Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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the TECH MAX has no equal in his native habitat, he is the first local martyr, with bob cousy dribbling in second place fol- lowed only by george wells, of course, we cannot deny the potential martyrdom of the holy cross man or dark man, for they too have their images, but how can we rightfully adopt a native son from the cross when his legal home is in rome? and equal- ly impossible would it be to domesticate the dark species, most of whose life is spent on the road.

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you might even agree that he is the re- formist-messiah that Worcester has awaited all these static years, it ' s an empirical fact that he has contributed more to Worcester citizenry than any other son: if not with the insuperable prestige of the goddard rockets or of the morgan steam rollers, at least with the 99 years of financial welfare he has contributed.

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tech is co mmensurate not only with the worcesterian soul but with the entire new england mystique, the TECHMAN ' S man- ner of speech, dress, the freshness and candor of his physiognomy, his deathless attachment to independence, his aversion to anything abstract or indecorous, his self- esteem and self-pity, his curious tempera- ment all tend to dissolve a starched social system.