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

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Clockwise: Kane, Baker, Wiiish- niaii, Rowlands, Cowen, Beckwith, Zininiernian, Brock, Kirkpatric, Kirchiier, Harris, Chalmers Open House is big this year! resounded down the stately corridors as Technology prepared to open its doors for its first postwar biannual open house. Under the leadership of Ken Brock and Hill Zinimerinan, the Open House Commit- tee, a hundred students strong, prepared, super- vised, coordinated, and programmed the diversi- fied activities of the Institute into nine hours of enlightened sight-seeing. Ours was indeed a community project, involv- ing, as it did, the cooperation of over a thousand Exhausted Spectators Spotted Institute OPEX HOUSE students and faculty. Credit for this huge under- taking belongs not to one or two individuals, but to the many subcommittee heads and workers whose united efforts proved to be the key to eflicient operation of the entire group. John Kirkpatrick, as secretary-treasurer, apportioned Committee funds and supervised clerical work. Otto Kirchner, as head of the Presentation Machine-Tool Lab Committee, supervised and coordinate ! room assignments and exhibit preparations. The work of Dick Harris and George Haviland in promoting and publicizing Open House Day, contributed in a large measure to the tremendous attendance. Art Wasserman ' s Welcome Mat personally introduced each visitor to Technology and the aims ami purposes of Open House. Kuss Cox ' s four hundred odd ushers did a man-sized job in «lirecting the immense streams of human Irallic which poured through the halls of Tech. The task of contacting exhibitors and planning exhibits was in itself a major operation. Well over MAY 1

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SCABBARD A D BLADE The Sofioly of SrabbartI an«l Blade is a iialionul honorary military fraternity represented at Tech hy G (x)nipany, 5th Regiment. A principal aim of the Society is the furthering of closer cooperation between the Military Sci- ence Department and the cadets in training. To this end the members of G Company have fre- quently submitted criticisms and suggestions based on personal experience and on a t|uestion- naire made up by the members and filled out by the Freshman and Sophomore cadets last Spring. In addition to this an l allied activities, the Company sponsors an annual Military Hall. tra litionally held early in the Spring term. Be- fore the «ar. this ball vas one of the major so -ial events of the year al reeli, and I he organization is attempting, nol without siieeess, to ri-stor«- iIk- daiie - to its former iinporlanre. One of tln ' best-known a ' li ities of the Society is the initiation. Kaeli initiate is issued a rifle which he carries to class, meals, and praelieally everywhere else he goes. The ni -ri also nioiiiil guard in llie iobbv of builtling 7. to ni:iUe snrt ' no one steals the Institute. M ' ter a few la s of this, the pro perti e memlxTs are treated to a mid- night walk. a ' ( ' oin|ianied i rifle. Iieliiiet. pack, and the aid and support of the a -tive members. AIM? 1 1. 2 ) Ituc ' li roiiiKl: Kelloiii, ick, Kiikwooil, I ' owers Foregroiiiicl: l)ii lley, Van.Noslrainl Since one of the Society ' s purposes is the honor- ing of its members as men of outstanding mili- tary pialities and interests, the most striking aspect of the group is the pride in their unit. The organization was inactive during the war, since the A«lvanccd Course of the K.O.T.C. was not given, but it is making a rapid return to its prewar strength. The enrollment in the Ad- vanced Course has increased greatly in the past few months, and the Society is expanding to iiH ' ct th ' new demanils. Fer{!iis n. Major Itollon. t{o k » ll. Kirkuoixl. ' ol. Jaelison, Capl. Sirccloii, l ' liilli|i , aiiNoslraiid, Madden

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one huinlrcd (lifferonl oxhihils, preparetl by |»ra -- lically every tleparliiieiil and stiideiit aclivily, and fealiiriiifi pr« je -ls and denionslralions in every major hranch of science and « ' nj;ineerinfi. were on i« ' «. V track ni ' ' t. ' r« ' w race, and It-nnis match demons Ira I «• ! a phase of life at Tech con- sidered by a flood deal of I lie public to be non- existent. Lectures in many of the larfjer rooms acquainted visitors with ihe latest developments in scientific rcsear -h and engineerinf; applica- tions. Concerts by the combined -M.I.T. Musical Societies, two intercollegiate debates, and several open forums presentc l by the Economics De- partment proviiled entertainment and relaxa- tion for those visitors less interested in the tech- nological demonstrations. Prospective freshmen were acquainted with « ' ourses and life at Tech by lectures in smaller rooms. Student activities and organizations took over Walker Memorial for the evening and presented exhibits dealing with their specialize ! interests. Karly planning for tlie Open House was cen- tered around a system of guided tours, which were to have included all exhibits dealing with a deflnite branch of science. In view of th«- large crowds expected. h m« ' er, this i«lea was dropped, and it was decided to station ushers at various strategic points tliroughoul (he buihiings. in ord« ' r to help isilors find points in wliicli t hey were niosl in leresl ed. These wer reerMil«-d en- tir ' l from t lii ' student l od . and I heir J d tas one of th - biggest assigned to the Open House Commit tee. Sure, it % ;iN a lot of work, but we had a lot of fun loo. I{einend er llu ' :dl-iiighl sessions sealing ten lliousand envelopes with two -as«-s of be« ' r. and Mary Hurke and I ' riseilla Kiley typing a mile Class- Blowing Deniuii.st ration a minute? Remember our little office up in God ' s country where Kirk tried to kee[ a vestige of order an«l a lo ' k on the telephone; Cox ' s army of four hundred student ushers and guides; trying to evade Art Wasserman as he approached us for items for his ' ' Welcome Mat ; etpiipping our tour planners with compass, maps, distress sig- nals, and iron rations: and then that beautiful May first when we looked about an l saw nothing but thousands of spectators and felt that glow inside as we realized that we wer» ' part of the show? The Voo l)oo Dip I)u k MAY 1