Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Technique Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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The Technique presents a complete ALFRED J. OXENHAM General Manager The first work on the June 1945 Technique was rather delayed because the volume for the class of October 1944 did not make its appearance until the following March. Thus the work on Volume 61 did not begin until the middle of March 1945. Al Oxenham as General Manager, Russ Dostal as editor, and Kirk Drumheller composed the Senior Board. The Board immediately launched into the first steps of the complicated job of forming a new yearbook. The dummy was completed in the record time of four weeks and carried a completely new theme. At the suggestion of Al Oxenham and Kirk Drumheller, a beaver theme was selected as the basis on which the book was to be modeled. Thus Volume 61 was launched along more uniform ways than had characterized the preceding volumes. The War Production Board retrictions were still in effect and so the book could not return to its former large size. We therefore had to be content with the smaller war-time size. Cover restrictions had been somewhat relaxed and so we were able to obtain the padded covers which have been a mark of Technology yearbooks for many years. Under the capable direction of Rich Adler, the photographic staff was able to meet a short four month deadline on the many photographs to be needed in the book. The photographic staff like RUSSELL K. DOSTAL Edilcr-m-ChieJ KIRK DRUMHELLER Business Manager

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and forgives us our trespass The four publications, Technique, The Tech, Voo Doo, and the Tech Engineering News, organized the Gridiron many years ago. The members are selected from the four publica- tions with only men who have done outstanding work on these staffs being elected to the Society. The Gridiron has several aims. One is to make a stronger bond between the students and faculty and among the students themselves. Various dis- cussion periods are held at which members criti- cize and offer suggestions to the other publications concerning make-up and editorial material. During peacetime, the Gridiron Society ' s main activity was to offer subscriptions to the four publi- cations to the entering freshmen. These were sold at reduced rates to interest the freshmen in the publications and present the advantages that can be derived as a member of one of the publications. The members have a chance to get to know each other at the rousing initiation banquet held each year. GRIDIRON Curt B. Beck Dean Bedford, Jr. T. Nicholas Ber lage, Jr. Christopher G. Boland Noel N. Coe Russell K. Dostal Kirk Drumheller George R. D orak John J. Frieberger . Man R. Gruber John S. Howkins Richard B. Marsten Alfred J. Oxenham Thomas R. Scanlan, Jr. Arthur Schiff J. Spencer Standish Second row: Drumheller, Standish, Boland Front row: Howkins, Marsten, Berlage, Beck [27]

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and permanent W. HOWARD AUERSWALD Advertising Alanager E. LORING BELGHER Circulation Manager JAMES T. TODD Organizations Editor RICHARD M. ADLER Photographic Editor SHELDON L. HILL Art Editor Applying the finishing touches [29]