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Tech Unions SpeakerInstitute Committee CensusShows Interest In Sailing

The number of affirmative an-swers received for each of thequestions on the Institute Com-mittee's sailing census follow:Have yoii experience in sail-

ing? 321Were you given formal in-

structions? 97Would you enter sailing

races 314Have you given sailing

lessons? 82UWould you assist in sailing

instructions ? 152Do you desire instruction in

sailing? 376Would you attend weekly

lectures ? 431Do you desire practice in

sailing? 341Would you give 2 hours per

week to practice? 462Can you swim ? 566Do you favor sailing at

TechT 448Will you attend a mass meet-

ing for further details? 472

Professor F Alexander Magoun

League of Nations has put no sanc-. ,p,+<'f;>" Jr a Pan- - ---mfy ,

Tau Beta Pi

Tech Terrors TrouncePhosphorus Inebriates

In Sunday Grid Farce

Staggering Cats Can Not RickBall As Newsies Play

In Burlap Bags

Completely overpowering a be-wildered and well "soused" Voo Dooeleven, the strong, sturdy, uprightlads of The Tech scored a decisive26-6 gridiron victory over the alley-cat disciples of Walker on the In-stitute field Sunday.

The Tech Terrors, as they are justlycalled, scored at will, and only becauseafter the first few minutes they usedonly tleir fourth and fifth teams wasthe score kept so low.

The Tech won the toss and elected toreceive. _4fter four staggering at-tempts to kick the ball Voo Doo gaveup and their one saber substitute wascalled in to kick-off!. 3j.,-.X.s W.7e"b

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was a pressing need for Federal aid

tional system is to survive. BostonCollege's team maintained that theseveral states are fully capable of in-stituting adequate educational facili-ties, therefore the government wouldnot be forced to aid them.

Tech was represented by: HowardSchlansker, '38; Philip Scarito, 37;and Paul W. Stevens, '37. The speakers on the wimling team were:John Donlan, '36; Robert Russell, '37;and Brandon Shay, '37. Mr. WilliamPierce and Mr Joseph Hobbs of theBoston Latin School, and Miss Made-line Quint of the Girl's Latin Schoolacted as judges last Friday

Institute CelebratesBirthday of Carnegie

Thanksgiving EveDance To Be GivenBy The 5:15 Club

Manly Beauty Contest To PickHandsomest Man Present

At Holiday Dance

Turkey Will Award ItselfIn New Popularity Contest

Dance Is Free To All MembersOf 5:15 Club; $1.00

To All Others

The commuters' ThanksgivingDance held by the 5:15 Club, will beginat 9 o'clock tomorrow evening andull last until 2 o'clock Thursdaymorning. Dancing will be conductedin the Main Hall at Walker, and theLounges will be open to the lessenergetic couples.

The dance will be dedicated to theglorification of the American boythrough a manly beauty contest, Thechaperones, acting as judges, will pickthe handsomest, six or eight of theboys present and the winner will bechosen from these by popular ac-claim, judged by a noise meter. Thewinner will receive a prize which willbe announced at the dance.

The girls, however, will receivetheir share of attention in a popularitycontest judged by the turkey and theirown initiative. The couples whichfrequent the halls and lounges ofWalker may, if they are diligentenough, find little cards with turkeystickers thereon; the couples whichfind the largest number of cards willbe eligible for the finals to be decided*- '-' 06 (ionted o6n-Page 5)

5:15 Club

"Tech" Holds GuessingContest For CrustingDate of Charles Basin

Guesses To Be In By Dec. 2Statistics For Former

Years Given

Whel will the first ice appear inthe Charles River Basin this winter?The observant person walking overthe West Boston Bridge should noticea thin crust along the shore aboutDecember 9 according to computa-tions made from statistics over a longperiod of years. From as far backas ]925 the freezing up has run fromDecember 4 to December 16, and thesedates are by no means exceptional.Therefore we might weli expect thefirst crust this winter to appear some-where within this rather wide rangeof dates.

Tle Tech is going to hold aguessing contest in regard to thefreezing up date this winter. Freetheatre passes will be awarded thefirst three to those students sendingin the correct guess before December2. IYlere are the statistics from 1925on: 1925. December 16; 1926, Decem-

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Generosity Aids InstituteCarrying On Research

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All educational institutions, re-search foundations and librarieswhich have benefited by the generos-ity of the late Andrew -. Carnlegieunited yesterday in celebration of the100th anniversary of the birth of theirbenefactor, who regarded his greatwealth as a trust to be administeredfor the benefit oL :mankind.

The Institute is among the rnanywhich, through financial grants, havebeen able to carry on important re-

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NEWS

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SPORTS

Enitries for the Stratton PrizeContest, an annual feature of ClassDay under the supervision of theCom'bined Professional Societies mustbe ill the hands of the presidents ofthe I'rofessional Society to which theybelong or of William H. Austin, '37,chairman of the committee in charge,before Christmas Vacation. Theseentries consist of the names of thecontestants and the topics of theirPapers.

The Stratton Prize Contest is opento all undergraduates, whether mem-bers of Professional Societies or not.Whe competition was established in1930 by the late President Samuel

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W. Stratton, and at his death a fundwas established to perpetuate the con-test. Prizes of fifty, thirty, andtwenty dollars are offered for talksnot to exceed fifteen minutes on sometechnical subject. These talks maybe illustrated by slides, charts, oractual demonstrations. It is em-phasized by the committee in chargethat the main object of the contestis not only to afford a chance to pre-pare a technical report but also toafford invaluable practice in present-ing it. It is a close approach toactual experience outside of school.

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2. Blighted areas must be re-novated

3. Houses must be built for the mid-dle income group.

The goal of this group is to findthe answer to the housing problem inaddition to investigating the existingconditions. More specifically, as isstated in a letter addressed to Pro-fessor Tucker from Washington, this[committee is: "to consider the rela-tionship of governmemt activities inithe housing field to private enterprisew E ith a view to analyzing present

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Claiming that he can build a six-room house for $3600, Professor RossF. Tucker, head of the Building Con-struction Department, wcho was re-cently appointed by the Chamber ofCommerce in Washington to serve oma committee investigating the housing]problem, has some original ideas olhousing.

Professor Tucker's study of hous-ing conditions in the United Stateshas led him to formulate the follows |

ing "planks", which he intends to sub- |mit to the committee when it meets:|

I. Slum conditions must be oblite- rated.|

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TECH UNIONDEBATE

T O N I G H T

TAIT BETA PI

ELECTS

ME1MIB3ERS

Banquet GivenBy Tau Beta Pi

For 20 InitiatesMr. Theodore Smith Addresses

Tweenty New MembersOn Ethiopia

Initiation At Engineers Club

"The success of the application ofsanctions on Italy by the League ofNations depends on the UnitedStates," said Mr. T. Smith at theinitiation banquet of the Tau BetaPi, nati-onal honorary engineeringfraternity, at the Engineers Club last-night.

Nineteen men selected from the up-per fourth of the Senior Class andthe uppex eighth of the Ju~nior Class,who, in the opinion of the officers ofTau Beta Pi, have the greatest profes-sional premise, the highest scholasticstanding, and are most prominent inactivities.

The following men were initiated:Class of 1936; John C. Austin, FordPM. Boulware, George F. Crummey,John A Easton, Jr., Martin A. Gil-man, Harry B. HKazelton, Sr., WalterK. MacAdam, Claxton Mo-nro, Jr.,James F. Patterson, Frank L. Phlil-lips, Emanuel R~apoport, William R.Saylor, Walter Squires, Jr., ThomasA. Terry, Jr., George Trimnble, Jr.,James L Vaughan, Ieu L. Wu. Classof 1937; Allen V. Hazeltine, GeorgeB. Wemple Lt. Julius K. Lacey ofTennessee University, '27 who is nowa graduate student, was also accept-ed as a member.

Mr. Theodore Smith said that the

Activities, Study,Money, Topic OfTech Union Debate

Pr of essor Magoun, Rapoport,Havnes, Art ue Relative

Merits Of Each

Open For urn Discussion WillFollow Tlle Thr ee Speeches

Thr ee Objectives Of Life AreStudies, Wealthl, and

Personality

A three cornered debate wvill be con-ducted byt the Tech Unicon tonight at8 o-elock in Eastman Hall, when Pro-fessor F. Alexander Mago~un, ErnanuelRapoport, '36, and Wilberforce W.Haynes, '38, will ulphold the respec-tive me-rits of activities, "brown-bagging," and wvealth. The openforum discussion following the threespeeches will give everyone a chance

to express his views on this subject.Claxton Monro, Jr., '36, will preside.

Professor Magoun, of the div ision.of General Studies, is wvell known asan exponent of the value of activitiesas a means of developing the per-sonality and the human relations ofthe individual.

Emanuel Rapoport, '3G, will. showthe value of the pursuit of professionalstudies He is a member of The Techeditorial board and of Tau Beta Pi.

Wilberforce W. Haynes, '38, willtell the audience that money is thething to work for.

December T. E. N. ToAnnounce, BrainstormContest Winner Today

Winning Device Warns MotoristOfe Low Tire Pressure;

Emits Squeaks

'T'he results of The FreshmanBrainstorm Contest will be announcedin the December issue of the TechEngineering Newvs, vhrliclh will be onsale in the Mlain Lobby today, Tues-day,, November 26. There was con-siderable difficulty in selecting theivinners, as there wsere numerousideas which lacked originality.

There are four articles featured inthis issue, Colloids, by ProfessorHauser, deals with the little 'known,subject of colloidal chemistry and its|commercial application. A history ofthte development of the dinosaur,through the geological. ages, is ablypresented by Paul Sllirley, '38, inDinosaurs. The magazine's series ofarticles on tile -commercial applica-tiOll of tile Tare- metals is continuedwith Titanium Pigments, and LateralPressures in Retaining Walls pre-sents a new approach to the theoryand practice of calculating~ pressures,xv~icli has -never been published before.

Thle Editorials this month featurethe present diplomatic tension be-

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Technology LosesDebate With B. C.

Federal Aid To Education WasSubject For Argument

Last Friday

The affirmative team of Tech-nology's debating team lost the de-bate with the Boston College teamlast Friday over the question: "Re-solved, That the Federal governmentshould grant aid to the several statesfor equalizing educational opportuni-ties for primary and secondaryschools."

The affirmative contended that there

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Concert Is HeldMr. Felix Fox, Famous Pianist,

Featured In GatheringLast Sunday

About four hundred Technologymen and their friends were enter-tained in Walker Memorial last Sun-day by the M.I.T. Glee Club, theWellesley Choir, and Mr. Felix Fox.

Mr. Fox, an artist of internationalreputation and the featured soloist oftf]e -coln.ert, p-reroserd .,gr^- ef f· epiano selections.

The program contained two groupsof selections sung jointly by the Wel-lesley Choir and the M.I.T. Glee Cluband conducted by Edward B. Greene,leader of the Wellesley Choir. Coach"Billy" Weston directed the M.I.T.Glee Club in a group of two songs

Thea was served after the concertand the Dormitories observed openhouse from 2 to 7 o'clock.

This joint concert, sponsored by theFaculty Club, the Graduate House,and the Dormitories, was a repetitionof a similar affair last year and hasproved so popular that it will pro-bably become a customn in futureytears.

Bard's Club DanceHeld For Freshmen

Musical Mariners Will Play AtHotel Brunswick

The first annual BEards' Club Fresh-man Winter dance will be held Fri-day, December 13 in the BrunswvickzIHotel. The dance w ill feature theMusical Mariners, an orchestra whichmade quite a name for itself whileplaying at the Fo'castle in Marble-head last summer.

The Bards Club is an intercollegiateorganization which is promoting this

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Stratton Prize Contest Entries MustReach Officials Before Christmas

Professor Tucker Expresses His ViewsIOf Housinag and Housing Conditions

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Forget-them-not againCertain of the third yearlings af-

flicted with 6.40 relate with un-ashamed tears the story of their be-trayal at the weekly quiz last Friday.Seems ninety per cent of ores classshowed up all ready for their instruc-tor to spot the quiz. The final bellsounded and they watched the door.One after another the remaining tenper cent of the class appeared. Butno instructor. Ten past, quarter pasttwenty past thme hour. Finally realizedthat they had been abandoned, theclass left, a few at a time. Investiga-tion revealed that the instructor 'hadspent the time in E.E.1ab., entirelyoblivious of the fact that some twentyfive souls went unprepared to theirdownfall. But, somewhat a -iti-climactically, it wouldn't have donethe class any good if their instructorhad showed up. Because he hadplanned to discuss an entirely differentphase of the work.KnowlXedge

Incidentally, another class returnedfrom the quiz very irritated with theworld in general and a certain de-partment bead in particular. "Wheredid Prof. Hudson ever get such aproblemn, one of the unfortunatesqueried". "Evidently, Prof. Hudsonknows some things that are not in thebook", he was told.They wh/o tuait

He stood outside the door of a roomin "2". Through the gloom of thecorridor his freshman tie gleamedredly. Flickerhigs of light on theglass panel of the door revealed to hisactive freshman mind, already think-ing in terms off causes and effects, thathis friend for whom he waited wasdetained by the motion pictures,evidently an unexpected part of thecourse. So he stood. Yawned, movedhis center of gravity from time totime. The flickerings continued. Butstrangely, there was no sound fromnthe room. No instructor's voice prov-ing that class of '39 laugh as heartilyas their fellow sufferers of two decadesbefore at the same jokes. Finally hecautiously tried the door. It was open.He entered the room, and in the semi-darkness, his chagrined countenancewxas seen intermitentlyr illuminated bythe headlights of cars passing upMemorial Drive.

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Vol. LV NOVEMBlER 26, 1935 No. 48

MASSACHUSETTS LNSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Managing BoardGeneral Manager .. ...................................... Elwood H. Koontz, '36Editor and Business ALanager ...................... Ralph D. Morrison, Jr., '37Managing Editor ....................................... Anton E. Hittl, '36Associate Business M-anager .............................. ..Beniamnn B. Dayton, '36

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PubblicitVGreat indeed is the fame of the-

Technology Date Bureau. The maenitors of this activity, soon to becomea major sport, now find it unneces-sary to go out themselves for namesand addresses. Only a few hours ago,two candidates from the BostonTeacher's College dropped in on theNews Room to have their namesadded to the list. Interviewed by an -enterprising reporter, they declaredthat they "were tired of staying home -every night". Surprising as it mayseem, there is no obvious reason whythey should be left at home nights.We did want to run their names, butthere is such an overwhelming senti-ment against even publishing firstnames down here, that we bow topublic opinion and request any oneinterested to see us personally. Of -course, if the gals want the publicityeverything is O. K. with us. Justsend a lipstick as a signal, and we'll igo ahead with the vital statistics,-girls.

Odds and endsA member of the Dramashop cast

being applauded by two whole rowsof his frat brothers . heard in thesubway . .. " And they live in anatmosphere of fear" '39 with-finals facing them maybe? . noteto the dorm men ... milk bottles are -dangerous weapons as are even paper Ebags filled with water if one doesnot possess a well know namedefinitions . . assault waith a dangerousweapon is a sailor with a gun.

Objectizvity

Mr. Johnson O'Connor, telling aclass of future-engineers-they- ihope, why and whether they will be _successful in life, divided personali-ties into two groups; objective and esubjective. Artists, he remarked arethose persons with eminently subjec- .tive personalities. Most women, he_added, also have subjective persona- _lities. "Question", cried Prof. F. -Alexander Magoun from the frontrow. Seems the human engineer _wanted to know why there were not Emore women artists than men. After s

some discussion the experts arrived Eat the conclusion that they didn't know _the answer. Proving that woman as 8

a piece of apparatus is still an un--known quantity. hi

BcainstonmsIn a day or so, the T.E.N. brain- E

storm contest results will show that E

freshmen aren't quite the perfect Iexamples of vacuums as most upper- E

classmen believe. And incidentally, ethose men who hoped to see worthy _competitors for Rube Goldberg's E

crown, will be disappointed. The de- 6signs are straight engineering pro- !blems, and are perfectly serious. Worthy of note is that course XVI_came through with three winning 'ideas. These aeronuts! Not satisfied Iwith their own field they even poach y

on the domains of the acid-stained Ichemist.

Dmmamzsho post mortent Getting in early one night, we C

overheard a group of Sophs excitedlydiscussing the star of "Candlelight". "Yeh, she's really good looking, for F

a co-ed" and so on. The proud one-finally ending by magnanimously of- @fering to introduce his friends to her. LWe wonder.

We were present at the openiing Enight, by the way. Enjoyed it very IAmuch. Despite the varying opinions Iof certain reviewers, we found the Bacting slightly better than we had 1expected, but still just a bit unl-finished. All of the co-eds turning sout consistently better performances-,than all of the male members of the -Ecast.

Certain modifications of the original script we noticed with disapproval. P

Corr ection EWe are sorry to state that we mis- X

judged the Rogers cat. Having ob- atained our previous information from_a disinterested go-between we somie-cwhat unwisely stated that the animalwas a masculine mouse trap. Records( ehowever, indicate that our maligned E

friend was the proud mother of several offspring six months ago. 8

Beau t7yThis commuters beauty contest Will M

create a stir. But for real -masculine abeauty may we suggest the finishing_school up the river. After all, NvIile MTech men are supposed to have tlat Irugged, granite-chinned engineerictype of beauty that appeals to themgentle Gwens of fact and Tech Sho1, Fthey have not been known to collectwcrowds just by standing around Vi1nless they're drunk.

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won fame and recognition through his en-viable record as president of one of world'sgreatest educational institutions. BarbaraHutton has become widely known throughher fabulous wealth as well as her notoriousmarriages. All the favor or condemnation ofall the social, or socialist registers in theworld cannot change these facts.

Renown in this world is not measured bywhether one is lauded or spurned by the socialregister. It is more important, in our opinion,for the embryo engineer to think in terms ofscientific achievement-these things last. Theworld remembers the men who achieve suc-cess in their fields of endeavor. What sociallyprominent persons of the last century are,by virtue of that prominence alone, entitledto a place in history? Such prominence is fartoo insignificant to be deserving of permanentrecognition.

Celebrities in the social register come andgo, but the flow of life is undisturbed. Despitetabulations by the elite, lasting fame maystill be obtained by the old formula-"work".

A MORAL HOLLYWOODCLEANS THE FILMS

NEW heights, we are told, are reached byAmJ the movie moguls in the productionof Du Maurier's romantic tragedy "PeterIbbetson". The picture is certain to pleasethe groups which have been calling for moraluplift in the films, because it appears that allof the indelicate suggestion of Peter's il-legitimacy have been deleted.

For a raison-d'etre of "Gogo's" crime, thefacile minds of Hollywood have substitutedthe more familiar, and hence undoubtedlymore moral, triangular love affair with thewronged husband as the corpse. It was pro-bably believed out on the Coast that since thisform of moral turpitude had been alreadyfirmly fixed in the minds of our young, itcould do little harm to use it just once more.

It has not yet been our pleasure to seethe film itself; our knowledge of it is gainedfrom newspaper reviews. But it would beinteresting to see how these same facile mindspointed to some moral truth in the killingof a husband who was after all only defend-ing the honor of his home.

It is a little difficult for us to see exactlyhow it could be explained that the unfortunatespouse deserved his fate. We recall very wellthat when the blackguardly Colonel wasprecipitately gathered to his fathers in thenovel, we experienced a warm, murderous anduncivilized feeling of satisfaction. It wasreally too easy a fate for the black-hearted,hypocritical old liar, but attempts to portraywronged husbands in the same light shouldpossess obvious difficulties.

Ah, but we live in a moving age. No longeris it right to kill in a fit of anger your guardianwho has cast deep doubts on your legitimacy.However, outlooks really have broadened.Should you, for example, by some means ridvourself of the husband of the woman youlove, the scenario writers of Hollywood willfind you an excuse.

VWe begin to understand G. B. Shaw'sremark that Hollywood was the most immoralspot he had ever visited.

EtMilton B. Dobrin, '36Jackson H. Cook, '36Emanuel Rapoport, '36

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Joseph A. Smedile. '37Lawrence R. Steinhardt, '37Albert A. Woll, '37

BuAllan I. Ro-shkind. '"7Charles R. Kahn, Jr.. '37

StHarold James, '38Frederick J. Kolb, '38Joseph Krenn, '38Victor A. Altman, '38Leon Baral, '38Anthony Chmielewski,'38Ralph n. C'obb, '38

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associate Boardkssistant Editors

usiness Associates

taff Assistants

d H. Strauss, '38

Louis C. Young,'36Charles A. Blessing, '37Herbert K. Weiss, '37

Arthur M. York, '37Leonard A. Seder. '37John lglauer, '38

JTames G. Lnder, '37Walter T. Blake, '37

1). A\. Werblin, '36G. MI. Levy, '371. Sagalynl, '37

Ruth G. Raftery, '38George J. Stansfield, '38John R. Summerfield, '38

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Published every Tuesday and Friday during the College Year,except during College vacation

Entered as Second Class Matter at the Boston Post OfficeMember Eastern Intercollegiate Newspaper Association

Night Editor, George Stansfield, '38

In opening its columns to letters addressedto the Editor, FHE TECH does not guaranteepublication nor does it necessarily endorsethe opinions expressed. Only signed comn-rtuications will be considered. However, ifthe uwriter so desires, only the initials willappear on publication.

Dormitories

November '21, 1935To the Editor of The TechDear Sir:

In your editorial "Thorough Literature" in TheTech of November 19 you have attacked those ofthe student body who argue in faVouT of socialism,(or any other ism), on the grounds that we areengineers and know little or nothing about this out-side world of economics.

Now those who advocate socialism do not claim toknow all about it, but merely propose it as a schemeout of the present difficulties. No great knowledgeof Marx is necessary to see that there are millionsbegging for food when we have more food than weknow what to do with. Anyone who could find afay of supplying the starving with the excess foodwould be doing a great favour for humanity.

A minority of the people are convinced from whatthey have thought and read that they have the solu-tion and are anxious to give it to the rest of theworld. A large majority of the people take a "don'tcare" attitude on the world's problems and it is forthis reason that we make so many mistakes. Thefew usually arrive at certain convictions. Some ofthem turn socialistic and some only change fromDemocrat to Republican.

True, most of their ideas are based on lack ofknowledge or experience, but if so it is up to therest of the world to show them where they are wrong,not advise them to remain silent because they knownothing about it. It is up to each individual to think

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for himself on the world's problemsand then see how he compares withthat of others

Sincerely Yours,James H. Owens, Jr., XVI, '37.

The Graduate HouseNovember 25, 1935

To the Editor of The TechDear Sir:

Serious students in the GraduateHouse have been perturbed by theplayboy antics of a group of aliensfrom an island kingdom of the coastof Europe who style themselves stu-dents. No doubt these people when athome are fully entitled to pass languidcriticisms of established institutions,but here their supercilious sneers arenot appreciated. Whereas there isno doubt that our educational systemis not "tophole" it is not so full ofholes as they would have us believe.The empirical Europeans may com-plain at the excessive slide rule workhere, but we would suggest that, hadthe designers of the first Quebecbridge been trained as well theoreti-cally as the Americans who succeededin bridging the St. Lawrence, the firstbridge might not have failed. Theymay talk of "mass production" ineducation; but, had their training notbeen in schools where a reputation forbrilliance is easy to attain, we feelthey might not find the strain of fol-lowing the courses here so depress-ing. Is the standard of their engineer-ing to be set alongside the size oftheir midget automobiles?

In writing this, we bear these re-presentatives of a truly great nationno malice, but rather would point outto them a few errors in their conductwhich do not do justice to a countrywe genuinely respect. I am, trulyyours,

Not an Ignorant Foreigner.

HUMANIZING TECHNOLOGYPUBLIC RELATIONS FOR THE STUDENT

NE of the things this department has0 been campaigning for consistently is theestablishment o | closer, mlore cordial, andmore personal relationships between stu-dents and Faculty. It seems that this aimis finding, increasing favor with the heads ofvarious departments and that more is goingto be done along these lines as time goes on.

One of Mate pioneers in this movemnent to"humanize" the Institute is the Departmentof Business and Eng-ineerino, Administration.Its latest contribution in this direction is aseries of informal dinner meetings of smallgroups of Seniors with two members of thedepartment and an outside guest, a personprominent in industry or commerce, whereeveryone has the opportunity to meet every-one else, to discuss questions of interest andto convince himself that a "prof" can be morethan an "easy marker" or "slave driver" (asthe case may be). This innovation whichoriginated with Professor Fiske who is incharge of the arrangements has met withsuch hearty approval from the Seniors of thecourse that it is certain to be made a per-manent activity.

The Department of Mechanical Engineeringis next in line for honorable mnention. Aprogram of student councils to start in theSophomore year aims at the development of"more cordial and effective relationshipsbetween staff and students . . . includes aseries of meetings to help orient the studentin mechanical engineering, visits to industrialplants, talks by practising engineers, andsocial contact with members of the depart-mental staff away from the class room."

A spread of this attitude throughout theInstitute would be of greatest value to stu-dents, industry, and Technology. To thestudent such extr a-culrricular activities willprove that the Institute is mole than a hotregion to which earthly sinners are being sentfor the rest of their immortal lives, will showhim how theory and practice are reconciled inindustry, and last bult not least, will makehim feel like something more than a mereunit product in the oult-nut of a great factory.It is clear that in institutions of larger sizesuch close relationships could never exist evenif conscious efforts would be made to effectthem.

Industry is bound to benefit because of thebetter appreciation of the workd done at theInstitute, and of the calibre of its prospective,tgraduates. And who would doubt that theestablishment of a moore sociable atmosphereat the Institute can add greatly to its other~attrnctive features ?

SOCIAL REGISTERJAMES CONANT AND BARBARA HUTTON

- HE 1936 edition of the Social Remister1T has just been published, and allI thenewspapers are busily engaged discoveringwhat -new celebrities have been. added to ordropped from the list of the blue bloods.Thev find, for example, that President Conantof Harvard has finally been recognized, whileBarbara Hutton is no longer considered oneof the "400".

All of which occasions a tremendously dis-inter ested feelin- of so-whatness amon- us."commons". Wre cannot appreciate that theprestige of the Harvard president has beenincreased one iota, nor that the wealth ofthe Woolworth heiress has been affected toevren a detectable amount. James Conant has

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vales of the epic Ghosts. Ghosts isstill playing on Broadway With an in-ferior cast, where is has played foralmost 25 weeks, It has played inChicago for nigh unto 45 weeks-about 11 months. The cast that iswith the Boston production is the bestcast of the lot. Ghosts seems to beone of Isben's most dramatic features.It may not be the upsetting dramathat it was when Isben gave it tothe theatre, but it is still as power-ful and still just as brilliant.

Variety again! And there still isrefined comedy, a chance for one ofthe grandest set of laughs that maybe had. Three Men On A Horse willremain in Boston for at least six moreweeks. And it is going over in per-fect style.

Katydid So What remains everready to give one a laugh alongcoarse lines. There is quite a bit ofhumor to the plav but one needs tohave an imagination although notmuch imagination is necessary.

Do you agree with the Sacco-Vanzetti indictment? Gods Of TheLightning is the story of the case. . . It starts from the murder andgoes right through the trial and out-come thereof. The play was writtenby Maxwell Anderson and HaroldHickerson. No mention need be madeas to the competence of Mr. An-derson's writing . it is, as far asI am concerned, beyond criticism.

I don't know whether or not thishas anything to do with it, but theSecond Annual Hobby Show will beheld in Horticultural Hall - fromDecember 3 to the 7th.

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Reviews and Previews

AT THE THEATRECOLONIAL-Henrick Ibsen's Ghosts

with :Nazimova.PLYMOUTH-Three Men On A

Horse, a comedy.PEABODY PLAYHOUSE -Gods Of

Lightning with Norman Lloyd andWaldemar MacCredy.

COPLEY-Mary Young and ElaineBariie in Katydid So What.

COMMENTSAt last! A true dramatic edifice,

constructed by Henrick Isben. half acentury ago, stands as solid and asfirmly imbedded in the souls of themany that have seen it as it stoodwhent it threw Europe in an uproarin the early eighties. And the leadis taken by that famous Mme. Nazi-mova, an actress who assuredly knowsher way up and down the hills and

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received the ball on the five yard lineand exactly 10.2 seconds later crossedthe "Aleow Boy's" goal line for thefirst score. Not one hand had touch-ed him in his straight run up thefield. Chmielewski then kicked theextra point and the score was 7-0.Twice more Voo Doo kicked off andtwice more Joe Smedile and GusStrom repeated Webb's performance.Strom's time for 100 yards nas 10flat (attention Oscar Hedlund) andSmedile's time for 82 yards was 11.3seconds. Chmielewski kicked thesecond point, but missed the third andthe score now stood 20.0.

Since The Terrors were not infavor of continuing the track meet

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The Phosphorus (loust be a newbrand of Eye) Boys made their scorein the third period when Hoyt Steelemade a forty yaro touchdown run andthen promltly passed out. The cleanliving Tec]1 men welo came withintackling distance of Steele were un-able to withstand the badl liquor stenchand no one came within three yardsof the stajggering Voo Doo flash inhnis jaunt. At thde tinie of going topress Steele was still out.

After the Voo Doo score the gameturned into an old fashioned potatorace for tile Newsies, and althoughtheyr continually threatened they didnot score. The ganie ended with TheTech on1 "'Woo Doo Foshphrus, hie,schw-elve yard, hie, lille. Woo -oorup.Splish !

SYMPHONY HALLFriday afternoon and Saturday

evening, Dr. Koussevitsky and theBoston Symphony Orchestra will re-sume. Program includes the firstperformance of Albert Roussel's Sin-fonietta for strings and Glazounov'sseventh symphony in F major. RayaGarbousova, Russian concert 'cellist,will play the Haydn Concerto in Dmajor. "Lilacs" by Professor EdwardEurlinghame Hill completes the list.

Next Sunday the famous Russiancomposer-pianist will give a concertin Symplony Hall. His program is:B3eethoven's thirty-two variations inC minor, three sonatas of Scarlatti,the B minor Sonata of Chopin, andshorter pieces by Scriabin, Medtner,Borodin, Rubenstein, and Donhanyi.He will also play an etude and a pre-lude of his own composition.

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We didn't realize until last night that only the winning Field Day teamearned their class numerals as a reward for competing for the class. To yourcommenter, this seems grossly unfair as well as entirely contrary to the tra-ditions and purpose of Field Day.

The losing team members have put just as much effort, just -as much timein preparation for the struggle. They have fought just as hard in the actualcontests. Yet they get no numerals. Why should not their work be rewardedas much as that of the victors. An athletic team which fails to win a contestis not deprived of its letters. But further than this, Field Day is not to de-termine the better class-it is primarily to promote inter-class rivalry andspirit and indirectly interest in Tech athletics. Surely the losing team mem-bers havte done as much to-achieve these ends as have the winners.

Our congratulations to the track house chieftains who do so well in break-ing up the long winter grind for their team members. Coaches Bowie andHedlund begin work each Fall with a track team which has xio interscholasticcompetition scheduled until late in January of the coming year.

A long practice grind without an interim would destroy both the interestand spirit of the team members, so the coaches promote some kind of intra-mural competition practically every Saturday from October to January. Oneweek there is a handicap meet, the next an inter-class meet, the next relaytrials, etc. The boys continually have something to look forward tosomethingto prepare for in the immediate future. Their goal is not so far off that thepreparation seems all work and no play.

Perhaps some of the other coaches faced with similar conditions couldimprove interest and spirit by paralleling the track mentors' scheme.

Faculty Members Eligible ForCompetition; Varsity

To Be Barred

The annual All-Tech wrestlingtournament will take place next week,November 5th and 6th, at the HangarGym. Anyone connected with Tech-nlology is eligible, including thefaculty and graduate students, exceptthose who have won letters in collegewrestling. Jay Ricks, the wrestlingcoach, has taught the freshmen of thescuad many of the fundamental holds,and he believes they will win themajority of the medals. It is thecustom for some of the faculty tocompete, and a big turnout of spec-tators is expected, to consist mostly ofstudents who will enjoy seeing theirprofessors on the mat. Co-eds willbe restrained frot competing in thetournament. Intercollegiate wrestlingrules will prevail; that is, the manwho stays on top by a time marginof more than one minute over his op-

oncnmt in the to-n-riulte bout winpS

The competition will also serve as an

elimination to determine which of the

freshmen will wrestle against Har-

vard in the first meet, December 14,

at the Hangar Gym.

The prospects of the varsity are

better this year than ever before. In

the freshman squad, there is still op-

portunity for men in the 118 lb., 175

lb. and unlimited weight classes. Any-

one who is interested is urged to re-

port to the Hangar Gym. During this

week. of Nov. 25, any student who

wishes to change his sport to wrest-

ling may do so by seeing Mr. Mc-

Carthy in his office at the Walker

Memorial.

Freshmen Will AgainManage Open House

Professor Pearson Believes ItValuable To Freshmen

That the "Freshman Hobbies" ex-

hibit of last May's Open House was

most "valuable" and "very success-

ful" was stated by Professor Pearson,

head of the English Department re-

cently in an interview with a reporter

of The Tech.

To illustrate the value of the ex-

hibit besides that derived by the spec-

tators in amusement and instruction,

Professor Pearson said that it gave

freshmen a splendid opportunity to

become acquainted with other fresh-

men with unusual and valuable ideas.

Tn spite of- a popular belief to the

contrary, Professor Pearson said that

the Institute does try to foster ori-

ginality among the first-year men and

since this exhibit was made up of the

original thoughts and ideas of fresh-

men, it was valuable as a lead to the

creative work and research of later

years.

Since most of the organizing of

the exhibit was carried out by fresh-

men, he claimed that helping to run

this exhibit was excellent training in

leadership and adrinistration. Pro-

fessor Pearson also believed that this

-xhibit might be responsible to no

little degree for bringing better and

more original students to the In-

stitute, because of the exhibit's

ability to interest prospective stu-

dents of this type

T. C. A. President WillAddress Cambridge Y

James H. Schipper, '36, Presidentof the Technology Christian Associa-tion, will address a dinner meetingof the Corporate Members of theCambridge Y.M.C.A. tonight on thesubject of the joint work of theT.C.A. and the "Y" with regard toFreshman Camp and the Tech Cabin.

Freshman Camp has been heldevery year for the last ten years onthe property of the Y,M.C.A. at itsCamzp on Lake Massapoag. TechCabin was built five years ago on apiece of Camp land leased to theT.C.A. for a period of 99 years forpayment of $1.00. Tech students havefull run of the Camp's 30 acres fromtSeptember 1 to June 1, and theY.MI.C.A. has the use of the Cabin inconnection with its boy's camp duringthe months of June, July, and August.

Jordan Marsh Chain GangDefeated By Powerful

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The M. I. T. Basketball team en-joyed its first practice game last Fri-day at the Hangar Gym against theJordan Marsh Chain Gang. Althoughno score was kept it was evident tothe spectator that the home team hadthe better of it. The Tech team is ap-apparently rounding into a fine ballteam.

This game gave Coach McCarthy anexcellent chance to use all his avail-able material. He has three fullteams out, from which there is amplegood materials for a first class varsityteam. In spite of the absence of Lip-pett, who was at Dramashop, andDenton, who was at the rifle match,the game showed a powerful team.

Basketball is now swinging into fullactivity. Up to mow some of its memn-bers were occupied with other things,but now they aTe making basketballtheir- first interest.

Among those who played in thegame were: Garth, Thorton, Kangas,Weppler, Wu, Devereau, Des Sardins,Desarmend, and Barbearossa.

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tivities To Tech MenTheme Written as Tau Beta Pi

Admission Requirement;Best Of 19

Editors Note: Fhe following articleweas written by Claxton Monro, Jr.,'36, as one of the requirements foradmi.ssion into Talu Beta Pi. Havingbeen adjudgedl the best of nineteenarticlees .q7 whm-ithed; I' jtlna selected to

be read at the initiation banquet lastnnight and to lhe published. Monrowas asked to answe r the question,"What aspect of participation incrzt-a-C2urricula activities is of mostvalue to the student?'

The small world, of which we aretemporarily a part, may be dividedinto two spheres of influence -materials and men. From the view-point of society, and we who are apart of it, men dominate the world.Men govern themselves and use ma-teriials to their own best advantage.None of us can escape the realitythat our lives are dominated, not bythings, but by the people around us.As a result of this fact, our successin life is directly dependent upon ourability to understand men and women.Iet us now see how this fact ties inwith the question at hand.

Technology is frankly devoted tothe study of materials. Within itswalls one can learn about everythingfrom the diminutive electron to themighty Boulder Dam. At Tech onecan explore the mysteries of mechan-ics or accounting systems, calculus orEnglish grammar, molecules or busi-ness law. There is no doubt that Techprepares its men to handle materialswith a fair degree of facility.

W1hen it comes to the more import-ant question of understanding men,however, Tech's curriculum offers butlittle to its students. If a student whogets 32% on an accounting exam,openly curses his instructor, he isfrowned upon, but he is not offered acourse in the art of diplomacy. Techhas no such course because it would

deal with men-not materials.Extra-curricula activities, on the

other hand, have the happy faculty ofproviding invaluable experience indealing with men. Whether the activ-ity be crew or "The Tech", whetherit be track or "Tech Show", the lessonsin understanding one's associates areever present. The crew man mustlearn team-work, and he must acceptfailure that was no fault of his own.Similarly, the "cub" reporter orn "TheTech" must write to please the editor,while the editor, on his part, must en-courage the young reporter. And soit goes throughout the entire field ofextra-curricula activities; whetherthe participant be the boss, or thesecond assistant shoe-polisher of hisparticular activity, he is continuallyinstructed in the art of human rela-tions.

Thus, the great service of Tech isinstruction in the use of materials,and the greater service of activitiesis instruction in the art of handlinginen.

Undergraduate NoticeAll Sophomores interested in enter-

ing competition for the position ofTreasurer of the M.I.T. Athletic As-sociation should report as soon aspossible to Franklin P. Parker, '36,present treasurer of the M.I.T.A.A.,or to Miss Fallon in the A.A. office,Room 306 of Walker Memorial.

entrants. The complete100 Yard Dash

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Nygaard220 Yard Dash

24 4/5 see.1. Carleton2. Houghton3. Faatz4. Coile5. Corea

440 Yard Run57 sec.

1. Klitgord2. Carr3. Schmidt4. Smith, Liv.5. Doten

880 Yard Run2:19.0 sec.

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1 Mile Run4:47 4/5 see.

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2 Mile Ruin11:13 3,/E sec.

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120 High Hurdles16 1/5 se(-

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Broad Jump1. Kites2. Hadley3. DeVoe4. Limdsay5. Dobler

Shot Put1. Kleiman2. Kites3. Limdsay4. Schnmeider5. Dobler

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Beaver Riflemen OpenSchedule With A Win

The Massachusetts Institute of Tech-nology Rite team started out rightwhere it left of last season as it wonits opening match of the season lastFriday. The sharpshooters' victimwas the Yankee Di-vision Rifle Team.

The shoot was held at the Techrange alongside Tech Field. TheBeaver team, led by Captain Price,defeated their American Legion rivalsin an interesting, farily evenly-con-tested match.

Frosh Victors InInterclass Meet

'39 Entries Exceed Any Other,

Points Almost Equal To

Rest Combined

The freshman class, its entries out-numbering those of any other class,easily won the annual interclass trackmeet held last Saturday afternoon onthe Tech field and track. The froshscored almost as many points as theircombinled adveasa&ies.

Outstanding individuals were thehigh-scorer, Kites, '38; Cooper, '37,one mile and two mile winner; andCarleton -,rho won the 100 and 220dashes. Kites, in piling up his largescore, took the broad jump, pole vault,2nd in shot-put, 3rd in javelin throw,4th in discus and fifth in the 220 Tun.

The times were exceptionally fastfor a water-soaked track. The badweather, however, did not hold downthe entries in the lower classes. Thefrosh and Sophs had about 869o' of the

Tech Wins FirstBasketball Game

With The AmericanCollege Editor

ADMINISTR 4TION DILEMMAPolitically speaking, there are rough-

ly three groups of college men. Somewant revolution-communism or so-cialism or whatever other ism hasfired their imaginations. Some pushhard in the other direction, and de-mand intellectuial serenity and peace-fulness. And the middlers middlealong, indifferent to both demands.

If we are one or the other of thetwo extremes, or well on our waytoward one of them, we will eitherblame or praise the administration ofthe college, accordingly as the admin-istration is lenient toward or hardagainst the policy we espouse.

We blame the administration, anidseldom stop to think about the collegeauthorities' point of view. It night beembarrassing then to some to read thestatement of the case for the collegeas expounded by President Mae-Cracken of Vassar.

Writing to the New York Times,MacCracken says, "The dilemma ofthe college administrator today is thatwhenever he endeavors to defend hiscollege from use as a recruiting groundfor political exploitation he is chargedwith tyranny and suppression of freespeech; but whenever he defends theright of the students on their camp-usto free speech and assembly, and tolisten to whom they will, he is chargedwith innumerable crimes, the least ofwhich is disloyalty to the Constitution.

". . . It remains true that active par-ticipation in the political arena, hasusually meant an end to scholarlycareer. The function of students is tostudy, and whenever political partici-pation replaces study the universitydisintegrates. . . .

". . . Our platform mjay be summedup in three words: let students study."

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'38 Field Day Numerals AreReady For Distribution Now

Field Day numerals earned bythe members of the winningClass of 1938 are ready for dis-tribution today. General ManagerJohn B. Pitkin announced thatthe numerals may be obtained inRoom 310 in Walker Memorial.This is the M.I.T.A.A CommitteeRoom on the third floor.

Those who are entitled to let-ters are all managers, the crewand coxswain, the relay team andtwo substitutes, and the tulg-of-war teamn and two substitutes.These men may obtain theirnumerals by calling at the Roomnamed above.

the pair chosen by the prize itselfwill be given the bird. The contestswill start at half past ten.

The dance is free to all mendbersof the 5:15 Club, who will be requiredto sho-w their membership cards atthe door; the admission price is onedollar to all others. Tickets andmemberships, either one dollar, willbe on sale in the Main Lobby- from12 to 2 today and tomorrow.

Denton, '36, Hyman Brettman, '37,Milton Lief, '37, and G. Maurice Lev-,'37.

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Perkin Medal AwardedTo Dr. Warren Lewis

Institute Professor

Medal, Awarded By The SocietyOf Chemical Industry,

Is High HKonor

The Perkin Medal, founded in 1906in honor of Sir William Perkin, willbe awarded for 1936 to Dr. WarrenK. Lewis, '05, of the Institute Depart-ment of Chemical Engineering. Themedal, which is one of the highesthonors in chemistry, is presented bythe American Section of the Societyof Chemical Industry.

Those who have received this medalin the past include E. G. Acheson,Leo E. Hackeland, the late Arthur D.Little, and Willis R. W5hitney.

The medal will be presented onJanuary 10 at a meeting of the Chemi-cal Club in Nelw York when Dr. Lewis

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Dean Emerson's DictionaryIs SubJect Of Woolcott Tale

One of those "tall stories," inwhich an article suddenly turnsup in unusual circumstances aftera number of years, was told con-cerning Dean William Emersonof the Architectural School byAlexander Woolcott, in a broad-cast Sunday evening.

At the beginning of the WorldWar, Dean and Mrs. Emerson,then in France, invited to theirhome in America a daughter ofa family of Belgiall refugees.As a sailing present shte receivedfrom her father a French dic-tionary, which she was avidlyreading just before the boatsailed.

The Dean, noticing her efforts,reminisced with her about his ex-periences while studying Frenchat Harvard, recalling that he hadused just such a French dic-tionary as she had. He took thebook from her, thumbed throughit for a moment or so, and thenturned to the cover. On it waswritten, in faded ink, "WilliamEmerson-1880 "

Charles River Freezes(Continued from Page 13

ber 14; 1927, December 7; 1928,December 9; 1929, December 5; 1930,December 16; 1931, December 6;1932, December 11; 1933, December14; 1934, December 12. Note that inthe severe weather of 1933-34 thefirst ice did not appear until Decem-ber 14.

Brainstorm Contest(Continxed f~o~n Page 1)

tween Italy and Great Britain, andthe use of the air mail for the ship-ment of all first class mail. As isthe usual custom, the- latest develop-ments in the engineering field are pre-sented in the Engineering Digest, andthe progress of research at the In-stitute is outlined in the Research inReview page.

5:15 Club(Continited from Page Z)

will present a paper on the "Applica-tion of Physical Data to High-Pressure Processes".

Dr. Lewfis is distinguished for hiscontributions to research in industry,particularly in the fields of petroleumand leather manufacture. HIe is anhonorary member of the British In-stitution of Chemical Engineers, andhas been active in the Division of Ln-dustry and Engineering Chernistry ofthe American Chemnical Society.

Biological Society's

The Tech Cabin outi-ng planned forlast week-end by the Sedgewick Bio-logical Societyr was called off becauseof the bad weather, according toJames L. Abdlou. '36, President of theSociety, who said that another out-ing would probably be arranged nextspring,

Carnegie Institute(Continued from Page 1)

search in many fields. Of special -n-terest at Technology is the work ofPresident Compton and ProfessorJoseph C. Boyce, who for severalyears have been engaged in a studyof the spectroscopy of the extremeultra violet, under a grant by theCarnegie Institution.

Ordinary photographic methods ofspectroscopy can be used for theoctave of frequencies of light abovethose which are visible to the eye,

Senior and Graduate PhotosTo Be Available Next Week

Prints of Senior and Graduatephotographs for Technique willbe available the week of Dec. 2-8in Room 2-032.

An opportunity is still openfor those who have not alreadyhad their pictures taken. Signupswill be taken in Room 2-032 anytime this week. This is the lastchance for Seniors and GraduateStudents to have their photo-graphs taken for Technique.

but, at higher frequencies, that is, by the bird himself. The couples willshorter wave lengths, air becomes form a ring around the turkey andopaque and investigations must becarried on in an evacuated container.The difficulty of attaining a vacuumin large chambers had formerlylimited the accuracy of results.

A grant from the Carnegie Institu-tion in 1929 made it possible for Dr.

Compton and Professor Boyce to pro-ceed with the construction of a vacuumspectrograph which gives a consider-able increase in accuracy over abroad range of wavelengths. This The members of the committee inapparatus is in the Institute's I harge of the dance are Richard A.spectroscopy laboratory and has madepossible a revision of the standardsof wavelengths in the region forwhich it was designed.

The new cosmic ray meter, recentlyinstalled at the Institute followingits development at the University ofChicago under the direction of Dr.Arthur H. Comnpton, President Comp-ton's brother, was also made possibleby a grant from the Carnegie In-stitution, which is sponsoring a world-wide study of variations in the in-tensitlt of cosrric radiation.

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-Meeting Of A. S. M. E.To Be Held On Friday

Prize Competition For MembersWill Be Discussed

Prize competitions open to membersof the Technology student branch ofthe American Society of MechanicalEngineers will be the subject of asociety meeting to be held at 5 o'clock,Friday, November 29, in Room 5-330.

The biggest prize is $150, knownas the Charles T Main award for thebest paper on "Developments in theGeneration and Distribution of Powerand their Effect upon the -Consumer."Two more awards of $25 each -willbe made by the Society for papers onany engineering subject or investiga-tion prepared by student membersunder the direction of the MechanicalE ngineering department of theirschool. Papers for these threeawards must be submitted to theSociety not later than June 30, 1936.

Awards of $50, $25, and $10 will bemade at the New England StudentConference of A.S.M.E. members tobe held next spring at Yale Uni-versity. These awards will be fororal presentation of a technical sub-ject. There are also the $50, $30, and$20 awards of the Stratton Prize,competition for which is open to allTechnology undergraduates.

These awards will be discussed indetail at the meeting Friday. Thereivill also be a discussion of the pos-sibilities of attending the Student Day-of the Annual Meeting of the Society,December 4

Professor Frazier, AtUniversity of Kansas

Speaks To Scientists

Reads Paper On DevelopmentOf His Department At

Institute

Professor R. H. Frazier of the De-partment of Electrical Engineering,who is on exchange at the Universityof Kansas for the present academicyear, presented a paper a week agolast Saturday before the fall meetingof the Kansas-Nebraska Section ofthe Society for the Promotion of En-gineering Education at Lincoln, Ne-braska. Professor Frazier discussedthe history of the development andthe method of operation of thehonors group in the Department ofElectrical Engineering at the In-stitute. He has had contact with thiseducational development almost fromits inception and is therefore oftencalled upon to discuss it before themeetings of educational societies.

Professor Frazier is spending theacademic year in the Department ofElectrical Engineering at the Uni-versity of Kansas at Lawrence.

On exchange with Professor Frazier,Professor Robert W. Warner is at theInstitute in the Department of Elec-trical Engineering. Professor War-ner is a graduate of Washburn Col;-lege and the University of Kansas.In addition to his teaching experienceat the University, Professor Warnerhas had considerable engineering ex-perience with Henry L. Doherty.The Topeka Edison Company, theGeneral Electric Company, and theKansas City Power and Light Com-pany. During the current term he isteaching Alternating Current Mac-hinery and the Associated Laboratoryto the seniors in Course VI andVI-C.

Ideal Progress ClubTo Meet In Walker

M.I.T. Alumni At Lever Bros.Will Gather Tonight

The "Ideal Progress Club", com--posed of Technology alumni in theemploy of Lever Brothers Companyand their wives and sisters, will holdits annual get-together meeting to-night at 6 o'clock in North Hall, Wal-ker Memorial. There will be a dinnermeeting and after the meal the eve-ning anall be devoted to conversationand bridge, Mr. William Carlisle,head of the Walker Dining Servicesaid last night.

Lever Brothers is an industrial firm|which has always supported Tech-nology in the research work it carrieson, the opportunities it affordsgraduate students, and the positionsil offers alurni.

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dance to bri g together the fresh-men of many of the Greater BostonColleges. Members of the Class of'39 of Technology, H1arvard, BostonUniversity and Northeastern havebeen invited Tickets may be securedfrom various representatives in thefreshman class or from John Iglauerin the Dormitory. Admission pricewill be $2.00 per couple and $1.25stag.

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In each course a faculty nieiberhas been chosen as advisor. It issuggested that all those interested inentering competition see the advisorfor their course and the president ofthe Professional Society which theywill represent.

All talks must be given before theappropriate Professional Society be-fore March 1, 1936. Each group willthen choose three contestants for thesemi-finals. The faculty committeewill prune this group down to six stu-dents, and the final elimination will beheld on Class Day.

The list of course advisors follows:I Prof. John D. MitschII Prof. James HoltIII Prof. Franklin L. FosterI l' Prof. William EmersonTV-A Pi-of. William H. Lawrence\' Prof. Miles S. SherrillV 1 Prof. William H. Timblei'-l-. Prof. Gordon S. Brown

Piof. Samuel C. Prescott'11TI Prof. Julius A. StrattonIL Prof. Ralph G. HudsonX Prof. Thomas K. SherwoodX11 Prof. Martin J. BuergerXIII Prof. Evers BurtnerStair Prof. Harry 11. GoodwinXl Prof. Erwin H. SchellX\jI Prof. Joseph S. NewellXVII Prof. Walter C. VossE v III Prof. Ralph D. DouglassEcon. Priof. David S. Tucker

Infirmary listRobert Baillie, Employee; Paul

Sandorff, '39; R. Vose, Instructor

CALENDARTuesday, November 26

5:00. 3.I.T. Athletic Association Meeting.5:30. "Ideal Club" Meeting, North Hall, Walker Memorial.8:00. Geological Society Meeting, North Hall, Walker Memorial.

Wednesday, November 279:00. Commuters' Club Thanksgiving Dance, Main Hall, Walker Memorial.

Friday, November 297:00. Rifle Team vs. U. S. Marine Corps.

Monday, December 2Freshman P T Track Competition Begins.

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His plan promises security to home-owners by the following six p-oints:

1. By spreading the financial loadover 20 years, through the pay-ment of a monthly installmentcovering all charges, interestamortization, guarantee fund,insurance, taxes, and over-head.

2. By the accumulation of an in-insurance fund that will pro-vide him with all extension oftime for the payments of hismonthly installment, in case oftdeath, sickness or unemploy-ment, by cancelling them en-tirely under certain cir-cumstances and for definitelimits of time, in order to givethe home owner amply op-portunity for making readjust-ment without danger of losinghis homne.

3 A cash fund in hand at the endof the term with which torenovate or rebuld the house.

4. The ability to sell ]his home forits earned value, for cash, atany time by application to theManagement Corporation. His

investment is thus rendered al-ways liquid.

5. Protection against greed or sel-fish-ness on the part of neigh-bor.

Organized FraternityProfessor Tucker, a builder of some

of New York's sky-scrapers, hasspent years studying the housingproblem about which he has writtenseveral articles When he came toTechl in 1889, he organized the firstfraternity house on the campus, be-cause he found living quarters verysqualid in what was known as "HashAlley'% That fraternity, the -Chi' Phi,in still in existence.

After graduating from the In-stitute, he had considerable experi-ence in the industrial world; was as-

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istated further"The slum is the focal point of

crime and disease."Its people who are faced with

poverty, must be helped. To suggestthe removal of these people to dwell-iings which are vacated by the upperclass because of the inconveniencesproduced by modern trends in living ismerely to suggest the creation ofanother slum. Liveable dwellingsmust be built whose rentals to thepoor must be helped with funds pro-vided by society.

"The rehabilitation of blightedareas is the next important step inthe laousing problem. The houses inthese areas were built for a conditionthat no longer esists. They do notcontain any of the modern equipment,the sunshine, the ventilation, and theconveniences which the people of to-day desire. As a result, p~eople whoshould live in these sections. -neartheir work don't and instead theytrudge a weary way to and from thecity each day-. These buildings -standon highly appraised land-land whichcould be developed into more wvorth-w^hile projects."

Can Build Home For $3600Professor Tucker's contention is

t'hat those -with incomes between$18()0 and $2500 per yearompris-ing about 25,000,000 people in theUnited States-should own their ownhomes And Professor Tucker em-phatically states that be can build

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trends and to making recommenda-tions."

"The slum is a social liability andthe problem of clearance is basicallya problem of social regeneration," hesaid to The Tech yesterday. "Theincome of the slum group is so lowthat the people can't pay even theminimum rent of $3.00 per room permonth. If a family is to live at allcomfortably, it must pay a minimumrent of about $7.00 per room permonth.

'The only way out is by subsidizinghousing This is on all fours withschools and hospitals. The gap of$4.00 per room per month should bepaid out of taxes," he declared.

"A slum area is over-populated.In the North End in Boston, for ex-ample, 25,000 people dwell on ap-proximately 50 acres of land; or, ingeneral 125 families are containedwithin an acre. In all of the Eng-lish developments a maximum densityof only 12 families to the score is al-lowed. This means that each acrein the North End is over-populated by113 families!'

But in the opinion of Prof. Tucker,the government must not build apart-ment houses whose rentals are so farbeyond the scope of the slum dweller,as it has proposed to do in SouthBoston, or in Cambridge where landcosts $9500 per acre. Within aradius of six miles of Cambridge,

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tween unions and manufacturers inNew York City.

During the war, he built the U. S.Explosives Plant at Nitro, WestVirginia, in nine months. He hasalways been a pioneer and an organi-zer. He must always be buildingsomething; it does not matter whetherit is building up a business, exploitinga new form of c onstruction, ororganizing a new course in engineer-ing.

Obie Dennison WillEntertain At Dinner

O. B. "Obie" Dennison, best knownto Institute men as the man who runsFreshman Camp (to all outward ap-pearances, at any rate) will entertainmembers of the Cushing Academyfootball squad at a victory banquet intheir honor tonight in Ashburnham,Mass. Wallace "Wally" Ross, GeneralSecretary of the T.C.A. will be one ofthe speakers.

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tions on oil shipments yet, but if theUTnited States were to put an em-bargo on oil to Italy, the rest ofthe nations would do likewise Italy,to whom oil is a vital necessity,would feel its loss to the extent ofending the war, as she has only threemonths supply on hand. Mr. Smithinferred that it was not the savingof Ethiopia for the Ethiopians thatwas important, but that a dangerousprecedent would be set. The presi-dent of the Tau Beta Pi, local chap-ter, declared that it was the uestspeech he had heard in quite a while.

Discusses Housing

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Professor Ross F. Tucker

a six room ]zouse for $3600-a housethat is within the income of thisgroup. Included in his ideas areplans for building whole communitiesof 1500 houses on desirable landdivided into sections by windingroads. Each house would be built ona plot of 10,000 square feet. Trees,shrubbery, lawns, and flowers wouldadd to the beauty. Private enter-prise could plan such a communitywhich would be controlled by a"Mainaging Board", composed ofcapable and honest business men. Allpoliticians must be eliminated.

Promises SecurityIn the plan of the Tech professor,

security is assured both to capitalinvestors and home owners. For thefirst groups, he proposes:

1. Direct title to the entire propertyuntil fully amortized.

2. The building up of a cashguarantee fund behind theamortization a n d interestfunds, so that, if at any timethere is any default on the part

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