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POLYTECHNIC
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ycnril UI(U, Tech l ook~:tl huppily ahead as Lhe rrturn tu "nurmul" luomcd in thl• ncur future. But thut word "normal" carries with it c:crtttln implications that art> nnt lnthulcd in hazing. raccoon-coated cheer lt•adcrs, Tech Banqut'l~ it alw !'i~nilics the return to a keen competition fnr job~. Tht> Gulden 1-:r:t uf Empluyment pa..o;~ed into History with thr rt•turn tu normal \I. K Ut• pnrtnw nt ~lurt'O\Cr, ht• is con\'inced that tht• The ~lt>t:hanical En~inecrin~t l)e men \\ill get jobs. but tht} .tre C'\· partment, Tech '~ larAe:.t. ha) uoout pettin~ wo much if they think that 00 men Amduatin~t in Jun . Of the---e inter\ ie\\ers will cllme here 11nd niTer 31 definitely b.l\e jobs \\hile there all uf them job~. are some other' who ha\'e offers, and Clwm ical Engint't'l"~ a ft>v. more are going to graduate t htmicnl engineer:- and lhemi''"' ~hnok One fact that was particu- ha' e had a lillie more •ucu·...,, but larly cli~lppointin~t to the ~ I E. Oe· here :tJmin t.he ~ituat ion j,. nut cumpartment wa:. that, unknown to them. parable to last year's. Out of JO of ,omt' intt>rviC\\t'r. cnmt' w Tt•ch with the:.e men in the senior eta :.. 17 men no intt'ntion ur hirinl( '\tudenl!> but have Llecn placed in indu~try nr acmerely tu muintain t'llntnu with the cepted at ~ome ~raclunte st·houl Th"' o,chool, rntio fur post-graduates is t'\.en brtE. K U••purtlllf'lll ter with t.ix out o£ eight h:wing joh~. Thl' ElcC'tricu l En~o~inecrlng Uc· Ch:il Enl(int•erll pnrtmt'nl race~ lliUCh I ht• >Utmt• em· The civil en~o<ineer~ have potential ploym<'nl situation. Then~ urc about ly a perlect reconi. Non~ of lh<• 22 72 men Arnduatin~ this yrar and Sfnior civils has an cxru:.c for nul unly 22 hnvt' ~iAni lit•d that they defi- hnvinl( a job llincc a rono;truction nitely hn-.c jobs ur hn\'t' been nc· rompany having a lnr~e-'('alr (HOjrt t l epted nt ~1me coll<'At' f(lr Jtrntluatc in the \\'e-t has macle offer' to ttl nf '-tudit"\. l'rofe..··Hr Tht'lwlnre II them. ~ lor~an believe" thnt thts lij(Urt' Sinct' tht Physic-. Departmt>nt h.t• \\lluld be hiqher if all the mtn \\OUid only four seniors. no paralll-1 ran notify the nffice promptly or their be dra"n "ith the nthl'r ctrr)3rt 1\\\ n c;:ucle'i tn fmdlnl( employment. ments T11U
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e wman Club E1 --e ts; Prof. F 'ldman Ilcar ple odid Talk Elc<·tcd Ht~ad On TuC$dny evening, l\lny 10, the· meeting in thr Of Mas~ . A.Ch.S. Jant•t EurleClubRnomheldofa Alden Xc~\man
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i\t the tenth nnnuol mrct ing nncl banqut't of the <..'cntrol MnsMchu· sells crtion, American Chemical So· dety held ot Holy C'ross <.'ullrF(r, llnrry B. Feldman , Ass<1ciatc Profe~sor or Chemistry here nt WorC('S· tl'r J'olytt.'Chnic J11'11ilult', Wl\!1 elected thairman of lhc J,\rOU(l lo rer\'e in that (lOSition fur the nrxt year. l'rof('~~r Feldmun was j(rnduated from the Jn~titu te with the cl:l!S Of 19ZS From thi'l timt' on he .-.ervcd as tudent t\ 'i tant in Cht'rnistry and Cracluate A.._.o;istant In Chemb· II) and Ph}"'ics until he receivtd his )la...ter of • cienre Uegree from thi, '<.hoot in 1929. Proft<~r Feld· man bt-cume an instructor in Chem· l~try and aclvnnced from there to an \!'si.~tMt ProftSSorshlp. .~~iate Profes'!Orship wa'l con· fmcd upon !larry Feldman shortly hefore his entrance into the United States Army in 1946. While In the .\rmy l'rofeR~or Feldman served as a Lt. Colonel in the chemical warfare :.«tion in Europe. Upon his release from service, he returner! to teach at \\'orceo;tt'r Tech. Profe·~r Feldman i'\ be t known for hi \\ork with the fi rst and se<:· ond term Freshman claSStS here at Worce~ter Polytechnic Institute.
at. t\l this time officers were t'lt>t l· t'd fur the coming yeur. Fran Fay wns chtt en as prcslclent whllr ll urul(l Dt'Curli was rt>clt•ct ed as vlce-pr('!ll· d<>rtt. The duties Clf the lwcrrtarytrt•a.,urer were givrn to Hill Mufralll Tht j:CUt'St spt>akcr or I hr evrninl( \\0~ Fat her Linehan from \\'c ton Colkl!t'. who ~ave n highly inltrestin,e talk on the su bj~t of -.ci-.mllh)ey. He told the club ahtM thr hi'!· tnry of "t'i. molouy, the work nf thr -.ei,moi~L'It. and the prac:-tical IJI· plicatinn of Lhi.'l scicoct t-;~cellen t ~tint'$ \\ere 5ho\\ n which helpt'd tn nplaio the cause!. or earth MfiVt'· ' I-, 'a \l A
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Assenthly The twenty-third Colle11e A!.<tm· uly of the 1948· 1949 College Year will be held Wednesday, May 18, at II :00 a.m., in the Alden Auditorium. Featured will be Hnrvey Davie'! who takes a popular SOnR nnd rrn dcrs it in the style of Bath, Heelht>· veo . Chopin and Grie.J(. Rc Jlkcwi. c lakes other familiar meludit>'J and produces opera. oratorio, boogie woogie. and jazz a Ia Gershwin tQ prove thal it is the style and not the tune that makes music cound the way it does.
Pop ottcert Tonie For All \nuther yearly tiVctll in the \\'.I'.J. wlt•ndur I~ now 11 reulity, for tho:w who nttcndcd tht• l'op Concert last Salurtlay t'\'rning ~ivt>n lly the Tech Hnntl \\ ill \ '1\Ul h ror I he necr.;si I y of •lllh an nnnu.tl affair. 0('fked in their l'rim;,nn .met Gray. the Battd rwrftlflll('() in th<' bc't win to round nut 1 't'r} plca,uraulc e' enin11, at \ ltlt•n \lemnrl.tl l'ndt•r ~ l r. Lynch's l<llt.thlt• thrt>cuun .1 \\t'll muntled pro)(r.rm \\ ,,, atlmimbl) llTC"('nt('(l 'I ht• ftro;l ~tmup nf ~lec tiun..., includrd Srit ' Urandi11sn March, Lhe evtr·t)tlpular 1.\' I! Otwlurt: by TM·haiknv,ky, nnd HuOin~··s march Tht'm Rasrs, clirt'ftNI hy l)oMid Taylor. ::\1''\:t, llw gold(•n voice <•( Eli.tl'l· beth Uruwn lilled the auditorium us 111w JWt fnrmccl sn IX':tlllifully Zigtu· ll l'r unci ll'ltfll Ottv Is /)an r . The muli(•nu•, nlway!l wry upprcdtllive of llt•lly, rnllecl upon her flir nn en<'on• n'l she 1\111\1( the henutlful ll'il/ 1'1111 Rt mf•mhrr from Ill a,\1/imr. l'\u prOI(ntm of Pup music wnuld he• ~·umplt•t e wit he lui Jerome 1\ em or \'ktm llrrht•rt. and tht• next group rtllt·d tht• hill .u the Unnd pluyed a -.c·ln tiun uf Kern '-'1111(~ A trumpel 1 riu. (;uttlm;m 11 /·.rho Wall I , was pla)t'tl (nll•t\\tfl by \ 'ictnr Herbert's lmt rinm f'anltuit and Goldman's 1 h.trminJr Chimrs nj I){Jrrl\t Mault . \lh•r interml""lon 'ou..a's march, ,\,,/, , J 1111d llpurs \\,t\ ~ell performed and then a dcli~htful treal was in ~tun• fur uti in tht• fX'Nlnaj!e of Lrwmrd lluknnsun fro111 rtnrk Univrr,ily. ~ l r lloknrNm's p<•rfnrrn· :tnlt' ul tlw piano wno; exc<·llcnt as hr wn-. a1 rumpnniell by the Hnnd in Ut•nrH•ll'!l Ut•/ltlflt'l'. Th well-pleased nlldl,•tll c n•llcll on him lo phty C'hopin'11 ,\ m turm• fn D Minor nnd ( ;t•r hwin's l'rr lurl!• N 1». J :u encore!!. 'llw htlllinnt Murdi Gras from I·Ndi (;rnfe's Mississipp; Suitr was rit hly cltmr Rkhnrd JlartJctt then t anw fnrt h to play the difficult Czarlin nn thl• xylnph1me He wa.~ then jnuwd by Ri<.harcl jon~ ao; they
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INSTITUTE
Perennial Campus Plebiscite Places Class Politicos On \\ t>dnt·'-d•IY ~ l ily II , the four classes held tht>ir yearly electionc. For the !'lenit•r d.c ~ J,tml',., !:\ AdJm'l wa el~ted president. jim is from ~prin~uielct nnd j, a mt•tnbt>r (If the ~kull, Peddler :.taff, and a former prtsi· dent ni hi.. fr,mrnity , I'.S h. Thr vice-pre,ident position is filled by james F. o·R~an Jim. \\hll I ,m llunm student, also won letters in foolball and ba.•.eball \ rntmllt'r uf ~kull, l'au Meta Pi and T.K.P., be comes from :-\alick, ~ In''· lloward J (;ret'n, another Jll('mber of kull, is a Worcester man \ member uf ,\ E.P. and acth•t in athletics, be won ktte,rs in foot· ball noel trnni" Tht linal position of trea!urer is filled by Harold A. ~ldtlen .\ bt~ a nwmbrr uf Skull and the \'ar ity football team, Harry, a \Yorc~~te r mnn, hns S.I'.E. tl' hL'I fraternity. All the above officers are per· manent ''nrs, ~~~ il will he thc•-.e mrn who will have charge of all future dtL'-~ affair-. l'llt h rt'l reunionl' nnd the like. Junlu r11 • The clrt"-'1 of IQSO hr~s 1hl' fullnw· <'lt't'll•d basket hall tcn.m captain and in!( n•prt'senlrttlvell: Juhn F. Brierly, 1111 S. t•.tr.. mon. Andrew C. AnderWorccstcr, was elected prcslclcnt. sen, ulso of Worcester, is the new Jack whu wu~ rt'ct'ntly tnppt>d by ~rrretary, while the position of trea.~ • kull Is n j uniur Editor nf the Tt<cn urer I ~ fllled by Frank A. Mncl'hcr~Ews, nncl pn•sitlcnt uf hi~ frrtternl· M>n t1f Btlmont. The permanent pc)ty, P~ .K. For vke-prt~ idrnt l'nul ~Ilion of Historian is held by Gerald J, Bruwn, a mrmht'r of the Tt<rn F. \tkinson of W. Springfield, who Nf.\\S t.taff and T.K 1'., w11 ~ rll'cted. WM rl«ted last year. The Tech Paul t.umrs fn1rn Pnlmrr, Mn-.1, Thr rouncil dt'l~tt'S are Peter Groop of :.ecrctary\ pc>'~itic)fl l~ ftiiC'Cl by I.A's· Dnrtmnble and Carl E. Johansson of ter J . Rt•ynullb, j r l..t' 1'1 a memllf'r ~ly-.tlc , Conn of Tau Ut•t.t l'i and P.G I> nnd i from 1\.inderhoul.., !\. Y The t\\ I) For the Fre5hman class fiX' thr Tech C11uncil tMrRale t'INtt'll wtre ytar 1949-SO Lester W. Lloyd, Jr. of John T ('ockrr fmm Worcl'!lttr and Surrlt'Jd, Conn., was electtd prC!<i· Wnlter .\ h.ryl from Stnltn l"land, dt>nt, wblle the vice-presidency I<~~ !': Y. Tlw JMI'illun' of trt'.t'lurt·r nnd ftllrd by n Holyoke man, Edward M . histnrinn arc nt pr(•'lt'nl vntnlll hut Frlkt•l. Rirhard T. Gates of Brnttle will ht• ftllt'd Ill 11 ~uh-.«•qtll'lll ttlt't'l IJoro. Vt., is ucrettlry and Everett B. in~. Putmer i!l the new treasurer. " Ev" dnimM Floral Park, N. V. a'l his !tluph11 The Snphlllturn· dns~ clct h'rl I he hnmc town. Chw H istorian is j olullowinJ( nwn for I 049-SO. R ic:hnrd l«'ph W. Archambault from WQicott, E. Frrruri , nn llunor man nnd one Conn. Stuart H. Rowe, Jr. of Ntw 11f lht lt!'lte>r uthlt• t r~ on the IIIII, 111 f{ tK helle, N. Y., heads the hazln~ thr new prc~ide nt. " Rick" t'llnws rtllllmlttrc and will take charge of frnm Athol. F'nr vite·pre'lhll'lll, Rkh the incomin~ frosh. Tech Council nrd E l low.trd c,f Wortt''llrr wa ~ dt'lel(atr'l M yet have not been chOStn t.h•Nn " Ri<h" olf,(J l'l the newly- hut will be at a later .meting.
pirited oph Plan Hep Hop; Boyntonian , Prize Featured
Pi D It Pi<·k~ Fron1 Juniors
1949, will commence one of the mo!l ..etm rather unlikely t.bat the 'Sl 'ers, festive occasions or the '49 season, tonftdent a~ they an, having di&·
Thf" \\'tlru•:.tcr l'ulytet.hnk Institute.> .. I haptcr ur 1'1 Delt:t Ep~ilon, nntinnnl tllllt'~iat(' jc>urnnllstlc-honorury ~uclr ty, annuunccrl at lhi · mornIng':~ a scmllly hs !iClrclions for rncmller.. hili for 1hr 1949· 1950 collt•j(t' Yt'lll . Rcrogni7A!d for ou~tan d lnR wnrk In tnllcge journuli"'m were juniors Gt'tlfJl' S. IJttrnn, Tejinde.r Chadclhtt , ~ell J . rrtlwley, Waller B. l>t'tW('n, Jr ., Stanlry Friedman, J ohn ~ ~ l ullnnry. Subuiah Mut.hiab. Tht• e men \\Cre <.elected for their Wflrk on the '-laff'l or the TEen we; Prddlrr. nnd Tech Bible.
the Sophomore Hop. Dancing to lhe toe-tapping rhythm." of the Boyntonlans, IS strong; sweet warblings by Phyllis Rawding nnd Harvey Jlow· ell ; door prizes at lnterml"l!lon, and one or two other surprises planned by the commlllee rLre all guaranteed to make your evening a success. At intermi.~slon three lucky ticket holder'! will be tendered three 11pecial prize.t;, Lhe nature of which seems to be velled In my tery 111 this writ· inl(. \ (s() :b a \\C>rd to the fre,hrnt'nrumor ha it that they will be given
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On Saturday eveninM, May 21 , a pedal treat by the sopb.'l. It would
played the Coat's Head on two occasiuns already, will again expose that muc.h '!ought after bronze fetish to the wve tou~ eyes of their archrivals. At thi'l gala event, Ed George, fur sbc years one of lhe better Boyn· tonlnn bra.'ls, will stomp the Alden ~ lnge for the last time as maestro. Under Ed's masterful guidance, lht tJ(Jynllm ians have assumed their rl~htfu l place in lhe Tech spotliRht and it is wit.h regrets that we shall bid Rood-bye to Mr. GeorRe on Sat· urday evenin~. Also playing their 'KWII IIOP-r.,,. 4