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Ma..., Tue&da:r, Ft>b. 27, 1951
Volame XLI
No. U
CORONATION BALL S~DEDULED FOR MAY Uth Spring Fortnal to Feature Selection of Queen and Cotu·t
E E Forum Held In Sanford-Riley Hall
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Stude11t Viewpoints Discussed With Faculty i11 Paitel Group
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all girls, calling all girls, \\'orc~ter Tech is in search of a queen. \ 'f's. once again the men or Tech are on the lookout for a beautiful young maiden to be crowned on the eve of )fay II , L9S I at the Second Annual Coronation Ball, to be held per usual in Alden :\lemorial Auditorium.
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:\o doubt everyone remembers Joanne Rebert. picked from a score of beauties, as \\'orcester Tech's first queen in the history of the Institute. The procedure this year will be altered slightly from last year's, at which time photographs or the candidates were sent in to a committee. This time each fraternity will submit one choice selected from those pictures submitted by the brothers in each house. These, plus one nomination by the non-fraternity men, will give a total of ten names to be gi\'en to tbe judges. The judges, in turn will select one queen, the remaining nine making up her court. To serenade the queen on the eve of her coronation, the junior Prom committee has obtained Hal Reeves and his orchestra. Hal , brother to 'Ken who played at the Inter-Fraternity S11ow Boll, is a ~raduatc of Michigan State College, where he Jed the famou s Michigan Band. Quite popular as a band for formal dances, he has played at Unrtmouth on several occasions and at Brown for four straight years. The selections to be played by the orchestra will be determined by the student body. Each man will cast a ballot with his favorite song written on it. The ten lop tunes will be handed 0\'Cr to Hnl Reeves to be played on the night of the dance.
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Lite rary Club Meets; Vat·sity Club AdOJllS Mr. Milne Is Speaker Constitution; Tean1 ur E. w. noLt.ows Captai ns to Lead ~lr . Wolter L. ~J ilne of the Eng· lish Department led a discussion on Literary Criticism at a meeting of the Tech .Literary Club on Friday, February 23, in the Janel Earle Room. Mr. ~lilne d iscussed the tech· niques and functions of several schools of literary criticism, including the sociological, historical, and biographical approoches to this wide freld . After giving several examples of the critical analysis of literary pieces, among them the works of Stcinbf'ck and ~lark Twain, the p;roup was asked to analyze a sonnet by Rob· ert F rost. Mr. :\nine concluded his discussion by demonstrat lng that the psychological appmach to literary criticism, when psychology becomes a more complete science, will perhaps be the most valid method of critical analysis and evaluation.
MASQUE PLANS ~~~===~.TO PRESENT A COMEDY MAY 12 ASSEMBLY The Masque held its first meeting of the school year on Tuesday, FEBRUARY 28tb February 19. T he meeting was called Br'll
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PANEL ~~ E~111F:u s, l••ft to ri11h1: ft . C. Glll•·lle. l' rof. j . E. Mulll1an , lo' . Jl, •:,.' •, Mnder~tor V. Sitt frl•-.1, It, D. Brow, l'rnf. 11. 11. Newell, Jt. E. W ~·e, G. ~ . ft11nd••·
by President Owen Ott, for the pur-
pose of selecting a play which would be the 1951 production of the ~rasque. After discussing several of
the most popular plays of recent origin, it was decided to present " j ohn Loves Mary", a three act comedy which was very successful SPe
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Last ~ l und;ty night nt n rneclinl( of a representative group or Tech lettermen, the frnnl dntft or the \Jarsity Clull constitution was adupted. This was none aflcr the or~ani?,!l · tion, purposes, and functions, as uutlined in the constitution, w~re explained. The club is to be governed hy the executive council, which wiJI be cumprised of the captains of the various teams on the hill. A few of il!i mnin purposes are: tn maintnin the highest possible standards in athletics at Worcester Tech; to dev<•lop a unified errort towards establishin(( ~ound and lusting high standards nf sportsmans hip and college spirit ; to make efficient use of sports for character buildinl( ; to have a reprc·scntative group of athletes in which athletic problems or general interest may be discussed, and to which they may be referred for the friendly interchange of ideas; to submit to the proper authorities suggestions for the improvement or athletics at \\'orcester Tech ; to encourage enroll· menl at the Institute of outstanding athletes wilh good moral and scholastic standinr.~ ; to maintain a closer relationship between graduate and undergr<tduale athletes of the Institutl'; and to promote close relatiuns with other institutions in athletic activities. A few days after the meelinf(, the adopted cons titution was presented to President Cluverius, who strongly approved of it. He expressed the hope that the Worcester Tech Varsity Club will be heartily supported by all Tech students.
Tht• fe~urtl• nnnunl E E Forum wu11 h elcl Tuei'duy, February 20, in thf' Loung e• of Sanford Riley llull. ToJ)iC8 of grea t interc>tlt unci imporhln<'t' to oil lltuclcntll of elct'Lricol en gineering were prOJ)OI!ed untl tl it~cUI!I!t>d b y a panel g rt)up of two faculty members, five students, and a ntoclc rntor . Representing the faculty were Professors j ames E. 1\lullig:m and Hobart H. ?\ewell. Presenting the students' viewpoints and problems were graduate student Frarlcis H. Fay, seniors Richard D. lhow and Roger E. Wye, and juniors Richard C. Gillette and George W. Randig. The role of moderator was assumed by 1\lr. Victor Siegfried, formerly u Professor of Eleclrical Engineering al the Institute, and now Director of the Research nepartrncnt of American Steel and Wire Company. l n ndrlit ion, 1\Jr. Sicgfl'iecl is n rCEtional director of 1he AII!: E. The program was opened by a welcoming address by Prof. Theodore H . ~Jor~an , Bead of the ElectricnJ Engineering Department. r rof. Mor· gan exprcs~rl his pleasure at seeing that. interest and participation in the Forum <li~cussion:. continued, und went on to point out that textbooks, teuchinA mctho(Js, und entire courses had been modified as n result o( pre· vious mectirtJ<S and thM he hoped that a spirit of construct ive analysis ami criticism would continue to prevail. Twelve topics in all were discussed by the faculty-student gr·oup, lncludinK cxurns during flnRls week, full term assignment sheets, storage lockers in the EE Building, ambiguity and length of exa.ms, change in textlJQuk:-, and chmtKes in the summer inspection trips. • Arousing the major portion of in· terest and discussion during the eve· ning was the question of "Copying Reports- Good or Bad?". Mr. Gillctle, who introduced the topic as an Pt•tldll'r Stull Sets Gou1 instructors' complaint, pointed out Of lOOo/o Snlcs ; Campaign that copying reports stems in great To Approach All Stude nts measure from the time pressure The su.Jcs campaign for t he 195 1 caused by excessive detail and length Prrldlcr is rupidly drawing to a in reports. l'rof. Mulligan countered cJc,ge, and yet thc;re arc many stu- by dcdaring that if the students did dents who have not placed their order their own reports excessive length for a copy. The price to the student is would be apparent in the results only four dollars, a figure which is handed in and the requirements only about one-third the actual cost would be cut. He further pointed of the hook . 1'he additional cost is out lhnt the q uestion of copying is financed by the student nctivity t!Lx, largely a matter or student integrity and IJy the advertisements. As the and exists us a student problem.
"Peddler" Pushes Sales; Closing 'D ate Soon
student nctivity tax pays for part of The faculty representatives were the Pcddlrr, ench student already has agreed that the use or previous rean investment in it, so why not pay ports as reference material was legitimate, since it closely paralleled the rest, and get the book. This year's Peddler will be the the use of available reference rna· uiggest put out lo date. The staff has spent a f(reat deal of time and efrort in the preparation and addi. . t1 on ()f several new sect1ons . Among these are: Members or the senior class in lhe service, coverage of I. F. sports, better social coverage, and a se-ction on graduate students. Anyone who has not already or. dered bl5 Peddler, and who wishes
lerial in industry. Mr. Brow, a former student at Stevens I nstitute, said that at that school the student honor system really worked and he has been given as a project by Prof. Morgan the preparation of a report on the Stevens' honor system and its application to conditions at Tech. At a preliminary business meet· ing conducted by vice-chairman Lester W. Lloyd, Prof. Donald C. Alexanc1er was agam · chosen as Lo do so should see Bill Cunneen, or Counsellor of the AlEE for the next the division representative. ;Year.