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10, featured the election by the Student bocly uf the President of the Tech Council. coordinntor of Tech arti\•itie,, and of the :\thletic Coun· ril. the undergraduate's \'Oice in atbletic affaire:. The elections were notable for the .tble men nominated, and the clo~ races that evolved in every case. The three ttlp men on the ballot for President of 1he Tech Council were Gerry Atkin<>on, Hill I> '\\Cy. and Jim Rich. The tnj.l mnn in the votinJ.:, nnd new Tech Council president . i Gerry Mkinson. He can now ndcl thi~ to his ot her act iv.ities on Ihr hill which include ; Skull ; Tnu !leta Pi, Tr<>n.!>urer: Vile President, Ew Ka ppa !\u: Editor-in-Chier of the TH' Il l':F.WS, JIUSil1l''>S ~J (IO(If(t'r Of the ~ ~ U~qUC; 1951 Cla..Qs Historian : a nd Pi I)C'Ita Ep ilon . His aCQIJaintnnce with lbe activities of Tech will stand him in J(ood stead ,u; th<' !.tudent :opoktsmnn on thc \'aried problem!' that aric;e ytarly. The VOl ing llll the pre~ident or I he \thletic Council featured the ti~thtest race uf all. ;\1 fl rtnc;cn. J im Rith, and .\ndy Freeland were the nominated men, which accounts lor the closeness of the voting. Andy Freelanci wa'l chosen the new gavelwielder o r tht• Cound l. Andy, well known for his ability in the athletic line through his e11ploits in baseball, basketball , nnd football Is also prom· inent in Skull ; Tau Beta Pi : Eta Ka ppa ;o.;u: Reporter, T ~;cu Nt:.ws; former class president ; and was the recipient or the Skull award in his freshman year. The lither officers or the Athletic Council. chosen from the present '<~phomure clnR'l were Bill ~1 ehalick , \' ice- Pre~itlcnt ; and Warren Palmer, trcaburrr. Dick Hall. uf the fresh· man cia ...., was elected to the post of ' ecretary llill ~ I chalick has been on the var<>ity for two yean; in basket· ball an(( ftl(>tball . He has also l>t!Cn Tech ( uu ncil Rcpresentntlvc fwm his class for both years. Warren Palmer, the nl'w trea.~urer, is n former Vicel'residt nt 11( his class, a ba!:ketball mana)!c•r wmpet, and a mC'mber or the pouerful Tech tratk team. Uick Hall h t clcmc much to make himself kno\\n • n the Tech Campus by his l'~cellent play with the T ech baskctbalJ ] :'ly' t·t·~. and as a meml>cr of the football team.
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Kranich and Heffernan Honored by National J ournalism Fr aternity On ~lay tO a t the regular :.choHl assembly. Pi Delta EpsHon, the oldest rmtioual honorary collt!giute fraternity in the country, pled~cd nine men for their excelJcnce in journalism. 1'hi& fraternity was found('d with the purpose in mind to establish a t-urit•ty in the lield of journalism that would purullt:l the position!> of l'hi Hl'lu Kupp.t, Tau Hela l'i, and SiJtma Xi in ~ holastb , enginecrin~, und sci ence. .h ill> purpose and ajm, the nm~titution of Pi Ue.ltu Epsihm stnu:~ . " It shall be the purpose of thi or~a n ization to elevate the caulK' of journalism: to foster the mutunl Wt'lfare of tudent publication~ ; to <h.• veh'P the truest fraternal !opirit amon~ its members: to encourage loyalty to their Alma ~later, and to re· ward the journalist for hi~ efforts, ~er\fin•. and accomplishments hy admi~ion to it~ mem!Jership." This year two men out. ide the ~tudent body received the honnr, ~lr. ~eil T. Heffernan, Cla..'is of '22, was pledged for the great help and encoura~ement he hns given to all Tech publications. The Heffernan Press has been the printer or thr T•·:tH l'\tws fo r the past thirty years and in addition has flone much printin~ work for the J>rddlrr. Dr . \\'ilmer L. Kranich, professor in our Chemical Engineerin~ Department, u a plecl~cd fur work dnne a an Ass'l Editor of the :\ .I.Ch.F; . • tudent Chapter :\ews. Thi~ nut ional journal is puulished four times du r1ng 1he school year. Gerald F. Atkinson- Gerry l.; the prt>sent Editor-in-Chief of the T FCII St.ws and is a enior Editor of the l'rddl(•r. It is for proficiency In the rulfillmcnt o{ these two position thal he is pledged. In addition j erry is ll usine~>~ ~Jnnn~er of 1he Mnsquc rtnd is n member or skull , Tau llela Pi, nncl Eta Kappa :\u. OonaJrl C. Lewis-l )on hns tltme exemplary we~rk In performln.R hi ~ dulies U5 Mana,l!inj{ Editor or both T ccu :"Ews and the Ptddlr r. lie also is a member or the ~ ra:;que nnrl Glet> Club. Thomas Hodgett- Tom hM the important job of .\dverti sin~t ~fan· al(l'r for this paper, and for excelllnfL coc PI DELT- Pa«"' 4
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WPI BAND FEATURED IN POP CLASSICS CONCERT TO END MUSIC SEASON
County Sdwlur8hip Fund " In thf Sprin~ ,, yuulll!, ulan's llllll) liJ,thtly turn~ tu thliu~lll!' or... Foua· Keys~' (;aiu the bunt! , it Wt\S clearly demonstrated mu~ic. that i~. fur thul>C whu lllllll' ' "' • that variuus sections of the band can 111 \ldt•n ~ l em~~ri 1 tl ~l onday. ~luy 29, ll' I( e ( 'C 3UU make up for this deficiency very w ht•ar ~J ar~ut·ritt• Piaua unu t;abor A udi e n c(~ readily. The It alian .. treet Song r.m~lh w-..tur in th~ .\ lden .\ rt:. 1 " Funiculi Funirula " by Denzn was liutld .; ~J)rin)( Cnnt't>rt On Saturday e\•enin,~:,, ~ lny 20, thf' tht' concluding num~r of this ~{roup. 1 In ca-.e you htl\ en 't h(·:trd, lhe 1Tech band. led by \\'illiam F. Lynt'h The ne'<t part of the prORram was \ldt•n \rt~ l;uild ;, the n.1mc Ri"en and ably assi ted by R~btort HcmrR:tn of a g roup of numbers by " The Four lht• nmunillt't' e~tablis ht>d by yuur n:. ma~ter nr cert'mome:., pre-.ent('{l K.ey:.". n barbershop quartet consist\lumni \ Nt<"iatiun lll ftl~lt>r pn,. it~ {uurth annual l'up!i Conct'rt. Thi!. ing uf Ur. T. Charles Lee. Or. \\'ilmer Jtt.um ul unc mu•ic and 11thc>r art:. on t'uncert WCI!-> truly tht' mu-,1 uuhtund- L. Kranich, Harrison T aylor, and Uuyntun H ill. in~ performance thu:. fnr in tht• l)onalcl AnrlerSQn. This was the first It i...1 ph~ao,urt• w annm•ncf' that band '~ cnrecr. ~luny favorttblc> n1m time the <tuartet s:tnJ~ at a band contht• !'lprin~ Cunlcn will reatutc thesr mcnt!-> wert~ tl'('Ci\'ccl from the nurli· cert, hut from the reception or the twu f111c :~i ttl(in~ star-.. ~11..,., Piau:), t>nce a!> ''' the choirl' M numlwr:., Llw nrulh•nce it is believed it will not be wlw appeared iu tht• t•untrrt last playin~t of the hand. and tht- lll'rftlt· thr la ~ t . Th<'y :;elected " l\Jandy Lee", 'l'rin~. may lllrrently lw :ICI'n nn tlon llf the !!Oioists. '' I Cttn't Ww You AnylhinR Hut liL'r::.hw.in's "Strike llp tlw Htt11d '' l.c•vr", " Hy tht' Li~ht o f the Moon" , ":-taturtlay l'\igh1 R(•vlt•w'' un ;-.;ncT\'. ~lw is ab(l a ~ ltlr uf UlWrtl, racliC), wa ~ an Appropriu te UlW nin~-t numh<'r nnd " I Had u IJrenm. Dear'' ns their tht• tiiiH'l'fl ' tl\!t<'. anti suppt-r duhs. lor tlw t•wninR. Th1: " ~ l urnln~ot, ' non number~ for the cvcnl n~. ~cc hrr (In tt•kvi~inn this ~aturtlily and :'\'iJ(ht In \' iennn " cJwrturt' hy 'l'hl• Orst half of the pro~ram wns nnd tlwn -.t•c hL•r in fH'r~on ~ l ay 29 '' 0 n Supl'le W•1ll tht•n perfurmcd by l'nrn plNNl with the band'!l perform· in Alclen ) l!•molial. ~lr Cart>lli wa~ tht• IJand. I hit. numb<•• clt'llltlli!-lrllh'll antt• ur Lui~otlni's " Bnllet Egyptien''· horn in I luns;:su y ancl ren•lvccl his dt>arly thr depth und fullne'!-> n{ thl' Mtc• 11 short intermission, the \loire traininR in l t.1ly. ill' has heen ordwstm ~~~ n ell as the llt'rfrt:tillll hilnd returned t(l play Saint-. aens wdl rr<.cived un hl,; American nmcert obtained uoly by countlt.>SS reht'ltrsnls. •· ~fun he Militaire rrancaist'''. Onrbara Rt>..o;e, a student at Clark, tours. llr hn~ ~unJt in OflC'ra , li~tht Ricburd ~ . Jones. stuclcnl director, orwra. ancl on mnny radio concerts. directt•tl tht· next JliCC:t'. which Wll.'l proved thnt she was a very fine acl'rucrrd. from thi<~ concrrt will the fumil i<~r " Barnum nne! Huilt.'y's c:e~rdion player, by performing three au~tmcn t thf' \\'orcth ter ('ounty Alum- Favorites" march hy Kin~. wrll-cho en numbers in the next part ni A~<>odatinn !'Chnlnrship fund. This )Jnr~hnll Kidder, ~ulo trumpet or the pmgram. The first was 1'Lady hmd is tu br u!'t'd to provide n de· player, perfMmed the cornet <~ulo uf Spain'' by Evan!>. This was fol<('rvi nJt \\'urrro;tcr County uuy with " \\' illuw ~hnts'' by Simon. l li11 rt>n· luwrtl by Cole Porter's " Night and n l(enc•ouJO 'l<'holar~thip fur his Crc~h- clition or this solo wn~ so well rrccived Ilay", nnrl she conc:luded with Metalman year ut Trrh . by the nudience th:u lw rl'lurncd to lu\ ", harpshooters March". This yt•ar the support of other play " I'll Take \'ou llllnw A~tnin The ever popular "Siboney" by w lleJ(e alumni J(roups nnd the l(c.>neml Kathleen " ns an tncurt', Lecuunu wn$ then played by the public is ltelnl( solic·ltrd. l'lease tell The band then played " fl olidny band. Al this point in the program the your friend :;- abuut thi~ line musical for Strin~ts" by Diivld Rose. AI· ('venin!( untfl!egin mnking up n f\llrly thou,::h there Is no strlnj! sec:tiun In " Four Keys" returnecl to sing two now ICI lwar MOrJ(uerite l'iazza and "SOil I(!\ of North';. As a result of Gnbor Carelli, May 29. thdr reCI'J')t ion by the audience, they pl'rformed several encores. .-------------. The last main number by the band THE tQSO E DIT ION 01< was a selection from the " Song of THE f>RDDI.ER WILL RE OliT NEXT WEEK, SO UE Norway". Much of the music In the Sl' RE 1'0 ~A VE \'OUR Harvt~y Howt ll, Owen On "Sonl( ()( Norway" was taken from ~tO~EY FOR THE J~ I NAL And John Mr K eo~h to the compositions or Edward Grleg. Pi\ \'~f E~T. I>l E 0!'\ IJ ECorupt>te f or Top Hon or~ 'T'he " Man of the Hour" march comLl \' ERY OF YO\' R BOOK. Hnrvey Howell, John ~f c Keogh pleted a successful performance by Deliverie will be mad~ to and Owen Ott , all juniors, have been ~lcctcd 3!1 finalists in the I 950 Peel the hand, and an entertaining evethe fraterni ty hclll~~ for all fraLcrnity men ext eptinll fre,hmen, Award Conte!<t. and they will prec;ent ning of music for everyone. \\ ho will rett'ive thrir!> in the their C<lle studies to three Wnrcet~ter II ntm-rratrrnity dormitory. businessmen ThurYiay. ~lay 25, in SUMMER READING men will pitk up their yearBoynwn Hnll a t 4 p.m. At this time htH}k!t In BoyniM Holl, where the judl(es. Mr. Paul B. Morrc:ln, Jr., All students are urged to keep in 1hey will lie t~n !;ale. nf the M <1rl(tlll ( 'clnlltructinn Co., Al- mind the required summer reading, For till' cMvenicnce nr those len F. Hardy, J r., of the N11rton Cn., whiC'h appllc>s to regular, irregular, wh11 hnve llfll madt· a (Jcpoqit, and Frrderic ll. Ca!W, Jr., of the and trans fer students. By Institute and now willh HI ~et a yearAmerictm St.rel anrl \Virr Cn., will ruiP, credit In this work must be huHk, ll" well as those who now -.elect the f)rize-wfnninR !<tufty.
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\\rtlll extra copit•'l, !here will he n few wpic>s available ill the omlc, cle~k in Boynton Hall . RE St!RE T () GET THE ~fO,E\' Rf:t\1>\', AND TO c;F:T YOI' R COPY Et\RLY!
Harvey Htrwell will talk on •• UuH estahli">hed b.-fnrc f(taduation . The elate~ for the next summer Cooling Fan.,," Owen Oil un " An Electric llaylift" anrl J ohn McKt.'ill(h readinf( clmminntions are as rollows: em 11f Atlcling a Junu>rs · • " The Deo;irahility . •M on d ay. 0c tobe r 2 C .E. 1\tomtc Hydro.J(en J\rc Weldt-r to the Maintenance lJcpnrtmenl nf ~e n im•.; Tuesday, October J a Plastics Manufacturer.'' j SotJhllmores-Monday, October 9