The GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS Scene of Georgia Tech's New Y.M.C.A. Camp Vol. XXVII • No. 4 MARCH • APRIL ,1949 4 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS March-April, 1949 Nominations for National Officers THE In accordance with Article Five of the By-Laws of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, as adopted at GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS the annual business meeting of the alumni in general, Published every other month during the college year hy on September 26, 1947, three prominent active alumni, none the National Alumni Association of the Georgia Institute of Technology of whom are on the Board of Trustees of the Alumni Asso­ ciation, were appointed by the president of the Association to nominate a slate of four active and eligible alumni for R. J. THIESEN, Editor ROANE BEARD, Asst. officers of the National Association for the year beginning H. M. CHAMBLESS, Staff Assoc. Editor & Business Mgr. September 1, 1949. The nominating committee, as appointed, was comprised OFFICE OF PUBLICATION of Messrs. Wm. A. Parker, President Beck and Gregg 208 Knowles Building Hardware Co., M. A. Ferst, President M. A. Ferst, Ltd., and GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY George Winship, President Fulton Supply Company; and ATLANTA, GA. they unanimously nominated the following prominent, in­ terested and active alumni, all of whom are experienced in ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER MARCH 22, 1923 Georgia Tech alumni affairs: at the Post Office at Atlanta, Ga., under the Act of March 8, 1879 For President: Oscar G. Davis, '22. For Vice-President: Price Gilbert, Jr., '21. VOL. XXVII March-April, 1949 No. 4 For Vice-President at Large: Wm. Stewart Boyle, '28. For Treasurer: Charles R. Yates, '35. NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Mr. Oscar Davis was nominated to succeed President J. J. BOARD OF TRUSTEES Westbrook who is serving his second and concluding term J. J. WESTBROOK, '29 President of office; Mr. Price Gilbert to succeed Vice-President Oscar OSCAR G. DAVIS, '22 Vice-President Davis; Mr. Stewart Boyle, of Houston, Texas, to succeed HUGH HILL, '23 Vice-President CHAS. R. YATES, '35 Treasurer Vice-President at Large, Mr. Hugh Hill of Savannah, Ga., R. J. THIESEN, '10 Exec. Secretary and Mr. Charlie Yates, re-nominated. W. R. BEARD, '40 Mgr. Alumni Activities Brief summaries of the activities of the nominees are: Frank W. Allcorn III, '41 Roddey Garrison, '23 For President: Oscar G. Davis, B.S. in M.E., 1922. Invest­ Ivan Allen, Jr., '33 Price Gilbert, Jr., '21 ments and personal business activities, Atlanta, Ga. Former Chas. M. Brown, '25 Henry W. Grady, '18 Robt. H. Tharpe, '34 vice-president of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Bos­ ton, Mass.; and formerly connected with The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta; and subsequently served as vice- GEORGIA TECH ALUMNI FOUNDATION, Inc. president of the Fulton National Bank. Present co-chair­ OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES GEO. W. McCARTY, '08 President man of the General Canvass Division of the Atlanta Red F. E. CALLAWAY, JR., '26 Vice-President Cross campaign; is Chairman of the Alumni Association THOS. FULLER, '06 Vice-President committee on the proposed Georgia Tech Student Activity- W. A. PARKER, '19 Secretary-Treasurer War Memorial Building; and is a member of the Board of HOWARD ECTOR, '40 Exec. Secretary Trustees of the National Alumni Association; star guard on Clem A. Evans, '22 F. A. Hooper, Jr., '16 Thos. Fuller, '06 Wm. T. Rich, '10 Georgia Tech's nationally famous "Golden Tornado," dur­ Julian T. Hightower, '19 R. B. Wilby, '08 ing the years of 1920, '21, '22 and '23. Geo. T. Marchmont, '07 F. H. Neely, '04 For Vice-President: Price Gilbert, Jr., B.S. in M.E., 1921. F. M. Spratlin, '06 C. P. Rather, '23 Advertising and Public Relations Executive, Atlanta. A J. F. Towers, '01 Geo. W. McCarty, '08 J. E. Davenport, '08 Jno. A. Simmons, '15 leader in Georgia Tech and business affairs; and, also in Y. F. Freeman, '10 A. D. Kennedy, '03 campus activities during his undergraduate years. Manager Geo. S. Jones, Jr., '12 G. W. Woodruff, '17 baseball team, '21; Koseme, Pan-Hellenic Council, and so forth. A present member of the Board of Trustees of the GEORGIA TECH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Ga. Tech National Alumni Association. ALUMNI MEMBERS For Vice-President at Large: Stewart Boyle, Comm., J. C. HARRIS L. W. ROBERT, JR. 1928. Industrial Oil Operator, Houston, Texas. President, ROBT. B. WILBY South Texas Alumni Association of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Outstanding civic and business leader and, ALUMNI STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL with the South Texas Association, most hospitable and gra­ By Districts cious host to Georgia Tech's football squad, college officials 1. E. Geo. Butler, Savannah 7. R. A. Morgan, Rome 2. R. A. Puckett, Tifton 8. I. M. Aiken, Brunswick and visiting alumni, during the time of Georgia Tech's 3. W. C. Pease, Columbus 9. W. H. Slack, Gainesville brilliant Oil Bowl game victory over St. Mary's College 6. Jas. T. Kinnett, Macon 10. Wm. D. Eve, Augusta on January 1, 1947. A campus leader during his college years. Present chairman of the Harris County, Texas, Alumnus Director of Inaugural Celebrations Nat'l Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Nominations for Nat'l Alumni Officers For Treasurer: Charles R. Yates, Gen. Sci., 1935. South­ Dr. Charles A. Thomas, eastern representative, Joshua L. Baily & Co., Textiles, Commencement Speaker Atlanta, Ga. Present, exceptionally competent and co­ Engineers' Day at Georgia Tech operative treasurer and member of the Board of Trustees Tech Y. M. C. A. Acquires Valuable Camp of the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association. Campus Second Annual Roll Call Report leader and honor student, during his college years. A lead­ Alumni Mentions and Sports ing citizen in civic, Georgia Tech, church and business Georgia Tech Club Meetings activities. Distinguished in college, state, national, and international golf. (Continued on next page) March-April, 1949 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS 5 Georgia Tech Engineers' Day Program April 22-24 By DAVE CRANE The week-end of April 22-24 will find the honor and pro- ing curriculum. The strong voice of industry can make fessional societies working together in a unified effort to clear to the lay citizenry of Georgia the financial and phys- put over Georgia Tech's traditional Engineers' Day. The ical needs of Georgia Tech. In return, the processes of lay public and engineers of Georgia are invited to view the training, the advancements of training methods, and the exhibits of work done in each department of engineering facilities for industrial and engineering research will be and to be shown, through guided tours, the buildings, lab- illustrated by Engineers' Day 1949. It is hoped that indus- oratories, classrooms, machines, and facilities of Georgia try will become even more conscious of the role that a good Tech. Tau Beta Pi Association, under whose leadership engineering school can play in the advancement of the Engineers' Day is organized, is especially anxious to extend technological aspects of human culture. to Tech alumni an invitation to see the progress Tech has The high school children in the Atlanta area will be in- made — to understand something of the ambition Tech has vited to view Engineers' Day activities, April 22. Tau Beta of taking the lead in professional development and engi- Pi representatives will appear before the students to speak neering thought. in behalf of the engineering profession and of the value of Georgia Tech has doubled its enrollment since pre-war Georgia Tech in training engineers. An attempt will be days, with a maximum registration of 5,402 full-time day made to bring upper classes of high schools to the Georgia students recorded in 1947-1948. A great $4,000,000 campus Tech campus on Engineers' Day, presenting engineering to housing program, under the direction of Vice-President young people in its best light, with the hope of attracting Cherry L. Emerson, has been completed since President the cream of tomorrow's citizens. Blake R. Van Leer's induction in 1944. Although the hous- A varied schedule of engineering exhibits, guided tours ing need has not been entirely met, the growth of housing of the campus> athletic events, an Engineers' hall and a affords a great contrast to the expansion in instructional musical concert is planned with the purpose of attracting facilities, where the Hightower Textile Building is the only as many of the lay public as possible. Engineering has new permanent structure erected. Engineers' Day, 1949, never held the respect and dignity which has been accorded looks toward the day when Georgia Tech will have the the other professions. The laymen have never, as a whole, physical capacity to equal the national prominence in edu- stopped to consider the vital part which engineering plays cation and engineering which it has attained in spite of in- in the advancement of a culture whose necessities are food, adequate support by the state to which it has brought shelter, clothing and transportation. Every human is, to honor, some extent, an engineer — a creator of goods and ma- The industries of Georgia will be invited to visit Georgia chines _ and the iayman is not always conscious of a need Tech on Engineers' Day, with the hope that they will fur- for professional engineering. ther coordinate their developments with facilities of re- ., , _, , _. _ , . ., ,\_ , . .. ., JusT t as the administrative officers of State Government search and training provided b y mTech . TIt is felt that engi- -,, , . .. , . .. •, -, . , „ , ., ...../. , , , .. W1U be invited to attend Engineers Day to observe the neering corporations and industries can, by a close relation- -___-«, „„J „„„J „f cn^^„- T- u • •* i * ... _f . , . ... growth and needs of Georgia Tech, we invite alumni of ship with Tech, be of service in improvement of engineer- rpn„, .