Treasurer • R. J. Thiesen, '10, Exec. Secretary • W. R. Beard, '40, Mgr. Alumni Activities Frank W. Allcorn III, '41 • Roddey Garrison, '23 • Ivan Allen, Jr., '33 • Henry W. Grady, '18 • Chas. M. Brown, '25 • Robt. H. Tharpe, '34 • Jack F. Glenn, '32 GEORGIA

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FOUNDATION, INC.

OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES

Geo. W. McCarty, '08, President • F. E. Callaway, Jr., '26, Vice-President • Thos.

Fuller, '06, Vice-President • W. A. Parker, '19, Secretary-Treasurer • Howard Ector, '40, Exec. Secretary C. L. Emerson, '08 • Walter M. Mitchell, '23 • Clem A. Evans, '22 • Wm. T. Rich, '10 • Julian T. Hightower, '19 • R. B. Wilby, '08 • Geo. T. Marchmont, '07 • F. H. Neely, '04 • F. M. Spratlin, '06 • C. P. Rather, '23 • J. E. Davenport, '08 • John A. Simmons, '15 • Y. F. Freeman, '10 • A. D. Kennedy, '03 • Geo. S. Jones, Jr., '12 • G. W. Woodruff, '17 GEORGIA

TECH

ATHLETIC ALUMNI

ASSOCIATION

At the March 1, 1950, meeting of t h e Board of Regents, the construction of a modern, new architectural building for Georgia Tech was approved. The newly established University Building Authority will raise t h e necessary construction funds by issuing revenue certificates.

The University System Building Authority was created in 1949 by t h e General Assembly to construct buildings needed by the various units of the University System and to lease the structures to the schools.

The board allocated $1,014,000 for the new Ga. Tech architecture building. The financing plan as drawn up by t h e board calls for t h e retirement of the revenue certificates in thirty years, at which time t h e building will become the property of Ga. Tech. The board also approved nine buildings at other schools. The total estimated cost for the ten buildings is $4,583,974.

Urgent Need Mr. L. R. Siebert, Executive Secretary of the Board of Regents, stated, "We considered the Architecture Building at Tech as an acute necessity. We only wish w e had money for t h e other buildings you need."

Location and Dimensions

MEMBERS

Robt. B. Wilby • L. W. Robert, Jr. • J. J. Westbrook ALUMNI STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL BY DISTRICTS 1 E. Geo. Butler, Savannah 2 R. A. Puckett, Tifton 3 W. C. Pease, Columbus 6 Jas. T. Kinnett, Macon 7 R. A. Morgan, Rome 8 I. M. Aiken. Brunswick 9 W. H. Slack, Gainesville 10 Wm. D. Eve, Augusta STAFF R. J. THIESEN, Editor

Building for School of Architecture Authorized

ROANE BEARD,

Assistant

H. M. CHAMBLESS, Staff Associate Editor & Business Manager Office of Publication: 208 Knowles Building Georgia Institute of Technology • Atlanta, Georgia ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER MARCH 22, 1923 at the Post Office in Atlanta, Ga., under the Act of March 8, 1879.

SCHEDULE OF ENGINEERS' WEEK ACTIVITIES Wednesday, 26 April to Sunday, 30 April Date Place Event Time 25th YMCA Stunt Night 8:00 P.M. Honors' Day Exercises 10:00 A.M. 26th Gymnasium Open Hall of Engineering 12:00 A.M. 26th Field House Luncheon for Officials 12:30 P.M. 26th O.D.K. Hall Judging of Exhibits 2:00 P.M. 26th Field House Close Hall of Engineering 9:30 P.M. 26th Field House Open Hall of Engineering 9:00 A.M. 27th Field House Close Hall of Engineering 9:30 P.M. 27th Field House Open Hall of Engineering 9:00 A.M. 28th Field House Close Hall of Engineering 6:00 P.M. 28th Field House T-Day Football Game 8:00 P.M. 28th Grant Field Open Hall of Engineering 9:00 A.M. 29th Field House Glee Club Concert 2:30 P.M. 29th Gymnasium Close Hall of Engineering 5:00 P.M. 29th Field House Engineers' Ball 8:00 P.M. 29th Gymnasium Onen Hall of Engineering 2:30 P.M. 30th Field House Close Hall of Engineering 6:00 P.M. 30th Field House P.S. The Field House is located where Ponce de Leon dead ends at the new super-highway, east of the campus.

Facing Campus Drive, the new building will straddle Cherry Street, which will be closed at that point. There will be two large wings, both perpendicular to Cherry Street, which will be connected by a colonnaded veranda. The wing closer to Campus Drive will have an overall dimension at its greatest width of one hundred thirty-eight feet.

Maximum depth of that wing will be fifty feet.

The veranda connecting t h e two wings will measure ninety-four feet by thirty-five feet. Overall width of the second wing will be two hundred and nine feet with a maximum depth of fifty-four feet.

New Library Vital Necessity There is a most urgent need, also, for an adequate, modern, fire-proof library at Georgia Tech; not to mention other important building requirements.

Library plans are being drawn and will be completed, it is hoped, by or before the end of summer; and it has been reliably stated that t h e library building will be the next structure that will be authorized by the Board of Regents, under t h e University System Buildin'g Authority.

THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS

Founders of Engineers' Day Commemorated Address Delivered at Unveiling of Plaque Commemorating Edmund Kneisel and Joseph Stubbins

By HUGH STUBBINS "It is indeed a great privilege and honor for me to stand here today to help you pay tribute to two of our number who lived and fought for God, our Country, and our way of life.

In founding 'Engineering Day' on the campus at Georgia Tech, Edmund Kneisel and Joseph Stubbins have done great service to their Alma Mater, to us, and to the citizens of our community. This day was inaugurated to awaken the interest of people not readily aware of the newest developments and advances in engineering. It has now become an annual institution here and I understand that in unison with other technical colleges a movement is on foot to make it a national occasion. May it be a help to the lay public in keeping abreast of the unfolding frontiers of human knowledge in Science and Engineering.

Perhaps it doesn't hurt to remind ourselves again that the advances in basic science and its application in technical fields, that have been made in the first half of our century, were hardly dreamed of a mere 100 years ago.

Truly we live in the age of Science and its effect upon our way of life has been profound.

At the beginning of this century a new world, full as much of hazard as of promise, was coming into being. When the century was young the United States went through an unprecedented period of technical development and industrial expansion. The internal combustion engine, the radio-telephone, and the airplane, the high speed elevator and the tungsten lamp were among the early inventions that launched us into an era of mechanization. Engineers harnessed Niagara Falls, awesome wonder of earlier generations, as a source of hydroelectric power and America was on its way toward creating the highest standard of material living of any people thus far inhabiting the earth.

But being an architect and feeling somewhat diffident to discuss engineering and scientific development before such authorities in these fields, I should like to mention very briefly the deep effects they have had on the architecture of our time. Engineering has, in fact, helped to bring us back to basic and fundamental concepts of that exacting and universal art. It would be hard to name a single engineering method or achievement that doesn't in some was affect our physical environment or that does not in some way influence our thought and methods of building.

March-April, 1950

Hugh Stubbins, Jr., Arch. '33, M.S.Arch. Harvard, '35; Prof. Harvard Graduate School of Design, shown making address before Tau Beta Pi plaque commemorating his younger brother Joseph Stubbins and Edmund Kneisel.

Imagine what technological advances in structural systems and materials have made possible! What changes they have made in our physical environment! Great rivers can be spanned with delicate threads of steel and large spaces can be enclosed with uninterrupted spans of thin concrete.

Man is inquisitive and in his search for the WHY of things he has shown an aptitude to solve the mechanical and material problems of life. His aptitude in approaching the moral issues have unfortunately not developed at the same rate. It is to be regretted that our life moves faster and faster, that our civilization is so complex that it leaves little time for relaxation, for contemplation into the meaning of life and for spiritual development. Let us not forget that technique is not an end in itself, but should be, rather, a means toward the fulfillment of a better, more balanced life, a means toward making the world a better place in which to live.

We in America have gone far in many fields and we have been through two great wars in order to preserve the way of life that we have developed in a system of democracy and free enterprise. As we look ahead into the next half century we face another new era, which seems also to be as full of hazard as of promise. Vannevar Bush, in his recent book, has said: "The future will be influenced by the ways in which science affects the material things of man's existence; it will also be determined by the way in which his interpretation, or misinterpretation, of the

t e a c h i n g s of s c i e n c e a f f e c t s h i s philosophy of life by its effect on the choice before him. M a n k i n d has come to a fork in the road and two courses lie ahead â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on the one side are those who see life only a harsh struggle, whose fatalism now rests on the materialistic fallacy that science teaches us all there is to know or feel.

On the other side are those who have faith that life has meaning, who would follow science where it applies but reach beyond in aspiration."

Science builds instruments ever more intricate and powerful to delve into the inner recesses of matter, and to search beyond the edges of space. It speculates on cause and effect and the probability of chance even in the interrelation of physical things. But when it comes to why forces exist, to the definition of consciousness, to such things as free will and choice of action, it pauses. Nor does it deal with faith.

Such things are beyond the realms of science.

Let this memorial remind us to aspire, in our search, for truth in all things.

Let it remind us to reach beyond the immediate task at hand and to keep our country in the vanguard of Christian civilization.

It is with a great deal of humility that I now reveal this memorial plaque to Edmund B. Kneisel and to Joseph B. Stubbins who founded 'Engineering Day' on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1940 and who later gave their lives in defense of their country in World War II."

Annual Nominations for National Officers A nominating committee composed of three prominent alumni, who are neither officers nor on the Board of Trustees of the Alumni Association, was appointed on March 1 to nominate four active alumni for officers of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association for the 1950-51 year, beginning September 1, 1950.

This procedure is in accordance with Article Five of the By-laws of the Association, as adopted at the annual general business meeting of the alumni on September 26, 1947, in Atlanta.

The nominating committee was composed of the following alumni: Messrs.

Charles F. Stone, Chmn. of the Board, Atlantic Steel Co.; M. A. Ferst, President of M. A. Ferst, Ltd., and George Winship, President Fulton Supply Co. In keeping with precedent, they unanimously nominated the current officers for a second and concluding term, excepting only the present Vice-President at Large, Wm. Stewart Boyle of Houston, Texas, who advised that he was not in position to accept the renomination.

The committee then nominated Mr. Frank B. Williams, another active, prominent and influential alumnus, for the office of Vice-President at Large; making the list of 1950-51 nominations as follows: For President: Oscar G. Davis, '22.

For Vice-President: Price Gilbert, Jr., '21.

For Vice-President at Large: Frank B. Williams, '20.

For Treasurer: Charles R. Yates, '35.

As stated, the current officers were renominated for their second and concluding term, with the exception of the Vice-President at Large and Treasurer, respectively.

All of you are quite familiar by now, with the biographies, in brief, of your present officers. However, to bring any one or all concerned up-to-date, it's a pleasure to repeat the information on the renominated officers and to publish an outline of the activities of the new nominee, as follows: For President: Oscar G. Davis, B.S. in M.E., 1922. Investments and personal business activities, Atlanta, Ga. Former vice-president of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Boston, Mass.; also previously connected with the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta. Subsequently was

Vice-President of the Fulton National Bank of Atlanta; Chairman of the Alumni Association committee on the proposed Georgia Tech Student Activity-War M e m o r i a l Building and member of the Board of Trustees of the National Alumni Association. When at Tech, he was a campus leader and also a star guard on Georgia Tech's nationally famous "Golden Tornado," during the years of 1920, '21, '22 and '23.

For Vice-President: Price Gilbert, Jr., B.S. in M.E., 1921. Advertising and Public Relations Executive, Atlanta. A leader in Georgia Tech and business affairs; and, also in campus activities during his undergraduate years. Manager baseball team, '21; Koseme, PanHellenic Council, and so forth. A present member of the Board of Trustees of the Ga. Tech National Alumni Association.

For Vice-President at Large: Frank B. Williams, 1920, Textile Engr. General Agent of Lanett (Ala.) Mills Division, West Point Manufacturing Co., West Point, Georgia. President Educational Textile Foundation and presided when the ground breaking ceremonies took place for the Wm. Harrison Hightower Textile Building at Georgia Tech. Outstanding and active Tech alumnus, prominent civic leader in city, state, and national affiairs. Son, Frank B. Williams, Jr., graduated as a Bachelor of Textile Engineering, June, 1949.

For Treasurer: Charles R. Yates, Gen. Sci., 1935. Southeastern representative, Joshua L. Baily & Co., Atlanta, Ga. Present, exceptionally competent and cooperative treasurer and member of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association.

Campus leader and honor student, during his college years. A leading citizen in civic, Georgia Tech, church and business activities, Distinguished in college, state, national and international golf.

Active members of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association who desire to send in further nominations on the foregoing, or on other active alumni members, should mail their nominations to the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, Knowles Building, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Ga., by April 30, 1950.

Ballot blanks on all nominees, which will include space for inserting names for respective class secretaries, will be carried in the coming May-June issue of this publication.

B,BB A L U M N I

'NFLUENCE

In the January 19, 1950, issue of the "American Wool and Cotton Reporter," an interesting two-page article was published on the "Bibb Alumni Influence" which, it may be added, was and is a definite factor in the lives and experiences of a large number of Georgia Tech alumni.

Among other important facts, concerning the Bibb Manufacturing Company, which started in 1887 at Macon, Ga., the article stated: "It was Bibb's taking over the Porter Mills, it was Bibb's big operation in the Columbus area â&#x20AC;&#x201D; good operation, good labor leadership, good m a c h i n e r y , which really showed the other mills in the area how to do it. Following a succession of very able managements, Colonel W. D. Anderson, now chairman of the Bibb, has been the active driving force for many years; he is the fellow who has not only made Bibb great and a big money earner, but who has selected and trained and brought up the young men who have influenced and been responsible for successful operations in a great many other Southern mills.

One of the biggest Bibb Alumni Associations at the present time is in Danville, Va., headed by Russell B. Newton, president of the Dan River Mills, and the accomplishments of Mr. Newton and his associates at Dan River during the past eight years have been remarkable."

Russell B. Newton, 1920, Ga. Tech, succeeded Mr. George Harris, Ga. Tech, 1900, as president of the Dan River Mills, Danville, Va., just recently; and Mr. Harris became Chairman of the Board, which position he held until his death last month, February 16. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; An article on the death of Mr. George Harris is carried in this issue of the Alumnus.

The story on the "Bibb Influence" added that George Harris "grew up under the tremendously able West Point Mfg. Co." after his education at the Naval Academy, Georgia Tech, and Lowell Textile School. Later experienced as president of the Exposition Cotton Mills; Springs at Lancaster, S. C , and then as the Dan River president, succeeding Mr. Robert West.

"Probably one of the best things Mr. Harris did," the article continued, "was to get Russell Newton away from Bibb."

Newton went to Dan River in 1941, and his well deserved success has been most extraordinary.

THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS

A. P. SELECTS JONES AS GREATEST GOLFER

Robert T. "Bob" Jones, Jr., M. E., 1922, many-time national, international, and "Grand Slam" champion, shown at left as of today — II iih plenty of hair and vigor — and at right at the height of his career, in 1928, with his famous putter "Calamity Jane."

Bob Jones was selected in the Associated Press Poll as the greatest golfer of the half-century.

Photo, Atlanta

Robert Tyre "Bob" Jones, Jr., M.E., 1922, internationally prominent Grand Slam, Grand Person and otherwise many-time golf champion, was selected in the recent Associated Press poll as the greatest golfer of the half-century.

Like his Nation and his State, Georgia Tech alumni, faculty members, students and a host of other friends are very proud of Bob Jones — and always have been — and his new and exceptionally high honor is most eminently deserved.

Georgia Tech is further proud of the fact that Bob was an outstanding student and campus leader, and a former president of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association and a past member of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Tech Athletic Association; not to mention his additional and modest prominence in college, civic and national affairs.

O. B. "Pop" Keeler, esteemed dean of golf writers, sports columnist of the Atlanta Journal, and Bob Jones' brilliant "Boswell," related a number of the other high points of Bob's career in his column of February 3; among many of the interesting facts, he stated that: "In the last nine years of his career, from 1922-1930, Bob played in 12 Open March-April, 1950

championships, nine American and three British.

He finished first or second 11 times in those 12 starts.

That could easily be greater than the startling, publicity attractive grand slam."

Bob reached his forthy-eighth birthday on March 17. He's already a granddaddy. And he's slowly recovering from a serious back operation performed in October, 1948.

Retired at 28 "Some 20 years ago Bob injured the fifth vertebra of his spinal cord. The operation was designed to relieve pressure on his motor nerve which nearly immobilized his right side. He has just about recovered except for his right leg. There's still a slight drag, but he's getting better, though not enough for 18 holes of golf.

Turning time backward, to the advent of this young American sportsman, it seems almost incredible that Bob Jones could have competed in major league golf — meaning national championships — for 15 years, and yet retire at the age of 28.

He qualified and won his first two matches in the U. S. Amateur of 1916, soon after winning the Georgia State

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Amateur, at the age of 14. Beginning in 1916, he played in every U. S. Amateur, through 1930; in the U. S. Open from 1920 through 1930, inclusive; in the British Amateur in 1921, 1926 and 1930; and in the British Open in 1921, 1926 1927 and 1930, incidentally winning the last three, you might say, in succession.

He played in the first of the Walker Cup international matches, in 1922, and in four more, being U. S. captain in 1928 and 1930, and never losing a match at singles, and only one, in the foursomes."

The Grand Slam "And in 1930 Bob did what had never been done before, never since and possibly will never be done again: He grand slammed golf — winning the British Amateur and Open and the American Amateur and Open.

No other man ever has won more than two of the four in the same season.

As the competitor to achieve this aim would have to be an amateur it seems more and more likely that the classic verdict by George Trevor, former sports editor of the New York Sun, is correct: 'He has entrenched his record safely and forever within the impregnable quadrilateral of golf.'

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Bradley Foundation Provides Facilities for Students

Textile Course Acclaimed

By Engineers' Council

Adequate eating and study facilities for students on the academic part of the Georgia Tech campus are to be provided through a grant of $50,000.00, made February 25 by the W. C. and Sarah H. Bradley Foundation of Columbus, Ga. The announcement of this generous gift to the state-owned institution was announced jointly by William Bradley Turner, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation and graduate of Georgia Tech in the Class of 1943, and by Cherry L. Emerson, Vice-President of Georgia Tech.

Mr. Turner is the grandson of the late W. C. Bradley, who was chairman of the board of the Coca-Cola Company and also had interests in the Bibb Manufacturing Co., and many other industrial enterprises in Georgia.

The funds are to be used for the construction of a one-story building complete with basement, back of and connecting the present Administration and Library Buildings. The basement will house new kitchens and other utilities, while the main floor will provide space for a soda fountain, serving counters, and dining tables and chairs.

It is planned to convert the present lunch room in the basement of the Administration Building into a seniorstudy lounge and the present sodafountain space into a general-student study lounge. The placing of the present kitchens in the new building will

The Engineers' Council for Professional Development, the official accrediting agency of the engineering profession, has accredited for the first time a curriculum in textile engineering, according to its recently issued annual report for 1949.

The first and only textile engineering course, to receive this official seal of approval, is offered by the A. French Textile School of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga. Bachelorof-science and master-of-science degrees in textile engineering are granted upon completion of the undergraduate and graduate parts of the curriculum.

Housed in the new Harrison Hightower Textile Engineering Building, completed late last year at a cost of more than one million dollars, the Georgia Tech Textile School is now able to supplement its teaching with the latest types of textile equipment and machinery installed in various laboratories and mill sections of the building.

The faculty includes outstanding textile educators and research men, all of whom have supplemented their training with practical experience in industry.

The gentleman in this picture is not necessarily an "old cow hand."' He is Col. Blake R. Van Leer, President of Georgia Tech, expensively attired in a cowboy hat, boots and spurs presented to him by the South Texas Georgia Tech Club at their alumni meeting on February IS in Houston.

also remove a great fire hazard to the Administration Building.

Construction of the new building will start in early June and should be completed by the beginning of the fall quarter in September.

However, he emphasizes, the fact

that these plans will not interfere with the eventual of the Student Activities the eastern part of the and when funds for it are the State of Georgia or interests.

in any way construction Building on campus, if provided by by private

THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS

THANKS FOR WHAT WE ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE

By Oscar G. Davis, P r e s . Ga. T e c h Nat'l. A l u m n i Ass'n.

Turn to page 4 in this issue of the A L U M N U S and there is the story.

Tech is going to get a million dollar Architectural Building! Perhaps in the near future funds may be also forthcoming for other badly needed buildings, including a Library adequate for present requirements.

These funds won't exactly be a free trip for Tech since the money comes from the sale of revenue bonds to be paid off over a period of 30 years.

Somewhere along the line Tech must be granted the annual means of paying interest and retirement of these bonds.

Further details are found in the article about the new building; but we can rest assured that the arrangements are okay in every way because Georgia's meticulous State Auditor, B. E. Thrasher, has approved the arrangements. Incidentally, the deal is not confined to Tech but funds are also provided for several of the University System units.

Thanks of all Tech men go to the State Legislature, Governor Talmadge, Chancellor Caldwell, the afore-mentioned B. S. Thrasher, The University Housing Authority, and to the Board of Regents, the body which finally authorized the bonds and allocated the proceeds to the various units of the University System.

This brings us to the point we've been aiming at all this time. Let's jump into the family circle and distribute a few well-deserved bouquets of praise to a quartette of our own Tech officials and alumni who had a big part in getting this major miracle going.

First, rousing cheers are due Colonel Blake R. Van Leer, President of Georgia Tech and his first-lieutenant and VicePresident, Cherry L. Emerson. Cherry Emerson is an outstanding alumnus of the Class of 1908 and we're going to herewith also claim Blake Van Leer as an alumnus by virtue of office, adoption and respect.

These two college officers and civic leaders have gone beyond the normal call of duty in tirelessly presenting with force and eloquence the problems of Georgia Tech. In person, in print and on the air, they have brought Tech's story to the general public, to influential groups and individuals and to the specific bodies possessing the power to do something about the situation.

You should be more or less familiar with a condensation of Col. Van Leer's Report for the Year 1948-49 as made to the Board of Regents, since a special reprint was sent to each Tech alumnus.

March-April, 1950

This presentation of Tech's physical needs and financial dilemma was also put in the hands of legislators and others to whom knowledge of Tech's value and needs might prove helpful.

We commend this report to your attention. Read the first few pages and you'll have a pretty good idea of Tech's physical deficiencies and dollar problems. Then skip over to Page 20 and read Col. Van Leer's appreciative comments on Alumni Contributions to the Roll Call. We hope you are a Roll Call contributor, and therefore, a real part in this expression of thanks.

You could hardly have read any Georgia newspaper recently without seeing the report of a speech that Cherry Emerson made before the Griffin Rotary Club. In this speech he courageously and frankly attributed Tech's plight to failure of the State to properly support this valuable asset. With quietly stated but telling fact and phrase, Cherry made front page headlines in the big city papers. His statements have carried decided weight and have had much influence in gaining Tech t h e funds for the Architecture Building.

Yes, we can be proud and grateful for the job that Messrs. Van Leer and Emerson have done in bringing Tech, her value and her needs, so effectively to general attention.

In way of praise, we move now to our two alumni on the Board of Regents â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Frank Spratlin of the Class of 1906 and Jack McDonough of the Class of 1923. Frank Spratlin has ably served on the Board since 1943, while Jack has been a valued member since 1947 and has only been recently reappointed

by Gov. Talmadge for a new term.

The Board of Regents, as you doubtless know, is an impartial, non-political, body which directs the affairs of the University System of Georgia. It must look at all units of the system with unbiased eyes, letting no amount of loyalty to one's particular Alma Mater sway judgment or prejudice vote. The Board includes graduates of many Georgia colleges, Tech's representatives being the afore-mentioned Messrs. Spratlin and McDonough.

The Board of Regents was, of course, the final word on the authorization and allocation of these new building funds, and deserves our hearty thanks for beginning the s o l u t i o n of a truly tough problem. We are proud that Tech has two alumni on this Board and equally sure that the Board values highly the services they perform for it.

Representatives Honor President V a n Leer During its January, 1950, session, the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia paid high tribute to President Blake R. Van Leer of Georgia Tech, by adopting a resolution that lauded his leadership, ability, and business acumen.

As House Resolution 223, the citation was introduced by Messrs. Pannell of Murray, Moulton of Floyd, Bennett of Barrow, Smith of Fulton, and many others; and it is quoted in full herewith: A PRIVILEGED RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Honorable Blake R. Van Leer, President of the Georgia Institute of Technology, has repeatedly demonstrated outstanding leadership, ability, and business acumen, and; WHEREAS, the Honorable Blake R. Van Leer is nationally recognized as a leader in the field of education, and; WHEREAS, he has materially contributed to the betterment of economics and the social life of the State of Georgia and the nation through his office as President of the Georgia Institute of Technology: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this House of Representatives assembled in regular session, that we do commend and highly praise his untiring efforts in behalf of the institution, students and citizens of this State.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be sent by the Clerk of this House, to the Honorable Blake R. Van Leer and to the Chancellor and Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.

IN HOUSE READ and ADOPTED Feb. 9, 1950 / s / Joseph Boone

CLERK OF THE HOUSE (SEAL STATE OF GEORGIA) Here, then, are four Tech men who refute the old belief that engineers lack the eloquence and salesmanship to put across their ideas. These men with thenknowledge of Tech's worth and their ability to tell it to the world are doing a major service to Tech, Georgia, and to the Southland.

Alumni, take a tip from them! Speak out about Tech. Let friends, businessmen, politicians and others of influence know about Tech, what she needs and what she should get!

And start by seeing that you, yourself, are an active alumnus, contributing to the Alumni Roll Call according to plan!

STUDENTS OUTLINE ENGINEERS'WEEK

Dr. Conant, Harvard President, Visits Georgia Tech

By TED DANSBY and STAN MARX

Georgia Tech was delightfully honored by a visit of Dr. James Bryant Conant, President of Harvard University, on March 16.

He and Mrs. Conant were met, upon their arrival in A t l a n t a , by their brother-in-law and sister, Professor and Mrs. Harold Bush-Brown; President Van Leer of Tech, and others. Professor Bush-Brown is head of the Department of Architecture at Georgia Tech. The distinguished visitors then began their busy day as breakfast guests of President and Mrs. Van Leer, in the lovely new president's home.

Starting Wednesday, April 26th, and continuing through Sunday, April 30th, the honor and professional societies will be working together in a combined effort to make Georgia Tech's Engineers' Week a success. The lay public and the engineers of Georgia are invited to see the exhibits of work done by each department of engineering and to be shown, through guided tours, the buildings, laboratories, classrooms, machines, and facilities of Georgia Tech.

Tau Beta Pi Association, under whose leadership Engineers' Week is organized, is especially anxious to extend to Tech alumni an invitation to see the progress Tech has made and to understand something of the ambition Tech has of taking the lead in professional development and engineering thought.

The enrollment at Georgia Tech has risen very rapidly since pre-war days, with a maximum registration of 4,336 full-time day students recorded in 1950. A $4,000,000 campus housing program, directed by Vice-President Cherry L. Emerson, has been completed since President Blake R. Van Leer's induction in 1944. Although the housing need has not been entirely met, the growth of housing affords a great contrast to the expansion in instructional facilities, where the Hightower Textile Building is the only new permanent structure erected. Engineers' Week, 1950, is eying the day when Georgia Tech will possess the physical capacity to equal the national prominence in education and engineering which it has attained.

All the industries of Georgia will be invited to visit Georgia Tech during Engineers' Week, with the hope that they will further coordinate their developments with the facilities of research and training provided by Tech.

It is felt that the engineering curriculum can be greatly improved by a close relationship between engineering corporations and industries and Tech.

The voice of industry can make clear to the lay citizenry of Georgia the financial and physical needs of Georgia Tech. In return, the processes of training, the advancements of training methods, and the facilities for industrial and engineering research will be illustrated during Engineers' Week, 1950. It is hoped that industry will become even more conscious of the role that a good engineering school can play in the advancement of the technological aspects of human culture.

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lanta area will be invited to witness the activities during Engineers' Week.

Representatives of Tau Beta Pi will appear before the students to speak in behalf of the engineering profession and of the value of Georgia Tech in training engineers. Attempts will be made to bring the upper classes of high schools to the Georgia Tech campu; during Engineers' Week. Presenting engineering to the young people in its best light, betters the hope of attracting the cream of tomorrow's citizens.

A varied schedule of engineering exhibits, guided tours of the campus, athletic events, an Engineers' Hall and a musical concert are planned to catch the eye of as many of the lay public as possible. Thus far, engineering has never held the respect and dignity which has been accorded the other professions. The laymen have never, as a whole, considered the vital part which engineering plays in the advancement of culture. Every human is, to some extent, an engineer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a creator of goods and machines â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the layman is not always conscious of a need for professional engineering.

Just as the administrative officers of State Government will be invited to attend Engineers' Week to observe the growth and needs of Georgia Tech, we invite alumni of Tech to visit the campus, observe the progress which has been made in physical plant and academic excellence, to take note of the part which they can play as ambassadors of Georgia Tech's needs, and to carry away with them a pride in their alma mater. We invite alumni to participate in the fun of Engineers' Week.

We invite alumni to join us on Engineers' Week, 1950, in anticipating the day when Georgia Tech will be able to mould a healthy attitude toward engineering and of engineers toward the civilization they serve.

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of Page 4) Requirements for High School Graduates Revised High school graduates entering Georgia Tech in the future will be allowed to submit two units of science for the one unit of physics required for admission, according to an announcement

by W. L. Carmichael, Registrar.

This means that a high-school stu-

After several morning engagements and a tour of the campus, Dr. Conant was the luncheon guest of the college; he then addressed the faculty at 1:09 P.M., in the auditorium of the new Harrison Hightower Textile B u l d i n g .

During the evening he spoke to members of the Harvard Club of Atlanta, at the Atlanta Lawyers' club rooms.

Following a trip to Birmingham, Ala., on March 17, where he made an address before a large gathering of Harvard alumni and others, Dr. Conant returned to Atlanta for a short visit with his sister and brother-in-law, Professor and Mrs. Harold Bush-Brown.

In one of his Atlanta interviews, Dr. Conant predicted that the cold war would probably get more unpleasant; but he was of the opinion that "with good luck and some intelligence, we may be able to get through a long period of a divided world." In his address at Georgia Tech, he stressed the importance of informative courses for liberal arts students, as to the necessity of a knowledge of the sciences; and, likewise, s i m i l a r c o u r s e s for the science students, in important, liberal arts studies.

Dr. Conant was very liberal with his time, and brilliantly answered a number of rather vital questions that were propounded at the Georgia Tech faculty meeting.

dent can now complete one unit each in any of the following two scientific courses: general science, biology, chemistry, and physics. It is recommended

by Georgia Tech officials that, where possible, at least one of these courses should be physics.

This change will make the entrance requirements of Georgia Tech more in keeping with the curriculums of the majority of the high schools of Georgia and the Southeast. Another important reason is to broaden the background experiences in science for those students who enter Georgia Tech.

THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS

Home Coming Plans Plans for a bigger and better Home Coming are getting under way now for next fall. One of the often-repeated complaints has been that sufficient notice about such events has been lacking. Here we go again — advising you in plenty of time to make your plans now to attend Home Coming on the week-end of October 28, the date of the Tech-Kentucky football game.

This Home Coming will be of particular interest to alumni of the classes of '05, '10, '15, '20, '25, '30, '35, '40, and '45, who will have their 45th, 40th, 35th, 30th, 25th, etc., reunions. Plans are being made now by the classes of '10, '30, and '40 for get-togethers and it is hoped that the others will get organized soon. A class list will be sent soon to all members of the reunion groups mentioned above for whom the alumni office has an address. If you are a member of one of these 5-year groups and do not get a list by the end of June, please advise the alumni office and you will receive one by return mail.

All alumni, their families and friends are invited to attend the Alumni Barbecue Lunchoen at 12:00 noon on the campus. There will be tables set up for the various classes so that you will be seated with or near your class.

Be sure to place your order with the Athletic Association for tickets to the Kentucky game immediately upon receipt of applications. Individual game applications will be mailed to all alumni on record about the middle of June.

If, by July 1, you have not received applications, write the Athletic Association or your Alumni Association and you will receive them.

Unless staying with Atlanta friends, make your hotel reservation as far in advance as possible. If unable to get hotel accommodations on your own, write the alumni office and all possible will be done to assist you.

Secretaries of the afore-mentioned reunion classes are as follows: 1905 —Robert Gregg, TCI & RR, 2000 First Ave., Birmingham, Ala. 1910 —Milton Howard, Robert & Co., Fairlie St., Atlanta 1, Ga. 1915 — Edgar Montague, Southern Bell Telephone Co., Atlanta, Ga. 1920 — L. F. Kent, Moncrief Furnace Co., Box 1673, Atlanta, Ga. 1925 — Herbert Hutton, Post Engineer Office, Ft. Benning, Ga. 1930 — C . L. "Red" Williamson, 201 Eureka Dr., N. E., Atlanta, Ga. 1935 — J e r r y G. Perkerson, 1660 N. Cross Keyes Dr., Brookhaven, Ga. 1940 — C . Philip Richards, 960 Drewry St., N. E., Atlanta, Ga. 1945 — Maurice H. Furchgott, 977 Ponce de Leon Ave., Atlanta, Ga. March-April, 1950

ROBERT CHEEK, '41, WINS HIGH HONOR Robert C. Cheek, Ga. Tech, B.S. in E.E., '41; and M.S. and E.E., Univ. Pittsburgh, '43, and now central station engineer with the Southeastern District of the Westinghouse Electric Corp., has been selected as the outstanding young American electrical engineer of 1949, according to Eta Kappa Nu, honorary electrical engineering society and sponsors of the award.

The presentation of the award was made on Monday night, January 30, 1950, at a dinner of the society in the Henry Hudson Hotel, held in connection with the annual meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Established in 1936, the award recognizes young electrical engineers for "meritorious service in the interest of their fellowmen." Nominations for the award are received from sections of the A.I.E.E., faculty members of the engineering colleges and by key men in the electrical industry.

Some idea of the magnitude of the work which he has done is obtained when it is realized that he has written 16 technical articles for such magazines as the "Electrical World," "Electric Light & Power," and the "Westinghouse Engineer." He has presented a total of 9 technical papers to the A.I.E.E. and other engineering societies.

Robert C. Cheek, E.E., '41, named as the outstanding young American electrical engineer of 1949 by honorary E. E. society.

Mr. Cheek's energy and ingenuity have resulted in the production of 23 recognized inventions. They range from such things as radio receiver circuits to methods for relay protection of transmission lines. A large number of these inventions is now being used.

The Georgia Tech Band is shown in parade formation inarching through the streets of Tampa.

The band was invited to participate in the Gasparilla parade on Monday, February 6, by the Gasparilla committee.

Tampa alumni got busy and arranged for quarters and meals and Tech administrators arranged for transportation • thus giving the well-deserving band a nice trip. According to the "Tampa Morning Tribune" it was hard to determine which of two units received the greatest ovation — the Tech band or the Conga dancers from Cuba. Over 40 bands and 60 floats were in the parade. Some 600,000 people were present for the occasion.

As a clincher for Tech the pirate captain to whom the Tampa mayor, Curtis Hixon, surrendered the keys to the city, was Jim Warren, Tech Alumnus of 1923.

Student Coordination Assured Estes Mann, president of the Student Council, announced that in the future all homecoming activities will be coordinated under a three-man committee which is to be appointed by the Student Council. President Mann stated that this plan will be in effect in time for the next homecoming game.

The main purpose of this coordination of activities is to inform the alumni of Tech of the many events which take

place during the homecoming weekend. Mr. Oscar Davis, president of the Tech Alumni Association, is working on the plan with the Student Council.

The Homecoming Dance, the 'Reck Parade, the Homecoming Decorations Contest, fraternities' open-house parties, and other such events will be included in the schedule. Student Council President Mann stated that in the past all such events have been very good but with no coordination between them.

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ALUMNI Ivan Allen, Jr., and Rock G. Taber, who led the Atlanta Community Chest through its successful campaign in 1949, were honored on February 23 by several hundred Atlantans at a testimonial dinner and presented scrolls "for distinguished service."

Mayor Hartsfield struck the keynote when he said: "These two men are truly great citizens of Atlanta."

Mr. Hal Dumas presented the scroll to Mr. Allen, who served as General Chairman of the campaign. The citation expressed appreciation for Mr. Allen's "sincere interest, untiring zeal and many contributions to the progress of the campaign."

Mr. Allen has been elected unanimously to succeed Mr. Taber as President of the Chest for 1950.

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Frank L. Asbury, Jr., has been named Group Manager of all Spun Weaving plants of Burlington Mills, Greensboro, N. C. Although he has been with Burlington Mills less than two years, Mr. Asbury has a long career in textile management behind him. A Georgia Tech graduate in Textile Engineering, he has held top supervisory positions in the industry since 1925.

He is married to the former Alice Pope Harris and they have three children. He enjoys football, baseball and golf for recreation. He plans to move his family to Greensboro as soon as he can find a suitable residence.

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Frank A. Cowan, who has been with the Long Lines Department of American Telephone & Telegraph Co. for more than 30 years, now steps competently into the big job as head of Long Lines Engineering, with a record of brilliant engineering in the telephone field as well as a score of inventions.

Mr. Cowan has contributed to some important Bell System developments.

Not content with that, Mr. Cowan has also achieved the highest rating in the U. S. Power Squadrons — Navigator; formerly had a 32-foot cruiser with an automatic pilot he built himself. Add to all this his home hobby of fashioning reproductions of antique furniture and you have the picture of a man of precision.

An Alabaman by birth and a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with a B.S. in E.E., 1919, Mr. Cowan began his telephone career in 1920 with Long Lines at Atlanta. Two years later he went to the Engineering group at New York where he progressed to the position of transmission engineer within six years.

He and his wife make their home in New York City.

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Robert S. Neblett, assistant general manager of the General Electric Company's Nucleonics Department, has been appointed business and construction manager of the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory.

Mr. Neblett, in his new capacity, will handle all business and contractual relations between the laboratory and the A.E.C. These relations are becoming quite extensive, and will expand rapidly with the progress of new construction, such as the work on the experimental atomic power plant at West Milton, N. Y. A native of Corsicana, Texas, Mr. Neblett studied at Georgia Tech, where he was graduated in 1923, with the degree of B.S. in Electrical Engineering.

Later he joined the GE Test Course as a student engineer. He rose through various positions until he was assistant manager of the turbine division of the company's Apparatus Department.

When the GE Nucleonics Department was organized, in April, 1948, to operate the AEC plant at Hanford, Washington, and to administer the general contract between GE and the AEC, he was named assistant general manager, a post which he will continue to hold.

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George H. Echols, B.S. in C.E., 1923, whose appointment as chief engineer, maintenance of way and structures, of the Southern at Knoxville, Tenn., was reported in the Railway Age of January 7, was born on June 17, 1901, at Milledgeville, Ga. He entered the service of the Southern in 1924 as a junior engineer at Macon, Ga., serving there subsequently as assistant engineer. In July, 1926, he was promoted to assistant track supervisor at Rome, Ga., and four years later was appointed track supervisor at Jacksonville, Fla. He was promoted to assistant division engineer at Atlanta in March, 1935, and became division engineer at Atlanta, in 1946.

Monie A. Ferst, president of M. A. Ferst, Ltd., and chairman of the board of Scripto, Inc., has been elected a director of the Fulton National Bank of Atlanta.

Mr. Ferst, Georgia Tech, M.E., 1911, is a member of the board of trustees of the Georgia Tech Research Institute, the Atlanta YMCA, the Atlanta and DeKalb Chambers of C o m m e r c e , American Chemical Society, Georgia Engineering Society, and the National Chemurgic Council. He also has long been active in the American Arbitration Association and the National Association of Manufacturers. He is a member of the Standard Town and Country Club of Atlanta.

Robert S. Neblett, E.E., 1923, of G. E.'s Nucleonics Dept., appointed business and construction manager of the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory.

Jesse D. Jewell, Georgia Tech, 1923, pioneer of Northeast Georgia's vast poultry industry, was named Gainesville's "Man of the Year" in 1949 at the Rotary Club's annual Ladies' Night banquet.

The award, a watch given annually since 1936 by Owen Osborne Hosiery Mill, Inc., was presented by E. F. Hughs, Sr., a past president of the club. The "Man of the Year" is chosen annually by the Rotary Club's board of directors for "outstanding achievement during the previous year."

Mr. Jewel was cited for his contribution to the welfare of the State and his community during 1949.

• • Fred B. Moore, Class of 1925, Atlanta businessman and civic leader, will direct the 1950 polio fund drive in Fulton county and the Fifth congressional district.

In making the announcement of Mr. Moore's appointment, Mr. Fred J. Turner, State co-chairman of the campaign, said: "We have just had the worst polio epidemic our country has ever known.

Never before has Georgia so desperately needed funds to provide medical care and aid for polio victims, for protection against the spread of polio, and for polio research.

"The Georgia chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis is most fortunate to have the services of Mr. Moore. I am confident that under his leadership, Greater Atlanta and this district will raise more than its share of the money needed."

The Georgia chapter extends financial assistance to eight out of every 10 polio victims in Georgia. It is helping 128 victims from Fulton county alone.

THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS

PROMINENT MENTIONS (Con't)

General Charles E. Thomas, Jr., 1918, Selected Temporary Major General Brig. Gen. Charles E. Thomas, Jr., Inspector General for Headquarters Continental Air Command, Mitchell Air Force Base, New York, has been promoted to temporary major general, it was recently announced. The same order promoted him to permanent brigadier.

Veteran of 32 years' Air Force service, General Thomas was formerly assigned as Commanding General of the 1503 Air Transport Wing at Tokyo. He succeeds Colonel Edgar T. Selzer, at the Mitchell Base.

Otis O. Rae, E.E., 1918, appointed manager of Westinghouse Electric Corp., Southeastern District, Atlanta headquarters. Mr. Rae succeeds Mr. Thomas Fuller, E.E., '06, who is retiring after 44 years with the company.

Otis O. Rae has been named manager of the Westinghouse Electric Corp.'s Southeastern district, with headquarters in Atlanta. Mr. Rae succeeds Thomas Fuller, who is retiring after 44 years of service with the company.

Formerly central station manager for the Southeastern district, Mr. Rae has served as assistant district manager for the past two months.

Mr. Rae joined Westinghouse immediately upon his graduation from Georgia Tech in 1918 and has moved through a series of promotions with the corporation. He is a native of Augusta, Ga., and is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Industry Association, and the Atlanta Athletic Club.

Mr. Fuller, also a Georgia Tech graduate, has been with Westinghouse since 1906. A native of Charleston, S. C , he joined the corporation after graduation and for several years worked as a sales engineer in the Atlanta and Charlotte offices. After several promotions, he was appointed Southeastern district manager in 1929.

Mr. Fuller is Vice-President of the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation, a member of the Capital City Club, and Piedmont Driving Club.

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General Thomas has acquired a well rounded service school education â&#x20AC;&#x201D;having studied Aeronautical Engineering at the Air Service Mechanics School, and graduated from the Army Industrial College, the Air Corps Tactical School, the Army War College and the Chemical Warfare School.

General Charles E. Thomas,

Jr.

The General commenced his Air Force career in 1918 as a flying instructor at Love Air Force Base and Ellington AFB, Texas.

Among his myriad early assignments, he served as Depot Supply Officer at Fairfield Air Intermediate Depot, Ohio, 1920-26, as Personnel Adjutant of Camp Nichols in the Philippines, Chief Inspector for the Engineering Department at Rockwell Air Depot in Calif., Supply Officer at San Antonio Air Depot, in Texas, and Operations Officer at Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

Following a duty tour as instructor at the Air Corps Tactical School at Maxwell, General Thomas assumed command of the Southeast Air Depot at Wellston, Ga., and in January, 1943, was appointed commander of Warner Robins Air Depot, at Robins AFB, Ga., later redesignated Warner Robins Air Service Command.

Appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of the 21st Bomber Command in the South Pacific in May, 1944, the General was serving as Deputy Commander for Operations of the Air Force in the

Pacific Ocean area by October of that year.

He has been awarded the Legion of of Merit with one Oak Leaf Cluster.

Returning to the States in the fall of 1945, General Thomas was appointed Commanding General of Brookley Air Force Base, Alabama.

Assigned overseas again the following year, the General was named Chief of the Air Division of the Army Advisory Group at Nanking, China. In January, 1949, he became Commanding General of the 1503rd Air Transport Wing at Tokyo, which position he held before his recent assignment as Inspector General of the Continental Air Command at Mitchel Air Force Base, Hempstead, N. Y. A Command Pilot, General Thomas is an enthusiastic golfer, hunter and fisherman.

General and Mrs. Gladys Whittington Thomas, also of Atlanta, Ga., reside at Mitchel Air Force Base.

The Thomas' have one son, Robert W. Thomas, 19, who is presently attending Sullivan Prep School for West Point, in Washington, D. C.

Eugene Miller, B.S. in Chemical Engineering, 1945, has written another article that has been accepted by Coronet Magazine. This one, entitled "When Greensboro Licked Polio," is appearing in the January issue of Coronet. His

former article, "Where Science Finds New Einsteins," was published by Coronet in September, 1949.

Mr. Miller is working as City Hall Reporter on the Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, N. C.

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W. Murray Werner, C.E., '17, has been promoted to the office of Illustrious Potentate of El Karubah Temple, in Shreveport, La. Mr. Werner owns and operates The Werner Company, general building contractors, in Shreveport.

March-April, 1950

Originally from Atlanta, Ga., the General was educated at Riverside Military Academy, Gainesville, Ga., and the Georgia Institute of Technology, Class of 1918.

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ALUMNI Baltimore, Md. Tuesday, February 21, was the date that some thirty loyal Georgia Tech alumni in the Baltimore area gathered for dinner and for fellowship, with President Bill Cassell, '43, presiding.

After a delicious chicken dinner, Howard Ector, representing the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation, spoke briefly to the gathering about the school and the progress that has been made there within the past few years.

Immediately following this address, Mr. Ector showed the colored film of the Tech-Georgia football game of this past year, which was well received by all.

President Cassell appointed a committee of four to bring in a new slate of officers for presentation at their next meeting, which is to be held in May. Memphis, Tenn.

Dear Roane: On Monday night, J a n u a r y 23, 1950, the Memphis Chapter of Georgia Tech Alumni Association had a meeting in the Military Ballroom of the King Cotton Hotel. The main speaker of the evening was Bobby Dodd, Georgia Tech coach, who gave an interesting and informative talk on Tech's prospects for the coming season and other topics of interest to all alumni present.

Several sports writers, officials and high school coaches were present to hear Bobby's talk. Color movies of the Georgia Tech-Tennessee game were shown and Bobby narrated them as only he can do.

An election of officers for the coming year was held and Luther B. Hawkins was elected president, Tom F. Faires, vice-president and Bob Colmer was reelected secretary and treasurer. Charles S. Peete, retiring president, closed the meeting with a short history of the activities of the local Georgia Tech Alumni Chapter.

I am mailing under separate cover a picture of the speakers' table at this meeting. Hope that you will see fit to use it in an issue of the Georgia Tech Alumnus.

I am very happy that we will continue our association for another year and look forward to hearing from you again soon.

R. P. COLMER, JR. Secretary Macon, Ga. There were 44 alumni at the February 27 meeting of the Macon Georgia Tech Club. Coaches Bobby Dodd, Ray Graves, and Ray Ellis were guests for the occasion and provided a very interesting program. Each made an excellent talk and they then showed the color film of the Tech-Georgia game.

It was a most enjoyable evening.

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The distinguished Baltimore to hear Foundation.

They Ross (Sec.-Treas.), Bartles, Goodwin, Marshall, Boehm, Tewes, Hammond

MEETINGS

group of alumni above were gathered together on February 21 in Howard Ector, '40, Executive Secretary of the Georgia Tech Alumni are, first row, left to right: Farmer (V.-P.), Cassell (Pres.), Ector, Coursen (Promotor for this meeting); second row, Bohn, Cox, Radcliffe, Kirkpatrick; third row, Hammersla, Purinton, Seay, Walke, Brennan; fourth row, Grill, Vrey, Wilson, Leroy, Pate, and Toppen.

Shown above at the January 23 meeting of Memphis, Tenn., Alumni Club, at the speakers' table, left to right, are: Luther Hawkins, '48, President of Memphis Club; Walter Stewart, Commercial Appeal Sporlswriter; Ruffner Murray, coach at Central High School; Ceylon B. Blackwell, '18; Bobby Dodd, head football coach and guest speaker; Charles S. Peete, '33, past president of Memphis Club; Bob Colmer, '46, Secretary-Treasurer of Club; Bobby Lloyd, Southeastern Conference official; Floyd Roberts, Tech High coach; Bob King, Principal of Central High; Frank O. Waddey, '29, member of Tech's Rose Bowl team, and Tom Roberts, '20.

Danville, Va. Dave C. Boy, '37, provided the impetus for getting some 30 Tech men together for a dinner meeting in Danville, Va., on the night of February 24.

The Dan River Country Club was the scene of this gathering, and there were four alumni who came from as far as Martinsville, Va., to attend. Mr. Russell B. Newton, '27, recently elected President of the Dan River Mills, was introduced and said a few words to the gathering. After this, Howard Ector, Executive Secretary of the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation, talked b r i e f l y about the work of the Foundation and the advances made by the school in the past few years. At the conclusion of this talk, the colored pictures of the Tech-Georgia football game of this past year were shown to the gathering.

Before dismissal, Chairman Boy appointed four men to a committee to investigate the possibilities of organizing a formal Georgia Tech Club in this area. All those present seemed enthusiastic about the formation of such a club.

Another meeting is planned for late spring.

Norfolk, Va. The Y.M.CA. of Norfolk was the gathering place for some twenty-three Georgia Tech men on the night of February 23. In the absence of R. B. Waterman, '33, Delmas Eichhorn, '48, presided and introduced Howard Ector, Executive Secretary of the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation. Mr. Ector made a brief, informal talk about Georgia Tech and the progress being made there. At the conclusion of this talk, a lengthy question and answer session ensued, after which the pictures of the Tech-Georgia football game of this past year were shown. These pictures were well received by all, and especially by some of the sons of Tech men who were present with their fathers.

It was definitely decided to organize a Norfolk-Portsmouth chapter of the Alumni Association, and a committee was appointed to select a slate of officers to be presented at the next meeting. It was felt that this group was making definite progress toward the establishment of a real Tech club in this area.

THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS

M I S S I S S I P P I ALUMNI G A T H E R Shown above at the January 13 meeting of the Tech Club of Mississippi at Jackson are, left to right, first row: Alton Westbrook, '26, G. F. Monell, '34, Hill Tvson, '36, Matt Alexander, '34. Dave Gammill, '47, (Sec.-Treas.), Jim Hackl, '46; second row, Tom Salisbury, '22, Bill Akin. '28, John Howard, '27, E. E. Elmer, '14, L. P. Warren, '26. Cliff Waterhouse, '08, Gene Drummond, '12, (Pres.), Ike Garber, '27, Conrad Stevenson, '18, Hooker Pepper, '25, Preston Waldrop, '30, Paul Williams, '26, Harry Blair, '32: third row, Melvin Boots, '26, Ralph Robinson, 49, Roger Harrington, '49, Gene Johnson, '34, Allen Bowen, '49, Farris Gibbs, '46, Grey Cobb, '48, Gene Damon, '49, Joe Ware '29, Bowden Palmer, '31. Woodroiv Howie, '39, Wallace Armstrong, '41, Jack Willis, '48. Dick Bodine, '48, M. F. Hubbard, '35, Roane Beard. '40; fourth row. James Powell, '49, Jim C. Everett, '42, How ord Ector, '40, Gerald Herndon, '48, M. H. Blanton, '49, B. M. Myers, '49, Danm Hall, '48, Ben Stevens, '48, Scott Kelso '47. J. P. Beaudrot.

'33, Sims Munford, '34, (V.-Pres.), James Spain, Jr., '46. R. S. Ford, '38, H. E. Richard, '32 Charles Broad, '28.

Jackson, Miss.

The Georgia Tech Club of Mississippi held its first full scale meeting on Friday, January 13, 1950, at the Robert E. Lee Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. The date turned out not unlucky and everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy the get-together.

The evening started off with a social hour which extended slightly over the hour's schedule. A pianist was on hand to help out with "Up With the White and Gold," and "Alma Mater," but she got drowned on "Ramblin' Wreck."

Those whose voices lacked quality made up the difference with volume.

By the time dinner was under way, there were 53 old and new Tech men present, ranging from "Cliff" Waterhouse, '08, to "Dinky" Bowen, '49. The majority of them came from Jackson and nearby towns, but T. P. Beaudrot, '33, drove all the way from Tupelo, Miss., 220 miles, and R. S. Ford, '38, and H. E. Richard, '32, drove 200 miles from the other end of the state, Pascagoula, Mississippi.

Eugene Drummond, '12, organized the meeting in excellent fashion and presided over the meeting during the business to be handled. Others were heard from, some spontaneously. Officers elected were: Eugene D. Drummond, '12, President.

Robert Sims Munford, '34, VicePresident.

D a v e G a m m i l l , '47, S e c r e t a r y Treasurer.

Guest speakers were Howard Ector, '40, Executive Secretary of the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation and Roane Beard, '40, Manager Alumni Activities, National Alumni Association. These two explained the workings of their March-April, 1950

Pittsburgh, Pa. On Monday night, February 20, some twenty-five enthusiastic Georgia Tech men in the Pittsburgh area gathered at the Hotel Webster Hall for a dinner meeting. Mr. K. M. Patterson, '23, of the Westinghouse Electric Corp., was instrumental in getting this group together, and it was decided, to form a chapter of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association in the near future. Mr. Patterson appointed a committee of three men to make recommendations along this line and to submit a slate of officers to serve this club. This committee will report at the next meeting to be held in the spring.

Howard Ector, Executive Secretary of the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation, represented the school and spoke briefly to those assembled about the progress being made at Tech, and some of the changes that have come about in the past few years. At the conclusion of this informal address, Mr. Ector showed the colored film of last year's Tech-Georgia football game, which was well received.

All present reported an enjoyable evening, and it is hoped that this is the beginning of a strong club to represent Georgia Tech in the Pittsburgh particular organizations, told of the many changes being made at Tech, and told the groups how they, as alumni, could help keep Tech at the top among engineering schools. A question and answer period about faculty members, etc., was held at the conclusion of their talks, then movies of the Tech-Georgia football game were shown.

All-in-all, it was a fine beginning of a new Tech club.

Augusta, Ga. The Georgia Tech Club of Augusta held a dinner meeting at the Margaret Hamilton Hotel on Thursday night, March 2. There were approximately 40 members present for the occasion.

Howard Ector and Roane Beard from the Alumni Office were guest speakers for the occasion. They brought the club up to date on recent developments at Tech and narrated the film of the Tech-Georgia football game of last season.

One of the highlights of the meeting was the welcoming to Augusta of two former Tech football stars, Harry Milligan, '32, and "Buck" Flowers, '32. These two have come from separate prep schools and joined forces to coach football at Richmond Academy in Augusta.

The club voted to support them to their utmost during coming football seasons and agreed to promote to the best of their ability the spring game held in March.

Retiring President Ralph A. "Scotty" Ireland presided. New officers inducted for the coming year are: President — Hugh A. Groves, '30, 703 Marion Bldg.

Vice-President — Fred J. Morgan, '29, Morgan Truck and Tractor Co. Secretary — E d Macuch, '46, 2626 Hazel St. Treasurer — James G. Swift, '46, City Hall.

Richmond, Va. The first meeting of Georgia Tech alumni ever held in the Richmond area assembled at the Hotel Richmond on Wednesday night, February 22. The purpose of this get-together was to discuss the formation of a Georgia Tech (Continued on next page) 15

RICHMOND (Con't) Alumni Club of Richmond, and to hear an informal address by Howard Ector, Executive Secretary of the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation. William E. Woods, '07, presided at this dinner meeting, and Parker Deans, '38, was instrumental in helping with the preliminary arrangements.

After Mr. Ector's brief talk, pictures were shown of the Georgia-Georgia Tech football game of this past year.

It was unanimously decided that a Tech club should be formed in Richmond, and Chairman Wood appointed a committee to bring in recommendations to the next meeting, regarding charter, by-laws and officers. Jack Herod, son of Dr. N. S. Herod, long-time teacher and friend of Tech boys, was an interested visitor at this meeting. Mr. Herod is now practicing law in Richmond.

Charleston, S. C. A reorganization meeting of the Charleston Alumni group was held in the Naval Officers Club, Naval Base, Charleston, South Carolina, on the evening of January 17. The following officers were elected: President — W. Lucas Simon, '09, 90 Church Street, Charleston, South Carolina.

Vice-President — David T. Coleman, '27, 166 Grove Street, Charleston, South Carolina.

Sec.-Treas. — Louis Y. Dawson, Jr., C.E., '20, 33 Church Street Charleston, South Carolina.

Arrangements for the meeting were made by Captain Robert Hall Smith, USN, 1919.

It is planned to have a regular meeting in June to outline the projects for the club.

SOUTH TEXAS An informal reception in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Blake R. Van Leer was given February 16 by Georgia Tech Alumni of South Texas. Thirty-seven Tech men, and their ladies, attended the reception, and a dinner party later in the Empire Room of the Rice Hotel, Houston. Before the end of the reception, Dr. Van Leer talked briefly but very interestingly about affairs at Georgia Tech.

With Dr. and Mrs. Van Leer in the receiving line were Mr. W. Stewart Boyle, who is President of Georgia Tech's South Texas Alumni Association, and Vice-President at Large of the National Alumni A s s o c i a t i o n , M r s .

Boyle, Mrs. Howard T. Tellepsen, and Mr. Tellepsen, Past President of the South Texas group. It was a real pleasure for everyone to meet, or to see again, both Dr. and Mrs. Van Leer on this occasion.

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Head Coach Bobby Dodd talks to Columbus, Ga., Alumni Club President Leon Camp, '22, while three former pupils look on. Left to right are: Bob Davis. '48, All-America tackle and secretary of Columbus Club; Dodd, and Camp. In the back are Roane Beard, '40, and Hays McKinney, '49.

Dallas, Texas The organization meeting of the Greater Dallas Georgia Tech Club was held Monday evening, February 20, 1950, at Sammy's Restaurant, Dallas, Texas. George T. Marchmont, '07, who has been largely responsible for getting the Tech men together in the Dallas area, presided during the presentation of a slate of candidates for the formal organization of the club. The following officers were elected by the thirty-five members present to serve for the coming year: John C. Jacobs, '39, President.

Jeff H. Hooker, Jr., '40, Vice-President.

Charlie A. McGill, '48, SecretaryTreasurer.

Leland B. Bass, '15, and M. J. Konemann, '38, Executive Committeemen.

The speaker for the evening was Col. Blake R. Van Leer. Col Van Leer acquainted those present with the great progress that Georgia Tech has made during recent years. He also pointed out the importance of organized alumni groups to the further advancement of the school. During the question period, which followed Col. Van Leer's address, talk inevitably got around to football and the Georgia Tech-S. M. U. game which is to be played in Dallas next September. Needness to say, we are all looking forward to the game.

During the several days they were in Houston, the Van Leers were shown the San Jacinto Battleground, the Houston Ship Channel, and other points of interest. Also, they attended a reception, given in their honor by Mr. Stewart Boyle, at the Shamrock Hotel.

Dr. and Mrs. Van Leer were the house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Roy Cullen during their visit.

J. W. FRYER, JR., Secretary

Columbus, Ga. The Tech club of Columbus held a dinner meeting at the Ralston Hotel on January 25, 1950.

There were 65 present to hear Head Coach Bobby Dodd, the main speaker.

Coach Dodd talked about the problems presented due to the N.C.A.A. "Sanity Code," team prospects for next year, and the general athletic situation at Tech. At the end of the regular meeting, he narrated the Tech-Georgia game movie. The entire program was received with enthusiasm by those present.

The meeting was arranged by Bob Davis, '47, former All-America tackle and present secretary of the club, and was presided over by Leon K. Camp, '22, president of the club.

Those in attendance were John R. Boyd, W. L. Westbrook, William J. Hendrix, Floyd Mitchell, Jr., Tom Devane (guest), D e r w a r d W. Terry, Gene Kemp, Jack M. Averett, A. Illges, J. Wright Brown L. E. Anderson, E. Warren Parker, J. Fred Glass, Jack Gantt, E. R. DuBose, W. C. Buck, R. C. Smith, W. Fred Ziegler, Guy Garrard, Paul K. McKenney, Fred Saunders, Walter Jackson, Forbes Bradley, Ed Merritt, Roy T. Fagan, W. B. Eskew, Shorty Smith.

W. W. Purks, E. Oren Smith, Walter Boone, Leon A. Camp, F. C. Martin, Edward W. Swift, Jr., W. C. Pease, W. E. Gross, Joe Flowers, Jr., Charles Flowers, Abram Siegel, T. J. Allen, Jr., C. S. Roach, J. S. Barnette, E. Lynn Smith, John Kinnett, Jr., Wilfred E. Gross, Jr., Bill Bland, C. Dexter Jordan, R. B. Betts, T. Jeff Kelly, Jr., T. J. Hallman (guest), Walt Miller, C. A. Cobb, R. W. Sewell, Will Johnson, Herbert Hutton, H. A. Patterson, R. H. Taliaferro, Herbert H. Hughes, Bob Davis, Roane Beard (guest), C o a c h Bobby Dodd (guest), H a y s M c K i n n e y (guest), George Matthews, Sr. (guest), Tom Kinney (guest).

THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS

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1907

1933

Robert M. Angus, Russell H. DeGrove and Richard L. Lampp announce the formation of a partnership on January 1, 1950, to engage in the practice of civil engineering and surveying, with offices at 420 Hildebrandt Building, Jacksonville, Fla., the partnership to be known as Robert M. Angas and Associates.

Burton O. Heinrich is General Superintendent for Ford Motor Co., Canton, Ohio.

Roland L. Toups is chief engineer for South Coast Corp., Houma, La. 1934 William H. Chambers is associated with the Biltmore Garage, Biltmore Hotel, Atlanta.

Albert B. Hammond is Vice-President and General Manager of The Berryton Mills, Berryton, Ga. Frank M. Ridley, Jr., Atlanta insurance executive, will be Atlanta Chairman of the 1950 drive for the Georgia Heart Association.

1909

N. E. Adamson retired from Norfolk Naval Shipyard on December 31, 1948, and is now Special Representative for National Lead Co., of 105 York St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 1922

A. W. Palin, Jr., is District Operating Manager for Graybar Electric Co. at their newly created Gulf Coast District, with headquarters in Houston, Texas.

Both the new Gulf Coast District and the old Southwestern District continue under the supervision of George T. Marchmont, '07, whose headquarters are at Dallas.

1923

Rogers W. Malone is Production Manager for Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Atlanta, Ga. 1925

W. R. Forrester, former Georgia Tech football player, and a textile engineer, has joined the firm of J. J. Finnigan Co., Inc., Atlanta, as a sales engineer.

1927 Joseph H. Chaille is Assistant to Agency Vice-President of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, New York, N. Y. 1928 James A. Hayes, Jr., is a partner in the firm of Hayes & Co., Real Estate; president of Big Town Recreation, and owner of Hayes Pulp & Timber Co., all of Atlanta.

Julian C. Jett is chief draftsman for Bush-Brown, Gailey & Heffernan, Architects, Atlanta.

1929 Albert L. Clifton is Vice-President and General Manager of Clifton Mfg. Co., Waco, Texas.

1931 Alfred L. Mullins is a partner in the firm of Croft Electric Co., Macon, Ga., 1932 Horace A. Hunnicutt is a representative of International Nickel Co., in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

1932 Major Edward S. Mathes, formerly with the Military Department at Georgia Tech, is now overseas. His address is, Hq. 40th AAA Brigade, APO #503, % P. M., San Francisco. Calif.

March-April, 1950

1935

Frank A. Traber is Assistant Manager of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 202 Candler Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. 1936 Chauncey W. Huth is Superintendent of the Coca-Cola Bottling Co., of Springfield, Mass.

1937

Lt. Col. Richard A. Beard, Jr., is among students currently enrolled in the Air University's Senior Officers' Military Management Course at the USAF Special Staff School, Craig Air Force Base, Alabama. Upon completion of the course, he will return to the Marine Corps Air Station at Toro, California, where he is assigned to duty with headquarters Squadron, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing.

1938

Robert R. Voorhees is Sales Engineer for Roller Bearing Co. of America, Trenton, N. J. Thomas L. Hill is district sales representative of the Construction Materials Department of the General Electric Company for the State of Georgia.

1939 Dorroh L. Nowell, Jr., is Ceramic Engineer with Merry Brothers Brick & Tile Co., Augusta, Ga. Mac H. Burroughs is owner and president of Burroughs Insurance Agency, Miami, Fla. Glenn E. Prahl was recently promoted to the position of Engineering Supervisor in the Iowa Department of the A m e r i c a n Associated Insurance Companies, and is living in Des Moines, Iowa.

1940

Hoyt E. Broward is a professional engineer with Reynolds, Smith & Hills, 227 Park St., Jacksonville, Fla. Joseph B. Gillenwater is Assistant Superintendent for Bailey Construction Corp., Lorado, West Virginia.

W. J. "Bill" Hogan has been employed to head the new rent and property management department of the Gene Craig Realty Co., Atlanta.

Neil Walker recently announced his association with Louis Bates, former professor of English at Georgia Tech, in the insurance business. They will represent Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. of Ft. Wayne, Ind. with offices at 407 Palmer Building.

1942 Lt. Edwin B. Dickson is with the 2059th Air W e a t h e r Wing, Tinker A.F.B., Oklahoma City, Okla.

Frank W. Michal is Project Mechanical Engineer for Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, N. J. He recently received his Professional Engineer's license in N. J. and N. Y. 1943 Frank B. Lincoln, Jr., is Head of the Physics Laboratory, Hollingsworth & Whitney Paper Co., Waterville, Maine.

Robert M. Cox has been made Branch Manager of the Orlando, Florida, office of Hill York Corp.

Anthony Zagarella is a student at Columbia University, New York, studying for his Master's degree in Industrial Engineering.

1944

John Burke Jackson, Jr., of 778 Adair Ave., Atlanta, is now a field representative of the Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America. He is associated with the company's Holcombe T. Greene Agency, Atlanta.

Jose I. Gonzalez is a full time instructor at Purdue University â&#x20AC;&#x201D; doing graduate work on Master's Degree.

1945 Robert J. November is Cost Engineer for the Roth-Schenker Corp., 350 5th Ave., New York City.

1946 Lt. (j.g.) Earl B. Fowler, Jr.'s address is: USS Leary, DDR 879, % F. P. O., New York, N. Y., and his home address is 215 Bradford Ave., Norfolk, Va. 1947 Hugh Austin Brown is Sales Representative for Noland Co., Inc., Atlanta.

N. Richard Miller is Manager of Keystone Homes, Inc., Baltimore, Md. Lee Howard, Jr., is Plant Engineer, Calcasieu Paper Co., Elizabeth, La. 1948 Herbert I. Goldberg is Superintendent of Construction for Margold Electric Co., Inc., Yonkers, N. Y. P. G. North, Jr., is a Junior Engineer for Chrysler Corp., Highland Park, Mich.

1949

Jule C. Spach is a student at Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va., taking a special course in Bible study.

He will be there until December, then he and his family will go to Northern Brazil as educational and industrial missionaries.

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WEDDINGS Beers-Shepherd Announcement is made by Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Beers of the marriage of their daughter, Miss Bertha Salisbury Beers, to Dan Plunket Shepherd, on February 18, 1950, at St. Luke's Episcopal church, Atlanta. Mr. Shepherd received his B. of I.M. degree in September, 1949.

Borzynski-Rice Mr. and Mrs. Felix Borzynski announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Nancy Moore Borzynski, to Gene Thornton Rice. The ceremony took place in the pastorium of the First Baptist church in Elberton, Ga. Mr. Rice graduated in 1949 with a B. of E.E., and is affiliated with Southeastern Underwriters Association.

Elliott-Taylor Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Eliott, of Monroe, N. C., announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Theo Beatrice Elliott, to Robert Jenks Taylor III, on March 18 at the First Presbyterian church in Monroe. Mr. Taylor was graduated from Georgia Tech in 1947 with a B.S. in E.E., and now holds an executive position with the American Surigical Supply Co., of Atlanta.

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Foster-Moore Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edmonds Foster, Sr., announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Minnie Foster, to Joseph Riddell Moore. The wedding took place on February 21, 1950, at the Decatur First Methodist church.

Mr. Moore received his B.S. in M.E. in 1942, and at present is assistant plant engineer at F. C. Huyck & Sons, Kenwood Mills, Albany, N. Y. Gentry-Varner Mr. and Mrs. Guy Bransford Gentry announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Elynor Truman Gentry, to John Edward Varner, Jr., on February 25, 1950, in the Frances Winship Walters Chapel of St. Mark Methodist church, Atlanta.

Mr. Varner received his B.S. degree in Chemistry in June, 1948, and is now serving as a chemist for Burlington Mills, Burlington, N. C. Hester-Ducey Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Hester announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Betty Jane Hester, to Robert E. Ducey, of Savannah, Ga. The marriage will be solemnized at the Sacred Heart church, Atlanta, on April 15, 1950.

Mr. Ducey graduated in September, 1949, with a B. of I.M.

Hopkins-Lochridge Mrs. Hawkins Hopkins announces the engagement of her daughter, Miss Betsy Hopkins, to Marshall Armstrong Lochridge, Jr., the date of the wedding to be announced later. Mr. Lochridge received his B. of I.E. in 1949 and is now doing graduate work at Georgia Tech.

Jagels-Starr Announcement is made by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jagels of the engagement of their daughter, Miss Nancy LaVake Jagels, to James Thrower Starr. The marriage will be an event of May 12, 1950, at the First Presbyterian church, Atlanta.

Mr. Starr graduated in June, 1948, with a B. of I.M., and is associated with J. W. Starr and Son Lumber Co. McCauley-Stumberg Mr. and Mrs. George Marion McCauley announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Suzanne Timmons McCauley, to Berthold Gotlieb Stumberg, Jr., of Tallassee, Ala. Mr. Stumberg received his Bachelor of Textiles degree in 1949 and is now employed by the Huntsville Manufacturing Co., Huntsville, Ala. (Continued on page 19)

BIRTHS Beard Mr. and Mrs. W. Roane Beard announce the birth of a son, Jeffrey Boyd, at Crawford Long Hospital, Atlanta, on February 13, 1950. Mr. Beard graduated in Industrial Management in 1940 and is now Manager of Alumni Activities, here in the Alumni Office.

Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Bertram P. Bernstein announce the birth of a daughter, Jo Ann, on J a n u a r y 19, 1950. Mr. Bernstein received his B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1943.

Brown Mr. and Mrs. Vernon S. Brown announce the birth of a son, Michael Leigh, on February 23, 1950, at St. Josephs Infirmary.

Cavette Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Cavette announce the birth of a daughter, Linda Louise, on February 11, 1950. Mr. Cavette received his B.S. in I.M. in 1941. deGolian Mr. and Mrs. Felix deGolian, Jr., announce the birth of a son, William Dufour, on January 24, 1950, at St. Josephs Infirmary, Atlanta. Mr. deGolian received his B.S. in M.E. in 1934.

Harris Mr. and Mrs. Julian H. Harris announce the birth of a daughter, Judy Ann, born February 19, 1950.

Mr. Harris, Arch., '28, is an instructor at Tech and a prominent sculptor.

Mr. Brown graduated with the Class of 1934 and is now Southern Representative for Robbins Co., with headquarters in Atlanta.

Hubbard Mr. and Mrs. Millard F. Hubbard announce the birth of a daughter, on January 17, 1950. Mr. Hubbard graduated in 1935 with a B.S. in E.E.

Bryan Mr. and Mrs. Southworth Field Bryan, of Jefferson, Ga., announce the birth of a son, Southworth Field, Jr., on J a n u a r y 26, 1950, at Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta. Mr. Bryan graduated in 1947 with a B.S. in M.E.

Mathes Rev. and Mrs. F. A. Mathes announce the birth of a daughter, Martha Anita, on January 23, 1950. Rev. Mathes received his B.S. in M.E. in 1932, and is now pastor of the South Highland Presbyterian church, Birmingham, Ala.

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Mattingly Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Mattingly announce the birth of a son, John Benjamin, on January 28, 1950. Mr. Mattingly attended Georgia Tech with the Class of 1938.

Parham Mr. and Mrs. Render T. Parham announce the birth of a daughter, Deborah Jane on J a n u a r y 8, 1950, at Valley Hospital, West Point, Ga. Mr. Parham graduated with the Class of June, 1948.

Peak Mr. and Mrs. T. Ellis Peak, Jr., announce the birth of a son, William Ellis, on February 6, 1950, at Baton Rouge General Hospital. Mr. Peak received his B.S. in Chemistry in 1947.

Ravenel Rev. and Mrs. Bruce Ravenel announce the birth of a son, Bruce Walker III, on January 25, 1950, in Seattle, Wash. Rev. Ravenel graduated with the Class of 1941. He is vicar of St. Johns Episcopal church in Centralia, Washington.

Roane Mr. and Mrs. S. A. "Red" Roane, announce the birth of a daughter, Sara Elizabeth, in Greenville, S. C , on January 29, 1950. Mr. Roane is a textile engineer, Class of 1923.

THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS

EVERETT STRUPPER, TECH IMMORTAL PASSES SUDDENLY

Everett Strupper Everett Strupper, B.S. in M.E., 1918, President of the Piedmont Life Insurance Company, nationally prominent and highly esteemed All-America football star of Georgia Tech, died unexpectedly of a thrombosis at the Georgian Terrace Hotel, in Atlanta, on Saturday morning, February 4. He had returned from a business trip the day before, in apparent excellent health; however, his illness that developed during the night was, so regretfully, more serious than he realized and, despite his great strength, it proved to be fatal.

An outstanding student and a leader in c a m p u s organizations at Tech, "Strupe" was also captain of an AllClass basketball team, a member of the Varsity Track team and captain in

1918; and, as stated, All-America halfback during the season of 1917-18.

Strupper's business began upon his graduation from Georgia Tech, after service in World War I. He first returned to Columbus and entered the automobile tire business. He later^ moved to Atlanta and became associated with a former teammate, G. M. (Pup) Phillips, with the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. Later he was general agent of the Volunteer State Life Insurance Company.

He was a member of the select Million-Dollar Round Table of the National Association of Life Underwriters.

He was several times president of the Atlanta Touchdown Club, and the first president of the organization. He was also the first president of the Northside Atlanta Kiwanis Club which was chartered in May, 1948. A vestryman of St. Philips Episcopal Cathedral; a member of the Atlanta Nine o'Clocks, Capital City Club, the Piedmont Driving Club, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity and Past President of the North Side Boys' Club.

He was in constant demand as a speaker by various athletic organizations throughout the South.

Everett S t r u p p e r was fifty-three years of age at the time of his death.

His passing was a terrific shock to his teammates, classmates, and host of other close Georgia Tech associates, faculty members, athletic staff, students and m a n y o t h e r s t a u n c h friends throughout the State of Georgia and the nation.

A native of C o l u m b u s , Georgia, Strupper entered Georgia Tech in 1914.

He never played on a losing team during his career. The 1915 and 1916 Tech teams tied two games and the 1917 eleven won nine straight to achieve the National championship. He was a member of the Tech team which ran up

an all-time record score of 222-0 against Cumberland University in 1916. He teamed with Joe Guyon, Albert Hill and Judy Harlan to make up one of the most devastating backfields in Southern football annals.

Walter Camp, originator of All-America football teams, made no selection in 1917 because of World War I, but Strupper was awarded the position at left halfback by a poll of sports writers.

"Strupper was the finest broken field runner ever to play at Tech," W. A. Alexander, Athletic Director, said upon learning of his death. "He was also an able track man, a great team man and a good citizen."

Strupper's head coach was the late John W. Heisman who wrote the following about "Strupe" for Christy Walsh's book, Intercollegiate Football: "Strupper radiated brilliance everywhere. His play was without a flaw.

Were I compelled to risk my head on what one absolutely unaided gridster might accomplish, football under arm and facing eleven ferocious opponents, I would rather choose and chance this man on how he might come through the gauntlet than any ball carrier I have ever seen in action."

In addition to being selected twice for All-America, Strupper was chosen three times for All-Southern. Following his football career, he became one of the leading grid referees of the nation, and, for several years, he was President of the Southern Football Officials' Association.

Surviving are his wife; a step-daughter, Miss Gwyneth Oliver; three aunts, Mrs. C. C. McGehee, of Atlantic Beach, Fla., and Mrs. George Golden and Mrs. Meredith, both of Columbus.

Funeral services were held in Atlanta and the burial rites were conducted at the family cemetery grounds, in Columbus.

WEDDINGS & ENGAGEMENTS (continued) Wilson-McNeil Announcement is made of the marriage of Miss Emily Jane Wilson, to Daniel Childress McNeil, on November 24, 1949, in Atlanta.

Mr. McNeil received his B. of I.E. degree in 1949, and is at present employed by the American Blower Corp., Dallas, Texas.

Neely-Merry Miss Lily May Neely, daughter of Mrs. William Lloyd Neely, Sr., was married on January 7, 1950, to Mr. Pierce Merry, Jr. The marriage took place at the First Presbyterian church in Statesville.

Mr. Merry received his B. of M.E. in March-April, 1950

December, 1949, and has joined the firm of Merry Brothers Brick and Tile Company in Augusta, Ga. Packard-Montaldo Mr. and Mrs. Horace Nelson Packard announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Elizabeth Fuller Packard, to John Stanley Montaldo, on Saturday, the eleventh of February, 1950, at Ossining, N. Y. Mr. Montaldo graduated in 1940 with a B.S: degree in Public Health Engineering.

Pettit-Pearce Mrs. Edmund Pettit announces the marriage of her daughter, Miss Annie Lou Pettit, to Thomas Jefferson Pearce,

Jr., on February 25, 1950, in the Buford Street Methodist church, Gaffney, S. C. Mr. Pearce received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1947, and is employed by Southern States Equipment Corp., at Hampton, Ga. Williams-Henry Mr. and Mrs. Livsey Earle Williams announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Elizabeth Wightman Williams, to Charles Lorenzo Henry, Jr. The wedding will take place April 11, 1950, at the First Presbyterian church, Atlanta. Mr. Henry received his B. of T.E. in December, 1949, and is associated with the Nylon division of DuPont in Chattanooga.

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DEATHS OF PROMINENT ALUMNI George S. Harris Mr. George Simmons Harris, Chairman of the Board of Dan River Mills, Danville, Va., nationally and internationally prominent in the textile industry, died on February 16 at the Memorial Hospital in Danville, following a relapse from an illness of last June.

Mr. Harris was born on January 16, 1881, at Cedartown, Ga. He was educated at the U. S. Naval Academy; Georgia School of Technology, 1900; and Lowell, Mass., Textile School, graduating from the latter, after completing the three-year course in 18 months. Soon after his graduation from Lowell, he was made superintendent of the Sycamore Mills, Sycamore, Georgia, a position he held until he left in 1906 to become superintendent of the Gate City Cotton Mills at College Park, Georgia. In 1907 he went to Lanett, Alabama, as superintendent of the Lanett Cotton Mills, where he served 13 years.

During 1916-20 he also acted as agent for the Lanett Bleachery and Dye Works.

In 1920 he was elected president of the Exposition Cotton Mills in Atlanta and during a ten year tenure added to his knowledge of cotton mill operations.

He was the thirtieth president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association in 1927-28 and is known as the founder of the Cotton Institute; and served as chairman of the committee which achieved the consolidation of the association and the institute, in 1949.

Mr. Harris was elected president of Dan River Mills at a meeting of the board of directors held April 9, 1940. He succeeded Robert R. West as president and treasurer on May 1, 1940. At the same time, he was elected a director.

From 1928 to 1933, he served as a Class C director of the Federal Reserve Bank for the Sixth District,~ Atlanta.

Mr. Harris is survived by his wife, the former Miss Minnie Teague of Lowell, Mass; two daughters, Mrs. William O. Martin, Jr., and Mrs. William T. Hunter, both of Atlanta; two sisters, Dr. Agnes Ellen Harris, Dean of Women of the University of Alabama, and Mrs. Margaret Harris Blair, a professor at the University of Georgia at Athens; one brother, James Coffee Harris, Jr., of San Francisco, Cal., and Ave grandchildren, all of Atlanta.

Funeral services were held in Danville, and the burial was in West View Cemetery, Atlanta, Saturday, February 18.

Harvey Granger Harvey Granger, 50, class of 1922, representative of the New England 20

Mutual Life Insurance Company in Savannah for 15 years, died suddenly on March 5. He was a member of the Leaders Association, the company's top honorary organization for outstanding fieldmen.

He leaves his wife and son.

Edward Lynn Huie Edward Lynn Huie, brother of Ralph Huie, Atlanta mayor pro tern, died January 6, 1950, in an Atlanta hospital.

Mr. Huie was graduated from Georgia Tech in 1914. He had been with the Otis Elevator Co. for the last 29 years.

He was an elder of the Philadelphia Presbyterian church and formerly superintendent of the Sunday School, and was a past master of the Forest Park lodge, F. & A.M., No. 399.

Surviving are his wife, formerly Miss Marie Moore, of Conley; a son, E. L. Huie, Jr., of Morrow; a granddaughter; a sister, Mrs. Guy A. Bennett, of Miami, and his brother, Ralph A. Huie.

Fleming Law Fleming Law, Vice-President of the American Securities Insurance Co., died February 26, 1950, at his residence, 4050 Brookhaven Dr., Atlanta, following a short illness.

Born in Montgomery, Ala., Mr. Law spent his early childhood in Gainesville, Ga. He attended Georgia Tech, leaving school in 1921 to accept a position as secretary with the firm of Spratlin, Harrington and Thomas. In 1936, he left the company to organize the American Securities Company and become V i c e - P r e s i d e n t , a position which he held until his death. He was mayor of North Atlanta and had been a member of the Capital City Club.

Surviving are his widow; a daughter, Miss Margaret Rogers Law; two sons, Fleming Law, Jr., and Frank Spratlin Law, a sister, Mrs. W. D. Lever, all of Atlanta, and two brothers, DeLacy Law, of Atlanta and Lewis F. Law, of Daytona Beach.

Walter A. Reynolds Walter A. Reynolds, of 531 St. Marks Ave., Westfield, N. J., died February 25, 1950, after an illness of three weeks.

Mr. Reynolds was a native of Atlanta, and was a retired sales engineer of the New York office of Lunkenheimer Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, with which he had been associated for 40 years. A graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology, Class of 1898, he was a member of Stella Masonic Lodge of Brooklyn, and the Westfield chapter of the Old Guard.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. William M. Everitt of Westfield; a son, Spencer W., at home, and two grandchildren.

BOBBY JONES WINS A.P. AWARD (Continued

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And yet, and with no authority whatever from Bob for a quotation, I have the idea that another phase may be more proudful to him. Anyway it means a lot to this aging reporter.

Bob's career began with seven lean years in which he played in 11 major championships before winning one. The public tends to forget that in the radiance of the following years — but not the old reporter.

And my personal opinion is that his performance in the United States and British Opens in the last nine years of his career constitutes Bob's finest record in golf."

First Seven Times "In 12 American and British Open starts he finished first seven times and second four times. And two of the seconds came after a tie and playoff.

So he finished with the top score in nine of his last 12 Opens.

There's a record I'll predict never will be matched."

"Pop" Keeler's article went on to describe — and very interestingly — the "most important" shot and other fine plays of Bob Jones; and, added his commendations, as well he would.

The triumphant receptions that Bob received in New York, Atlanta, and other appreciative cities were among the many popular acclaims that were accorded him, upon the completion of his "Grand Slam" championships. A great person, absolutely modest, brilliant and plain as a swell old shoe — that's what the world also knows, to state it briefly, about Bob Jones. He rates the best of all congratulations, always, and our heartiest good wishes go out to him for his every continued success.

20-Game Slate for Tech Nine Announced A 20-game schedule with the five other teams in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference was announced for Georgia Tech's baseball team. The Jackets open the season in Atlanta March 31 with Vanderbilt.

Coach Joe Pittard's team, which won nine and lost 11 last year, will play home and home two-game series with Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia and Auburn.

The schedule: March 31-April 1, Vanderbilt; April 5-6, Kentucky; April 1213, Tennessee; April 14-15, at Auburn; April 21-22, at Vanderbilt; April 26-27, at Tennessee; April 28-29, at Kentucky; May 5-6, Auburn; May 12, Georgia; May 13, at Georgia; May 19, at Georgia; May 20, Georgia.

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1V SWIMMING The fate of Georgia Tech's swimming team seemed to hinge more on the way Johnny Hiles was used by Coach Lanoue than on team strength. For instance, Tech had been defeated by Georgia earlier in the season (their first lost to the Bulldogs since 1941), but in their return engagement Coach Lanoue decided to put Hiles in the 100 yard freestyle, which Hiles had never swum. Hiles won over Georgia's Cooper, who previously had been considered a sure first. Hiles also won the 440 and swam a leg on the 150 yard medley relay, which Tech won. Tech won the meet 44-31. In the Florida meet J o h n n y s w a m the 150 yard backstroke which he hadn't done since he was a freshman. He won, enabling Tech to squeeze by Florida 38-37, setting a new Tech record in the balance.

Of course, the excellent swimming by Towles and Griffin in the breaststroke, who usually finished 1 and 2, Harp in the backstroke, Avery and Chapman in the dashes, Edleson in the relays, and Mulherin in diving always helped Tech make a creditable showing.

In the Southeastern Conference Meet Tech nipped Georgia to win its fourth straight conference championship. The Jackets scored 82 points, Georgia 75, Florida 71, and Vandy 10.

Hiles set a new 100 yard backstroke record of 1:04.7 and won the 150 yard individual medley. Towles set a new record in the 200 yard breastroke for Tech in 2:31.9. Volk, of Georgia, set a new 100 yard breastroke record in 1:03.7. Others for Tech who won points were Edleson, Harp, Griffin, Chapman, Avery, and Mulherin. Georgia Tech may well be proud of these boys who have put up their best on every occasion to come through, often against better odds.

A swimming meet can be very close and yet there can be a big difference in the score. Tech's season was not as good as in recent years, but they definitely are above the average. It's just too bad Johnny Hiles didn't have unlimited endurance. Tech could win them all.

Date Jan. 14 Jan.21 Jan. 27 Feb. 3 Feb. 4 Feb. 9 Feb. 11 Feb. 18 Feb. 25 Mar. 3-4 Mar. 10-11

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RESULTS Opponent Score Auburn 29 Emory 26 N. C. State 34 Georgia 40 Vanderbilt 31 N. C. University 50 Florida State 51 Florida U. 37 Georgia 31 A.A.U. N. C. (first) 2nd) S.E.C. (Tech 1st)

March-April, 1950

SPORTS

The two men in the short pants are Johnny Hiles (left), and Page Griffin.

Hiles is captain of Tech's swimming team and more than any one man, has been largely responsible for Tech winning the 1948, 1949, and 1950 conference championship (see article in this issue). Griffin, son of Dean George C. Griffin, is a breaststroker, and has had the bad fortune of swimming with Towles who nips him by a close margin in every meet.

Towles has been first in the 200 yard breaststroke in the conference meet for the last two years and holds the conference record.

* WRESTLING Georgia Tech's grapplers won 3, lost 5, tied 1 and placed third in the Southeastern AAU, b e h i n d Auburn and Maryville. Wrestling has begun to have an excellent following in the south, where it is a comparatively new sport.

The televising of matches and addition of new colleges to the wrestling field are reasons for the increasing popularity.

Tech was fortunate in being able to schedule a match with Oklahoma A. & M., current N.C.A.A. champions and consistent winner of national honors.

This team is coached, by Art Griffith, father of Tech's assistant wrestling coach, Jack Griffith. Bob Miller is Tech's regular coach. The Oklahomans defeated our boys easily, but it is hoped that our grapplers picked up some pointers from the champs.

Tech's r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s in most matches were: 121 lb. Bill Geisler, 128 lb. Gardner Ivey, 136 lb. Frank Garrard, 145 lb. Bill Erb, 159 lb. Harold Zell, 165 lb. Gene Franklin, 175 lb. Rahily Rhodes, Heavyweight Ray Beck.

The Jackets won two matches from Vandy, one from Chattanooga, and tied Duke. They lost two to Auburn and one to V.M.I., Oklahoma A. & M., and Maryville.

1950 Matmen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tech's wrestlers, above are: first row (I. to r.) Kirk, Garrard, Erb, Zell, Burnsed, Franklin; second row, Geisler, Lookabaugh, Rhodes, Rice, Ivey, VandenHeuval; third row, Townsend, Engel, Beck, Cone, Bluestone and King.

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FORMER TECH PLAYERS NOW COACHING Georgia Tech has never furnished very many men in the coaching field, principally due to the fact that a teaching job is usually required along with it and Tech does not give certification of teaching ability, even though the man may be perfectly apt.

Former Tech men now coaching at Tech are Roy McArthur, '34, head basketball and assistant football coach; George "Mutt" Manning, assistant freshman football coach; Bill Jordan, '38, varsity end coach; Dean George Griffin, '22, cross-country coach; Norris Dean, '35, track coach; Tommy Plaxico, '41, assistant track coach; J. C. "Whack" Hyder, '38, assistant basketball and baseball coach, and J. H. McAuley, '43, assistant swimming coach. Of course, W. A. "Bill" Alexander, '12, is very active as Director of Athletics here at Tech.

Jim Luck, '48, and his assistant, John Beall, '45, are at Americus, Ga. Harry Milligan, '32, and M. J. "Buck" Flowers, '32, will coach football at Richmond Academy in Augusta.

R. L. "Shorty" Doyal, '21, will be joined by his son, "Buck," '50, at Marist in Atlanta next fall.

Roy Brewer, '32, has long been coach at Hapeville High.

Frank Broyles, '47, will assist Bob Woodruff at the University of Florida this year.

Joe E. Brown, '49, will be an assistant coach at Oklahoma A. & M. Earl Whelby, '40, is coaching at Athens High, the home town of the "Dogs."

Carlton Lewis, '42, assisted by Haley Ector, '43, has been highly successful as football coach at West Point, Ga. Lewis Hook is coach at Rossville, Ga., High School.

Jim Still, '49, takes over as coach at Moultrie High this year.

Jim Wright, '42, is assistant coach at Lanett, Ala. Tom Allen, '39, is coaching at Mount Olive, N. C. Phil Tinsley, '46, is assistant coach in Orlando, Florida.

George Brodnax, '49, is assistant coach at Georgia Military Academy.

Ralph Slaton, '48, is assistant coach at Auburn.

Three recent graduates have just joined the Atlanta City League as coaches. They are Jack Peek, '49, and Ewell Pope, '50, who will coach at Brown High, and Jack Griffin, '50, who will coach at Sylvan Hills.

Jim Southard, '50, will be at Hogansville High School.

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COURT ACTION Tech forward, Colin Anderson, goes up in the air after a rebound as Jim Tulane player, makes a bid for the ball. Number 10 for Tech is sophomore Umstead.

Tech won 59-55 in a thriller.

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BASKETBALL Georgia Tech's basketeers will make good husbands, a p p a r e n t l y .

They seemed to like to play at home, but couldn't get going when away. The Jackets won all of their home games, with the exception of Kentucky, and lost all but four of their games away; winning from Michigan State, Wake Forest, West Virginia, and Auburn. This gave them a season record of 14 wins and 13 losses, for a little better than .500 average.

The high point of the season was Tech's win over L. S. U. by the score of 85-58. This game found the Jackets hitting a higher percentage of their shots than in any other. Every member of the squad played and showed up well. The low point of the season was their loss to Kentucky at Lexington (97-62) and to Alabama at Tuscaloosa (73-39).

It might be said that basketball on the whole has improved tremendously in the Southeastern Conference. Midway in the season it was anybody's race, but at the end Kentucky, as usual, and Vandy were at the top. Vandy faded in the tournament, and Kentucky went on to stomp Tennessee in the finals. Tennessee had previously eliminated Tech in the first round.

Colin Anderson, senior forward, made the AU-SEC team picked by the Associated Press. Anderson was the only senior on the squad. The squad was well balanced as far as procuring points is concerned.

Scoring for the regular season follows: Melvin Dold, 298; Colin Anderson, 282; Mickey Sermersheim, 250; Bill Cline, 230; Joe Keener, 227; Teeter Umstead, 132; Barry Blemker, 48; Benny Register, 29; Robert Reidel, 29; James Fritch, 25.

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Directory of Georgia Tech Alumni Clubs ALBANY, GA. Pres., John Murray, '27, 1408 Jefferson St., Albany, Ga. V.-Pres., W. Frank Tyson, '34, Camilla, Ga. Sec.-Treas., Henry L. Collier, '41, Americus, Ga. AUGUSTA, GA. Pres., Hugh Groves, '30, 703 Marion Bldg.

V.-Pres., Fred Morgan, '29, Morgan Truck & Tractor Co. Sec, Ed Macuch, '46, 2626 Hazel St. Treas., Jim Swift, '47, City Hall BALTIMORE, MD. James R. Cassell, '42, 1711 Bloomingdale Rd. BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Pres., Charles Northen, Jr., '24, Overhill Rd. V.-Pres., C. Lynn Strickland, '30, 3750 Jackson Blvd.

Sec.-Treas., James D. Collins, Jr., '35, 1419 Clermont Dr. CHARLESTON, S. C. Pres., W. Lucas Simons, '09, 90 Church St. V.-Pres., David T. Coleman, '27, 166 Grove St. Sec.-Treas., Louis Y. Dawson, Jr., '20, 33 Church St. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Pres., W. B. O'Neal, '28, 2251 Vernon Dr. V.-Pres., W. S. Terrell, '31, 1825 Pinewood Cir. Sec.-Treas., A. C. Thies, '43, 400 Hassell PI. CHATTANOOGA, TENN. Pres., Fletcher Sims, '38, 300 W. 29th St. V.-Pres., Bill Healy, '48, 208 Franklin Rd., L'kout Mtn., Tenn.

Sec, A. L. Hawkins, c/o Dupont Nylon Plant.

Treas., F. P. "Pat" Ryan, '40, 101 N. Bragg, L'kout Mtn., Tenn.

CHICAGO, ILL. Pres., Bolan H. Boatner. '28, 634 Sheridan Sq., Evanston, 111.

V.-Pres., Ben L. Crew, '28, 333 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago Sec, Robert P. Stuntz, '40, Babcock-Wilcox Co., Chicago Treas., John R. Baldwin, '08, 316 Main St., Evanston, 111.

CINCINNATI, OHIO Pres., Ben J. Gantt, '15, Buckeye Cotton Oil Co. V.-Pres.. Henry W. Moore, '28, 3164 Queen City Ave. Sec.-Treas., Claude C. Allman, '28, P. & G. Mfg. Co., Ivorydale 17.

Ohio CLEVELAND, OHIO Earnest W. Harwell, '23, Hamilton Steel Co., E. 131st St. & Tait Ave. COLUMBIA, S. C. Tom Daisley, '47, Radio Station WIS COLUMBUS, GA. Pres., Leon K. Camp, '22, Camp Concrete Products Co. V.-Pres., Frank C. Martin, '31, Martin Furniture Co. Sec.-Treas., Bob Davis, Jr., '47, Swift Spinning Mills DALLAS, TEXAS Pres., John C. Jacobs, '39, Nebo Oil Co., 930 Mercantile Bank Bldg.

V.-Pres.. Jeff Hooker, '40, 7463 Fisher Rd. Sec.-Treas., Charles A. McGill, '48, 610 Ouida Dr., Grand Prairie, Texas DALTON, GA. Honorable Carlton McCamy, Mayor of Dalton DANVILLE, VA. Dave C. Boy, Jr., '37, Dan River Mills DETROIT, MICH. Dick Atchley, '48, 7423 Woodrow Wilson, Detroit 6, Mich.

FLORENCE-SHEFFIELD-TUSCUMBIA, ALA. Ray Kytle, '36, Reynold Alloys, Sheffield, Ala. GAINESVILLE, GA. Charles R. Simmons, '37, Flowery Branch, Ga. GREENSBORO, N. C. Montgomery Hill, '11, National Theatre Bldg.

GREENVILLE, S. C. Pres., Vardry D. Ramseur, Jr., '39, Box 1356 V.-Pres., Charles M. Galloway, '34, 19 Ashley St. Sec.-Treas., Henry Brown, '28, c/o A. G. Furman. Woodside BldK. GRIFFIN, GA. Nathaniel Bailey, '22, 1056 Maple Dr. HAVANA, CUBA Sergio A. Sobredo, '39, Calle 10 No. 1205 Vedado HOUSTON, TEXAS Pres., W. Stewart Boyle, '28, 1126 Commerce Annex Bldg.

V.-Pres., Dunson Dunaway, '44, 7703 El Rancho Sec.-Treas., Jim Fryer, Jr., '40, Cameron Iron Works, Box 1212 INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Pres., Otto S. Brock, '22, 5429 N. New Jersey St. Sec, Fred R. Short, '39, 1062 Winton Ave., Speedway, Ind. JACKSON, MISS. Pres., Eugene D. Drummond, '12, Box 162 V.-Pres., Robert Sims Munford, Jr., '34, 427 N. State St. Sec.-Treas., Dave Gammill, '47, Major Disinfectant Co. JACKSONVILLE, FLA. Pres., Ivy H. Smith, '20, 2110 River Rd. V.-Pres., Jack Darby, '41, 5634 Auburn Rd. Sec, J. C. Merrill, Jr., '40, 4575 Ortega Blvd.

15 Treas., A. C. Skinner, Jr., '44, Route 8, Box 105 KINGSPORT, TENN. Pres., A. G. Coffin, '32, 1600 Farridge Dr. Program Chairman, W. T. Jackson, '34, 1641 Newbern Rd. Sec.-Treas., Bill McMillin, '48, 907 Broad St. KNOXVILLE, TENN. Robert M. Gibbs, '39, Nubbins Ridge Rd., Rt. LA GRANGE, GA. March-April, Charles M. 1950 Geer, '16, 1205 Vernon Rd. LOS ANGELES, CALIF. G. Nolan Bearden, '29, 609 S. Grand Ave. Howard K. Bolles, '34, 314 W. 6th St.

LOUISVILLE, KY. S. T. Pruitt, '29, 2927 Arden Rd. MACON, GA. Pres., Bill Fleming, '11, 757 Mulberry St. V.-Pres., Geo "Scrappy" Edwards, '38, Vista Cir. Sec.-Treas., Jack Virgin, '33, 112 Emily Place MARIETTA, GA. Morgan McNeel, Jr., '19, McNeel Marble Co. MEMPHIS, TENN. Pres., Luther B. Hawkins, '48, Buckeye Cotton Oil Co. V.-Pres., Tom F. Faires, '28, 45 Porter Bldg.

Sec.-Treas., R. P. Colmer, Jr., '46, McGregor, Inc., 1071 Union Ave. MIAMI, FLA. Pres., R. Fulton Webb, '22, 3825 Toledo St., Coral Gables Sec.-Treas., Alan Yopp, '39, 7721 S. W. 59th St., Coral Gables MOBILE, ALA. Pres., Richard Harrison, '48, 59 S. Jackson St. V.-Pres., Tom Hughes, '39, 13 Audubon PI. Sec.-Treas., O. W. Jervis, '33, Lancaster Rd., Springhill, Ala. MONTGOMERY, ALA. Pres., Leo J. Drum, '35, 7 Gilmer Ave. Southern, '33, 1510 Clinton St. V.-Pres., Dan William Nightengale, '31,254 909 Clark St., Old Hickory, Wilson, Jr., '47, Box Tenn. Joe Hedrick, '27, Grimes Motor Co. Sec.-Treas., V.-Pres., Hardie C. Bass, Jr., '32, 161 8th Ave., North NASHVILLE, Sec, John TENN. C. Wheeler, '38, 3848 Cleghorne Rd. Treas., ThomasE.Crain, '47, 1627 Glen Echo Rd. Pres., Charles NEWARK, N. J. Pres., Frank W. Michal, '43, 39 Oxford St. V.-Pres., Simon H. Sculnick, '43, 58 Hillside Ave. Sec, Gerald W. Burg, '43, 179 Garfield St., Passaic, N. J. Treas., Paul A. Rhudy, '47, Dupont, Arlington, N. J. NEW ORLEANS, LA. Walker Saussy, '23, 318 Carondelet St. NEW YORK, N. Y. Pres., Edgar Kobak, '18, Ambassador Hotel V.-Pres., W. J. Holman, '28, 944 Kensington Ave., Plainfield, N. J. Sec.-Treas., Dudley King, '34, Holland & Armstrong, 63 Wall St. OAK RIDGE, TENN. W. H. Herndon, '21, 253 Louisiana Ave. ORLANDO, FLA. Pres., W. A. McCree, Jr., '36, 4 E. Harvard Ave. V.-Pres., Byron King, '23, 330 N. Orange Sec.-Treas., Tom Yandre, 37, P. O. Box 3547 PENSACOLA, FLA. Eugene C. Smith, '27, Hygeia Coca-Cola Bottling Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Pres., D. A. Worrell, '36, 2909 Haverford Rd., Ardmore, Pa V.-Pres., W. B. Ashby, '40, 401 N. Broad St. Sec.-Treas., R. W. Pries, '40, 1225 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. PITTSBURGH, PA. K. M. Patterson, '23, 800 Limecrest Rd., Pittsburgh 21, Pa. RICHMOND, VA. Parker Deans, '38, 2422 Bransford Dr., Richmond 28, Va. ROANOKE, VA. Edwin B. Branch, '33, Box 1904, Roanoke SAVANNAH, GA. Pres., Frank C. Underwood, Jr., '32, 1319 N. 36th St., E. V.-Pres., Haywood S. Hansell, '24, 412 E. Victory Dr. Sec, William P. Bergen, '43, 127 Habersham St. Treas., Frank K. Butler, '42, 24 W. Congress St. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Stamps Bethel, '27, Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y. SEATTLE, WASH. Pres., C. Pat. Johnson, '24, 860 Stuart Bldg.

V.-Pres., Thomas E. Gibbs, '99, 2024 E. Lynn St. Sec.-Treas., K. E. Hollingsworth, '27, 5562 Stuart Bldg.

SHREVEPORT, LA. Pres., James T. Carmichael, '36, 927 Boulevard V.-Pres., Jeff Dykes, Jr., '41, 4735 Thornhill Sec.-Treas., Jim Zike, '44, Haynesville, La. SCHENECTADY, N. Y. Dan Kyker, '46, Bldg. 48, G. E. Co., Schenectady, N. Y. ST. LOUIS, MO. Rial E. Rolfe, Jr., '47, 5315 Wells TAMPA, FLA. Pres., R. Dudley Hayes, '26, 2601 Jetton Ave. V.-Pres., Roy Strickland, Jr., '40, 627 Park St., Clearwater V.-Pres., J. Brand Laseter, '40, 803 N. Collins St., Plant City V.-Pres., R. E. Clarson, Jr., '40, 1930 13th Ave., St. Petersburg Sec.-Treas., W. N. Hicks, '47, 914 S. Freemont WASHINGTON, D. C. Pres., George Viereck, '32, 932 "K" St., N. W. V.-Pres.. Fred Trew, '35, 1526 14th St., N. W. Sec.-Treas., Dick Stirni, '34, 415 Jackson PI., Alexandria, Va. WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. L. A. Hawkins, '25, King & Fischer Co., Citizens Bldg.

WEST POINT, GA. Pres., James Wright, '42, Lanett, Ala. V.-Pres., Bill Spell, '40, Lanett Mill, Lanett, Ala. Sec.-Treas., Marshall Mehaffey, '40, Lanett, Ala. WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. A. R. Nicolas, '22, 318 Carolina Circle 23

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Two Jordans, both prominently associated with Tech, broke into the news during the month of February. They are Jimmy Jordan, 5 feet 9 inches, 138 pounds, and Bill Jordan, 6 feet 4 inches, over 200 pounds.

Bill Jordan, '38, was persuaded to leave an insurance business to return to Tech as varsity end coach and will be a welcome addition to our fine coaching staff. He hails from Anniston, Ala., as do his three brothers who have attended Tech, or are attending. They are, Bob Jordan, all-around athlete, who finished in '47; Lamar Jordan '50, senior class president, and Tommy Jordan, '53.

Bill is married and has two children.

Bill Jordan is one of only three in the conference who made All-SEC in football and basketball. He also lettered in baseball. Bill, according to Coach Alexander, is the finest defensive end in Tech's history. He was an excellent pass receiver and all-around player. Bill played on the only team at Tech that won the S. E. C. basketball championship. That was in 1937.

Jimmy Jordan, '50, performer of many outstanding feats on the gridiron during the past 4 years, has just recently gone to work on the sports staff of The Atlanta Journal. Jimmy also hails from Alabama, Birmingham, that is.

The Tech track team started the season off with a journey to Chapel Hill for the North Carolina indoor relays Feb. 25. They were ousted from the throne as non-conference champion, a title won last year, by the Naval Academy team. Navy was first with 27 points, Tech second with 15%; Florida, 14; L.S.U., 7; Georgia, 6%; Tennesse, Catholic U., Washington College, 5 each, etc.

Tech men scoring were: Lupton, 2nd in shot put; McGrain, tie for third in high jump; Shivers, 4th in 60 yd. dash; Coons, second in 70 yard high and 70 yard low hurdles; Forward, 4th in 70 yard high hurdles; Shivers, 3rd in 70 yard low hurdles. Tech placed third in the mile relay.

The schedule follows:

11 FOOTBALL GAMES Georgia Tech has put itself on the spot by scheduling an opener next season with mighty Southern Methodist University in Dallas, September 23.

S.M.U. replaces Vandy as an opener and judging from the scare they gave Notre Dame, should supply Tech with more than enough opposition.

Other notable changes are the replacing of Tulane and Tennessee by L.S.U. and Kentucky respectively. W. & L. is replaced by V.M.I, and Davidson is simply added to the regular 10 game schedule.

The full schedule follows:

March 25 April 8 April 15 April 22 April 29 May 6 May 13 May 19-20 May 27

Florida Relays Florida Tulane Tennessee Georgia North Carolina Auburn S. E. Conference Inter-Conference

Gainesville Atlanta New Orleans Knoxville Athens Atlanta Atlanta Birmingham Atlanta

He is married and has one child. Jimmy will be sorely missed on the football field next fall as he was a great favorite of the fans who saw him play, but those in and around Atlanta will hear from him via the sports pages.

September 23 — S.M.U. at Dallas (Night) September 30 — South Carolina at Grant Field October 7 — Florida at Grant Field October 14 — L.S.U. at Baton Rouge (Night) October 21 — Auburn at Grant Field October 28 — Kentucky at Grant Field (Home Coming) November 4 — Duke at Durham November 11 —V.M.I, at Grant Field November 18 — Alabama at Grant Field November 25 — Davidson at Grant Field December 2 — Georgia at Athens

Home Coming October 28 — Remember the Date Season tickets applications will be mailed out during the month of April.

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W e buy, sell, rent and exchange Electrical Equipment.

W e rewind and rebuild Electric

Motors, Generators, Transformers, Armatures and all kinds of Electrical Apparatus to Factory specifications.

GE WIRE CABLE, CONDUIT, FITTINGS AND GENERAL ELECTRIC MOTORS, TRANSFORMERS AND CONTROLS ALLIS-CHALMERS TEXROPE DRIVES HARRINGTON COMPANY PEERLESS HOISTS SYLVANIA FLUORESCENT FIXTURES ECONOMY FUSES • LAMPS AND ACCESSORIES HUNTER CENTURY FANS • OHIO CARBON BRUSHES ALL TYPES OF WIRING DEVICES AND MATERIALS

Electrical Equipment Company J. M . Cutliff, E.E. ' 1 5 , President and Gen. Manager

Richmond, V a .

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Raleigh, N . C.—Home Office

Augusta, Ga.

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/4\ Sym&ol.,, a*td a ^^adctcoK HE tradition which goes out into the world with every graduate of Georgia Tech is a real and measurable force — one which is demonstrated every day by Tech men in our leading architectural and engineering firms. . . and on important engineering and construction jobs in every section of the world.

Robert and Company . . . proud that so many of its own officers and staff are graduates of Georgia Tech . . . extends to Tech Alumni everywhere its sincere best wishes.

ROBERT AND COMPANY ASSOCIATES C£>7?~cA

March-April, 1950

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Ask for it either way . . . both trade-marks mean the same thing.

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