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

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ever living in the DEKE ' S. A spirit which prompt- ed us, many a lime to welcome with open arms, visiting firemen from DKE chapters at Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, Amherst, an l Williams. It was this same spirit that prompted Laflfy and ihc • Smutguy to hide the Pink Cloud ' s Crosley; the spirit that drove the Lover an l ' Loubet to visit the stock market in their H »mbcrg and top hat respectively. These men, along 4ilh the other seniors will graduate in .liinc. Although n« ' w faces will fill their places next fall, the traditions which ihey inheril« ' d from the classes before llicin will have passed along to the rest of the house. And so it is ilial the walls change color and the desks change hands, but tlic DEKK ' S remain for generations. lien, ill years tu conic, wc return to the house, « c kno t that i- u ill tic :iblc l i talk of old times over a can of bc«T with Alphie. In I lie suiiiiiicr heal of I lie tropical Boston ' liiiiatc. wc will be able to sit on our craiida o « ' rlooking llic bcaiili- fiil (iharles and re -all tlic Kiildies ' Parly which Walters thr«-w. Casual ' s plioiic calls. Majarki ' s DELTA KAPPA EPSILOX liaii l-craiiked bucket of bolts and the nine o ' clock classes that Barriger, Lambert. II-A. and Mc- Iniu ' s cut for the meeting of the sherry eggnog breakfast club. Memories of th« ' beer-baseball game with the SAE ' S and the run-ins with the lo« ' al gendarmes will straggle by also. ' 49: John V. Barriger IV, William F. Cassady, Noel Davis. Kobert L. Desbill. Jerry M. Howell. Frank G. Lane. Harold A. B. Mclnnes, Neil Ma- larkey, Louis G. Peloubet, James A. Reid, Horace A. Sawyer, Reginald B. Stoops, Warren K. Wal- ters. ' 50: Kobert F. Bean. W illiam C. Bibb, Kobert C. Burehell, Edward Bushnell. David W. ChafTin, Jack P. DeWitl, William T. Morris. Henry S. Peacock, William H. Peiler, Frank Pitre, Robert W . Terry, Robert W . W right. ' 51: William Y. Clause. James R. Kane, John D. O ' Brien, Walter A. Kajki, Carl P. Schumacher, Howard E. Simmons. ' 52: William D. delValle. Robert T. Dorris, Edwin C. Dykohff, Conrad D. Kohler. W illiam E. Moss, John E. Ten Eyke, Carroll F. W bite. Graduate Students: William F. Gorham. Fred- erick O. Johnson. Oassiily. Kuiie. Sloops. (Jorliani, Heed, Howell. Lime. Simmons. esl itl. ( ' hafiiii MAY 7

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Sealejl: Moss, O ' Brien, Wright, Schii- niaolier. Bean, Lam, Harriger, Kajki Standing: Melnnis, I ' eloubet SIGMA TAU CHAPTER Foiiinlctl at Yale I niversity 181t 47 Chapters Sigma Tan C ' hapter ehartered M.I.T. 1890 House located at 403 Memorial Drive, Cambridge The perennial DKE Gay Nineties Party was a four-bell, five-story success this year. From the first-floor saloon, where the renowned .John L. Sullivan was proprieting, to the top-deck barber shoppe where the quartette was crooning, the Dekes and their guests enjoyed the best the 1890 ' s could possibly offer. Handle-bar mous- taches, smiles, and gay striped blazers bobbed with glee as the couple on the tandem bicycle pedalled their way through the dance floor. Bustles continuously rustled their way through the swinging doors, while President McKinley scowled at the frivolity over the brim of his glass. As we reminisce over our pleasant years as members of Delta Kappa Epsilon, we begin to appreciate our house itself, its rustic, home-like atmosphere, and above all its most favorable location. What other house can boast of having a life saver, such as the Associated Tutors, as its next door neighbor? The annual Gay Nineties Party is only one of the many highlights upon which we look back as our four years in DKE flash before us. This party is another expression of the spirit that is Bihh. Malarkey, DeWill, Peacock, C.haffin, ;jft v Morris, Biirchcll, Sawyer INIAY 7

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WALKER MEMORIAL COMMITTEE Wassernian, Stahl. Manning. Ed- gerly. Peppier, Stephenson, Bat- lagiia, Kieh Lend an ear, Pardner, Ah got things to say. Jest pulled in from a fancy shindig, real formal — everybody wore shoes. Nobody was allowed in but us Activity fellers. And for us everything was free for nothin on account of the work we done on them Clubs during the year. This here Walker Memorial Committee what put on that dance is an outfit ah been a-wonderin about. Ah heard ActlaiUed. BaU they was part of the Institute Committee, but didn ' t have much of an idea what all they did to keep themselves busy. Got to askin ' around about it and this what ah picked up: Them fellers on that committee — a senior, three Juniors and six Sophomores, together with a whole herd o ' freshmen that they rope in to help them out jest a ' fore that big dance — shore has a big job helpin ' all them clubs get along good during the year and keepin ' all them fellers out o ' one t ' others hair. Keeps ' em busier ' n Daisy May on Sadie Hawkins Day. Sellin tickets, puttin ' up posters all over every- whar them clubs shore kin use an umpire to keep ' cm from starlin a headcrackin ' contest. Willi the social program that bunch got lined up this year, ihar warn ' l no dance committees lightin ' neither. cssir, them fellows shore helps grease tin- wIk-cIs around heah. MAY