Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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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

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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 ]

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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 ]