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Worce8tcr Polyteclmie Institute, Woree111er, Ma1e., f'rlday, •' ebruary 9, 194.5
Volum e XXXVI
Sigma Xi, national honorary fraternity, recently elected seven of the top-ranking seniors al Tech to asso· date membership in the society. Membership in this organization is considtred a great honor for, to be considered for membership, an undergraduate must be one of the high· est men in his class standings. Tbe men so honored were Richard Anschutz, George Cornstnck. Abraham Cammal, Walter Gleason, Richard Martin, Carl Simon, and William Wells. The elections were announced by Doctor E. D. Wilson and Prof. \V. B. Bridgman, president and secretary of the society. The initiation of these men will take place in the Green Room of Alden ~ l emorlal on February 13. FollowinA the ceremony Prof. Carl G. Johnson will give an illustrated lecture on " Powder 1\fek'lllurgy." Dick Anschutz has been active un the campus since his freshman year. He is the Managing Editor of the T EC H Nt::ws, a member of the Peddler staff, house president of Lambda Chi Alpha, a member of Tau Beta <Con tinued on Pn!(e 6. Col. 2)
Unit Inspected by Captain N. L. Nicl1ols of l st Naval Distric t Surpr ise Inspection of Chow Hall H eld b y Lts. Carlson and l\1nrphy Las t week ~ Tech's Naval Unit was inspected by several officers from the office of the Commandant of the First Naval District, at Boston. An inspection of this sort is held only once each semester but this one was broken into two d ifferent days. On the first day, Capt. N. L. Nichols, Director of Training for the First Naval District, with three staff officers, Comdr. Leonnard, Lt. Comdr. Olson, and Lt. Comdr. Roman, made the inspection of the dormitories, class rooms, and other school facilities. On the second day of the inspection, Lt. Murphy and Lt. Carlson inspected the smallstores and mess ball, giving the workers at the mess hall several minutes of anxiety while they carefully scrutinized trays, glasses, and silver ware.
List of Reservations I AMBOA C HI ALPHA RodMy C hau. Oi nn y Pag~ GJ r y Hovhanhl.ln. Na ncy S~ h~ gia n R ob~ rl 8Htl~tl. Janice Brow n C h.trle<o Mllt hell, Bmy J ohMo n CJrroll Burtner Mildred C.1rbon Rex Ho ffm an . Jea n B3urnbaugh Sou t ~n Soosoorian . Shirlty Pede rson Do nnld l'ners. MMgurdtt Da ley Edward Smith, Doroth y Bunk' David Swic kn C latrc Mon re M.llcolm S.1nborn. Nancy Su ll ivan Prcscoll G ro ut. KM her ine Roberts Don~ld T.tylo r. Jane Ro per J ,,, J.,. ShJnJ... . MJrjorie Na$h Rnger Williamt. MHjoric Bremmer EdwMd Mo ntague, Bubar~ B~er TI IF.TA C HI Cush BonnbHd, G ladys Nelson William Bingham, Ada Niemi l.eonud Fish . jane Schm ittgall T o m Wylli~. Pat G reen Charles Heyelman. Roth Ada ms Eddie Blagdo n. Theresa G uenette Harold R i~nst ra. Louise G oddar d HHry Mehrer. PhOI!be Randolph (ugene Kosso. Cbirc Vallee THETA KAPPA PHI M. D. Laccdonia. Leona Mitc hell Wi lliam G ro11an, Kay Fenton Walter Conli n. Cla re Cassidy John Landers. Virgi ni.t Smerlund Cbults Mayer. Roberta Kohlbcrg Ch arlu M ic7tk, Tnry Henault
l· dwuc.l ramultvlch , Irene S wildrr Walter Ban k. Clmt 1 ttYf)Jtrick George Conley , Jrm Md. aughli n John G Jgio Jrdo. Do roth y Davignon 1 hom.:~~ J . Coonan. Mar y Coo nJn Jor~miah O' Nerl. Ge raldin e Kane Phrl ip Duffy. Dorothy G~lak John Conno r, Faith Brothers Nei l C row ley, Barb~ra McKenna M orif Dagtr. JJnt M a rie Snvnrd Donald McC~ ul ey, Nancy Shocmaf..er J'r.1nk Sa u~r. Glori~ Bunirr Nei l Su llrvan. Lavtrnc Hob$On CdwMd Supple. Mary Pi tz patr ick J o hn T r.1cy. H tlfn SullivJn l: dward l'rodluon. Son y~ Biancht PHI SIGMA KAPPA Ace Wahon. Thmsa Wright Herb Sl.•ughter, Norm ~ Jean Hungerford Robl'rt Campbell. B~.tlrk~ Collins Edward J . l.emieuJC. N~ncy Ric hardson M yron Joh nson, M.1r y Alice O'Nei l I rvlng V trsoy. J anice B~urr Bob Ta mbl yn . Marge MacCielland D on Fe rguson. Bobbie McDonald Mal Zink, Patricia Patti~on AI Breed . M edit Je nnings D onald B. T ho mpson , Htlr n Holda J o hn Fit1.patrick. J.mt Tim o n CbDrles D. Sea ver. Beu y McRae Bob Meyer. M arge Bee~ William A. Gag~s. Kay Gr und y Carl Simo n, Esther H all
Pt·esident Reports School Is Facing Enrollment Problem
Co1uely Guests to Add Much Color to Wlute WPI Scenery
Navy Underclassm e n May Not. Be T r ansferred On Grnduotion of Seniors
Tech and Interfraternity Councils Ma ke E njoyable Winter Week end Possible
At the meeting of the Board of Trustees held last week, Admiral Watt Tyler Cluverius reported that the maintenance of Tech's student body was now a serious problem. He said thut this was caused by the drafting of the civilian freshmen after their first year, and the fact that there are to be no more addit ions to the Unit at the end of this year, on july 1. He believes how· ever, although it is not official, that those Navy men in the Junior and Sophomore classes will not be withdrawn from Tech until their course is completed, if their work is satisfactory. At a meeting of the Alumni Councit, James W. Cunningham, ' 12, dis· trict manager of the American Appraisal Co., Philadelphia, Pa., was nominated for u five-year term as a t ruslee. John A. Remon, vice·president of the Chesapeak & Potomac Cos., Wll.'!hington and Roland A. Packard, chief engineer of the Smith Paper Co., Tnc., Lee, were renomlnated for additional five-year terms.
Formal week-end is here again on Boynton hill and it started tonight with this, the M id-Winter For~ Dance. Thanks lo the Tech CouncJI, we are enjoying one of the few b oJj. days that we have. The whole affair promises lo be a great success. The Dance hn.'l .~~n weU atten~ed by Navy and Ctvthan students a hke. Lest we forget, let us give our thanks to our patrons and patronesses. They are our President, Admira! Wat Tyler Cluverius, Capt. and Mrs. Guy Davis, Lt. and Mrs. A. J. Schwieger, Lt. R. M. Brown, Jlrof. and Mrs. R. K. Houston. The dance committee was ably lead by co-chairmen John Lsmders and John E. Ruggles. Larry Stewart and Herb Slaughter were in charge of tickets; j ames Maloney, patrons. Ed Pendleton is in charge of lighting and effeels, and Bill Grogan, publicity. We are being entertained tonight by Ruby Newman's Orchestra who comes to us direct from nightly en· gagements at the Hotels Copley-Plaza and Statler. His Orchestra has been ;:::===:::=::::::::::;::=:=:=:=:=~ engaged for entertainment at both the Harvard and MIT Naval Units. The Downbeat Accompanying his orchestra tonight The WPI has taken a noticeable were Kay J uel, famous New Engslump in the put few weeks. Tbl! land singer and Miss Cindy Parker, b11ml is the combined Nuvy-Clvlllan the voice with a personality. band under lhe direct inn of Mr. WllBut this is only tonight ! Tomorllarn Lynch. Rehearsals nrc held every Friday noon from 12: 45 to row morning, in accordance with I: 20 nnd the type of musk l~ var icfl Tech custom, our guests will sit in from clllli~lcal to swln~. on various clas.~s. Tt is suspected Th~rc nrr a numhcr of fellows nl that the girls always wondered what T ech - both civilian and Navymakes the typical engineering stuwho IJhly band lnstrum~nts. II you dent different from the ordinary gecan play nt all, the l.l and Is n swell nus homo j O.K. girls, tomorrow you chance to Ktl some practice. A con· ccrl ia planned for the Spring. J,cL's shall know. You shall see the poor keep the Band l(oin~e I student, a mental mess, trying his best to stay awake and absorb the rudiments of engineering as taught Di~k bwton. Virginia Blackbur n Bob Cablr. Peggy Buck in the inimitable WPI manner. P au l Sl11ter. Pauline Uibel Tomorrow afternoon, all the fraL e6 Gear y, Ro wt na Buck&ty ternity houses plan various kinds of David Hall. M uriel B~rgstrom entertainment to which all are welJamu Bush, Renit Renker come. The evening will start off D. J. R.ite. Joanne Vamvu C harlit Whitcomb. Jean Gagno n with a basketball game with WesC linton Boone. Joanne Ross leyan in Alumni Gym. Let us aU ,John Ebbs. Virginia Holcombe cheer our team to a rousing victory. John Hossack , Ellie Margolis T he evening will be climaxed by a Truman Dayton. Jean Abrahms Round Robin Dance sponsored by P HI GAMMA DELTA the fraternities. Dancing t ill- ? J t . Bro wn , Jud y Brown The students have been looking ( Continued on Page 3, Col. S)
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