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THE TECHVOL. XXII. BOSTON, OCTOBER 16, 4902.

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

of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

G. E. ATKINS, I904, Editor-in-Chief.G. WV. EASTMAN, 1904, Assistant Edilort-in-Chief.

H. WV. GODDARD, 1904, Secr-etar-y.C. IH. GRAEbSSER, 1905, Aleumni Editor.

RICHJARD C. TOIMAN, 90o3.

H. S. S. IORSE, 1903.R. I3. PENDERGAST, 1903.

J. A. FREM3IIER, 1904.

XW. GRIEEN', 9o03.X. R. G-REEI. EY, I902, Art Editor.

P. M. SMITIH', 90o4, Buaiinezs A3hauagoer.R. A. WEVkNTWORTH, I904,)WAI1,)5O 'U NER9, r9o5, Assistant Business [arttaeer.x.C. vW. JOHNSTON, rgo5,

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For the benefit of sltudents 'I-LE T1TECH1 w/Ill be ipleased to answerall questions and obtain all possible information pertaining- to any1d,partment of the Colleg-e.

Contribiltiouts are requesed f omn all u zderg'-aduates, all Iumn i, ar dofficers of insltrctlioln. No a)nonlolllszoIs mIIIaLtscr-ipt call be a(ccered.

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

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

Puritan Press, Boston.

A WORD TO FRESHMEN.N OW that uider the thoughtful and pro-tective care of the Juniors the Fresh-men have, with none of the usualaccompanying Sophomoric difficulties,

perfected a temporary class organization, it isto be hoped that they will lose no time in start-ing practice for the various Field Day teams,and in working up plenty of class spirit andenthusiasm. As there may be some amongthe Freshmen who do not understand justwhat this Field Day is, we make a brief state-ment concerning it:

Until last year the customary contest be-tween the two lower classes took the form ofa cane rush, and the Tech Cane Rush was

famous for its fierceness. Two years ago,however, in one of the hardest Tech rusheson record, Hugh C. Moore, a member of theclass of I904, then in its Freshman year, felluinder the rushing mass of his fellow students,and in some way, just how -will never beknown, was killed. This sad event made amost profound impression on every one con-nected witlh the Institute at the time, and ledfina!ly to the abolishment of the Cane Rushby the student body, and the substitutiontherefor of a more intelligent and reasonablecontest, consisting of a football game, relayrace and tug-of-war. A beautiful prize loving-cup was offered by Mr. Samuel Cabot, analumnus,- the cup to be engraved each yearwith the numerals of the winning class, andhanded downv to succeeding winners. Lastyear the new Field Day was most interestingand exciting, and in every way successful.There is no reason why it should not beequally so this year. It will necessitate,however, a united and determined effort onthe part of the Freshmen to make the bestpossible use of the month or so remainingtime, in order to counterbalance the handicapof previous experience possessed by theSophomores. Every Freshman should takea personal interest in the formation of hisclass teams, trying for them himself, if pos-sib'e, or at least giving them his heartiestencouragement and support.

THE LUNCH-ROOM.HE rapid growth in numbers of the

student body is creating many prob-lems of varied degrees of importance.

Far down the scale is one whichinterests present students directly, and seem-

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ngly calls for immediate solution. Thisninor problem is the lunch-room, with the:ongestion produced therein by the extraor-[inary increase in undergraduates. TiHE[EcTi does not write in spirit of criticism,or, with the rest of the Institute, it is per-ectly satisfied with the management of theunch-room. But this does not alter the facthlat students now wait from fifteen to thirtyminutes before being waited upon, between1he hours of one and two. WVhen the student; limited to this noon hour this delay fre-uently proves to be more than an incon-enience. Of course the ideal solution is aarge, commodious lunch-room; but in thease in hand, as often occurs, the ideal is notle practicable. While table-room is some-ihat crowded, this is not the main difficulty.~bility to wait upon students rapidly wouldelieve the situation materially. THE TECH,fill not attempt, editorially, to discuss pos-ible changes ; but it seems that the " check"ystem, if tried experimentally, might provene way in which the desired result could bebtained. Meanwhile we'll wait.

The Lowell Building.

It was a great surprise to most of us, onur return from our summer wanderings, toee what a magnificent new building we had.legun and finished in the few summer months,ie structure is a marvel of rapid and efficientrorkmanship; and moreover, although notrchitecturally beautiful, it is a building emi-ently suited to its purpose both in construc-on and arrangement.A few words of description may interest

ie readers of THE TECH, many of whomave already taken an opportunity to wanderrough the maze of rooms contained within

s forty thousand square feet of floor space.'he building is lighted entirely from the)of by means of slanting skylights facing)wards the north and constructed similarly

to those used in studio illumination. Theventilation of this building is also from above,and is brought about by forcing warmed airinto the rooms from above and exhausting itthrough registers in the floor. In the largelecture-room, however, below each of thethree hundred seats, is a narrow slit whichprovides the air necessary for the proper venti-lation of a crowded room.

The interior is agreeably finished in lightbuff plaster and yellow pine, mnaking a pleas-ing contrast to the dark and gloomy halls ofsome of our other buildings. As we enterfrom Clarendon Street by the first entrance,the one leading to the various rooms of theelectrical department, we find on our right alarge room, No. 4, used as a special laboratoryfor standardizing th v, arious apparatus neces-sary for the measurement of electrical units.On the opposite side of the hall is a libraryand reading-room for the use of the students,and a little farther on is a group of smallrooms to be used as offices. Opposite theseoffices is the large lecture-room, most con-veniently and ingeniously arranged. It hasseating capacity for 300, and, as stated above,is ventilated through the floor. At the backof the room, at the center and in the two cor-ners, are switches for controlling the electriclighting, while a flexible connection makes itpossible for the lecturer to control the lightsfrom whatever portion of the hall he may bein. The room is illuminated as the others,from above, with an arrangement for draw-ing curtains and completely shutting out thelight, as is necessary for the exhibition ofcertain experiments, or for the use of lanternviews. At the back on each side are smallerrooms connected with the lecture hall by suit-able tracks, arranged in such a manner thatlectures may be prepared and the apparatusbe set up on tables in the side rooms, andthen the tables wheeled bodily into the lecture-hall. The effect of th.is arrangement is totreble the capacity of the room, is at one and

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the same time a lecture can proceed in thehall, the chemical department can be settingup apparatus on the tables in one side room,and the electrical department can be doingthe same in the other room. Connection bytrack is also made, straight through to thelarge electrical laboratory, so that large piecesof machinery may be brought from any partof the laboratory by means of the large elec-tric crane and placed directly on the tracksleading to the lecture-room.

Among the other interesting features ofthe building are the series of rooms for pho-tometric work, and the rooms for individualresearch. Any description of the large labo-ratory, where thle electrical engineering appa-ratus is now being installed, should be leftuntil a later date, when all the equipment isin place. The second entrance from Claren-don Street leads to the nine class-rooms formodern languages.

The building has been fittingly named inhonor of Augustus Lowell in recognition ofhis services to the Institute.

Cross-country Team.

The candidates for the Cross-country Teamare going out regularly from the Gym. Thelength of these afternoon runs is being gradu-ally increased as the men grow stronger.Several of the new men are showing up well;LT orentz, '05, and Burke, 'o5, are doing someof the best work. Of last year's squad,Fraser, 'o5, Holcombe, 'o4, and Marcy, 'o5,are conming on in good shape, and give prom-ise of bettering last year's form.

There was a young lady in Me.,

Who went for a ride in a Tre.

But alas and alack!

The cars jumped the track!

And she had to walk home in the Re.

Dr. Rainsford's Talk.

Technology men had the pleasure, lastFriday, of listening to Rev.William Rainsford,the first of the prominent men who are toaddress the student body this year. Dr.Pritchett introduced Dr. Rainsford as a manwho is doing a great work in a great manner.The speaker emphasized the fact that menwere not men unless they had some greatwork in life. He also dwelt upon the factthat to technical men would fall the task ofdirecting the energy of the immigrants thatthronged our country, and that with this classof people we must be patient. That we mustbe a leader, not merely as a "boss," but asone whom they will respect, obey and lookup to. To do this we must know them, andbe in sympathy with them in their work, theirreligion and their everyday life. To attainthis end there is no better way than to en-deavor to help them and better their condition,and at the same time by so doing benefit our-selves as well. For if we cannot find religionand knowledge in contact with our fellow-men we cannot find it in churches. In thisworld we find what we look for. If we lookfor good in men we will find it, and if welook for bad we will find that only. Takepains to keep ourselves alive. To do this wemust work. We cannot keep anything with-out work, not even our money.

Y.M. C. A.

On Tuesday, Oct. 7., at 4.IO P.M., the firstmeeting of the Y. M. C. A. was held inRoom I I, Pierce Building. About forty menwere present to listen to the appeal of Rev.J. A. Francis for men to show their colorswith the Y. M. C. A. at Tech. The Tech-nology Male QLartette rendered two selec-tions. The meeting promises splendid thingsfor this year's work.

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MINING ENGINEERING SUMMER SCHOOL.June 15-July 7, 1902.

Under the guidance of Prof. R. H. Richardsa party of twenty-two of the second, third andfourth year mining engineering students tooka three-weeks' trip to Nova Scotia and CapeBreton Island. The object of the summerschool was to show by actual examples themining and milling of gold ores, and the dif-ferent methods of mining, sizing, washingand coking of bituminous coal; also, theNova Scotia blast furnace practice and themanufacture of steel from pig metal.

By way of emphasis, the smaller and moreincomplete plants were visited first, so thatthe impressions made by the larger plantswere so much the more marked by a latercomparison.

Group at Stellerton.

The party left Boston Saturday, June I4,

i902, bound for Halifax, N. S., on the formerUnited States transport " Olivette." Arrivedat Halifax Sunday afternoon, the party wasat once conveyed by barge to the little gold-mining town of Waverley, a distance of sometwelve miles. Hotel accommodations beingscarce, some of the party were quartered atthe different houses and some in an old-hotel. The next morning the party, dressedin old clothes, went into the mine of theWaverley Gold Mining Company and in-spected the methods of sinking the shaft,mining,- tramming and hoisting the gold-bear-ing barrel quartz; also the ventilation, mine

drainage and use of compressed air. Thiswas supplemented by a study of the geologyof the adjacent country and its bearing onthe method of working the mine. The gener-alities of mine management were also ex-plained. The next day the power-plant andmill were examined. A 9 8-inch Pelton waterwheel (73 feet head) was used to drive theair compressor, and a x5-inch Crocker tur-bine furnished the power for the 6o-stampmill and four Wilfley tables, for crushing,amalgamating and concentrating the ore.

From Waverley the party went to NewGlasgow, which was to be headquarters forthe next five days. A visit was made to theDrummond Colliery (Mr. Charles Fergie,general manager) at Westville. Here thestudents were given an excellent opportunityto study the details of a modern direct-con-nected hoisting engine, with its windingdrums, clutches, etc.; also the ventilating(Walker fan) and air-compressor plants andboiler rooms. The party went into the mineand saw the coal mined by the so-called" long wall" method. From the workingsthe coal was traced to the sizing and washingplant. The one-quarter-inch coal productfrom the sizing and hand-picking house wasfollowed to the washer house, where it wasfed into a Robinson washer, thence to thedraining sieve and finally to ten pairs of bee-hive coke ovens, from which 6o to 72-hourcoke was obtained.

The first blast furnace was seen at theplant of the Nova Scotia Iron and SteelCompany at Ferrona, where there was alsoa Stein jig-system coal-washing plant and abank of Otto Hoffmann coking ovens. Thetheory of the hot blast for the iron furnacewas here practically illustrated, the air fromtwo I,ooo-horse-power blowing engines beingsent through one of three, 3-pass hot-blaststoves, in which the temperature of the airwas raised to about Io50 ° F. before it enteredthe bustle-pipe of the furnace.

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A day was spent at Trenton visiting thesteel works of the same company. TwelveSmythe and five Fraser-Talbot mechanicalgas producers furnished the gas necessary toheat three brick open-hearth furnaces, hav-ing a total capacity of about ioo tons ofmetal, and one 50o-ton Wellman tilting furnaceused as a mixer.

Blast Furnace at Ferrona.

The steel when finished was cast into five-foot ingots, and transferred to soaking pitsto equalize the temperature in each mass of

steel. From the soaking pits the ingots weretaken to the blooming or rolling mill andthere rolled and cut into billets, which werereheated and again rolled into rails, fish andbed plates, angle irons, etc. Soft steel witho.og per cent of carbon was used for rivets.Hot and cold rolling is carried on in thisplant, the best shafting being hot-drawn anddouble-reel ed .

It is interesting to note that the Canadiangovernment pays a bounty of $3.00 per tonon steel made f,,om over fifty per cent of pigiron. This insures better steel, and indirectlycauses a larger production of pig than wouldotherwise be the case.

From New Glasgow the party went by railto Sydney, Cape Breton, where it was quar-tered at the Sydney Hotel for the remainderof its stay on the Island.

On Monday, June 23, the party visited thecomparatively new plant of the DominionIron and Steel Company, of which Mr.David Baker, M. I. T., '85, is general man-ager. The plant was found to contain inaddition to its four 85-foot blast furnacesand its steel-making plant of ten tilting open-hearth furnaces, a complete coal-sizing andwashing plant; also eight banks of fiftyOtto Hoffmann ovens each, from which 400/oof the gas was used in other parts of theworks after the tar, ammonia, naphthalene,etc., had been removed in the gas-washinghouse. An interesting feature in connectionwith the washing or purification of the gas,was the manufacture of sulphuric acid fromvery pure Spanish pyrites, for the precipita-tion of the ammonia as ammonium sulphatefrom the wash water through which the gashad passed. The four Campbell-designedblast furnaces, together with the sixteen-battery Babcock and Wilcox boiler plantthe Allis I5oo horse-power vertical blowingengines with Julian Kennedy air valves, the2-pass Cowper-Kennedy hot-blast stoves, theore and flux heaps with the conveyors, etc.,gave an excellent idea of modern blast fur-nace practice.

In the open-hllearth plant the students weregiven ample opportunity to study the con-struction and operation of the Campbell

Blast Furnaces at Sydney.

0o-ton open-hearth furnaces, together withthe regenerative system of heating the airfor combustion.

Several trips were made to the Company'scoal mines at Glace Bay, where the total dailyoutput is in the neighborhood of I3,000 tonsof bituminous coal. The coal was found to

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be mined almost entirely by the " pillar andstall" method, in which it was aimed to ex-tract all of the coal in each seam.

At the Dominion No. 2 mine was seen thelargest vertical shaft in that part of the coun-try, and one which, when completed, willhave a daily output of 6,ooo tons of coal.The shaft measures 37 x ii feet, and extendsvertically downward 995 feet from the axleof the hoisting pulley. Two days were spentat Glace Bay in learning the elements ofmine and plane-table surveying, and also thelaying out of simple railroad curves.

Fault at Sydney.

An entire morning was occupied by a six-mile inspection tour through the workings ofthe old North Sydney mines. The miningis done by both the I' pillar' and stall" and"long wall" systems, and at present theworkings extend a mile and a half underthe sea and twelve thousand feet verticallybeneath the ocean bed. This ended the prac-tical work of the summer school, and the nextday the party broke up, some going to Halifaxby way of the Bras d'Or Lakes, so noted fortheir scenery and its colorings.

The rest of the party ;eturned by way ofTruro, in order to see the much-heard-of" bore" or incoming rush of water from thetide in the Bay of Ftndy. A position wasselected at South Maitland, near a bend inthe Shubenacadie River and atthe proper timethe bore appeared, though of much less magni-tude than had been expected. The bore made

its way up-river with an estimated velocity ofabout nine miles an hour, the water rising tenfeet in fourteen minutes. After a day ofsightseeing at Halifax, the party left forBoston on the steamship " Hlalifax."

The hospitality with which the members ofthe party were everywhere received, and theinterest which the different managers showedin throwing open their plants and mines tothe students, have made an impression on themen. which will not be readily forgotten.This, together with the untiring efforts ofProfessor Richards in the arrangement andcarrying out of the interesting itinerary, hasmade the Summer School of I902 what isprobably the most successful one in the his-tory of the Institute.

Technology Club.

The Technology Club held its AnnualMeeting and first Smoke-talk of the seasonlast Tuesday evening. The report showingthe condition and prospects of the Club wasexceedingly promising.

The following officers were elected for theensuing year: James Phinney Munroe, '82,President; Francis H. Williams, '73, VicePresident; Walter Humphrey, '97, Secretary,and Andrew D. Fuller, '95, Treasurer. ForCouncil for three years: A. F. Bemis, '93,F. L. Locke, '86, E. C. Miller, '79, Mont-gomery Rollins, '89, and E. G. Thomas, '87.For Council for two years: George Wendell,92.

After the business meeting Dr. Pritchettgave an informal talk on "The Work of aBureau-Chief in the United States Govern-ment." He showed the duties, the scope ofpower, and the relation of a Bureau-Chief tohis superiors in office, namely, the Secretaryof the department in which his Bureau came,the President and with Congress, comparingand contrasting the machinery of the Govern-ment to that of a Railroad management.Filled with many personal experiences histalk was very entertaining and instructive.

Refreshments and a general social timemade the remainder of the evening equallypleasant.

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C. E. Broad, 'o4 , is seriously ill withC. E. Broad, '04, is seriously ill with

typhoid.

C. E. Smart, 'o04, will not be able to returnthis year on account of ill health.

Freshmen and Sophomores, are you gettingready for Field Day?

",Pat," formerly of the Gymnasium, hasbeen promoted to the halls of Rogers.

An intoxicated man is a rare and pleasingsight - so many of the students seem to think.

Peabody, 'o6, has been elected temporarymanager of the Freshman football team.

The Fall Meet comes off Saturday, Oct. 25.Everybody out to make this a success.

This week's run of the Hare and HoundsClub will be from West Roxbury, HighlandStation.

There is room in the Y. M. C. A. for newmembers. Those not accustomed to beingon the outside, get inside.

The Board of Directors of the Class of I903set Saturday, Oct. i8, as the day for electionof class officers.

The Junior Railroad Engineers had theirannual run, with Professors Allen and Rob-bins as hares, last week.

All men who wish to try for the Glee Clubleave name and address at the " Cage" forO. S. Swenson or L. G. Wilson. All partsare wanted.

Mr. H. L. Seaver of the English depart-ment, has been elected, in recognition of hisassistance to THE TECH during last term, anhonorary member of the board.

The Civil Engineering Society will holdits first meeting of the year on Monday,.Oct.20. Professor Swain will speak. Notices asto the place of meeting will be posted.

The Institute Committee held a meetingMonday, Oct. I3, at which the treasurer'sreport was received and discussed. DleanBurton was elected an honorary member.

Tec/nl queC r904 is not published until Aprilnext. The Tec/lninque now on sale is Tech-tni'quce 19o3. A few copies not taken lastspring may be had in return for :$I.50.

Mr. Smiley, the college secretary, and Mr.Kenison spoke about the importance of bible-study by Technology men, before theY. M. C. A. last Tuesday afternoon. Classesunder these men meet Sundays.

Dean Burton has been chosen to representthe Institute at the installation of )Dr. FrankStrong as chancellor of the University ofKansas on Oct. I6. This, with the inaugura-tion of President James of Northwestern, willnecessitate his absence from the 15th to the23d.

Class of I9o5 held a class-meeting inHuntington Hall, on Oct. 6. The managersof the football, relay and tug-of-war teamswere appointed as the committee to meet theAdvisory Council in regard to the Field Day,Nov. I5. Messrs. C. E. Warren, W. Tuftsand J. M. Lamnbie were appointed an electioncommittee.

WVednesday, Oct. 8, the third-year men ofCourse I. made a reconnoisance survey fora railroad to connect the Boston & Albanyat Wellesley with the Massachusetts Centralat Wayland. Last year's class located aquarter of the road and this year's class ex-pects to locate another quarter.

The Sophomore football team has electedas its captain for the coming season, Edwin B.Hill, quarter-back of last year's successfulteam. S. S. Stevens has been elected man-ager. Eight of last year's team are back.Boggs, Kenway, Lombard, Goldthwait, East-man, Schonthal, Lindsley, Dean, Whitney,Taylor, Cowper and Bay are among the mentrying this year.

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Class of 90o6 held a class-meeting at theArmory after drill, on Wednesday, Oct. 8.The meeting was called by a member of theJunior class and Sophomores were not ad-mitted, consequently none of the Class ofI905 were elected. W. M. Van Amungewas chosen president and R. Scannell, secre-tary, pro tem. T. A. Nolan was electedmanager, and 0. L. Peabody, captain, of thefootball team. A collection was also taken.

The following men have been nominatedfor officers of Class of I903:

President, Geo. W. Swett, Horace S. Baker,W. W. Burnham; rst Vice President, HewittCrosby; Treasurer, S. K. Baker, T. A.Olmstead; Secretary, C. P. Nibecker; Insti-tute Committee, Howard S. Morse.

Hare and Hounds Run.

The run last Saturday, at Winchester,brought out 33 men. The hares, Allen, 'o5,and Palmer, 'o4, laid a trail of 51 miles inthe Middlesex Fells. The false trails fooledthe hounds a few times and finally about 4miles out the hounds got separated, the mainbunch following the real trail one mile fur-ther and the other bunch of six cutting acrosscountry and striking the right trail only halfa mile from home. The result was that thesesix came in seven minutes after the hares andthirteen minutes before the main bunch ofhounds. They were disqualified from finish-ing in first places because they did not waitfor the other hounds.

The hares did the run in fi£ty-nine minutesand the main bunch of hounds in one hour,nineteen minutes. The first hound whofinished in the main bunch was Riley, '05,followed by Burke, '05. The next run willbe posted on bulletin as soon as arranged.

The next run, Saturday, Oct. I8, will befrom Highland Station, West Roxhury. Thetrain will leave the Back Bay Station at 2.22

P.M; fare 20 cents.

Modern Fables.BY LEMON ADE.

The Modern Fable of the Boy who was High Shakes atHigh School, but was Telescoped Down to Merely One atCollege.

In the Third Row from the Front at the PopvilleHigh School -rah ! rah ! rah ! - there sat a Sitter,otherwise known as James Russell Lowell Farming-ton. A Pair of Shoes denoted emphatically wherehis Feet were. His Trousers seemed to be forget-ting how big a Boy our James was getting to be,Bless him. A Close Observer of his Collar might havecaught on to a Plaid Necktie of large Area near it,that looked as if it had been put away for SeveralYears in a Dictionary. The Contour of his Think-sphere was such as makes us wonder what Naturecould have been thinking of at the Time. For theLife of you, you could not say whether his Ears wereattached to the Sides of his Head, or his Head tohis Ears. But be that as it might, Jamnes was theEntire Bingo at the Popville High.

At the Election for the new Class President, it wasmoved that the Secretary cast One J3allot for J.Farmington. And thus began his Brilliant Career,which was so soon to be Squashdoodled in the veryZenith of its Ascendancy by his crossing theThreshold at Graduation, with the Sea of Lifestretching out before him. Let us examine more inDetail his Wonderful anid Useful Life.

When a Mere Boy in his First Year at HighSchool, he was made Chairman of the first Meeting,before Anyone knew what a Chairman was, becauseEveryone knew that James was Gassy, and that hisFather kept the Feed Store. Accordingly, JamesRussell drew himself up to his Full Height and, afterknocking on the Desk with a Ruler, appointed a Com-mittee of Five to select a Class Color and a ClassFlower and a Class Pin and a Class Motto, and per-haps several Class Vegetables and other Class Junkbesides. James, desiring to Ring in thoroughly withthe Girls, appoirted Three of theseis Highly NecessaryEvils to Serve on the Committee. For a Year theywere Rattletrapped as to whether Pink and Green wereMore to the Good for Class Colors than a perfectlylovely Combination of Mauve and robin's egg Blue,just too Sweet for Most Anything. So they finallylanded on Crimson. Their Pin somewhat resembleda Policeman's Badge, and on it was the Class Motto:

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of which is: "We are the Future Presidents." Sofor Four Years this High School Hercules worriedCushing's Manual, every Now and Then announcingthat a Motion to adjourn was in Order. On Gradu-ation Day he stilted through the City Hall, carryingon high a Silken Banner with the Class Numerals.When the Chief Guy of the School Committee Blewoff that it was his Pleasant Duty to tie James RussellIowell Farmington to a Diploma, there was a loud-ness resembling the Clapping of Many Hands. Wassuch a Brilliant Life to be touched off in front ofthe Fizz Faucet of the Drug Store? Not on yourT'humbtacks ! Our Institutions of Higher Learningneeded just such Men as J. R. L. Farmington.

After he had his Initials painted on the End ofhis Dress-suit Case, he Broke loose for the Homeof Rough Houses and Crooked Pipes and FunnilyShaped Hats. After he had registered by signinghis Name to several Hundred Pieces of ReadingMatter, he decided to Butt in. At the first Meetingof the Class, Somebody else, by a Peculiar Oversight,was made Chairman. When the Nominations forPresident were being blown in, James sat in his Seat,spasmodically opening and closing his Mouth like aFish out of WXater. He was trying to nominate him-self, for he saw it was his Only Chance. A motionwas made to adjourn, and in the Mad Rush for theI)oor, our Hero found himself carried along like aSmudge on the end of a Battering Ram. Failing toarrive in the Political Field, he decided to work theLiterary Gag. He was about to move himself towardthe Door behind which the Office of the CollegeMonthly nestled, to announce his Willingness toBoost the Editor. He was about to knock, when theJanitor, not knowing his NamIe, and that his Fatherkept the Feed Store, put him wvise that the Lavatorywas Two Flights down and to your Right. And sothe Former Editor of the Popville High School FishzHor-n slunked away to the Shadows. There were noSpecial Cases for James. He did not seem to Mitreanywhere. No one knew that this Sandy-hairedSolomon had once picked a Committee and atanother Time had wildly waved a Long-may-it-waveon Memorial Day in a Mad Burst of Eloquence. Itwas a Clear Case of a Light under a Bushel, bolteddown with Iron Bars and locked up in a Safe with aforgotten Combination. Exit James from the LimeLight. Six Years later he quit, sheepishly shamblinghome with a Sheepskin.

Moral.- High School and College are a differentPair of Sleeves.

Civil Engineering Society.

The first meeting of the Civil EngineeringSociety will be held next Monday afternoonat 4.I5 .jI., in Room 22, Walker Building.All men in Courses I. and XI. are requestedto be present, as Professor Swain is to addressthe meeting, and it will surely be of interestto all men in the department, whether theyhave formerly been members of the Societyor not. Everybody is invited. Dr. Pritchettand the Professors of the Civil EngineeringDepartment will be present.

I905.

An urgent call is made to the members ofthe class of I905 to come out for the classrelay team. One-half of the old team is goneand new men must be gotten immediately.Every candidate will be given a good show.Please report to T. E. Jewett or F. B. Rileyas soon as possible.

The Society of Arts.

At the 569 th regular meeting of the Societyof Arts, last Thursday, Dr. Duncan spoke onthe subject of " Long Distance ElectricalRailroading." After a review of the growthof electrical railroading up to the presenttime, he pointed out the failure of the vari-ous systems to meet the requirements of thesubject in hand. The great difficulty is thatfor railroads it is impossible to use the smallunits of transportation run at frequent inter-vals as is the custom in tramway and in-terurban electrical service.

The subject was very interestingly andably handled.

NOTICE.

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'98. Edward P. Lane, I., with the ElmiraBridge Company, Elmira, N. Y.

'98. Edward W. Ritchie, IV., assistant

engineer City of Havana, Havana, Cuba.

'98. Mar 5y J. Thomson, V.,] teacher of

science, The Craven School, Newark, N. J.

'99. Carl S. Milliken, VII., teacher ofscience, Lawrence High School, Lawrence,Mass.

'99. Stanley Motch, III., with the Penn-

sylvania Steel Works, Stilton, Pa.

I99. Frank R. Swift, X., mechanical en-

gineer with Cluett Peabody & Co., Troy,N. Y.

99. Denzil H. Taylor, I., provincial super-

Nvisor, Lavag, Ilocos Norte, P. I.

'oI. Albert W. Higgins, X., draughtsman

with Sayles' Bleacheries, Saylesville, R. I.

'or. Robert S. Littlefield, XIII., with Wm.

Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa.

'oI. Henry C. Marcus, III., mining Ina-

chinist in copper mines at Ely, Nevada.

'oI. William I. Sturtevant, VI., with theSeattle Electric Company, Seattle, Wash-ington.

'oI. N. Loring Danforth is now with the

John W. Danforth Company, of Buffalo, N.Y.

'02. J. Clyde Fruit, a former member ofthe Tech Board, was taken sick with typhoidJune II. Ten days later he was removed tothe Massachusetts General Hiospital, wherehe has been ever since. He hopes to leavethe hospital this month.

'o02. L. S. Cates is home from Mexico forthis week.

The lotux(;:l. begs to submit the following annualreport, and explains that he uses the editorial " we"in place of " I " from an unquenchable, inborn senseof mlodesty.

The school year of 901o -1902 opened up wellwith all the old professors back, and fully half thestudents. The tuition fees began coming in asusual, and nothing happened except the failure ofthe appearance of a new edition of L[etter Plates.1Evidently the rumor that a new letter wvas to beadded to the alphabet was false. The fact that nonew edition appeared is thought by some to indicatethat for the present no radical changes are to beintroduced into the alphabet and that the method ofcounting up to ten will continue in ,vogue. Throughour efforts, the plans of the Descriptive Geometry de-partmlent to open school a week earlier in order togive the first lecture, were defeated. A plan to orderbooks from Clarendon Street three years beforehandin order to get them in time for the first recitationwas laid under the table by Janitor Jack. A com-munication was read from P. G. L. Hilken urging usnot to let his absence interfere with the TabularView. On our recommendation it was voted thatthe proceeds of summer school go toward the pur-chase of lawn swings for the members of the TechBoard. Professors Faunce and Adams objected, buttheir objections were overruled by Professors Cliffordand Blachstein. There being a deficit of $36.75 inthe treasury, it was voted to raise the price of tuitionfifty dollars. The deplorable condition of Engineer-ing Alley was recognized by all, and on our recom-mendation it was voted that a committee of twenty-five of the most practical of our engineering professorsbe appointed to look into it. They looked into it,and reported that a little of some hygroscopic salt,such as sodium nitrate, if sprinkled around the edgesmight absorb the water which so strangely seemns tosettle there on a rainy day, and thus prevent it fromgetting muddy. The results of the investigation wereparticularly pleasing to us because they disproved thetruth of the oft-heard remark that theoretical mencan never be practical, and showed that even ourprofessors are perhaps unconsciously absorbing thespirit of original research which is the keynote of

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Tech. A discussion then arose as to whether thesprinkling of the sodium nitrate was properly thework of the Chemistry or the Highway-Engineeringdepartment. The Engineers, after looking up theword " sodium nitrate " in the dictionary, found thatit was a chemical, and therefore maintained that itwas obviously the business of the Chemical Depart-ment. Both sides being unable to arrive at anyconclusion they decided to let the matter drop. Itwas moved to begin on the plans of the new Lowellbuilding as soon as we could get back our triangularscale, which was' loaned. This motion was ratherweak, so it was carried. We are pleased to statethat the building is now completed with the excep-tion of an eraser to one of the blackboards, which isnow in the hands of an upholsterer. On account ofthe increasing amount of work of the Secretary,three new offices were created, namely, a Registrar ofKicks, a Keeper of Attendance Cards, and a Signerof Reports. It was voted that the names of theseoffices be placed over the door. This has been done,but owing to the fact that the letters are not to befound in the latest revised edition of the LetterPlates, it is our opinion that they should be imme-diately removed. A letter from Arlo Bates in Europe,which had been received during the summer, wasopened and read. It stated that he was in no wayresponsible for the falling of the Campanile, he havingat the time none of his poetry with him, and beingprevented from speaking by a sore throat. It wasvoted to send a letter of congratulation to Mr.Erhardt, and also the usual present for such an occa-sion -a silver-plated pickle fork. We are glad tonote that Theodore Metcalf has placed a fine largeclock near the Walker building. On the face of it.the reason is not evident. lWe plresume, however,that it means that students can nowv get sodas thereon tick. This is our report. AWe must now go andsettle the coal strike.

It is with satisfaction that TlI.: I,oUN(;GER noticesanything appear at Tech which is a relief from thedaily grind of work -the passing of planes, the di-viding through by x, the eliminating of constants,the writing of graphic symbols. For instance, is itnot an education in itself to see the raw Freshmanstand in open-mouthed astonishment before one ofthe new Teczhniqu¢e posters announcing prizes for thebest grinds and photographs ? Perhaps visions ofwealth are dancing before his eyes as he rememberswith a swelling heart, how the folks " down to home "used to remark what fine " pitchers "he took with hislittle Brownie camera. Or perhaps the strawberrycolor of the poster is responsible for that tender,fawn-like look in his soft blue eye. Besides theposters and the Freshmen, however, there are otherthings to salt the watery soup of the Tech man, if he

will only look about him.' Harvard may have itsJohn the Orangeman and its old traditions, but ithasn't any Engineering Alley nor any pretty littleBursar's office. The various bulletin-boards areanother source of diversion to the mind-weary.Again, watch the Freshman as he saunters up to theCivil Service announcements and makes his plans forthe timne six years hence, when he will graduate, andwith a good cigar in his mouth and his feet on thetable, will endeavor to give Uncle Sam a correct imi-tation of a man sitting in a chair holding down agovernment job. For that tired feeling when cosinesand differentials and other drivelling rot have losttheir charm as soothing syrups, THE LOUINGER espe-cially recommends that you plan an elevation ofthree flights, and have a quiet heart-to-heart talkwith M\Ir Burrison. Ask him to repeat those dearlittle jokes which we are never tired of hearing-about the hash, and the one about the hen and thestreet. After all, the old jokes are best. Whenl'resident Pritchett last year asked the students whattheir chief forms of amusements were, THE LOUNC;GER

does not doubt but what the replies were somewhatas follows:

"Asking Mr. Burrison if he ever saw a cigar-box."" Explaining to Freshmen that the Natural His-

tory Building does not belong to Tech.""Stamping my feet in the English lecture."" ishing I was home."'Selling my second-hand drill suit, for which I

paid five dollars, to a Freshman for eight dollars."" Cussing."In case all these expedients fail to introduce one

single little drop of pleasure in the black and gloomycave of learning, you may sit on the Rogers steps andadmire the Co-eds as they flit by - the tall one withthe light hair and the innocent, childlike face; thelittle one of quiet mien and dark brown hair, and awalk all her own; the vivacious one in the dark bluemohair suit with a true blue diaphanous veil on her hatwhich tries in vain to caress her raven hair. THETOUNCGErr, you see, has 'em all (lown pat. And if notone amusement in the preceding catalogue makesyou think that Tech is not what General Shermansaid war was, then you require the services of ournew Medical Adviser.

Calendar.

Sa/ulrday, Oct. S5.--Hare and Hounds Run fromHighland Station, West Roxbury. Train from BackBay Station.

lzronday, Oct. 20.- Professor Swain addresses theCivil Engineering Society, Room 22, Walker.

7tesday, 9Oct. 2z.- Regular Y. M. C. A. meeting 4. IoP.m., I I Pierce.

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