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I'• 1.1u Stgm:l, the Na tional Mt>th.rm Enc:ineerm~ot IJonor ~OCitl), v.a~ fuunded on ~ l nrch 16th I() I ~ 111 the L nt\1'1'11\ of llhno1' It hJ!I gro"n 111 a prr~nt 'tren~~tth or 6!1 ch:tt>trr• lhe nt'\\l''t or \\bllh l>t'inj! our 0\\11 \\ ' f'l '1,10 'J,ru l haptrr IO'-t311ttl on :\Ian h '\th ttl thl' \l'lr 1 hr JlUI'})(l•C or I'• l..lU ..,11ctn.1 '' 111 Curt ht•r the cau•c uf Me· ch.rnlt.rl l·.nj!incamg .b n profe,"on ;Jnll Ill t•h•v,llt' th~ idt•ul-. and cthil ~ uf lht• cllll ln~crinl! proft•ssion. 'I he fnllowinli men were plcd!!cd :
..\!>~ociatmn the Mtion:tl honor 'Olll'l\ "3' fuumlt"d Jt Leht~oth l'niHr.;tty i~ IS~ S ~tncc th.tt tlmt ll h:t• J:rr.mn rJtndh .tnd 111113) thc•rt• 3rt one bumlretl nch\e tluptrr• thfltUI!htiUI the (OUOtf) 10 ('lljllllt'l'rinJt '' httul• rlw :\h•• \ Iph 1 t hltll tr " ·'' ur,t.allt·tl .tt l t•,h 111 1•1 10 .1nil h.t~ 111 11 l.llttl uHr ci~ht huntlrt•cl llll'llll~<·r.. •mu· t lwn I hr :t''lld.ll iun \\ "' luundc•d tu mark 111 a fttt in~: nMnnrr 1hu;,c· \1 hn h ,l\'t' conft'rr~d halnor on thrir ;\ linn ~ l ntN hy clistinf,tubhcd ~dwl.u ~hip nncl l''l:t'lllpl.lry thor.l rler a' unch·r~r.tduatc·~ in t'fll(illl't'rin~t 111111 Ill fll,ll'r .1 'Jlirit uf lllwr.rlt ult urr 111 1he Cnl!lllt'l'tllljllUlll'lll'' nf \ mericJ ~lt·mhrf" ore rlrctrd from the UllJirr l'llthth of the junior ('1.1'~ and lht• 11111\l' r hfth nl tht .'emor <'Ia.. ~ v.11h rr~t;~rd lu thrir clutJCit'r ancl out,idr mtrrt"'h ancl .1111' 1 11~TcKby the ln(.tl chaptrr plrd11ed <r' en ~enior.; nnd (1\'t JUOII!t'l w rnemhrr<.hlp. Thr~ mrn ha\ e hern nul•t.tnthnll memher; or thC'If dn ~t' ht•re Jt \\'o r'e~ltr l'ol)ltchnir Jn,titutt Th<'v hn' e rxcelltd in <.chul;~•uc tu hlr\·t mrn t :~nd fo<te.rtd n ~J)Int nf liheral rulturr throu~rh tbe1r man\' out,ldt' in· ten·,t~ lntl utra<untt ular 11 ll\lllt~ I he (nllo\\ in~t men h:t\t hern plrd~ercl w mtmhrr·hip in T:au nrt.t Jli
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Students FRANCIS G. AUGERI PAUL M. BYRON ROBERT A. CHECHILE DONALD L. HARPER W ILLIAM F. HESTER THOMAS HOUSTON FRANCIS J KASZVNSKI, JR. GEORGE J. SCHOEN WALTER B. SUSKI, JR. Faculty DEAN M. LAWRENCE PRICE PROF. CARL G. JOHNSON
TECH'S PLANS FOR PROGRESS L.lte 1 mfnrmJIIOn concerning the de· \'elnpment progmm of \\'on e~ler PolyItt hncc In~ t it ute was recently rclcasc:tl h~· tht' development om,e an th!! form c•( n hrurhurc t•ntitled, " Pnwc•r tfl l'roKr<'~~ on Our Own." Thi~ report indudcd nlrrady completed goals n~ v.ell as ohjeclives yet to be realized nlon11 "'hh onginal and re\i'icd esti· m.llt" OhJecthr "'hich ha"e al ready been acrompli•hed include MOfl!llll Hall a nev. dormitory housinc 192 student • v.htt h co~t $1 ,500,000; Olin llall, a phy~1c' huildmg yet to be tompleted cu~tmst Sl HO.OOO, and rcmodehng of thro Atv.aler Kent LoboratOI')' nl the cn~t of $3 0.000. Jn acldition, a ~nnl (or a nude:tr reactor \\3S rcceh·ed from the Atom1c Encr~ry Comm1uion for ,:1 ~0.000 v.hich is the major portion of 1 t•rot-.n-ed Sl S 000 co t 1"1\e main objecth•es still remain to l~e rtJhud The first is a Central 1.1· hr.ll"'' v.hich "'ill be erected bel"'een :\for~::a n and • an ford Riley lull- Th~ I)Tt'•rnt hhrarv i' located in the ba't· mtnt o r Aide~ :\f emoriat. The fact that II fAn olCCOnlmOd:tte. only tv.enty·four "' Hltnl( i~ proof in itself that it i' crrtainly iondequate for the needs or thr ~rro\\ing srhnol The building '' hich "-ill rn<l :an eMimated $ 00.000 \\ill in· cludt' (tudy facilities. additional 1eminar rnnm' ~~~ well as student nclhity room~ \ I ttld Hou"t in the form or an od· d '~~>n tD the •\Jumni Gvmna~ium i.( the •tcond nhjecti\t' l n ;ecent yea~ tht nt<•l for hil!t:tr nnd better athletic facil · ittr' h1.' h«n incre1.•i01! and it is no-· idt that tht p~t"nl Gymna.•ium l• tiUI · d:t•td. The propo•ed field hou c "''IJ inrlude additional locker-. and ~hn"e" on indOC'If track n remo,·:~ble bo•kethall noo r, and •utinst accommO<btion' for
NUMBER 11
WORCE TER, MASSACllliSETTS, WEONr DA\', !'lARCH 18, 1959
'I au llc:ta Pi
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Seniors
MOHAMMAD AMIN ROBERT G. CHADWICK SEYMOUR ELLIN RICHARD N. GUSTAFSON ROBERT KIELTYKA ALLEN H. LEVESQUE RICHARD E. THOMPSON Juniors
WILUAM M. AITKEN CARLETON E. DRISCOLL WIUIAM A. KERR ARTHUR J. LoVETERE THOMAS F. ZIMMIE -------------2 ~00 people. Thi' "'ill al(o l)( u~cd for d:tme~ commenc-ement exerct'es, alum· ni mc:cttngs and other college evtnt!\ "ht<" h ha\C ancndanfe in u~c·' nf the c:tp:lCit)' of Alden ~f emorial 1 he ne'4 · e•t e•umate on the propo-ed l 1tld llou<.e ts for Si50 .000 A thtrd objecthe. is an endowmtnt for a one-million dollar aclthuon to the •chool ( ~enecal cndov.mrnt fund wtth v.htch \\'nrce(ter Tech v.11l he able to rn1•f' the •alary level' "'hich v.tll at · tmrt and retni n the h11:h lltandard Of te<H hl'r~ "'bich the l n titutt" in'l'"' upon It i~ htlpttl that thi~ will al~o llTCIVlrle cnroura.-:ement and opportunities fur the ~t :rff tn further il~ erlucntinn and pro(t 'ional development The fourth ~~;onl i~ a re\·i•erl Cr:aduate "tud\ Prol!rnm ~hich v.lll cnn itltrahl)· e~d 11 precoent •tatu,, It 1 a knttv.n fact 1lut moc:lem mdu•ll'v rC'fJUirt hisrhlv 1rained men in order to mtet the demand. oi the incrwin,Jy CCJmple• \ mer1CJ.n •oc.ie:y. The propm-rrl ROll for thi• objec-tive j, $21~000 The final sro:ll in Tub • m \\ prro~tram 1' the remodelina or t;afi•l•urv l.ahoraf',. PROGR.ES5-Po•,. 4
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F.tn 1\;lpJia Nu b thr n:ll ionnl Elrctmnl F:n~emrtring llonor Sodety Thr lw-u purJ"lll"r" of t he orgoniz;uion art JOSEPH FRANCIS BARRESI to 11~"'' Ill llllllr\l\ inJ~ tht" st:mcl:mh or PAUL WESLEY BAYLISS thr JUUft•"i''"· Jntl to bring into rlu"t'r RICHARD LOW GESS uni11n thn<;t• 'tudt•nh who hrt\'t' !ihown J€RRY BUDINGER GIBBS mtcre't ar11l .rluht ,. in Elt·d rice~ I "Engi· DAVID ALAN JOHNSON nt't•rin~t E .11 h \'t'M nt 1hi~ t imt', F.tn BERNARD LOUIS TETRAULT " ·'PIK' 'lu Jlll'IIJ!t'!> mc•n in n•t n~tnilion From the Faculty uf c•An·llc•nt ~~ hul.u~h1p ctntl indi\•idun1 ;tllainurt•nll\, nnd htl'rlll~t· Ihc:y J)fl~~e~~ CARLTON WILDE STAPLES qu.rlit i('s whidl ludic rrll' thl'\' wlll Itt• sucrrs~oful in tlll'ir t'lwst' ll imlfC'~~Iun. TECH FACULTY Cnntlitlnlt·~ CHI' ~··Ire lt•tl rrtllll Ihe· lll!lll't third atf Lht• Nrniur Elt•c I ri\.11 Eul(hte<·r· PROMOTIONS l-.1ght f.u ult} .uul cmc ~t .tff member injl .J,a ~' .mel fru111 thr UJIIII:r (JIIIIrtt•r of h,l\ ,. hrrn prnmntt·d hnt· .11 I Ct h 'I he thr juuiur EINtrunl En).tinerrinll dn~\. I hr fulht\\ IIIJC mrn arc Jllcd~trcl. thJnl(e' are t'ilt'tiiH Jul) 10 \I 1~1 \\rt'nu• l'mt• J)e:~n c1l I :uult\', Senior~ Jtlflllunrrcl 1h31 111 thr drp.ui mrnt ~f HARVEY D. EGAN t henuc:al t'llJtlllt't'fllll! .tncl t hc·mi"ll') SEYMOUR ELLIN \\ tlhur U llrull:m.m v.J., :uh.mrt'd from ALLEN H. LEVESQUE a'"11l1Jit' pmfe<,or tn ttroft•r-,o r: C JAMES S. TYLER, JR. \\'tlham l'-h1pmnn :~ncl lln\'ld 'I otltl from Junior~ '' ""':ant tu :t''ll< Hltr prnfr~~n r~ l'mfr"Or llnd,11111~n 1~ .1 J(Tiltluatc of PAUL A. ALLAIRE I::..Ht Cl.urr ~tatr Tr:rt her Collrge and CARLETON D. DRISCOLL fC'II'I\ed h1~ dOCtorale •II llnivtl'lit)' Of .FRED S. SNIVELY \\'i,tcm•in m 1'117, v.hrre he Glso ARA TUTUNJIAN t:tul!hl In lfiH hr Juinttl the WPI f.ttulty n' an a••l\l.HII prull' ur Prof r~•or "'hcpmBn rt•(riHtl hi. ALUMNI CHAPTERS lw he lor ·~. m."tt•r's ond doctor'!! de~t rer' at M I I' Jnd v.M an M~l~tnnt pro· SHOW INTEREST IN fl''"" for thrrt year~ 111 ll ni\'C:r~ily of UNDERGRADUATES IJt·l.rwn re. Jlr ho4 lwrn nn a~si~l<~nt prO· 'l'he Al umni i\ssorintiun hns ccrt ctlnly ft•wJ r 111 Wl'l fur o yrnr !Hnrtcd off IVS11 with 11 quick pore, ontl l 'rofr~~ur Tofld IR n l-iwort hmo rc grad· (rum nil lnclkntlonR, ll will nlso he A unte and Look hi~ do< wrall• nt I larva rd. bu~y Sl>ring. 'J'wo noti1cs (rom nlum nl l lr hM hern n rrscnn h 11 sodctle nt chnJ~ters nrt• or particulnr concern to (."urnrll l lntvt•r,ity Mrtlital School, Tech ~tuclcnu. Wurcbttr I oundauon for niolORical F'i r~t the' Rlwde I ~IC\nd Chnpler is RNarth nnd ('ambri(lge University, invit in11 to t hdr ~J>ring met Ling all Tech 1-.nRland as Mil a~ an n ~i•tant profes. Sophomort"l, J untOI'll, and Stniors who ~r Ill Amhrr"t and lecturer at Clark Jive: "'ithm fHtcen mile• of Providtnrt", l'm,·e~lt}' I le hu hc:t"n an a<,i tant Rhotlt" Nand. ~mce tht" dCite is &el profe~'nr at Wl' l 'incr IQ S7. for Tut"\dlly, M ~trch 31, It will be durIn thr civil engineenn11 dCJ)Irtment , in~t the Spring vacation, ond men livin~t Jo epb I) Sa~te and Roger II. Wildt in thot 11rc:11 will l~e alllt" to attend. The v.ere ndvnnetd from inAtructors to as· meetlnl( will be~ein nt 6:30 o'clock P.M. "i~lnnl wores~ur;. 11t the Johnson's Jl ummock's RestauJlrof :--aae rr1rivrtl h1 hnchelor's and nnl, 245 Allfn''l Ave. in Providence. ma•ter'~ de~trtt\ from Rutgers, "'here There v.IIJ al110 he A broiled chicken hr was a re•ea rch a si~ta.nt in civil danner ~erved shortly after. This meet· engmeenn~t 1mor to coman11 to WPI in ing wa, planned to promote a clo'ltr 11}57 rthlltm llfl "-tt"n alumni and students. Prof Willlt i~ a 19 54 lff&duatc of Cm April 2ncl the IJo ton Chllpler \\'PI -ho rrceJ\'td a daploma in 1955 1)htn~ to invitt Jlrll Jlt'C tivt" \ludents In nt l mperilll Cullel(t or Science and Lht Hn.,ton e~rrn tn them meeting. VIet Tuhnololly in London whcrt hr dill l'rrs1dent Tulmnn W. Vun Arsdale, rr•rnrth until returning to Tech in Uc·nn IJourdcl c:. n ov.ning, Or:m Emct~l 11}57. \V llollnwR, Proft·~~or Rohert W. Rlch:ml t-•. M11rton, (111 lc:avc of ah- T'rit , hrtr~l , nnd Alumni Stnclnry Wnrrcn ~tnct from the drp:rrtmcnl of physics, II Zepp will help the alumni nnAwc r wn \ promoted (rnm ~~~~OI'illle professor c1ueMicm~ and l(ive a picture of JHe at to profe••or. Profr <or Morton is a Tech Thr Al umni A ()(.iatwn hJs l\\tnly rrad uate or MIT \lohO took II master co( ul• at lllr\lll rd Ill' I\UI(hl al Mon· cho~ ptet• and it h hc,pcd that 5tuclent •1111 \ carfemy Mrr,.. Drown o;;cbt;ol and "'ill ~et acrJu~lr.ted v.ith ne.uhy char>· Ue1n Academy before jo1ning lhe WPI t~l"' ~ thnt tht\' can mret Alumni in racult)• in I'II'J lie h&4 been rlirector firM in Y.hlch • they're lntC'rt ted to uf the .:\auonnl '-ntnce F'ounrJation ~vi' thrm an 1dt'l uf Jllh 1)pporlunitie5 Summer ln<tllute at WPI since 1957, and tnamterint: in intlu•try Tech i fortunate to ha\e acth·e and now io; lln leave to the f oundation alumna v. ho wmpri•e t urh a very 1m· 111 \\'o•hinl{tl)n ptJrtant partllf the \thool'~ general rune • ,.,. TECII FACUI.TY-Poll' 4 nr~tnit \'
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l'i lll'hn J.o:r,..ilon, the Nationnl Honorl'ullrj(iCite j ourna.li m fraternity plrllftl'd rll'\en men lO membership during t hr ll""t'lllbly t)l'riod. J'Jcj, OrJtaniat ion was founded at ~yrMu r llm\'C'r'lity in Jlj()S and (mt IIPIIt'.lrt'd on the Worcester Tc1 h cnm· JIU~ in 1948 llre I>UI'flOSC of l' i n elt n Ep~i lttn i' to c•le\•ate the cnu~c of joum ali•m ; ttl fo, tcr the mutu:1l welfa re II r ~~ tlllt•nt puhlil u Iions; to tlevciOJl tho t nu·~<t futlt•mnl ~pi rit among its mcmha•111 : tn rnrouro~ec loyctlty to lhdr Almn 1\lntc:r, nnll til rcw:rnl the journalilll for
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hy caclrnl,~lnn In its mt'mbership. ()( the rlt\'Cn men pledged, nine l l'e J unwr .md c;or 3 Stnior. Mr. Traalt baa IIC'rn rll'dt•rl lo Honorary Member hip m the' 1-"mtt·rnily. All :arr nov.• proud "'e:~trr!< uf the trndition:~l lead slu8 and v.hltr rnrnRtion. Pi Utlln Ef)!'ilon has pledrted :
PA UL W. BAYLISS
('o s,)(lri ~· Ed it or of the TI!Cll NEW I,
nnd member of the Pt ddler Staff
ROBERT A. CROOK News Editor of the TEC11 N&ws
JOHN J. CZERTAK, JR. Ach·eni~in~t
Manager of the Tt:C II
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RICHARD L. GESS A mc:mhcr of the J>toddlcr Staff PHILIP A. O'REILLY A mt.!tnhcr of I he Peddler Storr HARRY F. RAY A ml'mher of the Pcddlu Starr
EDWARD J. RUSSELL MnnnginJt Editor of lhc ficn Nnra
DAVID A. SAW IN J:o:d1tor or the Tech Bible
WILLIAM F. TRASK UireC'lnr of Placement
ARA TUTUNJIAN A mtmber of Lhc Peddler St&fl'
LO UIS C. VARUZZO Ed1IOr-ln-Chief of the 1'&cn N&ws tioning One or the important jobs tbey pt"rform iJ to meet and tallt with pro&pecltve students who are thinking about nttendin~e Trch. Even some men who hwe alrndy been admitted to Tech a re vi ited by olumni w !five them a better ond mort conclusive idea of the school. Mony hl11h sthool guidance ludcrs a re contncted th rough alumni for the Tech·
11i/orum. The following are chnpter meetini!S lhnt nrc l!oon coming up. Pitl1iburgh C'h.1pter will meet March 13 and Profe ~m' 7.c:w and Pritchard will apult thr rr to hrln~t them up to date wilh acti vit 1c · on tht" II ill The Conn. Valley C"hal)lt'f v.ill meet March 26 in We t Sr~ringfidd The W~hington Chapter wtll htar Pru£t"<$0r Zepp and Dean IJov.nin~t Rl nollmg Air Force Base on \fnrth II Othu meetings will be comin~t uri JOOn in Detroit, Cbicai(O, Clevelnnd Cincinn:\li, and Rochester.