The GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS JANUARY - FEBRUARY VOL. XXIII • 1945 • No. 3 View of the east stands at Grant Field Stadium, Georgia Tech, with dormitories and Brittain Dining Hall, center tower building, showing in the near background. Plans have been approved for more modern stands, to replace those on the west side; this will add 8,000 seats to the stadium. 52 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS January-February, 19£5 January-February, 19 U5 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS 53 ' A Tribute to Coach Alexander THE Georgia Tech's student publication, the "Tech­ GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS nique," dedicated its issue of November 25, 1944, to Coach W. A. Alexander and, as the editorial of ded­ Published every other month during the college year by the National Alumni Association of the Georgia School of ication typifies the high esteem in which Coach Technology. Alexander is held by his players, the students, alum­ ni, faculty, fellow coaches and all, it is a sincere R.J. TH1ESEN, Editor W. L. JERNIGAN, Asst. Editor pleasure to endorse most heartily every word of H. F. TIGHE, Bus. Mgr. J. B. SOTOMAYOR, Staff Asst. the article and quote it in full, as follows: "It is difficult to write a worthy tribute to one OFFICE OF PUBLICATION who is held in such universal high regard as Coach Go. Tech Y. M. C. A. Building Alexander. Facts concerning his record as a coach GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY at Georgia Tech are well known. He entered Tech ATLANTA, GA. as a student in 1906, played scrub football in 1907, 1908 and 1909 and became student assistant coach in 1910. ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTEK MARCH 22, 1923 at the Tost Office at Atlanta, Ga., under the Act of March 8, 1879 In 1912 he became assistant football coach under John W. Heisman, and in 1920 was elevated to his Vo!. XXIII January-February, 1945 No. 3 present position as head coach. To him Tech stu­ dents are indebted for one of the best all-round NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION athletic programs in the nation. He tries to make EXECUTIVE BOARD available, activities and facilities to accommodate C. L. EMERSON, '08 President F. A. HOOPER, Jr., '16 Vice-President the needs of all Tech students, varsity and non- J. E. DAVENPORT, '08 - _ -Vice-President varsity. BAXTER MADDOX, '22 - Treasurer In his twenty-five seasons as varsity football R. J. THIESEN, '10 - Exec. Secretary coach at Georgia Tech, Coach Alexander has guided O. A. Barge, '12 J. J. Westbrook, '30 M. A. Feist, '11 R. H. White, Jr., '14 his teams to first place in the conference nine times, J. C. Harris, '08 Lawrence Willet, '18 and is making his fifth trip to a Bowl game. He is L. F. Kent, '20 W. K. Jenkins, '13 the only coach in America who has played in all four major bowls. GEORGIA TECH ALUMNI FOUNDATION, Inc. He is a great coach—he is a greater man! His OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES finer virtues are exemplified in his relationship FRANK H. NEELY, '04 _ _ ..President CHARLES A. SWEET, '08 Vice-President with his players and fellow coaches. The New York W. A. PARKER, '19 -Secretary-Treasu rer World Telegram selected him as the Football Coach F. E. Callaway, Jr., '26 R. W. Schwab, '07 of the Year in 1942. Thos. Fuller, '06 Chas. F. Stone, '03 His players and fellow coaches consider him 'The W. H. Hightower, '09 R. B. Wilby, '08 Geo. T. Marchmont, '07 C. L. Emerson, '08 Coach of the Era from 1920 to 1944,' and history F. M. Spratlin, '0« Robt. Gregg, '05 will list him among the top coaches of all times. J. F. Towers, '01 Geo. W. McCarty, '08 Better still, his contemporaries know him as the J. E. Davenport, '08 Jno. A. Simmons, '15 Y. F. Freeman, '10 A. D. Kennedy, '03 Grand Old Man of Southern Football, a gentleman S. W. Mays, '06 G. W. Woodruff, '17 and a sportsman at all times. It is to Coach Alexander, at the close of twenty- five years of mighty contributions to the game of GEORGIA TECH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION football, that this issue of the Technique is dedi­ ALUMNI MEMBERS cated." W. A. PARKER, '19 ROBT. T. JONES, JR., '22 Throughout his twenty-five years at Georgia Tech ROBT. B. WILBY, '08 Coach "Alex" has had several annuals dedicated to him; and many other outstanding honors have ALUMNI STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL been his so well merited lot. At its huge athletic By Districts dinner, last year, the Georgia Tech National Alumni 1. E. Geo. Butler, Savannah 6. W. E. Dunwoody, Jr., Macon 2. R. A. Puckelt, Tifton 7. R. A. Morgan, Rome Association presented Coach Alexander with an 3. W. C. Pease, Columbus 8. I. M. Aiken, Brunswick elaborate, antique, engraved silver bowl service, 4. W. H. Hightower, Thomaston 9. W. H. Slack, Gainesville as a mark of high esteem and in appreciation of 5. Forrest Adair, Jr., Atlanta 10. Wm. D. Eve, Augusta his great and invaluable service to Georgia Tech and to his fellow-man. THIS ISSUE It's a privilege, indeed, to join in every fine salute to Coach Alexander. A Tribute to Coach Alexander Regents Approve New Building Plans The Value of War Time Engineers Thanks Alumni "Gold Star" Memorial Meeting Held Your many fine Christmas cards and kind wishes Stadium to be Enlarged were greatly appreciated and we sincerely thank Clubs Hold Important Meetings you for them; and, may we repeat, from our wishes Missing in Action "Gold Star" Alumni to you in the December issue of the ALUMNUS Service Citations Sports "The Best of All Blessings to Each of You and to Those Dear to You; and withal, A Glorious and Happy Return Home to All in the Services," - . 54 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS January-February, 19i5 Plans and specifications for Tech's three newest A recent article by Mr. R. B. Wilby, Ga. Tech post-war buildings have been approved by a com­ '08, president Wilby-Kincey Service Corporation, mittee of the Board of Regents for the 1945 develop­ has received considerable acclamation; and, in view ment plan for Georgia Tech. The committee, com­ of its interesting comment, permission was obtained posed of Regents Marion Smith, Frank Spratlin, and to quote it in this publication in full as follows: Rutherford L. Ellis, met with President Van Leer to authorize the projects. FRONT PAGE COMMENT The plans call for a new academic classroom "Here is something rather remarkable, if not mi­ building to be constructed at an estimated cost of raculous, about the production record of this nation $450,000; a textile building to be built at a cost of of one hundred and thirty million population that $425,000, and a radio communications building es­ has been made with perhaps twelve million of its timated at $65,000. most able and energetic people taken out of pro­ The academic classroom building will be located duction for the more important business of fighting near the corner of Third and Cherry, while the this war—or these two wars. other buildings will be placed according to Master Not only has this country produced its own ma­ Plan M-6, full details of which have not been re­ terial for war, but it has furnished material to the leased as yet. hundred and eighty or so million people of Russia, Plans are being drawn up by Bush-Brown, Gai- the forty odd million people of England, the four ley, architects, and Paul M. Hefferman and Richard hundred million of China and has thrown in no in­ Aeck, associates, of the Georgia Tech architecture considerable amount to India and to South America; department. and, at the same time, it is possible that the civilian population has had more than any other civilian population in the world. Tech Chosen for Veteran Center Obviously, there must be a reason for this. And, Georgia Tech has the distinction of being the first for my part, I do not think the credit belongs to college in the South to be selected by the U. S. those who are claiming it so very loudly—the labor Veterans' Administration for the establishment of leaders, or even labor itself, and the political office a rehabilitation center, it was recently announced. holders and the heads of Government bureaus. John M. Slaton, regional manager of the Veterans' Rather it seems to me that the credit for this pro­ Administration, informed President Blake R. Van duction goes to those who are never mentioned in Leer, of Georgia Tech, as to the official action. connection with it—that is to the engineers; and The release from military service of Captain Jo­ in particular, to those who are called the production seph E. Moore, who holds a doctor's degree in psy­ engineers. chology, has been requested in order that he may After all, the making of an airplane has been sub­ assume professional direction of the consultation divided into so many little parts that some woman phase of the new center's program. has been taught in a few weeks to do one little de­ President Van Leer also announced the installa­ tail while other women and unskilled men are tion of a comprehensive personnel program for taught to do others. The result has been that these discharged veterans. Discharged veterans who are little knacks have been coordinated and airplanes are found to have a vocational handicap will be eligible turned out by people who have practically no me­ for a thorough-going, scientific consultation point­ chanical skill; and ships have been built by them; ing toward the occupational retraining of those and tanks; and barges; and most other war material.