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Sale WednesdayArticle by Mining Engineer

Describes Life inMining Camps

Mining tactics employed in thewest in the early days will be de-scribed by Mr. Charles W. Goodale '75,in the feature article of the Technol-ogy Review to be put on sale Wednes-day. There will also be an article byMr. Edward McKernon, on "The Pressand the Public."

Mr. Goodale, in his article on "EarlyDays as a Mining Engineer in theWest" will describe conditions inwestern mining camps before therewas any pretense of civilization. Theauthor is retired at present, but in thepast he was engaged as a mining en-gineer, and contributed considerablyto mining engineering and metallurgi-cal journals.

Spoke to FreshmenMcKernon's article will contain es-

sentially what he discussed in his lec-ture to the freshman class recently.In addition, he will touch on the dutyand obligation of the public and sci-entific men and institutions to thepress.

There will be an article by C. How-ard Walker, lecturer on the Philoso-phy of Architecture at the Insttute, re-viewing Professor William Emerson's"On the Bridges of France," and alsoa wood-cut of Elisha Lee '92, whowill be president of the Alumni As-sociation during the coming year. Theusual departments will provide newsof alumni and courses.

DR. TWEEDY OF YALETO GIVE T. C. A. TALKS

Series of Religious LecturesWill Begin April 6

Repeating its practice of formeryears, the Technollogy Christian' As-sooia~tiioa will present a series of lec-tures April 6, 7, and 8, on subjects per-tain to, the relations of students andtheir fellow men. This - year thespeaker will be-Df. Henry H. Tweedy,of Ithe Yale Dlivinlity Siahobl. HItstheme will be the relation between re-ligion and science.

Dr. Tweedy has suggested that histopics will most likely be as follows:"Bellief in God and Cthe World of

Facts," "Jesus and the Successful

Life," and "Prayer and the Reign of

Law." In explaining the scope of lit

talks, Dr. Tweedy said, "My talk on Re-

ligion and Science can form the back-

ground of these and be elaborated in

the conferences with the students."

Besides speaking at the Institute,

Dr. Tweedy will deliver talks at-sev-

eral fraternity houses and also in the

dormitories. He wnill be the guest of

frateflnity men while here.

Last year the annual series of lec-

teures was given by Dr. H. H. Crane

of the Central Methodist Church, who

spoke on "Life." while the series two

years ago oonsisted of lectures on sex

hygiene and sex relationships, given

by Dr. F. N. Seerly, -Dean of the Y. M.

C. A. College of Springfield.

iAERO SOCIETY WILLHOLD SECOND SMOKERMr .C. Fayette Taylor, who has re-

cently joined the Staff of the Aero-

nautical Department and Lt. Alfe-d

M. Pride G., of the U. S. Naval Air

Service, will be the speakers at the

Aeronautical Engineering Society

smoker to be held in room 5-226 'at

7 :30 o'clock Wednesday.'The1Trenid of Modern Aeronautical

Engineering Design" is the subject ofMr. Taylor's talk. He was, until com-ing to the Institute, the engineer incharge of air-cooled aero engine re-search for the Wright Corporation; Heis now in charge of research work onaero engines in the Aeronautical De-partment of the Institute. -''Lt. ~Pride- wiU tell his. experiences

on "Land-Ing -A-rresters- for ShipbdaidUs."-Fortseveral years he has been

in tfie experimental division of theU; S. 14aval Air Service, working uponthe devices used to take up the shockof planes landing on decks and othersmall areas.

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Camp Technology Will be SiteOf Station-Work Starts

This Summer

TO INSTALL SEISMOGRAPH

New Device Will be RadicallyDifferent From Older

Instrument

Plans for a seismographic and geo-detic station equipped with the mostmodern apparatus for studying earth-quakes and readjustments in theearth's crust have been announcedby President Samuel W. Stratton.ICamp Technology, where fieldwork in Civil engineering is carriedon1 during the summer, has beenchosen as the site for the station. Thecamp comprises 800 acres of land onGardner Lake near East Machias, Me.,and is within a short distance of thesea. Because of the rocky founda-tion of the country and its isolationthe spot is well adapted for seismicinvestilgations. It will be the onlystation of its kind in the extremenortheastern section of the countryand will not duplicate the observa-tions of others.

This station, on. which work willbegin this summer, is established not-only for the obj-ect of seeking newknowledge toward solution of theproblem of earth crust movements,:seismic disturbances and readjust-ments beneath the surface, but todevelop experts in this~ branch of sci-ence.

Professor Hosmer in Charge

Professor George L. Hosmer of theCivil Engineering Department whowill be in active charge of the fieldwork, expects to establish a base linefrom which geodetic surveys can bestarted this year. The task requiresinstruments of great precision and aspecial theodolite has been built forthe purpose. The Invar precision tapewith which the base measurementswill be made is now being tested at

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FRESHMEN TO HEARMAORE COURSE TALKS

Professor Keyes Will OutlineCourse -V Today

Continuing the information lecturesOn courses for the first year men, theInstitute announces four more lecturesfor this week. They will cover coursesV, X, VII, and VINII, and will be givenby the heads of the respective depart-ments.

On Monday, Professor Frederick G.Keyes will outline his course inChemistry at 1 o'clock in room 102,5. He will discuss the work takenup in Course V, and the opportunritiesafforded graduates in this course. Thetalk will last about a half an hour.

Wednesday at the same hour inroom 10-275, Professor Warren K.T~ewis '05, will give a talk on CourseX. Two other lectures will follow, onThursday and Friday. Professor Sam-uel C. Prescott '94, will outline Biol-ogy and Public H-ealth on Thursdayand on Friday Professor Charles L.Norton '93 will describe Course VIII.All lectures will be held at 1 o'clockin, room: 10-275.

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Arrangements for the Spring Con-cert which is held every year duringJunior Week are now completed andas is the usual custom it will be heldon April 19, the evening before theJunior Prom. The Concert will beheld in the Louis XIV Ballroom ofthe Somerset Hotel and will last from8:30 until 10 o'clock. Dancing willimmediately follow until 3 o'clock.

This Concert is the last one whichwill be given this season as a Tech-nology affair and according to themanagement of the Clubs it is ex-pected to be the climax to a very suc-cessful season. Musical numbers onthe program will comprise most ofthose which have been well receivedat the other concerts and will be thebest numbers produced by the Clubsthis year.

Tickets are $6.00 a couple and willbe put on sale in the Main Lobby be-ginning April 5 from 12 until 2 o'clock.Seats may be reserved in a group forthe concert by those fraternities whoare having house parties during theweek. Refreshments will be servedduring an intermission at midnight.

Two other concerts will be held bythe Musical Clubs during the remain-ing part of the school year. A con-cert at Simmons will precede the oneduring Junior Week and a final ap-pearance at Wheaton College on thenight before their Junior Prom willofficially close the season.

TECHNIQUE OPENSREDEMPTION WEEK

Signups for Technique will be re-deemed the first four days of thisweek in the Main Lobby from 12 until3 o'clock. During this time the redemp-tionts will cost $3.00, but after Thufrs-day they will oost $4.00, and may 'beobtained in Ithe Technique office. TheBoard announces tllat the owner'sname will be engraved in gold on thecover for fifty cents extra.

Men at Rogers Bui'lding will be giv-en an opportrunity to redeem signups,on Friday from 3 to 5 o,'clock,at atable placed there for this purpose.

Technique Board announces that itwill have a booth at the Circus, atwhich old fashioned tin type pictureswill be taken. Real pictures will betaken of anyone who is willing topay the necessary fee.

Selections Exemplify PMusic From Days of

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Mr. Arthur Whiting's third and lastconcert, to be rendered tomorrow ev~e-ning in room 10-250 at 8:15 o'clock,will consist entirely of selections forthe piano played by Mr. Whiting him-self. The concert will be open tomembers of the staff, students, andtheir friends.

All of the selections representprominent compositions in separateperiods of development of music forthe piano. The first number, is a se-lection from the Prelude and Fugueby Bach, the classic composer of theeighteenth century. These pieceswere originally written for the clavi-chord, the instrument in popular usebefore the innovation of the piano, buthave been played frequently up to thepresent time.

Program Essentially ClassicSeveral classic numbers by Brahms,

and a suite by Handel, originallywritten for the harpsichord, the pre-cursor of the grand piano are in-cluded. The latter selection wastranscribed for the piano by Mr. Whit-ing.

Two groups from romantic writerscomplete the program. There are twolight selections from Debussy, whichrepresent the Modern Work of theFrench school, and selections fromChopin represent the nineteenth cen-tury romanticists.

Tracing the development of musicduring the last few centuries, the pro-gram will have examples of typicalclassic compositions. The numberscomprise several pieces such as Cho-pin's Polonaise Militaire and Bach'sPrelude, which are widely known.

are the upperclassmen, and it was sug-gested that the more inexperiencedmen be assigned to the higher classes.President Stratton remarked favora-bly on the idea saying that it wouldput the younger members of the staffmore on their mettle to have classesof men nearer their own age.

There was a discussion of the mer-its of having both June and Septem-ber examinations. Professor Tylersaid, "The June examinations (C. E.E. B.) are not quite in focus for whatwe want candidates to know." Hesaid that the latter can be obtainedby the September examinations andthat "we do not try to make themeasier to pass."

Suggest Less Entrance Conditions"Entranlce Chemistry should be

made an examination subject" was theopinion of almost all the men pres-ent, several also stating that they be-.lieved, however, that if less agroundshould be covered, What wastaught-could be given more,thorough;ly. Another general opinion was thatadmission with condition should berestricted t'o exceptional cases an d

:only a few though~~u-t that the entrac xeqiuirements should be made Warder.

Professor Tyler stated -that. Inl~the 'future this conference would be an]annual event. The luncheon followedIa meeting of the Eastern Associationof Physics Teachers held Saturdaymorning in room 10-275.a

To Teach First YearStudents

"What can the Institute and the

high schools do to maintain

strengthen science teaching in

schools?" was the general topic

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cussed at a luncheon given by the

Faculty Club to teachers of science

and mathematics in New England

high schools, Saturday at 12:30o'clock.

The luncheon was intended as a

conference between the Ctommittee

one Entrance -Requirements of, the In-

stitute and the teachers; Professor

Harry W. Tyler '84, chairman of the

Committee, presided, and a spiriteddiscussion-took place which lasted un-til 4 o'clock.

In answer to a query 'as to wheth-|er. the Institute .found freshmen not'Isufficiently pat~re. to grasp the work,'Professor, Tyler -replied that. from his|personal observation he would not3 ay'Ithat such was the case, -anid Pro-|fessor Henry G; Pearson -concurred.

Appeal. for Better Teachers.|President Sdniuel6 W; ,Stra~tton'-made

Ian appeal for better teachers for col-|lege freshmen, who are in need of|more aid from their instructors than

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GAMBRIDGE, MaASS., MONDAY, MARCH 29', 1926

WALKER WAITERS ARETAUGHT TO SERVE

Printed instructions telling how toserve food at the banquets in WalkerMemorial have been furnished to allthe student waiters emnployed by theDining Se vice, in order to improvethe service,, whlich has been criticizEquite frequently of late. These in-strucctions give cosplete informationconcernang ;pqradicta y all Ithi ngswhich the efficient waiter shouldknow.

Some idea as to what the prevai-l-ing opinion of the banquet servicewhi~ch is held by Institute men isseen lin the Temarks of Professor Rob-ert E. Rogers in a recent issue of theTechnology Review. He says, "Andthe waiters are dear good boys, a cred-it to the Institute for their effort, goodat the Calculus and adepts at throw-ing the hammer, but a little uncertaininn their stance when serving from theleft." Then, as a parting shot, headds, "And wve all know Walker any-way! "

WHITING CONCERTTOMORROW NIGHT

HALE HOUR RECESS ISGRANTED FOR CIRCUS

DAY PARADE APRIL 1ANNOUN4e

FIFTEEN MINUTESISPRING CONCERTTO BE APRIL 19! TAKENFROMEACH

OF NOON CLASSESArrangement Has Been Made

To Obtain All CostumesAt Special Rate

RULES ARE ANNOUNCED

Animals both wild and otherwise, a,rass band consisting of 20 musical (?)noise makers, not to mention a steamcalliope and many other featureswhich are necessary for a realisticcircus "peerade," will formally openCircus Day Thursday in a processionaround Great Court.

Permission from the Dean's officerto dismiss classes from 12:45 to 1:15o'clock has been granted, thus assur-ing plenty of time in which to viewthe spectacle. Much interest is beingshown in the parade this year, proba-bly due to the disappointment lastyear when bad weather caused thecancellation of the parade.

Arrangements were made by thecommittee last Saturday to have allcostumes purchased through the Hay-den Costume Co. at 786 WashingtonSt. This was done because a reducedrate was obtained for a large order.A very special rate of $2 each foranimal costumes has been obtainedand fraternities or others desiringsuch costumes are asked to make ar-rangements with C. Wesley Meytrott'27 as soon as possible. He will as-sign the various animals to appli-cants to prevent duplication. It isexpected that the steam calliope willbe obtained today.

Announce Beauty Contest RulesTwo lurid circus posters have been

placed on either side of the MainLobby depicting some of the majorfeatures of the circus proper. Oneis a picture of one of the contestantsin the Tech Show beauty contest.

Tech Show announces the follow-ing rules for their beauty contest:"We have only one, it is: You mustbe the reason why boys leave home.Remember you need curves (the fun-nier the better); snappy eyes and anaughty mouth; and no clothes in par-ticular, but a wonderful smile." Abeauty parlor will be provided at theCircus for entrants in the beauty con-test.

All stunts for the Circus must be inby noon Tuesday. There is still roomfor a few more booths if they are apeplied for immediately. Ring stuntsare particularly desired. A meetingof the entire Circus Committee will beheld in the Faculty Dining RoomTuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock.

FRESHMAN DEBATERSLOSE TO LACONIA

Technology's freshman DebatingTeam was decisively defeated by ateam from Laconia High School whenthe judges mast a unanimous vote forthe New Hampshire boys. The sub-ject was "Resolved; that the UnitedStates should enter the League ofNations" and the Institute freshmensupported the affirmative.

Laconia showed a superior brand ofdebating ability, with the Technologyteam unable successfully to refute thearguments offeied. Another contrib--uting factor to the defeat was poorpresentation by the -Institute fresh·men.

CALENDARMonday, March 29

4:00-Lecture on the 'Theory of Relxtivity.by Prof. The deDonder,' room 4-270.

5:00-Alumni Council Dinner Sheeting,Dining' .11oomn.

. Tuesday, March 30 .4:00 '-Meeting of Officers of the Juniior

Class. Walker Conimitotee Roomr6:00-Meeting of the Circus Committee

Faculty' Dining KdoUM, Wallser.. ';'5j:00--Tch Show ' Reliearsal, North Hall,··

'WaliUeP. ''15:00-Te.ch Eng-fleerIng Newss meeting.,

Walker Committee Room.8:15-WhIting -Concert,, ioom 10-250:8:30-Baton Societty dance, North Hall,,

Walkver.':Wednesday, March 31

7:30-Aero Society Smoker, room 5-226.Thursday, April 1

8:00-Monster Tech Circus, CambridgeArmory.

Committee On Entrance RequirementsDiscusses Possibilities of Changes

Home Made For Dog-'By Dormitory Men

Rescued from the downpour aweek -ago yesterday, a scraggleypup has found a new home inNichols. The boys have made ahome- for the wayfarer, and areintensely proud of their newmascot. The pup is a little.fel-low, 4vith short white hair, spot-ted on the ears and back withblacks'! He looks sadly in needof a bath.

Nbt.disturbed by the bustle ofthe institute, the little fellowmak6es-,himself at home every--wher' in Walker. -Last Satur-day'diuring.lunch hour he.we; -found 'sniffing 'aroun'd, WalkerDining Hall; He has -made ranyfriends, -shd r e.hc' if :aivay§-somebody who'-finds at morsdlfor him to eat while he is visit-ing the cafeteria.

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In charge of this issue: John Lovejoy '29

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THES DIARY OF A YOUNG LADYIOF FASHION IN THE YEAR1764-1765: By Cleone Knox, edit-I

EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTiEditoria; Board|

J H. Melhado '27 P. L. McGuane '27 W. H. Hossie '2E E. L. Welcrng 2Z7 i

Features DepartmentPhotographic Editor

H. A. Wlllough~by Sp.Features Writers

H. T. Gerryr '29Cartoon ist

L. Seron '29NEWS AND SPORTS

DEPARTM ENTSNight Editors

Andrew Anderson, Jr. '27 E. J. Gohr '26C. -A. Bartlett '27 J. D. Goldberg '26A. J. Buckley '27 A. D. Green '26

NewswritersG. I. Chatfield '28 E. D. Lissner '26A. L. HI. Darragh '28 John L~ovejoy "29

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

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Though her spelling, gra~maT amdsyntax are not always fmseecembfie,she seems to have been, al hkeablj& andplayful minx with many au, interestinglittle affair of which sie, tiells withnaive frankness. Tim.e to, cHess; fordinner so I must needs lay. asfdle thyebook, much as I hate to.

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All my efforts to get back to) th}book have been of no avaiL Kn~w,-ing that once I got my nose. into) the,book, I would be of no more use to- heruntil it was finished, Mother has kept'me busy at other things andi m~y emL-deavours have come to naung. ]Itlooks like rain, so perhaps I shall have.an opportunity to read more ot. TheDiary.

Marchi 28thi.Finlished The Diary. Was deligcts

with it! It became even better- as itwent on. The frankness of the at-tractive little Irish girl was, indeed:charming as she told of the romanticadventures in Venice-everythingfrom her own flirtations to the seduce-tion of one of her maids by the gon-.dolier. Nor did she miss the gallantacts of her brother, which culminatedin a frustrated attempt to elope witha worldly and alluring young nun.Had he not tried to marry her, therewould have been little fuss, as itseemed generally understood that thenuns must be amused, and the lesssaid of their little games the better--trying to marry her was the only in-discretion! How much the hard work-ing-college man of today would enjoyVenice !

The livfely diary writer, Miss Knox,was particularly adept at picking upinteresting and handsome young men,even though enamoured of a not-too-well-off man of the world at homewho later made her a happy husband.and fathered her twelve children. Shetells of a "killing devil of a naval of-ficer," various wicked men of thehaute noblesse of every country vis-ited, (all hard smitten with. her andLall imploring the favour of a rendez-vous) young military men, "handsomeenough to be forgiven for anything,"'and all sorts of other interesting peo-ple, all of whom. helped to mak~e her-"Grand Tour" of the Con~tinent a longround of pleasure.

A clean, yet frank and. open, d-escrip-tion of life in Ireland of the Eighat-eenth Century, of the sumptuous. lux-ury of France just before the Rlevolu-tion, of the gaiety of Venice at carni-val time, and of the social bustle ofLondon, the book is one oaf the mostentertaining that it has been. my goodfortune to read in many a long day.

MANAGING BOARDGk. C. HoUston. '27 .... Gneral ManagerJ. D. Crawford '27 ........ } i~dtozF. E. Anderson '27 ... Mlanaging EditorW. H. Reed '27 .... Business Manager

ASSOCIATE BOARDD. Ray Knox '27 .............. News EditorA. S. Richmond '28 ............ Sports Editor0. XV. Rideoust '28 ......... Features E3ditor1B. V. Iewls '28 ................ TreasurerW. E. King '28 ........... Circulation ManagerP. E. Ruch '28 .... Advertising lMsnager

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 Monxday, Wodnesday

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

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ed by her kinsman, Blacker Kerr.D. Appelton & Co. $2.50.

March 24th.Today I started The Diary of a

Young Lady of Fashion in the Year1764-1765, a fascinating book pur-porting to be the veritable diary ofone Cleone Knox, an Irish lass ofgood family. The publishers quotesome one on the cover who says thatthe book is as "exhiliarating as cham-pagne" so I have high hopes. It iswritten in a fetching style which Imust strive to emulate, Imitation be-,ing the sincerest sort of Flattery.

ReportersPaul Keough '29 J. A. RussellR. H-. Blair '29 G. R. TaminosianM. Brimberg '29 A. S. Walton

I E. A. Michelman '29 R. T. Wise

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D. M. Sturznickle, '28 Rene Simard '28

C. R. Oleson '28 C. J. Hurd '29D. L. Dunklee '29

Circulation DepartmentAssistant ManagerC. W. Taylor '28

StaffD. R. Donovan '28 J. W. Palmer '29

D. S. Parsons '29Treasury Division

Assistant TreasureriJ. M. Farnum, '28

StaffA. C. Pforzheimer '29

The Lounger takes the floor to ex-press his opinion of some of the pub-licity stunts pulled by many of ourmore enterprising activities and someof those that are less energetic. Thatthese stunts are obnoxious and bor-ing to the majority of students thereis not the slightest doubt. That someof them are worthy only of patentmedicine high-pressure sales cam-paigns the-re is also not the slightestdoubt. The Junior Prom Committeeand the Musical Clubs methods areexamples in point.

The initiators of these stunts haveoverlooked the fact that their con-stant pummeling eventually makesthe solar plexus of the jaded creaturesthat roam the corridors tender. Theyforget that an antipathy is set upthat harms their cause. They forgetthat the students are not all moronsam-enable to petty fooling and highsechoolish tom. toming.

They also have not conceived ofthe fact (save one) that more ingen-~uity and craftsmanship might be em-ployed in their publicity work andfewer naive stunts used involvinghandbills, suspense posters, and sim-ilar rubbish. The Lounger points tothe Tech Show announcements re-cently mailed to the Alumni and tothe Freshman Lecture posters nowexhibited as examples of intelligentp)ublicity addressed to intelligent read-ers.

Of course this Loungorial outburstwill fall on barren ground, but in dis-pensing therewith the Lounlger has ap-peased his wrath and soothed hisnerves. For which he thanks God.It is not good for a Lounger not to begay and ribald.

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COPLEY: "False Pretenses."-The firstAmerican presentation of Ian Hay'slatest comedy.

HOLLIS: "Seventh Heaven."-And it willcarry y ou as high as that.

NEW PARK: "Rain."1-A bit of good act-ing.

MAJESTIC: "Big Parade."1-A war filmthat recalls precious memories.

PLYMOUTH: "The Judge's Husband."-An enjoydable comedy of marital prob-

lems and triumph.REPERTORY: "Circle."-Another Somer-

set Maughan play.SHUBERT: "Captain Jinks."1-A dancing

show.We LBUR: "Alorna of the South Seas."1-

The usual musdcal comedy.

Spirit of Exrcellence

Most indiv'duals welcome clothesmade in styles that are standards.These are the leaders in everyfield of endeavor, who dedicatethemselves to high achievement.Excellence in the field of appareland style is inseparabely associrated with_-

DCSEK FENOwhich namne and product has beenfor a quarter of a century faith-fully maintained with the spiritof excellence.

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iHonor System IsFunctioning Well,

A rchitects Find'Eacult and Students at Rogers

Pleased With ResultsiOf The System

liPtetfesor Williiam Emerson, head'of the, Depa~rtent of Architecture,expresed hrimself as thoroughly in fa-vuor- of th9e honor system which hasbeen in, use at Rogers for five years..He. believes that it will continue to'be saifctory, but doubtss the appli-'cabilityr of the method to all of the In-stitu~t~e; in vriew of the existent sizeand, lack: of unification of interestfound: at T~echnology. "I feel that thehonor system is as efficient as anyother," Professor Emerson stated in arecent interview, "for dishonest indi-viduals winl fid a means of cheating,whatever method is used for govern-ing them.. But the important featureof the system: is not its efficiency.. Itis the trainng given the student in re-sponsibility anid self-control thatmaktes it worthI! while."

When the. student government planwas adopted a~t Rogers in 1921, thehonor system was inaugurated as apart of it. The id~ea was put forwardby thte members of the ArchitecturalSocietyr, comprising practically the en-tire studenrt bod~y, and soon receivedthe approval of the Faculty. On ev-ery examinlation paper the student isrequired to pledge his word 'of honorthat he has neither given nor re-ceived assistance and that he will re-port all violations of the system.ViTer v~iolater of the peldge is apeprelherd~ed, he is given a double Fwhich requires him to repeat thecourse and he is put on probation forone, year. In case of second offensethe student is dismissed froi4 school.

An adld~itional punishment, institu-ted last year, is the announcement be-fore th~e assembled student body ofthe guilt of thle violater. This newplan has provred its effectiveness bythe fact that there have been no ap-prehensions since its adoption, while

'in previous years the number of mis-creants varied from one to three.

Alan K. Laing '26, Chairman of theStudcent Council, was emphatic in hisexpression of faith in the honor sys-,tem. H~e said that the only flaw atpresent is the hesitation on the partof the students to report misdemean-

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The Lounger hereby signifies hiswillingness to accept the lyrics of anyof his readers for publication in thiscolumn. There is no limitation on theform-sonnets, triolets, limericks, jin-gles-evren blank and free verse areacceptable. He must insist, however,that blank verse and rhyme be placedin separate strophes. Furthermore, thepoetry should be pertinent to Tech-nology and must mean something totile Lounger, if possible. Following,is an example.

The Poets' Corner

Guya and Bill went up the hillIn search of forbidden knowledge.

Guy blushed red and William fledBefore the taunts of Lobby.

Lives of great men all remind meThat I am honored and sublime,

Said the Senior Week CommitteemanIn selfE-exulting pantomtime.

The following sfrom The ConningTower by F. P. A. is too good not torepeat,When lovely woman stoops to folly.

And finds too late that men betray,She writes a nov el melancholy,

And also writes a little play.

(The Lounger offIers to explain theabove poetry to anyone who appliesto him by mail.)

EVERYTHING IS BUNCOMBE

5,xUITHIIN the past two years, II. LJ. Mencken, through the medium'TT of hisAmerican Mercury has achieved fame among the masses

as a critic of Amnerican life, manners and literature. His is anattitude strikingly contrasted with that assumed by the conserva-tive stand-pat magazine editor. Where the Right Wing stood uponthe accepted thing, upon tradition and convention and expediencyas its platform, Mr. Menckllen has championed the radical Left. Hehas ranted against the part of society represented by Mr. Babbitt.He has heaped in-vectives upon the heads of the promoters of allforms of intolerance-P~undamentalism, Prohibition, and ,the KuKlux :Klan. Hle has derided the mannerisms and affectations ofthe hypothetical " average Americean. " Particularly, has he op-posed "buncombe" and "bilge," the propaganda designed to elim-inate individual thinking and substitute stereotyped formulae inits stead.

Mr. Meneken is not the only well known critic of Ameri'cana,but it, is his pen that has popularized cynical criticism and broughtit to the attention of the mob. The first novels and essays on thesubject gathered dust on book-shop shelves, but the green coveredmagazine succeeded inl preaching into the very entrails of America.Todays if he is to be really smart and clever and sophisticated, hemust shudder at the thought of a "tank towcn" and scoria a productof the "Bible Belt." "Thinking college men"~-editors of collegepapers in particular-have taken a tip from Mr. Mencken and haveflayed wide open their college authorities and the curricula on theground that most professors are fossilized asses and that most ofthe curricula are pur e " buncombe. "

We have long wondered whether Mr. Menckenl was actuallythe antagonist of propaganda be presumes to be or whether hewas using that as an excuse to write bombastic attacks on every-one and everything. We have suspected that he was 11ot all thathe claimed to be until the appearance of the editorial in the currentissue of his magazine. H~e proceeds to arrlaignl the radical under-g raduate and young professor' form perpetrating " buncombe " inthei'r own sallies against tile "buncombc" of their elders. He pointsout the obviously sound principle that one must first have the con-ventional educational foundation on which to build, that most col-

le-e students are mentally unripe and have no right to have the"political heresies" of the world paraded before them.

This time, we see a leader turn on his uninvited followers as onewXoulld turn on the uninvited companionship of a stray dog. Hisreprimand is severe, and it should have a cooling effect upon the ac-tivities of tile radical, anti-everything college propagandist, manyof whom wvork in the mistaken belief that they are deputies of Mr.M~encken.

THE DOWNTRODDEN

nN THE charge that fraternities and sororities are unldemocratic,x} engender snobbisllness, and make for a poor scholastic record fortheir mellllers, the School of Religious Education at Boston Univer-sity " advised " its students that they avere to resign from theirfraternal organizations or else refrain from registering at the school-next fall. The Boston UnqiversityJ News quotes the Dean of the school:"I think that there is a place in college life for dramatic clubs, liter-ary clubs, and debating clubs, bult fraternities and sororities havelno place in a democratic institution."

Whether or not the Dean of the school has personal knowvledgeof fraternity life, and whether or not his statements can be provedfrom conditions at Boston University are not of much import. Fromexperiences at Technology, wve doubt that anyone could prove a sim-ilar case here. What is most striking, is the barrier of restrictionsthat trainers of religious workers throwe up around their charges.Y. M. C. A. workers, professional lay workers in churches, tand mitn-isters, of the churches themselves are always separated fr om therest of society by a barrier of prejudice. Sulch workers have thisprejudice to overcome when they try to mix: with others.

We have always had a feeling of respectful pity for anyonewho would brave the opinions of hiN fellows and go into religiouswork as a profession. They do have a difficult time in living down.t~he stigma of their profession, and we pity the students who havethis additi~onal burden thrown upon their shoulders. It is as ifeveryone pointed at them with scorn: "You are different from therest of the world. You are the standard against -which we arejudged. You need protection."

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BETAS WILL OPPOSELAMBDA CHI ALPHA

Fraternity Basketball Cham-pions To Be Deternniaed

When Lambda Chi Alpha meetsBeta Theta Pi in the Hangar Gymnext Tuesday evening at 7:45 P. M.for the interfraternity' basketball cham-pionship, the race for title holder inthis tournament will come to a cli-max. Both teams have been goingin great style all of the season, par-ticularly the Lambda Chis who ap-plied the brush to the strong SigmaNu outfit one evening last week.

Far be it from the writer to makeany attempt to predict the probablewinner of the fracas as this is some-thing which even Einstein with allhis equipment and parapb ernaliawould be forced to let slide. Proba-bility curves may have their value incertain kinds of forecasts and prog-nostications but when two Technol-ogy fraternities square off for thechampionship of a basketball race,anything is liable to happen.

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court, the winners taking the game "lain sales.by an avalanche of lucky shots from * *mid-court. May 22 this year will be a real

"National Crew Day." Every easternDefeat St. Johns Varsity crew will be entered in a re-

The Cardinal and Gray yearlings gatta. Harvard, Penn and Tech rowcame right back with another victory on the Charles; Princeton, Yale andover the Northeastern aggregation in Cornell meet at Ithaca in the Carne-the Hangar. The splendid teamwork gie Cup Regatta; and Syracuse rowsof the winners was again in evidence. Annapolis on the Severn.their short shots featuring the play. * * * * *

On January 23, the Strong St. John's Although compulsory physical train-prep five invaded the Hangar and ing for the freshman ends in threemet their equal in the Engineers. The more weeks, we sincerely hope thatplay was the roughest that the Insti- there will be no let up in the num-tute players have experienced so far ber of freshmen reporting at the boat-this season. It was the first setback house daily. There always is athat the Saints received all season. slight diminution of aspirants at thatThe playing on both factions was period but in practically every case,about even at half time with the the men who go at crew. just bePrepsters having an advantage of four cause they have to and drop it thepoints. In the second half, by bril- minute they have the chance, are theliant playing, the Engineers crept men who prove of no value to theup within one point of the visitors, crews anyhow.where the latter lost out on the in-ability to tally foul shots. The final Professor Herbert C. Libby of thescore was 26-25. public speaking department of Colby

The Engineers lost the next two en- College was recertly sworn in ascounters to much superior teams in mayor of Waterville. In remarkingthe Boston Boys' Club, and Andover. on his election the professor said:-However on February 27, Tilton Acad- '"One of the chief reasons I am will-emy came and met the frosh in the ilg to take on additional duties isWalker gym. Tilton in every respect that for sixteen years I have beenhad a well working quintet and at the trying to impress my students withend of the half led the Cardinal and the imperative necessity of taking anlGray by fourteen points. In the final abiding interest in the affairs of theirhalf a different story was told as the goverent's polices.":' w < '

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TOTAL 340 294 Arrangements are under way to se-cure Physical Director McCarthy tohandle the whistle in the battle ofGreeks, a fact which insures a mini-

,mum of blows below the belt Oneof the major difficulties with the se-ries o E games this year and in pre-vious years has been the laxness ofthe officiating but all of this will beobliterated with McCarthy on thesmall end of the horn.

Ernie Hinck has been busy eversince the close of the Varsity seasonmaking an attempt to whip the Beta'sinto anything like championship formand whether or not he has succeededwill be decided on Tuesday evening.

MISS GILLISPublic Stenographer

Games played, 11. Games won, 7.

By Carl Bernhardt '28 Engineers worked as a machine andsoon overcame the visitors' lead towin by a score of 37-33.

On March 6 in the Hangar gym,Harvard lost to the Institute year-lings, the first happening of this kindin several years. The Engineers dis-playing their best form of the seasonovercame a small Harvard lead inthe first minute of play and held theCrimson at bay throughout the tus-sle to win by a 30-25 score.

In the final game of the season, theBrown frosh lost to the Engineer fiveby a 35-28 score.

By defeating the Brown Universityfreshmen two weeks ago last Satur-day at Providence, the Cardinal andGray yearling court aggregationwound up their season in a blaze ofglory. All told the Engineers turnedin seven victories out of the elevengames played, suffering only four de-feats.

This year's freshman five is by farthe best which has graced an Insti-tute floor in many a season. Coachedby Berny Morgan and H. P. McCarthythe team practiced in conjunctionwith the Varsity in the Hangar andin the practice sessions between thetwo teams the Varsity had no time tostall as the yearlings had them on thejump every minute. The results of thepractice games between the twoteams ivere very close, and althoughthe Varsity took the majority of thegames the yearlings were not muchoutclassed.

Win Over NortheasternIt is an interesting feature of the

frosh, that four men on the squadstand over six feet, and this heightadvantage helped their cause consid-erably. The six footers are CaptainBrockelman, McClintock, Allen andDame. The key to their success wasin the game that they played. Prac-ticitg daily in the Hangar the teamdeveloped a fast short pass whichproved very effective in their games.This press strengthened the teamworkof the yearling machine and it wasthis feature that turned in a majorityof their wins. Very seldom were shotstried from mid-court, so great wasthe co-ordination of the team.

The Engineer frosh started the sea-son right in annexing the initial gamewith the Northeastern frosh Decem-ber 8 in the Boston Y. M' C. A. gym.The final score was 40-8. The team-work of the Engineers was the out-standing feature of the game. Dur-ing the last half the Back Bay lads

,were unable to score from the fieldso close did the invaders check theirmen.

A week later the Engineers suc-cumbed to the Tufts yearlings by 19-38 count. Berny Morgan's chargesplayed first class basketball butthrough the loss of two men by thepersonal foul route the game was lost.Then came a one sided victory overLuke Bannon's Rockland High Schoolteam in the Hangar. However, thesecond reverse came from the SalemHigh School team at the latter's

Things are beginning to look likespring up In the region of the b-oat-house, in spite of the fact that Firi-day's practice was marred by a com-bination fall of snow, stleet and rain.This condition however, failed tophase the Cardinal and Gray oarsmenfor a majority of the crew bravedthe elements to get in their daily stint.*****

Thexle were three varsity eights andone froth crew on the Charles Friday,all engaged in stiff workouts. Thevarsity and 150's rowed up to Watetr-town and back; a contest that tookthe gimp out of even the staunchestrower.

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Incidentally in this little practicebrush the varsity ran the 150 poundersragged. The light men were decisive-ly taken over by their heavier rivalseven -though they had a start of aboutthree or four lengths.

When Bill Haines stepped from thelaunch on Friday, hid-den by a thickshr-ound of snow, the first remark ofthe crew mentor was, "It's one of thenights you enjoy coaching." Such en-thusiasm will go a long way in ac-counticng for Tech's rowing success un-der the Hwines' regime at the boat-house.

In accordance with the recent Tec-Show-M. I. T. A. A. combine, the en.-tire cresw squad has plegded itself toboost the sale of tickets for the Bos-ton performances of the show. After ashort talk by Bob Bigelow, in whichhe stressed the need of funds by In-stitute athletics, each man was givenseveral contract cards with which to

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Monday, Mirch, 29, 1926 THE TECH

Engifneer Freshman FiveEnds Successful Season

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Coaches Were Anxious to HaveVacant Date Filled

After much negotiating the Tech-

nology track management has finallycome to terms with Colby College and

has arranged a meet with them to be

held at Waterville, Maine, on May 8.

This date had previously left a gap

in the schedule and the coaches wereanxious to get it filled. The M. I. T.A. A. officials are expressing satis-faction in the fact that the track teamhas been able -to secure a meet with aNew England college which is as care-ful of its eligibility as Technology.

Colby Weak in High JumpColby has a fine track record and

the Cardinal and Gray will have toexhibit a well balanced team to beatthem. Mittlesdorf of Colby won the100 yard dash and placed second inthe 220 in last year's New Englands.Brown, another veteran, took secondin the quarter mile in the same meelt.In Somone, half miler and miler, andBrundo, miler and two miter, the Col-b~y team has a pair of experienced run-ners who .hav~e been consistentlyplacing for the past two years. Tay-lor, who captured second in the highhurdles in last year's New Englands,wrill oppose Steinbrenner in thisevent.

As the Maine college has lost theirbest weight man, Saul Brodskyshould have no trouble in capturinghis points. Colby is in as bad pre-dicament as Tech inl that neither ofthem have any good high jumpers,so in this meet, at least, the Insti-tute might be able to garner a fewextra points.

Cole Wins SabreChampionship In

A mateur MatchesLevis Annexes Third in Foils

Losing Only to FamousLane Brothers

EPEE MEET POSTPONED

Cole and Levis, stars of Technolo-gy's fencing team, proved their abil-ity Saturday night when the formerannexed the sabre championship ofNew England and the latter placedthird in the matches for the foilschampionship in the A. P. L. A.. meet.The Amateur Fencing League ofAmerica controls all non-intercollegi-ate fencing in the country and thismeet, which was held under their aus-pices, was for the championships ofNew England. Sam Cole defeated allcomers in the sabres, outpointinlg suchmen as Sargent, formerly of the Uni-versity7 of Nebraska, and Margolis ofthe University of Chicago'

Both Levis and Cole entered thefoils matches and Levis came outthird, being defeated only by thefamous Lane brothers, who are nowin Harvard's Graduate School of Law.Levis displayed some of his best formand was beaten only after hard andgruelling matches. If Levis can putup as good a fight in the Intercolleg-iates at New York next week end hewill have no difficulty in capturing theIntercollegiate foils championship.

Fail to Place in Due.1.injIn the duelling swords the Lane

brothers again carried off the firstand second honors. Captain Cole andLevis managed to get into the semi-finlals but at that stage were put outof the running. C~ole will accompanyLevis to the Intercollegiates and willprobably enter both the duellingsword and sabre matches.

Being unable to obtain an officialdirector Tech and Harvard had tocall off the meet which they hadscheduled for Friday night. Thismeet was to consist of epees only andwas for the epee championship ofNew England. The meet has beenpostponed until the Intercollegiates inNew York and will take place there.The Tech epee team, consisting ofCapt. Cole and Joe Levis, is confidentof capturing the honor of the cham-pion team of this district.

John D. Rockefeller,' Jr., has an.-nounced a drive by Phi Beta Kappa toraise a sesquicentenial fund of $1,-000,000 for the advancement of thecause of scholarship. The aim is toerect a memorial building at Wil-liam and Mary College. to commemo.rawte the Fifty Founders.

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ors of others, but he believes the ten-dency to be toward improvement of'that"' condition. Laing, in giving hisopinion of the system, said, "On thewhole the system is proving worthwhile. There is still room for im-provement, but I am sure that thereis much less 'cribbing' on examina-tions now than under the formerproctor plan." He agreed with Pro-fesor Emerson, that the success of thehonor system if applied to the entireInstitute, would be rather doubtful,unless a radical change for more uni-ter of interest is made.

studies and the astronomical observa-tory~ already established on the sitewill be part of the station.

In addition to beginning work onthe base line this year, measurementof the angles in triangulation surveyswill involve erection of several towersabout 50 feet high to allow u-nobstruct-ed observation above the tree tops.A line of precise levels will also bestarted.

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ployment Bureau

Although spring has just arrived,the Technology Christian Associationhas been able to secure a number ofpositions for students expecting towork this summer, according toGrant G. Speer '26, manager of theT. C. A. employment bureau.

Many of the jobs are unusual intheir nature, and range all the wayfrom caring for children to acting asticket agent for the New Haven Rail-road. It is suggested that those whodesire special types -of work comeinto the office and see Mr. Speer orMiss Piper so that they can seeksuch a position in a systematic man-ner.

Camp Counsellors WantedCamp counsellors are the, most in

demand, there being openings for sixor eight, while there is a call for amature man to be the director of aY. M. C. A. camp for boys. Tutorsare also wanted, and it is especiallydesired to secure a student to godown to, the beach this summer tobecome one of a family, and in re-turn to tutor three children, and di-rect them in their summer recreation.The requirements of this position areunusually strict, as the applicantmust be of robust build, must be agood swimmer, good golfer, goodhorseman, good tennis player, goodautomobilist, good baseball player,must be very congenial, must he agood mixer, and a credit to the fam-ily that is to secure his services. Al-though the compensation is very' at-tractive no student has as yet showedup who measures up to the qualifica-tions desired. If such a man exists,he is requested to visit the T. C. A.office as soon as possible to arrangefor an interview.

Canadian Offer O~penA firm in Canada has requested a

Course XV man for fixing piece ratesin a, manufacturing firm in Monltreal,while the New Haven Railroad hasan opening for a ticket agent anldbaggage master in a well knownbeach resort on the New Englandcoast.

Landscape gardening is one of thepositions on hand, a student beingdesired who can operate a tractorand take charge of a gang of labor-ers engaged in landscape gardening.Sal-es jobs are of icourse always onhand in the T. C. A. offlte, but ac-cording to Mr. Speef, scientific stu-dents are very reluctant to acceptsuch a job, and will even. work forless money as long as it comes reg-ularly each weekl.

DOUGLASS DESCRIBESNOMOGRAPHIC CHART

Riley to Address MathematicsClub on Wednesday

"Nomographic Charts" -were dis-cu~sse~d by Mr. Raymond Douglass ofthe Mathematics Department at ameeting last Thursday evening.

These echarts are a graphical methodof solving an equation containing anumber of variables for the value ofone of the variiable~s, the others beinggiven. The method is described asbased on determinants and consists ofa number of lines marked off to scaleand Tepresen-ting the different vari-ables. Lines are drawn between theknown variables to lIooate! the specificvalue of the unkno-wil. variable on itslines.

This method is a short out -%vay ofsolving for many different values ofan involved equation. Mr. Douglasscited the case of yearly data assembledby the Telephone C~ompany. It wouldtake at least a weelk to calculate tais.data but a man familiar with thismethod devised the proper charts insix hours and solved for tile results inthree hours.

Wednnesday evening. at S o,'cloch ilNoreth Hall, Walker, Profe-ssor Jose-phC. Ri'ley '9S, of the Mechanical Engine,ering Departmelnt will speak on "JustPlane Motion." This is a discussion ofsome of the work Professor Riley hasbeen doing for the last year and dealsu ith the movement of a plane figurein a plane and with rolling figures andthe-ir contacts and impacts. Officersfor iiext yeer, will bie elected at thismeetint,'

BATON HOLDS DANCETOMORROW EVENING

Eaton, an honorary society com-posed of Musical Club men, will con-duct a dance for all 'mem~bers of theQ'ilbs tomorrows evening' from 8:30 to12 in North Hall, Walker. LeonardR~emingtonl's orchestra wvill furnishthe muisic. The dance is an annualevent sponsored by Baton for mem-bers of the Mlusical Clubs.

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It is known that relatively largechanges have taken place in the lati-tude and longitude of certain estab-lished points on the earth's surface.Some of these are caused by syste-matic variations, and earthquakescause other changes. But there arecertain movements of the earth'scrust that cannot be attributed toany known cause.

Surveys Reveal Land ChangesWithin recent years scientists

have been puzzled by a tilting of theland toward the sea. These changes,which have been detected in the lev-eling work of the Coast and GeodeticSurveys, cannot he wholly accountedfor by any known tidal action or riseand fall in the land.

It is expected that the seismograph-which will later be installed at thestation for the measurement of earth-quake wav~es will be one recently de-veloped by Dr. Harry O. Wood and J.A. Anderson of the Mount Wilson Ob-servatory in California. The newinstrument differs radically from theolder forms of the seismograph. It hasthe advantage of a short vibrationperiod, which is important in measur-ing the waves of earth shocks, and ishighly accurate.

It will record photographically in-sstead of mechanically as the older in-struments do, and because of itslight weight will be less subject tonechanical difficulties due to friction

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The Department of English andHistory announces that the first of aseries of Duo-Art concerts by Pen-field Roberts will be held Wednesday,March 31, at one o'clock, in room2-270. These concerts will be similarto those given in the regular coursein Appreciation of Music, and all in-terested are invited to attend.

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TECH CIRCUS

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

CIRCUS COMMITTEE

There will be a meeting of the en-tire Circus Committee in the Facultydining room tomorrow at 5 o'clock.

A. 1. E. E. CONVENTION

All student papers to be writtenfor the A. I. E. E. Convention mustbe in by April 22. They should besent to Stuart John '26, as soon aspossible.

FRATERNITY TECH SHOW SEATS

All fraternities, clubs or societiesdesiring blocks of seats for the Jun-ior Week performance of TechShow, which comes on1 Tuesday, April20, are asked to make their applica-tions before Saturday, April 3.

MINING ENGINEERING SOCIETY

There will be a meeting-of theMining Engineering Society in theWest Lounge of Walker at 7:30o'clock Wednesday. Professor Hutch-inson will describe his South Africantrip. Smokes and refreshments free.Everyone invited, especially fresh-men.

T. C. A. BO:)OK EXCHANGE

The Book Exchange has at presenta demand for T-squares and triangles.If you have them to sell, bring themlo the Exchange.

MATH EMATICS CLUB M EETI NG

Professor Josephl C. Riley- will ad-dress the Mathematics Club on "JustPlalle Motion"' ill Northl Hall, Walker,Wednesday evexling at 8 o'clock. Elec-tiOnl Of officers for next year will belleld.

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There will be a, meeting- of. thefreshman , and Varsity swimmingteams this afternoon at five o'clock,in room 2-190.

AERO SOCIETY-SMOKER

Mr. C. F. Taylor -and Lt. A. M.Pride will address tXe members ofthe Aero Society at teir smoker, inroom 5-226 at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday.

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Camp TechnologyWill Have A New LAW STUDENTS

THE -BOSTONUNIVERSITY LAW

SCHOOLTrains students In prln-

ciples of the law and thetechnique of the profes-sion and prepares themfor active practice wher-ever the English systemof law prevails. Coursefor LL.B., fitting for ad-mlisslon to the bar, re-quires three school years.

IPost graduate course ofone year leads to degreeof L L. M.

Two years of collegeinstruction is required foradmission.

Limited Special Schol.arships $75 per year toneedy college graduates.

For Catalogue AddressHOMER ALBERS, Dean

11 Ashburton Place,Boston

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LAFAYETTE DEBATETONIGHT CANCELLED

Pennsylvania Team Cancels ItsEntire Northern Trip

Due to a misundserstandring withBoston University, Lafayette has can-celledl its trip north, and will notdebate Technology tonight, as Grig-inlally planned, as it felt that it couldnot afford. to come up here for onedebate only.

The subject of the debate vas tohave been: "Resolved, that the UnitedStates should enter the League of Na-tions." Lafayette had the' affrm~ative,and a now system was to have beenu-sed in regard to the time allotted toeach speaker, as fifteen minutes, directspeeches were to be used, with a fiveminute r ebuttal by the affirmativeonly.

According to Ralph T. Jope '28, whoreoeived the telegram from Lafayettelast Saturdaay afternoon, no mentionwas made of the exact nature of themisunderstanding with Boston Univer-,sity, and no hint was given as towhether any other debate will be heldto take the place of this one.