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to Lead Faculty Wives Off In I.F. Open Da11ce Held Upp<•rclas~nn('U how Hottse Plan ctuurc..'-Dant'c Talents
At n mc~ting of the Jntcr-Fraternily • ocial Committee last week, a plan \\.ts dra wn up whereby the fratrrnity huu~cs on the hill will lake tuMIS in huldin~ open-house after home basketball ~ames. The pre!-ent schl'ml' of thinltS h..tS all nine houses partitiJl:.tlin.~t. with i~mn Phi Epsilon schcflulcd to hold the firsl t>arty on the fifth of January after lhe t lpl'al:l game. The game on the next Saturday will find Phi Sigma Kappa aclinll, ns host, and f'hi Camma DelL'! will follow in rotation at the following home gnme. This system of individual fralernitits holding open-house on different weekends should do much In the way of better inter-fraternity relations. Each week on W edn~sday, posters will be put on the different bulletin ooard~ around cnmpus stating where the rmny is to be held and what the theme of the open house is to be, old clothes, sports dance, etc. The invitations will be extended to nil memlx•rs of the student body and the faculty. Congratulations to the fra.ternities for such a line iclea. The inception of the plan should provide a big boost to the social life or the school.
Th~ flnur of Alden ~ l enwrinl "a.' being lrl.'nd on U!f.tin lnst Snturda)' night ; hut irhW<Hl of the smooth shurflin~t of ft~el. there w:LS a loud ~lampin~. fht· tXr:L.;iun ,,~Js the un· nual Studl•nt Faculty !"qta.are Dam~· prP"t•ntt•tl lly the \\". P. I. \\'omen\ Club in hurror oi tlw Juniurs and cniur... The ~:ntirt• p.trty wu~ (lr· ranf(ed :rntl p.ricl for by tht' facult y wiVt'S. :rnd the time and dfort put in by thesl.' wcmwn ~htJ\\tld up in the cxc('llcnt dance which rc!~ultccl. Thl' credi t~ nre ns Colluw11: Chairman : ~ I rs. Albert J. Schweiger ; Commitlee: )lr!>. Puul R. Swan, ~Irs. M. Ln\\rence Price, )lr<;. Ed\\in HiUin· bollom, 1\trs. Frederick J . Sanger, Mrs. John 11. \Vhenmnn, Mrs. Ralph D. !'\elson, :\Irs. Frederick A. Anderson. Mrs. Russell H. Krackhardt, cw Mentbcrs With :\Irs. R ~thrtnl M Daniels, Mrs. Carl ~- Stnab. Initiation Banque t The dances were called by We~ {~ it y Eclitor of Evening Elvid~:e from Grafton , who is very Guwu c ' 1waks on Wuys well known locally, and his fine job To lrnt>rOVf.' Pub)jcity of calling really contribut~d to the succe.'l!i of the eveninf(. Followinl( rullllwing n formal initiation held the rlancing, refreshments consistinA in thr afternoon, Pi Delta Epsilon, of cider nnd doughnuts were serwd indudi n~ new mC'mbNs Bernie l'c· in a country-style sell in!( in lhe )an~t lrillo, Dick Gates, and Dave Jo' alrEarle Room. l><'lnks, held an inili3tion banquet on Thur. day evening, November IS. Steve Uonahut:, dty editor ur Ow
Pi Delt Feats
"Why are rourscs out of my dcparlme"t necessary?" This sums to bt. the flt'rcnnlal quest.io11 of Teclt stwlents. The views of the two Department lleads statrrl brlow will help to <mswer tlris.- Ed.
Br Prof. Theodore U. Mor1•n
The electrical engineering profes· ston is broad in scope and requires a fundament.1l knowledge of mnny of the natural sciences and of the manner in which scientifiC principles are applied. Tn the practice of his profession the electrical engineer finds that only on rare occasions is he confronted with a problem which in· \'oh·es electrical energy by itself; atparate and dis tinct from olher engineering consiclerations. This means lhal he must have an extensive knowledge or engineering principles of a general nature wbicb are quite removed from his fH!Id of speciali.1.a· tion. It sr) happens that here al Worcester .Polytechnic Institute many or the subjects required by the elec· ttical enuineer out ide of the field of elc:ctricity are given in the ~lcch· anical Engineering Department. They are general in nature nnc.J are nrede•l in many branches of engineer· In~ . In order to see their application in the work or the electricaJ enl(ineer we mi~ht look at some examples. ~e £.E. ST1JDENTS-Pare 2
FROSH COP CUP Crowd Roai"S As Event Draws Big Audience
In Gay Evening
DEPARTMENT HEADS SHOW NEED FOR ALL COURSES E.E. H ead J>oints Out Why E. E. StudenlB Visit Higgins
INST-ITUTE
Need For E.E. Courses Pointed Out by M.E. Dept. Head By rrof.
C l~••on
II. MaeCuRouah
About sixty years ago, electrical engineering split orr from mechanical engineering and for some years neither branch would admit in public that it had much dependence upon the other. Uut the electrical engineer soon found that be could not build tlectrical machinery without a thor· ough knowledge of many phases or mecltanical engineering- but the tellinK of this story we'll leave to an electricnl engineer. Likewise the mechanical engineer found himself more and more dependent upon electrical engineering producls and prindples, until today many mechanical rnl(incer.s are seriously handic11pped unle-.s they possess consider· able knowlrd~e of electrical engineer· ing suhject'l. Let us now consider several lit'ldo; where these two branches of C!ngineerlng meet. A couple or generations ago mosl power was generated and lransmit.led by mechanical means. Waterwheels and windmills and steam engines See E.E. COURSEs-Pare 2
Colt'tl o f h corly laughte r roekt•tl tlw ~ ullK nf Alcl~n !\(.-. nwriul 1111 lht• •' n •11hnum cntco uanrt• hl'ltt out tho Sophomore• in lhC:' ho l C'HnlfH' Iilion £ur tho Cool'!! Ucatl. Tlw gem•ral moocl for tht' bilarloutl c' \'t>ning was IM)l
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DON'T I~ET SNOW BLOCK YOU FROM I.F. BALL t\ll houl(h It's only mid-November with no siJtns of suow ru1 yet, it seems that for most of us here at Tech it has been snowing haul ever since St'J)Iemher 28. The rucully weather report for the future is for heavy '\torms and a promise that everyone will he completely snowed by Christmas. Yet, witl1 all thrse forecasts, thcr<' loom~ u truly bright spot upon the Tech Qdal horizon the lnterfraternity Hall. This event will be the first real chance for Tcchmen to cui loose and take a well-enrrwd respite from shoveling-out processes. T his formal has all the earmarks of a tremendou, event. The music will be smooth and dreamy ; the atmo,s. phere will be perfect and the girls will be, well fellow, that's entirely up to you. D~mber 14 and the J. F. Ball are not too far away, and It is not too early to start making your plans right away. So jump out or those snow shoes and get on the ball, the Inter-fraternity Ball.
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Tht• winning sktt wns based on the Frr:>hman iden o£ life In a fraternity hnuse on the hill. The usual routine of the day was ll<!mewhat changed when " l'rofcssor l~eldm:m" entered in seurch for whBt he bncl lost In the now fltmou!l hydrogen experiment. " Ur. 1\lasius", nnd some or his as· lstanls then came upon Lhe scene tu sec if they could not lind the cause of lhc trouble. His surglcnl €lffort.s proved fru itless even thou~h he was ably assisted by " Doctor Heller'' and "Mister Hollows". Though they feared that " ProCessor Feldman" bad succumbed to the shock or the opera! ion, closer investigation showed th11t there was still " life" in the old boy.
The play was brought to a close with the Freshman members of the house displaying thei r version of the much sought-uflcr G011L's H ead (an II' nrrcstcr Gatetlr, was the gurst old outhouse designated for the use of ''goats only" ), and one of the !>JiCaker of the evening. brothers suffering £rom a bad case of Mr. Donahue chose as his topic when finally having com· frustration, the press relations or Worcester Tech . pleted 11 call to his girl friend, be· He emphasized the fact that the comes the victim of the strange malpurpose of college publicity is to ady that has plagued " Professor make the school known throughout Feldman." the <:ounlry and to at tract more stu· The Sophomore attempt to score In dents. T he main portion of his talk the hot interclus competition was was concerned with the methods of called 11Tech Coes Co-ed". It was Kelling the name of Worcestt'r Tech based on the scenes that might take Into the large daily papers and home· place on t.he campus, if the school town weekliu of communitiu all were to have a large enrollment of clver the nation. Steve has conwomen. Typical or the situation was fercnces with Dcun Swan every afterfirst act which showed several the noon to pick up any information of the female .sludenta vainly lrylng about the school and the students to care for one or their off!prlng. which will be interesting to the pub· ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Success was achieved after several lie. One of the easiest ways to ;= qunrl.~ of water had been poured over spread the name of Worcester Tech, him, dousing him, and the huge clgac he said, is to make sure that a stu· RABBI JOSEPH KLEIN he hrtd been smoking. dent 's persQnal achievements are The skit clo.sec.J with a bathing noted in his local paper. In this way Will Speak at the beauty contest between the Fre&h· the college is introduced to high Thanksgiving Assembly men and Sophomores. '!Chool student~ and parents who are acquainted with the Tech students. A The faculty'.; entertainment proved niJtnble example or this is the article To Be Held On to be one of the highlights. Called ahm1t the Ya nkee I ngenuity Award " Bridge to the Past", the faculty skit WEDNESDAY, which appeared throughout the East. revealed the efforts of a "committee NOVEMBER 21 Other melhcxb must be employed to shanghai students into Tech''. It to attract students from distant was based on the idea that the enstales. As Lhe public is becoming All Students and Faculty rollment of the school bad fallen to more interested in college research, Are Invited to Attend. such a low ebb thnt drastic ~Masures more emphasis will be placed in the were being taken to fill the empty future on Tech's research departdesks in the class rooms. Rata off to ments. Mr. Hollows and Co.