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JUNIOR PROM WILL BE HELD IN BANCROFT WITH ALPERT'S l\1USIC
TU ES., APRIL 19Patriots' Day. H olida y. WED., APRIL 209.60 A. M.-Cbapel Service. Rev. P. B. V an B orn. Came1a Club Exhibit. Gym Reception R oom. T H URS .. APRIL 219.60 A. M.-chapel Service. Rev. P . B. V an B orn. 11.00 A. M. -Assembly. Ad· dreaa by Mr. Georce E. Sokolaky on "The Situation in th e Far Eul." Ca mera Club E xhibit. Gy m Reception Room. FRI., APRIL 22-9.60 A. M.- Obapel Service. W. P. L Quartet. SA'f., APRIL ~ T rack Meet and Baseball Ga me. W. P. L vs. Boaton University In Boaton. MON., APRIL 26-9.60 A. M.- Chapel Service. Prof. H. F. Taylor. •.oo P. M.-P nddent and lira. Earle at Home. •.00 P . M.- TECB MEWS AI· U,nmenh, B-19.
DANCING WILL BE FROM NIN E·=-----------=-=-----------UNl'IL TWO AND TH E DR ESS WILL BE FORMAL AS USU AL
CAMERA CLUB TO EXHIBIT ART
Alpert, well·kno wn Bo$ton ~tCiet~ nrchestra lender, will bring his amous Seaglades o rc hestra to \\' orcescr. !\la y 13,• to provide the music nnd entertainment for the junio r J)rom. The presence nr this magnetic composer. nr· anger and leader with his broadcasting orchestro ll"""Urcs all thol>C w l~ in at· tendance or a good time The affrur, "h1rh will take place in the main ball· mom or the Bancroft, will mark the di mnx or Juni or week. The nble com · m1Ucc, hentled b y Roy Driseoll. prom· <~e~ attrCI•· th·e deeornticms and a cleli· ·ious s urprise in favo rs. Patrons and patronesses will he Prcsi· dent and :\Irs. Earle. Pro{es:;or and ~lr~. ~l orJ,>an, :llr. and ~11'11. Eclward Flugeralcl, and ProCes.~r and :\Irs. Herhert Taylor l>.wcing will he {rom 9 o 2 and the dress will he fo rmal. The committee in charge o r prcpara· ion~. consisting o r Roy Driscoll, chair· man, Orad Newell, Leighton jackson. Emil Ostlund, Art Smith, Eddie .\ lien, Frank Roberts, Stan Brewer and jerry \'ail. has bern untiring in its efforts to make trus truly an occasion to be remembcrer! . l\"o l o nl y have they se· cured a luxurious ha ll and a famous orchestra, but they have mann!led to rerlure the price (rom $10 to $7 50. All ~igns inclicate that the alTair will be a great success. In o rder to secure the formal in,·ita· l1on cnm 11 {o r the Prom, lit kets for the dance must first be bought and they may be procured from ony member of the committee. Como 0 11. e ve ryb()dy! C~t your tic ket nnw and a''c!id the
Annual Exhibition to be Held This Week in Gym The Tech 1'1111Wra Club wil l huld its annual eo~hihiti nn and compctiliun this week It is to he held in the re~·eption mom 111 the g,•m nasi um anrl will be open un \\'ecl nescJn,· between twu and six in the nh~rnnon anrl hclwetm i :.> anrl II 30 111 the e"ening On Thursrlny it will be o pen he t\1 cen i 30 and 0·30 1'he l'ompclition will be kee n M the exhibito rs hn,·e s pent mul'h time 11\ Cr their negatives and enlarge ment~ 111 o r· der w J)roou~c pictureJ o r the highest qualitY The pho tographs 111 the ex hihitiun will be worth\· nf the clo;.e St'rutinv (){ elCpcttS in piC!elrlal pho tography, and should lx• cspecia.lly interesti ng to the no, •ice. Three \\'o rt'estcr men will ac t as )Ud1.-es in the competition The'IC men are :ll r Paul Savage, s taff photographer on the " \\'t~rcester EYen1ng Cazeue," Dr ~lllligan of the ~Orton l'"ameora ( luh. and the W orcester Photo Clan, nnd :\l r. Mc1\llistcr, n noted Wurcest.er photngmphcr. These men hnvc hnd years (Cont inued on Page 2, Col. 3)
SIGMA XI HOLDS ELECTION Alumnus, 6 Seniors Named FuU Members, 18 Named Associate
1932 TECH-CLARK CONCERT DATE Program for Annual Recital is Almost Complete One of tht.! lost, H not the hut, ap· penrance o£ this year's Glee Cl ub will he on ~lay 7 "hen the group l'Omhincs w1th the CIMk U ni,·crsity singe I'll 111 pre~ntu1g the annual rombmed conrc rt The c ustc)m or a joint cunrert IJC,Kan ;;lx ur ~e-ven vearll ngo and trim'e the very heginnin~-t they have heen 'ery popultlr with the student-'! oC both col· ltgcs and th e mu!lic lovers or the t•ity The !'lark L'niversity audjtonum will ht the ~t'rne ,,r thi s yea r's pre~ntation which "'II a.tnrt at eight. o'l'iock ,\Iter t'l\"<1 hnurs or musical entertainment the hall w111 he t'lenred and the ~lu•ic ~\'<:11\'cr, w1ll provide music ft~r tlnndn~ until mirln 1ghl. The rnmmiltce in c haruc or thi~ nark-Tee It t•unto:rL ho 9 unt ann11untt·r! I he 1 'Cill'l pmgrnm hut thi• will l>c Hn· •imilar v 1 thn!;<! r1 { pas t t"Onctrt! with r 1ilrin ~ hv the mmhinctl gruur>S nntl deetinn'< hy t•ach Glcl' r!ulr 'fht> J:U!''L '"'"'~t will he ;\Irs. James 0 ~III:\Well. <~tprttno, wt,.1 i• the wilt• of Pmfc'<!<Or ~la)tWf'll ur !'lurk ll t>r ahilitv i 5 we II knllwn to thu"e who {ollr,w the mu •i(· life ,,f \\'orcc: tcr On the sam• flrHICrnm n• •l•u t~ 'I\ ttl '"' the !)hJIUiar ~. 1 w ar· ~~~ (,(;~trgc ~tc,•ens, anrl the t'olwiXJy I' t·mlht, Bill lla\'tltn C'harlt· lli~el:in hottnm of Clark will render «·ver<~l piano .u,).,~. Tu·~cts fur t he t·oncert l'an '"" uh· taiw·rl from nny member of the l\[uq1• cal A~·~iaLi•m for fifty cent~ rmm ad,·an~:e repnrt~ the demand fur ticke t this yt'ar will he greater tha n 81w in the pa~t and a ,·en• .,11cc1 •ful t'O~t:ert is elCpectetl.
ru~hl · h 1 t- -k r I) unng t e as -•wee t.wcntv· o ur stu· C \\' 1Ients ant I one wumnu, 11 'tied r h . I Or<'e.~tcr o t e1r e ec t1n n to T ec· h wtre noll the national honorary {ratf.'MIIl)', Sigma • " J. X -The nlu mnu!l named wn~ ~lr () Ar· Newly Launched Boat Cl Ub II':'~e.O· no11r1 11nnscn, u grar1uatc ur t 11e r 1n's joys Meeting uf IO'l.'i, a nti a member ,,r Tnu Be ta __ 1'1 Ill• 1 nmnectctl with tht Linr!e The Bunting Cluh held a meeting in \ r \\'urk" flf Buffalo, where he is lhr \[('l('hnnital Building la~t \\'eclnes- autumull\'e cngmctr T he u tlwr I'C ria,· With l omm odorc ~hahcck presjd. who wtrc cl<"t' lCd to Cull memht·r .hiJ> in~: .\ •hort bu-.ine~o; ml'etinlC was held were llLrmnn I· llawthr>rnc, !'nul I~ in whith a discu~i011 or having the c har· ~t·l.,on. Lamhcrt R Jnhn.,nn, Juhn II l<•r :tl't't'PlC!l by the Tech Coundl, and PurLcUK. Ellis R SptwldnlJ( :IIIII ll cmry o{ ,,,,.,"' rime a race on ~kmnrial D'~Y 1~ r url,on Ill •·nnJu nnion with n lonl ho:lt club, ' l'hc s~nior-; wh" were clcc·tcrl lu av Wl~ hchi. .\ cumm1ttec cons1•11ng of I11>X1ate mt.:mhcrshiv wtre juhn e ()q Jl, h flag~: anoJ Len IJu mphrcr. wa.~ p• \\tel'- Pa,·son R. \\'hitner nn•l \\'1!· ~JIIoumtrtl tu look into the l:lurr mnt· limn g, JJnnso n The Junior wh •t we•• lcr. The .,,•.,ling \\l'l ' then turner! det tt'd to a••:uc:iate mctnll('r•hlp were 11\'Cr 1" Bob Flagg who had ~~ecured gthon I) lln''"'lt, llnmlrl IJ Burt, Ha,•. throu~-th the ;-\ational ;\<t«uciation of 1n••1lCI n 1 raw{orcl. Frank 1.. l~aton. 1\n::ine nnrl OClnl ~lanu{al'lurer.~ fil m J.inwn<ll'l J) llan·ey. Lviuh ton Jnck!oiOn, 3 titled, ''Mo tor Boating J\r th·ities of ('arl I• .Johnson ,\!<her L jc) lin, liar. l'f.?'J" wh:ch dealt with all or the im· llld .\ Lamilit:n, \\'ri~;ht II ~fnnvel. Jw;nant races or that year. including r ~tlerlt'k ~I Pflttcr, ,\rthur P. ~mith, all oi the o;pills, e,·en to the one of Sumn~r B Swt t~er. I .orrlrlll R Whit· M~t. s .\merica \'11." tun nn<l .\ !ton B. \\' man ,\ftvr deeicling to have the next meet· Thc formal plerlging ee rt·mtmy will be ing In tw<> weeks' time. nnd to have held \\'ecl nesrlny al the ~t·houl as~cmCit her a prominen t !lpcaker connec ted bly anti the initiation will he at 7 30 will be given the urgani1.ation hy Prof, WJth boating o r more pictures, the tha~ rvenin~ in Sanford R iley llall. Alnert S Schwartz of Mao;sachu~tt, Fnlln"ing the initiation. an adclre~• Institute or Technology meeting was adjoumed
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The Committee ha~ Arranged a Brilliant Affair, the Feature Being Reduction of the Usual Price of Admission
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RUSSIAN JOURNALIST TO ADDRESS STUDENT BODY AT NEXT ASSEMBLY Mr. George Sokolsky Will Talk on "The Situation in the Far East" and Student Announcements Will Be Made
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TECH NINE TO PLAY B. U. SAT.
Opening Game of the Season on Foreign Territory St:ttunlll\' Ill Hus to n Univcrsit~·. will Tech in illl linn. haschall ~ume of the sea._m The lineup is uncertnin yet a:. there ~~ u large amo unt or t•nm· peulton Cor th1!1 year's berth~. Cut.,, howe,·er. have rome in rapid 1\UCCC"'!!ion, lt'a\·ing ('ouch ll1glcr a ~mall workahle sf1und whkh he t'an more ea.~ily whip into shape rlurlng the short pmctice period remaining. Hlashes hove appor· cnth• been ha~rt on lack u( hitting ability rather than qualily or fielding The Engineer teams ha\•e lllcked the al IIi l}' to l'tlnnect with the sphere at crucial moment' in the past and this difficulty may be oYercomt! by this methvd of llill)'tlr ~~electi ou. Lus t rea r's ,·cternns hove, in general, heen cluhhing th e boll fairly regularly "'llh Nip, Gartrell and Noreika among the leaders l'anoor and Hansen seemed to ha,·e found their eye~ m ore quid..ly than the other newt'Omers and BCnt the hall into t he outfield often. There is unl y nne JX>Sition, short~top, CC'ontlnucd o n Page 4, Col. 6 )
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JUNIORS AND SENIORS TO BOTH ASSOCIATE AND FULL MEMBERSHIP 1'ht s tudent hmly uf \\' on·estcr Tedt will he hl)norecl on Thursda ,. ne" t April 21 , at u regular assembly . by th~ presence of (~cor.:!! E ~kolsk)', a well knnwn j ournalist, wh11 will add re!ill t he undergradua tes nnd faculty on ''The 5 nualion in the Far East" ;\lr SokOI!!k)' ih well fitted to duiC:U'I'I his top1c, since he has spent a large portion or his life in the Orient. I le nttendt>d the S<·hool of j o urnali811l at l'olumbia Uuiversity an d after grad uation went to Ru11sia at the time or the 1917 re,·olu tion However, the Bolshc ' 'i ks £orced him to leave the country u he had ed1ted an alhed war paper in Petrograd. :llarch. 1918. round hllll I ll China, where he went to wo rk ror the Com mittee on Public I nformation. Mr. Sokolsky spen t thirteen and one·ha lf years in China and was retained as official •nd political advisor t o many of the C hinese min111tries. Of late years, he has been prominent in t he Institute or Poli t ics' proaram at Williamstown In addition to the speake r, there will he stuclent. announcements or interest and Sigma Xi, the honory research fraternity, will have its rom1al pledginiC or juniors and seuiors for associate o r full membe rship
THREE OBTAIN RADIO LICENSES DR. BUTLER HONORED Other Radio Club Members to Take Examinations
Worcester Chemists Hear Two
Three member~ o{ the Ad \'llrwed lntereatilll Talks Code Group s tnle a march on their CelltiW!i durin" the ~!Iring rece•s. when Th t' ( h ,,. " e mee mg o l e orcester r'hem· ther ~e<'Urcd their Amateur Rnthu 1cnl Socu:ty wa~ (·allecl to order at 7 .4~ o,,erator's License The men arc Alliin p l\1 · 1 1 · 1 1 Ill t 1e c lt'IUINI cctun: rr,.nn c1f R ,\ndcrstJn, Tetl Hammett and j. ll. the SaJi~hury Laboratories. The fir!it ,.\'en t o r th c cvrnmg was a to tk given C.·unphell. · Campbell. in ~pitc or his npprchcn hy a visitor, Or Knipp H e is prore~ sinns. Jltl .~rl lu~ lest with flying t·ul sor of physi<'s at. the Lmg-nan Univer· ur .... Ju.; mark IJ(•Ifl)t 9.1 per cent 1\n 1t1ty oC l'nnl•m, Chum lie presented 11 clerson and Hammett likewio;e had little new and inlere.<tlllg vit:wpr1int or the dtfficul.l\' 111 thc1r tr't~ japanese.( hme•e situation lie com Tnsp1n,d by the o;uC('C'IS o r the oho\'e, pared the lWIJ nation!! a!l to tcmr)Cra· lwo otltlltwnnl member~; oC the jii'IIUp, meml, t'rvilizntion ond power. Dwight Keene y Llnrl Stanley Chin, Ill'(' Art-er l)r. Knipp'~ intere.qting talk, planni11g u jaunt ttl Boa ton to sec the the pres1ding ollie cr called ior lt report Radio ln~Jiel'lur there. Their pre! ·nt {rum the: numinatiniC commiUeo 'rhl' vr,blcm 111 (CIJing is t<l avoid t uttin¥ {nllowmJ: men wert· nominated Cor too manr rl;~ cs when mak111g lht• ~otliei•, <1ntl wc:rl' liMnimuusl)' t'lccLe•l : trip Pro:•idcnt "r I 1'. \\'oodhur)', \'ice The rc.:mainin~ members uf thr J\<1 Prc5itlcn t IJr l'rerlc:rick Butler: :;cere· \'anced l"f)(Jt• c; rouJ) are all now fully tary·'frt:O'iurcr ~lr. R ~harmn Exet·u· qualifi etl to take the radio liC"cn~e t:'C· live !'(lmmiuec Meqsr~ Wehatcr and amlnntion. 'l'lwy nrc hoping lo gathM ~tt-,•en!l. tqgethe r a hUOicienl number or appli· The m<•ctlltg Wll.l thf.'n turned {)\'Cr c~utts to warrant. the rad1o in<:pel'lnr to tht. new prcsitlent, who, after a few makin~ a trip to Wor~cster <Continued on P age 3, Col. 21 The Ach·ancetl Code Gro up, no w raE8BJOJI br()ught to the verge of obtaimng tht·ir licen.oes, the Radio Cl ub is plannin~: to llore nponen are Deed.ed 011 NEWS. Allipmentl are (lYeil form a new group. Thjs new grtmp will have the advon tage o£ the elCperiout llollda1 at 6 P . II. Ill 811. ence gained in preparing the old group. (Continued on Page 4, Col. 21 A
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