Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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TECH NEWS It says here” place. Worcester opened an oil range relief center to care for the dangerous shortages. The Christinas vacation finally arrived. The holiday traffic was terrific; trains were crowded with people who, in normal times, would have used automobiles for transportation; service men on furlough for the holidays also made up a large percentage of this u nusual traffic. On December 27 a radio broad¬ cast by Elmer Davis, director of War Information and Food Ad¬ ministrator Claude R. Wickard, announced the plan to ration two hundred kinds of food by the point system, starting in February. The seniors returned to college on December 30 for their final tussle with the text hooks. After Commencement on Febru¬ ary 11, the recently announced plan for an accelerated schedule will go into effect. The Institute will operate on a three-term year basis resulting in an over-all course of two and one-half years. Thus we come to the end of the narrative—“A War Year at W.P.I.” It may he only the prologue of a long story that must be written later; it may he nearly complete as it is. Time will tell. The Tech News Association was organ¬ ized in 1910, and is an outgrowth of the old W. P. I. Weekly. It has been in the past, and is now, the policy of the News to report the weekly social events, athletic contests, club and class functions to the students, faculty and interested alumni of Tech. It has attempted to keep pace with the times, especially insofar as present war conditions would allow, in presenting a true picture of the part that Worcester Tech has played and is playing in aiding the war effort. The editorial and business staffs of this organization have worked ardently to give W. P. I. a student publication of which it can well be proud. Unbiased student opin¬ ion was frequently expressed in the News feature column entitled, Letters to the Editor.” The editorial columns have tried to present merited praise and helpful criticism of college affairs in an attempt to influence Another issue on the -way 32

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Back row: J. Pearce, D. Brown, M. Bartlett, G. Hill, T. Landers, E. Campbell, J. Gibson Second row: A. Talboys, W. Sturtevant, G. Gregory, J. Donahue, O. Kennedy, E. Ericksen, D. Haight, K. Cashin Front row: H. Sheldon, C. Handforth, T. Pierson, B. Messer, G. Fairhurst, J. Loomis, H. Durick, H. Parzick they could with the hours allowed, and justly temper your criticism with considera¬ tion. The early press date makes it possible to record only the beginnings of the basketball and swimming seasons; the spring sports will have to be covered by next year’s publica¬ tion. However, we are able to present the 1942 spring sports for the first time in a volume of the Peddler. The editors desire to thank the following for the help and cooperation which was so essential in the publication of this book: Prof. Albert Schwieger, faculty advisor; Miss Dorothy Cooper and Mr. Milton Fitch of Howard-Wesson Co.; Mr. Neil Heffer- nan of the Heffernan Press; the Bushong Studio; the staff of the Alumni Office and Miss Rugg and her staff; and the members of the Junior, Sophomore, and Freshman staffs. ternity Ball that evening came under the heading of emergencies. A fuel oil shortage was made more acute by one of the coldest,, sustained freezing spells in Worc¬ ester’s history. When the tempera¬ ture reached 20 below zero, many shivering seniors looked at their large accumulation of text books wondering how many B. T. U.’s they would produce in a nice fire- Talking it over 31

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Back row: E. Swanson, J. Pearce, C. Hellig, E. Cray, G. Uihlein, A. Harder, J. Fleming Second row: R. Perry, E. Baldwin, E. Caponi, G. Gregory, H. Sheldon, B. Hainsworth, E. Lagerholm, R. Fay First row: R. Grant, W. Tunnicliffe, E. Page, Prof. C. J. Adams, H. Parzick, H. Marsh, E. Lipovsky, R. Dyer student opinion for the betterment of the college. In order to acquaint the students with campus activities of other American colleges and universities, each issue of the News included a rotogravure section pub¬ lished by th e.Collegiate Digest This added feature has been very popular with the stu¬ dent body, the chief point of interest being the co-ed snaps which highlight the pages. The Tech News is a member of both the Intercollegiate Press and the Associated Col¬ legiate Press, which are news agencies com¬ posed of the leading college newspapers in the country. Merit ratings, helpful criti¬ cisms and feature articles are services sup¬ plied by these agencies. Unsettled world conditions have upset many of the organizations on the Hill. In spite of accelerated schedules and increased demands, the Tech News staffs have worked ceaselessly, in their own quiet and unnoticed way, to give Tech a good college weekly. weekly student publication” 33