The GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS JANUARY FEBRUARY 1944 VOL. XXII No. 3 Brittain Dining Hall Now Used Exclusively For Army and Navy Students Continuing Alumni in the Army and Navy Geographical Alumni Directory Next Issue New Chemical Laboratory Building Comer Fowler and Third 44 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS January-February, 19UU January-February, 19UU THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS 45 Congratulations, Team and Coaches THE To each of you on Georgia Tech's great and spir­ ited football squad of the 1943 and, most definitely, GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS the January 1, 1944, season; and to the entire Published every other month during the college year by the coaching and training staff, congratulations are ex­ National Alumni Association of the Georgia School of Technology. tended in sincerest profusion by the students, your alumni, faculty members and host of other friends, for your great courage, excellent work and out­ R. J. THIESEN, Editor W. C. YOUNG, Asst. Editor standing accomplishments throughout the entire S. H. MOORE, Bus. Mgr. W. D. HILL, Staff Asst. year. That it was all so deservedly climaxed by your uphill and glorious victory in the Sugar Bowl, at OFFICE OF PUBLICATION New Orleans, Louisiana, on January first, was in­ Ga. Tech Y. M. C. A. Building deed fitting, and a real tribute to your valor and GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY skill. ATLANTA, GA. FOUR MAJOR BOWL GAMES WITH THREE GREAT VICTORIES and one decidedly close con­ ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER MARCH 22, 1923 at the Post Office at Atlanta, Ga., under the Act of March 8, 1879 test, constitute an unequaled record upon which all of us may reflect with every justifiable pride. Vol. XXII January-February, 1944 No. 3 Coach W. A. Alexander, 1911 Georgia Tech C.E. graduate, is the only coach in the nation whose foot­ ball teams have played in four major bowl games: NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1929, with a victory EXECUTIVE BOARD over California; the Orange Bowl, January 1, 1940, C. L. EMERSON, '08 President F. A. HOOPER, Jr., '16 Vice-President winning from Missouri; the Cotton Bowl on Jan­ J. E. DA VENPORT, '08 Vice-President uary 1, 1943, losing by a score of 14-7 to the Uni­ BAXTER MADDOX, '22 Treasurer versity of Texas; and the recent victory in the R. J. THIESEN, '10 Exec. Secretary Sugar Bowl, January 1, 1944, over Tulsa University. R. B. WILBY, '08 THOS. FULLER, '06 F. H. NEELY, '04 W. A. PARKER, '19 All great and thrilling games with strong and valor­ R. H. WHITE, JR., '19 LAWRENCE WILLET, '18 ous opponents. The Southeastern Conference was well represent­ ed this year, also, in the bowl games, as L. S. U. GEORGIA TECH ALUMNI FOUNDATION, Inc. OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES met and defeated Texas A. & M. in the Orange Bowl. FRANK H. NEELY, '04 President Last year the conference sent Georgia to the Rose CHARLES A. SWEET, '08 Vice-President Bowl; Alabama to the Orange Bowl; Tennessee to GEORGE T. MARCHMONT, '07 Secretary-Treasurer the Sugar Bowl; and Georgia Tech to the Cotton JAMES E. DAVENPORT, '08 C. L. EMERSON, '08 Bowl. Y. F. FREEMAN, '10 ROBERT GREGG, '05 GEO. W. McCARTY, '08 ROBT. W. SCHWAB, '07 In conclusion, congratulations to all the bowl FRANK M. SPRATLIN, '06 G. M. STOUT, '07 teams, victors and losers—you have played well and JAMES F. TOWERS, '01 ROBT. B. WILBY, '08 you merit everything worth while; and, again, GEORGE W. WOODRUFF, '17 "bravo," Georgia Tech, you rate "well done" and plenty more. GEORGIA TECH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ALUMNI MEMBERS Government Sponsored Education W. A. PARKER, '19 ROBT. T. JONES, JR., '22 Much has been written both pro and con about ROBT. B. WILBY, '08 the government's somewhat general post-war edu­ cational program; consequently, something from the ALUMNI STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL student's point of view is thought to be timely and By Districts quite in order. In this connection, an interesting 1. E. Geo. Butler, Savannah 6. W. E. Dunwoody, Jr., Macon editorial was published in the December tenth issue 2. R. A. Puckett, Tifton 7. R. A. Morgan, Rome 3. W. C. Pease, Columbus 8. I. M. Aiken, Brunswick of the TECHNIQUE, the' Georgia Tech students' 4. W. H. Hightower, Thomaston 9. W. H. Slack, Gainesville publication, under the title, "Our Investment," as 5. Forrest Adair, Jr., Atlanta 10. Win. D. Eve, Augusta follows: "To those reactionaries who view post-war, gov­ THIS ISSUE ernment-aided education with horrifying alarm and who see hordes of white collar workers flooding Government Sponsored Education the country, a few points should be made evident. Congratulations, Team and Coaching Staff "The underlying purpose of a plan for govern­ Frank Neely President Alumni Foundation ment-sponsored education would be to assist finan­ Home Coming Smoker Huge Success cially the intellectually qualified who could not, Cfmrleston, S. C, Alumni Organize through their own efforts, provide the funds to fur­ nish themselves a higher education. Making no dis­ Alumni Foundation Project tinction for economic or social background as in the Alumnus Heads Navy Award Firm case of the Army Specialized Training Program, Missing in Auction "Gold Star" Alumni opportunity for a college education would depend Service Citations Sports on one's intellectual qualifications instead of the pocketbook. (Continued on page 47) 46 THE GEORGIA TECH ALUMNUS January-February, 19 UU Home-Coming Smoker Big Success Charleston, S. C, Alumni Organized Alumni, Army, Navy, and Marine trainees, fac­ Georgia Tech alumni in Charleston, S. C, and ulty members and other friends filled the Georgia those in the armed forces at the Navy Yard and Tech Naval Armory to capacity, as guests of the Army posts nearby have all been greatly interested Alumni and Athletic Associations, at the home-com­ and most active in the organization of a Georgia ing smoker on Friday night, November 26, preced­ Tech Alumni club at Charleston. The National ing the Tech-Georgia game at Grant Field on the Alumni Association has furnished lists, literature following day. and football pictures for the meetings and it is very Among the guests were quite a number of prom­ proud of its new and active club. inent representatives of the press; one of whom, Joe K. Dillard, '39, newly elected secretary of the the brilliant and genuine 0. B. Keeler, of the Atlanta organization, sends in the following interesting re­ Journal, gave the following interesting account of ports on the November 10 and December 14 meet­ the big event: ings, respectively: "I do not know precisely how many the Georgia Charleston Alumni of Georgia Tech met at Tech Naval Armory will accommodate at a home­ Henry's Restaurant on Market Street at 7 p. m. coming smoker, but it appeared that the late arrivals Wednesday evening, November tenth, for the pur­ on Friday evening, November 26, were inserted pose of forming a permanent Association of Geor­ with a shoehorn, and the estimate was at least 1,500 gia Tech Alumni in Charleston. good old alumni and friends and Navy and Army After a short period of "getting acquainted," din­ and Marine trainees and guests of the Tech Athletic ner was served to the twenty-eight alumni attend­ and National Alumni Associations. And, with a live­ ing the meeting. ly boxing card, pictures of the Tech-Tulane football Immediately after dinner, with Lt. W. Len Ship- game, free cigars and cigarettes, and no speeches man serving as toastmaster in the absence of Ed whatever, two of the liveliest hours ever spent in Vinson, who has just become the father of an the famous old building finished at 10 o'clock. eight-pound boy, thanks were extended to Joe Dil­ "The entire program was spirited, starting infor­ lard '39 for his efforts in getting the group together. mally with rousing choral effects—those clear-eyed Mr. J. H. Egan '93 spoke briefly of his student days youngsters in uniform were singing lustily before at Tech in the era before paved streets. Sherry Mc- the show started: "While the Caissons Go Rolling Auley '43 then contrasted life at Tech after a half Along," "From the Halls of Montezuma," "Anchors century by telling something of Tech in 1943. Fol­ Aweigh," and the Air Force Song—there was the lowing these talks an informal "bull session" was surging American spirit of competition in the roar­ held with members of the earlier classes asking for ing refrains that shook the rafters, as the rooting information of members of the faculty, traditions, for the boxing bouts later threatened to raise the etc., of the Georgia Tech known to them. Mr. J. A. roof. McCormack '03 made an interesting talk on the "With the many gallant alumni, dating all the Tech of his day and told an entertaining story of way back to Ferd Kaufman, who played football for the three Charleston boys in school at that time. Georgia Tech 50 years ago, in 1893, the service Mr. McCormack was known in those days as trainees carried the meeting by storm, until the "Monkey." fateful announcement by Claude Bond, who was Motion pictures of the Tech-Alabama football con­ doing a tremendous job of announcing: test in 1942 were shown by Captain Yuell Keen. " 'It's now three minutes of 9 o'clock,' bellowed Following pictures of the Alabama game, which Mr. Bond. 'All you guys who have to turn in by was won by Tech, 7-0, an informal business session 9 o'clock—SCRAM!' was held, presided over by the chairman of the "But the boxing card was finished by that time, organization committee, Joe Dillard.