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.... 1Voreflter, Maa.• Wedne.ct.r, Mar. 29, 1950
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VVORCESTER
POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTE
Pi Dell sonefest Donor Studetats For Fall Tet•m Won By Sil! Ep Registrar Lists ~li!.S Gertrude R. Ru R~ this week relcH$ed to the Tt-.cu Xews the honor list for last S<'m,-ster. Hnnnr-> atr based on the fullowinj:~ ptmmta'te:.: Fir.,;t Honors, 85-100 IK'r u•nt ; Second Honors, 80-84 per cent -'o :.tudent i~ included on the Hunnr list!> whu-:e ~chcclulc ill tc~s th•.n 90 per cent uf a full schfdule for the class and cou r~c for which hr is re~bte rctl. Averut:tc~ are ''tm~hted avertti{C:>. or the on(• hundred n.nd o;i:<Lythree honor men. eacb cln..-..~ and cnur-,r was represented as follow!>: First ~ccunu H ouors I ron or.\,
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S.A.E.'s Fine Performance Rates Honorable Mention Vocal Grou1's Judged On Appearance, Hurmony, Ancl E nunciation
Class • 1•nior Junior
12 12
33 22 27 32
R o~tl'r R. (;rimwatle, Rk hard E. "lluthaway, j ame:; C. l"l etlrick J r., Freshman David J. Hudson. Edmund L. ~ccond ;-.;ichub, Rubert ,\ , Jlad~t·ll , EdH unurs mond T. !;uydam. Jame.o. F. \\'1lhcr. Course C.E.: .\lc.xnnder '1'. Cyl(anicwict, Civil 4 3 Heikki "-· 1. Elo, Ru. sell Xorri . )I.E. 13 27 Chem. Enjl. : .\ rnnld A~ulnick , Chem. Eng. 4 9 Rolnnd F. Bedard, Richard H. Chem. Cn ri<;On, J am~ C. Dean . Rubert Phy. 4 L. ) Joisun. Andri' j . Ta«.MI, Jt•stph T. ToeJtemann. E. E. II 30 E.E.: Richard (; Besehle. ) uhrl The Hnnor List follows: p R r .. II J h T ('CIC k<r, . · e n Iori! u Jture a. o n 'cl \\' t) · t II I . ante ~on . ownH ,.,c.· Fir~t 1/ottors: ~1 .E .. F rank S. I)avt jurc1..nk , Walter A. Keyl, J ohn ~1. EwinA, Everett .\ . Henncs.c:ty. Rithard W. ~fcGraw. Rkhard H. ~1 C'· Prrcivnl, Hugu S. Radt Jr. C. E. : F.rnest R. Ro. ~i , Ru~'lell Mnhnn J r .. Walter C. Scanlon . A 1\.t·nnrth • tewan J r.. William War\\'. \\'aldu. rhcm. En~.: fl()nald \V. OodAe. hurwn. Junior8 i\rlhur W. Juycc. First 1/0/wN : ~I.E.: ,\ l ark 1•:. E.E. : George E. En~mau , • tnnBaker, Robert . Busck, Rohcrt N . lry Friedmn n, J ohn Jureidlni, Ralph ('nchrun , Leo E. f..emcrt J r , Ed· ~:. Pnrtridgr Jr. Srromf 1/onors: :\l.F..: Richard "nrd L. Lewi~. f:flwin H. :'\ahikinn. K \midun. i\rthur 0 . Ouuvicr. 1'\or- Anthony A. lef:mov. Henry 1>. man S. Brown, Hemry S. \ot Jr., T'1ylor. C"'hem. En~.: Halo:cy F:. Cri~wulll C'hcm.: !Junaid E. Sand-.. \\'ednesday, )farch 2Q, wllJ Jlhy~. jnhn L. . imrmd ... hrinl.! ~ J r. Stanley H. . milh, E.F..: Jm.eph E. Thoma". noted lecturrr, to .\lrlen AudiSf('(md l lfmors: ~I.E .: \\'illiam torium for thi!' week'< cominA T Baker. t eem H Ha..scu . I~ ic:h11 "i'mhly. .\ life tonll inlernrcl E. Ferrari. Herlwrt J. H uy~ e~t in thr field nf trnnsporJr , Harvey L. Rowell , Wa llace ~ f IJti•m unrl phntc~mphy have Prco;ton. qualified lhP cpt'aker nn his C. F..· Oonald Kol ndnt> 1\.clwartl t.ubjrll, " l nrlian Trails In C. 1 foroney Jr. Iron Rail!>" which \\ill af!;n ('hem. En((.: Georp;e ;\I. Coolry. l.w must rated by il rc~onnl n onald r . LcwLc;. cnll<'rt ion of colnrrd sticleq drPhv'l. : .h el \V. Linder J r. pktlnl( 1hc subject. .'\11 m!ldes F. r~. : Gerald F. Atkinf,on, Ric-h· of travrlin~ frnm the oxcnrl to 'lrd D. Brow, Dexter F:. Cute, nthe mntlrm rnitrtlad f<lcilltie'l rlrcw F. Fr('eland, Aimc J. Grenif'r. will bP discus~Pcl nnrl 'lhown lnhn :'-l~~ri"V. Georf{C F.. S0\)111'1. upnn "Crren. .\J r. Smith ha~ R1chard F.. Snvder. RQgcr W. Swanprorni$Crl that hio; tnlk will be qon. j ohn D Writer, R ~er E. Wye. hi11hlv enterlalninfl 11nd inSophomore& o;lrur th·c ; well worth the timP Pirst H onors: ~I.E. · Daniel 'f ()f evl'ry one who attends. ll~>rnntuwic:z . ~r\phomorl'
10 IS Fir-, I Honurs
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llONOR LJST-Palf! 4
Queen To Be Crowned At Spriit" Formal Tech tuclentM Start Seeking JlfiOtogrophs Of Their Prom Dotes With Tech's biAAcst social event n mere "'~x ~ct•ks nway, it's time to ),tart thlnkm~ aiJQut this yvar 's l ' "' l ) H J ~' ( " I'RO!IJ fur the wet>kend ur )lny s, {I nnt.l 7 will fmd SOOlt'· lhinl( C'ntirt'ly nrw anti cllffi'rc•nt in the wny of C<-rl:lin nt.tivities to lltke plnct> clurhtg that perir)d. The Jlmm itJOWif is to l>e Tht• Coronation Hall , and nnt wit huut rr:&..~Cln as will hm•with he expl:tint•!l. TC't'h will hnw its first Queen in tht' furrn of i>IIIHC lucky cngJnccr'S datt• . . hut lt•t's sec huw (ttl this will C"t~lll<' nunut. Frnm now un, nmhi1i111.1~ Tl'<'h ~11dal climhers will l>IUrt \\(lrkiux w procure pittures uf tht•ir clnte~ whith will bt• .'IU h· rnhtt•ll w th<· uuth•;ritles hy n dtadlinf' w be ann~Junct'fl Inter. From th b gruup t>f pic'turt's ("naps. pMtrnh.,, etc.) nllmtt nine "c11un mcmIK•rc;" will l w .;elected pri1>r to lhe biJ( Wft•kt•nd . l~nch picturt' will have nn It <~ n·vt·ro;(' c;lrJc (a) the name or the Tt•<'h man submluing 1he plct ur<', and ( h) 1he name nf hlf. dale anti h<'r home-town or <.olll'~<'· Thi~ will thc•n he tururcl In to thl' fraternity repr~>srntativc who will ~hortly make him'lclr knnwn a$ 'lut·h in ear h hnuse. Non-fraternity rnrn will plat:e thrir "npplicatinns'' in tht·ir rcprcQentalive\ box in RoynInn under ·•Junlur Prom Queen Commilt<•r.'' S11mrtimc rluring the BaJI, each <'HUrt mrmlx'r will be interviewed bv the faculty jutl({e~. and from thf~ Kirts wlll be chosen the Queen.
The sccnnd annual l'i Delta Epsilon SonJ.~fr~L held lnsl Saturday indicated by its popularity lhal lll'rl' is u i>Odal activity thnl will soun b{'I'Omt• unothrr traditivn nn the hill. Each !lin~inR group did ll:, rrat(•rnity proud by it s vocal endeavor whilr cornpctlnA fnr the l'i Dell trophy. Fred WarinR or Emile Cotr would do well to ~cout the Tech c:unpus for potential voco l !(rents. l•:uch fraternity ~tave two renditions tlntJ wos intrnducrd by J uset)h E. Lcmirl'. Jo{' ably llllt•<l lhe capadty or mn~l('r or cen.•ll)<lllics like u ttlll' Gruver Whalen. .\ her the nine fraternities l(tiVl' thllir vocal offtJriiiJI!I, the judl(es for the rvt•ning, Mi!;s Crace Kendrick, director of musk ut Worcester State Teacht·r~: ;\l r. Stnnh•y W. NorW(.)(It'J. lllll!tic dlrt•ctor in the Worcester Jlublk sthOHls: nnd Mr. Rny· mond ~I orin. music critic fnr the \\'orcc-.ter Tt'/r~:ram c111ne to the rlccision 1hat SIJ(ma I'hi P.p!.illon houltl tlOSS(•ss thc trophy while Si~ma Alpha Epsilon rle~crvNI honornble menI ion rnr the wnntkrful job they did, too. Tht' j utl~tinJt WaS Cll'll'rmtll('cl hy pOin(S j(tVtn fnr fl l•rx•nrancc, t•nuuclllt i11n, and hurmnny. The winnerc; lctl by OrorRr Uorski chr,~c as thC'Ir frntcrnity SMJ( , " WnnrlNful Sig Ep Girl" anrl !IMR the glnrifl ration a., it 'lhoulrl IK' sunS£, It led une tu wcmrli•r just how many of thr onet !Hill pos~ec;self their pino;. ·n1e sonl( was hi~~thlighted hy n Sf1lo part ung capably by Don J nrd:m. The mt•n who macle up thl' octet were Ge11rgr lJor· • ki, who <.~&nf( In addition to leadin$~, Warren Palmer, Jlob Turck, AI Hansen. Dick F'nlt;:, Frank Mueller, JCihn Orcull , Md Don Jordan, For their . ccond wlectinn the men from llllyntnn Strret chCKe n. 'long in a
vain, " While Strolling the Park One Day." The harmonists. although lacking sideburns and handle-bar mustaches, certainly did jus lite lo that pair or rt>l(uish eyes. This lilting rendition, t'tHllpletr with whistling and all, cinched the prlze for the i~t Eps. The tn,phy l(iv<'n 10 this lop octet wns only a ICiken one as there wns dlffirulty in rcceivin~o~ the actual one in time. It seems L. G. Bnlfour cnultln 'I dcd rlc whether twenty(our <lr just plnin old twenty•karat J.~Oicl wuuld sufftc<'. rn addit ion tlwrc wns nu one in the Immediate vicinity who could lrnnsport the lrnphy to Te<'h as it seems Mr Balfour hns lost all faith in the nnrc stenrtrast Brink's Tnc. . lgma Alpha Epsilon, by virtue of its excellent job in singing, came in n cl<>!'e second to receive the cono;olntory honorable mention. The S.A.E.'s rendered as their first St'· lc:ulon the jaunty sea-faring tune, ";\ CapitaJ Ship." rt sounded as if a good number of S.A.E.'s were actual mtrnbers of the Nautical Association here on the Hill. For their ~t'<:rmcl selcclion the group ex-tolled lhe virtue<~ of the fraternity ilwctthcart in the "S.A.E. Sweetheart Sonrt.'' The nonet was led by Ev C'hllcl unrl the mtlodists included Uub and Harvey Howell, Doo K ra\l ~s. Druce D!liley, Bob 7.imnwrer, Gordt)rJ Willard, Halsey GrisW(IId, Pete Groop, and Dick BenneLL. During the COIIr'!e or the evening, l'i Delta Epsilon pledged three new men from the student body for their I'XCelJencc in journalistic aCtivity at Tech. The new men of the "Order or the White Carnation" are Ray Costine, Fran McParlland, and Jrrry O'Neil. The Uoyntoninns once again plea~d t h~ presc>nl as they tOpped orr thr momentous evening with their danceable and inimitable style. lighter
Throu~h
HONOR SOCIETY NAMES PLEDGES AT ASSF...,MBLY
Leon ll . Bassett, Aime J. Grenier, llalsey E. Griswold, H arvey L. Howell, Donald Kolodne, Le<J E. Lemere, ] r., Edwin H. Nahikian, Roger g , Wye.
Tau Bew Pi, national hoMr SO· ciety, announct:d the pledging of the following men on March 29, 1950: Senirm: Richard G. De!!Chle, F:arle A. ~. Hallslrom, Rober1 A. Pad~ell. }<>!eph R. ToeJ(emann. Juniors: Geralll F. Alkln~on
T au Beta Pi was founded at Lehigh University in 1885, while the lfiCal chapter was organized in 1910. The ltrty odd chapters of Tau Beta Pi in the leac.liog technical colle~es in America form lhe largesl underJlrltduate honorary engineering fraternity.