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Prof. Herbert F. Taylor
Prof. Taylor, of Civil Dept., Dies Aftc.- Long Siege 'ibtlna Xi 1\temher, a J.'ouucler of SkuU,
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l'he death o( Pr~fessor Herb<'n F. Traylnr, Alumni , ecrt>tary, brOU((hl an e-nd w the curecr of a prominent tipure at T ec-h. A graduate in the clnss of 191 2, Professor Taylt'r wa civil tn[.!ineer with the Sorthern l'ncific Railroad, leaving the ruilroad lll take a commission in the Army a!! a \uplnin during \ \'Qrld \\'ur I. F()Jiowiug tht: war, he was a sanitary ('n!(ineer ft~r the City ,,r Cleve· lnnd nnd a natitmally kntl\\ 11 cun~ulti ng engineer. In 1920 he juined the Wune~tt•r l'ulytc'thuic ln:.titute Faculty ,, an a"'istnnt prufc.-,sor of civil ~n~tint!er ing. The folluwing year he l>t'cumc H'lrctary ur the Tech .\hunni .\ssocintirm and shortly afterward , treas· urcr . As the uctivities of the alumni 11ff1n• expanded , Professor Taylor e-;tnblished the Placement Bureau fnr l(rmlu:.u es. He succeeded lU the l'ditol1lhill of Tltc lotlr~~al, alumni mn~u~:lne and wrote in such graphic, informal ne" Lyle of campus events and alumni persunaJities that The Juumul has becQme one of the 'ltrung~t uonds bet ween scallered tln<tSmnles. The ~urrenl issue or The Jnurnal was edited uy him from his lwei during his illness. lie served ns Presidtnt nf 1he \ mcricnn t\lurnni Council and founded its pre<>enl publication. Jn 1937 Proft'!'sor Taylor published a book, Srt•r,ly J't'ors, the most definite history of the Institute written. During the coming June reunions, <~lumni hnd planned to honor Profe~<sor Taylor by observance of his 25 th anniversary as alumni secre-
Dean Zelotes W. Coombs, dt'nn emt'ritus of the Jnstitute, died latt Tuesday night, April 23, 19461 at hi." home on Richards treet in \\'urct>Stl!r, at the age of eighty yenrs. Burn in Wrentham, on J une 8, t8u5, Dean Coombs received his early education in the Worcester public K hools. Later he ottended Amherst C'olle~e whert.' he enrned tht' dc.>l(rees Bachelor of Arts and l\lnster of .\ rts. Arter his l(raduntion from Amherst, Dean Coombs studied rnr a yenr at Lhe Univer'lity of Berlin as a student of English and mc~tlcrn languages. Hefnre coming to Tech, hr tnul(hl :H Rrooklyn Polytt'chnic Jnslilutc· nne! at the University or \ ' irftlnin. Durin!( the forty-~ven yenrs he sen('d Trch, Dean CoomhQ wns for t\\tnty-four years head of the Department or En~tli~h . twenty-wven y(>llrs S('Crelnry to the faculty, and twenty-one years ch:tirman o£ the committee on admission.. The honor of having been the lirst administrn· tive oflker nt W.P.I. to hold the Li tle of dean of adrni~ions was his. Uean Coombs wa ~ an authority on (Cuotlnucd on r."c 2. Cui. J)
Gle Club Present Cotnhined Concert at Colhy Jr. CoUege Members Enjoy Colo rful W.-ckeud on Sm all New lfumpsllire Campus
It wns through his ardent interests in ,;parts that athletics were kept alive on the campus during lhe rel~ ntly passed war years. ProfeliSOr Taylor was one or the original founders of the Skull, W.P.l. senior honor society fo~tnded m
The W.P.f. Clce Club pre!:>entccl u concert al Colby Junior CollcJ(c, ~ew London, N . H., uturclay night. The prowam included several individual numbers by each ~Ice club and al ~ some numbers by the conllllncd glee clubs. Among th<XC b~t likcrl were the Orchestra Song by Schuman, and a CzcchcrSiovukinn folk son~ arranr.~ed uy Uecms Taylor. The clubs were rlirccted ))y Mi~!\ Florence Barbiers, ur Colby, and l\lr. Clifford F. Green, of \\'.fl.l. Following t.he concert, a rlanct wa:. held in the asstmbly hall, CQill· plete with punch bowl, chaperon~. and myriads of Cl)-eds in brightlycnJored formals. After the danct' the members of the (Tech) Glee Club went to " Ma William's'', a local inn, where they spent lhe night. Sunday morning those who were able attended breakfast at the main dining hall on campus and spent the rest of the morning reading the comics, playing tennis, or s trolling about the campus. A light snow feU during the night, but bad melted by the time most of the students were
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Theme Topic : Exposure - Color Temperatur :Meter By Frt~nk B aumgardnf>r Tom .)fcCaw, a prominent Senior E. E. student, wvn lirsl prize at the , tudent Branch Session or the American Inst itute or Elcclrical l~ngin eers. His talk was on "An Exposure· Color Temperature 1\lett'r'', a proj~t that be has been working on durIng the past term. The student talk!\ were given in • connection with the Nortbeastetn 1 Uistrict Meeting of the A. I. E. E., which was held In Buffalo from April 24 to 26. flrof. Morgan and Prof. Houston, and four Senior K K students: '1'. M . McCaw nnd his wife, J. E. lligelow, W. J. Crimuln, and .F. L. Baumgardner utlended the meeting. Other students from colleges, where liludent chapters arc
Johm1y Newton' s Orchestra Will •
located, and many other busintss· men :md professors nlso attended the meetmg. ~tlhe end of the Studc_nl Session Fnday, E. S. Lee of General Elec· Here1s more dope on lhe grea t . . tric gave a talk on "The Develop. , formal weekend conung up May 24mcnt of t he P ro (essJon. , l\l cCaw explained in his talk, that NS-o. t\Ve II hlavhei the lhnuslrlc offj ohhnichny . ew on anc s ore es a CJ w a color temperature rneter IS needed some or the s l ors IncIude Al Acorn to lind the coJor lempendure of . . . . , . . ' . h h '·' • . p1anast, U1ck l'urkey, drummer, LmI1g t w en tn"mJ( p1ctures u~1ng '-' , '"·od h ,. -..1 til 'I'h coin .,tune, voc:nll l (A W.l .l. man 1 e .lllCI'den1aIIy ) unt1 of course, 1h e •" ac rome or en uri:\, 1 m. Knduc color falm or better known ns 'ucau ·- t'1fu1 un",, 1a1en ted singer, AI'tee " kodnchrome'1 ha~ a film ba5e which 1-'itzgemld, who made suc:h a big bit is made up for n color temperature with the boys al former dances. An uf 27 00 dcgrers, which is nbout the outstandiug sensation in lhe orchescolor temperature outside on 8 sunny tra is Johnny'!! tellllr sax soloist, who duy. Knowing the color tempera· is d<.'stined for a great career in big lure .o{ the li~ht when the picture te'rne musl'c:. •·k h Is uclnfit Ia e11, one then corri.'Cl8 t e • k 1 The 11c . e s w1·u be on saJe withln hght,<Ctba~ g~ onp the fl~m,, b)y the t.he wetk. Reprl'SCntatlves Bob Kuyontonun.o on 1111r 4, ... o . l 1 . kendall and Jack WIJ!On w1U take care or the city men and those at t.be dorm, while Bob Carlson wiJI see the Fraternity mrn. The committee requests that, if you're sure of going, to buy the tickets eurly so that they T he Epsilon Oeut~>mn ch:tJ>ler of Alpha Epsilon Pi Fralcrnlly here Ill Frances Wins Worcester Tech playt'd host to the fir t post-war Northeast Rcl(iqnal ::\1iss Frances A. Myska, our pleasConclave last weekend. The affair ing little &cc:retary from Rutland, bas was allendt'd by thP fraternity chrtpter~ from Mass. Stnle, Rhode lbland I.Jccn awankrl a ca. h scholarship to tale, Tufts, Lowell Textile, and the New Englund Conservatory of New York University, besides the Music in Boston by the Music Alumni Club of Worcester County. local chapter. In high school she w i\5 class valeThe activities l>egnn on l;-riday dictorian, class pianist arid comnight, April 26, when an lnformnl poser of the class song. She was house party was held for all early arrivals. On Saturday morning offi. also awarded the Washington and cial re~i lration began, and the con- Franklin 'Medal for excellence in the clave off1cially got under way with study of United ~tales History. In the basketball tournament on Satur- lhe tidd of music, she is a member of the Worcester Festival Chorus day afternoon. and lhe Worcester Oratorio Society In the first game the Worcester Chorus. (ConLinutd on Page 4 , Col. I)
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AEP Holds New England Regional Conclave Here
Myska Music Scholarship
may get an approx1mate count of those expecting to • ttend. In this way, they may plan acco{dJn&ly, the more that come, the more elaborate can they make the plana. Permission has bten granted for the ladits to attend classes with the re11ows on Satur • day mom 1ng t ba t Lhey may see the "Innerwork:...p u of the lnstitute. Jack Wilson, Room 104 Sanford Riley Hall, is In char~ of ncqulrlng rooms for the datet of lhose non-fraternity men. The c:ha~rones are as followa: R d W ear A mira! at Tyler Cluveriua; Prof. and Mrs. Houston ; Prof. and Mrs Schult%·1 Prof and Mrs Jobn· • • · son; Prof. and Mrs. Price; and Lt. Com'dc and Mrs. Schweiger. There will bt a Grand March sometime during the evening. So 85 was said before get your ticke~ as soon as you h;ar they're out, and keep posted on further plans with the TF.CH N F.WS. ~use
Postponement of 49B Elections The Freshman Class electlont, which were to be held last Tu~y at Alden Memorial, were postponed because of the small number of Freshmen present. PQasibly because of the beautiful day which blossomed forth after a ~I of incle- • ment weather, not enough Freshmen were present to establish a quQrUm. The new date for the elect.lons baa bten sel t~tatlvely for next Tuesday, immediately followins the Chemistry l~tu re.