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A DURING RECENT MONTHS, this Column may have seemed to you to be well on its way to becoming an obituary page.

We are beginning to feel somewhat as the late Grantland Rice must have felt when, upon the death of a friend, he penned these lines to Charon, the ferry­man of the River Styx:

"Why do you always look my way? Why do you always take my friends?"

A IN THE WANING DAYS of 1959, death

came to two of Tech's finest teachers and gentlemen.

For a combined total of 68 years, these two gentlemen—Professor Hal Brown and Professor Ed Folk—suffered through the teaching of composition, literature, and speech to an often reluctant and sometimes even semi-belligerent series of students.

For their efforts they were paid an­nually the equivalent of what the average professional apprentice makes during a particular bad year. Why they stayed on here through it all is at times beyond us. But stay on they did right up to the end.

• PARADOXICAL has to be the adjective for our recollections of the two men. Few people we have known have been so different in personality yet so alike in their approach to their work.

Long ago some perceptive student at­tached the nickname, "Farmer," to Pro­fessor Brown and it stuck. It was never an expression of derision. It was rather one of rare, descriptive insight. For the man embodied all of the childhood im­pressions of the farmer—quiet, friendly, gentle . . . a man without an enemy . . . a man who spoke to everyone on the campus in the same tone . . . a man with an accent so Texan that he made Tonto Coleman sound like he had just walked out of the Bronx on his first trip south.

In the stillness of the early winter dusk we can see him still, strolling down Fow­ler Street with his dog, Buster: man and animal both bundled up against their common enemy—cold weather.

We recall also a bit of byplay that demonstrates his interest in the individual student. One day he called us aside after a class and suggested, "Mr. Wallace, do me a favor. Buy a typewriter. I believe

that you may be able to write, but I can't tell for sure because I am unable to decipher most of your handwriting."

It was years before we took his advice. And, after we came back to the campus, he would stop us from time to time and say, "That was a pleasant little article you did on such-and-such. I guess you finally bought that typewriter or discov­ered a printer who had studied Sanskrit in his youth."

A PROFESSOR ED FOLK was a different

type of a man altogether. To the young student he appeared to be almost a typifi-cation of the college English teacher—re­mote, blase—a man perfectly capable of reciting the Iliad without opening a book.

For years, he was responsible for the conduct of the students who lived in Harris Dormitory. And he was a stern man when a student broke a rule (there is on our own record a permanent of­fense which testifies to this quality in the man) . He was also the faculty advisor to the Tech Debating Society. And, he took great pride in this work, often re­ferring to himself as Coach Folk. His greatest moment in this area came back in 1956 when he talked Wade Mitchell and Dickie Mattison into handling the debating chores in a match with Harvard concerning the merits of college football. College debates normally don't draw crowds but this one did. And nobody was happier about it than Ed Folk.

Ed Folk was a dedicated teacher who stayed interested in his students long after they left the Hill. The last time we saw him was in early November. He had dropped by the office to pick up a couple of extra copies of the September Alum­nus. "I want them," he said, "because of your column on Mr. Sinclair. It was a bit of writing that caught the spirit of the man in a few paragraphs. And this is why a teacher teaches: to read some­thing like this by a former student."

• THERE ARE THOSE who scream that it is impossible to receive a solid humanistic background in today's engineering schools. But you'll never convince any­one who had studied under Hal Brown or Ed Folk that this is true.

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3fc FEBRUARY, 1960

CONTENTS

VOLUME 38 • NUMBER 5

2. RAMBLIN'—the editor comments on the deaths of two fine gentlemen of his acquaintance.

5. THE GATOR BOWL TICKETS—a few words about how bowl tickets are distributed and why.

6. THE GREATEST SHOW—Whack Hyder and his lads make Atlanta a basketball-mad city.

8. THE CALCULATED RISK—article two in a special series on science.

14. RABL AND THE NIGHT WORKERS—a few ounces of Cesium 137 arrive at Tech.

18. DON'T SEND YOUR SON TO TECH—not if you're doing it just because it's your Alma Mater says Bill Eastman.

20. JACKETS LOSE—Pupil Broyles gives Bobby

Dodd his first bowl loss.

22. WITH THE CLUBS—latest reports.

24. NEWS BY CLASSES—an alumni gazette.

Officers of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association

Joe L. Jennings, '23, Pres. R. A. Siegel, '36, VP Morris M. Bryan, '41, VP Frank Willett, '45, Treas.

W. Roane Beard, '40, Executive Secretary

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

Tom Hall, '59, Advertising Mary Peeks, Assistant

There are few professions as nerve-racking as coaching col­lege basketball. In his best year to date, John "Whack" Hyder of Georgia Tech can still register all of the usual facial emotions of the basketball coach as our cover pictures in­dicate. For more about Tech basketball, please turn to page 6.

Cover Photo-Bill Diehl, Jr.

Published eight times a year — February, Marcil, 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. Second class postage paid at Atlanta, Georgia.

As GEORGIA TECH raises its academic requirements in r l the classrooms, it becomes more and more im­perative that the Institute secures freshman students with the best possible predicted capabilities for success.

Over the past three years, Tech has tightened its entrance requirements, added College Boards, and gen­erally attempted to do a better job in student selection.

Now, Tech is taking another important step in this direction. And here's an area in which you—as an alumnus of Georgia Tech—can help.

Beginning with those students applying for admis­sion in the fall quarter of this year, all applicants to Tech will be required to have an interview with either a staff member or an alumnus of the Institute. In the larger population centers, a staff member (or mem­bers) from the admissions office will set up interview dates for interested applicants. But in the other areas, this work will have to be done by Alumni Counselors.

Outstanding Tech alumni in these various geograph­ical areas will be contacted by mail and asked to help with these interviews. Each alumnus contacted will be requested to handle only five individual interviews per year. The student applicant will initiate the contact and will take all responsibility for scheduling the inter­view at the convenience of the alumnus.

As an alumnus interviewer, you will be supplied with current catalogues, bulletins, etc., so they can give up-to-date information to the applicants. Interview forms and postage will also be provided by the Insti­tute.

This type of an interview program has proved highly successful at many of America's top universities and colleges, including Johns Hopkins and MIT. If you are interested in participating in this program, simply write to the Director of Admissions, Georgia Tech, Atlanta 13, Georgia, and he will be happy to supply you with complete information on this program.

Roll Call Running Ahead of Last Year's Record

The 13th Roll Call is once again confirming the loyalty of Tech men. Figures to date (January 29) show that 7,824 alumni have contributed $155,263 as compared to the record 12th Roll Call figures at the same date of 7,680 alumni and $151,321. In addition this year's special gifts are $104,116 compared to $85,322 last year at this time. Let's keep it up.

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A special editorial

BOWL TICKETS:

Why must the

alumni tickets

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such inferior

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BOWL GAMES aren't being played for the alumni of the schools con­cerned. If you were one of the Georgia Tech alumni who pur­chased tickets for the 1960 Gator Bowl, you already know the

truth of this statement. Despite the fact that the Georgia Tech Athletic Association sold more tickets (13,000) than any school has ever sold for this game, the best seat an active Tech alumnus could hope for was a sideline one—high in the stands and right on the goal line.

For the 1960 game there were 44,000 odd seats sold including some 2,000 chair seats on the field. The East Stands hold 12,780 and Tech received 2,651 of these seats between the 50-yard line and the goal line. All but a few of Tech's seats \vere either above the 40th row or below the 20th row. These 2,651 seats were allocated through an announced priority system as follows: Tech students, faculty members (including the official party and the coaching staff) and members of the State Legislature, Governor's official party, and the Board of Regents. In addition, Tech received 1,277 seats in the East stands stretching from the goal line to the back of the end zone. These were all allocated to active alumni, next in line in the Tech ticket commit­tee's priority system.

The West Stands hold 18,409 and Tech received 2,407 seats, all in the area from the goal line back to the end of the stands. These were also allocated to active alumni. Including tickets in both of these stands, only active alumni through the Class of 1937 had seats on the sidelines and all of them were in back of the goal line. And, at that, active alumni from the Class of 1923 through the Class of 1937 had to sit in the West Stands which were in back of the Arkansas bench. The balance of the Tech tickets were in the end zone sections: 5,606 in the permanent South Stands and the balance in the bleacher-type North Stands. The highest and best seats in the South Stands went to the active alumni from 1938 to 1959 and inactive alumni got the next best tickets in the same stands. The rest of the Tech tickets went to the general public. And the Athletic Association had to cut off ticket sales three days before the announced deadline.

The business managers of the Southeastern Conference have ap­proached Commissioner Bernie Moore to ask that the Conference's "extra events" committee look into the bowl seating situation and see if the universities involved can get a better break in seating arrange­ments. The Alumnus feels that it will take strong Conference action to get any concession in the ticket situation because the bowls are gen­erally committed to selling the bulk of the good tickets to bond holders and association members. But the fact that the business managers recommended this action strongly (they asked that the universities be allocated at least 4,500 seats in continuous blocks on sidelines from 40-yard lines and including at least the lower 40 rows) indicates that you might have a chance of getting a decent seat for a bowl game one of these days. Till then, we guess television is the only answer for the disgruntled alumnus who would like to see his team play in a bowl game. Maybe the universities can arrange to have the cheering pre­recorded and everyone can stay at home. R. B. W., Jr.

February 1960

Looking like a shortstop (which he is in the spring) making the doubleplay, Bobby Dews (20) fires the ball to Duke Denton in the Kentucky-Tech game in Atlanta.

Duke Denton, key man in the 1959-60 campaign, starts his stuttering dribble as a Tech offensive pattern gets underway.

Photographed for the Alumnus by Bill Diehl, Jr.

Roger Kaiser (21) dunks one in the Jan. 25 Kentucky game. Kaiser scored 25 in this game and leads the Conference now.

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1 E GREATEST SHOW Tech's basketball team has made a city slightly daffy over their hardwood antics

P ERCHED ATOP THE SEC with a 9-1 conference record, the 1959-60 edition of Whack Hyder's Jackets has been

the biggest surprise in basketball this year. Tech's overall record through the LSU game of February 8 is 18 wins against 3 losses.

The hell-for-leather team led by Duke Denton and Capt. Roger Kaiser broke all Tech home attendance records with three home games still on the schedule. Five of the January games at home were complete sellouts.

Tech started the season with an upset 59-49 victory over Atlantic Coast power Duke. A 68-56 win over ranked Louisville sandwiched between 91-63 and 69-53 home wins over Furman and Alabama, respectively, started the team on its way to the big season. The Jackets then whipped South Carolina, 70-64, in Columbia and North Carolina State, 80-53, in Atlanta before they lost their first one to SMU, 71-80, in Dallas. They bounced right back to beat Texas Tech, 63-60 in Lubbock and Georgia, 83-63 in Atlanta.

In its first conference game, Tech upset Kentucky, 62-54, in Lexington on January 2 to take some of the sting out of the Gator Bowl loss in football. In other conference count­ing games to date, Tech has beat Mississippi State, 82-60; Mississippi, 91-66; Vanderbilt, 74-66 (in overtime); Tenn­essee, 74-69; Kentucky for the second time, 65-44; and Alabama, 60-48. The Jackets also posted an 80-64 non-counting win over Georgia and lost a non-counter to Auburn, 59-66. In early February, Auburn beat them in a counter, 45-48.

Tech, ranked sixth in the country at the end of January, may be the only top-flight team to be playing with a var­sity squad of but nine men. But, they have the SEC's top scorer, Roger Kaiser with a 21.7 average for 18 games as well as the South's most colorful ball handler, Duke Den­ton. Along with ball-hawking speedster, Bobby Dews, and tall Jim Riley and Wayne Richards, they have been the starters in every one of Tech's games to date.

With such a small squad, Hyder has had to be a master of strategy to keep the team from slumping from exhaustion. To date, the Jackets have suffered only one slight relapse: in the middle of January they were forced into an overtime by Vandy, lost to Auburn, and then just barely pulled one out of the fire against Tennessee. But on January 25, they came back to become the first SEC squad to whip Kentucky twice in one season since Tech did it back in the 1955-56 season.

Denton (41) fights Kentucky's Mills for a rebound. Denton, although only 6'2" tall, leads Tech rebounders for the sea­son as he has since he came to Tech.

February 1960

Portrait of the Author Photograph — Bill Diehl, Jr.

Dr. Erling Grovenstein is a quiet, respected professor of chemistry at Georgia Tech. He first came to Tech in 1941 as a student and received his B.S. in chemistry here in 1944 under the intensified wartime program. After receiv­ing his Ph.D. in organic chemistry at MIT, Dr. Groven­stein returned to the Tech campus to teach chemistry and

to carry out research in his field. He has published several papers on organic chemistry in scientific journals. In 1956 he received the Sigma Xi award for the best scientific paper of the year by a Georgia Tech staff member. He is a mem­ber of many scientific societies and has just completed a term as a faculty member of Tech's administrative council.

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THE CALCULATED RISK In the second article in this series, a Tech faculty member discusses some very important factors in the selection of basic research problems

by Erling Grovenstein, Jr., Professor of Chemistry

f "^HERE HAS BEEN a remarkable change in atti-

J tude of the American public toward science and scientists in the twentieth century. In

his book, Modern Science and Modern Man (Co­lumbia University Press), James B. Conant illus­trates the old attitude with anecdotes. Here is one of them: "At the time of our entry into World War I, a representative of the American Chemical So­ciety called on the Secretary of War, Newton Baker, and offered the service of the chemists in the conflict. He was thanked and asked to come back the next day. On so doing, he was told by the Secretary of War that while he appreciated the offer of the chemists, he found that it was unneces­sary as he had looked into the matter and found that the War Department already had a chemist."

Now this attitude should not be thought to apply to chemists only. Conant further relates: "In World

War I, President Wilson appointed a consulting board to assist the Navy. Thomas Edison was the chairman; his appointment was widely acclaimed by the press — the best brains would now be avail­able for the application of science to naval prob­lems. The solitary physicist on the board owed his appointment to the fact that Edison in choosing his fellow board members had said to the President, 'We might have one mathematical fellow in case we have to calculate something out. "

This preference of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century public and business man for the inventor rather than the scientist seems rather natural. Was not the inventor the man who had changed our habits and made possible our new comforts? In other words, had not the inventor conquered nature and put it to man's use? Further­more, the role of the inventor extends back into

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C A L C U L A T E D RISK—continued

the dim pages of history. He had discovered the use of fire, made the first stone weapons, extracted metals from ores. His story parallels the develop­ment of the practical or empirical arts.

The scientist, on the other hand, is a compara­tive newcomer to history —- he is first prominent in the sixteenth century (although he had an an­cient prototype in Greek civilization). He is sup­posed to be concerned with discovering nature's laws. Originally science had little effect upon in­vention; indeed it was the other way around. In­vention had a profound effect upon science. As scientific knowledge accumulated, the scientists were slowly able to make the empirical arts seem less empirical. Thus it was not until about the time of the American Revolution that we had any­thing like a reasonable explanation of combustion or of the rudiments of metallurgy. In the latter half of the nineteenth century, chiefly in Germany, organic chemists introduced synthetic dyes and drugs to the world. By the twentieth century, sci­ence had developed so rapidly that in many of the areas of the practical arts, inventions were being put forth by scientists. As Conant has said, the striking phenomenon of our times is the scientist turned inventor.

This type of scientist we call an applied scien­tist or engineer. Now the basic factor in the choice of a research problem in applied science is fairly obvious, namely the research should lead to the development of a new material, commodity, tool, weapon, or gadget. In other words, applied science aims at the fulfillment of the material needs of society. On the other hand, basic research (also called fundamental research or pure research) has as its principal objective the understanding of na­ture. It is not the intent of this article to debate the relative merits of basic versus applied research; indeed any such debate seems meaningless since both types of research are obviously required for the further development of our civilization. The factors in the choice of basic research problems in science are not so obvious if we exclude from con­sideration the aspect of utility. It will be our opera­tional definition that if the research has as its chief

aim the immediate fulfillment of some material need of mankind we will term the research, applied. Now it is surely hoped that basic research will ultimately prove useful in some manner in satisfy­ing material, artistic, spiritual, psychological, or intellectual needs; but man has found that it is useful not to let immediate aspects of utility domi­nate the choice of all research problems. This is the explanation of the cartoonist's misconception — a picture of a long-haired scientist exclaiming that at last he has made a discovery that should not prove of use to anyone.

W H A T FACTORS other than the aspect of utility can guide the choice of basic research problems? Are they to be chosen by pure caprice? This is an important problem. E. Bright Wilson, in his book An Introduction to Scientific Research (McGraw Hill Book Co.), noted: "Many scientists owe their greatness not to their skill in solving problems but to their wisdom in choosing them." There is a common fallacy that if you are dealing with scien­tific matters, judgment of values rarely, if ever, enters in. Facts speak for themselves in science, we are often told. But in the selection of a research problem, there frequently arises the question of what facts are most worthy of being collected. The number of possible facts must be practically in­finite. That a choice must be made is incontestable. While the scientist discovers one fact, millions upon millions of facts occur in a cubic millimeter of his body. To put all the facts of nature into science would be to put the whole into the part. As the great French mathematician Poincare has said, "scientists believe there is a hierarchy of facts and that among them a judicious choice may be made." The most interesting facts are those which can serve many times; these are the facts which have a chance of coming up again. We are fortunate to have been born in a world where there are such. A familiar example to the chemist is the approxi­mately one hundred elements which make up the composition of all known substances. In what chaos the chemist would find himself if there were in­stead one hundred million elements! Biologists would be just as much confused if there were only

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individuals and no species and if heredity did not make sons like their fathers. The facts which are most often recurring are the simple facts, and in­deed these appear to us simple precisely because we are used to them.

In his book, Science and Christian Belief (Uni­versity of North Carolina Press), C. A. Coulson, the mathematical chemist, has pointed out that ". . . though facts are the raw material of science they do not constitute its glory." Lord Rutherford was accustomed to refer to those scientists who were content to gather facts as "stamp collectors." Surely the unordered collecting of facts is of no more value than the collecting of stamps. Science is primarily concerned with evolving conceptual schemes, grand hypotheses, theories, or laws of nature based upon the known facts.

In Science and the Modern World, (MacMillan Co.) Alfred North Whitehead has stated: "It is this union of passionate interest in the detailed facts with equal devotion to abstract generaliza­tion which forms the novelty in our present socie­ty." The Greeks were over-theoretical. He states further that "there can be no living science unless there is a widespread instinctive conviction in the existence of an Order of Things, and, in particular of an Order of Nature." He emphasizes the word "instinctive" since some scientists claim not to be­lieve in such order. He suggests that this conviction "must come from the medieval insistence on the rationality of God, conceived as with the personal energy of Jehovah and with the rationality of a Greek philosopher."

A primary factor in the choice of a basic research problem in science, then, is that the research should lead to the development of a new theory, law, or conceptual scheme. The celebrated Vien­nese philosopher Ernest Mach has said that the part of science is to effect economy of thought just as a machine effects economy of effort. The facts which give a large return are those which take their place in a very general law, because they enable us to foresee a very large number of other facts. Frequently, a new fact will serve to unite elements long since known, but till then scat­tered and seemingly foreign to each other, and sud­denly introduce order in the form of a new theory

or generalization where the appearance of disorder reigned.

E. Bright Wilson has pointed out that, where possible, it is usually best from the beginning to undertake experiments which are designed to test well-thought-out hypotheses. Experiments for ex­periment's sake are much less likely to lead any­where because when a hypothesis arises its test may well require data taken under somewhat different conditions from those>used.

T o SUMMARIZE what has been said concerning the choice of fundamental research problems, the problem should lead to the collection of basic facts and to their correlation into theories or conceptual schemes. Conant has said "The history of science demonstrates beyond a doubt that the really revo­lutionary and significant advances come not from empiricism but from new theories." He further points out that the test of a new theory is "not only its success in correlating the then-known facts but much more its success or failure in stimulating further experimentation or observation which in turn is fruitful."

After a theory is well established, after it is be­yond reasonable doubt, the facts in full conformity with it are before long without interest to the scien­tist concerned with basic research, because they no longer teach anything new. It is then the exceptions which become important. Among the exceptions, the ones chosen for study first will be the most ac­centuated, not only because they are the most strik­ing, but because their study will be the most in­structive. New concepts may result from a consid­eration of difficulties inherent in an old theory.

I H E INVESTIGATION of a really new area of re­search is nearly always profitable. Unexpected re­sults can generally be relied upon under these cir­cumstances. In view of the vastness of nature, the exploration should be directed to cover as wide an area as feasible with a later follow-up of any points of special interest. New experimental techniques, thus new instruments in their day such as the tele­scope, the microscope, the cyclotron, the atomic

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pile . . . open up immense new fields for investiga­tion. New techniques may evolve gradually as im­provements in apparatus and method. When a cer­tain degree of accuracy or convenience is attained, significant new observations may be possible. New degrees of accuracy in measurement often, but by no means always, bring to light unexpected results. New techniques of experimentation may lead to revolutionary results. Far too often, however, pro­jects are undertaken solely as a matter of experi­mental convenience.

New concepts not infrequently lead to new areas of investigation. It is usually desirable to have new ideas of some sort before undertaking a problem especially in a field which has already been exten­sively investigated; otherwise any additional results are likely to be trivial.

The most significant problems are frequently those which have ramifications in several areas. Problems which are a "dead end" are generally un­important. Problems which are likely to open up new fields of investigation should be much sought after.

Does the research problem "fit the times?" If it is too far ahead of the times it will likely not be fruitful. Research techniques may not be well enough developed to make a study of the problem profitable at a given date. The current state of science may not provide a background for under­standing the problem.

Is the field one in which known information is published freely? In particular is the field censored for military security reasons? It is difficult for sci­entists outside the walls of security clearance to work in regions which are highly restricted. To the public at large this might seem a small price to pay for keeping our military scientific secrets from a possible enemy. The difficulty is, however, in part that many top-rate scientists in peacetime do not wish to work for the government especially if their work will not be published. Further there is the danger that secrecy will be a shield for incompe­tence among those working for the government. Probably the highest cost of secrecy to science lies in our failure to make use of the immense potential

of talent at home and abroad among those scien­tists who do not have access to classified informa­tion and who are in many real respects effectively barred from making contributions in classified fields. We must not forget that all of the basic scientific information which led the way to the development of the atomic bomb was imported from Europe. Conant has said: "Secrecy and science are fundamentally antithetic propositions." The development of scientific theories in the past has depended on free discussion of their conse­quences. While secrecy obviously limits discussion, it is doubtful tHat secrecy can keep scientific infor­mation from an intelligent possible enemy as was brought out by the Geneva Atoms for Peace Con­ference.

Possibly the most important factor in the choice of a research problem is that it should interest the investigator strongly. As E. Bright Wilson has said: "Scientific research, not being a routine process but requiring originality and creative thought is very sensitive to the psychological state of the scientist." An uninterested worker is unlikely to have the necessary new ideas or the drive to complete a research problem. The research problem should, moreover, be within the worker's capabilities. In particular, the worker should possess or be willing to acquire the special capabilities required for car­rying out the research.

While many scientists may owe their greatness to their skill in choosing research problems, the significance of a research problem often depends on the peculiar quality of the imagination and creative ability which the investigator brings to its prosecu­tion. The great scientist must be regarded as a creative artist and it is misleading to think of the scientist as a man who merely follows rules of logic and experiment. Einstein has said: "There is no logical way to the discovery of elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appear­ances."

We have discussed factors in the choice of a re­search problem as though there were a number of problems to choose from. As Wilson has said: "A research worker in pure science who does not have at all times more problems he would like to solve

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than he has time and means to investigate . . . probably is in the wrong business."

It is true, in spite of all the foregoing discussion that probably the most important research prob­lems are not chosen but are discovered almost, as it were, by chance. It is noteworthy that such scien­tific discoveries are made only by highly qualified observers who painstakingly follow up initial chance clues; as Pasteur said, "Chance only favors prepared minds." As example of such discoveries we might cite: the preparation of the first coal-tar dye by William Henry Perkin (who was looking for a synthesis of quinine), the discovery of radio­activity by Henri Becquerel, the discovery of peni­cillin by Alexander Fleming. All of these scientists were carrying out more or less "normal" programs of fundamental research when they made the dis­coveries for which they are now famous. These illustrious discoveries were in no sense "planned" in their initial phases. It is the essence of the un­known that nobody knows what is to be known, much less where to look for the unknown. Yet it is upon the discovery of new fields of inquiry such as these that the future growth and development of science depends. The history of science shows that, by and large, most such fundamental discoveries have been made by "uncommitted" investigators, that is to say, investigators who were free to follow any clue, interesting observation or idea, regardless of what direction the research might lead them. Their investigations were not confined to the nar­row limits of some preconceived research program.

As a final factor in the choice of basic research problems in science, we will consider the economic aspect. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries most scientific research was conducted by "ama­teurs," that is to say by men who had their income from other sources or endeavors. Some like Robert Boyle (the son of the Great Earl of Cork, an Eng­lishman who made his fortune by exploiting Ire­land) inherited wealth. Boyle, who was his own patron, pointed out that the advancement of ex­perimental philosophy "requires as well a purse as a brain." Others such as Benjamin Franklin and Antoine L. Lavoisier earned their wealth in other professions (Lavoisier was guillotined primarily for his activities as tax collector under the royal

regime). In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, basic research in science has been cultivated pri­marily in universities and to some extent in re­search institutes (e.g., the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin). There is no indication that the cost of scientific experiments has in any way lessened since Boyle's day (the latter half of the 17th Century). Clearly a pertinent question facing most investi­gators is whether or not a scientific problem is within attainable financial limits.

Frequently, the solution to this difficulty is to try to convince someone that the research problem is worthwhile. It is at this stage that the difference between applied research and basic research be­comes most evident. Nearly always it is easier to get support for research leading to a useful new material, commodity, tool, weapon, or gadget than to support research which aims merely at under­standing nature. This is especially true since only some rather vague general principles, such as we have mentioned, which are difficult to apply in practice, can be used to evaluate basic research problems. In an article in the Saturday Review of Literature, (Vol. 39, March 24, 1956) Joel Hilde-brand has said that the judgment of a scientist about problems he does not feel impelled to attack cannot be very significant. Surely the judgment of non-scientists is even less significant. Finally, in­deed, many of the most valuable basic research problems cannot be formulated because they have not been discovered. It is, therefore, especially hard to get funds to support the uncommitted in­vestigator — the one who might be another Mi­chael Faraday, or Louis Pasteur.

In supporting basic research, the emphasis should be placed upon supporting the right man rather than the right project. The investigator should be encouraged to work upon any problem which se­riously interests him. The principle involved here has been formulated by the mathematician H. B. Phillips, "When the proper course is known, action can be directed by rule or law. But when the proper course is not known, each individual should be free to go his own way to provide the greatest diversity of action and therefore the greatest probability that somebody will be right." Herein lies our greatest hope in our scientific competition with Russia.

February 1960 13

Photographed for the Alumnus by Cecil Phillips

Student assistant Vann Willis (foreground) shuttles ahead of Jim Parker and his truck to put down plywood sheets used to protect floor from heavy weight of truck and its 3700 lb. cesium carrier during installation.

RABL AND THE

NIGHT WORKERS A few ounces of cesium-137 cause

a great deal of back-breaking work

THERE ARE FEW THINGS in life as inspiring as witnessing the dedication of a group of scientists when it comes to

carrying out a pet project. For a mere quarter-pound of white powder, a shipment

of a metallic compound to Tech's Engineering Experiment Station rated an extraordinary amount of this dedication early in January. Four members of the research staff drove 250 miles to pick up the powder, then nursed it back to Tech in a truck and that same night the four stayed up till 2:30 a.m. to install the powder. The powder was packaged in a special lead container that weighed almost two tons and cost approximately $100,000 to design and build. The powder itself cost $30,000 to prepare and ship. It was taken with great care into the new Radioisotopes and Bio-engineering Laboratory and installed near the bottom of a specially constructed 12-foot-deep well in the floor.

Yet no one at Tedi ever saw the real object of this atten­tion. For the powder contained the highly radioactive iso­tope cesium-137. In the language of the radiation chem­ists, the few ounces of material amounted to a 12,000-curie source of gamma rays. This much radioactivity must remain shielded from personnel at all times.

The cesium was prepared at the Atomic Energy Com­mission's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. There it was sealed in a dozen stainless steel tubes, each about the size of a long fountain pen. Each of these capsules was then placed in a longer tube that contained a threaded socket at one end, permitting easy remote manipulation.

The capsules were then loaded into the AEC's decep­tively heavy and intricate lead carrier. This device is de­signed not only to permit remote positioning of the cap­sules inside, but also to withstand severe impact without failure. It is especially adapted to the installation of radio-

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THE CREW TAKES A SHORT BREAK TO DISCUSS THE FINAL PROCEDURES IN INSTALLING THE CESIUM 137.

Vann Willis (1) repairs the metal rod used to insert sources into well as Randall Carter (center) holds rod and Dr. Richard Palmer (r) mans the pliers. Man in background is lab director Dr. Fred Sicilio. Dr. Palmer noticed crack in rod early in installation. The actual installation of the 12 sources in­

to the well. Threaded end of long rod en­gaged each source and pushed the source to about 8 feet below floor level. Willis (r) monitors "The Long-tom Cutie Pie," a Geiger-Muller radiation survey meter, to check radiation as sources pass into the well.

February 1960 15

AT TIMES SCIENCE IS SIMPLY MUSCLE AND SWEAT Making sure that the installation is carried out correctly, Tech's crew of scientists do most of the physical work themselves as these pictures indicate.

THE NIGHT WORKERS-continued

active materials in wells such as the one that was built into the floor of the Radioisotopes and Bioengineering Labora­tory.

Tech researchers Dr. Richard C. Palmer and Randall W. Carter designed the well and its shielding arrangements. They, together with Dr. Fred Sicilio, Head of the RABL, and Technician Vann Willis drove to Oak Ridge and had the carrier loaded into a covered van. They brought it back on Friday afternoon, January 8. The Georgia State Patrol helped them navigate the truck through the evening traffic on the North Georgia highways and outskirts of Atlanta.

Except for a brief delay at the Chattahoochee River, where television cameramen had requested a chance to photograph the truck's newsworthy cargo, the trip was completed without incident. That evening, the crew pro­ceeded to install the cesium in tlje well.

Technician Jim Parker was waiting with a fork lift truck which had been used in a previous dress rehearsal of the installation. The plan called for Parker's fork truck to take the carrier from the van into the building and, by a series of tight maneuvers in the corridors and laboratories, to bring the carrier to a position over the well.

This operation cost the scientists some sweat, for they had to keep placing sheets of plywood ahead of the truck, remove and reattach the truck's forks, push and pull the carrier on a dolly, and move heavy laboratory equipment

out of the way. But all went as scheduled, and within an hour a chain hoist built into the ceiling was holding the carrier directly over the well.

Then came the tedious task of positioning the carrier on top of the well. Like the carrier, the well contained a cir­cular bundle of twelve tubes, each just large enough to accept a cesium capsule, or "source." Unless the car­rier-well alignment was precise, the capsules could not be pushed into the well tubes.

Positioning marks were made around the well and the carrier was carefully lowered onto them. The carrier's top cover plate was then removed, revealing the tops of its tube bundle. A long brass rod with a threaded end was inserted into one of the tubes and engaged with the end of the capsule. A dialing mechanism in the carrier opened a slot in the bottom permitting only that particular capsule to be pushed down to the top of the open well.

When Carter and Palmer tried to install the first capsule this way, it announced with a tell-tale "clink" that the carrier tube was not aligned with the well tube. The cap­sule was pulled back up safely into the carrier. The carrier was repositioned slightly and another test of the alignment was made. Again it was a hair off.

After another couple of positionings, a coke break, and a few relaxing bars of "Waltzing Matilda," the alignment was achieved. All twelve sources slid into their respective well tubes and came to rest on lead slugs about eight feet down. There the sources are expected to remain perman-

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ently, devoting the rest of their half-lives to the service of peacetime nuclear research.

Throughout the shipping and installation procedure in­struments measured and recorded radiation around the sources and on the persons of the five-man crew (plus our Alumnus writer-photographer Phillips). Geiger-Muller sur­vey meters, a Proteximeter, pocket electroscopes and film badges were used in continuous and periodic checks. Skilled laboratory technician Vann Willis, who is also an undergraduate student at Tech, was primarily responsible for watching the G-M meters (known to uranium pros­pectors as "Geiger counters").

During the full day of transporting and handling the loaded carrier, none of the men received anything ap­proaching a dangerous dose of radiation. Randall Carter's pocket instruments showed the greatest accumulation, 25 milli-rem, but this was well below the safe limits estab­lished by the AEC.

Asked how they felt about working around radioactive materials, Dr. Palmer answered, "It's just like working with any other chemical or physical system—as long as you observe the practices proved safe over a long period of time there is no danger involved." Carter, who is Ra­diological Safety Officer for Georgia Tech, supported this view by noting that the AEC's safety record is outstanding compared to the chemical industry in general.

The following morning inspectors from the AEC pro­nounced the installation "well done." The contract be­

tween Tech and the AEC for the use of the cesium source will be administered by the AEC's Savannah River Opera­tions Office in Aiken, South Carolina.

The cesium facility will be a major asset in Tech's $150,000 program of research on the industrial uses of radioisotopes. The high energy of the source will permit basic experiments in radiation chemistry that would be impossible otherwise. "For example, we hope to use the gamma rays to break down the stacks or lumps of crystals that occur in some of Georgia's kaolin," said William Cor-bett, researcher in chemical engineering. "If this proves feasible it may lead to economical production of high grade clay from lumpy kaolin." Other scientists speculate that the mechanical powers of the high-energy rays may be ef­fective in refining several other Georgia mineral and naval stores chemicals.

When the facility is in use, specimens to be irradiated will be lowered into the well in a tube in the center of the sources or in one of several tubes to the side of the sources. This arrangement permits a variety of studies to be per­formed while at the same time limiting any possible hazard to the absolute minimum. The well is surrounded by heavy concrete and water shielding.

Dr. Palmer explained that this is the first time cesium has even been used in a research facility of this type. "The main advantage of cesium-137 over cobalt-60 and other isotopes is its long half-life. It takes 30 years for half of the mass to decay to inactive material."

February 1960 17

Cartoons by Jim Giddings, IE '56

DON'T SEND YOUR SON TO TECH

Be sure that he and the school match before making a decision says new associate director of admissions, William M. Eastman

<J Jie

A DMITTEDLY, the headline of this article is a strange one l \ to appear in Georgia Tech's alumni magazine. But it does have shock effect and seems an excellent way to point up a serious problem for Tech alumni with sons in high school.

Today, more and more high school students are becoming oriented toward the engineering and science fields by the romance of rocketry, space travel, nuclear energy and all of the other areas of science that have suddenly become front-page news. Among these high school students are many sons of Tech alumni: boys who cut their teeth on slide rules and were lulled to sleep in their extreme youth to the strains of the "Ramblin' Reck."

Since our alumni are Tech's best salesmen, these boys will be thinking about coming on to Tech for an engineer­ing, scientific, architectural or management education. But how many of them have the ability, the interest and the desire necessary to do well at the Georgia Tech of today?

In your dual responsibility as an alumnus and a father, it may be difficult to see clearly the factors which must be considered if your son is to be happy at Georgia Tech. Many times, the reasons given for sending a son to Tech, under close examination, do not hold up as being true signs of interest and ability for engineering. Let's examine some of these reasons which do not appear to be valid, and try to show how you can really help your son decide if he is Tech material.

Why, he's wanted to come to Tech since he was ten years old.

Strangely enough, the year that the student first men­tions wanting to come to Tech is the first year his father brings him to see a Tech football game, with all its color

and excitement. This is normal enough, if it is followed up by the student's investigating other aspects of Georgia Tech during his high school years. Unfortunately, for many students, the football team is about all they know of Georgia Tech until they hit the campus on freshman registration day. You, as an alumnus, can help him by emphasizing the work of the engineer, the subjects which must be mastered, and the importance of study.

Even when the student says himself that he wants to come to Tech very badly, there is still some need to dig further. Does he want to come for himself or to please his father? Many boys have such respect for their father that they will come to Tech rather than go to another school which might be better suited to their interests and abilities. Make sure your son wants Tech for himself.

Well, back in 1937, I had all A's at Georgia Tech, and I'm positive that my son can do as well.

It is a common feeling among all of us that our children can do at least as well, if not better, than we did in school. In fact, there is a sound basis for this feeling in psycho­logical studies which indicate that there is a considerable relationship between the mental abilities of fathers and sons. However, it is not a perfect relationship, nor does it take into account differences in ability areas. For example, Dad may be a whiz at mathematical thinking and a flop at verbal thinking, while his son might have the opposite pattern. Yet, when their ability on these two measures is added up, as it is in many tests of mental ability, their total ability would appear about the same.

Another danger in predicting your son's chances for suc­cess in engineering from your own good work is the radical changes in engineering curricula in recent years, and the

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consistent increase in the measured mental ability of engi­neering students at Tech. Let's face it, Dad, there's a possibility that you might not be able to get into Tech if you tried at this date.

He's got a B average in high school, isn't that good enough?

A B average in high school sounds impressive, but let's dig into his grade sheet a little more. He made A's in driver training, band, and physical education. He made C's in algebra, geometry, and physics. Three A's and three C's make a B average, all right, but which of the courses mean more to success in engineering? Also, what about the high school? Do its graduates usually make good records in college, or do they have trouble with college studies? Are the high schools' courses slanted toward college pre­paration or toward vocational or business training? And, where does that B average stand in the class? Is it in the top third, middle or lower third? Three-fourth's of the entering freshmen at Tech this year were in the upper third of their graduating high school class. So, don't just say your son has a B average and let it go at that. Find out what that B average really means.

One of the great misconceptions concerning engineering is that anyone with mechanical or electrical interests is likely to make a good engineer. Actually, the best indica­tion goes beyond to theoretical interest.

He loves to tinker with anything mechanical or elec­trical.

Many parents assume that the boy who loves to tear down and repair automobiles, lawnmowers, and radios is showing engineering interests. But the engineering student

must indicate a desire to go beyond the mechanical opera­tion and repair of equipment into the deeper questions of what physical reactions, stated in mathematical terms, are taking place, and how these reactions can be changed and made more efficient. The interest in tinkering often indicates an interest in work in the engineering field, at the tech­nician or skilled craftsman level. But unless it is backed up with a deeper interest in scientific theory, it probably does not point toward engineering college capabilities.

Why, he never had to study a bit in high school.

The fact that a student glides through high school with­out studying might seem to be a positive factor in his go­ing into a difficult curriculum like engineering. But the years of loafing through a high school course instill habits which are very difficult to break. And, while it is possi­ble for a bright student to get through some of our high schools with two or three hours a week study, it is not pos­sible for most students at Tech to get through their work satisfactorily with less than twenty hours a week study. And the twenty-hour-a-week routine must begin the first week a student is at Tech, if the student is not to get hope­lessly far behind in his work. Over and over, the freshmen say that they study more in the first month at Tech than they did in four years in high school. So if your son is not prepared to make the change from undisciplined to dis­ciplined study, he may have deep trouble in engineering.

Last year, the Student Counseling service at Tech inter­viewed thirty freshmen with outstanding high school grades and College Board scores who did very poor work during their freshman year at Tech. The only thing that they seemed to have in common was that they had not started studying from the beginning of the quarter, had failed the first quiz, and had given up at that point. Most of them had never failed a quiz in their entire high school careers, and they were not prepared for this failure. The prospective student in engineering must be ready for this, and be prepared to accept it and go on to study harder.

Don't let the title of this article mislead you. It was deliberately chosen to start you thinking about some of the reasons your son might not want or be ready for Tech. Of course, we want your son to come to Georgia Tech. But we want him to have as much desire for an engineering education as you had. We want him to have the ability and interest to achieve the goal of graduation from Georgia Tech. We don't want him to come without an idea of what engineering is, without a mature approach to college, and without a sincere desire to do the work.

Help your son think about the demands and rewards of engineering education, talk over his high school work, his interests, and his abilities with his guidance counselor or principal. Then encourage him to visit Tech and talk with the admissions office and with students and faculty mem­bers. If, after thinking all these factors through, he still wants to come, then send your son to Tech.

February 1960 19

JACKETS LOSE FIRST BOWL GAME UNDER DODD ALUMNUS FRANK Broyles, '47, placed the first blotch on

/ x Bobby Dodd's perfect bowl record when his Arkansas team whipped Tech in the Gator Bowl, 14-7. The game, played before a record crowd in Jacksonville on January 2, was a thriller from the beginning to the end.

In total yards gained only three yards separated the two evenly-matched teams (239 for Arkansas to 236 for Tech). And the final difference in the two teams was the superior running ability of the Razorback backs.

Tech scored first in the final moments of the first quar­ter when quarterback Marvin Tibbetts ran 51 yards on a brilliant keeper effort after a long Tech drive had ended with a missed field goal attempt. Faucette converted and it was 7-0, Tech.

In the second period, the Arkansas runners began to make themselves known and Broyles' boys rolled 62 yards for a score, bitting the yards off in short nibbles. Fullback Alberty—who scored from the two—and halfbacks Mooty and Alsworth were the key men in the drive.

On the second-half kickoff, Tech's quarterback Tibbetts was injured and the poise of the Jackets seemed to be a bit shaken. Before they could get themselves under control again, Arkansas' team had rolled 78 yards on a beautiful drive for the score. All-America Jim Mooty went over from the Tech 19 on a great run for the touchdown and with the point added, the Razorbacks had a 7-14 lead.

Arkansas threatened again, but a great interception by Fred Braselton stopped them at the Tech 30. Tech then tried to tie it or win it on a passing drive, but it died out when end Jim Beasley couldn't hold a Braselton long pass at the Arkansas three. In all fairness to Beasley, he had three Razorbacks hanging on to him when the ball arrived.

Tech's Maxie Baughan and Arkansas' Jim Mooty were picked the outstanding players in the game and received special awards at the Gator Bowl banquet after the game.

During the awards banquet, Coach Dodd said, "I hate to lose any game at all, but if I had to lose a big one, I'd rather lose it to Frank. That sort of keeps it in the family. And this team of ours has always been gentlemanly in winning or in losing and to me they always will be the greatest boys."

Next year, Dodd will be facing another one of his coaching proteges when Tech ghd Florida collide. Tech's Assistant Head Coach Ray Graves, a fixture at the "flats" for 12 years has taken the head coach and athletic director's job at Florida. The announcement was made in the second week of January and Dodd was faced with the herculean task of replacing the man that—more than any other—was responsible for Tech's great defensive record during the past decade.

On the same side for the last time were Tech's famed coaching duo, Graves and Dodd at the January 2 Gator Bowl game.

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Reaching into a lost world . . .for a plastic you use every day

Massive creatures once sloshed through endless swamps, feeding on

huge ferns, luxuriant rushes and strange pulp-like trees. After ruling for 100 million

years, the giant animals and plants vanished forever beneath the surface with

violent upheavals in the ear th 's crust. Over a long period, they gradually turned into

great deposits of oil and natura l gas. And today, Union Carbide converts these vast

resources into a modern miracle—the widely-used plastic called polyethylene.

Millions of feet of tough, t ransparent polyethylene film are used each

year to protect the freshness of perishable foods such as fruits and vegetables. Scores

of other useful things are made from polyethylene unbreakable kitchenware, alive

with color . . . bottles t ha t dispense a fine spray with a gentle squeeze . . . electrical

insulation for your television antenna, and even for trans-oceanic telephone cables.

Polyethylene is only one of many plastics and chemicals t h a t Union

Carbide creates from oil and natura l gas. By constant research into the basic ele­

ments of nature , the people of Union Carbide bring new and bet ter products into

your everyday life.

Learn about the exciting work going on now in plastics, car­bons, chemicals, gases, metals, and nuclear energy. Write for "Products and Processes" Booklet H, Union Carbide Corporation, 30 E. 42nd St., New York 17, N. Y. In Canada, Union Carbide Canada Limited, Toronto.

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CHATTANOOGA CLUB HOLDS DINNER DANCE—On Satur­day, December 12, the Chattanooga Georgia Tech Club held its annual dinner dance with Dean George and Mrs. Griffin as guests of honor. Left to right in the picture are the officers of the club and their wives along with the special guests: Paul Shoun, presi­dent, and Mrs. Shoun; Louis Blanks, vice president, and Mrs. Blanks; Dean Griffin and Mrs. Griffin; and Locke Thomison, treasurer, and Mrs. Thomison. Dean Griffin briefed the crowd on the old and new Georgia Tech.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—The Charlotte Georgia Tech Club had its most successful meeting in history on November 21 when 124 members and wives turned out for a dinner meeting. Dean George Griffin was the guest of honor and his speech was exceptionally well received by the group. The group also saw the Tech-Tennessee football movies. C. N. Witmer is president of the Charlotte Club. The club is planning another dinner meeting for March 26 with special guests President Martin of Davidson College and President Walker of Queens College of Charlotte.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA.—Forty Tech men were present at the December 1 meeting of the Jacksonville Georgia Tech Club. Carl Cesery, president of the club, reviewed the past year's activities and introduced guest speaker Bob Eskew, business manager of athletics at Tech. Bob reviewed the present athletic program and its relationships to the In­stitute and the alumni. During the business meeting special reports were made by O. J. Oosterhoudt (by-laws); W. L. Queen (scholarship fund) and W. A. Verlander (treasurer). New officers elected at the meeting included William L. Queen, president; W. A. Verlander, vice president; W. J. Hicklin, Jr., secretary; and W. Murray McQuaid, treasurer. During Gator Bowl weekend, the Jacksonville Club spon­sored a big Georgia Tech Brunch on January 2.

NEW OFFICERS ELECTED AT KINGSPORT—At the Decem­ber 1 meeting of the Kingsport (Tenn.) Georgia Tech Club the following new officers were elected: pictured left to right. Carroll Underwood, director; Bob Beard, director; Witt Langstaff, presi­dent; Bill Caffey, secretary-treasurer; and Jim Hudson, director. The club has scheduled a dinner dance and four quarterly meetings for the 1960 year. Included in the schedule are a picnic outing and an organized trip to one of the Georgia Tech football games.

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Bill McDonald, New England Life (left) with Nicholas Camblin, President, Camblin Steel Service, Inc., Sacramento, Calif. Bill discusses contract with Camblin attorney George Paras. The company owners, Mr. & Mrs. Camblin, are enthusiastic about their corporation coverage, and will continue to use Bill's services to meet the needs of their expanding business interests.

Bill McDonald delivers a policy for $250,000 after only 8 months of selling life insurance

Bill McDonald had a fine record as an enlisted man and commissioned officer in flight engineering. After his dis­charge, Bill wanted a career where his initiative would enable him to get ahead fast. A job where his earnings would be directly related to his efforts and ability.

A leading Sacramento employment agency told Bill that life insurance selling — and specifically, life insurance selling with New England Life — would give him the best opportunity to realize his ambitions. He went to our General Agent in Sacramento and was impressed by what this company could do for him. He was especially inter­ested in the training and supervisory support which would quickly prepare him to enter the more challenging areas of estate and business security planning.

Bill has done an outstanding job. This quarter-million dollar policy is representative of the kind of performance

that brought him our Rookie of the Year Award for 1959. If a career like Bill McDonald's appeals to you, there

may be a place for you with New England Life. Men who meet and maintain our requirements get a regular income right from the start and can work practically anywhere in the United States.

For more information, write Vice President John Barker, 501 Boylston Street, Boston 17, Massachusetts.

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T H E C O M P A N Y T H A T F O U N D E D M U T U A L L I F E I N S U R A N C E I N A M E R I C A — 1 8 3 5

125th Anniversary of Our Charter

These GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY men are New England representatives:

G. Nolan Bearden, '29, Greensboro, N. C. Joe A. Sowell, '47, Montgomery Carl S. Ingle, CLU, '33, Jacksonville Henry W. Maclin, '51 , Savannah

Ask one of these competent men to tell you about the advantages of insuring in the New England Life.

' f l 7 ^r~ an^ Mrs. William Victor King-" I don, Sr. were given a reception by

their children in December in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary.

' f l Q ^rank Thomas Sands died November U O 29 at his home, 115 Greenwood

Place, Decatur, Georgia. He was a special sales representative for Associated Trans­port.

' 1 9 N- S- Westbrook, CE, of Griffin, l £ Georgia, died June 26, 1959.

M E Walter P. Marshall, Arch, prominent I *J Savannah, Georgia architect, died of

a heart attack November 24. Mr. Marshall designed many public buildings in the Savannah area during his career.

» 1 Q R. Houston Jewell, EE, of Chicka-• 3 mauga, Georgia, has been elected

president of the Textile Education Founda­tion, Inc. He is Vice President of Crystal Springs Bleachery in Chickamauga.

' O O C. D. LeBey, EE, Atlanta realtor ^ ^ and mortgage banker, died Decem­

ber 27 after an illness of several months. He was president of C. D. LeBey and Company and was active in several banking organiza­tions. Mr. LeBey was a trustee of Hillside Cottages and was on the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Tech National Alumni As­sociation. His widow lives at 3434 Piedmont Road, N. E., Atlanta, Georgia.

' Q Q Wallace Montgomery has been named ^ * » a vice president of the Trust Com­

pany of Georgia in Atlanta.

,f)A James Fleming Daniel, Jr., Com., *- • died November 31 of a heart attack.

He was in Atlanta to attend the Tech-Georgia football game at the time of his death. Mr. Daniel was executive director of the Greenville, South Carolina Housing Authority. He is survived by his widow, who lives in Greenville, and a son, James F. Daniel of Atlanta.

' O C Robert L. Hays, ME, an assistant fcU vice president of the Metropolitan

Life Insurance Company, died November 24. He had been with the company since 1927 and was in charge of building service for the Metropolitan offices in Madison Square in New York City at the time of his death.

' O C Charles M. Griffin, Mayor of Villa ^ " Rica, Georgia and owner of the

Golden City Hosiery Mills, died November

20 of a heart attack. His widow lives in Villa Rica.

M. V. Harlow, ME, has been promoted to chief power engineer in the utilities divi­sion at Texaco's Port Arthur, Texas plant. He was formerly assistant chief power engineer. Mr. Harlow lives at 3724 Sixth St. in Port Arthur.

' O l G. M. Doyal, of Pensacola, Florida, ~ * died recently. He was a supervisor

with Gulf Power Company.

' Q Q Archie T. Reeves, TE, died of a £ 0 heart attack November 14 at the

Tech-Alabama football game. Mr. Reeves was an attorney in Selma, Alabama.

' Q Q Sam R. Parry, GE, has retired from fc3 Combustion Engineering, Inc., where

he was vice president in charge of manu­facturing. He was with Combustion for 36 years.

I Q f l Linton C. Reynolds, TE, has been w U appointed to the newly created post

of Technical Director of Textile Production with Riegel Textile Corporation. His home address is 20 Ware Street, Ware Shoals, South Carolina.

'31 G. LaVance Maree, Com., has been elected to the executive committee

of the Board of Directors of Quality Courts United, Inc. Mr. Maree owns the Marietta Motel in Marietta, Georgia.

» Q 0 Paul M. McLarty, TE, CLU, has w t been appointed Senior Consultant in

the Sales Training Division, Marketing De­partment, with New York Life Insurance Company. His home address is 649 Arling­ton Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey.

' Q Q Colonel Raymond W. Burkett. US w u Army, EE, has been named deputy

chief of the Research and Development Division at the Army Rocket and Guided

Missile Agency at Huntsville, Alabama. He was formerly commanding officer of the 83rd Ordnance Battalion with the 8th Army in Korea.

' Q ^ Colonel Thomas J. Seigler, U.S. w " Army, EE, is serving with the Signal

Corps in Europe. His address is Head­quarters, U.S. Army Europe, Office of the Signal Officer, A.P.O. 403, New York, New York.

'37 Born to : Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Simons, IM, a son, Frampton Ellis,

December 10. Mr. Simons is owner of the Chattahoochee Furniture Company in Flow­ery Branch, Georgia.

Captain Jerry H. Taylor, Jr., U.S. Navy (ret.) is now manager of the AQUA-VILLA Cottages at 15316 Gulf Boulevard, Madeira Beach, St. Petersburg, Florida.

' Q Q John S. Fletcher, regional service 0 0 engineer for Westinghouse Electric

in Atlanta, died December 11 of a heart attack. He is survived by. his wife and two sons.

William Meriwether Furlow, Jr., EE, is listed in the current edition of "American Men in Science." He is head of the research department at the Martin Company in Or­lando, Florida.

Colonel Ralph E. Hood is recuperating from a heart attack suffered while stationed at the Presidio in San Francisco. He is currently at 721 77th Way South, Birming­ham, Alabama.

»QQ Henry C. Dunson, TE, has been ap-Ov pointed a registered representative

with Thomson and McKinnon. His business address is 111 Greenville Street, LaGrange, Georgia.

W. Ashley Verlander, IM, Executive Vice President and Treasurer of American Heri­tage Life Insurance Company, has been named Vice Chairman of the Board of

S. T. Pruitt, CE '29, has been promoted to gen­eral sales manager of the Ethyl Corporation with headquarters in New York City. Pruitt, who was formerly domestic sales manager for the company, will be responsible for all sales to United States oil companies. He has been associated with Ethyl Corporation since 1930, and except for the war period, has spent his entire career in various sales capacities. During World War II, he served with the U. S. Army Air Forces.

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Directors of the Reliable Insurance Com­pany of Dayton, Ohio, a wholly owned sub­sidiary of American Heritage. His mailing address is P. O. Box 1444, Jacksonville, Florida.

' J Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Alyn R. • Jones, CE, a son, Walter Charles.

Mr. Jones is president of the Jones Con­struction Company in Griffin, Georgia.

' 4 Commander Horace L. Robertson, 4 USN, IM, died November 27 of

smoke pneumonia incurred when his home was burned. His wife died December 2 of burns. Commander and M'rs. Robertson lived in Seattle, Washington. They are survived by three children and their parents, all of Atlanta.

William B. Thomas, ME, has been pro­moted to assistant chief power engineer in the utilities division at Texaco's Port Arthur plant. His home address is 3121 Rosedale Drive, Griffing Park, Port Arthur, Texas.

'4 J. W. Kelly, ME, has been named general manager of Clark Equip­

ment Company's New York-New Jersey area factory branch operations.

The death of Everett Keith McMahon, Ch.E.. has been brought to our attention. He was manager of the Chemical Sales Division at Tennessee Products and Chemi­cal Company at the time of his death.

' A W. H. Holmes, IM, has been ap-" pointed South Carolina traffic per­

sonnel supervisor with Southern Bell with headquarters in Columbia, South Carolina.

'4 Born to: LCDR and Mrs. Donald R. Patch, AE, a daughter, Marianne,

December 12. Mr. Patch recently returned from a tour in Puerto Rico and is now working in the Optimum Track Ship Rout­ing section of the U. S. Fleet Weather Facility, Alameda, California, as a Ship Routing Forecaster. His home address is 3261 Adams Street, Alameda.

'4 Donald L. Chase, ME, has been promoted to head mechanical engi­

neer in the utilities division of Texaco's Port Arthur Plant. He lives at 2908 Boyd Avenue, Groves, Texas.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Leven, IE, a son, Carl Augustus, November 19. Their address is 305 Hillsborough Drive, Falls Church, Virginia.

»/ Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford L. Ellis, Jr., EE, a daughter, Marie

Lipscomb, November 29. Their address is 77 Karland Drive, N.W., Atlanta 5, Georgia.

Nicholas J. Exarchou, EE, is a senior engineer in the Advanced Studies Engineer­ing Department of the Surface Armament Division at Sperry Gyroscope in Great Neck, New York.

James Braden Goldman, IM, has been named manager of The Union Central Life Insurance Company's Nashville, Ten­nessee agency. His business address is 732 Stahlman Building.

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MORE PROBLEMATICAL

RECREATIONS

WIT-SHAR

Response to our first collection of these delightfully vexing enigmas has been so heart-warming that we have decided to issue a second volume for your delectation. Write to our Dr. William Jacobi, and ask for "More Problematical Recreations." Gratis, of course.

And if you find your fancy tickled by the prospect of working with nationally recognized scientists and engineers in such fields as inertial guidance, radar, tactical data processing systems, airborne digital com­puters, or space research investigations, you will want to communicate with our Mr. C. T. Petrie.

LB LITTON INDUSTRIES Electronic Equipments Division, Beverly Hills, California

Joe E. Roberson, IE, staff assistant at Reynolds Metal Company's Richmond, Virginia South Plant, has been named manager of the North Plant, also in Rich­mond.

»Cn Paul G. Barnett, Jr., IM, has been *»U transferred by duPont to the Acetate-

Orion-Lycra plant in Waynesboro, Virginia. He is group supervisor in the Methods and Planning Department. Mr. Barnett lives at 1209 Greenbriar Road, Waynesboro, Vir­ginia.

Robert E. Batey, IE, has been promoted to plant manager with duPont and trans­ferred to Old Hickory, Tennessee. He was formerly assistant area supervisor at du-Pont's Kinston, North Carolina plant.

Estes W. Mann, Jr., 7M, has been trans­ferred by the Colgate-Palmolive Company to the United States after serving the com­pany for eight years in Columbia, South America. He is now assistant vice president for Canada and Latin America, with offices at 300 Park Avenue, New York, New York.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. George B. Penn­ington, TE, a son, George Howard, De­cember 8. Mr. Pennington is with the George A. Pennington Company. Their home address is 2668 Sharondale Circle, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia.

Thomas N. Saffold, IE, has been ap­pointed district traffic manager with South­ern Bell in Macon, Georgia.

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E. Davis Wilcox, Arch. '35,,has been named to the 1959 Sports Illustrated Silver Anniversary All-America team. He thus becomes the second Tech graduate to receive this honor. Syd Williams, '33, was named to the 1957 version of the team of 25 men who are picked by a distinguished board of judges on the basis of successful living in the first 25 years out of college. Wilcox is an in­ternationally known architect of Tyler, Texas. His firm is E. Davis Wilcox Associates of Tyler.

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Morley A. Hudson, ME '38, of Shreveport, La., is co-owner and vice president of the Pelican Supply Company through a recent acquisition. Hudson will continue as president of the Hudson-Rush Company, manufacturers representatives, also of Shreveport. A civic as well as Tech leader in the area, Hudson has been a director of the National Association for Retarded Children and chairman of the national committee on Vocational Rehabilitation and Sheltered Workshops.

NEWS BY CLASSES-conrinuec/

Dr. Joseph E. Todd, Chem, has been named assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Cincinnati. In addition to teaching physical chemistry, he will do research with silicon hydrides, highly-reac­tive compounds of silicon and hydrogen. Dr. Todd lives with his wife and son at 2735 North Bend Road, Cincinnati, Ohio.

»C1 Engaged: Eugene Edenfield Eckman «* I to Miss Patricia Smith. The wedding

will take place February 13. Mr. Eckman is with Walter R. Thomas, Inc. of Atlanta.

Captain Orlando Llenza, Arch, is now commander of the 198th Fighter Inter­ceptor Squadron, Puerto Rico Air National Guard. His address is Box 8615 F. Juncos, Santurce, Puerto Rico.

James W. Locke, ME, has been appointed assistant manager of contract and drafting for the Diamond Power Specialty Corpora­tion in Lancaster, Ohio. His home address is 800 Pleasantville Road in Lancaster.

Married: Billy Bruce Bazanti, CE, to Miss Jewel Setzer, January 27. Their ad­dress is 5820 Newman Court, Apartment 17, Sacramento, California.

'52 W. E. Cheeley, IE, is now director of Product Development in the new

Packaging Research Division at the Rey­nolds Company, Richmond, Virginia. He has been with the company since 1952.

Engaged: Howard Allen McCullough, IE, to Miss Louise F. Hord. The wedding will take place in February. Mr. McCullough is associated with V.M.C. Products, Inc. in Atlanta.

Finis C. Whitfield, TE, has been ap­pointed sales representative for B. F. Good­rich Chemical Company, with headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. His home address is 2700 Harrison Avenue in Cincinnati. •£#

' C Q Ronald J. Banks, IE, has been ap-" J pointed Washington, D. C. repre­

sentative for Bell Aircraft Corporation. He will handle all corporate representation in the fields of space flight, missiles, rockets and advanced research. His home address is 4222 Deer Drive, McLean, Virginia.

John R. Crittenden, EE, has been ap­pointed "Severe Environment Specialist" in General Electric's receiving tube depart­ment at Owensboro, Kentucky. This post

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was created to anticipate stiffening environ­mental requirements of electronic equipment in critical defense and space exploration.

Eugene E. Lorenz, IM, has been trans­ferred to Atlanta with the Tull Company. He is now manager of aluminum sales. Mr. Lorenz lives at 2348 Nesbitt Drive, N.E., Atlanta 19, Georgia.

Married: Roy Cornelius Peek, Jr., Chem., to Miss Donna Jordan, December 26. Mr. Peek is employed by the Georgia Tech Engineering Experiment Station.

'54 Charles A. Allen, IE, is an industrial engineer with the Athens Division of

General Time Corporation. His mailing address is box 249, RFD 1, Athens, Geor­gia.

Married: Robert E. Lee, Arch., to Miss Gail Boone, December 19. Mr. Lee is em­ployed by Cox, Kjeldsen and Parker, ad­vertising studio in Atlanta.

'55 Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Austin, ME, a daughter, Diane Eliz­

abeth, November 20. Mr. Austin is with the Sandia Corporation. Their home ad­dress is 10008 Mesa Arriba Avenue, N.E., Albuquerque, New Mexico.

George Thornton Bostic, EE, was killed in an automobile accident November 10, 1959 in Los Angeles. A native of Fayette-ville and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, he was associated with the Space Tech­nology Laboratories, Inc. in Los Angeles. His parents live in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Frenz, CE, a son, Charles Milton, Jr., November 2. Mr. Frenz is with Mobil Oil Company in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Albert W. Leary, Ch.E., has been pro­

moted to group leader in the Technical Department of Westvaco Chlor-Alkali Divi­sion of Ford Machinery and Chemical Corporation. His address is 929 Lexington Drive, St. Albans, West Virginia.

T. G. Scuderi, Ch.E., is the co-author of a technical paper which appeared in the December issue of the Journal of the American Ceramic Society. The paper is entitled "Effect of Fluorides on Infrared Transmittance of Certain Silicate Glasses." Mr. Scuderi is a ceramic engineer with the National Bureau of Standards in Washing­ton, D. C.

Fred Singer, IE, formerly with Alcoa, is now regional manager with the Loxcreen Company, Dallas, Texas.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. A. Duane Wills, IM, a daughter, Catherine Lee, September 18. Mr. Wills is a systems sales trainee with IBM. Their address is 1904 North Lake­land Drive, Norfolk, Virginia.

'56 Jesse G. Bagwell, Jr., IM, has been promoted to district manager of the

St. Louis district for Texize Chemicals, Inc. He is now living at 502 Pinellas Drive, St. Louis 26, Missouri.

Married: Earle Edgar Bortell, Jr., IE, to Miss Donna Foster, February 6. Mr. Bortell is with Combustion Engineering, Inc. in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. George A Coc­hran, CE, a daughter, Shari Lorraine, August 13. Their address is 1939 Glendale Avenue, Baton Rouge 8, Louisiana.

Married: Phillip Richard Dalton, IM, to Miss Carolyn Driskell. Mr. Dalton is with the Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp. in St. Louis, Missouri.

Robert Charles Gold, EE, has been pro­moted to senior research engineer North American Aviation. He recently received a cash award for development of specialized computing equipment. Mr. Gold lives at 8028 Aura Avenue, Reseda, California.

'57 Jack T. Bean, IM, was recently pro­moted to the rank of Captain in the

U. S. Army Reserve. He is president of J. T. Bean and Associates, Landscape Archi­tects and Land Surveyors in Atlanta.

Married: William Z. Bridges to Miss Mary Lou Potts, December 20. Mr. Bridges is attending Emory University Medical School.

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David S. Lewis, AE '39, has been named senior vice president of the McDonnell Aircraft Corpora­tion in St. Louis. Lewis has been a vice president of the company since 1957 and a member of the board of directors since the same year. Lewis joined McDonnell in 1946 as chief of aero­dynamics after seven years with Glenn L. Martin Company. In 1952, he was made head of the newly formed preliminary design department. In early 1957 he was appointed manager of projects.

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TECH ALUMNUS

This year, engineerir challenging and reu Advanced missile and the proportion of eng employment is growin, Dyna-Soar boost-glid ICBM, BOMARC defen KC-135 jet tanker-tri lunar, orbital and h research projects. A ft listed below:

ADVANCED C0NFIGURATI0

M.S.orPh.D.inA.E.t« posed by potential milil of vehicles based on £ performance, etc.). In such as handling payloi with competitors prop

INFRARED

Electrical engineer or and direct an Infrared and analyses of infrar (2) Definition of modi Synthesis of advanced i nal guidance, mapping tion) for integration ii

ELECTRONICS-RELIABILITY

Electrical engineer wit equivalent experienc ability programs; to ei data and initiate corn tactical test equipmenl

ELECTRONICS-DIGITAL CO

Engineers with advan< experience to design ai military and space pre the computers and th equipment used in the

ENGINEERING ANALYSIS i

Mathematicians or en§ in engineering compul involve correlation ai simulation programs, many others. Computi variety of complex eng speed electronic data

Space-age careers at Boeing PLASMA PHYSICS SEATTLE AREA

This year, engineering and science alumni will find more challenging and rewarding careers than ever at Boeing. Advanced missile and space-age programs are expanding, and the proportion of engineers and scientists to Boeing's total employment is growing steadily. Boeing programs include the Dyna-Soar boost-glide vehicle, Minuteman solid-propellant ICBM, BOMARC defense missile system, B-52G missile bomber, KC-135 jet tanker-transport, the Boeing 707 jetliner, and lunar, orbital and interplanetary systems and advanced research projects. A few of the many immediate openings are listed below:

ADVANCED CONFIGURATION DESIGN WICHITA AREA

M.S. or Ph.D. in A.E. to create configuration of new vehicles pro­posed by potential military or civilian customers. Creative design of vehicles based on general parameters of missions (payload, performance, etc.). In addition to configuration, special features such as handling payload (i.e., cargo, passengers) and comparison with competitors proposals are investigated.

INFRARED SEATTLE AREA

Electrical engineer or physicist with advanced degree to set-up and direct an Infrared System Group involved in: (1) Studies and analyses of infrared systems, techniques and phenomena, (2) Definition of models and parametric relationships, and (3) Synthesis of advanced infrared sub-systems (search, track, termi­nal guidance, mapping, surveillance, and scientific instrumenta­tion) for integration into larger systems.

ELECTRONICS-RELIABILITY SEATTLE AREA

Electrical engineer with B.S. degree minimum (graduate work or equivalent experience desired) to organize and manage reli­ability programs; to establish requirements, evaluate reliability data and initiate corrective action for missile components and tactical test equipment.

ELECTRONICS-DIGITAL COMPUTER SEATTLE AREA

Engineers with advanced E.E. degree or particularly applicable experience to design and integrate digital computers in advanced military and space programs, involving internal logic design of the computers and the external organization of the associated equipment used in the guidance and control system.

ENGINEERING ANALYSIS & PROGRAMMING SEATTLE

Mathematicians or engineers with B.S. to Ph.D. degrees to work in engineering computing and analysis areas. Analysis positions involve correlation and conversion matrix studies, trajectory simulation programs, error analysis and simulation studies and many others. Computing positions involve programming a wide variety of complex engineering problems to be solved with high­speed electronic data processing machines—digital and analog.

Experimental physicist with Ph.D. in physics for the staff of the Plasma Physics Laboratory, Boeing Scientific Research Labora­tories, to conduct studies in the field of Basic Experimental Micro Wave Plasma Physics, Basic Transport Properties of Plasmas and in Theoretical and Experimental Quantum Plasma Physics.

OPERATIONS & WEAPONS SYSTEMS ANALYSIS WICHITA

M.S. or Ph.D. in math, physics, electrical or aeronautical engi­neering to obtain data on the anticipated operational environment of the devices under study by Advanced Design Staff. Devise analytical models of procedures describing operation of the de­vices in order to estimate the operational utility of same under study. Studies compare Advanced Design products with other companies and demonstrate anticipated utility to the customer.

ELECTRONICS-TELEMETRY SEATTLE AREA

B.S.E.E. with good knowledge of telemetry systems, transducers, and systems providing inputs into telemetry systems, to work on telemetry systems integration. This requires ability to represent the company in meetings with the customers and associate contractors.

ELECTRO-MAGNETICS SEATTLE AREA

Ph.D. in electrical engineering or physics to direct and partici­pate in the work of a research group engaged in the theoretical and experimental investigation of the propagation and reflection of electro-magnetic waves in the presence of a plasma.

WELDING ENGINEERING SEATTLE AREA

Engineers with degree in Met.E., Mech.E., E.E. or equivalent, to maintain weld equipment, design tools, develop techniques and direct proper use of this equipment, and establish processes for all types of welds used in the unit, including weld settings for qualification programs.

PERFORMANCE & STABILITY & CONTROL ANALYSIS SEATTLE AREA

Aeronautical engineers at B.S. and M.S. level to conduct perform­ance analysis and stability and control analysis. Each field is intimately associated with flight testing and wind tunnel testing. Performance assignments include preparation of sales presenta­tions, operating instructions and preliminary design work in connection with new aircraft; stability and control assignments cover wing and tail design as well as studies concerning detailed control systems.

GEOASTROPHYSICS SEATTLE AREA

Theoretical physicists or astronomers with Ph.D. in physics or astronomy on the staff of the Geoastrophysics Laboratory, Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories, to carry out theoretical research studies in the field of Geoastrophysics, particularly in connection with the phenomenology and physics of the planetary system. Excellent support is available for research in Solar Physics, Solar Terrestrial relationships and Upper Atmosphere Physics.

Advantages you'll enjoy at Boeing include up-to-the-minute facilities, unexcelled research equipment, insurance and retirement programs, and a company-paid graduate study program (M.A. and Ph.D.) designed to help you get ahead faster.

For further information write: Mr. Stanley M. Little, Boeing Airplane Co., P. 0. Box 3822- UGT, Seattle 24, Wash.

J. Clinton Abrams, EE '39, has been appointed director of service on the corporate staff of In­ternational Business Machines Corporation with offices in New York City. Abrams began his IBM career in 1939, subsequently serving in various sales posts. In 1953, he was named assistant to the director of engineering at the company's head­quarters in New York. He was appointed assis­tant director of service in 1958. He lives in Garden City, Long Island, N. Y.

NEWS BY CLASSES-continued

Engaged: Ted Harmon Cook, IE, to Miss Ann Hisle. Mr. Cook is a sales engineer with the Refractories Division of Babcock & Wilcox in Chicago, Illinois.

Engaged: Lt. William Johnson Funder-burk, USA, Ch.E., to Miss Ophelia Heape. The wedding will take place in March. Lt. Funderburk is stationed at Fort Gordon, Georgia.

Engaged: Daniel Brown Rather, IE, to Miss Frances Patterson Greene. Mr. Rather is with General Electric in Lynn, Massa­chusetts.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Rowe, Arch., a daughter, Sherrie Ann, August 28. Their home address is 3010 Avenue Q, Gal­veston, Texas.

Lt. Richard B. Rowe, USMC, IE, has re­cently received his wings at Pensacola after completion of advanced flight training.

John M. Rungee, CE, is a paving engineer with the Portland Cement Association in Orlando, Florida. His home address is 2314 Langford Street, Lakeland, Florida.

Lt. Oliver H. Sale, Jr., ME, was married to Patricia Parish September 11. Lt. Sale is stationed at Lufkin Air Force Base, Texas.

» n o Lt. Harold T. Bowling, U.S.A., AE, J O has completed the officer rotary-wing

qualification course at The Primary Heli­copter School, Camp Wolters, Texas.

Neal Everett Bradley, Math, died Decem­ber 20 in a Boston, Massachusetts hospital of a virus which settled around his heart. Neal graduated from Tech with highest honors and was attending MIT Graduate School at the time of his death. His parents,

Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bradley, live at 1952 Forest Green Drive, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia.

Lt. Clarence Burton, USAF, IE, won the Aeronautical Systems Center's "Production Merit Award" for expert handling of pro­duction problems on the F-105D aircraft. He is stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, with the Flight Control and Guidance Branch of the Center's Directorate of Equipment and Serv­ices.

Cecil B. Day, IM, has been appointed assistant vice president of Scott Hudgens Realty and Mortgage, Inc., College Park, Georgia.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. John W. Fortune, CE, a daughter, Tamela Gaye, November 11. Mr. Fortune is an engineer with Gentry and Thompson Construction Company in Atlanta.

Born to: Lt. and Mrs. James C. Keltons, Ch.E., a son, September 18. Lt. Kelton is a project engineer with the U. S. Army Ord­nance Development and Proof Services at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. His home address is 104 A Garden Drive, Aberdeen, Maryland.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. James D. McGee, CE, a son, Davis Alan, November 7. Mr. McGee is employed by the Georgia Tech Engineering Experiment Station. His home address is 714 Broad Avenue, East Point, Georgia.

Married: David B. Milton, IE, to Miss Ruth A. Mullen, December 19. Dave is attending graduate school at Harvard Busi­ness School. Their address is 16 Chauncey Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Brian W. Sanford, IE, returned in August from a tour of duty with the Army in Germany and is now in training as a sales

engineer with the Logan Company, Louis­ville, Kentucky. While in Germany he was married to Miss Patricia Booth. Their ad­dress is 3646 Brownsboro Road, Louisville, Kentucky.

' C Q Adir Aronson, IM, is now an assis-* J 3 tant buyer for the men's department

at Davison-Paxon, Inc. in Atlanta. He was formerly with Rich's, Inc.

Engaged: Ensign Joe Hearn Bynum, Jr., USN, ME, to Miss Cheryl McMillan. Ensign Bynum is stationed at the Navy Base in San Diego, California.

Married: Marion Andrew Clark, CerE, to Miss Patricia Richardson, December 27. Mr. Clark is a research engineer with the A. P. Green Fire Brick Company of Mexico, Ltd.

William L. Clark, IE, is currently a lieu­tenant in the U. S. Air Force and is serv­ing with the 806th Installations Squadron, Channault Air Force Base, Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Married: Jerry L. Comer, IE, to Miss Marilyn Miller, December 27 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Engaged: E. Larry Fonts, IM, to Miss Lucy Cole. The wedding will take place March 19. Mr. Fonts is currently in Gradu­ate School at Georgia Tech.

Lt. Robert W. Glenn, USA, Ch.F... has completed the officer airborne course at The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia.

Lt. Joseph B. Hutchison, USA. IF, has completed the officer airborne course at The Infantry School, Fort Benning. Georgia.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Ralph B. Jones, IM, a son, Stephen Allan, August 17. Their address is 87-A Prince Preston Drive, Chatham City, Savannah, Georgia.

Married: Daniel F. Laird to Miss Susan Ansley Moore, June 2. Mr. Laird is working on his masters in psychology at Furman University. Their address is 3 Bear Drive, Greenville, South Carolina.

Born to : Mr. and Mrs. Mort Mctersky, AE, a son, Mark Lewis, December 30. Their address is 4804 North Halifax, Temple City, California.

Lt. Harry G. Nichol, Jr., USAF. IE, is now serving in Northern Japan. His address is 21st A & E Maintron, APO 919, San Francisco, California.

Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Owen Schweers, Jr., ME, a son, Owen O'Connor, III, Decem­ber 7. Mr. Schweers is a development engi­neer in the box plant of Union Bag Camp

James W. Castleberry, IM '48^right, a field rep­resentative for Johnson & Johnson's Hospital Divi­sion, has won the E. E. Dickson Award for out­standing salesman of the year. He received a $500 check from William B. Borsdorff, the com­pany's sales manager. Castleberry, a former Tech football co-captain, joined Johnson & Johnson in 1958. Prior to moving to his present location in Nashville, Tennessee, Castleberry lived in Quit­man, Georgia and Atlanta.

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Paper Corporation. The) 54th Street, Savannah,

Engaged: Lt. Paul B* CE, to Miss Jane Kraemei take place in April. Lt. S Fort Bragg, North Caro

Irvin S. Seigler, Jr., I ated from the U. S. Nava Rhode Island and was ensign. He is serving aboi (A.T.F.-159), FPO, New

Married: Robert Lew Miss Peggy McKay, Janu is with the Arkansas Fu< in St. Petersburg, Florid

Three Long-Time T<

Three of Tech's best-] They were Associate Engineering School ar both of the English E

Professor Brown d He had been a membe his wife who recently School System.

Professor Folk die-He joined the Tech st H. Folk, Jr., Youngsti Mrs. C. Edwin Baski these two men may be

Ralph Peters Blac service to the Institute Atlanta. Active in enj school until his illness 1929 and was for ye* students. He is surviv and George B. Black i III, Gladwyne, Pa.

Paul Duke, ME '45, IE '46, has been elected vice president and director of L. B. Foster Company, national supplier of steel pipe, rail and sheet piling. Duke, a Tech All-America football player of the middle forties, has managed the company's regional office in Atlanta since it was established in 1955. Under his direction, the company's operations in the Southeast have expanded rapid­ly, especially in highway and heavy construction and in piping supplies.

Paper Corporation. They live at 520 East 54th Street, Savannah, Georgia.

Engaged: Lt. Paul Bow en Scott, USA, CE, to M iss Jane Kraemer. The wedding will take place in April. Lt. Scott is stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Irvin S. Seigler, Jr., IE, recently gradu­ated from the U. S. Naval School, Newport, Rhode Island and was commissioned an ensign. He is serving aboard the USS Paiute (A.T.F.-159), FPO, New York, New York.

Married: Robert Lewis Snapp, IM, to Miss Peggy McKay, January 17. Mr. Snapp is with the Arkansas Fuel Oil Corporation in St. Petersburg, Florida.

'R f l ^ax ^' Browning, IM, is with the " U J. p. Stevens Company, Inc. His

home address is Route 1, Country Club Road, Dublin, Georgia.

SP 4C Regional A. (Sonny) Covington, USN, died November 14 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. His mother, Mrs. J. S. Covington, lives in Decatur, Georgia.

Married: Edward Powell Malia, IE, to Miss Carol Lightsey, November 26. Mr. Malia is with Mohasco Industries, Inc. in Amsterdam, New York.

Married: Timothy Moore Singleton, IM, to Miss Shelby Smith. The wedding took place in December.

Thi ong-Tlme Tech Professors Die In Two Months' Period

Three of Tech's best-known faculty members died during the past two months. They were Associate Professor (retired) Ralph P. "Rip" Black of the Civil Engineering School and Professor Hal C. Brown and Professor Edwin H. Folk, both of the English Department.

Professor Brown died December 7 in an Atlanta hospital after a short illness. He had been a member of the English Department since 1926. He is survived by his wife who recently retired after 25 years as a teacher in the Atlanta Public School System.

Professor Folk died December 19 in an Atlanta hospital after a short illness. He joined the Tech staff in 1924. He is survived by his wife; two sons, Edwin H. Folk, Jr., Youngstown, Ohio and Hugh W. Folk, Atlanta; and a daughter, Mrs. C. Edwin Baskin, Marietta, Ga. (The editor's personal recollections of these two men may be found on page 2 of this issue.)

Ralph Peters Black retired as a teacher at Tech in 1951 after 28 years of service to the Institute and its students. He died on January 19 at his home in Atlanta. Active in engineering societies, Mr. Black kept up his interest in the school until his illness. He received his M.S. in Civil Engineering from Tech in 1929 and was for years the most popular member of his department with the students. He is survived by his wife; two sons, Ralph P. Black, Jr. of Atlanta, and George B. Black of Bryn Mawr, Pa.; and a daughter, Mrs. John Y. Huber, III, Gladwyne, Pa.

Donald W. Douglas, Jr., President of Douglas, discoslestheground installation requirements for a series of THOR-boosted space probes with Alfred J. Carah, Chief Design Engineer

The care and feeding of a missile system

It takes more than pressing a button to send a giant rocket on its way. Actually, almost as many man-hours go into the design and construction of the support equipment as into the missile itself. A leading factor in the reliability of Douglas missile systems is the company's practice of includ­ing all the necessary ground handling units, plus detailed procedures for system utilization and crew training, This complete job allows Douglas missiles to move quickly from test to operational status and perform with outstanding dependability. Current missile and space projects include THOR, ZEUS, DELTA, ALBM, GENIE and others of vital national importance.

We invite qualified engineers, physi­cists, chemists and mathematicians to join us to help further these and future programs. Write to C.C. LaVene, Douglas Aircraft Company, Santa Monica, California, N. Section

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MISSILE AND SPACE SYSTEMS • MILITARY AIRCRAFT

DC-8 JETLINERS • CARGO TRANSPORTS • AIRCOMB

GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT

R. P. Black H. C. Brown E. H. Folk

TEACHING BY TV Bell System facilities meet a new need. Already a vital link in filling

educators' requirements within a locality, state or across the nation

A n interesting current develop­ment in education is the use of television for instruction—both in classrooms and in the home.

Evidence that a shortage of quali­fied teachers is developing coincides with the need for some way to meet the awakened interest in mathemat­ics, physics, chemistry, and educa­tion in general—from the elementary school to the college level.

Many educators, in studying the twin problem, are thinking more and more about the possibilities of Educa­tional TV in their teaching programs.

In transmitting TV lessons and lectures from place to place, various means are available. Closed circuit Educational TV systems between schools may be required. Or connec­tion between broadcasting stations in different cities. Or a hook-up be­tween closed circuit systems and one or more broadcasting stations.

Whatever distribution of TV is needed, in city, county, state, or across the country, the Bell Tele­phone Companies are equipped to provide it. They have the facilities and .years of know-how. And the on-the-spot manpower to insjure effi­cient, dependable service.

For over three years, the local Bell Telephone Company has provided the closed circuit E T V network

HELPING TO TEACH . . . HELPING TO LEARN. Classroom scene in Cortland, N. Y. This is one of the schools now using Educational TV. More than one TV receiver can be used where teachers wish to accommodate larger classes at one sitting.

which successfully serves thirty-six schools in Washington County, Maryland.

In Louisville, Kentucky, tele­phone company facilities now con­nect five elementary schools. In New York State, they serve a high school and seven other schools in the Cortland area.

In San Jose, California, they link four schools with the campus of San Jose State College. And in Anaheim, California, eighteen schools are served by TV.

The largest of the many current educational T V projects is called Continental Classroom. The Bell

System is one of the business organ­izations which support it.

In this great "classroom," about half a million people get up early each weekday to view a half-hour lecture on Modern Chemistry on their TV sets at 6:30 A.M. This 32-week college course goes from coast to coast over Bell System lines.

The Bell Telephone Companies believe their TV transmission facili­ties and know-how can assist educa­tors who are exploring the potential value of educational television.

They welcome opportunities to work with those interested in this promising new development.

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