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Two immediate remedies, proposed by the Student Govern- The door of the Institute will
ment Investigating Committee and designed to relieve the be thrown open to the general pubMay 3, on the occaInstitute Committee of a great deal of "rote" work, were I lic, Saturday,
sion of M.I.T.'s Seventeenth Open
accepted and approved by Inscomm during its meeting last House. These ,plans were announced
Wednesday in Litchfield Lounge. Inscomm also approved the at the Institute Committee meeting
recommendations of the Senior Ring Committee with regard on Wednesday, February 13.
to purchase of the rings, and approved the elections of officers to
LSC, WiIiT, NSA, and THE TECH.
When the Student Government
Investigating Committee began to
examine possible means of streamlining the structure of the Undergraduate Association last fall, it
was presented with a wide variety
of reforms of varying extremes.
Two of these proposals, engineered
to eliminate rote work, which has
become more or less of a formality,
from Institute Committee business
and give that body more time to
fulfil its basic function as a clearing house for student problems,
have now been approved by Inscomm. They will be written into
Inscomm By-laws and go into effect
next Wednesday, February 20, 1952.
Approval of Activity Officers
The first recommendation gives
to the Executive Committee the
job of approving all activity officers
and elections, except elections from
Inscomm itself. The latter group
will have the right to review the
I decisions of the Executive Committee.
Appeals
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ReSiskration StiiNs ICs
Reveal 372 Not Back
Superstitious or not, registration figures for the sprling term
show that approximately every thirteenth student is no longer
enrolled. Of course, the entire decline of 372 wras not all due
to failures. Last month, 174 graduated from the Institute, acquiring 181 degrees. Not all of these have left Technology, a
sizable fraction remaining to gather more advanced degrees.
Our enrollment is now just four
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Between thirty and forty thouI
students over forty-five hundred.
sand people are expected to visit
The breakdown by classes and
hours
the
day;
that
Institute
bhe
courses shows that the freshmen
will probably be from noon till
had the highest mortality rate.
7:00 p.m. Each department will have
However, the number of frosh who
special exhibits -which, in the past,
wish to go into courses III, VII,
year
have proved interesting. This
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XIV, and XX has remained the
interthe
as an added feature
The
same or gone up slightly.
departmental labs will prepare speDiscussed and acted upon at the greatest shift was to XV numeriThe International Association is cial exhibits. The Military Science
meeting caily, but percentagewise the trend
Committee
Dormitory
organizing a tour on the Spring
and D.I.C. will also lave exhibits.
House was to XVIII. The budding physiBurton
the
in
night
Monday
the
to
30,
Vacation, March 24 to
As usual, student activities will prolounge were the Judicial Commit- cists had rocky going; one out of
Tennessee Valley Authority Proj- vide attractions.
ects ,and to the neighboring Oak
tee's action on Ithe presence of eight is out of VIII.
Open House Committee is organsupplies in the dorms, the
Ridge. The vacation is just long
chemical
ized under the chairmanship of
Junior Class Safest
Burton -House petition and the
enough to drive the 1000 miles each
Robert M. Oliver. This comnittee,
The safest place to be was in the
of search proceedings.
clarification
way and still spend five full weektogether with a Faculty advisory
The first motion of the evening Junior Class; that is, if you weren't
days touring and visiting. Invitaunder the chairmanship
committee
tion is open to foreign students, to
was to the effect that the Judicial in course II, the undergraduate
F. A. Gifford, will be remembers of the International Asso- of Prof.
Committee has no power to origi- section that showed the greatest
for all planning. The orsponsible
ciation, and to anyone who will
nate house rules, the second, that decline. The number of Food Techganization has been divided into I
taka three members who have been
the Dorm Committee should back nologists has remained the same;
three parts of presentations, pub- up Judicial Committee's action on XV has a slight increase due to
invited in his car.
licity, and receptions. G. Allen the problem of chemicals in the the change in freshman preference,
Atomic Energy Museum
Kandel '52, Stanley Buchin '52, ,and
The TVA tour will consist of visits Howard C. Anderson '52 have been dormitories. Dorm Committee also but IX has a bona fide rise.
Freshman notwithstanding, the
advised that any student wvho is
to the larger -dans, hydro-electric
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chemical
on
percentagewise drop ocin
carrying
greatest
interested
hyplants,
plants, steam-electric
i experiments should see Prof. Hamil- curred in the number of graduate
draulic laboratories, and the main
ton about the possibility of obtaini- students enrolled in mathematics,
ofTices of the Authority at KnoxGROPIUS EXHIBIT
ing lab space.
nearly one-third are not back for
ville. At Oak Ridge, the town itPetition
House
Burton
the spring term. Course XVIII was
of
the
self, the Radio-Isotope School
The most important business of thus the hardest hit, but students
Institute of Nuclear Studies, the I
A11 exibition entitled "GROPIUS?
the evening was that concerning in VI, VII, XIII, XIV, and XIX also
Cancer Hospital, and the American
ARCHITECT AND TEACHER" will
the Burton House Petition. The faced high mortality rates. RegisMuseum of Atomic Energy will be be on display in the New Gallery
came from the residents of tration for the entire Institute is
petition
visited. Many different fields will of Hayden Library from February
section of Burton House. about three hundred less than last
420
the
inshould
be tackled and the trip
20 until March 24. The New Galcompared the facili- spring's.
document
The
terest everyone.
lery will be open from Monday
by
the
Institute catalog
ties
offered
Cost will be $25 per person inDrop Not Unusual
through Friday, from 10:00 a.mn.
letters to the Burton
by
certain
and
cluding fifteen for transportation
to reliable sources, the
According
to 5:00 p.m. Walter Gropius came
and ten for rooms for six nights. to this country after leaving his House Committee antd the facilities mid-year drop of 372 is more than
Present plans include starting from native Germany in 1933. Before as they actually existed. On this usual, but the deviation is not exmorning, I conling to the United States. Gro- basis and that of the comparative treme. A decrease in enrollment
Saturday
Cambridge
March 22, in order to arrive at I pius practiced in Great Britain. He costs and services in other dorimi- of from three hundred to three
tories, the Residents of the 420 hundred fifty is to be expected.
Knoxville the following evening;
is now a professor at the Graduate
and returning Saturday morning, I School of Desigl at Harvard. THE section asked for a rebate of fifteen
Technology's newest course, IX-C,
their terms rent. The has been growing steadily. DoubMarch 29, arriving back in CamTECH will publish further infor- dollars on
Petition was signed by ninety per- ling this term, the enrollment is
bridge Sutday evening.
mation on the exhibit as soon as
cent of the residents.
Deadline for registration without I it becomes available.
now six. Four courses are even
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void, and VII-A and XX-B which
are made up of one senior each.
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Burton House
Denied Support
On Rent Rebate
Assn.
To Use Vacation
A Tourig Time
IThe Executive Committee, by the
approval of the second proposal
submitted by the SGIC, will now be
concerned with small and major
constitutional changes, except in
Institute Committee and Undergraduate Association constitutions.
This means that the Executive
Committee now has the job of approving the constitutions of new
activities and changes in existing
constitutions after these have been
considered for technical correctness by the Walker Memorial Committee. Again the Institute Committee will have the right to review
Executive Committee decisions and
to hear appeals on negative decisions. In the case of small constitution changes, the Walker Miemorial Committee will have the job of
initial approval or disapproval with
the right to review and to hear
appeals invested succeedingly in II
By EDWIN G. EIGEL
the Executive Committee and the
One o/ the reqzuisites for success as
Institute Committee.
faculty resident is the ability to wear two
Senior Ring Committee
hats. IWhen he walks into the dormitories,
Recommendations of the Senior the house master must remove his hat as
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menmber of the faculty or administration,
anad become simply the faculty resident,
lThis is ho2w Mr. Frederick G. Fassett,
Jr., who has taken this post at Baker
Hlouse, looks upon his job. He believes that
his dutties as faculty residentare completely
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OfPaladiumAward
Dr. Carl W. Wagner, Visiting
Professor of Metallurgy and actively
engaged in a program of significant
research at the Institute, recently
became the first recipient of the
Electrochemical Society's distinguished Palladium Medal award.
The citation accompanying the
medal. which was established in
1950 for award by the Society every
two years, paid -tribute to Dr. Wagner for "outstanding achievement
in the study of corrosion of metals
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and its control."
Dr. Wagner, formerly professor
of physical chemistry in the Polytechnic Institute of Darmstadt, is
internationally known for his contributions to chemical thermodynamics and to the electro-chemical
theory of oxidation and tarnish.
separate and distinct from his administra-
tive duties.
Mr. Fassett came to the Institute
from the University of Maine in
1930. He was appointed instructor
in the Department of English and
IHistory, the same position he had
held in Maine. In 1934, he was
named assistant professor of English, and four years later became
an associate professor.
Technology Press Director
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Journalism has always been one
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of Mr. Fassett's chief interests. He
instituted the journalism course at
the University of Maine while an
instructor there. During his early
days at the Institute he served as
chairman of the advisory council
on publications, and in 1938 was
appointed editor of-the Technology
Review. Today he is both Director
of Publications and Director of the
Press.
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last year, Mr. Fassett has not only
assumed the post of faculty resident at Baker House, but also was
appointed Associate Dean of Students earlier this year, in addition
to his publication duties. He does
not believe that the fact that he
is now so closely connected with
the administration will hurt his
effectiveness as faculty resident.
By leaving his hat as dean behind I
when he enters Baker House, he
believes that he can be neer ely a
friend and advisor to the students
The fifth annual Graduate School
on a completely unofficial basis.
will be held in the Princess
Formal
He emphasizes the fact that all
of the Hotel Somerset on
Ballroom
conversations in his apartment are
Friday evening, February 29, from
strictly confidential.
nine to one. Dancing will be to the
"Breaking the Ice" is Hardest
music of Hal Reeves and his orMr. Fassett is being ably assisted
chestra.
at Baker House by his wife. Both
This year's Graduate School Forof the Fassetts agree that one of mal has been judiciously scheduled
their biggest problems is "breakfor Leap Year IDay.
ing the ice," and actually meeting
The list of patrons and patronthe students. They have found that I
invited to the dance includes
esses
dinner is a venry good time to do I
and Mrs. Con.pton, Pres. and
Dr.
this, and have eaten many meals
Mrs. Killian, and the deans of the
in -the Baker House cafeteria with
various schools of the institute.
as many as fifteen students in the
Attendance will be limited to 140
|group. As guests at the House
so those planning should
couples,
dances, they have also met a good
tickets early. Tickets
their
obtain
number of the students. They have
at the desk in the
sales
on
are
held open house and given several
Graduate House lobby. The price
is $3.60 per couple.
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Iof the tickets
A nnualGradForoaa
A.Hoel S.omerseg ,
Visiting Professor
Becomes Recipent
Favor Vill sad X
The statistics show that freshmen lean more towards physics and
chemical engineering than their
Metallurgy, architecpredecessors.
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ture, geology, economics, building
construction, and food technology
have remarkably fewer freshmen
than other classes It is normal
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Hal Reeves To Play
Frederick G. Fassetft, Jr., Associate
Dean of Students and Faculty Resident
at Baker House,
From 1945 until 1951, Mr. Fassett
was director of publications and
public relations for the Carnegie
Institution at Washington, D. C.
These years are the only ones since
1930 during which Mr. Fassett has
not been here at the Institute.
Dean and Advisor
Since his return to thile Institute
Friday, February 15, 1952
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Editor, THE TECH
Dear Sir:
You are entitled to the thanks
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of the Institute for reproducing in
your issue of Feb. 5 the picture of
"Emmett Kelly," for that illustrates
priority on entertainment this M eekuend, with their Annual Sp~ring,AcD~ance. T~his should be a
quaintance
gala event, as more thanl 300Igirls- are
being imported for the occasion. Val- the kind of exhibits our'
Museum
willl provide the theme,
enti.1e's Day
andl the f'elinles may try to fulfill their Committee has inflicted upon us in
Leap Year obligations. so BEWAREk:!
Tick~ets are $1.2-3, and you'llfret foodl dreary succession during recent
bDesides
and musicby the'Irechtonians,
Mlorss Hall will bieopen years.
the women.
4ancing won't start
R. P. Bigelow
bout the
early,
until 8 p.m~.
Professor Emeritus, Biology
Hotel Statler 'The International Institu- February 11, 1952
b~idfor the
tiOn of Boston mak~es a
spotlight with their annual benefit, the
event is open to
.'
GEd. note: We are gratified to note
Mlardi Gras. his
a
everyone, and if you've got .$2.50,
THME T3ECH'vs unwitting service
that
compete
can
you
costume, and a girl,
for the many prizes offered. There'll to the Inlstitulte has not passed urnap,
also be a regular floor show and Herbie
Any comments froma the
Salkin should set a pleasant mood wvith preciated.
his tunes.
Commnittee ?
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P.Leonard,'53.
Edwvard
Steluberg,'52;
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hU.I.T.-ere's another dance, right a.
homae! Our Informal Dance Commlittee
Mlorss Hall for this
will take over
wvill be
evening, and the admission
It. you've some new num bers,
1.00.
$
try themn out here, there's plenty of
room, and the lights w~ill be low.
Editor, THE TECH
Dear Sir:
The~re seem to be two general reactions -tomy suggestion that all
clauses in fraternity
IBoston University-rf you've been wvait- discriminatory
Ing to meet some of these girls, here's constitutions be removed by action
the rare occasion. Thley only have a
fewv open dances Cacll year, and this initiated by the Institute CommitQueen of Hearts Dance wvilcosrt you tee. The first reaction -was,inevitwvill
Don C~reighton's Orchestra
step toward Brotherhood at MIT- H
complete freedom of choice by the
fraternity brothers.
The members of our fraternities
are not Klanners--they are either
openly against di~scrimination or
indiff erent. A resolution which will
be submitted to the Institute Committee next week will help and ,
make the fraternities throw offthe;
shackles of discrimination. One of
the objects of education is to teach
us how to li-ve together. We cannot.
learn this principle of Brotherhood
if we areincumbered by the archaic {
and undemocratic chains of bigotry.
Johnson, '54E
Charles B3.
February 13, 1952
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Vote~d New 'Offce -,
Dr. Donald
J. MacNeil, Lecturer;F
in neolo~gy at the Massachusetts!
Institute of Technology, has been t
elected president of the Associa->
tion of Professional E~ngineers of
STREAMLINING OF STUDENT GOVERNMENT: PROGRESS
Dir. MacNeil is our- F_
Nova Scotia.
the
of
Two recommendations on streamlining the activities
of the Minling Sopresident
rently
$1.00.
,Undergraduate Association were presented to Insteomm lasL
Hall ably, that of indifference.
at Hayden
mluslbmak~ers
be
and Professor,
Scotia
Nova
of
piety
(689 Commonwealth Avenue).
Wednesday by the Student Government Investigating ComThe second reaction is that sulch of Geolo'gy at St. Francis Xavier
action would be futile. It is said University in Antigonish.
mittee, and were approved bfy that body. The gist of the recomTHIEArER
in
point
no
see
we
and
that even if the clauses are abolpage
Dr. MacNeil also serves as Seepreceding
the
on
is
mendatioris
Stage
will
practices
discriminatory
|ished
of the Nova Scnotia Center >
retary
Samle."
for
Wish"SHUBIERT-";Three
repeating it here.
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This new musical, starring Anne Jef- |persist. This is probably true. InSciences which proGeological
for
will
to
up
"rote-work"
freys and John Rtaitt, 11as lived
Suffice it to say that reduction; of so-called
actions
personal
tickets
through
for an eight-we-ek
Itolerance
facilities
e:;peetations-weekend
Ivides
all Its
are at a premium already. Practically- cannot be eliminated by laws. You
leave the Institute Committee with more time, patience and
and field training
school
summer
all performances for the three weeks
are sold out, but some cancellations can't legislate morals. This is not center administered jointly by the
resolve to deal with imp~ortant matters of education, activities,
are bound to come in. Bert W~heeler
and
also featured in it, and Abe Bur- the purpose of abolishing bias Government of Nova Scotia
campus and off-campus living problems, and representation of- isrows,
of "Guys and D:olls" famne, does clauses. The purpose is to free
~our
the
represents
M.I.T. Dr. MacNeil
the directing.
the undergraduate body before the public.
which
ivith
'
taboos
Mines
from
aif
Fraternities
Department
Scotia
Nova
Little Evil." Hlere Is
A third modification of the present system involving the com- PLYXOlUTH-'hi
indoctrinated.
been
f"n
not
for
have
program
about txvo Missouri they
cooperative
comedy,
this
great
in
a
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bination of the Elections Committee and the Walker Memorial
IThis legislation would be the first
training and research in geology,..............
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Committee into a Secretariat will be presented for approval
next week by the SGIC, and we uarge Instcommn to adopt this
measure as wholeheartedly as it approved the two recommendations of last Wednesday.
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OPEN HO:USE RULIES: A NEW DEVIELOPMIENT
We were veery glad to note from a report in the Harvar
C~rimson that women guests are now allowed in the Junior Cornmon Room at Kirkland House until 11 o'clock on Saturday
evenings, and we congratulate the residents on their achievement. This leaves only Eliot House without an open house
program of this type.
The report goes on to say that EHouse members and their
dates may use the Common Room for dancing, card-playing or
checkers, as long as they fulfill three regulations, to wit:
1. Both chandeliers must be fully lighted.
2. No alcoholic beverages, including beer, may be drunk.
3. Good order, manners, and' morals must be upheld.
We hope Kirkland House residents will be orderly while
they are in the Com mon Room, and we wish those at Eliot House
speedy success in obtaining their rightful privilege.
At the same time those of us at the Institute wrho live on
campus can consider ourselves fortunate in having a set of open
house rules as liberal as the one put into effect last term; ex-t
ces~sive restrictions are as bad as no restrictions.
WHAT PRICE MORALITY?
The creation of a state censorship commission has been proposed by State Representative Gabriel F. Piemonte and has
received initial approvral from the legislative committee on state
administration. Such a commission would review all books and
magazines before they could be sold in Massachusetts. The
sale of unapproved publications would be punished by fines up
to $1,000 or up to one year in jail.
The probable aim of the bill is to pre-vent immoral literature
from getting into the hands of those state citizens willing to
purchase it. Assuming that a citizen is not free to poison himself if he wants to, we can only praise the State Representative's
proposal: if his bill is passed by the Legislature, a great deal of
trashy books and magazines now on the bookstalls throughout
the Commonwealth would disappear. All 'he samne we question
its feasibility, since those with time and money could secure
sulch literature in a neighboring state; in addition, any enforcemenlu machine would tend tlo become rather complex.
All that, however, is beside the point. What is more important is the fact that"decision on whether a certain book or magazine is harmful or not will remain with ia board of two men: one
appointed by the Attolrney General, and the other by the Commissioner on Public Safety. Thus whoever sets 'up the criteria
of harmfulness, two men will be in a position to interpret them
at will.
That the arm of censorship is a two-edged weapon has been
shown us by Nazi Germany and byr the countries behind the
Iron1 Curtain. While commending with undisguised sincerity
the regard for the moral well-beinlg of the people of Massachusetts implied in Mr. Piemonte's bill, we cannot but spot with
misgvns the possibility of the weapon befing mishandled. It
would take an Attorney General and a Commissioner of Public
Safety- of superhuman wisdom and magnanimity to prevent this.
It is after all better to see harmful literature on the bookstalls
than to have a censorship board which may overreach itself.
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both good basketball
players. But if we were to
judge them the way we judge
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telephone equipment, we'd take the
small one.
Youl see, telephone equipment occupies valua'ole space, uses costly materials. Paring down its size helps keep
down the cost of telephone service.
Take voice amplifiers, for example.
Telephone engineers put the squeeze
on size, came up wvith a new small
type. Whlen 600 of these new amplifiers are mounted on a frame two feet
aide and eleven feet high, they do a
lob wehich once required a roomful of
equipment. Size was cut-but not
performance!
This is one of many cases where the
Bell System has made big things small
to help keep the cost of telephone
service low. '
BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
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Friday, February 15, 1952
THE TECH
couldn't keep pace. The Cardinal
and Grey led throughout the first
quarter but Providence found the
mark twice in the last fifteen seconnds to grab a 19-17 lead as the
The Beaver five once again took whistle blew, although the Engithe field against an overwhelming neers had a 14-7 lead midway in
Providence Quintet on Wednesday, the period.
Feb. 14 in Walker Gymnasiun. The
Providence Lends of Half
Rhode Island squad caught fire
early in the second quarter arnd proFrom there on in it was all Proviceedied to hand the Engineers their dence and the Tech quintet was betenth defeat in twelve starts by the hind at the half 38-28. Captain
resounding score of 31-65.
Mike Nacey was once again an outstanding performer, garnering 10
Providence TGO Strong
Coach Ed Leede's men were no points.
The Engineers are host to Bowmoute for the dead eyes and fast
,break of the visitors, and just doin College at Walker to-night.
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The Technology Indoor Track to Harvard and Tufts in close meets.
team will take on Northeastern
Norfheastern Deep in Field Events
University tomorrow afternoon at
In other meets so far, Northeast2:00 pnm. at Briggs Field in its
first dual meet race of the 1952 ern coach Jerry Tatton's squad has
season. The Wildcats won their shown good first line strength,
first meet of the year last Saturday especially in the field events, but
afternoon when they handed the apparently lacks depth in most of
University of Massachusetts Red- the running events. Bob Seller,
men their first setback at Anherst. weight specialist, and Dante MonPreviously the Wildcats had bowed tuori, shot-putter, have been setting records in practically every
-- c- .1meet. Sal
Mazzocca, jumping star,
in
his
senior
year for the Wildcats,
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has been hampered recently by a
bad back after making an excellent
M.I.T., more famous for.its brain
showing against Harvard.
power than for its athletic prowess,
Snaker
Ollen and Shea lead Wildcat
has seen, in recent weeks, the emnerThe sports staff of TES
1TECH
Runners.
gence of a new high jump star in
would like to take this opportunity
Muskses Hit by Losses
the person of freshman Bill Antoine.
to urge all men who are interested
Ed
Shea,
two-mile star, and Dick in newspaper work, particularly
Athlete of the Week
Formerly of English High, famed Ollen, who has dbeen alternating be- sports writing, to attend the smoker
for their trackmen, Antoine has twveen the mile and the 1000-yard being held ln the student-faculty
been causing quite a stir in local run, are the only standouts among lounge on Tuesday, February 19, at
and national track circles. Voted the visiting rlanners. The squad was 5:0o p.m.
the athlete of the week by the Bos- hit hard by the loss of Ed Martin,
ton Herald after winning the Boston the best sprinter on the team and . . . .
Y.M.C.A. handicap meet with a an excellent shotputter.
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ThWe Beaver trackmen face a II
6' 4" jump, to date the highest of
his career, he showed himself severe disadvantage in conditioning
Vacancies at Baker House
worthy of the honor by later tying at this point, since this is the first
There
are several rooms available
for second place in the K. of C. meet of the season and they have in Baker House. Application inay be
meet with a mark of 6' 2"'. Hitting been hampered in practice by bad made at the Balser House Office.
the same distance in the Mrillrose weather coa-ing up after exams and
games, however, was not enough the midy-ear break. Jerry Carpenter,
Freshman Lacross-e
to place in the event. On January who holds the A1ITAA shotput
Freshman Lacrosse practice will
26, Antoine cleared the bar at 6' 31/4" record, has the class to battle Mon- officially start on Mondays February
to tie John Vislocky for third place, tuorl in that event but is just be- 18, at 5:(00 p.m. Prospeetive players
the event being won by John Hall, ginning to work into shape. Jerry are asked to report at tbat time to
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also a good shotput man, Team Room C in Briggs Field
national high jump champ from the Connor,
House.
has
just
corme out and will not be All freshmen interested in a good
University of Florida who leaped
fast
6' 61/a-. In all of the meets, Antoine ready for this weekend.
sport are invited.
No experience,
Relays Hlelp RunnonS
broke the old freshman record of
inecessary. Lacrosse is acceptable for
3'0j
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Clyde Baker, all transfer students
on the M.I.T. 3-2 plan for combining a Liberal Arts and Technical
education. Coe may also enter the
high hurdles, where the Techmen
have been extremuely weak for the
past tau years.
Beavers Deep in all Events
From the dash all the way
through to the two-mile, Oscar Hedlund's runners are at least three
and four deep in every event. As
an example at least six naen have
a strong chance of Scoring in the
300-yard dash. In the 1000-yard
run Chuck Vickers and Baker both
should go under the M.I.T. record
if the weather is good.
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Pershing Rile
/Reiment Hoss
Friday, February 15, 1952
THE TECH
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After Hours
Town Meeting OF I-nternational
The Air Hes 25
Local Sponsors 0I
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Assn.
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bring
attempt
to
folk
who
mountain
dollar fine is March first. If
a
five
Dorm
Commitin
The ,argument
a little evil home to keep the sheriff I
w tee concerned the justification of
are
enough replies, a general
there
weelkend
this
leaving
busy. It's
0
though, headed for Broadway.
meeting will be held shortly after
the petition. The case for the peLiThere's a new play coming though, I
|March first. For further details see
tion was stated by the chairman
and will be there for two weeks, be- I
ginning Monday. "The 'Long Watch"
1 of IBrurton House. The case against
jeither Nicholas MVelissas on East
is a comedy-drama Jbased on an actual
Representatives of twenty-five Cainpus or Alexander Maidanatz at
incident from World War II, and stars
The MIT branch of Pershing r was presented by the committee
Walter Abel.
local
organizations concerned with Baker ,House. A more detailed
R!ifles has been awarded the 1952 I chairman, Nicholas Melissas. He
BRATTLE-"The Idea." Here's a new human rights will sponsor a Town
schedule will be posted shortly on
contended that the acceptance of
play by Edward Caulfield and features
Eighth Regimental Drill AssemAlexis Minotis and Anne Revere. These Meeting of the Air broadcast from Professor Chalmer's board, where
a
dangerous
set
would
petition
the
long,
stay
very
seldom
performances
bly, to be held on the weekas the theater strives to bring variety Faneuil Hall on February 19, at all informative material will be
precedent and that the catalog is
end of April 25 and 26. The Comto Harvard Square.
9 p.m. according to an announce- displayed.
binding ttpon the Institute. On
pany was given this honor at the I
BOSTON GARDEN-"The Ice Follies of ment by Endicott Peabody, Regional
the first vote there was a five-five
1952." If you missed the last Ice Shnw,
Regimental Assembly held on Febdon't miss this one, which is leaving Chairman and Massachusetts Vice
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tie with two abstentions.
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Feb. 24. It's really quite a production, President of the American Veterans
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ruary 8 and 9 in New York City.
year's
group,
stars
of
last
all
the
with
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The Institute became host only
Change in Vote
plus a few more.
Committee, and chairman of the
after stiff competition from Cornell L John Kielty of Burton House then
committee for the Town Meeting
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University, which also wished to )1changed his abstention to a "yes," This does not imply that the house program.
THE MOTHER CHURCH
receive this privilege.
but a negative vote by Richard managers have by any means I Topic of the evening's debate is
NORWAY
,FALMOUTH3,
The Eighth Regiment consists of Linde of East campus, who had searched the personal belongings "Are we losing our civil rights in
STS.,
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the colleges in New England, New also abstained, led to a six-six tie, 'of any student. It was only meant our quest for security?" CongressBOSTON
York, and New Jersey who have defeating the motion. The motion to clarify an issue that might arise man Harold E. Velde, Republican
Pershing Rifle units. At present, I will be brought up at the next In- in the present situation.
of Illinois, a member of the House Sunday services 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.,
School 10:45 a.m.: Wednesday evetwelve colleges ,have such units. stitute Committee meeting WednesOther motions of minor import- Un-American Activities Committee, Sunday
ning meetings af 7:30, which include fesfiAmong those to be represented in day, February 20.
ance were the loaning of two hun- will take the negative; Patrick monies of Christian Science healing.
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the Meet will be City College of iew
The final motion was that it be dred and fifty dollars to the East IMurphy Malin, Executive Director
Reading Rooms - Free to the Public
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York, Cornell, Fordham, New York recommended to the house man- Campus House Committee, a motion of the American Civil Liberties
237 Nluatingtson Avenue
University, Syracuse, Clarkson Col- agers that the drawers, closets and to accept ,the resignation of the Union, New York City, will take
a
84 Boylston St., Little Bldeg.,
lege of Technology, Brooklyn Poly- luggage of a resident are sacred Treasurer, to give him a vote of the affirmative. Erwin D. Canham,
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8 MlIk Street
-tech, Boston U., Seton Hall, Rhode from search by the house manager thanks and a motion to discuss Editor of the Christian Science
Island State, Queens College, and except in the presence of the owner. nominations at the next meetir;g Monitor, will serve as moderator.
Antholord mad approved lterature on
nmay be read or obtatned.
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OrlstUan
M.I.T.
This motion was amended so that to be held February 25 at Burton
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ALL ARE WELCOME
if the house manager and a mem- House Lounge.
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morning the IDR drill comnpetition they may search for that violation.
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the privilege of displaying their
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ability in fancy drill. The day will
appointed chairmen of these subt
be capped with a stag banquet and committees. Personnel coordinator
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the Eighth Regimental Assembly
is Richard Baker. Secretary is Dana
Ball. In previous years the Assem- Ferguson. Treasurer is Stanley Sydbly Ball has been the highlight of ney. All of these men are in the
the social season in many schools.
I class of '52.
Last year the Institute company
Bi-Annual Affair
sent twenty men to the Regiment
Mkeet held in New York City. The
Prior to the war Open House Bras I
company competed only in IDR I a bi-annual affair, and all present
drill, finishing fifth among nine plans call for continuance of this
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companies competing.
policy. The 1952 Open House will
be the third since the war. Since
Shooting to Win
This year ,the company, with the the Open House is primarily an
assistance of Capt. Stanley Lenard undergraduate proj ect, the commitE
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and Drill Officer Eugene Romer, I tee wishes to encourage participawill Ibe .shooting for the winner's tion ,by as many students as poscircle. The company also wishes to sible. It is hoped that many freshshow the other companies that a men and sophomores will come out
successful social affair can be held for the committee, as they will be
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in Boston.
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Ring Committee were accepted by
Inscomm. On a vote of three to two..
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dinners in their own apartment. the committee recommended purThey feelthat they have been fairly chasing senior rings from the firm
successful in meeting most of the of Loren Murchison. This firm was
Baker residents, and are particu- picked out of a field of three which
larly happy when one of their submitted samples. They were
previous callers returns with a Dieges and Clust, L. G. Balfour land
Loren Murchison. The latter will
friend.
manufacture the rings pending
Not "House Master"
When a student comes to Mr. their production of proper standFassett with a problem, the tvo ards. Further information regardgo
T~hey tried to fool hime with 'the
"quick-tr-ickVC
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can retire into the privacy of a ing the ordering of rings-will be
completely separated room to find forthcoming, and cooperative stuthe solution privately and confi- dents will be contacted.
Members of the Senior Ring
dentially. Mr. Fassett feels that his
job is to listen, and give advice Committee are: Chairman, Alexwhen it is asked, and not to preach. ander H. Danzberger, '53; Stanley
He and his wife have no authority I. Buchin, '52; Dana M. Ferguson,
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at all in the dormitories, and '52; J. Burgess Jamieson, '52; and
greatly dislike the term "house George D. Stevenson, '53.
master," preferring "faculty resiNewly Elected Officers
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to the students who want help, and Lecture Series Committee, WMIT,
ask for it. Getting those who need National Students Association, and
help to come and ask for it is THE TECH were approved by the
perhaps their hardest job. The Institute Committee.
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cigarette mildness tests-bul
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Institute,
K. Sachs, '53; Vice-Chairman, Gor- I
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test cigarette mildness. And millions of smokers agree!
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element alive at the Institute. "It
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Program Manager, David P. Barnes,
to assume that these specialized '54; Business Manager, Laurence S.
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courses will attract students from Weinstein, '54; and Technical Man.he more general courses.
ager, Joseph J. Janovsky, '54.
The sophomores are fewest with
The following officers of the NaAfter all the Mildness Tests...
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668 this semester. The undergrad- tional Students Association were
uate body is completed by 672 fresh- also approved: Treasurer, Harvey
men, '25 juniors, and 867 seniors. R. Sherman, '55; and Secretary,
One-third of the student body is George P. McCanless, Jr., '55. Insin the graduate school, 1572. Both comm also approved the election of
fourth and fifth year men in IV-A Fdward P. Leonard, '53, as Co-Manand XIII-C are counted as seniors. aging Editor of THE TECH.
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