Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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Francis William Roys Professor of Mechanical Engineering Albert James Schwieger Professor of Economics, Government, and Business Leland Leavitt Atwood Professor of Modern Languages and History Percy Robert Carpenter Professor of Physical Education Andrew Hall Holt Professor of Civil Engineering Ernest Dana Wilson Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry

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©HHPAGfiT mmi »© We, the Class of 1942, as a final contribution to the body of stern, learned men who have moulded our futures for the past four years, do hereby dedicate the following to the faculty of the Institute, and we further declare that all resemblance of nickname to professorial title is exactly what we’re trying for. Our narra¬ tive is written completely in the spirit of fun and we hope that it will be taken in that light. Our story opens in the small town of Lower Cupboard Junc¬ tion, nestled in the hills of eastern Kentucky. A kaleidoscope of houses, faces, cornfields, and stills whirls past our eyes as we search for he who has brought great honor to the town of L.C.J. Ah! There he is!! Behold and admire he who sits on a corn- likker drum and reads his certificate of admission to Worcester Polytech. Let us look at it more closely. To: Elmer A. Corn, L.C.J., Ky. It says, quote YOU’RE IN! LOVE AND KISSES end quote, signed Jerry. Scene 2 opens in our own Worcester, Massachusetts. Elmer A. has just alighted from the “Bluegrass Snorter,” and, wiping the cinders from his eyes, he surveys the enormity of Union Station. Charles Joseph Adams Professor of English 12 Raymond Kurtz Morley Professor of Mathematics

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IF AC HD HUY Suddenly he is seized by two masked figures and whisked into a waiting car. What is this—kidnapping? a raid? No, as the two seizers unmask they seem to be friendly and . . . shhh, one of them is speaking: “Er, ah, urn, WELCOME TO WORCESTER TECH! ah, er ...” That was Ripper, and his companion in hospitality appears to be Leight, Elmer’s freshman advisor. The tendency of a body at rest to remain so nearly snaps the necks off the trio as their car starts off with a teriffic burst of speed. ‘‘HEY,—you at the wheel, slow down.” Oh, it’s Sam— well, never mind—what? No, of course I don’t expect you to spoil your tradition, but . . . Thirty seconds later our car slams to a stop in front of Sanford Riley Hall and our new freshman is whisked into the dorm to meet face to face with Daddy, who in turn presents him to Gordie, faculty proctor in the dorm. After a good night’s sleep, Elmer strides bright and early to his first college class—a physics lecture in Kinnicut Hall. As the lecture starts, Elmer hears announcements alpha and beta Francis Joseph Adams Professor of Electrical Engineering Donald Graham Downing Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Harold Winthrop Dows Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering 14 Harry Benjamin Feldman Assistant Professor of Chemistry