Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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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 ]

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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

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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 ]