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POLYTECHNIC
IN1RODUCING THREE NEW TECH FACULTY MEMBERS This Article, First of a Series, Will Attempt To Ac(JUaint Tech Students with the Backgromul Of th e Professors Who Have Just Started Hen•
' 57 IS HERE
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Although many freshmen hn,·e become known to the upper classmen, there are SC\eral instructors who are unfamiliar to all. .\ mong thtm are lJr. Samuel 0 good, Or. Hernnrd Hilderbrand, and Mr. Thomas Jj.1rham. l>r. Osgood hnils from 1\e\adn, while Or. Jlilderbmnd calls !\l'll \ ork home, and :\lr. name:. l 1011nal, Vermont, as home. Ur. 0:-~0<K..I holds an ~ I. \ ., '51 anti a l'h IJ ., '53, ha' ing a u endetl the l"ni\Cr!-ity or ~evada and Clark Uni\ cr~ity. ~im:e he aho teaches at CIJrk, Dr. O:.~o<Ki is in a bit or n quandary us w whom 10 rout for wht•n lhc two meet a problem thnt he will undoubtedly decide in " hnl II Mitllf' tll•ol h t lht· 1-' ru•h ? l'hulo l•\' II i11· Tech's favor. Dr. ll ildcrbrand , havinJt ulready rt>ceh ed his IL \ . from Brooklyn Colle~te in '44. his :\I.S. from the l'nivcr~ity of Illinois, and his Ph.l>. hom R P.l . in ' 53, L-. now conducting rt>!>t'arch on the subject "EnerltJ B~ause of the fact that the ap- ~ li htary Sdrntc J>rpartmcnt, along lo~~ of electrons in• thin foils". AIl>rOI>ra'at'ons • • • 1 ma d e avaa·1a hic 11y c·on- with a committt•e appointed by the thou~th much of htS free ltme IS dt· th' \'illctl lx:t1\een his wife and his bnby gress 15 year have nece~sitated n rac;ting president of the t.OIICI(C, J>tart~tirl ht' rt'law' by reading nncient ~uiJ tanlial reduction in the pe r~m rd H'rcenin~t uf npplltnnt!l on Oct. J hbwry subject matter. omeday Dr. nel strenJ:th of the acthe \ rmcd IO "t'lt.>t.t thll'-4.' whu will continue Hilderbrand ho~:. to vi ~it many of Forces of the 'nited , tJt~~. the nt•ed their RO IT traimng durin~ the next thr ' ill'' of ancient civili1.ntion~. for new officers from the> ROTC tl\ tJ year~. Pt•Nmn('l "ill be selectOf till' three ~cntlcmen, ~ J r . Program is pruportiunatdy lr ' than t•cl 110 lilt' h:t is 11f tfll.'ir 'lelltiJa"tiC , t.tmlin~. ~ I '-1 ' t:uuhnl(, phy ~iml conThumJ" Barham b perhaps mo:..L under prc,•ious stnndards. ditiun, attatudt , lt-.tdt•r.,hip ability, familiar to the fre hmen because he Ucspitc this, the ROT(' l'ru~Crntn rand f(Cnerltl t'Xt('llt•ncc. T he completmoms in 1\ lclcn Memorial and tukes cd lisl ur thoo,~ UCCCI)lt!cl lndividunls most uf his me:lls in the frosh dorm. at Worcester and throul(htJUt thr Mr. Hnrlmm is well acquainted with country will continue during Lht' Is t•xpct tt•rl lo he puMetl hy Oct. IZ. Although u po'!sihllity exists Lhal thr trials and tribulations or college present sd1olastic yr ar on upproxinil of the Army graduates of not students since he gradunted from mntely the same basis as in the ptlSt, t hl ROTC PrOJ<ram in 1955 will be \\'illinms CoiiCAC with a B.A. only ~ubject to a few modif1cntion!t. proffered comml.,siOn!i, Lt. Col. I.N june. As for the immediate fu· As to the Class of ' 55, the :\IS lJI HarrLo; ft't.'ls that the likelihood of ture, he ho~s to study for a Ph.D. in Tht>oretical Pbyc;ics and ketp his Pr~ram at WPJ has been limited to a ny Tech man not heinR proffered a an initial input of 66 Mudent~ . 1 he commi ion [, rnthrr remote since ~t.uu, of bachelorhood. there io; n.lwayo; n rrc1uirement for qualifltd enl(inecr'l in the rmed Foret!!!, and ~i nce thr increalq!d activitie-; of the Arnll'd l~orces involvinl( elect ronic~ anrl communications uu<oe'l ,, con~tant !thort3Jtf' or trained from Worcester Polytt"Chnic ln"titute \l'\\(lort, R. l. - ( f HT:--. C) i11nal Corp!> J>CNmnel There also \ ,1\')' Lt. Richard L. Rodier, on in 1945. and anended Columbia Uni- ("l:i h a fllh ibility lhal a .,lude.nt ,w-ity before enterinr( the '\aval ui \l r;. ~lary K. Rodier of 28 will nnt he cnmmi~ ioncd in the Ser\'ice. He ic now '>4:r.,inl( a n mtm· lmtnt.h of "<oen ·ite which he har. pur\\ c-t ...l I Oxford. ~l:lliS., and bU'· her or the Military Der.trtmrnt urd in th1• ROTC l'rn$.!rnm. lt:lllcl or ~lrs. Barbara Rodier of here, at the Xavy's Ofllcer ,Cancli· .\II 'itudcnto; who ore clif(ible for llort muuth, R. l., was pn•:-cuted tlate School. enrollment in the 1\I S I H Program \lith the Bronze tar ~ l edul wilh arr rrmind('r( thnl they muo;t inform ( 'nmhal V, ~JY Kavy <.:apt. H.. C. the l)epurtmrnt nf M i l i ~ary Science John,on. for meritorious service ri.S in wrilinl( hy Saturday, Oct. 10, commmdinrt offtcer of the mine1 Q53, a" w whctht·r or not lbey de"'\rt·per U ·s ~locking Bird whil~ Var Cluh ... ire to be conqidered for admittance th:u hitl "'as cn~aged in mines"cepinlo the :\t S I ll Program. ln~ 1cti\ ui~ in Korean water,, He The :\1 Department has also ant\:1.$ tiled for his cour~e and proan ROTC marching nounced that res ional kill in maneuvering his ATURDA Y NlTE hand will be OrJCaniud and will prac~h p throunh dangerous waters withlice during the regularly scheduled ALDEN MEJIORIAL out c;u tainin~t material dama~e or drill periods on Saturdays. ca~ua lties. Lt. Rodier was Arttduated
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CREE APPUCANT
Lt. Ricl1ard Rodier, Tech '45,
Awat·ded
aval Bronze Star
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FROSH ARRIVE STRONG IN NUMBERS, IDGH IN SPffiiT
If the ada~: " tren~tth in numbers'' hulds true this year, the cla<t.-. of 1957 shuuld make ibclf very much fl'll 1m llllllJHIS. !most two huntlrl'<l-tHty -.tronl(, the incominl(
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in the history uf tht• wllt~r. hei n~t compric;NI uf StUdl'nt'- frum t'\'t'ry ~Lion of 1he country, and 1wo forrijln wuntric~. Th:ailnntl and thr Philii>Jlines, :as wrll. ll cginnin~ 1\ lontlay, Sept. 28, n. w~wk or rt.·u•ption unrl urit•n tatinn wlis held, nftctr whk h the Fteshtn(lll liU..'>S has bt•t•n ~lowly a~simila t('d intu thl' Rt.'llt'tnl pilluH· a l Tech. l'iltl'red into tht' lndoctrinatinn proce:-s h. I\ t• ht:t•n time hunored flare up:1 with the ~uphumnre~. Tnunt!l of the Sot>h ~ anti hint!! of the Goill\ Head st'nt Fre,hmen 1>0urin~ out of · 11 1' uesc 1ay nag · hI \1 len I l\1 I cmoran n~t in n ~t nte of hi~h pllthrd eot hu 1nsm. OurinJt the hniC time of ltlst week's Tufts ~tame, the ' earlings and '-'• .X•p homun•o; t n~n tt.•tl I ht crowd wit h
n rough , hrui!'llll.l(, and colorful " Parldlt•-Rush''. Final statistics hnd the Sllphs vktnrs, although the Frush sporh·d marks of a hurd fouf~hl bnu lc.
The ciJL-.s of 1957 has been ketl>ing "school pirit" a live and moving entity. L .u;L week two rushing rallies werr held, duri ng which upperclnss members or lhe various fraternities on cnmpus mingled with the Fro~h and discussed general school prol>lem~ with the student!!. omcer'i nnd le:ltlers of the many campus nctivit il'~ a lso !>puke before lhe incoming !tt udenL~, giving brief resumes of their clubs and organit.alions. Now tho Freshmen have got things started on lbelr own : at present, plans arc being formulated for the formatiun of a Freshman band . The prest•nt UIU(rellBtion now has an accor<Jion, piano, trumpet, woodwinds, antl drums. As S()(m as the other irutru menlal positions are filled, the players plan to put the band into nrtion. firom an athletic :;landpoint, Tt>ch 's newest class continues to show no letdown. Listed with the VAI'Iity footbtLIJ team are 11 first year men. Freshmen are also out ror SOC· cer and cross-country, with a call for .."'n foot'·A IJ team du•... 1'n tWO ..n •-·re•hm r ' UilJ • wet•k,. Jt is men with ambition like this Cor which Tech is famous. The school, r rofcssors and upperclassmen too, are glad to sec that Tech spirit Is at Its usual high.
"54" PEDDLER TO BE ALL NEW WITH NEW PUBUSHER Although mo t extra-curricular aclivities beJtin with the opening or school, the pla n~ for the 1954 Pcddlcr begun lost June, w that a bigger and completely new edition could be unveiled April 30, 1954. Year after year, the editorial staff . . h<l!i pruma~cl u. btiUter and better . yearbook but h:Lo;acally each preced· ing edition of the Prddlrr bas IJccn the snrne. f t i:. the editt>r'$ b<.'lir r, therefore, thnt no molter how competent the st.aff is, you will always produce Lhc same type book unless you change the publisher and that is exaclly wh,at ha'l been done. T he " 54" Peddler, to get techni· cal, will be publ i~bed by offset print· ing. T herefore, the next Peddler will be made up or entirely ~ pltotograplu !Iince our old copper plates can not be used for lhis process of
prinLing. With this proces.o;, a dream is fmn lly realized, that is making the "S4" Peddler a picture book with 12 pa11es devoted to informal photosj not n written story book, because we ore always paying by the page and not by the picture. To top this off \\ C have increased the si~ of h ' ~_ __ .. I c uu•>.. to 9 inches by 12 inches. The nm:uin~ fttct is that the price \\ ill still be $5.00. How can we do thi~? lly hoping to dou ble lhe sales or the copy lrLSt year; so when you nrc npproached to put a dollar deposit' on the book, don't hesitate. How do we know the book will be all that we say it is? We have a samr ic of the " 54" Peddkr here \\'ilh us on campu$. For thol>C! wbo would like to help produce this extravaganza, watch the uuUelin boards for the time and the place of tbe first Peddler meeting.