Tuck School
IT seems to be very difficult to stay a month ahead in our Notes and our thinking today goes back to February and the opening of the second semester. We like the second semester because officially it's known as the "spring" semester and for some reason or other we have faith in the fact that if it is officially dubbed spring, spring must be just around the corner.
Actually, for the Tuck School as for the College as a whole and for educational institutions throughout the country, this spring semester is accompanied by a great many perplexing problems. Chief among these is the question of offering a summer session and while we have not resolved this to our satisfaction yet, we are keenly aware that, whatever our decision, we introduce a whole host of related problems, some small and some not so small.
The purpose of the Tuck School is to serve the best interests of young men and what policies will best implement this goal are not easily arrived at in view of an uncertain draft and variable reserve policy. We want very much to reach the right decision.
The spring semester is especially pleasant because all of us have a chance to make and renew friendships with men who gave their time and effort to speak to classes at the School. Our program is just getting under way but we have already had a series of outstanding speakers.
Jim Hamilton T'23, formerly of the Tuck School faculty, spoke to both classes early in the semester.
Olin D. Gay, President of Gay Brothers Company, addressed general management.
Harold Schafer, President of the Gold Seal Wax Company, addressed the first-year classes.
Donald W. Cameron D'gs addressed the industrial relations and personnel classes.
Finally, this year as in past years, a 5-day special period on machine accounting was presented to both classes by Mr. Lyford and Mr. Wagoner, both of the National Cash Register Company.
Our second French group left us on Sunday, March 4, and it was with considerable regret that we saw them go. We thoroughly enjoyed having the group with us and had a feeling that we had done a better job with the second group than the first. It is still true that experience is a great teacher.
A number of alumni have been in to see us and we have heard about others. Again, we will follow the policy of mentioning a few and try to catch up on the rest in the next issue of the Notes.
Harlow Munson T'49 with his new bride paid us a visit last week and we had a thoroughly good talk.
Bob Rader T'47 has just accepted a position with the Allen-Sherman-Hoff Company of Philadelphia.
Bob Tracy T-T'49 was up for Carnival and reports on seeing Jim Schaeffer T'49 and Jack Ulrich T'49. Ralph R. Butler T'30 has joined the Hammermill organization as assistant promotion manager.
Carl E. Allen D' 26 has recently been elected president and director of Campbell, Wyant and Cannon Foundry Company.
