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Un ]Jnuary 18 Dr. ~ !aynard ~ !. Bor· in,:!, J'r(•$idcnt of the American ~oc ictv of Em:inc.:ring £duration and a co~ ·ull.tnl on engineering manpower for thr Ccncral Electric Company, ndtln·--cll the Y1lung Faculty As~ucin tion .11 Jn cvcninl( dinner meeting held at the I lirkory llousc. Dr. Hori ng's addr<"·~ 11;1:; the third in u ~eriC$ of l t'~ turt'' and talk;-; on en~inrering edunltiun hdd by the Young Faculty A~socirt tiun. thc ~pcakcrh for the~e mectin~:s an· le.tding fir.tures from imlu~t rv and inun the ftcld uf cnginct'rin~: cc!u~nli 111l, D r Hnring's tnlk II'OS a mnre nr l~ss e~ternpo ra ncous address. t o u chin~ on ,cl'l'ral topics pcrtai nin)! lU en~inccring cdur:rt i()n. No attempt wos mack to ~:in· a dclaikd account or the subjects. hut rat her to hrin~: everal of the more import:lllt probk·ms and fentures of t·ns:tn<'l' ring education to the attention uf the listeners. Rt•port in~t on his recent tour o f Eu ropt'.tn engineering colleges. Or. Boring -uid that a ltho ugh high-c:llihre enginee r~ arc produced by the Amcrk:m system. HllC cuuld not compare o gmdunte nf Ull American engineering college to a J.:r!Hioatc of a simi la r European institut ion as only the Lop student:'\ attend the cn.~incering colleges in Europe. In .'it••• fJlt . BOlli NG~I•al!t' ''
Former IRO Head Attends Edwartl J. F: irchncr, a fot<•ign diplomat with the Swtc Depart mcnt who h:t!' llct·n M.rt ionctl in Eum1lc fur the pn'>l SC\'cn yea rs, nttC'ndcd 1l fraternilv hanque! lwr<· at \Vnr('t·~tt•r Tech r~n·n tlv ,md 11.1'> av.1ilalllc fnr nn intcrlicw ;tft~r thr t·wnt. ~ I r. K i rr hner hnd many intc rt·~ t ing otn4cduh'>; 10 r<:'latc rt'j:;trtltns: hi., year~ in the diplum.Hic ~CT\'ke l•f our toun try. Aft<·r his rclc:tsc from na\'nl cluty in IIJ•If1, :\I r Kirchner attended ns Arneri ran reprc•.,cntath-c s('veml post-wur in tcrnaticmal cnnfcrenccs Am<lnJ( lh e~e wa" the ill-fated World Student Ctmgrcs" in l'mgue nt which the Communist dominat cd l ntcrnrtt ionnl Uniun uf Stu!lents was created. l ie lead the movrmc rll for the withdrawal of a ll western •tudrnl union'\ from I. U. . Jh· spoke uf many difficulties cnrnuntered in c!cnlmg wit h the Russinns :tnd Lh,•ir satcllitt•s m this and sub~cqu!!nl inle rn(l ti()ual
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PROFESSORS APPEAl{ IN ARl\fY FARCE
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VARSITY CLUB MEETS ALEKSHUN CHOSEN PREXY •
Essay Contest For Scnio1·s Tht· fulhl\lilllo( is the H'Xt of u n•cent ltlltin· from tht• vtTicc uf t lw l' r(•-.id4•nt rt•~o:a rdinf.: t hl· \Vat t Tyh·r l'lu~t·riu ' l'ritc' rh4' l\1l1ll''l f~>r t h(·~e pritt'' wil l he nJwn tn m(·rnhcr~ of t ht· Senior <' l.1,s l'rit.c<, will he awa rd1•d fur the bt·~t twn e~~:tr~ un the ~uhj4•t l .uuwunrcd hduw Fir~ t pritc will he $100.00. Scwud Pritl . $50.00. Eal.h essay mu~t lOntain lid ween 1.500 and 2.000 wurtl~. The suhjc1t fCi r 1956 is : /ltiW Tlu l'roft',<limllll Al ltludt• And 1'/tc /)•·(ifl' For Mor!' Srltolarh• t l l/mlllll l'll f /k I m prrt•l'd If I ll'orrt•.rtr·r l't>ly/ N hmr 00
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HOUSE OF MAGIC HERE ;sml Don Jlcinc ha<. a cle~tree in Economic., at )'fuhlenhc rs: CtJilcge anti o tiC'.:rec in j oul'flali.. m nl the Cnivcr~itr nf .\li~~ouri.
The ~how itself ron ..i~red of frvt' demon\trations encompa!o~inJ.: olmo~l 1111 fields of engineering anrl <.dcncc. The tiN of the demon~tmtion~ m which th ree chemicul compound' rcMtcd tu produce n suh~t:mcc which occupied JSO times the volume of the orieinnl react· ant' point£'41 nul Lhc ~trir!es made by G E. in the ticld of thermal in~ulntion Thi~ in~ulntirm which ic; lilthtcr anc! pro\·idc~ a L<:ttt:r thermal barrier than rtiCk wool can tJ~ made ru. Iuthi a~ l~r~e pounds per _cub1c foot. Al~houeh tl • ~ prc~cntly bcmg \Jl\Ctl exclu~t\'CI~ IJy the Armed F?rces It ~hou!rl he avaslablc for commerct:tl IJUTJJO~c:. 1? lhe ncar future . N ' IIO L E OF MA(,IC-Pa.~re 4
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T l lJ::SOA' . FEURllA U'' 14. 1956
FRESHMEN GAIN POINTS WITH CARNIVAL VICTORY
It is felt th:tt thnu~o:htful ton•id~· r:Jtiun of thi~ mntlN hy Sl·nior~ mrty Jlrul'«' very ht·lpful to thc J\ rlmini,lr;tt Hm. .\ ward~ will Ill' mad!• at Cttllltnl'nn·· nwnl in j unr. E"-'illYS .. hould he ~uh mcctin~s. After these a eli vilies ~l r Kirchswr mi tt('{l to tht: Pre~iflcnt'~ niTri-c on M mad~ his headquarter$ in Pribou rj(. hdu rt• Apnl lf1, I'J ~Cl. 'lhl')' will he ,o.;.,,. •:sSAl' CONTEST~I'"If'' :1 So•p litO I"IEA D- I' nfll' ·I
At the assembly befo re finals the Tec h Council brought the Ccncrnl El(·ctric " House of Mn~tic" to Alden ~lcmori.tl. Thi- show sponsored by G. E. is u.. ually presented in hi~:h schools for the purpose of c rcat in~ interest in ~ciente nnu engineering but was given here nt T ech to point out the many held, in which General Electric em;inccrs nre doing research. Don Ileine and ~am Thompson whn prc~entcd the sho11 ha,•e pre~cnted it 21' times since Sept. and h:11·e appeared before 60.000 students in that time. They themselves a re not enl(inc~rs but representatives of the Public Rehtions Department of G. E . trained hy tbe engineers in the basic principle~ uf the 1·arious components of the sho11 . ~am Thompson majored in Business _and ~larketing at the University of lndsana
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L:s ~t ThurMiay, F1'11. !) , the \':trsity l 'Juh h(;ld II:. M'CWld 1111'4'1 in.: 11f till' 'SS· 'S(I ~c hno l )'('ar and thl' swwly eil'dt:d utrru·r, tnnk m•t·r fur the ~prin~o: tt•nu. Tlw 4•1li. t•r~o ttf th t• \'ttl >il y l'luh an· t ~~'~ tt·d l1y nrt ('XI'C'Uth-r t'lntndl whit h ., m.tt l4• liJI 11f t ht• , ,tptnin~ 11f all thl' 'purl s 1111 t hr lit II. The hold 110k(' fnr ntH' lt•nn Ekrtron~ nrr lwld nt tht• t·nd of t'o tt h tt:rnt Th t• rwwly dt·t·tctl ullu l'r~ II! I' l'n·~i dt·ut, j ul' 1\lck, hun : SL·rrt·tllry, l l:t l l'it•n t• , :md Trca~u rn ltqwi\o lltm\n. ' I h<' lirsl urrkr (lf l1u~ im·~~ thnt wns trtkt•n up wa~ tlw pnlscy of pultlit it.in.: tlw vo r~ity fnot ht411, b.t~kt·tha ll , and hrht'hull f(.tmc~. l> urillJt f1wltkt!l !<1'(1\llll all t he majnr paJ•t•r'< w('re ra rryin~: thl· gaml'~ hut rn.ut)' elf the ha.,ht l~:tll gnuw)l \l'<'r•· llt)t m rricd in a f(rc:tl number of thc• J Hlflt'r~ . Tht• foothall .:nnw~ were tarriNI hy till' A sst~cintcd l'rc~s. West ern t.:nim1, thmutoth tht"i r wire !t}'~ll·m . .tnd tlw l 'nit!'d l'rr~' ThNC wf•r(· ma ny f.tv•1rab le rommt'n t~ ahuut till' nrw p11li1 y fn11n tt1.1ny ~lumni whu were in tl're~Lcd iu th<· dui n~:~ of the at hlc·tic tl'aml>. The half 1i111c lit urc·~ ftl<oo were ~··nt nul INf'r the win·5 w vnritlu ~ radio •wtlnn< t l1rou~:huut the WUIIt ry. '111i~ policy w.... tn continue thruo~othnu t thr h:t ~ kcthltll <oc•a.,on, hut it wnll fnund uut that many of the pa[Wr'l lhnt ra rrit•tl the ftuttha!l l(:lll1!''1 did not ra rry the ha, kel h:tll .Jt:tmt'\. This wos C;ttplnin('(l hy l'mf Gmgan 11h11 wrulc to A I' nnd Ul' to find nul the trouble. It ~tcms that by the dme thl' informati()l.\ was rctt'ivNI hy the vari()u'l ne·wspaperl> the deadline for the Sunday paper wtt" up and tlwy cnuld 11CJI usc the bll1ry. The rca,on for tbis wa'l that the ha~kethall ~tames were IJVer too lale l!J I(Cl the infomtation out hcforc the deadline. Abo it is almost impt>S~ible tn gel the firorc~ over I' dunng ba~<kcth:tll season llcnuse (here is no way ttl totl:l the information ttJ tht'm. llllwcver, nc~L footba ll sca~on thev will ~ive dirc~t coverage uf the tota~e,, and Western Union will give c••mplete (overnl(c over the wire~. Lt•!il foCitlmll ~ea~on the Var!.ily nuh pu rcha~l:d ~orne cushiuns whi<h W<'rC pul on sale :ll the ~arne~. Very few of the~<: were ~old c;o the idc.1 was brought up St>t• VAIU ITY CLI..'U- f'ag,. 6
Tlrl' t'1'4'llillg ••I J anu:rtl' 20 :-:tw t\ld<"n ~ lcr uuri.t! with ~ tan di n)l ~tHllll (lnly. Tlw t•4t.t ~iun wa' the Annual Tt•ch C':trnivnl pru~;t .H ll, alw.ll':\ an ant icipn tt'tl t'Vt'llt hn~· u n the hill. No t un lv is tlw lrtlt•nl 111 I ht• >t tuknt h1HI)' dC'l;Hill ~t rakd <Ill i h i~ I'I'Cnin.:. hut th<• l>t•tlt•t' ~idt' uf th•• f.11u lt y i, tnrt undt·r tht• r siti.'.t! nh~<'n•:t · t imt ti l studt•ut:.. Juh rt Lil l ihrid~;t• uid n ma ~lnful ju!J .t:- t1 HtSlt•r t\f 4t·n·mHuit•s. llis vt•rv~ nnd wit krpt l h inl(~ rolling ~nrom hly tlttlllll(huut thl· l'vcn in~; . T he pro11r:1m wa' O}JCIH'tl hy :t pianu pagcmtt ft·n t urin!( llolt C alligan . Bvh Fr.rsr:ttorc nnd Rn.:l' t Nwtn.tn. J\ltlllj.( wit h ntht• r numht•rs, t hi' ~roup did 11 "coot" inlcrprctal i4lll of " N.l nry ll'atl n J.itt lc Lnmb". l\l.t ry would tu'v~·r huw rrwgni1.NI it . ln1pwl'ist•d :ts it mnv hav<' hcen the prr formnuLc '''liS lluw'lt'SS. ' ~ext on t hl' progra m wns tlu· Ilwn rd winning Fn·~hmau bkit, cnti t14•d "Shttkc, Rnt tlt· nnd Holl." If you didn 'I shnkc M r.tttll', ym1 hlld hi rull. Frnnk Coht•(' liS Ui~k J urkC)' would htti'C het•u vt•ry pupu lnr auto ng !he Ruck 'n Rollers thmu~o~hnul the lHu nt ry. Jlnd the lJUill'l<·t Clll n rccnn l of tht "(;real P r~·L(•udcr " it wnultl cc•llainly hnvc !>Oltl n ntilliun fopit·s. The Vt e~ltnwn pulled no pundrt•s un the Fnr ulty. The Dorm adu1 itri't rntor~ :rl~1' foun d Uu:msrl vt·~ 1til' suhjt·ct~o of rncrdlt'~~ dl~ots by the :11 1 111'~ The Fn•shm un shoW\·d thcllt· st•l w~ worthy of tlu' l'nrn ivnl Cup. The Suphunwrc skit " Vcrit a!\ Ami tlt~" wa .. :1 humnrnu' ~kddr 11f lift 11l 11 typin rl T N h fraternit y, II ill l{ n.hinol'itch played the purl Hf a very typical ph·d~t· anu did a fine j(lb un it . The must urtl y)liral '> t t•nc Wi<S t h(• tli!!pOl\nl nf I he 1':11 ulty J\t!vi~u r in 11 unique way. It h:1sn't hnppcncd yet , hut who cnn trll ? 'J'ltl' nl'tors nil did a cuntnrcndnblc joh, :uul certainly uave the judgrs grounds for 11 lou.:h decisiun. The 1-:tt ulty l>kit un v<: n guod insil{ht of whu1 military Jih· is really Jik,·. '11te ~ki1 , a111l the 1 ha r:ut crs. tl rf•w many 11 l~~trf(h from the nullkncc. llow cun nn nr~o~anizctl nrg:tnizalron ht.' so disurgtlll· r:-.('(1' All kidding n~idc , the Faculty did
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CAM CAPER fi"RIDAY EVE. Cpr"' givinl( tht· latt·~t ASM F. R cptlfl a qui1 k chctk Ftitlury afternoon, it was <·a~ily I.Lppa rent to thi~ reporter thai wht•n a guy anti his ~;irl gel (ogcl her for a 1-rirlay evf•ning dale, marty typ<:s of nltivities ure polisihle. This Friday ni~othl the trend is dcfmitcly townrd!l the "C'AM CAPER " in Ahkn Memorial. 'In<: M. E.'s arc hlllding thili dunce to uct th1• hocitll activit ies nm(,ng lhc unde r~ratlil on Uuynton llill, mllmg in hi~h ~:ca r fur the second s~·niCStc r. If you a re nne of the few whr) ha!tn't lined up hi~ best l;lccker f(fLI, bet tcr "tote! hcp" m:.n and burn up the phone line~ nuw, befl)rC it's too latcl Then mosey ove r to the nearest "CAM CAI' f': l{" ticket seller, fork over the paltry 11um of tme buck and you' re set l o enjoy 11 fultulou~ evening with yt>ur clnte, danciug tu the rnusic of the incomparable nuyntonianc;.
DOC. C. SUITS TO SPEAK AT TECH CONVOCATION \\'ed rw~41ay,
Ft:brunry 15. will sec the of this year's Studen t Convocations tnkl' plnrc in Aldrn Memorial Amlitnrium. Doctor C. Guy Suits. viccprc~idcnl in ch:Jr~e nf rc$cart.: h scrvict's for the Gcncrnl Elect ri c Cump:my will speak on " New Ucvclopmcnts in Sdencl·". Dncttlr Suit s has been wit h the C cntrnl El rrt rir rcscart·h :~tnff since 14l,>t). I k is knnwn for his work in nu1ny phu ~t·s nf rl'sca rch nnd hos ob, tni rwd tll'er 70 IXtlCnls, mostly in the field uf hi11h lclllJJC rnturc l'lt'ctric ctist h,tt'):4'~. J\fwr Wtl rld War 11, Doctor ~u it s urs:nnizcu (llld w:ls in t:harge or upN.Ititlltli nt the Kn"lh; Atomic Powt'r Luhumlory in Srhcnertndy. This hn~ ~itt tC J.:rUwn hl lw o l!l.' (l~rntc t)['l('rnting di ,·i~itllr of G. E. 1\ ~raduntc nf the University of Wiscun~in . l>octor Suits is n member of nu· mNous l10nora ry tcchnirnl sociNies. He lw!tls honor(try dot·lor:.tcs front Union ('oll!'gt·. llnmilton \o llc~c , and Rl·n~ salncr l'olytcchnie lnstitull'. Many prominrnl Worcl'stcr business lll CII 1\nd lllt'tnbcrs of their Cn~o:incc rin(! and re~t·nrdt stnffs tmvc bl'cn invited by l'r<•l>lc!cnl Uronwcll lo uttend Uoctor Suit~' talk. The !Wnior sll.tdcnt:; of lhc lnRtitutc hrwc hcen afforded the opportunity to nwt'l Dorto r !:iuils at a Cllffee social al II :45 11.111 . '.Vcuncsd(ly in the Snnfurd I{ il(•y rc('CIJIion room. ~t't·n nd
Ull. C. GtJY SUI'ffl
NEW SYSTEM
DEVELOPED A new marking llystem has been dcvclnpt:d in the Mcchnnicnl Engineering J)rpnrtmcnl. It is simple in theory. l 'rofc~sor F. A. Ar ulersuu, who devclop<:d it, keeps u record of both homeW!Irk :mil CJCMn :r.vcrngcs in the courses he t rarhc~. A student with u perCect homcWMk recurd l·nn o~>tni n n homeWIJrk avcrnr<c of 120. J)eductious are rna de rrmn one's homework :werage hnth fur crrnrs in lhe solution of homework problems untl failu re to pass in all the as$ignmcnts. At the end of the tt:rrn, Professor Andrrsun compares a person's homework s~ore wilh thal of frill CX;tlll ~. Whk hevcr or these is lbe lower i~ then a.vem~ed with the final C;tt:tm lu IJiilaln lhe final mark in the lOUf~C. Thi.s mark may ue innucnccd hy othrr fnctors. Assume Ihat a person had a low htJtncwrJrk average hut a very hil(h cllarn avcr:tge. Then, nllhough the h•>rncwtHk rnMk (J.!lus the final ) would be the real ba<>it• in grac!inK, some con~idc rntion would be given to the ex:~m average. ' J'he S)'stcm is designed to promote .'in• NEW • YSTEM- I'afl! 6