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VOL XXXI
Sigma Xi Pledges Nine New Associate Applicants Fot· Chapter Also Grants Three l\1eiuherships Cia s of I944 Pres. Cluve rius, A. L. Teclt CltllJs Elect Exceed Quota Powell, Prof. King, Given FuU Chopter Membership Th~: Si~:mu
Xi •ol·ic ty at its la s t rru:eting !ilt.>cted the follo wint: member:; mio the: :;m·1ety: A ..sucintt.> membe rsAlfred ,\uro n . Philliv 13nrtleu. Bruce Boyd. ~lnk~>lm Burto n, Edward t 'ro~s. jat'Ob llllg(lpian, Frederit• :\Iiller, llenr)' Pauhicn, and .\nclrcw Sh ult7 : full mem· bershitl to Pre~idc nl \\' at T~ ltr l'lu· 1 crius , Albert Uunning Kmg, As~1~tan t Proft~"<~r of Chemit·nl Engineuin~: . and .\ rnc t Puwcll, Grnduott' Assi.,tant in Ph,. .,,,.s Full membership is gi\'en to cand1datco; who have completed r<'· o:earch 1n some hrllnt·h of engineering .\~:oociall' member~hip is gi,·en tu Seniors and graduate stuclcn t q on the basis the ~:rades rcceh ·ed here at the I nstitute AlCred Aaron. a graduate in l'hem· istry. C'mncs from Wehs ter. l\lns!<. nne! has been a mem her o f the Skt>pticul ('hvmists lo r three ye11rs. Philll11 Aartle tt, nn M.E., hnils from Springlidrl, is u member of P.S K., Ill'· longs to the AS !\I. E , a n d wa11 Assist· anl Busine!'s Manager of the TECH :\1::\\'S in his Sophomore and Junior years. Rrut·e n on!. nn F. E s tudent. co me s from Springfield ~l akolm Bur to n. an M E .• io; a mem· her of L.X A and the A~ ) I E ., and he~ in \\'orce~ter. Ed\\arrl Cro~s. an E E .. lives in Wor· reste r and is a m ember of the A T E E jacob H agopian. fro m \\'hitmsvllle )lass , is a gmduate in E E and ha o; t.elongtd to the A I E E. (o r three vear~ Frederick :\Iille r, fro m Sprin~:fielcl. i' an :\1 E • h<.'longs to A T 0 . anrl A~ :\1 E , and hn~ !wen t111 t he " Ped dler" ~tafT fo r four \•ear~. Henry Paulsen , from Mansfield, Ohio, i~ an ~I.E. and mem her of T .X . Antl rew ~hu l t z, Graduate in Chern· iqry, is a me mber or the ~kcpt icnl
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Smith Preside nt Council ; Rogerson President Rifh·; Kenned y Pres. Newmnn
.\t th,, prel\('nt timt• Dt'an ll o wc has (l\'~r four hundr~d nnmc!' or men apply· in~: lllr admi~'<IOil to the I nstitute, and 1Ww npphcatic'n' are cmning in ever)' d11v. i\dmi~siu n~ grnntcd and pro mi~ed tu ilpplit•a nt~< "ho at this time art
np•·l tt•d tu en ter nc\ t fa ll nrc rapidly appwat hing tht l-;(1 mark, '' h1ch is the .\ m~ning of the Tech Council wa~ limi t ~:tl t·nrollmen t of th~ Pre~hm11n held :\londay , May 20. Election of olh lers for the coming \'Car was held and . Th~: Dt·an re!)\1rt~ that . rrolll th15 t hu~e elet'ted are · Pre~idcnt , Donnie ~mith. ~ecretan··Treasurer, Pwfe«or dntt• t<n , 11 \\Ill he nece<;.<ary tn he \'Cry llnrris Rice : and delegate~ nt large, parutulnr in choosinll new apphcants Ch arle~ ll oebel, :-\llnnan Kerr, \Y nlter fur adrni~sit•n After t h~ end of the Knight and William Paulsen. month all qunlif\'ln,: npplknnts will RIFLE CL UD hn~t• tn he !)u! "" n wn11ing list , to The Tech R1fle Clu b met la~t Fridn1 he ndmittcd 1f 'at•nncu!s occu r before C\'cmin~ Al t heir rnnge 111 the gym Plan ~ fnr a bigger nnd beucr team u r un rl'gls trntio n rln' in N>ptembcr. wert! mnde f~1r next year w1th hopes \\' i th the cM·eptiun of a fe w, the uf h:wing Profe.•sor ll ult liS tenm fnrtv•ftJur npplico ut s who were g ranted (Xmch T he team had sixteen Sl'heclulerl mn t rkuln tion ~l·hulnrships have nc· m11tt-hes th is year, win ning th ree 1111rl rcptNI them nnd arc going w en te r in dropping t h irtee n. Th ere we rt• ~i-c tlw fnll Nine of t hese sc h olttrships members of the team who were awurrl went to the 1\cw Ynrk Mc r ropolitan t'd lellerl!, nnmely : R alph \V hitm!lre, Area, two to the P hiladelphia Region, Fred While, ! 'harles Parker. Chandler one to Wa shing ton, one to Ma r yland, \\'alk~r. Fred Merriam nnd J o hn Roger· se\·eral tfl 1\,•w Yurk ~ta te, s i xtte n to son Elect ion of nex.l year's officers ~cw l! nRlanll Oll t~ide or W orcester '''liS held. Those elected were · P re•i l"ounlr, nnrl eight tt1 \\'un·e~ter Count). dent, john Rogerson: Secrttan· T rtn<· urer, Robert Holby: te11m mann.:,·r Freel Mer rtam : and team captain Charles P nrk er.
NEWMAN CL UB The Tt'ch :-\ewman Club held it~ l11st me<>ting in t he common'! rc10m o f San· Curd Riley llall on Tuesda\', ~I ll\' 21 Xewly elected o fficers of the l'lub in d ude : \\'alter Kenncd~·. P re!lident. J ohn Ingham, \' ice· P re~ident: Prank !'choen, Recretary: )an1es McGinni11, Treasurer : Ma rio Cara n gelo, C'hnirman of program committee: Pete Cai<li~. \\' illiam rarroll , and lln rold Ro bcrton , (Continued o n P age 2, Col. 5)
Perlcins Places In Air Meet Juhn L
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one·man fh·· Ill' a'~ut'ultwn, ~ Ul't·e~-.(ul\' upheld the t'Ollege's aeronau tical inte rests in the :\('\\ l~n!(lnnrl I ntercollegia te air meet held recen t ly a t W estfield Barnf~ !\l u lllt'IJ)al A1r port Perkin s flew his own ~ tin~()n mtml>plan e in t he m eet, and took th ird place in the "bomb dmp· pin.:" t' \'e n t, 11nd two fo urth plru:es in t•n1·h of the !!pot IAn<l ing e ve nts .
Baseball, Tt·ack, T en11is, and Golf Letters Awarded to 40 Men . . . Naboicbek, Sntith, Sixty-etghth Alnnnu lT A" 1 I Reunion To Be Held aF.•.u TennekyS u n ·r ane rae eason 1 0 n Jnne F 1 teenlt Election of Captains To Be Earle Memorial Bridge To Be Usecl For First Time
Made by Varsity Lettermen at Assembly
By Fifty-Year Assodations A l its Just meetin g of the \'car, lhe Saturda\·, June J.ith, \\' P 1 w1ll .\ thlt'lic l'uunt·il, on ~la y 27, \'Oted to ho ld 1ts si"(tv-t>ighth alumni reu111on 11\\Urd the following vars ity letters, 1 d · 1 · · ( Registra tion will Hart at n ule Ill t he r;umcra s. an managen a POSitio ns or tLt ~prmg spo rts T hese are to be premornin~ and cuntinul' until noun Laho· 'tn tecl n l t he Athletic 1\ ssembly tod ay ratn ries. shnp!<. hmlchn~r>. n nd fra - A~ th1s t ime new m embers o f the terni ties will be upen fc1r m•pect 1on At hletiC Council for the coming year Al eleven there.' will he a meeti ng o f \lill he elected . T he lisl is as follows: the F1ft y·Yca r t\ ssodates in lluynton Baaeball Leturt-D. T. Atkinson, llnll A t twelve.fiftce n D ean-Emerilu11 \\' C11rroll, R. J . Forkey, F. G. Gus taf· ~~oomh:. will mnrshnl the Alum ni Dnv so n , II. D. Kingsley, B. A. Lambert, Parnde. led by th e l~ifty· \'car Assn· E A. l. ipovgky, F. Mc Namara, F . j . dotes. P artici pan ts in 1his par(l(le wi ll On eglia, R. E. llij.'!gs, V J. Libe rty . be the fi rs t to cross t ht• gnrlc Bridge . ~lnnn11e r Cor 194 1, W. S. Knight. Ass't The .E nrle Brid~e. wh it•h SflllllS West Manngc rs fo r 1941, Wm. Wheeler, R . P. Kim ball S t reet , formerly hut n rlrl'n m, has n o w Track LeUen-W. L. Ames, L. P. hecome 11 renl il}'. The h ridge fa cili· E k s trom, C. P . Fritc h , A. Naboichek, to tes pns!'llgc from Buyntnn ll a ll to tho P ~t'hoen, P. F . White, A. R . Tenney, (Continued on Page 2, Col. S) new Alden Memorial Aud i toriu m, a n· o ther innova tio n wh1ch will greet the eyes of t he Alumni. This Alde n Me m o. rial will be u sed for t he firs t time fo r the g radua tion uf the Cla,
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1940 of . At one o'cluck. th e annual dinne r will he l'ervcd 111 the gy rnna~ium This dinnt>r will he immediat ely folowed by the fonnal meeting of 'ht' Associa tion This prot'e dure contra r y w tha t of tht> Jlll$t se\'eral years. Mcmhers of the Alumni Da y C'om · mi ttee nre : Don A Hamilto n, ' II, chairmnn : Dea n J e ro me W H owe, '09 : W illia m W L oclce, Jr .• '30 : Paul J . Rull h·an , '34: Profes~o r Pnul R. Swan, '23; and Mis.o; Clwcndo len Kn owlton .
Seniors Elect. Frank Crosby The Seniors \'Oted oti u tie between I arl FritC'h nnd l~ranl.. Crush\' h~· elcC't
ing Crosby the permanenl treasurer of the eta.••. it wa!l anno unced h\' R A Lo vell. chairman o r t he no minating comm1ttce Crosb y, an ;\I E !lturlent, i~ a memher or A T 0 , and in hio; Sophomore na r \\11'1 prcs1dent of the cla~o; Ravmond F orl..q• ha~ alrtad r betn Jlrtsidtn t , ami the rest uf the offiH•r• ~<ill h • e lecttcl at 11 fu t ure date
Commencement Starts June II, With 1940 CI388 Banquet
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First Activity in AJden Memoria] Building Tuet;da y, June 11, will mark the be· ginning of commencement week for the clo~s o( 1940. An afternoon o( sports, and then the cla ss banquet, in the eve· ning of that day, will open activities o r the week. !->tATt ing early In the afternoon ~f June II, the Senior class will e nj oy all privilcgell of the Marlbo ro Country Club until late in th e evening. Under the chairmanship o f Frank Crosby, the committee in charge has arranged a program o r go lf, swimming, softball , and putting as preliminaries to the m o mrntou s Class Banquet. There will be pri1e!1 for the winners in the golf tourname nt. and the course wiU open Cor duffers who prefer not to enter ac( Continued on Page 2, Col. 4)
Seniors Frolic In Alden Lab
Peddler Elects Editorial Staff Elt't·tinn~ ul the " Peddler" ot1ktr' nne! uli turial sta rT were held Thtlr~llll \' )Ia 2:1 .\ new cons titu t ion wn!l clrnwn up lty Proh:8~0r Albe rt J . Schwieger. whkh was reM! nml accepted The fol· !"win~ are the ne wl v e lec ted officer• and Nlitnr< · l~di l ror·i·n ch ief, FrNicrid Zi('l.:ltr :\!nnaging Editor, Pr~:clericl.. rhamhtrhn: Scninr Erl itnr~. K R Ore"' r .I ~ Ingham. \\' S KniJ~hl, H R ~hniltr and R K :\lc£nt l're .l uni•·r Eclnnr•. !' \\' William ~. j J ~heth\· p r D i<ario, (' B. ~UllOn, R :'It rote, R S Fleming, J P. R oger •on r. cohen. and K Par<tOn q: Fa C'ull\ Ad\'io;, r Pro(e•~flr .\!bert .T ~t'hwieger
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Frida y, May 24th, forty couples of ~eniont a n d faculty members gamholed ahou~ Alde n Tl yrlrnullc Labora.
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to r v in the a1, nua l Senior Frolic. Tho p rogram In clud ed games, dancing and re( r('shm cn ts, w ith the entire labora· to r y o pc·n to tho u se of those .Present. R anda ll Whitehead , 11s master of t•ucmonie!l and chairma n o f games, m o in t.ai ned n continuo us (unfest with rcmnrk!! and a full evening program. Profe~~or Gay d emo nstrated the prowe.,, or the math d epartme nt by cap. t uring 11 pri?.e Cor the most accurate gue~~ of the number of beans in a jar. li e wa!l pre~tnted with a Woolworth S pecial s ul)t:rc harged airplane and granted an hon o rary commission in the Ethiopian air corps. To prove that (Continued on Page 2, Col. 4)