Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine Vol. 36, No. 03 1957

NOVEMBER 1957

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THE BIGGEST AND THE BEST — a special portfolio of pictures and text on Homecoming. ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES—in two pages a great year is reviewed and analyzed. NEXT STOP NEW ORLEANS —The Jackets on a team trip in pictures and words. SPUTNIK, BLESSING OR CURSE — four Tech professors discuss the year's biggest upset. A NEW CERAMIC DEVELOPMENT — Tech's fast-growing ceramic research group comes up with a brand-new material with many uses. WITH THE CLUBS — late reports. NEWS BY CLASSES — an alumni gazette. TAIL OF TWO TIGERS—the losses.

Officers of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association

Charles Simons, '37, Pres. I. M. Sheffield, '20, V-P Charles Thwaite, '33, V-P Walt Crawford, '49, Treas. W. Roane Beard, '40, Executive Secretary

Staff Bob Wallace, Jr., '49, Editor Bill Diehl, Jr., Chief Photographer

Bob Eskew, '49, Advertising Mary Peeks, Assistant

THE COVER Miss Sue Redfern, the 1957 Homecoming Queen, sings with the crowd at the bonfire and pep rally on the eve of Home­coming. The song is, of course, "Ramblin' Reck" one which Miss Redfern, a daughter of an alumnus and the sister of a Tech student, is well-qualified to sing. For more about Miss Redfern and the 1957 Home­coming, please turn to page 5.

Cover Photo - Bill Diehl, Jr.

Published eight times a year — February, March, May, July, September, October, November and December — by the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, Georgia Institute of Technology; 225 North Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia. Subscription price (35c per copy) included in the membership dues. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office. Atlanta. Georgia under the Act of March 5, 1879.

BEING ELECTED president of your Alumni Association is the finest honor I have ever received. The leaders you have so honored in the past have done such won­derful jobs in accelerating the progress and growth of the Association that this year's officers and trustees face a real challenge in trying to continue the upward spiral.

Fred Storey, who has guided us through our two finest years, is due the congratulations of every Tech man. He has given us superb leadership when we needed it most. But then over the years, we have been fortunate to have had such leadership working for a better Alumni Association and a better Georgia Tech.

On page 12 of this issue are printed the minutes of the annual meeting of the Alumni Association held on Homecoming Day. I urge all of you to read them thoroughly. They will give you an idea of the work that the Association and Foundation have done during the past year.

Homecoming this year was by far the most success­ful in Tech's history. The crowds at every event from the reunion parties to the Homecoming Dance broke all Tech records. Working in joint sessions, the alumni and student Homecoming committees did a superior job planning and coordinating this year's crowded calendar of events. And talking to the Tech men that came from all over the country, you could see that this was one Homecoming everyone was satisfied with. I like to think that because the game was part of such a success­ful homecoming, the Jackets won it for all those alumni who came back to Tech for the big weekend. You can take a look at homecoming through the port­folio of photographs and words starting on the op­posite page.

Speaking of the opposite page, I think it must be some sort of a record to have 12 graduates of a class of only 35 men come back to their Alma Mater for a 50th reunion party. The Class of 1907 is due a hearty round of congratulations for this achievement.

If, during the year, you think of any part of the operation of your Alumni Association that you would like to have explained in this column, please drop us a note. We're always open to suggestions.

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THE BIGGEST AND THE BEST A portfolio of Homecoming, '57

Photographs • Bill Diehl, Jr.

Text • Bob Wallace, Jr.

THE MEN looking at you in the picture above are the 17 members of the Class of 1907 who held their 50th Re­union during Tech's 1957 Homecoming. Twelve of them are graduates of a class that numbered only 35 in June of 1907 when they departed from the "Flats." Holding the Class graduation picture is G. M. "Tommy" Stout of Atlanta, who organized this amazingly successful party that set the tone for the November 1 and 2 weekend. Members of classes of '12, '17, '22, '27, '32, '37, '42, '47, and '52 came back in large numbers. And Tech men from other classes not holding special parties came back just to take in the weekend. On the following pages, The A lumnus gives you a look at what they saw at Homecoming.

November, 1957

HOMECOMING—Continued

HURRY

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HURRY To make the 1957 Tech Homecoming the

best in history, the Tech students organized a special Homecoming

Committee, headed by Student Body vice president English Thornwell. Working

with an Alumni Committee, appointed by President Storey and headed by

Randy Whitfield, '32, the students did a great job of planning the big two-day

carnival. They added special attractions like the Friday Night Jazz Concert, which

drew over 6,000 into the Alexander Memorial Building, and the female

freshman 100-yard dash which drew nine puffing coeds. The committees also

prepared a special brochure on the weekend schedule, and it looked like

everything was going to be all set in plenty of time for the big celebration. But one

big Tech tradition connected with Homecoming had been forgotten: the

"wait-till-the-last-minute-to-build-the-wrecks-and-displays" tradition.

On the afternoon of November 1, the first day of the weekend and just three

hours before the judging began, Homecoming Queen Sue Redfern stopped

by the Beta House to pose in front of this wild bit of confusion that was in

evidence at every Tech house on Friday afternoon at that very minute.

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HOMECOMING—Continued

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Dodd and the queen at the bonfire: He called her, "the prettiest queen I've ever seen."

The queen stands by the bonfire as the Tech men hail her for the first time during the weekend.

The winning fraternity house display, Phi Sigma Kappa's "Blue Devil in an Electric Chair" blows its lid as the volts hit it. On the right. Sigma Chi's Peanuts was 2nd.

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The big Friday Night event, a jazz concert by the Four Freshmen, famed singing group, packed 6,000 in the big Alexander Coliseum.

At the concert's intermission, the queen a-warded a trophy and a kiss to the campus' ug­liest man, Sigma Nu's Gene "Bones" Wilkes.

Ths traditional kiss for the cake race winner is applied to Lloyd Sutter by the 1957 queen.

Splitting right down the middle, the Delta Tau Delta reck rambles to a 1st place finish.

AND A REAL RECK SATURDAY

THE DOORS BLOW OFF A RECK AND GIVE THE QUEEN A SHOCK.

PRESIDENT HARRISON POSES IN FRONT OF THE LUNCHEON CROWD.

November, 1957

HOMECOMING—Cont inued

THE HAPPY ENDING UNDERDOGS BY A TOUCHDOWN at gametime, the Jackets wrote a real happy ending to the 1957 Homecoming by routing the Duke Blue Devils, 13-0. Tech shoved the vaunted, undefeated Duke team all over Grant Field and were never in danger. The statistics show the difference in the game as Tech rolled to 232 yards rushing and 58 passing to Duke's 66 yards rushing and 43 passing.

Tech drove to the Duke 8 with the opening kickoff before missing a field goal. A few minutes later they were back on the 6 only to lose the ball on an interception. Late in the 2nd period, sophomore fullback Jim Benson carried over from the Duke 1, after leading a Jacket drive. In the 3rd period Lester Simerville, another sophomore fullback, flashed 15 yards with a screen pass for the final score. That night over 8,500 crowded into the Coliseum for the Homecoming dance to wind it all up.

The grin on Bobby Dodd's face, as the jackets hoist him on their shoulders for the ride across the field, tells the story of Homecoming Day and its surprisingly happy ending.

New Association president Simons kisses the queen during the game's big halftime show.

A PAIR OF LEGS IN THE AIR IS ALL YOU CAN SEE OF JIM BENSON AS HE DIVES FOR TECH'S FIRST SCORH.

Lester Simerville (44) starts his 15-yard run with a screen pass that scored Tech's second touchdown, and a drummer starts to cheer him.

And to top it off, the Tech ends and backs kept get­ting in the clear like lerome Green in this early action.

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''mm TECH BROKE DUKE'S BACK WITH TACKLING LIKE THIS.

A N D THEN THEY SCORED WITH BLOCKING LIKE THIS.

HOMECOMING—Cont.

Robert Lee Dodd, for 26 years a Tech coach and now one of the Institute's lead­ing figures, becomes an honorary member of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association. At the head table laughing at Dodd's remarks are, left to right, Roane Beard, Dr. Edwin Harrison, I. M. Sheffield, Jr., and outgoing president of the Associa­tion Fred Storey who made the presenta­tion to Dodd, Eugene Turner, Sr. and Robert O. Arnold who was unable to attend.

A record crowd tu rned out for the summat ion

of the most successful year in Tech 's history

THE MINUTES OF THE 1957 ANNUAL MEETING

THE MEETING was called to order at 10:10 A.M. by President Fred Storey. Approximately 100 alumni were present. President Storey welcomed the homecom­ing alumni in attendance and thanked them for their interest.

The minutes of the last Annual Meet­ing, held October 27, 1956, were ap­proved as published in the November, 1956 issue of The Georgia Tech Alum­nus.

President Storey introduced Robert L. Dodd and Eugene A. Turner, Sr. and re­ferred to Robert O. Arnold, all of whom were elected to Honorary Membership in this Association. All three gentlemen were complimented highly for their in­terest in and work for Georgia Tech.

In the absence of Mr. Arnold, the fol­lowing resolution was passed

"RESOLVED: That a rising vote%f thanks be given to Robert O. Ar­nold, Chairman of the University System Board of Regents and that this vote be recorded in the min­utes." Alumni Secretary Beard outlined the

Homecoming activities to take place later in the day.

The Homecoming Queen, Sue Red-fern, and her two attendants, Karen Bain

by Roane Beard, Executive Secretary

and Betty Nunn were introduced by Alumnus Editor Bob Wallace.

Resolution for Dr. Weber

The Resolution, adopted on August 21, 1957, thanking Dr. Paul Weber for outstanding service was presented to Dr. Weber by Charles Simons. The resolu­tion is repeated below for publication:

"Resolved: That the Officers and Trustees of the Georgia Tech Na­tional Alumni Association express to Dr. Paul Weber their sincere ap­preciation and gratitude for the ex­cellent manner in which he served

as Acting President of Georgia Tech during the months following the death of President Van Leer and until the appointment of his succes­sor, Dr. Edwin D. Harrison, and "FURTHER RESOLVED: Thai our sincere thanks be herewith ex­pressed for his splendid cooperation with the Association in the conduct of its varied affairs, and "FURTHER RESOLVED: That in order that our gratitude for Dr. Paul Weber's outstanding service to Geor­gia Tech be known, that this resolu­tion be a part of the official minutes

GEORGIA TECH NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Officers and Trustees, 1956-57 Frederick G. Storey, '33 . . President Walter E. Crawford, '49 . . Treasurer I M. Sheffield, Jr., '20 . Vice-President W. Roane Beard, '40 Executive Secretary Charles R. Simons, '37 . Vice-President R. E. Eskew, '49 . . Associate Secretary

R. B. Wallace, Jr., '49, Editor, The Georgia Tech Alumnus

H. C. Allen, Jr., '26 Hamilton C. Arnall, '20 David J. Arnold, '18 Web C. Brown, '26 Morris M. Bryan, '41 James S. Budd, '18

Newman Corker, '31 W. Elliott Dunwoody, '14 Frank Hulse, '34 Joe K. McCutcheon, '32 John J. McDonough, '23 Ernest B. Merry, Jr., '28 J. Frank Willett, '45

James T. Redd, '40 R. A. Siegel, '36 Hal L. Smith, '26 Freeman Strickland, '24 Charles E. Thwaite, Jr., '33 Randolph Whitfield, '32

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of this Association and that a suit­ably inscribed copy be presented to him for his keeping."

Introduction of the President

Dr. Edwin D. Harrison, President of Georgia Tech was introduced by Presi­dent Storey. Dr. Harrison paid tribute to Tech's alumni, the faculty and admin­istration. He stated that the spirit and support of the institution by our alumni were what impressed him most.

The Foundation Report

Ivan Allen, Jr., President of the Geor­gia Tech Foundation, gave a brief report on the activities of the Foundation. Mr. Allen reported that in the last two years funds available to the Foundation had increased 800%. The appropriation of $150,000 for faculty supplementation was mentioned and Mr. Allen stated that continued building of a stronger faculty is the goal of the Foundation. Mr. Allen referred to a recently completed Study Committee Report which outlines the needs of Georgia Tech, the audit cover­ing the past fiscal year and to an article in the October issue of The Georgia Tech A lumnus.

National Advisory Board

Recognition was given and certificates presented to the seven members of the National Advisory Board. Those present were Allen Morris, '36, Coral Gables, Fla.; J. Tom Roberts, '20, Memphis, Tenn.; G. Nolan Bearden, '29, Beverly Hills, Calif., and Howard Tellepsen, '34, Houston. Absent were: David W. Har­ris. '14, Des Plaines, 111., William S. Ter­rell, '30, Charlotte, and H. R. Pund, '29, New York.

President Storey's Report

President Fred Storey briefly reviewed the activities of the past year. Particular pride was expressed in the increased Roll Call activity which produced over 9,000 contributors and approximately $290,000 from all sources and in the winning of the loyalty trophy from the University of Georgia.

Members of the National Ad­visory Board, honored at the Annual Meeting, are introduced at the Alumni Luncheon. Left to right, G. Nolan Bearden, Allen Morris, and Howard Tel­lepsen. Not present when the picture was made were Tom Roberts, David W. Harris, William S. Terrell and H. R. Peter" Pund other members.

Mr. Storey explained some of the ap­pointments made by the Board, action taken on certain matters and expressed real gratification in the selection of Dr. Edwin D. Harrison as president of Geor­gia Tech. The awards won by The Geor­gia Tech Alumnus were cited.

The Alumni Office staff was praised for their competency and the Trustees complimented for the wonderful sup­port given Mr. Storey during his term of office.

The Association and the Foundation trustees were asked to stand and were introduced. Newly elected trustees pres­ent were: Robert H. Ferst, '38, Joe L. Jennings, '23, Roy Richards, '35, and C. D. LeBey, '22.

Treasurer Walter Crawford gave a brief financial report which showed the Association to be in sound financial con­dition. He announced that the audit by James & Porter covering the year end­ing June 30 is open to anyone interested. Approximately $60,000 is in reserve for the Association.

President Storey passed the gavel to new President Charles R. Simons with his best wishes.

President Simons stated that he was deeply honored at having been elected to the presidency and stated that he hoped the Association would continue to show progress in the coming year.

Trustee Siegel presented a solid silver bowl and tray to President Fred Storey

The new officers have a laugh with President Harrison as they prepare for a photograph for the local press. Left to right, Charlie Simons, president; Wal­ter Crawford, treasurer and I. M. Sheffield, vice president. Vice President Charles Thwaite was not present when the pic­ture was taken. That's Tech President Harrison on the right.

in recognition of his outstanding leader­ship. The gift was from the trustees serv­ing during 1956-57.

List of Those Present

Those present were: G. T. Adams, Ivan Allen, Jr., Hamilton C. Arnall, David J. Arnold, J. H. Baggarly, George G. Bailey, W. Roane Beard, C. Nolan Bearden, Winston C. Boteler, Fred L. Bowyer, Jim Budd, J. A. Castellaw, George D. Coleman, Jr., Walt Crawford, William D. Cromartie, Paul A. Duke, Elliott Dunwody, III, W. Elliott Dun-wody, Jr., Henry T. Duson, Cherry Em­erson, L. A. Emerson, R. E. Eskew, Al-vin M. Ferst, Jr., Robert H. Ferst, Tom Fuller, Guy Garrard, Harold Gee, R. Mack Gibbs, J. H. Gilbert, Rowan Gil-reath, Berry Grant, George C. Griffin, J. H. Groves, Ben Hall, Ed Hamilton, George F. Hoffmann, Joe L. Jennings, E. Calvin Johnson, C. A. Jones, C. A. Jones, Jr., Charles J. Kamper, Carl L. Kimbell, Ralph M. Langford, D. L. Lat-timore, C. D. LeBey, R. E. Leckrune, William A. Levins, Joe K. McCutchen, George Marchmont, F. A. Mathes, Ern­est Merry, Allen Morris, Phil Narmore, R. D. Neill, R. S. Pascal, H. W. Patter­son, C. H. Pauly, P. M. Peteet, John T. Phillips, Phil Reimert, Clifford L. Rob­erts, Tom Roberts, William M. Robin­son, Jr., E. Alton Rogers, Albert W. Rose, D. H. Rudisill, Patrick E. Sea-wright, F. W. Shackelford, I. M. Shef­field, R. A. Siegel, Charles R. Simons, Benson L. Skelton, Vance Skinner, Hal L. Smith, Jack M. Smoot, Ray Spitler, John C. Staton, Chandler H. Stevens, Fred G. Storey, G. M. Stout, Freeman Strickland, W. D. Wright, Howard T. Tellepsen, Jack Thiesen, Mebane E. Tur­ner, C. W. Vandiver, Jamie Vendrell, George Viereck, C. T. Vigus, Ed M. Vinson, Fred Wagener, Robert B. Wal­lace, R. F. Webb, Homer S. Weber, Ken­dall Weisiger, Randy Whitfield, R. B. Wilby, Frank Willett, Warren G. Young.

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NEXT STOP, NEW ORLEANS

Four or five times each year, the Jackets go on the road to play. Here in pictures by Bill Diehl is one such trip.

At the airport, Roane Beard lends a hand in check­ing in the Tech players for the flight to Louisiana.

On the bus ride to the airport, Fred Braselton discovers an Alumnus article about himself.

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Tech President Harrison, an enthusiastic pilot, takes over the controls of the DC-6. Rieht, Dodd and Graves have a conference.

Howard Ector, below, hardest working man on the trip, checks hotel reservations enroute. Tech's kazoo band led by Baker Cox (Center) plays Ramblin' Reck.

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Cold Night in the Sugar Bowl ACTING AS COLD as the weather, the Jackets barely managed to beat upset-minded Tulane, 20-13 in the Sugar Bowl. Tech scored easily in the early minutes after they had recovered a Greenie fumble at the Tulane 19. Flowers went 3 and James the remaining 16 for the score. Then Tech fumbled and Tulane went 40 yards to tie it up, 7-7.

Lester Simerville, sophomore fullback from Atlanta, took the 2nd half kickoff and raced 91 yards to put Tech in front. It was the longest return in the Dodd era. Another fullback, Jim Benson led a 57-yard drive and personally scored from the six to put Tech ahead, 20-7. Tulane came back to make it uncomfortable on a great passing show that brought the score to 20-13.

In one of the few displays of precision foot­ball during the night, Bill Diehl's Leica

ANOTHER FUMBLE. catches the power and beauty of the T sweep.

JIM BENSON ENDS UP FLAT ON HIS BACK AFTER HIS MAGNIFICIENT 6-YARD DRIVE FOR THE FINAL TECH SCORE.

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After the game the team takes a look at the famed Bourbon Street and after listening and a conference, right, decides to pass it up.

AND HOME AGAIN

But Bourbon Street is a deserted place on this windy night and by 3:00 A.M. only the hot dog merchants and unswept debris remain.

November, 1957

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CRAWFORD (L) SHOWS SATELLITE MODEL TO MEEKS, MEDALIA AND JAMES (L TO R ) . Photograph Bill Diehl. Jr.

A specially edited Alumnus adaptation of a WGST radio program on the topic of the day

SPUTNIK-BLESSING OR CURSE THIS is YOUR WGST NEWS EDITOR. Sputnik rolls on and so does the conversation about it. What people most want to know about Sputnik, Sputnik isn't telling. If there are radio messages back to earth, they are going to the Soviets and the question of what is being told about outer space will remain a secret behind the iron curtain until the Soviets are ready to release it. But that is no reason for speculation and discussion about Sputnik to cease in the United States. WGST has asked four Georgia Tech scientists to bring this technical story of Sputnik to you in as simple laymen's terms as possible. And to do this we have Prof. Vernon Crawford of the Georgia Tech Physics School to act as moderator. Crawford—

With me to discuss the Satellite tonight are three members of the Georgia Tech staff: Mr. Jesse James of the Engineer­ing Experiment Station; Dr. M. L. Meeks of the School of Physics and the Engineering Experiment Station; and Dr. Nahun Medalia of the Social Sciences Department.

Dr. Meeks, the very fact that the Russians have been able to get the satellite in its orbit reveals something about the state of their technology in general and their missile development in particular. Will you comment on this? Meeks—

Yes, I think we are all very surprised at the way the Russians have gone ahead of us in this field, and I think that it indicates that their technology is quite advanced. As a matter of fact it seems to indicate that their rocketry at least is ahead of ours. C r a w f o r d -

How do you suppose they got such a decisive lead?

Meeks—

Well I think that is really impossible for anyone in this country to answer this question. It appears that first of all the satellite should be recognized as a scientific device; that is, a device for obtaining fundamental scientific in­formation. And it appears the Russians felt strongly that they wanted to get the information and they set to work to put the satellite up as soon as possible. Crawford—

I'm interested in your point that it is scientific development rather than purely a military development. I suppose that they are receiving information from the radio transmitter which is in the satellite. Mr. James, I understand you have been monitoring that signal. Would you care to describe it and perhaps hazard a guess or two about the information it contains? James—

The information that the thing contains would really be a guess, but the signal at first was beep beep in nature as almost everyone by now I'm sure has heard. Later after about a week, I believe, the signal stopped beep beeping and sent out a continuous tone. This continuous tone doesn't have any modulation, that is, any as far as we were able to determine with our equipment here at Georgia Tech. Whether or not it is sending back any information to the Russians or not would be entirely a guess. It may be possible that they are triggering the transmitter so that when it is over Russian territory they receive information. Crawford—

That's very interesting. I wonder how much longer the batteries in the satellite can be expected to last.

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James—

1 would guess that they would last maybe a few more weeks at the most. I don't know what type batteries they have. They are not the type that we are familiar with here in our laboratories. They must be a type built to withstand ex­tremes in temperature since the satellite probably under­goes pretty high temperature change. Medalia—

Do you think of the satellite as giving the Russians infor­mation about meteorites in the upper atomosphere? James-

Well this is possible. Whether or not they put that equip­ment in there I don't know. It would certainly be interest­ing to have a measure of the meteor activity at that alti­tude. Crawford—

1 have heard it said that by making observations just on the satellite itself, even assuming that it contained no transmitter, one could determine quite a little bit of scientific information. Do any of you know what kind of information we might make with such crude observations? Meeks—

Well, I think that we can use the Russian satellite to learn a good many things. I think that there is a large amount of information which can be learned by our observations of the satellite. Now the Russians may have coded information coming to them which we don't have. But still our measure­ments and observations of the satellite are very important and they can tell us a great deal. For example, the slowing down and speeding up of the satellite gives us information on the density of the atmosphere at these various high al­titudes. The detailed motion of the satellite gives us some information on whether the earth is a perfect sphere or not. And there are many other types of information. Crawford-

One thing you said there raised an interesting question about it speeding up or slowing down. Now there seems to have been some doubt in the reports in the press whether it is actually speeding up or slowing down. Which is it doing? Meeks—

Well, I think that is a very interesting point because or­dinarily when you think of something undergoing drag with air resistance, for example you drop a piece of paper and it drops slowly, you think of that drag slowing it down, keeping it from moving fast. But a rather particular circumstance appears in the case of the satellite. The effect of the drag of the atmosphere would actually speed the satellite up a little bit. Crawford—

This is because its falling at the same time and picking up speed because of its fall. Weeks—

Yes, that's correct. James—

Dr. Meeks, what do you think about the possibility of the

satellite burning up as it hits our atmosphere? Meeks—

Well, I really don't know what to expect about that. Cer­tainly it gets quite hot depending on what's inside. Some chunks of it may hit the ground or may not. I really don't believe it is possible to say whether it will hit the ground in a recognizable state or not. Crawford—

Dr. Medalia, what social and political implications do you see in the artificial moon? Medalia—

Well, Dr. Crawford, T think that many Americans are asking themselves pretty searching questions about the relative strength of our society and of Russia and about our adequacy to keep up with the Russians in future tech­nological developments. If these questions can remain on the realistic basis, then I think we'll be the gainers. But there is a danger, I think, that this questioning may fall into the familiar pattern of over reaction in both the positive and negative direction toward Russia. I'm afraid of another era like 1952 or 1954 which divided our country into two opposing camps—the super patriots on one hand and the subversives on the other—and brought with it an accom­panying orgy of suspicion and security hysteria and this can only weaken us. Crawford-

Do any of you think that the fact that we separated our satellite program from the military development of missiles is in any way responsible for our having lost this race. Meeks—

Well, I certainly don't think that this separation helped us any. I think it held us up. Exactly where it held us up or how much it held us up or how much transfer of information there was between military rockets, the design of those rockets, and the design of the vehicle to carry up the satellite, I don't really know. But I think that it must certainly have impeded the development of our launching rocket. Crawford—

There's a rather interesting comparison I think perhaps between the development of our atom and hydrogen bombs and this development of the satellite. We, in both cases, be­lieved ourselves, before the facts of Sputnik hit us in the face, to be ahead of Russia in the technological race. I believe, that it's probably true that we were ahead and still are ahead in the atom race. I wonder if there are any Con­clusions or lessons we can draw from this. Did the fact that the two programs were handled quite differently have anything to do with the ultimate results? M e e k s -

It seems to me that a couple of facts are pertinent. First of all, we appeared to get the H-bomb first and we appear to have held our lead in the atomic field. But in the missile field we seem to be behind. Now in both the atomic and hydrogen bombs, the developments were guided and ad-

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ministered by civilian scientists. On the other hand, in the rocket program the administration was held by the military. Now I don't know for certain that this was a contributing factor, but it seems to me one has to compare these two programs of development—one which has been a success and one which has evidently been a failure— and try to learn from just what we did wrong in the case of the missile. Medalia—

Isn't also true though, Litt, that during the war when we developed the atomic bomb that our society was a good deal more let's say centrally controlled. I don't want to say we were a dictatorship but it was more centrally con­trolled than it is now, and I'm wondering if the comparison between our rate of development of the atomic bomb and the satellite doesn't raise some questions as to the rela­tionship of democracy to scientific progress.

M e e k s -

Well, I think one can distinguish between the development of the first atomic bomb which was a wartime development and the postwar development of the H-bomb. Crawford—

Of course, the Russians developed the H-bomb just about the same time we did and surprised us at the time by their advancement. We weren't really expecting that. I wonder if the attitude which the Russians have toward scientists and science is different from the attitude here in America and if so, if this attitude was a contributing factor to their success in this latest adventure.

Medalia—

Well, one thing with which we have to struggle in this country, the Russians probably don't have to face and that is the political strength of anti-intellectual attitudes. I think in a democratic country such as ours there is always a temptation for a politician to try to keep himself in power by appealing to the attitudes of hostility and suspicion of scientists and educators which are very current in a large group of voters. Now I'm sure these same attitudes are widespread in Russia too. But a Russian politician does not have to maintain himself in power by appealing to the voter. He does so by intriques in the small ruling circle so that the political strength of anti-intellectualism or suspicion of scientists in this country is much greater, I think, than the political strength of anti-intellectualism in Russia and this certainly affects negatively, I think, the position of our scientists compared to Russian scientists.

Meeks—

Well, I think sometimes one doesn't observe this hostility so much as the fact that scientists are simply ignored in this country. Medalia—

Let me just detail what I meant by hostility, such things for example as certain aspects of loyalty security programs would fall into this category or say of the hearings on subversion in '53 and '54.

Crawford—

Our scientists, many of them, had a very rough time during that particular period in our history. Medalia—

And many of them went out of government service. James-

One thing I'd like to mention in connection with this dis­cussion is that an article I read a few years ago by von Braun, now at Redstone Arsenal and the top German scientist in missile development during the last war, developed and produced the V-2 rocket which is quite an advanced rocket or was a few years ago, in one year. At the end of this time, Germany was bombing London with the V-2 rockets.

Crawford—

A very graphic example of what a crash program can do and that leads to the question: Do you suppose that there is any chance that we can overtake the Russians with per­haps a crash program in the missile field? Meeks—

Well, I'm a little bit worried about crash programs in peacetime. I think that we certainly don't want to get this missile problem out of perspective. Because it seems to me that the launching of the Soviet satellite points up the fact that we haven't supported basic research in this country to the extent that we should. I think that it would be a terrible mistake if we now proceeded to support just the problems of rocketry and missile development to the exclusion of other scientific areas which might contribute something equally important some time in the future. Crawford—

I agree wholeheartedly with that point of view. Certainly if we neglect the other areas of basic research and pull our scientists out of them we may lose so much more than this battle for space. Medalia—

I was wondering just from a laymen's point of view whether you think that the reason we don't have the satellite is because that we are behind in basic research? Crawford—

That's a difficult problem to answer. I think in applied research of missiles, propellants, guidance systems, etc. that we are behind. I pray that we are not seriously behind in our basic research. James-

One question which has been on my mind is whether or not Russia is going to give us any of the information if they are getting any information from the satellite. 1 cer­tainly would like to see some of the data on meteors and the temperature and so forth above our atmosphere. Crawford—

We can only hope that when they have had a chance to digest all the information that they have received that they see fit to put it into the public domain. I think that it will be of tremendous help to all of us if they do.

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BUILT IN TECH'S OWN SHOPS, THIS ROCKET MOTOR IS USED FOR ROCKET NOZZLE TESTS.

Tech Engineers Develop New Basic Ceramic Material CERAMIC ENGINEERS at the Georgia Tech Engineering Ex­periment Station have developed a new basic material for making special duty ceramic objects, including rocket nose cones and rocket nozzles, from bonded fused silica grains (melted sand). The new material is considerably more economical than materials now on the market for similar uses. The announcement was made in a special ceramics issue of The Research Engineer, semi-technical quarterly published by the Engineering Experiment Station. The magazine is available free of charge to Tech alumni. Just write to The Research Engineer, Georgia Tech.

Research engineers at Tech have found that this economi­cal ceramic material can be easily fabricated into desired shapes by either dry pressing or slip casting, two standard ceramic forming methods. The opaque, glassy-looking solid has three different fields of application: Where contin­uous thermal shock is required, as in the production of molds for metal casting, the material will easily withstand temperatures in the 2100 degree F. range. Where this extreme thermal shock is not a requirement, as in the manufacture of refractory brick for lining high temperature furnaces, the material will stand up under temperatures in the 3000° F. range. And in the case of nozzles and nose cones for rockets where heat and thermal shock are to be applied suddenly for short periods of time, the material will withstand temperatures in the 4500-5000° F. range.

The material developed by Tech's ceramic research group, headed by Research Engineer Jesse D. Walton, has been thoroughly tested on the campus. A rocket engine with exhaust speeds equal to Mach 6 (almost 5000 miles per hour) is now in daily use at the campus research center testing uncooled rocket nozzles manufactured at Georgia Tech with this new material. Preliminary tests on these nozzles and on the rocket nose cones have been very promising and indicate that the high viscosity of molten silica and its terrific resistance to thermal shock more than make up for the material's seemingly low melting point. Since the temperatures reached on the nose of a rocket

during re-entry into the earth's atmosphere are developed instantaneously and last for less than a minute, the primary requirement for the ceramic material here is thermal shock resistance.

Fused silica is being used in this country today but until this new method of fabricating articles from it was dis­covered, the cost has been too high to allow for its general use.

The new ceramics material was developed at Georgia Tech for the North Foundry Mold Company, an Atlanta firm headed by Georgia Tech alumnus John North. The new material was first developed as a ceramic molding for casting metals to compete pricewise with sand casting, one of man's oldest arts but still in general use for foundry molding.

After satisfactorily developing the new material for the molding process, Tech engineers began working on its ap­plications for other ceramic uses. It was then that they discovered its potential for fabricating rocket nozzles, refractory brick and rocket nose cones.

In the same issue of the magazine, other research work of Tech's ceramic group was discussed. Included in the research now going on at Georgia Tech is the development of high temperature electrical insulation material for copper wire for use in high speed aircraft and missiles. This project is being sponsored by the United States Air Force. Also under Air Force sponsorship, Tech ceramic engineers are working on the development of new materials for use in brake linings for today's high speed, heavy load aircraft.

The Bureau of Ordnance of the United States Navy is sponsoring another of the Tech ceramic group's projects— the development of the ceramic rocket nozzles mentioned previously, while the Bureau of Ships of the United States Navy is sponsoring a study of the properties of the enameled coated steel for shipboard use, such as in snorkel tubes and exhaust manifolds. The final project discussed in the issue concerns the development of the new ceramic material for rocket nose cones sponsored by the United States Army Ordnance of Redstone Arsenal.

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GEORGIA TECH FACULTY MEMBERS and alumni officials were the honored guests at four special meetings held around the South during October and November. Taking part in all of the meetings were President Edwin D. Harrison, Coach Bobby Dodd, and Association past president Fred­erick G. Storey. ^ ..< .,.

CHARLOTTE, N. C. — The special Tech speakers team with Walter Mitchell, immediate past president of the Geor­gia Tech Foundation, as an added speaker, drew 154 Tech alumni to the meeting of October 8 in Charlotte, N. C. John H. Vickers, '30, headed the committee that planned the meeting. Other members of the committee included arrangement chairman Bill Terrell, and section leaders Tom Barnhardt, Jim Stenhouse, A. C. Thies and W. G. Thomas. „ „ „

CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — Next stop for the team was Chattanooga on October 10. Over 150 turned out to hear Ivan Allen, Jr., president of the Foundation and the other members of the special group talk about Tech's growth and problems. Sam R. Parry, '29, headed the planning committee for this meeting. He was assisted by Pat McHugh, John R. Kruse, Charlie Wood, Pat Ryan, and Bob McCoy. „ „ „

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — On October 17 the same team that appeared in Chattanooga drew over 140 for a meet­ing in Jacksonville. Carl V. Cesery, '31, was area chair­man for the meeting. Members of his committee included Robert Darby, Wes Paxson, Louis Aichel and Steele R. Simcox. „, „. „,

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — The final of the big four meet­ings was held in Birmingham on Nov. 15, the night before the Alabama game. Over 175, largest crowd in the series, turned out to hear Dr. Harrison, Coach Dodd, Mr. Allen, Mr. Storey and Charles R. Simons, president of the Alumni Association. James D. Collins, Jr., '35, was area chairman for this meeting. Assisting him were A. S. Johnston, Jr.,

Charles Person, Tom S. Pippen and L. Carl Smith. ;{: Jjj ; j :

BATON ROUGE, LA. — The Baton Rouge Alumni Club held two special events during the weekend of the Tech-LSU game. Over 60 alumni heard President Edwin D. Harrison and Coach Bobby Dodd at the October 11 stag party. And over 400 visiting alumni and guests turned out for the pre-game open house on Saturday, October 12. President of the Baton Rouge Club is Henry N. Bretz, '50.

* * * NEW ORLEANS, LA. — Around 200 alumni and guests attended the open house sponsored by the New Orleans Georgia Tech Club held on October 26 prior to the Tech-Tulane game. Dick Reed, '48, heads the club.

* * * MACON, GA. — President Harrison was the guest speaker at the September 26 meeting of the Macon Georgia Tech Club. Introduced by Alumni Secretary Beard, the new president spoke on the changes in engineering education during the past 15 years. Special guests at the meeting in­cluded Regent Linton Baggs, former Regent Charles Bloch and Dr. Ed Saxer of the University of Toledo.

% $: % COLUMBUS, GA.—The Georgia Tech Club of Columbus held a special luncheon at Mammy's Shanty in Atlanta prior to the Tech-SMU game on September 28. A month before, over 175 turned out to hear Coach Dodd and his new assistants (Wise, Cummings, Tate and Inman) at the Club's annual barbecue in Columbus. Floyd Mitchell. Jr.. '43, headed the planning committees for both meetings.

* * * DUBLIN, GA. — Prior to the September 17 meeting of the Dublin Touchdown Club, a group of Dublin alumni held a meeting to hear Howard Ector and Roane Beard talk about Tech and its 1957 team. New officers elected at the meeting included Carl S. Williams, '50, president; Robert Hightower, Jr., '42, vice president; and Allen Spear­man, '57, secretary-treasurer.

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Jack Langan discusses additions to

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Jack Langan joined the Byrnes Agency of New England Life in 1952, the year after he graduated from Fordham. Since then he's been able to help more than twenty-five companies install pension plans. None of these plans has given him more personal satisfaction than the one he sold to the Inter-County Title Guaranty & Mortgage Company.

Inter-County is a large organization with offices throughout the nation and Jack worked hard to tailor the plan exactly to their specific requirements. Presi­dent Thomas H. Quinn (seated at desk in picture above) has been most appreciative. And he is en­thusiastic not only about the plan itself, but about the professional assistance Jack continues to offer in servicing it.

Jack enjoys meeting and working with distinguished men like Mr. Quinn. Furthermore, these top execu­tives recognize the value of the services he brings to them and their organizations. That's one important

reason for the continuing satisfaction Jack has found in his career with New England Life.

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G. Nolan Bearden, '29, Los Angeles Albert P. Elebash, CLU, '34, Montgomery Carl S. Ingle, CLU, '33, Jacksonville Joe A. Sowell, '47, Montgomery

Henry W. Maclin, ' 51 , Savannah

' O H N. B. Hudson, ME, died Aug. 8, 1957. 3 ' He was associated with the R. D.

Cole Co. in Newnan, Ga. at the time of his death. No further information was available at this writing.

i n n D. Dillon Akers, ME, died Oct. 26 in " f c an Atlanta hospital. He was a retired

employee of Retail Credit Co. He is sur­vived by his wife, who lives at 231 W. Cam­bridge Ave., College Park, Ga.

'07 The '07 class held its Golden Anniver­sary dinner Nov. 1 in Tech's Brittain

Dining Hall. There were approximately 33 people present.

'12 For their 45th reunion, the 1912 class held a cocktail party Nov. 2 at the

Biltmore Hotel. There were approximately 27 in attendance.

C. Carl Sloan, EE, vice president of Southern Bell, is retiring after 45 years of service with the company. He has served the company in various capacities and locations and has been vice president for Georgia since 1955. In June 1957 he joined the gen­eral headquarters staff.

MO C. A. G. Bloomquist died Sept. 3 of a I u heart attack. He was associated with

the Central of Georgia Railway in Savan­nah, Ga.

'17 A dinner was held Nov. 1 at the Peachtree Lounge, Capital City Club,

to celebrate the 40th reunion of the class of 1917. Approximately 43 alumni and wives attended the dinner.

' 0 0 ^n celebration of their 35th reunion, LL the class of '22 had a cocktail party

and dinner at the Biltmore Hotel Nov. 2 with 91 alumni and wives in attendance.

William J. (Bill) Butler, ME, merchandise manager at Sears Roebuck in Atlanta, died Oct. 2 at his home after a short illness. He had been with Sears for 26 years. His widow lives at 3800 No . Stratford Rd., N.E., At­lanta.

» 0 0 Lt. Col. Joseph J. Hill, CE, has re-fcO tired from active duty with the U. S.

Army after 17 years of service. He had been a patient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center since January 1957. His last assign­ment was with the Army Reserve Command at Hdqrs, 3rd Army, Ft. McPherson. He lives at 122 W. Cambridge Ave., College Park, Ga.

' 0 / 1 Sidney Turner Yancey, EE, sales man-L?\ ager and stock holder of the Yancey

Bros. Machinery Co., died unexpectedly Oct. 19 at his home, 169 Robin Hood Rd., N.E., Atlanta. Death was attributed to a heart at­tack.

' O R Charles D. Atkinson, Ch.E., has been t U named assistant manager of Dupont's

pigments plant at Newport, Del. He has been production superintendent of the ti­tanium metal plant since 1950.

John C. Hall, Com, has been elected pres­ident of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America. He is president of Cobbs, Allen & Hall Mortgage Co., Birmingham, Ala.

'07 The 30th A n m v e r s a r y f o r the '27 class

L I was celebrated at a cocktail party Nov. 2 at the Mayfair Club with approximately 48 in attendance.

' 0 1 ^• Preston Barber, Com, has been 0 1 elected to the post of executive vice

president and treasurer of Thompson Ve­neer Co., Cleveland, N. C. This company is the oldest veneer mill in the S. E. and sup­plies rotary cut veneers for leading manu­facturers in North Carolina.

Holley W. Sphar, EE, of Bluefield, Vir­ginia, has been elected vice president and treasurer of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company.

»QO 185 people attended the 25th anniver-Oi. sary dinner of the class of '32 which

was held Nov. 1 at the Biltmore Hotel. Paul M. McLarty has been awarded the

professional designation Chartered Life Un­derwriter by the American College of Life Underwriters. He is sales supervisor, East­ern Region, N. Y. Life Ins. Co. Mr. Mc­Larty lives at 649 Arlington Rd., Westfield, N. J.

'34 Born to : Mr. and Mrs. John McKen-zie Martin, ME, a son, James Benja­

min, Oct. 2. Mr. Martin is with Hercules Powder Co., Wilmington, Del.

' O R Rnlph &• Cole, Ch.E., has been ap-wU pointed manager of the Disbursements

Div. of the Treasurer's Dept., DuPont, Wil­mington, Del. He has been with the com­pany since graduation from Tech.

'37 This class held their 20th anniversary dinner-dance Nov. 1 at the Piedmont

Driving Club with approximately 140 peo­ple present.

JOQ W. J. (Bill) Alfriend, Jr., Ch.E., and 0 3 Mrs. Alfriend, announce the birth of

a son, Jeffery, Oct. 2. Their address is 200 Alberta Dr., N.E., Atlanta, Ga.

' / I d ^ ' Douglas Flanigan, ME, has been T i l appointed chief engineer of the Ly­

coming Div. of Avco Mfg. Corp. He will be responsible for development work at the Stratford, Conn, plant on reciprocating en­gines, electronic components and missiles.

Milton Richard (Dick) McClure, IM. di­rector of the Georgia Tech Evening School for the past 10 years, died Oct. 7 in an At­lanta hospital. He was a lieutenant com­mander in the Naval reserve, past chairman of the Tech White & Gold Toastmasters and secretary of the Georgia Tech division of GEA. Surviving are his wife; daughters. Laura and Barbara, all of 648 Burke Rd., N.E., Atlanta; mother, Mrs. Kate McClure. and grandmother, Mrs. Mattie Harper, both of Atlanta.

' A 1 Born t o : Mr. and Mrs. John O. King. TTI Jr., IM, a daughter, Dorothy Ann.

Their address is 1004 Hemphill Ave., N.W., Atlanta.

'42 The 15th reunion for the '42 class was held at the Cherokee Town and

Country Club. Approximately 110 attended the dinner-dance, which was held Nov. 1.

>4Q Dr. Irving Michelson, AE, a specialist " u in aerodynamic acoustics and space

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Nathan M. Ayers, '29, president of Triangle Hosiery Co., Inc., of High Point, N. C , has been named Chairman of the Board of the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers for the coming year. Mr. Ayers, also president of Highland Cotton Mills of High Point, has resigned as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Manufacturers to de­vote his time to the duties as head of the or­ganized hosiery manufacturers in this country.

26 Tech Alumnus

SEVEN AGES OF THE TELEPHONE

ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE, and all the men and women merely players... . And one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages. At first the infant... SHAKESPEARE

All through the years, from babyhood on, the telephone is an important, indispensable part of almost everything we do. And as the hands that grasp the telephone grow in size and usefulness, so grows also the usefulness of the telephone.

BABY DAYS At first the telephone is just something that rings. But soon the lusty newcomer is saying "hello, Daddy" all by himself and listening in wide-eyed wonder to the magic of Daddy's voice.

GROWING UP It isn't long before the telephone becomes more than a magical fascination. It begins to be something for doing things. A particular pal to call. And a very necessary part of growing up.

DYNAMIC TEENS Life is now a whirl of activity. So many things to do. Girl talks to girl. And boy talks to girl. And there are two happy hearts when she says, "I 'd love to go."

JUST MARRIED Two starry-eyed young people starting a new life together. The telephone, which is so much a part of courtship, is also a big help in all the marr iage plans and in getting settled.

EARNING A LIVING The years go by and always there is the responsibility of earning a living. Here again the tele­phone is a speedy, willing, ever-present helper. It is a part of the daily work and the progress of almost everyone.

RAISING A FAMILY Now the telephone becomes more useful than ever. For how could Mother ever run her household and raise a family without it! Friends, relatives, stores, doctors, conveniences — all are so easy to reach by telephone.

IT 'S GRANDMA NOW And now she's holding a grandchild on her lap. The telephone that has served her so faith­fully now starts a new era of service. The cycle of life and the seven ages of the telephone begin all over again.

Working together to bring people together. . . B E L L T E L E P H O N E S Y S T E M

flight, has been named professor and head of the Dept. of A.E. at Penn State Univ. Prior to this appointment he was president of Odin Associates, Pasadena, Calif.

J J " l 45 people atttended the dinner-dance H I Nov. 1 in celebration of their 10th re­

union. The affair was held at the Progres­sive Club.

Henry A. Dick, Ch.E., is now with the John A. Hancock Life Ins. Co. His home address is 2970 Nancy Creek Rd., N.W., Atlanta, Ga.

' i Q Frank J. Bull, Arch., and Jack N. HO Kenney, Arch, '51, have formed a

partnership for the practice of architec­ture. The firm operated under the name of Bull & Kenney and is located in the Candler Building in Atlanta. Mr. Bull was formerly with Aeck Associates in Atlanta.

'49 Born to: Mr. and Mrs. William C. Buck, IM. a son, William Calmese,

Jr., Oct. 12. Mr. Buck is manager of the Buck Ice & Coal Co., 2400 12th Ave., Co­lumbus, Ga.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Eskew, IE, their fifth child, a son, Charles Richard Tompkins Eskew, Nov. 4. Bob, who is our Associate Alumni Secretary, and his wife, Iris, have the sincere thanks of the entire Alumni Office staff for postponing this event until the day after Homecoming. The Eskews live at 1176 Ogilvie Dr., N.E., Atlanta, Ga.

Joe M. Haas, ME, has been named assis­tant vice president in charge of engineering and production at General American Oil Co. Mr. Haas has been with the firm since graduating from Tech. His home address is 6830 Orchid Lane, Dallas, Texas.

»Cn Jasper S. Franklin, IM, is now with UU the N. Y. Life Ins. Co. in Baton

Rouge, La. His home address is 2114 Myrtledale Ave., Baton Rouge.

Florida Power Corporation Names Plant for Alumnus The Florida Power Corporation will name its largest and newest power plant for the late Paul Bartow, '25. Mr. Bartow was chief mechanical engineer for the company upon his death in January of 1955. The new Bartow Plant is now under construction and will be the biggest plant in the Florida Power System. It is expected to be completed within the next year. Mr. Bartow joined Florida Power in 1925 immediately after graduation from Georgia Tech. He was named as chief mechanical engineer in 1950 upon the formation of the depart­ment. Prior to that time he was the company's mechanical superintendent.

Sam Massell, Jr. has been awarded the Alvin B. Cates Trophy for "the most out­standing real estate transaction of the year" by the Ga. Association of Real Estate Boards. The transaction honored included the creation, planning, leasing and develop­ing of a doctors' office building "package" deal in Jacksonville, Fla. Mr. Massell re­ceived the same award in 1955 for a similar development in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Married: Sprague Hildebrande, IE, to Miss Betty Joe Van Hodser Nov. 30. Mr. Hilderbrandt is associated with Lockheed in Marietta, Ga.

Chalmers Vinson Stewart, Jr., IM, of 1172 Cascade Ave., S.W., Atlanta, died Nov. 9 after a lengthy illness. A native of Atlanta, Mr. Stewart had lived in Columbia, S. C. the past 2 years, returning to Atlanta last July. In Columbia, he was plant man­ager for the Loxcreen Co., Inc.

Married: Roscoe White, Jr., EE, to Miss Judith Arlene Hartis Sept. 14. Mr. White is with the Duke Power Co. in Charlotte, N. C.

' C I George Aseff, Sr., Chem, has been J I elected president of the 2,600 mem­

ber Lockheed Ga. Division Management Club, an affiliate of the National Manage­ment Assoc. The club was recently voted the outstanding plant club in the nation. Mr. Aseff is Lockheed representative to the

American Society for Testing Materials. He lives at 1015 Avondale Ave., S.E., Atlanta. Ga.

Robert S. Duggan, EE, is now with Lock­heed in Marietta as an electronics systems engineer—senior. His home address is 1499 Sheridan PL, N.E., Atlanta.

Jack N. Kenney, Arch, and Frank J. Bull. Arch., '48, have formed a partnership for the practice of architecture. The firm, which operated under the name of Bull & Kenney, is located in the Candler Bldg.. Atlanta. Mr. Kenney was formerly with Aeck Associates in Atlanta and Wilmer Heery of Athens, Ga.

'52 The 1952 class held a Buffet-Cocktail party Nov. 2 in celebration of their

5th anniversary. Approximately 60 people attended the affair, which was held at the Biltmore Hotel.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Pickett. IE, a daughter, Janice Lea, May 19. Bob is in export sales with Buckeye Cellulose Corp. Their home address is 2849 West Lakeland Dr., Memphis 8, Tenn.

'53 James Martin Bowers, EE, was killed

Wichita, Kans. He was employed by Cessna Aircraft Co. He is survived by his wife; son, James Jeffery; daughter, Vickie Lynn.

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Born to: Mr. and Mrs. William Richard Kelly, IE, a daughter, Martha Katherine, Oct. 6. Their address is 658 Fairborn Rd., Cincinnati 40, Ohio.

John E. McDonald, ME, has completed his initial training at Delta Air Lines' flight engineer school in Atlanta and is awaiting assignment to a base station. He was form­erly a pilot with the U. S. Navy.

' C 4 Robert J. Hudson, EE, has completed J " his initial training at Delta Air Lines'

flight engineer school in Atlanta and is awaiting assignment to a base station. He was formerly a pilot with the U. S. Air Force.

Engaged: Charles Arthur Leamon, Jr., IM, to Miss Alice Hurst. The wedding will take place Dec. 26. Mr. Leamon is cur­rently on active duty with the Army.

Engaged: Robert E. Clement, IE, to Miss Dorothy Young. The wedding will take place Dec. 31. Mr. Clement is with the Square D Co., 647 So. Warren St., Syra­cuse, N. Y.

James L. Dallam, IE, has joined the man­ufacturing dept. at Ethyl Corp., Baton Rouge, La.

1st. Lt. Charles H. Frazier, USMC, IM, recently made his first solo flight at Pensa-cola. He is stationed at Saufly Field, Pen-sacola, Fla.

James Charles Leathers, ME, has recently been released from the Navy and is with Duke Power Co. as Jr. Engineer in the Test Dept. at Allen Steam Station. His address is P. O. Box 467, Belmont, N. C.

Navy Ens. Walter W. Peters, CE, is un­dergoing jet flight training at Kingsville, Texas. He is in the final phase of fighter and attack training, flying the F9F "Pan­ther" jet.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Sears, EE, a daughter, Marilyn Ann, Aug. 17. Their address is 47 6th St., Bayshore. N. Y.

Naval Aviation Cadet Bobby J. Stokes, Arch., has completed his gunnery qualifica­tions while undergoing flight training at Pensacola, Fla.

James V. Walters, CE, on active duty in the Atlanta Regional Office of the Public Health Service, is attending a course for engineer officers at the Robert A. Taft San­itary Engineering Center. He is fulfilling his selective service obligation in the Com­missioned Corps of the Public Health Serv­ices.

Naval Aviation Cadet Torance W. Webb, Jr., AE, has qualified in aviation gunnery at Foley, Ala. and is now undergoing in­strument flight training at Pensacola, Fla.

' E C Naval Aviation Cadet William W. J U Adams, III, EE, is undergoing train­

ing in the Navy's Pre-Flight School at Pen­sacola, Fla.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Av­erett, IM, a daughter, Patricia Glenn, Sept. 26. Their home is in Gay, Ga. Mr. Averett is in the Atlanta District Sales Office of Ford Motor Co.

Lt. Robert C. Bowman, Jr., IM, received

Tech Members of American Chemical Society Meet At the American Chemical Society national meeting in New York, over 40 Tech graduates held a special luncheon at the Governor Clinton Hotel. Si Thomas, Ph D '53, made the arrangements for the affair which will now become an annual get-together because of success of this first meeting.

his wings at Reese AFB," Lubbock, Texas this past September and is now stationed at McConnell AFB, Wichita, Kans.

2nd Lt. Ralph James Cain, EE, has com­pleted Signal Corps Officers Basic Course at Ft. Monmouth and is now stationed at Ft. Meade, Md. His address is 5613 Ken­nedy St., Apt. 103, Riverdale, Md.

Army Pvt. Charles T. DeMars has com­pleted combat engineer training at Ft. Leon­ard Wood, Mo., where he is currently sta­tioned.

2nd Lt. James Gatliff, ME, was presented with the Marine Corps Assoc, sword as honor graduate of the 1-57 Basic Class. He is now assigned to the 1st Infantry Training Regt., Camp Lejeune, N. C.

Navy Ens. James M. Hickerson, CE, has qualified in aviation gunnery and as a car­rier pilot at Foley, Ala. He is now stationed at the NAS, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Born to : Mr. and Mrs. Emory Jenks, Jr., IM, a daughter, Kathy Ann, Nov. 2. Their address is 1518 Williams Lane, Apt. 2, De­catur, Ga.

Married: John Rowley Keith, CE, to Miss Barbara Rome. The wedding took place in Ft. Worth, Texas.

Married: Lt. Harold E. Marcus, IM, to Miss Patricia Anne Hymans, Oct. 13. Lt. Marcus is a navigator with the U. S. Air Force and is stationed at Biloxi, Miss.

Navy Ens. Frank P. Martin, Phys. re­cently made his first solo flight at Pensa­cola, where he is receiving basic flight train­ing.

Naval Aviation Cadet Arthur R. Morse, Jr., IE, has qualified in aviation gunnery at Foley, Ala. and is now receiving instru­ment training at Pensacola, Fla.

Engaged: Donald Lee Randle, IE, to Miss Ruby Woolford. The wedding will take place Dec. 26 in Dearborn, Mich.

Army Pvt. William R. Reed, IE, has been assigned to the 207th Transportation Group at Ft. Eustis, Va.

Navy Ens. Roger L. Rich, IM, recently made his first solo flight at Pensacola, Fla. where he is receiving basic flight training.

Lt. Paul A. Webb, USAF, IM, recently graduated from Ellington's Primary Basic Navigator's Training Course and is now stationed with the 63rd Troop Carrier Wing. Donalson AFB, Greenville, S. C. His mail­ing address is 209 Pleasant Ridge Ave., Greenville, S. C.

Engaged: Lt. Donald Henry Wilson. Jr., IE. to Miss Joanna Bahn. The wedding will take place Dec. 28. Lt. Wilson is serving with the Air Force at Harlingen, Texas.

Married: Lock R. Young, EE, to Miss Suzanne E. Engel, June 2 in Gladbrook, Iowa. Mr. Young is with Radiation, Inc., Melbourne, Fla. Their mailing address is West Park, Melbourne, Fla.

' E l Engaged: 2nd. Lt. Maxwell Daniel J ' Berman, CE, to Miss Barbara

Schmaeling. The wedding will take place in April. Lt. Berman is stationed at the Rhein-Main AFB, Germany. His address is 73 10th Air Base Group, APO 57, New York, N. Y.

2nd Lt. Joseph L. Davison, TE, is now with the Marine Corps at Quantico, Va. He was married June 11 to Miss Sandra Holmes. Their address is Rt. 1, Box 151-A. Apt. 6, Dumfries, Va.

Engaged: Frederic Ernst Glantzberg. Jr.. IE, to Miss Marianna Bramlitt. The wed­ding will take place in December. Mr. Glantzberg is with Carbide & Carbon Chem. Co. in Port Lavaca, Texas.

Navy Ens. Kenneth E. Myatt, IM. re­cently made his first solo flight at Sauries Field, Pensacola, Fla.

Bernard Kroll, Arch, has graduated from the Guided Missiles Officers Basic Course at Ft. Bliss, Texas and is now assigned to Army ATC, Ft. Jackson, S. C. His per­manent address is 701 Elkmont Dr.. N.E.. Atlanta, Ga.

Engaged: Ens. Robert Allen Ogletree. IE. to Miss Mildred Parks. The wedding will take place Dec. 21 . Ens. Ogletree is serv­ing with the U. S. Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Ga.

Married: Lt. Henn Rebane, EE, to Miss Norma Jean Mogus Aug. 10. Their address is 547 Arlington Village, Arlington, Va. Lt. Rebane is currently stationed at the Na­tional Institute of Health, Bethesda, Md.

Married: Reginald E. Robinson, Jr.. CE, to Miss Nancy Helen Grooms, Aug. 10. Af­ter graduation last June, Mr. Robinson at­tended ROTC summer camp at Ft. Belvoir, Va. and was commissioned a second lieu­tenant, USAR. He is now employed as a structures test engineer by Chance Vought Aircraft. Their home address is 726 G No. Marsalis Ave., Dallas, Texas.

Married: Charles Franklin Waite, IM. to Miss Shirley Linch Ncv. 2. Mr. Waite is serving with the U. S. Army at Ft. Hood, Texas.

' E Q Married: William J. McAlpin, Jr.. to J O Miss Angela Austin Nov. 27 in At­

lanta. Mr. McAlpin is treasurer of the 1. J. Finnigan Co., Inc. and vice president of Fabricated Steel Erectors, Inc. in Atlanta.

Dean George Griffin reports that he has a cash balance of $19.20 for his 1956 football ticket purchasing and $10.00 for his 1957 manipulations. If he has short changed you please get in touch with him immediately.

30 Tech Alumnus

The Tail of Two Tigers rui; JACKETS* first trip into Louisiana to play LSU at Baton Rouge turned out to be a rough ride. The Tigers whipped Tech, 20-13, and only a couple of superb defensive stands and the passing arm of Fred Braselton saved the Jackets from a sound whipping. LSU—with their two great running backs, Cannon and Taylor, rushing up and down the field seemingly at will—had 13 points on the scoreboard before a Braselton passing flurry scored for Tech. The Jackets went out at halftime trailing by 6. But the Tigers came right back after intermission and put it on ice with another great drive. Tech scored in the hist period on another passing attack.

The Auburn game was a great defensive battle between what are now the Nation's number 1 and 2 defensive teams. Auburn kicked a field goal in the 2nd period, the only time they got inside the Tech 20. While the Jackets reached Auburn's 4 and 6 without scoring. The pictures show the rest.

Cal James chases one of Tech's least costly fumbles out of bounds in the 2nd quarter. Tech lost the ball four times on fumbles.

Photographs by Bill Diehl, Jr.

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On Tech's best drive of the day, Flowers (33) made a great catch to keep it alive, but the ball went over when Braselton overthrew Faucette (above) in the end zone.

All day long sophomore Braselton was passing under the tremendous pressure of the country's top defensive line. This one was good for 18 yards despite the pressure.

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