The GEORGIA TECH

ALUMNUS E N G I N E E R I N G A N D I N D U S T R I A L R E V I E W

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BURGE APARTMENTS: Named in memory of Flippen D. Burge, B.S. in Archt., 1916 , Georgia Tech's eight-story apartment building, for Faculty and for married World War II veteran-students, is nearing completion.

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March-April, 194-7 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS 3

THE

GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS ENGINEERING and INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

Published every other month during the college year by the National Alumni Association of the Georgia

School of Technology

R. J. THIESEN, Editor H. E. KAUFMAN,

Adv. Mgr.

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

Staff Assoc.

OFFICE OF PUBLICATION 107 Knowles Building

GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY ATLANTA, GA.

ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER MARCH 22, 1923 at the Post Office at Atlanta, Ga., under the

Act of March 8, 1879

Vol. XXV March-April, 1947 No .4

NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE BOARD

F. A. HOOPER, JR., '16 President LAWRENCE WILLET, '18 Vice-President JOHN L. DAVIDSON, '15 Vice-President CHAS. R. YATES, '35 Treasurer R. J. THIESEN, '10 Exec. Secretary

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

GEORGIA TECH ALUMNI FOUNDATION, Inc. OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES

FRANK H. NEELY, '04 President GEO. W. McCARTY, '08 Vice-President F. E. CALLAWAY, Jr., '26 Vice-President W. A. PARKER, '19 Secretary-Treasurer

Clem A. Evans, 22 F. A. Hooper, Jr., '16 Thos. Fuller, '06 Win. T. Rich, '10 ^ K\ Julian T. Hightower, '19 R. B. Wilby, '08 Geo. T. Marchmont, '07 C. L. Emerson, '08 F. M. Spratlin, *06 Robt. Gregg, '05 J. F. Towers, '01 Geo. W. McCarty, '08 J, E. Davenport, '08 Jno. A. Simmons, '15 Y. F. Freeman, '10 A. D. Kennedy, '03 Geo. S. Jones, Jr., '12 G. W. Woodruff. '17

GEORGIA TECH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ALUMNI MEMBERS

J. C. HARRIS, '08 L. W. ROBERT, JR., '08 ROBT. B. WILBV, 'US

ALUMNI STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL By Districts

1. E. Geo. Butler, Savannah 2. R. A. Puckett, Tifton 3. W. C. Pease, Columbus 6. W. E. Dunwoody, Jr.,

Macon

7. R. A. Morgan, Rome 8. I. M. Aiken, Brunswick 9. W. H. Slack, Gainesville

10. Wm. D. Eve, Augusta

THIS ISSUE

Commencement Reception, June 11 Home Coming and Reunions

Nominations jor National Officers "Dodd Stays"

Engineering Graduates in Modern Industry "Life" Errs on Robt. Gregg, '05

Prominently Mentioned and Armed Forces Missing in Action, "Gold Star" Alumni

Service Citations, Sports

Commencement Reception, June 11 As announced in the last issue of the Alumnus, the

Georgia Tech National Alumni Association will give a large reception on Commencement Day, Wednesday noon, June 11, to which all the alumni, faculty and college staff members, graduating students and the ladies of those of the respective groups, are cordially invited; in honor of Chancellor and Mrs. Raymond R. Paty.

Due to the large graduating class and the many others who will attend the graduation exercises, it was necessary to make arrangements to hold the ceremony in the spa­cious Fox Theatre which, as most of you" know, practically adjoins the Georgia Tech Campus.

The seniors will be inducted into the Georgia Tech Alumni Association at the close of the commencement exercises; following which, about noon, the alumni re­ception will be held in Brittain Dining Hall on the campus.

Commencement Plans Saturday night, June 7—Senior Banquet. Sunday, June 8—Baccalaureate Sermon. By Dr. James

W. Middleton at the First Baptist Church. Monday, June 9—Scientific lecture sponsored by Sigma

Zi. Afternoon on campus. Senior Dance Monday night. Tuesday, June 10—Interfraternity Dance-Night. Wednesday, June 11—Commencement Exercises and

Commencement Address, 10:30 A. M., by Dr. Raymond R. Paty, Chancellor University System of Georgia. At the Fox Theatre.

Wednesday noon, June 11—Alumni Reception in honor of Chancellor and Mrs. Paty, at Brittain Dining Hall.

Alumni Foundation Trustees Elected Clement A. Evans, '22, of Clement A. Evans Co., Inc.,

Atlanta, Ga., and Julian T. Hightower, '19, Exec. Vice-President, Thomaston Cotton Mills, Thomaston, Ga., were appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation, Inc., during February.

Appointment of these prominent and popular alumni was by unanimous action of the Executive Board of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, at its February 21, 1947, meeting; and upon the unanimous approval, in meeting, of the Trustees of the Alumni Foundation.

Mr. Evans was elected to succeed former Trustee Charles A. Sweet, deceased January 11, 1947, for the unexpired term of the latter; and Mr. Hightower was elected to suc­ceed to the unexpired term of his brother, Trustee Wm. Harrison Hightower, deceased February 9, 1947.

The Alumni Foundation Trustees and the Alumni Asso­ciation Board both were greatly pleased at Messrs. Evans' and Hightower's kind acceptance of their respective ap ­pointments; and the organizations realize that the new appointees will materially aid the Foundation in the direc­tion of its activities.

Philadelphia Club Elects Officers Recently elected officers for the Philadelphia Georgia

Tech Club are William C. Wright, (T.E. '11) president, Vernon Borum, (M.E. '23) vice-president, and W. L. G. Johnson, (Comm. '25), secretary-treasurer.

A meeting, to be held either in May or June, is now being planned. ,; .,

THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS March-April, 191*7

Nominations for National Officers Members of an alumni committee composed of Messrs.

Chas. F. Stone, Chairman of the Board of the Atlantic Steel Company; George Winship, President Fulton Sup­ply Co.; Frank H. Neely, Executive Vice-President Rich's, Inc., and Chairman of the Board, Federal Reserve Bank, Atlanta; and Geo. W. McCarty, President Ash-craft-Wilkinson Co., were appointed by the Board of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association to nomi­nate national alumni officers for the year beginning September 1, 1947.

The foregoing was in compliance with the unanimous action taken at the 1939 general business meeting of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association; and in accord­ance with the recommendations of the Georgia Tech Club of New York, and other large and active Georgia Tech Clubs.

The committee unanimously nominated the following prominent, interested and active alumni, all of whom are experienced in alumni affairs:

For President: Joe Westbrook, '29 For Vice-President: Oscar G. Davis, '22 For Vice-President at Large: Hugh Hill, '23, of Savannah,

Ga. For Treasurer: Charles R. Yates, '35 Summaries of the activities, in brief, of the nominees,

are: For President: J. J. Westbrook, B.S., 1929. Partner in

Westbrook-Smith Motors, Ltd., East Point, Ga., residence in Atlanta. Mr. Westbrook is due to serve two years more on the Executive Board of the Alumni Association, begin­ning September 1, 1947. Among his many outstanding, undergraduate activities, he was a nationally prominent guard on Georgia Tech's brilliant football teams of 1926, '27, '28 and '29; and played a great game in Georgia Tech's national championship victory over the Golden Bears of California in the Rose Bowl, on January 1, 1929. To say nothing of the 1927 Southern Championship victory over Georgia. A civic and church leader, Joe Westbrook has also served his Alma Mater well on important committees and other work; continuing to date.

For Vice-President: Oscar G. Davis, B.S. in M.E., 1922. Investments and Real Estate, Atlanta, Ga. A former man­ager of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Boston, Mass., and later with the company in Atlanta. Recently com­pleted a most successful "March of Dimes" campaign, as General Director, for the Atlanta area. Now in his first year of a four-year period on the Executive Board of the Alumni Association. Star guard of 1920, '21, '22, and '23, on Georgia Tech's national leaders, the "Golden Tornado," of that period. A foremost worker in civic, church, and Georgia Tech undertakings.

For Vice-President, at Large, Hugh Hill, Textile Engr., 1923, Savannah, Georgia. Partner, Haines, Jones & Com­pany. Former Honor Roll Student; President Savannah Chamber of Commerce; Officer, Rotary Club; President, Georgia Tech Club of Savannah. A foremost leader in civic, church, Georgia Tech and business affairs.

For Treasurer: Charles R. Yates, B.S. in Gen. Sci., 1935. Present, exceptionally competent and highly co-operative Treasurer and Board Member of the Georgia Tech Na­tional Alumni Association. Assistant Vice-President, First National Bank, Atlanta, Ga. Former campus leader and honor student. Famed in College, State, National and In­ternational golf. A leading citizen in civic, Georgia Tech, church and business activities.

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Home Coming and Reunions It looks as if it's going to take a lot of class converting

. to change our principal alumni reunion time from the usual fall Home Coming date to that of the June Com­mencement period; as not a single class has decided, so far, to make the change. Probably by next year, however, Georgia Tech will have more to offer the alumni, in gen­eral, at Commencement time; such as a baseball series with Georgia and the like, in addition to the graduating exercises and the alumni reception.

For the present year, it is undoubtedly much better to hold the reunions during Home Coming, as has been sug­gested and recommended by so many of the alumni. A well-informed and co-operative committee will have to decide on the proper date, however; as, unfortunately, the lack of sufficient seating capacity, on Grant Field, despite the new stand additions, along with little or no hotel, rooming, and restaurant facilities during the Georgia-Georgia Tech and other sell-out games, all tend to keep many alumni away from their home coming and reunion gatherings.

The new and considerably enlarged West Stands on Grant Field are under construction, right now, with men, material and equipment all over the place; this applies as well to the entire campus which is undergoing one of the largest construction programs in the history of Georgia Tech, which includes the erection of buildings all the way from North Avenue to the north side of Tenth Street, along the line of the "old flats" which so many of you may recall.

A number of the reunion classes held their "get-togeth­ers" during Home Coming, on last November 9; including the large twenty-fifth anniversary gathering of the 1921 class.

Dates that have been suggested for Home Coming, in­clude, so far: October 18, Auburn-Georgia Tech; Novem­ber 1, Duke-Tech; November 29, Georgia Tech-Georgia. There'll undoubtedly be enough seats for all the home comers on the day of the Auburn game and, too, better week-end facilities; there are many, however, who insist on either the day of the Duke or Georgia game, despite ticket and hotel shortages and"conflicts in entertainment dates, so a "wise committee" will have to meet, in plenty of time, to submit dates to the alumni for their home coming and reunion gatherings which are already being proposed for the fall period by the class of 1907 and others.

The classes of '92, '97, '02, '07, '12, '17, '22, '27, '32, '37, '42, and '47 are scheduled to hold reunions, during Home Coming; however, should any of the classes decide to meet during Commencement over the week-end of June 11, arrangements can undoubtedly be made by the Alumni Office through the respective class secretaries who may be concerned. Classes before and just following the foregoing groups are also in line for meetings, along with all others, in general.

As customary, class secretaries for the ensuing year will be announced in the next issue of this publication.

Nominations—(Continued) Active members of the Georgia Tech National Alumni

Association who desire to send in further nominations on the foregoing or other active alumni, should mail nomina­tions to the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, Knowles Building, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Ga., by April 30. Ballot blanks on all nominees will be carried in the May-June issue of the ALUMNUS.

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March - April, 19%7 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS

The Role of the Engineering Graduate in Modern Industry By DR. ARTHUR F. GREAVES - WALKER

Address given at Georgia Tech on February 13, 1947, by Dr. Greaves-Walker, head, non-metallic minerals section of the Engineering and Industrial Experiment Station, University of Florida.

The subject suggested for this talk was the "Role of the Engineer and Modern Industry" but it occurred to me that as you were graduates and undergraduates it would be more interesting to consider the roles you probably will play as junior engineers in the industrial world and what your training here and your experience later can lead to.

In the days when I attended the university, courses in public speaking for engineers were considered unnecessary, in fact, the whole subject of English was considered of little importance. In some schools of engineering its value is not sufficiently emphasized even today and many young engineers are being graduated with a deficiency which they will never be able to overcome.

I am reminded of a story recently told me by a prom­inent consulting engineer. While a student at the Univer­sity of Minnesota, his roommate in one of the fraternity houses was a big Swede who was a tackle on the football team. When he reached the last semester in his senior year he was looking for some "crip" courses he could take as electives. One evening while sitting in the living room with a group of the brothers he asked for suggestions. One brother suggested an English course which he said required very little study. Without any hesitation whatever the Swede replied, "Naw, us engineers don't need no English." May I say at this time that in my opinion a graduate with a good command of English and a poor knowledge of en­gineering has a better chance of success in modern industry than has one with a poor command of English and an ex­cellent knowledge of engineering. Many engineers, other­wise well trained, have made miserable failures because they could neither speak nor write well.

For a few minutes let us consider the reasons corpora­tions, both large and small, employ engineering graduates. First they have in mind the necessity for training men who have certain qualifications for jobs in certain departments; production, design, etc. However, in the back of the mind of every executive worthy of the name, is the hope and expectation that among the young men employed are promising candidates for the important management posi­tions such as general manager, vice president and president.

Dr. Harvey Davis, president of Stevens Institute of Technology and a past-president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers is authority for the statement that about two-thirds of the graduates of the engineering schools find themselves in some phase of management soon after graduation. If this figure is correct a large majority of the young men before me are destined for a role in manage­ment. How far up the scale you will go depends on many factors.

Year after year I have impressed on my students that there is only one really important job in any corporation from the standpoint of financial returns and authority and that is "the job behind the mahogany desk in the corner office." Every graduate when he goes into the employ of a company should keep in mind that he or one of the young men working beside him will eventually become president of that company or at least, work into the position of a top executive.

If, in the future, the role of the majority of engineering graduates is to serve in management, what training will they have to prepare them to hold important executive positions?

Obviously the formal engineering training they have received in school and the engineering experience they will obtain are only the steps up which they will advance.

When they have reached the top they will not be so much concerned with engineering per se as with other prob­lems. They will then be concerned with management in the broadest sense of the word, with economics, in­cluding money, credit, banking, exporting and importing, foreign exchange, sales and with that very important factor, labor, and even though they employ lawyers they must know something about the law and politics.

If any of you young men are determined to go to the top in industry either you must get training in these sub­jects while in college, even if you have to spend an addi­tional year or more after graduation; go to night classes; take correspondence courses or study at home.

Up to ten or fifteen years ago graduates in law, liberal arts or commerce were getting the presidencies in most of the larger corporations, principally because they had training in the so-called cultural subjects.

A few years ago I met the assistant to the vice president of a large mercantile company whose business runs into the hundreds of millions a year. He told me that this vice president, a chemical engineer by training, was ex­tremely anxious to become president of his company. Twice the office of president became vacant through death and twice the name of this man was presented to the board of directors. Both times he was turned down, be­cause, according to the board, he did not know enough about economics and particularly about banking nor did he know enough bankers.

John Mills in his book, "The Engineer in Society," states that in most cases the engineer's objectivity is limited to matters of physical science and does not extend to re­ligion, psychology, politics or economics.

It is extremely difficult to impress upon student engi­neers while in college the value of these subjects, but studying them will pay large dividends.

It has always puzzled me to observe that a young man will spend four or more years in an engineering school learning the scientific method of approach and upon grad­uation will never think of applying these principles to his own life and future. Before he attempted to construct a building or machine or undertake a research project he would first take his tools in hand and develop a plan. He would complete the job with a bill of material and a bill of instructions or specifications. Does it not seem as important to sit down and "blue print" your future? Does it not seem more logical to do this than to ramble along catch-as-catch-can, taking what fate hands to you instead of planning what you want to do with your futures?

There is nothing to prevent you from deciding upon the branch in your field of engineering in which you think you will be happiest and therefore most likely to be suc­cessful, and nothing to prevent you from planning to be­come the president of a corporation, or the director of research or even the dean of a college or the president of a university. However, if you stop there you will get no­where. You must put the necessary materials into a struc­ture or machine and you must do the same thing if your life "blue print" is to develop into reality.

A few of the most important items you must put into . such a plan or "blue print," if you make one, are as follows:

Set aside a definite number of hours per week for study, particularly on those subjects not covered in your formal training and have the courage and determination to stick faithfully to your schedule.

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T H E GEORGIA T E C H A L U M N U S March-April, 19%7

Crads in Modern Industry (Continued) Join your professional society and take an active part in

its work. Prepare as many papers for presentation at the annual or section meetings as time and subjects will permit. (I have never known a medical doctor, lawyer or engineer to get very far in his field who was not an active member of his professional society.)

Take up your residence "on the right side of the rail­road tracks" in the town in which you are employed.

Meet the "right" people—those who can promote you in business and society.

Get to know personally as many of the employees of your company as possible. This includes laborers as well as executives. (It is surprising what an effect an em­ployee's popularity can have on his future with a company.)

Always make a good appearance. Dress well but in quiet business clothes.

Join some civic organization or club if you can afford to. It is a means of making excellent contacts. You can con­sider the cost as an investment in your future.

Last but not least, in planning your future, consider experience before salary. In one way or another you will have to pay for experience. Experience and "know how" are what corporations pay for. The object of the young engineer should be to obtain as much of it as possible in as short a time as possible. When he has acquired a sufficient amount of the kind a corporation wants and must have, he will not have to worry about salary, he can name it and get it.

It is hardly necessary to tell you that a pleasing per­sonality is a valuable asset. Some of you may have to improve your personalities if you are to succeed in indus­try. It can be done.

Honesty and straight-forwardness, even in small mat­ters, are basic requirements in any job. Young engineers make mistakes and often are inclined to attempt to cover up. This does not pay.

It is to be expected that you will have to make changes in your "blueprint" as time passes but that should not make it necessary to change the objective.

Some of you are saying to yourselves that there are not enough "top drawer" jobs to go around. That is quite true. However only a few of those before me will, in all probability, make a "blue print" and some of those will misplace it or forget about it. There are enough of these jobs to take care of those who have the determination and stick-toitiveness to follow through and there are enough jobs as draftsmen, foremen, chemists and superintendents to take care of the rest. And another thing to remember is that any sort of a "blue print," no matter how closely it is followed will get any man farther than no plan at all.

There is no question but that all of you will meet with many disappointments and much discouragement, partic­ularly during the first few years after graduation, and you must make up your minds to accept them and not let them get you down. To begin with you will be fortunate if you get a job that is not least 75 per cent drudgery.

The role of the engineer in community and other public affairs is something of which many older engineers are ashamed. Of late the engineers have been severely criti­cised for their lack of interest in this connection. Seldom does one find an engineer on a town council, in a state legislature or in Congress. Unquestionably this must be blamed on their formal training, which in the past has been almost entirely of a technical nature. John Mills, whom I quoted previously, believes the only hope for the future is the application of the scientific method, by engi­neers, to the matters which vitally affect our society—re­ligion, politics and economics.

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"Life" Errs on Robert Gregg '05 The increasing importance of graduates of Georgia

Tech upon the national scene is a source of much gratifi­cation to all who have attended the college. So, when LIFE magazine featured a photographic essay on "Big Steel's Men" in the November 11, 1946 issue, Georgia Tech Alumni were pleased to see that Mr. Robert Gregg (M.E. '05) was included. However, when Mr. Gregg was listed as being a graduate of Carnegie Tech, loyal alumni took the magazine to task. Although LIFE apologized privately to those writing in, no published correction has been made; therefore, THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS is printing one of Life's letters. It was sent to Mr. Gris Hill (Arch. '15), 135 Park Street, Westfield, New Jersey.

December 11, 1946

"Dear Mr. Hill: Thank you for your courteous letter in reference to

LIFE'S photographic essay on "Big Steel's Men" in the issue for November 11.

We appreciate your calling to our attention the fact that LIFE erred in alleging that Robert Gregg of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, claims Carnegie Tech, instead of Georgia Tech, as his alma mater. We under­stand the pride that you, and other alumni of the Atlanta institution have in Mr. Gregg's success, and in his gen­erosity to the school which educated him.

LIFE'S editors always regret the appearance of mistakes in the magazine, and have asked me to apologize to you for them for this error. They appreciate your setting them straight in this instance."

The following telegram sent by Col. Leslie Zsuffa, of the Georgia Tech Public relations Department, also re­ceived a similar reply. Editors Life Magazine 9 Rockefeller Plaza New York, N. Y.

Regarding story November 11 Big Steel's Men, 29,000 Georgia Tech Alumni made buzzing mad by your care­lessness. Among the many alumni from the Flats who have made a name in American industry, we include Rob­ert Gregg, a mechanical engineer graduate, class of 1905, and a guard on the football team. Suggest you give respon­sible writer a yellow jacket sting.

LESLIE F. ZSUFFA Director of Public Relations

The foregoing, somewhat facetious, telegram has not been published either; however, it is certain that the thousands of other prominent alumni throughout the United States and in foreign lands will manage to "get along" in their many outstanding positions.

New York Club Favors Name Change A recommendation from the Georgia Tech Alumni Club

of New York that the name of the Georgia School of Technology in Atlanta be changed to that of Georgia Institute of Technology was sent to the National Georgia Tech Alumni Association earlier this fall.

Graham Granger, Vice-President of the club and former president, formerly of Cartersville, proposed the change at an alumni club dinner meeting attended by 75 former Tech students.

The new name is in order, he said, because of the phe­nomenal growth and reputation of the Georgia Tech, and because it would be more in line with other outstanding technological institutions in the country.

Col. Blake R. Van Leer, president of Georgia Tech, who (Continued on next page)

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March - April, 191*7 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS

"Dodd Stays' Work Progresses on Apartments So much was written about Head Football Coach, Bob

Dodd, in the last issue of this publication that it was de­cided to wait until this following number to publish a highly significant and excellent article about him and Georgia Tech's athletics that was carried* at the close of the football season, in the editorial columns of the Atlanta Journal.

The brilliantly informative, outstanding editorial was written, we are informed by Mr. Edwin Camp, "Ole Timer," of the Atlanta Journal staff and one of the fore­most writers in the Nation. It's a real privilege to publish it in full, herewith, under its own heading:

"DODD STAYS" "The news that Robert L. Dodd has decided to remain

at Georgia Tech as head coach of football merits editorial comment, although the fact has been amply reported on the sports pages. Young Mr. Dodd who came here directly from the campus of the University of Tennessee 16 years ago has become an eminent citizen and civic asset, and we join the enthusiastic alumni of Georgia Tech in their joy that he is to remain rather than seek perhaps better ma­terial and wider scope for victory elsewhere.

"Mr. Dodd and Georgia Tech have proved in these last two seasons a most revoluntionary thesis—that a good team can be made from home boys. Such a team will not win all its games maybe, but an occasional loss, or even a string of them, is hardly to be regarded as stark tragedy. Indeed, we hold to the opinion that a little losing now and then is good for the soul of anybody, and especially for those who play football or who shout so brassily from the stands.

"But, despite the wholesomeness of adversity and the character-building element of a reasonable amount of de­feat, Mr. Dodd's two teams have done quite well in respect of victories, the while they have been playing football of sparkling quality. Both he and Georgia Tech have reason to be proud of their representation on the so-called fields of honor.

"But to us calm observers from a figurative sideline, the most interesting thing about these Tech teams has been the nativity of the players. They are our boys, boys "bawn an' bred" of our soil.

"At a critical period of the great game with Duke, for instance, it was to be observed that Tech's team comprised five young men from Atlanta—Duke, Pope, Slayton, Broad-nax and Castleberry; Ziegler from College Park, Broyles from Decatur, Healey from Marietta. The outlanders were Davis and Mathews from Columbus, and McHugh from the remote and alien metropolis of Orrville, Ala.

"The quality of the football they played disproved the often-heard remark that to have a good fpotball team, you've got to go far afield to obtain the athletes. These young men from our own neighborhood have shown that even in this day of high-pressure recruiting, intense rival­ries and exacting schedules, our own boys can do pretty well when given competent coaching.

"Georgia Tech has not always been so domestic in its questing for material, nor is the non-athletic student body made up solely of home folk. But it can be a matter of pride and of satisfaction when this school, so near to the heart of civic Atlanta, finds its team's personnel remark­ably representative of Atlanta and Georgia."

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

BURGE APARTMENTS Facing north toward the campus, on North Avenue near

Fowler, Georgia Tech's eight-story apartment building is nearing completion. Units will be rented only to World War II veteran faculty members and married veteran students. Other projects under construction are the group of Callaway Apartments; Smith, Towers and Glenn Dormitories. Also an addition to the Research Building, and the new west stands on Grant Field.

Tech Librarian Returns From Trip Mrs. J. H. Crosland, Tech librarian, has just returned

from a bookbuying trip to Europe in which she visited eight countries and traveled 13,000 miles during the ten weeks that she was gone. Her object in making the jour­ney was to purchase scientific and technical journals for the Carnegie Library at Tech.

Mrs. Crosland was the first civilian librarian to visit Europe since the conclusion of the war. Although she speaks no foreign languages, her first trip to Europe found her using the services of an interpreter only in France.

A total of 37 libraries was visited, including some of the greatest engineering libraries of the world. Some of- these were the Patent Office Library and the Royal Aeronautical Society in London; Technische Hochschule in Zurich; Kungl Tekniska Hogsklaus Bibliotek in Stockholm; and the University of Paris at Sorbonne.

Mrs. Crosland's purchases will place Tech's library among the top engineering libraries in the country. Her acquisition of several volumes of Vliegveld (Flying) from a bookseller in The Hague gives Tech the only complete set in the •United? .-States....In. a bookstore in Stockholm she found several volumes of The Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry which will leave Tech only four volumes short of a complete set.

A few of the books have already arrived, but delivery on the others is expected to be slow because of lack of shipping boxes. Those which have already been received are small sets which were sent by registered mail. It will probably be six months" or a year . before all of the books have arrived. .....

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Grads in Modern Industry (Concluded)

Dr. C. R. Young, dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto, recently made the following statement before a group of engineer­ing students: "The engineer is above all a member of society and as such it is his duty to cooperate with other men of earnestness and good faith to advance its interests, to improve the welfare of his community, to do all in his power to make this world a better place in which to live. If he ignores these obligations and confines himself to his laboratory or office, letting the world go by, he may yet be set down as a clever technologist but not as a real engineer who considers himself a member of a profession."

Engineers are able to solve many of the world's prob­lems but the world will never call upon them to do so until they build up widespread recognition of their ability by helping in the solution of the many little problems that currently beset their local communities.

The young engineer will gain local recognition by taking an active interest in the welfare of his community. Such interest will certainly bring him more forceably to the attention of his employers.

As I have pointed out, the role of many of the graduates in engineering will be to manage our industrial concerns, both great and small from top executive positions. The prosperity of this great nation will depend on them. Under the direction of these executives will be found the re­searchers who will develop "larger and better mousetraps" and the men who will design them and the machines with which to make them and the sales engineers who will distribute them.

Some of the graduates will have to assume the role of teachers in our universities. The teachers in our univer­sities form a group apart. There always will be men who will prefer to teach, to pass on their knowledge to younger men. Young engineers who go into this field should do so only after obtaining industrial experience. Teaching is not the easy life it is so often presumed to be, and as every­body knows the financial re turn to good men will never equal that obtainable in industry or consultation.

The field of research and development is wide open. The Army and Navy alone plan to spend 96 million dollars on research this year, mostly in projects that will be carried on in universities. This is twice as much as was spent on research in pure science by all the universities in the country in 1938. Industry became research conscious during the war and in spite of the large number of men who were trained for war research, at present the demand is greater than the supply. This condition will exist for years to come. Only a small percentage of student engi­neers have the type of mind that produces successful re­searchers but a bright future is in store for those who have imagination and choose this field.

Work on atomic fission will be carried on by physicists and chemists but the research engineer will be called upon to adapt atomic power to industrial uses, a complicated job which involves both the development of equipment and the efficient use of the power produced.

The development of fully automatic machines brings nearer the automatic or "push button" plant. Such plants could be built today but the cost is too high. Research engineers will reduce the cost and make such plants pos­sible. Much work remains to be done in developing power from the wind, heat from the sun and on the gas turbine and jet engine.

In the teaching and research fields a doctorate is now absolutely necessary if an engineer wishes to reach the top in these fields. A fifth year or a master's degree have a distinct advantage over a B.S. in any field. As a rule

Alumni Service and Mentions 1905

Admiral John H. Towers, of Rome, Ga., turned over the command of the Pacific Fleet to Vice Admiral Louis E. Denfeld on February 28, in a full-dress ceremony aboard the escort aircraft carrier Bairoka.

Admiral and Mrs. Towers sailed for San Francisco, en route to Washington, where he will become president of the Navy's General Board, the top policy-making body of the service. 1909

Walter L. Anderson, M.E., is Chief Engineer for Sloss Sheffield Steel Co., Birmingham, Ala. 1914

Meyer L. Schur, M.E., is owner of Bermarine Perfumery Co., Atlanta, Ga. 1917

Newton-Nesbitt Teague, M.E., is President and General Manager of Packard-Augusta Motors, Augusta, Ga. 1918

Walter G. Bryant, Textile, is an Engineer with Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co., Atlanta, Ga. 1919

William L. Markert, M.E., is President, The Brooks Fisher Insulating Co., Atlanta, Ga.

Charlton K. Torrence, is Vice-President and Treasurer of Superior Yarn Mills, Inc., Mount Holly, N. C. 1914

Robert H. White, Jr., B.S. in M.E., has been elected to the Atlanta Board of Directors of the Citizens & Southern National Bank. Mr. White has been President of the Southern Wood Preserving Co., Atlanta, since 1937. He is President of the Georgia Forestry Association and past President of the Railway Tie Association. 1917

George W. Woodruff, was elected a director of the Trust Company of Georgia at the fifty-sixth annual meeting of the shareholders, in Atlanta. Mr. Woodruff is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Continental Gin Company. 1920

Raymond H. Ulrich is Vice-President of the Southern Natural Gas Co., Birmingham, Ala.

Frank B. Williams is Vice-President of West Point Man­ufacturing Co., West Point, Ga. 1921

Thomas B. "Daddy" Amis, T.E., is a Soil Conservationist in Newberry, S. C.

Ralph N. R. Bardwell, Jr., M.E., is Branch Manager of Fire Companies Adjustment Bureau, Birmingham, Ala.

William Dorr Dodenhoff, is owner of W. D. Dodenhoff Co., Inc., 619 Rutherford St., Greenville, S. C.

Walker Morris Fuller, M.E., is Zone Manager for Otis Elevator Co., Cleveland, Ohio.

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industry now shows a willingness to recognize additional college training and pay for it in higher salaries and more rapid promotion.

It is my considered opinion that at no time in the past have student engineers had the opportunities that a re placed before you and your fellows. In most engineering schools the curricula provide graduates with an excellent background; the opportunity for selecting the type of work desired was never better; salaries are higher and will remain so and the training provided by many of the industries is definitely of post-graduate quality.

It is scarcely necessary to tell you we are living in a wonderful, progressive age in spite of the many world and domestic problems that face us.

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The University Center Movement Veterans May Reinstate Insurance By PROFESSOR JOHN L. DANIEL

Head, Chemistry Department, Georgia School of Technology The University Center is a loose alliance of six Insti­

tutions: The University of Georgia at Athens; Columbia Theological Seminary in DeKalb County; Agnes Scott College in Decatur; Emory University in DeKalb County; the High Museum of Art in Atlanta; and the Georgia School of Technology. These Institutions have agreed to plan together to broaden and strengthen the facilities for higher education in the area.

Each Institution retains complete freedom of control of its own affairs. The group has no authority to compel any action by any member school. Thus the University Center is not a federation haying power over its con­stituent members.

Funds available to the member institutions are limited and always will be inadequate. The purpose of the move­ment is to devise and put into effect plans which will make these funds go as far as possible in increasing the fields in which advanced work is offered and to strengthen graduate programs in the cooperating institutions. This will mean joint study to determine the educational areas in which there is the greatest need for development and also cooperation to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort by different Institutions. To further these aims, near the close of 1938 representatives of the Institutions set up a Council of Presidents consisting of the Presidents of the six Institutions. In this group rests sole authority for any final decisions or actions.

At the same time there was authorized an Advisory Faculty Council consisting of representatives of each of the units, appointed by the respective Presidents of the units. The function of this group is to study all sugges­tions presented to it in line with the aims of the move­ment and to make specific recommendations to the Council of Presidents. There resides in the Faculty Council no authority to do anything but to deliberate and to advise the Presidents.

What of value has been accomplished thus far? (1) At one time Emory planned to develop a School

of Engineering. It has agreed that so long as the Georgia School of Technology develops and takes care of the needs of the area it will stay out of Engineering Education.

(2) Both Emory and Georgia had Schools of Educa­tion. It is now generally agreed that a graduate school of Education will be promoted at the University of Georgia only.

(3) There appeared to be a need in the Atlanta area for In Service Training for teachers in the systems of Atlanta, Decatur, Cobb County, DeKalb County, and Fulton County. To meet this need the University Center sponsored the giving of afternoon, evening, and Satur­day classes, lectures, and conferences for teachers working in the various systems. Some of the courses offered may be accepted for graduate credit. Emory, the University of Georgia, Agnes Scott, and the Georgia School of Technology are cooperating in this work. It seems to have proved very successful and has attracted almost nation wide attention.

(4) Some years before the formation of the Univer­sity Center, Emory and Agnes Scott had been working . on plans for a fund raising campaign to increase their endowments. The cooperating Institutions assisted them in the final work of canvassing for these funds.

(5) The existence of the University Center has been influential in bringing gifts of various kinds to most if

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World War II veterans have been given an additional grace period in which to reinstate their National Service Life Insurance policies without a physical examination, the Veterans Administration reports.

That means, the VA points out, that any veteran can now reinstate the low cost government insurance he car­ried while in uniform by filling out a simple reinstatement form and paying two monthly premiums. Contact repre­sentatives at any VA office will supply the form and help fill it out. Or, veterans may get a copy of the form by writing directly to the Insurance Service, Veterans Admin­istration Branch Office 5, Atlanta 3, Georgia.

The new liberal regulations for reinstating NSLI will remain in effect until August 1. VA officials have pointed out that now may be the last opportunity many veterans will have to reinstate their valuable, low-cost war-time policies. After August 1, veterans seeking to reinstate NSLI will have to pass a rigid physical examination.

For the next several months, VA will carry on an inten­sive nation-wide information program to advise veterans of the advantages of reinstating their low-cost government policies.

Insurance experts throughout the country, the VA points out, are unanimously agreed that National Service Life Insurance policies offer the greatest amount of protection under the most liberal terms at the lowest cost.

Veterans can make no more wise investment in the future than reinstating their lapsed NSLI policies now. For the moment, reinstated policies may be carried as low-cost term insurance; at a later date, term policies may be converted to one of the six types of more valuable permanent policies offered through the Veterans Adminis­tration.

not all of the units in the Center. (6) The Center has been one of the causes leading

the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teach­ing to plan to invest over $200,000 in our six Institu­tions and five in adjacent territory. The purpose of this experiment is to vitalize teaching through support of research and creative activity.

(7) Some six years ago the General Education Board made a gift of about $20,000 to be expended as grants-in-aid to individual faculty members in the cooperating Institutions in support of their research projects. This has stimulated some good work in spite of war conditions.

(8) The Center is now administering a fund of about $15,000 for the support of visiting professors on the various campuses.

(9) With a grant of well over $60,000 from the Gen­eral Education Board a union catalog of all l ibrary holdings in the area has been prepared. One file is in the Emory Library and a duplicate at Athens.

Lastly, what has our Institution gotten from the Movement?

In 1940 the General Education Board made a gift of $25,500 to the Departments of Chemistry and Architecture and to the Library. The Board has made other grants to the library totaling $42,000. During the same period the Carnegie Foundation has given the Library $6,000 for needed technical and scientific literature. Two years ago the General Education Board made us a gift of $41,000 for the purchase of research equipment. In spite of the ad­verse conditions that have prevailed since the inaugura­tion of the Movement much that is worth while has been accomplished.

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Weddings and Engagements CARMICHAEL-KONTZ

Announcement is made of the marriage of Miss Mar-jorie Elizabeth Carmichael of Atlanta, Ga., to Ernest C. Kontz on Feb. 12, 1947.

Mr. Kontz graduated from Georgia Tech in 1928 with a B.S. degree in Textile Engineering. He is Director of Re­search with Cabin Crafts, Inc., in Dalton, Ga.

DARY-LAREW Announcement is made of the engagement of Miss L.

Gayle Dary of Schenectady, N. Y. to John J. Larew. The wedding will take place March 21, 1947.

Mr. Larew graduated from Georgia Tech in 1943 with a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering. He is now asso­ciated with the General Electric Co. of Schenectady, N. Y.

HILL-BURTON Mr. and Mrs. Orrain P. Hill of Atlanta, Ga., announce the

engagement of their daughter, Miss Marjorie Allene Hill, to Joseph Ray Burton of Atlanta, the wedding to take place in early June.

Mr. Burton graduated from Georgia Tech in 1943 with a B.S. degree in Industrial Management. He is now en­gaged in graduate work at Georgia Tech.

JONES-BLACK Of widespread interest is the announcement of the mar­

riage of Miss Clara Malone Jones to William Harman Black II, on Feb 18, 1947.

Miss Jones is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tyre Jones Jr . of Atlanta, Ga.

NASH-DANIEL Mr. and. Mrs. Howard Buford Nash, of Atlanta, an­

nounce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Dorothy Jeynelle Nash, to James Fleming Daniel III, of Green­ville, S. C.

Mr. Daniel was a pilot in the United States Army for four years and is now completing his education for a de­gree in Industrial Management at Georgia Tech.

WEAVER-VAN LEER Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Edgar Weaver of Raleigh, N. C ,

announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Margaret Anne, Weaver, to Ensign Blake Wayne Van Leer on Feb. 17, 1947 at the Christ Episcopal Church in Raleigh.

The groom is the son of Pres. and Mrs. Blake R. Van Leer of Georgia Tech. ".V•"..';...'. .'. ,' WILSON-MARCHMONT

Announcement is made of the marriage of Miss Janet Wilson of Yonkers, N. Y. to George T. Marchmont, Jr. The marriage took place December 11, 1946.

Mr. Marchmont graduated from Georgia Tech in 1945 with a B.S. degree in General Engineering. He is now connected with the Graybar Electric Co. in Memphis, Tenn.

YERKES-WILLIAMS Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Yerkes of Jacksonville, Fla.,

announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Jane Yerkes, to Lucien Williams, of Augusta. The marriage will be solemnized on April 26 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Jacksonville. ,

Mr. Williams graduated from Georgia Tech in 1938 with a B.S. degree in Textile Engineering.: He is associated with the Graniteville Co. of Graniteville, S. C.

YOUNG-THOMPSON Announcement is. made by Mrs. Dinkin Young, of At­

lanta, qf the betrothal of her daughter, Miss: Kathryn Cas-sels Young, to Robert Maurice Thompson, of Clearwater, Fla. The marriage will be an event of the eary Spring. • Mr. Thompson graduated from Georgia Tech in 1942 with a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering...He is now a mem­ber of the .contracting engineering, firm of R.' M. Thomp­son Co. of Clearwater. . : . . . :

Death Berrien Moore, Sr., B.S. in E.E., '04, formerly of Atlanta,

district manager of the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, Tampa, Fla., died at a private hospital in At­lanta on January 24, following a protracted illness.

Captain of the 1904 football team at Georgia Tech, and also a former track letter-man, he performed outstanding services for the college in its early athletic days.

He was born in Conley, Ga., and became associated with the Allis-Chalmers Company four years after his gradua­tion from Georgia Tech.

Mr. Moore is the father of Berrien Moore Jr., 1935 Geor­gia Tech graduate, former Atlanta golf champion. He maintained an interest in football and his son's sports throughout his life.

He was a Shriner, a member of the Capital City Club, the Piedmont Driving Club and the Cathedral of St. Philip.

In Tampa, he was a member of the yacht club and the Palmacia Club.

Besides his wife and son, survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Hugh D. Carter Jr., of Atlanta; sister, Mrs. Edward Huie, of Morrow; brothers, Homer Moore, of Atlanta, and Grady Moore, of Conley; four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Births ANDERSON

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Anderson announce the birth of a daughter, Sherry Sue, at Buxton Hospital, Newport News, Va., on January 26, 1947.

Mr. Anderson graduated from Georgia Tech with a B.S. in General Engineering with A.E. option, in 1942.

DAVIS Mr. and Mrs. Clayton J. Davis, 1190 State St., N.W.,

Atlanta, Ga., announce the birth of a daughter on February 5, 1947.

Mr. Davis graduated from Georgia Tech in E.E., 1941, and served three years in the U. S. Army Air Corps.

MATHES Rev. and Mrs. Frank Alfred Mathes announce the birth

of a daughter, Elizabeth Ann, on February 18, 1947, at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Ga.

Rev. Mathes is a graduate of Georgia Tech, Class of 1932, B. S. in M.E. He has just accepted a unanimous call from the congregation of the South Highland Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, Ala., and will assume the duties of this pastorate on March 15, 1947.

TREADWAY Major and Mrs. Joseph E. Treadway announce the birth

of a son, Joseph Earl Treadway II, on January 16, 1947. Major Treadway is a Regular Army Officer and is now

on duty with the Georgia Tech ROTC. He received his B.S. in I.M. in 1940.

WEEKS Mr. and Mrs. Felder S. Weeks, 204 N. Belle Mead St.,

Knoxville, Tenn., announce the birth of a son, Paul,Doug­las Weeks, on January 12, 1947.

Mr. Weeks received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Georgia Tech in December, 1946.

WHITTAKER Mr. and Mrs. William W. Whittaker announce the birth

of a son, William West, Jr., on January 5, 1947, at Ft. Mc-Pherson Station Hospital.

Mr. Whittaker, B.S. in Ceramic Engr., 1933, has recently been discharged'as Captain in the U. S. Army.

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Deaths

i i

W M . HARRISON HIGHTOWER President Thomaston Cotton Mills

FORREST ADAIR President, Forrest Adair

Realty Company Deceased, CHARLES A.

Jan. 1 1 , 1947 . SWEET Article in last issue.

WILLIAM HARRISON HIGHTOWER W. Harrison Hightower, B.S. in T.E., 1909, a Trustee of

the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation, Alumni District Representative and former Alumni Officer, of Thomas-ton, Georgia, died on Sunday morning, February 9, after a long illness, at the Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, Ga.

A former football and baseball star at Georgia Tech, popular and prominent in Georgia Tech's activities during and since his undergraduate years, he became nationally outstanding as a textile manufacturer, business, church, and civic leader.

Mr. Hightower was president of the Thomaston Cotton Mills, which operate four textile mills at Thomaston and Griffin, Ga. He was a member of the board of directors of the Central of Georgia Railroad, and a director of the Cotton Textile Institute of New York, the American Cot­ton Manufacturers' Assn., the Cotton Manufacturers' As­sociation of Georgia, and the Institute of Textile Tech­nology at Charlottesville, Va.

He has served as president of the American Cotton Manufacturers' Assn., president of the Cotton Manufac­turers ' Association of Georgia, and vice-president of the Cotton Textile Institute. He conceived and was largely instrumental in the establishment of the Textile Education Foundation, Inc., which he served as president. The foun­dation was created to rehabilitate and modernize the A. French Textile school at Georgia Tech.

Mr. Hightower was also a member of the Thomaston Kiwanis Club and had served as president. He was a member of the Georgia Peach Growers exchange and had served as its president. He was a steward in the First Methodist church of Thomaston, vice-president of the Flint River Council of Boy Scouts, a member of the Thom­aston Country Club, the Capital City Club of Atlanta, and of Sigma Nu fraternity.

The eldest son of the late R. E. Hightower,- Sr., of Thom­aston, who established several large textile plants. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Turner Hightower; two sons, W., H. Jr., and George H. Hightower, of Thomaston; a daughter, Mrs. Harry Davis, of Washington, D. C , and two brothers, R. E. Hightower Jr. and Julian T. Hightower, of Thomaston, Ga. ,

FORREST ADAIR Forrest "Abe" Adair, Ga. Tech 1909, president of the

Forrest Adair Realty Company, died unexpectedly on March 3, at his residence, 120 Lindbergh Drive, N. E., Atlanta, after a long illness from which it seemed he had made a very definite, though not permanent, recovery.

A life-long supporter of Georgia Tech, he was the di­rector, for years, of the Adair-Oldknow Scholarship Fund for the college, in the interest of athletics and other de­serving activities. He was also the Fifth Congressional District, Alumni representative on the Alumni, State Ad­visory Council and a former director of the Georgia Tech Athletic Association.

Long a leader in Atlanta real estate circles, Mr. Adair negotiated many important downtown transfers in the 17 years since he formed his own company.

Before forming the Forrest Adair Company, he was as­sociated with his father and an uncle, Forrest and George Adair, in the Adair Realty and Loan Company.

He had been in the real estate business since leaving Georgia Tech in 1909.

He was a Shriner and a member of the Piedmont Driv­ing Club and of the Capital City Club. He was also a member of the North Avenue Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Jane Wil­liams; a son, Forrest Adair III, of Atlanta; a daughter, Miss Irene Adair, a student at Marjorie Webster College in Washington, D. C ; a sister, Mrs. Robert Gregg, of Birm­ingham, and two nieces, Mrs. William Reese, of Atlanta, and Mrs. Crawford Rainwater of Pensacola, Fla.

GORDON BAKER, SR. Gordon Baker, Sr., Ga. Tech 1907, formerly of Atlanta,

Ga., died on February 21 in Plainfield, N. J., after a heart attack. Funeral and burial services were held in Plain-field.

Mr. Baker was a loyal supporter of Georgia Tech, its athletics, and many other activities of the college. He was a member of the S. A. E. Fraternity.

Besides his family in Plainfield, he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Clarence Ruse, Mrs. Charles Strong and Mrs. William Treadway, all of Atlanta, and a son, Gordon Baker, Jr., of Miami.

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John Booker Tatum, Spec. Tex., is Bleachery & Print Works, Taylors, S. C. 1923

D. William Brosnan, C.E., was recently promoted to General Manager of Southern Railway Company, Knox-ville, Tenn.

Jackson Smith Gresham, is President of Gresham Lum­ber Co., Inc., Griffin, Ga.

Anthony Rudolph Klaas, is Plant Manager, Gulf Ship­building Co., Mobile, Ala.

George Albert Thompson, Jr., C.E., is associated with Paul Smith Construction Co., Tampa, Fla.

James W. Warren, M.E., is General Manager of the Tampa Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Tampa, Fla. 1924

Carl Wm. Bahrt, Jr., C.E., is General Superintendent of Atmospheric Nitrogen Corp., Henderson, Ky. 1926

Arthur B. Edge, Jr., T.E., President of Callaway Mills, LaGrange, Ga., has been named State Director of the National Association of Manufacturers.

Sam L. North, Gen. Engr., is a partner in the firm of North Brothers, 442 Cain St., N. E., Atlanta, Ga.

Emory B. Rumble, M.E., is Production Superintendent of Hoffman Radio Corp., 3761 S. Hill St., Los Angeles 7, Calif.

Walter A. Striplin, is owner of the Easy Pay Tire Co., Alabama City, Ala.

George R. Terry, C.E., is Assistant Engineer for Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah, Ga. 1927

Solomon J. Yeoman, is Assistant Vice-President of the Commercial National Bank, Anniston, Ala. 1928

Roger W. Allen, E.E., is Branch Manager of General Controls Co., 319 Spring St., N. W., Atlanta, Ga.

Henry Wade Moore, Gen. Engr., is manager of Air Con­ditioning Dept., 20th Century Refrigeration Co., Cincin­nati, Ohio. 1930

Charles R. Brumby, Jr., Tex., is assistant Manager, Whitman's Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co., Atlanta, Ga.

Chas. N, Witmer, is Secretary and Treasurer of Ross & Witmer, Inc., Charlotte, N. C. 1931

James H. Bell, is manager of the Bremen Division, Cluett Peabody & Co., Inc., Bremen, Ga.

Louis L. Hamig, C.E., is a partner in the firm of Ferris & Hamig, Consulting Engineers, St. Louis, Mo.

Charles St. Clair Smyly, is President and Treasurer of Eastman Cotton Mills, Eastman, Ga.

Victor B. Yeargan, is Secretary and Treasurer of Battey Machinery Co., Inc., Rome, Ga. 1932

William L. Benson, Jr., is associated with Atlanta Steel Erectors, Atlanta, Ga., as Engineer.

Joe M. Roberts, Comm., is Cashier, Newberry County Bank, Newberry, S. C. 1933

Rev. Eugene L. Daniel, Comm., has resigned as special representative of the War Relief Committee of the Pres­byterian Church, U.S., to prepare for foreign mission serv­ice. He is resuming his studies at Princeton Theological Seminary prior to serving as a missionary in Korea.

Robert W. Lawson, T.E., is Superintendent, Chicopee Manufacturing Corp., Chicopee, Ga.

Vernon R. White, Ch.E., is Assistant to the President of Mobile Pulley & Machine Works, Mobile, Ala. He served

Alumni and Service Mentions (Continued from page 8)

with Southern as Major, CAC (AA) during the War. 1934

Robert H. Tharpe, Comm., has organized a new firm, Tharpe & Company, to operate as brokers in mortgage loans and as general insurance agent. The offices of the firm are at 409 Trust Company of Georgia Building, Atlanta.

Ben Lee Mattingly, A.E., was recently appointed to fill a new Goodyear post in charge of molded goods sales on the Pacific coast. His headquarters will be in Los Angeles.

John J. McLendon, Jr., M.E., is an engineer with D. F. Lindstrom, 508 Henry Grady Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Mc­Lendon served 5% years in the U. S. Navy.

J. Nelson Maynard, Comm., is owner of Maynard Auto Parts and Tire Co., Decatur, Ga.

Murdock D. Urquhart, E.E., is manager of the North Carolina Butane Gas Co., Inc., Raleigh, N. C. 1935

John H. Holcomb, Jr., Ch.E., is Plant Manager, Merck & Co., Inc., Stonewall Plant, Elkton, Va. 1936

William J. Greene, Jr., since his return to civilian status, with rank of major, is living at 167 E. Wesley Road, N. E., Atlanta.

Harvey A. West, C.E., served as Lieut. Commander in the Navy, and is now a Sales Engineer with the Aluminum Company of America, at Tampa, Fla. 1938

Allen R. Spreen, is now Assistant Chief Inspector in charge of the Martin 2-0-2, the brand new 40-passenger luxury airliner now being built by The Glenn L. Martin Company at their Middle River plant, near Baltimore, Md.

James Murray Townsend, I.M., served as Lieutenant, U.S.N.R. He is now manager, Over-Quota Dept., Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Rhode Island, Providence, R. I.

Grady Webb, Jr., T.E., served 4% years in the Army, with two years in the Pacific, being discharged with rank of Lt. Col. He is now head of Standards Department, West Point Mfg. Co., West Point, Ga. 1939

Louis Silver, Chem., is Chief Chemist for Pur i tan Chem­ical Company, Atlanta, Ga. He served as a senior lieuten­ant in the U. S. Navy.

Cornelius B. Thomas, M.E., saw three years of active duty in the Naval Reserve. He is now Factory Superin­tendent of Wesco Waterpaints, Inc., Good Hope, La.

Edward M. Vinson, I.M., served 47 months active duty as lieutenant, U.S.N.R. At present, he is executive assist­ant to President of the Southeastern Division, General Mills, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.

John R. Wyant, M.E., is Assistant Agent, Universal Winding Co., Atlanta, Ga. He served as Captain in the U. S. Army Ordnance Department. 1940

Robert Earl Arnold, E.E., served 4% years in the Signal Corps as communications and radar officer. He is now assistant engineer, Transportation Department, Georgia Power Co., Atlanta.

William Clay Grubb, M.E., is associated with Sonoco Products Co., Hartsville, S. C. He served as Lieut. Com­mander, U.S.N.R.

Gordon B. Massengale, Cer. Engr., is Ceramic Engineer with National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C. Mr. Massengale is co-author of National Bureau of Standards circular C-452, published July 15, 1946, entitled, "Slip Casting of Clay Pots for the Manufacture of Optical Glass at the National Bureau of Standards."

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Kentucky Wins S. E. C Basketball Championship Auburn Auburn

Bye

Kentucky

Vanderbilt

Kentucky

Kentucky

(84-18)

Ga. Tech

Miss. State

(98-29)

Ga. Tech

Alabama

(65-52)

Alabama

Ga. Tech

Kentucky

(75-53)

43-40)

Bye

Florida Florida

Bye

L. S.U.

Mississippi

L. S. U.

L. S. U.

60-45)

Tennessee

(61-36)

Tennessee

Georgia

Tulane

(58-45)

Tulane

Tulane

Tulane

Kentucky

(55-38)

(63-50)

f47-41)

Bye

Basketball Summary After winning their first four games the basketball team

ran into some difficulty and finished the season with a .500 average, winning ten and losing a like number.

The results:

Tech Opponent 63 University of Chattanooga 37 51 South Carolina 34 55 Davidson 41 54 Boston College 50 39 University of Detroit 48 52 Michigan State College 62 58 Tulane 51 55 Auburn 42 38 Alabama 42 47 Kentucky 70 48 Tennessee 43 65 Auburn 49 45 Tulane 47 46 Alabama 64 51 Georgia 44 28 Tennessee 40 48 North Carolina 58 54 Duke 64 70 Georgia . . 46 46 Kentucky 83

Tank Team Has Successful Season The tank men have had a very successful season winning

six out of seven dual meets, and sweeping the AAU meet held at Athens on February 28-March 1. The season's rec­ord is a follows:

Tech Opponent 30 North Carolina State 45 41 North Carolina 34 56 Clemson 19 57 Tennessee 18 41 Georgia 34 45 Duke 30 46% Florida . 28y2

SEAAU Meet Georgia Tech 85 Emory 45 Georgia 24

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

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Instructor Conducts Plane Parts Test John J. Harper, Instructor, Daniel Guggenheim School

of Aeronautics, and Research Faculty Associate, State En­gineering Experiment Station, has completed extensive tests on special elbows without guide vanes. Results of these tests have been published in the Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences.

Through the use of special elbows without guide vanes, a reduction of losses in many applications was believed possible. This type elbow might be used to advantage on the carburetor air intake of airplane engines, as there would be no guide vanes to ice up.

In view of these possibilities, a test program was in­stituted consisting of velocity surveys on five of the rec­tangular two-dimensional elbows and one conventional elbow with guide vanes. All of these were 90° bends.

Based solely on the results of these tests, the following conclusions were made:

(1) The "short" elbows of special design have higher losses than conventional bends of the same size.

(2) Lower losses are obtained with "longer" special elbows having carefully selected streamlines.

(3) Increasing the aspect ration of a bend from 0.67 to 1.5 reduces the losses.

(4) Addition of guide vanes to the "short" elbows, as done in these tests, does not appear to be worth while.

(5) Still lower losses are indicated by proper combi­nation of point of cut off of streamlines and aspect ratio.

(6) Further investigation of bends having greater and lesser angles than 90° with various streamlines would appear to be in order.

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Alumni and Service Mentions {Continued from page 12)

Melville M. Zemek, E.E., served four years as Major in the Air Corps, European Theater, and is now District Man­ager and Engineer for Associated Factory Mutual Fire Ins. Companies, Buffalo, N. Y. 1941

Roscoe L. Wilkins, I.M., former Major in the Quarter­master Corps, is with Moretti-Harrah Marble Co., Syla-cauga, Ala.

Richard Hunter Yancey III, M.E., is Air Conditioning Engineer with Advanced Refrigeration, Inc., Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Yancey was a 1st Lieut, in the Air Corps.

George Edward Zeigler, Jr., M.E., is Assistant Staff En­gineer with Kendall Mills, Paw Creek, N. C. He rose from Ensign to Lt. Commander during his five years of active duty in the Navy. 1942

Major Thomas B. McGuire, Jr., who was leading active ace, with 38 Japanese planes to his credit at the time he was shot down and killed in the Philippines, has been posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Major McGuire entered Georgia Tech in 1938 and left in his Junior year, during 1941, to join the Army as an aviation cadet.

Kurt E. Shuler, Chem., is a Graduate Assistant at Cath­olic University, Washington, D. C , where he is working on his Ph.D. in Chemistry. During the war he served with the Corps of Engineers, Technical Intelligence.

Ralph W. Whitlock, I.M., after having served three years in the Pacific with the U.S.N., is now Assistant Manager, Acme Fixture Company, of Atlanta.

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