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

COURTESY. ATLANTA CONSTITUTION PRESIDENT OF GEORGIA TECH TO LIVE IN BEAUTIFUL NEW HOME

Funds were recently provided, through the magnanimity of a most gracious, anonymous alumnus for the erection of a beautiful, new home for the President of Georgia Tech. The architects' drawings show a front view in the upper, preliminary rendering; while the lower view shows a side and rear, with gardens.

The house will be "Adapted Traditional" style and will stand on a high hill facing Tenth Street, N. W., at the northern boundary of the campus. It will be constructed entirely without cost to the State of Georgia; and will be large enough for receptions, official meetings, entertainments, and other like activities for which there are little or no provisions, at present.

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The GEORGIA TECH

ALUMNUS

T H E GEORGIA T E C H A L U M N U S March-April, 1948

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,

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ROANE BEARD, Asst. Editor H. M. CHAMBLESS,

Staff Assoc.

OFFICE OF PUBLICATION 208 Knowlcs Bui ld ing

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3NTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER MARCH 22, 1923 at the Post Office at Atlanta, Ga., under the

Act of March 8, 1879

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NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES

J. J. WESTBROOK, '29 President OSCAR G. DAVIS, '22 Vice-President HUGH HILL, '23 Vice-President CHAS. R. YATES, '35 Treasurer R. J. THIESEN, '10 Exec. Secretary

Frank W. Allcorn III, '41 M. A. Ferst, '11 Ivan Allen, Jr., '33 Price Gilbert. Jr., '21 Chas. M. Brown, '25 Henry W. Grady, '18

F. A. Hooper, Jr., '16

GEORGIA TECH ALUMNI FOUNDATION, Inc. OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES

C. L. EMERSON, '08 President GEO. W. McCARTY, '08 Vice-President F. E. CALLAWAY, Jr., '26 Vice-President W. A. PARKER, '19 Secretary-Treasurer HOWARD ECTOR, '40 Exec. Secretary

Clem A. Evans, 22 F. A. Hooper, Jr., '1G Thos. Fuller, '06 Wm. T. Rich, '10 Julian T. Hightower, '19 It. IS. Wiluy. '08 Geo. T. Marchmont, '07 F. H. Neely, '04 F. M. Spratlin, '06 C. P. Rather, '23 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 ROBT. B. WILBY

L. W. ROBERT, JR.

ALUMNI STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL By Districts

1. E. Geo. Butler, Savannah 2. U. A. Puckett. Tifton 3. W. C. P t u e , Colombo! 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

T H I S I S S U E

Reception Honoring Seniors, June 9 Reunions, Homecoming, Nov. 6

Nominations for Alumni Officers 1947-'48 Alumni Roll Call Report

Georgia Tech Builds Calculator and Facilities Lauded

Alumni and Service Mentions, Sports

Reunions and Home Coming Nov. 6 At the February 12, 1948, meeting of the Trustees of

the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association; and after conferences with President Van Leer and other executives of the college, it was voted to hold the 1948 Alumni Home Coming at the time of the Tennessee-Georgia Tech football game in Atlanta, November 6, 1948.

The foregoing action was taken in compliance with the wishes of the students and the alumni that a November date be selected for the Home Coming reunions and gen­eral festivities, at that time.

It was thought that the Tennessee game would be one of the best of the season on Grant Field; and, as it would probably not be an early sell-out, it should give the home comers a better chance to procure tickets for the game, in addition to securing hotel and like reservations well in advance. Furthermore, the students will have more time to decorate their homes, to hold the Ramblin' Wreck con­tests and to arrange for their home coming dances.

Reunions

At the annual business meeting of the alumni, in Atlanta, during the September, 1947, home coming, it was decided to continue to hold the yearly reunions at Home Coming time; consequently, all alumni who expect to attend their class reunions or those, in general, who intend to be pres­ent for the gatherings, are requested to begin thinking about all necessary plans.

Further notices will be sent directly, and will also be published in each issue of the ALUMNUS from now until November 6; then, too, football application blanks will be sent out by the Athletic Association, probably during June, so it is hoped that sufficient information and plenty of time will be had by all, to insure good arrangements for well-attended reunions and a big home coming.

The classes of '93, '98, '03, '08, '13, '18, '23, '28, '33, '38 and '43 are scheduled to hold reunions during Home Com­ing. Classes before and just following the foregoing groups may hold informal meetings as well, if so desired.

The various class secretaries will be announced in the next issue of this publication; and they will be offered every assistance by the Alumni Office at Georgia Tech, on any or all plans that they may wish to make for their respective class reunions.

SO PLEASE MAKE YOUR NOTES NOW FOR HOME COMING AND CLASS REUNIONS AT THE TIME OF THE TENNESSEE-GA. TECH FOOTBALL GAME ON NOVEMBER 6, 1948.

Let Us Hear From You The publishers of the Georgia Tech ALUMNUS want

you, the alumni, to realize that this is your magazine. It is published for your benefit, and contains the information which we hope will be of interest to you and your class­mates.

If there is something that comes to your attention that would be of general interest to other alumni, let us have it. If you have any constructive ideas for improving the makeup or the contents of the magazine, we want those too.

By all means, keep us informed of any business promo­tions, weddings, births, or deaths that pertain to you per­sonally or alumni you know. Don't feel backward about these things because other alumni are interested in you.

Remember, let us hear from you.

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Georgia Tech Builds By Cherry L. Emerson, Dean of Engineering, Georgia School of Technology.

Presented before the Monroe Rotary Club, Monroe, Georgia, on February 16, 1948

(In this talk Dean Emerson has given a most compre­hensive resume of the expansion that has been made at Georgia Tech since 1944. The progress during the past four years should serve as a powerful incentive to alumni to redouble their efforts to make Georgia Tech the leading technological college in the country. — THE EDITORS)

I have been asked to talk to you about the construction program at the Georgia School of Technology. Riding through the country, I was thinking of the similarity be­tween any construction program and one of the old fash­ioned military campaigns, before the advent of airplanes.

I will not burden you with the detailed similarities which occurred to me, but I did think in particular about how similar was the situation which confronted Col. Blake R. Van Leer when he came to Georgia Tech on July 1, 1944, to that of General Stonewall Jackson during the spring of 1862, in the Valley of Virginia.

The well known college professor from V.M.I., T. J. Jackson, found himself practically pushed out of the Valley and hemmed in by three armies, each of which was equal in size and armament to his own force. About twenty miles west of Staunton was Fremont's Army, mov­ing in to cut him off from the South. To the west at New­market, Va., was General Banks with some 20,000. To the north at Winchester, was General Blenker with a similar army. Apparently General Jackson's position was hopeless and indefensible. You will all probably recall how he took his small army completely out of the Valley, came back up the railroad to Staunton, fell upon Fremont at Mc­Dowell, defeated him and drove him back into West Vir­ginia. He then turned and came up the Valley to the east of the Massanuttons and voluntarily interposed his forces between Banks and Blenker. When Banks tried to retreat, Jackson fell upon him and routed him at Front Royal and drove him through Winchester in such confusion that he involved the other neighboring army and carried them both completely across the Potomac in headlong retreat to Washington, and posted his own pickets in triumph at Harper's Ferry, leaving the whole of Yankeeland in fear of a direct attack upon Washington.

It may be somewhat of a stretch of the imagination but, nevertheless, after Doctor Van Leer's induction at Georgia Tech he must have felt himself in the grasp of a three-way pincer similar to that which had confronted Stonewall Jackson. The area of Georgia Tech campus at that time consisted of about forty acres. So, in the first place, he had insufficient land on which to build. In the second place he had no money, which is one of the well recog­nized ingredients for any construction program; and — third — he was confronted with the immediate necessity of taking care of a tremendous flood of veterans who would be sent to college under the so-called G. I. Bill of Rights; and indeed this flood of veterans came down. Whereas the capacity of the School had previously been about 2,600, the numbers have grown with amazing rap­idity until last September the School had 5,400 students, over 70% of whom were veterans.

The Problem of Land Dr. Van Leer recognized that he had to have a construe-.

tion program to take care of this impending increase, and yet, he had the two drastic restrictions of no money and insufficient land. This was enough to puzzle any less re­sourceful administrator. The first move was quite an in­teresting one.

CHERRY LOGAN EMERSON, GA. TECH., M.E., ' 0 8 ; E.E. '09

At the June 1 1 , 1947 , Commencement Exercises, Dean Emer­son received the highest award that can be made to an alumnus of Georgia Tech, when he was presented with the " 1 9 4 7 Dis­tinguished Service Award" by President Blake R. Van Leer.

In presenting the award. President Van Leer made the follow­ing, highly merited citation: "To Cherry Logan Emerson, dis­tinguished son of a distinguished father, excellent student, good athlete, loyal alumnus . . . Eminent Engineer, professional leader. President of the Georgia Society of Professional Engineers, faith­ful worker in civic affairs, successful business man, national direc­tor of the Boy Scouts of America, director of the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation, director of the Georgia Tech Research Insti­tute . . . Industrious and persuasive advocate for all good things for Georgia Tech. For your many accomplishments for Georgia Tech in the year 1946 -1947 , but chiefly for your outstanding con­tribution in successfully planning and directing $4 ,000 ,000 worth of self-liquidating construction on the campus of Georgia Tech, the 1947 Distinguished Service Award is presented with respect, ad­miration, and gratitude."

The School owned a radio station, W.G.S.T., and steps had been taken to straighten out the arrangements in regard to this Station to place its operation securely in the hands of Georgia Tech and to make other moves which would serve to increase its income from a mere pittance of $20,000 to a very sizeable amount which, of course — since it belonged to an educational institution, was free of fed­eral income taxes. The School and the State, as well as Dr. Van Leer, owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Mr. Frank Spratlin, a member of the Board of Regents, who was largely instrumental in straightening out these affairs and placing the Station in this more favorable position. He could never have done this without the help of that great Georgian and friend of education, Marion Smith, nor would Mr. Smith have had the time to perfect this accomplish­ment without the tremendous energy and day-and-night work which Mr. Frank Spratlin devoted to it.

Because the war was still in progress, building restric­tions existed in regard to residences, and so the income from WGST was used to purchase the additional land which

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at that time was vacant. Today the campus has been en­larged to 128 acres, giving ample space for the construction of necessary buildings. The present acreage of the in-town Campus has as its boundary on the South, North Avenue; on the East — Williams Street, which — by the way — will shortly become the first high speed highway under the new Metropolitan Traffic Plan of the City of Atlanta. On the North the boundary has become Tenth Street, and on the West, Atlantic Avenue and Northside Drive. The total area within these boundaries is approximately 150 acres, which leaves some 22 acres mostly occupied by residences which are yet to be acquired. In this way our President had broken the first pincer which confined him about as emphatically as Stonewall had destroyed Fre­mont's army at McDowell, and again as in our simile he turned directly away from his enemy to move further afield.

The Problem of Housing The first requirement, of course, to take care of more

students is housing. It is recognized that a large proportion of the veterans who would come to us as students were married or would immediately get married, so that our problem was not only to take care of the men but their families.

At the end of August the war had been decisively won by the United States and the armament plants, which had served so well, were almost immediately shut down. Col­onel Van Leer, alert to every opportunity, found that the Bell Bomber Plant at Marietta offered him an opportunity which he had been seeking. When this plant was closed, it left, among other properties, a housing development of some 500 homes which had been built on the outskirts of Marietta, Georgia, to accommodate the employees and workmen of the Marietta Aircraft Assembly Plant. An ar­rangement was made whereby 360 of these homes were made available without cost to the State for the use of married students at Georgia Tech. While this development is about eighteen miles from the campus, it was neverthe­less taken over with utmost rapidity by married veterans and arrangements were made for bus transport between this development and the campus. The cost of this housing incidentally to the veteran's family ran about one third of the cost of similar housing in the City of Atlanta. Today a two-bedroom house there with utilities rents for about $33.00, and certainly represents a very low cost to those who are fortunate enough to be so housed. This, of course, was by no means sufficient to take care of the tremendous number of married veterans who were by that time, Sep­tember and October of 1945, beginning to flood the campus. A tremendous effort was made to locate housing for them in the City of Atlanta, with very poor results.

Utilization of Federal Housing

The School would naturally have preferred for private industry to build and rent housing for these students, but since this appeared to be impossible, other and further steps were necessary. Every Federally owned project within 100 miles of Atlanta was investigated so that the housing situation could be further ameliorated. Finally arrangements were perfected to obtain one section of Lawson General Hospital near Chamblee, Georgia, some thirteen miles from the campus, where a number of very excellent small barracks buildings were available with all utilities and access roads. These buildings had asbestos shingle siding and composition shingle roofing, and gas was available nearby for heating.

Georgia Tech was able to work out with the Federal Public Housing Administration a plan for remodeling these barracks into very nice apartments, one bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom, which would be entirely

suitable and desirable for married couples. At the present time this is being operated as a separate housing develop­ment with 208 apartments with ample recreational facili­ties, a small theatre, an assembly room, cold storage and other facilities. Incidentally, a day nursery is being op­erated here for the benefit of the employed mothers. This is indeed a new activity for Georgia Tech. The rental for these apartments runs approximately one half that ob­tained for similar accommodations within the City of Atlanta. The operating arrangement with the Federal Public Housing Administration is that rents were to be set at a point where no loss would be sustained by the operator, i. e., Georgia Tech, and if any profits should be obtained, it would be returned in whole to the Federal Government. By a strange coincidence, last year the operating expense was $94,620.00, and the income was exactly $94,620.00, so that it is, as had been planned, a dollar in and a dollar out proposition.

There were, of course, a large number of unmarried veterans to be taken care of and by this time the President of Georgia Tech was planning a permanent development to be financed by an issue of revenue bonds, but it would be at least a year and probably longer before this perma­nent housing would be available. Accordingly another di­lemma was presented. This was solved by the acquisition of a part of the U. S. Naval Air Station which lay about one mile from Lawson General Hospital. The Naval Air Station was still used by the Navy but to a very limited extent, so that they were able to make nine of their build­ings and a reasonable proportion of their grounds available to Georgia Tech for another interesting development. Five of these buildings were remodeled for dormitories and four of them for administration, classroom and mess hall facilities. Accordingly, an almost completely self-contained branch of Georgia Tech was set up at the Naval Air Sta­tion to house, feed and instruct 750 freshmen, some of whom were given refresher courses under the division known as the Department of Emergency Training. The latter proved most beneficial to the veterans who had for­gotten their books while piloting bombers and driving tanks.

When the construction of permanent dormitories on the main campus was completed, the facilities at the Naval Air Station were no longer required. They have been made extremely useful as a plant for the new Technical Institute which will begin operations March 24, 1948. This is a most interesting development, but — as Kipling says —"that is another story."

These two projects gave Georgia Tech the use of three and a half million dollars worth of existing government property. The Federal Public Housing Authority spent something over one-half a million of Federal Funds in remodeling them. The expense to the State of Georgia as appropriated by the Board of Regents was a rather in­consequential sum of $50,000, so that properties which would easily have cost four million were obtained by the State for $50,000. The pincer of "no money" was gradually being pried loose.

Four Million Dollar Campus Housing Plan In the meantime the project for building permanent

dormitories and permanent apartments on the edges of the Georgia Tech Campus were progressing. Plans were completed in the summer of 1946 for three dormitories to house approximately 1,000 students and for two groups of apartments totalling 220 units. One group consisted of an eight-story building on North Avenue served by batteries of push-button elevators, and the other of three-story walk-ups on Tenth Street. These were efficiency, one, two and three bedroom apartments.

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Bonds were issued by the Board of Regents in the amount of four million dollars to cover the cost of this construction together with its utilities. These bonds were to be serv­iced and repaid from the rental income of the project itself. The bonds state on their face that they do not pledge the faith and credit of the State of Georgia nor do they operate as a first mortgage on the land or buildings. They are secured only by the income arising from the project. Our friend, Mr. Thrasher, the State Auditor, says that these bonds represent a moral obligation to the State, and who are we to quarrel with his statement? The fact re­mains, however, that the dormitories and apartments are well filled and that ample rentals are flowing in to meet all the payments and that the various sinking funds under the indenture have been properly supplied with the stipu­lated funds. I t may be a moral obligation, but it is not an incumbrance on the State. The State has not paid one dollar into this project, nor does it appear that there will be any occasion for it to do so.

So far as housing is concerned, the pincer of "no money" was, at this point, completely broken since the School now has dormitory accommodations for approximately 2,000 students, and has under its own direction 750 apart­ments for married students and faculty. This is in addition to fraternity housing and to desirable nearby rooms and apartments provided by the citizens of Atlanta.

Adequate Housing Now Available The School has now reached its probably maximum

capacity for the next few years and all of its students are adequately housed. The rentals charged for the permanent apartments are approximately 30% less than similar ac­commodations furnished privately in the City.

There is one feature of this self liquidating project which seems almost providential. There was a period of less than two months during the past seven years when such financing could have been successfully undertaken and we happened to be ready with our completed plans and specifications to take advantage of this opportunity. The value of tax free securities had risen to a maximum about the middle of 1946. Since that time there has been a pronounced decline. Selling bonds at the peak enabled us to obtain money at an interest rate of 2.128% which to some degree offset the disadvantage of high building costs. Not only would the interest rate be higher today, but also construction costs have risen 28% since June 1946. A similar project could be financed today only on the basis of rents too high to be attractive. It seems that Doctor Van Leer moved through an open door that closed permanently behind him.

To recapitulate, we have one group of apartments al­most 20 miles away at one third the normal rental, another group 13 miles away at approximately one half the normal rental and one group on our own campus at approximately 70% of so-called normal rentals.

It would be interesting, at least it would be interesting to me, to discuss with you the various details of this con­struction and to outline the difficulties which we encoun­tered, but when I started to prepare this manuscript, I had before me a stack of files at least twelve inches high, so it would take several days to go into these details which I must omit.

It might be mentioned, however, that one of the resem­blances to a military campaign is in the matter of timing. In all of these activities we were confronted with the necessity for meeting certain dead lines. The fall term of School, for instance, began on a certain date and a great group of new freshmen came in. Either we were prepared to house them or we were not. There was very little leeway in these requirements. We are proud to state, in praise of our entire construction organization, that the School has never been delayed one day on account of any

of this construction. There were, of couse, many internal difficulties to be overcome and bottle necks to be broken. We could sympathize with the feelings of General Stone­wall Jackson when, after his great victory at McDowell, he turned his army back to the Valley and was confronted by a demand from several companies from Virginia that, since the time of their volunteer service had expired, they planned to go home. Since in the meantime the conscrip­tion bill had been passed, Jackson paraded the balance of the Regiment fully armed, and gave these few com­panies the choice of either rejoining the Army or being shot immediately. It would have been a great pleasure in certain instances during this construction to have had similar plenary powers.

The construction of a plant for an educational institution divides itself into three general parts; first, of course, campus housing — which we have discussed at some length; then comes the matter of instructional buildings including libraries and laboratories, and then another rather diffuse group which might be called buildings for social activities.

The Problem of New Instructional Buildings While Georgia Tech is now reasonably well taken care

of for housing, we are still struggling desperately with the problem of instructional building space. Our classrooms are used from seven in the morning until eleven at night, and laboratories run morning, noon and night on express train schedules. No one, so far as I know, has ever dis­covered a way to make libraries and classrooms self liquidating. If the State wishes to operate an educational institution it would seem to me that it is its first duty to provide such facilities for the institution. If it does not provide such facilities it should close the institution.

In an endeavor, however, to help our own position, Colonel Van Leer entered into a negotiation with the Federal Works Agency for the construction of certain temporary class room buildings. The Federal Works Agency was in possession of a limited amount of Federal Funds for this purpose. These negotiations were vigorously pressed since all other education institutions in the South­east were also clamoring for similar help. The net result was that 50,000 square feet of buildings were obtained and have been completed and are in use on the campus. This amount of construction, if done of a permanent nature, would cost about $600,000. The actual cost to the Federal Government, as built in wood, amounted to $325,000. The only contribution made by the State as required by the Federal Works Agency was for architectural services, site preparation, and utility expansion. This amounted to a cost of $25,000. In several instances these temporary build­ings were used to house shops which were moved from the existing permanent buildings and set up in inelegant but adequate quarters. The space obtained by removal of shops in permanent buildings was then remoleded to provide additional classrooms. We feel that maximum use has been made of this project and we are certain that the School could hardly have continued to operate successfully without this relatively small amount of help. The tem­porary buildings are unsightly but serve their purpose satisfactorily.

The need for additional laboratory and classroom space is, of course, still acute and pressing. I wish I had time to speak at length of the situation in regard to the library. We have a fine collection of some 75,000 books housed in a totally inadequate building constructed almost forty years ago, so that books are practically running out of the windows of this small building. Some people have spoken of the library as being the heart of a technological insti­tution and if so, we are suffering at Georgia Tech from high blood pressure, hardening of the arteries, coronary thrombosis, cerebral hemorrhage, angina, etc. I would like

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at some other time and place to have an opportunity to make a talk directed entirely to the needs of the library.

Buildings for Social Activities Under the head of "Buildings for Social Activities" we

have done practically nothing to this date. There is one worth-while project, however, which might be placed in this category and that is the construction of the new West Stand at Grant Field. Many of you have seen this stand, and those who have not have probably heard of its ade­quacy, its comfort and the improvement which it effects over the old stadium. The cost of this was met largely from savings made from the revenues of athletic contests, largely football and such portion as was not so paid is being financed through funds borrowed on the pledge of such future revenues. It must be emphasized that this im­provement has not cost the State a single dollar. Up to date, the Athletic Department of the School has contribu­ted more in capital assets to the campus than the total amount made available for similar purposes by the State of Georgia to the School during its entire life.

So in our construction catalog we have come to the summer of 1947, and as a summary I might state that we have obtained for the use of Georgia Tech existing prop­erty belonging to the Federal Government, the value of which is approximately $4,500,000. We have built from revenues and revenue bonds without cost to the State of Georgia $4,620,000 worth of additional buildings. We have used Federal and County money in the amount of almost a million for reconstruction, remodeling, temporary build­ings, and grading. All told, this adds up to a cost of $10,-120,000. The State in connection with this program has provided the total sum of $75,000. It would seem to me that this represents very much of a Scotch trade to get over ten million dollars of value on an expenditure of $75,000.

All along our President has proceeded on the theory that "the Lord helps those who help themselves." I do not want to labor a point too much, but I think you will agree that practically every resource available has been tapped to enable us to meet our responsibilities to those men who fought the war and who now have an opportunity to obtain the education which will mean a tremendous enhancement of the contribution which they will make to their country in times of peace.

Modern Textile Engineering Building We now have under construction a very fine textile

building. This will be built at a cost of over a million dollars and we hope will be completed in the fall of 1948. The splendid men who comprise the Textile Industry of Georgia, years ago pooled their resources in the Textile Education Foundation with the purpose of helping Georgia Tech improve the education of young men for the textile industry. They agreed that if the State would construct a new building they would provide the latest type of textile machinery, not only for processing cotton, but also for wool, worsted, rayon, and synthetic fibers. The Board of Regents actively solicited the aid of the State and Gov­ernor M. E. Thompson has now come to our rescue with an appropriation from surplus state funds of $850,000 for this purpose. We feel that this is a justification to some degree of our efforts to help ourselves and we are greatly indebted to the Governor and to the Board of Regents for their assistance in this connection. I feel sure that every­one will be proud of this building when it is completed, particularly since it is the first major instructional build­ing to be completed at Georgia Tech since the year 1938.

New Residence for President

This substantially brings our building program up to date except for the very fine contribution received only recently from an alumnus of this Institution who wishes

to remain anonymous, to provide through the Alumni Foundation the sum of $100,000 to build a residence for the President. His present quarters are entirely inadequate and are a reflection on the standing of the Institution and to some degree represent a disgrace to the State of Georgia. This new residence should be completed before Christmas of this year, and will provide an adequate place for en­tertaining distinguished visitors and for holding meetings of small groups which are always an essential part of the duties of the President of a College to the public.

While I have catalogued a number of physical improve­ments to our plant, we realize that it is still inadequate for the work which we hope to do and for the prominent place in southern education which we hope to fill. In fact, we have just completed making out a list of our immediate and drastic needs amounting to a cost of some twelve million dollars. How these needs will be filled only the future can tell. We hope that the State which is now com­pletely out of debt and has a healthy surplus will see fit to hackstand the interest shown by Governor Thompson and will at the next session of the Legislature make some provision not only for our needs but for the other insti­tutions in the University System, who no doubt have re­quirements almost as serious as our own.

New Research Laboratories

All of this talk has been devoted to construction and the physical plant at Georgia Tech. No one realizes better than we that brick and mortar represent the smallest re­quirement of a truly great institution. If time permitted I would like to talk to you about what has been accom­plished in new laboratories and what further great possi­bilities exist. We are proud of the new laboratory for the A. C. Network Calculator helping solve the problems of all of the power companies of the southeast. We are glad that this will pay its own way in service charges and will in no way be a burden to the State. There are many others that could be described to you which exist now or will exist in the future, but time does not permit.

Then far beyond the matter of laboratories and their equipment, and completely dwarfing the matter of build­ings, is the field of effort in maintaining, improving, in­creasing and energizing the faculty of the School. It is necessary to house people. It is necessary to have class­rooms, laboratories and libraries. None of these, however, mean a great deal without the spirit of great teachers, men of mental attainments to attract students, men of character to mold them. Some one has said that character is contagious, and probably the molding of these young men at the age at which they come to college is more in­fluenced by their contacts with professors who are men of character than any other one experience of their lives. In this area we have made progress at Georgia Tech. It is not progress that can be described or pointed out to a campus visitor. It is an intangible, but represents the priceless ingredient and the ultimate achievement for which we think and strive. Our School has been authorized by the Board of Regents to proceed as rapidly as we think wise to the giving of the highest degrees which can be conferred, that of the doctorate. This is a great responsi­bility and at the same time it gives us the opportunity to become the center of the entire southeast in technological learning. We shall endeavor to discharge this trust but we cannot do it without public support which will induce the State to provide us with the resources without which the most active and determined of men will be unable to build a great educational institution and one which will make the State of Georgia stand along the side of Massachusetts, California and Illinois, as contributing to the scientific development of our country, absolutely vital for its future progress whether in peace or in war.

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Alumni Relatives Given Admission Priorities To all Georgia Tech Alumni, Gentlemen:

We have completed about $4,000,000 of dormitories and apartments on the Georgia Tech campus, and the construc­tion work now going on indicates that we shall be able to improve our class room and laboratory facilities rapidly. Accordingly, we have restudied our admission possibilities for the fall of 1948, and it now appears that we can admit all of the qualified applicants who are residents of the State of Georgia. We also believe that we shall be able to admit a substantial number of the out-of-state applicants, particularly at the freshman level.

We are giving priority in admission to the sons and relatives of in-state and out-of-state Georgia Tech alumni. Therefore, if you have a son or relative who is eligible for admission to Georgia Tech and wants to apply, please have him address a request to Mr. W. L. Carmichael, Director of Admissions, Georgia School of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, and state in his letter that he is a son, relative, or friend of an alumnus of Georgia Tech, preferably giving the name of the alumnus. This will enable us to better serve you and your friends.

Yours sincerely, Signed: Blake R. Van Leer

President February 3, 1948

Alumni, Faculty and Senior Reception On Commencement Day, June 9

Following the Wednesday morning, June 9, Graduation Exercises, the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association will again be the host at a large Commencement Reception which will be held in Brittain Dining Hall, in honor of the graduating seniors.

The reception will begin at about 12:30 P. M., and all the alumni, faculty, graduating seniors, college staff mem­bers, and the ladies of their respective groups are cor­dially invited to attend.

Further announcements and notices will be issued be­tween now and Commencement time; however, it isn't too early to begin making plans to attend some or all of the Commencement activities that will take place prior to and on Wednesday, June 9.

Arrangements have been made by Dean Phil Narmore, through the courtesy of Mr. Wm. K. Jenkins, 1913, again to use the excellent facilities of the Fox Theatre for the graduation exercises. The Fox is near the Georgia Tech campus, and, with its ample seating capacity, it will afford the best of advantages for the graduates and the large numbers that will compose their respective families, friends, and others.

The graduates will be inducted into the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, as a par t of the commence­ment exercises, near the close of the program.

Nominations for Ca. Tech Nat'l. Alumni Association Officers In conformity with Article Five of the By-Laws of the

Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, three leading, active alumni, none of whom are on the Board of Trustees of the Alumni Association, were appointed in February to serve as a Nominating Committee to submit the names of four other active and eligible alumni for positions as officers of the National Alumni Association for the year, beginning September 1, 1948.

Messrs. George Winship, President of the Fulton Supply Company; Charles F. Stone, Chairman of the Board, At­lantic Steel Company; and Geo. W. McCarty, President of Ashcraft-Wilkinson Company, were appointed, and kindly agreed to serve on the nominating committee.

The members of the committee unanimously nominated and recommended the present group of officers to succeed themselves for a second and concluding term of office. This is in keeping with the established and praiseworthy policy of the Georgia Tech alumni in returning capable and progressive first-term officers for another year of service, as compensated only with the personal knowledge and honor of serving Georgia Tech loyally and well.

Active members of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association who desire to send in further nominations on the foregoing, or on other active alumni, should mail their nominations to the Georgia Tech National Alumni Asso-cation, Knowles Building, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Ga., by April 30, 1948.

BALLOT BLANKS ON ALL NOMINEES, WHICH WILL INCLUDE SPACE FOR INSERTING RESPECTIVE CLASS SECRETARIES, WILL BE CARRIED IN THE MAY-JUNE ISSUE OF THIS PUBLICATION.

The officers now serving and nominated, as stated, to succeed themselves for a second and concluding year, are:

For President: Joe Westbrook, '29 For Vice-President: Oscar G. Davis, '22 For Vice-President at Large: High Hill, '23, of Savannah For Treasurer: Charles R. Yates, '35 Summaries of the activities, in brief, of the nominees,

are, again, as follows:

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 another year on the Executive Board of the Alumni Association, beginning September 1, 1948. 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. A former manager of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Boston, Mass., and later with the company in Atlanta. Com­pleted a most successful "March of Dimes" campaign, as General Director, for the Atlanta area last year. Now in his second 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. Southeastern representative Joshua L. Baily & Co., Textiles, 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. ^- . sri:

10 T H E GEORGIA T E C H A L U M N U S March-April, 1948

A. C. Calculator and Facilities Lauded Final Tabulation of Name Change Vote Among the many kind expressions that have been re- At the February 12, 1948, meeting of the Trustees of the

ceived, by the executives of the college in approbation of Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, carefully tabu-the facilities, operation, and management of Georgia Tech's lated results of the voting by the Georgia Tech Alumni modern A. C. Network Calculator, the following two let- in general, as to changing the name of the Georgia School ters printed with permission of the writers and with par- of Technology to that of the Georgia Institute of Tech-donable pride, we hope, are characteristic of the laudable nology, were shown to be, as follows: statements that have been made about the Calculator and For changing the name 5,113 its management: Against changing the name 1,495

GEORGIA POWER COMPANY No choice votes 31 ATLANTA

December 22, 1947 Total votes 6,639 Mr. C. L. Emerson (Closed January 28, 1948) Dean of Engineering The foregoing compilation was given by letter of Febru-Georgia School of Technology ary 17, 1948, from the Trustees of the Alumni Association Atlanta, Georgia to President Blake R. Van Leer of Georgia Tech; however, Dear Mr. Emerson: there evidently won't be any hasty action as to a change,

Our engineers completed the first study on the new it seems, since quite a number of important matters, un-Georgia Tech A.C. Network Calculator during the period doubtedly, will have to be considered very carefully before from November 13 through November 26, 1947. I just the Board of Regents will be in position to act on the want you to know how well we think of the arrangements proposition, in any definite manner, you have provided. About 12,000 ballots, or more, were mailed in May,

In the first place the Network Calculator itself is every- June, and July, 1947, to all alumni with correct or fairly thing we hoped it would be. As you know it is different correct addresses in the alumni and college files; and, as from other Calculators in the country by having pi-line stated, the balloting wasn't closed until January 28, 1948. boxes and a larger number of load boxes. Both these Quite a number of the alumni, therefore, were not con-factors have proved to be very desirable. In addition to cerned one way or the other, in addition to the few who this, Mr. Peters has arranged the units so that the connec- sent in "no choice" votes; so, it appears that the poll as tions are most easily made, resulting in a saving in time tabulated, quite accurately represents the expressions of in setting up problems on the Board. The plotting desk, the alumni, as a whole. All votes have been stored in the which I understand Mr. Peters personally constructed, has fire-proof files of the alumni office for any future ref-proved to be a valuable addition to the Board, because erences. of the improved accuracy and the time it saves in recording Regardless of what action is taken, the college will al-the results. ways be known as "Georgia Tech"; and there is no division

The building you have provided to house the Board is of opinion, at all, in that connection. well designed to provide for the needs and comforts of the engineers working on the Board. The arrangements, |_| p Wfiav^r'11 ^AAaincnrinn" Al ittinr furniture and general lay-out are excellent. The arrange- "1. <o. VY e a V e r I I , m a i n s p r i n g MUinOr ments for meals are also excellent. Henry Grady Weaver, M.E., 1911, once of Eatonton,

Mr. Peters is well known in the industry and we do not G e o r g ia , and now Director of Customer Research, General believe there is a better Board operator in the country M o t o r s Corporation, Detroit, Mich., recently added to today. h i s accumulating fame as a writer, with the publication

We understand that hotel accommodations and trans- o f a thought-stimulating, punch-packed, book of 228 pages portation have been adequate for men visiting Atlanta entitled "Mainspring." from other places. Altogether we think you have done a According to the author, "Mainspring" is "the story of fine job in providing these facilities for industry in the h u m a n progress and how NOT to prevent it." Printed in Southeast and want you to know that we appreciate the b o l d > l e g i b l e t y p e > flat-opening binding, with illustrations time and effort you have put on it. b y R o b e r t F. Irwin, the book will stand a lot of light and

Yours very truly, heavy, and highly interesting reading, (s) J. M. Oliver "Mainspring" sells for $1.00 only. If for Canada, add 20 Vice President percent on each order. It may be purchased through your In Charge of Operations b o o k d e a i e r o r direct from Talbot Books, 6432 Cass Ave.,

Detroit 2, Michigan. THE COMMONWEALTH & SOUTHERN CORPORATION T h e G e o r g i a T e c h Alumni Office is not an agent for

Birmingham 2, Ala. Henry Grady Weaver's great book; but "Doc" Weaver has December 29, 1947 done and is doing a real job and he has always been a

Mr. C. L. Emerson loyal and active alumnus, and his book is a "must." Dean of Engineering Georgia School of Technology Atlanta, Georgia adequate and help to make the board more useful. Dear Mr. Emerson: Mr. Peters is, of course, a personal friend of most of our

I have been talking with some of our men, who have fellows and they have a very high opinion of his ability been working on the network calculator at Georgia Tech, and skill in operating the Board. and as their comments have all been very favorable, I Taking all these factors into consideration I think you would like to pass this information on to you. should be congratulated on the thorough and complete

Without exception our men feel that the new network installation of this equipment for use in studying network calculator that you have installed is probably the easiest problems. Yours very truly, to handle of any commercial board we have used, and (s) H. J. Scholtz the layout of the building and other facilities are quite Vice President

March-April, 1948 THE GEORGIA TECH A L U M N U S 11

Gold Star Alumni Deaths The following "Gold Star" Alumni have not been listed

previously in the ALUMNUS: , • • • William L. Alley, '44, Clearwater, Fla.

Killed in action in France, August 8, 1944. Marvin C. Anderson, '44, Ft. Worth, Texas

Lost life when transport "Leopoldville" was torpedoed, Dec. 24, 1944.

Ernest Appleby, Jr., '45, Nashville, Tenn. Killed in bombing mission over Vienna, Austria

Ray H. Cosby, '43, Augusta, Ga. Killed in action July 17, 1944 overseas

John P. Dart, '35, Brunswick, Ga. Killed in action Dec. 23, 1944 in Pacific

Lothrop F. Ellis, '44, Nutley, N. J. Killed in action March 9, 1945 over Tokyo

Glenn Follett, '45, Aliquippa, Pa. Killed in France, Dec. 5, 1944

John P. Hite, '42, Jackson, Miss. Killed in action over Germany, Nov. 26, 1944

Robert F. Gervais, '46, Bridgeport, Conn. Died in Germany, Feb. 12, 1945

Waldo W. Lindsey, Irwinton, Ga., Class of 1938 Killed in plane crash — AAF — 1942.

Martin F. Meadows, '44, Macon, Ga. Went down in Battle of Berlin (AAF) Dec. 6, 1944, pre­

sumably dead. Lucas M. Neas, '42, Johnson City, Tenn.

Killed in action over Tokyo, March 9, 1945 Joseph O. Stensland, '39, Madison, S. D.

Killed Dec. 15, 1944, on Jap prison ship off Luzon Robert J. Tindell, '41, Brunswick, Ga.

Killed in action on Saipan, Sept. 10, 1944.

Tech Fourth In Engineering Enrollment A survey just completed by the American Society for

Engineering Education of the number of full-time students enrolled in the 143 accredited engineering schools and colleges in the United States indicates that the Georgia School of Technology ranks fourth in the nation and first in the South. Among the top ten engineering institutions, ninth place is occupied by Texas A. & M. College, the only other Southern school in the group.

In the undergraduate day division, Georgia Tech ranks fourth with 4465 students, as of November 1, 1947, the date of the survey. The Georgia school is preceded on the list by Purdue University with 8018 students, Uni­versity of Illinois — 5775 and University of Minnesota — 4782.

The evening division of Georgia Tech ranks tenth in the United States with 675 engineering students. The list is led by Illinois Tech with 3935, followed by Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute — 2135, University of Cincinnati — 1966, College of City of New York —1365, New York Uni­versi ty—1251, University of Wisconsin—-1139, Newark College—849, Case Institute of Technology"— 805, and Fenn College —727.

But the greatest surprise in the ratings is the position in twelfth place of Georgia Tech's graduate division, which is a newcomer to the group, having only started on a full-scale basis in 1945 under Dr. Robert I. Sarbacher. With an enrollment of 120 full-time graduate students, Georgia Tech is followed by Purdue University —114, New York University — 113, and Yale University—106. The leader of the group is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with 925 male and 9 female graduate students. Second and third places are occupied by University of Michigan — 557, and University of Illinois — 311, respectively.

Gore Mr. Calvin W. Gore, class of 1924, died of heart trouble

January 16, 1948, in New Orleans, La. At the t ime of his death he was living in New Orleans and was district sales engineer for the York Company.

His brother, D. Jack Gore, graduated from Georgia Tech with a B.S. in E.E. in 1924; and he had another brother at Georgia Tech, Edwin J. Gore, B.S. in Commerce, 1927. He is also survived by his wife, Mrs. Julia Smith Gore, and two sons, Calvin, Jr., and Fraser.

Alumni Council Meeting Held In Tampa The District III Meeting of the American Alumni Council

was held at Tampa, Fla. on February 1, 2, and 3. Thirty-seven representatives from Alumni Offices of Southeastern Colleges and universities were present. Georgia Tech was represented by Mr. Jack Thiesen and Roane Beard.

Among topics discussed were "Field Activities of the Alumni Secretary," "The Establishment and Maintenance of an Alumni Council," "The Prospects for Gifts to Col­leges," "The Alumni Secretary's Relation to the Athletic Association," and "The Alumni Magazine—-A Public Re­lations Medium."

An open forum was held at the Tampa University Audi­torium on "The Making of a Good Alumnus." This forum was attended by Alumni from all over the United States who represented their respective colleges and universities.

Tampa University was an excellent host. It is felt that Georgia Tech benefited greatly from this meeting.

Glee Club Plans Tour The Georgia Tech Glee Club is planning, for the first

time, to make a tour in the direction of the north. Plans are definite for a trip as far as Washington, and it is hoped that the journey can be extended to New York. As it is not possible to get the boys away from their studies at any other time, the trip has been proposed for the second week in June.

In the last few years, the Glee Club has developed from a YMCA organization into a full-fledged college glee club with all the trimmings. Most trips are made to nearby girls' colleges, on account of limited time. The Club has just finished a very successful production of "The Mikado" in collaboration with the Agnes Scott Glee Club. This performance was given before a student and faculty au­dience of more than a thousand, as well as before an equally sizeable audience at Agnes Scott the night before.

The work of the club is under the direction o5 Walter Herbert, Director of Music at Ga. Tech. He would be very glad to hear from any alumni associations en route be­tween Atlanta and Washington that would be willing to sponsor an appearence of the club in their towns.

Plans are under way now for a special concert to be presented before alumni of the Greater Atlanta area. Tickets will be sold for the purpose of raising money to back the northern trip.

Support of all alumni for this project is solicited. It will help to keep the name of Georgia Tech before the public.

Notice The Georgia Tech Nursery located at the Callaway

Apartments on Tenth Street is in need of a piano. Anyone who has an old piano that they would like

to donate for a worthy cause, please write or call The Georgia Tech Alumni Association.

12 T H E GEORGIA T E C H A L U M N U S March-April, 1948

Engagements and Marriages Cole - Barrow

Mr. and Mrs. Atwood Dunwody Cole announce the en­gagement of their daughter, Miss Virginia Lovell Cole, to Thomas Augustine Barrow, Jr., of Atlanta and Lakeland, Fla. The marriage will take place April 10, 1948, at the First Presbyterian Church, Atlanta.

Mr. Barrow received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1947 and is now employed by J. Harvey Seat and Associates, in Atlanta.

Flanigen - Sims Mr. and Mrs. C. Douglas Flanigen announce the engage­

ment of their daughter, Miss Mary Nevitt Flanigen, to Rembert Mays Sims, Jr . The marriage will be an event of April. "* j

Mr. Sims graduated from Georgia Tech in 1943 with a B.S. degree in Industrial Management. He is connected in business with Mitchell Motors, Inc., of Atlanta.

Gibson - Kelley Mr. and Mrs. W. Bayne Gibson announce the engagement

of their daughter, Miss Bayne Gibson, to Frank Murray Kelley, of Coral Gables, Fla.

Mr. Kelley received his B.S. degree in Mechanical En­gineering from Georgia Tech in December, 1947. He is employed in the engineering department of Eastern Air Lines, in Miami.

Lester - Holcombe Mr. and Mrs. John Harvey Lester announce the engage­

ment of their daughter, Miss Emily Betty Lester, to Hugh Walton Holcombe, the marriage to be an event of March. Mr. Holcombe graduated from Georgia Tech in 1947 with a B.S. in Industrial Management and is now connected with the Blue Flame Supply Company, Atlanta.

Lovett - Chesson Mr. and Mrs. John Wayne Lovett announce the mar­

riage of their daughter, Miss Mary Ruth, to Maywood Chesson, Jr., on Saturday, March 13, 1948, at Glen Mem­orial Chapel, Atlanta.

Mr. Chesson graduated from Georgia Tech with a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering, in 1947.

Sinclair - Austin Mr. and Mrs. Ernest R. Sinclair announce the marriage

of their daughter, Jeanne Ida, to William Raymond Austin, on Friday, February 13, 1948, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Mr. Austin graduated from Georgia Tech in 1943 with a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering.

Swain - Cleckley

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Woodrow Cornelius announce the marriage of their sister, Miss Mary Laura Swain, to John T. Cleckley, of Augusta and Atlanta, on January 20, 1948.

Mr. Cleckley graduated from Georgia Tech in 1941 with a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering. He is associated in business with Patchen and Zimmerman, consulting engineers, Augusta, Ga. E:

Watson - Hightower Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Dallas Watson, of Moultrie, Ga.,

announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Dorothy Watson, to George Harrison Hightower of Thomaston, Ga., on March 19, 1948, in Moultrie.

Mr. Hightower received his B.S. degree in Textile En­gineering in 1937. He is Vice President and Director of the Thomaston Cotton Mills, Thomaston, Ga.

Bayer Mr. and Mrs. Jos. T. Bayer, of Nashville, Tenn., announce

the birth of a daughter, Sarah Rebecca, on January 24, 1948. Mr. Bayer graduated from Georgia Tech in 1941 with a

B.S. in I.M. He was Vice President of the senior class and very prominent on the campus.

Edelblut Mr. and Mrs. Walter Joseph Edelblut, Jr., announce

the birth of a son, Walter Joseph III, on January 29, 1948. Mr. Edelblut received his B.S. in C.E. in 1943, and is

now liviing in Ft. Myers, Fla. Goodman

Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Goodman, Jr., announce the birth of a son, Charlse Mason Goodman III, on January 11, 1948.

Mr. Goodman graduated from Georgia Tech in 1941 with a B.S. in I.M.,- and lives in Miami, Fla.

Hoffer Mr. and Mrs. Jer ry M. Hoffer, Jr., announce the birth

of a son, Philip Franklin, at Camden Hospital, Camden, S. C , on January 27, 1948.

Mr. Hoffer graduated from Georgia Tech with a B.S. in A.E. in 1939 and owns the Hoffer Flying Service, Camden, S. C.

Power Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Power announce the birth of

a daughter, Frances Lee, on November 23, 1947. Mr. Power graduated from Georgia Tech in 1942 with

a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering. He is Assistant Chief Chemist with the International Paper Co., Camden, Ark.

Perkerson Mr. and Mrs. Louis N. Perkerson announce the birth of

a son, Louie N., Jr., on February 4, at Crawford Long Hospital, Atlanta.

Mr. Perkerson attended Georgia Tech with the class of 1941.

Redding Mr. and Mrs. Paschal E. Redding, Jr., announce the birth

of a son, Paschal E. Redding III, on January 8, 1948. Mr. Redding received his B.S. degree in Chemical En­

gineering in 1934, and is Chemical Engineer in charge of Laboratory and Chemical Manufacturing Plant of the Anderson Chemical Co., Inc., Macon, Ga.

Draper Trophy Presented To Tech The Draper Trophy was presented to Georgia Tech

by Dean William Tate and Captain Dan Edwards of the Georgia football team, between halves of the Tech-Duke basketball game.

This trophy, held each year by the victor of the Tech-Georgia football clash, was presented by Captain Jesse Draper, USNR, in memory of the Georgia and Georgia Tech football players who lost their lives in World War II.

The trophy was won in 1946 by Georgia. Dean George Griffin of Tech says, "It is hoped that it will now remain permanently at Tech."

Concerning relations between Tech and Georgia stu­dents, Dean William Tate, in a recent letter to Dean Griffin, said, "During the last few years I have been proud of our two institutions in that both student bodies have conducted themselves above criticism. After all, we are sister insti­tutions in one system, and it would be poor development of our boys if in any way vandalism were a part of college customs."

He concluded, "The boys have done quite creditably, and I feel proud of our student bodies."

Births

March-April, 1948 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS 13

Heisman Lettermen Attend Portrait Unveiling

Shown above are lettermen who played under former football coach, John W . Heisman. They were among those who attended the unveiling of the Heisman portrait on February 6, 1948. I ' l lP i * ,"»*• ! I *" : * * i

First row (left to right): Louis C. Clark, Capt., 1905; L. W . "Chip" Robert, Copt., 1 9 0 8 ; W . A. Alexander, 1 9 0 8 - 1 9 1 1 ; Everett Strupper, 1915 -16 -17 ; Canty Alexander, 1912-16 .

Second row: D. D. Scarboro, 1919 -20 ; Judy Harlan, 1916, 17 , 19 , 2 0 ; Oscar Davis, 1 9 1 8 - 2 1 ; C. D. LeBay, 1915 , 16, 19 , 2 0 ; Al Loeb, 1913-15 . , < • — * • , * i * i WP i >• i ;' r» '

Back row: H. D. Carter, 1920 , 2 4 ; George C. Griffin, 1915 , 16 , 17, 2 0 ; Percy Sneed, 1915; Roy Goree, 1912-14 .

Alumni Club Meetings Augusta, Georgia

The Georgia Tech Club of Augusta held a dinner meet­ing at the Partridge Inn on February 23, 1948.

The largest Tech crowd ever to assemble in Augusta was treated to an excellent dinner, a few short speeches, a showing of the Tech-Tennessee and Tech-Georgia football films, and the best comradeship obtainable. Approximately 120 Tech men and some 15 guests attended. Among those present were six high school coaches and 3 or 4 prospective students.

Dorr ah Nowell, Cer. '39, newly elected President of the Club, presided over the meeting. Mr. Bill Law, '25, intro­duced the visiting guests. Howard Ector, Executive Secre­tary of the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation, and Roane Beard, Manager, Alumni Activities, spoke briefly.

Line Coach Ray Graves made the principal talk which was concerned with football prospects at Tech and an interpretation of the NCAA Purity Code. After his talk Coach Graves narrated the football films.

Goat Saxon demonstrated the reason for his name by climbing on chairs to extinguish light bulbs when the EE's couldn't figure out the light switch. Jack Phillips and Glenn Cushing were very much in evidence tipping the scales at 535 between the two of them. All in all it was. indeed a fine meeting.

Tampa, Florida The Georgia Tech Club of Tampa met for a buffet supper

at the Floridan Hotel on February 2, 1948. Approximately 35 loyal Tech men were present for the meeting.

Heisman Portrait Dedicated In a ceremony which took place in the Athletic Associa­

tion building on the campus, the portrait of former coach John W. Heisman was unveiled by two of his former players, Everett Strupper and J. Canty Alexander.

Master of ceremonies for the occasion was Joe West-brook, '29, President of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association. Speakers included L. W. "Chip" Robert, '08, Lewis C. "Automobile" Clark, '05, Oscar Davis, '22, Ath­letic Director W. A. Alexander, '12. President Blake R. Van Leer accepted the portrait on the part of the School. Many of the old football players were present for the occasion, including Judy Harlan, shown in the background of the portrait.

The portrait was painted by Lewis C. Gregg of Atlanta.

President H. B. Tatum presided over the meeting. Mr. Jack Thiesen, Secretary of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, was principal speaker. His talk cen­tered on the activities and rapidly expanding growth of Georgia Tech. Colonel Homer W. Hesterly, '10, and Mr. J. S. Waterman, '01, told the Club of some of their brightest memories of Tech. The Orange Bowl game was shown; nar­rated by Roane Beard.

All Alumni in the Tampa-St. Pete area are urged to contact the Club Secretary if he does not have your name and address. His address is:

Mr. W. J. Pinkston, Gen. Mgr. Electric Supply Co. Tampa, Fla.

14 T H E GEORGIA T E C H A L U M N U S March-April, 1948

1947-48 Annual Alumni Roll Call Report

Note: This list contains only individuals who have con­tributed to the current Roll Call; and does not include contributions made previous to the opening of the Annual Roll Call.

With the Class of '47 forging to the lead in number of contributors, Georgia Tech's first annual Roll Call of Alumni rolls merrily along. Although '47 leads with 50 individual contributors, the classes of '42 and '43 are "breathing down their neck" with 49 and 48 donors, respectively. So you see what the interested Alumni and friends are doing for a Greater Georgia Tech.

Through February 29th, a total of $17,097.25 has been given by 836 Alumni, for an average gift of $20.45, a very handsome showing.

Contributions in monies are very essential to the life and advancement of the School, but there are many other ways to be of very valuable assistance to Georgia Tech. Become acquainted with the Development Plan for Georgia Tech, study it, discuss it, talk about it with your friends and within your industry, and feel that you are a part of this great institution and what it means to the South. Industrially, the South is wide open, a veritable boom area, with each industry competing for trained manpower. Georgia Tech has a wonderful opportunity — and obliga­tion — to furnish these new industries with the personnel they need from the South. And so it is that we need your support, financially and spiritually. Give of your time and means when called on. Georgia Tech is on the move!

1890 (Previously Reported—1)

1892 (Previously Reported—1) H. D. Cutter

1895 (Previously Reported—0) John E. Smith

1896 (Previously Reported—1)

1901 (Previously Reported—1) W. R. Neal Norman E. Elsas

1902 (Previously Reported—2) J. T. Anthony W. A. Young A. T. Heath

1903 (Previously Reported—3) E. C. Patterson Charles J. Kamper

1904 (Previously Reported—3) F. E. McLeod

1905 (Previously Reported—2) L. C. Daniels

1906 (Previously Reported—3) T. J. Torras W. C. Appleby

1907 (Previously Reported—3) L. B. Mann Clyde F. Murray

1908 (Previously Reported—7)

1909 (Previously Reported—1) W. Lucas Simons

1910 (Previously Reported—5) Homer W. Hesterly N. B. Ware Charles R. Jones R. J. Thiesen

1911 (Previously Reported—2) L. F. Montgomery H. G. Weaver Philip E. L'Engle A. M. Burt John G. Hazlehurst

1912 (Previously Reported—3) W. L. Treadway C. Carl Sloan D. C. Black

1913 (Previously Reported—4) A. P. Robert A. U. Avera Walter R. Boyd

1914 (Previously Reported—6) W. A. Ware W. H. Weaver Joseph A. Logan

1915 (Previously Reported—5) Ed B. Newill John J. Strickland John L. Davidson Cecil B. Grimes T. G. Seidell Linton G. Watters

1916 (Previously Reported—3) Charles S. Gardner B. G. Stumberg T. P. Kilpatrick

1917 (Previously Reported—4) John M. Slaton, Jr. C. T. Gunn

1918 (Previously Reported—7) Edgar Kobak Everett Strupper

1919 (Previously Reported—4) J. H. Simmons Albert B. Hill Harold D. Cutter, Jr.

(Deceased) Frank B. Bradley

1920 (Previously Reported—4) John C. Pye D. B. Sanford Grattan W. Rowland R. H. Ulrich

1921 (Previously Reported—4) Ben H. Wilkins Alex S. Anderson, Jr. Fred B. Gessner

1922 (Previously Reported—9) C. H. Stevens Stanley S. Simpson, Sr. F. B. Bozeman W. B. Cochran, Jr. John L. Inglis Henry T. Duson J. Harry Gault

1923 (Previously Reported—12) A. L. Chason Raymond A. Spitler Hampton L. Daughtry W. W. Purks Ralph E. Manning J. E. Biggs, Jr. A. Thomas Bradbury

Vernon L. Borum (Second contribution) C. D. Sylvester

1924 (Previously Reported—8) Alf. L. Carroll S. T. Yancey Walter C. Stevens Weyman Willingham Frank O. Walsh, Jr. William A. Levins William Goldsmith Charles S. Northen, Jr. Alton M. Costley E. P. Cauldwell John H. O'Neill

1925 (Previously Reported—5) Louie A. Hawkins, Jr. James L. Knight T. K. Downs, Jr. Charles B. McGehee M. J. Harmon Phil B. Narmore

1926 (Previously Reported—13) T. Bartow Ford, Jr. Frank E. Beltre Fuller E. Callaway, Jr. H. C. Allen, Jr. Walter H. Godwin Thomas C. Huguley William B. Woosley John W. Youmans William E. Williams Arthur B. Edge, Jr. J. B. Rawls Leroy A. Staples John A. Hurt J. D. Wilkins, Jr.

1927 (Previously Reported—10) A. S. Happoldt Frank H. McCormick L. E. Berrey R. H. Higdon Benjamin B. Peacock J. L. Phillips D. Craig Shepherd, Jr. William J. McAlphin C. P. Hunter, Jr. Jack Isenberg L. E. Brooks Hugh B. Kirkman J. F. Nicholl

1928 (Previously Reported—13) W. J. Holman, Jr. William J. Peabody John M. Nichols Henry W. Moore W. J. Roman

1929 (Previously Reported—9) J. F. Goode Carra L. Lane James T. Kinett George N. Bearden Charles R. Fincher Robert L. Grant, Jr. Arwyne O. Lott Robert R. Adams George H. Lewis, Jr. S. F. Henry Wadley R. Glenn C. S. Smith

1930 (Previously Reported—14) Franklin H. Drew Russell D. Bryan Ward Grantham Mark E. Johnson Frank H. Maier Henry D. Sargent A. E. Hauck

1931 (Previously Reported—2) John W. Zuber G. E. Wasdin F. W. Kerr Harold Coltfelter L. Carl Smith Warren Baggett William Calaway James C. Dawson, Jr. Paul Dorn Pierce S. Smith A. N. Bell Edwin E. Camp James W. Smith G. LaVance Maree S. Carl Harrison George G. Bailey

1932 (Previously Reported—5) Paul S. Everley William P. Rocker J. C. Browning Albert J. Hill Frank A. Forester Carl E. Helfrich Edward S. Mathes Herbert A. Bolton E. M. Clary H. W. Dieckmann John P. Pickett Randolph Whitfield

D. A. McKeever Leon C. Mitchum A. E. Patton Walter F. Kiley J. B. Baggarly, Jr. Alvah J. Nelson Rufus K. Smith J. L. Dawson Gerald B. Fletcher Richard K. Whitehead

1933 (Previously Reported—13) J. H. Barnwell Woods W. Huff Charles H. Kelley, Jr. John F. Plexico Fred W. Bull J. E. Bos well V. H. Shearer, Jr. C. F Nixon Fred G. Storey J. M. Cheatham L. W. Cleveland A. W. Rhodes Eustace E. Bishop Claud R. Killian G. A. Mannas

1934 (Previously Reported—18) John A McFarlane James H. Morgan Willis W. Castleberry J. Carlton Brown Herbert C. Clark T. J. Judge Lawrence Manning, Jr. Ian M. Davidson Edward N. O'Beirne Homer G. Ray, Jr. James R. Slocum Robert Tharpe Gaines L. Ball Paschall E. Redding, Jr.

1935 (Previously Reported—13) T. Foley Treadway, Jr. James B. Dent John E. Quinn Douglas Cone John H. Holcomb William H. Glenn, Jr. Edward A. Pierce F. P. Folger Charles R. Yates H. M. Dozier

1936 (Previously Reported—8) Roy Gaskins Albert E. Cannon W. C. Vereen, Jr. David D. Fay Louie D. Wall, Jr. G. F. Browning, Jr. C. D. DOnofrio Frederich E. Fuchs Rayford P. Kytle, Jr. Raymond C. Sanders George B. Bailey Conway Mizelle

1937 (Previously Reported—15) Thomas T. Flagler, Jr. Thomas E. Yandre (Second Contribution) M. R. McClatehey William A. Coleman L. J. Spencer, Jr. Joseph Karlick L. E. Caruthers C. T. Anderson

1938 (Previously Reported—16) Sam R. Phillips Robert A. Mackenzie Audey W. Parrish Hooper V. Almond, Jr. Frank W. Holt III James W. Smithson Tommy W. Barnes Moreley A. Hudson George D. Ray, Jr. J. H. Wilson, Jr. John Leggett

1939 (Previously Reported—14) Robert A. Fry J. S. Slicer, Jr. Charles S. Perry Thomas R. Jones M. G. Mitchell Glenn E. Prahl William B. Sears Thomas J. Hughes Edward M. Vinson William H. Dodds E. B. Erwin Ray E. Moore Thad S. Oliver, Jr. Jack B. Pearle Daniel Webster Homer G. Hutchinson, Jr.

1940 (Previously Reported—20) 0 . W. Simmons Reuben E. Fields Arthur A. Hagedorn, Jr.

March-April, 1948 THE GEORGIA TECH A L U M N U S 15

William F. Bennett William R. Cosper, Jr. R. M. Crumley Ambrose J. Gegan, Jr. Tom S. Pippen Rogers B. Toy John E. Anderson, Jr. Eugene E. Brooks John W. Lemon Marshall J. Mehaffey Charlie J. Mathews Roy E. Strickland, Jr. J. W. Fryer, Jr. William J. McLarty William B. Owens Howard E. Porter George C. Bestor Ernest W. Chapman J. Turner Jones George W. Phillips

1941 (Previously Reported—19) W. R. Zeigler H. Hayward Thresher H. H. Claussen Ben H. Jones W. J. Carter III L. F. Martin C. P. Goree III J. R. Tubb III Stephen Campbell Charles L. Cudlipp Paris G. S. Singer Otis A. Barge, Jr. James A. Hodge Craig C. Davis A. Q. Smith George E. Zeigler, Jr. Frank Hamlett, Jr. Ted A. Giles William R. McWilliams William G. Story F. A. Whitaker Morris M. Bryan Samuel J. Pate, Jr.

1942 (Previously Reported—24) Clarence E. Belcher

Edwin S. Voorhies Melbourne L. Winton Maurice H. White, Jr. Edwin B. Dickson Charles L. Seacord, Jr. Richard F. Griffeth William W. Holt, Jr. Frank K. Butler Glen F. Peacock Cassius L. Peacock, Jr. William W. Massengale A. V. Koebley, Jr. Quentin B. Farmer Robert J. Sanders Frank C. Sheram James W. Griffith Henry E. MeComb John L. Nesbit Stokes Ramsaur James C. Lewis J. J. Venable, Jr. D. P. Whiteside

1943 (Previously Reported—20) F. W. Rose William C. Langford Gerald W. Burg Halbert L. Edge, Jr. W. W. Logan Daniel C. Jorgensen W. D. Monroe James L. Murphy, Jr. Daniel S. Nichols Locke Atwell L. P. McCarty William B. Turner LeRoy A. Aarons Isaac Capelouto R. E. Mills. Jr. Brian J. Sturman, Jr. R. O. Dodd Leroy A. Woodward Frank A. Alexander, Jr. Sam D. Allen Paul M. Platzman W. Preston West Walker H. Camp

Dan M. Edwards Paul H. Smith, Jr. Robert L. Beard Henry W. Mauldin, Jr. Ralph A. Plaster

1944 (Previously Reported—8) Dunlap Scott, Jr. Ralph A. Ireland, Jr. C. K. Brown, Jr. Dennis A. Calamas Ralph Puckett Malcolm Trowbridge, Jr.

1945 (Previously Reported—5) George T. Marchmont, Jr. Lawrence M. Steinheimer, Jr. J. S. Reiser Maurice H. Furchgott W. J. Broughton A. D. Dorsett, Jr. John R. Newnan Frederick A. Hoyt, Jr. John R. Brownlow Robert F. Jordan Thomas F. Gerecke

1946 (Previously Reported—8) William A. Granberry Donald R. Patch Robert B. Clarke Ernest W. Miller J. E. Council William F. Norman David B. Mitchell V. Stewart Ward, Jr.

1947 (Previously Reported—15) Joseph T. Nessmith, Jr. Sam W. Magruder Robert D. Lowry William E. Hammersla, Jr. Melvin R. Anderson William S. Stewart M. L. Wakefield Thomas W. Bradley Adolph G. Peetz

Ashby T. Gibbons, Jr. W. G. Holder James M. Kern Dade W. Moeller Robert M. Myers Herman G. Phillips, Jr. Frederick C. Beil Mosley C. Collins, Jr. Boyd F. Davis Luther Drennon J. C. Funderburk Richard M. Kennedy, Jr. John R. Bain Frank W. Dennington William R. Canals E. B. Elliott, Jr. Samuel N. Glass Alex S. Anderson III D. T. Callahan Lemmie L. Henry, Jr. R. H. Davis, Jr. Jean W. Levy John I. Hunt John T. Humme Wade H. Dennis John D. Plaxico

1948 (Previously Reported—0) Carl C. Neidlinger Oliver F. Midgette Wade H. Rhyne

1949 (Previously Reported—0) Dougald S. Morcock Edwin A. McWhorter, Jr. FRIENDS OF TECH (Previously Reported—2) Eugene A. Turner Herbert Keiser

FACULTY (Previously Reported—0) Robert C. Commander H. E. Dennison Robert Strite M. Gordon Brown Dice R. Anderson Blake R. Van Leer

ALUMNI MENTIONS 1902

James T. Anthony, T.E., is Vice President of General Refractories Co., and lives in Macon, Ga. 1906

Harvey H. Sims, C.E., heads the Sims Construction Co., in Clayton, Mo. 1910

Y. Frank Freeman was recently named chairman of the Association of Motion Picture Producers in Hollywood.

Charles R. Jones is a Manufacturer's Agent in Atlanta. Nicholas B. Ware is a partner in Ware Bros. Agency,

Tuscumbia, Ala. 1911

John G. Hazlehurst, C.E., construction engineer for the Federal Works Agency, lives in Atlanta. 1912

C. Carl Sloan, E.E., is Georgia Traffic Superintendent for Sou. Bell Tel. & Tel. Co. in Atlanta.

William L. Treadway is manager of the North America Companies in Atlanta. 1913

Simon A. Flemister, E.E., is transmission and protection engineer for Sou. Bell Tel. & Tel. Co. in Atlanta. 1914

William A. Ware is a partner in Ware Bros. Agency, Tuscumbia, Ala.

William H. Weaver, General Manager of the DeKalb County Water System, lives in Decatur, Ga. 1915

Lewis A. Hamilton is manager of the Atlanta Gas Light Company in Milledgeville, Georgia.

Linton G. Watters, C.E., is a highway engineer with the U. S. Public Roads Administration in Atlanta.

Clyde M. Wood, president of "Automatic" Sprinklers do Brasil SA, lives in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

1916 Chas. S. Gardner, M.E., is associated with the Mass. Mut.

Life Ins. Co. in Atlanta. Berthold G. Stumberg, whose son is now attending Ga.

Tech, is associated with Tallassee Mills, Tallassee, Ala. William T. McCulIough has been named manager of

stationary boiler sales of The Babcock & Wilcox Co. 1918

G. Everett Strupper is President of Piedmont Life In­surance Co. in Atlanta. 1919

Tom H. Brittingham, Plumbing and Heating Contractor in Augusta, Ga., has two sons attending Tech at the present time.

Albert B. Hill now heads three firms as president, The Black Star Coal Corp., Louisville; The Pioneer Coal Co., Louisville; and the Jellico Coal Co., Atlanta, Ga. 1920

Edward H. Havis, engineer with the State Highway De­partment, lives in Tifton, Georgia.

John C. Pye heads the Pye-Barker Supply Co. in Atlanta, as president.

Grattan W. Rowland lives in Atlanta. Daniel B. Sanford, C.E., is an engineer with the U. S.

Indian Service in Cherokee, N. Car. 1921

Isaac M. Aiken of Brunswick, Ga., is president of the American National Bank in that city.

Edwin P. Ansley is vice-president of the Griffin Con­struction Co. in Atlanta.

Fred B. Gessner, E.E., is an engineer with Sou. Bell Tel. & Tel. Co. in Atlanta.

Edwin W. Robinson, District Traffic Manager with Sou. Bell Tel. & Tel. Co., lives in Columbia, S. C.

Alan W. Sommerfield, M.E., heads Alan W. Sommerfield Office Supplies in Atlanta.

(Continued on page 18)

16 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS

S. E. C. Basketball Tournament Results

March-April, 1948

Georgia Tech

Alabama

Georgia Tech.

Georgia

Bye

(46-34)

Georgia

Uppe r Bracke t

Georgia Tech

(60-57)

T u l a n e

A u b u r n

T u l a n e

Vanderb i l t

(47-40)

Vanderb i l t

Bye

T u l a n e

Georgia Tech

(50-40)

(67-53)

K e n t u c k y Lower Bracke t

K e n t u c k y

Florida

L. S. U.

Bye

(87-31) .

L. S. U.

K e n t u c k y

(63-47)

Tennessee

Miss. S ta te

Tennessee

Mississippi

(73-52)

Mississippi

Tennessee

Kentucky

Kentucky

(54-43)

(70-47)

(81-62)

Bye

Jackets Reach Finals In Tournament T h e Georg i a Tech b a s k e t b a l l t e a m w a s g i v e n l i t t l e

c h a n c e a t t h e ou t se t of t h e confe rence t o u r n a m e n t he ld a t Lou i sv i l l e M a r c h 4, 5, a n d 6; h o w e v e r t h e y fough t t he i r w a y in to t h e finals aga ins t a n u m e r i c a l l y s u p e r i o r K e n ­t u c k y a n d g a v e t h e m 35 b a d m i n u t e s before fa l l ing in t h e las t five.

O p e n i n g w i t h f o u r t h ceded A l a b a m a , t h e J a c k e t s p u t t h e b e e o n t h e m to t h e t u n e of 46-34 i n a c lo se -gua rd ing s lowly p l a y e d g a m e . T h e n t h e y took on t h e i r anc i en t r i v a l s f rom G e o r g i a a n d h a d to p u t al l t h e y h a d in it to w i n 60-57. To e v e r y b o d y ' s s u r p r i s e t h e y t h e n p r o c e e d e d to outc lass second ceded T u l a n e w i n n i n g go ing a w a y 50-40.

I n t h e finals a g a i n s t K e n t u c k y t h e r e w a s d o u b t as to w h o w o u l d w i n u p u n t i l t h e l a s t five m i n u t e s w h e n K e n ­t u c k y b e g a n to p u l l a w a y a n d s e w e d u p t h e g a m e . T h e

lead c h a n g e d h a n d s 11 t imes d u r i n g t h e g a m e a n d w i t h s ix m i n u t e s to go Tech led 41 to 39. T h e five m e n w h o h a d g o n e j u s t a b o u t a l l t h e w a y for T e c h b e g a n to feel t h e s t r a i n of four h a r d fough t g a m e s in t h r e e d a y s a n d j u s t cou ldn ' t k e e p u p t h e pace . K e n t u c k y w e n t on to w i n 54 to 43.

J i m Nolen , m u c h i m p r o v e d cen te r for Tech , w a s t h e b ig g u n in al l g a m e s p l ayed . H i s w o r k u n d e r b o t h b a s k e t s w a s o u t s t a n d i n g . J i m w a s h i g h p o i n t m a n for t h e t o u r n a ­m e n t w i t h 71 po in t s i n four games , j u s t 3 po in t s u n d e r t h e T o u r n a m e n t r eco rd . H e m a d e t h e A l l - C o n f e r e n c e t e a m a long w i t h Jones , Rol l ins , a n d B e a r d of K e n t u c k y a n d W a l -t h e r of Tennes see . K e e n e r , Dold, A n d e r s o n , a n d S e r m e r -she im p l a y e d i r o n - m a n ro les for Tech a n d each h a d h i s in­n ing of e x c e l l e n t p l ay . I t w a s a m i g h t y sa t i s fy ing close of a n o t - t o o - h o t season.

March-April, 1948 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS 17

1948 Football Tickets This year it is the plan of the Georgia Tech Athletic

Association to mail ticket application blanks to alumni and friends of Tech, probably in June.

If you have not received your applications by July 1, 1948, please write immediately to the Business Manager, Georgia Tech Athletic Association requesting applications.

When your applications are received, do not defer order­ing your requirements. There is a tremendous demand and only a limited number of seats, as you all know.

Make your plans early for Homecoming-, November 6, 1948 and be sure to make hotel reservations, etc., well in advance. We think you will see a mighty fine game when the Tennessee Volunteers come here again this year.

For your convenience, here is the schedule repeated.

Brodnax and Castleberry Elected Co-Captains

Date Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 20 Nov. 27

Opponent To be Played in Vanderbilt Nashville Tulane Atlanta Washington & Lee Atlanta Auburn Atlanta Florida Atlanta Duke Durham Tennessee Atlanta Alabama Atlanta Citadel Atlanta Georgia Athens

Track Prospects Look Good Georgia Tech's track team is expected to give a good

account of itself this spring. The 1947 team was second in the Southeastern Conference meet, pushing LSU all the way.

Buddy Fowlkes is expected to carry a big share of the load. In the SEC, Fowlkes got three first places and a third last year. He won the 100 in 9.9 seconds, 220 in 22.2, the low hurdles in 24.1 and broad jumped 21 ft. 7 in. to place third in that. Fowlkes is from Atlanta.

Others who made points in the SEC meet are George Bailey, Griffin, Ga., Billy Queen, Jacksonville, Fla., dash men; Herb Bergman, Savannah, Ga., shot put, J im Nolen, Macon, Ga., Javelin, Bob Renshaw, Marietta, Ga., 880, Jack Corridan, Terre Haute, Ind., mile, Robert Smith, At­lanta, 2 mile, Tommy Coons, Atlanta, high hurdles.

The schedule is as follows: March 27 — Florida Relays at Gainesville April 3 — Florida in Atlanta April 10 —North Carolina at Chapel Hill April 17 — Tulane at New Orleans April 24 — Georgia and Tennessee at Athens May 1 — Duke in Atlanta May 8 — Auburn in Atlanta May 14-15 — Southeastern Conference at Birmingham May 22 — Southeastern AAU in Atlanta

Tennis Schedule Tuesday, April 6 — Davidson, home. Saturday, April 10 — Florida, home. Wednesday, April 14 — Georgia, Athens. Saturday, April 17 — Tennessee, away. Friday, April 23 — Vanderbilt, away. Saturday, April 24 — Kentucky, away. Wednesday, April 28 — Auburn, home. Monday, May 3 — Tennessee, home. Thursday, May 6 — Tulane, home. Saturday, May 8 — Duke, Atlanta. Thursday, May 13 —S.E.C., New Orleans. Friday, May 14 — S.E.C., New Orleans. Saturday, May 15 — S.E.C., New Orleans. Saturday, May 22 — Georgia, home.

Pictured above are Colonel Blake R. Van Leer, President of Georgia Tech, George Brodnax, Jimmie Castleberry, and Head Coach Bobby Dodd. Brodnax and Castleberry were elected co-captains of the 1948 football team. Both men are juniors and were teammates at Boy's High in Atlanta. The election was held at the annual football banquet at the Capital City Club.

Basketball Summary When it comes to looking at games won and lost, the

Georgia Tech basketball team isn't very impressive. How­ever, of the games played only Kentucky has clearly out­classed the Tech team, and in their first encounter with the Jackets, they had to go some, pulling away toward the end to win the game.

Highlight of the season was the winning of 2 out of 3 from our Georgia rivals at the University. All three games with Georgia were close and hard fought.

In SEC competition the Jackets have won 6 lost 10 in conference play. Seven of the 10 games lost were by narrow margins.

Nolan, Anderson, Keener, Dold and Sermersheim have played nearly all of the contests with very little relief. All five return next year. Nolan set a new scoring record against Kentucky when he scored 32 points in Lexington recently.

The loss of Herb Bergman, team Captain, at the be­ginning of the season was a serious blow to the Jackets. Bergman broke his ankle early and missed practically the whole season.

Golf Schedule Tuesday, March 23 — Auburn, home. Thursday, March 25 — Auburn, away. Saturday, April 3 — Tennessee, home. Saturday, April 10 — Florida, home. Thursday, April 15 — Georgia, away. Friday, April 23 — Vanderbilt, away. Saturday, April 24 — Kentucky, away. Wednesday, April 28 — S. I. G., Athens. Thursday, April 29 — S. I. G., Athens. Friday, April 30 — S . I. G., Athens. Tuesday, May 4 — Emory, home. Saturday, May 8 — Kentucky, home. Friday, May 14 — Sewanee, home. Saturday, May 15 — Vanderbilt, home. Friday, May 21 — Georgia, home. Saturday, May 22 — Tennessee, away.

18 T H E GEORGIA T E C H A L U M N U S March-April, 1948

Alumni Mentions (Continued from page 15)

1922 Herbert L. Herman is office manager for Ramo Mfg. Cc.

in Augusta, Ga. Stanley S. Simpson, editor of the 1922 Blue Print, is

special representative with the Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co. in Atlanta.

1923 A. Thomas Bradbury is an architect in Atlanta. Victor M. Davis owns the William Dunn Studios in

Atlanta. Powhatan F. Harper, engineer with the Potomac Elec­

tric Power Co., lives in Washington, D. C. Charles M. Seward, B.S.C., is an attorney and insurance

counselor in Atlanta. 1924

Wm. Goldsmith, Jr., treasurer for the Wm. Goldsmith Co., lives in Greenville, S. C.

A. Bruce Lauderbach is representative for Laconia Needle Co. in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Chas. S. Northen, T.E., is vice-president in charge of sales for the Sloss-Shiffield Steel & Iron Co., Birmingham, Alabama.

Sampson Snyder is president of Chas. Snyder, Inc., Bas­trop, La.

Frank Ogden Walsh, Jr., district sales manager for the Whitcomb Locomotive Co., lives in Atlanta. 1925

Roy C. Berry is associated with Gulf Ref'g Co., Shreve-port, La.

Edward L. Darling, Jr., is a funeral director in Black-shear, Ga., as well as being in the fire insurance business.

Newton J. Harmon has a position in the advertising department of the Gulf Oil Corp. in Atlanta.

James L. Knight, T.E., owns the Candlewick Yarn Mills, Cartersville, Ga.

Charles B. McGehee is president of the William H. Har-man Corp. in Wilmington, Delaware. 1926

Arthur B. Edge, Jr., a director of the National Associa­tion of Manufacturers, lives in LaGrange, Ga., where he is president of Callaway Mills.

Thomas C. Huguley is president of the Huguley Oil & Paint Co., Atlanta.

Warren H. Oliver practices law in Macon, Ga. Joseph B. Rawls manages the Birmingham Builders

Exchange and lives in Homewood, Ala. L. A. Staples is a consulting structural engineer in Alex­

andria, La. William E. Williams is superintendent of the Avondale

Mills in Birmingham, Ala. William B. Woosley, T.E., is president of the Woosley

Knitting Mills and the National Pencil Co. as well as vice-president of the Dixie Grain Co. He lives in Shelby-ville, Tenn.

John W. Youmans farms and deals in naval stores in Lexsy, Ga. 1927

Larkin E. Berrey is president of the West Side Transfer Co. in Atlanta.

Col. L. E. Brooks is now stationed at Kindley Field, Bermuda.

Rosamond D. Cross has a position as industrial district sales manager with Socony Vacuum Oil Co. in Baltimore, Maryland.

William A. Levins manages the Textile Properties Dept. of Courts & Co. in Atlanta.

William J. McAlpin is president of the J. J. Finnigan Co., Inc. in Atlanta. 1928

J. Foster Barnwell, Jr., is a cotton merchant in Florence, Alabama.

Bertram O. Cosby is an instructor in the Atlanta Di­vision of the University of Georgia. 1929

Clyde S. Smith is superintendent of the Grantville Mills, Grantville, Ga. 1930

Russell D. Bryan is a consulting engineer in Birmingham, Alabama.

Ward H. Grantham has a position of assistant to the president, Nathan Mfg. Co., New York City.

Allen E. Hauck attended Emory after graduating from Georgia Tech, graduating with his medical degree in 1935. He is now a surgeon in Atlanta.

Mark E. Johnson, cotton salesman with C. D. Tuller & Co., lives in Atlanta.

Frank H. Maier, president of Maier & Berkele in Atlanta, was recently named president of the Atlanta Retail Mer­chants Assn. for 1948.

Henry D. Sargent is a purchasing agent for the R. D. Cole Manufacturing Co. in Newnan, Ga. 1931

George L. "Vance" Maree is president of Sunny Isles, Inc., in Atlanta.

L. C. Smith has a position as salesman with Mack Truck Co. in Birmingham, Ala. 1932

Eugene M. Clary owns the Clary Co., in Atlanta. Walter F. Kiley is associated with Levy and Kiley, Ar­

chitects, in Savannah, Ga. Major Edward S. Mathes is attending the Artillery

School, Fort Sill, Okla. Daniel A. McKeever, treasurer for J. E. Hanger, Inc.,

lives in Atlanta. Leon C. Mitchum is lubrication engineer with the Texas

Co. in Atlanta. Alvah J. Nelson is managing partner for the Alvah Nel­

son Lumber Co., and the Thomaston Ice Co. in Thomaston, Georgia.

Hugh R. Smith, Jr., is a certified accountant in Atlanta. Rufus K. Smith, superintendent for the Owen Osborne

Hosiery Mills, Inc., lives in Gainesville, Ga. 1933

Joseph J. Davis of Birmingham, Ala., is manager of the Southern Waxed Paper Company in that city.

Eustace E. Bishop owns the Bishop Laundry in Dothan, Alabama.

O. F. Nixon, Jr., T.E., is president of Industrial Suppliers, Inc., in LaGrange, Ga.

Robert W. Parker, Arch., is associated with Mills Petti-cord & Associates, Washington, D. C.

Edward E. Shaulis, purchasing engineer for the Tennes­see Eastman Corp., lives in Kingsport, Tenn.

Vernon H. Shearer, Jr., manages the Shearer Machine Co. in Atlanta. 1934

Robert H. Young, C.E., teaches mathematics at Hoke Smith School in Atlanta.

Ian M. Davidson is a division engineer in Atlanta, Ga. Thomas J. Judge, power plant engineer for the Inter­

national Paper Co., lives in Chickasaw, Ala. Lawrence Manning, Jr., is vice president and treasurer

of the Atlantic Engineering Co., Atlanta. Edward N. O'Beirne, Jr., is superintendent of agencies,

Auto Standard Fire Ins. Co. in Atlanta.

March-April, 1948 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS 19

Alumni Mentions John M. Poole, salesman for the Southern Sprg. Bed

Co., lives in Atlanta. Homer G. Ray, Jr., of Moultrie, Ga. is president of sev­

eral peanut and oil mills in that city. James R. Slocum, general manager of the General Re­

duction Co. in Macon, Ga., is also vice president of the Griffin Ready Mix Co. in Griffin, Ga.

Robert H. Tharpe is president of Tharpe & Co., in Atlanta.

James R. Williams manages the Alexander Bros. Lumber Co., Columbus, Ga.

Wm. H. Glenn, Jr., is associated with the Evans-Glenn Co. in Marietta, Ga.

John H. Holcomb, Jr., is plant manager for Merch & Co., Inc., in Elkton, Va.

W. Laurier O'Farrell is an attorney at law in Florence, South Carolina.

Edward A. Pierce is associated with the General Whole­sale Co., Atlanta. 1936

George F. Browning, Jr., is vice president of the Brown­ing Mills, Inc. in Bridgeport, Ala.

John W. Keith lives in Galveston, Texas, where he is a consulting mechanical and civil engineer.

Harry P. Kupiec of Paramus, N. J., was listed in the 6th Edition of "Who's Who in Engineering."

Frank Y. Speight, Ch.E., is a technical aide with the National Research Council in Washington, D. C.

William C. Vereen, Jr., is vice president and treasurer of the Moultrie Cotton Mills. He is also vice-president of the Riverside Manufacturing Company in Moultrie, Ga.

Louie D. Wall, Jr., is branch manager for Armstrong Cork Co., Birmingham, Ala.

20 T H E GEORGIA T E C H A L U M N U S March-April, 1948

Alumni Mentions 1937

William A. Coleman is an Architect in Kinston, N. C. Joseph Karlick, salesman for Wings Shirt Co., lives in

Atlanta. Max Kuniansky is a contractor in Atlanta. Stanley P. Meyerson is an attorney in Atlanta. Leo J. Spencer, Jr., is branch manager for the Westing-

house Electrical Corp. in Greensboro, N. C. 1939

William H. Dodds, sales correspondent, Industrial Prod­ucts Sales Division, The B. F. Goodrich Co., lives in At­lanta, Ga.

Thomas J. Hughes, M.E., is a sales engineer for the Johns Manville Sales Corp., Mobile, Ala.

John T. McKibben, Jr., investigator with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, lives in Atlanta.

Orlando A. Rodriguez-Jorge is chief engineer for General Electric Cubana, S.A. in Havana, Cuba.

Edward M. Vinson, Adm. Asst. to President, S. E. Division, General Mills, Inc., lives in Decatur, Ga.

John L. Walker, Jr., is an architect in Vassawadox, Va. 1940

William F. Bennett is division engineer, Atlanta Gas Light Co., and lives in Decatur, Ga.

Reuben E. Fields is a scientist with the Argonne Na­tional Laboratory in Chicago.

Robert M. Crumley is associated with Van Winkle & Co., Atlanta.

Arthur Hagedorn, Jr., instructs in the E.E. Dept. at Georgia Tech.

Forrest H. Holz owns the Holz Association Service in Atlanta, Ga.

Rogers B. Toy is shop manager for the Carrier Corpora­tion in Atlanta. 1941

Stephen Campbell is an engineer with the Georgia Power Co. in Atlanta.

Major Charles L. Cudlipp is stationed at the Ord. School Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.

Robert I. Gibbs, Jr., is a medical student at Emory University.

Churchill P. Goree III owns and manages the Community Ice Co. at Doraville, Ga.

Edward E. Livingston, C.E., sales engineer with Con­solidated Engineering, Atlanta, Ga., lives in Sandy Springs, Georgia.

Bruce W. Ravenel is a theological student at the Prot. Episcopal Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Va.

James R. Tubbs III, is vice president of the Sparta Spoke Factory, Inc., in Sparta, Tenn.

Edwin H. Underwood is a law clerk with Blackwell, Walker, and Gray in Miami, Fla.

Herbert L. Waters is an engineer with Sou. Bell Tel. & Tel. in Atlanta.

Julian M. Arnold attends the Annapolis Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 1942

Krank K. Butler is treasurer for the John G. Butler Co., Savannah, Ga.

Wayman R. Deal is an army officer stationed at Fort Bragg, N. C.

William W. Massengale, Sou. representative for the Na­tional Can Corp., lives in Atlanta.

Arthur N. Munn is employment agent, transportation department, Ga. Power Co., Atlanta.

Glen F. Peacock, Ch.E., is in the plant research depart­ment, Wyandotte Chemicals Corp., Wyandotte, Mich.

Charles L. Seacord, Jr., aeronautical research scientist, NACA, lives in Hampton, Va. 1943

Marcus R. Dekle is attending the Emory School of Dentistry.

Leroy P. McCarty is a partner in L. P. McCarty & Son, Tupelo, Miss.

Leslie R. Merritt is an aerodynamicist with Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp. in Ft. Worth, Texas.

Paul M. Platzman, T.E., is technical director for the Quitman Mills, Inc., Quitman, Ga.

William B. Turner is president of the Bradley Realty & Investment Co., Columbus, Ga.

LeRoy A. Woodward instructs in the Physics department at Georgia Tech.

Lewis H. Williams is attending the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tenn. 1944

Dennis A. Calamas lives in Augusta, Ga. Leonard C. Ethier, asst. ceramic engineer with Georgia

Sanitary Pottery, Inc., lives in Atlanta. Ralph Puckett is a cadet at the U. S. Military Academy

in West Point, N. Y. Bernice G. Stamps is serving in the Navy as Lt. (jg).

Engineers' Day Tau Beta Pi will sponsor Engineer's Day at Georgia

Tech on April 16 and 17, Friday and Saturday. Features:

(1) Football scrimmage (Sat.), April 17. (2) Auburn vs. Tech Baseball (Sat.). (3) All depts. will have exhibits at Crenshaw Field,

auxiliary gymnasium. (4) Tours of campus.

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