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As the news that Russia hadlaunched an artificial satellite ofEarth broke over North America thenight of October 5, a group of MITand Harvard scientists were ready'ith MIT's IBM 704 computer totrack the satellite if possible. They!~ere disappointed, however, for thisreason: the orbit of the "moon" isso planned that it will be in-visible'henever it is over the United

States, and in fact most of the West-ern Hemisphere.

Visible Only At TwilightThe satellite, less than two feet in

diameter, is for the next two weeks,Visible only at twilight, as it thenreflects the sun's light against thedarkening backdrop of the sky. The=atellite will not be over North Amer-ica at twilight.

Moonwatch Network UselessOperation Moonwatch-a division

of the Geophysical Year, with 150visual, radar, and radio tracking sta-tions-is, therefore, out of the pic-ture as far as tracking the Russiansatellite is concerned. MIT's Compu-tation Center is ready to handle anyinformation it can get on the satel-lite-possibly radio or radar mightbe the answer here but so farthere have not been enough reliablereports to make a run on the IBM?01 worthwhile. (An unverified vis-.ual report from Alaska was receivedin Cambridge as The Tech went topress the night of October 6.)

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OFSICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE UNDERGRADUATES OF THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

The Institute is directly committed to making the dormitory system asattractive as possible to the student body, according to Chancellor Stratton.Ilowever, he believes that at present, "the climate (ill the dorms) does notappeal to the best elements of the student body."

Dr. Stratton is disturbed by the possibility of a "mass exodus" of upper-classmen from dormitories to apartments, a move which he does not concedehas already begun, but which, heforecasts, would "raise the seriousquestion of campus morale. Such amove, he says, could only lead to adeterioration of inter-group relationsthroughout the Institute."

Non-European ViewpointMIT-and, in fact, no American

college-can afford to adopt whollythe European viewpoint that studenthousing is the business of the student,not of the college, Dr. Stratton feels.The character of American education,and of the American city, is suchthat, even within the confines of hishomc-away-from-home, the student isnot separated from the educationalsystem. Thus the success of the sys-tem depends, in part, on the "suc-ceas" of the student housing environ-micnt.

Accordingly, Dr. Stratton pointsout, the Institute has, for the pastforay years, been "moving toward aresidential system", aimed at the daywhen virtually the entire studentbody will live on the campus.

Student "Free Will"Such a system, he is quick to add,

wvill never be forced on the studentbody. "Students should always havethe right to choose between on-campusand off-campus accommodations," hesays. In the past, there has alvaysbean a sizeable number of upperclass-nmen who took apartments simply outof curiosity, and this, Dr. Strattonnotes, will continue to be so.

But he frankly believes that muchnmovifig out of the dorms can betraced to a lack of congenialty andcondusiveness to study within them,an.l to a sometimes low intellectualand moral level. And these factors,he adds, can often be traced to physi-cal factors like the unwieldy size ofthe dormitory buildings.

Referring to the Institute's acqui-sition of such large buildings as Bur-ton and Baker, he says, "I only vishwe had been able to do it anotherway."

N. Whiney Mathews, representing ProjectVanguard, speaking in Kre:ge last night.

at least one such device which couldbe launched, but that at the presenttime it was going through very ex-tensive testing.

At the time of the speech, the MITIBM 704 was grinding away in orbitcalculations. The MIT calculations willhelp ascertain such facts as its orbit,and whether it is slowing dow-n.

Mathew-s said that the first USsatellite, to be launched from Florida,will be much more complex than theSoviet device. It will contain a 48channel telemetering circuit whichwill send data concerning weather,collisions with particles, and radiationfrom the sun. Later satellites wilimeasure cosmic radiation, and trans-mit surface erosion data. He stressed,however, that just having a satellitecan give much information concerningthe outer atmosphere from path char-acteristics alone.

den points out, "All this is no reasonthat the United States cannot go onwith its plan for launching a satel-iite." The satellite the United Stateswill fire will orbit at a differentcourse and altitude-an orbit suchthat the one hundred-fifty Moon-watch stations will be able to ob-serve it. The procedure then followedfor tracking the satellite would bebased on the principle of "feedback".

Moonwatch Operating ProcedureThe Moonwatch stations would

send all reports, photographic or vis-ual sightings, to the Harvard Obser-vatory in Cambridge. From the Ob-servatory the information would befunnelled to the Computation Centerin the Karl Taylor Compton Labo-ratories here at the Institute. Withthe number of these reports whichwould be available from the Moonl-watch network, the 704 could "ob-serve" the satellite's course and pre-dict the moon's olrbit for the nexteighteen to twenty-four hours-afterwhich time another calculation wouldbe run off to determine the coursefor the next period.

Important Stride In ScienceIn this way small but not entirely

negligible changes in the "moon's"orbit will be recorded' and taken intoaccount, and a fairly accurate pic-ture of the present and predicted or-bit of the Earth's new satellite willbe obtained. Such a record wouldconstitute one of the most importantstrides man has yet made in the con-quest of space.

Asian Flu is presumably beginningto spread fairly rapidly on the MITcarnpus. The Infirmary is alreadyloaded to capacity, which seems to hethe situation through the Bostonschools. According to Bob Jordan,IFC President, it is expected thatthere will be a large number of casesin the next ten days to two weeks.The medical exams have been movedinto the Field house to provide ad-ditional space for treatment at theHcmberg Infirmary.

Is It Really Asiatic Flu?One question which arises is the

problem of whether this is actuallythe Asian Flu or another type viruswhich has hit this area. All the symp-toms seem to point to it except one,that being that most cases in thisarea are lasting only two days wherethe actual flu is supposed to lastfour. All of the schools in this areahave sent samples to the state, butas yet none has been thoroughly an-alyzed, and there is still the possi-bility of the series of illnesses beingdue to an entirely different virus.

Flans Made For An EpidemicThe Medical Department has set

up the following plan to cope withthe epidemic, if it reaches these pro-

portions in this area. As far as pos-sible men stricken should stay in theirrooms or fraternities. The MedicalDepartment should be notified sothat doctors and nurses may makevisits. In case an entire house orportion of a dorm becomes ill, theentire glroup will be moved to Walker.At this point, the Medical Depart-ment does not feel it necessary tocancel social or athletic events.

The flu is not to be greatly feared,and there is absolutely no need forpanic, it is, however, not somethingto be taken too lightly as complica-tions may arise. The illness itself ischaracterized by malays of hcad-aches, nasal congestion, ccmnpletemuscular ache and just plain mis-ery.

Vaccine Is Still ScarceThe possibility of getting shots is

slim; only regular city hospitals, keyindustries, and city officials, etc. arereceiving vaccine. Other than theHarvard football team, students arefinding it exceedingly difficult to rc-ceive this precious serum. Conditionsfavorable to the spread of the dis-case are cold, damp days, which wasillustrated in New York City whe-lthe rate -vent up tremendously witha change in weather.

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Satellite To Give8 Pieces Of InfoSpeaking to a full house in Kresge

ast evening, Dr. N. Whitneylathews, in charge of the telemeter-g devices on the US satellite pro-jctvanguard, commented on the Rus-sian moon and described the operationof the US project.He replaced Dr. John T. Hagan,hief of project Vanguard, who wascheduled to speak until the news ofthe Russian satellite came in. Sincethen he has been working day andnight gathering information on thatmissile.

Alathews, in a press conferencebefore the speech, stated that so far itis -not known whether the projectileiBrelaying information with its radiosignals. The signals are now beingput on an oscilloscope and being pho-tographed, in order to determine thepresence of high frequency informa-tion signals.

The satellite is transmitting with ap0 ver of one watt on the 20 and 40roeRacycle bands. Mathews said the2signal could be picked up on a slightlyconverted TM receiver."Even if it were sending inforna-

tion," he said, "it would be coded, and5we wouldn.'t have a ghost of a chancetnr.in- to decode it."

When asked about the unexpectedlarge weight of the foreign moon, hestated that we do not know whetherthe third, and final, rocket was de-tached frora it when it reached theorbit. This addition, of course, wouldadd much weight.In answer to the question, "How

far ahead are the Russians ?" he stat-ed, "They have a satellite-we don't."He explained, however, that we have

False Sighting DataCurtails First Effbrt

by Stephlen M. Samuels

The first accurate calculation of theorbit of the Russian satellite will bemade on the Institute's IBM 704 Com-

puter, but, as of totlay, announcementof the orbit is still forthcoming.

The firlst attempt to calculate theorbit failed last night because thedata used wvas inaccurate. The datacame from three separate sightingsof the satellite--two at Fairbanks,Alaska, and one at Canbelrra, Aus-tralia-and consisted of the positionof the satellite and the time of sight-ing.

The team of scientists who ran theprogram last night, led by Dr. Gian-piero Rossoni of IBM and Dr. DonaldA. Lautman of the Observatory, hadhoped to plot the complete path ofthe satellite, including its maximumand minimum height above cartlh.From the minimum height they wouldhave been able to make a rough esti-mate of its life span.

Sighting thie E rror

However, when the data was fedinto the "704", the computer failed togive proper answers. This, accordingto Dr. Lautman, indicates that atleast one of the sightings -was notaccurately made or', in fact, was noteven a true sighting at all. lie be-lieves that an airplane or some otherobject may have been mistaken forthe satellite.

Now scientists must wait for an-other sighting, process the data fromit and feed it into the "704" again.Dr. Fred L. Whipple, director of theObservatory has alerted the IGYWorld-Warning Center and more datais expected today.

The correlation between height ofthe satellite and its life-span, accord-ing to Dr. Lautman, is this: If theminimum height is 150 miles, thesatellite will burn up in the atmo-sphere in less than two weeks. How-ever, if the minimum height is 200nmiles, the satellite might last as longas two months.

This is just a guess, he said, andactual determination of the satellite'slife-span is one of the prinme objec-tives of the launching. Such a deter-mination would greatly supplementour presently skimpy knowledge ofthe density of the upper layers ofthe atmosphere.

MIT Orbit Will Be First

Dr. Whipple said yesterday that"We doubt that the Russians knowvthe maximum and minimum distanceof the satellite from the earth." Thus,the MIT announcement of the orbit,expected soemtime today, will be thefirst in the world.

The satellite is only visible duringthe period of sunrise and sunset. Ac-cording to Dr. Whipple, it will, beabout two weeks before it passes nearCambridge during those hours. Thesatellite did pass within 150 miles ofhere at 8:03 this morning and listenerswho had their radios tuned to eithertwenty or forty megacycles were ableto pick up a signal from it.

Newspapermen, at the ComputerCenter, representing nearly every bigpaper in the country, were inclined toblame the "704" for its failure to pro-duce an orbit. But Dr. Lautman toldthem that the computer had done thebest it could and that the fault laywith the human machine.

Waiting List Of 50In Dorms DespiteUpperclass Exodus

Nearly five hundred upperclassmendeserted the dornms again this year,and swarmed into rooming housesand apartments throughout the Bos-ton area. (One former Baker resi-dent is now collecting seashells atRevere Beach). Other statistics r1-leased by the Housing Office showedsignificant changes in the composi-tion of the student body this year.

More PledgesTWhilc the number of first-year stu-

dents admitted for this fall term wasthe lowest in years, only 913, thenumber of fraternity pledges, 312,rose. Last year with a new class of942 students, there were only 291pledges and about 400 men living inapartments. These figures do not in-clude those commuting from home.

Surge Only A WeekSince it usually takes several

weeks for housing plans to get com-pletely organized, Frederick G. Fas-sett, Dean of Residences, was sur-prised that the "sulrge tank" lastedonly a week this year. Ie felt thatthis was due to the fact that pledg-ing and tlransfe-ring froml the dormswas nmuclh faster than in previousyears. W-hilc all freshmen, with theexception of 18 Greater Boston men,were given the facilities they desir-ed, there are still fifty upper-class-men on the waiting list; none ofthese, it was emphasized, had beenforced to move out of the dorms.

Valuable Men LostThe move to apartanents is causing

much concern in some circles, for,not only is the idea of a "residentialcampus" dissolving slowly, but someof the men who could do much forthe dorms are moving out.

Scierntists Ready With '704'Then Russia haot Satellite

MIT Prepares For Flu Epidemic;Vaccine Suppy Reported Limited

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Tae 0 0 TechVOL. LXXVII October 8, 1957 No. 30

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September 28, 1957Editor of M.I.T. Newspaper

M.I.T.

Boston, Massachusetts

Dear Sir:

I am in a strange situation and would like to have yourhelp in finding a solution to my problem if this is possible.I am not familiar enough with your school's extra curricularactivities to know if you are allowed to do what I wouldlike for you to do.

During the past summer I met a boy, who said that hewas a junior at M.I.T. but I do not know his last name. SoI would like for you to run an ad or whatever you chooseto call it in your newspaper if you think that this is allright as follows:_ .........

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The key to the correct play of the hand is the preventionof a heart lead by East, through declarer's tenace, beforenine tricks have been established. Thus, the first heart leadshould have been ducked, leaving lrest in the lead. Westmust switch suits, lest the jack of hearts win a trick, afterwhich South will take the losing diamond finesse, win theheart return, and claim four diamonds, one heart, twoclubs, and two spades for his contract. Having failed to dothis, another opportunity for fulfillment of the contract isstill available. If East can be found with less than threediamonds to the queen, or West with the doubleton ten,declarer's jack of hearts can be safeguarded against thefinesse. Hence, the correct play of the diamond suit is thelead of the jack through East. If West has the queen, hecannot return hearts. If East covers the jack with thequeen, the king is put on, and the ace is played on the nexttrick, with the hope that either East has no more than twoof the suit, or West has the doubleton ten. As long as Eastcan be kept out of the lead, the contract remains safe.

-Fred Goienzer '58

Among America's great sav-ers, George T. Coffee is alegend. One day, George dis-covered that by going to sleepwith his shoes on, he couldsave a full 60 seconds dressingin the morning. Multiplyingthis by 365 days-gave himover 6 hours saved per year.Then, multiplying this 'by 8years-gave him 48 hours-or two full days saved! Georgewas giddy. "Think of it," hemused. "Two full days savedto do anything . . . read,sleep or go to Europe!"

Another time, George passeda store that advertised "Save$50 When You Buy These$100 Suits!" George imme-diately saw the fantastic op-portunity . . realizing that hecould save $100 by not buyingany of these suits. Thereupon,he proceeded not to buy tensuits and rolled up a tidy$1,000 in a few seconds.

However, the best savingGeorge ever did by far-was

when he happened on theVan Heusen Vantage ShirtVantage is a shirt you don'thave to iron . .. so you saveon laundry bills. Wash it-hang it up to dry--that's all."So what," you sneer, "aren'tthere other shirts that can dothe same thing?" "Mebbe"we sneer, "but Vantage is acotton shirt-with all of cot-ton's natural softness, poros-ity and comfort. And it onlycosts $5!"

Men-grab a pencil in yourfist. Figure out your laundrybill for shirts for a year. Thenfigure out the price for sevenVantage shirts. You'll findthat Vantage shirts actuallypay for themselves in thelaundry bills you save! Seeyou at the bank.

P.S. You can also save your-self the trouble of searching forlost collar-stays. For Vantageshirts have Collarite sewn-instays which can't get lost, keepthe collar neat, always.

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The report states that "The Com-mittee recommends to ev-ery board oftrustees . .. 1. that the absolute high-est priority . . .; be given to raisingfaculty salaries . . . with particultarattention to increasing the spread be-tw een the bottom and the top . . .2. that action also be taken to prov-ideat moderate cost such benefits ashealth and life insurance, etc... the

a-verage salarly of our assistant pro-fessors has been increasedl 15.5%, thatof full plrofessolrs 15%. We have thusachieved moderate gains, but thosealre not enough."

President Killian mentions that fortwo years the Institute has experi-menltecd with making monetary re-wvardcs for outstan(linfr perfornmance tomembers of the faculty.

The report states, "The Committeeurge. the faculty of every college and,,graduate school to join . . . in a na-tionwide effort to recruit undelrgradu-ates andl graduates of high talent forcoilgec teaching." It goes on to saythat the nulmber of graduates seekingteaching careers is small in compari-son w-ith the need. The PresidentsCommittee says that "high poweredreclruitelrs descend upon campusesthese days for nearly every careerbut teaching."

"The training of highly qualifiedmen at the doctorate level," writesDean Richalrd Soderlberg of the Schoolof En.-ineerin-, "is clearly one of the

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rresident Ja-mes R. Killian, Jr. yes-day released his ninth annual re-

rt of the affairs of MIT. The "Re-rt of The President" wvill be sentall institute students, and it cov-the year ending October 1, 1957.

Policies and ActivitiesIn his report President Killian re-ews the "policies and activities ofeInstitute in their relation to thetional setting, recording our re-onse to the nation's changing re-.rements and accounting for ourwarldship of -the private founda-n w administer to serve the na-ns educational a n d researcheds."

Institute's Relative StandingPresident KilIian examines MITlicies, Ipr'iorities, and needs" in

mparison to The Second Report ofsident Eisenhower's Committee on

dcation Beyond the High Schoolich was published last July. HeDoses what he considers the topicsthe Committee's report which aretinlent to an institution such as

IT and discusses the Institute'sndting in relation to these topics.

Review of Past YearFihe President's report covers top-

such as Institute policies towardachelrs' salaries and benefits, needr student aid, admissions, and long-ingc goals and plans. About halfthe President's report deals with"reviev" of the past yearl on theoics of educational problems an(tportunities, new Institute facilities,kfjinistrative appointments, andbances. President Killian closes hisport with a letter in which hle dis-sses vital undergraduate level func-!ils .

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such as those concerning appraisalof nonscholastic qualities, PresidentKillian says, is one of the main rea-sons for the Institute's concern.

President Killian saVys that as thelevel of selectivity rises, the oppor-tunity of admitting a student bodywith intellectual competence as its':common denomin2ator" anld with va-riety of types and I)ersonalities, nmustnot be nlissed.

Doubled Enrollment in PastIn the past decade the size of the

Institute cnrollment has nearly (toub-led. At present, how-ever, PresidentKillian says that MINIT's aim is to"stabilize the enrollmnent, in order topjermit our resources to catch up withour grow.th anld thus to insure thecontinuin, excellence of our educa-tion." He goes onI to say that the In-stitute feels that it can best servethe nation by keeping the plresentlevel of educational quality insteatd ofsacrificing this for an increase ofenr;ollmcnt.

Quality Before QuantityPresident Killian goes on, ihowever,

to acknownleldge the f:act that sonmegrowth is both "inevitable and desir-aljle." He says that with the increaseof ficlds oF study such as nuclearcengineering and industrial mmairiae-Iment and withl the growingr need forgreaterl graduate level education this-'-rowth is suIre to comrne. There is.hiowever, the problem of financesthoug-h he mnentions, and this is nec-cssany for the high-quality staff andfacilities. In closing, the Presidentsivs that even though there is thisinevitable inctease in growth, MIT'sresponsibility is to put quality be-fom'r nu:lntit\v

mnost inlmportant tasks in engineerin7education, both for industrial develop-* nent and for education itself."

Support To IncreaseWTith Tuition Raises;Urges Local Support

In his report, President Killianstates that "Private institutions, asthey im}prove faculty compensationand mlet rising costs of opercation,will inevitably have to increasc stu-dent fees." Howeverl, lie points outthat "This cannot be dlone unless stu-dent aid is increased."

The reportlt states that MIIT willloan about $5>00,000 to its students,both gr-aduate and undergraduate in1957. In the past 98.4%o have paidback their loans on tinme at the rateof 1% per year. t-Iowever, Presi-dlent Killian points out that manystudents are averse to borrowingmoney for education while their par-ents will readily borror money `inorder to buy a host of family Iuxu-ries."

The Presidents Committee "findsthat presently available scholarships;are grossly inadequate . . . reicom-mends that private, local, and statesources increase their support ofscholarship funds to several tinmesthe present number and amount andnumnber of scholarships . . . thatscholarships should include (wvhenfeasible) provisiors of funds for t?,ainstitution . . . to r .y Ier the coskof edlucatinz the student above lh:'.the pays thirougih fee(s and tuition."

lie estimnates tha"k MIT should addabout $1 million por yea-r to its cn-lowvllent fulns fo' feliowshi!rs alldscholar_'ships dluriling the next te.lyears.

The Presidents Committee nocoin-mends that "Charg-es to students inprivate institutions in general begradually increased in order to atleast maintailn the proportion of to-tal cost paid by students; anpd thaL.progranms of student .assistance b7estepped up to suppor t increases i::tuition and other char-es.

The commniittee recommnoends ':Anexperinmental federally Supported

work !)togran for students. The idezethat students be gpi-en the oplportu-nity to help themselves by ivorl;in-is very sound, and MIT nmkes jobsan integral part of its student aidprogram."

He points out that MIT's workprogramn has more jobs than takers,and student earnings now total over$400,000 per year, exclusive of sal-aries paid to grad students.

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KeepStandardsHigh,Stabilize EnrollmentSays Prexy's Report

In the "Reporot of The Presidenlt",the topic of Adlmissions in rega:lad toMI;T, and a compariso n of the In-stitute's policies on adlmission tothose of Plesident Eisenhower's com-mittee is liscussed.

Eisenhowver's committee stated intheir second annual remport that it"does not Xagree with those who ar-gue that, in older to preserve quai-ity, colleges must sharply restrict en-roll-ments to something like theirpresent level by boosting admissionsstandalds . ." IPresident Killiansays that in this statemetnt the Com-mittee is speaking of the overall na-tional situation, and he goes on tosay that with this he agr ees, butthat thele is need to diffelentiate hbe-tween institutions of varying levelsof intellectual perifo'rnances. He saysthat thce'e is an "acute need for agroup of institutions (and MIT nuni-bees itself among this gl oup) w)hoset tlheir standalrdt s very high." Presi-dent Killian also says that thele isno p)resent dangel of any institu-tions pushing thei/ stanldards toohigh. He points out that the mostselective of the institutions of theUnited States have still not achievedthe student bodies of same intellec-tual maturity and capacity of someEulopean institutions.

Selection Tec-hniquesInadequacy of selection techniques

More Benefits For lFaculty Urged;Teachers Needed At Gollege Level

Feelin' blue? Need money, too?Students, we've got news for you !

Send yeurs in and

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FieldsDuring'56-'57In his rev-iew of the year in gen-

eral, President Killian mentionctledmany advances made by the MlITcommunlity in the past year.

Inl particular he pointed out thenew proglram .adopted by the depart-nerit of Chemical Engineering vhich"Greatly increases the choices of sub-jects available to students by replac-ing many r'equirements A\ith electivesin the upper years."

The Civil and Sanitary rEngiineeringDepartment seeks to "Relate the basicanalytical work of the curlriculum toits professional context", by introduc-ing students to as earlly as theirSophomolre year to serlious profescsional problems.

He mentionedl the launcehing of Elec-trical Science ;and Eingileerin g "foea hi.dhly selected grloup of students."

Also lmention ced was the Mechanical1Enlginleeriin- ldepartmeln t's new cur-riculunm in the fiell of nuclear powerengineerizngi, the I'hysics dep;rtment'sefforts to make undlergraduate labora-tory work iorIe cffctiv-e, and the C'C-ation of a I'olitical Scielnce section inthe HIumannities departmentt.

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advanced classes will be examined. Theattitudes of instructors and students,administrative difficulties and otheraspects of the proposal will be dis-cussed.

Another council will look into thedesign of the senior ring. Possibilityof a design change will be the maintopic of discussion in this group.

Activities of the National StudentAsssociation wvill be the topic of studyin another group's meetings. Themethods and progress of higher ed-ucation on other campuses across thecountry will be discussed. Recom-mendations will be made to the In-stitute if anything worthy of atten-tion is found.

Institute Committee has formnedseveral internal advisory councils toinvestiage specific problems at MIT.Acting on the recommendation ofCommittee president Arnie Amstutz'59, Inscomm plans to find out whereand why past activity in this realmhas not always been successful. Withthis information they will then formdefinite methods of attack.

The first council formed will in-vestigate communication between thefaculty and the students. ExecutiveCommittee will contact members ofthe teaching staff and Liaison Com-mittee will transmit the information.

A tentative agendum of anothercouncil includes the problem of Ins-comm publicity. This group plans tostudy a systematic and effective useof The Tech, and WTBS to acquaintMIT men with the activities of theInstitute's student governing body.

The cumulative average system offiguring a man's standing will bescrutinized. A group will find outvhat the faculty thinks of the cum,and what other grading systemscould be used if the cum is abolishedas the measure of scholastic stand-ing.

The pros and cons of adopting atutor-like method of teaching in the

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Competition for Fulbright andBuenos Aires Convention scholarshipsfor graduate study abroad for 1958-59 will close November 1, it was an-nounced by Kenneth Holland, Presi-dent of the Institute of InternationalEducation.

Fulbright awards for pre-doctoraIstudy and resealrch in Europe, LatinAmerica and Asia cover transporta-tion, tuition, books and maintenancefor one academic year. The BuenosAires Convention scholarships pro-vide trarnsportation from the U. S.government and maintenance fromthe government of the host country.

Eligibility

Eligibility requirements for theseforeign study fellowships are UnitedStates citizenship, a college degree orits equivalent by the time the awardwill be used, knowledge of the lan-guage of the country of applicationsufficient to carry on the proposedstudy, and good health. Preference isgiven to applicants not more than35 years of age.

Countries where U. S. graduatestudents may study under the Ful-bright Act are Austlralia, Austria,Belgium, Burma, Chile, Denmark,Finland, France, Germany, Greece,India, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Neth-erlands, New Zealand, Norway, thePhilippines, and the United King-dom. In the Asian countries-Bur-ma, India, Japan and the Philip-pines, as -well as in Greece, only alimited number of grants is avail-able, and mature graduate candi-dates are preferred.

Further information about theseawards and application blanks areavailable in the office of Fulbrightadvisers on college and universitycampuses.

MlIT Grad Is WinnerIn vanguard Contest;Essay Is On Beacon

A 27-year-old Air Force lieutenantwho received his Master of Sciencedegree from MIT in June flew toBaltimore last week (September 26)to collect a $2,500 check as secondplace winner in the Vanguard Satel-lite Essay Contest sponsored by TheMartin Company.

1st Lt. Robert L. Howell, who isstationed mow at Patrick Air ForceBase, Florida, earned the award forhis paper on "A Satellite BeaconStation". Another MIT student, Eu-gene Covert, received a $500 checkfor winning honorable mention in thesame contest. In each case, MIT re-ceives a matching award, so theschool will get a total of $3,000 as aresult of the contest.

The essay competition was inspiredby Project Vanguard, the U. S. pro-gramt to launch an artificial earthsatellite for scientific research pur-poses. Martin is prime contractor forthe giant three-stage rocket whichwill place the 20-inch satellite in or-bit.

Winner of the top prize of $5,003was Theodore E. Lang, of Cal. Tech.He, Lt. Howell, and third place win-ner Eugene A. Mechtly, of PennState. -were brought to Baltimore forthe presentation of awards by Mar-tin's executive vice-president, WilliamB. Bergen. Honozable mention awardswere mailed to winners, and thematching checks for the colleges willbe presented later.

Lt. Howe-cll's essay, "A SatelliteBeacon Station", discussed the pos-sible use of a manmade satellite asa navigational aid to establish posi-tions at sea with greater accuracythan is now possible by celestial navi-gation.

Lt. Howell, a native of Clinton,Mo., graduated from the U. S. N:avalAcademy in 1952. After serving inKorea and Japan, he returned to thiscountry and entered MIT in 1955under a special Air Force program.

Oddly enough, Lt. Howell's pres-ent Air Force assignment is as amissile engineer at the very base inFlorida fromn which the Martin-builtVangulard rocket will launch the U.S.earth satellite.

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U sing their vaunted passing attack to great advantage, Sigma Alpha Epsilon bounced Alpha Epsilon Pi 2()-6,IndaY afternoon. Although the loselrs registelred the first touchdown of the galme, their lead did not last long. TheiiV0rs' aerial offense, sparked by tailbacks Walt IHumann '59 and Lou Banmg-rt %5, swrung into action to tally twiceiore the end of the half on passes to Bob Thompson '58 and Fred Browvand '59. Thompson snared another toss late in

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HIe mentions that the undergraduatecourse in Meteorology has been drop-ped due to the need for more prepara-tionl in the physical sciences beforeentering a concentrated field of study.

Also mentioned are the new coursesin the visual arts sponsored by theSchools of Architecture and Humnani-ties and Social Studies. "These willprovide an opportunity for studentsactually to participate in studio workand will also include lectures semi-

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President Killian mentions the WOrNbeing done by Professor Jerro!dZacharias assisted by Professor Francis Friedman to plan a new appr0aeto the teaching of physics in ih,secondary school "Physics isproached as a cultural subject ratherthan as an exercise in technology, '.to provide our young people... W.ith,some of the intellectual wealth c(fscience."

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DEBATE SOCIETY

The first regular meetinq of theDebate Society will be held Wednes-day at 5:00 in room 2-132. All {resh-men interested in debate and solospeech work should plan to attend.

HOCKEY RALLEY

There will be a varsity hockey rallyin 1-190 on Thursday, October 10 at5 p.m. Ail interested stickmen areurged to affend.

This comning Thursday at 4:00 p.m.the MIT varsity booters will meetB.U. here at Briggs Field.MIT Lineup:

Segovi a-GClive-R.F.B.B randt-L.F.B.Comerford-R.H.B.Viiiu--C.H.B.Macaya-R.O.Penna-R.I.Villavicencio-C.F.Rhee-L.I.Doral L.O.

Last Saturday at Splr-ingfield,Tech's varsity booters tied their firstleague game against Amhelrst Col-lege. The final score was 3-3.

Facing one of the stronger teamsin the league, Tech got off to a slowstart, as the Jeffs took the lead byscoring twice in the filrst quarterand again in the second. Roth of thefirst two goals were kicked point-blank, preventing Beaver goalie, Ru-dy Segovia, to show his skill in thenets. Amherst's third goal was theresult of a hard shot by their RightOutside while players from bothteams stood in front of the goal.

The first goal for Tech came oneminute before the end of the half,as Reinaldo DoVol '58 raced downthe left sideline and passed to thecenter where Bill Evans '59 receivedthe ball and tapped it through.

During the last half, MIT tookbetter control of the game scoringonce in each cquar.ter. Half waythrough the third qularter Tech'sRight Outside, Ernesto MIacaya '60,tookl the ball along the sidelines andcrossed it to Evans who once againsank it into the nets. Before thequarter was over, MIT came close toscoring again as Center Half-backAndrus Viilu '60 cannon-balled a di-rect kick just over the goal post.The last goal for the Engineers wasbooted in by 1fanael renna '60_ or, aloop from the Right Wing vwho hadreceived a long pass from Capt. RodDrandt '58. At the end of the gamethere were two overtime periods offive minutes, but neither team wasable to break the deadlock.

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MIT's Junior Varsity B Division skippers are shown a* the start of their first race lasiSaurday on the Charles. Tech won both A and both B confests of the quadrangular meet.

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"I came in under the Staff AssistantProgram for college graduates. I spentseveral weeks in each of the company'sfive departments. Then I went back forsix months of intensive training in ourTraffic Department.

"After training, I was promoted. Oneof my first jobs was setting up and super-vising a customer service improvementprogram.

"In January, 1956, 1 was again pro-moted. My present job is assistant to theDistrict Trafec Superintendent. My re-sponsibilities include instruction of PBXoperators, employee and public relations,and scheduling operators to handle callsto and fromrn 185,000 telephones.

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)ung men who are stem. Other inter- iphone Companies ,

"'In my job, there's always somethingdifferent coming along--a new problem,a new challenge. Whern I got out of col-lege I wanted to make sure I didn't settledown to a job of boredom. There's neverbeen a chance of that at Bell."

That's Charles W. (Bill) Tyer talking.Bill graduated from Texas Christian Uni-versity in 1')53 with a B.S. in Commerce.He went right to work with SouthwesternBell in Fort Worth.

How did he make his choice? Here'swhat he says: "lFrom what I'd seen it wasan interesting business with tremendousroom for expansion. And a big featurewith me was the opportunity to choosemy location. I wanted to work in theFort Worth area.

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