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TECH MERMEN SINK WESLEY AN IN THRILLING MEET, 46-31 Franklin and McElroy Star as Tech Takes Six Firsts Out of a Possible Nine - -~~===============
STRONG TEAM SHOWS GREAT PROSPECTS OF UNDEFEATED SEASON IF MEN ARE ELIGIBLE Th~
Enginee r tank aggregatio n jour· neyed to Middletown last Saturday and met the Wesleya n swimmers in a dun! meet. The Tech team, composed mainl y of sop ho mores, won first place in six ou t of n ine even ts, the final score reading \V , P. l. 46, W esle.van 31. The best race of lhe meet w at; the 200 yard breast s t roke whe re Merz of th e Connec ticut team was forced to a new pool reco rd by J.'alvey of TeC"h, the winn er being o nl y a foot ahead of the sophomo re brensl·stroker. Tom ilkNu lt y, sick with Ia grippe on Friday, and naturally not expected to s wim his u sual event, surprised every· une hy goi ng o n the trip and copping the 15().yard breast stroke in the good time of I min. 58 3 (j sec. IT enry Frank· lin was in his customary good form and ea~:ily wu• • the 44.0-yard free s ty le beside being on the vic torious medley relay trio. \\' iley and Fo rce spla shed through fo r ten poillts in the 100-yard and 40-ya rd dashes. Port-e, franklin, \\'ilev and Mc Elroy scored an easy \'ictory in the 160·yard relay event fo r the li nal first place. The 1933 T ech tank tea m from all angle,; appears to he the ne w s tar on t.he horizon, and if the human fishes can "crnwl" through finAl e)(am week and remain e li!(ible an undefeated f'l:a· son is not at all improbable.
SKEP CHEMISTS HOLD ELECTIONS Parker and Soloway Give Interesting Discussions The Ske ptical Chemis ts he ld the ir first m ee ting this year o n Janua ry 10, 1933, in the Salisbury Laboratory b u ild· ing Leigh to n Ja ckson, the preside n t., conducted the meeting. J\ short busine~s .<ession preceded the discu ssions of the evening.
Louis Soloway, '35, spoke first o n "1'hc Detec-tion of J\rse na tes, Arsenites, and Phosphates in the Presenc-e of Eac h O ther." All or the mu t.eria I thn t he gU\'C, he had tran slated rrom a German chemical periodical. :\lr. Solowa y ariclerl much to the inte res t nf his expo$it..ion by performing the tests as he told of them. I {e tt.lso made use of some blackboard wo rk d u ring t he cou rse o f the talk Alfred Parker, '33. ~:n,·e a most in teresting disse rta tion on the " t'lnss itieation and Tdcntifica tion of Alco h olic Beverages." li e named , and gave the more important s teps in the manufac· ture o r many of the mo~ t fam(ms wines. Among the wines t.hnl he m en· tioned were Champagne, Claret, a nd llurgundy rro m France; Po rt, Sherry, and Madeira, the wines o f Spain; a nd alsq som e o f th e better kno w n Amcri<"an drinks , s uch as Rum, Whiskey, Cin, I nnd Ara.ndy. i\lr. Parker to ld of th e poioonous com· p(lunds that occu r in some o f t hese h«~,·erages, and ho w they n c l on the humnn hodv. lie demo ns trated the rurmulne vf these compo undl! 0 11 the u luck hoard . i\t this point in the mee ting, the elec __ ~fun of u tlkcrs fM th e c urrent year was J.lrcsuletH Ralph Enrle adclre..o:..~ed the hdd. Tho~e m en who were ho n ored member:~ elf the Newman Cluh at thei r were E verett Sellew, 'iH , wh o was meeting held lnst 1'ue:;t.l!l)' !'Ven in~: at clectcrl pr~:sirlcnt, and Kent Smith, '35, Snnf•>rd Riley 11all the new vice-prcsirlen t. The Junior Th" talk follows, in p3rt : counci lors are Howard Whittum, '34, "The \\\1rld \\'ar f~Jund me in \\'ns h· Charles Prar)•, '34, And lle nry Frank lin, llll(t<>lt, and thus- far from the s hell '3-1 The new Sophom nre coun cilo rs hrl' and tla: dange rs of tht: Weste rn arc William llutler, '3/.i, and Lutti~ front. &>lo wny, '3ii In the Burentt we hod responsibili ty , Afte r :uljournrnem t, refre~hmen ts we re hut tltJ real perso nal danger The ex· sen•ed. l'itln1t•nt was in cnckavori ng to ~uppl y to the hattie ztmc'l all ordnance gear that •·.,ulrl lot: needed or u sed there. Problems o f clc~lt:n came up At t1r~ t llltl~tl)•, "'me introduced by the long rang<' firing uur big guns itvlulgcd in P. S. K., A. T. 0. and L. C. A. l)ead· for the tirst time For instance, we locked lount\ uur turre~ guns would not run The n in e fra ternit ies have waded nu t tn hallcry properly a fter their re· c.otl, he<"ausc of the h igh angle at which through on e-half of lhe sch edule and th e\· were eleva ted. A draftsman in three teams are t.hus far undeleat.crl. the Bureau, g;,·en the idea in sketc hy Alpha T a u Omega has regi stered rour termq, designed a simple automatic air ronsecu th•e wins a nd Lambda Chi <·hamll(tr to accomplish this; in like Al pha and Phi Sigma Kappa have mann• r clifficul tv after difficulty was scored three vic tories. T . U. 0 . is right !Continued on .Page 4, Col. 3 ) l~.. ntinued ~ n Page 2, Col. 5)
NEWMAN CLUB HOLDS MEETING
Pres. Earle Gives Talk on Navy Ordnance Department
INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE lN TRIPLE TIE
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NO. 13
JAt-:. 17, 1933
CALENDAR TUES., JAN. 179 :50 A. M.-Ohapel Service. Re v. L . T. Miller. 11 :00 A. M.- Puller Lecture. Lt. Col. Girard L. McEntee. 6 :00 P . M.-I . M. Basketball. 7 :'6 P . M.- Oosmo Club meetlni, Sanford Riley H all. WED., JAN. lS-9 :50 A. M.-Obapel Service. Rev. L . T. Miller. 5:00 P. M.-I. M. Basketball. THURS., JAN. 199 :60 A. M.- Ohape1 Service. Rev. R. M. Pierce. 5 :00 P. M.-1. M. Basketball Basketball - Northeutern at Boston. J'Rl., JAN. 209 :50 A. M.-<lhapel Service. Rev. R. M. Pierce. 5 :00 P. M.-1. M. Baaketb&ll 8 :00 P. M.- Tech Carnival, Gymnulum. SAT., JAN. 21Basketball- Brown at Providence. MON., JAN. !S-9 :50 A. M.-ohapel Service. Prof. B . r. Taylor. ' :00 P . M..-Tecb News .Allailn· menb, B-19. ' :00-6 :00 P. M. -Prea. and Mra. l!arle at home. 5 :00 P. M.- I . M. Baak.e tball.
TECH LOSES TO TRINITY FIVE Skwarek Stars for Tech While Daut Leads Blue and Gold Las t Saturday night many Tec h ba~ kcthall fans witn essed a u exciting bu t rlisas tmus game in t he Alu mn i Gym. T rinity opc.11cd the game with :~ smoo t h passing uttack and skillfu l blocking. They l:t)on t(K)k lhe le nd with a 7 to 2 score before the T ech boys too k time out W consider ways nnrl mean s or foiling th e oppone nts. This conference was o r no avnll and the Connec tic ut boys con tinued lo ro ll up n !earl unti l nt lhe half the score s tood 10 to r, The blue and gold center, nob Dt1ut, w11S th~ J)rinc·i!Jal Agure in the way ul the grea te r part or T<w h'~ pn~scs. The e nd o f th e /ir~t half dirl nnt Mguc well for the Tech hCiys, hut the! Trinity team wu.~ due for a ~:real s urprise. The o pening of t he second period witneso;et'l the hcginning o r :1 furious at• tack h y the Tech ho ys which was more thnn welcome by the spec tato rs. The 19 to 5 lend soon dwind led to 22 to IG, whil e ~like Hkw11rck broke loose anrl add ed three field goals to our m eager !lCOre. Jn the mad rush DnuL was b eing totally clisregarrlccl u ntil he go~ t.nngl<'d up in some c hairs nnd had to be taken o ut for repairs. Jl e soon re· turner[ and a ccording ly the Tech ram· page waR ha l ted ; the 'Trinity men be· gan to add to their score with the same fury as the Tech squ ad. The 1'ech hopes of victory we re pretty we ll (Continued on Page 4, Col. I)
TECH CARNIVAL TO BE PRESENTED FRIDAY IN UNPRECEDENTED STYLE Carnival is to Feature Acts by the Two Lower Classes BOOTHS ADDEDASSEMBLY TO BE FRATERNITY BOYNTONIANS AND TECH BAND TUESDAY MORNING ARE TO FURNISH MELODY, PEP
Lieut. Col. Girard McEntee to be Speaker Tuesday morning at eleven o'clock the s tudent body wi ll be privileged to hear about, "Why the Ge nnans Lost the First 13attle of the Marne," as Lieutenan t-Colonel Gi rard L. McEntee, U. S. J\ ., explain s it. Wi th more t ha n th irty years of ser· vice in the Uni ted States Anny, d i· vidcd into t hree tours of duty , in the Ph ilippine Islands, in Gene ral Funston 's expedi tion to Vera Cru~e. Me xico, and to France in the World War, d uring whic h he served a s a s taff o fficer of the Seven th Division , Lieut·Colon el Me· Entee ba s witn essed three en tirely d if· ferent types or fighting. N ot only is the Puller Lec turer a military man bu t he is also a student, having 'a ll ache lo r or Science degree from Geo rge Washing· ton Un iversity und a master of arts d egree from N ew Y ork University. During th e pas t year he has addressed m a ny orga nizations u pon s ubjects pe r· ta io ing t o the a rmy. Among the o rgnnizn tions which he has a d dressed are the Military Order o f th e World War a nd the R eserve Oll'lcers Associn· tion , bo th of Wo rcester. At that time l,ieuL·Colo ncl McEntee was a member of the staff at F irst Corps J\rea IIead· q u arters in Bo~ton. Hi.s present tour or d u ty is with the 78 th Div i&ion a s as· s is tant c h ief o f sttJff.
CAMERA CLUB VISITS AND INSPECTS BUSHONG STUDIO Mr. Bushong Explains Studio LaHi
Wednesday, mem bers o f the
Ca.rnern Club ha d the goorl fortune to ~rpenrl on inbtructive as we ll as plea sant evening at the Bushong s tud io, unde r th e expert, II'U i din~: hands of Mr. Bu ~h ong, the eminent p botogrnpher, and Mr. Eugene T ully, the trave lling techni cal man or the Defender PilOt{) Supply C'ompan y. With an in formal a tmosphere prevailing, Mr. B unhong bcgn.n the mee ting, taking li~h tlnrt as hi~; subject. Into the discourse be fre· ouenlly interjected deserip tions of some o f the many knacks the professiona l photographe r acquires, now a nd then c alling on Mr. 'Tully for information or c- urrent developmen ts in t h e p ro fession . During the evl!n it1g Mr. nushong em· phn~izerl the impo r tance of light a nd ~hnde, in toning down the minor in terest of the po rtrait, in sulxlui ng t he pceuliaritie!l or t he figure, and most important, In obtaining definition or the bend by n s u iiable background. This he illus trated by usinf{ s t rong oro light on one of the members. Il e in· d icated the best source o f lig ht 8S be· (Continued on Page 2, Col. 3)
Un p rel'edente d in s tyle, lavish in app eara n ce, more enj oyable in entertain· m ent p rovidi ng and greater than ever thr seve nteenth annual Tech V . M. C. A. Carni val will b e presented Friday evening in Alumni Gymnasium. Five full ho urs of enjoyment will be con· t.nined in the even ing 's program which teet~ unde rway at e ight o 'clock . A "carni val ," in the real sense of the word, is e xac tly what Ost.lun d and his efficient a ssis tan ts have a rranged for the entertainment ol all Tech stu· d e nts and the ir friends. r~eaturing the prod uction will be the ever po pular freshman and sophomore a cts. The yearlings, under the supe r· v ision of Charley Fowler, have prepared one o f the mORt outstanding class skits in years. The class of '3& wilJ pin its h opes of gain ing the carnival trophy o n "Darby, Jr., and hia New York City En tertainers in Club Darby." This a c t will be a take off on one of the big (•ity's real night c lub8. J\ cast of 22 s tudents will be included in the freshman show and Charley Fowle r, mas ter of ceremonies, promises a real trea t t.o all "paying patro ns" o f the Club Darby. 'Othe r F reshme n in the a.ct include llarry T . Anderson, Richard Remy , Paul Do wney , Do nald Edmunds, Lau· re n('() Shields, Vint:eol Stromberg, II Rrold Cole, l~rancis Collina, Geo rge F ulle r, William Proctor, Roge r Guild, Norman Gaudreau, William Maine, Robert li onel, Anthony Caparelli, Ro ber~ Oruce, Murray Edinburg, George Es tes, William Tilley, Arthur Tripp and David Mo rse. !Continued o n Page 2, Col. 1)
MASQUE PLAY TO BE HELD APRIL 22 Tryouts to Be Held Februai'J 13 in DormitOI'J T he Ma~que is making an ea rly a n nouHcement w the effec t that Tucke rman ll n ll will he the ~etting o f the ann ua l p rcsen tAtton l'lf the Masq ue, the Dram atic C:lu h o f T ech. T he show in the fo rm of a mystery piny, will be given during junior week on Saturda y , Ap ril 22 and possib ly o n Thursday, April 20, depending largel y on t he Bllle l'lf dummy ticke ts. The Masq ue headed by Warre n C. ~a.l tma rsh. president ; E . Hugh Osborne, sccretury; Percival G. Ridley, treasu· rcr; John S . Maloney, business ma nager; llnrvey P. Lore nzen, general manager: Carroll M. J ohn110n , publici t y manager a nd Warren Powe ll, stage manager, ha ve obtained the service8 o( Albert F. Smith as coach. Mr. Smith (Continued on Page Z, Col 3)
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Published every Tuesday of the Coll ege Year by
'l'he Tech lfeWI Allociation of the Worcester P olytechnic InsUtute
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EDTTOR-IN.CHJEP
MANAGING EDITOR
Sumner B. Sweetser, '33
] . H . Vail, '33
N'EWS EDITOR Joseph H. Fogg, '33
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E . L. Barrett, '34
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W . R . Burns, '34
H . H . Franklin, '34
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W. M. Berrell, '34 J . V. R o wley, '34
DUSI NESS ASSI STANT Richard Barnard, '34
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THE HEFPERNAN PRESS Spencer, Mass.
luuacy 17, 1933
PREPARATION FOR THE FUTURE Wnat manner o f man a re you l That is the q ues tion t ha.t. every vo ung mnn must meet when h e passes from his coveted a nd gu ided h ov hoocl into lhe unchartered courses o f man hood l y in~; beyond. wh e ther he be or the highe~t ty pe of college bred or the lad from the In vest wal ks o f life. 1'(1 brea c h thi s g ulf, !$Chools have been fonned with sole purposes of fi Ltin g every y o u ng man "ith the mealllJ of carry ing o n succe!ISfully in Lh e p resent sorie ly. rs that purpose being fulfilled? lias the evil and u ndesi rahle side of hu man na tu re bee n corrected and done away with ? The ans wer to this has heen nppare ntly one thing, while in reality it is another. Science has made treme ndou s s trides in all it h ranche~ nf research and learning. The you th of the wo rld have bee n edu ca ted by the most intell ec t ua l beings for decades. And yet, look at this sord id condition of e \'ery count ry in the world today? Is this the ou tcom e o f edu cation ? Is this U1e re~:~ult o f the ever untiring efforts <Yf those m en who have e ndeavored to make th is world a better place to live in? Many of the leaders o f the country have been educa ted in the best of schools. Why weren't they fitted to prevent the t'Ountry from e n tering into its pre!>en t condition? T he only thing that seems to answer th is is c haracter . Whut of character ? ·Educ atio n is not m o ulded with character in t he ~chools. According to Doctor Butler, 'President o f Columbia Universi ty , sch ools pay a d ispropnr· tionate amount of attention to the testing of intellectual a c hieveme nt!! nnd' too tittle to the evidence of a proper moral and socint progress. Lc L c haracte r ta~e the leading role and give educ ation a smaller part. Educational leade rs nt· tempt to prove this statement wroon ; let their failures answe r for the m . Ch a rac· ter is the backbon e of m an and must be retognized ns su c h. When integri ty is placed on • hifher plane and is proclaimed to be the prime quali ty o f man, then, and not until then, wilt present difficulties be averted. It is t.be popular opinion that the solution to present needs will be subm ittecl l•y e ngineers. lt is true that accurate and so urJd thinking are esse ntial, but it must also be honest and devoid o f all grait. Even you a s s tudents o f Worcester Tec h will play your role in the immediate years to co me . While a t school, get your train ing and get it for keeps, but don · ~ make the mistake or overlooking the development of your ch.o.ra.ctcr. Then you can p rove to your prospec tive employer what manner o£ man you are. Do n' t go with the herd of u nbelievers cut step aside and .l et them rush madly by y.ou. Yo ur school p rogram is devoid of o pportunities for development of charac te r. Ge t into a c tivities o utside o£ the ciassroom and build that desirable trait, ne ve r forgetting that it is t he man Y•ith character and integrity who will succee d and b e nefi t the na t ion and not the man with mere intellectual ability.
YOABIOVAL !Continued f rom Page I, Col. fi ) T o date, the Sopho mo res have been rnth e r su ccessfu l in k eeping the1r skit unde r cover. Under cover wo rk o n the part o f the N EW R reporter hns d ivulged, howe ve r, tha t thu Sophs a re pre paring a typical circu s ac t . William ~;. W yma n is direc ting the a n tic!! of the '35 men. Not the least im portn nt feature of the evening wi ll b e the frnternitv hooths All ten of the fra ternities o n the Hill will he partak ing in the me r· rlme n t an d the "lines'' offe red h}• the barkers will pull m ore tha n a few laughs. No carnival o £ recent years hns bee n comple te witho ut the ever p op ul ur J, Edward P itzge rnlrl. Thi~ tim e, .1. E Jo'. Is bri n~i ng alon g his fine gro up o f mu·
J anuary 17, 1933
TECH NOTES
CAMERA CLUB
TECH NEWS KKWS PHONES
NEWS
sit·inr1$, the Bo nd and t.he Doyn to nians . The forme r g rou p, d rille d unde r the able ba ton o f W illinm L y nch o f the \\'nlherg a nd Au ge Co., will keep things pepped u p d uring ''bus iness" h ours. while t he Boynto nia ns will furn is h the melodi C!..~ fo r tbc cla ncing wh ic h is to fullmv. l 11 kucpin K with the tre nds o ( I he ti m~ the price o r ntlmislllo n hn!i d rop ped In twenty-five rents. So, let's all ~o. fl:'lln ws, nnd help put the " Y " ;,ver thf.' tllJ) once mo re. And d o n' t fo rge t to (lr:tg aln ng lh o:;e evilR o f mankincl . . . r.:irl11. .\~~is ting gm il Osllunrl in m11ki ng th e rwressa ry nrrangem ent R were J ohn S . :llaluney , L-eighton jnckson and Ptlul Guc rnse r. P nul R. Swan, execu ti ve secre tary o f the "Y" ha s s u pe rvi sed the p roceed ings us usual.
(Co ntin ued (rom Page I, Col. 4 J ing a t an angle or for ty-five degrees from the ho rizontnl and forty·five dc!wees from the (ron t o( t.he face. H , huwever, a d ark backgro und is seen next tu the s hnded side of the face, t here ili no defin ite o utli ne marking the face, l'filled la ck of ddinition. This lack o f d efin ition m ay be cured ca sjly in nt le ns t tw o wars. The ea s ies t is to p la ce the head so that the s hadow side has a hg h t ba ckground. The Pther is to mako~ t he hea d o ut· lrncd o n the shad o w s ide by back· lig h ti 11g from a spo tligh t. The same principle hold s lor the ligh Led s ide . £J e re a dark bnckg ro un d t:lea rlr o ut· lines the head to best a d van tage. A ligh tly woven IJiac·k cloth is he ld so that its s hadow ca n be u sed to make a pro minent car or a ha ld head less no ticcnule. All of t he~e fac to rs of light and sh a d e a re found in good po rtraits, and they nrc t.he t.hmgs thnt plea se instinc ti ve ly The d~itors were cau· tionecl not to use lig hti ng that came d o wn from in front o r straight into the Ca~:e. f t is this raw li ght which makes s napsh ms the crude things they are . 1\lo reo ve r, the care ful use of re flec ting Hurlnces is esse ntia l to th e good p ortrait. Ji this is no t rlone , d e tail in the s hadu w pf the head is los t, making for a one-sided portra it . ~ l r Tull y th en tuok up the discu s· ~ion with n rc markn hlc set o f po r t rait.s and scenes, us ins: th em t o s how the <>f· fects of d ilre rcnl j.(racte.o:; or enla rg ing nnd contac t pape rs. H e p ointed ou t the surprisingly d iiTerc nt e ffects to h e o btJtined wi \h t he variou s grades. The m c ml •c rs h eltl 11 tivoli' onrl crilit'al di$· c ussitlll a s t hey gT()uped abo u t the prints. App lic a tion s of 1\lr. Bu sh o ng's te nchingll we re formed in nbundrm ce, ns Mr. Tully po in terl o ut the highligh t$ a m ong the s a m ples. i\ n ew id ea was introduced with the Nh~lwing o f a po rtrait o n reo! ca n vas. wh ic h p roduced mu ch r::l\'orahlc commen t. ~r r. T ully's t·apah!c e xpla nations a s to the fine points I')( the a rt. clea red u p ma n y d oubts, a nti l\lr. Bus hon g's e ne rge tic d isc ussion kept t h e mcm hers linge rin g lo ng pas t c u rfew.
MASQUE (C"unt inued (rom Page I, i.'ol. i\1 is ''c ry well (lualifled fo r the job a~ hE' has directe d seve ro! p la ys nt South I lit:"h S'·hool where he is e ngaged a t prese n t, in addition to maki ng a fi nu re puta tion at Spri n gfield tligh S ch ool where he directed seve ral succes~ru t pi A)'S. The pla y whir h is to h e pre~cn ted this yea r was written by A. A . Mil ne, the p o pular :lutho r a nd is c alled "The Perfe<'l Al ibi." When p la yed in Lond on for the fo urth time iL was kno wn as "The Fo urth Wall" p robub ly bccau~e the audie nce form ed the four th wall, k nowing nil the secre ts wh ich the p la y. e rs thcmseh·es do n ot k no w A novel s ituatio n exists. unli k e most p lnrs the aud ience kno ws who the mu rderer is fro m Lhe out~et, a nd Lh e p lot is cleverl y wt>rked o ut so as to baffic the p laye rs a n d there seems to be no exp la nation to the a p parent s uicifle. The murderer is finallr caught throu g h the cleve r work of the her,)inc. Ll o w I Come and see fo r you rs elf. Th e ca s t will in clud e three wome n 1111d eight men. None of the parts ttre tnkcn ns ye t :<0 there is a c ha nce for e ve n •bod y. T he tryou ts Cor thc~~C (lnrt~ will be hclrl :1t 7:30 P . :If. l~ehruary 13, lll3.~. in the receptiorl room irt Sn nford Riley Ha ll. E veryone in te rested, Fresh· m:rn or 5enior, wi th o r wi thout <''<peri. cm-c is urgctl to come and ln·m1t, 1' hc prire of ndmi~sion is lowe r th:~n cwn twfnrc, this year. Dumm y tickl'ls will be in th e hand s o f s tudents in~irlc nl two Wcl•ks. D uy early nntl he sur~ tha t you !:<' t a goclfl sea t. (~5F A l
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psychology re quired his studenls to
~lecp in d<L~s so that h e cou ld d eter-
mine the most e ffective pitc h for a n alarm cloc k." There's n oth ing like a college ed u ca tio n.-Dukc Chro n icle.
A. I . E . E . MEETING The regular mnn Lh ly meeting or t he W. P. I. branc-h nf the A . J. E. E. is to be held Tu~day n igh t a t 7: 15 o'ctoek in Sanford Riley dorm The speaker will be Mr Canan e, manager of the American D istric t T elegra ph Co. The A. D . T ., whose co ntrol office is in t he Sla te r b ui ld ing, p ro tects Wor· tester's faL·tories, ba nks anrl p ub lic b u ild· ing!l t hroug h its e lec tric communication syste m. Of specia l inter<'~t will be the d emons trn tion of the compa nv's ne we.~l fi re rle tecting appara tus which expose~ the prcsenC'e of t he ~mallest fi re in a ny l.milding in whiclJ the apparatus is in· s talled. All those interes ted in electrkaJ eng in eering a re cordia lly invited. Re· freshm en ts will be served .
A. S. C. E . MEETING .\ m eeting of the stu den t b ranc h of the A S. r·. E . was held Monday "'·cning, J a nuury 16 in Rov nto n fl ail. Mr. J nh n A. Jo h nstone, rli ~trkt e ng ineer wf the ~ l ass. S tate d epartment of pu bl ic wMks, gti\'C an in terest ing ta lk •m the ;\{assac husetts h ig h way syste m .
COSMO OLlTB MEETING t\t se ve n fort y-fi ve on Tue~d:w. J a n. ua ry 17, t he c'oe;m o Club will hold n mo nth I}· tnee tin~ot in the R(!cep ticm Rnom o f ~n n fo rd R iley IIntl . An illui'· trated ta lk o n Germany hy En Hlhl Krippe ndo rf, '3(i, will he followerl b)• a ).(enl'rnl di scussion and re freshme nts. .\ l'tllll p let.e turno ut of the regular m~'ln · he rs is ex pected and a ll those intcrc:oswcl n re l'ortlially inv ilecl ln a t tcnrl
CIVIL E . NOTES
DID YOU KNOW? Tha L the lirst e n largemen t. in the Ins titute plant, a ccording t() u plan developed in 1883, was to have cnr luded an ndclitiou to Boy nto n Jl all a nd the CQnstruc. tion of a chem ical la bora torr? A forw.flve foot ex ten sion was to hn ve been made at the west end of lloyn Lon llull, to double the size of the chapel, provide d rafting rooms for the c.:ivc l on· gineers, !Jhysics classrooms anrl a libra ry. A h vo·s to ry chemccal lnhu ru tcl ry wall to hn ve been huil t Just north of this ex tension, np· pruximately on t he nren no w occu p ied by the ~l echa n icnl En· gi r1ee rin g build ing . One Clf lhe main objec t..~ was to free Uorn tpn ll all of t he disagreea ble odors s titred u p by the c h em is ts. The whole p ro ject was estimated to ('t>~t lc.<:S lhnn $-10,000. hu l the tr u~lees were u nsuccessfu l in their e a o rt s to raise the rnt111ey ::iolln a fte r this a p hysics lahora. tory was fi lled up in the hase· mcnt, and a lihrury o n the first floor ()f Boynto n Jl a ll.
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N»WMAN CLUB CC:o n l inu ed Cro m Page l. C< •l. I ) cncuun i.c red a nd ~>unno un~ed through lcJ ,·n ltv, sklU, and ct~ope ra t ion. Gett ing thf.' army S.'lCely o ve rseas was the major task <1f th e ser vice. That meant arming t rnn$pOrts an d supply l't!sscl!' wi th guns c liec ti"e aga ins L u. hoa ts, th at is, 1-(llllS o f three to six .m·h··~ in caliher .'\11 in a ll the Navy h n i:,:hed a nd delive red d uring the war 3, 178 g u ns o f ~ 11 c:ali iJer~. m ostly guns ror thruwing dep th c.:hnr~es. We furnis her! big g un ~ fo r British m oni 1.0rs, ten 11"/ 51 to the I tnhans, and some ll 6 g un' o f G'' 14" to o ur ow n army. Though it t:rkes frum srx to eighteen rmm lhs l<! bu ild n g un, 1742 vessels o lhl•r t han those of t he rc~:u l:tr Na\'y wt>re s u p plied with guns, ammun ition, a nd nC'Cessories. From our expe rien ces we know that wo r is \'Cry cost ly : and si n ce a good memurre of prepa red rh!~s will prevent war, it seem s hul s imple common sen~ to maintai n ou r Navy and :llerchant (Cont. on Page 3. Col. 4 )
Ou January .i. 193.1, tlle F~lt•u ltv au thori ze~d lhr: ina u~ru ra tin u ttf th ree c lcc· th·e m urses to b e !riven in th e ln~t e ig ht weeks uf the sct'onrl term in tlw Sc n iM ycnr . O the r regu la r C'<>u r~cs will he rcduco.'d in order to nll o w t imc for t ht~se new clcl· ti ve t:n urst~'l, The fi rs t uf th ese is Prinei p lcs c~f Trans po rtu ti<m . wh ith d ea ls with the 1! \'olution a nrl h is to ricul hn ckgro und of me th urls o f trnus p o rtntlon a nrl inl'l urlcs n com ple te s tud y of modern rnilrorul ~c r" i<'CS LltHI wate r transpo rtatio n Th e ne x t elective course is c\l.unici pal gn. ginec ring. Th is is n ~tud y llf l'ily pllln· ni ng a nd it.s prnhlcms s uch a s trat1i e l'lln trot, s tree t clea ning a net 8now re· mo vnl. The la s t t•our!;e is St ruc· tural Analysis whi ch has tu do with the method ~ of ana lys is o f cont inuous g ird· en; ::t nd frnme~. wi th s peri al re fere m·e TECH STATIONERY to re in f~~rt•ed con c re te cons tl'\rc li on. Mo nday af~ern oon P ro fessor Ho we un· New Seal: 68c Box mlun(•cd to the Rop homore Civil sections thn t co nsideration was hei ng g ive n Special discount to Tech students on Drawi ng Materials and Statronery to the possihi li t )• of urra r1t,:illg , in CO• operatio n with the \Vo rl'es ter Art Mu~eum , an optio n in arr hi tec tu m ! l' n· gi ncc ring . li e explained the probable 286 MAIN STREET natme or the wo rk in this co urse ond askcrl th e membe rs o f the class to con. ~ icier the choke o r s ut:h tlll o ptio n to com menc e in l''ebru::~ry.
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LUNDBORG & CO.
QUAUTY LUNCH
PHYSICS DEPARTMENT NOTES
129 Main St.
Dr. Heth a lte ncled the mectin~::s o f the American As.~c>l"ia ti•lu for the .\ d · EXTRA GOOD FOOD vanl'ernl! n t o f S c ience a l A tlantic City AT REASON ABLE , PRICES du ri n~; the Ch ris tmas holidays a nd represen ted the W u rcestc r Chap ter o r Sigma Xi a t th e annual <"O nVC' ntiou ll c Estab lished 1821 Incorporated 1~18 wa s tlfl in te res ted liste ner a t t he d ehate hc t ween Millikau und Comp to n on ('()g. rnk Ra ys. 154-1 56 Main Street Dr. D ull h A~ rcrc ived two requests WORCEST ER. MASS. frum Russinn c n:.:inee ring colleges for t'\)111tllim c nta rv l'Opies o f his T ('xthnok of l'hrsics, "old is h, soiled enpies." bein~:: H ardware, Tools and P aint
Elwood Adams, Inc.
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FRATERNITY
PLEDGE DANCES Ka p pa held a dance Ru tu r
Lighting Fixtures and Fire Place Furnishings
Phi Si~nm lin '' ni~:ht in ht1culr o[ their re\'en l pl,•rl~:cs ut thei r home n n Dl'nn S treet. Sewrnl irwitl"d gul!llts from the l lill were pre~c nt a n d cnjo1·ed the evl• ning 269 Main Street The m u sic for th e danci ng wns furNext Door to Plymouth Theater nished b v the ~htsic \\'ea ,·ers. Sigm a Omega Psi F'rntc rnit.y bro thers nnd pledge~ enj!li'Cd d ancing at llrig· BL U E P LATE S P E CfA LS 3;;c to flOc h::tm, on Ja nuary 7th. The occnsion for TAnLE AND COUNTE R SERVICE this semi-form at functiu n wnl' the Ira· Eat with the rest of the caor h!rnit y's annua l p led ge dance. Dnnc· ing wa s enjoyed fro m l!ig ht to twelve EXOELLENT FOO D AT RE ASON· to the rlw thm of the Sl n copalers. ABLE RATES
Lorraine Restaurant
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II i'lllr\' np~J ts 1t-clf The snphn tlaim' 1 rnursc in cr•J!<wtl wire• anti th1~ l'nn~t:ln t may he ac~·~ptt-c\ h\' th• fnculty a~ a recugn1n•<l me thud u[ pro •11o1n• d\ ils nrc s llhJI't'ling tht• t·.unpu~ hunwcl out lu~es knowu n' ~. E. 2 c~clun: tu its nnnunl chswruun 111 the !orm ,,f The unl'nrallcll'd !!asc "1th whit·h the a ~urn:\· anrl the rc-ult• ul this , rnp mstru tror lo.tnds out "(l" ;h a munthl" * .\ n Ill trun<.~r m th~ ~I I~ tit.! I a ' l ,( trnnsll ~atl'r" l'ht·c·kl'd thc tinrhnJ.:' mark i< W\U<in!: m:uw ul the Juni••rs mcnt uttlft•d the thought 111 .1 grnup c•l 1 I' t'\'&Clu-. \'Cars \\lth tmc ,ncllllllt tn think ul duing '<>mttluiiJ.: .thout it l'rv£ !lh•', r is ch ·t·nH·r uw somc u1 t ht• mur~: dc•ptrah• have <'H•n l'i\'il sturknl~ that m.lll\' ,,f tl c prnlt pn•,·i'""' for thc nth t imt· th.u l n~ti\llt.. R•ulll lt'tlll~ldcrt·tl ~tud"ing. Ct•t tlkt hcnn:, lt•ms hnnrlt•tl in lw th:u '''l'tlon lad<t•d tnuu \\"est t u ntun ~~ n ~trnigh t h1' Satan, g<'t thee hent·~ th" ~pnrklc uf originnht> and he tru,·,·•l • this to 'u"P''' tr~d j.:.llhcrtng, 111 th• .uHI llwnt1011 and :->al,,.hun ~trt·cls 111 lt r,,. •t 111 the m1tlcllc ,.j ln<titute Pun•l l>t·an llt·rl><.•rt T Cvmlun uf the L'm tlraiting ruum hefun• the lime ap· h·n·r pr~uplt• tlw ~ •·in I~ \'Crl-it" nl \\'osh ingtnn <;;~\ 1- man\' .tu pomtecl Tu alia,• hi• untu<t 'll~pit•iun• • • dents gl\ ,. th~ excu.;e of Lnn• ttlr flunk it ma\ loc stated that th<.! 1hthn1lt' of gatherin~: a quurum in 1hc draft111g It hns ht'CII trtllhttunnl durin~: lhl' ing Some tun~ ago ont• uf thr studen ts room t o es tablish the l'tlrret•tnc~s 1'1 a ,i, il 'h'"·cll im: ):U IIwring to cxpl""' at S!'t of nn,wcrs hefore <lilt' minute ••i lt•tll:th that, if thl' t'i\' 1ls were takin~: thc hac! that tmuhle hut after 11 time ht On t he huur rcm<l\es nil 'i'I~Jrtulllt,· lor our l'' '<tudcmt" in other ckpartm~nt~ nskt'cl fur rt'otlmi~sion, lw !'fild tn3-<~ prnrlucttun. ll t1\\ ,.,.,.r "c\rk 1h,1 t .art• -uhtet tt'd tel, the l'i\'11 whn <lui nut the J'lt'lltlllll hlnnk, tht• CllleStiOn \Ills IS, mnv we say, chet· ktd h\ the stu lll.<l..t• T.m \leta ur S•~:mn X1 ""ultl lot nskccl if the cau se of failure had been r<'muq•tl The student wrote· " \' cs. tlent.<;, " suht cctcd w I his prut't'ss f••r ;•n t,·nn·cl 111 tlw oult•r cl.trknl''' the $ole purpose of saving the instruc· In 1<- there has upJW:trf.'tl a littlt• ch111ht I married h<>r ·• tor frnm the lnbor tlf huntin)( out tr ·'" 111 the rdinhih! \' u£ this tht·on n111l mr" 111 lar~~ numlx:n; ul papers rt111l thi~ qucstiumn)t uf an almc•st .n n•tl NICWIIIAN CLUB n •1. nh. moist rcrtainh ""' \nth th.: l:l\\ I ' ~·au."t'<l "" thl' \'en· dt•ntcntun· (Continued from Pa~:t· :.!. C'ol fil luw thuu~:ht ,,f cleecption In t lt•nst that " "hat the instnu t ur :\l;trm,. .1 t tl proper s<.rl.' nne! effil"ient·y.
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Have you tried our bachelor bundle?
EMPIRE LAUNDRY COMPANY 19 Beacon St
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Court Dining Room 75 Main St. J:scelleot l'ood at Reuoo.abJe Prie• Table ler'riee
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The Fancy Barber Shop 89 Main St.
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*** ILLUIIONt One of H oud ini'• moat tpectacular etcape f eatt WIU performed with a h uge milk can filled wltb wate r. He invited penon• of tbe audience to brine padlocks and lock him ioto the can. H e got into the un, the lid wu put on and fastened with several p adlocks. A acreea wu placed In fr ont of the can. Auiatantt atood by with ttop watchn and fire axe• to ...e bim from drowning after a certain time. About a minute later, the screen was removed, Houdini waa seen p antioc and drlppiac .•• the pad lock• remainloc Intact!
IJUILAHAnONt The uaual method of e'!Caping from a milk can it a1 follow•: The lid of the can is apparently securely padlocked to the lower portion, hut ncrually the met al band to which the wraple• are nnached ts rbe top of a short inner lining. Th e performrr, after being locked into the c:an, pu•he the lid upwud with hi~ bend and the short inner lining is forced out of place, permitting hi1 etcnpe. The $Creen b then removed.
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ft.f .Fl7N TO DE fibo££IJ . . . ITS MOJM' .Fl7N TO 1fArow What exciting magic there is in cigarette advertising! L et's look at one of its greatest illusions ... that cigarettes can be mysteriously given superior " PLAvoa:• THI IXItLANATION 1 Just three factors control the flavor of a cigarette.The addition of artificial flavoring... the blending of various tobaccos ...and the quali(JI of the tobaccos themselves. Quality is the most important. Artificial flavoring can never wholly disguise the poor flavor of cheap tobaccos.
The blending of several cheap, raw to· buccos cannot improve the fla vor of any of them . A fine cigarette is a cigarette blended from costly, ri pe tobaccos. ~ It Ia a fact, w e ll k nown by l ea f to. bacco experts, that Camels are made f rom finer, MORE EXP ENSIVE tobaccos than any o ther popular brand.
This is wh y the Came l flavor has never been rivaled ... why Camels ha\·e given more pleasure to more people than any other cigarette ever muJe. In more costly toborcos lies the secret o( Camels' delicate "bouquet" ...o( their rich, cool fl avor-of their non-irritating mildness. Jt 's the tobucco that counts. All tbe nat ural good ne s of Camel's tobacco is ke pt fresh and ricb for you by the air-tight, welded Humidor Pack. Don't remove it. Jts moisture·hroof cellophane also protects your Camels from dust and germs. Put a pack in your pocket today.