Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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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.

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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-.

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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