Coanb ined Con · erl't a nd Dan ce This Saturday In Gym n u ium
" At Home Day" G u e I I a Shoald Ru d Editorial oa Pa.re 2
Z320 NO. 27
VOL. XXX
Ewell Resigns After 39 Years at Tech
Faculty and Students Unite For Tenth Annual "At Home Day"
Dr. Masius To H eacl Physics Department
'41 Soph Hop Scheduled For Friday Night
Color Organ, Artilicial Lightning and Other Exhibits To Be Displayed by l\lcchanical, Electrical, Civil, Chemis try, Physics and Math cm ~dics Departments
At W.P.I.
Spring Formal Will Be At Worcester Country Club
Or ,\ r t hur W g" cll head o f the On Saturd ay, ~Ia\' 20. nil uf T eda wa lt h rin1: fn rth at ~ !>est fo r the npproval o f the ,·i:;ito rs nt our tenth annual The nineteen-thirty-nine edition o f P h,·<it·s Oepa r lma•nt, wilt n •t irc a t tht' At ll ~mc Dav. The e vent is to be spo nsun ·d hr the Ta•t h l'nun d l, Tau Be ta Pi, Skull, the Radio t luh, Skeptical the annual Sophomore Hop will be encl of tht' ~chool venr Dr F.well ha<~ l 'lwma~ts, the s tudent ~hnpters o r the enganecring !<OI'ic tiCl'. and the lnterfmternity Coun cil. Each or t he tecbnit'nl de prc!lented Frida\· evening, Mn v ninel>ec n a m embe r of the fnc-ultv for 311 vurt mc nts will ha,·c e:och abit.o;, nnd all u f the m p m m a•c t u he o f great inte rest both to the vi!<itor looking o ver Tech's teenth. nt the Wor~ster Country Club. year< li e i~; to he ~ucceeci ed h v Dr Ken Ree,·es noel hi s band will fumish :\lorton 1\la~ius Ano ther change is the facih t ies and to the high <;t·hool ~tutlent who antcncl~ t u ~llulv en~:an eering. Each department "'ill have l'C\'e ra l tli~pln r~. the prin a•aple o nes l ~eing as follows : Lhe musac and dan cing will be from re~i~-:na tion of Dr R i<'hnrd A Adh ninr 'til two. The advance tacket sale ELE CTRICAL ENGINEERING from t hat d e partment to Ol'Cl'Pt the CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT T h..- t·nlnr organ in t he ma in lct"tur. 1111: ,.,Jahi t" cn1 rla•pln,· i n t hr '! 1<: ha~ hern extremelv succes~ful and f!O'l as profe~sor of CIJifllal.'t) m :llhl.'· The e xhibit'! o f the C hemi~try Dehuald na: ru u l tlu \\' n,hhurn ~hop« In C'hainnan i\rnolcl H . Swanson expects ma lic~ 111 the U ni vo:r~n \' nf M khi~-:an h all of t he Electrical Engm !'l·nns: Hualt l partment in the Salisbury Lnhorntonc'l l.t t'aJ>acity crowd to attend. Dr Ewd l i ~ wiclt'l v known for his mg prnJl'CI'\ on a screen, 1-olor~ 111 vnr~ . l tlw \\'t I ~ l ra•a· t hn ilrling t h a•re wall he 11 eli plav ui m n han i'm mndct~ an d will in<'lude a dasJ>Iay o f Ounrc~t·ent F'innl deroration plans ha\'C been researc h in re frigera tio n p rohlc m !t nnr l 1111: a rnnun ts a n d tone~ a n ti h lrmlin.: minemls nne! new lhwre~t·~nL tc~tile § ,,.,.,.mJ w n int t rt•• l•n.: ~c ninr th (·~i~ C'omplcted and nil i~ in readiness for the in ven tio n o ( instrum e nt~ u ~cd an tn t•urrespond with the accompanying '' tu p~ an JhiWt•r t r al1• nH'•IIIIII lawl uded n ow ust•d an theutl.'r t•ostumc~. J n roo m the affair. A huge canopy of the Colcold sto ra l(c Il l! SUCt'CCrlcrl nr A mu~it· I n the fo:lct·tm nics Laboratory an tht•se )l0 \\ 1'1" t ran,mis~iun 1.' \h ab il• :!7 th~re is lo he a fl illplar of mianlege''! ('rim"'n and Gray will swing Wil mt• r DuiT a" h ead of thl' tl t•partment on t he lowe r floor of t he h ui ltling will "ill IIC n jll"riUJ Hinvt! rh•mam, tmtM pho tographs nf minl'rniR, textilr:-, and fn.'tlr the heads or the dancers as they A grncl tatHe n f Yale in 11\!li, Rwa·ll ht• tha• ( ; ),1 Rclny, an nw\'nt ion h \· nrgnnit• r nmpo untls whia•h nre to IK' whi d1 a•mnp ort!s tlw o p<• mtan.: d ao nwswuy to th e syncopation of Maestro clltl graduate wnrk thc rt• nnrl at .J nhn ~ Etlw(l rrl I' Dcnd1. ':J!l. which ~ ~ no w proJPl'le rl o n n screen with polarizctl tl•ri ~l lt•!l u f intl a\' Hiunl l w)l drin• ma Recve11. Dress is summer formnl and ll npkin s fT c n•ce iv NI hi s rlodnr of hcing munu fa rt u red t'omm c rl'in llv T h a• light. In the !'anitary ( ' hcmilltrv lnbtht• untirc donee will he in keeping w ith philosoph y clegrt•t• n t \'nh• in 1!.1)!) li t: (; In· Rcllw i~ an au lomati~· oltlll in): alt• inda \'iclunlh from -.•pnrnlf.' m n lon;, ri a>aatory on the third floor there will l ~e u sum mer theme. This dance is Tech's w~a1l n hroaal t n s tu<l v M Be rlin oml wa11 \' it·c ft>r the new lluo rescen t lum ps ,,.,,, ~:roup 11£ \'.Jaf.'l t cllir il' IH'Y H~st~: nncl (•x hihiL-; tlf pond life noru, hnclt,rio und mo~t important late spring social event . nppoin tl•d nn in~lructor in ph v~ks til be ing mcd ex te nsively a t thc W orlt l'• 11·st,. ol tha• pt•rforanaawe l' hHIIt t• lt•ri ~ tks fungi of uconomic lanportanl'O, milk The tlnss of 194 1 is whole heartedl y \\' P l tht' follo w ing vcnr li e IK'· Fa ir nf mnll. high ~ tlCNI . fm t l innnl h nrst' and milk products: anrl l'IIUipme nt for Mupporting the Sop homore ll op and tam(' a s•i!ltnnt profl.'ssm in 1\JO.l ami ra l'roJanhJ y th e mn~ t ~JK't'IUI'U )H r o f th t pcawt·r mo tnr~ In tht• lc<"lurl rnmn n n air nnal y•i!l. Kinnic utt llnll, the new they extend nn invitation to all o ther dtparlment'~ ex h ihi Lq i~ the aw w 1,000 fu ll profcs~u r in 1010. tlw <ct•rnlll lluur 1111' ... tu tlt•nt a hnpt cr nrldati on to the Salisbury Lohoratorif.'s, classes to nltend. Ti ckets are three Afl<' r h i~ a p po intment a s profcs.~nr UOO V•Jit ampul~ ge nera to r wh it'h pro uf lh t• .\ant•r ia·a n l't~t•a• t ,. uf \l rrhnnit·nl will he Clpen for inFJ)ediun. inclucling dollnn; . Dr F.wcll cle ,•ol cd h i m~l f In th e st ucl v tltH·t:s artifirinl ligh tn ing Th i<~ hi~-: hil•h the large lecture hall nnd lolloratories vultn~-:e m nl'hinc will splat Ius:~ :a nti l~n\! 1111 a·rs wall hn ve n \"t r\' mtcrt•~lans.: The members of the Sophomore ll op Cl( UJll it'~ Lat e r hi ~ i ntc rC!O l~ turned to CHEMICAL J:NGINJ:IRING a·x h ah at whid1 "all inl'l tHic n ~-:,· rosropi<' rommi ttee a rc: Amold H. Swanson, physical c he mistry. pa rt k ularl y t he , a pori1 e wire wit h it" !lnwt•thal th DEPARTMENT Warren S Bradfo rd, I rving A Breger, prupcr lat'" o f 010n e relntan t n rcfng ·hnr~;e~ Th~ ~enemtor i• in tlw m.t in rt...nw nslr:at iun . mot iml pit·tun·~ of .-.alll JIIIS lifc "hit h wa ll he a t•t.·um p nni,•d ;\ lthu ugh much of the new equip· Edward M. Rates, Thomas R . D ' Errico, tra tion Thi s t \' J)e o f re•eart•h h rnugh t J:ahorntnr~ o n the mom llon r CIVIL ENGINEERING 1 hv n t nlk h v \\' !'lark G oOfkhilcl ' 10 mcnt o f the t ' hcmicnl l~n)linecring de James C Ferguson, Harry 0 . King$ley , h m tn Euro pe a 'l n•h·a ~tlf a n d rnn · .anol a rlc m nn strot aon u f ph nw ela" tici t \' p:a rt mcnt will nu t l~e on exhihat, elm• \'ictor ). Lombardi. Hilliard \V Paige •ulta nt to numerou ~ European t·oun Th(' thspJn ,·s nf lhl' ! ani Enguwt• '" "partmcnt will he in a n rl nruuncl AERO DIVISION OF MECBANIOA.L to the fact that the department'!! new and Donald E. Smilh. tries A list of Reservations will be foun d quarters ore nut, 11~ yet. coms)leted, Dr !<;we ll is n fe ll ow of t he Ame riran Jlnvntun Hall On t he t•ampu' tlart·l'\ h ENGINEERING the re will he !leve rnl very inte resting un page 2 o l this issue . Ararltmv o f Arts nncl Sricnres a nd of an front of the b ui lfling t here i ~ to l ~e In the ncrun autiN la hu rntory, in ad· (Continued on Page 2, Col. 3) cxhalu t.s 111 at!l 11re,;cnt (Juarten . Among t he American SocietY of Refri gc rataon . ,, mo t inhre~llng exhah i t of • urn,·i n g d itiun lfl the wind tunnel, sm oke tun· the flisplay~ will he a nt·w gla~!l ab· .\ mrrwan Plw~it•al !>orae t y, Amcrknn an<trumt n ts. in room 10, a gculog'' al a~ awl , a nd n arplane, t he re ore to he SOflllion towe r which uses n dRy disk Sndc t '· of Refrigt rnting fo: n~ranrcr". pia\' a nti. nl.o in this wom. Ria hard Frenc h Phy!'ir al S ocie t Y, Wura·~stcr ,\ l'ulcmnn, '·10, will (;IVC n ta lk rn t i <a ' crol c )( hahits of Sc nio r thcsi~ wo rk p:1ckang for low gas rcsistant•e and hagh ('l uh. \\'orrel1 ler Fire Rud ctv, St. \Vul llt•tl "A Bircl's Eye \'iew of f'i, il En l-(i Amrnal{ tlw•c thcRa ~ rl<·mnnstration s nrc s urface arcn nncl 11 fractionating t•ulumn Ntan !;ociet y, Myopin llunt t'l uh a n d neenng:· The talk will he gwen at ran f.':OCJll'rimt•nt in Row \•isunlitnlit)n in which i~ un exact smnll srnle tluplicat~ Yal e C' luh o f New Y ork City. ~ <MI, 3 :00, ami 4 ·()() o'd ur k nnd i ~ to th e • mllkl.' tunnel, and a device fo r of the heer-still used by lhe U. S tll•t!•rmining the Jltl rfo rmnm·e or en· lndu~>trinl .Alcohol Co. Several senior Do<'lor ~ln~iu s, th ~ ne w h ~afl o f the he illustrn lr d with Inn te rn s lid es. )lancR use d fu r powerins.: gn~> plane thesis projec t~ will he shown in cluding Physic:~ Departme nt, was t•clut·ata•tl in MECHANICAL ENG INEERING Ciermnny. li e nttcnclerl the Thomn q 'l'hl' l)i!pnrtme nt uf l\lcchanit'nl lr.nl(i· m udds, unci nl ~n n rrarliu eontrull cd go~ 1111 experime n t in the dryi ng rates or (Cuntinucd on Page 4, Col. 2) Sa•hule, IA>itw ig, and wa~ grodunlt' tl nrr ring p lans to hn,•c sr ve rnl interes t- plonc m mld. El even prominent men of the class from the U niver~ity o f Leipzig. ll c of '4{) ha.,e been selected t~ a ct a s receivecl ho th his mo~tcr of art q nne! ushers durmg graduat ion wetk. Rayd octor o f philosophy de~rces therr in mond ] . Fo rkey of Worcester, s tar of !!lOS. Be fore t'oming to W P 1., Dr. football, basketball and baseball, is to Mn•iu~ wa s a Whiting Pello w nt llarbe first marshal The honor of second O n Thursda y, :\lar I , l!l r r plat e th e l'mfe~sors Jl ol t, Mye r and Pallion and \'nrd for the )'CIIrs tOO 09. li e came t u mars hal goes to Philip D . Bartlett la st geology lecture to the Freshman se,·en memhers of t he 1\tnclcnt chapter Tech in 190!) M in ~trut'tor nn d hct'ame of !-;pringfield, Mass., white Robe r t 1 Aldro Hibbard Painting •1f the A S <' E. oltcndccl the annual an n~sistnnt pro fes!lt(lr in 1015 In 1!110 cl a ~s. Profc~sor Stanle y ll 1 ilhon "ill fo: Dunklee of Brattleboro, Vt., presi· p resent the three reel o;ound film. " The Conferen ce of t he New England S tu· h e wa~ ele\"ated to fu ll pro fec<:or~hip Tentalive Selection For dent of the elass of '40, is to be head Rt \'Cr " J t will again be ~hown ot 4 Ia d ent Chapte r!' of the American ~ety Dr Be th is a prod uc t of the \\'or u, her O ther us hers are to be Ktnneth Fire place Sight P ~I uf the ~ame day in thl.' h·l"lurc of Civil Engineers which was htld at cester Po ly technic In s titute lie wa• R . Dlai~dell of Springfield. R on ald S. The winlrv lnnd~rape ptcture which Durham. N. II., Friday, May 12 mom of the Electrical Enginre rinsc graduated from the an!ltitut c in 192'i Brand of W orcester, Frank R . C rosby build ing and will be ope n to the puhlir n o w haniC• tl\'er one o f the great fire· Delegates from many New Eneland of Springfield , Frank D . Hayes of North wi th high d isllnC'liun D octo r Rc th re· " The Ri~ver" is a talk ing film mnclt' placc11 in the N1mmo ma room of Sanford colleges nLtencled the m eetinJ. ceived h is m ao;te r's d egree twn ' 'ears Brookfield, Warren C. Ho tchkiss of Riley l lall i~ an oil painting h y Aldro late r from the rlepartme nl whach he is with Pederat fuuds It is the ~tory of ltic hard A. Coleman, '40, presented Norwich , Conn. Th omas P . Love of llalaharcl cle pir ung a view o f West now leaving Il e went abroad for fur· the ~lississippi river, whe re it <"om cs a paper o n "Architecture for the En!P· Webster, R obert G . Newton o f Niagara River \'alley ncu r Acmrlville, Vermont ther study and rct'eivecl the d eg ree nf fwm, where it goes, what it has meant nccr " It wu voted t o present o pri1e Pall~. N. Y, and Raymond B. Shlora ~lr llihhnrrl i~ prohnhl y Amcrica'!t clf!Ctor of natural philosoph>• frnm t he to us, and wha~ it ha!l cost u~ Thi' for the two best papers presented to of Wo rces ter. ron· rno~ t wintl'r lnnrl'\l'ape painter. Il e Un iversi t y o f Fmnkfon in 1032. U po n is th e !ltorv of the life o f the ;\I i~!liss i ppa the Conference, beginning next year. It ia an honor to be ch osen as an qwn~ n fonn near the llttlt town of his re turn, Dr n e th wns appoi nted to from beginning to encl. The pi('luN' i< usher for graduation week, and those Prafe~~o r ll o lt, who is a memhcr of ~ trattun. \'e rmont, where he s pcncls the the \\' P T Cac ultr a s an a s~istant hy no means a mere educatitmnl film whc1 have been selel.'ted really deserve winter~ fla inting his fnanou11 s n ow pit'· the committee on St uclt•nL C'haptc rll of Rother it is a very intere~ ting, well kmt profe~sor. lie immediately omharked !t. All lhese men have contributed lure~. li e nttunpt~ to imparl the s pirit the A. S C. E . addressed the meeting on re•cn rc-h in the fie ld of light when s tory, auly rllrec ted, anti has supe rior •Jf olrl New g11glnnrl ln hi ~ paintings. ancl commenrlrd th e delcgoteM for their mnch to wards the advancement of p ho tography. I t would be we ll w o rth not e ng a ged with his cla ~s work ln It mig ht he !!Oid that hi ~ pictures con- participation in making the c:unfcrenC'c Worcester Tec h . Other invitations were 1!13 1 he took a lea ve o f ah!l()n ce from wh ile for anyone. regardless o r hi!! '!pt ~ont out but were n o t accepted d u e to ~i!l t uf the same th em e material that 11 success. li e al110 discussed the activ· i nterest ~. to see thi s fi lm. cinl the Ins titute to become o re~ear<"h a SSO· itie!l of c hapters in the aou th c•rn dis· the inability of the men to be in W or· n nrn t h ,· !'nnflclcl fi sh er u~cs in her O n the bas is of pre\ iou ~ wur k h cia te at th e Palmer Ph v~icnl Lobo m · cester during graduation week. The trict. thi~ group, lhe United S ta te!l wa• a kerl wrat ing!l. tory, Princ eton Unh•e rsitv. ushers will a~qist at the baccalaureate The annual elec~ion of offi<"er.. wu i\ rlm irol RniJ)h Earl e. ln le preside nt II i• wo rk in the field of the " t11i sting to ~ubm i t " The Ri ve r'' for com pe tttiun of t hl' I nstatute hncl heen intere!l ted an held and it wn! vote•! to hold next ~en•ice on June 14, Class Day o n June at the lntema tio na I fh po~i ti on nf c 'in· particle" attrac ted the ll tttn tinn of (Coot.iDaed Oil Pqe t, Col 1) year's m ee ting at W orceater T ech. (Continued on Pa.ao 4, Col. 3) c ma togrnpbic An at \'enace in t!I3R ( Continued on Page 4, Col. 5)
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Ushers Chosen For Senior Week Prominent J union are Selected to Aid in Graduation Functions
Film Substituted For Geology Talk
SOPH HOP
Winter Landscape Coleman Speaks at Picture on Approval A.S.C.E. Conference In Dormitory
- Worcester Country
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- Friday at 9.00