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Of Hostilities

The recent annual outbreak of hos-tilities between the Harvard Lam-poon and the Harvard Crimson, whichstarted with an overflow of exruber-ance on the part of the Lampoon'scohorts on the eve of Saint Patrick'sday, was so subtly met by the Crim-son in its issue on the following day,that a good proportion of the studentbody at Harvard as well as the news-paper readers of Boston were led tobelieve in all good faith that theLampoon was really going out ofbusiness and that their well knownhabitat was in serious danger of col-lapse because of the insecurity of itsfoundations.

In fact, THE TECH, judging fromall available accounts, was sweptalong in the tide of the misinformed-hence the article in Monday's issueentitled, "Oldest College Comic · HasClosed Its Doors." A natural interestin any fracas involving a college com-ic and newspaper, prompted an inves-tigation of the Lampoon-Crimson bat-tle, which brought the proper light tobear on the situation.

As men on both publications put it,they must have some way of gettingrid of a little pent-up energy, so thatat least once a year the Crimson and

the Lampon mutually agree to disa-gree. This year it was the Lampoonwhich took the initiative. Assemblingin force the night before Saint Pat-rick's day, the Lampoon organizationparaded down to the Crimson build-ing, and proceeded to cover the build-ing with orange-colored paper. Aftermuch pasting of paper, Lampy's co-horts managed to get hold of the nextday's edition of the Crimson andforthwith mutilated the copies bystamping on them the word "Lam-poon."

Crimson Evens ScoreRound two was staged the follow-

ing evening when the Crimson mendetermined to even the score with araid on Lampy's quarters in which, ac-cording to the Lampoon, they at-tempted to decorate the building witha huge "For Sale" sign. The Crim-son, dated March 18th, contained themuch discussed report that the Lam-poon had suspended publication in-definitely because the dangerouscondition of their building had forcedthe foreclosure of their mortgage onthe property. An engineer's state-ment was faked to confirm the rumor.

Rumors that the Crimson was plan-ning to run a picture of the Lampoonbuilding decorated with the "ForSale" sign, reached the ears of theLampoon's scribes and a third raid-ing party was organized. Encounter-

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EDWARD FV. MILLER '86

Technology's freshman debaterswill meet the Laconia High Schoolteam Friday to argue the question,"Resolved: that the United Statesshould enter the League of Nations."Technology is to uphold the affirma-tive. Under the direction of CoachDean M. Fuller, the freshmen havebeen working regularly, and will havetheir final practise tonight at fiveo'clock in room 2-190.

It was originally planned to havea debate with Laconia on February13, with the World Court as a topic,but the action of the Senate at thattime, in ratifying our entrance intothe Court, made that subject a settledmatter, and thus unsuitable for de-bate.

Varsity to Debate LafayetteMonday evening the Technology

Varsity debating team will meet La-fayette on the question, "Resolved;that the United States should enterthe League of Nations." Lafayette isto have the affirmative, while Tech-nology is to uphold the negative.

This debate is to be featured by anovel arrangement in regard to thetime allotted to each speaker. Thefirst speaker for the affirmative is tohave only ten minutes, while each ofthe other speakers will be allowed fif-teen minutes in which to presenttheir arguments. However, there willbe a five minute rebuttal for the firstaffirmative speaker, which will equal-ize the time allotted to each man.There will be no rebuttal by the neg-ative.

Henry G. Pearson, Heaa of the De-partment of English and History, willpreside at the debate, while thejudges will be the Rev. H. G. D. Scott,Mr. L. A. Wheeler, and Mr. S. Ken-neth Scolfield. Lafayette will be rep-resented by Grant Van Saun, ClarenceR. Mease, and Willam R. Foulkes,while Robert R. Cunningham will actas alternate.

TECHNOLOGY DAMESHOLD BRIDGE PARTY

Candy, cake and other homemadeedibles were on sale in front of theMargaret Cheney Room- in building10, Monday afternoon, in conjunctionWith the annual Bridge Party, heldby members of the TechnologyDames. Mrs. Fred I. Gibson, the So-cial Chairman of the Dames was incharge. Members of the TechnologyMatrons assisted at the affair.

The membership of the Dames iscomposed of mothers, wives and sis-ters of Technology students and thefunds raised are used to conduct so-cial functions throughout the year.All the food for sale was contributedby member:j of the' TechnologyDames.

Church, Boston.He discussed aspects of the Nation-

al Defense Act and after his talk con-ducted an open forum. The YoungPeoples Group has had a series ofprominent local speakers, both fromlaymen and clergy at their eveningmeetings. Colonel Phisterer told thestory of the National Defense fromthe beginning of American history tothe present.

CALENDARWednesday, March 24

1:00-Talk to freshmen on MechanicalEngineering department by Prof. Mil-ler, room :I0-275.

5:00-Senior Week committee meeting,committee room, Walker.

Thursday, March 254:00-Freshman movies, "Life at Fort

Riley," room 10-250.5:00-Institute Committee meeting, Fac

ulty Dining Room.7:45-Tau Bata Pi meeting, Faculty Din-

ing Room.8:00--Mfath Club meeting, East Lounge,

Walkelr.8:00--Menorah Society Meeting, North

Hall, Walker.

Recent Action of the FacultyDevelops Four Year Course

In Aeronautics

New opportunities in the study ofaeronautical engineering are offeredat the Institute by action of the facul-ty in voting to allow undergraduateregistration in the course leading tothe bachelor's degree.

Heretofore the emphasis has beenon graduate study, although seniorswho had the proper preparation wereeligible for the course. Other stu-dents interested in aeronautics regis-tered in the course in General Engi-neering and took most of their elec-tives from the aeronautical subjects.

Under the new plan students mayregister for the course in aeronauticalengineering in their freshman year

and their studies in aeronautics willbegin in the second year when thevarious courses separate.

There will be no change in the,graduate studies, and advanced sub-jects which cannot be covered in theregular undergraduate program maybe taken in a fifth year of work.Thus the elementary and advancedsections of the course are more clear-ly divided than was possible before.

The men who have graduated fromthe Institute in aeronautical engineer-ing have played an important part inthe development of aircraft in Amer-ica. Among their number are includ-ed all officers who have held the postof Chief Engineer at McCook Field,the Army's experimental station; thehead of the design branch of the Na-val Bureau of Aeronautics for five

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A Record of O.~:.fficial

Continuous News Service Undergraduate News OrganFor 45 Years o'"' [ ]~'~" of Technology

Vol. XLVI No. 19 CAMBRIDGE, MASS., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1926 Five Cents

HORSEBACK RIDING MANAGERS OF ATHLETICSCrimson Fools Many With ArticleConcerning Demise of the Lampoon FEATURE OF MOVIE MEET WITH TECH SHOW TO

START WORK ON COMBINEFOR THE FRESHMEN"The Life of Riley" Is to Be

Shown to FreshmenTomorrow

TAKEN AT ARMY CAMP

Thrills and more thrills character-ize the moving picture entitled, "TheLife of Riley," which will be shownfor the benefit of the freshman classThursday at 4 o'clock in room 10-250.The exhibition will be open to allmembers of the Institute.

Trained at the Mounted ServiceSchool of the Army at Fort Riley,Kansas, and executing every featknown to horsemanship a number ofcavalry officers have posed for whathas been spoken of as the most re-markable pictures of hard riding evertaken. No faking whatever was util-ized in the production of this film.Views of horses and riders negotiat-ing hurdles, going up and slidingdown banks, crossing streams, andracing at break-neck speeds acrosscountry are shown, many of whichare in slow motion. Some dangerousspills are seen. Except that themounts are government horses, theriders Army officers, and the scene anArmy post, the film bears no militarytinge.

Introduced by Col. RomeynThe film will be introduced briefly

by Colonel Charles Romeyn of theU. S. Cavalry, now detailed Chief ofStaff of the 94th Division with head-quarters in Boston. Colonel Romeyn,a West Point graduate who was full-back on the Academy team for fouryears, is a crack rifle shot. He was incommand of Plattsburg Barracks in1917 at the time of the first trainingcamps there just after the UnitedStates entered the World War.

The purpose of the picture is toacquaint men studying Military sci-ence just what men in the army arerequired to perform. It shows the in-tensive training the cavalry officersmust go through to be proficient inthis branch of military science.

OUTDOOR DRILL TOBEGIN ON FRIDAY

Beginning Friday, freshman R. O.T. C. drill will be conducted on thecampus, and uniforms will be wornfor the rest of the term. The battal-ion will be organized as it was lastfall, consisting of five companies,with no changes in personnel.

In order to assure everyone sometarget practice, a new policy is be-ing instigated, so that certain mem-bers of the battalion will be sched-uled at the range during each drillexercise. This is expected to givebetter results than the system em-ployed in the past.

As last term, Companies A and Bwill form on the road near the Massa-chusetts Avenue entrance to Building3, and Companies C, D, and ChemicalWarfare Company will form onCharles River Road. Student officerswill report to the Senior Instructor atthe beginning of the first period.

Present plans call for drill with-out arms for the first three periods,rifles being used for the first time aweek from Friday. Exercises for theremainder of the term will consist ofthe regular routine of platoon andcompany drill.

HOPE TO GAIN ATLEAST $2000 FOR

INSTITUTE SPORTSMembers of Athletic Squads

Will Sell Show TicketsTo The Public

ROWE TALKS AT MEETING

At a dinner given last night by Al-exander Macomber '07, Alumni Advisorof Tech Show, members of all Tech-nology athletic teams met to discussthe Athletic Association's work inconnection with the recent mergerbetween that body and Tech Show.Fourteen managers, together withKenneth S. Lord '26, president of theM. I. T. A. A., Allan W. Rowe '01, Sec-retary-Treasurer of the AdvisoryCouncil on Athletics, and Mr. Mac-omber were present at the dinner.

Need for Success Pointed OutOpening the meeting, Mr. Macomber

explained the purpose of gathering themen together and expressed his hear-ty approval of the Tech Show-AthleticAssociation merger. He was followedby Lord, who explained the partwhich the members of the Associationare to play in the transaction. Dr.Rowe then exhorted the men to takeadvantage of their opportunity tomake the $2000 or more which is ex-pected to be realized for the use ofathletics from the combine.

"Technology is the only school inthe country where the students ac-tually manage the undergraduate ac-tivities," he said, "and since there isa deficit this year it is up to you tomake this plan a success, in order toguarantee that some of the sports atthe Institute will not have to be dis-continued."

Plan is OutlinedTech Show is to give three per-

formances at the Boston Opera HouseApril 19, "Public night; April 20, Tech-nology night, and April 21, Alumninight. The way in which the AthleticAssociation is to get the $2000 or morewhich it intends to receive is to sellout the house on the first of thesenights. That is, enough tickets mustbe sold to persons not connected withthe Institute for this performance, tobring in at least $2000, as the receiptson the other nights will pay the ex-penses of the Show. The work ofselling these tickets will fall uponthe members of the various squads inall the branches of athletics, number-ing about 800, with the manager ofeach squad responsible for the suc-cess of his group.

Each man will be asked to sell tick-ets to at least two of his acquaint-ances outside of Technology or out-side his family. Since the money de-rived from the sale of these ticketswill be clear profit, the necessary$2000 will undoubtedly be realized ifthe men co-operate with the managers.

COLONEL PHISTERERIS CHURCH SPEAKER

Colonel Frederick W. Phisterer,head of the Department of MilitaryScience, was the speaker at the meet-ing Of the Young Peoples Group, Sun-day evening at the Copley Methodist

WREATH HONORSSTUDENT MARTYR

For the first time since theerection of the Memorial Tab-let in the Main Lobby, a wreath·was placed in honor of thememory of a Technology stu-dent who gave his life duringthe World War.

Honoring the memory ofRichard Bermont Catton '15, hissister, Miss Margaret M. L. Cat-ton of Honolulu, P. I., hung awreath of spring flowers at thebase of the tablet Monday noon.The tablet has chiseled upon itthe names of one hundred forty-five -students who died duringthe War. The Corporationerected it in the summer of1922, the stone being importedfrom Italy.

FRESHMEN TO HEARPROFESSOR MILLER

Talk to Acquaint Men With the-'Mechanical Engineering

Department

To acquaint the freshmen with thework of Course II, Professor EdwardF. Miller '86, head of the MechanicalEngineering Department, will speakon the subject Wednesday at I o'clockin room 10-275. On Thursday, Profes-sor W. Spencer Hutchinson '92, willoutline the course in Mining Engineer-ing.

Professor Miller will outline thework of his course. He believes, how-ever, that the lecture can give thefreshmen only a mere inkling of whatthey ought to know in order to decidewhat course they are fitted for. Eachman's case is different, so before onetakes the drastic step of registeringfor a course, he should interview per-sonally the men in charge of thecourse. According to Professor Mil-ler, it is the worst thing in the worldfor a man to enter blindfolded a lineof work for which he is not fitted. Thelecture will probably cover the gen-eral work of Course II.

On Thursday, Professor Hutchinsonwill describe Course III, the work cov-ered and the possible opportunitiesderived from the course. In the fu-ture as some people believe, minesmay become fewer in number, butmineral production is bound to in-crease. Larger deposits of lowergrade material will supply the futureneeds of the country. These will in-volve problems calling for many tech-nical trained men for operating andfor research.

Friday, Professor George Water-house, of the Metallurgy departmentwill outline the course in that sub-ject.

'Miss Take' To BeChosen At Circus

Beauty ContestPrize Will Be Awarded To The

Fairest UndergraduateIn The Institute

Technology's fairest undergraduatewill receive due recognition at theCircus this year, as it is planned tohold a beauty contest for the pur-pose of choosing "Miss Take." Thiscontest will be run under the direc-tion of Tech Show and is open to all,including the faculty. A prize will beawarded to the winning beauty and"shle" will be privileged to adopt thename "Miss Take."

Most of the fraternities and activi-ties have made their plans for Circusnight and the mid-day parade, butthere is still a dearth of ring stuntsand those who plan to put on a ringst-unt are requested to see C. WesleyMeytrott '27. Among those featuresalready planned for the sawdust ringare a bull fight to be staged by PhiLambda Alpha, and a chariot race byTheta Delta Chi.

Although the final word permittingthe use of the Armory has not beenfireceived yet, it is expected that it willbe a certainty within a day or two.

Those desiring to enter the beautycontest are requested to notify TechShow management at once.

FRANK G. WEBSTERMARRIED SATURDAY

The marriage of Frank G. Webster,Unc., of Chestnut Hill and Holderness,New Hampshire, to Miss Polly Bald-win took place last Saturday noon inthe 'First Unitarian Church, ChestnutHill. Mrs Webster formerly lived inHaiku Maul, T; H. The couple-willmake their home temporarily at 20Chapple street, Brookline.

Complete Aeronautical EngineeringCourse Is Now Offered By Institute

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Because students told them thatthe abolition of compulsory chapelhad as much chance, at St. Stephen'scollege as a "snowball in hell" andhad attempted to enforce unjust dis-ciplinary measures, Dr. B. I. Bell,president of the college, is now fac-ing a walkout of eighty-eight of hisone hundred and twenty-one students.In a vote on the question of com-pulsory chapel condracted by TheLyre Tree. the college publication, one

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At Wesleyan the results of the in-telligence tests given at the begin-ning of the year to freshmen wererecently compared with the resultsof the mid-yewz examinations. On thetests last fall there were twelve whowere rated E. Of these one has beenflunked out, three have voluntarilyleft college because of low marks, twohave two failures, three have one fail-ure, while three have passed in alltheir courses although none had ahigh average grade. In consideringthe intelligence tests of the twenty-one freshmen who have made thehonor roll it is found that three hadA's nine had B's, eight had C's andone had a D.

hundred and three students votedagainst compulsion. The studentswho demand a share in control overdiscipline cite as an example of thepresident's action a fine ot twenty dol-lars imposed for a "rough house" inthe dormitories in which the damageamounted to but a dollar and twenty-five cents.

The committee on scholarships atthe University of Iowa has ruled thatevery four hours of "A" earned by astudent should count an extra hourof "A"' toward graduation credit. Thusa student who maintains an unusuallyhigh average may graduate in threeyears.

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Omffclc NewsOrgan of theUndergradux"Of Tecimology

MANAGI NG BOARDG. C. Hauston 127 ...... General ManagerJ. D. Crawford '27 .............. EditorF. E. Anderson '27 ..... Managing EditorW. H. Reed '27 ...... Business Manager

ASSOCIATE BOARDD. R. Knox '27 .......... News EditorA. S. Richmond '28 ...... Sports Editor0. W. Rideout '28 ..... Features Editor1B. V. Lewls '28 .............. TreasurerW. E. King '28 .... Circulation ManagerP. E. Ruch '28 .... Advertising Manager

OFFICES OF THE TECHNews and Editorial-Room 3, Walker

Memorial, Telephone, Univ. 7029Business-Room 302, Walker Memorial

Telephone, Univ. 7415

SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $2.50 PER YEARPublished everly Nonday, Wednesday

and Friday during the College yearEntered as Second Class Matter at the

Boston Post Office

40 Years Ago This WeekSome opposition is being shown by

the non-fraternity men to the allegedattempt of the fraternity men to con-trol the Institute affairs.

The class of '88 has proposed anew style of class dinner. It consistsof a combination of the Quincy Houseand no wine.

The ardent devotees of the chessboards have united to form a ChessClub.

25 Years Ago This Week

EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTEdltorla; Board

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Features WritersH. T. Gerry '29

CartoonistL. Seron '29

NEWS AND SPORTSDEPARTMENTS

Night EditorsAndrew Anderson, Jr. '27 E. J. Gohr '26C. A. Bartlett '27 J. B. Goldberg '26A. J. Buckley '27 A. D. Green '26

NewswritersG. I. Chatfleld '28 13. D. Lissner '26A. L. H. Darragh '28 John Lovejoy '29

Sports WritersC. J. ]Bernhardt '28 J. G. Sullivan '29

At the present rate of increase inregistr tion, it will be necessary toobtain new buildings within a fewyears since the buildings are nowworking at capacity.

President Pritchett is making a tripthrough the West addressing alumniand encouraging prospective students.

10 Years Ago This WeekA large number of Technology but-

tons of the new design have been re-ceived from France and are ready fordistribution. The purpose of thesebuttons is to enable both alumni andundergraduates to recognize eachother whenever they meet

The Chemical Society, in a jointmeeting with the Harvard ChemicalSociety, discussed the recent researchin radioactive lead.

At a meeting of the newly formedEngineer Corps of the R. O. T. C. thedeficiencies of the various armies, asshown by the present war, were dis-Icussed.

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Love in a garrelt, the Great War, thelife -of the poor of Paris, a humorouspriest, a decrepit taxicab- all are com-bined in "Seventh Heaven," now play-ing a return engagement at the HollisStreet Theatre, to form a seriotcomicplay cervtainly above the average ofBoston drama.. The action centersabout a girl dragged down againzther will by a sister who has lost allmoral code, and a sewer-worker calledto the colors at the outbreak of thewar.

Humor there is in plenty-the, boasting of Chico, who is "a very remarkable fellow," and the comedy of "ol(lBoutl" who relates in mournful talesthe tragedy of the heroic French taxi,Eloise, who gave~her life for ther coun-try in the battle of the Marne, and thepath-as of the scenes portraying themisfortunes of poor Diane broulghttears to the eyes of many of the hard-ened theatre-go-ers.

This is the second appearance! of"Seventh Heaven" in Roston. It IS apiece of melodra-ma far from worn outeven though it deals with the war.

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OTHER PLAYSCOLONtIAL,: "Ben Hutr."~-A Splendid exampl

of the cinema's possibilities.COPLEY: "Falsle, Pretenses."-Ianl Hay Beith

gives another one.H{OLLIS: ".Seventhl Heaven."-Review cd i

this issue.MNAJE;STIC: "The Big Parade."--A~ incvie

that 1lo one should miss.NEW PARK: "Rain."-One of the better

South Sea shows.PLYMl~OUTH:I "The Judge's Husband.`-

William Hodge Stars in a show of his ownwriting.

REPERTORY: "N311nlek,"~-Keeps up thhigh standard of the Repertory Theatre.

HUBERT: "Captain Jinks.'-We'll tell youabout it on Friday.

TRE31ONT: "Ladies of the Evenlng."~-Abouto leave us. Good show.

WILBUR: "Alomna of the South Seqs.11-Not at all bad, but we don't seem towane enthusiastic about it.

COLLEGE HOUW

Members of the class of 1926

pledged themselves to present a$100,000 endowment to Technology in1951. There still r emains the impor-

tant problem of pltting machinery in-to operation which will make the giftpossible. An endowment in whichevery member of the class may havean equal share must necessarily beaccumulated from small yearly pay-ments continuing over a period ofyears. The collection of these pay-ments is the first and most impor-tant consideration of the problem.

By using the medium of life insur-ance the class of 1926 has at its dis-posal an organization trained and ful-ly aquipped to make these collections,an organization expansive enough toreach men scattered throughout theworld, and yet not too large to takeparticular care of the individual sub-scriber.

Before mlaking a proposal to theclass, a representative committeemade a careful study of insuranceplans suitable for endowment pur.poses. Their study consisted of: analyzing the results of the endowmentprogl ams of three prev ious graduat-ing- classes; the plans submitted byseven insurance companlies, and theexperiences of these comlpanies inhandling class endowments; the sta-bility of both the company and theagent making the application; and fl-nally the actual cost of insurance.

The one outstanding fact which thecommittee realized weas that if thisendowment program is to be fulfilledit must be carried by the class as awshole. Where individual policies areissued, the insurance company sendsout annual premium notices, each con-

tribultor pays his premium, and therethe class spirit ends. There is thusa danger of its becoming purely acontract between the company andthe individual. This is the basis ofthe Senior Endowment fund systemused by the classes of 1924 and 1925.

The Plan for the Class of 1926To realize class unity the follow-

ing plan was devised: not a new plan,but one revised and adapted to theneeds of the class. The class mem-bers are to be given an opportutnityto pledge themselves to one or moreshares in a policy of $5,000, eachshare costing $8.70 per year after thefirst payment, and continuing for 25years. When these pledges have beenreceived the members of the classwill be arranged in groups of 25, com-posed of men who are personally ac-quainted with one another. Each

group will pay the premium on one$5,000 policy. In this way it seemspossible that co-ordination can be at-

tained during the first few years,when support is most needed. Ineach group there vill be a chairman,who will endeavor to keep his group100% from year to year. The actualpayment of premiums will be madedirectly to the insurance agent.

In addition to the basic idea ofunifying the class by having grouppolicies, there are several other ad-vantages. It is made possible to fig-ure an average cost so that each per-son will pay $8.70. In past years thepremium has been varying, older menpaying more than younger men of theclass. On a $5,000 policy it becomespossible to utilize double indemnityand divisibility, provisions whichwould not be practical on a small

policy.

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DEERAIN from the injustice of thinking. this an editorial razz.XX It is not; it is merely a question to which there is no answer.

And this is the question.It relates to the inverse method of education-the method of

sareastic reply. You have a class in which a student is puzzledabout somne point in the lecture or some demonstration on the board.He asks a qustqion. It is probably a foolish question, "Out th'ereis something about which he is not quite clear. To him the ques-tion has a very definite value and a word or two would set himright. Your instructor, if he is a certain kind of instructor, leapsto grasp the opportunity. " Why doesn't so-and-so hold for thiscase, as werll as what you said ?" asks the student. ";What! "says the instructor, "Have I been teaching this course for fifteenyears and overlooked that point? That is a remarkable discoveryof yours, young man. I would be very grateful to you if youwould step 'right 'Lp to the Uoard and show me and the w~aitingworld how your novel method works out."

Meanwhile the student is growing smaller and smaller. Herealizes that he was a fool to ask the question, but still he wouldlike to see where he was wrong. He knows by now, though, thathe bad better admit. humbly his error and affirm his completegrasp of the entire. subject. In this way the class is allowed to goona. Although he would still like to hear the few words that wouldeasily clear lip the mnattser, he is probably satisfied with havingstemmed the flow of sarcasm with which the professor was demon-strating his mental superiority. That alone is sometimes no smalltask.

No~w we want to ask what possible value to the student, theinlstructor, the class, the Institute,2 the United States, the worldat large, or to anything or anyone else stlch an answer to such aquestion can have ? The nlumber of these. instructors is merci-f~ully fewe, but it would be still more merciful if they wvere yet fewer.

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Making an auspicious debut, the En-gineers snowed under the New Bed-ford quintet by a 45a-18 score. In thisfirst game, Captain Eorrester andNorm Estes scored from the floor atwill, to spell defeat for the visi-tors. The Institute passers obtainedthe lead at the start and kept itdthroulghout the play, with no fear ofever being headed.

In the second game at Hanover theEnginee court men felt vietims to theBig Green of Dartmouth. In this en-counter, the Engineer defense was un-able to cope with the strong attack ofCaptain D~ey of Dartmouth, wh~o brokethrough the Engineer defense at wihllnd scored seven baskets. Firne Hinck

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As a result of his recent v8ictoriedin the New England Foills champion-ship contests, Joe Levis, star of theEngineer fencing team will make thetrip to New York to compete for Na-tiona honors with the leaders fromNorth, South and West. He has anexcellent chance of winning the high-est honors, there being only about fourcollege fencers in the United Statesthat are rated in his class.

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|By Carl J. Bernhardt '28lWind~inlg up the season with the HolyCross. game in the Hantganx gym, TheCard-inal and Gray court team, underthe direction of Manager James A.

.|Lyles land Coach H. P. McCarthy, com.-pleted the~se~asons. play. The Engineerfivee was able to chadk up only four}wins out -of fourteen games, which onIpaper is not so creditable a show-.ing. On the other hand a good manyof -the games were lost to -the En-gineers bay a margin of two or threeIpoi~nts.

|Forrester A Capable Leader{Considering the fact that there re-mained only Itwo veterans from last

|season's quintet for Coach McCarthylto construct a new team, the results|are quite remarkable. SAM told, thLeEngineers ran up a total of 360 points

|against 392 for the opponents.In taking the individual players into

consideration, Captain Bill Forrester|w~as found to be a capable leader. No;matter if the team was, winning orlosing other curly-heded captain placedevelry ounce of encouragement intohis co-partners whzic~h was -one of thereasons that kept the tearn in the run-n ing. Incidentally Bill was the highpointt scorer for the team, featuringmany of the games with remarkableone-handed shots.|On the defense Eralle, Hinck andPrank Myers held the guard positionsin fine style. Hinok, playing a rovingffguard, was a thorn in the side of theopposing team on the offence as welll

Ias the defence., while Myers played|more in the vicinity of the back courtdid not figure so prominently inthe team's scoring, but, nevertheless,played a stellar game. Juld Biehle,at center, playing his first seasonof Varsity basketball, although not aplayer of the flashy type, was avaluable acquisition to the team,as he was one of the main cogsin thee passing gamer of the team. Lastbut not least, we have Norm Esites atthe other forward position. No~rm,fresh from flast, year's yearling team,proved to be a valuable asset to thisyear's Varsity aggregation. He playedhis first year at forward, having -folr-merly played in the back court. He-has a wonderful eye omi the basket andC~oach McCarthy is, looking for a bigimprovemelnt in him during the nexttwo years.

Win Opening Game With NewBedford Textile

Although litie publicity has beengiven them, Technology's Rifle Teamhas been gradually climbing to an en-viable position in 00liegiate rifle cdir-cles. Ouit of a total of nineteenmatches, the team has annexed thir-teen victories. The squad still hasseveral scheduled matches the currentseason ending with the National In-tercollegiates on April 17.

GamesNew Bedford Textile .............................................Dartmouth ....... .Tufts .. ......... . .B row n ............................... ....... .Lowell Textile . ............... .H arvard ........ ... ................................... .... ........Rhode Island State ............... ...Northeastern ..................... .Northeastern ... ..... ......................Pratt Institute .......... Crescent; A. C. (Brooklyn) ...................... ...........Montclair A. C. (Montclair, N. J.) ............University of New Hampshire . ... ......... ..........H oly C ross ........................................................ . ...........

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their own floor the next day, they di-s-played all the pep that was significantin their previous engagements and inthe Brown game, one of the fastesttussels ever seen in the Hangar waswitnessed. The Engineers appearedsuperiar to the Brains but Fate seemedto decree that they should lose thedistinction of not having been beaten-an their own floor and Brown nosed-out the Engineers in the final few sec-conds of play -by a mere -two points,the final score being 22-20.

Next the Lowell Textile aggregationcame to the Hangar a week (ater andwent home on the short end of a 48-26score. Here again the effectivenless ofthe pyasswork which Coach McCarthydrilled into his pupils showed up.The Hinck to Forrester oombinationworked to perfection as Bill on thereceiving end scored twelve basketsand four foul shots for a grand totalof 28 points.

Lose Hard Game To HarvardT'he Following Wednesday the strong

Harvard five took the measure of theEn-ineers at -the, Heminway gym in ahard fought game. Playing the C~rim-son even during thee firstthalf by meansof the! remarkable work of the Insti-tute forwards, Harvard had to playfa-st basketball every minute in orderto come out son top. Besides the bril-liant passwork of the Eng~ineers, NormEsstes tossed .in two one.hlanded shotsfrom t~he side -count which drew a bighand of applause from the audience.

Saturday, January 16, in the Han-gar, the Engineers taicked away an-other win at the expense of the North-eastern five, but -in ,the second clashbetween -the same two factions, theB~ack Bay lads (reversed the btables inthe Huntington avenue gym.

. Trip Proves DisastrousFrliday. Febu~ary 19, the Engineer

,contingent embarked for New Yorkand as a result of their four-day trip,were given three reverses. PrattInstitute, Crescent A. C'. and Montclair(N. J.) A. C. were the ones to tarnthe trick.

In the last two games of the seasonthe powerful Univeirsity of New Hamp-91hiie team -baretly won over the Car-dinial and Gray by a me-re point, whileH~oly Cross invaded the Han-gar totake the final game of the season.

TRACK SCHEDULEFOR THIS SP'RING

April 23-24-Pe nn Relays,Franklin Field, Phila.

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TRACK COACH URGESSTRICTER TRAINING

The spring track season opened witha good start Monday afternoon whenGoach Hedlund impressed upon themen at the track meeting the neces-sity of rigidly obeying the trainingrules. Osoar went on to, say that asthere 'will be a training table this Yearthere should ibe no trouble keeping thefellows eatting the right kind of food.It seems that the worst divergementfrom training which he has to con-tend with is the tendency of the mento keep late hours.

Captain George Lendss followed upCoach Hed-lurnd's, speech and endeav-ored to create more spirit among histeammaites. George is connfident ofbeating Hlarvard and of sending Cor-nell home with a black mark on her1926 track slate. Mager Field thenbriefly outlined this year's track s-che-'dule. All three of the speakers em-phasized the importance of the menwho are out for track spending onlyone hour a day in trhe track house.

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this season, will be one of the prinmcipl contenders. He is am unusuallyskillful follsmana and should prove abig obstacle to overcome. The NavalAcademy also boasts of sbrong cand-i-dates. T-here are two futu-re ensignsof Uncle Sam that have been outpoint-ed only once.

Technology will not be representedin the foils team championships, butit is comforting to know that the teamthat deprived Technology of this honoris the favorite for the United States.title. Yale 'has just four impoirtant,opponents to face: Columbia Univer-sity, University of West Virginia, theNaval Academy and West Point.

dolumbia and the Army both havegood teams and have scored many vic-tories this season but neither willcome within three points of defeatingthe New Haven artists. University ofWest V;!Trginia and the Naval Academyare very evenly matched teams andshould give Yale some close competi-tion. Yale will undoubtedly have aone or itwo point margin, however,when the totaJ score is added.

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NOTICES

UNDERGRADUATETECH CIRCUS

All groups planning on putting ona stunt of any kind at the Circus areurged to inform Harry M. Boardman'26, of their plans in order to pre-vent duplication of stunts. HPe maybe reached at the Tech Show officeor at the Kappa Sigma house.

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JUNIOR PROM USHRERSHAVE BEEN CHOSEN

Redemption of SignlupS To BeMade April I And 2

Six ushers have been selected forthe Junior Prom, which occurs Tues-day, April 20. The men who will offi-ciate in this capacity are Erik Hoff-man, Frank L. Meyer, Frank E. Rhine-hart, Raymond D. Leonard, RaymondF. Hibbert and William L. Taggart.

Signups for the Prom are beingsold all this week in the Main Lobbyfrom 12 to 2, while redemptions willbe made Thursday and Friday, AprilI and 2, at a booth in the Main Lobby.Approximately the same number ofsignups as last year has been sold.

As the seating assignments are nowbeing m~ade up, those who desire as-signnets should apply for them to-Lee McCanne of the Walker Memo-rial Committee or any member of theJunior Prom Committee.

Plans for Junior Week are progres-sing rapidly. Technique Rush, whichwill come on Saturday, April 17, at12 o'clock is scheduled to officiallyopen the festivities of the week. Afterthe vacation school will be resumedagain Thursday, April 22.

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PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIA-TION

The Portland Cement Associationwill hold a meeting in'room 3-270,every Tuesday evening untilMarch 30, inclusive, -with the finalmeeting on April 27. All meetingsrun from six to ten o'clock.

NATIONAL GUARD AIR COURSE

Major C. H. Wooley will meet pros-pective candidates for the NationalGuard flying course at the South Ar-mory, Irvington Street, Boston.

COPITHORNE READINGS

Mr. Matthew R. Copithorne will de-liver the fifth of his readings thisterm. tomorrow evening at 6:45o'clock in Walker Library. He willread a group of short stories fromAmerican authors including Edgar Al-lan Po-e, Bret Harte, O'Henry, andMr. Dooley. The final reading of theseason will be given a week from to-morrow at the same hour.

CH PEMICAL SOCIETY

There will be a meeting of the offi-cers of the Chemical Society in room3-S10 on Friday, March 26, at fiveo'clock.

INSTITUTE COMMITTEE

-There will be a regular meeting ofthe Institute Committee in the Facul-ty Dining Room tomorrow at fiveo'clock.

MATH CLUB

Mr. Raymond D. Douglass of theDepartment of Mathematics willspeak on "Nomographic Charts" to-morrow at eight o'clock in the EastLounge of Walker. All interested areinvited.

SENIOR WEEK COMMITTEE

There will be Senior Week Com-mittee meeting in the CommitteeRoom, Walker, today at 5.

A. I. E. E. CONVENTION

All student papers to be writtenfor the A. I. E. E. Convention mustbe in by April 22. They should besent to Stuart John '26, as soon aspossible.

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Lampoon DeniesRumor of Demise

(Continued from page 1)ing little opposition they were ableto securegthe cut from the form be-fore it went to press and convey it tosafety.

The Crimson did Lampy one bet-ter, however, for after considerablesearching, an engraver was foundwho made them a duplicate cut intime to print the picture in Friday'sCrimson. When the Saint Patrick'snumber of the Lampoon finally ap-peared, it had the same picture bold-1-; featured together with an articleon the falsity of any rumor concern-ing the demise of the Lampoon.

At any rate, Liampy sold Qut on theSaint Patrick's number, and thus endsanother "attempt to knife" the Crim-son with both sides on just as goodterms as ever.

INSURANCE SIGN-UPCAMPAIGN TO START

Seniors Will Be CanvassedFirst Week of April

Senior Endowment Insurance planswill be presented to members ofthe Class the first week of April attheir mass meeting to be held inroom 10-250. At that meeting, thefirst opportunity for sign-ups will beextended and during the week fol-lowing the meeting, the campaign forsign-ups will be opened.

Harry U. Camp '18, representingthe Aetna Life Insurance Company,will be present at the Institute dur-ing sign-up week to assist the En-dowment Fund Committee and a spe-cial office will be opened, probablythe Hex Alpha room. Yesterday agroup of one hundred was appointedto do the actual canvassing with theCommittee acting as a directing board.

B. U.v STUDENTS TOURMACHINE TOOL LABS

Hear Lecture on "Facts AboutNational Defense Act"

Over five hundred students of theCollege of Business Administration,Boston University, attended a lectureyesterday at 4 o'clock in room 10-250.Lieutenant Colonel Girard L. McEn-tee, General Staff of the First CorpsArea, addressed the studdents on thesubject, of the "Facts About the Na-tional Defense Act."

He outlined the skeleton organiza-tion of the Army and its reserves andthe part played by the R. O. T. C. ithe plan. Some stress was laid upothe camp life and a number of slideswere shown.

Through some error in time, theUniversity men came early and rath-er than have themn standing in therain, Mr. William Jackson of the In-formation Office had the men takenthrough the Machine Tool Labora-tory. Institute. students and instruc-tors, under Professor Robert HI.Smith, hastily assembled and oper-ated machines throughout the labora-tory for the benefit of the visitors.

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years during and after the war, andin the industry the chief executivesand chief engineers of several leadingairplane manufacturing companies.

Prominent EngineersA few of the prominent aeronauti-

cal engineers trained at the Instituteare Professor Edward P. Warner,head of the course in aeronautical en-gineering; Donald W. Douglas, de-signer of the big cruisers used in theWorld Flight and of the new planesrecently purchased for the Air Mail)Service; Virginius E. Clark, designerof the training planes now standardin the Army Air Service; Thomas H.Huff, builder of the Army's latestbomber; Major Leslie MacDill, chiefengineer at McCook Field, and hispredecessor, Major Clinton W. How-ard.

The Institute now has two largewind tunnels for testing airplane mod-els, and recently the Corporation au-thorized the purchase of importantnew equipment with which to carryon more complete studies in aeronau-tics, both on the airplane structureand on the power plant.