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HE TEcH VOL. XXI. BOSTON, JANUARY 2, 1902. No. 12. THE TECH Published every Thursday, during the college year, by students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. RICHARD C. TOLMAN, I903, Editor-in-Chief. G. E. ATKINS, 19o04, Assistant Editor-in-Chief. HI. W. GODDARD, 1904, Secrestay. C. H. GRAESSER, I905, Alumni Editor. C. A. SAWYER, JR., I902. W. J. WELLMAN, 1902, H. A. SCHERRER, Igo3, I. RAYNE ADAMS, 1902. iArt Editors. PRESTON M. SMITH, I904, Business Manager. C. S. SPERRY. JR., 1904, Assistant Business Managers. C. W. JOHNSTON, 2905, OFFISCE: 30 ROGERS, 491 BOYL 1 STON STREET. OFFICE HOURS: Editor-in-Chief, Business Manager, Monday, II-I2.30 P.M. Thursday, 12-I P.M. For the benefit of students THE TECH will be pleased to answer all questions and obtain all possible information pertaining to any department of the College. Contributions are reqi, stedfro'mr all undergraduates, alumni, and officers of instruction. No anonymous tmanuscript can be accepted. All communications with the Al4umni Department should be ad- dressed to the A lumni Editor. Subscription, $2.00 per year, in advance. Single copies, Io cts. Entered in Post-office, Boston, Mass., as Second-class Matter. Puritan Press, Boston. OR some time past negotia- .' tions have been pending for ." '~'~~'~[~ a triangular athletic meet between Brown, Dartmouth / and Tech. If representa- '?: 1 tives from the respective r611[~.~F ~ -athletic associations can de- cide on some co-operative arrangement which shall be satisfactory to all concerned, the meet will probably be held. For many rea- sons Boston seems to be the place best suited for such an event. The date, of necessity, would have to be within two or three weeks of that of the Inter-collegiate meet at Worces- ter. There is no doubt but that such a meet would greatly benefit the athletics of the three colleges. Besides offering a chance to thoroughly try out the men on the teams, the triangular meet would give the Boston and neighboring alumni of the three colleges an opportunity to see what the teams were doing. We sincerely believe in a meet of this nature, and hope that no trivial matters will arrive which will cause the abandonment of the proposed plan. H E opinion has been recently stated by some of -~ (I~ the younger grad- uates that the time 9 which they spent on modern lan- guages at the In- stitute was almost entirely wasted, as they had forgotten nearly all of their French and German before graduation, and that if they had had any use for these languages, they would have been obliged to recom- mence the study of them at the very begin- ning. It is extremely unfortunate that these men have such a feeling, as persons not con- nected with the Institute might reasonably suppose that there are no opportunities here for continued study of modern languages after the required work in them has been accomplished. T

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HE TEcHVOL. XXI. BOSTON, JANUARY 2, 1902. No. 12.

THE TECHPublished every Thursday, during the college year, by students

of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

RICHARD C. TOLMAN, I903, Editor-in-Chief.G. E. ATKINS, 19o04, Assistant Editor-in-Chief.

HI. W. GODDARD, 1904, Secrestay.C. H. GRAESSER, I905, Alumni Editor.

C. A. SAWYER, JR., I902.

W. J. WELLMAN, 1902,H. A. SCHERRER, Igo3,

I. RAYNE ADAMS, 1902.

iArt Editors.

PRESTON M. SMITH, I904, Business Manager.

C. S. SPERRY. JR., 1904, Assistant Business Managers.C. W. JOHNSTON, 2905,

OFFISCE: 30 ROGERS, 491 BOYL1 STON STREET.

OFFICE HOURS:

Editor-in-Chief,Business Manager,

Monday, II-I2.30 P.M.Thursday, 12-I P.M.

For the benefit of students THE TECH will be pleased to answerall questions and obtain all possible information pertaining to anydepartment of the College.

Contributions are reqi, stedfro'mr all undergraduates, alumni, andofficers of instruction. No anonymous tmanuscript can be accepted.

All communications with the Al4umni Department should be ad-dressed to the A lumni Editor.

Subscription, $2.00 per year, in advance. Single copies, Io cts.

Entered in Post-office, Boston, Mass., as Second-class Matter.

Puritan Press, Boston.

OR some time past negotia-.' tions have been pending for

." '~'~~'~[~ a triangular athletic meetbetween Brown, Dartmouth

/ and Tech. If representa-'?: 1 tives from the respective

r611[~.~F ~ -athletic associations can de-cide on some co-operative arrangement whichshall be satisfactory to all concerned, themeet will probably be held. For many rea-sons Boston seems to be the place best suitedfor such an event. The date, of necessity,would have to be within two or three weeks

of that of the Inter-collegiate meet at Worces-ter.

There is no doubt but that such a meetwould greatly benefit the athletics of thethree colleges. Besides offering a chance tothoroughly try out the men on the teams, thetriangular meet would give the Boston andneighboring alumni of the three colleges anopportunity to see what the teams were doing.

We sincerely believe in a meet of thisnature, and hope that no trivial matters willarrive which will cause the abandonment ofthe proposed plan.

H E opinion hasbeen recentlystated by some of

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9 which they spenton modern lan-guages at the In-stitute was almostentirely wasted, as

they had forgotten nearly all of their Frenchand German before graduation, and that ifthey had had any use for these languages,they would have been obliged to recom-mence the study of them at the very begin-ning. It is extremely unfortunate that thesemen have such a feeling, as persons not con-nected with the Institute might reasonablysuppose that there are no opportunities herefor continued study of modern languagesafter the required work in them has beenaccomplished.

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Of course such a supposition would be farfrom true, for to any student who wishes tokeep up his French and German there areexcellent facilities for so doing. Thedepartment of modern languages offers threeextremely valuable courses, open to allproperly qualified students, in advancedFrench (French III.), French Literature andAdvanced German (German III.); but theserequire considerable preparation, and on thataccount can be taken only by students hav-ing plenty of spare time. Two courses,however, those in French sight-reading andGerman sight-reading, require absolutely nooutside study, and take in recitations onlythree hours per week and two hours perweek respectively. The amount of readingdone is considerable, and is of a very in-teresting nature. For instance, the class inGerman sight-reading is at present readinga collection of articles, covering a widerange of subjects, taken from Germanmagazines of recent date.

The existence of these two courses makesit possible for any stuident to keep up hismodern languages with very slight exertion,makes it the fault of any student if, in thelatter years of his work here, he allows him-self to forget his French and German, andconsequently makes it entirely unfair to theInstitute to speak as if the arrangements forteaching the languages were anything butthe best in this respect. The Institute can-not require any additional study of lan-guages, but for those who wish, it providesexcellent opportunity for such study.

CALL has been issued forcandidates for the varsityrelay team. If a man hasever done anything in thisline of work he should by

all means go out and try for the team. Inorder that the candidates shall have the right

kind of training, the Athletic Association isto provide a rubber and a competent trainer.

Tech is to run Bowdoin again at the com-ing B. A. A. games, which are to be heldduring the first week in February at theMechanics Building. Bowdoin has nowbeaten us twice, and it is high time the tableswere turned. Let us help turn the tables bydoing all in our power to aid the team.

Announcement. At the present timeAnnouncement. when the newspapersare overflowing with sensational reports andexcited discussions of Student "Komers,"it seems fitting that some notice of the con-troversy should be taken by the collegepaper, and hence we wish to open ourcolumns to the student body, and to otherswho are interested, for discussion of the so-called beer question. We shall be very gladto print any such communications, and theymay be left at "The Cage," addressed toTHE TECH.

Cadet Hop.

To the outsider the Cadet Hop held Friday,Dec. 20, at Revere Hall, may have appeared abrilliant social event, but as a Tech functionit was not much of a success. The Techmen, who numbered about fifty, were com-pletely overshadowed by the number of HighSchool officers in their dazzling uniforms.However, the two hundred odd couples whowere present enjoyed a very pleasant evening,and ignoring the fact that as a financial ven-ture it came out a little short, the promotersshould be congratulated for their spirit inattempting the affair.

Calendar.Monday, 7an. 6.-The 56oth regular meeting of the

Society of Arts will be held in Room 22, Walker Building,at 8 P.M. Regular meeting of the "Tech" Board in the"Tech" office at I P.M.

Tuesday, 'an. 7.- Regular Y. M. C. A. meeting at 4- o10P.M. in Room ii, Rogers Building.

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NOTE.-This department makes no pretence to scientific re-search, but seeks to note facts appearing from week to weekwhich are of scientific Interest. Contributions are solicited.

Symphony Hall, Boston, is ventilated byintroducing air at the top of the hall, diffusingit at low velocities and exhausting it at thefloor level. The heating is by means ofdirect radiation, using the steam from thelighting plant.

The new bridge connecting Blackwell'sIsland with the New York shore is to be acantilever structure. The total length is tobe 8,231 feet, and there will be two channelspans of I,002 feet each.

An interesting discovery of a new chemicalfor the manufacture of ice is credited to Pro-fessor RPolin C. Woster of Newark, N. J.This chemical is a kind of ammonia salt, andcan be used and re-used for an indefinitenumber of times. One supply of salt willmake ice cream, and ice enough for therefrigerator for all summer.

It is said that, before the end of the year,sleeping-cars will be put in operation on thetrolley lines of various electric railroads in theWest. And it is promised that through trains,with sleepers, will run between Clevelandand Detroit before Christmas.

In the old Norman city of Rouen theelectric street-car wires are to be put to a newuse. The Fire Brigade propose that pumpsbe provided driven by dynamos, to take thecurrent by means of a trolley hooked to thewire at the nearest point to the fire.

Ten years ago we had about seven hundredmiles of electric railway; to-day a little morethan twice as many miles are in operation in-the United States alone. Millions of dollars

are invested in the stock, and many thousandmen employed.

The Rajah of Matlan has in his possessiona 367-carat diamond. The Kohinor, nowone of the crown jewels of England as cut,weighs io6 carats.

Smoke-Talk Electrical Engineering Society.

Monday evening the Electrical EngineeringSociety held an informal smoke-talk at thenew Technology Club House. Owing to theshort notice which was given to the membersonly about twenty-five were present, more-over, some of the men were unable to comeon account of a boiler test.

Professor Dolbear gave an interesting talk,telling of some of the earlier men who wereinterested in the advancement of electricalscience, and Professor Cross related someamusing anecdotes.

Refreshments were served, and the meetingbroke up at about half-past eleven, the mengoing in a body to the boiler-house to condolewith those members who were keeping awakeover their boiler test.

I wish I was an oyster;I'd grow a mighty pearl,

And then when I got married,I'd give it to the girl.-Ex.

The Society of Arts.

The 56oth regular meeting of the Societywill be held at the Institute, Room 22, WalkerBuilding, corner Boylston and ClarendonStreets, on Monday, Jan. 6, I902, at 8 P.M.

Prof. George E. Hale, director of theYerkes Observatory, will address the Societyon "The New Star in Perseus." Illustratedby stereopticon.

Members are requested to invite friendsinterested in the subject. Ladies are cor-dially invited.

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All communications with this department should be ad-dressed to the Alumni Editor.

'.70. C. W. Dinman, III., is treasurer ofthe Stanley Gas Machine Company ofCharlestown.

'73. George W. Blodgett, I., is an elec-trical engineer and consulting electrician ofthe Boston & Albany Railroad.

'75. F. S. Dodge, I., is superintendentand land agent of the estate of BernicePanahi Bishop, at Honolulu.

'8o. Edwin E. Chase, I., is a mining en-gineer at Denver, Col.

'82. Howard V. Frost, V., is chemist ofthe Anglo-American Provision Company, inChicago.

'83. W. B. Fuller, I., is a hydraulic andsanitary engineer in New York City.

'85. E. D. Dewson, II., is engineer ofthe Traction Department of the Westing-house Air Brake Company.

'85. Hugh MacRae, III., is president ofthe Wilmington Cotton Mills and the Wil-mington Gas Light Company, in North Caro-lina.

'87. Dwight Brainerd, IX., is treasurer ofthe Damillon Powder Company of Mon-treal, Que.

'87. J. A. Cameron, II., is president ofthe Abbot Worsted Company, in Forge Vil-lage, Mass.

'87. George W. Patterson, VI., is a juniorprofessor of electrical engineering in theUniversity of Michigan-.

'87. Granger Whitney, III., is superintend-ent of the Iron Department of the La Fol-lette Coal, Iron and Railroad Company ofTennessee.

The Hockey Team.

The hockey team is one that the Instituteshould be able to support, and Dr. Pritchetthas shown his interest in the matter by hav-ing a rink constructed at the rear of theshops. During vacation, on account of thebad weather the rink could not be used, butpractice was held on two days at JamaicaPond. At present, as about thirty-five menhave signified their intention of trying forthe team, and the prospects; seem fairly good.Last year the team did very well, consideringthe conditions, and won about half of theirgames. This year, with a rink on which topractice, situated so near the Institute, thereis no reason why a team should not be de-veloped that will compare favorably withthose from other colleges.

The Alumni Dinner.

On Friday, Dec. 27, I9o0, the annualdinner of the Alumni Association was held atHotel Brunswick. Before the dinner a busi-ness meeting was held in the parlors of thehotel. Mr. A. L. Rotch, '84, was electedpresident, and Prof. A. S. Robbins, '86, waselected secretary. The Constitution wasamended so as to change the form of the ex-ecutive committee; and the reports of thevarious committees and of the secretary werereceived. It was decided to allow membersof local associations to become members ofthe parent Alumni Association without thepayment of further dues, and the matter wasplaced in the hands of the Association ofGraduate Class Secretaries.

The dinner was held at seven o'clock, withone hundred and forty-seven members pres-ent. Dr. Pritchett was unable to attend ashe was n6t in Boston at the time, but accept-able speeches were made by the Hon. CharlesS. Hamlin, Hon. Herbert Parker and Mr.James P. Munroe, the president of the Tech-nology Club.

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Of course THE LOUNGER rather objected to a Thea-tergoer. Objection is what a lounger is for. Be-sides, he was frightened by that editorial phrase,,"thoughtful criticism." "Is Tech a school of dra-matic art?" he protested. "And who is going toread 'thoughtful criticism'? 'Wells' Algebra' is' thoughtful.'" To his first question I gave in, andadmitted that this is an Institute of Loungers; to hissecond I explained that the adjective was merely acase of editorial license, such as magnifies the modest"I" into the magnificent "we." But I stood myground for criticism. Play writing and play acting,as every subject of King Shakespeare knows, are artsworthy of criticism. We Tech men haven't time forthree-decker novels, but we make time for three-hour plays, and we want to talk them over. THELOUNGE. sniffed a little, but yielded gracefullyenough, and we made it all up that evening, elbowto elbow, among the standers at the Colonial.

"David Harum " is most timely for the winter holi-days and good-will to men. Of the American ruralplays - and we are getting a complete summervacation of such it is perhaps the best, if you cancall it a play at all, for it isn't much nearer dramathan the book was to a novel. There is no absorb-ing interest in the plot; pretty Mary Blake's loveaffair is certain enough from the start, and we knowso well the outcome of Widow Cullum's troubles thather suspense seems prolonged almost to cruelty.But as a character sketch "David Harumn" is sym-pathetic and inimitable.

Most of the parts are farcical, droll caricatures ofreal people, Puck and Judge typical countrymencome to life. Of these, Dick Larribee is acted withmost discrimination, and Chet Timnison is the mostamusing. But David Harum is dramatic portraiture- the real man in his habit as he lived. We hangon his every word while he is upon the stage, andneed pretty broad farce to divert our impatiencewhen he is away. The contagious bubbling laugh,and the quick, quiet voice, with its imperturbable,deep-drawn "Yee-e-up," presents the character of

the book as truly as does the perfect facial make-up.Mr. Crane's face is really the whole of the play. Theother persons are drawn with obvious extravagantstrokes, but you must keep your glasses everymoment on David to get all the finer touches of theimpersonation. From hours of laughter, even totears, the abiding impression is of that quizzical, red,puckered face, and its quick changes from mirth tosoberness, all wreathed in smoke of the "best see-garPierce keeps, the Pride of Havana."

We are going to Arden next week, each and all.The only absolute rule the Theatergoer observes is:Never miss any performance of Shakespeare; andMiss Crosman's "As You Like It" promises to be asgood as any given of late years in Boston. Sheis ideally fitted for her part, both in face and in form,is a good reader and a thoughtful actress, and hasthe spontaneous charm that makes Rosalind dearto us.

Tech's Advertisement Column.

LOST - On the steps of Rogers Building, a pair ofred worsted mittens and a real pipe. Leave at" Cage" for Algernon Freshman.

FOUND- In the Rogers Building, a pretty co-ed.Owner may obtain the same by applying at the"Cage."

WANTED - A colorless red necktie. Apply to Pro-fessor P-pe, Walker Building.

LOST - In the Secretary's office, a Freshman.

FOUND - After long search, a funny joke inTechntque '02.

Los'r- On Wednesday last a copy of F - - nce's"Descriptive Geometry; " finder may keep the sameand receive reward.

WANTEr)- By an unfortunate Sophomore, troubledwith insomnia during lectures, a sleeping powder foruse in the physics lecture room.

LOSr - STRAYED - OR STOLEN - On New Year'sevening, fourteen hours' sleep, The Class of '02.

WANTED - By Professor L- nz - some really funnyjokes for his next issue of "Applied Mechanics."

PROFESSOR -"Christianity was introducedinto Ireland about the thirteenth century."

Co-ED -,"A.D. or B.C. ? "- Ex.

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Either in the next issue of THE TECH orthe issue following,the provisional mid-yearexamination schedule will be printed in full.

Owing to the fact that our printers tookaccount of *stock on Wednesday, which

-necessitated the shutting down of the shop,THE TECH could not be issued as usualon Thursday.

Mr. George W. Knight, one of our instruct-ors in chemistry, has left: for Cienfuegos,Cuba, where he will hold the position ofchief chemist on a large Cuban sugar planta-tion. Mr. Knight graduated in the class ofI9o00, and he intends to return to Bostonafter six months.

The "' Technique " board offers a prize of$25 for the best cover design drawn byany one connected with the Institute. De-signs should be left at the "Cage" beforeFeb. I 2.

On account of ill health Mr. Pope, '02,

Course IV, has been obliged to leave college.His absence will be a distinct loss to athleticsat the Institute.

Mr. Pope has resigned his position ascaptain of the Track Team; the election ofhis successor was held last Tuesday. Mr.Baker, '02, was elected.

A meeting of the Freshman Debating So-ciety will be held Friday, Jan. 3, in RoomII, Rogers Building, at 3 P.M. All who are

interested should make every effort to come.

On Thursday evening, Jan. 9, Professor

Richards will speak to the Mining Engineer-ing Society on the subject of " MiningMethods in Mexico." The meeting will beheld at the new Technology Clubhouse, andlight refreshments will be served. Ticketsare 35 cents.

SUNDAY-SCHOOL TEACHER -" Willie, wereyou ever baptized?"

WILLIE- -" Sure. Tree times."SUNDAY-SCHOOL TEACHER -"Three times !

Willie !"WILLIE--"Sure. I kin show you de scars

on me arm." -Widow.

Northwestern Association of the Massa-chusetts Institute of Technology.

The annual banquet of the NorthwesternAssociation of the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology will be held about the ist ofMarch. Arrangements now being mrnadepromise well for a very attractive pro-gramme, and with the largely increasednumber of Tech men in the west, the attend-ance will probably break the records. It ishoped that Dr. Pritchett will be here then, ashe is to make a trip to Cincinnati about thattime.

On Monday, Dec. I6, a meeting of theAssociation was held at "The Union," IiIRandolph Street, Chicago. Judge FrankBaker indulged in reminiscences of his ex-perience on the bench, and he has a rarefund of interesting stories from real life.Mr. P. W. Leffler, whose electro-magneticrailway is attracting so much attention, waspresent, and explained his invention. Mr.John McCutcheon was persuaded to relatesome of his experiences in the Philippines,and his talk was very interesting indeed.

",I wonder why they call the' hired boy'Buttons,"' said the traveler.

"Probably," replied the bachelor, "it's be-cause he's off when you need him most."

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FrHE LOUNGER again takes up his pen, lights hisbriar, tips his chair back, clears his throat, and pre-pares to let fall some words of wisdom, which willbe quickly done into ink by his stenographer, for thebenefit of THE TECH and the edification of its read-ers. Suddenly the face of THE LOUNGER becomes-pale, he gasps, springs from his chair, rushes with ahalf-crazed look to where his books lie, and selectingone, begins to study with an energy that had hithertobeen foreign to his nature,--he suddenly remem-bered that a certain professor had sent him notice ofan exam. as a Christmas present. His stenographerlooked over his shoulder and then put down for hiswords of wisdom, "Be sure and spend Christmas andthe following days in preparing for ProfessorF-unc- exam., to be held first thing after theholidays."

THE LOUNGER is, strange though it may seem, amortal, and as such he is more or less susceptible tothe emotions that encourage common beings towarddaffyism. Inspirations THE LOUNGER has had attimes, but those were due to but one cause,-- that offrequenting the Chapel. He visits the Chapel todrown his sorrows regularly twice a year (semi-finalsand finals). For other reasons too numerous to men-tion he finds himself compelled to visit this famousresort off and on,- mostly on. But up to last nightthe real genuine-one-in-a-box inspiration had neverenthused into him that sublime feeling which poesy

-renders to the soul. He cannot really account -forthe spasm. Whether it was encouraged by sleepingthrough Arlo's second-year. literary lecture, on whichhe had dropped in during an evil moment, or whetherit was due to his more than usual spirit in which hewent through the soul-entrancing rhythm of the Techyell before rolling into bed and taking off his shoes,he is unable to decide. By the way, would adviseall my disciples to take up the latter practice. I donot mean removing one's foot coverings after retir-ing, but of heartily rendering the Tech yell everynight. Before using this remedy THE LOUNGER waswholly deprived of good marks, was troubled withwakefulness during lectures, and was generally defi-cient in all the comforts that make the happy man.

After using, a vast improvement was noticed, and henow uses it regularly, and has no difficulty aboutsleeping in lectures. But to return: THE LOUNGERwas thinking of the great excitement that was let outwhenever a Techniique or a catalogue made its ap-pearance, and of the immniortal honor that the insti-gators put in their pocketbooks. THE LOUNGER wassurely jealous. Why could not he make himselfworthy of a place among the immortals? An inspi-ration! He would concoct a poem, and follow onto Arlo. He would chase the band-wagon, and issueit on the day the Technique came out. Visions ofArlo slapping him on his vaccination and saying," Well done, you have shown yourself worthy to takeattendance at my lectures next year!" Such goodfortune was too much for him. He was delirious.He grappled with his inspiration, and tied it downwhile he ran for some paper and a two H. He im-mediately began to write the title, "The TechishCo-ed," a tragedy. Another scintillating thought:his title reminded him of "The Faerie Queene."He would follow Spenser's idea by writing his mas-terpiece in four cantos, each to contain a virtue ofthe Techish Co-ed. as a Freshman, Sophomore, Jun-ior and Senior. THE LOUNGER wrote as one pos-sessed, wearing away four two H's, writing at oneend and eating at the other. Finally, as early dawnthe milk-carts lighted on their way, lo! it was allcompleted. He read it over again, went to themirror to see if he had changed. Yea, indeed,. ArloII. With well-deserved pride THE LOUNGER recited,as he felt of his head to see what size wreath hewould have to have, line 2763 of the first canto, tell-ing of plate 9 and the damsel,-

And as she for the sixteenth time down on her board didspread it,

She murmured with that gentle grace: " Oh, darn! howI do dread it!

THE LOUNGER gave three hearty cheers for himself,and again betook himself to slumber.

The days have come and passed unnumberedsince THE LOUNGER first placed his foot within theprecincts of Rogers Corridor, or scaled the dark andlabyrinthian stairs of the internal gloom of Walker.Yet never had he seen an effect like that which ina dream, in the recent vacation, presented itself tohim. For perhaps that vacation was too much relax-ation and excitation for one who, with his imaginationalready stifled with thoughts of radii of gyration,thermal equivalents, wave-lengths and parabolic-hy-perb6las, to say nothing of logarithmic anti-differen-tials, was turned loose upon an unresisting and cheer-ful world. At any rate, THE LOUNGER found himself,after the end of the second day, imagining all sortsof strange and pleasant things about the Institute -such as, for instance, the possibility of his passing

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eight or nine of the seventeen exams. which he willattack in the coming semi-annual campaign. Chiefamong these was his vision of what the WalkerBuilding would look like on a moonlight night.He somehow fancied broad walks and entrances,turreted spires and colored lights, strange and attrac-tive architectural forms, fountains in the foreground,- in fact, a second Piazza de San Marco,-- or, inAmerican, an " all right thing." For a while he for-got this trivial dream, but, on returning, he found adeep disappointment awaiting him. The artistic con-tingent of this light-and-information-giving periodicalhad already anticipated his vision- but with whatdifference. THE LOUNGmER imagines the reader cansee on comparing his dream and the picture on thispage. At first THE LOUNGER objected that thepicture was not in any way a representation of theWalker Building,- it was a freight elevator, a hatfactory, a coal wharf,- an anything. But failing toconvince on this point, he next attacked the tech-nique of the production; but naturally, as thereader will appreciate, he really had no ground forargument. But interpretation of the theme troubledhim, and he decided to look upon Walker by moon-

light, and see for himself. For his benefit the cura-tor and undertaker who guards the door of the sec-ond year physics lecture room, kindly consented tolight every window in Walker. THE LOUNGER wentout and-looked. Surprise changed into humiliation,and humiliation into religious devotion, which latterimpelled him to destroy some of his disappointmentat the Chapel. The artistic contingent were right intheir treatment of the subject. For the history ofthe building this brief synopsis will do. In 303 A.D.while Julius Caesar was ravaging the coasts of RhodeIsland, he came one day upon a pile of stones, whichfor one reason or another he caused to be made intoa fortress. It was rude and not architecturally beau-tiful in its lines, and yet it was destined to be repro-duced in an immortal monument. For fifteen hun-dred years that pile of stones was subjected to theelements. In 1884 the architectural department ofthe Institute, happening upon it, saw in it the schemefor a magnificent temple of learning, and in the fol-lowing year was executed from the suggestion theWalker Building, which still challenges eternity andDespradelle.

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