Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 168 of the 1939 volume:

% % o ■% : £ Q O € 9 ' t ' J O O ' 1939 PEDDLER ■hh To all who have given of their time to the 1939 Peddler we extend our sincere thanks. We are especially grateful to R. Kimball and D. Bates for their efficient camera work. Robert W. Martin Editor-in-chief John H. Lancaster Managing Editor Albert A. Nims Business Manager Thomas G. Bourne Advertising Manager Howard-Wesson Co.—Engraving The Heffernan Press—Printing J. Carroll Brown—Photography WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS FOREWORD To preserve the memory of life and associations at Worcester Tech, we proudly present the 1939 Peddler. It is an informal volume designed to picture the various phases of student activity as they really exist. If it serves in some small way as a bond between the Alma Mater and her sons, then we shall be happy in the realization that we have accomplished our purpose. r CONTENTS BOOK I PEOPLE People, more than buildings and the campus, make Worcester Tech dear to our hearts; therefore we first present the “Shipmates.” BOOK II FRATERNITIES The foremost factor in the formula of success is the ability to make strong and lasting friendships. As the fraternities play so important a part in the attainment of this ability we present them second. BOOK III ACTIVITIES Broadened interests and a cooperative spirit are prime values gained from the organizations and athletics which we present as the third phase of our life at Tech. Ralph Earle, D.Sc., D.Eng., LL.D. Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy IN MEMORIAM Few men achieve the true greatness that comprises service to God, to country, and to fellow men. Admiral Ralph Earle held a high place in this select company, one of the remarkable men of his time. His words, his thoughts, his actions, his whole life, will long serve as an inspiration to the men of Worcester Tech who would do their best to make the world a better place in which to live. We dedicate this volume to him, a man whose great courage and enviable success placed him on a plane high above us; whose understanding and cooperation made him one of us. May this book take its place among the many monuments to the memory of a great man—Prexy. ®®®35 Q THE ADMINISTRATION THE FACULTY t k THE SENIORS THE UNDER-CLASSES OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION Left to right —Prof. Knight, Miss Haynes, Prof. Kolb, Prof. Taylor, Prof. Roys (Acting Pres.), Prof. Locke, Dean Howe, Miss Rugg. OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION Francis William Roys Jerome Willard Howe Zelotes Wood Coombs Gertude Rogers Rugg Emily Maud Haynes Arthur Julius Knight Robert Phillips Kolb William Willard Locke, Jr. Herbert Foster Taylor ACTING PRESIDENT Upon the passing of President Earle the duties of directing the administration devolved on Prof. Francis W. Roys. His patience and persistence in meeting this extremely difficult task have added to the esteem in which he is held by both faculty and students. Acting President Dean, and Assistant to President Dean Emeritus Registrar Librarian Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds Superintendent of Light, Heat and Power Superintendent of the Dormitory Head, Placement and Publicity BOARD OF TRUSTEES LIFE MEMBERS TERM MEMBERS George I. Roekwood, Chairman Charles Baker, Secretary Albert J. Gifford, Treasurer Charles L. Allen Charles G. Stratton Aldus C. Higgins Paul B. Morgan Henry J. Fuller Samuel M. Stone EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS George N. Jepson Rev. Maxwell Savage Rev. Thomas S. Roy Rev. Pierson P. Harris Hon. William F. Bennett F. Howard Daniels Howard F. Fritch John A. Remon George W. Smith, Jr. James J. Shea George P. Dixon Herbert H. Ferris Robert L. Hague Lester A. Magraw Truman D. Hayes Wallace T. Montague Frank W. Jackson George F. Booth George C. Gordon Frank C. Harrington Mr. Hague died March 8. 1939. He was one of the Institute’s most generous alumni, and had provided scholarships for numerous students, including seven in the class of 1939. “Tech Launches One-Million Dollar Building Program,” was the headline that followed the 1939 Winter Meeting of the Corporation, which is shown below. TRUSTEES Seated —F. Jackson. G. Roekwood, F. Daniels. T. Hayes, H. Fuller, A. Higgins. Standing —E. Gladding, C. Baker, H. Ferris, R. Earle, 11. Fritch, G. Smith. J. Shea. THE FACULTY MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Francis William Roys Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Head of Department B.S., W. P. I., 1909, and M.E., 1917; In¬ structor in Mechanical Engineering, 1910- 16; Assistant Professor, 1917-23; Professor, 1923-. Charles Metcalf Allen Professor of Hydraulic Engineering B.S., W. P. I., 1894, M.S., 1899, and D.Eng., (Hon.) 1929; Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, 1894-1902; Assistant Professor of Experimental Engineering, 1902-06; Pro¬ fessor, 1906-09; Professor of Hydraulic Engineering, 1909-. Gleason Harvey MacCullough Professor of Engineering Mechanics B.S., W. P. I., 1918, and M.S., 1931; Sc.D., Univ. of Michigan, 1932; Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, W. P. I., 1918-24; Assistant Professor, 1924-30; Professor, 1930- 32; Professor of Engineering Mechanics, 1932-. Robert Phillips Kolb Professor of Heat-Power Engineering M.E., Rensselaer, 1918; M.M.E., Cornell Univ., 1932; Instructor in Mechanical En¬ gineering, Rensselaer, 1919-21; Clarkson, 1921-22; Lehigh Univ., 1922-25; Assistant Professor, Washington Univ., 1925-27; No. Carolina State College, 1927-35; Professor, Univ. of Alabama, 1935-36; Professor of Heat-Power Engineering, W. P. I., 1936-. Kenneth Gerald Merriam Professor of Aeronautical Engineering. S.B., M. I. T., 1922; M.S., W. P. I., 1935; Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Maine, 1922-23; W. P. I., 1923-28; tThe Elmer P. Howe Professor of Aeronautical Engineering, 1828-38; Professor, 1938-. Harold Winthrop Dows Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering B.S., W. P. I., 1918, and M.E., 1931; Instruc¬ tor in Mechanical Engineering, 1919-30; Assistant Professor, 1930-. Donald Graham Downing Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering B.S., W. P. I., 1926, and M.S., 1937; Instruc¬ tor in Civil Engineering, Lehigh Univ., 1926- 27; Mechanical Engineering, W. P. I., 1927- 37; Assistant Professor, 1937-. Arthur Justin Staples Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering B.S., Univ. of Maine 1927; M.S., W. P. I., 1937; Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, W. P. I., 1927-37; Assistant Professor, 1937-. M. Lawrence Price Assistant Professor of Machine Design B.S., W. P. I., 1930, and M.S., 1934; Instruc¬ tor in Mechanical Engineering, 1930-37; Assistant Professor of Machine Design. 1937-. Carl Gunnard Johnson Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Instructor in Forge Practice, 1921-31; Mechanical Engineering, 1931-38; Assistant Professor, 1938-. Clyde Warren Hubbard Assistant Professor of Hydraulic Engineering B.S., W. P. I., 1926, and M.E., 1931; Grad¬ uate Assistant in Mechanical Engineering, 1926-27; Instructor, 1927-38; Assistant Pro¬ fessor of Hydraulic Engineering, 1938-. Bernard Leighton Wellman Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering B.S., Univ. of Ill., 1930; M.S., W. P. I„ 1935; Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, W. P. I., 1930-38; Assistant Professor, 1938. Leslie James Hooper Assistant Professor of Hydraulic Engineering B.S., W. P. I., 1924, and M.E., 1928; Instruc¬ tor in Hydraulic Engineering, 1931-38; As¬ sistant Professor, 1938- Burton Linwood Gray Instructor in Foundry Practice Instructor in Foundry Practice, 1910-. Walter William Monroe Instructor in Pattern-making and Drawing Instructor in Pattern-making, 1912-26; Pat¬ ternmaking and Drawing, 1926. Carl William Larson Instructor in Mechanical Engineering B. M. E., Northeastern, 1923; Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, W. P. I., 1923-. John Hamilton Whenman Instructor in Mechanical Engineering Northeastern, 1926; Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, W. P. I., 1926-. Walter Raymond Devoe Instructor in Mechanical Engineering Assistant in Pattern-making, W. P. I., 1924- 30; Instructor in Mechanical Engineer¬ ing, 1930-. Joseph Board Chamberlain Instructor in Mechanical Engineering M.E., Rensselaer, 1933; Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, W. P. I., 1936-. Frank Stanley Finlayso n Instructor in Mechanical Engineering B.S., W. P. I., 1931; Instructor in Mechan¬ ical Engineering, 1937-. Edward William Armstrong Instructor in Mechanical Engineering B.S., W. P. I., 1936; Instructor in Mechan¬ ical Engineering, 1937. Richard Grant Munson Instructor in Mechanical Engineering B.S., W. P. I., 1938; Instructor in Mechan¬ ical Engineering, 1938- ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Theodore Harding Morgan Professor of Electrical Engineering and Head of Department A. B., Stanford, 1920, and E. E., 1929; In¬ structor in Electrical Engineering, Stanford, 1922-26; Assistant Professor and Assistant to Executive Head of Electrical Engineering Department, 1927-31; Professor, W. P. I., 1931-. Carl Dunham Knight Professor of Experimental Electrical Engineering B. S., W. P. I., 1903, and E.E., 1908; In¬ structor in Electrical Engineering, 1904-08; Assistant Professor of Experimental Elec¬ trical Engineering, 1908-20; Professor, 1920-. Francis Joseph Adams Professor of Electrical Engineering B.S., W. P. I.,1904 and E.E., 1906; Graduate Assistant in Electrical Engineering, 1904-06; Instructor, 1907-17; Assistant Professor, 1917-31; Professor, 1931-. Clarence Albert Pierce Professor of Theoretical Electrical Engineering B.S., Wesleyan, 1902, and M.S., 1904; Ph.D., Cornell. 1908; Assistant in Physics, Wes¬ leyan, 1902-04; Instructor in Electrical En¬ gineering, Cornell, 1904-11; Assistant Pro¬ fessor of Theoretical Electrical Engineering, W. P. I., 1911-31; Professor, 1931-. Harold Arthur Maxfield Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering B.S., W. P. I., 1916, E.E., 1925, and M.S, 1927; Instructor in Electrical Engineering, 1921-27; Assistant Professor, 1927; Super¬ intendent of the Dormitory, 1927-33 Hobart Hallett Newell Assistant Professor of Experimental Electrical Engineering B.S., W. P. I., 1918; Instructor in Electrical Engineering, 1921-28; Assistant Professor of Experimental Electrical Engineering, 1928-. Victor Siegfried Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering A. B., Stanford, 1930, and E.E., 1932; In¬ structor in Electrical Engineering, W. P. I., 1933-37; Assistant Professor, 1937-. William Willard Locke, Jr. Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Superintendent of Dormitory B. S., W. P. I., 1930; Graduate Assistant in Electrical Engineering, 1930-32; Instructor, 1932-38; Assistant Professor, 1938-.; As¬ sistant to Superintendent of Dormitory, 1931-33; Superintendent, 1933-. Karl Stiefei. Instructor in Electrical Engineering Dipl. El. Ing., Eidgenossische Technische Hochchule, Zurich 1930; Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, 1930-34; Electrical Engineering, W. P. I., 1938-. CIVIL ENGINEERING Andrew Hall Holt Professor of Civil Engineering and Head of Department B.S., in C.E., Univ. of Vermont, 1912; M.S., State Univ. of Iowa, 1920; C.E., Univ. of Vermont, 1922; J.D.. State Univ. of Iowa, 1931; Instructor in Civil Engineering, Univ. of Vermont, 1912-14; State Univ. of Iowa, 1914-17; Assistant Professor, State Univ. of Iowa, 1919-21; Associate Professor, 1921- 34; Professor, 1934-37; Professor of Civil Engineering, W. P. I., 1937-. Arthur Julius Knight Professor of Civil Engineering and Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds B.S., W. P. I., 1907; Instructor in Civil Engineering, 1910-16; Assistant Professor, 1916-30; Professor, 1930-; Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, 1917. Carl Frederick Meyer Professor of Civil Engineering B.S., W. P. I., 1922, and C.E., 1929; M.C.E., Cornell, 1938; Instructor in Civil Engineer¬ ing, W. P. I., 1924-29; Assistant Professor, 1929-38; Exchange Professor. Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1936-37; Pro¬ fessor of Civil Engineering, W. P. I., 1938-. Stanley Herbert Fillion Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering B.S., W. P. I., 1930; M.S.E., Univ. of Mich¬ igan, 1934; Instructor in Civil Engineering, W. P. I, 1930-37; Assistant Professor, 1937-. CHEMISTRY Frederic Raymond Butler Professor of Chemistry and Acting Head of Department of Chemistry B.S., W. P. I., 1920, and M.S., 1922; A.M., Harvard, 1924, and Ph.D., 1925; Graduate Assistant in Chemistry, W. P. I., 1920-22; Instructor, Mass. State College, 1925-27; Assistant Professor, W. P. I., 1927-37; Professor, 1937-. Maurice Edward Smith Professor of Chemistry B.A., Univ. of New Brunswick, 1917; M.A., Univ. of Toronto, 1919, and Ph.D., 1921; Assistant in Chemistry, 1917-21; Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, Queen’s University, 1921-22; Instructor In Chemistry, W. P. I., 1924-27; Assistant Professor, 1927-38; Pro¬ fessor, 1938-. Harry Benjamin Feldman Assistant Professor of Chemistry B.S., W. P. I., 1926, and M.S., 1929; Student Assistant in Chemistry, 1925-26; Graduate Assistant, 1926-27; Graduate Assistant in Chemistry and Physics, 1927-28; Instructor in Chemistry, 1928-36; Assistant Professor, 1936-. Charles Henry Stauffer Instructor in Chemistry A.B., Swarthmore. 1934; A.M., Harvard. 1936, and Ph.D., 1937; Assistant in Organic Chemistry, Harvard, 1934-36; LTniversity Fellowship, 1936-37; Instructor in Chemistry, W. P. I., 1937-. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Frank Charles Howard Professor of Chemical Engineering and Acting Head of Department of Chemical Engineering S.B., M. I. T., 1917, and S.M., 1924; In¬ structor in Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Ill., 1926-36; Assistant Professor, W. P. I., 1936-. John Matthew Petrie Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering B.S., W. P. I., 1929, and M.S., 1931; Grad¬ uate Assistant in Chemistry, 1929-31; In¬ structor, 1931-32; Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 1932-37; Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, 1937-. Albert Dunning King Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering B.S., M. I. T„ 1932, and M.S., 1933; Pro¬ fessor of Chemical Engineering, M. I. T„ 1938-39; Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, W. P. I., 1939-. PHYSICS Arthur Woolsey Ewell Professor of Physics and Head of Department A. B., Yale, 1897, and Ph.D., 1899; Assistant in Physics, Yale, 1897-99; Instructor W. P. I„ 1900-04; Assistant Professor, 1904- 10; Professor, 1910-. Morton Masius Professor of Physics Ph.D., Univ. of Leipzig, 1908; Whiting Fel¬ low, Harvard, 1908-09; Instructor in Physics, W. P. I., 1909-15; Assistant Professor, 1915-19; Professor, 1919-. Samuel James Plimpton Assistant Professor of Physics Ph.D., Yale, 1905, and Ph.D., 1912; Loomis Fellow, 1905-06; Assistant in Physics, 1909- 12; Instructor, 1912-13; Johns Hopkins, 1913- 14; W. P. I., 1914-19; Assistant Professor, 1919-. Richard Alexander Beth Assistant Professor of Physics B. S., W. P. I„ 1927, and M.S., 1929; Dr. Phil. Nat., Univ. of Frankfurt, 1932; In¬ structor in Physics, W. P. I., 1927-29; Leave of absence, as Research Associate, Palmer Lab., Princeton Univ., 1934-35; Assistant Professor, 1932-. Willard Elliott Lawton Assistant Professor of Physics B.S., W. P. I., 1920, and M.S., 1922; Grad¬ uate Assistant in Physics, 1920-22; Instruc¬ tor, 1922-36; Assistant Professor, 1936-. Karl Wilhelm Meissner Assistant Professor of Physics Dr. Rer. Nat., Univ. of Tuebingen, 1914; Privatdozent in Physics, Univ. of Zurich, 1918-25; a. o. Professor of Advanced Ex¬ perimental Physics, Univ. of Frankfurt, 1925-28; ord. Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Observatory, 1928-33; Direc¬ tor of the Physics Institute, 1933-37; Assist¬ ant Professor ci Physics, W. P. I., 1938-. Robert Thompson Young, Jr. Instructor in Physics B.A., Univ. of Montana, 193 0; M.A., Univ. of Illinois, 1932; Ph.D., Harvard, 1936; Assistant in Physics, Univ. of Illinois, 1930- 32; Instructor, W. P. I., 1935-. ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS Albert James Schwieger Professor of Economics, Government, and Business, and Head of Department B.A., Hamline, Univ., 1928; M.A., Clark Univ., 1929; Ph.D., Harvard, 1936; Scholar and Assistant in Economics and Sociology, Clark Univ., 1928-29; Fellow, 1930-32; In¬ structor in Economics, Univ. of No. Dakota, 1929-30; Austin Scholar, Harvard Univ., 1932-33; Instructor in Economics and Gov¬ ernment, W. P. I., 1930-36; Assistant Pro¬ fessor, 1936-37; Professor of Economics, Government and Business, 1937-. Paul Herbert Norgren Assistant Professor of Economics, Government, and Business B.S., W. P. I., 1927; A. M., Harvard, 1937; Assistant Professor of Economics, Govern¬ ment and Business, W. P. I., 1937-. Frank Kuhns Shallenberger Instructor in Economics, Government, and Business A.B., Leland Stanford Univ., 1935; M.B.A., Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, 1938; Instructor in Economics, Government and Business, W. P. I., 1938-. ENGLISH Charles Joseph Adams Professor of English and Head of Department A.B., Amherst, 1896; Instructor in Modern Languages, W. P. I., 1908-13; Assistant Pro¬ fessor of English, 1913-30; Professor, 1930-. Paul Richard Swan Assistant Professor of English and General Secretary, S. C. A. A.B., Clark Univ., 1923, and A.M., 1929; Instructor in English, W. P. I., 1927-36; Assistant Professor, 1936-; General Secre¬ tary, W. P. I. S. C. A., 1925-. Edwin Higginbottom Assistant Professor of English A. B., Clark Univ., 1926; A.M., Harvard, 1932; Instructor in Modern Languages, W. P. I., 1927-34; Instructor in Modern Lan¬ guages and History, 1934-36; Assistant Pro¬ fessor, 1936-37; English, 1937-. MODERN LANGUAGES Leland Leavitt Atwood Professor of Modern Languages and History and Head of Department B. A., Clark Univ., 1916; M.A., Cornell, 1922; Ph.D., 1927; Instructor in Modern Lan¬ guages, 1917-18; 1919-24; Assistant Profes¬ sor, North Carolina College of Women, 1924-26; Clark Univ., 1926-30; Professor, W. P. I., 1930-34; Professor of Modern Languages and History, 1934-. J. Edward Fitzgerald Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and History A.B., Clark University., 1927; M.A., Middle- bury College, 1931; Student Assistant in Geology, Clark Univ., 1925-27; Instructor in Modern Languages, W. P. I., 1927-34; In¬ structor in Modern Languages and History, 1934-36; Assistant Professor, 1936-. Claude Knight Scheifley Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and History A.B., Univ. of Pa., 1928; M.A., Cornell, 1934; Instructor in Modern Languages, W. P. I., 1928-33; German, Miami Univ., 1934-37; Assistant Professor of Modern Lan¬ guages and History, W. P. I., 1937-. MATHEMATICS Raymond Kurtz Morley Professor of Mathematics and Head of Department A. B., and A.M., Tufts, 1904; Pli.D., Clark, 1910; Instructor in Mathematics, Univ. of Maine, 1904-07; W. P. I., 1910-11; Univ. of Ill., 1911-12; Assistant Professor, W. P. L, 1912-17; Professor, 1917-21; tThe John E. Sinclair Professor of Mathematics, 1921-. Harris Rice Professor of Mathematics B. S., W. P. L, 1912; A.M., Harvard, 1922; Instructor in Mathematics, Tufts, 1915-19; Harvard, 1918; Assistant Professor, Tufts, 1919-20; W. P. I., 1920-24; Professor, 1924-. Harold Joseph Gay Professor of Mathematics A. B., Harvard, 1919; A.M., Clark, 1922; In¬ structor in Mathematics, W. P. I., 1919-24; Assistant Professor, 1924-38; Professor, 1938-. William Lewis Phinney, Jr. Assistant Professor of Mathematics B. S., Dartmouth, 1920; A.M., Clark, 1922; Instructor in Mathematics, W. P. I., 1920-30; Assistant Professor, 1930-. Edward Choate Brown Assistant Professor of Mathematics A. B., Harvard, 1918; M.A., LIniv. of Maine, 1923; Instructor in Mathematics, General Electric Engineering School, 1918-21 ; Univ. of Maine, 1921-24; W. P. L, 1924-36; As¬ sistant Professor, 1936-. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Herbert Foster Taylor Secretary-Treasurer of the Alumni Association B. S., W. P. I., 1912; Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, 1920-34; Secretary-Treas¬ urer of the Alumni Association, 1922-; Head, Placement and Publicity. 1938-. PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HYGIENE Percy Robert Carpenter Professor of Physical Education and Head of Department A.B., Harvard, 1907; Hitchcock Fellow, Am¬ herst, 1906-09; Assistant Dean, 1908-10; Instructor in Physical Education, 1909-10; Assistant Professor, 1910-11; Associate Pro¬ fessor, 1911-16; Professor of Physical Educa¬ tion, W. P. I„ 1916-. Ivan Edwin Bigler Instructor in Physical Education Athletic Director, Juniata College, 1913-15; Instructor in Physical Education, W. P. I., 1921-. Frank W. Grant Instructor in Swimming Instructor in Swimming, W. P. I„ 1929-. We sincerely appreciate the cooperation of R. Kimball, H. Jacobs, D. Bates, and R. Mirick for these informal faculty pictures. SENIOR OFFICERS Seated: C. Amidon, Secretary; A. Raslavsky, President; J. Hollick, Vice- President. Standing: C. Keyser, Treasurer; W. Ahearn, Historian. HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1939 ' pHE class of ’39 obtained its first oppor¬ tunity to look itself over as a whole on the afternoon of Monday, September 23, 1935, in the Electrical Engineering lecture room. Every fellow there was looking forward with enthusiasm to the coming year, that is until the Sophs arrived on the scene. During our first week the faculty and the upper classmen did their best by means of meetings and lectures to acquaint us with life at Tech. On Tuesday night Jack Lan¬ caster was elected temporary chairman of the class as its leader until we could get our hearings. On Thursday classes com¬ menced and we “came down to earth” to do the work for which we had come to Tech. On Friday night the S. C. A. recep¬ tion was held after which we had our first TIME OUT FOR LUNCH thorough fight with the Sophomores as they had all now returned. Many and vivid are the memories of speeding rotten tomatoes, odoriferous eggs, and super-soft fruits! It was during the third week that we held our first election, naming “Jack” Rushton, president; “Fred” Beardsworth, vice-president; “Ed” Kiem, secretary; and “Bill” Sexton, treasurer. Although the class of ; 39 seemed to be superior to the class of ’38 in open fights, such was not the case in organized compe¬ tition. The paddle rush, held between the halves of the Connecticut State foot¬ ball game on October 19, gave us our first inkling of this and the loss of the track meet gave further evidence of this fact. On Saturday, October 26, the much heralded rope pull was held, but for us it was only our third bitter disappointment. In the interclass soccer, November 16, we were again, much to our mortification, defeated by the class of ’38. We had one condolence, however: the strength tests showed our class to be the stronger, if that means anything. In the interclass football game our hopes brightened a bit as the game was hard fought to a scoreless tie. In the middle of November w ' e forgot our woes as a class for a while, when we became intensely interested in the fratern¬ ity rushing which was conducted under new and stringent rules. Studies became neglected to make way for the royal recep¬ tions received from the fraternities. After pledging was over and our work began as pledges our pride was brought down a notch or two. On March 14, that gala event, the Tech Carnival, was held at which time we had CIVILS TRY A NEW STRUCTURE another chance to try to defeat the noble Sophs. On that night, class of ’39 pre¬ sented Warren Keating’s excellent skit, “A Midsummer’s Nightmare” and raised the spirits of all freshmen by winning the Carnival Cup. Our Joy was not long-lived though. Only a few weeks later the Sophomores defeated us in swimming and later also in bowling. HEY! NELLIE Before school closed in June we decided to hold our election of officers for the second year. Those elected were “Dave” McEwan, president; “Ed” Roszko, vice- president; John Holliek, secretary; Carl Lewin, treasurer. Soon afterward the last assembly was held at which “Al” Raslav- sky received the Skull Trophy and “Dave” McEwan received honorable mention. Our second year opened with the usual onslaught by the Sophs on the Frosh, we, the Sophs, feeling much superior to the lowly Freshmen. Before the year finished, said Sophs discovered their superiority was purely mythical. Our first inkling to this effect came when ’39 was defeated by ’40 in the paddle rush. At the rope pull we redeemed ourselves by soaking the Frosh after only twelve minutes. The joy 122 ] was short-lived however, because after two meetings the Tech Council decided, on November 8, that ’39 should forfeit the rope pull because we took undue advan¬ tage of the Frosh. Some class had to be the “goat” to end unfairness in rope pulls and 39 was it, much to our disgust. Before this, the Frosh had also won the inter¬ class track meet from us, which only deepened our misery. Later our spirits were raised, however. The hard fighting Soph football and soccer teams defeated the corresponding fresh¬ man teams. In the latter part of Novem¬ ber, the Tech Carnival was again put on. This time Warren Keating again came through with a winning skit for us, “Charlie Chin in Worcester”. No more events of interest occurred until March, at which time the fast playing Soph bas¬ ketball team not only defeated the Frosh, but also won the interclass hoop title. In April the Soph-Frosh rivalry was tied E.E.’S ALSO MUST EAT by our win in the bowding matches. Things now r seemed more hopeful for us than at the beginning of the year. In May there was a little class strife all our own about junior jackets for which we had long waited. Very few r of us will ever forget that half-hour long class meet- PINKY’S MEN ing, after physics lecture, when dinners became cold and arguments became hot. Some wanted red, some wanted grey, some didn’t care. The final choice was red jackets, now long familiar. On May 24 elections were held for our next, or Junior year, with the following results: President, “Al” Raslavsky; vice- president, John Hoi lick; secretary, “Charley” Amidon; treasurer, Carl Lewin. The Frosh-Soph rivalry was now re¬ sumed. We won the rifle clash, but the Frosh took tennis and golf thereby gaining for themselves the Goat’s head. Our next event of the year was our first social event as a class, the Soph Hop, which was held at the Worcester Country Club. Soon after exams came and went, marking the end of our career as Soph¬ omores. The first event of interest to us as Juniors was the fall pledging of Tau Beta Pi at wdiich time several of our class were chosen. For a while, life as Juniors was uneventful with only the usual mid year finals to break the “monotony”. On Fri¬ day, April 1, an assembly was held which was of intense intere st to Juniors because at that assembly Skull “tapping” took place. When tapping was completed we 123 ] found that our classmates thus honored were Rushton, Korolyshun, Hollick, Chand¬ ler, Lewin, Ljunggren, McEwan and Ras- lavsky. On March 15 the Tech News carried the first Junior Prom publicity, remind¬ ing us of that event of events for a third- year man, namely Junior weekend. The prom held in the Bancroft’s main ball¬ room with the scintillating music of “Tommy” Reynold’s Orchestra was an event to be long remembered. The “Show-Off” excellently presented by the Masque continued the festivities on Saturday night while the Round-Robin dances topped the joyous weekend. The last important event of this year came on May 24 at government lecture when class elections were held. The crew selected to guide the class on its trip down the home stretch were: Raslavsky, pres¬ ident; Hollick, vice-president; Amidon, secretary; Keyser, treasurer. The ordeal of finals then came and went and we broke up for the last time at which we could look forward to coming back in the fall. Some events are spoken of as having a “whirlwind beginning”. That phrase can be admirably applied to the Senior year of the class of ’39, the whirlwind being the now famous New England hur¬ ricane. All of us vividly remember the readily apparent change in appearance of the campus on return for the last year of our formal education. Later in the year the Worcester papers carried an official appraisal of the system of athletic scholarships, a practice begun with our class. The results were highly successful as evidenced by the now famous undefeated season successes of the ’38 football and soccer teams, both of which numbered many ’39 men among their players. Not so well known, however, was the also phenomenal success of these men MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING of ’39 as students with most of them on honor rolls time after time. At the first two assemblies of the year, eight men of the class were pledged to Sigma Xi and ten to Tau Peta Pi. On November 19 the Tech Carnival again “rolled around” with a tradition falling with presentation of a fine Junior-Senior skit in place of the justly famed faculty act. Just before Christmas recess many of us attended the interfraternity Ball which was an innovation in Tech history in having a “name” band, that of Glenn Miller, supply the rhythms for the evening. The Christmas recess was not long over 124 ] when the problem of mid-year exams again presented itself, but for the last time it was during this mid-year recess that the Worcester Sunday paper carried head¬ lines announcing the addition of the new mechanical engineering building, auditor¬ ium, quadrangle plans, and other changes to our familiar campus. The enthusiasm which these plans aroused in faculty and students alike, was however, short lived. On the afternoon of Monday, February 13, an invisible and subduing pall settled over the campus when it was learned that our good friend and guiding hand, President Ralph Earle, had unexpectedly passed away that noon. His sailing from the port of life meant to each of us the loss of an always true and sympathetic friend. To Tech it meant the loss of a great and progressive man at the helm who had done much for the wel¬ fare of young men interested in engineer¬ ing. Even the last act of President Earle was in the interests of the students, this last act being a chapel talk on the merits of the quality of persistence which talk will be an indelible inspiration to the men of the class of ’39. Soon, graduation with its attendant activities claimed its share of our inter¬ est and time forcibly reminding us the class of 39, that four years of lasting memories and associations were fast draw¬ ing to a close. On the morning of Friday, June 16, 1939, at commencement, the voluminous curtain of time was drawn with Worcester Tech on the stage side even then improving and adding to the “props” needed to prepare young men for a future in engineering. On the auditorium side of the curtain was a group of eager and expectant young men passing through the exits of commencement and out into the world to use and apply the knowledge gained from the play just completed on the stage of Worcester Tech. William R. Ahern Class Historian — 1, 2, 3, 4. 25 ] SAMUEL ALFRED AUGUSTUS AARON Chemistry Webster, Mass. Skeptical Chymists 2, 3, 4. Sammy doesn’t talk much but has quite a sense of humor . . . seems to favor 7 o’clocks despite the trip from Webster . . . “Slow but sure” is the motto. WALTER LEWIS ABEL Mechanical Engineering Waterbury, Conn. 4YA, TBn Cross Country 1; Soccer 2, 3, 4, “W” 2, 3, 4; Relay 4; Track 4; Senior Prom Committee. Definitely the quiet and retiring type . . . when asleep (12 to 4 and during classes) . . . rare com¬ bination of brain and brawn trust . . . Class Jitter¬ bug . . . fast man (at least on his feet) ... a mean line with the women but absolutely harmless . . . one of the “Transmission Boys” so it’s United Shoe. WILLIAM REGAN AHEARN Electrical Engineering Worcester, Mass. 2AE Yankee Ingenuity Scholarship; Historian 1, 2, 3, 4; A. I. E. E. 2, 3, 4, Chairman 4; Newman Club 1, 2, 3, 4; President 3; Masque 1, 2, 3, 4; Treasurer 3, 4; Carnival Committee 1, 2, 3, 4; Interfraternity Council 3; Tech Council 4; Chairman of Ivy Com¬ mittee; At-Home Day Committee 4. Wizard of electricity . . . witness Tech Carnival acts . . . always drags to the Fuller Lectures . . . Definitely not to be mistaken for the head of Worcester’s Socialist Party . . . always borrowing something from the Fire Department . . . willing to help anybody in anything. JOHN POWELL ALCOCK Chemical Engineering South Dartmouth, Mass. ATfi, TBn, 2E Cross Country 1; Soccer 2; Peddler 2, 3, 4; S. C .A. Cabinet 3, 4, Chairman of Carnival 3, 4, Chairman of Freshman Week, 3, 4; Swimming 1. Scotchman with a “Portygee” accent . . . comes from South Dartmouth where there are more cows than people . . . sleeps continually, both day and night . . . commutes to Wheaton . . . proud of the fact that he doesn’t open a book six nights out of seven. [261 CHARLES HAROLD AMIDON, Jr. Mechanical Engineering Worcester, Mass. ©X, TBII Class Secretary 3, 4; Peddler 2, 3; Art Editor 2, 3; A. S. M. E. 2, 4. Charlie, will you make us a poster? . . . Sure thing; what’s it for . . . makes the bulletin board like a Broadway Preview . . . “have to start Thesis over now” . . . humorist supreme . . . with the snappy comeback as well as the pencil. SAMUEL RICHARD ARONOWITZ Electrical Engineering Worcester, Mass. Sammy is Labor’s Champion . . . preaches so¬ cialist doctrines ... “I didn’t sign up, but I have a discussion” . . . All work and little play gets things done . . . seems to thrive on dorm dinners . . . surprise! WILLIAM ARTER. Jr. Meehan ical Engineering Worcester, Mass. 2 f E Soccer 2, 3, 4, “W” 3, 4; Senior Prom Committee. Strictly “Joe College”, clean to the Ford con¬ vertible . . . another one of these “married” men . . . it took the responsibilities of a senior to have him let his hair grow . . . swings a mean hoof at that ball. JAMES LOWELL BARTLETT, Jr. Mechanical Engineering South Sudbury, Mass. J SK Baseball 1, 2; Tech News 1 , 2; A. S. M. E. 4; Aero Club 1, 2, 3. The blonde bombshell . . . brilliant but far from a scab . . . specialist in Aero, hockey, balancing the budget, and V-8’s and their possibilities . . . “It’s all straightforward” ... he met us a quiet farmer lad, he leaves us a polished engineer. 127 ] — JOHN ADAM BASKIS Electrical Engineering Worcester, Mass. Slow but sure . . . believes in the policy of one girl at a time ... he stayed an extra year in order to get better acquainted with Professor Morgan. THOMAS FRANCIS BEATTY, Jr. Electrical Engineering Worcester, Mass. ©K4 Newman Club 1, 2, 3, 4; A. I. E. E. 2, 3, 4. Not a tobacco heir, but always had plenty of cigarettes handy ... A hard man on T.K.P.’s fur¬ niture ... A marvel at delivering speeches. ROBERT VICTOR BERGSTROM Mechanical Engineering Worcester, Mass. t SK Tech News 1 , 2, 3, 4, News Editor; S. C. A.; Golf Team 1, 2, 3; Manager 3. Bergie . . . studious . . . Drives a Chevrolet but prefers a LaSalle . . . Tech labored and brought forth a Harvard man? JOHN HARPER BLAISDELL Electrical Engineering Worcester, Mass. t 2K Peddler 1 , 2, Business Manager 3. Everything comes to him who waits . . . Last of the Yankee Traders . . . Make-ups and summer school . . . Swears by the M.E. Department. 128 ] HENRY STORMS BLAUVELT Electrical Engineering Upper Montclair, New Jersey 4 2K Track 1, 2, 3, 4, “W” 2, 4; Class Constitution Comm. 1; Tech Neivs 1, 2, 3; Chairman Junior Prom; Chairman of Baccalaureate Day; Secretary of Aero Club (1); Class Track 1, 2; Class Tennis 2; Class Soccer 2. “Hank” . . . School pole vaulter (who said nine feet) ... all aims are high . . . committeeman (the Junior Prom that showed a profit) . . . Tech’s Beau Brummell . . . chief avocation, overtime classes. JOHN KALIL BOOSAHDA Chemistry Worcester, Mass. Cosmopolitan Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Skeptical Chemists 2, 3, 4; Paddle Rush 1, 2; Rope Pull 1, 2. Pal of all the chem profs. . . . booster for red jackets . . . did honey of an organization job with Worcester Undergraduate Club . . . wonder if he’ll ever let Sammy forget anything. THOMAS GOODWIN BOURNE Mechanical Engineering New Rochelle, N. Y. 4 2K Freshman Soccer; Peddler 2, 3, 4, Advertising Manager 4. “Tom” . . . Always jovial . . . pet hobby sailing on Long Island Sound ... an efficiency expert in studies ... a great admirer of the fairer sex, al¬ though he never admits it . . . always at the drug store sessioning during spare moments . . . then wonders where his money goes. JACK FARLEY BOYD Mechanical Engineering West Hartford, Conn. 24 E Rifle Club 1, 2, 3, 4, “W” 1, 3, 4, Captain 2, 3; Class Rifle 1, 2; Tech News, 1, 2, 3, 4, Business Manager 4; A. S. M. E. 2, 3, 4. Brought forty sharp shooting medals with him four years ago . . . collection has increased in spite of failing eyesight due to too close contact of the nasal appendage to the well-known grindstone . . . goes to prove, as the little man has always said, “With 44 in hand, I’m just as big as you!” 129 ] HARRISON KENFIELD BROWN Electrical Engineering Worcester, Mass. A. I. E. E. 1, 2, 3, 4; Worcester County Under¬ graduate Ass’n 3, 4; Rope Pull 1, 2; Paddle Rush 1, 2. Swings a mean paddle . . . believes in a steady life . . . believes that hard work is the secret of success. DONALD MacARTHUR BURNESS Chemistry Pittsfield, Mass. LX A, 2E Cross Country 1, Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4, “W”; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Skeptical Chymists 1, 2, 3, 4; Interclass Sports. “Beardie” . . . Tall and stately (until he moves) . . . honor man four years . . . very conscientious . . . Glee Club man and champion “ergler” . . . explains anything to anyone anytime . . . good common sense . . . hibernates in Salisbury Labs . . . was given two big feet to kick a soccer ball around. WILDER RANDOLPH CARSON Mechanical Engineering Worcester, Mass. Plenty quiet but has the stuff in the old noggin . . . either doesn’t believe in women or doesn’t trust Tech men. MALCOLM RUSSELL CHANDLER Haverhill, Mass. Civil Engineering f TA, TBn, Skull Track 1, 2, 3, 4, “W” 1, 2, 3, 4, Captain 3, 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4, “W” 2, 3, 4; Class Gift Com¬ mittee; A. S. C. E. 3, 4. “Mai “The Major’’ . . . He-man civil . . . would like to know why . . . alleged woman hater . . . Marine in the summer ... to bed at nine, up before breakfast . . . “What’s your trouble, Bo” . . . Likes cold and fresh air . . . Snowflake . . . lost his hair in a lawn mower. [301 ALLEN HARRISON CHASE Chemical Engineering Cheshire, Mass. 2AE Asst. Mgr. Football 3, Mgr. 4; junior Prom Com¬ mittee; Class Day Committee. That Cheshire Cueball, a football manager that always won . . . long on wit as well as height, never stood Pat . . . the masked man of S.A.E. . . . remember that peg to second? . . . An upstanding Chem-Engine, 99 44 100% pure? EARLE BRUCE CRABTREE Mechanical Engineering Worcester, Mass. Swimming 1, 2, 3; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Boyntonians 1, 2, 3, 4; A. S. M. E. 1, 2, 3, 4; Tech Carnival 1, 2, 3, 4. Allergic to scabbing but still does O.K. . . . a“ pip” on the “gobble pipe” . . . splash parties and the censors are a tough combination . . . believes in a rapid turnover of cars. EDWARD CHARLES DENCH Electrical Engineering South Orange, N. J. TX, TBI4, 2H Work to do? . . . Nope! he always has it done . . . Places to go? . . . Anytime! . . . Never goes to the movies but he knows a great many ushers . . . one intimately . . . achievements? . . . many! . . . What’s in the future? . . . Why, one of those Tau Bet fellowships at M. I. T. . . . wish him luck. APOSTLE THEOPHANIS DERYOS Physics Worcester, Mass. Rope Pull 1, 2; Paddle Rush 1, 2; Interclass Sports; A. I. E. E. 2, 3, 4; Worcester County- Undergraduate Ass’n 3, 4. Strong and silent . . . one of these rare man who can stand four years of Physics . . . and did well at it too. [ 31 ] EDGAR LEO DOUVILLE Electrical Engineering Northbridge, Mass. Paddle Rush 1; Rope Pull 2; Newman Club 1, 2, 3, 4; A. I. E. E. 2, 3, 4. A smile and cheery word for all . . . one of these steady men . . . believes in the better things of life. JOHN MAXWELL DRISCOLL Chemical Engineering Lynn, Mass. ©X Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Football 1, 2, 3; Basketball 1, 2. The fighting Irish . . . Yes . . . Funny—and how . . . Popular . . . What a line: “And so there we were right in the middle of—” . . . Weekend jaunts to Washington ... I wonder why. HOWARD DUCHACEK Mechanical Engineering West Springfield, Mass. 4 2K Interfraternity Sports; Rope Pull 1, 2; Interclass Sports; A. S. M. E. 3, 4; Track Team 2, 3. Makes other track men eat cinders . . . believes in the Joe E. Browti grin . . . will make someone a good husband . . . model “A” Fords are his hobby. RALPH EDWARD DUDLEY Electrical Engineering East Douglas, Mass. Rope Pull 1, 2; Paddle Rush 1, 2; A. I. E. E. 2, 3, 4. Our own Adolf, but easy to get along with . . . doesn’t believe in shaving too often . . . senior pool champ . . . quite well known at the “Doc’s” . . . had the Douglas girls writing his abstracts for him. 132 ] GEORGE EDWARD FEIKER Electrical Engineering Washington, D. C. 2AE, TBn, 2H Interfraternity Council 3, 4; A. I. E. E. 3, 4; At-Home Day Committee 4. Talents galore . . . smart with the books and a leader of his S.A.E. crew, too . . . typical of a rendering plant when exuding the lyrics to some abortive “Indian Love Call ... a humorist, fun¬ damentally, though a mad scientist, externally. CHESTER IRVING FERGUSON Chemical Engineering Bellows Falls, Vermont AXA Cross Country 1; Manager Cross Country 4; Masque 1, 2, 3, 4; Stage Manager 3, President 4. A chemist who thought he could pass on his luck . . . but he found out . . . still he is lucky that he can count his years at Tech on one hand . . . never missed a movie . . . took up women to complete his education . . . once a beer, often a milkshake. IRVING WALKER FORDE Mechanical Engineering Milton, Mass. ATft Interfraternity Sports; Nautical Association; A. S. M. E. One of the “Forty Niners” . . . looks at Life with a quizzical gaze ... a dry land sailor . . . particular about his dates . . . believes in “Peepe,” and the goodness of man. GEORGE COOLEY GRAHAM, Jr. Chemical Engineering Ridgewood, New Jersey ©X Cosmopolitan Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Interfraternity Sports. Guess it must be the bearing . . . Oh, that’s al¬ right, it’ll only take a minute . . . Let’s go to New Hampshire . . . Gazes at the financial outlook . . . Never cold, must be that great coat . . . Bridge? Who ever heard of it? 133 ] JACOB JOHN HAGOPIAN Electrical Engineering Whitinsville, Mass. Paddle Rush 1; A. I. E. E. 2, 3, 4. Just call me “Jake” . . . Ever ready with a smile and a word of encouragement . . . drives the Whitinsville express. WARREN LLOYD HARDY Chemical Engineering Worcester, Mass. ©X Swimming 1, 2; Paddle Rush 1, 2; Rope Pull; Skeptical Chymists 1, 2, 3, 4; Masque 1, 2, 3, 4; General Manager 4. Just large enough to be jolly . . . dressed well enough to be a gentleman . . . human enough to be a fine friend . . . Qualities of an actor . . . could be taken for a beau of the nineties . . . buys orchids for a fellow Worcesterite . . . but can manage to get up for work on Sunday. CLARE WELD HARRIS Mechanical Engineering Worcester, Mass. TBII “Pee Wee” (left over from Boy Scout days) . . . true to each love . . . sleepy eyes ... “I went to Boston last night, and—” . . . such a loffly smelling pipe . . . one of Pinky’s pilots, and a good one . . . “Hey, did I get a letter?” JOHN CHAPIN HARVEY, Jr. Electrical Engineering Chestnut Hill, Mass. 24 E Rifle Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Sec. 2, Treas. 3; Camera Club 1; Peddler 1, 2, 3; At-Home Day Committee 2, 3. Frequents the E. E. Lab. with “Pipe” . . . always enjoys a good joke and can tell some, too . . . is very convincing with his “glass eye” ... a prospective telephone employee . . . knows how pay-stations work, now . . . has our recommenda¬ tion as a true friend. [ 34 ] AUGUST JOHN HERD, Jr. Aeronautical Engineering ©X Rifle Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Executive 3, 4; Football compet. 2; Ass’t Mgr. Soccer 3; Soph Rifle Team 2; Rifle Team 4; Nautical Club 4; Aero Club 4; A. S. M. E. 4. Shoots a mean pistol ... a second Barney Old¬ field . . . one of these air-minded boys . . . should try Raleigh for his stove. CARL KUEBLER HITCHON Chemical Engineering Norwich, Conn. 4 rA Paddle Rush 1; Masque Cast 3, 4. “Hitch” . . . Most artistic Chem Engine . . . sketches Professors . . his real interest in work and women . . . independent, frank, and a bit deaf . . . aesthetic athlete . . . from Norwich, Rose of New England . . . the Maguer who dies in the first scene ... a reputation as a hurdler. JOHN GORDON HOLLICK Aeronautical Engineering West Hartford, Conn. $2K, Skull, TBIT 2H Soccer “W” 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 1, 2, “aWa” 2; Sec. of Class 2; Vice Pres. 2, 3; Tech Council 3, 4; Pres. TBII 4; Chairman A. S. M. E. 4; Chairman Tech Banquet Com. 4; First Junior Marshall; General Chairman of Commencement Committee. A good man in any league . . . goes in for fraternities in a big way . . . “just call me captain” . . . Philadelphia is a great place . . . “Commence¬ ment must be a success.” DONALD ELWOOD HOUSER Mechanical Engineering Melrose, Mass. T bA, TBIT, 2E Cross Country, “cWc” 1; Soccer 2, 3, 4, “W”; Track 2, 4; Glee Club 1, 2; Tech Council 2, 3, Pres. 4; Outing Club 3, 4, Treas. 3, V. P. 4; Rifle Club 2, 3, Pres. 4; Mgr. Rifle Team 3; Chairman of Class Day Committee; A. S. M. E. 2, 4. Does much experimenting in dark corners . . . a public speaker de-luxe and collaborator of the new theory that classes begin at 8:30 and not at 8:00 ... a passion for convertibles, phaetons, and incidentally telephones. 135 ] JOHN WILLIAM HUGHES Chemical Engineering Springfield, Vermont ATfi Boyntonians 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Peddler Staff 3, 4; Interfraternity Bowling and Tennis. Smoothest man at A.T.O. . . . golfer par excel¬ lence . . . made into a man by the Marines . . . made into a mouse by a woman . . . Score: Hughes 5, Chem. Dept. 0 . . . typical Vermont wit. HAROLD WILLIAM HUMPHREY Mechanical Engineering Canton Center, Conn. TBn, 4 2K Soccer 2, 3, 4, “W” 4, Manager 4; Class Soccer l, 2: A. S. M. E. 4; Interfraternity Swimming and Bowling. “Any cleaning tonight?” . . . Slow but sure . . . We quote Prof. Maxfield, “Good morning” . . . A prototype of “Salesman Sam” . . . Good Soccer Manager . . . always busy trying to get time to take a weekend off . . . quiet ... A good example of getting it done by plugging. DAVID HOLBROOK HUNT Aeronautical Engineering Columbia, Conn. AXA Camera Club 1, 2; A. S. M. E. 1, 2, 3, 4; Aero Club 1, 2, 3, 4; President 3, 4; Outing Club 3, 4. Fond of airplanes . . . especially those cracked up gas models . . . once gave a talk about them and gave a prize . . . hated to write reports ... in fact seldom did . . . Oh, those lousy puns. RAOUL ADRIEN JACQUES Mechanical Engineering Worcester, Mass. ATD Class Soccer 1; Assistant Manager Football 3; Newman Club; Outing Club; Interfraternity Coun¬ cil; Junior Prom Committee; Chairman Senior Prom. Good man on a picnic . . . bow ties . . . Florida tan . . . booked the only name band Tech has had in years . . . doesn’t know what he wants and goes after it . . . holds down a good back seat . . . light, short and handsome. 136 ] GLEASON WILEY JEWETT Mechanical Engineering Gardner, Mass. 24 E Paddle Rush 1, 2; Rope Pull 1; Class Football 2; Aero Club 1; A. S. M. E. 3, 4; S. C. A. Cabinet 3; Asst. Mgr. Baseball 3. Clark alumnus . . . has high ambitions such as aeronautics . . . expert on time-distance curve to Marlboro . . . good natured and practical. SAMUEL B. KAPLAN Mechanical Engineering Worcester, Mass. Swiming Team 2; Glee Club 2; Soph Hop Com¬ mittee; A. S. M. E.; Class Gift Committee; Junior Marshall; Senior Splash Committee. Good man on a Dance Committee . . . never misses a dance . . . easy going and good natured. OIVA JOHN KARNA Chemical Engineering Port Chester, New York t 2K Tech News Reporter 1, 2; Junior Editor 3; Secre¬ tary 4; Freshmen Swimming; Swimming 2, 3, 4, “sWt” 2; Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Skeptical Chemist 1, 2, 3, 4; Outing Club 3. Never uses a monosyllable where a polysyllable will do . . . likes to tell the boys about his girls . . . deliberate but efficient . . . spends weeks writing editorials for the News. WILLIAM LEWIS KAY Chemist Bloomfield, N. J. AXA Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4; “W” 2, 3, 4; Asst. Mgr. Baseball. Excels in many lines ... in the class room . . . clean-up man for soccer ... at the brass rail . . . Now what’s the matter with Toomie . . . Another of Lambda Chi’s Scott players . . . Never without a smile, a gag, chet, and Birdie. f 371 wmm CARL ANTON KEYSER Chemistry Washington, D. C. ©X Interfraternity Council 2, 3, 4, Treasurer 4; Masque 1, 2, 3, 4, Vice-President 3; Cast 1, 2, 3, 4; Camera Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Vice-President 1; President 2; Cosmopolitan Club 2, 3, 4, Treasurer 2, Vice- President 4; Fraternity Track 2, 3, 4; Class Track 1, 2; Cross Country 1, 2; Varsity Track 3; Junior Prom Comm.; Class Treasurer 4. Kelly alias Lehman alias Henri alias Guy Waller . . . Diplomat . . . humorist ... an outstanding personality and a character of characters. Gavels and Carl go hand in hand. A real man . . . his friendship? . . . invaluable. RUSSELL THEODORE KOROLYSHUN Electrical Engineering Ansonia, Conn. ©K f , Skull Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2. Is he really bashful . . . remember the “Cowboy” . . . “New Haven, why that’s near Ansonia” . . . went places on the gridiron and on the beach at Hampton, too. JOSEPH RAYMOND KOROSEI Electrical Engineering Worcester, Mass. Class Soccer 2; Soccer 3, 4; Class Basketball 3, 4. A soccer player on the basketball floor . . . haircut a la porcupine . . . always willing to help. PHILIP KULIN Chemistry Webster, Mass. Skeptical Chymists 2, 3, 4. “We (me and Carl) have never screwed anybody in shop yet” . . . has busted more chisels . . . darn good man to see if you want anything . . . comes from Webster, the only town in the U. S. that could have a brush fire on Main Street. 138 ] JOHN HOWARD LANCASTER Civil Engineering Douglaston, New York ATO Cross Country 1, 3, “W” 3; Track 1, 2, 3, 4; A. S. C. E. 2, 3, 4; Manager Basketball Team; Peddler 2, 3, 4; Associate Editor 4; Cosmopolitan Club 1, 2, 3; Secretary, Nautical Association 4. “Jack” . . . over hill and dale . . . socialite of the Civils . . . believes classes are places to catch up on rest . . . Interfraternity dance (big night) . . . drives “Gussie” to Norwich and points South. LEONARD B. LANDALL Electrical Engineering Fitchburg, Mass. 2AE Paddle Rush 1, 2; Rope Pull 1, 2; Band 1, 2, 3; A. I. E. E. 4; Swimming 1; Manager Track 4; Intra-mural Sports 1, 2, 3, 4. Years on end of worry with the spring track and the indoor meets . . . one time L. had his troubles assimilating a mass of gas ... no kidding . . . he like to have died . . . runs a candy store at S.A.E. if its important. WALTER EMERY LANG, Jr. Chemical Engineering Westborough, Mass. j rA Tech News 1; Skeptical Chymists 2, 3, 4; Rope Pull 1, 2; Cosmopolitan Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Sec. 2, Vice-Pres. 3, Pres. 4; Intercollegiate Review W.P.I. Editor 3. W.P.I. cosmopolite . . . A-l wolf ... six reports in one night . . . social lion . . . linguist par ex¬ cellence . . . Phi Gam taxi . . . never do today what you can do exam week . . . would grow a moustache if he dared. ALBERT MARTIN LAVANAVICZA Chemistry Worcester, Mass. ®K4 Skeptical Chymists 2, 3, 4; President 3; Vice- President 2; Tech Council 3; Newman Club 2, 3. “Call him Smith,” said mad Dan Morgan . . . as head man of the Skep. Chymists has done an enviable job . . . present at all social functions . . . can be classed as a string saver. 1391 CARL WESLEY LEWIN Civil Engineering Hanover, N. H. 24 E, TBII, Skull Football 1, 2, 3, 4, “W” 1, 2, 3, 4, Capt. 4; Prize Committee 4; Class Treas. 2, 3. Entered as a fair haired boy . . . had everyone from Prof. Knight to the Freshmen guessing . . . Captain of Tech’s first undefeated football team . . . familiar sight to see him with his sleeves rolled up . . . while someone else was taking good care of his wife in the grandstand. CARL JOHN LINDEGREN Mechanical Engineering Worcester, Mass. 5 LE Track 2, 3; Tech News 2, 3, 4, Managing Editor 4; Interfraternity Council Delegate 3, 4; Inter¬ fraternity Ball Chairman 4; Chairman Senior Ban¬ quet Committee. Seems to believe that the lighter things of life are the most important . . . never in a hurry to do anything . . . prefers planning and worrying . . . Still believes in the Tech News. ERNEST NILS LJUNGGREN Aeronautical Engineering Springfield, Mass. 42K, Skull Boyntonians 1, 2, 3, 4; Soccer 2, 3, 4, “aWf” 2, “W” 3, 4; Aero Club; A. S. M. E. 3, 4. Four years the Eddie Duchin of the Bontons . . . after four years the fair sex caught up with him . . . sleepingest man in the Senior class . . , wants to make aeroplanes for some one. ROBERT SEXTON LLOYD Mechanical Engineering Worcester, Mass. 4 rA Tech News 1, 2, 3, 4, Editor-in-Chief 4; Tech Student’s Handbook 2, 3, 4, Editor-inChief 4; Tech Council 3, 4; Outing Club 3, 4; Chairman Soph Dance Com.; Senior Banquet Com.; A. S. M. E. 2, 3, 4. “Bob” . . . Always well dressed . . . even a smoothy . . . sleeps at the oddest hours . . . and usually behind a book . . . worry, worry, worry, and why? ... a really fine voice (both notes) . . . for further information consult the editorial page of the Tech News. 140 ] WALTER LEROY LONGNECKER Mechanical Engineering Erie, Pennsylvania 24 E Track 3 ; Football 3, 4; S. C. A. Cabinet; A. S. M. E. Navy blue and gold . . . Nurse beware . . . Boston, Hartford and points west calling . . . the bark is worse than the bite . . . blue-eyed “Flying Dutchman” . . . Remember you’re only a senior once. ARTHUR HENRY MALBEOUF Civil Engineering Worcester, Mass. TK t Interfraternity Council 2, 3; A. S. C. E. 2, 3, 4. No news is bad news, if you’re paid for it by the line . . . The first bonfire rally in twenty-five years was his idea . . . Only period he wouldn’t talk was after Rhode Island State game . . . rea¬ son, he couldn’t . . . Pet peeve, “Boyntonians never play any waltzes.” ROBERT WOODWARD MARTIN Mechanical Engineering Sprigfield, Mass. ATO, TBIT Tech News 1, 2; Peddler 1, 2, 3, 4, Editor-in- Chief 4; Swimming 1; Manager Baseball 4; Mana¬ ger Tech Carnival 3; A. S. M. E. 3, 4. Two o’clock man . . . four o’clock on Saturdays . . . Sleeper . . . hash slinger . . . will somebody give him a comb . . . wild man behind the wheel . . . right now its Russell Sage . . . varied talents and achievements . . . “Ain’t it awful.” DAVID McEWAN Mechanical Engineering Little Falls, N. Y. 4 TA, Skull Soccer “W” 1, 2, 3, 4, Co-Captain 4; Basketball “W” 1, 2, 3, 4, Captain 3; Golf “gWt” 1, 2, 3, 4, Captain 4; Tech Council 2, 3, 4; Interfraternity Council 3, 4; Class Pres. 2; A. S. M. E. 4; Ath¬ letic Association, Treasurer 2, Secretary 3. Athlete and scholar but mostly scholar . . . only four letters . . . All-American in soccer . . . “skitters” what a smile . . . used to blush . . . now it’s water, women, and song . . . shines on the basketball floor before, during, and after. 141 ] PHILIP EDWARD MEANY Mechanical Engineering Leominster, Mass. 2AE A. S. M. E. 2, 3, 4; Paddle Rush 1, 2; Rope Pull 1, 2. Jobbed by his ow i M. E. D3partment ... Do you call a college man a ‘ ' bon vivant” ... an expert on swing music ... a heck of a man in an argument . . . refuses to lose . . . want to find out about gas engines. WARD DOWNING MESSIMER Electrical Engineering Ossining, N. Y. 4 2K Baseball 1, 2, 3, “W” 1, 2, 3; Radio Club 2, 3, 4, Pres. 3; A. I. E. E. 2, 3, 4. “Mess” . . . conscientious ... a hard worker . . . hides behind second base . . . commutes to Ossining via Chicago . . . complains about the Air Mail service from Chicago . . . the Radio Club’s premium “Ham”. ROBERT BICKWELL MIRICK Electrical Engineering Minneapolis, Minn. Camera Club 1, 2; Band 1, 2, 3; A. I. E. E., Sec. 3, Treas. 4; Assistant Track Mgr. 3. Genial and witty . . . commutes from Northamp¬ ton . . . Quote “Just flunked another—” . . . tall dark and handsome . . . prefers blondes (usually) . . . camera fiend. EDWIN MICHAEL MOGGIO Civil Engineering Chicopee Falls, Mass. ©K«f Newman Club 1, 2, 3, 4; A. S. C. E. 2, 3, 4, Treas. 4; S. C. A. Cabinet 3, 4. Roly-poly is the word . . . makes a fine contrast when standing against a rod . . . always moving . . . or is he . . . never sleeps in class . . . takes volumes of notes . . . hydraulics is his forte. 1421 JOHN PAUL MOLONY Electrical Engineering Millville, Mass. ©K4 A. I. E. E. 2, 3, 4; Newman Club 1, 2, 3, 4. A ride in Molony’s back seat would smash any atom . . . T.K.P.’s shadow of Paul Whiteman’s former self . . . pretty punctual for a commuter, even on time the day after the hurricane. GEORGE EUGENE MONCHAMP Electrical Engineering Holyoke, Mass. 2AE Football 1, 2, 3, 4; A. I. E. E. 2, 3, 4; Newman Club 1, 2, 3, 4. An E. E. from Holyoke . . . remember the broken leg . . . interfrat baseball game . . . pals with Schmidt and Steele and plays all kinds of games . . . not however, at ladies parties, which it is rumored, he avoids. ROBERT ARMSTRONG MORSE Mechanical Engineering Paxton, Mass. Nautical Association 4; A. S. M. E. 2, 3, 4. The fireman from Paxton . . . never dared use his siren . . . knows his bull sessions . . . “Want to buy a lathe” . . . takes life in his stride. ROBERT CLAYTON MURPHY Electrical Engineering Worcester, Mass. ©K4 Newman Club 1, 2, 3, 4, President 4; Worcester County Undergraduate Club 3; Vice-President; A. I. E. E. 2, 3, 4. A good man to have on your side in an argu¬ ment . . . always believed that Clay was a good man . . . busy for an E. E. . . . always found time to visit the Newman Club shindigs in Boston. 143 ] ALBERT ARMSTRONG NIMS Electrical Engineering Bloomfield, N. J. 4 2K, TBIT Band 1; Peddler 2, 3, 4, Business Manager 4; A. I. E. E. 2, 3, 4. Clever and ingenious . . . another in the long line of Bloomfield supporters . . . noted for red ties and exceptional spelling . . . Women are of minor importance but the day will come. ELMER EARLE NETTING Electrical Engineering Millburv, Mass. One of the serious City boys who always come out on top . . . has his own particular coiffure . . . full of ingenious ideas . . . always in equilibrium. CARL KENNETH OLSON Mechanical Engineering Brockton, Mass. A TO A. S. M. E. 4; Interclass Bowling 2; Nautical Association; Peddler 2, 3, 4. Goes home every week to see his mamma . . . never been in a boat . . . active member of the Nautical Club . . . from the Boot and Shoe town . . . associate member of the “49” Club . . . Svenska Apothiket. BRADFORD WEBBER ORDWAY Aeronautical Engineering Worcester, Mass. 24 E Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Carnival Skit 1, 2; A. S. M. E. 4; Baccalaureate Committee 4; Interclass Tennis 1, 2. Never believed in commuting to his girl’s house, he lived there . . . plays a mean first trombone . . . likes sleep best in lectures . . . knows something about most everything. r 44i NORMAN ALFRED PACKARD Mechanical Engineering Lee, Mass. 24 E Football 1, 2, 3, 4, “W” 4; S. C. A. Cabinet 3, 4, Secretary 4; A. S. M. E. 4. Just plain “Pack” . . . the most congenial and easy-going man in the class . . . 210 pounds of beef . . . would rather travel via automobile than eat . . . and that is something . . . Home address a toss-up between Hartford, Conn, (woman) and Lee, Mass. WILLIAM FRANCIS PAYNE Mechanical Engineering Worcester, Mass. Interclass Bowling 2; A. S. M. E. 3, 4. “Willie, the—” (wouldn’t you expect it?) . . . anti-sleep leaguer . . . “Think I ought to shave? . . . treasurer of the 34 Boynton Club (no license) . . . Lavigne’s best customer . . . “My notes are in my head.” GUNNAR VERNER PEARSON Electrical Engineering Worcester, Mass. Soccer 2, 3, 4, “W” 3, 4; A. I. E. E. 2, 3, 4; Worcester Club. Conscientious in everything he does . . . sup¬ posed to be an electric . . . He stoops to conquer . . . and has a long way to stoop . . . sure can tip a soccer ball over the bar. RAYMOND BURTON PIPER Electrical Engineering Balboa Heights, C. Z. ATfi Boyntonians 3; A. I. E. E. 3, 4; Peddler Staff 3, 4. Gentleman if not a scholar . . . transferred from the State where the tall corn grows, bringing some of it with him . . . plays a very loud trumpet . . . competition for Astaire . . . Astaire has his Ginger, Ray has his Ginny . . . has been known to go skiing. 05 ] i tygSXiZiv . ' V. ROBERT EDWARD PUPKAR Chemical Engineering Worcester, Mass. Skeptical Chymists 1, 2, 3, 4; Newman Club 1, 2. 3, 4. A “B” at mid-semester in Thermo don’t mean a thing . . . Thesis has him wondering if he’s an E. E. or a Chem. Eng. . . . likes to play assistant janitor . . . never seen without a smile ... or his pants. JOHN FORREST PEAVEY Chemical Engineering Springfield, Mass. ©X Football 1; Soccer 2; Rifle Team 2, 3, Mgr. 3, “rWt” 3; Class nomination and ballot Com. 1, 2, 3. Does age bring wisdom? . . . has his own brand of humor . . . room for only two in that tin can of his . . . light-minded? . . . ©X’s gift to the women . . . ask him to fix you up. FREDERICK SHARP PYNE Mechanical Engineering Springfield, Mass. AXA A. S. M. E. 2, 3, 4; Baccalaureate Committee. Used to be a lady-killer at Danny Duggan’s . . . ’til blonde “Miss New England” took him out of circulation . . . now a reformed man . . . south¬ paw . . . Pinch-penny Pyne, house Treas. MELVIN TILLSON RAFUSE Mechanical Engineering Worcester, Mass. A. S. M. E. 2, 3, 4; Paddle Rush 1; Rope Pull 2. He hunts ... we haven’t found out what yet . . . reputed to be a good fisherman, arms aren’t long enough to measure his catch ... on skiis he has no equal. [ 46 ] ARTHUR HERDY RANI) Chemical Engineering Portsmouth, N. H. t rA Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Footbal 1, 2; Skeptical Chymists 2, 3, 4. Randy . . . strong and silent . . . white (?) flan¬ nels built for comfort and not for looks . . . nice sense of humor . . . “anything for a laugh” . . . goes in for mountain climbing, sail boats, and Great Danes . . . Author of the “Ice Cake Murder”. ALBERT JAMES RASLAVSKY Electrical Engineering Bridgeport, Conn. ©K4 , Skull, TBn Football, “W” 2, 3, 4; Basketball, “W” 1, 2, 3, 4, Captain 4; Baseball, “W” 1, 2, 3, 4, captain 4; Class President 4; Newman Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Vice- Pres. A. A. 3. “Wait till you see my girl” ... a good team¬ mate and a better friend ... a good fast ball, what a drop . . . favors a one handed hook shot . . . and still made Tau Bete. GEORGE AMBROSE RIVINIUS, Jr. Mechanical Engineering Worcester, Mass. ©AX Nautical Association; A. S. M. E. 2, 3, 4. Allergic to ties . . . surge tank tower at Chaffins . . . reviver of ancient pastime of bartering . . . Beau Brummell off campus . . . flash of the W.P.I. navy . . . Damon and Pythias, Riv and P. P. WALTER PALMER RODGERS Civil Engineering Leominster, Mass. Transfer from Bates . . . misses the Co-eds . . . first to volunteer for any tough lab. assignment . . . a bit of a trackster . . . efficient . . . good man in any league. t47] EDWARD ROSZKO Chemical Engineering Plainfield, New Jersey A TO, TBII, 5H Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Peddler 2, 3, 4; Skeptical Chymists 1, 2, 3, 4; Vice-President Class 2; New¬ man Club; Tech Council 2. The Mad Scientist . . . the Mad Rooshian . . . the Great Lover . . . inventor of the Roszko tech¬ nique of Ballroom Dancing . . . the watchman of the Chem. Building throws him out at midnight . . . always has seen every show in town . . . first base coach. LEO GEORGE ROURKE, Jr. Electrical Engineering Worcester, Mass. 2AE Band 1, 2; Newman Club 1, 2, 3, 4; A. I. E. E. 3, 4. A big fellow who can sneak in and out of small places . . . never missed a movie . . . hard work in that E. E. Lab. . . . utter sincerity but a rugged individualist, he’ll get there. JOHN THOMAS RUSHTON Chemical Engineering Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 4 rA, Skull President of Class 1; Football 1, 2, 3, “W” 1, 3; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4, “W” 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4, “W” 1, 2, 3, 4; Tech Council 1, 2; Senior Prom Committee. “Rush” . . . late to bed never to rise . . . wants Tau Beta recount . . . will give Standard Oil for the Lamps of China that personal touch . . . plays half his basketball with Pogo stick for left knee . . . can’t whistle but can swing it . . . has a mongrel accent when he wants it. BILLIE ATWOOD SCHMIDT Electrical Engineering Buffalo, New York 2AE Senior Baccalaureate Committee; A. I. E. E. 2, 3, 4; Interclass Tennis 2; Rope Pull 2; Paddle Rush 1, 2; Interfraternity Sports 2, 3, 4. That Packard overshadows everything . . . Buf¬ falo, Minneapolis, Manchester, Baltimore ... a callous E. E. who also knows how to cook. [ 48 ] ANDREW SHULTZ, Jr. Chemistry Worcester, Mass. Skeptical Chymists, Worcester Club. Not to be confused with Roger Q. Zilch ... he and Lavy make an inseparable pair . . . quiet, but a good man . . . can outguess Toomy at any time . . . straight as a soldier . . . always in there when he’s needed. CLAIR EUGENE STAUFFER Mechanical Engineering Ringtown, Penn. 4 2K Asst. Mgr. Basketball 3; Interclass Soccer 1, 2; Interclass Bowling 1, 2; A. S. M. E. 3, 4, Treas. 4. “Dutchman”’ ... an efficient student . . . can do anything with tools and will tell you how to . . . a clever driver, but watch him shave those corners ... an authority on resoldering connec¬ tions to Venturi meters . ROBERT ODELL STEELE Electrical Engineering Niagara Falls, N. Y. 2AE S. C. A. Cabinet 2, 3, 4; A. I. E. E. 3, 4; Intra¬ mural Sports 2, 3, 4. Niagara Falls sent him here a long time ago . . . women can be a problem . . . and then again so can higher education . . . certain policies get one in dutch for a year or two, don’t they? CHARLES STEPHEN STEVENS Civil Engineering Worcester, Mass. A. S. C. E. 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2, 3, 4. Care-free . . . nothing bothers him . . . “Let’s go out for a butt’’ . . . soda jerker extraordinary . . . advice for anyone . . . seeker of inside in¬ formation . . . tough night at Chaffins. 1491 NORMAN WILLIAM STEWART Mechanical Engineering East Milton, Mass. Golf 4; Camera Club 4; A. S. M. E. 4. Demon on the fairways . . . big attraction in Wollaston . . . necessitates weekend trips . . . that line of his is harmless . . . Scotchmen can’t be wrong. ALBERT CHAPMAN STONE Chemical Engineering Marblehead, Mass. 4 rA Football 1, 2, 3, 4, “W” 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 2, 3. “Pete” . . . Left-end extraordinary . . . played his sixty-fourth straight against R.P.I. . . . bowls and shoots baskets with one hand . . . catches flies in right field if he can see them . . . ardent Church¬ goer for reasons not unknown . . . A-2 wolf . . . has a passion for telephoning a certain voice. FRANS ELMER STRANDBERG Mechanical Engineering Worcester, Mass. AX A Cross Country 1, 2, 3, 4, “W” 3, 4, Captain 4; Track 1, 2, 4; A. S. M. E. 2, 3, 4, Vice Pres. 4; Rifle Club 3, 4, Mgr. Rifle Team 4; Tech Council 4. Frans is the gentleman of the class . . . always polite and courteous . . . refuses to argue . . . confirmed bachelor . . . Ran bus to Chaffins during shop . . . reports always in late, but he gets there just the same . . . sure-shot in the rifle club . . . star cross-country grinder. JOHN WILLIAM SUTCLIFFE Mechanical Engineering Holyoke, Mass. A. S. M. E. 4; Peddler 1. Quick-witted and rarelv quarrelsome . . . effi¬ ciency plus . . . has plenty of self-assurance and technique . . . versatile alike with tongue and pen . . . they’ll have the brass band out to meet him. [ 50 ] ERNEST LINCOLN SYKES Civil Engineering AXA A. S. C. E. 2, 3, 4, Sec. 3, Pres. 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 3; Tech Council 4; Class Day Com.; Tech Carnival 2, 4. A cheerful likeable sort of fellow, conscientious in everything he does . . . quiet til he gets in back of a trombone . . . always willing to lend a helping hand . . . wanted to he a Civil . . . now wonders if it was worth it. CHARLES WILLIAM THULIN Electrical Engineering Worcester, Mass. AXA, TBn J.V. Basketball 1, 2, 3, “bWb”; Class Basketball 1, 2, 4; A. I. E. E. 2, 3, 4; Cap and Gown Com¬ mittee. Says little . . . but much goes on behind that silent screen . . . used to play basketball, in fact still tries to. EARL RUSSELL VICKERY Mechanical Engineering Millbury, Mass. 2AE Class Football 1, 2; A. S. M. E. 3, 4; Nautical Assn., Commodore 3, 4. Best dinghy swamper at M. I. T. . . . sense of humor . . . likes metallurgy, specialty cast iron . . . bowls, fishes and sails . . . likes to be called “Commodore”. FRED NORMAN WEBSTER Mechanical Engineering Webster, Mass. Rifle Club 3, 4; A. S. M. E. 2, 3, 4, Sec. 4. They named the town after him . . . reserved but don’t let that innocent look fool you . . . name-plate data is something to be forgotten . . . has a fine scholastic record . . . the umpire hasn’t called him out yet. [ 51 ] ROBERT FERGUSON WEST Mechanical Engineering Millville, N. J. AXA Band 1, 2, 3, 4; A. S. M. E. 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Secretary 3, Presient 4; A. S. M. 4; Tech Council 4. Music is great stuff whether from the vocal chords or the old “slush pump” . . . Operator 67, Holden, recognizes him now . . . yes, track is a great sport, especially for the social connections. HAROLD EDWARD WHITE Chemistry Worcester, Mass. ©X Boyntonians 1, 2, 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Worcester County Undergraduate Assn. It is rumored that he can make the music hut doesn’t use it . . . even though he is quite a smoothie . . . another of Gabriel’s sons . . . thinks it would help if he were Doc Butler’s. MICHAEL CLARENCE WILSON Electrical Engineering Worcester, Mass. Soccer 2, 3; Peddler 2, 3; Tech Carnival, Pub¬ licity Mgr. 2; A. I. E. E. 3, 4; Tech News 2. The Navy never knew what it was giving us . . . Press car . . . and Mike always went like he was after a scoop . . . will, can, and does talk about anything. RICHARD BARTLETT WILSON Mechanical Engineering Springfield, Mass. 42K, BTn Football 1, 2, 3, 4, “W” 2, 3, 4; Peddler 2, 3, 4, Photo Editor 4; A. S. M. E. 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2; Sr. Invitations Committee. Springfield seems to be the place for weekends . . . “I’ll be around with the proofs soon” . . . a scrappy right guard . . . super-conscientious . . . vitality plus. 152 ] GEORGE WILLIAM YULE Chemistry Worcester, Mass. 2AE Skeptical Chymists 2, 3, 4; Baseball, Compet. 2; Rope Pull 1, 2; Paddle Rush 1, 2. A chemist must have stamina . . . also brains, it is said . . . four years of impressions of texts and labs . . . “and a well-modulated boo to you too” . . . the man has a sense of humor, too. r 53] CLASS OF 1940 JUNIOR OFFICERS Sitting: K. Fraser, Vice-President; R. Dunklee, President; R. Higgs, Secretary. Standing: W. Gruzdis, Historian; R. Newton, Treasurer. Clayton Hamilton Allen, Whitinsville, Mass. Eric Sigward Anderson, Worcester, Mass. M.E. Howard Ludwig Anderson, Chicago, Ill. E.E., P.S.K., A.I.E.E. Frederick Irving Axford, Keene, N. H. Philip Duston Bartlett, Springfield, Mass. M.E., P.S.K., Football 1; A.S.M.E; Swimming 1, 2; Asst. Mgr. Soccer 3; Asst. Business Mgr. Tech News, 2, 3. Donald Richardson Bates, Norwich, Conn. C.E.; L.X.A.; Masque 1, 2, 3; A.S.C.E.; Camera Club; Fall Track 1, 2, 3,; Asst. Mgr. 3. Lewis Francis Behrent, Nichols, Conn. E.E.; Radio Club. John Earle Bentley, Norfolk, Conn. M.E.; T.X.; Track 1, 2, 3; Cross Coun¬ try 1, 2, 3; cWc 3; Nautical Associa¬ tion; A.S.M.E. 1, 2, 3. Max Bialer, Holyoke, Mass. E.E.; S.O.P.; A.I.E.E.; Baseball 1; Rope Pull Committee 3. George Storrs Bingham, Fitchburg, Mass. C.E.; L.X.A.; Chairman Rope Pull Com¬ mittee 3; Junior Prom Committee; Asst. Mgr.; Track 3; A.S.C.E. Wilfred Thomas Blades, Lowell, Mass. Kenneth Raycroft Blaisdell, Spring- field, Mass. M.E.; A.T.O.; Managing 154 ] Editor Tech News; Class Secretary 2; Soccer 2, 3; W 3; Swimming 1; A.S.M.E.; Tech Carnival. Bruce Boyd, Springfield, Mass. E.E. Alexander Wilson Bodreau, Quinebaug, Conn. M.E.; S.A.E.; Baseball 1, 2, 3; “W”; Football 1, 2, “W”. George Fletcher Boynton, Hamden, Conn. Ch.; A.T.O.; Peddler 1, 2, 3. John Thomas Bradshaw, Worcester, Mass. E.E. Ronald Scott Brand, Worcester, Mass. M.E.; P.S.K.; Tau Beta Pi; Soccer 1, 2, 3, “W” 3; Tennis 1, 2; Peddler Bus¬ iness Staff 3. William Smallwood Brooks, Duluth, Minn. M.E.; A.T.O.; Tech Carnival; Peddler 3. Lennart Brune, Pittsfield, Mass. M.E.; A.T.O.; Camera Club President 3; Peddler 3. James Hunter Bryson, Jr., Ware, Mass. C.E. Malcolm Sandell Burton, Worcester, Mass. M.E.; L.X.A.; Class Soccer 2; A.S.M.E. 3. Robert Joseph Cannon, Worcester, Mass. E.E. Hector Lachlan Cameron, Middletown, Conn. M.E.; P.G.D.; Cross Country 1, “W”; Track 1, 2, 3, “W”; JV Basketball 1, 2, bWb. Donald Strong Chatfield, New Haven, Conn. M.E.; T.X.; Junior Jacket Com¬ mittee; Asst. Mgr. Baseball 3. William Thomas Christopher, La Salle, Ill. M.E. Richard Alester Coleman, Hilton Vil¬ lage, Va. C.E.; L.X.A.; Debating Society, President 3; Masque 1, 2; Class Secretary 1; Junior Jacket Com¬ mittee; Soph Hop Committee. Arthur Nielson Cooley, Wellesley Hills, Mass. M.E. Walter Ellis Crandell, Providence, R. I. Ph. Frank Ashley Crosby, Jr., Springfield, Mass. M.E.; A.T.O.; Class Vice-Pres¬ ident 2; Class President 2; Tech Coun¬ cil 2; At Home Day Committee; Band 1, 3; Glee Club 1; Junior Prom Com¬ mittee; Class Jacket Committee; Class Soccer 1. Edward Donald Cross, Worcester, Mass. E.E.; A.I.E.E. Frank Joseph Delany, Worcester, Mass. A.T.O.; Radio Club 1; Newman Club 1, 2, 3; A.I.E.E.; Debating Society 2, 3. George Allou d’Hemecourt, New Or¬ leans, La. E.E.; T.K.P.; Newman Club. Stuart Carlton Dickerman, Spencer, Mass. Ch. Skeptical Chymist. Arthur Sumner Dinsmore, Glen Rock, N. J. M.E.; P.G.D.; Band 1, 2; Outing Club 2, 3. John Hastings Dower, Worcester, Mass. E.E.; P.S.K.; Band 1; Asst. Mgr. Tennis. Ralph Edward Dudley, E. Douglas, Mass. E.E. Robert Edward Dunklee, Jr., Brattle- boro, Vt. M.E.; L.X.A.; Cross Coun¬ try 1, 2, 3, “W” 3; Tennis tWt 2; Tech News; Outing Club; Pres. 2; Sec.- Treas. 3; Ski Team 3; Historian 2; Treas. 2; Pres. 3; Tech Council 3; Tau Beta Pi; At Home Day Committee; Inter-Class Bowling and Tennis. [ 55 ] Carl Gustaf Flygare, Jr., Worcester, Mass. M.E. Raymond James Forkey, Worcester, Mass. M.E.; S.P.E.; Basketball 1, 2, 3, “W,” 1, 2, 3; Football 1, 2, 3, “W,” 1, 2, 3; Baseball 1, 2, 3, “W,” 1, 2, 3 Captain 3; Class Pres. 1; Treas. 1; Tech Council 1, 2; Athletic Association (Vice-Pres., Sec.) ; Golf 1, 2. Kenneth Walker Fowler, Winthrop, Mass. M.E.; T.X.; Masque 1, 2, 3; Camera Club 1, 2, 3; Freshman Swim¬ ming. Kenneth Chisholm Fraser, Worcester. Mass. Ch. E.; P.S.K.; Track 1, 2, 3; Soccer 1, 2, 3; Vice-Pres. Jr. Club; Pres. Skeptical Chymists; Class Soccer 1 , 2 . JJoward Gilbert Freeman, New York, N. Y. M.E.; Football 2; Debating Society 2, 3. Carl Fowler Fritch, Jr., Tuckahoe, N. Y. Ch.E.; P.G.D.; Tau Beta Pi; Football 1, 2, 3, W 3; Track 1, 2, 3, W 2, 3; Relay 2, 3; Class Pres. 1; Class Treas. 1; Cosmopolitan Club; Tech Council 1; Treas. Athletic Council 3; Skeptical Chymists 2, 3. Peter Northrop Gaidis, Jr., Nashua, N. H. Ch.E.; T.K.P.; Golf 1, 2; Skep¬ tical Chymists; Soph Hop Committee; Junior Prom Committee; Junior Jacket Committee. Clyde Fyford Gerald, South Natick, Mass. M.E.; F.X.A.; Mgr. Band; Soc¬ cer 1; Asst. Stage Mgr. Masque; Vice- Pres. Aero Club. The Mermen. Richard Glencross, Attleboro, Mass. M.E.; E.X.A.; Class Track 1, 2; Class Soccer 1, 2; Varsity Track 1, 3; Rope Pull; A.S.M.E. Eeonard Goldsmith, Worcester, Mass. S.O.P.; Tau Beta Pi; Class Soccer 1, 2; Class Tennis 1, 2; Varsity Tennis 1, 2, 3; Soccer 2, 3; Band 1; A.I.E.E.; Class Jacket Committee. William Clark Goodchild, Jr., Spring- field, Mass. M.E.; P.S.K.; Tech News 1, 2, 3; Junior Editor 2; Editor-in- Chief 3; Swimming 1, 2, 3; sWt 2; Class Historian 1; Band 1, 3; Tech Council 1, 3; Cheer Leader 2, 3; S.C.A.; Cabinet 3; Class Numerals Swimming, Swimming, Soccer 2. Willard Thomas Gove, Walpole, Mass. E.E.; L.X.A.; Band 1, 2, 3; Cross Coun¬ try 1, 2; “W” Track 1, 2; A.I.E.E. The Winning Carnival Skit. Frank Gerald Gustafson, Worcester, Mass. M. E.; S.P.E.; Football 1, 2, 3, “W” 1, 2, 3; Captain 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, “W” 1, 2, 3. Walter Francis Gruzdis, Worcester, Mass. E.E.; Debating Society 2, 3; Debating Team 3; Class Historian 3. Edward Earl Hafey, Hartford, Conn. M.E.; S.A.E.; Asst. Mgr. Football 3; Mgr. Football 4; Class Secretary 2; Chairman Jr. Prom Committee. Joseph M. Halloran, New Britain, Conn. M.E.; A.S.M.E. 1, 2, 3; Newman Club 1, 2, 3; Aero Club 1, 2, 3. 156 ] John Thomas Haran, Worcester, Mass. E.E.; Football 1; Newman Club. Franklin David Hayes, North Brookfield, M ass. M.E.; Football 3. Robert Warren Hewey, Worcester, Mass. M.E.; A.S.M.E. 3. Robert Edmund Higgs, Malverne, New York. E.E.; A.T.O.; Band 1, 2, 3; Masque 1, 2, 3; Bus. Mgr. 3; Jr. Base¬ ball Mgr.; Peddler 1, 2, 3,; A.I.E.E. Jr. Jacket Committee; Bus. Mgr. Tech Carnival. Warren Charles Hotchkiss, Norwich, Conn. C.E.; P.G.D.; Football 1, 2, 3, “W” 2, 3; Tech Council 1, 2,; Jr. Jacket Committee; Soph Hop Commit¬ tee; Junior Prom Committee; Newman Club. Vic’s Heydey. David Goodale Howard, Jr., Annapolis, Maryland. E.E.; L.X.A.; A.I.E.E.; Football 3; Outing Club; Cosmopolitan Club. Albert Edward Howell, Worcester, Mass. M.E.; Aero Club 2, 3; Rifle Club 1. Eric Fritz Johanson, Worcester, Mass. M.E.; L.X.A.; Debating Club 2, 3; Swimming 2. Rolfe Gordon Johnson, Worcester, Mass. M.E.; L.X.A.; Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Rifle Club 2. Benedictus Keistutis Kaveckas, Mi 11- bury, Mass. M.E. Melvin Hazen Knapp, Worcester, Mass. M.E.; P.G.D.; Tech News 1, 2, 3; Rifle Club; Tech Bible 2, 3; Outing Club. Arthur Richard Koerber, Northampton, Mass. E.E.; Outing Club 2, 3; A.I.E.E. Chaffins Again Surveyed. David Arnold Kuniholm, Gardner, Mass. M.E.; P.G.D.; Freshman Swimming; Swimming Team 2, 3; Rifle Club. Jerimie LaFrance, Central Village, Conn. M.E. Norman Ulric Laliberte, East Brook¬ field, Mass. Ch.; Track 1, 2, 3; Relay 1, 2, 3, “W” 1, 2, 3. Gerald Lainer, Worcester, Mass. E.E. Benjamin Allen Lambert, Marshfield, Mass. Ch.E.; S.P.E.; Tech News 1, 2, 3; Football 2, 3, “W”; Basketball 1, 2, 3. Spencer Kinney Lang, Westboro, Mass. M.E.; P.G.D.; Cosmopolitan Club; A.S.M.E. George Panaghos Lentross, Salem, Mass. E.E.; Glee Club; Camera Club. Vernon John Liberty, Whitinsville, Mass. M.E.; S.P.E.; Thomas Patrick Love, Webster Mass. C.E.; S.A.E.; Freshman Swimming, Swimming 2, 3, sWt 2, 3; Captain 3; A.S.C.E.; Newman Club; Football 1. Russell Alexander Lovell, Worcester, Mass. Physics. Judson Dean Lowd, Northampton, Mass. M.E.; T.X.; Masque 1, 2, 3; Asst. Mgr. Swimming 3; A.S.M.E. Charles Candell McDonald, Bernards- ville, N. J. M.E.; P.S.K.; Tech Car¬ nival 2, 3; Football 1, 2; Track 1, 2, 3; Soph Hop Committee; Jr. Prom Com¬ mittee; Tech News. Joseph Stanley MgKeown, Worcester, Mass. Ch.E. John Henry MacLeod, West Medwav, Mass. E.E.; S.A.E.; Secretary A.I.E.E. 3; Football 2; Soph Hop Committee; Class Football. [ 57 ] A “Slug of Metal” Gets the 3rd Degree Allison Joseph Maggiolo. Port Washing¬ ton, N. Y. Ch.; T.K.P.; Skeptical Chymists 3; Newman Club Treas.; Swimming 1, 2. Noel Richard Maleady, Pittsfield, Mass. Ch.E.; T.K.P.; Skeptical Chymists 1, 2, 3; Newman Club 1, 2, 3. Zareh Martin, Worcester, Mass. E.E.; Cross Country 1, 2, 3, “W” 1, 2, 3; Outdoor Track 1, 2,; S.C.A.; A.EE.E.; Philip Edward Meany, Leominster, Mass. M.E.; S.A.E. Robert Louis Messier, Worcester, Mass. Ch. Skeptical Chymists 1, 2, 3; New¬ man Club. Frederick Bryant Miller, Springfield, Mass. M.E.; A.T.O.; Football 1; Peddler Business Staff 1; Peddler Edit¬ orial Staff 2, 3; Class Nominating Com¬ mittee 3; A.S.M.E.; Tech Carnival 3. Raymond Leslie Milner, Rochdale, Mass. E.E.; Rifle Club; A.EE.E. Paul John Moloney, Millville, Mass. E.E.; T.K.P; Newman Club. George Morse Moore, Marlboro, Mass. G.D.E; A.I.E.E.; E.E. John Draper Morrison, Putnam, Conn. M.E.; Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Band 1, 2; A.S.M.E. Herbert Forbes Morse, Scotia, New York. M.E.; Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Cosmopolitan Club 1, 2, 3. Peter Alphonse Muto, Springfield, Mass. E.E.; Glee Club 1, 2; Newman Club; A.I.E.E. Lawrence Carlton Neale, Cochituate, Mass. C.E.; L.X.A.; A.S.C.E. John Harrower Newton, Millbury, Mass. E.E.; P.S.K.; Tech Council 2; A.I.E.E.; Asst. Mgr. Swimming 3. Robert George Newton, Niagara Falls, N. Y.; M.E.; T.X.; A.S.M.E.; JV Bas¬ ketball 1, 2, bWb 2; Soph Hop Commit¬ tee; Interfrat. Basketball; Cosmopolitan Club 1, 2, 3; Tech Carnival 3; Ped¬ dler 3. David Alan Officer, Hampden, Mass. E.E.; T.X. Edward Francis O’Gara, Jr., Tiverton, R. I. M.E.; S.A.E.; Class Soccer 2; Interfraternity Sports; Manager, Bas¬ ketball. Robert Joseph O’Malley, Worcester, Mass. M.E.; S.A.E. Henry Jacob Paulsen, Jr., Mansfield, Ohio. M.E.; T.X.; Cross Country; Asst. Mgr. 3. John Henry Peters, Jr., Springfield, Mass. M.E.; Football 1, 2, 3, “W” 1. Joseph John Platukis, Worcester, Mass. M.E.; S.A.E.; Swimming 1, 2, 3, “W” 2, 3. Bernard Polonsky, Worcester, Mass. M.E.; Rope Pull 1, 2; Paddle Rush 1. Bruce Gilman Potter, Northboro, Mass. M.E.; L.X.A. Joseph Charles Putelis, Worcester, Mass. Chemistry. Donald Paton Ramaker, So. Glastonbury, Conn. M.E.; P.G.D.; Football 1, 2, 3. Marcus Arnold Rhodes, Jr., Taunton, Mass. M.E.; T.X. Willard James Riddick, Jr., Washington, D. C. M.E.; S.A.E.; Swimming 2, 3, sWt 3; Fraternity and Class Athletics; A.S.M.E. Daniel Rosenthal, Hartford, Conn. E. E.; Radio Club, Chief Operator. Milton Emerson Ross, Spencer, Mass. Civil; Class Soccer 2; A.S.C.E. Robert Sulis Roulston, Weymouth, Mass. M.E.; T.X.; Rifle Club 1, 2; Class Track 1, 2; Class Rifle 2. Alden Thayer Roys, Worcester, Mass. M.E.; Radio Club 1, 2, 3, Vice President 3; Aero Club. Myer Sadick, Worcester, Mass. M.E.; S.O.P.; Football 1; Class Soccer 2; Soph Hop Committee; Junior Prom Committee; Junior Nomination Com¬ mittee. John Sayle, Jr., Milford, Mass. Chemistry. 158 ] Sidney Elwood Scott, Worcester, Mass. E.E.; L.X.A.; Class Bowling 1, 2; Class Track 1, 2; Class Football 1; Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Quartet 3; Vice-President Musi¬ cal Association; A.I.E.E.; Interfrater¬ nity Sports. Herbert Watson Shaw, Jr., Milford, Mass. E.E.; P.G.D.; Outing Club Sec¬ retary 1; Vice-President 2. Raymond Bernard Shlora, Worcester, Mass. E.E.; T.K.P.; Basketball 1, 2, 3, “W” 3; Tech Council; A.I.E.E.; New¬ man Club. Merrill Skeist, Worcester, Mass. M.E.; S.O.P.; Swimming 1; Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Quartet 1; Debating Society 2, 3; Manager 2, 3. Everett Price Smith, Stow, Mass. E.E.; Track 1; Debating Society; Fresh¬ man Team Manager; A.I.E.E. Joseph Vincent Smolinski, Worcester, Mass. M.E.; Glee Club 3; Newman Club 1, 2, 3; A.S.M.E. Walter Horace Sodano, Canton, Mass. C.E.; P.S.K.; Football 1; Tech News, Circulation Mgr. 3; Asst. Mgr. Bas¬ ketball 3; Tech Carnival 1, 2, 3; A.S.C.E. Donald Lewis Stevens, Worcester, Mass. M.E.; S.P.E.; Tech News 2, 3; Band 1, 2, 3; Tech Carnival 1, 2. Frank Boyd Stevenson, North Andover, Mass. M.E.; T.X. Harry E. Stirling, Baltimore, Md. M.E.; T.X.; Swimming 3, sWt 3; Class Swimming 2; Class Rifle 2. Francis Elmer Stone, Hampton, Conn. Ch.E.; Rope Pull 1, 2; Paddle Rush 1, 2. Louis Elliott Stratton, Springfield, Mass. Ch.E.; P.S.K.; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Secretary 4; Cheer Leader 3. Lawrence Robert Sullivan, Chicopee, Mass. Ch.E.; Debating Team; Newman Club; Skeptical Chymists. Walter Joseph Sydor, Worcester, Mass. Chemistry. George Franklin Taylor, Willimantic, Conn. E.E.; T.X.; Soccer 1, 3; A.I.E.E. Harry Terkanian, Worcester, Mass. E.E.; Cross Country 2, 3, cWc 2, 3; Track 1, 2; Class Track 1, 2; A.I.E.E. Willard Royce Terry, Cranston, R. I. Ch. E.; A.T.O.; Masque; Peddler; Tech Carnival. Russell Burton Vaughn, Worcester, Mass. Ch. Frederic Silas Wackerbath, Granville Mass. E.E.; L.X.A.; Track 1, 2, 3, “W” 2, 3; JV Basketball 2, 3; Class Track 1, 2; Class Basketball 2, 3; Class Nominating Committee 3. Robert Arnold Wagner, Worcester, Mass. E.E.; Rifle Club 1, 2, 3; Outing Club 2, 3; A.I.E.E. Michael Wales, Waterloo, N. H. Chemistry; Skeptical Chymists 2, 3; Rope Pull 2. Randall Whitehead, Worcester, Mass. M.E.; S.P.E.; Cross Country 2; Class Track 2; Tennis 3; Interfraternity Track 1, 2, 3; Soph Hop Committee, Junior Prom Committee, Class Basket¬ ball 2. David Bernard Zipser, Worcester, Mass. Chemistry; Track 1, 2; Skeptical Chymists 1, 2, 3. r 59 j CLASS OF 1941 SOPHOMORE OFFICERS Seated: H. Kingsley, Vice- President; R. Curran, President. Standing: K. Benson, Historian; E. Bates, Secretary. Not Present: D. Atkinson, Treasurer. Alvin Monroe Aldrich, Belmont, Mass. M.E.; S.P.E.; Football; Rope Pull. Edward Curtis Ambler, Lee, Mass. M.E.; S.P.E.; Glee Club; Rifle Club. Alfred Frederick Andersen, Bridgeport, Conn. E.E.; L.X.A. Robert Andrew Anderson, E. Douglas, Mass. Albert Sidney Ashmead, Windsor, Conn. M.E.; S.A.E.; Football Compet. Donald Temple Atkinson, West Hart¬ ford, Conn. M.E.; S.P.E.; Football, Baseball; Class Historian 1; Class Treas¬ urer 2; Tech News 1; Class football 1 , 2 . Solomon Ephraim Barr, Worcester, Mass. Ch.E.; Skeptical Chemists. Edward Munroe Bates, Great Neck, N. Y. M.E.; L.X.A.; Interclass Track; Class Secretary; Basketball Compet. Benjamin Stetson Bean, Grafton, Mass. Ch.; Glee Club 1, 2; Camera Club 1, 2; Skeptical Chemists. Salvatore John Bellassai, Bridgeport, Conn. C.; T. K. P. John Barr Bell, Jr., Arlington, N. J. Ch.; Camera Club; Skeptical Chemists. Albert George Bellos, Worcester, Mass. M.E.; A.T.O.; Football 1, “W” 2; Bas¬ ketball 1, 2. John William Benedict, Worcester, Mass. Ch.E.; L.X.A.; Band 1, 2; Masque 1, 2; Cheer Leader 2. Frederick Joseph Benn, Jr., Springfield, Mass. M.E.; T.X.; JV Soccer 2; Boyn- tonians 1, 2; Band 1, 2. Kenneth Blair Benson, West Hartford, Conn. E.E.; L. X. A.; Radio Club, Sec¬ retary; Class Historian; Band. John Philip Berggren, Jr., Middletown, Conn. P.S.K.; Class Bowling . Carl Welch Bettcher, Jr., New Haven, Conn. M.E.; L.X.A.; Cross Country 2; Masque; Glee Club; Aero Club; A.S.M.E.; Class Track; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush. Gerald Joseph Bibeault, Worcester, Mass. M.E. Martin Joseph Bird. Worcester, Mass. E.E.; T.K.P. Robert Edmund Bley, Worcester, Mass. M.E.; Band 1, 2. [ 60 ] Paul Grover Bonin, Auburn, Mass. E.E.; S.A.E.; JV Basketball 1, 2; Base¬ ball 1, 2; Class Basketball; Class Foot¬ ball; Tech Carnival; A.I.E.E. William Bosyk, Ludlow, Mass. M.E.; A.T.O.; Varsity Soccer 1, 2; Golf “W” 1, 2; Class Golf; Class Soccer; Class Basketball. Earle Kenneth Boyd, Worcester, Mass. Ch.E.; S.P.E.; Cross Country 1, 2. Francis James Boyle, Hudson, Mass. M. E.; Aero Club; A.S.M.E.; Rope Pull. Warren Scott Bradford, Plymouth, Mass. M. E.; S.A.E.; Swimming Corn- pet; Soph Hop Committee. Robert Barr Brautigam, Glen Ridge, N. J. Ch.E.; S.A.E.; Paddle Rush; Outing Club; Skeptical Chemists. Irving Arthur Breger, Dorchester, Mass. Ch.; S.O.P.; Debating Club; Soph Hop Committee; Skeptical Chemists. Randolph Henry Bretton, Brookfield, Mass. Ch.E. Burgess Phinney Brownson, Monument Beach, Mass. E.E.; Radio Club. Mario Louis Carangelo, New Haven, Conn. M.E.; S.A.E.; Newman Club. Lyle Weldon Carpenter, Shelburne Falls, Mass. M.E.; Camera Club; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush. William Joseph Carroll, Jr., Worces¬ ter, Mass. M.E.; T.K.P.; Class Foot¬ ball; Class Basketball; Baseball “W” 1; Newman Club. Paul Anthony Carullo. Branford, Conn. M.E.; Glee Club. John Henry Casey, Jr., Natick, Mass. M.E.; S.P.E. Frederick Blake Chamberlin, Housa- tonic, Mass. M.E.; T.X.; Football 1, 2; Swimming 1, “W” 2; Camera Club, Sec.- Treas. Alexander Stanley Chodakowski, Dra- cut, Mass. E.E. Sidney Warren Clark, Washington, D. C. C.E.; L.X.A.; Glee Club. George Arthur Cohen, Worcester, Mass. Ch.; S.O.P.; Debating Club; Skeptical Chymists. Francis Warren Crowley, Clinton, Mass. Ch.E.; Skeptical Chymists. Arthur Ranger Curran, Springfield, Mass. C.E.; T.K.P.; Class President; Football 1, 2; Newman Club; A.S.C.E. Alexander Davidson, Jr., Clinton, Mass. Ch.E. Sherman Gilbert Davis, Worcester, Mass. Ch.E.; Masque 1, 2; Skeptical Chymists; Band 1, 2; Tech Carnival. Raymond Leon De Lisle, Fitchburg, Mass. E.E.; T.K.P.; A.I.E.E.; Newman Club. Donald Smith Denio, Claremont, N. H. C.E.; T.X.; A.S.C.E. Thomas Richard D’Errico, Worcester, Mass. C.E.; Soph Hop, A.S.C.E.; Rope Pull. Edward Perry Disbrow, Jr., Worcester, Mass. M.E.; A.T.O.; Outing Club; A.S.M.E.; Asst. Swimming Manager. Graham Talbot Douglass, Ayer, Mass. E.E.; L.X.A. Kenneth Richard Dresser, Worcester, Mass. E.E.; S.P.E.; Football 2; Swim¬ ming 1; Tech News 1, 2; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush; A.I.E.E. [ 61 ] Harvey William Eddy. Saratoga Springs. N. Y. M.E.; S.A.E.; Glee Club 2. Arthur Stone Ellis, Montpelier. Yt. Hilding Roger Erickson, Worcester. Mass. James Coar Ferguson, Bellows Falls. Yt. C.E.; T.X.; Track “W” 1; Soph Hop Committee: Masque. Rorert Standley Fleming, Worcester. Mass. M.E.; S.P.E.; Tech News 1, 2: Glee Club: Rope Pull: Paddle Rush: A.S.M.E.; Class Track. Ralph Allan Fraser, Auburn, Mass. Ch.E.; S.A.E.; Outdoor Track “W 1: Indoor Track 1, “W“ 2; Class Track. George Ferris George. Worcester. Mass. M.E.; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush; Glee Club; Band 1, 2. Richard Goulding, Worcester. Mass. M.E.; L.X.A.; Glee Club 1, 2; Aero Club 1. 2; Treas. Daniel Earle Greene. Worcester. Mass. E.E. Charles Stowell Greenwood, Worcester, Mass. E.E.; Band 1, 2; A.I.E.E. Lloyd Etchells Greenwood, Adams. Mass. M.E.; Rope Pull; Class Football; Outing Club. Gordon Taylor Gurney, New Bedford. Mass. M.E.; A.T.O.; Band 1, 2. 3; Boyntonians 1. 2. Leslie Buckingham Harding, Worcester, Mass. C.E.; P.S.K.; Cross Country “W ,r 1; A.S.C.E.; Class Track; Class Bowling; Class Basketball; Rope Pull. Harry Ashley Hazard. Wellesley Hills, Mass. Ch.E.; P.G.D.; Skeptical Chv- mists; Paddle Rush; Rope Pull; Class Football; Class Golf. W illiam Roy ' Higgins, Springfield. Mass. Ch.; T.X.; Swimming Compet; Rope Another Leg on the Goat. Pull: Paddle Rush: Dorm Committee: Newman Club; Swimming 1. James Houghton Hinman. Collinsville. Conn. Ch. E.: P.S.K.: Skeptical Chv- mists: Rope Pull: Paddle Rush. Charles Louis Hoebel. W aterburv. Conn. M.E.; P.G.D.: Soccer 1. 2: Tech Coun¬ cil; Tech Neics 1, 2; Tech Carnival; Class President 1: Rope Pull; Paddle Rush: Cosmopolitan Club. Robert Man waring Holby. Millstone. Conn. M.E.; P.G.D.; Tech News 1. 2; Rifle Club. Frank Harold Holland Jr.. Shrewsburv, Mass. Ch.; Glee Club 1. 2. Stephen Hopkins, Peekskill. X. Y. M.E.; P.S.K.; Tech Neics 1. 2; Junior Editor 2; arsity Swimming 2: Class Swimming 1. 2: Asst. Mgr. Soccer 2. Earl W illiam Howland, W orcester. Mass. E.E. Ervin Karl Hupprich, Seymour, Conn. E.E.; A.T.O.; Tennis 1, 2; Band 1. 2. John Stanislaus Ingham, Ludlow. Mass. M.E.; A.T.O; Football 1; Freshman Swimming 1: Soccer 2; Yarsitv Swim- The Chain Gang. ming 2, W 2; Newman Club 1, 2; Interclass Soccer 2; Interclass Swim¬ ming 1, 2. Edward George Jaccber. Bloomfield. N. J. M.E.; P.S.K.; Tech News; Asst. Bus. Mgr.; Interclass Soccer. Julian Hadley ' Jacobs, Worcester, Mass. M.E.; T.X.; Soccer Compet.; Asst. Advt. Mgr.; Masque. Peter Jeremko, Ludlow, Mass. E.E.; Class Soccer; A.I.E.E.; Debating Club; Student Branch F.P.A.; Inter¬ class Basketball, Football. Richard Charles Jasper, Rockland, Mass. C.E.; T.X.P.; A.S.C.E.; Class Football; J Basketball. [ 62 ] Joseph Peter Jurga, Shirley. Mass. E.E.: T.K.P.; Newman Club: Intra¬ mural Sports. Walter Benedict Kennedy, Jr.. Pelham Manor, N. Y. M.E.; T.K.P.: Track 1. 2: Swimming 1. 2. “W ' 2. Harry Dwight Kingsley, Worcester. Mass. E.E.: A.T.O.: Class Yice-Pres.: Soph Hop Committee: Football 1, “W 7 ’ 1. Norman Klaucke. Worcester. Mass. M.E. George William Knauff. Avalon. Penn. M.E.: Football 1. 2: Basketball 1. 2: Interclass Basketball. Football 1, 2 ; Rifle Club 1. Walter Storrs Knight. Ludlow. Mass. M.E.: A.G.R.: Outing Club: Aero Club: Soccer 1. 2: Tennis 1. What Sophomore Could Forget Carl Ernest Kokins, Ashland. Mass. M.E.: P.S.K. Victor Anthony Kolehs. Shrewsbury. Mass. M.E.: Class Soccer 2; Class Swimming 2: S.C.A. Theodore Anestis Kostarides. Worcester. Mass. E.E. J mes Lawrence Krause. Millville. N. J. M.E.; L.X.A.; Glee Club 1. 2. 3; Asst. Librarian 2: Band 1. Wesley Elsworth Lazott. Worcester, Mass. M.E. John Arthur Leach. Jr.. Berkeley. R. I. M.E.; Class Rifle 1. 2: Class Tennis 2: Rifle Club 3: Outing Club 2. 3. Milton Bond Lemeshka. Webster. Mass. Ch.E. Mitchell Lerer. Lowell. Mass. Ch.E.: S.O.P.: Soccer 2: Skeptical Chemists. Philip Levine. orcester. Mass. M.E. Look Out for the Band Saw. Thomas Richard Lewis. Jr.. Ashland. Mass. Ch. Skeptical Chymists. Frank Roland Lindberg. Worcester. Mass. M.E.; L.X.A.; Glee Club 1, 2; Rope Pull 2. George Herman Loewenthal. Jr., Mid¬ dletown. Conn. M.E.: P.S.K.; S.C.A. Victor Joseph Lombardi. Garden City. X.Y. M.E.; T.K.P.; Newman Club; Tennis. Alvin Arthur Luce. Framingham. Mass M.E.; P.S.K.; Football Compet 2; Cosmopolitan Club. Chester Paul Luke. Easthampton. Mass. M.E, Raymond Carl Lundahl, Worcester. Mass. Ch.E.: L.X.A.; Skeptical Chy¬ mists: Interclass Swimming. John Francis McElroyl Worcester. Mass Ch. James Edward McGinnis, Worcester. Mass. M.E.: T.K.P.: Newman Club. Raymond Keith McIntyre. Washington. D. C. Ch.E.: A.T.O; Tech Meus 1, 2: Junior Editor 2: Masque 1. 2: Glee Club 1; Rifle Club 1: Cosmopolitan Club 1. 2; Tech Carnival 1. 2. Frederick Douglas McKeown. Worces¬ ter. Mass. Ch.E.: Baseball 1. Clarence McCain McMurray. Jr.. New¬ ton. Mass. M.E.: P.S.K.: Outing Club 2: Nautical Club 2. Elmer Elsworth McNutt. Jr.. Philadel¬ phia. Pa. M.E.: P.S.K.: Tech etcs 1. 2: Tech Carnival: Rope Pull. Stanley John Majka, Three Rivers. Mass. M.E.: T.K.P.: Tech Mens 1. 2: Junior Editor 2: Newman Club 1. 2: A.SALE.; Rope Pull; Peddler. Harvey Wilford Maurice. Whitehall, [631 N. Y. Ch.E.; A.T.O.; Basketball Coin¬ pet. Richard Gilbert Mayer, Springfield, Mass. Ch.E.; L.X.A.; Skeptical Chem¬ ists; Class Soccer 1, 2. Herman Medwin, Holyoke, Mass. E.E.; Rope Pull; Class Soccer 2; Class Play 2. Sumner Meiselman, Worcester, Mass. M.E. Richard Taft Messinger, Hartford, Conn. M.E.; A.T.O.; Camera Club. Kenneth Irving Meyer, Springfield, Mass. E.E.; L.X.A. Julian King Mowery, Newport, R. I. M. E.; S.P.E. Robert Andrew Muir, Niagara Falls, N. Y. E.E.; P.G.D.; Football 1; Compet. 2; Swimming 1, 2; Peddler; A.I.E.E.; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush. Aaron Naboicheck, Hartford, Conn. Ch.; Track 1, 2, “W ’ 1; Cosmopolitan Club 1, 2; Secretary 2; Skeptical Chemists; Rope Pull. Thaddeus William Niemiec, Chicopee, Mass. E.E.; Radio Club; A.I.E.E. Carl Elmer Nystrom, West Boylston, Mass. M.E.; Band 1, 2, 3; Rifle Club 1. Paul Godfrey Nystrom, Worcester, Mass. C.E.; A.S.C.E.; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush. Francis Joseph Oneglia, Torrington, Conn. C.E.; T.K.P.; Basketball 2; Class Bowling 1; A.S.C.E. Norman Harry Osgood, Worcester, Mass. Ch.E.; A.T.O. Charles William Osipowich, Worcester, Mass. M.E.; A.T.O.; Football 1; Swim¬ ming 1; Rifle Club 1; Newman Club 1. Edward Walter John Pacek, Worcester, Mass. E.E.; P.S.K.; Track 1. 2, “W” 2; Cross Country 1; Indoor Track 1, 2, “W” 2; Class Soccer; A.I.E.E. Hilliard Wegner Paige, New London, Conn. M.E.; P.G.D.; Soccer 1, 2; Tech News 1, 2; Swimming 1; Class Treas¬ urer 1; Soph Hop Committee 2; A.S.M.E. Henry Palley, Worcester, Mass. E.E.; A.I.E.E. Donald Ferguson Palmer. Jr.. Spring- field, Mass. M.E.; P.G.D.; Track 1, 2; Tech News 1, 2: Football Compet. 1, Asst. Mgr. 2; S.C.A. Cabinet 1, 2; Peddler. Russell Whidden Parks, Cincinnati, Ohio. C.E.; P.G.D.; Glee Club 1, 2; Ouartet 1, 2; Track 1, 2; Cosmopolitan Club 1, 2; Class Soccer 1, 2; A.S.C.E. Shashikan ' T Batuk Pattani, Bhavnagar, India. E.E.; Camera Club; Cosmo¬ politan Club. Donald Osberne Patten, Sterling, Mass. M.E.; William Fred Paulsen, Mansfield, Ohio. M.E.; T.X.; Soccer 2; Swimming Com¬ pet. 2; Class Soccer 1, 2. George Kies Peck, Norwich, Conn. M.E.; P.G.D.; Class Soccer 1; Class Bowling 1, 2; Track 2; Relay Team 2; Rope Pull. Walter Benjamin Phelps, West Hart¬ ford, Conn. M.E.; S.P.E.; Football 1 , 2 . Stannard Murray Potter, Springfield, Mass. E.E.; A.T.O.; Glee Club 1, 2; Librarian 2; Outing Club 1, 2; Aero Club 1; A.I.E.E.; Peddler. Charles Perry Powell, Needham, Mass. M.E.; P.S.K.; Outing Club 1, 2; Padle Rush 1. John Vincent Quinn, Worcester, Mass. M.E. William Charles Radzik, Farnumsville, Mass. E.E.; A.I.E.E.; Newman Club. Richard Grey Ramsdell, Worcester Mass. M.E.; L.X.A.: A.S.M.E. Stanley Sigfrid Ribb, Worcester, Mass. E.E.; A.I.E.E.; Class Football 1, 2; Rope Pull 1, 2; Paddle Rush 1, 2. Leon Harold Rice, Manchester, N. H. M.E.; A.T.O.; Class Soccer 1; Cos¬ mopolitan Club 1, 2; A.S.M.E.; Paddle Rush. Edwin Alvin Rich, Springfield, Mass. E.E. William Churchill Richardson, Wor¬ cester, Mass. M.E.; L.X.A.; Glee Club 1, 2; Masque 1, 2; A.S.M.E. Harold Edward Roberton, Jr.. East Hart¬ ford, Conn. Ch. E.; A.T.O.; Class Track 1; Paddle Rush 1; Rope Pull 1, 2. David Robertson, Framingham, Mass. E.E.; T.X.; Rifle Club 1; Paddle Rush 1 , 2 . James Frederick Robjent, Andover, Mass. C.E.; T.X.; A.S.C.E. Edwin Miles Ryan, Worcester. Mass. M.E.; A.S.M.E.; Newman Club 1, 2: Band 1, 2. Richard Eugene Ryan, Worcester, Mass. M.E.: A.T.O. Frank William Sama, Worcester, Mass. E.E.; T.K.P.; Glee Club 1, 2; Newman Club 1. 2; Paddle Rush 1, 2. V illiam Edward Savage, Jr., Thompson- ville, Conn. C.E.; A.S.C.E.; Nautical Club 3; Newman Club 2. [ 64 ] Harold Thomas Schaller, Watertown, Conn. E.E.; P.D.G.; Football 2; Bas¬ ketball 1; Baseball 1, 2. Richard Felix Scharmann, Pittsfield, Mass. E.E. Jerome Edward Schread, Bridgeport, Conn. C.E.; T.K.P.; Newman Club 1, 2; Soph Play. Elmer Theodore Scott, Worcester, Mass. M.E.; S.P.E.; Football 1, 2, “W” 1, 2; Baseball 1, 2, “W” 1, 2. Randolph Haydn Searle, Cranston, R. I. Ch.E.; Glee Club 1, 2. Harold Read Shailer, Jr., Barre, Vt. M.E.; P.S.K.; Band 1, 2; Camera Club 2; Outing Club; A.S.M.E.; Peddler. Frederick Stoddard Sherwin, Boston, Mass. M.E.; T.X.; Band; Aero Club; Rope Pull, Paddle Rush. William Philipp Simmons, Holyoke, Mass. Ch.; Band; Boyntonians; Skep¬ tical Chymists. Charles Oliver Smith, Berlin, Mass. M.E.; A.S.M.E. Donald Everett Smith, Delmar, N. Y. C.E.; P.S.K.; Interclass Soccer 1, 2; Soccer 1, 2; JV Basketball 2; A.S.C.E.; Interfraternity Sports; Soph Hop Com¬ mittee; Peddler. Sidney Soloway, Worcester, Mass. Ch.; S.O.P.; Skeptical Chymists 1, 2; Paddle Rush 2; Rope Pull 1, 2; Class Football; Football 2; Debating Club. Mass. Ch.E.; T.K.P.; Newman Club; Skeptical Chymists. Edward Algert Stega, Worcester, Mass. E.E. Ralph Wilbur Stinson, Uxbridge, Mass. M.E.; Band 1, 2; Football 2; Rope Pull 1, 2; Paddle Rush 2; Class Football 2. John Joseph Sugrue, New London, Conn. M.E.; Class Soccer; A.S.M.E. Robert James Sullivan, West Roxbury, Mass. Ch.E.; T.X.; Track 1, 2; Ski Team 1, 2; Interfraternity Sports. Arnold Helmar Swanson, Milton, Mass. M.E.; S.P.E.; Football 1; Interfrater¬ nity Relay; Baseball; Soph Hop Chair¬ man; Rope Pull. Theodore Joseph Sydor,, Auburn, Mass. E.E. Lynd Francis Tillyer, Soutbbridge, Mass. Ch. L.C.A.; Rifle Club; Camera Club; Rifle, “W” 1; Skeptical Chymists. Etienne Totti, Jr., San Juan, Puerto Rico. C.E.; P.G.D.; Cosmopolitan Club 1, 2, Treasurer 2; Track 1, 2; JV Basketball 2; A.S.C.E.; Newman Club 1, 2; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush; Class Basketball; Interfraternity Basketball; Track; Base¬ ball. Robert Wells Tuller, West Simsbury, Mass. Ch.E.; S.A.E.; Basketball Compet. John Joseph Tyner, Jr., Somerset, Mass. Ch. A.T.O.; Peddler; Paddle Rush; Rope Pull. Chandler Colby Walker, Newton Cen¬ ter, Mass. M.E.; P.G.D. Anton John Waszkiewicz, Worcester, Mass. M.E.; A.S.M.E.; Rope Pull; Pad¬ dle Rush. Earle Freeman Webster, Charles River, Mass. Ch.E.; L.C.A.; Football Compet; Spring Track Compet.; Peddler; Skep¬ tical Chymists; Rope Pull; Glee Club. John Peter Wells, Worcester, Mass. E.E.; T.K.P.; Basketball 1, 2; Class Basketball 1, 2. Joseph Wood Whitaker, Jr., Norton, Mass. M.E.; P.G.D.; Soccer 1, 2, “W” 1; Outing Club 1, 2. Anthony Joseph White, Worcester, Mass. C.E.; Football 2; A.S.C.E. Class Football 1, 2; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush. Leonard Howland White, Auburn, Mass. M. E.; S.A.E.; Interfraternitv Relay; A.S.M.E. Albert Ernest Whiton, Springfield, Mass. E.E.; Nautical Association. William Carl Wikstrand, Woonsocket, R. I. E.E.; Newman Club; A.I.E.E.; Paddle Rush; Rope Pull. William Edward Wiley, Waltham, Mass. C.E.; L.C.A.; A.S.C.E.; Paddle Rush; Rope Pull; Interclass Track. Berkeley Williams, Jr., Worcester, Mass. M.E.; T.X.; Swimming Compet.; Camera Club. Robert Frederick Wilson, Longmeadow, Mass. M.E.; P.S.K.; Football 1, 2; Rope Pull 1; Paddle Rush 1; Inter¬ class Football 1, 2; Interfraternitv Bowling; Relay. Thomas Stack Wingardner, Chatham, N. J. E.E.; P.S.K.; Soccer 1, 2, “W” 1, 2; Baseball 1, “W” 1; JV Basket¬ ball 1. Alfred Edwards Winslow, S. Lancaster, Mass. Ch. L.C.A.; Skeptical Chymists; Camera Club. John Michael Wolkonowicz, Shirley, Mass. C.E.; T.K.P.; Newman Club; S. C.A. Frederick William Ziegler, Lynbrook, N.Y. E.E.; A.T.O.; Interfraternitv Basketball 1, 2; Basketball Compet. 2; Glee Club 1. [ 65 ] CLASS OF 1942 FRESHMAN OFFICERS Seated: K. Parsons, Vice-President; N. Kerr, President; R. Wynkoop, Treasurer. Standing: A. Saarnijoki, Secretary; G. Gerlach, Historian. Boyd Rieman Abbott, Jr., Norristown, Pa. S.A.E.; Freshman Swimming; Paddle Rush, Interclass Swimming; Peddler. Donald Drake Allen, Norwood, Mass. S.P.E.; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush; Fresh¬ man Track; Varsity Track 1. Robert Warren Alexander, Clinton, Mass. Arthur Harding Allen, Hopedale, Mass. Rifle Club. Robert Ernest Allen, Glen Cove, N. Y. Varsity Football 1; Freshman Football. Jonathan Brewster Allured, Northamp¬ ton Mass. Paddle Rush; Cosmopolitan Club 1; Masque 1. Edmund Charles Altenberger, Engle¬ wood, N. J. S.A.E.; Rifle Club; Paddle Rush; Radio Club. William Lewis Ames, Fairhaven, Mass. P.G.D.; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush; Inter¬ class Track. Allan Gabriel Anderson, West Hartford, Conn. P.G.D.; JV Soccer 1; Interclass Soccer; Interfraternity Basketball; Band. Frederick Arthur Anderson, Worcester, Mass. George Charles Andreopoulos, Worces¬ ter, Mass. S.P.E.; Football 1, “W”; JV Basketball 1; Interclass Basketball; Tech News. Robert Thompson Angevine, Great Neck, N. Y. L.X.A. Homer Raynor Arey, Worcester, Mass. Paddle Rush; Camera Club. Maurice Alfred Aubucfion, Fitchburg, Mass. Newman Club; Freshman Foot¬ ball 1. Donald Williams Bail, Newton High¬ lands, Mass. L.X.A.; Masque 1; Outing Club; Paddle Rush. George Frederick Barber. Brattleboro, Vt. P.S.K.; Outing Club; Rope Pull; Band. Frederick Joseph Bargiel, Chicopee, Mass. S.A.E.; Newman Club. John Minot Bartlett, Jr., Worcester, Mass. L.X.A.; Paddle Rush; Outing Club; Rifle Club. Robert Murray Bendett, Mystic, Conn. Norman Clifford Bergstrom, Worcester, Mass. Paddle Rush; Interclass Soccer; Freshman Dance Committee. Charles Decker Berry, Ridgewood, N. J. L.X.A.; Glee Club; Radio Club. Delbert Ayres Betterley, Worcester, Mass. L.X.A.; Outing Club; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush. George Henry Birchall, Jr.. Worcester, Mass. T.X.; Freshman Swimming; Debating Club; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush; Interclass Swimming. Joseph William Blaine, Jr., Newport, R. I. Frank Theodore Bodurtha, Southamp¬ ton, Mass. T.K.P.; Rope Pull. Lester Andrew Bolton, Jr.. Worcester, M ass. S.P.E.; Paddle Rush; Interclass Football. Ronald James Borrup, West Hartford, Conn. L.X.A.; Paddle Rush; Inter¬ class Soccer; Aero Club. Roy Francis Bourgault, Worcester, Mass. Freshman Swimming; Band. Charles Ernest Bradford, Lynbrook, N. Y. Band; Rope Pull; Glee Club. John Clarke Bradford, Putnam, Conn. S. A.E.; Rope Pull. Fred Travers Brierley, Jr., Worcester, Mass. Herbert Emil Brockert, New Britain, Conn. P.S.K.; Soccer. Ralph Henry Brown, Wellesley Hills, Mass; P.G.D.; Interclass Soccer; Cos¬ mopolitan Club; Outing Club; Paddle Rush. Roger Hewes Brown, Reading, Mass. T. X.; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush; Inter¬ class Track. Thomas Henry Casey, Jr., Clinton, Mass. Robert Clinton Chaffe, Worcester, Mass. L.X.A.; Paddle Rush; Interclass Track. Gordon Jasper Chaffee, Oxford, Mass. S. A.E.; Freshman Swimming; Paddle Rush; Rope Pull. David Gorden Chase, Newport, N. H. T. X.; Track 1; Outing Club; Ski Team; Paddle Rush. Napoleon Joseph Christian, Webster, Mass. T.K.P.; Soccer 1. Elihu Marvin Cohen, Hartford, Conn. Paddle Rush; Rope Pull; Interclass Football; Interclass Track; Football. George Cohen, Worcester, Mass. Paddle Rush; Rope Pull. Robert Milton Cole, Southbridge, Mass. S.A.E.; Glee Club; Paddle Rush. David Martin Coleman, Washington, D.C. T.K.P. Roger Edward Corey, Worcester, Mass. L.X.A.; Cross Country 1; Interclass Track; Indoor Track. Dornan Stansbury Craig, South Dart¬ mouth, Mass. A.T.O.; Paddle Rush; Rope Pull; Aero Club; Nautical Ass ' n; Boxing. Harold Leslie Crane, Worcester, Mass. S.P.E.; Cross Country 1; Interclass Track; Indoor Track. Harold Edgar Crosier, Jr., Shelburne Falls, Mass. A.T.O.; Band; Glee Club, Peddler. Alan Crowell, Wilkinsonville, Mass. Edward Morrill Cummings, Ludlow, Mass. Varnum Pierce Curtis, Jr., Worcester, Mass. P.S.K.; Football; Indoor Track. 167 ] Clarence Hoyt Davis, Milton, Mass. A.T.O.; Track 1 “W”; Inter cl ass Track; J.V. Basketball; Interclass Basketball. Wilbur Hastings Day, Shrewsbury, Mass. Camera Club. Walter Kindsman Deacon, Woronco, Mass. Rope Pull; Paddle Rush. Paul Carmen Disario, Jr., Boston, Mass. T.K.P.; Newman Club; Interclass Foot¬ ball; Paddle Rush; Rope Pull. William Beverly Dodge, Springfield, Mass. Camera Club; Glee Club; Debat¬ ing Club. Barton Marsh Douglas, Jr., Windsor, Conn. S.P.E.; Track 1; Football 1; Paddle Rush; Rope Pull. Charles Arthur Dowse, Sherborne, Mass. Cross Country 1; Outing Club; Ski Team 1. Leonard Charles Eddy, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Track 1; Soccer 1; Paddle Rush; Rope Pull; Masque 1; Nominating Com¬ mittee; Dance Committee. Leland Pierce Ekstrom, Worcester, Mass. T.X.; Rope Pull; Track 1; Con¬ stitution Committee. Eric William Essen, Worcester, Mass. Paddle Rush. William Arthur Ferguson, Holyoke, Mass. T.X.; Rope Pull, Paddle Rush, Freshman Track; Constitution Commit¬ tee. James Fernane, Worcester, Mass. Cross Country, “cWc”; Indoor Track, Freshman Track; Newman Club; Radio Club. John Ford, Jr., Marshfield, Mass. P.S.K.; Football; Rifle Club; Paddle Rush; Rope Pull. Burton Franklin, Worcester, Mass. Freshman Swimming. Catch, Catch, Heave. Ralph Gifford Fritch, Melrose, Mass. A.T.O.; Glee Club 1; Outing Club 1; Cosmopolitan Club 1. William Brian Gaither, Dayton, Ohio. S.A.E.; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush. Clinton Albert Gerlach, A.T.O.; Class Historian 1; Peddler 1; Dorm Committee 1. Haskell Ginns, Worcester, Mass. Debating Society 1. Louis Goldrosen, Worcester, Mass. S.O.P.; Football 1. Herbert Morey Goodman, Worcester, Mass. Debating Society (Freshman Team). Albert Stanley Goodrich, Erie, Penn. L.X.A. William Joseph Grabowski, Worcester, Mass. T.K.P.; Football 1; Newman Club. Robert Harold Grant, Wethersfield, Conn. P.S.K.; Radio Club; Intramural Swimming; Track 1. Warren Gamaliel Harding, Worcester, Mass. P.S.K.; Class Basketball 1; J.V. Basketball 1; Class Football. Who Goes? Friend or Foe? David Lawrence Hartwell, East Pem¬ broke, Mass. Paddle Rush; Rifle Club; Newman Club. Philip Jones Hastings, Amherst, Mass. T.X.; Glee Club 1; Paddle Rush; Soccer 1 . Randal Burnam Hathaway, Thomaston, Conn. Class Football; Rope Pull; Pad¬ dle Rush; Football 1; Radio Club; Out¬ ing Club. Edward Arthur Hedbitch, Bridgeport, Conn. P.S.K.; Freshman Swimming Team; Glee Club 1; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush; Freshman Dance Committee. Merrill Whitney Higgins, Worcester, Mass. P.G.D.; Class Track; Rope Pull. [ 68 ] Bradford Abbott Hixon, Jr., Framing¬ ham, Mass. T.X.; Band. Robert Hilton Hodges, Montclair, N. J. Aero Club; Rope Pull; Band. Morey Leonard Hodgman, Glen Rock, N. J. S.P.E.; Rifle Team 1; Rope Pull; Class Football. Robert Lawrence Holden, Barrington, R. I. Paddle Rush. Peter Philip Holz, Mamaroneck, N. Y. Paddle Rush; Rope Pull; Cross Coun¬ try; Class Track; Class Soccer; Dance Committee; Cosmopolitan Club; Outing Club. Elbert Ray Hubbard, Leominster, Mass. Camera Club. Kenneth Tyler Hunt, Southbridge, Mass. L.X.A. They Called It “Love-Sickness.” William Stuart Jackson, Jr., Walpole, Mass. Freshman Swimming, Interclass Swimming; Band 1; Camera Club. Edward Heyes Jacobs, Worcester, Mass. Freshman Swimming; Cosmopolitan Club; Paddle Rush. Iver Axel Johnson, Worcester, Mass. Arnold Roy Jones, Worcester, Mass. P.S.K.; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush; Class Soccer. Gordan Francis Keller, Fitchburg, Mass. Edward Thomas Kelley, Gardner, Mass. Norman Albert Kerr, Adams, Mass. A.T.O.; Class President; Dorm Commit¬ tee; J.V. Basketball; Tech Council; Newman Club; Paddle Rush; Class Basketball. Richard Hayes Kimball, Jr., Bridge- water, Mass. A.T.O.; Camera Club. Alden Howard Kinc, Worcester, Mass. Cosmopolitan Club, Radio Club, Cam¬ era Club. The Yearly Pilgrimage. Victor Olavi Koski, Ashby, Mass. Saul Kulin, Webster, Mass. Laurence Aubrey Lantz, Melrose, Mass. L.X.A.; Football 1; Rope Pull; Class Football, Paddle Rush. Elmer Eugene Larrabee, Shrewsbury, Mass. Camera Club. Saul Lehrer, West Hartford, Conn. Rope Pull; Paddle Rush. Frederick Waldemar Lindblad, Holden, Mass. Band. Warren Robert Lotz, Lynbrook, N. Y. Track 1, “W” 1; Football 1; Basketball 1; Class Chairman; Class Football and Basketball; Tech News. Raymond Frank Mackay, Worcester, Mass. Camera Club. Alan Hamilton McKerrow, Worcester, Mass. A.T.O.; Band; Boyntonians; Cosmopolitan Club. Frank McNamara, Worcester, Mass. T.K.P.; J.V. Basketball; Class Basket¬ ball; Newman Club. Lawrence Francis McNamara, Wor¬ cester, Mass. T.K.P.; Newman Club. Joseph Montague Mason, Gloversville, N. Y. A.T.O.; Glee Club; Band; Cam¬ era Club; Outing Club; Masque Compet. Howard Raymond Matthews, Minneapo¬ lis, Minn. P.G.D.; Paddle Rush. Abraham Cline Mendelsohn, East Mil- ton, Mass. S.O.P.; Camera Club; Nau¬ tical Ass’n; Paddle Rush. Arthur Medine, Holden, Mass. Harry Howard Merkel, Ludlow, Mass. A.T.O.; J.V. Soccer; Class Soccer; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush; Outing Club; Nau¬ tical Ass’n; Interfraternity Basketball. Frederic Cutter Merriam, Pelham, N. H. F. Gordon Merrill, Hackensack, N. J. L.X.A.; A.I.E.E.; Masque. Alexander Mikulich, Seymour, Conn. Paddle Rush. Robert Woodbury Mitchell, Manches¬ ter, N. H. A.T.O. Albert Mitnick, Norwich, Conn. T.K.P.; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush. Winthrop Ross Munyan, Worcester, Mass. A.T.O.; Glee Club; Band. David Frederick Nyquist, Worcester, Mass. Rope Pull; Glee Club; Nautical Ass’n; Debating Society. Donald Roland Packard, Lee, Mass. A.T.O.; Soccer; Class Soccer; Paddle Rush; Rope Pull. Rodney Gibson Paige, New London, Conn. P.G.D.; Swimming 1; Football; Tech News; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush; Nauti¬ cal Ass’n; Class Track. Charles Hanke Parker, Washington, D. C. T.X.; Paddle Rush; Glee Club; Rifle Team. Kenneth Walker Parsons, Turners Falls, Mass. T.X.; Vice-Pres.; Band; Boyntonians; Class Football. Robert William Pease, Maplewood, N. J. Rope Pull; Pad dle Rush; Rifle Club. Paul Ernest Pierson, Worcester, Mass. Camera Club, Outing Club. Ralph Waldo Piper, South Acton, Mass. Rifle Club. James Richard Power, Worcester, Mass. T.K.P.; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush; Cam¬ era Club; Newman Club; A.I.E.E.; Nautical Ass’n. Russell Crawford Proctor, Oxford, Mass. S.P.E.; Paddle Rush. John Henry Quinn, Jr., Fitchburg, Mass. T.K.P.; Newman Club. Earle Berkley Quist, Worcester, Mass. E. X.A.; Paddle Rush. Anthony Rainis, Worcester, Mass. T.K.P. Alan Duthie Ramsay, Jr., Lansdowne, Pa. P.G.D.; Tech Carnival; Rope Pull. Gordon Howard Raymond, New Britain, Conn. P.S.K.; Paddle Rush; Radio Club. Charles Nicholas Rekas, Worcester, Mass. Glee Club. Richard Spaulding Robinson, Worcester, M ass. L.X.A.; Radio Club. John Edward Rogerson, Floral Park, N. Y. L.X.A.; Glee Club; Rifle Team; Class Soccer; Paddle Rush; Rope Pull. Arvo August Saarnijoki, Newport, N. H. P.S.K.; Outing Club; Football 1; Dorm Committee; Class Secretary. Adolph ' August Salminen, Rochdale, Mass. Robert Joseph Sargent, Worcester, Mass. T.K.P.; Newman Club. David McKeon Saunders, Takoma Park, Maryland. T.X.; Nautical Ass’n; Pad¬ dle Rush. Elton James Sceggel, West Hartford, Conn. P.S.K.; Cross Country. Grant Schleich, Harrison, N. Y. S.P.E.; Football 1; Rope Pull; Debat¬ ing Society. Frederick Wilhelm Schneider, Clinton, Mass. Robert Arthur Schultheiss, Attleboro. Mass. L.X.A.; Paddle Rush. Willis Franklin Shaw, Minneapolis, Minn. P.S.K.; Paddle Rush; Rope Pull; Tech Carnival. Robert Titus Sheard, Lakewood, Ohio. P.G.D.; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush; Tech Carnival; Tech News; Swimming 1; Radio Club. James Joseph Sheehy, Indian Orchard, Mass. A.T.O.; Paddle Rush; Rope Pull; Tech Council; Chairman Dorm Committee; Soccer 1; Newman Club; J.V. Basketball. Frederick William Shippee, Gardner, Mass. P.S.K.; Swimming 1; Glee Club; Rope Pull; Freshman Dance Committee. William Goodhart Sloane, Atlantic Beach, New York. Rope Pull; Paddle Rush. Leonard Ingram Smith, Worcester, Mass. S. A.E.; Football 1. George Heman Sprague, Jr., Hamilton, Mass. Paddle Rush; Rope Pull. John Francis Sullivan, Springfield, Mass. S.A.E.; Track 1; Rifle Club; Newman Club; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush. Sidney Robert Swift, Fitchburg, Mass. T. X.; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush. Felix Alfred Thiel, Worcester, Mass. L.X.A.; Paddle Rush. Victor Tolis, Spencer, Mass. S.A.E.; Paddle Rush. Noel Totti, Jr., Ponce, Puerto Rico. P.G.D.; Cosmopolitan Club; Newman Club; Paddle Rush. John Michael Townsend, Jr., Mount Vernon, New York. S.A.E.; Dorm Com¬ mittee; Freshman Dance Committee; Swimming 1; Aero Club; Nautical Asso¬ ciation; Tech News. Donald Eastman Treadwell, Worcester, Mass. P.S.K.; Paddle Rush. 170 ] Daniel Charles Usanis, New Britain, Conn. T.K.P.; Glee Club 1; Newman Club. Richard Joseph Vaughn, Hudson, Mass. T.K.P.; Newman Club. Philip John Walker, Meriden, Conn. Football 1; Class Football; Rifle Club; Rifle Team 1; Camera Club; Paddle Rush. William Francis Walsh, Worcester, M ass. Newman Club. Howard Clinton Warren, Fleming, Colo. Paddle Rush, Glee Club 1. Morton William Weimer, West Hart¬ ford, Conn. Football 1; Class Football. Hyman Gabriel Weinstein, Worcester, Mass. S.O.P.; Glee Club 1. Joseph Richard Weiss, Washington, D. C. T.X.; Paddle Rush; Rope Pull; Camera Club; Debating Society 1; De¬ bating Team 1. C. Frederick Wheeler, South Amboy, N. J. S.A.E.; Paddle Rush; Rope Pull. Rollin Merrill Wheeler, Rutland, Mass. William Niles Wheeler, Hubbardston, Mass. L.X.A.; Cross Country; Carnival Skit; Outing Club; J.V. Basketball. Edward Casty White, Worcester, Mass. Paddle Rush, Glee Club, Rope Pull. Ralph Delano Whitmore, New Rochelle, N. Y. P.G.D.; Rifle Team; Aero Club; Rope Pull; Tech Carnival. Myron Waldo Willard, Jr., Norfolk, Virginia. Paddle Rush. Samuel Wesley Williams, Southbridge, Mass. A.T.O.; Masque; Peddler; Dorm Committee; Outing Club. Arthur Dyer Wilson, Rome, N. Y. A.T.O.; Cosmopolitan Club. Norman Allan Wilson, Ludlow, Mass. A.T.O.; Soccer, J.V. Basketball; Paddle Rush, Masque. John Edward Wood, Worcester, Mass. T.K.P.; Boxing; Newman Club; Inter¬ class Football. Pliny Williams Wood, Worcester, Mass. Band; Cosmopolitan Club; Glee Club; Rope Pull. Robert David Wood, Worcester, Mass. S.A.E.; Newman Club; Paddle Rush; Rope Pull. William Creary Woods, Wilmington, Del. Radio Club; Rope Pull. John Burghardt Wright, Worcester, Mass. Glee Club; Band; Newman Club. Philip Clare Wright, Natick, Mass. S.P.E.; Rope Pull; Paddle Rush. Raymond Wynkoop, Jenkintown, Penn. Soccer 1; Freshman Swimming; Inter¬ class Track; Tech News; Rope Pull; Radio Club; Class Treasurer; Dorm Committee. Paul Charles Yankauskas, Worcester, Mass. T.K.P.; Football 1; Interclass Football; Boxing; Glee Club; Rope Pull. 171 ] HONORARY FRATERNITIES THE INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL SOCIAL FRATERNITIES Seated: E. Ljunggren, D. McEwan, A. Raslavsky, President; R. Korolyshun. Standing: J. Hollick, C. Lewin, J. Rushton, M. Chandler. SKULL FACULTY MEMBERS Herbert F. Taylor M. Lawrence Price Edwin H. Higginbottom Donald G. Downing Ivan E. Bigler Albert J. Schwieger STUDENT MEMBERS Malcolm R. Chandler Russell T. Korolyshun David McEwan John T. Rushton John G. Hollick Ernest N. Ljunggren Albert J. Raslavsky Carl W. Lewin The Skull, senior honorary society, was founded in 1911 in order to organize the most active campus leaders for purposes of cooperation in college activities as well as for social contacts. Each year it selects its new members in an impressive tapping ceremony which takes place during one of the spring assemblies. These men, con¬ sidered to be the leaders of the Junior class, are chosen for their popularity in athletics and in class and social activities. Accord¬ ing to custom, the membership is re- [ 74 ] stricted to not more than eleven men, no more than three of whom shall be from the same fraternity. The meetings of this group, which are secret, are held in the Skull Tomb, located on the southeast corner of the campus. The Skull has always worked in close cooperation with the President in regu¬ lating inter-class rivalry and directing student opinion. This year it was instru¬ mental in organizing the upper classes for the purpose of more effectively breaking in the new Freshman class. To encourage the cooperation and school spirit of the freshmen, a trophy is awarded each year, by the Skull, to the member of the Freshman class, who, in its opinion, has the most for the college. The receipt of this cup in no way guar¬ antees the winner future membership in the organization. This year the prize was awarded to Donald T. Atkinson. “Tapped,” Every student’s desire. [ 75 ] Seated: E. Dench, D. Clark, D. Houser, W. Abel. Standing: J. Hollick, D. Burness, G. Feiker. Not present: E. Roszko, J. Alcock. SIGMA XI The society of the Sigma Xi, founded at Cornell University in 1886, is an En¬ gineering honorary fraternity, whose pur¬ pose is the promotion of research in science. Its membership has grown to about twenty thousand. The chapter at W. P. I. was founded in 1908. At present Professor M. L. Price holds the office of President, and Professor W. E. Lawton that of Secretary-Treasurer. Faculty members hold full membership, whereas high ranking students of the Senior class are chosen for associate mem¬ bership. An associate member enjoys most of the privileges of full membership. They are elected by the current members on the basis of scholarship and general worth¬ iness. An exceptional student may occa¬ sionally be elected to full membership. This year the chapter sponsored two open meetings. The first meeting was addressed by Dr. Kistler of the Norton Co., speaking on “The Unusual Aspects of a Very Familiar Substance, Water.” The second featured Professor A. C. Ruge of M. I. T., whose topic was “Earthquakes and the Engineer”. His talk dealt with a new electrical method of determining the strain on structures due to earthquakes. r 761 Row 1: M. Chandler, A. Raslavsky, C. Lewin, J. Hollick, President; D. Houser, W. Abel, A. Nims. Row 2: R. Wilson, G. Feiker, V. Thulin, C. Fritch, C. Harris, C. Amidon. Row 3: H. Humphrey, R. Brand, F. Dench, R. Dunklee. Not present: R. Martin, E. Roszko, J. Alcock. TAU BETA PI Tau Beta Pi is an honorary society founded in 1885, “to mark in a fitting manner those who conferred honor upon their Alma Mater by distinguished scholar¬ ship and exemplary character as under¬ graduates in engineering, or by their at¬ tainments as alumni . . ., and to foster a spirit of liberal culture in the engineering c olleges of America ’ Tau Beta Pi at Worcester has been sin¬ gularly honored, this year, by having one of its members, Edward C. Dench, selected as a Tau Beta Fellow for the coming year. A joint meeting with the chapters of M. I. T. and Tufts was held, so that these three chapters might become better ac¬ quainted. Last fall Donald T. Atkinson was awarded the annual prize, of a log log decitrig slide rule, for being the Freshman who posessed the qualities most nearly like those of a Tau Beta Pi man. At this same time the name of Prof. Francis W. Roys, head of the Mechanical Engineer¬ ing Department, was added to the chapter rolls. There was no chapter here when Prof. Roys was an undergraduate. “The Bent” [ 77 ] Row 1: D. McEwan, Prof. H. Gay, Prof. P. Swan, C. Keyser, G. Feiker. Row 2: A. Malboeuf, B. Kay, T. Bourne, A Jacques, W. Arter. INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL Prof. Paul R. Swan, Chairman Prof. Harold J. Gay, Secretary David McEwan, P.G.D. George E. Feiker, Jr., S.A.E. R. Adrien Jacques, A.T.O. Carl A. Keyser, Treasurer, T.X. The Interfraternity Council was organ¬ ized at Tech in 1911, four years later be¬ coming a member of the National Inter¬ fraternity Council. The Council is com¬ posed of two representatives from the faculty, and one from each fraternity. The object of the Council, as written in the constitution, is the promotion of a closer relationship between the chapters of the fraternities represented on the Council, the faculty, and the student body. Meet¬ ings are held each month with the fratern¬ ities each taking their turn as dinner host. William L. Kay, L.X.A. Thomas G. Bourne, P.S.K. Jack F. Boyd, S.P.E. Arthur H. Malboeuf, T.K.P. The system of “Rushing” at W. P. I. is one of the best. Several years ago the old system was thrown out in favor of the new, and now the “Rush Weeks” function very smoothly and sanely. A booklet of rules, with the amendments added during the past year, is published each year. As part of their duties, the Council meets every day during the rushing period to act on the many details. A Court, established by the Council and consisting of three faculty members, is on call at any time to pass judgment on 178 ] infringements of the rushing rules. This body acts only when one fraternity accuses another of some violation. This past year the Court has been very inactive in as much as no violation was reported. Each year, through the generosity of Trustee George F. Fuller, several prizes are awarded to those chapters who are the winners of the general competition among the fraternities. Two prizes, a first and a second, are awarded for the highest schol¬ astic ratings. To be eligible a fraternity must have a weighted average of 72 ' A , or better, and must equal or exceed the col¬ lege average. Another scholarship prize, called the “Improvement Prize”, is award¬ ed to the fraternity, among those not win¬ ning a Scholarship Prize, that shows the greatest improvement in scholarship during the preceding year. A new prize was added this last September. It is awarded on the basis of combined excellence in scholarship and outside ac tivities. This year’s Interfraternity Ball has been acclaimed as the best dance ever held at Tech. For the first time in Tech history a big-name band was secured. Glenn Miller and his band, featuring Marion Hutton, presenting music, of both smooth and swing style, to a capacity crowd of Tech socialites, proved to be a huge success. The decorations of fraternity insignia around the hall and the comic professor above the band stand were thoroughly appropriate for the gaiety of the affair. The favors, a combination of program and a one-year date book bound in leather, proved to be very popular as well as at¬ tractive. 1791 ALPHA TAU OMEGA The Worcester Tech Chapter of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity had its beginning in 1904 when six students secretly organ¬ ized a fraternal club which they called the “Arm and Hammer”. In 1906, after two years existence as a local fraternity, the “Arm and Hammer” became the Gamma Sigma Chapter of the national fraternity Alpha Tau Omega. In 1910 the chapter house was moved from West Street to its present site on Institute Road. Alpha Tau Omega is well represented in the extra-curricular activities on the Hill. It has among its numbers members of Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi and many re¬ cipients of the varsity “W”. Recently the Fraternity was honored by having one of its members tapped by Skull. This year the Diamond Jubilee of the founding of the national fraternity was observed by a conclave held at the local Chapter House. Delegates from chapters as far South as Georgia were entertained by a formal dance and banquet. Many of the national officers were present for this auspicious occasion. First Row, Seated: H. Maurice, N. Wilson, H. Kingsley, L. Rice, R. Mitchell, R. Messinger, J. Filipek. Second Row, Seated: I. Forde, R. Piper, K. Olson, Prof. J. Fitzgerald, P. Keating, R. Martin, J. Lan¬ caster, J. Alcock, R. Jacques. Third Row, Standing: D. Packard, J. Ingham, J. Mason, L. Brune, R. Fritch, W. Brooks, F. Zeigler, F. Crosby, N. Kerr, R. Kimball, H. Crosier. Fourth Row, Standing: A. Wilson, G. Gurney, H. McKerrow, R. Riggs, A. Francis, W. Terry, K. McIntyre, C. Gerlach, C. Davis, F. White, F. Delany. Fifth Row: Standing: D. von Bremen, J. Sheehy, S. Williams, F. Boynton, W. Bosyk, F. Miller, K. Blaisdell, D. Craig, H. Merkel. 180 ] Faculty Prof. J. E. Fitzgerald Prof. A. H. Holt Prof. T. H. Morgan Prof. H. H. Newell Mr. R. M. Daniels Seniors J. H. Lancaster P. W. Keating J. W. Hughes E. Roszko R. W. Martin J. P. Alcock I. W. Forde R. A. Jacques S. K. Olson R. B. Piper Juniors Sophomores Freshmen G. F. Boynton R. E. Ryan D. S. Craig K. R. Blaisdell R. K. McIntyre H. E. Crosier, Jr. F. A. Crosby, Jr. H. E. Roberton R. G. Fritch F. J. Delaney J. J. Tyner, Jr. C. A. Gerlach R. E. Higgs F. W. Ziegler N. A. Kerr F. B. Miller N. H. Osgood R. H. Kimball, Jr. W. R. Terry, Jr. S. M. Potter H. A. McKerrow A. W. Francis H. W. Maurice J. M. Mason R. T. Messinger J. S. Ingham H. H. Merkel F. F. White H. D. Kingsley R. W. Mitchell W. S. Brooks E. K. Hupprich W. R. Munyan D. W. von Bremen, Jr. E. P. Disbrow, Jr. R. D. Packard W. T. Christopher L. H. Rice J. J. Sheehy L. Brune A. G. Bellos S. W. Williams W. Bosyk A. D. Wilson G. T. Gurney N. A. Wilson C. W. Osipowich J. E. Filipek C. H. Davis 181 ] LAMDA CHI ALPHA The national organization known as the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity was substantially enlarged as well as bettered when on December 5, 1912, the Pi Zeta Chapter was installed at Worcester Poly¬ technic Institute. This group of students had formerly been known as Zeta Sigma Tau and constituted a local of fine stand¬ ing. After four years the Lambda Chi men moved into the house they occupy at the present time, located at 30 Trow¬ bridge Road. Many good men were pledged during the shortened rushing season and the Pledge Dance turned out to be a gala affair. At Home Day found a large num¬ ber of Alumni visiting their Alma Mater, and no few men were Lambda Chi visitors on that day of Tech display. Winter sport¬ ing events kept the men busy this year, several of the members organizing a Tech Outing Club. Many field trips were taken, and the good fun derived therefrom cer¬ tainly assures the Club of a long life. Bowling season honors went to the men from the top of the hill, unquestionably. The fine year for Lambda Chi Alpha was topped off by the annual Parent’s Day Banquet. Front Row: L. Lantz, D. Bates, R. Glencross, G. Potter, J. Allured, J. Benedict, K. Benson. Second Row: E. Sykes; E. Anderson, D. Hunt, D. Bail, W. Kay, P. Johnson, F. Pyne, D. Burness, R. Dunklee, G. Bingham, K. Benson. Third Row: A. Winslow, C. Ferguson, R. Ramsdell, C, Gerald, R. Borrup, R. Holden. S. Terry, E. Bates, L. Tillyer, G. Douglas, R. Mayer, J. Krause, R. Schultheiss, F. Strandberg. Fourth Row: R. Johnson, G. Thulin, A. Goodrich, C. Bettcher, R. Coleman, R. Robinson, C. Allen, W. Gove, D. Betterley, R. Angevine, C. Berry, W. Jackson. Last Row: M. Burton, E. Webster, F. Wack- erbath, F. Merrill, R. Goulding, W. Richardson, C. Swasey, A. Anderson, W. Wiley. t 82 ] Faculty Prof. C. D. Knight Prof. H. A. Maxfield Dr. R. K. Morley Prof. W. W. Locke Seniors P. W. Johnson D. M. Burness S. E. Scott C. I. Ferguson R. F. West W. L. Kay F. S. Pyne D. H. Hunt F. E. Strandberg E. L. Sykes Juniors R. A. Coleman G. S. Bingham D. R. Bates C. L. Gerald W. T. Gove J. L. Krause R. Glencross G. D. Howard, Jr. R. G. Mayer C. H. Allen C. F. Swasey, Jr. B. T. Potter G. W. Thulin C. J. Wilde R. A. Dunklee, Jr. E. S. Anderson S. M. Terry Sophomores E. M. Bates L. C. Neale F. S. Wackerbath E. E. Webster S. W. Clark K. B. Benson R. Goulding C. W. Bettcher W. C. Richardson R. G. Ramsdell W. E. Wiley L. F. Tillyer G. T. Douglass A. E. Winslow R. C. Lundahl Freshmen J. B. Allured J. W. Benedict A. F. Anderson D. W. Bail W. S. Jackson, Jr. A. H. Allen C. D. Berrv W. N. Wheeler A. F. Thiel, Jr. R. A. Schultheiss E. D. Quist L. A. Lantz A. H. King K. T. Hunt A. S. Goodrich R. C. Chaffee D. A. Betterley R. J. Borrup R. T. Angevine R. L. Holden R. S. Robinson R. E. Corey J. M. Bartlett, Jr. F. G. Merrill J. E. Rogerson [ 83 ] PHI GAMMA DELTA Phi Gamma Delta was founded at Old Jefferson College, which is now Washing¬ ton and Jefferson, at Cannonsburg, Penn¬ sylvania, on May 1, 1848. It is the thir¬ teenth oldest Greek-letter society in Amer¬ ica. The local chapter, Phi Iota, of Phi Gam¬ ma Delta was founded largely by the efforts of Archibald MacCullagh, a member of the Beta chapter at the University of Pennsylvania. MacCullagh influenced two friends to start a chapter at Tech and on December 11, 1891, Pi Iota held its first meeting. Since these early days this chapter has strived to uphold the highest ideals of fra¬ ternal relations. Phi Gamma Delta has always stressed the qualities of gentleman¬ liness, scholarship and leadership. A Fiji believes that these characteristics are neces¬ sary for a student to obtain a well balanced life. Because of these high ideals Phi Gamma Delta has been on a steady path of prog¬ ress. This path is an upward one which was crowned this year by the fact that Rodin’s Thinker and the Interfraternity Grand Trophy rested at “99” Salisbury. This feat has never before been accom¬ plished here at Tech. First Row: W. Lang, A. Rand, D. Houser, R. Lloyd, D. McEwan, W. Abel, J. Rushton, M. Chandler, C. Hitchon. Second Row: R. Brown, W. Ames, R. Mathews, A. Peck, C. Fritch, M. Higgins, S. Totti, A. Ramsey, R. Whitmore, H. Schaller. Third Row: J. Whitaker, C. Walker, H. Hazzard, A. Anderson, D. Palmer, A. Dinsmore, R. Muir, W. Bosworth, S. Lang, D. Kuniholm. Fourth Row: M. Knapp, C. Hoebel, H. Paige, H. Shaw, D. Ramaker, R. Paige, R. Holby, R. Sheard, H. Cameron. [ 84 ] Faculty Dr. Leland L. Atwood Prof. William L. Phinney Seniors W. L. Abel M. R. Chandler C. K. Hitchon D. E. Houser W. E. Lang, Jr. R. S. Lloyd D. McEwan A. H. Rand J. T. Rushton A. C. Stone Juniors W. H. Bosworth H. L. Cameron A. S. Dinsmore C. F. Fritch, Jr. W. C. Hotchkiss M. H. Knapp D. A. Kuniholm S. K. Lang D. P. Ramaker H. W. Shaw, Jr. W. E. Crandall, 40 Sophomores H. A. Hazard C. L. Hoebel R. M. Holby R. A. Muir H. W. Paige D. F. Palmer, Jr. G. K. Peck R. W. Parks H. T. Shaller E. Totti, Jr. C. C. Walker J. W. Whitaker, Jr. Freshmen W. L. Ames A. G. Anderson R. H. Brown M. W. Higgins R. H. Matthews R. G. Paige A. D. Ramsey N. Totti, Jr. R. D. Whitmore, Jr. R. T. Sheard, ’42 W. C. Woods, ’42 [ 85 ] PHI SIGMA KAPPA The present local chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa had its origin in 1902 when a small local fraternity known as Theta Chi was organized. The arrival of the national Theta Chi Fraternity on the campus in 1909 made it necessary to change the name of the local group. Kappa Xi Alpha was the new name that was chosen. How¬ ever, as the fraternity grew in size and prominence on the Hill, the members de¬ cided that affiliation with some national fraternity would be very advantageous. In 1915 this desire became a reality when the local chapter obtained a charter as the Epsilon Deuteron Chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity. During the past academic year the members of Phi Sigma Kappa have par¬ ticipated actively in nearly all of the activities on the Hill. A glance through the lists of athletic teams, honor societies, and clubs in this book is a clear evidence of this. Besides these activities many ad¬ dit ional social events within the fraternity have taken place. Most unique was the ' ‘Debangeite” Dance for which the fellows dressed as girls and the girls as boys. House parties were held both for the In¬ terfraternity Ball before Christmas and for the Junior Prom weekend in the spring. First Row: A. Nims, H. Blauvelt, R. Bergstrom, D. Smith, T. Bourne, C. Powell, J. Bartlett, S. Hopkins, R. Wilson. Second Row: G. Barber, H. Anderson, P. Bartlett, E. McNutt, R. Wilson, L. Shatten J. Hinman, R. Grant, C. McMurray, W. Messimer, J. Ford. Third Row: H. Humphrey, D. Treadwell N. Bergstrom, E. Ljunggren, T. Wingardner, J. Dower, W. Shaw, P. Berggren, K. Fraser, H. Duchacek, E. Sceggel. Fourth Row: G. Raymond, G. Lowenthal, E. Hebditch, G. Knauff, A. Jones, A. Luce, r! Mirick, F. Shippee, A. Saarnijoki, C. McDonald, W. Sodano. T86] Faculty Prof. F. W. Roys Dr. A. W. Duff Prof. D. G. Downing Mr. C. H. Stauffer Seniors L. Bartlett V. Bergstrom J. H. Blaisdell H. S. Blauvelt T. G. Bourne H. Duchacek J. G. Hollick H. W. Humphrey 0. J. Kama W. D. Messimer R. B. Mirick A. A. Nims C. E. Stauffer L. E. Stratton R. B. Wilson E. N. Ljunggren M. C. Wilson Juniors H. L. Anderson P. D. Bartlett R. S. Brand J. H. Dower K. C. Fraser W. C. Goodchild C. G. Flygare C. C. McDonald J. H. Newton Sophomores J. P. Berggren, Jr. L. B. Harding J. H. Hinman S. Hopkins E. G. Jacober G. W. Knauff G. H. Lowenthal A. A. Luce C. M. McMurray, Jr. E. W. J. Pacek E. E. McNutt C. P. Powell D. E. Smith R. F. Wilson T. S. Wingardner Freshmen G. F. Barber N. C. Bergstrom H. E. Brockert Y. P. Curtis, Jr. J. Ford, Jr. R. H. Grant W. G. Harding E. A. Hebditch A. R. Jones G. H. Raymond A. A. Saarnijoki E. J. Sceggel W. F. Shaw F. W. Shippee, Jr. D. E. Treadwell [ 87 ] SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON March 9, 1856, marks the founding of the first chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. It originated at the University of Alabama. In accordance with the fraternity’s policy to become national, a rapid growth followed and by the start of the Civil War no less than fourteen chapters had been enrolled. The War not only suspended fraternity life hut also created such a great sentiment in the North that it was not until 1883 that the first chapter in the North could be es¬ tablished. Nine years later S.A.E. made its initial appearance in New England when a chap¬ ter was organized at Boston University. This was followed rapidly by chapters at M. I. T. and at Harvard. Meanwhile the Tech Cooperative Society at W. P. I. had become interested in affiliation with a national organization and so petitioned the Fraternity. Installation of the Wor¬ cester group was conducted by the three Boston chapters on March 10, 1894, at Auburndale, Mass., since it was the cus¬ tom of these chapters to hold joint initia¬ tions there. first Row: L. Landall, W. Ahern, W. Blades, R. Steele, G. Feiker, E. Hafey, B. Schmidt, L. Rourke, T. Love. Second Row: W. Gaither, E. Altenberger, J. Bradford, W. Riddick, P. Meany, B. Abbott, M. Carangelo. Third Row: J. Townsend, R. Cole, C. Sullivan, W. Bradford, W. Wadsworth, R. Scharmann, A. Ashmead Fourth Row: R. Brautigam, R. Tuller, R. Chaffee, H. Eddy, L. Eddy, F. Bargiel. 188 ] Faculty Prof. H. F Taylor Prof. P. R. Carpenter Prof. M. L. Price Seniors W. R Ahern A. H. Chase G. E. Feiker, Jr. L. B. Landall G. E. Monchamp L. G. Rourke, Jr. B. A. Schmidt R. 0. Steele G. W. Yule E. R. Vickery, Jr. Ha . Juniors Sophomores Freshmen W. T. Blades A. S. Ashmead B. R. Abbott, Jr. J. T. Bradshaw A. W. Bodreau E. C. Altenberger E. E. Hafey P. G. Bonin F. J. Bargiel T. P. Love W. S. Bradford J. C. Bradford P. E. Meany R. B. Brautigam G. J. Chaffee E. F. O’Gara, Jr. H. C. Burdett R. M. Cole R. J. O’Malley M. L. Carangelo L. C. Eddy J. J. Platukis H. W. Eddy W. B. Gaither W. J. Riddick, Jr. R. A. Fraser L. I. Smith C. H. Stenlund W. E. Lazott J. F. Sullivan C. F. Sullivan J. H. MacLeod V. Tolis W. B. Wadsworth R. F. Scharmann J. M. Townsend, Jr. R. W. Tuller C. F. Wheeler L. H. White R. D. Wood [ 89 ] SIGMA OMEGA PSI This year Theta Chapter of Sigma Omega Psi marks the beginning of the third decade of its existence. The chapter was founded at W. P. I. in 1918 and has since taken an active part in the social and athletic intramural affairs on the Hill. The national fraternity of Sigma Omega Psi was founded in 1913 at C. C. N. Y. by a group of students of Jewish faith and is dedicated to the maintenance of the high¬ est ideals of Jewish student life in Ameri¬ can colleges. This June the Silver Jubilee of its founding will be observed in New York, with part of the exercises being held at the World’s Fair. S.O.P.’s activities on the Hill for the past year were highlighted by a basketball tournament here last March in which the New England chapters of the fraternity participated. The local chapter played host to teams from Tufts, Boston Univer¬ sity, M. I. T., and Lowell Textile Institute. Scene of the tourney was the Alumni Gym¬ nasium. 1st Row: M. Lerer, S. Naistat, S. Kaplan, S. Meiselman, L. Goldsmith, M. Skiest, M. Sadick. -.nd Row. C. Mendelsohn, S. Soloway, G. Lainer, L.Goldrosen, H. Weinstein, G. Cohen, I. Breger. 190 ] Faculty S. S. Naistat Seniors S. B. Kaplan Juniors M. Bialer L. Goldsmith G. Lainer S. Meiselman M. Sadick Sophomores I. A. Breger G. A. Cohen M. Lerer S. Soloway Freshmen R. M. Bendett E. M. Cohen B. Franklin H. M. Goodman S. Lehrer A. C. Mendelsohn H. G. Weinstein r9ii SIGMA PHI EPSILON The progress of the Massachusetts Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon has been marked by rapid growth. It was founded in 1906 as a local, Delta Tau, but in 1924 amalgamated with nine other locals to form the national, Theta Upsilon Omega. In 1938, feeling the desirability of be¬ coming one of the larger nationals, T.U.O. merged with Sigma Phi Epsilon. Sig Ep men are engaged in every school activity on the campus. They were the backbone of the undefeated 1938 football team, are well represented in basketball, and supply more than their share of the baseball material. In the realm of writ¬ ing, the Tech News lists several Sig Ep men on the staff. This year three men were honored by election to Skull. In interfraternity activities Sigma Phi Epsilon has met with moderate success thus far this year. Mid-year fraternity scholastic averages show that Sig Ep has jumped two places in the interfraternity standings. F 1 W R f Fork . ey c D - Steve s ’ ?• Le T win ’ J - Harve y N - Packard, B. Phelps. 2nd Row: Longnecker, U W. jw zsT rd low f M. Hodgraan G Schleigh, R Ftanin ' iioUoiPlf 4roc r anlrTLindegri F C AmbI r - V ‘ K ‘ «• L °Ad. Alden, 192 ] Faculty Prof. J. W. Howe Dr. G. H. MacCullough Prof. A. J. Knight Seniors W. Alter J. F. Boyd N. A. Packard C. J. Lindegren, Jr. C. W. Lewin G. Jewett W. L. Longnecker J. C. Harvey, Jr. W. R. Wetzer juniors D. L. Stevens R. J. Forkey F. Gustafson B. A. Lambert R. Whitehead V. J. Liberty F. R. Waterhouse Sophomores A. H. Aldrich E. K. Boyd K. R. Dresser J. K. Mowery E. C. Ambler D. T. Atkinson J. H. Casey R. S. Fleming W. B. Phelps A. Swanson Freshmen D. D. Alden H. L. Crane L. A. Bolton, Jr. M. L. Hodgman G. W. Schleich R. A. Allen G. C. Andreopoulos B. M. Douglas, Jr. W. R. Lotz P. C. Wright R. C. Proctor 193 ] THETA CHI On October 12, 1905, nine undergradu¬ ate members of Polytechnical Institute formed an athletic association which they called Pi Omega Pi. The membership requirement—a varsity letter in one of the recognized sports—was found to be far too severe. And so the society changed its standard and announced its aims as “primarily to foster clean athletics at W. P. I.” With the increasing strength of the or¬ ganization under this new plan it soon was desirous of becoming a part of a national fraternity. On March 20, 1909, this desire was consummated and the group became the Epsilon Chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity. At that time the chapter had acquired a house on Lancaster Terrace. Later, when need for more room was evi¬ dent, the present residence of the chapter, a large duplex house on the corner of Dean and Salisbury Streets, was taken over. 1st Row: R. Roulston, S. Swift, K. Parsons, F. Benn, R. Weiss, R. Brown, D. Robertson. 2nd Row: A. Herd, C. Amidon, J. Lowd, B. Waterman, C. Keyser, J. Driscoll, H. Sweeney, H. White, D. Officer. 3rd Row: D. Saunders, D. Chatfield, E. Dench, K. Fowler, W. Paulsen, H. Stirling, J. Robjent, J. Bentley ' C. Parker, H. Paulsen. 4th Row: G. Taylor, F. Sherwin, R. Hodges, G. Graham, F. Stevenson, L Ek- strom, R. Newton, J. Jacob. W. Ferguson, W. Higgins, A. Jackson, 5th Row: P. Hastings, W. Hardy D Demo, F. Chamberlain, J. Ferguson, M. Rhodes, P. Walker, D. Chase, G. Birchall, I. Johnson, B. Williams 194 ] Faculty Dr. R. A. Beth Dr. S. J. Plimpton Prof. V. Siegfried Mr. E. W. Armstrong Seniors C. H. Amidon, Jr. E. C. Dench J. M. Driscoll G. C. Graham, Jr. W. L. Hardy A. J. Herd, Jr. C. A. Keyser J. F. Peavey H. E. White Juniors J. E. Bentley D. S. Chatfield K. W. Fowler J. D. Lowd R. G. Newton D. A. Officer H. J. Paulsen, Jr. M. A. Rhodes, Jr. R. S. Roulston F. B. Stevenson H. E. Stirling G. F. Taylor B. B. Waterman, Jr. Sophomores F. J. Benn, Jr. F. B. Chamberlin D. S. Denio J. C. Ferguson J. H. Jacobs W. F. Paulsen J. F. Robjent F. S. Sherwin R. J. Sullivan B. Williams, Jr. A. J. Jackson W. R. Higgins D. Robertson Freshmen G. H. Birchall, Jr. R. H. Brown D. G. Chase F. P. Ekstrom W. A. Ferguson P. J. Hastings B. A. Hixon, Jr. I. A. Johnson C. H. Parker K. W. Parsons D. M. Saunders S. R. Swift P. J. Walker J. R. Weiss 195 ] THETA KAPPA PHI The W. P. I. chapter, Lambda, of Theta Kappa Phi Fraternity was organized as the eleventh chapter of the fraternity in 1935. This was a direct outgrowth of a local Catholic fraternity known as the Friars. This fraternity was organized in 1930 by a group of Catholic students who felt mutually bound together. During its five-year existence, this local group pros¬ pered in membership and popularity. Seeing the advantages of being allied with a national fraternity they petitioned for admittance to Theta Kappa Phi and were admitted in November, 1935. In 1937 a new house was purchased at 26 Institute Road when the need for expansion was felt. Many social functions were held dur¬ ing the past year, culminating in the an¬ nual fraternity banquet, where President and Mrs. Earle were entertained. These social activities did not prove a hindrance to the scholastic standing of the members this year as they tied for second place in the fraternity scholarship awards. 1st Row: J. Molony, S. Bellassai, J. Shread, A. Raslavsky, G. Gravlin, R. Korolyshun, R. Murphy, R. Delisle, R. Curran. 2nd Row: R. Jasper, J. Wolkonowicz, J. Power, D. Usanis, R. Schlora, A. Rainis, V. Lombardi, J. Jurga, S. Majka, W. Kennedy. 3rd Row: A. Maggiolo, P. Disario, J. Christian, F. Sama, J. Hoar, E. Stasielowski, J. Wood, N. Maleady. 4th Row: M. Aubuchon, A. Mitnick, P. Yankauskas, F. Oneglia, P. Gaidis, A. Malboeuf, R. Sargent. 196 ] Faculty Prof. S. H. Fillion Seniors T. F. Beatty, Jr. R. T. Korolyshun J. P. Molony E. M. Moggio R. C. Murphy A. J. Raslavsky Juniors P. N. Gaidis E. L. Gravlin A. J. Maggiolo A. H. Malboeuf N. R. Maleady R. B. Shlora ' Sophomores S. J. Bellassai M. J. Bird W. J. Carroll, Jr. A. R. Curran R. L. DeLisle J. J. Hoar, Jr. R. C. Jasper J. P. Jurga N. J. Christian W. B. Kennedy, Jr. D. M. Coleman V. J. Lombardi P. C. Disario, Jr. J. E. McGinnis W. J. Grabowski S. J. Majka E. T. Kelley F. J. Oneglia F. McNamara F. W. Sama L. F. McNamara J. E. Schread A. Mitnick E. R. Stasielowski J. R. Power J. P. Wells J. H. Quinn, Jr. J. M. Wolkonowicz A. Rainis R. J. Sargent Freshmen D. C. Usanis M. A. Aubuchon R. C. Vaughn F. T. Bodurtha J. E. Wood T. H. Casey, Jr. P. C. Yankauskas tm L97] THE TECH COUNCIL ASSOCIATIONS CLUBS ENGINEERING SOCIETIES ATHLETICS 1st Row: D. McEwan, R. Lloyd, Prof. Knight, D. Houser Pres., R. Martin, J. Boyd, R. Curran. 2nd Row: A. Raslavsky, J. Sheehy, J. Hollick, C. Hoebel, W. Ahern, E. Sykes. 3rd Row: A. Lavanavicza, F. Strandberg, N. Kerr, R. Dunklee, P. Johnson, K. Fraser. TECH COUNCIL The Tech Council, an advisory body consisting of two members of the faculty and leaders of student activities, is one of the most important organizations on the Hill. Several prominent activities are spon¬ sored by this organization, the most im¬ portant being the annual At Home Day held during the spring to acquaint pro¬ spective students with the Institute. Also important is the annual Sports banquet where talks are given by prominent speakers, letters are awarded and captains are elected for the various sports. The Fuller assemblies are also under the di¬ rection of the Council. It has been the custom of the Council for some time to award Athletic charms to men graduating who have distinguished themselves in major sports. Also under the jurisdiction of the Coun¬ cil is the enforcement of the Eligibility 1100 ] Code, which is designed to prevent stu¬ dents from overloading themselves with extra-curricular activities. At present, the “Jacket Committee” of the Council is obtaining the opinion of the student body on the design and color for a school jacket. This jacket will re¬ place the present class jackets. The Tech Banquet Standing: D. Palmer, J. Alcock, G. Loewenthal, C. Goodchild, E. Moggio. Seated: R. Steele, B. Water- house, P. Johnson, N. Packard, P. Swan, Faculty. STUDENT CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION The Student Christian Association is an organization open to all students at Worcester Tech who care to sign the S. C. A. statement of purpose. This is the oldest student society on the Hill, and it offers many valuable contributions to everyone. The voluntary chapel is conducted by the The Chapel Service religious work committee. This is a ser¬ vice that is given to the student body every schoolday except Saturday throughout the entire year. The Tech Carnival, a prominent social event of the year, is also given by the S. C. A. At this Carnival the students and the faculty get together for a wonderful time. This society gives freshmen entertain¬ ment three out of the five nights of the freshman week. Besides this orientation the organization furnishes pool tables and table tennis free of charge in Sanford Riley Hall. The magazines in the lounge room as Well as the Tech Handbook are provided by the S. C. A. The S. C. A. does its work in a quiet but effective way. Because of this method of doing its business many students do not realize the importance of this organization at Worcester Tech. [ 101 ] First Row: R. Wilson, J. Lancaster, R. Martin - Editor, A. Nims, T. Bourne. Second Row: H. Shader, H. Anderson, W. Brooks, R. Higgs, W. Hughes, F. Crosby, R. Messinger, R. Newton, R. Brand. Back Row: K. Blaisdell, K. Olson, P. Keating, J. Alcock, E. Webster, F. White, F. Miller. PEDDLER This year the Peddler Staff has attempt¬ ed to present a yearbook widely different from those of our predecessors. The out¬ standing innovation is the reduction in size. The purpose of the staff in effecting this change was to present an issue which would eliminate unnecessary expanses of white so prev alent in past books. An informal note has been introduced by using an increased number of candid camera photographs. This type of picture presents more realistically life on the campus. The return of individual sketches to the Senior section makes this issue more personal and in future years will bring back poignant memories of college life. An effort has been made to improve the Faculty section by. replacing the formal portraits of members of the Faculty with new informal snapshots. It is the hope of the staff that you, our readers, will accept our humble but sin¬ cere efforts with pleasure and also our best wishes for the future. This book could only be realized by long hours of work by various members of the Staff and the most whole-hearted cooperation of the student body and the tradesmen with whom we have dealt. PEDDLER BUSINESS STAFF Seated: E. Webster, H. Anderson, A. Nims - Business Manager, T. Bourne, R. Brand. 1102 ] STAFF Robert W. Martin. Editor-in-Chiej Albert A. Nims. Business Manager John H. Lancaster . . . Managing Editor Thomas G. Bourne . Advertising Manager Richard B. Wilson . Photographic Editor SENIOR EDITORS John P. Alcock J. William Hughes Edward Roszko Paul W. Keating Carl K. Olson JUNIOR EDITORS Frank A. Crosby, Jr. Frederick E. Miller Frederick F. White Robert G. Newton Lennart Brune George F. Boynton William S. Brooks Willard R. Terry, Jr. Kenneth R. Blaisdell Richard T. Messinger PEDDLER EDITORIAL STAFF Seated: W. Brooks, P. Keating, J. Alcock, W. Hughes, R. Martin - Editor, J. Lancaster, H. Shailer. Standing: R. Newton, K. Olson, R. Wilson, F. Miller. [1031 1st Row: C. Lewin, J. Boyd, R. Lloyd, W. Keating, J. Kama. 2nd Row: F. Waterhouse, K. Blaisdell, C. Goodchild, D. Stevens, B. Lambert, R. Bergstrom, R. Dunklee. TECH NEWS The present Tech News Association was founded in 1910 in order to give the In¬ stitute a weekly paper, since the original W. P. I. Weekly had gone out of existence at the beginning of the century. It is to this publication that the student body turns to learn of the current social, ath¬ letic, and scholastic events of the college. During the past year, the staff of the News has amended its Constitution in or¬ der to raise the requirements of its re¬ porters and to give them training in writing during their apprenticeship. To make this possible, the English Depart¬ ment of the Institute has offered to correct all articles turned in by the writers and give them a grade. This will provide a better basis for the staff to select the ones that are fitted to be their successors. Inserted in each issue of the Neivs ap¬ pears a rotogravure section which is pub¬ lished by the Collegiate Digest. This colored section illustrates the latest fads at colleges throughout the country and especially at the co-educational institu¬ tions. In the editorial columns, the stu¬ dents are offered an opportunity to express their views on campus functions. For the coming year the success of the News is in the hands of Clark Goodchild, who, through his good work as a Junior Editor, has proven himself capable of handling the position. A “Make-up” Session [ 104 ] THE STAFF Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor News Editor Secretary Sports Editor Business Manager Circulation Manager Robert S. Lloyd P. Warren Keating Robert V. Bergstrom 0. John Karna Carl W. Lewin John F. Boyd Walter H. Sodano Kenneth R. Blaisdell Robert E. Dunklee W. Clark Goodchild Junior Editors Benjamin A. Lambert Donald L. Stevens Randall Whitehead Business Assistants Frederick R. Waterhouse Philip D. Bartlett Standing: B. Lambert, C. Goodchild, C. Lewin, F. Waterhouse. Seated: D. Stevens, R. Bergstrom, W. Keating, D. Lloyd, J. Boyd, J. Karna, R. Dunklee, K. Blaisdell. [ 105 ] 1st Row: H. Warren, F. Lindberg, P. Carullo, S. Scott, R. West, C. Green - Director, S. Potter, H. Morse, F. Shippee, C. Bradford. 2nd Row: H. Crosier, R. Fritch, W. Munyan, P. Hastings, P. Wright, J. Mason, C. Rekas, C. Parker, A. Cooley, G. Lentros, F. Sama, J. Wright. 3rd Row: P. Yankauskas, R. Fleming, C. Stevens, W. Swasey, C. Berry, A. Goulding, R. Johnson, D. Nyquist, F. Holland, R. Parks, B. Bean. 4th Row: A. White, W. Richardson, W. Wood, R. Chaffee, S. Clark, D. Burness, J. Morrison, L. Stratton, W. Dodge, J. Rogerson. GLEE CLUB The Tech Glee Club provides for fel¬ lows, who have some singing talent, a means of exercising their ability. Under the very able guidance of Director Clifford Green, the Glee Club prepares for and renders during the year several single and combined concerts. The year looked promising from the start with the recruiting of the freshman “talent”, for it was from these ranks that the club soloist, Wyn Munyan, was drawn. After four months of concentrated re¬ hearsals the club made its first appear¬ ance at a college assembly with a favorite Negro spiritual which was received en¬ thusiastically. Immediately following, came a series of concert-dances at Uxbridge, Framingham, Clark and finally the highlight of the sea¬ son, the joint concert with Wellesley. It was here that the quartet met its triumph with the rendition of “Noah’s Ark,” which brought down the house, taking three encores to satisfy the audience. Soon after the conclusion of the regular series of concerts the Club gave a broad¬ cast over Station WNAC in Boston. The season was brought to a successful close on Commencement Day. QUARTET J. Morrison, R. Parks, S. Scott, R. Goulding [ 106 ] 1st Row: E. Hupprich, W. Gove, W. Jackson, W. Payne, H. Crosier, H. Shailer, F. Benn. 2nd Row: C. Bradford, W. Hughes, F. Sherwin, R. Higgs, P. Wood, J. Wright, S. Meiselman, E. Ryan. 3rd Row: K. Parsons, R. Stinson, E. Sykes, B. Ordway, F. Crosby, R. Bourgault. THE TECH BAND One of the most active organizations on the Hill is the Tech Band under the direction of William F. Lynch. This well- balanced hand, consisting of thirty-five members, brings to the student body, at both social and athletic gatherings, a great deal of pleasure. What basketball or football game, alumni banquet, assembly or Tech Car¬ nival would be complete without the band? They are ready at all times to help and to add flavor to all the college activities. Not only does it afford band music for athletic contests, popular semi-classical selections for assemblies, but at the annual Concert held in conjunction with our At Home Day, the classical field is also en¬ tered and the results speak favorably. This year the band participated in making the sports rallies, held before im¬ portant football games, a great success. 1107 ] Jj| s - Pap L 1 5t f AjBH ;• L. to R.: W. Hughes, W. Simmons, K. Parsons, B. Crabtree, H. White, F. Benn, T. Patrick, H. McKerrow, A. Anderson, E. Ljunggren, F. Raphael, H. Wrin. BOYNTONIANS The Boyntonians, Worcester Tech’s popular dance orchestra, have just com¬ pleted another successful season. This year, under the capable baton of Humphrey Wrin, former Tech student, they have even surpassed their performances of previous years. It may be truly said of them that they are among the best of the college or¬ chestras. At home the Boyntonians furnish an indispensible part of the social activities on the “Hill ' 1 with their playing after the basketball games, and throughout the spring and fall at the popular Dorm Dances. However, their influence is by no means limited to our campus for they are in many instances the field representatives of W. P. I., by virtue of their numerous jobs in the various towns throughout east¬ ern Massachusetts and Connecticut. Often prep schools, colleges, and the general public get their first and sometimes only impressions of Tech from the conduct and performance of the Boyntonians. We can be rightfully proud of their record and can say that they are truly a Tech institution. 1108 ] 1st Row: W. Hardy, D. Bates, C. Ferguson - Pres., W. Keating, W. Ahearn. 2nd Row: R. Higgs, J. Fer¬ guson, C. Keyser, C. Swasey, W. Richardson, P. Johnson. 3rd Row: R. Weiss, J. Allured, J. Lowd, J. Benedict, C. Gerald, K. Fowler. THE MASQUE THE OFFICERS Chester I. Ferguson. President Paul W. Keating. Vice-President “The Bishop foils them” William R. Ahearn. Treasu rer Donald Bates. Secretary Warren L. Hardy. General Manager Kenneth W. Fowler. .Publicity Manager Robert E. Higgs. Business Manager Prof. Donald G. Downing Faculty Advisor The Masque, Worcester Tech’s associa¬ tion for aspiring thespians, has been con¬ tributing to the gala events of the Junior Prom Weekend since 1911 by presenting a play on the Saturday eve after the Prom. Although the earlier tendency was toward original productions, of late the scripts have been those of former successes on Broadway. [ 109 ] ‘‘The Bishop Misbehaves” has to do with a saintly clergyman who fancies him¬ self to be somewhat of a Philo Vance. Quite by accident the Bishop and his elderly sister are forced to enter a “Pub” to make a telephone call. Once inside they find that it has been the scene of a recent robbery and there is nothing for it but that the Bishop must try his hand at fiction book detection. He turns out to be quite a detective and is even able to steal the “swag” back from the thieves. Towards the end of the play he manages to straighten out the whole crooked situation without calling in the police. The play was a fast moving comedy centering around the character of the Bishop, and building up to a surprise climax. Under the able direction of Charles P. Rugg, the production was handled admirably in every respect. THE PLAYERS Red Eagan . Carl Hitchon Donald Meadows.Judson D. Lowd Hester Grantham ..Shirley LaVallee Guy Waller.Carl A. Keyser Mrs. Waller . Eva Vasselin The Bishop of Broadminister Warren L. Hardy Lady Emily Lyons Mrs. C. Leonard Shaw Collins . L. Charles Eddy Frenchy.James C. Ferguson Mr. Brooke . Jonathan Allured THE STAFF Director.Charles P. Rugg Stage Manager.Clyde L. Gerald Properties.John W. Benedict Prompter . William Jackson Stage Crew Donald Bail and Gordon Merrill CAST Left to Right: J. Allured, C. Keyser, E. Vasselin, C. Hitchon, Mrs. C. Shaw, W. Hardy, S. Lavallee, J. Lowd, J. Ferguson, L. Eddy. 11101 Front Row: C. Dowse, J. Bartlett, S. Potter, H. Shailer. Second Row: J. Mason, R. Dunklee, P. Johnson - President, D. Houser, D. Chase. Third R w: M. Knapp, A. Saarnyoki, R. Wagner, A. Koerber, H. Merkel, R. Fritch. Back Row: P. Holz, J. Roger son, K. Dresser, R. Brautigan; R. Sullivan, C. Powell. THE OUTING CLUB The first Outing Club meeting of the year found an enthusiastic group gathered in Boynton Hall. At this meeting the year’s activities were outlined; and it was pro¬ posed to join the U. S. Eastern Amateur Ski Association. Since the skiing around Worcester is rather limited, it was proposed to prepare a practice slope on the campus. Consid¬ erable work was done until a short run was developed. A dry ski course was also held in the Gymnasium. Meetings were held monthly during the year, one of these being in conjunction with the Camera Club where color movies of Sun Valley were shown. When good skiing conditions arrived the team represented the Institute at a number of meets, including the Worcester Parks Carnival, the Russell Mt. Class C Race, and a meet with the Worcester Ski Club. [Ill] First Row: H. Shailer, Professor Siegfried, L. Brune - Pres., K. Fowler, F. Chamberlain. Second Row: L. Carpenter, E. Larrabee, W. Dodge, P. Walker, R. MacKay, W. Day, G. Lentros. Third Row: K. Mendelsohn, R. Kimball, W. Jackson, J. Mason, J. Power, B. Dean. THE CAMERA CLUB This year the Camera Club was for¬ tunate in getting a new and larger dark¬ room in which to carry on its work. The darkroom is one of the finest in Worces¬ ter and was made possible through the generosity of the school. This new dark¬ room, the advent of miniature cameras, color photography, and the growth in popularity of photography in general, all have had a definite part in sustaining and increasing interest in the Camera Club. This year the club has maintained a bulletin board in Boynton Hall on which members have had the opportunity to dis¬ play their pictures. The purpose of this running exhibition has been to create student interest in the club and at the same time to provide a medium through which the members might exhibit their work. Among the other activities of the club are several meetings at which guest speak¬ ers have spoken and an annual exhibit on “At Home Day.” The Darkroom 1112 ] 1st Row: D. Rosenthal, Prof. Newell, W. Messimer - Pres., K. Benson , C. Berry. 2nd Row: R. Hatha¬ way, E. Altenberger, E. Webster, R. Sheard, G. Raymond, R. Grant, R. Wynkoop. THE RADIO CLUB Starting the third decade of their exis¬ tence, the Radio Club continues to draw men not only from the E.E. department but from all courses on the Hill. Many of the members of this club at present hold amateur radio licenses, and operate their own amateur stations. The club at present has its quarters in the E.E. building under the guiding wing of Prof. “Sparks” Newell, to whom the members of the Radio Club can look with pride for his untiring efforts in the advance¬ ment of the practical work of this phase in addition to the regular classroom theory. This is the type of man that Tech is always looking for! The Radio Club has several meetings a year, at which time speakers, well versed in this line, expound for the benefits of the fledgling “Hams”. Many of the mem¬ bers of this club, and especially those holding commercial operator’s licenses put their hobbies to work in the summer on the vessels of the Merchant Marine, thus showing that a hobby is something more than a pastime. 1113 ] Seated: C. Gerald, Prof. Merriam, D. Hunt - Pres., Prof. Finlayson, A. Howell. Standing: R. Borrup, J. Sugrue, R. Goulding, L. Eddy, M. Libby, D. Craig. AERO CLUB The organization of the Aero Club is somewhat different from that of other clubs on the “HilF’. It consists of four sec¬ tions, namely: Personnel, Projects, Supply- and-Accounts, and Publicity, each headed by a section leader. The section leaders are directly responsible to an officer whose duty it is to coordinate the activities of the sections. He in turn is responsible to the president of the club. Dave Hunt, president of the Aero Club, with the assistance of the Aero Mechanics instructors, Professor Merriam and Mr. Finlayson, has attempted to stimulate in¬ terest in the organization. As a result the meetings this year have proved to be very interesting and worthwhile. Illus¬ trated talks on airplane development and discussions of various phases of aero¬ nautics featured some of the meetings. The highlight of the year was the show¬ ing of movies of the Hindenburg during its last crossing and the fire that fol¬ lowed. The last few meetings have been devoted to a “Radio Quiz”. Pictures of airplanes and accessories were projected on a screen, the object being to identify them. Prizes are given at each meeting to the three highest scoring members. ni4i 1st Row: K. Olson, G. Rivinius, D. Saunders, E. Vickery - Pres., A. Herd, D. Von Bremen. 2nd Row: D. Nyquist, J. Sugrue, H. Sterling, R. Paige, M. Rhodes, H. Merkel, C. McMurray, W. Christopher, 3rd Row: K. Mendelsohn, J. Power, W. Ames, D. Chatfield, J. Townsend, D. Craig, W. Savage. NAUTICAL ASSOCIATION One of the infant organizations on the “Hill” is the Nautical Association. The Nautical Association should be of especial interest to the members of the class of ’39, since it was when they were but freshmen D. Saunders, Treas.; K. Mendelsohn; J. Bentley, V. Comm.; J. Lancaster, Secy.; E. Vickery, Comm.; G. Rivinius, D. Craig, M. Rhodes. that the present organization Was conceived in the minds of a few rabid sailors. At this time, and for the following two years, the “Club” was merely an informal group, reputed to be the most exclusive organization on the Hill, since there was never more than two men admitted in any one year. After carefully considering the chances for success, the members of the group decided to organize a formal club to be called the W. P. I. Nautical Asso¬ ciation, a constitution was drawn up, and Professor Brown was obtained as Faculty Advisor. This spring eight of the mem¬ bers of the Nautical Association went to meet Tech’s old rival, the Coast Guard; after giving the Coast Guard a close race, our sailors pulled in last. While the Association is still in the embryo stage, the outlook for this spring and the years to come, is indeed bright. [ 115 ] 1st Row: Prof. P. Swan, F. White, R. Coleman - Pres., W. Gruzdis, F. Johanson. 2nd Row: I. Breger, E. Smith, W. Sloan, D. Nyquist, G. Birchall, R. Weiss, D. Bates. DEBATING SOCIETY With one year of experience gained in inter-club debates, and panel discussions, the baby Tech club, the Debating Society, has truly blossomed forth and “waxed strong”. This year many new members were enrolled and much interest was manifested in the group. Debates were held with Holy Cross, Rensselaer Poly¬ technic Institute, Rhode Island State, Bos¬ ton University, one with Fitchburg State Teachers College being broadcast over Radio Station WTAG. Although no decisions were made in these debates, the Tech team gave an excellent account of itself in all the encounters and proved Worthy enough to hold its own in any com¬ petition. Those members taking part were Richard Coleman, Donald Bates, Walter Gruzdis, Merrill Skeist, and Fred White. Such interest was shown by the fresh¬ men that a freshman team was organized under the leadership of E. P. Smith and debates were arranged with Classical High School, Lowell Textile Institute, and Holy Cross freshmen. Tech was ably repre¬ sented by Haskell Ginns, Richard Weiss, William Schleich, and Herbert Goodman. The paramount object of the Society is to give its members experience in public speaking and improve their facility in self-expression. [ 116 ] 1st Row: C. Fritch, Prof. Coombs, C. Keyser, W. Lang - Pres., A. Naboicheck, E. Totti, Prof. Swan. 2nd Row: W. Wetzer, P. Holz, P. Wood, R. Parks, S. Lang, H. Morse. 3rd Row: J. Allured, R. Fritch, E. Bates, N. Totti, A. Wilson. COSMOPOLITAN CLUB The Cosmopolitan Club has served for a number of years as a broadening in¬ fluence in a school where technical sub¬ jects are uppermost. Up-to-the-minute dis¬ cussions of the situations in various foreign countries contribute much toward keeping engineers in touch with the world outside their school. The value of these discus¬ sions to the students is greatly increased by the fact that over a third of the mem¬ bers are of the faculty. Thus good feeling and friendship is promoted between students and professors. Foreign students, for whom the club was originally founded, have been especially welcome, and have contributed by the way of their first-hand impressions of the countries from which they came. The annual banquet, held in October in Sanford Riley Hall, started the meet¬ ings for the year. After the dinner each person, in turn, stood and told of his interest in the club. The November meet¬ ing was a joint one with Clark, held in Boynton Hall. Professor Seheifley, who had visited in Germany all summer, gave his views of the Jewish situation there. Pro¬ fessor and Mrs. Holt were host to the club in December, when Dr. Harlan F. Stuart, ’12, spoke on the Philippine Islands. In January, Professor and Mrs. Shallen- berger entertained the club at their home. Senor Ettienne Totti, ’ll, told of his homeland, Puerto Rico. The fifth meet¬ ing in February, at the home of Professor Howard, had as a speaker Marcel Heimo of Switzerland from Clark University. The next gathering, at the home of Dean Howe in April, was a discussion of present day Germany, led by one of the foreign student members, Wilhelm Wetzer. 11171 R. Shlora, V. P.; N. Maleady, Secy.; R. Murphy, Pres. Not present, A. Maggiolo, Treas. NEWMAN CLUB The Newman Club, first known as the Catholic Club, was organized at the In¬ stitute in 1915. Its purpose has always been to assist the Catholic students to be true to their religion and to further the high ideals of faith, loyalty, and morality. In 1917 the Newman Club became a mem¬ ber of the Federation of Catholic College Clubs, a membership which it now enjoys. This year’s program commenced with the annual Triduum which was held at the Immaculate Conception Church on the first week of school. The Communion Breakfast was held on March 19 this year. General Daley, in charge of the Boston Army Base, addressed the group of stu¬ dents and graduate members on the “Need of New Army Equipment”. Popular clergy and laymen addressed the group at the monthly meetings which brought out a majority of the members. [ 118 ] R. Hall, Secretary; A. Maggiolo, Vice-President; A. Lavanavicza, President. SKEPTICAL CHYMISTS This year marks the twenty-second successful year for this society. When the society was organized its primary purpose was to acquaint the students of Chemistry with current phases of their subject and to instill an urge to read of the current activities of the leading experimenters of the day throughout the world. This society chose for its patron saint, Robert Boyle of the seventeenth century, a man around whom chemistry as a science re¬ volves, and to whom is accredited the in¬ itiation of philosophical reasoning and the discouragement of the outmoded alchemical and medicinal ideas in regard to the subject of Chemistry. It was made a rule at the very beginning that in order to be a member in good stand¬ ing the candidates must expound to the best of their ability, on some phase of modern chemical research or to some phase of the work being done in the indus¬ trial world with specific reference to the chemical line. After these talks by the students the lectures are made open to discussi on by the body of the society and questions on any phase are asked of the speaker. From this procedure we may conclude that the society is in favor of joint action for the good of the whole science, and not merely a partisan group. riI91 Seated: F. Strandberg, V. C.; J. Hollick, Chairman. Standing: C. Stauffeur, Treas.; F. Webster, Secy. A. S. M. E. The student branch of the American Engineering Society of Mechanical Engin¬ eers was formed to further promote the interest of the students in technical sub¬ jects. During the past year more than eighty members have enjoyed the excellent speakers and interesting discussions at the monthly meetings. One of the most important meetings last fall was held as a joint session with the other student engineering groups at which Prof. Charles Allen presented his famed ‘“Gas Talk ' ’. Of particular interest to the members was a series of seven talks given in competition for prizes given to the three best student speakers of the year. The three winning talks in order were: “Wings for the Motorist”, by Donald Houser; “Gasoline Powered Model Air¬ planes”, by Dave Hunt; and “The Process of Shoemaking”, by Ronald Brand. By winning, Houser attained the right to rep¬ resent the society in the regional compe¬ tition of New England held at Cornell University. Besides benefiting by these student talks, the members receive a monthly pub¬ lication of the Mechanical Engineering Magazine and have a standing invitation to attend all the lectures given at the meet¬ ings of the Worcester Senior Society. ri2oi Standing: C. Sullivan, Secretary; E. Moggio, Treasurer. Seated: D. Bates, Vice-President; E. Sykes, President. A. S. C. E. The Worcester chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers was founded as a local society in 1903 and became affiliated with the national association in 1921. It has recently closed a very active season with regular monthly meetings held throughout the school year. The first speaker was Mr. Gordon Whittum, ’33, who spoke on “The Cannon Mountain Passenger Tramway”. At the January meeting Mr. Robert Abbe, ’38, showed pictures of the surveying work done by the City of Hartford, Connecticut. A special meeting, also in January, was addressed by Mr. Fleming of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, who spoke about “The Fireproof Design of Aircon- ditioned Buildings”. Mr. E. M. Hastings, chief engineer of the Richmond, Potomac and Fredericksburg Railroad, and a mem¬ ber of the Society’s committee on student chapters, gave a very timely and interest¬ ing talk on “The Outlook for Young En¬ gineers”, at the February meeting. The March meeting had the pleasure of hear¬ ing an address by Mr. Jessup, Field Secre¬ tary of the A.S.C.E. In May a delegation went to the Northeastern Conference on Student Chapters, held at the University of New ' Hampshire. The local chapter also gave a very in¬ teresting and educational demonstration during At Home Day, for the purpose of enlightening the public as to the work of the civil engineer and of the Tech chap¬ ter in particular. 11211 Seated: Prof. Siegfried, Faculty adviser; W. Ahern, Chairman; D. Howard, Vice Chairman. Standing: R. Mirick, Treasurer; J. MacLeod, Secretary. A„ I. R R. The Student Branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers is pri¬ marily a practical organization giving its some fifty members an opportunity to hear and discuss with authoritative speakers, subjects of vital interest to them in their field; furthermore, the society offers a student a chance to become acquainted with men holding prominent positions in the electrical world. Several meetings this year featured illustrated talks held in the department lecture hall; these were followed by in¬ formal gatherings in the laboratory where refreshments were served. At the first meeting student talks on summer work were featured and a national officer dis¬ cussed the historv and benefits of the A.I.E.E. Speakers representing such companies as General Electric, Weston Instrument and American Tel. and Tel. presented lectures before the group. Per¬ haps one of the outstanding meetings was an inspection trip to the Worcester Telegram and Gazette where the newly installed press was seen in action; also, a complete tour of the radio station, WTAG, was made. Professor Newell, consultant engineer for the station, pointed out and explained several new developments, such as, the portable transmitting set and the photo-electric cell recorder. Tech was well represented at the Lenox meeting with about twenty-five students attending. Two members presented papers, both of which took presentation prizes. “Electronic Motor Control” won first prize and “Radio Control for a Moving Vehicle” won third prize. H22] Seated: A. Raslavsky, Prof. Carpenter, H. Kingsley, Prof. Knight. Standing: J. Hollick, R. Forkey, C. Fritch, Prof. Taylor. ATHLETIC COUNCIL In any college, sports have two major requirements. There must be those who participate actively in the game and those who govern and manage the teams. The administration of athletics here at Tech are under the jurisdiction of the Athletic Council. This organization is ably headed by “Doc” Carpenter, whose wide expe¬ rience and good judgment are largely re¬ sponsible for the fine equipment and the many opportunities offered to the athlete at Tech. Also on the committee are two other members of the faculty. The student members, two seniors, two juniors, and a sophomore, are elected by the student body for their outstanding athletic ability. Contrary to what might be expected at an engineering college, Worcester Tech has always produced good teams and the in¬ terest shown in the game is by no means small. The sports year is annually usher¬ ed in with the start of the football season. This year the team was of an exceptionally fine nature, ending the schedule with an [ 124 ] undefeated record. Rallies, complete with speeches, bonfires, and parades did much to promote college spirit before the game, while it was sustained during the actual playing time by the efforts of a very active squad of cheer leaders. No report of the sports on the Hill would be complete without the mention of “Pete the Pup”, the mascot of the Tech teams. Fall sports were brought to a close with a large “Victory Banquet” in honor of the athletes who had participated in these games. Tech has always been known to have an excellent basketball team, and this year proved to be no exception. Although they were not able to boast an undefeated record, still they did show themselves to be a major team in the New England district and won much favorable comment all along the Eastern Coast. Cognizant of this fact and of the interest of the whole city in this team, one of the local radio stations sponsored broadcasts of the games. At present writing the spring and sum¬ mer sports are just starting and, although no definite facts are available, it is ex¬ pected that these teams will prove of the usual high caliber. 1125 ] FOOTBALL A Perfect Season, the first in the his¬ tory of the Institute! The six games played by the 1938 Tech football team all re¬ sulted in wins. Not a single defeat or tie marred the record compiled by the best small college aggregation in New England. The total point score, Worcester, 66— Opponents, 29, would seem to indicate a drab season dominated by tight defensive play. Actually this is far from the truth. All the games but one were wide-open thrillers. The superiority of the Engin¬ eers was to be found in extremely effective stone-walling whenever their pay-dirt was threatened and a fighting offensive which, although it did not pile up any overwhelm¬ ing scores, always came through when the chips were on the table. The winning touch in several of the games was supplied by the team’s ability to create its own breaks via the blocked punt route. In five games seven of the opponents’ boots were halted in mid-air by Pete’s specially designed play. The team, two deep in every position, Left to right: Lewin, Capt.; I. Bigler, Coach; A. Chase, Mgr. was distinctly a veteran one. Five of the starters were playing their fourth year on the first string. Among the brightest stars in the backfield constellation were triple threat, Ray Forkey, noted especially for his magnificent booting; blazing Ben Lam¬ bert, the most dangerous running back; Carl Fritch, ten-second man at his best plowing through a hole in the line; Frankie Gustafson, diminutive pass-snatch- er; Wally Longnecker, credited with not having called a wrong play all season, and the dependable Russ Korolyshun. Defensively brilliant Pete Stone and A1 Raslavsky were at the ends; Mai Chandler and Captain Carl Lewin, Dick Wilson and freshman “O’Brien’’ Andreopoulos were hard playing linemen; center Elmer Scott, who played most of the season with his hand in a cast, was the most brilliant and hard hitting defense man. Almost equal in their capabilities were A1 Bellos, War¬ ren Hotchkiss, Johnny Peters, Bob Lotz, and Bob Wilson. As usual the U. S. Coast Guard furnished the opposition for the opener. Tech’s re¬ venge for last year’s defeat could have been by a much larger margin if the team had capitalized all its scoring opportu¬ nities. No less than three times only two more yards were needed. Meanwhile the Sailors never got beyond the Engineers’ thirty-yard line. The third canto saw one Tech scoring threat foiled by an intercepted pass and a second by a fumble. An apparent score on a pass caught in the end zone was ruled out because two eligible receivers had touched the ball. Finally in the fourth period the Boynton Hillers regis¬ tered. A perfect peg, Forkey to Raslavsky 1126 ] 1st Row: R. Korolyshun, M. Chandler, R. Fritch, R. Forkey, C. Lewin - Capt.. E. Scott, R. Wilson, W. Longnecker, A. Raslavsky. 2nd Row: A. Stone, H. Shaller, A. Bellos, W. Phelps, D. Atkinson, R. Wilson, F. Gustafson, R. Lotz, P. Walker. 3rd Row: J. Wells, G. KnaufF, E. Disbrow, G. Andreopoulos, W. Harding, K. Dresser, L. Smith. 4th Row: J. Dowd - Coach, P. Stinson, A. White, L. Bolton, L. Goldrosen, A. Chase - Mgr., D. Raymaker, S. Soloway, R. Allen, M. Weiner, I. Bigler - Head Coach. was good for twenty yards, and then Gus¬ tafson scampered over from the four-yard line. Pete Stone’s placement kick was good making the final score read: Wor¬ cester, 9—Coast Guard, 0. Five trouncings in the last five years were partially made up for when Worces¬ ter trimmed Trinity on the second Satur¬ day. Again the final score was no indi¬ cation of Tech’s real strength. Only two minutes elapsed before the Engineers came within a foot of scoring. The Hartford¬ ites stopped them, however, and kicked out; Forkey kicked back. Then Elmer Scott blocked the return punt, and Wil¬ son recovered on the three-yard stripe. Carl Fritch lugged the pigskin across for a touchdown. A few minutes later a second blocked kick gave the Boynton Hillers the hall on the nineteen-yard line and a Forkey-to-Gustafson loss gave the Engin¬ eers a second sixpointer. Tech threatened again and again in each of the last three periods but could not score. Near the end the College boys showed a reversal of form as a series of accurate aerials carried them eighty yards to their only score of the afternoon. Worcester, 12—Trinity, 6. The third victim, American Interna¬ tional College, should have succumbed easily. Instead it put up a tough, never- say-die struggle which left a group of Hillmen, who had expected a breather, very badly scared. The fast breaking aerial offense displayed by the Springfielders caught the Tech men as flat-footed as the famous “Floogie” (by permission of the Tech News). Although the Engineer for¬ ward wall blocked every attempt to gain via the cross-country route, laterals and forwards tossed with an abandon which would make an Andy Kerr team blush ri27i showed the backfield to be pitifully weak at pass defense. Final score, Worcester, 6—A. I. C., 2. The only dull game of the year was put on at the Mass. State Coliseum. For three periods Worcester was stopped cold by a stubborn State line. Twice in the first half it looked as if Tech’s unblemished record was pulling on its wings, but the State fumbles held the score down. After looking very ineffective for three periods, Tech cashed in its chips in dramatic fash¬ ion. The stage was set when Lewin beau¬ tifully blocked a State punt, and Koroly- shun recovered. The we-want-a-touchdown cries were hushed for a moment as the ball was lost on downs. But the spark lit in the Tech team was not out. Start¬ ing again at midfield, Blazing Ben Lam¬ bert became a personal forest fire. Aided by the Tech frontier which tore huge gaps in the State line, Ben put on a field-day performance. Finally a mighty pass to Gustafson went the last ten yards for the lone counter of the afternoon. Worcester, 6—Mass. State, 0. Five out of five Worcester sports writers picked Tech to place second to the power¬ ful Rhode Island team. The Rams had a juggernaut which had trampled over Mass. State and A. I. C. to the tune of 35-0, had scored three times on Brown and twice on Floly Cross. Tech had only a fight¬ ing club, an inspired coach, and a horde of supporters pepped up by the first pre- game rally in years. The slaughter of the underdog began immediately; sixty yards through the Tech line the Rams plowed. Then the pigskin became a boomerang as Ben Lambert gobbled up a pass and streaked seventy-four yards for a touchdown. The point was missed and the R. I. team turned on the power again and went ahead 7-6 after an uninterrupted eighty-yard march. Tech’s turn; A1 Stone and Scotty blocked a punt and recovered on the five-yard line. In the first play of the second quarter Lambert went through a hole, yards wide, for the touchdown. The conversion made it 13-7. R. I.’s turn, their backs poured through the Tech wall as if they were water, and it a sieve; 14-13 for Rhode Island at the end of the half. No score in the third quarter. The boys had played a good game, too bad it couldn’t have been a tie. And then a changed picture—now it was Rhode Island that had to fight desperately, and vainly to stem the tide. Twisting, zig-zagging, charging, Lambert, Flitch and Gustafson [ 128 ] plowed through that tired Baby-blue line and went over to send the Worcester crowd into a wild frenzy. Before the end Tech had staged another sixty-seven yard up¬ rising to be baffled inches short of a first down on the R. I. eight-yard line. Lemons to the sports writers and orchids to the fightingest club in New England. The verdict: Worcester, 19—R. I., 14. Homecoming Day almost became the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo or was it Bull Run. The R. P. I. team aver¬ aged nineteen pounds per man heavier than the Worcester outfit. An early Tech threat was stopped, and when Rensselaer got the wind at its back, it went to town with a nice running-passing time making it 7-0 at half time. The stands were down in the mouth as the first part of the third quarter saw Tech deep in their own terri¬ tory and getting nowhere. But suddenly Lambert broke through tackle on his own twenty-six and aided by his mates’ lovely blocking, galloped the distance down the side lines. Bellos’ place-kick made a tie certain. But more was in store when Forkey produced an amazing eighty-yard punt. A short return punt enabled a couple of Forkey-to-Lambert passes to take the ball across for the sixth win out of six. W. P. I., 14—R. P. I., 7. f 129] BASKETBALL Worcester’s 1938-39 basketball team picked up the reins dropped by the un¬ beaten football and soccer outfits and made more Tech athletic history. Probably the best team to ever wear the Crimson and Gray, this year’s quintet compiled a record of 13 wins and 3 losses. The heartbreak¬ ing element was that each loss was by a one-point margin. The conclusion of the campaign saw Tech ranked second only to Dartmouth by the A.P. New England rating. Statistics on this highly successful season show that the Tech men aggregated 966 points in 16 games, an average of 61 points per game, while their opponents were held to a 42- point average. In only one contest was the Worcester score less than 50. An in¬ teresting sidelight indicative of the clean, skillful play of the Tech basketeers is that they had only 114 fouls called on them while their opponents were committing 237 personals. The curtain rises on December 10 with Assumption furnishing the opposition. The French boys from Greendale were Left to Right: A. Raslavsky, Capt., I. Bigler, Coach; J. Lancaster, Mgr. hopelessly outclassed. Before five minutes had passed the electric scoreboard showed that Worcester had oiled up 22 points, o pponents 0. The final score: Worces¬ ter, 70—Assumption, 28. Three straight was then reached by the Techsters by lambasting Bates, 51-39 and then overcoming Trinity 59-41. Then came the first heartbreaker: B. U., 51—W. P. I., 50. Down at Boston Uni¬ versity’s fire trap gymnasium the two teams put on a bitter, man-killing strug¬ gle from the starting whistle to the final gun. On no less than eight occasions the score was deadlocked. Part way scores were 21-21 at the half, 33-33 at the three quarter mark. At this point the Nechtem and Kopecky duo let loose a series of amazing long shots which rang the bell to give B. U. a 51-41 lead. Then the En¬ gineers uncorked the finest exhibition of playing of the year. In the last two short minutes they swished the net for nine points, and a long pass that would have certainly put them ahead was in the air when the time ran out. Only three nights after this B. U. tragedy a second calamity occurred. For thrills, spills, etc., the contest with Springfield was a classic. At the end of the regulation 40-minute period, a continual seesaw strug¬ gle, the score stood 46-46. A spectacular shot by Captain Ras had evened the count in the last seconds. One minute, two min¬ utes, three minutes of the overtime went by, both teams popping them from all angles and yet not connecting; then in quick suc¬ cession McEwan and Forkey rang up six points as Springfield hit once. But the last minute seemed like an eternity for Spring- 1130 ] 1st Row: J. Wells, R. Forkey, A. Raslavsky - Capt., R. Shlora, A. Bellos. 2nd Row: J. Lancaster - Mgr., F. Oneglia, B. Lambert, R. Lotz, D. McEwan, I. Bigler - Coach. field rolled up five points during it, the last basket coming a second before the final gun. Springfield, 53—Worcester, 52. The Tech giants regained their winning stride over at Mass. State. The springy steel backboards of Mass. State’s gym baffled them in the first half of the game, but they found their touch during the second canto with Johnny Wells and Ras¬ lavsky showing the way with one-handed shots. Forty-two points were rimmed by the Tech men while their smooth working zone defense held the Staters to seventeen. Final score, Worcester, 63—Mass. State, 36. The next three games were snaps. First the guardians of our shores: Worcester, 75—Coast Guard 27. Next with the start¬ ing five, Raslavsky, McEwan, Wells, Forkey, and Schlora, going the distance without substitution, Tech took Providence into camp, 68-54. After midyears, with Wells alone bringing home 25 slabs of bacon, the score read, Worcester, 63—- Fitchburg, 34. Evidently the officiating down Brooklyn way is not so exacting as the Pratt Insti¬ tute team had no less than four players tossed out for personal fouls. Near the end of the game Raslavsky was forced out of the game by an extremely painful ankle injury and was lost for the rest of the season. The score, Worcester, 55—Pratt 35. While its captain squirmed and figited on the bench the Engineers downed a fighting Clark team. The score at the half was only 22-13, but it mounted more rapily in the third quarter. Features of the game were Rushton’s return to high scoring form, Johnny Wells ' eight scoring tosses which traveled an average distance of less than two feet, and, most impres¬ sive, Ray Schlora’s truly magnificent defensive work. There was no doubt as H31] to the result of this year’s conflict, W. P. I., 53—Clark-36. Setting a two-point-a-minute clip during the first half the Tech steamroller flat¬ tened Northeastern, 72-49. The next game the Tech squad again ran into the one-point failure class. At Storrs the Conn. State aggregation had the edge in the game by virtue of a last-minute throw and won, 49-48. Davy McEwan here showed his dribbling at its best, get¬ ting 18 out of the total. After trailing Conn., Tech in the last few minutes took the lead, and then on a bad pass lost the ball, allowing the Nutmeggers to net the winning basket. Tufts has a bad habit of knocking off supposedly superior teams. At Worcester they gave the Engineers a bad scare. Here the Tech boys had very successfully bottled up Tufts’ scoring star, a lanky boy named Tibbs, and were enjoying a com¬ fortable 10-point lead over three-quarters of the game, given to them by virtue of Forkey’s remarkable set shots. Then the Medford gang sprang their fireworks for the evening. Seemingly unable to miss, they pulled up to 50-49. Quickly Tech re¬ gained control at this point and at the finish of an exciting game Tech had the decision, 61-52. Worcester had pointed towards the Rhode Island contest all season. The team, students, and New ' England fans were still highly interested although R. I. State had been beaten three times by the time of the Tech contest. Neither side gained an advantage until near the end of the first half when Tech went out in front, 43-33. But immediately at the start of the second half R. I. went on a tremendous scoring plunge. Before all of the fans were back in their seats, the score was 49-43 and in favor of R. I. State. But before many minutes had elapsed, Rushton, and Wells had put us out in front, 50-49. From then on the tide ebbed in and out Three minutes before the end Tech took the lead and was never again headed. The Worcester fans went wild when the gun went off with Tech in the lead 64-61. After this victory the drubbing that [ 132 ] Tech gave R. P. I. was an anticlimax. Out at Troy the Hillmen were in the lead all the way. Raslavsky played a few min¬ utes as he, McEwan, and Rushton wound up their basketball careers with a final scoring rampage. Worcester, 62—R. P. I., 32. It’s going to be mighty hard to beat this year’s squad out of the all-time “title.” 1133 ] BASEBALL The Tech crew of baseballers closed the 1938 season, with a count of five games lost and three won, not a very impressive record as far as wins and losses go. How¬ ever, it is a record worthy of some com¬ ment, since the bulk of the games lost were not of the one-sided variety. Behind some masterful pitching by Lambert, Tech opened the season with an impressive 4-0 victory over Assumption. In this tilt, Ben struck out twelve batters and could not be touched in the pinches —an auspicious beginning. The second game which resulted in a tenth inning 2-1 loss for Tech, was a pitcher’s duel all the way. Tech scored the first tally in the last half of the seventh but Mass. State came back to tie the count R. Forkey, Captain; I. Bigler, Coach; R, Martin, Manager. and scored another run in the tenth during a downpour to take the contest. Ras tried hard, yielding but five hits and getting three for himself at bat. Clark handed Tech their second defeat of the season to the tune of 7-3. The highlight of the game was a homer by Rushton with Forkey on base. Behind the effective pitching of Ras and timely hitting by A1 Bodreau, the Tech aggregation redeemed itself in the eyes of its supporters at the expense of the Trinity nine by a 5-1 score. In their fifth start of the season, Tech dropped a tough game to Northeastern by the football score of 11-10. Bodreau hit hard collecting a double and two triples while Rushton connected for an¬ other four-bagger, this time with two men on base. The team put up a scrappy fight against a powerful R. I. State nine, lost 9-5. Tech rallied for five runs in the second frame but timely hits and bad errors gave the opposing team the victory. Bodreau and Scott both got three out of four tries at bat and the latter made a spectacular catch of a ‘hot liner’! A see-saw game that ended with Clark on top, 7-5, was the answer to Tech’s ex¬ pectations to counteract their earlier loss. The Maroon and Gray kept abreast of Clark until the eighth when two runs decided the issue. Tech wound up the season by sinking the Coast Guardsmen, 3-2 in a close and exciting game. The Sailors made a final inning bid for honors but Ras clamped down to squelch the threat. This season’s combine is destined to be the third of the Institute’s unbeaten teams [ 134 ] BASEBALL TEAM 1st Row: T. Wingardner, A. Raslavsky, R. Forkey - Capt., E. Scott, H. Schaller. 2nd Row: F. McNamara, H. Kingsley, B. Lambert, N. Kerr, F. Gustafson. Back Row: R. Martin - Mgr., P. Bonin, A. Bodreau, W. Carroll, I. Bigler, Coach. this year. In an early practice session, Pete is quoted to have said, ‘Fellows, if we don’t come through with a clean slate, I’m going to be mighty disappointed’. Two games have been played thus far and have both resulted in wins for Tech. In the opening contest, Coast Guard went under 8-3 as Driscoll, the winning pitcher, showed up well, although relieved by Ras in the fifth. The last encounter to date was against B. U. Behind the four-hit pitching of Ras, the team retained an early lead to come home with a 3-1 victory. In the course of these opening tilts, the Tech machine has functioned very smooth¬ ly in the field and has exhibited unusual hitting strength never before witnessed on any Tech ball field.—An undefeated ball team will be no surprise. 1135 ] SOCCER Not to be outdone by their fall sport compatriots on the gridiron, the 1938 soccer team made the season doubly per¬ fect. Not a single defeat was suffered in the six-game schedule. Most of the games were won by overwhelming mar¬ gins so that the scores sound more like baseball slugfests than soccer matches. The Tech hooters netted 37 goals while their tight defense held the opponents to a total of 8. This indicates their amazing superiority. To open the season Worcester set the Brown Bear back on its haunches. The opponents scored first but two goals by McEwan, one by Brand, and a fourth by von Bremen put Tech ahead and kept it there. The play was fast and rugged with the home forces having a little the better of the argument. Score: Worcester, 4—Brown, 2. Next weekend at Hartford the Engin¬ eers took on Trinity. Again the opponents heat Pearson to open the scoring. But when Tech finally started to roll in the Left to Right: D. McEwan, Co-Capt.; H. Hum¬ phrey, Mgr.; Prof. Higginbottom, Coach; E. Ljunggren, Co-Capt. second half, it became monotonous watch¬ ing the ball whiz past the Trinity goalie. No less than eight times during the re¬ mainder of the game this happened with Joe Filipek, brilliant Freshman, perform¬ ing the hat trick. Meanwhile Tech’s stout defense, led by Ljunggren and Fraser, were unbeatable. Worcester, 8—Trinity, 1. The third game with Conn. State was a walk-away for the Tech lads. During almost the entire contest, the ball was in the Stater’s territory. This time it was McEwan who got the lucky three while von Bremen, Filipek, Whitaker, Arter, and Blaisdell all broke into the winning col¬ umn. Conn. State managed to tally twice to make the score: Worcester, 8—Con¬ necticut, 2. Clark soccer teams have a bad habit of upsetting favored Tech squads. Last year they did it, and this year they gave the Engineers the hardest game of the season. After halfback Abel and then Filipek scored in the first quarter, the Clark hooters stopped Tech’s fast moving offense for two periods. Meanwhile they drew up with a nice goal. But in the final quarter, McEwan got loose to score twice, one on a penalty shot. The Clark boys countered a second time. But the Hill- men won from their rivals 4-2. The Tufts’ hooters started out as if they were going to make a close game of it. For a while they were pressing hard but then the Tech steamroller got under way. Dave McEwan scored three in the first half, one on a beautiful solo dash. In the third quarter the Engineers banged home two more and added still another brace [ 136 ] 1st Row: N. Wilson, L. Goldsmith, W. Bosyk, J. Filipek. D. McEwan - Capt., E. Ljunggren, K. Fraser, W. Abel, J. Whitaker. 2nd Row: H. Humphrey, D. Smith, J. Hollick, W. Kay, G. Pearson, W. Paulsen, H. Paige, W. Arter, J. Ingham, Prof. E. Higginbottom, Coach. of goals to finish the game. Worcester, 7—Tufts, 0. The R. P. I. soccer team had a good publicity man and also a good set of hooters with an all-South American for¬ ward line. For the first three quarters of the game they held Worcester to a 2-1 lead. But the last quarter witnessed the slaughter as Blaisdell and McEwan each scored twice. Score: Worcester, 6— Rensselaer, 1. Every team met by the Engineers this season reckoned them as the best ever. “Higgie” certainly had a dream team which he will telling the boys about for many a year. Many of the posts will be vacant next year. All-American Dave McEwan and Bill Arter will be missed from the forward line. Abel, Hollick, and Kay, always to be depended on for a steady game on the midway positions, are leaving. So also are goalie Pearson, whose dramatic saves held the fort under many a bad storming and long-kicking, steady Ernie Ljunggren who was a bul¬ wark of defense. Probably never again will there be a combination like this one of 1938. It deserves to be praised. [ 137 ] SWIMMING Despite one of its hardest and fastest seasons the Tech mermen turned in an admirable record, winning four out of their eight starts,and breaking four col¬ lege records. In the season opener Tech swamped their M. I. T. opponents to the tune of 48-28, the high point of this meet being Stirling’s record-breaking 5:35 in the 440. On the whole Tech showed promise of being a well balanced team and headed for a high place in the current Tech winning streak. These fond hopes of the mermen were soon shattered, for with the coming four meets Tech failed to overcome the early leads of their opponents. The first of these meets lost was at the hands of Amherst, 50-20. The high point of this meet was Riddick’s performance in the 60-yard dash, 30.2 seconds, knocking 0.4 seconds off the college and pool records. The next setback to the Tech hopes was the Mass. State aggregation who gave the T. Love, Capt.; F. Grant, Coach; E. Dench, Mgr. Techsters a trouncing, 48-27, the redeem¬ ing feature of this meet being the new record set by Riddick, Love, Chamberlain, and Stirling in the 400 relay. The next two meets were again losses to Tech, the first by Wesleyan, 45-30 and then came Coast Guard, 41-34. From here on the Tech natators had a bit of smooth sailing and downed their next three opponents. First B. U., with Tech on the long end of the score, 51-24. Then came Trinity to fill the coffers of Tech, Trinity bowing, 43-32. The final meet of the season resulted in the victory over the wily natators from Conn. State, Conn. State bowing, 41-34. In these last three meets the Tech mermen showed their true colors and brought in three victories. Their win over Trinity was the first in seven years. It was these last three wins that places this year’s team ahead of the previous teams here at Tech. Our fellows started their winning in the B. U. meet, taking seven firsts. Riddick and Love each scored two first. Joe Platukis, breaking the jinx that had dogged him since the first of the sea¬ son, won the 150-yard backstroke and starred in the medley relay. Tech had little trouble winning. The victory over Trinity was without doubt the high point of the whole season. Love and Riddick were again the high scorers. Conn. State, the last to feel the force of the Tech natators, was the favorite as far as odds go, but Tech won the meet and set a new college record in the 400-yard 1138 ] VARSITY SWIMMING TEAM Standing: F. Grant, Coach; F. Hopkins, R. Muir, F. Chamberlain, C. Goodchild, D. Kuniholm, E. Dench, Mgr. Seated: W. Kennedy, H. Stirling, T. Love - Capt., W. Riddick, J. Ingham. relay, Love, Ingham, Riddick, and Ken¬ nedy doing the work. Inasmuch as there will only be one man lost at graduation and as there seems to be some good material in the Freshman class the Boynton Hill swimmers are looking with confidence to the next year’s season. 1139 ] TRACK TEAM 1st Row: C. Davis, K. Fraser, W. Abel, M. Chandler - Capt., F. Wackerbarth, E. Pacek, H. Cameron, C. Fritch. Second Row: D. Houser, R. Wilson, G. Peck, E. Totti, J. Fernane, D. Chase, C. Hoebel, A. Francis. Third Row: R. Lotz, D. Smith, R. Parks, W. Ames, R. Glencross, F. White. Back Row: L. Landall - Mgr., A. Saarnijoki, 0. Johnstone - Coach, W. Riddick, H. Rolla - Coach, R. Angevine. TRACK TEAM Captain . Malcolm Chandler Manager .L. Landall Coach .J. Oliver Johnstone Adhering to last year’s schedule, the Tech Track Team opened its 1938-39 season indoors with Massachusetts State at Amherst, resulting in the close margin of victory of 38-34. Following thi s came the second and last meet of the indoor season, a three-cornered affair with Mass. State and Tufts. In this meet the Engin¬ eers did not fare too well, garnering only 28 4 points for second place. Last year’s team is still intact with the exception of a few ' key men lost through sickness and ineligibility. From among the ranks of the freshmen have come sev¬ eral prospective champions: Davis, Chase, Ames, Lotz, Higgins, and others to swell the roster of point-getters. This year the team is exceptionally strong in the dashes and in the field events with Fritch, Chand¬ ler, Cameron, Lotz, Chase, Davis, Wacker¬ barth, White, and Fraser sure place win¬ ners. The schedule consists of three meets: Connecticut State, Trinity, and the Eastern Intercollegiates. [ 140 ] CROSS COUNTRY TEAM Although boasting fine material, this year’s Cross Country Team ended a dis¬ appointing season by losing five races out of six. In the opener the team met defeat at the hands of a strong Coast Guard team, 40 to 20. On the following week against Trinity, Dunklee, Martin, and Strandberg looped across the finishing tape in a triple tie, making it possible for Tech to win, 18 to 37. At Connecticut State, Tech ran their first four-mile race of the season, the distance was too great, so they lost, 43 to 17. Mass. State placed its usual strong team on the track at Amherst to win the race, 19 to 41. Running without the serv¬ ices of Dunklee and Martin, Tech’s Cross Country suffered another beating at B. U. with a score of B. U. 15, W. P. I., 49. In the last meet Rensselaer, a team which has lost only one race in two seasons, took the Tech Harriers by a score of 19 to 41. CROSS COUNTRY 1st Row: Z. Martin. J. Fernane, H. Terkanian. F. Stranberg. E. Boyd. 2nd Row: 0. Johnstone - Coach, W. Wheeler, H. Crane, C. Bettcher, R. Corey, E. Sceggel, C. Dowse, C. Ferguson, Manager. 1141 ] 0. Johnston, Coach; E. Pacek, G. Peck, C. Fritch, A. Naboicheck, N. LaLiberte, C. Ferguson, Mgr. RELAY TEAM With the strong 1938 squad practically intact, the relay team began its season at the Knights of Columbus games. Running against Middlebury, Tufts, and Mass. State, the Tech quartet took a rather dis¬ appointing third. The winning time was turned in by Middlebury, with Tufts run¬ ning a close second. Ineligibility rules took their toll when Naboicheck, a Wor¬ cester Academy product, was lost to the team. To fill the gap in the Tech lineup, Wally Abel, a senior and regular member of the track team, was drafted for the remaining meet. The B. A. A. meet held at the Boston Garden found Tech pitted against Con¬ necticut State and Maine. Though run¬ ning second to Connecticut State, the team showed great power in nosing out the tracksters from Maine. With no losses through graduation and with the probable return to the lineup of Naboicheck, the outlook for the coming season is bright. [ 142 ] R. Dunklee, R. Brand, W. Bosworth - Capt, L. Goldsmith, J. Filipek, A. Nims, Mgr. TENNIS Captain . Bill Bosworth Manager . Al Nims Coach . Russell V. Corsini The Tech Tennis Team shows promise of having the most successful season in recent years. Although hampered by a late winter, and having only the macadam courts to work on, Russell Corsini’s charges were called out early, and were rounding into good form before the sea¬ son opened with Assumption. Captain Bob Nimmo and Frank Jenkins, lost through graduation, will be replaced by Joe Filipek, Bill Ferguson, and Red Sheard, three able Freshmen candidates. Veterans on the squad include Captain Bill Bosworth, Ronald Brand, Leonard Goldsmith, Bob Dunklee, Ervin Hupprich, and James Hoar. The team looks for a win over Assump¬ tion, a unit which showed surprising strength in last season’s deadlock. Captain Bosworth threatens revenge for their ’38 setback at the hands of Clark, traditional city rivals. Boston University and A. I. C. are newcomers to the Tech schedule, and present unknown quantities, while the team expects a hard fight from the Spring- field Gymnasts, Trinity, M. I. T., and Tufts. ri43i N. Stewart, W. Bosyk, D. McEwan - Capt., K. Hunt, P. Gaidis GOLF TEAM C .? P tai ’ 1 ! Dave McEwan Manager ) Ever since its introduction as an official sport at Tech in 1926, golf has been a rather successful sport. Last year’s team was an average one, the team having won three matches, tied three and lost two. The opening match was played at M. I. T. and resulted in a tie score 3-3. The next match was played on the home links at Wachusett Country Club and the Tech team easily defeated their opponents from Norwich University to the tune of 6-0. However the positions were reversed in the next match at Amherst. Playing on their home links, the “Lord Jeffs” defeated the Tech team, 6-0. The next two matches with Trinity and Wesleyan were tied. The Trinity team played on Tech links, but the Wesleyan match was held at Mid¬ dletown, Conn. Tufts University traveled all the way from Medford only to be de¬ feated by an overwhelming score of 6-0. The R. I. State match, played at Wachu¬ sett, resulted in a 4-2 loss for the Rams. The last match of the season was played at Providence against Brown University. The hosts of this match took the honors with a score of 5-1. At the present time, the 1939 team looks forward to an excellent season. Captain- Manager Dave McEwan has selected sev¬ eral men to retain on the team. These are Pete Gaidis, Bill Bosyk, A1 Anderson, Norman Stewart, Harry Haszard, and Ken Hunt, the only freshman. [ 144 ] RIFLE CLUB Captain . John Boyd Manager . Franz Strandberg Due to the loss of five of the regular team members of last year, this year’s Rifle Team did not fare so well. With a team of only two veterans, Jack Boyd and Fred White, and with very stiff competi¬ tion, no matches were won. Flowever, the addition of several expert marksmen from among the freshmen ranks gives high promise of a much improved team next year, with experience gained in nine meets this year. The freshmen who were most prominent among the additions were Ralph Whitmore, Morey Hodgmen, Philip Walker, Charles Parker, and John Roger- son. At present, prospects look bright for next year, with tentative meets ar¬ ranged with several schools already. SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER MATCHES Mass. Institute of Technology 870-810 Northeastern University 875-793 Connecticut State College 1272-1265 Lowell Textile Institute 1822-799 Northeastern University 880-865 POSTAL MATCHES Brooklyn Poly 1272-1232 Wentworth Institute 891-810 Rutgers 1341-1241 Carnegie Tech 1390-1272 Front Row: W. Piper, J. Harvey, Professor Merriam, D. Houser, A. Herd. F. Strandberg. J. Bartlett. Second Row: A. Allen, J. Rogerson, D. Hartwell, P. Walker, P. Wagner, F. Webster, C. Parker. Back Row: L. Tillyer, E. Altenberger, F. White, J. Leach. 1145 ] 1st Row: J. Filipek, W. Harding, G. Andreopoulos, N. Kerr, F. MacNamara. 2nd Row: R. Munson - Coach, R. Jasper, C. Davis, F. Wackerbarth, D. Smith, E. Totti. J. Y. BASKETBALL On the face of its tabulated record this year’s JV team would seem to be of a very mediocre nature. Out of twelve starts, only four resulted in wins. Before passing judgment it should be remembered that the JV team is organized primarily to see whether or not its members are capable of developing into varsity material. In the opening game the JV’s bowed before a fast, clever group from Assump¬ tion High by a score of 35-32. Despite the setback the team showed itself to be of very high caliber. On its next two attempts the team showed great promise. The first victim of the season was the South Hi gh aggre¬ gation. When the final whistle blew the junior team of the Engineers was on the long end of a 28-23 score. Another vic¬ tory followed as the Trinity Freshmen fell. These victories were short-lived, how¬ ever, and the remainder of the season was characterized by prolonged losing streaks. Victories over the Fitchburg and Clark junior varsity teams were the only inter¬ ruptions to the string of defeats. This year a new system was started with the trying out of several of the better players of the Interfraternity League, at the end of its games, with the JV team to see if they possessed varsity qualifications. [ 146 ] 1st Row: R. Bourgault, E. Hebditch, G. Birchall, R. Paige, G. Chaffee. 2nd Row: R. Wynkoop, B. Abbott, F. Shippee, B. Franklin, W. Jackson, F. Grant, Coach. FRESHMAN SWIMMING TEAM This year’s Freshmen Swimming Team was one of the most outstanding Frosh teams ever produced by Coach Frank Grant. The fact that the yearlings scored only one win for the season is no evidence for judging the team’s strength, for the Freshmen schedule has always been one that would give trouble to the varsity team. The schedule consisted of two meets with the Worcester Y. M. C. A., two meets with the Worcester Academy team, one with the Lincoln Square Boys’ Club, and one with the Sophomore team. The Sophomores were the only victims. The first meet, which was with the Y. M. C. A., found the Freshmen a little stage struck. However, Wynkoop and Paige managed to take first places in the 40, 100, and 200-yd. freestyle events. These two swimmers carried the greatest part of the load the rest of the season in the free¬ style events. Before the season was over, Wynkoop, under the guidance of Frank Grant, smashed the long-existing Freshmen records in the 40, 100, and 200-yd. dashes. The times in these events were 19.8, 56.4, and 2:20.2 respectively. Ed Hebditch showed the Worcester Academy boys, by taking a first place, that the breaststroke berth was not entirely vacant. Hebditch will be a strong con¬ tender for a position on the varsity team next year. As the season progressed, Shippee gradually worked his backstroke time down three seconds below the old record to 1:06.6. 1147 ] THE SCENE The Salisbury Laboratory Addition The Student Activities Building THE SCENE CHANGES AUTOGRAPHS [1491 N uj £ Ufl(A ut!l JHamcjeAt Colletfe £nxyu2AjeAA, mis ■ ' VS? I ■ ShHI When pur Yearbook Course Oa chanted tty HOWARD-WESSON COMPANY 44 Portland Street, Worcester, Massachusetts Graduates of the W.P.l, are Always Welcome at THE HEALD MACHINE CO. Internal and Surface Grinding Machines Precision Boring Machines Morgan Continuous Rolling Mills FOR BILLETS MERCHANT BARS SMALL SHAPES SKELP HOOPS AND STRIPS COTTON TIES WIRE RODS WIRE MILL EQUIPMENT PRODUCER GAS MACHINES FURNACE CONTROLS MORGAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS REHN - TOPPIN PAINT CO. 227 MAIN STREET WORCESTER, MASS. 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