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WOR CESTE R, MASS., TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1940
Willie Farmer's Orchestra To Supply Music Fot· This Year's Junior Prom Transporta tion Will Be Arranged For First T ime By Prmn Committee {Jn Fridnv eve ning, .\ pril twclfl h , the ('lass of 194 1 will prcscot the annua I Juniur Prom fr om nine 'till two in the ballroom of the Bancro ft ~wcet, s~·intilluting mu~i<", a~ played by Willie Farrn~r a nd s ung b y the lovel y Elna (fray. will he the keyn ote heralding the prl.'<l'lll'e of W o rceste r Tcd1 's soc ial high· light. ('lt!ver progrom:; nnrl chnrm ing . 11~•orted favor!' to be se lected at the dance by a n ovel mtnhod will 11~ o ther fenturcs o f t his venr's Junio r Prom . The " !Ia rm e r in the Doll ," as thi s )'Ottl1l! ma11stro is known tO the musica l world, brings to T ech n natio nnll r (amous on·hcs tro , pnrlinllllrll· we ll· k nown fur its ability to please the yuun~:e r !'lllt'inl :;et. The novel manner ur inte rpretln~; mode rn ballads pra cticed hy the vivacious Elna C ray se r ves to rank her as o ne of the nation 's lending vot•nliNts. Willie Fannt:r has jusl com· plct~d engagement~; in sud1 ramnuR mern• maker's abodes in New York as: L.eon nnrl Eddie 's, The Park Central , the gs~ex fl ou sc, and for seve ral ~e:1son~ at the ~unkcn Carrlcns of Rndio City, I fis ordJCs t ru is also verv wc ll·kn owu to tlw radio audience of the National :1nd i\lutual :'\c tworkJ> lli lliard Paige is in chur11e nf publicity fo>r the Prom atlcl h e reports that this year's dnnce will provide a murk for all com ing c: l asse~ to t•qual. The Ban· c roft Bnllrotlm will he rleeo rnted in nl"· curdance with the gen~<rll l theme. An inte res ting, a nd ex tremely h clvful, arl· dition to this vca r's program com es under the h eading o f transpo rtation The t"omm ittee l' hainnnn , Donald 1' Atkin~un. nnnounces thnt trn us p<>rtM· ti<)n w the clnn tc wi ll h~t pro1·iderl lov the C'ommi llee fur tl II those whn h(I\'C diffi<·ult v in mect:ng thiH situllli<lll. Man y house parties will be in prngre~<s ( 0 11ot i nueol u11 Page 2. Col. 5)
Worcester Section Host To Other A.S.M.E. 's in May Plan Trips to Plants The Hegional :-:lpring Meeting o£ tho S. M. r~ will be he lrl in \Vo rN•ster, at the llo t.el Hnm•ro ft. :\lay 1-3 Th e theme nf th e meeting, greater sen· il'e to industry and the pu blic. is very appropriate, s ince th<' Wor('t>~tor Scelio n i~ ub~c rv ing it<t \\'<m~eo;ter Section u f J\
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'[ he meeting will rea lure four gruups fl( H•chnical se!'sion s un rl trips to many u( the manufneturing pl:u1 ts aro und the <•itv a nd to the Ald en ll ydrnuli•· Lllh<Jra l!lr)' P resident ( 'l u v.:rius 1\ill gi1·c the arlclress of wekomo at th e luno:hcnn on \Verl n esclay and will a ct a~ tnn~tmaster at the banquet the nex t day Pmfl'~'<or ( harles M. Allen (){ the Mec hanical Eng in eering department is t he chain11an of lhl' genernl c:ommittcc in chars:e of arrangement~ for I he m ce trng ln t''Klpe rn tion with the s tuclont hranch, Lhe Seni or socie t )' jq offerinJ; I hr~e prizes totalling li (teen ciollar~ fo~ the best paper~ presenter! nt the regu· lar ~turle nt meeting. These prize win· ner~ will again gi~'e their talks befo re l hr «luden t regional concla\'e al ~o to h~ held here iu i\lay.
Gym-Jam Party To Be Held On Friday, ~laJ•ch 29, lu Gyn1 Com.bined Senio•· Oe pt8. Follow Leacl of M.E.'s in Ravin~ Novel Splash Pa rty
Clta1Je l Talk PreselltPd by Carl Keyser On Mllrch 18, 1940
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Aniiual Tech Banquet Features News Talk by A. H. Blackington --=
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time o r o ther most ur us have heard tnlks on success. W e'vu heard s hurt and tall m en, fat anrl skmny me n , c lenn.s hnve n and bewh i~kercd m en . :111tl in ~ume cases we\·e h eard wom e n speak of ,;11Ccess and ho w to nl·hieve it And if we haven't ~Otten thi~ informatio n b y wny
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Campaign For Building Fund To Be Pttshed
Council and Book tore Co-sponsor Gala Get-Together Dunklee, Forkey, Smith, Stoliker ond Kerr to Fom• Entire Ticke t Committee
Wal1a<"e T. Montague To Head Conlnlittee; Oft' S U G
The Crmnr~sium will he thronged hy nf •'llr, we\·<' read ahout it . The trulll of the matter i~. I sometimes thmk : if Tho Teeh Bunquet, an annual affmr Senior l~let•tri(·~. t'hems. Physkists, th ere Wl'fl;l m ore p CI.l llle who were really aces e l p iu ynl fo r the pas t seve rul years. and (lne or (" 1\'1'I ~. ani1 l h e 1r · c1n t es. am1 o 1~o mcm. s ueecssful. th~rl.' wo uld he fewer p eople \\'ith $:150,000 1.•et to '"'~ · · h t s, 1s · sc h ec1u 1e d to "' raised for the ~cason's h1ghhg I.J<>rs of the fn<"ulty, on Friday night , mnkin(( nlivin~-: of ta lking aho ut it. l nm the building fund of the propoS<:d n ew he he ld Wednesda~·. April lOth, in Sanmcdlnnil•al l•ngi nec ring bui lding. co n· f 1 I' ' I II a II. 'l'h e B n11que t JS · i\n Mnrch 29. bd wec n ; :30 a n d 12 :00. 'fhe not making :1 Ji ving t• ul uf it. Usutll ly tlrt 'I ey · · 1 these ~peakers nne! writers give you a s true t ion of un otlice for the WU )'S und HHIO\'nliOII o ( t 11e 1ate p rcs1' d en t Eare. occi.H•inn is the livm·Jam , a prh·ate li~t 11f three o r four. nnd Rom e1imes m ean s c•tumn ittee. to facilitate the cnm. lind it. is l'llrrentl}• sponsored by t he part \' be ing ~;:iven by th is group . .es, u f w h 'ICh 1t . .IS paign for funds. is now unde r wny in T ech C'ou rlcl· l, Ravmorl" "orke.y, '40, '"'~ 111:1nv more, qun I Ill J " " , , .. The admission fee nf forw-u ine cent~< ~to ted. if yn 11 will d r:1•dup thc~e. tlwn Alumni G ymna~ium . in~; c haim1an of the committee in wi ll be nCl'<lmpanierl bv nn umuscment you will he rl s u ccess, j us t a s s ure a~ The nrw nni<·e, wh ic h will odjoin c harge. o 'l' hl'o,~· OCC.'I~'iOil is the annual "Ct· uoc The size n( this L!l'l: will van·. ICup yea r 1•$ a .ba~I year for <1 II $ uCces~- that lll'l'IIJ!i(ltl hy " Doc'' Carpenter, is .,. ful unmurricd men . b(,ing p rodded (or the u~c of Mr. \\'n l- together o f Tech s tudents; in fnct, it and will be detcrl1lincd b y how well lnrc 1' . • Mnntagt.le, chairman of the is the o nly oppo rtunity for the enti r<J thrO\"'• d 1' "C. 'fhe 11Uil11Jcr '•1 f :"\t~w I'm not gning tu get tuo tl.'chn l. eomm t t tee, aiHI 111 ~ stn t"' · l\1 r. 111 On tnguc s tudent ho rly to fete tog ether. Letters (l ite •·ar1 ' ~ , , wd m 1 the ~ubj ec t. I don ' t p lan to • 1' h f 0 • spots throw n w1ll he the amuseme nt tax It'll you. fl>r in s tlln ce. t hat rafter t~ tutlv IS C<' ~::ruduutc, Class o l 12, , 11 will be awurdecl for winter athletics a t 3 in cents no 1·e1, lll Ray the leaNt. r:ven·. 11f .J.!llH s ucre:-sful pc!lplc, who lin"cl member nf the Boa rd of Trus tees, u th is time, nnd the athletic teams will l;e pas t president l)f the Alumni Assoc:io- the "Uesls or the Athletic Associatinn. o ne is rt.>questurl to rlre~s vcq• in· dunn~:: th e pus t 1,000 yea n;, that r • " "' r . . twn , ant1 1.A n uw c mpl <lyed as Assistant Thc SJ>eaker o r the eveni ng wfll be 1 fllnnnlly and to l1ring a gym sui t allfi lave_ .ound as predommanll y recurnn~t \ 'ice-President of the N orton Compan ·. · · . · , • · · ,1 u;1h t1c~. (•nurnl:(e , loyaltl. tn1stworthi · , , , Altun llall Blockmgton . lie w1llg1ve h1s a ba t hing suit. . . . . • Vv h~n :llterr~tul ns nr~J com pll'ted he will m oKt recent ly editi!d lecture illustrated Rome uf the highlights 1lf the e~·cm ing ness, 1m1u st ry, ambi ti On, nntl so on . l rlil'1d c his tinw hctwcon the wa ys anrl · ·. " ' rolored shdes. The Romnnce will be compe tition on the Gym fluor amh nu t ,going tu tt•ll yo u this hec:w~e m 11an :; commltlC\l ofli ("C anrl h1s oA1ces ow1th f l\lodern News Gathering" Mr . . . ' · · . · · and in th e pool fnr prizes, extra·~l~~rinl 1 uvcn t made n s tudv of 4,9, iJ sur· in tlw Norton c· 1, mr>nny . <·<!ssf11l pcolpl c. furthe rmore 1 l·bink . . Blatk1ngton. an extremely mtcre~tmg refr.:s hmcnt~. uml tlanring to 1111Jluln r • A1I hough a t'tll1$1dera hie port ron Of . k h · 1 l f • 'f h . ~pea e r. us appeare< >Core a. ec , dant•e records. There will he numerous ·\'Ou kn ow what th ese flll •'tlitics· nrc • and the monev requ1md for the conslrut'· 1 · k 1 "' 11 B . · . . . lnv1ng s po en nt t 1e •·a ports an· Rurp rizes, which. of ~'Ourse, will mal-e the re fore th crt· is no w 11ue in rt p enting liOn u ( the IICW hulld1ng IS nlready . t f > 11 (, te .. ,. thm!:(S intereslinl) This is the chance th em . ln!< tt;ad I om going to cliscuss a vail~tl>h', Lh c fund is sti ll $350,000 que~ ·tour yhen·rs· aglol. t ques tion or su l'1·ess from n view· . .us om RS 1t 1a n ra m1tte. of a lifeti me I ll hn,·e :1 .:noel timt.', anti tl11s . . s hMt <>f th e go<ll. Ther·e wrll be 110 ·I , tl · k't ' . •h . · ht 1 . . . . t 0$1! 1e1r t Cr1e nK • at mg , llm as so it is ho pe d that th e party will he pomt that IS u f tcn O\'Crluuk ed in tlw w1dcspread rlnvc to ra1 se tb1s nmount. 1 360 r k t , . 'I bl wlks uf the sy nthe tic liut·cess producers. . . . nn V IC e s arc ava1 a e, sec well a tte nclcc1. h1H the comrn1ttce wall lay 1ts p ro h· ahnut your tickets early. As usual, Firs1 (1 ( all, anrl mos t important, is lcm hrforc o nl y a limited number of the price will be fifty cents per per· the fact that in all nf t hcsc rlisserUI· alumni nml friends of the 1nstitu te. son . Tickets mtty he procured from tio ns un su c(·cs~. the very rlclinitiun This !leiN·tivi ty l11 nereSllary fo r effi cie nt Robert Dunk lee President of Tech uf ~ ~~t·ccss i ~self is owrluQkerl. Vc ry opcr~ti on of th e solidti ng plan. It ("<JUncil. o r the ~lass pres idents, Ray. fow p~ople ca n dlllin11 su t·rcsll. I run nu t !->!)et• afkall ~ le nvcs the d oo r wide open monel Forkey, D unah1 Smith, Nonnan nil(' of th em. I WOIH l u \Ve !Js tc r U1 for un y g 1f t, large or s mall. from alum Kerr. and Ric hard Stollkcr. 'fhe in· :;enrch of a ddinllion and this is what ni whn wi~h w t:h:trc in this urgently ~·ome from the sale of these tickets 1 f rklay ew niug L.nmhda r hi was hos t I saw "~u rt·ess A su cce~<sful pcrsnn needed addition tn the College. will not cover all expenS<:s and, as in for the fir.:;t inte rfmtcrnity bridge or thinl! ; o ne achievin~ s uccess" Wei~ 1'o 11ssis t in co nducting l'Orrc- previous years. financial aid will be Nearly ull the hou~cs th al ce rtainl y tl· ~e~n ' t he lp us ve ry s ponflcnt:e and tiling rccQ rfls th e com · ~o~iven hy the hookstore ns a pan of l<lurno m e n1 were re presen ted much. ll owev(' r, o n rcatling n lilllc mit t:co: wil l employ th e services of ,1 i1s t•o-operntive policy. Frank Schoen a nd W all Ke nn edv further, I c•ume o n a more he lpful S UI;· full-timu sct· rc tllr y and will have the were we l l nul in fron t for the evening gesti<1n : ''Su<·ces.~ : ~avorahlc tc rminl · C(l•op c rotion ancl a~<.~is tance o f instrtll'· with 6230 point~. T heir n eares t rivuls t i~.on f~f a venture. of ten s pce ifil.'olly the lor~ nntl graduate s tude ntj; in the m e· we re C"ule man a nd Jll c rrill ur Lamhrln a ttainme nt of wealth, fame, nr1rl so on." c hnnit•£d cnginec rin)( d e partment. Prog(' hi who had i\ 100. At 1he first t:1hl~. Tim~ l;Cem s to be a little more eon- ress LO dote inrli colcs ~hat the program (' ha~e nnd Sulli van of Th e to {'hi made t•rcte; :tl l('n~ t it's sume thing to ~; wrt s ho uld he <'Omplcted in 1942. the hillh table st•orc of 2300 poi nts, on . Hu~ evan this is rather non-sJ)ccilic making 11 gnme n n every deal. U II · nnrl ind cfinilc Fo r ins tan rc. if J m~ n· Tn its rece nt membership drive, the ~tuctcnt Christi(ln Assoriatjon pledged ftJ rtunately the mrds did no t laRl n.nrl tioned the name of It'. Donald <'oRtcr, 61 !i mem her~. or 93 Z% of the s tudent the\' we re unahle to capitolize on their alia~ Muskn. yo u W<l uld at once think of the on ce {omous, and nnw nu torinu!l ~<11k ndirl $tart body . Bvery student in th e school waa T he winne r!! were presented with cups late head e~ r the Rexol Orug firm . Y C!<, con tal' ted nnd a sked to endorse the ash v their grntinus h()sls. Keith illcln tvre he at tnined fame lind wenlth, hut hi" Th e drawinKS fpr the " Peddler" IIOt·in ti nn'R pledge. The percentage by nnd S1nn Pot ter won the ('On!!olatinn wa ~n' t , T think you 'll a11ree, 11 suceess, Sweepstakes were held Saturday night dasses is as follows : Seniors, 99.1%; 11ri?.(' nnrl were awarded lW(I c hocolate fur he made a lifetime oct•upa tio n of during the Dorm rlnnre, and the win· Juninrs, 87.2%; S1>phomore~. 90 0%; (C:nntimwd on l' a!{e 2. Cui. 4 l 'fhe membership Ea~< ter el:(l:~ o n ea<·h of whieb was in ncrs were nnnounced David llownrd, l~rt>_q hmcn , 97.2 ~ st•rihcd "Por Outst.unding Wo rk .'' T the ur1l y winner present, rl!ccived n rlriv~. in c.-hnrge o f :\!c>el Maleady, was K. P 's t~am. <·onsi~ting r1f Schovn. t'RrHifl or Cnmcls. The o lhc r wiuncrs, h egu n in January. ·1his ''tnr a s in vca r~ p:111t, All those whq ~ign ed th e pled)le may who~ae naml.'s 1.1 rc listed be low, mny Kcnncdr. l) i~orio, ami ~foiiJoeu f, nl s" thl' ''.\t ll nme Du y'' <"Om · won the high team tt1ta l with S!)(IU cJhtain their pri~es hy seeing Howard ret·eivc their membership ticket by tnlth:c ~eeks thc full coilpc rui\nd er~cm at !'hi Sig h ouse. llPillyictJ<t nt the S. t.:. A. o ffice. This KokinR. BerJ(wen. i\l r La y, anrl i\lnr~<h tiun or the ~turlcnl t.orh• in n f Phi f-;ig ca me se<'onrl. The prize se t· Ric hard Coleman wo n the firRt J>rir.e, tirket l'l good in most Y M . C. A.'s in rli strihuting poster~ annnunr·· ha,·k of the cvenin~t occurred when a hid to the juniur Prom ; S. Carlton tht• United S tutes for such privileges as ing the events or the day to Dick e rman took the sct•ond prlr.e , a uRe o r reading rooms. game rQOms, \\'el•llter Anti J\nge,·inc mArie five din· ilw \'Orin ut< hiflh s<· hwls from tic'kct to the Soph om o re 1fop, and J o hn s pecia l rates for d ormitories, and oc. monrls o n th eir upJ>nnen t'l bid of th ree which the stud en ts gnulunted . Carwe ll won two tickeh to the Mas.1ue. t'Miunnl ly fnr u ~e Q( lhc swimming pool. following the game, ice cream and T fl mrake a u11ifonn rl b trihuT o th e following men went c artons of The Studen t C' hris tinn Association cake were sen·ed. t\fte r the~e had been tJOn posJ<ible. the s tud e nt.q art' Came ls: Pau l Atkin son, Salvatore provirles the Tech handbtX>k s and b lotdispo~ed of and the prizes a warded, the uskl'fl w sct•ure their posters in ll cllassni, William rn rroll, Abraham ters. maintains a rec reation room and guc~ts d e ported with the feeling thnt thC' ,\Jumni Ollicc anti sign up Mrmrlelsohn , C'nrl Keyser, Hichnrd an employment office in the Donn; SliP· the affair wns a great succes~< Every. for t hem hefore going home Ramsdell, 11c rbctt Arockcrt, Donolrl p lies the magazines in the Commons h()fly had a grand time and hopes ore for \'aC:1tion. Hail , Colin rtunrlf<lrth, Arthur Mernn· room: and manages the chapel services. h1gh that the other houses follow up CCt~n1inucd on Page 2, Col. 5) ~ki, nnd Froncis Snntour. Lambda Chi's initial m uve.
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Coleman Wins Peddler Prize
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