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New Additions Promised to Tech Throush Public Works A i d Although final plans have not been completed, Georgia Tech is fairly certain to receive a portion of the Public Works money in the form of new equipment and repairs. From three branches of the program comes the money to carry out the proposed development, The PWC will finance a new dormitory to be located on Williams street behind the Dining Hall. This new- dormitory is to cost approximately $120,000. A new gymnasium with a swimming pool and basketball court as two of its principal features is to be located just north of Grant Field facing Fourth Street. It is to be built at a cost of $200,000. The CWA is expected to provide money to carry out the new faculty building program. Houses are to be constructed and made available for purchase by faculty members on long term arrangements. Also a large sum is to be provided for repairs to equipment already on hand. Dr. M. L. Brittain states recently in an interview that, "Although nothing is definitely assured, we feel certain that at least the gymnasium, dormitory, faculty housing, and repair programs will be carried through." The repair program and Grant Field drainage work, in fact, are already well under way.
Blue Print Awarded High Ratings The Georgia Tech Blue Print continues to hold the pinnacle position among college annuals of America by receiving an AUAmerican rating by the National Scholastic Press Association for the fourth consecutive time. The most recent edition, the Blue Print of 1933, edited by Henry Burks, of Birmingham, Ala., received the rating by virtue of scoring 900 out a possible 1,000 points of efficiency. Frank Hulse, editor, and Henry Bush, business manager, of the 1934 book, recently received the announcement of the award. The Blue Print first won the All-American rating in 1930 and has continued to receive the rating every year since. In 1932, the National Scholastic Press Association trophy was presented to the school as a permanent trophy for having won the excellence rating for three consecutive vears.
Coach Alex Honored Again Coach Alexander, who was named on the advisory committee of the national coaches' meeting in Chicago, returned home to report a very uneventful convention as far as changes in the football rules are concerned. The rules committee will convene in February in Atlanta, and will have as its advisors a committee of four coaches and four officials. Coach Alex has been named as one of the four coaches who will compose this advisory board. Coach Alexander has been signally honored several times by the coaches' association, having at one time been its national president and his appointment to the rules committee is not surprising.
Dr. Brittain Honored (Continued) alumni ever to gather at the annual Home-Coming affair and was a great success. A dozen members of the Tech and Georgia football teams of 1893, who played in the first TechGeorgia game, were honor guests of the occasion. These players were assembled to pay tribute at the unveiling of a tablet in memory of General Leonard Wood at Grant Field. Members of the Tech team of 1893 present were: W. G. Mealor, manager; Phil Ogletree, Eugene E. Murphy, Thomas W. llaoul, F. O. Spain, Ferd Kaufman, and Edward A. Werner.
Alumni Mention Canty Alexander, Spec. Tex., '16, and former Jacket football star, attended the Home-Coming festivities accompanied by his wife. His marriage will probably be news to the alumni. Although he was married about a year ago, he was modest about proclaiming the conquest of a southern
beauty. Ham Dowling, B.S. in O.E., '20, was recently appointed chief engineer of the Florida State Highway Commission, concerning which he received quite a write-up in the Florida State News, of Tallahassee. Ham was a member of Tech's invincible team of 1917. W. Elliott Dunwoody, B.S. in Arch., '14, has been elected vice-president of the Georgia State Board for Examination and Registration of Architects. Mr. Dunwoody has the distinction of being a member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. E. Oren Smith, '16, is the president of this examining board and Earnest Ivey, B.S. in Arch., '11, and J. M. Shelton, Spec. Arch., '16, are members of the board. James R. Frink, B.S. in Gen. Sei., '30, formerly connected with the Pan-American Airways, has gone to China as a pilot. J. Ohlmstead King, 1908, recently received the highest award in masonry when he was designated a thirty-third degree mason of the Atlanta Consistory, at Washington, D. C. It is a matter of historical interest to note that Mr. King's father also had this honor conferred upon him, some years ago. F. A. Kroner, B.S. in E.E., '05, is connected with the General Electric Company as manager of the transportation department in the southeast with office in Atlanta. Mr. Kroner recently introduced the sale of a new mechanically refrigerated ice cream truck. William V. Kingdon, class of '07, is manager of the Real Estate Department of the Rauh Realty Company, in Indianapolis, Ind. Allen P. Livar, B.S. in M.E., '18, is now general sales manager for the Richmond Radiator Co., Inc., 1480 Broadway, New York City. Mr. Livar has contributed to the progress of his company to such an extent that they have named one of their new radiators after him, giving it the name of Richvar Radiator. E. E. Lindsey, of Rome, Ga., recently went to Washington in an effort to secure public works' funds for use by the Georgia State Board of Control of which he is a member. Robert L. MeDougall, B.S. in Gen. Sei., '25, was sent to Atlanta by the government to supervise the Public Works Administration for Georgia, with offices in the State Capitol. W. E. Wilburn, class of '07, was appointed chairman of the Georgia State Highway Board by Governor Talmadge. Mr. Wilburn was made a member of the board a few months
Tech Alumni Prominent in Theatrical Deals William K. Jenkins, '11, and Y. Frank Freeman, B.S. in E.E., '10, have figured prominently in recent theatrical transactions in Atlanta. Mr. Jenkins, member of the firm of Lucas & Jenkins, operators of a chain of twenty Georgia theaters, swelled the number by acquisition of four of Atlanta's most important theaters—the Fox, the Paramount, the Georgia, and the Capitol. Mr. Freeman is president of Famous Theaters and was at one time general manager of Southern Enterprises, out of which the Publix Theaters chain grew.