Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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On a day in September in forty-eight Two hundred brave boys came to meet their fate; Four years later, battered and blue They crossed the bridge and faded from view Why are they only one-fifty strong Why are their faces so lean, so drawn Oh tell us what happened in the intervening years What turned poor frosh with childish fears into these men; These mighty engineers! I remember as if yesterday that September twenty- seven, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, when we first assembled in Alden Memorial. In a mad scramble we were oriented, introduced, and after a visit to the book¬ store, broke. It took but a short while under sophomore direction to learn all of our WPI cheers and marches, and to make matters worse in hazing we lost the paddle rush and were pulled en masse thru Institute pond. Our hard fighting forces won in football 13-12, with Palmer, Crathern, and St. Louis starring. Harry Althen and Joe Jiunnies led our basketball team to a two point loss. Harry Althen assumed for the first of three years the office of the Class President. Our men so took their place in varsity sports. Ed Majewski, Joe Jiunnies and Bill Mehalick—football; Dick Zeleny, Ron Thompson, Bob Howell—track; ami Bill Mehalick and Bob Chapman on the basketball squad. Stu Rowe started off his fine swimming career by setting a new freshman forty yard freestyle record in leading the class to victory in the swim meet. In one of those examples of the keen rivalry between frosh and sophomores we battled in front of Sanford Riley in a manner that regained our prestige though we lost the Goats-Head on points. Harry Althen was awarded the coveted Skull Trophy as the outstanding freshman. The elections for leaders in our sophomore year came out with Bill Lloyd, president; Ed Felkel, vice- president; Dick Gates, secretary; and Ev Palmer, treasurer. The sophomore year started off on a high note as we assumed nobly our duties as guides to the new freshman. Stu Rowe acted as guiding light for the hazing period. We did manage to soundly paddle our freshman brothers in the paddle rush but to our dismay once again went through the pond. The Tech Carnival proved a hig success with Dick Gillette, John Feldsine, and Dick Boutiette showi ng their ability as Thespians. We did more than our share in sports and Joe Jiunnies, A1 Hansen, Ed Majewski, A1 Ferron, Roland St. Louis, John Feldsine, Doug Collings on the foot¬ ball squad did excellent work. Dick Zeleny cracked the record for the half-mile run as an indication of what he would do through his great cross-country career. We managed to take the Goats Head competition as it came down to the tennis match all tied, and 19 5 2 PEDDLER