National Flu Epidemic Spreading on Campus
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THE Published Semi-Weekly by Students of the Georgia Institute of Technology Vol. XXXVII GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1953 Blood Drive Refiults No. 39 Lower Man Expected National Flu Epidemic Only One Hundred and Fifty Pints Collected Here fty The Red Cross Spreading On Campus It the end of the first week-end of the blood drive, the amount of blood donated has fallen far below the expected amount. The total Bridge Club Adivises Howell Dormitory Used amount collected by the American Red Cross at Tech so far is only one hundred and fifty pints. The contemplated amount was seven Students to Enter hundred pints. On Friday fifty- As Emergency Hospital four pints were collected and on Many students were not able Tournament Here By Jerry Lavinsky Saturday ninety-six. to donate blood because they did Poor Results not have signed releases from the There will be a duplicate bridge As the influenza epidemic has spread all over the country and session sponsored by the Georgia even other parts of the The Interfraternity Council parents or guardian if they were world, so has it increased here. Although the Blood Drive Committee had con- under eighteen years of age. Many Tech Bridge Club on Wednesday, greatest part of the epidemic has past, there are still quite a few bed- templated approximately fourteen students were also under the opin- February 4, at 7:30 p.m. The ses- ridden patients in the infirmary. As of 4 p.m. Sunday, there were hundred pints of blood. They gave ion that if they were under eigh- sion will be held at the Tech twenty-six patients in the infirm- no explanation for the poor re- teen and had donated blood before YMCA. The Bridge Club advises ary. Four of the cases are not re- a slight increase over the normal amount for this time of year. sponse but stated that the present that they were not required to that all students who are planning lated to the present epidemic. The epidemic of flu may have had have signed releases again. This, to enter the Intercollegiate Bridge infirmary has a normal capacity Measles, Mumps of twenty-six patients but due to some effect on the results. however, is not true. Anyone un- Tournament should come to the The other four patients in the der eighteen must have a meeting and get some practice. the present emergency it has been infirmary are suffering from meas- release The Intercollegiate Bridge Tour- boosted in capacity to facilitate whether they have donated blood les and mumps. There are two of fifty-four patients. All Latin Students before or not. nament will be held some time in each. The students with measles February. Second Chance Howell Dorm have the German variety, which Invited to Dinner The Bloodmobile will be here Last week when there were more is the least serious. Dr. Stoddard again next week-end. It will begin cases of the flu and related ill- stated that there are always a few At Women's Club operations both on Friday and USAF Now Offering nesses than could be placed in the such cases at the beginning of the winter and spring quarters. These All Latin American students are Saturday at 8 a.m. and will close infirmary, as an emergency meas- invited by the Pan American Lea- at 2 p.m. One important fact to New Opportunities ure the first floor of Howell Dor- cases are caused by returning stu- dents who, during their vacation, gue of Atlanta to a dinner on keep in mind is that no fatty foods mitory was evacuated of its resi- contracted the germ from others. February 4, at 6:30 p.m. at the can be eaten for a period of four To College Grads dents and sick students were mov- There is no epidemic of Measles or Woman's Club, 1150 Peachtree hours previous to the donation. ed in. There were as many as St., N.E. This is because fat has a bad ef- Immediate Call to Duty fifteen students convalescing in mumps but "it's impossible to tell what's brewing now," Dr. Stoddard The guest speaker will be Dr. fect on the blood and will spoil it Howell Dorm at one time. The For Accepted Students said. M. Gordon Brown, who has resided before it is used. more critical cases and those that The infirmary is accepting pat- in Bogota, Colombia, and Rio de Releases can be found elsewhere New opportunities for intere..it required the most attention had ing assignments within the rapid- ients who have colds and other Janeiro, Brazil for the past sev- in the paper. The committee urges priority for the space in the in- ly expanding U. S. Air Force are firmary. Only the mild sufferers minor ailments that would make eral years, serving as cultural at- all students to donate their blood being offered to college graduates stayed in the converted dormitory. them susceptible to flu or related tache for the United States Gov- next week. in a , program aimed at securing diseases. This is being done as a ernment in both cities. Dr. Brown Stoddard Speaks highly qualified commissioned per- preventative measure. was long a resident of Atlanta Dr. Spotswood Stoddard, Tech's sonnel. Headquarters Fourteenth and formerly taught in the Mod- "No Other Gods" physician, said Sunday that the Air Force announced that this pro- present number of cases is the ern Languages department at A film entitled "No other Gods" gram is designed to attract per- Georgia Tech. least it has been in the past two President Receives will be presented at the weekly sons with scientific or engineering weeks, "but we are not out of Those who wish to attend, please meeting of the Wesley Founda- backgrounds for work in certain call the woods yet." He said that there Complimentary Note Mr. Bruce R. Gordon, DE. tion, Friday night at 8:00 p.m. In- technical specialties. 1621, Ext. 361, between the hours terested students are invited to has been a slack over the week- of 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. attend. Immediate Duty end but things may speed up From Hotel Official Those appointed as officers in again at the beginning of the President Van Leer received a the Air Force Reserve will be week. This is because students who very complimentary letter from Enameling Process Shown called to immediate active duty feel that they may be ill will try Mr. Seymour Weiss, president of to fight off any sickness by taking the Roosevelt Hotel in and trained at technical schools, • New Or- if necessary, to completely qualify it easy over the week-end and leans. The letter highly praised By Ceramic Engineering them for assignment to duties in when they begin classes they will the performance of the Georgia the electronics, communications, become sick if they are not almost Tech Glee Club in the Blue Room By Harvey Hochman research and development, and completely cured. on New Year's Eve, and went on In past years the ceramic engineering exhibit at the engineers' weather fields. Of the patients presently in the to say, "Your great university and fair was the hot spot of the displays, with their kilns roasting infirmary, only about half are ac- you are to be congratulated on 3 f/2 Years samples for the visitors. However, this year the ceramic display will tually suffering from influenza, your fine team, your Glee Club be quite small and centered around the process of enameling. In College graduates, and those and all but four of the rest are and the fine standing of Georgia addition to this small display, the who have completed 3 1/2 years victims of assorted respiratory Tech throughout the United ceramic engineers are going to a number of pottery pieces made study toward a degree majoring diseases and sore throats. This is States." put on a Ceramic Fair in their by the students in their ceramic in engineering, mathematics, phy- building on the campus. The rea- labs. sics or chemistry, are urged to son behind this new type of dis- consider the advantages of career Architects to Exhibit Models play for the Ceramics school is advancement in the Air Force. Ap- that the equipment necessary to University Center's pliptions may be submitted prior show the true role of ceramic en- to graduation, but appointment Of Modern Industrial Designs gineering is too large to place Psychology Talk will not be made until a final tran- This year the Architecture department's display during Engineers' in the exhibit hall. script of scholastic record is sub- Week will include an exhibit built by the industrial design division At the Ceramic Engineering Here This Week mitted. of the Architecture school. Although not too much is known at Star Gazers present of what the industrial designers are to show, their part of building all the large machines and Dr. 0. H. Mowrer, Research Pro- kilns will be in operation to College graduates with a bacca- the display will include a number show fessor from the University of Illi- buildings designed by the student laureate degree, including mathe- of models depicting the role of the different processes in the cera- nois, president-elect of the Amer- architects. In addition, there will matics through integral calculus industrial design in industry. mic industry. A brick-making ma- ican Psychological Association, also be contemporary furniture and one year of college physics, chine will extrude miniature bricks noted scientist, author, lecturer, Huge Dome and modernistic plants placed in may apply specifically for a re- which will be given to the visitors.