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SEVENTH ANNUAL ALUMNI HOMECOMING IS SUCCESS H<•nt' wal of Acquaintauu·es, l ..uncheon , Foothall, "occer Tea Dance, Buffet uppers ancl Ev•·niug Dane.- Highlight Weekend ~.uu nlay ,
October 25, saw the mile,wne in Ted1 hi--tory \HIS liN Jl<"l·War home-comin~ day, I m.trketl hy the prc~t·nn• uf j!irl dtl>t'r 1 11hith \\,1~ alsCl the seventh t>inc~ tht• 1e:uh:r" :'\l:my a luncly fn·<.hmnn inlt•ptton uf thi" lradilinn in I QJo ra~crly hnpt>d that il 'wuld mark l"ht• ftr:-.t and ul!!(l the majnrit y of tht· !.l3rl of a j!cm•ral trt•nd . the rcn<•wal:. uf ·•auld acquaintance•'' .\fter the g:tntl;', the alumni nntl wuk plan• clurin~ot the rctgi~tratiu n families gulhrrrd in the Snnfnrtl rwriud \J:OO to II : 45 A. ~J. in the Riley Hall rommons fur a l'nack H iJ.!S:Ifl~ l.ubllratories. Tho$C frienrl ~ and a bit or d:ulting. .\ nlt\1\J.t uthrr :tnll fmmt.'r cl:tssmatcs not t'll· IKlflltlar and pcr!'tlllal tupic~. tht• wunh•rt'fl durin~t Lhr rcgi,tnttinn "Puns e\'t:'lll 11f thr aftt•rnpon \H' rt' \\l'rc• inevitably met in the wnndcr- discu ~-.(·d , 1\ith furnwr pnrtktpants 101(.. ahmll the cnmpu~. ~l.mrinA wiqrully nl t' ~p.tndin~-t \ lwarty and sa tisfyin~ lunchl•on wnistlines. Fullm,in):t thi~ infnrmnl ut 12·00 in the J.!ymnac;ium c.>rved ~utin l , unother pha~e tJ( 'l't·<·h lifr, as 11 J.tm~tl start for a hiE~ nflt'rnOt.m. the fraternities, rnphm•d thr ~pol · Jln·..idt•nt Cluverius extt>nd<·d t1 light with n J.tencrnl upt'n houRc nntl \\.trill :tncJ [l('r.t-tlnlll greet in~ ttl UIJ O{ hurft' i Slipper f~·aturrd Ill tiW vnriolll' tho!'o(· prt'!>Cnt. From this pnint no frttl('rnity huuse'l. Thi!. up<•n hull'\' tht•r<· " '" ahioolutely no vppnrlunity -.eo;.,ion pr<wided the ftr!>l n•nl op· for .my tlt•d ine in intert':.l. portunity fur alumni to mix 1\ uh tht· J. ulluwinJ,: tht> lunl"ht:on, the undrr,graduat~. .\t 1\ : \0 1'. ~ I ~ut•,ts had just enough timt• Ill then• IHI " nnce llJ.tain a Aerwr:tl "t•tlh• tht•m:·elvt>o; comf,;rt,tbly ahnul migm ticm tu the Sanfurtl Rilry tlw Class nf '93 fteld to watch the \illlllllOnS whrre a tlurm dnncr ft'a· Tt•rh hfklkrs <lppose Brown in a turt•d the unmat chnhlt• nw-.irnl arw('ll plnyt!d soccer game. Professor nttl).(rmc•nts nf th<• HoyntoniunR. T ht• II iR~in hmwm was liberally Ctlll - lluyntnnians, It'd by Bill WrtJ(nrr , ~r.tlll lnH•cl hy former stuclcnt!; ftlr wrrr in rare form, nnd the dance. hi!. wurk with the soc<'er team. ,\l which constituted thr muin:;tny uf 2:00 P ~1. \\'. 1'. I. opposed Rcn.,_ the eveninR's entertninment , wrt'i u ~<·Lt<'r in a hard fouj!hl . exdt in~ w mpl<•lc success. A-. the witt hinA ronthall s:anw, which pnwed I n be.• ht~ur drt·w near, the swft•t !iorrow thr dim3~ nf the aflern~Mm's enter- 11hilh is part ins: hera nw a "lld rrality tninnwnt. Ut•tween the halves or for most u£ the alumni. The majority tht• ~-:a mc the freshmen·~phomore of the si uclenL'l headt•tl for t hr hou«e p:ulrlk-ru h tOQk place. As was the JIU rt ie,~ which wen• heing hi' lei hy 1 nse with this homecoming duy the varitlUS rrnternities. Thu~. tlw it.,<•lf, it wus the first paddle-rush first IWSt-war ht)nlC·Cnming W:t.'l II !.inn• the war's e:ncl. The band, im· hnwlhlA surceg.s, nnd lhc)'l(! who prr\!>ively nllired in new uniform~ . partook or the abunrlnnl entertainr>rnvid('(l mu.~ic at its best. Another (Cnnllnued on Pa~te 6, Col. I)
cnthly On Novctuhcr 12th to Mark ()h c•rvance of Fonnc.ler's Day IS
Thl• ~tuclent body uf WMc«:ster T\•t h will observe the seventy-ninth nnniversnry of Founders Day with an a;;.c;emhly on Kovember 12, IQ47, t•1 be held In Alden Memurial J\uthturium. The original Founders U ot)' uc~urrrd on ~0\·ember II . 1868, :H \',hk h time the doors or \\' or~e!\· trr Tt'th were forn1ally thwwn "fll'n tn all younA men desirin~t tn \'ntPr the field or engineerinj:!. This year we ct~ntinue the observance nf t hi~ memnrable day by setting it :L"ifle as a college holiday. There will he no classes held on November II 1947 and the school will hold lhe aoove mentioned a.<;sembly on the 12th of Xovember. The llpeaker f,,r the Founders Day assembly will In· \lr Wallace T . :'tlontague, W. Jl. I. 12. Mr. ~l ontague is the Vice f'rc-;tCI~nt I)( the }Jorton Company, \fr:-mber af the Exec.util•e Com-
mit tcc of the Bl>ard tlf Trustees !If Worct>ster Tech, past J'resident of the General Alumni Assuciatiun, and Ch:tirman of the Municip:tl Air ptlrt CommiJ;sion. His talk will he nn the qualiftcationc; lhat lmlustry C'CpeCts in a graduate cnf(ine('r. Since Lhe majority of ihe ~uden t !l j!rnrluati n~t fmm Tech will enlrr induc;try the di!;Cussiun of this suhj« t is of the utm(~t imporlnnct' tn e:tch individual Tech man. At lhe Founders Day assembly Tau Bela Pi will announce the namell of their new pledge!i. 1'au Beta Pi i!l the :-\a tiona I EnRineerinA • ociety and therefore ito; membcrtare of the hil{hcst caliiJer in the fields of engineering. The President of Lhe Tec.h Council will preside at lhe assembly. There will be a election of special music under the rlirection of Clifford Green.
Tl(l> Alvard d Pre idc1tt' Trophy AE'P tuul TJ\.J> Oiviclr c hohtr:-~ h ip Prize PGD Al:-~o ~ in ... \\'rdne~tlay, Ouul.wr 1Ci \\a-. :-.embly clay .•Jnd nl~11 a hilt day the fr:tlt·rnit i<·~ 1ht• Jlrcsid••nt ' Tn>phy was awattkd, variou:. hnnur!' wt>rc lw~t nwcd, nntl cttsh awt~nb Wl'n' rnarle. Pruft'>o:;m Srht'illcy hutl the pl<•a!iurr uf n•adin~-t tlw rt'lntivt.' sttuuhn~s and nukin~.t the prt''('nt:u iuns. Thl'la Kappa Phi, \ lpll.l E p~ilnn Pi. Gamma nl'ltn hall wulkt•d nff with tlw truphy. htm•1r:., ilnd rash. Onr c• uunin Thew Kappn l'hi wr)n Ihe Prcsidl'n t's T mphy for ~wnern l
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rxcellence. This wu.~ awarded fur the acaclemic yc(Lr uf Nuvcmber. 1946 throu).!h June, 194 7. They will keep the trophy fnr the next school year. This generol t'Xt't:llcnre pria> was <;tuned in I 9.ll\. but, like many uthrr thin)(:.. wa;;. tlrurrx·d with thl! war and the re~ uhinl( wnfusltm in tht• tH:ademic o;etur>. C'omrwtitifm wus revived nher the wur, with thr trophy J.tlling to 'f'hN:t Kappa Phi. Phi Sigma Knppa ant! 'l'hetu Kuppn Phi h11ve bct:n tht! nnly fraternilie>< to win this uward. The ftnnl St'lt.'C· lion is made on the bn.~is of totalIng the Stholaslic and ac.Livities c;tandin~.
Scholarship produc-ed a very close compt'lition this year what with Alphtt Epsilon Phi nntl Theta Kappa Phi bein~ bl.'pnrntell by four one-hundredths of a point. WiLh the stanclinl(s this close, the first nrize t1r one hunrlred and the •ccond prize ()f ~eventy-llve dollars were dividrcl evenly amon~ the two houses. The schola~hip tnndiogs were as follows: AEP 7S.44. TKP 75.40, LCA 74.40, TC 74 .31, PSK 73.91 , SPE 73.66, ATO 73.50, PGD 73.37 and SAE 71.67 (Conllnutd on
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During the pa:JI lwn W~'t·ks, a rrlativrly small pnrtion nf the Tech student h•Kiy hall lll'l'll treated tu a pair nf \'cry tinl' US..'lemblics. At the lir!.t uf tht'-.1'. )lr Harry t;. SIIJ<ld.trd. prt•,iclt•nt u£ \\'yman· t:ordnn (' umpany n( \rurct•-.tl•r, pn•o;entt•!l 11 nu~t infnrmativt• lecture ~ I r. Stn<lclard opcnNI witb th•• rl'IIHII k I hat ll(•rh:tj)l> the reward for ~illin~-t indnms on !'udt 11 bt>aulirul day ~hould lmw heen that lht• m;semhly lw pn~tpnnt:'d until u miny day. Sm h \1'3:-. nnt the cast!, fnr t h tN' in ath•tuhuh (' wen.• amply r<' wardt·cl hy li stt-nin~ attentively. In hiS elL" u-..,inn, :\l r. Studdartl point t'tl nu l t h:ll , ·• \\'urn~tt•r is replete with l'\'iclru u•" nf 1lw lmmd intt•r· c<;ts uf ito; d lilcns." He proccetlcd In prrwc hi" point by trttcin~ thr ~rnwth uf Its indu stri<·~. with several inll•rc•st in~o~ •lf~-trt•ss inns uu 1he hcJ(innin~l> of such (nmpani~s as the Norllln Cnmrany untl tht> 1-f('altl (<..'ontlnut••l on 111t1Cc I, Col J)
Tech' Carnival Plan Near Completion Pktns are now hdng nuule to hold the 32nfl Annual Tet:h Cnrnival S:tturday, Nuvc111lx•r 22 , at 8 P.M., in the t\ldt>n Mrmorial Auditorium . The Carnival is !>pHn~orefl :tnnuaJIy by the SlUdcnl Chri tian Associatitln It) provide fu nd, for 1he opera· titln of the SCA throughout the <;ehool yc11r. This year the SCA ha!\ 1>lanncd In have a revival of the fac· ulty skit , whh:h alone is worth the price nf nclmissiqn, l>uring the war years the'iC skits were not pt'rformed due to the incrt'ased duties of the falulty. The faculty likil was always cm.e nr tht hiRhliKhts uf the carnival , and lhe 5tuclents will once again be IOQking forward to the excellent entertainment prcwidcd by the faculty. The main feature of the carnival will be the fre!i.hman and sophomore competition for the \arnival Cun. Three faculty judges w.ill determine which class produces the best comedy skit, wilh the winner receiving lhe Carnival \up. Betwten the aclS musical entertainment will be provided. To complete the evening a Round Robin dance wiJI be held at all the fraternities alter the Carnival. (Continued on l':tl(e J, Col. 3)
~ 01»h1S llumiliuted In Ropt• J>ull And
t>ucltll.- Rush Tlw annual Paddle Rush :itartl>tl 11ff lust Saturday with a bang the n•port fn11u Jim McKernan's pistol. Forty-sewn Frl'shnwn und furtythrct• ~uphumort's raced from 1he ends of the (notball fteld toward the row or puddles llll the ftfty ynrd line. Tht•y collided in u column uf du. t us they frantit:ally rcncheo for 1he paddles. Puddles went llyin~ intn the uir. So did arms and l e~s (utluchcd Ill Uwir uwne,r • uf cour. t'). The p:tdclle dtwling wa.~ed fast and furious tts Frt'!lhmen battled • llphtl· mnrt•s. l'uddll•s rcSIIunded n~tainst pO!\tt•rinrs and 1~1 her porti()nS of the nnutl)my with equal vi~or. In the midst nf thl' excitement the idcnti· fyinl( nllht>~ive lnpc on the twusrrs uf snnw or the contrstanls ~ot ripped urr. This only added to th~ confu.,iun ftlr some of the Freshmen t~tnrt t'cl scrapping among them!)Clvcs. Then the fmal signaJ wall given nnd the opponents returned to their n·spcct ivc <.>nels of 1he fte)d . AIt hnul(h l11ere wrrc 43 pudclle!l to strut with, and seven were taken out nf play, the score w all 33 for thl' Freshmen and 22 for the S<>ph()mores. This wns the second w!n the Frrl'hnu:n rhnlkrd up in the Goat's Ilene! Cnmpetit ion. The ftr!>l oue wlls thr Rttpe Pull, which was held Friday aftrrnoon, October 17, after l>einl( postponed from the previous Saturday. Th<'rc WllS a c;rowd of nearly 200 ut the shore ()f Salisbury Pond, when the Freshmtn carried tht new rope rlown 111 the water. Becaust the oril(innl position was too hemmed in with tri't'!l, the Sophom01e end of Ihr rope had to be moved to line up with the mrmumenl near Park Avrn ue. Dy this time th<>re wt're ubnut 300 pec>pe alonl( the Pond. Sume of the more enthu~ia.<llic spectntnrs pt>rched themselve11 in a trrc on the Frt:llhman shore. The crowd l.lel{ttn drlftinR into two camps tH wntch the oppoo;ing team.'l. The fir!lt pistol !!hot for the pret>arntory !ligna! was tinaJiy given al)()ul 4 :30 P. M. The ex<;ilemenl nf the cmw(l began to ri~ as the contestants dug their heels furiously intn the lurf. 1'hf'n , M the Sophomores hauled and strained, the rope siQwly and stuclily moved to their side. Sophomore anchor man Rank Baker had crO!ISM Park Avenue where curious motorists, !!topped by the rope, were watchinA the spectaclt'. ll almon ll10ked as though tbe Freshmen might get thtir feel wt't. Someone siRnaled (Co11Lin1M'd on P3jle 3, Col. 5)