Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 188 of the 1954 volume:

Foreword An undefinable air of awe comes over e ery senior as he crosses Earle Bri dge on Commencement Day. During those few moments, the highlights of four years are momentarily reviewed. In this, the twenty-seventh issue of the Peddler, we have taken the liherty of departing from the accepted pattern of past yearbooks in an attempt to capture for permanent record some of these highlights. In the pages which follow we have presented not a catalog of the graduates, but rather a record of one year of college activities—the eighty-ninth chapter of our history. We have tried to portray informally and realistically the unique spirit sur¬ rounding Worcester Tech as it is reflected in its activities and curricu¬ lum, in its moments of joy and sorrow, in its triumphs and failures and most important, in its students. Ve the editors, submit to the seniors, undergraduates and alumni the 1954 Peddler. The 1954 S TA F F ALLAN JOSEPH COSTANTIN editor-in-chief HENKY MICHAEL STKAGE managing editor RUSSELL ROLAND LUSSIER , business manager ROGER ROLAND OSELL advertising manager ROY HAROLD WISE photography editor WORCESTER.MASSACHUSETTS the college . . . . administrator To CHOOSE A FACULTY MEMBER, who, in the eyes of the undergraduate exemj)lifies the epitome of pedagogic tal¬ ents is, to be sure, a task of mammoth proportions. Be¬ cause of the diversified nature of the undergraduates at Tech it would seem that such a choice would be even more difficult. And yet, because of his inexhaustible good nature, his genuine interest in every student, his readiness to give help or advice at any time, his keen interest in everything that stands for Tech, and his unselfi sh devotion to the student’s cause, the unanimous vote of the student body would be for Professor Donald Graham Downing. Dedication “There was only one building on the other side of West Street,” recalls Professor Downing, “when I first came to Tech back in 1923 as a freshman enrolled in the civil engineering department.” Convinced that college life should not be confined to the classroom, “Fats” (as he was called by his classmates) tried his hand at writing, acting, and managing. He proved to be very successful in all these fields serving as News editor of the Tech News, Assistant editor of the Peddler, vice president of the Masque, manager of the basketball team and marshal of the junior class. In his spare time he was able to play class football and basketball and in his senior year was honored by being tapped for Skull. His deep seated interest in college life and earnest de¬ sire to teach prompted him to elect the teaching profes¬ sion. After one year at Lehigh he returned to Worcester as an Instructor in the M.E. Department, became an assistant professor in 1937 and a full prof in 1947. “The biggest changes which have come to the school over the years,” explains Professor Downing, “are in the nature and type of students which come to Tech and in the physical surroundings of the Institute.” The last twenty- seven years have seen Worcester Poly emerge from a little known local vocational school to an established school of applied engineering. 1 to DONALD GRAHAM DOWNING Professor of Mechanical Engineering For his expressive mannerisms in the lecture hall, which manage to keep even the drowsy student aware of the proceedings, Professor Downing has earned the well- known title of “The Boomer”. Actually he first got this nickname not from his classroom techniques but when he portrayed Horatio K. Boomer at a Tech Carnival many years ago. ... . sportsman .... friend One of the Boomer’s most important principles, and one which has made him so close to the hearts of all Tech men, is his strong belief in a very close relationship be¬ tween student and faculty. Only by having such a rela¬ tionship can the principles of engineering be properly and realistically presented to the embryo engineer. His inter¬ est in students is not confined to th classroom,; room 219 in Higgins is always open for students who have prob¬ lems—scholastic or otherwise. As faculty advisor for the Tech Council and Skull he is able to keep in touch with affairs outside of the classroom. His loyal attendance at sports functions and his inexhaustible good nature, which penetrates the widest boundaries, round out this portrait of the Boomer. In classroom the emphasis is on thinking; those key equations, secret formulas, hidden clues, and magic num¬ bers are taboo in any of The Boomer’s classes. Outside of the classroom he stresses participation in extracurricu¬ lar activities as a method of rounding out one’s training. Professor Downing’s only son is twenty years old. No, he doesn’t go to Tech! No, he doesn’t want to be an en¬ gineer! An early aversion to math has prompted his son to study advertising design at the R.I. School of Design. Reading and contract bridge take up what little spare time the Boomer has at home, but lately he’s found that school business has kept him rather busy. What does he do, well let’s see. He now serves on three committees; the hour plan, of which he has been chairman for six years, the students, and the scholarship. Besides this, he has since Dean Howe retired, assisted in the admissions office, and in the sum¬ mer time he is director of the Summer school. When “Boomer” graduated in 1926, the editors of the yearbook had this to say about him: “When ‘Fats’ graduates there will be left a void on the Hill that it will take at least two good men to fill.” Now, twenty-seven years later we need alter this para¬ graph only slightly to make it true: today it would take at least four good men to fill that void. Angelas ‘‘Of all the pranks that students devised for their own amusement and faculty’s discomfiture, the establishirig of the horse in the chapel is without parallel,” writes Herbert Taylor in his book of the history of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It happened in the fall of 1884, about the time the first electric street car appeared in the Worcester streets. “Buckskin,” not an exceptionally in¬ telligent steed, was owned and operated by Superintend¬ ent of the Washburn Shops, Milton Higgins, and housed in a barn which occupied the land that is now the site of the Higgins Laboratories. “Buckskin” must have been a very good natured steed and one with an excellent sense of balance, for, led by the animal lovers in the class of ’85 and ’86, he was guided up the two flights of spiral stairs in Boyton Hall, to be picketed in the room where faculty and students had gathered for morning Chapel services. Everyone except Mr. Higgins took the joke good- naturedly. The problem of getting the beast back on his accustomed plane was too involved for mechanical en¬ gineers, so a veterinary was called. He blanketed, padded and blindfolded old Buckskin, tied his legs together and lowered him on skids with the aid of block and tackle. Students cheering the proceedings were dispersed by a squad of police. A general inquisition was the immedi¬ ate result of this prank. Eleven students confessed, but because Professor Sinclair rose to their defense the “ap¬ propriate penalty was remitted.” Some forty years later the culprits of ’85 and ’86 cheerfully donated enough money to completely remodel the room to undo the dam¬ age which Buckskin had done in his one day’s stay. As a tribute to the friend who had saved the boys from pun¬ ishment the new room was called Sinclair Hall. Six Youthful eyes peer into the future N O WHERE in our present day environment can one find as dynamic a society as in the college campus. Not a day can pass without some new and challenging experience confronting the individual. Susceptible to change as he is, the Tech student finds in a year of school many community and individual problems facing him, both as an individual and as a body. Each one of us has had to cope with his own personal set of crises and strug¬ gles, realizations and frustrations, joys and sorrows. But when the year is over and we look back at what we have or haven’t done, when we think of the things we wish we had said, or the days we should have stayed in bed, we realize that a year at Tech has helped us to become better citizens of the future. Each of us has been affected by a different and intricate combination of items drawn from the lengthy Worcester Tech spectrum. All exerting their influence in various directions have been the dorm, exams, the future, foot¬ ball, Alden Memorial, the Goat’s Head, reports, physics, homecoming, the ‘Palace’, bull sessions, G.I., the “B”, Jay’s, the mail. Skull, the draft board, war, politics and so on down the line of infinite length. We learn by experience. What better way to learn about ourselves and our school than by occasionally dusting off the building blocks that have gone into a year of construction on the ‘Hill’. That a yearbook cannot do this job is only too obvious. It is our hope that the pages which follow will in some small measure serve as a catalyst to the memory—the stimulant to refresh and renew events of the past year. We will touch only upon those things of broader interest with the hope that they might recall the myriad impres¬ sions with which each is associated. Our story begins in March 1953. The first signs of spring made their appearance early in the year in the form of tiny green buds on the ivy cov¬ ered bricks of Sanford Riley Hall. Inside, as well as out, there was a bee hive of activity. An eager band of fresh¬ man personages were putting together the last pieces of their Tech Carnival presentation. Although the evening of the Carnival was Friday the 13th, the omen proved no hindrance of the ’55ers, who took first place for the sec¬ ond year in a row in the Battle of the Carnival Cup. And while the lower classes were busy with the Carni¬ val, the council chambers of the fraternities were busy discussing the relative merits of hell vs help week. The year saw several more fraternities join the enlightened minority. The mayor announced ‘Roll Up Your Sleeve Day’ and the bloodmobile was a popular hangout as once again the Tech men showed their willingness to cooperate with a national cause. Socially the R.O.T.C. department celebrated the 90th anniversary of the Corps, the civils had their ‘Simple Civil Social’ while Phi Sigma Kappa copped the I.F. Basketball loop with an undefeated record. After 14 years as W.P.I.’s Dean of Admissions and of Students and twenty-nine years of continuous service to the Institute, Jerome W. Howe announced his retirement. In the halls of the faculty and in the ranks of the alumni, many were quick to recognize that Dean Howe’s depart¬ ure from the campus was a significant loss to the In¬ stitute. Spring, the month a young man’s fancy is supposed to turn lightly to thoughts of anything but school, found colleges throughout the country faced with problems of panty raids and riots. Even Worcester’s own Becker College was victim to some over-zealous visitors from Lehr und Kunst Minute Men Nichols College. But though Tech didn’t participate in any such affairs, the administration pointed out that the student’s mind was not on his work. Attention was called to the steady increase during the last few years of the number of E and F grades at mid-term, and to a sudden drop in a normally steady weighed college average of 74.17 to a low 73.00. “Perhaps,” the solution presented stated, “it indicates a lower morale that may be general in all colleges and is apparent here in grades and some other schools in panty raids and riots.” Whatever the cause the matter received the serious concern of the faculty group studying a proposed alteration of the cur¬ riculum. Certainly “the biggest and the bestest” social event of the year was the annual Junior Prom. Highlighted by the smooth strains of the nationally known Elliot Lawrence and his company, a record crowd of three hundred odd fortunates were able to break up the pressure of campus studies. The event was so successful both financially and socially that it will no doubt be certain that all Junior classes to come will call on the services of some name band. Seven newly tapped members of Skull braved the ele¬ ments and the uncomfortable fire hydrants one evening, and the next day seven clean white-capped juniors had joined the ranks of that most honored and coveted cam¬ pus honorary society. Blessed by an unusually beautiful spring day, the An¬ nual Parents Day celebration proved to be an outstand¬ ing event. Activity in all phases of campus life attracted parents. The ball field lured the sports fan, while the auditorium was packed to hear the Band concert. The technically minded spent the day visiting the various labs and shops eagerly witnessing the shows and demonstra¬ tions presented by the departments. Tech’s R.O.T.C. made its own worthwhile contribution to the nationwide observance of Armed Forces Week. Im¬ pressive in their precision, and a credit to W.P.I. and its department of military science and tactics, 309 cadets passed in review on May 13 as part of the annual pro¬ gram of inspection by the Department of the Army. Dis¬ tinguished among the members of the reviewing party were Major General Kirke B. Lawton ’17, commanding general at the Signal Corps Center at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, and Worcester’s mayor, Andrew B. Holm- strom ’17. The Varsity club held their sportsorama, while enter¬ taining for the engineers were the Aquamaids from Mass. U. The Tau Bete’s held their spring outing on the plains of the Alumni field late in May. A variety of activities greeted those participating. A sunny day and a victory for the lacrosse club set the stage for the other activities of the day, not the least of which was the faculty-student baseball game. ' Page Eight And on the seventh day . . . Stalag 221 Breathe there a man with soul . . . While the bridge club was busy winning second place in the Intercollegiate Bridge Tourney, SPE once again proved their vocal talents by taking the coveted Pi Delt Songfest Trophy home for the fourth straight year. Little concern was attached to the fact that Tuesday, June 9, had been an oppressive day in Worcester, for there had been many days of that sort in New England during June. There had been many days when thunder clouds had gathered on the horizon by evening to give hope that once they had exploded their fireworks, relief would follow in their wake. And on many occasions that welcome relief was forthcoming. But June 9, 1953 was different. The clouds gathered, the storm came . . . but this time instead of relief, utter destruction followed. A credo Yours truly Fate was kind to the Class of ’53 in that it allowed Old Sol to shine enthusiastically on Sunday, June 14. 136 seniors received their sheep skins beneath the clear skies and in a pleasant Alumni Field setting. Fifteen hundred parents and guests had gathered to watch the ceremonies which marked the culmination of four years of hard work. Returning in late spring to the ‘Hill’ from all parts of the country, five hundred men found their ranks swelled by the addition of two hundred and sixty beany topped freshmen, one of the largest entering classes in Worcester history. The revised orientation program was accepted with great enthusiasm and the process of assimilation into the overall picture was well under way after a few days. The new freshman learned quickly about the Goat’s Head. Several appearances of the much sought after brass head were made early in the season. The informal demonstration of class spirit however was not as inspiring as the first organized hazing event of the year—the Paddle Rush. This rough, bruising exhibition of class spirit took place between the halves of the first home football game, and although the teams were evenly matched in numbers, the sophomores, capitalizing on one year of experience and training, took the honors. The introduction of a new rushing system by the I.F, council proved to be an enlightening alteration to the plans brought forth in previous years. Rushing rallies early in the year brought the frosh together with their fellow classmates and future fraternity brothers, and seemed to speed the adjustment which the new citizens had to make. Acting president Roys formally opened the college’s 88th year at the first assembly of the new term in Alden Memorial. He asked for a year filled with improvements and outstanding achievements. “The engineer of today must have a background of subjects other than the purely technical courses,” explained the Dean. Several changes were apparent in the Worcester scene as the college settled down to its daily routine. One as¬ sistant professor, three new instructors, and six graduate assistants were added to the faculty ranks for the coming year. The corner of Boyton and Salisbury was a bee¬ hive of activity; Kaven Hall, the future home of the Civil Engineers, was fast approaching completion. Though modest in design the new building seemed to have an air of majestic splendor—beautiful in its simplicity. For the first time since the Navy Training unit began at Tech, the Dormitory was too small to accommodate all those desiring rooms. Several freshmen had to find rooms in the surrounding neighborhood. Though the faces were new in the dormitory, the freshman pranks and pro¬ verbial complaints about the taste of the dorm food were the same as the ones of previous years. Opinions and sentiments were sharply divided among Tech men as the local heated political campaign began to take impetus. The only common choice on the entire ballot was the English department’s Prof. Higgenbottom. But the line separating two different political beliefs was just a scratch compared to the wide difference of opinion between New York and Brooklyn supporters in the base¬ ball classic. Portable radios became standard equipment in laboratories around campus that week. The Tech Council continued to function as the most important student governing branch on campus; few citizens of W.P.I. were not directly or indirectly affected in some way by the council’s activities during the year. One of its most significant undertakings this year was the revision of Goat’s Head rules and the beginning of a project to bring the Council’s Constitution up to date. While the Tech Council was busy with the problem of the Goat’s Head, the Interfraternity Council was busy preparing plans for the I.F. Ball which was to serve as a means for raising money to purchase a memorial to the late President. Pitge Jen Top-of-the-morning to you The fury of freshman-sophomore competition brought serious concern to the administration. “Endowed insti¬ tutions such as this are at the crossroads of whether they continue to operate as in the past,” said acting President Roys. “Students tend not to notice the changes, scholastic and social, that occur in them while in college, but other people do, and it is the aim of the school to shape a stu¬ dent’s development and guide those changes in the right direction.” Worried about the property damage and pos¬ sible personal damage which was caused by Goat’s Head rivalry, the Dean called for a return to “A high level of ideals and a seriousness of purpose.” The General Excellence Trophy was awarded to A.T.O., who won the honor for the second year in a row. P.G.D., by bringing their average up 1.38 points, won the scholas¬ tic improvement prize while A.T.O. was first scholasti¬ cally and A.E.PI. second. The return of the scholastic improvement prize, a replica of Rodin’s Thinker, was a memorable occasion and reopened the competition which was originally started in 1916. The Tech Council announced its fall budget and the alarming figure of 77% of the students activity tax going A civil ' s dream come true to the athletic fund was table talk for several days. Con¬ troller Knowles stated that it seemed apparent that the Student Activity tax must be increased in the next year. The rope pull, benefiting from the experie nce of the past years and a set of strict rules with regard to partici¬ pation set down by the Tech Council, was an outstanding event. The foreboding water was to play host to the sophomore class. The tuxedo clad leader of the ’56 group lead the game group through the muck and mire after a brief but spirited struggle. Coach Bob Pritchard’s gridiron warriors operating under the new limited substitution rules found the going rough. Mainly because of a green team which came along gradually, reaching some high spots and also dipping to a few lows, and because of unexpected injuries, some of the brightest grid stars were kept out of the line up for the major part of the season. The new men made mis¬ takes common to all newcomers, and against strong teams this made the difference between victory and defeat. However, it was a satisfactory season of two wins, three losses and one tie. Perhaps the outstanding upset in many a year for Tech was the defeat which Coast Guard suf¬ fered at the hands of the Pritchardmen. The pre-game pep rally and bonfire on October 31 will be a memorable event for Tech men for many moons to come. To those hearties who made the snake-like trip through the streets of Worcester, expressing with cer¬ tainty to all of the populus just who was going to beat RPI, that evening will be especially memorable. Homecoming day, with the full cooperation of Mother Nature, proved to be the usual big success. Highlighting the day’s activities were three athletic contests—a cross country meet with Amherst, a soccer game with Trinity, and most popular on the program, the home coming foot¬ ball game with arch rivals R.P.I. Although our Crimson- If ' atch by night Page SJeven The Sand Pit and-gray-clad athletes could muster but a tie in one contest, a well-played, hard-fought football battle with our colleagues in study from Troy, the home engineers showed up well in their 2-0 loss to Trinity and in their loss to Amherst. The fraternities added the element of undergraduate spirit with a fine assortment of Homecom¬ ing displays. Enthusiastic work had been carried on far into the early hours of Saturday morning, making up for the time lost during a week of rain. Climaxing the day’s activities was the Homecoming dance, highlighted by the awarding of the decoration trophy to SPE. The brightest highlight at the meeting of the Institute’s Board of Trustees on Homecoming day, and in fact of the year just past, was the election of Alvin Elmore Cor- meny of Haddonfield, New Jersey as the eighth president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The Worcester Ga¬ zette had this to say: Alvin E. Cormeny . . . will find that he comes here as more than the head of a famous school. The Polytechnic Institute was founded as a community institution and grew up as one. Worcester’s pride and interest in this fine school has never diminished . . . and its new President will find himself welcomed and supported by the Worces¬ ter community. President Cormeny appears to be highly qualified in a number of respects. As an engineer he understands the science which is the major subject at Worcester Tech. As a business administrator, he knows that an engineer’s education must extend beyond mere technology. The Institute is fortunate in finding a qualified presi¬ dent who is as young as Mr. Cormeny. For engineering, a science which deals with tomorrow’s devices, is well served by the kind of imagination that goes with young¬ mindedness. It is particularly appropriate, therefore that our school of engineering be placed under the charge of a man whose best years of inventiveness are still ahead of him. . . . The campus took on the appearance of a full fledged military base every Saturday morning as members of the Signal Corps branch of the ROTC went through their paces on the athletic field. The beginning of a program of cadet leadership training increased the interest in these Saturday morning drills and the basic principles of leadership and marching were well taught and exercised. No one could deny the ever increasing importance of the unit in the life of the college, as a country looked to its younger generation to form the backbone of a vast mili¬ tary potential. A new honor society came to Tech in the winter. Com¬ pany W, 8th regiment of the Pershing Rifles Society held its first inspection and initiation in the Janet Earle room. The society is to be composed of selected Signal Corps cadets, of the basic course senior ROTC unit, who have displayed exceptional ability for and interest in the military. The ever increasing need and use of young engineers by a great variety of industries and businesses had two effects on the Tech scene. First, this need was brought to the attention of high school boys of engineering caliber. This helped to raise the total enrollment to 730, of which more than a third were freshmen. The number of appli¬ cations this year went up to 696 as compared with 423 of last year. Tornado Page Jwelve The Head The second effect that the increasing demand for engi¬ neers had on the Tech campus, was the increased activity of the placement office. Senior placement activity began as early as last spring, continuing through the summer, and found all dates on the school calendar filled with interview assignments. The record number of 225 com¬ panies whose representatives interviewed last year’s sen¬ iors was exceeded. Salary offers ranged from S3,500 to S5,000 with a slight rise in the average starting pay from S4,100 to S4,200. The much needed structural alterations in the Alumni Gymnasium, financed in part by the Alumni Association, were finally finished. They included such important items as a new trophy display area, visitors’ locker room, and laundry facilities. The main corridor on the first floor now doubles as a display area for the trophies. Cabinets built into the walls for this purpose afford a view to the visitors upon entry. The old trophy room no longer ex¬ ists as such, but now doubles for a visitors’ locker room as well as providing storage room for athletic equipment in a separate adjoining room. The change which will be most appreciated by the fairer sex is the installation of a brand new powder room on the second floor of the gym. The Christmas season in Worcester was marked by the traditional decorations, last minute shopping, and the inevitable round of hour exams just before vacation time. The fraternities all held their annual orphan Christmas parties and this, coupled with the Christmas assembly, ably staffed by the joint glee clubs of Becker and Tech, was a fitting send-off for the holiday season. The New Year brought some new ideas about campus publications. A new Tech News staff gave the campus an enlarged, more interesting newspaper. With the support and encouragement of President-elect Cormeny’s desire to see a free expression of student opinion, the News began a program of careful reporting of student opinions on controversial campus matters. The Peddler staff began making its new ideas about publications also noticed and the slogan ‘More in ’54’ became a by-word around cam¬ pus. earn. party Page Thirteen The Halls of Ivy Jack and Jill went up the ‘HUT When shadows fall The Tech Council was busy reviewing major campus problems in its chambers. Tbe questions of early registra¬ tion and summer reading examinations were of major importance. The Goat’s Head was still an active open subject and the question of revision of the Constitution was a serious matter under consideration. The idea of having the elected representatives meet every week to carry on the business of the Tech Council between regu¬ lar meetings was accepted as a very favorable suggestion. While the Tech Council heard speeches of various types, the Debating team was making its own speeches throughout New England in several intercollegiate de¬ bate tournaments. The team fared unusually well at the Vermont Tournament, finishing in a tie for first place out of ninety competing teams. Though January usually is a relatively inactive month due to examinations, it proved to be filled with all types of goings on. The AIEE and IRE held their annual Sparks party amidst the sparking of various electric giants. Masque presented its annual one act play in an assembly, choosing for its first endeavor of the year a marine melo¬ drama, “Submerged.” The ROTC was active, too, announcing its list of offi¬ cers and beginning a series of extra curricular leadership training classes. Various lectures were given by guests and former military men on the faculty. Page lourtcen Strife As the last fling before finals, the Tech Carnival, mak¬ ing its 38th annual attempt to be the greatest show since the “Ziegfeld Follies”, demonstrated the thespian talents of the embryonic engineer. The Soph’s contribution, ‘A New Year’s Orgy’, proved to be good enough for second place; while the Freshman’s skit with a Dragnet theme was the choice of the judges. “Westward Ha”, the faculty contribution, added a fitting complement to the under¬ graduate dramatic attempts and the Technicords rounded out a fitting evening before examinations. The arrival of mid-year finals brought a conspicuous increase in the light consumption of the various campus residence halls, and a pronounced up-swing in the sale of No-doz pills was reported by the local drug stores. The weather man didn’t make the ‘final hours’ any more pleasant either. The unusual “New English” cold spell brought the common sniffle and running nose to both faculty and student. The future Edisons and Marconis on campus began to take decisive steps towards the eventual formation of a student-run radio station. The support of the student body and the fraternities was assured and plans for future steps were carefully mapped out. Plans to transmit cam¬ pus news, away games, I.F. Sports, uninterrupted music during study hours and the activities of some of the school clubs such as the Masque, Glee Club and debating Society were made. Returning from a mid-year vacation Tech men began to prepare for the Inaugural Ball. Planned by the senior class this dance proved to be an outstanding social event of the year. Representatives from all walks of campus life participated in the affair. Other campus alterations greeted the returning fresh¬ man in the dorm. Besides having their ranks depleted slightly, as is usual, the frosh residents found the reno¬ vation of the dorm rooms well under way. Wooden bunks fabricated from doors which previously served to separate the closet from the study room, were an exciting change. The roomers found their rooms bigger and lighter be¬ cause of the changes. The future plans for the dorm called for fifty more residents to be housed. No one can classify the experience which has been Tech into any prescribed pattern, any more than one would attempt to define the great intangible known as the Tech spirit. The significance of four years on the ‘Hill’ will be determined only when the values and the morals which each individual person has acquired from life here are applied to the ever changing complexities of the outside world. Th e meaning and impressions which Tech has in¬ stilled will be the same for no two men, in spite of the stability of environment and community of experience which has been ours during these years. Rather, it will be changed over and over, according to the demands which life in the years ahead will make upon each Tech man, wherever he may go. The uncertainty of world conditions today presents a challenge to each of us as we prepare for the transition from the microcosmic society of a college community into a great society of all mankind. How each man will meet that challenge will best be determined by himself, and his decisions will, in large measure, be shaped by the experiences and impressions gathered over the span of college life. Henry M. Strage Mr. President Page fifteen Let Voices Ring Winterset • ' TKi fflLs. adminiistratioo and faculty our Eighth President Page Sighieen The President’s Message A fine expression of one of life’s most important spiritual realities is found in the Gospel verse: ‘‘But seek ye first the Kingdom of God ,and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.’’ Not only in our spiritual development is it necessary to choose proper goals and concentrate on them, but in the development of our careers it is equally important. Today engineers are being urged to become everything but good engineers. This is part of a trend. All too many people are so absorbed in trying to get ahead that they neglect to do their work thoroughly and well. For that reason the man who puts the quality of his professional engineering work first will stand out and he will find that the other satisfactions and rewards of life will be “added unto him”. This homely advice your father heard and his father before him, no doubt, but unfortunately guiding principles tend to retain their validity through succeeding generations. Your training has been designed to help you follow this pattern. Worcester Tech has always concentrated on turning out good engineers. It has always stood for a conservative New England engineering education with an emphasis on practical resourcefulness. If you will practice your profession in the manner in which you have been trained, inevitably your efforts will be crowned with success—in the world of today and tomorrow more than ever before. Alvin Elmore Cormeny Page T ineteen Page Jwenty c, 00 ( Page 7wenty-one Sitting around table, left to right: Hon. A. B. Holmstrom, S. M. Stone, F. H. Daniels, P. Fletcher, F. W. Roys, acting president; A. J. Gifford, Arthur Nutt, P. M. Morgan, G. F. Booth. Standing: R. A. Packard, Rev. W. D. Kring, G. I. Rockwood, P. R. Delphos, H. S. Johnson, G. A. Walker, M. W. Heinritz, R. W. Stoddard, G. N. Jeppson, A. B. Hossack, S. W. Farnsworth, R. W. Adams. official governing board of a college consists of trustees. It is to these men, leaders in industry, finance, and business that we, as students, owe much grati¬ tude. Without the valuable time and energy that they have to spend in the interests of the college, Worcester Tech would soon become a memory Instead of the rapidly pro¬ gressing institution that it is. There are nine life members: Albert J. Gifford, Shrewsbury, Alass.; Paris Fletcher, Worcester; George I. Rockwood, orcester; Henry J. Fuller, New York, N. Y.; Samuel M. Stone, West Hartford, Conn.; George F. Booth, Worcester; F. Harold Daniels. Worcester; Philip AI. Morgan, Worcester; Robert W. Stoddard, Worcester. The ex-ofhcio members are: Alvin F. Cormeny. Worcester; George N. Jeppson, Brookfield, ATass.; Rev. Gordon AJ. Torgersen. Worcester; Rev. Oliver Powell, Worcester; Rev. Walter D. Kring. Worcester; Hon. Andrew R. Holmstrom, Worcester. The term members are: Arthur Nutt. Trumbull, Conn.; Alaurice W. Heinritz, Tren¬ ton, N. J.; Philip R. Delphos, Worcester; Roland A. Packard, Takoma Park, Aid.; James W. Cunningham. Philadelphia. Penn.; Helge S. Johnson, Scarsdale, N. Y.; Robert W. Adams. Waban. Alass.; Leonard AI. Krull, Westboro, Alass.; George A. Walker, Glen Ridge. N. J.; Archibald B. Hossack, I pper Alontclair, N. J.; Sidney W. Farnsworth, Upper Alontclair. N. J.; Burton W. Alarsh, ' ashington, D. C.; George F. Fuller, Worcester; Howard .A. Alayo. Bolton. Alass.; Warren W. Parks, Alarie- mont, Ohio. The Board of Trustees Page 7wenty-two The Administration The Administration Staff is the driving mechanism of the college. It is the Trustees who are responsible for providing buildings, grounds, and equipment; it is the Corp¬ oration which must see that maintenance and operations are adequate and efficient. It is the Administration which must finally approve important rules, policies, etc. It is they who must provide personnel for recruitment, selection, and admission of students; who must select and maintain an adequate and suitable faculty. The administration must keep all student records as well as business records. It must maintain an effi¬ cient office of public relations not only with the general public but especially with the businesses and industries which employ Worcester Polytechnic Institute graduates through the efforts of its })lacement office. Generally, the work done by the Adminis¬ tration is underestimated by the students; however, much credit is due for their fine work in conducting the affairs and business of our college. The present administration is composed of Alvin Elmore Cormeny, President of the Institute; Francis William Roys, Dean of Engineering and Chairman of the Faculty; Donald Graham Downing, Acting Dean of Admission and of the Students; Paul Richard Swan, Associate Dean of Admissions and of Students, and Director of Pub¬ lic Relations; Francis Joseph Adams, Secretary of the Faculty; Gertrude Rogers Rugg, Registrar; Arthur Julius Knight, Supt. of Buildings and Grounds; Robert Phillips Kolb, Supt. of Heat and Power; William Willard Locke, Supt. of Electrical IMainte- nance; Bonnie-Blanche Schoonover, Librarian; Herbert Piper Knowles. Comptroller and Purchasing Agent; Robert Phillips Rochette, Supt. of Sanford Riley Hall; Warren Bosley Zepp, Acting Alumni Secretary. Sitting, left to right: B. B. Schoonover, G. R. Rugg, A. E. Cormeny. Standing: R. P. Rochette, W. W. Locke, W. B. Zepp, H. P. Knowles, A. J. Knight, F. J. Adams, D. G. Downing, P. R. Swan, F. W. Roys. Sitting, left to right: J. M. Petrie, W. L. Kranich, E. D. Wilson, head of dept.; M. E. Smith, F. R. Butler. Standing: R. H. Enplund, L. A. Salmen, H. B. Feldman, R. H. Paine, V. J. Sarli, C. H. Stauffer, W. B. Bridgman, R. E. Wagner, D. W. Sundstrom. Chemical Engineering and Chemistry Is that wrong too? . , . Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies. 28, Job “What! Do you mean to say that there is no one in the entire class who can tell me why today is the most impor¬ tant day of the year? Gentlemen, I’m truly ashamed of all of you—today is Shakespeare’s birthday.” I am certain that if we were to project ourselves mo¬ mentarily to the 1957 alumni reunion, we would find little talk of derivatives and stresses, of volts and BTU’s and KVA’ s; we would rather more likely hear about inci¬ dents such as this—incidents which have added flavor to life on the Hill. It is these experiences which have been so important in making up the complete well-rounded existence for which our school is noted and remembered. It has occurred to the editors of this year’s Peddler that some sort of informal assessment of the faculty from the senior’s jaundiced point of view is necessary in order to capture the over-all spirit of Tech. And so we have attempted to set down the things a senior would be pleased to remember; these we think will not primarily be reminiscences of academic accomplishments or scholar¬ ly achievements, but rather, of traits of mind and char¬ acter, or personality, of the stuff of friendships. In our appraisal, we have tried to tread lightly. It is certainly possible that we may—unknowingly to be sure —have offended some member of the faculty; if such be the case, we are truthfully sorry. It is a rare and wary Tecji man who does not in his four years make close acquaintances of numerous faculty either in curricular or extra-curricular activities. It is these relationships which have formed the backbone of the institute. Page 7wenty-four For no special reason, except perhaps that three of the editors of this year’s PEDDLER are chemical engineers, we have chosen to begin our cam})us tour in the Salisbury Laboratories. We’ll never forget the day, when as freshmen, we real¬ ized that Salisbury was the home of the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering departments. We had been told that it was one of the very first chemistry laboratories built in this country and now was used strictly as a mu¬ seum illustrating 19th century chemical techniques. The first thing that caught our attention was the floor which appeared to have been rather seriously affected by some earthquake w ' ay back when—but we found out later that those wrinkles were just a sign of old age. Of course we’ll always remember that elevator (which incidentally was the first of its kind built in the world) which never ceased to amaze us—and then there was the leaky toilet. . . . One of the first people with whom we came in contact was Dr. Ernest Wilson. “Doc ” came to Tech after a dis¬ tinguished career in the chemical engineering industry. The senior chemical engineers learned first hand from him the complexion of industry and got a valuable insight into exactly what was in store for us when we got out. Doc, along wit h his charming wife, attended every basketball game religiously. The team especially has a very warm spot in their hearts for the good doctor be¬ cause of the venison banquet he annually holds at the completion of his fall hunting trip. As Freshmen we got to know Prof. Harry Feldman probably best of all the faculty. Prof. Feldman seemed to understand better than anyone in the school, in those early weeks of school, that there is a big difference between college and high school. Dr. Maurice Smith, better known to two decades of stu¬ dents to whom he has taught qual and quant, as “TOMB¬ STONE” is one of those people about whom some gradu¬ ate will undoubtedly write a Reader’s Digest article about “The Most Unforgettable Character. . . .” Doc, along with carrying an active schedule of courses, is considered one of the foremost Industrial Analysis LTmpires in New England. Doc is a bug for neatness and proper lab tech¬ nique as can be clearly exemplified by his own private lab, better known among the students as the “Black Hole of Calcutta.” The chem engines and chemists met Dr. Bridgman in their sophomore year, and in Doc they found a warm, kind person, always eager to explain and straighten out some wayward chemists. During the easy year in the Chem engine department, the junior year, the fellows met Dr. Charles Stauffer, better known to those that know him as “Smiley” because it seems that his smile varied inversely as the average grade on the exams he gave. Usually he was in great spirits. And that term we met John “I’m your buddy” Petrie, and here had our first taste of actual technological problems and began thinking that maybe we had better transfer now to some liberal arts course before all the applications were gone. “And by simple mathematical juggling and inspection we arrive at the well known for¬ mula. . . .” The senior year Dr. Kranich and Bob Wagner hop on board the bandwagon and this is when the boys really learned what industry is like. As a matter of fact the chem engines used to get problems which had been stump¬ ing the design departments of the various local com¬ panies. After every exam we swore that the next couldn’t be any harder—but we were wrong. The graduate students Sarli, England, Salmen, and Sundstrum, are familiar to all. They’re the guys who copied reports last year, and that yell like heck this year if they even catch you using one for reference. Almost neglected but never to be forgotten are those laboratory assistants, Edwin and Hiram. The former seemed to be dropping things all the time, while the latter was continually thinking up some new form of laboratory demonstration design to keep those few freshmen nappers in the lecture awake. Looking back from our vantage point as seniors we find that even though it’s the toughest department on the hill it couldn’t have been better staffed. Not only are all the men imminently capable but what is probably more im¬ portant they are friendly, kind, thoughtful and under¬ standing and eager to make the students learn. But I’m your buddy! . . . Vaqe 7wenty-five sighted ship, sank same Civil Engineering Remember the morning we tried to sneak into a back seat only to be stopped with the familiar, “Good morning, mister; seats in the front sell for the same price as those in the back.” That’s Colonel Holt talking, and when he talked, we listened! How about the morning in November when we wondered about the meaning of the chalked phrase, “No problems due after June 9, 1954,” or the meaningful, “Looks like we have a few empty saddles today,” or, “Gentlemen, this class runs from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Would appreciate it if you would remember that.” All these and many more came from the stern “man in the saddle.” The Civil Department is, as well, blessed with the ob¬ ject of many of Bob Pritchard’s jokes. You know that means old “Kid Havana”, the man standing behind the five-cent stogie. The office on Boynton’s first floor could belong to anyone of the civil instructors, as it is loaded with blueprints, log tables, and financial reports; but that slow musty odor of the burnt hemp eliminates any doubt as to its occupant . . . A. J. Knight. “This course is basic if you just understand a few fundamental facts.” . . . leads one to wonder when about 65 of these fundamental facts conglomerate in a problem. Then there are his stories of the “Dark Ages” . . . comical stories coming from a man whose sense of humor is as big as his cigar. Now looking around from behind a sewer pipe is C. F. Meyer, the guy whose comments on returned exams will go down in history. The notations that “this answer is . . . the modern Sampson completely absurd,” or “this sounds like a hodge-podge to me,” or “I asked for a bullet you answered with buck¬ shot” come quickly and easily from the former Ty Cobb of Worcester Tech. It’s not too difficult now to recall the days of route surveying when the “little Caesar” was go¬ ing to separate the men from the boys. Those who gradu¬ ated hope he did. Vage Tiuenfy-six Sitting, left to right: A. J. Knight, A. H. Holt, head of dept. Standing: C. F. Meyer, F, J. Sanger, C. H. Koontz. And who’s this staring from behind one of his three sets of spectacles? Looks like Fred Sanger, the man who is more British than the “Tower of London”. How often it happened that Fred would give the students writer’s cramp from two hours of lecturing only to summarize by saying, “This stuff is now outdated and practically worthless.” Remember the Geology trip when the “Brit¬ isher” toured the wrong side of Shrewsbury Street trying to test the compressive strength of his fender? The “Lon¬ don Limey” is another man of whom much will be said at class reunions. The newest member of the Civil Staff is the guy with the joke; the guy with the I-beam brain; the refugee from Ill inois, Carl Koontz. We’ll also recall the Geodesy sum¬ mer course when he tried his hardest to fudge a good closure; and those boards filled with figures on beam design were enough to demoralize the best of us. Midst all the kidding, these erudite gentlemen have been great. The thanks we can give them is the satisfac¬ tion of knowing that we are stepping out into industry well-fortified with the tools of our trade . . . our knowl¬ edge gained at Tech. four o’clock The appearance of the senior M.E. at Tech bears a direct relationship to the curriculum he follows. It can be shown how these characteristics develop through the years. The Freshman and Sophomore years started the de¬ velopment by giving their eyes that strained look. Many hours s|)ent in the drawing rooms watching the maze of lines being put on the board by Professors Wellman and Whenman led to a booming business for the local optical companies. It’s funny ' how the above mentioned persons always managed to make something out of those puzzling spiderwebs. Some people believe that they have a pair of 3-D glasses that automatically pick out the correct lines. The seniors have a tendency to wear clothes that are as comfortable as possible. This trait developed in the Junior year from wearing dirty clothes to machine shop and foundry sessions. This was a necessity even though Professors Zepp and Dows did not have to follow this practice. It is funny how they could stay so clean and how they could repair in five minutes what it took some student several hours to foul up. Professor Zepp’s fingers must have had some special glue on them that made the sand stick together when the mold was assembled. It was always a good practice to find something for a shield when Professor Dows revved up one of those lathes. The chips used to fly around like shrapnel. Thermo lab brought about that look of infinite wisdom Mechanical Engineering Sitting, left to right: F. S. Finlayson, G. H. MacCullough, head of dept.: J. A. Bjork, F. A. Ander¬ son, C. W. Staples, B. L. Wellman, W. B. Zepp. Standing: H. S. Corey, C. G. Johnson, F. N. Web¬ ster, R. P. Kolb, K. G. Merriman, K. E. Scott, D. G. Downing, M. L. Price, J. H. Whenman, K. W. Fowler, H. W. Dows. on the face of the students in the Junior year. All of the reports proved that more energy could be gotten out of something than was put in. Professor Kolb and the gen¬ eral energy equation still say that it can’t be done. He is planning to rip down the steam orifice to see if someone hasn’t rigged it in some way. The students with that amazed look on their faces are the juniors just coming from strength lab. Professor Mac- Cullough lets them go on believing that it is their own strength that is breaking all those specimens. None of them can figure out how he got all those pretty colors on the wall in the photoelasticity experiment. All of the seniors seem to be running around with red noses that are due to bad colds. Professor Finlayson water, water everywhere and . . . . We’ll try and salvage it. pened he just lit his pipe and sang, “Up in the air, Junior Birdmen.” All the seniors bear an intense feeling of gratitude toward Professor Downing for arranging the schedules so that there wouldn’t be too many preps to be done in any one night. The students appreciated his special insight which unscrambled many of the complicated derivations in the textbook. These are the features that will all be remembered by the graduates throughout the years; that will serve as a reminder of all the good times that went along with the seeming overabundance of work. In moments of reverie they will bring back the many happy hours spent within the wall of Higgins. should have stressed the fact that rubbers should be worn at the Alden Hydraulics Laboratory. He must have been taking some sort of preventative medicine since he never had any trouble with the illness. Another characteristic of the seniors is their mode of transportation. Most of them travel around in souped up hotrods that they worked up with the good advice of Professor ' ebster. The local police are trying to find some way to make him confine his conversations to the theoretical. They haven’t caught any of the seniors lately. The aeros insist, however, in propelling themselves about with a pair of homemade wings. These were the idea of Professor Merriam after one of the boys landed the Link Trainer forty feet underground. When it hap- Electrical Engineering The Electrical Engineering Department on Boynton Hill is slowly but surely taking on a new look. A testi¬ monial to this may be given by the vast majority of us who are subject to its enlightening reports. To the amazement and consternation of quite a few “last night- ers,” the reports that Sam wrote in 1933 are no good this year. This change has been brought about under the guidance of the head of the department, Professor Mor¬ gan. He and Professor Mulligan have channeled their greatest efforts in the direction of making laboratories and reports more worthwhile to the student. Speaking of Professor Mulligan, he has a most inter¬ esting characteristic: when we ask questions, he does nothing as simple as answerng them. He says, “Go home and think about it. Just think about it and it will come to you.” Another trait of the worthy professor is his affinity for chalk. Wherever he goes, no matter what the class, he comes out looking like last Winter’s blizzard. Another member of this de})artment is “machine-gun” Grogan, so-called because of his rapid-fire delivery in class. We are given to understand by the chem engines that he went through the explanation of three phase mo¬ tors in fifteen minutes. Professor Grogan is also the pur¬ veyor of such exam questiotis as. “Do they still use D-C transformers in Tacoma, Washington?” All the Mechan¬ ical engineers from last semester know the answer to E — IR . . . sometimes that. They tried to put 220 volt D-C through a trans¬ former last year. There must have been quite a few “Dear Pop! I need money!” letters after that boner. If Professor Wadsworth had his way, Ohm’s law would be repealed. It’s the graphical locus method for solving circuits from now on. The professor is writing a book on the subject: just ask the E-771 boys. Rumor has it that Professor Adams is retiring next year. We will all miss him, but we’ll remember, “In my extended period as an instructor here, the only answers which have been marked are those correct to the nearest five decimal places.” The erudite Professor Newell, who knows every power line between here and Boston, taught the crew their A-C. We were constantly amazed at the ease with which he solved a complicated problem, then to have someone point out a mistake in integration in the second step which threw the answer off by thirty percent. Those fellows who, when you ask them a question, just grin and remember the trouble they went through, are the graduate students: Don Oliver, Dick Thayer, George Saltus, Don Sundstrom, Dave Hallock and Robert Craig. I guess they want to see us go through the agony that they did. Of course, any student taking a course in the E.E. build¬ ing knows Miss Allen. They are all “her boys.” Without her I am sure the department would not run smoothly, and we owe her thanks for the nice clear printing on the hour exams. There have been good times and hard ones at the At- g someplace water Kent Laboratories, but the staff of Morgan, Mulli¬ gan, Howes, Adams, Newell, Grogan, Locke, Wadsworth, Stannard, Kennedy, Krackhardt, Daniels, Oliver and Thayer has tried to smooth out the rough road on the path of learning in Electrical Engineering. table, left to right-. W. B. Wadsworth, H. H. Newell, F. J. Adams, T. H. Morgan, head of dept.; D. E. Howes, J. E. Mulligan, W. W. Locke. Standing: D. S. Oliver, G. E. Saltus, A. R, Thayer, W. R. Grogan, R. H. Krackhardt, 0. W. Kennedy, G. E. Stannard. Around table, left to right: H. Barker, K. L. Mayer, M. Masius, R. A. Zeleny, A. E. Parker, head of dept.: T. C. Barham, B. Hildebrand, R. Heller, R. F. Morton. Here at Tech we are very fortunate in having one of the finest undergraduate physics departments in the coun¬ try. This notable (or notorious to the students) depart¬ ment owes its high standing to a well-qualified staff con¬ sisting of the eminent Doctor Masius, Doctor A. E. Parker, who is the head of the department, to Professors Howe. Heller. Mayer. Granath. Morton, and Dr. B. Hilde¬ brand. H. E. Baker. J. C. Barham, R. A. Zeleny, R. B. Craig who are recent additions to the staff. Doctor Masius was born in a small town in New Jersey and not in Euro|)e as is a common misconception. He was thought to be an outstanding ])hysicist in the world. . . . . accurate to four decimal places it is told by member of the faculty, but we do not remem¬ ber Doc. Masius for his achievements in the scientific world, but rather for his day off with the boys at the Chem. Engine beer party. Or we remember him by his phenomonal memory and his amazing ability to classify any student he meets as an alpha, beta, or gamma. Alpha stands for a student who will have little difficulty in ac¬ quiring his sheepskin, whereas a beta will just about make it. A gamma had better run to get his tuition back before it is too late as he hasn’t a prayer to succeed in the In¬ stitute. The current head of the physics department is Doctor A. E. Parker, an expert in the field of optics besides—er —being a fine general instructor. He gives—er—many of the P-1 and—er—P-4 lectures at Tech. Professor Granath is easily identified by the fact he can never find his glasses ... I wonder why. Kurt Mayer and Doc Heller round out the better known members of the department. Their scientific discussions go on loud and furious on Salisburv’s second floor climaxed wi th something to the effect of, “Dammit Heller, the current flows from plus to minus!” Physics would be a great deal more difficult if we did not have such competent instructors; men who are always available to help a student. We will someday a{)preciate these men and what they have done for (or to) us, whether we think so on exam day or not. Economics . . . . someivhere in here familiar green booklet, only fifty cents at your favorite smoke shop or gaming hall.”), we are now ready to dab¬ ble with shares of Wildcat Oil, Inc. or advise Irenee DuPont as to the economic feasibility of his building a new powder plant on the Brandywine. Cost and price forecasting, analyses of financial statements and the in¬ fluence of foreign markets on domestic economy all seem to unfold beautifully when stripped of their intricacies by the masterful eloquence of Thaddeus Roddenbery. Leaving the field of Economics for one term in the Senior year, we study politics with the aid of a new book by William Riker who gives us “the facts” without any biased personal opinion so common in this field. Any¬ thing that Mr. Riker cannot put across on twenty or thirty well chosen words, “Chuck” McCoy will be glad to elucidate in only half that number. After reversing six or seven decisions of the Supreme Court, we come to the almost unanimous conclusion that the Eco Department is the least of three evils and we elect to study Human Relations in Industry for the re¬ mainder of our Senior year. This course is designed to analyze concrete cases in human relations. To give the uninitiated a broader insight on the course a typical case is cited. A workman in your factory rebels against the unfair attitude of his foreman by clubbing the latter on the head with a coal shovel. The problem is to determine whether you should commend the workman for taking a positive attitude toward the improvement of your com¬ pany or chastise him for unnecessarily hard usage of the plant equipment. This just about summarizes the Economics Department, dear to the hearts of all Tech students for the break it affords in the customary technical routine to appreciate problems of humanity and to study for Organic quizzes. With the dawn of the Junior year, every Tech student is introduced to the Economics Department and Professor Schwieger. Six deft passes of the chalk over the black¬ board form a head, two legs, two arms and a connecting body to represent you, the engineer, who will now be taken on a guided tour of the world of big business. Eirst comes the law of supply and demand, followed by busi¬ ness cycles, money and banking (here we pause for a short lab period in good hard cash when “Doc” extracts two dimes and twenty-seven pennies from a secret pocket in his Irish tweed jacket), full employment problems, labor and management relations, taxation and public policy in relation to private enterprise. Equipped with the economic fundamentals we are now ready to move on into the field of high finance. Making use of the “forms” printed by that respected old touting firm Merrill, Lynch, Pearce, Eenner and Beane (“We guarantee to pick a winner every day—look for that to right: C. A. McCoy, T. H. Roddenbery, A. J. Schwieger, head of dept. The preserve the balance between liberal arts and en¬ gineering subjects, the English Department was founded. Housed in the precarious heights of Stratton Hall, the worthy wielders of the written word hold secret council on the literary efforts of the students. This department is located on the top floor of Stratton. It seems the height bothers many students, as a drowsy attitude settles over all the classes. Or perhaps it’s just all that .... The first contact any of us had with these gentlemen was when we were asked to write themes. Now, with every theme went an outline. I iifortunately, for student better¬ ment. the theme was outlined after it was written. This perturbed Messers. Higgenhottom and Co., so they hit on a system . . . one week the outline was written, the week following, the theme. But engineering students, resource¬ ful as they are. soon had the solution to that. It was a bitter blow when we found that professors also read “Readers’ Digest’’ and “Popular Science”. Along with this course went a little gem . . . Hayakawa. That worthy author (from student opinion) made a big¬ ger ado about nothing than did Shakespeare (and made as much sense). In one of his chapters (“11. The Little Man Who Wasn’t There”), he refers to “Confusion of Levels of Abstraction” . . . and a more confused level was never seen than that of the third floor, Stratton, second half, freshman year. Certainly as sophomores, we would be almost engi¬ neers; nevertheless, our next course was “a study of the forms of the drama from the time of the Greeks to the present ”. I hear Ernie Hollows is still looking for the white plume from “Cyrano”. Seems he lost it while sitting on a fire hydrant. Just checking English Then came Prof. MacKenzie’s favorite course . . . Public Speaking, yb-choo-alley, he did a fine job in pre¬ paring us for industry. “Your key words, gentlemen!” One of the most important things we learned in the whole course was that by using Pepto-Bismo we could feel good again. Besides the erudite politician. Professor Higgenhottom, the bouncy Ernie Hollows, the stalwart MacKenzie, the department boasts of such fine men as Ted (He must be glued to that seat, or “sleep-time”) Packard, and Arthur Afton (I read the “New Yorker.”) Kennedy, Jr. Though scorned by the student of engineering, these word hounds do a great job in putting the student on the right scent to a fuller background for the job they will eventually have. twitting: K. Hippinhottom, head of dept. Standing: J. H. Mackenzie, K. W. Hollows, A. A. Kennedy, I. H. Packard. History and Language Although Tech produces meji especially trained in sci¬ ence and engineering, they are nevertheless well rounded individuals. The school recognizes the need for liberal as well as technical education, and whenever possible it adds non-technical subjects in the student ' s curriculum. We have the English, the Economics, Government and Business, the Military Science and Tactics, and last but not least the History and Modern Language Department. In this department one can learn German, French and Spanish, as well as a variety of history courses. Not only can these courses offer a relief from the tech¬ nical ones in their material, but the instructors also do a great deal in presenting their courses to make them inter¬ esting and entertaining. Left to right-. A. W. Back, D. E. Johnson, L. L. Atwood, head of dept.: C. K. Schiefley, S. M. Osgood. Prof. Atwood, the head of the department, is truly the student’s best friend. One never knows what will be taken up in class in addition to the assignment but one can rest assured that the discussion will digress considerably. The Prof, will lead the digression with his seemingly unempti- able storehouse of experiences and jokes. One thing that can be said is that regardless of the path, the discussion always leads up to the students and Professor Atwood’s favorite subject. Never to be forgotten for his ultra-conservative ties, ghost stories and close friendly relationships with all the students will be Professor Scheifly. The “Good Doctor” seemed to like to teach more than any other pedagogian in the school—certainly the student was always safer when he knew Doc. Scheifly was on his side. One doesn’t have to be a true student of history to like Prof. Johnson’s course. The classes are always held fas¬ cinated by his personal stories about the peof)le and their actions. One practically felt as if he were living in the times. The last person to be mentioned is Osgood, the last ad¬ dition to the de})artment, who has not had a chance to establish himself as a real character yet, but he shows real promise. He is already known for his subtle humor. In order to give his students a better understanding of the famous people of the past he reads articles concerning their viewpoints on certain subjects. All in all, we at Tech are fortunate to have such a good department to provide a change and broaden our atti¬ tudes. cramming Patfe 7hirty-five Mathematics In the nebulous regions of LaPlace transforms and differential equations of Stratton Hall repose the grey- hearded pedagogues of the Mathematics Department. These most astute gentlemen of the hyjierboloids and epicycloids try to keep the fundamentals of mathematics in the forms they were originally intended to take in engineering. Due to the close relations of the students and faculty here, the student may voice his opinion in class, even though it may differ from what the professor has been lecturing about for a week. In such cases the instructor periodically ‘‘invites the students to w rite brief theses on their beliefs. These literary efforts are misleadingly called “hour exams . As an introduction to engineering mathematics, we w ' ere given a very useful course. “Analytical Geometry and Calculus’. Many amazing things unfolded before our Knoulcd e is the treasure of a ivise wan. . ' lilting, left to right: R. N. (lol)l), E. (!. Brown, R. K. Motley, head of dept.; H. Rice, R. I). Nelson. Stomling: 1 ' . (i. Barham, (i. H. Koontz. eyes . . . the graph of a straight line, deriatives of func¬ tions. hut. most wondrous of all. the slide rule. You could multiply, divide, do something or other with some¬ thing called an exponent, and it was all done by “logs”. ith this ])otent magic wand, no Physics I problem seemed unsolvahle. Things did not turn out quite that way. though . . . the one catch to the whole thing was that you have to set the correct numbers on the rule or you got a big “zero”. The calculus was the most im})ortant thing in Math II. After studying integration, we were sure that no problem in P II could not be solved. We were doomed to disap¬ pointment a second time. Among the many topics of that course, none was so valuable as learning to plot a three- cusped hy|Jocycloid. something the engineer could never get along without; or trisectrix of MacLaurin . . . an¬ other little gem of the paramatrics. After that, polar co¬ ordinates seemed easy. Seeing 8-D pictures in the future, the department vowed that its students would be [)repared! The third dimension was probed in Math HI. It went under the misnomer of Rectangular Coordinates in Space, so as to fool any s[)ies from cinerama. It was also rumored that “The Robe” started out in Dr. Morley’s class as a hyper¬ boloid of two sheets. Under the guidance of Dr. Morley and Co., we got through a year of calculus and many of us were privileged to try Math V. Taught by Ralph (umm) Nelson, The “Math Sharks” learned “Cajftain Video’s spacemobile” cannot accelerate if it doesn’t have any fuel! “Quoted from an hour exam”. In the end, though, we have a great deal to thank Messrs. Morley, Rice, Nelson, Brown, and Cobh for, be¬ cause it is through Mathematics that the engineer does his work, and these gentlemen do a fine job to keep Math in the forms in which it was intended to be used. [i I B ' J ; I Piuie Jhitty-.siy means to hitch-hiking home on weekends). It is with high hopes that some day they too will wear the orange scarf of the Signal Cor])s that these busy little descendants of Mercury diligently plod through their courses in the Mili¬ tary Science Department. Actually the department has a well rounded curriculum for the training of its officer candidates. The scope of study is not limited to the Signal Branch alone but takes in other branches of the service in order that the men will get the big |)icture. Maj) reading, compass work, yo-yo ojjeration. field sanitation, and hygiene are samples of the subjects that the “1-D’s” touch upon in their first two years of M.S. They get everything from the poop from the group right down to score of the corps. the brass C. E. Harris, head of dept. Standing, left to right: K. L. McCreary, W. E. T. E. Alhaugh, D. F. Edwards, Jr., F. J. Burns, R. M. Lyman, J. A. Mittino, R. E. Enberg, D. E. Compton, R. H. Burke. T.O. E. for the outfit shows it to be ably “sixed” by Lt. Colonel Charles E. Harris. His coffee club boasts the following members (not necessarily listed in alphabet¬ ical order) : Captains Lyman, Burns, Edwards, and Lieu¬ tenant Mi tino make up the brains of the outfit (according to the field manuals). The joy boys of the club are Sergeants Compton, Enberg. Albaugh, Burke, McCreary, and Eickhorn. And of course everything that gets done is done by Miss Nancy Ann Choney who, coupled to¬ gether with twenty-seven dollars a month, is another good reason for taking the Advanced ROTC course. P Jfliw fn 1 ,■ 1 m’JF 1 M X . . . . but surge . . . . Page Jhirty-seven honor societies 3RCES1 LR pOLYTECHM INSTITLTE EA ' IRE ES ONLY the tomb Of all the honor societies here on Boynton Hill, the one which commands the most respect from freshmen through seniors, and faculty alike, is the SKI LL, the senior honorary society. That respect. perha])s. is inherent from the very ])urpose of the organization, that of being dedicated to the furtherance of Tech spirit. Then again, the respect may be a carry-over from that afforded to wearers of the white beanie of the past, a comparison of the attributes of the SKKLL man of then to the SKULL man of now ' . In all probability the respect is born from the fact that SKI LL transcends all the other honor societies; transcends because it is neither exclusively scholastic, ath¬ letic, nor literary in character. It is necessarily neither the one nor the several, while in any one instance it can be the one or the several. While candidates are considered because of their poj)ularity in athletics, scholastic achievements, and class and social activities”, there is no hard and fast rule which may serve as a criterion for selection. The exact manner in which new pledges are W. .M. STEWART J. J. FRATINO Torfy E. J. POWER chosen is secret, as are all of the functions of the organization. The eight senior members of 1954. who are divided equally among the Civil Engi¬ neering and Chemical Engineering departments, have many things to remember of their four years here at Tech. Foremost among them will he those happenings which are connected with being in SKI LL. Joe Eratino will no doubt often recall the night at the Spring Banquet when he received the SKULL TROPHY, awarded annually to that freshman who has done the most for his college. The rest of the group along with Joe will never forget the day of their pledging, the tappings by the Messrs. Brown. Hall, Holmes, Shebek, Gregory, etc. Not soon to be forgotten are the constant checkings of the pledge ribbon, nocturnal forays for wood, the long night begun by a period of hydrant sittings, the first glimpse of the Tomb, or the first day of wearing the beanie. R. R. OSELL J. E. MALLOY D. B. MacLAREN H. M. STRACE D. E. GILBERT Page Porty-one Sitting on floor, left to right: D. Gilbert, D. Grenier. Sitting in chair: Prof. H. Rice, R. Lindquist, D. Longone, 0. Allen, R. Byrnes. Standing: D. LaMarre, R. Eldredge, J. Russell, M. Meckler, W. Neupert, H. Chapell, R. Kirk, K. Killin. Tau Beta Pi The Tau Beta Pi Association is a national en neering honor society which has been in existence since 1885, when the first chapter was formed at Lehigh University. It’s stated object is “To mark in a fitting manner those who have conferred honor upon their Alma Mater by distinguished scholarship and exemplary character as undergraduates in en¬ gineering, and to foster a spirit of liberal culture in the engineering colleges of America.” Massachusetts Alpha of Tau Beta Pi was estab¬ lished on the Tech campus in 1910, and has been active ever since. At the present time it holds mem¬ bership in the Massachusetts Coordinating Council, a group of four Bay State chapters, and is affiliated with the national organization. In the Fall, and again in the Spring, new members are elected from the upper fifth of the senior class and from the upper eighth of the junior class. However, in ac¬ cordance with the princi|)les of the association stated ifsabove, scholarship alone is not the mark of the “Tau Bete.” Last Spring, a joint initiation was held with the other Massachusetts chapters. The affair was topped with a sumptuous banquet. Tau Beta Pi was active in promoting the proposed faculty evaluation scheme last year, although the project was ul timately unsuccessful. In the Spring, the Student Faculty Outing Avas held, an event which has be an annual social function on the Tech campus Alumni Field was made the center for various ath letic contests, highlighted by a free-hitting softball game putting the students and their dates against the faculty and their wives. An old-fashioned picnic was given, and the afternoon was completed with a fine open-air concert. The coming year promises a continuation of activity by Tau Beta Pi, with an eye to improvement and perhaps expansion. Page Jorty-tu’o Sigma Xi Sigma Xi is a national honor society whose pur¬ p ose is to promote research in scientific fields. The society, founded at Cornell University in 1886, honors by initiating to membership students in the senior class who have shown by their scholarship and interests a sincere devotion to scientific ad¬ vancement and research. Undergraduates who are so honored become associate members of the soci¬ ety; full membership is extended to those men, usually involved in graduate studies, who demon¬ strate their worthiness by continued activity and interest in new developments in scientific fields. The Worcester chapter of Sigma Xi, founded in 1908, now has nearly 150 active members, one third, - of whom are or have been members of the school faculty. The chapter attempts to promote an inte r-r est in research by featuring at their monthly meet¬ ings outstanding scientists or industrialists who present talks on various topics concerning recent scientific discoveries or the current progress being made in various fields of engineering. The first meeting of the 1953-54 year heard Dr. Austin Whillier of M.I.T. speak on the application and harnessing of solar energy. The second meeting was highlighted by the initiation of seniors Kenneth B. Cross, David F. Gilbert, Richard E. Gilbert, King D. Killin, James F. King, Walter J. Kirk, Richard W. Lindquist, Malcolm G. McLeod, and Roger W. Wildt as associate members. The speaker for the evening—a memorable one for the nine honored men— was Dr. P. W. Bridgman of Harvard Uni¬ versity. Dr. Bridgman’s topic was “Some Recent Experiments at High Pressure”. Sitting: H. Dows, F. Webster, J. Petrie, R. Heller, F. Adams, R. Kolb, A. Knight. Standing: J. King, R. Gilbert, D, Gilbert, W. Kirk, A. Thayer, W. Bridgeman, W. Grogan, J. Mulligan, F. Butler, O. Kennedy, D. Howes, W. Wadsworth, K. Killin. Page Party-three Pi Delta Epsilson Pi Delta Epsilon was organized at Syracuse Uni¬ versity on December 6, 1909, as the result of much thought and several meetings by a group of men working on the Daily Orange Staff of the University publication. The motivation for forming the organ¬ ization was that it would be to student publications what Phi Beta Kappa was to scholarship and Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi were to engineering and science. The Worcester Tech chapter was founded in 1948, when it was felt that those who devotedf much of their time to Tech journalism should re¬ ceive recognition. Pi Delta Epsilon, while an honorary fraternity, is basically a service organization whose members are pledged to improve their campus publications. In college publications Pi Delta Epsilon attempts to promote intellectual honesty, freedom of thought, accuracy, and good taste. In an effort to improve the Tech News, Pi Delta Epsilon started early in the school year to review the old set-up of the News. Several meetings were held in the first term to discuss possible ways of improving the paper. While it is impossible to know at the time this article is written what will happen to these suggestions, here are some of the policies Pi Delta Epsilon is attempting to improve. The members are unanimously in agreement that there should be a code of eligibility established and enforced. The present Tech Council rules would be in the opinion of Pi Delta Epsilon, not limiting enough on a man’s activities, even if they were en¬ forced. It is felt that such a code of eligibility rules limiting a man’s activities would spread out the ; present activities among more men and improve the ealiber of any man’s contribution by centralizing his interest. . Concrete steps are being taken to change the || reconstitution of the Tech News, and Pi Delta Epsilon is working to secure an adequate office for the Tech News in Boynton Hall when that building is vacated by the Civil Engineering Department. The society pledged David Bisson, Robert Meyer, and Walter Stewart in the fall. Strengthened by these men, the soeiety hopes to pull bogged-down eampus publications out of their static position. Lejt to right: R. Meyer, W. Stewart, J. Malloy, L. Gatineau, D. LaMarre, H. Spudoni, R. Wise, H. Strage, A. Costantin, R. Osell, D. Bisson, J. Fratino. Vage 7orty-foiir Sitting, left to right: B. Sova, R. Lussier, R. Raymond. Standing: F. Marcy, W. Schoenemann, Prof. W. Grogan, Prof. O. Kennedy, G. Arvantely, Prof. H. Newell. Eta Kappa Nu Eta Kappa Nu’s purpose has been to assist the Electrical Engineering Department in whatever way it can. Part of this program consists in trying to cement good relations between the faculty and the students. The current project is perhaps a milestone in this respect. Arrangements are being made for a quarterly meeting of selected faculty and elected student members. At this meeting, the problems of both would be voiced and discussed in an effort to get a solution and, with such, a resultant action. The plan is such that everyone in the department will have a chance to have his ideas considered. This is Gamma Delta’s project. Others have var¬ ied from the procuring and running of the coke machine in the E.E. lounge, to making a catalog for business folders received by the Electrical Engineer¬ ing Department. If at any time this year you should see several men carrying dry cells with them to classes, it is not because they are daft but because they have been pledged to Eta Kappa Nu. Gamma Delta chapter of Eta Kappa Nu is one of fifty-three chapters located throughout the country. ■s This society is an organization of students who have Jnshown an adaptability to their electrical engineering ' — courses while at the same time taking part in worthy campus activities. The chapter has com¬ pleted its second year as a recognized organization at Worcester Tech, and has well justified its two- year trial period. The installation of this chapter, the fiftieth chapter of the national organization, took place in June, 1951. The first chapter of Eta Kappa Nu was founded at the University of Illinois in 1904. Page Jorty-fJve r 1 J i tenting tonight Who’s Who What recognition is more fitting to the efforts and ac¬ complishments of the leaders in our college spirit than an organization honoring campus leaders from colleges and universities coast to coast? We feel that those selected from Tech have contributed more than ordinarily expected from engineering students, and in so doing have fostered overall interest in the many activities of our school. The men honored have demonstrated their prowess, not in one activity, but in several: sports, publication work, scientific societies, dramatics and scholastics. In addition to honoring campus leaders, “Who’s Who” attempts to stimulate school spirit among undergraduate students. Nomination to this group is made as democratic as possible on a strictly local basis. That is, since there is no possible way in which a nationwide comparison of col¬ lege students can be made, each school is assigned a quota based on its enrollment. At Tech, a Tech Council com¬ mittee, in conjunction with Dean Swan, nominated fifteen men whom they felt demonstrated leadership and scholar¬ ship. From the slate nominated, the Tech Council, as a body, voted for the ten men considered most deserving. One of the services sponsored by “Who’s Who” is a student placement bureau. Students seeking jobs are pro¬ vided with recommendations to prospective employers and have access to the files of those companies desiring outstanding young men. Sitting, left to right: E. Power, R. Osell, J. Malloy, H. Strage. Standing: W. Stewart, D. MacLaren, L. Catineau, D. Gilbert, D. LaMarre, J. Fratino. Vii c Jorty-siy Kneeling, left to right: P. Bedard, A. Hamilton. Sitting, Second Row: R. Skelton, I. Smith, E. Eorujo, A. Twitehell R. Kee, R. Frederick, W. Lloyd. Standing, Third Row: J. Minott, B. Sherman, W. Osterman J. Gl ynn, N. Beale, R. Tucker, W. Clifford, R. Kirkpatrick. Last Row: M. Ellis, R. Bedard, J. Howe, L. Morgan, W. Schroe- der, C. Mendola, P. Provost. In recognition of ... . Pershing Rifles This year saw the establishment of another national society on the Tech campus, The Pershing Rifles. Worces¬ ter Tech has been designated as company W of the 8th regiment. This society is composed of ROTC students from colleges all over the country who wish to become proficient in military drill, leadership, and bearing. Just like any other honorary society the Pershing Rifles picks its pledges from many students. Only those who have the potentialities of a good leader and officer are invited to join the society. Worcester Tech received its charter early this school year from the regimental cotnmander. At that time the fourteen charter members were formally initiated into the organization. The Pershing-Rifles of Worcester Tech are an active group which holds drill periods and passes every week. It also has a trick drill team which has put on exhibitions and competed with drill teams of other units. Members of the Pershing Rifles may be recognized on campus by the blue and white braid worn on their uniforms. The chain of command of this year for the company is as fol¬ lows: Captain Allan Twitehell, commanding officer; First Lieutenant Richard Kee, executive officer; Second Lieu¬ tenants Irwin Smith, Robert Frederick, Robert Skelton, and William Lloyd, staff officers; Robert Kirkpatrick, first sergeant; Sergeant Richard Tucker, supply sergeant. parade rest Three comparatively new organizations on the hill have never actually received the credit due them. Their main objective is to get the student away from his books and relieve any nervous tensions obtained therefrom. There is one law restricting membership to all three of these il¬ lustrious societies—one must not be a teetotaler. Three of the four engineering departments on campus proudly admit sponsorship of these organizations; the one depart¬ ment lacking representation in this sort of extra-curricu¬ lar activity is that of Civil Engineering, the reason being that the Civils are allegedly never tense or pushed and need no relaxation along these social lines. The IHEE (I Hate Electrical Engineering), founded in 1942, was the first organization of this kind on the campus. The members can be readily spotted on the Hill by their straw hats, colorful bow ties, and vests. Meeting nights are Wednesday at the Somerset. Achers Gents First Row, left to right ' . A. Nichols, K. Killin, J. King. Second Row: R. Kirk, L Mello, W. Dziura, A. Horovitz. Third Row: P. Wagenknecht, J. Hertz, W. Elliot, P. London, E. Schneider, V. Maculevicius. The second society of this nature to come to Worcester was the AChERS (Aspirant Chemical Engineers Risibility Society)—founded in 1950. They too wear the symbols of their order—the derby, “Kentucky Colonel” bow tie, and red suspenders. Unlike the IHEE, they meet at the Turf Club, opposite the Court House. Last, but far from least, to enter upon the Tech campus, was the Mechanical Engineering version of these relaxing societies. Originated last year were the GENTS (Gentle¬ men Engineers Non-Temperance Society), and their attire consists of tall top hats and long red ties. Wednesday nights are meeting nites for the GENTS, and they can be found in the back room of Count Zarynoffs. Enough history—what do these societies do on the Hill? Nothing! That is nothing material is done on cam¬ pus by these organizations except to parade around on “Regalia Day” draped out like Gunga Dins. But come the setting of the sun and the falling of the shades of darkness on the meeting day, the societies come to life, and to their respective caves of enjoyment they trot, bring¬ ing themselves, their regalia, and their sheckles for malt. “What goes on during these highly secret meetings?” —a question often asked. The answer should be fairly obvious. They go to the meetings and mutually calculate the Reynolds’ Numbers of a 7% alcohol solution flowing in a smooth throat, plus the determination of the pressure drop across the tonsils, (of course each system being investigated separately). Page Party-eight Kneeling, left to right: N. Gleberman, F. Gamari, G. Idlis. Sitting: W. Stewart, J. O’Connor, L. Gatineau, N. Bruce, M. Meckler. Standing: P. Alasso, D. Gilbert, G. Grise, D. Sundstrom. This year the annual donkey basketball game was held between the halves of the varsity contest during the Inter- Fraternity Ball Weekend, featuring the fabulous five from the IHEE versus the ambling AChERS from the Salis¬ bury Labs. Needless to say, no team won, but the laughs produced were worth more than their weight in gold. All in all, these honorary social societies, or fraternities, or organizations, (call them what you wish) serve as a broadening influence on the engineering student who previously to this has been exposed to only cosiness, KVA’s, BTU’s, or reams of formulae in general. They give the student a chance to get out and relax, and show the brighter side of his personality. To quote a famous and widely used saying, “All work and no play makes the engineer a dull boy,” and it was upon this famous saying that these honorary social societies were founded. First Row, left to right: R. Wheelock, R. Niro, D. McEwan, C. Brown. Second Row: G. Saltus, V. Boliver, H. Melden, H. Boynton, J. Kilburne, E. Corujo. I. H. E. E. Page 7orty-nme extra- enrriealar A. J. COSTANTIN editor-in-chief r H. M. STRAGE managing editor Others T R. H. WISE photography editor _I Seniors T R. R. LUSSIER business manager Seniors 1 R. R. OSELL advertising manager J Others D. Butterworth H. Dworkin D. Goldman D. Grenier D. McNamara F. Ogazalek R. Quintin R, Litman A. Scancell a R. Deluca D. Lucey R. Neunherz R. Propper L. Selwitz A. Nedvin D. Becker R. Bardwell L. Gatineau J. Fratino W. Hills J. Malloy L. Mello D. LaMarre E. Shi veil D. Bisson E. Power J. J. FRATINO D. Bisson R. Niro J. Russell W. Stewart F. Barry J. Belanger T. Coughlin R. DeLuca F. DeFalco R. Foisie R. Junior R. Ledoux R. Lemieux J. Nash D. Olson F. Saucier R. Schlenker R. Seaberg A. Shahian S. Stone R. Venezia T. Weber The staff of this year’s Peddler has attempted to turn over a new leaf in the history of undergraduate Institute journalism. This chronicle of the 1953-54 school year is the fruit of our labor. We have tried to capture in word and picture form the history of one college year. It is never an easy task to compile a college yearbook and these pages are an at¬ testation that even the diligent and well-intentioned fall short of perfection. We realize that we have made mis¬ takes and we wish to apologize to those individuals and organizations which we have unknowingly either de- emphasized or over-emphasized. Changes and additions of major proportion were in¬ corporated in this year’s book to give a more compre¬ hensive panorama of college life during the past year. These have included the doubling of photographic cover¬ age, introduction of a new opening section, a new faculty section and greater emphasis on informal campus shots of student activities. A new type of printing process, photo offset was tried in order to obtain greater flexibility in page layout. A pow-wow New York City photographer was signed to take the senior pictures and informal group pictures around the campus. Jack Mitchell, of Chidnoff Studios, spending several weekends in Worcester, was able to capture in photos many of the things which words have never been able to explain. The staff of this year’s Peddler was reorganized in order to be better suited to meet the new problems arising from the many changes of policy in this book. The production of this year’s Peddler has required the cooperation of each and every citizen of Worcester Poly¬ tech. We found the faculty more than glad to help us in any way they could . . . thanks. Special thanks must go to our advisor Dr. Schwieger who was able to make the blackest day appear to have a silver lining. We have tried to publish a book which would truly be a book for each and every student on campus; how close to this aim we have actually come, only time will tell. At least one thing is sure—the pages that follow are trul y Worcester Polytechnic Institute .. . 1954. Sitting, left to right: L. Gatineau, D. Bisson, R. Wise, A. Costantin, Prof. A. Schwieger, adviser, H. Strage, L. Mello, W. Stewart. First Row: R. Foisie, R. Goldman, A. Scancella, R. Lucey, F. Saucier, R. Quintin, R. Hajec, R. B«audet, W. Hills, R. Niro, H. Mirick. Second Row: H. Koehl, D. LaMarre, H, Dworkin, D. Grenier, H. Harris, R. DeLuca, P. Leavitt, R. Delahunt, K. Joyce. Last Row: J. Hyde, E. Coghlin, L. Selwitz, T. Weber, R. Ledoux, R. Junior. candid camera Tech News Just as the old water wheels that adorn our countryside today were built for the useful work they could produce so too was Worcester Tech founded for the men it could produce. An integral part of these water machines was the guide placed in the stream, less the water escaped its destined work by destroying the stream banks thereby evading the blades of wheel. Tech News has its useful These stories are too short. Jack! deadline functions too, and inherent in its design is this same guid¬ ing effect. Through Tech News the student body can be inspired by the accomplishments of its members. For where lies the true value of an accomplishment if not in the sharing of it with others? The paper has the very necessary func¬ tion of informing the school of pending activities. That the Tech News provides an outlet for the individual stu¬ dent’s thought is necessary to the fulfillment of its pur¬ pose. The staff this year assumes just pride in its work. Early issues set the mode for the year and an all out effort was made to improve the quality of the paper. Standards for material and the plane of writing were raised and the subsequent issues bear the fruit of the labors. Now we note the water moving on; other water wheels anxiously awaiting its potential. The impetus of the printed word will still be guiding downstream; through the summed efforts of all such groups we may rightfully anticipate greater success there. Sitting, left to right: H. Strage, feature editor; A. Costantin, news editor; R. Meyer, circulation manager; D. LaMarre, editor-in-chief; W. Hills, secretary; L. Gatineau, asst, sports editor; W. Stewart, business manager. First Row: R. Foisie, G. Grise, R. DeLuca, D. Bisson, L. Mello. Second Row: A. Scancella, V. Boliver, D. Grenier, R. Lucey, R. Quintin, R. Ledoux, R. Hajec, R. Beaudet, R. Niro. Last Row: L. Selwitz, T. Weber, R. Junior, K. Joyce, R. Delahunt, P. Jenemann, P. Leavitt, R. Wise. Sitting, left to right: R. Wise, R. Niro, E. Power, H. Dworkin, G. Arvantely, secretary; H. Strage, president; A. Costantin, business manager; R. Stempel, R. Eldredge, 0. Allen. Standing: R. Quin- tin, R. Beaudet, H. Harris, J, Archer, R. Junior, H. Pierce, A. Nedvin, P. Leavitt, P. Jenemann, R, Mulno, V. Lucander, E. Coghlin, C. Collins, W. Rogler, J. Lillibridge, R. Tancrell. Since the Masque became formally organized in 1924, it has come a long way in providing an outlet for students interested in all phases of dramatics—acting, stage work, publicity and business management. Last year the Masque successfully rounded off its ac¬ tivities with the three act comedy “Petticoat Fever.” John Gregory and Carl Nord were dynamic in the lead¬ ing roles, and the feminine parts wer e well filled by Ann Sweeney and Mary Jane Harvey, both of State Teachers College. Under the capable direction of Professor Hol¬ lows, faculty advisor, the play was well received by the Formal Weekend audience, and enthusiastic comments from outsiders went to prove that engineers can act and do a good job at it. This year the Masque resumed operations under the leadership of President Hank Strage, with Greg Arvan¬ tely, secretary; A1 Costantin, business manager; Chuck Lawhon, stage manager; and Carl Nord, student director. Interest among students ran high, and a large number of freshmen were welcomed into the organization. With more talent and manpower than ever before, the Masque immediately planned many activities to make full use of every member’s capabilities. the show must go on — or must it? En - lighten - ment First on the list was the one act play “Submerged,” a serious drama presented at a January assembly. To follow up this hit, plans were launched to present another one- acter some time during the year in addition to the three act play. Two other items on the agenda are a radio play and another intercollegiate dramatic contest with other Worcester schools. How does the Masque find time for all these activities amid the rush of studies? Well, it’s been rather close sometimes, but the organization never fails to put on a good, worthwhile show for its audience. The Masque Page 7ifty-five Sitting, left to right: Prof, Harris Rice, secretary; Prof. D. G. Downing, adviser. Last Row: R. Foisie, H. Strage, E. Power, president; W. Kirk, D. Lussier, R. Beckett, P. Jones. Tech Council Tech Council was formed in 1913 to further the inter¬ ests of the student body of the Institute; in seeking these interests the benefit of the Institute has been of prime consideration. There are nine elected members to the council, two representatives from each class and a president who is elected by the student body in the Spring. During the past year, Edward J. Power has served as President, The remaining student members are delegates from each of the campus organizations with faculty members serving as secretary-treasurer and adviser. The council indeed ex- . . . . breathe there a man presses its gratitude to Professors Harris Rice and Donald Downing for the faithful assistance they have rendered in these duties during the past year. Among the duties of the Tech Council is the executing of the Activity Eligibility Code which originated “to prevent as far as possible a student undertaking more extra-curricular work than he can carry with safety to his academic work.” It applies to all officers of those organizations recognized by the Tech Council. During the fall term the election of Seniors to the “Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities” is conducted by a Tech Council committee. In the spring of the year the council annually sponsors “Parents’ Day” giving the students a chance to show his parents and friends the facilities offered by the Institute. Each depart¬ ment through their respective student engineering soci¬ eties displays items of interest, presents lectures, and con¬ ducts tours. Regular bi-monthly meetings are held where the coun¬ cil discusses and recommends policies on current prob¬ lems affecting campus activities. Committees are often formed to do additional work on problems needing de¬ tailed consideration. Prominent on the agendas for this year were problems concerning the Goat’s Head competi¬ tion and the status of the Tech Council as a student governing body. During each meeting this year there has been displayed a spirit of leadership in the students who have stimulated the council in all its endeavors by contributing ideas and time. The council has made every attempt during this past year to work for the interest of the students, and it is hoped that the aims and duties of this body were realized. Page 7ifty-six Student Christian Association Sitting, left to right: H. Manseau, R. Rader, H. Spudoni, president; N. Gleber- man. Prof. P. R. Swan, adviser. Standing: E. Coghlin, W. Seubert, treasurer; E. Simonian, R. Stempel, vice president; E. Cahill, N. Beale, T. Jaros. Wednesday morning at 11:00, both students and faculty take an hour off and relax to an interesting program on the Alden Memorial stage. Freshmen “take a break” from studies by reading the magazine in Sanford Riley or play pool or ping-pong in the recreation room at the dorm. In their free hours, many men take advantage of the snack har and game room in the student center. How is all this possible? Through the Student Christian Associa¬ tion, the school gets all these and many more benefits. The S.C.A. also acquaints the freshmen with their school in both its history and its student body by pub¬ lishing the “Tech Bible” and sponsoring Freshmen Re¬ ceptions at the beginning of the year. Another function of this organization is to plan the enjoyable Tech Carnival, where freshmen, sophomores, and faculty put their minds to the task of outdoing each other in dramatic ability. The S.C.A. is one of the most important guiding hands of the student body at Tech. Without their activities, the campus would be devoid of the diversions necessary to keep a balance between studies and sanity. Sitting, left to right: M. Meckler, A.E.Jl ; Prof. C. K. Schiefley, chairman; E. Corujo, .P-A. Standing; B. Sova, A.T.fl.; R. Pick- ford, ; A. Costantin, 0.K. .; R. Gilbert, 2 A.E.; G. Kilburne, 0.X. Interfraternity Council Once each month a different fraternity house on the hill plays host to the Interfraternity Council. The council takes up the various fraternity problems and serves as a bridge between the houses and the administration. The fraterni¬ ties are extremely fortunate to have two loyal members of the faculty actively taking part in the council; Profes¬ sor Scheifley, the chairman, and Professor Cobb, the secretary. Two of the council’s chief problems during the year are the rushing rules and the Interfraternity Ball. During the fall of this year, an early rush period was held with pledging on November 14. This year’s council decided to erect a memorial to the late President Watt Tyler Culverius. In conjunction with this memorial, the council managed to raise several hun¬ dred dollars by raising the price of the tickets to the I. F. Ball. With El Corujo directing the efforts, a sculptor was contacted, and work on a bust of the Admiral was begun. The council realized that the memorial will not be completed before it leaves the Institute, but feels certain that future councils will finish the project, leaving a final tribute to a man who was ably described by Professor Scheifley as, “a friend of the fraternities.” Va e ' lijty-seven MARCHING BAND AND ORCHESTRA Somewhere out there midway between the point of diminishing returns and the one where parallel lines meet there is an Elysium for former musicians. The place has all the usual features, and in addi¬ tion, certain equipment installed at the request of the present occu¬ pants. In the department reserved for former Football Band members, for instance, are found sliverless bleachers, permanently warm and cloudless days, crowds cheerfully tolerant of snaking ranks and files on the march, or of school initials which from the stands look more like Sanskrit recipes. In the Concert Musicians area, there are air conditioned stages, clarinet reeds of a rare, non-squeaking strain of cane, and music sheets which remain on the stands even when flipped allegro vivace. With a Nirvana like this ahead, it’s not surprising that Tech musi¬ cians ignore the imperfections in the present environments. Who has ever heard a Marching Band member complain about the ocular gymnastics necessary to watch simultaneously the man on his left, the man on his right, the man ahead, the drum major, the music, friends waving in the crowds, and in some instances his own left shoe? But despite (or because of) his passive performance of this feat, the veteran marching bandsman is a branded man. If you look closely at him you’ll notice unceasing furtive eye-movements—an apparent search for the best means of escape from some imaginary trap. He’s actually merely continuing in ordinary life his habits of the march. Concert playing is rather less rigorous than field work; the main catastrophies being an occasional collapse from heat prostration on a poorly ventilated stage, or a broken drumhead or two, if someone falls off one of those wooden mesas used to prevent inferiority feel¬ ings among the ordinarily unseen occupants of the back rows. These difficulties, perhaps slightly over-stated here. Tech musicians willingly face, because of their personal pleasure in playing Schubert, Wagner, Brahms, even Anderson, or Sousa. There is a magic in cer¬ tain works that echo in the darkness of Alden, when the lights are out, the players and audience gone. Vn0e 7ifiy eiilhl At piano: Mr. Cliff Green, director. Singing, left to right: H. Manseau, L. Deraleau, D. Smith, C. Offen, R. Stevens, 0. Wahlrab, R. Johnson, D. Dayton. Tech’s songsters, under the able direction of Cliff Green, were fortified this year by strong freshman participation. Resplendent in tux and tie, they have blended voices with six New England schools, for an active and successful year. It was rumored that Otto Wahlrab wanted to add his beloved, modernistic “sixth” chord to such old favorites as “Les Anges” and “Hallelujah Chorus,” which were presented in the Christmas Concert given at Colby Junior College. However, Otto was satisfied when the club decided to change the “Winter Song” with a few “thirds.” The rest of the year went smoothly under the leadership of Dave Dayton, with an early Spring concert with Clark University and Becker Junior College. Programs with Becker, Bridgewater State Teachers, and the House in the Pines rounded out a full schedule. Tech’s octet, the “Technichords”, added three freshmen to their roster this year: Larry Deraleau on baritone, Ralph Johnson on base, and Ralph Stevens, tenor, besides the regulars, Dave Dayton, Hank Manseau, Otto Wahlrab, Kurt Offen, and Don Smith. All did their usual fine jobs through a very busy season, which included singing at several Worcester churches and civic organizations, in addition to the regular Glee Club concerts. Hats off and a “C-note” to Cliff, the “Technicords,” and the Glee Club for an active year. Page 7ifty-nine First Row, left to right: H. Dworkin, secretary-treasurer; M, Meckler, H. Strage, president; W. Neupert, manager; R. Farrar. The Debating Society Consisting of those few undergraduates who enjoy and can find time for mental gymnastics beside their mental tussles with the regular school load, the Debating team has become an organization which has been able to spread the fame of Worcester Poly throughout New Eng¬ land and the Eastern Seaboard. The team participates in numerous New England and Eastern Intercollegiate tournaments at which time they face schools of all sizes and descriptions. Although the group is very small this year it has, under the dynamic leadership of Dr. Donald Johnson, been able to compete most favorably in all tournaments entered. At the Vermont Invitational the affirmative team was one of two teams out of one hundred and sixty-five par¬ ticipating which was able to go through the tournament without defeat. M.I.T., New England Frensic, A.I.C. and St. Lawrence are some of the other tournaments the club enters. Intercity competition is always eagerly looked forward to by the club members; a vigorous schedule of debates between Clark, Holy Cross, and Worcester State Teachers was undertaken for the 1953-54 school year. Nautical Club Around Table, left to right: R. Webster, W. Knoblock, R. Naudin, treasurer; H. Brown, vice-commodore; A. Hall, R. Beaudet, R. Stevens, J. Archer. Stand¬ ing: J. Kubik, J. Hyde, A. Churbuck, J. King, H. Harris, D. Lathrop, R. John¬ son, B. Paul, S. Stone. New interest has been generated in the Nautical Club since the adaptation of four dinks that were purchased from M.I.T. last year. For the first time since the club was started, the members are able to practice their sailing on Lake Quinsigamond. There is also some hope in the club of building a boat house on Indian Lake. During this past winter’s sailing season the club has raced against such schools as Brown, Yale, Harvard, Tufts, Coast Guard, M.I.T., and other such schools of comparable size. The sailmen did comparatively well for a school our size under the leadership of such varsity skippers as Jim King, Bob Oram, Jim Kubik, and Arnold Hall. The freshman class has brought with it a lot of promising future skippers to Tech. Some of these new members include Ralph Johnson, Ralph Stevens, Don Stone, and Norris Harris, all of whom have participated in various freshman races at schools like M.I.T. These freshmen assure the club of very promising racing sea¬ sons in the future. Much credit must be given to the officers of the club and especially to Howie Brown for coordinating this year’s activities so successfully. These men have pro¬ cured for Tech many fine races while also leading the club in fighting for a boat house for their newly acquired dinks. Vage Sixty Left to right ' . H, Dworkin, T. Weber, M. Meckler, R. Gilbert. Literary Society Though the name of this organization has a formidable connotation in the minds of the majority of the student body, it is at the same time quite misleading. Many times in recent years the desire to change it has been put for¬ ward, only to be cast aside repeatedly for lack of a proper substitute. It is the goal of the Worcester Tech Literary Society to induce and promote interest among the student body in fields other than the technology offered in the every¬ day curriculum of the Institute. The purpose of the organ¬ ization is not, therefore, primarily to study and discuss literature, although literature does have its place in the program. The variety of the programs will serve to bear this out. To cite specific examples: at one meeting Professor Johnson of the history department reviewed the recent anti-totalitarianistic writings of George Orwell; at an¬ other, Dr. Masius spoke on grand opera; Dr. Gordon Gwynn, professor of psychology at Clark University, pre¬ sented an informal discussion of modern psychology at another. There are many students on the campus who are interested in these non-technical subjects, and the Liter¬ ary Society serves as a medium through which these men can meet and exchange their ideas. Camera Club Fundamental and basic in the structure of the Institute since its founding has been the Camera Club; located in the lower depths of Boynton Hall, the organization’s dark room has been building up over many generations, until now it is ' sufficiently equipped to serve the novice and exp ert alike. This year, interest in the club has been heightened by an influx of freshman enthusiasts and the lure of fame obtained by those lucky few who win the monthly coiltests. This year with twenty-five eager shutter bugs, the club has participated in various outings, lec¬ tures by prominent members, darkroom classes, and other allied activities. Sitting, First Row, left to right: F. Rybak, treasurer; A. Kennard, secretary; H. Chapell, president; Prof. H. H. Newell, adviser; E. Raub, chief operator, D. Hallock. Standing, Second Row: H. Harris, A. Staikopoulos, E. Schoppe, R. Craig, H. Bell, A. Hunderup, R. Stone, C. Collins, J. Kilburne. Last Row: A. Human, M. Marconi, R. Wright, E. Blakeslee, J. Archer. Left to right: R. Beaudet, J. Belanger, N. Chidnoff, W. Kress, L. Henschel, R. Wise, K. Wakeen. Radio Club Dots and dashes flew thick and fast at both the E.E. Building, where the radio club makes its headquarters, and the MS T Building, whose facilities the club has been using. WlYK had entered a two-week National Amateur Radio Contest, totaling 363 contacts in a thirty hour period from 46 states and Canada. At their weekly informal meetings, guests lecture on a particular field of radio communications of electronics of interest to them. This year Prof. Donald Howe, of the E.E. Department of W.P.I.; Dave Hallock, W.P.I. gradu¬ ate student; and G. Donald Fenton, engineer from Ameri¬ can Steel and Wire, have lectured to the club. Lhider the sponsorship of Prof. Newell and the trustee¬ ship of Mr. Richard Daniels, WlYK hopes to serve the school in the capacity of any active club and as a means of bringing school functions to the fraternity houses by radio. Sitting, left to right: L. Mello, D. Bisson, R. Meyer, E. Power, A. Costantin, president; P. Jene- mann, vice president; R. DeLuca, treasurer; L. Gatineau, R. Hajec, R. Niro. First Row: V. Boliver, F. Saucier, R. Beaudet, R. Ledoux, D. LaMarre, W, Hills, P. Leavitt, R. Galligan, E. Coghlin, A. Petit, D. Longone, J. Lillibridge, E. Simonian. Last Row: J. Malloy, A. Scancella, R. Quintin, G. Grise, K. Joyce, secretary; R, Delahunt, R. Junior, C. Simonich, E. Bouvier, H. O’Dworkin. The Newman Club, an organization for college age Catholic stu¬ dents, was active both spiritually and socially. At the monthly meet¬ ings, guest speakers gave enlightening talks on the Catholic viei point of current problems. These talks covered a varied range of topics, of which the annual discussion on “Courtship and Marriage” invariably drew the largest attendance of the year. Socially the Newman Club conducted joint meetings with chapter clubs of Anna Maria College, Fitchburg State Teachers College, and Becker Junior College. Some of the active members have received personal invitations to the spaghetti supper at the Fitchburg chapter. Free weekends were often passed away at the Newman Center on Salisbury Street where television, ping pong, and dancing were the chief interests. However, the highlight of the year’s social activities was the Annual New England Newman Club Convention held in Worcester this year. As predicted the business portion of the convention was over-shadowed by the gala social events. Sitting, left to right: A. Costantin, R. Wildt, J. Malloy, H. Tufts, R. Eldredge, H. Boynton, E. Corujo. First Row: R. Meyer, D. LaMarre, R. Ledoux, R. Lucey, D. Grenier, K. Joyce, D. Taylor, P. Brown, H. Strage, C. Simonich, F. Sau cier. Last Row: E. Schneider, J. Clampett, H. Brown, H. Tenney, B. Sealy, S. Clevenger, J. Edfors, J. Rogers, W. Robinson, E. Bouvier. Newman Club Varsity Club Most Tech grads will remember the Varsity Club, not because its members sported flashy W’s on their sweaters, but because of the two outstanding func¬ tions sponsored each year by the club. Each September, before most students have started to pack their bags for the trip back to school, members of the football squad diligently spend their free hours planning the opener of the fall social season, the Varsity Dance in Alden Me¬ morial. In the Spring, the Varsity Club presents its annual Water Show ' and Dance in Alumni Gym¬ nasium. Techmen will remember the lithe and at¬ tractive aquamaids from Smith and the University of Massachusetts who entertained them with a mar¬ velous exhibition of co-ordination and stamina in water ballets under colored lights in the swimming pool of Alumni Gymnasium. The Varsity Club was founded for the purpose of providing some financial aid for the men on our athletic teams. Each year, with the returns from the dances and from the concessions operated at home football games, books are bought and distributed among the members of the club. Eligible for such benefits are those men who have earned and been awarded their letter in a varsity sport. Never let it be said that Tech athletes were sub¬ sidized. Here can he found men who need help, but look to their own imaginative spirit to supply their wants. Sitting, left to right: J. Macko- wiak, R. Webster, H. Chapell, president; B. Hildebrand, ad¬ viser; R. Olson, R . Lindquist. Standing: H. Sauer, W. Neupert, D. Becker, M. McLeod, C. Law- hon, D. LaMarre, 1. Newton, A. Einstein. A i ■ V h V 1 - TBj. 1 . T V ' Cosmopolitan Club “Above all nations is humanity”, is the motto of the Cosmopolitan Club. The purpose of the club, as explained in its constitution, “is to foster good fellowship and friendship between students of different nationalities at the Institute, to further the noble cause of world peace, and to provide opportunity for friendly meetings and discussions between students and faculty.” Membership in this organization is open to all foreign students, to stu¬ dents interested in international affairs and the further¬ ance of world peace, and to members of the faculty. To attain its goal the club holds meetings once every month, where, through intelligent discussion of the differ¬ ent national and international problems, the members express their ideas and exchange opinions. Members of the faculty present contributions to the discussion by of¬ fering their viewpoint concerning the problems at hand. But perhaps the best end which the club serves is to pro¬ vide the facility where students of many nations may meet and build lasting friendships. In addition to the discussion meeting, the club holds social meetings, which are high¬ lighted by two parties, one in each term. These social gatherings do much to further the feeling of friendship between nationalities by providing an atmosphere free of the pressure of studies and formalities. Every year the club, as hundreds of other similar or¬ ganizations in all colleges throughout the world, gradu¬ ates men who believe in world peace, and that Humanity is above all nations. Association of Student Physicists Either Karl Marx, Nell Gwyn or U. S. Grant first said, “If you can’t lick ’em, join ’em.” This bit of apocrypha is applied by a certain few freshmen each year in their dealings with the Physics Department; they actually ELECT physics as their major. Of course, drives other than the instinct to survive play a part in their reason¬ ing—such as the mad desire to stomp around on the Moon in lead shoes, or an ambition to gaze, alone, at Sirius with a mirror big enough to take a bath in, or an obsession for mathematical description of a particle so small you can’t see it, hear it, taste it or even believe it, because it’s only a hard-packed ball of energy anyway. Desires like these leave their mark on the owner, and through the years various physics majors have become the subject of an assortment of legends. One of these— the widely held belief that if you leave a physicist out in the rain he’ll dissolve leaving only a brooding fourth dimension hovering over the scene—the author has dem¬ onstrated empirically to be completely unfounded. The others still stand. It was inevitable that the physicists would unite to face, as one, the envy-masking laughter of the engineers. The surprising thing is that they waited so.long; the Associa¬ tion of Student Physicists appeared only two years ago. Like other small bands of desperate and reckless men throughout history, the A.S.P. had a violent dispute be¬ tween the coffee-donut wing and tea-cookie bloc; a co¬ alition between these two factions was finally effected by the beer-grinder group, which happened to hold the balance of power. The end result of this maneuver was a considerably greater variety of intermission fodder than may be had from ordinary Tech student organiza¬ tions. (No refreshments at all are being served this year, however, because the entire treasury—seventeen cents— fissioned through a hole in someone’s pocket.) The A.S.P. survived this stormy beginning and was, if anything, strengthened by the struggle. All the organiza¬ tion lacks now, to insure longevity, is a purpose and a motto. For the latter, the following seems as good as anything else (it’s a sentence of Einstein’s which someone broke up into free verse) : No longer have we space nor time. But space-time curved round the stars. Only the members of the A.S.P. have any idea what it means. First Row, left to right : 0. Tchervinsky, E. Leonard, presi¬ dent; T. Shawwaf. Second Row: A. Eisenberg, C. Baehrecke, A. Staikopoulos, A. Qazi, S. Kab- bani, il Sitting on Floor, left to right . L. Pas- tuer. A, Costantin, W. Seubert, R. Osell. Sitting in chairs, Second Row: J. Priestley, D. Bisson, N. Gleberman, J. Clampett, L. Gatineau, president; P. Jones, W. Stewart, P. Alasso, H. Strage. Third Row: F. Lindsay, C. Simonich, R. Gilbert, W. Hills, M, Meckler, G. Grise, D. Gilbert, H. Nowick, D. Hoyle, R. Emery, R. Venezia, F. Gamari. Last Row: A. Scancella, H. Pierce, J. Nash, J. Rogers, R. Bardwell, R. Lemieux, J. Minott, H, Dworkin. A. I. Ch. E. The student chapter of the A.I.Ch.E. at Tech meets once a month setting aside the first half of the meeting to the business at hand. The second half of the meeting is devoted to a guest speaker, who comes from one of the nearby chemical concerns or consulting firms to talk on the latest industrial processes or obstacles constantly con¬ fronting the chemical engineer. Films are also shown to the undergrads concerning the work of a chemical engi¬ neer in industry. The A.I.Ch.E. is not just an organization organized to supplement the courses given in the department, but it also offers a definite social program to its members. On the social calendar for this year was the annual Unit Op Ho|i, commonlv called “The Dance Among the Stills.” Th is dance is held in the Unit Operations Lab, where the dancers rub shoulders with evaporators, ab¬ sorption towers, dryers, and other equipment and sip coffee with a beaker and stirring rod. Another looked- forward to event on the social program is the annual beer party which brings out students and facultv alike to par¬ take of “the nectar of the Gods.” The chapter is indebted to its advisor. Doctor Kranich, for hi s unswerving loyalty to the organization and his many heljiful ideas and suggestions. The student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers here at Worcester Tech takes pride in being one of the most active scientific societies on the hill. Through the chapter, the civil engineering student has the opportunity to develop professional associations and con¬ tacts. The program chairman, Don Smith, provided speak¬ ers who were practicing engineers, with a wealth of profes¬ sional experience. It is from these men that students de¬ velop the professional consciousness while still pre-occu- pied with techniques. One meeting every year is devoted to talks by the students themselves on their summer jobs. Annual regional student conferences are held in the Spring, at which the foremost engineers in the profession are guest speakers. Here students have the chance to meet those of other schools and to compete for prizes by sub¬ mitting papers on engineering subjects. Entrance to these competitions is considered a very valuable experience for the undergraduate. A chapter newsletter was published for the first time this year with A1 Pollen as editor, and it is hoped this will become an annual publication. A complete list of summer jobs held by civil engineering students was filed by Tul Fredrickson for the past three years to be made available to students seeking summer jobs. . S. C. E. .Sitting, e i to right: A. Qazi, J. Mal¬ loy, F. Saucier, E. Power, president; R. Schultz, W. Goethals, 0. Wahlrah, R. DeMatteo, G. Washington. Standing, Second Row; W. Taylor, P. Provost, D. Smith, W. Robinson, j. Virkus, F. Horan. Pollen, H. Wiitala. Last Row; M. Rafferty, R. Junior, G. (!arl- son, R. Delahunt, G. Rodes, P. .Messer- sniith, D. Taylor. Vage Si:xty-fotir First Row, left to right: E. Corujo, R. DeLuoa, V. Boliver, R. Pickford, presi¬ dent; H. Bell, G. Kilburne, H. Miriek. Second Row: E. Schoppe, R. Naudin, A. Petit, E. Nelson, T. Jaros, K. Cross, W. Schoenemann. Last Row: R. Gold¬ man, G. Robbins, E. Bouvier, R. Niro, R. Ferrar, K. Wakeen. Hi vE iTv ' ||i .V ' Aiee-Ire The American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Institute of Radio Engineers have worked together since 1946 to provide a suitable technical background for a student entering industry. By keeping the student up to date with the various inovations and techniques being developed by industry, the organization serves the pur¬ pose of outfitting the student with the necessary practical tools of his trade to make the shift from college easier. This education or background is given to the students in the form of lectures or papers presented at the monthly meetings of the AIEE-IRE. This year, several representa¬ tives from industry, invited to these meetings, delivered lectures on such subjects as sales engineering, patent law, elements of radar, and power networks and tfansmission lines. Also included in this year’s activities were trips to some of the local broadcasting transmitters. This va¬ ried program of activities gives the student an idea of what industry will expect of him when he leaves Tech. Thanks to Professor Mulligan, our capable advisor, and Bob Pickford as President, Hugh Bell as Vice-Presi¬ dent, Dick DeLucca as Treasurer, and Bob Labonte and Vincent Boliver as Secretaries, this year has been a busy and instructive one for AIEE-IRE members. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers is composed of Mechanical Engineering students in college and professional engineers which as a result is not only very versatile, but also very beneficial to all those who enjoy its membership. The Student Branch of the A.S.M.E. at Worcester Tech is one of the more than 125 active student branches throughout the country. Its main purpose is to present to the student members an intro¬ duction to the parent society and to professional engi¬ neering in general. Any student majoring in mechanical engineering is eligible for membership in the organiza¬ tion which entitles them to the many privileges of the professional organization. The most important of these privileges is a subscription to the excellent publication of the society which carries current informative articles con¬ cerning the progress being made in the field of Mechan¬ ical Engineering. The student branch held several very interesting meet¬ ings during the year at which time representatives from various industrial firms presented illustrated lectures on some technical subject and also discussed was the pos¬ sibilities of future employment of engineering students. Another asset of these meetings is that they afford the opportunity for each member to experience personal con¬ tact with men whom they will someday work with. A new contest was also inaugurated by the student branch this year by which each member had the oppor¬ tunity to present a talk on some economic or engineering subject; the winner of this contest being given the chance to participate in the regional conference. A S M E First Row, left to right: A. Nichols. K. Killon, J. Kinp, W. Rcililinp. 0. Allen, [iresident: C. Haniniei. P. Lon¬ don, W. Wheeler, W. Elliot. Second Row: U. Dziura, 1’. Weher, B. Rohin- son. T. Coughlin, C. Not ' d. ,|. McHugh, D. Fisher, R. Stenipel, G. Strom, ,L Hanks, C. Sullivan, S. Nagus. Third Row: R. Wise, V. Lucander, .1. Green, A. Hall, D. Tucker. H. Tenney, P. Horstmann, L. Blomstrom, W. Peterson. a thl eties First Row, left to right: H. Nowick, R. Bazinet, P. Horstmann, T. Mahar, J. Malloy, captain; R. Eldredge, S. Clevenger, D. Grenier, R. Schultz. Second Row: P. Kerrigan, H. Barton, J. Alexshun, V. Johnson, D. Taylor, H. Dworkin, A. Rudman, R. Beckett, H. Tenney, C. Hammer. Third Row: C. McNulty, ass’t. coach; C. Silva, J. Concordia, D. Lussier, E. Bacon, E. Bouvier, G. Strom, R. Galligan, E. Bloom, M. Norcross, ass’t. coach. Last Row: R. Purple, A. Sohigian, C. Johnston, E. Blakeslee, M. Stephens, J. Carroll, R. Stevens, J. Fratino, mgr. F ootball The beginning of the 1953 school year found the En¬ gineers earnestly preparing for another Tech football season. At first it looked rather dismal in light of the fact that eleven men from last year’s squad would not be re¬ turning. Who would hold the front wall such as Holmes, Fritz, and MacKay had so ably done for so long? Who w ' ould add the thrills which Shebek, Gregory and Ab- dow so often provided? These were the major problems confronting the squad this year. At the beginning of the season there was a definite lack of offensive power in the Tech attack as they were able to score only 2 touchdowns in their first two encounters. The fo rward wall certainly held their own on defense, but when it came to offense the holes they provided were too few and simply not big enough for Mahar, Malloy and company to move the ball towards the goal. It wasn’t until the third game of the year that the Tech offense started to show its potential. Then when the Tech attack was going strong an old Tech nemesis, injuries, started to effect the team. The loss of standouts Clevenger and Grenier half way through the season certainly left a wide open spot at the guard position and a lot of good ground gaining benched. Also, reoccurring injuries to guard Bouvier and half back Johnson put Coach Pritchard into a position where he had to rely on many untested and inexperienced freshmen. The team record of 2 wins, 3 losses and one tie may seem to indicate that the team left much to be desired for next year, but in reality this year’s squad was as good as any in many a year. Certainly no Tech teams had to meet more than the number of injuries which crip¬ pled this year’s squad. And yet the spirit exemplified this year was the same Tech Spirit that is always present when Techmen take the field. Although it is hard to tell whether the abolishment of the two platoon system actually hurt Tech this year, it cerainly put many more men in the position where they were called upon to give Goliath-like performances. In the forward wall, Alekshun, Concordia, Taylor, Horst¬ mann and Strom found sixty minute performances a mere triviality after the first few games. Likewise, Capt. Malloy and Bloom in the backfield. Bouvier, Sohigian, Schultz and Bazinet also found occasions to give standout line performances along with field general Mahar and Nowick, and halfbacks Grenier, Stevens and Kerrigan. Only two men. Seniors Malloy and Eldredge, will be lost to next year’s squad. All indications are that next year’s squad will be one very highly regarded with enough strength on defense and speed on offense to give all of next year’s opponents many pre-season sleepless nights. MAINE MARITIME—sdft touch, Maine Maritime Academy turned Bht very stubborn foe for a still not too - olfensivew O bster Tech. Tech had a sustained 73 yard drive late in tne second quarter which produced their first touchHown of the year via a Mahar to Bazinet pass and gave theM a scanty 7-0 lead ' at halftime. The first time Tech got the ball in the third period they headed goalward and it looked like the sec¬ ond half was going to produce many a Tech touchdown. This time it was Johnson scoring on a line buds: for two yards and the touchdown. , From here on in the Sailors held ground and gave the Engineers nary another chance to score. Late in the final period, an intercepted pass and a penalty for unnecessary roughness against Tech gave the Sailors the ball on the ' 32 yard line. Seven plays later, on the tail end a three yard pass from Cutliffe to Oldham, the Sailors scored to make the final tally read 13-6 in favor of Tech. COAST GUARD—Almost every year Tech makes it a point to pull one of New England’s top upsets in the college football circles. This year was no exception and the unfortunate victims were the Coast Guard Cadets. Although neither team scored the first half, time and time again it was Tech threatening to go all the way only to be stopped at the last minute. The entire half and for that matter the entire game saw Tech in complete com¬ mand as they refused to give the Cadets any kind of a scoring opportunity. Don Taylor gave Tech the break they needed midway through the third period when he recovered a Coast Guard fumble on the opposition’s 38 yard line. From here, a Mahar-Strom pass, then a few quick running plays climaxed by a Mahar to Bazinet beauty gave Tech the necessary edge for victory. Just to insure the victory in the closing minutes, freshman Sohigian charged through the Cadet line and nailed Jim Rivard in the end zone for a safety and a 9-0 victory for the Engineers. R.P.I.—Homecoming Day found the favored Engineers meeting head on with their arch rivals, RPI. RPI scored first in the opening period on a 80 yard drive which fea¬ tured their one-man offensive power, namely Willie Lick, who time and time again crashed the Tech line or dashed around the ends for substantial gains. Not to be outdone in any respect, the Engineers came back with two tallies in the second quarter to give them a 12-6 half time lead. The first score came when Paul Kerrigan (all 135 pounds of him) burst through the RPI line and blocked a kick which one play later was converted into a Tech score. On Tech’s kickoff to RPI, a fumble was recovered by Strom on the RPI 35 yard line. Mahar then threw a sensational pass to Strom on the five where Mahar had no trouble sneaking it over two plays later. In the third period, again on the strength of sparkling performances by Willie Lick, the RPI squad pushed across a touchdown to end the game in a 12-12 deadlock. First Row, left to right: G. Matarrese, R. Ledoux, B. Ketunuti, E. Corujo, captain; E. Schneider, R. Brask, R. Lucey. Second Row: R. Popp, J. Edfors, B. Sealy, A. Costantin, H. Strage, R. Meyer, P. Brown, F. Saucier. Third Row: D. Lathrop, A. Shahian, J. Nash, J. Kilburne, R. Junior, W. Lloyd, V. Bliumfeldas, H. Baker. Last Row: J. Gaddes, coach; A. Blakeslee, F. Clark, T. Shawwaf, F. Seidel, E. Gallini, R. Neunherz, ass’t. mgr.; W. Stewart, mgr. Soccer The 1953 soccer season was probably the worst Tech has ever seen according to the record of six losses to one win. The team lost five games in a row before defeating Boston University 2-1. Many of the games were close, but the Giddesmen didn’t have enough reserves to keep up with the other teams in the final quarters. In fact in many of the games the score was kept down by spirit alone. Tech’s only victory came at the expense of B.U. on the cold, wind-swept turf of Braves Field. The Crimson and Grey scored two goals early in the first quarter and held on to the lead throughout the rest of the game. George Matarrese, a freshman, played his best game of the year at wing, scoring one goal and setting up the second. Of the many defeats the hardest to take was the one at the hands of the Clark University on October 24. This was the first Clark victory over Tech in 10 years. The game ended up a tie, 1-1, but Clark won with a goal in the last minute of the second overtime period. Clark had a big rally and invaded Boynton Hill with a cavalcade of cars carrying spirit-filled students to the game. A five piece band came also to add quality to the quantity. The soccer field that day was the scene of one of the most exciting games that Tech has played in many years. At the start of the game Tech had the edge and cul¬ minated a series of assaults with a goal by Emil Schnei¬ der. Not long after the goal was scored, Capt. Elmer Carujo dislocated his knee which put him out of action for the rest of the season. The loss of the Redmen’s center half robbed their defense of its stalwart mainstay. As the game contmued, the play went back and forth across the midstnpe. until Clark__SQored in the final quarter for the tie. El Carujo, this year’s captain, was the inspiring ele¬ ment behind the spirit .this year. After his injury he would help Coach Giddes by offering suggestions to each man on how he could improve his game. His slap-on- the-back, shouts of encouragement, will to win, and slight accent will long be remembered by those men who played with him. Dick Poppe, Hank Strage, and A1 Costantin will be missing from the squad next year if all goes well. No one will forget the way Dick would storm after the ball, bouncing anyone who got in his way. Hank did his share of bouncing too, but will best be remembered for his booming 60 yat-d goal kicks. A1 Costantin at goal bright¬ ened many dark seconds with his diving saves of a pos¬ sible score in spite of the fact that this was his first year on a soccer field. At the beginning of the 1953-1954 swimming season, as in recent years, Coach Frank Grant was faced with a big replacement problem. Dependable veteran swimmers like Cy Vershon, Mel Seddon, and Fred Drake, were ab¬ sent from the roll. Who would replace them? The only possible solution was to work on the new members of the squad who were, for the most part, freshmen. It takes more than one season, however, to produce a good com¬ petitive swimmer. The potential skill might be there but the utilization of it takes time. Realizing this. Coach Grant built his team around old dependables like Captain Bucky Walters, Howie Whittle, and Howie Brown, with John Leland in the undermanned diving department. The first test, against the University of Connecticut, yielded disheartening results, U-Conn over Tech by an overwhelming score of 61 to 18. Perhaps the Engineers were off to a slow start. The only first place registered in the meet was by freshman Art Nedvin, in the 2D0 yd. backstroke. The next test was against Amherst with Tech in the wake of a 47-36 score. Despite the defeat the team showed much improvement. Bucky Walters turned in a fine performance, taking the 220 yd. freestyle and coming in second in the 440 yd. freestyle. Freshman Don Striby also came through, winning the 200 yd. backstroke. Tech also won the 400 yd. relay with Jim Warren, Henry Boyn¬ ton, Howie Brown and Bucky furnishing the power. Amherst gained the safe margin, however, by placing second and third in most of the events. With the loss of John Leland, Tech had no diving entries in this meet. The University of Massachusetts added to the dilemma by sinking the Tech mermen in an oppressive 58-24 con¬ test. Bucky Walters won the 440 yd. freestyle and the Boynton, Brown, Warren, Walters combo took the 400 yd. relay, but this was far from enough to even facilitate a threat. Against Tufts, the Techmen took six out of ten firsts, with Bucky Walters taking the 220 yd. and 440 yd. free¬ style events, Howie Brown the 60 yd. freestyle, and Howie Whittle the 200 yd. breaststroke. Tech also cap¬ tured the 300 yd. and 400 yd. medley relays but as be¬ fore, the second and third positions were predominately occupied by the foes, giving them a 47-37 victory. Following the pattern set by others, a powerful Trin¬ ity team had no trouble taking home a 58-26 score card. Bucky Walters and Howie Brown made their usual con¬ tributions and Don Striby won the 200 yd. backstroke. A newcomer, Dave Provost reactivated the diving depart¬ ment. Two battles yet remain, with M.I.T. and Coast Guard. Regardless of the outcome, however, the fact remains that Coach Grant continues to do a great Job of taking the few men that a small school like Tech has to offer, and building them into a fine, hard-fighting team. First Row, left to right: A. Atkins, J. Warren, G. Walters, captain; H. Boynton, R. Wildt, H. Brown, L. Chahinian. Second Row: R. Burns, manager; D. Striby, D. Provost, D. Selva, R. Crane, A. Nedvin, F. Grant, coach. First Row, left to right: R. Schultz, D. Gilbert, R. Osell, D. MacLaren, J. Fratino, E. Bloom. Second Row: Coach C. IVIcNulty, J. Cheney, H. Nowick, G. Brown, R. Philhower, R. Bazinet, Tech band shows up to try to steal the show from me. Of course, that is impossible, but it gets distracting at times. And if that isn’t enough, whenever I rest, a few clowns come dashing onto the floor, and instead of cheering for me, start flipping and flopping in a dis¬ gusting show of vanity. Nobody seems to realize how many backflips I do on an average trip to the basket. Believe me. anyone with less self-restraint wouldn’t stand for such a display, but nevertheless, my superb showman¬ ship and dramatic timing always maintain my position in the spotlight. My good friend Coach McNulty is one person who does appreciate my importance and sees that I am respected. Why just this year he made the team run for a week and a half before be let them put their hands on me in practice. He knows how much I hate to be in the presence of flabby bodies and I must admit that when I finally removed my wraps, I was being handled by a lean fast team. I didn’t know quite what to expect this year, what with so many of the familiar faces having disappeared. I had kn own Ace Hall, Harry Brown, Danny Hoch, Mike She- bek. and Hank Vasil for three years, and I wasn’t too sure I’d like working with this new group. Of course. D. Ross, manager. C ' 4 N Basketball | l Holy do you do? Yes, you heard right, mister. My name s Basketball, Varsity Basketball of Worcester Tech. I’m the fellow with all the bounce that. . . . No, you don’t have to stand at attention. Parade rest will do. Naturally I’m proud to be ssociated with Tech, but without boasting, I must admit . that I am Mr. Big on tbe “hill”. Each Saturday night throughout the season, huge crowds gather at Alumni Gym to watch me bounce around, and it is very seldom that I disappoint the throngs-i-a little music please. Yes, Alumni Gym has been the scene of many thrilling performances by me— make that background music, puhlease. This year as well as other years, top New England teams will be coming to the “hill” to toss me around. I imagine I’ll be able to unleash pandemonium—in at least a few of the games. I am usually quite capable of —kill that music. That’s much better. Every week that Ptigc Seventy-tiiyo J. V. BASKETBALL Captain Doug MacLaren, Earl Bloom, Joe Fratino, Roger Osell, Dave Gilbert, Hank Nowick, and Bob Schultz were around last year, but many of them I had met only on the practice floor. How would they be in a real game? The others were total strangers. I had heard my Varsity Jr. speak of them, but, well, I had to be sho Their names were Gedney Brown, Jim Cheney Hering, Dick Bazinet, and Bob Philhower. It didn’t take me long to realize that thing; much different this year. Coach McNulty was two big men on the inside instead of his custom three. The new system utilized a three man weave on the outside with the two big men in the corners. This pro¬ vided more room down the middle and the team was obviously going to do more driving with me. The boys would have to handle me more sharply and carefully, since capturing me off the backboards would be difficult in this new attack. Yes, I was really moving around now as speed and ball handling were being stressed by the team. As the season drew near, I started to select my hand¬ lers. I didn’t exactly have the final say on selection, but I had learned through experience that if I wanted a cer¬ tain player on the team, I could usually influence the coach by jumping into the basket when that player took a shot. Another trick I had was to bound into my favor¬ ite player’s hands after eluding the hoop. Of course, Mr. Experience this year would be Doug MacLaren, the team captain. He would definitely be one of the outside men for the coming season. His drive and determination impressed me when Doug was a freshman, and now 1 loved to nestle into the net when he took his shots. His speed and playmaking ability should fit in nicely with this new system. Another outside man should be junior Early Bloom. Earl is my particular favorite. His soft arching shots, so accurately thrown have saved much wear and tear on my weary sides in past years. Earl’s driving ability should stand him in good stead this season. Playing his fourth year with me, Joe Fratino should be ital cog in my basket splitting tasks. Joe has a fine set slmt and possesses much basketball savvy. He is a strong efehsive player with plenty of fight and spirit. I have come to favor three men for the inside posts, ight now. Bob Schultz is suffering from an ankle in- ury, fiut he should be ready soon. I saw a little of Bob season and he impressed me by giving 100% all IV Xi One of my recent acquaintances is Dick Bazinet. I have noticed his great speed and my boy Junior says th Baz is a scorer. Third inside man is a player I met on the practice court last year. Hank Nowick. I was for- er jumping into his hands while coming down off the boards. I’m sure I’ll see all of these men on rebounds this year. Other, inside men will be junior Gedney Brown and senior Dave Gilbert, while on the outside and pressing for starting posts are senior Roger Osell, junior Fred Hering, and sophomore Jim Cheney. All of these three men will see plenty of me this year. They can run and handle me adeptl Hering, especially, is a fine driver who can shoot me up with either hand. This is a green but promising team. With plenty of hard work and Coach McNulty’s final touch, this team may develop into a winner. Whatever the final results, I am sure, my showmanship will provide many thrills for the fans .this season. So long for now. See you around like a basketball. ' •SSSZ 1 CROSS COUNTRY First Row, left to right: J. Brown, H. Hemenway, H. Tufts, captain; J. Clam- pett, J. Josephson. Second Row: R. Holden, F. Barry, C. Pomeroy, E. Ahl- Strom, Third Row: M. Sanella, C. Bid- well, G. Rodes, J. Rogers. Last Row: P. Alasso, mgr.; F. Sanella, coach. Track The graduation of last year’s seniors left a tremendous hole in the track squad. The loss was felt considerably all season as the team failed to win in five meets. There are, however, men whose development could make next year’s picture considerably brighter. The squad, as usual, was coached by the able eye of Frank Sanella, with assistance from Bud Madigan and Dick Zeleny. Because of the inadequacy of the indoor track facilities Coach Sanella cut the indoor schedule down to one meet. This meet with Trinity served as a practice session, and gave Frank an idea of what he would have for Spring talent. The final score was Trinity 72-Tech 27. Don Post broke the tape for Tech in the mile. Stan Celevenger copped the pole vault with a leap of 10 feet 3 inches, Clevenger also placed second in both the high and low hurdles. In the half mile Sid Harvey and John Rogers were close on the leader’s heels to grab a close second and third. Earl Bloom took second in the broad jump and Bob Robinson and Bob Oram took third in the 440 and shot put respectively. INDOOR TRACK Sitting, left to right: E. Bacon, R. Holden, R. Oram, captain; R. Kirk, J. Rogers. Standing: R. Godin, F. Sa¬ nella, coach; H. Brown. Page Seventy-four In the first outdoor meet of the season Tech came closer to winning against Mass U., but the final score was Mass U. 71-Tech 55. Tech showed very well in the weight events. John Edfors won the discus, followed by Ace Hall and Bob Farrar. Bob Oram copped the shot put and Edfors was second. Freshman Harry Tenny threw the javelin 147 feet to be high man in that event. De- falco was second. Iron man Clevenger won the low hur¬ dles and placed in the pole vault and high hurdles. John Rogers won the half mile followed by Butterworth andt Quintin. Don Post put in a fine performance in the two mile, but finished second to Mass U.’s great runner, Aldrich. Two days later. Coast Guard handed Tech a sound drubbing 86 I 2 to 391 2 . Stan Clevenger took two first places in the pole vault and low hurdles and also grabbed a second place in the high hurdles. Bob Robinson turned in a ' rapid 440 to win that event, while Don Post captured the two-mile. Oram, Edfors, and Hall placed in the weight events and Tenney took a second in the javelin. Bloom took thirds in the 100 yd. dash and the broad jump. Bob Morgan grabbed a second in thethigh jump, while Hugh Tufts and John Rogers took thirds in the mile and half mile. Next Tech met Trinity on the cinders. Trinity 88 I 2 Tech 37 I 2 . On the track Bud Madigan took the 440 closely followed by Bob Robinson. Don Post won the mile and then placed second in the mile behind Hugh Tufts. John Rogers finished second in the 880 while Earl Bloom copped second in the 100 and 200 yd. dashes. Stan Clevenger tied for first in the pole vault and took third in the high jump and high hurdles. The last meet of the season was against Teachers’ Col¬ lege of Connecticut, at New Britain. This proved to be Tech’s best showing of the year, but it wasn’t quite enough to win as New Britain took the meet 67-59. Cap¬ tain Don Post did a fine job as he appeared in his last meet at Tech. Don won the two mile and tied Sid Harvey for first in the mile. Bud Madigan garnered second and third in the 440. John Rogers took second in the half mile followed by Dick Quinton in third. In the hurdles, Clevenger won the lows with Dick Kirk in third. Bud Madigan took second in the high with Jerry Dyer close behind. Bob Morgan, Stan Clevenger and Earl Bloom pulled a three way tie for second in the high jump. In the pole vault Dick Kirk finished second with Clevenger in third. Bob Oram won the javelin and nabbed a second in the shot put. Harry Tenney placed third in the javelin. Ace Hall copped second in the discus while John Edfors placed third in both the shot put and the discus. This year’s Cross Country Team is one of the biggest that Frank Sanella has had. They started off with a vic¬ tory against Newport Naval Officer’s School. Jim Clam- pette was the big gun for Tech as he came in first. Hugh Tufts, this year’s c.c. captain, finished third; Herb Hemenway, fifth; Denneen, 6th and Dusty Rodes, 10th. In the next meet. Tech was decisively beaten by Uni- vers-ity of Mass. The Mass U. team was very strong and Herb Hemenway, the first Tech man to cross the finish line, finished ninth. He was followed by Tufts and Clampette in twelfth and fourteenth places. The following week, the Cadets from Coast Guard edged Tech out. The first four Tech men to finish were Jim Clampette, third; Herb Hemenway, fourth; Pomery, ninth; and Deneen, tenth. Clampette, Hemenway and Deneen finished in the first ten as Tech was soundly beaten by Northeastern at Franklin Park, Boston. For their next encounter the Harriers journey to Middletown, where they were trounced by Wesleyan. Tufts finished eighth and Clampette was ninth. Amherst came to Worcester and handed the team its fifth loss. Clampette was second; Hemenway seventh; Deneen tenth; and Rodes eleventh. Tech ran against Tufts to close out the season and was edged out by one point. Clampette, Tufts, Hemenway, Brown and Deneen placed in the top ten. SPRING TRACK First Row, left to right: J. Coupe, P. Kaminski, M. Shebek, S. Andrukonis, H. Brown. Second Row: P. Brown, Jr., H. Barton, H. Leikkanen, R. Osell, captain; A. Costantin, D. Grenier, R. Srhultz. Last Row: Coach C. McNulty, P. Simon, Jr., manager. Baseball • 1954 Baseball, the last of the academic year’s major sports in intercollegiate circles, has its start on the Worcester Tech campus in the gymnasium long before the Winter mud has dried from the diamond of Alumni Field. No one who has been in the gym during March could forget the scene which is present there daily, when seasons are overlapping, and Engineer battery men an he seen shar¬ ing our modest indoor facilities with the Track Team and intra-mural basketball teams. For with the uncertainty of Spring weather, pitchers take no chances that their arms won’t be ready for the baseball curtain raiser on April 20. The Captain of the 1954 edition of Coach Charlie Mc¬ Nulty’s charges was the little, blond, bombshell, veteran of four seasons, Roger Osell. Roger, who was also a mem¬ ber of the varsity basketball team, can best be remem¬ bered for his fancy, pepper-pot fielding and aggressive¬ ness. The only senior regular holdover from a year ago, he had held down an infield position since his freshman year. This year, with Lou Marsella, a hard-hitting sopho¬ more husky, showing the results of a season’s varsity experience, the competition for the nod at the keystone sack was keener than ever. Looking at the personnel around the horn. Tech base¬ ball followers will remember rangy George Strom, who came in from right field to replace the departed Harry Brown at first base. Forming the keystone combination with Osell and Marsella was strong-armed Hank Nowick, another sophomore who filled the gap made by the gradu¬ ation of last year’s cajitain, Mike Shebek. The third base slot was up for grabs; senior Joe Fratino, of basketball fame, and Kevin Joyce, sophomore holdover, had the inside track, with Paul Brown close behind in the race for the starting assignment. V The outfield saw only one familiar face, left fielder Bob Schultz, who proved himself very capable at climb¬ ing “the hill”. _ Outstanding moundsman for the 1954 season was husky, righthanded, Pat I eikkanen. The fastballer drew all major assignments, and did a yoeman’s job in trying to improve bis past record of wins and losses. Working behind Pat was burly, lefthanded, Don Taylor. The catching department had veterans Don Grenier and Joe Alekshun battling for starting honors. These were the men who wore the flannels of Worcester Tech against the best small college competition in the state, and repeatedly surpassed the .500 mark in their records. Lacrosse For the 1954 season, the Lacrosse Team was very for¬ tunate in getting back its former coach of the 1949 through 1951 seasons when the team did so well. This man is “Spike” Staples of the M.E. Department who just came back to Tech after two years in the Navy, Though Spike has never played lacrosse, his enthusiasm and thoroughness in studying the mechanics of the game plus his former experience with the team has made him a very valuable coach. This year’s team is co-captained by the senior junior combination of Walt Stewart and Brian Kelly respective¬ ly. These two men a re doing a fine job in piloting the team from their midfield positions. Jim Clampette rounds out this well seasoned combination whose mission it is to maneuver the ball down the field to the attack circle where men like Ronny Thomas will aim to put the ball through the goal. When the opponents take posses¬ sion of the ball they will meet up with a formidable opposition composed of defensemen such as Paul Wagen- knecht and Carl Hammar. The 1954 lacrosse schedule should compare in magni¬ tude and strength to the teams that were played during the 1953 season when the team had three games to their credit while losing seven at the hands of some strong op¬ position. The ’53 season began with Tech beating the Brown Lacrosse Club twelve to two with Walt Stewart and Jim Clampett each scoring. The stickmen next lost five in a row to Tufts, nine to three, to New Hampshire, ten to four, to Mass. University four to one, and then a heartbreaker to M.I.T. five to four in which Jim Clam¬ pett scored two goals. Then after losing, to Trinity, six to four, the stickmen again broke into the winning column by beating Amherst eleven to nine. This was followed by a loss to Middlebury, six to five with Walt Stewart scor¬ ing one, and a win over Lowell Textile, eight to two, with Ronny Thomas scoring the two goals. The stickmen ended the season by losing to Adelphi, nine to four. With the opening gun of the 1954 season, we all know that Tech will present a well coached team, not lacking in spirit or in ability, to play the game. The team will also be fully equipped this year with the exception of gloves, presenting a marked improvement over the last few years of playing without some of these articles. Unless the team gets a lot of new freshmen out for the squad its prospects for the 1954 season do not look too bright. The squad lacks and needs very badly a lot of depth. It is a hard played sport that gives everyone out for the team a chance to play in at least a few games. The most valuable asset the team has is its great spirit which must be kept alive for years to come. First Row, left to right-. W. Mears, R. Wageiikneolit, O. MrKnipiht, Jr., R. Lunger, I). Beach, G. Buckley, Jr., A. Thomas, G. Hammer, I). Taylor, J. Bye. Sixond Row: Coach C. E. Harris (Col.), D. Holmes, T. LaCrosse, H. Dworkin, G. Polen, J. MacKay, J. Morrill, B. Kelly, co-captain; W. Anderson. Last Row: G. Sutton, J. Clam[)ett, W. Mowry, R. Wise, 1). Gilda, C. Collins, A. Lord. Page Sevcnty-seveu First Row, left to right: T. Vembu, H. Boynton, D. LaMarre, captain; E. Shi- vel. Second Row: J. Lovell, J. Gregory, D. Dayton, E. Weatherhold, R. Clery. Last Row: A. Qazi, K. Healy, G. Brown, A. Hall, Coach W. Wadsworth. Tennis In our four years at Tech, it has been observed that every time we have developed a good team, we are plagued by graduation and the next year we cultivate en¬ forcements to rebuild our team. With the loss of Johnnie Lovell and John Gregory through graduation, and Ed Weatherhold, it appears that Coach Wadsworth will have to develop a new team around those returning. Returning to Tech this season are Captain-elect f ' or a second year, Dave LaMarre; Ed Shivell, Earl Bloom and Arnie Hall, who Wadie will more or less lean on to carry the rackets. It is hoped, however, that with such a large freshman class there will be some tennis players to fill in the va¬ cancies from last year. Last year we were able to win more than we lost; hence we considered it to be a successful season. How¬ ever, we entered that season losing one member to grad¬ uation. It is believed that our success was due to a large degree to our pre-season practices in the gym. This en¬ deavor contributed much tow ard putting us in better condition to compete in our early matches and also gave us a jump on our opponents. It is hoped that this year we will again be able to obtain the gym for a couple of nights each week beginning about the middle of Febru¬ ary in order that we might “iron out some of the kinks” of the winter leisure. Vaqe Screuly-eight This coming season our schedule differs but little from last year. To open the season we will play Trinity and Tufts, who are always tough from number one man down to six. This match will be followed by Tufts and Mass. U. You will recall that both of these teams beat us last year by a single point. Our next matches with Clark, Assumption and Lowell Textile are generally tough matches but in recent years we have squeezed out vic¬ torious. It is needless to say how our hopes lay this year. To finish off a well balanced schedule we play B.U., M.I.T. and A.I.C. Our opponents have undoubtedly been faced with losses due to graduation also and if so our season should be better than last. Kneeling, left to right-. R. Roberts, G. Fauteux, J. Brainy, J. Burns. Standing: H. Tufts, J. Malloy, captain; R. Sea- berg, R. Ferguson. Golf When Old Sol begins to shine brighter and warmer each day, it’s a sure sign of two things: one, spring is just around the corner and two, every golf enthusiast from here to Timbuktu is itching to hit the links for a year of effort (sometimes futile) at lowering handicaps. Come April 29 the Tech linksmen will open their cur¬ rent assault on par in a match against Trinity at their home course. For that opening match Coach John Bjork has a numbe r of experienced men to chose from includ¬ ing Captain Jack Malloy, John Burns, Roy Seaburg, Hugh Tufts, Tom Webber, Erv Smith, and Dick Roberts and also such highly rated freshmen as Gilbert Tauteaux and Bill Braley. This aggregation includes a wealth of golfing talent which can well spell much success for the Engineers and with “Par-Buster” Bjork at the helm, great things are expected. However, the individual who is picked to suc¬ ceed last year’s captain, George Abdow, in the number one position will have two very large shoes to fill since George was always a fierce competitor. Features of this year’s schedule include the New Eng¬ land Intercollegiates toward the end of the campaign and the match against arch rivals, Clark, always a hotly contested affair. Other opponents include Tufts, Univer¬ sity of Massachusetts, Northeastern, Boston University, American International, and Lowell. Rifle Club Throughout the year scattered shots rang out from the depths of the gymnasium sounding forever like the gang wars of prohibition days. Upon closer examination, how¬ ever, it proved to be only that group of men who en¬ joyed spending their spare time improving their prowess with firearms. Lo, the poor walls of the rifle range for they bear mute testimony to the frustration of many of the fresh¬ men as they valiantly put forth their efforts to find that little exclusive circle known as the bullseye. They quickly tired of breaking light bulbs and shooting off the clips that hold the targets at the end of the range and began to get some very good scores. This was not accomplished without cost, however. There are now noticeably more gray hairs upon the heads of Roger Bardwell, President; Hugh Bell, Treasurer; and Len Mello and Bob Betchley, Team Ma nagers. Several of the new men soon became masters of the tra¬ jectory of the little lead pellet and took a place upon the team that carried forth the school colors in one of the toughest leagues in the country. Though lacking much of the experience of last year’s group, the team soon made it known that it would give anyone a run for their money. Sitting, left to right: J. Warren, B. Sealy, R. Bardwell, captain. Standing: C. Shipman, H. Bell, J. Brown. Va e Scirenty-nine Seated: R. W. Pritchard, Head of Department. Standing, left to right: F. Sanella, L. McKechnie, F. Grant, M. Norcross, C. McNulty. Physical Education Department In view of Tech’s phenomenal athletic success in recent years we find it necessary to interview the drains behind this organization. Drain No. 1, lanky, laughable (or is it affable?) Prof. Doggie Pritchard, the Department “Head” leads the charge. “Anything broken. Doc?” “Just his nose. Bob.” “OK, let him sit out a play.” That’s the old mercenary midget at work. Remember Doggie in those long red warm-up suits—why the spittin’ image of Alex Groza. How about the rugged Phys. Ed. final in our Freshman year? “Anyone I catch cheating I’ll throw out of school.” Guess we’ll recollect the old strategist from time to time, especially concerning John Bjork’s speech at the Spring Sports Banquet complimenting the “cus¬ todian of the gymnasium.” Doggie’s First Ft., Charlie Don Juan McNulty was the target for many banquet jokes, especially after Jack Malloy’s historical synopsis of Mac’s younger days. This “Dean of American Women” had a spirited college life and he has carted this spirit to Tech to instill it within his ballplayers. He should’ve brought some of his women. Most of us knew only the serious, hard-boiled and thor¬ ough instructor. His ballplayers knew his other side or found out pretty quickly when one of his college buddies showed up. Speaking of college buddies, you’d think this guy had been to every college in the East—forever mooching off old friends. Forget him?—no, you can’t. There’s another guy that hangs around the gym. Goes by Rebel Norcross. His chief claim to fame is the fact that he kept Choo-Choo Justice from setting scoring records of North Carolina by missing blocks and in gen¬ eral undermining the team. When Merl came, we thought we got a Florida lemon; looks like we brought in a ray of Southern sunshine. A few other guys add to the gym atmosphere. There’s Frank Budweiser Grant, Frank Stop Clock Sanella, and Doc “Femme at em” Quinn. Well known to their clien¬ tele, they add the crowning glory to the home of Tech’s Athletes, where the men are separated from the engineers. Front Row, left to right: W. Zepp, H. Rice, R. Pritchard, A. Knight, E. Hig ginhottom. Second Row: D. MacLaren, R. Oram, P. Horstmann, L. Seaberg. basketball games. It has become a custom for the “frivo¬ lous five” to put on something new at every game. Every¬ one remembers that end over end race which put a little life into a dull game, and the time Dick Deluca made everyone think he had broken his nose when he hit the floor during the “skyrocket.” Obviously, the most important function of cheerleaders is to lead cheers. Tech’s squad carries out this task with so much vigor that they are always able to impart some of their own enthusiasm to the crowd. Consequently, the teams get a lot of support during the games. This article would not be complete unless the different personalities which make up the squad were mentioned. Charlie Simonich is the captain. He has been on the squad for three years now and was one of the men who started the incorporation of tumbling into cheering. Tony Scancella, a sophomore, has teamed up with Charlie in several specialties. His incessant chatter at the games has earned him the nicknam e “Jib.” Dick Deluca, a junior, started cheering last year and has been a “flip flop” ever since. Dick, because of his acting talent, is usually one of the main characters in the skits. Carl “Snake” Mendola is noted for his double joints. He is forever tying himself in knots. Spud Spadoni is the fifth member of the crew. It is still too early to determine which bones the freshmen, Tom Kohanski and Santo Bramande will sacrifice. With such capable men leading, it is no wonder that Tech has the best cheering section in the area. ACTION speaks louder than words Cheerleaders At the beginning of the school year, many freshmen were mystified by the noises that came from the third floor of the gym in the afternoon. They always followed the same sequence: “Hup,” Thump, “Groan”; “Hup,” Thump, “Groan.” The consensus at the Dorm was that Coach Pritchard w as working on a secret play. The Frosh were very much surprised when, at the first football game, they realized that the source of all the strange sounds was the Cheerleaders, that rough and tumble crew of spirit-builders who virtually flip their lids to activate the crowds at the football and basketball games. The squad has been working together for two years now and has perfected many routines, the most famous of which is the “nose toss.” The execution of this toss requires two men, a flipper and a lander. Charlie Simon¬ ich is well known for his flipping, and Spud Spadoni has left his mark at Tech by his landings. The idea of the trick is to have Charlie flip Spud in such a way as to have him fall on his nose at a 45 degree angle for great¬ est penetration. The squad has many other varieties of flips and rolls which they exhibit regularly. The Cheerleaders are noted not only for their tumbling but also for the comedy acts which they have put on at Left to right: A. Scancella, J. Dunne, C. Simonich, captain; T. Kohanski, S. Bramande. fraternities Sitting on floor, left to right: 0. Wahlrai), A. Petit, P. Jones, J. Kubik, A. Thomas, G. Crosby. Sitting in chair: H. Boynton, W. Stewart, P. Alasso, H. Whittle, president: H. Tufts, R. Popp, E. Coriijo. Standing, First Row: E. Foley, R. Charron, I. Smith, D. Mattes, E. Coghlin, J. Lillibridge, J. Hyde, H. Koehl, R. Foisie, T. Weber, T. Hanson, R. Seaberg, J. Buzzi. Last Rowf: J. Daly, D, Stone, W. MrNamara, T. Kohanski, T. Lekas, R. Cornell, B. Ketunuti, F. Clark, J. Arcari, R. Silven, G. Fauteux, D. Striby. Phi Gamma Delta t(i(f (I hdt icliett I ( ' (line ill and . . . . Hey John - it don ' t icork Graduating Seniors PAUL R. ALASSO HENRY W. BOYNTON ELMER CORl JO ROGER R. OSELL RICHARD D. POPP WALTER M. STEWART HUGH K. TUFTS, JR. OTTO A. WAHLRAB HOWARD WHITTLE W hen in doubt, punt Phi Gamma Delta was founded in 1848 at old Jefferson College, now Washington and Jefferson College, at Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. It is the thirteenth oldest Greek-letter fraternity in America and at the present time has 81 active chapters. The Pi Iota Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta was founded largely through the efforts of Archibald MacCullagh, a member of Beta Chapter at the Fhiiversity of Pennsyl¬ vania. MacCullagh influenced friends to start a chapter at Worcester Tech so that on Dec. 11, 1891, Pi Iota held its first meeting. The chapter house, located at the corner of Boynton and Salisbury Streets, is well equipped to pro¬ vide its members with boarding and rooming facilities. Within the walls of “Old 99” occur many events long to be remembered by all Fijis. Prominent among them is the fabulous Fiji Island Party, a time of grass skirts, can¬ nibal bones, and buts. Other outstanding events of the past year have been the winning of Sig Ep’s “Thinker” prize for scholastic improvement and the pledging of twenty-four new wearers of the X hite Star. The graduating seniors will take with them many mem¬ ories of good fun, good fellowship, and brotherhood, that time can never erase. Alpha Epsilon Time out Graduating Seniors: HENRY H. BAKER WALTER H. DZRIRA WILLIAM L. ELLIOT DAVID F. GILBERT RICHARD E. GILBERT NORMAN F. GUSTAFSON SOI REN JAFFARIAN KING D. KILLIN’ JAMES E. KING RICHARD D. KIRK HOV ARD J. LATIMER MARVIN V. McCOY DONALD R. McEWAN ROBERT S. NAHAS ROBERT F. ORAM JOHN 1). RUSSELL RALPH K. WEBSTER RICHARD H. WHEELOGK l uie TidhiY-si?: 3-D. T.V. 12 th Ni ht The first chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon was founded at the University of Alabama in 1856. Since then, S.A.E. has become one of the largest national college fraternities, having at the present time, 136 active chapters and 85,000 members. The Massachusetts Delta Chapter, located at 6 Humboldt Avenue, became a member of the national organization in 1894. Each summer a leadership course is held in Evanston, Ill., each chapter sending two delegates. The leadership school and “The Record”, a })ublication of the fraternity, serve as a means of contact between the various chapters. This year saw many improvements come, to the house and also a very successful social program. Kneeling, left to right: G. Sutton, C. Healy, 0. Schoonmaker, R. Rader, W. Peterson, A. Staikopoulos, L. Dennis, J. Green. Sitting: D. Zwiers, R. Oram, J. Russell, treasurer; J. Glampett, R. Rotelli, R. Webster, R. Nahas. Standing: F. Ogozalek, W. Johnson, F. DeFalco, G. Wooton. L. Keefe, A. (Coates, W. VanKeuran, T. Wright, R. Frederick, W. Arnold, D. Gilda, J. McHugh, R. Brochu, J. Waskiewicz. Last Row: K. Hermance. Stasey, M. Sannella, P. Vanleeween, J. Brown, M. Gramer, K. Preston, R. Johnson, W. Walker, S. Bramande. I. Russo, A. Hunderup. Alpha Tau Omega Scab Graduating Seniors: OWEN F. ALLEN GREGORY ARVANTELY NORMAN K. BRUCE WALTER R. BYRNES JOSEPH S. KRZYWICKI FABIAN PINKHAM WILFRED F. TAYLOR BRUNO L. SOVA Vihlc fj(jhly-ciilhl Sitting, left to right: C. Nord, M. Rafferty, D. Dayton, G. Arvantely, R. Byrnes, vice-president; B. Sova, president: W. Taylor, E. Nesman, treasurer: O. Allen, J. Krzywicki, H. Sauer. Standing, First Row: R. Mongeon, H. Manseau, A. Twitchell, D. Bagley, N. Fischer, V. Lucander, R. Mulno, W. Knoblock, R. Hudson, C. Baehrecke, B. Paul, H. Dumas, A. Hall, E. Blakeslee, D. Lathrop, C. Collins, C. Law- hon, J. ' elsh, C. Walters, E. Wetherhold. Last Row: H. Leikkanen, S. Rybczyk, F. Tucker, W. Kress, C. Pomeroy, R. Godin, R. Casale, R. Saxton, J. O ' XIeara, A. Lee, S. Hamilton, R. Tancrell, R. Deneen. In 1904 six students in mechanical engineering secretly organized a fraternal club which they called the “Arm and Hammer”. Two years later, upon receipt of a charter from the national fraternity, Alpha Tau Omega, the group was formally established as Gamma Sigma Chapter. The present home was obtained in 1910 and was improved by the addition of an annex in 1929 and later, the build¬ ing of a game room. The past year has seen members of Alpha Tau Omega representing Gamma Sigma Chapter in nearly every ac¬ tivity on the Hill. Among these are the honorary engi¬ neering societies, student organizations and varsity sports. Alpha Tau Omega this year had the honor of winning the President ' s Trophy for General Excellency and the Scholarship Trophy for the highest scholarship attain¬ ment. The Chapter has also had an active social schedule during the past year. This included the annual Christmas Party, the Parent’s Day Banquet, an. informal Pledge Dance and the very enjoyable house parties during the Interfraternitv Ball and the Junior Prom weekend. Music hath charm that soothes the soul Old Mother Huhhard U ' fj fi “ U 1 . . _ V, _ mm 0 ! k pl r • r m r rr No preps due Coffee break The national Theta Chi Fraternity was founded at Nor ¬ wich I niversity on April 10, 1856. On October 12, 1905, nine undergraduate members of W.P.I. formed a society called Pi Omega Pi. Theta Chi was originally located on Lancaster Terrace but tbe growth of the chapter necessi¬ tated greater facilities, so that the present house now standing at the corner of Dean and Salisbury Streets was purchased and remodelled. During the past year, the fraternity has had a well planned social and athletic schedule. Many improvements have also been made in the house itself. Each year an alumni banquet is held, followed by a business meeting at which time projects are planned and finances are dis¬ cussed. This year the living room and card room were renovated. An outstanding feature of the renovation is a large photo mural of an outdoor scene which greatly enhances the living room. Another important event of the year was the initiation of Charles Allan McCoy, a mem¬ ber of the Economics Department. Sitting on fi.oor. First Row, left to right: J. Kilburne, R. Fish, E, Raub, A. Burke, H. Chapell, G. Saltus. Sitting in chairs. Second Row: E. Nelson, T. Jaros, R. IMorehardt, secretary; J. Hanks, president; F. Rybak, vice president; L. Hickox, treasurer; R. Luoma, A. Nichols, G. Racklund. Standing, Third Row ; P. Bedard, A. Papaioannou, T. Shawwaf, J. Rogers, D. Fisher, R. Pyne, E. Prantis, J. Virkus, C.. Gunn. ,1. Minott. N. Fisher. Last Row : T. Baker. A. DeVault, W. McLeod, G. Klimchak, J. Belanger, P. Backlund, W. Harris, R. ’i ates, R. Jakobowicz, W. LaPointe. Graduating Seniors : HARRY F. CHAPELL ROBERT W. FISH LEIGH H. HICKCOX THEODORE J. JAROS JEROME W. KILBURNE GARY A. KUNKEL RICHARD A. LINDQUIST ROBERT LOUMA MALCOLM G. McLEOD ARTHUR E. NICHOLS FRANKLIN M. RYBACK Theta Chi hold that line . . . please Sitting, left to right: J. Jurison, R. Naudin, J. VanderSpek, W. Seubert, treasurer; H. Wiitala, president; H. Pierce, vice president; D. Johnson, L. Sanborn, G. Robbins, W. Wheeler. Standing, Second Row; A. Crawford, N. Carrigan, R. White, A. Churbuck, R. Stone, A. Adamson. A. Larsson, P. Messersmith, E. Wiot. Last Row : M. Cappers, A. Hemenway, F. Magnerson, G. Dowrey, G. Smith, D. Hos- kinson, R. Sutherland, J. Howe, F. Rehberg, A. Anderson. In 1912 a local fraternity called Zeta Sigma Tau was organized at Worcester Tech, and upon petition in 1913, was admitted to the national organization of Lambda Chi Alpha. The present national organization includes 144 active chapters and 25 colonies located in 45 states and Canada. In all there are nearly 60.000 members. The present chapter house is located near the campus at 30 Trowbridge Road. The fraternity members take an active part in interfra¬ ternity and interscholastic activities, as well as the social affairs of the chapter. There s Max! The past year has brought forth several significant changes. Impetus has been given toward improving the general feeling toward fraternities as a whole through an expanded good will program. First and foremost is our annual Christmas Party for under-privileged children. This year the chapter entertained children from St. Anne’s Orphanage. We are also looking forward toward the in¬ vestigation of a Help Week for a worthy cause. Secondly, the chapter scholarship has shown marked improvement. In addition, the presence of a fine and large pledge class should lead to a successful future and keep Lambda Chi in the forefront of the fraternity world. Choiv down Graduating Seniors: DAVID L. HOYLE DWIGHT A. JOHNSON JACK JURISON RAY M. NAUDIN LARRY 1. SANBORN RICHARD R. SCOTT WILLIAM A. SEUBERT DONALD W. SMITH WES. D. WHEELER HARRY W. WHTALA boys will be boys Lambda Chi Alpha Pa e 7 !inety-ihree Phi Sigma Kappa Jonah and the uhale Graduating Seniors: THOMAS C. KEE RUSSELL R. LUSSIER DOUGLAS B. McLaren HOWARD L. NELSON FLOYD C. NORTON JAMES J. O’CONNOR RICHARD S. RAYMOND WALTER A. REIBLINC DONALD E. ROSS EDWIN SHIVELL Vaclc ' Nincty-fctir there s got to be an answer going home The Epsilon Deuteron Chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity was founded in 1902 as the local fraternity Theta Chi. When a chapter of the national Theta Chi Fraternity appeared on the campus the fraternity name was c hanged to Kappa Xi Alpha. Early in 1915 the na¬ tional organization Phi Sigma Kappa granted the local fraternity its charter as the Epsilon Deuteron Chapter. In the past year the house has undergone many new and pleasing renovations. The most outstanding of these being the new rubber tile floor in the dining room. Many of the downstairs rooms have been repainted and wall¬ papered and all in all the new decor is pleasing to every¬ one. Dances in the game room have kept Phi Sig active socially during the lull in school social events. Extremely successful house parties were held during the Interfra¬ ternity Ball and Junior Prom weekends. Throughout the past year, honor students, varsity ath¬ letes, and members of student engineering societies, as well as members of Skull, Tau Beta Pi, and Sigma Xi have successfully represented Phi Sig in activities on the Hill. Sitting on floor, left to right: K. Ducayet, R. Raymond, J. Gilbert, treasurer; J. Prifti, H. Barton, C. Mendola, M. Chan, P. Brown. Sitting on chairs: T. Kee, R. Lussier, vice president; W. Reibling, D. MacClaren, D. Ross, president; F. Lohrey, E. Cahill, A. Hamilton, R. McBride. Standing, First Row: R. Roberts, K. Russell, J. Wahl, G. Dyer, L. Remillard, J. Burns, R. Philhower, J. Edfors, D. Olson, L. Marsella, G. Brooks, J. Collins. Last Row: J. Dukas, D. Olson, R. Franklin, W. McNeilly, L. Morgan, J. Fournier, T. Brand, C. Popenoe, N. Beale, W. Leahey, R. Skelton, E. Souza. 11 9 m J V f UrV 74 J if Sigma Phi Epsilon t ' uas the nite before homecoming Graduating Seniors: CLAYTON S. BROWN KENNETH B. CROSS ROBERT N. ELDREDGE CARL A. HAMMER GEORGE KAY HARRY L. MIRICK, JR. HALBERT SKJELLAUG PAUL A. WAGENKNECHT ROGER W. WILDT Pa0c T inety-six Sitting, First Row, left to right: B. Sealy, K. Cross, R. Eldredge, R. Pirkford, C. Hammer, president; H. Bell, treasurer; H. Mirick, G. Kay, R. Wildt, R. Neunherz. Standing, Second Row : E. Schneider, D. Rising, T. Heretakis, H. Hemenway, D. Craig, R. Schlenker, (’. France, W. Power, W. Rogler, J. Karalekas, R. Farrar, E. Hinkley, H. Brown, C. Offen, E. Friberg, L. Chahinian, 0. Powell. Standing, Last Row : R. Brass, R. Beckett, R. Stevems, R. Wright, H. Tenney, E. Bacon, G. Rodes, R. Johnson, R. Heath, W. Ostermann, A. Tan¬ ner, J. MacHarg, D. Taylor, E. Schoppe, J. Warren. Emphasis is placed on scholarship and particijiation in extracurricular activities. This year Sig Ep brought into being the “Thinker” award for scholarshij). This prize will be presented to the Tech fraternity which shows the greatest scholarship im¬ provement each year. As a continued policy of the frater¬ nity, the brothers attend church periodically in a body. Many of Worcester ' s churches are visited and as a result, the brothers are brought closer together. One of the high¬ lights of the social program this year was the annual joint party with A.E.P. and T.K.P.; Sig Ep acting as host. In 1906, eight men joined together to form a fraternity for the Protestant men at Tech. This was the local fra¬ ternity Delta Tau. The growth of this fraternity was rapid and in 1924. Delta Tau banded with nine other fraterni¬ ties to form a national fraternity. Theta Upsilon Omega. In 19118, T.U.O. joined with the larger national fraternity. Sigma Phi Epsilon. Formerly located on Institute Road, Sig. Ep. is now housed at 11 Boynton Street. Through the generosity of the alumni this house was completely re¬ finished and many new ' features added. The capacity of the house is thirty-six men. Sig. Ep. strives to help make its members well rounded. Invasion from Mars We n on . . . . and furthermore letting off gas with resounding effects In 1930 a handful of Catholic students at Tech merged to form a local fraternity known as the Friars. Within five years the group had multiplied and flourished to such a height that they applied for and were granted a charter as Lambda Chapter of Theta Kappa Phi, a na¬ tional Catholic Fraternity. The induction into this, the largest national Catholic fraternity, occurred in 1935. During the past year Theta Kappa Phi has continued to multiply and flourish. It has maintained its high posi¬ tion in school activities and has had a phenomenal social season. Theta Kappa Phi took high honors when it placed five members in Who’s Who, had three members in Skull and was tops in activities; points per man. A system of having fewer and better house parties has been initiated this year; the response has been excellent. The past year the National Efficiency Trophy, which is awarded to one of the 24 chapters, which exhibits the outstanding all round efficiency in the functioning of house business and participation in campus activities, was awarded to Lambda. This past year also saw the Kap win the coveted Sports Trophy. Kneeling, First Row, left to right: F. Saucier, V. Boliver, C. Simonich. Sitting, Second Row: L. Gatineau, R. Ledoux, treasurer; J. Malloy, vice president: D. LaMarre, president; G. Grise, secretary: W. Hills, W. R. Grogan, adviser. Standing, Third Row: W. Raszka, L. Mello, R. Meyer, G. Mattarrese, J. Dunne, D. Bisson, R. Niro, E. Bouvier, J. Hoban. On porch: C. Silva, C. Johnston, P. Provost, R. Galligan, R. Hajec, R. Beaudet, J. Mathews, J. Bandarra, D. Grenier, B. Kelly, R. Lucey, R. Boggio, R. Samolis, J. Carroll, R. Crook, R. Quintin, J. Nash, R. Gallini, P. Jenemann, T. O ' Toole, B. Danti,- R. DeLuca, D. Murphy, R. Delahunt, F. Gamari, D. Girard, R. Purple, G. Strom, A. Scancella, M. Cook, K. Joyce, J. Barlow, F. Lindsey, L. Horrigan, F. Horan, R. Lemay, R. Junior, L. Deraleau. Theta Kappa Phi Graduating Seniors: VINCENT J. BOLIVER DAVID A. BISSON LEE W. GATINEAU ALLAN J. COSTANTIN JOSEPH J. FRATINO GERARD E. GRISE WILLIAM H. HILLS ROBERT C. LABONTE DAVID A. LAMARRE JOHN F. MALLOY LEONARD V. MELLO ROBERT W. MEYER EDWARD J. POWER, JR. Look, Ma. no hands Page T iuety-uhie Sitting, left to right: E. Bernstein, A. Horovitz, treasurer; N. Gleberman, D. Goldman, viee president: H. Lake, R. Eisenberg, W. Schoene- mann. Standing, First Row: J. Goodman, R. Bernard, A. Pollin, R. Litman, S. Quart, H. Goldberg, A. Eisenberg, R. Propper, J, Cantor, H. Hensehel, C. Uretsky, S. Gunter, H. Baker. Standing, Last Row: R. Plotkin, M. Goodstein, A. Nedvin, S. Friedman, C. Friedman, H. Weisselberg, C. Yurdin, A. Lanson. On November 7, 1913, a group of students attending New York University founded Alpha Epsdon Pi for the purpose of promoting friendship and encouraging the spirit of cooperation and helpfulness. Since then, it has expanded throughout the country. In November 1940, a merger was effected with Sigma Omega Psi. the local fraternity that had represented the men of Jewish faith on the Tech campus since 1919. The chapter is now known as the Epsilon Deuteron Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity. At the National Convention in Atlantic City this year the Epsilon Deuteron Chapter was awarded the Chapter Progress Cup. This coveted prize is awarded on the basis of improvement in Scholarship, campus activities, house It says here .... improvements, honors won by members and general fra¬ ternity advancement. The chapter finished second scho¬ lastically on campus; an improvement of four places over last year ' s results. A record number of pledges, twenty- two, wore the blue diamond this fall. Playing host to seven New England Chapters at the annual Conclave was the highlight of the social year which was filled with many other different parties. When June comes, eight Hilltoppers will receive their sheepskins—they will have had a solid foundation in the principles and practices of social and intellectual good fellowship so that they may take their place proudly in the communities of America. What are you doing up so late? Graduating Seniors: NEIL R. GLEBERMAN ADRIAN J. HOROVITZ GEORGE IDLIS HAROLD LAKE MILTON MECKLER WM. SCHOENEMANN HENRY M. STRAGE RICHARD L. MEIROWITZ bottoms — up Alpha Epsilon Pi s;eiiior§; Vincent James Boliver Electrical Engineer Vinnie 0K D; I.H.E.E. Tech News, 2, 3, 4; A.I.E.E., 2, 3, 4 Secretary; Newman Club, 1, 2, 3, 4. 5 Ward Avenue, Millbury. Mass. Paul Richard Alasso Chemical Engineer Paul c rA; ACKERS Jr. Prom Committee, 3; A.I.Ch.E., 2, 3, 4; Cross Country, 3 Manager, 4 Manager. Albany Turnpike, Avon, Conn. Owen Franklin Allen Mechanical Engineer Owen ATfi; TBn Track, 2, 3, 4 Manager; Basketball Compt., 2; Peddler, 1; Masque, 1, 2, 3, 4; Tau Beta Pi Vice President, 4; A.S.M.E., 2, 3, 4 President. 87 Summer Street, Fitchburg, Mass. Henry Walcott Boynton Electrical Engineer Tweedy 4 rA; I.H.E.E. Tennis, 1, 2. 3, 4 “W”; Swimming, 1, 2, “W”. 3, 4 “W”; Glee Club, 1, 2; Camera Club, 1; Radio Club, 1; Outing Club, 1; Nautical Club, 1; I.R.E., 2, 3, 4. 360 Lloyd Avenue, Providence, R. I. Clayton Stuart Brown Electrical Engineer Clayt S4 E; I.H.E.E. Football, 1; Radio Club, 1, 2, 3;A.I.E.E., 2, 3, 4. 26 Mill Street, Weymouth. Mass. Page One Hundred Jour Gregory Peter Arvantely Electrical Engineer Greg ATQ; EKN Masque, 1, 2, 3 Stage Manager, 4 Secre¬ tary; Radio Club, 1, 2, 3; Eta Kappa Nu, Corresponding Secretary 4; A.I.E.E., 2, 3, 4. 106 High Street. Thompsonville, Conn. Norman Kenneth Bruce Chemical Engineer Norm ATQ; ACHERS Swimming, 3 Assistant Manager; Masque, 2, 3, 4; A.I.Ch.E., 2, 3, 4 Secretary; ACHERS, Secretary-treasurer 4; Frater¬ nity Secretary, 4. 354 Lincoln Street, Worcester, Mass. Henry Hutchins Baker, Jr. Civil Engineer Hank SAE Masque, 1, 2, 3; A.S.C.E., 2, 3, 4; New¬ man Club. 4. Main Street, Ashburnham, Mass. David Andrew Bisson Chemical Engineer Buff 0K4 ; HAE Tech News, 2, 3, 4; Peddler, 4 Senior Editor; A.I.Ch.E., 2, 3, 4; Newman Club, 1, 2, 3, 4. Aime’s Restaurant, St. Johnsbury, Vt. Walter Richard Byrnes Chemical Engineer Dick ATQ; TBn Swimming, 4 Manager; Boyntonians, 1, 2, 3, 4; Band, 1, 2, 3 Student Director, 4 President; Junior Prom Committee, 3; A.I.Ch.E., 2, 3, 4; Tau Beta Pi Secretary, 4. 24 Hair Street, Stratford, Conn. Vage One Jiundred 7we Walter Henry Dziura Mechanical Engineer Walt AE Rifle Team, 1; A.S.M.E., 2, 3, 4. 915 W. Main Street, Southbridge, Mass. Lee Wallace Gatineau Chemical Engineer Lee 0K$; riAE; Who’s Who; ACKERS Tech News, 2, 3 Junior Editor, 4 As¬ sistant Sports Editor; Peddler, 2, 3, 4 Senior Editor; A.I.Ch.E., 2, 3, 4 Presi¬ dent; Newman Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Fra¬ ternity President, 3; Achers President, 4. 2 Bay Edge Drive, Worcester 4, Mass. Robert Norman Eldredge Chemical Engineer Boh S4 E; TBn Football, “W”, 1, 2. 3, 4; LaCrosse, 2, 3. 4; Masque, 2, 3, 4; Outing Club, 2, 3; A.I.Ch.E., 2, 4. 18 Elm Street, Haverhill, Mass. Harry Foster Chapell Physicist Harry 0 X; TBn Rifle Team, 1; Radio Club, 1, 2, 3 Sec¬ retary-Treasurer, 4 President; A.S.P., 2, 3, 4 President. 62 Harrington Street, Southbridge, Mass. William Lewis Elliott Mechanical Engineer Wild Bill SAE; GENTS A.S.M.E., 2, 3, 4; GENTS Vice Presi¬ dent, 4. 84 Lakeside Drive, Shrewsbury, Mass. Vaqe One Hundred Six Elmer Corujo Electrical Engineer El J rA; I.H.E.E. Soccer, “W”, 1, 2, 3, 4 Captain; Nautical Club, 1; A.I.E.E., 2, 3, 4; Intrafraternity Council. 3, 4; Pershing Rifles, 2 Secre¬ tary, 3 President, 4; R.O.T.C., Major, Battalion Adjutant. 10 Oak Street, Gloucester, Mass. Allan Joseph Costantin Chemical Engineer Al OKcP; IIAE Baseball, 1-3. “W” 4; Soccer, “W” 4; Basketball; Tech News, 1-4 News Ed.; Peddler, 1-4 Ed. -in-chief;. Masque, 1-4 Bus. Mgr.; Jr. Prom Comm.; A.I.Ch.E.. 2-4; Newman Club, 1, 2, 3 Treas., 4 Pres.; M.C. Pi Delt Songfest. 113 Piaget Avenue, Clifton, N. J. Robert Walter Fish Civil Engineer Bob 0X Track, 1, 2; Football, “W”, 1, 2, 3; A.S.C.E., 3, 4. 148 Greenway Street, Hamden 14, Conn. Kenneth Boyden Cross Electrical Engineer Ken :iPE; SH; I.H.E.E. Baseball, 1, 2; Tennis, 4; Rifle Team, 2; A.I.E.E., 2, 3, 4; Fraternity Vice Presi¬ dent, 4. R.F.D. 1, Derry, N. H. Joseph John Fratino Civil Engineer Joe OKcb; Skull; 11AE; Who’s Who Football Mgr., 2, 3, 4; Baseball, 1, 2 “W”, 3, 4; Basketball, “W” 1-4; Tech News, 1-4 Adv, Mgr.; Peddler, 1-4 Bus. Mgr.; A.S.C.E., 2-4; Newman Club, 1-4 Vice-Pres.; A.C. Treas.; Skull Trophy; Class Vice Pres., 2-4; Frat. Vice Pres., 3; HAE Pres., 4. 8 N. Liberty Street, Endicott, N. Y. Paul Gilbert Granfors Chemical Engineer Paul ACHERS 2 Chicopee Street. Worcester. Mass. Tul Roland Frederickson Civil Engineer Fred Rifle Team. 1; Debating Club, 1; A.S.C.E.. 2. 3. 4. 19 King Philip Road, Worcester. Mass. Gerard Emile Grise Chemical Engineer Jerry 0K4); ACHERS Tech News. 2, 3; Orchestra, 1, 2; Band, 1, 2; A.I.Ch.E.. 2. 3, 4; Newman Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Fraternity Secretary, 4. 18 Henry Harris Street, Chicopee, Mass. David Fanton Gilbert Chemical Engineer Dave SAE; Skull; TBH; SH; Who’s Who; ACHERS Basketball, 2, 3. 4. “W”; A.I.Ch.E., 2, 3 Treasurer. 4; Class President, 2. 3, 4; ROTC, Lt. Colonel. Battalion Com¬ mander; Fraternity Vice President, 4; Tau Beta Pi. 3. 4 President. 2201 Saint Paid Drive. Broomall. Pa. Norman Frederick Gustafson Mechanical Engineer SAE A.S.M.E., 2, 3, 4. 10 Batavia Street, Worcester, Mass. Va e One Tiutidred Eifiht Richard Earle Gilbert Chemical Engineer Dick 2AE; TBn; SH Soccer. 3; Peddler Staff, 3; Boyntonians, 1, 2; Band, 1, 2, 3. 4; Junior Prom Com¬ mittee. 3; A.I.Ch.E.. 4; Interfraternity Council, 4; Literary Society, 3, 4. 427 Fairlawn Road, Louisville 7. Ky. Carl Allen Haminar Mechanical Engineer S I)E Football, 1, 2, 3; LaCrosse, 2, 3, 4; A.S.M.E.. 3, 4 Secretary; Fraternity Pres¬ ident, 4. 26 Pound Hill Road. Woonsocket, R. 1. George Arthur Gingras Mechanical Engineer Junior Prom Committee. 3; A.S.M.E., 3, 4. 355 Pearl Street, Gardner, Mass. John Herz Mechanical Engineer GENTS Rifle Team, 1; Cosmopolitan Club, 1, 2, 3 Secretary, 4; Nautical Club, 1, 2; A.S.M.E., 3, 4; Literary Society, 1, 2, 3 President, 4. Maple Avenue, Vineland, N. Y. Neil Richard Glebernian Chemical Engineer Red AEH; ackers Basketball, 1; Camera Club, 1; A.I.Ch.E., 2, 3, 4; S.C.A. Cabinet, 3, 4. 435 Webster Ave., New Rochelle, N. Y. Vaqc One ' Hundred Hine Soiiren Jaffarian, Jr. Mechanical Engineer Jeff SAE A.S.M.E., 3. 4. 167 Chandler Street. Worcester, Mass. William Henry Hills Chemical Engineer Bill K t Swimming. 1; Tech News, 2, 3, 4 Secre¬ tary; Peddler Staff. 2. 3. 4; Camera Club, 1. 2; A.I.Ch.E., 2. 3, 4; Newman Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Fraternity Treasurer, 3. 237 Sherman Avenue, Meriden, Conn. Theodore Joseph Jaros Electrical Engineer Ted f-)X; I.H.E.E. A.I.E.E.. 3. 4; S.C.A., 3, 4; Newman Club. 1; I.H.E.E. President. 347 Water Street, Clinton, Mass. Melvin Hugo Holmgren Electrical Engineer Mel Track. 2. 2 Suntaug Road, Worcester, Mass. Dwight Alden Johnson Civil Engineer Al AXA Soccer, 1; Masque, 1; A.S.C.E., 2, 3, 4. 246 Woburn Street, Reading, Mas§. Pihjc One Hmulrcd Jen Adrian Jerome Horovitz Mechanical Engineer Ade AEn Soccer, 1, 2; A.S.M.E., 2, 3, 4; Inter- fraternity Council, 3; Fraternity Treas¬ urer, 4. 65 Sargent Avenue, Providence, R. I. David Lawrence Hoyle Chemical Engineer Dave AXA Masque, 1, 2, 3; A.I.Ch.E., 2, 3, 4; R.O.T.C. 46 School Street, Auburn, Mass. Jaak Jurison Electrical Engineer Jack AXA 11 Maple Avenue, Lynhrook, N. Y. George Idlis Chemical Engineer Jig AEn; ACHERS Football. 1; Swimming, 1. 2; Peddler, 3; Glee Club, 1; A.I.Ch.E., 2, 3, 4. 45 Monroe Avenue, Worcester, Mass. Sahl Kliairy Kabbani Mechanical Engineer Kab South Columbia, R.F.D. N. Y. Page One JJiiudred Eleven George Herbert Kay, Jr. Electrical Engineer George Cross Country, 2; Baseball, 1, 2; Basket¬ ball, 1, 2; A.I.E.E., 2, 3, 4; S.C.A., 2, 3,4. 34 Wilbur Street, Worcester, Mass. Thomas Chin Kee Chemical Engineer Tom t SK Basketball, 1, 2; A.I.Ch.E., 2, 3, 4; Class Treasurer, 1, 2, 3, 4. 566 Main Street, Worcester, Mass. Richard Dana Kirk Mechanical Engineer Dick SAE; TBn; GENTS Cross Country, 1 “W”; Track, 1, 2, 3, 4; .A.S.M.E., 4; Fraternity Secretary, 3. 226 Greene Street. Slatersville. R. I. Walter Jerome Kirk Electrical Engineer Walt ss Tech Council, 4; I.R.E., 4; Newman Club, 3, 4. 4031 Park Avenue, N. Y., N. Y. Haralambos Nick Kritikos Electrical Engineer Harry A.I.E.E., 3, 4; Cosmopolitan Club, 1, 2, 3,4. 97 Asklipiou Street, Athens, Greece Pa e One Jiuiiilrcd ' Ttrclve Jerome Warren Kilbiirne Electrical Engineer Jerry 0X; I.H.E.E. Soccer. 4; LaCrosse, 2, 4; Orchestra, 1, 2, 3, 4; Boyntonians, 1, 2, 3, 4; Band, 1, 2, 3, 4; A.I.E.E.. 3; I.R.E., 4; Inter¬ fraternity Council. 3. 4; I.H.E.E. Presi¬ dent. 3. 139 Union St., So. Weymouth 90, Mass. Joseph Shepard Krzywicki Civil Engineer Joe ATQ Band, 1, 2, 3, 4; Camera Club, 2, 3; Outing Club, 2; Nautical Club, 2, 3, 4; A.S.C.E., 2, 3, 4; R.O.T.C., 1st Lt., Com¬ pany “A” Executive Officer. 8 Walcott Street, Saugus, Mass. King Dwight Killin Mechanical Engineer King vAE; TBII; ; GENTS Cross Country, “W” 1; A.S.M.E., 4; Fra¬ ternity President, 3. 9401 Morton Avenue, Cleveland 9. Ohio Gary Alton Kiinkel Mechanical Engineer Gary 0X Band, 1; Camera Club, 3, 4; Outing Club, 1, 2, 3. 12 Chase Street, Newburyport, Mass. James Francis King Mechanical Engineer Jim 5;ae; sh; gents Nautical Club, 4; A.S.M.E., 4; GENTS President, 4. Poland Manor, Poland. Ohio Page One Plumireci Thirteen S. Paul London Mechanical Engineer Paul Tech News. 1; Masque, 1, 2, 3, 4; Camera Club. 1. 2 Treasurer, 3; Nauti¬ cal Club, 1; R.O. T.C.; A.S.M.E.. 4. 126 Amory Street, Brookline, Mass. Robert Clarence Labonte Electrical Engineer Bob 0K(1 LaCrosse, 2; Tech News, 1, 2, 3 Junior Editor 4 Feature Editor; Peddler, 2, 3, 4; Camera Club, 2; Radio Club, 2, 3; Nautical Club, 1, 2; A.I.E.E., 2, 3; I.R.E., 4 Secretary; Newman Club, 1, 2, 3, 4. 1 Park Avenue Place, Worcester, Mass. Daniel Thomas Longone Chemist Dan TBn Radio Club, 3; Cosmopolitan Club, 3, 4; Newman Club, 3, 4. 47 Windham Street, Worcester, Mass. Harold Lake Mechanical Engineer Hal AEn Rifle Team, 1; A.S.M.E., 2, 3, 4. 170 Somerset Street, Providence, R. I. Robert Alfred Liioma Electrical Engineer Bob 0X Band, 2, 3, 4; A.I.E.E., 4. R.F.D. 4 1, Hollis Rd., Fitchburg, Mass. Page One TJundred Foiirleeii David Alfred LaMarre Physicist Dave 0 K$; TBn; nAE; Who’s Who Tennis, 1, 2 “W”, Captain 3, Captain 4; Tech News, 2, 3 Junior Editor, 4 Editor- in-Chief; Peddler, 2, 3 Junior Editor, 4 Senior Editor; Newman Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; A.S.P., 2, 3, 4; Fraternity President, 4, Pi Delta Epsilon President, 4; Masque, 2. Edgar Road, Spofford, N. H. Howard John Latimer Mechanical Engineer Hoicie XAE Basketball, 1, 2; Glee Club, 1; A.S.M.E., 2, 4. New Harwimtom Rd., Tarrington, Conn. Russell Roland Liissier Electrical Engineer Pogo K; EKN; I.H.E.E. Basketball, 1; Tennis, 2 Compet, 3, 4 Manager; Peddler, 2, 3, 4 Business Man¬ ager; Junior Prom Committee, 3; Chair¬ man, Interfraternity Ball, 4; A.I.E.E., 3, 4; Interfraternity Council, 3, 4; I.H.E.E. Secretary, 4; Fraternity Vice President, 4. 8 Fairfield Street, Worcester, Mass. Richard Wallace Lindquist Physicist 0X; TBn; Tennis Team, 1, 2; Tech News, 1; Band, 1, 2, 3, 4; Junior Prom Committee, 3; A.S.P., 2, 3 Secretary, 4. 33 Hapgood Road, Worcester, Mass. Douglas Bruce MacLaren Civil Engineer Doug 4 SK; Skull; Who’s Who Baseball, 1; Basketball, 1, 2 “W”, 3 “W”, 4 Captain; A.S.C.E., 2, 3, 4; Ath¬ letic Council President, 4; Tech Council, 2; Fraternity President, 3. 11 Albert St., Worcester, Mass. Page One hundred Tifteen Jack Kernel Mackowiak Physicist Jack Cosmopolitan Club, 3, 4; A.S.P., 3, 4. 48 Woodbridge Street, Hartford, Conn. Marvin Vernon McCoy Electrical Engineer Marv vAE S.C.A., 3, 4. 47 Averill Place, Branford, Conn. Donald Robert McEwan Electrical Engineer Don AE; I.H.E.E. Band, 1; I.R.E., 4. R.F.D. Boonton Avenue, Butler, N. J. Victor Arvydas Maculevicius Mechanical Engineer Mac Cosmopolitan Club, 2, 3, 4; A.S.M.E., 4. 37 Columbia Street, Worcester, Mass. Edward Francis McGuinness Mechanical Engineer Ed Nautical Club, 1. 209 Lexington Avenue, Maplewood, N. J. Page One Mimcired Sixteen John Francis Malloy, Jr. Civil Engineer Tiger 0K I ; Skull; IlAE; Who’s Who Football, “W”, 1, 2, 3, 4 Captain; Golf, “W”, 3, 4 Captain; Tech News, 1, 2, 3 Junior Editor. 4 Sports Editor; Peddler, 1, 2, 3, 4 Senior Editor; A.S.C.E., 2, 3, 4; Newman Club, 1. 2, 3. 4; Fraternity Vice President, 4; Pi Delta Epsilon Treasurer, 4. 4 Irene Street, Worcester, Mass. Malcolm George M cLeod Physicist Mai 0X; SH A.S.P., 2, 3, 4. 35 East Street, Clinton, Mass. Forrest Ernest Marcy Electrical Engineer Mar EKN Band, 1, 2, 3, 4. 8 Clarence Street, Worcester, Mass. Milton Meckler Chemical Engineer Milt AEri; TBII; ACHERS Debating Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; A.I.Ch.E., 4; Interfraternity Council, 4; Literary Soci¬ ety, 3, 4. 117 West Front Street, Red Bank, N. J. Jan Kristian Marthins Electrical Engineer Jan Cosmopolitan Club, 3, 4. Utgurdrei 1, Jar, Oslo, Norway Page One Jiundred Seventeen Richard Lavrin Meirowitz Electrical Engineer Dick AEII Radio Club. 1. 2. 3. 4; I.R.E., 3, 4. 53 Charles Street. Pittsfield. Mass. Leonard Vieira Mello Mechanical Engineer Len 0K4 ; gents Rifle Team. 1. “W” 2, 3, 4; Tech News 1. 2. 3 Junior Editor, 4; Peddler, 2. 3 Junior Editor. 4 Senior Editor; Newman Club, 1. 2. 3, 4. Kirk Street, Housatonic. Mass. Koltert S. Nalias (Ihemical Engineer Bob vAE Track. 3. 4; Soccer. 3; Cosmopolitan Club. 3. 4: . .l.Ch.E.. 4; Literary Soci¬ ety. 3. 4. 14. Rue Roushdy Pacha. .Alexandria. Egypt Raymond Marcel Henri Naiidin Electrical Engineer Ray AX A Cosmopolitan Club, 4; Nautical Club. 3 Secretary. 4 Treasurer; .A.l.E.E.. 4. 4049 Hampton .Avenue. Montreal 28. P.Q.. Canada Howard Iver Nelson Mechanical Engineer How cfiXK A.S.M.E., 2. 3, 4. 213 Wbeelock Avenue. Millburv. .Ma.ss. Piit c One Jhuidicd bi bh’cii Robert William Mever Mechanical Engineer Bob 0K4 ; IIAE Soccer, 3, 4 “W”; Tech News, 1, 2. 3, 4 Circulation Manager; Band. 1, 2. 3, 4; A.S.M.E., 2; Newman Club, 1. 2. 3, 4. 12 Kirkwell Ct.. Rockville Centre, N. Y. Harry Lawrence Mirick, Jr. Electrical Engineer Harry S4 E Basketball, 2. Compet; Soccer. 1; Tennis, 2, 3, 4; Peddler. 3. 4; A.I.E.E.. 2, 3, 4; R.O.T.C.. 2nd Lt. Company “A” Platoon Leader. P.O. 1701, Easthampton, Long Island, N. Y. Werner Martin Nenpert Physicist If’ern TBil Band, 1. 2; Debating Club, 1, 2, 3, 4 Manager; A.S.P., 2, 3, 4. 127 South Quinsigamond Avenue, Shrewsbury, Mass. Arthur Edward Nichols, Jr. Mechanical Engineer Art 0X; GENTS Rifle Team, 2, 3, 4; Peddler Staff 3; A.S.M.E., 2, 3, 4. 141 Glover Avenue, Yonkers, N. Y. Einnianiiel Milias Electrical Engineer Mil Cosmopolitan Club. 3, 4. c o William Kaldlekas. 196 Atkins Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Page One Jiinidred ‘Nineteen ll Floyd Carlisle Norton Electrical Engineer Oof Nautical Club. 1. 2; A.I.E.E., 4. Daggett Street. Edgartown, Mass. James Joseph O’Connor, Jr. Chemical Engineer Jim ACKERS A.I.Ch.E., 2. 3, 4; Newman Club 2. 239 McKinley Street. Torrington. Conn. ■■ Roger Roland Osell Ch emical Engineer Rog 4 rA; Skull; TBlI; IIAE; Who’s Who; ACKERS Baseball, 1 “Vi 2. 3. 4 “W” Ca|)tain; Basketball. 1. 2. 3. 4 “W”; Tech News. 1. 2. 3. 4 Slanaging Ed.; Peddler 3. 4 Adv. Mgr.; A.l.Cli.E.. 2, 3. Vice Pres. 4; A.C. Vice Pres., 3; Class Sec.. 2. 3. 4; Erat. Sec.. 3. 4; Skull Pres., 4; IIAE Sec., 4. 29 Ascadilla Road. Worcester. Mass. Fabian Pinkham Mechanical Engineer Pinky ATI]; GENTS Camera Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; A.S.M.E., 3, 4. 40 Dayton Street, Worcester. Mass. Richard Dalbert Popp Civil Engineer Dick $rA Soccer, 3, 4 “W”; LaCrosse, 4; Tennis, 1, 2; Tech Council, 3; A.S.C.E., 2, 3, 4; Class Secretary, 1; R.O.T.C., 1st Lt.� Battalion Staff (Asst. S-3) ; Newman Club, 1, 2. 1253 Meldon Avenue, Donora, Penn. Richard Vaughn Olson Physicist Ollie Glee Club, 2; A.S.P., 2, 3, 4 Secretary. 2 Chalmers Road, Worcester, Mass. Daniel Robert O’Neill Electrical Engineer Dan A.I.E.E., 2, 3, 4; Newman Club, 2, 3. 100 Eastern Avenue, Worcester, Mass. Robert Ford Oram Mechanical Engineer Bob SAE Cross Country. “W” 1, 2. 3. 4 Captain; Nautical Club, 1. 2, 3, 4; A.S.M.E., 3, 4; R.O.T.C., 2nd Lt., Com pany “A” Platoon Leader. 33 North Plandome Road, Port Washington, N. Y. Edward Joseph Power, Jr. Civil Engineer Ed 0KcP; Skull; Who’s Who Tech News, 1, 2; Peddler, 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club, 1; Masque, 1, 2, 3, 4; Tech Coun¬ cil President, 4; A. S. C. E., 1, 2, 3 Sec¬ retary, 4 President; Newman Club, 1, 2, 3 President. 4; Fraternity Secretary, 3. 31 Grace Road, Quincy, Mass. Edwin Robert Prantis Mechanical Engineer Ed 0X Camera Club, 4; Outing Club, 3; A.S.M.E., 1, 2 3, 4; Newman Club, 1, 2, 3, 4. 97 Sawyer Avenue, Dorchester, Mass. Page One Jdiincireci 7wenty-one John Page Russell Chemist Jack :xAE; TBII Peddler. 3. 4; Junior Prom Cliairman. 3; Debating Club. 3; A.I.Cli.E., 2, 3. 131 Waverly Road. Wyncote, Penn. Abdul Hayee Qazi Civil Engineer Abe Tennis. 2, 3, 4; Rifle Team. 4; Cosmo¬ politan Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; A.S.C.E., 2, 3, 4. Kabul, Afghanistan George Dunsmore Ramig Physicist George 73 Haskell Avenue. Clinton, Mass. Franklyn Martin Rybak Physicist Frank 0X Glee Club, 3; Camera Club, 1; Radio Club. 1. 2. 3. 4; R.O.T.C.. Captain. Com¬ pany “A ’ Commander; Fraternity Pres¬ ident, 3. 33 Canterbury Road. Yonkers. N. Y. Laurence Ivan Sanborn Chemical Engineer Larry axa Tennis, 4; Glee Club. 3. 4; Bovntonians, 1; Band. 1, 2. 3,4; A.I.Cli.E., 2, ' 3, 4. 228 Baldwin Street, Laconia. N. H. Pa e One Hundred Jiroily-tmo Richard Spencer Raymond Electrical Engineer Dick 4)SK; EKN; I.H.E.E. A.I.E.E., 4; Eta Kappa Nu Treasurer, 4. 440 Montgomery Street, Fall River, Mass. Walter Arthur Reibling Mechanical Engineer Walt 4 SK Baseball. 1, 2, 3, 4 “W”; Basketball, 1; A.S.M.E.. 2. 3, 4 Vice President; Fra¬ ternity President, 3; R.O.T.C. 76 Bartlett Avenue, Providence. R. I. Dexter Earle Sanford Electrical Engineer Dex A.I.E.E., 3, 4. High Street Extension. Lancaster, Mass. Donald Edson Ross Mechanical Engineer Don 4 SK Track, 3; Basketball, 2 Compet, 3, 4 Manager; Glee Club, 1, 2; A.S.M.E., 2, 3, 4 Treasurer; Fraternity President, 4. Hughes Road, North Truro. Mass. Eugene Thomas Schneider Mechanical Engineer Gene Peddler Staff, 3. 4; A.S.M.E., 2, 3, 4; Newman Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Rifle Team, 4. 10 Prescott Street, Meriden, Conn. Page One Mundred Jwenty-tbree Sunset Drive. Vineland, N. J. Donald Wilder Smith Civil Engineer Smitty axa Glee Club. 1. 2, 3 Vice President, 4; A.S.C.E.. 2. 3. 4. 40 Sumner Street. Auburn, Mass. Bruno Lawrence Sova Electrical Engineer Bob ATD; EKN Basketball, 2 Compet, 3 Assistant Mana¬ ger; Masque, 1, 2, 3, 4; Camera Club, 2; A.I.E.E.. 2, 3, 4; Interfraternity Council, 3,4. 304 High Street, Lawrence. Mass. Richard Bransfield Scott Civil Engineer Scotty AXA A.S.C.E., 2, 3, 4; Newman Club, 2, 3, 4, 27 Bellingham Road, Worcester, Mass. Walter Muir Stewart Chemical Engineer Walt 4 rA ; Skull; IIAE; Who’s Who; ACKERS Soccer, 4 Manager; LaCrosse, 1, 2, 3, 4 Co-captain; Tech News, 1, 2, 3 Advertis¬ ing Manager, 4 Business Manager; Ped¬ dler, 4; S.C.A., 1, 2, 3; A.I.Ch.E., 4. 446 Kimball Avenue, Yonkers, N. Y. Page One Tdmidrcd Jirenty-foiir f William Allan Seubert Chemical Engineer Bill AXA A.I.Ch.E., 2, 4; S.C.A., 2, 3, 4 Treasurer; Fraternity Treasurer, 3. 45 Huron Road, Bellerose, Long Island, N. Y. Edwin Sliivell Chemical Engineer Ed 4 SK Tennis, 1, “W” 2. 3, 4; Peddler, 2, 3. 4; Junior Prom Committee, 3; Outing Club, 2, 3; A.I.Ch.E., 2, 3, 4; Class Historian, 1, 2, 3, 4, 306 Mott Street, Fall River, Mass, Halvor Andreas Skjellaiig Electrical Engineer Hal Sd E Cosmopolitan Club, 3, 4 Vice President. Fjordgata, Heroya Pr. Porsgrunn, Norway Henry Michael Strage Chemical Engineer Hank AElI; Skull; IIAE; Who’sWho Soccer. “W” 2. 3. 4; Tennis. 1-4; Tech News, 1-4 Ed.-in-cliief; l eddler, 2. 3. 4 Managing Ed.; Mascpie. 1, 2. 3 Student Director. 4, Pres.; Debating Club, 1-4. Pres.; Tech Council. 4; A.I.Ch.E., 4; R.O.T.C., Captain. Battalion Stall (S-2) ; Frat. Pres.. 4. 131 Riverside Drive. New York 24. N. Y. Wilfred Frederick Taylor Civil Engineer Bill AT12 Nautical Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; A.S.C.E., 1, 2, 3,4. Marion Road, Mattapoisett. Mass. Vage One Tdunclred 7ii enty-fipe Richard HedJey Wlieelock Electrical Engineer Dick vAE; I.H.E.E. Radio Club, 1. 2. 3. 4; A.I.E.E.. 2, 3. 46 V 2 Grand Avenue. Swanton. Vermont Hugh Kearns Tufts, Jr. Civil Engineer Hughie 4 rA Cross Country, 2, 3, 4 “W” Captain; Track, 2, “W” 3. 4; Golf. 1 “W”. 2 “W”, 3, 4 “W”; A.S.C.E., 2, 3. 4; R.O.T.C., Captain. Battalion Staff (S-4). 18 Church Street. Westboro. Mass. Paul Arthur Wagenknecht Mechanical Engineer Waggie S4 E; GENTS LaCrosse, 2, 3, 4; Band, 1, 2; Outing Club. 1, 2, 3; A.S.M.E., 2, 3. 4. 27 Waverly Street, Pittsfield, Mass. Howard Whittle Mechanical Engineer Howie cbPA; GENTS Swimming. 1. “W” 2, 3, 4; A.S.M.E., 4; Fraternity President. 3. 52 Overlook Terrace. Nutley, N. J. Harry Willard Wiitala Civil Engineer Har axa A.S.C.E., 2, 3, 4; Fraternity President, 4. Rindge State Road. Ashby, Mass. Ptufe One J-ltnuli cil JirentY-six Otto Arnold Wahlrab Civil Engineer Ott cJ rA Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Outing Club, 1; Cross Country, 1; A.S.C.E., 2, 3, 4. 8 Sharp Hill Road, Wilton, Conn. Ralph Kingman Webster Physicist Whitey SAE LaCrosse, 2, 3; Debating Club, 1; Out¬ ing Club, 2; Nautical Club, 1, 4; A.S.P., 2 , 3 Vice President, 4; R.O.T.C. 24 William Street, Andover, Mass. Roger Howard Wildt Civil Engineer Rog Swimming, 1, 2, 3 “W”, 4 “W’ ' ; A.S.C.E., 2, 3, 4. 5 Boardman Street, Westboro, Mass. Wesley Dreer Wheeler Mechanical Engineer W es axa Swimming, 1, 2; Glee Club, 3; Nautical Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; A.S.M.E., 2, 3, 4. 32-14 214 Place, Bayside 61, Long Island, N. Y. Tauno Kiillervo Wiiorinen Electrical Engineer Tyke A.I.E.E., 3, 4. 67 Laurel Street, Worcester, Mass. Page One J-liindteci Twenty-seven As we look back to our freshman year we realize how things have changed. We re¬ member how far away nineteen fifty-four looked and what an eternity those four years appeared. Now that we are seniors, we wonder where those four years have gone and realize that the |)eriod has been merelv a brief interval in our lives. It seems hut vesterdav that we were registering for the first time in Alden. It was at this time that we developed a case of writers cramp, which has remained with us for four years, from filling out the oluminous sheets of information. e can recall how we fought to stay awake during those orientation lectures after spending the night before exchanging stories in those long to he remembered “hulT’ sessions. It was in these sessions that we became better acquainted and learned to know eich other and respect one another ' s ideas. Since most of us lived in Sanford Riley Hall, our fi man aclivit was centered around this point. It is not difiicult to remember someyfof those wrestling matches vv . participated in with the Class of ' 5 ' outside the dorm over the Goat’s Head. or. if not, that, just a friendly little fracas to kee}) in trim |)hysically if not mentally. In this class history we must not forget to ment|.|) ' 3 the dormitory food. What cuisine! Looking back upon our stay there, we see|i4fat the, food, excepting the ‘Cve surrender” hash, was not too had. The had feature of those meals was the monotonous repetition. And in relation to our sojourn at Sanford Riley Hall, we cannot fail to mention our little episode with Rochette’s car. If it had not been for the narrow stair- ' ' V wells it would have ended up on the fourth lloor. .. Many other humorous incidents happened while |ve lived merrily in the dorm, hut the highlight of the season and the one that we heli e. tands out most vividly in our minds occurred during the storeroom fire. Three oftm were down there playing the hose into the room for about ten minutes before f re department arrived on the scene. Pushing us aside, they moved right in. while on of the firemen remarked in an assuring tone. “We’ll take over.” If looks could kill. Don McEwan would now he rest¬ ing peacefully under a blanket of daisies, or more ex|)ensive posies, forJiis remark; “Well, where the h-- have vou been?’’ . ? ■ . . S ■ li -r - 7 In both our freshman and sophomore vears most of our activities centered around the Goat’s Head in either formal or general competition. In formal competition we can say but little since we did not win it either year. In the rope pull we had the dubious ' honor of wallowing thru the muck and mire of Institute Pond twice;Un the interclas football games we si)lit even and in basketball and track we met with the same result. However, in swimming we “won the Oscar with Rucky alters. Hank Boynton. Howie Whittle and W es Wheeler carrying away the laurels for 54 both years. Although we had El Corujo and Hank Strage in soccer and Hue Tufts and Dick Kirk in we did not fare too well in these sports. Although we did not do too well in Goat’s Head competition, individual: members of our class were making a name for themselves in varsity sports. On the football team Jack Malloy. Rob Eldredge and Stan Negus were living up to our expectations and doing a fine job. In the field of basketball. Doug MacLaren. Joe Eratino. Roger Osell and Dave Gilbert were dazzling the s|)ectators with their foot-work. In baseball. Roger Osell. A1 Costantin. and Joe Eratino |)roved themselves. In the minor sports we saw Dave LaMarre. Ed Wetherhold. Ed Shivell and Hank Boynton holding berths on the tennis team; Hue Tufts starring in cross country; and our class swimming team com})osing the greater part of the varsity. During the first two years at Tech we were lead by our })resent class officers with Dave Gilbert as president; Joe Eratino. vice-president; Roger Osell. secretary; and Tom Kee. treasurer. These officers were elected in our freshman year and were re¬ elected for the next three vears. Thev have done a splendid jol) in leading us through . ! ' ;! ' Ht ‘ ,, i ' J ■ f.; ' I a-:. N life our four college years. In our so|)homore year we changed the hazing rules considerably and participated in one of the most successful hazing periods ever ex|)erienced on our campus. The Goat’s Head was also shown more than it had been in ])revious years. At homecoming it was even show n from a helicopter. l ujc One Jhiiuhcil Jirenly-eiiihl As we look hack upon our first two years we see that they were not so much difler- ent than those enjoyed (?) hy preceding classes. We had our ups and downs and “put here in’s and put here out ' s. hut all in all it was worth it. Nevertheless we were extremely thankful that our junior year was cominfr up. Unlike our first two years, our junior year was overflowinp: w ith activities, the most important of which was the Junior Prom, which was held in April. Prior to this, our class participated in the roles of hig brothers to the freshmen and organizers of the rope j)ull. One of our memhers. Stan Negus, coached the sophomores and became the first coach in many a moon to heat a freshman class. The Coronation Ball, the Junior Prom, or what ever you choose to call it. was the mostest. the bestest ever seen at Tech. It was stupendous—it was colossal! For this production we had, for the first time oti campus, a name hand in Elliot Lawrence and his orchestra, and it was for many of us the best music we had ever danced to. Even a beginner in the art of terpsichore would have swayed rhythmically in time to this music. The theme of the dance was a Spanish fiesta and the decorations were in the Spanish mood. We not only made a success of the Ball socially hut also financially. In fact we made more money than any preceding class. Needless to say. we were grateful and thankful, as there were no assessments during our senior year with the exce|)tion of our dues. A great deal of credit for this venture goes to Jack Russell, who advised and directed the affair as chairman. Serving with Jack on this committee were the following who did a fine job and also are deserving of credit; Paul Alasso. Russ Lussier, Dick Burns. A1 Costantin. Dick Lindquist. Dick Uilhert. George Gingras and Ed ShivelL With the help and cooperation which they received from other class mem¬ bers, the success of the Prom was inevitable. During this past year our cla.ss was stricken with two tragedies which saddened the hearts of all Tech. First was the passing of the “Admiral.” .Admiral Cluverius, as })resi- dent of Tech, was known to all, and all who knew him respected and loved him. It seemed strange to most of us not to start off our senior year with an expression of welcome and good will from our president. ' e will always remember his pet phrase: “We’ve got to get our feet on the deck.” The second misfortune that befell Tech was the sudden death of Tom Ramsdell, Tom was one of the finest members of our class, and his passing was truly a great loss to the class, the school, and to his many friends. As we look back on our junior year we must not forget some of the other points that seemed to be overshadowed hy the Junior Prom. We recall here: how we supported the student-faculty square dance and assisted in making it a success; how we supported most of the nectar parties in May. We cannot forget how we envied those second half seniors whose re-assuring words were, “they don’t flunk seniors.” With this promise we optimistically looked forward to our senior year. One of the chief projects undertaken individually during our senior year was that of locating a position in industry. In our junior year the outlook looked bright, but according to literature which we have received the number of industries seeking interviews this year will be even greater. We feel quite fortunate to he graduating in a year when the demand for all types of engineers is so great. The ROTC program was initiated on our campus during our sophomore year and many of our memhers grasped the opportunity. Although many of the students did not wish to enter the advanced course, those who did are known leaders in that group. Finally the snow has stopped falling, the wind has died down, so to speak, and the only thing that faces us is the whirlw ind of events preceding graduation. For a moment let us look hack at four memorable years at Tech. These years have enriched our lives in many phases: in the wisdom we have gained, the knowledge we have obtained and some of the undying friendships we have made and hold dear to our hearts. To Tech, we all owe more than money or wealth can buy, or that time and tide can wash away. We all part from Tech going in different directions, each of us trying to fulfill his purpose in life, hut ever mindful of what we have gained in the group of ivy-colored buildings in Worcester that is our Alma Mater. W e sincerely hope that Tech has a similar feeling for the class of 1954. Don’t forget Homecoming — let’s make it a day. Piujc One J-{uiulrc(l 7trcnly-nine t ■ -M: ' . t ' f5 1 , J m M 4 i .V In ' ■1 i4 � w. Vi on earn pus i ■ ' T l sson 5 ' ►nV a fiA vk m yi h| 3 U ' y. anyo tJy secret mission 35 years of service Take a letter. Miss Jones Ain’t she nice nuts, let’s go home arm of Morpheus 14°36 ' west by north nobody loves me ' mm ' V ' ‘I ' x -r ' -- . • ’ftfV. rA ' tf ' S •; ‘i ' t. ' r .V!- Is ' V ' J ■•, ;M§:t.p?iV,t ' ' .y ' mm : :B Mf t ' O • ■ ‘ ' . •■% • ■ A’ ' ' , ' V ; V Jack Mitchell of Chidnoff, a good shot Jack and Jill was a Page One JJtnuhed Potty-two Acknowledgments If a collection of words and photographs grouped together into a book can elevate your spirit, recapture the joys of youth, instill in you happiness and reminiscent thoughts, revive memories of a segment of your life; then seek no other test for its excellence. It is good and was made by good workmen. I hope we have accomplished this purpose in the 1954 edition of our college year¬ book. It was with this thought in mind that three new sections were added to the Peddler; the college, relating Tech’s past and current history, the administration and faculty, recalling to mind incidents which were foremost in our thoughts concerning the men who have helped mold our future, and on campus, depicting phases of college life at Tech which were most common to all of us. Many new ideas were incorporated into the sales campaign, the organization of the staff, the photographic coverage, the advertising campaign, and the actual stories, which I believe helped to produce a different Peddler. An indeterminate number of man hours brought forth the final product, but only with the unselfish co-operation and help of the following workmen. I would like to extend sincere thanks to DOC SCHWIEGER, whose constant source of ideas added incentive to the staff; to HANK STRAGE, whose fashioning hand molded all the orig¬ inal stories; to ROY WISE, for his supplementary photographs and for his fantastic system of scheduling pictures; to RUSS LUSSIER, whose perseverance pushed sales far beyond those of past years; to ROG OSELL, who, switching from the editorial staff to advertising manager, organized himself, and his staff, then produced over S2500 in ads; to the ENTIRE YEARBOOK STAFF, whose untiring work produced the stories, the ads, the photos, the cartoons and the receipts of sales; to JACK MITCH¬ ELL, Chidnoff’s apt photographer, whose genius for a unique shot created the new style of photography found in the book; to NICK ICKES and HARRY RONNIE, intermediates between the school and the printer, whose know-how gave us art layouts and novel ideas; to the FACULTY, whose co-operation even exceeded that of THE STUDENTS in securing photos; and finally to the students, whose purchase of this book contributed to its financial success. These are the workmen whose hands and minds created the “54” Peddler and who deserve the credit for a job, well done. To these I offer mv praise and gratitude. editor-in-chief a To the Class of 1954 Congratulations on Your Achievement Welcome to Membership in the W.P.I. Alumni Association Page One Hundred 7orty-six Here’s What Norton Makes-- • Abrasives, Grinding Wheels, Bricks, Sticks and Hones, Sharpening Stones. • Pulpstones. • Grinding and Lapping Machines. • Refractories, Refractory Laboratory Ware, Porous Med iums. • Non-slip Terrazzo and Cement Floor Aggregates. • Norhide Boron Carbide Abrasive, Molded Products and Metallurgical Compound. • Encapsulating Machines. NORTON COMPANY, o ceste 6, Massachusetts (Behr-Manning Division at Troy, New York) NORTON L@ Page One Tiundred Porty-seven CHARLES DOWD BOX CO. INCORPORATED Manufacturers of CORRUGATED FIBRE SHIPPING CONTAINERS orcester 3, Massachusetts Compliments of STUDENT CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OE W.P.I. Page One Tiundred Porty-eight taking full advantage of the constantly growing range of forgings? more structure of a modern military bomber. Such square i forgings are today made possible by the use of the largest die forging press in America (18,000 tons). For hammer or press die forgings of aluminum, mag¬ nesium or steel, Wyman-Gordon engineers are ready to serve you—there is no substitute for Wyman-Gordon experience StMctofid n Vftoxc Sixtef UM • MAGNEi MASSACHUS DETROIT, Vaqe One J-liitulred J orty-nine Compliments of The Worcester Taper Pin Co. ★ Domestic Fuels, Inc. 641 Camb ridge Street Worcester 3, Massachusetts Telephone 7-7784 “HOME HEATING SPECIALISTS” Radio Maintenance Supply Co. WHOLESALE • Radio and Electronics • 80 Thomas St. Tel. 6-8311 Worcester 8. Mass. C. L. Forbush Son 64 Green Street Worcester, Massachusetts Purveyors of Pine Sea Foods Since 1880 Worcester’s Oldest and Best Fish Market 4-1728 4-1729 Compliments of Crowley Package Store, Inc. 30 Lincoln Square Worcester, Massachusetts Compliments of the Personnel of the Washburn Shops Page One J-tundred Pifty PKone 7-3231 DIAN’S FLOWER SHOP Modern Floral Designs for All Occasions 889 Main Street Worcester, Mass. THOREN’S DAIRY Purveyors to the Dormitory Dairy Products 513 Grove Street Worcester, Massachusetts Baldwin Duckworth Division Chain Belt Co. ★ Worcester, Massachusetts COMPLIMENTS OF WORCESTER TELEGRAM GAZETTE AND WTAG - - WTAG - F.M. Page One Piundred 7ifty-one BAY Jn 52 years of steady growth, Bay State has become one of the fore¬ most manufacturers of abrasive products in the United States, 1954 1922 s ♦A iK-gcv ' • • ’ ly-i-’ y ' i N w « i ■“ ft� mm - ' ' mi ' ‘ “ � Sf+ir €ma BAY STATE ABRASIVE PRODUCTS CO., WESTBORO, MASSACHUSETTS Page One 3-{iindred 7ifty-two B. Bloomfield Co. 2 Kansas St. 244 Main Street Worcester 3, Mass. THE HOUSE OF QUALITY Serving Worcester County Since 1885 “Babco” Brand Ingot Metals FINE FURNITURE Lamps Gifts Howard Glass Co. General A irrors — Plate Glass Industrial Glass Electric W indow Glass APPLIANCES Dial 3-8146 62 Years of Electrical Service in Worcester 18 Thomas Street Worcester. Massachusetts The Tech Pharmacy Sandoz Chemical S. Hurowitz. W.P.l. ’22 1 he “Tech ” Drugstore Works, Inc. by Preference Corner West Highland Sts. ★ Dial 4-3637 Dyestuffs and Textile Chemicals THE ORCHARD HILL DAIRY BAR- ★ is where all discriminating young folks meet after af¬ fairs. The finest in foods, ice cream and other dairy products is served in an atmosphere cheerful yet refined 61-63 Van Dam Street and conservative. Orchard Hill Dairy Bar NEW YORK 13. NEW YORK 20 Park Avenue Page One iHutuired Hfty-three Pi Delta Epsilon TKe Honorary Collegiate Journalism Fraternity Page One IHuncired J-ifty-four NEW ENGLAND’S FAMOUS PREMIUM FLAVOR HAMPDEN BEER HAMPDEN BREWING COMPANY WILLIMANSETT, MASSACHUSETTS Brewers of Fine Ale and Beer Since 1868 Page One hundred J ifty-five JAY’S CORNER Brierly, Lombard ★ Company, Inc. Where Tech Men Meet Wholesale Distributors of To Eat and Relax Industrial Supplies and Equipment Transmission Specialists ★ 151 Highland Street 107-109 Foster Street Worcester, Massachusetts Worcester. Massachusetts Best Wishes Compliments of Washburn-Garfeeld from Company AL BURKE 169-171 Commercial Street The ‘New Boynton 113 Highland Street Worcester. Massachusetts Jobbers and Dealers in Worcester, Massachusetts W ' rought and Brass Pipe Steam, Gas and Water Supplies C. K. Smith Co., Inc. Putnam Thurston’s Restaurant 390 Main Street A favorite of undergraduates and alumni ever since Worcester Tech was founded. Worcester, Massachusetts Complete Banquet Facilities 19-27 Mechanic St., Worcester, Mass. COAL-OIL-COKE Telephone 3-5427 Charles K. Davis John K. Davis James K. Davis Cooper’s Flowers Compliments of 133 Highland Street Lundquist Tool Mfg. Worcester 2, Massachusetts Company, Inc. Courtesy - Quality - Service Page One Jiundred Jifty-six AJ.Ch.E. A.S.C.E. Your Professional Organizations A.S.M.E. A.I.E.E. Pa e One Tiundred Jifty-seven R. L. WHIPPLE COMPANY Contractors and Engineers Builders of Alden Memorial Higgins Laboratories Earle Bridge and Kevin Hall Reed Rolled Thread Die Company Manufacturers of PRECISION THREAD ROLLING EQUIPMENT MAIN STREET. HOLDEN. MASSACHUSETTS Page One Plundred Pifty-eight Hill Bronze WORCESTER Alloys Company STAMPED METAL ★ CO. Non-Ferrous Castings Established 1883 Materials of Engineering QUALITY and ★ SERVICE Tainter and Gardner Streets 10 Hunt Street Worcester, Massachusetts Worcester, Massachusetts Compliments ARTER GRINDING of MACHINE CO. S. Morgan Smith Incorporated 1914 Company Precision Machine Work of York, Pennsylvania Rotary Surface Automatic Manufacturers Internal Cylindrical Carbide External of Special Hydraulic Turbines, Precision Grinding Machines Valves, 15 Sagamore Road Etc. Worcester, Massachusetts Page One Hundred 7ifty-nine Compliments of INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL of W. P. I. PHI GAMMA DELTA SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON ALPHA TAU OMEGA THETA CHI LAMBDA CHI ALPHA PHI SIGMA KAPPA SIGMA PHI EPSILON THETA KAPPA PHI ALPHA EPSILON PI ) Page One Hundred Sixty AMERICAN STEEL WIRE Division or UNITED STATES STEEL CORE. Page One J-{undreii Sixty-one Best Wishes to the Class of 1954 Page One Pluniired Sixty-two l«J ! ' i] . Close to a century of service in supplying America’s Schools, thus serving America’s Youth. MILTON BRADLEY OFFERS A DIVERSIFIED ONE WITH A SINGLE COMMON DENOMINATOR . . . QUALITY Finger Paint Poster Colors Water Colors Crayrite Crayons Model ing Clay Paper Cutters Pre-School Toys School Supplies School Furniture Games Toys Picture Puzzles Which Provide Fun for Every Ag Milton Bradley Company • Springfield, Massachusetts Branches: Boston • Chicago • Philadelphia • New York Page One Plundred Sixty-three Page One Tiundred Si cty-four ENGINEERING . . . PURCHASING . . . MAINTENANCE . . . ALL Prefer GOULD Industrial Batteries! The reason is simple. Gould builds better batteries. Gould’s outstanding scientists, through half a century of basic and applied research, have succeeded in breathing more life into industrial batteries than ever was thought possible. In any field, those who specify, purchase and maintain industrial storage batteries depend on and prefer Gould. GOULD BATTERIES FOR EVERY PURPOSE • Motive Power Batteries for Industrial 1 rucks. Mine Sliuttle Cars and Locomotives. • Diesel Starting Batteries for Diesel Locomotives. • Air Conditioning and Car Ligliting Batteries for Railroads. • Stand-by Batteries to Operate Telephone Sys¬ tems, Utilities and Institutions During Fme-- gencies. • Starting. Lighting and Ignition Batteries for Passenger Cars, Trucks, Busses. • Batteries for Marine Applications. • Aircraft Batteries. • Alarm and Signaling System Batteries. GOULD Industrial Batteries GOULD-NATIONAL BATTERIES, INC. TRENTON 7, NEW JERSEY 24 GOULD PLANTS SERW THE WORLD Chicago Heights. 111. Monroe. Mich. Dallas. Texas Nortlr Bergen. N. J. Denver. Colo. Oakland. Calif. Depew. New York Rock Island. 111. Fast Point. Ga. St. Paul. Minn. Houston. Tex. Trenton. N. .1. Huntington. W. Va. W’est Salem. Ore. Kankakee. III. Zane.sville. Ohio Leavenworth. Kan. Los Angeles. Calif. CANADA Lynchburg. III. Calgary. Alberta Marlboro. Mass. Port Erie. Ontario Memphis. Tenn. Kingston, Ontario Page One ‘Hundred Sixty-five Compliments of E. W. Goodhue Lumher Co. East Freetown Massachusetts Bayer Miiigolla Construction Co., Inc. General Construction Equipment Rentals Bituminous Concrete Telephone 2-6787 550 Park Avenue Worcester 5, Massachusetts Compliments of Goyette’s Esso Station CORNER OF Boynton Highland Streets Worcester, Massachusetts Harrington Richardson Arms Company • Manufacturers of QUALITY ARMS Since 1871 Compliments of Stafford Iron Works Inc. 135 Stafford Street Worcester, Massachusetts OLSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY 100 Prescott Street Worcester, Mass. SCREW MACHINE PRODUCTS Page One “Hundred Sixty-six Compliments Class of 1935 W. P. 1. Page One J-lundred Sixty-seeen Greater Production sis ROLLING MILL EQUIPMENT ' €-. of Better Products WITH WORCESTER A few Morgan Rolling Mill Contributions Developed and Patented since 1882 Continuous Billet and Sheet Bar Mill Continuous Sl elp Mill Continuous Mill—Twist Guides 9|B Automatic Rod Reel Continuous Billet Heating Furnace Hydraulic Flying Shear % Steam Flying Shears % Up and Down Cut Flying Shear 1 Duo-Finishing Mill w A Escapement Type Cooling Bed 1 Universal Type Cooling Bed Carry-over Type Cooling Bed Automatic Pack Annealing on Cooling Bed Four Strand Rod Mill Double Strand Merchant Mill Skew Y Reversing Tables Edging Mills Vertical Mills Morgoil Bearings Automatic Billet and Slab Separating Electric Crop and Cobble Shear Modern Morgan Rolling Mills have been specifically developed by skilled technical pio¬ neers to meet the demands of mass production. Their contributions, as partially listed at the left, have given industry the rolling mill equipment it needs to produce . . . more products . . . better products . . .at less cost. Made with skill, Morgan equipment produces larger tonnages more easily, with greater safety. Bring your problem to Morgan. MORGAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WORCESTER. MASSACHUSETTS rm-ss Rolling Mills—Wire Mills Gas Producer Machines—Regenerative Furnace Control English Representative- International Construction Co., 56 Kingsway, London, W. C. 2, England U ' i AL STEBBINS ORIGINAL Young Vet’s Florist Telephone 3-9178 222 Main Street Worcester, Massachusetts Compliments of WARE PRATT CO. OUTFITTERS TO YOUNG MEN Main St. at Pearl “(Quality Comer ” ‘‘Success to ’54” HENRY CAMOSSE SON CO. Concrete Cinder Masonry Units Complete Line of Building Materials 16 Southwest Cutoff WORCESTER. MASSACHUSETTS Henry Camosse, Jr. ’53 Tel. Worcester 5-6649 Auburn 8069 BAYER MOTORS PONTIAC - CADILLAC West Main St.. Webster, Mass. Telephone 120 J. C. Bayer, ' 45 Compliments of L. F. Harris, Inc. 244-248 Park Avenue Worcester, Massachusetts CHRYSLER - PLYMOUTH DEALER Page One Ttundred Sixty-nine MAJOX AVTOMOSUt MAHVfACTOACA BRtUS fOR on... • CHICAGO 45 —gM 2515 West Peterson Ave, • DETROIT f 10429 West McNichols Rd. U • CLEVELAND 21 • INDIANAPOLIS A P. O. Box 217 P. O. Box 1051 • NEW YORK OFFICE • ROCHESTER 18 75 South Oronge Ave. P. O. Box 67 South Oronge, N. J. Roselown Stotion • LOS ANGELES OFFICE 2620 Leonis Blvd. Yernon 58, Cot. This Leland-Gifford Drilling Machine practically takes a crankshaft out of the operator’s hands, drills six perfect oil holes in it, and then hands it back. Actually, the operator slides the crank¬ shaft in on rails. The Leland-Gifford Ma¬ chine then positions and clamps it, turns on the coolant, drills the W ' x 5} holes, then unclamps. Six standard self-contained deep hole drilling units make up the complete ma¬ chine. Each unit has its own feed rate, overload protection (will back out if the drill gets dull) and source of pressure. Individual units may be removed and replaced with no pipes to disconnect. No better endorsement of Leland- Gifford Crankshaft Drilling Machines could be made than to report that the same manufacturer has just ordered ad¬ ditional units. Leland-Gifford offers a complete line of modern motor spindle drilling machines plus unsurpassed engineer¬ ing skill and facilities for adapting standard machines to meet spe¬ cial drilling needs. A Leland - Gifford field engineer can show you how to improve pro¬ duction and lower costs with Leland - Gifford methods. LELAND-GIFFORD Drilling Z achines WORCESTER 1, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A. LELAND-GIFFORD Crankshaft Drilling Machines Page One Plundred Seventy ( YCHR0ME liolcis a full supjily of towels or a whole personal laundry. HANOIRACIv Welded tuhular steel, heav¬ ily chromed. Easy to move and lift. BATHGATE FOUNDRY COMPANY On sale at your dept, or furniture store. Manufacturers of Handirach sells for under $4.00. Grey Iron and Semi-Steel Castings A Jade by THE GAYCHROME CO. 10 Pitt St., Worcester, Mass. 4-2608 4-2609 Worcester, Mass. Harding Tire Co. Tlie Colorado Fuel Iron Eirestone Products Corporation 180 Harding Street Corner Harrison ickwire Spencer Steel Div. “W orcester’s Most I loclerii Recap Shop 5i 5 Madison Avenue New York 22. N. Y. Telephone 6-7325 or 2-9312 Morgan Plant —Worcester, Mass. The W oncler Beef Co. Metcalf Eddy V ' holesalers ENGINEERS Telephone 7-5592 ★ Tlie W oiicler Market 286 Pleasant Street Statler Building Boston. Massachusetts Henry L. Hanson Company Gornpliments of ★ Siiiitli Fvfe, Inc. Manufacturers of TAPS and DIES Ice Cream Manufacturers Page One Plumireci Seventy-one Buyers of Injection Moulded Plastics Are in Good Company at WIMP Now — ALL custom moulding require¬ ments—and the application of brilliant metallic coatings to those mouldings are met by WMP in ONE plant under ONE responsibility! From initial engi¬ neering and die designing . . . through actual moulding ... to final high vacuum evaporation of metallic coat¬ ings, WMP has the experience, engi¬ neering skill and plant facilities to mould and metallize a better, more salable product for all buyers of injec¬ tion moulded plastics. WORCESTER MOULDED PLASTICS CO. M HYGEIA STREET, WORCESTER 8, MASS. One Tiutuired Seuenty-tu’o Compliments CLASS OF 1956 Page One J-luticireit Sevetity-ibree Heald ' s staff of over 200 trained engineers represents THE a wide variety of specialists in the many phases of mechanical, electrical and hydraulic engineering connected with machine tool manufacturing. The world wide acceptance of Heald products for over half a century and throughout all industry is our best assurance of continued success in the field of precision finishing. HEJIkLD ' COMPANY WORCESTER 6, MASSACHUSETTS INTERNAL AND ROTARY SURFACE GRINDING MACHINES AND BORE-MATICS Page One Titmdred Sevet ty-four Goldstein, Swank Gordon Co. Established 1899 Jewelers 5 Norwich Street Worcester, Massachusetts Compliments of S. J. Virgilio Construction Co. The PRESMET Corporation SINTERINGS 112 Harding Street Worcester 4, Massachusetts Serving Worcester with the best in merchandise. PACKARD MILLS RETAIL STORE Quality Woolens Across From the Mill WEBSTER. MASS. Phone 1436 Open: 9 - 5 Monday Through Saturday Mr. James Carol Page One J-tundred Seventy-five Compliments CLASS 1957 WHOOPEE TECK Page One Hundred Seventy-six Page One Hundred Seventy-seven Tliomas A. Hickey, Inc. Highlander Diner Your Family Package Stores 118 Highland Street Worcester, Massachusetts Ales, Wines, and Liquors Best Y ishes to 121 Highland Si. 261 Lincoln St. the Graduates Worcester, Mass. ANGY JIM • Compliments of Piillman-Stanclarcl Car Mfg. Company Central Supply Co. Everything in Plumbing, Heating and W ater Supplies ★ 39 Waldo Street Worcester, Massachusetts Worcester, Massachusetts RED WHITE Massachusetts Steel Food Products Treating Corporation Scientific Methods for Treating DISTRIBUTED BY C. A. KING CO. Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Products 118 Harding Street 1 3 Hygeia St. Worcester, Mass. Worcester 4, Massachusetts Akdow Scrap Iron Co., Inc. Compliments Hearty Congratulations and All Best Wishes For Success and Prosperity in Future Years of GEORGE ABDOW ’53 PRATT INMAN Page One J-lundred Seventy-eight Complimenis Complimenis of Hcnicy-Lundgren Co. of a General Contractors Bituminous Concrete FRIEND 193 Hartford I ihe, Slirewsbury DIEGES CLUST manufacturers of Salinonsen’s Victoria Sf’ecial Jewelry Dairy Class Pins Class Rings Fraternity Jewelry Medals Trophies Plaques C. T. Salmonsen Son Prize Ciq)s • Pronzes A Better Milk for All the Family 73 Treniont Street 5-7 Victoria Avenue Boston 8. Mass. LAfayette 3-1606 Worcester, Massachusetts Manufacturers of CANADA DRY Compliments of 335 Maple Street Shrewsbury. Massachusetts Kesseli Morse Co. Masons’ Supplies and Building Material orcesicr County W elding Supply 212 Canterl)ury St. Tel. 2-1901 88 F rescott St. Worcester 5, Mass. Pa e One Jiundrcd Seventy-nine CHIDNOFF STUDIO 550 Fiftli Avenue New York 19, N. Y. Famous for QUALITY SERVICE DEPENDABILITY Since 1927 OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER 1954 Peddler Page One J-fundred Eighty This Is a Three Dimensional Picture. First of Its kind in a College Yearbook.