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SMALL FR~SDMAN CLASS TO ENTER IN FEBRUARY Owing to the uncertainty that is• ======--=====-=====--== posse~sc:d by the college world today, that brought about by unstable world conditions, Tech has taken a positi\'t' step 10 offset future drop in enrollment. l n a letter sent to Principal~ and College Counsellors of " Where Do We Go From nine hundred eastern schools, Dean Korea" Is Topic oi Ex· Howe issued the opportunity for Intelligence Officer qualitied members of classes graduAt a r ecent Gencrul As!!cmhly, ating in February to acquire as much of a higher education as possible ue- bclcl in Alden Auditorium ln!!t fore they are called to military ser- Wednesday, January 17, ul ll :00 vice. A new freshmru1 class will start A.M., the students unci fncuhy io February but its size will be small, we re g h•c n u chnn('C hi heur numbering no more men than enough one mun'!l opinion on the ft·e· clit~cu ssecl ctucstiou, to fill a ret:ular division. The factors t}uc ntly that prevent a large clnss ot this time lr'/wrP Do lr'l' Go From K ort>rt? are the· limited number of schools Col. Char les Wellington Fur long, graduating its members in February, reJmlcd for his work ns un lntclthe indecision of many o{ these stu- ligenc·c oUiccr in tJte Mitl<lle Enst dC11ts as to future plans, and the nncl in otber militury, clitliO· inability of some of these men to malic·, unci Jlrivutc CIIJliiC'itic~c~, meet requirement standards. Being CXJ)luirwd hy lllNm8 of 8cvcrul mupt! lCussiu's f(l'Of'olilic·al rnilia small compact unit, the group will tury l!lr utegy in r elation to her take the &'l me course, the regular inte ntions townrd lotul worlcl exfreshman curriculum with the excep- JUlllsion. tion that lhe language option will be Colonel Furlong s tated that under eliminated and history made man- 1\CJ condilions shuuld the United NaLions get out of Korea, owing to its datory. importance as a base of operations urnme r Classes for bombing raids on Vladlivostok, The new Tech men will report at l'ort Arthur and other key cities on 2:00 P.M. on February 6 for an the Trans-Siberian railroad. orientation program similar to that The speaker went on lo say that received by lhe regular freshmen Korea is only one of the several presSt>plcmber last. The group will start !jure salients of Russia's great " Pivot regular classes at the beginning or Area", an enormous circle in central Russia which is the size of South the ~pring session on f ebruary B, America and Africa put together. 195 1 with the rest of the school. As He pointed out how Russia can exfor Jiving accommodations quarters pand geographically by land to take will be available in the dormitory. over Tndo-China, I ndia, the Arabian The freshmen will continue their penino;ula, the Iberian peninsula, the studies throughout the summer, thus Scandinavian peninsula and most importanl of all the zone of the Darenabling them to merge with the darwlles, the gateway to the Black Class of '54 when studies resume in Sea. Through these means the September. One of the major diffi- U.S.S. R. will have control of the cuhies that has arisen in regard to South Pacific, Asia, Africa, and evenhaving a regular term during the wally Europe. L' 0 lone I .. summer months is the time element. ur1ong, un EXJ)ert Tb' . d . t k Conilultnnt in the 1\tUitory Intel· •s peno IS one or wo wee 5 1ess ligcnce Divi1.1ion fot:' the War De~han a n•gular term. Slight changes pa r tmcnt in WorM War n, m the course will be made to meet s trcililctl tbc fuct that the Unite d this discrepancy. StaiCJl must urm itself nn 11 ull free No Acceleration Yet countries in order to eounterael tbe Bolsheviks' d esires fo r world Although an accelerated program d . . H 8 8 id m 1181 was present at Tech during lhe war o mmatton. e we . year d t t.h tt't d f protect the " we h" of Arneru:a n san up o 1946' e a 1 u e 0 d tb 1h k f lhe school at this time is that no e mo;ra:J ~~ e w~r 1: 8 10 such program is necessary. However, ?,u.r ._ or hal •cdr , Uw .l wvslngb 1 n t r eo 11 w lh · J' .·n d 0 d · 1 • l!lxe no ave !Se P~ ~cy "L. . .epe . enhre Y upon lh I ta t been in vain. ml I ry 51 uallon.
Col. Fm~Iong Speaker At Tech Assembly
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Holden Higlt Majorettes
To Be Featured The gf'nerul assembly to be held Wedne1.1duy, Junuury 24, a t 11, will lw 8Jl01180recl by the popular WPl Conct>rt Band, W lllium Lynch concluetlng. The ha nd has planned a program of grcnt ' 'urif'ty, the highljgl•t of tlw program bt>ing the batontwirling of te n lo vc•ly drum mujore ll<>._., who will uc>eomtlnny the• Band tUl it (tluys a mNilf'y o( se>rvit·e son gs. The opcnin~ seleclion of the assembly will be M orc/1 of tl•e Steel CEU.Uf,QlO I,ALACE-Above is n 1\C~nr tnken from th~ nl'w. l e~hnicolor mollon M en by Belstering; followed by picture '' llrid~tt To The J.' uturu" which 1hows Ald~n Mnmorinl Auditorium, site of :Fiowtow's overture Sterodclla. Two the world prrmirre. The film, ruloglt.lnJ! Worcester Tech, was produced by Don Smith ~nttrpri~s, Inc., and wiU (•vcntually be rlvllllnble to alumni !(roups ond secondAry baUads, I've Been Workit1g 0 11 the schools. Th ~ Urldgc i, vi\ible at the lower right. Railroad a nd Sleigh Ride, by Leroy Anderson, are the ne.xt choices of entertainment. T he talented Mr. Anderson is also the composer of a deligh tfu l novelty' tune Syncopated Clark, to follow later in the program. •cumput; Student Leudcrs 'Further Band numbers include J)ehalC1'8 Cho~en For All-round Ketcll>y's !It a Persiatl Markel ; !lelntc r·collegiale Ability lections from " Roberta~~ by the in]> T his year, thirteen Tech seniors rumparable Jerome Kern; a medley rogt..ant were elected lo Wlto's Wlto Among of sea chanties; and a new Goldman The next meeting of the Uebaling Students ;,. America'• Universities march> Kentucky. Club will be held on Tuesday, Pcb- and Collegrs. The :.election was T he finale will be the medley of ruary 13, in the j anet Earle room. bus<'cl upon scholars hip, participation service songs, featuring the aforeThe muin business to be discussed in extra-curricular activities, leader- mentioned majorettes from Holden will pertain to the spring schedule. ~hip, and promise for the future. High School, who will be joined by Tmtative plans include trips to T hose ~elected are: j ack Schmidt for the concluding Western Massachusetts and ConnecROBERT B . ALLEN- Worces- number Tltc Stars and Stripes Forticul for debates with colleges in that ter- Prt'siclent , Student Christian As- ever. vicinity. A tournament including all snciation; member of the American Worcester colleges has been planned Society of Mechanical .Engineers, ROBERT A. BUSCH- H 0 IIi s 1 for February. Theb 1\J.J.T. tournaW. P. 1. Athletic Association, Tech N. Y.- President 1 Tau Beta P i; d menl, to be held l<'e ruary 23 an 24, Carnival, and Sign1a Pbi Epsilon Prt>sldcnt, Phi Gamma Delta ; Manwill also receive consideration. fraternity. His major is Mechanical ager, football; American Society of A series of discussions with the Engineering. Mechanical Engineers; Glee Club ; Worcester Junior College debaters on GERALD F. ATKINSON- West Skull ; Peddler. His major is a variety of subjects has been Springlielc.I- Skull ; Edi t or, T Ecu Mechanical Engineering. planned for February. NF.ws ; President, Tech Council; WALTER B. DENNEN, )R.In addition, the members have Treasurer. Tau Beta Pi : Business Worcester - Ed itor-in-chief, Tech hopes that they will be invited to lhe Manager, Masque; Senior Editor, H and Book; News Editor, TEe n New .England Intercollegiate Meet, Peddler; Class H istorian ; Newman NEws; Editor, f cddlcr; President, to be held April 6-7 at either Dart- Club ; President, Theta Kappa Phi Pi Delta. Epsilon; Treasurer, Stumouth College or the University of fraternity ; American I nstitute of dent Christian Association Cabinet; \'crmonl. Electrical Engineers; Eta Kappa Nu. Chairman, Tech Carnival ; N ewman At the last meeting, an inter-cluu H is major is Electrical Engineering. Club; T heta Kappa Phi fraternity. dcbale was held on Lbc follow.ing subLEON H. BASSETT-Methuen- H L'> major is Electrical Engineering. ject-" Resolved: That the non- Class Secretary ; Corresponcling SecRlCHARD E FERRARI- Athol communist nations of the world T D p - B"•eball · Foot,ball Co-cap•A: '49· retary, au eta i; Manager, ,.., ' , , uun , should form an international organi- swimming; President, band ; orches- President Skull · Class-president· zaLion.'1 The affirmative was taken tra· Tech Carnival · J unior Prom· Vice-presldent T~u Beta P i · New: by William Bicknell an . d Thomas Te~h Council · Alpha Tau Omega~ man Cl~b· 'council · 1 Sports. . 1 , ' , , Rutherford, w . h1le Robert Heller and and Skull. H is maior is Mechanical editor, T ECH News·, I nterfraternity Ed Kacmarctk upheld the negative. Engineering. See wuo•s WUO--Pa,e "
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