Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Vol. 34, No. 07 1956 by Georgia Tech Alumni Association

MAY 1956

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A HALF CENTURY OF AIUJHITECTIIIIAL EDUCATION

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OR YEARS NOW, door prizes have been an American institution of sorts. Nowadays, it's downright difficult to get through a meeting of any size without eventually being subjected to the traditional drawing from the hat. Usually, to assure a maximum audience for all of the speakers, the drawing is the very last thing on the meeting's agenda. These door prizes come in an almost unlimited variety of shapes and sizes. Toasters, waffle irons, radios, knickknacks, TV sets, dishes, automobiles and even houses have been among the items given away in this abbreviated raffle. * * * UT, W E SUSPECT that the world championship for giving away door prizes (educational division) should rest with District III (the Southeastern district) of the American Alumni Council (the organization of professional alumni workers). In order to assure maximum attendance for the final luncheon meeting of their annual three-day conference, the District III planners hit upon the idea of a door-prize giveaway of gigantic proportions. In this scheme, all of the college alumni groups represented at the meeting were asked to bring a door prize or two to be given away at the final session. Thus, everyone who stayed around to hear the final speaker would go home with at least one gift. Naturally, friends of the alumni groups furnished the gifts. This giant barter minus bickering worked extremely well at the District's meeting in Tallahassee, Florida, in January. Everyone seemed to stay around for the very last speaker. * * * NE OF THE door prizes offered this year was a set of four plates for a fullcolor magazine cover. Valued at almost $400, this unique (even for a door prize) giveaway was offered by the University of Tennessee Alumni Association, who, in turn, had secured it from the Capper Engraving Co. of Knoxville. As no alumni magazine in this area had ever run a four-color cover, this was the most coveted prize of them all. The winning ticket for the four-color cover was held by Roane Beard, Tech's alumni secretary. But the real winners turned out to be The Georgia Tech Alumnus and its readers. Seldom has a door prize been shared by so many people. You might turn back and take an-

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other look at this month's cover. It's the first, and perhaps the last, in the history of the magazine. Oh, yes, the editor won a 14-pound ham and a bushel of Florida oranges. * * * HE SEASONS have changed again. But spring came back to the campus a bit late this year. For some reason or another, it was the middle of April before the awakening season arrived in Atlanta. The people who populate the "flats" didn't seem to mind the delinquency this year. Because with the return of spring. one of Tech's traditions came back to the campus. Apple Jim, missing from his fruit stand for over four months, was back in business. Jim, who has been selling fruit, candy and ice cream to Tech students and faculty members for over 26 years, had been recuperating from injuries received last December when he was struck down by a car. His wife, Apple Mary, had minded the hand cart all by herself throughout the long winter. Her only company had been Joe, a dog of unknown heritage, who is known as Apple Joe by the students. Apple Jim's homecoming was something to warm the old heart. Students crowded around to shake his hand and welcome him back to the campus. The fruit, candy and ice cream business soared on that day. It was a day to remember, was the day spring returned this year. Somehow, the campus looks better with Apple Jim back in business.

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HE RETURN OF one campus figure brings up the departure of another. Gordon Albury, who wrote "On the Hill" for the last year or so, has finally graduated. Gordon started Tech in the late forties, but got behind his class by such devices as going off to the Korean Crisis, attending college in Germany, and taking the fifth year of architecture. A fine writer and actor, Gordon may go down in Tech history as the last editor of the Yellow Jacket. We'd prefer to remember him for his other contributions to Tech. Replacing Gordon is Les Horn, a sophomore physics major. One of the most capable of the Technique staff members, Les is now doing a column for the Tech newspaper. His first effort for the Alumnus is on page 20.

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RAMBLIN'—spring on the campus fascinates the editor as does a four-color door prize. THE FIRST HALF CENTURY—a special preview of one of the outstanding architectural exhibits in educational history. NUCLEAR PROGRAM EXPANDS—a special $300,000 appropriation from the Governor puts Tech in the A-business. ON THE HILL—a new man lays down his physics books to survey the campus in April, 1956. LONG RUNS FEATURE T-NIGHT GAME— the Blues ease by the Whites as Dodd shows his '57 potential. WITH THE CLUBS—news from here and there. NEWS BY CLASSES—news from everywhere.

Officers of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association Fred Storey, '33, Pres. I. M. Sheffield, '20, V-P Charles Simons, '37, V-P Walt Crawford, '49, Treas. W. Roane Beard, '40, Executive Secretary

Staff Bob Wallace, Jr., '49, Editor

Mary Peeks, Assistant

THE COVER In front of the School of Architecture's most significant acquisition in recent years, the new (1952) building, Professor Harold Bush-Brown ponders his coming June retirement. Director of the Architecture School for well over half of its first half century, Professor BushBrown has been the prime mover in the growth of one of Tech's finest scKools. For more about Tech's architects see page 5.

Anscochrome by Ed Robinson, Staff Photographer Georgia Tech Engineering Experiment Station Published eight times a year — February, March, May, July, September, October, November and December — by the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association; Georgia Institute of Technology; 225 North Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia. Subscription price (35c per copy) includeed in the membership dues. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Atlanta, Georgia under the Act of March 5, 1879.

of business executives, Harllee Branch, President of the Georgia Power Company, spoke on "The Marriage of Business and Higher Education." His talk traced the upward trend in understanding between these two important groups. With Georgia and Georgia Tech now engaged in a joint approach to business for financial support, it seems appropriate to review parts of this relationship. In recent years, business and industry have done their part by giving increasing amounts of financial aid to the institutions of higher learning. This aid now takes many forms—scholarships, research grants, capital gifts, operating funds and unrestricted funds—to name a few. But the important thing is that the aid is increasing by leaps and bounds each year. During these recent years of the great growth of this relationship—a relationship which may well be the saving grace of our colleges and universities—the question almost universally asked by businessmen interested in aiding higher education is: What are the colleges doing to help themselves? This question of course means many things. But one of its most important meanings is: What are the alumni doing to help? As the Joint Tech-Georgia Development Fund enters its final phase, Georgia Tech can answer this question with one word—plenty. 6,456 loyal Tech alumni have contributed $237,358.73 to the 9th Roll Call, a total that more than exceeds the combined totals of the past four Roll Calls. In addition to money, many of you have put your time and effort in serving on committees which have done such a fine job in all phases of the drive. Some of you have served on the School Study Committee that last fall investigated so thoroughly the needs of Georgia Tech. And this searching for the needs of the school by prominent alumni and businessmen has already begun to bear fruit in two ways—increasing appropriations to higher education from the Legislature and in the appropriation from Governor Griffin to begin the nuclear science program at Tech. Some of you are now working with us on the final important approach to business and industry to secure additional funds for the great educational institutions of this state. Industry and business are already aware of their responsibility for aiding higher education. This together with past performances of Tech men in this campaign convinces me that this development program will go on to even greater success than has been achieved to date. Frederick G. Storey

T A RECENT MEETING

Tech

Alumnus

A Half Century of ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION

I hree of the four judges for the exhibit ponder one of the 500 entries. Left to right, Paul Heffernan, director-designate of Tech's School of Architecture, Francis P. Smith, former head of Tech's Architecture Department and Roy C. Jones, former director of Minnesota's Architecture School.

May, 1956

does any school of a university have the opportunity of evaluating its educational effectiveness through an actual review of the work of its former students. But that is exactly what Tech's School of Architecture is doing with an exhibition which opens on the campus May 28. Entitled, A Half Century of Architectural Education, the exhibition features the selected works of Tech alumni covering the entire period of architectural education here. Initiated by the School's exhibition director, Associate Professor D. J. Edwards, and financed by you through the Georgia Tech Foundation, it was started as a tribute to retiring director Harold Bush-Brown and former directors Francis P. Smith and John L. Skinner. So much national interest has been stirred up in architectural circles by this idea that the Smithsonian Institution has included it as one of its traveling exhibitions for the year 1956-57. Over 500 entries were submitted by Tech men for the judges' consideration. Of this group, 72 buildings by 45 alumni were chosen for the showing. On the following pages, with a special text by Joseph Hudnut, former dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Design, we bring you selections from this exhibition. SELDOM, IF EVER,

THE ARCHITECT encourage among architects a perennial optimism. Men who plan cannot be pessimists; and men who build must be confident of the future. Habitually mindful of progressions and constructive imaginings, architects live in a world that is forever transcending— or about to transcend—its mean appearances. Architects play constantly a part in the realization of that world. When they look at the past, architects are apt to conceive that also as a development working towards human betterment. They see in the past the seeds of all that is good in the present and of all that is prescient of a more perfect tomorrow. The past is a becoming and an unfolding. It is a tide upon which civilization is borne forward in everTHE

Former Dean Joseph Hudnut of Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, exhibition judge and author of the text on this and the following pages, looks over the work of Tech men.

Urme Residence, Atlanta, Architects: Ernest D. Ivey, Lewis E. Crook, Firm: Ivey and Crook, Atlanta,

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USAGES OF THEIR PROFESSION

AND EDUCATION

Text by Joseph Hudnut

ascending waves. Thus it happens that in those rare moments when architects review the history of their art they apprehend that history as a record of culminating achievement. Looking backward, and inspired by a natural exuberance, they see all buildings that were precedent to their own constructions as the forerunners of a present excellence. Such buildings are enveloped in the insufficiencies of the time that produced them; their qualities are relevant to that time; and we must judge them, as we judge children, with due understandings of their naiveties. That there could be universal standards in architecture, disentangled from time and circumstance, is a heresy somewhat uncongenial to that creed of progress to which architects must conform or perish. continued on the next page

Abreu Summer House, Sea Island, Ga. Architect: Philip T. Shutze, '12 Firm: Hentz, Adler & Shutze Atlanta, Georgia

American Bank & Trust Co. Bldg. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Architect: W. Pope Barney, '11 Firm: W. Pope Barney & Roy W. Banwell

May, 1956

Architectural Education

continued

is, OF COURSE, atime-enframement around the progressions of history. The present cycle of development began, not with the Parthenon—always an embarrassment to the evolutionist—but with the perfection of the I-beam. The buildings in Chicago, which first confessed in their appearances that secret presence, are the primitives of a new art; and the buildings which stand between us and that fateful moment are considered admirable to the degree in which they anticipate the newest building in which that art has reached an ever-higher crest. That crest is exemplified at this moment in the new building of the Seagram Company—a distillation, if I may use that word—of all that is excellent in the crescent transmutation of skyscrapers. .HERE

riich's Department Store, Knoxville Architect: Preston S. Stevens, '19 Firm: Stevens & Wilkinson Atlanta, Georgia

Uleorgia Baptist Hospital, Atlanta Architect: Preston S. Stevens, '19 Firm: Stevens & Wilkinson Atlanta, Georgia

VV estinghouse Meter Plant Raleigh, North Carolina Architect: J. M. Shelton, '16 Firm: Robert & Company, Associates Atlanta, Georgia May, 1956

Architectural Education

continued

T SHOULD NOT BE DIFFICULT to show that this faith in progress could be valid only within a limited range of experience. If by progress we mean technological progress, we must acknowledge progressions in the sciences of building construction, made in our time, that far transcend the achievements in that field of all other eras. In practical improvements and invention, in methods of manufacture and organization, in financing, in the disciplines of labor, and in the sciences of planning, the technologies of buildings have indeed advanced to standards of efficiency beyond all that has gone before us. Architects have a right to be proud of that pragmatical success; and they are rightfully distressed by the meagre applause with which their splender public has acknowledged their accomplishments. Nor is it surprising that, living in a climate saturated with scientific thought, they should forget sometimes that technological excellence, with all its splendor and mighty consequence, is not architecture. iVvondale Presbyterian Church Charlotte, North Carolina Architect: James A. Stenhouse, '33 Firm: J. N. Pease Company, Charlotte 10

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1 ennessee Valley Bank, Knoxville Architects: Francis F. Painter, Jr., '34 Felder S. Weeks, '47 Firm: Painter, Weeks & McCarty Knoxville, Tennessee

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Litaker Residence Honolulu, Hawaii Architect: Thomas F. Litaker, '30 Honolulu, Hawaii

Alexander Memorial Center Georgia Tech Architect: Richard L. Aeck, '36 Firm: Aeck & Associates, Atlanta

Architectural Education

continued

Architecture, an art of expression, lies outside that range of experience in which things made by man are constantly improved by new skills and inventions. New skills and inventions are often useful means to expression, but to the artist they have in them no other virtue. Idea and feeling are the sources of excellence in architecture, as in all the arts; and the mysterious processes, through which these ethereal qualities of the mind and heart are made to inform steel and brick, lie apart from every process of ingenuity and contrivance. Continued ARCHITECTURE DOES NOT PROGRESS.

Atlanta Blue Print Co. Building Architects: James H. Finch. '36 Miller D. Barnes, '32 Caraker D. Paschal, '43, '48 Firm: Finch & Barnes, Atlanta, Ga.

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U u r Saviour Lutheran Church Columbus, Mississippi Architect: W. I. Rosamond, '36 Columbus, Mississippi

i\.partment, Narrow Lot Havana, Cuba Architect: Max Borges, '39 Firm: Borges, Borges & Borges Havana, Cuba May, 1956

Architectural Education

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liesidence, Central Florida Architect: Mark Hampton, '49 Tampa, Florida

F.O.E. Club, Atlanta, Georgia Architect: John Portman, '50 Atlanta, Georgia 14

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graduates of the School of Architecture in the Georgia Institute of Technology, we ought to free our minds of the concept of evolution. Of course, we will find it interesting to note the time and occasion of this and that improvement in the manufacture of steel and plate glass or to trace the uncertain variations in our taste for chiseled pilasters or pilotti. Interesting also are the new principles in planning which constantly develop in response to changes in our way of life. Nevertheless, we ought to understand these as episodes in the history of architecture. Around the central search for expression they are outward show and trappings. They are addressed to our intelligence (sometimes), but seldom to our hearts. The beautiful buildings built by the graduates of the Georgia Institute of Technology are not specimens in a museum. They are messages. The prime intent of each is to make voluble the idea of the artist who created it. What was this idea? What means did the artist use to objectify his idea in constructed form? To what extent was he successful? To see buildings in this way is to penerate to the deepest meanings of architecture. There lies architecture's permanent record. May, 1956

Architectural Education continued limitations of space and the difficulty in obtaining photographs, we were unable to show the work of all the Tech men whose buildings will be shown in the exhibition. The best we could give you was a sampling. But here is a list of those graduates whose work is also on exhibit from May 28 through June 23. BECAUSE OF THE

ADDKISON, WILLIAM

L., '34, Roanoke, Virginia

ALEXANDER, CECIL A., JR., '39, Atlanta, Georgia BAECHER, MAX D., BECKETT,

'50, Stuttgart, Germany

W. S., '37, Atlanta, Georgia

BRADBURY,

THOMAS,

BROWARD, ROBERT

'23, Atlanta, Georgia

C., '52, Jacksonville, Florida M., '28, Houston, Texas

BUFFINGTON, RALPH

D., '16 (deceased), Atlanta

BURGE, FLIPPEN

CHERRY, JOHN W., '40, Atlanta, Georgia

C , '13, Macon, Georgia

DENNIS, JOHN

DENNIS, WARD,

'31, Macon, Georgia

DIVINO, JORGE LUIS, DUNWODY, EDWARDS,

'34, Havana, Cuba

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'30, Atlanta, Georgia

FAIRES, THOMAS F., '28, Memphis, Tennessee

FULLER, P. H., '37, Atlanta, Georgia HAAS,

'43, Jacksonville, Florida

BROOKS,

HARRELL, GEORGE

F., '30, Dallas, Texas

HARRIS, JULIAN H., '28, Atlanta, Georgia HARRIS, JAMES

L., '41, Cambridge, Massachusetts

HEERY, C. WILMER, '26, Atlanta, Georgia HEERY, GEORGE T., '51, Atlanta, Georgia

HURST, SAM T., '42, Atlanta, Georgia LAMBERSON, WILLARD N., '36, Atlanta, Georgia LONG, HENRY SPROTT,

'35, Birmingham, Alabama

MASTIN, ERNEST O., '49, Atlanta, Georgia PITTS, LLEWELLYN

W., '27, Beaumont, Texas

PRITCHARD, JOHN HAYES,

'30, Tunica, Mississippi

RAMEY, GEORGE W., '20, Atlanta^. Georgia ROBESON, JAMES

L., '26, Atlanta, Georgia

ROBINSON, ARTHUR NEAL, JR., STUBBINS, HUGH,

'36, Atlanta

'33, Cambridge, Massachusetts

SUMMER, JOHN H , '49, Atlanta, Georgia SWANKE, ALBERT HOMER,

'30, New York, N. Y.

WELLS, J. E., '30, Atlanta, Georgia WOODBURY, JULIAN TALIAFERRO,

'34, Atlanta

photographic credits

Page 5—Wallace; page 6 (lower) — Gabriel Benzur; page 7 (left)—Samuel H. Gottscho, (right)—William Rittase; page 8 (top)—Gottscho-Schliesner (bottom)—Gabriel Benzur; page 9—Robert L. McGinnis; page 10 (left)—Rhoads, (top)—Robert D. Holsaple; page 11 — R. Wenkam; page 12 (top)—Gabriel Benzur, (lower)—Robert L. McGinnis; page 13 (left)—W. I. Rosamond, (right) —Ruiz; page 14-15 (left)—Gabriel Benzur, (top)—Alexander Georges, (lower) —Bolton McBryde. Tech Alumnus

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TECHS NUCLEAR PROGRAM TO EXPAND Special appropriation from the Governor and the Regents puts Tech in the business of educating nuclear engineers announced on April 11 that he was appropriating $300,000 to Georgia Tech through the Board of Regents to inaugurate a program of education and research in nuclear science. In addition, the Georgia Governor stated that he will ask the 1957 Georgia Legislature to approve construction of an atomic reactor for Georgia Tech "big enough for industrial and commercial research uses." He said that he had been informed that such a reactor will cost "about $3,000,000." The Governor made the announcement at his morning press conference almost simultaneously with the announcement by the Board of Regents that they were asking the Governor to make the $300,000 appropriation. The Regents held their monthly meeting on the morning of April 11. In making the announcement, Governor Griffin stated: "The growth of the peacetime uses of atomic energy has brought about a great demand for engineers and scientists trained in nuclear science. This technological expansion has also brought about a demand for a broad program of basic research and engineering development in this country. These demands must be satisfied by the Nation's engineering institutions which carry out both teaching and research programs. "In Georgia Tech, the State has the leading engineering education and research agency in the entire South. Studies indicate that Georgia Tech is now ready to greatly expand its activities in the atomic energy field. "This money is being appropriated to give Georgia Tech the opportunity to carry out the first two phases of a proposed 3-phase expansion program. Part of it will be used to set up a program to tram student engineers and scientists at the graduate level in the fields of nuclear technology. The remainder will be used to build and equip a radioactive isotopes laboratory. This new laboratory building will house equipment to be used in the graduate laboratory courses, as well as provide facilities for extensive research activities which will benefit industry, agriculture and medicine in our state. "The final phase of Tech's proposed program the acquiGOVERNOR MARVIN GRIFFIN

sition of a research reactor, should be carried out in the near future if the school is to become a major center for nuclear science. The existence of a reactor will mean increased revenue for the area and a strong inducement for certain industrial concerns to locate in Georgia. The reactor would also benefit hospitals, universities and agriculture interests in the state." Immediately following the Governor's announcament, Dr. Paul Weber, acting president of Georgia Tech, made the following comments: "Georgia Institute of Technology appreciates the confidence shown in it by Governor Griffin and the Board of Regents in making available the $300,000 to expand the proposed nuclear training and research program. As Governor Griffin pointed out in his statement, this money will enable Georgia Tech to institute an educational program at the Master's Degree level in the nuclear field as well as to construct and equip an up-to-date radioisotopes laboratory on the campus. "At present, Georgia Tech's graduate council is working on the final details of a program designed to educate nuclear engineers and scientists at the Master's Degree level. This program will be submitted to the Board of Regents for consideration at their May meeting. It is Georgia Tech's hope to begin this program this fall. "The proposed radioisotopes laboratory will house a neutron physics laboratory for use in the graduate program. It will also house laboratory facilities for use in basic and applied research aimed at aiding industry, agriculture and medicine in this state. "It has been the general agreement of the 17 members of Georgia Tech's nuclear science committee, who have been working on this project for over a year, that the radioisotopes laboratory and the neutron physics laboratory are the first needs in an intelligent nuclear science and engineering program. "It is hoped that they will serve as the unifying forces in a teaching and research program in nuclear science that will eventually make Georgia Tech one of the major nuclear technological centers in the country." Tech Alumnus

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ROBABLY BEFORE YOU BEGAN READING this Column, the question popped up in your mind, "Wha hoppon to Albury?" Well, to make it a short story, Gordon's tenure as the perennial senior has come to an end. After five years of brow-furrowing labor in Tech's School of Architecture and one year at Stuttgart, he reached the end of his academic rope. And the time came for him to take that last trek down Tech's fabled hill. After Gordon's last column went to press the editor donned his green eyeshade and went hunting for a writer. But he came up with me. Here's how it happened: About four weeks ago, I strolled down to the Varsity on a mission of mercy for the boys of Cloudman Main. While crossing the lot, I noticed this guy peering at me over a naked steak. I paused. He beckoned. I walked over. He laid the deal on the line. And my career with The A lumnus was launched over a glass of orange. Seriously though, I don't take this assignment lightly. Gordon was always right in there with the students' news, views and such. And I'm going to do my best to maintain the high quality commentary which he imparted to "On the Hill." 'Nuff said.

to the ranks of the alumni, it's almost a shame to have to leave Tech these days. The school is expanding in a big way, and you can feel the optimism everywhere. Governor Griffin and the Board of Regents gave Tech's graduate school and experiment station a boost when they presented Tech with $300,000 to expand the nuclear energy program of education and research. Tech's physical plant has quite a few additions in the mill in addition to the new radioisotopes lab. The Alexander Memorial Building is in the final stages of construction. And the prospects for the student activities building and the sorely needed classroom building are coming closer and closer to reality. Radio Station WGST is returning to the campus. It's to be quartered in the Alexander Memorial. Its proximity to the hill is sure to benefit us in the way of publicity. Buildings and Grounds has been working wonders with the Tech sod of late. The campus looks better than it has for years. And, more important, the students are taking genuine pride in its appearance. I never thought I'd be particularly pleased to return to my room after a day's classes and find all my belongings piled in a shapeless heap in the center of the room. It happened though, and I was overjoyed. For the culprit was a painter. But I was not the only man with this problem. Several of the dorms have received a new face-lifting via the brush as part 30

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of B & G's amazing program of general campus improvement. Needless to say, this is doing wonders for student morale. Even the warriors of Cloudman Main are taking aim more carefully when they break out the shaving cream and declare war. there's bound to be unrest. A furor was raised over a recent meeting of the senior class. They rebelled when informed that their request to have the graduates' names read off as they filed across the stage of the Fox was turned down on the grounds that the ceremony would run too long. As a result of this action, some seniors openly refused to contribute to the senior class gift while still others were in favor of cancelling the graduation ceremony entirely. Fortunately, a vote was not taken. The common sentiment seemed to be "you can't have a rah-rah punch-card school." But this is only one unpleasant byproduct of the changes taking place at Tech. No doubt, these same seniors will make some concessions in future years when they observe their degrees gaining prestige because of the expansion that is inconveniencing them at this moment. In spite of these setbacks, there always seems to be enough activity on the hill and thereabouts to make life more than bearable. The IFC Weekend went off with a vivacious bang, to put it mildly. Buddy Morrow did the musical honors quite amply. He grooved many a placid soul with a band that just wouldn't quit. The following week was graced by the annual visit of the Metropolitan Opera. As usual, the Fox was chockful of Tech men who suposedly "ain't got no culcha." They may live this misconception down yet. As I remember it, Albury opened his first column with a few words about the opera. So, to turn the tables, here's where I'll end mineâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that is, until the next issue.

UT WHERE THERE'S SPIRIT,

William P. Scobey, AE '60, is one of Tech's first cooperative students to be employed by ARO, Inc., Tullahoma, Tennessee. The Nashville club scholarship sent him to Tech. Tech Alumnus

sports Blues Beat Whites, 1 8 - 1 3 , in Annual T- â&#x20AC;˘game Before 1 0 , 0 0 0 Fans for years one of Tech's long suits in football, gave the favored Blues an 18-13 win over the Whites on April 20 in the Jackets' annual T-game. Bobby Hardison, sophomore halfback from West Virginia, turned in the most spectacular steal of the night when he raced 104 yards with an errant White pass late in the second quarter to put the dark shirts ahead to stay at 12-6. Then in the third quarter, sophomore center Eddie Elward intercepted another White toss on the 50 and rambled to the 3 before he was knocked out of bounds. Two plays later, Blue quarterback Floyd Faucette sneaked across to raise the score to 18-6. The Blues initial touchdown also came with blinding swiftness. And it was Stan Flowers, one of the few veteran backs on the field, who provided the fireworks on this one. On the Blues very first offensive play of the night, the Memphis junior took a pitch out and raced 43 yards for a score behind perfect blocking. Flowers eventually ended up as the night's leading ground gainer with 66 yards in 5 carries. The Whites knotted the score at 6-6 early in the second period with a 21-yard pass from Sophomore Doug Veazy to Joe Delaney. The Blues had brought this one upon themselves with a bad kick that went out on their 23. The Whites scored again in the final quarter on the only long drive of the night, 56 yards on 6 plays. Again a Veazy pass, this time 14 yards to veteran end Tommy Rose, put the PASS DEFENSE,

points on the board. Harry McDavitt kicked the only PAT of the night with 4:59 left. The Whites threatened again on a screen pass labeled touchdown to Lester Simmerville, but the sophomore halfback was cut down from behind by Blue Captain Ormand Anderson. The 10,000 who turned out for the game saw a number of the future Tech stars play a typical Tech gameâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;wait for the other team to make ,Jhe mistake. Most of the '56 stars were held out of this year's spring practice in order that the Tech staff could get a better look at the boys who will be doing the job in 1957. Tech will lose most of its varsity mainstays after the '56 season. The way the neophytes looked on April 20 should go a long way towards easing the coaches' fears about the 1957 season.

Opener on National TV FOR THE SECOND YEAR, Georgia Tech's opening football game will be the NCAA's nationally televised game of the week. Tech opens its 10-game schedule in Lexington, Kentucky, against the University of Kentucky. Last year's opener with Miami was also televised nationally. Tech has now appeared in eight nationally televised ball games without a single loss. The 1956 Homecoming is scheduled for the weekend of October 27 when Tulane comes to Atlanta to play the Jackets. The classes of '06, '11, '16, '21, '26, '31, '36, '41, '46, '51 and '55 will hold reunions this year.

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BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA—the officers and executive committee of the Birmingham Georgia Tech Club met on February 16 to lay plans for its May meeting and to work on the 1956 Club Scholarship campaign. President John Holcombe, '35, appointed the following committee chairmen for the coming year: Charles Brasfield, '24, scholarship; Buck Flowers, '22, program; Sanders Rowland, '28, arrangements; Walter Coxe, '22, publicity; Oscar Price, '41, attendance, and Jimmy Collins, '35, greetings. $

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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA—106 Tech alumni and friends turned out to hear Coach Bobby Dodd address the Columbus Georgia Tech Club in January. During the meeting the club members elected Wiliam Buck, '49, president, to succeed Jim Petit, '50. Other officers elected included Jack Passailaigue, '29, vice president, and John Crawford, '43, secretary-treasurer. Special guest at the meeting was Mike Greenblatt, '13, Tech's first band director. * * * * DALLAS, TEXAS—the football movie, "Highlights of 1955," was the feature attraction at the March meeting of the Dallas Georgia Tech Club. Other items of importance on the agenda included a discussion of the annual spring

Tech's Dean of Students, George Griffin, left, and Alumni Secretary Roane Beard are greeted by Jacksonville, Fla. Club President O. J. Oosterhaudt, center, at the March 21 meeting. 22

dinner-dance and the initiation of a new Jim Wilson Fund. Jim, ME '38, is a polio victim with a wife and five children. The Dallas Club has helped Jim and his family through gifts of money and clothing. As in the past, the Dallas Club is soliciting only Tech alumni living in the Dallas area. But any alumnus wishing to help the club in this fine effort may send their check to the Jim Wilson Fund, c/o Bill Treadway, Jr., Chubb & Son Underwriters, Mercantile Securities Bldg., Dallas 1, Texas. All help will be greatly appreciated. * * * * NEW YORK, N. Y.—the April 19 meeting of the New York Georgia Tech Club drew over 100 Tech alumni to hear Dr. James E. Boyd, associate director of the Georgia Tech Engineering Experiment Station, talk about the growth of Tech over the past 20 years. Dr. Boyd, head of Tech's nuclear science committee, also brought the members up to date on the new A-program at Tech. Special guests at the meeting held at Reeves Sound Studios included Dr. W. H. Turner, '25, of U. S. Steel, who will be the 1956 Commencement speaker at Tech; Mrs. Dorothy Crosland, Tech's director of libraries, and Bob Wallace, editor of the Alumnus and head of publications at the Engineering Experiment Station. President Hazard E. Reeves, '28, carried out the introductions and door prize awards in fine style. $ * $ $ CINCINNATI, OHIO—the spring meeting of the Greater Cincinnati Georgia Tech Club was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Peurifoy. The dinner meeting was attended by 40 alumni and their ladies who enjoyed an old-fashioned Southern cooked meal and an evening of bridge and games. * * * * FLORIDA MEETINGS—Dean George Griffin and Alumni Secretary Roane Beard made a quick trip to Florida during the spring vacation period. Each gave brief talks to the three clubs visited on the trip. . . . At Jacksonville, over 50 alumni and their wives turned out on March 21. President O. J. Oosterhoudt, '22, proposed that the club sponsor a party for the Tech football team in November when they are in Jacksonville to play the University of Florida. The proposal was approved, unanimously. . . . On March 22, a stag meeting in West Palm Beach brought out 30 alumni to hear the travelers. Officers elected at the meeting included L. A. (Abe) Hawkins, '25, president; William S. Lockman, '40, vice president, and Gleeson M. Stambaugh, '47, secretary-treasurer. . . . The final stop on the trip was in Orlando. Officers elected at this meeting included John E. Getzen, '23, president, and Amos S. Brim, secretary-treasurer. Tech Alumnus

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THE CORPORATE ALUMNUS PROGRAM'S FIRST YEAR T

HE Corporate Alumnus Program was begun as an experiment, to supplement—not to supplant—General Electric's overall program of assistance to students and to schools and colleges. Principal objective was the further encouragement and support of the colleges and universities from which General Electric employees received their higher education. The Plan, briefly, was the Educational and Charitable Fund's decision to match gifts up to $1,000 of individual G-E employees to the accredited colleges and universities from which they held degrees.

WEIGHING THE RESULTS Following are the four original objectives, and, after each, a statement of attainment, the realization of which contributed to the decision to continue the Plan, with liberalized provisions, in 1956: OBJECTIVE—To provide incentive for substantial and regular contributions by the employees who directly benefit by the education. ATTAINMENT—Eligible employees, under the Plan, increased their average gifts from slightly under $20 to $39.18. OBJECTIVE—To recognize the joint benefits of education to employer and employee by matching contributions up to $1,000 during the year. ATTAINMENT—Approximately 5,100 employees made gifts to 359 colleges in amounts totaling

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$200,000. The essentially unrestricted amount, matched by the Fund, is equivalent to the average earnings on about $4,000,000 in endowment. OBJECTIVE—To stimulate colleges to more active solicitation of alumni support. ATTAINMENT—College administrators report special alumni-fund activities, stimulated by the Program and the publicity it produced, have resulted in substantial increases in alumni giving. OBJECTIVE—To provide a pattern of corporate support which might be followed by other companies. ATTAINMENT—At least 12 gift-matching programs have been established by other companies, all incorporating some elements of the Corporate Alumnus Program. QUID PRO QUO The Corporate Alumnus Program has its basis in the concept of something received for something given. Still in an evolutionary stage, it recognizes the rapid growth of corporate requirements for college-trained people and the simultaneous enlargements of the colleges' needs for funds—operating funds as well as capital. It is simply giving substance to a belief that our common progress can accelerate to meet a growing need if the beneficiaries—whether individual or company, or both—recognize a debt and do something about it in proportion to value received.

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»QC John Edward Smith, M E , one of At*»*» lanta's pioneer automobile dealers, died March 12. He had been ill for about two weeks. While at Tech he played football and captained the baseball team. One of Tech's dormitories now bears his name. It was built on a tract of land presented to Tech by Mr. Smith in memory of his father, who emigrated from Ireland to Canada and came to Georgia in 1869. His father founded a carriage-making concern which Mr. l o h n Smith entered upon graduation. H e has been a Chevrolet dealer since 1924 and became chairman of the Board in 1954. His son, Hal L. Smith, '26, succeeded him as president of the company. H e was quite active in Atlanta civic affairs and was a founder of the Fulton Grand lury A s s o c , as well as the National Auto Dealers' Assoc. Surviving are his wife, who lives at the Biltmore Apts., 14 Fifth Street, N. E., Atlanta; son, Hal L., 2 grandchildren, and 1 sister. ' 1 9 Thomas H. Austin, EE, retired owner '«• and operator of Standard Coal Co. in Atlanta, died March 25 at his home, 899 Greenwood Ave., N. E. Survivors include his wife, who lives at the above address. >1 J The death of T. Horace Mize, TE, I » president of the T. H. Mize Real Estate Co., St. Louis,Mo., has just come to our attention. He is survived by a son, David, and daughter, Mrs. Morgan A. McKee. »1Q William S. Lovell, M E , has been re*" elected to serve his 17th term of two years as a councilman of Savannah Beach, Ga. H e has served longer on the council than any other current member. Mr. Lovell is with the Southern Cotton Oil Co. in Savannah. » 0 0 Robert D. Cole, ME, of Alpharetta, ^ ^ Ga., died April 24 in a private hospital. N o further information was available at this writing. ' 0 0 Richard Malcolm Barksdale, Com., ^ w died unexpectedly March 4 while on a visit in Phoenix, Arizona. He was associated with Revere Brass & Copper Co. at the time of his death. Surviving are his wife, of 990 Forrest Rd., N . E., Atlanta; daughter, Mrs. Frederick McDowell; and brother, William B. Barksdale. ' 0 C James W. Petty, Jr., Com., has-been ™*l named vice president of the H & S Pogue Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio. He will continue to serve as general merchandise manager. Mr. Petty has been with the company for 18 years. ' 0 0 William J. Cooper, GE, has been ™ " elected executive vice president of United Illuminating Co., Hamden, Conn. Prior to this appointment he was vice president of operations. H e has been with the company since 1942.

Thomas Erwin Dicks, Gulf Oil Co. executive, died February 24 in an Atlanta hospital. Mr. Dicks was in charge of fleet and contractor sales for Gulf Oil Corp. in the Southeastern area. His home was at 726 Belvedere Cir., N . E. Charles L. Humphrey, formerly of Atlanta, died April 17 at his home in Elgin, 111. He has been associated with the CocaCola Bottling Co. of Chicago since graduating from Georgia Tech. He is survived by his mother. ' 0 4 Braxton Blalock, Jr., GS, has been •* * named chairman of the resolutions committee of Associated Equipment Distributors, national trade association of the construction equipment industry. Mr. Blalock is a partner in the Blalock Machinery and Supply Co. in Atlanta. L. B. "Ren" Evans, Arch, has been transferred from the Architectural Field Staff and is now District Representative of the American Appraisal Co. with offices in the Keyser Bldg., Baltimore 2, Md. John F. "Pat" Patterson, Ch.E., of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, died April 9 at a Salt Lake City hospital. H e had been ill for quite some time. At the time of his death he was manager of production for Husky Oil and Refinery, Ltd. Surviving are his wife; sons, Mickey, Alexander, and John. Born to: Udo O. Thran, Com., a daughter, Christianna, March 10. Their address is 4407 E. Brookhaven Dr., N. E., Atlanta, Georgia. Hayden Zimmerman, ME, associate professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, died March 8 in Cleveland, Ohio, where he had been undergoing medical treatment. He had been affiliated with Tech for about 12 years. Surviving are his wife; daughters, Carroll and Judy, all of Highland Rd., Smyrna, Ga. ' O C Dr. Fred A. L. Holloway, Ch.E., has **w been promoted to general manager of the East Coast Refinery Division of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey. He was assistant general manager at the company's Baton Rouge, La., refinery prior to his transfer.

Born to: Lorenzo Massengale and Mrs. Massengale, a daughter, Loyce Durrence, March 28. Their address is 477 Bryn Mawr Lane, N . W., Atlanta, Ga. ' Q Q Dana L. Kilcrease, EE, has been wO named assistant general manager of IBM's Rochester, Minn., plant. Lt. Col. Joseph McKinney, IM, is the new ordnance officer for the 8th Infantry Div. at Fort Carson, Colo. He was stationed in Washington, D . C , prior to his transfer. The death of James P. Moore has just been brought to our attention. N o further information was available at this writing. ' A l l Tom S. Pippen, IM, and Mrs. Pippen * w announce the adoption of Marth Alace, who was born January 24. Their home address is 3858 Cove Dr., Birmingham 9. Ala. James N. Sampson, Ch.E., has been elected assistant vice president of Avery Engineering Co., Cleveland, Ohio. His business address is 1908 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. ' 4 1 Born t o : Morris M. Bryan, Jr.. TE, " I and Mrs. Bryan, a son, Stephen Hart. Mr. Bryan is president of Jefferson Mills at Jefferson, Ga. 'A1) Charles W. Boroughs, Arch, and ./. //. •™ Cunningham, Arch '50, have formed a partnership for the practice of architecture here. Their business address is 309 Pharr Rd., N . E., Atlanta, Ga. James R. Fair, Jr., Ch.E., has joined Monsanto Chemical Company as a member of the Engineering Research Department at Dayton, Ohio. Born t o : George F. Hannon and Mrs. Hannon, a daughter, Leslie Elaine, January 17. Mr. Hannon is a representative for the Tenn. Coal and Iron Div. of U. S. Steel. Their home address is 4168 Trieste Place, Jacksonville, Fla. ' ^ 0 Thomas Harrington Pigford, Ch.E., " » has been named one of ten "Outstanding Young Men Awards for 1955" by the Boston Junior Chamber of Commerce. The men were elected from various fields of activity. Mr. Pigford is an associate professor of chemical and nuclear engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Dr. William H. H. Turner, M E ' 2 5 , a native A t l a n t a n , will address t h e 1956 g r a d u a t i n g class at t h e J u n e 9 c o m m e n c e m e n t exercises t o be held in t h e F o x T h e a t e r . D r . T u r n e r is the executive director of the United States Steel F o u n d a t i o n , Inc. as well as assista n t to t h e vice president a n d c o m p t r o l l e r of the U n i t e d States Steel C o r p o r a t i o n . D r . T u r n e r w a s formerly a writer for the New York Herald Tribune, a n d M c G r a w - H i l l technical publications. H e h a s been with U . S. Steel since 1938. Tech

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Ralph A. Plaster, IM, former Tech football fullback, died March 17 at his home, 2046 Lookout PI., N . E., Atlanta. He was a fullback on the Tech team from 1940 through '42. His last game was in the Cotton Bowl in 1943. After his separation from i he service in 1945 he became associated with Brown Distributing Co. as sales manager in the parts and accessories div. Surviving are his wife; daughters, Emily, Martha leanne, and Diane; mother, Mrs. H. A. Plaster, all of Atlanta. Born to: James T. Porter, Ch.E., and Mrs. Porter, a son, Tommy Tift, Jan. 29. Their address is 22 Palisades Rd., N . W., Atlanta. Alfred Ritter has been appointed supervisor of hydrodynamics, propulsion and structural research department at Armour Research Foundation of 111. Inst, of Tech. in Chicago. He joined the Foundation in 1954 after serving three years in the Office of Naval Research. His address is 120 Forrest Blvd., Park Forest, 111. Albert R. Wilson, Arch., has been transferred from the Time Payment Dept. to the Banking Dept. of Wachovia Bank and Trust Co.. High Point, N . C. H e has been asst. vice president of the bank since 1953. His home address is 1107 Orlando St., High Point, N . C. ' j l C Born t o : Edward A. Fernandez, CE, •*» and Mrs. Fernandez, a daughter, Vivian Louise, March 8. Their address is Box 558, Bayville, N . Y. Born t o : Lawrence L. Gellerstedt, Jr., Ch.E., and Mrs. Gellerstedt, a son, Lawrence 1 ., Ill, March 28. Their address is 1026 Wadsworth Dr., N . W., Atlanta. Eugene Miller, Ch.E., assoc. managing editor of Business Week, is serving as guest busines editor on the Dave Garroway "Today'' television programs. On the program Mr. Miller discusses major business events with leading business figures. His home address is 64 Park Terrace, A-29, New York, New York. ' A R ^ " James Etackl, ME, has been pro• " moted to sales manager, packaged equipment, at the Trane Co. His home address is 1106 So. Losey Blvd., LaCrosse, Wis. ' A ~ l ^' David Robert Cundy, of Atlanta, " ' was killed aboard a Navy S2F Sentinel plane at Hampton Roads, Va., March

C M . M c C o r d , E E '06, has been h o n o r e d by t h e B o a r d of Light, G a s & W a t e r C o m m i s s i o n e r s of M e m p h i s , T e n n . by having t h e N o r t h e a s t P u m p i n g Station n a m e d after him. H e will retire A u g . 1. May, 1956

27. The craft plunged into five feet of water shortly after reporting it was in trouble. He is survived by his wife; sons, David, Jr., and Jennings Stephen; daughter, Margo. Born to: / . Earl Funderburk, Jr., EE, and Mrs. Funderburk, a son, John Carl, III, Feb. 21. Their address is 1065 Ave. of Pines, Macon, Ga. John Stwart McKenzie has joined Higgins-McArthur Co., typographers, printers and lithographers, as design and sales consultant. H e was formerly with Foote and Davies in Atlanta. His home address is 631 Norfleet Rd., Atlanta. ' A f i ^" ^ ' Harrison, E.E., has been pro• 0 moted to District 5 Data Processing Special Representative with IBM in Atlanta. H e has been with the company since 1948. Robert G. Hiltz, EE, has been promoted to senior petroleum engineer at Stanolind Oil Company's Fort Worth, Texas division. His business address is P. O. Box 1410, Fort Worth. Preston Mcintosh, Arch, has announced that John Steinichen is now an associate for the practice of architecture. Their offices are located in the Henry Grady Bldg., Atlanta 3, Ga. R. C. Reed, Jr., ME, is district sales manager for the Container Div. of Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. in New Orleans. His home address is 4439 So. Rocheblane, New Orleans, La. ' A Q Thomas F. Curry, EE, 116 Easterly »*• Parkway, State College, Pa., has been granted a Bell Telephone Laboratories fellowship for graduate study. H e will work on his doctorate at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Engaged: Benjamin Dalton Smith, Arch, to Miss Eleanor Patterson. T h e wedding will take place June 30. Mr. Smith is associated with Stevens & Wilkinson, architects and engineers, in Atlanta. Charles Donaldson, IM, and William H. Woodward, IM, have formed a firm here under the name of Executive Aviation, Inc., a sales and service firm to handle Cessna Aircraft at the Municipal Airport, Atlanta. L. H. "Hank" Klosterman, Jr., CE, sales engineer with Armco Drainage & Metal Products, Inc., has been transferred from Savannah to Atlanta. His home address is 2372 A Adina Dr., N . E. Mabrey L. Tidmore, TE, is now head of the Textile Research Dept. at No. American Rayon Corp. His home address is 314 Carter Blvd., Elizabethton, Tenn. It has just come to our attention that C. Fred Weigel, Jr., ME, was accidentally electrocuted while working with a Los Angeles engineering firm. T h e accident occurred in August of 1952 while he was working on a company project in S. C. ' C O Born to: Lt. John I. Alford, Jr., IM, w u and Mrs. Alford, a daughter, Catherine Lorence, March 25 in Germany. Lt. Alford and his family have now returned to the states after 3Vi years in Germany and North Africa. H e is stationed at Barksdale AFB, La. John H. Cunningham, Arch., and Charles W. Boroughs, Arch. '42, have formed a partnership for the practice of architecture

J. Wt. T e a g u e , Jr., ' 3 9 , has been p r o m o t e d to assistant director of r e s e a r c h for Owens-Illinois Glass C o . , T o l e d o , Ohio. here. Their office is at 309 Pharr Rd., N. E. Hugh Lyle Jones, TE, is now with the E. T. Barwick Mills in Development and Research. He lives at 136 Circle Dr., LaFayette, Ga. Perry Knight, EE, his wife and son, Jeff, have moved to Melbourne, Fla., where Mr. Knight is senior electrical engineer with Radiation, Inc. Their address is R F D 2, Box 765, Melbourne, Fla. Marshall Lochridge, IE, has been transferred by Westinghouse from Atlanta to Tampa, Fla. Engaged: Walter William Moseley, Jr., Chem., to Miss Dorothy Miller. Mr. Moseley is associated with duPont in Wilmington, Del. James W. Petit, Jr., IM, has been named sales representative by Akers Motor Lines, Inc. He will serve the Atlanta and North Georgia territories. He was formerly a time salesman for television station W D A K in Columbus, Ga. Born to: Don B. Wilkins, Ch.E., and Mrs. Wilkins, a daughter, Janice Leslie, Jan. 28. Their address is 132-61 Sanford Ave., Flushing, N. Y. Born to: Robert H. Woodyard, EE, and Mrs. Woodyard, a daughter, Beverly Ann, Feb. 23. Mr. Woodyard is a project engineer at Hoover Electronics Co., Baltimore. Their address is 2501 Blackhawk Cir., Baltimore 9, Md. ' C I Victor G. Vaughan, IE, recently JI brought us up to date on his activities the past few years. Since we last heard from him he has married (Feb. '53) Miss Jeanne Marie Doyle and they now have two sons, Victor III and David. H e served 14 months in Japan as an Army lieutenant and is now in the sales department of the Square D Co. Their home address is 1613 Edgewood Dr., Royal Oak, Michigan. ' C O Engaged: Ralph Rabun Allred, EE, ***• to Miss Jacquelin Arnold. The wedding will take place in June. Mr. Allred is with Western Electric in Greensboro, N . C. Jerry C. Clark, Ch.E., has joined the technical service department of Monsanto Chemical Company's Plastic Div. at Texas City, Texas. Born to: Hix Green, Jr., IM, and Mrs. Green, a son, Hix III, Feb. 17. Their address is 58 Roswell Ct., N . E., Atlanta. 25

Navy Lt. Robert M. Harp, IE, has qualified as a carrier pilot after training aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saipan in the Gulf of Mexico. His permanent address is 37 Moreland Ave., N . E., Atlanta. Engaged: Robert Powell Hodges, Arch., to Miss Martha Anne Bullard. The wedding will take place in June. Mr. Hodges is with Dinkins-Newman, Inc., in Atlanta. ' C O John R. Abner, Ch.E., is with the Re*»V search Dept. of Monsanto Chemical Company's Research and Engineering Div. at Dayton, Ohio. Lt. Richard J. Belardi, M E , recently graduated from the Ordnance School at Aberdeen Proving Ground. His permanent address is 1663 Royce Ave., Beloit, Wis. Walter Mitchell III, CE, is now a nuclear designer with the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. at Newport News, Va. His home address is 7426-A River Rd., Warwick, Va. R. L. Seldomridge, Ch.E., was recently separated from the Army and has returned to the Technical Service Div. at Humble Oil and Refining Company's Baytown, Texas, refinery. He lives with his wife and children at 411-B Forrest St., Baytown, Texas. Lt. Peter Y. Stanton, Tex., has supervised a project for the Air Force which will double the life of nylon webbing used in Air Force runway barriers. T h e project was conducted at Wright Air Development Center. Lt. Stanton has been stationed at Wright Patterson AFB since 1954. 'Cyl Daniel P. O'Connor, CE, has been J • promoted to the rank of first lieutenant at Ft. Belvoir, Va. Born t o : Rocco A. Cotroneo, IE, and Mrs. Cotroneo, a daughter, Patti Ann, March 15. Their address is 329 So. Evaline St., Pitsburgh 24, Pa. Engaged: Pat M. O'Rear, IM, to Miss June Beggs. The wedding will take place June 9. Mr. O'Rear is with Ceco Steel Products Corp. in Atlanta. Married: Richard W. Penn, ME, to Miss Frances Henson. The wedding took place

in May. Mr. Penn is with Lockheed in Marietta, Ga. Lt. Leon H. Stone, Jr., IM, recently graduated from the Army Aviation Tactics course at Fort Rucker, Ala. His permanent mailing address is 507 No. Main St., Fitzgerald, Ga. Born t o : Lt. Donald C. Swarthwout, IE, and Mrs. Swarthwout, a daughter. Lt. Swarthwout is station at Redstone Arsenal at Huntsville, Ala. Born to: Louis C. Wells, EE, and Mrs. Wells, a daughter, Betty Nell, March 12. Mr. Wells is asst. project enginer in Radar Development with Bendix Radio. Their home address is 208-B Donnybrook Lane, Towson 4, Md. ' E C Lt. Charles E. Allen, IM, Lt. Robert J J M. May, IE, and Lt. Charles M. Thornton, ME, have graduated from the Infantry School's basic officers' training course at Fort Benning, Ga. Born t o : Walter H. Berg, Jr., M E , and Mrs. Berg, a son, James Lawrence, March 21. Their address is Page Mobile Village, Rt. 3, Box 766, Fort Myers, Fla. Engaged: Lt. Robert Frederick Fowler, IE, to Miss Laura Johnson. T h e wedding will take place in late summer. John H. Gassier, EE, is now with Sperry Gyroscope as a junior engineer in the Instrument Systems Dept. Engaged: Robert M. Glass, Ch.E., to Miss Jacquelyn Ann Fouls. The wedding will take place in July. Mr. Glass is with Dan River Mills, Danville, Va. Engaged: Ens. John Robert Maddox, USN, IM, to Miss Elizabeth Carmichael. The wedding will take place June 7. Ens. Asbury Marvin Mason, Jr., IM, U S N A F , died March 18 at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Pensacola, Fla., of injuries received in an automobile accident March 10. Surviving are his parents and sister, Betty Ann Mason, all of 3929 Wieuca Rd., N. E., Atlanta. Navy Ens. William D. Scott, ME, has qualified as a carrier pilot after training aboard the light aircraft carrier USS Siapan in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Bill Roman, ' 2 8 , Manager Engaged: Edmond Trowbridge Miller, CE, to Miss Nancy Lee Cooper. The wedding date will be announced later. Married: Gordon Kenneth Travis, ME, to Miss Elizabeth Almond, April 14. Mr. Travis is with Eastman Chemical Products in Kingsport, Tenn. ' E C Robert J. Corn, EE, is with Hughes J O Aircraft Co., Culver City, Calif. H e is a member of the Weapons System Development Laboratory. Engaged: James Harris Moorman, Jr., IE, to Miss Farish Brookshire. The wedding will take place in June. Lt. Charles L. Sherman 11 recently graduated from the Infantry School's basic infantry officers course at Fort Benning. His permanent address is 153 Bankhead St., New Albany, Miss. Married: William Simpson Scott, Jr., phys., to Miss Ann Juliet Gunston, April 22. Mr. Scott is associated with the Atlantic Refining Co. in El Dorado, Ark. Martin A. Sloan, Jr., EE, is with Hugh Aircraft in Culver City, Calif. H e is a member of the technical staff of the Weapons System Development Lab. John Stanley West, Ch.E., is with the Technical Section of duPont's plant at Charleston, W. Va.

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EVERY SUMMER around June 20, a number of Tech's rising seniors give up six weeks of their last summer vacation and journey to U. S. Army posts around the country to learn first-hand about military life. They are the advanced Army ROTC students and summer camp is one of the many requirements that must be met before they are commissioned 2nd Lts. in the Officers' Reserve Corps of the Army of the United States. Two of the military posts where this training is undertaken by Tech students are Fort Bliss, Texas (Antiaircraft Artillery), and Fort Belvoir, Virginia (Corps of Engineers). In the July issue, we will give you a look at the present-day training that the Tech future officers must undergo. It includes, as this picture shows, the ancient army tradition, Kitchen Police. Also in the July issue, the first graduation of Tech's coeds and the complete survey of the Ninth Roll Call.

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