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Wo~ler, M ~•• Wednt'.daY
ov.IO, 1948
\VORC ESTER
POLYTECHNIC
EXCELLENCE AWARD--AEP
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Founding Fathers Honored
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Tech's Eightieth Anniversary President's Address And Wreath Placing Highlight Observance
Jourttalistic Society Elects
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Tlteta Kappa Phi Close Second In Race For Trophy With Lambda Chi Alpha Third
The Worcester Polytechnic Jnslitute's chapter of J>i Delta Epsilon, national collegiate journtllistic-hon· orary society, announced at this School's Subsid y Makes morning's assembly its selections for Colored Photos and Price R eduction Possible membership for the 1948- 1949 colFraternity life, formal weekends, le~e year. Reco~nized for outl>Ulndrope pull, homecoming football ing w<,rk in colle~e journalism wrre games-all these and many more of senioro; Francis ]Ol rph Digcln, Walter the most cherished memories of chi- Gfflrge Dick, William Allen Julinn, lege life arc perpetuated in the col- Rnyrm•ncl Jo eph R.-milltud, ~lnl h:S(e yea.rbook. This book is n. veri· c:olm AuAtin Sanborn, Gino Joseph tnl>le encyclopedia of pictorial remi- Snntnndrca, nne! Donald \Veikrnan. niscences which brings back nostalgic Frnn Biwltr holdR positions o( im· memories of long-departed friends, portanrc in bot h the 'ft;;c u N"ws " hallowed halls," football rnllies, the and the PN/dlr r, being News Editor " bouse''. The Peddler, our own tol- nf tlte former, unci a Senior Editor le~c publica tion, will open ils .sales on tht• Iauer. \Vttlt Dick is an assist· cumpaign on Nov. 17, and for these ant to the B\L'liness l\1annger or lhe rea.sons everyone owes it to himscH J>cddla and hns done marvelous - - - - as wcll as to the hard-working mc:m- work in the securing of advertisebers or the Peddler staffs to con- ments for the Pttltllcr over the past tribute his financial support In the two years. Bill Julian is, like Bigda, fom1 of a deposit on one or these a doubte thre:lt, being ecrctary .or Novetnbcr fine books. Even those who are not the Ttctt t\ ews, Mel l\lanngmg Oan<•t> In CommonM Will slated to gyaduate with the Class of Editor or the 1949 Peddler . Ray Follow Comp.-liliou '49, will in later years enjoy men- Remillard is the Photography gditor Among Frolernilit>8 tally renewing friendships with upper of the 1949 Pr ddler. and is the mnn classmen, or recalling their (ormer whn was resronslble for the excelOn Snturclay nil(ht, November 20, proM~SS as they guc at l11e photo lent jnh of ~rtt in~ up the informals the fraternity gl~:e dubs will A\.~111 · (Continued on Page 4, Col. 1} in tlle 1948 Prddlrr . ble in Alden J\tcmoriol to compete for 1he recognit icm nf the top sonR·
Peddler Sales To Open November 17
Jt was exactly eighty years ago on :-.;ovember 11 , 1868, that the " Free lnst illltc of Industrial Science'', known today as the Worcester Polyt('('hnic I nslitute, officially opened its doors. To commemorate thAL important occasion, the l nsti· tutc celebrates Founder's Day each yenr as n coll e~e holiday. In observance of Founder's Day, l'resitlent Cluverius spoke on "Thin~s That Made Worcester Tech Jlos..<;l!)le" at the third Ocnernl Assembly on !':ovember 10. Al eight o'clock nf the lith , President CJuverius, Uean • wan, J im O ' Re~an , and Steve ·paneas will place wreaths on the gra,·es of three of the Tech corounders in Rurnl Cemetery. The cofounders were Dttvid Whitcomb, the Re\'erend Seth Sweetser, l chabod \\'ashoum, founder of the American lt't!l & Wire Co .. and Stephen a] i,c;. bury, giver or the campus land and l{encrous contrioutor to building lunds nnd endowments.
Alpha Epsilon Pi Takes Top Honors In Scholarship Theta Kappa Phi Fir&t In Aetivitie8 Followed By PSK and PGD
The results of the competitive ef. forts of our nine fraternities during th<' past academic yea.r have produced a new claimant to the much coveted President's General Excellence Trophy. The newcomer lo the rnnks of the few with their names insrribcd on the trophy is Alpha Epsilon Pi. Previously P'hi Sigma KnpJla was awarded the trophy and Theta Knppa Phi was the recipient for the past two years. A.E.Pi's fine scholastic standing was one of the must decisive factors in their win· ning the prize. A.E.Pi led its nearest competitor for scholastic honors by 1.52 point! with an average of 76.41 1 this rank-in~( entitling them to the one hundred dollar first prize. Lambda Chi Alpha walked off with second honors in scholarship wifh an average of 74.89, thus winning the sevenly-flve dollar prize. The other houses fol· lowed a,, listed : TKP 74.47, SAE s tcrs on the campus. 011 Although the selections are 11till in 74.40, ATO 73.98, SPE 73 .78, PSK 73.47, TC 72.71 1 and PGD 72.20. the tentnHve stRJ(CR, ( L few of th~ The President's Trophy, first prehouses hn. v c submitted n Jist or songs 0 ness throu~th the chest. Not only which will probnbly be sun~. They sented in 1938 but discontinued dur(Continued on Page 4, Col. 2) ~lLSpcnder!l, l1ut ties and ~tarters have are as follows: Phi Gam, "llrrc's to ~akcn on pOika-do,ts . .Not the r.e~ - Good Old Delta" and " Brothers Sinl( mine type dots. hl..'l hl()n auUtont1es On "; SAE, "1'he SAl-~ Mnrching call them "dubloon dot s", because Son~e" and "Navy 'Blue and Gold"; they:re o. full inch in. diometer, n~d Theta Chi, " Dream Girl or Theta lhey re patlemed aga1nst bold, solid Chi" and "Slide Rule Blues''; SPE, color "The Siu... Ep Canoe Sona"·, and ' b·1cknrounds < ... •• • • • ... Jl.;ew ~>hoes ore hefller, with black f\TO, ''The Sweethean of ATO". Lack of support on the part of wle: and uppers in a new shade Each glee club, consislln~ of from caJINI midnight muroc (that's a deep eight to ten men, wlll sing two sonf(S, the student body prevented the r<>dcll~h ·brflwn} . Wi th the black and one of which must be IL fraternity Spor t! Dance heJd in Alden MemomuriK' duo, the young man can wear song and lhe other a song of lhe rial Saturday night, November 6, ulnck, bruwn or grey. fratern ity's own choosing. Upon the from being a financial succesa. S(.)tks to go with these shoos are presentaliun ol tbe ttward, the win- oclally, however, the dance lacked extremely wide-ribbed, with large ner of the contest may sing either nothing. nashy diamonds, or checks "as bold one of the previous songs or a third Everyone of the eighty couples as a gambler's vest.'' Hats pick up song. who attended lauded the fine playing the color or the general ensemble by The judges will be Mr. F. E. of the Boynlonian.s headed by Ed matching lhe band around the Bouvier, director of music at Holy Geor~e. Particularly 'tfell done was crown, and the band around the Cross College; Mr. Stanley Nor· " Harlem Nocturne", "What's This", brim1 to the color of the suit. wood, director of music of Worcester and .,Solitude". Featured seve{al The finnl note in the college rash- Public Schools; and Mr. Clifford E. times during the evening were Ken ion picture-that cigar- bas changed Green, director of music at W .P.r. Parsons on lhe trombone and Don too. Not to be outdone by clothing There will also be an applause meter J)odge on the trumpet. makers, the cigar manufacturers on hand to ass:isl with lhe judging. The pufJlO!C of the Sports Dance have put into their lines a special FolJowing the song fest there will was to provide funds for the Fall collegiate style: a new, smaller edj- be a dance in lbe Sanford Riley Hall Sports Banquet at whkh time lettion of the popular panatella de- Commons. Music will be supplied ters and sweaters will be awarded to signed especially for casual campus by the Boyntonians and dancing will mem~rs of the footb&IJ, soccer, and cross country teams. smoking! continue until midnight.
Pi Delta Ell8ilon To Sponsor ong Fest 20
CampUS The "B 0 }d Lo0 k" FOr Men NeW T reD d n•s 8Jld Polka D·o ts a Must For Joe Collc!!C Ci!!o~;: u "-L N ~.w \'owK 1~he college man should now have in his wardrobe at lc11..~t one eoch u£ .the r.ullowing: dmh-of-)(old sf)Ort shirts w1th threequarter lt•ngth sleeves; brocaded silk paja~as ; Picru:so pink sweaters with plunKmg n~cklmcs, and polka-dotted ~u "'ncl"~rs. . ,,,. • o say fa hion designers in Xew \'urk. who decided this fall it was time fur a chanli(e in men's bib 'n tuckery.
Hand-in-hand with the revolu· ti~>nary change, the: first in fifteen years for the male sex, is predicted 3 nev. trend in college smoking habit~the switch to the cigar. The sudden turn to color, oddly enuu~h. tends to bring out the "beast'' :tnd the "best" in man, simultaneously ... by accentuating what fashion authorities call his "lustiness". A rugged tan glows threateningly under the challenge of pink. Muscles look twice as powerful :.et orr by a masculine polka dot, kin~ sile. T he new popularity of cigars is a style note that cropped up less suddenly. It was an outgrowth of
the war, when men grew more ro· bust, needed a more robust smoke.
Or. Eugene Kahn, professor of psychiatry at Yale Universily ana· lyzed it this way : " The lusty ;re the proplc with slrong apl)etites, whu J.tCnuinely and thoroughly enjoy all the good things or the earth, and with them smoking. Lusty men en· joy quantitatively anu qualitatively a choice meal, a fmc play or concert, a good cigar''. The tense type, he adds, tum to cigarettes. Last spring, when designers fi rst brought out their wardrobe changes, they feared maJe resistance, so they Oauered tbe gentlemanly ego by hinting it was the " bold look". Now, the " bold look" is scheduled lo continue. Dozens of new ~im· micks have been added- including two mucb·promoterl colors for suits, hats and shoes. They are walnut brown and oavion, which is 8 combination of navy and aviation 'blue. Suits for winter have lapels that spread an inch wider on either side of the manly cbesl, each lapel sporting a one-inch welt seam at the edge. Suits are cut easier, with more lull-
Sports Dance Features Boyntonians
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