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at Corndl Uni\'ersity in 1"-.(1 Thi• 'lldt-t r is the engineering l'tful\·alrnt t<~ the lihcral .Ht~ P hi ll<'tn "nppa and ha' fur 11~ J>urpO!oc "thr promotion of re~earch in ~l'ienre." The lm·nl o·hapter of the honor ~uc·iel)' wns tuundecl in IOOS with m••mher:hip being rlrawn fr~om the faculty and !'taft Stu· rlent;; ronl.ing highe~t in the ;enior l'la~s are t•hn~en hy t he members tn hec<une u~~nciate~, a title ~nrrvi ng with 11 mMt n( the prh·ilege~ of membcr~hip · llnwtnr. m-ra,ionnlh nn ext·epttonal . l Ict•te d tn lu II mem l ter• h 111 •turIcnt '' 'l' h I I I h I . e mun il'~" nre 'C ~;ner un t e Ill''~ uf 't·hulnr~hiJl ond ~cnt>ral wor t hlm·s~ . The new pledge~ han· IIC'en lH'tt\'e 111 . . many hram·h~• ut a<'tt\'ll~' on the I !til \\'alter .\l•el ts a \'arsit~ half-hark on tht' SOCl'l'r team anrt n nwmlter uf Phi <:amma l>t!tn and Tau Beta P i John \ k<JCk is cut the " Peddk•r" !ootaiT. gentornl tha1rman ut the Tec:h I·Arm\'al rom m1ttee and n memllt!r of Alpha Tau Omega. Dunn lrl nurneF~ i~ n Skeptical ('hvmist ami n memlwr or Lnmhdo ('hi .\lpha. grlward DetH:h is a member of Theta c'h1. nncl manager 11f •m·immins: John ll otlil·k i'l "ice- prc~irlent of the :-cmor cla~~. president of Tau Beta Pi, 11rt-~icll'll t of A S !II. E . half-hack on the \'Or~itv ,occer team. and a mem l~r "' l'l.ull anrl P hi Sigmo Kapflll Dllnalfl lt.·u~r i' prc•lrlent of the Rifle rt uh und th< Te1·h Council, a memher n( Tau Reltt P i nnd P hi Onmma Deltn
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Hague, • ' JCS 0 ~· . I ll __ TM.l lee lUCCll11g German Plalle Tru~tee R obert L. lln~:ue, '03, an e' ct·u th•e nf the Standard Oil Cn .• had the unusual t''>Cperient'e fJf flying frum :\tw Yurk tel nttenfl the Fall mettm~; ul the l'urpma tion Ill a pcl'ial German plane. Although it "n ~ ltelie,·ed tht (Jlnne wtmld lond on the cnmpus for tt -tudent domons tration , the~e plans were tnncelecl ancl the Aeromechanics stu· <lent!' ino;pected the plane ntthe Grnfton A1rport where Mr. Hogue lnnrled At the airport the Germnn pilot put the ~hip through its paces ond took Pro· fe<$or Merriom Cor a 11hort fl igh t. The plane is fairly long o f the high "lllg monoplane type and i!! powered by a 226 h.p. V.S. inverted, aircooled engine driving a wooden propeller This •, one of the be~t power units turned ~>u t in Germany The de~ign of thi • engine increases the vi~ihility of the p1lot considerably. For ~oke·offs the plane mn• only about 50 feet and t hen !Continued on Page 4, Col 41
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TUES., OCT. 26P rof. Allen's Gu Talk, M. E. Lecture, 7:15 p.m. .All en. rtneerinl' Societies invited. WED., OCT. 26Newman Club, B.R .H ., 7 :110 p.m. SAT., OCT. 29Football-Tech v1. R. L Bt.ate
at Kl.Draton. Soccer-Tech va. Tufta at lied. ford. Orou.Country- Tech vs. B. U . at Botton.
Enrfneerinr Soeletie1 Dance, S .R .B ., 9 :00 p.m-1 :00 a .m. MON., OCT. Sl-
Student A.I.Z.E., S.R.B ., 7 :15 p.m . SAT., NOV. 6B omecOJD.inr D ay.
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Pre>i(ltt1l Ralph l~arlt' "as authuri;recl tn pl;li'C in tht• hands of ar('hitct·t~ ,}.c h h,., lnr u n,.,, ~It'< hantcal En~,:iliH'r· ing Huilrlut~: 1111 \\'c• t l' t rcet ot the full mee!Jnl( uf the tnl~ll'l'S of th e ln ~titute, !"atur<la\', Ot·tuher 2:! Thi~ is the ~eC· ond ~t•·t• in a thre<t"•i nt w p 1 hutld· ing pn•gram nf \\hich the ne " wing for Salishur_,. Laboratnric:s, now unfltor con strtH'tinn. is the fir<;t Oth•r nlatt»r~. ,,f 1 111 ~, 1· 11e<:.s t~f,·r·• the • • • ·~ • • m~t 1• 11 ., ,,er" ·•l"('tl un' elf net'' mem lu•rs. ~~ " • • ~ ~ f rSnmul'l ll . 1Stunt.'. hn •\\'estp Tlnrtfurd. •. onn .. prc!'l< ent ul t c I nit alent 1, Irearm!' ~llg (\l., wa~ c le~ ted 111 life ' f memhtor'-htp on the boord o trtiStees to fill th" \'ll<' AilC}' cau>ed by the clea th ~ last .lulv <If Dr llumer Gage.
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• o n roretgn • · 6-0 h<'nre. The w1n te rntory \\' • h' d • h P lans for tht• t•umhinecl dan<:r o t the wo ~ o rcesters t 1r Htra1g t over h • d h · h A . ~ ~1. E, A S C 1-;., .\ f. E. E , and t e Staters an t e1r sevent consecu· · · h 'ddl ( 1 the ~kep tical Chem i~ts which will be tne Rtnce t e mt e o ast aeason. \ • • held nt Sanforcl Ricly llnll on this • ~ 111 Fevera 1 prev1ous contests 1t was I' k d k' k d I F k h Sn tu rdny night. Ckt, 29, are rapidly a t•nc e 1c on a ong or ey eave h 1 d · h · • 11 nearinl't rompletiun A 1.-ommittee in- t Bl re~u te 111 t e wmnmg ta y. h . elu ding Jo n Holh ck, president of the After three scoreless periods Tech " A. ., M. E.: William Ahem, president of cashed m their c hips in dramatic "' s k the A 1 .., c. . E.: .~rnc~>t . y e~. pre~ident fa!hinn . The stage was se t when Lewin F . llurulcl Daniel~. nf 2 Regent s treet, of the A . S. C. E : ond J\lbcrt Lavan· drove In through the side of the State presid!•nt 0 f H eily l'itokc r Corp ., '~'liS avic1, president of the Skeptical line tel block one of SkO&sberg's punta elerttd n memht-r nf th e rorporntton . Chemi-t-. i11 in 1·har~e o£ mnktn)( pre· almns t befure it hart left his toes. Russ exe~utl\'l .•\!bert J Gi1Tord, parat 1m1~ fur t h e I IlK . n IT01r. . L'· I ~" h un reCO\ tred on t h e Maroon· 5> , .,.-ummlltte • ,..,,ru Ot • hr~\\ ltur} . tren~urer or Leland· Th I . f th' l I Wh' • .,. .. . A h GitTmtl 1 ..... wa~ dC::\'atecl from anin~t t' IHI\'1.' nttrnt•u un o •~ nnnua 1anr ate s . ,,.yoru str1pe. s t e dnn<'t' i~ the "hug~o;nr factor" to he ntlded midwa y·point of the last quorler drew trensun·r to tnwsurer, a pu~t also hl'ltl , to tht· regular prire of arlmi~•iun of nt-ar, Forkey, l~etwhed by a leg injury, I"· th< Ia tt· Dr C.a~:t· · S 75 Each depnr tmtnt has an unbeat· wa~ rushed hark into the game. The Pion• lur the Jll'W \1 E Bu•ldin~e are able 11ystem for figuring out it~ own "we·wont·a-tourhdown" erie.~ from Tech 1', lte rtn<lv for tht: mu l Wlltler met•tin~t partit'ular "buggar factor", so that Jt is supporters were hushed as a series of uf the trm,tct•<, felt 1 Immedia te <'On· u11eless for anyone lo try to bring a paSJ!es gained nu y ardage and the ball 'tructicm 1' not t'CJll templatec l ~ince cheap date. For instance. the i\. J E . went to Sta te on downs. une tm•tttt i~ nm\' undtr way anrl will E.'s charge will be based on the elecBut the spark lit in the Tech team notllt' <omple t~clmHt l the last "r ~Ia~·. trical resistance o f the body. But even by the blocked punt was not out. 193!) Tht prt~pu~crl building will 1 ~ l 'r you manage to find a girl with a low GuRsie stopped a State aerial offense !ora ted"" thl' w~~~ side of West Street resi~tn1we, the o ther departments are hy intercepting and running the ball 11 fuur propertlC' purchased lay the sure tn gel ~'Ou ( ll oweve r, the height· ha<k tn midfield And now " Blazing l'lltle~:e thi-. •ummcr weight ratio furml'rl~· used hnq heen Ben" Lombert berume a personal fo rest· .\n int rt>a•e in demand tor engllleer discarded.) The nverage sum total of lire. Aided by the Tech frontier which ing gracluotcs wa~ reported hy Presid e nt ea c h dt>parlment's extra charge will not tore huge h oles in the State line Ben l~arle Thl' s:reatc•>~ l pil· kup hM heen exceed 1.25. pu~ on a field·day performance. CaJTy. tn l'all• lor ~trnduatt·• with •everal years The lisl o f patronR indude · P rofessor ing the ball live out of six times he cxptriul«' Rerently I he demand has Stanley Fillion of the C. E. Dept.: hammered and cracked the Stat.e tackles 'i~lrt:acl t<J ~·oung l(raduates, 60 per Pro(eso;c)r Harry Fehlman or the Chem to set the ball o n the State lG. Once cent nf the l93R t'ln"s has been plal•ecl Dept , Pruft'$FOr Victor Sigfrierl of the more the Tec h ~upporters aeemed and rmly l•ig ht m~mht•rs of the l' ln ss of E. It Dept . ; Pro fessor Edwurcl Arm. dnomerllo di!:appointment as the Bigler· !937 Me unempluved ~tronu of the M. E. Dept. men were thrust back a dozen yards on the next play. But then little Frankie Gustafson leaped twice as high in the air M little Leo !'antucci to drag down a Forkey heave. A ided by Jrome neat
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Briflault Lashes Out At E nglish PoJicy In Fuller TaJk ~1>tnk1ng at the first Fuller lecture of the fi<'hool year o n Mo nday, Oct. 17, lllr Robe rt BriiTault, internatio nally known •ch olar, philosopher, and com· menta tor, graphically revealed the s tory behind the ecenes uf the recent ~lunicb Four P uwcr Pac t. Adding graphic de· tail to cletolt to point what he termed a "sham eful" picture o f the machinations of all four powers and particularly England, he climaxed his forceful con· demna lion or the en tire trea tmcn t of the c risis with the statement that " we have lh·ed to see a four thousand year long record of comparatively clean history broken: our past scandals have been virtuo us compared to this." lfr. Briffault pulled no punches His Continued on Page 4, Col. 1)
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blocking he romper! t h e remaining ten yard!! for the lone counter o£ the after· noun The attempted pla<.-e-kick was low.
Societies lo Sponsor S))Ccial Program This week A gala crowd Attended the ~econd D orm l)ance of the year Saturday, Ortober 22, to e njoy an evening tread· ing the light faniA~tic to the rhythmic s trains of Tec h's own "Boyntonians" under the able direction of "Humph'' W rin. Although o large amount of smooth s wing wu noticable in the repertoire for the evening, the Tech "jitterbugs" had little to complain abo ut the Jack of hot numbers. Although the usual Dorm Dance crowd will miss their usual Quota o f s wing next Saturday, there will be an unusot dance sponsored by the com· bined Engineering Societie.s.
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With five minutes left to play Ma88• Sta te filled the air with footbaUs. Staging a dellfltrate eome·back they ad· vanred to the En~ineer's 30 where Long. necker'" inter('eption d8llhed their hopei. After they rerained poseenlon they tried once m ore only to have Lotz intercept lc1 put finis to a thrill·packed contest The first half bad seen aeveral scorinr thrl!ats by both Bides fiz~le out just be· fore pay dirt wa• s trurk . First the Maroon and White drove put the Tech 20 on a combination of aerials and spectacular running pin1. There j ohnny Peters inter~pted. ACI:6r Forkey's beautiful punting had 11et the !'tatel'l back on their heels, Tech drove down to their hoat'l 15 before the attac k petered o ut djsappointingly u P'orkcy's Rips failed to register. (Continued on Page 3, Col. 1)
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