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THIS is THE MONTH of discarding the
old, faded calendars and bringing on the new, unmarked ones. It is the month of "Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men." It is a month of happiness mixed with a touch of sadness as another year breathes its last. In the spirit of December, here are the people and things that have made 1956 worth remembering for one man: The way Dr. Paul Weber did his job as Tech's acting president for the past 11 months. And all of the midnight oil he burned doing double duty as Dean of Faculties and acting head man. The sad but beautiful simplicity of the Anglican Burial of the Dead service being read over Blake Van Leer on a dismal January day. And the magnificent strength Mrs. Van Leer showed through the trying period. Dean George Griffin's wonderful consistency in staying just "George," the finest man we've ever known. The devotion to Tech and to teaching and to research that the many faculty members have shown in staying on the campus despite all the tempting offers to go elsewhere and make a living. The odors issuing from the chemistry building at any time. They are among the few things that have remained constant in a world of change. The way Bobby Dodd took the Tennessee defeat, the most heartbreaking of his career. And the man's ability to grow each year. Jimmy Thompson's phenomenal football performances over the past four years. He has made the world a little more pleasant place for the little men. We will miss him. • AND KEN OWEN'S ability to make you laugh at his Ring Lardner actions offfield and cheer his Paul-Bunyan play onfield. The look of the new Alexander Memorial and the way Bobby Dodd spoke in dedicating it. And the quiet strength of Mrs. Alex during the ceremonies. Fred Storey's great performance as president of the Alumni Association. And the way that Ivan Allen handled the big campaign. And also the fervor with which Tech men everywhere pitched in to help them make this the biggest year. The look of the campus as spring 2
comes on the scene. And the change in the students when it arrives. Dot Crosland's pride in the library and the way she works at making it the best. The taste of Varsity food. Even after 17 years we haven't grown tired of it. The way Fred Ajax handles the Tech placement service. And the respect that the companies have for Tech because ot him. The great pride that Shirley Clements and Diane Michel took in being Tech's first female graduates. Roane Beard's fierce devotion to Tech. The incredible amount of work that the Alumni Office's number 1 girl, Mary Peeks, can turn out in a given period. The pride we feel when we look at the two covers Jane Wallace turned out for the magazine. And the greater pride we feel just looking at her and her children. The roar of a basketball crowd as a rally gets underway. The excitement generated on a campus just before a big game. And the quiet generated during exam week. The wonderful time Hazard Reeves and the rest of the New York Club show you when you visit the big city. The alumnus who shall go unnamed but remembered for finding us tickets to My Fair Lady, a magnificent show. A TOPPY VANN, standing at his safety
position, shoulders racked with sobs, as Tennessee runs out the clock on a perfect season dream. The look of the campus after dark. Bill Diehl's ability to use a camera as a proper journalism tool. And his enthusiasm for anything Georgia Tech. The smell of a print shop or a newspaper office. And the way that it never fails to make us proud of our profession. Jamie Anthony's ability to tell a good joke and still be a top-flight executive. The sincerity of Howard Ector to help the alumni to better tickets and the fact that he has remained in an ulcer-developing business without developing ulcers. The way Tech alumni act about their school. And the wonderful faith you have in the magazine. May we never let you down. The best in 1957 to all of you.
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Contents 2. RAMBLIN'—a few words about the many good people and things of the year, 1956. 6. BASKETBALL—the new Alexander Memorial is tried by the Tech hoopsters for the first time. 8. TESTING AND GUIDANCE—a research memo on the results of an important program. 10. FOOTBALL: 98, 99, 100—the Jackets close out the season in fine style and head for a rematch of the game of January 2, 1956. 12. TALK ABOUT TECH—President Storey accepts a trophy and the A A makes a decision. 14. WITH THE CLUBS—reports from here and there about Tech clubs. 16. NEWS BY CLASSES—reports from everywhere.
Officers of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association Fred Storey, '33, Pres. I. M. Sheffield, '20, V-P Charles Simons, '37, V-P Walt Crawford, '49, Treas. W. Roane Beard, '40, Executive Secretary
Staff Bob Wallace, Jr., '49, Editor
Mary Peeks, Assistant
THE COVER H O W A R D E c t o r , business manager of athletics at Tech and one of his chief assistants, H. O. Ward, '42, get the house in order before the opening basketball game with Duke. Ector, who wdrked and worried long and hard to help Tech get the new building, must now worry about getting it filled.
Photo—Bill Diehl, Jr. Published eight times a year — February, March, May, July, September, October, November and December — by the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, Georgia Institute of Technology; 225 North Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia. Subscription price (35c per copy) included in the membership dues. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Atlanta, Georgia under the Act of March 5, 1879. 4
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ERHAPS YOU are one of our Roll Call members who received a second request for a contribution right on top of having sent yours in to the Alumni Office. I am sure you're wondering why this happened. First of all, we are far ahead of the best year we have ever had; that is, more of you have joined early this fall than ever before. We are grateful for this promptness,, but, as a result of this, the Alumni Office was snowed under and was unable to keep up with the flood of contributions that came in. In trying to get the second reminder letter out promptly, some names escaped being pulled from the address system. This helped us in our contest with the University of Georgia, but I know it annoyed some of you. We apologize. It was great to stand in the center of the football field in Athens on December 1 and accept that big shiny trophy in your behalf. On the morning of November 30, we had 6,606 contributors which was approximately 50% more than the number of contributors to Georgia's Alumni Society. We put the trophy up for contest again next year, with the three-year winner getting permanent possession. Agriculture Commissioner, Phil Campbell, President of the Georgia Alumni Society, accepted our challenge this time . . . so we've got to keep up the good work and retain this tine trophy. I would like to express my sentiments with regard to our fine athletic program at Tech. Our 1956 football team, as an example, has just completed a tough schedule very successfully. This group, mainly seniors, has set new records both on and off the field, and I'm sure our men are the envy of any college in the country. There is nothing but good things to say about them. They play as a team and all are stars. With 18 men from the first two teams closing out their college careers with the Gator Bowl game, we may not fare as well in future football as we have recently, but we always know that any team Coach Dodd puts on the field will be a credit to Georgia Tech. More and more we come to appreciate him and his fine staff. They are all fine men of good character and good conduct and we are fortunate to have them. May I take this opportunity to wish you a Happy and Prosperous 1957. c?Xi.iL+?<~cJL
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B A S K E T B A L L : the opener DUKE'S BLUE DEVILS spoiled the Jackets first basketball game in their new coliseum as they stood off a late Tech rally to win, 71-61, on November 30. Over 3,000 fans watched the first half quietly as the Blue Devils got off to a 37-29 lead and then roared in appreciation as Tech, awed by their new surroundings, finally came to life with two chilling last-half rallies. Tech moved within one point of Duke on both occasions but the Blue Devils had enough to pull away both times. Lennie Cohen, only big man back from last year's squad. was the scoring floor leader for Tech. The 6-5 center scored 21 points and led both teams in rebounds with 19. But, it just wasn't the Jackets night. Tuesday, December 4, was the Jackets night as they calmed down to whip a much taller Murray State (Ky.) team, 67-64, in a thriller. Only 1,000 fans turned out to see Tech win its first one on the new floor. On Thursday night of the same week, Tech broke loose to beat high-scoring Furman, 93-74. Sophomore guard, Terry Randall, smallest Tech man at 5-10, scored 33 points as the Jackets continued to improve with each outing.
FIRST PLAY IN THE NEW ALEXANDER COLISEUM
Photographed by Bill Diehl
Sophomore sensation Terry Randall starts one of his patented dribbles which takes him around one Duke man on his way to a goal.
And then he leaps high to get rebound after he missed in this first-half action. Randall scored 33 points, high for the Jackets this season, in the third game against Furman. 6
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Footballers, Jimmy Thompson and Ken (Jet Rink) Owen take in the basketball opener.
The Tech bench shows the signs of a hopeless cause as the Duke game slips away. Coach Whack Hyder, right, does the heavy worrying.
Lennie Cohen (20), star of the Tech opener, tries a first-half tip-in only to have a Duke man block it. Cohen managed 21 points and 19 rebounds, however, to lead Tech's valiant try.
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Randall drops in one of his jump shots in the second half as Tech closes the gap in a lastditch rally. But, the Blue Devils pulled away.
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A research memorandum
Tech's Testing and Guidance Program by EDWARD H. LOVELAND
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N 1954, the Office of the Dean of Students, aided by a special grant from the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation, initiated a study of the freshman testing program of the Georgia Institute of Technology. This study was intended to evaluate the effectiveness of the program as it was at that time. The basic question which had to be answered concerned the extent to which tests of the freshman battery could be used in the prediction of scholastic achievement in the Georgia Institute of Technology. In order to answer this question, it was necessary to use data from a group of students for whom measures of school achievement were already available. The group employed for the initial evaluation study entered Georgia Institute of Technology in the fall of 1951. From the sixteen tests and subtests administered to these students, three tests were selected by statistical methods, as the best predictors of scholastic success. These were the Georgia Tech Mathematics Placement Test, the Georgia Tech English Placement Test, and the PreEngineering Ability Test. Statistical evidence was obtained showing that a combination of these three tests would predict school achievement as well as a combination of all sixteen of the measures obtained in 1951. Weights were derived which permitted the scores from the three selected tests to be combined into a single weighted test score. The relationship between weighted test scores and grade-point average was determined through the use of data obtained from the 1951 freshman group. However, before such scores could be safely employed for the prediction of the achievement of subsequent groups of students, it was necessary to determine whether the relationship between weighted test scores and gradepoint averages was a stable one — whether it would remain approximately the same for a second, independent group of freshman entrants simular to those now enrolling in the Institute. This paper describes the results of a study designed to test the stability of the test score weights and to determine the relationship between weighted test scores
and scholastic performance, using data obtained from freshmen of 1954. STABILITY OF TEST
The test score weights may be termed s t a b l e if t h e c o r r e l a t i o n b e t w e e n weighted test scores and grade-point averages of the 1954 freshman group is approximately equal in magnitude to the correlation between weighted test scores and grade-point averages of the 1951 freshman group. The data collected and weighed provide evidence of the stability of the weights derived from the 1951 data. The correlations obtained from the 1954 data do not differ significantly from those obtained from the 1951 data. We may therefore infer that the test score weights are stable and useful for the prediction of academic achievement. INTERPRETATION OF SCORES
Use of the freshman tests for the prediction of school achievement requires that test scores be made available to authorized persons in a form which will permit quick estimates of probable student achievement. Since raw test scores have almost no meaning in and of themselves, it was necessary to convert weighted scores into a form
which permitted interpretation of scores in terms of the performance of a large group of students. Previously, percentile norms, or some variant thereof, were used for this purpose at Georgia Institute of Technology. Percentile scores have the advantage of being simple to compute and easy to explain. However, their simplicity is outweighed by a variety of disadvantages. Percentile scores tend to magnify small, and sometime insignificant, differences in scores near the center of a distribution. They tend to reduce the apparent magnitude of rather large differences in scores at the upper and lower ends of a score distribution. Further, percentile scores are rarely proportional to raw scores. Hence, their use in statistical or mathematical operations does not yield results identical to those which would be obtained through use of the original raw scores. It was therefore thought advisable to consider the use of test norms which would avoid these disadvantages. During World War II, the U. S. Air Force developed a method for transforming test scores into "stanines." These are simple, single digit, "standard scores" representing approximately equal steps in performance, ranging from one (low) to nine (high) in value. These
FIGURE 1 — 673 FRESHMEN NOT REQUIRED TO TAKE REMEDIAL COURSFS. Tech Alumnus
scores, which have none of the disadvantages cited above, have been used i.i the present study. Such scores may be computed in the Testing and Guidance Office and reported to persons interested in predicting student achievement. Grade-point average may likewise be transformed into stanine scores. WEIGHTED TEST SCORES
Trie Georgia Tech Mathematics Placement Test, the Georgia Tech English Placement Test, and the PreEngineering Ability Test were administered to 978 freshmen who entered the Georgia Institute of Technology in the fall of 1954. Weighted test scores were computed for each student. These scores were then transformed into stanine scores. First quarter grade-point averages were similarly transformed into stanine scores so that a meaningful comparison could be made. Figure 1 shows, for 673 entering freshmen who were not required to take remedial English or mathematics courses, the percentage of freshmen in each test stanine who obtained average or above average first-quarter grades (a grade-point average stanine of 5 or higher). The meaning of the first-quarter grade-point averages for those students who take remedial courses is somewhat ambiguous, in that these students' course loads are considerably lighter and more heterogeneous than those of their "nonremedial" colleagues. It was advisable, therefore, to treat the prediction of the first-quarter grades of these students as a separate problem. To the extent that future freshman groups are similar to the 1954 entrants, these percentages may be taken as probabilities of successful performance and used as aids for the advisement of students. Figure 2 shows, for 887 freshmen who completed three quarters in day school prior to the winter quarter of 1956 (including those who took remedial courses), the percentage in each test stanine who achieved average or above average grades. These percentages may be treated in the same manner as those contained in Figure 1. STUDENTS AND REMEDIAL
A considerable amount of additional study will be necessary before it will be possible to make accurate predictions of the first-quarter scholastic performance of entrants who are deficient in mathematics or English skills. It is apparent at the present time, however, that these students are definitely poorer acadmic "risks" than their better prepared colleagues. For example, only December, 1956
FIGURE 2 — 887 FRESHMEN WHO COMPLETED THREE QUARTERS. 4 1 % of those who were required to take the remedial mathematics course, 38% of those required to take the remedial English course, and 35% of those required to take both mathematics and English remedial courses achieved average or above average first-quarter grades. It is interesting to note that approximately 2 5 % of those students who were required to take both English and mathematics remedial courses did not complete three quarters in day school prior to the winter of 1956 (five quarters after enrollment). Among those students who were not required to take remedial courses only 7% did not complete three quarters of work in day school prior to the winter quarter of 1956. SUMMARY
The present paper describes the results of a study designed to determine the usefulness of a weighted composite of the scores of the three tests of the freshman test battery for the prediction of scholastic achievement in the Georgia Institute of Technology. These tests are the Georgia Tech Mathematics Placement Test, the Georgia Tech English Placement Test, and the Pre-Engineering Ability Test. The relationships between a weighted composite of the three test scores and measures of scholastic success were determined through the use of data obtained from a group of freshmen who entered the Institute in the fall of 1954. These relationships were sufficiently high to indicate that the weighting procedure is useful for the prediction of student achievement. However, it is important to realize that additional
follow-up studies will be necessary in order to maintain a close check on the future utility of the freshman tests and test score weights. In order to facilitate correct interpretation of freshman test scores, the weighted sums of the three freshman placement tests were converted to a simple and convenient nine-point scale. The values on this scale represent approximately equal steps in test performance, ranging from one (low) or nine (high). This method of test score representation avoids many of the opportunities for interpretation errors which are associated with the use of the percentile norm method previously used. Examination of the scholastic records of freshman entrants who were required to take remedial courses in mathematics a n d / o r English revealed that these students are definitely poorer academic "risks" than their better prepared colleagues. At best, only about four of every ten of% these students achieve average or above average grades during their first quarter in the Institute. Approximately 2 5 % of those 1954 entrants who were required to take both English and mathematics remedial courses did not complete three quarters in the day school prior to the winter of 1956f Continued study of the 1954 entrants, through their remaining years in the Georgia Institute of Technology, would seem to be advisable. In this way, the usefulness of the freshman tests for the prediction of success in more advanced work and work in specific courses could be determined. Such continued study is presently being planned.
F O O T B A L L : 98, 99,100 and then Gator Bowl 1956 edition of the Yellow Jackets bounced back from the heartbreaking Tennessee loss to trounce their last three opponents (Alabama, Florida and Georgia) by a grand total of 90-0. The Georgia win was the 100th for the Jackets under head coach Bobby Dodd and earned Tech an unprecedented sixth consecutive bowl bid. In a rematch, Tech faces Pittsburgh in the Gator Bowl on December 29. The Jackets edged the Panthers, 7-0, in the 1956 Sugar Bowl game. Tech didn't appear overly sharp in the Alabama game played in Atlanta on November 17. But, the Jackets were too fast for the Tide as the final 27-0 score indicates. Tech scored in the first quarter on a running pass from Stan Flowers to Johnny Menger that covered 8 yards. Mitchell made it 7-0, a score that stood until late in the third quarter. After Don Stephenson stopped the only real Alabama threat of the day with a great interception, the Jackets started to move. But it took a busted signal and a torn shirt to provide Tech with the second score. On a naked reverse play, Paul Rotenberry fumbled and blocked three Tidemen out of the play trying to pick up the ball. Finally he found the handle and handed it to Jimmy Thompson who weaved and bobbed 48 yards to a score with his shirt hanging on him like a hula dancer's skirt. Tech added two more in the final period on a great 61-yard drive capped by a 12-yard sprint by Toppy Vann with another busted signal. Jos Delany scored the last one on a 21-yard pass from Vann. A lot of the experts figured that Florida might knock off the Jackets in their meeting in the Gator Bowl. But the GEORGIA TECH'S
Gators fell by the wayside 28-0, as Tech played the kind of a game that Tennessee played against the Jackets. Tech scored in the first period after Don Miller recovered a fumble on the Gator 18. Ken Owen tore the Gator line apart and Toppy Vann sneaked the final yard. A second Gator miscue in period two gave the Jackets a chance from Florida's 25. Again the opportunists lowered the boom. This time it was Rotenberry who went over on a great 9-yard run. Mitchell added his second point. In the third period, Tech went 50 yards on 10 plays for their third score. Mitchell went over on a sneak and added the point. Early hero Miller blocked a Florida punt at the Gator 11 to set up the final tally. Rotenberry went the last five yards on this short drive. Mitchell closed it out at 28-0. The season's finale for 18 of Tech's first 22 players turned into a rout as the Jackets finished a 9-1 season with a 35-0 win over Georgia. Tech scored 21 points on the Bulldogs in the final period as Dickie Mattison, Stan Rowers (on a 2-yard run) and Flowers again (on a 12-yard pass from Vann) did the scoring. The Bulldogs made a fight out of it for the first half, holding the Jackets to only 7 points, but wilted under the relentless pressure of the Tech attack. Rotenberry scored the first one on a great 8-yard run to climax an 86-yard drive (Mattison bulled for 43 of the yards in 8 trys on this drive). Tech broke the game open on an explosive 3-play, 72-yard drive the first time they touched the ball in the second half. Rotenberry went 53, then Thompson went 14 and then Georgia was penalized to the one where Mitchell dived over. It was a real team victory.
Toppy Vann leaps in for the first score against Florida in the first-quarter action. Jimmy Thompson, his shirt in shreds, crosses the zero stripe after a great 48-yard run against Alabama that broke it up. 10
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Dickie Mattison, voted the most valuable player in the Georgia game, gets 8 and a first down during Tech's first drive.
ROTENBERRY SCORES THE FIRST SIX POINTS ON A GREAT 8-YARD RUN.
TECH'S FAVORITE PLAY, FULLBACK UP THE MIDDLE, OWEN IN ACTION.
Georgia's pet mascot seems just a bit put out at the tragic turn of events.
WHILE THE BULLDOG MOURNS, THE JACKETS CELEBRATE THE GATOR BID. December, 1956
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won a great deal more than a football game in Athens on December 1. As 50,000 Tech-Georgia fans looked on, Tech Alumni Association President Fred Storey, right, accepted this giant trophy from Georgia Alumni Society President Phil Campbell. The trophy was the symbol of the Tech Alumni Association's victory in the race to see which alumni group could recruit the most paid-up members in the annual roll call drives by November 1. Final tally in the race was Tech 6,606 and Georgia 4,183. In accepting the trophy, President Storey thanked the thousands of Tech alumni whose loyalty made the victory possible. He then challenged President Campbell to another contest for the 1957-58 fund year and suggested that the trophy be put up on an annual basis until one schools wins it three times. President Campbell immediately accepted the challenge. GEORGIA TECH
Athletic Association Drops Plans for Double-Decking West Stands at Grant Field will not be double-decked within the next year. The Athletic Association canceled plans for the addition on December 9 and said that persons purchasing options would get their money back. The association had hoped to raise over $900,000 for the addition by selling 10-year options on 6,804 seats in THE WEST STANDS
the proposed second deck of the west stands. But the option plan only brought in roughly one-third of that amount b\ deadline time. Rates under the option plan (and they didn't include the price of the tickets) ranged from $50 for end zone seats to $225 for the center section seats. All money will be refunded as soon as possible.
Tech Men Head IRE Conference radiological, aircraft and laboratory instrumentation and the application of solid-state devices (transitors, etc.) were the feature topics Šf the Second IRE (Institute of Radio Engineers) Instrumentation Conference held in Atlanta, December 5-7. This year's conference was sponsored by the Atlanta Section, IRE and the Professional Group on Instrumentation. General Manager for the conference was Dr. B. J. Dasher, director of Tech's Electrical Engineering School. Other Tech faculty members on the planning staff included Exhibits Chairman W. B. Wrigley, Program Chairman M. D. Prince and Publicity Chairman Bob Wallace, all of the Engineering Experiment Station. INDUSTRIAL,
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA—The reunion of the survivors of the most one-sided football game in history was the feature of the October 12 meeting of the Greater Atlanta Club. The meeting attracted over 200 Tech alumni as well as 6 survivors of the Cumberland team and 22 players from the Tech team that played that 222-0 game back in 1916. Although the Cumberland delegation was as badly outnumbered at the reunion as they were in the game, the boys from Tennessee won the contest when it came to speechmaking. George C. Griffin, a member of the Tech 1916 team, served as toastmaster for the event. Talley Johnson, team captain at Tech that year, introduced the Tech team and Gentry Dugat, the originator of the reunion idea, introduced the Cumberland team members. Mr. O. K. Armstrong, who wrote an article for The Readers Digest about this game, L. W. (Chip) Robert, an assistant coach at Tech in 1916, and Coach Bobby Dodd were special speakers. But the big thrill of the meeting was listening to the stories about the game as told by the Cumberland and Tech players who were there. Stories like the one told by Cumberland alumnus Morris Gouger, now a banker in Robstown, Texas, who said, "In one of the smartest bits of football strategy on record, I called for a quarterback sneak on fourth down late in the final period. We needed 25 yards and were deep in our territory, I made it back to the line of
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scrimmage and saved us from really ignominious defeat. If we had punted, as we should have, Tech would have blocked the kick, made another touchdown and the score would have been 229-0." In addition to Dugat and Gouger the Cumberland contingent included A. L. McDonald, a Louisville, Ky., lawyer: R. E. Gray, another attorney from San Saba, Texas; Charles H. Warwick, another attorney from West Palm Beach, Florida, and Haysler Poague, still another attorney from Clinton, Missouri. As one Tech alumnus remarked, "This rematch is fixed, how do they expect 22 engineers to outtalk 6 lawyers." Tech men present were halfback J. T. (Talley) Johnston, captain of the team from Chattanooga; left end Jim Preas of Johnson City, Tenn.; left end R. S. (Cy) Bell of Atlanta; right tackle Bill Fincher of Atlanta; left guard George (Hip) West of Chattanooga; right guard J. S. (Canty) Alexander of Spartanburg, S. C ; tackle T. W. (Buzz) Shaver of Gadsden, Ala.; quarterback D. E. (Froggy) Morrison of Trenton, Ga.; guard Bob Lang of Atlanta; halfback John Mangham of Stone Mountain; end Al Meaders of Augusta: guard D. C. (Dummy) Lebey of Atlanta; end Bill Lovell of Savannah; guard J. H. (Ham) Dowling of Tallahassee. Fla.; halfback Wally Smith of Atlanta; halfback Dawson Teague of Augusta; tackle H. G. (Dick) Dickson of At-
TECH AND CUMBERLAND TEAMS LINE UP AGAINST EACH OTHER ONCE AGAIN. TECH IS ON THE RIGHT.
lanta; guard J. C. (Cabe) Rogers of Atlanta; end H. A. (Hook) Malcolm of Tampa, Fla.; center W. G. (Pug) Bryant of Atlanta; tackle Curtis McRae of Norfolk, Va., and Dean Griffin a halfback. Quarterback A. B. Hill came down from Harlan, Ky., for the reunion but was taken ill and could not leave his hotel. Dr. Charles B. Havens, president of Cumberland; Dr. Paul Weber, acting president of Georgia Tech, and Ed Danforth, sports editor of The Atlanta Journal also spoke. It was a night to remember and one of the Cumberland men summed it up best in thanking President Oliver Sale for the Atlanta Club's part in the reunion planning and expenses when he said, "This is one of the great thrills of my life. I haven't seen any of these men since 1917. And this chance to relive this game is something I shall never forget. Thank you for making one man happy." * * * CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA—Forty-four members of the Charlotte Georgia Tech Qub turned out on November 1 to hear Alumni Secretary Roane Beard's talk on "Georgia Tech, 1956." President William S. "Bill" Terrell handled the business meeting and introduced Secretary Beard and special guest, Ned West, athletic publicity director at Tech. The Tech-Auburn game films were shown to wind up the evening. Secretary Beard furnished the narration. * * * CLEVELAND, OHIO—A meeting of the Northeast Ohio Georgia Tech Club was held in the Hermit Club in Cleveland on December 6. The size of the group presided over by Ernie Harwell was small (10) but the quality and enthusiasm for Georgia Tech was there. Alumni Secretary Roane Beard gave a short talk on Tech and showed the Georgia-Georgia Tech game movies. After the movies, a general bull session took over as the entertainment with Jack Lemmon winning the award for the "best bull session participant." * * * KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE—The Georgia Tech Alumni Club of Kingsport held its fall meeting on November 7 with President William B. Henderson, presiding. Special guest was Bob Eskew, associate secretary of the Alumni Association who brought the members up-to-date on affairs at Tech. During the business meeting, Art Coffin, chairman of the committee for formulating the by-laws, reported for the committee. And President Henderson appointed a nominating committee made up of Bill Jordan, chairman; Bill Snyder, Wallace Jackson and D. A. Henderson. This committee will propose a slate of new officers for the club's vote at the next meeting. * # * MARIETTA, GEORGIA—The Cobb County Georgia Tech Alumni Club held its organizational meeting on October 23 at the Marietta Country Club. The club was organized by Morgan McNeel who served as master of ceremonies for the first meeting. December, 1956
Officials from Tech who were on hand to help get the club off to a flying start were Dr. Paul Weber, acting president, Coach Bobby Dodd, Dean George Griffin and Howard Ector. Special alumni guests at the meeting included Oscar G. Davis, general chairman of the Roll Call drive; Walter Mitchell, president of the Georgia Tech Foundation; Ivan Allen, Jr., chairman of the Joint Tech-Georgia Development Fund, and Roane Beard, secretary of the Association and the Foundation. Officers elected to lead the club in its first year were Dick Watkins, president, George Thomas, vice president, and Joe Wilson, secretary-treasurer. * * * PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA—the Pittsburgh Georgia Tech Club held a coed dinner on December 5 at the South Hills Country Club. Thirty persons turned out for the meeting arranged by Louis Chamblers and W. O. Mitchell. Jim Pierce, club president, introduced guest speaker Roane Beard, who gave a short talk on Tech and then showed the Tech-Georgia movies. * * * NEW YORK, NEW YORK—the fall meeting of the Georgia Tech Q u b of New York was held on November 29 at the Reeves Sound Studios. Over 100 Tech alumni from the "big city" area turned out to hear Alumni Secretary Roane Beard and Editor Bob Wallace talk about Georgia Tech. Hazard Reeves, club president, presided over the meeting introducing the speakers from Atlanta as well as the New York Club's own Hal Freedman who gave an interesting expose of the motion picture industry complete with a riotous reel of film "bloopers." Miss Shirley Clements, one of Tech's first coed graduates, also gave an interesting talk on Georgia Tech this time from the distaff side. Other special guests of the club were Leslie Zsuffa, Tech's director of public relations, and Dr. Mario Goglia of the Mechanical Engineering School. * * * RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA—Coach Bobby Dodd and Editor Bob Wallace were the feature speakers at the November 2 meeting of the Raleigh Georgia Tech Club. A crowd of over 60 alumni, wives and guests turned out to hear Coach Dodd talk about the 1956 football team on the eve of the Duke game. Special feature of the program was the introduction of several Tech "subway alumni" from Sumter, S. C , who every other year motor up to the Duke game. Mrs. Alice Dodd was a special guest at the meeting. After the Dodd speech, the editor narrated a special fullcolor motion picture of the Tulane game and the 1956 Homecoming highlights. * * * WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA—the West Palm Beach Georgia Tech Club met on September 22 to watch Tech whip Kentucky on TV. Twenty members of the club and their wives and guests turned out for the party. 15
BY ' 1 4 Elliott Dunwody, Arch, has I • elected to serve on the Georgia National Alumni Association Board of tees for the coming year. He is owner architectural firm in Macon, Ga.
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' 1 0 David J. Arnold, EE, is serving as a 1 0 trustee on the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association Board of Trustees again this year. He is president of the Commercial Bank & Trust Co. in Griffin, Ga. James S. Budd, EE, has been re-elected to serve on the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association Board of Trustees for the coming year. He is vice president of the C & S National Bank in Atlanta. ' O H Hamilton Arnall has been appointed L\I a trustee to serve on the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association Board of trustees for the coming year. He is owner of the Hamilton Arnall Insurance Agency in Newnan, Ga. /. M. Sheffield, Jr., ME, has been reelected Vice-President of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association for the coming year. He is Chairman of the Board of the Life Insurance Co. of Ga. in Atlanta. ' 0 0 John J. McDonongh, ME, executive ^ « vice president of the Georgia Power Co., has been promoted to president. He has been in the utilities field since 1923, serving the company in various capacities and locations. He has been vice president since 1950. Mr. McDonough was recently re-elected to the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association Board of Trustees for the coming year. H. Raymond Weeks, Arch, president & treasurer of H. Raymond Weeks, Inc., a Durham architectural & engineering firm, died October 27 of a heart attack. He is survived by his wife, two daughters and one son. ' O J Freeman Strickland has been re-elect^ T 1 ed to serve on the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association Board of Trustees for the coming year. He is senior vice president of the First National Bank in Atlanta. Cecil Bruce Vick, EE, died in Februaw? of 1956. He was with the Florida Power & Light Co. in Miami. ' O P H. C. Allen has been appointed to £\) serve on the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association Board of Trustees for the coming year. He is in textile sales with McCampbell & Co. in Atlanta. Web C. Brown, Com, has been re-elected to serve on the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association Board of Trustees for the coming year. He is associated with C. 16
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V. Brown & Bros, in Chattanooga, Tenn. John C. Hall, Com, has been elected vice president of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America. Mr. Hall is a partner in the firm of Cobbs-Allen & Hall. His address is 2119 Sixth Ave., No., Birmingham, Ala. Myron C. Harrington, CE, of 2305 East Lake Rd., Decatur, Ga., died Nov. 24 of a heart attick. He had been a civil engineer for the Public Housing Authority here for 25 years. Hal L. Smith, IM, president of John Smith Co. in Atlanta, has been elected chairman of the Board of Trustees of Agnes Scott College. He was recently re-elected to serve on the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association Board of Trustees.
' O Q Ernest B. Merry, CerE, has been refcO elected to serve on the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association Board of Trustees. He is associated with Merry Bros. Brick & Tile in Augusta, Ga. ' 0 1 Newman Corker has been appoinled "I to serve on the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association Board of Trustees for the coming year. He is owner ol the Alps Drive-in Theatre in Athens, Ga. ' 0 0 Joseph Reed Akerman, ME, associate «*«. professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, is co-autho; of a recently published book entitled "Speci fications & Engineering Relations."
GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION ELECTS OFFICERS FOR 1957
WILLIAM C. WARDLAW
IVAN ALLEN, JR.
H E N R Y W. G R A D Y
Ivan Allen, Jr., '33, outstanding Atlanta business and civic leader, has been elected president of the Georgia Tech Foundation for the 1957 year, according to an announcement by Walter Mitchell, '23, present head of the organization dedicated to the financial support of education in Georgia. Other officers elected by the Foundation Board of Trustees include William C. Wardlaw, Jr., '28, vice president, and Henry W. Grady, '18, treasurer. Roane Beard, '40, is acting secretary for the Foundation. Mr. Allen, a past president of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, headed the Joint Tech-Georgia Development Campaign of 1955-56 for the Foundation. The campaign, Tech's most successful in history, raised over $234,000 for the Foundation. The funds are being used to supplement faculty salaries and purchase needed equipment for Georgia Tech. Mr. Wardlaw and Mr. Grady are both former officers and trustees of the Georgia Tech National Association. They were also active in the 1955-56 campaign to secure much-needed funds for Tech through the Foundation. The Georgia Tech Foundation, a non-profit educational organization, has been active in Tech affairs since 1932. In the past 11 years, the Foundation has contributed over $700,000 for the benefit of Georgia Tech. Not one cent of this amount has been spent on athletics at Tech. Today, 21 outstanding Tech alumni form the Board of Trustees which directs the Foundation in its activities. Tech Alumnus
Joe K. McCutcheon, ME, has been reelected to serve on the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association Board of Trustees for the coming year. He is president of the J & C Bedspread Co. in Ellijay, Ga. Randolph Whitfield, ME, has been appointed to serve on the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association Board of Trustees for the coming year. He is supervisor of Automotive Equipment at Georgia Power Co. in Atlanta. ' Q Q Frederick G. Storey has been re-electw u ed to serve as president of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association for the coming year. He is president of Storey Theatres in Atlanta. Charles Thwaite has been re-elected to serve on the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association Board of Trustees for the coming year. He is President of the Fourth National Bank in Columbus, Ga. ,f
\A Fra"k W. Hulse, GS, has been ap»» • pointed to serve on the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association Board of Trustees for the coming year. He is president of Southern Airways in Birmingham, Alabama. ' O P R. A. Siegel, Ch.E, has been re-elected OU to serve on the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association Board of Trustees for the coming year. He is president of the R. A. Siegel Co. in Atlanta. ' Q 7 Charles R. Simons, IM, has been re*» ' elected to serve as vice president at large for the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association. He is president of the Chattahoochee Furniture Co. in Flowery Branch, Georgia. »0Q Born to: W. D. Stroud, EE, & Mrs. J 3 Stroud, a daughter, Nancy Rutledge, Sept. 12. Mr. Stroud is district manager of The Okonite Co. Their home address is 6417 Louis XVI, New Orleans, La. ' 4fl •"
James T. Redd, Ch.E, has been appointed to serve on the Georgia Tech
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National Alumni Association Board of Trustees for the coming year. H e is associated with Wilby-Kincey Theatre Service Corp. in Atlanta. » 4 1 Morris M. Bryan, TE, has been re"I elected to serve on the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association Board of Trustees for the coming year. He is president of Jefferson Mills in Jefferson, Ga. ' A C Born t o : Harvey R. Cohen, Ch.E, & • d Mrs. Cohen, a daughter, Elissa Ruth. Mr. Cohen has joined the Columbia University faculty in the Public Health Dept. of the Graduate School. Frank Willet, EE, has been re-elected to serve on the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association Board of Trustees for the coming year. He is in apparatus sales at Westinghouse Electric in Atlanta. ' A l Born to: John Harrison Meek, Jr., • • IM, & Mrs. Meek, a daughter, Rhonda Lee, Nov. 27. Their address is 709 Newberry Rd., Nashville, Tenn. ./. H. Olden, IE, has been named conservation engineer of the Lockheed Georgia Div. at Marietta, Ga. He has been with Lockheed since 1951 and prior to this appointment was in the I.E. Dept. His home address is 4694 Yake Forrest Dr., N . W., Atlanta, Georgia. ' A Q Wa^ter E. Crawford, IM, has been re4 0 elected treasurer of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association for the coming year. He is executive vice president of the Atlanta Convention Bureau. Harrison M. Wadsworth, ME, has been appointed assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. Before joining MSU he was a quality control engineer with National Carbon Co. ' C j l Born to: William B. Crane, ME, & d U Mrs. Crane, a son, William Beckwith, Jr., Nov. 9. Mr. Crane is a managerial assistant with the Glove Div. of Riegel Textile Corp. Their home address is Box 331, Greenville, Ala.
Movie Pioneer Retires
Atlanta's Robert B. Wilby, '08, one of the pioneers in the motion picture business will retire Jan. 1 as president of the Wilby-Kincey Service, Inc. A long-time Georgia Tech Foundation board member, Mr. Wilby has been in the motion picture business since 1911. He began his career in Selma, Ala., and then organized a company of theaters that formed the nucleus of the present-day 100-theater Wilby-Kincey chain. Robert W. Prentice, AE, is working toward his Masters degree in Aeronautical Engineering at Cal Tech. Richard H. Rector, CE, died Nov. 17 in Corpus Christi, Texas. He had a brain tumor operation last August and as previously reported in this column (Oct. ' 5 6 ) , had apparently recovered and returned to work at Brown & Root. He is survived by his wife; daughter, Holley; son, Richard M. Rector; parents, Mr. & Mrs. Nelson H. Rector and sister, Mrs. D. K. Young. ' C I Married: John Carl Cerney, ME, to d I Miss Louise Tribble. The wedding took place in November. Their address is Emory Court Apts., 2080 No. Decatur Rd., Atlanta. Married: William Henry Hitch, ME, to Miss Adena Duggan, Dec. 2 1 . Mr. Hitch is assistant director of the Co-op Dept. at Georgia Tech. Engaged: Walter M. Mitchell, Jr. to Miss Evelyn Estelle Edge. The wedding will take place Jan. 26. Mr. Mitchell is associated with the W.R.C. Smith Publishing Co. in Atlanta, Georgia. Born t o : Donald A. Whittle, AE, & Mrs. Whittle, a son, Dwayne Alan, Nov. 19. Their address is Box 292, Mary Esther, Fla.
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2nd Lieutenant William W. Orth, CE '56, has just been assigned to the Eastern Ocean District, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. After a short orientation tour of duty at the home office, 346 Broadway, New York City, Lt. Orth has proceeded to his duty station at Sondrestrom Air Base (BW-8), Greenland, located approximately at the arctic circle. Lt. Orth's home address is 574 Villa Esta Circle, Macon, Georgia. ' C O Lt. Raymond B. Brantley, AE, died J f c Nov. 18 at Maxwell Field Hospital in Montgomery, Ala., after a long illness. He had been in the Air Force since graduation and at the time of his death was with the 307th Strategic Fighter Squadron, Turner AFB, in Albany. H e was a jet pilot. Survivors include his wife & son, Alan Ray of Ocilla, Ga.; mother, Mrs. Margaret Brantley of Hapeville. ' C O Eugene E. Lorenz, IM, is now a salesJ « man with J. M. Tull Metal & Supply Co. in Miami, Fla. His new address is 3050 N W 81st Ter., Miami, Fla. 'Cyl Lt. Hugh Mercer, Jr., Arch, recently J • participated in a field training exercise with the 593rd Field Artillery Bn. in Buedingen, Germany. ' C E Engaged: Ens. John Lamar Reese, J J IM, to Miss Sandra McKemie. The wedding will take place in January. Ens. Reese is Engineering Officer on the USS Zelima out of San Francisco, Calif. Army Pvt. Grant P. Mahan recently arrived in Germany and is now a member of the 97th Signal Battalion. Born to: Jorge A. Martinez, ME, & Mrs. Martinez, a daughter, Gladys Teresa, Oct. 24. Their address is Apartado 2197, Havana, Cuba. C. Howell Mullis, Jr., CE, is now with Esso Research & Engineering Company's Design Div. in Linden, N . J. His home address is 83 B Wolff Ave., Fords, N . J. Navy Ens. James H. Newton, EE, recently graduated from the Naval Pre-Flight School at Pensacola, Fla. Jorge Rivera, CP, is a Problem Specialist, International Category Div. of Housing & Planning for Pan American Union in Washington, D. C. Married: Lt. John William Tate, Jr., EE, to Miss Betty Joyce Dobbs, Dec. 22. Lt. Tate is stationed in Arlington, Va. Engaged: Thomas Hillyer Whitehead to Miss Marcia Charles. The wedding will take place in January. Mr. Whitehead is with American Cyanamid in Cleveland, Ohio. Born t o : Ray Willoch, IM, & Mrs. Willoch, a daughter, Susan Louise, Sept. 29. Engaged: Nelson Battle Arrington, Jr., T E , to Miss Jeanette Huff. The wedding will take place in January. Mr. Arrington is with Deering-Millikin Mills in Greenville, S. C.
Engaged: Homer Jackson Boatwright, Jr., IM, to Miss Beverly Praytor. The wedding date will be announced later. Mr. Boatwright is with the Florida Power & Light Co. in Miami. He will enter the Air Force in January. Lt. Charles A. Cowan, Jr., IM, recently graduated from the Ordnance School at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. His home address is 126 Co. Avenue, Cartersville, Ga. Navy Ens. Gerald G. Craddock, AE, has graduated from the Naval Pre-Flight School at Pensacola and is now stationed at Corry Air Station. Married: Lt. Ronald Edward Dickson, IE, to Miss Mary Will Davis Dec. 20. Eugene Dunwody, Arch, of Macon, finished second among 1,000 candidates at the Naval Officers Candidate School, Newport, R. I. The class graduated Oct. 12. Ens. Dunwody is now stationed at Tampa. Lawrence J. Engel, Ch.E, has joined Esso Research & Engineering Company's design engineering div. in Linden, N. J. Married: Richard A. Guthman, Jr., IE, to Miss Eleanor Weil, Nov. 18. Navy Ens. James M. Hickerson, CE, has graduated from Pre-Flight School at Pensacola and is now stationed at Corry Air Station. Married: Gordon Emmett Knight, Ch.E, to Miss Eleanor Louise Hitch Dec. 20. Mr. Knight is with the State Highway Dept. in Atlanta. Engaged: Leo Stanton Payne, IE, to Miss Marion Cardwell. The wedding date will be announced later. Mr. Payne is with American Blower Corp. in Birmingham, Ala.
Lt. Jack P. Perryman, CE, recently graduated from the Engineer School at Ft. Belvoir, Va. His permanent address is 218 O'Ferrell Ave., Jackson, Miss. Engaged: Randolph Wilson Reeves, IM, to Miss Sandra L. Smith. The wedding will take place in February. Mr. Reeves was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Infantry and will go on active duty in February. R. M. Sharp, Ch.E, is with Humble Oil & Refining Company's Technical Service Div. His home address is 215 Mahaw Dr.. Baytown, Texas. Married: Ronald Crawford Tucker, IM. to Miss Patricia Conner, Dec. 18. Mr. Tucker is associated with Southern Bell in Atlanta. Married: James Franklin Walden, ME, to Miss Janice Jones, Nov. 23. Their address is 215 East Park Ave., Charlotte, N . C. Lt. Paul G. White, Jr. was killed Nov. 8 when two jet fighters collided over Japan. The pilot of the other plane was reported safe shortly after the accident. Lt. White's body was not found until 3 days later. The collision occurred near Itazuke Air Base in southern Japan. Lt. White was this year identified as the youngest man to pilot an F-100 jet. He had been in the Air Force about 32 months and had been in Japan since last July. Lt. White graduated from Flight School at Bryan AFB in Sept. '55 and was awarded two of the top 3 class citations in leadership and academic standing. He completed his training in the F-100 at Nellis AFB earlier this year. He is survived by his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. White. Sr. of 952 Church St., Decatur, Ga.; 2 sisters and a brother. ' R 7 F™^ R- Howard, IM, started his tour • " of duty on December 7 with the Air Force. He is currently stationed at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas. He was formerly employed by the Coca Cola Co. His permanent address is 1008 Albion. Atlanta. Born to: Robert M. Russ, AE, & Mrs. Russ, a son, Robert Morris, Jr., July 18. Their home address is 119 No. Terrace Dr.. Wichita, Kansas.
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Walt Sharson, '43, left, is featured in a special publication depicting the future for engineers in automation, published by Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co. Tech Alumnus
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