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WO RCESTER,
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NO. 16
I, 193S
Tech Bursts Mass. tate't; \Varren Zcpp, F1·esluuan, To Have Independence Of Thought Victory Bubble in Thrilling Lead in Masque Association's trongly Ut·ged Up e t - Score 59-55 Pr·ese nlation of " how-Ofl'" 1\lr!!. Bark e r , " ·e ll Known A m a l ('lll' At•l t'Nis, to !\take First T e<•h Appeuran<'t>
MR. RUGG COACIII G
Capacity Crowd Expected At T ech Carnival
Com t•cly h y Gt•orge K l'lly, Sup· pnrlf•cl h y Cnst of Kf'yi!e r. K Ntling, llit('hon, Amhler Tr\'nut~
fur "The Shcm-011" were hdcl ln•t w<.>el.. ancl the ~l n'fiUI.' t\-..::c,. dation hth found what 11 c:nn,irhm• to he.• on!' of the hest ra~t s evt.'r obtain c·d fur their annual production .\ 11 uf the part~. from the ll'arl to the mmur ruh-' are lillt-d by c:ocperienced amntun• nr tors and nct rc~::cs. l n acldition to 11 splenclicl t·ast tht• .\~sol'intlfln haq hnrl the gc10<l fortun<' to "el'ure ll ortic'ul tuml JJ all for t he prl'<:entatwn. ll or· ti<'ulturnl H a ll is one of \\'mc,·stcr'· linest "!~mall" hall!! wi th good <:eati ng arrnngtmcnt, remarkable nt·ou•tac~. and a very ndequntc stage. Frt•m all incli· rotions the plav i~ hound to he a grt>nt success. \\'nrrt:n Zepp, a rreshman, has bct:n chosen 8 -; male lend Warrt'n has had ex ten sive ex periem-e o n t he stnge, hnv· ing ta ke n p a rt in numcrou~ high schnol and other IOCtll piny&. II i~ ex perience and rem a rkable a c ti ng ahthW m ade him the una n imous selection of the judges to plar the part of i\u brl'y Piper, the Sh ow-otT. O th ers in t he cast who need n o introduct ion to the !ltu· dent body arc Edward Amhler who plnys tha part of ~l r. Gill, and as such h'l'! dtveloped a "broad 8t'tllch" that ~ould make "Bobhie" Bums grc•en "ith envy, Wa rren Keating who, as j oe, shou ld odd that well-known " Keatin~t touch" to a ny play before it be con· ~iclered hum orou'l; not to mention Carl Keyser, Carl I litrhon, :mel Gilbert Dav is who in n o sm nll wn y odd to the roundi ng ou t of the ideal rnst The three femmme rolt!l ~ hich are all tilled by very capahle nc trc!:!.t!l ~ecm t.o he of equul impo rtnncc to the plo t so it is impossible lu l'hoo~e the feminine lead Mts~ Lilltl' jobnsun needs no int roclut't ion hnnnJ: plnFd the lend in lnsl year's m asqur l'rod ur· ti1111 She hM had wide dramatic ex peri<'nt:e a t North High Rchool, anti Becker College. She portays a Coolish young girl who is in lovl' with Au brey; a social cli m be r who is di~:<nti~fied with her s tation in life. Mrs. Rarl..er, in the hole of Mrs. Fisher, p la ys a remarkable chara cter p a rt. Mrs. Ba rker is pre· sen ted fo r the firs t time on the Masque stage. It is no t h e r debu t, however, Cor !!he is o ne of the most ptlpulnr IQ<'al, nmat ure actre:<se~. She is well k n own to many Worcester p eople, due to h~r dramatic and social a c tiv ities. E va \"nsselin is also s te p p ing o n lhe Masque stage for the first time. Si n ce h er first appearance in dramatics at North R igh Srhool Miss Va~seli n h ns bee n bu!ily engaged in amature dramatics o f one sort or ano the r. ller m ost recent work bei ng d on e in the "State Mutual Scan · dals." Eva is best known (o r he r abili ty to carry comedy roles, aod (Continued on Page 2, Col. 2 )
Who Form~ Yuur Opi nions? SulljN•I of ChuJU'I Tulk By II. F. Taylor
Black Curtain Installed In E. E. Lahor·atory
\\' hen a man infMms nw t hat he 1<: o n ind<'p<'nclr nt t hu1ker I am incli n ed \ isuul Ob..,t•rvation Fa·oilh untl , oph to Compete I n rt'a,•h (or th<.> grain ul t'llh H hts Ai• l ~>~ upimuns are not t·ulurccl h' the Of llif(h Vohu~. For Annual Drruuntie thou ght~ of othl'rs he· ts n per~cm whu l)hf'noou·mt Su pa·<·mu<'y nri th er rend s n or li~tt· n ~ Itwn• ~rrn p nf n ewsp rint, l'\'Crv rndio wavt' ltngth :,;cr\'ing n~ a back drop to the Sl' tting \1'TF.'I/TIO'> C'OI•:D~ uf thl' l'ln ~ ,,( (or tll'monstrn tio n of high \'Oitogo 11 \\'ante<! one 11('.1llt~ous gal lnr t hl' ph!' numPnrl, a huge b lncl.. c urtain has lt•mtnint! lc.i< l in th~ 1:rcshman Cnrnival ~ki t, l'lticl skit to Ill' cnat•tcd n t t h~ h t'\' fl instal lrcl in the t•lcr tricnl en gitt· ecring laboratory. SinC'C' n high d eg ree twc.·ntv-sct'Hnfl .\ nnunl Tel'h t'arnh•al, ~<~turdav 1'\'ening ~l nrrh 12th H the ut clorl..ness i~ net·essa ry 111 the 'is ual Frt·<hmnnnrt wio~. t hc.• ahovc-ment ion<'d ohs('n •n t ion of numerous interesting ~ t ar will h:t\'e a row of ndmirers n t thr •• lat· trit•nl eiTedK, U1 e installation of the •tnge tlo<lr t~f ,\ 1\mmi Cymna l'ium longer lit'\\ n trtain fu lfills a m·ed long fe lt than anvthtnl{ 1'\'er . l'<'ll at Sl'huhcr t'~ or in t he la boratory. Wh1le the smalh.•r cwn at !llm~ky'~. Fnr further d e t.nils win cluw!l were cns il )• d a rke ned b y 11pe· d ol Rhndcs o f th o o rdinary roller t y pu, n·gurdin~ the net, st•e the a u th o r, Milton Letn<''<~'hl..n, m tht produrcr, i'~nrle the great door at \Yest Stree t was here· \\'eb,ter tofore take n rare of only h y n m ake· This n 1r. a$ m tllher \'CI.lrs, the shi (t a rrangemen t of tarpaper, nwk l'rc,hmn n nc.·t will hc.• thc first event on wa rt\ in ins tallatio n and inn<lcqun l c <\II tht• Carnival program AHhou~:h tht• n ~hil'lcl ns::ninst light. T o rectify t.he uretl 'IC\'crnJ in ~tructor!l of the d e porttttle 'rare uccording tu Leme~cka, the ht ad clramati«t, iq a~ y!'t mark ed with men t rollnbo ra trcl in tht• de~ign o f the an " X" meaning u nknown. thc•rc• ren ll)' spl't·ial curtain whi ch has s ince heen ts a -,ki t rump lctcly writte n. Th is, it sn•~ in place. It is twenty three fee t in S('Cms i!'l ('Ontrnry to the US\Ial prOCI'· lcn~,tth nnd eighteen feet high. dure . rommonh· t he rarnival au thors. Sever~tl precautio ns have bee n taken following the Holly wood c ustom , pick a in orde r to completely eliminate the titl e a nd then wri w n play nrouncl it , entmnN! o f light. The lower end oC hut this ~·ear's Freshman rlass is un· th e t•u rtain d rops into a shallow box orlhodo:oc to say the lcMt. Did n't they wh1le narrow, vc rtil'al , wooden strips pull lht' Sophomore~ through the pond hn vc been so hinged as to fold ove r in les~ thnn n quart cr of an huud 1\ t the c u rtain <'dge. The volue o f the an)' rnte, th<'Y rl:tim t hat t heir piny, in ne w n rrnngcment lies m th e fac t that addition to provifliug the usual rnmerly wh ilt' permitting lhe oh~:e rvntion o f wuch, w1ll afiord an opportun ity (or ph c n omenn so minute a s to be invisible Qnmc •l·riou q acting. All Freshm en with in dn vlight, the t· mlrmtluR c urtnin can dramatic tt bility a rc urged to he presen L ye t be qui ckly maneuvered by the nt the tryouts to he held t-nrly thi~ mo t ive pt,we r of an efficient one man week pow<'r unit. to pe rmit the ull4ge of the The Sophomore~ a re, needles..~ to say, lnrgc d oo rs. A eimilar curt11in, though nut s ta ndi ng by id ly; their s ho iV even ~mulle r in area screens the semi-circulnr (C'ontinued on Page 4 C'ol l l win cluw abO\'e
Dorn1 Recipient Of New Clock
BASKETBALL
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Powt•r and Form Tech Draws Up To Win
CAIYfAIN OAVIE SIIINES l\IC'E" '"' P ucoe!l Scoorer " With 20 Puintil, follow('(l hy AI llusluvilky With 1 2
\\' orce~ter T ech came thro ugh the ll3s l..c thnll wars lnst Saturday night with Oy tnl{ colors, altho ugh at timea it look ccl lik e the hurd tightinK enemy was guin~: tu llluRtl·r llll cnuu~:h Co ree to turn the ttcle 111 th!'ir favor Wlw n the final ~hu l wns fired , nnd thr l'mo ke hud d enrNI uwny, it wna seen tha t the Tet• h mu ske tee rs had w on in an up.•;et vil'lor\ over the Massachu:<ells S ta te wnrrinrs to the tune o f 69-65. S turtln11 off wtth u bnng ns Raslavsky ilOPilCfl in a r lusc- in s ho t nftcr n pasa fro m Jl'o rkey, th~ team displayed tho typ t• uf hn~kctlmll they an• r npnble of, nnd within five minutes had run up 11. scure of 16-6. Th t.' Ii tie up of Captain Mc Ewan, Raqlovl!k y, F orkey, Rushton a n d l\lunw n , lookc:cl real good u they prl!;~ctl und cut. and scored on legitimate sh 11 t ~ ns the ytmrd!l kept pos~lng tho ball in and feeding tbe forwards. McEwan and Raslavaky mAnaged to dent the hoop with regularity. Meanwhile the smallQJ', lttlcmingly outclassed Mass. Htu tc team, looked be· wilde red and nmared at the type o( team play they were farinl(. They fought hard hut Ru11hton and Forkey we re lnklng the hall off tho bac kboard a n rl giving it to ploy.mllkcr Rulavsky who would bring the hall d own the floor with the supporti ng east of Mun110n and lllt'l~wn11 . M1111~. Rtnte hnrdly looked like the type o r team thnt could take o ve r the high-ridin& Rhode Jsland State team , which they hod clone earlier In the ~~eason . T c<'h looked l!nfely on the rond to victory M the first half ended with T c<'h in tho vau by 11 t'omfortable margin 31-17. ron<'h fligl cr wns probahly the only perso n In the NYill who did not under· estimate the ability of the Staters. Ito ~howt'd his re~pe<'t fo r the enemy by s tartinJ.t his fir~~t team ngain at the P.G.O. und T.K.I'. Phwe S('c· o peninlt of the IK'('Oml half. This proved oaul und Thir.-1 R('sp ective l y u $Tl\Ar t move (o r the Stater• began to creep up liS they started to tsink tho l!h Otll they mi~l!Cd in the firtlt half. TEAM STANDING .Mcf~wnn started oft' the second half by Rush ton Wo n Lo~ t s inking two pretty abou, bro ught Tec h's advantage to 37·26. P ~- K ••••••••.•..... • 0 I P. G . D. .. .... .. .. .. .. 7 Thl'n t•nme the dc·luge The Statet'l T K P. • • • . . . . . . . . . . • . 6 2 s tarted sinkin11 them from all anales T . U. 0 . .. .... ........ 6 6 and brought the score up to 39-37. Ray T . K .... .. ....... ..... Ci 7 Srhlora, re pladng Forkey, broke the S. A E .•.••..•.. ..• •• 4 4 ice by scoring a free shot.. A. T 0 .......... .. . .. 3 5 7 S. 0 . P ......... ...... I MMII. S tate continued its ama&lng r~ X A . .............. 0 4 scoring Hplurgc and Cor11ed out in (ro nt 46-40 Here Raslavsky popped a I N DIVIDUAL AVERAGES C'ro n in , T K. P . .. .. ............. 95.2 leh homier a s the Tech supporten Rhodes, T . X . .......•.••....•..•. IH.2 !ICI't!amecl fo r the team to act &'OiQI. Stauffer, P . S. K . ......•.•••...... 93 Ras lavsky scored again and McEwan Lumber, T. U. 0 . ... ...... .. .. . . . 921J Hannigan, T . X . .. . .. . .... .. ..... 92 5 sent u1 ahead. The reat or tbe &arne was like a Gihl>'l, A. T 0 . .. . .. . . .... ........ 913 Olsl)n , A, T . 0 . ......... .. ....... . 89.8 nightmare o f n ow we have the lead, now Oa tes, L. X. A. ........... .. ..... 89.6 we d on' t. At thia point the forccourt Slu vin, S. 0 . P . .... .... .......... 87./S duo or masters Mc Ewan and MWliOO Blade!!, S. A E .. ... ...... ........ 87.6 Boswo rth, P . G. D ... .. .... ...... . 87 !;t.eameci up to clinch the came (or Tech. (Continued on Page 2, Col. () (Continued on Page 3, Col. 3)
Phi Sig Leacls Bowling Race
~frs. R. Snnfurcl Ril.-y Do· uutt·H Gramlfutlu>r Clock Through the generos1 ty o f ~fn: R Sanford Riley, he dormi tory whi ch hears the name o( her decea ~ed bu.;. ha nd now has a hea u tiful grandfath"r clock sta nding in the hnll wa'' near the m ain e ntran ce. T he clock is of ve ry high value havi ng a (a ce inlaid with go ld and a Fet of beautiful W estmins ter ch imes. The manufa cture r is unkno wn but the t imepiece was made In L ondo n man y >•ears ago T he clock bas become the c;tanda rd of the entire d o rmitory and m any of the Freshmen go to and (rom classes a ccording to it Th e girt of Mrs. R iley brings a m ore homey atmosphere to the dormitory. It is with deep app reciation that we regard this gilt f rom Mrs. Riley. This is on e of the m any gifts which Mrs. Riley has given to the d ormitory to make it a mo re decirab le place in which to live.
Di F~pluying An Early St>ason
~~ lna detl w1th n ourishme nt £o r opi nio n s
thnt you n rt• germ inating, o r wi t h po i· The ch ief problem t hat you and 1 have is to decide whose th in k mg is wo rth adding to our o wn , wha t is ge nuine, and what is in· !fp ircd h)' sel fish interests. Among American in stitutions that m a y s till be rated a s free is the press; th e press Is almost. who lly free, but it is no t independent, no r un biased. Edi· tors will ch allenge t hat s tatemen t, be· ca u c;e t he be5t of lhl'm take prifle in keeping ne ws reports free (rom opinio n or b ias. Until recent years thei r outlet for opm ion was t he edi toria l page. (Con tinued on Page 2, Col 31 ~on to de~trny them
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