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Tecl1 and Of Soccer Team Are Selected
tT.COL. FOSTER (; IVES DETAIL OF OPERATION J'hc instnllation of a ROTC unit by tlw army Signal rorps marks the ht!ginninu or a new phase or trainin~ for Ttch ~tudents. Under present condition:;, it is re4uired that ull fre~ hman :.tudents entering \\'PI in the bu,k training course offorrd by thc Sif.!,nal Corps unit unless they do not physically (lualify or have rcathcd their twenty-third birthday. Thl' bu~ic course con~ist s of three hour:; per week of ROTC lrainin{.: hlr 1he fma l wo academic years, the first year uf training referring mainly to f.!.Cnernl urmy procedure while in thq lnller year the training becomes murc spcciulizcd in tgnal CorlJS practice. ,\t the conclusion of this basic CO~r~ <', the Mudcnt is given lhe Optio 11f cont inuin~ his tmining in the R TC unit or voluntnl'ily resigning. 11 he dcddes tl) continue. a contract i)> ~i!: nrd whereby the studt'nt a~n:es to undcrlnk!' thl' two-year ndvrmn•d trainin~ and to attend a 6-week summrr camp. i\t the completion of tlw advanced course I rainin~, the ~t111lent will receive u Ctlmmission in the nrganized reserves and is require..! to serve two years of active duty and six ye.trs or duty in the inartiv<· rl':.crvcs. I r a sludent excels in both his academic and military t rainin~, he may be dcsil{natcd as a distingui:-hed mili tary student with the privile.f.le uf applyin~t for a commb~il1n in the Regular Army.
Aclmns Elected Teclt Council President
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with thc principal item on the Uf,\enda con~il'-ting of the election of a new prc-iclent nf the T ecb Council. This :-ituation was rather stranr~e since it i" the accepted rule that the presiri(•nt uf the Cuuncil is elected in the 'Jlrinl( of the year. The deviation from the rule is due (() the fact that the o rit~inal ly ,elected president fo r thi~ ~chool year, Charlie Hedenslad. i" no )(lnger one of lhe select group of Tefh men. Charlie is now attend·'"~' ll O~OR S-Pa.ll'c 2
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SKULL SOCIETY TAPS SAMOLISEditor AND PALMER of News Capt. T oday, October I 0, ·K trl.t, held lts annual fall tapping ceremony. ' rhc niembers. clad in black robes, lilcd intu the auditorium ~Jnc behind the other in their usual sulemn nncl mysterious manner. It was n111 until thl' last thud had echued through the hall, nnd the last to be srli'ctcd had made his way tl) the ~\111-(C' amici the roar nf well earned applause, lhat the tcn:;ion in nil present ceasci.J. The following men have been hono•·cu this day. lVARUEN E. PAI.MER, JR. Wnrren is a mrm!K!r of Sigma Phi El)!'iJOn, where he held the ofticc or vice-president in his junior yrnr. He l')oMilions Avuilublo was also vkr-presicicnl or his class Jn Buth Eclitoriul ond in his Freshman and J unior years. Bu ~ in eSii\ Oepurtme nts His nthletic aclivities have been in The l'ctldlcr wants you, and you, track. .f.V. buketball, aod soccer, and even you. This year the editors heinl( captain of this year's team. (If the Pt•dlfll'r have ~n hard al EDW AND G. SA MOUS-Ed is work to insurr that 1he Y<'nrbook •th(' present Editor in Chier of the ''ill he hil(f.!.Cr und better than usual. Tt:cu N t:ws and a senior editor on llmvcver, it take!; man power to edi~ the Pcddla. lie is also vicc-presiand sell a yearbook. There arc many dent of Theta Kappa l'hi, president mtn whu say that lhcy do not have of Tau Beta l'i, the engineering lite lime to devote to out&lrle activ· scholastic honor society, and '!ecre· it ic~. If you likt> hi w.-itc untl it t;try uf his class. J<:d also he longs to romt's easy to ynu, lhe time involved r~ta Kappa Nu, and l'i Delta Ep<~hnuld nul interfere with studies, uw- silon, other honorary societies on the in~ lO the Jon~ spun of Lime between Hill. ll.'<Si!(nmcnt and deadline. In the above rmra~ruph the cdiloriol branch or the /'cddlcr was men· tiuned. However, any man whn likes to take picture~ and has n camera here at sch()ol can also be used. A yt>arbook is worthless without inOne Hundred and Ninety• formal snapshols, as these arc the Seven Student8 Excel in pictures thut show your classmates S(·holu8tie Endeavors at wnrk and at play. The times that The office announces the following arc always remembered at school are studenls with averages sufficiently the good times, and in the rut ure hif(h to merit honors for the work or when y1H1 look at your Peddler, it the second semester of the 1'951 colshould contain ~ruphic reminders of lege year. First honors are based on the good times when the waistline averages of 85- 100~, and second wa11n'l so larRe. Art work adds color honors include those percentages to a yearbook and any student who from 80-84~) . No student is incan turn out a cartoon is also in- cluded on the Honor Lists whose vited to join the Peddler staff. schedu le is less than 907n or a ruu r to now the backbone of the schedule for the Class and Course for bonk has nol been mentioned. The which he is rcgislcred. All averages PN/dlrr could not ~o to press each are wciJ<hlcd averages. spring if the business staff had not or the one hundred and ninetycanvassed the businesses in the city seven students who made honors, and collected ads from them. I f you each class and course compares as can't write or draw and don 't have follows: a camera turn your abilities to the First Second business end. Class Honors Honors Anyone who is interested in comSenior 23 38 ing out as a compel for the Peddler Junior 18 29 should contact Mike O'Neil or Frank Sophomore 17 24 Flood by dropping a note in the "0" Freshmen 28 20 or "F" box in Boynton. They'll get ,,,.,. UONORS-Pa•~ 4 in touch with you immediately.
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CHANGES IN 1'_ECH }1,A~UL'fY AND SUMMER OCCURRENCES Since the return to collcJ!C nil of gnnic rhcmist.ry. the student, at Tech have heurcl Ur. t'ulhune rnnw as an instructor .in.· nly or indin·llly by word or to W.J'.l. in 1903 artt-r huving been mouth or the summer nctivilies of profe,;_o;nr in rlwmistry nt llarvarrJ. their frutcrnity brothct s and cnmpttl> 't'('n )'l'Hrs latt:r hr was uppointrcl friends. But what of the rnt·mbcrs ns~i , tant proft>ssor of induslrirll and of the faculty ? \\"hat has happened applic,J ('Jrctm-chcmisl ry, and in w them during tlw ~ummcr? It i~; 19 18 he w:1s ~-tivcll a full profcssorwith this thought in mind that the o;hip. Thruughout hi~:> tc:~ching cllreer h e following article has bct•n writtl•n. lid much re~carch invest igution in /Jr. Dunil'( F. Calhanl', professor the lield of pure un!l applied (hrmemeritus ~•t Worcester Tech, when· istry :tnd contributed many irntX•rhe had tauj.~ht in the Chemistry Dep:tpt>rs to leading l.<ientif•c tant partment for thirty-three years, died jnurnab. at his home on ~ep temh<'r 20. In the spring of this year, J olm Dr. Calhane l(rflChutted from Ha1/ollinf!.S'Worth Markr.t~zic, Assistnnt vt>rhill High in 1890. Frum there he Profe~M•r of English at T ech, was went to Harvard Colle~c where he made a Major in the Air Force Rcreceived his 1\.H. in 1894, followed !'Crves. The headquarters of his unh by his A.:\1. and Ph.D. dcrtrees in G.A.R . llall on Elm Street. arc at the 1896 nnd 1904 respectively. the summer, /)rofcssor EdJJuring He was a fellow of the merican win llii(II,C nbollom, instructor at T ech 1\carlcmy for lhe Advance of Science. for twenty-three years, announced Ur. Calhane was also n member of lhe Electro Chemical Society, the his candiducy for the Worcester Americnn Chemical , ocicty, nnd Sig- SchocJI Commil ter. Professor H i~rgcnl>ottom received ma Xi , an honorary en~inccrin~ his t\ .8. at C'lark in 1926 and his ttciety. A.M. at llarvarrl in 1932. Durin!( Among his accomplishmenlS is the his stay at Tcth he has instructed invention of a sma II type rlectric in ~ l odern La n~uaJtes. Hilitory, and furnace for very high temperatures which is u~NI in research in clccl ro English , being the Head of the latter chemistry. For more than twenty Depnrtnwn t si nee 1944. This fall, /}rlrol(J S. Corey has years he did much work testing tar and other paving sub~ll,t nce)> for lhe joined the fa culty at Tech. As Ascity of Worcester. In cqllaboration sislnnl fimfessor of Mechanical Enwith Professor Charles Loring ] ack- gineering he will leach drafting and ~on. his organic teacher at Harvard, descriptive Aeometry. Professor Corey has taught woodDr. Calhane published two papers in Die Bericltte, the forentost Ger- working, mechanical drawing, and man publication in the fiel•i of or- Sec FAC LTY CHANCES-Page 3
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OFFICE ISSUES HONOR LIST FOR LAST SEMESTER
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