Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Vol. 25, No. 04 1947

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BURGE A P A R T M E N T S : Named in memory of Flippen D. Burge, B.S. in Archt., 1 9 1 6 , Georgia Tech's eight-story apartment building, for Faculty and for married World W a r II veteran-students, is nearing completion.

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GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS ENGINEERING and INDUSTRIAL REVIEW Published every other m o n t h during the college year by the National A l u m n i Association of the Georgia School of Technology

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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

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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 Ivan Allen, Jr., '33 M. A. Ferst, '11 O. A. Barge, '12 Price Gilbert, Jr., '21 Chas. M. Brown, '25 J. J. Westbrook, '29 Oscar G. Davis, '22 R. H. White, Jr., '14

As announced in the last issue of the Alumnus, the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association will give a large reception on Commencement Day, Wednesday noon, J u n e 11, to which all the alumni, faculty and college staff members, graduating students and the ladies of those of the respective groups, are cordially invited; in honor of Chancellor and Mrs. Raymond R. Paty. Due to the large graduating class and the many others who will attend the graduation exercises, it was necessary to make arrangements to hold the ceremony in the spacious Fox Theatre which, as most of you" know, practically adjoins the Georgia Tech Campus. The seniors will be inducted into the Georgia Tech Alumni Association at the close of the commencement exercises; following which, about noon, the alumni reception will be held in Brittain Dining Hall on the campus. Commencement Plans Saturday night, J u n e 7—Senior Banquet. Sunday, J u n e 8—Baccalaureate Sermon. By Dr. James W. Middleton at the First Baptist Church. Monday, J u n e 9—Scientific lecture sponsored by Sigma Zi. Afternoon on campus. Senior Dance Monday night. Tuesday, J u n e 10—Interfraternity Dance-Night. Wednesday, J u n e 11—Commencement Exercises and Commencement Address, 10:30 A. M., by Dr. Raymond R. Paty, Chancellor University System of Georgia. At the Fox Theatre. Wednesday noon, J u n e 11—Alumni Reception in honor of Chancellor and Mrs. Paty, at Brittain Dining Hall.

GEORGIA TECH ALUMNI FOUNDATION, Inc. OFFICERS A N D FRANK H. NEELY, '04 GEO. W. McCARTY, '08 F. E. CALLAWAY, Jr., '26 W. A. PARKER, '19 Clem A. Evans, 22 Thos. Fuller, '06 Julian T. Hightower, '19 Geo. T. Marchmont, '07 F. M. Spratlin, *06 J. F. Towers, '01 J, E. Davenport, '08 Y. F. Freeman, '10 Geo. S. Jones, Jr., '12

TRUSTEES President Vice-President Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer F. A. Hooper, Jr., '16 Win. T. Rich, '10 ^ K\ R. B. Wilby, '08 C. L. Emerson, '08 Robt. Gregg, '05 Geo. W. McCarty, '08 Jno. A. Simmons, '15 A. D. Kennedy, '03 G. W. Woodruff. '17

GEORGIA TECH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION J. C. HARRIS, '08

ALUMNI MEMBERS L. W. ROBERT, JR., '08 ROBT. B. WILBV, 'US

ALUMNI STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL By Districts 1. E. Geo. Butler, Savannah 7. R. A. Morgan, Rome 2. R. A. Puckett, Tifton 8. I. M. A i k e n , Brunswick 3. W. C. Pease, Columbus 9. W. H. Slack, Gainesville 6. W. E. Dunwoody, Jr., 10. Wm. D. Eve, Augusta Macon

THIS ISSUE Commencement Reception, June 11 Home Coming and Reunions Nominations jor National Officers "Dodd Stays" Engineering Graduates in Modern Industry "Life" Errs on Robt. Gregg, '05 Prominently Mentioned and Armed Forces Missing in Action, "Gold Star" Alumni Service Citations, Sports

Alumni Foundation Trustees Elected Clement A. Evans, '22, of Clement A. Evans Co., Inc., Atlanta, Ga., and Julian T. Hightower, '19, Exec. VicePresident, Thomaston Cotton Mills, Thomaston, Ga., w e r e appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation, Inc., during February. Appointment of these prominent and popular alumni was by unanimous action of the Executive Board of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, at its February 21, 1947, meeting; and upon the unanimous approval, in meeting, of the Trustees of the Alumni Foundation. Mr. Evans was elected to succeed former Trustee Charles A. Sweet, deceased J a n u a r y 11, 1947, for the unexpired term of the latter; and Mr. Hightower was elected to succeed to the unexpired term of his brother, Trustee Wm. Harrison Hightower, deceased February 9, 1947. The Alumni Foundation Trustees and the Alumni Association Board both were greatly pleased at Messrs. Evans' and Hightower's kind acceptance of their respective a p pointments; and the organizations realize t h a t the new appointees will materially aid the Foundation in the direction of its activities.

Philadelphia Club Elects Officers Recently elected officers for the Philadelphia Georgia Tech Club are William C. Wright, (T.E. '11) president, Vernon Borum, (M.E. '23) vice-president, and W. L. G. Johnson, (Comm. '25), secretary-treasurer. A meeting, to be held either in May or June, is now being planned. ,; .,

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Nominations for National Officers

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Home Coming and Reunions

Members of an alumni committee composed of Messrs. It looks as if it's going to take a lot of class converting Chas. F. Stone, Chairman of the Board of the Atlantic . to change our principal alumni reunion time from the Steel Company; George Winship, President Fulton Sup- usual fall Home Coming date to that of the J u n e Comply Co.; Frank H. Neely, Executive Vice-President mencement period; as not a single class has decided, so Rich's, Inc., and Chairman of the Board, Federal Reserve far, to make the change. Probably by next year, however, Bank, Atlanta; and Geo. W. McCarty, President Ash- Georgia Tech will have more to offer the alumni, in gencraft-Wilkinson Co., were appointed by the Board of eral, at Commencement time; such as a baseball series the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association to nomi- with Georgia and the like, in addition to the graduating nate national alumni officers for the year beginning exercises and the alumni reception. September 1, 1947. For the present year, it is undoubtedly much better to The foregoing was in compliance with the unanimous hold the reunions during Home Coming, as has been sugaction taken at the 1939 general business meeting of the gested and recommended by so many of the alumni. A Georgia Tech National Alumni Association; and in accord- well-informed and co-operative committee will have to ance with the recommendations of the Georgia Tech Club decide on the proper date, however; as, unfortunately, the of New York, and other large and active Georgia Tech lack of sufficient seating capacity, on Grant Field, despite Clubs. the new stand additions, along with little or no hotel, The committee unanimously nominated the following rooming, and restaurant facilities during the Georgiaprominent, interested and active alumni, all of whom are Georgia Tech and other sell-out games, all tend to keep many alumni away from their home coming and reunion experienced in alumni affairs: gatherings. For President: Joe Westbrook, '29 The new and considerably enlarged West Stands on For Vice-President: Oscar G. Davis, '22 For Vice-President at Large: Hugh Hill, '23, of Savannah, Grant Field are under construction, right now, with men, material and equipment all over the place; this applies Ga. as well to the entire campus which is undergoing one of For Treasurer: Charles R. Yates, '35 the largest construction programs in the history of Georgia Summaries of the activities, in brief, of the nominees, Tech, which includes the erection of buildings all the way are: from North Avenue to the north side of Tenth Street, For President: J. J. Westbrook, B.S., 1929. Partner in along the line of the "old flats" which so many of you Westbrook-Smith Motors, Ltd., East Point, Ga., residence may recall. in Atlanta. Mr. Westbrook is due to serve two years more A number of the reunion classes held their "get-togethon the Executive Board of the Alumni Association, beginning September 1, 1947. Among his many outstanding, ers" during Home Coming, on last November 9; including undergraduate activities, he was a nationally prominent the large twenty-fifth anniversary gathering of the 1921 guard on Georgia Tech's brilliant football teams of 1926, class. Dates that have been suggested for Home Coming, in'27, '28 and '29; and played a great game in Georgia Tech's clude, so far: October 18, Auburn-Georgia Tech; Novemnational championship victory over the Golden Bears of California in the Rose Bowl, on January 1, 1929. To say ber 1, Duke-Tech; November 29, Georgia Tech-Georgia. nothing of the 1927 Southern Championship victory over There'll undoubtedly be enough seats for all the home Georgia. A civic and church leader, Joe Westbrook has comers on the day of the Auburn game and, too, better also served his Alma Mater well on important committees week-end facilities; there are many, however, who insist on either the day of the Duke or Georgia game, despite and other work; continuing to date. ticket and hotel shortages and"conflicts in entertainment For Vice-President: Oscar G. Davis, B.S. in M.E., 1922. dates, so a "wise committee" will have to meet, in plenty Investments and Real Estate, Atlanta, Ga. A former manof time, to submit dates to the alumni for their home ager of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Boston, Mass., coming and reunion gatherings which are already being and later with the company in Atlanta. Recently comproposed for the fall period by the class of 1907 and others. pleted a most successful "March of Dimes" campaign, as The classes of '92, '97, '02, '07, '12, '17, '22, '27, '32, '37, General Director, for the Atlanta area. Now in his first year of a four-year period on the Executive Board of the '42, and '47 are scheduled to hold reunions, during Home Alumni Association. Star guard of 1920, '21, '22, and '23, Coming; however, should any of the classes decide to on Georgia Tech's national leaders, the "Golden Tornado," meet during Commencement over the week-end of J u n e of that period. A foremost worker in civic, church, and 11, arrangements can undoubtedly be made by the Alumni Office through the respective class secretaries who may be Georgia Tech undertakings. concerned. Classes before and just following the foregoing For Vice-President, at Large, Hugh Hill, Textile Engr., groups are also in line for meetings, along with all others, 1923, Savannah, Georgia. Partner, Haines, Jones & Comin general. pany. Former Honor Roll Student; President Savannah As customary, class secretaries for the ensuing year Chamber of Commerce; Officer, Rotary Club; President, Georgia Tech Club of Savannah. A foremost leader in will be announced in the next issue of this publication. civic, church, Georgia Tech and business affairs. For Treasurer: Charles R. Yates, B.S. in Gen. Sci., 1935. Nominations—(Continued) Present, exceptionally competent and highly co-operative Treasurer and Board Member of the Georgia Tech NaActive members of the Georgia Tech National Alumni tional Alumni Association. Assistant Vice-President, First Association who desire to send in further nominations on National Bank, Atlanta, Ga. Former campus leader and the foregoing or other active alumni, should mail nominahonor student. Famed in College, State, National and In- tions to the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, ternational golf. A leading citizen in civic, Georgia Tech, Knowles Building, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Ga., by April church and business activities. 30. Ballot blanks on all nominees will be carried in the May-June issue of the ALUMNUS. (Continued next column)

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The Role of the Engineering Graduate in Modern Industry By DR. ARTHUR F. GREAVES - WALKER Address given at Georgia Tech on February 13, 1947, by Dr. Greaves-Walker, head, non-metallic minerals section of the Engineering and Industrial Experiment Station, University of Florida. The subject suggested for this talk was the "Role of When they have reached the top they will not be so much the Engineer and Modern Industry" but it occurred to me concerned with engineering per se as with other probthat as you were graduates and undergraduates it would lems. They will then be concerned with management be more interesting to consider the roles you probably will in the broadest sense of the word, with economics, inplay as junior engineers in the industrial world and what cluding money, credit, banking, exporting and importing, your training here and your experience later can lead to. foreign exchange, sales and with that very important In the days when I attended the university, courses in factor, labor, and even though they employ lawyers they public speaking for engineers were considered unnecessary, must know something about the law and politics. in fact, the whole subject of English was considered of If any of you young men are determined to go to the little importance. In some schools of engineering its value top in industry either you must get training in these subis not sufficiently emphasized even today and many young jects while in college, even if you have to spend an addiengineers are being graduated with a deficiency which tional year or more after graduation; go to night classes; they will never be able to overcome. take correspondence courses or study at home. I am reminded of a story recently told me by a promUp to ten or fifteen years ago graduates in law, liberal inent consulting engineer. While a student at the Univer- arts or commerce were getting the presidencies in most sity of Minnesota, his roommate in one of the fraternity of the larger corporations, principally because they had houses was a big Swede who was a tackle on the football training in the so-called cultural subjects. team. When he reached the last semester in his senior A few years ago I met the assistant to the vice president year he was looking for some "crip" courses he could take of a large mercantile company whose business runs into as electives. One evening while sitting in the living room the hundreds of millions a year. He told me that this with a group of the brothers he asked for suggestions. One vice president, a chemical engineer by training, was exbrother suggested an English course which he said required tremely anxious to become president of his company. very little study. Without any hesitation whatever the Twice the office of president became vacant through death Swede replied, "Naw, us engineers don't need no English." and twice the name of this man was presented to the May I say at this time that in my opinion a graduate with board of directors. Both times he was turned down, bea good command of English and a poor knowledge of en- cause, according to the board, he did not know enough gineering has a better chance of success in modern industry about economics and particularly about banking nor did than has one with a poor command of English and an ex- he know enough bankers. cellent knowledge of engineering. Many engineers, otherJohn Mills in his book, "The Engineer in Society," states wise well trained, have made miserable failures because that in most cases the engineer's objectivity is limited to they could neither speak nor write well. matters of physical science and does not extend to reFor a few minutes let us consider the reasons corpora- ligion, psychology, politics or economics. tions, both large and small, employ engineering graduates. It is extremely difficult to impress upon student engiFirst they have in mind the necessity for training men who neers while in college the value of these subjects, but have certain qualifications for jobs in certain departments; studying them will pay large dividends. production, design, etc. However, in the back of the mind It has always puzzled me to observe that a young man of every executive worthy of the name, is the hope and will spend four or more years in an engineering school expectation that among the young men employed are learning the scientific method of approach and upon gradpromising candidates for the important management posi- uation will never think of applying these principles to his tions such as general manager, vice president and president. own life and future. Before he attempted to construct a building or machine or undertake a research project he Dr. Harvey Davis, president of Stevens Institute of Technology and a past-president of the American Society would first take his tools in hand and develop a plan. of Mechanical Engineers is authority for the statement that He would complete the job with a bill of material and a about two-thirds of the graduates of the engineering schools bill of instructions or specifications. Does it not seem as find themselves in some phase of management soon after important to sit down and "blue print" your future? graduation. If this figure is correct a large majority of the Does it not seem more logical to do this than to ramble young men before me are destined for a role in manage- along catch-as-catch-can, taking what fate hands to you ment. How far up the scale you will go depends on many instead of planning what you want to do with your futures? factors. There is nothing to prevent you from deciding upon Year after year I have impressed on my students that the branch in your field of engineering in which you think there is only one really important job in any corporation you will be happiest and therefore most likely to be sucfrom the standpoint of financial returns and authority and cessful, and nothing to prevent you from planning to bethat is "the job behind the mahogany desk in the corner come the president of a corporation, or the director of office." Every graduate when he goes into the employ of research or even the dean of a college or the president of a company should keep in mind that he or one of the young a university. However, if you stop there you will get nomen working beside him will eventually become president where. You must put the necessary materials into a strucof that company or at least, work into the position of a ture or machine and you must do the same thing if your top executive. life "blue print" is to develop into reality. If, in the future, the role of the majority of engineering A few of the most important items you must put into . graduates is to serve in management, what training will such a plan or "blue print," if you make one, are as follows: they have to prepare them to hold important executive Set aside a definite number of hours per week for study, positions? particularly on those subjects not covered in your formal Obviously the formal engineering training they have training and have the courage and determination to stick received in school and the engineering experience they faithfully to your schedule. will obtain are only the steps up which they will advance. (Continued on next page)

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Crads in Modern Industry

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Join your professional society and take an active part in its work. Prepare as many papers for presentation at the annual or section meetings as time and subjects will permit. (I have never known a medical doctor, lawyer or engineer to get very far in his field who was not an active member of his professional society.) Take up your residence "on the right side of the railroad tracks" in the town in which you are employed. Meet the "right" people—those who can promote you in business and society. Get to know personally as many of the employees of your company as possible. This includes laborers as well as executives. (It is surprising what an effect an employee's popularity can have on his future with a company.) Always make a good appearance. Dress well but in quiet business clothes. Join some civic organization or club if you can afford to. It is a means of making excellent contacts. You can consider the cost as an investment in your future. Last but not least, in planning your future, consider experience before salary. In one way or another you will have to pay for experience. Experience and "know how" are what corporations pay for. The object of the young engineer should be to obtain as much of it as possible in as short a time as possible. When he has acquired a sufficient amount of the kind a corporation wants and must have, he will not have to worry about salary, he can name it and get it. It is hardly necessary to tell you that a pleasing personality is a valuable asset. Some of you may have to improve your personalities if you are to succeed in industry. It can be done. Honesty and straight-forwardness, even in small matters, are basic requirements in any job. Young engineers make mistakes and often are inclined to attempt to cover up. This does not pay. It is to be expected that you will have to make changes in your "blueprint" as time passes but that should not make it necessary to change the objective. Some of you are saying to yourselves that there are not enough "top drawer" jobs to go around. That is quite true. However only a few of those before me will, in all probability, make a "blue print" and some of those will misplace it or forget about it. There are enough of these jobs to take care of those who have the determination and stick-toitiveness to follow through and there are enough jobs as draftsmen, foremen, chemists and superintendents to take care of the rest. And another thing to remember is that any sort of a "blue print," no matter how closely it is followed will get any man farther than no plan at all. There is no question but that all of you will meet with many disappointments and much discouragement, particularly during the first few years after graduation, and you must make up your minds to accept them and not let them get you down. To begin with you will be fortunate if you get a job that is not least 75 per cent drudgery. The role of the engineer in community and other public affairs is something of which many older engineers are ashamed. Of late the engineers have been severely criticised for their lack of interest in this connection. Seldom does one find an engineer on a town council, in a state legislature or in Congress. Unquestionably this must be blamed on their formal training, which in the past has been almost entirely of a technical nature. John Mills, whom I quoted previously, believes the only hope for the future is the application of the scientific method, by engineers, to the matters which vitally affect our society—religion, politics and economics. (Concluded on page 8)

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"Life" Errs on Robert Gregg '05 The increasing importance of graduates of Georgia Tech upon the national scene is a source of much gratification to all who have attended the college. So, when LIFE magazine featured a photographic essay on "Big Steel's Men" in the November 11, 1946 issue, Georgia Tech Alumni were pleased to see that Mr. Robert Gregg (M.E. '05) was included. However, when Mr. Gregg was listed as being a graduate of Carnegie Tech, loyal alumni took the magazine to task. Although LIFE apologized privately to those writing in, no published correction has been made; therefore, THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS is printing one of Life's letters. It was sent to Mr. Gris Hill (Arch. '15), 135 P a r k Street, Westfield, New Jersey. December 11, 1946 "Dear Mr. Hill: Thank you for your courteous letter in reference to LIFE'S photographic essay on "Big Steel's Men" in the issue for November 11. We appreciate your calling to our attention the fact that LIFE erred in alleging that Robert Gregg of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, claims Carnegie Tech, instead of Georgia Tech, as his alma mater. We understand the pride that you, and other alumni of the Atlanta institution have in Mr. Gregg's success, and in his generosity to the school which educated him. LIFE'S editors always regret the appearance of mistakes in the magazine, and have asked me to apologize to you for them for this error. They appreciate your setting them straight in this instance." The following telegram sent by Col. Leslie Zsuffa, of the Georgia Tech Public relations Department, also received a similar reply. Editors Life Magazine 9 Rockefeller Plaza New York, N. Y. Regarding story November 11 Big Steel's Men, 29,000 Georgia Tech Alumni made buzzing mad by your carelessness. Among the many alumni from the Flats who have made a name in American industry, we include Robert Gregg, a mechanical engineer graduate, class of 1905, and a guard on the football team. Suggest you give responsible writer a yellow jacket sting. LESLIE F. ZSUFFA Director of Public Relations The foregoing, somewhat facetious, telegram has not been published either; however, it is certain that the thousands of other prominent alumni throughout the United States and in foreign lands will manage to "get along" in their many outstanding positions.

New York Club Favors Name Change A recommendation from the Georgia Tech Alumni Club of New York that the name of the Georgia School of Technology in Atlanta be changed to that of Georgia Institute of Technology was sent to the National Georgia Tech Alumni Association earlier this fall. Graham Granger, Vice-President of the club and former president, formerly of Cartersville, proposed the change at an alumni club dinner meeting attended by 75 former Tech students. The new name is in order, he said, because of the phenomenal growth and reputation of the Georgia Tech, and because it would be more in line with other outstanding technological institutions in the country. Col. Blake R. Van Leer, president of Georgia Tech, who (Continued on next page)

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"Dodd Stays' So much was written about Head Football Coach, Bob Dodd, in the last issue of this publication that it was decided to wait until this following number to publish a highly significant and excellent article about him and Georgia Tech's athletics that was carried* at the close of the football season, in the editorial columns of the Atlanta Journal. The brilliantly informative, outstanding editorial was written, we are informed by Mr. Edwin Camp, "Ole Timer," of the Atlanta Journal staff and one of the foremost writers in the Nation. It's a real privilege to publish it in full, herewith, under its own heading: "DODD STAYS" "The news that Robert L. Dodd has decided to remain at Georgia Tech as head coach of football merits editorial comment, although the fact has been amply reported on the sports pages. Young Mr. Dodd who came here directly from the campus of the University of Tennessee 16 years ago has become an eminent citizen and civic asset, and we join the enthusiastic alumni of Georgia Tech in their joy that he is to remain rather than seek perhaps better material and wider scope for victory elsewhere. "Mr. Dodd and Georgia Tech have proved in these last two seasons a most revoluntionary thesis—that a good team can be made from home boys. Such a team will not win all its games maybe, but an occasional loss, or even a string of them, is hardly to be regarded as stark tragedy. Indeed, we hold to the opinion that a little losing now and then is good for the soul of anybody, and especially for those who play football or who shout so brassily from the stands. "But, despite the wholesomeness of adversity and the character-building element of a reasonable amount of defeat, Mr. Dodd's two teams have done quite well in respect of victories, the while they have been playing football of sparkling quality. Both he and Georgia Tech have reason to be proud of their representation on the so-called fields of honor. "But to us calm observers from a figurative sideline, the most interesting thing about these Tech teams has been the nativity of the players. They are our boys, boys "bawn an' bred" of our soil. "At a critical period of the great game with Duke, for instance, it was to be observed that Tech's team comprised five young men from Atlanta—Duke, Pope, Slayton, Broadnax and Castleberry; Ziegler from College Park, Broyles from Decatur, Healey from Marietta. The outlanders were Davis and Mathews from Columbus, and McHugh from the remote and alien metropolis of Orrville, Ala. "The quality of the football they played disproved the often-heard remark that to have a good fpotball team, you've got to go far afield to obtain the athletes. These young men from our own neighborhood have shown that even in this day of high-pressure recruiting, intense rivalries and exacting schedules, our own boys can do pretty well when given competent coaching. "Georgia Tech has not always been so domestic in its questing for material, nor is the non-athletic student body made up solely of home folk. But it can be a matter of pride and of satisfaction when this school, so near to the heart of civic Atlanta, finds its team's personnel remarkably representative of Atlanta and Georgia."

New York Club Favors Change (Continued) was in New York for the annual session of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, addressed the alumni club. Roland Gooch, formerly of Eatonton, is president of the alumni group in New York. ...,.,

Work Progresses on Apartments

BURGE A P A R T M E N T S Facing north toward the campus, on North Avenue near Fowler, Georgia Tech's eight-story apartment building is nearing completion. Units will be rented only to World W a r II veteran faculty members and married veteran students. Other projects under construction are the group of Callaway Apartments; Smith, Towers and Glenn Dormitories. Also an addition to the Research Building, and the new west stands on Grant Field.

Tech Librarian Returns From Trip Mrs. J. H. Crosland, Tech librarian, has just returned from a bookbuying trip to Europe in which she visited eight countries and traveled 13,000 miles during the ten weeks that she was gone. Her object in making the journey was to purchase scientific and technical journals for the Carnegie Library at Tech. Mrs. Crosland was the first civilian librarian to visit Europe since the conclusion of the war. Although she speaks no foreign languages, her first trip to Europe found her using the services of an interpreter only in France. A total of 37 libraries was visited, including some of the greatest engineering libraries of the world. Some of- these were the Patent Office Library and the Royal Aeronautical Society in London; Technische Hochschule in Zurich; Kungl Tekniska Hogsklaus Bibliotek in Stockholm; and the University of Paris at Sorbonne. Mrs. Crosland's purchases will place Tech's library among the top engineering libraries in the country. Her acquisition of several volumes of Vliegveld (Flying) from a bookseller in The Hague gives Tech the only complete set in the •United? .-States....In. a bookstore in Stockholm she found several volumes of The Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry which will leave Tech only four volumes short of a complete set. A few of the books have already arrived, but delivery on the others is expected to be slow because of lack of shipping boxes. Those which have already been received are small sets which were sent by registered mail. It will probably be six months" or a y e a r . before all of the books have arrived. .....

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Grads in Modern Industry (Concluded) Dr. C. R. Young, dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto, recently made the following statement before a group of engineering students: "The engineer is above all a member of society and as such it is his duty to cooperate with other men of earnestness and good faith to advance its interests, to improve the welfare of his community, to do all in his power to make this world a better place in which to live. If he ignores these obligations and confines himself to his laboratory or office, letting the world go by, he may yet be set down as a clever technologist but not as a real engineer who considers himself a member of a profession." Engineers are able to solve many of the world's problems but the world will never call upon them to do so until they build u p widespread recognition of their ability by helping in the solution of the many little problems that currently beset their local communities. The young engineer will gain local recognition by taking an active interest in the welfare of his community. Such interest will certainly bring him more forceably to the attention of his employers. As I have pointed out, the role of many of the graduates in engineering will be to manage our industrial concerns, both great and small from top executive positions. The prosperity of this great nation will depend on them. Under the direction of these executives will be found the researchers who will develop "larger and better mousetraps" and the men who will design them and the machines with which to make them and the sales engineers who will distribute them. Some of the graduates will have to assume the role of teachers in our universities. The teachers in our universities form a group apart. There always will be men who will prefer to teach, to pass on their knowledge to younger men. Young engineers who go into this field should do so only after obtaining industrial experience. Teaching is not the easy life it is so often presumed to be, and as everybody knows the financial r e t u r n to good men will never equal that obtainable in industry or consultation. The field of research and development is wide open. The Army and Navy alone plan to spend 96 million dollars on research this year, mostly in projects that will be carried on in universities. This is twice as much as was spent on research in pure science by all the universities in the country in 1938. Industry became research conscious during the war and in spite of the large number of men who were trained for war research, at present the demand is greater than the supply. This condition will exist for years to come. Only a small percentage of student engineers have the type of mind that produces successful r e searchers but a bright future is in store for those who have imagination and choose this field. Work on atomic fission will be carried on by physicists and chemists but the research engineer will be called upon to adapt atomic power to industrial uses, a complicated job which involves both the development of equipment and the efficient use of the power produced. The development of fully automatic machines brings nearer the automatic or "push button" plant. Such plants could be built today but the cost is too high. Research engineers will reduce the cost and make such plants possible. Much work remains to be done in developing power from the wind, heat from the sun and on the gas turbine and jet engine. In the teaching and research fields a doctorate is now absolutely necessary if an engineer wishes to reach the top in these fields. A fifth year or a master's degree have a distinct advantage over a B.S. in any field. As a rule

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Alumni Service and Mentions 1905 Admiral J o h n H. Towers, of Rome, Ga., turned over the command of the Pacific Fleet to Vice Admiral Louis E. Denfeld on February 28, in a full-dress ceremony aboard the escort aircraft carrier Bairoka. Admiral and Mrs. Towers sailed for San Francisco, en route to Washington, where he will become president of the Navy's General Board, the top policy-making body of the service. 1909 Walter L. Anderson, M.E., is Chief Engineer for Sloss Sheffield Steel Co., Birmingham, Ala. 1914 Meyer L. Schur, M.E., is owner of Bermarine Perfumery Co., Atlanta, Ga. 1917 Newton-Nesbitt Teague, M.E., is President and General Manager of Packard-Augusta Motors, Augusta, Ga. 1918 Walter G. Bryant, Textile, is an Engineer with Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co., Atlanta, Ga. 1919 William L. Markert, M.E., is President, The Brooks Fisher Insulating Co., Atlanta, Ga. Charlton K. Torrence, is Vice-President and Treasurer of Superior Yarn Mills, Inc., Mount Holly, N. C. 1914 Robert H. White, Jr., B.S. in M.E., has been elected to the Atlanta Board of Directors of the Citizens & Southern National Bank. Mr. White has been President of the Southern Wood Preserving Co., Atlanta, since 1937. He is President of the Georgia Forestry Association and past President of the Railway Tie Association. 1917 George W. Woodruff, was elected a director of the Trust Company of Georgia at the fifty-sixth annual meeting of the shareholders, in Atlanta. Mr. Woodruff is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Continental Gin Company. 1920 Raymond H. Ulrich is Vice-President of the Southern Natural Gas Co., Birmingham, Ala. Frank B. Williams is Vice-President of West Point Manufacturing Co., West Point, Ga. 1921 Thomas B. "Daddy" Amis, T.E., is a Soil Conservationist in Newberry, S. C. Ralph N. R. Bardwell, Jr., M.E., is Branch Manager of Fire Companies Adjustment Bureau, Birmingham, Ala. William Dorr Dodenhoff, is owner of W. D. Dodenhoff Co., Inc., 619 Rutherford St., Greenville, S. C. Walker Morris Fuller, M.E., is Zone Manager for Otis Elevator Co., Cleveland, Ohio. (Continued on page 12) industry now shows a willingness to recognize additional college training and pay for it in higher salaries and more rapid promotion. It is my considered opinion that at no time in the past have student engineers had the opportunities that a r e placed before you and your fellows. In most engineering schools the curricula provide graduates with an excellent background; the opportunity for selecting the type of work desired was never better; salaries are higher and will remain so and the training provided by many of t h e industries is definitely of post-graduate quality. It is scarcely necessary to tell you we are living in a wonderful, progressive age in spite of the many world and domestic problems that face us.

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The University Center Movement By PROFESSOR JOHN L. DANIEL Head, Chemistry Department, Georgia School of Technology The University Center is a loose alliance of six Institutions: The University of Georgia at Athens; Columbia Theological Seminary in DeKalb County; Agnes Scott College in Decatur; Emory University in DeKalb County; the High Museum of Art in Atlanta; and the Georgia School of Technology. These Institutions have agreed to plan together to broaden and strengthen the facilities for higher education in the area. Each Institution retains complete freedom of control of its own affairs. The group has no authority to compel any action by any member school. Thus the University Center is not a federation haying power over its constituent members. Funds available to the member institutions are limited and always will be inadequate. The purpose of the movement is to devise and put into effect plans which will make these funds go as far as possible in increasing the fields in which advanced work is offered and to strengthen graduate programs in the cooperating institutions. This will mean joint study to determine the educational areas in which there is the greatest need for development and also cooperation to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort by different Institutions. To further these aims, near the close of 1938 representatives of the Institutions set up a Council of Presidents consisting of the Presidents of the six Institutions. In this group rests sole authority for any final decisions or actions. At the same time there was authorized an Advisory Faculty Council consisting of representatives of each of the units, appointed by the respective Presidents of the units. The function of this group is to study all suggestions presented to it in line with the aims of the movement and to make specific recommendations to the Council of Presidents. There resides in the Faculty Council no authority to do anything but to deliberate and to advise the Presidents. What of value has been accomplished thus far? (1) At one time Emory planned to develop a School of Engineering. It has agreed that so long as the Georgia School of Technology develops and takes care of the needs of the area it will stay out of Engineering Education. (2) Both Emory and Georgia had Schools of Education. It is now generally agreed that a graduate school of Education will be promoted at the University of Georgia only. (3) There appeared to be a need in the Atlanta area for In Service Training for teachers in the systems of Atlanta, Decatur, Cobb County, DeKalb County, and Fulton County. To meet this need the University Center sponsored the giving of afternoon, evening, and Saturday classes, lectures, and conferences for teachers working in the various systems. Some of the courses offered may be accepted for graduate credit. Emory, the University of Georgia, Agnes Scott, and the Georgia School of Technology are cooperating in this work. It seems to have proved very successful and has attracted almost nation wide attention. (4) Some years before the formation of the University Center, Emory and Agnes Scott had been working . on plans for a fund raising campaign to increase their endowments. The cooperating Institutions assisted them in the final work of canvassing for these funds. (5) The existence of the University Center has been influential in bringing gifts of various kinds to most if (Continued next column)

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Veterans May Reinstate Insurance World War II veterans have been given an additional grace period in which to reinstate their National Service Life Insurance policies without a physical examination, the Veterans Administration reports. That means, the VA points out, that any veteran can now reinstate the low cost government insurance he carried while in uniform by filling out a simple reinstatement form and paying two monthly premiums. Contact representatives at any VA office will supply the form and help fill it out. Or, veterans may get a copy of the form by writing directly to the Insurance Service, Veterans Administration Branch Office 5, Atlanta 3, Georgia. The new liberal regulations for reinstating NSLI will remain in effect until August 1. VA officials have pointed out that now may be the last opportunity many veterans will have to reinstate their valuable, low-cost war-time policies. After August 1, veterans seeking to reinstate NSLI will have to pass a rigid physical examination. For the next several months, VA will carry on an intensive nation-wide information program to advise veterans of the advantages of reinstating their low-cost government policies. Insurance experts throughout the country, the VA points out, are unanimously agreed that National Service Life Insurance policies offer the greatest amount of protection under the most liberal terms at the lowest cost. Veterans can make no more wise investment in the future than reinstating their lapsed NSLI policies now. For the moment, reinstated policies may be carried as low-cost term insurance; at a later date, term policies may be converted to one of the six types of more valuable permanent policies offered through the Veterans Administration. not all of the units in the Center. (6) The Center has been one of the causes leading the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to plan to invest over $200,000 in our six Institutions and five in adjacent territory. The purpose of this experiment is to vitalize teaching through support of research and creative activity. (7) Some six years ago the General Education Board made a gift of about $20,000 to be expended as grants-inaid to individual faculty members in the cooperating Institutions in support of their research projects. This has stimulated some good work in spite of w a r conditions. (8) The Center is now administering a fund of about $15,000 for the support of visiting professors on the various campuses. (9) With a grant of well over $60,000 from the General Education Board a union catalog of all library holdings in the area has been prepared. One file is in the Emory Library and a duplicate at Athens. Lastly, what has our Institution gotten from the Movement? In 1940 the General Education Board made a gift of $25,500 to the Departments of Chemistry and Architecture and to the Library. The Board has made other grants to the library totaling $42,000. During the same period the Carnegie Foundation has given the Library $6,000 for needed technical and scientific literature. Two years ago the General Education Board made us a gift of $41,000 for the purchase of research equipment. In spite of the adverse conditions that have prevailed since the inauguration of the Movement much that is worth while has been accomplished.

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Weddings and Engagements CARMICHAEL-KONTZ Announcement is made of the marriage of Miss Marjorie Elizabeth Carmichael of Atlanta, Ga., to Ernest C. Kontz on Feb. 12, 1947. Mr. Kontz graduated from Georgia Tech in 1928 with a B.S. degree in Textile Engineering. He is Director of Research with Cabin Crafts, Inc., in Dalton, Ga. DARY-LAREW Announcement is made of the engagement of Miss L. Gayle Dary of Schenectady, N. Y. to John J. Larew. The wedding will take place March 21, 1947. Mr. Larew graduated from Georgia Tech in 1943 with a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering. He is now associated with the General Electric Co. of Schenectady, N. Y. HILL-BURTON Mr. and Mrs. Orrain P. Hill of Atlanta, Ga., announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Marjorie Allene Hill, to Joseph Ray Burton of Atlanta, the wedding to take place in early June. Mr. Burton graduated from Georgia Tech in 1943 with a B.S. degree in Industrial Management. He is now engaged in graduate work at Georgia Tech. JONES-BLACK Of widespread interest is the announcement of the marriage of Miss Clara Malone Jones to William Harman Black II, on Feb 18, 1947. Miss Jones is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tyre Jones Jr. of Atlanta, Ga. NASH-DANIEL Mr. a n d . Mrs. Howard Buford Nash, of Atlanta, announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Dorothy Jeynelle Nash, to James Fleming Daniel III, of Greenville, S. C. Mr. Daniel was a pilot in the United States Army for four years and is now completing his education for a degree in Industrial Management at Georgia Tech. WEAVER-VAN LEER Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Edgar Weaver of Raleigh, N. C , announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Margaret Anne, Weaver, to Ensign Blake Wayne Van Leer on Feb. 17, 1947 at the Christ Episcopal Church in Raleigh. The groom is the son of Pres. and Mrs. Blake R. Van Leer of Georgia Tech. ".V•"..';...'. .'. ,' WILSON-MARCHMONT Announcement is made of the marriage of Miss Janet Wilson of Yonkers, N. Y. to George T. Marchmont, Jr. The marriage took place December 11, 1946. Mr. Marchmont graduated from Georgia Tech in 1945 with a B.S. degree in General Engineering. He is now connected with the Graybar Electric Co. in Memphis, Tenn. YERKES-WILLIAMS Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Yerkes of Jacksonville, Fla., announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss J a n e Yerkes, to Lucien Williams, of Augusta. The marriage will be solemnized on April 26 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Jacksonville. , Mr. Williams graduated from Georgia Tech in 1938 with a B.S. degree in Textile Engineering.: He is associated with the Graniteville Co. of Graniteville, S. C. YOUNG-THOMPSON Announcement is. made by Mrs. Dinkin Young, of Atlanta, qf the betrothal of her daughter, Miss: Kathryn Cassels Young, to Robert Maurice Thompson, of Clearwater, Fla. The marriage will be an event of the eary Spring. • Mr. Thompson graduated from Georgia Tech in 1942 with a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering...He is now a member of the .contracting engineering, firm of R.' M. Thompson Co. of Clearwater. .:...:

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Death Berrien Moore, Sr., B.S. in E.E., '04, formerly of Atlanta, district manager of the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, Tampa, Fla., died at a private hospital in Atlanta on J a n u a r y 24, following a protracted illness. Captain of the 1904 football team at Georgia Tech, and also a former track letter-man, he performed outstanding services for the college in its early athletic days. He was born in Conley, Ga., and became associated with the Allis-Chalmers Company four years after his graduation from Georgia Tech. Mr. Moore is the father of Berrien Moore Jr., 1935 Georgia Tech graduate, former Atlanta golf champion. He maintained an interest in football and his son's sports throughout his life. He was a Shriner, a member of the Capital City Club, the Piedmont Driving Club and the Cathedral of St. Philip. In Tampa, he was a member of the yacht club and the Palmacia Club. Besides his wife and son, survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Hugh D. Carter Jr., of Atlanta; sister, Mrs. Edward Huie, of Morrow; brothers, Homer Moore, of Atlanta, and Grady Moore, of Conley; four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Births ANDERSON Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Anderson announce the birth of a daughter, Sherry Sue, at Buxton Hospital, Newport News, Va., on J a n u a r y 26, 1947. Mr. Anderson graduated from Georgia Tech with a B.S. in General Engineering with A.E. option, in 1942. DAVIS Mr. and Mrs. Clayton J. Davis, 1190 State St., N.W., Atlanta, Ga., announce the birth of a daughter on February 5, 1947. Mr. Davis graduated from Georgia Tech in E.E., 1941, and served three years in the U. S. Army Air Corps. MATHES Rev. and Mrs. F r a n k Alfred Mathes announce t h e birth of a daughter, Elizabeth Ann, on February 18, 1947, at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Ga. Rev. Mathes is a graduate of Georgia Tech, Class of 1932, B. S. in M.E. He has just accepted a unanimous call from the congregation of the South Highland Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, Ala., and will assume the duties of this pastorate on March 15, 1947. TREADWAY Major and Mrs. Joseph E. Treadway announce the birth of a son, Joseph Earl Treadway II, on J a n u a r y 16, 1947. Major Treadway is a Regular Army Officer and is now on duty with the Georgia Tech ROTC. He received his B.S. in I.M. in 1940. WEEKS Mr. and Mrs. Felder S. Weeks, 204 N. Belle Mead St., Knoxville, Tenn., announce the birth of a son, Paul,Douglas Weeks, on J a n u a r y 12, 1947. Mr. Weeks received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Georgia Tech in December, 1946. WHITTAKER Mr. and Mrs. William W. Whittaker announce the birth of a son, William West, Jr., on J a n u a r y 5, 1947, at Ft. McPherson Station Hospital. Mr. Whittaker, B.S. in Ceramic Engr., 1933, has recently been discharged'as Captain in the U. S. Army.

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W M . HARRISON H I G H T O W E R President Thomaston Cotton Mills

FORREST A D A I R President, Forrest Adair Realty Company

WILLIAM HARRISON HIGHTOWER W. Harrison Hightower, B.S. in T.E., 1909, a Trustee of the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation, Alumni District Representative and former Alumni Officer, of Thomaston, Georgia, died on Sunday morning, February 9, after a long illness, at the Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. A former football and baseball star at Georgia Tech, popular and prominent in Georgia Tech's activities during and since his undergraduate years, he became nationally outstanding as a textile manufacturer, business, church, and civic leader. Mr. Hightower was president of the Thomaston Cotton Mills, which operate four textile mills at Thomaston and Griffin, Ga. He was a member of the board of directors of the Central of Georgia Railroad, and a director of the Cotton Textile Institute of New York, the American Cotton Manufacturers' Assn., the Cotton Manufacturers' Association of Georgia, and the Institute of Textile Technology at Charlottesville, Va. He has served as president of the American Cotton Manufacturers' Assn., president of the Cotton Manufacturers' Association of Georgia, and vice-president of the Cotton Textile Institute. He conceived and was largely instrumental in the establishment of the Textile Education Foundation, Inc., which he served as president. The foundation was created to rehabilitate and modernize the A. French Textile school at Georgia Tech. Mr. Hightower was also a member of the Thomaston Kiwanis Club and had served as president. He was a member of the Georgia Peach Growers exchange and had served as its president. He was a steward in the First Methodist church of Thomaston, vice-president of the Flint River Council of Boy Scouts, a member of the Thomaston Country Club, the Capital City Club of Atlanta, and of Sigma Nu fraternity. The eldest son of the late R. E. Hightower,- Sr., of Thomaston, who established several large textile plants. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Turner Hightower; two sons, W., H. Jr., and George H. Hightower, of Thomaston; a daughter, Mrs. Harry Davis, of Washington, D. C , and two brothers, R. E. Hightower Jr. and Julian T. Hightower, of Thomaston, Ga. ,

CHARLES A . SWEET Deceased, Jan. 1 1 , 1 9 4 7 . Article in last issue.

FORREST ADAIR Forrest "Abe" Adair, Ga. Tech 1909, president of the Forrest Adair Realty Company, died unexpectedly on March 3, at his residence, 120 Lindbergh Drive, N. E., Atlanta, after a long illness from which it seemed he had made a very definite, though not permanent, recovery. A life-long supporter of Georgia Tech, he was the director, for years, of the Adair-Oldknow Scholarship Fund for the college, in the interest of athletics and other deserving activities. He was also the Fifth Congressional District, Alumni representative on the Alumni, State Advisory Council and a former director of the Georgia Tech Athletic Association. Long a leader in Atlanta real estate circles, Mr. Adair negotiated many important downtown transfers in the 17 years since he formed his own company. Before forming the Forrest Adair Company, he was associated with his father and an uncle, Forrest and George Adair, in the Adair Realty and Loan Company. He had been in the real estate business since leaving Georgia Tech in 1909. He was a Shriner and a member of the Piedmont Driving Club and of the Capital City Club. He was also a member of the North Avenue Presbyterian Church. Survivors include his wife, the former Miss J a n e Williams; a son, Forrest Adair III, of Atlanta; a daughter, Miss Irene Adair, a student at Marjorie Webster College in Washington, D. C ; a sister, Mrs. Robert Gregg, of Birmingham, and two nieces, Mrs. William Reese, of Atlanta, and Mrs. Crawford Rainwater of Pensacola, Fla. GORDON BAKER, SR. Gordon Baker, Sr., Ga. Tech 1907, formerly of Atlanta, Ga., died on February 21 in Plainfield, N. J., after a heart attack. Funeral and burial services were held in Plainfield. Mr. Baker was a loyal supporter of Georgia Tech, its athletics, and many other activities of the college. He was a member of the S. A. E. Fraternity. Besides his family in Plainfield, he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Clarence Ruse, Mrs. Charles Strong and Mrs. William Treadway, all of Atlanta, and a son, Gordon Baker, Jr., of Miami.

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Alumni and Service Mentions (Continued from page 8) John Booker Tatum, Spec. Tex., is with Southern as Major, CAC (AA) during the War. Bleachery & Print Works, Taylors, S. C. 1934 1923 Robert H. Tharpe, Comm., has organized a new firm, D. William Brosnan, C.E., was recently promoted to Tharpe & Company, to operate as brokers in mortgage General Manager of Southern Railway Company, Knox- loans and as general insurance agent. The offices of the ville, Tenn. firm are at 409 Trust Company of Georgia Building, Jackson Smith Gresham, is President of Gresham Lum- Atlanta. ber Co., Inc., Griffin, Ga. Ben Lee Mattingly, A.E., was recently appointed to fill Anthony Rudolph Klaas, is Plant Manager, Gulf Ship- a new Goodyear post in charge of molded goods sales on building Co., Mobile, Ala. the Pacific coast. His headquarters will be in Los Angeles. George Albert Thompson, Jr., C.E., is associated with John J. McLendon, Jr., M.E., is an engineer with D. F. Paul Smith Construction Co., Tampa, Fla. Lindstrom, 508 Henry Grady Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. Mr. McJames W. Warren, M.E., is General Manager of the Lendon served 5% years in the U. S. Navy. Tampa Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Tampa, Fla. J. Nelson Maynard, Comm., is owner of Maynard Auto 1924 Parts and Tire Co., Decatur, Ga. Carl Wm. Bahrt, Jr., C.E., is General Superintendent of Murdock D. Urquhart, E.E., is manager of the North Atmospheric Nitrogen Corp., Henderson, Ky. Carolina Butane Gas Co., Inc., Raleigh, N. C. 1926 1935 John H. Holcomb, Jr., Ch.E., is Plant Manager, Merck & Arthur B. Edge, Jr., T.E., President of Callaway Mills, LaGrange, Ga., has been named State Director of the Co., Inc., Stonewall Plant, Elkton, Va. 1936 National Association of Manufacturers. Sam L. North, Gen. Engr., is a partner in the firm of William J. Greene, Jr., since his return to civilian status, North Brothers, 442 Cain St., N. E., Atlanta, Ga. with r a n k of major, is living at 167 E. Wesley Road, N. E., Emory B. Rumble, M.E., is Production Superintendent Atlanta. of Hoffman Radio Corp., 3761 S. Hill St., Los Angeles 7, Harvey A. West, C.E., served as Lieut. Commander in Calif. the Navy, and is now a Sales Engineer with the Aluminum Walter A. Striplin, is owner of the Easy Pay Tire Co., Company of America, at Tampa, Fla. 1938 Alabama City, Ala. Allen R. Spreen, is now Assistant Chief Inspector in George R. Terry, C.E., is Assistant Engineer for Central charge of the Martin 2-0-2, the brand new 40-passenger of Georgia Railway, Savannah, Ga. luxury airliner now being built by The Glenn L. Martin 1927 Solomon J. Yeoman, is Assistant Vice-President of the Company at their Middle River plant, near Baltimore, Md. Commercial National Bank, Anniston, Ala. James Murray Townsend, I.M., served as Lieutenant, 1928 U.S.N.R. He is now manager, Over-Quota Dept., CocaRoger W. Allen, E.E., is Branch Manager of General Cola Bottling Co. of Rhode Island, Providence, R. I. Controls Co., 319 Spring St., N. W., Atlanta, Ga. Grady Webb, Jr., T.E., served 4% years in the Army, Henry Wade Moore, Gen. Engr., is manager of Air Con- with two years in the Pacific, being discharged with rank ditioning Dept., 20th Century Refrigeration Co., Cincin- of Lt. Col. He is now head of Standards Department, West Point Mfg. Co., West Point, Ga. nati, Ohio. 1939 1930 Charles R. Brumby, Jr., Tex., is assistant Manager, Louis Silver, Chem., is Chief Chemist for P u r i t a n ChemWhitman's Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co., Atlanta, Ga. ical Company, Atlanta, Ga. He served as a senior lieutenChas. N, Witmer, is Secretary and Treasurer of Ross & ant in the U. S. Navy. Witmer, Inc., Charlotte, N. C. Cornelius B. Thomas, M.E., saw three years of active 1931 duty in the Naval Reserve. He is now Factory SuperinJames H. Bell, is manager of the Bremen Division, tendent of Wesco Waterpaints, Inc., Good Hope, La. Cluett Peabody & Co., Inc., Bremen, Ga. Edward M. Vinson, I.M., served 47 months active duty Louis L. Hamig, C.E., is a partner in the firm of Ferris as lieutenant, U.S.N.R. At present, he is executive assistant to President of the Southeastern Division, General & Hamig, Consulting Engineers, St. Louis, Mo. Mills, Inc., Atlanta, Ga. Charles St. Clair Smyly, is President and Treasurer of Eastman Cotton Mills, Eastman, Ga. John R. Wyant, M.E., is Assistant Agent, Universal Victor B. Yeargan, is Secretary and Treasurer of Battey Winding Co., Atlanta, Ga. He served as Captain in the Machinery Co., Inc., Rome, Ga. U. S. Army Ordnance Department. 1932 1940 William L. Benson, Jr., is associated with Atlanta Steel Robert Earl Arnold, E.E., served 4% years in the Signal Erectors, Atlanta, Ga., as Engineer. Corps as communications and radar officer. He is now Joe M. Roberts, Comm., is Cashier, Newberry County assistant engineer, Transportation Department, Georgia Power Co., Atlanta. Bank, Newberry, S. C. 1933 William Clay Grubb, M.E., is associated with Sonoco Rev. Eugene L. Daniel, Comm., has resigned as special Products Co., Hartsville, S. C. He served as Lieut. Comrepresentative of the War Relief Committee of the Pres- mander, U.S.N.R. byterian Church, U.S., to prepare for foreign mission servGordon B. Massengale, Cer. Engr., is Ceramic Engineer ice. He is resuming his studies at Princeton Theological with National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C. Mr. Seminary prior to serving as a missionary in Korea. Massengale is co-author of National Bureau of Standards Robert W. Lawson, T.E., is Superintendent, Chicopee circular C-452, published J u l y 15, 1946, entitled, "Slip Casting of Clay Pots for the Manufacture of Optical Glass Manufacturing Corp., Chicopee, Ga. at the National Bureau of Standards." Vernon R. White, Ch.E., is Assistant to the President of Mobile Pulley & Machine Works, Mobile, Ala. He served (Continued on page 16)

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Kentucky Wins S. E. C Basketball Championship Auburn

Auburn

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Kentucky

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Vanderbilt

(98-29) Kentucky (75-53)

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Basketball Summary

Tank Team Has Successful Season

After winning their first four games the basketball team ran into some difficulty and finished the season with a .500 average, winning ten and losing a like number. The results:

The tank men have had a very successful season winning six out of seven dual meets, and sweeping the AAU meet held at Athens on February 28-March 1. The season's record is a follows: Tech Opponent 30 North Carolina State 45 41 North Carolina 34 56 Clemson 19 57 Tennessee 18 41 Georgia 34 45 Duke 30 46% Florida . 28y2 SEAAU Meet Georgia Tech 85 Emory 45 Georgia 24

Tech Opponent 63 University of Chattanooga 51 South Carolina 55 Davidson 54 Boston College 39 University of Detroit 52 Michigan State College 58 Tulane 55 Auburn 38 Alabama 47 Kentucky 48 Tennessee 65 Auburn 45 Tulane 46 Alabama 51 Georgia 28 Tennessee 48 North Carolina 54 Duke 70 Georgia 46 Kentucky

37 34 41 50 48 62 51 42 42 70 43 49 47 64 44 40 58 64 . . 46 83

1947 Grid Schedule (Repeated) Sept. 24—Tennessee at Atlanta. Oct. 4—Tulane at New Orleans. Oct. 11—VMI at Atlanta. Oct. 18—Auburn at Atlanta. Oct. 25—Citadel at Atlanta. Nov. 1—Duke at Atlanta. Nov. 8—Navy at Baltimore. Nov. 15—Alabama at Birmingham. Nov. 22—Furman at Atlanta. Nov. 29—Georgia at Atlanta.

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Instructor Conducts Plane Parts Test John J. Harper, Instructor, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aeronautics, and Research Faculty Associate, State Engineering Experiment Station, has completed extensive tests on special elbows without guide vanes. Results of these tests have been published in the Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences. Through the use of special elbows without guide vanes, a reduction of losses in many applications was believed possible. This type elbow might be used to advantage on the carburetor air intake of airplane engines, as there would be no guide vanes to ice up. In view of these possibilities, a test program was instituted consisting of velocity surveys on five of the rectangular two-dimensional elbows and one conventional elbow with guide vanes. All of these were 90째 bends. Based solely on the results of these tests, the following conclusions were made: (1) The "short" elbows of special design have higher losses than conventional bends of the same size. (2) Lower losses are obtained with "longer" special elbows having carefully selected streamlines. (3) Increasing the aspect ration of a bend from 0.67 to 1.5 reduces the losses. (4) Addition of guide vanes to the "short" elbows, as done in these tests, does not appear to be worth while. (5) Still lower losses are indicated by proper combination of point of cut off of streamlines and aspect ratio. (6) Further investigation of bends having greater and lesser angles t h a n 90째 with various streamlines would appear to be in order.

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Melville M. Zemek, E.E., served four years as Major in the Air Corps, European Theater, and is now District Manager and Engineer for Associated Factory Mutual Fire Ins. Companies, Buffalo, N. Y. 1941 Roscoe L. Wilkins, I.M., former Major in the Quartermaster Corps, is with Moretti-Harrah Marble Co., Sylacauga, Ala. Richard Hunter Yancey III, M.E., is Air Conditioning Engineer with Advanced Refrigeration, Inc., Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Yancey was a 1st Lieut, in the Air Corps. George Edward Zeigler, Jr., M.E., is Assistant Staff Engineer with Kendall Mills, P a w Creek, N. C. He rose from Ensign to Lt. Commander during his five years of active duty in the Navy. 1942 Major Thomas B. McGuire, Jr., who was leading active ace, with 38 Japanese planes to his credit at the time he was shot down and killed in the Philippines, has been posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Major McGuire entered Georgia Tech in 1938 and left in his Junior year, during 1941, to join the Army as an aviation cadet. Kurt E. Shuler, Chem., is a Graduate Assistant at Catholic University, Washington, D. C , where he is working on his Ph.D. in Chemistry. During the war he served with the Corps of Engineers, Technical Intelligence. Ralph W. Whitlock, I.M., after having served three years in the Pacific with the U.S.N., is now Assistant Manager, Acme Fixture Company, of Atlanta.

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