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Tech Men Tak ~ Part in Gala Pat·ade Fea ttn-ing Clowns, Inflated Monsters 0 <'<'tl!lionnl Rowdit>zVai n Attempt to Ocll ulc Balloons
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Red Norvo' Gr eat Swine Band ° - = = -...... ,Address Alun1ni!Hcre For l1tterfraternity Ball A emlllv To Th I E lll" ( a v ve. Bancroft Ballr·oom IFea t tu--e Mm e. Alumni P r t>l'litleut cene of .. cason's ·L· 1 tk SilVCl"Cl"ltys sa y to pet ; waukiest Dance Dunklee, '40 , Also 1
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L.H ~ I unday n1ght about li'.1 '1\'ur rt•t r ., u·h men took part Ill a mon. Ul C st•r t'hri,tmas pnrnrlc ~punsured hv S uhscriptio•u:~ $3.50 Per thl! J)~nhulm and McKay l'<•mpnny ut Fulluwin~: T et•h'" pulin uf " tit:h l h Fam ous culptor to \\'un ~>ltr The paracle wu in l'har~l' Couple Instead of 83.00 l..mt and well urgamtt.•cl .\ lum ni h•><h ·, nr Ru--~·11 L'ur"lllt, a graduate nt Tct·h 1\tod el S ubjc<"L F r om Prco;iflt•n t l'lun:nus \\i ll udrlrc~s mute As Recently Printed llugc rnhhcr b:II I<Xln!! anrl tluats muck thnn fuur h unrlrctl Tt•t•h .\lum 111 on Auclience, Dt•c. 13 \\'o n't'stcr Ted• '~ ru1nunl lnterfrater. u p thl' paracle, :1lung with two bnnrls l'hur~rla~. n~t.·em hcr it h. n( 9:00 t>.~J .• ~l mt•. ~u.fanne ~~h·t'rcnty~. wurlt). nit\ llnll i~ io he held Ill the Bancroft tu tunw•h t'hrist ma• m u:;i<:; \dule thvu wht'n a ~Pt'< w l ll'a't.'(l w1rt: will l'Unll o tcl the night or December 20 fo r sands ut people wttneso:ed the parnell· lamou' Bel~:ian sculptrc-s, will he tht l hnn \\ 1th loucl .. pt•nl..er' s..on·tci tl)t ncl whit•h th e prkc o( tickets is $3.00 per T~rh m<'n who were made up us ~pcul..er at the nt•xt l.'ulle r Let·ture to .\ lttm m hn•HJm•ts ut s~ \'<'11 1·it ics. t'Ouplc. The t•o ll cge's most popular l'luwns reported u t the Field II ouse u t l•e ht!lrl m th e t:vm 1>11 Det•cmh~r 13. l'rt"~id~ut ( ' ltt\'e rau s will SJit.'lll.. l u rhmt'e will lust from nine until two. 5 30 P ~I {{• r their co<:tume a nd tu ~ tuclents 'huuld uhwn·e thtll th<' a~. ;t•'<:mhll1d t.·u~int:ers 111 Buffalo, I hil-a .\rter the outs tAnding success of lut wmhl\' rlnr 't'hedulc has been t.· hangccl han! t h~ir mal.eup applied Consc 1:11, I'IHd antl , De trut l, Phtlnfl<"lphia, yea r'!! hall, marked by the firttt appear. qucntl r, when they appeared IM sup . w climi na tc l' h:~pel on that dn\'. Pllll•hurgh, anrl Schi'IU:t'tady. I le will il!me Sih·crc nws ho~ m odelle d man y once nf tL name hand at Tech - Gie11 pe r, the makeup <·rented a mile! up. mrorm thtm uf the progre~s uf the t·u l~tiller nnd his orchestra the co·chair· roar 111 the Do m 1. The rest uf the Te<·h ch~tingtn ,hed s uhJC<'ts. llc rhert llt~a,·er. lt·~:•·-: milium tlollnr hmlrlin~: c.').IJOn· men, Edward Hafey and Donald At· men rcvortt:d at 0 15 to rN·e•"e the ir wh<l was lhtn Seerctaq• o f f"ommerre '"Ill pro.:rnm nnd \\Ill abo ~op••nl.. uf kinson, have followed suit thi~ year a nd the fom1er reh~l aclmi11istrntor or co~tumcs nnd nsstl(111nents It wa s n u t 'dtolur..htp ond :lthletk:> nt Tech IH' tontrnl!ling l~ed Norvo and his ll lll!;i llln , wns one uf her lirM. .Just until nhout .00 wh en the pnrarlc finn!. ll nrrv II . l.. indsa y c•r \\'n n~s tcr. well·klli)Wn hand. n•ccnth· 'he ha~ l'<tntple ted the huNts lr lett the field and the fun began. Rer·ugnited a s the foremos t xylo u{ the l>wnne quin tuplet~ ancl Dr Jlrl'sldcnt ul thl! .\lumni .\~S{Irintion , The streets \\t're lin~d w1th peo,)l<', phune player in the t'Ountry, the first .\ la n l>:llue ~lme S1hercruv~ is the \\Ill mtniflmt• the Jlrc ..ulr n t o f t hr 1'111 in faLl th e whole nf \\' o r<'es ter seeml.'d P rior tu ,\elmira! L'lu\'l'rtus' of Reel ',; l'Rrcer was spent in C hi· lir~l and 11nly urlis t h i hn ve th<• q uints l~·~:c to ha \'c turned <)Ill ltl ~ec the biu agu, the famed s wing center of the u• th·m~: mudels Other !lust s inl'lude s pt:<·t·h. Mr Lindsay will tal k liri c lly " K in f tl/ lhl' X ylophone" balluuns I hlldren were nut the o nly '20's, whence sprang such artists as tht 11\'iatum t roph,· to .\mclm Ear- 011 .\ lumn i nfTairs. l{ ohert I~ l>un· uner~'tetl spt'l'ttltur' ei ther, for the Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, a n d the hurt. tht• Queens •btrid ~lcmorial l.lt•t•, Jr. uf llrattlehuru, \ ' t , prt·,iclcnt adults <'lllne , ·ery dnsc to •tut num bcr Dor~te) hrothers Reds first job wn ~ <:nn•J> in llasl;elt. l h·l~ium: Ka therine uf thc Tcd1 I mnwil, w1ll spenl.. o n ing tlw yuungstt·r~. ~onw uf the hnl· Tlw tran smi t ted with l'nul Ash, whom he left. after n l l ~!phurn, Jnl·l.. ll(• ntp~('\', Loui~ ~ohol, c'li lllpu~ m·tl\•ities I<>Vns thrtt trea ted the most se nsation few month~ to fonn his own band. lame~ Tru<low .\flam s, ~am llnrri ~. Jlllf 111111 or the pru~:rum ll'ill 11111 for were the Dragon, Felix the 1' .11, Gul. The yea r 1028 wa, a li ttle too early for .uul Pri ml' ~l inistcr:; ll enri ja• par and hft tt·n minutl's, th e pres1dent lll'llll: hver, :tnt! the Caterptllar. The Dragon '' ht.·dull'rl lor eight. Talks will be ~wing hands though, and Red gave it Pau l \'1\11 Zeeland uf BelgiUm bad n ruther tryin~: time fu r it wun· Cr osb y macl Lombardi 1tp to join Paul Whiteman in Chicago. During tlw lccturo on De(' 13, Mme. •rt111l~: 11\'tJr tht: tc iL•Jihnnc in pn•xy's tlt.•red frnm th e healen path se,·e ral lit.> \\'11~ with this band, whic h included !'d\'ernu \'~ will work upon a wire ullll't:, Trove) to New York as time'< and at one tunc te rrifktl the em Later \isits, suc h ns were made h y nl the time, Bix Beidcrbecke, the armature \\' 1th moist plastict' llt', 'he )Jin}ces uf the PI) mouth Theater when Council Re presentatives Donteys, and the Teagardens, until will motlcl th e feature~ of ~omt• I'UhJect Dt•an Ementu ~ t'oomhs last winter, it lert thl' stree t nnd henrlecl toward will he made to th t:sc ,\lu mni t'Cntcrs fo'runl.. t'roshy n nd Victor Lomh:mli 1935, when he formed his o wn seven· t•hosen (nun the nutlience while doliv· the t icket booth or the Pl y mouth. dunng the t•ommg winter seu ~m lw wr•rc delegates from Worces ter Tech piere swing outfit, which wus an im· ••n ng hl·r let•t ure. Lattr it -.uffere(l a cruel den th when Pn•s1dent I'IU\'eriu ~. w the National I nterfraternity Con· mecliate succes~. After o pening at New Burn in liJ Belutnn nubility O!l the the ;ur escaped from its head. Many fercnC'e, whic h was held in New York York's Famous Door, the band was tlnughtl.'r nf a hnron who wa s prct~ident ur the nther hnlltm~ ulso lost tht•ir :lir, l'i ty l)tt Dec 1s t and 2nd. R obe rt a ugmented for n long engagement at due pt•rhnps to th e pou nding~ 0 1 th e u( the He l~o:iun Suprem e C(•urL, Mme. II i~:us ul~o sat in on many of th e dis· the Hotel Commodore. Engagements ~il\'crrrn ~·s t'IUlle to !hi ~ t'Ountry dur· C'rowcl s ur <'hilclren who clesirecl to touch t'ussiuns, whic h were held on Friday nt t he Palomar in Los Angeles, the ~~~~ the \\'urld War to e~<ca pe lht.• dnn· the monsters. and Ha turday morning Saturday a(t- Blackhawk in Chicago, the Pennsyl· l(ers nf wnr to rn Bl!lgium Quite b y From the advertising po int of view, e rnnon , the two delegates attended the vania I !otel in New York, and many A ttendan<·e at the ' \'l'mber \'nrit'l)' tH't'itien t, while sti ll 11 ~; tudenl iu \Vnsh· however, the pamcle was a great s ue· Army,N nvy gtunc o n ticke ts that other famous spotft made the band m~wn , ' he made her rlehut ru a lee· ~pon~orcd ll y the Student Chrls tinn eess, for the people no t only lined t he Pre~idcnt. Cluverius was uMble to use. nationally famous A recent return en· As~<>t-i ation and the T ech ~lusical turer. .\t a ne ws pape rman'" dinner s treetll but al so were t•ro wding the The high points of the discussion s gagement at the Pamour Door broke the schc<lulccl ~>peal..t•r, Secreta ry of C'l nl~ Saturda ~·. r\ov. II!, l<lpped 700 wtnd ows nnd roofs o( e very building that were helrl during the conferen ce all prt>vious attendance records. pl'ople. Pinandnlly the uffair WAll s ue· \\' ur Boke r, fnilerl to appear nnd y oung nlong the route. The diffic ul ty that cl.,nlt with the abolishment of " H e ll The hand includes many prominent Suumne, who was in the visito r'11 gal- I'<'Rsful. was antkipa ted with regard to trolley Th<' Student Chri~tian Association Week", the c urbinl( of disto rted visions musicians in addition to the maes tro. len· wenri ng a Belgian costume, was wires die! no t materialize fo r the taller of rra U.rnily lire I'IS po rt rayed in pic· S t uart Mc Kay ranks among the first uskcHI to tell of he r country's pligh t plans to u ~e their share in t he C'O ntin balloons were carried ho rizontally and Th e rlrmn:Hic nppcol made h y thi s uruH·e of th eir many a c tivities on the turt magazine~ ami movies, a n d sys- five hot tenor sax men in the country. all of the m were inflated with air only l'tlmpus. Alrend y twcnty.five d Ollars of tems of rus hing. Although the houses P ete Pe ter110n is one of the top bassins ~·oung girl, wa s suc·h a ~C il RtlliOn lha t at Te<·h have no t been bothered b y while Clarence Bas~~ey is o utstanding the Bclg iou Emllll"~'' ~ent he r on a ne w leather co"erq huve U<'cn vur c heap JOumali~<m, muny of the ho uses, on the clarinet. An all-star bra..'IS aec> t· ha-ccl for t hr magazines in the com· •JH."Bklng tuur o r the nation During e!~pec 1nlly in wmc of the liberal arts tion indudes Edward Meyers, jack the two years that she travelled m o ns room of Sanford Riley Hall, to r()plnrc thn~te "borro wed" by !!Otnebody 11ehool11 have been injured by sensa· O wens. Edward Doherty, and Harry thro ughu ut the United States and tionnl newspaper and photographic 11runu. The rhythm section tincb Lea r anada , s he raised nearly a million la~t june A new top for table t e nnis work which hu presented a distorterl Bume1111 at the piano, B o wa rd Gold· ha c been purchased and ins talled on If a subdued murmur is heard min rlnllars for her na tive land. th e found a tiun of the olrl hilliard tnhle pic ture of fraternity life. ll ell Week 11tein at the drums, and Alan Hanlon, gling with the other n o ises around ihe :\!me. Silvercruys recommends that is being slowly done away with fonnerl y with Renny Goodman on in the pool roorn. new Alden Mem orial Building it means eve ryone rl e \'Ote a few mom ents of Thi!, yea r lhe S.C.A 111110 pres('nted th roughout the country. Many of the guitM, Saxist& include L eonard Gold· that the cons truction c rew is praying hi~ rtay to c reative expression, prefer· the Tech Blotter <.'Omplimentary to all houo;cs on the llill ha\•e alrrady abol· stein, Pete Mo ndello, and Stuart Mcfur the ~now to hold otT until the uhh· in the arts or thro ugh som e craft, s tudents. In past years this has heen ished it in favor of a pledge training Kay. A recen t addition to the band ruof is hoarded . Cleaning the snow ll er o wn ge nius 011 11 sculptre~<s was a private e nterprise. O th er a ctivities course. Paddling has lx:en abolished ill vocalist Kitty Lane, wh ose warbling Out of fl partly finished builrling is dil'('overcd quite accidentally. While of the S.C.A. include the sponsor8hip in most of the larger fraternities nncl has IJcen a feature of the H o tel Ben. definiuty an unplea~ant job and wo uld (Continued on P age 2, 011. 3) It iJ a (I{ claily C hapel , the T ech H andbook, the day is not far orr when it will jnmin Fmnklin engagement. cau.o;e a good deal of delay. So far one assem bly each year, an emplt>Y· be completely removed. The delegates well·balanced group and o ne that canthe weather ha s been all that could rne nt bureau, and the s tude nt orienta· noted that among the many system s not be excelled for danceability, that be desired and H it l..eeps on that way lio n periods during the Initial week for of ru11hing fo und at the other school s, will e ntertain the Greeks this year. ror JUSt a week o r two longer the F'reFhmen at the Institute. thi8 IIYlitem that. is now in vogue at - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - · builders can sneer at the weather man W P I. is by far the be~t. This ay• Canada There are 2,328 activo chap-
Tech J)elegates Atte nd F raternity Confer·e uce
.C.A. Active In Campus AJfairs
Alden Mentorial Moving Upward
Admir·al Cluverius To peak in Boston
Four big roof trusses were hoisted in place this week to the great e njoy· ment of the sidewalk s uperintendents ~t.ho rarelv see anything quite 110 speclocular. In the meanwhile, the s to nework on the front o f the tower is steadily gotng up.
President Clu\·erius wilt be guest speake r at a dinner o f the New Eng· land .\qsociation of Colleges and Sec· o ndary School~ in Boston, Friday, December 8. H is topic for the occa· sion wilt concern his impres~ions as a new p rco;ident of a New England college.
Sophom ore Elections The election for the presidency or the Sophomore class was held today with the votes being split between Ray mond Wy nkoop of Jenk in to wn, Pa ., and N orman Kerr of Adams. Mass. (Continued on Pace 4, Col. 3)
Last DorDI Dance This Fall
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tern o r similar o nes are being used more anti more as it gives both the FreRhmnn and the Fmtemities a bet. ter chance to make their choice. SUl ti stics released at the Conference show that there are now 803,158 mem· bers of men's Cree k letter social or. ganizations in the United States and
ters, 1008 of which own their own houses. Sigma Alpha Epsilon is the largest organiution with 30,000 mem. bers. Anothe r poin t that was notilcl was that the general fraternity achoJu. tic average throughout the country wll!J .365 per cent above the school averaro.
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