Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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THE TRUSTEES OF WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE This hoard is known as the Corporation LIFE MEMBERS ' Charles Baker, Secretary 86 Foster St., Worcester Dr. Homer Gage, Treasurer 8 Chestnut St., Worcester Charles L. Allen 6 Academy St., Worcester Charles G. Stratton Hotel Bancroft, Worcester Henry J. Fuller J. E. Aldred Co., 40 George I. Rockwood 2 Military Rd., Worcester Aldus C. Higgins 1 John Wing Rd., Worcester Moses B. Raven 10 Germain St., Worcester Paul B. Morgan 21 Cedar St., Worcester Wall St., New York City EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Ralph Earle, Chairman 11 Boynton St., Worcester Rev. Pierson P. Harris 8 Institute Rd., Worcester Rev. Maxwell Savage 41 Lancaster St., Worcester George N. Jeppson 1 Drury Lane, Worcester Rev. Thomas S. Roy 661 Main St., Worcester Hon. John C. Mahoney Room 27, City Hall, Worcester TERM MEMBERS Term expiring July 1, 1937 Samuel M. Stone Conrad N. Lauer 3 5 Stratford Rd., West Hartford, Conn. 1401 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Herbert H. Ferris 60 Forest Ave., Glen Ridge, N. J. George F. Booth 20 Franklin St., Worcester Term expiring July 1, 1938 Charles F. Bailey Newport News Shipbuilding Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va. Ernest W. Marshall 19 West 44th St., New York City Term expiring July 1, 1939 George F. Fuller Harrison P. Eddy 15 Massachusetts Ave., Worcester Metcalf Eddy, Statler Bldg., Boston Ernest K. Gladding 190 Woodbridge Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. Term expiring July 1, 1940 Howard F. Fritch Albert J. Gifford 207 Melrose St., Melrose Highlands 28 Prospect St., Shrewsbury F. Harold Daniels 2 Regent St., Worcester Term expiring July 1, 1941 Samuel S. Edmands James J. Shea 295 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 146 Bellevue Ave., Springfield George W. Smith, Jr. 10602 Lake Shore Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio. Term expiring, July 1, 1942 Robert L. Hague Herbert H. Ferris 46 5 Park Ave., New York City 60 Forest Ave., Glen Ridge, N. J. Samuel M. Stone 3 5 Stratford Rd., New Hartford, Conn. Page thirty-four

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ENGLISH AND MODERN LANGUAGES ZELOTES WOOD COOMBS Head of Department of English Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Delta Phi; A.B., Amherst, 1888, A.M., 1895; Instructor in English, Brooklyn Polytechnic, University of Virginia, 1888-1890; In¬ structor in Languages, W. P. I., 1890-1895; Assis¬ tant Professor, 1895-1901; Professor, 1901—; Dean of the Institute, 193 6—. LELAND LEAVITT ATWOOD Head of Department of Languages and History. Phi Gamma Delta; B.A., Clark, 1916; M.A., Cor¬ nell, 1922; Ph.D., 1927; Instructor in Modern Languages, 1917-1924; Assistant Professor, North Carolina College for Women, 1924-1926; Clark, 1926-1930; Professor of Modern Languages and History, W. P. I., 1930—. PAUL RICHARD SWAN Delta Mu; A.B., Clark, 1926, and A.M., 1929; Instructor in English, W. P. I., 1927-1936; As¬ sistant Professor, 1936—; General Secretary, W. P. I. S. C. A., 1925—. CHARLES JOSEPH ADAMS A.B., Amherst, 1896; Instructor in Modern Languages, W. P. I., 1908-1913; Assistant Profes¬ sor of English, 1913-1930; Professor, 193 0—. EDWIN HIGGINBOTTOM A.B., Clark, 1926; A.M., Harvard, 1932; Instructor in Modern Languages, W. P. I., 1927-1936; As¬ sistant Professor 193 6—. J. EDWARD FITZGERALD Alpha Epsilon Upsilon; Alpha Sigma Alpha; Alpha Tau Omega; A.B., Clark, 1927; M.A., Middlebury, 1931; Instructor in Modern Languages, W. P. I., 1927-1936; Assistant Professor, 1936 — . Page thirty-three

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SENIORS PERMANENT CLASS OFFICERS William E. Carew, Jr . President Richard J. Lyman . Vice-President Ray K. Linsley . Secretary Francis S. Harvey . Treasurer Henry S. Fuller . Historian OUR FOUR YEARS 1933-37 T , HE annals of the Class of 1937 commence with the assembly in September, 193 3, of about one hundred twenty-six men in the E. E. Lecture room. At this time we were welcomed to Tech by Admiral Earle. He explained to us the aims and ideals of the curriculum at W. P. I., in an address in which he pointed out the fact that we are all shipmates in the great enterprise of securing a gentlemanly education. Following this assembly, we met Prexy personally in Boynton Hall, where we also registered. We were later entertained in the President’s home, and had an opportunity to meet the men with whom we were to be associated during the next four years. In the evening we met in the Commons Room at Sanford Riley Hall to hear about the various activi¬ ties at Tech. Officers of the different organizations told us of their several clubs and invited those who might be interested to look into the matter. Our introduction to the Sophomores came at this time. We received the handbook known as the Tech Bible, and were given a set of Freshman Rules. These were handed out with the explicit instructions that they were to be followed to the letter, and thus the dignity which we might have retained up to this event was taken away. We elected Al Wheeler to the position of Class Chairman. During the following days of Freshman Week we learned much concerning our new home. We took division placement examinations, although the divisions have always remained more or less of a mystery to us. Pop” Adams took our pic- Page thirty-seven