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DR. JONES SPEAKS VICTOR SIEGFRIED TO CHE~USTS CLUB NEW INSTRUCTOR HAROLD
R. TOWNSLEY RECEIVES YANKEE INGENUITY AWARD
Describes Oevelopmentof Cioth E. E. Dept. Claims Graduate of , _ to Keep Silver from Tarnishing Stanford University as Member Cln Tuesda~ cwuin~.
(ktuhcr 21, nn ~nthu,aastae gruu11 of members of the \\'on~'ter l'hemasb !'luh ancl !ltudenl of tht! D~:partment uf ('hemastry listened to n most mtert~hng arldress at the l'ahl;bu ry La hum turic~ hy Prof Grinnell June~ uf Jlannrd Cni,·ersat\' on "The ( hcmi~t's ,\nswer tu Teehnolugat-a l t:nemployment ·• Dr Jones, who ha~ been teachmg 111 the Depart mean of l'hemis trr at Jlan·card 8 111ce 1900 is the autho r of numtrou~ publientions whic h include ~ubJCl'lS o f purely industrial application such as cxlal tnr produc ts, pyrit.c~. pota:-h, etc., as well n~ subJects o f purclv scien tifi c intere~~ as e\'idenccd h y hioc recent pub· licntinns in the ".Journal o f the Amcri· can l'hemical Sodcty" on the limiti11g conductance~ of clcttroly tcs aL infinite dilution. Dr. Butler, presirlcnt o f the \V o rces· te r Chemists rluh, in inLr()(lucang the speaker, oommented on P rof. j o nes' ability t o carry o ut re~arch along s u <:h differen t lines so sucn~~sfully. The s peaker s tarted ha" nddrc!'~ h,. ' t·alling the auenuun of the audience tu the fac t that although we Stem to ha\e a ~urplus of <:Ot\Qn, wheal, rultber, mines. blas t Cun1BC'C~, railroads, etc. a t·tually, there cannot he too many oi th ese necessities o f modern hfe Our p rc):(!n t t.ituation is due to the fault\' o rgan ization or the world The chemi~t and the engineer have inC'reased the efticiencr - u r manufac ture liO that a large po rtion of t he hard labor fonnerl y net•essary to prov ide the nece•~ities of life has now been eli· ''crtcd to o ther fields. In ndditicm to deer.:a•;an~e the hours uf lnhor, new in· dustrie ~ hovt• been r reated in o rd e r to prcwirh.• wurk fur tho~(' who ha \'C been clisplocecl from the o lcler Indus tries by the l'C'I nlirrl( or the ll'IQ(•hinc age and \.() e nrhh onr lives. \\'hn t i• ncccled now i!\ the l'reation of new and ~ alenble articles wh o~c m.lnufac ture will (."()llSUITIC \urplu~ raw mat~rinl a nd pnr\'lde pcmlanenl JObs for unemployed men T o empha~ir.e this J)(lint , Dr Junes gave n detailed ar<"~.un t of hi~ part in the developm ent of a nt" prorlm·t whkh 111 present i~ t'<•n•uming ~urplu'l t·o tton p ro,·iding em1•lv\'ment fo r men in fac to ries and a t the ~me hme lighte ning the lahors of hnusekecpi ng .\t t he rN u~~~ o r one of the manu fartun:r• o ( w tto n ()(1()~ who ((lund that he cnult! no t keep !lome or hi!l ma chints running profitnhly, Prof )<me~ set flut tu ctc,·elop n mcthotl of trea ting cloth thtmknllv so that it could ue ariatHerl to !'<)l,;t' new and speciali?ed use It nreurred to the ~l>eaker that cotton doth might he impregnated with
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cer1J1in c hemicals, so that the !mprcg natccl cloth could be used Cor polis hing lam i~hed silverware. Mtf'r much work an excellent silver poiJ,h wa1 devtloped but no sati sfaC· tory methods or impregnating cotton <'l• 11- wa th it cnuld be found The lrouti nued on Page 3, Col 21
.\m ung the arlditions to the faculty this vear is \ 'ictor Siegfried. an instru c tor m I he Electrical Enginee ring de· partment. lie comes to W cm:ester Crum the west coast, h:wing spent all of his life there. li e wca~ b<ma in Seattle. attended gram· mar and hagh school there and ul 19'16 entered Stanford Uni\'ersity Ile gradu· ated from there in 1930 and niter two years of graduate wo rk under llarris J. Ry an who is recognized as o ne o f the best autho rities on high \'Oitagc re· search in the country, he received his eleetrical engineering degree. It is of interest to note that while 11 student nt Stanfo rd he s tudied under Professo r Morgan, head (){ the E . E department here, who nt the time was nn assistnnt prufesor at Stanford. Mr. Siegfried " 'as Quite active in un· dcr~rad\Jate a c tivities while Ill S tan· ford, being circulatiun manager of the alumni directo ry and on assistant in the Alumni Asllociatio n oftke. lie wa~ a member of the A I. E. E .• c h"irman nf the Stanford branch in 1~1 and in those yea 111 attended the Pacific roas t Cmwentions. In 1932 he wa, c1ect ed lo assocaate membership in Sigma Xi 11 e b a ~ been a member or the Roy ...N'Out' of .\me rica s ince 1921, attaining the rank of Eagle Scout F or several yea.r.; he was nn instructor in various St'Out tead,•rs training course~ and wM one of the organizers o f Alpha Phi Omega, an ha nornry Scou ting frateruit)' at Stanfurd. 1n enming F.ru;t la~l ~umm e r he got a Jn 1> o n an oil tanker making thl• trip fro m San (•'rancisco w Fall H,i \'er in that wa \•.
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CALENDAR TOES, OCT. 319.60 A. M , Chapel Service. R ev. K . Btdroaian. t.30 P. M., Orchestra Rehearu.l. WED., NOV. 19.60 A. M., Chapel Service. Rev. X. Bedrosian. UO P . M., Band R ehe&.nal. THURS., NOV. ~ 9.60 A. M., Chapel Service. Rev. M Lowen. U O P. M., Glee Club Reheanal J'RI., NOV. S9.50 A. M., Chapel Service. Rev. M. Lowell , ,30 P. M., Orchestra Rehearsal. SAT., NOV. ' 2.00 P . M., J'ootba ll, R. I . State
vs. Tech, Alumni J'leld. 100 P. M., Soccer, Tech vs. Cltu"k, at Clark J'ielcl. 2.30 P. M., CrOll Country, R. I . State vs. Tech, Tech Coune. 8.10 P . M., Dorm Dance. MOM, NOV. &9.60 A. M., Chapel Service. Pres. Ralph J:arle. '-00 P. II., TJ:CB NJ:WS h sip.ments, B-19. UO P M., Glee Olub Rehearaal. 7.30 P . M., A. S. C. 1:. MMt.in(, Boynton 19, Mr. West on ''Steel Construction."
PHOTOGRAPHERS HEAR MR. RICE Advice and Anecdotes Hold Attention of Camera Men Wrclnc~day
1. 111\t the Camera l'lub HOLD MEETING hcnrd Mr Hwc• Mpin tlf the days wlwn he one uf tht• som~ yn rn~
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Interesting Talks Given by Dann the wurld, ll ollnm1KI. Mr !{in: was ohtn inetl hy the o lhccrs of the club to and Press J:•' c n hrwf tall.. lt> new memherll of --
l>unn.: the t-ourre of the La \ l \Yednc!'tla\' ni~ht a gwup rnm· the duh po~d o f faculty members, !i tudent~ c,·cnmg ht• da• na eel hi cx pe ricnt'\' in nne! \'i~iturs gathered in Sah,hun• the ficlcl ,,f paper 1\('gauves an<l color
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La boratones Cor the first the Skepticnl rhymist.~ Pre~ident E . F. Selleu. '3-1, opened the meeting at i :45 P :\1. and intro duccd the two ~kers o f the evening The first speaker wa~ Mr. Donn, '3.i, \\ho~e !:llhpect was "Ignitio n of Mag nesium Ammonium Phosphate." Whenever magnesium or phosphates nre to be detennined quantita tively, it Is cu<~tomary for the chemist to precipi. (Co ntinued on Page 6, Col. 3)
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photograJih)', nnd ga\e man y vnluahle hint'l to inure~ t th<' mtmhc rs on those ~uhjects a• well n thnt of pOrtrait photography nut or ~oursc it Y.llS anevitaule that •orne olde r mcml>er of the club, with •orne knowledge of Mr. Rice's vast store of onecclutea, s houlcl induce Mr Rice to tell a few nC them, and so, Cc~r the benefits of the freshmen and other new m(;mbc r11, Mr. Rice told the one about the dramatic: d onkey. H was during the film or Peter Ky no's "The Three Godfathers" lhnt the tragi c incident involving the don· key occu rred Briefly the story in· ,·olvell tho activitic~ of three desperate bank robbers, who, after making their getawl\ y run Into a <tand tonn. Lost CC ontinuct! on Page li, Col 21
IS SIXTH STUDENT TO RECEIVE HENRY J. FULLER SCHOLARSHIP Homemade Band Saw Shows Cleverness by Application of Old Auto Parts in Ita Construction
=-=------'" l\1EN NEEDED FOR GLE.E CLUB Band Shows Up Very Well at Mass. State Game DORM DANCES MAY BE J>ISCON· TINUED UNLESS SUPPORT IS OFFERED -The members hip or the Glen l'lub has been ine reasecl this year lo abmrt fifty men. This, however, is not quite as large a group as Mr. Green cle~ires to retain throughout the year. h will therefore be possible for about ten additional men to become members of the club. Regular rehearsals are held on Mo ndays and Thursday11 at 4 30 in the afternoon in Boyn ton 19 Anyone wishing to join the cluh mn) repo rt on ei ther of these two davs just be· fore or just after t he regular rehearMI~. The Musical As.~ocia tion Is looking for· ward to an enjoyable sea~n in which are included about ten important <:on t'erl8; at lcal>t Cuur uf these will be joint concerts Plans Cor the year were discussed during a meeting of the Mu~ical As.'!Ociation oflicers Those present were Mr. C:rt't'n, Mr. Fitzgerald, t'hllrlcs 11 mry, Gurdon Swlrt, Wesley RouNC, g()w~~rd Mtlr· kert, Kenwood Junes and <lordrm Lin· Cl))n, J\t the MasH. State gnmc thl' hnml Nhowed up very well. 1' hi!l ;11 tht first time they hrwc ever hncl nny cumpc· tition from the hanrl of nn ()pposing team. The Staters' hnncl wll!l here in full force with a mem!.er~hip of t harty· reven and a drum mnjur During the ba!C t.be Mass. S tate hand drillt·cl and ended their eJChihition hy tht> (nrma· tion of an ":It" ami a " \V" Although the vi<itQrs' hnnd did an admirable piece of work, o ur own bancl wall hero in all il~ glory The quality of the mu~ic that cmr hand produtetl far aur pru;scd a ny previous altl.'mpt~ which have been made on the Alumni Ath letic F'ield heretofore This dtmonlltra· tion of the hand 'R 11hilit)• proveft the argument of DirectQr Lynch that there are great po~sibil!tie!l in the Worcester Tech Band. With a few new men anc! the completion of our o utfit we s hould have a band second to none amcmg the 'E ngineriug Institutionft in the East .
FRESHMEN! Tech. News A11igrunente Monday at .. P. M. Boynton 19
llarolrl R Townsle\·, son of Mr and Mrs. Freel R Townsley. oi Arhfield (ncnr Greenfield). has been awarded the Yankee Ingenuity scholar:;hip Cor 1033 at the Worcester Tech, fo r the con~truetion of a band saw, President l{ alph r:aale announced today. This i~ one of the richest scholarshi ps open to freshmen in American colleges, and is unique in that it is awarded mainly on the hnsis or lbe amount of Yankee ingenuity displayed by the applicant. ('hapin A. Cutle r, !!On o( Mr. and
Mrs. Vaul II Cutl er of Springfield,
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celved honorable mention for his con· lltn1ction of a radio broadcasting s tati on o f unusual excellence. The seholarship was established in I~ hy Dr. Henry ) . Puller of the Wall Street firm of Aldred & Company, a trustee of the Ins titute and the son of its second president. The recipien t of the award receh•es 1600 his freshman year and an additional QlO if he qualifie5 for one of the regular college scholarships his sophomore year Tuwnsley is the t~ixth st udent to whom the award has been made. Loui• D . Green, of West Springfield, rN'eived it in 1928 Cor the construetion or a bridge at the Boy Scout camp in Padon. I n 1929 it was awarded to Gordon R . Whittum, of 28 Nel11on Place, W orcester, for the c·onstrul'tion of a sanitary unit at Camp Mnr~tan, Washington, N. 11. CiP(Iri(e l<alista, or Springfield , won it in !!XI() for th e con'ltruction o f an ou t· clnur Hwimmi ng pool near his home. Tn lfl:ll tlw award went to Raymond L. Moelle r. of Middletown, Conn., for the hullcling nf a model of a Napoleonic c·nach·nf state Lru;t year the scholar· ~hip wns won by John R . Casler, Jr A rancli!lo te for the llrholarship must ha\'e heen hom in New England and have been g raduatecl from a New Eng· lone! t>rcparatQry or high ~;chool. He mu~t ol110 have been admitted as a Pre~hman to the college. Tn addition, he must pre8Cnt a well·written account t1f the pmjt<'t he advancell a<1 hi! claim to the p01<se~~ion of an unu!1ual degree of Yankt!e ingenuity. Yankee ingcnuitv, for the purpose nf thi• compe titio n the trustees of the t•ulltKe have decided. "may be clefined n!l the unexpected or surprisingly ~imvle way of overcoming what appearA gcnt'rally to he a d.ifficult problorn, which may nr may not be mechan· IC'al Tl is the fertility of imngination in r!llntlon to practical accomplishment rlone in a very simple way. Jt may he conllide red u depending on three factors, such as the poverty o f m&· terial resource~~, practicallty of end, (Con tinued on Page 8, Col. 2 )
DORM DANCE SATURDAY AT 8:30 P. M.