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O. B. Denison InFavor of Circus

En route Spokane to Butte,March 11, 1926.

To the Editor:Your issue of March 5 has

just reached me en route andthe Circus discussion promptsme to state that it is my opin-ion that an Annual Circus is amuch desired end and I hopethere will be a 1926 Circus.

Those we have had seem tome to have been mighty fac-tors in welding together the stu-dents and in building interestin student activities.

Incidentally-and this may beselfish-I hope it comes afterMarch 29, the day I am due backfrom the trip.

Sincerely yours,With heartiest regards to all,

Orville B. Denison '11,Alumni Secretary.

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THE CORPORATIONCONSIDERS REPORT

OF TAX COMMITTEERecommendation For Increas-

ing Student Tax ReceivesMuch Discussion

RELIEF IS VERY PROBABLE

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BIG TECHNOLOGYCIRCUS WILL BE

HELD IN ARMORYCommittee Makes Further

Plans at Meeting Last Night-To Hold Parade

MAY MAKE DATE APRIL 5

Fraternities And (Classes AreSignifying Willingness

To Co-operate

A circus parade to rival that ofBarnum and Bailey's Greatest Showon Earth will open the festivities ofCircus Day, it was planned last nightat the meeting of the Circus Commit-tee. The parade will be held at noonon the day of the circus and theitinerary will be around the greatcourt and the vicinity of Massachu-setts Avenue.

Some circumstances have arisenwhich may prevent the securing ofthe Armory on the zd~ate planned-,April 1, inasmuch as drill is held eachnight in the week but Monday andFridays The idea of hol(Wing thecircus on April 1 has not been entire-ly given up, however. The alterna-tive date decided on in case April Ifalls through is Monday, April 5.

Two fraternities have alreadysignified their intention of providingperforming "animals" both for theparade and as a ring stunt at thecircus. 1The Camel cigarette peoplehave announced that they will con-tribute a large "live" camel thus lend-ing still more "atmosphere" to theaffair. They will also distribute freecigarettes.

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A Record ofContinuous News Service

For 45 Years

The report of the Student TaxCommittee was brought before themembers of the Corporation at theirrecent meeting and it created, accord-ing to President Stratton, a good dealof discussion. The President saidthat the Corporation realizes the needamong the various branches of athle-tics for more money, but they are notall sure that increasing the StudentTax is the best solution to the prob-lem as such an increase would be thesame as an increase in tuition.

The attitude of the members wasdivided as to what the best planwould be. Some favored the methodas suggested in the report, but othersthought that some other plan wouldwork out more successfully. Accord-ing to Dr. Stratton some definite re-lief will be made by the Corporationfor the Athletic Department althoughit is uncertain at the present timejust how this will be done.

Portraits Are AcceptedTwo recently finished portrait

paintings, one of Ex-President Mac-laurin and the other of Mr. GeorgeEastman, were shown to the Corpora-tion and voted to be accepted by thatbody. The portrait of Dr. Maclaurin..is the work of Mr. Frank W. Bensonwhile the one of Mr. Eastman waspainted by Sir Philip deLaszlo.

President Stratton said that themembers of the Corporation werewell pleased with the paintings espe-cially with that of George Eastmanwhich was painted from a sitting.This portrait is to be given to theInstitute by .the Corporation as awhole while the one of Dr. Maclaurinis a gift of those members of the Ex-ecutive Committee who served underhim while he was president. Both ofthese portraits will be shown to thepublic for the first time at a recep-tion which the Corporation will holdon April 15.

DR. SPEIGHT IS TOGIVE NOONDAY TALK

Unitarian Minister Is To TalkTomorrow on "A Voice

Worth Hearing".~~~~~

Following tiheit established custom,the Techno>logy Christian Associationwnill hold their Thursday noon-day de-votilon meeting in the East lounge, ofWalker at 12:30 o'clock.

The speaker is English by birth andSpeight, who will speak on the sub-ject, "A Voice Worth Hearing." Dr.Speight his not divulged the exact nia-ture of his talk, as it may spoil istseffectiveness by giving any inkling asto what is to come.

Tre speaker is English by birth and Sis a graduate of Aberdeen Uniiversity,and has held four pastorates on twoicontinenlts: in London, Victoria, B. C., sBerkeley, California, anld finally inl]Boston at Kings Chapel in 1921. While eat Berkeiley, he interested himself a tgreat deal in work among the studentsof the Universilty of California. t

The financing of this year's bigshow will be carried out along thesame lines as last year. It is expect-ed that $10 will be obtained fromeach fraternity, but this will be sol-icited individually instead of throughthe interfraternity conference as wasdone last year. An anonymous con-tribution of $25 has been received bythe committee.

Last year the two upper classesgave $30 each and the two lowerclasses each gave $20 and it is ex-pected that similar contributions willbe made again. The Dormitory Com-mittee is planning to donate some-thing and the various activities willbe solicited for funds.

If sufficient funds are forthcomingit is planned to reward the groupputting on the best ring stunt orbooth with some sort of prize. Thenature of this prize has not been de-cided upon but it will probably be ofa more appropriate form than thecup which was given last year.

PROFESSOR DEWEYTAKES NOVEL CENSUS

Finds Men in Courses Know

But Half of Classmates

Students of the third year coursein Banking, Oourse XV, were givenduring clasises March 2 a mimeo-graphed sheet listing on'e hundred andten names, being the men in thatcourse. Eighty-eight returns weremade, absences andd those not takingthe third year Banking course makingup the difference.

Only one man in the group admittedkrlnowilng less ithan ten, and nineteenmen wrere personally acquainted withbetween sixty and seventy of theirfellow students. This number dwin-dled Ito four who said they knew be-tween eighty and mnilnety of th!e hun-dred and ten.

An average was taken of the groupand it was found that each studentknows less than half the other menin his claiss and course. ProfessorDavis R. Dlewey, Head of the Dejpart-ment of Economies andl Statistics con-dlucted the census.

CALENDARW\ednesday, Mairch 1.d

*1 00(-SoPhomrnor Mass Meeting, room 5-330.7 :00-Alpia. Chi Sigmta Smoker, Facult7y

Dining Room.

Thursday, starch 181 :.30-T. C. A. Noonday Devotion Meeting,

East Lounge. Walker.1-:00-Mleeting cyf Debating Society. room

2-190..5:00-Meetings of Endowment Committee,

Walker Cornmittee Room.6 :45-Copithornle Reading, Walker LiLbrary-.

Friday, 'Harch 19>9 :00-5 :00-Exhibit of Office Appliances,

room 1-235.9 :00-Sophomore Formal Dance, Swiss

Room. Copley Plaza.

tion, and the President of the Amer-ican Institute of Electrical Engineers.In addition to these men there arefour members of the Corporation andthree professors from the ElectricalEngineering Department.

Each of these Committees is head-ed by President Samuel W. Strattonand holds meetings periodically.Their discussions and recommenda-tions are presented as summarized re-ports which are presented before theCorporation Meeting where their sug-gestions are acted upon as seen fit.Under this new plan the needs of in-dustry as regards trained men can be-followed much more accurately andthe plan will enable the Institute inturn to be of even greater service tothe industrial and business world.

At the present time there are fourAdvisory Committees: the one forElectrical Engineering, previouslymentioned, which held its first meet-ing on March 9, another for the Tex-tiles department which met at theUnion Club on February 19, a thirdfor Engineering Administration whichmet at the Banker's Club in NewYork on February 25, and a fourth forCivil Engineering which met at theInstitute on March 11.

Courses at the Institute are nowbeing linked up with the world ofIndustry more closely through the me-dium of a system of Advisory Com-mittees. At the present time many ofthe courses have these Committeescomposed of from ten to twenty menwho are recognized as leaders in thefield of Industry in which they work.

This system of committees was in-augurated by the Corporation of theInstitute in order that students mightbe given the type of training whichwould enable them to most efficientlycarry out their work in modern busi-ness after graduation. For examplethe Advisory Committee of ElectricalEngineering, is made up of seven wellknown men in the electrical field in-cluding Chairman of the Westing-house Board, President of the BellTelephone Laboratories, President ofthe Edison Illuminating Companies,President of the National ElectricLright Association, President of theAmerican Electric Railway Associa-

Freshman Mid-TermMarles Appear Soon

Intermediate marks for thefreshman class will be issued atthe end of the seventh week ofthe term, aeccording to an an-nouncement from the Regis-trar's office. During the firstterm these marks were issuedat the end of the fifth andtenth week but since, accord-ing to the authorities, the fiveweek marks are not truly indic-ative, being based on toomeagre record4 mid-te.rmmarks only will. be issued thisspring.

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Undergraduate News Organ

of Technology

Eighty MemberslOf Tech Show Tol Make Smith Trip

Alumni Already RespondinglTo Sales Letters SentlBy A. A. Workers

lLeaving at 7:45 Saturday morning,lApril 10, 80 members of _Tech Showlwill make the trip to Northampton,lwhere they will present their per-Iformance before the students oflSmith College. Two showings will belgiven. Saturday afternoon and eve-lning. The return trip will be madelSunday afternoon at 5 o'clock.lOne change will be noticed. The

lTunesters, who were very popular atlast year's Smith performance, will

lunfortunately not be able to make_lthe trip, having signed up for a pre-vious engagement.JApplications for tickets to the Bos-ton performance of Tech Show fromAlumni have already begun to comein, according to reports from the,Tech Show office. Folders announc-ing the event were sent out Fridayand Saturday of last week, and thatreplies should already have been re-ceived is regarded as a very good

lsign, pointing toward a record at-tendance and money in the coffers ofthe Athletic Association.

Credit is given for such prompt re-sponse to the fact that the announce-

.ments sent to the Alumni contained

.information of the Tech Show-Athle-,tic Associationl combine. LettersLwere sent to 5000 Alumni within a ra-dius of 20 miles of Boston.

Meeting at a dinner on March 23,the managers of the Athletic Asso-

.ciation will have plans for their workin the matter of ticket sales to thepublic laid before them. The salebegins March 27.

ALL CLASSES TO GOTO SOPHOMORE DANCE

Copley Plaza's Swiss Room will bethe scene of the S:§ophomore dance tobe held next Friday. According tothe committee in charge Seniors,,Jun-iors and freshmen are combined intheir support and the demand fortickets is growing larger as the timeof the dance approaches. It is saidthat the schem-e of the dance de-parts somewhat from that of formeryears but the particulars have notyet been divulged.

The Tunesters have been securedto furnish the music, and festivitiesare scheduled to~last from 9 to 1.

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TO HOLD COMMUNIONBREAKFAST SUNDAYReverend F. L. Keenan, Professor

at St. John's Seminary, will be theprincipal speaker at the Catholic ClubCommunion Breakfast which is to beheld next Sunday at the Hotel Lellox.The Mass will take place at the HolyCross Cathedral on1 Washillgtonstreet at 9 o'clock and transportationfrom the church to the hotel will beprovided by the club.

Lockers ire WalkerAre Rifled Monday

Monday night at 6 o'clock,lockers in Walker Memoriallocker room were rifled, by char-acters unknown. Despite thepresence of many men in thegymnasium and shower roomno suspicion was aroused untilthe men looked into their lock-ers and saw their walletsstrewn on the floor devoid ofall their former contents. Oneman was robbed of twenty-fivedollars in cash while another,of a valuable Swiss wristwatch.About six students had the mis-fortune of having their moneystolen in this raid. An investi-gation is now being carried onand developments are expectedshortly.

The Institute authorities offera reward of $100forinformationleading to the arrest and con-viction of thief.

:MAYOR OF NEWTONlTO GIVE LECTURE

Second Freshman Talk of TermIs On The College Man

As a Citizen

At'the second freshman Jecture olthis term Hen. Edwin O. Chi-Id~s, mayo.of Newton, w ill discuss "The collegXeman as a citizen." Tshis 16oture willtake place, as usual tomorrow at 4o'clock in room 10-250.

According to Maysor Childs, the col-lege! main is .the future law-maker and-controller of the community, and itis he -Upao whom -the futwlr e of thecountry depends. In his talk he, willshow wha t people expect of the col.lege man dn .indllotry and public life.In hils public career Mayor Childs hatmet college men of many differentltypes, and be will present his views ofthe duty owed to the community byevery college, graduate.

This stalk is tzhef second of a seriesscheduled for this term. The Ilecture.following, which is to take place onMqairch 25, w~ill consist of a reel entitled "Life at Fort Riley," being arapid fire filmm of horsemanship at thefourt.

Hl-Y CONVENTION ATINSTITUTE SATURDAY

.Y. M. C. A. Boys' OrganizationAre To Be Welcomed by

Dean Talbot

Between 150 and 200 boys are ex-pected to attend the fourth annualHi-Y convention of Greater Bostonwhich will be held at the Institutethis-Saturday. This is the first timethat this organiaztion has ever helda cor-ference here.

The day's program will be dividedinto two sessions, with lunch at Walk-er in between. The first session willbe held in room 4-3 70, Saturdaymorning at ten, and will consist ofan address of welcome by Dean HarryP. Talbot '85, and talks on characterbuilding and on how to do more ef-ficient Hi-Y work.

Lunch is to be served in Waltkerat a quarter past twelve, with musicfurnished by the H~i-Y band. Severaltables will be reserved for the boysand it is expected that they will havemany songs and cheers which -mayentertain the students of the Insti-tute.

At three o'clock ill the afternoonthe boys will be conducted on a tourof inspection of the Institute by twenty freshmen who were members ofthe Hi-Y in their younger days, un-der the supervision of William W.Young '29 .

TO HOLD ORDNANCESMO:KER ON APRIL 2

Members of the M. I. T. Chapterof the Army Ordnance Associationwill hold a smoker Friday, April 2,in North Hall. All upperclassmen,who are members of the Ordnance,Unit'are eligible to attenld.

Col. E. F. Miller, Col. E. H. Phis-terer, and Major C. H. Bandholtz,have been secured to speak at theaffair. Several 'reels of movies willbe shown, and refreshments andbe served. ~~~~~

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Comprises Eight Sub-Commit.tees Brookes Chairman

In two meetings held last week, thetwenty-five members of the class of1926 elected three weeks ago to mem-bership in the Senior Week Commit-tee, organized themselves into eightcommittees, which will arrange andmanage the activities of Senior Week.A. S. Brookes, was chosen chairmanof the committee as a whole.

Preparations for the affair havebeen divided as in the past so thatthey will fall under the direction ofthe following committees: Bacca-laureate Service, in charge of J. R.Killian; Class Day Exercises, W. P.Lowell; Pops Concert, W. R. Fran-lin; Senior Picnic, F. E. Walch; Sen-ior Prom, A. B. Brand; Tea Dance, G.S. Frisbie; Class Banquet, E. F.Knight; and General Committee, T.W. Owen.

Functions of most committees areself-explanatory, that of the GeneralCommittee being essentially of send-ing out programs and invitations.

DENISON TO RETURNFROM TRIP MARCH 29

Only five more cities remain onthe itinerary of Orville B. Denison'11, secretary-treasurer of the alumniassociation, and he will be in his of-fice March 29, after a seven weeks'trip throughout the south and west.

Monday and yesterday, he was atSalt Lake City, and he will stop inDenver, Kansas City, St. Louis, NTash-ville, and Louisville, in the ordernamed, to complete the trip. He hasaddressed alumni associations andhigh schools in all the principal cities,and has come in contact with a goodmany alumni organizations that havenot been visited for some time.

Corporation Now Using A System OfAdvisory Committees In Four Courses

Plan Will Enahh:l& nI n- a+ u .. -aza vv l assaxvxz "c· arL· *nYIC5

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reputable friends of "old Miniclelfrom the Old Man's Home; to the par-ticipants in the meeting of the ladiescivic society, which ended in a riotwhen Minick entered the discussion;and to Lula the musical colored maid.

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Official NewsOrgan of theUndergraduatesof Technology

OFFICES OF THE TECHNews and Editorial-Room 3, Walker

Memorial, Telephone, Univ. 7029Business-Room 302, Walker Memorial

Telephone, Univ. 7415

SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $2.50 PER YEARPublished every Monday, Wednesday

and Friday during the College yearEntered as Second Class Matter at the

Boston Post Office

MANAGING BOARDG. C. Houston '27 .............General Manager.T. D Crawford '27 ................ EditorP8. E: AnJderson '27 . ............Managlng EditorW. H. Reed ' 27 ............ Business Manager

ASSOCIATE BOARDD. R. Knox '27 .............. News EditorA. S. Richmond '28 ......... Sports Edltor0. W. Rideout. '28 ............ Features EditorE. V. I.*ewis '28 ................ TreasurerW. E. King '28 ........... Circulation ManagerP. E. Ruch '28 .... Advertising Manager

COLONIAL: "'Ben H~ur."1--One of the bestmovies we've seen.

COPLEY: "Outward Bound."~-Reviewed inthis issue.

HOLLLFIS: Dark.MAJESTIC: "The Big Parade.$--One of the

better movies.NEW PARK: "Rain."~-The South Seas are

most alluring.PLYTIVIOUJTH: "The Judge's Husband.',-Wil.

liam. Hodge in his own playr.REPERTORY: "Miniclk."-Reviewed in this

issue.SCHUBERT: "'Naughty R Diuti."~--Xtzr's

last week. We shed tears.TRWEMONT: "Ladies of the Evening."-Lo yr

alties and moralities.WILBUR: "Aloma of the South Seas."l-

Drink, the tropics and all that.

The plan of electing the footballcaptain a year in advance is beingconsidered, since at present the teamhas no leader until practice andtraining are almost completed.

The Society of Arts, at its recentmeeting, discussed a method wherebyaluminum can be produced for theextremely low price of forty cents apound.

25 Years Ago This WeekThe fund for building a new Walk-

er Memorial has reached the $60,000mark and President Pritchett haspromised that if the sum becomes$100,000 by July 1 new land will bepurchased and building will bestarted.

Three medals are to be off ered forthe best physical development - dur-ing the year among the undergradu-ates. Prizes are being offered for thebest designs for these three medals.

"The Grand Duke" will be the operato be presented by Tech Show thisyear.

10 Years Ago This WeekFive thousand alumni are expected

to be present at the dedication of thenew buildings in June. A gold prizeis being offered for the best sloganfor the undergraduate body at this re-union.

The Honor System is being inves-tigated by the Institute Committee. Ifthe suggested plan is adopted, eachman will have to sign a slip at the endof each examination stating that hehas not communicated with anybodyor copied anything and that he hasseen no one else do so.

Need EngineersWho Can Create

New Knowledgel"Our engineering accomplishments

in the future will be even greaterthan those in the past if wve pay at-tention to research and to the de-velopment of engineers who can cre-ate new knowledge," Audrey A. Pot-ter '03, Dean of the Schools of En-gineering at Purdue University, toldthe members of the Mechanical Engi-neering Society Wednesday evening.Dean. Potter is the president of theSociety for the Promotion of T.!ngin-eering Education.

"Besidis training engineers, the,engineering colleges of this countryhave been utilizing their staffs andequipment to solve new problems ofvalue to the public. Engineering ed-ucators realize that it is impossibleto develop the_ creative talents oftheir students unless they are placedin contact with teachers and investi-gators who are constantly in searchof new knowledge.

Research Deserves Encouragement"About twenty-five of these engi-

neering colleges have research depart-ments or engineering experiment sta-tions. The publications of these ex-periment stations include over 500bulletins which contain valuable newengineering knowledge. Research illengineering colleges should receive

t~etrencouragement and bettersupport. While the United States hasless than six per cent of the world'spopulation, our men of genius arecredited with more than two-thirds ofthe epoch making inventions duringthe past century."

Science and engineering have con-* ributed greatly to human welfareand have made prodigious changes insocial conditions, standards of livingand indu strial development. Thisimprovement in the standards of ourilivin- has gone ion- simultaneouslywith a more gener'al appreciation ofscientific and engineering education.

Engineering Schools Popular

One hundred years ago, or in 1824,the first engineering college in Eng-lish speaking countries was startedin the U. S. A. at Troy, New York.This is the Renssalaer Polytechnic In-stitute, the father of American Engi-neering colleges. At the presenttime the United States of Americahas about 137 engineering collegeswhich are training about 55,000 stu-dents and are graduating annuallyabout 9,000 technically trained engi-neers.

Engineering is assuming a constant-ly greater place in the lives of civ-ilized nations and the engineeringcolleges have a great responsibilityto train men who will not only becapable as engineers, but who willbe able to take an active and leadingpart in coping with the social read-justments which are becoming atonce increasingly necessary and diffi-cult. The constantly increasing useof power, the tremendous industrial

E:DITORIlAL DEPARTMENTEdltorla; Board

J H. Melhado '27 P. L. McGuameW. H. Hossie '28 E. L. Welcyrng

ReportersPaul Keough '29 J. A. Russell '28R. H. Blair '29 G. R. Taminosiam '27M. Brimberg '29 A. S. Walton '27E. A. Michelman '29 R. T. Wise '28

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Photographico Ed itorH. A. Willoughby SP.

Features WritersH-. T. Gerry '29Cartoonist

L. Seron '29

NEWS AND SPORTSDEPARTMENTS

Night EditorsAndrew Anderson, Jr. '27 E. J. Gohr '26C. A. Bartlett '27 J. B. Goldberg '26A. J. Buckley '27 A. D. Green '26

NewswritersG. I. Chatfield '28 E. D. Lissner '26A. L. He Daxragh '28 John Lovejoy '29

Sports WritersC. J. Bernhardt '28 J. G. Sullivan '29

Advertising DivisionAssistant Managers

D. M. Sturznickle '28 Rene SimardStaff

C. R. Oleson '28 C. J. HurdD. L. Dunklee '29

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CIrculation DepartmentAssistant ManagerC. W. Taylor ' 28.Staff

D. R. Donovan '28 J. W. Palmer '29D. S. Plarsons '29Treasury Division

Assistant TreasurerJ. M. Farnurn '28

StaffA. C. Pforzheimer '29

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developments and the miraculousachievements of science and, engi-neering in annihilating time and dis-tance increase the responsibility ofour engineering colleges to developmell who have a broad outlook, anappreciation of the sanctity of hu-manlity and an interest in the comI-mon good.

Dean Potter then cited the luxuriesand improvements that the engineerhas placed within reach of this gen-eration. "It may be well," he wenton, "to reflect upon the effect of thisnew strength of ours, this new powerupon our philosophy of life. Are.w(measuring individual accomplish-ments in terms of one's power overhis fellow man? Do we reward mainlyaggressiveness, domination, and ne-glect loyalty and modesty? We areenjoying great strength, thanks to theengineer, but we must guard againstmaking power a condition of happi-ness."

Wednesday, March 17, 1926Page Two THE TECH-

:H As We Like It

OUTWARD BOUND

For those who enjoy "heavy" act-ing of the melodramfa type, "OutwardBound," at the Copley Theatre thisweek, is perfectly satisfactory; forthose who delight in plain comedy itis a pleasure; and for those who en-joy both it is a real treat. Here is aplay which deviates conspicuouslyfrom the ordinary. The author, Mr.Sutton Vane, has given us a themedealing with the actions of dead menand women who at first are entirelyunaware of being in this condition,and, of course, here is a :fine chanceto drive home barbed shafts, aimedin this case at the society woman andthe self-made business man.

Beginning in the most matter offact way on board a ship, the playduring the first act develops a mosteffective air of unreality which leavesthe onlooker in a pronounced mood ofwondering what it is all about. Thesecond act continues this atmosphereuntil the rhetorical flights of Prior theinebriate, portrayed by Mr. Mowbray,in proving that all members of the,party are dead, bring to an anti-cli-max the illusory mien but do notdispel it. In the third act the deadpeople, now satisfactorily proved tobe deceased, are sentenced to theirnext places of abode, and the playends with two of the members of theparty who had committed suicide re-turning to life.

A decidedly novel and entertainingvehicle, and a most capable cast por-traying the rather difficult parts in asplendid manner make this perform-ance exceptionally fine.

MINICK

That fathers-in-law are sometimeseven worse than mothers-in-laws isdemonstrated by Edna Ferber in herplay, "Minick," playing at the Reper-tor y Theater this week. The sorryplight of an old father who is forcedby circumstances to live with his sonand daughter-in-law, is the theme ofthe comedy.

Every comedy must have behind ita little of tragedy, and "Minick" is noIexception. The position of the oldman and his children wcho, thoughthey love him, cannot be happy withhim, serves as a background ofpathos to the multitude of farcial sit-uations that occur. There is not muchto the plot, but what there is of ithas been so amply expanded by en-tertaining by-play, that the result isone of the most entertaining plays wehave seen.

No small part of the successful per.formance is due to the efforts of theminor actors. Not only do the prin-cipals reach the acme of realism, but,due credit must be given to the d'is_

"BUT SEND HIM DOWN TO M. I. T.-"

I lfON'T send my boy to Harvard.," the dying mother said-so0goes the old song, but according to the series of questions

sent to the American Nercurvy, one should be more than anxiousto attend that institution if there is any truth in the statement thata "loyal alumnus" has made in regard to his Alma Mater.

It seems that a wealthy butter-and-egg man has a half-wit son.The elder is very desirous of seeing his son matriculate at a uni-versity. Fond pater desires to know the one place for son to spendfour years and quite a few dollars with as little mental effort aspossible.

In the past, one has been given the impression that grad-uates were loyal to their institutions and it is quite a shock to seemen in schools over the entire country denounce the curricula oftheir several places of learning. Not only do these graduates instilin the mind of tile reader the fact that they succeeded in graduatingwith little study bult they brag about their graduation "cum laude."

The " loyal alumnuts, " for be so called himself, said that hisinstitution wvouldl be the best place to send the son, citing his ownrachievement. But fair H~arvard is not the only place to spend fouryears, according to nunnelous lreplies. One from an alumnus ofDuke-College, "wlay down South," says that his school is the onlyone worth while, for it is governed by the culture and prejudicesof the fourteenth century. Evidently the latter believes in the daysof the ancient but honored "wassail bo'wl."

It is apparent from the variety of the comments that all theold fools are not dead yet. If the fond parent insists that his sonhave the benefits of a college education, why has not someone toldhim of Technology ? Fondl son can spend his money, learn agreat number of 'facts about life in Back Bay and in the end callexperience the triumph of returning home at the close of the firstterma, gone but not forgotten.

FEMINISM IN THE NOVEL

T HOSE who follow the trend of literature have noted wvith interestthe fact that the modern novel is almost Dexlusively the novel

of relations between the sexes. The old adventurous romance of wairand conquest, of shipwreck and disaster, of man 's conquest overnature has almost disappeared, save in the inferior types of fiction.

The reason, of course, is not far to seek: it is a reflection ofpresent day life. For the past half century women have been strug-ngling towvarcl and achievingR many newv privileges, and have set astheir goal the realization of an equality with man. The str uggleis still going oll; but the ground already gained has destroysedl theold notions of woman's place in relation to man, and the presentgeneration is seeking new ideals and new standards.

The modern sex novel is distinguished from the older type prin-cipally bly the character of its heroine. Instead of bheint,, likeMadeleine de M~aupin, expressed in relation to thle hero, she has be-.come, like Emma Bovary a character in herself; a person who hasthoughts and ideas and wshose thoughlts are of interest. And withthe recognition of womnan as a thinking being, novels like those ofDumas and Sicott can no longer be worth while because they canno longer represent life truthfully.

It 'is inter esting to note that this -new status of woman haschanged even the method of dealing with male characters in books

viwose principal interest lies in a man or group of men. The dis-covery that women had interesting thoughts led quite naturallyto the belief that the thoughts of men are more interesting thantheir actions.

Whetber the present style of literature is a phase or a thingof permanence may be disputed, but the history of literature showsthat no previous style has ever achieved true permanence. Whenthe adjustment llas been made and women have entered their propersphere, a newv style of literature will growe up about the greatproblem of the next epoch. Whether that will be, a scientific, asocial, an economic, or a political problem no one now can say.

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"With one more year of steadly prac-tiee, Technolo~gy will have one of thebest swimming teams in New Eng-land," said Coach Deane after the re-cent Brown meet. He pointed out theimprovements made by the presentteam over that of last year, and -toldof several promising freshmen whowould joyn the Va;rsrity ranks nextyear.

Engineers Start SeasonWith Victory

To all appearances the present tankseason from thee Technolo0gy point ofview, was not at great success. Themen have been working faithfully,however, and, profiting by their die-feats, are gradually building up a nu-cleus for a furture championship team.Graduation will claim but few regu-lars from the squad and an almostveteran team will report next winter.,

In tlhe first match of the season, theBoston Ulniversity Terriers fell an easyprey to the Engineers by a large score.The second meet, with Amherst,proved a heartbreaking defeat for theInstitute, when, with victory withintheir grasp, the relay team lost out inthe final dash to. the finish.

Williams, the n-ext opponent of theCambridge team, garnered the major-ity of the points to secu-re a subse-quent victory. The first road trip sawTechnlol.ogy losing successive matchelsto, the two contenders for the champ-ion~ship of the East, Yale and Dart-msouth.

On the following week-end Unionand Syracuse were Victorious againstthe Engineers, the latter being a veiryhard fought match that was not de-cid'ed until the final relay wa~s over.The, defeat in the Providence pool atthe hands of Brown was the final dualmeet of the seas-on.

Team Crippled forIntercollgiates

Throughout th~e~se conte~sts the Cam-brid~ge na~tatars weire, constantly im-proving, with the result that in theIntsercollegiates that were held at Mid-dlebbon last Saturday, they were oon-sidered by many as being onle, of thesttrong contenders for t~het high honors.Jutst at this time, however, the stroing-est entry of the Cardinal and Gray,Grover beceame sick and consequentlyullable to compete. T~his accountedsoar the poor showing made by the En-gineer~s last Saturday.

Chances for next year's teami al eve~ry hopeful. Grover, the high pointscorer in the dashes, will be back, aswill Captain Wites, the leader is the440. Whi~tey Wood~s wvill be lost tohis team in the, fainey dive, bat Brown,who has Aee pres-sing him hard allseason, will -try to fill this place. Pusch-in, the breast stroke star, will also

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At the New England IntercollegiateWrestling championships to be heldat the Hangar gymnasium Friday andSaturday, Brown and Harvard rule fa-viorites with Williams a possible darkhorse. This has been a season of somany upsets, h mwever, that it wouldnot be surprising -to see any of theotzher three teams carry off the title.

F~or the first time, the name of NewEngland champion will mean some-thling, as three new teams' Williams,Tufts and Northeastern have been add-ed this year, whereas hithertot Har-vard, Brown and Technology have beenthe -only competitors. I~t iis expectedthat several more colleges, includingN~orwich and Springfield, will join theassociatlon next year, so that it willbe a truly representative organization.

Al-though Brown has be-en defeatedby Harvard, her record its much betterthan that of the Crimson, and she isdeservedly the favorite. As a nucleusfor the B3ruin team, there is Friedman,in the, 175-pound class, and CaptainSulzberger in'the 145-pound division,

otah of whom were New England,champions laist year.

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SWIMMERS FINISH , 44,

Strong Swimmitng Teamni Formed For Next YearII As Tank Season Closes

Track Season ToBe Ushered In By

Big Mass MeetingChances Bright for Successful

Outdoor Season WithVeterans Back

Monday afternoon the spring trackseason will be ushered in with a massmeeting of the student body, trackcoaches and officials, in room 10-275.Coach Headlund hopes to have just asmany of the students there as pos-sible, especially men who have donesome running in high school, and thosewho have a general interest in track.

With the twang of spring in the air,the present runners are doing theirlaps with a bit more pep and vim.Monday they deserted the boards andtook to the inside of the cinder path.For them this transfer is just like get-ting home again after a dreary march.

After scoring wins against Harvardand B. U., and coming through theB. A. A.'s and Casey games in fineshape, the team should be in conditionto take all of her old rivals for a fall.The high jump its still causing thecoaches an infinite amount of worryas they have no one capable of placingin this event. Unless some new jump-ing material can be unearthed or thepresent men show some miraculousimprovement the team will have toenter its meets handicapped by theknowledge of a sure loss in one event,

The weight throwers are not behindthe runners in gettinlg out of doors.Saul Brodsky is already nearly at topform in the shot pittting as the resultof his indoor training, and .is fast get-Ling his hammer throwing distanceback to normal.

PRACTICE THIS WEEKON CONCRETE COURTS

Tennis practice will start this weekon the new concrete courts and nextweek elimination matches will be start-ed to bring the squads down to a moreeasily handled size. As soon as tilecourts of the Oakley Country Club atBelmont are ready, the Varsity teamwill practice there.

Captain Peck, Hinck, Eddy and Pet-erson will be the nucleus of this sea-son's team. It will be. rememberedthat this quartet was largely respon-sible for the excellent Showing madeby the 1925 team. To this group wallalso be added several of last year'sfreshmen team.

At the meeting held in room 10-275on Monday afternoon f aT the Varsiityana Freshmen teams more than 40candidates reported. Thiey were ad-dressed by J. K. Peck, captain, and A.J. Connell, mainager of the team. Plansfor the eoming season, practice ar-rangements and the schedule were an-nounced.

SOPHOMORES ANNEXWRE:STLING TOURNEYIn an exciting meet, which was de-

cided only when James Spear de-feated Fred 'Baum in the final bout,the Sophomores nosed out the Jun-iors in the interclass wrestling tour-nlament by one point, the other twoClasses trailing far behind. AdolphAdlle'r, who threw two opponents, amdCarl Lockhart scored the remainingpoints for the second year men. Leson-ard, a strong candidate for the second-team, garnered six points for the jun-iors when he took the honors in the158-p-ound class after winning twobouts by falls.

1926 SWIMMING SEASON

M. I. T. Opp-Boston University ................. ...................... 38 24Amherst ...................... ..... ......... ................. 30 32Williams .................................... . . 26 33Yale ....................................... ...................... . 24 .38Dartmouth ..................... .... ........ 14 48'Union ..... . ............................... 23 39Syracuse .................................... .. .....------------- 29 33B row n ..... ................................ .................... .. ................. 20 42

Total .. 4...8............-------------....... 201 289Matches won, 1; Matches lost, 7.

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Committee Decides on ChangeAt Monday Meeting

Due to the fact that members ofthe Faculty plan to be absent dur-ing the Spring Recess, the date forOpen House Night has been changedby the Open House Night Committeefrom April 17 to April 22.

In order to make this function suc-cessful, the presence of practically allthe Staff is desirable, particularly theheads of the departments. Invitationsare being extended not only to friendsand relatives through the studentbody, but to prominent men in theworld of- science and business. Theentire Institute will be thrown opento visitors and the work at Technol-ogy as well as activities will be pre-sented. For this reason, it wasdeemed advisable to postpone thedate in order that each departmentand activity would be well represent-ed by its members..

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Lectures in X8.023 will be given inaccordance with the class schedule for8.04, beginning Wednesday, March 17,at 10 o'clock. Recitationis may be takenwith any of the 8.04 groups, beginningwith the week of March 22. Labora-tory exercises in 8.023 should be ar-ranged for in room 4-420 during theweek of March 15.

PHYSICS X8.022

The final examination in X8.022 willbe held on Saturday, March 20, inRoom 3-440, from 1:30 to 4:30.

Exercises in X8.013 will begin withthe lecture Thursday March 18th. Reci-tations may be taken with any of thegroups listed on the first year sched-ule. Laboratory assignments should bearranged for in Room 4-410.

UNDERGRADUATESOPHOMORE CLASS MEETING

There will be a mass meeting ofthe Sophomore Class in room 5-330today at 5 o'clock.

SOPHOMORE MIDWINTER DANCE

Sophomore Midwinter Dance is tobe held Friday in the Copley PlazaSwiss Room. "Tunesters." Tickets$2.50, on sale in Main Lobby 12-2any noon after Friday, March 12, orany noon this week.

TECH SHOW

There will be a rehearsal of thecotst, chorus and ponies ill the Walk-er gym on Saturday at 1:30 o'clock.

CATHOLIC CLU B

There will be a Communion Break-fast oil Sunday at 9 o'clock at theHoly Cross Cathedral. A breakfastwill be served at the Hotel Lenox.

SENIOR ENDOWMENT FUNDEXECUTIVE COM MITTEE

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TECH ClIRCUS

All groups planning onl putting ona stunlt of any kind at the Circus areal ged to inform Harry M. Boardman'26, of their plans in order to pre-vent duplication of stunts. He-.maybe reached at the Tech Show officeor at the Kappa Sigma house.

COPITHORNE READING

The programme for the fourth ofMr. M. R. Copithorne's readings dur-ing the current term, to be given atWalkter at quarter before seven onThursday evening, will comprise agl olp of short stories chosen fromthe great French masters of narra-tive of this type. It will include se-lections from Guy de Maupassant, Al-phonlse D~audet, Francois Coppee, andHonore de Balzac.

N. E. 1. C. WRESTLING

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