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Brigadier General James HI. (Jimmy) Doolittle, who came into thelimelight two days ago when it was revealed that he had led the recentU. S. Army Air Corps bombing raid over Tokio, received his master anddoctorate degrees at Technology. Doolittle studied for two years in the

The Tech Will DistributeSpecial Convocation Issue

The Tech will distribute aspecial complimentary issue onSaturday morning, May 23, atthe Institute Convocation. Theissue will contain the speech ofPresident Karl T. Compton andother matters of interest to thestudent body.

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There will be no let-up in thewar efforts of the Institute thissummer when it will be engaged tothe limit of its resources in re-search and education in fields vitalto the advancement of the nation'swar program, according to an an-nouncement of its summer programyesterday. In addition to the accel-erated program for Seniors, whoresume their regular work earlynext month, the Institute will con-duct a number of special confer-ences, offer special courses relateddirectly to the war efforts, and willenroll what will probably be thelargest contingent of Army andNavy officers for special training.

Members of the class of 1943 willpick up their normal work follow-ing a brief vacation and, barringunforeseen developments, will begraduated next February, fourmonths ahead of schedule.'

The first of several summer con-ferences will get underway on June19 when the Institute will be hostto the national meeting of theApplied Mechanics section of theAmerican Society of MechanicalEngineers lasting two days. Specialproblems on applied mechanics andthe strength of materials as relatedto war production will be the high-light of this meeting.

A special conference on Fire Pro-tection Engineering, sponsored bythe M.I.T. Department of BuildingEngineering and Construction andthe School of A2rchitecture in co-operation with the National FirePrevention Association will be heldon June 22, 23, and 24. Industrialand consulting engineers, archi-tects, building and fire officials,civilian defense leaders, and sec-

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coarse in Aeronautical Engineering,and was also engaged in researchwork here at the Institute.

Professor Herman R. Kurrel-meyer, of the Modern Language de-partment, who is finishing his forti-etfl year of teaching at the Insti-tite, had Doolittle in his elementaryGerman class in 1925. ProfessorKurrelmeyer recalls Doolittle as ahard and efficient worker, a traitwrhich many have noted in the fam-ous airman.

He was a senior in the CaliforniaSchool of Mines when the firstWorld War came. Enlisting in theSignal Corps, aviation section, hewas twice on the verge of being sentoverseas, but each time the orderwI as rescinded. Finally the AirCorps made Doolittle, who washungry for action, a flying instruc-tor, in which capacity he serveduntil the end of the conflict, muchto his disappointment.

After the war, speed became hisprofession, and he joined the tough

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Lowell InstituteGraduates 179

M4r. John J. RobinsonAddresses Senior Class

Graduation exercises of approxi-mately 179 members of the Classof 1942 of the Lowell InstituteSchool, which is conducted underthe auspices of the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, were heldin Walker Memorial at 8:15 o'clockWednesday, May 20, with John J.Robinson, president of the NewEngland Telephone and TelegraphCompany, making the address. Dr.A. Lawrence Lowell, president-emeritus of Harvard University andsole trustee of the Lowell InstituteSchool, presented the certificates ofgraduation. Dr. Samuel C. Prescott,Dean of Science represented Presi-dent Karl T. Compton of the In-stitute and Professor Charles F.Park, director of the school, pre-sided.

Established in 1903, the LowellInstitute school has offered freecourses in mechanical, electrical,and building subjects for more thana third of a centuxy. It was foundedto meet the increasing need forevening school courses to giveskilled workmen an opportunity toreceive an education in the appli-cation of science to their work.

the Tech Is RatedAs "cGood" By A.C.P.

The Tech, official news organ ofthe Technology undergraduates,has received word that the news-paper has again been classified as"good" in the Associated CollegiatePress classification. The paper hasbeen awarded this Honor Ratingseveral times in the past fewvolumes,

The collegiate ratings are basedon many counts, including size ofthe school and frequency of pub-lication. Some of the points inwhich The Tech excelled are newscoverage, vitality, contents of newsstories, typography, editorials, andthe coverage and display of sportsstories. Judges for the yearly ratingwere graduate students of journal-ism and active writers for middlewestern papers.

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ment of this plan open to fresh- men, Sophomores, and Juniors,will be of utmost importanceto all members of these classes.President .Compton is also ex- pected to discuss Technology'splace in the present war effort,and to explain the connectionof the new plan with the selec-tive service act.

The relation of Institute studentsto the various enlistment plateso~ffered by the Navy will also bie ex-plained at this time, as will otherplans for students in the war. Doc-tor Compton is also expected to dis-cuss the general military situationfrom the point of view of techno-logical education and from that ofservice in industry as well as in theArmy and Navy.

As was announced yesterday,classes are to be dismissed at 10:40A.M., at which time the class bellswill be rung. As the announcementwill be brief, classes will be resumedas usual at l1: 05 A.M. Since con-vocations are held only for mattersof extreme urgency, the attendanceof all students is important. Themessage will probably be the mostimportant one of the year for In-stitute students.

The last convocation was held onDecember 1I9, at which time Presi-dent Compton announced that theSeniors would graduate on April 29,and explained the other phases ofthe speed-up program. It was atthis time that it was determinedthat freshmen and Sophomoresshould work in war industries dulr-ing the summer, and that Juniorswould go to school during thattime.

The first convocation was orig-inally scheduled to be held in thelobby of Building 7, but was movedto the Great Court when it wasfound, that the weather would per-mit. These are the first convoca-tions held in several years.

ondary school teachers, are invitedto the conference.

The tenth summer conference onSpectroscopy and its Application,which attracts scientists from allparts of the country, will be heldon July 20, 21, and 22. This sum-mer's conference will be sponsored

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ganization and soon began to de-compose. Then, in 1937, it lost itsold auditorium in the Rogers Build-ing when the Institute movedacross the river. It then retired toclassroom 2-190. 'This," said Pro-fessor Fuller, "was a vital impedi-ment to the existence of the organ-ization."

Since that time it has producedplays in Room 2-190 and in the Pea-body Playhouse, its prestige con-siderably damaged.|At the present time, members of

|the organization have reached the|conclusion that more efficiency can|be attained if informality is the|keynote. Accordingly, ProfessorFuller has said that if a group of

|students approach him with the|idea, of producing a play next fall,|he will do his part in helping themrealize their plans. "It is there-|fore," he said, "entirely up to the|students."

I'Dramashop will depend for itsexistence upon students who getreal pleasure out of acting and whoare willing to make sacrifices inorder to act," said Professor D. M.Fuller, faculty head of Dramashop,student dramatic organization atthe Institute.

During its history, this organiza-tion has passed through nearlyevery phase possible for an activity.It was started in 1927 when severalstudents approached ProfessorFuller with the idea of startingsomething to replace the annualTech Show. Within a few years ithad reached the status of a Class Aactivity, putting on at least twoplays a year from the start to thepresent.

After surviving for about a yearand a half as a Class A activity,it discovered that it was becomingmore of a social than acting or-

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CALLED TOMORROWDr. Comnpton Will ExplainNew Plans For ServiceIn Nation's Iar Effort

Second Convocation Of Year To Be HeldIn Great Court Tomorrow at 10:40 A.M.;Announcelment Will Be Important

The complete details of the new Army Enlisted ReserveCorps as well as other programs for service to the nation willbe announced by President Karl T. Compton at a convocationof the student body in the Great Court tomorrow morning at

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panding engineering opportunitiesfor women in war industries, theInstitute announced today a sum-mer session course in War Produc-tion Practice for women. Thecourse, which will cover a period ofseven weeks beginning June 8, willbe given in the Institute's Depart-ment of Business and EngineeringAdministration and is designed toqualify women for national serviceas war production aides in manu-facturinlg establishments.

To qualify for the course, stu-dents must be between twenty andthirty years of age inclusive andmust have had at least two yearsof collegiate work in which em-phasis on the sciences is preferred.Experience in working with peopleis a desirable background for thisnew course.

The subjects to be covered bythis course include factory produc-tion. accounting, planning andscheduling of factory output, me-chanical drawing and interpreta-tion, time and motion study, aswell as visits to industrial plantsand practice demonstrations in ma-chine tool, foundry, welding, me-chanical processing, testing of ma-terials and power laboratories.

The program was planned afterconsultation with a group of repre-Isentawtive war manufacturers andis designed to give students work-ing facilities in four fields, namely;record-keeping, technical sketch-making, production control activi-ties, and work simplificationmethods.

Beaver Key Soc.Elects OfficersFuture Sports PlansDiscussed At Meeting

The last meeting of the Beaver

Key Society, held last Wednesdayin Room 10-200, resulted in the elec-tion of three new officers and form-

ing of intramural athletic plans for

this Summer and next Fall, it wasannounced last night by Jack

Gardner, president of the society.

Waldo F. Davis, Jr., '43, was elected

vice-president, and Gilbert S.Graves, '43, was elected secretary.

Steven H. Brown, '44, was electedchairman of the committee to

receive visiting teams.Gardner also announced that

questionnaires have been sent to allfraternities, dormitories, studentresidents, in an effort to determinewhat intramural tournaments thestudents would lbe interested in par-ticipating in during the Summer,'softball being among the most im-portant. The questionnaire mayalso determine how the houses anddormitories are lining up for soft-ball teams, since one softball teamrequires more members than those

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Solons GrantClass A RatingTo Debaters

Institute ComnmitteeReinstates ExpeledClass RepresentativesVoted a Class A activity by the

Institute Committee at its meetinglast night, the Debating Society be-comes the first new activity to berecognized as such in many years.Strongly recommended by a com-mittee of five solons, headed byKenneth R. Wadleigh, of theM.I.T.A.A., the change boosted thedebaters from a conditional ClassA status under which the organiza-tion has been running the past year.

The Society is now entitled topermanent representation on theInstitute Committee, which posi-tion is now held by George M. Mus-grave, president of the organization.

At the same time. the InstituteCommittee reinstated the represen-tatives of the three undergraduateclasses who were removed lastmonth. The three classes, 1943,1944, and 1945, had full representa-tion present, and each individualassured the solons that he would at-tend regularly thenceforth.

Activities Removed

Grogo, Scroll, and Woop Garoo.formerly honorary publications' so-cieties, were removed from under-graduate recognition. It was pointedout that the activities had beendormant since their dissolution byGridiron over a year ago, that theirwork was being accomplished byGridiron, and that no officers havebeen elected for future activity. TheCommittee voted to officially dis-solve these societies.

Course II-A Society was given the

approval of the Institute Commit-tee to make the following changesin its constitution: the secretarywill have authority to manage theorganization in the absence of thepresident; a forum was set at two-thirds of the active members; anda majority of those present at anymeeting may pass old business.

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Physicists ElectNext Year's Heads

Officers of the M.I.T. PhysicalSociety were elected at a meetingheld last Wednesday. The newpresident for next year is JohnReed, 43. Other officers are IrvingShaknov, '43, vice-president; G.Beckley Stearns, 43, secretary-treas-urer; Andre M. Weitzenhoffer, '43,Senior Class representative; andLawrence S. White, '44, Junior Classrepresentative.

At the meeting it was decided tohold a party for students of allcourses and faculty on Friday, May29, the place as yet undecided. Ad-mission will be twenty-five cents.

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Rubber ShortageWill Be SolvedWith SyntheticsA nd GrownRubberIt is the unpleasant, yet incon-

trovertible fact that the "Gentle-men from Japan" are in possessionat this moment of about ninety-five per cent of the world's sourcesof natural rubber. The strategic im-portance and the vital part thatrubber plays in our nationaleconomy and war effort have beenforcefully brought home to theAmerican public recently. Fortuft-ately, through the foresight andimagination of the Government astock-pile of rubber was set up priorto the declaration of war. Thisrapidly dwindling source cannot beexpected to last even with thepresent severe curtailment of civil-ian use, until after March 1943.

Plans have been made and partlyput into effect to grow the rubber-producing Guayule shrub in theSouth-West of the United States,and to increase nature's rubberproduction in all parts of the West-ern hemisphere. Unfortunately,rubber growing is a slow andtedious business and it will beseveral years before we can expectany considerable quantities of nat-ural rubber from home sources.

Synthetics are Main HopeOur main hope for the speedy

relief of the rubber crisis is syn-thetic rubber. The phrase "synthe-tic rubber" is misleading. No onehas ever made a true synthetic copyof nature's produce, but rubber-like materials having elasticproperties resembling those of nat-ural rubber to a certain extenthave been made by chemists.

Natural rubber is a complexphysico-chemical colloidal systemof empirical formula (C.H.)x hav-ing a very high, though somewhatindefinite molecular weight. Themolecules are long chains of thebasic isoprene unit whose structureis:

-CH3--CH=C (CH,,) -CH2-It is a strange paradox that at-tempts to polymerize isoprene haveresulted in very inferior products.Furthermore, no cheap and abund-ant sources of isoprene have beenas yet found.

The commonly-called syntheticsare nearly all polymers or co-poly-mers of butadiene or butadienederivatives, or of chemically relatedcompounds.

Neoprene Is OutstandingThe oustanding synthetic being

produced today is neoprene. It hasbeen manufactured by DuPontsince 1931 and is probably theeasiest of all synthetics to process.Suitably compounded neopreneproducts resemble crude rubberproducts very closely. Neoprene hasthe added advantage over cruderubber of being largely oil andgasoline resistant.

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A less well known method is thesimultaneous catalytic dehydrationand dehydrogenation of Ethyl alco-hol. The alcohol used can be crudeand can be distilled from anyfreely available farm products suchas potatoes, grain, molasses, etc.

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sible efforts must be directed to in-crease output of natural rubber inthe Western Hemisphere.

Our synthetic rubber programfaces therefore the problem of pro-viding sufficient butadiene to pro-duce the 500,000 to 600,000 tons ofBuna S which we are aiming toproduce each year after 1943. Theproblem is staggering in its mag-nitude. -It will cost the nationalmost one billion dollars in capitalinvestment. But the job can bedone, and it has to be done. Theengineering difficulties are tremendous but the raw materials areavailable.

How B-utadiene Is MadeButadiene can be made in a

number of ways. Butadiene is a4-Carbon straight chain dioleflnehydrocarbon which is gaseous atroom temperatures. One of the bestknown methods for manufacturingit, is the cracking of gasoline orcrude oil at temperatures of around700°C, followed by subsequent frac-tional distillation. One of the moreserious disadvantages is the factthat the petroleum products re-maining can no longer be madeinto high-octane gasoline for air-craft fuel. Moreover when madefrom petroleum products it is diffi-cult to free the butadiene from last

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50,000 Tons Neoprene

Neoprene however is not going tobe produced in quantities largerthan 50,000 tons a year accordingto the present program, because itis rather expensive (the presentmarket price is about 70 cents apound as compared with a normalprice of crude rubber of 15 cents)and because certain critical rawmaterials such as chlorine are re-quired for its manufacture.

The accent is being put on thebutadiene type of synthetics at thepresent time. They are either poly-mers of butadiene itself or co-polymers of butadiene with styrenei6,H5-CH-CH,,) or with acrilio-nitrile (CH-,f, H-CN). The Sty-rerne co-polymer is called Buna Sand is according to all reports thebest material for the manufactureof tire treads. The Germanls, whoare incidentally the originators ofBuna S. have been using this syn-thetic for tires for a number ofyears. But even the Germans havenever quite succeeded in manufac-turing tires without the use of at Itraces of impurities which are apt -I.-- -- -- -- - -

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Some students may object on the grounds that a final givesthem a chance to raise a potentially poor grade. However, thethree or more quizzes of equal weight would give the studentthat many chances to prove his ability over a period of timeand would do away with the possibility of his fumbling thewhole course simply because he was nervous or psychologicallyunfit to perform at his best on the day the final was given.

With a series of progressive examinations which he knewwere to constitute the major portion of his grade, a studentwould naturally Inake a much greater attempt to assimilate thematerial as he went along. And he would, consequently, begaining considerably more useful knowledge from his courses.

President Karl T. Compton is shown delivering his momentous address in the great court of theInstitute before a convocation of staff and students on December 19, 1941,

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LET THE COURSES PLAYBeaver Key's summer intramural sports program will un-

doubtedly involve some problems concerning the collection offraternities under team groupings if the old system of organiza-tion according to residential groups is followed. It would beunfair to ask the individual fraternities with only seven or eightJuniors to compete against the dorm teams which will be atfull manpower, and it will be difficult to group the fraternitiesin a manner satisfactory to all concerned.

An obvious solution would be an entirely new programin which the courses instead of the residential groups participate.Most courses are large enough to field at least one team nomatter what the sport may be. The smaller ones could begrouped together with less trouble than could the fraternities,the larger ones could be divided alphabetically or otherwise intomore than one team.

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Each year at some time or other, The Tech directs a fieryplea to Institute officials for the abolition of final examinations.Volume LXII refuses to break this custom and selects this issue,the last before the advent of the dastardly finals, to contributeits bit to the movement.

"Should M.I.T. abolish final examinations in the interest ofprogressive education to increase the effectivenesss of its en-gineering Listruction?" is the question we would like to placebefore the Institute, its administration, and its students. Eachyear as a professor outlines his course, he almost invariablyexpresses his regrets that a final will be given in the subjectand excuses himself by adding that final exams are one of thenecessary evils of the modern educational system. If these state-ments have been made with sincerity, we feel that they form abasis for intelligent investigation of the problem.

Without exception, everyone will admit that a final exam-ination has more faults than just the fact that the studentsdislike to take them. Consequently, the solution of the problemcan be found in the determination of the disadvantages andadvantages which the system offers. Because it will be necessaryto overcome the natural tendency to keep that which is alreadyestablished, any change that is to be made must be considerablybetter than the present set-up to warrant its adoption.

The most inherent evil of the final examination is its en-couragemenlt of shirking during the fif teen weeks of the regularterm. The student who thus depends on the final to pull himthrough with a passing grade finds himself in the proverbialcramming session the night before the quiz and without knowl-edge of the subject two days later. Even though he may receivea passing grade, the student does neither himself nor the school'sreputation any good.

Many schools have adopted a system of several compre-hensivre examinations during the term, which cover all thematerial that has been considered up to the time of the particu-lar quiz. According to this plan, the last examination of theseries would in eff ect be a final but would carry no more weightthan the others.

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LCA-A MleetTracksters: Wareham,M~eney, Hall, Stewart,Miller to Make Trip

With the New England Track andField Championships cancelled thisyear, Oscar Hedlund, track mentor,is plannling to send five men fromthe Beaver track squad to the an-nlual I.C.4-A championship meet tobe held on the 29th and 30th of,Qay in Randalls Island Stadium inNew York City. According to pres-enlt plans the entries will be: BobNieny in the 220 and 100, Captain-elect Sid Hall in the 880, Bob Millerill the mile, High Scorer LarryStewart in the low hurdles, andDick Wareham in the hammerthrow.

The New England meet has bee~the real goal of Tech teams in thepast, so a comparison of the accom-plishments of the Beaver cinder-men with those of rival schoolsmight prove interesting. It was un-fortunate that the meet was can-celled since the Tech trackstershave been turning in fine marksthroughout the spring season.

The outstanding performer of themember colleges in New Englandcompetition is Bob Morcum of New

iiHampshire, who has vaulted 14 feetjumped 6 feet 4 inches, and reached23 feet in the broad jump. Outstanding competitors from otherschools are Gilson, hurdler fromHoly Cross. Hillman, mile and halfmiler from Bowdoin, Nichols, pores-enlt I.C.4-A two-mile champ from

.Rhode Island, and Sisti and Morroill the weight events from :BostonCollege.

Outstanding among the Beavermen who have been performingwnanell this year is Bob Meny, who last

SrSaturday equalled the long stand-<ing record of Dick Bell, set in 1932Xwahen Meny ran the 100 in 10 sec-

J onlds flat against a brisk wind. Alsotlin the Colby meet he did the 220

in 21.9 seconds, one-tenth of a see-o nd short of the mark set by Bellon

hsoI the fast Harvard Stadiumn cin-ders. Sid Hall raced over thedouble furlong (440) in 50.5, one-half second short of Doulg Jeppe'smark of 50.0O. The last of this trioof star Soph performers is Dick

AtWareham, who has thrown the 16lb. weight within 6 feet of Dan-drow's hammer throw record of 20years standing. The accompanyingchart gives a comparison of thebest New England marks with thebest marks set by Beaver athletes;during the spring season.

Lange and Nelson43Will Captain Team

Because the Class of 1943 willgraduate next February, not allow-inffl those Seniors who are on thetennis team to play next season,Ben Lange was chosen honorarycaptain of the team, while Ken Nel-son was elected regular captain.X11onty Wunsch was appointed var-sity manager of the Beaver Rac-queteers. These elections, freshmannumerals and varsity letters weremade at the annual tennis teambanquet, which was held last nightat 6:00 P.M. in the Dutch Room ofthe Graduate House. .

It was also revealed at the ban-quet that an informal program ofintercollegiate tennis matches hasbeen arranged for this summer.Dick Stern, this past year's varsitymanager, is to coach the team, andhe has requested that anyone desir-ing to play in these matches get intouch with him. The first matchwill be held on June 16, against B.C.

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Sid Hall Elected CaptaieOf Nexut Year's Tracksters

Sid Hall, 43, was recently chosencaptain of the Beaver track squadfor next year, according to an an-nouncement made by Oscar Hed-lund, track coach.

Hall, who hails from Concord,New Hampshire, is an outstandingquarter miler, recently comingwithin one half second of the In-stitute record of 50.5 seconds forthat distance. Also a member ofthe indoor varsity mile relay team,Hall is entered in the I.C.4-A meetto be held in New York.

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On June 8, when summer school

starts, Pat Manning will begin crew

activities for all those with the

slightest interest in rowing, whether

they have had experience or not.

The whole idea of the thing is pure

enjoyment, to row for the fun of it.

In general on Mondays the boys

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allowed, probably no weight require-

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meont will be available. This non-

compulsory rowing will enable crew

men to keep in condition, but the

idea is to row for the fun of it.

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To Keep the Cinders Flying

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Awards For CrewGiven At BanquetLast WednesdayThe annual crew banquet was

held last Wednesday, May 20, in

Pritchett Hall of Walker Memorial.

The guest speakers included Mr.

Ralph T. Jope of the Alumni Asso-

ciation, Professor George Owen,

Marshall Mc~uire, '42, last year's

varsity crew captain, Dr. John A.

Rockwell of the Advisory Councilon Athletics, head coach Robert

Moch, and freshmen coaches James

McMillan and Patrick Manning.

The toastmaster for the evening

was Carleton F. Bryant, '43,

manager.

T's with crossed oars were

awarded to 30 upperclassmen, while

freshman numerals were awarded

to 31 oarsmen. Marsh McGuire was

awarded the McCurdy trophy, and

the M~olinar trophy was given to

Patrick Manning by his lightweight

crew. The recipient of the scholar-

ship trophy given by Coach Bob

Moch was Carleton P. Bryant, '43,

who also gained this honor last

year.In appreciation of the work their

coaches put into teaching them,

members of the various crews gave

gifts to the coaches. Jim McMillan

received a $25 war bond, and

Patrick Manning was given a heavy

sheepskin coat for the cold weather

encountered on the river. The ban-

quet was closed after moving pie-

tures of last years crews wereshown.

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post-war group of stunt flyers who jointly by the Institute and the Op ewere trying all sorts of tricks with tical Society of America.planes to find out what they coulddo. Following several unsuccessful To meet the growing shortageattempts to make a cross-country of public health workers who are 1flight, one of which involved the vitally needed in the armed forces E

death of an army flier, he accomp- and in civilian areas the Institutelished the feat in a time of 21 hoursand 19 minutes. He repeated this has announced a number of special,flight 9 years later, lowering the courses and programs by its De-record again. partment of Biology and Public

During his researches here at the Health. The initial phase of thisInstitute in 1923 and 1924, he en- program opens on June 8, when the -gaged in much experimental work first of two seven-week sessions to obtain technical and scientificdata used by aeronautical engineers begins. This program will qualifl Iand aviation medical researchers. both men and women for special FSome of this work conducted at work in various fields of public_McCook field won for him the health work. E

Army's oak-leaf cluster. Other In addition, the Institute is offer-awards and trophies to his creditinclude the Bendix Trophy, Schnei- ing four accelerated programs forIder Cup, and the Harmon Trophy graduate students, leading to the'!for the year's outstanding contribu- degree of Master of, Public HealthItion to aviation, which he won in or to the Certificate in PublicC1929. In 1940 he was President of Health. This program begins on~the Institute of Aeronautical Sci-

ences.~~~~~~June 8 and continues through Feb-1Doolittle found Army pay inade- ruary 6, 1943. One part of the course .

quate for his wife and two sons, and will be of special interest to public-retired from military aviation in health engineers, and is open only1930. He found financial success in to graduates of recognized schools-commercial flying, but he returnedto active duty as a major in 1940.Last April 19, the day after the raid is to be given for public health ad-on Japan, he was promoted to the ministrators and is limited to grad-temporary rank of Brigadier Gen- uates of approved medical schoolseral. only.

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Appointment Approved

The appointment of James P.Buchanan, '44, as manager of FieldDay for 1942 was approved by theCommittee. The final Junior Promreport was read and the FreshmanProm report was read and accepted.The former showed a profit of $1.15and the latter a net profit of $49.10.It was also voted to suspend theby-laws requiring the publishing ofthe agenda, the lists of absenteesand late-comers of the committeefor the summer term, as it waspointed out that The Tech will notbe published in the summer.

The following students were re-instated after automatic expulsiona month ago: John F. Burke, 45;Langdon S. Flowers, '44; Robert H.Horsburgh, Jr., '45; James A. Leon-ard, '45; James A. Malloch, Jr., '43;Robert A. Plachta, '44; Robert S.Reebie, '43; George A. Schutte, 44.

Walker Committee Open

The meeting, begun at 5:20 P.M.,concluded at 5:47 P.M. Meissner,Metzger were absent, Schaefer andWarden sent proxies, and Maxwellwas late. It was announced thatthe Walker Memorial Committeewould be open this summer at leasttwo evenings a week, the date to bedecided upon later.

George M. Musgrave, representa-tive of the Debating Society, hasdrawn up plans for amending thepresent attendance rules. The pro-posed amendments were automatic-ally tabled until the next meeting,but will be enacted upon then. Theamendments will replace old sec-tions 2 and 3 of Article VII.

Additions to Constitution

Proposed Amendments to Insti-tute Committee Constitution are:ARTICLE VII (old sections 2 and 3eliminated) .

SECTION 2. A member of theInstitute Committee must attendtwo out of any three consecutivemeetings in person; if he fails todo this he automatically loses hisseat on the Committee. Duly au-thorized proxies may be sent at anytime, but only under the followingcircumstances will these proxies beaccepted in the member's place forpurposes of this attendance rule:(a) A member who is ill and out ofschool may send proxies for theperiod covered by his medical ex-cuse, provided the medical excuse isshown to the secretary, (b) Mem-bers who participate in those inter-collegiate sports at which attend-ance is essential, and which conflictwith Institute Committee meetings,may, if granted permission by a ma-jority of the Committee, sendproxies for the duration of thatsport, (c) If any unusual extenuat-ing circumstances occur which pre-vent a member from attending ameeting in person, and if the mem-ber makes every effort to see thata proxy takes his place at the meet-ing, the other members of the Insti-tute Committee may, by a two-thirdsvote, excuse that absence.

Proxies are required to observe thesame attendance rules as the mem-bers they represent. A member who

Intending to excell its policy ofsupplying the type of recreationthat Techmern enjoy the OutingClub promises a summer programas prolific as was its winter one.During the past year a dozen variedtypes of trips and activities haveattracted more than three hundredstudents. The summer months willsee the Outing Club members horse-back riding, canoeing, camping,bicycling, rock-climbing, hiking,and on beach parties. There are tobe several expeditions per week-end, it was announced.

To introduce this activity to thosewho must remain here this sum-mer, a tri-party trip to Blue Hillsis planned. One group is to hike,another is to cycle, and a thirdto ride. All will assemble for a food,singing, and campfire before thedeparture for home. This excursionis to be held Sunday, June 14, andall students are welcome.

Those who have no exam nextMonday may be interested in a Jointtrip with Wellesley this Sunday.Horse-back riding will be the fea-ture of the morning and canoeingthat of the afternoon. Supper alsois to be served.

The cost of this trip is one dollarfor the riding and 75 cents for thesupper and canoeing, exclusive oftransportation. A11 interested shouldsign up il the Lobby of Building 10.

Prospective members of the Out-ing Club may also join at the deskin the Lobby. Dues of two dollarsentitle one to membership untilJune 1943.

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expected to be at any one frater-nity during the summer. This willnecessitate two or more fraterni-ties combining for the purpose, theteams having no restrictions for'participation of graduate studentsand lettermen.

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Students with Cars WillAid Those Wanting Rides

The T.C.A. is again sponsoring itspassenger-driver service for stu-dents who are leaving school afterexaminations, Robert E. Cooper-Smith, 44, announced last night.

Separate application blanks havebeen printed for drivers and pas-sengers and may be obtained at theT.C.A. office. The driver blanks con-tain space for information pertain-ing to destination, date leaving,route, number of passengers de-sired, points passed through on theway, driver's name, address, tele-phone number, and any remarks hemay wish to make. The passengerblanks will contain similar informa-tion, but has a space for amountthat the passenger is willing to con-tribute towards defraying expensesof the trip.

Payments by passengers to driv-ers are against the law, and there-fore only contributions may be madeand accepted.

Synthetic RuabberRequires Butadfiene

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Chemically speaking the reactionproceeds in the following manner:2 CH3EC20H = CH2---I=CH2

+2H20 + H,2

Russia U~ses AlcoholThis process is being used on a

large scale in Russia and to a cer-tain extent in Germany also, as faras can be judged. The Russian Rub-ber industry is reported to be pro-ducing more than 100,000 tons ofsynthetic annually by this process.The question of producing rubberfrom excess farm products is at thismoment being investigated by aCongressional Committee in Wash-ington.

There are other methods of pro-ducing butadiene, such as the oneusing acetylene as a starting ma-terial, bout most of these -processesare rather complex and have littleeconomic future, at their presentstage of technological development.

Thiokol and Butyl RubberThere are also other synthetic

rubberlike materials such as Thio-.kol and Butyl Rubber, but they areat present only of secondary im-portance. Butyl rubber which is aStandard Oil development can beproduced rather more cheaply thanthe Buna type rubbers, and couldin fact compete with natural rub-ber on the open market, It hashowever the serious disadvantageof not being capable of being improved in the same way as crudeor Buna rubber can by the admix-ture of various ingredients such ascolloidal carbon black and other|reinforcing agents.

In assessing the qualities of syn-thetic rubbers from the point ofview of durability and performance,it is well to bear in mind, that ourknowledge and experience in thefield is very limited. The quanti-ties of synthetics available inpeacetime have been very small,and the high cost of the materialscurtailed the economic incentiveand consequently the funds avail-able foii research into the problemhave been rather limited.

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