Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine 1955 January

BEST OF THE ALUMNUS

Alumnus

Foundation for the Future PLUS Y-Camp, Homecoming & Football Review

MMfttfll OUR MANY fine comments on the special summer edition of the Alumnus has prompted this issue. Like the summer edition, it is a "Best of the Alumnus" issue, a collection of the best articles and features from the past two editions of the magazine.

For instance, the photo story on Tech's YMCA Freshman Camp was the cover story in the October issue, while the 1954 Homecoming coverage occupied the feature spot in the December issue.

If you like this issue, why not join the Eighth Roll Call now and receive every issue of the Georgia Tech Alumnus, now published nine times a year.

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UST AS the October issue of the magazine was in the final stages of production, sports editor Ed Danforth of the Atlanta Journal came out with a column speculating on the retirement of Bobby Dodd as head coach at Tech. On reading the perceptive piece by the dean of southern sportswriters, we were tempted to emit a journalistic "stop the presses." But the thought of the cost of halting the infernal machines changed our minds. And we satisfied our wounded pride by spending ten minutes cursing the woes and pit-falls of publishing a bi-monthly publication (with the new 9-times a year schedule, we can curse a completely new set of woes and pitfalls).

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the editor's notes Tech College Inn and a personally-autographed copy will be sent to you postpaid in the return mail.

• • • AMAZING how many different kinds IingT'Sofcampus. talent one finds on an engineerWe had this point driven home to us while we were producing the Nov.-Dec. issue of the magazine.

We had already collected a formidable pile of homecoming photos on our desk and had started to work on the layout for the "Queen" story when a freshman dropped by the office with a few photographs that he thought we might be interested in. One look at them convinced us that here was a real talent for candid photography. The boy's name is Blake Hawkins, Jr., and he is the son of W. B. Hawkins, '33, now of Huntsville, Alabama. One of Blake's shots is printed below and you'll find more of his work on Pages 16, 17, 18 and 19 of this issue. He's just finished a photo story on Tech's Drama-Tech group — look for it in February.

However, we did have a talk with Bobby about this retirement business.

And he put down the facts of the matter in the December issue. You'll find it reprinted for you on page 14 of this issue.

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NEW football hero has arrived this A season here "on the flats." His name is Jimmy Thompson, and he is a 5' 6", 145-pound sophomore halfback from Bessemer, Alabama. From the first game of the season, Jimmy (whom we tagged "Dennis the Menace") has been the idol of the freshman class as well as most of the west stands. After each game the "rats" would pick up the little scooter and go roaring off the field with him.

The little man got a bit self conscious about this special display of attention and, after the Alabama game, he ducked back of the players' bench —hoping to avoid his admirers. But the "rats" weren't to be denied. They searched him out and hoisted him to their shoulders for the race to the locker room that has become a ritual after all Tech's home games.

During the televised Bama game, ABC-TV announcers couldn't get over the effectiveness of the little man.

Former All-American Tom Harmon, who handled part of the game commentary, said that he wouldn't have believed that a man of that size could be so proficient offensively and defensively if he hadn't been there to see it.

Dennis the Menace bids to be the greatest little man in Tech's sparkling history of sawed-off backs before he's through at the "Flats."

E HAD promised to start George W Griffin's story of Georgia Tech in the J a n u a r y issue. But that was be-

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PEAKING OF Coach Dodd brings to S mind a couple of other things of interest concerning Tech's top football man. One is the much-discussed "suspension incident" of October 28th which both Bobby and Dave Arnold cover in their columns in this issue.

The other news about Coach Dodd is that he has a book out now. It's called "Bobby Dodd on Football" and it was published by Prentice Hall. The book is a fine textbook on Tech-style football and will help you to better understand the sometimes baffling complexities of the modern brand of football. If you haven't been able to purchase a copy send $4.75 to the Georgia

Quipped retiring president Ivan Allen, Jr., '33, when introduced to Miss Narmore, "Did you ever see such a change in one generation?"

More about Miss Narmore and Homecoming on pages 16 through 19.

HE GIRL engaged in the bussing in the above photo is Tech's first Homecoming Queen, Miss Nina Narmore, daughter of Tech's executive dean, Phil Narmore, '25. She is an 18year-old freshman at Emory University who won the honor over a group of 27 entries submitted to the Tech Bulldog Club by the various campus organizations. Sponsored by Drama-Tech, Miss Narmore was selected by the use of photographs only.

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fore the new issue schedule was announced. We'll have to hold it till next fall in order that you may receive the installments in decent order.

George is really working on the project and we think you'll like the results. So look for "And All the Recks Rambled," starting with the big September issue.

HE Foundation and Association will be in their new offices in the old library building by the time you read this. They are a real improvement over the Knowles Building offices. Come by when you're in town and see us.

— Bob Wallace, Jr.

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The President Reports HERE'S no doubt about it. Even considering the loss to Kentucky, the 1954 Homecoming was the most successful staged at the "flats" in years. Setting the stage for the day's events was the record crowd at the annual meeting of the National Alumni Association. From then on, record crowds were the order of the day.

But to your officers of the Alumni Association, the outstanding feature of the festivities was the increased interest shown by you in the class reunion parties. All eight of the week-end parties were well attended. And it is our hope that this fine show of interest on your part is the beginning of a trend for future Tech Homecomings.

Our thanks to Fred Storey, '32, who headed the Homecoming Committee out of which came many of the innovations making this the best Tech Homecoming. Especially laudable was committee member Walt Crawford's suggestion that Tech elect a Homecoming Queen to reign over the week-end festivities. The Tech Bulldog Club picked up the idea immediately, and the queen and her court were the hit of the show.

The success of this year's Homecoming was due to the thorough planning by the Homecoming Committee in cooperation with Secretary Roane Beard and Editor Bob Wallace, who seem to never be satisfied with anything but the most in efficiency.

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Coach D o d d a n d t h e S u s p e n s i o n Incident Coach Dodd's action in suspending five Tech footballers for the rest of the 1954 season received a great deal of attention in the pages of the nation's newspapers. We have yet to read a sports writer's opinion disagreeing with our coach's action. Although Bobby's training rules are relatively lax as collegiate rules go, he will not tolerate the slightest infraction of these rules by his athletes.

The boys were suspended for breaking the curfew rule and nothing else. Bobby considered that Billy Teas, J a k e Shoemaker, Larry Ruffin and the two freshmen athletes had committed a serious enough offense by coming to their dormitory rooms after 11:00 P. M. The fact that he suspended them two days before the crucial game with Duke shows how he feels about training infractions and squad discipline. He would have done the same thing under the same circumstances on the day before the Georgia game.

That's the way he coaches. And we wouldn't have it any other way.

L a t e s t Roll Call F i g u r e s The 8th Roll Call is rolling along and is now about $10,000 ahead of last year's figures at this stage of the game. The latest count shows 6,099 contributors have given the Association $61,861.30. Our thanks to all of you for your interest.

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Freshman Orientation — Y Style

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Green Wave to Sooie Pig

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Cover Photo — Prowse C. E. Professor Carl E. Kindsvater works at the plastic draft tube model used in the Tech Hydraulics Laboratory research for the Martin Dam power plant of Alabama. This laboratory is just one of the projects on the Tech campus receiving financial support through the Georgia Tech Foundation. And such is this lab's reputation that Professor Kindsvater has been retained by the U. S. Geological Survey as their consultant on hydraulic research. More about the Foundation on page 4.

Officers of t h e Georgia T e c h National Alumni Association Dave Arnold, '18, Pres.

Eugene Smith, '27, V.-P.

Jack Glenn, '32, V.-P.

Paul Duke, '45, Treas.

W. Roane Beard, '40, Executive

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An insurance plan of the late twenties—which didn't work for Tech—leads to the birth of one of the school's greatest assets

ACK about the time that the Roaring Twenties were about to give way to the Depressing Thirties, a couple of ex-Jacket gridiron greats—then working as insurance agents—came across a plan that looked like a natural to help their struggling Alma Mater in a financial way. The company for which they labored had been successful in helping several Eastern universities increase their operating funds through this particular plan. And the two exRecks reasoned that what the plan had done for the Ivy Leaguers, it could just as well do for Georgia Tech.

The plan was a rather simple one—at least on the surface, it appeared simple. Insurance policies would be sold to the Tech alumni with the provision that the dividends, if any, would accrue to Georgia Tech rather than to the individual policy holder's account. Thus two birds would be slaughtered with a single stone: the individual alumnus would gain additional protection for his family, and the school would acquire some much-needed operating capital. The entire plan looked so foolproof that our two enterprising agents decided to go ahead and test it on the Tech alumni.

However, before the actual policyselling could begin, one big wrinkle had to be ironed out of the plan: Tech was a state school, and selling policies whose dividends might accrue to the state would be a bit difficult if not downright impossible. The agents had to look around for an independent organization to hold, invest and adminis-

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Foundation trustee Ben Gordon, '25, breaks ground for the new Rich's Computor Center.

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ter the expected windfall of funds to the best advantage of Georgia Tech. There was no such organization in existence at the time, so the creation of a new corporation for this purpose became the first objective of the two hard-working agents.

Realizing that—in order to exist and prosper—such an organization must have an outstanding group of leaders, the agents approached several of Tech's most successful alumni and asked their help in founding a corporation to administer the insurance dividends for the best interests of Georgia Tech.

Most of the Tech alumni, well aware of the financial difficulties under which the school had to operate, were eager to help the institution secure additional funds in any way that appeared legitimate. The insurance agents had little trouble securing the backing of six outstanding Tech leaders in the Atlanta area. By early 1931, plans to form the new corporation were well underway, and the agents could start selling policies.

In the fall of that same year, the six men (Y. Frank Freeman, '10; William H. Glenn, '91; Robert Gregg, '05; George Marchmont, '07; Floyd McRae, '10, and Frank Neely, '04) with the aid of Bobby Jones, '22, had a petition for a charter drawn up and submitted to the State of Georgia for approval. Early in 1932, the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation, Incorporated, was chartered by the state as a non-profit organization devoted to the causes of higher

President Walter Mitchell, '23, an aggressive leader for the Foundation for the past year.

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Continued education in Georgia. In accordance with the charter provisions, these six petitioners became the first governing Board of Trustees of the organization.

And such is their loyalty to Tech that three of the men (Freeman, Marchmont and Neely), are still active members of the now 21-man Board of Trustees of the Foundation. Mr. Glenn of the original board is now deceased, and Dr. McRae retired from active trustee work during the thirties because of the demands of his medical practice.

Mr. Gregg retired from the Board during the late forties upon his retirement from the business world.

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HE FIRST meeting of the Board of Trustees was held on February 22, 1932, in the downtown offices of William H. Glenn. At this meeting, Y. Frank Freeman, now vice-president of Paramount Pictures, was elected as the first president of the organization. Other officers elected at the meeting were Robert Gregg, vice-president, and George Marchmont, secretary-treasurer. The remainder of the meeting was spent in reading and discussing the charter and by-laws of the infant organization. No financial report was made at this meeting as the insurance dividends had not yet started rolling in.

In fact, the dividends never did roll in and by the end of the first year of the Foundation's existence it had become apparent to the members of the Board of Trustees that the insurance scheme would never produce the expected windfall of funds for Georgia Tech. Only 32 policies had been sold.

And the first-year dividends amounted to the grand total of $378.96. Cash contributions and bank interest brought the year's receipts up to $462.37, a rather insignificant beginning for an organization that was to become worth some $800,000 within twenty years.

However, the insurance plan was not without merit. For through it, a corporation that was to mean so much to Tech in the years to come, received ite original impetus to organize. It was another example of a worthwhile nonprofit organization born of a commercial venture.

At the end of the first ten years, the Foundation had still been unable to accomplish a single one of its original objectives. The failure of the insurance plan, the nation-wide depression and the general apathy of the large corporations and benevolent foundations toward the plight of the state-

supported institutions of higher learning, all contributed to this failure. By this time the assets of the Foundation only amounted to $2,796.50. And, excepting a few scattered student loans, the Foundation had been unable to help Tech in any way.

IN THE early forties, a group of Tech alumni—headed by Cherry Emerson, Frank Neely, George Marchmont and alumni secretary Jack Thiesen—decided to try to resurrect and rebuild the Foundation. The advancing age and indicated retirement desires of President M. L. Brittain were mainly responsible for this move to make the Foundation financially able to carry out its original purpose—to aid the school monetarily.

The alumni leaders felt that to secure the best possible replacement for Tech's soon-to-be-retired president, financial aid for the institution beyond that granted by the state was imperative. They also felt that if Tech was to maintain and strengthen her position as one of the country's leading engineering schools, the institution would have to undergo a tremendous expansion program in the coming postwar decade. It was obvious that the present or future state support would be financially inadequate for such an expansion, and rebuilding the Foundation could well be the first step in securing additional aid for the school.

The first active step toward the rebuilding of the Foundation was taken on September 8, 1943, when a meeting of the Board of Trustees was held. At this meeting the B o a r d approved changes in the charter and by-laws which were suggested by the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association's Executive Board. These changes, designed to strengthen the Foundation's organization, included an increase of the number of governing trustees from the original six to a minimum of fourteen and a maximum of twenty-one.

Through the original charter of the Foundation, the National Alumni Association had the power to elect trustees to fill any vacancies on the Foundation's Board. As soon as they were notified that the Foundation Board had approved the charter and by-laws changes, the National A s s o c i a t i o n ' s Board met and elected eight new men to the Foundation Board. From that time until the present, the two governing Boards have worked in close cooperation to aid Georgia Tech in any way possible.

The new fourteen-member Board of Trustees of the Foundation met for the

first time in November of 1943. And at that meeting Cherry Emerson, now vice-president of the institution, unveiled the plans for a fund-raising campaign designed to put the Foundation on its financial feet. The campaign, a simple class-competition plan, had as its goal a grand total of $300,000 by the end of the year, 1944.

Selling points of the plan were to be the need for a Greater Georgia Tech at the end of World War II and the need for an expanded budget for the use in building a great postwar faculty. None of the funds were to be spent until the end of the European War. Until that time the funds would be invested in government bonds. Not a penny of this money was to be used for athletic purposes, a policy still in operation in the Foundation.

The fund-raising campaign was given the blessings of the Foundation Board of Trustees and got underway immediately. The original goal of $300,000 was never reached during this drive, but the Foundation did realize over $175,000 by the fall of 1945 and became a financial force to aid Georgia Tech. This campaign also served another very important purpose—helping to lay the groundwork for the present-day Annual Roll Call campaigns sponsored jointly by the Foundation and the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association. These Roll Calls, now in their THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS

membership in the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies, where over a million dollars a year in peace time atomic research is accomplished, and membership in the University Center, responsible for bringing some of the world's outstanding scholars and scientists to lecture in the various colleges and universities of Georgia.

Still other projects include aiding the members of the faculty in publishing books and scientific papers and in attending special conferences in their specialties. They also include financial aid to Tech's extensive guidance and testing program for the present-day students. In fact, to list all of the individual aid given to the institution and its research and teaching personnel would take pages.

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A through-the-window view of the Tech AC Network Calculator in action. Since the Foundationpurchased calculator went into service in 1947, over a half-billion dollars worth of transmission and distribution systems have been designed through its use over the past seven years.

eighth year, have contributed increasing amounts to the Foundation treasury and have supported the National Alumni Association. (Last year the Foundation received over $26,000 from the Seventh Roll Call alone).

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FACT that the Foundation was able to establish itself through a fund campaign among the Tech alumni helped to bring from outstanding corporations large gifts for the benefit of Georgia Tech. The first such gift was a check for $100,000 presented to the Foundation by the Georgia Power Company late in 1945. The Foundation appropriately used these funds to set up the South's first AC-Network Calculator which was completed in November of 1947. It was the fifth calculator to be installed at an American University and the first to be owned by a foundation rather than a group of power companies. Although the Georgia Power Company, in effect paid for the calculator, it has consistently refused free use of the network board, preferring to pay for the time at the same rate as the other power companies who use it. Since its completion, the calculator has been used for the design of a half billion dollars of transmission and distribution systems.

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joined Georgia Power Company in contributing large sums of money to the Foundation although the Georgia Power check still remains the largest contribution from an industrial organization. By this year over $800,000 had been contributed to the Foundation by alumni, friends and industry. Of this sum, the Foundation has used nearly half a million dollars for the benefit of Georgia Tech.

Some of this money has gone into relatively large projects such as the AC-Network Calculator, Tech's outstanding Fluid Flow Laboratory, the president's home and the recent promotional movie on Georgia Tech. But the largest portion of these funds has been used in financing the great number of small projects necessary for the efficient operation of the school.

These small projects — for which funds are not available through the state's budget because of custom, statute or regent action—include supplementing of salaries for outstanding Tech professors and administrators who otherwise would not be financially able to stay at Georgia Tech because of the many inducements offered them by other institutions and by industry. The Foundation also has offered use of its funds for the moving expenses of professors whom Tech has managed to lure away from industry or from other schools. Other projects include Tech's

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charter of the Foundation were completely revamped and brought up-todate. And in November of 1954, the name of the organization was changed to the Georgia Tech Foundation, Incorporated. This latest move was made to eliminate the confusion that might have been created by the use of the similar names of the two Tech alumni organizations: The Georgia Tech National Alumni Association and the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation. The Board of the Foundation voted to drop the word, Alumni from the name of the organization so in the future it will be known as the Georgia Tech Foundation.

The 1955 officers of the Georgia Tech Foundation are well qualified to carry on the work of their predecessors. Walter Mitchell, '23, vice-president of the Draper Corporation, is serving his second term as president of the Foundation. Other officers include vicepresident John Baum, '24, vice-president of J. P. Stevens Co., Inc., of Milledgeville, Georgia; treasurer Charles R. Yates, '35, southeastern sales manager of Joshua L. Bailey & Company and executive secretary R. J. Thiesen, '10. Along with the seventeen other members of the Board of Trustees they stand ready to help Georgia Tech with financial aid for its progress in the future.

That Tech will need this financial aid more and more as the years roll by is pointed up by the increased cost of education, the increased need for engineers and the threatened cuts in the state budget for educational institutions. Hope for the future can be gained from the new attitude of American industry towards corporate giving as exemplified by the G. E. Plan (see page 21 of this issue).

Freshman Orientation—Y Style Photographs

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Tech's freshmen get a view of college life at a unique North Georgia resort

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In an outdoor pavilion, the freshmen listen to President Van Leer as he welcomes them to the camp.

In this setting the group also heard talks by President Alston of Agnes Scott; Robert C. Commander, secretary of the Tech YMCA; Tech's consulting psychiatrist, Dr. Robert Crispell; Dean George Griffin; Dr. Thomas McDill, professor of psychology at Columbia Theological Seminary and Robert MacDougall, president of the MacDougald-Warren Company of Atlanta. They also attended religious services and meetings led by professional and student counsellors.

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Sports and recreation took up a great deal of the boys' time at the camp. It is one of the best, if not the best, means of getting groups together who have diversified backgrounds.

Lake Louise offered a large playing field for touch football (above), Softball (cover) and basketball. It also offered some of the best swimming facilities (left) in the entire state.

Each year, prior to the Tech freshman week, a number of upcoming "rats" take three days of their own time to attend the Orientation Camp sponsored by Alpha Phalanx, one of the student YMCA clubs. Instigated five years ago, the camp is designed to give the entering freshmen aid and solace in weathering one of life's most trying transitions—the switch from high school to college life. For four years the camp was held at the Salem Grounds, 20 miles from AtJanuary, 1955

lanta, with the attendance progressing from 100 to over 200. This year, the largest non-GI freshman class in history brought out 370 reservations and dictated the move to Lake Louise near Toccoa. Here, in this picturesque North Georgia setting, the freshmen were oriented to the college life by outstanding educators, alumni businessmen and counselling specialists and still had plenty of time left over for recreation and the inevitable bull sessions at the close of the day.

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On this and the facing page eight typical freshmen are pictured. They were photographed as they awaited their turn at bat in the afternoon softball game. You can see by their "rat" caps that they come from far and near — a real cross-section of the YMCA camp and of the institution. They get younger every year.

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GREEN WAVE TO SOOIE PIG Pre-season forecasts of the '54 football year caused Coach Bobby Dodd to emit his first howl of protest in many a year. The experts had, without exception, picked Tech to be one of the top 15 teams in the nation, and one national magazine slated the Jackets for the nation's number 2 slot.

Dodd didn't figure Tech for the top twenty and said they'd be lucky to finish second in the SEC. Turned out that the man was more right than wrong in his forecasting. Tech finished out of the top twenty in the Associated Press poll but managed a second-place percentage in the SEC. However, the Jackets were a great November team, coming on strong to whip Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia and earn a Cotton Bowl bid.

The team looked fair trouncing weak Tulane, 28-0, in the opener, then fell before Florida, 13-12. On their first visit of the season to the Cotton Bowl stadium they came from behind to edge an obviously superior SMU team, 10-7. Then back home again, they trimmed Auburn, 14-7, in a game in which the issue was never in doubt. Following the Auburn game, Tech won a free-scorer from LSU, 30-20, and then fell to Kentucky, 6-13, in the Homecoming game. A series of suspensions and injuries weakened the team physically for the Duke encounter, but the Jackets played one of their greatest games before falling to the Blue Devils, 20-21. This was the day that the Tech Sophomores came of age, and they went on to stomp Tennessee, 28-7; Alabama, 20-0, and Georgia, 7-3, in their last three of the regular season.

The Jackets came from behind to manhandle the '54 Cinderella Kids from Arkansas, 14-6, in a fine game on New Year's Day. It was one of Dodd's superb coaching jobs, was the '54 team. And it makes you wonder when a man who has produced four straight bowl winners and has won six of six post-season classics, will ever get the Coach of the Year award.

Grant Field Ballet — Shamburger (12), Jimmy Thompson (in back) and Bill Sennett gang up to knock down a LSU pass in the Tech end zone intended for LSU's John Wood (dark shirt).

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The flying squadron — Mitchell (11) and Jimmy M. Morris (51) hurdle Tech-Tennessee pile-up as the Jackets stop the Vols in the 3rd quarter drive at the Tech 9-yard line. From here the Jackets went on to an easy win.

Johnny Menger stops Arkansas ace tailback, George Walker, after a three-yard advance in an aborted Razorback drive of the 2nd period of the exciting Dallas Cotton Bowl game.

Billy Teas on one of his last attempts to crack the Tech ground-gaining record held by Leon Hardeman. The action was during the Homecoming game won by the Kentucky Wildcats, 13-6.

A dramatic presentation of the reason for many of the Tulane fumbles in the 1954 opener.

Green Wave halfback Hof is tackled high (by Jimmy M. Morris) and low (by Carl Vereen).

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talk about tech EVER in my entire coaching career have I been as proud of a team as I was of this year's squad in the Duke game. I realize that this may sound a bit strange to you alumni who haven't heard the entire story of the game we lost, 21-20, after compiling a 20-point lead. But I assure you that I am serious about what I said in my opening sentence.

This was a team to be proud of on that afternoon in Durham. Shorn of one of Tech's greatest team leaders, Larry Morris, and further crippled by the loss of several other key players, the boys gave absolutely everything they had—individually and collectively —in an effort to win a game which they entered as 13-point underdogs. In fact, the team gave more than it had that afternoon in my estimation. That luck would have it that the effort wasn't enough to win the ball game was certainly no reflection on the play and determination of the boys.

For luck is a factor that plays a very large part in deciding who will be the final victor in any given sport.

This is especially true in the football of today where most of the teams we play are of a relatively equal caliber.

Tech has had its share of luck these past three years (there are those who will tell you that we have had somebody else's share also), so we can hardly decry the fact that the "lady" has turned against us on occasions during this season. But, for the sake of the boys and the effort that they put out, I wish she could have ridden all the way with us on October 30th in Durham.

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The Suspension Incident There is not a great deal of new information that I can pass on to you concerning the case of the five boys that I suspended from the team just two days before the Duke game. The local and out-of-town papers have covered the incident with their usual vigor.

Their defense of my stand was certainly appreciated in this corner.

However, I might emphasize to you that we expect the boys we coach to live to the letter the few rules that we set down for them. I am known as a coach with relatively few training rules for my teams. But once a rule is established, I cannot, in my own mind, condone the slightest infraction of those 14

that was one of the great dreams of the finest man I ever knew, Coach Alex.

I can't do the job to its fullest and carry out my duties as head football coach.

By Coach Bobby Dodd rules. If I should allow any individual to knowingly break the rules, I would be letting down the rest of the boys.

It is unfair to allow any member of a team liberties that are not granted to the group.

The important thing that competitive athletics should teach a boy is the value of teamwork. To be lenient with rulebreakers once they are caught is to destroy this team-spirit aspect of football. As much as I hated to suspend the boys, I had no choice.

The only thing that they were guilty of was coming in after curfew. They were caught, by accident, but the curfew is one of our training rules, and we expect it to be obeyed just as any of our other rules.

I would like to publicly thank the Tech alumni all over the country who took the time to write assuring me that they knew that I was doing the right thing. It helps to be reassured every once in a while that we, at Tech, are working with the best alumni group in the business.

This Retirement Talk Editor Bob Wallace has asked me to pass on to you my plans for retirement as an active coach. First, let me point out that I intend to be head coach at Georgia Tech at least through the 1955 season. After that, I just don't know what will happen. I may stay on as coach for anywhere from one to five years providing the Tech folks still want me in the job. My length of tenure as an active coach will also be determined by the amount of pressure that rides with the job.

This pressure that I speak of is not so much the alumni pressure (at least not in the case of Tech) but the teammust-win pressure of the general public or as Bob calls them, the "subway alumni". I have seen this pressure destroy the good name of a coach in less than one season. A name that took the coach almost a lifetime to establish.

I do not feel that I could aid Tech and competitive sports in general if I were to lose what little respect I have now gained in my profession.

I feel that I can do a great deal of good for Tech's athletic program providing that I can devote my entire efforts to the athletic directorship in the near future. I want the program to eventually realize the proper balance

Recruiting and How You Can Help Georgia Tech played what many believe to be the toughest schedule in the school's history this season. Many of the players we counted on to help us through this rugged schedule were sophomores. This points up more clearly than usual, I think, the necessity of a good recruiting program.

All Georgia Tech alumni can help with this recruiting program, but it is important that the help follow proper channels.

First, sell Georgia Tech as a school every chance you get to everyone you can. I know you are proud of having graduated from a great school and you will contribute greatly by telling young and old what it has meant to you to have been a Georgia Tech graduate.

Secondly, do not do any aggressive recruiting yourself. By that, I mean do not contact families of prospective athletes, make promises to the boy, or anything along that line unless we have specifically asked you to do so.

Not being familiar with the NCAA and Southeastern Conference regulations on recruiting you might unintentionally violate a rule and we are held responsible for any actions of the alumni that might affect potential recipients of athletic scholarships.

We have tried to set up committees of two or three alumni in locations where we are most active with our r e cruiting. These committee members are thoroughly familiar with national and Conference regulations, and know our recruiting plans for their section. We believe it is to the best interest of the school and the Athletic Association that we do all of our aggressive recruiting through these informed groups.

You keep selling Georgia Tech to your community. That will be the greatest contribution you can make to the Athletic Association, and to the school as a whole.

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SPORTS FLASH Tech's basketballers pulled one of the greatest upsets in the history of the game on January 9th when they edged Kentucky, 59-58, on the nation's No. 1 collegiate power's home court. The defeat shattered two Wildcat winning streaks: 32 straight wins over the past two years and 129 home court victories without a loss.

Tech, sporting a mediocre 2-4 record going into the game, had dropped a game to weak Sewanee just two nights before the Kentucky upset.

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Homecoming with THREE BEAUTIES TAKE OVER TECH'S

The young ladies pictured on these pages are enjoying one of the busiest days of their lives.

As Tech's first Homecoming Queen and her court, they reigned over all of the activities of the chock-full day at the "flats" on October 23rd. Making their first appearance at the A l u m n i A s s o c i a t i o n meeting, they were greeted by a record turnout for this activity.

From there they rushed to the Rambling Reck Photographed Everywhere the girls went they were met with the battery of photographers. There just was no escaping the cameras.

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Parade and on to the Cake Race, where they presented cakes to the winners and engaged in a bit of congratulatory kissing. Then to the Alumni Luncheon and another record crowd.

After drawing the names of the door prize winners, they went on to the game where they were presented at the half-time ceremonies. They wound up the day, tired but happy, at Tech's annual Homecoming Dance.

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The queen waves to the overflow crowd at the Alumni Luncheon as President Dave Arnold, right, introduces her.

Homecoming— continued

The Sigma Chi's winning wreck, a proud descendant of a long, long line of junk heaps.

Another of the 20-odd wrecks to make it up the tortuous grade to the Hemphill Street finish.

The Chi Phi wreck looms on the horizon. In this case the rat power is supplied externally.

The third-place winner owned by the Phi Delts.

It was a reproduction of a highway scene.

The girls get caught by the camera while enjoying some well-earned rest at the parade.

The winning fraternity house decoration of the Kappa Sigs really put out smelly smoke.

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class of 1904 held their fiftieth

reunion party during Tech's Homecoming, celebrating with a dinner party at the Tech Dining Hall on the night of October 22.

Those in attendance were: Bryan M. Blackburn, F. B. Davenport, Walter Estes, George A. Harbour, Sr., C. A. Jones, C. W. Matthews, I. H. Reid, Harry M. Strauss, N. H. Strickland, Charles H. Strong, and Henry F. Whitner. ifVJ Lester Bradwell Mann, CE, died March 27, 1954. His wife lives at 344 N. Radcliffe Way, Hinsdale, 111. No further information was available at this writing.

William E. Wood, of Richmond, Va., has retired as executive vice president of the Virginia Electric and Power Co. and has assumed duties as chairman of the RichmondPetersburg Turnpike Authority. / 1 A A class dinner in the Tech Dining Hall served as the fortieth reunion celebration for the class of 1914. The affair was held on the evening of October 22 during Tech's Homecoming.

Among those attending were: Roscoe T. Anthony, W. Elliott Dunwody, Jr., D. C. Jones, Jr., Thomas A. Gibson, C. J. Gillette, F. B. Kreider, R. P. Kytle, R. S. Howell, F. L. Shackleford, J. A. Logan and E. E. Williams. / 1 C Brig. Gen. Joseph Jones Twitty, ME, has been appointed commander at Camp Carson, Colo. He has been chief of staff of the Fifth Army at Chicago since 1952. During World War II he was asst. chief of staff for intelligence at the Hdqrs. of Adm. Nimitz.

Gen. Twitty commanded the 2nd Engr. Special Brigade which went from Ft. Worden, Washington to Korea in 1950. ' I T william Moore, Sr., ME., of Toledo, Ohio, formerly of Atlanta, died October 20 in Toledo following an illness of one month. Mr. Moore was associated with Allis-Chalmers at the time of his death. He is survived by two sons, Dr. William Moore, Jr., Atlanta, and Cpl. H. Douglas Moore, USMC, Parris Island, S. C ; daughter, Miss Dorothy Moore of Toledo, and several brothers and sisters. / 1 o James Burney Hinkle, 775 Yorkshire Rd., N. E., Atlanta, died Sept. 27 of a heart attack. He was en route to Florida at the time of his death. Mr. Hinkle was a government engineer with the Corps of Engineers, a position he had held about 15 years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Annie Hinkle; daughter Mrs. Ann McGhee, and one sister. # | Q For their thirty-fifth reunion party the class of 1919 held a class dinner at the Capital City Club on October 22. A good crowd turned out to attend this party and the other Homecoming festivities scheduled for the weekend.

Among those attending were: L. G. Alexander, F. Sibley Bryan, Lewis Crook, A. C. Crymble, T. R. Curtis, H. G. Dickson, Cecil Fife, J. S. Frankel, G. C. Griffin, Julian Hightower, Albert B. Hill, George P. Howard, Jr., H. H. Lewin, W. W. McCrea, Alden McLellan III, Morgan McNeel, Jr., H. Moise, 20

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P. H. Nichols, Frank C. Owens, W. A. Parker, George B. Raine, Paul Prather, John Rogers, M. T. Salter, Jr., Preston Stevens, A. D. Teague, M. A. Tucker, D. E. Wallis, Willis S. Wells, Warren G. Young, and E. E. Zacharias. ' O Q '• M. Sheffield, Jr., chairman of the board of directors of the Life Ins. Co. of Ga., is the 1954-55 president of the Better Business Bureau of Atlanta, Inc. "1.1. R o b e r t L - Maynard, CE, of Orlando, Fla., died Sept. 13. He was head of the Orlando Building Inspection Dept. at the time of his death. /«*» George H. Brodnax, Jr., vice president and Atlanta Division manager of Georgia Power Co. and Alumni Association trustee, is in Piedmont Hospital recovering from a heart attack. His condition is listed as "good," but he is not allowed to have visitors.

Mr. Brodnax's home address is 3680 Peachtree Rd., N. E., Apt. A-l, Atlanta, Ga. Jesse Embree Means died suddenly Oct. 15 in an Alexandria, Va., hospital. He had been a civil engineer with the U. S. Dept. of the Navy for the past 15 years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mildred Hunt Means; son, Jimmy, daughter, Marcia, all of 523 Tennessee Ave., Alexandria, and several brothers.

"2.A George Owen Sheffield, secretary of the Life Ins. Co. of Ga., died Oct. 19 of a heart attack at his home, 2570 Woodward Way, Atlanta. Mr. Sheffield became agent for the Life of Ga., of which his father was co-founder, in 1925. He was made special agent in 1928. In 1930 he became asst. secy, and had been secy, since 1945. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Fay Sheffield; daughter, Mrs. Barnett Howell; brother, I. M. Sheffield, Jr.. and sister, Mrs. Alfred E. Thompson.

James H. Taylor, Jr., president of the J. H. Taylor & Co., Atlanta insurance and real estate firm, has been elected president of th« Atlanta Assoc, of Ins. Agents.

The Class of 1924 held their thirtieth reunion party at the Biltmore immediately after the Tech-Kentucky game.

Among those attending were: John P. Baum, W. O. Britt, Oscar Betts, G. Reeves Cary, E. P. Cauldwell, John O. Chiles, Alton Costley, J. J. Cox, Perry Crawford, James Daniel, Jr., Bill DeBardeleben, C. H. Denicke, George Dcwman, William Fenn, Jr., S. Edwin Fincher, Ira Hardin, W. Don Hartford, Dick Hendley, Elliott Heath, James Holmes, Harvey Howell, J. Wade Linder, W. L. Keenan, E. G. Merritt, John A. Miller, Jr., John P. Morgan, George Newton, C. S. Northern, John O'Neill, Jr., R. J. Reynolds, Allen W. Ripley, Jr., D. D. Robertson, Louis Rosenberg, J. Earle Smith, John C. Staton, W. C. Stevens, Freeman Strickland, James H. Taylor, Jr., Frank O. Walsh, Jr., Homer Weber, R. F. Willingham, Ted H. Yon, Sr. / « e Joseph B. Elliott, ME, has been elected president of Schick, Inc. He has served as a director for the company for the last four years. Mr. Elliott's address is 1313 Morris Rd., Wynnewood, Pa. "1.1* ^' E ' "Bal" Williams, TE, superintendent of Avondale Mills in Sylacauga,

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Ala., died suddenly of a heart attack at his home. No further information was available at this writing. ' 2 8 ^ol' Erv^n L. Keener, Comra, was recently named commander of the Tokyo Quartermaster Depot in Japan. His wife, Bernice Ruth, lives at 2105 Arthur St., Eugene, Oregon.

Hazard Reeves, EE, president of Reeves Sound Studios, N. Y. City, was recently awarded "Fellow Membership" in the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers.

Mr. Reeves is also president of Reeves Soundcraft Corp., developer of the magna-stripe process used in the Cinemascope process. He was cited for his contribution to the betterment of motion picture and television industries. ' 2 9 John w - Cooke, CE, asst. superintendent at the Atlanta Gas Light Co., died Oct. 9 in an Atlanta hospital. He had been ill for the past two years. Surviving are his wife, daughters, Susan, Mary and Barbara, all of 2300 Memorial Dr., SE, Atlanta; parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cooke, Pensacola, Fla., and brother, Kendrick Cooke, also of Pensacola.

Albert C. Gable, EE, has been appointed manager of product planning for the subdepartments new marketing section at G. E. He joined the company in 1929 and has held various engineering assignments prior to his recent appointment.

John N. Neal, CE, has been named superintendent of the Atlanta Division of the N. C. & St. L. Railway. He was formerly superintendent of terminals for the railway here.

Mr. Neal joined the company in 1926 in connection with his co-op work here at Tech.

The "Silver Anniversary" party of the class of 1929 was held at the Biltmore immediately following the Homecoming game.

Edward D. O'Brien, '25, is now president of the Lathrop Vandewater Paper Company with offices in New York City, Washington, D. C . and Baltimore, Md. Mr. O'Brien's home address is 23 East 74th Street in New York City.

He was formerly president of the Vandewater Paper Company and is a member of the Bankers Club of America, the Southampton Yacht Club, the Irish Historical Society and the Southern Society.

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Among those attending were: John C. Cook, J. H. Dugger, R. C. Dunn, Don W. Frakes, Lawton Grant, W. Cary Hansard, Guy T. Henry, S. F. Henry, Alvin A. Hero, H. L. Holland, Jr., R. C. Johnstone, A. Berney Jones, Robert Kennedy, J. T. Kinnett, V. E. Gene Manget, Homer R. McClatchey, Jr., H. A. "Hank" Mitchell, Lane Mitchell, John N. Meal, John W. North, S. T. Pruitt, R. L. Randolph, Charles A. Rudolph, Clyde S. Smith, Howard J. Stemm, R. D. Trammell, J. H. Williams, and Lee B. Womelsdorf. " i n John Robert Hall, EE, died Oct. 1 at Houston, Texas. He is survived by his wife and three sons, all of 3748 Harper St., Houston, Texas; father, Chaplain John Hall of Rt. 2, Newton, N. C , and several brothers and sisters. No further information available at this writing. / J I Hammond B. Smith, Com., has been presented the Third Army Certificate of Achievement for his service as Chief Civilian Personnel Div., Third Army Hdqrs., Ft. McPherson, Ga. The certificate was awarded following the announcement of Mr. Smith's appointment as Director, Fifth Regional U. S. Civil Service Commission, with offices in Atlanta. / o o A. Gordon Wells, EE, has announced the relocation of The Gordon Wells Co., manufacturers' representative. The new offices are at 2328 Providence Rd., Charlotte, N. C , with a mailing address of P. O. Box (iOOl, Charlotte 7.

E ' C o 1 ' Ford ' Pratt> M E ' recently arrived in Honolulu. Hawaii, for duty with the U. S. Army, Pacific at Fort Shatter.

Before entering the Army, Col. Pratt was vice president and general manager of National Utilities of Mo., Kirksville, Mo. His permanent mailing address is 15 Kensington Rd., Avondale Estates, Ga.

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Roland L. Toups, ME. vice president in charge of all operations with the South Coast Corp., was recently elected to serve as a director of the corporation. His address is 315 Maple St., Houma, La. I'tA D. C. Fowler, CE, head of the Fowler Construction Co. in Atlanta, died Nov. 3 in a private hospital following an illness of four weeks. His company had recently completed the Chattahoochee School at Ben Hill, Ga., the Milledgeville, Ga. bank, Union Point Baptist Church and Dixie Ohio Freight offices here in Atlanta. During World War II he served in the Corps of Engineers and was a lieutenant colonel at the time of his sep-

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Boyce Bond, TE '17, demonstrates his new device for textile wet processing at the Tech Texlile Building during a recent textile convention. The machine sponsored by Pittsburgh Coke and Chemical Co. took Mr. Bond 20 years to develop.

aration. He served in the China-Burma-India Theater and was awarded the Bronze Star.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Thyrza Fowler; daughter, Miss Joanne Fowler, both of 2455 Morosgo PI., N. E., Atlanta, and several nieces and nephews.

Albert S. Hatcher, Jr., has been named president of the Motor Equipment Wholesalers Assoc, in Macon, Ga. He is also head of the A. S. Hatcher Co., which is said to be the oldest existing automotive parts firm in Georgia with 77 continuous years of operation.

Guy W. Rutland, Jr., ME, vice president of Motor Convoy, Inc., Atlanta, was elected to the board of directors of the C&S Bank of East Point, Ga., recently.

The class of 1934 held their twentieth reunion party at the Biltmore immediately following the Homecoming game between Tech and Kentucky.

Among those attending were: Harry Baker, James Brazell, Vernon B:own, Henry Bush, M. S. Carter, Carl M. Cartledge, Willis Castleberry, W. H. Chambers, Rudolph W. Cisco, Jr., Dan Collins, Wink Davis, Ian M. Davidson, E. F. Deacon, Felix DeGolian, Jr., Jorge L. Divino, C. V. Edwards, Pete Enslow, L. B. Evans, Mclver Evans, George Flinn, Boyd Fry, J. G. Futral, A. B. Hammond, Chris Hammond, John M. Harris, Ray E. Harris, Frank Hulse, Charles W. Jamison, Sam Ledbetter, Jim McLendon, W. C. Meredith, Jr., Frank Micka, Jr., John A. Moore, R. J. Morton, A. J. Mundy, Jr., John W. Phelps, Jr., John M. Poole, Irvin S. Preston, Homer Ray, Sam R. Ramsey, Frank Ridley, Jr., M. Tharpe Sanders, R. W. Schilling, T. R. Shockley, James Slocum, R. N. Speghts, T. L. Spradling, S. Y. Stribling III, H. M. Sweeny, Robert Tharpe, Udo Thran, Robert Wardle, Jr., Charles Woleott, C. W. Zimmerman, J. T. Woodbury, and Ross Wilson.

Salutes a forward step in corporation giving—

THE G. E. CORPORATE ALUMNUS PROGRAM

NEW WAY of giving American colleges and universities the financial help that they need and deserve has recently been announced by the Trustees of the General Electric Educational and Charitable Fund. Designated the Corporate Alumnus P r o gram, the unique plan provides for joint giving by individual employees of the firm who are college graduates and by

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the Educational Fund. It is the intent that, within the limits of the plan, gifts will be made from the fund in an amount equal to those made during the year 1955 by an individual employee alumnus.

In announcing the plan, Philip D. Reed, chairman of the Trustees of the Educational and Charitable Fund, pointed out that the General Electric Company has approximately 23,000 college graduates in its total work force with earned degrees from more than 540 United States colleges and universities. The contribution of any such graduate up to $1,000 per year, will be matched by contributions from the fund. Only other limitations of the program are that the employee must have a year's service with the company, the contribution m u s t be an actual gift and not a pledge and it must be made to an accredited U. S. college or university of which the contributor is an earned degree holder.*

The plan took effect J a n u a r y 1, 1955, and will extend through this year. At the end of the year, the Trustees will consider whether the program should be extended and whether experience has indicated changes that might improve it.

The Corporate Alumnus Program will be an additional element in the overall educational assistance program in which the General Electric Company has been interested for many years.

THE A L U M N U S salutes the G. E. Company for being the first to try out this new program. It underscores dramatically w h a t corporations are asking about the educational institutions: What are the colleges doing for themselves, particularly in seeking alumni support? And, in addition, it offers a real incentive to the lagging American colleges to establish intelligent alumni programs. It is the first move by American industry to do more than ask this question of the colleges.

* Present plans dictate that G. E. employees should make their contribution directly to Georgia Tech and not to the Alumni Association or the Foundation.

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Eugene Miller, ChE '45, has been appointed associate managing editor of Business Week magazine, effective November 1. He has been with the publication since 1952 serving as manager of the Southwest News Bureau prior to his recent promotion. Mr. Miller's new headquarters are in New York City, N. Y. "%c Hoke S. Simpson, GS, has been appointed director of executive programs of the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University. He will be in charge of the executive program in business administration conducted each summer and still supervise the arrangements of the schools conferences for executives. Mr. Simpson was formerly head of personnel at the Vick Chemical Co. His address is c/o Graduate School of Business, Columbia Univ., 116th St. & Broadway, N. Y., N. Y. i*lfL J. J. Powell, Jr., EE, has been made Time Equipment Manager of IBM's Jacksonville, Fla., office. He joined the company in 1945 as Asst. Sales Representative in Baltimore. "yj J. E. York, AE, of 4667 Dudley Lane, N. W., Atlanta, has been named manager of the Structural Department at Lockheed Aircraft Corp., at Marietta, Ga. B Dales " I R Lt- Co1- Bertram > EE > recently received the Commendation Ribbon for meritorious service at Camp Zama, Japan.

He was cited for service as senior advisor to the signal school at the Korean Army Training Center. Col. Dale's wife and son live at 2810 Tupelo St., Atlanta. /<1Q J. C. Abrams, EE, is director of laboratory operations at IBM's world headquarters, 590 Madison Ave., New York City.

He has been with the company since 1939.

BORN TO: Frank J. Dale, CE, and Mrs. Dale, a son, Frank J., Jr., Sept. 10. Their address is 135 Marion PI., N. E., Atlanta, Ga. Immediately following the Homecoming game, the class of 1939 held their fifteenth reunion party at the Atlanta Athletic Club.

Among those attending were: Cecil Alexander, W. J. Alfriend, Jr., Bob Allison, L. F. Anderson, Jr., Ray Behm, Charles Belcher, Jr., Max Borges, Jr., J. L. Brooks, Jr., Henry W. Bynum, Emory W. Clark, Colburn Coe, Ed Flynt, T. M. Furlow, Glenn Cushing, Dick Hearn, W. W. Howie, Earl Horton, Henry^J. Jehan, Beverly Johnson, Darling L. Johnston, Tom Jones, J. A. Lasseter, Dillard Munford, Jason T. Pate, Jack Pearce, W. R. Shook, Jr., Sidney R. Smith, Ian Stalker, R. Glynn Thomas, J. A. Vendrell, Jack Wyant, James P. Wyatt, and W. H. Zimmerman.

'An Ralph J. Dames, '40, has been promoted to the position of Purchasing Analyst for the Worthington Corp. at their general offices in Harrison, N. J. BORN TO:

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Mariannas Islands, Dec. 16, 1953. He was with the Navy Recon. Sq. at the time of his death. ' 4 3 Dewitt F. Capehart, EE, of 4157 Linden Ave., Deer Park, Ohio, was killed Oct. 28 when his automobile slid under a trailer on Harrison Pike in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is believed he lost control of his car on a steep hill and hit the trailer which was on the wrong side of the road. Mr. Capehart was an engineer with General Electric at the time of his death.

BORN TO: William P. "Pete" West, IM, and Mrs. West, a son, William P., Jr., Sept. 11.

Their address is 2803 Eastway Rd., Decatur, Ga. ' 4 4 S ' Russel1 McGee, Jr., IM, has been named manager of a new agency office which Connecticut Gen. Life Ins. Co. of Hartford opened in Charlotte, N. C, Nov. 1. He is a member of the Georgia Leaders Roundtable and the Atlanta Life Underwriters Assoc.

MARRIED: Morris Daniel Rousso, ME, to Miss Corrine Shumans, Aug. 22, in Atlanta.

Mr. Rousso is associated with Lockheed Aircraft's Research Laboratory, Marietta, Ga. Their home address is 1804 Noble Dr., N. E., Atlanta.

'AC BORN TO: Talmadge L. Dryman, Jr., IM, and Mrs. Dryman, a daughter, Dorothy Dean. Their address is 1015 Peachtree Battle Cir., N. E., Atlanta.

'Ay Gex Condit, CE, has been promoted to the position of supervisor, works standards in the industrial engineering dept. of the Gardner Board and Carton Co., Middletown, Ohio.

BORN TO: Straiton Hard, Jr., CE, and Mrs. Hard, a daughter, Virginia Kelly, Oct. 20.

Their address is 390 Mt. Vernon Rd., N. W., Atlanta.

Major Robert A. Smith, EE, has been

awarded the Gold Oak Leaf signifying his promotion to Major which was made in Japan. His wife in en route to Japan to join him where he is intelligence officer for the 8030th Army Unit. ' 4 8 C a p t - R째V H- Duggan, Jr., IM, of Sylvania, Ga., is serving in Germany where he is asst. operations and training officer in the 1st Bn. Hdqrs. of the 1st Inf. Div.'s 16th Regt.

MARRIED: H. Edward Lindsey, Jr., IM, to Miss Evangeline Theis, Aug. 14 at Midland, Texas. Their address is 131 Central Bldg., Midland, Texas.

ENGAGED: Jan R. Smith, IE, to Miss Mary Abbe Crum. The wedding will take place in January in Miami, Fla. Mr. Smith is associated with Nat G. Harrison Const. Co. in Miami. ' 4 9 HORN TO: Willard Johnson, CE, and Mrs. Johnson, a son, Blake Shanklin, Sept. 4.

Their address is P. O. Box 28, Eagle Pass, Texas.

Clarence W. Jones, Jr., IM, has been designated Special Agent of the American Surety Company's Atlanta branch office. He has been with the company since 1949.

MARRIED: Robert M. Lupo, Jr., IE, to Miss Carolyn Faye Simpson in September. Mr. Lupo is an engineer for Southern Bell in Augusta, Ga. MARRIED: James Russell Magbee, IM, to Miss Clare Findley, Nov. 6, at Duluth, Ga. The couple reside in Atlanta at 3900 PtreeDunwoody Rd., N. E. The Class of 1949 got together for the first time since graduation at their fifth reunion party held at the Georgian Terrace immediately following the Homecoming game.

Among those attending were: Keith Ashby, Theodore Arno, A. P. Ballentine, Charles H. Baggs, Dale Barker, Wheeler Bearden, D. R. Bennett, Glenn Bost, Richard Boyles, Travis Brannon, John F. Carver, Bob Cawthorn, Walt

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Crawford, Joseph S. Creel, L. Britt Davis, Bennie DeLoach, William Doucher, Rutherford Ellis, Bob Eskew, Milton Fivel, James Fleming, Jim T. French, John O. Gerson, J r .

L. E. "Jack" Glenn, William Greene, Jr., Newt Hallman, Beemer Harrell, Otis Hayden, Jackson Holliday, Morris Harrison, James R. Huff, Raymond Jones, Jr., L. H. Klosterman, Charles Lyle, Charles McCaniess, William Malone III, Dan Melton, James Miller, Jr., James Morrissey, Dan Neighbors, James Paine, Charles Purcell, William Rigell, Richard Sappington, Lewis Shaekieford, B. G. Stumberg, Raymond Tooke, Bob Wallace, W. L. Walthall, John A. Walton, T. W. Wiedeman and Grant Wilkins. / e n BORN TO: Robert D. Clarke, ME, and Mrs. Clarke, a son, Matthew Steven, Aug. 29. Mr. Clarke is district manager of the Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co. Their home address is 1220 Maiden Lane, Columbia, Tenn.

Joseph Manson Scott, ME, received his MD from the Univ. of Tenn. Oct. 4, 1954. He will interne for one year at John Gaston Hospital in Memphis, beginning Dec. 1 of this year. Dr. Scott's home address is 675-1 Woodward St., Memphis, Tenn. ' 5 1 MARRIED: Manuel R. Arellano, Ch.E, to Miss Alicia Belt y de Cardenas of Havana. The wedding took place Oct. 3. Their address is Prado 203, Havana, Cuba. . . .

John William Casteen to Miss Mary White Harvin, Oct. 23 in Greenwood, S. C. . . . Tom Forest Davenport, Jr., Chem., to Miss Ellen Goodman. The wedding took place in September. The couple reside in Austin, Texas, where Mr. Davenport is doing graduate work in chemistry at the Univ. of Texas. . . .

Robert Stone Duggan, EE, to Miss Kathleen Ringwald, Nov. 20. Mr. Duggan is a research asst. at the Ga. Tech Experiment Station and is enrolled in Graduate School here. . . .

Billie Gordon, IE, to Miss Sydney Wright, Oct. 16. Their address is 193 Hale St., N. E., Atlanta. . . . Delmar D. Jones, AE, to Miss Elise Carter May 8, 1954. Their address is 219 E. Colorado St., Fairfield, Calif. . . . James Earl Thornton, Ch.E., to Miss Mary Jane Wood, Dec. 4 in Decatur, Ga. Mr. Thornton is associated with the Bibb Mfg. Co. in Macon, Ga. BORN TO: James T. Chaille, Jr., Ch.E., and Mrs. Chaille, a daughter, Katherine Ann, Sept. 22. Their address is 209 Crestline Cir., Huntsville, Ala. . . . N. Elliott Felt, Jr., EE, and Mrs. Felt, a son, Michael David, Sept.

7. Mr. Felt has been with the Glenn L. Martin Co. since graduation. Their home address is 12 Dublin Dr., Towson, Md. . . . William Weiller, IM, and Mrs. Weiller, a daughter, Deborah Sue, Oct. 7. Their home address is 273 So. Colonial Homes Cir., Atlanta.

Thomas E. Allen, IM, has been appointed home office representative in the Atlanta group office of the Pacific Mutual l i f e Ins. Co. William D. Beard, IM, has enrolled as a member of the June '55 class of the American Institute for Foreign Trade at Thunderbird Field, Phoenix, Ariz. Specializing in South and Central America, Mr. Beard is taking the school's training course in preparation for a career in American business or government abroad.

ENGAGED: Jake B. Kennington, Jr., IM, to Miss Nancy Ermshaus. The wedding will take place Dec. 18 in Greenwich, Conn. Mr. Kennington is stationed in England, having graduated from the U. S. Air Force Inst, of Tech. Language School in Syracuse, N. Y. Marine Capt. William D. Shippen, IM, recently qualified as a carrier pilot after training aboard the USS Monterey. He is now stationed at Cory Field Air Station. Capt. Shippen's permanent address is 913 W. Semmes St., Osceola, Ark. January, 1955

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R. SAMUEL G. GREEN, EE, '15, A r m y Ordnance engineer who holds more p a t -

ents in the small arms and automatic weapons field than any other person, retired from federal service on October 31. Credited with the design of the .50 caliber aerial machine gun, the outstanding aerial weapon of World War II, Dr. Green holds both the military Legion of Merit (he retired as a Colonel in 1950) and the Exceptional Civilian Award for invaluable contributions to the a d vancement of the science of ordnance.

A native of Georgia, Dr. Green and his wife, the former Mary Russell, daughter of the late Justice Richard B. Russell of the Georgia Supreme Court, plan to remain at their residence at 2307 Russell Road in Alexandria, Virginia.

Two of Dr. Green's sons are also graduates of Tech. Samuel G. Green, Jr., received an ME degree in 1950 and William B. Green a CHE degree in 1953.

W. A. Thompson, Jr., CE, has been appointed a student engineer for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad with headquarters in Raleigh, N. C. / M MARRIED: John Chappie Chandler, Jr., EE, to Miss Mary Dean Miller, Nov. 25.

Their address is 214 College Ave., Millen, Ga. . . . S. Edwin Dyer, IM, to Miss Mary Lou Morris last June in Cleveland, Ohio.

Their address is 5562 Knob Rd., Nashville, Tenn. . . . Lt. Roger A. Dysart, USN, Ch.E., to Miss Ann Caron McAndrews, Sept. 11.

Lt. Dysart is stationed on the USS Johnston.

His permanent mailing address is 1111 21st St., Rockford, 111. . . . Dan V. Guy, EE, to Miss Be Covalt, Oct. 31. Mr. Guy is employed by General Elec. as a Broadcast Television field engineer with headquarters in Syracuse. Their home address is 1912 W. Genesse St., Syracuse 4, N. Y. . . . Robert B. Sayer, AE, to Miss Leslie Jean Smith. The wedding took place Oct. 16 in Atlanta. Mr. Sayer is associated with Lockheed Aircraft Corp. and is taking graduate work at Tech.

ENGAGED: Hix Howard Green, Jr., IM, to Miss Beverly Goff. Mr. Green was recently separated from the service and is now engaged for a six weeks' course at General Motors Dealer Management School in Flint, Mich. The wedding date will be announced later. . . . Lt. Emmett G. Jackson, ME, to Miss Norma Christine Hagman. The wedding will take place in December. Lt. Jackson is currently serving as engineering officer with the USN aboard the Destroyer Charles R. Ware, stationed in Philadelphia. . . .

Charles Russell Scott, EE, to Miss Jane Slover.

The wedding will take place during the Christmas holidays. Mr. Scott is associated with Western Electric in Winston-Salem, N. C. Fred F. Hand, TE, is now with the Research Div. of the West Point Mfg. Co., West Point, Ga. Thomas W. Tolbert III, IE, was recently commissioned a second lieutenant following graduation at OCS at the Army's Engineering Center, Ft. Belvoir, Va. His permanent address is 1308 Clairmont Cir., Decatur, Ga. ' 5 3 MARRIED: Trafton W. Fleetwood, Jr., CE, to Miss Carolyn Jean Phillips, Nov. 26.

Mr. Fleetwood is working toward his master's degree at Ga. Tech. . . . Ens. Eugene David Marks, Jr., USNR, ME, to Miss Jewel David, Nov. 27. Ens. Marks' permanent address is 2909 Bransford Rd., Augusta. . . .

Lt. John Knox Porter, IM, to Miss Evelyn Lewis, Oct. 2. Lt. Porter is with the U. S. Marine Corps at Quantico, Va. . . . Ens. John Griffin Thweatt, USN, Chem., to Miss Charlotte Goss. The wedding took place in November. Ens. Thweatt is serving as Seventh Division officer of the USS Iowa.

Delmont E. Beckemeyer, IM, has been made Division Traffic Engineer for Kentucky for Southern Bell T&T. His business address is c/o Southern Bell, 521 W. Chestnut St., Box 538, Louisville, Ky.

â&#x20AC;˘BORN TO: Donald A. Duke, Ch.E., and Mrs. Duke, a daughter, Donna Lynn, Aug. 21.

Their address is 131 Third Ave. No., Texas City, Texas.

BORN TO: Lt. James E. Hannigan, AE, and Mrs. Hannigan, a daughter, Linda Lucile. Mr. Hannigan is chief, Instrument Low Approach System Unit, Nav-AIDS Sect., Tinker AFB, Okla.

Lt. Thomas F. Hoehn, IM, was awarded his silver pilot wings at Goodfellow AFB, San Angelo, Texas, in Oct. His permanent address is 5839 Poplar Ave., Memphis, Tenn.

ENGAGED: William Nay son Hoyer, Arch., to Miss Charlotte Gambill. The wedding will take place in December. Mr. Hoyer is associated with Clarke Stewart, Architect, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. ENGAGED: Robert Merrill Krasnoff, IM, to Miss Barbara Cristal. The wedding date will be announced later. Mr. Krasnoff is currently with the US Army in Europe. His permanent mailing address is 29 Cousar St., Bishopville, S. C. Thomas C. Linck, CE, is now employed by the St. Louis County Health Dept. Clayton, Mo., as a public health engineer. His home address is 9130 N. Swan Cir., Brentwood 17, Mo. Lt. Thomas E. Methvin, IM, is serving in Germany with the 5th Inf. Div., which is r e ceiving training in southern Germany as part of the U. S. Seventh Army. His permanent address is Jeffersonville, Ga. Lt. Oscar B. Stewart, Jr., CE, is serving with the 44th Engineer Const. Group in Korea.

His permanent address is 115 B Crescent Ct. Dr., Decatur, Ga. Lt. Emory L. Upshaw, Jr., IM, of Newnan, Ga., is stationed at Reese AFB, Texas, where he is undergoing multi-engine training. He received his pilot's wings upon graduation, July 22.

Pvt. Harry A. Vann, Jr., Arch., native of Boston, Ga., recently joined the Korean Communications Zone in Taegu. ' 5 4 MARRIED: Robert Wade Bailey, Jr., Ch.E., to Miss Alyce Reeves, Nov. 14, in Griffin, Ga. Mr. Bailey is employed by DuPont in Augusta, Ga. . . . Louis Fitzgerald Barth, Jr., IM, to Miss Shirley Chloe McMichael, Nov. 13, in Decatur, Ga. Mr. Barth is a sales engineer with the American Blower Corp. in Detroit. . . . William Shapard Hanner, Jr., IE, to Miss Mable Milton. The wedding took place Nov. 26. Mr. Hanner has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Force and until called into service will be associated with the Square D Elect. Co. in Milwaukee, Wis. . . . Sidney E. Hawkins, CE, to Miss Dorothy Sands, Sept. 18. Mr. Hawkins is a research asst. at the Engrg. Exp. Station, and is attending graduate school at the Univ. of Washington. Their home address is 4558 17th Ave., N. E., Seattle, Wash. . . . Lt. Robert Drake Hazen, CE, to Miss Beverly Richardson, Nov. 13 in Atlanta.

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COMING IN FEBRUARY Backstage of a Drama-Tech production goes freshman photographer Blake Hawkins to bring you the operations of Tech's top-notch dramatic group. Named by the National Theatre Arts Council of New York as one of America's top 100 amateur theatrical groups, Drama-Tech is year-in, year-out bringing top drama to the Tech campus. The first production of the 1954-55 season is Harvey. Look for the behind-the-scenes action of this humorous success in the February issue of

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