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Janitors Provide ReliefAs Floods Threaten TechScheduled List Of Events

For Friday's Jlunior PromEfficient emergency flood relief

by a corps of janitors and me-chanics was responsible for apaucity of damage when a sprink-ler near the junction of buildingsfour and eight commenced opera-tions unexpectedly yesterdayafternoon. The sprinkler, whichwas located near the incineratorin the basement of building four,had over-heated, according toworkmen on the job.

The system was quickl. shut

off but accumulated pressuredrove water up through a sink onthe first floor as well as throughthe basement drains. The floodcrest was reached at about 2:30P.M. Eastern Standard Time butthe waters were soon diverted in-to escape channels by means ofmops and squeegees. Debris, inthe shape of cigarette butts andmatches, was left as a grim re-minder as the waters receded.

Rooms most affected were thoseof the masonry department, locat-ed in the basement and a physicslaboratory on the first floor. Asyet no fatalities by drowning orinjuries to equipment have beenreported.

10 P.M.--Prom Begins.10-11:30 P.M.--Receiving Line

and Dancing.11:45 P.M.-Grand March.12:00 M.--Program Dancing

Begins.12:30 A.M.-Supper Served.1:15 A.M.-Program Dancing

Resumed.3:30 A.M.-Program Dancing

Finished.3:30-4:00 A.M.-Regular Dancing.4:00 A.M.-Prom Ends.

?rofessor Kirtley F. MatherAlso Addresses Group

In Eastman.

Fencers Vanquish Norwich 10-7,Springfield 14-7; Exeter

Defeats Frosh

T.C.A. Expects 100 FreshmenAt First Dinner; Two

More Meetings

Passage Of Bill Blamed ToHysteria Of '"Red Scares"

Counsellors To Be GraduatesNorwich Meet Well Fought;Springfield Easily Defeated

The first of the T. C. A.'s Course

Counselling dinners takes place to-

night at 6:30 P. M. in the North Hallof Walker.

These dinners will be held in three

installments as the number of stu-

dents who have applied for guidance

-400-is too large to be handled at

one time. The second one, which will

be held on Tuesday, March 9, willtake care of all the remainder of tilefreshmen except those in courses IV,IX, X, 11, XII, XIV, and XV. CoursesX, and XV will attend the third din-ner on March 23 as will those whowere unable to attend the first two.

As so few students expressed aninterest in courses IV, IX, XI, XIIand XIV there will be no regularplace for them.

At the dinners there will be onetable for each course except the largeones of X and XV for which therewill be two. At each table there willbe from five to eight freshmen andtwo graduate students. The graduatestudents will answer questions duringthe dinner and will attempt to give anidea of the substance of the courseand the line of work for which it fits

(Continued on Paye 2)Course Counselling

Case Of Washington Cited ToProve Futility Of ForcedDantone Salny, Bartlett And

Laus. AU1 Show Up WellIn Their Bouts Loyalty.

Fif;teen S chools GetTechnology Award ForOutsteanding Graduates

That the Massachusetts Teachers'

Oath Bill is entirely useless was the

opinion expressed by Dr. Karl T.

Compton and Professor Kirtley F.

Mather at a meeting held by theAmerican Student Union yesterdayafternoon in Eastman Lecture Hall.A legislative hearing today on a billto repeal the measure was the occa-sion of the meeting.

Speaking first, President Comptonsaid that he was against the bill andexpected to speak at today's hearingbefore the State Committee on Edu-cation. He stated that the bill was in-effective since it was a nuisance, anddid not affect the majority of propa-gandists ,who do not work in theschools. He laid its passage to hysteriacaused by "red scares", saying thatthe natural reaction of the averageAmerican to stories of Bolshevist ac-tivities was to pass a law against themsuch as the Teachers' Oath Bill.

While stating that in his opinion the

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By conquering Norwich University

last Friday evening to the count of

i0-7, and following the win up on Sat-

urday by overwhelming Springfield

College, to the tune of 14-3, thie vars-

ity fencing tearn pulled their record

up to four wins out of six meets.

The Norwich meet was a hard, well-

fouglht one with Tech too strong forthe Connecticut team. The Springfieldmeet was a very fast, easily wonmatch. The gymnasts were definitelyout of their class. The only three boutsthey took come by 5-4 counts, onlyafter Tech was virtually assured of acrushing victory.

Captain Leo Dantona again led his"musketeers" into battle by conquer-ing six of his seven bouts, dropping acontest only after Tech had cinchedthe meet. "Mastodon" Jerry Salny,master of the sabre, emerged victori-ous in all of his four sabre bouts.Dave Bartlett and Andre Laus con-

(Continued on Page 3)Fencing

VTolumes Given Prep SchoolsOf M. I. T. Men Who Excel

In First Year

The Technology Awards will be

given to fifteen high schools and pre-

paratory schools this year, according

to an announcement made Saturday

by Dean Harold E. Lobdell. These

awards, each a richly bound volume

autographed by President Compton,

are given in special recognition to the

schools whose students are outstand-

ing in the five principal freshman sub-

jects, physics, chemistry, calculus,

English, and drawing.

Winners of Awards

The members of the Class of 1939

whose work last year won awards for

their schools are: Harry J. Mason of

Ventaor City, N. J.; William H. Phil-

lips of Belmnont; Eli M. Danenberg of

Bridgeport, Conn.; Stuart Paige of

Brooklyn. Charles W. Guy of Cincin-

nati; Morris E. Nicholson of Cleve-

land Heights, Ohio; Richard P. Feyn-

mann of Far Rockaway, N. Y.; George

W. Krebs of Kansas City, Mo.; Hen-

drik Bruijnes of Marmnaroneck, N. Y.:

Seymour E. Heymann of Minneapolis;

Edward P. Bentley of Quincy; Harold

Chestnut of Schenectady; Richard S.

Leghorn of Winchester; and David S.

Frankel of Worcester. Also included

in the list is Millard B. Hodgso-n, Jr.,

who died in January of this year.

Cast And Management For '"HEe"Announced; Pastene

Takes Lead

With the announcement of the castand management for "He", by AlfredSavpoir, Drama-hop ,j .~e-n-_njg .workon its regular Spring presentation..Robert WV. Pasteno, '39 and Flora B.Crockett, '37, take the leads in theproduction.

"He", the play selected by the club,is concerned with the consternationand confusion aroused in a group ofTheosophists who have gathered in a

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Dramashop

Ma2ny Freshmen AttendPresident's Reception

On Friday Afternoon

' Drama Cluab PresentsA Three Act ComedyAt Brattile NText Week

Dr. Eand Mrs. ComptonHead Invitation ListOf Junior Promenade

"Laburnum Grove" To Be GivenFtiday And Saturday,

March 12 and 13

Guests Include Dean Lobdell,Dean and Mrs. Pitre;

Tea Is ServedProm Will Be Held This Friday;

I Several Options StillAvailable

Drama Club will present. J. B.Priestly's "Laburnumn Grove," athree act comedy, on Friday evening,iMarch 12, and Saturday evening,March 13, at Brattle Hall, Cambridge.The Drama Club, sponsored by theFaculty Club, is composed of membersof the faculty, the staff and their wivesand the wives of students.

The play has its setting in Londonwhere a successful business man isplagued by a host of relatives. Hesuddenly confesses that he is a crim-inal, and from then on the plot movestoward a puzzling endings Those inthe cast are Professor C. Fayette Tay-lor, Professor William C. Greene, Mrs.Wallace M. Ross, Wolcott A. Hokan-son, Mrs. John F. G. Hicks, Mrs. Wil-liam C. Greene, Professor Robert F.Elder, Professor Hans Mueller, andProfessor William T. Hail.

Mrs. George R. Harrison is presi-dent of the Drama Club this year. Theproduction is being directed by Profes-sor Dean M. Fuller of the Departmentof English. Mrs. Henry E. Rossell isstage manager, Mrs. Walter G. Whit-man is supervising the costumes, Mrs.James R. Jack is stage manager andproperties are in charge of Mrs. Sam-uel D. Zeldin.

Tickets to tile production may besecured at the Information office orthe T.C.A. Offlice for one dollar.

Several hundred freshmen weregreeted by Dr. Compton, his wvife andseveral guests of honor at the teagiven last Friday by Dr. and Mrs.Compton in honor of the freshmanclass.

Among the guests of honor wereDean Lobdell, and Dean and Mrs.Pitre. After meeting Dr. Compton, hiswife, and the guests of honor, thefreshmen were served tea. Many in-structors were present at the tea, andmost of them had a knot of studentsaround him discussing everythingfrom cabbages to kings.

President and Mrs. Karl T. Compton

will head the list of invited guests for

the Junior Prom, an announcement

from the Committee disclosed yester-

day. The Prom will be held Friday

night from 10 to 4 o'clock in the Ho-

tel Statler, Boston.

Other invited guests, besides Dr. and

MIrs. Compton, include Vice-president

and Mrs. Vannevar Bush, Dean Harry

E. Lobdell, Bursar and IMrs. Delbert

L. Rhind, Treasurer and MIrs. Horace

S. Ford, Professor and Mrs. Leicester

F. Hamilton, and Professor and Mrs.

James R. Jack.

Options to the Prom must be re-

FoundryeComecs

ApConferenced 10April 9 and Hii

Plans Include Two TechnicalSessions Each, Day-

The New England Foundryman'sAssociation and the AmericanFoundryman's Association will hold aconference at the Institute on April 9and 10.

Plans for the conference include twotechnical sessions each day, and avisit to the institute laboratories onthe first day of the conference. Fol-lowing the visit there will be a supperat which President Compton willspeak.

Papers will be read by E. M. Phillipsof the Turbine Engineering depart-ment of the General Electric Co., V. T.Malcolm of the Chapman Valve Co.,J. M. Lessells of the Institute, W. J.Reichert of the Singer ManufacturingCo., E. Woodlift of the H. M. DietertCo., and D. J. Reese of the Interna-tional Nickel Co.

Jay Downer Speaks OnFinance Of Highways

Jay Downer,-a director of the New

York World's Fair and former chief

engineer of the WVestchester Park

County Commission, will speak today

at 10 o'clock in the Rogers Building.

His subject will be the financing and

administration of highway and park-

Library AnnouncesSpecal Collections

deemed and corsages must be ordered

by Thursday nighlt. There are a few

more options still available.

The committee planning the Prom

consists of the following Juniors:

Frederick J. Kolb, chairman, C. Kings-

land Coombs, D. Donald Weir, Richard

and John R. Cook.

Civil And Electrical Engineers'Books Among Those Listed

way systems.Mr. Downer was a member of the

committee appointed by the Federalgovernment to consider recommenda-tions for this project.

The lecture will be open to thepublic.

The Institute library calls attentionto the "Special Collections" which ithas on its shelves. Because many stu-dents are unaware of these volumes,the following list has been prepared:

The Theodore N. Vail collection onElectrical Engineering, presented in1913 by the American Telephone andTelegraph Company through its pres-idefit, T. N. Vail.

The Loammi Baldwin collection on18th and ]9th century Civil Engineer-ing placed in the Institute by the Wo-burn Public Library.

The Louis Derr collection on physicsand general science composed of 55volumes many of which are rare andunusual.

The Thomas Gaffield collections onthe history of glass and glass making.

The Bryant collection on naval ar-chitecture, and the Clark collection onnaval history.

All of these collections except thelast two named are to be found at thbCentral Library, and the last tIxxin the Naval Museum.

Aircraft DesignerTo Speak At Dinner-

Professor Shatswell Ober will bethe guest speaker at the GraduateHouse Dinner tomorrow evening. Thesubject of his speech is to be "Prob-lems in Air Ship Design." His speech,vill cover lighter-than-air craft.Among other subjects he will discussthe disasters of the Macon. the Akron,and the Shenendoah, and the futureof ligihter-than-air craft in commerceand military science.

Professor Ober is known for his in-vestigat:ons on wind tunnels, and asone of the authors of a recent volumeentitled the "Air Plane and its En-

Professor John L. Reid of the Ar-chitectural Department raised a quiz-zical eyebrow in answer to The Techreporter's query. "No nudes today."he stated.

The reporter, in search for nlews,demurred firmly, yet politely. Butthe Professor persisted in decliningto give any information on the "life"art classes in Rogers which employthe services of nude models.

"We think they would be misunder-stood," he nmaintained. "But I willtell you the story of a former janitorhere who once posed for us." Andthen followed the story of Mike.

O9rchestra PreparesFosr Coming Concerts

The Saga of Mike

Somew-here in a little western towcntoday is Mike Alessi and as he sits inhis' easy chair at night -reading thenewspaper he probably drifts intoreminiscing of his happy days as j-n-itor of the Rogers Building.

In those days Mike 'was short, dark-complecionned and happy-go-lucky. I-Hedid not exactly walli but he coveredground by shuffling his feet ands-wringing his arms. He was extremelybashful so that when he w alked he

(Continued on Page 4)Nature in the Raw

Resuming its weekly rehearsals,the M.I.T Orchestra is preparing fora series of concerts under the direc-tion of Jacques Hoffmarn, noted violin-ist and conductor.

Midyear exams have left vacanciesin all sections of the orchestra; open-

'ings are available to both studentsd faculty members. Mr. Hoffman

rehearsals which occur on Tuesday.. enings in Room 2-390.

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Dr Compton RapsTeachers Oath At

A.S.U. Meeting

Course CounselDinner Tonight

6:30 In Walker

Varsity FoilsmenVictorious TwiceIn Last Week-end

Dramashop BeginsWork On New Play

""No Nudes Today ," But There WereIn The Good Old Days At Rogers

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i iTesdaY, M.,arch 2, 1937- Tu~esday, Parch 2, 1937Page Two

METROPOLITAN - BeginningThursday on the screen is "JohnMeade's Woman," featuring EdwardArnold and introducing a new starFrancine Larrimore, long a favoriteof the legitimate stage. One the stageis "Paradise Parade," a revue directfrom the Paradise Restaurant il NewvYork.

UPTOWN-The principal attractionat the Uptown this week is the latestall Technicolor feature, "God's Coun-try and the Y"oman." Sharing the billis "The Luckiest Girl in the World,"starring Jane Wyatt and Louis Hay-ward.

BEACON-Wednesday and Thurs-day bring to the screen of the BeaconVictor McLaglen in "The MagnificentBrute" and Walter C. Kelly and Vir-ginia Judge in "Tugboat Princess."

EXETER-Eleanor Powell andJames Stewart iin "Born to Dance"shares the bill with Dick Foran andPaula West in "TraiIin' West."

MARCH 2, 1937 No. 6Vol. LVII. Construction EngineerTask In Erecting

Structure

ShowsTeachers' Oath.MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Editor, The Tech:Managing BoardWe should like to compliment The Tech for stimu-

lating comment in its column, Issues, and also take

issue with Issues. Writing of the action taken by the

American Student Union in arranging a meeting to

oppose the Massachusetts Teacher's Oath Law, The

Ferret appears to agree with us in objecting to this

"obnoxious 'allegiance' law" but seems also to feel that

any effort to press for its repeal is foredoomed to fail-

ure because-such is the implication-the "ignorant"public likes "flag-waving" politicians. The AmericanStudent Unlion takes a more optimistic view; in factwe believe that it is just because large groups of peo-ple are falsely swayed, that an organization such asthe A.S.U. is sorely needed to present a progressivestand on social issues affecting our daily lives and thefuture of our society, and is needed, also, to providea means whereby these social objectives may be real-ized.

Although our S.A.U. group is small at the presenttime, we hasve succeeded in setting up a functioningorganization, we have raised issues such as the threatof discontinuance of the N.Y.A., pointing out to allN.Y.A. students action which they can take to gainmore adequate security measures, we have raised theproblem of taking a stand against war, and we havefocussed attention on the present issue. Our effective-ness in the future will increase as our organizationgrows. The success of .students in securing peace, free-dom, and security will depend not on a defeatist re-jection of action, but on the efforts of the studentsthemselves.

The Executive Committee of the American

General 3Manager .......... .......................... Richard G. Vincens. Jr., '38Editor ................................ Robert E. Katz, '38Managing Editor ................................................ ....Dudley A. Levick, Jr., '38Business -Ianager . ...................................... Douglas G. Esperson, '38Associate Business Manager ................................ James C. Longwell, '38

Editorial Board

The tremendous task in the con-striuction of the Boulder Dam wasforcibly demonstrated last Thursdaywhen Colonel Charles R. Gow of Bos-ton spoke in 10-250 before an audienceof more than four hundred at an illus-trate({ lecture sponsored by the Com-bined Professional Societies.

Colonel Cow. a former professor ofhumanics at the Institute, is presidentof the Warren Brothers Corporation,which was responsible for the can-straction of a large part of the Bould-er Dam project. As a former con-sulting engineer, as a past engineer incharge of Boston subway construc-tion and designer of the local ArmySupply Base, and as the constructionengineer of the Boulder Dam, Plofes-sor Gow was well qualified to discussthe building of the famous structure.

Pictures Aid SpeakerFive reels of film illustrated the

Colonel's remarks on the engineeringaspects of the Dam. Indicating the-home environment as wiell as the in-dustral life of the average worker atthe scene of construction, the picturesdepicted thne methods of transporta-tion, of preparation and conveyanceof materials, of design and c6nstruc-tion of the retaining wall, of the bor-ing of tunnels and of many other as-pects of the great engineering enter-prise.

In addition to his professional ac-tivities, .Colonel Gow has served inmany public capacities, having beenchairman of the Joint New EnglandCommission on the St. LawrenceWaterway 1924-25, and is at presentchairman of the MVetropolitan Plan-nint Division. He is the author ofseveral books on humanics, economics,and engineering, a member of manyprofessional societies, and saw mili-tary service in the Spanish-Americanand World Wars.

Dupont Film ShownIn addition to the Boulder Dam lec-

ture a sound film on the wonders ofchemistry were shown. These pic-tures, made by the DuPont Company,depicted iI1 a popular way various in-dustrial uses of the principles ofchemistry.

The committee from the CombinedProfessional Societies which plannedthe meeting included William H. Aus-tin, '38, president of the Societies,Carl Dakin, Frank D. HIoughton, '37,and Philip I. Peters, '37.

Frederick J. Kolb, '38 Herbert IK. Weiss, '37Harold James, '38

Associate BoardAssistant Editors

Edward P. Bentley, '39Samuel L. Cohen, '39Andrew L. Fabhens, '39William A. Merritt, '39

Maturice A. Meyer, '39Ida Rovno, '39

Edwin K. Smith, Jr., '39Ralph S. Woolett, '39

Business AssociatesDavid R. Bartlett, '39Walter N. Brown, Jr., '39

George Dadakis, '39Leonard Mautner, '39

Staff AssistantsJ. Gerald Murphy, '39George M. Ler., '37

Harold H. Strauss. '38Special Photographers

Lawrence R. Steinhardt, '37, and Leon L. Baral, '38

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vote on the abolition of God. In theirnidst appears a young man whocalmly announces that he is God. Cir-cumstances which are really naturalbut which seem unreal at the timebolster up his assertion, and the com-mittee is thrown up into an uproar.It is left to the audience to decidewhether or not the young man, re-ferred to simply as He, is or is notGod.

The cast of the play, as announcedby Edgar B. Taft, '38, Dramashoppresident, consists of Robert W. Pas-tene, '39, as He; James J. Souder, G.,Monsieur Matard; Theodore S. Lis-berger, '38, as President Coq; GeorgeA. Moore, '39, Commander; Jack F.Chapin, '38, Ping; Mark G. Magnusin,Jr., as the Bartender; Edward C.Peterson, '37 as the Elevator Man;Gordon Stephenson, G., the Doctor;Flora B. Crockett, '37, the Princess;Margaret Whitcomb, '39, as MissScoville; Marie Early, '40, the Inval-id; A. Lawrrie Fabens, '39, and BonnerHoffman, '40, as two porters.

The student management-'- whichwill take charge of the play under thepresident, is: Production Manager,Augustus Murillo, '39; Scene Con-struction and Design, Gordon Steph-enson, G., Lighting Manager, EugeneS. West, '40; Business Manager,Myron A. Cantor, '39; Publicity Man-ager, Ruth G. Rafferty, '38; Proper-ties, Kathleen V. Shott, G.

Dates for the production have beenset for Thursday, Friday and Satur-day, April 8th, 9th, and 10th. Ticketsare $1.00, and may be obtained fromany of the members or in the Drama-shop Office, room 2-176.

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NATIONALISM AND PEACE Student Union

Thomas Goldfrank, Secretary.A7 ,ITH the problems of peace as the fore-most items of international news at the

present time, diplomats are convening to makepacts and resolutions, and advance from allsides upon the bewildered public with varyingsolutions of the problem of world peace.

Some think that peace will come onlythrough the cooperation of all nations with theLeague of Nations, others believe that peacewill come from fear of a few strongly armednations, and still others take the pessimisticattitude of believing that peace will nevercome under any conditions.

Editor's Note: If last year's hearing at the StateHouse is any criterion,'united opposition of studentsand faculty members will be unable to cause repeal ofthe Teachers' Oath Bill. However, Massachusettslegislators may have tired of flag-waving, especiallyjsince there will be no election this year. The legisla-tors' attitudes toward professors testifying at today'shearing will probably be a good indication of repealattitudes.

Relief for the Freshman.

Editor, The Tech:I~ ~ ,

Word comes that the present Freshman Class, inkeeping with its predecessors, experiences tremendousdifficulty in keeping awake during the weekly Physicslecture hour. Apparently the situation has reached-suchan alarming point that not even continual explosionsbetween two fully loaded, one hundred gram trackscan rouse the embryonic engineers from their apathy.In fact, even the shooting of guns elicits from themonly sleepy protests which the earnest lecturers as-sume is applause.

To one deeply interested in the welfare of fresh-men, the foregoing facts seem regretable indeed. Togo even further, one might say that the present con-ditio~ns are an unfortunate commentary on the notedefficiency of Tech, for nearly 650 students attend anhour Physics Lecture weekly. A maximum of five percent of these scholars are able to absorb any informa-tion whatsoever during this time. Even granting thatthis fortunate minority functions perfectly, still thespectacle representing of 600 students, representing600 hours, being sacrificed. The word sacrifice is usedadvisedly, since the unhappy 600 are able to catch upon neither back sleep nor back homework, what withthe breaks in the lecturer's monologue. Think for aminute what this means. Weekly, 600 hours at ap-proximate.y four weeks, are thrown to the winds.

What may be done about the situation as it nowstands ? One inclined toward a physiologist's point ofview might suggest better lecture room ventilationand a lower temperature, and even a Spartan abstin-ence from food on the part of the students for atleast three hours before the scheduled discourse. Amember of the Student -Union might recommend rad-ical changes in the lecture room procedure, such thatthe explosions be louder and more frequent, and suchthat the lecturer intersperse his patter with occa-sional anecdotes. One whose policy has always beenhumanitarian, however, can only plead that no seatsbe assigned. If every man is allowed to scramble fora seat, each will find his own level. Thus the five percent previously mentioned will cluster about the firsttwo rows, while the rest of the class will doubtlessappropriate seats as closely attached to the rear aspossible. Then, if the lecturer will co-operate by keep-ing his voice low, everyone should be satisfied. Fresh-men will emerge from the Physics Lecture Room alertand refreshed, instead of in a state of semi-stupor,as is now the case. Best of all, no longer will the In-stitute have a blot on its record, for no longer wouldthere be four full weeks wasted while one was beingutilized.

"-"""i-~l-Sl~,~e~-;;-- ~ the~j~s~-~L~-~nb inooup,~a~i~rand-th-e-ir -iewseems to be most practicable, which believesthat peace can be obtained through the judic-ious education of the younger generations inall countries.

It is the common fault of almost all nations,especially those with the more nationalisticgovernments, to preach to their children a doc-trine of "self-justification". The younger gen-erations are taught that their country is themost peace-loving of the whole world, and thatwhatever wars it has been drawn into, it hasentered with the most altruistic of ideals inmind.

The United States is no exception. As soonas the young American is old enough to talk,he is taught to raise his hand and repeat, "Ipledge allegiance to the flag of the UnitedStates, ... "and so on, and he is drilled in thebelief that the United States went into theWorld War to "make the world safe for democ-racy". As a nationalistic point of view, this

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one. They have definitely been in-structed not to give advice but justto give information although theymay arrange meetings with membersof the faculty.

Those who will act as counsellorsfor the committee are Courses I andXVII, A. E. Hitt[ and R. E. Sawyer;Course II, D). L. Gundry and B. G.Rightmire; Course III, J. L. GoheenJr. and B. S. Old; Course V, R. M.Sherman Jr. and S. B. Swietser;

Course VI, W. R. Saylor and T. N.Wilcox; Course VII, E. E. Lockhart;Course VIII, S. T. Martin Jr. and W.W. Bartlett; Course X, W. SquiresJr., H. M. Borden, T. C. Dauphine,and J. W. Libby Jr.; Course XIII,E. R. Tilburne and C. J. Weschler;Course XV, A. W. Horton Jr., C.Wilson, W. C. McCune Jr., and R.Harris; Course XV1, K. H. Achter-kirchen, and W. W. Byrd Jr. CourseXVIII, B. MacMillan and B. H. Gere.attitude is a good one, because it has worked

as far as uniting the various sections of thecountry. Within our own borders we are prob-ably as peaceful as any country in the world;we are peaceful among ourselves mlainly be-cause we are bound together by mutual con-cepts of right and wrong.

What we shall have to do to realize worldpeace is to extend our concepts of nationalismto include all the nations and races of theearth. This ideal will be realized when we aswell as all other nations begin to teach ourchildren that world peace can surmount na-

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VA£LING FASHION, INDIVIDUALLY TAILOREOD INtionalism, and that our own country is not anymore altruistic in its ideals than most others.

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Editor's Note: WhTile the writer of the above letterapparently is exaggerating somewhat, he emphasizesa point that was brought out in an editorial here twoweeks ago, namely, that sleeping is prevalent in lec-tures and that lack of ventilation or poor ventilationis probably the most important cause. Perhaps the"noted effciency of Tech.' may eventually do some-thiing about it.

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Old Grads Are OfficialsIn Indoor Meet Saturday

Oscar Hedlund had a bunch ofhis old grads out working for himin the interclass meet Saturday asjudges and timers. Some of themhad graduated as long ago as tenor fifteen .years but Oscar couldremember without the slightesthesitation just what events theyhad been out for in their carefreeundergraduate days. It was sortof a super class reunion withabout ten classes involved. Amongthe visiting greyhounds were Ed-ward Chute, '29, a former riler;Josiah Barrett, '30, a former tworiler; Fred Ladd, '30, once holderof the three hundred yard runrecord; J. Baltzer, C. Worthenand Bror Grondal, '31, formershot-putter.

Two Unassisted M.I.T. Sco]Made By Cohen, Schipper

resOn the river . . . and on the river we are seeing these days several shells-

ful of Bill Haines'charges . . . they have been at it a week . . Bill has twolheavy crews with no first choices as yet . .. Once again a training table hasbeen started in Walker for the oarsmen. Last night was the first night andthe fellows finished off their meal with a couple of rousing songs. They areto get two meals a day with a regulated diet-which isn't a bad plan for anysport to inaugurate.

Ending a luckless season which saw

them win only from Hamilton College,

the Beaver hockey sextet suffered aHIamilton High Jumps Six Feet

And Kites Vaults OverTwelve Feet five to two defeat at the hands of

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the Army skaters Saturday eveningin a game held at the Point.

Starting all first. classmen, thePointers scored within fifteen minutesof the first stanza when Register pass-ed to Hines, who slipped the disk pastRebori in the Tech cage. The futuregenerals went on to score four moregoals in the second period, three ofthe scores coming unassisted.

mThen early in the last chapter,Army made several substitutions, theinstitute skaters got up momentumenough to score twice. Schipper andCohen carried the puck into the enemynets unassisted, but the brilliancy ofthese two men was not enough tomake up for the score which the greyand goal pucksters had piled up.

And now a chuckle from New York . . .where the wrestlingteam traveled this week-end and ran into a tough Brooklyn Collegegroup ... after the match Augie Powers, a 155 pound wrestler, invit-ed the whole squad over to the Hollywood restaurant for a little rec-reation . . . where the "Great Ziegfield" girls were entertaining . . thecrimson mounted to Jay Ricks' ears when one of these pulchritudin-ous damsels came over to the wrestlers' table and planted a hiss

Despite March gales and chill, theannual Indoor Interclass track meetSaturday afternoon managed to comevery close to breaking two marks.

A 12 ft. pole vault by Luther Kitesmissed by less than three inches tobreak that record, and a six foot leapby Jolhn Hamilton in the high jump

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was very good indeed.The freshman class won team hon-

ors, defeating the Serior class 77/2points to 50, but Nestor Sabi carriedoff individual honors by getting hisname on three of the new trophies.He won the 300-yard run, the 600-yard run and the 50-yard dash. HenryGuerke ran a mile in 4:35, which isvery good early season form and wasnot far from the indoor record. Ham-ilton's jump of six feet is the highesthe has done indoors this year, al-though he reached 6 feet and ane-half inch in the Boston A. A. games.

The summary:50-yard dash--Won by Sabi. '37; second,

Loomis, '40; third, H-Ioughton, '37; fourth,Clark, '40; fifth, Oettinger, '39. Time-

One-mile-Won by Guerke, '37, second,Cooper, '37; thnird, Bushloff, '40; fourth,Lemanski, '40. Time---4m. 35s.5 3-5s.

600-yards.-Won By Sabi, '37; second,Gunaris, '40; third, Bushloff, '40; fourth,Houghton, '37. Time--lm. 20 3-5s.

60-yard low hurdles--Won by Walker, '39;second, Coorssen, '40; third, Hoffman, '40;fourth, Fogliano, '39; fifth, Nichols, '40.

Time-7 2-5s.1000 yards-Won by Cooper, '37; second,

Wagner, '37; third, Gunaris, '37; fourth,Lemanski, '40; fifth, Wirth, '40. Time-2m. 35 4-5s.

300-yards-Won by Sabi, '37; second, Clark,'40; third, Houghton, '37; ofurth, Kyl-lonen, '40; fifth, Oettinger, '39. Time--34 4-5s.

One and one-haif miles-Won by Guerke,'37; second, Wirth, '40; third, Scalingi, '38;fourth, Lernanski, '40; fifth, Freedman, '40.

-^ - -hne----;:- 26- 4w-5s.-Broad jump--Won by Shill, '40; second,

Kites, '38; third, Hadley, '38; fourth,Walker, '39; fifth, Coorssen, '40. Distance--20 fr..10Ys in.

Pole vault-Won by Kites, '38; second,Godfrey, '40; third, Gilbert, '40; fourth,Lang, '40. Height-12 ft.

High jump-Won by Hamilton, '39; second,Sabi, '37; third, Hadley, '38; fourth, Lang,'40; fifth, Breyer, '38. Height--6 it.

Shot put-Won by Thompson, '38; second,Crawford, '40; third, Ferriera, '39; fourth,Freydberg, '38; fifth, Silseh, '38. Distance-- 40 ft. 3 in.

Around the sports circle . . .the fencers are fulfilling our predictionswinning four out of six matches so far and losing one of their two to Columbiawhich is rated among the best in the country . . . the hockey team finishedan unsuccessful season last Saturday-they only won one game. Their playhowever showed mnarked improvement since the beginning of the season . . .the boxers travel soon to the intercollegiates at Syracuse . .. On the homestretch, too, is the basketball tarn which ends up its schedule over the week-

Fighting nip and tuck all the way,the Tech gym team finally lost toDartmouth Saturday in one of theclosest meets ever held in the Han-over gym. The final score was aclose 30-24. Scoring for the Institute,

i Phil Dreissigacker won in his special-ty, the sidehorse. He was closelyfollowed by his teammate Stewart,who placed second in the same event.

Runner up for scoring honors, B-111Ph-inizy took a second place in thehorizontal bar event and a third placein the parallel bar chapter. Abbottcaptured the tumbling event for thescarlet and grey, while Morgan andHall placed second in the parallelbars and flying rings respectively.Pew of M.I.T., new rope climber inwhat was formerly the weakest eventfor the Engineers, completed the scor-ing for the Institute by, earning asecond in the rope cliob.

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tinued a very successful season bywimnning three out of four and fourout of six respectively. The prqmisingsophomores and juniors won a maJor-ity of their bouts.

The varsity travels down to NewEHaven Friday to do battle with theYale Junior Varsity and follows upagainst City College in New York onSaturday. The chances for a victoryagainst Yale are fairly good, but theswordsmen are skeptical as to the CityCollege meet.

In a fencing exhibition at the Uni-versity Club Sunday in which BostonCollege, M. 1. T., Boston Y.M.C.A. andthe University Club teams participat-ed, the Teclh swordsmen emerged vic-

torious, defeating the Y.M.C.A. fenc-ers in the semi-finals and Boston Col-lege in the finals.

The freshman fencers traveled toExeter last Saturday, put up a goodfight but again came out on the wrongside of the score. The A team last 6-3and the B team dropped their match5-4. Johnny Beck again starred, tak-ing all three of his bouts.

Still handicapped by injuries, theTechnology wrestling team was shutout by the unbeaten Brooklyn Collegeaggregation to the tune of a 36-0score. The long train ride down toN. Y. had telling effect on the team'sperformance so that the Beaver mat-men were unable to cope with thepowerful attack of the winners. Onceagain Millius in the 135 lb. classturned in a creditable showing, al-though he was outpointed by a smallmargin.

While the varsity was down in N.Y. the freshman grapplers played hostto the newly formed Dartmouthwrestling team which won the meetby a 24-8 score. . ....

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Leading scorers for the Big Greenwere Washburn, who won the hori-zontal bar attempt, Pollack, who wonin the parallel bars, and Linscott, whooutclimbed Pew on the rope. Thismatch, held in the Alumni Gymnas-ium, was the first Dartmouth victoryof the year.

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All those interested in varsityor freshman lacrosse are invitedto attend a mass meeting to beheld in Room 10-267 this after-noon at 5 P.M. Coach TommyTucker will speak, outlining thenew lacrosse regulations for 1937.M.I.T. Men Score 2 LKnockouts;

Meet Coast Guard Next

Technology's leather pushers leftthe losing columns for the first timein many years when they had a pow-erful Springfield team last Saturdaynight. Tommy Rawson's boys wereheld by the Gymnasts to a 4-4 splitwhen the battlers met in the Hangar

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Phil Constance, '39, showed a greatdeal of class, scoring a one-roundknockout against Cooly of Springfieldin the 145 pound class. A second Techknockout was scored by Don Hollo-way, '38, whno floored Cantwell, his 155pound opponent in the second round.Other Engineers who were successfulwere Ischiro Takahashi, '39, and BobTreat, '38, who fought in the 115 lb.and heavyweight classes respectively.

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Tuesday, larch 25:00 P.M.-Lacrosse rally, Room 1Q-267.

Wednesday, March 35:00 P.M.-Beaver Key meeting, East Lounge.5:00 P.M.-Gridiron meeting, West Lounge.6:30 P.M.-Propellor Club Dinner, Faculty Dining Room.6:00 P.M.-Graduate House Dinner, North Hall.

Thursday, March 46:30 P.M.-Automrotive Engineers Dinner, North Hall.8:30 P.M.-Lecture, Main Hall.

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law was in itself harmless he saidthat there was nevertheless a dangerthat it might be so enforced as to

Hudson Wil1 DeliverLecture.On lsom'erism

L Isomerism in the Carbohydrat;egroup" will be the subject of Dr.Claude S. Hudson, Professor of Chem-istry at the National Institute ofHealth at WVashington, in the secondseries of'Forris Jewett Moore Lec-tulres to -be given next Wednesday,Thursday, and Friday afternoons.These lectures are given in the East-man Research Laboratories under theauspices of the chemistry department,for the purpose of emphasizing thecultural and humanistic relations ofchemistry. They are open to the pub-lic.

Members of the Chess Club will meet

in the East Lounge of Walker Satur-day afternoor, to continue play intheir bumping board tournament.

At the same time the executivecouncil of the Chess Club will meet todraw up an agenda of activities forthe term.

hamper freedom of speech. He claim-ed that any college professor who ex-pressed radical views was "sure of aJob for life," since no college presi-dent would dare to discharge hire, andstated that although a teacher shouldhave absolute freedom to present factsto his students and draw conclusionstherefrom, this did not mean freedomto propagandize.

Citing the case of George Washing-ton, who broke his oath of allegianceto the British crown to lead the Conti-nental Army in the American Revolu-tion, Professor Kirtley F. Mather, of11arvard, re-emphasized the futilityand uselessness of the bill. "Loyal-ties," he said, "cannot be forced intopeople by law, and ii is useless to try |to do so." He also stated that the lawwas legally ineffective, since the lawof perjury could, not be used in con-nection with it? and there were severalother ways in which a teacher mightevade it if he so desired.

Law Called HarmfulProfessor Mather also said that he

considered the law actually harmful,because it attacked academic freedom,putting an atmosphere of the totali-tarian state into the classroom. Itdestroyed the value of the schools asa cnampion of democratic government,he added, since it weakened the faithof the student in the expressed opin-ions of the teacher.

After a short discussion, JosephShill, '40, chairman of the meeting,read a telegram in which it was pro-posed should be sent to the Commit-tee on Education asking it to reportfavorably on the bill to repeal theTeacher's Olath. It was voted that themessage be sent in the -name of t~hoseattending the meeting.|

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Some tirxme later one of the malemodels took sick. The professor wasin a jarn. There was a 'life' classthe next day and no model. He askedMike if he would pose. Now Mike wasbashful but Mike's wife Margueritawas sick and Mike needed money.Mike sacrificed modesty for Marguer-ita-he posed. For two hours he stoodand posed; his face was as red as abeet and not once did he dare lift hishead and look at the students beforehim,

The men and girls liked Mike sowetell they wanted him to pose againbut Mike had done his duty; he couldstand no mnore. Three months laterMarguerita died. The students tookup a. collection for Mike and whenthey gave the money to him there wasa smile on his face but tears in hiseyes. Mike went west after that.If he ever sees this the boys, profes-sors and his comrade janitors wanthim to know they st.ll think of him.

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One day a professor sent Mikedown to the basement on an errand.Mike moved along in his customarymanner but while passing through aclassroom he noticed a pair of barefeet and when he looked up there Iasa nude model posing. Mffike picked uphis legs and moved fast. I-e got backto the professor and breathlessly ex-claimed, "Gosh darn! there's a womanwithout any clothes on down there."After that Mike stayed away from.-the basement as much as possible. i

Dr. Hudson will explain the iso-merjc forms which the simple sugarsare capable of assuming, describesome of the new experimental meth-ods for determining the structure ofthe isomers, and indicate the ways inwhich the union of these isomers giverise to the compou-nd sugars, tostarch, and to cellulose.

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