Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Vol. 25, No. 02 1946

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Creation of matter from energy—reverse of the process in the atomic bomb—is only one of the surprising things that can be accomplished with the aid of the 100,000,000-volt G-E Betatron. I t can also:

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BOUNCER I n the G-E Research Laboratory, scientists turn up interesting new substances first and look for uses later.

Not so long ago they discovered "bouncing p u t t y , " a lively silicone by-product. But no one could find a use for it.

A sailor did. Hospitalized with an injured hand, he wanted something to knead in order to keep his f i n g e r s l i m b e r as t h e y healed. Bouncing putty did the trick.

• Produce the most powerful x-rays known to science,

The Betatron is one of the big guns used by G.E. in finding nuclear facts that may be important in the production of atomic power.

GERM-KILLING LAMP Lamps that disinfect the air through which their rays pass have been developed in the laboratories of the G-E Lamp Department.

Hospitals, military barracks, factories and schools use them to clean the air of bacteria.

Of particular importance to bakers, meat handlers and other food processors is the fact that G-E Germicidal Lamps also kill molds.

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• generate radiations heretofore available only in cosmic rays.

ELECTRONS AT WORK New electronic devices worked out in G-E laboratories include: • a canteen machine which grills hot dogs, hamburgers and cheese sandwiches in the heat of electronic oscillator tubes, • a filter which cleans air by electrically charging motes of dust and smoke, then drawing them to magnetized plates, • an electronic newspaper, to be delivered on radio waves soon in a dozen cities, • a super-size 16-by-22inch screen for G-E television receivers.

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Four G-E built x-ray buses have been purchased by the State of Illinois to help in the fight a g a i n s t t u b e r c u l o s i s .

These "x-ray rooms on wheels" will be used to conduct a statewide case-finding T.B. survey.

X-ray buses make it possible to provide such service without prohibitive cost because of special x-ray equipment. This equipment permits the use of miniature film and cuts chest survey cost by 88 per cent in comparison with the cost of standard, large-size x-ray films.

The State Health Departments in many other states are also equipped with these units and conduct x-ray surveys in co-operation with local medical groups, and T.B. associations.

TWO-WAY BLANKET General Electric engineers have perfected an electric blanket with which different temperatures can be maintained on both sides of a bed. Complete with two sets of wiring and dual-temperatures control, it is possible for two people in the same bed to adjust the bed warmth to their individual needs.

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THE GEORGIA TECH A L U M N U S

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GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS ENGINEERING and INDUSTRIAL REVIEW Published every other month during the college year by the National Alumni Association of the Georgia School of Technology R. J. THIESEN, Editor H. E. KAUFMAN, Adv. Mgr.

L. F. ZSUFFA, Mgr.-Editor H. M. CHAMBLESS, Staff Assoc.

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GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY ATLANTA, GA. ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER MARCH 22, 1923 at the Post Office at Atlanta, Ga., under the Act of March 8, 1879 Vol. XXV

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NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE BOARD F. A. HOOPER, JR., '16 President LAWRENCE WILLET, '18 Vice-President JOHN L. DAVIDSON. '15 Vice-President CHAS. R. YATES, '35 Treasurer R. J. THIESEN, '10 Exec. Secretary T v n Allen. Jr.. '"3 M. A. Ferst, '11 O. A. Barge, '12 Price Gilbert, Jr., '21 Chas. M. Brown, '25 J. J. Westbrook, '30 Oscar G. Davis, '22 R. H. White, Jr., '14 GEORGIA TECH A L U M N I FOUNDATION, Inc. OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES FRANK H. NEELY, '04 President CHARLES A. SWEET, '08 Vice-President W. A. PARKER, '19 Secretary-Treasurer F. E. Callaway, Jr., '26 F. A. Hooper, Jr., '16 Thos. Fuller, '06 Wm. T. Rich, '10 W. H. Hightower, '09 R. B. Wilby, '08 Geo. T. Marchmont, '07 C. L. Emerson, '08 F. M. Spratlin, '06 Robt. Gregg, '05 J. F. Towers, '01 Geo. W. McCarty, '08 J. E. Davenport, '08 Jno. A. Simmons, '15 Y. F. Freeman, '10 A. D. Kennedy, '03 Geo. S. Jones, Jr., '12 G. W. Woodruff. '17 GEORGIA TECH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ALUMNI MEMBERS J. C. HARRIS, '08 L. W. ROBERT, JR., '08 ROBT. B. WILBY, '08

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THIS ISSUE Dr. Paty Appointed Chancellor "Flier's Reward" by Lt. Roy Borden, '43.

Army ROTC Reactivated Ga. Tech's A. C. Network Calculator Engineering Know-How Breakers Ahead Prominently Mentioned and Armed Forces Missing in Action, "Gold Star" Alumni Service Citations, Sports

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C o n c e r n i n g t h e c h a n g e of G e o r g i a T e c h ' s official n a m e , D e a n C h e r r y L. E m e r s o n , son of t h e l a t e beloved D e a n of t h e College, D r . W i l l i a m H. E m e r s o n , w r o t e t h e f o l l o w i n g highly interesting letter: " M R . R. J . T H I E S E N , S E C R E T A R Y NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DEAR JACK: I n t h e last issue of t h e A L U M N U S you i n v i t e d c o m m e n t s on t h e i n t e r e s t i n g possibility of c h a n g i n g t h e n a m e of this i n s t i t u t i o n from t h e G e o r g i a School of T e c h n o l o g y to t h e G e o r g i a I n s t i t u t e of T e c h n o l o g y .

W h i l e I h a v e called myself a g r a d u a t e of t h e ' G e o r g i a School of T e c h n o l o g y ' for m a n y y e a r s , a t t h e s a m e t i m e I see c o n s i d e r a b l e a d v a n t a g e to m a k i n g t h e c h a n g e , a n d v e r y few d i s a d v a n t a g e s .

I r e a l l y t h i n k t h a t a technological i n s t i t u t i o n h a v i n g 5,000 s t u d e n t s a n d a r a p i d l y g r o w i n g g r a d u a t e p r o g r a m is g e t t i n g a little bit b e y o n d t h e c a t e g o r y p r o p e r l y d e s c r i b e d as a "school." We, of c o u r s e , a r e n o t a u n i v e r s i t y a n d t h e r e fore t h e w o r d " I n s t i t u t e " w o u l d b e m o r e a p p r o p r i a t e . I n c o n s i d e r i n g w h a t o t h e r p e o p l e a r e doing, we h a v e t h e e x a m p l e of t h e M a s s a c h u s e t t s I n s t i t u t e of T e c h n o l o g y a n d t h e California I n s t i t u t e of T e c h n o l o g y , w h o a r e t w o of t h e o u t s t a n d i n g schools i n t h e field of e n g i n e e r i n g .

W e w o u l d c o n t i n u e , of c o u r s e , to b e k n o w n colloquially a s ' G e o r g i a T e c h ' so t h a t i n a l l i n f o r m a l c o n v e r s a t i o n s t h e r e w o u l d b e n o c h a n g e . T h e initials c h a n g e d f r o m 'G. S. T.' t o 'G. I. T.' w o u l d , I t h i n k , b e a p p r o p r i a t e for t h e n e w a d m i n i s t r a t i o n h a s d e m o n s t r a t e d c o n s i d e r a b l e 'git u p and' git.'

If w e a r e e v e r to m a k e t h e c h a n g e it s h o u l d b e d o n e in t h e n e a r f u t u r e , b e c a u s e of t h e r e c e n t c h a n g e in t h e p r e s i dency, w h i c h w o u l d m a k e it m o r e a p p r o p r i a t e t h a n a t some later time. Our Institution has certainly out-grown its p h y s i c a l p l a n t a n d p e r h a p s it is also r i g h t to say it h a s o u t - g r o w n t h e n a m e of 'school.'

G e o r g i a School of T e c h n o l o g y Atlanta, Georgia.

Sincerely yours, O c t o b e r 22, 1946 ( S i g n e d ) : C H E R R Y L. E M E R S O N

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1946

THE GEORGIA TECH A L U M N U S

Flier's Reward

By LIEUT. HORACE LE ROY (ROY) BORDEN, JR. "Gold Star Alumnus," Ga. Tech '43, D.F.C. FLIER'S If we With Then We'll

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but live until the Victory day blood-red sun to mark the fateful morn, down with swift grace as the falcon dives come and cheer whatever world is born.

But as our foe goes down in smoke and flame And scorches out a pathway through the sky, We'll raise our hands, saluting to the West— Perhaps tomorrow comes our turn to die.

Of hatred have I none for those I fight, For those believing that their cause is true; And yet if they must die that peace may come, Them to their hurtling death I will pursue.

And when the trembling earth is When martial shadows break and To light a world at peace—though Mourn not—the God of Freedom's

still again, free the sun I'm not there, will be done.

(Permission was kindly received by Mrs. H. L. Borden, Sr., from A. S. Barnes, publishers of "Reveille," to reprint "Flier's Reward.")

"Flier's Reward," the most inspiring and glowing poem by "Gold Star Alumnus" Lieutenant Horace LeRoy (Roy) Borden, Jr., Georgia Tech '43, Pilot U. S. Army Air Corps, is one of the nation's immortal war poems. It is included in "Reveille," a historical collection written by members of the armed forces.

The poems in "Reveille" were chosen for their exceptional merit and invaluable expressions of our valiant American servicemen of World War II. A committee composed of Grantland Rice, John Keiran and Daniel Henderson made the selections for the book.

Lieutenant Roy Borden, Jr., left Georgia Tech, in excellent standing in 1942, to enter the service of his country.

He applied for the Army Air Corps and received his commission in the spring of 1943, at Eagle Pass, Texas, and became a member of the 311th Fighter Squadron, and later served as a Thunderbolt pilot in the New Guinea area. He was chosen as the typical Air Force aviator for the patriotic poster that was put up in the many aviation, spare

Lieut. H . L. " R o y " Borden, Jr., ' 4 3 , shown in his Georgia Tech uniform.

parts plants throughout the country.

Lieutenant Borden is the author also of a number of other inspiring and excellent poems which reflect the thoughts of our glorious young servicemen at war. He lost his life in action, during the battle over Mindoro, and was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for "outstanding courage and devotion to duty in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Army Air Forces."

Lieutenant Roy Borden's parents are Colonel and Mrs. Horace L. Borden, 915 Noonday Road, Tyler, Texas. Colonel Borden is among the foremost aviators in the U. S. Army Air Forces.

THE GEORGIA TECH A L U M N U S

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1946

Industrial Georgia

By BLAKE R. VAN LEER, President of Ga. Tech In planning this industrial expansion of the future we might well ask what have we to work with. We have almost unlimited resources of certain types and a vast quantity of others.

1. Fiist is our climate, which is probably our most basic and important resource. In industry and in agriculture this is worth moneyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in lower production costs and cheaper living costs, such as clothing, food, and housing, and in long growing seasons.

2. Our forest area. 56 per cent of Georgia's land is covered by commercial forests which contain almost every variety of both hard and soft wood in abundance. The pine tree is rapidly becoming our most useful product.

The state produces 65-70 per cent of the nation's naval stores and 50 per cent of the world's production. But the most significent growth of any industry in Georgia is that of the pulpwood industry. The following figures include wood shipped to pulp mills in Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia, but exclude wood imported from other states by Georgia pulp mills: 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942

47,000 standard cords tt 77,000 ' it i 212,000 tt t 432,000 tt t 542,700 700,000 " * tt tt 769,900 t 945,000

3. Our population. It is safe to say that in an industrial Georgia the colored population will prove to be a greater asset than it has- been in an agricultural Georgia. The experience of persons who trained people for industrial jobs during the war was that both white and colored labor were easily and quickly trained for the higher skills.

Skilled and semi-skilled labor is more abundant in Georgia now than it has ever been. According to the records, there were 96,581 persons trained for war jobs in Georgia by June, 1945. This is almost as many persons as there were employed in industry previous to the war. This figure does not take into consideration the 40,000 or more who were trained in the ship yards. In addition to this, Georgia had more than 300,000 young men in the armed forces.

Many thousands of these received, as a part of their training for war, specialized training which can be well utilized in an industrial Georgia. Taking all these groups into consideration it would be conservative to estimate that the number of skilled and semi-skilled workers in Georgia is now three times what it was prior to the war.

4. We already have many well-established industries.

Our industries are literally going concerns. They are expanding.

Our home people have become industrially minded. A large number of people from other sections of the country already have their attention fixed on Georgia.

There will be a large migration of industry to this state.

5. Our farm land. Its potential in the production of basic farm crops, vegetables, and fruits and livestock is unrealized. We probably need to make some changes in our agricultural aims and methods. Further mechanization, production of higher quality products, and the use of supplementary irrigation and drainage should be encouraged.

More attention will be given in the future to production of those crops of higher quality which can be processed in canning, freezing, and preserving plants. Any advancement along these lines is bound to bring about higher pro-

ductivity of labor and the consequent rise in the standard of living.

6. Finance. For the first time since the War Between the States, Georgia finds itself with an adequate supply of its own financing to meet its every practical need. Just to give you some idea of the change that has taken place in our basic financial ability: in 1914 the total deposits of our banks were about 131 million dollars; in 1919 the deposits had grown to 311 million dollars; by 1924 to 317 million dollars; by 1929 to 341 million dollars; by 1934 deposits dropped back to 298 million dollars; by 1939 they went to 451 million dollars; by 1944 to 1,315 million dollars; and by the end of 1945 to more than 1% billion dollars. The increase of present deposits over those of 1919 is 366 per cent. In addition to these figures, we have as a backlog vast amounts of savings in the form of government bonds. As an additional potential, we have the borrowing capacity of over 300,000 veterans under the G. I. Bill of Rights. These vast credit resources just mentioned do not take into account all the other many means by which credit can be secured, both from private sources, such as mortgage and insurance companies, and from the Federal Government through such agencies as the Commodity Credit Corporation.

A little while ago I made reference to the fact that industrial research projects have been under way at Georgia Tech for several years, and that one of the main objectives in making these studies was to ascertain, if possible, just what types of industries should be promoted in Georgia. In times past the record shows that Georgia industries in the main have been those employing largely unskilled labor and those in which, of course, earnings for workers were low. They have been industries in which wages were low everywhere, not just in Georgia alone, and where the value added by manufacture was also low. The industries for Georgia for the future should be planned with the idea of establishing those industries in which wages are high, and in which value added is high. It is only in this way that adequate purchasing power may be provided to buy our manufactured products and to furnish taxes with which to build up our communities and improve our schools and hospitals.

Among the industries to be encouraged are the following: all kinds of apparel, including boots and shoes; food processing; electrical machinery and foundry products; household furnishings; pulp, paper, and paper products; textile machinery; vegetable oil refining; ceramic products; paints; hundreds of different kinds of wood products; many and varied products made from steel, aluminum, and plastics; and all types of products used in the building trades. This is not the complete list by any means but it contains those offering the most probable immediate gains.

One of the first questions the potential manufacturer asks is: "Where will I sell my product?" This question is entirely appropriate in connection with the subject of this talk. If we expand our output as contemplated, where shall we sell the product? With the contemplated increase in average wages and number of workers, the local market will be tremendously increased. As output is increased, we shall reap the benefits of lower unit cost, resulting from mass production, and will thus be able to compete in the outlying markets. With the opening of our ports, foreign maikets with Central and South America and coastwise (Continued on page 10)

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1946

THE GEORGIA TECH A L U M N U S

Dr. Paty's Appointment as Chancellor Meets With Cordial Approval October ninth, 1946, became a truly memorable date for the State of Georgia as the announcement was made at that time, by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, of the appointment of Dr. Raymond R. Paty as chancellor of the University System.

The Board of Regents, faculty members, students, and alumni of the respective branches of the University System, together with all other friends and the State of Georgia, as a whole, are to be highly congratulated on the very careful and wise choice of the Board of Regents, and upon their extremely good fortune, occasioned by Dr. Paty's very gracious acceptance of the important appointment.

Judge Frank A. Hooper, Jr., President of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, wrote promptly to Dr. Paty and expressed the feelings of the alumni, upon the appointment, as follows: "DR. RAYMAND R. PATY PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA DEAR DR. PATY: As President of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, I wish to express to you the feelings of gratification upon the part of the Georgia Tech Alumni on your acceptance of the office of Chancellor of the University System of Georgia.

You will find that our Alumni Association will cooperate with you and assist you in every possible way.

If you will indicate to me a time agreeable to you, I shall be glad to call a meeting of the Executive Board of the Alumni Association at lunch time or dinner time, either before or after your installation, in order to be advised of your plans and in order to acquaint you with all matters concerning Georgia Tech that might be within our knowledge, and of interest to you.

Atlanta, Ga. Sincerely yours.

October 10, 1946 Signed: FRANK A. HOOPER, JR." The trend of the wide and complimentary publicity concerning Dr. Paty's election is excellently shown in the following editorial, which we reprint with great appreciation

Southern College in 1938, and in 1942 assumed his present duties as president of the University of Alabama.

It is not without interest that the new Georgia chancellor was a close friend and college mate at Emory of another eminent educator, Ernest C. Colwell, who is now president of the University of Chicago.

One of Dr. Paty's salient characteristics, stressed by those who know him best, is his inherent faith in human beings.

He is a man of great integrity, extremely personable and democratic. His return to Georgia will be in the nature of a home-coming, not only because of the friends made during his years at Emory but also because of the fact that he has maintained and ofter visited, since his departure to Alabama, a farm in DeKalb County. His wife is a Georgian, the former Miss Adelaide Martha Pund of Augusta.

Dr. Paty's obvious stature in his profession, with his wide educational and administrative experience, equip him admirably to head the University System of Georgia. His appointment is one for which the Board of Regents deserves praise, and of which Georgians may be proud."

Mrs. Paty is the former Miss Pund of Augusta It is of much and further interest to know that Dr. Paty's lovely wife, the former Miss Adelaide Martha Pund, of Augusta, Ga., is a sister of Ernest E. Pund, Georgia Tech C.E., 1919, City Engineer and Commissioner of Public Works, Augusta, G a , and Henry R. "Peter" Pund, Georgia Tech T.E. and G.S., 1929, Exec. Ass't. to the General Manager, Bethlehem Steel Works, Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, Mass., and Dr. Edgar Pund, University of Georgia, 1914, a member of the faculty of the University of Georgia Medical College, Augusta, Ga. Georgia Tech remembers very proudly, too, the fact that Henry R. "Peter" Pund was both an honor student and an All-America center, captain of Georgia Tech's undefeated, 1928 football team the victors over a strong Notre Dame varsity among others; and winner of the January 1, 1929, Rose Bowl game over an outstanding University of California Golden Bear team.

Therefore, while the Regents of the University System have done such a grand job in bringing Dr. Paty and his

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November

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1946

Georgia Tech Housing Projects Memorialize Alumni and Other Friends

Sketch of Housing Project now under construction ot Georgia Tech. The buildings will memorialize prominent alumni and other outstanding friends of the college.

Two Georgians and one of the early manufacturers of Atlanta were honored at Georgia Tech when the three new dormitories now under construction on the campus were named for them. The dormitory at Williams and Third Streets was named Donigan Dean Towers, the second at Third Street and Techwood Drive for William H. Glenn, and the third at William Street and North Avenue for John M. Smith.

The new dormitories are part of Georgia Tech's $4,000,000 housing program for veterans and should be completed

by September, 1947.

William H. Glenn William Harper Glenn was born in Cave Springs, Georgia, on December 20, 1871, and died in Atlanta on September 24, 1940. He was the first registrant at Georgia Tech and graduated with a B.S. in M.E. Degree in the second graduating class, in 1891. He joined the Georgia Railway and Power Company in 1891, and rose to the position of vice president and operating manager of railways. He resigned in 1920 to become president of the Shippers Compress Co., engaged in the compression and storage of cotton.

He was a trustee of Georgia Tech, a former president of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, and an alumni member of the Georgia Tech Athletic Association He was married to Miss Annie Fitten, of Atlanta, a member of a widely known Georgia family. They had two children, John Fitten and William H., Jr. While Mr. Glenn's interests and responsibilities were numerous, he never failed to give unselfishly of his time and talents to the college that h e loved so well. He was a man of high characterâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;public spirited, devoted to his family and his friends, and universally admired and loved by those with whom he came in daily contact.

Donigan Dean Towers Donigan Dean Towers was born at Rome, Georgia, on March 1, 1882, son of Robert H. and March E. (Dean)

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Towers. He received his early education in the Marietta Male Academy and in the public schools of that community. He received his degree in Textile Engineering at Georgia Tech in 1902. In 1918 and 1919, he took special work in commercial law and corporation finance at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md. After graduating from Georgia Tech, Mr. Towers entered the textile industry as an apprentice and worked for several years in what was then the Massachusetts Cotton Mills at Lindale, Ga. In 1905 he was made Superintendent of the Knoxville Cotton Mills at Knoxville, Tenn., and two years later returned to Georgia as superintendent of the Bibb Manufacturing Company's mill at Porterdale.

In 1911 he became superintendent of the Canton Cotton Mills at Canton, Georgia. After six years here, h e became agent of the Mount Vernon Woodberry group of mills, Baltimore, Md., and in 1929 became superintendent and manager of the Worth Mills at Forth Worth, Texas. In 1928 he returned to his birthplace, Rome, Georgia, as superintendent of the Anchor Duck Mills, and in 1937 was elected vice president and general manager of these mills.

On October 1, 1907, he married: Miss Pauline Embree.

They had four children, Pauline, Evelyn, Robert and Mary Dean. Mr. Towers died J a n u a r y 2, 1946.

Captain John M. Smith John M. Smith was born in Enniskillen, Ireland. When 14 years old he emigrated with the family to London, Ontario, Canada. There he received a common school education and learned the trade of a carriage designer.

Immediately after the Civil War he came to the United States and worked for a short time in Chicago and then in New Haven, Connecticut, which was a great center for fine carriage building at that time. In 1869 h e came to Atlanta and set up his own business as a buggy and carriage builder.

He was one of the original contributors to the building of Georgia Tech. Throughout his long business career he operated as an individual except for one year when he had a partner whom he bought out. Mr. Smith died in 1913.

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1946

THE GEORGIA TECH A L U M N U S

Engineering "Know-How"

By DONALD M. NELSON, Former Director of the W.P.B. Presented Sept. 13, 1946 at the Georgia School of Technology If this United States of ours is going to keep on growing and assuming that world leadership that I like to see it have, it's going to be very largely through the practical application of engineering principles. If we are going to live in peace, and that is in the minds and hearts of every man and woman in all America is how we are going to live at peace with the world, I think it can come through the application of engineering and management fundamentals to the resources around the world. Now that sounds formidable, but let me just explain what I have in mind. I belive in this American "know how" with which we have startled the world. Anywhere one went in the world, during World War II, the one thing that was recognized immediately as being outstandingly American was the "know how," the ability to organize all industry, great and small, and the ability to turn out anything that was asked of us when President Roosevelt pledged that we would be the arsenal of democracy. Anywhere I went in the world, in any gathering, in any assembly, or in any single audience, the one thing that they wanted to know about was that American "know how." However, they didn't call it that; they called it America's ability to do things. I tell you we had the admiration and respect of every nation in the world.

Now let's see how we would apply a thing like that American "know how" to bringing about peace in the world. Well, I have a thesis and I am sure you will all agree with me, especially those of you who have thought about it and studied it. It is that people who think in terms of peace are people who are looking up and not down. When people look down, when they see no hope ahead and have no feeling of security, when there is a feeling of hopelessness, these people begin following demigods at every turn. They would p r o b ably even do it in our own country. That is one of the reasons why I feel that industrial management in this country has the important job of keeping our economy

raise enough food to supply their people. Just think what an opportunity there is for engineers, people with the "know how" in our country, to go over to a country like China —not on a philanthropic basis, not on a WPA basis—but on a straight business basis, on a basis of creating business.

But you say, well, if we do that won't we be creating competitors for ourselves? No, of course not. I think that one who even thinks of that has never thought deeply on the subject.

Now let's see what we could do in China. In the first place, China is the nation in the Far East whose manpower may determine the future course of the world. She leans toward the United States. Somebody in this country was very far-seeing when at the time of the Boxer Revolution the United States applied most of those indemnities which China had to pay, to the education of Chinese men, and some girls, in American universities. Every place you go in China you find these young Chinese, who were trained at Harvard, at Yale, at Vanderbilt and probably some at Georgia Tech. These students had learned what America is and what makes this country tick. They want to see that same thing happen in China; want to see a democracy come about in China; want to see industrialization come about in China that will enable the people to get ahead and not just struggle on the land to get practically nothing but starvation for the results of their labor. They have plans for great irrigation projects in China. We saw one on the Yangtse River. True, I think it's entirely too ambitious for China for years to come. With one dam on the Yangtse River they can create three times as much power as Bonneville and Boulder Dams put together—over ten and one-half million kilowatts of power—and at the same time furnish irrigation for a part of China that is just about without water for at least two years out of three. It could bring about flood control to prevent those enormous floods that take the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.

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Industrial Georgia (Continued from page 6) markets will be available with cheaper transportation.

Transportation facilities have played and will continue to play a tremendous part in the industrial growth and expansion of Georgia. Georgia has 6,200 miles of railway mileage which is much greater than any other southern state east of the Mississippi.

For this same southern area Georgia ranks first also in the total number of motor truck and bus registrations.

Georgia has taken to the air, and all of Georgia's largest cities are served by an excellent network of air lines with connections to every part of the air world.

Already our present consumption of power is great. The retail sales in Georgia amount to more than two and onehalf billion dollars per year. With the increased wages during the war, our people have been able to buy things which have never before been within their reach. In the future they will want not only these luxuries but others, and will strive to increase their earning power in order to obtain them. Insofar as the immediate outlook is concerned, there should be no worry about being able to sell what is produced within the next few years if only good sense will be used in our manufacturing plans. For example, there are still 318,177 rural farm and non-farm dwelling units in Georgia without electric service. What a potential market for electrical equipment and units manufactured in the State of Georgia.

I have pictured for you a future life for the average Georgian vastly different from the one he has lived in the past. I should like for you to think of this life to be lived in Georgia as a busy life, intelligently directed, sustained by enthusiasm, training and knowledge. Such a life will call for basic training in fundamentals, not only of living, but of planning for a life and industrial activity along scientific lines. Very largely, as I see it, this expanded industrial activity, if successful, will have to rely upon scientific management of industry and business, and improved engineering technique. According to a study made

by Dun & Bradstreet, 85 per cent of the failures in business and industry are directly traceable to poor management. Management is one subject to which we must give a lot of attention. There are some phases of management which can be learned only from experience. There are some phases of management which can be learned in our colleges. There may be certain phases of management which can be successfully performed only by supermen— by those who are endowed with unusual and rare qualities.

In Georgia we are well-provided with courses of study in our colleges. In the engineering and industrial management courses at Georgia Tech, all phases of engineering are thoroughly taught. A recent survey of 13,537 alumni of Georgia Tech discloses that more than half of our graduates in engineering remain in or come back to Georgia to help build the State's industrial future. In addition, almost 80 per cent are making their contribution to the industrial economy of the Southeast.

In management itself, we have at Georgia Tech the departments of Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management, each with a four-year course leading to a degree.

We have fine schools of commerce at the University of Georgia in Athens and at Emory University in Atlanta, and there are other schools in the state which give courses in the field of business administration. Within the course of time, more and more of the graduates of our engineering, management and business administration schools will find their places in Georgia industries, and will devote their time and lend their talents to the upbuilding of this state.

The Industrial Future of Georgia is bright; it is hopeful.

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Engineering "Know-How" (Continued from page 9) sities of life from people who make from five to ten dollars a day. We want to keep our living standards going up instead of down. We do not want to bring our living standards down to a point where we can sell them goods.

I believe that plants can be established in China to make the necessities of life for those billions of people in the Far East, and even extending into the near east, that will bring about better living conditions, bring about a hope for those people and get them looking up. As they look up they are not going to be such easy marks for the demigods who think of them in terms of manpower to fight. Now I believe that is the job for American engineers, one of the constructive things that can be done and which affords opportunities in the future for thousands and thousands of young trained Americans.

I have discussed it with many Americans—bankers, businessmen, and engineers. Not one yet has shown me in any way whereby it isn't practical from a straight business standpoint of our producing for them and showing them how to produce, and their producing for the rest of the world who might produce things on what we might call multilateral trade. I'm not thinking in terms of making textiles in China to send over here to the United States.

I'm thinking of making textiles in China to send into the Maylayan peninsula—Arabia, Egypt and any other country there where they are not able to buy from us because of the tremendous difference in the earning power of people. For China, where the manpower is plentiful and low, I am thinking not on the basis of exploiting that low manpower to bring ours down, but in terms of bringing that Chinese manpower up. As they make the necessities of life for others, it will bring up the subsistence and living levels of others in the world, which I believe will help to bring about the conditions leading toward a peaceful living together of peoples in this world. And as we begin making these economic truths count by helping the people of the world do more with the natural resources which they have, we will be creating that feeling that we want to see other people have what we have ourselves—that feeling that we want to live at peace and use our training, our ingenuity, our skill, our management and our organizational ability to keep on increasing the living standards of all peoples.

That it will grow and develop is assured. Whether it will be great, glorious and magnificent rests with the people of Georgia. We can make it so if we will all come to- a realization that a high living standard and a great industrial development are dependent upon our ability to produce more goods and services for less money than anyone else and that we must all educate ourselves, train ourselves so that we can each produce in his or her chosen field the maximum of goods and services of which each is capable. Georgia is Production. We must produce the maximum of goods and services for the least expenditure of time, money and materials. There is no other way.

The industrial revolution in Georgia is well under way, making possible a higher living standard for its people, increased industrial development of its many natural r e sources, and a better education for all. Machines in agriculture, in industry, and in the homes of Georgia are aiding the people to enjoy life with more time to think, live and grow. No wonder that Louis Bromfield, worldfamous author, on a recent visit to Georgia said, "I saw the resurrection of life and a new world in the making.

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They say that necessity is the mother of invention. This is certainly true of network calculators. About 1920 central station systems were attaining a complexity that made accurate calculation of short circuit and relay currents very laborious, and accurate calculation of voltage regulation problems almost impossible. To simplify the solution of the short circuit problems, the direct current

G. E. Company brought out a calculator, operating at 480 cycles and utilizing a much lower power level than had previously been used. Since then nine A. C. calculators have been purchased by utilities and others. Of these, five have been of Westinghouse manufacture, two G. E., one a 60 cycle calculator with fixed impedance units built by the Nelson Electric Company in Tulsa, and one 10,000

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"Breakers Ahead" Condensation of an address given by Mr. William G. Avirett, Education Editor, New York Herald Tribune, at the National Conference of the American Alumni Council at Amherst on July Iff, 1946.

I greet you as fellow members of a constantly harassed, often misunderstood, but somehow rewarding profession.

Your activities and mine may not take us into the frontline academic trenches, but they certainly take us behind the lines and also out in front beyond the foxhole zone, where we act as a cushion or a buffer or sometimes as a two-way channel between the general public and higher education.

For the past five years many of us have had the feeling that we were sitting on the sidelines. We may have been busy to capacity, but we knew that the decisive action was being taken in theatres far away from where we were, and waged by other people, including our own sons and daughters. Now we realize that the theatre of action has come back to us and that the time to attack is now. There is much to be done and I suggest that we spend a few minutes in considering the problems we face today and will face in the years ahead.

First, let us take the year 1946. From all indications there will be a 50 per cent increase in college and university enrollment in the United States this fall. Washington authorities tell us that possibly half a million applicants will fail to gain entrance because of lack of room and instructional facilities. An added point of significance for the years ahead is that some 75 per cent of these students on our overcrowded campuses this year will be freshmen and sophomores. On the physical side we know that this overcrowding will bring frictions in the dormitory, the library, the classroom and on the campus generally. On the academic side there is the problem of securing an adequate staff of competent teachers.

We know these things, so let's turn to 1947, which strikes me as a much more interesting year. What will be the situation in September of 1947? Will our student overload still be 50 per cent or will it have gone up to 60 per cent?

Can we absorb the 400,000 or more who will not be able to enter college this fall? Will the emergency building program have eased the physical situation by that time or will there still be a scramble for temporary facilities?

And will the staff problem be metâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;possibly by the employment of a large number of "junior appointees?"

With these questions I should like to leave 1947 and jump to 1950. Let us assume that the overload is still at least 50 per cent; in other words, that the lag, which may come with the dropping off of the GI boom from 1948 to 1950, has been taken up by the ground swell of the steadily increasing flow of students from the secondary schools. By 1950, let us assume, the graduate schools will have left the full impact of the record undergraduate enrollment of this fall.

Can we assume the following in regard to 1950; that the distribution among classes has been adjusted; that the colleges have shifted from temporary to permanent construction and are wondering why they ever put up the sad temporary structures which now have to be replaced at great cost with permanent brick and stone, and that the permanent instructional staff is being adequately paid and adequately housed?

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know that throughout the nation the veteran who has r e turned to college has made a magnificent impression as a result of his mature attitude, his will to learn and his ability to study. I am keeping that in mind when I ask you to consider the married student. Can he keep his mind on the higher calculus when the responsibilities and problems of his wife and child are competing for his attention? Marriage is a hazardous occupation in the earlier years and depends upon a continuing enthusiasm. When this enthusiasm fails, will there be, as I am beginning to find on campus after campus, a new category under the reasons for withdrawal from the institution, the category of "domestic difficulty?"

Again, what about the man who dreamed of the beauty and peace of a college campus while serving in the Pacific?

Will the life of a postwar campus with its crowded quarters and its inevitable classroom requirements live up to that vision?

Or consider a third man, an idealist. He has been dreaming not only about the brave new world, but also about the excellence of instruction that would be his when he finally got to a campus. You and I know that there was no universality of excellent instruction on the prewar campus and there may be even less of excellence in instruction in the hurried, crowded postwar campus.

Let us consider a fellow we might call the "practical" man. Along about the middle of the year what will be his reaction if he gets a letter from a friend with whom he shared foxholes in Germany with an offer of a wellpaid job? Will he feel that opportunity is knocking and about to pass him by? And then there is the man who is restless and unsettled. After old contacts have been r e established and he has had time to look around, will he still desire the academic life?

All I have said along this line is just by way of caution, os we consider the deserved admiration that has been given to the student-veteran thus far. A second note of caution has to do with the possibility of an economic set-back, which would compel revision of present estimates.

There is another point which merits our consideration.

Just how sure are we of this ground swell from secondary education, which we have assumed will arrive to plug the enrollment gap when the immediate veteran pressures relax? The American high school population increased ninety times in the period from the Civil War to Pearl Harbor, thirty times faster than the increase in general population. It was long assumed that the job of the high school was to prepare students for college entrance. Today only one out of four high school graduates goes on to college.

Will the high schools, in their necessary preoccupation with those who do not go on, be able to do an adequate job of training the minority who want to go on?

And now that I have sounded all my notes of caution, wa come to the question: what can the members of the American Alumni Council do about it? What are we going to do in regard to the inevitable disappointment and disillusionment with which we will be increasingly confronted this next academic year? Much of it may be both vocal and serious. Moreover, this is a Congressional year.

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There are several factors which are responsible for this great increase in calculator usage. First, those who have made calculator studies in the past will never return to the tedious methods of analytical solution. The calculator can answer in an hour problems which would take months of calculation with a slide rule. Furthermore, the solr tions obtained on the calculator will be more accurate and will contain none of the approximations necessary in analytical solutions. Because of the accuracy and completeness of calculator solutions, many executives will accept the answers so obtained when they will not accept the answers obtained in analytical solutions. Many times we have solved simple problems on the calculator that could be very readily calculated, just because the "boss" will accept a calculator solution without question and will not accept any other answer. During the war, calculator solutions were accepted, and required, by the Federal Control Boards in cases where the need for new equipment had to be proved. It should certainly be much more satisfactory to set a system on the calculator and build n e w lines in miniature, determine the best locations of new generation, etc., at the cost of a few dollars calculator rental, than to rely on someone's judgment and possible calculations, and spend millions of dollars unnecessarily. Certainly if one were to buy anything, he would want to see just what he is buying, and would not rely on some salesman's word. With the calculator this can be done with a power system. A new line may be tested to see if it operates in the expected manner. If it doesn't, it may be torn down in a few seconds and rebuilt in some other place.

Several cases may be cited which show how the calculator has proved its value. In 1933 when Commonwealth Edison received their calculator, they had just finished designing the power supply to the World's Fair. When the calculator was received they checked their former design based on analytical solutions and a necessary liberal factor of safety. They were able to eliminate one supply cable through their calculator study. The cost of this cable more than paid for the cost of the calculator. In the first year of operation they had made sufficient savings through the use of the calculator to pay eight times its

Herbert P. Peters, Supervisor i n Charge of Studies and Operation of the Georgia Tech A . C. Network Calculator, shown a t the Cont r o l Desk of the Calculator.

One of these was called to the attention of the Westinghouse company in the form of a complaint. One of its customers made a very detailed short circuit study on the calculator and then went out and staged short circuit tests on the system. The customer was very perturbed because the results of the staged tests missed their calculator

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Breakers Ahead

Tech ROTC Completes Reactivation

(Continued jrom page 12) With this in mind, there are four people I would like to quote in very rapid succession.

The first of them has to be anonymous, but I can at least identify him as the head of a great university. He said this last January: "Wouldn't it be interesting if the accumulating pressures, by the latter part of 1946 or by 1947, led to the establishment of a University of the United States, with 48 branches, headed by an Educator General? By virtue of his position, the Educator General would be in the Cabinet, and presumably would outrank the Postmaster General, because he would have far more patronage at his disposal."

I leave that enticing thought just there and go on to a second and possibly more serious point of view. In discussing the proposal for four university centers in the South, around which would be associated some 33 institutions, Dr. Carmichael, of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, said that the aim is to "vitalize instruction." In this project he is not interested in research or in additions to the great body of knowledge.

The purpose is to bring together teachers in various fields, to provide them with adequate facilities, to stimulate their teaching.

A third person, Mrs. Mildred McAfee Horton, of Wellesley, in a delightful interview recently, used a word that is most significant. She said, "We have got somehow to make the profession of teaching alluring." I completely spoiled her emphasis by printing it "more alluring."

And, finally, Dr. Harold Dodds, of Princeton, said recently that he wasn't too much concerned about our difficulties in the next year or two. He thought that somehow we would get through this business of improvising facilities and recruiting non-existent professors. What disturbed him was the possibility that through inability to maintain academic standards—to do the job for the postwar student that the postwar student hoped for—there would result a loss of public confidence which might set back the cause of liberal education for a decade or more.

In viewing the long range picture in higher education, two points should be mentioned. In the first place, we are aware of the increasing responsibilities that are falling upon the administrative side as against the straight academic side of our institutions. Alumni are recognized more and more as partners in the enterprise of higher education. It follows that the burden on alumni secretaries will become steadily heavier.

In the second place, we all realize that the service of the college to the community is necessarily growing. Here again the increased administrative burden is one which members of this council may well share.

In his address on this conference program, General Eisenhower raised the question: Why is it that people and nations will only work together when they are scared to death? In effect he challenged higher education to supply a motive that will replace fear.

Does not the answer lie in a crusading aspiration for a better society with a renewed emphasis on the American concept of unlimited opportunity? For most of us here it might be phrased something like this: I believe in American higher education. I believe that somewhere in those years the student finds an experience which is unforgettable and irreplaceable. I believe that the liberating forces in our colleges and universities make for decent citizenship—which in t u r n makes for wellchosen leaders and for an informed public opinion—upon which rests the best democratic hope of continuing peace and of averting a third and final war.

Georgia Tech Army ROTC has been fully reactivated and is in complete operation again, after being temporarily suspended during the war period. Five branches of the service are now represented at the college, an Air Force unit having been added in September. The other branches are Coast Artillery Corps (Antiaircraft), Infantry, Ordnance, and Signal Corps.

The total enrollment in the ROTC this year is 530. Of these, approximately 400 are in the elementary course and the remaining 130, almost all of whom are war veterans, are in the advanced course. For the purposes of drill and ceremonies the ROTC has been organized into a battalion of four companies and a band. The battalion commander is Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Robert T. (Bobby) Davis, captain of this year's football team.

The ROTC is headed by Colonel William Q. Jeffords, Jr., as Professor of Military Science and Tactics. Colonel Jeffords came to Georgia Tech in August. He is a graduate of The Citadel and has served as a regular army officer for twenty-nine years.

Included in the Army personnel assigned for duty with the ROTC are several graduates of Georgia Tech. Lieutenant Colonel Quentin S. Quigley, B.S. in E.E., '31, heads the Signal Corps unit and is assisted by Captain Warren H. Amason, B.S. in E.E., '33. Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Wilder, Jr., B.S. in M.E., '40, heads the newly formed Air Force unit. Major Garnett J. Giesler, B.S. in E.E., '32, is in charge of the Ordnance unit. The Coast Artillery Corps (Antiaircraft) unit is headed by Major Edward S. Mathes, B.S. in M.E., '32, and he is assisted by Major Joseph E. Treadway, B.S. in I.M., '40. All of these officers, except Major Giesler and Captain Amason, are now in the regular Army.

A. C Network Calculator (Concluded) The $120,000 Georgia Tech A-C Network Calculator was purchased by the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation from the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, t h e outstanding manufacturer of this type of equipment. Installation of the calculator in the new building is expected to be completed by the early part of 1947. A transient voltage analyzer will be incorporated at a later date.

The Georgia Tech A-C Network Calculator is going to be one of the most modern and complete calculators in the country. It has been designed to give the most work with the least effort on the part of the users. For instance, the inclusion of the large number of Pi line units will permit the determination of line currents directly without the necessity of correcting them for charging capacity of the line, as is the case with most calculators. Sufficient circuits of all kinds are available so that any power system can be set up with the least amount of reduction.

The location of the calculator in Atlanta should appeal to all companies.

Too many people think that an engineer is so engrossed in his work that he is immune to physical discomfort.

Georgia Tech has not made this mistake, and has provided facilities that will appeal to all. In addition to the main calculator, a study room and a lounge room will be provided, all air conditioned for personal comfort. The operator of the board will be able to devote his full time to problems, and will not be subject to the distractions experienced in an industrial company, nor to the teaching duties imposed on the operators of other calculators operated by universities. So, put your electrical problems on a calculator, and preferably the new Georgia Tech calculator when it is installed. If you do, the result will be more efficient design and operation of your utility system.

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Service Mentions and Citations

1892 Mr. Milton G. Smith, B.S. in M.E., is a retired Sales Engineer and lives at 1201 Augusta Street, Greenville. S. C. 1910 Mr. Frederick W. Hausman, B.S. in E.E., has received the War Department's Meritorious Civilian Service Award in recognition of exemplary performance of duty in the Office of the South Atlantic Division of the Corps of Engineers.

1913 Mr. W. P. Hammond, B.S. in E.E., is Vice-President in charge of Engineering, Georgia Power Co., Atlanta, Ga. 1915 Mr. John J. Strickland, B.S. in E.E., is Superintendent of Transporting Department, Duke Power Co., Durham, North Carolina.

1920 Mr. James M. Robinson, B.S. in E.E., is President of Robinson Welding Supply Co., Detroit, Mich.

1922 Mr. Geo. P. McClenaghan, B.S. in T.E., is prominently connected with Aragon Baldwin Mills, Whitmire and Rock Hill, S. C ; Dunean Mills, Greenville, S. C ; Watts Mills, Laurens, S. C , and Victor Monaghan Co., Greenville and Greer, S. C. Mr. Thomas M. Salisbury, B.S. in E.E., is now Vice President and General Manager of Industrial Suppliers, Inc., Jackson, Miss.

Mr. Chandler H. Stevens, B.S. in E.E., is Sales Manager, Philadelphia District, of The Upson-Walton Company, of Cleveland, Ohio.

1923 Mr. J. Frank Bell, B.S. in M.E., is a partner in the firm of Christian and Bell Co.. General Contractors, Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Robert S. Neblett, B.S. in E.E., is Manager, Federal & Marine Divisions of General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y. Mr. Walker Saussy, B.S. in Ch.E., is owner of the Walker Saussy Advertising firm, New Orleans, La. 1924 Mr. E. P. Cauldwell, B.S. in M.E., is representative for the State of Georgia, for products of Richmond Oil Equipment Co., with offices in Atlanta, Ga. 1925 Mr. Lee M. Sessions, B.S. in Comm., has been appointed manager of the Atlanta Ordinary Branch of American National Insurance Company.

1926 Mr. George S. Brown, B.S. in E.E., is President of Coastal Chemical Co., Savannah, Ga. 1929

Lawton T. Stevens, B.S. in M.E., was released from the Navy with rank of Lieut. Commander. The Navy Department awarded him a citation with commendation ribbon for organizational work leading to a fine record in the Eighth Naval District for getting naval ships to sea. He is now a partner in the firm of John H. Carter Co., Mechanical Equipment, of New Orleans.

1924 Lieut. Colonel Edward G. Nabell, B.S. in C.E., has been awarded the Legion of Merit for outstanding work in devising procedures and policies which were instrumental in the successful procurement and engineering phases of bombardment aircraft.

1926 Mr. J. B. Glover III, B.S. in M.E., former Major in Ordnance Dept., is President and General Manager of Glover Machine Works, Marietta, Ga. 1927 Mr. Percy H. Perkins, B.S. in Arch., was honorably separated from the service in January, 1946, with many decorations, including the Bronze Star for heroic achievement in combat, Army Commendation Ribbon, Purple Heart, War Cross of Czechoslovakia, Pre-Pearl Harbor Ribbon and others.

Since his release, he has joined the architectural firm of Barili and Humphreys, Atlanta, Ga. 1928 Mr. Ernest C. Kontz, B.S. in T.E., released from C. A. C. as Lieut. Colonel, is Director of Research for Cabin Crafts, Inc., Dalton, Ga. T. McRae Williams, B.S. in Gen. Eng., served 5y2 years in the Army Signal Corps., 3y2 of which were spent in the Pacific, and was released from active duty as Lieut. Colonel.

He is now steam power plant Engineer for Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills, Atlanta, Ga. 1929 Lieut. Colonel John H. Home, B.C.S., is now on terminal leave, after 52 months of service in the Ordnance Department. He served in the A.P.T.O. campaign and was awarded one Bronze Star and the American Campaign and Victory Medals.

1933 Mr. Vernon H. Shearer, Jr., former Major in the Signal Corps, served as a Chinese Army signal liaison officer. He has been released from active duty and is now Assistant Manager of Shearer Machine Co., Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Charles E. Southern, B.S. in Comm., while serving as Lieut. Commander in the Navy, received the Commendation Ribbon and Bronze Star Medal. He is now Branch Manager, Sinclair & Valentine Co., Nashville, Tenn.

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Service Mentions and Citations (Continued) Albert G. Daniel, a Major in the Coast Artillery Corps., is now Asst. Mgr., Atlanta Office of Guardian Life Insurance Co., Atlanta, Ga. James W. Fryer, Jr., I.M., is with the National Industries, Inc., 1730 Clinton St., Nashville, Tenn. A former Lieut. Commander, U.S.N.R., he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Gold Star in lieu of second Bronze Star.

Wm. J. McLarty, I.M., was a Major in the 748th Tank Bn., European Theatre and received four Battle Stars. At present, he is a college trainee at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 560 W. Peachtree St., Atlanta.

Albert R. Morgan, Jr., C.E., S/Sgt, 1891st Engineer Aviation Battalion, served 17 months in C.B.I. He is now with Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Birmingham, Ala. Lieutenant Richard M. Norman, M.E., is Library Officer, The Ordnance School, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Earle W. Prendergast, E.E., served four years as a Major, U. S. Army Air Forces. He has returned to Atlanta as Sales Engineer for American Blower Corp., 101 Marietta St. Charles Philip Richards, I.M., former Major, AUS, is back at his home, 960 Drewry St., N. E., Atlanta, Ga. Walter C. Saeman, Ch.E., was an officer in the Ordnance Dept., A.U.S., for two years. He is now Associate Chemical Engineer, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, T.V.A., Wilson Dam, Ala. 1941 Harold K. Couch, former Lieut., U.S.N.R., has recently become associated with Babcock-Wilcox Co., 105 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, 111.

David A. Heckman, M.E., Liuet., U.S.N.R., is back in civilian work at Brooklyn, N. Y., and is residing at 7821 Colonial Road.

Frank P. Hudson, Ch.E., former Major, U. S. Army, has returned to Atlanta and is a partner in the firm of Spotswood-Parker & Co., 313 Techwood Dr., N. W. . Fred Lee Parker, C.E., was overseas for 40 months with the First Armored Division. He is now with Besser Manufacturing Co., Atlanta, Ga. Julian J. Raynes, P.H.Engr., served in the Pacific Theater as a Lieut., U.S.N.R., and is now Sanitary Engineer with the Mississippi River Commission, Vicksburg, Miss.

Herbert L. Waters, I.M., who served four years in the Navy, is an engineer with Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co., Hurt Building, Atlanta, Ga. 1942 Stephen V. Boccieri, M.E., a 1st Lieutenant in the Air Corps, is now a Junior Engineer, Petroleum-Chemical Developing Co., New York City.

Columbus A. Cobb, Tex.Engr., was separated from the Army June 28, 1946, as a Major. He is now associated with the Swift Spinning Mills, Columbus, Ga. Wayman Ray Deal, a Signal Maintenance Officer, was discharged with the rank of Captain, and is now Communication Engineer, AGF Board No. 1, Fort Bragg, N. C. Mercer H. Johnson, I.M., served 21 months in the Southwest Pacific. He is now Plant Layout Engineer for General Motors, Atlanta, Ga. Richard J. Trammell, M.E., Lieut., U.S.N.R., having served in the South Pacific, is connected with Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp., Atlanta, Ga. 1943 Robert William Ashe, M.E., is at Lester, Pa., with Westinghouse. since his discharge as a Lieut, (j.g.), U.S.N.R. Reuben M. Berry, Jr., was with the 71st Division, Fifth Infantry, and is now connected with Eastern Air Lines, Atlanta, Ga. Giles P. Cleveland, T.E., is at his home, 728 N. Church St., Spartanburg, S. C , since his discharge as Lieut., U.S.N.R. Walter Joseph Edelblut, Jr., C.E., former Captain, U. S. Army, is in businessâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Edelblut & Co., at Fort Myers, Fla. Shorter R. Granberry, I.M., is back at home, 2086 Ponce de Leon Ave., N. E., Atlanta, Ga., since his discharge as a Captain in the Parachute Infantry.

Sgt. Sheridan F. McAuley, G.E., is stationed at Fort McPherson, Ga., in the E. M. Counseling Branch, Separation Center.

Richard H. Maddux, I.M., was discharged June 5, 1946, as a Lieut., U.S.N.R., and is residing at 211 Sanislaus Circle, Macon, Ga. W. R. Mountcastle, Jr., Ch.E., former Aviation Radio

1946

Lawrence Willet Resigns Alumni Office As far back as June 12, 1946, Lawrence Willett, C.E., 1918, Vice President of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, submitted his resignation to President Frank A. Hooper, Jr., but, upon the insistence of all the other Executive Board members, he kindly agreed to remain on the directorate for a while longer. As a result he stayed in office until the latter part of September of this year, at which time his many business duties and personal matters made it absolutely necessary for him to give up his executive duties in the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, along with other important civic positions held by him.

No one has been appointed to succeed Mr. Willet, as yet; and it is probable that the office will be held open temporarily, in view of the fact that the next nominations for officers will be announced in March. Mr. Willet's resignation was accepted with the greatest regret, and a letter of commendation and gratitude was tendered him by the Executive Board of the Alumni Association as a resolution of respect and with sincerest thanks for the excellent, untiring and loyal services rendered by him, over the years, as an outstanding alumnus and an eminent officer of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association.

Technician 2/c, is connected with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., at Gadsden, Ala. William S. Parker, M.E., since his release from the Navy as a Lieutenant, has become associated with the Combustion Engineering Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.

Thomas V. Patton, A.E., former Lieut, (j.g.), is with Shell Oil Co., Atlanta, Ga. Lewis Candler Radford, Jr., M.E., former Naval Aviator, is now a test engineer with Allison Division, General Motors Corp., Indianapolis, Ind. Walter A. Reiser, Jr., M.E., who served as a Captain in the Infantry Reserve, is now a student engineer with Grinnell Co., Inc., Providence, R. I. Robert J. Sherman is at his home, 589 Cresthill Ave., N. E., since his discharge as a Captain in the Air Corps.

Rembert M. Sims, Jr., I.M., former Lieut, (j.g.) in the Supply Corps., U.S.N.R., is connected with Mitchell Motors, Atlanta, Ga. Joseph Shelvyn Wansley, I.M., who was discharged April 23, 1946, as a Lieut., U.S.N.R., is with Sears Roebuck & Co., Atlanta, Ga. Carlysle W. Woodruff, E.E., is a Field Engineer with the Georgia Power Co., Atlanta, Ga. He served as Captain in the Signal Corps for three years.

1944 Lee S. Apple, E.E., after having served two years in the Army Signal Corps is with the Florida State Road Dept., Tallahassee, Fla. Ernest H. Cox, Ch.E., former Ensign, U.S.N.R., is foreman of the Chlorine Dept., Westvaco Chlorine Products Corp., South Charleston, W. Va. Otto Eugene Fry, Ch.E., is at his home, 1330 14th Ave., So., St. Petersburg, Fla. He served as Radio Technician (AETM 3/c) in the Navy.

William Stewart Johnson, Chem., saw 18 months of service in the South Pacific as a Naval officer, and is now with Iowa-Tllinois Gas and Electric Co., Riverside Station, Iowana, Iowa.

Robert B. Joyner, is with Graybar Electric Co., Atlanta, Ga. He served as an instructor in gunnery while in the Navy.

Charles E. Littlejohn, A.E., was released from active duty as Ensign, U.S.N.R., on July 1, 1946 and is now an Aeronautical Engineer at the Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida.

Carlton A. Scott, M.E., is residing at 4416 St. Elmo, Chattanooga, Tenn. He served as 2nd Lieut, in the Infantry in the European Theater.

1945 Tim B. Chisholm, Jr., I.M., former Sergeant in the Air Corps, is now an Industrial Engineer with Union Bag & Paper Corp., Savannah, Ga.

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BURR Mr. Henry Clay Burr, of Ponce de Leon Ave., N. E., Atlanta, died November 1, 1946, at his residence after a short illness.

Funeral services were held at Griffin, Ga. For the past year Mr. Burr had served as senior claims auditor in the War Assets Administration. A native of Griffin, he attended Riverside Military Academy. He also attended Georgia Tech with the class of 1917, and served in the Emory Unit in World War I and was a member of the Presbyterian Church.

He was a star baseball player at first base, while at Georgia Tech.

Survivors are a son, H. C. Burr, Jr.; his mother, Mrs. Eugenia Speer Westmoreland, of Griffin, and one grandchild.

COOLIDGE Prof. Clarence E. Coolidge, of 512 Page Ave., N. E., Atlanta, Ga., died September 29, 1946, after a short siege of pneumonia.

A resident of Atlanta for 26 years. Prof. Coolidge was a former teacher of engineering drawing and mechanics at Georgia Tech. He was influential in establishing the Sehool of Aeronautics at the college. He also taught in six other schools, and was an instructor at the Bell Bomber Plant. The noted lecturer is also the author of several text books in mechanical drawing.

He is survived by his wife; one daughter, Miss Mary Coolidge, of Atlanta; two sons, Dr. Cole Coolidge, of Wilmington, Del., and Warren Coolidge, of Bethlehem, Pa., and four sisters, of Hartford, Conn.

LITTLE Mr. Allan Little, Sr., one of Georgia's first textile engineers and a member of Georgia Tech's second football team, died September 30, 1946, at his home, 608 Linwood Ave., N. E., Atlanta, Ga., following a long illness.

A graduate of Georgia Tech in 1895, Mr. Little was employed by the Kincaid Manufacturing Co., at Griffin, Ga., now the Dundee Mills. He later became president of the company and of the Lowell Bleachery, South. In 1925 Mr. Little was made agent for the Dwight Manufacturing Company, of Gadsden, Ala.

CAVENAUGH Mr. and Mrs. David E. Cavenaugh announce the birth of a son, Glen Calvert, at Overlook Hospital, Summit, N. J. Mr. Cavenaugh graduated from Georgia Tech in 1940 with a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, and is now a member of the technical staff of Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York City.

DRENNON Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh E. Drennon, Jr., announce the birth of a son on October 16, 1946, who has been named William Lee. Mr. Drennon received his B.S. degree in General Science in 1929.

GOODMAN Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Goodman, Jr., announce the birth of a daughter, Mary Cator, on August 13, 1946.

Mr. Goodman graduated from Georgia Tech and received his B.S. degree in I.M. with the class of 1941.

GLENN Mr. and Mrs. Jack Glenn announce the birth of a son on October 11, 1946.

Mr. Glenn graduated from Georgia Tech in 1932 with a B.S. degree in General Science.

LANGE Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harrison Lange announce the birth of a daughter on J u n e 14, 1946.

Mr. Lange received his B.S. degree in General Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1942.

MILLER Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k A. Miller, Jr., announce the birth of a son, Christopher Gregory, on October 4, 1946.

Mr. Miller received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1942.

MOORE Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McVay Moore announce the birth of a baby on September 14, 1946.

Mr. Moore graduated from Georgia Tech with a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1943.

ZIKE Mr. and Mrs. J i m H. Zike announce the birth of a son, James Houston, Jr., on September 20, 1946.

Mr. Zike graduated from Georgia Tech in 1944 with a B.S. degree in Ch. E.

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Alumni Club Meetings

Weddings and Engagements

Birmingham, Ala. President Blake R. Van Leer, L. F. Zsuffa, Public Relations Director, and Jack Thiesen, NatT Sec'y, Georgia Tech Alumni Association, attended the Birmingham, Ala., Georgia Tech Club meeting and dinner at the Tutwiler Hotel in Birmingham on the night of October 23. There were 75 alumni present.

President Van Leer spoke at a large luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club at noon; and also gave a most interesting talk to the alumni at the Birmingham Alumni Club dinner. Lt. Col. Zsuffa and Jack Thiesen gave short talks, following Colonel Van Leer.

The Georgia Tech executives were the guests of Lynn Strickland at the Rotary luncheon; and the Birmingham Georgia Tech Club was their hosts at the alumni dinner.

Wm. G. Moses, President of the club, presided at the alumni dinner.

ALMSTE AD -F ARRIS Announcement is made of the marriage of Miss Ruth Almstead of Pittsfield, Mass., to Eugene H. Farris, on October 12, 1946.

Mr. Farris graduated from Georgia Tech in 1943 with a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering. He is now in the Power Transformer Engineering Division of the Pittsfield works of General Electric Company.

BURNETT-FELKER Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hopkins Burnett of Danville, Va., announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Leila Royster Burnett, to George Walton Felker III. The m a r riage is to be solemnized in December.

Mr. Felker received his B.S. degree in Textile Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1936. He was released from active duty in the Army in March with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, after three years' service in the Pacific theater.

DYAR-DANIEL Mr. and Mrs. Clay Benson Dyar, of Atlanta, Ga., announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Ethelyn Dyar, to A l bert Gallatin Daniel. The wedding of the popular couple was solemnized in Atlanta.

Mr. Daniel attended Georgia Tech with the class of 1941.

ELLIS-LAYTON Of widespread interest is the announcement made by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Towson Ellis of the marriage of their daughter, Miss Ruth Dennis Ellis, to Buxton Lawn Layton, Jr., which took place in October.

Mr. Layton graduated from Georgia Tech in 1936 with a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering.

EMMERT-BALDWIN Mr. and Mrs. Marcus McDowell Emmert announce the engagement of their daughter, Marguerite McDowell, to John Stiles Baldwin, Jr., of Baytown, Texas, formerly of Atlanta, the marriage to take place on December 14.

Mr. Baldwin received his commission in the Navy prior to his graduation as B.S. in Chemical Engineering in 1944.

He was a Lt. U.S.N.R. in the Submarine Service.

GEORGE-JARVIS Mr. and Mrs. Billie Barton George announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Gladys Elizabeth, to Charles Edward Jarvis III, on October 30, 1946.

Mr. Jarvis attended Georgia Tech with the class of 1944, and is a veteran of World War II.

Macon, Ga. Coach Bobby Dodd and Publicity Director L. F. Zsuffa, of Georgia Tech, attended the large, October meeting of the Georgia Tech Club of Macon, Ga. Both gave interesting talks and plans were made by the members to hold regular meetings, thereafter.

The club is doing a good job and intends to have a number of high school prospects at a large gathering, after the football season is over.

Another big dinner meeting was held on Tuesday night, November 12; to which Dean Emerson, Dean Griffin, L. F. Zsuffa, and Jack Thiesen were invited, among others.

Georgia Tech's comprehensive plans and objectives for the various alumni clubs were discussed; and pictures of Georgia Tech football games of the present season were shown.

Jas. L. Gravlee made the arrangements for the November twelfth meeting which was attended by practically the entire Macon group; it was presided over by James "Walton, President of the club. The other officers are: Thos. Peeler, Vice President; Jack E. Virgin, Sec'y-Treas., and Mr. Howard D. Cutter, 1892, Honor Alumnus and Club Executive.

Enrollment Enrollment for the fall quarter at Georgia Tech reached a peak of 4555 students it was announced by Lloyd Chapin, registrar.

Of the reported 4555 students in school, 1076 freshmen have entered. Veterans make up most of the enrollment, from 80 to 85 per cent, while of the freshman class, approximately 75 per cent are veterans.

At the Naval Air Station there are currently 297 students in the Division of Emergency Training, while 230 DET students are in night school on the Tech campus.

R. S. Howell, Director of the DET program, also announced that 394 regular students are registered in part time night school.

The number of students to enter Tech in December, stated Mr. Chapin, will depend on the number of graduating seniors, the number of undergraduates leaving because of flunking out or for some other reason, and the capacity of the individual departments.

The schedule for the rest of the quarter is as follows: October 5—last day for adding another subject to study list; October 19—last day for dropping a subject from study list without penalty; November 9—end of deficiency report period; November 28-30—Thanksgiving recess; December 19—end of quarter, exams and pre-registration.

The Christmas holidays will last until J a n u a r y 2 when •registration begins; classes beginning the next day, J a n u a r y third.

Thanksgiving Came a '47 Preview The traditional, grand and enjoyable Thanksgiving game, for the benefit of the Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children, between the Georgia and Georgia Tech " B " squads will be played at Grant Field on November 28.

The entire gate receipts from the game are turned over to the Crippled Children's Hospital, with no deductions for expenses. In addition to helping out a great and laudable cause, football fans will be given a preview of the outstanding prospects on both squads. In the past these contests have been hard-fought battles, featuring some exceptional high school stars.

Tickets are on sale at the George Muse Clothing Store, and at the Georgia Tech Athletic Department. They may also be bought from committee members as well as at the gates on the day of the game. However in view of the large demand of former years, it is suggested that reservations be made early.

Kindly Note: Due to unavoidable supply delays, copies of this issue of the ALUMNUS may not reach all of their respective destinations before the Thanksgiving game; however, checks may still be sent in to any of the ticket offices or committeemen by those who were unable to attend the game but who wish to contribute to such a worthy cause.

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Air Force Organizations in Colleges The Air Force Association, a new national organization for Army Air Force veterans and present members of the AAF headed by former Lt. Gen. J i m m y H. Doolittle, has begun to authorize the formation of charter campus squadrons in colleges throughout the country, it was announced by Willis S. Fitch, executive director, from Washington, D. C. headquarters of the association.

Already, nucleus groups of 20 or more AAF vets, are cropping up on campuses in various sections, Mr. Fitch said. The University of Kentucky, Columbia University in New York, the University of Texas, New York University, Northwestern University, Fordham, and the University of Chicago are some of the colleges with units already in action. These campus units are affiliated with state groups which are affiliated with national headquarters.

Some of the aims of the Air Force Association, which was formed in January, 1946, are: "To preserve and foster the spirit of fellowship among former, present and future members of the United States Army Air Force; to provide an organization through which they may unite in the fraternal bonds of comradeship; to educate its members and the public at large in the proper development of air power and to keep them abreast of new accomplishments in the field of aviation; to assist in every way possible in keeping the U. S. Air Forces adequate, strong and powerful for defense of our country by supporting the establishment and maintenance of an Air Force appropriately related in status to the Army and Navy: "To help develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights to all people."

Membership in the association is open to all men and women who served in any branch of the Army Air Forces and additional information may be obtained by writing to the Air Force Association, 1603 K Street, N.W., Washington, D. C.

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Home Coming Events Greatly Enjoyed Beginning with various class meetings on Friday night, November 8, and the largely attended and greatly enjoyed twenty-fifth reunion of the 1921 Class, at that time, under the direction of genial James H. Johnston, 1921 class secretary, and continuing through the comprehensive program on Saturday, November 9, Georgia Tech's annual home coming was highly successful and most pleasant in every way.

Alumni, faculty members, their respective families, dates and other friends were invited to attend one or all of the events on the Saturday program which was as follows: 9:00-12:00 A. M.—Registrations at the Alumni Headquarters in the Ga. Tech Y. M. C. A., and Open House in all Departments, Laboratories and Fraternities.

Judging Fraternity House Decorations.

12:00-2:00 P. M.—Old-fashioned Georgia Tech Barbecue, Y. M. C. A. Grounds and Building.

2:30 P. M.—Navy (U.S.N.A.)-Ga. Tech football game.

6:00 P. M.—President and Mrs. Blake R. Van Leer and Captain (U.S.N.) and Mrs. Josephus A. Briggs' dinner reception in honor of the visiting Navy guests.

6:15-6:45 P. M.—Football scores and Alumni Program on WGST. 8:00-12:00 P. M.—Georgia Tech Bull Dog Club, Home Coming Dance.

Georgia Tech is sincerely interested in taking care of the requests of all alumni for home coming, football games and other events. Everything is overcrowded in Atlanta during the fall; so, if the suggestion will be pardoned, mark your calendars now, alumni, for July 1, 1947, to make room reservations and to purchase football tickets for the 1947 games. Both reservations and football tickets will be gladly bought in, should your trips fail to materialize. Georgia Tech's 1947 Home Coming Day will be in Atlanta on the day of the Georgia Tech-Duke game.

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Football Ga. Tech 9 - Tenn. 13 A valiant fighting band of Yellow Jackets from Georgia Tech fought Tennessee's alert pass defense and General Bob Neyland's strategy for sixty grueling minutes on better than even terms, but lost 13-9 before an overflow crowd of 36,000 spectators.

The Jackets fought for every inch and every yard they made, continually carrying the fight to Tennessee, but fumbles and intercepted passes turned them back time after time.

Tennessee scored first, returning an intercepted pass to the eleven. After being held for three downs, the Volunteers completed a pass, Slater to Hubbel for six points.

The try for point was blocked.

Late in the first period Rabbit Jordan recovered a Tennessee fumble, and two plays later Tech scored on a pass, Petit to Kilzer. Jordan converted and the Jackets led 7-6.

In the second period George Baltisaris intercepted one of Jack Bills' passes and raced over for what proved to be the winning margin. The half ended with Tennessee leading 13-7.

Tech dominated the second half play. In the final moments of the game, the Tennessee team with their backs to the wall froze the ball for four downs allowing Tech an intentional safety on the last down. As the game ended Ga. Tech had a first down on the Tennessee 26.

Final score: Tennessee 13, Tech 9.

Ga. Tech Wins Opening Home Game Rebounding from the Tennessee defeat, the Tech Yellow Jackets smothered a determined underdog V.M.I, eleven, defeating the visitors 32-6 at Grant Field, Saturday, October 5.

V.M.I, scored first, but Tech quickly pulled up to even the score. The first half was a see-saw battle and ended with the count tied 6-6. In the second half Tech opened up, scoring four touchdowns to win going away.

The play of the Tech line was excellent, the Cadets being held to a net gain of one yard for the entire afternoon.

Tech gained 452 yards by running and passing with Pat McHugh spearheading the running attack. Final score: Tech 32, VMI 6.

Jackets 24, Ole Miss 7 Ga. Tech gained its first S. E. conference victory of the season as the Jackets coasted to a 24-7 win over the University of Mississippi Saturday, October 12, at Grant Field.

Tech took charge immediately, scoring three touchdowns in the first half. The first came when Rabbit Jordan took a pass from Frank Broyles in the end zone. In the second quarter Ewell Pope and Bill Healey broke through to block an Ole Miss punt with Healey recovering on the Rebel 4. A pass, Bills to McHugh, put Tech into a 12-0 lead. The third touchdown was also scored on a pass, Broyles to McHugh, and Tech led 18-0 at half-time.

The third period was scoreless with the Jacket second string holding the Rebels. As the fourth period began, Tech put on a 47 yard drive, climaxed by Jimmy Petit's 18 yard gallop over left tackle for the score.

In the final moments of the game the visitors put on the pressure and pounded down to the Tech 2, where they were held. Tech punted out and Ole Miss came back with another drive which reached paydirt. Captain Ray Poole kicked the extra point and the game ended Tech 24, Mississippi 7.

Ga. Tech 26, L. S. U. 7 Georgia Tech, showing outstanding strength on the ground, defeated Louisiana State University 26-7 in a night game at Baton Rouge on October 19.

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Tech scored first on McHugh's 68 yard run, but the try for point was missed. Late in the first half, L. S. U. went into the lead with an 80 yard pass play, Tittle to Sandifer, with Heard kicking the extra point.

Early in the third period Mathews put Tech into the lead with a 44 yard off-tackle dash. The try for point was successful and Tech led 13 to 7. Fine defensive play by the line kept the Tigers deep in their own territory for the rest of the game. Late in the fourth quarter Jack Bills intercepted an L. S. U. pass and returnd it to the 16. On the next play Bowen smashed through for a touchdown. Jordan converted and the Jackets led 20 to 7. Just to make it emphatic Carpenter intercepted another Tiger pass and crossed the goal line after the final whistle had blown.

By prearranged signal the stadium lights went out at this point, for a display of fireworks, but, after they went back on, Coach Dodd conceded the try for point. Final score: Tech 26, L.S.U. 7.

Ga. Tech 27, Auburn 6 Letting down after their startling upset of L.S.U. the previous week, the Yellow Jackets still had enough power to outscore a determined Auburn eleven at Grant Field on Saturday, October 26.

Travis Tidwell lived up to his press notices, but lack of scoring punch kept the visitors from running up the count. Tech alternated between listlessness and flashes of brilliance, but capitalized on the breaks to win by a comfortable margin.

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from their own 43 in 15 plays. McHugh scored from the four with Bowen converting. In contrast the second touchdown took only one play, Broyles to Mathews to Broadnax, with Bowen again converting. Auburn's lone tally came in the second period, when Tidwell fired a fourth down bullet pass to McClurkin. The conversion attempt was blocked. Tech's final two touchdowns came as a result of pass interceptions. McHugh scored the first on a 19 yard end sweep, while Mcintosh plunged over from the one for the final points.

Ga. Tech 14, Duke 0 Georgia Tech struck quickly in the first half to score two touchdowns, which proved to be the winning margin, as the Yellow Jackets defeated Duke at Durham, Saturday, Nov. 2.

Tech served notice on the first play of the game that they were out to win, by completing a nine yard pass.

The initial drive bogged down and Broyles kicked out of bounds at the Duke six inch line. Duke came out fighting picking up twenty yards in the shadow of their own goal posts, before they were forced to punt. Tech took over and four plays later scored as Bowen plowed over from the one and kicked the extra point. Tech missed another scoring opportunity after recovering a Duke fumble on the Duke sixteen, when Perkinson of Duke intercepted a Tech pass on the two. However, after an exchange of punts Tech began to march, with Mcintosh going over from the one. Again Bowen converted. A drive

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Neither team scored in the second half, although one Duke drive reached the Tech one before the stout Jacket line could stop them.

In scoring through the Duke line Tech did something which mighty Army had failed to do only the week before, and marked Tech as one of the leading teams of the nation.

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T e c h 28 - N a v y 20 With less than two minutes to play, and with Navy threatening on the eight yard line, Tech snatched victory from almost certain defeat as George Mathews grabbed a Navy fumble out of mid-air and dashed 95 yards to tie the score at 20-20 before 32,000 hysterical homecoming fans at Grant Field on Saturday, November 9. Dinky Bowen's unerring toe put the game on ice with a perfect placement.

The effect of Tech's grueling schedule was plainly felt, and the team was definitely stale, as a rugged Navy team carried the fight to the Engineers for most of the game.

Navy got off to a fast start, taking the kickoff and driving 58 yards to score four minutes after the game started. The kick was blocked. Tech scored twice during the second period, once on a pass to Jack Griffin, and once on a pass to Mathews. With two minutes to play in the first half, Navy took to the air to march 78 yards on two passes and pull within one point of Tech as they made their conversion good. The half ended with Tech leading 14 to 13.

Navy dominated the play during the second half scoring what appeared to be the deciding touchdown, and going into a 20-14 lead. With less than three minutes to play Navy got a first and goal on Tech's eight yard line.

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Trailing by one point, Navy was forced to take to the air and Pat McHugh went high into the air to intercept a pass, returning it to the Navy 4. On the next play Broyles shot a pass to Broadnax for the final touchdown, and Bowen kicked his fourth placement for the afternoon.

Final score: Tech 28, Navy 20.

Tech 35 - Tulane 7 Tech's bowl-bound team gave a convincing demonstration of their power as they swamped the Tulane Green Wave before a near-capacity crowd at Grant Field on Saturday, November 16.

Tech scored at will, the second and third teams playing much of the time. The Tech line snapped back from the lethargy they showed in the Navy game and pushed the Greenies all over the field. Touchdowns were scored by Kilzer, Mathews, Broyles, Bowen, and Still. Bowen r a n his string of successful conversions to 14 straight.

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Ga. Tech 9 - Tenn. 13 A valiant fighting band of Yellow Jackets from Georgia Tech fought Tennessee's alert pass defense and General Bob Neyland's strategy for sixty grueling minutes on better than even terms, but lost 13-9 before an overflow crowd of 36,000 spectators.

The Jackets fought for every inch and every yard they lumni, faculty members, their respective families, dates made, continually carrying the fight to Tennessee, but other friends were invited to attend one or all of the fumbles and intercepted passes turned them back time after time. its on the Saturday program which was as follows: 00-12:00 A. M.—Registrations at the Alumni HeadquarTennessee scored first, returning an intercepted pass to ters in the Ga. Tech Y. M. C. A., and the eleven. After being held for three downs, the VolunOpen House in all Departments, Lab- teers completed a pass, Slater to Hubbel for six points. oratories and Fraternities.

Judging The try for point was blocked.

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Late in the first period Rabbit Jordan recovered a Ten1:00-2:00 P. M.—Old-fashioned Georgia Tech Barbecue, nessee fumble, and two plays later Tech scored on a pass, Y. M. C. A. Grounds and Building.

Petit to Kilzer. Jordan converted and the Jackets led 30 P. M.—Navy (U.S.N.A.) -Ga. Tech football game.

00 P. M.—President and Mrs. Blake R. Van Leer and 7-6.

In the second period George Baltisaris intercepted one Captain (U.S.N.) and Mrs. Josephus A. Briggs' dinner reception in honor of the of Jack Bills' passes and raced over for what proved to be visiting Navy guests. the winning margin. The half ended with Tennessee lead15-6:45 P. M.—Football scores and Alumni Program on ing 13-7.

WGST. Tech dominated the second half play. I n the final 00-12:00 P. M.—Georgia Tech Bull Dog Club, Home moments of the game, the Tennessee team with their Coming Dance. backs to the wall froze the ball for four downs allowing Tech an intentional safety on the last down. As the game eorgia Tech is sincerely interested in taking care of ended Ga. Tech had a first down on the Tennessee 26. requests of all alumni for home coming, football games Final score: Tennessee 13, Tech 9. other events. Everything is overcrowded in Atlanta Ga. Tech Wins Opening Home Game ng the fall; so, if the suggestion will be pardoned, mark • calendars now, alumni, for July 1, 1947, to make room Rebounding from the Tennessee defeat, the Tech Yellow rvations and to purchase football tickets for the 1947 Jackets smothered a determined underdog V.M.I, eleven, es. Both reservations and football tickets will be gladly tht in, should your trips fail to materialize. Georgia defeating the visitors 32-6 at Grant Field, Saturday, Octol's 1947 Home Coming Day will be in Atlanta on the ber 5.

V.M.I, scored first, but Tech quickly pulled up to even of the Georgia Tech-Duke game. the score. The first half was a see-saw battle and ended with the count tied 6-6. In the second half Tech opened up, scoring four touchdowns to win going away.

The play of the Tech line was excellent, the Cadets being held to a net gain of one yard for the entire afternoon.

Tech gained 452 yards by running and passing with P a t McHugh spearheading the running attack. Final score: Tech 32, VMI 6.

Jackets 24, Ole Miss 7 Ga. Tech gained its first S. E. conference victory of the season as the Jackets coasted to a 24-7 win over the University of Mississippi Saturday, October 12, at Grant Field.

Tech took charge immediately, scoring three touchdowns • • • in the first half. The first came when Rabbit Jordan took a pass from Frank Broyles in the end zone. In the second Write Us for Details and Order Blanks quarter Ewell Pope and Bill Healey broke through to block an Ole Miss punt with Healey recovering on the Rebel 4. A pass, Bills to McHugh, put Tech into a 12-0 • • lead. The third touchdown was also scored on a pass, Broyles to McHugh, and Tech led 18-0 at half-time.

Have Lunch or a Sandwich with us The third period was scoreless with the Jacket second string holding the Rebels. As the fourth period began, when you visit the campus Tech put on a 47 yard drive, climaxed by Jimmy Petit's 18 yard gallop over left tackle for the score.

In the final moments of the game the visitors put on the pressure and pounded down to the Tech 2, where they Open until 1:00 on Saturdays were held. Tech punted out and Ole Miss came back with another drive which reached paydirt. Captain Ray Poole kicked the extra point and the game ended Tech 24, Mississippi 7.

THE NEW Ga. Tech 26, L. S. U. 7 Georgia Tech, showing outstanding strength on the ground, defeated Louisiana State University 26-7 in a night game at Baton Rouge on October 19.

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