Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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OF A WAR YEAR AT W.P.I. ex-officio and elective. The ex-officio mem¬ bers are the President of the Institute and the presidents of the classes, clubs, and or¬ ganizations. The elective members consist of two faculty members and nine under¬ graduate members elected from the respec¬ tive classes, the president being a senior. As in the past, the Council serves as a guiding body and has control of many of the undergraduate activities. It possesses the power to regulate class elections and finan¬ ces, to control all Freshman hazing, and to control the purchase and design of the Col¬ lege jacket. It also may limit the extra¬ curricular activities of a student as stated in the Activities Eligibility Code. The Council, in sponsoring the Annual Sports Banquet and pre-game rallies, helps in promoting the athletic interest at Tech. The cheer-leading squad, under the new constitution, became a definite organization under the control of the council. Another important matter for which the new consti¬ tution provides is the council’s charge of the drafting of Class Constitutions. This year the Annual Sports Dance was again promoted by the Tech Council in col¬ laboration with the S.C.A. and proved to be one of the outstanding social functions of the year. The Tech Council stands as a connecting link between the faculty and the student body. In this way, all the student activities are brought under the control of a central organization. A cooperative and unified action is brought about by this combination of faculty and students when problems or questions are brought before the Tech Council. JULY 1942 - FEB. 1943 No one can foretell the future. What life at Tech will he like next year is a matter of conjecture which we could not even attempt. Even in the interim of publication changes may occur which would make any predictions, no matter how vague, look very foolish. This story is, in a sense, not a story hut rather a preface; a pref¬ ace to a chapter that will have to be completed by that gentleman with the long white beard, Father Time. We can only remind you of how it was in the beginning . . . On July 20 a class of 123 earn¬ est Seniors assembled in Boynton Hall. President Wat Tyler Cluver- ius welcomed the group with a brief address. In a concluding statement the President informed the seniors that new ' faces would be seen on the campus this year. Army and Navy men taking pre- flight training would appear on the Hill as well as extra (and “extra nice”) defense course trainees. The summer passed quickly for the seniors. Fall shop groups soon made their appearance ami in late Future Ensigns 27

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extra THE STORY The Tech Council is one of the most im¬ portant organizations at Worcester Poly¬ technic Institute. Its object is to further the interests of the Institute in all possible ways. Regular meetings are held bi-monthly; at these meetings the affairs of college life are thoroughly looked into by both the student and faculty members. This year the newly adopted constitution went into effect. Under this constitution the membership is divided into two classes, TECH COUNCIL Back row: E. Peterson, H. Swenson, H. Norige, H. Brautigam Front row: Prof. D. Downing, Pres. Cluverius, E. Lipovsky, Prof. H. Rice 26

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Ensigns September a class of 209 Fresh¬ men filler! up the rest of the vacant campus space which harl been so noticeable during the summer. On October I a Joint Procure¬ ment Board composed of six of¬ ficers of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps addressed a volun¬ tary assembly of several hundred Tech men in Alden Memorial. Thirty-one members of the senior class already held probation¬ ary commissions in the U. S. Naval Reserve and another large group began applying for enlistment in the Army Air Corps. The first organization which students make contact with upon entering W. P. I. is the Student Christian Association. This unpublicized, energetic school group is com¬ posed of nine members, one from each fra¬ ternity and one from the city, and its very able supervisor, Paul Swan. Each member is placed in charge of a committee, and these committees function throughout the school year. The S. C. A. sponsors Freshman week so that the freshmen will really feel welcome and so that they may always have pleasant memories of their first days at Tech. A highlight in this week is Friday night, when the leaders of student organizations speak to the Freshmen. After the brief talks there are refreshments of cider, doughnuts and cheese. During the first week of school, the S. C. A. also presents every Tech man with a handbook and blotter. Each week throughout most of the year, a chapel period is held, with local notewor¬ thy speakers appearing. Despite the non- compulsory attendance, chapel period is well attended. During the last year, this organization sponsored an interesting, educational series of lectures by Dr. Magoon of M. I. T. It is hoped to continue this series bi-annually, for the benefit of Tech men. A book cam- Conducts chapel” Sponsors Tech Carnival” 28