Wentworth Institute of Technology - Tekton Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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FRONT ROW: Roma, Harper, Brodeur, Jeghers, Anderson, Courtemanche Secretar' Schaedler President , V, , g Gaboury, Vice-Presidentg Rosselli, Treasurerg Wright, O'Shaughnessy, Way. SECOND ROW: Malone, Nolan, Polimeni, Swercew- ski, Norton, Huebner, Valatka, McAloon, Osborne, Ray- mond, Hayes, Spratt, Ledger CAbsentD. THIRD ROW: Mac- Donald, Miller, Farrow, Burr, Winn, Seebach, Spender, Stephens, Pigeon, Dow, Cerchione, Federici, Treen. FOURTH ROW: Daly, Alizio, LeBlanc, Boileau, Buchanan lgltiy, Finley, Pazzanese, Bucelato, Patriquin, Richards, Mc: a . STUDE T COUNCIL The Student Council provides for the organization, man- agement, and financing of many of the student activities. It is composed of all the class section presidents, elected by their respective classes, and an executive committee. The section president carries with him the views and suggestions of his fellow classmates, by virtue of his position he is a recognized spokesman of the student body. The guiding force behind the Student Council is its executive committee. This committee consists of a President, Vice-President, Sec- retary and Treasurer, all of whom are elected by the student body. Committees are formed within the Student Council for the purpose of performing duties and tending to functions for the students, both social and non-social. The real key- stones of the Student Council are the section presidents, if they are determined enough to carry out the responsi- bilities invested in them, the Council may accomplish much. David Swercewski, the Chairman of the Dance Commit- tee, has given a great deal of his time to the social events at Wentworth Institute. Under his leadership the Dance Committee has sponsored two highly successful dances and the first Hoorenanny in the history of Wentwortli Institute. Robert Cerchione has done a terrilic job of distributing and supervising the sale of tickets. Bryant Richards and Larry Gaboury have also contributed their untiring aid to the success of the Dance Committee. Frank Ledger for the second consecutive year has lead the I. D. Card Program. The 1965 I. D. cards have been improved over the hrst-issue cards of last year. This has been done through the use of the I.B.M. class lists. This year's card carried the same design as the 1964 I. D. card, which was designed by Martin Marcus, class of '64. The I. D. Card Committee for 1966 has already been formed and is at work on the 1966 I. D. card. Each 'member of the I. D. Card Committee is to be commended for a successful pro- gram. As vice-president I was fortunate to be chairman of the Christmas Party Committee. The 1964-65 Christmas Party for underprivileged children was the largest and most successful in the history of Wentworth Institute. This year's party was held at the Salvation Army's Red Shield Boy's Club in South Boston. The committee was able to present, on behalf of the generous support of the student body, gym equipment to the Boy's Club valued at better than 353,000 I would like to thank each member of the Christmas Patty Committee, especially Ronald Pazzanese, for his part in making the Christmas Party the success that it was. The annual Miss Wentworth Contest, co-sponsored by the Student Council and the Wenitech, was a tremendous success. Roderick Hunt, chairman of the Miss Wentworth Contest, and Ronald Brodeur, co-chairman, and their com- mittee have also undertaken the planning of a student Held day. Another Student Council first has been the construction and erection of the student ride map, located in the hall near the Common's Room. The map makes the task of obtaining a ride or rides easier for the student in need. Charles Courte- manche, Curtiss Burr, Ronald Pazzanese, and Edward Miller were the originators of the ride map. This year marks the 46th anniversary of the Student Coun- cil. The Student Council would like to express its thanks to Mr. Avtgis for his help in making this 46th year the highest level of success and ambition of the Student Council.

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CLEE CLUB The Glee Club is one of the most popular and well-known clubs at Wentworth. Perhaps better than any other activity it represents the Wentworth spirit through its enthusiastic effort to provide musical entertainment throughout the year. It is regularly featured-at Presidents convocations, and stars annually at the Open House and Spring Musicale, as well as the Christmas Convocation and caroling on Boston Common. This year the club has performed a wide variety of songs, including Negro spirituals, show tunes, popular songs, and serious religious music. Some of this year's favorite numbers were Tonight from Wert Side Story and Hello, Dolly from the show of the same name. Under the Hue direction of Mr. Edward Whittredge and with the excellent accompani- ment of Mr. Samuel Adams the Glee Club has flourished and grown into a line choral organization. A particularly fine feature of the club is the Double Quartet, which presents outstanding songs of harmony on special occasions. This year the Double Quartet con- sisted of David Erickson and David Shelton, baritonesg Roland Packard and Steven Ayer, second tenors, Bernard Pesce and David Crane, first tenorsg and Milan Cook and Edward Hopkins, basses. It is only through the combined efforts of each and every member that the Glee Club can present a successful and entertaining year's program. This year's club was a credit to the director, the faculty advisors, and to Wentworth Institute. FRONT ROW: Gibson, Pisiewski, Hopkins, Rogers, Westerling, Librarian: Shelton, Librariang Erickson, President, Duke, Roseman, Porcaro, Thompson, Cook. SECOND ROW: Mr. Edward Whittredge, Directorg Small, Crane, Rege, Palmer, Gary, Pesce, Betnache, Harman, Cronin, Reddick, Adams, Accompanist. THIRD ROW: Petersen, Beckman, Scribner, Ryan, Ellis, Cushman, Franke, Kiredjian, McKenna, Carpenter, Marino.

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TAU ALPHA PI At Wentworth the standards are high and because of this, industry holds the Went- worth man in high regard. There are men at Wentworth who strive for the highest and come close to attaining it, such are the men who are members of the Delta Alpha Chapter of Tau Alpha Pi, the national honor society for technical institutes. Its member- ship is limited to those men who have made the Presidents Honor Roll twice or have made a 5.50 index in each of three successive quarters. Members of Tau Alpha Pi are not satisfied to just be known as members of the honor society, they wish to help better Wentworth. That is why Tau Alpha Pi takes on various projects every year which Hll a need. The largest project, which continues throughout the school year, is the tutoring service conducted during the noon lunch periods. Members give their time and knowledge to assist students having difficulty with their academic work. In addition, the society assists in running the bloodmobile program in the fall, the information service at the Open House in the spring, and they supervise the balloting for candidates for the ofiicers of the Student Council. In addition to the services the society renders to the Institute, it has a number of fine programs with speakers at its semi-weekly meetings. FRONT ROW: True, Ayer, Morey, Treasurerg Tapply, Vice- cewski, Mt. Bunker. Faculty Advisor. THIRD ROW: Nolan, Presrdentg MacLeod, President, Lemieux, Secretary, Donald- Bastian, LeBlanc, Blades, Kimble, Schaedler, Valle, Nay, son, OShaughnessy, Merrill. SECOND ROW: Shaw, Huss, Bickford. FOURTH ROW: Butler, Bayliss, Smith, Patri- Winterhalter, Ledger, Aunio, Clark, Ferguson, Day, Swer- quin, Buchanan, MacDonald.