VOLUME I ROCHESTER 8, N. Y. APRIL 6, 1951 NO. 4

Count Basie, one of America's foremost piano stylists, and his bandwill present the music for "Mississippi Mood," on Saturday night,April 14, at the Columbus Civic Center. The Count's appearance isone of the highlights of the Student Council-sponsored Spring Week-end. Alumni, students, and faculty and staff will attend the events ofthe Weekend.

In Evening Division

160 Diplomas AwardedAt Management Convo

Rudy Sutherland (PT '51), Jeanne Schlegel(Ret '53), and Jean Liese, of the Library staff,

Photo by H. Samuelsview the door prizes given by the alumni forSpring Weekend.

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Count Basie Will PlayAt "Mississippi Mood"This Spring Weekend

Count Basie's famous band has been engaged for the"Mississippi Mood" dance, according to an announcementmade by Student Council last week. The dance is the high-light of RIT's Spring Weekend, April 13-15.

Slated for Saturday night, April 14 at the ColumbusCivic Center, scene of last year's successful "Blossom Time,"the "Mississippi Mood" is expected€to surpass anything that Tech hasever presented.

Springtime ThemeAccording to Mike Zakour, chair-

man of the three-day affair, thetheme of the dance will be builtaround springtime along the Mis-sissippi River, which has oftenbeen depicted in story and songas one of the most beautiful spotsin America.

Count Basie, recently returned

Course BeginsIn "Relations"

"Human Relations," Manage-ment I course in the Evening andExtension Division began thisweek. Designed to acquaint bothpresent and potential supervisorswith the basic principles of humanbehavior it is also planned to helpthem in recognizing and utilizingthese principles in their day-to-dayrelationships with people.

Among the principles studied areinborn drives, habit formation,laws of learning, emotional under-standing and redirection, acting onsuggestions, personality develop-ment and phases of counseling.Current group member problems,suggested by concise readings andcarefully selected cases, will beanalyzed and examined in round-table discussions during the course.

While the course is essentiallyfor supervisory and staff personnel,it is so thoroughly practical thatit is very helpful to anyone in anybusiness dealing with people.

The course will be taught Mon-day and Wednesday evenings andcontinue for 12 weeks.

ward J. Cass, Robert W. ColburnIrvan G. Conrad, Arthur T. CrossMichael P. Culhane, Edward JCzebatol, Victor T. Czebatol, Pete]F. Derso, Alan C. Dennison, Dar.rell H. Dobbertin, Harry DuranteEdwin R. Eber, George A. EmburyCarl A. Englert, Kay G. EstrupKenneth W. Fennessy, John HFoster, Gordon E. Fromm, JohrGarrett, Harlan W. Gill, Floyd MGillette, Alfred V. Goodwin.

Students Receiving HonorCharles H. Heckman, Jack M

Heisinger, Arthur A. Higgins, Gerald A. Holloway, Ernest ImperialJr., Theodore F. Klem, Bernard GLeckinger, Edwin P. LehmannCharles W. Lembach, Raymond SLeRoy, Terry S. Lindquist, Kenneth G. Lisk, Jasper B. Lewis, Ed.ward A. Maruggi, Harlan J. Mat.teson, Conrad 0. May, Henry JMcCarrick, Charles A. McDonaldWilbur J. McMaster, Anthony NMerola, Stephen Merowsky, EdwirE. Miller, A. Kenneth Moore, Wiltham V. Moore, Chester J. Mosa•kowski, Evans W. Mosher, RobertB. Mutrie.

Other GraduatesRobert B. Nephew, Malcolm M

Newton, John J. Ochs, Arthur RParker, George Popp, Robert EPoshva, Willis A. Predmore, Wil-liam T. Price, Jr., Robert J. ReedWarren C. Reigelsperger, Duane ERekemeyer, Alan G. RockcastleWalter P. Schwartzwelder, FrankSidora, Nelson. C. Sill, Alphonse V.Smarsh, Chester A. Smith, DonaldE. Snyder, John W. Spencer, EdgarE. St. James, John D. Stanton,Earl C. Steffen, Edward F. Stowell,Robert F. Studley, Joseph Sudi-mak, William R. Sullivan, RogerG. Swarts.

Others CitedRobert E. Tenny, James W.

Tooms, Louis J. Tumia, George F.Walsh, Herbert T. Watt, Frank J.

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March 20 Session Approve:Replacing Mirror

Members of the AlumnExecutive Council voted theRIT Reporter as the officiapublication of the AlumnAssociation at its monthlymeeting held at the Institut(on March 20.

This decision to replace theAlumni Mirror, the magazine published three times a year, with theReporter, which comes out biweekly, was reached after twoissues of the new publication.

Radios to Be GivenAnnouncement was also mad(

that instead of the television sewhich was to be awarded at the"World's Fair," the Alumni Assodiation will donate three radiosfor that purpose. The radios catbe seen on display in the Libraryin the Eastman Building.

In announcing acceptance of theRIT Reporter as official alumnpublication, Burt Stratton, executive secretary of the Alumni As.sociation, explained, "In makingthe decision to publish this type 01newspaper, it was recognized bythe Alumni Council as well as bythe Institute that the publicatiorwould have to be directed towarcvarious groups, undoubtedly thelargest single group comprised ofalumni.

Other Groups Concerned"However, other groups a r

concerned: friends of the Institutehigh school principals, counselor:and teachers, and in some case:high school students. Still other]groups are various managementand supervisory people in industryand business and of course bothday and evening students.

"Looking at the paper from this:point of view, it is inevitable that

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New ProgramFor Photo Tech

A new major for second-yearstudents of the Photographic Tech-nology Department of the Roches-ter Institute of Technology willbe introduced next fall. The newmajor emphasizes the conceptionof photography as a means ofcommunication as exemplified innewspaper photography, picturemagazines, magazine article illus-tration, documentary photography,etc.

In setting up the program, C.B. Neblette, supervisor of the De-partment explains, "Communica-tion is a very important area ofphotography. This new course willtie in with another major at theInstitute, visual aids. We feel thatpictorial journalism is on the in-crease and the picture story willsoon become common."

The new course will be run oncopy assignment basis, where eachstudent will receive specific assign-ments each week. RIT edits andprints two newspapers and muchof the work of the "Pictorial Jour-nalism" students will be selectedby the picture editors for publi-cation.

The course will be taught byJames Foster, Visual Aids instruct-or, and Alexander Booth, Institutepublicity director.

Diplomas were awarded to 160Evening and Extension Divisionmanagement graduates Wednesdayat the 25th annual managementconvocation at the Chamber ofCommerce. Over 600 guests wereon hand to hear Dr. J. 0. Chris-tianson, supervisor of the Univer-sity of Minnesota School of Agri-culture address the graduates.

More than 60 Rochester areafirms were represented by thegraduating class who received di-plomas for training in IndustrialSupervision.

Industrial SupervisionThose graduated in Industrial

Supervision are: Richard J. Abbey,Fred C. Andrus, Walter E. Andrus,Arthur Balogh, Joseph A. Bartell,Edwin F. Booth, John H. Boyd,William F. Cahill, Eugene V. Ca-mera, Charles H. Carpenter, Ed-

to the "prom" circuit, is reputedto be one of banddom's foremostpiano stylists, and will have in hiscompany one of the truly greatcontemporary dance bands.

On Friday the Eastman Build-ing will be turned into a World'sFair, with all the activities andschool organizations taking partin setting up booths and displaysdepicting the life and manner ofvarious United Nations countries.

Games of SkillGuests will he able to try their

luck at games of skill, have for-tunes told, visit an English put(soft drinks, of course), watchan international folk dance, orsooth their appetites at the foodconcessions. One of the refresh-ment stands will feature pizza. DonTarleton, chairman for the evening.promises a good time for all.

High spot of the night will bea drawing for the three radiosdonated to the Fair by the AlumniAssociation. Students must registertheir names at the alumni boothto be eligible for the drawing.Tarleton issues a special invitationto the Institute alumni to attendthe events. Judah Eliezer, public-ity chairman for the weekend,reports that invitations have beensent to all alumni in Rochester.

Guest DayOn Sunday the usual Guest Day

will be held at Kate Gleason Hall.Many activities have been plannedfor Tech girls and their guests.

Latest reports received by thegeneral Weekend committee indi-cate that students and alumni, andfaculty and staff of the Instituteare looking forward to this year'sWeekend with more enthusiasmthan ever before.

Let's Support Spring WeekendMike Zakour, chairman of Spring Weekend, remarked

the other day that he hoped the affair would be as suc-cessful as the Student Mixer had been. Both the Mixer andSpring Weekend have in common the fact that the AlumniAssociation supports and participates in both. This year, theAssociation has donated three beautiful portable radios tobe awarded to some lucky students. The Association alsobacked the Student Mixer with a cash donation for expenses.

The success of both affairs lies not only in alumni back-ing but to a greater extent in alumni participation. Over3,000 personal invitations have been sent out to Institutealumni in the Rochester area this year with the hope thatSpring Weekend, April 13, 14, and 15, will see a greaterturnout than ever before.

The students are counting on a good time for all. Whynot come down to the Institute and meet some of your oldclassmates? It's going to be the biggest all-Institute socialfunction of the year.

The variety of activities are being kept under wrapsby most of the organizations until the night of the "Fair."Saturday night, students, alumni, and faculty will dance tothe rhythms of Count Basie and his orchestra, and Sundaywill be Guest Sunday, a chance to visit and relax. We'recounting on your being there April 13, 14, and 15.

Wrestlers Cap the SeasonRIT wrestlers really put the finishing touches on this

past season when they walked off with six medals at theNAAU wrestling tournament recently.

Wrestling always has been, and we hope, always willbe one of RIT's prominent sports. The records of the teamsof the past are evidence of the high-calibre of the wrestlersat the Institute.

We don't have to look at the record this year to becognizant of the fine work done by the team this season.Whether the match was won or lost, everyone who watchedthe wrestlers in action was certain that the team memberswere putting forth every effort.

What other colleges and universities do in four years,Coach Earl Fuller has to do in two and three years. Meetingall four-year schools was a difficult assignment, yet the squadmembers handled the job nicely.

It will certainly be interesting to see most of thisyear's squad in action next season, and according to thecoach, we can look forward to another good year.

To All AlumniHave you sent in your Alumni Fund contribution? If

not, here's another chance to help someone come to RITwith a scholarship. Send the pledge form below right away.

MARIAN BEHR

RIT's social calendar takes ona new hue tonight when DeltaOmicron repeats, for the secondyear, its highly successful MinstrelShow, complete with all the dark-town beaux and belles of the so-rority and its brother fraternity,Phi Sigma Phi.

With all the added talent of thebrothers, the show should be evenbetter than last year's, whichwould be difficult to top. And theshow is only part of the fun prom-ised—dancing will follow in thesmoker.

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We just can't seem to put forthtoo much publicity concerning thecoming Spring Carnival. From theodds and ends of chatter overheardthroughout the Union all sorts Ofunusual things are due to happen.

For one thing the deep darksecrecy surrounding some of thebooths for the World's Fair onFriday evening is causing all sortsof speculation.

It would seem that the judgeswill be hard put to make a decisionin the matter of the best exhibit.

The finishing touches are beingput on the decorating scheme for"Mississippi Mood" to be held onSaturday evening, April 14, at theKnights of Columbus ballroom.

Each year's committee leaves achallenge for that of the followingyear, but each successive groupseems to meet and even to top theperformance of the previous one.

This year is no exception. Thecommittee is really putting forthevery effort to provide the students,faculty and alumni with the mostmemorable evening they have everhad.

Many students in the eveningschool division travel a good num-ber of miles several times a weekto attend the lectures and labor-atories here at the Institute.

Former graduates who are com-pleting credits for the AAS degreecome from as far away as Newark,Avon, Batavia and other distanttowns and communities. Due creditmust be given those individuals,who after graduating from here,will again travel 35 to 40 milesand usually after a hard day'swork.

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Ada Pilon, who isn't exactlynew to the Institute, is again theevening school cashier in the East-man Building. Miss Pilon was withRIT from April to October 1949 inthe same capacity. Welcome back.

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Six hundred guests from indus-try and business gathered for the25th annual management convoca-tion held Wednesday night.

Dr. J. 0. Christianson, superin-tendent of the University of Min-nesota School of Agriculture wasguest speaker. One hundred andsixty graduates of the Institute'sEvening and Extension divisionwere presented with diplomas afterthree years of study in manage-ment courses.

Christianson was selected as one

on the Book FrontBy MARION STEINMANN

Ray Bradbury has written anoth-er science fiction book, good newsfor our clique of science fictionreaders. This new one is a col-lection called The Illustrated Manand consists of about 20 thrillers.Some of the titles sound intriguing—The Man; The Rocket Man; TheRocket; The Concrete Mixer; TheLast Night of the World; No Par-ticular Night or Morning. Our Li-brary collection now consists ofBradbury's Martian Chronicles;The Big Book of Science Fiction,edited by Groff Conklin; The BestScience Fiction Stories of 1949 and1950. Perhaps we should includeWorlds in Collision; which is stillin popular demand after almost ayear since we purchased it.

So much for entertainment read-ing. We have some new books thisweek of wide interest: Color Trans-parencies, by C. Leslie Thomsonpublished by the Focal Press; anew book on . the life of Jesus, Godso Loved the World by ElizabethGoudge; The Plant EngineeringHandbook, edited by William Stan-ler, and containing material writ-ten by outstanding engineers; andFrank Lloyd Wright's Autobiog-raphy. If you enjoyed the abridge-ment of Walter Chrysler's biogra-phy in the current Reader's Digest,you may want to get the book it-self from the Library. Life of anAmerican Workman was presentedto us some time ago, and we wereglad to see it appear in the bookdigest section of the Reader'sDigest.

Rochester Institute of Technology65 Plymouth Avenue So.

Rochester 8, N. Y.

of Minnesota's 100 living greats inthe centennial year of '49.

This year's management convo-cation was the first under Mr.Vernon R. Titus who has headedthe division since the retirement ofthe late Calvin C. Thomason.

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Miss Mesmer, instructor in ce-ramics, seems to have one of thelongest teaching schedules. Sheis on duty Monday through Thurs-day evenings and seems engrossedwith her work. Some of theachievements put out by the ce-ramic students are really worthseeing. Mr. Robinson assists herin the department.

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The faculty and staff parkinglot, located at the corner of Wash-ington and Broad streets seems tobe misused by people who havebeen requested not to park there.This lot is for the use of instruc-tors and employees only. Eventhen it isn't large enough to do theproper job.

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Machine shop courses under thedirection of Sherman Hagberg arebecoming more popular all the timedue to the world uncertainties and

Production DataOn R I T Reporter

The production of this issueof the RIT REPORTER hasbeen accomplished under the di-rection of the Department ofPublishing and Printing. Com-position was accomplished uti-lizing Linotype and Intertypeequipment, Ludlow, Monotype,and foundry ,type. The paperwas printed on the ATF weben-dorTer periodical press (offset).

The eight-page issue was runoff at the rate of 12,500 impres-sions per hour. Conventionalprocess linseed ink has beenused on St. Regis white stand-ard 40-Ib. paper. Plates usedwere surface zinc—Pitman U. V.albumen.

THROUGH THE OZONELeo Smith and Al Davis should

be checking their ratings aboutnow. Leo appeared on a televisionshow earlier this week, and lastSaturday Al Davis was heard onthe "Forward Rochester" radioprogram.

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SPRING IS HERERay Vosburgh announces that

the first outdoor practice sessionfor the Institute baseball team be-gan last Saturday. The first gamewill be played at Genesee ValleyPark this month.

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JOHNS REAPPOINTEDIn a telegram recently received

by Al Johns he was notified ofhis reappointment to the Boardof Visitors of the State School atIndustry. This is the second seven-year appointment for Al.

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MANAGEMENTThis week's management convo-

cation marks the end of the firstyear of managing the managementprogram by Vern Titus. We man-age congratulations for a good jobof management.

the demand for the type of skillsthat can be acquired through thisprogram. Persons who know howto operate precision instrumentsand the knowledge of how to usethem are in demand because of theincreased defense production.

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In checking various sources itwas discovered that many citiestwice the size of Rochester havenothing comparable to the manyand diversified evening courseshere. There are schools in othercommunities that offer nightcourses to those who are inter-ested but they are usually in fieldscompletely different from what wehave here.

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Ray Vosburgh and Francis Ven-detti teach hand compositionclasses in the Publishing andPrinting Department.

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A 10-week defense training pro-gram will be operated by the Eve-ning and Extension division be-cause of the current need fortrained defense workers. Registra-tion will start May 7, for coursesin inspection, instrument makingand experimental work, machineshop and other phases of produc-tion technology. Classes will startMay 14 and it is the last opportu-nity for Veterans to begin coursesunder the GI Bill.

This will mark the first time inthree years that the evening schoolhas operated during the summermonths.

Discussing ideas for yesterday's entertaining of 43 home economicsteachers of the Rochester public schools are (left to right) Mrs. G. C.Hoke, supervisor of the Food Administration Department; Miss Chris-tine Schamel, director of the home economics group of the Rochesterpublic schools; and Miss Edwina B. Hogadone, supervisor of Retailing.

FA, Retailing EntertainHome Economics Staffs

Community Pride in Charlotte HighTypical of School's Spirit, Growth

Forty-three home economicsteachers of Rochester publicschools were guests at a dinnermeeting yesterday of the Institutedepartments of Food Administra-tion and Retailing.

Following dinner in the cateringroom, Miss Edwina Hogadone,supervisor of the Retailing Depart-ment and Mrs. Georgie Hoke,supervisor of the Food Adminis-tration Department, spoke to thegroup on the new developments inboth departments, in an effort tobring the teachers in public schoolsup to date on work at the Insti-tute and the opportunities for in-terested high school students.

Following the discussion, theteachers were conducted on a tourof both departments.

Among those present was, Miss

Easter vacation is over for an-other year and as everyone inti-mated, it was much too short, es-pecially for those individuals whohad to travel more then a couplehundred miles.

But the complaining tricklesaway and most of the students arehard at work preparing or alreadytrying to pass those quarter exam-inations. All the chapters thatweren't read and back work thatwasn't turned in is usually put inorder under the glare of the

midnight oil

Ruth Farley, recently--namedMiss RIT, watches over the librarytwo evenings a week.

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Weaver, Carl Wehbring, Joseph N.Weidman, Richard D. Wiles, Rich-ard L. Williams, Robert D. Wing,Stephen M. Wolfe, Richard H.Woodward, Joseph F. Yacono,Theodore J. Zak, Glenn A. Zarpen-tine, Milton W. Zarpentine.

Those graduating in Office Su-pervision are: Harold W. Buerman,J. Robert Butler, Dorothy S.Chasey, Thomas E. Cocking,Anderson L. Coleman, Howard W.Dahlberg, Howard A. Davis, AlmaD. Delles, Rosanetta M. Gasser,Robert A. Gordon, Frank Hawkins,Jr., Arthur W. Hinman, Francis 0.Hoyt, Bernard J. Kedian, HansK. Kraemer, Mary E. Mandell,James J. McGrath, Renkert G.Meyer, John W. Monna, Robert B.Nephew, Ragnhild Norvig, WilliamRynew, Edward J. Sanderl, Her-man F. Scheutzow, Howard C.'Schroth, Walter J. Snell, RussellR. Stoddard, George S. Taylor,Lyman E. Zellar.

Those graduating in IndustrialSales Training are: Henry A.Adams, William H. Bidlack, Edwin

Burritt, James E. Mellen,Robert F. Christ, Lamond K.

Brownell l

Christine Schamel, an Institutegraduate, who also received a B.S.degree from Buffalo State Teach-ers College, and an Ed. M. fromthe University of Rochester. She isnow Director of Home Economicsof the Rochester public schools.About 40 per cent of those presentwere RIT graduates.

Dinner was under the directionof Miss Bertha Thurber of theFood Administration Departmentand the senior catering class.Assisting hostesses were: fromthe Food Administration Depart-ment, Mrs. Bernice Skinner, MissViola Wilson, Miss Eunice Strick-land, Miss Patricia Lindsay, 'andMiss Dorothy Symonds; from theRetailing Department, Mrs. JeanStampe, Miss Mary Cuteri, andMrs. Jane Vogeley.

Who says the barracks annoisy ? One reason many studiousindividuals hesitate about movinginto them is because of this rumorI can definitely say that they arenot as bad as some people woulcpicture them. Of course, some.times a few of the boys overstaytheir welcome outside, but on thewhole, it doesn't seem that anyonecan gripe about conditions at 14(Spring Street.

sure sign or nice weatherthe word that Coach Ray Vosburghhas his baseball team in practice.Some repeaters from last year'ssquad trying out are, Captain JeffCoppola, catcher; pitchers, Solo-man, Fairchild, and Brindak;catchers, White and Henry; firstbaseman, Cutclifle ; second base-man, Leonard; third baseman,Landes; shortstop, Clickner; andoutfield, Cox and Allen.

Incidentally, why doesn't theBarracks Association post a listof its officers and their duties onthe barrack bulletin boards? Afterall, not everyone can attend thosemeetings they schedule period.ically. Let us all know what theirfunction and purpose is.

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some of the information will notbe of interest to all of the alumnior possibly to some other group.I suspect this is true of any news-paper."

It was stated in the first issue ofthe RIT Reporter that its functionwould be to present the Institutepicture better than the AlumniMirror by presenting it bi-weeklyinstead of three times a year, andto do a job not done by the stu-dent newspaper. The student news-paper's emphasis is naturally onstudent life. The RIT Reportercovers all phases of Institute activity, including alumni, studentsfriends, faculty and staff, andother interested groups

The increase in the numberof graduates of their schooltells adequately the story ofthe increased activity and de-velopment of Charlotte HighSchool. Following the grant-ing of their charter in 1897the school graduated four stu-dents ; this year it will gradu-ate approximately 125.

Administering the school areGlenn R. Dennison, principal; andJames Wishart, vice-principal.Charlotte is especially proud ofthe number of sons and daughtersof former graduates who attendedthe school. This number has con-tributed toward the fine commu-nity feeling Charlotte residentshave for their school.

Present StudentsThrough the years a long list

of students from Charlotte haveattended RIT, and at present 17Charlotte graduates are makingtheir mark in the departmentshere.

Present students from Charlotteare Robert L. Ahrens (PT),George Allan (Elec), Cynthia L.Amrine ( AA), Beverly J. Apple-ton ( AA), Richard W. Bauer( Chem), Donald L. Bourbon( Mech), Clark S. Butler (Mech),

Edith A. Green (FA) and ArthurJ. Groenendale (Mech).

Others are Raymond F. Grosshans (P&P), John B. Martin (PT)Bruce V. McBride (PT), Terence0. Parshall (Chem), Ward ARolfe ( SAM), Anne Spaulding( FA), James T. Starken (Ret)and Mary J. Sweet (Ret).

Three of the students have beeroutstanding as members of theRIT basketball team—Allan, Parshall, and Bauer.

Many InterestsAlumni of the Institute who

were also graduates of CharlotteHigh School are represented ismany diversified industries.

Among these are RaymoncSpafford (Elec '39) who is nowemployed at Kodak Park in elec.trical maintenance and construc-tion; Robert K. Cross (Elec '40)commercial engineering at KodakPark; and Harry W. Buss (Elec•'43) who earned his Bachelor colScience degree in Electrical En-gineering at Syracuse University

FA GraduatesFormer Charlotte graduates whc

were graduated from the FoocAdministration Department areViola M. Wilson ( '29) who waremployed for a number of year:at the Colonnade cafeteria, a na-

tional chain. She is now the cafe-teria director and director of Eve-ning School courses in the FADepartment at RIT. Helena Flem-ing ('35) was therapeutic die-tician at St. Mary's Hospital andlater at the Genesee Hospital incharge of special diets. Ruth L.Rappenecher ( '48) earned herBachelor of Science degree atCornell in three terms and is nowserving her internship with theAmerican Dietetics Association atthe Veteran Hospital in Hines, Ill.

From the Chemistry Depart-ment are Donald W. McDonnell( '33 ), film processor at the East-man Kodak Company, and Earl L.Kelso ( '42) a chemical engineer inthe Power Pile Division, ClintonNational Laboratory. .

Retailing StudentsRetailing Department students

who were formerly at Charlotteare Evelyn J. Hunt ('33), for-merly a buyer of china and glass-ware at the William Block Indus-try; Eleanor Meade ( '36), who,for a number of years, was a serv-ice department advisor; MarthaMoore ('36), with the service de-partment of the Rochester Gasand Electric Corporation for anumber of years; and Evelyn L.

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Leslie Burandt and James Singleton do a few fast steps curing a re-hearsal for the student directed and produced minstrel show, anannual event at Charlotte High School.

General Science classes visit the school's boiler room for practicalobservation of its operation, a tie-in with the thermal technics studies.Visual insight into the practical application of subjects covered in theclassrooms has proven beneficial to the students.

David Lenkford patiently sits as a model, while Yvonne Forshee of thefigure drawing class studies her subject. We were unable to ascertainwhether Dave has a chance to draw next.

Handicraft knows no age as is proven by James most adults. Leathercraft and woodworking arePatrie a seventh grade student at Charlotte who also taught at the school.can do more things with a piece of copper than

The student band, an integral part of Charlotte's also conductors. Students who show aptitude con-activity, produces not only fine musicians, but duct both band and orchestra.

By CAROL COBB

About 1817 the first school was -estab-lished in the village of Charlotte. This school,now remodeled for commercial use, was asmall one-room frame building. The poorstructure served its purpose until 1837, whena new building was erected near StutsonStreet. Constructed of brick, the buildingwas little better than the old one. Indeed,when asked about this school, one of the resi-dents exclaimed, "Bah, fit for the pigs!"

In those days there were no grades.There were roughly, three classes: the smallchildren, the intermediates, and the olderboys and girls. They went to school untilthey got tired of going. Besides the three"Ws" they had spelling, geography andsome grammar.

In 1863 the triangular lot on Lake Ave-nue, across from the present school, was pur-chased. Because of the Civil War theconstruction of the school was delayed until1867 and then built at a cost of $9,000.Although the school was called a grammarschool, a few high school subjects weretaught to those who desired them. These stu-dents, however, had to go to the city to taketheir regents.

In 1892 the Charlotte school was raised adegree and allowed to give regents examina-tions. In 1897 a high school charter was ob-tained, and at the end of that year fourstudents were graduated from the highschool. Ten years later, the high school build-ing was erected for 150 pupils.

In the following years, n e w activitieswere added to the regular work. These in-cluded vocal music, elocution, public exer-cises, an orchestra, commercial, home eco-nomics and printing departments, and a Stu-dents' Association. Annual catalogs aboutthe high school programs, activities andother interesting events were published. Dur-

ing this time the first Senior Annual wasprinted under the name of The Graduate. In1922 this became The Witan, which is stillthe name of the yearbook.

In 1916 Charlotte became a city highschool. During these years the school hadearned a reputation for high scholarship.When pupils tried for scholarships, they sel-dom failed to get them. In spite of this,school life was not all work and no play.Dancing is now permitted during lunch timethanks to the students of 1912. At that timethe faculty decided that dancing would notbe allowed at noon time. It became clearthat some definite protest on the part of thestudents was necessary. Then the happythought came, "If we can't have the assemblyroom, let's. dance in the downstair's hall."And what could be noisier or easier than aVirginia Reel? When the school board heardof this, they shook their heads and surren-dered. Thus noon-time dancing was savedin C.H.S.

The first school paper called the Bally-HoBugle was distributed to 173 readers in 1919.It was published with great irregularity andevents that never happened were printed,just for variety. In 1928 this paper, still aprint shop project, changed its name to TheNorthern Light. The last issue appeared in1934. No longer done by the print shop, thename was again changed to the CharlottePilot and it is the present school paper editedby a student staff and printed outside of theschool. It is given not only to the pupils, butis also sent to alumni in the service and hasbeen found in such far-flung places as Arabiaand on the Korean battleground.

The Charlotte Chapter of the NationalHonor Society was formed in 1929. Member-ship in this society is the highest officialhonor that a student can attain in highschool. A Latin Honor Society called the"Optimates" was established in 1930. It be-

came the Alpha Chapter when the organiza-tion became inter-scholastic a few yearslater. The French and Commercial Honor So-cieties were then formed and are also stillactive, though a Spanish Society was discon-tinued when the language was omitted fromthe high school curriculum.

As the students in 1931 waited anxiouslyfor their new school, a plague swooped downon them. This was called the "Yo-Yo."Though its power over the public was a mys-tery, the students foretold a long and popu-lar career for this device. How true the pre-diction was!

At last, in 1932, dreams materialized,and the pupils entered a new school that con-tained an assembly hall which could accom-modate the entire- student body, drinkingfountains that worked, wide hallways, stair-ways that did not creak, a gym, swimmingpool and a modern cafeteria.

Charlotte High School has several uniquecourses of study. Among them are the horti-culture department established in 1937 forthe training of future farmers and florists.Equipped with a large greenhouse and land,this course attracts students from otherschools who wish to study plant care. TheTrans-lake Club also begun that year, exam-ines and discusses mutual problems with To-ronto pupils. Though several schools havecourses called Problems in American Democ-racy, Charlotte's group is especially activeand has recently returned from a three-daystudy of the state government at Albany.

In 1933 the Audio Visual Aid Corps wasfounded and today many schools visit thisgroup to learn its methods of handling film,running projectors and the set-up of the pub-lic address system. Other groups of studentsare interested in backstage and assemblyproduction, art, drafting, Hi-Y and Chi-Y,an unusual Aquarium Club, the first of itskind in the city; and the Service League

which performs important office, monitor,and patrol functions. Some of these organi-zations, especially the A.V.A:C., assemblygroup, the school paper and yearbook, andsports are supported by Co-op, the financialbackbone of the school. The job of collectingand distributing the money from its sub-scribers is also handled by the students.

Sports have for a long time played a partin Charlotte. The school was first representedon the soccer pitch in 1918. Football, swim-ming, basketball and cross country have notbeen overlooked though none had shown out-standing strength until the football squad of1950 made an impressive streak of wins.Perhaps the best inter-scholastic group is thewrestling team which has won city honorsfor the past two years. Girls' sports are di-rected by the Girls' Athletic Association andoffer a variety of activities to develop skilland sportsmanship. Volleyball is one of themore popular sports and it is played by homeroom and co-ed teams.

Charlotte has kept its record of highscholastic achievement by its students whileat the same time creating social and physicaltraining activities. It is progressive, andhardly a year goes by without a new activitybeing added to the program. It is hard toimagine the high school of 1907 with its fourgraduates when one looks at the presentsenior class of about 125 members. Thegrowth of Charlotte has been long and in-teresting, and the fact that many of the stu-dents are sons and daughters of Charlottegraduates gives a personal interest in theschool throughout the community.

Photos by

BARTLESON and FOSS

With Rochester the Flower City, Charlotte is justly proud of theiryear-round greenhouse. Here students of the horticulture departmentare allotted space in which to try their hand in many fields of botony.

Mr. C. E. Bennett conducts a course in visual aids at Charlotte. Thisprogram is unique in that the students not only learn the use of equip-ment, but also are taught how to select and schedule the proper typeof demonstration for a particular audience.

Art Students Beverly Smith and Nancy Oliver work in conjunction withthe printing department to produce posters for the minstrel show. Thegirls are shown utilizing the silk screen process.

Eugene Penler (P&P '50) and Al Cronig (PT '50)stand next to one of their window displays forAmericanism Week. Both Institute graduates weremembers of an Americanism Committee in a

drive sponsored by the New Bedford, Mass.Junior Chamber of Commerce. While at the In-stitute, Penler was an editor of SPRIT, and Cronigwas president of Kappa Sigma Kappa fraternity.

CLASS OF 1904

Recent news came from Flo-rence Adams Wilkins (HE). Herhusband is rector of Trinity Epis-copal Church at Bristol, Conn. Theyhave two sons. Mrs. Wilkins taughtHome Economics for many yearsincluding YWCA classes at Mil-waukee, Wis., and at Yonkers, N.Y.She was for some time on the fac-ulty of Straight University, NewOrleans, La. Address : Mrs. JohnWilkins, 47 Prospect Place, Bristol,Conn.

CLASS OF 1915Friends of Jessie Angel (HE)

will be sorry to hear she has beenill all winter. She is living in anursing home at 230 Lyell Ave.,Spencerport, N.Y.

CLASS OF 1927Richard H. Reynolds (Mech) is

senior adjuster of standards forthe Canadian Government, Ottawa,Canada.

CLASS OF 1928Katherine A. Holliday Wynne

( Mrs. Denis J.) (Art) lives in Sau-gerties, N.Y.

CLASS OF 1929John R. Sullivan (Art) cont-

tinues in the position of Art Direc-tor in charge of Advertising atthe Ansco Corporation in Bingham-ton, N.Y. John and his wife havefour children.

CLASS OF 1930Mary Hobby Stanley (Ret)

paid a recent visit to Rochester.Mary has two children, a boy anda girl and resides in ClevelandOhio.

CLASS OF 1931Pauling Hulbert Benedict, (Mrs

Arney ) ( Art) resides at 95 Gris-wold St., in Walton, N. Y.

Loren A. Coryell (Mech) is co-partner of the Angelus OpticalInstrument Company of Los An-geles, Calif. He is married anhas two children.

CLASS OF 1935James Orville Brewer, Jr., (Art)

operates his own photo studio herein Rochester, specializing in child-ren portraiture.

Earl G. Trevett (Mech) is Pro-duction Control Manager of theBryant Heater Division at Tyler,Texas. He is married and has twochildren.

Horton Genung (Const) isChief Engineer of the LatendorfConveying Corporation of Brook-lyn, N. Y.

Lawrence E. Corwin (Mech) isSupervisor of Methods and Stand-ards of the Worthington Pumpand Machinery Corporation, Wells-ville, New York. He is marriedand has three children.

C. Bernard Murphy (Art) andRuth Keeney Murphy (FA formerstudent) live on Palmyra Road,Fairport. Bernard is associatedwith the O'Brien Advertising Ag-ency in Rochester. The Murphyshave two sons: Curran, aged 8,and Lawrence, nearly 5 years old.

CLASS OF 1938Bill Cannan (Mech) and Ruth

Smith Cannan (FA) have a newdaughter, born March 5. Their

' other children are Barbara, 8; Lee,• 6; Eleanor, 4; and Frank, 3; Bill

and Ruth live at 463 Ridge Road,Webster, in a charming old house,that provides space and comfortfor their fine, growing family.

CLASS OF 1940Herbert F. Darling (Mech) is

Vice-President of the Parts Manu-facturing Company of Greenfield,Mass. He is married and has threeboys.

Our congratulations to LoisSmith Sharkey (FA) on the arriv-

' al of a new daughter, Maurine,born in February. Her first child,Robert W. Jr. is two years old. The

' Sharkeys live at 264 RoxboroughRoad, Rochester, N.Y.

CLASS OF 1941•

Mary Sangster (FA) is assistantdietician at St. Joseph's Hospital,

•

Elmira and lives at the hospital.Mary's father died a few years ago,but she still calls Canandaigua herhome and spends vacation daysthere with a married sister.

CLASS OF 1942Doris Ferris (FA former stu-

Contributions for the AlumniDevelopment Fund Drive have

been received from the followingpersons :

Abercrombie, W. J. Mgt '47Ackroyd, Norman J. Mech '41%dams, Mae E. Ret .'06Alhart, Mrs. Clarence

(nee Katherine Maier) Art '25Allen, R. W. Mech '37Alvord, Mary Jane FA '24Ambrose, Georgie FA '49Ambrose Richard Chem '48Ament, Eleanor B. DA '18Anderson, Oscar Art '42Anderson, Sydney PT '48Andrews, Kate R. FriendAnonymousArden, Richard E. Chem '41Auer, Wilhelm Mgt '36Austin, Richard Mgt '42Avenel, W. J. Mgt '49Avery, Ralph H. Art '28Babcock, David Eve SpBallarian, Anna N. Art '31Barkalow J. C. Elec '37Barnard, Ida C. M & FD '90Baumbach, Fred Eve Sch '40Behage, I. C. Mgt '40Benedict, May HE '01Benefiel, Robert A. P&P '49Berliner, Irving PT '50Biggart, Norman B. PT '49Bird, Mrs. Donald A.

(nee Peggy Smith) FA '42Blanchette, Arthur J. Art '23Blatecky, Mrs. Joseph

(nee Helen Atwell) Ret '33Blazey, John S. Mech '31Blume. Hilton L. PT '44Bohall, R. A. PT '48Bond, Milton E. FacultyBowen, Mrs. Merl R. HE '20Bradley, Doris Art '34Brayer, Walter G. Elec '13Briggs, Roland Elec '40Briggs, Mrs. W. C. HE '09Brodie, Harold NTT '17Brown, Everett Chem '39Brown, Rose M. FA '46Buckland, Carl PT '44Buehler, Fred Eve Sch '39Butler, Kate 0. - Eve Sch '34Campbell, Mrs. J.

(nee Vernice Hersehler) HE '26Candee, Allan H. FriendCannarozzo, L. W. Eve Sch '49Caprio, Philomena Art '40Carpenter, Mrs. Harry

(nee Marion Bagley) MT '02Carroll, Mrs. C. W.

(nee Beatrice Jordemon) Art '31Carter, Robert Mech '50Cass, Scott L. Mgt '42Caulkins, H. M. Elec '17Chambers, Elmer Art '29Christie, Mrs. John

(nee Ruth Vianco) Art '18Clark, Brackett H. FriendClark, Mrs. C. Harley

(nee Bernice Naylor) FA '37Clark, George H. Friend

Clark, Win. A. FacultyClarke, Kayward G. Mgt '50Claudius, Mrs. E. D.

(nee Edna Gulich) DS '17Clement, Mr. & Mrs. A. M. Art '12Clement, Frank A. Mgt '42Cleversey, Eugene F. Mech '48Coates, Mrs. W. Bruce

(nee Betty Harris) FA '45Cofield, Wilbur Mech '41Cole, Mrs. Ralph R.

(nee Iona Eldridge) HE '16Collister, Norman J. Mech '29Combes, Mrs. Raymond

(nee Irma Lincoln) HE '15Cookingham, Mrs. J. C.

(nee Louise Kellogg) Art '13Cravats, Mrs. Ruth A. ID&R '43Crittenden, W. Dewey FriendCrook, Mrs. M. P.

(nee Frances Chapin) DA '07Cross, Mrs. Wilson H.

(nee Alpha E. Menzie) Art '14Crump, Barbara J. FA '48Curtis, Wendell J. Jr. Mech '04Cushman, James R. Elec '49DaBoll, Raymond Art '12D'Agostino, Dominic J. Mgt '40D'Amico, Audre Arch '29Davis, Alfred L. FacultyDavey, Lora M. HE '14Davis, Madelaine E. Art '43Deaton, Mrs. Hazel S.

(nee Hazel Schilleman) FA '42DeGree, Mrs. Claude M.

(nee Theresa Armer) HE '13Dewitt, Frank A. Jr. Mgt '40Diver, Ray C. NMT 'I0Donohoe, Martin Mech '30Dorkey, Marjorie L. HE '16Dorschel, C. 0. Mech '49Doyle, Ralph Elec '32Drake, D. P. Mgt '50Drayer, Marie V. HE '18Dudley, Harvey . Mech '42Buffet, Mrs. Norman HE '11Duncan, Paul B. Mgt '40Eagan, Clifton F. Elec '16Eceleston, H. B. NMT '13Eisenhart, M. Herbert FriendEllingson, Mark FacultyEllis, Mrs. Remington

(nee Alice Wheeler) DA '11Ellison, Clifford Eve Sch '42Engdahl, David PT '49Evans, Walter P&P '50Fader, Harold Eve Sch '49Feldmann, Mrs. Siebe S.

(nee Alma Meyer) HE '21Finucane, Nora HE '27Fisher, E. C. Mech '41Fisher, Mrs. Edgar J.

(nee Elizabeth Fehr) DA '07Fisher Frances E. RD '30Flickinger, Freddie W. Mech '49Ford, Mary Ret '50Foster, Mrs. Geo H.

(nee Frances Paler) HE '15Foster, Geo. H. Elec '15Fowler, Fred Mech '22Frenzel, William S. J. Eve Sch '16Fuller, Doris HE '18Fuller, Gladys HE '18Gallasch, George A. Mech '44Garrison, Sarah FA '38Gaylord, Thomas S. Mgt '34Geisinger, E. E. FriendGienger, John A. Mgt '37Gilbert, Allan B. Elec '33Goebel, Henry FacultyGooding, Mrs. W. Faber

(nee Pauline Matthews) HE '24Grastorf, Fred L. Mgt '39

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dent) writes that she is to be mar-ried in June to Charles A. Love-lace, of Vestal, N. Y. They willlive at Dryden, N. Y. where Char-les is manager of a large poultryfarm. Doris has been for severalyears on the secretarial staff cfthe Extension Division of the Col-lege of Agriculture at Cornell.Dick Maurer (PT 1940) is photog-rapher in the Extension Divisionand is going to take Doris's wed-ding pictures. Dick's wife, DottieHolt ( Art 1941) is devoting full-time to her homemaking careerwith two young Maurers in thefamily.

Class of 1942

Wallace A. Howland (Mech) isExecutive Vice-President of How-land Brothers Company Inc. ofBerkshire, N.Y. He is married andhas one child.

Recent word from Ruth John-son Nowell (Ret) tells us thatshe received her Master's degreefrom the University of Missouriin February. Ruth is married toJohn Nowell and they reside at 106Lathrop Road, Columbia, Missouri.

CLASS OF 1948

A new address has been re-ceived for "Chris" Roullier (FA)former student. Mrs. EdwardRoullier, 224 Wilmot Street, Cam-den 5, New Jersey. How about aletter, Chris, to let us know whatyou are doing ?

Marion Freedman Zernik (Mrs.George (Art) is living at 98Avondale Park, Rochester 20.

Robert L. Bartels ( Art) isArtist in the Engraving Depart-ment at Eastman Kodak Company,Rochester.

Robert L. Koehler (Elec) re-CORRECTION

cently received his Bachelor of We regret an error which

Science degree from Michigan appeared in the March 9 issue ofState College. Bob visited the In- . this paper regarding Mrs. Gracestitute on March 22. Groff Brooks (Art '27). She lives

Norman J. Weinreber ( Mech) is at 566 Birr St., Rochester, and isa tool designer at the Bausch and in the employ of the EastmanLomb Optical Company of Roch- Kodak Company in market re-ester. search work.

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Alumni Fund Contributors( Continued front Page 6)

Gray, Joseph S. Mgt '33Green, Newton B. FriendGrover, Kenneth M. Mech '50Gundry, Mrs. David

(nee Ruth Mix) Art '32Hackett, Russell '45Hagen, John G. Mech '33Haight, Jarvis S. Eve SchHalbleib, Karl E. Mech '38Haller, Randolph E. Mgt '31Hanauer, Carl S. FriendHammecker, Vernon Mech '32Harding, Beatrice W. DS '05Hart, Mrs. Alfred FriendHartman, Geraldine FA '50.Harvie, Katherine Art '29Hastings, Mrs. A. J.

(nee Priscilla Whipple) Ret '33Hastings, Willard Ret '49Hathaway, Mrs. Frank HE '16Havens, James D. Art '25Havens, Mary C. FriendHavens, N. PT '33Hayner, Mrs. Clifford

(nee Florence Wheeler) Art '28Heline, Mrs. Louis

(nee June Stoner) PT '50Heline, Louis F. P&P '50Hermance, Marian E. FA '48Herrman, Clarence Eve Sch '42Herron, Nelson Y. Mech '43Hickok, Walter A. Elec '36Hodgson, Alfred Elec '41Hoffend, Mrs. Robert

(nee Virginia Rouse) FA '46Hogadone, Edwina B. FacultyHoke, Mr. & Mrs. Geo W. FacultyHolmes, Patricia M. Ret. '40Horn, Chas. C. FacultyHouse, Kenneth T. Ret '26Howland, Mrs. J. FriendHrncirek, Steven Art '48Hubbel, Anna & Bertha FriendsHuff, Earl W. Mech '40Hungerford, Mr. & Mrs. Earl

Elec '29 & Art '30Irons, Mrs. Roderick R.

(nee Georgiana Tuttle) FA '36Irving, Mrs. John L. FriendJacobs, Raymond H. PT '40Jacobus, Mr. & Mrs. J. J. Elec '29Jameson, Richard FriendJenkins, James H. Elec '42Jiloty, Joseph PT '48Johns, Alfred A. FacultyJohnson, George M. Mgt '42Kamola, William B. Mech '33Karol, Edward Mgt '48Katowitz, Pearl L. Ret '34Keller, Clifford H. Mech 'I0Kennedy, Jack W. Mgt '50Kern, Roy B. Art '42Keymel, Luther R. Mech '40Kilinski, A. L. Elec '50Kingsbury, Richard M. PT '43Kingston, Mrs. Harry H. Art '00Knight, Ralph B. FriendKolb, Mr. & Mrs. Fred J. FacultyKramer, Norman A. Mech '27Krapp, Walter C. Mgt '27Kudzy, Daniel Chem '49Lannin, K. H. Mgt '47Larwood, Gertrude RD '30Laughlin, Mrs. Van S. HE '13Lee, Thomas L. FriendLees, William C. Mgt '33Leonard, George Mgt '46Leslie, Anna L. FA '34Lewis, Mrs. Donald H.

(nee Barbara Chamberlain)CAR '37

Lischer, Donald A. Const '37Litz, Stanton J. Elec '29Locke, Mrs. William FA '50Lomb, George F. Mech 'I0Loughlin, Joseph F. X. P&P '50Lowenthal, Mrs. Eugene FriendLucas, Mrs. Velma Mgt '46Macumber, Stewart E. Elee '28Mannhardt, James V. Art '40Marra, Vic Eve Sch '41Martin, Florence E. FA '33Martin, Herman FacultyMaruggi, Edward A. Eve Sch '50Marvin, B. W. Mech '38Mattison, Helen R. Art '30May, Carol E. Art '48McIvor, Henry Art '42Meehan, R. S. Mech '48Merritt, R. D. PT '48Messing, Richard B. P&P '50Messner, Frederick PT '35Nickles, James Chem '43Milatz, Theodorus Mgt '44Miller, Edwin E. Mech '49Miller, Mrs. Rebecca

(nee Rebecca Oliver) HE '07Millison, Mildred M. HE '28Mohlenhoff, Bernice M. FriendMoose, Clarence Mech '26Morgan, Herbert J. Elec '30Morris, Helen P. HE '17Morrison, Linwood P. Chem '42Moss, William Elec '48Mount, Robert A. Arch '42Munro, Mrs. Henry

(nee Margaret Kellogg) HM '16

Nantka, ThomasNealon, Louis J.Neblette, C. B.Newsome, -Mrs. PhilipNixon, Samuel P.Northrup, NormanOaksford, Mrs. FredOats, StantonOchmke, George W.Ogden, Mayme LeeOrtmeyer, Mrs. A. B.Palmeri, S. J.Pearson, Mrs. HenryPenler, GenePeper, Harold E.Peters, Richard C.Phillips, G. EarlPioch, KathleenPomeroy, ArvillaPoyzer, Mrs. Glenn

(nee Betty Sears)Pratt, C. B., Jr.Price, Kenneth R.Prietz, Ernest P.Quinlan, FrankQuinn, William H.Rapp, JayRappenecker, LorraineRatliff, BettyReichert, EdwardReiner, Annie M.Reinman, Murray J.Reitz, Mrs. Herbert R.

(nee Claire Horn)Ridderhof, N. L.Roe, LeonardRomer, Irving C.Rosen, Mrs. Robert

(nee Sybil Lieberman)Ross, FrankRother, Frank A.Rounds, BarbaraRowley, Earl F.Rumbutis, Bernard R.Russo, AnthonySandak, HaroldSandak, Victor I•Sawens, Mrs. CharlesSchackelford, WalterSchamel, ChristineSchantz, Richard R.Schmeck, M. FrancesSchwartz, SamuelSeidewand, Edward H.Sheaffer, Emilie E.Sherwood, LeeShuns, HaroldSilverman, HarrySlapinski, RobertSmart, Mrs. James D.

(nee Helen Holloway) HE '17Smith, Leo F. FacultySmith, Mrs. William

(nee Margaret St. John) RD '33Smith, Richard G. Mech '41Spencer, Harold F. Art '51Spreng, Robert Mech '40Sprong, E. Eve SpStallman, B. G. FriendStampe, Mrs. Jean FacultyStanat, William Elec '34Start, Edward B. Chem '40Stott, Mrs. E. T.

(nee Margaret Pughes)HA&S '18

Stratton, Burton E. FacultyStrickland, E. FacultyStroebel, LeslieSundberg, ArthurSutton, George F.Swanton, W. F.Taber, JosephTalks, MonaTaylor, George S.Taylor, Joseph B.Taylor, Joseph F. FriendThomas, Mr. & Sirs. Donald

Elec '32Thorne, Roy R. FA '49Thurber, Bertha HE '12Tucker, Galen M. Elec '20Tyson, Regina Ret '32VanHorn, Winfield Elec '28VanPeursem, Ralph L. FacultyVialls, J. L. Art '23Vosburg, R. A. P&P '49Wadhams, John G. Mech '49Wallace, Mrs. C. F. DS '07Watkins, D. H. Eve Sch '50Watson, Geneva J. HE '26Watson, Robert C. Art '96Webster, Bail L. Ret '49Weil, Mrs. Samuel M. FriendWhite, Mr. & Mrs. Earl

Eve Sch '29PT '40

Homelands of three South American visitors arepointed out on the globe in the Eastman Building.The Latin-Americans spent a day visiting the In-stitute recently. Left to right are Julio Galvez,

ATTENTION: ALUMNI

Vote Now For Your Executive CouncilRochester Institute of Technology

Alumni Association 1951-1952 Official Ballot

Your Executive Council, the governing body of the Alumni Association,includes 24 members elected from among the different departments of theInstitute. The term of office is for two years with new members electedeach year. The Executive Council elects its own officers from its ownmembership once each year.

Every alumnus should vote for representatives under all coursesregardless of what his or her course is. If you wish to vote for othercandidates, substitute their names for those on this ballot. All alumni areautomatically full members of the Association and entitled to vote. Mem-bership is not requisite upon contributions or dues. To vote for a candidatemake an X in the box opposite the candidate's name.

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After you have voted tear this ballot out and mail it to the AlumniOffice, Rochester Institute of Technology, 65 Plymouth Avenue South,Rochester 8, N. Y.

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Wieggel, OscarWilkins, Mrs. John

(nee Florence Adams) HE '04Nilson, Viola M. FacultyWilson, William F. Mech '50Wintemute, Dudley C. Elec '32Wisner, Mrs. Robert FA '49Wolfanger, H. F. Eve Sch '45Wolverton, Helen HE '26Woodard, Mrs. Mary L.

(nee Mary G. Rudy) Mgt '22

P&P '50Elec '29FacultyArt '29

Mech '32Mgt '46HE '17PT '48

Mech '17Art '17FA '33Art '50FA '43

P&P '50Elec '26P&P '50Art '33Art '51FA '41

FA '41Elec '50P&P '50Mech '33

FriendMgt '33Art '50FA '48Art '26Mgt '49HE '11

Mech '40

FA '37Mgt '46

Mech '39Mgt '38

FA '46PT '40PT '42Art '49Mgt '46

Mech '35Elec '31PT '39PT '36Art '05PT '49HE '21

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FA '17Art '23

Mech '17P&P '45P&P '47

PT '42Mgt '33Elec '18FacultyElec '36HE '15

Mgt '32PT '43

Guatemala; Jorge C. Bianchi, Argentina: Dr.Ellingson; Laurence Lipsett, Educational Research;and Lisandro Lecuna, Venezuela.

Raney of Syracuie University rides Ralph Panfil Buffalo, March 17. Panfil was decisioned by Ra-of RIT in the I45-pound match at the NAAU ney in this match. RIT wrestlers did an outstand-Niagara District Tournament at the University of ing job at the tournament by winning six medals.

Service Director PlansNew Deferment. Policy

Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey recentlyproposed a plan to permit students in full-time training toqualify for deferment under Selective Service. This proposalhas been placed in the hands of Mobilization Director CharlesE. Wilson and is now being considered.

It is anticipated that a decision will be reached in the

Alfred A. Johns CitedBy Rochester Teachers

"An outstanding educator of Rochester, whose service:o the students of one of our leading educational institutionshas been conspicuous," were the words of Frank Leachpresident of the Rochester Classroom Teachers Organizationwhen he presented Alfred A. Johns, RIT Registrar, withcitation from his group at a student assembly this week athe Institute.

Second CitationThe citation is the second to be

made this year by the ClassroomTeachers Organization for longoutstanding contributions to edu-cation.

Following is the history of Mr.Johns' activities in the field ofeducation, as prepared by theorganization:

"The Rochester ClassroomTeachers Organization, being dulyauthorized by the unanimous ap-

ALFRED A. JOHNSproval of its executive board, takesthis opportunity to cite an out-standing educator of this city forhis conspicuous service to the stu-dents of one of our leading edu-cational institutions.

At Institute in 1919"For many years, Mr. Alfred

A. Johns has been connected withthe Rochester Institute of Tech-nology and its predecessor, Me-chanics Institute. Coming to theInstitute in 1919, Mr. Johns has,for 32 years, earned his way intothe permanent esteem and affec-tions of many generations ofclasses. Mr. Johns was at firsta full-time teacher and veterans'counselor following World War I;then he was made Director of theDivision of Industrial Arts (whichcomprises the Electrical, Mechani-cal, and Chemical departments);and in 1929 he was made Super-visor of the Department of Chem-istry and Registrar of the Insti-tute.

School Board Member

"For many years he has been amember of the school board in theLaurelton District of Irondequoit,

"In 1923 Mr. Johns was chosencommander of the Genesee ValleyPost of the American Legion, andhe has served continuously sincethat time as a member of theLegion's County Executive Com-mittee. It was in this latter capac-ity that in 1927 Mr. Johns wasactive in starting the Legion's

RIT walked away with sixmedals from the Niagara DistrictTournament of the NAAU wres-tling tournament March 17 at theUniversity of Buffalo. The Insti-tute wrestlers racked up one firstplace, three second places and twothird places.

Larry Wilson at 136 pounds wasthe standout for the RIT squadwith three pins over Cellino of theUniversity of Buffalo, Jacobson ofthe Niagara YMCA, and Campbellof Syracuse University.

Ezio DeCristofaro, Jim Hark-ness, and Don Sewing earned sec-ond place medals in the 115-, 128-and 191-pound divisions respec-tively.

Ralph Panfil and Mike Pukishplaced third in their weight divi-sions. Medals are awarded to the

tradition of giving an Americanflag to every school in MonroeCounty. This practice has sincegrown into the present custom of"The Transfer of the Flag," aceremony held annually at thepublic exercises commemoratingWashington's Birthday.

Legion Commander"In 1941 Mr. Johns was elected

County Commander of the Ameri-can Legion, and he was serving inthat capacity when the communitywas stunned by the attack onPearl Harbor. Again answering thecall to public service, Mr. Johnsbecame Secretary of SelectiveService Board No. 558. From 1942to 1946 he was also Chief ofRochester's Auxiliary Police in theCivilian Defense Program. He hasfor years taken part in all VeteranMemorial services in Rochester.

"With the discharge of veteransfrom World War II, it was naturalthat Mr. Johns should be selectedfor the task of integrating andplanning the programs of studiesfor the nearly 15,000 veterans whohave registered for the day andevening classes at RIT since WorldWar IL

Set Up Vet Machinery"Beginning with his appointment

as Director of Veterans' Affairs in1942, it was Mr. Johns who set upthe machinery for processing themultiple certificates of eligibilityof this vast group.

"Skilled in educational proce-dures, he made frequent and valu-able suggestions to the Veterans'Administration for expediting therequired forms, affadavits, ac-counts, and subsistence checks,thus enabling the education ofveterans to proceed without unduedelay. The magnitude of the under-taking did not discourage himfrom striking hard whenever andwherever necessary to secure re-sults for the students.

Present Duties"At present, Mr. Alfred Johns is

charged with the responsibility ofbeing chairman of RIT's publica-tions, chairman of the convocation,and supervisor of both entranceexaminations and registration.

"The Rochester ClassroomTeachers Organization salutes withpride a prominent educator whothrough the years has devotedhimself unsparingly and whole-heartedly to the welfare of bothhis students and his community."

winners of the first three placesProspects for a successful sea

son next year look good, accordingto Coach Earl Fuller. Only two othe men will be lost via graduatioiand from what can be learned nownone will be leaving for the ArmedForces either through the draft oenlistment.

"If nothing unforeseen happento the squad, we should havestrong team at the beginning onext year," Fuller said.

RESULTS OF TOURNAMENT115 pounds: DeCristofaro drev

a bye and was later decisioned byWorth (Amherst).

128: Harkness (RIT) decisionedHoward 2-1 (Ithaca College); wasdecisioned by Blackman 1-0.

136: Wilson pinned Cellino (Uof Buffalo) 1:06; pinned Jacobson

Charlotte High School( Continued from Page 3)

Bucher ('38) who was buyer forIszards Department store.

The following Mechanical De-partment alumni were graduatedfrom Charlotte: Wilbur C. Ahrns('33), a designer in the engineer-ing department of InternationalBusiness Machines Inc.; FrederickR. Rohr ('33), a layout designerin Development Engineering De-partment of Commercial ControlsCorporation—he also attended theU of R.; Karl E. Halbleib, ('38)is draftsman and machine designerin the Engineering Departmentof Victor Insulators, Inc.; RobertC. Black ('39)is advertising man-ager for the Machinery Divisionat Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh,Pa.—he also obtained a B. S. de-gree from the University of Ten-nessee; James Krickmire ('43) ismaintenance and construction en-ineer at Eastman Kodak Company;and Walter V. Springer ('39) is afirst class maintenance man at theRochester Gas and Electric Cor-poration.

Mechanical GraduatesOther Mechanical graduates are

Gordon L. DeMato ('40) an em-ployee of the Rochester OrdnanceDistrict; Donald P. Wolz, ( '40) in-dustrial engineer at EastmanKodak Company—he also attendedOhio State University; Burton H.Reeves ('41) Warren H. Shantz( '42), a tool engineer at TaylorInstrument Companies, EdwardC. Connell ('43 ), draftsman atKodak Park Works, EastmanKodak Company--also obtainedhis Bachelor of Mechanical En-gineering degree at Clarkson Col-lege of Technology; Kenneth W.Thomson ('43 ), an associate prod-uct engineer at Camera WorksDivision of Eastman Kodak Com-pany; Walter E. Taylor ('47), aninstrument maker at EastmanKodak Company; and Edwin E.Miller ( '49 ) an employee of theRochester Products Division ofGeneral Motors Corporation.

From the Art Department areMrs. Ernest J. Walker ('26) ;Mrs. Robert Meagher ('26) ; Mrs.Chester Uffelman ( '32), a fashionillustrator for Forman's; Mrs.Gaylord C. Brewer ('36) ; EdwardSanglacomo ('39) ; Margaret E.Taylor ( '40) ; and Elseo B. Sangi-acomo ( '46).

Edward C. Howden, a Publishingand Printing Department graduateis now working for the CayugaPress in Ithaca.

( Niagara Y) 3:20; pinned Camp-bell (Syracuse University) 5:30.

145: Panfil pinned Mitchell(Ithaca College) 5:19; decisionedJudd (U. of Buffalo) 7-6; deci-sioned Bero (U. of Buffalo) 3-2;was decisioned by Raney (Syra-cuse) 6-5.

155: Pukish was pinned by Iaco-velli (Cornell) 4:95; Pukish wonby default over Hillard (BuffaloJewish Center); decisioned Blair( RIT) referee's decision.

155: Blair decisioned Westin( U. of Buffalo); was decisioned byArnold (Cornell) 2-0.

165: Hughes decisioned by Turko( Cornell) 6-5.

191: Sewing pinned Dumas( Pine Hill School); decisionedDolan (Buffalo) 6-5; was pinnedby Coad (Cornell) 4:30.

immediate future. me plan pro-vides for a nation-wide test ofhigh school and college students asa guide in determining whether ornot they will be permitted to re-main in school with defermentfrom Selective Service.

Who Gets Tests?The tests would be given to

present first and second year stu-dents as well as to high schoolstudents who were applying foradmission to any educational insti-tution.

Certain other provisions appearin the recommendation regardingdeferment of upperclass studentsand applying percentages to bedeferred. For example, it is pro-posed that three-fourths of thestudents about to enter their finalyear be deferred, permitting themto complete their course beforeentering military service. Otherprovisions of a similiar nature areincluded.

Only a ProposalIt must be kept in mind that

this is only a proposal and that theplan as a whole is subject tochange before the recommenda-tions are finally acceptable to theMobilization Director. However,it is reasonable to assume thatsome provision will be made forhigh school and Institute studentswho qualify on the tests.

Although nothing definite hasbeen issued on the possibility ofthis plan's going into effect, it isexpected there will be further an-nouncements within the near fu-ture.

Institute GivesEntrance Exams

Members of the Institute Coun-seling Center have a busy dayahead of them tomorrow whenthey administer the first 1951 en-trance examinations. The examin-ations, to be administered for allInstitute departments, will be usedas bases on which applicants willbe notified of their acceptance atRIT.

The testing beginning at 8 a.m.tomorrow will include pyschologi-cal, aptitude, interest, physical,and in some courses, subject mat-ter examination. In addition eachapplicant will have his picturetaken.

During the afternoon, applicantswill- go to the departments inwhich they are interested in en-rolling for further examinationand interviewing.

Tomorrow's day of testing is thefirst of three to take place beforeclasses begin next fall. The otherswill be given on June 2 and Aug. 4.

Administering the tests fromCounseling Cent e r will be Dr.Leo F. Smith, Lawrence Lipsett,James Wilson and MaryfrancesDudley.

The various departments in theInstitute supply personnel to aidthe Counseling Center in carryingout the testing.

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