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Jl ~ l O R P ROM Friday Ni«ht in tht> Ho tel Da n · c-roft at 9 P.M.
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Tau Beta Pi 1-Ioltls pring Pledging At As emhly of Ap1·il 12 Tbrct> Mcauben; of Junior I Class, Schlora, Goldsmitla And Colenaan Honor ed
New Addition To Be Ready By June First
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Attend Junior Pt·ont Friday GuC'Sltl of 1940 l\ten Huil From Chicago To Paris, Fr unce
lNine ]tmio•·s Tapped by Skull In Impressive Ceremony Today
Tau B~·ta Pi held ito, -pring vlcclgmg n1 th(· n~'('mbly 1111 \\' l•<lm·•tloy, .\pnl 12. The 1Jicdgc~. all m~mi.Jerb of the llalll'd ,,.,. "Aml:fll'a's ~winK :-;t,·h~t.'' Jlrt<cnt jumor class, Ktchard Coleman .I"'" ll.n me" and 111~ ~·umpflll) vf fi ftecn (I( E~til. ~outh Ca rolina, Leonard Gold· t:tllntetl mu~icians und entertain<'rs will Entire Salisbury <Jnllh 1•l \\'orc~~ter and Raymond pill'' l•'rult•y eYemn~:, .\ prtl 14, ut the ~t·hlura ot \\' on·e~tcr. \H•rc the tnl•n Laboratories To Be ll:ull'rpfl ll mcl fur t he ~c:ah1 J unior ,cJtot'l~cl rrolll the upper l i!(hth or th~ir Prom uf the Cln~s of 19-10. With only Remodeled dn" n!' hann.: conlcrrctl honor upun ·••ur fla '"' rcmai null(, Chai rman Eel thr1r .\hna :\Inte r bv cli,ti n~:ui~hcd Tho: lir~t JJfll)t:ct uf r ... ch's millinn llnfe,· lllllllllllll'C" that la\'urs han· hccn ~,hola,...htp and excmplan· tha~a~ter (I' <Iollar huildtnj:( pro~:nun 1s now ncarl r pun·ha ....·rl lltlfl final decoration plnns IIIHI.ergr~cluutt·~: Ta~ ~lc t n P I ~ s the l '·ompll'tt•cl. l'<H1SII'Ul't lun ul the ne w hn,•e been compleh'cl, T he comple tion t•nspneenng SOClCt)' Similar tu Phi Bctu X llrth wing o r the Salit~bun• Laht~rn ul tht-'l' la~t two itl·ms culminutcs a Kappa of liberal arts college~ II igh tnrie, j, l'lt)II'Cted to be finished nnll nwnth ul hnrd work on the part of 'l·holar<hip IS th<: furemo~t requ1rement the hmhhn~: read\· to ut•cupr bv Jun ... thl.' .Junwr Prom t'om m1ttee a nd t hey (or members hip, Lut in utlditJon, tht lirst. lL~I thut all whu n1t~1u.l the Pmm will men pid-.1:11 must he notewo rthv in The new wing w ill contain 11 lur.:~: l)(' pl~l"l'd with the l'X!•t•llcnt £'1\l~·rtnin· ~opurts ur art ivities to <ll•note n well· lecture wum w be used by both the men I ruunclecl development l'hcnll~t r~· und Physics department• lln ym<·' l'hannnlj.t \'ot•alist . Burhnrn folemnn 1'1 a member uf Lumlwla 1 h1 Tins hull w111 !<ent \!'J6 nncl is equ1ppNI llurnl', nhuu t whom httle has heen ~aiel .\ lphn and ror the pas t year has l ~t·cn "1th its o wn ventilntmg sys tem 1\cl 1u rlutt•. will he lcnturcd with the or· pre!lidt>n t of the \\' P 1 Debnlin~ )oini111: the lecture room will be tw11 l'ht·~l m u 1 the .I unior Prum. T his :-\o<•iet \', partit·iputinl( in interrollcl(iat•· l<:l·turc prcpuralion ruoms. The gust lovely young bruni' IIC is widely know n c!eh:ne~ Lust '·ear hi' l'~~uy on un·hi 1 a•tnlclll will he a Chcmiral En~c:inl'~·r· 1ur lwr •lliPealin~: n•mlttions uf mnnv ttl'turt \"!l))lllrt'r! the ('1,.-._ Ill 'i9 C'-'-:1\" 1111! .. hup, lhe large center room WIJI of hllla,·, mo~t JIUI)ulnr son)( hns tmze. lwu~c the F.lcctrical La boratory of the l<onni~· l'hasc ami llyde Rogcrll, two Schloru WIIS president or hi s cla~~ u• Phvsi!'S !ll'pllrtment and in the W c~t ma l ~· ''"I':Lii~h. will a lso he fcoturl'<l nt a sophnmorc and for the pas t t.wo ha>cm••nt there wi ll be a special rc· t he P rom Hnrs hac; heen a mainc;tay of Tech's ....arch ruom for Physics. T he re is to The Junior P rom will ina u~c:urn tc the nark basketball team li e i ~ a mem ll<'r he a doorway t hrough the present wet•l-cnd uf fesu\'itws which conclurlc' or T heta Ka p pa P hi fraterni ty. foundat1un wall in the hnsement of the Cold~mith is a m e m l>er or Sigma , 11(1 hui l(l i n~: conncctin~: the t wo wings Omega Psi fraternit y. He has been a u~,·n u!it! uf the new facilities se,·crrl member of the varsit y tennis team fur room" in the Salisbury Laborntunl'· 1" o yea r" and la~t fall he held a re~ot w1ll I~ rt:mudcled and ada pted to new ulnr berth un the soccer h·nm u..;cs Room 38, t he old Chcmi!lt ry h;<'· Peature ~peokcr at the a-.,cmbly wn ~ turc hull, 1 ~ 10 1.1e made over in to twn Siclne.'' K Mon ur . ta<•ue "' . the c'anu<li1in lar~c:e reeitntion room~ and t.he pre,cnt ~luunted Pulice who rhspell~rl mu•.h u 1 hemi,tn• lecture preparatio n romn the romantic a t mu•pht:re a ..•uc1ated "'ill he !'\Inverted into on office. Rc10m 11ith his work. 12R th~ present P hV!ll<'!l lectu re mum, will c·cm t.ain offices for th e Chem i~uv ancl 1-' hy~•cs Uepart.mcnts a nd a sc1ence hhrnn· for both departmen ts. The preparauun room Cor the old Ph~·••t~ h·c·ture hall will become a reci latiun mom Hoom 36 will he Cl)11verterl imn a P hv,ICIII Chcmhtry labora torv anti Eliminntio ns To Be Held Ruurn 19, formerly the Ph)·sics r~lt•r tn...al luhuratory, will hccome a l'hun April 21; Wi nner To u·;cl 1-:ngineering laburatory nll(l nJ,..., Receive $100 Cash Award <'•m tnin utnces for Professor" Ilownrd Three year~ a~,;o, ~! r \\' ilfred 1. Pet• I, 11ncl Petrie. The roum which at pre~nt a Jlromment 1\ew York hanker offeree! huu~l'o; the Library of t ht< Chcmistrv a prize uf one hundred dollars w 1he Department is to he made inlo a ~pt.>· mtmher of the Junior class wh o could t•ial apparatus roum Although lhe hcst prc~ent nn economk problem with pre,;en t Chemical Eng ineering lallmu· an en.:in~:tring b:l<'kl(rountl to n ~roup tury will no t be m!'1vccl, half the flonr of ""'llll~S men. ReC'au•e or the ~:rent will he removed g1\'lng the l:lbo ratorv tntere•l 111 thi~ conteM. it will l w t·on· tlircuh· below, in the ~ub-bactement, 11 ~·eiling t'' o stories high. linuecl th" vt•ar
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Nine Juniors Compete For Peel Prize
C:rowing Interest is :<hown hv the la\'1 that nine Juniurs han• alrcudv npvliecl ft~r entr'· This i~ the largest numlot·r in the hi~tory of the award and will make rli~C'U"SIOil!; thi ~ y~ar e~peciolh• intNe~ tll1j.t . With the applicatio ns al l filed in the otlke uf Dr ,\ I ~dHvll:l(<:r, the nt'\t ncnt l~~t the climinnlion runte•t "h1t h wi ll lx: hel tl on .\pril 21, 1939 'l h!• plat·~.o and names or the iuclgt- "ill he announced I•Ht:r \lr Pc~l t~fferecl thi• prize bc!·nuse hf' felt thttt roung <:nj:ineers with a fine Itt hmrnl training 111 the1r chu•en prufe~'""' Clft<:n fa1l l~t·uusc the\' can· nnt. rrc•rnt their idC'R!< tu 11 gruup ~11ch As a l10arcl or director!< !'ons~qu<:n tlv the Judge~. chosen from the rucull\•, IContinued on Page 4, Col. 1)
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Patrons Entertain Prommer s Friday Durin$: the intermit<~in n nt t he Junior Prom, Friday, the Patro nR and Patron e~st~ headed by Prof. nnrl Mr~ R oys \\ill ph1y host~ to any s tudents at thr '''houl and their gue~t~ with a llllnquet hlld in the Bancroft dining room. This IS a custom which has been fol· lt•Wetl for the last few years as it aflord• an opportumty for spending the inter· mi•sion time without the nect~~ity o 1 lea,-ing the building. ,\ ny Junior Prommers wishing to go o:hould leave their names with l\11!'11 .\ lien 111 the P resident's office. Thl' cost for the couple will be 11 .50
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Masque Play Promises To Be Gala Affair Capacity Crowd Expected To Attend TI1is Saturday
Men Recognized As Leaders in W.P.I. Activities Albert Raslavsky Leacb enior Honor Society In Annual Pledging
At the assembly Wednetlday, April 12, :-;!-uti tapped the Collowinr nine me n of the Class of '<W : Kenneth R. Rlaisclell, Rnymo nd J, F orkey. Kenneth Th~· stnge is set nnd nil is in reodi· C. Fruscr, Carl 11'. Fritch, Jr~ Frank nt'~~ fnr the rise nf the curtain o n the G G ustafson, Warren C. Hotchkiss, ~l n~qut'·~ 1039 pre~rn t n tion, "T he Oi~h· BenJam in A. Lambert, Jo hn II . Peters, 1111 :\l i~hehll\'es." Sa turday nig ht at J r., a nd Raym o nd B. Sc:.hlora. Albert 1\ W iR the ni~ht w ht•n T ech clescentl s J. Raslavsky, preside nt o r Skull, COO· upnn ll i>rtic ullu ro l ll nll for thill gala dul·terl the topping. Skull is tho Senior l'V~·n t Jlollowi ng the pt~rformn nce there nt·t ivi t ies hono rary society at Tech. w11l ll<' the an nual Ro und Robin Da nte E"er y s pri ng it conducts this impres· rn nil the fratt~rni t v house11. si"e ce rem ony, in which each of tho Mr. Charles P. Rugg of Sout h lligh , hlnek robed members, one at a time, whu h11s cli rectcrl n ume rous pre vious wn lks up behind n newly elected mem· pmdul'tiuns, hns hccn coaching the cast he r n ncl " taps" him on the shoulder uf thi!l yeo~~r's pre..cntal ion also Warren T he me n aclected are necessarily lead· H ardy '39, of Wo rces ter is to be the crs in their class, athletic or otherwise. Ke nne th R. Blaisdell is a member BiJhop of Broad,linJlt r; J . Dean Lowd , '•UJ. nf Nurthampto n. will he Dol«lld of the soccer team, is on the Editorial M tadowr: ('nrl Keyser, '39, of Was hing S toff of the NEWS, and is ac tive sow n. [) I'. ha11 the pnrt of Guy Walkr; ciall y. lie is fro m Sprinrfield, is study· l'arl ll itchon. '39, will be Rtd &ga•; ing Mechanical Engineerinr, a nd ia a L. C' h nrl e~ Kcldy, '42, uf Saratoga me m ber of Alpha Tau Omega £rater· Rwiu g~. N. Y., tukcs the role of CoUin.s; uity. Raym ond J . Forkey, of Worex!ster, Jomesl' Ferguson, '41 , of Bellows Falls. \' t., i~ to be Prrndy; a nd J o nathan has had a brilliant athletic career at A llurt'd, '42, of Northam pton, w ill be Tech . For three years he hu been a M r 8rookt. The feminine roles will be mains tay of the football and basket· token hy Mrs. C. Leonard S haw of bnll teams. Thjs spring he serves the \\'orC'e~ter who will be L«dy Emily College as captain of baseball. Forkey l•.vont, ~l iss Evn Vu~elin of Worcester is a ffi liated w ith Sigma Phi Epsilon is to he M iss IVail u; a nd Miss S hirley fraternity. LaVallee, also of Won ·ester , will be Kenneth C. Fraser, soccer captain· 1/r.rtl'r Cralllilflm . Miss Vassclin is no t elec t and new president of the Ske1 n newc-omer to Tech's s tage. S he has C'hy mi sts, is from Worcea~r. ltudies heen in both the Mn c;q ue p roductio n Che mical Engineering, and is a mem· 11f ln~t yea r a nd the Junior·Scnior skit her of Phi Slrma Kappa fratemitj. ot the 1'erh Cnrnivallas t fa ll. Although llrnser Is also a trac k man , 11pecialid na MrN Show an ti M isr~ La Vall ee have no t in hurdles. IIJIJ)Cnred in Tech proo uc tions before, Carl Fritch, of Tuckahoe, ~ew York, th~v hn,·e been in t<cveral o ther ll)('al a me mber of Phi Camma Delta fra· proclurtums. tcrnity , has been active in football and 1'hcre a re onl y a few ~cats s till avail tra <·k. Jlis sch olastic standina it high, able nt1tl they a re going fas t. Those os s hown by his election to Tau Beta who wish to ntle nd this big event in Pi last rail. F ritch is a student in Tec-h'~ •ocial life a nd have no t 1111 yet Che m ical Engineering. P rank Gustafson, besides being cap obtained ticke ts had better do so be· rorll they are all gone. · lnin·elect in football, has been a mem · her of the baseball team and J ayvee llllllke tball team . lie lives in Worcester Blcma Alpha E pUJoo Erlwo rrl E. llaCey with Verna Hed · and i~ a member of Sirma Phi Epllilon lunrl of Worceste r ; Thomas P. Love fraternity. Warre n H o tc hk.i111, a Civil B naiAeer· with Terry Cla y of New Bedfo rd ; No r· mrHl C:nm oche with Crace O'D onnell o r lng !ltudent fro m Norwich, Conoec::t.icut, \V or<X!"tcr; Allan H . Cha~e with i'l a me mber of the football team llis Rowena Zinn of Lynn brook, Mass.. frate rn ity is Phi Camma Delta. Aen jamin Lambert, " Biulnr Boo" Joh n M. T own send, Jr., with Sylvia Lewis of Wo rceste r : E d mu nd C. Allen· of foQt ball fame, is fro m Marshfield, a berger with D oris Ritte r of Englewood , Rtuden t in Chemical Engineering, and N J : Wa rre n S. Brad ford with Lois a mem be r of Sigma Phi Epsilon . He W hitney of Dux bury, Ma.~.: Will iam i11 also known on the basketball 8oor R. Ahearn with Rita T hom pson of and hnscball diamond. J o hn Peters, of Rpringfield, has been W orceste r ; Roger W . Bruce wi t h May· " I'm almln« to 8 4'C )'OU a t the Ju nior helle F.. Ro urke of Wo rceste r : Albert S. a valuabl e foo tball player for three A•hmead wilh Mild red As hmead of years. Ire commutea from No rth Brook· Prom Friday" Wind!IClr, Conn .; W illiam B Gaith e r field Pe ters is taking the Mechanical with tht' Round Robin Dance and the with Anne Munger of Dayton, Ohio; Engineering course. Raym ond Schlora was a very im· presentation or the Masque production Jflhn C. B radford with Val Sm y the of "The Bishop Misbehaves,'' on Saturday Rye, N. Y.: Ma rio L. Ca rrangelo with portont factor in Tech's fine buketball E velyn N. Nordrren of L eominste r, lieRSOn recently completed. lie hu been evening. The follo\\·ing rt!<erva tion~ have been Ma•' : Philip E . Meany w ith Ru t h pre11ident of his class, and 11 now activo in T ech Council work. (Continued on Paao 2, Col. 2) made Cur the Junior P rom