he Tech News
FlR T DANCE OF TTIE YEAR THIS SATURDAY
VOLUlllE XLV
WORCESTER.
VARSITY CLUB DANCE SATURDAY Alden Ment. Sees Kick-ofl' of Tech Social Progrant
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The following space has been donated to the Varsity Club of Worcester Polytechnic Institute by the Alumni Board of the school whose motivating objective is t hal Sat urdny night studying may someday be replaced by sex. Dear Student: Have }'OU been listless, logy, lazy, and loose lately? Well, no need to Let yourself get into such a. dismal state. Try 1-Jerm-the-Germ's wonder working Varsily Club Sports Dance. Trip the light fantastic tO the Stresses and strains of those easy to listen lo, dnnccable, and underpaid ta_lenled group of musicians, lhe Boyh~OnHUlS, fresh from their most recent engagement at Nick Dietz's plush Slaughter-House. We guarantee that our refrcslunents wiU give t hal same lasting impression ns docs hydrogen sulfide in your Chern 21 Labs. The date of this cotillion is Satur· dt~y, October 9, from eight to twelve in lhe Club Alden located mid-way between the white line in the middle or Wesl Street, and room 106 of San· ford Riley Ht~U. As an iriccnlive for a lt~rge Freshman nllcndcmce, Herm-lhe-Gcrm's Dale Bureau supplies the following convenient phone numbers: City Hospital's nurse's quarle rs3·9396. Sl. Vincent Hospital's nurse's quarters-2-9727. On behalf of the Varsity Club 1 wish to expreJ;s my thanks to lhe Alumni board for relinquishing lbc space for their annual report to t~lumni in the Calcutta area so that we could bring you lhis message or interest and importance. I'll know tbnt the Uoard's objecU ve has been to ken to hc:t rt by the student body or W.P.I. when I sec all Lhe scholars abandoning lheir books in order to alt.cnd the Varsity Club's Sport Dance on October 9. Your Var~ily Club correspondent , K EVI'N }OVCE
SANFORD RILEY DORM SPACE INCREASED During the past summer, following t1 plan instituted in 1953 by Superintendent Bob Rochelle, Lhe freshmnn donn has been completely renovated. Sanford Riley has been re(Xlired nnrl painted from lop to bollom and is in cxcellt!nl condition ror the incoming class of '58. This gigantic revamping ht~s allowed the school to provide rooms for 162 freshmen, 40 more than had bren po<;sible. To gnin lhcse extra nc.commo· dnuons wilhoul cmmping the students. the sliding doors separating the main part of the room from the closets nnd dresser dmwcrs were removed. Much of the space behind Lhe doors was formerly unused. By eliminating this waste space two man rooms have been converted to three man rooms with actually more cubic feet per mnn. In order to equip these extra freshmen, SO units of fumiture, including new beds, burenus, desks and chairs have been fnstnlled. These were purchased, keeping in mind looks, ru11ged· ness and the comfort or the student. There were several reasons for the change-over. One was lo provide room for more students. With the number or freshmen increasing every year, more nnd more were required to live outside the dorm. With this added space n gre.'\ter percentage of the freshman class can now live in Sanford Riley Hall. The second reason follows from the first and is economic. The dorm has been running in the red for lhe pasl few years nnd the extra students living there will help to keep il from being a losing proposilion. The third and fina l reason was to create a better atmo!lphere for studying nod living !lway from home. To follow through this last stale· ment the dorm was completely reconditioned this summer. The floors were snnded and refinished and the ceilings were redone. All the walls were re. See DORJ\1- Pa"e 4
Summer Vacation Employment
Available To Undergraduates (Il is believed that there nrc many students who would like jobs in en· gineering for the summer, but who hnve never bad such jobs because of lack of information on the subject. ln an effort to remedy this, the TECH News will present a series of articles On interesting nv::dlable summer jobs in engineering which s~udents hnve hnd in the past. It will be grc:tlly appreciated ir anyone who bns held such n job will contact us and tell us about it, so we may include it in our series. -Eo.)
The United States Naval Underwater Ordnance Station (formerly the U. S. Xaval Torpedo Station) nt New~rt, Rhode Island, employs engineermg students who have completed lhcir sophomore year or better as engineering trainees. The Station is divided into Resoorch and Development, Telit n~d E\-alualion, and Engineering diviSJ.,ns. Each division is divided intQ ~mall groups of about live men wbo concern themselves wilh one particular phase or torpedo operation. The trainee is assigned to a division and
moves from group to group in that divi.sion during the course of the summer. During the past summer the Station employed Dick Raymond, Ed Shivell, Bob Niro, Dick Goldman and Dick Crook. Assignments were varied and nev·er tiresome, including some drafting, layout work, dt>J>igning of small parts, and for the I::.&.'s, building their own circuits. Variety was introduced by boat trips to the torpedo fuing range and facililics on an island in the bay. Pay averaged over sixty doUars per week for forty hours. Rooms can be found in Newport, a famous summer resort, for about seven dollars a week. Anyone interested in such a job should wri~e to Mr. John ] . O'Neill, Jr., Placement Officer, I ndustrial Relations Department, United Slates Naval Underwater Ordnance Station, Newport, Rhode Island, or arrange to sec rum when he comes to Tech for Senior interviews. Don't mjss the next article in this series of interesting summer jobs in engineering.
MASSACII U~E'l'TS,
TUESDAY. OC'l"OnER 5, 1954.
DON'T MISS THE PADDLE R USil AT llALF TIME SATURDAY
NUMBER 1
'58 SEE TECH LIFE IN WEEK OF ORIENTATION AcL Pres. Roys
Deems Orientatiou Program Great Success f .F. Council Sponsors Vnriely Show and Smoker For New Freshman Class
New Men Appointed
To M.E. Staff With each new year lhe older students t~rc always busy becoming tiC· quainled with new fares on t.he campus. ThouRh the frosh nrc more prominent and numerous, we would also like to welcome the new professors anu instructors whom we are meeting at the head or the dnss. H Js in order to better know these men that n hrieC history of their l?tt<:k· ground is being given. Let us this week meet lhc two newcomers to the ME department. Instructor Tennyfion Wang, n native of Kunming, Chino, arrived in this country five years ago. lie oo~enn his studies at Dubuque University in Iowa. Later be trnnsferretl to Buck· nell University from which he received his U.S. in mechanical engJncering. lle has come directly from there. He states that he finds Tech 11tudents rnorc indu~trious and serious t h:tn those he bas met in his previous expcriencrs. The other newcomer to the M .E. department, Walter Kistler, is nlso an instructor. Mr. Kistler is o native of Worcester County. Born in West lloylston, he attended Clark University where he earned his B.S. degree in mnthemntirs. Later he crossed the country to study physics at Slnnford University for a yea r. He htts worked as a research engineer aL Reed Prcnlice here in Worcester, and also in CaliCornia Tech Hydrpc!ynnmics Laboratory. Tie plans to continue his studies in mechanical engineering. And r.o we conclude lhe first in n series to acquaint you with the new teachers who are facing you in the class room.
Tech
ews and You
What is the biggest weakness of engineering graduates? Employers are agreed that it is in seff expression. I t's no good being a genius if you can't write or say anything to prove il to other people. • PP TECH NEWS--Pu«ll 4
M.S. DEPT.
ESTABUSHES NEW POLICIES More Officer Positions Available As Morc~bing Fornu:alion Iii Rcv i !K~d This year, in keeping with lhe aims of the ROTC progrttm, many positions requiring leadcrshitl quallties hnve been crenle(J. This t)crmits a maximum number of cadets to get lhe type or train· ing required of n commissioned omcer. Capabilities \\~ll be tested during drill by rotating cadets t hrough the various lca.dcrshiJ) positions; lhis will enable fair comparison in the selection of cadet omcers and NCO's in succeeding years. This year 11 reduction in plntoon she from four squnds to three is planned. This, along with the !(renter number of MS I cadeiJI, will result in expansion of a battalion consisting of 1hree to one of five lettered companies. Here it is obvious or the extent lo which leadership positions have llccn created. In addition to the five lcllered companics the Uattnlion, headed by L t. Col. Brian J. Kelty, will consist of a IJatlalion Stair, Tlendquarlers and llcadquarters Company, Band, and Color Guard. A breakdown on the ruling for promotion or cadets is hricny : The MS I' cadets wJU hold no ro.nk in the Batlalion. MS II cadets eM be asSiRned up to and including squad leader with a rank or Sergeant or Color Guard with rank of Sergennt First Class. MS Jll cadets can be assigned to any NCO vacancy from Bn. Sergeant MC~,· jor down to platoon sergeant. MS I'(r cadets possessing requisite qualities of leadership will be appointed cadet officers with appropriate mnk; they will bold no NCO po$ilion in any or the lettered companies. Headquarters com(Xlny will consiaL of advanced course cadets only. As a final note, those freshmen possessing an amateur license might be interested in the ROTC radio station. It is located in Stratton ; no doubt all radio enthusiasts have noted the elaborate rotary beam antenna on the lop of this building. It is at lbe disposal of any ham operator.
The first week of the fall term is already over and 255 new Freshmen htwe been Lhocoughly indoctrinated into campus life on Lhc Hill by a newly revised orientation program. The 3·day t>rogr!Un began on September 27th with the registration or lhe new clnss in Alden Memorial auditorium. r rofessor Downing assigned clt~SS sch.edulcs following which Dean Roys, AcUng President or the Tnslilutc, Prof. Pritch:trd, Mr. Rochelle, t~nd Mr. tloyd were introduced to the students. Immediately afterwards each student had n personal conference with his faculty ndv·iscr who bas been assigned to follow the student's college progress. In n special interview Dean Roys stated lhat this is a new practice insti tuted this yenr for the purpose of gelling Lhe Freshmen acquainted with their advisers early so that nny prob· lems might be uncovered as soon as possible. He said that previously half the lirsl term would be over before the sludents would have had any cause lo meet their advisers. Then Dean Roys picked up some note11 from his desk and explained that they had been turnetl in to him by one adviser after his interviews wilh Freshmen. He expected to receive similar informnt.ion from olhor advisers in the ncar future. Moreover, ench adviser is responsible for no more than nine or ten l~resh mcn which comprise smaller groups than were assigned last year. This also will undoubtedly aid the advisers in giving more thorough attention to each student and his individual problems. A(Ler physical examinations were conducted in the nfternoon, the Student Christian Association sponsored a student "Get-together'' in the Auditorium. A song and cheer practice was held, s..,. FROSU- Pn•" 4
Cosmopolitans Plan Meeting With the beginning of a new school yettr, the Cosmopolitan Club at its executive meeting decided on the program for the first semester. Since the aim of the Cosmopolitan Club is to acquaint Tech students with the complexities of international affairs through discussion, two meetings are to be devoted to discussions of important developments. For the October meeting the subject will be "Germany's Role in European Defence". Both French and Cerman viewpoints shall be presented. In the future Arab nationalism in North Africa will be discussed and our traditional Fall Dance will be announced. The refresbmenls for each meeting are covered by dues of one dollar per term. The Cosmopolitan Club extends a sincere welcome to all freshmen and we hope to see many upper-classmen as well, at our first meeting. The time and place wfll be announced soon.