VOLUME 93 NUMBER 56 MIT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS

Foods @ZvkioffrS ouff m$By James Moody

Director of Housing andFood Services H. EugeneBrammer, announced Fridaythat, as of July 1, 1974,Stouffers will no longer be man-aging MIT's dining operation.

The announcement that MITwould take full control of allfood services after 16 years ofmanagement by Stouffers wasmade at a meeting of housemas-ters, Housing and Dining repre-sentatives and representativesfrom the Dean's Office and stu-dent government.

The decision is the result ofa year of intensive study andreview of the dining services byBrammer's office, which includ-ed an independent consultant'sstudy conducted by ArthurDana Associates of New York.The report covered operationstechniques only, and made no

Vice-president for Operations,that "we live in flexible, innova-tive times" which provide "theincentive to manage these thingsourselves." Another reason,given by Braminer, is that MIT isnow a big operation, big enoughto manage it s own food serviceseffectively.

Brammer hopes that this"total commitment by MIT"will result in better, more flexi-ble, and more innovative service.He feels that MIT can be "moreresponsive" to the needs of itsown community without theneed for outside managerial ser-vices.

Stoddard noted that "most ofthe employees in the system are

ours," another reason to assumefull control. It is often difficultfor employees to work undertwo managers, as was the caseunder MIT and Stouffers.Stoddard also hopes this changewill save MIT some money, sinceStouffers currently collects 5%of incoming revenue as profit.Stouffers also used MIT as partof its management training pro-gram, a situation not particularlybeneficial to MIT.

Brammer emphasized that thedecision had nothing to do withthe people, the company, or thequality of the food. It reflects adesire of MIT to make a strongercommitment to its food service,as well as a wish to be more

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_ '1'r3" ~mention of Stouffers.This decision reflects an opin-

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Nominations for Representa- bution to make to the Corpora-o g e lives to the MIT Corporation tlon and MIT to name as finalistsfrom Recent Classes are now and put on the ballot."being solicited froml young alurn- The Screening Committee4-10. 6g (90 7n ~,' T-.-Eluff, -Q-- Pni by the MIT Alumni Associa- wkil meet in March, Davisontlion. xnxlained. to cornsidher the name,·c

By Storm KatuffmanPro lfessor of Mathelnatics

-lartley Rogers has been ap-pointed Associate Provost, effec-tive February 1.

VlWhen (luestione(l abniul theappoih nie CI, Rogers told TheTelch1 that he could not dtescribehis role at the present time. Mostgenerally, he "will assist Pro-fessor Rosenhlith in the generalduties of the provost." Rogerscontinued, "Having an addition-al person in Ohe office will per-mit the provost and myself togive additional attention to thematter of the development ofeducational programs."

The provost is the senior aca-demnic officer and has Institute-

By Bert Halstead.According to the most recent

information available, MIT iscoping well with the energy cri-sis. Unlike many New Englandcolleges and universities whichhave simply closed down in theface of the shortage, MIT islikely to remain open andoperating nearly normally forthe rest of the winter.

As of last week, MIT's oiltanks were fullto their capac. .ity of 360,000 /; -,g!allolns, about '-

en, g - \ 'servei' to lIist i I\ten days' ort wN weeks. EnergyAccctdling to andSup r in ten- MITdent of Utili-ties (Physical Plant) Thonas E.Shepherd. MIT is now running atour "allocation level," which,for Jlanuary, is 75, of last year'soil supply. This means that theInstit ute is using exactly asmuilch fuel as is being delivered,so the outlook is good.

MIT was able to build up itsreserves by actually accumulat-ing surpluses during Novemberand December. Shepherd esti-mated that about 20% of thesavings was due to the unusuallywarnm weather, but that another20% was due to the various

energy-saving measures in effect.1energy-saving measures in effect.

wide responsibilities for academ-ic programs in education andresearch. Ad-ditionally, the pro-vost oversees the allocation ofinternal funds andt the assign-ment of campus space. Rogerswill be joining Provost Walter A.Rosenblith and Assistant to theProvost Louis Menand IIIll andJoel Orien in carrying out thesedut ies.

Rosenblith was out-of-town,but The Techl questioned Menandon the re-creation of the inter-mediate position of AssociateProvost. Rogers will have formalcom numittee responsibilities onthe Academic Council and adirect role with the Committeeon Educational Policy (CEP) --

These measures are familiarto almost everybody by now.Basically, heating in the academ-ic and research buildings hasbeen reduced, especially in cor-ridors and especially at night.Excess ventilation in the build-ings is being limited, and manyfans are being turned off at nightand on weekends. The campaignto curtail unnecessary use ofelectricity is being continuedand intensified.

Shepherd estimated that con-sumption can ultimately be cut25%5, to 30'%- by extendling theprIeseni It measures. The next step,which is, hlowever, regarded asfa i r lv serious, wouid be topartialtly cut oft hot water toacadelmic buildings. It could notbe completely cut off because itis necessary to have hot wateranywhere glassware is beingwashed.

It is also possible that unnec-essary use of ventilating hoodscould be curtailed to some ex-tent,

Beyond these measures, oneof the few other possibilities is atotal shutdown of the academicbuildings. Aside from the obvi-ous damage this would do tomany ongoing research projects,even a total shutdown would cutfuel consumption only in half.Though buildings need not beheated to habitable temperatures

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which Menand and Orlen do nothave. Rogers' background withthe CEP should be helpful in thisarea:

Menand did not know thereason for expansion of the Pro-vost's Ojliet, l[,! il e sprecdUaledthat Rosenblith was hoping toimprove the efficiency of theoperation by spreading the load.He noted that a similar mccha-nism was used in 1969 whenPaul Gray and Walter Rosenblithbecame Associate Provosts tinderthen-Provost Jerome Wiesner.The Associate Provost positionwas vacated when all those indi-viduals advanced followingHoward Johnson's ascension toChairman of the Corporation in1971.

"MiT is extraordinary in itsintellectual power and talent,and my conception of thisadministrative position is to tryto support that resource,"Rogers said.

He believes that his responsi-bilities in collaboration withRosenblith will be three-fold:"1) To help in any way I can inmaking the educational pro-grams as effective as possible. 2)To help research enterprises tobe fruitful and effective. And 3)to make the careers of facultyand students personally satisfy-in (Pese t age

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Letters are being nailed thisweek to all seniors. graduatestudents in their final year ofstudy, "ci.d melmbers of the clas-ses of 1';72 and i1973, askingthem to suggest candidates fromano'v the@ ir _a ssni ai s r)ur aposition on the Coiporation as arepresentative of the youngeralumni.

The plan of electing youn)alumni to the Corporation wasstarted four years ago, in aneffort to "gain new ideas andperspective on life on the MITcampus," according to RalphDavison '64, chairman of theScreening Committee. There arefive Representatives from RecentClasses among the approximately90 members of the Corporation;one is elected each year to servea five-year term

The nominations from thealumni and students will bescreened by a committee consist-ing of the five youngest mem-bers of the Corporation to arriveat a final ballot of at least sixcandidates. The ballot will besent to the recent alumni andgraduating students, who willvote to elect one representative.

Screening Process"The Corporation established

these positions to get youngblood into its processes,"Davison told The Tec/h, "There-fore, we try to look for candi-

th.1 wIvere noinateu by hlialuinni and graduating studCents. ."ThIle data we use in consideringiitese people is a reafly m ixecdbag," lie said, 'We will talk toproftessors. ad.tvisors- h L seiS-CErS. ltiCellis, Nt~ x\,,2 ; '2Tl1 gC[ 3

feeling for what sort of candi-dates we are dealing with,"

The criteria for selection ofthe final ballot "is hard to nindowwn," Davison said, Nomineesare those who "give us a feelingthat they have an abiding inter-est in, and can make a realcontribution to MIT.. There aremany problems in defining themeasures to be used in profilingthe nominees," Davison contin-ued. "How can you compare aperson who was in student gov-ernment to one who did com-munity work in Camhridge'? Wehave to work with questions likethis."

Participation DecliningAlumni Association officers

are upset at what they see asdeclining support and participa-tion in the process of selectingrecent-class representatives."When this first started, it re-ceived a lot of attention, andpeople were interested," saidRichard A. Knight, who, as theAssociation's Secretary, is re-sponsible for administering theelections. "Now, the number of

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In a move intended to makefunded chairs more accessible toyounger faculty members, thefirst three recipients of theEsther and Harold E. EdgertonAssistant Professorships wererecently announced.

Provost Walter A. Rosenrablithnamed Assistant ProfessorsMichael D. Schroeder andTimothy L. Johnson, both inElectrical Engineering, andJames H. Williams Jr., Mechani-cal Engineering to two-yearterms as Edgerton Assistant Pro-fessors. This professorship wasestablished last Februrary "toprovide new horizons in researchand career development foryounger faculty members and toallow them to involve undergrad-uLate students directly in theirresearch."

Schroeder said that his firstreaction to the announcementwas one of surprise as he wasunaware that he was under con-sideration for the appointment."It's a new program," Schroederremarked, "and I didn't evenknow it existed until the depart-ment head told mne that I hadbeen chosen."'

Except for involving moreundergraduates in his programs,Schroeder said that he intends to"sit on" his share of funds fromthe professorship.

"Right now I'm involved in aproject which has sufficientfunds. But with research as it isnow, that can't last for long andI want to have some of this

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money around when I need it."Schroeder received his BA in

Mathematics from WashingtonState University in 1 967, his SMin electrical engineering and EEdegree from MIT in 1 969 and hisPh.D. in computer science herein 1972. Since then he has parti-cipated in the Miulitcs system ofProject MAC and was the pri-mary designer of its hard'wareprotection mechanism.

As an MIT cooperative stu-dent (Course VI-A) at Honey-well, Inc., Johnson became inter-ested in decision and controlsystems. Since then he hasserved as an advisor to MITstudents at Digital EquipmentCorporation and as a consultantto the Boston Veterans Admini-stration Hospital in the area ofclinical nuerophysiology and tothe Charles Stark Draper Labora-tories in electrocardiography.

Johnson and his students arecurrently working on such prob-lems as creating dynamic modelsfor biological membranes andelectrodes, attitude stabilization

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if no one is to use them, theymust still be heated in order toensure that water pipes do notfreeze and to prevent otherpermanent damage.

In order to help ward off thiseventuality, Shepherd, Professorof Mechanical Engineering LeonGlicksman, and several others setup an [AP activity (number176b, "Energy Conservation")"to identify and implementinnovative energy conservationmethods" on the MIT physicalplant and at nearby commercialestablishments. Both Glicksmanand Shepherd stressed that many

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and control of flexible aircraftand the human control system.

Johnson received an SB ineconomics, another SB and anSM in electrical engineering in1969 and a Ph.D. in 1972, allfrom MIT.

According to Williams, hisappointment as one of the threeEdgerton Assistant Professorswill provide him with the fundshe needs to continue his presentwork, some of which includes"studying the dynamics of isola-ted structures under seismicexcitation" and "monitoringelastic stress states by acousticemissions."

Williams received his SB andSM in mechanical engineeringfrom MIT in 1968 and 1969 andhis PH.D. from Trinity College,Cambridge, England in 1970.Since then he has been appoint-ed duPont Assistant Professor ofMe chanical Engineering andreceived the Everett MooreBaker Award for OutstandingUn dergraduate Teaching lastMay.

more students are wanted andneeded for the project, which isnot restricted to IAP but maycontinue into next term if de-sired.

Shepherd said there are"many things we have to learn"about the way critical buildingsare being operated. Before ener-gy consumption can be cutmuch more, it is necessary tofind out what projects are reallyhappening where, and how speci-fic energy saving measures mightaffect them. Emphasizing that hesees this as a first-rate opportu-nity "to get into some real,practical engineering," he repeat-ed his plug for more students.

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Rogers admitted uncertainty. Hehas yet to meet with the staff tooutline his duties and stated "Idon't know the details of thepresent provost duties. I feel Ihave a lot to learn."

Questioned about his reign asChairman of the Faculty(1971-1973), Rogers noted thatit had familiarized him withInstitute operations and withadministration of academicproblems. He said that he hadenjoyed being faculty chairmanand that he had learned a lot.Also, he believes that the posi-tion [he was succeeded last yearby Professor of Nuclear Engi-neering Elias Gyftopoulous] hasmore responsibility associatedwith it than is usually recog-nized.

He continued, "Most of myinput was as Chairman of theCommittee on Educational Poli-cy, and its importance is thatideas come by and from andthrough the faculty." The CEPprovided an opportunity fordebate on issues of the sort withwhich he will be concerned asAssociate Provost.

As to his continuing positionin Mathematics, Rogers will beteaching 18.05 (Introduction toProbability and Statistics). Hehad not gotten much chance to

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teach while faculty chairmanand indicated that he was "look-ing forward to it." He plans tomaintain some contact in hisfield of mathematical logic andhas a number of things in mind,but he recongnizes that his newpost will place a significantdemand on his time.

(Continued from page 1)nominations is declining, as wellas the number of people voting."Davison agreed that participa-tion in the elections is on thedecline, but added that he felt itwas part of a trend: "Participa-tion in all alumni affairs isdown... there hasn't reallybeen anything exciting going onon campuses in the last fewyears."

Neither Knight nor Davisoncould offer an explanation forthe decline, but they stated thatthey hoped to overcome it bymaking the format of the ballotsmore interesting, and allowingthe candidates more roomn tostate their views and positionson issues. "People don't seem toperceive this as an opportunityto affect the runn}ng of theInstitute and its policies,"Davison said. "But it is."

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By Barb MooreAlthough this is the fourth

year that MIT has offered theIndependent Activities Period,this is the first time that lAP hasbeen a permanent part of thecalendar.

The number of courses of-fered this year has increasedfrom the total last year, from456 to 508 independent offer-ings. This increase was un-expected; moreover, a drop wasfeared due to the fact that thenovelty of IAP must have wornoff in its three previous years.However, IAP seems to be be-coming more popular with them.

Joel Orlen, Assistant to theProvost, called this tendency"grass roots" interest, in that noone is "twisting anyone's arm"to offer courses and seminars.The students and faculty whooffer the courses, do so fromtheir own interest and ideas.This is unlike the term, whenprofessors must offer certaincourses in the best interest oftheir own jobs.

There is also strong interestshown on the part of the stu-dents. 75%5i to 80;,% of the stu-dent body usually returns forlAP. and this year promises tohave a similar turn-out. "It isintended to be a relaxed, fallowtime, for rest or relaxation orhard work,' noted Orlen.

This is also the first year thathard work can be rewardeld by aletter grade. Those students whowishl to use this timte for aregularly offered academiccourse, for credit, can now takethe course in its condensed form'for a grade. This is a changevwhich has been a(lopted since[Al1' was lade pcrn*anent.

()rlein hopes that this policywill not affect the atimosphere oflAl':; hox \evcr, hen feeCls thit stu-dents should not be limited inwhat they dio. :if 18.02 is whatthe student wants to do. lheshould be able to do it." statedOrlen. "It is a break In the pace,however the student wishes touse it."

One thing most sutdentsdon't know is how IAP is or-ganized each year. 'There is aco-ordinating committee whichmeets at the beginning of theyear to start planning. Then the"key group", as Orlen describesit. is developed to formalizeideas. This planning group has

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two student members this year,and is interested in more studentinput. As Orlen admits, he rarelygets the opportunity to attendmost of the seminars and maybeknows less than many students.

One of the more unusuallistings in this year's guide wasthe elevator hacking (beginner's)course offered in the first guide,but cancelled in the finaledition. Orlen explained that theSafety Office and the operatorsof the campus elevators foundout about the course, and werenot very pleased with the idea.They worried that someonemight be hurt in an accident

involving a hacked elevator, asperhaps was the case of a stu-dent of the University of Massa-chusetts who was recently killedin an elevator accident.

Another concern of theSafety Office was the mysteriousdisappearance of the circuitrydiagrams from many of the ele-vators on campus soon after thecourse was announced. The dia-grams are used whenmaintenance is needed on anelevator, to assist the repairman.

The Safety Office had a con-versation with the co-ordinatorof the event, and is was volun-tarily cancelled.

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('an you imagine 100 peoplelearning to mix approximately130 drinks each, and then trying

them out on each other for afinal exami? This is the basic planfor the 1AP' course on bartendlingoffered hy Ken Isaacson.

The final examn involves eachperson acting as the bartenderfor the nxt , who of' course.consumes the drink in order totest the bartender. The drinkerthen makes the drink for thenext person, until the drinkshave been arounci the roomiseveral times. As Isaacson.described the purpose of thecourse, "Drinking is good for

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Dining-The proof isin the pudding

By Storm KauffmanThe assumption by the Institute of

managerial control of dining operationson 1 July 1974 is a golden opportunity.The major reorganization which willnecessarily follow is the chance to workon the many inadequacies of the system.

The complaints are many. Studentsgripe about inedible or unsavory food,limited selections, rising prices, and poorservice (especially from their fellow stu-dents behind the counters). Dining serviceofficials point to increasing financial dif-ficulties as a situation requiring some sortof restructuring of the system.

As the decision to dump Stoufferscomes on the heels of the completion ofthe consulting study undertaken by Danaand Associates (which, Dining Serviceofficials stress, did not call for a change inmanagement), I would hope that themove is being made with an eye to solvingthese problems. At the time the studywas announced, H. Eugene Brammer,Director of Housing and Dining, statedthat financial problems and hopes ofassuring food quality were the motiva-tions. The change-over is an ideal time tobegin institution of some of the Danarecommendations. However, it is likelythat in the initial months of the switch -which, fortunately for most students,occurs in midsummer - there will bemore problems raised than are solved.

This last summer, the Committee onStudent Environment (CSE) also releasedsome recommendations on the diningsystem. At the time, the CSE reportnoted "The objectives of the dining sys-tem appear to be is no necessary order ofpriority: to provide a suitable socialsetting for students and other members ofthe community; to provide adequatenutrition of members of the community;to provide certain standards of service;and to achieve these objectives as econo-mically as possible."

While the nutrition aspect must beconsidered the most important, all othersare equally and not much less vital. Witha little effort, a student can easily provideadequate nutrition for himself, but hemay miss the social atmosphere of adining hall. My personal opinion as tostandards of service is unprintable. Sufficeto say that I feel that this is the area inwhich there is the most room for im-provement. On the other hand, I feel thatthe Dining Service has done an admirablejob of maintaining reasonable prices ontheir quick-service foods (hamburgers and

sandwiches), though I am not sure that Icould afford to eat their nutritionallybalanced entree-meals. Those prices, andthat of the commons contract (whichBrammer has explained as the result ofthe small number of people on com-mons), do seem somewhat steep - espe-cially if one is in the habit of skippingbreakfast or avoiding gluttony.

Forseeable problems in the MITassumption of control include the loss ofStouffers' buying power and food exper-tise (menu development was included intheir responsibility). Of course, oldmenus can always be revived, but that isnot the way to encourage students tothe fact that Stouffers' bought many oftheir supplies locally, and the possibilityof joining a co-op with other colleges andthus saving money, means that studentsprobably won't be paying a lot more,either.

The Dining Service is a resource of theMIT community, let's hope the newmanagement doesn't blow their chance tomake the dining halls a satisfying andeconomical place to eat.

UA: A look at past acco plishmentsBy Derrick Vlad

Anyone peeking into the Undergrad-uate Association offices on almost anyafternoon will find a flurry of activity.Phones ringing, people whizzing by, andheated discussions are all a familiar sightto the seasoned observer. And IAP is noexception. In fact, business is better thanever.

We have had to put off some of ourmost important projects until IAP be-cause work on those which we wereinvolved in during the first term occupiedso much of our time, and we finali hadto succumb to academic pursuits.

At the beginning of our term in office,we stated that this would be a year oftransition; a year of introspection andreorganization. From the start, that'sexactly what it has been. The Secretariat,which previously had consisted mainly ofthe Secretary-General, who took minutesat General Assembly meetings, ran theChristmas Convocation and the UA elec-tions, has been greatly expanded. StephenShagoury, our Secretary-General, nowpresides over four separate divisions. TheElections and Constitution Division underRuss Johnson has been given a charge toreview the existing UA constitution, andlay the groundwork for some fundamen-tal changes that are yet to come. Themany outdated clauses and restrictionshave to be closely scrutinized and eveneliminated, in order to emerge with amore flexible document. The PublicityDivision, under Charlie Shooshan, hasresponsibility for the upkeep of the bulle-tin boards and kiosks in the main build-ings that have not been granted to speci-fic activities. In addition, it provides themanpower and the know-how needed topublicize the events which are sponsoredin full or in part by the UA. The SocialDivision is run in close conjuction withthe Student Center Committee, and DougFried, its head, is also a member of thelatter. A couple,,of upcoming events willbe run jointly by the UA and the SCC,namely the LAP party this coming Satur-day in Lobdell, as well as this year'sanswer to the Sha-Na-Na concert of lastyear. The Administrative Division, runpersonally be the Secretary-General, takescare of meeting minutes, both taking anddistributing them, upkeeping files andmailing lists, and liaison with the UJAsecretary.

Voter registration was run again thisyear. Dave Sullivan, who was instrumnen-tal in organizing last year's successfulsessions, helped put together this year's.The turnout was light, this not being anelection year, but the problems with theCambridge Election Commission werestill there, and a representative from theCambridge District Attorney's office waspresent to investigate the numerousclaims of discrimination on the basis ofoccupation - namely that of being astudent (particularly undergraduate).

Thanks to the efforts of MikeKozinetz, a member of our ExecutiveCommittee, a questionnaire was distrib-uted at the beginning of last term, toprovide us with a feel for what notionspeople held with regard to the UA, andwhat they thought it should be doing.Although the response was not over-whelming, a wide spectrum of ideas wassuggested. A good many of these had todo with social events of one kind oranother. Accordingly, plans were made tothrow a fall concert, and preliminaryarrangements were made to procure theJames Montgomery Blues Band. This wasbefore they came out with their latestalbum, however, and their popularity hassince increased somewhat. It was notcertain that such a concert would not losea considerable sum of money, in viewof the ticket prices that would have to becharged, and the number of people that

would have to attend for this not to beso. In addition, the Student Center Com-mittee had already finalized plans for aseries of "mini-concerts", which seemedto fill the same void we were considering.

A lecture series was run, however. The"Unsolved Mysteries of the World," asthe series was entitled, was co-sponsoredwith the Lecture Series Committee, andwas well publicized and well received.The series, which so far has includedlectures on Dracula, the Loch Ness Mon-ster, the Kennedy assassination (spon-sored solely by LSC) and the BermudaTriangle, is not yet over, and preliminarydiscussions are now underway to add oneor two more to the group.

We were approached last spring by acouple of the Alpha Phi Omega peoplewho had been involved in running OpenHouse two years ago. Traditionally, thishad been a UA project, but at that time itwas run by APO, who no longer wishedto have administrative responsibility forit. It was through Peter Beaman, anothermemoer of our Executive Committee,that we found Bob Kenley who hadpreviously been interested in running aParents' Weekend, but instead was con-vinced to take over Open House for us.Now Open House occurs once every twoyears, and essentially promotes the activi-ties at MIT to the outside world. Elabor-ate exhibits are prepared by many of theacademic departments, and tours are con-ducted throughout the Institute's mainbuildings. Extensive planning, co-ordina-tion, financing, and publicity are re-quired. The staff that Bob Kenley hasassembled has managed to overcome mostof these obstacles, and Open House 1974is set for Saturday, April 1 3th.

A new "Grievance Committee" wasformed sometime in the middle of theterm, and is headed by Jim Moody. Basedon the idea of the "student ombudsman"operating at several collegesaround the country, its purpose is to takeand hear student complaints about almostanything that has to do with the Insti-tute, but more specifically about aspectsof student life, and to subsequently fol-low up on them in an effort to see themthrough to the student's satisfaction. Jimis currently preparing a letter explainingthe Committee in more detail, which willhopefully be distributed to all under-graduates toward the beginning of thiscoming term.

Several fraternity people had com-plained to us last spring about the loss ofthe tutor program within the fraternities.It seems that due to budget cuts imposedon the Dean's Office last year, thefraternity tutor program had to beceased. We tried looking into the prob-lems inherent in the program and talkedto Dean Browning and members of theInterfraternity Conference in an effort tosolve them. A letter was sent to thefraternity presidents and enough responsewas received to be able to talk about a"pilot program" which could be triedexperimentally once its guidelines areworked out. This, too, will hopefully takeplace during lAP.

Perhaps the single most worthwileaccomplishment this year will be to putin mnotion the organization which willeventually replace the General Assembly.We have been discussing the idea for mostof this past term, have come a long wayfrom where we started, but have muchwork ahead before such a goal is reached.We were proposing to form a group thatwould bring together both the livinggroups, in terms of the IFC, the Dormi-tory Council, and the Non-Resident Stu-dent Association and the so-called"implementors" - i.e., the student gov-ernment (UA) groups and certain activi-ties whose functions promote flow ofinformation, and co-operation between

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these groups. The hope was that the livinggroups could express their needs, and theopinions and desires of their people, tothose groups who might have the re-sources to help them. On the other hand,it would provide the "implementors"with a sounding board for the programsthat they planned, along with input todiscover which programs they mostneeded to plan.

With this idea in mind, we organized atrip to Talbot House, MIT's Vermontretreat house, to take a group of peopleaway for a weekend, to talk only abouttheir possibilities and implications. Thisgroup consisted of those people who hadbeen most helpful in coming up withthese ideas, along with a sampling ofthose who we felt would be most likelyto become a part of this group, which wecalled the "Executive Council."

The results of the conference werevery encouraging, as we emerged with afeeling for the basic structure for such anorganization, as well as for its goals, but,more importantly, with the knowledgethat we had worked together to arrive atlsuch a point. Hopefully, what evolvedcan be more fully explained in a futurearticle, but as we look back on it werealize that there are yet many questionsleft unsettled, and many problems toface. We hope now to assemble the groupupon which we tentatively decided so asto meet some of these challenges and geton track before the term starts. This doesnot leave us too much time.

But in addition to this, there areseveral other projects which we havebeen planning, and which are gettingunderway during IAP. As was mentionedbefore, we are preparing for a follow-upto last year's "Spring Weekend", and aremaking preliminary arrangementsfor a concert sometime in April. SteveWallman of the Student Center Commit-tee is working with us on this, as is JimMoody. Marty Davidoff, the third mem-ber of our Executive Committee, will beworking on the publicity campaign forOpen House.

Lastly, we shall be working on someideas which we have been discussing for along time, but haven't had the time totranslate into actions. We hope to makecontact with and communicate withthose students who serve on student-faculty committees. Lee Allen, the UA'sVice-President, is currently looking forsome people to help make these contacts,and to talk periodically with these com-mittee members, not only to find outwhat they are discussing, but also in whatways we could support and aid them - inmany cases, committee members arenever heard from again after they havereceived their appointments from theUA's Nominations Committee. The re-ports of their progress will then be usedby Curtis Reeves and Dorie Zimmerman,who will be working to make peopleaware of their existence (as well as oursand that of the other branches of the UA- NomComm, SCEP, ASA, Finboard -upon which we haven't touched).

This has been a bird's-eye view ofwhat has happened in the UndergraduateAssociation through the last term. Thereare unfortunately several issues that havenot received the attention they deserve,and there are people who have workedhard but whose names were left unmen-tioned. But at least now you'll know whythe phones are ringing, why people arescurrying, and why arguments are stillgoing on well into the night in Rooms401-405 of the Student Center.

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Right from the StartBy Gary Warren Hart

NYT/Quadrangle, $7.95; 330pp.

By Paul SchindlerWhen George McGovern

announced his candidacy for the.presidency a year early, in Janu-ary, 1971, most people thoughthe was crazy. One who disagreedwyas Gary Hart, a former Denverlawyer who, although he was apolitical unknown, joined theMcGovern campaign in the be-inning and eventually managed

it.Hart thus wrote his post-

mortum book from a uniqueperspective: it contains every-thing that you always wanted toknow about the McGovern cam-paign, but were afraid to ask.Unfortunately, Hart's style isnot as good as his vantage-point;the book is slow reading, andgives the reader the feeling thathe is watching the game-filmafter the home team lost the biggame.

The book reads as though itwas written from a journal, andsuffers from the major fault ofwriting in journals- everythinglooks like a turning point. Little,if any, perspective seems to havebeen applied to the incidentsinvolved, and instead of beingswept along on a wave of his-tory, the reader is drowned in asea of trivia.

The book certainly has somehistorical merit; it containsHart's recollections of the veryearly, bleak days (George Who?),through the Time and Newsweek:over stories on the frontrunner

luskie, to New Hampshire,Florida, Wisconsin and Cali-

fornia - material doubtless ofinterest to historians, The partsof the book that are at allinteresting to read may be sobecause the topic can't be killed,even by Hart. The great con-troversies of the California pri-mary, the convention credentials

fight, and the Eagleton affair,are all sections that areenjoyable to read.

The few parts that are en-joyable, however, are draggeddown by Hart's repetition ofhow Frank Mankiewicz kepttrying to get the post of cam-paign manager, and other inter-

A ChristianMan

Goodbye, Mr. ChristianBy Richard Doughtery

Doubleday, $7.95, 263 pp.By Michael McNamee

The practice of behind-the-scene reporting of Presidentialcampaigns was probably startedin 1960 by Theodore White,when he wrote the first of hisfamous The Making of the Presi-dent books; but no campaign inhistory has had as much of thissort of treatment as the ill-fated

joined McGovern as a presssecretary (and, according to thecover notes, closest companion)in the fall of 1971, has writtenwhat I think is one of the mostreadable of these campaignchronicles: Goodbye, Mr. Chris-tian. The book is subtitled "APersonal Account of McGovern'sRise and Fall," and, for the mostpart, it is just that. Dougherty'sbook is short in political theo-rizing and long on philosophyabout McGovern, aboutAmerica, about politics, and,throughout it all, aboutDougherty.

The tone of the book is morethan a little autobiographical.Dougherty describes himself andhis friends early in the book asliberals: "We are romantic rem-

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nal struggles in the campaignparty. In describing these situa-tions, Hart does (inadvertantly,it seems) shed some light on thenature of the McGovern systemof delegation of authority, andon the question of the candi-date's decisiveness; but this lightis feeble, since McGuvern's stockreaction to staff disputes was tosay "You boys work it outyourselves."

We all know that if Watergatehad been disclosed in its fullglory prior to the elections, that,according to Gallup polls, themost decent man in the USSenate would now be president.But the game is over, andGeorge's team lost. ReadingHart's book, which is admittedlya good game-film, won't givemuch aid to future candidates.

McGovern effort in 1972. Itseems like every member ofSenator McGovern's campaignstaff felt compelled to chroniclehis experiences in the campaign,and give his views on the reasonsfor the resounding defeat theSouth Dakota Democrat suf-fered at the hands of Nixon.

Richard Dougherty, who

Nix -Scandalsand PoliciesWatergate: The Full Inside

StoryByj, Lewis Chester, Cal McCrys-

tal, Stephen Aris andWilliam Shawcross.

Ballantine Books, $1.50 (paper-back), 267pp.

What Nixon is Doing to UsEdited by Alan Gartner, Colin

Greer and Frank RiessmanHarrow Books, $1.50 (paper-

back), 258pp.

By Michael McNameeNot being one who enjoys

stating the obvious, I'll try notto dwell on the reasons thatbooks about Richard Nixon'spolicies and scandals, especiallybooks of a critical nature, are invogue right now. The publishingindustry being as profit-orientedas any other right-thinkingAmerican business, it shouldn'tbe too surprising to see a rash of"instant books" dealing with theproblems of the current Ad-ministration. What is surprisingis to find such good ones.

Watergate, written by a teamof reporters from the LondonSunday Timles, comesvery closeto fulfilling the claim made byits title: The Full Inside Story.Using the evidence gathered bythe many investigations thathave worked on the Watergateaffair and related White Househorrors, the authors have puttogether a very readable bookthat sketches out the details ofthe schemes and intrigues thatwent on under Mr. Nixon andhis staff.

The book is clearly aimed at amass audience: aside from someexplanations of the mood of theAmerican public and of Mr.Nixon's brand of politics in thefirst few chapters, and a sum-mary wrapup in the last, it is notReprinted for review purposes only.

nants of the Depression and theNew Deal - snobbish, but liberalin our politics; given to tongue-in-cheek nostalgia." His personalstruggles in deciding whether ornot to start with the campaign;his efforts to communicate withthe candidate through a maze ofegos and personalities that sur-rounded McGovern - Frank

Mankiewicz, Gary Hart, and theother aides that tied their ownaims and ambitions to the Sen-ator's campaign; and his ownmotives are discussed withstriking candor, as, for example,when he discusses why hewanted to work for GeorgeMcGovern:

"l wanted to be touched byth e b ruch of his-tory. I wanted to be a closeadvisor to a President McGovern... I wanted, if not fame thencelebrity, if not my picture onthe cover of Time or Newsweekthen a nice fat sidebar in thefront of the magazine."

Dougherty's book is mostvaluable for the insight that itgives on "the most decent manin the US Senate" - GeorgeMcGovern. Although there islittle statement of the relationsthat Dougherty had with thecandidate (even though thejacket notes that Dougherty wasMcGovern's "closest compan-ion," the author has a lot to sayabout McGovern - his dreams,his hopes, his visions for hiscountry.

Dougherty's book is inter-esting and readable; it is a goodaccount of the campaign, butmakes no claims to beingexhaustive. Dougherty's ownobservations on the state of ourcountry and McGovern's candi-dacy - which I have hardlytouched upon here - alonejustify reading it. It's a goodbook.

an administr tionconcerned with the civil-libertiesissues or the wide-spread impli-cations of the Watergate affair.There is also a somewhat irri-tating lack of attribution andcross-referencing; I noticed onlyone place where the authorsreferred to conflicting testimonyand compared the statements oftwo witnesses to show the con-flicts that grew between variousWhite House staffers when thescandal started to break.

But these complaints willprobably mean little to theaudience that the book is aimedat: all those people who, likeme, didn't read the transcripts oftestimony every day, who couldonly vague track of all the bug-gers and bagmen and conspir-ators and so on, and who coulduse a good summary of all theWatergate information that hadbeen uncovered up until Septem-ber of 1973, when the book waspublished. It also has an impactthat is good if you still have anydie-hard Nixon supportersaround - having all this evidenceand data in one place makessome powerful arguementsagainst our President's inno-cence.

The other book of this pair,WhlIat Nixon is Doing to Us, isvery different in approach andstyle from Watergate; but itsimpact is, if anything, evengreater and more appalling thanthat of the Times book. WbatNixon is Doing is a collection ofessays dealing with the NixonAdministration's programs inareas such as welfare, tax re-form, education, the courts, andeven Nixon's proudest accom-plishment, his foreign policy.

Being a collection of seperateworks by many different writers,the quality of this book variesfrom section to section. Theparts I personally enjoyed themost were the four essays oninstitutional conflicts andNixon's dealings with the courts,

the Congress, the civil rightsmovement, and the press. Whenyou consider that this materialwas written before the Watergatedisclosures in March and April of1973, it becomes doubly inter-esting.

The Nixon Administration'spolicies, as set forth in thisbook, are all very consistent, andWatergate is only a part of thepicture. "No other president inour history has used the powersof his office to the extent thatRichard Nixon is now usingthem," the editors stated in theirintroduction. "It is our beliefthat he seeks to carry out a setof seriously regressive social poli-cies .... Central executiveauthority is being asserted innew directions and new ways:citizens' rights to privacy, free-dom of speech and assembly,petition for redress of grievancesall are being sharply eroded."

The evidence presented bythe fifteen essayists bears outthe general conclusions stated inthe introduction, or would atleast bear it out from the pointof view of someone who feelsthat social welfare programs aregood things, and that the exec-utive should not tamper with thepowers of the other branches ofgovernment.

The necessity of that qualifi-cation, that one needs to feelthat the things Nixon is doingare bad to truly appreciate thefacts of the case, is the onedrawback that affects both ofthese books. Is the NixonAdministration really, as itseems to think, a reflection ofthe way the American peopleare, and are its policies anexpression of the will of thepeople? This is probably the realquestion that will have to beanswered when historians iook-back upon these years. Althoughthis question is not within thescope of either book, it stilllurks.

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Sto uffers to cease MIT operations(Continued ]rom page 1)

flexible and innovative.Brammer commented on HelenDoroghty, Stouffers' head mana-ger at MIT, "Helen has workedso hard, and done such a finejob." He continued by sayingthat "Stouffers personnel are allterrific... We have had goodfood and good service all along."

Stoddard pointed out that "itis not a question of Stouffersversus another contractor." Areview was conducted four yearsago comparing Stouffers toother contractors. Stoufferscame out ahead -- especially inmenu planning, buying ability,and food quality.

The decision affects all ofMIT's food service locations:Baker, MacGregor, Student Cen-ter (Lobdell and Chimneys),Walker, Prichett, and the Facul-ty Club. Since most of the em-ployees in the system are MIT's,only a few will be leaving: HelenDoroghty, Head Manager; herassistant, Carol Jacoby; SuzanneRing, Head Dietician at Mac-Gregor; four Student Centerdieticians - Sally Martin, JoanButler, Betty Low, and BethRobinson; and Frank St. Peter,an assistant manager. The re-

mainder of the managers andadministrators are MIT's and willbe staying.

Another impact of thischange is that MIT will have topurchase some services, such asmenu development, thatStouffers currently provides.MIT will also be looking forsome new food suppliers, andmay join a food co-op of areacolleges.

Bramnmer plans a quick na-tion-wide search for a new mana-ger of food service operations.Among the qualifications arecreativity, new perspectives, andexperience in university foodservices. He plans to advertisethrough trade organizations,trade journals, the personneloffice, and by word-of-mouth.

Another impact will be a seri-ous exploration of possiblechanges, new options, and ser-vices conducted jointly by theHousing and Dining Office, theDean's Office, the Rate ReviewCommittee, and the Committeeon Student Environment. SaidBramn-er, "I'm going to need alot of help from everybody towork out new programs andfood service options."

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When questioned about thepossibility of student managers,Brammer did not think it wouldbe practical, since students justdon't have the time.

Other possible options in-clude meal tickets that are usa-ble in commons houses, chang-ing the "unlimited seconds"policy on guest meals in com-mons houses to prevent studentsfrom gorging themselves once aday; five, ten, fifteen, and twen-ty-one meals per week options,compulsory commons in somehouses, compulsory commons inall dorms, different hours, and ala carte service in the commons

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Basketball loses in FloridaBy Lawrence D. David

The MIT basketball teamtook its lumps on last week'sFlorida trip, losing all fourgames and then returning hometo be trounced by RPI.

After three days of rigorouspractice in the Florida Instituteof Technology gym in Mel-bourne, the team played its firstFlorida contest against PalmBeach Atlantic. In a gamemarked by some of the mostincompetent and biased basket-ball officiating possible, PalmBeach Atlantic shoved, pushedelbowed, and kicked their wayLo an 85-60 victory. Palm Beachparaded to the foul line 28 timesLo a paltry nine for MIT. TheEngineers committed 14 moreturnovers than Palm Beach, andwere out-rebounded, 58-47.3nly Cam Lange '76 was able toLit double figures with 20 pointsmd I 1 rebounds.

The officiating was better inFt. Lauderdale as the Engineers,-efusing to roll over and playlead after trailing 44-29 at half-:ime, dropped a 79-71 decisiono Ft. Lauderdale University.Lange hit 13 of 25 from theield, finishing with 28 points.3eter Jackson '76 hauled down17 rebounds and scored 12)oints. Co-captain Alan Epstein75 chucked in nine points andlished out I I assists. Ft. Lauder-lale outshot the Engineers by alecisive 53% to 39%.

In its next encounter, MITed Florida Technical Universityit the half, 37-34, but thennanaged to grab off only fourebounds in the first twelve min-ites of the second half, eventual-y succumbing, 91-79. CamLange scored 24 for the Engi-leers and pulled down nine re-*ounds. Co-captain Bob Roth74 dumped in a career-high 16,while Jackson tallied ten pointsirid added 14 rebounds. FTU'senior guard, Arnett Hall, washe big gun who hurt the Engi-leers with his career-high 34)oints. He had 16 field goals,nost of them from the top ofhe key or beyond.

FIT freshman Dan Gabbard, adgh school All-American lastiear, scored 42 points andrabbed ten rebounds to lead-IT to a hard-fought 95-87 win)ver MIT. Lange was high scorertgain for the Engineers with 26living him a four-game total of?8, while Peter Jackson added,5. Peter Maimonis flipped in 1 4)oints, a fine performance forhe promising young freshman;uard. Roth scored 13 first-halfjoints for MIT while Epstein setmn Engineer single-game recordvitn 13 assists for a total of 37)n the trip.

Then, due to some bizarrecheduling, this tired, weary)unch who had played four;ames in five days, travelling)ver 850 miles allf over Florida inhe last ten, had to play RPI on;aturday night. With little restor the weary, the Engineerswere unable to do the utterly

impossible and capitulated to afresh and talented RPI squad,84-35. MIT shot only 11 for 65from the floor, committed 26turnovers to RPI's 1 3, and couldmanage only four assists. Langescored 19 points and hauleddown nine rebounds.

MIT is now 1-7 and hostsTufts at Rockwell Cage Tuesdaynight. Game time is 8:15pm.The JV/freshmen, coming offtheir first win of the year Satur-day night against Browne andNichols, 74-45, will face Tufts at6:15pm.

Wrestlers' record now 5-1By David Ziegelheim

MIT's Varsity wrestling teamsplit a traingular meet againstSpringfield and Williams last Sat-urday, giving the squad a 5-1record.

Springfield soundly defeatedthe previously undefeated wres-tling team 31-5. Only team cap-tains Ed Hanley and RichHartman were able to scorepoints for MIT.

Hanley clearly dominated hisSpringfield match, scoring a nearfall to win 9-2. Hartman scored atakedown, a strongpoint of theMIT team due to assistant coachFred Lett, to tie 2-2.

But while MIT was losing toSpringfield, Williams was de-feated 28-9 by the Tech Mat-men. Springfield in turn beatWilliams 47-2. :

Captain Ed Hanley again leadthe attack on Williams at thestart of the third period, Hanleypinned his opponent in 4:24.Captain Rich Hartman foughthard against Williams Frogale,the 1973 New England Cham-pion at 142 pounds, losing 6-4.Hartman was the runner-up inthe New England Championshipslast year at 142 pounds.

Juniors Jack Mosinger andLoren Dessonville are consideredprime candidates for the co-cap-tain positions next year. AgainstWilliams, Mosinger scored fourtakedowns to win 8-4, whileDessonville scored two near fallsin the second period to win witha superior decision, 1 2-1.

Senior Bobby Gahl tookdown his opponent in the firstperiod and scored a reversal inthe second to win 4-0 in the 1 50pound class. Peter Haag '75 hada near fall in the first period onhis way to a 7-5 win. FreshmanSteve Brown worked hard in hisfirst Varsity match, putting onan outstanding show and win-ning 5-4.

Jim Walton, '76 new to thesport of wrestling, seated at 126pounds to receive a forfeit, al-lowing Hanley to wrestle 134pounds against Williams.

In addition to the Varsitybouts, there were a series of

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exhibition bouts between theMIT and Springfield JV squads.For MIT, the standouts amongthese included a 14-2 win by JoeScire '77 and freshman JohnThain's 7-1 win.

During December, the MITVarsity wrestlers won fourstraight bouts and their victoryover the University of Massachu-setts was the first time that theyhad beaten that school since1970.

Coach Wilfred Chassey hasnow led the MIT wrestlers to11 1 victories and 57 losses in his12 years as head coach. Chasseysaid that he felt that upcomingHarvard would be about asstrong a team as the Universityof Massachusetts. Last year Har-vard beat MIT 25-9, and U Mass40-7. This year's MIT victoryover U Mass was by a score of21-18.

Co-captains Hartman andHanley both are confident thatthe team will reverse their 18-1 6loss to Coast Guard this year.

Coach Chassey expressed thefeeling that the loss to Spring-field was partially caused by theproximity of the match to thewinter recess.

The triangular meet againstHarvard and Coast Guard willbegin at 2:00pm this Saturday inthe duPont Gym.

Last Saturday in the EasternSki Association open competi-tion held at llanover, NewHampshire the MIT Nordic teamskiied its way to victory overother.. Division II teams in themen's 3x10 cross country relayevent.

The relay team consisting ofScott Weigle, captain '74; MaximDaamen, captain '70; and LewJester, captain '73, '72 beat Nor-wich University, the closest Div-ision II team by seven minutes inthe race consisting of three tenkilometer laps (one lap skied byeach man). The yearly eventheld at Dartmough Collegebegins with a mad start in whichthe first runners from fiftyteams dash for a single trackwhich continues for 6.2 :milesthrough hilly woods. The eventdraws the country's best skiers,many of whom are in Division Iof the Eastern Collegiate circuit.

MIT skiers also participatedin ski jumping competition, thesecond major Nordic event, heldat the Dartmouth jump on Sun-day. Robert Collier '74 had abest jump of 26 meters, EvanSchwartz '75 went 24 meters,and Weigle jumped 23 meters.

In addition to the Nordicevents in Division II ski competi-tion, there are the alpine eventsconsisting of slalom, giant slal-om, and downhill. The MIT Al-pine team consisting of JohnNabelek '74, Gary Ruf '75,Drew Jaglornm '74, and DebbyStein '76 skis a busy schedule,along with the Nordic team,attending Winter carnivals at col-leges throughout New England.Stein is among the first womenskiers ever to compete in Easternmen's competition.The Alpineteam so far has skied only at theski team's training camp whichwas held at the beginning ofJanuary in Northfield, Vermont.

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By Mike McNameeAlthough the snow that bur-

ied MIT and the rest of Bostonlast week made some beautifulpictures as portrayed on thispage, it presented many prob-lems to those who had to idealwith it,

Physical Plant reported thatemployees were working sixteenhours a day last week to removethe eleven inches of white stuffthat hit New England in twodays. Travelers and commutersfound that trips that usuallytook 40 minutes to threehours, with stalled and stuckcars and icy roads making driv-ing near-impossible. Many resi-dents of West Campus dormswho parked their cars on Mem-orial Drive had to go into thestorm to move them when thecity declared a snow emergencyand started to tow cars parkedon main thoroughfares.

Those were just a few of theproblems.

Larry Pickard, Manager ofGrounds in Physical Plant, hadnothing but praise for the crewsthat worked to clear the Insti-tute's streets and sidewalks. "Isaw a guy 63 years old shoveling

snow from 5am to 9 at night,"he told 77The Tech. Although Pic-kard tried to hold down theamount of overtime that em-ployees were asked to work -"They used to work themaround the clock when itsnowed," he said - the circum-stances of the storm necessitatedsome work at odd hours. "Thisstorm made us feel like we weretaking one step forward and tenback," he said. "Areas would getcovered over and freeze up againfaster than we could clearthem. "

Pickard's staff of about fortyworkers and supervisors sho-veled, plowed, and spread sandand chemicals Wednesdaythrough Saturday. The Institutedoes not use salt to melt ice,according to Pickard, because ofthe potential for damage to theshrubs and trees on the grounds."We figure that the extra cost ofthe chemicals we use is morethan compensated for by thesavings that result," he explain-ed.

"Consideringstorm," Pickardthink we camepretty good." '

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Few InjuriesOne item usually associated

with snow storms like last~wveek's - an increase in th'number of injuries due to fallsand other accident - appar-ently did not occur at MIT lastweek. "There was no significantincrease in the number of acci-dents in conjunction with thestorm last week," Dr. Aibert 0.Seeler, Head of the MedicalDepartment, announced Mon-day. "Frankly, we were surpri-sed that there weren't."

Institute employees weregranted an early release at aboutt3:30pm Wednesday, the firstday of the storm, to allow moredaylight for them to drive home.The decision to release enm-ployees was made by Vice Pres-ident for Administration andPersonnel John Wynne, with theadvice of other personnel offi-cials, according to Personnel Rel-ations Director Robert J. Davis.

"I heard of no importantspecific problems caused by thestorm," Davis said. "Supervisorsmight have heard of some prol-lems, but none were reported tome."

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