WO RCESTE R, MASS.. ~0\'. 2, 1926
VOL. XVI II
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FROSH TRIUMPH OVER SOPHS IN ANNUAL ROPE PULL ENGINEERS HIT WINNING STRIDE DEFEATING HAMILTON ELEVEN 6-5 NEW ALUMNI REGISTER MUSICAL ASS'N TO BE ISSUED SOON SOPHOMORES PUT Prospects Look Bright To Take Rhode Island Into Camp Saturday HOLDS DANCE UP GAME FIGHT Unless Injuries Again Cut Squad Will Be Several Changes In Form Western Orchestra Proves To Be Great Success LARGE CROWD ENJOYS ORIGINALITY OF TEAM - HALLOWE'EN DECORATIONS PLEASING Last Saturday night the social sea· son nt Tec h s ta rted with a signal s ue· cess wlth the annua l dance o f th e C<>mbined :\[usical Clu bs. T he Tune· s miths o f Green Bay, Wisconsin, were secured, at th e very s tart o f their trip th rough the e as t, t o furn is h the music. They had e nough spirit, o riginality. a nd jazzy mel ody t o m1tke th e e \'ening a s uccess. by the m •elves. The dnslce came o n the ni)l'h t of the llamillon· Worcester football game, Lhe int.erda!;s rope pull, and llallowe ' en. T he deco· ations we re d esigned to gi,·e the s taid old gym floor a suitable {tspcc t. Presi· dllll t and 'Mrs. Earle, P rofessor nn cl 'l \lrs. P helan , Pet e a nd M rs. Rigle r and ni\1 and Mrs. Mitchell were c httpe rons. T he dance begr111 at e ight-t hir ty wi th a flou rish. Ry nine <!'clock the hall vas crowded . T he orc hest ra. in ndcli· tion to dispensing pos itively inspirn· n ona \ musk , was a singing team, aud s tarte d right in t o c reate the atm ot~ phere of t he e \·e n ing. J us t before in· te rmission they paraded ou t in to the center of the floor and did a sctu are dance to their own m uf\ic and the ap· precsatl\'e hila rity of th e couvle!' crowrled around to watch them. i\ li t tie late r the huss-horn player l'limhe d uv on the piano and mnde m ou rnful sound s in a remnrkllble fas hion. T he hi t of the eve ning was the banj o piny· er who could not onl y play w ith h is nslr~mc n t resting on t he back of h is mck. bu t could no t dance like a profes· s iunal. The orchestra d idn 't cunfine their ac ti vities to the s ta ge at a ll. h u t demo ns trate('! that mu ~ic cuulcl be twice ns good when plnved on the fl nrJ r as any whe re else in the hall. The rleco rotions of th e hall were the fruit of Pete Wood 's labor and thought. had corn -s talks arranged a ro tm d he orchestra stnge, and a real. honest· t<.~·good ncss rail fence t o hold them in. lie a rrnnge(l oak and pine twiR~ an(J b ranches so that the cc ih ng wa" low· c red. an d the whole floor given a mel·
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MASS= MEETING Alumni Gym
. Friday, Nov. 5th
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A new Al u mn i Regis te r will be p ublis hed as t he December iss ue of the journaL. Several inno va· ti uns in fo rm h:lve been dec ided upon for t he 1926 R egiste r. All ~rnduates will be lis ted in o ne alphabetica l lis t ins tead of b y c las!!Cs as he re tofore. The ma n's na me will be foll o wed hy the year o f his graduation, by Qn y further d egrees he mtt)' ha,·e e arned , and then b y his b usi ne!\S co nnecticms. T he info rma tion has been m o de as com ple te a nd reliable as p ossible by the pains· taking rttsearches o C our Alumn i ,oftlce. I t has been ve rified in ne a rly all c ases b )' ind ependen t chann eln. The name~ o f the m en are also lis ted !!(•cording to s eo· gra phical locatio n, hoth of t hei r re<Udenee, and of their husine~s CtJnnec tiMs, and again in a separate li}t a ccording to C'lll~'cf;. A lis t of the 300 odd .\lum ni uf the ln~> Li tute who have d ied is to be publi~hcd in the R egis· te r. togethe r wi t h th eir a chieve· m t•nts. T his is d o ne as a token of t ~e Coll ege's appreciation for t hl' 1i1en who have hono red their , \ lmo :\Inte r by their wo rk in the wnrld.
CAMERA CLUB HEARS ADDRESS BY EXPERT Mr. Rice ·Explains Pictorial Work A Ullk by .\fr. i\. W. Rk't, a pro mi· nent pho tO$!rapher a nd an a u th o ri ty on pic t orial pri n t s. featured the mee ting I)( the Came ra r Ju L whic h wns held lus t Tuesday e vening. ~l r. Rice. in hi~ ta lk, end ea,•orcd to s how j u~t what the character istics of a g ood picto rial print are hy referring to prinLq which hrl\'e bee n hung in va rio us ~alons in thi~ tou n try anrl ahroarl. ~l os t uf hi s criti· ci1;m was cons truc tive, a lth ough on one or two occas ions he wa~ a ltle to s how ho w a certain prin t migh t ba,•e been impro\'ed b,· a slight c ha nge in the comvosition. ) lr Rice added in teres t to his ta lk br relating ~cvera l per· sonal anenlutc:; ill u~>tra ting the nd\len· tu res of a m o tion pictu re camerttman in the fitld . .\Jr. Ri ce had c harge o f the filming o f ·"rhe F our ll or~;emen of the Apoca lypse,"
A. S.M. E. ELECTS OFFICERS FOR YEAR E. 8. Carpenter Chosen President Ell ~worth pre~i dcnt of
B. Carpenter was elec ted
the \V orces ter Tech stu· d e nt b ranch uf t he America n Socie ty uf ~lechani c:U En~ineers at a sh ort mee ting beld in the Mechanica l E ng!· neeriog Building las t Tue!lday. T he vice-presidency went to j oseph Mac· Do nald }Iiles. also of the Class of '27.
BIG EVENT WITNESSED BY CONVERSE BOOTS TWO FIELD GOALS FOR CRIMSON AND GREY MANY SPECTATORS - NEW YORKERS SCORE ON FIELD GOAL AND SAFETY Bur AU MEMBERS OF FRESHMAN TEAM ARE VICTIMS OF EXHAUSTION IN LONGEST PULL SINCE 1923 I ncJ,,mitnble spirit comb ined with brule streng th and team wo rk carried the Frosh to a vic tory o ve r the ~ccond yea r men in the annual rope pull be· tween the t wo lo wer ('\assc~ nt Ins ti· tute Park. The Sopho more team ob· tnined fln; t ro pe tllking the ini tio t i,•e at the firing of the gu n which s tarted the e vent. Th ei r scant gain las ted b u t a sh ort time whe n the Freshmen under d irec· ti on 11f !i<'tm ts pre,•inusly pos ted in the tree~. began to h old nnd later w hea ve n t a time whic h caught the Soph~ t•omplctcl}' wT t heir ~tuord with a res ultant loss or rope becn u~e or t hei r mosnentnr~' lapse. With the Sopho· more·~ tirs t loss of rope wen t t heir c hnn ce fo r a position in the Doynton Hill " Hall of Fame" ns one of the few dry classes to e nter the Insti tu te. {or t he y neve r had a c ha nce t o recover it. tho ugh they held nnd fough t like nil possessed . T he second year men sue· :ced ed in s t.wing off their cold bath fur on ho u r and fi fteen minutes. T he ~truggle is t he $ccon cl longe ~t on rec· ord, unde r the ne w rules being sur· passer! in lengt h of time only hy the Oll jl Of t h ree years wh ich Will; a draW la stip~: fo r two ho urs nnd fifteen min· ut es. Cn.ptnin Shnw (If the Fre11h men t~:nm won the toss a nd elected to p ull from t he Pnrk Aven ue aide, giv ing his men o deci ded nclvan tagc in digging fu( otholds in the s oft turf : whe reas the w ou nd o n which the second year men pulled was ~lopi ng nnd pa rtly ~rn "el drive. T he lo~ers we nt in t o the pull realiz.. inK they were grea tly outwe ig hed ru1d mindful tJf Lhe fact they were up
UNABLE TO PUSH TO TOUCHDOWN With the much desired Hamilton ga me tucked safe ly away the BiKie r· coa ched m~chine is pointin g to the coming t·on tes t. wit h Rhode l slnnd ~ la te nt Kings ton next Saturda y. The Tech ele\'on s howed a wealth of !lOwer on the defe nsive ll\St Saturd a y when it held t he figh t ing Ha milton team in~idc t he one yard line on two ocrn~i uns. T he k icking of Co n verse ns demonl'trn t.:cl h y hi~ two beau t i{ ul furt y-ya rd clr!1p·kic k!l will prub n!Jiy li~:ure heo,ily in the <•om ing con tes t. The work o ( \Vil kln~on nnrl Guid i in Snturtln y's gam e on lhe tlefen~h·e plu.~ the hulwnrk st a nd of the line s howed he nhility of the Crimson nnd Ora y machine in this directio n. With Con· verre a nd G uidi threatening to pull 11 '' Bottle of milk Cor Mrs. O'Reilly" a ct nt an y tim e plus the linc·plungtnK Of "Joe" and broken fie ld running of " Dick," the T ech eleven is offering a triple t hrea t in two me n, not to 1ncn· tion " Olck 's'' drop·kicking abili ty. Un less injuries hampe r the Rqund be· fore Snturdnv lhe Kis1g&tonias11! wlll fi nd t he Crim Ron unci Gray hard co lo rs lo do wn.
A. I. E. E. HOLDS FIRST MEETING Prof. Smith Speaks on "The Defeat of the Submarine'' STUDENT BRANCH TO HEAR THE NEW VITAPRONE - PROGRAM ARRANGED FOR .COMING SEASON
With Dic k Con verse ns the hero by his two pre tty forty-yard field goals aod the entire team deserving of the highes t glo ry fo r its po werful defence when the goal-line was only inches awny, Tech t ook the s t rong Hamilton club into r amp last Snlurdny a nd WOft by the small score of &-5. Tech wae play ing a mucl\ heavier outfit and afte r our line had realized its stTength under the \'ery gonlpos ts, the Hamil· ton backs {ound a s to ne·wall defence whil'h they could not penetrate on any part or the field . When th e scor11 stood 6-3 in favor of the v isit.ors and with but ten minutes to ph\y the ~ky wns pretty dark for the Worces ter eleve n. Uut Tea ~bowed' the llluc warriors from the Weat thot a team is never benten until t.he fina l wh istle, and uncorked a brilliant pin y which made the hea m of the Alex crowd si nk. The ball W88 on the Blue and Whitc'R thirty-yard line and very near to the ~tide line. Whittemore picked up the l1nll and s tepped outside, whic h put the ball o ut twenty yarda. Converse then took the ball and dro pped it o ver the goal po11t8 for a henutiful fo rw·yard field goal. The Tech fans were twit'e treated to a pretty s ight when eleven fighting men held powe rful opposition with the ball one inc h from the goal. On both attempt$ Hamilton made first downs and with the goal to go were held for four d owns by a line that wo uld not givc> Capt. Ted Lewis, Shakour, and Wilkinson were the outstandins stars agains t this s trong ons laught.
The backfielrl can not be Je(t out o£ the praise. however. for the t.:on verse. Ouidi rombioation was at ita beat and the tscklinl( tlf Guidi and Wilkinson was pretty to watch. The entire ''The De feat of the Submarine" was (Con tinued on Page 2, Col. 4) team was in a fighting mood which the s ubject of u talk by Professo r H. wo uld no t be downed. B. Sml th he fore the opening meeting F u ur lucky breaks in the first period, C eorge L. F reeman was c hosen Secre· of the W orcester P olytec hnlc lns ti· l1lry or the organization , and J . c. tu te Stude n t Branch of the American whic h Tech used to the fullest advan· Rogers wos gi ven the g unrd ians hip of Ins titute of Elec trica l Engineers last t.llge were ve ry in8trumental in brinr· the treas ury. T he fmmer is a Junio r Tuesday e ve ning. There was an ex. ing about the win. H amilton kicked nnd the lnttcr i~ a Sen io r. ceedingly large crowd present, due to off and afte r two rus hes Tech kicked, proper pub licity befo re the meeting. and the Blues then carried the ball J\bout one hundred and twenty-five (Continued on Pare 4, Col. 2i O&LJ:NDAR to one hun d red and fifty s tudents and recent grnduo tes attend ed . WEDNESDAY. NOV. ~ Professor Sm ith spOke o£ his e xpe ri· 6.00 P. M.- Vanliy Soeeer ; W . e nces duci ng the war o n an tl-~ubma· T. I . va. Clark at Tech. rine work fo r the government. Jle wo11 THURSDAY, NOV. '-stationed a t N ew London a t th e s ub2.00 P. M.- Rwhlor week endl. m ari ne bll$e there with a number o f FRIDAY, NOV. Dother engineers a nd ph ysicis ts engaged 6.00 P. M.- M au meeUq, in working ou~ me thods fo r de tec ting Alumni Gym. and destroying su bmarines. Tie told SATURDAY, NOV. 6of several d evices for detecting sub2.00 P . M.-Vazd ty football; marines whi ch had been developed, R. I. State VL W. P. I. at a nd nfter the m eet ing be took the Ktntaton. group down into the labornt,.ory whe re Varsity Socc:er-W. P. L va. he reproduced some pho nograph rcc· Amherst at Amherst. (Continuerl on Page 3, Col. 1)
MASS MEETING
Alumni Gym Friday, Nov. 5th
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