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Twelv-e andl fifteen foot artificialightning discharges werc described b3F'. W.~ Peek, Jr., at tile nleting of theTechnology branch of tihe A. 1. Elast night. The talk was illustrated bymioving pictures.

Mr. Peek is an internationally known;autliority on high voltage engineering,being th~e author of several books andof niany articles in the teclhnical pressoil the subject. He is a graduate c,Stanford University and UJnion Col.IC-~C.

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Friday, Febrrlary 63:00-Autnlnotive Engincerrinq Society Ineeting,

l-oorn IO-263C7.;::30'1'ech Show rehealcrsal in north 1all.3:00-A-cro-r Society, rooml 10-2A505MOc-Catholic Club bonrrd of directors, room

2-151.R :00 Cosmlopoliton Club,. north hall, Walker.9:30-Dorm dnince, Walker.

Saturday, February 711:0(--Chen-ical Mirfare Unit, room 3-305.

Thursday, February 128:00--Sophomore hop, Walker,

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;n- fronts andt soine are oscillatorx-.-He statetl tlhat w-hether the dischargetook the forin of a single itnpulse or anoscillatioii -,as determinedl byr the re-sistance of the pati-i ront cloud- toearth.

Lighltning constitutes one of thegreatest nienaces to power transmnis-sion. The chief way· of protecting highvoltage lincs from·1 lightning is by theuse of the "g~round %v~ire" which is S1111-ply a wire placctl near the line 'aiid'connected to grounds The theory is

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KETTT'ERING SPEAKSAT ALDRED LECT~UREON RESEARCH WORk

Claiins That Scientific Fello,%Tends to Superanalyse

Hiis IProblems

"WORKaZ AND KEEP HO~PING

Explairns Factors Responsibl,For Faulty MWachinery

and Aplparatus

"'A research laboratory is a placwhere you have to train individuaminds to comprehensive problems,stated C. F. K~ettering-, head of th,General Motors Research Corporatiorin delivering yesterday's Aldred Lecture to Seniors and Graduates in roon10-250.

4. The lectu-re Nvas illustrated by slides,different types of torque curves beingShown. Torque curves with distortionsdue to harnmonics were explained andAir. Alger spoke of several ways of/Producing harmonics as by split coresand varied w~indings. Ee gavea nuniber of methods -used in reducingtlle third harmonic.

A practical application of the effectsof harmonics on motors was given inttle design of an induction motor whichtakes advantage of harmonics to actas a synchronous motor.

The next two lectures in this seriesWill be given by Dr. S. Dushnian on"'Recent aspects of Bohr's Theory" on'February 17 and 18.

HALF OF SENIORSSSECURE POSITFIONSS

BY SPRING RECE&IProfessor Miller Slpeaker Al

Lecture to Freshenr~rYesterday

MORE JOSBS THAPN MIEN

"6Eng-ineering Feats of Co'minjCentury Wouo~ld Readl As

Fiction Now"

"Fifty\ per cent of the graduatiliclass h-ll~ave received offers beforeJunior week," said Professor E. F. Miller inl his lecture to the freshmen yesterday,, the fourth of the series of talk!being given to the first year nien.

Professor Miller began with a des.cription of the reniarkable advance thha-has been mlade in science during th(last century,, and oi the great progressaccomnplished during our lifetime, adding that the engineering feats of th(coining century nould seern like fictiorif wee could read of them iio-%N. H(ithen based the Inajor part of his tinuoil the wav\ in which tile courses ar(related, conicluding hiis speech wvith;comparison of the chances for emnploN.nient on graduating froin differentbranlches of engineering.

Opportunities AheadSanitary Engineering, course XI, i:

simnilar to Civ·il Enigineering, with biolo-gy-, bacteriology- and chemistry~ addedMlechanical Ejngineering has !our optionis becsides the regular course. TherecentlY developetl course in Autoino-tive J~ngineering, Engine Design, Tex-tilc EI~ngineeringcS· and Refrigeration.A4rclhitectural ]-engineeritng, calls for a-,vide ranige of ability.. III forty-storylbuildings there are power plants, re-frigerating plants, laundries, elevatorpunips, electrical inachinery·, a -%vaterdistrib~ution systein, heating and ven-tilating sy·sterns, punips for elevatingse-wage from tIhe lower stories, oftensixty- feet below the street. to the lev-e~l of the street sewecrs. G~eneral E~n-gineering~ IX-B is mlostly inechanicaengineering tile second and third years.The: fourth year fifty Eer cent of thewrork is elective so that a student mayuse this course in order to work inAeronautics and Airplane Design.

"The opportunities for graduates ofElectro-chernical Engineering a r larg~ely in research work leading to pro-duction work anti Iatw~c to adiniinistra-tive work. I recall that one of tlte-raduates of this course is responsibletor verv mnarked im~provements madein the sixty thousand KC. V. A. turbineand Generator recently constructed bytbe General Electric Company. Thisgraduate was tw-o vears out of collegeat the time. I inight incidentally- re-markk that this -raduate was a votingladv.

-!-'ver~ tearcher ]lere will go out ofhis Nvav· to hell) a inan who wants to

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Three Stud~ents SentTo Jail-Later Freed

Three Technology students weresent to jail at 3 o'clock last Mlon-dai, but -were released an hour la-ter, since no charge was bookedagainst thein. They were not ar-rested for rousing the ire of theCambridge police by traversing theperilous passage of the CIharles, butwYere mlerely performing a Christiancharitv b%? eaching the uneducatedprisoners of the jail the three R's.

Another Technology student willbe enabled to endear himnself to thehearts of these unfortunates if liewill rel)ort to the T. C. A. office this

nleek, as one more teacher is needed.He will teach preliminary Englishand Miatbematics, and any·one whohas successfullyl passed the first termof the first y-ear is perfectly- capableof handling this work. One may al-so report to W.. F. Blake, '27; or H.H. Taylor '25. The three studentsnow- engaged in the art are AustinCole, Jr., '25, R. J. Hocl~istetler '25,anti I-I., R. A4rf '28.

VOO DOO, DINNER HELDWEDNESDAY AT LOUISY

Phosphorus entertained over 50 peo-9 ple at the annual banquet of Technolo-

s litiniorous publication oil Wedlies-day eN-ening in Louis' French Restau-ram. Short talks, all in the lighter%-ein, N%,ere given bv C. F. 1-vinan of�g

-e the E-nglish Department, 0. B. Deni-son '11, and W. D. Rowe '24. GeneralManager of Voo Doo last fear, and byF. H. Riegel '25, A. W. K.-Billings '25,C. F. Billman '25 Fine] B. P. Lambert '26,

Lt til of this year's 11aiiaging Board. En-e tertainnient was furnished by six glrls�;sI Nvho danced and sang, and 0. B. Den_�e ison '11, who played the piaiic, and sang

several of the old favorites to his oNviiie accoulpallillient.C H. E. 14. Knight '26, AdN-ertisinge Manag-er, was presented with a largea cabbage for the first prize in the Beau-

ty Contest xhlch was recently conduct-ed 1-)N- Voo Doo.

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Couples to Avoid CrowdedConditions

r Tx%-eh-c dollars will be the price oftickets to the Junior Proni this year,paN-able in two instalment.-, of six dol-lals each. The higher price this ycaris due to the fact that the attendanceis to he limited to 400 couples, in orderto prevent the crowded conditionsxN-hich 1-ia,,-e obtained in previous years.

The orchestral to play at the Prom],as not yet been chosen, but the num-ber froil'i ,which ti-ic selection will bemade has been reduced from 14 to 2.17-d Wittstein's 'NexNi Haven, Orchestraxhich plays at the Yale Pronis isone of the two: the other is that ofTed Weenis oi Philadelphia, which hasmade inany plionograph records for the'Victor Company, and Which is playingat this year's Dartmouth Prom.

P;oster Competition OpenThe signup campaign for Proin tick-

ets will begin oil March 2. From 12to 5 o'clock oil that day' signups willbe sold to Juniors; 6ji Atarch 3 at thes�jllle tinie. to Sciliors; and oil March4, to Sophomores and freshnien. Onlyone sigilup will be sold to a inan, un-

lie gives the italics of the other,lie,, Nx-Ijo v.-Ish. them. Signul)s will beredeemed oil March 30 and 31, and onApril 1. Stag tickets this year will besix dollars, and tickets for chaperones'II co,\vl st four dollars.

Competition for the prize offered fortile best poster submitted for the pub-Ictx- of tile Clubs is now open. In or-der to be considered for the prize, pos-term lllji�,;t be subivitted before February14 t o E. F. Knight '26. in the Dorms.Not more than three colors should betised. and two 1,; preferable. The prizethis xear is a stag ticket to tile Prom,whicil fill\, be exchanged for a coupleticket on payment of the difference inprice.

TOMORROW FINAL DAYOF SIGN-UP CAMPAIGN

Techiliqtie has sold 1100 signups sofar in its campaign for subscriptions tothe year book. Today and tomorrowonh- renlain for Technology students toprocure a signup and inane sure thatthey will have a copy of Techniquc%viien the book comes out during JuniorWeek.

Signtips are being sold this year fo-,one dollar, redeemable during 'March foran. additional $2.50. The sale stops atI o'clock ton-lorrow afternoon, afterwhich time the cost of a si-nup be-carries two dollars and the total costof the book $4.50.

Only a very few more books are be-ing printed than are ordered by theend of this week, and it is possible that

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G.I REAT PAINS ARETAKBEN TO SECUREFAMOUSU AERONAUTI

Lieutenant A~rnold, M1Mechanicr And ]Flight Assistant

Ahlso Exlpected

Lieutenanlt Leigh W ~~ade, pilot of theBlostonl I tlurillg the world flight, Ihasbehten Secured by the A\eronautical En--

,ginlcering Society to speak tcoday inroomn 10-250 at three o'clock.' It is pos-sib~le th~at Lieutenant Leslie Arnold willalso be present.

1,'eutenant Wadate flew the Boston Itlt it wa~s dlisabled bIy a storm, finish-6

Ling tile flight w\ith tthe Boston II. Lieu-tenanit Airnold w\as nicchanic and assis-tanlt pilot on the plane of Lieutenant L..1-1. Smith. Bo0th officers havre recentlyrecceived a prornootionl of fin:e hundrednainecs oil tile lists by! a special act of

1. li storv! of tlhe x\orld fliers is wellknow~n. F~our p~lanecs started frorn th6\~Vest C'oast. 11ving first up to Alaska.Thei~re one of tlhc planes,. that belonging

ito the coniin~anderr of tlhe expedition,(lisappecared, and -,vas located a fewdavi\s ]Peter disabledct and unablle to prio-

!NOMINATIONS FORRMARSHALSS NOW DUEElection of Senior Class Day

M~arshals arnd ComarmitteeComes W~ednesday

Betweean the hours of niiie this miorn-ing aiid one tomzorrowr, all noniiiiatioiifor Seiiior Class Dav Xiarshals and theeseior· \Veekl Comminittee, nnust be turn-ed in at the Informiation Office, room10-100~. The ele-ction Nvill be held nextWiednesday.

~oninaio npapers for candidates forthe coi inittee mnust hav-e the signaturesof five sponsors, and those for miarshalrequire 25 signatures. Tw-entx·-fivecoilinitteemein are to be elected, andthree marshals. .Xlarshials are inot neces-sarilv memrbers of The committee. Ifa maii runs for both marshal and theconlinittee, he must submit two 11011in-atioll papers, one for each position.

After tile election, the newly-electedmemberser of the Senior Week C01111-it-tee will choose one of their number forcomm~ittee chairman. The position oInarshal is an honorarv one, and thework is separate fromn that of the comimittee.

T1he nomnination papers must be irthe follo~·ving forrii1, as prescribed in theT. C. A. Handbook: "W~-e, the under-signed membersr of the Class of 1925do h~ercbx- noniinate ~ for----of the class." Following the signatureof tile sponsors, the statement, "I here-bv accept tile non-iiiation·,"" must fsigned by the nominee himlself.

The location of the polls lhas not yetbeell chosen bN- the Election Comimit-tee. The commnittee hopes to be ableto secure a mnore advantagcous polling place titan the lounge in Buildiiig5 siiice it believes that the rather iso-lated position of the lounge was a fac-Itor in keeping down the percentage othe Junior Class that voted in the re-cent Pron- Elections.

Artificial Lightning. DischargesOf Fifteen Feet Shown in M~/ovies

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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH-Cor. Common.weath Ave. and Clarendon Sts., Boston

Sun., Feb. 8.10:30 A.M.-Mforning service. Sermon byRev. Austen K. deBlois, Ph.D.12:00-12:45 -Students' discussion group.Subject "The Race Problem.";7:30 P.M.-Students' social group. Speaker,BMr. Dewey Short, of Harvard Law School_All students invited irrespective of religiousaffiliation.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Colur.bus Ave. & Berkeley Sts., Boston.

Sun., Feb. 8.10:30 A.M.-Morning worship. Sermnon hy

Rev. A. A. Riddout.12:00 MI.-Students' Discussion Class.6:00 P.M.-Supper for young people in thevestry.

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Official NewsOrgan of theUndergeratuatesof Technology

I ITo the Editor of THE TECH:-

May I express my appreciation ofyour editorial in your issue of January30 relating to smoking in the educationbuildings ? The end to be sought is,as you state, a sort oxf ''gentlemen'sagreement" that wve will all play thegame together in the interests of or-derliness. It should be noted thatsmoking in the halls whether done byinstructors or students does not violateany "rule" or disobey any '&order" butit does deny a request Inade by ourcentral representative student body(the Institute Committee) on the partof the students, and the ExecutiveCwomlmittee (of the Corporation) onthe part of the Institute auth-oritics. This joint "request" hasbeen posted on our Nvalls sinceNov ember 1921 and was originally con-ceived in the spirit of your editorial andof this letter. As often happens insuchl cases. the signls have becomae sofamiliar as to lose mluch of their origin-al emphasis. It is also true, as yousav, that to somle of us of the instru~ct-inlg staff they have apparently ceasedto act as reminders. I hope and be-lieve. how ever, nows that it is againenlplasized that it is not a curtailmentof personal pleasure a i is sought,that the good sense and loyalty wvlichis so strong in all Tech mien will leadto -voluntarlr limitations which will besufficient to attain the desired end.

H. P. Tralbot,Dean

MANAGING BOA-RD It OFFICES OF THE TECHD. A. Henderson '25 .................... General Manager lNewvs and Editorial-Roomn 3, WalkerJ. P. Ramsey, Jr. '25 ............................... Edit-Dr morial, Telephone, Univ. 7029A. M. W~ortbington, Jr. '25 .......... Business Manager Business-Roomn 302, Walker Memorial.

_ ~~~Telephone, Univ. 7415ASSOCIATE BOARD SUBSCRIPTIONS PRICE, $2.50 PER Y

T. W. Owen '26 ................ Nw dtr..... ... ...... .... esEio Published every Mlonday, Wednesday atC. E. IAlcCulloch '26 .................... Sporting Editor ........ Friday during the college year.R. S. Chidsey '26 .. ........ ........ Features Editor ........ Entered as Second Class Matter at tlC. J. Everett '26. . .... .. ... ....... Treasurer ........ Boston Post OfficeLeo Teplow '26 . ..... ............ Circulation Manager ........ Members of Eastern IntercollegiateR. W. Learoydl '25 ... ............. \dvertisillg Manager . ....... Newspapr Assoiration

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.One of our professors has announcedthat to wear one's galoshes unbuckledshould be rated as conduct unbecomingall Engineer. He admits that a Har-vard man might w ear themi open andfloppy, but that it is quite -unfitting fora technical nian to let his lazy instinctscomne to the fore. It is, then, an admis-sionl of slothfulness to neglect to doup one's artics in tramping from classto class ! The Lounlger exhorts hisreaders to be excceedingly careful illthe future to spare this prof the painresulting from seeing engineers so lazyand undignified as to let their galoshesflop open, waving in the breezes.

A& friend of the Lounger's advisedhilt to refrain from eating raw oysters.He explained that they had been foundpoisonous in many instances, and thatseveral cities wvere carrying out caml-paigns against them. As soon as mostpeople learn of this, there will be arush for the succulent bivalves, as hu-nian s crave that which is bad for them.Tf the authorities go so far as to pro-hlibit the use of the aforementionedshell fishl, the Lounger is weilling to betthat they shill soon bccomle as popularas moonshine ! Just because the "jump-steadv" varietal of liquor is hard to ob-tain. it is muchi in demand. Whv, there-tore, are wve not liable to have oysterbootleggers

EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTEd itorial Board

Whitney Ashbridge '26 J. R. Killian '26R. L. Dietzold '25 Charles Rich '26

Features DepartmentH. A. Willoughby '26

NEWS DEPARTMENTNight Editors

F. 'E. Aniderson '27 H. F. Howvard '.6L. C. Currier '26 R. A. Rothschild-'26

News WritersD.1. Goldberg '26 G. C. Houston '27

A. D. Green '26 J. H. Melhzado '27

Sports WritersPhilip Credenl '27 D. A. Dearle '27

H1. P. Ferguson '27'

BUSINESS DEPARTMENTAdvertising DivisionAssistant Managers

Isaac Gleason '26 T. A. Mangelsdorf '26E. F. Stevens '27

StaffJ. A. Allan '2SRenle Simard '28

George Circulation

AssistantIf. aNs. Houghton '2J. S. Harris '27

NV. WI. Smith '26D. M1. Sturznick~le '28

Gerst '27Department:Managers

'W. J. Mearles '^6W. H. Reed '27

Staff

ReportersArf '28 J. D. Crawford'277Chamberlain '28 E. A. Johnson "28Connell '27 AX. S. Richmond '28Ward '27 Wv. L. Sichman '28,

H. R.J. W.A. J. iF. A.

L. F. Beach '26V. It V. Caputo '28* Leave of absence.

C. NV. Scott: I2WV. A. Witham 'o71

Tile Editor of THE TECHWValkser XMemlorialDear Sir:

As Superintelldent of Buildin gs andPowher, and therefore the generalhousekeeper of the Instiltute, I appre-ciate the miany useful hints receivedthrough your publication, THE TECH.

You were right in stating that theair in 10-250 is supposed to be changedever-N seven minutes and I am right instating IIow that it is changed everyseven minutes. The question of foulair has never arisen in 10-250 or anyother part of the Institute.

In the old Institute a subdivision ofthe Chemistry Department did test airas part of the regular class wvork, notto keep track of the heating and -ven-

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Thle Lounger, fearing lest his engin-eerinlg training would destroy his car(such as it is) for music wvent to theOpera the other evening. Seldom haslie seen a more unmusical audience.They kept talking all through the pre-lude d'orchestre, and did not seem toknow just what it was all about. Howv-ever, since most of themi wnere there tosee and be seen, it made little differenceto the vast majority. It seems a shame,though, that those Nvcho really want tohear the IlUSic should be annoved.Tile Lounger hopes that when Tech-nology mien go to) the Opera, they willbie sufficiently thoughtful and consider-ate of other people's feelings to calmdowen on the talking wvhell things getulder wvav.

The Lounger beard a couple of hisfriends grousing around the corridorsafter a Triple E class, wishing that the

lext quiz might have a question onelectricity. According to them, the re-cenlt tests have been on math, physics,and about everything but geology andbiology. A sad state of affairs if theyare correct. The Lounger thanks hislucky stars that lie is through withthestf!

To return, for the moment to thefiller things of life, the Lounger wouldlike to tell his friends about a littleconversation he overheard in 10-250.A chap lvas looking over the Play Di-rectory, trying to make the leaden min-utes flyt byr, and came across the noticeof the Opera. Turning to his neighbor,he remarked in a hoarse whisper "THETECH's getting high-brow, ain't it,printing all about 'Thais.' Who wroteit anvhowy Mendelejeff." The wvell-rounded out engineer certainly knolvs alot ! The Lounger expects to hearsome one ask what musical comedyIsaac Newton wrote. They will be tell-ing us that Columbus stages the Follies,and that Florenz Ziegfield discoveredAmlerica. What next?

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BOSTON OPERA HOUSE: Chicago OperaCompany. Tonight: "Barber of Seville.",'iaturd~ay Matinee: "Pelleas and Melisande.-'Sattird~ay evening: "Jewels of the Madonna."

COLONIAL: Ziegfeld Follies. Just as po!nv-lar as ever.

COPLEY: "Thee Live Ghosts." Crooks atldwvar heroes.

HOLLIS: "Meet the Wife." Tlley say it'sftltny.

PLYMOUTH: "Grounds for Divorce." Spark-linlg comedy with serious undercurrent.

MAJESTIC: Dark.NEW PARK: "New Brooms." Comedy that

is not at all bad.ST..JAMES: "Inl the Next Room." Hackneyed

mystery play.SELWYN: "White Cargo." African monotony

dramatized.SHUBERT: Greenwich Village Follies. The

usual run of funny hokum.TREMONT: "Be Yourself." Musical, "danci-

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FOR SALE

Maxwell Roadster, 1922 model-new pistons, new tires, rebuilt bat.tery. In good condition. Price:$300. Phlone, Univ. 4272-M or callA-202 Tech Dorms.

DARLING NINNIES-DELICATE LORD FAUNTLEROYS

Somze Comaments Upon the Classes of 1927 and 1928

1DASKING in a sort of self-satisfied conscious cuteness. lethargicIJand illsipidly ,4 eite collared, manyr (or should'it be "'a major-

itv") of tile classes of 1927 and 1928 are standing byr and allowingthe two upper classes to carry the bourdenl of Illstitute activities. Itis a deplorablyl unprecedented situation. Since ineinory runlnethno two classes have ex^hilbited such an utter lack of slpirit, such adearth of active men, such a rotten, unspirited deadness.

This charge is direct, specific, and unequivocable. Lucifer inthe guise of laziness and insouciance is guiding the existence of theseinen; or else they are bowing down in unheard of numbers to wvor-ship-the Great Brown Bag. The latter is not to be believed. Itis not true. The trouble is that the twvo classes have not awakened,have not become aware of the fact that it is their that must carryonl, upoll their endeavor rests the future of the various activities.

Men in classes gone by have builded wlell , and it is not pro-posed to allows their handiwork to be relegated to the limbo offailure. The classes of 1927 and 1928 must bie prodded, nay, dynamit-ed,,.until theyr showr a spirit of activity sufficient for the require-mnents of the undergraduate system.

It is not believed that the classes lack the latent power. Theyrdo-not. They have simply become lost in the black, dumb, dark-ness of the vortex. They have become swallowed in the mire ofself-satisfactioll. Tile realization of a social and communal dutyhas not dawned u~pon tlleml. Thlis is written xvrithl the hope thatit might bring them out of their trance for their owen good and forthe salvation of Institute activ ities. Surely they can rise to theoccasion, adopt a progressive, aggressive attitude; amend theirways so that as individuals they can add increments to make a real,live student bodyl+ composite. Honor malls of them will come outfor activities?

W0e are glad that the Tnstitute authorities are keeping in touchwith lecture roomi conditions. Tile Superintelldent of Buildingsand Power seems to bee doing, every-thing in his powter to keep thingsin shalpe, and it is apparently the fault of thoughtless vandals thatthe temperature is not what it should be.

THE PROGRESS OF TRACK

ITis -ratifyring to note that wvork at the track hlouse is progress-ing, with more vi-or than it has in the past several years. Ap-

proximately 100 men are practicing regularly, and wlith the neweboard track and twco coaches, prospects are exceedingly bright. Itis a hit hlh- a-~reeablyl N ie pvoint to consider this new v itality asindicative of an increased interest in things athletic at the Institute.

Track is historically and numerically the most important sportat 'Technology, and in general is a good barometer of general ath-letic conditions. Its position is due to its inherent quality of offer-in- an unexcelled phywsical training coupled with a fascinating di-version. It gives the competitive instinct its best chance for ex-

pr-ession, and, of course, along with other forms of sport fulfills theindislpensab~le funlctionl of a social mecting -round.

The growth in track is accelerative, and the greater it is boom-illg, the more men it needs. The track house is open to miany-newrinen, and the coaches are most desirous that they come out. Everynmdn gets personal attention even if he only goes out for the ex;er-cise-that is then principle behind the coaching system. It is not aqulestion of developing a winning track team-a juggernaut to crushall opposition. The real spirit that should impell men to try trackis the necessity for physical training, and with the men taking thatviewpoint the coaches have a splendid opportunity to show their-%vares. Track is a sport worthy of the consideration of all menchoosing a sport.

TO ARMS, YE COMMITTEE

TT is again deemed necessary to urge that the idea of the circuslbe carriied to a successful culmination. There seems to be a de-

gree of don't care spirit and a lack of interest; a condition that isnot to be excused simplyr because the armory auas not obtainable.

Tech night wuas dispensed with with a great deal of holy vigor,but something of the same sort of a thorouglily admirable naturefinds. but little enthusiasm for its support. It is essential for thegeneral esprit-de-corps that these ensembles of a free and merrynature be held at intervals. They pull us out of a monotonous rut,they foster sociability, they bespeak a degree of vigor and life inthe Institute community. The shades of Ye Old Courtenyte flickerwith a fascinating plea that more jousts or merriments be held. To-arms Ye Committee.

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BATON PASSERS FRATERNITY BASKETBALLMatmen Tackle The results:Delta Kappa Epsilon defeated DeltaRACE BROWN ON Arm,� Saturday Tau Delta 12-10; Lambda Chi Alpha

defeated Phi Signia Kappa 12-11; PhiMECHANIC TRACK eSt point Gamma Delta defeated Theta Xi by de-A t fault; Theta Chi defeated Lambda Phiby default.

Wiebe, Miller and Shiepe to IXrcst point is due to be invaded byRun In Special 40 Yard two Teclillology teams tomorrow when

Event the cadcts will pla-v hosts to the engin- IAeer wrestling and boxing teams Bothteanis have shown steady improvementsince the beginning of the season and "'�'TRADE A13AILEY ENTERED IN 600 the fireworks should scintillate overthe Palisades oil the Hudson- B oth

Saturday night the mile relay team teanis arc determined to bring backa win and it will take some rnighty good

has a chance to redeern its tx-vo defeats fighting oil the part of the soldiers to Iat the heels of the Harvard flyers whenthey meet tile strong Brown quartet prevent triumphs by Technology. YOUNG MEN'S HATSover the VI echailics Hall track. These The same wrestfrng tearn that de- Exclusive styles in Imported andgames, though. not attracting Joie Ray cisivel*, trounced Tufts will again don Domestic makesor Nurnii, will bring together some of togs for the engineers. This teani fill-the best intercollegiate tricksters of the alk, seems to have struck its stride and LONDON TOPCOATScountry. the strongest possible combination is from Burberry, Maxim and

now in. the lineup. The team has had AquascutumJack Weibe, Spud Miller and Shiepe two wills and two losses and is makngj

are entered in the special 40 yard dash, Iand from the looks of the competition a strong attempt to keep the number i SUITS

'of wins greater than the number, of For Dress and Sport Wearthe engineer flyers will need a lot of losses. from Joseph May & Sons, Englandspeed to break into the score column. and leading American makersThere is Frank Hussey, the ex-Stuy- Greer Going Strongvesant High School marvel and a mem- Of the wrestling men the one with CAPS GLOVES NECKTIESber of the Olympic team to take on all the best record so far is Coyle. Coyle GOLF JACKETScorners in his specialty. Hussey has has been oil the wrestling team for twojust entered Boston College at the mid- years now and is putting up a betteryear as a freshmen, so Boston is as- brand of Niork than ever before. Sosured of sonic fast Intercollegiate far this vear he had two falls and two ksprinting for the next four years. decisions and it will take about the

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Al Miller, the flying Soph at Har- circles to stop hini. ]BOSTONvard and Joe Sullivan of Boston Col- In the 145 pound class, Colion is mak-lege -who finished second and third to ing a nanie for himself. Forced off theLoren Murchison last week-end at the team last year froin injuries, Collon isB. A. A. -anles will also be in the ranks making a comeback this year and bids RICHARDS SCHOOL ofof tile starters. They alone assure fast fair to repeat his record he made in DANCINGtime for the distance and a number sophoniGre year of only one loss and 30 Huntington Avenue, Bostonof school bov stars bring the entries that due to a. fluke. The only bout Co- Classes Modern-Tuesday & Wednesdwup little short of top notch calibre. lion lost this year NVas due to his hav- evenings 8 o'clock. Social-Tuesday evening

It -will be interesting to see how Os ing taken off too niuch weight in an -orchestra. Private lessons daily.Hedlund's frosh dashmen: Spud Miller endeavor to wrestle. Cohon put up Hall for Hire Tel. Back Bay 6060Steps to be used in show taught at thleand Shiepe fare in the meet. Both of a hard scrap but he did not have the schooLthem are going strong for freshmen necessary strength.and Os in the last few days has put Greer in the 158 pound class is re-them through their set of tricks every arded as almost a sure winner. He isafternoon Nvith a -will. These men show experienced and should be a hard man VP�j _rIAN ROOML5great promise and if they prove sound 10 �et down. In the heavier classesin keen competition, the sport will have T11-3 and Burke are both doing finethis reliable sprinters to take care of VGYPT as Cleopatra never,,ork,- Both are full of scrap and hardtile shorter distances. I to throw. Although Burke is a Ed knew it. Ask Leo F.

Bailey to Run in 600 ilder lie has to wrestle heavy- Reisman. He directs that won-Because of Doug Jeppe's condition, 115ig since there is no one else for

Os has shifted Kauzmann on the mile the job. derful toe-teasing orchestra.relay teain to take his place. Capt. The boxing team should turn in a Dinner Dances from 6:30 P. M.George Leness, Howlett and Glen Bate- win if they cont 'inue to show the im- to 1 A. M.nian.will make up the rest of the baton prevenient they manifested in the Dur-passing squad. This squad has bee" ham meet. Pierce should conic through THE EGYPTIAN ROOM

3 working hard all week with Os putting with another win. Last Saturday he0 special attention on the art of baton knocked his man out and he should Hotel Brunswickt, passing. In evcrv race the team has give his next opponent a trouncing. BOYLSTON at CLARENDON

lost yards by juggling the stick on their F1vnn is another nian that looks proin- L. C. PRIORpasses. ising. Pres. & MgT.

Arnold Bailey is entered in the spe- Both Captain Kuhn and Trask are DirectorC) cial 600 yard run and if be holds up his boxing in classes in which they are out-n good work of last Saturday when he weighed by about twenty pounds. Thee came in third in the 1000 yard handi- reason is that no heavy sophomores and

cap run. He will be up against sonic juniors xvill get up enough ambition toe fast competition, and has a tough as- at two in the Hangar and the freshmene signilient to fill on the track of Mccll- age to do it, and it is the kind of cour-r anics Hall. age that is seldom displayed.

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Since this is the first formal meet ofthe year, that of last week being apractice encounter, Capt. Levis and hisswordsmen have no intentions of tast-in the cup of defeat. Headed by Capt.Lgevis the remainder of the foils teamwill be Ken Hawthorne, George Elkins,and Roland Seabury. Capt. Levis iseXpected to repeat his victory of lastweek so that if the rest of the teamcomes through, a Technology victory isassured.

On the eve of the meet comes theneNvs that one of Coach Danguy 9s starepee men, Charley Blake, will be un-able to accompany the team but his

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just how much of an impression that victory over Cornell lastspring, and the subsequent entry into the Olympic tryouts, madeon the rowing world was brought to mind when Manager GuyFrisbie received an invitation from Maxwell Stevenson, Chairmanof the Intercollegiate Rowing Association for the crew to row inthe famous Poughkeepsie regatta next June. That famous crewof Bill Haines which he whipped into shape in so short a time defin-itely placed Technology in the rowing limelight, for on1v crewsof outstandin- reputation receive invitations front the As�ociationto row in the big annual regatta.

Every year the cream of the crews*all over the country travel to Pough-keepsie to enter the annual regetta held ENGINEER DIVERSthere. The regular entrants includeCornell, Columbia, Pennsylvania, and swim IrkitrilE ORANGESyracuse, the other competitors f orhonors racing only as a result of ail in- SVD A J" C.1" P(j(jvitation from the Intercollegiate Rowing IN imAklumAssociation. Last year Washington andWisconsin were the two crews f rorn the Beaver Tankmen Leave TonightWest that entered, the foriner eight eas- For Upstate Collegeily winning, while the Badgers surprisedthe rowing world by finishing second. Swim Tomorrow

This year Washington and Wisconsinhave again been invited, and also tli�-Navy and Technology. California has WALWORTH UNABLE TO Goalso been asked to come, but it has beendecided that Washington and California This %weekend will find the Beaverwill race first, the winner of the race niernien engaging the Syracuse swim-being the one to come East. With these niers at Syracuse. The Institute swim-�ast and powerful eights entered into niers will- be without their captain, assuch an enormous regatta, the' Beaver Bill Walworth is laid up, and will notoarsmen may feel quite honored to get be able to s,-vini in the meet. With asuch an invitation. Due to the date and few slight changes in the lineup, duethe expense of the affair the Athletic to his illness, the same tearn will meetAssociation is forced to send in a declina- the Orange delegation as has beention. This year the date has been set sivillinling during the rest of the season.for Monday, June 22, which is too late Kerns will be tile only entry in thefor the crew to remain over. breast stroke, and should be able to

More Men are Needed hold his own, against the strokers of theAlthough not quite so large, but vet Syracuse teani. This is Walworth's pet

quite as important, is the four sided event, but as both he and Kerns arerace which is to be held on the Charles practically evenly matched, his loss willRiver. At Poughkeepsie, there are usu- not be felt here as much as in theally six crews entered, while this race hundred. There will have to, however,between Technology, Pennsylvania, Cor. be a shift to fill his loss in the hundredn0l, 'and Harvard ificludes only four. yard swini, as Walworth and WiesThe race for the supremacy of the were tile two nien entered in this event.Charles will not be so well known to Parsons, who has been swimming onoutsiders, but to Technology a good tile relay., will probably be substitutedshowing is absolutely essential. Rowing in this event. Weis sho'uld be the lead-has now gained prestige, and to retain ing elitry ai lie has been swimmingthis standing the Cardinal and Gray this event all season, and is used toshells must be seen ahead of all the the longer distance. He won the 100others in the races this Spring. The yard in the Boston University meet,fact that an invitation was received lo ,v th a very pretty spurt in the closingenter the Poughkeepsie races proves tht yards.in the eyes df rowing enthusiasts, Tech- Dives Are Strongnology is ever improving, and now worthy The dash is almost certain to go tcof entering real races, with real op- Armstrong who has -%von this event lieponents. the last three ineets of the season. The

As a result of Bill Haines' talks in Orange mernien should be able to of.the Military Science lectures, many men fer better tinic than was made in thes(responded. Still not enough, however. last meets, 'but Armstrong should b(It is now getting very late in the season, able to hold his own, as he has neveibut not yet too late. Today marks the been forced to show his best tirnemiddle of the second term, so there is 11inlrod will be the other entry in th(still a half a term lef t in which men 70 vard and has a good chance of com.may go out to the boathouse and learn ing through,the fundamentals of rowing before go- Svracuse will have to have a bettering out oil the water next term.' It is aiver than the average in order t(evident that the interest has increased walk-awav with the dives. Woods, t1i(leading technology cntry, has beeiexceedingly in the sport, since last year. coming through in this event all vearThis time last year the call for men hadliot gone out and the small number of Against ail excellent Yale man,- bi30 were then reporting for practices At barely missed first place. and has woithe present time, there are over 120 men firsts in the remainder of the inectsout including freshmen. This shows .1 At present, lie and Armstrong are tie(great increase in numbers, but not near! for the most points scored this year; s(

both nien will put forth their 'best efenough. lint nnlx, tn ii7;ii iiiif fr,lorts, 1101 only T.0 Will, 1)uE io xeep-ahead in the total points scored. Arni-strong has the advantage in this respect

lie swims on the rcla�,, which helpsadd to his total credit, if they win.

Frosh Meet ExeterThe relay will probably be coinposed

of the same men that have competed inthe earlier ineets of the season:Johnson, Hinirod, Parsons, and Arm-strong. Though each man is capableof sonic fine tinies in the 50 Yard dash,they have only won in this event fromthe Army. The backstroke will be welltaken care of by Johnson, who is im-proving every day. At the beginningof the season he was doing the 100 inabout 1 minutes 25 seconds. Everymect has found his time cut by a frac-tion of a second, until now he can breakthe former Technology record consist-ently.

While the Varsity is engaging Syra-cuse, the freshmen will be meeting theExeter inernien. Last week they metAndover, and this week's assignmentis just as hard. They probably will notbe able to walk away with the victory,but they should be al�le to make a cred-itable showing.

Last week Exeter met Malden High,and defeated them without trouble.The frosh met Malden in their firstmeet of the season and just managedto win the meet by a close margin.This gives'a pretty fair means of judiz-ing the comparative strengths of thetwo teams and it is not in favor of thefrosh by any means.

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WORLD FLIER SPEAKS WALKER AGAIN SOUGHT ITO AERONAUTS TODAY AS PLACE FOR CIRCUS

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At every stop during the flight theaviators were enthusiastically received. After a slight reorganization the Cir-

Since their return to this country, they cus Committee, with. H. C. Hoar '25have been kept busy writing memoirs as the new chairman, will meet this af-

of their trip, attending banquets and ternooll to reach a final decision regard-social affairs, and making speeches. ing the fate of the Technology Circus

The Aeronautical Society wired several originally scheduled for February 27.

times to the home of Lieutenant Wade, Hoar expressed himself as of the opinion

but he has traveled a good deal during that there would be a circus but as to

his leave of absence so that it was not where it would be held or when he

-until the day before yesterday that it could not say.was known that he would be here. On1 The Circus Committee has abouthis arrival in town, the manager of the reached the decision that if a circus isSociety, G. G. Davidson, called him up to be held it will be held on the upper

and was told that he would be glad to floor of Walker Memorial with the bigspeak before the students of the Instiute. ring in the dining hall if permissionThe time was planned in order to be can be obtained after taking sufficient

convenient to the greatest number, and care to protect the new decorations.the meeting will therefore be held from It has also been suggested to them,three to four today in room 10-250. according to Hoar, that the circus be

This is the usual time for the Aldred held a week later oil March 6 or post-

lecture. poned until the beginning of the foi-lowing term on account of the short

CHURCH DIRECTORY A time left to the original date chosen.The present committee is composed of

H. C. 'Hoar, Chairman; Austin' Cole,

(Continued fromi Page 2) Jr., Harrison Browning, A. G. Hall andC. L. Petze, all being Seniors appointedlay G. L. Bateman '25, President of the

6:30 P.MI.-Young peoples' meeting. I nstitute Committee. Cole was the or-7:30 P.M.-Evening worship. Sermon bv iginal chairman but had to resign be-Rev. AI. S. Bush, Presbyterian Student cause of other activities.Pastor.OVNT WRNON ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~CHURCH--Beacon St

MOUNT VERNON CHURCH-BROGERS AND DENISONMass. Ave., Boston.

Sun., Feb. S. TALK AT NEW BEDFORD11:00 A.M.--Iorning worship. INTER-

RACIAL Sunday. Mr. Lovett will con-

duct the service. Rabbi Samuel Wolk of tile Te log lu o New Bedior,the Temple Israel will preach.~~~~~~~~the TelplIsalvilrech. h elnology Club of New Bedford12:30 P.M.-Bible Study Group led by the is lolding a dinner tonight at the Wai-minister. sutta Club at New Bedford. Professor

7:30 P.-M.--Young Peoples' Society meeting. R. E. Rogers of the Departmnt ctSpeaker, -miss Constance Didly, head -work- Enlish and History and 0. B. Denisoer of the Robert Gotlfd Shaw House. Sub- 11, Secretary-Treasurer of the Alumniject, "Some Aspects of the Negro Ques- Association will attend.

tion." Mr. Denison has been active in or-

PROSPECT ST. CONGREGATION CHURCH ganizing Technology Clubs and has made

-Two block from Central Sq., Cambridge. many trips for the purpose of visitingSun., Feb. S. the various Technology dluibs. and organ-

10:30 A.M.-Service of worship. Sermon IZing iicw clUbs.

by Mr. Mcnair. Subject. "Life's Choice."Choosing a course of conduct-aa wife--an HALF OF SENIORS HAVEoccupation-ideals and friendships. J Y12:00 MI.-Y-oY g men's class. OBS B SPRING RECESS6:15 P.M.--Young peoples' meeting.7:30 P.MI.--Evening worship. Sermion su:,- (Continued from Page 1)

ject, "\What Htappens to the Upright Man?"

TEMPLE ISRAEL-Commonwealth Ave. at thoroughly master the subject, but

Blandford St., Boston. don't be the type of inan who asks,

Sat., Feb. 7-10:30 A.M[.-Rabbi Levi, "The 'Professor, how much 11nust I know' to

Hand of God." get by?' Any student of average abili-

Sun., Feb. 8--11:00 .M.--Speaker, Dr. Ju- ty can handle the work if he will put

iian Morgenstern. in the required eight hours a day.",Mon., Feb. 9-8:00 P..M.-Booklovers, "A "I have been asked which course of-

Springtide in Palestine." Sara Snmith, fers the best chance for getting a job

speaker. oi graduation. There is little differ-Tues., Feb. 10-8:00 P.M.-College Club. ence between the larger courses, I, II,

Speaker, Prof. David G. Lyon. III, VI, X and XV. Those coursesWed., Feb' 11-4:00 P.M.--Brotherhood. which train inen for a specific line o

Speaker, Alden G. Alley. work depend on the condition of busiThurs., Feb. 12-8:00 P.MI.-Study Group, hess. In general, fifty per cent of the

"The Religion of the Jew." graduating class will have received of-

TRINITY CHURCH, Boston. fers before Junior week. Last year in

Sun., Feb. 8. som e departments there were thre

10:00 A.M.-Classes for Young People. times as many jobs as there ~vere men.

11:00 A.M.-Alorning Prayer and Sermom "I am almost never asked as to a

by Rev. Mralcolm Taylor. man's standing in his studies, but ire-

4:00 P.MT.-Evening Prayer and address by quently asked if the man under con-

Rev. George C. Gibbs. sideration was prominent in any stu5:30 P.2U.-Y5.oung People's Fellowship--Dis- dent activities; if he -was found to be a

cussion. Leader, Rev. Malcoln Taylor. good mixer; if his classmates thought7:30 P.M.-Evening Service and Address well of him. They reason that the nmanby Rev. John Ridout. who was popular with his class will be

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trouble with such a method of attackis that the mien are inclined to believeeverything they read, leading to furth-er complications if the statements rec-orded by others are wrong. It is farbetter to analyze the situation first, inDr. Kettering's opinion, because in. re-search work one must learn to questioneverything, and not depend too muchon the theories of other investigators.

The speaker discussed in some detailthe "divisibility of matter," and ex-plained that the only factors whichwere responsible for faulty machineryare: inertia, elasticity, and resistance.These factors are the only "diseasesto which machinery is susceptible." Atechnical subject Dr. Kettering definedas being one which is "not understood,but very good to get appropriationsfor."' "A thing is scientific," he con-tinued, "when it is understood by onlya few."

Following a brief description of theworking of the internal combustion en-gine, the speaker emphasized the factthat present research workers are notinterested in the cost of gasoline pergallon, but rather the cost of the fuelper mnile, that is, the energy which it ispossible to obtain per unit. The manwho is doing research work does notcare how many times he must repeathis work because of failures, but keepson hoping he won't fail the last time.

"Work enthusiastically, and keep onhoping," was Dr. Kettering's advice inconcluding his talk.

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tilating end of it but to get inforiima-tion useful to them in their work. Asfar as I know, this is done now, al-though I have never had a report fromanyxr instructor that the air was foulin anv room in the Institute.

This Department very frequentlymakes tests with an anemiometer andnotes the velocity of the air enteringthe rooms.

The question of overheating 10-250has been called to my attention for thefirst time this last fall. Investigationdisclosed the fact that the thermostatin the room had been tampered with.

In further illustrating this point, onSaturday afternoon the monthly in-spection of Building 1 and 5 was madeand rooms 1-271 and 1-281 were foundwith a temperature of over 80 degrees,and room 5-130 with a temperature wellup ill the 70's. Investigation disclosedthat in the two rooms in Building 1someone had shut off all the valvesin the thermostats, placing them out ofcommission. The same thing had hap-pened in 5-130, but in addition they hadbroken the glass and torn the coverof the thermostat from the wall.

This happens. more or less all overthe Institute and hardly a week goes bywithout two or three such cases re-ported. Up to this year 10-250 has notbeen treated in that manner, but re-cently we had two or three cases oithat sort there.

I bespeak your good offices to strong-ly point out that tampering with ther-mostats affects the comfort of theTechnology population.

Very truly yours,Albert S. Smith,

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WANDERING GREEKSWandering Greeks, please make your

presence at the Institute known bysigning the book placed in the maillobby near the Cashier'6 Office if youhave not already done so.

SOPHOMORE HOPThe sophomore class will hold a for°

nmal dance the evening of February 12,in Walker. Bert Lowe's orchestra willfurnish the music.

WALKER MEMORIALCOMMITTEE

Competition for freshman memberswill start Monday February 9. Reportat the Committee office Monday, be-tween 12 and 2.

WORLD FLIGHTAeronautical Engineering Society

will be addresses by Lieutenant Leigh\Vade, world flight flier, this afternoonat 3.00 in room 10-250. Students andfaculty invited.

CATHOLIC CLUBMXleeting of Board of Directors of

Catholic Club todav at 5 P.Mf. in room2-151.

BIBLE STUDY CLASSESAll men desiring to attend T. C. A.

discussion groups and who were notpresent at last week's classes will leavename at T. C. A., and a special class

will be arranged.

COSMOPOLITAN CLUBCosmopolitan Club meeting today at

8.00 P. MI. in North Hall, Walker. Mov-ies and refreshments.

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place will be ably taken care of by JoeLevis. The other man on the epeeswill be Sam Cole.

Luis Ferre a member of last year'sfencing outfit and now a graduate stu-dent at the Institute participated Tues-day in the National Junior FencingTournament where he won second besthonors. This tournament is conductedannually at Newr York and the bestfencers of the United States competefor the first prize.

Members of the Olympic teain arethe only fencers who are ineligible tocompete in this tournament. The win-ncr is given permission to compete inthe national tournament, from whichthe Olympic team is selected. Thereare only seven or eight men who mayparticipate in the National tournament.Ferre competed in 11 matches and wonevery one up until his last match withBancoe, Captain of the Columbia fen-cers three years ago, 5-4. Bancoe byhis defeat of Ferre was acknowledgedthe winner of the tournament. Al-though Ferre is ineligible to representTechnology in intercollegiate competi-tion, nevertheless lie does his bit forthe cardinal and grav by aiding CoachDanguy in the training of his men.

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Important meeting in Room 1-151 at5.15 o'clock today to discuss dance de-tails.