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16, 1933
IH. L. FERGUSON TO
BACCALAUREATE WEDNESDAY
ADDRESS SENIORS
"Engineer and Citizen" Title of Noted Ship-Builder's Commencement Speech
Sermon Given by Dr. Benjamin Marshall at Central Church One hundred twent Y· three members of the grad un u ng cln~s of W orcester Pnl\"lechmc I nsutute in ~olemn proce<sion beh ind the gownetl memhe~ of th<' facul tv, filed in to Central L'ongrcga. ttunnl church \\'ed ne~day ml(ht a nd heard Rev Dr RenJamm T ~l ar«hall pa.«tor o f P iedmont C'ongregntio nnl church, u rge t hem to giv e the mselves "unreo;ervedly to doin g the wall of C od" M they set out in their chose n career. In the somber h lnc k of the a cademic t'IIP a nd g own, the young engineers li~tened to the bacca laureate se nno n. the: first of the ceremo nies atte ndant upon the ir grarlua tio n. Because or the constancy o r their e ngineering works, Re'' Dr Marshall te rm ed the m "Com · rndes of th e Enduring.'' P receding th e haccalaureate e xe rcises, ._.lliMiiililil the g rad uating class was given a reC'ep· • tiun in the h ome or Presid en t and Mrs. Ral ph Earle, II Boy nto n s treet He re
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EXERCISES TOD.~Y SENIOR BANQUET !SATURDAY TO BE FOR CLASS DAY A GREAT SUCCESS ALUMNI DAY
EDUCATION AFT- Harold Hammer, Class President ER GRADUATION - To Give Addre s of Welcome Diplomas Do Not Mark End of Learning Students Should Keep Books I.nl:x>ring under the ral~e imprc!ISiOn the d iplomas they receive in J une m ark them a s me n and women who hll\'e Clll11plctcd the prOCC~!I Of educn tion. most college grarlun tes c:I0$6 th eir m ind!~ to furthe r learning and start a ~teady mnrch to ultima te fa ilure or mcd iucritr in their careers, a ceorrling to \\'a lte r B Pitk in, ProfeR!;Or or J our· nali<m, <'olumh ia Univ cl"'i t y . "The colleges them ~el ves," Professor P itkin say~. " are largely to l>lnme for lhl~ attitude upo n t h e part o r t heir gradua tcR, Cor no t insisting in teaching and p rac tice that a four·year courhe i~ hut the hr~ t 111 1alhnl'1 t 111 t ht> life I n~ process o f educa tion. "The val ue of colltge yea r~ would bl' incr.,a~<-d tremendou•ly," in t he opin ion of Prore~sor P1tk in, "if !ltudcn ts left r •lkge im p re•sed wath the idea that ther have learner! 'how to • turlv.' and no more. A s it i~. grad uatio n is n s ignal fnr ~tudc nt~ to thro w awa y th e ir books ,,r <ell them for a pittanc e to second· hantl hook d ealers who look fo rward to June as n bonan7n month Co r replen· ishins: the ir s tock at 't~acrifi ce' price~. lln\'ing di5p osed of their bookA and attended commen ceme nt elCercises the ludcnts then frame their diplomas '.l'ith the fo nd hope a n d mis taken belie£ that life, in the ir own language will be thencefo rth 'a bowl of cherries.' It would be m o re profitable if t h ey sold thei r diplomas a nd kept thei r books." "Self confid en ce ,'' P rofessor P itkin r!e ·!are•. "is a distinguish ing mark or an America n the wo rld over and is re11 on tinued o n Page 2, Col. 51 tha~
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('Ja,s On} exem"'s ;~ t the \\'urn!,tcr Pol) tC!chnic h l,tit utt " ere hclcl n t 2 10 o'dock T hursday allt rnunn Ill .\ lum m Gy mnasium lln rulcl .\ llam· me r, of \\'c thersticld, l'nnn, J.llo' ffiltlllc nt d:''" J.lrt:~trlent, ga\'t: the t~~lc!rt"" of w ei· l"t>llle The dtL"-q histor~· wn.. n .•<U! hv W1llhnm A. Ander~;on, of :llnm·he~· t t:r, X . II , the d ill'S d a }' urn tum '' M mude by \V right 11. ~l mn e l, of P itt ' tie lei, pe nnnnc nt vit-e·pre~idcn t , ami the 1\'Y oro tum and the d nss trtc u ra tiun were ~i\·e n hy Gurtlu n I< \\'hitt um, of \\'orct'~ ter. T he prt• t•n· t.::&t iun ,If the das!l l(ift , n d rinking fuun tain to be se t up n ear the te nnis l">urt,., was ma de h) Joseph II h1~~. uf ~orthnmptun and the gift \HI< rc<CI\'Cd h ~· r\ dm1rlll J{alJ•h g arJc pre .irlent elf l.hc Jn sh lute \\'ri~h t II :\lan\'el, a .. pre~1den t of lht T ech l'ou n 1 il, pre~entccl the Tec:h l'ount 11 a th .ctic cha nns to memb ers of the class "ho \\ere tligihlc lll nc~iH~ them From four to '<.IX t h1 rW o'do•·k 111 the n ftem0<1n a recept ion wa~ g l\'t n at t he home of P resident and :llr Earle tu the gra<:luatin g cla.<s a nd their friend~ t he .tlumni, the pro{c~~uu and tn• tructors, and th ei r fa m11ies. The labor:n orie•. shnp~. a nd h m ld1nl(s 1\£ the I n <t atute were open for in•pec· tion in the m orn ing, and were v1sn erl h\" lar~rc numbers o£ the parcnL and frie nd s o{ the grad uates. The ann ual meet ing of the Corpo ration was lwhl at 10 :30 o'clock T he recen tly electetl pe nnnnent cl a ~s offi<'ers are: Ha ro ld i\ . H amm er, or We the rsfield, Conn , pre~iclent . Wright ll :llanvel. of Pitt!'field , vice·presiden t : Sum ner B S weeL..er o f W orce~ter, sec· rc tary; Ed ward K. .\!len, 1r , o f Sprang· field , trea o:u rer : George \\' Ly m a n , of (Continued o n P age 2, Col 4 l
Many Artists Discovered in Annual Meeting and Dinner WiD Feature List of Events Annual Affair at Santello's On T uc.,Juy C\e ning the ~c n ior Cia o;, Jtlumc"erl to Tnny ~nn tello's pavilion do" n h\' the l.akt fur t he uhl cuswmary ~c mur llanc1 ut' t It took httle time fur the fc,.ll\'llle~ to g e t unde r wnr perha p~ thlly m nv ha\t' Mnrted hefore whu t..nuw~o? The fuod Willi most de· lt·c· tnhle hu L few renli:-c:cl it. The cnl!·rtninme nt. h u th pru fcMsiontll a nd the :una tuur lcnusccl b)• t!h·crsc thina,:s l wa, vt ry well rcl·civcd . I L ib nppar<'ll t that hefure long ma n y o f thi• \'I ns' wil l he o.ppl ying for jo b5 in lca tling u rt he~trnq, thi~ ucca~ion hci nK un e in wlul h they mad e lh c1r d c hut The hriKhl liuht s o f the t..h en· trc mn~· •hi nt• furth w1th the name!l u ( rome rlrath clef)·ing. hrt ath ta k1ng aerial at t~ that ' tarted from this J>Oint . l t woultl he unfa1r not to m c nt10 n the u•lt nt R\'ailnhle fur an y Paul 13owser p rtomo tiu n , .\ lnl u l "a tcr P J will flo w un der t h e h nr!ge hcfo rc an other opportuni ty Jm• .(·nt 11 elf " lwre a perfect time ",, hml I •r u ll a mi the cia~' of '33 ""c a dt'lot of ~trati tutlc to ' Pa louk" C a rtre ll, ' ~1c:k" ~a·olc tt i a nd " A I'' \Vy. man fur t ht>i r cxtelltn t wo rk in p n·para l 1t111 fur tlw llanquc t .
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~nturdn r. June !;C\'t'nteenth , ha!l hcen .et a..idc fur ,\ lumna l>ay at the I nsl1tutc T he 1<1 hnul thr11111:h the medium uf the TECI! "1~ \\' S Wi•lnnnc, hnt•k all the i\lumn1 lo thl.' Alma :\Inter l~mtcrnnu.•w on the ll ill will h•)lcl open ho u 'ie! for all fr1eml• nntl pll!lt m••mhcn~ 1\ litlt Of f \' en ts fnlJ IIWK {I 00 ,\ M. Op en lnu;inc~~ m ee ting of the A lum na ('o ul ll'il. !) :JO A M. to N uon l.nhorn ttl ricR, l!lh<lJlS a nd huildi n ii'S ope n fu r in•JlCCti on The fnlull)' c~wn rl ~ a ;onlin l w;•l· rom t' to e, · N )'Il ll~ 10 ·00 A :-.1 Annual met-la ng u f the Alumm Associa tifln 111 Sindai r lla ll, the !'hnpel 1.30 P .~l An nual d inner of th e J\ lum nr ,\ <'I(Kintiun 111 Al u mnt G ) J111lii<IUI11
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The comm encem en t speaker for the 1033 g rad uating class o£ Worceste r Polnechnic l n~ titute will be ll o mer L Pergu5e>n, who..e to pic will be. "The l::ngmeer and the Citizen " l lomer Le noir Fergu~on was bom in \\'a)nts\·ille, Xo rth Ca rolma, o n March 0. 1Si3 lie a t ten ded the Uni ted S Ui te~ :-..avnl Academy where, in 1892, he \\as numher t hree in one or the brightest da••u e ,·er grad uated from tha t in· ' lttu u o n. H e t he n went to Chugi)W L'mn~rt>ity and s tudied fo r th ree yea rs. Jrn,m lSI).; to lOO.l, he was with the L1n llecl Sla tes N a ,·y Departme nt. li e has the reputat ion o f having been one of the mos t suc~:cssful con~tructurs in the serv ice. Duri ng th is time, h e served as nssistant nav al const ructor at t he l 'olumbi nn I ron Wo rks in Dalumore, a d \'l<;e r with Wolff & Z wick e r a t the Po rtland Na'')' Yard, wu s upen n tl'n· dent or cons tn1c tion at the Bath !Maine ) I ron Wo rks , a ssi'ltant s uper· m te ndc nt of construc tion at the New· port ~ e ws Sh1 pbuildmg and D ry Dock l' 1m1pany, and with the Dureau o f Construc ti<>n and Repair in Wash ing· to n On 11ebruary I, 1905, he became su · pennte nd ent of the !'\ewport ~ ew ~ Sh1pbmld ing nn d Oq• D ock Com pany , anrl ~im·e 1015 he ha~ been preSide nt anti general ma nage r of the comt>tllly. On March 20, 1026, at his sh1pva rd , there ol·curred t he m ell>t unique mult i· plt'i launching in t he no tewo rthy history of 1\merican s hipbuildi ng, namely the la unc hing of nine veS.!IeJ• o f five <.<! pa role tv pcs a nrl the la ving o r th ree kc:els for new ves.«els, lllr. Pcrgu50n nisi) had charge of recondi t ionin g the l, cviuthnn. l\lr Fe r~o:u son married Miss Eli:ta .\ ncl(l rson Skinner u £ Ken tuc ky in 11Hl6. li t I~ a mcmher o f the Alpha Chapter uf Ph a Be ta Kappa. Dur1n11 1019 and 1020 he wa~ p resi· dent 11£ the Un ited Sta tes Chambe r o r I 'ununt rcc, a nd t-ight yea l'8 lat.tr h~ wa~ p re!<uicnt of the Socie t y of Naval .\ rd uten!l nnfl ~I arine En gineers (uf ~('W Yurk l li e is no w Prc~jdent or the Far~t ~ ational Bank, ~ewport :\e " ~. \'irgi n ia Presu!e nt o f the 'larinrrs' ~l useum, ~e" port News, \'a ., Tru•tc.~e ca£ the \\'chh Jn~litute o f ~a\· ;~1 Architecture ( ~e w Yo rk); Trus tee of the 1 'nmcwa~ lns titut1nn of wa~hinJC· ton . l>m!rt<Jr uf t he :"alionaJ Council c.f .\mtrir·an ::;hiphuilrlt•r,. l>irt.'l'l<lr or the Natinna l J\,.~ocia tion o f 1\lan u facturt'Mt , Dare• lor u f the Nati onal l n rlu,. t rinl Ccmfercnrc Bnnrd ; Direc to r o f t he S tille Planter~ Ba nk & Trus t Co., Ric h. monel. \'11. ; Direc to r o f the Che11apt>ake & l'n torn ot• 'J'ck phon e Co. o f Virgin ia , I)lreNur or the .Engi11eering P ublic Survke Corporation o f New York: ~ l cmher of th e Ad vi110ry Committee of ~~~~~·;luhu<.Clt~ Ins titute of T echnology: Mr mllt' r of the BoArd of Manager!\ of t ho American Bureau of S hipping; Member of th e Na tlonal F o reign Trade C"ou ncd. Me mber of the President's C'ommi t tee o n Un employmen t ; Mem. (Continued o n Page 3, Col. I)