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VOLUME I ROCHESTER 8, N. Y. MAY 18, 1951 NO. 8 T. K. Glennan to Speak To Graduating Seniors At 66th Convocation Citations for diplomas will be awarded to 563 seniors in the 66th Annual Convocation of the Institute- tomorrow morning at 10:30 in the Eastman Theater. The 1951 class will be the . first to receive the Associate in Applied Science degree. T. Keith Glennan, president of the Case Institute of Crafts, Art Schools Win Exhibition Honors Pat Donaldson New President Of Dorm Council Other Officers Installed at Annual Banquet Announcement was made at the annual installation dinner, on May 9, that Patricia Donaldson was elected president of the Kate Glea- son council for 1951-52. A Retailing senior, Miss Donald- son will be assisted by Nancy Drake, vice president, Margaret Ellen Bradely and Ann Vanderweil, senior representatives, and Kath- arine Murray and Marie Savas, junior representatives. Guests at the dinner held in the RIT cafeteria were: Dr. Mark Ell- ingson and Dr. Leo Smith as well as Mrs. Robson, director of the re- sidence hall; Mrs. Jean Smith, and Mrs. Louise Pinder, associate di- rectors. Patricia Minton, the retiring pres- ident will shortly turn her duties over to Miss Donaldson so that the new council will have an opportun- ity to become acquainted with its job before graduation. \Belles and Beaus' Set for Tomorrow First joint dance of the Intersor- ority and Interfraternity councils, \Belles and 'Beaus\ will be held to- morrow evening, May 19 at the Genesee Valley Club, 421 East Ave. Students, parents, faculty, and guests have been invited to attend the affair, which will climax the seniors' Convocation Day. Tickets, priced at $3.00 per couple, will be available at the door. Len Corris and his orchestra will provide the music , for dancing. Since this is the first unified effort of the councils, the committee has expressed the hope that the eve- ning will he successful. Technology and a member of the( Atomic, Energy Commision, will address the graduates. Dr. Mark Ellingson will present the citations to the class and Rev. Murray A. Cayley will give the Invocation and Benediction. Engineering Graduate - Dr. Glennan, an electrical engi- neering graduate, cum laude, of the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University was administrator and later director of the United States Navy Underwater Sound Labor- tory at New London, Conn. during the last war. For his services with the laboratory he'was awarded the Medal of Merit, highest U. S. civ- ilian award. In June, 1945, he accepted a position on the executive staff of the Ansco Division of General Ani- line & Film Corporation in Bing- hamton, N. Y. with major responsi- bilities for engineering and admini- however; for two of the Mechan- ical Department's honored alumni represented the classes of 1891 and 1906. From Webster, New York came Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bergh ('91), and from Cleveland, Ohio came Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Weager ( ' 06). To climax an interesting day of open house activities, alumni liter- ally took over the Hotel Seneca for the evening's dinner dance. The large number of alumni who attended the affair filled the grand ballroom to capacity and occupied strative activities. On September 1, 1947, he assumed his duties as fourth President of Case Institute of Technology. Nominated to AEC He was nominated as a member of the Atomic Energy Commision on August 11, 1950 and his ap- pointment was confirmed by the Senate on August 22, 1950. Following the convocation exer- cises guests and alumni are invited to visit the various department studios, laboratories and other fac- ilities from 1:30 to 3 p.m. The an- nual exhibit of the work of the students of the Department of Ap- plied Art will be on view in the Bevier Building and exhibits of the work of students of the Photo- graphic Technology and Publishing and Printing Departments will' be displayed in the George H. Clark Building. most of the other near-by rooms for the dinner. Following piano selections by Joachim Mueller, an AA senior, Myron DeHollander, 1950 presi- dent of the Alumni Association, introduced guests, gave his annual report to the alumni, and present- ed the new president, Stanley Wit- meyer, to the audience. The class of 1951 was welcomed into the Alumni Association by Dr. Mark Ellingson, who told alumni there was a wealth of talent repre- sented in this year's graduating class. In his review of the year at the Institute, Dr. Ellingson called at- tention to the fact that the Institute, like other educational ( Continued on Page 3) Alexander Selected As Chief Engineer Promotion of David E. Alexander ( Elec '34) to chief engineer of Victor Insulators, Inc., Victor, N.Y. has been announced. Prior to joining Victor in 1948, Alexander was a member of the engineering staff of the Jeffrey- Dewitt Insulator Co., Kenova, W. Va., and a field engineer for Min- neapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co. Beginning his experience with the Niagara Hudson Power Com- pany in 1937, Alexander later joined the New York Electric and Gas Corporation. He privately specialized in power line and sub- station inspection following his work with the New York corpora- tion, Nine prizes were taken by RIT's Applied Art Department and School for American Craftsmen at the annual Finger Lakes Exhibit currently appearing in the Mem- orial Art Gallery. The show opened May 4 and will continue until June 3. C. Bruce Unwin, senior in AA, won first prize for the best painting in any medium. The prize of $50, given by the B. Forman Company, was for Unwin's , \Below Mill Street.\ Paul J. Gedeohn, an AA grad- uate now attending Cranbrook School of Art in Michigan, won the Barnard, Porter, Remington, and Fowler prize of $50 for his oil painting, \Dying Warrior.\ Honorable mention for the H. H. Sullivan award went to Wallace Meyer, a graduate of AA now at- tending Buffalo State Teachers College, for his sculpture. For ceramics and ceramic sculp- tune, Franz Wildenhain, an in- structor in the School for American Craftsmen, took two prizes—the William H. Ehrich prize of $40, presented by Harper Electric Fur- nace Corporation of Niagara Falls, for Wildenhain's \Two Sisters,\ and the Merle Ailing prize of $30 for his \Group of Two.\ For distinction and integrity of workmanship in craft work, John Prip, an instructor in the School for American Craftsmen, took the Junior League of Rochester prize of $50 for his \Fish Bowl.\ The first and second prizes of $15 and $10 each, presented by the Weavers' Guild were presented to Anne Somers and Helen Hironimus respectively. Both are students in the School for American Crafts- men. The Amy Croughton Memorial Purchase prize for prints was presented to James D. Havens, a graduate of AA, for his \Bristol Valley.\ 1,000 Alumni Return For Annual Reunion In RIT's biggest alumni homecoming more than 1,000 guests attended the 40th Annual Alumni Reunion and Open House last Saturday, May 12. Beginning with the Open House at the Institute, in which nearly 1,500 visitors inspected laboratories in operation, the weekend was a busy one. It wasn't a show for the more recent graduates alone, OFF I CIA i PUBLICATION OF T HE ROCHE S TER INS lllU IE Of 'TEC HNOLOGY Newl~ elected memberS- of ihe Kate Gleason Council clte : (back row , L to R) Margaret Bien Brc1d l ey , Marie Sa . V'as , Ann VanderWeil; (front) Katherine Murr.sy, Patritia Donald,on, and Nancy Dr11~e. Will i am A . Cla r k 1 Mechan i cal Department in sfrur;for , de mons+ra tes the photoelasticity ma ~ ch i ne lcr Mr . and Mrs . Robert Greely of Roch- ester . Open House &ttract e d som e 1 , 500 · alumn i, high school sfudenh , and gue s ts . Myron DeHoll nder-