Sugar Is Congratulations OREXEL institute Back OF tec h n o lo g y Seniors Philadelphia, pa. VOLUME XXXV MAY 29. 1958 NUMBER 14 Class Officers Elected Institute Day Ceremonies Featured by For Forthcoming Year Class ofRcers for the forthcoin- Elliot Caplan, and Kirk Ruinmel Presentation of Scholarship Awards iii> year were officially announced from the sophomore class. I he 44tli animal ohsorvaiicc dI instituto Day wit! take placi' on 'I'liosday, Juiu' at 11:00 a.iit. in tlu' Atidiloriuni. :,i the Court last week. Recon- Junior class officers are: Fred - t tliat time, Dr. C rccso and the academic deans will iM osiile over the ceremony desiiiued to honor tliose underi’raduates (iimation is hereby made as well Straub, president; Frank Conway. wlio have excelled in the tield.s scholarshii), leadership, and service at Drexel. a s t h e a n ­ vice president, 1 liis }e.u over 100 students from the schools ol Business Administration, llome I’.conomics. and l'',n).5ineerin)i nouncement of and Larry Ro­ will be the recipients of 58 awards and scholarshii)s. Ainoni’ the prizes heinn presented this year are the outstanding the new presi­ sen. secretary- scholarsiiip awards for the students who have maintained the highest averages in their respective classes and schools : dent of Men’s treasurer. Pre- the upperclass scliolarships : and the special awards I’iven I)y various or,i;anizations and industries to students who ex­ cel in their specific fields. Student Council juniors are elected at the headed l)y: Several new prizes will he added to the already loni; list at tiiis time, h'rom the sale of "Dinks.” ties, and buttons MSC-WSS Ban­ president. Jim to incomint; September freshmen. Blue Key and Key and Triangle llonoraries have been enabled to finance two new schol­ quet on Tues­ Miller; v i c e - arships. I’.lne Key stated tliat their I’rant will iio to a freshman, wliile Kev and 'I'riannlc wish theirs to >>o to a s o i> h o - day. president. Kurt more. Senior Class Popp, and sec­ .-Vnother of the newest awards, 'I'he Southeastern i’ennsylv.inia Homemakers .\ward, is for tlu* Home l’‘,cononiics officers are: retary - treas - student who has shown the most t)iitstandin^ record of achievenuMit. It is prest'iited 1\\' the l’liil:ulelphia Home I'.co- t Class President, Jim Spillane urer, Les Gold- nomics Society and consists of a certificate and a $40 check, 'i'he class of the recii)ient lias not been designated. Bill Clements; Hill Clements thorpe. Sopho­ I'.ishteeii awards anioni> tiie 100 to be jireseuted are for members of tlie present junior class. I'liey are Iiased on Thayer; Treas., more officers are: Tom Owens, Vice Pres., Bill academic achievement and service to the school. 'I'wo of those |>rizes are from the American Institute of Chemical Fred Brill, and Sec., Dan Klopp. president; Joe Resnicoff, vice- iMi^ineers. and the American Society of Meclianical iui.uineers. 'I'he Harry MuchniU Award is a scholarship to tiu' MSC representatives are: new- president, and Larry Cope, seore- oiitstaiidin.u' iMigineeriiig' upperclassman. '1 he i'ttin.y. Uydi'r, and \ an Rensselaer scliolarships will also lie i>ri'sente(l. •y elected president Jim Spil- tary-treasurer. 1 he top students in the sclumls ol Home I'.conomics, Husiness Adminislr;ition, Hasic Sciences, and luii’ineerint!Migmeenni^ will linie. Dick Frankel, Jay Finkel- rt'ceive scbol.irsbips, one for each class. stein. John Kerns and Jon cxcH'pt lor the senior class wliere tlie ivatherine from the senior class; n u n i l H T one ; in il mimlier two students I> ,a r r y Gentzler, W erner Schuele, ROTC Cadets Put Thru Paces will recei\e them. 'I'he Inlerfra- •hick Veasey, Irv Jaffe and Fred ti'rnit\- ;ni(l I’anliellenic (.'oiincils Davis from the junior class; On Thursday, May 22, the Military and was under the supervision of lion of awards to the various out­ award scbol.irshiiis to tliosc ('ii'eek men Marty Baum, Carl Bauer, Joe Department presented its 2!)th An­ Enlisted Advisor 1st Lt. J.V. standing cadets, a brigade parade and women with the lii.uliest :iverages. Aten! and Don Schey from the nual Field Day program at the foot­ Stephens. The bridge detail pro­ concluded the ceremonies. Always a special feature of Insti­ lire-junior class, and Joe Ciocca, ball tield. After assembly, the entire ceded to construct, to the recorded Among the awards persented W'ere Cadet Corps moved to the stands. music of “River Kwai,” a 30 foot the Superior Cadet Ril)bons to tiie tute D.'iy is tiie :innonncemeiit of tlie This was followed by a performance bridge, with a “dead weight” of 14 “oustanding cadet in each idass”: Dean's list. The re(|iiirements for P L 550 VETS of the crack drill team, with cadet tons. Ed Monaghan (for the second time). each school ;ire set by the (U'an of All September Freshmen of NCO D. Nice in charge. Midway during the bridge con­ Richard F'rankel, David Onesti, and that |>articnlar school and are based 1957. June graduates of 195S, The ROTC Band played martial struction, the bridge detail was sud­ .John Phiel. .Jerry Ross and Donald 111)011 set standards and the ;iverages and four-year Bus Ads who music in their usual fine style, in­ denly attacked by a fierce aggressor Joluison received the Association of of tbosi’ now matriculating in those have entitlement, report to the cluding in tiieir selections a stirring force led by Cadet A. Lynch. The the U.S. Army medals for “outstand­ scho( ils. Co-op Office to sign their VA rendition of the 7th Cavalry regi­ fearless engineers ignored the heavy ing (lualities of leadership, loyalty, It has bei-n retiiiested tliat since form for June. mental song, “Gray Owen.” small arms fire and continued their initiative, and attention to duty” classes originally scheduled for eleven Next, the Engineer Bridge detail duties. A friendly infantry force, in the Engineers and Infantry re­ moved out on the field. This detail under the direction of Cadet 1st spectively. The Drexel Military and twelve o’clociv are suspended for consisted primarily of advanced Lt. N. Klinger, deployed to meet Silver Medal for “initiative, leader­ the day. nutre stiidents attend this Selects corps cadets enrolled in the En­ the attack. With machine guns and ship. and service to the Cadet ceremony to honor their fellow students gineer Summer Camp Prep School, rifles blazing, in the short space Corps” was awarded to (leorge who have done outstanding work at as Prexy of 20 minutes the friendly forces Bonadio. I )rexel. overran the enemy position and cap­ Last Monday, Fifty-Two Inducted tured the entire garrison. Nearly Blue Key, the 5.000 rounds of .30 caliber (blank) national hon­ ammo’ was expended in this time. orary fraternity Into Phi Kappa Phi The combined arms demonstration for outstanding The honorary society Phi Kappa was supervised by Captain P.E. Mar­ upperclassmen, Phi held their initiation program tin. and faultlessly narrated by held its elec­ yesterday in the Ryder Club. The Cadet J. A. D’Angelo. tions for offi- program consisted of the formal in­ The Engineers, meanwhile, com­ c e r s . Bill itiation of new members followed pleted their task. In approximately Thayer was hy a dinner, and a talk by Dr. one half hour, a bridge capable of elected presi- Francis Davis of the Physics De­ supporting a 55 ton tank was dent; Fred partment. erected. Since no tank was per­ Brill, vice-presi- The officers for next year are: mitted on the grounds, a power dent; Hal President, Mrs. Robinson; Vice lawnmower was run over the bridge Barndt, treasur­ President, Mr. Paul Kaczmarczik; while the engineers held their er, and Jim Secretary, Mr. Henry Chen, and breath. The bridge, however, sur­ Spillane, secretary. vived this supreme test. /’is Oy (iainbino Treasurer, Mr. Irving Miller. ^—Shown is a scene from tiic musical, Merrily A Blue Key committee headed Phi Kappa Phi is an organization Following the combined arms Swing Your Partner' We Rolled Along which was presented last week­ by Spillane recently selected a of students of the highest scholastic demonstration, one of the famous end in the auditorium. The theme of the show dealt with a covered wagon recipient for the first scholarship standing. Students in the upper Nike rockets was displayed by a train heading westward across the U.S. award to l)e granted a freshman eighth of the senior class are in­ detachment from Battery “A,” 176tli under the new hazing set-up. The cluded in this society. AAA Missile Bn. After the presenta- award was based on essentially the same criteria as Key member- Drexel’s Frontier Sorrg Erjjoys scholarship, leadership, serv- ii e, and potential. Amounting to Frank Altimore Elected New al)out $300, it will be awarded on Success at Three Performances Institute Day. To the tune of “Frontier Song” lyrics and i)ook, made for an eve­ Chairman of Student Union with Mr. and Mrs. Richman at tlie ning without a dull moment. In Ken, a pre-junior, has been on twin pianos and Mr. Douglas Berg- between acts, Mi‘. Richman gave a Drexel’s Stu- Scabbard and Blade the committee for a year and is a (ield playing the percussion instru­ very liomey atmospliere to the whole d e n t Union member of the American Rocket ments, the show', MERRILY WE show' by singing selections that in­ C o m m i 11 e e Society.