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COOMBS IS HOST LIBRARY ADDS TO 13 FRESHMEN RECENT BOOKS Sons of Alumni Are Guests at New Books on Various Subjects Cosmo Club Meeting Available to Students The Cosmopolitan Club had supper Man y new \'Oiumes hn,•e been added last Thursday evening at the private tn the libraries on ~he II ill. Some 11f dining room of the Y. W C A. build· the most outs tanding books are re ing with t went)'·Six present. Professor ,·iewed here. They cnnsist of diver$i· Coombs was host to the group among fled subjects, as may be !leen from the whom were found new members of the rc.views Freshman class and sons of Alumni. "The Life of Charles C. Washburn," Leon Skuropat, president of the club. by George l lenry I Ja ynes presided at its meeting. Chainnan of Th1s work contains a tine record of the program commi ttee, Constantine a characteristic American personality 0rPha nos, ~ave suggest ion!\ for enter a nd c-areer with co ntide ntial letter!\ tainment for the year's meetings. This from Roosevelt and Taft, two ()f Wnsh· was followed by each member rising bum's intima te friends. or his long and telling where he was from and Lerm in public !'en·ice, Frank 0 Luw· wh>· he came to Tech Professor den says, " llis career may well he tnl.. Coomb~ talked o n the past hi~tory of en as a m1xlel h} an)' who are going the club and told humorous stories to Congress for the llrst time." about the fn thcrs of some df the boys "New Russia 's Primer," by M. Il in. there. I nddcntally, there are thirteen llerc is -a story \lf the Russian !!UV sons of Alumni in the present l~resb· ernment's Five-Year Plan, pu t ou t not man class. After \'arying rt•marks by for propaganda . but for the infonnauon Professor J en nings, Mr. Schweiger nod ol their own people. It 1s told in sim ~lr. Swan, the meeting adjourned ple language nnd with a vividness thnt Freshman guests included Rich:u d 0. drnmnl.izes the whfJle 1-<ignn ti<' unclcrtnk· Hreaker, son of Harry 0 . Breaker. '05, in~: . The hook is not merel y intelligible, Buffalo, r\ . \' : B. Austin Contes, Jr., hut it i~ fasci nat ing. B\'ery page car· sun of R Aul!tin Coates, '00, Worces- ries the mark or genius. ter ; Philip J . f'oster, son of Philip C. "The Di~ti!died Worker," by V. E . f oster, ' 14, Portland, Me.: j oseph A. Fisher and Joseph V. IIanna. j ohnson, Jr., so n of J oseph A. J ohn· fn "The Dissatisfied W orker,'' Pro. son, '05, Ningnra };'ails, N. Y.: llerbert fcssors r' isher and Hanna have ap. \. Leckie, Jr., son of H erbert V. Leckie, proached the subject of vocational up· ' 11, Buffalo, N . Y.; Richard P. Mer· set and industrial unrest from the hu r1am, son of Robert W. ~Ierriam, '01, n:an and em ot1onal angle. Theirs is, Middle town, ro nn.: Evans K. Newton, perhaps, the tln;t book to deal to any Jr. son or Evans K. Newton, '06, Ni· considerable extent with the maLter or agarn Palls, N. Y.; Roland L. Nims. human emotions in voca t iona) mnlntl son of Albert A. Nims, '0':1. Oloomtleld, justment. The authors have conce n· N. ]. ; Cal vin Paige, son of !larry B. trated u pon a study of the emotion· Paige, '98, Oellingbam, Wash.: R obert ally maldeveloped individual who is B. Taylor, son of Edwin A. Taylor, '91, almost certain to become maladjusted Worcester : Russell If. Wood, son of sooner or later to some one or several Plin y W . Wood, '99, Worcester: Her· oi the major aspects o( his everyday bert W. T ufts, J r, son of H erbert W. life. Their special interest lies in an Tufts, '03, llavana, Cuba, and St.epard attempt to detennine to what extent B. Palmer, Jr., son of Shepard B. Palm· the worker's dissatisfaction is caused er, 'M, No""ich, Conn. by his own failure to <achieve emotional balance.
Nature of a Cas," by Leonard 1935 WILL HOLD B."The Loeb. This book is developed in an inter· ELECTIONS FRI. esting and logical manner and is a
Large Group Nominated for Class Offices The Freshman elections, originally scheduled for Friday, October 30. have been postponed as the committee in charge or the elect ions did not have the prin ted ballots required by the con· st ilution. As a result, elections will not be held until next Friday. Much interest has been aroused over the out· <:ome and cam paigning has been in full l'wing. The nominees for the office are: presiden t, Gordon S. S wift. john ] . O'Shea , 0 . Richard Breaker, Rich· ard S. Falvey and Donald C. Holt: ,,ce presiden t , Robert B. Taylor, C. ~l arsball Dann, Daniel W. Bums. Ed· gar , . . Coughlin, Robert C. Flagg, Allan F . Ilnrdy : secretary, Arthur W . Dunham, Frede rick W. Swan, Daniel \r Burns. Roland L. Nims, Allan F . Hardy: treasurer, Daniel W. Bums, Loren II Pcal'e, Roy 0 . Swenson: his· torian, Leonard C . Hum phrey, Allan P. Ilardy, Homer R. Morrison.
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l'<>mpilation or reliable data on electrical properties of g;.l!ICS. The book is unusually suitable a s a tex tbook in an advanced elective subject or as a reference in many problems leading to advanced degrees. "Social Politics and ~lodem DemoCI'Il· c:ies,'' hy Charles W. Pipkin. A large body of political experience for the whole has bee n provided b y France and England . The contrihu· tions thebe great people have made to the story of human progress are written large in the thought and institu· ti onR or all nations. How each or them has met the problems or a. changing Industrial world, particularly during the first three decades or the t wentieth (Con tinued on Page 3, Col. I)
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W. P. I. LACKS SCORING PUNCH TO DEFEAT ARNOLD FOOTBALL TEAM Visiting Team Stops Crimson and Gny Ball Carrien Four Times Within Ita Own 10-Yard Line
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IN TWO PLAYS NEAR END OF GAME
If the total gained ya rdage a nd the number of first downs were t he method used in de termin1ng the score of a foot. ball game, the final score of the pig· After forty·fOur years of teaching at ski n oottle between Arnold and Tech his Ahno ~later, l,rof j 0. Phelon rc· might have read infi nity {oo) to noth· tired this year and wil l soon be on hi~ ing (0) Instead of the 0 to 0 score that wa>• tu Cali(ornil\. OrnduotinJ.; from appeared on the score·hoard after the \Vorcest.er Tech in the Mechanical Jl:ngi· d}•ing sounds of the final whistle bad neering l)epanment in ISS'i, he imme· echoed from all parts of the Tech dmtl.'ly hecame an mstructor in the Madium (don't snicker) . The Tech Physi\·s Department, remoining in that backs plowed through the New Haven t'npacity for nine yeorR. Meanwhile Pro- team's line as though it were so much fcs:l<>r l'hclon stuclied elcctricnl cn~ti· tissue paper, that is. in nny part o£ nccring and received the B.S . degree thc.- field in front of the Arnold five· h Electriral Eng1neering in 1890. With )'ard marker : there, the tinue paper the formmg of a new Electrical Eng1 ~eemed miraculomly changed to a nee ring department in 1896, his acth ities brick wall. were transferred to the new course. W hen t he game first started, the Further study in elect rical cnginecrinl( Tech team t'crtainly looked good (the was und er taken in the college year 1000.1901 while Professor Phelon was boys like the white jerseys) and the Arnold gridsters didn't appear any too a fellow at. Cornell. Thi~ study gained classy (a rather queer collection or for him the Master's Degree. l ie re. turned to Worcester as Assistant Pro- unifonns wit h numerals missinr etc.> After t he opening k ickoff, the Engi re,..~or of Electrirol Engineering in 1901 made a march of 62 yards from neers and became a full professor in 1907. Living almost upon Tech's campus, their own 30 yard line to the Physical l..nuwn to all studcnl.8, he has watcheu Educato rs' 8-yard ord inate where Hi and n•mstcd in the progress a-nd bel, the \'iSltors' signal caller, inter l'epted a pass and then the Arnold ~.rruwth uf Teet, kicker let. loose with a nice long punt Appreciating his Jlallt services to thereb)' placing the lea ther oval in a 1'cch, the Elcctricnl Euginecring De· less dangerous position . J'RUBM.Alf lfOTIOJ: partment tendered Professor Phelon At the start or the second period a farewell banquet October 30, 1931, Lefty Harris made a 20-yard run, placat t.he Worcester Coun t ry Club and presen ted him with a leather case- ing the ball again within scorinr dista nce Near the half Bigler's cohorta The chuinnan and secreta ry of the t win thennos set. resorted to aerial attempt.ll t o IICore but lnteriratemlty Council will meet all t hey proved to be unsuccessful J.o'r eshmen at 10.46 a . m ., lfriday, Ncr 1 n the third chapter of this atranp vember 6, in Room ~••1\{ . E. build· novel e n tltled "Up and Down" or ing (following Professor Coombs' lee"Getting Nowhere Beyond the Pive,' lure), for the purpose of receiving ex· llarris, Focr a nd Asp battered down pressions or preference relative to fra. ternity pledging. See Rule R·l4, page Newman Club AHair WiD Be iu to the "fatal fi ve" and with a first down and goal to go. the ball waa lott 95, Tech Bible. Bancroft Hotel on downs to t he New Haven t.e&m and Note that for this purpoee the term " Freshman" applies to any student en· Every year the Newm an Club a t then the fun bepn. The Amold full tenng the Institute for the first time Tech holds a lonnal dance in t he Ban· back, Sivigny, felt playful 10 he made croft llotel ballroom, and this dance believe punt , but instead the diminuthis fall. W. P. J. INT ERFRATER NITY is one of the best and most su cceMJful t ive left half, Berman, made a 30-yard COUNCIL, of a ll Tech dances. This year the dance duh to his ~yard line where he was will be held Tuelltlay evening, Novem· ahnost clear for a touc hdown, but Fotll Albert S. Richey, Chai nnan, Clarence A. Pierce, Secretary. her 10. Its coming before a holiday Tech's safety man, made a nice tackle makes it an ideal date for a dance. Ed and saved the d ay The firtt run must Murphy, who hu the best orcheatra have only been an appetizer to the in the city, has been chosen to furnish elusive Bennan beca use on the very the music. This dance is the fi 111t for· next p lay he spun a nd twisted for mal dance to be held this year. The another gain of 30 yards, and the few decorations are to be very elaborate rooters for Arnold almost went wild and are in charge of Charle.s Griffin. The Arnold backs plunaed the ball for Tests Show Water Polluted to 1 Every Tech man who attends dances ward to the ~yard mark and atDangerous Degree should by all means attend this one. tempted a drop kick. I t JUSt fell short, ~very thing indicates that it will be however, and it was the Boynton HilJ Each year the Senior Chemist.~~ ana.. one of the finest Newman Cl ub dances ers' ball on their own 20-yard line. Ek lyze ,·ariou~ Sllmples of water. This eve r held and also one of the finest of berg sliced otr a gain or 20 yards and year the first samples were taken from all Tech dances. The subscription for then Asp and Harris again brought the Lake Quinsigamond. The sample tak· the dance is three-fifty. Tickets may ball within scoring d istance. Drake was en from the public bathing beach be obtained from any member of the inserted into the game at this point across the lake from Tatnssi t showed r\ewman Club or frcJm the following and attempted to pas.<~ Tech to victho presen~e of bacillus coli bacte ria men : T . Crimmcns, '32, joe Fogg, '33, tory. Arnold's atrial dden11e proved in considerable amount.H. The pres- Bill Drake, '33, Harry j ensen, '33, john to I~ right. on the job a nd the Engi ence of these l>ncteria indicate~ that Trumbull, ':W, IJarry Smith, '34, Ed neers Ion the ball on downs, after totthe water is polluted and unfit for Barrett, '34. Jim Hackett, '35, and Ed ing 10 yards via the incomplete pu1 Cro nio1, '35. (Continued on Page '- Col. 1) (Co ntinued on Page 2, Col. 3)
Retired Professor is Tendered Banquet by E. E. Dept.
ANNUAL DANCE COMES NOV. 10
CHEMISTS TEST QUINSIG. WATER
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