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Commencement ToBeHeldOn
FAREWELL By GEORGE CO Llo.:Y
'fh<' thoughts that run 1hrough the 1he individual's O\\ 11 init iative und minrl uf tl man about to graduatt' intere.)l . Thtll i ~ tlw reason thaL extrn-currrom cullcge are mnny and varied must important thought is ri<:ulrl activities arc .o important tu but lhc Admiral Cluverius a question. ''\\'bat did l ttet out of the cn~inecrinK studt•ut. They Rive To Present Degrees tht.>se four college years?'' There him the chance to Jearn, hy expcri· To 65 Graduates was a tremendt'IUS amount of effort ence, that which the F.nl(int'Cring .\1 2: 30 P.M. next Saturday the expended in leaciin~ up to this t:urricula does nut haw time to most colorful and impressive com· Lt•ach. mencemcnt that Worcester Polytech· moment. or cuur~. the one result which Now then' comes the question, nic Inst itute has ever witnessed will !>ltlllds for tbe whole accomplishment " If the r urricula doesn't have lime tnke place. This will be the first i that precious " sheepskin". £t tn ttach Ul\ these thin~t~. huw can we commencement that has ever taken huvr 1inw to learn them till means one has saLisfart orily complace on Boynton Hill where the matm nt' jurity of graduates will be commis· pleted his course ur study at an ac<:reditl>d CnRinecrin~ school, one of ~l,lst r.verythin~ Olll' dvc~ in the !oi()ned officers. But it means u AciOd <leal field is for his 11wn the best. C\trn-curriculu fhe program will open with an murc alsu. H means that nn~: has cnjoynwnl. He fmcl :.~ in t ht•m a re· qr~an prelude of " Oorian Toccata" more than likely " grown up''-ha~ least fmm t !)(• ~lide-rule u ntl te-ctby Bach and " Canzonetta" by ~o: rnwn • • in an atmosphere t)r ca1>a· bonk . lit' lind'! in them an insiKht 'l'cbaikovsky. Following the prelude 111 human nature. Best uf all , he tht> graduating class will enter in a ble .tnu intelligent associates. It that one has had remarkable lcttrnJ. hll"' to really cnjuy w11rking means procession to their seab and then the OfliX>rlunities lo imJ>rove oneself in with 11tlwr pt't>ple nm1 a rt'-.IWCt fur Rt>v. Maxwell Savage1 D.D., will deevery way 1bruuj.th the ~ood fellow- til hl•r llCilJlll"s work . 1'h~rdnr~ the liver the invocation fur the approa.ch· ship und npporlunities tu lead which question uf time boils (!own t(l linr1· inK ceremony. ing tim(' to enjuy nuesl'lf, ttl raisin)( I rnmediately after the invocation, the l ollcge environnwnl fosters. It means that l>ecuu!l(,' ur the fact tme u littlt• rain in n cun~truc liw mantht> well known Dr. Karl T. Comp· is un cn~ineering l(raduate, u flying nt:r Every normal J)('r'«m ha!> tt; t11n will render the "adrlress" to the !!Uirt ha~ been ntatle in a h't"hnically lind linw for that. du~ ·, on the suhjt• t, •· Four FundaThe llllrJ,.N' ..r thio; art ide· I to world. minded menta Is.'' We say that t)IW has h1~d the~~: tt.'lommend these urlivilit<.., 111 t•very l'he conferring of degrees to the l)!)pnrt unities, but the qut·~t ion b, unclrrgrmluatt~. tn show him the t>p· hS men graduating wilt be by the Pn·sitlenl of the lnst itute, .\ dmiml " ll a~ mlvantagt• hccu \tiken of porlunilit·!. that c·xist in this srhonl. \\'r arc rxtremcly fnrt unatc that \\'at Tyler Cluveriu~ \ her the d<'- thc•tn?" !lave ymt l~artwd anything which your ~hnlas this j, a !>mall schc)()J, f11r t•vt•ry man vtlwr thun that un>el> have been presented, :\fr. \\1111 !oil tlt:~ire..; can find It plur e ror Ruland ,\ . Packard will award the til, required" H B\'(' you round frit· nrl~ whum yqu t an rl>:.pe('t anrl him-.clf in the bat.kinl( n111l ndrninislliiTerent prizes w those who have tration ur lhesc aclivitleq. hnd the distinction to attain lhern. l<·arn !~Wncthing from. unrl have you mntlt• ytmrsoJf liked and knnwn as Evc•n durinA U1t' accelt•ratt•cl schcdl'herf will be on intermission fol· ul(' Utu!«•d IJy the war, thl• studenli! < • " .I!:CIIKI Ju("'? Havt' you proven lowi n~ the presentation. during ur 'lhh hnvt• carried lhrrn un and which the song "."tnutheartcd :'11cn '' your ubility tt> dl'lcl(alt.' wur~ unci havt• pruftted by it. They havt• im· uu1h11rity' In uther W t)rf)s, have you hy Romberg will be rcndt>rl!d by the made yuur~lf ;t ~lf·propt.oJit~ti bcin11, pmvl><l 1hern'>t!l\t-s unci ht'lpt•tl im~rnior member, of tht• Glee Club. pmve the•r ftlluw~ in clniliJ( &1. They Pr~ident \\"at Tyler Cluverius ur an.- yuu Jlt•in~ w w a .t fill the haw u I(IHWI many nwmoriell or some llyi n~o: start ? 11 ill then imparl a final oral messa~e "ilct t itnc~. from the field ,,r play to In an .\rb $Chnnl. inst ru<.tion i!> 111 the departin~ cia!!:. 11r 194 7. Then the ruum where this puullcatiun ftnds l(iven itt m;tny different IYilC!of subtht• Alma Mater will reverberate it ~ birth. They will always rcmem· jell.,, l)ul in an En~inrcrin~ school throughout Alden ~lemurla l with the anything other than enginrerinf( llt'r tht' frien(Js they mach~ nn<l be vol«'S of the grarluates. rhe conclusitHl ur ltlrnmencement rt'ftubiti'S must lJt' pkl..ed up throogh thunl..ful ror them.
Februru~y
23rd
t•wrC'ises will be com1lt1Sed of Bene· tlictinn by the Rev. ~t nxwell Sava~e, IU>., the National Anthem, and the Rt'Cl'!''lion rrom lhc !\lenmrial. l'hc Baccalaureate ervice will be ht 1<1 Saturday morning at 11 :00 •\ lock in i\hlt'n ~l t.'nliirial. H will ·~lC!n with an organ prelude and pro, b~ional hymn. Pre ident Cluverius 11 ill make the call to Worship and dt•liver the cl1osen Scripture lesson. ;\ugust C. 'Kellermann will ren1ler ·• prayer and the entire class will lollow in a recitation of The Lord's J•rayer in unison. Rev. Thomas S. Roy, D .D., Minb tcr of the First Baptist Church al \\'urcester, will give a Sermon on "T he Tron Ring" and then conduct (ConLinued on P:lge 4, Col. l )
Professor Swan Is Made Dean As Work of Adtnissious Proga·csses At the last meeting nf the Board 11£ Trustet'!> on February 2, Prof. Puul R. Swan wao.; elected Aso;istant l>enn, so Lbal he mil(ht have the authority to aid the Dean in the work or admis,ion;.. Prof. Swan, who tirst came to Tecb in 19 2 7, hn'l held the position of Director of l'ublic Relations ~ince 1943. His new duties will include direction or student activities and admissions besides his work in public relations. Under the direction of the Presi· dent, the Trustees took formal action to aid errectively the admissions or
the gn'aL number or applicnnts in the appmarhing seme~ter:.. The tr,tal numl.ltr ,,r 'Jlndents that can be admill<"d fnr the next term has already been ~l. and the applications a.ctcptcd. Tht! number of vacancies in the rel(ister 1:1f sludcnls for 1he following term i.o;. decreasing rapidly. The large number of returning veteran.,, in addition lO the high ~hool students who have appJjed for admission to Tech has put a great burden on the administrative staff. Due lo this added burden every member or the admission staff has been performing double duties.
they placed him in the responsible position as President of the Institution. This seemt'd to fu rther prove that leadership and responsibility in education was destined for the Compton family. His father was a dean of the College of Wooster ; one of bis brothers is President of the State College of Washington ; another brother Ls President of the Washington University of St. Louis and was the No~l Priu Laurute in Physics in 1927. His sister Is the wife of the President of Jo'orman Christian College in Lahore, India. Recognition of Dr. ComJ)ton for his great work In the educational field is evidenced from lhe many hOntJrary degrees placed upon him by the unlversitit>S and coUeg~ throughout the country. The Sc.I>. The: st•nlur grntluatitll( cht:;s of honorary degree w11a conferred uptm \\'llrt.csh·r Pulytecbnic Institute is him by WocJSter Lehigh l,rinceton i~tle~o'<l honored in havin~ot for Lht"ir Stevens, Clark~ Colle'se, 8oeto~ (. (lmmenct.'ment speaker one uf the Universily and Columbia. (' distinguished and learned men • chool, l'olyteChnic, m th1s wuntry today. He is Ur. K. Rutgers have honored him with 1'. Cnmpt~m , Pre<;ident t>f Mns.'Ulchu· honorary degrees, D.Eng. Many ~m lnll ~tl uti.' of Tcdtn11h){(y. Tht• schools have conferred the LL.D. det •tie •If Ius nddress tn lhe l(rttduntlng gree upon him Harvard Wisconsl ' n, t ·I·.t~s, w1'II lx·. .. ,. ·our I'•undrmwntnIs.'' Northwestern, ' and Tufts being !Jr. Cumpton was oorn in Woos· among the more prominent one!!. l(•r. Ohio. ~CJll.ember 14, 1~87, the Honor has been bestowed him even son u£ :r Pre;hyteriun clergyman. H1• by Qlher countries the I<:Cole Poly· IJcJ(:In hi:; college ediJCIIIiun at Woo:<· tet.hnique or Munlreal having cooter, when• he received his l'h.B. de· rerred upon him the 0. of AJlplied grcr in 1908, nnd his Sc.~l . def(tte Sclences degree. in I IJ()I') , IIC' became a memher uf By no means, however, has Dr. .\lphu Tnu Omega frate1nity wbile Com1Hon limited hirmetr to the edu;tt Wf.llhLt>r, und was hunorrd ~hoi- catiooal field . Teaching, followed by :t!!licnlly by mt·mbership in Tuu Btta the executive position at M .I .T ., Pi, ~ iKmU Xi , and Phi Meta Kappa have formttl only a minor part of fraternities. Following his Master's his nctivc lift·. He Is a member of degree, he ~erved as an lru.tructur in many societif''l, and has served on Chrmi11try Ill Wooster ft,r n year, t~t> advisory l.HJard of many founda· nud lhen went on to nbLalninK his trons, lhe Rockefeller, Bartol Rel'h U. dE:gree at Printelun in 1912 . search, and Watumull Foundations "I I> he an rducalor must have been bciul( a few. In both wars, he has Ur. Comrton':.o primary amuition. been of great service to hia country. From 1917•1919 he wu an AeronauH c Immediately took lu tcat:hln!( up· on completlon of bis schooling, i!larl· tical fl:ngineer in the Signal Corps . and later Omcer of the R~arch 111g as ItO Instructor in l'hysic:s at Reed Cullrl(c. Dr. Crnnptnn spent Information Service and Associate! Scientific Attache to the American only two year~ here ll4!furc returning l<> Prinlcl•m where h(' tltlt'<l ab an Embas"y in Paris. During World A..,sistunl Pro(~sor of Physic~ for War II ' his duties have been many. four y<•ars. In 1919, Dr. ('omplon He has acte<l on a large number or was made n full professor of Jlhysica advisory boards dealing with mill· and )('rved in this capacity at Prince· lary training, chemical warfare, and ton for the next eleven years. Our· research and development. In 1942, mg the lust half of his stay at when our country was faced by the Princeton, he was made chairman of rubber shortage problem~ be served 00 the Baruch Rubber Survey Comthe JJepartment of Physics. mittee. He acted as chairman to Jn 1930, Dr. Comptonls txec\llive many sclentlftc missions·1ufd ~rch qualities were recognized by the organizations In this country and (Coalillued oa Pace 4 , Col 2) Board of Directors at M.I.T.1 when
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