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WEEKLY RELIGIOUSSERVICES ARRANGED

Following the receipt of several re-

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Roxbury Is the SceneOf Next Clubs Concert

Next term the Musical Clubswill give their first concert onTuesday, February 9, the dayfollowing registration. A con-cert and dance has been arranged under the auspices of theOrder of The Eastern Star ofRoxbury to be given in theirlarge new hall in Roxbury. Asthere are many young peopleconnected with the organization,the affair should prove very en-joyable.

All musical club men areasked to make a note of this soas not to forget the date, Tues-day, February 9.

quests during the past term, G. J.Lneness '26, Manager of the Meetings

division of the T. C. A. has made ar-

rangements for an informal religious

service once a week throughout the

coming term.Meetings will start either February

10 or 11, and will probably be heldin some room in Walker, although thispoint has not been decided as yet.Services aily be held during the firstnoon hour, at 12:35 o'clock, and prom-inent ministers or business men willbe secured for the affairs.

Arrangements for the informal cha-pel services are in charge of a com-mittee comprising R. W. Head '26,chairman, C. A. Harrison '26, S. W.Johnl '126, J. H. Wills '26, C. C. Shotts,and W. M. Ross, the latte-r two secre-taries of the association.

SENIORS SHOW GAININ THEIR PHYSIQUE

Physical Condition Not HarmedBy Four Years At The

Institute

Technology First InsitutionDevelop Chemical

Engineering

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"Chemical Development and the

Graduate" was the subject chosen by

S. W. Wilder '91 for his Aldred lec-

ture given in 10-250 last Friday after-noon. He outlined the development

of Chemical Engineering from 1881 up

to the present day, and offered sug-

gestions for the' graduate about to

enter the field of Industry.Mr. Wilder stated that his interest

in chemistry developed from an early

interest he took in his fatler's paper

mill. His father as well as many

other progressive manufacturers utter-ly deplored the lack of chemists in in-dustry. Progress began to develop in1881, and it was soon found that chem-istry and engineering should go handin hand. "Due to the number of con-servative manufacturers, the investiga-tors only scratched the surface as faras a chemical development was con-cerned. Big business was non-exist-ant. The majority of concerns didtheir business by the 'rule of thethumb' method. The chemist had noprogram of scientific development."

Slow DevelopmentSoon it was learned that chemists

-4nd- scientific men were ndot dreamers, but that they were helpful if kept intheir proper places. Development wasslow in this country, but considerabledevelopment occurred in Germany.Technology was, however, the first in-stitution that opened a course inChemical Engineering. The FederalPolytechnic Institute in Switzerlandfollowed immediately. In the decadeending with 1900, "this country waspassing through a transitional periodin the development of Chemistry.Slowly but surely the old 'rule ofthumb' method was giving way. Thisdecade was the passing of an old orderof a process of development that be-gan with the Civil War. By scien-tific research the bond between or-ganic and inorganic chemistry was

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OUTING CLUB LEAVES.ON ITS ANNUAL TRIP

Party Plans to Stay at NorthWoodstock, New Hamspshire

A party of eight or ten members ofthe M. J. T. Outing (Club will go ontheir annual winter trip to NorthW~oodstock, Neiw Hampshire on Sat-urday, January 30. The Party willstay at the Aga~ssiz Cabin of the Dart-mouth Outing Cluib.

The cabin is in the heart of theFranconia Range of the White Moun-tains. Within stricking distance areMt. Moosilake, Lost River, The OldlMan of the Mountains, the Flume,Mt. Lafayette, an~d other peaks of theran-ge inviting the party to snoeshoe-ing skiing and mountain-climbing.

Final and complete details of thetrip will be announced later by theclub.

CORPORATION XV TOLEAVE ON SUNDAY

Corp~oratlcrn XV, following its usual-custom, will make its annual mnid-year vacation trip. Leaving SouthStation :Sunday evening they will goto Fall River and from there to NewYork by boat.

Du-ring the party's three day stayin New York, three trips have beenscheduled as follows: Bell TelephoneResearch Laboratories, Bush Termi-nal, Hudson Vehicular Tunnel, theColgate plant in Jersey City, officesand press room of the New YorkTimes and the Hell Gate Power Sta-tion. A trip to the New York StockExchange will-also probably be made.

Twenty men are expected to makethe trip from here, and the partywill be augmented by other studentsin New- York who -have A deiedt

I meet the party there.

As a result of the physical examinla-tionl for Seniors introduced last year,the Medical Department has tabulateda list of statistics. The purpose ofthis examination for Seniors is toG de-terminle whethe-r or not the Technolo-gy man's physical condition has beenaffected by his work at the Institute.

Last year 412 Seniors were exam-ined out of a class of 686. These re-sults have been compared and the menshow a marked improvemenet. Il their-physical condition. The average gainin-height in the cl as was DPZne '.11alfinch, while the average gain in weightwas five pounds. Ninety-eight menentered with defects. After four yearsof study, only 79 were in that condi-tion. On admission 17 were found tohave renal disorders ,and after fouryears only foul were found to have

this disorder. Five cases of highblood pressure developed among thesemell. The vision of the men was ap-parently improved, as at entrance 24were found to have defective eyesight,while only seven had this trouble upongraduation. The number of cases ofheart trouble remained unchanged. Onadmission 10 men were found to haveherniae, but seven of these had beenrelieved at graduation.

Examinations Often RequiredThe Medical Department has been

interested to note, that otlt of thatsame graduating class, 106 men askedfor copies of the-ir physical examina-tion to be used in ob~tailling a, position.A great many industries require a phy-sical examination of all men enter-inlg their employ. Due to this fact,and due to the advisability of obtain-ing records for comparison the Med-ical Department has introduced theseexaminations.

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A. W. MORASH HEADSINTERNATIONAL TEST

Instructor in E. E:. DepartmentConducting Radio Test

Arthur F. Monrash, an instructor inthe Electl ical Enlgineering departmentlat the Institute, is conducting radiotests in connection with the interna-tional broadcast program this week at.a specially constructed station on Ba-ker's island, assisted by Watson Kownl-aski, radio enl-ineer.

The set which is being used is aseven tube super-heterodyne special-ly constructed by Mr. Kownaski, inconjunction with Mr. Morash. Direc-tional antenna systems designed par-ticularly to obtain the maximum 're-sults from the European stations havebeen installed along 'with a speciallydesigned counterpoise.

Thus far the conditions for recep-tion havre been poor, according to Mr.Morash, and it is hoped that the at-mospheric confusion will clear up be-f;ore the week is over.

Mondawy night their efforts to piercethe veil of static we-re rewarded withsucecess, for a few 'minutes when 7 EAJ,Madrid, 'Spain, came through withgreetings to the American Continent.Other European and South Americanstations were later logged but withlittle success because of the code andstatic interference.

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FECHNOLOGY WILLALDRED LECTURERTREATS CHEMICAL

GROWTH FROM '81

Slow Process In Developmentof Chemistry Is Told

By Wilder '91

ADVICE TO GRADUATES

ALUMNI DRIVE FORDORMITORIES FUNDWILL START SOON

Alumni Council Votes For TheAppointment of Drive

.Committee

WANT MILLION DOLLARS

Would Make Possible ErectionOf Ten Additional

Dorm Units

At the 118th meeting of the AlumniCouncil, which was held January 25in Walker Memorial, a definite startwas made on an Alumni DormitoryFund drive.

Voting unanimously, those presentauthorized the appointment of a com-mittee of five to co-operate with theclass secretaries in an endeavor toraise $1,000,000. This amount wouldmake possible the erection of ten ad-ditional dormitory units housing for-ty men each. The committee will beappointed immediately by ColonelCharles Hayden '90, president of theAlumni Association.

Professor Hamilton SpeaksPrior to the vote Professor L. F.

Hamilton '14 spoke to the Councilconcerning the necessity for addition-al dormitory facilities. He also spokeon the advantages of student controlof the dormitories.

Henry A. Morss '93, assistant treas-urer of the Institute, told how h~isclass ran its campaign for the newestdormitory addition, which was pre-sented to the Institute by the class of1893 last year. Thomas B. Booth '95,president of the Association last year,also spoke in favor of a campaign fornew dormitories, and a letter from

?rAsidpnt Hayden was, read urgnp im-

mediate action.Other reports at the Council meet-

ing included a statement by the sec-

reitary-treasurer to the effect that

there are how 6088 paid-up members

in the Association, as compared to

5589 a year ago. He also announced

the authorization of two new local

clubs at Columbus, Ohio, and Utica,

New York.

METROPOLITAN SAFESAYS SPOFFORD 993

Metropolitan Safer Than ParisGrand Opera House

As a result of a thorough inspection

of the Metropolitan Theatre and its

foundation, Professor ,Spofford '93,

proclaims the building perfectly safe

in a letter to the theatre manage-

ment. 'This inspect-ion is the result

of a recent rumor that the buildingwas unsafe.

At the request of the theatre man-

-agement, Professor Spofford made a

personal inspection of the exterior

-and interior of the entire building.

Foundation on Firm Ground

"This building is located on the or-

iginal peninsula, and the walls and

,columns bear directly on firm ground

and not on wooden piles. I found not

the slightest indication of settlement,

-of defects in construction in any re-

-spect."The building as a whole seems

particularly well planned for the

-safty, convenience and comfort of its

patrons and in these respects I con-

-sider it superior to such notable build-

ings as the Girand Opera House in

Paris and the Metropolitan Opera

House in New York."

DEPUTATION PROVESPOPULAR AT BEVERLYIn a clipping taken from the Bev-

,erly Times which was recently re-ceived by the' T. C. A., the paperpraises the work of a deputation madea few weeks ago to the Parish Houseof that city.

After describing the program andprocedure of the deputation, the papergoes on to say that the team fromTechnology succeeded in making adeep impression on the audience in ashort program. Whether the program'was of sport or religious talk~s -there,was keen interest displayed, -and theIboys of the community should feel theinfluence of the visitors for a long'time.

'This is a typical deputation, a 61mi-lar one being sent almost every week.In addition to the visits of groups, Mr.'^Shotts has been making several talks!himself -during the past few weeks.

SHARE DONATIONFOR OIL RESEARCH

$500,000 Givenr By RockefellerAnd Universal Oil Com-

pany of Chicago

WILL LAST FIVE YEARS

To Be Shared by TechnologicalInstitutions of Renown

In United States

-Petroleum research at Technologywill be facilitated in the near futureby the gifts of John D. Rockefellerand the Universal Oil Comlpany ofChicago of $250,000 each to finance abroad guage program of fundamentalresearch along lines of importanceto the oil industry.

The program of research is to beinitiated and fostered under the gen-eral direction of the American Petro-leium Institute. Through these gifts$100,000 a year for five years is availa-ble to the technological institutionsof the country, nor is it unlikely thatother comp.anies in the industry willstill further extend the donations.

Fellowships GivenIt is ex-pected that many IfellowshipL

will be given from these funds to en-able graduate students to do researchalong the lines desired. The initia-tion of this program emphasizes. therealization on the part of the oil in-dustry of the necessity for a largeramount of fundamental research asthe basis for its development.

Technology- may be expected toshare largely in the gifts for it is al-ready in a leading position in petro-leum research work. Professor W. F.Jones '09, of the Department of Min-ing and Geology, is one of the coun-try's forenlost experts ifl the -gc geolog-of petroleum.

Has Carried on Intensive ResearchThe Chemical Engineering depart-

ment has carried on an intensiveprogram of petroleum research,paticularly in the fields of distillationand lubrication. Much of this wo kin the Research Laiboratory of Ap-pliec Chemistry has been financed bythe various large oil companies. Dur-ing the last three years the depart-ment has lost three, of its Facultymembers and many of the youngerme-mnbers of sits staff who have goneinto research and development il theoil industry.

PROFESSOR BGORN TOMAKER: WESTERN TRIP

Will Lecture in CaliforniaBefore Returning

Professor Max Born of the Univer-sity of Gottingen -who will completehis lecture course at Technology onJanuary twenty-se-cond, has been in-vited by a number of colleges in theUnited Sltartes to lecture before re-turning to Germany.

He will visit and lecture at theSchenectady Wiorks of the GeneralElectric Company and then go to theUniversity of Cornell for severaldays. Niagara Falls, Chicago and theGrand Ganyon of the Colorado are in-cluded in the itinerary but ProfessorBorn will not de-liver any lecturesuntil he arrives in Pasedena on theninth of Felbruary. After a twoweeks sitay in that city, during whichhe will speak at the Norman BridgeLaboratory the noted physicist willbe the Hiltch~cock lecturer ad; the Uni-versilty of California at Berkley.

Starting eastwards the first stop-pinlg point will be the University ofWisconsin -and then coining to theEast coast, Professor Born will lec-

Iture at Columbia and Princeton.- Hewill address 'the A-merican Philo-sophical Society at Washington onthe twentieth of March and on thetwenty-fourth will leave for Germany.Mrs. Born is accompanying her hufss

band on his lecture trip.

CALENDARFriday, January 29

1:00-Meeting of Tech Show stage dept.,'Tech Shov office.

6:00-Tech Show Orchestra Rehearsal,North Hall, Walker.

6:30-MAsclue dinner meeting, Facultydining room.

7:00-Tech Show meeting of cast, chor-us, ponies, and orchestra, Walker gym.

8:00-American Weldilg Society meeting,room 3-330.l - Saturday, February 6

1 6:00-Tech Show Orchestra rehearsal,North Hall, Walker.

6:30-Boston Bacteriological Club dinnermeeting, Faculty Dining Room.

PAST INSTRUCTORTO STUDY ABROAD

Prof. Dawes of Harvard, Form-er Institute Man, to Study

Cable Development

Chester L. Dawes '09, assistant pro-fessor of Electrical Engineering atHarvard University, will go abroadFelbruary 10 to study t~he Europeandevelopments in the manufacture ofelectric cables. Professor Daweshas specialized on electric cables andthe causes and prevention of break-downs, which have in the past causedconsiderable interruption of service.

Dawes prepared for the Instituteat the Soimierville High"'Scilo-i, ,alxdl graduated from Course VI with theclass of 1909. Following this he ser-ved as an instructor in the Physicsand Electrical Engineering depart-ments of the Institute until 1911, af5-ter which he went to Harvard as aninstructor. During 1913 and 1914 heserved as a professor of ElectricalEngineering at Annapolis, and thenwent back to Harvard. In l 919 hewas ;made assistant professor ofElectrical Engineering at that insti-tution, which position he now holds.

Besides this he has been conne-ct-ed with the evening division of theFranklin Union Technical Enstituteand has been the head of the indus-trial eleclbricitiy coulrse there since1909.

A paper will be presented by him-before he sails, on "Ionization Stud-ies in Paper Cables," at a meeting ofthe A. I. E. E., in New York. Pro-fessor Dawes has written a considera-ble number of books on electrical en-gineeTing and other scientific sub-jects, and is considered an authorityon cables and insulation.

ENGINE:ER9S CAMPMOVED TO VIRGINIA

Summer Training Will Be HeldAt Fort Humphreys

Summer camp for Engineer R. O.T. C. men will be held at Fort Hum-phreys, Virginia, according to a bulle-tin just issued by the War Depart-ment. For some years past, the camphas been conducted at Camp Devens,Massachusetts.

Fort Humphreys is situated on thePotomac River twenty miles fromWashington, D. C., in the center of asection of a great historical interest.T-he camp is three miles from Mt. Ver-non.

Since the war, this has been thesite of the Engineer School, and nonebut Engineer personnel are stationedthere. It is expected that studentsfrom all eastern technical schools willbe at the camp at the same time. The(late for opening camp is undecided atpresent.

Camp Devens met with considerabledissatisfaction" among the students,due to its close proximity to Boston.This change of the Engineer campfrom Ayre will dissipate the dissatis-flaction of the nearness to Boston.

As Camp Devans was the only campin the vicinity of Boston, this changewill make the nearest camp to the I-n-stitute, the Long Island camp of theAir Service squad.

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state. The characters are Life-like inportrayal and talk humanly. One may-say a lapse on. the part of all author-noted for his irony.

The, company carried on in the spir-it of restraint, without trying for dra-matic climax, as if they, too, sensedthe light mood George B. had whenthis, a comedy of smile and twinklingeye. was written. The more credittheirs ! Ladyr C:icely Waynflete, as.acted by Agnes Scott, easily won theadmiration -of the audience, for themasterful portrayal of the "Meddle-som~e Mattie," getting into trouble, get-ting out without harm, and a f ewthrills in so doing. S~ir Howard, care-fully done by Horace Pollock, was agood picture of the magistrate, wor-ried by the actions of the lady, andmaintaining the dignity of his officea few thousand miles from his bench.

By way of keeping the action andfShaw's words together, it might be-better to keep the rank of the naval.officer straight (a three striper is a.commander). To match with his rib-bons the date of the reading of thedate of the letter could be d-ropped;this, too, applies to the wearing of'1911 automatics by the' crew of thegig. To emphasize this, the ladies of'99 did not wear straight-line hipless.dresses or frocks of 1925.

The audience was there to enjoy theevening, the play and the acting, anddid. The evening was mild, the playwas excellent, and the acting betterthan usual. What more does onewant in the finest little theater wehave ever entered.

S. J. C.

President A. Lawrence Lowell ofHarvard, in the Atlantic- Monthly,states that the preparation and grad-ing of examinations is an art whichis still in its infancy in this country.If the examinaton does not gve a fair

.test of the proficiency of the student,either the teaching -or the examina-tion is defective.' If the examinations

Lwere properly framed, the studentwould work for the honor of highmarks for it would show not only dil-igence but intelligence anld ability. Acertain standard should be set for thecollege which should not .vary withthe instructors, He says, "To makea good examination paper-requiresmuch time and thought; but upon nopart of the educational system canthile and thought be better spent."

The Am herst Student states that"Satan himself never invented a morewsasteful, irrational, and inadequatemethod than the usual college exam."It suggests that the true-false testadvocated by Dr. Ben D. Wood of Ct)-

luni-la, be given a fair trial.Dr. WVood's plan consists of carefully

framed statements of the problemsini question, some -of threes are falseapproximations and -only one of eachset is correct. The student is to markthle correct one. This method saveswriting long answers, covers moreground, and eliminates the personalequation in the correction of the pa-Pei-S.

Another suggested method, claimed1hy its supporters to be an ideal dem-ocratic system, has bee n proposed, es-pecially in the state universities. Onelialf tile class is given a mark corre-sponding to P. one quarter flunk, and(lie *luarter is given H's or C's.

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Wednesday, Januaxy 27, 1926

A Record ofContinuousNews Servicefor 44 Years

OfheWa N~ewsOrgan Of theUndergraduatei

Foundations inEducation Will

Become SmallerHead of Carnegie Foundation

Believes EndowmentsChanging Form

President F. P.- Keppel of the CDar-negie Foundation expresses his belief

in the Yale News that the number oflarge foundations is not likely to begreatly increased in the future. Hebases his belief on the fact that thosewhich now exist are the products ofan economic and financial situationwhich has already changed. Incomnetaxes, death duties, and changing stan-dards in the business and industrilworld have already been effective inthe limitation of the number -of ex-cessively large fortunes.

Howaever, endowmients for specificpurposes with much smaller capitali-zation are likely to increase very rap-idly ill number, and there will proba-bly be a large increase in the numberand in the capitalization of communi-ty trusts.

"The foundations are largely respon-sible for a newv grouping, closely rela-ted to the universities in personneland progr am, but are usually inde-pendw~at of any particular institutioll.Resea-rch ill economics, for example islargely in the hands of such Institultesas they are called. In science the Nla-tional Research Council has itself be-come a foundation through a largegrant from the Carnegie Corporation.

Although individual institutionshave little to say as to the disposalof such funds, the contributions of thefoundations are more important thanever. lt is probably no exaggerationto say thatl anly research problemwahicll has the endorsement of a r ep-Iresenltative group of scholars call finallfinancial support from one of the manyfoundations. The -researches thlushelloed covfer a very wide range andinclude such practical questions as theteaching of foreign languages, and theorganization of professional schools of'medicine ,Ind engineering. Founda-tions support 'nearly fifteen hundredfellows annually, the great mlajorityof whom become the teachers of thenext generatio n.

"sThe dangers of foundations arisenot from the concentration of wealthor in conservatism or radicalism butin the belief of its officials that it istheir duty to direct public opinion.However, the stablity of all founda-tions rest on public opinion and theirfr eedom from taxation. At any timethat such an institution became offen-sive to the community the offIendercould be taxed oult of actlive existence.From the very organization it is prac-tic-ally impossible for the purpose ofthe foundation to be betrayed."

Examinations A reCriticized From

Different Angyles

Students and College PresidlentExpress Opinions on

Their Value

At this time of the ye ar and inJune, examlinlations and grades becomethe center of interest of the collegeworld. The Ohio State Lantern hasdeveloped some ,aspects of this semi-annlual rush in a synopsis of "Grades,"a college drama.Scelle 1-A college dormitory any-

where.Joe Studellt, boning for finals, is

seated on the right busily reading Sar-tor Res-altus ift preparation for anEn-lish exam. Alarms and excursionsluck stage. Somewhere a phonographplays Yes Sir!7 She's My Baiby.Scene 9-Same.

An alarm rings, Joe Student drapeshis clothes aibout him and dashesthrough the half-light to an earlymorning examination. He writes andwrites and writes, throwing back atthe instructor all he can 'rememberof the semester's work. Then he handsin his paper and dashes to an-otherfinal.

The instructor reads the paperputs a grade on the card Joe Student.more or less carefully, perhaps, andlef t with him. Ill some cases, we aretold, the product of Toe's mental ag-cony is tossed into the waste. basketbut the mark is put on the card justthe same. The card is mailed andJoe Student after reading it is eithersad or glad.

To the Lantern examinations ap-pear to be foolish but very necessaryabsurdities. Uapon them depend de-grees and all other scholastic hon-ors.grades for equal efforts and knowledgeThere are moreover variations Inwhich depend upon the professor orthe course. The distinction often goesto those who.have done less work, areless, coscientious, and have no. excepltional ability. "It we must have finalswhy not a uniform stesam of, grad-ing?"P

MANAGING BOARDT. W.1 Owen '26 ... ,......General ManagerJ. R. Killian '26 .................... EditorL. C. Currier '26 .............. Managing EditorT. A. 3Mangelsdorf '26-..Business Manager

ASSC-CIATE BOARDB.E. Anderson '27 ............... News Editor

Hd. P P~erguson 27 ............... Sports EditorH. P. Howard '26 .............. Features EditorL. F Van Mater '27 ................ TreasurerI. L. Hopkins '27 ... -Circulation ManagerG. C. Houston '27...Advertising Manager

OFFICES OF THE TECH

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UP,SCRfPTION PRICE, $2.50 PER YEAR

Published every Monday, Wednesday andFriday d uring the college yeawr

Entered as Second Class Matter at theBoston Post Office

EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTEd itorial Board

Whitney Ashbridge '26 P. L. McGuane '27J. D. Crawford '27 R. A. Rothschild '26J. H. Melhado '27 R. E. Smith '26

E. L. Welcyng ' 27Features DepartmentPhotographic Editor

H-. A. Willoughby Sp.Features Writers

V. S. Pago '28 W. H. Hossle '28H. T. Gerry '29 O. W. Rideout '28

CartoonistL. Seron '29

NEWS AND) SPORTSDEPARTM ENTS

N ight EditorsA-ndrew Anderson, Jr., '27 E. J. Gohr, '26C. A. Bartlett ' 27 J. B3. Goldberg ' 26

A. D. Green '26Newswriters

A- J. Buckley '27 John Chamberlain '28E. D. L~issner ' 26

SportswriterA. S. Richmond '28

ReportersC. J. Bernhardlt '28 John Lovejoy '29R. H. Blair '29 E. A. Michelmal '2,9G;. I. Cbhatfleld "'28 J. A. Russell '28A. L. H. Darragh '28 J. G. Sullivan '29D. R. Knox '2" R. T. Wise '28

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CVrculation StaffD. R. Donovan '28Treasury Dlvlslon

Assistant ManagerE. V. Lewis ' 28

StaffIA. C. Pforzheimer '29 J. M. Farnum '28

Stephen McKenna's newest novel isalso his strangest-"The Oldest God,"ill which the members of an En glishBlouse party vote for a return to Ar-cadly and the rule of Pan, with direfind utterly unexpected results.

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Daily Luncheon and DinnersServed in the Grill

Grill open evenings-7. p.m.to 2 a. m.

Accommodations for Fraternityand Club Banquets

Dinner Dancing Every Evening6 to 8 P. M.

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To know the other side of Shaw, orthe side needing no prologune to bridgedthe gap twist the human and the ir-tellect, is a treat. Also, to see a piayoput over well by a group, harried byI;ia:;ing one thing, rehearsin- P. s-c-ona;, and learning a third, is aI de-

.I ut the plot first. Afric-atl westcoast, Scotch medical mislsional y,smugglers, natives, English travelers.the American navy. The travelers dropin on the missionary; a trip escortedby the. smugglers under Captain -Brass-bound; the British magistrate learnshe is charged with the murder ofBrassbound's mother, sister-in-law toSir Howard; the American navy doesthe chivalrous act, gunning the na-tives, holds trial, and retires withoutprofit. Brassbound proposes to themeddlesome Lady Cicely-, is rejectedand goes south.

Shaw is humorous, without puttingthe hooks in too deep, with church and

W. Edward Boyle, Director Mrs. Helen W. Bowers, Hostess

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BETTER PREPARATION

IN TIME past few months', several Alumnni have stated that the Insti-tute should take steps toward a more careful selection of its

incoming classes. They have suggested that each applicant for ad-mission lbe subjected to close scrutiny in the hope that the qualityof Tecthnology graduates and the popular expression of quality,reputation, may be enlhanced. Our} au~thorities migtlit consider a modifi.-cation of the time-honored entr ance system that Yale wvill inauguratewith its class of 1930. Yale proposes to abolish the fall examinationssessions completely, lbasing their estimate of the candidates' scholas-tic Nvroth solely -upon the results of the spring examinations of theCollege Eiiltrance Examining Board.

TIRe dlmand from our Alulmni was rather one for more carefulselectionl on the beasis of personality than scholarship, but any planfor accomplishing their aim will ultimately resullt in an emphasisupon better, preparation onl the part of nowr men. Whys then, caninot a start be made ill tlle rligt dlirectioll by this more stringent ruleregarding entrance?

The (adoption of sucth a measure will bar the type of high schooland prepalcatory school graduate who, although unprepared for theCollege Board examainations, attempts them with the full knowledgethat lie has another chance. He can "vcram"' for the fall examinationsunder the dir~ectioll of some far-seeing tutor ellosen for his ability asa prognosticator of examination questions rathler than. for his abilityas a teacher. There will be fewier failures during the first two yearsof the Institute course, often the direct result of poor preparation.

THE LATEST ART MOVEMENT

rOR the past fewv years we have been watching with interest theF incro.asingt ''grand manner' of the movie houlscs. We have hopedin vainl for a return of days when we could see a moving picturein an ]hour and a balf andl go home wNithout tilc tortures of sittingthl oulgl three vraudlevillc acts, a news reel, a cartoon, a comedyand an atmospheric prologuec. Within our memory the length offilm de~scribing its production mras a standing invitation for a joke.Alas, the time for flasbinga up the names of the producer, director,writer, adapter, sub-titler etc. etc. is so incomparably small comparedwitll the other mass of wvasted time that it is no longer noticed.

If thle quality of these additions wvere reasonably good they couldbe better tolerated. As it is the prologue consists -of mnaterial onthe intellectulal level of a flag draped singe] p~ouring~ forthl DOserThelre. " Thea o-vrclturle consists of an orchestra leader 's idea ofcleverness; the. latest to come to our attention is "Homc SweectHome+," played as it would lie in Russia, Italy, Vienna, andl China;we have also heard a pipe organ imitation of a singer sincyilo. toviolin obligato.

As to the vaudeville acts, the most recent "horrible example"we have seen consisted of a middle aged pair singing "Mlarcheta"with rasping voices and heavily hoofing a ballroomn waltz betweenchorulses. Boston in our mind is associated w\ith poor vaudeville,at any rate.

We are still wnatching the increasing 44gland inanner " of tile9'shlifties," butt at present waith more disgust than interest.

MEANINGS THAT WERE NEVER MEANT

rOR sturdy -valorous resistance to punishment, words deserve aF hand. Noah Webster wNould hardly recognize half of his protegestoda~r. "Realism:" says he, "Adherpene to the actual as presentedin real life and nature." !Realism as it is represented by modernvriting-mlodern fiction-has the same partial and deceptive connec-

tion with re-al life that medieval astrology has with the science ofastronomy. It is a collection of half-truths and distorted truths thatare more deceptive than lies. What is the realism of "The NakedMian" of "Winesburg, Ohio" but distorted truth? And the Marksand the Dunton type of author comes forth with novels of college lifeas it never wvas; and in spite of their efforts will never lie. On theother band, to read of the neurological peculiarities of the puppets ofpopular fiction and the -untnatural life they manage to live, leavessome of us with a kind of consciously superior feeling toward whatwie conceive to be the average person and the average person's fol-lies. For some, there exitsts much of satisfaction in this sort of! thing,bult there is no realism in it, and very little worth of any. kind.

But since the lexicographer departed this life some years ago,perhaps we can take liberties vvith his, definitiOnss and propose-"Real-ism: That quality of ar t and literature which presents life, as it, soetimes is, and Nat-tire as she could never be."S

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g-ation in a return engagement in theHuintington Avenue gym and it prom-ises to be a close hard fought tussleas the boys across tbe river will beout for revenge.

Following the g-ame wvith Northeasl-ern, the team w ill take a five daytrip to Brooklyn whe,-e they will playPratt Institute and thie Crescent A. C.and then to Montcl air, N. J., wherethey will play the Montclair A. C.

After the trip, the team will returnhome to play the 'University of NowHampshire on Feb. 27, concluding theseason with a game with Holy Cress3in the Hangar gym on March 6.

IThe competition of the New YorkS tate branch of the In}tercollegiateGlee Club, Association will be held inRochester. The winner of this compe-tition wvill be chosen as the represen-tative of that section ill the nationalcompetition to be held in CarnegieHall, New York City, New York.

Playing their hardest and bestgame of the year, the Cardinal anldGray under the direction of BeTnlyMorgan, outscored the heavy pow-erful moving St. John five by a baremargin of 27-26 in the hangar gyrmSaturday. It was indeed a hot battleand every man on the floor was inthere fightingg for his team during ev-ery minute of the fray.

It was the first defeat chalked upagainst the Saints so far this season.In fact there was every reason in theworld that the string of victories'would remnain unbroken, that is up un-til the last six minutes of play, whenthe frosh succeeded in locating thebasket and overcame the lead of theSaints and held them until the finalwhistle blew.

Both teams played real basketballevery minute of the four ten minute.periods. Both aggregations 'had asplendid defense as well as display-ing a fine brand of passwork. St.Johnls played a whirlwind game all theway throulgh and. Berny Morganl'scharges in playing their best game ofthe season kept -the score quite closeall the way.

At half time the score was 18-11 infavor of the visitors and they werestill going strong. They were quitestrong until the last six minutes ofplay when baskets by Allen, Johns~onand Captain Brockelman 'knotted thecount, the score being 25 all. Contiwas fouled and succeeded in countingtwice on two tries from the foul line.A minute later Clancy of the Saintswas fouled, but the latter, succeededin registered only one out of twofrom the chalk mark. T~his left thescore 27-26 in favor of the frosh. Thefrosh played safe until the final whis-tle blew. Clancy, O'Conner and Walshbore the brunt of the attack for thevisitors. Luke 'Bannon, former Tech-nology coach, handled the whistle illfinee style.

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Leness Lea'ding Technology Entry InK. of C. Games Held On January 30

With George Leness entered In thle curves of the Mechanics Hall track."1600," the Institute track forces will After the showing that the Institutemake their strongest bid in the annual relay teams made against Harvard,

.there is a strong likelihood that theK. of C. games held in Mechanics Hall Brown runners will train in this event.on Jalluary 30. There are several oth- Several other crackerjack -relayer Cardinal and Gray men.entered in races a-re also on the card. 'Tufts willthe meet, but none appear to have the talke onl the Northeastern squad inopportunity to come through as does one, a K. of C. team will meet thethe engineer captain. B. A. A. team, Harvard will meet Holy

Laness will mefelt some of the best Cross, Boston University will take onmiddle distance men in the country in Mass. Agglies, and Boston College willthe Casey games, but its given a better take on Maine.than even chance of coming through The dash events, especially the 40wsith a win. There a-re three other yard (lash, will bring together some ofhigh class men entered in the special the classiest sprint men in the coun-"600" that Leness will have to defeat, try, an dalso one of Europe's best.and these men will make it necedssary Houben, who defeated Paddock andfor him to show his best speed. Murchlinson when they toured Europe

With Helfrich, Dodge and Red Hag- last year, will be entered and willgerty entered in this event, some of have Frank Hussey, the B. C. star, andthe keenest competition of the even- Al Miller, Harvard star, as his mostinlg can be expected. All three of these dangerous opponents.men can be. counted upon to run a Harvrard has also entered Tibbettsrace that will be nearly perfect. Hel- and Soapie flatters in the Casey mile.frich irs considered just about the class one of the most attractive races onof middle distance men in the coun- the program. Both of these men intry, and the "600" is his favorite dis.te meets with the Institute havetance. shown that they have the ability to

Dodge and Haggerty can be counted furnash %ome high class oppositionon to run a 'race that will make the to the field that will oppose them.best of them step to win. Haggertyhas been rounding rapidly into formFA T WIM R ILin practices at Harvard and Coach F ST SW M ERW LFarrell, the Crimson mentor, is expect. ETUSRN NEXT TERM

'ing great things of him this -year.The Institute team will also be rep- With the announcement of the In-

resented in one of the several relay tentions of Greer Armstrong to re-races that the K. of C. management turia to the Institute next term, thehas listed. As was the case last year, already bright outlook for the SWIM-the Institute relay team will run Ming team is further augmented.against Brown. This should be, a Armstrong was a dash man on thecorking race as the Institute forces Varsity all last season and left schoolwill be out to avenge the defeat they in June, having been away from thereceived at the hands of the Brown IstueSince- then.team last year. ''Coupled With Grover in the 50 yard

It was only a lucky break that gave dash, he should, make a good partnerthe victory to the Brunvonlanls last anid between the' two of them theyyear, when an Engineer runner fell 'should cop. most of the -points in thistaking one of the sharply banked, vn.

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"RIOSH PUCKSTERSTAKE ON ANDOVER

Freshman Hockey Team OpensSeason With Game At

Andover

Technology freshmen pucksteTs willget under way on Februiary 6, for-their first game of the season againstAndover. The prep school is not asstrong as last year, but is comingalong in fast style. Outside of 'the Ill-stitute, little is knowin of the Inlsti-tute sextet, so the school boys may bea little surprised next week at thefrosh work.

-On Friday, Coach Bill Stewart will,pick the squad that will reipresent theyearlings at And-over. No definite line-up has been formed yet, and the com-petition for places has been exceptionl-ally close. Stewart however haspicked a temporary team which con-sists of Crosby and Palmer at wing.White at center, Fester and Cullinaiion the defense, and Peterson at thecage. I-lran and Tobin also ha-veshown up well at the forward posi-tionls, and Richardson has done somevery good work at goal.

Bill Stewart's building a lot of hopeon -this year's squad and he el-aims thatit is one of the fastest outfits in NewEngland fresh Hockey. The dailyscrimmage with the Varsity hashelped the new men immeasurably andlshould be a big factor in getting tllrmen ready for their coming games.

Attention is called to the sport fol-lowers at the Institute to two eventswhich are scheduled to be played dur-ing the week of vacation. On Satur-day, February 6, the boxing team hasits first meet of the year with McGillUnivevrsity in the Hangar Gym and onthe same date the freshman hockeyteam goes up to Andover to meet theprepsters.

BASKETBALL TEAMENCOUNTERS. N. E.IN RETURN GAME

Return Game With Northeast-ern To Be Held on Boston

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TRIP TO N. Y. FOLLOWS

With the presence of examinationweek, the basketball team will suspendpractice until the beginning of theniew school term.

A wreek ago tomorrow Coach McCar-thy's court pro~teges decisively defeat-ed the Red and Black quintet repre-senlting Northeastern University Ibythe score of 35-22. This markns thesecond straight victory for the Cardi-nal and Gray, Rhode Island State hav-ing gone down to defeat at the handsof the Engineers, the Saturday pre-viouls.

Takring into consideration the num-ber of games played so far this sea-S"lll. Coach McCarthy's men havebroke even in the number of gameswon and lost, having emerged victor!-t)U8 on four occasions and having beendefeated as mnany times. The Cardi-nal and Gray defeated in order, NewBedford Textile, Lowell Textile, RhodeIsland and Northeastern. On the deb-it column are Dartmouth, Tufts, Brownand Harvard. In each of the last threeaffairs the final score was decided byan exceedingly close margin, and eachlof these games were heartbreakingones to lose for in each case, the out.come hung fire until the final whistlewas blown.

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SWIMMERS MEETWILLIAMS FEBL 13,

Meet With Purple Will Be LastHome Mheet of Season

For Institute

In their final homne appearance ofthe year the Cardinal and Gray swim-ming team takes oin the Williams Col-lege pool aggregation for the openingmeet of the new term on SatuTday,February 1o, in the Cambridge Y. M.C. A. The Institute swimmers have awonderful opportunity to avenge theirdefeat last year at the hands of theHill boys. At that time the Technol<o-gy team was without the services ofJohns-on and Woods and were forcedto take the short end of a 45 to 1.4score.

This year's outfit boasts of a muchmore experienced, more balanced, andlmore talented array of swimmers thanwvhichl opposed Williams last year.Their showing in the first two meetsstamps them as comparable with thebest teams that Technology has ever

E)Ioduced. With an abundance ofstrength in every event, it will take

an exceptionally strong Williams teamto (101V11 the Institute swimmers lextterle.

From Nl illiams town c omes the r e-p~ort that the athletic teams, the swim-min-, team included, are holding prae-l ice sessions regularly despite thefact that the little Berkshire collegeis in the midst of the annual mid-yearexaminations.

With the staTt of the -lew term,freshmen at Williams became eligiblefor the Varsity and report has it thata star has been uncovered in Schott.the leading yearling swinimeT.

Encouragement is offered to the In-stitute freshman swimmers by the re-stilt of the Andove-r-English Higbmeet. Andove-r defeated the Englishi

H7i-he swimmers 54 to 8, practicallythe same score by which they defeat-e d the Techlnology yearlings. Thisfact indicates that the meet betweent he Institute Freshmen and EnglisbiHi~glh will prove very close and ill

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Incidently, that boxing meet withMcGill is the only at home contestscheduled for the leather pushers, andthose anxious to see them in actionthis year should stop around to theHangar a week from Friday.

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A series of six lectures on religoussubjects will be given in King's Chap-el on succeeding Mondays -beginnigFebruary 1. These lectures begin at2:30 o'clock, and are under the aus.pices of the Lowell Institute.

The first series contains four lec-ture on "Religion, Its Passing Florms

IPhilosophy in Harvard University.The lectures are "Religion in HumanHistory," "Religion and Dogma,""Matter and Spirit," and "Truthand Criticism," and will be given onFebruary 1, 8, 15, and March 1 re-spectively.

The subject of the fast series is"Recent Tendencies in Germany,"and is given by Gustav Kruger, Pro-fessor of Church History in the Uni-versity of Giessen. "In the Church"will be given on March 15, "On The-ology" will be given on March 22.

K~ing's chapel is on the corner of'Tremont and School streets, and alllectures are free, no tickets are re-cquired. Doors will be open at twoo'clock.

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ALUMNUS RECEIVESMUNICIPAL POSITION

Louis K. Rourke '95 AppointedBiiliding Commissioner

By IMaYor Nichols

Louis K. Rourke '95, a graduate ofCourse I, was appointed to the posi-tion of building commissioner of theCity of Boston by Mayor Nichols lastMonday, to fill the vacancy whichhas existed since last July.

IMr. Rourke, who previous to thisappointment was Transit Commis-sioner of thle city, played quite aprominent part in the construction ofthe Panama Canal, and showed hisability to such an extent that he wascalled from that job, in 1 910 to be-come public works commissioner ofBoston. Later he engaged in privateengineering work until 1922, when hewas appointed to the Transit Com-mission. H~e has also acted as school-house commissioner.

H~is new position carries with it asizable increase in salary, and is oneof considerable importance and re-sponsibility in the engineering workof the city.

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and Eternal Truths" is given by Al- partially broken down by the dlis-fred North Whitehead, Professor of covery of acetylene."

Period of Industrial ProgressScientific research had reached a

high degree of efficiency, but thechanges were so immediate and soradical that it was hard for the lay-man to accept it. Many problems re-mained unsolved because no one wouldrisk his money. In spite of these ob-stacles the science progressed, andthis country passed through a periodof industrial progress and activity.Technology men were given more op-portuni ties.

By a process of evolution, the "ruleof thumb" method disappeared, andthe services of one or two chemists orchemical engineers were required hllall large industries.

Chemical -associations and socieztiessprang up. One of the first was theeManufacturers and Chemists Associa-tion of America, which took an activepart without compensation in all mat-ters concerning inorganic chemistry.Other small groups arose covering or-gan ic chemistry. Now this industry.s on a par with the other branches ofendeavor.

Suggestions for GraduatesMr. Wilder completed his lecture

with some suggestions for the suc-cess for the graduate about to enterthis field. Technical men are worthmore than others because they learnmore quickly. Most of us, upon. enter-ing the business world, know verylittle, and -we -can- learn something

PHYSICS LECTURE

Professor Th. de Donder, professorof Mathematical Physics at the Uni-versity of Brussels, will give two ser-ies of lectures in English at the In-stitute during the last ten weeks ofthe second term, at hours to be an-nounced later, on the following sub-jects:

Series I. The Theory of Relativity(ten lectures.)

Series II. The mathematical Theo-ry of Electricity (20 lectures.)

'These lectures are open to all in-terested.

UNDERGRADUATET. C. A. OFFICE

The T. C. A. office will -be open asusual during the examination periodand the week following.

FROSH FENCING

All freshmen wishing to substituteFencing for P. T. 2 should signl upwith Mr. McCarthy at his office be-fore the end of the term.

A new group will be formed on thefirst Tuesday afternoon of the newterm in tthe Gymnasium, WalkerMemorial ant 4: 30 P. M.

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Thlere will be a meeting of the So-ciety Friday evenling Feibruabry 12, inl oom 10-250, from 6 to 10.

TRACK MEET TICKETS

All those wislhiD- tikets for theB. A. A. Indoor Track Meet, February6G, should apply lo the track manage-ment at the Track Hours(

from the humblest workman.

SENIOR PORTFOLIO

Statistics must be turned in at theTechnique office right away.

TECHNIQUE

Seniors are requested to returntheir proofs to Notman's Studio atonce.

B. A. A. GAMES

Through the courtesy of Mr. Al-bert Geiger, M. I. T. '95, a sectionhas been reserved for Tech men andtickets can be obtained from MajorF. H. Briggs, 10 High Street, Boston.The price is $4.40 each. Applica-tions should be made preferably bymail, with remittance, not later thanFebruary 2nd.

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T. c. A. PLEDGESMen not having redeemed their T'.

C. A. Drive pledges are requested todo so at once in room 7, Walker.

TECH SHOW

A11 Sophomores and freshmen con.nected with the Stage departmentshould report at the Show office atone o'clock Friday.

All cast, chorus, ponies, and orches-tra report in the Walker gym., Fridayevening at seven o'clock SHARP.

There will be a rehearsal of the or-chestra in the North Hall at sixo'clock Saturday.

R. O. T. C. RI FLE TEAM

The rifle range will be open forPractise during the examination weekoil Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.All vars ity A. Q. T. C. team membersare urged to practise 'kneeling and.standing during any available time onthe above days. The range will beclosed from February 1 to Felbruary 6,Inclusive.

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partment, that physical perfection isnecessary to mental success, and it ishoped that the rules of health whichthis department is attempting to dis--seminate throughout the men at the In-stitute, will be carried out during theirfuture years. Seniors taking the ex-amination offered by this department,will not only aid in tabulating futurestatistics, but also benefit themselvesby learning how to overcome any im-perfections they may have.

WELDING SOCIETY TOHOLD MEETING HERE

"From Mine to Consumer-TheStory of Anaconda" will be the titleof the motion picture to be exhibitedat the regular meeting of the Bostonsection of the American Welding So-cietY that will be held on Friday eve-ning, January 29 in room 5-330. Thewelding of non-ferrous metals will bediscussed -by W. X3. Swifts, weldingengineer of the American Brass Com-pany. The movies will tell the storyof copper as it is manufactured today,in a typical copper plant, The Ana-conda Copper Company.

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OFFICIALAIR SERVICE SCHEDULES

Schedules for next term's Air Ser-vice classes have been posted on thebulletin board in room 1-080.

SOPHOMORE MILITARY SCIENCE

Sophomores intending to take Mil-itary Science MS22 with the EngineerR. O. T. C. unit please see Lieut. Levyor Lieut. Moore in room 3-307.

U. S. NAVAL AIR SERVICEGROUND SCHOOL

There will be two lectures perweekin this subject, every Tuesday andThursday evening at 7, in room 5-226. The course will run until May11, 1926. The next class is Feb., 9.

CHORAL SINGING G 58

The course in Choral Singing, G58, which was not offered last term,will be given twice a week during thesecond term, from 5 to 6 on Mondaysand Fridays in room 5-330. The in-structor will be Mr. Stephen Town-send. Those passing this course willbe credited with one General Study.

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