Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Vol. 30, No. 03 1952

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THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS

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January-February, 1952

Number 3

EDITOR

W. ROANE BEARD

EDITOR

LOUISE HARKRADER

Contents CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY 9

CAMPUSONALITIES

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DR. PERRY PASSES

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ON THE HILL

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SPORTS

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HE year 1951 has come to a close; however, much that happened during the year will affect the years to come.

Here at Tech, the construction of two buildings will provide facilities for many decades to come. The beginning of the new library has given hope to Mrs. J. H. Crosland that her long-neglected books will be adequately housed and students will have the necessary facilities for study and bookresearch. Other physical improvements have been made here at Tech. Many things that happened during the year are the result of planning that has been done in other years.

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Most important of the things done here at Tech are the opening of young minds to the more or less unlimited fields of science and engineering, the search for truth, the ability to get along with others, and how to express themselves in the work they are doing. This has been accomplished with the aid of association with excellent professors, other young minds and good books. The future of this country will someday rest with minds such as are being probed at Georgia Tech today.

The national and international happenings of 1951 will also affect all of us throughout the years to come. The laws passed or not passed by our Congress, the war in Korea, aid to Europe and other countries, the weather, crisis in Iran and Egypt, and many other events will have a bearing on 1952 and the years to follow.

Perhaps education is not the only solution to all evils, but it is by far the best. Who has profited by ignorance? We all have a big stake in education; let's all give it a chance to pull us through.

The point that I have been trying to make in the above paragraphs is that this is a new year, Georgia Tech is a fine school, it is your alma mater, we know you are proud of it.

You can help Tech by soliciting the interest of others, helping where you yourself can by attending events here, giving your moral and financial support. Higher education needs your support. One way you can help is to "Join the Annual Alumni Roll Call."

ALEXANDER MEMORIAL

'Synchronize your watches, men.

Yep! . . . It's February."

Published bi-monthly from September to June, inclusive, by the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, Georgia Institute of Technology, 225 North Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia. Subscription price included in membership dues. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Atlanta, Georgia, under Act of March 3, 1879.

January-February,

1952

Many of you are interested in the status of the Alexander Memorial Building.

Working plans are being completed as rapidly as possible by the architect. They should be finished by April 1.

The NPA (National Production Authority) has a ruling that no gymnasium, auditorium, or athletic building shall be issued a permit to build at the present time. Without this permit, no steel or other priority material can be obtained.

As soon as the working plans are completed April 1, an effort will be made to get an exception to their present ruling for the Alexander Memorial Building.

Kindest regards.

Roane Beard

H O W W E STAND ON THE FIFTH ANNUAL ALUMNI ROLL CALL 1475 Contributors

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CAN YOU BELIEVE The setting on December 1 was perfect for an upset. Tech had come through with an undefeated season, Georgia had only had a fair one. The experts made the Yellow Jackets a slight favorite, but being favored in this traditional clash has often pro^fij^-Jhandkjap. The,. Jackets were e a l m a n d collected; the Bulldogs tense and ready for the kill. The Yellow Jackets became a Golden Tornado and took the Bulldogs apart to the tune of 48-6. It was their first undefeated season since 1928, and marked the highest number of points ever made against a Georgia team. It also marked the quietest exit from Atlanta of the Georgia followers on record. Here briefly is how it went: MALOOF MAKES FIRST Georgia received the kick-off, failed to gain, fumbled; Pete Ferris, Tech end, recovered on their 21. Hicks and Hardeman carried to the 3. Maloof went over in two bucks; the first of four touchdowns for him. Turner missed the conversion. After 3 minutes Tech led 6-0.

HARDEMAN DASHES After a couple of punt exchanges, Hardeman got 10 to the 36. On the next play Hardeman executed a thrilling dynamic run down the sidelines going under Georgia's Hipps, through and over Hill and Poss. Hardeman spun into the end zone still on his feet after three men had him pinned to the sidelines. Turner converted and the game was 10:30 minutes old with Tech out front, 13-0.

The " ÂŁ / ' shaped running picture shows the determination and Jinesse with which the Yellow Jackets played on December 1, 1951. Crawford pitches out to Hardeman, Hardeman stiffarms by Georgia's Morris, ducks under Hipps, gets help on Poss from Snyder, crashes by Hill, stays on his feet into the end zone.

IT? TECH 48, GEORGIA 6 BECK RECOVERS

BULLDOGS RESURGE

Following a field goal attempt by Tech and a fumble by Georgia, which All-America Ray Beck recovered on Georgia's 18, Hardeman went 14 to the 4, turned the pigskin over to Maloof who went across on first down. Pepper Rodgers converted. Tech led 20-0 with a couple of minutes left in the first quarter.

The second half brought a rejuvenated Georgia on the field. Coach Butts apparently gave them the word at the half. Recovering a fumble on Tech's 40, Georgia passed to the Tech 7 from where Raber carried over in two plays.

Carithers blocked Mrvos extra point.

Score, 34-6.

A fine punt by Tech's Davis went out on the Georgia 1. Bratkowski kicked out on his own 32 and Tech started again.

Crawford hit Hardeman for 20 yards; then Hardeman took a pitchout, fought his way through 12 yards of Bulldogs, going over, only to have it called back due to a penalty. Starting again from the 17, Crawford hit Hicks on the 4, Hardeman butted to the 1, Maloof went over on third down. Rodgers converted, 27-0.

Georgia threatened again, but were stopped by the stout Tech line at the 3. Later, Bobby Morehead intercepted a pass with his back right up to the Tech goal, made a beautiful run coming out to the Tech 47. Crawford threw to Ferris, who had gotten behind the Georgia sideback. Ferris was tripped at the Georgia 10. Hardeman got 6; then Maloof made his fourth TD, going over on second down. Rodgers converted, 41-6.

CRAWFORD RUNS 15, SHEDS BALL

INTERCEPTIONS CONTINUE

Tech kicked off to Georgia and the ball hit guard McClung, bounced back and was recovered by Ted Shuler of Tech. A 15 yard pass to Ferris was nullified by a penalty. Hicks picked up 7, Crawford threw to Hair for 16 to the Georgia 31, Hardeman went to the 23.

Crawford bootlegged off tackle, was tackled about the 8, lateraled to Pete Brown on the 10, Brown ran to the five and handed off to Buck Martin who went over. Rodgers again converted.

Score, Tech 34, Georgia 0. It was still the first half.

The last score marked another interception: Larry Morris, freshman line backer intercepted a Bratowski pass on Tech's 45 and went all the way for a touchdown aided by an excellent block

by Bob Sherman close to goal. Rodgers converted. Final score, Tech 48, Georgia 6.

There is much conjecture concerning whether this is Tech's best team or not.

The argument cannot be settled, but maybe it could be said that the teamwork of this 1951 team was the best

Tech ever had. There were heroes in the line and in the backfield; there were heroes on the offense and on the defense. The coaches never knew when a new hero would show up, but they knew it would be the result of team effort.

This game was a coach's dream. The blocking and tackling were vicious, punting by Davis was superb, coverage of kicks excellent, defensive play up front was terrific as evidenced by limiting Georgia to 60 yards net on the ground. Tech's pass defense allowed considerable yardage due to the fine passing by Bratkowski and receiving

by Babcock and White, but Tech intercepted 8 passes and allowed no long ones, which was the plan. Crawford's play-calling was sound, yet daring.

Yes, sir, unless the excitement kept him awake, Coach Bobby Dodd could pleasantly dream about a reality that occurred December 1, 1951. (And Hardeman has 2 more years of eligibility.)

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First Downs Yards Rushing Yards Passing Passes Attempted Passes Completed Passes Intercepted Punting Average Fumbles Lost Penalties

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Georgia 16 60 195 35 17 1 38.3 5 10

School of CHEMISTRY Georgia Tech opened to stuWHEN dents in the fall of 1888 there were on the faculty only six professors, those of physics, mathematics, English, chemistry, drawing, and mechanical engineering. The professor of chemistry was William Henry Emerson, the father of Vice-President Cherry L. Emerson.

Although chemistry had been included in the basic curriculum of the school from its beginning, no degree was authorized until 1901. Chemistry was the fifth degree granting department, being preceded by mechanical, electrical, civil, and textile engineering in that order.

The department's first laboratories were in the Administration Building.

However, in 1904 the General Assembly appropriated a sum of ten thousand dollars to be applied to the erection of a building for a chemical laboratory provided that an equal amount be first raised by private subscription. This condition was promptly met and Lyman Hall, the "oldest" portion of the "old" chemistry building, was opened in 1906.

Emerson Hall was added in 1925 and the "Annex" was occupied in 1943.

ONLY THREE HEADS Dean Emerson served as Head of the Department for the thirty-six years before his death in 1924. He was succeeded by Gilbert H. Boggs, who died in 1941. Thus during its first fifty-three years, the department was directed by these two fine men.

When Dr. Boggs died the department, having become large and unwieldy, was split into a department of chemistry and another of chemical engineering.

John L. Daniel, who had been a member of the staff for almost thirty years, became Head of the department of chemistry. Professor Daniel reached the retirement age in 1948 and was succeeded by the present Director, Paul K. Calaway.

FOURTEEN PH.D.'s The present staff is composed of eighteen full-time members, fourteen of whom hold the Ph.D. degree. Only one member of the staff received his undergraduate degree and only three received their most advanced degrees at Georgia Tech. In an effort to avoid narrowness, the staff has been recruited from various institutions from California to Pennsylvania and from Texas to Canada. No two of its Ph.D.'s are from the same institution. Dr. B. B. Wroth, the oldest member of the staff, came to Georgia Tech in 1916, Dr. W. S. Taylor in 1920, Dr. W. C. Whitley in 1929, and Dr. Calaway in 1931.

The department has always devoted its main effort to its undergraduate work, but in recent years much attention has been given to its graduate program. It, along with the departments of Chemical Engineering and Electrical Engineering, is authorized to offer the Ph.D. degree. There are at present some thirty odd graduate students,

Dr. W. C. Whitley and Dr. Paul K. Calaway, Head of the Chemistry School, check over some of the new equipment in use now.

about half of whom are working for the Ph.D. Considerable research is being done by both students and staff members, and the results are being reported in the national chemical journals.

FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS Graduate work in the department has been aided by fellowships from the Atomic Energy Commission, the Research Corporation, and private industry. It has also been strengthened by several substantial grants from the General Education Board for the purchase of expensive equipment for use in research.

Undergraduate enrollment in the chemistry curriculum has never been large. One reason for this is perhaps that the program is considered a very stiff one. That it is a sound program, however, is attested by the fact that its graduates have invariably done well whenever they have continued with graduate work. At the present time we have graduates who are pursuing graduate work in such fine schools as Harvard, M. I. T., and the Universities of Wisconsin, Illinois, Southern California, Texas, and Virginia.

The School of Chemistry stands ready to make its contribution towards maintaining Georgia Tech in its prominent position among the technical schools of the country.

CAMPUSONALITIES

Dean Hefner holds counsel with student, "Buddy"

MONG the administration posts created by necessity in A Tech's growth is the office of Dean of the General College. The general College is made up of the Schools of

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Williamson. Their sons, Bob and Oscar, are now enrolled at Tech.

Like most brilliant men, Hefner's interests are many and Chemistry, Industrial Management, and Physics; and the varied. An excellent magician, he is also an amateur phoD e p a r t m e n t of E n g l i s h , tographer and a breeder of Mathematics, Modern Lantropical fish. Two of his paguages, M u s i c , P h y s i c a l RALPH HEFNER DIRECTS THE BUILDING pers on lifting airscrews have Training, Psychology, Pubpublished by the NaOF THE FOUNDATION OF ENGINEER- been lic Health and Biology, and tional Advisory Committee Social Science. for Aeronautics. He is an ING LEARNING authority on statistical qualForty-nine year old Ralph ity control, and a senior member and member of the board Hefner, member of the Tech faculty since 1929, became a of directors of the American Society for Quality Control.

Dean in 1945. Beginning as an instructor in Mathematics, A well-liked professor, Hefner's engaging manner has he became an assistant professor in 1931, an associate probrought him increased popularity in his present office. A fessor in 1935, and Professor of Mathematics in 1936. constant stream of students comes to his office, seeking Hefner was born in Bluefield, West Virginia, and attended advice, permission to make course or schedule changes, High School in that city. In 1921 he entered Roanoke Colrequesting information, and needing orientation. They find lege where he received his B.S. in 1925. His Masters and a friend and warmhearted listener. Dean Hefner is a Doctorate are from the University of Chicago in the field great asset to Georgia Tech. of mathematics. In 1928 he married the former Miss Addye

January-February, 1 9 5 2

DR. WILLIAM G. PERRY PASSES, FORMER ENGLISH DEPARTMENT HEAD

BRIAN BROWN RESIGNS Brian S. Brown, Jr., IM '50, has resigned effective January 1, 1952, as Manager of Alumni Activities. He will join Guardian Life Insurance Company of America in Atlanta as sales representative for the company. Brown had been with the Alumni Association for approximately 15 months before deciding t h a f h i s future would be better in the insurance business. The alumni regret very much to see him leave.

Brown is a former member of Anak, ODK, Student Council, Ramblin' Reck Club, Koseme, and ATO. He is married to the former Nancy Stanley of Savannah, Georgia.

Dr. William Gilmer Perry, 74, professor of English at Georgia Tech for 47 years before his retirement in 1948, died Thursday, November 29, at a hospital in Atlanta.

Dr. Perry, professor-emeritus of English at the Georgia Institute of Technology, was born on December 5, 1877, at Columbia, S. C , the son of Stephen James P e r r y and Julia Chase Perry.

He was privately tutored and later attended preparatory school at Presbyterian High School, Rock Hill, S. C. He entered Davidson College (N. C.) and received his A.B. degree. In 1900, Davidson granted him the M.A. degree, and in 1917 conferred upon him the honorary degree of Litt.D. During 1912, he studied at Columbia University.

In 1901, he came to Georgia Tech as "Adjunct Professor" of English and was made head of the Department in 1922.

He retired from Georgia Tech July 1, 1948, with the title of Professor-Emeritus, after 48 years of service.

An extensive traveller, he visited Europe several times as well as many of the Latin American countries, Caribbean Islands, Canada, and had seen most of the United States.

ANNUAL DEDICATED The 1948 edition of the Georgia Tech yearbook, The Blue Print, was dedicated to Dr. P e r r y with the following inscription: "To William Gilmer P e r r y . . . who forty years ago, as an early instance of his innumerable generous services, was faculty advisor and sponsor of the first edition of the Blue Print, and whose life, during his half-century at the Georgia School of Technology, has summarized every excellence which the noblest education can install in a man, this fortieth edition of the Blue Print is dedicated with warm gratitude and respectful love."

Of the students he said, "It seems to me that although our students change a little with the years, we have almost the same type of boy. I think we have always had at Tech an unusually fine quality of boys. The more I have known them, the more I have felt that they had very admirable qualities."

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WILLIAM A. PARKER

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HE Board of Trustees of the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation announced the election of the following officers for the new one-year term, beginning January 1, 1952.

William A. Parker, president Julian T. Hightower, vice-president, Thomaston, Georgia William T. Rich, treasurer R. J. Thiesen, executive secretary In addition to their many other outstanding civic and business connections, the immediate businesses of the officers are: W. A. Parker, president of Beck and Gregg Hardware Co., Atlanta; Julian T. Hightower, vice-president, Thomaston Cotton Mills, Thomaston, Ga.; William T. Rich, vice-president, Jacobs Pharmacy Co., Atlanta.

Organized in 1932, the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation is a non-profit, non-athletic, educational organization for the administration of funds, as made available by industrialists and other friends of Georgia Tech for scientific and economic research, and for investigations relating to the development of the resources of the south.

In addition to the officers, other trustees of the Foundation are: Fuller E. Callaway, Jr., La Grange; J. E. Davenport, New York City; C. L. Emerson,

Dr. W. G. Perry, Professor Emeritus, spen t 48 years with Tech.

BROWN Atlanta; Clement A. Evans, Atlanta; Thomas Fuller, Atlanta; Y. Frank Freeman, Hollywood, Calif.; George S. Jones, Evansville, Ind.; Geo. T. Marchmont, Dallas; George W. McCarty, Atlanta; Walter M. Mitchell, Atlanta; Frank H. Neely, Atlanta; C. P r a t t Rather, Birmingham; John A. Simmons, West Point, Ga.; F r a n k M. Spratlin, Atlanta; James F. Towers, New York City; Robert H. White, Jr., Atlanta; R o b e r t B. W i l b y , Atlanta; George W. Woodruff, Atlanta.

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HE cold reality of registration day for the winter quarter found the student body proud, happy, and blearyeyed. A good percentage of them had managed to spend their New Year's Day in Miami, but even those who couldn't witness the triumph did their share of celebrating. It has been a wonderful fall for Tech, but then you read the newspapers, too — what we want to tell you about here are the things you probably don't know are going on.

• For instance, the completion of the Bradley Building. The old Robbery is now one of the best-looking modernistic eating places you've ever seen.

Sandwiches, coffee, Cokes, and the like are bought at counters located at one end, while the fancier culinary items are shown off in the best cafeteria style at the further end. The College Inn has also moved into a completed part of the building where they have been able to spread out and show off their wares more attractively. There is still work to be done, they are now busy finishing up dining rooms and student lounges, but Bradley is already quite an addition.

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Work is progressing speedily on the new $1,000,000 Architecture Building made to house the largest architectural school in the nation. This will be of ultra-modern design with air-conditioning and the latest classroom facilities.

The new library is now under construction, too, and will tentatively be completed in the fall of 1953. This will also be of modernistic design, and will be on five levels.

• If you are a fan of popular music you no doubt know that "Laughing At Love" is one of the new hits, but did you also know that a Tech math professor, C. Robert Swenson, wrote the lyrics? The tune was one of six written by six well-known composers for a con-

test in which the public was invited to supply the lyrics. Professor Swenson's lyrics, which have been recorded by Gordon MacRue, won the contest, and the song is bound for the Hit Parade.

• Omicron Delta Kappa, National Leadership Honor Society for Men, selected five new members for the Tech Circle. Roland Holt, Dan Guy, Ken Farmer, Charles Quentel, and John Young are those who qualified for membership. The ODK project for the year was the management of parking lots during the football games. Proceeds were climated to the Student Union Fund.

• The Georgia Tech YMCA camp, located 22 miles from the campus about two miles west of Roswell, Ga., has been a fine place for recreation this fall. The 193 acres of beautiful wooded area with a creek flowing through a portion of the tract has also been of use to the surveying classes. Although there is already a lodge and an outdoor grill, plans are being made for a chapel, stable and corral, outdoor dance area, etc.

• We regretfully a c k n o w l e d g e the deaths of Rear Adm. Wallace J. Miller, professor of electrical engineering, and John T. Topham, retired machine shop instructor.

Admiral Miller, who died unexpectedly November 29 at an Atlanta hospital, was an authority in the field of microwave and electronic research.

He came to Tech four years ago, prior to that time he was assistant director of the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington. His funeral took place at

the Naval Academy Chapel in Annapolis, Md., and burial followed in the Academy's Cemetery.

Mr. Topham was an instructor at Tech for 27 years before retiring four years ago. He was 83 at the time of his death.

• Dr. Sidney Q. Janus, psychology, has been appointed consultant at Boiling Air Force Base, Washington, D. C. Dr. Robert Scharf spoke recently to the Georgia Tech International Relations Club, giving a report on the Seminar at Asheville, N. C , attended by members of the State Department and officials from the Pentagon.

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YELLOW JACKETS DEFEAT BAYLOR IN ORANGE BOWL • 17-14 • Sophomore quarterback Pepper Rodgers was hero-of-the-day as he started out 1952 right by kicking two extra points to assure Tech of a tie; then plunking through a field goal with 3 minutes left to play to win the game from a strong Baylor team in the heat of the Orange Bowl. How he felt, we won't say, but he appeared cool and confident under terrific pressure. It was Tech's third win in the Orange Bowl against one defeat.

Baylor, under the guidance of Larry Isbell, w i z a r d quarterback, started moving the ball right away against the much lighter Tech defense. Running mostly inside tackle, Baylor moved the ball 62 yards in 9 plays with P a r m a going over from up close. A 22-yard pass during the march was a big help.

Brocato made the extra point good.

Later in the first quarter Tech started from about mid-field. Crawford engineered a quick touchdown with Hicks getting 15 on a pitchout, passes to Martin of 12 and 22 yards, an off-tackle dash

by Hardeman for the score. Rodgers kicked his first PAT, score 7-7.

Baylor came back strong in the second quarter, marching 64 yards in 12 plays with Coody going over from close.

Brocato converted. During this drive, Baylor had a TD pass called back due to roughness.

Late in the second quarter with the aid of a couple of penalties against Baylor and a splendid run by Crawford for 38 yards. Tech moved close. A pass, BKANNON RECEIVES

Crawford to Knox, was complete for a touchdown, only to be called back due to a penalty. The half ended, Baylor 14, Tech 7.

Baylor threatened throughout the 3rd quarter, but appeared to be tiring as the fourth got under way. After a favorable exchange of punts, Tech moved goalward. Teas got 34 on a delayed pitchout, Maloof and Hardeman got a first down, Crawford hit Ferris with a pass to Baylor's 6; then passed to Martin in the end zone for a score.

Pepper Rodgers calmly tied the count by a perfect placement, 14-14.

Baylor received a short kick at midfield but could not move. Isbell tried a screen pass, but threw right into the hands of Ferris, who lit out on tired legs to go 41 yards to the Baylor 10 before coming down. Three plays failed to put the ball over, so with 4th down on the 6-yard line, Pepper Rodgers was called on to kick a field goal. The angle was bad, but didn't seem to bother him as he promptly put it between the uprights and over the bar to ice the game.

Tech The Yardstick Baylor 9 First Downs 17 107 Yards Rushing 206 84 Yards Passing 93 14 Passes Attempted 18 6 Passes Completed 8 3 Passes Intercepted 1 35.3 Punting Average 34.3 1 Fumbles Lost 0 60 Yards Penalized 85 RODGERS BOOTS

TECH 34, DAVIDSON 7 The Yellow Jackets continued their undefeated season with a 34-7 win over Davidson College.

With quarterback Darrell Crawford sitting out his first game, the Jackets had things pretty much their own way.

Crawford had been an iron man on offense all year, often playing while injured and with practically no relief.

Bill Brigman, freshman quarterback, did most of the chores, although four other quarterbacks were used. Brigman completed 13 of 26 passes for 219 yards and looked good doing it. 57 players were used by Tech in the contest.

Tech scoring was as follows: 7-yard pass from Brigman to Martin, 40-yard run by Hardeman, halfback Ruffin carried from 3 yards out, 7-yard run by Hardeman, and a 35-yard run by Dick Pretz.

Plucky Davidson continued its fight against odds by marching 72 yards in the fourth quarter to score on a line buck from 3 yards out.

Tech The Yardstick Davidson 18 First Downs 9 216 Yards Rushing 91 261 Yards Passing 91 33 Passes Attempted 16 15 Passes Completed 6 2 Passes Intercepted 1 30 Punting Average 31 3 Fumbles Lost 0 45 Yards Penalized 0

FOUND — M O N E Y !

During my struggle to help alumni with football tickets I came out $8.60 over. If the owner of this $8.60 will write me, I will be glad to mail him a check for that amount.

George C. Griffin Dean of Students THE MARGIN!

GEORGIA TECH 1951-52 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE (Tech Score Listed First) Dec. 8 — P a r r i s Island Marines at Parris Island, S. C , 58-90 Dec. 15—South Carolina at Columbia, S. C , 66-64 Dec. 29 — Carolina Invitational Tournament, Tech won, finals, Tech 78, Davidson 60 Jan. 5 — Tulane at Atlanta,* 58-73 Jan. 9 — A u b u r n at Atlanta,* 56-54 Jan. 12—Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Ala.,* 60-66 Jan. 14—Ole Miss at Atlanta,* 64-94 Jan. 21 —Kentucky at Atlanta,* 51-96 Jan. 2 6 — T e n n e s s e e a t K n o x v i l l e , Tenn.,* 56-69 Jan. 28—South Carolina at Atlanta Jan. 30—Mississippi State at Atlanta* Feb. 2 — V a n d e r b i l t a t N a s h v i l l e , Tenn.* Feb. 4—Louisiana State at Atlanta* Feb. 6—Georgia at Athens* Feb. 9—Kentucky at Lexington, Ky.* Feb. 13—Auburn at Auburn, Ala.* Feb. 16—Florida at Gainesville, Fla.* Feb. 18—Vanderbilt at Atlanta* Feb. 20—Tennessee at Atlanta* Feb. 23—Georgia at Atlanta* Feb. 28-29, March 1 at Louisville, Ky. * SEC opponent.

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"Tonto" Coleman Named fro Succeed Mundorff as Ass'f Athletic Director January 1 Arthur M. (Tonto) Coleman, University of Florida end coach, was named in December to succeed Roy M. Mundorff as assistant athletic director at Georgia Tech.

Coleman will work with varsity athletics in several capacities, including administration and as defensive end coach; with the intramural program and the physical training program. He will serve both the Athletic Association and the academic staff in his new post.

Coleman was born in Phil Campbell, Ala., but has been a Texan since he was 12 years old. He graduated from Abilene Christian College in 1928, and has spent the ensuing time coaching in high school and college in Texas, coming to the University of Florida in April, 1950.

Tonto and Mrs. Coleman have two daughters; Kay, 11, and Nancy, 6.

George Morris, defensive linebacker, and Hal Miller, offensive tackle, are congratulated by '51 Captain Lamar Wheat on their election as Captains for the 1952 season.

BASKETBALL PROSPECTS With three experienced lettermen to build around and wonderful team spirit, Coach Whack Hyder thinks that the Yellow Jackets will have a pretty fair season this year. Those men are seniors Teeter Umstead and Bill Cline, and junior Pete Silas. Early games indicate that possibly Crake and Harwell will fill out the remaining vacancies, but also that Coach Hyder will give all of them a chance. He has played everybody on the squad in an effort to find the best combination and to give experience and team spirit to the entire squad.

Players shown in the picture by number are: 5 — Gene Anderson Jr., 6'2", Adrian, Ga. 14 — Vaughn Dyer So., 6'2", Chattanooga, Tenn.

15 —Bill Sennett So., 6'2", Alcoa, Tenn.

10 — Teeter Umstead Sr., 6', Ft. Knox, Ky. 18 — Peden Templeton Sr., 5'11", Bristol, Tenn.

12 — Eric Crake Jr., 5'10", Houston, Texas 16 — Bud Witt Sr., 6', LaGrange, Ga. 7 — Phil Taylor Fr., 5'10", Sarasota, Fla. 11 — J o h n n y Harwell So., 6'1", Shaker Hts., Ohio 3 — Doug Hill Jr., 6'5", Ft. Knox, Ky. 8 — Pete Silas Jr., 6'6", Miami, Fla. Coach Whack Hyder Head Basketball Coach 4 — Bill Cline Sr., 6'6", Salisbury, N. C. 9 — Bobby Barnes So., 6'3", Savannah, Ga. 6 — Mike Austin Jr., 6'1", Wilmington, N. C. 13

with the CLUBS BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Georgia Tech Alumni Association Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Ga. Att'n: Mr. Roane Beard For your records, you might want to know that 63 of the Birmingham Tech alumni attended the dinner meeting held November 12 at which time Dr. Fred Cox and Coach Whack Hyder addressed the group.

Officers were elected as follows: president, Walter Coxe; vice-president, J. D. Collins, Jr.; secretary-treasurer, Francis Cook; and the board consisting of Lynn Strickland (chairman), John Holcomb, Charlie Keiser, Carl Smith, Al Mathis, and Skinny Dennick.

While promoting attendance at the meeting, I was able to gather some corrections in the address list now in your files. Just as soon as time permits I will get these corrections to you in usable form so that you may correct your addressograph plates and furnish our new secretary with a revised tape of names.

Kindest regards, Yours very truly, J. D. Collins, Jr.

KINGSPORT, TENN. The Kingsport Georgia Tech Club, which includes tri-cities and Elizabethton, met at the Ridgefields Country Club on Wednesday night, January 16.

The affair was a stag supper.

Principal speaker was Coach Frank Broyles, backfield coach at Tech.

Broyles gave a summary of the past season, an estimate of the coming season, and had a question and answer period. Roane Beard, Executive Secretary of the Alumni Association, gave a brief talk prior to introducing Broyles.

Highlight of the evening was a new film, called "Highlights of 1951," a sound film, showing most of the Tech scoring during the past season. The film was very enthusiastically received.

Officers of the Club are: President Wallace T. Jackson Sec. & Treas. George W. "Bill" Snyder Publicity Chm D. A. Henderson Program Chm Witt Langstaff There were 44 members and 6 guests at the meeting.

MEMPHIS, TENN. The Memphis Georgia Tech Club held its winter meeting at the King Cotton Hotel on December 7th, with an attendance of fifty-two. Guests included high school coaches, football officials and several fathers of Tech students.

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After cocktails and an excellent dinner, the film of the Tech-SMU game was shown and narrated. A resolution was passed commending Coach Dodd, his staff and 1951 football team for a highly successful year. Club President Thomas F. Faires, '28, presided.

M I A M I , FLORIDA The Georgia Tech Club of Greater Miami held a stag meeting at the Miami Country Club on Tuesday, November 27, 1951.

Following cocktails and dinner, those present introduced themselves and their visitors, if any. There was a total of 67 present.

Guests present were Jack Harding, athletic director of the University of Miami, and Jess Yarb rough, County Commissioner and former coach for Miami High School. Both made a short talk.

President Fulton Webb introduced the guest speaker, W. Roane Beard, Secretary of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association. Mr. Beard gave a general talk hitting the high spots on the growth and development of Georgia Tech and the success of the 1951 football team. Following this address, the Tech-Auburn film was shown, narrated by Mr. Beard.

PHILADELPHIA, PA. On Tuesday night, November 27, 1951, twenty-five Georgia Tech men gathered at the Engineers Club of Philadelphia to hear President Van Leer talk about the activities of the school. Among those present was Mr. E. R. Whitney of the Class of 1894, who played in the first Georgia-Georgia Tech football game.

The president's talk was enjoyed by everyone and we are sorry that more of the Tech alumni in this area were not present. If any of the alumni in this area who did not receive a notice of the meeting will contact the undersigned, their names will be added to our mailing list. We are anxious to establish contact with all former students who are located in or near Philadelphia.

Very truly yours, C. E. Meeks

RALEIGH, N. C. Minutes, Second Meeting, Raleigh Georgia Tech Club, Carolina Hotel November 21. 1951 After the fellowship hour and a good turkey dinner, President Tatum called the meeting to order.

The first order of business was to

correct the roster as sent out on November 16.

President Tatum called attention to the Fifth Annual Roll Call, stating that the suggested contribution is $1.00 for each year since graduation with a minimum of $5.00. Due to increased cost of services, the Alumni Association is using all gifts of $10.00 or less for its operations and all over $10.00 goes to the Alumni Foundation.

The program then took the form of a series of autobiographies with each one present participating.

After this most interesting series, President Tatum called for election of officers for the ensuing year. The new officers are: W. Paul Lyman, president; W. C. Pierson, vice-president; John B. Dalhouse, secretary-treasurer.

SPARTANBURG, S. C. The Georgia Tech Alumni Club held its October meeting at the Elks Club on October 5th.

The meeting was called to order by president, Cantey Alexander, and three new members, D. M. Holsembeck, Jr., Stonecutter Mills, Spindale, North Carolina; Don Lyles, Stonecutter Mills, Spindale, North Carolina, and H. H. Robins, Schuler Apts., were introduced.

President Alexander called on the Nominating Committee, Walter Glenn, Russell Redding and Jake Ivey, who recommended that H. A. Mitchell, S. S. Wallace and Ned Bobo be elected president, vice-president, and secretarytreasurer, respectively, for 1952. Their recommendation was unanimously accepted.

Incoming President Mitchell immediately appointed a committee of Ned Bobo, Jack Vann and Walter Glenn to decide the definite meeting nights for the four meetings during 1952 to replace the old meeting night of the first Friday of each quarter.

Following this business, the twenty members and four visitors enjoyed the showing of the 1951 SMU picture.

Bob Moreland Secretary

WEST POINT, GA. The Valley Georgia Tech Club held its Fall meeting in the Shawmut Mill Cafeteria, Tuesday night, November 20.

Dr. Gerald Rosselot, director of the Georgia Tech Experiment Station, was the principal speaker. He talked about the terrific improvements made in research at Tech, then showed a film made at the Experiment Station which gave a good deal of information about the type of work being done there.

Approximately 25 men were there.

The meeting was presided over by John A. Simmons, Jr., '43, president of the club.

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James Arnall Kinnard, ME '03, died November 9 in Newnan, Georgia. A native of St. Petersburg, Fla., Mr. Kinnard was visiting his sister, Miss Ruth Kinnard, at the time of his death.

He was sales representative of the Bridgeport Thermostat Division of Robert Shaw Fulton Controls Company, Knoxville, Tenn.

Survivors include his wife, Hernia H. Kinnard; a brother, W. C. Kinnard, and two sisters, Misses Ruth and Almeda Kinnard.

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capacities of superintendent, general manager, and vice-president. A trustee of the Alumni Foundation of Georgia Tech, he is also a director of the National Association of Finishers of Textile Fabrics.

Brig. Gen. William S. Fellers, '20, is now Deputy Camp Commander of Camp Lejeune, N. C.

C. S. Tatum, u&, is the organizer of the Pilot Mills at Raleigh, N. C , and serves the mill as general manager and secretary-treasurer.

David G. Bloom, '14, vice-president of the Crown Cork & Seal Company of Baltimore, died November 25 at an Atlanta hospital.

A native of Eufaula, Alabama, Mr. Bloom moved to Atlanta 30 years ago.

He became associated with the Crown Company 35 years ago as a general salesman, and became vice-president in 1936. He was general sales manager and director of the Southern division of the cork company.

He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Louis Lepman, Jr., of Chicago; a son, Henry D. Bloom, Savannah, and three sisters.

Robert A. Clark, '15, has recently been appointed vice-president of the General Electric Supply Corporation's n e w l y - c r e a t e d Southeast - Southwest sales region. Mr. Clark, who will maintain headquarters in Atlanta, formerly was manager of the Atlanta district.

John A. Simmons, '15, former vicepresident and general manager of Lanett Bleachery and Dye Works, West Point, Ga., was elected president of the organization by the board of directors at its annual meeting in November.

Mr. Simmons has been with the dye works since 1917, and has served in the January-February,

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OSCAR S. OLDKNOW '20 Oscar Stuart Oldknow, ME '20, widely known motion picture theater executive, died December 26 in Los Angeles, Calif. A native Atlantan, Mr. Oldknow was a former member of the board of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association.

Going to Los Angeles in 1931, he became president of Fox West Coast Theaters at the age of 31. In 1933, he joined National Theaters Supply Company as executive vice-president, and continued as such until his death.

He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Louise Scruggs; a son, William Henry Oldknow, and a granddaughter.

Stanley A. Black, TE '21, has been named vice-president and general man-

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ager of Aleo Mill at Rockingham, N. C. He was formerly manager of Monarch, Ottaray and Lockhart Mills of the Deering-Milliken group.

Sidney Conyers Bleckley, EE '21, died unexpectedly J a n u a r y 8 at Washington, Ga. He was for many years purchasing agent for the Georgia Power Company in Atlanta, but had made his home in Washington for the past twenty years. Survivors include two brothers, Herring Bleckley and Samuel Barnett Bleckley, of Fort Valley. His father was the late Chief Justice Logan E. Bleckley of the Georgia Supreme Court.

R. L. "Shorty" Doyal, '21, completed 30 years of active coaching with the season just ended. Marist College, Atlanta prep school, decided to drop football due to the excessive cost. Doyal had been their coach for the past five years.

After graduating from Tech, Shorty coached at Tech High and Bass Jr. High for three years, Boys' High for 22 years, then Marist for five. At Boys' High, Doyal won 200, lost 38, tied 12. At Marist, he won 31, lost 18, tied 3. Needless to say, there were many championships won over the years.

Tom V. Fahnestock, CE '22, is an engineer with the North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission.

J. H. Ware, CE '22, has been appointed Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company's South Carolina Chief Engineer. His headquarters will be Columbia. With the company since graduation, Mr. Ware has served as maintenance and practices engineer at the general offices in Atlanta since 1949.

John L. (Jack) Johnson, '23, died unexpectedly at his Atlanta home on January 1. Associated with ColgatePalmolive-Peet Company for 25 years, he was assistant sales manager of the Kay Daumit Division at the time of his death.

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sons, John L., Jr., Bob M., and David Johnson, all of Atlanta; two sisters and five brothers.

Paul Lyman, EE '23, is now industrial sales manager of the Carolina Power & Light Company in Raleigh, N. C. J. P. Murdaugh, ME '23, has been appointed Florida sales manager for Race and Race, Inc., of Winter Haven, Fla. He has been active in the production and sales engineering of aluminum engineering system since the industry first converted from steel to aluminum.

Leslie K. Patton, EE '24, is vicepresident of Tusculum College, Greenville, Tenn.

Tom Chapman, '26, has been trust officer for the First Citizens Bank and Trust Company of Raleigh for seventeen years.

Arthur B. Edge, Jr., '26, president of Callaway Mills, was recently honored by the company upon completion of 25 years of continuous employment.

E. L. Gunn, Jr., '26, Atlanta, was named second vice-president of the National Association of Ice Industries during the 34th annual convention held at Houston. Mr. Gunn is Southeastern manager for American Service Company.

J. Frank Mathews, '26, died December 9 in a New Orleans hospital. He had been in bad health for several months.

A prominent engineer and highway contractor, Mr. Mathews was wellknown throughout the state. From 1940 to 1943, he was general superintendent and project manager for PanAmerican Airways in constructing and developing modern airports in Guatemala.

He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Annie Laurie Gaskins; a son, J. Frank Mathews, Jr.; and his mother, Mrs. Hazel Mathews, of Quitman, Ga. BORN: To Julian C. Jett, Arch '28, and Mrs. Jett, a son, Gardner Miller, on September 4 in Atlanta. Mrs. Jett is the former Miss Julia Marie Gardner.

Mr. and Mrs. Jett are also the parents of Julia Marie, 14, and Julian Coe, 7.

They reside at 3325 Peachtree Road, N. E. W. C. Pierson, '28, is with the Buckeye Cotton Oil Mill at Raleigh, N. C. R. L. Winchell, '30, is associated with the Gulf Oil Company in Raleigh.

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and is now their field representative for Eastern North Carolina.

Lawrence W. Robert III, '34, seriously injured in an automobile accident near London, England, recently, is much improved according to information received here. His mother, Mrs. Louise Ayres Robert, was informed that his recovery would be slow, but that he is now out of danger.

Mr. Robert, an employee of the CocaCola Company in London, may be reached by writing the Dr. Charles Gray Hospital, 27 Harley Street, London, England.

MARRIED: James Harrison Finch, Arch '36, and Miss Bess Lundeen, both of Atlanta, on January 4 in the chapel of the Peachtree Christian Church.

Following the wedding the couple left by plane for Camp Pendleton, Calif., where Mr. Finch reported for orders with the Marine Corps, in which he is a reserve lieutenant colonel. He is a partner in the Atlanta architectural firm of Finch and Barnes.

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Their first child, Margaret Virginia Deans, was born September 20.

Samuel R. Phillips, TE '38, is the new assistant general manager of the textile division, United States Rubber Company.

Marvin G. Mitchell, CE '39, has moved from Tusla, Okla., to Atlanta, where he is District Sales Manager of the Southeast for Chicago Bridge & Iron Company. He and Mrs. Mitchell and their two children are living at 1330 Peachtree Battle, N. W. Dan Moss, '39, is now head dyer at the Burlington Mills' new finishing plant near Wake Forest, N. C. Lt. Col. William Gay Thrash, CE '39, has been reported missing in action in Korea, the Defense Department announced. Col. Thrash, of the Marine Corps, and two other crew members of a TB-M torpedo bomber failed to return from a mission December 21, according to information received by the colonel's wife.

Mrs. Thrash said she had received an unofficial message from a friend of her husband's that he bailed out of the plane. She also said that he had been awarded the Silver Star on December 16.

Mrs. Thrash and their two sons, Ralph and William, live in Triangle, Va.

BORN: To Irvin M. Massey III, IM '40, and Mrs. Massey, a daughter, Mary Jane, on December 30 in Atlanta. Mrs. Massey is the former Miss Mary Phillips, of Upper Montclair, N. J. LT. COL. JACK V. DORIOT '37

In a ceremony near the front lines in Korea, Lt. Col. Jack V. Doriot, CE '37, Navasota, Texas, received congratulations from Major General C. B. Ferenbaugh, 7th Division commander, after being awarded his second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service. Col. Doriot was cited for exemplary actions while serving as ordnance officer of the 7th Division.

Charles L. Bean, '38, has been promoted by the Seaboard Airline Railroad to electrical engineer of the mechanical department at Norfolk.

Parker D. Deans, '38, is now a member of the Technical Staff, Atomic Energy Division, Explosives Department of the DuPont Company. He is stationed

Frank W. Allcorn III, '41, of Marietta, has been appointed manager of a new agency of Bankers Life Co., Des Moines, Iowa. The entire state of Georgia will be included in the Atlanta territory.

Mr. Allcorn for the past two and a half years has been life department manager for Spratlin, Harrington and Co., Atlanta brokers. Prior to that he was district agent for the State Mutual Life Insurance Company.

BORN: To Alvin Barge, Jr., '41, and Mrs. Barge, a daughter, Betty Fleetwood, on December 3 in Atlanta. Mrs. Barge is the former Miss Betty Fleetwood.

MARRIED: Lt. Glenn Adair, '42, and Miss Gloria Mclnerney, of San Francisco, Calif., on J a n u a r y 12. Lt. Adair is stationed at the Naval Air Base at Alameda, Calif.

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ChE '42, of Cartersville, Ga., and St. Petersburg, Fla., and Miss Miriam Sanders, of Greenville, S. C , and Atlanta, Ga. The wedding will take place in Greenville at the First Baptist Church. For several years Mr. Barrett was connected with the Creole Petroleum Corporation in Venezuela.

Recently he has been associated with the Chemical Products Corporation as sales manager with headquarters in Cartersville, where they will reside.

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FRANK ALLCOR1S '41 J. Craig Tennison, '42, is National Director of the Arkansas Junior Chamber of Commerce. In addition to his work with the Rotary Club and Boosters Club, he is a member of the West Memphis Board of Education, a committeeman for a Boy Scout troop, and a director of the West Memphis Chamber of Commerce. In W e s t M e m p h i s , he serves as Branch Manager of Tennison Brothers, Inc., manufacturers of sheet steel products.

Capt. James M. Pittard, Jr., ME '43, is at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas, and presently assigned as flight test pilot and project officer and pilot of the XC99, the world's largest land based and operational aircraft. He has made seven flights as aircraft commander on this plane. The XC-99, which has been engaged in an official cargo-hauling test program for the Air Force, broke 21 unofficial world records on a single flight from San Diego to San Antonio prior to the start of the official test program.

MARRIED: Andrew Re, EE '43, and Robbie Carson Avey were married November 9 in the chapel of the Peachtree Christian Church. They are living at 548 Twin Oak Drive, Decatur, Ga. Mr. Re is associated with the Arkansas Fuel Oil Company of Louisiana.

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BORN: To Thomas V. Cooney, AE '44, and Mrs. Cooney, a daughter, Cecilia Marie, on November 11.

MARRIED: Eugene Miller, '45, and Miss Edith Ann Sutker, on Sunday, S e p t e m b e r 23, at Sedgefield Inn, Greensboro, N. C. Mr. Miller for the past three years has been a member of the reportorial staff of the Greensboro Daily News.

In addition to his bachelor of science degree in chemistry received from Georgia Tech, Mr. Miller has received a bachelor of arts degree, magna cum laude, from Bethany College in West Virginia, and his master of science degree from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. He holds a diploma in history for graduate work taken at Oxford University in England, which he attended in 1947.

Mr. Miller recently attended the twoweek seminar for city editors held by the American Press Institute at Columbia University.

MARRIED: Thomas Leonhardt Harmon, Jr., '46, of Oxford, N. C , and Miss Peggy Hammond, of Spartanburg, S. C , on August 12 in the Trinity Methodist Church of Spartanburg. Mr. Harmon is a methods engineer for Burlington Mills.

BORN: To Fred A. Hoyt, Jr., '46, and Mrs. Hoyt, a son, Walter Jordan, December 13, at Emory University Hospital. Mrs. Hoyt is the former Miss Sara Jordan of Raleigh, N. C. MARRIED: Howard M. McWhorter, IM '46, and Miss Mildred Farrar, both of Atlanta, on December 8. Mr. McWhorter is employed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.

CAPT. JAMES M. PITTARD, JR. '43

MARRIED: John C. Petkovsek, Jr., EE '46, and Miss Eunice Joyce Ladner were married in St. Mark's Episcopal Church at Beaumont, Texas, on August 24.

Lt. (j.g.) Herbert C. Eggar, CE '47, was recalled to active duty in the Navy on January 15. He is a deck officer aboard the U.S.S. Noxubee.

Lt. John Jackson, '47, USNR, is on active duty in Washington, D.C. Formerly a field representative of the Guardian Life Insurance Company in Atlanta, Jackson plans to return to that career as soon as the Navy will permit it.

Jon B. Jolly, EE '47, is now a full time associate in the Charlotte, N. C , Agency of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. MARRIED: Alpheum Ezekiel Leslie, Jr., '47, of Augusta, Ga., was married to Miss Kathryne Virginia Greer, Rome, Ga., in a ceremony which took place December 8 at the First Baptist Church in Rome.

ENGAGED: Ralph Lee Wyatt, '47, and Miss Peggy Jean Taylor, both of Atlanta. The date of the wedding has not been announced. Mr. Wyatt is affiliated with the Murray Company of Texas, Inc.

MARRIED: Herbert Edmund Boss, ME '48, and Miss Elizabeth Caroline Wenzel were married in New York City on November 10. They are at home at 819 Madison Avenue, Apartment 5E, New York 21, N. Y. Mr. Boss is now an engineer with Aerofin Corporation.

Lt. Alden C. Flint, IM '48, is serving on the U.S.S. Tumult, a 220-foot minesweeper operating out of Charleston.

He was promoted to a full lieutenant a few months ago, and is now executive officer of the ship.

BORN: To George H. Pardue, Jr., ME '48, and Mrs. Pardue, a daughter, Pamela Joyce, on December 17. They live at 27 Maplewood Lane, Natchez, Mississippi.

Capt. John E. Hennessy, '49, bombardier-navigator with the 90th Bomb Squadron in Korea, has received the Distinguished Flying Cross. The award was made for the destruction of a train loaded with a rush order of munitions for front line Reds. His wife and daughter, Susan, reside in Savannah.

ENGAGED: Garnett George Puett, Jr., '49, and Miss Judith Lake Morgan will be married in February at the Baptist Church in Clemson, S. C. Mr. Puett is associated with his father in business in Valdosta, where they will live.

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MARRIED: Dallas Marlin Ryle, Jr., AE '49, of Fort Worth, Texas, and Miss Nancy Elizabeth, Dendy, on September 11 at the First Presbyterian Church of Orlando, Florida. Mr. Ryle is associated with Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation of Fort Worth.

Robert Stephen Emmons, IM '50, has been promoted to Foundry Engineer of the Lynchburg Foundry Company, Lynchburg, Va. Mr. Emmons is married to the former Julie Parker. Their daughter, Virginia "Viki" Kaomeo, was born October 6.

Lit. Carl Maloy, '50, a jet pilot, spent Christmas with his family in Decatur, Ga., after completing 81 missions in Korea. The holder of four air medals, he received the purple heart after he was shot down by enemy aircraft on his 45th mission. He is now stationed in Corpus Christi, Texas, as an instructor in fighter tactics.

Sam Massell, Jr., '50, has been named to the sales and leases department of the Allan-Grayson Realty Company, Atlanta, and will specialize in commercial properties. He was formerly in charge of promotions for the Bureau of Salesmen's National Associations.

MARRIED: Keith George Morris, EE '50, of Burlington, N. C , was married to Miss Myra Sue Jones on December 8. The ceremony took place at the Carrollton First Methodist Church.

They will reside in Burlington, where Mr. Morris is associated with Western Electric Co. BORN: To Fred P. Powell, Jr., TE '50, and Mrs. Powell, a son, Fred III, on September 11. Mr. Powell is at present connected with the American Thread Company at their Tallapoosa, Ga., plant.

MARRIED: William Leopold Pulgram, Arch '50, and Miss Lucia Walker Fairlie on J a n u a r y 12. During the past summer, Mr. Pulgram studied at the Ecole d'Art Americaine in Fontainebleau, France, where he won a first prize for architectural design. He is associated with the firm of Abreu and Robeson in Atlanta.

Ray Walker, CE '50, is with the State Highway Department in Raleigh, N. C. Roy L. West, Arch '50, of Atlanta, was called back into active service March 10, and is now stationed at Ramey Air Force Base in Puerto Rico.

MARRIED: James Christy Bailey, '51, was married to Miss Nancy Patricia Alexander on December 28 at the Sacred Heart Church in Atlanta. They are making their home in Cambridge, Mass., while Mr. Bailey does graduate work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Irving L. Brand, '51, is now on active duty with the Air Force. Lt. Brand is stationed with 1737 Ferrying Squadron, Dover, AFB, Delaware.

MARRIED: Joe M. Burton, ChE '51, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and Miss Betty Braswell, of Atlanta, were married J a n u a r y 6 at the First Baptist Church in Fitzgerald. Ga. They will live in Bartlesville, where Mr. Burton is associated with Phillips Petroleum Company.

ENS. JOHN F. Tl RNER '51 MARRIED: Gorman Ray Carey, EE '51, and Miss Audrey Laura Stone were married December 27 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Atlanta. They are living in Camden, N. J., where Mr. Carey is connected with RCA Victor.

ENGAGED: Howard Douglas Edwards, Jr., CE '51, of Gainesville and Atlanta, and Miss Reba Nell Presley, of Atlanta. The wedding will take place February 16 at the chapel of St. Mark Methodist Church in Atlanta.

Mr. Edwards is now a junior engineer with the State Highway Department.

MARRIED: William E. Gunson, '51, was married to Miss Jean E. MacPhaul, of Springfield, Mass., on November 21.

They are now living at 52 Revere Road, Apartment 12, Drexel Hill, Pa. MARRIED: John R. Hammond, Jr., ChE '51, and Miss Helen Ann Lambert were married December 15 in Borger, Texas. He is employed by Phillips Chemical Company.

MARRIED: Donald Oakley Hutchinson, ChE '51, and Miss Bonnie Jean MacKenzie were married December 29 at the Sacred Heart Church in Atlanta.

Mr. Hutchinson is associated with the Ethyl Corporation in Baton Rouge, La. BORN: To Lt. Charles Edward Johnson, '51, and Mrs. Johnson, a son, Charles Edward, Jr., on November 15.

Bruce Kidd, '51, of Johnson City, Tenn., was recently elected president

of the Johnson City Automobile Dealers Association.

MARRIED: Don Dean King, '51, of Canton, Ohio, and Miss Emily Mildred Hallums, of East Point, Ga., were married December 26 at the First Methodist Church in East Point. Mr. King is associated with the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Lima, Ohio.

MARRIED: Lee Ernest Kitchens, Jr., '51, and Miss Martha Mozelle Morris, of College Park, Ga., on December 29.

Mr. Kitchens is serving with the United States Army, stationed at Fort Bragg, N. C. Raymond P. Nejak, '51, has joined the staff of the Research Division of the Esso Laboratories of the Standard Oil Development Company. He is living at 120 West 5th Stret, Roselle, New Jersey.

MARRIED: Earl Waters Richardson, ChE '51, and Miss Joan Barnhill were married November 22 at the home of the bride in Macon, Ga. They are now living in Paducah, Ky., where Mr. Richardson is a chemical engineer with Carbine Carbon Chemical Company.

Heyward T. Sullivan, '51, died August 14 at Newark, Ohio, of injuries suffered in an automobile accident. An industrial engineer for the OwensCorning Fibre Glass Corporation at Newark at the time of his death, Mr. Sullivan is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Sullivan, of Savannah, and his sister, Mrs. T. Fred Armstrong, of Raleigh, N. C. Ensign John F. Turner, ChE '51, has reported for duty in the Production Department of the U. S. Naval Shipyard, Charleston, S. C. He was commissioned an ensign in November after completing the course at the Officers' Candidate School in Newport, R. I. Ensign Turner is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Turner, of Carrollton, Ga. ENGAGED: Lt. Clyde M. Watson, Jr., ME '51, and Miss Gloria Fawcett, of Denison, Texas. The wedding will take place February 9 at St. Paul's Cathedral in Oklahoma City. Lt. Watson is in advanced flight training at Vance Airfield Base, Enid, Oklahoma.

Lt. William H. Winseman, CE '51, came back to enjoy the Georgia game before reporting for duty in Yokohama, Japan.

MARRIED: Lt. Richard C. Wysong, '51, and Miss Joan Fuller, on January 12 at All Saints Episcopal Church in Atlanta.

MARRIED: Jack Dempsey, '52, was married to Miss Mary Virginia Blanchard, of Alexandria, La., on November 17, at a ceremony taking place at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church in Alexandria.

THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS

GEORGIA N ATI ONAL

TECH

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ASSOCIATION

OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES PRICE GILBERT, J E . , '21 FEANK B . W I L L I A M S , '20 W. ROANE BEAED, '40 •

President

CHARLES R. YATES, '35

Vice-President

Exec.

Vice-Presideri;

HENRY W. GRADY, '18

JACK F . GLENN, '32

J O H N C. STATON, '22

DAVID J . ARNOLD, '18

I. M. SHEFFIELD, J R . , '20

W I L L I A M C. WARDLAW, J R . , '28

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IVAN ALLEN, J R . , '32

R. RODDEY GARBISON, '23

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Treasurer

EUGENE C. S M I T H , '27

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GENERAL

FOUNDATION

W I L L I A M A. PARKER, '19

President

J U L I A N T. HIGHTOWER, '19

W I L L I A M T. RICH, '23

Treasurer

R. J . THIESEN, '10

J . E. DAVENPORT, '08

CHERRY L. EMERSON, '08

Exec.

INSURANCE

V.-President

Secretary MORTGAGE

T H O M A S FULLER, '06

Y. F . FREEMAN, '10

CLEMENT A. EVANS, '22

GEOEGE S. JONES, J R . , '12

GEORGE W. MCCARTY, '08

GEORGE T. MARCHMONT, '07

WALTER M. MITCHELL, '23

FRANK H. NEELY, '04

C. PRATT RATHER, '23

J A M E S F . TOWERS, '01

J O H N A. S I M M O N S , '15

FRANK M. SPRATLIN, '06

R. B . WILBY, '08,

ROBERT H. W H I T E , J R . , '14

FULLER E. CALLAWAY, J R .

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GEORGE W. WOODRUFF, '17

TRUST COMPANY

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Left: Franklin "Pepper" Rodgers gets a warm reception home after his winning field goal in the Orange Bowl. He is greeted by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin O. Rodgers and his brother, Allan.

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"Yellow Jacket-Confidential," an intimate expert letter on the Georgia Tech football team issued by Ed Danforth, went into production for 1952 with an Orange Bowl Letter that was ordered by several hundred old subscribers to the 1951 series.

This report, weekly during the football season, has met with enthusiastic favor by Tech alumni and friends everywhere and will be expanded this year with a Spring Practice letter and full roster with an estimate of prospects for 1952. This will be mailed after the spring T-Day game in April. A letter after each of the 10 or 11 games on the 1952 schedule will follow.

Danforth's price for the service is $4 and to the first 400 orders a copy of the Orange Bowl Letter will be mailed at once. Send your check to Ed Danforth, 3053 W. Pine Valley Rd., N.W., Atlanta, Georgia.

1952

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Industrial Progress Starts with Steel ERE in a great steel mill, modern highproduction machinery rolls out the sheets, rods, and billets of si eel that are the backbone of industrial might and national progress.

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Driving main rolls in many of the world's great mills are giant motors built by AllisChalmers—some as large as 25,000 hp.

Supplying and controlling the tremendous amounts of electric power required to make steel are other Allis-Chalmers products— turbo-generators, switchgear and control,

transformers, mercury arc rectifiers.

This is typical of Allis-Chalmers service to other major industries—for this one great manufacturer supplies important machinery for pulp and paper production, sugar, flour, cement making, mining and ore beneficiation.

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ALLIS-CHALMERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY General Machinery Div., Milwaukee I, Wisconsin, XI. S. A. Texrope is an Allis-Chalmers Trademark.

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Ask for it either way . ., both trade-marks mean the same thing.