Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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Two years ago, the name of the Worcester Tech annual publication was changed from the Aftermath to the Peddler. This change was made not only because the word “Peddler” in itself has a deeper and more significant meaning to Tech men, but also because it was to be the first step towards the realization of a new policy. For many years there had been growing on the “Hill” a feeling that the year book should be a college book rather than a class book. It should chronicle the activities of the whole school, he of interest to faculty and underclassmen alike, hold something of interest for each subscriber. A complete transition was not attempted, nor would it have been possible. This year, however, one very definite advancement has been made. The “Peddler” staff has been made self-perpetuating. It no longer consists of members of the graduating staff alone, but includes members of all classes. No ' longer will a newly elected staff take over the task of editing a book without previous experience. Each new editor will have been closely associated with the publishing of the previous book, will begin where his predecessor left off and profit by his mistakes. To crystallize and preserve the priceless events of the college year, to bind and perpetuate our classroom comraderies, to bridge the gap between student and alumnus by drawing into a closer understanding the four classes of the Institute; this has been the purpose of the editors. They will have b een amply repaid for their efforts if the 1930 “Peddler” is received in the spH TlTh S dch it was published, an earnest desire to do for Tech everything hru anly possi e under the circumstances. JJ ( 5

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THE PEDDLER D to HenryJ. Fuller the man who has made our college years the more enjoyable, instructive, and beneficial by a more broadening influ¬ ence than could have been obtained by the bare fundamentals of our engineer¬ ing training. To the man who has opened the doors of opportunity to the ingenious, and who, by his own possession of that trait, has attained a high place in the world of business and finance, we do then offer this ivork as a measure of our

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