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NO. 20
WORCESTER :\1.\ SS, .\PRIL 2. 1935
PROBLE~t
ON HU~1AN RELATIONS TO BE TOPIC OF FULLER LECTURE
M. I. T. Professor Will Present Demonstration Of Methods Used In New Course In Analyzing Human Relations In Industry PROFESSOR MAGOUN AND TWO STUDEN TS TO ENACT WOOlEN MilL SITUATlON lldit•\'IIIJ.: th;st the most 't:rtuu' m.t.tl..t•• maclc hv the vuung J.:raduntt. \\ t.·r•· nut crrur> in c11lculu~. rhcmistn·. M ens:i nct.•rsn~: thcorv, hut mi!ltllkt•s the urt of hancl lm~: people, in 1!)\!S llt.• s~whusi.'US Ins titute of Te~·hnololf\' start<:d an t•lt•ctive cou rse intended to nwkt.• th e :;turlcnt n o t o n ly sensitive tu the ft'NSIIIl~ llf expe rie nCe UUl t'a(ltllJJ e tlf making " pcne trn ting and efTel·tiw anu(\·,ss u( $UCh problems hotb before anrl alter thev occur. ,\t the Fuller L-ec ture on April 9th, Prufes~•r ~l.1goun, assisted h>• two s tu <hmts. "ill prt"en t some oC thts wo rk in humnn relntion~. The aim of the t·uurse i~ w 11ive s tutlen t.~ a renlization uf the net·c~sity fnr good mcthtttl in dculinu wsth o ther people nll well ru; n grounrl sng in \that con stitu tcs goucl mcthutl l llustrnti,·e p roblems taken from n<'tuol ta•es a re studied, but ahta\·s with the cmpha!<i~ on that !<lru\'· turn!, multslateral. J}Cnetrnting. ul) hftfl:• t1 aiiiity~ss wht ch charac t;ri res. j:tucxl method Thu~ t he ~ turltnt i~ tr:u ntd tn thutk fur him:-;elf in a field wht:rc there i-; nu htxh• of du<'trinc unci where he • ~ t'cllllpcllccl to net at the CronLier h~\·tuH I thc u~c of s t ereo types ontl wlwrt• formlslnc ur n (a!!il" memnry will a\'nil little. 1•:\'t!r\' tdTorl is muck ltt trmu the s tudent tu l'tmsirler c,<tch pruh l1tn frum all sirlt-s. nut JU~>t [rum hi' ul\n point Hf 'icw. ond to think nlwiUI the pruhlt:m strm turallv.
STUDENTS MAY "GET" PROFS. IN ESSAY CONTEST
"American Mercury" S •onsors in Essay to Deride Accomplishments of LL.D., Ph.D. and D.D.S. Legislators
1'ht• "•\ mcrit•an l\h•n·un•" will pnv S.iOU tor the I.Je$t e~<n\' submit t\•tl hy nn untlt•rgrnrluate nf an~ ,\ mtnu\n col· lqw on th<' suhJ<'t't "Tiw Proft•~ul'1 c:ut tlw l'nmHn- lntu Th~< \It'' But \\\· t':tn Get stOut" Xu ' IIIII' nl.ln will tiCO\ the tru th oi tht• fir.,t pnrt of t h!' ahow ~tatemcn t \\'nqh in~;tun, ll ('. i!! today m cmm wslh rt•••••nth• uncm· pluycd pmfcssnr~ nnw c.n l)(.•rldt•cl in tht• gon·rnmc nt p:wrolls lh1•n· nflit'!' holdt•r ss 1111 LL I), a Ph.D., nr u I ) D $. nncl e' 1·n the meanest ~t1•nogra plwr hoa~t;, an ;\I .\ . Rcalizins.: that no o ne l..nuw" "hat 11 prufc,s<~r ss trnng to ~~~ \' ur do II'! "ell as nn unclt'~rnrluntt·, f ·he \mt rit·nn :\lerwn" mnk"' tlu' npp,·al w the student~ o( the nation fur n ulution t<l tht ddlkultses intu '' hid1 t heir lunner teat hers hnvc •unk us nlmm,t h"vnnd r('t·nll Jlurthem1ure. it is al)(jul tinw thnt lht• \'OII th of the notion hat! ~111l1!' thin~ 111 sny in the rl!gulation of uur nllnirs The fltl\\'(•rs of {:0\'l'TIInlC'nt ho ve bee n tor lnu Jnng in Lhc pabil·rl fin.:•·r~ of ~:n·d~t.·IHd< "Tlw .\ mt rio·un \l trnsn··· '' prrf<·t·th ,,,Jlms.: tn .u the n:lliunal l:'""rnmt·nt t<&kc n ~~~~r hv a t·nmpt•ttnt ,\ft~:r 1ht dn~~ had cll'lliS'l'CI l ht• '' uclwt t 1umil ancl i~ p n pnrl·tl tu sup· funol.um·nt;s ls "hirh underlie a prnhlcm p11rt t.-~ri-ln tinn tHwiiNI that l'ntl Tht· in applvmg fur n Jllh, >.nlt·s, di<cipli rw, hcl\·s l'<'rtrunlv <·an •lu no wnr t- than l'tt·.. t•l•·• h:d mrmhcrs of the das• tht ulrbtcrs tune ;slr~:udy tlou~t• 0 11\'i untlt•rtakt· t11 hn nclle 'lll h a ~i t ua tion in ''"'"'· nu llllln <lwuitl he· allo\\NI to tlw 'lussroum On Tuesdn~·. ll n warcl "" unw tlw mantle of r~lfht• until Ill' i~ R c;11mcr and t'laxtun ~ l onro, Jr. two t•il(h t N• n n ar~ nf ngu. hu t. IJhviou , ly of P rulcs~or ~lr•Ruun's stud e nts, will nl~u in the fact: o£ whut now l(oc·s •111. nn lmn<lll• a problem in industrial n•ln tiun' man shnu lrl he allowed tn !ipllrt the If thi~ 111\'ul\'lllK n s tril..t• in a \Voolt•n l\liil mnntll' nfler he p:t!'.•cs furly The\· w1ll h, fn('ecl hr l{a,·mclnd ;\ cri, twrt• lrl\\ to>flnt·. till' SuHllt wuultl hovt ''"an·r ancl labor union ll.'acllr fmm <t·nt llucv Lons: hnd, 111 t ht c·nnc c· lllllc< ticut who h a s been thrcmgh thl.' hral..t-. 111 IH:l:l. an•l ~enatur llurnh nttual ~stuntwn o n which the problem tH>ultl ha,·e l>e('n ttu setlv • pm)•inl! Ida ho pota to hugs fur, lo. thee las t ;, ha,t•tl tlmw nor'< W hu l'an tl111\' hut that Case DemonatraUon tht· ~{· suor doss at ll nr\'arfl w<Julcl t·om The Gnnwr \\'tll'lt·n :\li1Jq are lnrotcd port it,t:lf with morc di~mty in the in a small ~~·w J•: nglnnd town of nl K1 Ul ~t·nn te thnn the p rese nt inc·umllt'llL'il :?:,on pcopll• The only o th e r inclus Lry t\ twcnt)'·nne rear uld presid ent Hur· in the tuwn is a somewha t larger mill rou ntlctl h v 11 ca hincl o f the nvC'rns:e "I" mtcd bv n ri\'al conce rn . 1n Hl30 IIJ.(~' oC twenty mil(ht ge ~ ~cnn~ thing rsh l mnn Gnmt•r rclsred, leavml( tht done ,\ ,. hdorc stntcrl this ccsntl·~ l fnr thtmill in th~ hands or his !<On Y.hll grlllluatl·<l fmm ;-.r I T in 1920 11nd lw't (·~-ny on the above ~uhject i~ '' hu hu worl..ccl 111 the mill "''er ~inlt orl('n to an\· "bona Iitle" unclrrgratluntr IGrnduatc tudent.• art Durin~ the larger part oC 1!1.12 not rn the lantl t mhn•n profes~or!; nnrl mu~t therefore n ~pincll~.· turned because of t he de· pru t•m. In 01tol>er. 193'2. a few loom• he harrcd ) The best cs!'a y receivNI he· fme !'~ptembe r 1, 103;) will nt:t its 1\l're !ltartcd. \\"age~ ranged (rom 20 , on ng au thor s:;oo " The i\merir11n cent~ to 70 t•ents an hou r . Earl y in ~ Jc rl ury" regre ts that the d ollars will 033, hC'ftlre the N RA . came in to being, l >e aNualh· wor t h on ly 5.11 cents npicce n gtme rlll raise of 12 "~7" wns give n but tht>re again the prorc~sors are to thn•u~:hout the mill. When the N .R A h lnme No essa y ma y he more than ~·uclt wa~ adop ted, the snme 11mount of 2.-100 word~ in length munev wn s in each man's pa\· envelope (Con tinued on Page Z, Col. 3) (C'ontinued o n Page 2, Col. 1)
DORM DANCE
CALENDAR TUES., APRIL Z-9 :60 A.M.-Chapel Service. Rev. P. B. Van Born. t :30 P.M.-Intramural Bowl· ing, T. U . 0 . v1. Friars. WED., APRIL S9 :50 A.M.-Chapel Service. Rev. P. B. Van Horn. t :30 P.M. -B and Rebeanal. Intramural Bowllnr, T . X. va. P. G. D. THURS.. APRIL '-9 :60 A.M.- Chapel Serv:lee. R ev. R. L . P ackard. t :30 P .M.-Glee Club Rebeanat Intramural Bowllnf, L. X A.
vs. S. A. Z . 8:00 P.M.-Muque
Rehe&r~al,
Oomtnons R oom, S. R . H. Last day to rqiater for con · diUonal uama.
FRI., APRIL 69 :liO A.M.-Chapel Serv:lee. Rev. R. L. P ackard. ' :30 P.M.- Intramural Bowl· lnr, A. T. o. v1. s. 0 . P . SAT., APRIL 68:00 P.M.-D orm Dance, music by Boynt onJana.
MON., APRIL 69 :liO A.M.-Cbapel Service. Mr. M. L. Price.
AWARDS FOR \VINTER SPORTS l\1ADE AT ATHLETIC COUNCIL MEETING Twenty-four Varsity Letten Awarded For Basketball, Swimming, Track, and Relay Members and Managers =======i'l>
ER ICKSON NAMED MANAGER OF PHI GAl\1 WINS BASU :TBALl - EKBER Y MANINTERFRATERNITY AGER OF SWIMMJ NG SWThtl\UNG MEET
Two New Intramural Records Set In Exciting Contest Last Thursday In 1111 l'S•·it ing and som ewh11t h ril limlt ~wimminl( snc••l, last \\'edn cS((ay and Thur10clnv af ternoon ~. Phi Gamm11 Delta t: rntern it\· ~n,tl)' re wined its suprcmnt'\' 111 tille r-fraternity s wim. mmg <'trl'll'' h\' clrll•n ting rts neare~t ri"nl, ~i.:mn .\ l11htt E1>~ilon, by II pnints P hi <:nm !l('urt•rl :lO puin L~. S. A F. 111, Phs ~i~; {), Lnmhda f'hi and Prinrs r1 ttpicct•, nnd Thl'ln Chi 3 points. ln till' trinls lwtJ 11cw intermural ret' l!'nn t inucd on Page 2, Col. 5)
FRESHMAN CLASS ELECTS ELLIOT AS NEW PREXY
JEAN PICCARD WILL LECTURE Is Secretary; Spofford, HERE TONIGHT RogersTreasurer and Burke Famous Scientist To Appear Be· fore Local Chapter Of Sigma XI -T hss cvening nt e ight o'dock Tec h will he ho~t to o ne oC the m ost Cnmo us men in the world Or. jean P ircnrd. He will he the l,'ttellt of the local ch apter cof ~s~:mr.1 Xi T n c ngi net• rin~: mc•n, nr. Pict·.n rd swell!~ 111) intrnd u c tiun . The n e wspaper'! h n vr p rinted s t oricR nhou~ him, his llight~ intn th e ~tmlo~ph('re, nncl hi'l fnmi lv life time nnd n~:oin, but the tun· " ill ncter ~:mw olcl r n 19.1.1, he nntl hiq hrothcr i\uS,"\tllte P irrard, ell'· ''KIWtl the hnlloon gontlolo which he u~et1 in hi~ 103 1 flight from D etro it for th e ~tudr of C'o~mic Ra ys. Dr Pic· c·ard is at prellent a qsociatcd with the llnrtol Rescnrrh Pou nclntion a t Swarth· more, Pa. T onight's lec ture in thr Rl cctricnl En· gineering J,erture 'llall, will b e o n e or interest to :•II Terh ml"n , eRpecially with the cnjn\ nhl~ program which he i <OChetlulffi to give His discussion oC the de~sgn o f ~orne o r the special instrument~ and fintl in~:•on <·n•mir rnvs, a mi the s tory o f a hi~tory.making flight will be illustra tctl wi th slides and a film
N 0 TI 0 Z I -If any "Alma Ma~er" 101111 are in the stares of completion, it la requested tb&' they b e aubmit. ted as aoon u poqlble ao u to be juc:Jced with thoee alread7 ill.
.\t 11 llll.'tting o f the Athletic Count'il ~lomlav night t hirty·four le tters wt•r•• ntt arcled to men participating in win ter !1pur1 s, fifteen men were award · eel l'ln~• numerals in the intcrciMs llns· kl•tbull und HWimming contests. Tht• 1 mn••·il also nnmed the mrHJajjt•rs nnd thctr nqss~tants fo r the 1935·36 sea· •••n l lcrhcrt J. Erick8on , n member o r P hi Si~:mn Knpllll, rec.:ei\•cd the man · n~owr:-hsp of t he basketball team for ncx t 'enr X amen ns his assistants \\ ere l'hihll (; Atwood and Oana W . \\'t><Hiwanl. The ne w swimming man· agl•r 15 t\JCrc cl C. E kberg, Phi Ssgma Kappa IIi~ n ssi~tants are Raymond ll .fortlnn nnd Beverly A. Benjami n . J us,•ph R. ll astings, Lnmbcln Chi Alpha was nlunccl rnnnnuer of the track team. Assi~tont lllOnttger of track is Raymond I{ LinR!cy . Husl..e luoll plavers receiving the vnr· Nity " \V " are l'apt. joe Suka..\..a , ~ur· man Svenson, I larold F ll cnril·kson, Mn111hall Donn, Charles Smith, l rvina Bo ttr hc r, ancl Jllannger William E. lllc· Ka y Bnsl..ethall set·ond lt!tters were aw11rd· eel tn \'iswcnt C rublev~kas, Jumes Ph(']p~. Frnnl.. Jenkins, Paul Dcrgstrom, Arthur MooRtt, Ri chard Elliott, j ohn ()' l>onnull, Pe rry Cl11rk, Richnrd 1\fun· so n, unci r lintun E. Leech, manager. The fulluwsng rc~·e iverl their van.i ty trtwk lt• ttt•r!l, C'ap t. Jark McGrath, .In< k (:crmo ine. Gilbert Ashwell, \Vii. hnm Jlli~evt> th, Ed J!ntch, and William Prawh!\' Hdny letters were awarrled to Ed li n tt h. Gt·orge Puller, Francis 11 arvey nncl C:ill~trl Ashwell. The winner!! oC interclass hoM..etball, till' juniors , recci\'ing class numerals were Ntmnnn Svenson. Frlb: Henrick· '<111, Vim·ent Cruhlevskns, james Ph<• lp~. l rving 13o ltC'her ttncl Pe rry llnrk. ::;uphumnrl.'s winning their class num· emls fnr intcrclnss s wimming were j . ~l urri•nn Smith, H11rris Jlowlancl. Ed ll11n•un , llank Dearborn and W illiam llu,.hr ll, while the freshmen awarded num crul s were Rohcrt Evans, Paul :\h1111hv , l'rcd Wiley nn d AI Carlson. l.s~t
Historian On W edne!<tlay, March 27. the c.loss 11f ·a.~. v n ted for class officers. The cnndJciatcs Cor o Oice were: (or president, R. Gran t of Kenncl.lunk, Me., R . Elliot of !'\rw R <>t he lll•, :-1 Y ., E . Vickery of Mill bury, M. Whiting o f Norwich. Co nn . fm ~«:rrctnry · R. O' Arlen o f Mt. Vernon, N. Y., H. R ogers of W orcester, B Wil ll4m of W orc-ester; for treasurer : j . Linrlegrcn of £dgewood, R. l ., j . ~l llllgc t~ o r \V c~ t ~pringR eld, Ma$8., W. ~pofford of Mnrblchcnd , !.-tass.; for his· to rinn : R. Burke of Williamsburg. R. Da v u f Methuen, and S. S t111Jo rd of
Oxfurd. Before the election Vickery withdrew hts r nndidacy but O'Brien's o ffered withdrawal could not be consti tution· ally accepted. The coun ting of the \'Ole~ ~howed Elliot in the lend Cor pre~iclen t with 104. Grant with 48, and Whiting with 3. Rogers got the secre• tory's p osition with 105 ; Wilson got 49. In the race for trea surer, Spofforrl wo n with 76, Mudgett bcling second with 59. Burke wns elected historian with RZ vote~ while S tafford was next in line with G2. The new cla!!s officers are Elliott, Rogers, Spofford, and Burke. In ac· cordance with the class constitution the vice pre~idency must be run off between the two receiving the next highes t num· lJer of pre!!id e ntial votes , i n this case Grant anrl Whiting. The elet•ti o n committee consisted o f W illiam Leck ie, Rom e, N . Y ., Richard Mu n~n or W o rcester, John Peavey o f Springfield, Roeer Squire o f Fall R iver, and R ogc:r Young o r Norwich .
- SATURDAY -
8:30 P.
COMMITTEES CHOSEN FOR COMMENCEMENT WEEK Joe Johnson Is General Chairman The followin~: men have been chllbCn the Se nio r das.q o Oiccrs a nd jo~ph l uhn•on , ~:cneral chairman , to serve ()n tht• mmm ittee~ which are preparing fo r I mnnwn1'!·men t week. St•nio r Rnnquct Committee: John Po wer, chainnnn, Dick Falvey, Or rin h )'
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St·nior P rom Committee: Plumme r Wiley, c hnirman, Bill Sullivan nnrl Charles Smith. (Continued on Page 2, Col. 3)
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