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'Victory is Keynote As Alumni Return Tech For Tech Reunion
THREE SENIORS PLEDGED BY PI DELTA EP ILON OUtline 011 Lif G• e IVen at
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l'i Delta Epsilon, nationtll houurary CQIICI(inte jllurnalism fratemlly, nu•uuocecl it ~ fall pedgings at thi~ \H'I'k" :t!o.,C.Cillbly. Those pled~ecl \ll!rc: On' id R. f'uirhuuks Rirtuml '1'. Gates llt•rnorcl j . Petrillo The~ men. all member'> of the H•niur cln~. wl.'re cho~n fnr their leadership and ability in the field uf juurnoJi,rn . ~huwn throu~h lheir t•ffnrL'\ un the MoJf'i of the TPCH and the Prddlrr. ~ ! ember..hip i!\ nJl{'ll 111 nnyone with ttl lt':tst untl year\ !>l.'rvicc on the staffc; of tht• collt•~tc publirations with a roslt iun cquivulent tel 3 Departmental tlf \ v,oci:ue Editl'lt$hip or an \ ... ..i...tnnl Bu..,ine·~ ~lana~-tership. The uwn chos<·n received white carnnlions. the uftidnl flower or the fra-
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The :tVII\\CII purposes of the Pi Dl.'ha F.p3ilun nrl.': to el('\'ate the r au:w or juurnnlism. to fnstt'r the mutual wei fure of stu(lt>nt publicationo;. w cnc()urage loyalty to their \hna )fatcr, ann to reward thr juurnali"L" workin~ on lhe student puhlit"at ions for lhrir efforts, servIce~. ancl ll<:"fomplishmenls IJy ndmi~siun to Its membcmrship.
IN TITIJTE POND/ CHURNED BY SOPlJOMORES Aigb Salirited Fre luue u Exert Bra wny M usf'les . '54 Takes October Swi;n \ warm, autumnal sun slanting d<l\1n lhrOU[.!h the golden foliage of muhi-hued tree., the placid water~ uf a small pond broken only by an urra~ional • wirl as a ripened leaf rumcs to r~l after having been tns..~d nlx.lut on the wings or some playful fall zephyr. Pretty corny. huh' Soumis like somelbintt out of ,' hi:lley, Byron or Browning. 'Believe it or not , that's the scttln~t of lh!' annual Inter-class tug fellt , the rtlf'C pull, 'S I style. Fur unrler those trees and upon the banks or that pond, a long line of Frush and a not-so-long line of · nph-. hovr clu~ in to do battle in hunor of their respecth•e classes. Tht ~un Mmnds and youthful backs and arms 1>train to ctislod,ze the planted f~l of the hated enemy acmss the water. Cadence teams. ht'l('lCd (?) alon~ by the upper classmen ple.Jd \\ith the muscle men to l.~er up the count. First one side ~ems to be in the van, and then ,., ROPE Pl! LL-Pt~8e J
Homecoming Dance HighlightK Social Program For Weekend
Techni-forutn La•t Thursday nnd Friday. \\'orct.. lt•r Tt-ch lOntlurl\'ll it:. ~ix th annual Tetlmi-furum. On these days, due 111 the unsdlhhnc.ss of Ted1 alumni, II l(rQup mudc up llf Sl'hnul princii):JI~ . cuun~lor~. ontl thr like• wa" bmuuht to Tech ond ~huwn tht• manner in which our school is run . T ht> <·xpcn~e~ incurred by t hcs<· PMf'lt• for mculs. rumus. etc , wen• p:tid lot by the alumni in urtlrr tn pnl\'idc u mran~ hy which thl' ~huul \, func ticminA~ and f.!Cnenll ili.tivitic:- ruu ld ht- more widely puhllcizl!d. \\'ith thr <'X<'cption cJf onc pa.rtidpant frum Ohiu, the guest:; \\Crc r hiefly rt'pre~ntati\'Los of ~c ondary M:hools in the ~ew F'..n~hUld area. During thr cour5t· of the two day~ these pl'<lplr wt•rt• s.~iven a com· plete uutline of :.chool li£1.' nl Worcester 1\<·h. and wert' rnli~hlened as lo tht.- part e:\tra-curriculn activitie:. play in rach Tech man\ life. Thr program for the Tcchni-forum was orcnrd Thursday with u luncht'nn held in the janet f:arle Room. At thi!. time Dean Frands W. Roys ~ave a lecture on "A PbiloJ>ophy of f.: nglneering Education.'' Following this, the usual inspection of the sch()ol's laboratories was held. ln th<' course uf thr nfternoon lhr guests in~pccted both Ihe mechanical and electricnl t'nginccrin~ lnbomtorie!l undt•r lhc supervision of the rc· SJlC!Cllve riepartment heads, l'rof. Gleason MacCullough and Prof. Theo<lore Mor~an. Besiues visiting these lab~. an inspection of the Civfl Engineering department was led by Prof. i\ndrew Holt . head of Lhe liepartment. In the evening a dinner was held following which the guests were given the fncl!; rel(arding the urlministration of school J)(llicies. Arter the group received the !!Chool's greetins.t!' from president \\'at Tyler Cluverius. a talk on " E-:nra-ct~rricula Life is Important" w3~ given by Dean Pnul R. Swan. This talk , by lhe way. was rectiverl with a great deal of ltma7-cment by the ~uests who were under the impre..<;.Sion that Tech life wa comf)(l~ecl of nothing but sltuly. After Denn Howe pre· sen ted 3 talk on ".\dmission Policies, Procedure , and Problems". the meetin~ was terminated with a panel discussion in which the guests were
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" Did 1 come> back to the rif(ht school ? Is this still the Free l nstitulr of Indust rial Science?" Thc!'c. or similar qu e~tlons were proba!Jiy in the minds of most of the alumni who were present at Tt•ch's H omecomi ng Day - 1951 .Edition. A near record throng of y()un~ and old grads n•turnecl to witness onr of the most ~IJCctacular, and certainly tht> most :-utisfying Wt't'k-ends thai hn~ been o;et aside l'~Jltdnlly fnr the nlumni. The first nrrivals ha,rl the pleas ure or seeing It spirited student body demonstrate th(•ir support for the :uhlt"t ic t eams Th111 till.' II w•·E)·r Tbt- ''Atomlr St"'t'ia l'' . .... ,,.~ thrnuah 111111 ah n ATO 11, •"~o nd 41ra'-lu hy holdiug a:n inspiring rally on the llomn-ornhtll lhm~ .. l)rot•orue lou A••nf. l•hl c;am '"'d Atf' noted honorable Alumni Field. The speeches, band music, cheering, and bonfire provided the nu\utlun . spark which was necessary to &tart naJs uf H high l' UI rent ~CIWrtl lOr. the spontaneous, although now be~ \\ ntch th<' tlectruu-. jump fr!)m eye- coming traditional snake dance hall tu t'yeball. ,\t any rate th i~ through the 11treets of Worcester. ~'Spar·k ~a la cli•plny of tlyinl( spark:; will City hall waR the scene of more singtnk<• plucr from 9 :.~0 lo 10:00. t\11 ing unci cheering ns the whole popuntu.'rulinl( this demunstrntion are re- lace received ndvaoced notice that K E.'ii to Tt·onsform Lubs minded 111 s:round thcm!ooelves before Rrnssclner wns going lo be defeated Into f'e!ltivities .. ~t-ne lt>nvinM I he room tel l)artAkc Of the the following day. F'or 0.-tohe•r 26tlt ddl'r nnd doughnuts (both non-conSaturday morning came a.nd the The I !o:E ontl I R F.: stnrl of the ductors ) to be served in the Main alumni were still pouring in. The ~pedn l evcnl section Clf the social Lalmr.rtory ut 10:00 I'.M. whole ~mpu.' wu now a near bed· calendar with their own unique conGamee For All hun as the fraternities were hastily tribution, the "Spark Party". The For all those who rio not care to decorating their houses. As same tlnnce party will blanket thr hours trip the light fnntnstic, there are time approached the intensity of Clf 1!-12 P.M em f 'riday, the UJth, other ewnts to nttend. You mi~ht the restivitle.o; helghrened when a in the CX·t·nrbnrn known pr<•scnlly journey t'' the We~t ..:lectronics motorized division of Cla rk's 8tua'l the Atwater Kent Ln boralmies. l.abornlllry where there i~ a game deots arrived in support of their The affair il. open to all memhcrs of of ;\J a~k Quoits r<Oing un all eve- soccer team. Gaily decorated cars the or~anil.ntion l(ralis, hut nun- ninJ<. Thic, atlracti()n ruu.s along the Invaded the campus in droves. members and other unbelic·vcrl> are tame lines as the well-known sht>ll There was no spare room on Alumni asked w ctml ri hu tc $.SO a pc rson. gnme in thtll no one ever wins. Field as the stands were lilted to The party 1.., alwayt~ u drawing Target For Tonight capacity. A pre-game 11 ftivver" pac.:ard clue tiJ lhc interestinl( and in Don't fail lo rlrop in a t the Soulh rade delighted the onlookers. Phi "llme ta!o.es clownright spectacular Callery S(imt" time during the cve- Gamma Delta's borse and wagon dP.munstratiuns. If past pcrformnnce ninl( Ill watch the Gun Turret in copped first prize. i.~ any indicutiun, lhe event will be operation. Test your skill and ut T hat WorcMter Tech suddenly one of the IICtler social events on Lhe same time teach your date the became a "Notre Dame" hi evident the Hill. intriraci<'!o of gun turret rtring; from lhe results o( Saturday a fterRadio Free T ec-h yuu 'JI havt' a bang up time. noon as the football, !OCctr, and Project your vnices out over the Buynlonians Pul Out truck teams were victorious. Alair waves when XMTR, the transOf l:IIUrS<' Worcester's " Power l hough the football team was again· mittin1( station uf the Radio Club, Play Uoys", otherwise known as the listed by many as the unc.Jerd~, the. turns on its juice at 8:30 on thP BCiyntuninns, will be operallog unbeaten engineers were not to be Third Floor We.~ t . throu~ehout the evenin~ in the De- denied. When the final whistle· Elt.!ctronic Firework& sign Rnom. You can't help but trace souoded, Tech had beaten Rensselae~ This L'l the only <lance of the yeur a neat pattern on the floor with for tbe first lime In six seasons and that you can recharge your dale if the~t> huys al their maximum out- in doing so, defeated a team from a "he becomes borin~. Her hair will put. Therefore, drop your voll- school four times the size of Worces'itand on rnd at the High Volta~e meterc. grab a date, and hook onto ter Tech. demonstration in the \\'est Callery the neare~t traD5mL itm wire for an The huge crowd of Clark rooters! :\lain Laboratory, especially if ~be even in~ thnt will singe your eyewent home cli~'lppointed as the socJ is connected across the OlJtput termi· browQ, s,.,. IIOMECOMINC-ra1 ., J l
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