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D. G. Pltelps a11d Te(•lt Beats Assumptio11 43-28 G. S. Atkit1SOI1 As Greyhot111ds Make Late Rally Se11d Letter • Capt. Bcllos High Ex press Apprccintioo To Worct'!'lh'r Tt.•ch
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5 Seniors Given tude nt Honorary ~ ASTM Menthership
Civils - Clurk, D enio, Pnrkl'! nucl M. E. ' t~ , Slwrwin Ami Smith Are Liste d
,\ n llucn l. c tte r to Worct•ste r Tech . \\' hile l1nsking in the !lunshinc of t he a wnrcl of "l.ovol t v \\"s," t h e nndcr· •i~;n<'d wi~h tn ex p ress t hc;-msl"lve~ Thrl.l lllth lhi! ossis tnncc (I f Simon C:tll· th rou~:h tlw culu m ns <'f the N F; \\' ~ The 1\ t hlct i~· l'Htu u·il t h rough Proft'AAOr lil•r. W P I. grnd uale o ( tho l' lass o f t'nrJ)entt•r, o r pc rhn ps tht' r everse is ' 10, the I ns t itute is nhle to nwurd prizes mun• l'llrrect, hn'l h<•t•n k1nd enon~:h to to mem l)crll of t he s~nio r class who have ~a1• t hut we h;w~· rontrlhut crl 10 T~Jrh t'Xl't•llcd i11 t he S t rc n11th of l\l ntc rials rq hktit·s nllt <1111\' thruuKh o ur so us' t'Utlr:<c during their J unior year. These purti\'IJlll llllll h\11 ul!<n hr onr nt· n ward ~ t'llllsist of free 11'\ cmhc rshil) to tl-'ndunt•t: Hut wt• " " 'Hll•r whe t her n nv tlw t\ nw r k un !'<wil•ty of 'l'eNting l\lnter· " '"' nwli v.t·t; wh nt T et·h nthle t ks has itt!~ Th<' llfCi'(' l\\n tion u f the~>e m embe rsh ip~ i~;~ htt ~:Wd 1111 work in ~trength o f cu n tribut t•( l I n u~l Fur l~>ur s hnrt l'en rs now Wt• hn,•e mn h•rinl~ lnho m t ury, mn tc rinls of con· wnH· h~·ll the vnrit>u-< ttllllll!t per1c1m1 ~trut•tinn , nnd • lrcnl:'th (I( mn lcr iuls \Hi rlt!r o sn nr n thlet k poli1'1• Wt• fet.>l IIM•If t halnll'l'e,·h a dli t•tell, fir• t ~t rin11 or no t, Lu' t vl'n r was tlw fi r,.t time thes e ~t • ntl('r n rJi,.t int•t nne! tlt'Cd l·d service to pritr' we re nwnrc:lcd 111 tlt ucle n t ~ ot the t ht! tulkf(t' They ure lor11eh • rt'~pnrls•hlt· I nsti tu t t• This vcur three nwm herll o f fur tlw ••nmpu " ~pirl t wlt k h i!t so \•it nl to t ht' ('hoiI I~ IIKinetJ ring Dt<J»nrl tnl'nt nntl a nv elll(illt!cring in~tltut ion . Thcv help two fr<Hil lh ~ Me l'hllnit'ul Elll( ineerin g ma uHn in 11hnnni inh•rt'"' I n the first Ot~pnrhn t'nt wt• H· tht lor tu nn te re· pllwl', t h~rdort•, Tech othlc lic•s has ei pient11 The Civil,: were Sidney Clark, ~:i ,·cn ~~~ u u rent er upprcdnti trn of the Dunnld Denio, and Russell Pnrks. ( lont inm•d 0 11 l'al(l' 4, ('(II, 2J nltlfltF 111 \\'urel'~l t• r T N•h ~N·un rl11', ll l thou~,th Wl' ~1\ 1 \l Wl' hll\'C wn n ·ht"tl tlw t t'n m~ pt•rform it wo uld I"' more 1\\'C' l' rntt• rrom our vi~w p oint , thuu~eh ~;um t>what illu stnnllrV t·o sn Y we ha \·e plttycd nn th<' t enm ~ (Jurs!'lves If not, how oecu unt fo r 1 he tou t nerve11, t lw henri ~ !If Jlc rs plrnti lln , nnd t he physi· 1'1.11 cx hnu~tiun 'vhic•b followed ench con· 1 J Collc>gce Rcprcsf'nted tc~t ? We hn ve dull o ur C'leals in the At First Convention ut ••ttl n f "1'\'<'rn) !!fitl irtl nS, <m::t NhecJ int er f<.n·m·c. ~k irtt'rl t•lltlt~, t h n,wn p nsstll, Univ. of Nt>w Hampshire r nugh t lu nd f umltl<·tll t lwm , hooled ~ pmtl!l, ()Jil.'lled hnlcs, throw n block s m... vcn New f<:nglnnd colll'ijC llC WIII>t.t th bt.'null ful nnc1 slUJliJI', shc •t hMke lll, po11er11 wert.~ rt'Jiresentc:d at a t·o•well· ~:u ttcn hn ~c hits nn d pant erl t hrou~:h IIWl h d rl n ee 13 nne! 14 nt th e Uni· c· ms.~ •·oun t ri<'N : in ~:hnrt, e ver v t hing \'tm•it v C)( Nl.'w Hamps hire fo r the pu rt h nt athlrH·~ liSIInl h· d e> we hnve done po~e c1f ln ying n foundotion for a N. E. l•11rn• lou • nt h<' r c• n gnwrml'n t~ ke pt us lll t 11 rrrJllc~o~ i r\le Newl!f)a )Je r A5soci atio n. p u t ,,( ~rwcer nnd tl' nni'l. Our sym· 11clcKMCS wl' re pre~Cent from Nc>rwi ch pa thv I!(Ol'~ clu t to t h t- o tht•r s ub!lt itutes Univt•rsi ty o f Ne w Hnrnpshire, Co nn. l lt!\'ll ll bl.l rrrun tiUr u nique po~ition we ll 'ollei(C for \Vomen , Uni v. or Co nn., Nlultl , a t will. p u t ourse lves in without llo~ton Univer~i ty, W orceste r T e t:h, c·o n ~ul t in~; t he c·nnC'h tll An ti whe n we Jl wwn, M o~s !-\tn te, Rod cl iffe, Rirnm on8, wt•rt·n' t in we hn ve ficlgt• ted nnrl pnc<'d anrl N ort heas tern . wi th Pete 13igle r, Th e. inten t of the enrnrcll tion wall to ;-low pttrtk ipn tion of that sort keep s ~tart t he work or organiza tion under roltl~r peuflle yo u ng l>o th ph ysically and wn y To t his end , a Htnff of tempo rary mc•H u ll v, rmtl thut i11 11 grea t agset to •J Ake r~ was t•lected , com m ittees were hu•l nc~~ nw n l wh i<'h WI! trv l (l be ), c·hosen f(tr the p urp11se of drafting a t''fl"' iolh• in t he!!C t' hnnging ond l'hfll · t·ons ti t ution nnd f9r e xtension to o ther ( {'ttlltilllll'fl 1111 1':11((' 2. .JJ ~<·hotob, nnrl plans made fo r ano ther t'tJO\'C ntio n th is sp nng nt wh kh the m tunl fo nning of t he AliSOCia i ion will TOMB tnke p lnre Th e New F.nglond J. N. A . will be patte rn ed nftc r the M i(ld le Atl a n tic Sto tcs .f N i\ wh ir h h9JI been t ried o ut fm tt n \•mhc r of yea rs. The func t ion~ of th i<~ group consist o f a sern i·annuol l'tlll\'tntion, at whir h reprcRen ta tives frnm c11ch school henr lect ures h y n e wsI' Mfler men a 11d engage in discu11sicm~ nnrl c ritidsm K of ea ch o t her's paper~; nnd an annulll con tes t, in which ea ch pnper ts j udged , rated, and c ritid ;,;ed lly eompe tent comme rc:inl ne wspapt r men . Jn addition to this paliey of ctl it tJr inl s timulution , the as!locia tion mny also piny u large part in improving the situa ~ion of the IJUsineNs s taff, th ro ugh t'tl-Opcrnt.ion in IJeCu ring na· tit1nri l a dvertising
N. E. Intercollegiate Newspaper Assoc. To Be Organized
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Scorer· Oneolia Is 0 ' Runner-up Tt.-ch Jnyvces S11arked To o 4.6-25 Vic tory Over Assumption High School
l.n!it S:nu rdny n ight, in Alumni Gy m , the W orces ter Tech lloopmen st'Oured 11ff h llt h tho Assum Jltio n ll igh tlflrl the Assumption College btts.ketball teams. Th e var~ily, Ienning or1 the higiH ;t;orinil of i\ 1 ll ollns. led from s tart to finiph while d eft'nting the G rey hond va rsity by a SCM<! M •1~2R. The Tech Ja yvees, ~rnrked themselves to a 46-26 victory ove r 1he Ass um ption II igh School teant in u .:lu nt.> that SII W excelle nt Jllay by lloh "l' witt•he ll, E rn ie f;wc nso r1, and Non11 Kerr. The fcn t u rc vnrHi t y game was pla yed in lo w J<eor, b ut ncvc rthe lesR, seve ral p 1nyers stood o ut f11r ho th teAm s. Per. hnps t he most sperla!'ular s hoo ting of I ho c vcrthl g waMturned in by j ohnston, i\ssumption g ua rd, who on seve ral OC· t:Rsiuns s wis hed the ne t alter having t ukc n t'a rcful oim from the center of t he Oo(Jr. The Biglerme n were paced h y the high-scoring of Captain AI Bel· Itt~ n nd P'rn nn i!! O nel{lia, while George Knou ff and Bill S to ne broke up ee veral pute n tiAI Grey ho und IICOrlng threate. J\1. C'yr olso played a good game at gun rd fo r Assumption, with his clever pass inte rreption on defen se wo rk . The a c tion wus s low to s tart at the o ptm i"t: of the game , fo r the Greyhound s could no t penetrate the Tecb w nc dllfense, nnd the Blglerme n lacked t he power to get the ball and sink It I t wa s AI lleiiClM, hlon(!c hairert bomber of the forwnrd wall, that finally brok e t hC' deadlock with a t wo point flip, with nho \rt a minute go ne. Captain Anrera, AsRurnp t ion ('enter, then erased the Ci ruy ho und v.ero with a l!uccepful free thro w. After ten minutes of slo w motion pla y T ech was leadlnr 6-3, but in t he la tte r part of the half the E nalneera cut loo~e with Oneslla and Bello& sink· ing ~~~: vera! p oints to bring the BCOre to 20.7 in Wo rce ster'11 favor at the midway murk . l n the latter part of the period OnejCiin d rew a ROOd hand from the c ro wd wh en be intercepted a G rey· hound pnss and I!Qioert down the floor to c ulmina te l!ome good dribbling with n d eserved , 11\ICCU"ful baMket. T, l he second half a revived Aaeumption tea m took the floor and bepn to ra Hie t he scoreboarrl un til with eiabt m inutes to play they were trailing Tech hy o nl y seven po int11 in a 3().23 ecore. Mainl y rcsponsihle for this s pur we re ChorlcboiK and J o hns ton who added 14 11<1in ts to UHl Al!Rumption cau 11e In the firs t pa rt o f the period. H owever, Be llo~ a gain gQt the range and Tech hcl{nrt t~> forge nheud •ga in. W ith t wo minutes to go Coach Ivan Higler Auh s tituted 13osy k for Onerlia ttnd Bill then proreeded to add four points while Bob Lot~ followed up aome lwnutlful Plli!Sing with ano ther two point~ to give T ech o comfortable lead 43-28 whe n the gun went off. This ~:~arne ga ve T ech its third • traiah t vie> tor y, h ut no w t.he team hu a week of hard wor k a head to prepare for the s tro ng 'Tufts Coll ege team which al· f Cont iuued on Page 2, Col. 3)
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