Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Vol. 37, No. 04 1958

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A SPECIAL HOMECOMING REPORT plus STUDENT POLITICS AND CANDLESTICK MAKERS

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A A FRIEND OF OURS once observed that the three most difficult things to do in this life were: (1) kiss a girl leaning away from you, (2) climb a fence leaning toward you, and (3) get your copy in on time. It has been so long since we were involved in the initial two problems that we can't verify his accuracy there. But we are intimately acquainted with the final one.

For instance, we found it impossible to get the October issue out until November. The November issue went into the mails late in the month and probably didn't reach many of you until December was already underway. For all we know, you may not receive this issue until January. If this statement happens to be true, let us be the first to wish you a Merry Christmas for 1959 and a Happy 1960.

But, if by some quirk of fate, this issue reaches you on time (December 23), please take this note as this year's Christmas greetings.

A W E MUST HASTILY state that the lateness of the October issue was not entirely the fault of the editor. It was an illfated one right from the start. As you will recall, we related to you the trouble that Tom Hall encountered getting his pictures out of Russia. After Tom finally arrived back in this country, we started editing his diary with him. After a couple of rewrites and the usual problems of picture selection and layout, we went to the printers with it. At this stage in the game, we were late, but not too late to get out close to the deadline date (October 2 0 ) .

Then the trouble began. At every step in production, we seemed to run into a slowdown. And then came the final crowning blow: one of the photographic plates came loose during the final press runs on one of the inside sections. The plate ricocheted off the big rollers of the press and smashed three other pages before the press was stopped. The plates had to be remade and a great deal of type had to be reset and reproofed.

This big delay put us behind in delivery from the printers and lost us our place in line in the busy Alumni Asso2

ciation address room. It was another week before the address room could get around to the magazine.

But what's the use of all of this rationalization. We didn't have a bit of production trouble with the November issue, and it still came out late. We have to consider the editor the prime suspect for all this tardiness.

By the way, you might be interested in our next New Year's resolution. It's "get the copy in on time."

A DESPITE THE FACT that it came out

late, the October issue stirred up a great deal of comment from the alumni. During Homecoming weekend, we were approached several times by alumni telling us how much they enjoyed reading Tom's Russian Diary. To tell you the truth, we were just a bit leery about devoting that much space to any one subject. But the letters we received were almost unanimously complimentary about the project.

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Tech's athletic publicity director, received an interesting one the other day from a Miss Judith Massie, the secretary of the news bureau of the Associated Students of the University of California at Los Angeles. It seems that Miss Massie will marry on November 29. one Dan McGregor, class of 1957, Mechanical Engineering, who is now employed in the Missile Research Division of Hughes Aircraft Company in Culver City, California. Dan, a student leader and athlete while at Tech, is a great Yellow Jacket booster which is why Miss Massie was writing Mr. West. She wanted some Tech pennants, decals. etc. to use as decorations at a surprise parts for her intended. Mr. West promptly obliged, so we suppose Dan has now had his party, properly decorated with things Tech and is, by this reading, happily married to the young lady from UCLA. To them we wish congratulations.

To you we again wish a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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RAMBL1N'—the editor confesses a weakness and sends his greetings for the year ahead.

GOLDEN RUN—the parade of the Recks.

ANNUAL MEETING—The official minutes plus a few scenes of a most pleasant weekend.

CANDLESTICK MAKER—guest writer L. V. Johnson briefs us on technicians.

FRESHMAN POLITICS—a picture story.

THE COOPERATIVE INDIVIDUALIST—a new approach to an age-old problem.

WITH THE CLUBS—latest reports.

NEWS BY CLASSES—alumni gazette THE FINAL THREE—a tragic end.

Officers of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association John Staton, '24, Pres. R. A. Siegel, '36, VP Joe L. Jennings, '23, VP Frank Willett, '45, Treas.

W. Roane Beard, '40, Executive Secretary Staff

Bob Wallace, Jr., '49, Editor Bill Diehl, Jr., Chief Photographer Bob Eskew, '49, Advertising Mary Peeks, Assistant

THE COVER The multiprint cover of this issue shows some of the scenes that made the '58 Homecoming the biggest in Tech's history.

The 50th Reunion of the Class of 1908 (shown with President Harrison and Party Organizer Dan Maclntyre, right front), the Rec&parade, the Cake race and changeover of Association presidents, all combined to make Nov. 15 a great day.

Photos by Diehl and Hodges 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) included in the membership dues. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office. Atlanta. Genrsrta under the Act of March 5. 1879.

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APPRECIATE DEEPLY the privilege of serving as presi-

dent of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association. Tech has done so much more for me than I shall ever be able to do for it. And I welcome this opportunity to try and bring the ledger a little closer to balancing.

Your 1958-59 officers and trustees have a terrific job on their hands in endeavoring to measure up to the accomplishments of those who have preceded us. At the Annual Meeting during the Homecoming weekend the following incoming officers were installed: vice president—R. A. (Pop) Siegel, '36; vice president at large — Joe L. Jennings, '23; treasurer—J. Frank Willett, '45, and president—John Staton, '24. At the same meeting, your new Board of Trustees was inducted. They included: J. L. Brooks, Jr., '39; Morris M. Bryan, Jr., ' 4 1 ; Horace Caldwell, '24; Howard Callaway, '47; D. Harold Clotfelter, ' 3 1 ; Charles D. Collins, '25; Robert H. Ferst, '38; Thomas T. Flagler.

'37; Ira H. Hardin, '24; John R. Kinnett, '49; James L. Knight, '25; C. D. LeBey, '22; James W. McCarty.

'42; Roy Richards, '35; Charles R. Simons, '37; Hal L. Smith, '26; Fred G. Storey, '33; Charles E. Thwaite.

'33; and Randolph Whitfield, '32.

Thanks to your support, Homecoming at Tech gets better each year. You may read elsewhere in this issue about all of the many and varied attractions of the weekend. But I would like to call your attention to two innovations of this year's program. At the Alumni Luncheon, 50-year plaques were presented to the members of the Class of 1908 who came back for their reunion. And, during the Annual Meeting, E. E. David, '45; received the George W. McCarty-AN A K Award as Tech's outstanding young alumnus of the year. Honoring one of Tech's pioneer classes and one of its younger alumni on the same program seemed to me to be especially indicative of the vitality and continuing high standards at Tech.

A word about Charlie The word, dedicated, is sometimes used a bit loosely when applied to the laity. But I would like to use it in its purest sense in recording the efforts of Charlie Simons in behalf of the Association this past year. He loved every minute of the job and gave generously of his time and talents to anything that would advance the interests of the school. "So from all of us, Charlie, our deepest gratitude." ^ ^ si /

As the Recks stagger up the hill (above) the judges are busy trying to select the best of the mechanical monstrosities for '58.

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THE GOLDEN RUN OF THE RAMBLIN' RECKS HIS YEAR'S Ramblin' Reck Parade marked the 50th anniversary of this tradition at Georgia Tech. It was 1908 when the first Reck built by the old Civil Crew staggered around Peters Park and began what has become one of the outstanding features of Tech's Homecoming weekend. The 1958 version of the parade drew the biggest crowd in history. And though only half of the antiquated vehicles made it to the finish line, the parade was just as colorful and noisy as ever.

Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity owned the winning Reckâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; a tilting, spinning monster, which belched bright orange smoke at the spectators while it swayed and spun in front of the judges' stand. Theta Chi and Beta Theta Pi took second and third places for their Recks. On this and the following pages are pictured the Reck parade and the rest of the wild weekend.

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The winner of the Freshman 100-yard dash (female style) makes it over the finish line.

A few of the students sit and brood about the game in front of Lambda Chi Alpha's winning Homecoming display, a pink elephant made of over 30,000 Kleenex tissues.

In a special multiple exposure by Bill Diehl, the Kai Winding Septet, featured at the Jazz Concert, is a mess of trombones.

Queen Betty Lindstrom presents her final smile of a long, tough day during the intermission of the big Saturday evening Homecoming Dance, 6

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Photographs by Bill Diehl, Jr., Grey Hodges and Harold Martin

In the middle of a festive weekend, the alumni get serious "Young Alumnus of the Year" Ed David gives short speech of thanks.

MINUTES OF THE 1958 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

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Treasurer Walt Crawford briefs the Association's financial picture for the alumni.

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RESIDENT CHARLES R.

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called the meeting to order at 10:08 A.M. He welcomed those present and urged them to enjoy themselves on the weekend.

1. Minutes of the previous Annual Meeting of November 2, 1957 were approved as published in the November, 1957 Georgia Tech Alumnus.

2. Treasurer Walter Crawford, '49, gave the financial report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958. Expenses for the period exceeded income by $1400.

Mr. Crawford announced that the books of the Association were properly audited and open for inspection. The report was accepted as presented.

3. President Simons commended the Alumni Office staff. He then presented a hand-lettered framed copy of a resolution adopted by the Board of Trustees on September 26 to Secretary Beard. He requested that the resolution be put in the minutes of the Annual Meeting. It reads as follows: WHEREAS, W. Roane Beard, Georgia Tech, '40, has served since April 1951, as Executive Secretary of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, and WHEREAS, during this period the Association has seen its greatest period of growth â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a growth demonstrated by a great increase in membership, by greater service to its members and to Georgia Tech, by financial stability, by increased progressive activity, and in many other ways, and WHEREAS, all of these accomplishments in a large measure are the result of his diligent, efficient, honest and self-effacing hard work, and WHEREAS, the operation of the year just completed has been the most successful in the history of this Association, we believe he is en-

titled to recognition beyond that ordinarily accorded; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that

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Trustees of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, assembled on this date, acknowledge and extend to W- ROANE BEARD their sincere appreciation for the outstanding services which he has rendered to Georgia Tech during his period of service as Executive Secretary of this Association.

Unanimously approved and passed this 26th day of September, 1958.

TRUSTEES, GEORGIA T E C H N A TIONAL A L U M N I ASSOCIATION

By Charles R. Simons, President 4. Trustee Whitfield, Chairman of the Homecoming Committee, outlined the Homecoming activities. He then introduced Miss Betty Lindstrom, Homecoming Queen, and her two attendants, Judy Martin and Dee Rivers. Next he introduced "Mrs. Homecoming," Mrs. Billups (Linda) Johnson, the first to hold this new title at Tech.

5. Trustee Elliott Dunwody, '14, of Macon, Georgia, introduced those members of the National Advisory Board who were present. They were W. G. Thomas, '16, of Charlotte, N. C , William S. Ginn, '36, of Schenectady, N . Y., and James D. Collins, '35, of Birmingham, Ala. Others on the National Advisory Board who were not able to be with us are: Edward B. Newill, '14, Indianapolis, Eugene C. Smith, '27, Pensacola, Fla., Alexander T. Hunt, '23, Ruston, La., and C. Patrick Johnson, '24, of Seattle, Wash.

6. Dr. Edwin Harrison, Tech President, spoke briefly about Tech's alumni and his first year at Georgia Tech. He stated that he really felt at home here now and was glad to be a part of Georgia Tech. (continued) 7

Outgoing President Charlie Simons, right, congratulates Secretary Beard after reading the special citation from the Trustees.

Incoming President John Staton, foreground, checks his notes at the Annual Meeting.

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7. Dr. Harrison presented the first George W. McCarty ANAK Award to Dr. E. E. David, EE '45, as the "Outstanding Young Georgia Tech Alumnus."

Dr. David, a most outstanding student at Tech, has done outstanding graduate work in receiving his masters and doctors degree from M.I.T. His graduate work resulted in eight important reports, all of which were published.

Dr. David was appointed to the Hartwell Committee, a group of 25 top scientists who met and examined certain critical national defense problems. He won honorable mention in 1954 in competition for the "Country's Most Outstanding Young Engineer."

In 1955 Dr. David joined Bell Laboratories, working in Visual and Acoustics Research. He is now director of this group which includes 40 scientists, engineers and technicians.

Dr. David, jointly with Dr. J. R. Pierce, recently completed a book entitled "Man's World of Sound." It relates how sound, speech and hearing form a basis for our civilization. It is 8

published by Hanover House of Doubleday.

Honorable mention on the Award went to Dr. E. Calvin lohnson, EE '47, and Robert T. Davis, EE '47.

8. Secretary Beard inducted two honorary alumni, Mills B. Lane, Jr., President of the C & S Bank in Atlanta, and Professor Fred B. Wenn, I.M. School (Retired) into the Association.

The Foundation Report 9. Ivan Allen, Jr., '33, President of the Georgia Tech Foundation, reported on their activities.

Mr. Allen reported that allocations for the current year are $126,957 for salary supplementation and $25,000 for other needs of the school. Total assets as of June 30 are $679,389.59.

Mr. Allen explained the functions of four of the Foundation committees.

They are: the Committee on Needs, the Committee on Funds, the Committee on Allocations and Finance, and the Speakers Bureau Committee.

10. President Charles Simons gave a brief summary of the past year's activities. He thanked the officers and trus-

tees of the Association for their fine assistance.

Mr. Simons stated that he had received the utmost in cooperation from Dr. Harrison, Ivan Allen, Jr., Fred Storey and virtually every alumnus he had asked for assistance. He complimented the entire alumni office, including Bob Eskew, Bob Wallace, Mary Peeks and the rest of the staff.

The placement bulletin went to an average of 624 alumni weekly. The alumni office sent out over 400.000 mailing pieces during the year. Hundreds of alumni were personally counseled within the alumni office.

Mr. Simons says he enjoyed his term of office as president more than any job he had ever had.

11. John C. Staton, '24, took the gavel from retiring President Simons and declared that he would do his best to carry on in the same manner as his predecessors.

A gift from the Trustees was given to Mr. Simons in recognition of his enthusiastic and hard working leadership.

Newly-installed President John C. Staton introduced the new officers and trustees present at the meeting.

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President John Staton performs one of the clay's most pleasant chores at halftime. The girl is Homecoming attendant Judy Martin.

Trustee Fred Storey, left, and C. D. LeBey, far right, urge new honorary alumni, Fred B. Wenn, center right, and Mills Lane, to get up and be recognized by the Tech alumni.

There being no new business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:55 A.M. Alumni Present Those present at the meeting were: Hamilton Arnall, 20; Paul Aronin, 50; David Ashby, 49; J. H. Baggarly, 28; John R. Baldwin, 08; Dale L. Barker, 49; W. Roane Beard, 40; G. Nolan Bearden, 28: H. D. Beeson, 42; B. P. Bernstein, 43: Dick Bollinger, 48; E. E. Bortell.

Faculty; V. L. Borum, 23; B. Clifford Boswell, 43; Winston C. Boteler, 52; W. H. Bottomley, Jr., 48; Joseph D. Brasfield, 38; W. E. Broadwell, 43; J. L. Brooks, Jr.. 39; J. S. Budd, 18; J. G. Burke, 08; Fred Bush, 28; J. P. Byrd, 38; Howard Callaway, 47; Sanders Camp, 33; W. L. Carmichael, 26; C. S. Carter, 23: James A. Castellaw, 38; J. Clayton Chapman, 43; J. M. Cheatham, 34; B. Clements, 15; Col. Phil Coates, 28 George D. Coleman, 30; J. D. Collins, Jr. 35; Walt Crawford, 49; Ben L. Crew, 28 B. J. Dasher, 35; Hamp Daughtry, 23 Eddie E. David, Jr., 45; John David, 33 Oscar G. Davis, 22; W. Elliott Dunwody Jr.. 14; Bob Eskew, 49; Walter Estes, 04 E. E. Ezell, 28; J. F. Faulkner, 47; Alvin Fcrst, 43; R. H. Ferst, 38; M. E. December, 1958

Floersch, 08; A. R. Flowers, 22; T. Richard Foster, 28; Tom Fuller, Jr., 35; Roddey Garrison, 23; H. W. Gegenheimer, 33; I. J. Gibbs, 33; R. M. Gibbs, 39; W. S. Ginn, 36; Mortimer L. Goldman, 38; A. Harris Goldwasser, 28; George C. Griffin, 22; James R. Griggs, 23; J. L. Hall, 2 1 ; Ed Hamilton, 55; Wm. P. Hammond, 13; J. B. Hiers, Jr., 23; Robert S. Holmes, 38; W. J. Holman, Jr., 28; J. Preston Hook, 13; Julian R. Hoss, 50; Morley Hudson, 38; D. Cooper Inglett, 23; B. H. Jarrard, 20; Joe L. Jennings, 23; Charles V. Johnson, 38; E. J. Justus, 48; Bruce C. Kelly, 53; John Kinnett, 49; Fred B. Kreider, 13; Mills B. Lane, Jr., 58; Ralph M. Langford, 32; C. D. LeBey, 22; C. D. LeHardy, 33; Russ Leverette, 54; Frank E. Lindstrom, 36; W. Paul Lyman, 23; E. A. Manetta, 38; Frank Manly, 48; H. P. Manly, 16; Judson Manly, 18; R. M. Marbury, Jr., 35; Willis O. Martin, 53; Ray M. Matson, 23; Nick E. Matsonkas, 53;' W. M. McCabe, Jr., 47; George W. McCarty, 08; J. O. McCarty, 43; J. W. McCarty, 42; Joe McCutchen, 32; Harold C. McKenzie, Jr., 53; Ernest Merry, 28; John M. Miller, 33; Walter Mitchell, 23; C. J. Montgomery, 33;

Hugh M. Moore, 43; Wm. E. Moore, 38; Robert A. Morgan, 09; W. F. Murray, 47; Phil Narmore, 25; Robert D. Neill, 43; John M. Nichols, 28; Bill Pace, III, 40; George W. Page, 33; Sherman Parmenter, 33; P. M. Peteet, 03; John M. Phillips, 23; Merritt Pope, 39; George H. Porter, Jr., 23; James B. Ramage, 37; E. Rees, 38; Hazard E. Reeves, 28; Roy Richards, 35; Elbert H. Roane, 28; Tom Roberts, 20; Col. W. R. Robertson, 33; Roland L. Toups, 33; Grattan W. Rowland, 20; Sanders Rowland, 28; O. H. Sale, 26; Horace Schwalm, 33; R. A. Siegel, 36; Charlie Simons, 37; Charles Smithgall, 33; John Staton, 24; D. L. Stockbridge, Jr., 48; Fred Storey, 33; R. Jack Thiesen, 10; W. G. Thomas, 16; G. A. Thompson, Jr., 23; Mark D .

Tiller, 52; E. D. Treanor, 08; Mebane E. Turner, 22; W. Harry Vaughan, 23; Jamie Vendrell, 39; Thomas M. Wade, 50; R. B. Wallace, 49; W. C. Wardlaw, Jr., 28; T. H. Watson, Jr., 23; Homer S. Weber, 24; Harry Weiler, 33; Fred B. Wenn, 58; Ray C. Werner, 08; Joe Westbrook, 29; Randolph Whitfield, 32; Charles F. Whitmer, 4 1 ; Clif Wilburn, 28; Frank Willett, 45; J. H. Woodall, 08; and Warren G. Young, 19.

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The 20th Century Candlestick Maker

by Lawrence V. Johnson -*--.

The director of Southern Technical Institute looks at the newest member of the engineering team—the technical institute graduate N THE SPAN of 50 years we have expanded our knowledge of the universe: From viewing stars a few thousand light years away to studying galaxies a billion light years away, and planning trips to the moon. From the horseless carriage to supersonic airplanes, rockets, and satellites. From steam power to nuclear power. We are on the threshold of a technological era, undreamed of just 10 years ago and fresh out of qualified manpower, on the basis of our habits of utilization. In spite of our exploding population, not enough persons are being born daily to go through our conventional educational cycle and give us the quantity and quality of engineers and scientists which we will need and must have on the basis of our present traditional methods of education and utilization.

Times do change. And we had better make an effort to change with them— change our sights or be engulfed.

The history of engineering shows that the first engineering was for military purposes. This was followed by engineering for bridges and aqueducts for civilian use, and hence called "civil" engineering to distinguish it from the military. Then came mechanical, electrical, and the whole family of applied arts and sciences as the store of technical knowledge grew. Accredited engineering degrees are now being offered in more than 30 fields.

Now we must think about engineering —ponder it—in the light of its sociological import today.

In those early days men did not object to being called electricians or mechanics.

Even Charles Steinmetz, the wizard of early electrical science and education, was mentioned in contemporary litera-

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ture as an electrician. And in fact, our present engineering colleges were founded to train students in mechanical arts.

The land-grant college system, which includes such renowned engineering schools as Georgia Tech and MIT, was set up for "colleges of agriculture and mechanical arts"—no mention of engineering. However, as the fields expanded, there came a change. Professional consciousness took form, and the professional technical societies were founded—partly for selfeducation, and partly for mutual prestige and promotion. But remember, even less than seventy years ago, engineering education itself was fighting for a niche of recognition and acknowledgement of respectability in the cloistered halls of traditional higher education.

I mentioned Steinmetz. Let us consider him again for a moment. In a way he was typical of the old seat-ofthe-pants school, like Kettering, Edison, Ford, the Wright Brothers, and many others. People who learned things by doing them; and then similarly teaching others. In those days such people were, initially at least, one-man teams insofar as engineering explorations were concerned. Even as they developed beyond the initial stages, the individual could do the handwork as well as the brainwork required with the aid of supporting craftsmen.

Thus, with minor oversimplification, evolved the two-man team of engineer-plus-craftsman to accomplish an engineering project.

The Engineering Team But as I have mentioned before, times change. And we are beginning to see that in our national habit of haphazard growth, we have been trying to make-do with a two-part team (the engineer plus

the craftsman). We have extended the engineer and the craftsman beyond the ability of such a team to cope with the currently expanded — and ever-expanding — technology of our daily life.

In the two-man team pattern, the engineer or scientist must take time to do for himself many phases of his work which do not require or justify his time or talents. Such work would often be done even better by a competent aide such as an engineering technician. The time and effort of the engineer or scientist thus salvaged would directly enhance by the same amount his productive capacity and hence his earning power and personal satisfaction.

So, we are finally giving serious national recognition to the need for a threeman team (the engineer, the technician, and the craftsman) in the effective execution of an engineering project. This could be a major part of a lasting answer to our national problem of adequate technical and scientific manpower.

If, for example, the efficiency of our engineering effort could be increased by even 1 0 % through the use of technical personnel qualified to assume certain duties now performed by professional people, we would have the equivalent of providing 70,000 engineers.

To produce efficiently, a three-part team requires a three-part educational program: (1) the university program for engineers and scientists; (2) the technical-institute type of college program for engineering technicians, with counterpart programs in other technologies such as medical and dental, industrial production, and others; and (3) vocational-trade programs for the craftsmen.

This team idea, of course, is not new. (continued) 11

Candlestick Maker continued It was discovered and brought to public attention here in the United States about 30 years ago through national studies of engineering education and of technicalinstitute education conducted by the American Society for Engineering Education. Perhaps rediscovered would be a better word, because both the idea and this pattern of manpower co-ordination and utilization long has been the established pattern of the technically proficient nations of Europe. In fact, Europe was the seedbed from which the idea was brought to the United States before the turn of the century. The idea of a threeman team was accepted, but in a scattered and ineffective manner, perhaps because the engineering profession itself was then struggling for recognition in the same general area of technological activity, sometimes called applied science or applied engineering.

Thus our scientific manpower problem can be greatly relieved, if not overcome, by the better utilization of the various members of the engineering teamâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the engineer, the engineering technician and the craftsman. Each has an important contribution to make to the success of any engineering undertaking. All are in short supply today. However, there are more people with aptitude to become engineering technicians than to become engineers and scientists and even more with aptitude to become skilled craftsmen as compared to either engineers or engineering technicians.

lab technician or engineering associate to carry out many of the tests, experiments, inspection, and calculations of modern research.

In the factory he serves as an engineering aide, foreman, inspector, process specialist, technical salesman, estimator, specifications writer, production engineer, and department head. In the field, engineering technicians are needed for building, operation, and maintenance of thousands of installations whose specialized and complex nature requires skills and a knowledge of basic science beyond that of the mechanic or craftsman.

Many become contractors and proprietors of their own businesses.

In other words, while the engineer plans, creates, and projects; the technician builds, operates, tests, sells, inspects, and

supervises. The engineering technician performs the work of middle management, production control, labor relations liaison, time standards, and so forth. The engineering technician serves as the top sergeant of industry. And as in the military, with additional training and experience, many of the better technicians advance into the professional ranks as licensed engineers and architects.

Technical Institutes Because the engineering technician works in applied fields of science and engineering he must be able to communicate mathematically, scientifically and linguistically. He is often the liaison between the professional man and the craftsman, involving varying degrees of leadership responsibilities. He, therefore.

The Engineering Technician Whether it is realized or not, 50 to 75 per cent of the work being done in the engineering departments of manufacturing plants in this country can be done as well, if not better, by engineering technicians who graduate from two-year technical institutes. But some manufacturers still persist in employing graduates of four-year engineering colleges for all their engineering work, mainly because they do not know of the availability of this other kind of personnel for their engineering departments.

The technician generally works in-fsne of these areas: research, design, maintenance, or sales engineering. When serving in the first of these categories he directly assists the scientist or engineer.

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has the same basic characteristics and fundamental educational requirements as his professional counterpart except that his interests and education are more in the direction of application, with less mathematical and theoretical depth.

Entrance requirements for technical institutes usually include graduation from an accredited high school, two years of algebra, one year of geometry, and three years of English. Southern Tech also requires the College Entrance Examination Board Scholastic Aptitude Tests in math and English.

The two-year technical-institute curriculum for training engineering technicians must provide a strong background in applied mathematics, physics, mechanics, electricity, English, human relations, and management. And the curri-

culum must emphasize the application of these principles to the processes, machines, instrumentation, management, and technical skills in each field of specialization. Technical-institute courses are briefer, more intensive, and more specific in purpose than engineering courses, although they lie in the same fields of engineering and industry. They are designed to prepare for specific positions in areas of activity rather than for the broad aspects of professional engineering.

Technical Institutes are inspected and accredited by the Engineering Council for Professional Development â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the same group which accredits engineering colleges.

As I have stated, there are more men with the aptitude to become engineering technicians than to become engineers and scientists. For science and engineering today require men with unusual gifts in mathematics. Thq engineering technician can be an individual who continues to study mathematics although he demonstrates only average ability in the subject.

He must, however, have a consuming interest in technical things, and a mechanical sense which makes him practical in his approach to engineering problems.

He must also have the drive to study subjects that do not come easily, so that he can do the work which he enjoys mostâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the building, operating, selling of technical equipment and products. He will be subjected to the same mental discipline for two years that his professional brother is subjected to for four.

The graduate of the two-year technicalinstitute college generally receives an Associate in Science or Associate in Engineering degree in his field.

To keep pace with science and to provide industry with men and women qualified for the research, design, and development in atomic physics, supersonic aerodynamics, and modern chemistry, tb.2 engineering curricula have had to be continually expanded in scientific and mathematical content. Since the engineering curricula have always been crowded, many courses and subjects involving the industrial know-how, i.e., courses in applied engineering and shop laboratory techniques have had to be removed. Because these engineering arts are essential to the work of engineers and to industry, technical-institute branches have been established by our leading colleges and universities to train technicians in the engineering field. Other technical institutes are operated as proprietary schools.

Value of the Program A recent report from the Georgia Tech-Southern Tech Task Force ComDecember, 1958

mittee of industrial leaders concluded with several decisive statements. Although referring specifically to Southern Tech, these statements establish the importance of technical institutes in general: "Southern Tech enables the youth of Georgia to become valuable citizens and to qualify for key positions in industry at half the cost in time and money to both the student and the state, as compared with that of the four-year college.

"Southern Tech provides the technical specialists and the middle-management group so essential for the efficient operation, and expansion of Georgia industry and for the attraction of new industry to the State.

"In conclusion, it is the unanimous opinion of the Study Committee, as well as other leaders of indusrty, that if Georgia's constantly expanding industries are to compete successfully with highly skilled operations elsewhere, and if we are to create opportunities attractive enough to keep at home young Georgians in whose education we have invested, the Southern Technical Institute must continue its own unique and vital role in meeting a critical need of Georgia's industries."

These statements could have been made of practically any of America's thirty accredited technical-institute programs.

The Future of the Program Dr. H. Russell Beatty, President of Wentworth Institute of Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of the President's Committee on Education, made the following statement in a recent article published by the Institute of Radio Engineers : "During the next ten years, technical institute education in the United States should be expanded ten times while other forms of higher education are doubled.

Only in this way will we be able to get efficient utilization of our scientists and engineers. The many developments in science and technology that will take place in the next decade will call for a greatly expanded technical manpower team, and the largest potential source of supply is the manpower pool composed of individuals with aptitudes that qualify them to become engineering technicians."

Southern Tech has increased its enrollment eight-fold in the last ten years. Population growth accounts for only a minor part of this expansion. An increasing realization of the vital need for the program has caused most of this expansion.

Our enrollment this quarter is 915 students and we expect it to increase to 1600

by September 1960 when we move to our new $2,000,000 campus.

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FRESHMAN POLITICS has seldom, if ever, been accused of being a hotbed of political activity. Neither internal nor external politics have ever been of much concern to the Recks. In recent years, a turnout of 50% for any student election was considered excellent.

And national and state elections have never been the cue for any campus excitement or demonstrations.

But, if the first student election for the Class of 1962 is any criteria, this freshman class may be the most political-minded one in the school's history. Over 72% of the class voted in a redhot primary election on November 11 to narrow to eight the field of thirty

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Photographed for the Alumnus by Bob Bland

One candidate calmly campaigned with a decorative T cut hair style. He didn't make it.

The politicians were everywhere, passing out their cards and calendars to any rats they could slow down between their classes.

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The Class of 1962 demonstrates a real interest in its first campus political race rats seeking four student council posts. A week later, 65 % of the freshmen voted in the general election.

Long before the election days, posters were slapped up all over the campus and the surrounding landscape.

Freshmen with rat caps (and in one case without one) scurried back and forth on the campus passing out slogan cards to any freshman that would take them.

And on election day, outside of the voting place (the Administration Building) all 30 candidates spent their time cornering voters to give them last-minute advice on how to vote and for whom. On these pages, the Alumnus presents the look of that day at Tech.

ENTERING THE AD BUILDING, A RAT GETS ADVICE.

The final step in the election process, a freshman puts his vote in the ballot box located in the Ad Building.

A female-type freshman is trapped by several candidates and offered the latest propaganda.

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The Cooperative Individualist

by Edward Foster, English Department

He is the man American industry is most interested in, says a Tech teacher whose avocation is studying industrial personnel problems " T H E CHARACTERISTIC most rarely found in the graduates of our institutions of higher learning is that of being able to get along with people," a Georgia Tech alumnus wrote recently. Another said, "We certainly need men who will adjust and cooperate but who will at the same time think clearly and speak up when needs be."

These statements are typical of mature management thinking. And they add up to a single, paradoxical demand for team-workers who are also creative and considerably independent.

This is a big order. And it points toward an exchange of ideas between faculty men and alumni in industry. To start the talk, I am going to describe three personality types—the odd ball, the conformist, and the cooperative individualist.

Without clear thinking about the odd ball and the conformist, no one can grip the idea of the cooperative individualist.

And here is an idea worth gripping, for it is only the man of this mould who can supply fully effective leadership.

My odd ball is not psychotic. Nor is he the maverick, the fellow who sometimes bucks the group but for reasons which no one attributes to personality defects. Some mavericks show a touch of independence in dress or hobbies.

Others are the rugged, warm-hearted individualists who are admired even in these days of conformity. Still others are geniuses such as Einstein or Schweitzer who seem odd to people at first meeting and then grow on them as they come to know them better. All civilized persons respect mavericks and know how to work with them.

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The odd ball of this paper is the trouble maker, the man of good intellect and training who fails in relations with his associates and superiors. He does not know himself. He is weak in basic confidence and inner security. Hence he is rigid, incapable of responding flexibly to the infinitely varied demands of the job.

Some odd balls are rigid in one pattern, some in another. Sam is a nice guy —but a little too friendly, too ready to go along with the team at every point.

He is a leaner. Willis has some fine qualities but is withdrawn and uncommunicative; he can't be lured out of his shell. Jim has his flashes of originality but is smart, domineering, aggressive.

Whatever the pattern may be, the odd ball is fixed in it. He may say that he values friendly advice and intends to turn over a new life. But he can't.

Dean George Griffin agrees with my impression that few Georgia Tech students should be classed as odd balls. Of these few, some transfer to other schools quickly; some straighten themselves out; some are helped by their fraternities or by professors or by counsellors serving under the Dean of Students. We send few odd balls into industry. And this is fortunate because industry has few places for them.

Now for the conformist, the type learnedly described by Reisman (The Lonely Crowd) and Whyte (The Organization Man), and others. He is intelligent, well-trained, loyal, supremely cooperative. As a boy, he may have had in him the stuff of originality and of independent decision. But he has learned the lesson of "adjustment" too well and tends to think that the team is always

right. A sense of belonging has become his most important value, and he resembles odd-ball Sam in leaning too much and in following "the book." A very nice guy, he is weak in basic confidence.

Read Reisman and the others hastily, and you may decide that the dominance of the conformist in the companies and the academic world has become a national peril. Perhaps it has. Surely we all applaud the resurgence of the individualist now observable. But read the viewers-with-alarm more closely, and you will notice that they avoid wholesale condemnation of this type.

They admit that the nation has gained because its great companies have made every effort to become communities: that industry has no intention of returning to the days of the anti-social genius and the desk-pounding boss; that it is good for us to learn what we can about individuals, groups, and individuals within groups; and that the fact that we can afford to be concerned with such problems is one of the "important abundances of our high technological society." Moreover, the executive who wouldn't be caught dead reading Reisman will tell you fast that his organization needs a few chiefs and many good Indians.

And Georgia Tech students? When the conformist is discussed in my classes. the students agree that they have been shaped in his mould and that they probably will become good Indians. But— and this is the point—most of them are only luke-warm about the prospect. And they are keenly interested in any discussion pointing toward the idea of the coTech Alumnus

operative individualist, the man who can fit easily into company life yet remain fully creative and "ready to speak up when needs be."

In a group, the cooperative individualist does not stick out like a sore thumb nor does he blur into oblivion. He may be sitting at the desk to your right, or he may be sitting behind your desk without anyone being intensely conscious of his presence. Perhaps, he is simply a fellow with an unusually clear personality, one never twisted by unfortunate family and group influences. Perhaps he is a maverick or odd ball who has gained inner strength. I know the type best by understanding some of my Georgia Tech studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;chiefly the clear personalities.

All have one quality in commonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;confidence.

Merely confidence? Yes, but I am thinking of more confidence and confidence of a subtler quality than most people have in mind when they use the term. And I am thinking of all the sources of confidence.

The first is being in the right career and the right job and being very sure about it.

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The second is proven professional ability.

The third is knowing one's own values and goals extremely well.

The fourth is believing one is right in wanting what he does in fact want.

The fifth is accepting oneself as like others in most ways yet significantly different from others at certain points.

The sixth is a reasonable amount of success without totally unreasonable effort and struggle.

A man of this sort likes and respects himself and for good reasons. He is confident. Thus he does not need the defense mechanisms and the over-compensations of the odd ball and the conformist. Thus he can permit others to be different from himself without finding challenges to his ego in their differences. Thus he can listen well, speak well, and gain skill in the art of getting agreement. Thus he can be flexibile, humble, friendly, and truly cooperative. 1 He said to me recently in his office, "I cooperate with everyone." I know him well, and this was fact, not boast. He does cooperate with everyone.

But not with everyone on all issues,

for once in a while everyone is wrong.

At this point, my friend does not "adjust"; he does not remould himself and his ideas to satisfy the group and keep the peace. Quietly, tenaciously, skillfully, and with no malice, he fights.

Sometimes he wins.

Many Georgia Tech students wish to become men like my friend, and some of us in the faculty would like to help them more than we do. How? Conceivably, this matter might be discussed in a small meeting of students, faculty, and alumni.

Dean Fred Ajax will be interested in your reaction to this suggestion or to anything else in this article which needs comment or correction.

1 A closely related concept was finely expressed by Mr. Wayne J. Holman, Jr., President, Chicopee Manufacturing Company in his 1958 Georgia Tech Commencement address: "To be successful with your ideas, not only must they be based on a solid foundation, but you yourself must be a warm, friendly, cooperative, sincere, and persuasive human being."

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BEAUMONT, TEXAS—On October 16, over 20 enthusiastic alumni from the Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange.

Texas area held the first meeting of the Golden Triangle Texas Georgia Tech Alumni Club. During the meeting, the membership appointed a nominating committee as well as a committee to draw up a set of by-laws for the club.

The club plans an election meeting later this year. Don Kilby, Chem '54, of Port Arthur has acted as chief organizer of this new club.

KINGSPORT, TENN.—Dr. Edwin D. Harrison was the feature speaker at the fall meeting of the Kingsport Georgia Tech Club. The young Tech president spoke on his impressions of "A year at Georgia Tech." Over 60 were in attendance at the meeting including 16 guests representing various local industries, schools, the local Chamber of Commerce and the newspapers and radio stations.

LOS ANGELES, CALIF.—The Southern California Georgia Tech Club held a luncheon meeting on October 11. Col. Paul Scordas, EE '33, commanding officer of the L. S. Army Ordnance District for Southern California, was the guest speaker. During the business meeting, the following Public Relations Director Fred Ajax, center, spoke to the officers were elected for the coming year: Jack E. Andrews, Birmingham Club on November 7. Shown with him are, L to R, '51, president; William H. Flegenheimer, '38, vice presiseated, Carl Smith, and new Birmingham President Oscar Price. dent; George H. Barnes, '50, secretary; and Dana H. JohnIn back, Charles Brasfield, Sam Pate, Tech Placement Director ston, '32, treasurer.

Joe Gutheridge and new Birmingham vice president, Joe Brasfield.

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Cotesworth P. Means is chairman of the South Carolina State Ports Authority, which is this year installing 21 million dollars in technical improvements in S. C. ports. His home address is 1 Vendoe Range, Chasn, S. C. '11 Jack J. Spalding, retired mechanical I' engineer, died in a Greenville, S. C. hospital in November. He had operated a cattle ranch since his retirement in 1948. »10 Henry G. Kuhrt, TE, died October 2 I" in an Atlanta hospital. He was a retired textile engineer. His widow lives at 156 15th St., N.E., Atlanta, Ga. »1 C L. G. Waiters, CE, died October 30 U in an Atlanta hospital. He has been a civil engineer with the Highway Depts. of N. C , Fla. and Ga. during his career. His widow lives at 1243 North Ave., N.E., Atlanta, Ga. '1R Robert S. Paden, EE, retired from '" General Electric in October. His home address is 1995 Manchester Rd., N.E., Atlanta. »nfl George S. Hiles, Sr., 880 Springdale ^U Rd., N.E., Atlanta, died in November. He was associated with the Simmons Co. at the time of his death. His widow lives at the above address. ' O Q Joe L. Jennings, TE, Executive Vice fcM President of the West Point Mfg. Co., West Point, Ga., has been elected a vice president of the Ga. Tech National Alumni Association Board of Trustees.

'O J Horace Caldwell has been appointed *•* to the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association. He is owner of the Gordon Hotel in Albany, Georgia.

Ira H. Hardin, ME, has been appointed to serve as a trustee on the Georgia Tech National Alumni Assoc. Board. He is owner of the Ira H. Hardin Co. at 174 Mills St., N.W., Atlanta.

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John C. Staton, EE, Vice President of the Coca-Cola Co. in Atlanta, has been elected president of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Assoc. Board. His business address is 310 North Ave., N.W., Atlanta 13.

'OC Charles Jenson, CE, died suddenly at Lv his home Oct. 25. He had been with TVA from 1933-57 and at the time of his death was with the engineering firm of Sullivan & Hoebel. His widow lives at 3715 Sullivan Ave., Chattanooga, Tenn.

James L. Knight, TE, has been appointed to serve on the Georgia Tech National Alumni Assoc. Board of Trustees. He is owner of the J. L. Knight & Co., Box 142, Dalton, Ga. 'OC George Brumby Sessions, Jr., TE, &" died at his home in Newberry, S. C. March 23. His entrie career had been with the southern textile industry. He was superintendent of the Newberry Mills, Inc. at the time of his death.

Francis '97 Whitfield Weston, CE, died « ' October 16 in an Atlanta hospital.

He was a civil engineer with Robert & Co. in Atlanta. His widow lives at 1312 Briarcliff Rd., N.E., Atlanta. ' O Q William B. Lovelady, Com., is now «*» Construction Superintendent, Long Lines Dept., American T & T. He will supervise construction of long distance communication facilities in a 12 state area.

'01 D. Harold Clotfelter, Com., has been *» I elected a trustee of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Assoc. He is vice president of the Hardy Trust Co. in Rome, Ga. Thomas L. Keith is Southeastern Factory Representative for Impex, Inc. of Houston, Texas, importers & distributors for Franz Kuhlmann K G of West Germany. His address is 44 Spence Ave., S.E., Atlanta 17.

'Qi Robert Tharpe, Com., has been * » " elected second vice president of the

Mortgage Bankers Assoc, of America at the group's 45th Annual convention in Chicago. He was also named to receive the 1958 distinguished service of MBA. Mr. Tharpe is president of Tharpe & Brooks, T nc. in Atlanta. ' O C R- A. Siegel, Ch.E., president of the *"» R. A. Siegel Companies, has been elected a vice president of the Ga. Tech National Alumni Assoc. His business address is 1175 Chattahoochee Ave., N.W., Atlanta, Ga. ' O T Col. James M. Bagley, Jr. has been «' named Base Commander of March AFB, California. He has been Director of Materiel for the 320th Bombardment Wing before this appointment.

Thomas T. Flagler has been appointed a trustee on the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association Board of Trustees. He is owner of the Flagler Co., 305 Techwood Dr., N.W., Atlanta 13, Ga. 'A1 Dominic Danna, Ch.E., has been apTI pointed general manufacturing superintendent at Monsanto Chemical Company's John F . Queeny Plant at St. Louis, Mo. Born to: Mr. & Mrs. George Post Foote, Arch., a daughter, Helen Elizabeth.

Lt. Col. James H. Voyles, Jr., AE, L S A F , has been awarded Command Pilot wings, symbol of highest professional flying rating in the USAF. Col. Voyles is Chief of the Production Planning Staff Branch at the Ballistic Missile Center of Air Materiel Command, Inglewood, Calif. His home address is 5332 Whitefox Dr., Rolling Hills, Calif. ' A1) James W. McCarty, TE, has been ap" f c pointed to serve on the Georgia Tech National Alumni Assoc. Board of Trustees.

He is a professor in the School of Textile Engineering at Ga. Tech.

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• *» Bockman, EE, a daughter, Mary

The Class of 1923 at their reunion party after the Alabama game. Party organizer R. R. Garrison is in front of the group. Other classes holding parties at the 1958 Homecoming included '08, '13, '18. "28, '33, '38, '43, '48 and '53.

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Nell. October 27. Their home address is 356 Pinetree Dr., N.E., Atlanta.

Lt. Col. Ralph W. Mitchell, Jr., USAF, was killed in a plane crash in Alabama in November. The crash occurred when the C45 was heading for an instrument landing at Muscle Shoals Airport. His parents live at 1236 Avon Ave., S.W., Atlanta.

'AA Born t o : Mr. and Mrs. William S. • • Johnson, Chem, a son, William Stewart. Jr., November 25. Their home address is 3508 W. Washington Ave., Las Vegas, Nevada.

C. L. Whitaker, GE, a director of the Landis Tool Co., has announced that his company has acquired the whole of the issued share capital of John Lund, Ltd. of Crosshills, England. The name John Lund Ltd. will be change to Landis Lund Ltd. Mr. Whitaker's address is 20-22 Rue Pelits Hotel, Paris, France.

J. Frank Willett, EE, has been elected treasurer of the Ga. Tech National Alumni Association. H e is Area Sales Manager with Westinghouse Electric in Atlanta. His business address is Box 4808, Atlanta. »i 0 William A. Hutchinson, Jr., died sud••» denly at his home in Orlando, Fla., June 25. He was in partnership with his brother, Allen, owning the Hutchinson Tractor & Equipment Co. in Orlando.

I A"1 Howard Callaway has been made a • * trustee on the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association Board. He is president of The Garden Industries, Inc. in Hamilon, Ga. Philip A. Thomas, IM, has opened an office for the practice of real estate brokerage at 6801 Biscayne Blvd., Miami 38, Fla. 'in Dr. Walter S. Buckingham, IM, pro"0 fessor of Industrial Management at Georgia Tech, visited Belgium during September to present a speech on "Automation's Impact on I M " at the Second Congress of the International Assn. for Cybernetics.

James E. Coleman, Jr., IM, is a member in the law firm of Carrington, Johnson & Stephens, with offices on the 17th floor of the Mercantile Bank Bldg., Dallas 1, Texas.

Stephen L. Johnston, EE, delivered a paper, "The Importance of the Systems Concept in Guided Missiles" during the 1RH meeting in November. He is with the Guidance Analysis Branch of the Technical Feasibility Studies, Ordnance Missile Labs in Huntsville, Ala. Anthony J. Paradiso, Chem, has been appointed manager of the Woodbridge, N. J. plant for American Cyanamid. He has been with the company since 1948.

MQ J°nn R- Kinnett, IM, has been "3 elected t o the Board of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association as a trustee. He is associated with the Kinnett Dairies, Inc., 1243 Sixth Ave., Columbus, Georgia.

'CO Married: LeRoy Anderson Bizzell, 3U IE, to Miss Margaret Blake. The wedding took place in the fall. Mr. Bizzell is a method engineer with U. S. Pipe & Foundry in Chattanooga, Tenn.

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Dr. James A. Jordan, Jr., IM, is a Research Associate at the University of Chicago. He was an English Professor at Tech prior to joining the University of Chicago faculty. The Jordans had an addition to the family prior to leaving Atlanta, a daughter, Betty James, born July 9. Their home address is 430 Niagara, Park Forest, 111.

'CI Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Ben R. McJI Ree, EE, a son, William Edward, October 1. Mr. McRee is on the technical staff at Hughes Research & Development Labs in Culver City, Calif.

'CO Engaged: Marion L. Brittain, 111, Wfc IM, to Miss Kilbee Cormack. The wedding will take place January 31 in Beverly Hills, Calif.

C. E. Gearing, EE, is Director of Engineering Extension at Alabama Polytechnic Institute in Auburn, Ala. He was formerly with Allis-Chalmers in Birmingham. Mr. Gearing lives at 427 So. Gay St., Auburn, Ala. Robert Earl Huffaker, EE, died in October after an extended illness. His parents live at 310 Mathieson PL, S.W., Atlanta.

Married: Edward Clinton Jones, IM, to Miss Vernon Elizabeth Osborne on Nov. 27. Mr. Jones is with Southern Bell.

Ernest Scheller, Jr., IM, has been elected vice president of the Silberline Mfg. Co., Inc. in Stamford, Conn. He joined the company in '53 and served as assistant to the president prior t o his new appointment.

'Ryl Married: Charles N. Brannon, IM, MT 1 to Miss Ethel C. Dowdey, December 20. Mr. Brannon is a member of the teaching and coaching staff at Southwest High in Atlanta.

R. Vernon Fuller, IM, is enrolled at the College of the Bible in Lexington, Ky. He is working toward a B.D. degree.

Married: Ralph W. Johnson, Phys., to Miss Jane McMahon in November. They reside in Atlanta.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Lane, a son. Oct. 25. Their home address is 423 Date Palm Dr., Lake Park, Fla. Engaged: Lt. Will DeLoach Magruder, USMCR, CE, to Miss Nell Gait. T h e wedding will take place Jan. 10. Lt. Magruder is stationed at the Marine Corps Air Facility at Santa Ana, Calif.

Joseph F. Mulling, IM, is a plant technician with DuPont's Trail Ridge Plant. His mailing address is P. O. Box 234, Keystone Heights, Fla. 'CC Married: Robert C. Garden, 111, EE, J J to Mary Eleanor Clapp, August 15, 1958. Mr. Carden is attending Graduate School at Georgia Tech.

Married: William Mobley Hill, CE, to Miss Sarah Elizabeth Carpenter. The wedding took place December 6. Mr. Hill is with Southern Railway.

Gerald M. Leigh, CE, recently completed his tour of duty with the Army and is now with Black and Associates, Inc., Engineers, Gainesville, Fla. His address is 525 Second Ave. So., Naples, Fla. Born t o : Mr. and Mrs. William K. (Ken) Campbell, IM, a daughter, Lori Louise, Nov. 18. Mr. Campbell is

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Tech Wins Big Cup Again For the third consecutive year, the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association came out the winner in the annual trophy contest with the University of Georgia Alumni Society. At the Tech-Georgia game in Athens on November 29, Association President John Staton, right, received the big cup from Georgia Alumni President Sanders Walker. Walker is holding the Loser's Trophy which must be displayed on the Georgia campus for the coming year. Score this year was Techâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;6,843 to Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;5,244. Last year, Tech won the contest, 6,775 to 4,910

with Kurt Salmon Associates, Inc. Their permanent mailing address is 1105 Woodland Dr., Manchester, Tenn.

Andrew H. DuPre, CE, was killed in an automobile accident October 25 in Mount Pleasant, S. C. The accident occurred when a bus swerved into the path of Mr. DuPre's automoblie. He was with the Cape Romain Contractors as an engineering executive.

His parents live at 1 Elliott St., Mount Pleasant, S. C. Married: Jorge Duran, IE, to Miss Alba Teresa Cabal, October 18 in Buga, Colombia. Mr. Duran is plant manager with Grasas, S. A. in Buga, Colombia, S. A. Married: James E. Edison, Jr., CE, to Miss Elaine Little, October 4. Their address is 610 Westview, Carson City, Nevada.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. James R. Overby, TE, twin daughters, Diane and Susan, August 30. Mr. Overby is a textile engineer with the Dow Chemical Co. Their home address is 10 Buchanan Dr., Denbigh, Va. Engaged: Francis G. Rust, Ch.E., to Miss Janice Garrard. The wedding will take place December 27. Mr. Rust is with DuPont's Savannah River Plant in Aiken, S. C. j r - j Engaged: William D. Allen, I g , to 3/ Miss Eloise Daniell Wilson. Mr. Allen is with Owens-Illinois in Jacksonville, Fla. Born t o : Mr. and Mrs. Ormand G. Anderson, IM, a son, Ormand Gilbert, Jr., October 9.

Lt. George W. Atwood, IM, completed the officers basic course at Ft. Sill, Okla. in June and is now serving with the 1st Bn. (Rocket/Howitzer) 16th Artillery, 2nd Armoured Div. at Ft. Hood, Texas. He lives at 1203 Jacqueline St., Killeen, Texas.

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William Hogarth, Jr., Cere, has been transferred by the Gardner-Denver Co. to their manufacturing subsidiary in Brazil, where he will head up the Industrial Sales.

His business address is Gardner Denver Do Brazil, S. A., Avenida Churchill 94-B. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Jerry A. King, IE, has joined the engineering staff of the Texas Company's Standardization Dept. at their Port Arthur.

Texas refinery.

Married: John A. Little, CE, to Miss Rosemary Lane, December 21 in Atlanta.

Engaged: Charles Peter Manner, IM, to Miss Polly Ingersoll. Mr. Manner is with the Federal Pacific Electric Co. in Chamblee, Ga. Married: James Thomas Minter, IM. to Miss Winifred Marlene South, November 25. Mr. Minter is with the Cobb County Board of Education.

Lt. Johnny M. Reese, Arch, has completed the 16-week officer basic course at the Army Air Defense School, Ft. Bliss.

Texas.

Lt. Jack G. Remson, USAF, IE, is now stationed with the 341st Armament & Electronics Sqdn. at Dyess A F B , Texas. He lives at 3937 Whittier, Abilene, Texas.

Capt. Grayson D. Tate, Jr., AE, has been assigned to the Office of the Asst.

Chief of Staff for R & D at the Army Ordnance Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala.

Sam E. Gheesling, IE, was married to Miss Mannette Johnson, August 23. They live at 1-A Victory Dr., Hamilton, Ohio.

Richard B. Keith, ME, is secretary and part owner of the K & S Tool, Engraving & Engineering Co., Inc., Decatur, Ga. Married: Ralph G. McCollum, IE, to Miss Nancy Carter April 20, 1958.

Married: Helen P. Patterson, TE, to Sheldon L. Bennett, May 3. Their address is 1855 Tobey Rd., Chamblee, Ga. Lt. Robert R. Propp, EE, has completed the officer basic course at the Army Ordnance School, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Fred D. Reid, IM, has returned to work with the Continental Can Co. after six months active duty. His address is 3417 Horatio St., Tampa 9, Fla. Naval Aviation Cadet James Frank White, Jr., AE, has been assigned to the Naval Air Base Training Command at Pensacola, Fla. Married: Tony Robert Wilkie, EE, to Miss Theodosia M. Lindsey, November 28.

Mr. Wilkie is serving with the U. S. Army in Killeen, Texas. ' C O Engaged: Arthur Patrick Barry, Jr., 30 IM, to Miss Carolyn Phelps Wade.

The wedding is to take place in December.

Mr. Barry is attending OCS in Newport, Rhode Island.

Engaged: Lt. Joseph Emerson Brown, Chem, to Miss Eva Theresa Kindred. The wedding will take place December 29. Lt. Brown is stationed at Fort Benning with the U. S. Army.

Lt. Neil H. Cohen, IE, recently completed the basic officer course at the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga. Tech Alumnus

F o o t b a l l : The Final Three AFTER TRIMMING CLEMSON, 13-0, in their eighth game, the 1958 Jackets ran out of gas and dropped the last two to Alabama, 8-17, and to Georgia, 3-16.

Tech looked good shutting out the Sugar Bowl-bound Tigers. Floyd Faucette ran 54 yards for the initial score.

And Braselton sneaked one for the other six points after a meat Braselton to Beasley pass had put the Jackets at that point. Clemson never threatened.

Against Alabama it was a different story. By the time 1 I minutes were on the clock, Tech trailed 0-17, as a result of a plague of fumbles and intercepted passes. Tech fought back but could score but one time in the 3rd period.

In the Georgia game, a blocked punt led to the first Bulldog score and a field goal late in the 2nd quarter put the Athens boys ahead 9-0 at the half. Tech looked better in the 3rd period, recovering three Dog fumbles deep in Georgia territory. But the best they could do was a field goal from the two. Georgia scored late in the final period to seal their first Athens win over Tech since 1948.

The Jackets had their troubles hanging on to the ball against Alabama, left, and staying on their feet against Georgia, above. Number 28 in the left picture is Reggie Logan and 23 above is Cal James trying to score from the 3.

P h o t o g r a p h s - B i l l Diehl, Jr.

Walter Howard throws complete to Rudolph, 85 as the Jackets run a perfect pass pattern against Clemson in their 13-0 win.

The other player crossing over is Floyd Faucette, 25, who was the star of the same.

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