Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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B. L. WELLMAN Mechanical Engineering J. H. WHENMAN Mechanical Engineering R. T. YOUNG Physics Page twenty-eight Instructors

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Permanent Class Officers Donald L. Edmunds, President John R. Brand, Vice-President Harold F. Hendrickson, Secretary Alan F. Shepardson, Treasurer C. Norman Svenson, Historian History— Hass of 1936 r J , HE Class of 1936 met for the hist time Monday, Sept. 26, 1932, in the lecture hall of the Electrical Engineering building. They came from all directions. Green? Yes, but filled with a desire to learn all that Tech had in store for them and to make their class one of the best. On that hrst day, 156 men gathered and began to make the history of this class. During that hrst hectic week we heard lectures ac¬ quainting us with the traditions of Tech and it was also during that week that we hrst en¬ countered our rivals, the Sophomores, or the class which talked much but did little. We had our hrst chance to become acquainted with the upper classmen at the Y. M. C. A. reception held in the gymnasium on the Friday after our arrival. After the reception we gathered in small groups to scare off the un- gentlemenly Sophomores and later, under the cover of darkness, crept to the athletic held and tore down their hag, much to their surprise. Yes, there were some guards but we made short work of them. Our hrst real clash was an organized one and it took place between the halves of the football game on Oct. 8. This was the annual paddle rush which we lost mainly because of our inexperience in this type of “Sport.” Perhaps the Sophs were taking revenge for the set-back they suffered th e pre¬ vious week when they tried, but failed, to make us perform for them during the halves of the game. About three a.m. on Sat., Oct. 22, a group from the class visited Alumni held and the result was that our class numerals were fastened about three-quarters of the distance up the flag pole with about 57 pounds of lard liberally spread on the pole and on the ground about it. The Sophs had quite a time shooting the hag down before the football game in the afternoon. On Oct. 29, the annual rope-pull was held at Institute Pond and this proved to be a very tiring affair to the “pullers” but very exciting to the crowd. It was only after hve minutes of extra pulling that the victor was finally announced and the result was that we were forced to wade through the icy waters of the pond. The class of ’35 was the winner of the track meet, but several men of varsity caliber were unearthed from our class. About this time “Ray” Casler received the Yankee Ingenuity Scholarship for his fine glider which was constructed from odds and ends and required many hours of hard work to perfect. Nov. 15 again found the two lower classes battling each other, this time on the soccer and football fields. The Sophs won the soccer game, Seniors Page thirty