Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Vol. 32, No. 05 1954 by Georgia Tech Alumni Association

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on April 20th. Having been rather deeply involved in the planning and production of the affair, we found ourselves unable to write objectively about it. So we asked Constitution Sports Editor Furman Bisher to allow us the privilege of rerunning his fine piece on the show—you'll find it on page 14 of this issue along with Journal-Constitution photographer Ken Patterson's interesting photographs of the big night. Incidentally, F u r m a n is just one of our recent contributors who has been honored recently with a top award in his profession. For the second time in the three years he has headed the Constitution's sports staff, Furman has been awarded the annual Associated Press award for the Best Sports Coverage by a Georgia Staffer during the year. Another of our regular contributors has been awarded a top reportorial award by AP for the year 1953. Bill Diehl (remember his Nov.-Dec. cover shot of the twins?) received the best Spot News award for his great coverage of the Juleich kidnapping case last Fall. This one really makes us proud for Bill is from our home town, and it was the promised-land talk of your editor and his wife that lured him to Atlanta back in 1949. Photographer Bill Wilson of the Journal-Constitution staff is another regular contributor who received a top award in recent months. Bill was presented with the Sigma Delta Chi national award for Best Human Interest Photograph by a newspaper photographer during 1953. Bill's winning shot of a family's reaction to the return of their POW was taken last September at the Atlanta Airport. Sigma Delta Chi is the professional journalism fraternity. We wish some of this would rub off on us. • • « • • A hydrogen bomb dropped on the Mason-Dixon Line could not have shocked the campus any greater than the word that was passed around shortly after the noon hour on May 17. The Supreme Court had outlawed segregation in America's public schools. The most prevalent campus comment—"Knew it was going to happen, but we didn't think they would do it to us this soon." Once again, the South loses a battle in the Supreme Court, and the Federal

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Government elects to ignore "States Rights" in a controversial issue. Of course, the announcement from Washington came at our press time making it impossible for us to present to you the reaction of Georgia's educational leaders to this shock. It also prevented us from reviewing t h e possible effects of this decision on higher education in the South. To tell you the truth, the raving of the politicians has to this date eclipsed the statements of the educational leaders of Georgia. Since t h e Supreme Court will not hand down the plan (?) to terminate segregation in the Southern schools until October, w e thought it would be the better part of valor to wait until things cooled a bit before we discussed this question with you. Look for it in the Sept.-Oct. issue. • • • • • A lot of nice comments flowed this way about the last issue, especially concerning the D. M. Smith story. Almost all of them praised our photos of the eminent Tech mathematician. Let you in on a secret. Those were unposed natural light shots and, as such, r e quired a good deal of skill on the part of t h e guy in t h e dark room to make something out of practically nothing. The fellow who should get t h e credit More on Page 4

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HIS issue of the magazine will be my last opportunity to report to T you the activities of your National Alumni Association for the year. In previous issues, Secretary Beard and I have reported to you some things that are happening at Tech, and the part that the Alumni Association has played in them. 1953-54 has been another year of splendid growth and achievement for your Alumni Association. It has kept pace with the greater Georgia Tech which we are now beginning to know so well. At this point we have a total of 5,954 members in the Alumni Association who have contributed $62,-

More R a m b l i n ' for those shots is Leander (Pappy) Prowse of the Experiment Station photo staff. Pappy has suffered over many a roll of our rather inexpert picturetaking, so we want to be sure he gets the credit due him for the great job he did on this batch of shots.

818.68. There are still a few months before the final whistle, and these totals should be even greater at that time. This is the largest- active Alumni Association membership which we have ever had and is a culmination of the splendid work which was done under the leadership of Charlie Yates, Price Gilbert, Oscar Davis and Joe Westbrook, as well as many others in past years. I believe that Tech now has the highest per cent of active dues paying members of any college or university Alumni Association in the southeast. I do not have complete information on such figures and could be wrong in making such a statement. It is certainly one of the finest groups of Alumni that has ever existed anywhereâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;this statement I can make without being checked. I am happy to report to you that the Alexander Memorial Committee has now reached what appears to be a logical determination, and that the whole responsibility has been placed in the hands of an exceedingly strong and able group of men, who, based on their previous performance and records, should be thoroughly capable of carrying out the plan to build the $1,500,000 Alexander Memorial. This situation has caused your Alumni Association considerable anxiety during the past year, and we are proud of the fact that it is now well on the way to a successful conclusion. The 1954 Homecoming should be the

finest event that we have ever staged at Georgia Tech. A splendid summary of Homecoming activities has been prepared by a committee under the leadership of Fred Storey, Class of '33. More activities will be combined in a shorter length of time, making it possible for more people to attend next Fall than ever before. We are just beginning to realize the possibilities of Homecoming at Tech and will utilize them to the fullest extent in the future. We now have 48 active clubs. Your Alumni Association this year has given a great deal of thought, as well as devoted a lot of effort, to improving our Alumni clubs and adding new ones. We have developed a strong program which will be of great assistance to us in the coming year. As President, I am deeply grateful to the officers and directors who have given so much of their time and effort to make this year a success. I also want to express my appreciation for the splendid cooperation which I have received from Roane Beard, Secretary of the Association; Bob Wallace, Editor of the Alumnus Magazine, and the other fine members of the staff. A great deal of the credit for the successful operation in recent years is due to them. I would like to take this last opportunity to thank all of the Alumni for the splendid support which they have given us during the past year, to assure you that we have made every effort to further improve your Association, and to recommend your continued interest to see that it is further developed. Thank you again, and with best wishes for the future. Ivan Allen, Jr.

HIS July marks an anniversary date for President Van Leer. Comes July the first, the Colonel will have spent ten years at the helm of the school. In honor of the event we have reviewed this "Decade of Progress" in this issue. It starts on page 6.

ou will note the absence of phonographs by the editor in this issue. Y It isn't that we have lost interest in snapping the shutter. It's just a case of no shutter to snap. Someone stole it from a friend the morning after the Dodd party. The saddest part of it all was that the shots of the Dodd show were still inside the camera. So now we are performing our duties sans Rollei until we can raise enough money to buy a new one. A man that would Steal a Rollei is perfectly capable of kidnapping. Bob Wallace, Jr.

1954-55 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OFFICERSâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; (left to right) : Eugene C. Smith, '27, Pen sacola, Florida, vice president-at-large; Dave Arnold, '18, Griffin, Georgia, president; Jack Glenn, '32, Atlanta, Georgia, vice president, and Paul Duke, '45, Atlanta, Georgia, treasure) The new officers elected by your votes through the ALUMNUS will take office on July 1 of this year. THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS

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From the Secretary's Desk . . . THIS month of May, 1954, General Electric dedicated a Iof Nthe $25 million transformer plant at Rome, Ga. This is one many post-world w a r II plants built by large national concerns who have faith in the future of the South. Westinghouse, Western Electric, General Motors, Ford, Deering-Millican, Carbide & Carbon, J. P. Stevens, Chemstrand, Rayonier and many others are staking their future on our area as a place for production advantages, increased markets, equalized freight rates and better living conditions. Du Pont, alone, has twenty multi-million dollar plants in 9 southeastern states. Atomic energy development at Oak Ridge and Savannah River are huge examples of Federal faith in the Southland. We have all the necessary requirements for a balanced economy —a new experience which is becoming a reality. Farm mechanization at first led young men away from the farm to seek a job in the industrial east and mid-west. Now he can stay — perhaps holding a factory job and farming on the side. Only an estimated 14% of the U. S. production comes out of the South today, but watch it rise. I predict this figure will double within the next thirty years.

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The state of Georgia alone cannot keep Georgia Tech on top. Alumni support has done it in the past and must in the future. We're considered the leading engineering college in the south; one of the four best in the country. Our position will not remain the same without your continuous support of all activities here. We're in an enviable position — opportunity is knocking. Let's answer by opening the door.

Your Roll Call Please accept the thanks of your Board of Trustees for your participation in this year's Annual Alumni Roll Call. Here's a comparison with last year.

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Dr. Smith It has been most gratifying to take part in the homage to Dr. D. M. Smith. What a gem he is. 1,099 individuals gave $6,072.00. H e received a new Plymouth with all accessories, TV set, $1500 check and a separate $1,000 check (anonymous) and has more coming — all with no strings attached. His devotion paid off with kindness from his former students.

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You're probably asking — what does all this mean to me? It means that Georgia Tech, your Alma Mater, must progress ahead of this growth — develop leaders who will meet the tremendous need for advanced planning and development of rail, air, highway, community, and plant facilities.

Your application should already be back to the Athletic Association. If you are a contributor you should have r e ceived a buff colored application. If you are and didn't get the buff or yellow application, let us know. — Roane Beard

Contents

OFFICERS OF THE GEORGIA TECH NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

EDITORIALS Ramblin' The President. Reports

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THE INSTITUTION A Decade of Progress On t h e Hill Santa Claus — April Edition File for t h e F u t u r e

12 13

SPORTS T-Game Spring Scores Talk About Tech — Coach Dodd Reports

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THE ALUMNI This Is Your Life With the Clubs News b y Classes

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Georgia. May-June, 1954

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Atlanta,

Ivan Allen, Jr., '33, Pres. John Staton, '23, Vice-Pres. Dave Arnold, '18, Vice-Pres. Paul Duke, '45, Treasurer W. Roane Beard, '40, Executive Secretary STAFF Bob Wallace, Jr., '49, Editor & Manager Mary Peeks, Editorial Assistant

ON THE COVER Journal-Constitution photographer Bill Warren shows his award-winning skill with this shot of Dr. D. M. in his new car. Story on page 12. Published bi-monthly from September to June, inclusive, by the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, Georgia Institute of Technology, 225 North Avenue, Atlanta, Ga. Subscription price (35$ per copy) included in the membership dues. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Atlanta, Georgia, under Act of March 3, 1879.

The face of the campus has changed in the past ten years - in the following pages, the Alumnus

reviews

this change and the not-so-obvious changes at Tech.

A Decade of Progress N JULY 1, 1944, the country was en-

O gaged in a bitter global war. In Normandy, the allies were gathering momentum for the coming breakthrough at St. Lo. While in the Pacific, General MacArthur and his troops were poised on the tip of New Guinea for the long-awaited return to the Philippines; and the marines were busy securing islands for the much needed B-29 bases. Back in Atlanta, a man moved quietly into the president's chair at Georgia School of Technology. That day in July, ten years ago, Blake Van Leer found himself the head of an engineering school with a national reputation and a physical plant worth approximately $4,500,000 — covering 45 acres of land. The student body ran to 2911 day students (including only six graduate students) and 3601 extension students. Around this time it was generally rumored in educational circles that the federal government was going to subsidize the education of the veterans after the war had r u n its course. If these rumors were true, it would mean that the American schools of higher education were about to receive the greatest influx of students in their history. (When the GI Bill finally went into effect the influx was greater than anyone even dared rumor it would be back in 1944.) A New P l a n Realizing that Tech would get its share of this expected increase of students, the new president took stock of the physical and instructional facilities to see how much they would have to be girded to withstand the coming invasion of the veterans. While involved in this surveying, he decided to have a Master Development Plan drawn up for the long range New Georgia Tech. Considering the physical location of the school, the estimated future demands for the services it could perform and

EXHIBIT A of the new buildings on the Tech campus—the finest building in the world today devoted to the teaching of architecture. May-June, 1954

other factors; it was decided that this New Georgia Tech should be geared to handle 5,000 day school students (500 of whom would be graduate students). This development plan was drawn up and, in 1946, was approved by the Board of Regents of the University System as well as the City and County planning commissions. Since that time Tech has been moving steadily towards the fulfillment of the development plan. Of course, minor changes have been made in the details of the plan but the overall plan is the same today as it was in 1946. First, the Land The first concern of the new president, as he considered carrying out the development plan, was to acquire the land on which to build the additional buildings for the New Georgia Tech. That job is now about 90% completed as Tech owns 134 of the 150 acres r e quired under the new plan. Second, the Housing The second concern was student housing. In 1944, Tech could house 870 students in its dormitories and an additional 200-300 in the fraternity houses. These housing accommodations fell far short of the estimated needs of the plan. In 1947 three new dormitories (Glenn, Smith and Towers) were erected at a total cost of $1,600,000. The addition of these facilities brought the available dormitory accommodations up to 1900, just 100 short of the figure estimated in the master plan. During the same period, the fraternities increased their facilities to accommodate over 500 students in their houses. Another concern of the administration was faculty housing. On this job, they were forced to start from scratch. Tech had virtually no facilities for housing faculty members in 1944. Three years later, • the completed 64 unit Burge Apartment House along with the 165 unit Callaway Apartments helped to ease this shortage considerably. In addition to this faculty housing, the

institution now has around 50 houses to rent to faculty members. When the administration first made plans to build these faculty housing facilities they were warned that they would not be able to get the faculty to live in the Tech area because of the rundown conditions of the homes surrounding the campus. The institution, however, bought up most of this so-called slum area in their expansion. Immediately after purchase by Tech, the old houses were torn down. At the present time Tech is surrounded on three sides by good housing area—only the Hemphill side of the campus looks like the eld days. N o Trailers at T e c h During the postwar GI student period, Tech, unlike many other schools, did not have to build any temporary housing facilities on the campus. Many of the Tech students lived in housing facilities at the Bell Bomber Plant near Marietta, 17 miles from the campus. Others lived in the GI housing facilities at Lawson General Hospital, located 10 miles from the campus. These housing facilities were admittedly substandard, but rent was low and they were better than many of the trailer camps, etc.,

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EXHIBIT B—The Har rison Hightower Textile Building, one of the finest of its type in tht country.

gracing the campuses of other schools during the same period. New B u i l d i n g s Meanwhile the building up of the physical plant was underway. In 1947 the calculator building went up; in 1948, the Hightower Textile Building was built. In 1949 additions were made to the Brittain Dining Hall and in 1950,

the Hinman Research Building was completed. During 1951, the Bradley Building was added to the administration building and various research annexes were built. In 1952, the world's finest building devoted to the teaching of Architecture was completed; and in 1953 the Price Gilbert Library was completed and dedicated. Slowly but

surely, the Tech campus is approaching the outstanding physical plant that the administration had in mind when they had the development plan designed. A N e e d for More Tech still has a great need for additional buildings — the classroom building, the Alexander Memorial Building

Exhibits C & D — the brand-new Price Gilbert Library and Research station which has been greatly improved by additions in the past ten years. THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS

and the Electrical Engineering building are the next three on the major building priority list. Present indications are that the Alexander Memorial will be the first of these buildings to be built. Other improvements planned for the campus are an infirmary, a chapel and an improvement in the fraternity housing. Four new fraternity houses are scheduled to be built in the near future. Attracting a consistently high-level faculty to Tech has been another project of the administration. Through the higher salary levels voted by the Board of Regents and the attractive faculty housing, Tech has been able to attract a good number of excellent faculty members. But the big attraction for the high-type engineering teachers is now the superior research facilities available for the faculty. Tech's Engineering Experiment Station, the State's engineering research unit, has an annual budget of around $2,000,000. In 1944 the budget for this same unit was only $50,000. T h e N a m e Change On July 1, 1948, Georgia School of Technology became the Georgia Institute of Technology. Thus the individual degree-granting departments became schools and the Engineering Extension Division became a separate unit, guided

by policies set up by the Board of Regents and the president. This change was made in order that Tech could attain university status. Today, Tech has two colleges â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Engineering College and the General College. Under these colleges are thirteen schools and various departments and divisions. Thus Tech now conforms with the Engineering University organizational set up prevalent among our leading technological institutions. No longer is there a chance that someone might think Tech a unit of the University of Georgia. Along with this came the Tech statutes setting up a streamlined organization as well as a self-governed faculty. Tech's engineering courses are now fully accredited by the Engineers Council for Professional Development. In addition, the course in Architecture has been accredited by the American Institure of Architects, and the courses in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Industrial Management recognized by pertinent agencies. Any educational institution depends on outside financial support for its existence. Tech, as a state institution, depends upon appropriations, although students through tuition and other fees pay a major part of the cost of operations. The growth of the state's perstudent contribution to Tech has been

proportional to the rising economic status of the individual Georgian. In 1946, the per-student contribution of the state was $25.20 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in 1952, it had risen to $393 per student. In addition, the activities of Tech's staff, the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association and the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation have brought in almost $5,000,000 since 1944. This money was in the form of gifts for scholarships, fellowships, equipment, books, salary supplements, etc. The $4,500,000 Georgia Tech of 1944 has expanded to the $23,000,000 physical plant of today. The student body in the day school will be at the 5000 mark tMs fall. The graduate division has come from an enrollment of 6 to one of 277. The Engineering Extension Division has more than doubled its enrollment and added Southern Technical Institute, a two-year technician level school, to its operations. And Tech has become the leading research institution of the South, as well as maintaining its leadership in engineering. At first glance the last ten years may have looked the hardest, but a thought or two about the segregation problem and its ramifications and the tightening of money for building leads one to believe that the next ten may be the toughest of them all.

1 9 5 4 Perspective View of the C a m p u s 22 Administration Building 2 Aeronautical Engineering Shop 29 Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House 17 Architecture Building 41 Athletic Office 37 Beta Theta Pi Fraternity 65 Biltmore Hotel 56 Brittain Dining Hall 52 Brown Dormitory 38 Burge Apartments 21 Callaway Apartments 30 Carnegie Building 40 Cashier's Office 33 Ceramics Building 32 Chemistry A n n e x 31 Chemistry Building 34 Chi Phi Fraternity 25 Civil Engineering Building May-June. 1954

57 68 62 27 11 6 16 4 63 23 67 59 46 1 47 54

Cloudman Dormitory Cox Carlton Hotel Crenshaw Field House Delta Tau Delta Fraternity House Electrical Engineering Building Engineering Drawing Building Engineering Experiment Station Foundry F o x Theatre French Industrial Engineering Bldg. Georgian Terrace Hotel Glenn Dormitory Grant Field Guggenheim School of A e r o nautical Engineering Gymnasium Harris Dormitory

58 5 55 14 50 49 61 39 12 7 48 44 9 3 42 35

Harrison Dormitory Hightower Textile Building Howell Dormitory Infirmary Kappa Alpha Fraternity Kappa Alpha Fraternity Kappa Sigma Fraternity Knowles Building Mathematics Building Mechanical Engineering Naval Armory O'Keefe High School Parking Lot Pattern Shop Peters Park Phi Delta Theta Fraternity House 15 P h y s i c s Building 66 Ponce de Leon Apartments

13 20 8 26 24 18 28 36 53 43 10

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Post Office President's House Price Gilbert Library Rifle Range R. O. T. C. Offices Rose B o w l Field Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity House Sigma Nu Fraternity Smith Dormitory Social Science Building Swann Hall Engineering Extension Engineering Evening School Industrial Education Industrial Management Techwood Dormitory Tennis Courts Towers Dormitory Y. M. C. A.

on the hill... IRE continued to plague the campus during the past two months. The latest outbreaks, unlike the ones in February, were not caused by student pranks. The largest of the latest conflagrations broke out in the Brittain Dining Hall just before midnight on March 31. It caused an estimated damage of $25,000 in the kitchen and second floor banquet hall. An overheated deep fryer was the culprit of this blaze. Firemen, spurred on by a crowd of sleepy-eyed 'Recks, had the fire under control in a short time. And despite the damage, the dining hall was in business at breakfast time on April's Fool Day.

The following week, a small fire broke out in a student's room in Harrison Dormitory. It was extinguished by students before it caused much damage. In fact, the students' free use of the fire extinguishers damaged the room more than did the fire. The cause —an occupant of the room left a burning cigarette on his desk while he went to the shower room. W h a t It W u z Hugh Park in his "Around Town" column in "The Atlanta Journal" relates the following story about a Tech freshman. One of the favorite freshmen of Miss Irma Morris and Mrs. Mary Allyn, in charge of student housing at Tech, is

THE SOVTH'S FIRST ELECTRONIC BRAIN will be housed in this $170,000 building on the Tech campus. This artist's drawing shows the building which will be located just north of Tech's Engineering Experiment Station. The giant "mathematical brain," equipped to solve problems in "minutes or hours" that ordinarily would require months of effort with a slide rule and desk machines, was made possible by two grants of $85,000 each by the Rich Foundation and the Georgia Tech Research Institute. The Board of Regents approved the donations and on April 14th voted to request an additional $170,000 from the University System Building Authority for the project. It is estimated that the building will get under way within the year 1954. The electronic computer laboratory will be made available to business and industrial groups for large and complicated mathematical calculations. Using computers of this scope, big business can operate without a single written record. Executive Vice President Ben Gordon, '25, of Rich"s, Incorporated, represented the Rich Foundation in working out plans for the donation. Tech's vice president, Cherry Emerson. '08, has been working on this project for a long time — looks like he has finally done the trick. 10

Jim Beverly of Moultrie. Hearing that Jim was sick, they sent him a get-well note. They had their reward when the freshman wrote them in detail of his first experiences in an infirmary. Feeling strange and feverish, he had decided to go there for help. "So I did — I did, friends, and just as soon as I stuck my head in the door, a whole raft of people scattered. About that time two or three women in, white sprang upon me and began to look in my eyes, stick thermometers in my mouth, draw out my blood and I don't know what-all. "They did, friends, and then they took me in this room and sat me down and every last one of 'em went out shaking her head. 'Bout 10 minutes later another pretty girl in a uniform stuck her head in the door and asked me was I waiting for the doctor. "I said, 'Lady, I don't know who it is that I'm waiting for — I don't even know what it is that I've got.' Afore long the doctor came in and then shook his head. He did, and the next thing I knew one of those ladies in white took

me by the hand and said, 'Come with me.' So I did, 'cause it wuz that she was so pretty. "Well, sir, we began to go up stairs, through doors, down long halls and I don't know what-all and finally we came to a door that said, 'Contagious, keep out.' "But we didn't friends. We went right on through that door—we did, and she put me to bed. One thing about those little ladies in uniforms, though, friends, they never stop working and just as soon as one tires out they take her off the floor and r u n another on And I been in bed here since. "What it wuz, wuz mumps." A SORORITY, YET! We all knew it was coming. But even when you're prepared for something like this, it's always a shock when the news reaches you. Tech now has a sorority. Not a local outfit, but a bona fide chapter of a national sorority. It is the first such chapter located on the campus of an engineering institution. There are those who think we should rejoice over the great honor that has befallen our school

but we doubt if any of the male mem-, bers of the student body did handsprings over the announcement. It all started back in the Fall of last year. Seven of the ten coeds got together and formed a local wildcattype sorority and called it Tau Kappa. The male 'Recks nodded their heads and chortled, "So, the girls have a club. But it's just a local outfit and they can't do any damage until they produce the necessary 25 members to petition for a real sorority chapter with rights and privileges equal to the campus fraternities. That's the way the rules read, you know. With only ten girls in school, we're safe for quite a spell." Turned out that we had omitted one factor in our self-soothing thoughts— the well-known feminine persuasive quantity. Late in April, we realized our omission had been costly when Alpha Xi Delta, a national sorority, took in the Tau Kappa group as one of their chapters. The Student Activity Committee gave its blessing to the Tech chapter. The Student Council also gave its stamp of approval to the girls' latest venture despite the fact that they had no constitution to present as evidence of the local sorority's existence. The Technique, of course, had a great deal to say about the latest move of the coeds. Editor Bill Ross wrote a very perceptive piece in his April 28th column which we heartily endorse and second. The crux of Bill's remarks was that the sorority at Tech will not be a

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COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER, 1954 — Principal speaker at Tech's June 14th graduation will be Senator Ralph Flanders of Vermont. Senator Flanders will speak on "The Engineer's Responsibility for the World We Live In." Senator Flanders' career began as a machine shop apprentice where he first became interested in mechanical engineering. Later, he was to become an inventor of note (his first invention was an automatic paper-box machine) , an economist (he served on many state committees concerned with the economic situation as well as various national committees and eventually became president of the Reserve Bank of Boston), and a United States Senator. He moved into the Senate from the position of chairman of the research division of the Committee for Economic Development symbol of progress but of favoritism. We are wondering if this bendingover-backwards policy that the school administration seems to be committed to in respect to the coeds isn't just a wee bit ridiculous in light of the fact that Tech is expecting a big excess of qualified applicants for entrance this coming Fall. The way we hear it, Tech is going to be forced to turn down a large number (estimates are running in the hundreds) of fully qualified applicants for the freshman class by September. Our bet is that they will not refuse admission to a single qualified female-type registrant. If the original reason for admitting girls to Tech was the shortage of engineering material (and we have no reason to believe otherwise) and the

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reasons for giving the girls the very best on the campus was to attract more females to Tech; how is the administration going to support their views now that Tech is going to have to limit the number of qualified applicants in the future? That's one for you to chew on . . . Bill Ross. Retiring This Spring A great deal has been said about the retirement of D. M. Smith this Spring but he isn't the only one to leave Tech after this quarter. David E. Philpot, 48 years a supervisor in the T. E. School, finishes up in June, as do D. P. Savant, former dean of engineering and former director of the E. E. School (33 years) and Frank Bogle, 30 years teaching engineering drawing and mechanics. George P. Burdell, Jr.

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April Edition HE week of April 19th was Christmas for Dr. D. M. Smith. It started off on Wednesday night, April 21, when his colleagues in the mathematics school, Tech's coaching staff and a few administration officials gathered together to give their favorite math prof a small testimonial dinner. President Van Leer gave a short greeting and then talked of the great asset Dr. Smith had been to Georgia Tech. He also spoke of Dr. D. M.'s legendary hard-headedness — Dr. D. M. just smiled. Coach Dodd told of the great respect the coaching staff has for the icy-eyed teacher and tutor. Then he presented D. M. with a television console, a gift from the alumni through the D. M. Smith Fund. Dr. Smith smiled—broadly this time — and said, "Good, I will look at the 'Game of the Day' and Marilyn Monroe." Coach Pittard presented him with a large check from an anonymous alumnus—the good Doctor was in a slight case of blissful shock by now. Professor Fulmer, his successor as head of mathematics at Tech, gave a verbal portrait of D. M. Smith—a moving, living encomium of a man who has in life become one of Tech's great traditions. Professor Fulmer spoke of him as a trinity — scholar, humorist and actor. Toastmaster Bob Tharpe introduced D. M. The little man stood up and gave his thanks in his measured resonant voice — a voice that only broke on occasions. The humor was still there but the actor's cloak had slipped from his shoulders. His closing words . . . "If, one day, I am taken swiftly and unexplainably by death, please place upon my tombstone these words — Knocked down by Roy Leon Thompson, kept down by hum Snyder, but it took Billy Teas to call the undertaker." On Friday night, April 23rd, they presented D. M. with a brand new Plymouth to replace his now famous '34 model. It, too, was a gift from the alumni through the D. M. Smith Fund. We have reprinted the letter that was sent to the contributors of the fund through Dean George Griffin. The letter was written by a gentleman with a talent for numbers, words, symbols, notes and teaching — Dr. D. M. Smith. May 5, 1954 Dear George: Let me say right now that I once more believe in Santa Claus — April edition! The banquet, with the presentation of memory books filled with letters of good will from the alumni; the welcome gift of a fine TV set; and the check of astronomical magnitude, all made the occasion a truly golden one. Then came the complete surprise on the night of the game — the royal gift of a Plymouth sedan and the casually presented, but truly fantastic "something for gas and oil." I cannot tell you how much I appreciate the expressions of good fellowship I received from friends and former students. Some were far distant in both space and time — but xvhat wonderful, heart-warming letters they wrote!

Others, near at hand, showed by spoken word and handclasp their friendship and affection. To all I give my best thanks for the things they have said and done. They have made the closing of my work here a thing both tranquil and luminous. And they have made it possible for their sometime teacher and all time friend to interpret "retire" as meaning "retire under his own power" to Florida in the winter and to the Adirondacks in the summer. Truly yours, D. M. SMITH. W h a t t h e A l u m n i Said Editor's Note — During the drive for funds for a car for Dr. D. M. Smith, hundreds of letters were received by Dean George Griffin, custodian of the fund. These letters were all pasted in scrapbooks (it took two to hold them) and presented to Dr. Smith. Printed below are a few excerpts from these letters. "My best wishes to the Dr. He is one of the finest men I ever knew — the best teacher I ever had." George K. Anding, '33 "On April 23rd I will be in Casablanca, and I will drink a toast to Dr. Smith." J. M. "Doc" Robinson, '20 "May God bless him for all the blessings he gave to the many students who were fortunate enough to have studied under his leadership." Howard Tellepsen, '34 "When one of these rare and wonderful persons appear as prof in a classroom, it is a miracle, but that is not fully appreciated until more mature years to the student. It is such people that make memories colleges. In my book, D. M. Smith is one of them." Oscar Davis, "I have never known

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"I am entirely worn out with being solicited for funds, but the invitation to share in a gift to D. M. is as welcome as flowers in the spring." Boynton Cole, '32 "This is the most welcome contribution I have ever made. I hope you get enough to buy him a Cadillac." J. E. Boswell, '33 "Somehow

to me, 'D. M.' portrays the spirit of education." M. M. "Muggsy" Smith, '23

DR. D. M. LAUGHS as President Van Leer tells of the professor's legendary hardheadedness during the April 21si D. M. Smith testimonial. At the speaker's table (left to right) : Coach Joe Pittard, President Van Leer, Coach Dodil and Dr. D. M.

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File for the Future Fourth in a series on the young professors at Tech who will be our university leaders in the future.

Raymond Tooke, Researcher

he was still studying for his WHILE degree (B. Ch. E. '49), W. Raymond Tooke, Jr., started to work at the Engineering Experiment Station. In the five years since, Raymond Tooke, now a 28-year-old Research Engineer, has had a hand in one project after another. He's proud that all of May-June, 1954

them have contributed in some measure to the economic advancement of this region. In 1950, for example, he began studying the physical properties of paints on this section's most common building wood, Southern yellow pine. Carrying further the protective coatings research originally begun at the

Engineering Experiment Station in 1940, Raymond is producing data which is extremely important to the South's paint manufacturer, and the lumber and construction industries, as well as to the ultimate paint consumers, home owners. (You've possibly noticed his paint weathering station alongside Highway 41 half way between Atlanta and Marietta; it's an experimental exposure area for this project.) The current series of studies is due to be concluded next year. Already Raymond is recognized as an authority on paint technology. He recently was requested to coordinate, in the Engineering Evening School, a course on the history, manufacture, and uses of paint products. Thirty-five representatives of the paint industry voluntarily enrolled in this course. The product for which Raymond Tooke is best known is what his associates at the Engineering Experiment Station call "Tookite." It's a resilient flooring and surfacing composition which Raymond developed in 1951 under an Institute Research contract. The company now manufacturing the series of compounds under the trade name Surco recently said: "They greatly improve the wearing qualities of concrete, mortar, and plaster surfaces by increasing resilience, water resistence, and elasticity. "The material will stand up under heavy vibration or impact while improving the appearance and adhering to steel, glass, block or concrete. "Since a section of Grant Field, the Georgia Tech football stadium, was covered with it last year, cracks and erosion caused by years of exposure have been eliminated." On the long benches in the Research Building's Room 103â&#x20AC;&#x201D;a high-ceiling, multi-windowed ground floor laboratoryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;you're apt to find a pile of tufted rugs, sections of television cabinets, and a stack of ceramic tile. They're a few of the other products Raymond has worked on. At the same time Raymond is busy developing new products or improving others, he's also improving himself. He's just finished his course work toward the M. S. in Ch. E. For his thesis he designed and is constructing and evaluating a type of paint milling equipment. Raymond Tooke is as much a hometown product as, say "Tookite." Born in Atlanta, he attended Tech briefly in 1943 before entering the infantry, in which he served two years, partly in the European Theater. He returned to Tech, and in 1948, while still an undergraduate, he was married to Miss Carol Burch, of Atlanta. They now have two boys, Laurence, 3, and Billy, 2. 13

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Dodd, the Life of the Party by F u r m a n Bisher

HIS was Robert Lee Dodd's life. They told the Georgia Tech football coach to come prepared to make a speech, then placed him at the head table and made him sit and listen for an hour at the Yaarab Shrine Temple Tuesday night. Then, carboning the format of the radio-TV show, the Greater Atlanta Georgia Tech Club ran off a Bob Wallace-produced show of Bobby Dodd's life. ED DANFORTH — "This Is Your Life, Bobby Dodd, so It was to have been a big surprise. It was. rare back and listen." "I had a speech ready," said Dodd, "and I found out nobody wanted to listen. I had no idea that this fantastic thing was about to come off." Some of the most important people in his life were hidden behind the stage and one by one they marched on, introduced by Journal Sports Editor Ed Danforth. First came older brother John, down from Kingsport, Tennessee, who told of Dodd's football debut. "Dressed in a homemade uniform consisting of overalls with built-in pads, he didn't weigh over 90 pounds. On the first play from scrimmage I threw him a pass and he scampered for a touchdown. It set off a near riot, but it stood up. It was the only score of the game." And Bob Neyland, his coach at Tennessee, who told of catching Dodd and teammate Gene McEver hiding out during the running practice laps. "I sent the manager in to call my wife and tell her I'd be late, and I ran them untjil the moon came up. I never had any trouble with them after that." And Shorty Roberts, the 132-pound quarterback of the team that upset Duke's Rose Bowl-bound '33 squad: "I think that the happiest play of my career was that reverse that went right over Freddie Crawford, Duke's great tackle, for the only score. Wink Davis scooted right through for the score." And L. W. (Chip) Robert, chairman of the athletic board when Dodd was signed as backfield coach in 1931: "It was just about the smartest move the board has ever made." And Miss Linda Dodd, who substituted for her mother, sick and unable to attend: "Tarzan introduced mother and daddy, but not the movie Tarzan. It was Tarzan Lackey, the football player." And Ralph McGill, Constitution editor, who told of a column he wrote about Dodd and his "Royal Tumblers." "Dodd had an acrobatic act made up of high school boys at Kingsport . . . They all wore tights . . . I wish I could have been there and seen Bobby Dodd wearing tights." And Howard Ector, current business manager of athletics at Tech, but first the Houdini of the deceptive '39 team that beat Missouri in the Orange Bowl. And Chick Hosch, first full-time athletic publicity director at Tech. And line coach Ray Graves, Dodd's full-time fishing partner. And Larry Morris, rising '54 captain and one of Dodd's 13 all-Americans at Tech. And Bobby (Brother) Dodd, Jr.. his arm fully recovered from a 110-stitch cut last winter. And even Gene McEver himself, who came all the way from Davidson, N. C , where he's a distributor of auto parts. He's bald as a skinned onion now, but he still wears the unmistakable mark of an athlete. "They claim he was a great punter, but I remember one day against Vanderbilt when we were four yards from the sideline at midfield. He said he was going to punt out of bounds, at the five. We warned him against it, but he kicked—five yards out of bounds, into the stands. He had to buy a dollar and a half ticket to get back in." All of them were there, people who meant a lot in Bobby Dodd's life. "But Alice (Mrs. Dodd)," he said, "has meant more to me than anybody in my whole life" . . . and "Coach Bill Alexander was the finest man I ever knew." It was a great show for Bobby Dodd, tumbler, 90-pound end, baseball and basketball player, ping-pong champion, golfer, fisherman, football coach and a man with a great touch. This was Robert Lee Dodd's life. GENE McEVER—"five yards into the stands."

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3R0THER JOHN DODD, '29 — "Overalls and milt-in pail* equals a riot."

GENERAL R. R. NEYLAND the track and in, boys.'

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SHORTY ROBERTS, J34 — "an influence." L. W. (Chip) Robert, '08 — " a raise."

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POP SIEGEL, '37 (LEFT) "out fish Old Graves." May-June, 1954

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WINSTON-SALEM OFFICERS —a toast to the newly formed Winston-Salem Club by (left to right) : Vice President Joe Szablowski, '51; Treasurer Troy Hill, Jr., '53; National Secretary Beard; President W. H. Eastman, '24, and Secretary W. L. Martin, Jr., '53. The occasion — the April 9th meeting of the club. ASHEVILLE, N. C. The Asheville Georgia Tech Club, organized in January, held its second meeting on April 27th. Feature speakers at the meeting were Dean George Griffin, Director Larry Johnson of Southern Tech and Roane Beard. The officers of the club elected at the January meeting are Jack Webb, '51, president; Jim Haigler, '49, vice-president, and John L. Clarke, '50, secretary.

MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA—The turnout for the April 8th meeting of the Blue Ridge Georgia Tech Club. Feature speakers were Beard and Wallace. Showing of the film, "Highlights of 1953," completed the program. New officers elected at the meeting were: Fred Hamill, '47, president; George Hiles, '45. vice president, and Charles Redding, '52, secretary-treasurer.

tona Beach Georgia Tech Club, 28 Tech men of this vacationland area turned out for the meeting. Included in this group were Tech's two mayors, Jack Tamm of Daytona Beach and Maurice

JESUP, GEORGIA Alumni of the Jesup-Waycross area met on April 2 in the Reddy Room of the Georgia Power Company in Jesup to discuss the formation of an alumni club in that area. The group met with National Secretary Roane Beard and decided to hold another meeting in early May. The drive for a club in this area was spearheaded by Karl Allen, '51 and R. W. (Buck) Murphy, '40. DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. Dean George Griffin and Secretary Roane Beard were the feature speakers at the March 25th meeting of the Day-

A SLIGHT CASE OF PROJECTOR FAILURE occupies (left to right) Russell Redding, '32, Ned Bobo, '29, and Secretary Beard, '40, at the April 7, Spartanburg Georgia Tech Club meeting. Beard and the editor spoke to the club, and after the three shown got the projector working, the "Highlights of 1953" was shown.

KINGSPORT, TENN. — one of Kingsport's favorite sons returns home to speak to the Tech club. Welcoming Coach Dodd are (left to right) : John Dodd, '29; President D. A. Henderson, '38, and Bill Jordan, '38. Special guests at the meeting included former high school teammates of Tech's coach and fathers of Kingsport boys now attending Tech. 16

Hendrix, '31, of Ormond Beach. Visitors at the meeting included a Tech co-op and a local high school student. Two new committees were appointed at the meeting—a nominating committee headed by Clyde Byrd, '12, and a committee to contact high school students headed by Hugo Quillian, '42. MEMPHIS, TENN. While in Memphis to appear on a WMC-TV show, Tech's Dean Ajax paid a visit to the local Georgia Tech Club on Sunday night, May 2. Dean Ajax appeared on "Future Engineering Opportunities," sponsored by the Memphis Engineers' Club. Of the six panel members on this program, three were Georgia Tech people—Ajax, senior co-op Robert Compton and J. T. Roberts, '20, a past president of the Memphis Engineers' Club. The Memphis Club turned out 42 strong to hear Dean Ajax talk about the "New Developments at Tech." In addition to the club members, 10 Memphis boys who will enter Tech in the Fall were guests at the dinner meeting.

NASHVILLE, TENN. —the Nashville club turned out 79 strong 1,. hear Coach Bobby Dodd (center) speak at their annual spring banquet, March 11th. Shown with Dodd are the new officers of the club (left to right) : Edward Van Voorhees, '43, vice president; Earl Horton, '39, treasurer; Doug Oxford, '31, president, and Julian Clark. '31, secretary. THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS

Whites Win Fourth T-Came in a Row, 13-7 THE YARDSTICK Statistics Blue White First D o w n s 9 15 Carried R u s h i n g 44 50 Gained Rushing 162 235 Lost R u s h i n g 34 68 Net G a i n R u s h i n g 129 177 Attempted Passing 19 19 Completed 6 6 Had I n t e r c e p t e d 4 0 Net Gain P a s s i n g 62 93 No. P u n t s 8 12 P u n t s Had Blocked 0 2 Funting average 33 28.3 F u m b l e s Lost 4 2 Yards P e n a l i z e d 20 70

PAIR of little men took over Grant A Field on the night of April 23rd as Tech's White squad won from the Blues, 13-7, before a record crowd of 14,000. Sparking the pale jerseys to their fourth victory in a row in the Spring classic were 5' 6" Jimmy Thompson of Bessemer, Alabama, and 5' 8" Paul Rotenberry of Roanoke, Virginia. The game, never as close as the score might indicate, was sponsored by the Greater Atlanta Georgia Tech Club. The two sophomore backs romped up and down the field against the Blues for a composite total of 148 yards—19 more than the net rushing yardage of the entire passel of dark-shirted backs. Rotenberry, a carbon of Leon Hardeman, led the rushers with 102 yards in 15 carries, a healthy 6.8 average. Thompson went for 46 yards in 9 carries for a 5.1 mark. Both scored a touchdown. On defense, the two halfbacks were just as spectacular. They so harried the Blue receivers that quarterback Wade Mitchell did not complete a pass until the two pony backs had left the game for the evening. In fact, so potent were

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the defense patterns that four of Mitchell's first eight pass tries were intercepted by the White defenders. The Whites opened the scoring in the second period after a first period score was called back for a penalty. Rotenberry scored the first one that counted with a three-yard drive through the center of the tough Blue line. The score capped an abortive 23-yard thrust after a Blue fumble in their own territory set the Whites up in business. The rest of the first half was played between the twenty yard lines. Early in the third period, Rotenberry tipped a Blue pass into the waiting arms

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of White end Charlie Huff and the Whites were on the Blues' 41. Three plays later little Thompson exploded through the center for 13 yards to score standing up. This time Burton Grant kicked the point and the Whites had a 13-0 lead. The Blues finally got rolling in the fourth quarter when Mitchell found the range and threw three straight completions, the last one to Larry Ruffin for the score. Ruffin had started the 68-yard drive with a spectacular 19-yard dash around the White flank. Mitchell added the point and that's the way it ended. Defensively, the game was a real battle. Bill Fulcher and J a k e Shoemaker, two of Tech's three great guards, led the White line. The other great guard, Franklin Brooks, and end Jimmy Durham, stood out for the Blues. Both Brigman and Mitchell hid the ball well on the handoffs, but fooling your own teammates is a much tougher job than fooling the opponents on the regular Fall schedule. The coaches seemed fairly happy with the results, and they could always console themselves with the fact that Morris, Teas, Hair, Vereen and company would be around this Fall in addition to the boys who played in the Spring game. 17

TALK ABOUT TECH A Coach's View Spring

by Bobby Dodd AM willing and definitely interested in giving up Spring football practice at Georgia Tech. I made this statement recently to an Atlanta sports editor, and as it seemed to stir up quite a controversy I thought I'd take this opportunity to explain my feelings on this matter to the readers of the ALUMNUS. Of course 'we cannot give up Spring practice at Georgia Tech unless the other schools in the conference do the same thing. We can't afford to because it would give them what might be enough of an edge on us to win the games against us the following Fall. I am interested, however, in the possibilities of this becoming the rule in the Southeastern Conference.

The Reasons Here is why I believe elimination of Spring football practice would be a good thing for the conference as a whole and particularly for us at Georgia Tech. Last year, without platoons, college football everywhere dropped off in quality about 35 to 40 per cent, but the public didn't seem to notice it. If they did, it didn't seem to make any difference in their attitude towards the game. If elimination of Spring practice means a little less quality in the conference teams in the Fall, I do not believe the public will mind that either—they seem to be happy as long as everyone remains on the same basis competitive-wise. At the present time, with only 20 days permitted by the conference for Spring practice, we don't improve our squad more than 10 per cent. About all we actually get out of Spring practice is information on our personnel for the coming season. This seems to me to be very little benefit for 20 days of grueling practice sessions—sessions where the boys usually work harder than they do in the Fall. I believe that we would all be better off if we passed these practice sessions up entirely. Of course, as I said before, we can't afford to unless everyone else goes along with us. But, if they stop it, so would we. Actually, the up-coming sophomores are really the ones who benefit most from the Spring practice. We might try it one year with only these youngsters as an alternate plan to the complete elimination of the Spring drills. Of course my biggest reason for wanting the elimination of Spring football practice is the benefits the other sports in our program would receive from this move. So many football players are good all-around athletes. Spring football practice, no matter at what time of the Winter or 18

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Spring it is held, is sure to interfere with one sport or another. Certainly, we excuse our older boys and some of the younger ones for other sports. But many of them will not go out for other teams for fear of getting too far behind the other football boys who are taking the Spring drills. It is particularly tough on us here at Georgia Tech. Our scholastic program is on the quarter system. This means that we must wait until later than many schools to hold our Spring practice because an early practice would interfere with important examinations. I am sure that more of our boys would be out for baseball, track, tennis or golf—to the benefit of the boys and these squads—if Spring football practice were eliminated entirely. There Are Those Opposed I am not overly optimistic about such a rule being adopted in the SEC at this time. I know that several of my colleagues among the conference coaches feel strongly in just the opposite way from how I feel about Spring practice. I do believe, however, that many coaches over the nation agree with my thoughts on Spring football drills. We will all be watching to see how it works out in the Ivy League where Spring practice was abolished a year ago. The Spring Review Now before closing out this month's column, I'd like to commend the coaches and players of Tech's Spring sports teams for the great showing they are making this year. . . . As this is being written, Coach Joe Pittard's very young baseball squad has won 8 of its 18 games, holding its own with the best teams in the conference. . . . As most of his players are youngsters, we expect great things from them in the next few years. Coach Earle Bortell's tennis team is piling up its best record in several years. . . . One of the best balanced teams in the conference, the tennis squad has an 8-5 overall record and a 6-2 conference record. Coach Hubert Dennison's golf team gets credit for the best reversal of form of any of the Tech teams in years. . . . They won only one of eight matches last season, and this Spring they have turned around and won six of their first seven matches. . . . Good squad balance has again been the answer. Coach Norris Dean has not come up with as impressive a record in track this Spring as have the coaches of the other sports, but he is working with a young group that appears to be improving with each meet. . . . Of course in freshman Carl Vereen, undefeated in the shot put this season, he has a potential all-time SEC great. Hope for the Hoopsters I might mention in closing that Coach Whack Hyder is in the middle of Spring practice for his basketball squad and is enthusiastic about possibilities for the coming season. He believes the addition of one or two players, plus improvement of some of last year's boys, should put Tech on the upgrade again in this popular sport. THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS

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THE TECH RECORDSThey're going fast and our supply is limited. Be sure and get this 78 RPM album that contains all of the Tech favorites (RAMBLIN' 'RECK, ALMA MATER, UP WITH THE WHITE A N D GOLD, etc.) Presented by the Tech Band and Glee Club. Order now — only $3.60 per album postpaid.

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H. L. SMITH, ME, only survivor of the twoman class of 1890 — Tech's first graduating class — celebrated his 88th birthday in Dalton, Georgia, on May 7. A special "H. L. Smith Day" was held in Dalton this year to pay homage to one of

Dalton's leading citizens since he moved there in 1900. He has been president and treasurer of the Smith Manufacturing Company in that city since it was organized in 1900. Mr. Smith, an Elder in the Presbyterian Church for over 50 years, is still active in church and civic activities. He is a past president and charter member of the Dalton Civitan Club, first president and organizer of the country club, and was secretary-treasurer of the Dalton School Board. Tech's oldest alumnus is also among her most loyal ones. Mr. Smith has never missed an Alumni Roll Call and regularly can be found at the Tech "Homecomings" each Fall. THE ALUMNUS would like to add its congratulations to those of Mr. Smith's friends everywhere. Our best to you, sir.

iQ-f Claude E. Buchanan died March 30, ' ' 1954, in an Atlanta hospital. He was a manufacturers' agent for the U. S. Industrial Chemical Co. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Colquitt Cole, Birmingham, Ala.; daughters, Mrs. Albert Burton, Ponte Vedra, Fla.; Miss Eugenia Buchanan, New York City, and Mrs. Hugh Parker, Glen Ridge, N. J. ' l f ul Charles A. Collier, GE, retired vice' president of the Ga. Power Co., has been elected a vice-president of Southern Services, Inc. He will handle special assignments in connection with government power problems. His address is 4270 Harris Trail, N. W., Atlanta. *1 n Carl C. Sloan, EE, has been appointed ' " to the newly-created position of general manager for Georgia for Southern Bell. 20

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As Georgia manager he will direct and coordinate Southern Bell's operations and activities throughout the state, including activities in the commercial, traffic, engineering and plant departments. His headquarters will be in Atlanta. 111 A Horace Holleman has been appointed ^ mortgage loan correspondent for the Atlanta area by the John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. Co. of Boston. His mailing address is 314 Woodward Way, N. W., Atlanta. ' 1 5 James Charleton Craig, former general ** traffic manager for the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company in Newark, died April 19 in Westfield, N. J. Mr. Craig retired last year after 40 years of service with the Bell System. ' |1/ j Alexander L. Schlesinger, CE, is now ** president of the Birnie Corporation. His mailing address is Box 388, Tarpon Springs, Florida. ' 1 7 John M. Slaton, Jr., ME, manager of the Atlanta Veterans' Administration District Office, has been named Georgia V. A. regional manager. As state manager, Mr. Slaton will direct all benefits for living veterans and their dependents in Georgia except hospitalization. He has been with the Veterans' Administration in Atlanta since 1919. Mr. Slaton's address is 43 Woodcrest Ave., N. W. < s a e E E '18 -"* ^ > ' h a s ^>een elected vice" president of Westinghouse Electric in Atlanta. He has been with the company since 1919, serving as regional manager for the apparatus division since 1950. Mr. Rae's business address is 1299 Northside Dr., N. W. "1Q J- H- (Ham) Dowling, CE, of Talla•*** hassee, Florida, has been named state highway engineer, a position he previously held from 1933-46. He resigned from that position in 1946 to go into private business. Mr. Dowling's mailing address is P. O. Box 308, Tallahassee, Fla. " J O Fred Rayzor Cobb, Denton, Texas, died '*•• unexpectedlv March 17. He was wellknown for his golf coaching. He learned golf by caddying for Bobby Jones while attending Tech. At the time of his death he was Golf Coach at North Texas State Teachers College at Denton. C. A. McRee, CE, has been named an assistant vice-president of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad and will represent the line in regional and national labor negotiations. He has been with the company since 1923. Mr. McRee's address is 1500 Eleanor Ct., Norfolk, Va. / « e Frank J. Dodd, EE, was married May • " 1 to Miss Luleen Torrance. Mr. Dodd is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Corps of Engineers, USAR. Their mailing address is LaGrange, Georgia. William B. Farnsworth died unexpectedly March 16 at his home, 552 Peachtree Battle Ave., N. W., Atlanta. He had been assistant to the president of the Georgia Power Co. since 1950. Mr. Farnsworth joined the Power Co. shortly after graduating from Tech, serving in the merchandise sales dept. until 1934 when he was named manager of that department. In 1940 he was general manager of the Division. Mr. Farnsworth was active in civic affairs, being a past president and former board chairman of the Atlanta Athletic club, member of the Northside Kiwanis Club. Atlanta Yacht Club and Cathedral of St. Philip. While at Tech he plaved fullback for the Jackets. He is survived by his wife; son, Charles F. Farnsworth; two daughters. Miss Susan Farnsworth and Mrs. Srjencer Clark, all of Atlanta; mother, Mrs. Palmer Farnsworth, and several brothers and sisters. Frank Newton, EE, general traffic manager for Southern Bell, has been named assistant vice-president in the company's department of operations. In his new position he will coordinate general staff activities of operating departments. Mr. Newton has been with the company since 1925. "yj L. R. Ash, Com., was recently separated ^' from the Navy and is now with the Engineering Department of Douglas Aircraft Company. His address is 958 Fourth St., Santa Monica, Calif.

' 2 8 Milton W. Arnold, vice-president, Op• * ° erations Air Transport Association, has been appointed chairman of the VORTAC Committee of the Air Navigation Development Board. The committee has been formed to evaluate two systems of short distance air navigation. Mr. Arnold's mailing address is 4422 Macomb St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Lt. Col. Hammond D. Caldwell, Com., recently arrived on Okinawa. He is a member of the Ryukyus Command's 176th Finance Disbursing Section. His wife, Elsie, lives at 211 Reed St., Hot Springs, Ark. J. P. Craven, ME, has been named superintendent of the Erection Department of the Babcock & Wilcox Company's Boiler Division in New York. His mailing address is P. O. Box 126, Barberton, N. Y. Elbert H. Roane, Com., has been elected assistant secretary in the Trust Company of Georgia with principal duties as credit manager of the factoring division. Dalton White, formerly of the Washington News Bureau, Atlanta office, is now vicepresident and chief engineer with Owens Brothers Construction and concrete specialists, New Smyrna Beach, Fla. "}Q P- C. Cilham, Jr., EE, died unexpectedl\ • * ~ March 13 of a heart attack. He was president of Electric Sales & Service Co.. which he founded in 1933. Mr. Gilham Is.survived by his wife; four daughters. Misses Gail. Jo Ann, Patricia and Carol Gilham, all of 4040 Brookhaven Dr., N. E., Atlanta; son, P. C. Gilham III; one brother and one sister. A. J. Mundy, CE, has been made vice-president of Brown & Root, Inc., in Houston, Texas. Prior to his promotion he -was manages in charge of Brown & Root's Canadian operations. ' 3 0 ' • *'• ^ar>ier, Com., executive vice" * * president of the A. C. Neilson Co., Chicago, is among a three-man team of marketing experts who left the U. S. in April to spend a month holding seminars in Denmark. They will meet with top Danish business men who have requested their presence through our state department. The team's aim is to create a better understanding of

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HONORED — Frank A. Cowan, '19, assistam director of operations — Long Lines Department—American Telephone & Telegraph Company, has been awarded the 1953 Gold Lamnn Medal by the American Institute of Electrical Engineers "for his outstanding contributions to long distance communication and the development of modulating and transmission measuring apparatus of original design and application." The medal, one of engineering'^ highest awards, will be presented at the Summer meeting of the Institute at Los Angeles. June 21-25. Mr. Cowan holds 17 patents in tincommunications field and has played a major role in the design of the first Trans-Atlantir telephone cable. Mr. Cowan is the first telephone engineer to receive this medal. THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS

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J. HE reductions in federal excise taxes, voted recently by Congress, mean substantial savings for telephone users. Your telephone bill is lowered by the entire difference between the old and the new taxes. Instead of paying 2 5 % on Long Distance calls, you now pay 10 /i .On Local telephone service, the tax isnow 1 0 % instead of 1 5 % . (

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News by Classes American concepts with the view to increasing world productivity and raising world standards of living. At the conclusion of the seminar programs, the team will hold appraisal briefings with officers of our state department and representatives of other countries. Mr. Napier's business address is 2101 Howard St., Chicago, 111. J. G. "Stumpy" Thomason, Com., recently purchased the Chevrolet dealership in Thomasville, N. C. His mailing address is Thomason Chevrolet, w Inc., Thomasville, N. C. ' 3 2 Ernest - Fuller, AE, has been ap'*•* pointed manager of REF Mfg. Corp's. newly created department of Poly-plastics, which will deal with the development and manufacture of quality reinforced plastics, plastic laminates and honeycomb structures. The department will operate from a separate office at 127 Second St., Mineola, N. Y. Maj. John J. Morrison, EE, recently received the Bronze Star at a ceremony held at the Augusta Arsenal. Maj. Morrison distinguished himself while serving in Korea from September ,'52 to October, '53, and was cited for meritorious service in connection with military operations against the enemy during that period. His home address is 2259 Cumming Rd., Augusta, Ga. R. M. Sanderson, '32, is now agency manager with Cummins Business Machine Co. He will be in charge of sales for Alabama and eastern Tennessee. Mr. Sanderson's mailing address is 2713 No. 16th Ave., Birmingham, Ala. ' 3 3 Col. Paul H. Scordas, EE, has been '*"* awarded the Legion of Merit for meritorious service and outstanding performance of duty in Korea. He is an ordnance officer for the IX Corps. Col. Scordas' wife, Anne, lives at 7730 Major Ave., Norfolk, Va. ' 3 / J Lt. Col. Donald L. Adams, EE, serving **^ with the U. S. Army in Korea, recently received the Commendation Ribbon for meritorious service as executive officer of the signal section, and the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement as communications officer of the zone's task force Olson. His wife, Diane, and their four children live at 1044 E. Clifton Rd., N. E., Atlanta. Udo O. Thran, Com., and Mrs. Thran, announce the birth of a daughter, Eugenia Ward, April 10. Their home address is 4407 E. Brookhaven Dr., N. E., Atlanta. ' 3 5 James D. Collins, Jr., Ch. E., has been * " named president of the Birmingham Sales Executive Club for the coming year. His mailing address is 1419 Clermont Dr. (Homewood), Birmingham, Ala. ' 3 A L o u ' e D ' Wall, Ch. E., of Birmingham, ***' Alabama, died March 31. No further information was available at this printing. His brother, James Wall, '49, lives at 1251 Ridgewood Dr., N. E., Atlanta. ' 3 7 Donald C. Johnston, TE, former plant * " manager of Dublin Mills, Dublin, Ga., which is a unit of M. T. Stevens', Southern Division of J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc., has been appointed Superintendent of Franklin Mills, Franklin, N. H. In his new position, Mr. Johnston will supervise the operations of the Franklin Mills, a unit of M. T. Stevens & Sons Co., Division of J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc. Mr. Johnston has been associated with Dublin Mills since it was built in 1947. ' 3 9 Thomas R. Jones, IM, and Mrs. Jones, *** announce the birth of a daughter, Betty Bardsley, March 24. Their home address is 609 Valley Dr., Dalton, Ga.

The "Business" section of the April 26th issue of Newsweek featured an article of interest to Tech men. The article, a report of the growth of the "do-ityourself movement" in the home repair field cited as an example the great success of Dillard Munford, ME '39, in this field. According to Newsweek, Munford Co., Inc., of Atlanta has opened nine "DoIt-Yourself" retail stores in the past 18 months, and they plan to open a store a month for the rest of this year. From an original $20,000 investment in 1946, Dillard and his company has built the largest floor covering, insulation and weather-stripping business in the South, a business that is expected to gross $750,000 in 1954 from the "do-it-yourself" trade alone. In a statement to the ALUMNUS, Dillard announced that three of these nine stores are associate stores and that Munford Co., Inc., is looking for prospects who might be interested in opening an associate store in this business. If you are interested in this opportunity write for a prospectus to Dillard Munford. president, The Munford Co., Inc., 961 Confederate Ave., Atlanta, Georgia. Dillard Munford, ME, and Mrs. Munford, announce the birth of a son, Henry Allen, March 21. Their address is 1238 Bellaire Dr., N. E., Atlanta. Dr. Alfred G. Rossow, Ch. E,, has joined General Food's Research and Development Department in White Plains, N. Y., as staff technologist. 'Af\ Stephen O. Addison, '40, and Mrs. Ad" dison, announce the birth of a son, Stephen O., Jr., February 13. Their address is 603 School St., Rossville, Ga. Eugene E. Brooks, IM, and Mrs. Brooks, announce the birth of a son, Robert Burns, March 16. Their address is 739 W. Peachtree St., N. W., Atlanta, Ga. James T. Gribble, ME, received his promotion to full Colonel recently. He is stationed at Lockbourne AFB, Columbus, Ohio. Lt. Col. Joseph B. Mayo, IM, recently received the Bronze Star medal in Korea. He was cited for meritorious service as chief of the depot's management office. Col. Mayo's permanent mailing address is 1130 Elm Ave., Portsmouth, Va. ' f l l D r ' W a r r e n Collins Gregory, 41, and ^ ' Mrs. Gregory, announce the birth of a son, John Russell, April 28. Their address is 132 W. Piccadilly St.. Winchester, Va. MARRIED: John O. King, Jr., IM., to Mrs. Dorothy Rose Wise, April 23, in Atlanta. Their address is 3907 Club Dr., Atlanta. Alex M. Nading, ME, USNR, has been promoted from Lieutenant Commander to Commander. Cdr. Nading is a department chief of technical operations for the Western Electric Co. His home address is 1034 Van Hoy Ave., Winston-Salem, N. C. '£L1 D r ' Ceorge Calhoun, Ch. E., has joined * " Shell Development Company's Lubricants & Fuel Department at Emeryville, Calif. He received his Ph.D. in physical organic chemistry from Northwestern University. T. B. (Buck) McKamy, EE, has been named manager of the new district office opened recently in Charlotte, N. C , by the Century Electric Co. He has been with the firm since 1946, previously serving as application engineer in the Atlanta office. lA't ENGAGED: August J. Bohn, Jr., to Miss ^** Frances Bryan. The wedding will take place June 18 in Birmingham. Mr. Bohn is associated in business with his father in the A. J. Bohn Co., Atlanta.

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North Georgia College in Dahlonega, Ga. His address is General Electric, Peachtree at 28th St., Atlanta. M O MARRIED: Rev. Henry Atkinson Dick, ^ * * en. E., to Miss Marion Knowles, April 21, in Atlanta, 'rney reside at 1614 .t-roviaenee Dr., Charlotte, N. c , where Mr. DicK is rector of Christ episcopal Church. Dr. Waiter Buckingham, IM, and Mrs. Buckingham, announce me birth of a daughter, Marcia Lee, April 7. Dr. Buckingham is a memDer of the industrial Management faculty at Georgia l e c h . GoruuiL H. Lewis, ME, has been transferred to DuPont's Sabine Kiver Work. His mailing auoiess is oil l^tn at., Orange, Texas. U.NGACED: Charles Dean smith, Jr., IM, to Miss Judith Hubbard. The wedding will take place in june. Mr. amitn is employed Dy the ivan Allen Co., 29 irryor St., IN. Ji., Atlanta. i\oei Carson Turner, En;, and Mrs. Turner, announce the birth of a son, Scott Shippin, March 7. Their address is lzHJ Goodwyn .ltd., Atlanta. WaiKer D. Willingham, Arch., and Mrs. Willingnam, announce uie Dirtn of a daughter, n-iniiy claiie, lJecemoer 21. Their address is 4040 Jett Ko., N. W., Atlanta. 'AQ MARRIED: Boiling Gay Brawley, Ch. E., ^ ~ to Miss Helen Wallace HasKins, April 24, in Richmond, Va. Mr. iiiawiey is with u u f-ont s Customers seivice Branch, Wilmington, Dei. George H. Brodnax III, IE, and Mrs. Bioaanax, announce the Dirtn oi a son, George Hamilton IV, April 18. Their home address is 1413 Woodland Hills Dr., N. E., Atlanta.

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George A. Chapman, Jr., Arch., recently received the degiee of Master of Architecture from Harvard University. His permanent mailing address is 3419 Banos Court, Coral cables, Fla. John U. Gerson, ME, has been promoted to Quality Control Engineer at the Coster Car Shop of southern Railway in Knoxville, Tenn. He has been with the company since 1949. h i s home address is 603 A Longview Rd., Knoxville, Tenn. Lewis Hook, IM, and Mrs. Hook, announce the birth of a son, Jeffrey Robbms, March 14. Their address is 4 Carmel Dr., Statesboro, Ga. ENGAGED: Seth Baldwin Mellen, Jr., IM, to Miss Joanne Merritt. The wedding will take place June 11 in Atlanta. MARRIED: Richard Dixon Pitman, IM, to Miss Evelyn Cornelia Stubbs. The wedding took place May 1. Mr. Pittman is with the Worthington Corp., Charlotte, N. C. Ernest E. Price, Jr., Ch. E., and Mrs. Price, announce the birth of a son, Edmund Eugene, February 2. Their address is 62 Hunter St., Woodbury, N. J. i ac n J. G. Breedlove, Cere. E., manager of * * the American Lava Corporation's Titunia Div. Laboratory, recently had an article printed in the April Journal of The American Ceramic Society. Working with him on the paper, which carried the title, "Phosphate-Bended Talc: A Superior Block-Talc Substitute," were two other Lava engineers, Hans Thurnauer and J. E. Comfero. Harmon A. Corley, Jr., IE, died March 6 at Manila, according to the Chi Psi Central Office. No further information was available at this printing. Eugene F. Cox, Chem., has been awarded a one-year post-doctoral fellowship by the National Science Foundation for advanced research and study in chemistry. He is a candidate for the Ph.D. at California Institute of Technology. James Curtis Derington, EE, and Mrs. Derington announce the birth of a son, James Curtis, Jr., March 27. Their address is 12 Sheridan Ave., Chattanooga, Tenn. MARRIED: Melvin Gelernter, IM, to Miss Mitzie Green, May 2. Mr. Gelernter is associated in business with his father in the California Shops, Inc. Their address is Briarwood Apts.. 1787 Briarcliff Rd., N. E., Atlanta. Constantine Gumacos, EE, member of the Philco Corp. Research Div., was recently given the coveted achievement award for meritorious achievement in the performance of his work. He joined the company in 1951. Lt. Charles R. Livingston, EE. U. S. Army, is serving with the Korean Military Advisory Group as assistant engineer in Detachment D. His permanent addiess is Johns Rd. Ext., Augusta, Ga. James H. Ramsey, EE, member of the Philco Corporation's Research Division, was recently given the coveted achievement award for outstanding achievements in his work with the company. He has been with the company since 1951. Benjamin D. Smith, Arch., U. S. Army, recently joined the Second Armored Division in Germany. His permanent address is Rt. 4, Milledgeville, Ga. Bruce D. Smith, EE, a member of the Philco Corporation's Research and Engineering Division, was recently awarded the coveted achievement award for meritorious

achievement in the performance of his work He joined Philco in 1950. ENGAGED: Charles Bottoms, Jr., IM, to Miss Sandra Hardm. The wedding will take place July 8 in Atlanta. Mr. Bottoms is with the Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Jackson, Miss. Lt. Harrison Walker Davidson, USN, IM. to Miss Geraldine Wilcoxon. The wedding will take place June 12 in Atlanta. . . . Eddie Jack DeLay, Ch. E., to Miss Carolyn Randolph. The wedding will take place June 25 in Decatur, Ga. Mr. DeLay is associated with the Tennessee Corp. . . . Albert Cornelius James, Arch., to Miss Annie Carnelia Bullard. The wedding will take place June 5. Mr. James Henr is employed by the Ayes & Goodwin Co. '51 V "Red" Childress, Jr., TE, and "* Mrs. Childress, announce the birth of a daughter, Angela Lee, Feb. 14. Their home address is 156 Mell St., Athens, Ga. Mr. Childress is supervisor for the Chicopee Mfg. Corp. in Athens. Herschel C. Duke, CE, is now with the Polk. Powell and Herndon Consulting Engrs. His address is 133 N. 64th St., Birmingham, Ala. Martin L. Gursky, Phys., has joined the Theoretical Physics Div. of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. His address is 1952-B 42nd St., Los Alamos, N. M. ENGAGED: Martin Braddock Roberts, Jr., IE. to Miss Eva Sue Fountain. The wedding will take place in June. Mr. Roberts is attending graduate school here at Georgia Tech. Hilton B. Souther, IE, is now with the Sperry Gyroscope Co., Great Neck, N. Y., as assistant production engineer in the Missile Systems Engineering Dept. E. Reynolds Wheeler, Jr., IM, was recently separated from the Air Force and has returned to Atlanta where he is employed by Colonial Stores, Inc. His home address is 2464 Hanford Dr., SWâ&#x20AC;&#x17E; Atlanta, Ga. MARRIED: D. N. Balfour, ME, to Miss Patricia Desmonde. The wedding took place in Los Angeles. Mr. Balfour is employed by General Electric in Pittsfield, Mass. . . . Henry L. Pruitt, ME, to Miss Mary Barns, April 3, 1954. Mr. Pruitt is employed by the Conditioned Air Corp. of Miami. Their address is 235 NE 51st St., Miami, Fla. . . . .Robert F. Sailors, ME, to Iracema Wanda Gluszczynski in Rio de Janeiro on Dec. 1, 1953. Mr. Sailors is with the foreign sales division, American Locomotive Co. (This is a repeat on the notice in Jan.-Feb. ALUMNUS in which we erred. We had him married to his mother-in-law and connected with a real estate firm where his wife worked. Oops) ! ' S O William D. Acree, IM, is now with * ^ Dupont's Chambers Work Methods and Standards Division at Deepwater, N. J. He and his wife and son (born Nov. 1, 1953) live at 169 Cook Ave., Salem, N. J. Lt. Daniel R. Apostolu, IM, has been assigned to the 9th Infantry Div. at Ft. Dix, N. J., for duty in the G-3 (training) section. His permanent address is 233 Naples, Ter., New York, N. Y. ENGAGED: William Russell Bridges, Jr., IM. to Miss Kathryn Tomlinson. The "wedding will take place June 14 in Atlanta. MARRIED: Lt. Charles S. Epstein, USN, AE. to Miss Florence E. Robinson, May 8. Lt. Epstein is presently stationed at the Flight Training School, Pensacola, Fla. Lt. Herschel W. Godbee, Ch. E., has been released from active duty at Redstone Arsenal where he was commanding officer for the 2nd

George W. Mathews, Jr., IM '48, has recenth been appointed sales manager of the Blui Bird Body Co. of Fort Valley, Georgia. Since joining Blue Bird in 1950, George has served as personnel manager and assistant to tht general manager. At Tech he was a membei of the football squads and a campus leader. He now serves on the board of trustees ol the National Alumni Association. THE

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Enlisted Training Detachment at the Guided Missile School. MARRIED: James C. Holmes, Jr., IM, to Miss Laura Hobbs, May 22 in Atlanta. Mr. Holmes is associated with the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. in Jacksonville, Fla. Robert R. Jinright, Arch., has been promoted to first lieutenant in Germany, where lie is chief of the utilities section at the Bremerhaven Port of Embarkations engineering division. His wife and children are in Germany with him. Doyle Kelly, Arch., is now with the" Knox Corp. in Thomson, Ga. He is General Superintendent of the Building Division. His home address is RFD 1, Grier Cir., Thomson, Ga. William B. Pace, '52, has been named District Sales Manager for Capital Airlines in Atlanta. In his new position he will be in charge of sales, advertising, administrative and public relations activities in this area. Prior to his recent appointment he was in the Washington, D. C, sales department. MARRIED: William Bonner Sanders, IE, to Miss Virginia Lee Clark. The wedding took place in late spring. Mr. Sanders is serving with the U. S. Coast Guard, stationed on the Savannah Lightship. Lt. Schley H. Smith, CE, is serving with the Giassen Engrg. Detachment. He is a recent honor graduate of the Army's European Engineering School. Lt. Smith's "wife, Patricia, lives at 14 Kensington, Rd., Avondale Estates, Ga. Hugh S. Spruill, IM, is now associated with the Volunteer State Life Ins. Co. His home address is 5666 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., Chamblee, Ga. Charles H. Taylor, EE, is now with the Navy Dept., Bureau of Ships, Washington, D. C. His home address is 1300 No. Adams St., Arlington, Va.

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^** recently arrived in Taeger, Korea, for duty at Korean Communications Zone Hdqrs. He is assigned to the special services section which coordinates service and supply operations for all UN Forces in Korea. His wife lives at 306 College St., Cedartown, Ga. Lt. James M. Bowers, EE, USMC, recently completed a 5-month officers' basic course at Quantico, Va., and has been assigned to Pensacola, Fla. Navy Ens. Richard L. Clement, IE, recently qualified as a carrier pilot after training aboard the light aircraft carrier USS Monterey, and is now stationed at the U. S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Corry Field. His permanent address is 35-A Dodd Blvd., Langley AFB, Langley, Va. William F. Daniel, Jr., CE, recently graduated from the Navy Officers' Candidate School at Newport, R. I. William W. Dowdy, Ch. E., has joined the staff of Dupont's Polychemicals Dept. at Wilmington, Del. Navy Ens. William R. Kelly, IE, recently qualified as a carrier pilot after training on the USS Monterey, a light aircraft carrier, and is now stationed at Corry Field. His permanent address is 2284 Nelson, Memphis, Tenn. Lt. Frank T. Rice, IM, USMC, recently completed the 5-month officers' basic course at Quantico, Va., and has been assigned to the Second Marine Div., Camp LeJeune, N. C. His home address is 107 Ridgeland Dr., Greenville, S. C. Lt. CuHen G. Starnes, IM, USMC, recently completed officers' basic course at Quantico, Va. His home address is McRae, Ga. Lt. Frederick R. Swhke, Arch., is a supply officer with the Yokahama Engrg. Dept. His Home address is 1406 Lakewood Ave., SE, Atlanta, Ga. Lt. Gerald E. Townsend, USMC, IM, recently completed officers' basic course at the Marine School, Quantico, Va., and has been assigned to Camp Pendleton, Calif. His home address in 62 Brampton Rd., Garden City, Ga. ENGAGED: Robert B. Livingston, Ch. E., to Miss Barbara Jane Sohn. The wedding will take place June 14 in Atlanta. Mr. Livingston will receive his MS from Ga. Tech in

June, at which time he will be commissioned Ensign in the Navy. . . . Lt. John Thomas Parkerson, IM, to Miss Gloria Jackson. The wedding will take place in early summer. Lt. Parkerson is stationed at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md. . . . Owen Errett Perry, CE, to Miss Peggy Kathryn Paulk. The wedding will take place in early summer. Mr. Perry is an engineer with the Chance-Vought Corp., Dallas, Texas. MARRIED: Lt. Robert C. Chapman, AE, to Miss Barbara Jean Davis, May 22, in Atlanta. . . . Robert E. Keane, EE, to Miss Moreen Enderle, Feb. 27. Their address is 29 Union St., Greenfield, Mass. . . . Lt. Frederick A. Kilpatrick, CE, to Miss Ida May Estlin, March 7, in New Orleans. Lt. Kilpatrick is with the Army Medical Service Corps and is now training at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. BIRTHS: Jorge S. Blanco, Ch. E., and Mrs. Blanco, a son, Jorge Luis, April 19. Their address is 529 W. 4th St., Freeport, Texas. Mr. Blanco is with the Freeport Sulphur Co. . . . John P. Gunter, IM, and Mrs. Gunter, a son, John Alton. Jan. 23. . . . William J. Hendrix, IM, and Mrs. Hendrix, a son, George William, March 27. Their address is 2603 Habersham Rd., Atlanta. ICA William M. Billingsley, AE, recently ^ ^ graduated from the U. S. Naval School, Pre-Fhght. at Milton. Fla. He is now stationed at the U. S. Naval Air Station, Whiting Field, Milton, Fla. Billy R. Davis, Ch. E., has joined the research department of Monsanto Chemical

ANAK INITIATES â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hazard Reeves, '28, of New York City; John O. Chiles, '24, of Atlanta, and Jack Holman, '28, of New York City (left to right) were initiated into Tech's oldest honorary society on the evening of April 22. The ceremony took place at the Atlanta home of R. B.

Wilby, '08. May-June,

1954

Company's Inorganic Chemicals Div., Anniston, Ala. Billie M. Holman, IM, is now a field engineer with Rowland Tomkins & Son, Inc. His permanent address is 414 Harris St., Eatonton, Ga. Wade T. Horton, AE, recently graduated from the U. S. Naval School, Pre-Flight, and has been assigned to Whiting Field, Milton, Fla. His home address is 2159 Highview Rd.. SW, Atlanta. Robert C. Moore, EE, is now a member of the technical staff of the Advanced Electronics Laboratory, Hughes Research and Development Laboratory, Culver City, Calif. William R. Patrick, CE, is associated with the W. K. Upchurch Construction Co. His address is 512 So. Lawrence St., Montgomery, Ala. Fred B. Winton, Jr., Ch. E., Naval aviation cadet, recently graduated from the U. S Naval School, Pre-Flight, and is now stationed at Whiting Field, Milton, Fla. His home address is 832 9th Ave., Laurel, Miss. ENGAGED: John Broadus Wise, IM, to Miss Barbara Ruth Tregellas. The wedding will take place June 19 in Atlanta. Mr. Wise is employed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corp. in Marietta, Ga. . . . Robert W. Carmichael, Jr., Arch., to Miss Sally Ann Cranor. The wedding will take place in early summer. Mr. Carmichael is with the Anaconda Wire and Cable Co., 337 First National Bank Bldg., Tampa, Fla. . . . Arthur B. Edge HI. TE, to Miss Harriette Potts. The wedding will take place June 17. . . . J. B. Mazier, CE, to Miss Lynette Kaplan. The wedding date will be announced later. . . . Daniel Patrick O'Connor, CE, to Miss Janie Heath. The wedding will take place June 19. . . . Robert Stephenson. CE, to Miss Patricia Anne Kent. The wedding date will be announced later. Mr. Stephenson will enter Graduate School at Ga. Tech in September. . . . Leon Haynes Stone, Jr., IM, to Miss Judy Moore. The wedding will take place June 26 in Atlanta. MARRIED: John Angus Brown, Chem., to Miss Louise Rebecca Lever, May 8, in Atlanta. Dr. Brown is with the Research Division of the Standard Oil Development Company, Linden. New Jersey. MARRIED: John S. R. Crocket, EE, to Mrs. Shirley Hobson Dunlap, April 7, in Atlanta. The couple reside in Grand Prairie, Texas, where Mr. Crockett is associated with ChanceVought Aircraft Co. as an electrical engineer. 25

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