ltiO J'IES DURING FINALS
" 'orcctill!r l'olyl<><'hnie Instit ute,
Volume XXXVI
Worl!t-.J!I~r, l\1u~8., 1'u eoda~·.
February 20, 1945
Number 8
Winter Foi"mal Weekettd Proves Newly Elected Nine Navy Mett Leaving Tech F-or Air Corps, "Middie School" Great Success For Many Guests "News" Staff • La rugan, . M errllt, . In Spite of Ten"ific Snowstorm Asstnnes Duties Pt·esident Signs T ech Basketball Game, Round-Robin Dance, Highlight W eekend.
·s·1grna x·1 I lUhates ..
Seven New Mernbe rs At Meetina Feb. ] 3
Tbe long-awaited winter .forma!· M W hisll>ry, was a very fittang ch~ max to the winter term. The entire Prof . Curl G. Johnson of ~~ . E. De )lUrtmenl Wt'ekend beginning on Friday afternrlim, with special libeny for the Talke 011 l,o wdc a·ccl ~lc t uls ~avy V- 12 Unit, and endin~ Sun· The lucul chapter nf the society day aflernoC>n, was a real success. llf tht> Si~ma Xi held it« initiation "r The dance itself was held nn Fri- tlw new mrmhrrs nl llw ml'f:'t ing of dHy evening in .\lden Auditorium und the Jti"Oun in thr .] anN Earle Rtl\1111 clt•o;pite Ll·lt' lt•rrif•c. snt>wsturm .that l uf \ldt•n ~ lt>nm~iul ln-;t '.l.'uesday rvrprt'ceded 1\ thr cvenm~ before, e\ery- ning. Jlortnr 1·•. U. \\ tlson of the thin~ ran smoothly. ( 'ht•mistry llept. pr<'sidetl ovrr tlw \11 ~:nj()yt'd immt'nSl'ly dancing to mct•ting.. TIH• men initialt'd wrrc th,• super-~monlh musk nf Ruby l{ilhard \ n..,< hu tr., (;l'Hr!(l' ('omshlck. :'\ewmnn '!> Orcht'str:t, :md tht• "whi>~- .\hrohan1 ( ;ammal, \\'altrr ( ;ll'a~on, tlin~" master M cercmnni<•s kept the Rithard ~ l artin, Carl Simon , nncl I.:IIUples whirling al :l rapid pan• all \\'illiatn \\'ell~. evening. Thr spe.tkl'r of tlw <•venin~ was BriJ.(ht and early the next morning Prof. r. G. ] 1Jhnson of tht• ;\I,E. in accordance with T ech's lon~ Dept. who gav(' a very intt•n'sl ing stnncling custom, the weary students talk un " Powdered :\ll'tals'' which escorted their girls to classes and the wus ~upplemcnted with slides and Professors did their best to make sample~. Prof. John;on luld ur Slli11 C thinAs pleasant for all. \lf the beginning!> nf t h(· process aturday evening there was the which ht~ become so imporltlnt in Tech- Wesleyan basketbull game this war and also of some of the whi..:h proved tn be fast and spirited us<•s to which this Lype of metal has to watch. The shrill cheers of our been put. i\fler the initiation a shnrt feminine guests proved their enjoy- husincss meeting was held followi ng men l. whkh l'rof. j ohn~on !fOVe his talk. 1\fter this began the " Round Robin Dance'' at nil the fraternity houses and the couples drifted from one hnuse to another, singing, da ncing, and having a merry lime. The fellows at l'hi Sigma Kappu m<lnaged to locale three wagons u.nd all went Total o( Om' Hundred for a hayride in the snow. DoJlors To Be Givtm A r•rcat clPnl of credit is due to To Winm~rH lh<' ll.u. e Cmnmitlec and to all othJ>mfessor Lynne J. Schoonover reers \\ hu cont ributed to making the cently announcerl the coming bf the weekcn.l such an outstanding ~ucccss. :111nual Peel Prize Contest. The contest , open to members of the junior Clalos. consists of the presentation of a problem, with economic and EE~s; en~inccring background, and a plan to solve it. The winner will be la!'t Friday, Feb. 16, 48 Junior awarded the sum of sevenly-fsve dolnnd Senior EE's went to Boston on lars and the second best entrant will a tour of inspection as guests of receive twenty-live dollars. Capt. 1\ichols. The lour was made The deadline for the completion of up of two sections. One was devoted the repcJrls hns been sel at March to damage control on board ship and 17, 1945. at which time the papers instruction was ~iven in the proper have to he in the possession of the handling of shipboard gear du~ing Head of t.lle student's department. emergencies. On April 27, 1945, the student will The second section was in Elec- orally present his report to an auditronics school. This. of course, was ence consisting of a group of industhe most interesting part of the whole trial and practicing engineers of trip. Here the men saw one of the Worcester, who will act as judges. most jmportant and interesting ap- Twenty minutes will be given to each plicalions of electronics and that was contestant in which to deliver his its use as applied to range finding talk, solve the problem, and use the equipment. remaining time to answer questions Tbe trip was enjoyed by everyone from the judges regarding the feasiand it proved to be most instructive. bility of the solution.
Peel Pr·ize Contest Announced hy Prof. L. J. Schoonover
Boston Trip Enjoyed By Electronics chool Was Visited
Conley Editor·in-Chief; Wylie Managing Eel.; Lempges Business Mgr. :\t a meeting of the TECH ~''"'s .\ ssocia tion held in Room 19 or Boynton Hall last i\fonday, Lt'ebruary 12, new oflic<'n~ were elected fur the next twn termt~. Ceorge H. ('nnlry, a Naval «tuctrnt in the Junior clnss, has '\UCccerkcl \\'illiam R. GmJ~an ~~~ Editorin-Chid. Cnnley. who ic; nnw prr«i· dt'nt of tht• ThNa K.app::t l'hi fratcr nity, i" the \ 'k<'- Pn•.,idt'nt nf tht• >.t•wman t'luiJ, \l~n in chargt• of the But>ine~ 1kpartmcnt j, Thumu<> 1·:. Lt•mp~o~e~. \'- 12 :-;tuclcnt in the .\t•rnnuutiral En~int•t•rinK l>rp;trtnwnl . lle is the ~N.rct.1ry of Tlwta Kitppti l'hi fra -
Bill Affecting V-12 Students ~1f"n s urc
Provides Tbut EnJ(inecring Specialists
Remain In V-12 Units
Feuture Will Be Shown Ou Thurs. ; Shorts on Fri. In Alden Memorial
.\n announct•nwnt from \\'nshinKtun whk h mny be of vitul interC!-lt tn many nf Tech '~ V-12 students has just h<•cn released in the Worrl'.~ft•r 1'rlr·Kram or Sunday, February I R, 1945 . Quutt': ·•~avy plans fur transition fmm th1• cmcrgrm:y V-12 prn~~:ram tu 1111 cxpnndcd rt''l~rvc uflicers' tmining plan wrn• announced tnday i111nwcliu tt.'IY a ft cr tht.• expansion nwasurt.' was made law hy l'rcsidt>n t Ruost'\'('lt 's si~-:natun•. "Thr hill nut hori1.td u permanent inrrt·a~t· fr1l111 7,000 to 14,000 in the numbl'r of youths in trainin~ for 1'\avy ronuni:~sions, with a temporary wartime top of 24,000. ·•tJ ncler the Navy's plan, a lnrge proportion o f V- 12 students will be transferred t() the NavHI ROT C by j uly J , 1945, and the Naval ROT C will he placed on un eight-term basis. This will permit oflicer candidates to obt11 in a complete tolle~c cducut ion be fmc being commissioned. " .1'\uw, the Navy explumcct, peak drmands for off1ccrs are past. "Certain groups eyf students now pursuing specialized courses will Mt he transferred to the Naval ROTC, hut will w nlinue their studies under the \'- 12 program. T hese include Marine truinees; V- 12 pre-medical, pre-dental, medicnl and dental students: V-12 prc-t he()logica.l and theological students ; V- 12 students now enrolled in the fully prescribed presupply corps curricula; and V-12 ~tudents designated as engineers, eight-term physics majors, or acrology specialists who, on J uly J, J945, will have completed four or more terms ur college. " T he plun of transition does not involve the enforced separation from officer candidacy of any V- J 2 student fur reasons other than those which have led lo separation in the past , the Navy said, that is, for academic failure, breach of J:'laval disci· pline, luck of physical qualifications, or lack of officer-like qualities."
On Thursday, Feb. 22, and Friday, Feb. 23, the S.C.A. will present motion pictures for the relaxation and amusement of those suffering from the strains of the fina ls. T he movies will start at 1:30 and will last for about an hour and a half. The picture on Thursday will be one chosen from a select group of fiction
films. f riday there will be a number of shorts including sports fil ms for amusement and educational purposes. They will be shown at the Alden ~femorial Auditori um. T he assembly planned for February will be postponed until sometime around the middle of March.
trrnity. Tht• nt•w ~ la noging Editor i!l Thnmai\ \\'ylic, a Junior Civil Enj..\inccr and Treasurer of Theta {'hi fraternity, comes frum Wirkforfl, Rhode Island. Rnhert R. D:~vis, n member of the football ancl wrest ling teams, is the 1'\cws Editor. Besides being VicePrl!sidenl of Theta Kappa Phi, he is the jun ior Clu:>s Historian. N('ws SJ>Orts Editor is Walter ] . Bank, \'-12 gtudent and Blectrical Engine<' r. He succerd!:. Rodney Chose and is t1 m<'mber of the Glee Club HS a baritone. Tnkin~-t ()ver J ack Wexler's posit ion as Secretary is Gara bed llnvhanesian of Lambda Chi Alpha. He is al o " member uf the Kaval unit ami a n l~lectrica l Engineer. Richard Giles, member of . igma I' hi Epsilon, is M w the Advert ising ~lanagcr. He is also an Electrical Engineer onrl u member of the Naval unit. l'aul Mullaney or \\'orce!'tter, [111uthcr Electrical Engineer is in the Junior Class and n member of the \'- 12 Uni t, was elected to the position of Circulation Manager.
S.C.A. Plans Movies; Feature and Shorts To Ease Exam Week
S1nith Going to Columbia, Endicott
At the end of th is semester six men of the Unit who have successfully passed the acceptance tests into the Nnvul Air Corps will be transferred to tarmac duty at the Naval Air Station, Floyd Bennett F ield, New York, if they complete successfully the W()rk of the cur rent term and nre satisfactory ofticer candldolc>s. The men who have received thrir orders fur this new cluly arc: Dennis R. Allshouse, Francis L. Bliw n, Edward I. l'ohb, Nat haniel N . Fel<lmnn, Howard V. F rench, and Paul \V. Stoner. Ray i\11shmt8C is from l' hiludelphia, l'rnnsylvania, and has served with the lket t.wn ye:trs in the Caribbean theater ~c~boa rd a destroy er be· fore reporting to Villanova College under the V- 12 Program. Ray was transferred to Tech in July 1944, and since then has been studying 1\Jcchanical Engineering. Francis L . .Hiiven of Otis, Massachusetts, had been a student at Tech as a civilian before joining the V-5 l'roKram. H e is now in his Junior (\onllnued on Pnge 41 Col. I)
Tarmac Duty For 6 V-12 Men at End of Semester T his semester we have three men who, after completing their allotted eight terms under the Naval V-12 Program, will be transferred to Midsh ipman '~ Schools. Leonard I . Smith, Mechanical Enginner, from Worcester will be sen t to Midshipman's School at Camp Endicott, Rhode Island, where he will enter training for the Navy r a Bees. Prior to his enlistment into the Navy " L.I." he completed two years of college work here at T ech before serving as F light E ngineer aboard PBM and PB2Y3's with the Naval Air Transport Command in the South Atlantic and Carribean areas. He was sent back to Tech in November 1943 to complete his college curriculum. During his time here at T ech, "L.I ." played quarterback three seasons on the football team, served as Company Commander of Company C and has been an honor student. Clifford E. Lenigan of Queens Village, New York, will be .sent to Columbia's Midshipman's School. As a civilian, Cliff began his college work at Brooklyn Polytechnic lnsti(Continued on Page 41 Col. 2)