Clark University - Pasticcio Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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i NLIAHK PAS'l'IL'CIO- 1916, li i A.P. Dec. 1938. Mr. JAMES SPRINGS, with Messrs. HADI.EY, FALLSTROM and DURGAN, is doing some very excellent research work for the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. Messrs. Hadley, Fallstrom and Durgan are to be sent in the Spring of next year to the Mesopotamian oil fields to conduct a survey. Mr. Springs in addition to his work has been coaching the company basketball team. They have won 16 games and lost l to date. ' A.P. June 13, 1938. Mr. Joi-IN J. FITZGERALD and Mr. THEODORE DUMAS, who are members of the Faculty of Bryne University, are preparing for an extended tour through Europe this summer. Mr. Dumas will devote most of his attention to the rock formations of the Swiss Alps. Mr. Fitzgerald is to study with some of the most eminent sociologists of the Universities of Paris and Berlin, as he is to address the annual convention of American Sociologists at Chicago in October. His topic will be, An Immigration Law Based Upon Sociological Evidence as to Adaptability and Fitness for Admittance . A A.P. Oct. 10, 1938. REP. BOYDEN of the 16th Congressional District is receiving congratulations upon the birth of twin sons this morning. It is rumored that he intends to enter the Senatorial elections as an independent Democratic candidate. Rep. Boyden has a strong following among the liberal and independent elements of both parties in Massachusetts and has the backing of organized labor. A.P. May 2, 1938. Mr. CLARK S'rETsoN is now managing director of the Copley Theatre and has announced his intention of placing before the public the best plays of the past three years. He is a great believer in the ability of the theatre going public to support the legitimate play and of their inherent appreciation of the well written drama. It is hoped that his venture will be a success. A.P. July 9, 1938. NIL NIILES O'BRYAN, the eminent physicist, is to lecture on the advisability of equipping all vessels with the so-called blister in order that the number of sinkings of vessels during the winter months may be rendered negligible, and thus make it possible for the saving and rehabilitation of injured vessels. A.P. Mar. 15, 1938. Mr. IRVING STORER, who was noted for his talent while in college as a female impersonator, is to direct the Players Club of Omaha, Nebraska, in the pro- ducing of Lady Windemere's Fan. The tickets are already on sale, and if present indications mean anything the cast will play before a record audience. A.P. June 21, 1938. Mr. CHARLES CHOQUETTE, the silver tongued tenor, is to appear with the Dartmouth Glee Club as soloist and will sing the obligato to Nevin's Winken, Blinken and Nod. Mr. Choquette is particularly noted for his splendid enunciation. i281

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1 llLIARK PAs'r1cc1o icvoli A.P. May 28, 1938. Dr. IsADoR M. TARLov performed a miracle operation at the University of Vienna today. It is said that this operation performed upon the heart will bring about a tremendous change. It will also give to humanity a chance to continue life beyond the span of years which now seems to be the average. A.P. Feb. 19, 1938. Editor GEORGE DAWSON of the Butte Montana Chronicle is being sued for defamation of character by one of the city's leading business men. Mr. Daw- son stated in an editorial that certain gentlemen high up in society were in reality the master minds of the great crime wave sweeping that section of the country. A.P. April 25, 1938. ' Mr. HENRY WEBER, who is in charge of the government weather office at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, has been made golf instructor in the Wah Wah Country Club, which is located twelve hundred feet above sea level. Mr. Weber finds that while playing golf the high altitude gives him ample chance for the study of wind variability and cloud formations. A.P. July 2, 1938. MR. GoRDoN K. Down and LESTER F. CROSSLEY sail today for Europe on the S. S. Leviathan. Both gentlemen are intending to study sociology under the most eminent professors at the Universities of Oxford and Berlin. They have been spending the past two years in research work at Columbia Uni- versity. A.P. Oct. 19, 1938. THOMAS C. GANNON has refused the red hat of cardinal and has opened war against the Watch and Ward Society for suppressing his magazine from the newsstands of the country. The title of his publication is No More VVives . Dr. Gannon has always been known for his liberality of thought and modern ideas. A.P. May 19, 1938. ' Mr. WALTER G. BASSETT is now known as the song and dance man and is appearing in the Blue Devil at the Gaiety. Mr. Bassett is a lecturer in Money and Banking at Columbia University in the afternoons. His versa- tility is remarkable and he is meeting with extraordinary success and recog- nized as an authority in his field. A.P. June 10, 1938. Mr. WALLACE LAMB and Mr. lWII,I.IAM FELT are engaged in graduate work at the University of Stockholm, Sweden. Mr. Lamb is doing some original work in the field of international relations between Prussia and Sweden at the time of Gustavus Adolphus. Mr. Felt, while doing work in the Geography of the Scandinavian Countries, is at the same time studying counterpoint and harmony at the Stockholm Conservatory of Music. i271

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x' . lol..-ink PAsT1cc1O iozoli 3 Vg W 3 pr 3 . .4 -----M - ' W ' i lx A.P. May IO, 1938. ik Mr. .lol-IN COOKE in company with Mr. GORDON GEER are going to take i, QR over Jointly the coaching of the University of Porto Rico. Mr. Cooke has ia . been especially successful with the baseball teams he has coached, as has l Q, Mr. Geer- in basketball. They expect to develop teams that will come to the ik Nl. United States playing while here games in baseball and basketball with i N smaller colleges and universities. X X X N A.P. sepi. 19, 1938. 'F it Mr. C.LYDE BENNER in company with Mr. BESTER VVEED is managing the iR- N new Ziegfeld Follies which are to have their initial performance at the New il lip Amsterdam Theatre on Wednesday night, Sept. 23. Mr. Benner announces XX several new specialties that have been directly imported from Paris. These ii in two gentlemen met with great success in their last year's production, How Y fl Do You Do. A ' I sir A.P. Jan. 25, 1938. ' iw V Mr. JOHN ROGERS and Mr. GERIM PANARITY have been sent by the U. S. V J i u it Government to investigate and report upon the condition of the Slovakian hi, I peoples in the Balkan countries. The U. S. Government feels that European ilk countries are unduly exploiting these peoples and their natural resources. ix V Mr. Rogers and Mr. Panarity are experts in their fields, having written il J omtl a book u on The Natural Resources of the Balkan States . ' Emu y P g .1 . lx ll . X .li A .P. A przl 14, 1938. Nb il Mr. GUSTAF CARLSON is preparing to open the Rockfellor Research Labor- l' X atories for public inspection. Mr. Carlson has gathered together some of N the most remarkable specimens of chemical work that have been produced in N it this country in the past ten years. ik N hw A.P. Nov. 10, 1938. -N' X1 x f A Mr. CLIFFORD GRIFFITH has accepted the position of efficiency expert of the li iii U. S. Steel Corporation. Mr. Griffith has made remarkable strides in the fi field of economics and statistics having addressed most of the important it 5 business clubs and societies in the countr . .4 y X l rx N 5 A.P. Dec. 19, 1938. A , . . . . . . , Nl Mr. SAMUEL GRIFF has finished his investigation of the islands of the Pacific ip, .I and will report to the Mandatory Commission of the League of Nations. il ill Mr. Griff has for years been recognized as an expert upon Far Eastern iv questions and his being called in to advise the Mandatory Commission is a ig it fine tribute to his recognized ability. tw' N . f l 5 A.P. Aug. 18, 1938. .1 Mr. THORNTON PITCHER, the renowned banking expert, is to leave on Sep- ilk 5 tember IO for Germany, where he will meet in conference with all European . experts and compare the outstanding features of the American and European lm Q systems. He hopes to bring back to America many innovations that will if W. expedite the present American system. iw , 'N f. .pp rl . 1 . ..... l29l