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XLIII
Tut·~rJoy,
'" umber 6
Nuv. 18, 1952
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POLYTECHNIC
ETA KAPPA NU SOCIETY PLEDGES SIX STUDENTS
BANNER YEAR PROMISED FOR I GRADUATES
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It ha~ just been !111110IInl'crl that job illl('r\'icw for the seniors will >tart on :-.;overnber third. Frutn all
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inclkalions thi:; :-.hould be tlw bi11~cst ycur yet fur :.:raduatcs tlf \\' orcestrr
TliEM E OF l.F. BALL CJIANCE D BY COUNCIL
JUNIOR'\ SENlOit CLASSES ~fRET FACULTY \VlVES
St~~tl enl s Ath1 i t~f•tl lo Gt>t Dnlt'li Pro mptly Sin('(' l>l"rcmht•r 5th h Ncur
Ht'rl' b yuur opportuni ty. at lun~ Tech. Tlw list c>f interviews to be la$1. to le11 rn the dc••p, dark et:rt'ts 11ivrn at the school is gruwinlo( with ur campus n•lt>bri tirs. each pussin~-: duy. unci it i~ rxpcned Uo yuu knuw ull yuu $hould abc1ut that last year ':; mark uf two hunclred thu:.t' suppn~rdly re~l'lrclalalt• llll'll you companies sending repre~en t ativcs tn have chu~en to lead yuu in sport~? the ~choo l will be shallt'red. ;\t :111y \\'hut ~rea l t'rrur wa~ nnn: commillt'<l other companit•s arc interested in by uur ~t run!(-a rmed t rllffat-ltmJdcupper? \\" h:11 fumous faculty li~ure"s Tech ~raduult's C\'t'n though they an• fami liar frown wnceuls n lurid misnol ttble to send intrrviewers to the ta k·cn momen t you may 11m 1 · k· that c·amJJUli :ll this lime. Dean Swnn has ((loum b from II T rch fumble, but : 1.•, his '')ffe''" \\"h t•n you ~t:'t' I 1ll' ~1.attenn~ · 1mrs:> ...~ a "unud many fuld<>rg '" -
With I h•t't•mlwr 51h less thnn Iwuand-onc-half Wi:'l•ks nway tlw lnt (•rfrutcrnily Council hn11 arrivrd :It :;omc fairly defmilt' plans for tlw lnterfratl·rnity Rull. The tlwmc t hit, yrar will hr fraternity
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much fullow the pattern of l n~t year with tlw avcral-(c lm~t' pay hcin~-t about three hundn•d and twt'nly-favr
tlull;l' " a month. It w;ls al-.u mcnlioncclthat ~cvcrnl cumpnnics are going lu he pre~c11t on the tampu:; rnr the purpnsr of inu•rvi cwin~ juniUl~ in cunnt'\.tiun wilh jnblo that an• :l\'uilaulr for tht• ~um nwr munth~. Furllll'r informution alun~ this line may be olllainNI at lhl' administration huildin~ . Et:l Kappa ;\ u ha!. :.ct up a p1o· Aram lo help thu ~cnior:. ucriw the uimul\l from the coming intCr\"iCw~:-o. Tlli~ pro~ru m cunl'ists uf ~cvcra I oppurtunitb lC:i talk to ptuplc who ha\'(• experience in the tleltl .,r pitkin~ men w hold down j<lh'> for dif· fcrent companies. At ra~.oh of thc~c disr u:-;sion~ the men will ~ive n talk on j11~1 what the intervicwer:; are luukinS-\ for and just what the ~rniur~ ·'huuld llc lookin~ fur ..\ qut>slirm :md an~IH•r period will follow each talk in l>rtle'r for the students to drar up any points thul may be bothering them. The farsL of these speaker~ \\ill hc :'l lr. :tuart ~ 1. .- \nson who ha5 't'l"\'l'd ns manager of the \\"orcestl.'r oitk<• nf the \\"e~tinghousc Clt>dric ('crrp.
.\II 'lt'n ior.s arc ur~c(l to altt•nd thc·<e meetim.:$ in order to bcller J•r•·pa~e lhem~ch·rs w mct'l the reJ~re- , ~nt;tt 1 vr:; of the different cumpanec~. Th£- first meeting will he held in the t:. F. il'ctu re hall nn Tue,tlay. Xowmlu:r 25, nt 4 :.30 r. ~L 'fhey are e:.pc,tcd w last ahout one hour.
Literary Club Ope11 Meeting Tlris Friday Mr. K e nnt>(ly of th<' J~nglish 0f'partmcnl l~o He l"t·ature s ,u_ •uk er
fra tcruity, as cnn be
'll'CI\ frum tlwir plnns for uecorntiuns. .\ ddiew,.. utmo:-phcre ltl .\ldl' n ~ lt·mu-
from companies. lie . trongly urges 1111 11111• uf our militury heroes, wuulcl all s~ niors 10 look over this literature yuu IWl''oS thu l llwrc"s a spot of inra~ they may contain information that ni!\h f':ttin~ its way intcl hb 1\0tll i' \"nu think yuu knuw all :Jbout llw mny lend to the type of jolt dr~ired . machinations nl thl' Snnford Riley .\ lbt of interviews may be ob- l'nderworld , but who knOW!> what distained at Dra11 Swan's offwt• al any clo~un·-; will be furthcominfl wht•n 1he hright li~hl i~ un the ho'>S nf t hl' timr. ou tfi t ? .\, far a~ the offc•rs arc cuncernccl , it tuuks a:. though they will pretty
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l'ia l \ utJitmlurn ha:. nlwuys hcrn a p1ul>lt~t ll w any url-(anizal iun using it fill' 11 danCi.o: but thi!> yrar thl.' lnll•rfmtNni ty l'uundl h:t" a ,L(Oud star t. .\11 the frawrui ty nags will be ill ran~o~rt l " Llnill·d ~atiun11" stylr , a nd \\\•11. at last. I have the privilege their banncro; plan:rl aeounrl the hall. On di~pl ay " ill lw ~:ach fratt·rn ity\ n 1 a llllrtuncing tlw first mt•cting this ltnphil'<;, pins, shil·lds, t h llr t t•r:~, anti ye:ar of tlw 'l't•ch Literary ('Jub. On anythin,L( <·lsc similarly appropria lc. ltl tlw grim Stllt i!!lics: Gr:tb yclur JZirl for moral (i') supTht• nwl!ting will w nvenc un Friport. leave your walld al home, and In the muqic.: tlt·pnrlnll'nt , T t•d day cvrning, ~!lVI'mbcr 21, nl 7: I 5 wnw lwar tlw ~urpri~ in~ rcmfeo;siono; l lt·tlwrt lw• bt•t•n ~•·lc•ctl'tl. T C'd hos at thr Fa ~onhy \\'umen \ <'lnh \ n hLcn hur>kt•d at n11tny n:unl' tlancc• p.m. in till.' Sturlt·nl Cenl r r. ~ l r . nual Purty foe .J uniuro;, S1•nior-; and halls thrtJIIghoul :\t•w En1.:land. 11 11d Kt·nn<'rly, thl' rno~l n•ct•nt member of tlwir rhatcs, ut .\ldt·n :'I Jenanrin l on plnyt•rl lw11· Jao;t ~prin~o~ at tlw j nniur Tct h's English drpartmrnt, will ncl a1o our speu kt'r ancl disue!lsiun leader. Friday. I'owrnber 21 nt 8:00 P. ~l !'rum. II i!~ topic t'('IHt'sPnls an area of litrrlk prrparcd fur an C\'(llilll.t o( fun T hrtoe f.H·ull.y nwmllt'r!l, lk an utun• which is, I nm sun•, 111 least topped off wit h pastry ma ~tt'rpit•tes Roy~, Ut•an of Engineering and actfa miliar tn nil of us nnd perhaps loved 1' 1ES to yon nf thr faculty inK l'lt·sidt·nt uf t lw I nstil ute, l'mby many ShukPspeurc 's menwrn blc !Jet t('r-Jtn(V('S. J-1(• MIT(' tfJ rt•pJy LO rt'.;~or l>iJwni nK of the ~ I cchanicnl 11 amlrt. yom invi tation as dirC't'l('ll, "" tlwn•'JI l~ ngi tll'('ring J )eparunent , n11d ( 'nach ~J r . Kt·nnNly\ spednl fe cld of hl' ~nough of tht• afnn·mrntionrtl ~ l c~ u lty uf thl' 1\ thllolic Dt'JHlrlstudy hn ~ hcen the historical signifeI' I ES. meut, ha vc· tcJn~enl c'd ln chapercrm• canct• of English Litcruturl'. Jle fua lhc c•vening. has rl't'Pnlly ccJm plctcd a yl'a r-long If you (,,,.J that l"anunre1> will bt> 11tudy uf the hackgruund, texl, and your pr111Jicm fu r the ll'l'ckcnd pll•ase intt•rpr<:t iv · criticism l>f 1/tmrlnt fro m notr• that ROT (' uniforms will IJe Shak t•spca re's tinec lo the pre. clll, mn~icle n,d forma l dress aj.(ain this a nd will lopcnk on the !'Hurcc und yt•rrr. The other major expense, dcvelupnwnt l)f the pseudo-mystery ,'ume T l•ch m(•n !'tudy Friday tit hts, will hr $5.00 prr ('Ouplc ;111d of the play which h-.s rcsult NI in ni~ht s. smnc lake out Hecker ~-tirl s. may be obtained from your fraterni ty innumerable misundcr!>tandings and tl1i'lintcrpr<:lalions or Shakespeare's Mllllt: have elates, and somC' eao;r their repre~entntive. cares nt the fCJunt uf llarrhus; but on The Interfraternity Hall will IJc work. If nny T ech men feel 1hat they the Friday ni~-:ht uf ~()vcmber 21 . Friday evening, t>ecc•mllf'r Sth with wnuld Au to a Literary Club meeting (•veryonr J.:.rles l•l the l"nit Op ll op. rlanring from 9 to I. Thnnk s~ ivin.L( only (lut uf sheer hunger, may I afThis year tile .\I ChE l'xpl'cts W vacation will be tno late to ask thut firm I hat ref reshmcnts will be sf'r verl. :ternmmntl..t t ~ 1=0 many J!UCSLc; thi!l '-pedal Air! IJat.k hiHm. ~o senti her \'cry 1-(tJod lou. So much for gluttony they art• fnrred to 1 hars;:c a fee of a nnte nnw. Thb is one of twu fftr· nnd vitamins. nne cle)Jlar per ro upll' fflr st udent:. not mal rlnnc!'S durin~ the sch()OI year Sine(• our lirst m<•eting, unfortudu not mis~ it. in lhe ('hcmical EnJ(incerin~ tlepnrtnately, mu-;l maneuver for support O't'nt. .-\t the dante the mu~ic... will with nunlt'rous qt her school functions br by thr llnyntnninns. and rcfr<'~h (T he ( "hem l~ngi nc \orps de Ballet) ment<> art' prnvided .1-(rntis. W<' make this humhle appeal to all Th<'rc will he rntHtainment with A ll se nior!! urc urgr·cl to exponents of 1he T <>ch humaniticg '~.iL' p~t•scmted by t hr ~eni~r:', ~~hn rr' lurn tlw ir u<'livitics unci srt: C'O.\ TI::! H this appeal ca nnot \\Ill makr the mu.~ t of the1r sca nt rt•arh the souls ()f most n(rn-think ing ., 01• t:llfmustry , . f pcrtwnal infnrtllution s luwtll k·nowIC11~e liJ J.:l.'t n cw dancers, may it proselytize the nonlautths. to the Public llt' lulions Ofdunclng thinkers. !;nit Op Hop. :\"U\'C'mb<>r 21, a lice hy ovemlwr 22. Hey. you~e guys, we ain 't litcrnry must on your soda! calendar. I'--------------' -""" I.ITEJCARY CLlJU- PtrA'j> 2
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Juniors & s-~ niors Chosen Fo•· Efforts
In E.E. De parto1e nt Eta Knppa N u, the most recently or)ta nizcd honor sotiety on the Tech campus, pledged fuur S('niors and two juniors on Monday, November 17. Those Sl'lt>ctcd for membrrship wert>: Scniors- Rnymund Prancis U y c r, Da vid Ruchmun Hullock, Walter Bruno Lueft, Richnrd Normnn Wil!\on ; Juniors- Gregory Peter Arvantcly, Ru~scll Roland Lussier. The pledl(es may be recognized by 1he <lry cells they were Kiven lo curry with them during their pleclgeship. Etu Knppa Nu, founded a t the U nivcrsil y 1)f Illinois on October 28, t 904, hus as its purp ose, " that those in the proft1Ssion of d ectricul rn~i nc(•ring, who, by lht•ir attainments
in celll(•ge or in practice, have manifested a deep interest and marked ability in their chosen life work, muy be brought intu closer union whereby mutual benefit may be derived." Fi fty-three active chapters arc low lt•d at outstunding universities and c-olltlgcs ucross the nation. The society, which limits it candida tes to the upper third of the Senior class anti the upper fourth of lhe junior dass, puhlishcs a na tional maga~ine ca lled T ltt' /Jrid!(c. The I nslitufc chapter, Gamn1a Delta, w:e:~ offecinlly chartered on June 2, 1950. Professors Theodore II , }forgan, William R. Grogan, and Owen W . Kennedy make up its faculty members, the latter being the ft'l culty udviscr. This year, the socirty has been under the guidance of president, Uonukl S. Oliver. Other officers con ~ isl or vice-president, Raymond G. Giguere ; recording sccrrtary, J ohn (), Morin ; corresponding secretary, Richard P. Sumolis; treasurer, Unvid B. Hathaway i and /Jridge corresp11ndent, George R. Polen. Activities of Eta Kappa Nu include active col)peration with the AlEE in plunninK ancl wntJucling the Student Forum and the Spllrk Dance. At the present lime 1he group is planning a program ln instruct the students in taking job interviews. Rcprc<;rntatives frnm various industries ;ere being invit ed to speak lo the class. Help will also be given to :\'l il'S Allen, the department secretary, in r11a intaining a fete contuining informa tion on companies that will be interviewing seniors throughout the year. The group is constantly trying w think up constructive projects to improve their department.